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COLD AS ICE The Santa Cruz Polar Plunge will take place on March 12 at Rio Del Mar Beach.

Fire Training at Aptos Library

Through March 11, public safety personnel from fire agencies throughout Santa Cruz County will conduct training for search-and-rescue and building ventilation techniques in the vacant Aptos Public Library, which is closed and will be demolished following the training exercise to make way for a new branch library.

Residents should expect to see emergency vehicles in the Aptos Library parking lot, as well as simulated emergency activities including forcible building entry, hose deployments and the use of non-toxic theatrical smoke, which is being deployed with the permission of the Monterey Bay Air Resources District. No actual fires will be included in this training exercise.

Any hazardous building materials contained in the building’s structure will be removed prior to the exercise by Coastwide Environmental.

Residents are asked to refrain from calling 911 to report activities associated with the training.

Funded by the 2016 voterapproved Measure S, the new, 12,400-square-foot, $14 million Aptos Library will be built by Bogard Construction, with architectural services by Anderson Brulé Architects.

Take a Plunge for Special Olympics

The Santa Cruz Polar Plunge, supporting Special Olympics athletes, will take place at 10am on March 12 at Rio Del Mar Beach.

Individuals must raise a minimum of $125 for the opportunity to jump into the chilly waters of Rio Del Mar Beach to support the Special Olympics.

The money raised will help continue to provide sports training and competition opportunities to the more than 21,200 Special Olympics athletes, while enabling the program to reach out to other individuals not yet participating.

Costumes for the event are encouraged, but not necessary. To register, visit p2p.onecause.com/ santacruzplunge. For information, contact Allie Bakalar at Allieb@ sonc.org or Officer John Hohmann at jhohmann@scottsvalley.org.

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