Community Briefs Community Briefs (October 28, 2005)

Grant writers, sharpen your pencils

The Kiwanis Club of Mountain View Foundation is looking for applicants among the city's nonprofits -- specifically those who provide health care and other services to the underserved -- to help relieve the foundation of $75,000.

Each year, the foundation lends financial support to local programs which offer "a critical health or human care need in the city of Mountain View." The grant awards "should address the needs of children under the age of 18 or seniors age 60 and over," according to a Kiwanis Club press release.

The deadline to submit proposals is Nov. 14. For more information, visit www.geocities.com/kiwanis_mv or e-mail questions to mvkiwanis@sbcglobal.net. -- Don Frances

MV honored for library's Teen Zone

The city of Mountain View has received the 2005 Helen Putnam Award from the League of California Cities for developing "The Teen Zone" at the Mountain View Public Library.

The Teen Zone area is designed specifically for teenagers and provides a range of services, including homework assistance, book clubs and crafts events. This year, the Putnam Award recognized 27 cities out of 146 nominations. --Julia Bernard

National Merit semifinalists announced

The Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District has announced its National Merit Scholarship semifinalists in the 2006 competition, which began last fall when this year's seniors took the PSAT.

Semifinalists from Los Altos High School include Aileen Baecker, Abigail Do, Katherine Fackler, Russell Field, Sean Liu, Joshua Lu, Anna Ostberg, Julia Patrick, Steven Schlansker, Erin Van Erp, Carolyn Whitesell, James Yeh and Larissa Zhou. Mountain View High School's semifinalists include Eric Bruins, Abby Damm, John Doty, Andrew Gordon, Stephen Hess, Evan Jeng, Justin Li, Kevin Mueller, Prashant Rai and Sam Sherman. -- Molly Tanenbaum

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