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October 3, 2005
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Palm Haven opens doors for the fourth annual home tour
By Carol Rosen
Editor
For the fourth year in a row, historic Palm Haven opened a few of its doors for a home tour and to raise money to complete its restoration.
But this year, a special evening tour took place on Sept. 10, the night before the regular home tour. This year’s theme was 1927, just prior to the election to merge Willow Glen into San Jose.
Docents were dressed in period costume and took small groups to each home in the neighborhood. They discussed the homes and the people of that era. The vintage cars, which have always been present for Palm Haven Read
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| Is tradition a dying art? Residents select finalists for public art project
By Jennifer Robertson
Staff Writer
Community members gathered recently at the Willows Senior Center to start the process of selecting the artist who will create the artwork for the new Willow Glen Library.
The selection is complicated, for it is not simply a matter of coming to a consensus that is based on aesthetic taste. Members of the group must also choose an artist with an understanding of a community that is changing and is yet rooted in tradition.
When the group brainstormed words and phrases that Read
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