By Concours d'Elegance set for Sunday
The Palo Alto Concours d’ Elegance is scheduled for Sunday at Stanford University. The annual car show will be held outside Stanford Stadium along El Camino Real. Proceeds benefit Lion’s Club charities and Stanford athletics.
The event expects to draw some of the finest restored automobiles in the country, spanning every era from brass-radiator cars built before World War I to the muscle cars of the 1960s and ’70s. Several Los Altos and Los Altos Hills residents plan on showing their cars at the concours.
Gates open at 7:30 a.m., judging, starts at 10 a.m. and the award presentation begins at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and free for children under 12 accompanied by an adult. For more information, logon to www.paconcours.com.
‘Got Books?’ theme of program
“Got Books?” is the theme of the Los Altos Libraries Teen Reading Program. The theme is designed to encourage leisure reading for the fun of it, and familiarity with other resources, besides books, in the libraries.
Teens can sign up and receive a packet of information at Los Altos Library on San Antonio Road or Woodland Branch Library, 1975 Grant Road, starting Saturday.
Activities to complete in the library are designed to help the teens become familiar with using the library catalog to find a variety of items including compact discs, CD-ROMS, Videos, DVD’s and magazines.
Weekly drawings will be held for teens reading a book or completing one of the activities each week. Teens who read at least five books and complete five of the activities by Aug. 25 will receive a gift certificate at a local bookstore, and will be eligible for the drawing at the end of summer for the grand prize, a personal CD player.
For more information, call Teen Services Librarian Larry Condit at 948-7683, ext. 3511.
Arts foundation show at Page Mill
The Abbey Foundation for the Arts, 619 Cowper St., Palo Alto, will be hosting a series of art sales and shows during the summer. The shows will be held at various restaurants and wineries in the Bay Area. The Sunday show, noon to 5 p.m., will be held at the Piccetti Winery, 13100 Montebello Road, Cupertino. The July 22 show, noon to 5 p.m., will be at the Page Mill Winery, 13686 Page Mill Road, Los Altos Hills.
The Abbey Foundation’s long-term goal is to continue to advance the progress of the Artist in Residence Program, and to support emerging artists. For more information, call 322-2550.
New GOP chairman to speak locally
Shawn Steel, the new chairman of the California Republican Party, plans to bolster grass-roots Republican activism for the 2002 elections when he speaks at 7 p.m., June 27, at the Palo Alto Elks Lodge, 4249 El Camino Real.
The South Peninsula Area Republican Coalition (SPARC), formed late last year with members from Woodside to Mountain View, hosts the evening. Its aim is to support local GOP candidates and issues, and participate in local events and educational forums.
For more information, call 948-0596.
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 a college-accredited training beginning in September. Classes run 2 1/2 hours long and are offered twice a week in Los Altos and San Mateo, running through the first week of December.
For more information, call 941-9130.
Riding institute seeks volunteers
The Westwind Riding Institute, located at Westwind Barn, 27210 Altamont Road, Los Altos Hills, is searching for energetic volunteers who will help groom and lead horses, as well as walk beside riders during their lessons.
WRI is a non-profit organization that offers riding lessons to children with physical handicaps on Mondays and Thursdays, 3:45-5 p.m.
No experience is needed to volunteer.
For more information, call 947-8680.
