Local Notebook
Community Grants
Nov. 1 is the deadline for community service agencies wishing to apply for over $30,000 in grant money available from the Junior League of San Jose Community Assistance Fund. The fund exists to aid nonprofit organizations in the Junior League's service area that includes the South Bay and stretches from Santa Cruz to Fremont to Gilroy to Los Altos.
Individual grants of up to $7,500 are available. Applicants must have a local Board of Directors, a local office and 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status. Applications submitted before the Nov. 1 deadline will be reviewed in November for funding in January 2001. Any later applications should be received before March 1, for review in March and funding in May 2001. For more information or applications and guidelines, call the Junior League hotline at 408.264.5917, or visit www.jlsj.org.
Surprise Party
Frances Clerico, long-time Willow Glen resident, celebrated her 85th birthday on Sept. 29, with more than 60 friends and family. The birthday celebration was a surprise to Clerico, who has lived in Willow Glen for 58 years and has been a San Jose area resident her whole life.
Born on Sept. 27, 1915, Clerico is a well-known local, especially loved by her neighbors on Fairview Avenue. Clerico worked cutting apricots for 10 cents an hour as a young woman, and worked at her parents' downtown San Jose restaurant, The Villa Roma, from 1932 to 1945. She also worked at the fountain at the downtown Woolworth store for 15 years.
Among the people in attendance at the surprise party were her only child, Bobby, and his wife Kim, who drove from Montana, her sister Thelma Johnson from San Jose, nieces and nephews, neighbors and friends.
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