Around The Glen

CCC seeks those with interest in environment

The California Conservation Corps is looking for men and women, ages 18-23, who are interested in firefighting careers or environmental work. Applicants have a choice of more than a dozen locations throughout California and will spend a year in the corps.

"Young people are sitting at home, wondering what to do this summer, why not consider the CCC?" says State CCC Director Wes Pratt. "You could find yourself dispatched to a forest fire or restoring salmon habitat along the north coast, you could be working in the Lake Tahoe area, Yosemite or perhaps your own community."

Corps members can obtain a GED or high school diploma through the program. After a year in the CCC, members can earn up to $2,000 in scholarship money and earn college credits.

For more information, call Susanne Levitsky at 916.341.3145.

--Chantal Lamers

Volleyball team looking for a helping handout

Willow Glen High School varsity boys volleyball coach Jef Wind is looking for some helping hands with extra pocket change.

The team finished second in its league this year, with a 20-6 record. Wind says the team is strong, but student support for the team is weak.

To raise student support for the team, Wind designed a sand volleyball court for the campus. The court has been approved by the administration, but the team needs help raising money to build the court.

Wind says the team needs sand, gravel, cement, piping, a rack, a hose, a shed and a chain-link fence. They're trying to raise about $6,000 to see the project through. For more information, call Jef Wind at 408.535.6330 or 408.226.5816.

--Chantal Lamers

All they are saying is give feet a chance

Pedestrian advocates Walk San Jose hold their quarterly meeting on June 28, at 6:30 p.m. at the Martin Luther King Main Library, 180 W. San Carlos St. in downtown San Jose.

The agenda includes updates on traffic-calming policies and the downtown strategy plan; discussions about the upcoming "Pedestrian Hall of Shame" book, which includes a list and photographs of the 30 worst pedestrian sites in the city; and adoption of the organization bylaws.

Because nearly 400 members have joined Walk San Jose, the organization wrote proposed bylaws and plans on forming a board of directors to make it more formal. Board-member terms are two years and meetings are quarterly. Anyone interested in serving as a member should email Russ Westbrook at russ@walksanjose.org.

--Chantal Lamers

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