By LAH council candidates to speak at forum Oct. 16
The Los Altos-Mountain View League of Women Voters is sponsoring a forum for candidates running for the Los Altos Hills City Council. The forum will be held 7-8:30 p.m., Oct. 16, at Los Altos Hills Town Hall, 26379 Fremont Road.
The candidates are Steve Hubbell, Janet Vitu, Bill Kerns, Breene Kerr and Dean Warshawsky.
The league will also sponsor two meetings on the pros and cons of state propositions on the Nov. 5 ballot. The first will be held 7:30 p.m., Oct. 29, at the Los Altos main library, 13 S. San Antonio Road. The second will be held 7:30 p.m., Oct. 30, at the Mountain View Public Library, 585 Franklin St.
Native plant sale at Hidden Villa
The Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the California Native Plant Society has organized a sale of South Bay native plants. The event is scheduled 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Oct. 19, at Hidden Villa Ranch, CNPS Nursery, 26870 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills.
Hundreds of species of plants, seeds and bulbs suitable for California gardens will be available. Experts will be on hand to talk about lawn alternatives, such as native perennials, wildflowers and grasses. There will also be books and posters about native plants.
For more information, call 941-2586 or logon to www.stanford.edu/~rawlings/blazcon.htm.
Westwind’s Halloween horse show Oct. 19
Westwind Barn in Los Altos Hills invites the community to its festive Halloween Horse Show on Saturday October 19, from 9 to 4 p.m.
The show is a large and fun annual event which draws young riders from small barns throughout the mid-Peninsula region. Free to spectators, it features holiday games on horseback, a costume class, jumping competitions and a dog-and-pony relay race.
The show is a fundraiser for Pacific Ridge Pony Club, a youth equestrian club for children ages 6 to 18 based at Westwind Barn. The historic Westwind Barn, owned by the town of Los Altos Hills, is located at 27210 Altamont Road.
For more information or entry forms, contact Carmen Koerner at 408-247-8759. All young local riders are invited to compete.
Distinguished prof at AAUW meeting
Dr. Marcia Stefanick, Associate Professor of Medicine at Stanford University, who chaired the national steering committee for the study on Hormone Replacement Therapy will speak to the Los Altos-Mountain View branch of The American Association of University Women at 7 p.m., Oct. 16, at the Los Altos Youth Center, 1 N. San Antonio Road.
Stefanick will report on the findings of the study that was abruptly halted by the National Institutes of Health, sponsors of the trial, more than three years before the study’s scheduled end. Researchers were surprised by the evidence that post-menopausal women who had taken estrogen combined with progestin had a greater risk of breast cancer, heart attack, stroke and blood clots within five years of taking the hormones.
However, they also found that the hormones had some beneficial effects in specific areas that Stefanick will discuss. There will be ample time provided for a Question & Answer period.
The meeting is open to the public. Reservations should be made by sending a check for $5 payable to LA-MV AAUW to C. Keehan, 1248 Levin Ave., Mountain View 94040 by Oct. 10.
Hidden Villa seeks farm guides
Hidden Villa Farm, 26870 Moody Road, Los Altos Hills, needs volunteers one morning a week to guide the nearly 20,000 schoolchildren who are expected to visit the farm this school year. Volunteer times are Tuesday to Friday mornings, for a minimum of two hours.
For more information, call 949-8643.
History museum seeks volunteers
The Los Altos History Museum is looking for museum store sales volunteers, tour docents, resource volunteers and interns. Sales volunteers and docents are needed noon to 4 p.m., Thursday through Sunday. For more information, logon to www.losaltoshistory.org.
High school through graduate school interns can join the intern program to gain experience, earn community service hours or learn about their community. To volunteer for the internship program, e-mail madelyn.crawford@ci.los-altos.ca.us or call
