In basketball, a good defense takes teamwork, whether the players are human or mechanical. With that in mind, the Menlo-Atherton High School robotics team talked its way into an alliance with two other front-running local schools at the Silicon Valley Regional robotics competition, held March 16-18 in San Jose.
The Cheesy Poof alliance robots won two semi-final basketball games and two out of three final rounds, which qualifies the team, including M-A, for a spot in the international competition in Atlanta, to be held April 25-27.
Leashed dogs a topic
The public is invited to discuss the question of allowing leashed dogs on Coalmine Ridge trails in the Portola Valley Ranch neighborhood at a special meeting of the Trails & Paths Committee on Tuesday, April 4.The meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in the Historic Schoolhouse at 765 Portola Road in Portola Valley. For more information, call Deputy Town Clerk Sharon Hanlon at 851-1700, ext. 10.
Transfer station closed
Don’t plan to drop trash or clippings off at the Allied Waste Transfer Station, at 225 Shoreway Road in San Carlos, on Friday or Saturday, March 24 or 25. It will be closed for routine maintenance. The transfer station will reopen Sunday, March 26.Normally the station is open Monday through Friday, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, go to alliedwastesanmateocounty.com.
Talk on Japan and its neighbors
“Japan Confronts a Hostile Neighborhood” will the subject of a free lecture for the World Affairs Council of Northern California on Tuesday, March 21, from 7:30 to 9 p.m., at the Los Altos Public Library, at 13 South San Antonio Road.Professor T. J. Pempel, director of East Asian Studies at the University of California Berkeley, will discuss how Japan will adapt to increasing competition and growing nationalism in its neighbors, China, and the Koreas.
The program starts with refreshments at 7 p.m. For information, call 948-7683 or 415-293-4600.
