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Volume 49, Number 28, Published on 07/01/1996

News

Lots of

love to

New Koo Koo Roo restaurant

gets blessing of council, residents

Child S.H.A.R.E. takes care of

foster parents

Hate crime a hoax, 'victim,' 17, admits

Los Altos police announced Thursday that the 17-year-old black youth, who alleged had been beaten in Los Altos by a group of white teen-agers during a June 10 hate-crime attack, now admits he made up the story.

Council votes Los Altos

employees 3 percent raise

Palo Alto, Central Fire finalists for fire service

Palo Alto and the Central Fire Protection District emerged as the two finalists for providing fire protection to the city of Los Altos when the city council dropped Mountain View from consideration at its June 25 meeting.

Los Altos officer now facing 16 charges

Los Altos Police Officer Rafael Rosario pleaded not guilty Monday in Santa Clara County Superior Court in San Jose to 16 charges of sexually assaulting five different women while on duty.

Nurses strike over union rights at El Camino

Emergency room nurses Theresa Manley, left, and Mary Demko participate in an informational picket Monday morning in front of El Camino Hospital on Grant Road in Mountain View.

Comment

What to do about the neighbor's 'subtle passes'

Dear Jean: When, oh, when will I learn? My neighbor keeps making subtle passes at me and my mate does not notice, or perhaps he even likes it.

Letters to the Editor

'Rent-A-Mob'

Reasons to feel good about Los Altos

Here we are in July - truly a feel-good time of year. The sun is out, the kids have finished school and graduates are fresh from commencement exercises, full of wide-eyed optimism as they look forward to their futures. Businesses slow down and vacations beckon.

The two-hat letter and a question of visibility

In World War II, my first assignment in the Navy involved testing various aircraft paint schemes at Patuxent River Naval Air Test Center, on Chesapeake Bay. There a small group of camouflage people in the Tactical Test Unit had been measuring visual detection thresholds for small aircraft models, a few inches long, hanging from wires against a clear sky background. But the results were invariably the same, no matter what paint scheme was used, because they were all thresholds for resolving a small dark blob against a bright background.

Community

New Webmaster to help local groups get on-line

Watts, a 20-year Los Altos resident, is designing a new process for putting issues of the Town Crier on the Los Altos Online home page for viewing on the Internet's World Wide Web. But she said her primary focus will be helping local community organizations get onto the Internet.

Tom Campbell tells Los Altos Republican Women's Club:'We will win in November'

For their annual pot luck and salad meeting June 14, the Los Altos Republican Women's Club invited U.S. Representative Tom Campbell to rev up their political engines for the fall.

Pages of the Past

The July 7, 1971 edition of the Town Crier reported that open space lovers gathered at the Duveneck Ranch in Los Altos Hills to marshal support for establishing a Mid-Peninsula Regional Park District.

Almanac

Mountain View Planning Commission, 7:30 p.m., City Hall, 500 Castro St.

The Los Altos Chamber of Commerce went through its yearly changing of the guard and gave out several awards during its June 26 installation banquet at Chef Chu's restaurant.

Los Altos Mayor Patti Williams presented the oath of office to the new directors. In addition to the installation of new officers, Chamber officials presented a host of awards:

Filip Road celebrates its 40th July 4th

As part of the Town Crier's occasional profile of a Los Altos neighborhood, today we look at Filip Road because tomorrow residents celebrate the 40th anniversary of their annual Fourth of July party.

Community

Bay Area French

Library Notes

Experience the mystery of magic with Magic Dan, who brings his fast-paced program to the Los Altos Main Library's program room today at 3 p.m. The 45-minute presentation is for children ages 5 and up.

Los Altos Weather

Total rainfall to date this season: 00.00

Schools

School

Four local students graduated from Brown University in Providence, RI on May 27. Erika Ellen Erzberger, daughter of Dr. Heinz and Andria Erzberger of Los Altos Hills, received a bachelor of arts degree in a double concentration of biology and psychology. Erzberger was also a member of the Sigma Xi honorary society. Joshua Roy Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Miller of Mountain View, received a bachelor of arts degree in a double concentration in computer science and Judaic studies. Alicia So-Pei Fang, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Fang of Los Altos, received a bachelor of arts degree in a double concentration of East Asian studies and international relations. Barbara Baskett, daughter of Forest Baskett and Carolyn Bell of Los Altos Hills, received a bachelor of arts degree magna cum laude with a concentration in human biology. Basket was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa honorary society.

Local chemistry whiz competes at international competition in Russia

Los Altos Hills resident Michael Sawka is a finalist for the U.S. team to compete in the 28th International Chemistry Olympiad for the second time.

MV-LA district puts hold on fall construction plans

The Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District has decided to further investigate fall 1996 construction plans for the high schools before making any final decisions at a special meeting held on June 26.

International exchange students need a home

Each year, thousands of American families welcome YFU students into their homes. Many kinds of families are selected to host YFU students: married couples with or without children and single parents. YFU host families provide room, board, guidance and the experience of what everyday life is like in America.

Currents brings world issues into the classroom

Currents is a student-run organization that "brings the world into the classroom," through lectures and presentations. Currents members are, left to right, Talli Somekh, Michelle Reingold, Inna Portnova, Gundars Augusts and Eric Mainini. Photo by Monique Schoenfeld/Town CrierWith all the different happenings in the world, like the war in Bosnia or the bombing in Saudi Arabia, it is harder and harder to bring world issues into the classroom to keep students knowledgeable and informed. A Los Altos group of college students is attempting to bridge that gap.

Sports

Swimmers shine in Tahoe

Although the change in altitude from Los Altos to Incline Village slowed the swimmers a bit from their usual times, the team turned in 20 individual first-place finishes and four first-place relay finishes. The traveling swimmers were: Andrew Beck, Matthew Beck, Gaylen Biltchik, Nicole Chapman, Vivian Chen, Ben Chung, Christina Contento, Jamie Contento, Reina Contento, Holly Cooper, MacKenzie Cooper, Nathaniel Cooper, Kacey Cottrell, Carin Dunwoodie, Catherine Dunwoodie, Matthew Harter, Andrea Holman, Julia Holman, Jessica Howard-Anderson, Kayla Howard-Anderson, John Hsih, Annie Hughes, Hayes Hyde, Gavin Kelly, Jeffrey Kelly, Brigit Lawrence, Christiann Matouk, Nicole Matouk, Jeff Mulford, Alix Proceviat, Meghan Sandlin, Shannon Sandlin, Lauren Sitler, Molly Stetson and Andy Wiener.

Baseballers

Town Crier Sports Editor

Yanks grab title with 8-4 victory

Town Crier Sports Editor

Sports Shorts

SOCCER SCHOLAR: Philipp Wilson of Los Altos recently graduated from Northfield Mount Hermon School, an independent, college-preparatory school in Northfield, Mass. Also a member of the varsity soccer team, Wilson will attend Lehigh University in the fall.

Cherrstrom, Marquess are tops at St. Simon

Closing out the 33rd year of athletics at St. Simon School in Los Altos, more than 275 student-athletes were recently honored at the school's annual Athletic Awards Day.

Business & Real Estate

Art Scott opening new real estate agency in Cupertino

Art Scott & Associates Inc. will handle real estate brokerage and offer loans, property management, appraisals, homeowners insurance and financial planning.

Coldwell Banker announces new Los Altos sales associates

Coldwell Banker announced the addition of three new sales associates to the Los Altos office.

New information on the insurance crisis

Special to the Town Crier

Transactions

Los Altos

Meet and greet with coffee at Coffee Talk

Blossom Valley Shopping Center isn't downtown Los Altos, and it isn't downtown Mountain View, but it's a vital place percolating with people and a great deli-cafe called Coffee Talk.

Weekly Special

Martin Sexton strums

Town Crier Staff Report

Car rebuilder-enthusiast George Ellis believes in the American Way

Los Altos Hills resident George Ellis, pictured here with a 1940 Buick convertible, left, and a 1946 Buick sedan, has restored more than 200 cars as a hobby.

Kirbys celebrate

Rebecca and Clifford Kirby of Los Altos recently celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary at a western barbecue in Escalon, Calif.

Service

Bishop has orders to the Officers Basic School at Quantico, Va.

Obituaries

Ruth Cotter, a Los Altos real estate broker, died June 9 after a long illness with Alzheimer's.

Births

A daughter, Elizabeth Hazel Glenski, was born Jan. 22, 1996, to Melissa Lemp and William Glenski of St. Louis, Mo. Melissa and her parents, Pat and Eric Millar, are from Los Altos.

Baha'i believer 'on the right path'

Maryam Afshar said her belief in Baha'i "was like coming out of the box for me." The Baha'is believe in unity of humanity and that men and women are equal.Monique Schoenfeld/Town CrierMaryam Afshar was born in Iran, her father a Muslim, her mother a Catholic from France. Afshar grew up as a Roman Catholic in Iran.

Spiritual

Baha'i faith holds

Baha'i youth learn about universal peace, awarness

The dance auditorium at De Anza College reverberated with high octane energy when I visited a recent Sunday afternoon rehearsal of the Bay Area Baha'i Youth Workshop (BYW). Lara Messeder, a Los Altos resident and student at Foothill College, is one of the 40 members of the group with ages ranging from 10 to 18.

TheatreWorks doesn't horse around

Special to the Town Crier

LAYT takes 'Father of the Bride' down the aisle

The hilarious play about a family preparing for the marriage of their oldest and only child continues its run this Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Foothill College Studio Theatre, 12345 El Monte Road in Los Altos Hills. (Note: This is the correct location, unlike in last week's listing.) Performances are at 8 p.m. Friday, and 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; tickets cost $8/adults, $6/students, children and seniors.