Having grown up in a Catholic convent and boarding school with 30 girls, my early days were spent much like any girls who were living at home with their parents, with one exception — our free time.
Aaron John Jensen, an 8-pound 1-ounce boy, was born to Jennifer Kaitlyn Duer and John Robert Jensen III of Scotts Valley at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz. He was born at 10:24 a.m. on March 5, 2015.
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With our gardens coming to life at this time of year, we are hopeful that each plant will achieve its full potential during this growing season. But that doesn’t always turn out to be the case and sometimes it’s hard to figure out what exactly is the problem.
If you deposit $10,000 into a savings account at one of Scotts Valley’s major banks, you’ll earn an interest rate of about 0.03 percent. In one year, your account would be worth $10,003. With that $3 of interest, you could go to Los Gallos and treat yourself to a taco, as long as you don’t order a drink.
Maverick Pierre Wright, an 8-pound 3-ounce boy, was born to Michelle Louise (Fortayon) and Aaron Charles Wright of Scotts Valley at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz. He was born at 1:47 p.m. on Feb. 16, 2015.
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Being that it’s nearly spring, I decided to check on the progress of this year’s wildflowers. I figured the back of a motorcycle was a good way to get up close and personal with the backroads of our rolling hills.
The returning numbers from last fall for Chinook salmon are promising, while future years may be of concern. The counts have come in from the Sacramento River and its tributaries and they were higher than expected.