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Lynn Beebe
Longtime educator, coach honored after losing battle with cancer
More than 500 people filled the bleachers in the Scotts Valley High School gymnasium Tuesday, Jan. 31 to celebrate the life of beloved teacher and counselor Lynn Beebe.
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Unocal workers arrested
Two gas station attendants caught
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Resource center to host parenting classes
Free workshops for parents and caregivers
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Campbell shows some of the clothing she has in her store that was sewn by women in Cambodia. A poster of the mission she supports is hung in her shop. Lucjan Szewczyk/Press-Banner
Taking it with her
Felton businesswoman Clare Campbell has retunred from volunteering as a teacher in Cambodia, but she didn't leave her mission behind.
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The Scotts Valley City Council will soon decide if scooters, as pictured above, will be officially allowed in the city s skate park. Lucjan Szewczyk/Press-Banner
Council to decide great scooter debate
The presence of scooters in the skate park is the hot topic the Scotts Valley City Council will discuss at its next meeting, at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1.
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Shumei Farm Development Coordinator Masahide Koyome (left) and sustainable farming guest Elaine Ingham talk soil at the Shumei Santa Cruz Farm in Bonny Doon. Lucjan Szewczyk/Press-Banner
Soil expert shares with Japanese farm in Bonny Doon
A noted expert in soil biology traveled from Pennsylvania to a 22-acre natural farm in Bonny Doon last week for a meeting of minds concerning soil health and its effects on organic growing.
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Fire destroys Ben Lomond house
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A nighttime fire burned a home in Ben Lomond last week but did not spread beyond the confines of the four-bedroom, three-bathroom house at 784 Arenosa Ave.
Exercising options at the senior center
by Joe Shreve
Jan 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
It was a full house Tuesday morning at the Scotts Valley Senior Center as more than 25 people had their morning workout together in Leatrice Bachan’s Zumba class.
Brook Knoll principal to leave mid-year
by Peter Burke
Jan 19, 2012 | 16 16 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
Brook Knoll Elementary School’s principal, Phillip Menchaca, will leave the school later this month to take another principal position in San Jose.
Bad-news delivery on hold
by Peter Burke
Jan 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
Local post offices not in danger of closing yet
Fox Racing Shox finds home in Scotts Valley
by Peter Burke
Jan 19, 2012 | 1 1 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Worldwide racing equipment company Fox Racing Shox has moved its corporate offices from Watsonville to Scotts Valley.
A new place for sharper scholarship in Scotts Valley
by Joe Shreve
Jan 19, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
Students throughout the Bay Area have a new resource for help catching up — or getting ahead — on their studies, right in Scotts Valley.