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Published on 09/08/1999 All articles from this issue

Community Briefs

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Hidden Villa reopens to public

Hidden Villa in Los Altos Hills has reopened to the public from 9 a.m. until dusk, Tuesdays through Sundays. The farm had been closed since June while its summer camp programs were in progress.

Hidden Villa is a farm and wilderness preserve offering programs that promote environmental awareness and multicultural understanding. Guided visits with the farm animals are offered at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., Sundays. There is a $5 parking fee for visitors.

Autumn activities include bug and animal tales with Yolanda Rhodes this Saturday as well as stories and music with Kevin Carr; a puppet show with the Johnson brothers, Sept. 26; Halloween haunts, Oct. 29 and 30; and campfire stories with Anne Rovetta, Nov. 12. For information, fees, and reservations, call 949-8653.

Composting class at community center

A free "Composting Basics" workshop will be presented 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, at the Hillview Community Center, at 97 Hillview Ave. Sponsors are The Home Composting Education Program for Santa Clara County, Los Altos, and Los Altos Hills.

Master composter volunteers will cover the basics of composting, worm composting and waste elimination.

Preregistration is required. To register, call (408) 299-4147.

Chefs Who Care at Michaels in MV

Chefs Who Care, a fund-raising dinner program which donates half the dinner price to the food and nutritional center of the Mountain View-based Community Services Agency, is back. The next dinner will be from 5:30-7:30 p.m., Monday, at Michaels At Shoreline restaurant, 2960 N. Shoreline Blvd., in Mountain View. Cost is $18 in advance, $20 at the door. Dinner will be an Italian country buffet, with Caesar salad, barbecued rosemary chicken, penne pasta marinara, sorbet, tea and coffee.

For more information, call 961-3548. Advance payment can be made by mailing a check to Chefs Who Care, 204 Steirlin Road, Mountain View.

Valley stories at History House

The Los Altos History House "Music & Memories" will present Santa Clara Valley descriptions by local writers and poets from 2-3 p.m, Sept. 18.

Local authors featured include Wallace Stegner, Yvonne Jacobson, Janet Lewis Winters, Marjorie Robinson Bryant, Thomas Landels, Anna Fitz, Ellis Ovesen, and Claire Louise Lawrence.

The Los Altos History House Museum is located at 51 S. San Antonio Road, behind the Library. For more information, call 941-0950, ext. 126.

Newcomers club hosts brunch

If you have recently moved to this area, consider joining the Los Altos/Los Altos Hills Newcomers Club. The group kicks off a new season at its annual champagne brunch, Sept. 19 at the Stanford Faculty Club. For more information, call (408) 735-9612.

'New Generations' symposium set

Partners for New Generations, a partnership of the Rotary Clubs of Los Altos and Mountain View, holds its annual Symposium for Youth at 7:30 p.m., Sept. 30, at Graham Middle School in Mountain View.

The symposium program features radio sports personality Joe Eyck and the Rev. Mark Bollwinkle, head pastor of the United Methodist Church in Los Altos. Representatives from as many as 14 local programs and agencies will be present at the free symposium to speak about volunteer opportunities with young people, including tutoring, mentoring and coaching.

For more information, call 562-1195.

Mid-Peninsula YWCA's 'Racial Understanding'

The YWCA of the Mid-Peninsula in Palo Alto is sponsoring a new project called Study Circles on Racial Understanding. The goal of the project is to help local communities confront critical diversity issues and concentrate on solutions through a democratic and collaborative process.

The study circles bring together groups of eight to 15 people from diverse backgrounds. With the help of a trained facilitator, participants explore racism in their own lives, communities and the United States.

Sessions begin often and meet five times. The $5 fee covers study guides.

For more information, call Lata Patil, project director at the YWCA, at 494-0972.