At its Feb. 6 meeting the Santa Clara County Planning Commission will review a noise report for the Mountain Winery. The Mountain Winery, located on Pierce Road in Saratoga, holds concerts regularly throughout the year. As a condition of its use permit, the winery must undergo a noise study by the county each year.

The Mountain Winery is the first item on the agenda for the planning commission's afternoon session, which will start at 1:30 p.m. in the board of supervisors' chambers, located at 70 W. Hedding St. in San Jose.


Writer to discuss book with Friends

The Friends of the Saratoga Libraries is inviting the public to attend a program featuring special guest Genevieve Obert, author of Prince Borghese's Trail. The book describes Obert's participation in a race in 1997 that was a reenactment of a 1907 race from Beijing to Paris in classic automobiles. Attendees will have an opportunity to view a slide presentation. The program will start at 10 a.m. at the Immanuel Lutheran Church at 14103 Saratoga Ave. For more information, call 408.867.9571.


Community center seeks volunteer

The Saratoga Community Center has an opening for a volunteer preschool assistant for the recreation department. The volunteer will be working directly with children ages 3 to 5. Duties will include preparing activities and cleaning up after class and working with the children in small and large groups. Training will be provided. Classes are offered Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to noon or from noon to 2:50 p.m., for 12 weeks. If interested in volunteering, call 408.868.1265.


VTA names new board of directors

The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) has announced the 17 members and two ex officio members of its 2003 board of directors. Campbell City Council member Jane Meyer Kennedy was chosen to be chairperson of the board.

Fourteen of the directors are city council members and three are county supervisors, with 12 directors serving as voting members and five directors serving as alternates. The VTA is responsible for bus, light rail and paratransit operations.

For more information about VTA services, call 408.321.2300 or visit www.vta.org.


Schools participate in scholarships

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Silicon Valley will launch a scholarship program, "The Path to Excellence," that will benefit graduating high school students in the area.

Del Mar, Leigh, Prospect and Westmont high schools are among the schools in the Campbell Union High School District that are participating.

Three students will be nominated by principals and faculty members at each school, and each winning scholar will earn $2,000, which they receive upon enrollment into an accredited four-year university.

For more information regarding the scholarship program, contact the scholarship program chair, Nina Yamaguchi, at 408.252.1133 or nyamaguchi@cbnorcal.com.