WHY sing the blues when you can go down to the Half Moon Bay Brewing Company, 390 Capistrano Road in Princeton-by-the-Sea, and enjoy listening to some of the Bay Area's best female blues artists as they perform next weekend? The Bay Area is home to some of the biggest names in blues including Carol Fran, Annie Sampson and MZ Dee. Fran is scheduled to take the stage from 7 to 10 p.
m. Friday; Annie Sampson from 7 to 10 p.m.
Saturday; and MZ Dee from 4 to 8 p.m. Nov.
19. Besides the amazing live music, a special menu will feature "San Francisco standards" such as whole crab, seafood risotto, a Herb Cain martini, Moon Beam pie, Willie Brown roasted chicken, Fisherman's Wharf cioppino and more. The event is part of the Brewing Company's ongoing efforts to create monthly themed festivals that combine food and music.
Princeton-by-the-Sea is off Route 1 on the coast, four miles north of Half Moon Bay. The Millbrae Arts Association invites the public to its meeting from 7 to 9 p.m.
Monday at the Millbrae Community Center, 477 Lincoln Circle, Rooms A and B. "We offer guest artists at our meetings who show us 'how the professionals do it,'" said Peggy Murphy of Millbrae. "We also receive critiques, which help us learn how to improve our artwork.
" Meetings take place the second Monday of March, May, July, September and November, with a holiday
(If joining in July or later in the year, dues include the following year's payment). Questions? Call either Peggy Murphy at 583-3870 or Franco Franchini at 355-0813.
New Veteran Affairs San Bruno Outpatient Clinic, its medical director Dr. Ronald Strauss and its staff were among more than 125 veterans and guests who attended the clinic's one-year anniversary celebration Oct. 25.
The clinic, at 1001 Sneath Lane (aka Veterans Way), Third Floor, Suite 300 in San Bruno, offers comprehensive health services to veterans including primary care, vaccinations, complete physical exams, mental health evaluations and more. "We won't rest until we're serving all the veterans of this community," Strauss said. "Our staff has a strong commitment to our patients.
" "The clinic has close to 900 patients enrolled now," said Leslie Buckman, acting associate director at San Francisco VA Medical Center. "It is a pleasure to see all the service organizations here." "I think the clinic is wonderful," said U.
S. Air Force veteran Elliott "Bart" Bartholomew of Millbrae. "It's close to home, new and I meet lots of my high school buddies here.
The staff is very professional and very concerned about your needs." A special presentation was made and a plaque given to Tony Yaquinto of San Bruno, commander of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Chapter 15, for his outstanding volunteer service with and for the VA San Bruno Outpatient Clinic. At the reception's closing, veterans participated in a raffle for numerous prizes.
The clinic is still actively enrolling new patients. Veterans, regardless whether they have enrolled in the VA before, should call 553-8000 to enroll or to schedule an appointment. This year, Gifts of Love grants, totaling $24,295, recently were donated to 58 developmentally disabled adults and children by the Italian Catholic Federation's "Gift of Love" Fund.
The fund was founded by Al Teglia of Daly City in 1996. Fourteen recipients are from San Mateo County; 13 are from cities in other California counties; and the rest are from across the United States. A Daly City grant recipient who suffers from agoraphobia (an abnormal fear of open or public places) and needed money for medical bills wrote to Teglia, "To the behalf of the members of the Italian Catholic Federation and the donors to the Gifts of Love program, I appreciate the money I got toward my financial needs.
May God bless you all. Words cannot express how much I appreciate everything you all done for me." The fund's purpose is to provide grants to help develop academic, athletic, vocational and creative arts skills that may advance the disabled toward greater independence.
Grants are available to individuals or nonprofit agencies and educationally focused institutions that identify and refer individuals with a disability so they may participate in formal instruction or training. A committee selects and makes cash awards to developmentally disabled persons of all ages or the agencies that service them; where assistance is merited or where their specific needs are not covered by any government agency. For inquiries or to donate, call the Italian Catholic Federation at (888) 423-1924.
San Mateo County Jobs for Youth will celebrate its 25th anniversary at its annual fundraising breakfast May 31 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Foster City. Known as Summer Jobs for Youth until 1999, the nonprofit Jobs for Youth serves young people, ages 14 to 21, year-round, regardless of background, socio-economic or risk-level, at no cost to them or to employers. Youths learn to master job applications, succeed in interviews, create resumes and receive a list of job search Web sites as well as internship opportunities.
As part of its anniversary celebration, Jobs for Youth seeks those who participated in its program anytime in the last 25 years, leading to their current careers. If you got your start in the work world through Jobs for Youth, please call Al Teglia, facilitator and founder, at 301-8444 or mateo.ca.
us. Carolyn Livengood's columns appear Fridays and Saturdays. If you have any news tips about our County communities, please call or fax Carolyn at 355-5533.
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