Social Events – Page 9 – The Barron Park Association

Palo Alto’s annual “ Chili Cook OFF and Summer Festival” will take place at Mitchell Park on 600 E. Meadow Drive from noon to 5 p.m. and chili tasting, which is open to the public, begins at 1:30 p.m.

This year there is a new booth, representing the Barron Park Association. Barron Park resident Mark Van Zanten has accepted the challenge and has created a new vegetarian chili that will impress the judges, and delight all those who get a taste.

The Barron Park Association’s Chill Out booth will not only have chili, but also a photo booth, music, a hula hoop contest and BPA sign up.

The Chili Cook Off and Summer Festival is a great family event with lots to offer: live music, children’s activities including bounce houses, balloon artist, face painting, food vendors and more. Admission is free. Chili tasting kits will be sold for a nominal fee.

The judges will decide on the awarding of over $2,000 in cash & prizes to the chili division winners and overall winner as well as for Best Booth and Best Spirit. The Public will vote on the People’s Choice Winner, and we need your help!

Come have fun in the sun! We need volunteers, if you are interested in helping please email mark_vanzanten@yahoo.com Mark needs volunteers, a small quiet generator and a few coolers.

We look forward to seeing you on the 4^th!

Meet the Chef:

the Chili Chef , Mark Van Zanten

Mark Van Zanten has lived in Barron Park for a number of years and has been cooking for even longer. He is always looking for a new recipe, and has come up with one that will chill the crowd down on the 4^th. Come visit the booth and see for yourself!

The 17th Annual Juana Run through Barron Park is this Saturday. This popular event, initiated and organized by Barron Park resident Karen Saxena, benefits the Terman PTA and Gunn Sports Booster’s. It also benefits any participating school or team that signs up. It is intended as a fund-raiser and a community-building event.

The signature event of the Juana Run is an 8K (about 5 miles) race that begins at 8:30 AM and winds its way through and around the streets of Barron Park, ending at Juana Briones school. You can still sign up and participate. Go to the event web page, www.juanarun.org
Or just come out and line the race route and cheer on your neighbors and friends!

Here’s the map of the race route …

Juana Run – 8K run map

Streets along the course will be closed to cars while the runners are in that area.

A few streets are scheduled for complete closure:
Maybell at Pena 8:15 – 8:35; Los Robles at La Donna, 8:45-9:30 and 11-11:15; Los Robles at Amaranta to Laguna 9:50 – 11:15; Amaranta 10:00 -11:15; Orme 8:15-11:30.

The Juana Run is an event for the whole family. After the 8K race, there are special ‘Kids races’. The children’s races, of distances from 200 yards to 1/2 mile for kids in Pre-K through 5th grade, start at 10 AM. And a one mile race starts at 11:10 AM.

…….From Bob Frost

Here is the scoop on the February BP Senior lunch.

The date is Tuesday, Feb 12, time is 1 pm, and the place is Da Sichuan, a new Chinese style restaurant located at 3781 El Camino Real. To reach the parking behind the restaurant, turn onto Curtner and look for the parking lot immediately to the left.

Da Sichuan has agreed to a special flat price of $12 complete, tax, and tip. To get this price we need to provide an exact count of the number of people coming.

The menu has been pre-selected and includes:

Sweet Corn Chicken Soup,
Chinese Chicken Salad
Sweet and Sour Pork,
Beef with Broccoli,
Prawns with Vegetables,
Cashew Chicken,
Dry Sauteed String Beans (for the vegetarians),
Steamed Rice

Rosemary & Julie will be collecting your money and handing out name tags as you come in.

Please contact Bob Frost at bobfrost34@yahoo.com or 493-8272 if you wish to join with us for this lunch.

Bob needs to know who is attending by Friday, February 8^th . People can cancel as late as 10 a.m. Tuesday morning February 12th, if necessary, by phoning Rosemary Jacobsen at 493-9152.

Since we are pre-ordering, it is important that all people who make reservations show up. So if you change your mind or can’t make it, please let Rosemary know, even up to the last minute. We will have to collect from anyone who makes a reservation but does not attend or cancel.

We hope to see you there to celebrate a Happy Valentines Day….. even though we will be a little early!

Rosemary Jacobsen, Julie Spengler, & Bob Frost

……. from BPA Board member Lydia Kou, lkou@apr.com

The Barron Park Association would like to invite all members of our neighborhood community to the Barron Park Lunar New Year Celebration, scheduled for Saturday, February 9, from 2 to 4 p.m., at the Barron Park School Multi-Purpose Room.

The event will feature a local prestigious Lion Dance acrobatic troupe! Community and friendship are based on everyone lending a hand and we are counting on members of our neighborhood to bring some special holiday foods to share that will add to the festivities. This link, Barron Park Lunar New Year Celebration, is to a Jooners online sign-up sheet on which you and others in the neighborhood can sign up to contribute something to our celebration of the Lunar New Year. If what you would like to contribute is not on the list, please let us know or add to the Jooners sheet.