August 2012
C O M M U N I T Y N E W S T H AT M A K E S A D I F F E R E N C E
Vol 15 No. 8
Serving Scotts Valley, Ben Lomond, Boulder Creek & Felton
Ingredients for a Sweet Friendship
Shelby Capell (left) and Lauren Emanuelson waiting on customers during their Bake Sale. Two Scott’s Valley Middle School students help classmate battle leukemia
By Courtney Dimpel helby Capell and Lauren Emanuelson, two ambitious and compassionate students currently attending Scotts Valley Middle School, wanted to do something extraordinary for their friend and fellow classmate Emily Erickson, who is being treated for leukemia. Childhood leukemia is a hematological malignancy or a cancer of the blood that develops in the bone marrow where new blood cells are made. The cure rate for childhood leukemia is generally higher than adult leukemia, approaching 90 percent. Treatment is typically dependent on several factors including the child’s age, overall health, medical history, and usually requires chemotherapy or sometimes even stem cell replacement, all of which are very taxing on a child’s body. Emily’s childhood friends and playmates, Shelby and Lauren, decided to host a bake sale July 18 at Skypark. They baked dozens of cookies, cupcakes and other treats, and provided lemonade and punch to the many visitors and supporters.
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Scotts Valley Cinema now features a mural celebrating early movies filmed in the area.
MURAL MEMORIALIZES SCOTTS VALLEY’S MOVIE MAGIC History of area as scenic setting for early movies is honored By Noel Smith
he east side of the CineLux Theatres in Scotts Valley is now the site of an almost 100foot long mural that commemorates the early days of cinema when the mountains of Santa Cruz were a favorite of the movie industry. The wall is
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divided into five panels covered with brightly colored images. The mural’s design is the work of local artist Rose Poe. “This is the first mural I’ve done since I was in my 20’s,” said the 53-year-old Poe, “And the only one of this size. We are thinking of entering this into the Guinness Book of Records as the world’s
largest paint-by-the-number painting. I didn’t really think about the final size when I accepted the commission, just about the subject and the design.” After the design was finished, a projector was used to outline the areas to be painted and then the areas were coded for the colors to be used.
“We used only primary colors,’ said Dawn Teall, “So that the various elements of the mural would stand out.” Teall is the owner of Scotts Valley Artisans, a non-profit community art center and organized the project so that the public could be involved.
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