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Somewhere to perch Daniel Kozlowski is the young man responsible for the new benches gracing the little reading garden outside the Atherton branch library. The 17-year-old Menlo Park resident, a member of Boy Scout Troop 222, took on the challenge of replacing the old benches as his Eagle Scout service project. The new benches are made from wood salvaged from felled elm trees, and were built with the help of about two dozen volunteers, Daniel says.
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Schools
■ Council urged to oppose huge Cargill development. Page 9 ■ Menlo Watch: Green committee launches “cool roof” campaign. Page 9 ■ The Manhattanization of Menlo Park? Activists fight “big city” plans. Page 5
■ Daniel Vinson, former Woodside School District superintendent, dies at 62. Page 5 ■ Sequoia Union High School District redesigns its Web site. Page 12
Election 2009 ■ Voter’s Guide to local elections. See Section 2 ■ Fire board candidates respond to flap over campaign ads. Page 5
Community ■ Around Town: Bill Lane remembers Sunset magazine. Page 13 ■ “Fiddler on the Roof” comes to Woodside. Page 14
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Students vote on their school mascot at the new charter school, Everest Public High School in Redwood City. Charter schools are among the leading issues in the Sequoia Union High School District election for two members of the school board. See the Voter’s Guide in Section 2 for information on this and other local elections.
Mid-Peninsula High School FALL OPEN HOUSE Saturday, October 24
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