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Polo in Aptos? By John Hibble

How did the Polo Grounds Regional Park get its name? The park has a total area of sixty-two acres with forty hidden acres of flat alluvial plain located between Valencia Creek on the west  and oak woodland hillsides on the north and east sides, topped by Huntington Drive. The valley  empties out to the intersection […]

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I Can Fly by John Hibble

Any child who has ever seen a bird soar through the sky has wanted to fly. Greek mythology tells of Icarus who died trying to fly. Leonardo da Vinci designed a flying machine but never built it. The first time that people ascended into the rarefied air was in a hot air balloon in 1783 […]

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