Photograph by George Sakkestad
A Gift of Remembrance: Annette Dennis, office manager for the Pavicich Co., talks bingo with May Hilar at the Live Oak Senior Nutrition and Service Center. Dennis was at the center to present checks of $8,000 each to the Nutrition Center and to Live Oak Adult Day Services. The donations were the result of the Los Gatos Brewing Company's recent golf tournament. The tournament was held for the second time this year to raise funds to donate in memory of Rose Pavicich, who died last year. It was her grandson, Andy Pavicich III, who coordinated the golfing event.
Live Oak Adult Day Services has purchased property at 1147 Minnesota Ave., in San Jose, where the Los Gatos-based agency eventually will move its administrative offices.
For more than a year, the agency, which provides day care for the frail elderly, negotiated with the Los Gatos-Saratoga Senior Citizens for the property at 550 Hubbel Way, where the seniors have had their clubhouse since the 1960s.
Negotiations broke down, however, when the seniors, who own the property, were unwilling to turn over ownership to Live Oak, although Live Oak had agreed to allow the group to use a portion of the building for as long as the group exists.
In the end, the seniors said their preference was to convert their facility into a senior center as opposed to a center serving the specialized needs of a specific senior population. The West Valley Women's Club has said it will campaign for such a center.
According to Leta Friedlander, executive director, Live Oak Adult Day Services has outgrown its current home in the First Methodist Church on High School Court. The facility houses both the Adult Day Services center and the agency's administrative offices. The agency also offers programs in Gilroy and San Jose.
With the burgeoning of the aging population, Friedlander said, the demand for services is increasing rapidly.
The agency's new home will house both its administrative offices and its main San Jose center. There is a house on the property, which was built as a residence for the first mayor of Willow Glen in 1915. The board has not yet determined whether to restore, remodel or replace the house. It recently has been used as a child care center.
"We're really pleased with the potential for our future facility and the excellent location," Friedlander said. She asks that anyone interested in helping with the fundraising effort, contact the agency at 354-4782.
This article appeared in the Los Gatos Weekly-Times, August 14, 1996.
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