Serving Our Community For Over 25 Years • Capitola, Soquel, Live Oak, Pleasure Point
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January 2019 • Vol 24 No. 1
Volunteers Help Children In Foster Care In 2018, 73 community members completed 35 hours
of training and were sworn in as Officers of the Court to serve as Court Appointed Special Advocates in the Juvenile Dependency Court of Santa Cruz County. These volunteers have committed to help a child or youth in foster care that has been abused or neglected. Full Story page 9
Editor Wins Golden Quill Award
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Letter to the Editor (from the Editor), By Noel Smith
or the past 14 years I’ve been the editor for the Aptos Times, Capitola Soquel Times and Scotts Valley Times. It has always been my purpose to make each publication truly local in content and design. It has been my privilege to promote the efforts of
local organizations, businesses and non-profits to make their community a better place to live. I thank all these organizations for their openness in providing us content and information that have made our publications so successful. ... continues on page 4
Women’s Adventure Film Tour at the Rio
The Women’s Adventure Film Tour has arrived in the USA for the first time ever and will be in Santa Cruz for One Night Only on January 26! This tour is a celebration of the fantastic women around us who are doing extraordinary things. Full Story page 11
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