Saratoga News News Briefs Commission to hear plans for a new grocery store The Saratoga Planning Commission will consider a use-permit application for a proposed gourmet grocery store on Big Basin Way at a public hearing on Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, located at 13777 Fruitvale Ave. The market would sell specialty beer and wines, but no on-site consumption is planned for the 2,700-square foot store. The new store is planned for the former Big Basin Floral location, at 14445 Big Basin Way. Redwood Middle School to hold a drug seminar Redwood Middle School will host a Parental Drug Awareness Seminar on Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. in the school's cafeteria. Parents and school officials will be joined by facilitator and drug enforcement agent Mark Garcia, who also works as a trainer and consultant in narcotics education, and Santa Clara County Sheriff's Deputy Ron Bruess, Saratoga's school resource officer. Topics will include drug recognition, the effects of drugs and the signs and symptoms of drug use or addiction. Redwood Middle School is located at 13952 Fruitvale Ave., across the street from the main entrance of West Valley College. For more information, call the school at 867-3042. City Council commends interim finance director The Saratoga City Council at its Oct. 7 meeting thanked Interim Finance Director Oliver Wright for his work with the city by passing a resolution in his honor. Wright filled the finance director's position from March through September, when Mary Jo Walker was hired as the city's permanent finance director. During his six months with the city, Wright worked on the continued implementation of the city's new financial system and assisted in the preparation of the budgets for fiscal years 1998-99 and 1999-00. "Ollie accomplished all this with tremendous good humor, which made working with him a pleasure for the staff, the Finance Commission and the City Council," the resolution stated. [ Back to Contents Page | Saratoga News Home Page | Archives ] This article appeared in the Saratoga News, October 14, 1998. ©1998 Metro Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.