A fair contest
The Santa Clara County Fair is celebrating its 80th year with the return of a contest for young artists to create a commemorative fair poster. Using the theme “From the Fields to the Future,” artists are being asked to illustrate how the Santa Clara Valley has evolved from agriculture to high tech.
The contest, the first held at the fair in over 20 years, is open to all school-age youth. All participants will receive two tickets to the fair’s opening day on July 25. This year’s fair runs July 25-28 and Aug. 1-4, during which there will be a people’s choice contest for the best grade level and overall posters.
Deadline for submissions is May 15. For contest rules, visit http://bit.ly/3wit6nc.
Library passport hub
West Valley residents will be able to apply for or renew their passports at the Saratoga Library by this fall.
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted to expand access to passport services by making the Saratoga Library an official passport facility, according to a release from County Supervisor Joe Simitian’s office. The move is part of a broader effort by local leaders to offer passport services at local libraries, an effort that was piloted at the Milpitas and and Cupertino libraries and eventually implemented at the Los Altos library.
The county’s library district has processed more than 16,000 passports since reopening in January 2022 due to the pandemic, the release states. Gilroy’s library will join the Saratoga Library in becoming a passport facility this fall.