Volume 5, Issue 18, Oct. 25, 2024 View as Webpage

RCNV Invites You to Experience "La Ofrenda" - A Night of Transformation

BY THE RESOURCE CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE

Saturday, Oct. 26 at 4pm, marks a pivotal moment at the Resource Center for Nonviolence as we gather for "La Ofrenda," an immersive event that is much more than an evening gathering. It is a profound experiential journey through the legacy of activism, embodying our commitment to peace and justice.

A Night of Reflection and Celebration Beneath the soft glow of candlelight, "La Ofrenda" opens a bridge across time, weaving together the past, present, and future of nonviolent activism. It's an evening where every moment is an offering— of memories, of hope, and of the continuous fight against injustice.

Ruby Vasquez, Executive Director of Estrella Del Valle, shares, "the Resource Center for Nonviolence offers a place for communities of color to come together." Her words echo the sentiment of unity and community empowerment that RCNV fosters.

Thairie Ritchie, a local racial justice community organizer, reflects on his engagement with RCNV, noting that what drew him was "my work, being an organizer and community activist." His participation in RCNV’s Revolution of Values MLK reading was not only inspiring but also a reminder "to not just look back at the past but realize the work that leaders did before us and [we] continue in the work."

Kayla Gomez from SEIU 2015 adds to the chorus of voices acknowledging RCNV's impact, stating, "I don’t think we could’ve had such a successful event if it hadn’t been for the space." Her testament underscores the critical role of RCNV in facilitating impactful community engagements.

The evening with Distinguished Speakers and Cultural Richness will feature virtual insights from historian Paul Ortiz, who will share the intertwined history of struggle and resilience that propels modern movements. Our keynote speaker, Jonathan Cruz, attorney for the state of California, will explore new pathways for advocacy and reform, emphasizing the innovative spirit needed to drive systemic change.

We are profoundly honored to award Dr. Christine Hong with this year’s Inspiritor Award. A champion of ethnic studies and inclusive education, Dr. Hong has significantly impacted our community by pushing for a localized curriculum that embraces the full spectrum of our histories. Her pioneering work with the RCNV to establish the Freedom School exemplifies her commitment to educating and empowering young minds in the spirit of social justice.

Dr. Hong's advocacy doesn’t stop at local education reform; she is also a fervent supporter of global justice issues, particularly the inclusion of Palestinian narratives in ethnic studies despite considerable opposition. Her efforts ensure that the struggles and resilience of Palestinian people are acknowledged in our educational narratives, reflecting her dedication to global solidarity and the interconnectedness of our fights for justice.

"La Ofrenda" is more than an event; it's an active participation in a movement towards a beloved community. By joining us, you contribute to RCNV’s ongoing missions, including the support of the Nonviolence Impact Hub — a space dedicated to empowering activists and fostering nonviolent initiatives.

RSVP HERE: Reserve your spot and do not miss this opportunity to be part of a transformative evening that promises to nourish your spirit and inspire your commitment to social change. Tickets are still available, and each contribution directly supports the ongoing efforts of RCNV to nurture a community united in action and purpose. RCNV is at 612 Ocean St. in Santa Cruz.

An altar in Watsonville Plaza at the Día de Muertos Celebration in 2023.

PHOTO BY TARMO HANNULA

Día de Muertos at the Watsonville Plaza Presents Annual Day of the Dead Celebration

BY WATSONVILLE FILM FESTIVAL

On Friday, Nov. 1, from 4-9pm, the Watsonville Film Festival (WFF) will present the 7th Annual Día de Muertos event at the downtown Watsonville Plaza. In keeping with tradition, this free event will feature film, music, dance and the largest number of altars ever. New this year are the screening of the Mexican animated movie The Book of Life, and the world premiere of the short film Eternidad by director Ignacio Muñoz, a WFF Cine Se Puede grantee.

“Día de Muertos is an important cultural tradition that honors and celebrates those who have passed on, and reminds us that death is a natural part of the human experience,” says Dr. Faris Sabbah, County Superintendent of Schools. “We are thrilled to work with the Watsonville Film Festival to continue this long-standing community celebration, and invite community members of all ages to join us in the Watsonville Plaza on Nov. 1.”

WFF is partnering with Santa Cruz County Office of Education, Hospice of Santa Cruz County and Watsonville Parks and Community Services to present the free family event at the Plaza. Local non-profit Arte del Corazón will host a Mercado de Muertos, across the street, at the Romo Park, where the community can purchase unique works made by local artists.

At 3:30pm, the White Hawk Aztec Dancers will do a blessing of the altars. Then at 4pm, families will be treated to performances by Folklorico Ollin de Alianza, El Sistema, Raíces Mestizas, Mariachi Ilusión, Estrellas de Esperanza and youth band Revolución.

Everyone is invited to dress like fancy skeletons and participate in the Catrina and Catrin Catwalk. The Book of Life (El Libro de la Vida) produced by iconic Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro will screen in Spanish with English subtitles at 7pm. WFF will also premiere the short silent film Eternidad, inspired by Day of the Dead, and directed by WFF Cine Se Puede grantee Ignacio Muñoz. Muñoz. The director, his cast and crew will be in attendance. People are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets and warm clothes.

“Families love coming to the Plaza to watch movies under the stars and observe this heartfelt tradition that honors ancestors and celebrates the connection between the living and the dead,” says Consuelo Alba, WFF Executive Director. “Seeing our stories and traditions represented in film affirms our identity and promotes pride.”

Families will have the opportunity to decorate sugar skulls, make luminarias, write letters to their loved ones, participate in colorful mosaic making and have their faces painted, thanks to the Watsonville High School Hope Club, Pajaro Valley Arts, Raíces y Cariño, Watsonville Brillante and Hospice of Santa Cruz County.

"I believe that art has the unique power to illuminate the human experience and build connections. Sponsoring the WFF’s Día de Muertos event not only allows us to celebrate the beauty of life and the depth of our shared stories but also strengthens our connection to serving our vibrant and diverse Latino community," says Cathy Conway, CEO of Hospice of Santa Cruz County.

The heart and soul of the celebration are the altars – set up by families and non-profit organizations – that honor ancestors and loved ones who have passed on. This year there will be 30 community ofrendas. Pan de muerto (Bread of the Dead) made by local bakeries, and marigolds harvested in Pájaro Valley fields, will accompany the photos and mementos on the ofrendas (altars). The public is welcome to bring their own flowers and offerings to leave on a community altar.

“Watsonville Parks and Community Services is so excited to partner again with the Watsonville Film Festival to bring this wonderful event to our downtown,” says Nick Calubaquib, Director of Watsonville Parks and Community Services. “A big thank you to the staff, volunteers and sponsors that make this possible.”

Families are invited to explore and enjoy an online program featuring a selection of local documentaries and animated films inspired by Day of the Dead, as well as crafts tutorials for children by local artists, and podcasts by Digital NEST members. The program is readily available HERE.

The 7th Annual Día de Muertos 2024 is presented by the Watsonville Film Festival in partnership with the Santa Cruz County Office of Education and Watsonville Parks and Community Services. The primary sponsor is Hospice of Santa Cruz County, with support from Community Foundation Santa Cruz County, Arts Council Santa Cruz County, California Arts Council, Packard Foundation, PGE and community partners Arte del Corazón, Watsonville Farmers’ Market and El Pajaro CDC.

WFF presents Latine and Indigenous films that illuminate our shared humanity and inspire positive change. Founded in 2012, WFF is a non-profit arts organization offering year-round programming that celebrates powerful filmmaking and builds community. Established in 2021, our Cine Se Puede program supports the careers of local emerging filmmakers through funding, mentorship and networking opportunities.

Hospice of Santa Cruz County envisions a community where all people live and die with dignity. Since 1978, the organization has honored the choices of individuals and families by providing exemplary end-of-life care and grief support. As the county’s leading nonprofit provider of hospice care, the hospice program is enriched by community grief support, a children’s bereavement camp, transitional care and palliative care services, concurrent care for children, pet companion and music therapy programs, hospice care for veterans, and end-of-life education and outreach. Approximately 3,500 Santa Cruz County residents are served annually.

The Santa Cruz COE is a public agency striving to lead an equitable and innovative education system for all Santa Cruz County students. Under the leadership of Santa Cruz County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Faris Sabbah, the Santa Cruz COE accomplishes this mission by convening education leaders to catalyze systemic change; providing support and oversight to 10 public school districts; and offering a range of arts, environmental education, child development, career and technical education, and instructional programs and services directly to students, from birth through age 24 and beyond.

Who are Los Nuevos Canarios?

BY KATHLEEN KILPATRICK

For years teachers from Pajaro Valley United School District, along with others in the Monterey Bay Region, advocated for buffer zones around schools that are close to agricultural fields to protect students and staff from pesticide drift. Regulations went into effect in 2016 requiring limited buffer zones, annual lists of pesticides that growers might use, and advance notification for some pesticides. Implementation and enforcement has not been consistent across the state, and non-public schools by fields were not included.

Californians for Pesticide Reform (CPR) and Safe Ag Safe Schools (SASS) found a legislator, Assemblyperson Damon Connolly (D-San Rafael), to sponsor a bill fixing some of the deficiencies in the regulations. CPR and Assemblyperson Connolly launched the bill, but a lot of the heavy lifting to get it passed through the legislature and on to the governor’s desk for signing was done by students.

Forming as a SASS off-shoot and calling themselves "Future Leaders of Change" (FLOC), the students attended multiple committee meetings, testified at hearings, lobbied the bill through both houses of the California State Assembly, and got people to pressure Governor Newsom to sign it. Several of them did this while graduating from Watsonville High School and Greenfield High, and while continuing on to college.

Throughout this saga, their efforts were being documented by a film student from UC Berkeley, and by another film crew funded through a grant from the Arts Council for Monterey County. While the film was being made, FLOC students also learned video and journalism skills and did their own short pieces. All these films will be shown at a special premier affiliated with the Watsonville Film Festival. This is a red carpet, big screen event, happening at the CineLux Green Vally Cinema in Watsonville Nov. 15. Support our youth as they tell and show us how pesticides have impacted their communities, their families, and their own lives. If you use social media, check out the Facebook pages for FLOC and SASS to get previews of our youth, their dedication, earnestness, and yes, sass!

Did Newsom sign? Will stricter reporting requirements for pesticide use by schools be required? Will private school be included? What does it take to get a bill passed in California? Come watch the films and attend the Q&A that follows to find out.

Films of intiative and bravery - Los Nuevos Canarios - Nov. 15, 6-8pm

CineLux Green Valley Cinema 8 - 1125 South Green Valley Rd. Watsonville

Santa Marta Water Defenders Found Innocent in El Salvador

FROM CISPES AND ALLAN FISHER

It brings profound relief to share the incredible news that the Santa Marta 5 Water Defenders were found innocent of the false charges that had been brought against them. The Santa Marta community worked tirelessly for the last 21 months to make sure the case was known nationally and internationally. Having international #EyesOnSantaMarta was an essential part of the strategy in this fight against a case that was invented against them. Today, we can celebrate because judges ruled there was no evidence that a crime had been committed.

Please check out the press release from the International Allies against Mining Coalition here, with more details, and a call to action on how we must continue to fight to free other political prisoners and victims of arbitrary arrests and unjust detention in El Salvador: "No Crime to Pursue": International Organizations Applaud Salvadoran Tribunal Ruling that the Five Salvadoran Water Defenders Are Innocent of the False Charges against Them - Institute for Policy Studies (ips-dc.org)

Today, Antonio ‘Chico’ Pacheco, director of ADES Santa Marta and one of the #SantaMarta5, walked out of the courthouse and expressed these words of gratitude to the international solidarity movement:

“We want to take advantage of this magnificent opportunity to share our profound thanks for the accompaniment that many organizations, many people in our country … and around the world have shown us over the past 22 months. Truly, your accompaniment has helped us to know that there were people who were with us, and even under the difficult conditions of prison, these signs that there was light at the end of the tunnel kept us going, gave us strength and spirit, to keep going. You don’t know how much we appreciate all your efforts. Without your support and the support from our legal team, it would have been very hard to overcome the barriers we faced. Glory to all of you in solidarity!”

CISPES Education Fund,1525 Newton Street NW, Washington, DC 20010

(202) 521-2510 info@cispes.org

Is your band any good?

Yes! Our band has two of the best vocalists around in Chuy Hernandez and Pancho Fletes, another solid violinist in Rafael Vasquez, and a great trumpet player named Luis Ruiz. We recently performed at the Monterey Symphony's summer pops concerts and have performed at Cabrillo and the Monterey Arts Council annual awards event. We are excited to play some of our favorite Mariachi/Mexican compositions for you!

Will there be food?

Yes! Watsonville's own My Mom's Mole food truck will be selling tasty food right in front.

What if I don't like beer that much?

Wine by the glass is also available for sale. Also I really like the Stout, it is a tasty and delicious dark beer that is not too heavy. They have a nice variety of lighter beers and IPAs too!

Where is the Public House and where should I park?

The Public House is at 625 Main St, across the street from Jalisco's. There is a parking lot that holds around 15-20 cars in front, street parking, and I'm told you can also park in the Bank of America lot at the corner of Main St. and 5th.

How do I get tickets!?

We are trying to use Venmo/Paypal as much as possible. Please reply and let me know how many seats you'd like. You can also bring cash to the door.

Venmo: @adam-scow-2

Paypal: adam.scow@gmail.com

Last Check In from Santa Cruz for Bernie

BY JEFFREY SMEDBERG

Here are SC4B Candidate Endorsements for Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisor Endorsements. Last fall our SC4B membership endorsed candidates for the March Primary election. Two endorsed County Supervisor candidates are in run-off elections in November and will benefit from your vote, your volunteering, and your donations. Those candidates are:

Kristen Brown, Santa Cruz County Supervisor District 2, Aptos to Watsonville.

Monica Martinez, Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors District 5, San Lorenzo Valley, Scotts Valley, and a sliver of Santa Cruz.

Presuming that there would likely be broad consensus among our membership on state propositions and local ballot measure, your SC4B Steering Committee chose to offer its recommendations rather than hold an endorsement forum involving our entire membership. Here are the ballot measure recommendations.

California State Propositions

Prop. 2: School Facilities Bond. NO POSITION. Issue $10 billion in bonds to fund construction and modernization of public education facilities. For decades state voters regularly approved school bonds, the last one for $9B in 2016. In 2020 they broke the trend by rejecting a $15B bond.

Prop. 3: Right to Marry. VOTE YES. Repeals Prop. 8 and establish a right to marry in the California Constitution. Voter-approved Prop 8 of 2008, which defined marriage as between one man and one woman, was invalidated by the US Supreme Court in 2015. Prop. 3 would protect against future SCOTUS shenanigans.

Prop. 4: Environmental Bond. VOTE YES. Issue $10 billion in bonds to fund state and local parks, environmental protection projects, water infrastructure projects, energy projects, and flood protection projects, with 40% earmarked to mitigate environmental racism. Supported by environmental and labor groups; opposed by anti-tax groups.

Prop. 5: 55% for Housing Bonds. VOTE YES. Lowers the vote threshold from two-thirds to 55% for local bond measures to fund housing projects and public infrastructure. Would put approval of local government projects on parity with school district bonds that currently have a 55% threshold. The 2/3 vote requirement for new taxes enacted by Prop.13 in 1978 is a high bar.

Prop. 6: End Slavery. VOTE YES. Remove involuntary servitude as punishment for a crime from the state constitution. Solves for California the 13th Amendment problem in the US Constitution which allowed the continuation of slavery after the Civil War through mass incarceration.

Prop. 32: Increase Minimum Wage. VOTE YES. Increases the state's minimum wage to $18 per hour by 2026 for all workers, with future annual increases. No organized opposition has emerged. The last time voters rejected minimum wage increases in any state was in 1996 in Missouri and Montana.

Prop. 33: Allow Effective Rent Control. VOTE YES. Repeals Costa Hawkins Rental Housing Act. Would allow local jurisdictions to enact effective rent control without current severe limitation to apartments built before 1995 and exemption of single-family units. In arguing against 33, Costa-Hawkins supporters point to academic research that shows with rent control, tenants are less likely to move, which we consider a benefit. SC4B and Our Revolution have always supported rent control.

Prop. 34: Penalize Certain Political Speech. VOTE NO. Requires health care providers to spend 98% of revenues from federal discount prescription drug programs on direct patient care. Deceitfully couched as a patient protection measure, it's a vindictive reprisal aimed directly at the AIDS Healthcare Foundation for their sponsorship of Prop. 33 and other rent control initiatives. Prop. 34 is sponsored by the California Apartment Association.

Prop. 35: Tax on Managed Care. NO POSITION Permanently authorizes a tax on managed care organizations to fund Medi-Cal programs. Broadly supported by healthcare organizations and both major political parties. Strong opposing arguments by the League of Women Voters, Alliance of Retired Americans, The Children’s Partnership, and California Pan-Ethnic Health Network gives us pause about this complex financing proposal.

Prop. 36: Crack Down on Crime. VOTE NO. Would increase penalties for certain drug crimes and theft convictions and allow a new class of crime to be called treatment-mandated felony, although treatment money would be reduced. Would repeal elements of Prop 47 of 2014 that reduced sentences, prison populations, and recidivism while funding treatment services. Prop 36 is promoted through heightening fear of property crimes. It is supported by the Republican Party and law enforcement; opposed by the Democratic Party and ACLU.

Ballotpedia.org was the prime source in compiling these summaries.

Local Ballot Measures

Meas. Q: Local Water & Wildlife Protection Act. NO POSITION. A broad array of potential projects to enhance wild-land resiliency in the face of climate change, widely supported by environmental, Democratic, and labor groups as well as most local elected officials. We advise caution as the advisory board to oversee spending of this general fund money may have limited authority over priorities compared to the local government bureaucracies. Also troubling is the lack of an exemption on this property tax, estimated to be $89 yearly, for those on a low or fixed income.

Meas. Z: City of Santa Cruz Soda Tax. VOTE NO. Tax on the distributors of soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages. Posed as a benefit to community health, the tax has minimal potential to reduce health risks as it will be easy to avoid the surcharge by shopping outside city limits. Revenues would go into the City's general fund with total lack of expenditure control and not even a suggestion of spending for health. The tax is regressive in nature, with more impact on lower income residents, and hypocritical in light of the Council's refusal to consider progressive taxes on those who have the money such as a real estate transfer tax. We hate to be on the same side of this issue as Coke and Pepsi who are bankrolling the opposition, but this tax is a bad idea.

Elizabeth Williams

FOLK ART

Assemblage Dolls and Painted Cut Outs

Fruition Brewery

918 East Lake Ave.

Watsonville

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Oct. 4-31

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EW text: 831-722-3068

CARTOON BY ELIZABETH WILLIAMS

Su Hui's Silk-Embroidered Masterpiece

BY WOODY REHANEK

*In 4th century China, a time of war

& political upheaval, Su Hui embroidered

an unparalleled poem in silk: "Star Gauge."

Since Chinese characters can be read up,

down, sideways, diagonally, & backwards,

her 29 x 29 character masterpiece had

thousands of possible poetic permutations.

*Addressed to her husband, a bureaucrat

assigned afar, who had taken a concubine,

Su Hui's poems were a heady mixture

of splendor, desire, sadness, & vitriol:

"In the midst of my grief, your face,

such countless star-glimmer delights."

Su Hui thought her poems would "linger

aimlessly, twisting & turning." By all

accounts, "Star Gauge" found its essen-

tial target--a rugged & mystifying

landscape--the mountains & valleys

of the human heart: "Sunlight radiant

in kingfisher-green woodlands...

Sorrow swells my longing...Elegant

words seethe with tigers & dragons..."

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Thanks to Kassia St. Clair for this story...

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Photo by TARMO HANNULA

A 20 year-old juniper bonsai tree was on exhibit at this year's Santa Cruz County Fair.

Santa Cruz County Covid-19 Report

By SARAH RINGLER

The California Department of Public Health and Santa Cruz County Health Department regularly release data on the current status of Covid-19 in the county as well as information on influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), and Mpox. Since cases of Covid are still appearing, and there are still vulnerable people, I will continue reporting the graphs below.

The three graphs below were updated on Oct. 23.

The first graph is the Effective Reproductive Number. When the line rises above one, it shows that the spread of the virus is increasing. Below one means the spread is decreasing.

The second graph below shows data that the Health Department collects for Covid from wastewater at the City Influent, for the city of Santa Cruz, and from the Lode Street pump stations for the county.

The third graph below shows hospitalizations.

Photo TARMO HANNULA

Fashion Street - A woman checks her mobile phone while sitting on a toppled column on Squid Row in Santa Cruz.

Labor History Calendar - Oct. 25-31, 2024

a.k.a Know Our History Lest We Forget

Oct. 25, 1934: 25,000 dye workers strike in Paterson, New Jersey.

Oct. 25, 2011: Police evict Occupy Oakland, fracturing Iraq veteran’s skull; protesters take the site back the next day.

Oct. 26, 1905: First soviet in St. Petersburg.

Oct. 26, 1936: Hitler opens Office for Combatting Abortion and Homosexuality.

Oct. 27, 1920: 40,000 Philadelphia textile workers fired to rid factories of “troublemakers.”

Oct. 28, 1879: Puerto Rican labor organizers and anarcho-feminist Luisa Capetillo born.

Oct. 29, 1918: German fleet at Wilhelmshaven mutinies; gov’t falls Nov. 10^th.

Oct. 30, 1916: Everett, Washington, IWWs forced to run gauntlet.

Oct. 31, 1919: Judge Anderson enjoins miners from striking by blaming war.

Labor History Calendar has been published yearly by the Hungarian Literature Fund since 1985.

Yiddish Curses on the Republicans

May you live to be a hundred and twenty without Social Security or Medicare.
May your son run for President and may you have no idea what you did with his birth certificate.
May you feast every day on chopped liver and onions, chicken soup with matzo balls, gefilte fish with horseradish, beef brisket and gravy and may every bite be contaminated with E. Coli because you gutted the Food & Drug Administration.
May you be reunited in the world to come with your ancestors, who you discover were all Jewish socialist garment workers from New York.

From Friday's Labor Folklore

Photo by TARMO HANNULA

Classic Popcorn Balls

By SARAH RINGLER

Halloween is probably the biggest holiday in Santa Cruz County, from the parents and their children who travel around the county to find the best neighborhoods to bring in the goods, to adults who seriously dress up for parties or parade around downtown Santa Cruz. If you haven't gone to downtown Santa Cruz on a Halloween night, you are missing one extremely funny, provocative and scary experience. Be sure and dress up; you don't want to feel left out.

Popcorn balls are one classic Halloween treat from the past but are rarely passed out at the door these days. Most families and kids want something packaged, not homemade. They are best given to people who know and trust you. It is worth making them because they are sweet, crunchy and a little bit of flavoring really makes them a treat.

They are not too difficult to make, but there are some potential problems. You will be cooking sugar and corn syrup that has to been heated to right temperature for the balls to hold their shape. It really helps to have a candy thermometer because you can't tell from looking at the liquid when it's ready. You can just use a spoon to drop some of the heated sugar syrup into cold water. If, when you squeeze it you can form a solid ball, you know it is ready. I did this for years until I went to one of those home parties where they sell cooking products and finally bought one.

Also, hot sugar syrup can give you a nasty burn so be very careful. Your challenge is to form the popcorn balls when the syrup is still warm but not before it cools. See more advice in the recipe.

1 cup sugar

½ teaspoon salt

1 cup white corn syrup

½ cup water

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

6 quarts salted popped corn - about 1 cup popping corn

1 drop food coloring of your choice - optional

Pop the popcorn and put it into a large roasting pan.

Mix the sugar, salt, syrup and water in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir until the sugar is dissolved. Bring to a boil and boil until the mixture reaches 244 degrees, or the firm ball stage stirring occasionally. The firm ball stage is reached when you drop a teaspoon full of the sugar mixture into cold water the mixture forms a firm ball. If sugar granules start forming on the walls of the saucepan, you can place a lid on the pan for a short while. As soon as the crystals dissolve, continue boiling without the lid.

When done, remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla and mix well. Pour carefully over the popcorn stirring with a wooden spoon to evenly distribute the sugar mixture.

Rinse your hands in cold ice water and form the popcorn into balls. You can also use butter on your hands. Then wrap the balls with wax paper. If you want pink popcorn balls, add red food coloring when you add the vanilla. Of course, other colors and flavorings can be used as well. Makes about 15 medium sized balls.

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