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Volume 50, Number 46, Published on 11/17/1997

News

Scouts' major impact

Town Crier Staff Writer

City's conflict resolution identifies issues, need to review guidelines

At the beginning of the four-hour session of conflict resolution, people seemed uneasy, unsure of what to say. At the end of the evening, a tone of warmth settled over folks, and they chatted together comfortably.

Groundbreaking takes place for vets memorial

Umbrellas and overcoats were plentiful for a Nov. 11 Veterans Memorial groundbreaking ceremony at Shoup Park in Los Altos. But the rain didn't put a damper on festivities that gave praise to those, local and otherwise, who served this country in the armed forces.

El Camino nurses open interest-based bargaining session

El Camino Hospital and its nurses union, Professional Resource for Nurses, will be using a new collective bargaining technique called interest-based bargaining in contract negotiations that got under way last week.

Success, staff shortages affect El Camino Hospital's emergency room

El Camino Hospital is one of numerous Santa Clara Valley hospitals that have had to temporarily close their emergency rooms in recent months. Ironically, the hospital's success since its Jan. 1 return to operational control by the El Camino Hospital District board of directors may be part of the problem.

Residents appeal 2-story remodel OK'd for street

Town Crier Staff Writer

Civic association sees rebirth of LAH club

A postcard sent by the Los Altos Hills Civic Association provoked strong negative and positive comment at the Oct. 15 meeting of the Los Altos Hills Town council, but shed little light on the organization itself.

Comment

Judge Ware resign? Nonsense

Other Voices

Letters to the Editor

Thank you for printing my explanation of the 17 percent flat tax in the Nov. 5 issue of the Town Crier.

Using imagination at Smithsonian Institute

A Side of Clyde

Community

20th Festival of Lights Parade set to light up downtown again

Special to the Town Crier

Realtor helps provide Thanksgiving meals to more than 3,000 needy people

Special to the Town Crier

Pages of the Past

According to the Nov. 22, 1972, issue of the Town Crier, potential sale of 16.8 acres of Jesuit property, a part of the El Retiro retreat, and its immanent annexation by Los Altos, had raised neighborhood voices in dissent.

Curbside tree-cycling tradition continues

Since Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day all fall on Thursday this year, collection dates for customers served by Los Altos Garbage Company (LAGCo) will take place one day later than normal in observance of these holidays.

Library News

Folks will be discussing "The Nine Taylors," by Dorothy Sayers. Everyone is welcome to attend these monthly sessions.

Community Briefs

The Los Altos Town Choir is scheduled to perform a holiday concert at the annual tree lighting ceremony, set for 6 p.m. Nov. 28 in the downtown Community Plaza, Main and State streets.

Police Report

Nov. 9, 7:20 p.m., 200 block of Loucks Avenue: A woman requested a civil standby while she tried to help two elderly men. Both men were drinking and somewhat uncooperative.

Almanac

Community Health Awareness Council, 3:30 p.m., 711 Church St., Mountain View.

Pilgrim Haven seeks input on plan

Pilgrim Haven will hold a community focus meeting at 7 tonight in Fellowship Hall, located at 373 Pine Lane in Los Altos, to gather input as part of a master planning process for the senior retirement community.

Los Altos Weather

Schools

Schools Noteworthies

Brian Sullivan of Los Altos Hills was among the four students at Woodside Priory School named Advanced Placement Scholars for his exceptional achievement on the college-level AP exams.

New business supe has local ties to MV-LA district

Robyn Phillips will join the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District Jan. 5 as the new assistant superintendent of business services.

Schools Briefs

Foothill College radio station KFJC 89.7 FM will broadcast "The Norman Bates Memorial Soundtrack Show," from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 22, live from the Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose to provide children an interactive experience. Disc Jockey Robert Emmett and his favorite pirates, Captain Jack and Scully will be hosting the show.

Student proves she's no pawn in male-dominated game

Town Crier Staff Writer

Students sought for Japan homestay exchange program

The Sister City Affiliation of Mountain View is seeking Mountain View and Los Altos High School students interested in participating in its homestay exchange program.

Sports

Mountain View sneaks into CCS playoffs

Special to the Town Crier

Both Foothill basketball teams open with losses

The Foothill College men's and women's basketball teams both opened their seasons in dubious fashion, losing on the road.

Sports On The Side

POOL PLAY: The girls water polo teams from Los Altos and Mountain View highs were eliminated in the semifinals of the El Camino Division playoffs last Thursday at De Anza College. Los Altos fell to league champ Gunn 19-4, while Mountain View dropped a 7-4 decision to Saratoga.

This week in prep sports

Friday

Los Altos wins water polo title

The Los Altos High boys water polo team captured the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League El Camino Division Tournament last Saturday at Foothill College.

Eagles fall to Menlo in CCS quarterfinals

Tennis roundup

Longtime Homestead basketball coach honored

Ernie Dossa of Homestead High has been selected by his Central Coast Section colleagues as the 1997-98 Honor Coach for Girls Basketball.

St. Francis coach wins Women of Achievement award

Roberta Chisam, girls track and cross-country coach at St. Francis High, was one of 14 women recognized as Women of Achievement at a ceremony held Nov. 11 in San Jose.

St. Francis cracks the Bells

Town Crier Staff Writer

Pinewood falls in five

Mtn.View, St. Francis & Homestead win

Business & Real Estate

Business Briefs

Los Altos business people are invited to a Dec.1 meeting of the Los Altos Chamber of Commerce economic development committee. The agenda is a discussion of economic development for all parts of town, the city's role in economic development, and mutual goals of the city and the chamber in economic development. The meeting is scheduled for 7:45 a.m. in room A of the Hillview Community Center, 97 Hillview Avenue. For more information, contact the chamber at 948-1455.

Residents want men's store, movie theater downtown

A men's clothing store and a movie theater in Los Altos are the two top-requested businesses of residents responding to the city's shopper preference survey.

Real Estate Transactions

Los Altos

LAH resident PenWest Realtor of the Year

Susan Tilling of Coldwell Banker's Menlo Park office has been named Realtor of the Year by the Peninsula West Valley Association of Realtors, PenWest. The Los Altos Hills resident was honored for her service to the real estate industry.

Dear Dilbert: About changing jobs ...

Special to the Town Crier

Weekly Special

Obituaries

Chuck Whelan, a 37-year resident of Los Altos, died peacefully at his home Nov. 11. A native of New Haven, Conn., he was 70.

Noteworthies

Nancy Glaze, senior program officer of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and Los Altos resident, was a recent guest at the White House for the National Medal of Arts and the National Medal of Humanities ceremony. President Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton awarded the nation's highest honors in the arts and humanities on Sept. 29 to 21 artists and scholars. Glaze was invited because of her participation in national arts policy development as a board member of Americans for the Arts, a Washington, D.C.-based organization dedicated to the development of the arts.

Weddings

Katrin Tatman and Greg Anderson were married April 26 at Mill Rose Inn in Half Moon Bay.

Thanksgiving blessings: 'Our kids are so precious'

Companion on the Journey

Local man lives with homeless

Pete Fullerton has worked with the homeless for years with his Truck of Love ministry in Mountain View. Now he has lived with the homeless, too.

'Kiss' is a stirring play

Special to the Town Crier

Where to buy wine in Los Altos, part two

Special to the Town Crier

'Beauty and the Beast' at Foothill

The Foothill College Theater Conservatory will stage "Beauty and the Beast" this week in the Smithwick Theater on the Foothill campus in Los Altos Hills.

How to teach the pre-schooler not to interrupt

Question: A caller asks, "How do my husband and I handle our 3 1/2-year-old who steals our attention by verbally interrupting or physically moving in front of his 2-year-old brother?" The caller goes on to say that the older boy is very verbal as well as funny; because of his age, the 2-year-old is no competition. They are not sure how to set limits without putting down their 3 1/2-year-old.

Alzheimer's Association offers large menu of services

Keith Ramsey volunteers at the Los Altos-based Alzheimer's Association because he knows what it's like to see a loved one suffer with the disease.

Health Noteworthies

Durr has given 151 times and Ruweler 103. Both men donate blood platelets for cancer patients and for children and adults undergoing marrow transplants.

STARBRIGHT connects sick kids by computer

Town Crier Staff Writer

Out on a limb: new help for amputees

Business Profile

Health Briefs

The Albert L. Schultz Jewish Community Center presents a class on backs - healthy backs and aching backs - at 11 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays from Nov. 6 through Dec. 9. The teacher, a physical education instructor at Foothill College, offers one free visit. The Community Center is at 655 Arastradero Road in Palo Alto. For more information, call 493-0563.

A Los Altos teen who survived emergency open-heart surgery as an infant, now leads a normal life

Within a week of his birth, Teryn Prehm knew her baby Tyler was born with a heart murmur. What she never imagined was how bad it was and that within months Tyler would nearly die.

Tips for beating the holiday blues

Recently one of my clients described how she felt about the rapidly approaching holiday season. Each year, she looks forward to the holidays but usually feels let down. Between family conflicts and memories of her father, who died three years ago, the holiday season ends up being more stressful and depressing than enjoyable.