Your Health: Highlights of 2011
As I begin my fifth year writing this column, I’d like to thank my readers for the encouraging feedback I’ve received from so many of you.
San Lorenzo and Scotts Valley CZU Fire Updates
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New trustee in SLV schools
The San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District board last week unanimously appointed Gail Levine, retired superintendent of the Bonny Doon Elementary School District, as a new school board trustee.
In the spotlight: John Swedlund
I caught up with longtime valley resident John Swedlund, the San Lorenzo Valley High School shot-put record-holder and the co-owner of Scotts Valley Fitness Club.
My Last Valentine
How Do I Love Thee? Robert was an unknown writer. One day he ran across a volume of poetry that moved him so much, he wrote to the author: “I love your verses with all my heart, dear…”
The Aviza Development Reconsidered
During an open City Council meeting on June 17th, city council members listened to several passionate presentations and public opinions on rezoning the Aviza Development. For four and a half hours the council considered the first step making Aviza a place of residency for many Scotts Valley residents, by rezoning the area from industrial to residential. However, as the length of the meeting suggests, the matter is far more complicated than simply reclassifying the area’s use.
Nature Friendly: Journey to the Forbidden Sandhills
If you have seen strange lights coming from the Quail Hollow sandhills at night and wondered if those were UFOs or American Indian camps, it was probably just Dr. Jodi McGraw. Jodi is the diva of the Forbidden Sandhills — “forbidden” because only scientists are allowed in this fragile ecosystem.
Wheeldude: Holiday tips from behind the wheel
Realistically, shopping has mostly replaced the spiritual, religious and ideological roots of the holiday season. The U.S. and western world’s economic well-being hinges on it. Until somebody invents a functional, consumerism-less system that still guarantees prosperity, we must shop. Preferably in the San Lorenzo Valley and Scotts Valley, to avoid gargantuan traffic jams at the malls.
SLV Homeschool builds wetlands at school campus
What was once a shallow dirt pit in the back of a classroom on the former Quail Hollow Elementary School campus has now been transformed into a functioning wetland.
Scotts Valley supports 100% affordable housing project
Scotts Valley threw its weight behind a proposal for a 100% affordable housing project for 4444 Scotts Valley Drive, at the regularly scheduled City...