NOVEMBER 2017 EVERYTHING APTOS, CAPITOLA & SOQUEL Vol. 6 No. 3
APTOS
Aptos Chamber News
SOQUEL
Pets and holiday food
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CAPITOLA Photo by Tarmo HANNULA
Biologists team up to collect data on stealhead trout in Aptos Creek at Rio del Mar State Beach.
Dientes celebrates 25 years
HISTORY CORNER By John Hibble Call: 688-1467
Nonprofit continues to expand
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By TODD GUILD SANTA CRUZ — Just over a quarter century ago, two local dentists decided there were too many people in Santa Cruz County with insufficient access to dental care. In 1990, Catherine Webb and Carolyn O’Donnell started a dentalonly nonprofit, which incorporated two years later as Dientes Community Dental Care.
Visit the museum: 7605-B Old Dominion Court Aptos, CA
Nearly 200 people gathered at the Dientes headquarters on Oct. 5 to celebrate the anniversary; a group that included elected officials, medical professionals and community members. “Twenty-five years is a big number for a nonprofit,” said Dientes Development Director Sheree Storm. “What it really represents Please turn to Page 3
Rancho Del Mar Builders to pay $125K for Shopping Center mishandling Aptos Village storage tank Before Rancho Del Mar and Safeway came to Aptos, that property was used for growing sugar beets and cauliflower. State Park Drive was lined on both sides with huge cypress trees. Highway 1 was a four-lane highway with no overpass or on-and-off ramps. Aptos was a small town but was getting ready for a growth spurt and the Cabrillo College Aptos campus was just being planned. James Fenton had been a food chemist at Richmond Chase Canning Company before he and a partner started an advertising business for housing developments in the Santa Clara Valley. James caught the land development bug and moved his family to Aptos in 1958. Please turn to Page 6
Staff report APTOS — The Santa Cruz County Superior Court ordered Barry Swenson Builders, Inc., to pay $125,000 recently as part of a settlement of a civil-environmental prosecution. According to the District Attorney’s complaint filed with
the court, Barry Swenson Builders improperly handled and disposed of an underground storage tank and related hazardous waste on March 1, 2016. This information was identified following notification by Barry Swenson Builders to the county and subsequent inspections conducted by investigators from the County
of Santa Cruz Health Services Agency — Environmental Health Division at the Aptos Village Project construction site where Barry Swenson Builders is the general contractor. Following notification, Barry Swenson Builders hired an Please turn to Page 9
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