Scotts Valley Mayor Randy Johnson and David Hodgin of Scotts Valley, chairman of Pathfinder Companies, a management consulting firm, are among 21 community leaders who have been selected for the nine-month countywide Focus Agriculture program.

The program consists of monthly daylong sessions including farm tours and talks on ethnic groups in agriculture and the diversity of commodities produced locally.

Vets want your war stories

Santa Cruz County military veterans are looking to record oral histories of former military men and women in the county for the new Veterans History Project.

Veterans of all armed forces will be included in the video interviews. To register or suggest a veteran for an interview, e-mail vhpdas@yahoo.com.

Grads give cameras to SLV High

San Lorenzo Valley High School graduates from the Class of 2006 have presented four high-end cameras to the digital photography program for student use. 

The Canon Digital Rebel cameras (model XTI) with lenses and memory cards are worth more than $4,000. The grads raised the funds with prom sales and other student enterprises.

The gift was honored by a plaque mounted in the school’s digital arts classroom set up by the parent-teacher-student group SLV Arts.