The Electronics Museum Amateur Radio Club will participate in the radio amateur “Field Day” June 27-28. The Los Altos-based club will operate near San Antonio Open Space Preserve, as radio amateurs throughout the United States and Canada set up stations to test emergency communication in the event of a disaster.
The club will use voice, morse code and digital packet radio among other communications. For more information, call (408) 376-0578 or (408) 735-8073.
Arts & Wine volunteers needed
Volunteers are needed to help with the 16th annual Los Altos Arts & Wine Festival on Saturday, July 12 and Sunday, July 13. The festival is from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Main and State streets in downtown Los Altos.
Volunteers will help staff the wine, beer, soda, glass and souvenir booths, working in three-hour shifts in groups of four at each location.
“Our volunteers make this event happen and make it a success,” said Kathleen Byrne, executive director of the Los Altos Village Association which produces the Festival each year. Byrne said the festival needs about 400 volunteers.
Volunteers working the three-hour shift will receive the festival’s 1997 commemorative beer mug or wine glass, and a beverage of their choice. They will also be invited to the pre-festival volunteer appreciation party at 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 10, in the courtyard behind The Croissant Place at 301 State St. For more information, call the Festival hotline at 917-9799.
Republican Women luncheon and plant sale
The Los Altos Republican Women, Federated will be hosting a potluck luncheon and plant sale at 11:30 a.m. Friday at the Los Altos Youth Center. David Stirling, chief deputy attorney general for the state of California will be a guest speaker. RSVP by June 16. For more information, call 948-2561.
Composting workshop set
The City of Los Altos is sponsoring a free composing workshop 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, at Hillview Community Center, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos.
Master composters from the Home Composting Education Program for Santa Clara County are conducting the classes in which the basics of backyard and worm composting are taught. The program is a project of the city and the Santa Clara County Solid Waste Commission.
To register, call (408) 299-4147.
