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Megan Colleen Alves of Felton was married to John Daniel Bridges of Boulder Creek on June 16, 2012.

EDITOR,

There was a collision on East Zayante Road on July 22 when a 19-year old man, Jacob Waring of Felton, let his 1989 GMC truck cross over the yellow line as he was traveling southbound. Dylan Hage, a 21 year old man from Boulder Creek, was Waring’s passenger. Waring collided with Patrick Goldie of Lompico who was driving northbound in a 2001 Saturn.Reportedly, witnesses said that the GMC truck was being driven recklessly prior to the collision. There is an ongoing investigation regarding this claim.All three men were transported to hospitals with major medical conditions. Both Waring and Hage were taken to Valley Medical Center, while Goldie was moved to Stanford for treatment.Investigating California Highway Patrolman M. Diaz reported that the incident occurred at 7:55 a.m. The road was still closed at 10:30 a.m. Traffic was diverted from East Zayante Road to West Zayante Road while the scene of the accident was made

To the editor:

It’s not often I write about someone in my own family. As the editor of a newspaper, I have to be judicious about how I use space in the paper — and about 98 percent of the time, I leave my family out of it.

EDITOR,

A couple of years back, I ran into a friend at the auto parts store.

When the first rains of the season came down, the forest turned gloomy and the trees looked like druid totems. The seeping skies crushed the optimism out of me, and I began to ramble about my house, muttering in dread, “Winter is coming. Winter is coming.”