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Volume 50, Number 9, Published on 03/03/1997

News

A fuzzy parking picture

Town Crier Staff Writer

Lot development divides neighbors

A curious vacant lot with frontage on two streets - Avalon Drive and Sunkist Lane - has divided a neighborhood.

Council chooses vet memorial site

Los Altos city council members unanimously approved the veterans' first choice of location, the "flat triangular area" in Shoup Park for their memorial.

El Camino management and nurses reach labor agreement

El Camino Hospital administration and the hospital's nurses union announced last week an end to a months-long dispute over scheduling and staffing.

City officials studying Tree Farm plans

Los Altos City Council and Planning Commission members were scheduled last night to tackle what could be the biggest project of the year - the former Tree Farm Nursery Site at 4434-4444 El Camino Real, in Los Altos.

Patient's relationship with doctor essential in euthanasia decisions, speaker says

The communication between doctor and patient is key in right-to-die decisions, especially those in which the physician plays an active role, a Los Altos pastor told the Los Altos Senior Coordinating Council last week.

School pays parking tickets - students weren't 'warned'

The local parking crunch extends even to the high school parking lot.

Couple $17 million richer

Town Crier Staff Writer

Comment

Letters to the Editor

Thank you for your coverage of the Etruscan condo project and the question of three- versus two stories at Foothill Expressway and El Monte Avenue. I am especially thankful also to the city council people who endured two deliberations of this project, and I wholeheartedly agree with your editorial and the decision of the council that two stories is more in scale with Los Altos. I think this is a very important decision for our town and they deserve credit for the courage to rethink the proposal. The challenge remains for us to get a quality development on that corner.

Wearing a white tie to a hotel dining room

A Side of Clyde

Hello central, give me people

A View from the Hills

Community

Local business dealings accessible through Los Altos Internet page

Special to the Town Crier

Los Altos Bar & Grill hosts March Chefs Who Care

The Los Altos Bar & Grill will host the next Chefs Who Care dinners benefiting the Community Services Agency (CSA) from 5-8 p.m. March 18 and 19. The restaurant is located at 169 Main St., in Los Altos.

Town Choir to sing for St. Patrick's Day

The Los Altos Town Choir is inviting local singers to join in a St. Patrick's-themed community concert 4:30-5:30 p.m. March 16, the day before St. Patrick's Day.

Women Voters embarks on fund-raising campaign

The local chapter of the League of Women Voters has announced its annual fund-raising drive to support its activities.

Pages of the Past

The March 8, 1972, issue of the Town Crier reported the Los Altos Hills Council took a definite stand on establishing sphere-of-influence boundary lines between Los Altos Hills, Cupertino, and Palo Alto.

Free hikes offered in open preserves

Docents for the Midpeninsula Open Space District have scheduled 24 free hikes for the month of March, all taking place on the District's permanently preserved open space lands.

Seniors

Friday: "Armchair Travel" at 1 p.m., Room 12, with Tom Hahn showing slides of Argentina.

Library News

You may register with any children's librarian, in person or by telephone. The phone number is 948-2751.

Community Briefs

The City of Los Altos Recreation Department will accept registration for its 1997 Summer Day Camp Programs at Redwood Grove Nature Preserve, beginning March 12. This will be part of its spring 1997 registration period for all summer programs.

Used oil filters and HDPE Plastic added to Los Altos recycling program

Special to the Town Crier

Almanac

Los Altos Emergency Preparedness Committee, 5:30 p.m. Police Department.

Los Altos Weather

Schools

Foothill, De Anza streamline campus health programs

In an effort to improve the availability of health services and make fees identical, health offices at Foothill and De Anza colleges have finalized an agreement to equalize fees and contract services starting with the fall quarter 1997.

Noteworthies

Eamon Briggs, of Los Altos Hills, and Erin K. Darling, of Los Altos, were named to the dean's list at Colby College at Waterville, Maine.

School Briefs

New day-use parking permit dispensers will be installed this April in all student lots at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills with the cost of permits rising from $1 to $2, campus officials have announced.

Chancellor lays out plan for bringing campuses into the Internet age

The Foothill-De Anza Community College District is confronted with challenges, opportunities and competitors, and its biggest challenge is developing a 21st century infrastructure, district Chancellor Leo Chavez told the district board.

'Casino Night' fund-raiser to benefit MVHS music programs

The public is invited to an evening of fun at the 13th annual "Casino Night," sponsored by the Mountain View High School Music Parents Association, to be held Saturday from 6:30-11 p.m. at St. Joseph Parish Hall, 1120 Miramonte Ave., in Mountain View.

Stanbridge Academy holding annual fund-raiser

The Stanbridge Academy will host its annual fund-raising event, "An Affaire to Remember," March 14 at the Ralston Mansion in Belmont.

Sports

Mtn. View plays safe, but loses

CCS boys basketball

Los Altos baseballers off to solid start

Town Crier Staff Report

Footaction USA kicks out college scholarships

Footaction, a Dallas-based athletic specialty retailer, will award four students $5,000 scholarships and 20 others $1,500 scholarships this April. As in the past, the four $5,000 winners will be flown to Orlando, Fla., where they're presented with their checks during the NFL Quarterback Challenge.

St. Francis boys, girls advance to semis

CCS basketball

Jessica Morgan

This senior netminder for the Mountain View High girls soccer team garnered the league most valuable goalkeeper award for the fourth straight season. She also led the Los Altos-Mountain View Force to a 9-0 record and Abronzino League title in the fall.

St. Francis dominates, wins fourth title

CCS girls soccer

Pinewood has to go through Sacred Heart for CCS titles

Special to the Town Crier

Los Altos closes out fine season

Town Crier Staff Report

This Week in Sports

Boys Basketball

Sports Shorts

The Mountain View High graduate and intern with the baseball Bulls drove to Virginia from North Carolina to woo Michael Volpe, who was searching for a team to support after the Giants traded his favorite player Matt Williams.

Jason Olmos set to grab state crown

Town Crier Staff Writer

Business & Real Estate

Geonexus: bridging the international gap

Town Crier Staff Writer

How much does a micro-manager cost?

The micro-manager costs his company loss in creativity and spontaneity and initiative. The paradox of this controlling micro-manager is that he believes he is so responsible, so careful, so diligent, that he has no idea of the expense he is to his organization.

Noteworthies

Eddie Richardson and Timothy Gill of Sheldon of Los Altos have been named charter members of the "Presidential Circle" organization of Burrell Professional Labs, one of the nation's largest photo finishers.

Business Briefs

Jack Parsons of Los Altos has been named vice president of finance and operations and chief financial officer of Macromedia. Parsons comes to Macromedia from the Learning Company.

Will fewer appraisers mean higher fees?

Also, the higher demand for appraisers and fewer appraisers indicate they plan to charge more for their reports.

Transactions

Los Altos

Weekly Special

Starting a kid's life with breast feeding

Maintaining a nutritious balanced diet is an important way a new mom can ensure her baby's proper growth and development. Human milk is the food nature intended for infants, and El Camino Hospital opened Maternal Connections with a goal to support and encourage new mothers to breast-feed.

Spiritual Life Briefs

The Jesuit Retreat House presents an evening program on "Coping with Aspects of Grief" from 7 to 9 p.m. March 11. The Retreat House is located at 300 Manresa Way in Los Altos. For more information, call 948-4491.

Los Altos author writes on his love affair with automobiles

By Clyde NoelTown Crier Staff Writer

Buckling up still best safeguard, experts say

With air bag hazards exposed, seat belts provide best protection

Obituaries

Robert L. "Bob" Hackley, a native of Los Altos, died Feb. 19. He was 45.

Frank A. Turner always lent a helping hand

Special to the Town Crier

Weddings

Erin Barbara Hammel and Mark David Skootsky were married Sept. 1 at the Stanford Park Hotel.

Los Altos resident Sally Forster talks of peace from daily prayer

Town Crier Staff Writer

God suffers with us in our grief

At a time when I had been struggling with some half-formed ideas about God's role in the painful times in our lives, an experience at a Lenten retreat helped to shape my thinking. I became convinced that God is not just a caring observer of our grief but is a caring presence within it.

Los Altos actors share their 'Lifelines'

Special to the Town Crier

Western Ballet dances with Balanchine

Western Ballet will stage and perform its first Balanchine ballet, "Valse Fantaisie," this Friday and Saturday at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, corner of Mercy and Castro streets.

New program for 5-year-olds at MV preschool

Registration is open for a 1997-98 "Young Fives" class at Mountain View Parent Nursery School. Organizers said the program will serve children who are ready for new challenges in a school setting, but who are not yet ready to join kindergarten.

New Almond School playground draws a crowd

If early use is any indication, then the new playground structure installed last week at Almond School in Los Altos is a big winner with the kids.

What to look for in the ideal jogging stroller

You've probably seen those long, pointy stroller rigs, with a tot in a canvas seat and mom or dad jogging behind, pushing baby out in front.

Kids learn, play

Jewish Community Center, a resource for all children

Kids spread wings at Golden Eagle Sports Camp

The picture on the front of Golden Eagle Summer Sports Camp's brochure says it all.

Free directory of quality summer camps available

A free 1997 directory of Northern California summer camps accredited by the American Camping Association is now available by calling (800) 362-2236 or from the World Wide Web (http://www.camping.org).

School uniforms lack practicality, a sense of fashion

Uniforms are becoming a necessary fact of life for schools nationally. In fact, 50 percent of Santa Clara County elementary and middle schools have a required uniform program.