By Chefs Who Care at La Fiesta
This month’s Chefs Who Care benefit for the Community Services Agency is scheduled for May 7 at La Fiesta Restaurant, 240 Villa St., Mountain View. Seating times are 5, 6, 7 and 8 p.m.
Menu selections include chile verde, and enchiladas suizas. Half the cost of the dinners goes to the agency’s Food and Nutrition Center to help needy residents. Tickets, if purchased by May 2, are $20 for adults, $10 for children (6-12). To buy tickets in advance by credit card, call 961-3584. Do not call the restaurant. Cost at the door is $22 for adults, $12 for children.
Federated women to hear ‘Roadshow’
Gary Richards, the transportation reporter for the San Jose Mercury News known as “Mr. Roadshow,” is scheduled to be the guest speaker at the May 2 meeting of the Federated Woman’s Club of Los Altos.
Richards will speak on the many improvements in the works to make traveling in Silicon Valley less confusing. This includes revamping the present driver’s test given by the Department of Motor Vehicles. He will hold a question-and-answer session following his talk. The meeting is scheduled to start 11 a.m. at Michael’s at Shoreline, with a luncheon following at 12:15 p.m. Guests are welcome. For more information, call 948-3553.
Inside world of genetics
Max Diehn, a Stanford researcher, will outline the science behind the current work in genetics during a free lecture and discussion scheduled for 11:30 a.m., May 6, in the Parish Hall of Foothills Congregational Church, 461 Orange Ave., Los Altos. Diehn is currently working at Stanford in the area of “functional genomics,” with the goal of better diagnostics and therapeutics for human cancers. In addition, Jane Turnbull, who received her doctorate in chemistry from MIT, will speak on ethical issues surrounding genetics research.
Friends’ used book sale
The Friends of the Los Altos Library will hold their spring used book sale May 4-6 at the Hillview Community Center, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos.
The Friday sale is open from 7-9 p.m. for members only. Family memberships are available at the main library for $5. The sale is open to the public 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., May 5, and from noon to 3 p.m., May 6. On Sunday, books will be sold by the bag. Bags are available at the door for $3 each and there is no limit to the number of bags purchased.
This sale includes books, CDs, video and audio tapes, records, puzzles and computer software.
Proceeds from the sale go to the library, 13 S. San Antonio Road.
Music For Minors docents
Music For Minors, a non-profit organization providing music education to children in local elementary schools, invites volunteers to train as music docents. All volunteer docents receive college-accredited training, beginning in September.
Classes run 2 1/2 hours and are offered twice a week in Los Altos and San Mateo, running through the first week of December.
Interested volunteers are invited to a free demonstration of a training session 7-9:30 p.m., Tuesday, at Hillview Community Center, 97 Hillview Ave., in Los Altos.
For more information, call 941-9130.
Foothill ham radio course
The Foothill Amateur Radio Society presents the “No (Morse) Code Technician Class Ham Radio Course.” The six-class course will meet Thursday evenings from 7-10 p.m., Thursday through May 31, at Terman Library Conference Room, next to the Jewish Community Center, 661 Arastradero, Palo Alto.
Fees are $25 for adults, $15 for students under 18. The class is open to all, with no age limits or minimum requirements. For registration and more information, call Rich Stiebel, 494-0128.
Students’ committee needs volunteers
Many graduate students and scholars temporarily at Stanford University bring family members who lack opportunities to practice their English language skills. They are often left without the resources to meet residents of the local communities. The Community Committee for International Students, a volunteer organization based at Stanford, sponsors an English-in-Action program to address that problem. The committee needs adult volunteers to dedicate an hour a week conversing in English with International visitors in an informal setting. The initial meeting will be held at the Bechtel International Center on the Stanford campus. Subsequent meetings can be there or moved off-site. For information or to volunteer, call 366-1925, 326-5252, or Ruth Bioletti, 941-6125.
