Community Notebook: Katrina relief efforts at Lutticken's, M-A High Community Notebook: Katrina relief efforts at Lutticken's, M-A High (September 21, 2005)

Lutticken's deli in West Menlo Park raised $3,318 for Katrina relief at a September 15 community barbecue held at the store on the Alameda de las Pulgas. The money went to the Menlo Park Fire Protection District, the New Orleans SPCA and churches, said the deli manager.

To contribute to Katrina victims and get your car washed in the bargain, go to Menlo-Atherton High School at 555 Middlefield Road in Atherton between 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 24. The Young Latino Leaders club is donating proceeds from the event to the Red Cross. For more information, call Paul Vega at 780-7522.

San Mateo County Supervisor Rich Gordon suggests that to avoid scams when giving to Katrina relief efforts online, go to charitynavigator.org or to craigslist.org and click on the Katrina Relief link.
Genealogy workshop at Mormon Church

The public is invited to a free genealogy open house and workshop on Saturday, September 24, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Menlo Park.

The workshop will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Family History Center at 1105 Valparaiso Ave.

There will be 36 classes on family history. Seven of the courses will be on Web resources and will be taught by Inge Harding-Barlow. John Gleed will teach five courses on British resources.

Lunch for $6, a workshop syllabus for $12, and a CD of online links for $6 will be available for purchase.

For registration information, call 494-3689. The public is welcome to attend.
Training this week for reading tutors

Tutor training for people wishing to help adults learn to read begins this week through Project Read-Menlo Park.

The adult-literacy program is sponsoring the training for volunteer tutors on Tuesday, September 20, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.; and Saturday, September 24, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. A follow-up session is scheduled for November 9, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Arrangements can be made for those who can't attend all the sessions.

Project Read has helped hundreds of adults who, for one reason or another, can't read or are functionally illiterate -- people who can't read instructions on a pill bottle or read to their children.

The local program, which operates through the Menlo Park Library, has a waiting list of adults who want to receive tutoring.

The tutor training sessions are held at the library, 800 Alma St. For more information, or to sign up as a volunteer tutor, call 330-2525.
Jackie Speier to speak at fundraiser

State Sen. Jackie Speier, Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor of California, will speak in Portola Valley on Thursday, September 29, at a private fundraiser.

Robert Klein, the man behind Proposition 71, the groundbreaking stem cell research initiative, will introduce Sen. Speier.

The event will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Portola Valley home of Maryann and Doug Derwin. Co-chairs for the event, in addition to the Derwins, are Diana and Dan Bergeson, Anne and Scott Davison and Kathleen and Barry Carr.

The party also features music by the Brian Reich Combo, made up of Menlo-Atherton High School students.

Tickets are available at $125 each. For more information, or to order tickets, call Diana Bergeson at 529-0543, or e-mail: DiBergeson@aol.com; or call Maryann Derwin at 851-8074, or e-mail: maryann@derwin.com. Gordon Moore on Moore's Law

Two Silicon Valley legends, Gordon Moore, and Carver Mead, will talk about the history and future of Moore's Law in honor of its 40th anniversary at 7 p.m. Thursday, September 29, at the Computer History Museum, 1401 North Shoreline Blvd. in Mountain View.

In 1965, Dr. Moore of Woodside, co-founder and chairman emeritus of Intel, observed that transistor density on integrated circuits doubles about every year or two.

It was Dr. Carver Mead, then a professor at Cal Tech, now chairman and founder of Foveon, who named the prediction "Moore's Law." The two will discuss the impact of Moore's Law on technology, business and society.

Advance registration is required for the event, which is free for museum members with a reception beginning at 6 p.m. Tickets are $10 for others.

To register, go to computerhistory.org. For more information, call Stephen Brewster at 810-1036.
Free screenings for prostate cancer

Bay Area Urology is hosting a series of free prostate cancer screenings each day this week through Thursday, September 22, from 4:30 to 6 p.m., at 101 San Mateo Drive, Suite 205, in San Mateo. The screening takes about 10 minutes and includes a prostate specific antigen blood test. The screenings are under the direction of Dr. David Caro and are sponsored by Novacea Inc.

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