Trailblazing quilt celebrates Friends of Stevens Creek Trail’s 30th anniversary

Sunnyvale displays piece made from fundraising race shirts.

Trailblazing quilt

The Friends of Stevens Creek Trail group is celebrating its 30th anniversary by publicly displaying a quilt made from previous years’ Trailblazer race shirts. Sunnyvale Mayor Larry Klein unveiled the quilt June 21 at the Sunnyvale Community Center.

The quilt was made by Tom Frankum, a Friends board member from 1997 to 2007 who served as president in 2000-01. Frankum, who now lives in San Diego but has continued to be an active Friends supporter, is also a running enthusiast.

The quilt is set to move to Cupertino in July and Mountain View in September after being displayed in Sunnyvale.

The 29th annual Trailblazer Race is set for Sept. 24. The event is a fundraiser for the Friends, a nonprofit dedicated to extending Stevens Creek Trail and wildlife corridor from San Francisco Bay to the Santa Cruz Mountains. For more information and to register, visit https://www.stevenscreektrail.org/Events/trailblazer.html.

Public Safety graduation

Five Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety recruits recently graduated from the Alameda County Sheriff’s Regional Police Academy. The recruits completed more than 1,064 hours of training involving firearms, defensive tactics, de-escalation and emergency vehicle operations.

After completing a three-week in-house training program, the five recruits were set to begin their 20-week field training program to learn how to become a solo beat officer.

For more information on the department’s training and recruitment, contact Capt. David Sakurai at 408-730-7176.