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Around The Glen
Dist. 6 candidates face off two more times
District 6 voters still have a few chances to hear from their two city council candidates before the November election. Ken Yeager and Kris Cunningham will participate in two upcoming forums.
One is set for Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. at the United Methodist Church (at Minnesota and Newport avenues), sponsored by the Willow Glen Neighborhood Association.
Another is Oct. 17, at 7 p.m. at the Rose Garden Branch Library, 1580 Naglee Avenue, and is sponsored by the Rose Garden Neighborhood Association.
Meridian and Willow is 11th most dangerous
The Meridian Avenue-Willow Street intersection was the 11th most dangerous in San Jose with 11 pedestrian-involved crashes from 1989 to Sept. 1999.
Data is from California Highway Patrol's database of all accidents on California's roads.
The statistics do not include crashes that aren't pedestrian-related or other nearby crashes that do involve pedestrians.
"It's missing a number of pedestrian injuries and fatalities that occur near those intersections but not at those intersections," said Russ Westbrook of Walk San Jose. "What it's telling you is that it's a dangerous location for pedestrians."
Westbrook said that the numbers for this Willow Glen intersection are high and a cause for concern.
No contest for Area 3 school board trustee
Three of the five San Jose Unified School Board trustees are up for election this November, but only one contest will appear on the ballot. Willow Glen falls in Trustee Area 3, whose representative is running unopposed for another term.
Current board President Jorge Gonzalez, representing Trustee Area 1, is running against challenger Roy Que-Heath to keep his position. Trustee Area 5 Representative and board Vice President Gary Rummelhoff as well as Trustee Area 3 Representative Carol Meyers are running unopposed for the positions they now hold.
District spokesman Bill Erlundsen said that he has never seen an election like this before and that it speaks to the board's success in building trust with the community.
"I believe the community is happy with what the board is doing," he said.
Board trustees serve four-year terms. Trustees in areas 4 and 5 will be up for election in 2002.
Committee looks at parking and speeding
The Willow Glen Business and Professional Association is working with District 6 office representatives to form a committee to address parking and speeding problems on Lincoln Avenue.
Options that the association has proposed for study by the committee are reviewing surface parking options, establishing a shuttle service for people parking at Willow Glen High School, or building an above-ground parking structure on Lincoln Avenue.
Chris Carris, vice president of the association, will head up the committee. He said that he has met with Melinda Waller, legislative assistant for the District 6 city council office to discuss these options.
Carris said that some money for solving the parking problem would come from the city and the rest from a bond. "We have to work with downtown, because downtown has all the cards," he said.
Carris said that he would like about six committee members who could commit to participating throughout the planning process.
For information about participating on the committee, call the WGBPA office at 408.298.2100.
Red Cross needs donors
In light of one of the worst blood shortages its seen in many years, the American Red Cross encourages all eligible donors in the Bay Area to participate in a local blood drive or schedule an appointment to donate blood at an ARC blood center.
Although summer months often signals a blood shortage because schools and businesses are less likely to hold drives, it is unusual for shortages of this magnitude to last into September.
"Currently, we have less than a half day's supply of O- and B-type blood on hospital shelves," says ARC spokeswom an Kimberly Roberts. "That means if we had a major trauma to deal with, it would be very difficult to find enough blood."
Another reason for the shortage is increased demand, much of it due to the increased number of complex medical procedures, such as chemotherapy, organ transplants and heart surgeries. Added to this is the constant need from people with sickle cell anemia and other blood disorders, who often need blood transfusions regularly.
Eligible donors must be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in general good health. Other factors may apply. For more information about donating blood, or to schedule an appointment, call 1.800.GIVE.LIFE, or visit www.BeADonor.com on the Internet.
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