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News Briefs
Candidate leaves council race
Ray Montalvo, who announced his candidacy for City Council seat No. 7 in March, withdrew last week. Citing a recent promotion to director of retail operations at Le Boulanger. Montalvo said the promotion will expand his responsibilities and require more travel, which will not allow sufficient time for a City Council position.
"This has been a difficult and regrettable decision," Montalvo said. "But it's certainly in the right direction professionally and something I needed to do at this point in time."
Montalvo said the new position at Le Boulanger has been "a long time in the making and transpiring for the last four to six weeks."
Though he did not say whether he would run for a council seat in the future, Montalvo did say he "will continue to assist and help out in any way possible--whenever and wherever the possibility exists."
Food poet wins 40 pizza pies
Round Table Pizza is proclaiming Sunnyvale resident Frank Bowers a "pizza laureate" after being one of only 20 people out of 1,500 entrants to win a poetry contest singing the praises of pizza.
Bowers entitled his entry "The Table Called Round," and it begins "Several years ago/when I was much younger/I helped in the kitchen/of my
Italian grandmother./Mixing and kneading/and always surprised/I stood there amazed as the dough would arise."
The poetry contest is part of Round Table's 40th anniversary celebrations, and rewards the winning poets with a free pizza every month for the next three and a half years.
"Pizza is all about fun and a special kind of experience," said Jim Fletcher, president of Round Table Franchise Corporation. "Nothing can communicate love and wild, crazy attachment better than poetry. Our budding pizza laureates are proof positive."
Local De Anza instructor given honorary award
Sunnyvale resident and De Anza College speech communication instructor Edwina Stoll was recently named the recipient of the 1999 Distinguished Professional Service Award by the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International.
Stoll was given the award at the San Francisco Airport Marriott by the organization which promotes professional and personal growth among educators. Co-author of a textbook entitled Communication Skills for Collaborative Learning, Stoll has also been a De Anza faculty member since 1986 and a department chair for eight years.
Bakey wins Sertoma award for work with children
The Service to Mankind (Sertoma) Club of Sunnyvale honored Tom Bakey at a dinner Thursday, May 27 for his work with developmentally disabled children and young adults. Bakey teaches his students, called CADartists, to create brochure covers on computers. The CADartists have designed brochure covers for the Sunnyvale Chamber of Commerce, Lockheed and the Federal Government. They have also designed and sold postcards.
The Sertoma award is given annually to a Sunnyvale citizen who serves his community.
Sunnyvale Music School hosts fundraiser
The Sunnyvale Music School, a non-profit organization affiliated with the Presbyterian Church of Sunnyvale, is sponsoring an Entertain-a-Thon this Saturday, June 12 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event will include performances by a song and dance troupe, the school's faculty, student performers and parents. There will also be food, clowns, face painting and activities.
The Music School offers classes to more than 800 students throughout the Bay Area. Students range in age from 4 years old to adults. The school is located at the Presbyterian Church of Sunnyvale, 728 West Fremont Avenue. For more information, call 739-9248.
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