Santa Cruz Sentinel from Santa Cruz, California • Page 3

TA II. iir- Sunday, Jan. 8, 1984 Santa Cruz Sentinel-A-3 Extraordinary challenges in 1 983 Our tubes ended up in a series of accordion pleats. hldttu about veopin Toothpaste squeezing When the kids were home, the oldest boy was a twister. I often scowlingly marveled at the likeness of the bathroom toothpaste tube to a Benny Bufano statue.

It was almost impossible to continue the flat fold method after he was through. Our younger boy was known as The Experimenter. Sometimes he favored the furrow down the middle a wasteful method to an ex-Depression squeezer. Or, he would start from the top "because it was fresher." SANTA CRUZ In the eyes of outgoing Board of Supervisors' Chairman Joe Cucchiara, 1983 was a year of "extraordinary challenges" and successes for the county. In the first year-end report by a Board chairman since 1981, Cucchiara, who represents the San Lorenzo Valley, outlined what he feels were the highlights of the past year.

The primary problem for the county was trying to respond to a second year of major storms while simultaneously facing shrinking financial support from the state and federal governments. "As the year unfolded, both challenges were met," wyote Cucchiara in his report. Supervisors, citizens and many other government officials from Santa Cruz County inaugurated a protest on the steps of the state Capitol in Sacramento in August that ultimately was pursued by other counties. It was called the Return Our Axed Revenues (ROAR) rally, and drew wide spread media attention to the financial plight of local governments. The plea for long-term, stable financial support from the state resulted in a series of hearings statewide by a governor's task force.

Locally, the board adopted measures to insure funding for road repairs. These included a program offering "certificates of participation" financing, and other programs that pumped an additional $5 million into the public works road plan. The board tried to meet the growing demand for a more streamlined building permit process by Revamping those procedures. Additionally, according to Cucchiara, the board took a stance in favor of public safety. Supervisors reinstated some eight sheriff's deputy positions, despite a recommendation from the county administrative officer that those jobs be cut.

The year saw more bad weather, bringing more than 100 inches of rain and unprecedented tidal action along the coast. Both Aptos and Lompico suffered serious damage. In his report, Cucchiara said the board formally requested the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and 6th Army from Ft. Ord to help construct an emergency bypass around the Lompico slide.

And a major road resurfacing project was begun for county roads damaged in the winter of 1983. In terms of public health, the board adopted measures to regulate the underground storage and disclosure of all hazardous materials. With the state, the board also established strong standards for the site and construction of septic tanks to remedy the problem of failing systems in the San Lorenzo Valley. Two jail projects were approved one a minimum-security facility for women prisoners; the other, an expansion of the 92-bed Water Street facility. Both are expected to be completed in the next few years.

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE to find statistical information on toothpaste tube squeezing. Does this not seem a shame? I You can find works on the mating call of the "amoeba, or, if you wait your turn for it at the library: "How to Earn Your Living As a Knuckle Cracker." But how do your neighbors squeeze their toothpaste tubes? How? New ride coming to Boardwalk I have never found an accurate description for the youngest's style. The closest I could come after seeing her handy work of a morning, was Crumpled Fender. I used to yell a lot. At the ridiculous price of toothpaste, we used to leave enough in the tube to support the Grey Bears.

I never did reach uniformity, due to the fact that I could never roar like my father. But one thing I did insist upon was that all tubes be put away in their rightful places. This included Brylcreem! Because during the first half hour around the castle, I was known as Daddy Mole conducting my toilette by feel. And, sweet mother of pearl, if there's anything that'll put hair on your teeth, its Brylcreem! It is funny, and let me pause to laugh how this has caused cavities in our general knowledge all these years. Ergo, in the name research let me recall one family's experiences.

There were four toothpaste squeezers in our family, each fiercely independent in tube squeezing. I was brought up on the Depression method. We were taught to squeeze the tube flat from the end in sections. One section had to be flat before starting on the next. By flat, I mean like a Southern Pacific freight train (all 109 cars) running over it on the track would leave it.

SANTA CRUZ Pop a seasickness pill. Clutch your stomach. Hold onto your hat. A new thrill ride will debut this spring at the Boardwalk. The ride's called Cap'n Jack Flint's Pirate Ship and is desiped for the young at heart who periodically like to scare themselves silly.

It's a big swinging boat for 54 persons that goes sixty feet into the air. A pendulous motion gives the rider the sensation of traveling on a giant swing. The ride is so popular at some amusement parks that it draws longer lines than the roller coaster, said Boardwalk spokesman Glenn La Frank. Hopes are that the ride will be installed in February, said Charles Canfield, vice-president of the Seaside Company, operators of the Boardwalk. The manufacturer is the Arrow-Huss Inc.

amusement ride firm, headquartered in Utah. It was the Arrow company that masterminded the famous Matterhorn roll-ercoaster ride at Disneyland in Anaheim in 1959. Arrow has also left its mark on other popular Disneyland rides: a kid-pleasing boat ride with a miniaturized, up-with-people tour of the world that deposits its theme song "it's a small, small world" inside the rider's brain, to be left there for several hours after disembarkment; the cool and jaunty "Pirates of the Caribbean" cruise through treasurehunt country; and the "Haunted Mansion" that's too scary for some people with heart conditions. Other white-knuckle specialties from Arrow include "The Tidal Wave" and "The Demon." Arrow-Huss, formerly located in Scotts Valley, specilizes in loop-screws, double-loops and interlocking-loops. Arrow pioneered development of log flume rides in 1963, and is the builder of the Boardwalk's log ride.

In 1982, the Huss Trading Corp. of Switzerland bought Arrow, and thus was born Arrow-Huss. The generic name for the Cap'n Flint ride is Pirat (cq) In the meantime, one of the oldest sections of the Boardwalk where the Ferris wheel had been located has been rebuilt to make way for the Pirate Ship. The Ferris wheel has been moved to the opposite end of the Boardwalk, near the flume ride and has been repositioned with a slightly different tilt to give riders a somewhat better view of the ocean, said La Frank. Most of the work on the half-million-dollar reconstruction project, completed this week, was underground.

The reconstruction took 84,000 square feet of lumber, 167 new pilings, 1,000 metal connectors, 900 bolts and 30 yards of concrete, said Carl Henn, Boardwalk assistant maintenance superintendent. There was demolition work, sand clearing and installation of new foundations. The contractors were two local firms, Reese Construction Co. and Granite Construction Co. The reconstruction was part of ongoing work to keep the Boardwalk "clean and safe," said general manager, Ed Hutton.

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