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I had to wait a couple years for my variegated winter daphne to settle in before setting flowers but this year it’s making up for lost time. There’s something special about a plant that will bloom in the depth of winter, hold up to rain and scent the garden all at the same time. With beautiful rosy-pink flower clusters and attractive yellow-margined variegated foliage, daphne make a great foundation plant for dappled shade gardens. They are deer resistant and have low water requirements during the summer. What’s not to love?

Guy C. Earl often told his four children—Alice, Martha, Guy Jr. and Eleanor—bedtime stories about his own childhood in “The Enchanted Valley” of the Owens River. ”I had the great good fortune,” he believed, “of spending my boyhood in the midst of majestic surroundings and wondrous beauty —where I walked in Paradise.” “To listen to Father,” remembered son Guy Jr., “one would think that he had spent the major portion of his life in the EnchantedValley.” In fact, his tenure there lasted only half a dozen years.

- Audrey Lynn Seraphina Baillie was born to Amanda Joy (Matthews) and Stephen Eugene Baillie of Ben Lomond at 2:13 p.m., July 30, 2013. She weighed 8 pounds, 1 ounce at Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center in Santa Cruz.

- Alec Edward Thomsen was born to Heather Nicole and Jake Thomsen of Ben Lomond at 8:52 a.m. Aug. 22, 2013. The baby boy weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces at Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz.

Scotts Valley High School football players Collin Corbella, Robbie McClure and Joel Claassen earned high praise from football coaches in the Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League by earning co-player of the year honors at their respective positions.

With the Santa Cruz County in the grips of a continuing housing crisis, the county supervisors are interested in expanding access to affordable housing for residents by using a new state law with regard to Accessory Dwelling Units – often called, “granny units,” or “in-law units” behind individual residences.

My wife is a Tim Tebow fan. But it’s not because of his looks (I hope) or his ability. It’s because of his faith and because he wins games in dramatic fashion and because she’s been rooting for the Broncos since she was a toddler.