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Mayor for a Day essay contest
Submissions are due on Friday for Mountain View’s annual Mayor for a Day essay contest.
The contest is open to all elementary and middle-school students living in Mountain View and asks entrants what problem they would solve if they were mayor for a day. Only one submission is allowed per person and the essay must be 500 words or less, according to the contest rules.
Mountain View Mayor Ellen Kamei will select one elementary school and one middle school student as the winners who will then be recognized at a Tuesday, Oct. 28, City Council meeting.
For more information about the contest and how to submit an online entry, visit the city’s website.
Eagle Park Pool closure
Eagle Park Pool in Mountain View is scheduled to close for two weeks in early November for repair work, according to the city.
The pool will be closed from Nov. 3-16 to replace a water heater that is “nearing the end of its lifespan,” according to a recent city notice. The failing heater has led to emergency shutdowns in the past, and the city says it is taking a proactive approach to replace the heater before it becomes non-operational again.
Youth and community swim activities will be temporarily relocated to the Rengstorff Park Aquatics Center, resulting in schedule changes as needed, the city said.
Earlier this summer, Eagle Park Pool was closed for three weeks to repair a leaking pool pump.
The city has already allocated $1.8 million for more substantial renovations at Eagle Park Pool. Construction work was tentatively scheduled to begin this fall but has since been delayed, city spokesperson Lenka Wright told the Voice in August.
Paper Lantern film screening
Foothills Congregational Church in Los Altos will be hosting a free community screening next month of Paper Lanterns, an award-winning documentary about a survivor of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945.
The film producer, Nobuko Saito Cleary, a longtime advocate for U.S.-Japan relations and peace-building efforts, plans to attend the event and answer questions after the screening, according to a Foothills Congregational Church press release.
Paper Lanterns tells the story of Shigeaki Mori, a Hiroshima survivor, and his mission to uncover what happened to tens of thousands of Japanese victims and 12 American prisoners of war who were killed by the atomic bomb. “The film’s theme is a cry to halt nuclear proliferation and to honor the lives of those lost,” the press release said.
The event is scheduled for 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, at Foothills Congregational Church, 461 Orange Ave., Los Altos.
For more information about the film screening, visit foothills-church.org.
