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MIDTOWN BUSINESS/NEIGHBOR NEWS
Midtown musician Doris Williams will perform a solo concert at Dick Tingey's house at 71 Tulip Lane, Sunday, June 27th at 2:00 PM Tickets sliding scale, CD's available. www.doriswilliams.com
More on the lost parakeet: Folks – A net is great if you have one. Some folks will just throw a towel or light blanket over the parakeet, and then scoop it up.
But sometimes it’s much easier than that. After a few days in the wild, parakeets are typically tired and very hungry – and they realize that humans are their meal ticket. So often the bird will come to you. Then the key is to get it indoors, somewhere safe from other pets. You can use a cardboard box (turned upside down) as a temporary cage. If you don't have any bird food (seed), they will happily munch on walnuts or the like.
CITY/COUNTY/SCHOOL EVENTS/NOTES
LIBRARY NEWS from the Palo Alto Library Foundation: Mark these important dates on your calendar!
* Saturday June 5: Mitchell Park Library closes for demolition and rebuilding
* Saturday June 12: Groundbreaking ceremony for the new Library and Community Center at Mitchell from 1 to 3 PM. Everyone is welcome!
* Monday June 28: Temporary Library in the Cubberly Community Center's Auditorium opens for use
Please visit our web site at www.palf.org for more information on the projects, and to make a gift to the "Launch our Libraries" campaign.
State Senator Joe Simitian Sidewalk Hours: Bring your questions, idea and solutions on state legislative issues that affect our community. For more information call 688-6384
* Saturday, June 5, 10 AM to noon, Palo Alto Farmers’ Market. Behind the downtown post office, at Hamilton and Gilman avenues;
* Sunday, June 6, 10 to 11:30 AM Menlo Park Farmers’ Market, Chestnut Street between Santa Cruz and Menlo avenues
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS OPENINGS
The City of Palo Alto is currently accepting applications for the Public Art Commission. Palo Alto residency is not required to serve on this commission. Application forms and appointment information are available in the City Clerk's Office, 329-2571 or at www.cityofpaloalto.org. Deadline for receipt of applications in the City Clerk's Office is 5:30 PM, Thursday, June 24.
The City Council is seeking applications for the Infrastructure Blue Ribbon Commission. The City Council is forming a citizen task force to evaluate the City’s General Fund infrastructure backlog and needs. Application forms and appointment information are available in the City Clerk's office 329-2571 or at www.cityofpaloalto.org. Deadline for receipt of applications in the City Clerk's Office is 5:30 PM, June 17.
From Curtis Williams, Palo Alto Director Planning & Community Environment: June 3 at 4:00 PM in the Council Chambers, Don Weden will present "Cities for All Ages: Land Use Planning and Our Aging Population," the fourth in a series of presentations related to the update of the City's Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Weden, a retired Santa Clara County Principal Planner, will discuss how Santa Clara County is about to be hit by a “senior tsunami.” In less than 20 years, one quarter of our county’s adult population will be over 65, as the Baby Boom generation ages. Many will be non-drivers – living in cities that were mostly designed around the automobile. What can we do to adapt our cities to assure that our growing senior population – and others in our community – can live active, interesting, and productive lives, without having to drive or own a car? Learn more about this rapidly approaching “senior tsunami” and what our cities can do to prepare for it. An event flyer may be viewed at: http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/depts/pln/news/details.asp?NewsID=1565&TargetID=85.
City Council Agenda
JUNE 7: 7:30PM or later: Study Session on the Public Safety Building Feasibility Study of Facility Alternatives & Public Hearing: Stanford University Medical Center Facilities Renewal and Replacement
HEARINGS ON STANFORD RENEWAL PROJECT; The City of Palo Alto will hold 11 public hearings on the Draft Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIR) see www.cityofpaloalto.org/sumc. Close to each meeting, Stanford will provide additional information on issues in the Draft EIR. They plan to publish a Renewal Project: Guide to Key Community Issues on June 2 which will be on the project website at www.stanfordpackard.org. Three key meeting dates follow.
* June 7: Focused on Project Description; Land Use; Population & Housing; and Public Services
* July 12: focused on Transportation/Traffic; Climate Change; and Air Quality
* July 26: focused on Alternatives and Mitigation Measures
LOCAL EVENTS/NEWS
COMMON GARDEN CLASSES: 559 College Avenue. See www.commongroundinpaloalto.org or call 493-6072.
JUNE 5: Yoga for Gardeners. Come and play, learn balanced body techniques and have fun! Growing food, herbs, and flowers is rich and satisfying and even more enjoyable when your body feels good. This class will teach you yoga techniques to lovingly better care for your back, shoulders, knees and body. You'll learn basic stretches for fitness and fun! There will be time to discuss good alignment principals. All levels welcome ... if you can smile and breathe you can do Yoga! Please bring your yoga mat.10:30 - 1:00. FEE: $31
JUNE 12: HERBS IN THE GARDEN, HERBS IN THE KITCHEN with Jody Main. Time to plant an organic herb garden! Bring a beautiful diversity to your garden with a variety of culinary and medicinal herbs. They bring harmony and health to us and our gardens. Their beauty, fragrance, flowers (that attract beneficial insects) and everlasting qualities enable them to be brought indoors to share and enjoy. Learn how to grow and harvest perennial and annual herbs, herbs in containers, and essential herbs for the kitchen. You will take home herb cuttings, recipes and plant lists. 10:30 - 12:30. FEE: $31 + $5 materials fee
CANOPY TREE WALKS: 2nd Saturday of every month from 10 AM-noon. Rain or shine. Free. June 12: Greenmeadow; July 10: West Bayshore; August 14: Crescent Park; September 11: College Terrace; October 9: Southgate; November 13: Barron Park, December 11: South of Forest; Details at the Canopy Calendar. Plus July 14 Palo Alto Young Tree Care Survey.
FREE FILM SERIES: Friday Night Film Series on Food and the Environment (Sponsored by Acterra, Silicon Valley Action Network, Slow Food South Bay, Transition Palo Alto, Transition Silicon Valley, and World Centric) at World Centric, 7:30 - 9:30 PM at 2121 Staunton Ct. (behind JJ&F Market)
AVENIDAS EVENTS
Fridays, beginning June 4, from 1 to 3pm in Room 216. Live at the Improv: Improvisation is good for the brain! So try this new class at Avenidas Through guided skits and improvised scenes, you will build on observation and memory skills, learn to say yes, share control, give and receive offers, overcome nervousness and celebrate the art of making mistakes! Join instructor Jan Pendleton. FREE. Visit Jan's web site www.janpendleton.com or email jan pendleton@yahoo.com for questions.
JUNE 7: Find your roots from 2-3pm for a presentation entitled: Find Out Who You Are: Introduction to Genealogy. Learn about the sources available to trace your ancestry, including local resources and online sites. The presenter is Susan Allen, Menlo Park Family History Center Monday. Free and open to the public.
JUNE 8: Superfoods: Super Important or Super Hype? Learn about the science behind the "superfoods," including blueberries, yogurt, salmon, and chocolate, and whether it is worth including these in your diet. Coming all the way from Boston, speaker Jacinda Mawson Nicklas, MD, MA, research fellow, Harvard Medical School, Osher Research Center for Complementary and Integrative Medicine, is eager to share her expertise with you. TIME: 2 to 3 PM at Avenidas. FREE.
JUNE 11: A free skin cancer screening by a PAMF Dermatologist will take place from 1-2 PM. This screening is an opportunity to check out the questionable changes that occur on the skin to existing moles, sun exposed areas and other spots that are of concern. (Exposed skin areas only, no disrobing.) Call to schedule your free appointment at 289-5400.
STANFORD OUTDOOR SERIES: On lawn by Cantor Art Museum at 7:00 PM.
June 17: Driving safely into the future: Advances in sensing and computing have led to dramatic changes in the ways cars react to their environment and interact with their drivers. Will cars continue to become more intelligent in the future? Will we still drive them or will we be driven? Professor J. Christian Gerdes will discuss these future scenarios and more. See: http://oso.stanford.edu/lectures/109-driving-safely-into-the-future
July 1: Stem Cells and the Future of Regenerative Medicine
July 15: How are Drugs Developed and Why is it So Expensive?
July 29: The Future of Wireless Technology
STANFORD FOR KIDS FAMILIES
Talking with Henrietta - "An Interview with Three California State Assembly Candidates"
Former Palo Alto City Council member Yoriko Kishimoto, entrepreneur Josh Becker and San Mateo County Supervisor Rich Gordon are vying to be the next assembly member in Sacramento to represent California's 21st State Assembly District. What do these three candidates have to say about immigration, education, coalition building in the California State Legislature and a host of other topics of interest to local voters? Find out on this current edition of Talking with Henrietta. This one hour television show can be seen on Channel 27 on the Midpeninsula from Sunday, May 30 through Friday, June 11. The show can also be viewed on Sundays@5 PM, Tuesdays@8 PM, Wednesdays@3 AM and 11 AM, Thursdays@8 PM and Fridays@3 AM and 11 AM. The show streams on the web at the above days and times at www.midpenmedia.org. Find out more about the show at www.epatoday.org, the website for the East Palo Alto Today newspaper.
JUNE 10: The Palo Alto Art Center and the Djerassi Resident Artists Program present Engaging Perception The second of six exciting programs in the 2010 series WHERE ART ORIGINATES: ARTISTS & THE CREATIVE PROCESS at 7PM in the Art Center Auditorium. For more information or to register call 650.329.2366 or email Palo Alto Art Center.
JUNE 13: Gamble Garden birthday party from 2-4 PM. Stop by anytime. This special event is open to the public and is free. Enjoy art activities, exploring the garden, cake, and lemonade under the Grand Oak Tree near the Willow Hut as we celebrate our 25th Anniversary. Ages 3 and above. Children must be accompanied by adult at all times. No reservations needed. Free of charge. Rain or shine. The garden will be in full bloom, we hope you will join us!!
JUNE 25: A night of Brazilian Jazz: With Luciana Souza and Romero Lubambo at 8 PM, Dinkelspiel Auditorium. FEE: $34. http://www.stanfordjazz.org/jazzfestival/06_25.html
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JUNE SESSIONS: Art For Well Beings Summer camp for young people with special needs and their friends. Enjoying the Fruits of Summer. We will focus on one fruit each day – their snack. Participants will learn about the seed, plant or tree, growing cycle, and foods made of this fruit. The day will start with a welcome and introduction to the fruit of the day. We will create an art project based on this fruit and then eat it. No, not the art project the fruit. We will discuss our findings and do another art piece about the fruit. Session 1: June 14th – June 18th; Session 2: June 28th – July 2nd; Session 3: July 26th - July 30th; Session 4: August 2nd - August 6th. FEE: Week sessions $150.00. Email or phone Judy Gittelsohn at me@judyg.com or 776 8297. See www.artforwellbeings.org. Located at 2460 Park Blvd. # 3.
JUNE 6,:Bay Choral Guild at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Ave from 4:30 - 6:30 PM. More information at: website: http://www.baychoralguild.org or email: info@baychoralguild.org. Purchase tickets: http://www.baychoralguild.org/admin/buy.shtml.
JUNE 20: "Palo Alto World Music Day" on Sunday, June 20 at 3:00pm - 7:30 PM with 50 musical groups. Where: Downtown Palo Alto: University Ave, King Plaza (City Hall) and surrounding streets. To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below: http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=123415664351482&mid=255456dG4aaebf2eG1bd102cG7&n_m=annette_g%40att.net and see http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/news/displaynews.asp?NewsID=1246&TargetID=268. Midtown resident and artist Doris Williams will be performing at World Music Day at 6:00 PM, with Karl Franzen and Andrew Davis, from 6 - 7:30 PM.
JULY 5-9: An environmentally-themed summer day-camp for children in grades 1- 6 will be offered by the YMCA. Topics include: renewable energy, waste management, the meaning & benefits of 'going green', natural resources conservation & protection. For information, contact the YMCA at 856-9622. Online registration begins on January 25. http://www.paloaltofamilyymca.org
JULY 23- AUGUST 24: Music at Menlo. FEE: $10-$72 For info, call 331-0202 or www.musicatmenlo.org
AUGUST 28/29: ..Save the Date.... Festival of the Arts - University Avenue
TIPS
George writes on new CPR technique taught by PA Fire: The major benefit for the lay person is its simplicity. No counting of breaths or pumps. The emphasis is on maintaining blood supply to the brain. A secondary benefit may be keeping the lungs pumping – although the lungs don't perform with the same rhythm as the approximately 100 pumps per minute of the new method. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5huVSebZpM.
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