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“You’ll never run or ski again,” the emergency room doctor announced the moment I regained consciousness at San Francisco General Hospital.

The push-up is a fundamental exercise that I routinely use with most of my clients. It works the whole body and can be easily modified for either the 75-year-old woman or the 25-year-old athlete.

With the Press Banner’s first graduation edition of the year, we would like to extend our congratulations to every graduate, for persevering through these tumultuous times.  We’d also like to spend time commending a very special graduate from Scotts Valley High School.  This past Thursday, the Scotts Valley Exchange Club was proud to present Carson Bissey, a new SVHS graduate, with the A.C.E. Award.  The honor is presented annually to students who have overcome great obstacles during their high school experience, in order to graduate and pursue bright futures. 

The town of Felton is 150 years old, and townsfolk are gearing up to throw a grand anniversary bash. The town party will include historical presentations of Felton's early days, which will be on display at Felton Community Hall and the Felton Fire Station, 4 bands, dancing, various other entertainment and of course, lots of local food and drink, shopping, kids events, crafts and more.

It was an especially fragrant bouquet of roses on my dining table this week that got me thinking about what an incredible thing our sense of smell is. It’s the only sense that has a direct connection to our brains. We can detect at least a trillion distinct scents. Our scent cells are renewed every 30 to 60 days. Some of the most pleasurable scents, according to recent research, include vanilla, some orange scents, cinnamon, crayons and cookies. I don’t have any crayon or cookie scented flowers but wouldn’t that be a great addition in the garden?