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Volume 48, Number 23, Published on 06/05/1995

News

Veggie venture makes ecological sense

Our Farm combines presticide-free produce with 'community spirit'

LAH hires new planning director , public works manager

Planning Director Curtis S. Williams started his planning duties June 1. He previously spent four years as planning director for the City of Woodside. Previous to Woodside, Williams spent several years as planning administrator in Rancho Palos Verdes in Southern California.

Potential buyers are encouraged to apply for affordable housing in Los Altos

The purpose, CHD officials say, is to ensure that adequate housing is available to families of all income levels.

Parcel tax lowered, services increased for libraries

Special to the Town Crier

Spielberg announces Hollywood, high-tech partnership at Silicon Graphics

Special to the Town Crier

Los Altos schools chief named county superintendent of the year

Gratiot, who holds a Ph.D. in Administration and Policy Analysis from Stanford, was honored at a ceremony May 25 in San Jose. After starting her career as a classroom teacher and resource specialist, she served as principal at Loyola and Santa Rita schools before becoming assistant superintendent of curriculum and finally superintendent for the Los Altos School District for the past eight years.

People

Edward Ulrich Jr.

A native of Philadelphia, he was vice president of sales and marketing at Kent-Landsberg and a very active member of the Los Altos Golf and Country Club. A graduate of Stanford University he was a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity.

Community

Research made easier at the Los Altos Main Library

Improved access to magazines is available through InfoTrac 2000, a computerized database. It includes indexing and abstracts for more than 800 magazines and full text for more than 400 magazines. Special health and business databases offer a variety of current materials. Infotrac 2000 has a EasyTrac search mode for the beginning user, and PowerTrac search mode for the advanced user.

25 years ago in the Town Crier

It was the third time the city had proposed such a measure, or one similar, and the third time it was defeated.

'Picnic in the Plaza' concert series under way

Citibank is providing seating for the concerts to the first 50 people that attend to get their early. Concerts begin at noon and run through 1 p.m.

United Methodist pays tribute to a longtime, gracious volunteer

Marie Cieslak's work with the church goes back almost 40 years

The Los Altos Senior Center is located at the Hillview Community Center, 97 Hillview Ave., in Los Altos. House are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information, call 948-7483. The Mountain View Senior Center is located at 266 Escuela Ave., in Mountain View. For more information, call 903-6330. Following is a list of special events for the month:

Why I love my Los Altos Dad contest

Children of Los Altos are encouraged to enter in the "Why I Love My Los Altos Dad" Father's Day Contest, sponsored by the Los Altos Village Association.

Fate of Russia

The World Affairs Council of the Peninsula Chapter presents "Russia: Nation or Empire?" at 8 p.m.. Monday at Congregation Beth Am, 26790 Arastradero Road, Los Altos Hills.

To list school and civic related activities, call Lee Lynch at 961-0394. Library news courtesy of Carol Tefft of the Los Altos Main Library.

Los Altos Hills City Council, 6-9 p.m., Town Hall, 26379 Fremont Road.

Service News

Price is a 1994 graduate of Calaveras High School of San Andreas. He joined the Navy in August 1994.

Book Review: New publications brings California history to life

Special to the Town Crier

Los Altan campaigns for Superior Court judgeship

Los Altos resident Eugene Hyman looks good in a black robe.

Oscar-nominated documentary on Alzheimer's to Air June 13 on KQED-TV

Hoffmann chronicles the challenges of providing care for her mother, Doris, who is a victim of Alzheimer's disease. Hoffmann provides an extremely witty and uplifting viewpoint of an otherwise hopeless dilemma facing an estimated four million Alzheimer's patients and nearly 18 million family caregivers nationwide. She integrates into the film humor, compassion and positive ways of coping with this disease, rather than offering clinical details of her mother's deterioration.

Good samaritan lends anear to victims of disaster

Her soft and soothing voice combined with a calming demeanor makes Los Altos resident and Red Cross volunteer easy to talk to. And in her line of work, this is important.

'Chefs Who Care' picnic

The fifth annual Chefs Who Care "Picnic in the Park" will take place from 5:30-7:30 p.m., June 19 in the barbecue area of Cuesta Park, on Cuesta Drive at Grant Road in Mountain View.

The change (life in Latvia) will do her good - right?

On June 1, I departed for Riga, Latvia as an eager volunteer in the Peace Corps. I am excited and nervous at the same time, and also amazed at how far I have come in life.

LAVA not kidding around: children's fare at art and wine festival

Children's activities for the upcoming festival, July 8 and 9, is new, improved and expanded, according to Sandy Grisedale, executive director of the festival-sponsoring Los Altos Village Association.

Author to discuss great gourds in history at main library

She found that this fascinating member of the squash family has been used by cultures throughout the world for more than 15,000 years. Some of the fascinating historical uses of gourds are now preserved in museums in countries worldwide, and gourds continue to be used daily by people in many areas, including Africa, South and Central America, and even many parts of the United States.

AISE seeks host families for foreign students

Each year, AISE places thousands of students with families across the United States. Families may select their students according to country, sex, age, religious beliefs, hobbies, grades and family background. Local area representatives are on hand to show student profiles, and help families select the student who best suits them.

Award-winning Foothill Fanfairs play farewell concert

The award-winning Fanfairs are Alx Camp, Ben Evans, Masha Helmer and Gray Norton, all of Mountain View; Emily Pedri of Sunnyvale; and Ellen Lee of Irvine.

Flea market and 'fun day' for kids at St. Luke's

Other events on Family Fun Day are a church rummage sale, a cake-walk, face painting, and food and bake sales. Also scheduled is a 1 p.m. performance by Circus Soozee. The event is open to the community and free of charge.

No smoking signs available free of charge from city hall

Smoking is only allowed in bar areas of restaurants, said Richard McKim, code enforcement officer.

Schools

Hewlett Packard gives $232,000 in

Hewlett-Packard Company announced that 116 high-school seniors whose parents are employed at the company's San Francisco Bay Area sites have been awarded college scholarships totaling $232,000.

Los Altos High School Grad Nite this Friday

Los Altos was one of the first high schools in the area to provide an alcohol-and-drug-free party.

Oak teacher calls it quits after 40 years in Los Altos district

Eddie Shaw has taught in the Los Altos School District for so long, one of her first students is now a fellow teacher at Oak Elementary School.

High school foundation provides funding for texbooks, science equipment

Through its phone campaign this year, the foundation collected $107,000 to continue funding the tutorial centers on both Los Altos and Mountain View high school campuses and to provide science equipment and supplies as well as new history and social studies textbooks.

Foothill graduation ceremonies set for June 16

Two students, Sean Fuller and Richard La Mere, will be the principle speakers. The two were chosen from open auditions and were such strong contenders that both were selected, said Bill Frankeberger of the students affairs office.

Oak school celebrates carnival - a tradition going strong

Special to the Town Crier

Outstanding students of the month

Chosen by fellow classmates for their outstanding contributions to Los Altos High School are seniors Robin Johnson and Hardy Johnson.

Deborah S. Dauber of Los Altos Hills and Julie Maureen Scherer of Los Altos last month graduated from the University of Michigan. Dauber received a bachelor of science degree in chemistry and Scherer received a bachelor of arts degree.

A De Anza Day of activities and awards

Hot air balloon rides, continuous entertainment, a 49er/Charger basketball game and a large variety of De Anza Day activities for people of all ages are planned.

Silicon Graphics CEO to deliver address at Santa Clara University graduation

President Paul L. Locatelli will present McCracken an honorary doctor of technology management degree. Locatelli will be officiting at his seventh annual commencement exercise since taking the reins of his alma mater in 1988. Founded in 1851, Santa Clara is California's oldest institution of higher learning.

Second Annual International Day at Santa Rita School

The afternoon began with the whole school gathering to present 500 Friendship Boxes to the Red Cross. The classes has packed these boxes with school supplies to send to the children of Rwanda. Each included a personal message beginning with the Rwandan word for "hello", "Muraho".

Irval Carter remembered with a trophy

When Irval Carter died last summer, the teachers in the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District struggled for eight months on how they should pay tribute to the legendary educator. Now the former assistant superintendent of schools will be remembered with a trophy and a scholarship.

Grad Nite preview at Los Altos High School

Call for those

Thiry eight seniors graduate from Pinewood High School, all plan to go to college

The salutatorian was Jared Schiffinan, and the valedictorian was Sarah Wilson. The ceremony also included musical selections by the Pinewood Eighth Grade Chorus and the Graduation Honor Choir. All thirty-eight graduates will be continuing their educations this coming fall at colleges and universities across the country.

ESL teacher at Santa Rita enjoys national honor

Dorothy Dickson discovers new languages and cultures every day as the Los Altos School District's only full-time English-as-a-second-language teacher at Santa Rita school.

Sports

Buffaloes plow through water polo tourneys

Led by goalie Evi Schueller and defender Tiffany Duncan, Mountain View notched fifth place out of 12 teams in Annapolis. Rejoining the Buffaloes for the tourney were former players Dimple Patel (Princeton University freshman) and Mary Letson (Boston College sophomore).

Sports shorts

Mountain View High - badminton (3.6 grade-point average), golf (3.4), boys track (3.4).

Battling to the top

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Send your item to: Sports Editor, Los Altos Town Crier, 138 Main St., Los Altos 94022; or fax it to 948-6647.

St. Francis baseballers No. 1,

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Business & Real Estate

Women thrive in businesses out of the home

When Maria Murphy Lonergan moved from working with a Fortune 500 company to start her own custom interior design business in Los Altos, she was looking for a better quality of work life, and a place to work creatively.

ARMs: they still look like bargains, but investors should do homework

Special to the Town Crier

Assessment notification cards mailed to property owners

The information is particularly important to the 385,000 homeowners," Stone said. "It is generally recognized that the real estate market has declined from its peak in 1989. As a consequence, we have reduced the assessed value of more than 97,000 since 1989."

Advice for putting your financial affairs in order

Doug Heimforth is a coach. But he doesn't coach athletic teams, only small businesses as he helps them through financial hardships and helps individuals plan on how to set their financial goals.

High school sophomore wins

summer job at Foothill Bank

PenWest Realtors provide cash awards to 'Fair Housing winners'

For the last eight years, students have expressed the concept of "Fair Housing" in poems and posters for the PenWest Board of Realtors. Each year the committee is continually delighted with the students' creativity and ingenuity, and the judges find it more difficult to assess.

Workshop on building your own golf clubs

The workshop is geared to answer questions such as, "Which part of the golf club effects your game the most?" "How do generic clubs compare to major brands?" and "Do you have to pay major dollars for major brand clubs?"

Rancho Travel merges with All Horizons of Palo Alto

Roy and Maureen Jones of All Horizons Travel and Suzanne Horning of Rancho Travel announced a merger of their travel businesses May 30. The new agency will be called All Horizons-Rancho Travel and will be located in the Rancho Shopping Center.

Chamber golf tourney set for Aug. 21

Golf committee co-chairman Joe Renati and Joe Leal are looking for volunteers for the tournament and corporate sponsors for the event.

Workshop encourages women to take charge of their money

At one time, only the men in the family were supposed responsible for "bringing home the bacon." But in the 1990s, it's an altogether different story.

Weekly Special

Classic 'Our Town' showing at Foothill College Theatre

Directed by Jay Manley, the play is being staged by the Foothill College Repertory Theatre. Other performances are at 8 p.m. June 15 and 17 and 2:30 p.m. June 18. The play is part of Foothill's Fine Arts Performances for summer 1995.

SENIORS

HIDDEN VILLA needs volunteers for its Visitor's Welcome Center and its environmental education guide program. For information, call the Retired Senior Volunteer Program, at 321-7232.

Pro dancers highlight Western Ballet's 'Cinderella'

Major roles are played by professional dancers Katheryn Petak as Cinderella, Christopher Anderson as the Prince, Michelle Cave as the Fairy Godmother, John Lanch and Matt Kovac as the Prince's friends and David Kato as the Jester.

Dance spectacular kicks off Foothill fine arts series

The four premieres are "Out of the Ashes," a collaborative ballet with an original drum score by Kevin Mukai of San Jose Taiko; "Tulunga: Spirit Dancer," a modern dance drama of love and redemption; a suite of jazz dances inspired by pop icon Prince; and a tribute to "The Lion King." "Out of the Ashes" was inspired by the legacy and struggle of Sadako Sasaki, danced by Linda Shoji Chin of Palo Alto.

Book reviews

Special to the Town Crier