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Published on 07/29/1996 All articles from this issue

Letters to the Editor

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Next time, leave the dogs home

The Los Altos Arts and Wine Festival was a great success! A wonderful annual event.

There is one problem to me and my family, though. Please, can the dogs stay home? They are huge, they are yippy, they fight with other dogs and they come right up to my little grandchildren's faces.

I don't trust the dogs' behavior and the public should not have to be annoyed and put in danger at such a community event.

Lynn Smith

Los Altos

Speak up and save on credit card bills

I heard from my credit union that one should call their banks and have their credit card rates adjusted. Once or twice I did so and put it out of mind. Today I noticed my wife's rates - once reasonable - had crept up to over 17 percent.

I called two of our downtown Los Altos banks, and guess what? Just for the asking, and you have to mention that you are receiving low rate solicitations from elsewhere and are considering changing bank cards, they each reduced the rate down to 9 percent - almost in half, offered without my asking to reverse the last annual fee, and then asked if they could do anything else for me! I asked how long the rate would apply: "For you sir, I can extend it from six months to one year, and call us again in 12 months (i.e. repeat your request if your rate increases!)."

Call your bank. Ask for and make sure you are getting the "lowest available rates and terms." Call again often. I'll wager that the average family could save $1,000 per year on their various cards this way.

Roger W. Burnell

Los Altos Hills

Allied Arts auxiliary explains policy

Woodside-Atherton Auxiliary owns and operates Allied Arts Guild for the benefit of the seriously ill children at Packard Children's Hospital. We have always honored and supported our artisans and continue to do so. Our policy has not changed.

We would like to respond to recent letters which have mistakenly asserted that the auxiliary has not offered to renew Custom Handweaver's lease.

The Auxiliary wants to renew this lease but also wishes to make all of the beautiful frescos, which are historic to the property, available to our valued visitors. We deem it necessary to reclaim for public viewing only approximately 25 percent of Custom Handweaver's space which houses three of these frescos. Through the time, effort and fund-raising of our members, these frescos have been restored to their original splendor. It would be a shame not to have them accessible to our guests.

Hannelore Cole has been offered several suggestions and options at the Auxiliary's expense in order to keep her at our complex. We very much value her art and her contributions.

Susan B. Lamkin

President, Woodside-Atherton Auxiliary

Thanks, we enjoyed the trip

We are the lucky winners of the grand prize trip to Mexico given by the Los Altos Chamber of Commerce and the Loyola/Rancho merchants in a recent fund-raiser. Our trip to the Westin Regina Resort in Los Cabos was wonderful and we want to take this opportunity to publicly thank merchants for putting together such a wonderful grand prize. Also, special thanks to Mayor Patti Williams for drawing our winning ticket!

Scott and Sheryl Miller