Scotts Valley Idol applications accepted

Connie O’Brien of Felton was the winner of a free yard cleanup from Bill Mehlenbacher of Bill’s Hauling in a raffle at the San Lorenzo Valley Senior Center at Highlands Park. Mehlenbacher, who has been hauling in the San Lorenzo Valley since 1970, set up his annual raffle at the senior center earlier this month, and O’Brien’s name was drawn.

Rotary Club of San Lorenzo Valley

A service will be in August for Harold Basinger, who died of leukemia at the Veterans Affairs Hospice in Palo Alto this month.

Every year for the past few years, in the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve, I’ve enjoyed a very special duty. My mail carrier brings me all the letters that local children write to Santa Claus.