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Child Advocates Orientation Meeting
Child Advocates, a nationwide network of 900 programs that mentor children who have been temporarily placed under the jurisdiction of the Santa Clara County juvenile dependency courts for their own safety, will hold an orientation for individuals interested in becoming child advocates. The orientation will take place on Feb. 27 at computer chip maker AMD's headquarters, 991 Stewart Drive, Sunnyvale. For more information contact Vickie Epstein at 408.436.6450.
Heritage Theatre donations grow
In February, the Campbell City Council accepted a total of $78,000 in donations from the Friends of the Heritage Theatre, as a contribution to the Heritage Theatre Capital Fund. This brings the current fund balance to $678,944.
The theatre, on the former Campbell High School site, is raising $3 million to restore its facility. To date the fund has raised $1.5 million.
League of Women Voters hosts dinner
The League of Women Voters is holding a potluck dinner at 7 p.m., Feb. 20 to discuss local, county and Bay Area community positions on healthcare, housing, environmental hazards and transportation. The organization is a nonpartisan group that provides voters with the pros and cons of issues that concern the community.
For more information on the potluck location, call 408.867.VOTE or visit their website at www.lwv-sw-santaclara-valley.org.
Bahai Meeting
The Campbell Bahai community will be holding its first meeting on Feb. 28 at the Campbell Community Center, 1 W. Campbell Ave., building E, room 42, at 8 p.m.
The meeting will include a presentation by Amy Reid, who has been a member of various community service agencies, including the 100 African American Women of Silicon Valley. Her presentation is titled "Unity, the Path to Enlightenment."
For more information contact Diana Fuzeré at 408.379.4380.
Superintendent search for Moreland
The Moreland School District board of trustees met on Jan. 22 to discuss the pros and cons of conducting a superintendent search, to replace Dr. Jim Ritchie who will be retiring after 17 years of service in June.
The board agreed to work with a consulting firm to help locate a replacement for Dr. Ritchie.
CMT features Campbell resident
Campbell resident Rachel Morgan is featured in the Rising Stars production and musical tale of The Ugly Duckling presented by the Children's Musical Theater San Jose.
Morgan plays Maggie Pie, a newscaster reporting on the events taking place around the pond in HONK!, performing Feb. 28-March 3, at the Montgomery Theater in downtown San Jose.
HONK!, a hilarious comedy that took the London stage by storm and beat out The Lion King for "Best New Musical," winning the prestigious "Olivier Award," is the modern telling of Hans Christian Andersen's The Ugly Duckling. Refashioned into a gentle plea for tolerance, HONK! combines humor with Andersen's tale by composer George Stiles and lyricist Anthony Drewe, the latter doubling as book writer.
Leslie Hardy Tamel directs a cast of 140 performers, ages 8-13, with musical and vocal direction by Steve Shapiro and choreography by Leandra Saenz. For tickets to HONK!, call the CMT box office at 408.288.5437, email tickets@cmtsj.org or visit the box office at 1401 Parkmoor Ave. at Meridian in San Jose. All seats reserved, adults $15, children (12 and under) $11. For more information visit the CMT's website at www.cmtsj.org.
Coldwell Banker is 95 years old
Coldwell Banker Real Estate Corporation, with offices in Campbell at 1550 S. Blossom Ave., is 95 years old and more than 70 of its locations, including the Campbell location, are celebrating a staggering number of changes in a company that has become the biggest residential operation in the world.
"While much of the public recognizes Coldwell Banker as a national premier real estate organization, many don't realize that the company name has nothing to do with an institutional or banking origin," said Avram Goldman, Coldwell Banker Northern California president and chief operating officer. "And most also have little idea of the phenomenal number of innovations and industry effects brought about by the company."
Coldwell Banker's roots go back to San Francisco at the turn of the century, and the company was named after its founders. Some 95 years ago, a 23-year-old real estate agent named Colbert Coldwell felt the need to establish an honest real estate practice after the devastating 1906 earthquake and fire that leveled San Francisco. A few years later, salesman and agent Benjamin Arthur Banker joined the firm as a partner.
"Mr. Coldwell and Mr. Banker were either at the helm of the company or actively involved well into the 1960s and had the pleasure of watching their local, one-office California real estate firm grow into a national entity," said Goldman. "Even so, they would be astounded at the many high-tech revolutions in the company they founded. The company continues its vision of the American Dream for all Americans through its nonprofit alignment with Habitat for Humanity International, dedicated to providing housing for deserving families," notes Goldman.
In 2001, the Coldwell Banker Northern California offices raised more than $103,000 for Bay Area Habitat projects, including new homes for three families. The company's management team, as well as some 3,200 professional associates, have pledged to undertake another major fundraiser for the Habitat program this year.
Christian Pageant
All American Family California Pageants is accepting applications for their state pageant Aug. 17-18 in Anaheim.
All American Family is a Christian, family values-oriented pageant system with divisions for babies, boys, girls, teens, women, plus-size and special needs/physically challenged individuals. Emphasis is on natural facial beauty, personality, poise, talent and achievement. Participants must be California residents. This is a preliminary for the national competition in Irving, Texas, Sept. 13-18. The deadline for applications is July 27. For more information, contact the All American Family California Pageants director Anna Marie Van Nice at 38300 30th St., E, #197, Palmdale, CA 93550. Those interested can call 661.947.2930, email aafcp@earthlink.net, or visit http://aafcp.tripod.com.
NAACP endorses local school bond Measures H and J
The Campbell Union School District and the Moreland School District repair and renovation bond ballot measures H and J have been endorsed by the San Jose/Silicon Valley NAACP annual "Do You Make The Grade" report card. For more information, contact the local chapter of the NAACP at 408.295.3394.
Doctor sponsors good deed contest
Dr. Ben Mandel will be awarding a computer to a local San Jose youth who participates in the national "Do A Good Deed" contest. The contest has been organized with doctors who are affiliated with DoctorRelation.com, an Internet search engine for doctors with the purpose of improving doctor-patient relations.
The last computer was awarded on Feb. 13 to Jeff Hann, a sixth grader at Rancho San Justo Middle School in Hollister. His good deed was starting a local Little League called the Challenger League, designed to allow kids with Down syndrome and other special needs to play baseball.
Youth up to 21 years of age are encouraged to do a good deed and then write an essay detailing what they did, what motivated them to do it and what they learned from the process. Those who accomplish at least six good deeds in a year will also qualify for the $15,000 Master Deeder Scholarship by DoctorRelation.com. The deadline to submit essays is March 31. To enter the contest, send essays, marked "attention Dr. Mandel," to 74 Harold Ave., San Jose, CA 95117. For more information, call Dr. Mandel's office at 408.243.5044.
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