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Volume 49, Number 29, Published on 07/08/1996

News

Putting in

arts & wine

By Clyde Noel

Town Crier Staff WriterPhoto by Monique Schoenfeld, Town Crier

Putting in

arts & wine

Deadline approaches for hospital board

The nomination period for candidates to take out papers and declare their candidacy is between July 15 and Aug. 9. All completed forms of candidacy must be received at the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters no later than 5 p.m. Aug. 9.

El Camino management, nurses stalemated over bargaining agreement

The El Camino Hospital nurses union remains at odds with hospital management over a new labor agreement after talks stalled July 2. Negotiators on both sides are expected to meet again Thursday.

Edith Ave. subdivision before LAH commission

A parcel of land on the Los Altos-Los Altos Hills border that has generated controversy in the past is now before the Los Altos Hills Planning Commission for approval of a three-lot subdivision.

Ad hoc group presents suggested plaza improvements to city

A grass-roots committee proposing improvements to the downtown Community Plaza has presented formal, detailed plans for enhancing a town center some feel is lacking. However, Bruce Bane, the city's public works director, said the city itself has no plans in the near future to fund such improvements.

Parc Regent popularity makes Edith-San Antonio a hot corner

Phase one of the 57-unit Parc Regent senior housing project in downtown Los Altos has been completed and phase two has begun with a completion date of February 1997.

Three city council seats open in Los Altos Hills

Residents will be welcome to challenge three incumbents on the Los Altos Hills City Council this November.

Comment

A View from the Hills

The sin in sintax

Dear Jean

Dear Jean: My husband comes home stressed every night. He is a zombie. Then he works all weekend and is so cranky by Sunday night that I am happy to see him go off for another 70-hour week. I don't think this is worth all those bloody stock options and the ego satisfaction he gets from being indispensable. Please suggest how to help him tell his boss off or just quit his job. We have enough saved for a year at least, and we all need a rest. Marriage rocky; company successful!

Letters to the Editor

tradition important

Other Voices

'If you feed 'em ... '

Community

Community

'Circles & Squares'

Hidden Villa staff changes, adds new fund-raiser

Joan Johnston, new director of development at Hidden Villa, is responsible for raising 40 - 50 percent of the operating budget.Photo by Monique Schoenfeld

MROSD docents offer nine hikes throughout this month

Docents for the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District have scheduled nine hikes for the month of July, all taking place on the district's permanently preserved open space lands.

Library Notes

Mark your calendar for an entertaining look at portraiture at 7:30 p.m. on July 24 at the Los Altos Main Library, 13 S. San Antonio Road. Kay Payne, popular art docent from the San Francisco De Young Museum, will present a history of portraiture. She terms it, "glamorous and elegant, commanding and supercilious. Some portraits flatter, some are caricatures, and some are done as an act of revenge." The free talk, open to all, will be held in the Program Room.

Los Altan assumes new role for blindness organization

"I have always enjoyed both my reading and the wonderful volunteers and board of directors at RFB&D," Jaquette said. "Being a chairman adds a new dimension to serving RFB&D, but it won't stop me from reading."

Pages of the Past

According to the July 14, 1971 issue of the Town Crier, bulldozers clearing land at El Monte Road and O'Keefe Lane for construction of the Creekside Oaks subdivision, unearthed relics of an Ohlone Indian community that once lived in the neighborhood of Adobe Creek.

Hosts needed for international exchange students

Many kinds of families are selected to host YFU students: married couples with or without children and single parents. For more information, call 1-800-TEENAGER.

Pilgrim Haven founder celebrates 94th birthday

Rev. Harold E. Bottemiller, a Pilgrim Haven founder and former executive director of American Baptist Homes of the West (ABHOW), recently celebrated his 94th birthday with a special visit from former ABHOW President Dr. Richard E. Ice and current President David B. Ferguson who gathered for a historic photo at the Los Altos retirement community.

'Vision 21' fund-raiser to enhance library services

The Los Altos Main Library is the subject of a campaign to raise $300,000, to upgrade the resources of the library in science, technology and medicine (STM). Through a challenge grant, the David and Lucille Packard foundation has agreed to match community contributions. For every $2 raised, the Packard Foundation will contribute $1.

Babatunde Quintet performs free concert at CSMA

The Community School of Music & Arts (CSMA) presents the Babatunde Quintet in a free outdoor jazz concert from 4:30 to 6 p.m. this Saturday at CSMA's campus at 253 Martens Ave. in Mountain View.

Almanac

Los Altos Hills Planning Commission, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall, 26379 Fremont Road.

Be on the lookout for fire hazards this summer

With sure-fire heat waves possibly right around the corner, The Los Altos Fire Department has some fire prevention tactics ready to employ, along with tips for residents and business owners.

Schools

Blach arts program rewarded with national grant

Photographer Bart Harris spent July 3 doing a photo shoot with Blach art teacher Russ Hoffman and current and former art students, left to right, Mark Kolich, Kristine Yu and Peter Swenson. Photo by Monique Schoenfeld, Town Crier

Two named LAHS students of the month for June

Los Altos High School students have selected seniors Laura Eng and Michael Smith to share the title of Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District students of the month for June.

Foothill drama instructor leads fall theater tour in Great Britain

The best seats for seven first-run performances, first-class hotel accommodations, planned sightseeing, backstage tours and a full-day trip to Salisbury and Stonehedge are among the highlights of Foothill College drama instructor Jay Manley's 1996 "Autumn-in-London Theatre Tour."

Local students' talents discovered by Johns Hopkins

The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth in Maryland honored local students for their outstanding verbal and/or mathematical abilities at the center's annual talent search on June 9 at Stanford University.

Sports

Sports Shorts

SPLASHING SUCCESS: Fremont Hills Country Club's swim team defeated Ladera Oaks June 27 in an exciting and fun-filled meet at Ladera Oaks. The meet was not decided until the final event, with Los Altos Hills' Fremont Hills winning 309-306. Katherine Gorman won the age 6-and-under girls freestyle, butterfly and breaststroke, in which she set a league record with a time of 23.72 seconds.

Next stop, Wimbledon

Pitching and fielding

Town Crier Sports Editor

Local volleyball standouts

Town Crier Sports Editor

Business & Real Estate

Chamber Economic Committee reviews results of survey

The first Monday in each month the Los Altos Chamber of Commerce Economic Committee meets to discuss the economic and financial highlights taking place in the seven commercial districts in the city.

Real Estate

Jim Fletcher, a Los Altos resident and first vice president with CB Commercial Real Estate Group, Inc., was honored at the company's National Recognition Conference in Phoenix, Ariz. He was recognized as a member of the 1995 CB Commercial Colbert Coldwell Circle. The Circle represents the top three percent of producers from the company nationwide.

Seville Properties selected for Estates Club listings

Members of the Estates Club enjoy a significant share of the world's most desirable property listed for sale. In 1995, these members reported sales of more than $15 billion.

Home sales set record pace

Single family home sales have never been better. The U. S. Commerce Department reported last week that sales of new homes shot up 7.5 percent in May to the highest rate in 10 years. Preliminary statistics show that June was even better.

TC welcomes real estate story ideas

Write us at the Los Altos Town Crier, 138 Main St., Los Altos 94022, attention Clyde Noel, or call us at 948-9000, ext. 319. You can also leave us a message on the paper's 24-hour Feedback Phone by calling the above number and pressing 7 after hearing the voice mail message. For those with Internet access, our e-mail address is: @losaltosonline.com

Accurate property lines can curb neighbor disputes

City Planning Departments receive questions on where a residential property starts and where it stops.

Transactions

Los Altos

Business

T. Duncan MacVicar, of Los Altos, has been elected to the board of directors of the Institute of Management Consultants' Northern California Chapter.

Weekly Special

Get a tax rebate when traveling to Europe

Special to the Town Crier

PAMF's Los Altos Center issues 'Velcro challenge'

Special to the Town Crier

CSMA offers financial aid for its students

Through the generosity of donors, the Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) in Mountain View currently has funds available for families in need of financial assistance. The school is offering tuition assistance to qualifying school-age students for private music lessons and classes in music and art. The school also offers work-study assistance to qualifying college and adult students.

Obituaries

Elsie Burkhart, former bookkeeper at Los Altos Supply, died June 26 in Mountain View. She was 87.

Senior Briefs

Senior Center

Weddings &

Gibson, Kenyon

Chefs Who Care at Michael's Shoreline Restaurant in August

The menu for the evening will feature an Italian country barbecue buffet.The cold buffet will include Caesar salad, antipasto salad, tomatoes vinaigrette and pasta primavera salad.The hot buffet will offer barbecued rosemary chicken and penne pasta marinara. The buffet will be followed by sorbet and coffee.

Bus Barn Stage Company

Theater preview