Talk about preparedness — County Supervisor Adrienne Tissier is making sure residents are more than prepared for an event next month on, what else? Emergency preparedness. The Fifth Annual San Mateo County Disaster Preparedness Day will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12 at South San Francisco High School, 400 B St.
The free event includes swine flu virus updates, displays, a basic CPR course and speakers addressing the special needs of pets, seniors and the disabled.
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Foster City Lions Club President Phyllis Moore presented the Foster City Council with a $1,500 check Monday night to help save the city’s annual July 4 celebration. The council has recently instructed staff to start defining "essential” and "non-essential” services in the city. The city spends about $50,000 on the event and Vice Mayor Rick Wykoff recently called it a "desirable” service but not an "essential” service.
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A trust fund has been set up to help the family of Jack Quon, the man found dead in a 24 Hour Fitness parking lot Sunday morning. A memorial site where people can pass along any good wishes to the family has also been set up at: http://memorialwebsites.legacy.com/jackquon/homepage.aspx. Quon was married and had four children, one just born in April. To contribute: Jack Quon Memorial Trust fund, c/o Wells Fargo Bank, 490 Broadway, Millbrae, CA, 94030.
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Former San Carlos Mayor Tom Davids isn’t sitting on his laurels. In additional to working as a Realtor at Reign Financial and writing his "Weekly Walker” Web site, Davids is now president of San Carlos Together. The group is a volunteer organization working on community events and projects. Davids says it may revive the annual city garage sale and help other nonprofit groups raise funds.
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As the Congressional calendar draws to a close and the humidity in Washington, D.C. slows everyone to a weary slog, the newspapers that cover Capitol Hill tend to look for stories outside the political grind.
One such paper found three stories inside room 211 of the Cannon House Office Building, where U.S. Rep.Jackie Speier, D-San Mateo, and her staff work.
Speier was the subject of one profile, chosen as part of The Hill's annual "50 Most Beautiful on Capitol Hill.” She joined the office’s staff assistant, Gina Gribow (who ranked No. 7 overall) on that list. Go Jackie! Go Gina!
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Peninsula TV’s Bob Marks will be the subject of a roast this fall as a fundraiser for the nonprofit.
Scheduled roasters will be Assemblyman Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo, recovering journalist Mark Simon, now SamTrans executive officer for Public Affairs, Ruben Barrales, president and CEO of the San Diego Area Chamber of Commerce and former San Mateo County supervisor, Anne LeClair, CEO San Mateo County/Silicon Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau, former San Mateo County supervisor Mike Nevin, now executive director of the Service League, South San Francisco Councilman Kevin Mullin, former San Mateo County sheriff Don Horsley, and former Redwood City mayor Dani Gasparini. Master of ceremonies will be Mitch Juricich.
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The event will take place 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15 at Poplar Creek Bar & Grill at the Poplar Creek Golf Course in San Mateo. Reserve your ticket by e-mailing liz.pentv@gmail.com.
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San Mateo County District Attorney Jim Fox has been awarded the Bernard E. Witkin Amicus Curiae Award, an honor from the state Judicial Council for "for outstanding contributions to the courts of California.” Fox, who has served since 1983, will receive the award later this year.
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And here’s some super news about some other Peninsula attorneys — eight from the area are included in the top 100 of "super lawyers” picked by the publication Super Lawyers and their peers. Those honored include George Corey of Millbrae, Frank Pitre of Burlingame, Joe Cotchett of Burlingame, Matt Powers of Redwood Shores and Larry Sonsini of Palo Alto.
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And this from the Foster City Chamber of Commerce: On Aug. 7, 2009 (this Friday), at 12 hours 34 minutes and 56 seconds the time and date will be: 12:34:56 7:8:9
This will not happen again until 3009!
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Caltrain will begin its "soft launch” of Translink cards on Monday, Aug. 17. A group of 400 Caltrain riders will be using Translink cards and reporting back to the agency about their experience, said spokeswoman Christine Dunn. In addition, people who already have Translink cards also will be able to use them on Caltrain.
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San Mateo native Frank Tateosian has banjo skills and he’s not afraid to use them — he will be performing at the Oakland A’s game Aug. 16 as part of the "Turn back the clock” theme in which players will be wearing throwback jerseys. Tateosian performed for both the Giants and A’s and is thrilled to be performing with his old band.
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