Redwood City E-News
Building a Great Community Together

Issue #54 ~ February, 2008
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IN THIS ISSUE:

• Children's Authors & Illustrators Festival at Orion School
  
  
• Redwood City's Cool City Campaign Kick Off is February 7th
  
  
• Library and Hoover School Present "Meet the Author" With Francisco Jiménez
  (en Español)
  
  
• Bluegrass on Broadway!
  
  
• Fair Oaks Library Hosts Black History Month and Chinese New Year Events
  
  
• Preschool Preview Night - Great Resource for Parents
  
  
• Free Tree-Pruning Workshop with City Trees and Redwood City
  
  
• Sequoia High School Seeks "Hall of Fame" Nominees
  
  
• Lots of Library Events in February
  
  
• Register Now for Redwood City PACT Program
  
  
• About Redwood City E-News

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Children's Authors & Illustrators Festival at Orion School

The entire community is invited to the 6th Annual Orion School Children's Authors & Illustrators Festival!

Redwood City's Cool Campaign Kick Off is February 7

How can we reduce energy use and minimize waste? What are the best ways to lower our community’s carbon emissions? What kind of positive action can a household take to help protect our future from climate change?

These are great questions, and Redwood City recognizes that climate projtection is a critical issue for both today and for the generations to come. The City's Cool Campaign is a community building project that will bring people together around climate protection.

The community is invited to join in the inauguration of this new program:

• Redwood City Cool Campaign Kick Off Event
  Thursday, February 7th, 2008
  6:30 – 8:30 pm
  City Hall, 1017 Middlefield Road

After dinner and an overview of the program, staff will unveil the Cool Campaign interactive website created by the City. This will be a great tool providing information, assistance, and easy ways for community members to take personal, positive action to reduce energy use and carbon emissions in their home, neighborhood, and workplace – and make a real difference!

RSVPs are requested to bross@redwoodcity.org, or 650-780-5917.

This inaugural event (in collaboration with non-profit environmental action group Acterra – www.acterra.org) will be fun, informative, and inspiring – a catalyst for neighbors to join in and do their part for climate protection. Middle school or high school age kids are welcome and encouraged to participate. And, everyone who gets to this event via mass transit, carpool, or other alternative to the single-occupant car will be entered into a special drawing!

Call 650-780-5917 for more information, and to join in the Cool Campaign. Also visit Redwood City's climate protection page.

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Library and Hoover School Present "Meet the Author" with Francisco Jiménez

Fair Oaks Library Hosts Black History Month & Chinese New Year Events

The Redwood City Public Library’s Fair Oaks Branch invites the public to join friends, neighbors, and other community members in honoring Black History Month and Chinese New Year with two free programs in February:

• Saturday February 16th, 11:45 am – Red Panda Acrobats
  This fast-paced show celebrates the Chinese New Year, including amazing acrobatic skills, colorful costumes, and traditional Chinese music, guaranteed to astonish any audience!
  
  
• Monday February 25th - 6:00 pm – Storytelling with Yolanda Rhodes
  The entire family will be engaged and enthralled with the supreme storytelling abilities of Yolanda Rhodes, renowned for her truth and spiritual and emotional charm.

Both of these programs will take place at the Fair Oaks Branch Library located at 2510 Middlefield Road. For more information call 650-780-7261.

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Preschool Preview Night - Great Resource for Parents

The community is invited to Redwood City’s annual “Preschool Preview Night,” a preschool / child care & parent resource fair that has become a key resource for parents considering their child’s early care and education.

This free, informative event will be held on Tuesday, February 19, 2008, at the Community Activities Building , 1400 Roosevelt Avenue. The fabulous informational open house is from 6:00 - 8:00 pm, and parents can also take in a special presentation on Choosing Quality Preschool and Child Care (courtesy of the Child Care Coordinating Council) at 5:30 or at 6:30 pm.

Parents are invited to drop in to see displays and obtain information from a variety of early care and education programs in the mid-peninsula region (Belmont to Palo Alto). Representatives from these programs will be available to talk with parents about their organizations and to help determine which programs might be the best “fit” for kids. Parents’ questions about family child care homes, State licensing, in-home care, quality indicators, accreditation, and more can be answered, giving them the tools necessary to help them make informed and intelligent decisions about their child’s care and educational development.

General information on the Preschool Preview Night is available by calling 650-780-7311 or 650-224-1586.

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Free Tree Pruning Workshop with City Trees and Redwood City

The City of Redwood City, in partnership with CityTrees, is pleased to announce the Fourth Annual Tree Pruning Workshop!

Please join us for this FREE hands-on seminar, which includes classroom training on proper tree care, pruning, and tree maintenance, as well as hands-on pruning practice on live trees in the field.

The workshop takes place on Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to noon at the Redwood city Public Works Services Department building, 1400 Broadway in Redwood City. Refreshments will be served. Reservations and more information are available by calling Dan Beeder at 650-465-6586.

Participants will learn basic tree biology and techniques for young tree care. A demonstration of safe tree pruning work practices and handling of tools is also part of the workshop. After the classroom time, the group will then meet at a selected site in Redwood City  to practice their newly-learned tree pruning techniques.

“Graduates” of this popular workshop can also volunteer to become part of CityTrees’ pruning brigade, and participate in pruning events to help maintain the trees that CityTrees has planted over the past seven years.  The more participation the better, so please invite any friends or associates you think might be interested in attending.

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Sequoia High School Seeks "Hall of Fame" Nominees

To celebrate Sequoia High School’s more than one hundred year history of academic excellence and community presence, a committee of staff, students, parents, and alumni have partnered to create the Sequoia High School Hall of Fame.

The purpose of the Sequoia High School Hall of Fame is to recognize alumni and staff who exemplify and demonstrate:

• Leadership and peer recognition
• A high level of morality/ethics/integrity
• Entrepreneurial talent or experience at Sequoia
• Positive contributions to society, Sequoia High School, and/or the community
• Ability to overcome obstacles

Inductees to the Sequoia High School Hall of Fame will serve as inspirations for generations of the Sequoia High School community – past, present, and future. The first induction ceremony is expected to take place in October, 2008.

Nomination forms must be received by February 29th, 2008. For further information and for nomination forms, please visit the school’s website, email halloffame@seq.org, or send a request to Hall of Fame, c/o Principal Morgan Marchbanks at: Sequoia High School, 1201 Brewster Avenue, Redwood City, CA 94062.

Lots of Library Events, Activities, Presentations, and FUN in February!

The Redwood City Public Library offers so many great events and activities each month - just way too many to list here!

But, you can see the Library's February events flyer here. And of course you are encouraged to go to the Library website for all the information you'll need to make the Library part of your family's fun, fantastic, Februrary!

Register Now for Redwood City's PACT Program

Registration is now available for the 2008 session of Redwood City's renowned PACT (Partnership Academy for Community Teamwork) program. The deadline to register is 5:00 pm, March 14th, 2008.

Registration forms are available from the City Manager’s office, located in City Hall at 1017 Middlefield Road, or by calling 650-780-7300. The form is also available online at www.redwoodcity.org/pact . Enrollment is limited to 40 participants. Middle school and high school students are encouraged to participate (waiver must be signed by parent or guardian).

This nine-week citizens’ academy will provide participants with a hands-on overview of the management and governance of Redwood City, while helping to build relationships that will strengthen our entire community.

The 2008 program takes place each Thursday evening from April 3rd through May 29th and engages in dynamic and interesting activities illustrating how the City functions. The sessions cover subjects from Public Works to the Police Department, from the City Council to Finance, from the Fire Department to the Library, and more. This is a great opportunity for interested community members to get an insider’s view of where the City is going, become experts on how the City operates, and help to build a great community together.

Call 650-780-7305 for more information.

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