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Volume 50, Number 3, Published on 01/20/1997

News

Joys of 'Spinning Wheels'

Town Crier Staff Writer

Jury in Rosario trial may decide this week

The jury began deliberations yesterday in the six-week trial of a former Los Altos police officer facing 12 charges including felony sexual assault.

Los Altos council agrees to top-13 list of goals

After reviewing 69 items, Los Altos City Council members came up with a top-13 list of goals for the city's 1997-1999 budget period.

LAH council declares property owners must dedicate for town easements

The Los Altos Hills City Council ruled last week that a property owner looking to build a second unit must dedicate for a right-of-way, even if such a dedication results in a drop below the city's one-acre property limit.

Commission votes 4-3 for 2-story condo plan

The Los Altos Planning Commission voted 4-3 that the Etruscan Condominium project be a two-story 16-unit development rather than the three-story 24-unit plan as proposed by the developer.

History House crab feed set for Feb. 8

Social hour begins at 6 p.m. and dinner at 7 p.m. with the auction to follow. Tickets are $35. Reservation deadline is Feb. 1 and checks should be made payable to Los Altos History House, P.O. Box 1165, Los Altos 94023.

LAH Council approves more communications antennas

On a 5-0 vote, the Los Altos Hills City Council approved another request for a conditional use permit to install a Personal Communication Service antenna within town limits.

Comment

Letters to the Editor

The "Avoid 13 DUI" article which appeared in your last issue was slanted in the wrong direction. The reporter makes it sound like the Los Altos Police Department was doing a great job in nabbing 18 drunk drivers in 20 days.

The best advice I ever heard was at The Echo

They used to have ladies night at a lot of night clubs, but I haven't noticed one advertised lately. They were usually crowded and noisy, but you could sometimes find an empty seat at the bar next to a woman who liked to talk.

When a reporter gets subpoenaed

When the process server pushed the subpoena into my hand I felt ambushed. The motto at the Town Crier is that we're easy to do business with. So when I heard a woman say, after she'd bought some back issues of the paper, "Could I speak to Joanne Griffith Domingue?" I came out of my cubby, put out my hand, and said, "Hi, I'm Joanne."

Community

Los Altos Weather

Pages of the Past

According to the January 26, 1972, edition of the Town Crier, several hundred "old timers of Los Altos" attended an open house in their honor on January 23, 1972, at the Garden House on University Avenue.

Pulitzer Prize winning biographers inspire at Celebrity Forum

By interspersing secrets about our American presidents, Doris Kearns Goodwin keeps an audience enthralled. Speaking with David McCullough at the Foothill College Celebrity Forum last Friday night at Flint Center, the two Pulitzer Prize winning biographers presented their insights into presidents past.

Traffic dangers drive resident to action

John Gorzynski has had it with local traffic. Speedsters zooming 50 mph down San Antonio Road when they should be traveling at 35 mph irritate him. And drivers who don't stop for pedestrians in cross walks really drive him nuts.

Almanac

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

What to do with the Griffin House?

Town Crier Staff Writer

10-year-old saves 72-year-old neighbor

Matt Bordoni heard a honking horn and worried that something might be wrong. But when the 10-year-old fourth grader at St. Simon School mentioned it, his dad Jim thought it was probably just a false car alarm or maybe kids playing.

Glady's Hallmark Shop to close doors end of next month

Town Crier Staff Writer

Thieves fail to stop music at MV music and arts school

Special to the Town Crier

February's Chefs Who Care at new French restaurant

The restaurant will offer a choice of five entrees, including Ling cod in teriyaki sauce, sea bass fillets grilled with sake, French steamed chicken thighs, lemon chicken breast and rib-eye steak.

Packard Art Studio presents 8th annual 'Golden Brush' awards

Jean Packard, a Los Altos artist and teacher, says "The most coveted and prestigious awards for artists are always those of one's piers."

Poet-artist's personal, powerful works on display at Gallery 9

"Words And Music," featured at Gallery 9 through Feb. 1, is an exhibition of exciting mixed media abstract paintings and a collection of poems by painter and poet Louise Freund. Concise and formally presented, Freund's exhibition reflects a year of transition and growth. The small but powerful show, built around a series of square watercolor paintings are further explained in Freund's own words through the rhythm of her poetry.

Library News

The first session will be Friday, Feb. 7, from 7-8:30 p.m. The same program will be repeated Friday, Feb. 14, from 7-8:30 p.m.

Special guest speakers at Sister Cities annual meeting

Benjamin Lo, director general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural office in San Francisco, will speak on developments with Taipei.

Great Decisions programs starting Feb. 3

The Los Altos Mountain View League of Women Voters, The American Association of University Women and the Los Altos Library will present "Great Decisions" programs from 10 a.m. to noon at the Los Altos Library, 13 S. San Antonio Road in Los Altos. The first program will start Feb. 3.

Community Briefs

The Los Altos Rotary Club is having a fund-raiser benefiting the Support Network for Battered Women from 3-7 p.m. on Super Bowl day, this coming Sunday at the Los Altos Youth Center.

Senior Briefs

Wednesday: 1 p.m., Medicare supplemental health plans seminar, a presentation on how it affects you and what kind of supplemental plans are available.

Schools

Perennial civic activist fills spot on LASD board

The Los Altos School District trustees last week selected Kristine Salmon to fill the spot on the board vacated when Phillip Faillace was elected the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District.

Montclaire participates in French exchange

Montclaire Elementary School in Los Altos will be hosting 18 children from Paris this year, with the children arriving on Jan. 30.

MV-LA schools chief among 3 finalists for Palo Alto spot

Don Phillips, Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District superintendent, is among three finalists for the superintendent position in the 15-school, 9,000-student Palo Alto Unified School District.

St. Nicholas reaches out to community all year

St. Nicholas School's Community Outreach Program keeps the focus on helping the community not only during the holiday season, but all year-round.

McWhorter's donates more than $134,000 to schools

McWhorter's Stationery stores broke a previous year's record by giving back more than $134,000 to 664 participating local schools through the 1996 Back-To-School fund-raiser, store officials announced. In 1995, McWhorters provided $118,000 to 656 schools.

School Briefs

Men and women can explore a variety of contemporary issues that affect women by enrolling in a new three-unit evening course at Foothill College. The women's issues class will meet 6-9 p.m. Thursday through March 27 in Room B2 at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills.

Sports

Mtn. View puts Wilcox to the test

Girls basketball

Los Altos makes best of adversity

Girls basketball

This week in sports

Wrestling

Owls the toast of the Coast Conference

They aren't ranked No. 1 in Northern California like last season, but the Foothill College women's basketballers are one of the top squads in the local Coast Conference. The Owls sported a perfect 5-0 record heading into last Friday's big matchup with San Jose City College, but lost 67-57.

Rapozo strikes it big in New Zealand

When people jokingly referred to "A River Runs Through It" as that three-hour movie about fly fishing a few years back, Barry and Rozanne Rapozo of Los Altos Hills weren't laughing.

Greg Burns grabs gold in Atlanta Paralympics

Special to the Town Crier

Athlete of the Week

A sophomore goalkeeper for the Pinewood girls soccer team, she has registered four shutouts this season and is regarded by coaches as one of the Private Schools Athletic League's best netminders. "She is hard-working, highly motivated, a great team leader and good role model," said Coach Michael Tetzlaff. "She has saved many scores with her excellent positioning and her courageous coming off the goal line."

Boys hoopsters are gunning for the top

Town Crier Staff Report

Eagles halt Los Gatos' win streak

Town Crier Staff Writer

Sports Shorts

LACROSSE CHOPS: The Palo Alto Tomahawks boys lacrosse club needs a coach for its junior team (grades 6-8), which practices Tuesday-Thursday afternoons. The Tomahawks' varsity (grades 11-12) and junior varsity (grades 9-10) squads also need players. The Northern California Lacrosse League season runs from March through May. For more information, call Gitta Westra at 962-1455.

Business & Real Estate

Business Briefs

A workshop to empower women about money is scheduled from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in the Palo Alto Adult School.

Sanwa Bank opens on Main Street with veteran bank officer

Last week, former First Interstate Bank executive Joanne Kavalaris returned to the same bank building she worked in for 11 years. Her new job is vice president and manager of Sanwa Bank California's new Los Altos branch.

A local real estate wrap-up for 1996

Special to the Town Crier

Transactions

Los Altos

Sellers need to be on a multiple listing service for the best possible exposure

Special to the Town Crier

Weekly Special

Taking candid wedding memories of guests with one-time use camera

A card was placed on each table with the following inscription: "Here's the camera. Have some fun taking pictures of everyone, and then leave the camera on the table. Your pictures will capture uncensored wedding memories for us."

Flower Girl Fancy

Town Crier Staff Writer

Caterers emphasize variety when selecting foods for wedding buffet

Special to the Town Crier

Cruises offer romantic get-aways that are perfect for honeymooners

There is something romantic about cruising. Whether you are spending your days drifting on the blue waters around a Caribbean island, or looking at the silent beauty of Alaska's monumental glaciers, a honeymoon cruise is sure to be one of life's most enjoyable moments.

Local churches offer gracious sites for weddings, receptions

Some of the prettiest spots for weddings and receptions are right here in Los Altos and Los Altos Hills at local churches.

Music makes the reception a wedding to remember

Music is such an important part of the wedding that a great deal of emphasis is placed on it. Whether it's a one-piece piano, accordion, zither, a two-piece dance band or a disc jockey, someone has to warm up the crowd at the wedding.

Noteworthies

Betsy Bullard, Ruth McGee and Gail Sachs of Los Altos, and Pat Fank of Los Altos Hills, are among the new, 1997 executive board members of the Palo Altos Auxiliary to Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford.

Service News

Lucas' squadron flies the E-2C Hawkeye that provides an early warning against air and surface targets. Lucas joined the Navy in 1991 and has earned a bachelor's degree from the University of California at San Diego.

Obituaries

L. Raymond Chapman, a Los Altos resident for 35 years, died Jan. 2. He was 71.

Los Altos residents combine teaching and travel to Italy

A trip to Italy offers travelers the opportunity to indulge in fine wines and gourmet foods, but two Los Altos residents, Jake Iantosca and John Perri, recently went to Italy to teach conversational English to elementary and high school students.

Births

A son, Eric John, was born Jan. 12 to Sunnyvale residents Stacy and Jeff Reitmeir. The baby was born at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Santa Clara.

Senior council workshop on exercise Jan. 28

The speaker will be Karl Knopf, an exercise instructor who holds classes at the Los Altos Senior Center.

Weddings & Engagements

Paige Ann Gienger and Kevin Patrick Fanning announced their engagement to be married in late August at the Crocker Mansion in Hillsborough.

TheatreWorks finds justice in jury room

Special to the Town Crier

Getting away after the wedding vows

Some of the world's most beautiful places are only a few minutes away from Los Altos, and they can provide all the joys necessary for a honeymoon couple.