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Volume 51, Number 7, Published on 02/16/1998

News

Spotlight on the local arts

Town Crier Staff Writer

LAH officials forge ahead on home design issues

Amid pleas to challenge assumptions, create harmony and honor all residents' values, the Los Altos Hills Town Council and Planning Commission held a second joint study session Feb. 10 to continue work on a 13-item list of policy issues. Approximately 25 residents turned out for the meeting, which was publicized by the Los Altos Hills Civic Association.

Loyola Corners thrift and manager face charges of elder care fraud

A Los Altos thrift and its manager face allegations of elder fraud in a trial that began last week in Santa Clara County Superior Court.

Los Altos city manager search on schedule, officials say

The brochure is in the mail, the application deadline closes Tuesday, and by April council members will be reviewing candidates for the city manager position.

News Briefs

At a meeting Feb. 10, Los Altos City Council members elected Jim Thurber to the city's seven-member library commission.

Los Altos center a quiet labor source

Town Crier Staff Writer

Sears retirees go to battle over a cut in benefits

If you've lived in the Los Altos area 20 years or more and if you have had Kenmore appliances, chances are Elwin Trusdale repaired your washer or dryer.

Comment

Second units key to affordable housing

The state's mandate requiring affordable housing, in place since 1980, shows no signs of going away. So, despite some protests that the mandate is unfair to affluent Los Altos, city officials must continue to find ways of meeting that mandate.

Censorship incident at LAHS has no legal grounding

Media Watch

Confessions of a closet country fan

Blue Jeans & Jelly Beans

Letters to the Editor

If the quote, "It's a classic problem of private rights vs. what the neighbors want" attributed to City Manager Dianne Gershuny is correct (Town Crier, Feb. 11), I take strong exception to it.

Community

LAH Historical Society to feature veteran columnist Cristy

Veteran free-lance writer and longtime Town Crier columnist Mary Cristy will be speaking on the early history of the local newspaper at a March 8 meeting of the Los Altos Hills Historical Society. The meeting is scheduled to begin 3 p.m. at Los Altos Hills Town Hall, 26379 Fremont Road.

Morning Forum author unmasks life of mysterious jazz singer

Special to the Town Crier

Pages of the Past

As reported in the Feb. 28, 1973, issue of the Town Crier, in the continuing saga of a home for the Los Altos school administration, major decisions were made by the board of trustees in a meeting on Feb. 21, 1973.

League of Women Voters to discuss MV school bond issue

The League of Women Voters for the Los Altos-Mountain View area will host an informational session March 7 to enlighten voters about Measure D, the $36 million school facilities bond on the April 14 local ballot.

'How West Was Jewish' a fitting title for this fund-raiser

The nonprofit Mid-Peninsula Jewish Community Day School in Palo Alto will hold its annual fund-raising Purim Ball 7:30-11:30 p.m., March 7, at Congregation Beth Am, 26790 Arastradero Road, in Los Altos Hills.

Library News

Free one-on-one instruction on Internet basics is available at the Los Altos Library. Sign-ups are taken at the reference desk for the two-hour sessions taught by trained volunteers. For more information, call 948-7048.

Community Briefs

The ninth annual Asian New Year Parade is scheduled for 5 p.m. this Saturday on Castro Street in downtown Mountain View. Following the parade, a modern dance performance titled "Nostalgia" will be presented at the Center for the Performing Arts at 8 p.m. as part of this year's celebration of the year of the tiger. It will feature Taiwanese folk music from the 1940s.

Police Report

Feb. 15, 12:27 p.m., 200 block of Farndon Avenue: Police arrested a 36-year-old man on charges of selling and cultivating marijuana.

Almanac

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

Los Altos Weather

Schools

Local students invade State Capitol to learn how government works

Town Crier Staff Writer

School Briefs

Students from Blach Intermediate School will represent the Peninsula Chapter of Mathcounts March 14 at the University of California, Davis.

Student journalists plan to fight LAHS principal's decision to censor photo

Staff members of the Los Altos High School newspaper, the Talon, say they plan to challenge the principal's decision to censor a front-page photo from the newspaper's Feb. 13 edition.

Sports

Sports On The Side

TOURNEY TIME: The El Camino YMCA in Mountain View is now registering teams for Hoopfest '98, a five-on-five basketball tournament for boys and girls in grades 5-8. The competition will be held from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., March 21-22. Registration costs $150 per team (10 player maximum) and includes at least three games and a T-shirts. For more information, call Heidi Lisbona at 969-9622.

Four local teams gear up for playoffs

Special to the Town Crier

Both Foothill basketball teams make playoffs

Town Crier Staff Report

Soccer playoffs get washed out

However, heavy rains prevented the area's three remaining teams from playing. The Mountain View High boys, St. Francis High girls and Gunn High girls had to wait until this week to play.

Eagles land in playoffs after beating Spartans

Girls hoop scoop

Kraus joins Parade All-America team

Anna Kraus has earned a lot of honors during her soccer career, but the latest may be the greatest. The St. Francis High senior has been named to the Parade All-America team.

Eagles flop in the slop with 3-2 loss to Seaside

Boys soccer playoffs

Two Los Altos wrestlers place at CCS

Los Altos High came awfully close, but it won't be sending any wrestlers to the state meet next month.

Business & Real Estate

Professionals review Silicon Valley ups, downs

There's no doubt Silicon Valley is on the leading edge of high-tech and information technology, but there's a crumbling edge to our infrastructure, particularly when it comes to transportation and housing. That's the consensus of Tapan Munroe, chief economist with Pacific Gas & Electric Co., and Los Altos Chamber of Commerce President Phyllis Carmichael, with Seville Properties of Los Altos.

The art of quick cleaning for faster-selling homes

If you are planning to sell your home, nothing says more to a prospective buyer than a clean, well-maintained, orderly appearance. The cleanliness of a home acts as the basis for a first impression. People pay more for a clean, well-kept house.

What property stays, and what goes when selling

Special to the Town Crier

Transactions

Los Altos

Pen West forecasts prices up

Local Realtors' association releases housing statistics

Expert: Los Altos Real estate market looks good, but more changes ahead

Special to the Town Crier

Briefs

Business and Professional Women of Mountain View will be hosting a monthly networking breakfast meeting the fourth Thursday of the month at the Cook Book restaurant, 127 Town & Country Village on El Camino Real in Palo Alto. The kick-off meeting is 7:30-9 a.m. Thursday.

Weekly Special

Anniversaries

Joe and Louise O'Toole of Los Altos celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Sept. 14, 1997.

Obituaries

Clinton Lucas VonPohle died at Stanford Health Care Jan. 30. A native of Nebraska, he was 86.

'Anyone Can Whistle' opens Friday at Foothill

Actors, singers and dancers from San Francisco to San Jose are teaming up with award-winning Foothill Music Theater to stage Stephen Sondheim's "Anyone Can Whistle" Friday through March 22 at Foothill College's Studio Theater.

Los Altos resident is a 'Superstar'

Melyssa Rodoni of Los Altos plays one of the apostles in "Jesus Christ Superstar," which opens tomorrow at San Jose's Montgomery Theater.

Put your own stamp on furniture with this habit-forming hobby

Today's rubber stamps are habit-forming - nobody stops with just one. You can choose among stamps of delicate seashells, teacups, classic cars and trucks, antique garden tools, Asian textile designs, trees, fruits, flowers and outrageous slogans - and thousands of other images.

British gardening expert offers seeds of wisdom, humor at Los Altos appearance

Stephen Lacey is one of Britain's best-known gardening gurus. Author of several best-selling garden books, a BBC personality, and garden columnist for London's Daily Telegraph, he dispenses gardening advice and opinions with wit and vehemence.

Expert offers several key tips to caring for your piano

How often should you have your piano tuned? Joe Malecki, president of the Santa Clara Valley chapter of the Piano Technicians Guild, believes once a year is fine for the average home piano.

Home Briefs

Designer Kit Davey will present "Preparing Your Home for Sale: Quick Fixes That Sell," from 7 to 9 tonight at the Palo Alto Adult School, 50 Embarcadero Road in Palo Alto.

Something Special brightens State St. with flowers and gifts

Business Profile

Ranch house with roots

Town Crier Staff Writer