By Pacific Ridge Pony Club honors
The Los Altos Hills-based Pacific Ridge Pony Club took top honors at Saturday’s “Know Down” competition in Santa Cruz.
Spokeswoman Lisa Robertson said the club had two junior division teams finish first and sixth out of 17 area clubs.
Another Senior “D” team, ages 14-17, placed second out of eight teams in their competition.
The event involved testing the girls on their knowledge of horses, Robertson said.
Club members were on hand at Sunday’s Los Altos History Museum opening, offering club information and displaying Animal Crackers, at 38 years old, the oldest pony in the area.
The club sometimes holds sessions at Westwind Barn in Los Altos Hills.
AARP holds spring potluck
The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) Chapter of Los Altos will hold a “Swng Into Spring Potluck Luncheon” at Thursday’s meeting, to start at 1 p.m at the Hillview Community Center multipurpose room, 97 Hillview Ave.
For reservations and information, call 967-6505.
Free adoption seminar
Bay Area Adoption Services will hold a free seminar Monday from 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the Mountain View Business Center, 465 Fairchild Drive, Suite 215, Mountain View.
Guest speakers will include adoptive parents who will share personal stories of adopting internationally.
For more information, call Janet Shirley at (415) 499-8037.
Garden Club’s ‘WOW!’ speaker
Charlotte Mayfield of Charlotte’s Blossoms in San Francisco will create “Spring Arrangements with WOW!” at Tuesday’s meeting of the Garden Club of Los Altos, Creekside Room, Los Altos United Methodist Church.
Mayfield is seldom at a loss for words and her arrangements give “pizzazz” a whole new meaning, club members said. A member of the prestigious American Institute of Floral Designers, she has studied floral design in London and Lyon, France. The program starts at 1:30 p.m. and visitors may attend for a $10 fee.
MV parade set for April 28
Mountain View’s 23rd annual spring parade, with the theme “Put On A Happy Face,” will be held April 28.
Festivities will begin at noon with the parade route down Castro Street, starting at Evelyn Avenue and ending at City Hall. After the parade, there will be entertainment, children’s carnival games, music and food.
Applications to participate in the parade are available at the Mountain View Community Center, 201 S. Rengstorff Ave., Monday through Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Application deadline is April 6.
