A celebration of life for longtime Scotts Valley resident Michael Thomas will be held at Twin Lakes Church on Saturday, April 30. Mr. Thomas died in Santa Cruz at the age of 57.

Editor’s Note: This concludes the Press-Banner’s look at the state of activities for teens in the San Lorenzo Valley with a look into the activities made available through the San Lorenzo Valley High School and Middle School.

Scotts Valley Rock and Landscape Supply, better known as the Rockery, will shut its doors at the end of the month.

It’s a stereotype as old as any other: Wayward teenagers, lacking easily accessible entertainment options, stave off boredom by experimenting with drugs or by causing mischief and petty shenanigans — all to the chagrin of curmudgeonly adults who bemoan the antics of “kids these days.”