News Briefs
City collects $850 for WWII fund
In June, the city of Saratoga decided to contribute matching funds up to $3,000 to a Washington, D.C., memorial to veterans of World War II, that will cost $100 million.
So far, the city has collected $850 from eight contributors, according to Paula Reeve, senior analyst in the Saratoga city manager's office, making the total that Saratoga will contribute to the fund $1,700.
Residents can still send checks, made out to the World War II Memorial Fund, to the city manager's office in City Hall at 13777 Fruitvale Avenue, Saratoga, CA 95070. The city will send all the checks to the fund.
"It's a very necessary memorial, long overdue," said Councilman Evan Baker.
Volunteers for Read-a-thon
The Saratoga and Campbell libraries are participating in the third annual Teen Read Week Oct. 15-21, by sponsoring a Read-a-thon at the Saratoga Library on Oct. 14, from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. During the Read-a-thon, local teens will read stories, picture books and poems to children in grades preschool to K5.
Volunteer service hours will be offered for teen readers. For more information and to register to be a teen reader, call the Saratoga Community Library at 408.867.6127 and ask for the teen librarian.
Council honors adult care center, commissioner
The Saratoga City Council commended Karen Lorenz, the administrative director of the Saratoga Adult Day Care Center, at its meeting on Sept. 20, by recognizing Sept. 17-23, as Adult Day-Care Week in the city.
The council also commended outgoing finance commissioner Al Roten, who resigned from his post due to his plans to move out of the city. Roten had been a commissioner since Nov. 1997.
City awards library contract
The city council has awarded a contract for an amount not to exceed $752,000 to Gilbane Building Company of San Francisco for project management and construction management services for the Saratoga library expansion and renovation project.
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