Issue date: April 21, 1999

Loose Ends Loose Ends (April 21, 1999)

Full house. Word that Dr. Jane Goodall will be the keynote speaker at the Woodside Priory School's community forum April 28 spread so quickly there's no more space for listeners. "We moved the forum from Assembly Hall to the larger gym, but we are full at 450 guests, and there's no more room for parking," said Carolyn Dobervich, the Priory's director of communications. Because of the "tremendous" interest, the Priory hopes the primatologist and environmentalist will make another visit in the area soon.

Clean-up day. Woodside residents may bring yard waste, old mattresses, carpet, tires, household appliances, electronic equipment, discarded furniture and clothing to Clean Up Day, on Saturday, May 22, from 8 a.m. to noon in the Woodside Elementary School parking lot. The event is for Woodside residents only, and photo I.D. may be required. For more information call Green Waste at 568-9900.

Breakfast of Champions. Bill Walsh, general manager of the San Francisco 49ers, is co-chairman of the 15th Breakfast of Champions to be held Friday, April 30, from 7:30 to 9 a.m., at Hyatt Rickeys, in Palo Alto. The breakfast is a fund-raising event for the Menlo Park-based job-training center, OICW.

Other celebrities at the breakfast will be management guru Tom Peters, master of ceremonies Jan Hutchins, and stand-up comedian Michael Pritchard. An awards ceremony will honor a "community champion," OICW trainees, an employer of the year, and include a tribute to the late Tom Ford.

Cost of the breakfast is $35 per person. For reservations, call 322-8431.

Still the Dames. With their many social events, including Day at the Park on May 15, the Atherton Dames are too busy to consider a name change for now, postponing the decision until fall, according to Dames' president RoyAnne Florence. A name change for the 30-year-old organization, dedicated to raising funds for Holbrook-Palmer Park, was proposed by members who think the name is dated and does not reflect the scope of the organization's work, says Mrs. Florence. So, for now, there's still nothing like a Dame.