The Cupertino Courier

News

News Briefs

Council fills
seats on local
advisory boards

The city has announced the appointments of several commissioners and committee members.

Radha Kulkarni is a new housing commissioner. Darcy Paul and Debbie Stephens Stauffer will serve on the Parks and Recreation Commission and William Allen and Wallace Iimura were re-appointed to the Technology, Information and Communications Commission.

Jeff Payne, Tamara Pow, and incumbent Charles Caldwell will be on the Public Safety Commission.

The council also appointed Thorisa Yap to the Community Development Block Grant Committee. Garrett Wade and Myoung Kang were re-appointed to the audit committee.

All the commissioners will serve a full term to January 2012.

Batteries can
be recycled
at no charge

Most used household batteries can now be put into curbside recycling in Cupertino.

Residents should place old batteries in a clear, sealed bag and leave the bag on top of the blue recycling cart on the regular collection day. Cell phone batteries, however, are not accepted. There are collection boxes for cell phones and rechargeable batteries at Best Buy stores.

Residents can also drop off regular household batteries at Target or Radio Shack stores.

Schools sponsor
parenting
workshops

The parents and teachers associations of Lawson Middle School, Lynbrook High School and the Miller Middle School are sponsoring a series of parent education seminars. The free seminars will help parents learn how to instill an attitude of success in children and reduce conflicts with them.

The first seminar will be held Feb. 6 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Lawson, the second one on Feb. 27 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Lynbrook, and third one on March 12 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Miller.

The speakers are Steve and Patt Saso, a high school teacher and a family therapist, who co-wrote the book Ten Best Gifts for Your Teen.

To sign up, visit www.sasoseminars.com.