November 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. 11
Serving Central Santa Cruz County
SCCRTC Completes Purchase of Local Rail Line
Purchase Made
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Landing on Iwo Jima in the shadow of Mount Suribachi.
VETERANS DAY 2012 I
t is over 70 years since World War II began, during which over 16,354,000 men and women served in the US Armed Forces. This number includes members of the Army, Army Air Corps, Navy and Marines.
Each day over 800 WWII veterans are lost to us, many with their stories still untold. Capitola resident Arvy Geurin was one veteran who has told the story of his experiences and how it really was for them. When Arvy wrote, “Walking Through Fire; An Iwo
Jima Survivors Remembrance� it was his intention to tell the reader what it was like to live through that time and to understand what it was like when patriotism and personal sacrifice were the rule, not the exception. Arvy passed away this year
and his widow, Gale is advocating that individuals, businesses and communities fly the U.S. Flag on November 11, Veterans Day, to honor all generations of those who have served our country in uniform.
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he Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) for Santa Cruz County and Union Pacific announced on October 12 that they have completed transfer of the Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line from private to public ownership for $14.2 million. Most of the funding was secured by the RTC from Proposition 116 bond funds approved by both a majority of Californians and Santa Cruz County voters in 1990. The value of public ownership of the corridor is to increase access and retain use of to the 135-year-old transportation asset. Iowa Pacific Holdings, to operate locally as Santa Cruz and Monterey Bay Railway, was selected as the short line operator for freight and passenger service.
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