On Feb. 4 the Campbell City Council approved an amendment requiring that garbage, recycling and yard waste containers be properly screened and waste bins not be placed on the curb more than 24 hours before pickup. These bins must also be removed within 24 hours after pickup. Slight changes were made to the amendment during the meeting to allow landscaping to be considered as an acceptable form of screening.

The matter was first brought before a city council meeting in October 2002 when a resident expressed concern that townhouse residents on Redding Road were leaving trash bins on the street and sidewalks. It was later brought to the Campbell Planning Commission on Jan. 14, where city staffers recommended that the city change its municipal code.


Kasé Cosmetics has prizes, donations

Kasé Cosmetics, 381 E. Campbell Ave., will be hosting a Valentine's Day contest through Feb. 16. Individuals are invited to go to the store and fill out a postcard or send the store an email answering the question, "Why should the one you love win a free day of pampering?" Winners will receive a free massage, haircut and makeover.

In conjunction with the contest, the store is also accepting donations to the Career Closet of Santa Clara County. Donations should be in the form of women's business attire and accessories. The Career Closet is a nonprofit organization that helps women find employment by providing business clothes and other services.

For more information on the contest, donations or store discounts, please call 408.370.0905 or email kase1@earthlink.net.


Andy's Bar-B-Que is month-to-month

Andy's Bar-B-Que, 700 E. Campbell Ave., faces an uncertain future as it plans to move to downtown Campbell's Odd Fellows Lodge. Owner Ken Smith said he's already turned in initial plans to the city and is presently waiting for a use permit, but talks are only in the preliminary stages.

"Being month-to-month doesn't make me feel secure," he said.

Smith says that ideally the restaurant would move to its new location by June 2003 since summer is the restaurant's busiest season, but the lodge will require a major remodel since it was not built to house a commercial restaurant business.

For more information on Andy's Bar-B-Que, call 408.378.2838.


Signs approved for Pool Patio & Things

During a January Campbell Planning Commission meeting, commissioners voted to allow Pool Patio and Things to have a sign exception with additional conditions. Pool Patio and Things wanted a sign on the section of its new building that faces McBain Avenue and a logo panel on the front of the building facing S. Bascom Avenue. The wall sign would exceed the maximum allotted size of 34 square feet, and the logo sign would be a second wall sign, which is not permitted under the city's sign ordinance.

The planning commission approved an exception to the ordinance but commissioners expressed concern about the possibility of more signs in the future. Two additional conditions were attached to the approval—that the second floor of the building not be allowed to have signs and that no merchandise obscure or clutter the windows on the first floor.


Olympiad of the Arts competition for 2003

Olympiad of the Arts is a competition that encourages creative and performing arts students in college and high school to compete by showcasing their talents. Students compete in a variety of categories—acting, dance choreography, vocal and piano performance, photography, and poetry and short story writing.

The competition is open to students at a community college, lower-division four-year college and high school students who are residents of Santa Clara County.

In the past, about 500 students have competed for $6,000 in prize money. The competition is sponsored by the West Valley/Mission Colleges Foundation and supported by Arts Council Silicon Valley and the Saratoga Rotary Art Show.

For more information on the 2003 Olympiad of the Arts competition, visit www.missioncollege.org/community/olympiad.


AARP has speaker on FDA information

The Campbell chapter of the AARP will have a guest speaker, Janet McDonald, at its meeting on Feb. 18 at 9:30 a.m. The chapter meets at the Home Church Koinonia Koffeehouse, 1755 Winchester Blvd.

McDonald is a public affairs specialist with the San Francisco district of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). She has a bachelor's of science degree in institution management and dietetics and is the first line of communication between the Food and Drug Administration and the general public. Her primary responsibility is public education in matters pertaining to the FDA.

For more information, call 408.378.6996 or email almost.ann@juno.com.