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Restaurant shows
student artists' work
Willow Glen artists Dolores Currie and Monica Farnsworth are participating in a one-day art show with 23 other students of artist Lee Hartman.
The show is April 29 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at El Amigo Restaurant, 7090 Santa Teresa Blvd., San Jose. Champagne and hors d'oeuvres will be served, and the event is free.
Three HSSV volunteers
earn wag of the tail
Humane Society Silicon Valley honored Willow Glen volunteers Mary Campbell, Elizabeth Laverty and Kevin Williamson as part of National Volunteer Week.
The three volunteers were among 10 recognized at an awards luncheon on April 15. Last year, more than 750 volunteers donated 24,000 hours in a variety of tasks. They were dog, cat and rabbit socializers, kennel assistants, adoption counselors, special event helpers and community outreach educators.
Campbell is a dog socializer who spends nearly every night walking and training dogs at the shelter to ensure they are well-socialized when the right adoptive family comes along, Human Society spokeswoman Laura Fulda says.
Laverty and Williamson are a husband-and-wife team who promote animal adoption on television and at community events. They have adopted two dogs from the shelter, fostered others, and have returned pets to the New Orleans area following Hurricane Katrina.
For more information on volunteering, visit www.hssv.org/JOIN_ US/volunteer.htm.
Artist shows his
work at The Nest
The Nest, an interior design business, showcases the art of Robert Lewis, an award-winning landscape painter. The Nest owners Carolyn Arnold and Linda Dentone invite the public to the art exhibit opening on May 4, with an artist's reception from 6 to 8 p.m. The store is at 1336 Lincoln Ave.
Lewis has studios on the Monterey Peninsula and in the Rose Garden neighborhood of San Jose. His work has recently been added to the Academy Museum of Art in Easton, Md. For more information on the artist, visit www.robertlewisgallery.com. To contact The Nest, call 408.993.8600.
Gearing up to be
friendly neighbors
The Caltrain Maintenance Facility Oversight Committee invites neighborhood residents to attend its April 25 meeting at 6 p.m. in room T-847 of City Hall, 200 E. Santa Clara St.
The facility, located next to the railroad tracks east of Stockton Avenue between Julian and Taylor streets, is expected to start operations July 1.
Caltrain staff will make a presentation on phase-in aspects of operation and maintenance activities.
Let there be light, thanks to the sun
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority will install 30 solar-energized bus shelters throughout San Jose and Palo Alto.
Solar panels will provide lighting in areas that don't have access to electricity. These panels will provide energy to light the top and side of the shelter.
The added light will help bus operators during the late evenings by making it easier to identify if there is a passenger inside the shelter. The new shelters will also allow passengers light to read while they wait for the bus to arrive.
The project is a joint effort between VTA and Clear Channel.
Scoops raise funds for firefighters
The valley's heating up, and local Baskin-Robbins stores invite residents to beat the heat at the 31-Cent Scoop Night celebration on May 2.
Willow Glen residents can take advantage of the special from 5 to 10 p.m. at the Baskin-Robbins at 1060 Willow St. The special also takes place at the Campbell store, at 1720 W. Campbell Ave.
The event is part of Baskin-Robbins' fundraising efforts for the National Fallen Firefigthers Foundation, to which the ice cream chain will donate $100,000. Local firefighters will visit some Baskin-Robbins locations on May 2 to raise monies for firehouses.
For more information, visit www.baskin robbins.com/31cent.
