The Junior League of Palo Alto-Mid Peninsula, Menlo Park Fire District, Stanford Park Hotel, and Menlo Grill Bistro & Bar are partnering to hold the 14th annual Pancake Breakfast from 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Oct. 4 to benefit the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation.
Menlo Park firefighters will cook the pancakes at their Fire District headquarters, 300 Middlefield Road, in Menlo Park, and Junior League volunteers will serve the breakfast that will include Hobee’s coffee cake and Peet’s coffee.
Kids will enjoy several fun activities organized by the Junior League, and the Fire District will host a silent auction featuring many desirable items.
The Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation, a California-based nonprofit formed in 1971, is dedicated to preventing burns and fires and providing services to those who have been affected by a burn injury. The organization unites health care providers, firefighters, emergency workers, burn care professionals, burn survivors, and others to enhance the quality of life for burn survivors and to make burn injuries a thing of the past.
Alisa Ann Ruch was 8 years old when she was fatally injured in a backyard barbecue accident in Southern California. Her parents, local firefighters, and medical professionals partnered to create the Foundation with the goal of preventing burn injuries by teaching Stop, Drop and Roll. The staff and volunteers work with the community to host prevention programs, raise funds and provide services to burn survivors. As an example, in 2010, the foundation worked closely with local hospitals handling burn victims of the San Bruno natural gas pipeline explosion.
“It’s an honor to support the Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Foundation in their important work with burn survivors,” Jan Hickman, Junior League president, said in an email. “The annual Pancake Breakfast is just one of the many community events and projects made possible in part by the dedicated service of Junior League volunteers over the past 50 years.”
“Families look forward to the pancake breakfast and open house at the fire station every year,” Fire Marshal Jon Johnston of the Menlo Park Fire District, also said in an email. “We are thrilled to again partner with the Junior League and other local community organizations to raise money for this worthy cause.”
The breakfast cost is a suggested donation of $10 per adult and $5 per child, payable at the door.
Capuchino High School looking for internships, volunteer opportunities for students
Capuchino High School is San Bruno has an immediate need for student internships and volunteer opportunities.
“We have some very talented students and they need work experience in order to apply for jobs in the future,” said Judith Puccini, vice president, Capuchino High School Alumni Association. “You could get some wonderful help and provide students with a valuable learning experience.”
To provide work experience for students, either email Margarita Navarro, Capuchino assistant principal, at mnavarro@smuhsd.org or call 650-558-2703 or email Judith Puccini at jpuccini@sanbrunocable.com or call 650-737-6084.
Free legal clinic for students, public opens at Skyline College
Skyline College in San Bruno continues its dedicated efforts to meet the needs of both enrolled students and non-enrolled community members.
SparkPoint at the college and the Center for Legal Studies, with the support of the Skyline President’s Council, have opened an on-campus, free legal clinic where students and the public can receive legal information on a host of pressing issues such as immigration, domestic violence, and tenant’s rights.
The collaboration of William Watson, SparkPoint director; Melanie Espinueva, counselor; Sarah Perkins, vice president of instruction; Donna Bestock, dean of creative arts and social sciences; Maria Segarra Gaudio, supervising attorney; and Jesse W. Raskin, associate professor, resulted in the one-of-a-kind clinic.
The clinic will help bridge the justice gap by offering equal access to legal services and information for under-resourced community members. Concurrently, the clinic will serve as a hands-on classroom where, under the supervision of a licensed attorney, the students in the college’s paralegal program will learn to provide client consultations, self-help support, and referrals.
Classes will be held weekly from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursdays in the SparkPoint Center, 3300 College Drive, Building 1, 2nd floor, room 1214, now through November. Appointments are preferred but drop-ins are welcome. For appointments and information, call 650-738-7035.
SparkPoint is also offering free financial education workshops once a month from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays in the Skyline College English Language Institute, Building 1, 2nd floor, room 1218, through Dec. 3. CashCourse and the Community Financial Institute are supporting the workshop.
The topics include building savings, money management and budgeting, and credit and identity theft. Learn to set financial goals, create budgets, identify attitudes towards money and savings, and explore predatory financial services. Certificates of completion are available for all attendees, who can also qualify for prizes and a chance to win $125.
SparkPoint, BBVA Compass, and the San Mateo Credit Union are conducting the workshops.
For more details, go to www.skylinecollege.edu/sparkpoint or www.skylinecollege.edu/sparkpoint or www.facebook.com/sparkpointskyline or call 650-738-7035.
Senior Scam Stopper seminar to be held in San Carlos
Assemblyman Kevin Mullin, Contractors State License Board, and the City of San Carlos are inviting the public to a Senior Scam Stopper seminar being held from 9 to 11 a.m. Oct. 3 in the San Carlos Adult Community Center, 601 Chestnut St., in San Carlos.
Seniors, their families, caregivers, and others are welcome to attend this important, free event, which also has free street parking and parking at the nearby library available. This is an opportunity to learn how to protect yourself from various types of fraud such as financial, home repair, identity theft, insurance, mail, moving companies, telephone scams, unclaimed property, and more. Unfortunately, one in five seniors has been a victim of fraud as seniors are the most targeted group, and new scams are developed daily.
For information or to RSVP, call Mullin’s office at 650-349-2200.
Quilting Under the Stars exhibit being held in South San Francisco
South San Francisco Cultural Arts Commission will open its two-day quilting and floral design exhibit — Quilting Under the Stars — with a reception and light refreshments from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 3 at the Municipal Services Building, 33 Arroyo Drive, in South San Francisco.
The public is welcome to the free exhibit, which will continue from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 4, and will feature special exhibits by the Greenhouse Quilters and the Bay Area Floral Arranging Guild, door prizes, a handcrafted holiday gift boutique, and a drawing for the handcrafted, grand prize opportunity quilt.
The deadline for completed applications, fees, and delivery of quilts to the Betty Weber Gallery at the Municipal Services Building for Bay Area quilters, who wish to exhibit, is between 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 1.
For entry forms and guidelines, visit the Current Opportunities for Artists page at www.ssf.net; send a self-addressed and stamped envelope to SSF Cultural Arts Commission Art Show, P.O. Box 711, South San Francisco, Calif., 94083-0711l; or pick up at the Parks & Recreation Department at the Municipal Services Building.
For questions, call the Parks & Recreation Department at 650-829-3800.
Menlo Park author to speak at library
Menlo Park author Nick Taylor, who also writes under the pen name T.T. Monday, will talk about his work at the free program being presented by Menlo Park Library at 11 a.m. Oct. 4 at the Menlo Park city council chambers, 701 Laurel St., in Menlo Park.
Author of the historical novels, “The Disagreement” (Simon & Schuster, 2008) and “Father Junipero’s Confessor” (Heyday, 2013), Taylor’s recent book, “The Setup Man,” was written under the pseudonym T.T. Monday and published this year by Doubleday.
“Taylor’s work has earned a Fulbright-Nehru Fellowship and the Michael Shaara Prize for Civil War Fiction,” John Weaver, Menlo Park Library outreach coordinator, wrote in an email. “He has also received support from the Virginia Commission for the Arts, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the William R. Kenan Jr. Fund for Historic Preservation.”
Taylor also serves as associate professor of English and director of the Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studios at San Jose State University.
Books will be available for purchase and signing after the event. For free wheelchair accessible van service available for Menlo Park area seniors and people with disabilities, call 650-330-2512.
For more event details, go to www.menlopark.org/library or email John Weaver at weaver@plsinfo.org.
To learn about other events and services offered by the library, go to www.menlopark.org/library.
Authors to discuss ‘San Francisco’s Interurban to San Mateo (Images of Rail)’ book
The Courthouse Docket, sponsored by the Cypress Lawn Heritage Foundation, is continuing with authors Walter Vielbaum, of Burlingame, and Robert Townley, of Columbia, Calif., talking about their book, “San Francisco’s Interurban to San Mateo (Images of Rail),” at 1 p.m. Oct. 4.
The event will be held at the San Mateo County History Museum, 2200 Broadway, in Redwood City.
During their photographic presentation, Vielbaum and Townley, who collaborated with Emiliano Echeverria, Don Holmgren, and Walter Rice to write the book, will discuss the history of the San Mateo Interurban, aka The 40 Line.
“Launched in 1892, the initial segment operated between Market and Steuart streets out to the county limits on San Jose Avenue,” Mitch Postel, San Mateo County Historical Association president, wrote in an email. “By 1903, service was extended to downtown San Mateo.”
During the line’s heyday, there was talk of extending it further to Palo Alto to connect with the Peninsula Railway to San Jose; however, the 1906 earthquake put this plan on hold. Following a similar route as today’s Mission Street, El Camino, and Caltrain, the San Mateo Interurban carried more than four million passengers a year along its main and spur lines until 1949, when the system was shut down amidst much fanfare.
San Francisco Market Street Railway members Vielbaum and Townley have had a lifetime interest in Bay Area transit. As youths, both men used to walk the route of the 40 Line from San Mateo to Daly City when it was running.
Retired, Vielbaum was the owner of Pacific Auto Report, the oldest continuing auto shop in Burlingame, which is now owned by his son. Townley is a retired train control signal engineer who worked on many transit systems. His latest job was handling the train control for BART’s extension to San Jose.
A book signing will follow their presentation, which is included with museum admission: $6 for adults and $4 for seniors and students. Admission is free for Association members and children under 5. Before or after the presentation, attendees are also invited to view the museum’s “Journey to Work” exhibit gallery, which as a section devoted to the 40 Line.
For more information, call the museum at 650-299-0104 or go to www.historysmc.org.
College of San Mateo holding science, astronomy event
College of San Mateo is holding Family Science & Astronomy Festival + Makerspace — a celebration of science for all ages — from 2 to 11 p.m. on Oct. 4 in CSM’s Science Building 36, Building 19, Planetarium, and Library.
As part of National Astronomy Day, the free festival welcomes the public to learn more about astronomy, science and the wonders of the universe.
“A full schedule of activities is planned and will include planetarium shows, telescope viewing of the night sky, science demonstrations by CSM science faculty, and hands-on workshops for children and adults,” Mohsen Janatpour, professor of astronomy, physics, and mathematics and coordinator of astronomy program, wrote in an email.
“The newest addition to this year’s festival is Makerspace — hands-on projects and skill sharing in electronics, crafts, media, and much more — presented by CSM’s Library.” Patricia Burchat, Ph.D., Gabilan professor of physics at Stanford University, will also give a special presentation titled “The Dark Side of the Universe: Dark Matter and Dark Energy” at 7 p.m. She studies differences in the time evolution of matter and antimatter created at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park and the gravitational bending of light by massive clusters of galaxies in the universe.
As a result of popular demand, Burchat’s talk will be held in CSM’s Theatre, Building 3. Immediately following her presentation, a reception will be held for all guests.
For the full event schedule and more information, go to www.collegeofsanmateo.edu/calendar/events. For questions, email janatpour@smccd.edu or call 650-574-6272.
Bay Area naturalist to lead walk at Edgewood County Park and Natural Preserve
Acclaimed Bay Area naturalist Diane West-Bourke invites the public to join her from 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 4 for a leisurely autumn walk through a variety of habitats at Edgewood County Park and Natural Preserve.
After about 35 years of experience, West-Bourke will captivate you with her breadth of knowledge of plants and animals and how they relate to one another.
Bring water, a hat, sturdy shoes, and sunscreen for the walk, which will cover about 3 miles of trails and includes some uphill and downhill sections. This walk is geared to adults; however, capable, attentive children, 10 years and older, are welcome if accompanied by an adult.
Hosted by the Friends of Edgewood, the walk will begin at the Bill and Jean Lane Education Center, Edgewood County Park, 6 Old Stage Coach Road, in Redwood City.
The hike cost is $10 per person. Space is limited so register promptly at www.eventbrite.com/e/nature-walk-with-diane-west-bourke-tickets-10380194441.
For other events at Edgewood County Park, go to www.friendsofedgewood.org/.
Japanese Culture Festival to be held in Millbrae
Millbrae’s Japanese Culture Festival Committee is presenting its ninth annual Japanese Culture Festival from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 5 in the Civic Center Plaza, 1 Library Ave., in Millbrae. Admission is free.
Live stage entertainment, good food — including beer and sake — exhibits, demonstrations, hands-on participation in a tea ceremony, calligraphy, origami, games and activities will provide plenty of fun for all ages. Vendor and stage performance spaces are already sold out.
The City of Millbrae and its Japanese Festival Committee, together with its lead sponsor, Millbrae Chamber of Commerce, hold this nonprofit event because of the wish of the Millbrae City Council to celebrate the diversity and unique cultures of Millbrae and its surrounding communities on the Peninsula.
Other sponsors and partners include Union Bank, Hansen Bridgett LLP, Comcast, Japanese Chamber of Commerce, Peninsula Healthcare District, Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco, JA Insurance Services, South San Francisco Scavenger Co., Tokyo Express Co. Inc., BaySpo, Sports J, Vivendi Navigation Inc., Mills High School Japanese Culture Club, and more.
For details, go to www.japaneseculturefest-millbrae.org or call 415-602-1660.
Bootleggers Golf Tournament to be held at Sharp Park in Pacifica
Pacifica Chamber of Commerce is holding the fourth annual Bootleggers Golf Tournament on Oct. 20 at the Sharp Park Golf Course, Highway 1 and Sharp Park Road, in Pacifica.
Check-in registration begins at 11 a.m. and the shotgun start and tee off starts at noon.
“Proceeds from the event will enable the Chamber to help support on-going efforts of the San Francisco Golf Alliance to save Sharp Park Golf Course which was developed in 1932,” Chamber CEO Courtney Conlon wrote in an email. “This annual fundraiser additionally helps the Chamber provide products and services that further support and grow our membership and promote our community.” Cost is $150 per person, which includes an 18-hole scramble, lunch, après golf buffet at Sharp Park Restaurant, raffle, silent auction, no-host beverages, and putting contest, or $725 for a foursome plus hole sponsor. Dinner only for guests is $30. Each hole sponsorship is $125. Registration and sponsorship deadline is Oct. 10.
To register and pay, call the Pacifica Chamber at 650-355-4122, email Jenny@PacificaChamber.com or go to www.pacificachamber.com or drop by, or mail to, the chamber office at 225 Rockaway Beach Ave., Suite 1, in Pacifica.
Woodside Day of the Horse planned in October
The event combines a free and exciting Horse Fair with activities for all ages from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Woodside Town Hall, 2955 Woodside Road, in Woodside, and a Progressive Trail Ride held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the town’s unique trail system. Since the year 2014 celebrates Chinese Year of the Horse, it was only natural to choose this as the theme that inspires creative costumes for the riders and their horses.
The Horse Fair will feature free rides on the Wells Fargo stagecoach and free pony rides for children; information on local riding programs at the BITS (Back In The Saddle) booth; equestrian fun, music, and hands-on activities for both children and adults.
Watch a blacksmith in action, visit the petting zoo, decorate horse cookies, color equine art, and listen to a pony’s heartbeat. Be sure to stop at the Mid-Peninsula Open Space District booth for informative displays, and a ranger to answer everyone’s questions.
Entertainment and education will include performances by Grammy Award winners, The Okee Dokee Brothers, and visits to the Woodside History Museum. Food and souvenirs may be purchased at the Horse Fair.
Progressive Trail Ride participants ride and eat at trail stops throughout their ride, take part in the Blessing of the Horse, and are eligible to win one of 100 prizes — one each for 10 trail stops times 10 years of WHOA! Pre-registered trail riders will also receive a great goody bag filled with gifts for horse and rider. A small donation is requested of riders, but the public can watch the costumed riders for free as they travel the trails.
Raffle tickets will also be sold at the Horse Fair and at the Mounted Patrol grounds for great prizes, including the commissioned, exclusive artwork — “Woodside is Horse Country” — by artist Nancy Dunlop Cawdrey. As in past years, a giclee will be the grand prize. The drawing will be held the day of the event; entrants do not need to be present to win.
Woodside Day of the Horse is made possible by a public-private partnership created to keep alive the unique equestrian heritage of Woodside and the surrounding communities.
To date, WHOA! has donated more than $100,000 to myriad community projects that benefit all ages. For rider entries, fees, and more details, go to www.whoa94062.org.
Oktoberfest Redwood City gala open to the public
Redwood City is holding Oktoberfest Redwood City, a Bier! Brezeln! Bratwurst! gala open to the public from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 11 at Courthouse Square, 2200 Broadway, in Redwood City.
A traditional German Oktoberfest tent setting (including more than 1,100 feet of “family-style” bench seating), music, dancing, contests, cold beer and other beverages, German food, and more will add to the day’s merriment.
The extravaganza also offers live entertainment with AlpinersUSA — the Bay Area’s premiere Oktoberfest show and dance band — at two different seating times: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 4:30 to 8:30 p.m., stein holding, a yodeling contest, skits with hand gestures to select songs, variations of the “international” chicken dance.
Redwood City Parks, Recreation and Community Services and the Redwood City Parks & Arts Foundation are supporters of the event, which is wheelchair accessible and welcomes all ages.
Tickets cost $15 for drinkers, which includes a commemorative stein and 1 drink ticket (beer or soda depending on ticket type); $10 for children and designated drivers. For tickets, go to https://www.mkt.com/repaf.
For more information, go to www.redwoodcity.org/events/oktoberfest.html.
Tea, fashion show of second-hand items, silent auction to benefit Humane Society, SPCA
Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA’s Pick of the Litter is presenting Secondhand Chic — an afternoon tea, a fashion show, and silent auction — from 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 12 at the Lantos Center for Compassion, 1450 Rollins Road, in Burlingame.
Models will wear fashions from Pick of the Litter, a resale store at 1127 Chula Vista in Burlingame. The clothing will be available for purchase after the show. Animals that are up for adoption will also walk the runway.
The silent auction items are also from the thrift shop, which features various secondhand treasures including a children’s department, art, books, clothing, electronics, furniture, household items, jewelry, and vintage and costume clothing. The store is open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
All proceeds will benefit the PHS/SPCA Hope Program, which gives injured, ill, unweaned and behaviorally challenged animals an opportunity to be made well and ready for adoption.
Tickets for the fundraiser cost $40 per person in advance and $50 at the door, if available. Tickets may be purchased online at www.PHS-SPCA.org/secondhandchic.
If questions, call Brian Probst, director of PHS-SPCA Volunteer and Retail Services, at 650-340-7022, ext. 328, or email Bprobst@PHS-SPCA.org.
HIP housing is inviting young artists to create calendar art
HIP housing is inviting kindergartners through fifth-graders from Foster City, Half Moon Bay, Pescadero, La Honda, San Carlos, and San Mateo to draw and color a picture of a home to be used in its 2015 calendar by the 5 p.m. Oct. 24th deadline. (This program is not sponsored by any school districts.)
The calendar will feature 12 colorful winning drawings — two from each grade level. The first place winner and the school or club the winner represents will be presented a $100 gift certificate. The second place winner and the school or club the winner represents will be gifted a $50 gift certificate. All other winning entries will receive a $25 gift certificate; however, schools or clubs are not included.
A committee will select the winners but the public can help select the cover drawing on HIP Housing’s Facebook page the first week in November.
Every entry must be drawn on 8 ½ inch-by-11 inch white paper turned horizontally and be accompanied by two or three sentences about “what home means to me.” The child’s name must be written on the back of the drawing — not stapled — and an entry form must be completed by visiting HIP Housing’s Web site at www.HIPhousing.org and clicking on Calendar Project.
One entry may be submitted per child. Entries must be sent or delivered to Calendar Contest, HIP Housing, 364 S. Railroad Ave., San Mateo, Calif., 94402. The child’s drawing can be returned by attaching attach a self-addressed, stamped envelope. All entries will be posted on Facebook and the winners will be notified by Nov. 5.
For information, call Judy Fong at 650-348-6660 or email jfong@HIPhousing.org.
H2OpenDoors project helps students install water purification system in Mexico
H2OpenDoors, a project of the Peninsula Sunrise Rotary Foundation in Redwood City, led an expedition of high school students, teachers, Rotarians, and friends from Aug. 30 to Sept. 6 to install a SunSpring water purification system in Cuidad Guzman, Jalisco State, in Mexico.
The expedition included four students and a teacher from Redwood High’s Redwood Environmental Academy & Leadership program and six students and a teacher from Woodside High’s Green Academy. Both programs are hands-on service learning programs where students take part in environmental projects in the local community, while learning about global issues (go to http://h2opendoors.org/3/miscellaneous8.htm).
During the first three days of the trip while the system was being installed in the poorest district of Cuidad Guzman, a sister city of Redwood City, the students painted a mural, with the guidance of a local artist, in the same courtyard.
“More than 1,000 families or about 4,000 people received water from the city water system that is highly chlorinated and not drinkable,” Jon Kaufman, director of the project and a Peninsula Sunrise Rotarian, wrote in an email. “This population center was spending 10 pesos per liter on bottled water each day. That is about 77 cents, or more than US$1,000,000 per year.
“This astounding burden on the very poor is alleviated with the SunSpring, which can purify more than 20,000 liters per day from virtually any contaminated water source. The system will save these residents more than $1.2 million in annual bottled water purchases.”
SunSprings, which are manufactured in Rocky Ford, Colo., by Innovative Water Technologies, are solar- and wind-powered water purification plants that require no electricity or fuel, and remove all bacteria, viruses and other contaminants using membrane technology. Up and running within three hours, they have a design life of more than 10 years and require only one hour of downtime for simple maintenance procedures each month.
After the installation, the students, hosted by Mayor Jose Luis Orozco Aldana and his wife, were given a tour of the city government as well as the city’s water treatment plant to understand the full systems for water. They also distributed clothing to the poor families in the district, and participated in a water fiesta held to celebrate the installation.
The last three days of the trip were spent at Centro Fox where the expedition attended a two-day private leadership academy with former Mexican President Vicente Fox. His staff also gave the group a tour of the state capital city of Guanajauato.
“We are delighted to have the opportunity to work with California high school students in support of H2OpenDoors and Rotary,” said Fox, as stated in an email from Kaufman.
“The world needs to grow global citizens, people of high character who care about the poorest among us.” “On deck is Guatemala in December, El Salvador in the spring, and a return to Mexico in the summer to install four more systems, including in a two-room school building made from old water bottles,” wrote Kaufman.
San Mateo Credit Union, Katharine Beckwith, Peninsula Sunrise Rotary, and several other Rotary clubs were sponsors of this expedition.
To learn more, go to www.H2OpenDoors.org or call Jon Kaufman at 650-520-6873 or email jk595@aol.com.
San Bruno American Youth Soccer Organization Region 249 holds Soccerfest
The San Bruno American Youth Soccer Organization Region 249 — composed of 903 players and 81 teams — kicked off its 40th annual Soccerfest on Sept. 5 with a homemade team banner contest and a parade at the San Bruno soccer complex at Crestmoor Field in San Bruno.
The winning teams and their sponsors are:
• U6 and VIP Divisions: 1st place, Pinkalicious, Imperial Flooring Solutions; 2nd place, Blue Dolphins, Mazzetti’s Bakery; 3rd place, Cheetahs, Alba Hair Design; and 4th place, Blue Snowflakes, FPBS Inc.
• U8 Division: 1st place, Ice Dragons, Metropolitan Electric Construction; 2nd place, Junior Godzilla (no sponsor); 3rd place, Gold Lightening Bolts, Severs Electric; and 4th place, Red Nijas, Serramonte Nissan.
• U10 Division: 1st place, Flamingos, Presidio Bowling Center; 2nd place, The Yetis (no sponsor); 3rd place, The Green Hornets, Peninsula Seafood; and 4th place, The Sharks, Plaza Insurance Sales Inc.
• U12 Division: 1st place, Phantoms (no sponsor); 2nd place, The Soccer Team, Carl Wind Photography; 3rd place, Ninja Turtles (no sponsor); and 4th place, Aftershocks, Image Auto Body.
The teams lined up at 5:30 p.m. for judging by Danielle Brewer, Laura Davis, Lorry Greenberg, Winfred Jew, Rico Medina, Kirsten Pinochi, Judy Puccini, Robert Riechel, and this columnist; followed by the parade at 6:30 p.m.
The next day — Sept. 6 — the opening day games began at 8 a.m. at Crestmoor Field and continued until 5:45 p.m. with a hot dog lunch provided for every player, coach, and referee by the San Bruno Lions Club.
“San Bruno AYSO Region 249 is one of five regions that make up Area 2-B, which encompasses the northern Peninsula and includes Region 145, Millbrae; Region 146, Daly City; Region 157, Pacifica, and Region 1344, Brisbane,” Greg Pierce, AYSO volunteer whose wife Heidi is on the Section staff serving Northern California, Oregon, Nevada and Washington, wrote in an email.
“This year, AYSO is celebrating its 50th anniversary in the United States — it was started in Torrance, Calif., in 1964.”
If you have any news tips about our county communities, call or fax Carolyn livengood at 650-355-5533 or e-mail her at carolynlivengood@sanbrunocable.com.
