The final renovation phrase of the John D. Morgan Park was completed during the summer. The Campbell Community Center began a major face-lift, redesigning and completing a new track, parking lot and football field by December. And the Heritage Theatre, which is nearing completion, will soon be greeting patrons from throughout the South Bay. There are also several housing developments moving into their final stages. These include the 20-unit Gilman Avenue condominium project next to the Campbell Park and the 30 single-family homes on the former site of the Rolling Hills Shopping Center.

A number of new projects are also in the pipeline. A 210-room, eight-story hotel is proposed along Creekside Way, and a mixed-use retail and residential development is being planned on E. Campbell Avenue. The city has also approved a proposal to develop a four-story, extended-stay Marriott Hotel by Campbell Park and a 24-unit condominium project located within the Water Tower Plaza.

This wealth of projects and renovations leaves no doubt that the city is continuing a theme that it started in 2002, one of continued housing and business growth.

But no year is without its highs and lows, and 2003 wasn't any different. These were hard times for several businesses. Stoddard's Brewery, which opened to great excitement, closed its doors by year end. Urban Ice Cream and Tutto Bella also said their goodbyes to our community. But Pool, Patio and Things built a second store on S. Bascom Avenue, the Pruneyard Inn took on a whole new look and new businesses like Moonfyre Metaphysical, LuLu Belle, Toastshop, Blendz and House of Brass became part of the downtown.

The community also saw the Prune Festival, a longtime tradition, replaced by a new one, Boogie on the Bayou, which was an instant success. And residents watched as the light rail continued its progress toward completion.

It was also a year of losses as we said goodbye to Ida Yerkovich and Richard Gordon and a young lady in the prime of her life, Christine Yousef.

And it was an emotional year for the school districts, as we watched the Campbell Union High School District avert a last-minute teacher strike, finalizing a long overdue contract. But Measure B, a parcel tax, went down in defeat, forcing the Campbell Union School District to make further cuts.

As in years past, when the calendar flipped to Jan. 1, a fresh slate of events was waiting to be written on the pages of 2003. Some of those events we knew. Some we anticipated, but most developed with each passing month. No doubt the same will be said as we enter 2004.

—Moryt Milo, Editor

Two bank robberies happened in less than a week at First Bank and Trust. The first incident occurred around 1 p.m. on Jan. 10. A man entered the bank and handed one of the tellers a note demanding all the cash in her drawer and simulated having a gun in his pocket. In the second Campbell incident, which occurred at 3 p.m. on Jan. 16, a man "ran into the bank, and said, 'Give me your money,' grabbed the cash and ran out the door."

In late January, Campbell City Council member Jane Kennedy was selected as chair of the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority board of directors. Kennedy was an alternate for two years and then was a board member for another two years. Kennedy was in line to chair the VTA, and with her re-election to city council in November 2002, she took over the position.

In late January, 22 Campbell citizens completed the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program, which trained them to assist public safety personnel in the event of an emergency. This brought the total number of graduates in the community to 107. These graduates are qualified to put out a small fire, search buildings and provide first aid to the injured.

Gloria Chun Hoo started in January as director and overseer of the Campbell Historical Museum and the Ainsley House. She works in conjunction with a small staff consisting of a curator, Karen Brey, and a museum aide, Al Rocha. Together, they produce educational programs for children—initiated by former museum director Bob Pedretti—in the Campbell Union and Moreland school districts.

February

Jared Sowards of Campbell was joined by an expected crowd of several hundred people at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Saratoga on Feb. 8 to write letters and Valentine's Day cards to troops stationed overseas. Among the participants in Operation Yellow Ribbon (Silicon Valley) were students from Campbell, Saratoga and Oak Grove school districts.

Of the more than 100 shuttle missions flown since the NASA space shuttle program's inception in 1981, only four or five missions have passed by California, according to amateur astronomer Rick Baldridge, a 17-year Campbell resident. On Feb. 1, Baldridge was looking north, taping the reentry of space shuttle Columbia into the earth's atmosphere and its disintegration in the sky. A family member who had been with Baldridge watching Columbia's reentry was a Lockheed Martin employee under contract to NASA, who started making some phone calls to reach NASA and inform them about the tape.

Cinequest, the San Jose film festival, marked its 13th year of showcasing edgy, independent films from all over the world, including the Bay Area. And for the first time, Campbell was part of the event. Camera 7 Cinemas, which opened in July 2002 in the Pruneyard Shopping Center, replaced the AMC Saratoga 14 Theatre as one of Cinequest's screening venues.

March

The Campbell Union School District's board of directors approved a parcel tax measure for $180 per parcel to be part of a special June election. Principals, teachers and concerned parents united in their support for a parcel tax measure to help the district counter $3 million in cuts from the state.

The local Chamber of Commerce chose Nob Hill Foods of Campbell as business of the year for 2002 for its longtime support of the community. Nob Hill manager Michael Ruiz said the store in Campbell first opened across the street in 1973 and was called Wings. Nob Hill Foods purchased the store and moved it across the street to Kirkwood Plaza in 1992. Nob Hill has donated food for the Community Toy Program and has been supportive of the Chamber of Commerce for other events. The store has also been a member of the Chamber of Commerce since it opened 30 years ago.

Ida Yerkovich, an influential individual in the Campbell community, died. Her funeral at St. Lucy's was attended by family, friends and city officials who came to show their respect for a special lady. Her impact extended into the greater Campbell community. She had a strong desire to keep the community's heritage alive through her work as a docent for the Campbell Historical Museum and through her community service with the Campbell Country Woman's Club.

The Pruneyard Inn got a face-lift, replacing its Spanish colonial look with a Mediterranean Villa facade. General manager Jill Bakich Collins said the inn's new look fit better with that of the shopping center. The inn's entrance provided better shelter for vehicles. The paint was replaced, and the landscaping was changed to incorporate a Mediterranean look.

Citizens gathered on Orchard City Green for a candlelight peace vigil on March 16. More than 70 people attended the event with family and friends to show their support for peace; some came to specifically express opposition to the war with Iraq. The event, called "Global Vigil for Peace," was held in more than 70 other countries, at 6,000 locations, on the same evening.

Richard Gordon, a teacher for 69 years, died March 2 from leukemia. He was 85. Gordon moved his young family to Campbell to accept a job as a music teacher at Campbell Elementary School. Shortly thereafter he began private violin lessons in his home, a tradition that continued until a week before his death. He was involved with the American String Teachers Association, California Rare Fruit Growers, California Writers Club, Toastmasters and VIP Travel Camera Club. A memorial service was held on March 7 at the Campbell Community Center, where he formerly taught high school.

April

MetroED classes offered students from Branham, Del Mar and Westmont high schools the physical and academic training to prepare them for a career in law enforcement. In its second year, the program was designed to prepare students to become arson investigators, park rangers, detectives, security officers, court bailiffs, corrections officers and highway patrol officers, among other entry-level positions.

Painting masks, dancing Aztec-style and playing chess were just some of the after-school activities a group of Rosemary Elementary School students took advantage of. It was all part of a program that had been been offered at the school for four years: San Jose LEARNS—Literacy Education Arts Recreation Nurtures Students. The program was funded by grants from the State Department of Education and managed by San Jose's Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services.

Once a month a Campbell coffee shop allowed a handful of local writers and poets to convene and let loose their muses. Barda's Coffee & Cafe, in partnership with the San Jose Art League, held a monthly poetry reading and open mic on the last Sunday of each month.

Eager volunteers filled the Campbell Middle School cafeteria for the Yes on Measure B Campaign Kickoff Event. The purpose of the event was to "generate energy around the campaign" for the passage of a parcel tax for the Campbell Union School District, said campaign co-chair Christine Scholberg, who helped coordinate the kickoff. Volunteers from all 13 district schools manned tables to recruit and sign up campaign volunteers.

The Vasona Light Rail project on Hamilton Avenue took another step forward, with PG&E crewmen working hard to re-lay electrical lines. On April 26, a crew of PG&E workmen used cherry pickers along Hamilton Avenue near Highway 17 to reroute utility lines underground. The project was part of the Valley Transportation Authority's plans to build the light rail station on Hamilton Avenue as an aerial crossing.

On March 29, 17-year-old Christine Yousef, Prospect High School senior, was killed in a car accident while on a trip to St. Anthony's sanctuary in Barstow. Yousef, who attended St. George Coptic Orthodox Church in Campbell, was one of five passengers killed. Four of the nine passengers injured attended the same church. The 15-passenger Ford Econoline van flipped over on Interstate 15, just 20 minutes from the monastery, at 2:55 a.m.

Jerry Davis brought his extensive education background to Campbell Middle School as its interim principal. He replaced Joe Pacheco, who had been the principal at Campbell Middle School for more than a decade. Pacheco's last day of work was March 31. Davis' decades of experience were considered an asset at the school.

Everybody loves a parade, especially the residents of Campbell. This year's Bunnies & Bonnets Parade, held on April 19 and coordinated by the Downtown Campbell Business Association, was popular and interactive as well as patriotic and pet-friendly. More than 1,000 people gathered before the official parade festivities began at noon.

May

The Campbell Union High School District's Board of Trustees meeting on May 1 was standing room only as almost 100 teachers came to show the board their support for the Campbell Education Association's vote of no confidence to the district board. The meeting was filled with teachers dressed in black as a comment on their discontent for working without a contact during the past two years. The teachers wore the clothing as a show of solidarity.

On May 5 the Campbell Police Department activated its mobile Emergency Operations Center when an envelope opened up in the Campbell Police Department was found to contain a suspicious white, powdery substance. It was later determined that the substance did not contain a biologically hazardous material. The results proved to be negative for anthrax.

The Campbell City Council revoked a live-entertainment permit for the Off the Hook Sports Bar and Grill, 2369 S. Winchester Boulevard. At the May 6 city council meeting, the Campbell Police Department cited several incidents where the bar had entertainment past the permit's approved hours. The violations were brought before the city council after police conducted a three-month undercover operation that culminated in multiple arrests on March 13 for drug sales on the premises and underage drinking.

In a decisive 6-1 vote, the Campbell Planning Commission denied a four-story, 95-room, extended-stay Marriott Hotel on the site where Andy's Oakwood Bar-B-Que was located. The vote sent a clear message to developers that the gateway into Campbell's downtown should be more than a project that meets the town's immediate financial needs. The commissioners were also concerned about traffic congestion and the environmental and aesthetic impact the development would have on the adjacent Campbell Park and the Los Gatos Creek Trail.

At its May 6 meeting the city council approved funding for an off-leash dog park as a new feature in Los Gatos Creek County Park. Once completed, it would be the only fenced-in, off-leash dog park in the West Valley area. The off-leash dog area would be located north of the fly-casting pond, which is located off Dell and Hacienda avenues. The one-acre park would be separated from the casting ponds and would contain small-dog and large-dog areas.

Campbell's first-ever Boogie on the Bayou festival overflowed with color, charm and the spirit of Campbell. The two-day event, which was blessed with warm, sunny weather, had an upbeat atmosphere that centered on a Louisiana bayou theme. Throughout the weekend, the crowded downtown sizzled with the sound of music and the smell of food. Approximately 40,000 attendees enjoyed themselves during the May 17­18 weekend.

June

A positive impact on the community and its citizens was how Campbell City Council envisioned the proposed four-story, 95-room, extended stay Marriott Hotel project. It was the primary reason council members unanimously voted to approve the project in a stunning reversal of the planning commission's 6-1 denial. By approving the hotel, the council reversed an earlier planning commission decision to deny the project.

The parcel tax measure for the Campbell Union School District failed to obtain the necessary two-thirds majority. And the turnout was meager, with only 8,497 or 20.2 percent casting their vote out of 42,136 registered voters in 35 precincts at the June 3 special parcel tax election.

The Budd Avenue side of John D. Morgan Park was looking a lot spiffier, with two brand-new playground structures, new picnic tables and a wider walking pathway that leads to the Rincon Avenue side. The park's renovation was completed in two phases. The Rincon Avenue side was refurbished in 1998, and the Budd Avenue side, begun in 2002, was completed in 2003.

On June 3 the Campbell City Council and Parks and Recreation Commission held its annual Arbor Day Celebration on the Budd Avenue side of John D. Morgan Park by planting a new tree in the park. It was Campbell's 21st year as a "Tree City USA," a recognition granted by the California Department of Forestry.

The Campbell Planning Commission approved a 24-unit condominium project at 300 Orchard City Drive, part of the Water Tower Plaza Complex. It would include a pedestrian access from S. First Street through Hyde Park and improvements to Hyde Park. The southern side of the project site is adjacent to a two-level parking garage and the northern side is next to a 32-foot wall.

Campbell's annual Summer Concert Series had become so popular it was no longer being publicized outside the Campbell city limits. The event draw approximately 12,000 people to the Orchard City Green on Civic Center Drive. And each concert offered something different, with local bands playing a variety of music, from Motown and classic rock to country and swing.

After three years of anticipation, more than 1,200 Harry Potter fans gathered at Barnes & Noble in the Pruneyard Shopping Center for its June 20 midnight magic party to celebrate and be first to receive their copies of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. And when the evening's magic ended, all the copies where gone, with a new shipment scheduled for arrival on June 24.

It was quite a spring for the sports teams at Westmont High School. The Warriors won Blossom Valley Athletic League titles in four sports—girls and boys swimming, baseball and volleyball—and sent three teams to the Central Coast Section playoffs—baseball, softball and volleyball.

A brush fire in Campbell on June 26 backed up traffic on Highway 17 for hours and burned three acres of grass on one of the hottest days of the year. The fire began near Highway 17 and Camden Avenue, and was started by a transient who just wanted a meal. "It was a gentleman down there cooking his beans," said the Santa Clara County Fire Department's arson investigator, Dennis Johnsen. "The fire got a little out of control."

The governing board for the Campbell Union School District accepted $8,561.24 on June 26 from the Campbell Education Foundation. The money was to be split evenly among the schools for library books and equipment, and was raised at the Mercury News Run/Walk in March, which benefited local schools.

July

Following the failure of Measure B, concerned residents have begun a campaign to help the Campbell Union School District through its budget crisis. Using the momentum from the Measure B campaign, these residents hoped to raise $500,000 for the 2003­04 school year through "Save Our Schools," or SOS. Members of the community asked if people and businesses within the school district would be able to donate enough money to save a few of the schools' services.

Westmont High School's Varsity Cheer Team won first place for the third year in a row at its Home Pom performance for the UCA Elite Cheer Camp Competition held at UC-Davis in July. Westmont's Junior Varsity Cheer Team placed second in the Home Pom performance in its division.

At the July 15 meeting the city council approved a 24-unit condominium project at 300 Orchard City Drive. The project would occupy the 20,000-square-foot lot formerly occupied by the George Hyde Company/Sunsweet Growers facility, which was later converted into offices. The lot, part of the Water Tower Plaza Complex, would include pedestrian access from S. First Street to Hyde Park. The units were estimated to sell in the $400,000 range. Four of the 24 units would be sold as affordable housing, with one unit designated as very low income.

The Campbell Redevelopment Agency announced it did not have sufficient funds to meet the demands of all the applicants for affordable housing that would be built at the corner of San Tomas Expressway and Campbell Avenue. The agency planned to process 10 first-time home-buyer loans, and the project consisted of six below-market-rate homes. The agency would assist households with members who were already working or renting in Campbell. The names of these applicants would be placed in a lottery.

More than 3,500 people attended the American Cancer Society's Relay For Life in Campbell on July 19 and 20 at Edith Morley Park. There were 877 people participating in the walk—250 were cancer survivors, and 180 survivors participated in the 24-hour relay event. The goal was to raise $210,000, and the American Cancer Society exceeded that targeted amount.

Pictures of missing woman Jeanine Sanchez Harms and signs reading "Where's Jeanine?" dominated the front of the Los Gatos Police Department as more than 100 friends and family members marched on July 28 to keep the Campbell native's spirit and investigation alive. The date marked two years since Harms, then 42, was last seen at the Pruneyard Shopping Center in Campbell.

August

The Campbell Union School District opened two new preschool programs. The purpose of the programs was to give children a jump-start on their education, making the transition into kindergarten easier. With the placement of the preschools on the elementary school campuses, families also were given an opportunity to become part of the school community where their children might eventually enroll. These new programs were fee-based and were located at Capri and Forest Hill elementary schools.

Campbell's National Night Out drew 200 residents. San Tomas area residents gathered at Jack Fischer Park for an opportunity to meet their neighbors and enjoy some ice cream, at the community's third annual National Night Out. The Aug. 6 event had its best turnout to date, with children playing on the playground, lining up for face painting and waiting for a turn in the fire truck and police car.

County assessor Larry Stone announced a reduction in property values for about 33,000 properties in Santa Clara County. The total reduction countywide in the assessed value of all real and business personal property—machinery, equipment and computers—equaled $7.9 billion for the past fiscal year. Campbell fared well in assessed property values compared to other cities in the county. In the last six months the assessor's office had already reduced the assessed value of 955 properties in Campbell for a total reduction of $87.4 million. But in contrast Campbell's redevelopment agency district increased in assessed value by 2.72 percent.

A dispute over naming rights ended, with little Buca, the fine-dining bistro at 2801 S. Winchester Blvd., no longer battling with Buca di Beppo, a restaurant chain with one of its locations in the Pruneyard Shopping Center. Buca Restaurant and Fine Catering changed its name to Restaurant "O" Catering and Tasting Room.

The Del Mar High School Cheer Squad and mascot received a superior rating at the United Spirit Association camp at UC­Santa Cruz and was invited to perform at the Hollywood Christmas Parade. Sophomore Kori Mierly won the Most Spirited Mascot Award, and senior Megan Araujo and sophomores Divya Bugna and Ashley Toledo were chosen as camp All Stars and were invited to the 2004 London New Year's Parade. Sophomore Laurel Uenaka was camp All Star for her dance performance, enabling her to go to the 2004 London New Year's Parade. The varsity cheer team's stellar performance earned the team an invitation to the Pro Bowl in Hawaii.

On Aug. 26, 83 percent of voting union members of the Campbell Education Association gave their support to strike if the union and district were unable to reach a settlement. The teachers were without a contract for two years. Negotiations began in June 2001 and had reached the fact-finding stage of the process.

September

The former site of the Campbell Trailer Court started its transformation, with the construction of a 20-unit townhouse project on Gilman Avenue. The foundations were laid and the framing on one section of the project was completed.

Campbell was one of four cities chosen by the National League of Cities to be recognized for its all-encompassing emergency-preparedness program. Mayor Dan Furtado, Campbell Police Capt. Russ Patterson and Campbell Police Reserve Capt. and Community Emergency Response Team coordinator Jon Hackley attended the recognition event in Washington, D.C.

Stoddard's Brewhouse and Eatery, at the corner of Campbell Avenue and Third Street, surprised many by permanently closing its doors on Sept. 8. Campbell Redevelopment Manager Kirk Heinrichs said he heard Stoddard's would be filing for bankruptcy.

For the 2002­03 school year, Campbell Middle School failed to meet its "Adequate Yearly Progress" standards. The revised standards, implemented this year with the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, required that at least 95 percent of a school's student population was tested in English-language arts and math and that it passed at a state-mandated level.

The Campbell Historic Downtown Walking Tours received the Governor's Historic Preservation Award for 2003. This prestigious award is the only official preservation award presented by the state of California to worthy recipients in recognition of outstanding achievements in the field of historic preservation.

The teachers union and the Campbell Union High School District board of trustees unanimously approved a new contract for 2001­03. This marked the end of an impending teacher's strike that could have left 7,200 students without full-time teachers. The grueling 16-hour-long negotiation led to a contract that gave the district's 300 teachers a 2.87 percent retroactive salary increase for the 2001­02 year but no increase for the 2002­03 year.

The city of Campbell received $471,200 in funds for a $589,000 project to add 2.2 miles to the San Tomas Aquino Creek and Smith Creek trails between Westmont High School and Virginia Park. The city also got $300,000 for a $375,000 project for landscaping and other improvements to the South Page Recharge Pond at the corner of Hacienda Avenue and Winchester Boulevard. The project creates a one-third-mile trail for public use. The Santa Clara Valley Water District gave the funds to the city.

October

After Cupertino became the second city—after Sunnyvale—in less than a year to pull out from the Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority because of the agency's uncertain financial projections, Campbell said it planned to continue the effort to build a joint animal shelter. Jane Kennedy, who represented the city of Campbell in the animal control authority, said that, with the pullout of Cupertino and Sunnyvale, the other five cities plan to "plow ahead" and build a shelter that is smaller and less costly.

After 18 months of stepping up traffic law enforcement on Apricot Avenue, the city of Campbell determined that traffic volume and speed on the narrow residential street has reached acceptable levels.

Silicon Valley Community Newspapers launched the Almaden Resident, the company's eighth weekly community newspaper, on Oct. 16. The paper was delivered to virtually every home and business in the Almaden Valley. In addition to the new Almaden paper, SVCN published the Los Gatos Weekly-Times, the Saratoga News, the Cupertino Courier, the Sunnyvale Sun, The Campbell Reporter, the Willow Glen Resident and the Rose Garden Resident, which debuted in May.

A month after a car careened off Hazel Avenue and into Shashi Mody and Katy Warren's living room, the city of Campbell declared the street a "Special Enforcement Zone" and stepped up police patrols. But some residents said the move isn't enough, and about 100 of them signed a petition asking the city to consider additional measures ranging from better signage to turn restrictions. The petition began circulating after a Sept. 7 accident in which a 16-year-old boy failed to negotiate the turn onto Hazel Avenue going south on S. San Tomas Aquino Road and drove his Subaru through the fence and into the living room of a townhouse located at that intersection.

In what amounted to a citywide garage sale, more than 370 households in Campbell and the surrounding unincorporated areas hawked their unwanted goods on Oct. 11, in the second annual Campbell on Sale community event. The impetus behind the event was to encourage recycling and reuse by promoting selling and donating items that residents would otherwise throw away.

Three high school students—Margo Lang, Jennifer Ku and Julisia Banach—rolled out their "Stop the Silence of the Violence" Relationship Awareness Curriculum on Oct. 24. Lang was a junior at Westmont High School. That same day, they were honored by Assemblywoman Rebecca Cohn with resolutions in their names. Cohn, chairwoman of the Assembly's Select Committee on Domestic Violence, and her staff helped the students develop their curriculum.

November

Campbell resident Evan Low was honored by Santa Clara County Supervisor Liz Kniss in an award ceremony recognizing outstanding Asian Americans. At 20 years of age, Low, recognized for his work in civic participation and involvement with youth community, was the youngest of 10 people honored at the third Asian American Heroes Awards held at Ming's Restaurant in Palo Alto.

Citing declining enrollment and fallout from the statewide budget cuts, the Campbell Union School District presented to the public a preliminary recommendation to close one of its schools. At a Nov. 6 meeting held at Capri School, which was scheduled to solicit public input, Campbell Union School District Assistant Superintendent Gwynneth Heil said the plan, which hadn't yet been finalized, called for closing Hazelwood and having its students and teachers integrated into Capri School.

Coffee-to-go took on a whole new meaning at Campbell's Orchard Valley Coffee Roasting Company—on the corner of E. Campbell and Central avenues in the downtown—after dark smoke consumed the inside of the coffee shop, forcing customers and employees outside on the street. The cause of the fire was in the lower part of the flue of the chimney pipe. Firefighters put out the small flames inside quickly and no damage was done to the coffee roaster or the building.

A 22-year-old Campbell woman was unexpectedly confronted at her front door at around 1:30 a.m. on Nov. 17, police said. She was then pushed back into the house and was sexually assaulted. The incident occurred in the area of Hamilton Avenue and Winchester Boulevard, and the suspect fled the scene.

The Campbell Redevelopment Agency Board entered into an agreement with Sand Hill Property Company that would result in the long-awaited fulfillment of the city's desire to develop two commercial properties in the city of Campbell. The plan called for the agency to sell the vacant lot adjacent to the downtown Second Street parking lot at 175­201 E. Campbell Ave. to San Mateo­based developer Sand Hill Property Company for $1.8 million. Sand Hill would build a mixed-use, three-story building to include one story of retail and two stories of residential. The proposal was contingent on Sand Hill selling its planned hotel site on Creekside Way to Matrix, LLC, a Florida-based hotel developer, which will develop the property into a 200-room hotel.

December

As was tradition in Campbell, on the first Tuesday in December, the seating positions on the Campbell City Council changed, with the election of a new mayor and vice mayor. At its Dec. 2 meeting, the Campbell City Council elected former Vice Mayor Donald Burr as the new mayor of Campbell and Councilwoman Jane Kennedy as the city's new vice mayor.

The owner of the popular Andy's Oakwood Bar-B-Que, which was displaced by a development project, decided not to move into the Odd Fellows Lodge in downtown Campbell. "The deal just kind of fell through," said Andy's owner Ken Smith. "We tried, but we couldn't come together on a lease where the numbers worked."

Kehillah—the first Jewish high school in the Bay Area—has to find somewhere else to go once its current three-year lease on the Blackford campus is up on June 30, 2005. Kehillah lost the bidding for the space at 3800 Blackford Ave. to Harker School, a private facility with two campuses in San Jose. Harker was set to sign a 20-year lease for $1.5 million a year with the Campbell Union High School District.

Facing devastating budget cuts, the Campbell Union School District Governing Board voted unanimously on Dec. 11 to close its Hazelwood Elementary School campus at the end of this school year. The Hazelwood campus would close and most of its students would be relocated to nearby Capri School on Chapman Avenue by the beginning of the 2004­05 school year. The district intended to rent out the Hazelwood site to a private school.