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Theodore William Price, an 8-pound 1-ounce boy, was born to Mary Ruth Ellen (Mears) and Chadwick William Price of Ben Lomond at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz. He was born at 3:17 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014.

Penny Weaver says she is staying calm and taking a wait-and-see approach to Proposition 2.

- Submit Datebook items to [email protected] or drop off press releases or photos at 5215 Scotts Valley Drive, Ste. F, Scotts Valley 95066. Deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday. Entries are subject to editing, and publication is not guaranteed.

- Submit Datebook items to [email protected] or drop off press releases or photos at 5215 Scotts Valley Drive, Ste. F, Scotts Valley 95066. Deadline is 5 p.m. Tuesday. Entries are subject to editing, and publication is not guaranteed.

There are species of cactus that grow all over North and South America and have been naturalized in Africa, Asia and Australia.

When I think of autumn, I think of how the gold leaves of the sycamores and the big leaf maples illumine the forest and the river. And when I think of the river, I think of what Fred McPherson, local naturalist and videographer, has always said; “The river is my teacher.”