Water Wars – Part One: The ‘Why’ of Desalination for Santa Cruz County – By Noel Smith • 2012 TPG Poetry Contest Winners – By Noel Smith • Caltrans Awards $11 Million in Grant to Local Public Transit • Central Fire District Receives $200,000 Grant for SCBAs • Paul Vogt writes about ‘Our Bond’ • Ordinance Proposed for Community Vote on Desalination • scwd2 Desalination Program Update • Target to Open Capitola Store in July – 200 local area team members to be hired • ‘Under the Boardwalk’ Family Concert on Sunday, March 4 • Become a Court Appointed Special Advocates for a neglected or abused child • Twenty-one Community Leaders Selected for Focus Agriculture Class XXIII • 4th Annual Prom Dress Drive • UCSC Recreation Offers 16-hour Wilderness First Aid Course • Capitola Soroptimist’s Honor Three Local Women • Protect your child from whooping cough – It’s never too early to prepare for 7th grade required immunizations • Meet the Author at the Porter Memorial Library – Claudia Sternbach presents her memoir, ‘Reading Lips: A Memoir of Kisses’ • Rudy Escalante Chosen as New Capitola Police Chief • Cabrillo Stage Holds Open Casting Call for 2012 Season • Positive Parenting Program Seminars this Spring • Internet Crime Complaint Center’s (Ic3) Scam Alerts • IRS Releases the Dirty Dozen Tax Scams for 2012 • Announcing 2012-13 Poet Laureate David Swanger • Candidate filing period for June ballot ends March 9