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ENGAGEMENTS: Walton/Travis: Andrea “Andee” Walton and Kellan Travis are engaged to be married.

Licorice is a black beauty with faint tabby markings and a subtle orange/brown topcoat. She loves to play with everyone, and her favorite toys are little balls of fluff, dangly things, and toy mice. In her mind, a kitty can never have enough mice. She also like to cuddle, but only after play time.

At their upcoming board meeting, the Santa Clara Valley Water District Board of Directors will discuss the Open Space Credit, which provides funding to keep agricultural water rates low. The ag water rate countywide is currently $17.70 per acre foot compared to the municipal and industrial rate of $295 in South County and $622 in North County.

SAN JOSE – Goaltender Mike Smith recorded three shutouts against the San Jose Sharks to lead the Phoenix Coyotes to a Pacific Division crown last season.

The Wildlife Education and Rehabilitation Center (WERC) is holding its 21st Annual Pet Photo Days Benefit event from 5 to 8 p.m. March 1; from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 2 and noon to 4 p.m. March 3 at the Granary, located at 17500 Depot St. in Morgan Hill.

If you are planning on heading to Pebble Beach this weekend to watch the final two rounds of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, one of the best areas for spectators is on “Whiskey Run” between holes 1, 2, 3, 17 and 18. These are the same holes – which are close to the bar – that Bing Crosby and his buddies would play and have fun between.

Super sick for the Super Bowl, so Miss Jenny and I missed the planned cioppino feast and plopped on the couch nursing the nasty bug with cranberry juice and seltzer water while the 49ers dove, then soared, then came up one – or perhaps two – play calls short. Disappointed? Sure. Dismayed? Hardly. It’s hard to get there, but all the pieces are in place for a few return trips. And next time I’m sure I’ll be exclaiming and exhorting once again … can’t remember having ever sat silent watching an entire 49ers game.

In the cold, dark days of winter, our grapevines go dormant. The grape vine stops the uptake of water from its roots to keep moisture from freezing and bursting inside the plant cells. Any remaining water inside the vine is transferred to an inter-cellular area where it can safely freeze without causing any damage. All growth is put on hold to conserve energy for the next growing season.