By Find out what events are coming up in the Los Altos community.
Vendors invited
for Westwind fund-raiser
Supporters of Westwind Community Barn in Los Altos Hills have scheduled a “Home for the Holidays” event Nov. 16, featuring handmade items for sale by area residents.
Organizer Collette Cranston envisions a “community-building” day featuring the barn decked out in Christmas lights, with games for children, as well as items from Los Altos Hills vendors that range from organic honey to fine jewelry. She sees the event as an opportunity for residents to meet neighbors, purchase early holiday gifts and support Westwind Barn.
Cranston said she has 10 vendors interested thus far and wants to find more. “We want to invite anyone who makes something interesting to call,” she said.
Proceeds from the event will go toward repairs and restoration of Westwind Barn. For more information, call Cranston at 948-6946.
Scientist to speak on
January Mars mission
Dr. David Des Marais of NASA’s Ames Research Center is scheduled to give a nontechnical illustrated talk titled “The Mars Exploration Rover Mission: Following the Water,” at 7 p.m. in the Smithwick Theater, Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills.
Des Marais, a member of the Science Operations Working Group for the mission, will describe the plans for landing two advanced rovers on the surface of the red planet in January. Both rovers will have instruments on board that can act as “robot geologists,” searching for evidence of past water on our neighbor planet.
The lecture is free and open to the public. Parking costs $2 in quarters.
For more information, call 949-7888.
Hospital bond
subject of forum
The Mountain View-Los Altos branch of the League of Women Voters and El Camino Hospital are presenting an Oct. 13 informational forum on Measure D, a bond measure for rebuilding the hospital tower. The measure is on the Nov. 4 ballot.
Topics to be presented include why the hospital needs to rebuild, the building plans and schedule, benefits to the community, and the financing plan.
The meeting is scheduled for 7-9 p.m. at the El Camino Hospital cafeteria meeting room (lower level), 2500 Grant Road, Mountain View. The public is invited.
Antique show
set for Oct. 19
The 19th annual California Country Antique Americana Show and Sale is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Oct. 19, at the Hillview Community Center, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos.
Representatives from Country Home Magazine will be attending, passing out October issues of their magazine, home baked cookies and holding drawings for their newly released hardcover book. They will be looking for homes to feature in their future issues.
More than 50 antique Americana dealers from the West Coast and as far away as New Hampshire will be selling items. The show will be held inside and outside at the Hillview Community Center.
Admission to the show is $9 ($6 after 11 a.m.). For more information, logon to: www.californiacountryshow.com.
Wildlife expo
this weekend
The Wildlife Conservation Expo will be held 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday and Sunday at Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills. Jane Goodall, along with 10 of the world’s leading conservationists, will present firsthand accounts from the front lines of wildlife conservation.
Among the speakers will be Iain Douglas-Hamilton of Save The Elephants, Rodney Jackson of the Snow Leopard Conservancy, and Laurie Marker of the Cheetah Conservation Fund.
Tickets cost $40 for both days, $20 for Sunday only.
A reception and dinner with Goodall will be held 6:30-9 p.m. Oct. 11 at the Garden Court Hotel, Palo Alto. Reservations are required. Tickets cost $250. All proceeds will benefit conservation.
For more information, call 949-3533 or logon to www.wildnet.org.
ese-American Legacy and Resilience,” through Nov. 22, in a regionally oriented exhibit celebrating the accomplishments and contributions of Japanese Americans to the development of the mid-Peninsula.
The exhibit covers the period from 1895 up to the beginning of World War II.
For more information, call 948-9427.
