Following recent fatalities along Highway 9, Monte Sereno neighbors JoAnne Peth and Lana Malloy are forming a committee dedicated to improving pedestrian and bicycle safety along scenic Los Gatos­Saratoga Road.

For more information, contact Peth at 408.395.4268 or j.peth@comcast.net or Malloy at 408.395.0103 or lanaletters@comcast.net.

National Arbor
Day celebration
in the park

Los Gatos invites all residents to participate in the annual National Arbor Day celebration on April 30 at Oak Meadow Park. The celebration will be held at noon. Festivities include music by the Los Gatos­Monte Sereno Pipe and Drum Band and a tree planting. For more information, contact Mary Gillespie-Greenberg at 408.399.5776.

Library receives
McClendon
estate gift

The Los Gatos Library received $80,000 from the estate of Elizabeth "Betty" McClendon to improve its children services. McClendon was the daughter of a former Los Gatos librarian. Friends said that McClendon would visit her mother at work every day after attending the former University Avenue School in Los Gatos. McClendon died on July 21.

Library director Peggy Conaway said that the library board would decide how best to use the donation, but that the library wanted to do something special with the money. The library is also slated to receive an additional $20,000 gift once McClendon's estate is fully settled.