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The music program at Salinas’s Everett Alvarez High School has been given some new instruments. The gift of a new tuba, marimba, double-french horn, and bass clarinet, was given last week, by the Monterey Branch of Fidelity Investments. The gift is worth about 20-thousand dollars, and was given as part of program begun by Fidelity Investments in 2006 to help local arts programs.
Santa Cruz Parks officials are hoping a new environmental report will allow them avoid the requirement of a preparing an official environmental impact report, for a proposed trail through Santa Cruz’s Pogonip. Officials are seeking to adopt what’s called a “mitigated negative declaration” for the project, which would allow them to forgo the costly E-I-R. City leaders are considering approving the request, however some environmental groups fear that the lack of an environmental impact report will hurt local wildlife and plant life. The Santa Cruz City Council is accepting public comments through Novemeber 5th. A public hearing on the issue is scheduled for November 23rd. The proposed 1.5-mile-long trail is being sought to improve recreation in the greenbelt, as well as force out illegal campers and drug activity.
The Monterey County Sheriff’s office is now looking for recruits, to fill current and future openings. Written exams are set to be given this Friday and Saturday, and 9 a.m. and 2 p.m., in Salinas. You can apply online at www.joinmco.com, and you can turn in your application the day of the test. For more information on becoming a deputy sheriff, or a deputy-sheriff-recruit, contact the Monterey county sheriff’s human resources unit.
A program this month is helping some women on the central coast receive free cancer-screenings. 31-women will be given free mammograms, to mark Breast Cancer Awareness month. Officials at Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital have given local physicians coupons, which can be given by doctors to those who qualify. To see if you are eligible, ask your primary care doctor.
Santa Cruz officials are reporting better-than-expected numbers of young steelhead trout in the San Lorenzo river. While the count of adult Steelheads has not improved, officials are encouraged by the high numbers of smolt, or young fish, in the river. The numbers were also up in a count in July. The Central Coast Steelhead was listed as endangered in 1997.