Valley People

Girl Scouts collect coats
San Lorenzo Valley Girl Scout Troop 11066 collected 172 coats and donated them to the Coats for Kids-One Warm Coat Drive, which helps many needy people in Santa Cruz County. Scouts dropped the coats off at Classic Cleaners in Santa Cruz as part of the annual coat drive.
The troop is led by Kim Benton.
Mount Hermon resident a finalist in dirty garage contest
Terry Beck of Mount Hermon has been named one of 55 finalists in CSN Tools’ Turbocharge Your Garage Challenge from among more than 8,000 “grungy garage” entries from across the U.S.
The contest, conducted by CSN Stores, asked people to describe the state of their garage and why it deserved to be “turbocharged.”
The prize is valued at $10,000, including a visit from HGTV’s Lynn Keegan and CSN Stores’ Room Rescue Crew.
Beck’s entry states: “We have been foster parents for the last 32 years. Our garage is the storage holder for our freezer, cribs, changing tables, not-needed-right-now-but-may-be-needed-for-the-next-child-in-our-home equipment, snowboards, canning jars, my husband’s workshop and overflow pantry items. The car does not fit in it. We hardly fit in it and find it very hard to locate what we are looking for.”
People can vote for finalists at www.facebook.com/csnstores after clicking the Contest Voting tab. Voting ends Dec. 31
Airman graduates military training
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Braxton Bernstein has graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
Bernstein completed eight weeks of training in military discipline and studies, Air Force values, fitness and basic warfare principles and skills.
He is the son of David and Mary Jo Bernstein of Scotts Valley.
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