Soccer World Cup Festival of the Bay Area
This summer, Germany will host the Soccer World Cup. To celebrate, the German International School of Silicon Valley, located in Mountain View, is holding a festival on Sunday, May 21. There will be soccer-themed movies, music, food, and World Cup “face painting.” Visitors can also partake of a free soccer clinic with Jerry Smith, women’s head coach at Santa Clara University.The German International School is located at 310 Easy Street. The festival is free and takes place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, see www.gissv.org or call (650) 254-0748.
Bring us your tired, your poor, your Pentium II’s
No need to trash that old Commodore 64, because Huff Elementary School is raising funds by recycling old electronics. These include computers, monitors, mouses, keyboards, printers, fax machines, telephones, radios, microwaves, TVs, VCRs, DVD players, stereo components and speakers. Even your old Betamax.The drop-off site is at the Huff Elementary School parking lot, 253 Martens Ave, on Saturday, May 20, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. For more information, call (408) 468-0230.
Rotary Club announces scholarship recipients
The Rotary Club of Los Altos has announced the recipients of the group’s Community Service scholarship and Outstanding Intermediate School student awards.The recipients of the 2006 Community Service Scholarships, from Alta Vista High, are Amanda Campbell, Jennifer Ireland, Terrance Johnson, Marisela Lozoya and Diana Molina. From Mountain View High, Leslie Cervantes and Nancy Li. From Los Altos High, Ross Coyle and Kate Hsih. Hsih also won the Charles Cowan Scholarship for Science and Technology.
The winners of the 2006 Outstanding Intermediate School Student Awards are, from Blach Intermediate School, Natalie Rich and Markus Rutner. From Egan Intermediate School, Sarah Loebner and Scott Stephens.
The awards will be presented by the Rotary Club of Los Altos on Thursday, May 25.
Calling all green thumbs
Paul Heiple, a geologist by training who has worked with succulent plants for 26 years, will give a lecture titled “Succulents of California: How to grow and care for them” in Palo Alto early next month.Succulents are leaf-like desert plants that require little maintenance. The lecture is presented by Gardening with Natives, a special interest group of the Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the California Native Plant Society.
The lecture will take place on Thursday, June 1, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Raptor Suite of the Peninsula Convention Center, 3921 E. Bayshore Rd., Palo Alto. Admission is free. For more information, e-mail gardeningwithnatives@yahoo.com.
— Elizabeth Lasky
