It looks like the teen center will stay open
The Saratoga Youth Commission is well on its way to reaching its fundraising goal of $8,450 to keep the Warner Hutton House Teen Center open.
Recreation Director Joan Pisani said last week's Youth Commission-sponsored golf tournament in Milpitas raised $1,085, bringing the total to $6,770. The commission must raise $8,450 by January to keep the Warner Hutton House open for the second half of the school year.
According to Pisani, Saratoga Youth Commission Night at Fresh Choice is next on the commission's events calendar. Although no date has been set, the group plans to sponsor a night at the Fresh Choice restaurant located at the Westgate Mall in early December. In exchange for the publicity the commission will bring the restaurant, the commission will receive a share of the night's profits.
Anyone interested in donating money to the commission, or for more information, call Beverly Tucker at 868-1234.
Council seeks citizens to fill commissions
The Saratoga City Council is seeking interested citizens to fill vacancies on the Public Safety Commission and Parks and Recreation Commission. Deadline for applications is 5 p.m. on Wed., Nov. 27.
The Public Safety Commission meets on the second Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. Persons interested in public safety are encouraged to attend the commission's meeting of Nov. 18 or Dec. 9.
The Parks and Recreation Commission meets on the first Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. Applicants should attend a commission meeting.
Application forms are available at City Hall, 13777 Fruitvale Ave.
Deputy sheriffs get 9.1 percent pay hike
Saratoga sheriffs have a little something to smile about. After three years of negotiations, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors ratified an agreement with the Deputy Sheriff's Association (DSA) Oct. 22 that provides Santa Clara County deputy sheriffs with a 9.1 percent raise for the first year of a three-year contract.
The raise went into effect Oct. 7, and will be followed by a 4 percent raise effective Sept. 22, 1997, and a 3.5 percent raise effective Sept. 21, 1998.
DSA President Sgt. Don Zies said the raise was overdue. "We were the lowest paid law-enforcement agency in the county," Zies said. "Now, we're just below weighted average."
Zies said the agreement ends months of talks that covered issues from benefits and salaries to conditions in the old contracts.
This article appeared in the Saratoga News, November 6, 1996.
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