Louise Webb
Do you like to walk? Have you taken advantage of the great new all-weather track at Saratoga High School? There are many of us who use the track, including my early-morning walking group. We call ourselves "the track pack." The group includes Molly Bower, Ann Peterson, Lita Askanas, Joan Leonard, Ann Diercks and Betty Curry. All of us have children who have graduated from Foothill Grade School and Saratoga High School.
Gene Brown has been using the track for over 30 years. He says it is addictive and puts him in good spirits the rest of the day. Ninety-one-year-old Wang Hui has been walking the track for two hours daily ever since he moved here from China five years ago. He believes it is good for his body.
On Mother's Day, Evy Parker and her daughter, Cindy, started the day walking together on the track. Richard and Marlaine Griffin's family used the track that evening after a Mother's Day dinner.
Bruce Black and Hank Nothhaft spearheaded the track project. The new track cost $170,000. Half the money came from the Saratoga High School Athletic Booster Club and the school district, with Black and Nothhaft lending the rest. Through donations and proceeds of the First Falcon Fun Run last fall, the debt has been reduced from $80,000 to $38,000. As Saratoga High principal Kevin Skelly points out, "Supporting the track is a way to support your community."
Those who have already donated more than $200 will have a sign with their name on it near the track entrance. Those who haven't contributed and wish to give over $200 will have their name on a new sign next February or March. Of course, any size contribution is welcome. Call Cindy Tolliver, Falcon Track Club president, for more information at 867-7920, or send donations to the school.
Other News: Saratogan Gerald Uelmen, a lawyer for the O.J. Simpson case, gave his first talk on his new book, Lessons from The Trial, at Barnes and Noble recently. He said he was motivated to write the book because of the reaction to the verdict. Uelmen felt a lot of what happened in the trial was being misrepresented and misunderstood. He wanted to put the issues into a legal context and provide a historical perspective. Uelmen says that Simpson is holding up very well, considering all the adverse publicity he is getting.
This article appeared in the Saratoga News, June 5, 1996.
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