Serving Our Community For 22 Years • Aptos, La Selva Beach, Corralitos, Freedom & Watsonville
February 15 2013 • Vol 22 No. 4 • www.tpgonlinedaily.com Historic Workers Cabins Protected
Aptos resident Jonathan Chaney, a senior at St. Francis High School in Watsonville and member of Scout Troop 609, recently completed his Eagle Scout project to help protect a cluster of historic Cowell Lime Works structures on the UCSC campus. Working under the direction of campus planner Alisa Klaus ... Full Story on page 6
15-Year Anniversary
Teacher, choreographer and dance troupe director, Kumu Lorraine celebrates 15 years of teaching Hula and Tahitian dance at the Capitola Parks and Recreation Department! Kumu Kalei, as she is now known, approached the recreation department in 1998, Full Story on page 5
Community Raises 3.6M Meals
Although the 2012 Holiday Food Drive officially ended on January 15, it takes time for Second Harvest to ensure that every pound of food donated has been weighed and every dollar added up before the grand total is announced. Full Story on page 7
Aptos Village Improvements
The Regional Transportation Commission has committed $690,000 to Aptos Village Plan Improvements. Representatives of Barry Swenson Builder, the developer of the new Aptos Village, have said these improvements along Soquel Drive and Trout Gulch Road are needed for the project to
continue. These improvements include modifications to pedestrian, bike, and auto traffic on Soquel Drive from 350 ft west of Aptos Creek Rd to 150 ft east of Trout Gulch Rd (1230 ft). Here is a list of the proposed and approved improvements. continued on page 4