Amanda Seguin to tour with American band
Amanda Seguin, a member of the Homestead High School Marching Band, has been selected to play in the American Musical Ambassadors Band.
The band is made up of outstanding high school musicians across the nation. The group will travel to European cities for three weeks in July.
The band, directed by John Burn, will visit Paris, Lucerne, Milan, Verona, Venice, Innsbruck, Salzburg and Amsterdam. The tour will include concerts in the concert halls and major parks of Europe.
Seguin performs in her high school's wind ensemble. She lives in Sunnyvale.
Order of Engineer will induct new members
The nonprofit Order of the Engineer, Northern California Link No. 130, plans to hold its 45th induction ceremony on April 9 at the Bold Knight restaurant.
The 8 p.m. ceremony will be conducted by professional engineer Robert Goslow, chairman of the link's board of governors.
Since its inception, Link No. 130 has inducted 172 individual engineers, chartered several university links and reactivated an Oregon link..
For more information, contact Goslow before April 5 at 720-8788.
County Fair seeks local exhibitors
It's time to pull out those prize-winning roses, hogs and recipes.
The Santa Clara County Fair is looking for local exhibitors to participate in its eight exhibit divisions this year.
Winners will be awarded money, ribbons, plaques or trophies.
Local talent may choose from the following eight divisions: Floriculture, Fine Arts, California Living, Junior Division, Industrial Technology, Agriculture/ Horti-culture, Open Livestock and Poultry, Pigeon and Rabbit.
This is the second year the fair will sponsor the Summer Festival of Education, more than 2,000 exhibits honoring the work of students throughout the county.
Those interested in participating can pick up the rules and guidelines, judging schedules and entry fees in the 1996 Entry Information Book at the Fairgrounds Exhibit Office, 344 Tully Road in San Jose, or by calling 494-3134.
TRW gives $10,000 to Community Services
The TRW Foundation last week gave Sunnyvale Community Services a helping hand in the amount of $10,000.
This is the third year TRW has contributed to the agency, which provides emergency assistance and a monthly food program for local residents.
Local TRW executives Marijean Seelbach, vice president and general manager of TRW's national systems division, and Lawrence B. Prior III, vice president and general manager of TRW's tactical systems division, presented the check at the agency's food storage annex at Sunnyvale Town Center.
"We contribute to Sunnyvale Community Services because our facilities are in Sunnyvale," said Seelbach, a city resident. "I encourage all of our employees to be involved in community activities. It is fun and rewarding."
The nonprofit agency's supplemental program operates on 1,000 volunteer hours a month and will support more than 400 families this year.
Patricia Tucker chosen as secretary of the year
Sunnyvale resident Patricia Tucker was recently selected as the Secretary of the Year for the San Jose Chapter of Professional Secretaries International.
Tucker, an employee of Adaptec, has worked as a secretary for 20 years.
She received her Certified Professional Secretary rating in 1993.
March of Dimes seeks child ambassador
The March of Dimes is seeking a 4- to 8-year-old Bay Area child, born fragile but now healthy, to serve as an ambassador to spread the word of the foundation's successes.
Parents and pediatricians may nominate a child who has overcome premature birth and low birth weight or who spent the first days of life in a neonatal intensive care unit. The child ambassador will travel throughout the Bay Area and meet with March of Dimes volunteers and government officials to inform them about the nonprofit group's work.
Prior to the campaign, the child will be guest of honor at a reception given by CIGNA HealthCare, the national sponsor of WalkAmerica, which is the largest March of Dimes fundraiser of the year. It is scheduled for April 27.
For more information, call the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation at (415) 788-2202 or (408) 271-4747.
This article appeared in the Sunnyvale Sun, April 3, 1996.
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