Baymonte Christian School’s first 5- and 1-kilometer fun runs took place along the streets of north Scotts Valley on Saturday, Oct. 9. About 240 runners finished the 5k, and 69 children finished the 1k.
Despite a first-half goal that netted Bethany University the lead at halftime, William Jessup University overpowered the Bruins, 4-1, in California Conference play on Oct. 9.
OK, I’ll admit it. Much as I love being outdoors, and nice as the weather has been, I’ve already started the transition to one important part of my winter routine: hanging out around the TV on Sunday and Monday nights. It’s football. I’d intended to resist until the weather changed, but then the 49ers were on the Monday night broadcast a few weeks back, and that was it.
In the past couple of years, it seems as if the political pundits and media have done a good job of alerting us to the ballooning federal budget deficits, with little focus on our collective retirement deficit — the shortfall of our present savings to meet our future retirement income requirements.
Mother Nature sure knows how to throw a curveball. She can dish out balmy, 75-degree weather one day, then switch it up to 107 in a heartbeat. Cold and windy steps to the mound next, followed by “What’s next?” from the pitch hitter.