December 5, 2006

News Briefs

Come All Ye Faithful to downtown Campbell for community songfest

The Downtown Campbell Business Association is sponsoring a free community songfest open to everyone on Friday, Dec. 15 from 6- to 8 p.m. The location is the Oddfellows parking lot in the middle of downtown at the corner of First Street and East Campbell Avenue.

Dan Naylor, music director for Westmont High School, will be the conductor and has chosen songs appropriate to the season. All are invited to come and raise your voice in song with friends and neighbors in the inviting holiday atmosphere of cozy downtown Campbell.

More information is available at www.downtowncampbell.com.

Campbell resident wins award for community service

Ginger Molloy of Campbell (center), was recently honored as an outstanding volunteer by KPMG LLP, her employer, and awarded the firm's Chairman's Award for Excellence in Community Service. Molloy, shown accepting the award from KPMG Chairman and CEO Tim Flynn (right) and Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer John Veihmeyer (left), works as a administrative assistant for KPMG's Audit practice in Mountain View, and actively volunteers with Operation: Serving All Military (S.A.M), American Cancer Society, American Heart Walk, Diabetes Walk and Sacred Heart Thanksgiving Food Distribution Program. As part of the honor, KPMG will make a $1,000 donation in her name to Operation: S.A.M

City Council works to ban Segways on Campbell section of Los Gatos Creek Trail

The Campbell City Council is working to ban Segway tours along the Los Gatos Creek Trail in Campbell due to safety concerns regarding the fast-moving but silent people movers.

In October, the Campbell City Council unanimously denied a nine-month trial period for the group Segway tours along the trail and voted to create an ordinance banning the use of electric personal mobility devices from the city's parks. A first reading of the new ordinance completely banning Segways was passed recently. South Bay Segway is headquartered in Campbell, but the owner, Kent Pelz says he plans to relocate to a city that is more open to his business.