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Following in her mother’s footsteps, 14-year-old Makenzie Schwartz never had to think twice about putting on her four-wheeled roller-skates and jumping into the roller derby track.

There is something unique about the need for, belief in and use of superstition in the game of baseball.

The last few weeks, I’ve tried to transform some meals that I like into healthier options. I love quesadillas, but I rarely ever order them when I eat out at a taqueria or make them at home. But when I found the recipe for veggie quesadillas, it seemed like a great way to make a favorite dish a little bit healthier. The one change we made to the recipe was to cook the vegetables before putting them into the quesadillas so they are tender instead of crispy. The recipe can be altered to include other vegetables such as asparagus, mushrooms, bell peppers and yellow onions.

Officials celebrate opening of Vista Meadows senior complex

The final steel beam to form the frame that will support the Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital’s Women’s Center was put in place in recent weeks. Construction workers and members of the Obstretics & Gynecology department at the hopsital signed names to the final piece before it was put in place.

It is not uncommon to hear people say something like: “I don’t need to go to church. I can worship God in nature on a sandy seashore or even a golf course.” Well, a group of Bay Area Christians have formed an organization that combines worship of God and appreciation of nature.

Cruciferous is a designation that comprises the Brassica members of the cabbage family, including cavolo nero, mustard and turnip greens, along with cauliflower and collards, plus radishes, horseradish and arugula. The name derives from the flower common to these plants, the four petals of which spread to form a cross. Hence, “crucifer”-ous.

The library at Hollister’s Sunnyslope Elementary School was packed with second-graders that rainy afternoon recess period. In all the racket and ruckus, I found a quiet corner to peruse a book I’d discovered on the shelves. It featured a funny little orange fellow with an oversized walrus mustache – a creature dreamed up by author Theodore Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. Upon finishing my first reading of “The Lorax,” a simple tale teaching the importance of good stewardship of our planet’s natural resources, my child’s mind had learned some  environmental truths: All life is valuable. All life is fragile. All life is connected in a great tapestry of creation.