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Volume 50, Number 39, Published on 09/29/1997

News

Experts advise: put a flu shot on your grocery shopping list during October

Many folks will be putting something besides groceries on their shopping lists this fall.

Police search HS students for missing keys

School personnel at Los Altos High School detained a classroom of students and requested a police search Sept. 16 after a teacher discovered school keys were stolen from her desk.

Council delays choice of facilitator

Four weeks after voting to use a facilitator for conflict resolution among the council, planning staff and planning commissioners, council members asked the city manager to create a short list of facilitators and write a request for a proposal.

400-year-old skull found

The county coroner called in a forensic anthropologist who gave a preliminary estimate that the remains were those of a Native American and were 400 to 9,000 years old, said Los Altos police Sgt. Mark Macaulay.

12-story twin tower luxury apartments proposed on El Camino

Skyview Apartments is the name of the twin-tower, 266-unit high-rise apartment complex being proposed by Bay Apartment Communities of San Jose for a 2-acre site at El Camino Real and Ortega Avenue in Mountain View.

Let's spare the air

You may have heard of the ongoing debate in Washington over new proposed federal Clean Air Act emission standards. We can probably agree that nobody likes air pollution. However, there are many things that each of us can do to minimize the smog problem.

An open letter to the Mountain View City Council

Your neighbor to the south has been and continues to be a community of one and two story single family homes. In the past few months the Los Altos planning commission and city staff have studied ways to put 87 condos plus some commercial development on five acres in three stories or less at the Tree Farm site -- a tough job to satisfy neighbors and schools.

Don't use taxpayer funds to solve a management problem

The Los Altos City Council agenda for Oct. 7 contains an item to approve the hiring of a facilitator to resolve conflicts among the council, planning commission and city planning staff. These conflicts boiled to the surface in late August when the planning commission chairwoman was relieved of her position for using abusive language.

A hike with Mike

A View from the Hills

Letters to the Editor

In reference to the Sept. 24 Town Crier article, "Planning pressures," I want to clarify the city's plans toward accommodating customer needs for plan checking, obtaining permits, and other related activity. As we have known for a long time, having a "built out" city in no way automatically implies a decrease in building and land use planning activities

LDS genealogy library offers a community resource

Special to the Town Crier

50 community members who have made a difference: 1977-1987

Town Crier Staff Writer

Candidates Stage Mock Council Meeting

According to the organizers, the event is designed to show how effective candidates are in reaching concensus and making group decisions. Co-sponsored by Penwest and the Town Crier, the candidates, King Lear, John Moss, Stephen Smiley and Patti Williams will not make speeches, but convene as a "council" to confront four different "issues" that require a decision that evening.

The Los Altos sixth annual Fall Festival offers some firsts

For the first time, Fall Festival goers will be able to attend the event without missing their favorite televised sporting events. This year the Los Altos Chamber of Commerce, sponsors of the Saturday and Sunday event, have planned a sports tent with television monitors beaming football, baseball and soccer games as well as other sporting events via satellite.

Community Briefs

Foothill College music instructor Kenneth M. Piascik will perform a solo recital at 8 tonight in the Smithwick Theater at Foothill College, 12345 El Monte Road, Los Altos Hills. He will be playing drums, piano and guitar. Piascik's performances have been broadcast on National Public Radio, and he has toured internationally. Tickets are $10, $8 for seniors and students. For more information, call 852-0428.

Homestead HS SAT scores on the rise

Results from the Scholastic Achievement Test at the Fremont Union High School District exceeded state and national averages this year.

LAHS students among elite dance class at New York's Kennedy Center

Los Altos High School students Emily Hagenmaier and Erin McNulty studied dance at New York's Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in August.

LAHS students publish online magazine

Town Crier Staff Writer

Fischer takes root at MV-LA Union High School District

Superintendent Richard Fischer welcomed new teachers to the Mountain View/Los Altos Union High School District at the beginning of school with a tree planting ceremony at the district office.

New tech dean at Foothill College

Chuck Lindauer was named Foothill College Computers, Technology & Information Systems division dean last month.

Pre-opening gala to celebrate new Mountain View library

Get out that black tie and party dress to celebrate Mountain View's new $22 million public library.

Take a new look at the world! Host an exchange student

Each year, thousands of American families welcome YFU students into their homes. Many kinds of families are selected to host YFU students: married couples with or without children and single parents. YFU host families provide room, board, guidance and the experience of what everyday life is like in America.

Schools Briefs

Persons interested in serving on the Santa Clara County Committee on School Organization need to submit an application, including a letter of intent and brief resume, to the County Office of Education by 5 p.m., Oct. 17.

New school designs reflect changing needs

Both the Los Altos School District and the Mountain View/Los Altos High School District are in the process of updating campus facilities to enhance the academic goals of each school.

Projects help non-profits with computers

Volunteers collect, test, and repair the donated computer equipment. A volunteer computer advisor is assigned and meets with the requesting non-profit organization to coordinate the equipment placement and installation, obtain needed software and do the training at no cost to the organization.

Former LAHS student still clowning around

It's been 30 years since Terry Donaldson graduated from Los Altos High School. But she's still having fun.

1997 Spring Graduations

Rachel Lesley Mudge, graduated with degrees in mathematics and dance. Daughter of John and Mavis Mudge of Los Altos. She was a 1992 grad of Los Altos High.

Sports On The Side

TOP RUN: Los Altos High cross-country runner Andrew Hill captured the Division III boys' race at the Stanford Invitational last Saturday. Hill finished the 5,000-meter course in a time of 15:48. The senior has now won four races this season, which is one more than he claimed all of last year. Adam Tucker of St. Francis placed sixth at the Stanford meet, posting a time of 16:24.

St. Francis too strong for Mountain View

Town Crier Staff Writer

This Week in Local Sports

Football

Pinewood needs the will to win

Panthers coach wonders if his team has the desire to succeed

The Owls are new and improved in '97

College volleyball

Foursome from Montclaire Elementary will tee it up for math next Tuesday

A Los Altos foursome representing Montclaire Elementary School will compete for the title of "School District Champion" in a new competition at the Cupertino Educational Endowment Foundation's 11th annual benefit golf tournament.

Foothill golf team is swinging with success

Is there any stopping the Foothill College women's golf team?

Skyline silences the Lancers - and their cannon

Last Friday night, Skyline High did what just one other team has done this decade: contain the cannon.

Los Altos improves to 3-0 by whipping Westmont

Special to the Town Crier

High School Athletes Of The Month

ena Sherbakov is hardly an opposing figure when she steps onto the tennis court. The Los Altos High freshman stands 5-foot-1 and weighs 94 pounds.

Cabana Hotel open during remodeling

Food and Wine editor

Why do I dread retirement?

Jean on the Job

Spectrian Big Gainer Again

Spectrian continued its amazing run from 7 3/4 in January to close at 62 last Friday, including a 16% gain from the previous week.

Real Estate Transactions

LOS ALTOS

Experts: 'Staging' a home worth the investment

Special to the Town Crier

HP offers employees time off during 'week of caring'

It's not that folks don't care in the Silicon Valley. But sometimes it's hard to find time to express that caring or to know who needs help.

De Anza dancers dazzle crowds

There's no rest for De Anza College's Phaze II dance team, recent winners of the Showstoppers American Dance Championships.

No cooling-off period in California

Special to the Town Crier

Buy-back program for 1979 and older cars

The Air District has expanded its voluntary program to buy and scrap 1979 and older cars to help reduce air pollution.

Original owners call their '47 Chrysler 'baby'

Town Crier Staff Writer

Share your car stories with the Town Crier

Maybe you own a distinctive car or know of a great repair shop in the area.

Classic Car Show promises lots of family fun

The sixth annual Classic Car Show promises to have plenty of exciting attractions when it revs up this weekend in downtown Los Altos.

Obituaries

Alyce Bentley Ramey, who served as a nurse during World War II in the Pacific theater, died Sept. 12 after a battle with lung cancer. A native of Kentucky, she was 73.