News Briefs: Follies seeks singers

The Santa Cruz Follies will have open auditions Feb. 20 for singers and dancers age 50 and older to perform in a September show at the Civic Auditorium.
The auditions will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Market Street Senior Center, 222 Market St., in Santa Cruz.
Singers and dancers should take their musical accompaniment on a CD. A cappella performances are also acceptable.
The show, titled “Memories Are Made of This,” which features songs and dance from the 1950s and ’60s, is scheduled for Sept. 15 through 18 at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium.
For information: 423-6640
County court reduces hours
Starting Monday, Feb. 1, the Superior Court of Santa Cruz County reduced its clerks’ office hours by an hour. Open hours will now end at 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Courts statewide are also closed the third Wednesday of each month. The changes come in the wake of reduced money from the state.
Court papers can still be filed with the clerk’s office in both Santa Cruz and Watsonville between 3 and 5 p.m. using secure drop boxes. Papers left in a drop box during those hours will be filed the same day.
For information: www.santacruzcourt.org
Extra beads?
The Santa Cruz Bead Brigade is collecting unwanted beads to take to nursing homes, where residents can make jewelry to keep and wear.
The Bead Brigade is also looking for volunteers. Members of the Santa Cruz Bead Society already help nursing home residents make jewelry.
For information: Colleen, 438-4080, ext. 194;

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Tax help for seniors
Volunteers from Project S.C.O.U.T., aka Senior Citizen OUTreach, will help seniors prepare their income taxes from 1 to 3 p.m. Thursdays at Scotts Valley Senior Center, 370 Kings Village Drive. Help is on a first-come, first-served basis.
For information: 438-8666
Scholarships available
Seniors who will graduate from county high schools, including San Lorenzo Valley and Scotts Valley high schools, with a grade-point average of 3.0 or better can apply for the Sigma Alpha Omega Nu Scholarship.
Awards are also available for students at Cabrillo College and University of California, Santa Cruz, who have graduated from local high schools.
Omega Nu will give more than $50,000 in scholarships this year.
Applications are available at high school counseling offices, and the deadline is March 31.
For information: Gillian Westbrook, 438-1168 or

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