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Around The Glen
Bus trip to SolFest
The Guadalupe River Park and Gardens will be busing people to a solar and alternative energy event next month.
The Institute for Solar Living's sixth annual SolFest is Aug. 25 at the Real Goods Solar Living Center, a 12-acre site powered by sun and wind, in Hopland, Calif.
The bus will depart from the park's Garden Center, 715 Spring St., at 7 a.m. to arrive at the festival by 10 a.m. and return to San Jose by 7 p.m. The trip and admission to the festival cost $45 for members of the Guadalupe River Park and Gardens Corporation and $50 for nonmembers. Reservations are encouraged by Aug. 15. For information, call Kary Wilson, 408.298.7657.
--Kate Carter
Classrooms for WGES
Three modular kindergarten classrooms and a main office building were delivered to Willow Glen Elementary School July 16.
The new buildings are the main elements of a renovation at the school on the corner of Lincoln and Minnesota avenues this summer.
"We're right on schedule," said Chuck Corr, San Jose Unified School District director of facilities and construction.
--Kate Carter
Saddle Rack to close
Patrons of the Saddle Rack country nightclub will be pulling on their boots for one last stompin' good time next month.
The club on the southeast corner of Meridian and Auzerais Avenues will close after 25 years and an Aug. 5 party. A 233-unit residential development by Kaufmann and Broad is proposed for the 6.22-acre site. Kaufmann and Broad spokesman Robert Freed said construction could begin on the site later this year.
Saddle Rack manager Andy Buchanan has said the club owners hope to relocate the club. For more information about the Saddle Rack's last event, call 408.286.3393 or visit www.thesaddlerack.com.
--Kate Carter
Light rail meeting
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority is holding public meetings to discuss the Vasona Light Rail Project and a proposed elevated section crossing Hamilton Avenue.
The project will extend light rail 5.3 miles from downtown San Jose through Willow Glen to Campbell. The California Public Utilities Commission has proposed an aerial bridge for the tracks to a Hamilton Avenue station near Highway 17.
Two meetings will be held in San Jose: July 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Del Mar High School cafeteria, 1224 Del Mar Ave., and July 31 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Quail Hollow Mobile Home Park Club House, 1445 S. Bascom Ave. For more information, call 408.321.7575 or visit www.vta.org.
--Kate Carter
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