New champ same as old champ
Atherton police Chief Bob Brennan is nothing if not a good sport. After being trounced at chess last year by a 9-year-old, the chief gamely played the same boy, the winner of this year’s May 13 children’s chess tournament at the Atherton library.And once again, the chief reports, he was trounced, although the game lasted longer than last year’s.
“My strategy was to go much more slowly, so I probably lost in the same number of moves, but it took longer,” he said.
Disaster meeting a big success
Everyone loves a freebie. At a recent Atherton Civic Interest League annual meeting not only were experts discussing emergency preparedness, but residents were given family disaster supply kits to take home.Atherton resident John Ruggeiro said it was standing-room only at the Pavilion in Holbrook-Palmer Park on May 18, and estimated that about 300 people came to the meeting, more than he’s seen in years.
The disaster kits, worth $80 and containing supplies for a family of four, were the brainchild of ACIL President Richard Moore. All 125 were given away, with rain checks for families that left empty-handed.
Square dancing at The Sequoias
If you can walk, you can square dance. That’s the motto of the energetic seniors at The Sequoias retirement complex in Portola Valley.Anyone in the community who would like to join the promenading seniors in the Sequoia Squares is invited to a square dancing open house on Monday nights, June 5 and 12, at 7 p.m., at Hanson Hall, at 501 Portola Road.
Popular caller Jim Osborne leads the experienced and inexperienced through the moves in Mainstream Western Square Dancing. Couple and singles are welcome. For information, call Jennifer Harris at 424-4427.
