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Published on 03/15/1999 All articles from this issue

Community Briefs

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ECH free intro to stress reduction

El Camino Hospital offers a free introductory session to the Mountain View hospital's eight-week stress-reduction program, from 3-5 p.m. and from 7-9 p.m., Thursday. Regular sessions begin March 25 and run through May 20. Sessions will be from 3-5:30 p.m. and from 7-9:30 p.m. One Saturday session will be from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on May 1.

The stress-reduction program is modeled after the mindfulness training developed at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center.

The free introductory session will be held at the Park Pavilion at El Camino Hospital, 2500 Grant Road, Mountain View. For more information, call 1-800-216-5556.

Infant, toddler power: parenting lecture offered

The inaugural Dr. Marvin Small memorial lecture will be on "Infant and Toddler Brain Power: Tips for Maximizing Your Child's Potential," from 7:30-9:30 p.m., March 25, Spangenberg Auditorium, Gunn High School, 780 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto.

The speaker, Dr. Barry Zuckerman, is chairman of pediatrics at the Boston University School of Medicine and a renowned expert on cognitive development, especially early childhood brain development.

Small, a longtime beloved Los Altos pediatrician, died in 1997 at the age of 60. His colleagues got together and, as a tribute to him, gathered donations and sponsors for a parenting lecture series, said Small's wife, Suzanne.

She said her husband was always interested in imparting parenting information to parents. He, in fact, was one of the first, in the 1970s, to offer parenting classes.

Cost is $10. For more information, call 1-800-216-5556.

Help needed for Chefs Who Care

The Community Services Agency is looking for two volunteers who can lead its long-standing Chefs Who Care fund-raiser.

The program, in which restaurants contribute proceeds to the agency through a once-a-month Monday dinner, is currently in limbo. Coordinators are needed to work with agency staff members and volunteers to secure restaurant participation and prepare for mailing fliers.

For more information, call Judy Hawkins at 968-2164.

March is microchip month for cats, dogs and rabbits

During March, Palo Alto Animal Services will be implanting pet microchips every day. Microchips are lifetime pet identification that is safe and as easy as getting a vaccination.

Cost is $25 and each person will receive a goodie bag with each microchip purchased.

Each microchip, about the size of a small grain of rice, is injected under the skin between the shoulder blades of a dog, cat or rabbit. The chips are each coded with a unique 10-digit code that is stored in a computer with the owner's name, address and phone number. A special hand scanner is passed over the animal and used to read the identification code.

Microchips can be purchased Monday through Saturday, from noon to 2 p.m.

For more information, call 496-5971 or 496-5933 after 11 a.m. Palo Alto Animal Services provides animal services to the Los Altos area.

League of Women Voters fund-raising drive

Members of the League of Women Voters of the Los Altos-Mountain View area are holding their annual League-A-Thon drive.

Community donations assist the league in providing voter education through candidate forums, election hot lines, public meetings on issues and publications such as "Facts for Voters."

The League educates citizens about voting and voter registration, and how to contact legislators. The updated Facts for Voters pamphlet is available at the Mountain View and Los Altos public libraries. The pamphlet is designed to help citizens contact elected public officials from President Clinton and the United States Congress to local city council and school board members.

The league helped enhance www.smartvoter.org, the League of Women Voters of California innovative online voter guide, for the November election.

Supporters may send checks to the LWV of Los Altos-Mountain View, P.O. Box 1384, Los Altos 94023.

Los Altos Art Docents' student art show

The Los Altos Art Docents' Student Art Show, featuring artwork by every student in the Los Altos Schools District, will be held March 24-28 at Hillview Community Center, 97 Hillview Ave., in Los Altos. Children, parents, relatives, friends and the general public are welcome. Admission is free.

Gallery hours are 3-5 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, and 1-5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday, from 1-3 p.m., children are invited to participate in "hands-on" art activities. Artwork by Blach and Egan intermediate school students will also be on display.

The Student Art Show is presented by the Los Altos Art Docents, with support from the Los Altos Parks and Recreation Department, the Los Altos Art Club, and the PTAs of the elementary schools. The Art Docents are volunteers who, for 27 years, have been bringing appreciation and hands-on art lessons into classrooms of all six Los Altos elementary schools.