The publication is the work of David A. Laws and was published by Windy Hill, P.O. Box 7215, Menlo Park, 94026. Describing how Silicon Valley got its name, Laws writes: "suburban communities where scientists and engineers learned how to turn sand (silicon) into gold (computer chips)."

A quote from a book written in 1903 by Mary Bowden Carroll called Ten Years in Paradise: Leaves from a Society Reporter's Notebook has this to say: "To the capitalist in search of ways to invest money, no place can offer better facilities for success or greater ratios in the increase in value ... than can Santa Clara Valley." The booklet is $9.95.

SINGING FOR SCHOLARSHIPS: The San José State University Chorale is made up of alums of the university who raise funds for scholarships by presenting concerts. Last month the chorale held its first annual May Fest Show of Shows at Saratoga Community Center, a sold-out performance.

One of the evening's soloists was bass John Feemster of Saratoga, who with three other basses sang "Make Our Garden Grow" from Candide by Leonard Bernstein. Other Saratogans in the group are Phyllis Feemster and Tom and Jan Zimmerman.

Los Gatans in the chorale include Helen and Albert Macys, Janet Moore, Siglinde Pomposo, Jody Sorensen and Carolyn Wilson. Others are Janis Black, Jean Hopner, Janet Jacobson, Priscilla Thomsen and David de Carion.

Elena Sharkova, professor at SJSU, is director of the chorale, and David Stein is piano accompanist.

ON THE RUN: Meleah Guillardo, 8, of Monte Sereno, a third-grader at Saratoga Elementary, ran her sixth Bay to Breakers race recently. She was interviewed by Channel 2 and was on the 10 p.m. news. From the age of 2 she has participated in the run—in a stroller pushed by her dad, Moses.

These days, however, she runs most of the 12-kilometer race under her own steam. She ran about five miles of the 7.4 mile race with her dad, finished up in a stroller. Dad has run the Bay to Breakers for the past 22 years, as has his brother, Jacob Guillardo, also of Monte Sereno.

Mother Amanda is not quite so dedicated: She's run it some three times.

Father and daughter can be seen running together about town; favorite haunts are Vasona and the Los Gatos Creek Trail up to the novitiate. Bay to Breakers goes from the Embarcadero to Golden Gate Park. With 80,000 participants, it's one of the biggest races around. Takes 45 minutes just to get everyone through the starting point, Amanda relates.

KERFUL BIRTHDAY: A May birthday for Marian Stoops, former owner of Kerful Laundry, was celebrated at the Saratoga Adult Day Care Center recently. It was her 91st. It was also the birthday of her niece, Rebecca Yates, who threw the party.

Kerful Laundry, originally across from Los Gatos High, was a local fixture for more than 45 years. Marian's husband, James, now deceased, was Los Gatos town treasurer for 18 years and also served on the town council. Today, under new owners, there are two Kerful Laundry branches—one in Saratoga, one on Roberts Road in Los Gatos.

ART EXHIBIT: Art instructor David Ogle is one of six artists whose work is on display at the Art Object Gallery at 529 N. Fifth St. in San Jose. Ogle founded the bronze casting and ceramics programs at West Valley College and is the current head of those departments.

He has also headed the entire art department during his 32 years at the campus. Ogle's work on exhibit includes monotypes, cast bronze sculptures, and saggar-fired and stoneware ceramics. He has exhibited in London, Paris, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco during his art career—200 exhibitions spanning 35 years.

Other artists in the Art Object show, which will run through June 29, are David Bottini, polychrome steel constructions; Eileen Hill, monotypes; David Kuraoka, ceramics and sculpture; Bridget Fischer, monotypes; and Norma Lewis, cast bronze abstract figures.

YOUNG MUSICIANS: The seven young winners of the Philharmonic's Concerto Movement Competition will be featured in a concert by the Palo Alto Philharmonic June 8 at 3 p.m. at Cubberley High School. The conductor is Monte Serenan Lee Actor, assistant conductor of the Philharmonic.

WHIFFENPOOFS: The Whiffenpoofs are coming to town: they'll sing at Capital Club Athletics in San Jose on June 6 at 8 p.m. And one in that elite body of 14 Yale seniors is Saratogan Dave Mount, son of Dan and Barbara Mount.

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