The Willow Glen Resident

Around The Glen

WG young actors sound the 'alarm'

Alarms and Excursions, a lively play for children of all ages, comes to Willow Glen on Friday, June 5. Presented by the Willow Glen Children's Theater, the play will be put on at the Markham Little Theater at 2105 Cottle Ave. Performances are at 5 p.m. Friday, June 5; 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 6; and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, June 7. Tickets are available at the door for $3.

The program is sponsored by the San Jose Department of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services. For more information, call the Starbird Community Center at 984-1954.

--Aji Mathai

Health advice for all at community fair

A wide variety of health information, including advice on caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's disease, will be available at a community health fair held Saturday, June 27, at the Willow Vale Community Church, from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Tips for families dealing with disease and for preventing cancer and heart disease will also be given. There will also be fun activities for the kids, such as antique car rides, face painting and a fun jump.

The Willow Vale Community Church is located at 1730 Curtner Ave. Call 264-2811 for more information.

--Aji Mathai

Your new buddies: San Jose firefighters

Those tireless men and women who put out your Thanksgiving oven fires, coax Fluffy out of the acacia and keep everyone safe want to get to know you better.

"If you're having a street party, neighborhood get-together or social function, call us and invite us," says San Jose Fire Capt. John Castro of the firefighters at Station 6 in Willow Glen. "We want to show off our new engine and get to know the people in our area. We want to be part of the community, let people know we're here to serve them."

Firefighters have already joined the Founders Day parade, shaken hands at neighborhood block parties and taken people on ride-alongs. Kids love to get guided tours of the fire engines, says Castro, who grew up in Willow Glen.

"We even go to kids' birthday parties, to go by and say hi," he adds.

Station 6's new engine is a sight to behold, Castro says. Unlike the others, which are a shade of late-'70s lime green, the new 2-month-old baby is shiny red.

To meet some of your friendly neighborhood firefighters, call Station 6 at 277-4366 and ask for the captain on duty.

--Rebecca Wallace

WG students win awards for writing

Most writers who really love their work would do it for free--but an award never hurts. Officials from Dragonfly Press, which publishes the literary Montserrat Review, will present awards of $75 each on June 8 to three Willow Glen Elementary School fifth-graders for excellence in creative writing, said Michael Vaughn, an associate editor of the Willow Glen-based review.

The students--Melissa Muñoz, Samantha Salinas and Jennie Murphy--will receive their awards at a 10 a.m. ceremony at the school.

Dragonfly Press is owned by Cynthia and Albert Lowe, longtime Willow Glen residents whose own son, Michael, attended Willow Glen Elementary nine years ago.

For more information, call 295-2805.

--Rebecca Wallace

WG business people get current at mixer

Drinks in plastic cups balanced precariously on bank counters as about 50 local business people shot the breeze at the Willow Glen Business and Professional Association's spring mixer on May 25.

Held at Home Savings of America at Lincoln and Minnesota avenues, the event attracted a cheery crowd and featured food from China Palace and bottles of wine from Bill's Cafe. Topics of discussion included the upcoming Dancing on the Avenue, September's Founders Day celebration and whether the predictions inside people's fortune cookies were going to come true.

"You get reminded of the dates of events," said Cris Constantino, owner of the Willow Glen Collective, when asked what brought her to the mixer. "You also get to meet the new business owners and get in touch with other merchants."

Former WGBPA president Jerry Caravelli smiled broadly. "I get to keep abreast of what's going on--and to clarify rumors."

--Rebecca Wallace

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