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November 6, 2025

Your Health: Be aware, not fearful of medical x-rays

There has been a lot of attention recently about the amount of radiation to which patients are exposed by medical x-rays. As with most medical procedures, x-rays are safe when used with care — especially because, in most cases, as little radiation as possible is used to obtain the needed results.

New Faces

• Jacob Michael Thomas was born to Leigha Kathryn Kronander (Lineberry) and Brian Karl Thomas of Scotts Valley at 9:27 a.m. Feb. 10, 2010. He weighed 7 pounds, 5 ounces, at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.

Talk About Money: This guy wants to convert you

Please allow me the opportunity to convert your familiar sensibilities to a new, dynamic way of thinking.

The Mountain Gardener: Keep it simple for interesting garden design

This is the time of year when all things seem possible. You might be planning improvements to the vegetable garden. Maybe you’re also thinking of adding a focal point, like a small accent tree or garden art to one of the perennial beds. And you really need to do something about that view outside the picture window. It needs more year-round appeal. After all, you spend a lot of time looking out there.

Valley People: Kudos and news about local folks

Scotts Valley High mock trial grabs second

The Mountain Gardener: Use well this break in the rain

Usually, I don’t comment on the weather. By the time you read this, it might be dark and stormy. But today, the sky is blue, the daffodils are sporting sunny yellow faces and the flowering plums are bursting with color.

It’s the Law: The law of parcel taxes

There is no dearth of pithy quotes regarding taxes. The writer Robert Heinlein said, “Be wary of strong drink. It can make you shoot at tax collectors — and miss.” Meanwhile, Will Rogers observed, “The income tax has made more liars out of the American people than golf has.”

Nature Friendly: Lonely roads and late-night phone calls

I was as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a roomful of rockers. I lay in bed and watched my clock tick off the early morning hours — now 1 a.m., now 2 a.m. — as I waited for the phone to ring.

Club Roundup: Kiwanis Club of Scotts Valley

The Kiwanis is planning its charitable efforts through 2010. In addition to helping with the Mountain Charlie Bike Race for the Scotts Valley Educational Foundation, the club will help with the Scotts Valley Criterium, a new bike race in Scotts Valley scheduled for May 16, as well as three Music in the Park performances this summer.

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