EDITOR,

The 2010 influenza season officially begins in October, but cases of flu in some areas of the country have already been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The infection usually peaks in January, February and March and usually ends by May. It is impossible to predict ahead of time how bad the flu season might be, but as we learned with the H1N1 (swine flu) last year, it’s best to be prepared.

Marilyn Jean (Zonker) Kelsen

I want to dedicate this column as a thank-you to the people who live up in Bonny Doon.

EDITOR,

EDITOR,

Those lazy, crazy, foggy days of summer are behind us now. What a strange summer it was.

When I was working as a grocery clerk in my late teens, I saved up $1,000 and opened an account with my father’s stockbroker in Los Gatos. When he asked about my goals, I said, "Just find me something that will go up."