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Published on 06/16/1999 All articles from this issue

Community Briefs

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Underground opens doors

The Los Altos Recreation Department's drop-in teen center, the Underground, will be open again this summer for students in grades 7-12 during the 1999-2000 school year.

The Underground is located in the basement of the Garden House at Shoup Park, 400 University Ave., Los Altos. The facility has pool and ping-pong tables, a big-screen TV, and food and drinks for purchase. The Underground is supervised by city recreation staff.

The Recreation Department also is offering a two-night camping trip July 16-18 to Manteca Waterslides and Oakwood Lake. The cost of the trip is $75.

For more information, call 941-0950.

Hidden Villa closed for camps

Hidden Villa, a 1,600-acre environmental education camp and wilderness preserve in Los Altos Hills, will be closed to the general public June 21 through Aug. 21 while its summer camp program is in session.

The preserve, located on Moody Road, will be open on select weekends during the summer for guided farm tours and use of hiking trails.

The following dates will be open to the public: July 3-4, July 17-18, July 24-25 and Aug. 7-8.

For more information, call 949-8650.

Los Altos Art Docents

A new group of Los Altos residents recently completed Los Altos Art Docent training.

New docents now prepared to take art to the classroom include: Jon Barnes, Luann Cohen, Joy Fisher, Judie Johnson, Lynda Nakano, Tina Nano, Barb O'Brein, Michelle Opperman, Carol Raguz, Jane Saltman, Frederique Sugarman, Rebecca Sutton, Ria Toolis, and Vanessa Wright.

They will join veteran art docents teaching in watercolor, clay, brush painting, graphic design, print making and art appreciation in kindergarten through sixth grade in the district's elementary schools.

This past school year, organizers said the art docents taught more than 700 classes to nearly 3,000 children.