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Business district<br />
name creating<br />
council problems<br />
By Carol Rosen<br />
Editor<br />
n Nov. 20, the City<br />
Council voted 8-3 to Oname<br />
a predominantly<br />
Vietnamese shopping area on<br />
Story Road the Saigon Business<br />
District. Since then, a<br />
vocal group, which preferred<br />
the name Little Saigon, has<br />
been protesting and calling for<br />
the recall of District 7 Councilmember<br />
Madison Nguyen.<br />
While many in San Jose<br />
would consider the matter a<br />
vote for residents in District 7,<br />
the City Council may decide to<br />
put the issue on the ballot for<br />
the entire city in June or<br />
November costing the city<br />
hundreds of thousands of dollars,<br />
despite the problems with<br />
the structural budget deficit.<br />
Putting the item on the June<br />
ballot will cost the city<br />
$577,000 and must happen<br />
before March 7. The cost to<br />
put it on the November ballot<br />
is $214,000 because the city<br />
already has items on that ballot.<br />
The group protests, which<br />
have occurred outside City<br />
Hall before and during council<br />
meetings as well as at the<br />
Convention Center during the<br />
State of the City were local<br />
news, but the latest rounds<br />
have even made it to the<br />
national networks.<br />
In recent weeks the protests<br />
have been growing and two<br />
weeks ago, District 2 Councilmember<br />
Forrest Williams indicated<br />
that over the summer<br />
Nguyen had asked for and<br />
received his support in the<br />
vote. Nguyen lined up four<br />
other votes prior to the<br />
November session. Under the<br />
state’s Brown Act it is illegal<br />
for a majority of office holders<br />
to discuss issues outside of<br />
public meetings.<br />
On Feb. 13, Williams released<br />
a statement regarding<br />
the issue along with his regrets<br />
over “misunderstanding or<br />
confusion that this situation<br />
has generated,” in a press<br />
release.<br />
“Councilmember Madison<br />
See SAIGON, page 27<br />
<strong>THIS</strong> <strong>WEEK</strong>:<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Meetings 31<br />
Borowitz Report 28<br />
Community Calendar 26<br />
Places of Worship 21<br />
School Scene 10<br />
Shana Moore 25<br />
Sports Report 24<br />
Street Talk 28<br />
<strong>Times</strong> Classifieds 32<br />
Weather Report 30<br />
Looking to make a move? Check this week’s Open Houses—pg. 29<br />
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U.S. Postage<br />
PAID<br />
Permit No. 5187<br />
San Jose, CA<br />
Find us online at www.almadentimes.com Feb. 22 – Feb. 28, 2008 Volume 22, Number 9<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Valley's Weekly Community Newspaper - Since 1986<br />
Author Marjorie Johnson has written her first novel “Bird Watcher,” which was presented at a book signing party<br />
at <strong>Almaden</strong> resident Doreen Jurado’s home on Feb. 14. Photo by Jeanne C. Carbone<br />
175 volunteers<br />
fan out across<br />
South Bay for<br />
‘Impact Day’<br />
See page 22<br />
February a good<br />
month to adopt<br />
a bunny rabbit<br />
from HSSV<br />
See page 14<br />
Novelist offers<br />
writing secrets at<br />
local book signing<br />
By Jeanne C. Carbone<br />
Staff Writer<br />
You’ve written a novel so now what do<br />
you do? Author Marjorie Johnson<br />
shared the answer at a recent booksigning<br />
at <strong>Almaden</strong> resident Doreen Jurado’s<br />
home.<br />
But Johnson’s genesis of her novel “Bird<br />
Watcher” is just as interesting.<br />
“I met Marjorie 10 years ago,” said Jurado.<br />
“We met at the Ninety-Nines [International<br />
Organization for Women Pilots]. We’ve been<br />
flying friends for a long time. She is a woman<br />
of many talents, very smart and sweet. She<br />
even painted the cover of the novel.”<br />
“Bird Watcher” narrates the story of Jerry<br />
Christensen and the theft of his Cessna,<br />
which disappears from its tie-down at Palo<br />
Alto Airport. Air Traffic Control doesn’t help<br />
and the FBI isn’t interested. The main character,<br />
a schoolteacher, is determined to catch<br />
the thief himself. Acting on hunches, extreme<br />
plans and his experience as a pilot, he chases<br />
the birdwatcher, thief and terrorist villain<br />
across California and the Western states.<br />
“From the first explosion, Marjorie leads the<br />
reader through a twisting trail of discovery,”<br />
said Carolyn Donnell, who first met Johnson<br />
at a Santa Clara Adult Education class while<br />
Johnson was working on the book. Donnell is<br />
mentioned in the acknowledgements for her<br />
insights during the writing process. “Wild<br />
chases, captures, escapes, false clues and<br />
sheer determination culminate in an unexpected<br />
ending. Mystery, action humanity; all<br />
elements of a great read,” Donnell said of the<br />
book.<br />
She added that the silver-haired greatgrandmother<br />
“is a dynamo of talents and<br />
accomplishments; teacher, mathematician,<br />
pilot and now a novelist. I can’t keep up with<br />
her.”<br />
Attending the signing were Johnson’s fellow<br />
adult education class students as well as<br />
California Writers Club members. Johnson is<br />
membership chair for the organization.<br />
Rosemarie Niles purchased a copy of the<br />
novel because her daughter often flew out of<br />
Palo Alto Airport, and she and her husband<br />
owned a hotdog cart there for about a yearand-a-half<br />
pre-9/11. We often saw all the birds<br />
flying around—the birds mentioned in her<br />
See JOHNSON, page 4<br />
City Hall<br />
celebrates the<br />
return of<br />
FalconCam<br />
See page 9
Page 2 Feb. 22–Feb. 28, 2008 <strong>Almaden</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Weekly<br />
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Page 4 Feb. 22–Feb. 28, 2008 <strong>Almaden</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Weekly<br />
Johnson<br />
Continued from page 1<br />
book,” said Niles. “Marjorie<br />
gave a lovely insightful talk<br />
about how she came to<br />
write her book. It’s fiction of<br />
course, but has a background<br />
in our area that<br />
makes it familiar.”<br />
The Palo Alto Airport borders<br />
the Baylands Nature<br />
Preserve, a wildlife preserve<br />
popular with bird-watching<br />
enthusiasts. The area is<br />
home to over 500 Canada<br />
geese and many snowy<br />
egrets. The final approach to<br />
the runway is so close to the<br />
duck pond that birders with<br />
binoculars can read the<br />
plane tail numbers and<br />
pilots are always on the<br />
lookout for bird activity.<br />
Johnson takes the relationship<br />
between birders and<br />
pilots to the ultimate confrontation.<br />
But besides being an edge<br />
of your seat thriller, “Bird<br />
Watcher” encompasses the<br />
Bay Area, as well as San Luis Obispo, Los<br />
Banos and the Barstow/Mohave Desert area<br />
as Christensen searches for clues to find<br />
his Cessna.<br />
While not an English teacher, Johnson<br />
has done quite a bit of writing. The former<br />
high school mathematics teacher spent 30<br />
years in the classroom before retiring in<br />
1991. She is married, has four children and<br />
is a great-grandmother. Before writing<br />
“Bird Watcher,” she penned more than 90<br />
mathematical articles for various professional<br />
journals including “The Fibonacci<br />
Quarterly.”<br />
<strong>Times</strong> Local News<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> resident Doreen Jurado (far left) hosts a book-signing party for Marjorie Johnson (far right) Feb. 14. Johnson recently finished writing her first novel “Bird Watcher.”<br />
She also painted the cover of the book. Photo by Jeanne C. Carbone<br />
She learned to fly in a Cessna 172 out of<br />
Palo Alto Airport and earned her instrument<br />
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“This is an inspiration to all of us at the<br />
California Writer’s Club,” said Mary Chiao.<br />
“Many of us want to write and publish a<br />
book. It’s wonderful that she succeeded.”<br />
“Bird Watcher,” a novel by Marjorie<br />
Johnson is available at Barnesandnoble.<br />
com and Amazon.com.
<strong>Almaden</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Weekly Feb. 22–Feb. 28, 2008 Page 5
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Page 8 Feb. 22–Feb. 28, 2008 <strong>Almaden</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Weekly
AVCS offers cooperative parenting, divorce class<br />
How to parent as a team when<br />
you are no longer a couple<br />
By Jeanne C. Carbone<br />
Staff Writer<br />
Depending on which surveys you<br />
study, roughly 30 to 50 percent of<br />
all marriages end in divorce.<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Valley Counseling Service<br />
[AVCS] Director Karen Sumi says she has<br />
observed the destruction divorcing couples<br />
can cause their children during<br />
tumultuous split-ups and the problems<br />
that occur to children if their emotional<br />
wellbeing is not considered. To better<br />
serve the community AVCS is now offering<br />
an eight-week course on cooperative<br />
parenting and divorce starting March 6.<br />
“Problems parenting during a divorce<br />
comes up with clients a lot,” said Sumi.<br />
“It’s a fact of life among parents when<br />
they separate and decide they don’t want<br />
to be married anymore. It has a huge<br />
impact on the children.”<br />
“All our research studies show the better<br />
the parents can work cooperatively,<br />
the better the child will adjust,” added<br />
Sumi.<br />
Divorcing parents may use the children<br />
as pawns punishing the other parent<br />
through the child. For example, some parents<br />
tell their children to “tell your mother<br />
I can’t bring you to tutoring class tomorrow.”<br />
Or they might badmouth the other<br />
parent or argue in front of the kids. These<br />
are some of the issues the class will<br />
City Hall<br />
celebrates<br />
Valentines Day<br />
with the return<br />
of FalconCam<br />
Last year’s phenomenon from the top of City Hall<br />
returned again this year when the city turned<br />
on the FalconCam on Valentine’s Day.<br />
Yes, it’s time for love in the air again, although this<br />
year’s Peregrine falcons include several new cast<br />
members. Clara has a new beau named Carlos. This<br />
year’s pair can be viewed at two different places on<br />
the Internet--the city of San Jose Web site, www.sanjoseca.gov,<br />
and the Santa Cruz Predatory Bird<br />
Research Group Web site, www.scpbrg.org.<br />
Last year thousands of people tuned in to watch<br />
Clara and Jose’s eggs hatch and view the youngsters as<br />
they matured and finally began learning to fly. The Web<br />
cam focused on the nest box of San Jose City Hall ’s resident<br />
wild peregrine falcons returned this Valentine’s<br />
Day.<br />
San Jose’s Richard Meier-designed City Hall opened<br />
in October 2005. Employees first noticed a pair of falcons,<br />
whom birdwatchers named Jose and Clara, in the<br />
spring of 2006. The Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research<br />
Group placed the nest box on the south end of the City<br />
Hall tower later that year.<br />
In early spring 2007, Jose and Clara were again regularly<br />
observed together in the area. The Web camera<br />
was positioned near the nest box. By mid-February the<br />
address, says Sumi. In addition, the class<br />
will offer couples the skills of how to parent<br />
as a team when they are no longer<br />
together.<br />
The new group class is for parents who<br />
are either divorced or in the process of<br />
divorcing. It will focus on reducing<br />
parental conflict and address the factors<br />
that influence children’s post-divorce<br />
adjustment. As divorce is difficult on<br />
everyone involved, AVCS hopes the class<br />
will help properly educate parents and<br />
leave them better able to work together<br />
and focus on the best interests of their<br />
child.<br />
The course goals are to assist parents in<br />
shifting their roles from former spouses to<br />
co-parents, educating parents regarding<br />
the impact of parental conflict on their<br />
children’s development, help parents<br />
identify their contribution to conflict<br />
while increasing impulse control, teach<br />
parents anger management, communication,<br />
and conflict-resolution skills, and<br />
educate parents about children’s issues in<br />
divorce.<br />
The course covers focusing in on the<br />
child, planning for peace instead of tug of<br />
war, letting go and not holding on, making<br />
it better instead of keeping it bitter, neither<br />
fighting nor taking flight, defusing<br />
the fuse, making everyone a winner and<br />
cooperation instead of conflict.<br />
“There is grief and anger when there is<br />
a divorce,” said Sumi who will present the<br />
classes with AVCS intern Geetha<br />
<strong>Times</strong> Local News<br />
Narayanan. “The class is about teaching<br />
parents to do what is best for the children.<br />
Besides the information and support, the<br />
parents will understand they are not the<br />
only one experiencing these feelings.”<br />
AVCS envisions a community where<br />
everyone has access to affordable mental<br />
health counseling. AVCS is a communitybased,<br />
nonprofit counseling agency committed<br />
to meeting the mental health con-<br />
birds were observed engaging in typical courtship<br />
behavior, and by late March, Jose and Clara had laid a<br />
total of three eggs in the nest box.<br />
All three eggs hatched successfully, an extremely rare<br />
occurrence, on April 28, and the world watched the<br />
progress of the three young peregrine falcons. The<br />
chance of survival for the fledglings was constantly in<br />
peril, while they learned to survive in a big city environment.<br />
As the three fledged in June, middle school<br />
students entered a contest to name them. Hiko (male),<br />
Spirit (female) and Esperanza (female) were the winning<br />
names.<br />
The youngsters left San Jose over the summer to find<br />
territories of their own. They were banded with identification<br />
bands, and bird watchers in the East Bay have<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Weekly Feb. 22–Feb. 28, 2008 Page 9<br />
AVCS Director Karen Sumi hopes the cooperative parenting and divorce course will help children of<br />
divorce.<br />
cerns of all ages with an emphasis on<br />
youth. AVCS offers a full range of counseling<br />
services that supports and promotes<br />
personal growth, positive family<br />
relationships and emotional well-being.<br />
It is located at 6529 Crown Blvd., Suite<br />
D. The cooperative parenting and divorce<br />
course runs eight weeks on Thursdays<br />
from March 6 through April 24 at 7:15<br />
p.m.<br />
Peregrine falcons named Clara and Carlos have set up a nest on the top floor of San Jose’s City Hall. Last year, Clara and her mate Jose,<br />
raised three fledglings in the same nesting box. More than 400,000 people watched the birds at one time or another from February through<br />
mid-summer. In 1970, only two pairs of peregrine falcons remained in the wild in California. Today, thanks to extraordinary conservation<br />
work, there are more than 250 nesting pairs, including those at San Jose City Hall. Photos: www.scpbrg.org<br />
discovered Esperanza frequenting the Siebel building in<br />
Emeryville.<br />
Jose was last seen in July. As falcons typically mate<br />
for life, birdwatchers are concerned about the disappearance<br />
of this devoted mate and father. Since then,<br />
Clara has been courted by at least two peregrines<br />
(named Carlos and Salvador). Following a brief skirmish<br />
on Jan. 29, it appears that Carlos is the victor. He<br />
and Clara have been spotted in duo flight, hunting<br />
together, and visiting the nest box.<br />
Over the course of last season, the FalconCam site<br />
received more than 400,000 hits. More than 1,150 people<br />
belong to the discussion group, with viewers as far<br />
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Leland High to<br />
present “High<br />
School Musical”<br />
Leland High School Drama is<br />
pleased to announce its production<br />
of Disney's “High<br />
School Musical” March 5-8 in the<br />
school cafeteria at 7:30 p.m.<br />
"We are delighted to bring the<br />
production of such a popular musical<br />
to <strong>Almaden</strong>. The cast is excited<br />
about the show and is working very<br />
hard on what promises to be a great<br />
event for the entire family,” said<br />
Steve Dini, director.<br />
Dini has taught drama for four<br />
years at Leland and for 17 years at<br />
Pioneer High School. His career<br />
spans 30 years as a professional<br />
actor, broadcaster, writer and<br />
teacher in the Santa Clara Valley.<br />
All tickets are reserved seating.<br />
Ticket prices are $16 for adults, $8<br />
for senior citizens (62 and over)<br />
and $8 for students and children.<br />
To purchase tickets, send a note<br />
(include your name and phone<br />
number) indicating the date you<br />
want to attend and how many of<br />
each ticket type you need.<br />
Please include a check for the<br />
total purchase amount, payable to<br />
Leland High School Drama, and<br />
send it before Feb. 27 to: High<br />
School Musical Box Office, 6701<br />
Camden Ave., San Jose CA 95120.<br />
Tickets will be waiting for you at<br />
will call the night of the show.<br />
Leland, Bret Harte<br />
raise funds<br />
Editor,<br />
It has come to my attention that both Leland<br />
High School and Bret Harte Middle School both<br />
were recipients of additional funding to the<br />
tune of a bonus $1,000 this year in Safeway’s<br />
“10 percent Back To Schools” promotional campaign<br />
that ran from last July until September.<br />
Both schools ranked among the top 250 in the<br />
nation in raising funds for their schools. Not<br />
only has Safeway made significant donations<br />
based upon club card enrollments in the<br />
California eScrip program, but they have honored<br />
us with this additional award based wholly<br />
upon the number of those who opted to enroll<br />
in the eScrip program and continued to shop at<br />
Safeway throughout the year.<br />
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Williams<br />
Elementary<br />
holds third<br />
science fair<br />
By Christine Derksen<br />
Special to the <strong>Times</strong><br />
More than 100 fifth<br />
graders participated<br />
in Williams<br />
Elementary’s third science<br />
fair.<br />
Synopsys Outreach Foundation<br />
and Williams Wins<br />
Foundation sponsored the<br />
Feb. 8 fair. Asima Souda and<br />
Patsy Taoyama served as the<br />
parent coordinators.<br />
Each student completed a<br />
science project and journal.<br />
The main focus was learning<br />
the scientific method.<br />
Each project began by asking<br />
a question and the jour-<br />
St. Timothy’s to<br />
celebrate Read<br />
Across America<br />
Day on March 3<br />
St. Timothy’s Lutheran School<br />
joins schools nationwide to<br />
celebrate Read Across<br />
America Day on Monday, March 3.<br />
This annual event promotes a love<br />
Each student completed a science project and journal. The<br />
main focus was learning the scientific method.<br />
As the eScrip coordinator for both Leland<br />
High and Bret Harte this year, I am beside<br />
myself with appreciation both for this type of<br />
quality program offered by Safeway’s corporate<br />
offices, but also our own Safeway store in being<br />
so quick to ask for my card as well as a willingness<br />
to assist our schools whenever requested.<br />
They are truly representative of the community<br />
spirit that makes living here refreshingly unique<br />
given the size of our city and county. They<br />
embody what we love most about <strong>Almaden</strong> and<br />
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of reading for children starting at a<br />
young age and is celebrated on or<br />
around Dr. Seuss’ birthday. (Dr.<br />
Seuss’ birthday is March 2, but this<br />
year the celebration will occur on<br />
Monday, March 3.)<br />
“The Cat in the Hat” will greet St.<br />
Timothy’s students Monday morning<br />
as they are dropped off in the<br />
morning car line. The man under<br />
the red-and-white-striped hat is<br />
actually parent Wayne Peterson,<br />
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nal told the story of how<br />
each student searched for<br />
the solution to their question<br />
using the scientific<br />
method.<br />
The students were<br />
responsible for selecting<br />
their project topic, gathering<br />
research and setting<br />
up a poster board display<br />
that was provided by<br />
Synopsys. They were not<br />
competing.<br />
Each project was evaluated<br />
individually and participation<br />
ribbons were<br />
awarded, which also were<br />
provided by Synopsys.<br />
The judges consisted of<br />
community volunteers,<br />
Los Alamitos parents and<br />
teachers, and past and<br />
present Williams’ parents.<br />
Besides help from<br />
Synopsys, Costco, Safeway,<br />
Starbucks Coffee and<br />
Legends donated to the<br />
science fair.<br />
who also dresses up in themed<br />
attire for the school’s two annual<br />
book fairs.<br />
“The Cat” will spend time in<br />
each classroom and read Dr. Seuss<br />
classics to preschoolers, junior<br />
kindergartners and kindergartners<br />
in the morning. He will then spend<br />
lunch with the older elementary<br />
school students as they share their<br />
favorite stories. The day will<br />
See SCHOOL SCENE, next page<br />
this precious valley that we gladly now call<br />
home (for the last two years).<br />
THANK YOU SAFEWAY for being such a<br />
strong supporter of our schools in the midst of<br />
an ever-dwindling funding crisis in our<br />
California School system. Thank you. And<br />
thank you, too, neighbors and friends, who have<br />
gladly provided your Safeway club cards and<br />
signed up to support your local schools. YOU<br />
ARE ALL MAKING OUR KIDS’ SPORTS /<br />
CLUBS / SCHOLASTIC EXPERIENCE A TRULY<br />
AWESOME ONE!<br />
And for those who have not taken the opportunity<br />
to sign up to make this support a continuing<br />
blessing, please go to www.escrip.com and<br />
sign up for your favorite <strong>Almaden</strong> School or<br />
nonprofit to help Safeway continue to pay it forward<br />
to our favorite schools!<br />
Leah Wolterman<br />
Leland and Bret Harte Parent<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong><br />
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<strong>Times</strong> School Scene<br />
Presidential Volunteer Service volunteers from AWL include seven students from the San Jose area.<br />
From the left are Alex Clemmons from Cupertino, Travis Osterback from San Jose, Michael Phelan<br />
from Cambrian Park, Edward Felch from Willow Glen, Tevy Clemmons from Cupertino, Jad Kurdi from<br />
Campbell, Niku Agahian from <strong>Almaden</strong>, Jesse Clemmons from Cupertino, Anaheta Agahian from<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> and Gregory Carter from Campbell.<br />
School Scene<br />
Continued from previous page<br />
culminate with cupcakes and a “Happy<br />
Birthday to Dr. Seuss” party outside.<br />
All of the students have been preparing<br />
for Read Across America by reading the<br />
California Young Medals Books during<br />
library time. They will vote for their<br />
favorites by April 1.<br />
Read Across America Day coincides<br />
with Lutheran School Week this year.<br />
Following the Monday festivities, St.<br />
Timothy’s students will enjoy Backwards<br />
Day, Science Night At School, Bring a VIP<br />
to Lunch, and Crazy Hair and Free Dress<br />
Day.<br />
“Reading is a vital part of our children’s<br />
academic success,” said Chris Hindenes,<br />
librarian at St. Timothy’s Lutheran School.<br />
The school focuses on reading events<br />
throughout the year. “A recent study<br />
showed that 2-year-olds whose parents<br />
read to them have hundreds more words<br />
in their vocabulary. By sharing some special<br />
reading time each day or evening with<br />
your child, you’re not only building a<br />
bond with this child but also helping them<br />
to be successful adults. Reading is giving<br />
your child a great gift--the gift of becoming<br />
a lifelong reader.”<br />
Coming up in April is “Pajamarama<br />
Night” at Barnes and Noble, where St.<br />
Timothy’s families can wear their pajamas<br />
to a special school-wide story time at the<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Barnes and Noble.<br />
The school also participates in two<br />
annual Scholastic book fairs that raise<br />
money for the school and for causes such<br />
as Kids in Distressed Situations, National<br />
Center for Literacy and Toys for Tots. Its’<br />
most recent Scholastic book fair in late<br />
November featured an Arctic “Blizzard”<br />
theme complete with polar bears, igloos<br />
and other Arctic wonders.<br />
At a recent St. Timothy’s Mothers of<br />
Preschoolers (MOPS) meeting, guest<br />
speaker Cheri Lynn Gregory presented on<br />
“Raising a Reader” and shared statistics on<br />
dramatic differences in the vocabularies of<br />
children who were read to at an early age<br />
versus those who were not, and how to<br />
make reading fun.<br />
St. Timothy’s Lutheran School is located<br />
at 5100 Camden Ave., San Jose , CA 95124<br />
Home school<br />
volunteers to<br />
be honored<br />
“All Ways Learning,” a home schooling<br />
group in the Bay Area, would like to honor<br />
the many individuals for their sustained<br />
volunteer service in 2007.<br />
AWARDS come from the President’s<br />
Volunteer Service Awards (PVSA) program,<br />
established in 2003 by President George<br />
Bush. The AWARD shares this achievement<br />
as a way to inspire others to contribute to<br />
their communities through volunteer service<br />
and to make volunteer service a central<br />
part of their lives.<br />
Whether mentoring a child, feeding the<br />
homeless or cleaning up after a natural disaster,<br />
millions of Americans commit their<br />
time, energy and talent to meet urgent and<br />
everyday needs in our community.<br />
The AWARD is available on an annual<br />
basis and is an honor that every American<br />
– from all ages and all walks of life – can<br />
inspire to achieve. Even if people have<br />
never volunteered before, the President’s<br />
Volunteer Service Award is within their<br />
reach.<br />
The individuals from AWL submit a<br />
record of their annual volunteer service<br />
hours to participate in the PVSA program<br />
and our organization’s administrator verifies<br />
the services and delivers the AWARD<br />
for that year.<br />
Over the course of the volunteer’s lifetime,<br />
individuals who have completed<br />
4,000 or more volunteer service hours are<br />
eligible to receive the Presidents Call to<br />
Service Award, a prestigious award.<br />
For more information on ways to receive<br />
recognition for volunteering for your community,<br />
go to www.PresidentialService<br />
Awards.gov or call 1-866-545-5307. For<br />
more information on All Ways Learning<br />
home schooling group of the Bay Area, contact<br />
Patty Kurdi at pattykakeskidz<br />
@yahoo.com<br />
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Coyote Valley Specific Plan:<br />
Task force begins final year<br />
By Lorraine Gabbert<br />
Staff Writer<br />
As the Coyote Valley Specific<br />
Plan (CVSP) task force<br />
starts its final year, members<br />
are reviewing plan refinements<br />
and trying to complete their<br />
visions while at the same time<br />
some residents remain frustrated<br />
about the entire issue.<br />
The task force met in January<br />
and February with the CVSP North<br />
and Mid-Coyote Valley Property<br />
Owners, Technical Advisory<br />
Committee (TAC) and the community<br />
to review current developmental<br />
planning and craft a blueprint<br />
for the future.<br />
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“To be environmentally friendly,<br />
the plan needs more parks and a<br />
wildlife corridor,” said one community<br />
member in attendance.<br />
“People who don’t want Coyote<br />
Valley developed are not being listened<br />
to,” said another. “Why isn’t<br />
there an option not to develop<br />
Coyote Valley?”<br />
Plan refinements result from the<br />
city’s obligation to respond to comments<br />
on the CVSP and environmental<br />
impact report, said Sal<br />
Yakubu, principal planner with the<br />
San Jose Department of Planning,<br />
Building and Code Enforcement<br />
(PBCE). The task force also must<br />
make sure the plan is financially<br />
feasible and can be implemented.<br />
In addition, plan refinements are<br />
a result of land use plan changes<br />
necessary to ensure the plan can<br />
be implemented, said Darryl Boyd,<br />
principal planner (PBCE).<br />
The CVSP currently includes<br />
the development of 25,000 residential<br />
units, 50,000 industry jobs,<br />
approximately 1.5 million square<br />
feet of retail space, flood and transportation<br />
infrastructure and various<br />
public facilities and services.<br />
Its area is bound by Tulare Hill to<br />
the north, U.S. Highway 101 to the<br />
east, Morgan Hill to the south and<br />
the Santa Cruz Mountain Range to<br />
the west.<br />
Although one school of thought<br />
is to abandon the CVSP and leave<br />
Coyote Valley largely undeveloped,<br />
existing entitlements and development<br />
agreements with the city currently<br />
exist, including those held<br />
by North Coyote Valley Campus<br />
Industrial Park, Sobrato<br />
Development, IBM, Coyote Valley<br />
Research Park and Cisco.<br />
But in a recent interview with<br />
the <strong>Times</strong> (<strong>Almaden</strong> <strong>Times</strong><br />
Weekly, Feb. 8 issue, page 1),<br />
Mayor Chuck Reed noted that the<br />
city council is turning around its<br />
thinking about large-scale development.<br />
He said that Coyote Valley is<br />
now being tied to triggers for jobs<br />
before housing, stopping what<br />
could have been large-scale home<br />
development.<br />
Environmental groups<br />
Instead of urbanizing Coyote<br />
Valley, the Santa Clara Valley<br />
Audubon Society believes that<br />
central San Jose and North First<br />
Street should be further developed.<br />
“Adding housing where there<br />
is existing infrastructure and public<br />
transportation makes much<br />
more sense than building a new<br />
city the size of Mountain View in<br />
an agricultural area where everything<br />
needs to be planned and<br />
built from scratch,” said a group<br />
member.<br />
Members of the citizen action<br />
group, Save Coyote Valley! also<br />
believe the valley should remain<br />
unspoiled. “Coyote Valley is a<br />
beautiful stretch of land between<br />
Morgan Hill and San Jose...home to<br />
unique ecological resources and<br />
prime farmland,” according to the<br />
group Web site. “We should preserve<br />
what open space we have<br />
left, continue to develop with infill<br />
growth and provide for the needs<br />
of our existing community.”<br />
The group also notes the Coyote<br />
Valley is also home to numerous<br />
endangered and threatened species<br />
such as the Bay checkerspotted<br />
butterfly, the California tiger salamander,<br />
Red legged frog, burrowing<br />
owl, the North American badger<br />
and the Tule elk.<br />
The Sierra Club too has voiced<br />
its protests against plans to develop<br />
Coyote Valley. “It needs to be<br />
refined greatly and scaled back,”<br />
said a club representative.<br />
Further meetings<br />
Further discussion on plan<br />
refinement concepts came during<br />
Technical Advisory Committee<br />
(TAC) and community meetings.<br />
City staff noted that land use<br />
adjustments were made to provide<br />
a 100-foot setback of buildings<br />
from the creek (as per the city’s<br />
Riparian Corridor Policy), and that<br />
entitled streets would have to be<br />
worked into the Specific Plan. In<br />
addition, the Local Agency<br />
Formation Commission (LAFCO)<br />
has agricultural mitigation policies<br />
(mitigation for conversion of prime<br />
farmlands) that need to be<br />
addressed.<br />
The community weighed in<br />
regarding placement of a manmade<br />
lake, with most supporting<br />
the idea of the lake as a central<br />
focal point. “Why isn’t there a big<br />
park around the lake that people<br />
could enjoy and walk to?” asked<br />
one. “It’s important to maintain the<br />
beauty and tranquility of Coyote<br />
Valley. A more rural plan would<br />
make more sense than a high-density<br />
plan.” Others suggested a<br />
regional park and bike trails.<br />
Doug Dahlin of the Dahlin<br />
Group explained the CVSP parks<br />
concept, highlighting the<br />
International Park, Coyote Creek<br />
and Fisher Creek corridors, ball<br />
fields, trails, the Central Commons<br />
and neighborhood parks within a<br />
five-minute walk for most residents.<br />
CVSP refinements, he said,<br />
recognize the reality of fully entitled<br />
projects. His group, he added,<br />
is working with landowners while<br />
trying to maintain the Coyote<br />
Valley Vision.<br />
Traffic<br />
Community members posed<br />
questions regarding the effects of<br />
roadway changes on regional traffic<br />
impacts, Jodie Starbird from<br />
David Powers and Associates<br />
answered that the city will conduct<br />
a program-level EIR analysis<br />
of traffic per city standards.<br />
While Santa Clara County representatives<br />
said they prefer a continuous<br />
route on Santa Teresa<br />
Boulevard, other community<br />
members raised concerns about<br />
the proposed roundabout from<br />
Santa Teresa onto the Parkway. Bill<br />
Wagner with HMH Engineers, said<br />
they chose the roundabout as the<br />
best solution to ease traffic flow.<br />
Some of those attending<br />
expressed frustration with the current<br />
city-hired biologist, suggesting<br />
the city find someone with credentials<br />
on wildlife corridors. “We<br />
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<strong>Almaden</strong><br />
Area Crime<br />
Report<br />
Feb. 13<br />
Follow-up<br />
6000 Block of Brett Harte Drive<br />
After responding on Tuesday to a<br />
vandalism and burglary at the<br />
Cabana Club in the 6000 block of<br />
Brett Harte Drive, an officer through<br />
diligent follow-up investigation<br />
identified three suspects. Two of the<br />
three suspects were located and<br />
booked into juvenile hall.<br />
Feb. 14<br />
CHP Assist<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Expressway/Via Valiente<br />
CHP initiated a vehicle pursuit for<br />
Task Force<br />
Continued from previous page<br />
would like to see some of the comments on<br />
wildlife corridors incorporated into the<br />
plan before the EIR is completed,” said one.<br />
“It would help with contentiousness of this<br />
issue.”<br />
Community members agreed. “If you<br />
don’t include the wildlife corridor, the plan<br />
is not environmentally friendly or sustainable,”<br />
said a resident. “In reality, this plan<br />
should have died a long time ago. I don’t<br />
understand how after thousands of com-<br />
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a traffic violation. The pursuit traveled<br />
through San Jose. San Jose<br />
units monitored and assisted CHP<br />
at the termination point when the<br />
vehicle crashed at <strong>Almaden</strong> and<br />
Via Valiente. K9 and Patrol units<br />
established a perimeter. CHP located<br />
and arrested the suspect. No San<br />
Jose units were involved in the pursuit.<br />
Feb. 15<br />
Person with a gun<br />
5300 Block of <strong>Almaden</strong> Expressway<br />
A TJMaxx employee called to report<br />
a man with a gun inside of the store.<br />
All employees were evacuated and<br />
the two-level store was searched. A<br />
male subject was found on the roof.<br />
The subject was an air filter employee.<br />
There was no gun found. The<br />
R/P mistook the subject's tools as a<br />
gun. Approximately 17 units<br />
responded and handled the incident.<br />
Source: San Jose Police Dept.<br />
ments on the EIR, we are still on the same<br />
track. Infill and redevelopment should<br />
come first before development of Coyote<br />
Valley.”<br />
Boyd answered that discussion on the<br />
wildlife corridor will be included in the<br />
Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP). “The city<br />
will go back and look at all of the new<br />
information, meet with people who have<br />
new data and analyze new data for the<br />
revised EIR,” he said. “We still don’t know<br />
how viable this wildlife corridor is. The<br />
HCP has identified multiple wildlife corridors.”<br />
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family room with wood burning fireplace and full wet bar, elegant formal living room with<br />
views of the backyard and a cozy fireplace with hearth. Other features of this spectacular property<br />
include large formal dining room, spacious backyard with sports court, and award-winning<br />
Saratoga schools. List Price: $1,795,000
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Adopt a rabbit month<br />
Take home a<br />
bunny rabbit<br />
February is Adopt a Rabbit Month at<br />
Humane Society Silicon Valley<br />
(HSSV), and the shelter is hopping<br />
with a variety of bunnies.<br />
"Rabbits make great house pets," says<br />
Beth Ward, vice president of animal and<br />
customer care for HSSV. "When people<br />
learn that rabbits can be litter-box trained<br />
like a cat, they're amazed," Ward says.<br />
HSSV has been working with Bay Area<br />
rabbit rescue groups like the Rabbit Haven<br />
and House Rabbit Society to educate the<br />
public about rabbits during Adopt a Rabbit<br />
month. During the past few months, the<br />
Humane Society has seen larger numbers of<br />
rabbits than usual coming into the shelter.<br />
Part of the problem is simply that owners<br />
don't spay or neuter their rabbits and have<br />
not been educated on how to properly care<br />
for these furry friends.<br />
"Rabbits have a gestation period of about<br />
31 days and they can get pregnant again as<br />
soon as their babies are weaned (six to eight<br />
weeks). If they are not sterilized, pet owners<br />
can quickly find themselves in a rabbit<br />
overpopulation crisis," Ward explained.<br />
She says the other problem is that owners<br />
get tired of having a rabbit as a pet. "Rabbits<br />
are intelligent, affectionate, inquisitive individuals<br />
but they do not always make ideal<br />
pets for children. Most rabbits don't like to<br />
be picked up and carried around," Ward<br />
explains. "Rabbits are most comfortable on<br />
the floor sitting or lying next to their human<br />
companion. They should not be housed<br />
outside in a cage where they become out of<br />
sight, out of mind."<br />
According to the House Rabbit Society,<br />
the ideal "rabbit person" is a quiet, gentle<br />
individual who is eager to get to know rabbits<br />
on their own terms. Children who want<br />
to hold and cuddle a bunny for hours are<br />
likely to be disappointed.<br />
When adopting a rabbit, families with<br />
children should ensure that an adult will be<br />
the rabbit's primary caretaker and can make<br />
a long-term commitment to the rabbit's well<br />
being. "We're actually seeing more adult<br />
couples adopting rabbits and that's a great<br />
thing," Ward says. "Rabbits are better companions<br />
for adults than children."<br />
<strong>Times</strong> Local News<br />
Dundee is a rabbit in the adoption program.<br />
All rabbits adopted from HSSV are<br />
spayed/neutered, microchipped and behavior<br />
and health tested. Besides preventing<br />
unwanted pregnancy, Ward says all rabbits<br />
should be spayed/neutered to prolong their<br />
life and prevent many behavior problems<br />
such as house soiling, destructive chewing,<br />
digging and aggressiveness. Unspayed<br />
female rabbits face a very high risk of developing<br />
uterine tumors by the time they are 3<br />
years of age.<br />
HSSV is offering 50 percent discounts on<br />
all rabbit, cat and dog spay/neuter surgeries<br />
during the month of February to encourage<br />
the public to sterilize their pets to prevent<br />
unwanted litters and help reduce pet overpopulation.<br />
"We're hoping the discounted<br />
prices will encourage people to get off the<br />
couch and take action," Ward says.<br />
Throughout the month, female rabbit<br />
spays are $62.50 and male rabbit neuters<br />
are $50. Prices include a brief pre-op exam,<br />
pre-anesthetic, anesthetic, spay/neuter surgery<br />
and hospitalization on the day of surgery.<br />
Additional charges apply for animals<br />
in heat, pregnant, cryptorchid and/or obese,<br />
and all animals must be current on all vaccinations.<br />
More information can be found<br />
at www.hssv.org. To make an appointment,<br />
call (408) 727-3383, ext. 828.<br />
Ward says the Humane Society currently<br />
has an amazing variety of breeds, sizes and<br />
ages. "If you're looking for a rabbit as a companion<br />
animal, our adoption counselors<br />
will work with you to help you find the perfect<br />
match," she says.<br />
For more information on rabbits and their<br />
care, visit Humane Society Silicon Valley's<br />
Web site at http://www.hssv.org/BEHAV-<br />
IOR/rabbits.htm<br />
About Humane Society Silicon Valley<br />
Humane Society Silicon Valley (HSSV)<br />
See RABBITS, page 16
1169 Redmond Ave., San Jose<br />
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If you've ever wondered<br />
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In the early 1900, a<br />
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Their farm remained<br />
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Rabbits<br />
Continued from page 14<br />
is an independent, nonprofit agency offering<br />
quality adoptions, medical care and education<br />
programs to enhance the human-animal<br />
bond. Established in 1929, HSSV has<br />
served Silicon Valley<br />
for 78 years adopted<br />
more than 500,000<br />
animals into permanent,<br />
loving homes.<br />
HSSV is an open-door<br />
shelter and accepts<br />
animals 24 hours a<br />
day, seven days a<br />
week, regardless of<br />
any temperament or<br />
$25 inspection only<br />
Exp. 3/15/08<br />
health-related problems. HSSV's medical<br />
center offers affordable spaying/neutering,<br />
vaccinations and microchips to the public.<br />
Pictured, left: Hi! My name is Peanut! I<br />
am a beautiful Rex rabbit. My sister,<br />
Thumper, and I are looking for a loving<br />
home that will keep us together. We<br />
are very bonded. I am the cuddly one<br />
and she is the energetic one. Together,<br />
we make the perfect pair! Please come<br />
meet us, we promise that you won't be<br />
disappointed.<br />
Animal ID: 53982<br />
Sex: Female; Age: 2 years; Mini Rex;<br />
Weight: 5.09 pounds. Peanut, a mini<br />
rex, is available for adoption. Phone<br />
(408) 727-3383.
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SANTA CLARA COUNTY NEWS<br />
County helps<br />
purchase land<br />
for park and<br />
open space<br />
The Santa Clara County<br />
Board of Supervisors voted<br />
unanimously this week to<br />
contribute $950,000 to the purchase<br />
of the 57-acre Beatty property<br />
by the Midpeninsula Regional<br />
Open Space District (the District)<br />
for public parkland and open<br />
space purposes.<br />
The Beatty property is located<br />
along Alma Bridge Road on the<br />
east side of Lexington Reservoir<br />
near Los Gatos. It is adjacent to<br />
Lexington County Park and the<br />
district's Sierra Azul Open Space<br />
Preserve. The property provides a<br />
scenic buffer and an opportunity<br />
for a trail link between the park<br />
and preserve.<br />
"The County of Santa Clara is<br />
very proud to join the<br />
Midpeninsula Regional Open<br />
Space District to purchase the<br />
Beatty property," said Supervisor<br />
Don Gage, chair of the Board's<br />
Housing Land Use Environment<br />
Transportation Committee. "We<br />
are working together to protect the<br />
natural resources and make a dif-<br />
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ference in our community."<br />
"The property provides potential<br />
for a public regional trail that<br />
will benefit the county park and<br />
district preserve," said Lisa<br />
Killough, director of the County<br />
Parks and Recreation Department.<br />
"The Midpeninsula Regional<br />
Open Space District is pleased to<br />
be able to partner with Santa Clara<br />
County and the Parks and<br />
Recreation Department to provide<br />
the public with greater access and<br />
recreational opportunities to the<br />
incredible Lexington Basin and<br />
Los Gatos Creek Watershed Area,"<br />
said Craig Britton, general manager<br />
of the district.<br />
The property is a natural for<br />
habitat Cooper's hawk, San<br />
Francisco dusky-footed wood rat,<br />
western mastiff bat, white-tailed<br />
kite and golden eagle. Also found<br />
on the property are Coast Live<br />
Oaks and California Bays.<br />
The total purchase price of the<br />
property is $1.9 million. Santa<br />
Clara County will contribute half<br />
of the price and the district will<br />
provide the balance. Once purchased,<br />
the Midpeninsula<br />
Regional Open Space District will<br />
own and manage the property and<br />
Santa Clara County will receive a<br />
Conservation Easement to restrict<br />
the use of the property to open<br />
space, conservation and passive<br />
recreation. A trail system will provide<br />
connections between<br />
Lexington County Park and Sierra<br />
Azul Open Space Preserve and<br />
4 bedroom/3 bath, 2080<br />
sqft, 8200+ sq lot, complete<br />
updated throughout, great<br />
curb appeal, Graystone,<br />
Bret Harte, Leland schools.<br />
will also contain a section of the<br />
Bay Area Ridge Trail.<br />
Background<br />
The Parks and Recreation<br />
Element of the County General<br />
Plan and Countywide Trails<br />
Master Plan Update establishes<br />
several strategies for achieving the<br />
vision of "a necklace of parks." The<br />
2003 strategic plan for the county's<br />
park system further expands upon<br />
those strategies to encourage interjurisdictional<br />
coordination, protection<br />
of scenic corridors, and<br />
implementation of the trails network.<br />
Arthur Beatty currently owns<br />
the property.<br />
Created by voters more than 30<br />
years ago, the Midpeninsula<br />
Regional Open Space District has<br />
successfully protected and managed<br />
over 55,000 acres of open<br />
space. The public enjoys the district’s<br />
diverse and beautiful preserves<br />
365 days a year. The district<br />
is an independent, non-enterprise,<br />
California special district whose<br />
mission is to acquire and preserve<br />
a regional greenbelt of open space<br />
land in perpetuity, protect and<br />
restore the natural environment,<br />
and provide opportunities for ecologically<br />
sensitive public enjoyment<br />
and education. For more<br />
information about the organization,<br />
go to www.openspace.org.<br />
Sports field meeting<br />
set for March 3<br />
The city’s Parks, Recreation, and<br />
Neighborhood Services’ Citywide<br />
Sports is inviting everyone to a very<br />
important community meeting<br />
regarding the future of our sports<br />
fields.<br />
The meeting is scheduled for<br />
Monday, March 3 from 7 to 9 p.m.<br />
at City Hall in Wing Room 118.<br />
There are six topics on the agenda<br />
including an overview of Sports<br />
Fields Study, changing the permit<br />
process, new proposed fees and<br />
changes, dedicating the fields for<br />
specific sports, new criteria for site<br />
improvements and construction of<br />
new sports fields.<br />
Even if you can’t attend, your<br />
comments are important. You can<br />
call in your ideas to (408) 871-3825<br />
or visit the Web site at www.sanjoseca.gov/<br />
prns.<br />
Preparing for<br />
disasters<br />
The Fire Department, Red Cross,<br />
trained emergency experts and the<br />
public affairs department of the<br />
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day<br />
Saints is holding two meetings to<br />
prepare families and neighborhoods<br />
for disasters.<br />
The meetings will be held on<br />
Friday, March 7 from 7 to 9 p.m. at<br />
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter<br />
Day Saints at 5700 Comanche Drive<br />
and 6625 Camden Ave. You will<br />
learn what to do before, during and<br />
after a fire, flood or earthquake.<br />
Questions can be directed to<br />
readyforactionsb@gmail.com or to<br />
Nan Hunter at (408) 268-3151.
ALMADEN HILLS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH<br />
1200 Blossom Hill Road (two blocks west of <strong>Almaden</strong><br />
Expressway) 269-2345, www.almadenhillsumc.org.<br />
Sunday worship services: 9:00 and 10:30 am (childcare<br />
available at both times) Fellowship coffee time:<br />
10:00 - 10:30 am. Adult classes and Sun. School for<br />
children and youth: 10:30 am. Serving, worshiping,<br />
and growing together with open minds, open hearts,<br />
and open hands are hallmarks of our Christian congregation.<br />
The power of faith is celebrated through pastoral<br />
ministries, local mission, and social justice in, to,<br />
and with our local and global community. There is a<br />
variety of joyous music for children and adults, many<br />
special events/activities, and programs for all ages,<br />
including exciting youth ministries. People of all backgrounds,<br />
traditions, cultures, and lifestyles are welcome.<br />
Please join us at any time and for any event, no<br />
matter where you are in your spiritual journey.<br />
ALMADEN NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH<br />
Welcome to the neighborhood! We are a church family<br />
made up of diverse people who are united by the<br />
hope and joy that we have experienced in Jesus<br />
Christ. We invite you and your family to come and<br />
explore faith and life with us.<br />
Our worship service begins every Sunday at 11:00am.<br />
During worship, we have engaging children's programs<br />
for preschoolers and elementary aged kids.<br />
Visit us at 19550 McKean Rd San Jose CA 95120<br />
(Located off of <strong>Almaden</strong> Expressway between Old<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Rd and Harry Rd.) Pastor Jordan Wong:<br />
(408) 268-5200 www.almadenchurch.org<br />
CAMPBELL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH<br />
1675 Winchester Boulevard (near Hamilton),<br />
Campbell, 95008. Office: 378-3472. www.campbell-umc.org.<br />
E-mail: campbell_umc@earthlink.net SUNDAY<br />
WORSHIP: 9:00 and 10:30 a.m. Handicapped,<br />
hearing-impaired friendly facility. (Nursery Care<br />
available). SUNDAY SCHOOL for every age at 9:00<br />
a.m. WHAT YOU WILL FIND: Youth/Young Adult<br />
programs, Choirs for all ages, Active Senior<br />
Fellowship, A dynamic and diverse congregation of<br />
seekers motivated to explore the questions of faith<br />
and life; opportunities for fellowship, study, spiritual<br />
growth and outreach. Campbell UMC is a<br />
Reconciling Congregation ~ ALL ARE WELCOME!<br />
Campbell UMC sponsors Bright Days preschool,<br />
offering a play-based, developmentally appropriate<br />
curriculum. Call 378-8422 for information.<br />
CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL DISCOVERY<br />
All are welcome to join us for Sunday service at<br />
10:30 a.m. at the Los Gatos Senior Center, 550<br />
Hubbell Way, Los Gatos, CA. Rev. Alice Carpenter,<br />
Pastor. Office/Namaste' Bookstore: 2125 Curtner<br />
Ave., San Jose, CA, 95124. 408-371-1300.<br />
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Pressure Washing<br />
Healing Prayer Line: 408-371-1367. Offering spiritual<br />
counseling, weddings, classes, memorials,<br />
workshops. www.scvcrs.org.<br />
EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN ALMADEN<br />
Are you looking for a wonderful family worship experience,<br />
an ecumenical Sunday School, and a theology<br />
complex enough to allow you to ask questions and<br />
explore your own spirituality? Episcopal Church in<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong>, located off the <strong>Almaden</strong> Expressway near<br />
the intersection of Camden and Redmond , offers two<br />
opportunities for worship on Sunday mornings. Our<br />
7:30 a.m. Eucharist is short and followed by a coffee<br />
hour for socializing and discussion. Our 11:00 a.m.<br />
family Eucharist offers great music, laughter and hope.<br />
At 10:10 a.m. during the school year, we have a joint<br />
Sunday School with our sister church, the <strong>Almaden</strong><br />
Valley United Church of Christ. For more information,<br />
please call the church office at 268-0243. The<br />
Reverend Stephen Mills, rector. We are located at<br />
6581 Camden Avenue, San Jose , CA 95120, (east of<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Expressway). www.eca-sj.org<br />
GATEWAY CITY CHURCH<br />
Rekindle a Sense of Hope! If you’ve been wondering<br />
what’s missing in your life, the solution may be<br />
spiritual. Having a relation-ship with God makes all<br />
the difference. He’s much more loving and powerful<br />
than we really know. Life should be more than<br />
work, bills and stress. You can strengthen the spiritual<br />
side of your life, connect with great friends,<br />
and have a lot of fun at GateWay City Church. Enjoy<br />
great music and relevant messages. Help your<br />
loves ones take a more positive and inspiring direction<br />
in their lives. At GateWay City Church, you will<br />
feel welcomed and supported, not judged or left<br />
behind. Its church the way you’d hoped it could be,<br />
life more fulfilling than you’ve dreamed. Dr. David<br />
Cannistraci, Senior Pastor. GateWay City Church is<br />
located in South San Jose at 5883 Eden Park Place,<br />
behind the Holiday Inn, near the intersection of<br />
Hwys 101, 85 and Bernal / Silicon Valley Road.<br />
Catch our radio broadcast Sunday 10:30 a.m., “Life<br />
in the Spirit” on 1100 AM KFAX. Get the latest information<br />
online: www.GateWayCityChurch.org<br />
HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH<br />
Looking for an active Christian faith community...we<br />
invite you to experience Holy Spirit Parish<br />
Community. We are located at 1200 Redmond<br />
Avenue, San Jose, CA 95120. Mass is celebrated<br />
at 8:30 a.m. Monday -Thursday, with Communion<br />
Services on Friday. Our weekend Mass schedule is<br />
Saturday 5 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11:30<br />
a.m. and 6 p.m. Rite of Reconciliation is every<br />
Saturday at 4 p.m. or by appointment. Our Parish<br />
Office is open Monday-Thursday 9:30 a.m. - 4<br />
p.m., phone<br />
408-287-5577<br />
FREE ESTIMATES<br />
Commercial & Residential<br />
Complete Satisfaction<br />
Guaranteed Since 1989<br />
997-5101. Recorded Mass times 997-5100.<br />
Religious Education for Early Childhood through<br />
Adults can be obtained by calling our Catechetical<br />
Office Monday - Thursday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. at<br />
997-5115. 3Sixty Youth Ministry serving High<br />
School Youth in the <strong>Almaden</strong> Valley (grades 9-12)<br />
can be reached at 997-5106. Holy Spirit School<br />
serving grades Pre-K - 8 at 1198 Redmond<br />
Avenue. Phone 268-0794.<br />
THE JOURNEY<br />
www.talkinchurch.com; Jeff Wenke, Pastor. Call<br />
499-9790 or email info@talkinchurch.com for<br />
church information. The Journey meets Sundays<br />
at 9:00 and 10:45 a.m. at Pioneer High School,<br />
1290 Blossom Hill Road, San Jose, 95118. Come<br />
be a part of this exciting new group of people on<br />
the journey of life! The atmosphere is laid-back<br />
and non "churchy." We have a full band and large<br />
projection screen on the stage for multi-media. No<br />
church experience is required! We offer a comprehensive<br />
children's program called "Journeyland"<br />
as well. Visit our Website for more information.<br />
VENTURE CHRISTIAN CHURCH<br />
www.venturechristian.org 16845 Hicks Road, Los<br />
Gatos. Just 1 block west of Camden Avenue near<br />
Coleman Road. 408-997-4600. Weekend services:<br />
Saturday—5:00 P.M. Sunday—9:00 and 10:45<br />
A.M. A growing, caring diverse congregation on a<br />
spiritual journey to know Christ and make Him<br />
known throughout Silicon Valley. Serving this<br />
community for over one hundred years. Home of<br />
Los Gatos Christian School (pre-K – 8th grade).<br />
Ministries for children, teens, and adults of all<br />
ages.<br />
SANTA CLARA VALLEY CHURCH OF RELIGIOUS<br />
SCIENCE Center for Spiritual Discovery<br />
(Formerly Valley West Church)<br />
2500 Masonic Drive, San Jose, CA. 95125. 408-<br />
978-6800. <strong>Times</strong>: 10:30 Sunday Service, Youth<br />
Church 10:45, Quiet Meditation 9:30-10:15, Classes<br />
Monday evening. Pastor: Rev. Alice Carpenter.<br />
Discover your best self in our welcoming Spiritual<br />
community. Wherever you are on your Spiritual Path,<br />
we welcome you to our service. Our teaching is<br />
based on New Thought teachings of Ralph Waldo<br />
Emerson, Ernest Holmes, Wayne Dyer as expressed<br />
on the TV shows of Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Phil. Ours<br />
is a loving organization. You owe it to yourself to<br />
check us out. We have a traditional service, preceded<br />
by private meditation if you wish, and followed by<br />
hospitality hour. We have a New Thought Bookstore<br />
on Sunday mornings. We welcome you to our classes,<br />
and encourage you attend our Essence classes,<br />
on the first Sunday of the month. This is not your<br />
regular church! You are in control of your life experience...<br />
you have choices. We help you explore those<br />
Piano, organ or<br />
keyboard performance<br />
for weddings and<br />
special occasions in<br />
the Silicon Valley<br />
From $150<br />
We can bring a keyboard and sound system<br />
if your location doesn’t have one! Classical,<br />
Contemporary, Christian, Sacred—Your own<br />
choice of music, or we can provide a large selection.<br />
Jennifer<br />
Baham<br />
choices.<br />
Classically trained<br />
organist (BA in music)<br />
and accomplished<br />
pianist / Full-time middle<br />
school music teacher<br />
(408) 227-9047<br />
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SANTA TERESA HILLS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH<br />
5370 Snell Avenue, San Jose, CA 95123, two<br />
blocks north of Blossom Hill. Rev. Tom Coop,<br />
Pastor. 629-5906. Sunday worship service 10:00<br />
a.m. Sunday School 9:00 a.m. Full range of church<br />
activities including special classes for children,<br />
adult Bible studies, choir, and social activities.<br />
Families welcome. Visit online at: www.sthpc.org.<br />
SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN<br />
1281 Redmond Avenue, San Jose, CA 95120.<br />
(408) 997-4848.<br />
Sunday mornings:<br />
8:30 a.m.: Traditional Worship Service<br />
9:45 -10:45 a.m.: Adult Bible Study and Sunday<br />
School<br />
11:00 a.m.: Contemporary Worship Service<br />
SOUTH HILLS COMMUNITY CHURCH<br />
A caring community of believers who enjoy living<br />
and growing in Christ’s love and sharing that love<br />
with others. Our goal is to become fully devoted followers<br />
of Jesus and our programs are designed to<br />
meet the needs of people wherever they are in their<br />
spiritual journey, from the curious to the committed.<br />
We offer ministries for all ages and stages of life -<br />
from Cornerstone Pre-school to seniors, plus thriving<br />
children’s and student programs that your family<br />
will love; and through counseling, support and<br />
recovery groups we try to meet the needs of hurting<br />
people. Starting in February: ESL classes,<br />
Celebrate Recovery, and the Alpha Course - an<br />
opportunity to explore the Christian faith. Join us at<br />
9:00 or 11:00 am for our Sunday services, with<br />
life-related Biblical teaching, contemporary worship<br />
and creative arts. (Nursery, children’s and youth<br />
programs available) 6601 Camden Avenue, San<br />
Jose, CA 95120. Phone: 268-1676. To find out<br />
more, visit www.southhills.cc.<br />
ST. ANTHONY CATHOLIC CHURCH<br />
We invite you to become a part of our growing,<br />
active Parish. We are a caring and welcoming community<br />
that promotes spiritual growth and reaches<br />
out to those in need. St. Anthony’s is located in the<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Valley at 20101 McKean Rd. Sunday<br />
Masses are at 8:30, 10 and 11:45 AM. Saturday<br />
Mass is at 4 PM at our small, historic church,<br />
21800 Bertram Rd. in New <strong>Almaden</strong>, CA 95042.<br />
For information call the church office 997-4800. Fr.<br />
Larry Hendel, pastor.<br />
ST. BASIL GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH<br />
“Come and See” unaltered Christianity. The<br />
Orthodox Church is the one holy, catholic and<br />
apostolic church, founded by Jesus Christ and His<br />
Located at<br />
5735 CAMDEN AVE.,<br />
SAN JOSE, CA 95124<br />
CALL 408-448-7300 TO-GO<br />
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Apostles. It is the same Church that came fully into<br />
being at Pentecost (Acts 2), the Church of the New<br />
Testament. Today it has unity and continuity with<br />
this original Church in all aspects of church life.<br />
There are about 300 million Orthodox Christians<br />
throughout the world, including more than 6 million<br />
in the United States. Still the Orthodox Church has<br />
been known as “America’s best-kept secret.” Come<br />
to know that Church. Find the truth and its treasures,<br />
which will heal and save you. It might be the<br />
best thing you have found in your life. May God<br />
give joy to you who seek the truth! On Sundays:<br />
Matins at 8:15 am and Divine Liturgy at 9:30 am.<br />
Office hours Tuesday through Friday, 10am to 2pm.<br />
For more information call 268-3214 or e-mail<br />
stbasilschurch@sbcglobal.net. You can visit us at:<br />
6430 Bose Lane, San José, CA 95120.<br />
ST. TIMOTHY'S LUTHERAN CHURCH AND<br />
SCHOOL<br />
Come join us for worship at one of our four weekly<br />
services. Saturday: 6:00 pm (contemporary).<br />
Sunday: 8:15 (traditional) 9:45 (blended) and 11:15<br />
am (contemporary). Sunday school for all ages:<br />
9:45 am. Our day school offers a high quality educational<br />
experience from preschool to grade 5. We<br />
are located at 5100 Camden Ave. San Jose CA<br />
95124 with easy access from highway 85. Church:<br />
264-3858, School: 265-0275. Pastors Dan Selbo,<br />
Jim & Judy Bangsund. Website: www.st-timslutheran.org.<br />
TWIN OAKS CHURCH<br />
20 Great Oaks Blvd, San Jose 95119. Church<br />
Office (Mon-Thur): 227-9500.<br />
www.twinoakschurch.com. eMail Address:<br />
info@twinoakschurch.com Sunday Worship: 10<br />
a.m. (Nursery and Children's Sunday School - all<br />
ages) High School "Satellite" Service: 6 pm Sunday.<br />
Junior High School "Powerhouse": 7-9 pm Friday.<br />
Who Are We? We are a group of people who face<br />
everyday issues hoping to find real answers to real<br />
problems by looking closely at our world and being<br />
honest about the things that make life difficult. We<br />
then apply time proven principles from the Bible in<br />
ways that are relevant to our culture. Twin Oaks<br />
Church has dynamic children's programs and<br />
clean, well-staffed nurseries. Women's Bible studies<br />
and Men's events are great ways to connect with<br />
other people during the week. In just one visit, you'll<br />
see our music rocks and our people are friendly!<br />
To advertise your place of worship in this<br />
section please contact the <strong>Times</strong> at 494-<br />
7000, ext 221. All phone numbers are in the<br />
408 area code.<br />
BBeeeerr && WWiinnee
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FOCUS ON FAITH<br />
Talk is<br />
Cheap!<br />
175 volunteers fan out<br />
across the South Bay for<br />
the Journey’s Community<br />
Impact Day<br />
By Carol Rosen<br />
Editor<br />
When people talk about helping<br />
others, it’s usually just talk. But<br />
175 volunteers recently put their<br />
money where their mouths are by getting<br />
up early on a rainy Sunday morning and<br />
working for four hours serving others in<br />
their community.<br />
On Sunday, Jan. 27, the Journey<br />
Christian Church, which meets at Pioneer<br />
High School, hosted its 11th Community<br />
Impact Day, sending church members to<br />
14 project sites throughout the South Bay<br />
and investing $8,000 on the projects.<br />
“It’s fun to get out and practice faith on<br />
a Sunday morning rather then sit in a<br />
room and learn about it,” said Jason Jones,<br />
a church member and project leader. “It is<br />
a great way to get out and serve as Christ<br />
did.”<br />
Steve Workman paints a door at Pioneer<br />
High School.<br />
Volunteers invested time, energy,<br />
and money working on a variety of<br />
projects reaching out to the community<br />
including:<br />
Gift boxes for soldiers oversees<br />
Gifts for injured children in the<br />
ER<br />
Prison ministry: shopping for<br />
children of incarcerated adults<br />
Foster family shopping spree<br />
Group home makeover<br />
Emergency room care kits for<br />
kids<br />
Teachers kits for Pioneer High<br />
School<br />
Cleanup and landscaping at<br />
<strong>Times</strong> Spirit<br />
Santa Teresa and Pioneer High<br />
Schools<br />
There was something for everyone<br />
to choose from as volunteers<br />
also helped with city storm debris<br />
cleanup and graffiti removal and<br />
provided four free dumpsters to<br />
the neighboring community. One<br />
two-day project helped a 69-yearold<br />
widow get her house back into<br />
living condition after her husband,<br />
who was a packrat, passed away.<br />
Community Impact Day is not<br />
only meaningful for those receiving<br />
help, but also for the volunteers.<br />
“It is a way to channel your<br />
frustrations for society’s lost and<br />
forgotten people into an event that<br />
makes a difference for them” said<br />
Kelly McPhail, Community Impact<br />
Maria Lloyd completes a free safety kit for people in the<br />
community.<br />
Volunteers pose outside the home of a 69-year-old<br />
widow whose home they helped repair.<br />
Day coordinator.<br />
The idea for Community Impact Day<br />
came from a desire for the church members<br />
to reach out and interact with others<br />
in a meaningful way. Four times a year,<br />
the Journey “cancels” regular Sunday<br />
morning services and each member is<br />
encouraged to sign up for a project. The<br />
church prides itself on reaching out to<br />
others in the community by professing<br />
“no church experience required” as its<br />
catchphrase and inviting those who<br />
aren’t traditional “church people” to come<br />
and explore faith in a comfortable setting.<br />
For more information visit the Journey’s<br />
Web site at www.talkinchurch.com.
2008, a<br />
time to<br />
engage<br />
By Pat Dando<br />
President & CEO, San Jose Silicon<br />
Valley Chamber of Commerce<br />
Special to the <strong>Times</strong><br />
During our recent board<br />
retreat, it became apparent<br />
that the Chamber’s theme for<br />
2008, “a time to engage,” couldn't be<br />
timelier.<br />
One goal is to actively<br />
reach out to small businesses,<br />
as well as future<br />
community leaders. The<br />
opportunities available<br />
will help our members<br />
grow their businesses.<br />
Engagement however, is<br />
a two-way street. Many programs<br />
offered through membership in the<br />
Chamber will motivate you to<br />
become more focused on your continued<br />
success. You simply need to<br />
engage.<br />
I encourage you to attend our<br />
monthly member briefings, which<br />
detail the variety of programs available<br />
to help you connect with other<br />
members. Some of these programs<br />
include:<br />
Chamber 101: Lunch and Learn<br />
is a new workshop series that has<br />
become an instant hit. The success<br />
of our first seminar was a good indication<br />
that members were eager to<br />
know more about what it takes to<br />
run a successful company. This<br />
month, we will examine the critical<br />
<strong>Times</strong> Local News<br />
and unavoidable world of business<br />
and identity theft, along with steps<br />
that can be taken to decrease exposure<br />
and protect the personal information<br />
of customers, employees,<br />
business partners, students and<br />
patients. More important, you will<br />
learn strategies associated with mitigating<br />
financial losses, while<br />
reducing civil and criminal liabilities.<br />
Today, no business, small or<br />
large, is immune to this fast-growing<br />
trend of cyber crime.<br />
Ambassadors are offered the<br />
opportunity to participate in more<br />
than 60 events, ribbon-cutting ceremonies<br />
and networking mixers,<br />
while establishing vital relationships<br />
with other members.<br />
Morning Buzz invites you to<br />
engage in topical forums<br />
and become educated in<br />
the issues of the day.<br />
Monthly Mixers provide<br />
a relaxed atmosphere<br />
for after-hours networking,<br />
while allowing added<br />
opportunities for you to<br />
showcase your business.<br />
Chamber Champions for<br />
Change is a new program that recognizes<br />
those who are taking the<br />
lead when it comes to being proactive<br />
in the community, whether in<br />
health care, the environment or<br />
workforce development.<br />
Green Corner is a new monthly<br />
column in the Chamber Advocate<br />
that spotlights members who are<br />
actively creating a more eco-friendly<br />
environment.<br />
These are just a few of the many<br />
ways to get more involved in the<br />
Chamber. With your participation<br />
and leadership in these programs,<br />
together, we can make 2008 not<br />
only a “time to engage,” but a time<br />
to prosper.<br />
County committee approves Yeager proposal to<br />
oppose FDA's discriminating blood donation policy<br />
Santa Clara County’'s Legislative<br />
Committee today<br />
approved a request from<br />
Supervisor Ken Yeager to recommend<br />
that the Santa Clara<br />
County Board of Supervisors formally<br />
oppose the FDA's 1983<br />
policy that bans any man from<br />
donating blood if he has had sexual<br />
contact with any man since<br />
1977. Under the recommendation,<br />
the Board of Supervisors<br />
would work with federal representatives<br />
to lobby the FDA to<br />
change its rules.<br />
Yeager's request comes less<br />
than three weeks after San Jose<br />
State University banned blood<br />
drives from its campus for conflicting<br />
with its diversity policy.<br />
"I wanted the county to stand<br />
up against discrimination without<br />
compromising its mission as<br />
the community's health care<br />
safety net," Yeager said. "The<br />
county-run Valley Medical<br />
Center depends on a strong<br />
blood supply to serve the thousands<br />
of county residents who<br />
need trauma care, blood transfu-<br />
sions and organ transplants."<br />
The FDA instituted its ban on<br />
blood from sexually active gay<br />
men when doctors knew little<br />
about HIV/AIDS and how it was<br />
spread. Research since then has<br />
increased understanding of the<br />
disease, and new techniques for<br />
screening blood can keep the<br />
blood supply safe without<br />
excluding donations from the<br />
gay male population.<br />
"With new studies and technologies<br />
available to protect the<br />
blood supply, the FDA's lifetime<br />
ban on sexually active gay men<br />
has no scientific basis," Yeager<br />
said.<br />
Representatives from Stanford<br />
Blood Center attended the<br />
Legislative Committee's meeting<br />
to urge the supervisors to lobby<br />
the FDA without endangering<br />
blood banks, a goal that Yeager<br />
shared.<br />
Fellow Supervisor Liz Kniss<br />
joined Yeager in making the recommendation<br />
to the full Board<br />
of Supervisors.<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Valley<br />
SOLD<br />
966 Woodthrush Court<br />
Represented Seller<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Valley<br />
SOLD<br />
6138 Franciscan Court<br />
Represented Seller<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Valley<br />
SOLD<br />
1085 Queensbridge Court<br />
Represented Seller<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Valley<br />
SOLD<br />
6176 Mancuso<br />
Represented Seller<br />
ALL OF <strong>THIS</strong> AND MORE FOR ONLY:<br />
Outside Stateroom w/Balcony from USD $2849.42 pp<br />
Ocean View Stateroom from USD $2399.42 pp<br />
Inside Stateroom from USD $1549.42 pp<br />
(No hidden charges: prices include tax and port charge fees)<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Weekly Feb. 22–Feb. 28, 2008 Page 23<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Valley<br />
SOLD<br />
5801 Vargas Court<br />
Represented Seller<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Valley<br />
SOLD<br />
6617 Hampton Drive<br />
Represented Seller<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Valley<br />
Tod Hardesty GRI, ASP, MA<br />
BROKER/OWNER, 323-5512<br />
SOLD<br />
5830 Burchell<br />
Represented Seller<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Valley<br />
SOLD<br />
6684 Copperwood Circle<br />
Represented Seller<br />
GREEN OAK REALTY<br />
6472 Camden Ave., Ste. 209, San Jose, CA 95120<br />
Email: tod.hardesty@greenoakrealty.com • www.greenoakrealty.com<br />
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<strong>Times</strong>Sports<br />
SPORTS BRIEFS<br />
Youth Baseball<br />
League<br />
registrations<br />
now open<br />
YBL, sponsored by Venture<br />
Christian Church (formally Los<br />
Gatos and South Valley Christian<br />
Churches) is accepting registrations<br />
until Feb. 23. The season runs from<br />
April 12 through June 7, and is for<br />
both boys and girls with birthdates<br />
falling between 8/1/99 and 7/31/03<br />
and for boys only with birthdates<br />
between 8/1/97 and 7/31/99. For<br />
additional information, call our<br />
Sports Office at 997-4642 or visit<br />
www.Venturechristian.org.<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Blast Class<br />
3 team<br />
seeks goalie,<br />
field players<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Blast, this Fall U-14<br />
boys Class 3 team is looking for<br />
goalie and field players. Eligible<br />
boys should have birthdates that<br />
High School<br />
Sports<br />
Schedule<br />
Feb. 22—Feb. 28<br />
Leland High School<br />
Tuesday—Boys tennis vs.<br />
Piedmont Hills at 3:15 at<br />
Piedmont Hills<br />
Wednesday—Boys baseball vs.<br />
Santa Teresa—varsity at 3:30 at<br />
Santa Teresa (JV opposite field)<br />
Thursday—Boys tennis vs.<br />
Yerba Buena at 3:15 at Leland<br />
Pioneer High School<br />
Tuesday—Boys tennis vs. San<br />
Jose at 3:15 at San Jose<br />
Wednesday—Boys baseball vs.<br />
Westmont—varsity at 3:30 at<br />
Pioneer (JV at opposite field)<br />
Thursday—Boys tennis vs.<br />
Andrew Hill at 3:15 at Pioneer<br />
For more information about<br />
Leland and Pioneer sports<br />
events, go to:<br />
Pioneer Athletics:<br />
www.phsathletics.com<br />
Leland Athletics:<br />
www.lelandathletics.com<br />
Blossom Valley Athletics<br />
League:<br />
www.bval.org<br />
fall between Aug. 1, 1994 - July 31,<br />
1995. Contact Jesse Saenz for tryout<br />
information at 997-3422.<br />
Boys Soccer<br />
U14/U15 Tryouts<br />
Comp Class 3<br />
Spring and Fall<br />
teams<br />
If you are a Boys Select player<br />
BU14 and BU15 (Aug 1993 to July<br />
1993) wanting more time on the<br />
field, to move up on your high<br />
school JV team or just improve<br />
your soccer skills, then this is the<br />
team for you.<br />
Our team has won five (5) tournaments<br />
in the past two years;<br />
competing in the Delgado Class 3<br />
division in the "A" Group (top<br />
group). We are looking to move up<br />
to Select in the fall and have three<br />
teams ("B" division) in our club in<br />
this age category.<br />
Our Head Coach is a two-time<br />
Referee of the Year winner, with<br />
more then 6 years soccer coaching<br />
experience in the <strong>Almaden</strong> area.<br />
Our three trainers are all from<br />
England and have played within<br />
the Manchester United youth system.<br />
We emphasize team spirit, hard<br />
work, stress fundamentals, team<br />
building and respect for both teammates<br />
and coaches. If this sounds<br />
like the winning team for you, call<br />
391-6664 or 451-5741 for information,<br />
times and locations. Or email<br />
at schrick@pacbell.net or<br />
alex@assoccercoaching.com<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Valley<br />
Youth Soccer<br />
League spring recreational<br />
4v4 microsoccer<br />
registration<br />
now open<br />
Spring Recreational 4v4<br />
MicroSoccer is a 4v4 small-sided<br />
game with no goalies. This format<br />
allows players to be creative and<br />
build confidence on the ball. This<br />
season offers a great opportunity<br />
for players to have fun while<br />
strengthening their skills.<br />
We are also pleased to announce<br />
that the AVYSL will be providing<br />
Professional Trainers for the 2008<br />
Spring Recreational 4v4<br />
MicroSoccer Program. This is an<br />
excellent opportunity for players to<br />
train with their coaches under the<br />
expert guidance of Professional<br />
Trainers.<br />
Want to play with your friends?<br />
Form your own team and play<br />
together! This is unique to the<br />
Spring Program only. Go ahead<br />
and register then send your Roster<br />
directly to the Spring Director (no<br />
more than 8 per team).<br />
We need coaches to make this<br />
4v4 microsoccer session a success -<br />
please volunteer to be a coach for<br />
Spring Soccer.<br />
Please visit www.almadensoccer.org<br />
to register your player and<br />
for additional information about<br />
this program.<br />
U-14 Boys Class 3<br />
Division 1 soccer<br />
team looking for<br />
players/goalie<br />
We are seeking players who can<br />
compete at a high level and have<br />
the desire to improve their soccer<br />
skills.<br />
Our goal is to build a competitive<br />
team with dedicated and hardworking<br />
players. Our experienced<br />
coaching staff will provide a structured<br />
and fun environment,<br />
emphasizing player development.<br />
This is a Class 3, Division 1 team,<br />
and is part of the Central Valley<br />
Youth Soccer League.<br />
Your son must be born after<br />
7/31/94 to be eligible. For more<br />
information, please contact John at<br />
jshikash@eea.epson.com or<br />
(408)930-8748.<br />
The De Anza Force<br />
Soccer Club tryouts<br />
for the 92 Girls age<br />
group<br />
De Anza Force announces tryouts<br />
for the 92 Girls group. The<br />
dates are:<br />
Saturday, March 1 and 8 from<br />
10 a.m. - noon at Garden Gate<br />
Elementary in Cupertino.<br />
Both teams will be Division 1<br />
Abronzino in the fall. All positions<br />
will be looked at - for State Cup and<br />
beyond. Both teams will play Y-<br />
League and attend top tournaments,<br />
including Las Vegas<br />
Showcase March 14-16, and the<br />
Texas Shootout, May 30 - June 1st.<br />
Force Black is coached by Owen<br />
Flannery, head Women's coach at<br />
Foothill College, and by Colin<br />
Corstorphine. Force Blue is<br />
coached by former MLS Player<br />
Shawn Medved. For more information,<br />
contact either Shawn at<br />
shawnmedved@hotmail.com,<br />
Owen at owenflannery@hotmail.<br />
com, or Colin at colin.corstorphine@<br />
gmail.com.<br />
Sports Briefs listings are subject to the<br />
following fee structure: $25 per month, per<br />
publication for the Evergreen and <strong>Almaden</strong><br />
<strong>Times</strong>; $10 per month, per publication for<br />
the monthly newspapers. Indicate publication<br />
placement at the time the listing/payment<br />
is submitted. Sports Briefs accepts<br />
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VISA or MC. To charge your payments call<br />
Sonia Pineda at 494-7000 x205. Be sure to<br />
reference your team/organization with your<br />
payment. Listings appear once payments<br />
are received. TMI sponsored events and<br />
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Questions? Call 494-7000 x225.
Fine lines<br />
By Shana McLean Moore<br />
Special to the <strong>Times</strong><br />
Fine lines are never something you wish for—unless,<br />
I suppose, your fashion designs are being judged on<br />
“Project Runway.” Any other time a fine line is mentioned,<br />
it’s going to involve a pricey skincare regimen, or<br />
a flimsy spider web of a line that somehow separates normal<br />
behavior and the kind that’s used in case studies at<br />
psychiatric conventions.<br />
Though you’d never know it by looking at my beggingfor-Botox<br />
face, it’s these latter lines that concern me<br />
most. So much so that I wish we could borrow the technology<br />
from the makers of Invisible Fence ® so that those<br />
of us who tend to make like Johnny Cash and “Walk the<br />
Line” could shock ourselves back to clear thinking<br />
whenever we’ve strayed to the dark side.<br />
One such fine line I’ve recently pondered is that which<br />
separates a dreamer from someone who is downright<br />
delusional. How narrow is the distance between someone<br />
who is tenacious and determined when faced with adversity,<br />
and the dude who winds up as a blooper audition on<br />
“American Idol,” yet still can’t process the possibility that<br />
he sucks like 10 hungry puppies on their momma’s mammaries?<br />
I’m thinking it’s a line so thin that only a Cirque<br />
d’ Soleil performer or a millipede could walk it.<br />
The question leaves me praying to God that my own<br />
lofty aspirations place me on the sunny side of that fine<br />
line—that I’m not the writer’s equivalent of William<br />
Hung. After all, are you even allowed to have dreams<br />
once you’ve turned 40? Or are you expected to divide<br />
your wildest desires by 10 and then subdivide them into<br />
manageable goals that will be achievable only if you<br />
manage to live to the age of 112?<br />
This would mean, of course, that if you spent your 30s<br />
wanting to become the next Bill Gates, you would now be<br />
better served trying to retain your cubicle during the next<br />
recession.<br />
Or is it that you still have fantasies of becoming the<br />
next Michael Jordan? Well, news flash: even he has<br />
International<br />
Women's Day<br />
celebration set<br />
for March 8<br />
Women from all over the Bay Area are invited to<br />
celebrate, connect and learn at the<br />
International Women's Day Celebration on<br />
Saturday, March 8 from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Center for<br />
Employment Training, SOTO Theater at 701 Vine Street.<br />
The program is a conference on "Women's Human<br />
Rights: Moving Beyond Barriers," with a keynote<br />
speech by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren and a panel<br />
discussion on the convention on the elimination of all<br />
forms of discrimination against women.<br />
There also will be a dance performance of Eve's<br />
Elixir and an evening concert with AqualLibre and<br />
featuring Destani Wolf.<br />
Tickets for the program are $25 for general admission,<br />
$15 for students and $100 for champions of<br />
women's rights. The tickets are available at<br />
www.brownpapertickets.com/evemt/27984. Or for<br />
more information and tickets contact events@cardeacenterforwomen.org<br />
or call (408) 243-2222 or (415)<br />
412-3011.<br />
The event is presented by Amnesty International<br />
USA, Cardea Center for Women and Kavosh Women's<br />
Organization.<br />
<strong>Times</strong> Feature<br />
retired. Let’s focus on scheduling two<br />
pick-up games at the local elementary<br />
school each week—dunking being optional.<br />
Perhaps you think you could be the next<br />
American Idol if it weren’t for that annoying<br />
age cap of 28. Hmmm, how about commandeering<br />
the Nintendo Wii for some<br />
karaoke once those kids are in bed?<br />
Do you see yourself as the next famous<br />
writer who could fill concert halls for your<br />
interviews and readings? Uh, yeah, that<br />
one hits a little too close to home to be<br />
mocked.<br />
Those of us who still hold on to our<br />
“delusions” in the face of impossible odds<br />
could probably keep from becoming Case<br />
Study 1395 if we could stay away from<br />
award ceremonies and all things marketed<br />
to preteens.<br />
I say this as someone who recently wept through Alicia<br />
Keys’ acceptance speech at the Grammys and through<br />
much of the Hannah Montana in 3D movie. Yep, I said<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Weekly Feb. 22–Feb. 28, 2008 Page 25<br />
Confessions<br />
from the<br />
Carpool<br />
Shana McLean Moore<br />
wept. I’d love to say that mine were bitter<br />
tears of mourning that these gals realized<br />
their dreams while I’ve been forced to install<br />
a gastric band on mine to reduce their<br />
appetite. But no, it’s worse than that—I think<br />
these performers are talking to me. So when<br />
they say they accept their awards on behalf<br />
of anyone who’s had a dream, or they sing<br />
“life’s what you make it, so let’s make it<br />
rock!” this ol’ gal becomes the only person in<br />
the audience who is wiping away tears from<br />
beneath her 3D glasses.<br />
As the stars leave the stage, and while the<br />
lights are still dim, I swear I even hear the<br />
words: “Live from Carnegie Hall with the<br />
debut of our series on 21st Century philosophers<br />
turned humorists, we have the great<br />
honor to present Shana…”<br />
Zzzzt. Oh man, I’ve crossed the line<br />
again— please pardon the smell of burning flesh.<br />
Shana McLean Moore, Case Study 1395, is a resident of<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Valley. To read more of her essays and listen to<br />
her podcast, visit: www.caffeinatedponderings.com.<br />
we r coming<br />
soon...
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Unless otherwise noted all phone numbers<br />
are in the 408 area code.<br />
MUSIC<br />
Feb. 9 – Feb. 24<br />
Opera San Jose opens its first production<br />
in 2008 with Giuseppe Verdi’s<br />
ground-breaking opera, Rigoletto. Eight<br />
performances are scheduled at the<br />
California Theatre, 345 South First Street<br />
in downtown San José. Based on Le roi<br />
s’amuse, Victor Hugo’s stinging attack on<br />
the French court, Rigoletto was Verdi’s<br />
16th opera and his first masterpiece. It<br />
tells the story of a hunchbacked jester,<br />
Rigoletto, who is desperate to keep his<br />
beloved daughter, Gilda, from the grasp of<br />
the hedonistic Duke of Mantua. As this<br />
deeply human saga unfolds, it juxtaposes<br />
good and evil, purity and promiscuity,<br />
pride and humility. Conductors are David<br />
Rohrbaugh and Anthony Quartuccio. This<br />
production is in Italian with English<br />
Supertitles. Evening performances are at 8<br />
p.m., matinees at 3 p.m. Tickets are $66 -<br />
$88 and can be purchased through the<br />
Box Office at 437-4450 or online at<br />
www.operasj.org<br />
Ongoing<br />
The Tabard Theatre Company announces<br />
auditions for “Pandemonium,” a world<br />
premiere production based on the story<br />
of Pandora’s Box, written and directed by<br />
Susannah Greenwood. All auditions are by<br />
appointment only beginning Feb. 2. No<br />
preparation is necessary, as auditions will<br />
consist of cold reading from the script and<br />
improv and/or movement, depending on<br />
the role. Rehearsals begin mid-March,<br />
2008 and Performances run April 24 -<br />
May 10 with matinees on weekends and<br />
school shows at 11am on April 24 and<br />
May 8 at The Theatre on San Pedro<br />
Square, Downtown San Jose. The tabard<br />
is looking for a fun group of people from a<br />
diverse background of ethnicity, age, and<br />
theatre experience, with a willingness to<br />
explore these characters and authentically<br />
represent them from a cultural perspective.<br />
For more information or to make an audition<br />
appointment, contact Cathy Cassetta<br />
at 408-979-0231 or cathy@tabardtheatre.org.<br />
For additional information about<br />
Tabard, please visit http://www.tabardtheatre.org.<br />
Audition packets will be e-mailed<br />
the week before auditions. Packets will<br />
include audition location and directions.<br />
THEATER<br />
Jan. 26 – Feb. 24<br />
The San Jose Repertory Theater presents<br />
Robert Clyman’s “Tranced”, a politically<br />
charged, fast paced thriller. Delve<br />
into the murky depths of international<br />
intrigue, mystery and persuasion as<br />
Clyman questions the very nature of truth<br />
and moral responsibility. Directed by<br />
Barbara Damashek, “Tranced” features<br />
Kenya Brome, James Carpenter, Thom<br />
Rivera, and Stacy Ross. Tickets are $15 -<br />
$59 and are available at the San Jose Rep<br />
Box Office, 101 Paseo de San Antonio in<br />
San Jose or can be purchased online at<br />
www.SJRep.com or by calling 367-7255.<br />
Feb. 6 – March 2<br />
In honor of its 25th Anniversary Season,<br />
San Jose Stage Company presents a<br />
revival production of David Mamet's<br />
masterpiece, “Glengarry Glen Ross”.<br />
Mamet’s Tony Award and Pulitzer Prizewinning<br />
play sparkles with the rough but<br />
lyrical dialogue and universal themes that<br />
Celebrate the power of wishes with your favorite Disney princesses. “Princess Wishes” at the HP<br />
Pavilion from Feb. 27 – Mar. 2, is the latest Disney On Ice production to captivate audiences through<br />
artistic skating, high-energy music and glittering set design. With Tinkerbell as their guide, guests<br />
will join Disney favorites Jasmine, Belle, Cinderella, Snow White Ariel, Mulan and Sleeping Beauty as<br />
each has their fondest wish granted and dream come true. In the words of Cinderella “A dream is a<br />
wish your heart makes.” Tickets are $16 - $65 and are available online at www.ticketmaster.com.<br />
For more information and show times, visit www.disneyonice.com. Pictured: Dopey, Doc, Bashful<br />
and Grumpy look on as Snow White wishes for a prince in Disney On Ice presents “Princess<br />
Wishes.” Photo: Courtesy Feld Entertainment<br />
still resonate with today’s audiences. All<br />
performances will be staged at The Stage,<br />
490 South First Street, San Jose. For tickets<br />
and additional information, visit<br />
www.sanjosestage.com .<br />
DANCE<br />
Feb. 15 – 24<br />
Ballet San Jose presents Dennis Nahat’s<br />
version of one of the greatest romantic<br />
ballets ever written – “Swan Lake” - at<br />
the Center for the Performing Arts. This<br />
production features over 135 characters in<br />
opulent costumes and beautiful scenery<br />
from David Guthrie. Danced to a live<br />
performance by Symphony Silicon Valley,<br />
the romantic tale follows Prince Siegfried<br />
as he attempts to rescue his beloved<br />
Princess Odette from the wicked Baron<br />
Von Rothbart who has cast a spell on the<br />
young beauty and turned her into this<br />
Queen of the Swans. Nahat’s prologue<br />
highlights the villainous nature of Rothbart<br />
by delving into the source of his evil.<br />
Admission is $25-$82 (discounts for students,<br />
seniors, groups), to purchase tickets,<br />
call the box office at 288-2800, or<br />
visit www.balletsanjose.org.<br />
ART<br />
Feb. 28<br />
Mexican Heritage Plaza (MHP) presents<br />
Mi Coche / My Culture---Livin’ the<br />
Lowrider Lifestyle - an exhibition representing<br />
the diversity and heritage of South<br />
Bay culture. This is a unique visual arts<br />
exhibition that will encompass the art,<br />
design, and the Chicano subclture of<br />
lowrider automobiles from their origins in<br />
the 1960’s and 1970’s. This exhibit is<br />
sponsored in part by The Castellano<br />
Family Foundation. The exhibition at The<br />
Plaza is open to the public with free<br />
admission. La Galería is open Monday<br />
through Fridays noon to 5 p.m. Weekends<br />
and after-hours are by appointment.<br />
CHILDREN/FAMILY<br />
Feb. 12 – May 1<br />
"Planning for a Wedding?", a new exhibit<br />
for the Sunnyvale Lace Museum will feature<br />
exquisite bridal gowns from 1890 to<br />
1950. Walk down the aisle and see vintage<br />
and unique accessories, such as<br />
fans, shoes, gloves, hats and parasols in a<br />
fascinating look at history. The gift shop<br />
also offers heirloom quality lace handkerchiefs<br />
and other items for the bride. The<br />
Lace Museum is open Tuesday through<br />
Saturday from 11a.m. to 4 p.m. at 552<br />
South Murphy Avenue in Sunnyvale.<br />
Parking is free.<br />
Feb. 28 – March 2<br />
CMT Rising Stars presents “School<br />
House Rock Live!” A pop culture phenomenon<br />
comes to the musical stage! The<br />
Emmy-Award winning 1970’s Saturday<br />
morning cartoon series that taught history,<br />
grammar, math, science and politics<br />
through clever, tuneful songs lights up the<br />
stage instructing a whole new generation<br />
to “Unlock Your Adjectives” and “Do the<br />
Circulations.” “School House Rock Live!”<br />
promises to win audiences over with<br />
imagination and music using beloved<br />
“School House Rock” songs including<br />
“Just a Bill,” “Lolly, Lolly, Lolly,” and<br />
“Conjunction Junction.” All performances<br />
staged at the Montgomery Theater. For<br />
more information, call 288-5437 or visit<br />
www.cmtsj.org<br />
Feb. 29<br />
Plant a Pizza! When the moon hits the sky<br />
like a big pizza pie, that’s AMORE! What<br />
makes pizza taste so good? Freshly grown<br />
ingredients, of course! Participants aged 5<br />
– 10 years can join Friends of Guadalupe<br />
River Park & Gardens from 3:30 – 5 p.m.<br />
as we learn about where those yummy<br />
ingredients come from. Plant basil,<br />
oregano, tomatoes and wheat to take<br />
home for your very own pizza herb garden.<br />
Grind wheat and sample fresh ingredients<br />
as we make mini pizzas for a delicious<br />
afternoon snack. Mmmm…after<br />
school class has never tasted so good! All<br />
workshops take place at 438 Coleman<br />
Ave, San Jose. Fees are $8/members,<br />
$15/non-members and pre-registration is<br />
required. To register, call 298-7657 or visit<br />
www.grpg.org to learn more. Parents need<br />
not be present during the workshop.<br />
March 5 -8<br />
Leland High School Drama Department<br />
is putting on Disney's High School<br />
Musical. Show time is 7:30 p.m. for all<br />
dates Tickets prices are $16 for adults<br />
and $8 for Students and Seniors over age<br />
62. All seats are reserved and tickets<br />
order forms are available from any cast<br />
member or at the LHS front office. For<br />
more information, contact Steve Dini at<br />
getstevedini@yahoo.com, or call and<br />
leave a message at 535-6310.<br />
March 8<br />
Celebrate Persian New Year!: Celebrate<br />
Norouz (Persian New Year) from 2 to 4<br />
p.m. at the Vineland Branch library as we<br />
feature the festive Norouz holiday. There<br />
will be a Norouz song by a children's<br />
group, Ballet Afsaneh dance program with<br />
audience participation and Master Nejad<br />
and the Nejad Youth Orchestra. There will<br />
also be a children's parade, various holiday<br />
crafts and more. This event is cosponsored<br />
by the Cambrian, <strong>Almaden</strong> and<br />
Vineland Branch Libraries with the generous<br />
support of the various Friends’ organizations<br />
at each library. This event will be<br />
held in <strong>Almaden</strong>'s large community room.<br />
Feb. 22—Feb. 28<br />
CLASSES<br />
Ongoing<br />
The Committee to Promote Square<br />
Dancing is sponsoring a square dance<br />
refresher class for experienced dancers:<br />
Fees are $2.50/seniors and youth,<br />
$5/adults. Classes meet Tuesdays, 6:30-<br />
9 p.m. in the Camden Community Center<br />
Multipurpose Room, 3369 Union Avenue,<br />
San Jose, 95124. For more information,<br />
call 723-0315.<br />
Pottery classes for all ages and all levels!<br />
Start whenever you want. Learn to<br />
throw on the potter's wheel or hand-build<br />
your clay creations at Black Leopard<br />
Clayware in Willow Glen. 4- and 8-week<br />
classes are held 2-4:30 and 6:30-9 pm<br />
Monday through Wednesday and 9:30 -<br />
Noon Saturday mornings. Tuition includes<br />
clay, glazes, and firings, plus free open lab<br />
time for ongoing students. Maximum<br />
class size of 4 guarantees individual<br />
coaching and rapid progress. Want to try<br />
it out before committing? BLC's 2-hour<br />
intro to clay is held every Friday evening<br />
from 6-8 pm. All classes are by pre-registration.<br />
For more information and to register,<br />
call (408) 448-4597 or visit our website<br />
at www.bleopard.com.<br />
FIFTY-PLUS<br />
March 8<br />
SeniorNet, computer classes for adults<br />
50 and over will hold registration for<br />
computer classes at the <strong>Almaden</strong><br />
Community Center located at 6445<br />
Camden Avenue. Registration for intermediate<br />
courses is at 10:30 a.m. Registration<br />
for Computer Fundamentals at 12 noon.<br />
Please note time changes. Courses include<br />
Basic Digital Photography, Basic Digital<br />
Photo Editing, Greeting Cards, Windows<br />
XP, File Management and Computer Tips<br />
and Techniques. All classes will be held at<br />
the <strong>Almaden</strong> Community Center, 6445<br />
Camden Avenue in San Jose. For more<br />
information call Don House at (408)268-<br />
1703 or visit www.snlcsj.org.<br />
VOLUNTEERS<br />
Are you looking for a short-term volunteer<br />
opportunity that is meaningful and fun?<br />
The Role Model Program needs adult volunteers<br />
to inspire elementary and middle<br />
school students to succeed! Time commitment<br />
is just one hour a week for six<br />
weeks. The Role Model Program is a nonprofit<br />
organization dedicated to empowering<br />
students to achieve their goals,<br />
dreams, and learning that education can<br />
open the door to a successful future. To<br />
learn more contact The Role Model<br />
Program Model Program at 246-0433 or<br />
go on-line to www.therolemodelprogram<br />
.org.<br />
MISCELLANEOUS<br />
Feb. 23<br />
Princeton Plaza Fair: This monthly event<br />
will be held at Princeton Plaza (Meridian,<br />
at Kooser and Blossom Hill) inside the<br />
Mervyn’s Plaza. Fairs will also be held on<br />
the last Saturday of Feb., April, June and<br />
August. Nov. and Dec. events will be on<br />
the second Saturday of the month<br />
Feb. 23<br />
Castillero Middle School celebrates the<br />
10th anniversary of the Castillero jazz
CommunityCalendar<br />
band’s Big Band Dance. Event hours are 7 -10 p.m.<br />
at the Castillero Indoor Commons. This is an adultsonly<br />
event featuring Castillero’s three award-winning<br />
Jazz Bands. A special guest performer is also scheduled<br />
for the evening. Guests will enjoy dancing to Big<br />
Band and Latin music, desserts, refreshments, raffle<br />
prizes and a silent auction. Proceeds will go directly to<br />
scholarships for band students needing financial aid to<br />
attend the Heritage Music Festival and competition in<br />
Fullerton and Disneyland in April 2008 as well as funding<br />
maintenance expenses for Castillero’s band program.<br />
Tickets are $15 each and may be purchased in<br />
advance by calling Karen Potts at 998-3133 or at the<br />
door the evening of the event.<br />
Feb. 26 – May 20<br />
Divorce Recovery Workshops & Divorce Care 4 Kids:<br />
Calvary Church in Los Gatos is offering a Tuesday<br />
evening Divorce Recovery Workshop from 7 – 8:30<br />
p.m. These sessions are here to help you heal from<br />
divorce and begin again. Learn why relationships go<br />
wrong, how to manage conflict, heal emotionally, and<br />
grow healthy relationships. Anyone who is divorced,<br />
separated or hurting from a major, non-marriage relationship<br />
break-up is welcome to attend.<br />
DivorceCare4Kids (ages 5-12) is also available to help<br />
your children deal with the unique issues they face in a<br />
divorce. Cost is $20 for the adult program.<br />
DivorceCare4Kids is $20 for one child and $30 for two<br />
or more children. For more information, visit our website<br />
at www.calvarylg.com/divorcerecovery or call the<br />
church office at 408.356.5126.<br />
Feb. 29<br />
Junior League of San Jose hosts its Biennial Fashion<br />
Show, In Vogue, at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose.<br />
Preview the hottest trends for modern families by top<br />
designers such as Azadeh, Tiffany & Co, Macy’s,<br />
Brooks Brothers and Anne Fontaine. Attendees have a<br />
chance to win an Apple iPhone, Nintendo Wii and<br />
more. Proceeds benefit programs for the children of<br />
San Jose including Children’s Discovery Museum,<br />
Bring Me A Book Foundation and Kids in the Kitchen.<br />
Fashion Show – 11 a.m., $85; Gala Dinner Fashion<br />
Show: 5:30 p.m. $165. For tickets, call 264-3058 or<br />
visit www.jlsj.org.<br />
March 1<br />
The Leland High School Blue and Gold Auction at the<br />
San Jose Marriott: This community-wide fundraising<br />
event will be held from 6 p.m. to midnight with proceeds<br />
benefiting LHS technology, sports and facilities<br />
upgrades. Enjoy an evening of silent and live auctions,<br />
dinner and dancing. The auction items include vacation<br />
packages, spa and special event packages and<br />
wonderful hand-picked items. Check out the website<br />
for a more complete listing of auction items. To<br />
download a ticket reservation form or to find out more<br />
information about the auction, go to www.lelandblueandgold.com.<br />
Reserve your tickets now and help<br />
Leland High School fulfill the wishes of the staff, students<br />
and parents.<br />
March 8<br />
Talk on Heart Health for Women: Did you know heart<br />
disease is the number one killer of women? Come to<br />
our free informational talk and learn if you are at risk<br />
of heart disease and what you can do to reduce it. Dr.<br />
Sutherland of Women Physicians Ob-Gyn will be giving<br />
a free seminar at Spa R&R, 1345 Lincoln Avenue<br />
in San Jose at 7 p.m. Please RSVP by Feb. 25. Call<br />
297-4899 for further information. Tell a friend and<br />
bring your questions.<br />
Ongoing<br />
February is Spay/Neuter month: The Humane<br />
Society Silicon Valley (HSSV) and participating local<br />
veterinarians are offering 50 percent discounts on all<br />
spay/neuter surgeries during the month of February.<br />
This program is designed to encourage the public to<br />
sterilize their pets to prevent unwanted litters and<br />
overpopulation. Throughout the month, female cat<br />
spays are $62.50 and male cat neuters are just<br />
$37.50. Spay/neuter surgeries for dogs are priced by<br />
the animal’s weight and sex and range from $57.50<br />
for a male dog under 30 pounds to $92.50 for a<br />
female dog weighing between 76 and 99 pounds.<br />
Prices include a brief pre-op exam, pre-anesthetic,<br />
anesthetic, spay/neuter surgery and hospitalization on<br />
the day of surgery. There are additional charges for<br />
animals in-heat, pregnant, cryptorchid and/or obese<br />
and all animals must be current on all vaccinations.<br />
For more information, visit www.hssv.org.<br />
Appointments can call 727-3383, ext. 828.<br />
Come join The Humane Society Silicon Valley for<br />
our weekly “Meet and Treat!” every Wednesday at<br />
HSSV, 2530 Lafayette Street, in Santa Clara. from 5 –<br />
7 p.m. Not sure about adopting just yet? Come down<br />
and visit with animal guests outside their kennels.<br />
Play with canine companions throughout the shelter,<br />
or experience cuddly cats in your lap. And of course<br />
we have our adorable rabbits too. We will have tasty<br />
treats for people as well. For more information, call<br />
727-3383 or visit www.hssv.org. Coffee and donuts<br />
for early bird shoppers. For more information, visit<br />
www.aplhazetaevents.com or call 761-6913.<br />
MOMS Club of San Jose - Blossom Hill/Santa<br />
Teresa chapter: We are a playgroup that meets a few<br />
times per week for many fun, social activities. Our<br />
website is www.bayareamoms.org, Contact Victoria<br />
Meline for more information 888-5838.<br />
The <strong>Almaden</strong> Valley Al-Anon Family Groups meet<br />
every Friday from 10to 11:45 a.m. and on Sundays<br />
from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Holy Spirit Church, 1198<br />
Redmond Avenue, San Jose. Al-Anon helps families<br />
and friends learn what they can do about excessive<br />
drinking, alcoholism and its effects on the entire family.<br />
Meetings do not require appointments. There is no<br />
charge for attendance. For more information, call 379-<br />
1051 or visit the web site at<br />
http://www.ncwsa.org/scvafg/<br />
12-Step Christian Program - Celebrate Recovery!<br />
Program held every Monday night at 7 p.m. at<br />
Generations Foursquare Church, 133 Bernal Road in<br />
San Jose. For more information, call 504-7687 or<br />
visit celebraterecovery@generationsfoursquare.org<br />
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OUR CALENDAR?<br />
We are seeking calendar items pertaining to the South<br />
Bay communities we cover in our seven monthly community<br />
newspapers: Blossom Valley, Cambrian,<br />
Campbell, Evergreen, Santa Teresa, Willow Glen, and<br />
our weekly publication, <strong>Almaden</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Weekly. Items<br />
must be submitted by e-mail or fax several weeks<br />
before the event. Send an email to candy@timesmediainc.com<br />
or fax to Candy Richter at 494-7078. Photos<br />
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Jose, CA 95122. Due to the large volume of items<br />
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be used. Space is limited.<br />
Coyote Lake offers blooming flowers<br />
Join a park ranger and discover the first spring wildflowers on a moderate 4.5mile<br />
hike. Travel along the scenic Coyote Ridge Trail, a segment of the San<br />
Francisco Bay Ridge Trail, and return via the new Valley Oak Trail. Wear hardsoled<br />
shoes; and bring water and a snack. Rain cancels. For more information call<br />
Ranger Crockett at (408) 842-7800.<br />
At the ballet…<br />
A review of San Jose<br />
Ballet’s ‘Swan Lake’<br />
Many little girls dream of becoming<br />
ballerinas, or at least they did<br />
when I was a young girl. The<br />
grace and beauty of this tiny little creature<br />
that never slips, stumbles or falls,<br />
always ends up in her partner’s arms and<br />
is able to stand with her toes crunched<br />
onto a three-inch piece of wood amazes<br />
me.<br />
So it was with great excitement that I<br />
met three friends to go see “Swan Lake.”<br />
None of us had seen it before although<br />
one member of my troupe thought she<br />
danced it when she was 6. Afterwards,<br />
she said “maybe not.”<br />
If you get the chance to see the San Jose<br />
Ballet’s version of “Swan Lake,” go. It’s<br />
amazing. The three-hour performance<br />
flies by even with several intermissions.<br />
The costumes are beautiful, the villain is<br />
evil personified, and it appears they all<br />
are having fun!<br />
The story is quite romantic. It’s about a<br />
young princess who has been transformed<br />
into a swan—the symbol of beauty<br />
and purity, because she refused the<br />
wicked baron’s proposal of marriage. He<br />
hopes that by capturing her, she would<br />
eventually marry him. Instead she meets<br />
a young prince out on a swan hunt.<br />
Instead of shooting her, he falls in love<br />
with her and she with him.<br />
But the prince’s mother wants him to<br />
marry one of four princesses. She holds a<br />
ball, but he is late. Then after turning<br />
down all four, the evil baron appears with<br />
a wicked accomplice dressed in black<br />
and looking exactly like the good<br />
princess. The prince believes it’s his love<br />
and he promises to marry her and she<br />
and the baron laugh at him and disap-<br />
Saigon<br />
Continued from page 1<br />
Nguyen and I never held undisclosed meetings<br />
to discuss the naming of the business<br />
district until the City Council meeting on<br />
Nov. 20, 2007,” the release said. “Rather, in<br />
passing, I simply stated that I supported her<br />
quest for a business district in her council district.<br />
At the time of this brief exchange, the<br />
idea of a name was never mentioned nor discussed<br />
between Councilmember Nguyen and<br />
myself. Furthermore, my vote to support any<br />
name of this business district was never<br />
promised to Councilmember Nguyen.<br />
Business districts bring economic incentives<br />
and encourage growth not only for each individual<br />
council district, but also for the city of<br />
San Jose and this is what I support.”<br />
Just prior to Williams’ release, City<br />
Attorney Rick Doyle looked into the situation<br />
and while he could not find a violation to the<br />
Brown Act, said that Williams’ comments<br />
suggested that a violation might have<br />
occurred. Even though both council members<br />
maintain they did not discuss the matter prior<br />
to the vote, and Doyle said the conversation<br />
appeared to be “informal water cooler chat,”<br />
there is a “perception of a Brown Act violation”<br />
that needs to be cleared up. He suggested<br />
the council overturn the previous vote and<br />
reschedule another vote.<br />
The council, at its Rules Committee meeting<br />
last Wednesday, put the item onto its<br />
March 4 agenda, but questions circulate<br />
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pear.<br />
Meanwhile, the baron goes to his swan<br />
queen and asks her again to marry. She<br />
turns him down because she loves the<br />
prince. The baron causes a storm to come<br />
and while the swans huddle together to<br />
stay dry, the prince appears and begs the<br />
princess to forgive him. The baron<br />
appears and the two men struggle. While<br />
they are fighting the princess jumps from<br />
the cliff. When the prince sees what she<br />
has done, he too jumps causing the evil<br />
baron to die.<br />
The San Jose Ballet’s performance was<br />
flawless. Karen Gabay danced the role of<br />
the princess Odette/Odile. Not only was<br />
her dancing superb, her acting was also<br />
quite stirring. She managed to make one<br />
leg tremble when the swan was scared,<br />
and as Odile—the wicked black swan—<br />
she batted her eyes at the queen.<br />
Also great in their roles were the jester,<br />
the prince and the baron. Jeremy Kovitch<br />
carried off the part of evil Baron Von<br />
Rothbart with just the right amount of<br />
leering and emoting and some quite wonderful<br />
dancing. The jester, danced by<br />
Ramon Moreno, spent a great deal of time<br />
in the air with some quite amazing jumps<br />
and splits. Maykel Solas, who also did<br />
some amazing leaps, played Prince<br />
Siegfried.<br />
Some scenes are fantastic. Act 1<br />
includes brilliant costumes and some<br />
great dancing by the corps. The colors as<br />
the dancers move are delightful and put<br />
together a beautiful scene. The prince’s<br />
tutor, who has had a bit too much to<br />
drink, provides laughter as he tries to<br />
dance and appears to stumble all over the<br />
place.<br />
Later, in Act 3, the four foreign<br />
princesses appear with their entourages.<br />
Here too, the costumes stand out and it’s<br />
fun to try to figure out their nationalities.<br />
If you get the chance to spend an<br />
evening or an afternoon watching this<br />
beautiful ballet, do it because it is truly<br />
beautiful and quite well done.<br />
—By Carol Rosen<br />
about what steps will be taken. Nguyen and<br />
Mayor Chuck Reed sent out a memo calling<br />
for the citywide vote. Vice Mayor Dave<br />
Cortese also sent out a memo outlining several<br />
steps including rescinding the Nov. 20 vote.<br />
He also suggested the council take a second<br />
vote, “If the council approves “Little Saigon,”<br />
then the matter can be considered closed and<br />
any subsequent vote would be unnecessary.”<br />
However, if the council does not agree on<br />
that name, Cortese suggested that council<br />
members discuss electoral options including:<br />
Establishing a business improvement<br />
district and vesting it with the power to vote<br />
Establishing a community assessment<br />
district and vesting it with the power to vote<br />
Establishing a radius around the area in<br />
question and vesting it with the power to vote<br />
Placing the item on the ballot for vote of<br />
District 7 electorate<br />
Placing the matter on the ballot for a<br />
citywide vote.<br />
The San Jose Labor Council proposed<br />
another potential solution, which advocates<br />
for “Little Saigon” support. That idea is to put<br />
a range of possible names in front of voters in<br />
June.<br />
In an informal survey of <strong>Almaden</strong> residents<br />
(see StreetTalk, page 28), those polled indicated<br />
putting the idea on the ballot is a waste of<br />
money that could be better spent on citywide<br />
issues.<br />
The matter will come to a decision of some<br />
sort on March 4. Given the previous fireworks,<br />
it ought to be quite interesting.
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<strong>Times</strong>Features<br />
HUMOR<br />
Obama calls<br />
plagiarism flap<br />
‘Best of times,<br />
worst of times’<br />
Tells Hillary: ‘Nobody<br />
puts Baby in a corner’<br />
Democratic presidential<br />
candidate Barack Obama<br />
responded today to Sen. Hillary<br />
Clinton’s charge that he plagiarized a speech,<br />
saying of the controversy, “It was the best of<br />
times, it was the worst of times.”<br />
Mr. Obama’s somewhat cryptic remark<br />
came at a fundraiser in Houston in which he<br />
dared his rival to tell the truth about the<br />
brouhaha, declaring, “You can’t handle the<br />
truth!”<br />
The Illinois senator also told his supporters<br />
that Mrs. Clinton was trying to use the<br />
plagiarism allegations to back him into a corner,<br />
but warned, “Nobody puts Baby in a corner.”<br />
Mr. Obama’s last remark raised eyebrows,<br />
in no small part because people<br />
were puzzled as to why he had<br />
suddenly referred to himself as<br />
“Baby.”<br />
But the Illinois senator, who<br />
exhorted the crowd at the<br />
fundraiser to “show me the<br />
money,” seemed dismissive of<br />
Mrs. Clinton’s accusations, later<br />
telling MSNBC’s Andrea<br />
Mitchell, “Frankly, my dear, I<br />
don’t give a damn.”<br />
The<br />
Professor Davis Logsdon, who<br />
studies plagiarism in the speeches<br />
of presidential candidates at<br />
the University of Minnesota’s<br />
School of Public Oratory, says<br />
that accidental plagiarism can often occur in<br />
the hurried atmosphere of a political campaign:<br />
“As Obama himself has often said, he<br />
feels the need… the need for speed.”<br />
For his part, Mr. Obama seems to have<br />
moved past the controversy altogether, greeting<br />
his audience at a campaign rally in El<br />
Paso with his trademark welcome: “Hello,<br />
I’m Johnny Cash.”<br />
Elsewhere, President George W. Bush said<br />
that while he recognized Kosovo, he could<br />
not recognize Kosovo on a map.<br />
Read more of Andy Borowitz at www.borowitzreport.com.<br />
Andy Borowitz is a nationally<br />
syndicated humor columnist whose work can<br />
be found in Newsweek and other publications.<br />
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Report<br />
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StreetTalk by Carol Rosen<br />
Given the protests and the problems with naming the<br />
shopping area in District 7 Saigon Business District or<br />
Little Saigon, do you think the city council should put<br />
the issue on the June or November ballot even if it costs<br />
hundreds of thousands of dollars?<br />
(Asked at <strong>Almaden</strong> Center)<br />
“The City<br />
Council has<br />
already voted.<br />
They don’t get to<br />
revote. Why<br />
should the city<br />
waste $100,000<br />
[or more] to vote on something that<br />
doesn’t affect most of us? They<br />
should spend on the money on<br />
something else.”<br />
Paul Matthews, 36<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong><br />
Manager, Paragon Restaurant<br />
“I’m against it<br />
because I think<br />
the issue is only<br />
part of a small<br />
segment of San<br />
Jose’s population<br />
and a vocal<br />
minority is making<br />
all the fuss.”<br />
Sue Gleadhill, 39<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong><br />
Animator<br />
“It’s a waste of<br />
money and a<br />
waste of time.<br />
There are far<br />
more important<br />
issues that concern<br />
the city.”<br />
Robbin Llamas,<br />
54<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong><br />
Homemaker<br />
“I think it’s a<br />
waste of money.<br />
Imagine if we<br />
had to do this to<br />
name every<br />
street in the city.<br />
This should be a<br />
neighborhood matter, not a city<br />
matter and the vote should be up<br />
to the people that live there.”<br />
Tony DiLeonardo, 44<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong><br />
Sales<br />
“I think it should<br />
be figured out<br />
without spending<br />
that kind of<br />
money to decide.<br />
I won’t be happy<br />
if the city has to<br />
spend taxpayer<br />
dollars to decide.”<br />
Danny Borges, 25<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong><br />
Construction<br />
“That’s a big<br />
waste of money.<br />
The city shouldn’t<br />
spend that<br />
much money to<br />
name a shopping<br />
center. There are<br />
better ways to spend the money<br />
and I think most people would<br />
agree with me.”<br />
George Kukar, 42<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong><br />
Owner, House of Pizza<br />
“I actually don’t think it’s appropriate<br />
for people outside that district<br />
to vote on it because only the people<br />
within that district care about<br />
it."<br />
Sandy Kasik, 51<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong><br />
Realtor<br />
“The money would be better spent<br />
in other ways.”<br />
Reza Majidansari<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong><br />
Engineer<br />
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Project Cornerstone<br />
names Anne Ehresman<br />
executive director<br />
P<br />
roject Cornerstone recently announced<br />
the appointment of Anne Ehresman as<br />
the organization’s new executive direc-<br />
tor.<br />
Ehresman will guide the organization as it<br />
continues its mission of ensuring that all<br />
young people in Santa Clara County have the<br />
positive values, relationships and experiences—known<br />
collectively as “developmen-<br />
tal assets”—that they need to thrive.<br />
“We are confident that we have chosen the<br />
right person to guide this initiative," said<br />
Dave Thornton, president/CEO of YMCA of<br />
Santa Clara Valley, lead agency for Project<br />
Cornerstone. "Under Anne’s leadership,<br />
we’re certain that Project Cornerstone will<br />
continue to improve outcomes for youth in<br />
Santa Clara County and serve as a model for<br />
positive youth development for other regions<br />
throughout the country.”<br />
Ehresman brings more than 20 years of<br />
nonprofit program leadership and development<br />
experience to Project Cornerstone<br />
including fighting childhood hunger, pre-<br />
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venting child assault and developing housing<br />
and programs to help low-income families<br />
achieve self-sufficiency. She previously was<br />
senior vice president of InnVision the Way<br />
Home, overseeing programs serving more<br />
than 15,000 homeless and low-income families<br />
and individuals throughout Santa Clara<br />
and San Mateo counties, with responsibility<br />
for all private and in-kind resource development<br />
of the $10.3-million budget.<br />
Prior to her work with InnVision,<br />
Ehresman served as executive director of San<br />
Jose First Community Services, where she<br />
supervised delivery of services to more than<br />
1,500 low-income and homeless people in<br />
downtown San Jose, designed and developed<br />
programs to increase self-sufficiency and<br />
economic opportunities for children and<br />
adults and increased grants, contracts, and<br />
contributions by 75 percent. As project coordinator<br />
for the Florida Impact Education<br />
Fund, she created and implemented<br />
statewide outreach to increase use of the federal<br />
Summer Food Service Program, increasing<br />
average daily participation by 27 percent.<br />
Ehresman received a master’s degree in<br />
social welfare from University of California<br />
at Berkeley and a bachelor’s degree from<br />
Brown University. In 2003, she received a fellowship<br />
to attend the Stanford Business<br />
School Executive Education Program for<br />
Non-Profit Leaders. She serves as vice president<br />
of the Community Working Group<br />
Board of Directors.<br />
As executive director of Project<br />
Cornerstone, Ehresman will provide leadership<br />
for Project Cornerstone’s efforts to<br />
strengthen families, neighborhoods, communities<br />
and schools, and ensure that young<br />
people’s needs are addressed in public policy.<br />
About Project Cornerstone<br />
Project Cornerstone’s mission is to ensure<br />
that the development of healthy, caring and<br />
responsible youth becomes a way of life in<br />
Santa Clara County. The organization works<br />
with more than 200 community-focused<br />
groups, including youth- and family-serving<br />
organizations, schools, city and county governments,<br />
and businesses. Project<br />
Cornerstone has been recognized by<br />
America’s Promise as contributing to the city<br />
of San Jose being named one of the 100 best<br />
communities for young people.<br />
Santa Clara<br />
County to honor<br />
special individuals<br />
T<br />
he County of Santa Clara Human<br />
Relations Awards 2008 will honor spe-<br />
cial individuals for their contributions<br />
to promoting understanding, respect and<br />
equality for all the residents of Santa Clara<br />
County on Friday, Feb. 29 from 7:30 to 9:30<br />
a.m. at the Wyndham Hotel, 1350 North First<br />
Street in San Jose.<br />
Each year, the County of Santa Clara holds<br />
an event to honor individuals and groups<br />
that exemplify a commitment to building a<br />
more socially just and peaceful community<br />
through their volunteer or professional work.<br />
Those receiving awards include Jim<br />
McEntee Sr., who will receive the Legacy<br />
Award and Wiggsy Sivertsen who will be<br />
presented the Director’s Award. The county<br />
will present awards of Special Merit to Jesse<br />
Castaneda, Thelma Di Maria, Paul Fong, Leah<br />
Halper, Rev. Ellen Grace O’Brian and the<br />
Center for Spiritual Enlightenment.<br />
Supervisor Don Gage from District 1 will<br />
present awards to Sr. Rachela Silvestri &<br />
Lilian Castillo, South County Collaborative<br />
Nutrition & Health Committee. Supervisor<br />
Blanca Alvarado from District 2 will award<br />
Yosima Reyes; and Supervisor Pete McHugh<br />
from District 3 will present awards to Zeya &<br />
Syed Mohsin.<br />
Supervisor Ken Yeager of District 4 will<br />
award The World Family: Ethiopian Orphans &<br />
Medical Care and Supervisor Liz Kniss from<br />
District 5 will present awards to Students<br />
Taking Action Now: Darfur .<br />
Keynote speaker is Rt. Rev. William E.<br />
Swing, president of United Religions Initiative,<br />
an international peace-building organization<br />
Tickets are on sale at $45 per person, RSVP<br />
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<strong>Almaden</strong> Area Meetings<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Helping Hands Networking Group<br />
We are <strong>Almaden</strong>'s premier exclusive business networking<br />
group, leveraging social networking within a<br />
community to generate business for members and at<br />
the same time serving the community by reaching out<br />
to help the poorer members of a community and help<br />
them be a productive part of the community. Each<br />
profession will have only one representative within<br />
the group and such focused one-on-one networking<br />
will help the members strengthen and extend relationships,<br />
bringing the community together. Meets once a<br />
month, Please contact us at info@almadennet.org or<br />
visit our website for more info: www.almadennet.org<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Valley Singles meets monthly to plan<br />
upcoming activities. Some of our activities include<br />
monthly Pot Lucks, helping to clean up trash at Parma<br />
Park, Movie Nights, as well as an Out to Dinner group.<br />
Come join us this Saturday and get to know us better.<br />
All 95120 singles are welcome. Call 268-8987 to RSVP.<br />
The Santa Clara Co. Horsemen’s Association, founded<br />
in 1939, meets the third Friday of each month at its<br />
property located at 20350 McKean Road, San Jose.<br />
Increase your knowledge of horses and enjoy the kinship<br />
of fellow equestrians. You don’t need to own a<br />
horse to be a member. Call 268-4215 or check out our<br />
web site at www.horsemens.org.<br />
Leads Club, the original business referral networking<br />
organization meets every Wednesday at 11:45 a.m. on<br />
Hillsdale near <strong>Almaden</strong> Expressway. For location<br />
details and more information, call Yvonne at 239-<br />
6385.<br />
The Las Madres Adoptive Moms Group meets twice a<br />
month on Friday mornings for play dates and lunch.<br />
Once per month we also have Mom’s Night Out, a<br />
family activity and a newsletter with stories written<br />
by members as well as informative articles and book<br />
reviews on adoption. For more information, visit<br />
www.lasmadres.org or contact Barb Griswold at barbgris@aol.com<br />
or call toll free 1-877-LasMadres.<br />
Business Leads Unlimited (www.onlineblu. com)<br />
meets at 7:30 a.m. every Tuesday, at the Denny’s<br />
Restaurant on Blossom Hill Road approximately one<br />
half mile east of <strong>Almaden</strong> Expy.<br />
Size 2x2<br />
Per Month $495<br />
Business loan application night<br />
Are you a low-income business owner needing capital to<br />
start or grow your business? Have you been turned down<br />
by banks? Would you like to consult with loan officers?<br />
Lenders for Community Development and A New<br />
America offers a business loan application night on Feb.<br />
19 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Bella Mia Restaurant, in San<br />
Jose. Lenders for Community Development (LCD) is a<br />
not-for-profit providing loans and business consulting to<br />
low-income business owners who cannot qualify for<br />
bank loans throughout the Bay Area. Come, learn about<br />
and apply for $1,000 - $7,000 loans. Talk with loan advisors<br />
who can advise your business. Appetizers and<br />
refreshments will be served. You will also be eligible to<br />
win a $100 Best Buy gift card giveaway. Bella Mia<br />
Restaurant is located a block from the VTA station and<br />
on the bus route, at 58 S. First Street, San Jose. RSVP To:<br />
buildcredit@L4CD.com or 1.866.299.8173<br />
Oakridge Century Theatres in association with Las<br />
Madres Neighborhood Playgroups presents CineMamas!<br />
A morning out to the movies for moms and their little<br />
ones. This group meets every Tuesday at 10 a.m., There<br />
are three showings to choose from, baby-safe sound levels,<br />
cheerios at the concession stand and a relaxing<br />
atmosphere with other moms who understand kids are<br />
kids! Check CineMamas.com for a weekly update on<br />
what is showing. Kids under 3 are free!<br />
Le Tip International, a business leads networking group<br />
meets every Tuesday at 7:15 a.m. at Denny’s Restaurant,<br />
1140 Hillsdale Avenue. For more information, call 298-<br />
9131.<br />
The Kiwanis Club of South San Jose meets at the Cup<br />
and Saucer family restaurant community room, 1375<br />
Blossom Hill Rd., on Tuesday night at 5:30 and also<br />
Thursday morning at 7 am. Kiwanis is a worldwide service<br />
organization whose motto is “Serving the Children of<br />
the World.” We are actively seeking new members.<br />
Contact: Ros Higgins, Club President at (408) 445-5121<br />
for more information or feel welcome to show up at the<br />
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The <strong>Almaden</strong> Valley Al-Anon Family Groups meet every<br />
Friday from 10 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. and Sunday from 7:30<br />
to 8:30 p.m. at the Holy Spirit Church, 1198 Redmond<br />
Ave., San Jose, CA 95120. Al-Anon helps families and<br />
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