Federated club to hold first meeting
The Federated Woman’s Club of Los Altos has scheduled its first meeting of the season at 11 a.m. Sept. 7 at Michaels Restaurant, Shoreline Boulevard, Mountain View. After lunch at noon, the 1 p.m. program will feature a violin/piano duet performed by Tibor Horvath and Yelena Savehenko, who have been performing for more than 20 years in the Bay Area and throughout the country for such notables as Sen. Konnyu, Lana Turner and Melvin Belli.
Guests are invited. For more information, call 948-3553.
KCBS newsman Al Hart to speak in Los Altos
KCBS newsman Al Hart will be the guest speaker at the Los Altos Kiwanis Club meeting Tuesday.
Hart, who started at KCBS, 740 AM in 1966, is considered to be the voice of the station.
The Kiwanis Club meets every Tuesday at noon at Ragusa Restaurant at 325 Main St.
For reservations or more information on Kiwanis, call 988-9900.
Foundation looking for LEADers
The Los Altos Community Foundation is accepting applications for the 2005-2006 Leadership Education ADvancement series. LEAD is a community involvement education course aimed at Los Altos/Los Altos Hills area residents interested in meeting current leaders, learning about the programs that support today’s community and how to become involved. Since 1996, more than 150 people have completed the program.
Meetings are scheduled 7-9 p.m., the last Monday of the month from Sept. 26 through May (except December). Each session is held in a community location related to the topic.
Marge Bruno and Ginny Lear, volunteers from the foundation board, present the eight-session course. Subjects include local government, education, business, the library, history museum, social services and health, recreation, youth activities, the arts and community service organizations. Volunteer opportunities are highlighted.
There is a one-time fee of $75. Class size is limited to 25. For more information or to register, visit lacf@losaltoscf.org.
International festival of foods Sept. 10-11
The Antiochian Orthodox Church of the Redeemer has scheduled its annual International Festival of Foods, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sept. 10 and noon to 8 p.m. Sept. 11 at the church, 380 Magdalena Ave., Los Altos Hills.
The annual event features an assortment of Mediterranean cuisine, including shaved lamb and beef in pita bread, falafel sandwiches, tabboleh salad and homemade baklava.
The event also includes entertainment, including cultural dance troops, and games and crafts for children.
Vendors will sell handmade crafts, and participants can enter a raffle for a 2005 C230 Mercedes-Benz.
Parking will be available at nearby Foothill College on El Monte Road.
Proceeds will support the new church sanctuary.
For more information, call 941-1570.
MV library centennial celebration
The Mountain View Library’s centennial celebration will culminate in a daylong birthday party 10 a.m. Sept. 24, when Mayor Matt Neely will host local dignitaries at a morning ceremony.
A crabapple tree will be planted in Pioneer Park to commemorate the tree that stood in front of the old library building.
Festivities include storytelling, music and a reunion of library patrons who gathered for library storytimes as children.
For more information, call the library’s reference desk, 903-6337.
LAH seeks candidates for fire commissioner
The Los Altos Hills County Fire District has a vacancy for one fire commissioner.
Only LAH residents are eligible.
The commission generally meets at 7:30 p.m. every third Tuesday of the month at the fire station on the Foothill College campus.
Letters of interest may be sent to: Board of Commissioners, Los Altos Hills County Fire District, P.O. Box 1766, Los Altos 94023-1766. Deadline for receipt of letters is Friday. The letters will be presented at the Sept. 20 meeting.
For more information, leave a message on the district answering machine at 949-1044.
