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Teachers named to Who's Who

Among the 12,000 teachers and educators nationwide honored in the 1996 edition of Who's Who Among America's Teachers are 18 representatives of Saratoga area schools: Heidi Pierce of Argonaut Elementary School; Bob H. Ross Jr. of Blue Hills Elementary School; Deanna Viale of Marshall Lane School; Moonyeen O'Connor Emerson of Emerson Academy; Kim Anzalone, Veva Bissonnette, Susan Camp, Harold Dueck and Emily Krakowski-Limbach of Saratoga High School; Georgiana Hays and Kristin Williams of Prospect High School; and Kenneth Colson, Marge Faulstich, Theodore Geredes, Meghan Laxier, Ann Malmuth-Onn, Susan Weiner and Edith Zanotti of West Valley College.

Teachers were nominated by former students who were listed in Who's Who Among American High School Students or The National Dean's List; students were asked to consider teachers who made a difference in their lives by helping shape their values, inspiring them in a certain subject or challenging them to strive for excellence.

Community band concert Dec. 9 at West Valley College

The Saratoga Community Band/West Valley Symphonic Band will perform a concert on Dec. 9 at 8 p.m. in the West Valley College Theater, 14000 Fruitvale Ave. Admission is free, but a voluntary donation will be accepted.

The band started in 1990 with 35 members and now numbers over 90 musicians of all ages. Director is Craig Northrup, former Saratoga High School band director.

The program features tuba soloist Douglas Hunt, professor of tuba at the University of the Pacific, Stockton. In addition, the band will perform the Overture to the Marriage of Figaro by Mozart, Allerseelen by Richard Strauss, Suite of Old American Dances by Robert Russell Bennet, a medley of tunes from South Pacific, plus marches, jazz, popular tunes and holiday favorites.

The band is sponsored by the West Valley Music Department and is open to all interested musicians. It rehearses weekly on Mondays at 7 p.m. in the West Valley College Music Department.