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Volume 50, Number 27, Published on 07/07/1997

News

Festival time in Los Altos

Town Crier Staff Writer

3 area sex offenders listed on CD-ROM

None of the 96 high-risk registered sex offenders in Santa Clara County live in the Los Altos area.

Residents give fire service high marks for first 6 months

After the first six months with the Santa Clara County Fire Department, folks give the new service high marks.

Skate park ramps open with a full house

Town Crier Staff Writer

MROSD responds to Rhus Ridge Road concerns, downplays use

Responding to concerns of overcrowding and possibly blocked emergency access, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District personnel are discouraging use of Rhus Ridge Road in Los Altos Hills as a route into nearby Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve.

City to define 'reasonable accommodation' for ham radio antennas

The Los Altos City Council overturned the Architectural and Site Control Committee's decision to deny a 57-foot ham radio antenna and sent it back to A & S to determine a "reasonable accommodation" of the request.

Comment

Letters to the Editor

I love the Los Altos Arts & Wine Festival, and really think it brings the town together and we have a lot of fun. However I detest the sticky sidewalks and streets and lingering debris all over the downtown area the next day.

Former DeMartini house will go to good use, despite naysayers

Faced with controversy, Los Altos City Council members persevered and did the right thing, voting June 24 to accept the donation of the historic DeMartini House at Edith Avenue and San Antonio Road from developers of the neighboring Parc Regent senior housing complex.

Happy birthday to the Oreo

A Side of Clyde

Community

CSA needs volunteers for kitchen

Community Services Agency, a humanitarian organization serving Mountain View, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills, needs volunteers to help in its "Community Kitchen" and provide services to frail seniors.

Grant Park: Just how a neighborhood should be

Town Crier Staff Writer

Socially Speaking

Raves for the new Jocco's and a stompin' good time ahead for locals

July 'Chef's Who Care' at Country Gourmet

Country Gourmet Restaurant, at 2098 El Camino Real in Mountain View, will host the next "Chef's Who Care" dinners from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday through July 19 to benefit The Community Kitchen of local Community Services Agency.

Pages of the Past

The July 12, 1972, issue of the Town Crier reported the Los Altos Planning Commission paved the way for the school district to overcome hurdles in its attempt to increase the value of its land at the northwest corner of San Antonio Road and Hillview Avenue. The district hoped to rezone a 300-by-258-foot parcel for use as administrative offices.

Local dancers endure long drives, school woes to become world-class ballerinas

Special to the Town Crier

Pilgrim Haven launches home care program with funds from Packard grant

Special to the Town Crier

Chamber's annual golf tourney around the bend

Sink a hole-in-one at the Los Altos Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament Aug. 25 at the Los Altos Golf & Country Club and you could drive away in a 1997 BMW Z3 Roadster.

Library News

In a May drawing in Boston, the library won $1,000 to be used for its acquisitions budget.

LAHS alum drew tribute portrait for late Jimmy Stewart

In 1985, Brigham Young University asked Dave Linn to do a montage on the life of Jimmy Stewart.

Community Briefs

Hidden Villa, a 1,600-acre farm and wilderness preserve in Los Altos Hills, is closed to the public while its summer camp program is in session, from June 23 through Aug. 22. The farm will be open on select weekends during the summer.

Prominent Los Altos Hills residents to highlight Vintage Affaire fund-raiser

For those who like fine wine and a good cause, Vintage Affaire, the annual auction and picnic benefiting the Peninsula Center for the Blind, takes place 2:30-8:30 p.m. this coming Sunday at the home of Bill and Jane Walsh in Atherton.

Seniors Briefs

July 18: 1 p.m. movie, "The Preacher's Wife," starring Densel Washington and Whitney Houston. Shown in Room 11. Rev. Henry Biggs prays, heaven listens and sends an angel to the rescue. Popcorn served.

Almanac

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

Los Altos Weather

Schools

Parcel tax senior exemptions legal, district says

Despite the benefits Measure A will provide the Los Altos School District, some residents argue the tax increase would not have passed without the inclusion of a senior exemption.

Programs intact after MV-LA budget passage

The Mountain View/Los Altos Union High School Board of Trustees approved a $23.8 million balanced budget with no academic program cuts June 23.

St. Francis High School Graduates

Mahmoud Ghazi Abed

Cupertino budget counts on state promises for 1997-98

The $71 million 1997-98 general fund budget approved by the Cupertino Union School District June 24 counts on increased revenue limit funding, deficit reduction and equalization from the state budget.

Sports

This Week in Sports

Major Baseball

Hoffman and Kraus headed to national finals

Youth soccer

Sports Shorts

SWIMMING

Softball's the game for Foshay

Town Crier Staff Writer

Los Altos hits, pitches up a storm

Town Crier Staff Report

Editor unleashes his farewell Top 10 list

For this column - my final one for the Town Crier - I promise not to challenge any football coach's game plan, talk about my love of soccer or get sentimental about what a great time I've had covering local sports for the last seven years.

Business & Real Estate

So far, so good for Watkins-Johnson

One of the Town Crier Stock Index companies showing a gain in its stock since Jan. 1 is Watkins-Johnson Company.

High downtown rents keep some stores vacant in Los Altos

Taking Care of Business

Family business isn't nepotism

Jean on the Job

How important is location, location, location in today's real estate market?

Most prospective home buyers have heard the old adage that the three most important factors to consider when buying real estate are "location, location, location."

Transactions

Cupertino

Business Briefs

Jackie B. Trujillo, chairman of the board of Harman Management Corporation, has received the Silver Plate Award from the International Food Service Manufacturers Association.

Weekly Special

A period of growth, refinement for Los Altos

Town Crier Staff Writer

Anniversaries

Ray and Mina Snow, 31-year Los Altos residents, recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary.

Obituaries

Richard Guy Kanney, a 45-year resident of Los Altos, died at home on May 16. He was 77.

Goodwill ambassador Marie Singer dies

Marie Singer, one of the staunchest supporters of business development in Los Altos over the past 25 years, died June 30 at the University Branch Convalescent Hospital in Menlo Park after a prolonged illness. Mrs. Singer was in her 80s.

Foothill to turn into a 'Wonderful Town'

Town Crier Staff Report

Bus Barn Stage Company on the money

Town Crier Staff Report

A scrub jay's view of Main Street, 1947

The visual difference between Main Street of today and 1947, when we started the Town Crier, was the number of empty lots. Buildings stood alone exposing four sides, warts and all.