Change your fuel, change your world
Twelve Dartmouth students, including one from Menlo Park, have taken to the road in a veggie oil-powered school bus that arrives in Menlo Park on Monday, July 10.The bus may smell like yesterday’s French fries, but it won’t smell like diesel exhaust.
The group converted an old bus to run on used vegetable oil, painted it green and is taking it around the country to promote alternative fuels.
The students are happy to talk with anyone who is interested in the merits of driving on “grease.”
Brian Hendrickson, a graduate of Menlo School, is on board. The bus schedule isn’t firm, but it will include a visit to Brian’s home on Ambar Way in Menlo Park.
While in the Bay Area, the Big Green Bus will be visiting some of its sponsors, including SunPower Corp. and Cypress Semiconductor, that provided the solar equipment powering the laptops and a small refrigerator in the bus.
For more information, check www.thebiggreenbus.org, or phone Lisa Hendrickson at 289-5440.
Return to sender
While many enjoy reading the newsy and sometimes contentious e-mail messages from Menlo Park City Councilwoman Mickie Winkler, at least two people want to be removed from her distribution list.Ms. Winkler sends occasional e-mails to a number of people, including her political supporters, providing updates on council decisions, and her perspective on city issues.
But Pauline Burke and Heyward Robinson have publicly stated that they don’t want to receive the e-mails.
In a posting on the City Council e-mail log, Ms. Burke labels the e-mails “propaganda.”
Mr. Robinson, a parks and recreation commissioner, said Ms. Winkler should be more clear her e-mails are not sent on behalf of the council or city.
