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Published on 06/12/1996 All articles from this issue

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Jazz pianist donates tips to cancer victims

Taylor Eigsti, an 11-year old Menlo Park jazz pianist,

will perform from 6 to 9 p.m. on June 15 at Strings Italian Cafe

at 1049 E. El Monte Ave., Mountain View. Eigsti will donate his

pay and all tips he earns that night to the Touchstone Support

Network of Palo Alto. His donation is in memory of his sister

Shannon who died from cancer on June 16, 1988 at the age of 17.

Touchstone is a nonprofit agency for families with

children who have a chronic or life-threatening illness, offering

family support meetings, information and referral assistance,

case management, patient advocacy, a monthly newsletter, lending

library, parent bereavement group, and sibling and recreational

programs.

For more information or to make reservations, call 988-9150.

Host families needed for Brazilian students

Approximately students from Sao Paulo, Brazil will

participate in English courses and cultural activities at Foothill

College this July. Host families are needed to provide a room

and two meals per day in exchange for $550 per student. The students

range in age from 13 to 19 are eager to meet their American families.

For more information, call 949-7105.

Mt. View firehouse new hot spot for teens

The FIREHOUSE, formerly Fire Station No. 1, on the

corner of Villa and Franklin Streets in Mountain View is now open

to high school students from 7 to 11 p.m. on Thursday and Friday

nights during the summer. Thursday nights are 'unplugged' at the

FIREHOUSE. Teens can play video games, pool and basketball while

listening to music or watching television. Local bands will entertain

on Friday nights. All activities at the FIREHOUSE are free of

charge. Incoming freshman and current high school students are

eligible to attend.

For more information, call Eric Schill 903-6404.

AYSO Soccer Sign-ups

Any boys or girls who want to sign up to play AYSO

soccer in the fall, please register soon. The northern Los Altos-Mountain

View Region No. 43 area registrations take place at Hillview Community

Center, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos. Final deadline to register

is Aug. 1.

For more information, call AYSO's voice mail

at 941-4006.

Youth Night from stamp club

The Foothill Stamp Club invites students to start

summer with a new or renewed hobby at "Youth Night,"

7:30 p.m. on June 17.

Participants will experience a stamp bourse by collectors,

a stamp scavenger hunt, activities with prizes, and an opportunity

to choose a club member for a mentor and free membership into

the club.

The meeting will be on the second floor of the Great

Western bank, 199 Main St., Los Altos. The club meets regularly

the first and third Mondays of each month at this location.

For more information, call 941-7138.

Make wine at home

Basic Home Winemaking, offered from UCSC Extension

in Cupertino, examines the "nuts and bolts" of processing

grapes into wine to reveal all the enticing as well as the not-so-enticing

details. The fee for the class is $79 and will be offered from

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 22 at 10420 Bubb Road., Cupertino.

For more information, call (408) 427-6610.

Old Eagle alumni picnic meetings

The alumni committee will be meeting again this year

to plan for our 'old' Mountain View Union High School 'Eagle'

Alumni picnic taking place at Cuesta Park on Oct. 5. Upcoming

planning meetings will be on Aug. 7, Sept. 11 and 25 at 7 p.m.

at Mountain View High School in the quad.

For more information, call Ann at 964-3550

or Roger at (418) 734-2806.

De Anza College jazz picnic

De Anza College will host a jazz picnic in the CreativeArts Quad from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on June 14. General admission ticketprices are $8 and students and senior citizen are $6. Guests areinvited to bring a picnic dinner while enjoying the music.

For more information, call (408) 864-8832.