:News Briefs :News Briefs (March 04, 2005)

Cuesta's safety fair

The Cuesta Park Neighborhood Association is holding its second annual Neighborhood Heroes Safety Fair on March 5 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Mountain View. Everyone in the city is invited to attend and learn about emergency preparedness and household safety issues. The Mountain View police and fire departments, and other agencies, will be on hand.

The CPNA has also received a grant of more than $4,700 from Community Foundation Silicon Valley for emergency preparedness.

Lieber honors 'Woman of the Year'

Judy Nadler was named "Woman of the Year" by state Assembly member Sally Lieber, whose district covers Mountain View, Cupertino, Sunnyvale and parts of San Jose and Santa Clara.

Nadler is the senior fellow of Government Ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. She has served as mayor of Santa Clara, where she helped develop a code of ethics and values.

SFHS raises $12K for tsunami relief

St. Francis High School students have raised more than $12,000 for the South Asia tsunami-relief effort.

The Associated Student Body and Student Council sponsored a live auction on Jan. 31 to benefit the tsunami-relief funds. Students, using paper-plate bid paddles, bid on items such as shaving the head of their favorite teacher and a "Get Out of Detention Pass." The auction raised about $1,000.

In addition, the St. Francis High School Band, in coordination with seven other local high school bands, held a concert to benefit the American Red Cross Tsunami Relief Fund on Jan. 27. The event attracted 500 people and raised $8,000 in donations.

The St. Francis monthly mission fund also collected over $3,400 for the Catholic Relief Services tsunami fund.

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