City seeks volunteer to teach composting
The city of Saratoga needs a volunteer to train individuals to teach others in the community how to compost yard waste. No formal education is required. Volunteers must be interested in working outdoors and enjoy working with people.
After completing 40 to 50 hours of training sessions held once or twice a week, the volunteer will be certified through the University of California Extension Program as a master composter. As a certified composter, the volunteer will facilitate workshops in various areas of Santa Clara County.
Classes will start from August through September. A total of 25 trainers will be selected countywide for training. Anyone interested in serving as the volunteer for Saratoga should call 867-3438, ext. 252.
New trustees for Hakone Board
Lynn Wallace and Richard Brooding were appointed to fill vacancies on the Hakone Foundation Board of Trustees by the City Council at its June 5 meeting. Wallace is an export analyst at Tandem Computers Incorporated, has served on the board for the Martinson Child Development Center in Santa Clara, and helped out with the Hakone Gardens Spring Festival last April. Brooding is a retired sales manager for Owens-Illinois, a glass and plastic packaging manufacturer, has served on the board of directors for the Saratoga Good Government Group and Episcopal Homes Foundation, and is active in St. Andrews Episcopal Church.
Assessment rates drop
The landscaping and lighting assessment rates for 1996-97 are down for all of the roughly 3,600 Saratoga homeowners who pay them. The City Council approved the rates as well as the official detachment of the Cabernet Drive area from the assessment district at its June 5 meeting after a public hearing with no protests. The city charges the assessment in order to provide landscaping and lighting maintenance for various residential areas that need them; more than a third of Saratogans pay it as part of their property taxes.
Rotary donates $3,700 for chairs and tables
The City Council recently accepted a $3,700 donation to its recreation department from the Saratoga Rotary Club. The city had applied for a Rotary Club grant in March to help offset the cost of new tables and chairs for the Community Center. The furniture will be purchased with this and other contributions after July 1.
This article appeared in the Saratoga News, June 19, 1996.
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