January 2012
C O M M U N I T Y N E W S T H AT M A K E S A D I F F E R E N C E
Vol 17 No. 1
Serving Central Santa Cruz County
2012’s Valentine’s Day Poetry Contest
Dinner for Two
12th Annual Times Publishing Group, Inc Competition By Noel Smith
Community Days when five percent of its sales raised over $3,000. On April 9 the City held the “Capitola Village Revival Party and Benefit” in the Village which collected about $8,500.
hether it’s young Love, Love that has stood the test of time, or the memory of Love, it is Love that is at the center of what we celebrate each February 14, Valentine’s Day. And what could be more romantic than to write poetry about The Capitola that Love for your Soquel Times’ lover — and for our winning prize is readers to read. So, dinner for two at submit your poem Michael's On about those tender, passionate feelings Main in Soquel. and romantic thoughts to our annual poetry contest. Times Publishing Group is sponsoring its 12th Annual Times Publishing Annual Valentine’s Day Poetry Contest to reward three local poets (and their sweethearts) with the ultimate in Valentine’s Day romance. It’s time for poets throughout the county to again wear their hearts on their sleeves making public their feelings for those whom they love.
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W Capitola Floods in late March damaged 60 downtown businesses.
2011: A
YEAR OF
CHALLENGES
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CHANGE
By Noel Smith
Small Business of the Year
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Chamber CEO Toni Castro recounted that the community stepped up to offer aid to the affected businesses from free moving to free storage to volunteer assistance for cleanup. Comerica Bank donated $10,000 and New Leaf Community Markets held special
California Laws for 2012 Keeping up with the changes
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Capitola Book Café Honored
water that invaded them ruining fixtures, floors, walls, stock and generally creating havoc not seen since the early 1980s. Businesses were closed weeks for repairs and many village merchants ended up operating out of a tent by the Capitola Mercantile.
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apitola’s biggest challenge for 2011 was The Flood … actually two floods. The waters from Noble Gulch Creek inundated Capitola Village not once, but twice on Thursday, March 24 and Saturday March 26. Sixty businesses in Capitola Village were affected by the wall of
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Scout’s Project Remember’s Unborn
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