Community

Ethan James Wolff was born to Jennifer Anne and Ryan Peter Wolff of Scotts Valley at 4:10 a.m. June 22, 2011, at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz. He weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces.

n Molly Marie Horner was born at 12:25 p.m. June 17, 2011, to Shyra Marie and Andrew Thomas Horner of Scotts Valley. She weighed 8 pounds, 9 ounces when she arrived at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz.

Wine Lover

Scotts Valley grieves the closing of Bethany University after 92 years, but from a purely dollars-and-cents point of view, the loss probably won’t have a major impact on the local economy — and, in the long run, might even help the city’s finances.

Sustainable Living

This summer and in the fall, we teenagers are all going to experience new changes.

With the arrival of summer, many of us will be traveling by airplane. Those of us who are older than 50 can remember going in and out of airports free of any type of security measures. Now, to board a plane, we have to nearly disrobe, get patted down and, most recently, pass through full-body scanners that take an image of our body.