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Menlo Swim and Sport
10 reasons why Burgess Park pools
are the center of Menlo Park’s
active community
1. Open & Lap Swim
2. Masters Swim
3. Masters Water Polo
4. Youth Swim Teams
5. Triathlon Teams
6. Swim School
7. Summer Aquatics Camps
8. Adult Aqua Fitness
9. Snack Bar and Pro Shop
10. Family Picnics and Parties
501 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025
Burgess Park Pools • 650-328-SWIM (7946)
PERSONAL REFLECTIONS
Whether you are wearing eyeglasses with
prescription lenses or looking at someone
wearing them, reflections and glare can be very
distracting. Thus, it is a good idea to opt for
an anti-reflection (AR) coating for your lenses.
This can be especially advantageous if you have
stronger prescription, which usually require
high index lens materials that reflect more light.
AR coatings reduce the light reflected off your
lenses, both front and back. This means that you
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Information and registration
www.menloswim.com
would be less susceptible to glare emanating from
behind. As for reducing the light that is reflected
off the front of the lens, this feature enables others
to see what lies behind your lenses.
Seeing clearly is important for your day-today
tasks. Clear vision is particularly important
if you are behind the wheel of a car. Applying
anti-reflective coatings on your lenses will
remove ghost images and reflections as well as
glare-associated eyestrain. Please call MENLO
OPTICAL at 322-3900, or bring your prescription
to 1166 University Drive, on the corner of Oak
Grove Avenue and University Drive. We are not
a large, impersonal corporation where personnel
changes are frequent. You can be assured of
attention from people who understand you.
P.S. An anti-reflective coating provides a
great safety benefit by providing better vision
for driving at night.
Mark Schmidt is an American Board of Opticianry
and National Contact Lens Examiners Certified
Optician licensed by the Medical Board of California.
He can be easily reached at Menlo Optical, 1166
University Drive, Menlo Park. 650-322-3900.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
CITY OF MENLO PARK CITY
COUNCIL
APPEAL OF PLANNING
COMMISSION ACTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of
Menlo Park, California is scheduled to review the following item:
Use Permit/Mandana Jamshidnejad/578 Olive Street: Request
for a use permit to construct a new two-story, single-family residence
on a substandard lot with regard to lot width in the R-1-S
(Residential Single-Family Suburban) zoning district.
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that said City Council will
hold a public hearing on this item in the Council Chambers of the City
of Menlo Park, located at 701 Laurel Street, Menlo Park, on Tuesday,
October 2, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. or as near as possible thereafter, at
which time and place interested persons may appear and be heard
thereon. If you challenge this item in court, you may be limited to raising
only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing
described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the
City of Menlo Park at, or prior to, the public hearing.
Documents related to this item may be inspected by the public
on weekdays between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Monday
through Thursday and 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Friday, with alternate
Fridays closed, at the Community Development Department,
701 Laurel Street, Menlo Park. Please call Megan Fisher,
Associate Planner, at 650-330-6737 or email at mefisher@menlopark.org
if there are any questions or comments on this item.
DATED: September 13, 2007
Silvia M. Vonderlinden, City Clerk
PUBLISHED: September 19, 2007
Visit our Web site for public hearing, agenda, and staff report
information: http://www.ci.menlo-park.ca.us
Published in THE COUNTRY ALMANAC on September 19, 2007.
Above: Parents and kids at Kepler’s story
time. Right: Sherman Alexie, author of a
young adult novel, “The Absolutely True Diary
of a Part-Time Indian, speaks at Kepler’s.
KEPLER’S
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The newsletter also provides detailed,
personalized context for parents who are at
a loss when it comes to understanding what
their children might want to read. “Often,
parents feel alienated from children’s literature,”
Ms. Kroner-Grafmiller says. “The
newsletter can help the dialogue begin.”
To bridge the gap between children
and adults, Kepler’s annually invites local
librarians, teachers and parents to the store
for a “Diva’s Night,” when staff members
and publishers discuss new children’s
books. This year’s Diva’s Night will be held
at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2.
“The event helps build excitement,”
explains Ms. Leal. “It also provides valuable
information on what’s new and high
quality in literature, especially for librarians
who are hard-pressed with budgets.”
On top of trying to provide the community
with a thorough understanding of the
ins and outs of current kids’ reads, Kepler’s
now works with local organizations and
groups that express interest in hosting their
programs at the store because of the larger
space and potentially bigger turnouts.
From welcoming a spelling bee for
SCORE (Schools of California Online
Resources for Education) to hosting a local
poetry slam, Kepler’s invites groups to use
the store’s space for free.
Also, Kepler’s hosts book fairs for schools
that are interested in a smaller, more personalized
version of the more typical, corporate
book fairs. The staff will work with
the teachers and librarians at each school
C O V E R S T O R Y
INFORMATION
to ensure that the books will be tailored to
meet their needs, says Ms. Forster. Kepler’s
staff members help set up and take down
the fair displays, and staff the fairs so that
they can talk to parents and students and
offer book reviews and recommendations.
Among schools that have made use of
Kepler’s book fairs are Palo Verda Elementary
School in Palo Alto, St. Joseph’s School
in Atherton, and Phillips Brooks School
and Trinity School in Menlo Park.
You might also be surprised to learn that
Kepler’s sponsors a Little League team,
Kepler’s Klobberers. According to Ms.
Squire, the store ran a baseball story time
as a benefit for the team, and provided each
player with a Kepler’s water bottle. Members
of the Kepler’s staff go to the games,
cheering in the stands as coach Larry Kelmar
leads his team of Little Leaguers.
“We try to do whatever we can to support
the community,” Ms. Leal says. A
Kepler’s is located at 1010 El Camino Real in Menlo Park. For a comprehensive
calendar of Kepler’s youth and family programs, go to www.keplers.com. To subscribe
to the Book Blast e-newsletter, send an e-mail request to angelak@keplers.com.