Page 8 President’s Message - LETTER TO THE EDITOR Continued from page 1) To Marilyn Harange Superintendent of Waste Water Mgmt. July 29 Picnic in the Park August 28 Annual Levee Clean Up Dear Marilyn, October 3 Save the Music My name is David Valkenaar. I am the current President of the Picnic in the Park is a new event for this year. On July 29th, grab Redwood Shores Owners Association. The Redwood Shores a blanket and your family and join us in Marlin Park from 6:00 - Owners Association maintains a set of boat docks at the Don 8:00 PM and listen to music provided by John Ahern & The Little Warren Marina off Marine Parkway in Red Shores for the use of Wheels Band. John and the Little Wheels Band is a Bay Area Redwood Shores residents. We have often received complaints favorite and they recently performed at the Little Fox in Redwood from residents that the presence of large amounts of goose and City. duck droppings make the docks unusable, so we hired a contractor to keep the docks relatively clean of those droppings. Our Annual Levee Clean-Up is scheduled for Saturday, August 28th. Every year, volunteers have come together for a few hours After hearing that hosing the excrement off the docks shouldn’t be to walk our levee picking up car tires, magazines, old shopping done because that adds pollution to the lagoons, we changed our carts and other assorted materials left behind by those less caring. contract to one of physically removing the excrement. Of course, If you have an organization that would like to participate in this that is very labor intensive and very expensive. Since most of the event, please contact Pete Hughes at 650-594-0783. homeowners in Redwood Shores have to pay those costs, and since physically picking up such excrement from decks, docks, On October 3rd is the second annual Save the Music event. This lawns, sidewalks and streets in Redwood Shores is impractical all day event presented by School Force is focused on music from and probably not done, I am writing to ask for a common sense all ages and on raising funds for the Belmont-Redwood Shores change in that position. Elementary School District. The funds raised are for music pro- grams in our elementary schools. This year, RSCA is helping by I understand that, in a perfect world, it would be nice to either dia- being a sponsor of Save the Music. per all of the ducks, geese and other animals, or to train them all to defecate only in lined garbage cans — but, unfortunately, this Have a safe summer and I look forward to seeing you at one of is not a perfect world and we do not have control of the bathroom our events! habits of all the animals in Redwood Shores. Of course, there is the position of not allowing ducks, geese, or other animals to live in Redwood Shores, since we cannot get them to control their toi- let practices. I also understand that, if no humans ever used the MAN ABOUT THE SHORES docks or sidewalks or lawns in Redwood Shores, the excrement could be left to accumulate until the rains washed them in the Recently Ginny and I discovered lagoons all at once. the Little Fox Theater on Broadway (surprisingly right next to the Big Fox Since those are not real world solutions, I am asking for a com- mon sense and practical approach to this concern. Actually, I see Theater). The Little Fox seats about 60 little real difference to the lagoon water between allowing the people in an intimate setting around a decks, docks and sidewalks to be hosed off occasionally so that small musician’s stage. There is a small humans can use them, and abandoning our decks, docks and side- bar and it only cost ten dollars each the walks to the ducks and geese through the year and then letting the night we went. We heard a couple bands rains wash them off — into the lagoon water. and a soloist and we were impressed with this as a great place to So, on behalf of all of the owners and users of decks, docks and soak up some music. sidewalks in Redwood Shores — and of the waterfowl that also use those decks, docks and sidewalks — I ask that the restriction At their first meeting of June the City Council approved the currently imposed on hosing off our decks, docks and sidewalks largest construction project in Redwood City since the Shores be lifted, and that we allow the cooperative co-use of such were developed. The project is called Harbor Villages and is to be facilities. Please get back to me with your affirmative answer as developed where Pete’s Harbor and some of the adjoining soon as you can. Lots of homeowners, sidewalk and dock users, and certainly some waterfowl who would rather have clean properties are located. There will be about 2000 new bathrooms, are anxious to hear. townhouses and condominiums and its is simply a lovely project.

Sincerely, David Valkenaar, President, R.S.O.A. Pete Hughes Page 9

ATTENTION SANDPIPER FAMILIES!!

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Page 12 MIDSUMMER IN REDWOOD CITY - By Ed Everett

As we reach the middle of summer (some people call it the August 11 - Jackie Payne & Steve Edmonson - Blues doldrums), I want to take this opportunity to remind you of August 18 - Bob Saul’s Big Band - Big Band Sounds some of the great programs, entertainment, and family activities available in Redwood City throughout the Friday evenings, 6 - 8 pm, City Center Plaza summer. next to City Hall, 1017 Middlefield Road - July 16 - Dave Crimmen - 21st century Elvis * There are still plenty of free Wednesday and Friday July 23 - Octobop - West coast jazz evening concerts that are great, family-friendly affairs. July 30 - Stanford Jazztet - Youthful jazz group Here’s the list of the remaining concerts: August 6 - California Cowboys - Contemporary western August 13 - Brass Works - From classic to dance Wednesday evenings, 6 - 8 pm, Stafford Park, August 20 - Orquestra Kalichin - South of the border salsa corner of King and Hopkins - August 27 - Ron Garriffo - Big contemporary jazz July 21 - Harmonics - Steel Drum Band September 3 - Orquesta de Sol - Lively Latin July 28 - Double Funk Crunch - Disco & Funk August 4 - E-Ticket Band - Rock n’ Roll * Our Parks, Recreation, and Community Services department has many summer classes and pro- grams available, from swimming to music to sports. Call or visit Sandpiper Community Kathy Chang, your Realtor Center for a catalog, or go to GENERAL MARKET UPDATE www.redwoodcity.org/parks for details and Interest rates are still relatively low registration. and we are still observing multiple offers. However, the market will * Downtown Redwood City is a great place to gradually shift to a more balanced relax and enjoy life, especially at one of the market as we move towards summer, many sidewalk cafes and restaurants. Take in a and inventories will continue to show at the historic Fox Theater or the Little increase. Fox, have a relaxing dinner out, stroll and visit If you are planning to make a move in the history museum... real estate, please call me now! see www.redwoodcitydowntown.com and And make sure you inquire about www.redwoodcitychamber.com for more ideas. my complementary service for both buyers and sellers. * The Redwood City Library www.redwoodcity.org/library is a fantastic MY NEW LISTING summer destination for everyone in the family - Offered at $1,799,000 of course you’ll find your favorite books, peri- An ABSOLUTELY 3131 Goodwin Ave, RC odicals, videos, and other materials. But there EXQUISITE home w. 5/3.5 approx. 4050 sq. ft. are also many programs and activities ranging plentiful upgrades and from author’s presentations to kids’ story times, meticulously maintained. from book clubs to music, and from volunteer Featuring a stunning 3 opportunities to kids’ activities. season porch, a relaxing sunroom & an entertaining * Be sure to keep informed of what’s going on in pool w. waterfalls. A rare Redwood City by visiting the City’s official opportunity and overall an homepage, located at www.redwoodcity.org - incredible place that click on “calendars” for up-to-date schedules of welcomes you home. Virtual Tour available all City meetings and other activities.

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Page 14 FULLY ALIVE COMMUNITY CHURCH By Lorene Campbell

FREEDOM BY DESIGN people from that oppression through a message of truth: “If you FREEDOM BY FAITH hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” (John 8:31-32) Jesus took all the rules that It started with families were weighing the people willing to brave the down and distilled them into Atlantic in small ships so an essential two: “Love the they could live in freedom. Lord your God with all your It boiled and bubbled for heart and with all your soul decades until the Second and with all your mind. This Continental Congress met is the first and greatest com- on July 4, 1776, and mandment. And the second is declared independence, like it: Love your neighbor as telling King George III that yourself. All the Law and the they just weren’t going to Prophets hang on these two be ignored any more. He commandments.” (Matthew didn’t listen, of course (but 22: 37-40) to be fair, he was busy going mad at the time), and the War of Independence raged Against all the arguments of Sadducees, Pharisees, Samaritans, until the Victory at Yorktown in 1781. Essenes, Zealots, the Sanhedrin, and the Romans, Jesus declared the freedom of faith. “I am the light of the world. This was freedom by design; a group of people who built their Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will lives on basic truths and were willing to present them as the have the light of life.” (John 8:12) foundational arguments for freedom. “We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are Freedom by faith is a gift from God to all who believe. “For endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the The Declaration continues with a list of the “repeated Injuries world, but to save the world through him.” (John 3: 16-17) and Usurpations,” most of them having to do with the rule of law, and the manipulation of law to fit the King’s agenda of Freedom by Design came from the people of 1776, Freedom by “absolute Tyranny over these States.” It ends by declaring, Faith comes from God. Let Freedom Ring! “That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be, Free and Independent States.” Finally, with the Peace of Versailles Fully Alive Community Church meets Sundays at Sandpiper in 1783, Britain acknowledged the United States of America. Community Center, 797 Redwood Shores Parkway, with serv- ices at 9am and 10:30am. For additional information please Freedom was also an issue for the first century Christians, who visit www.fullyalive.com lived under the rule of Rome and under centuries of rules developed by religious leaders. But Jesus came to free the

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