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Volume 51, Number 12, Published on 03/23/1998

News

Los Altos positions of power

Town Crier offers its top 10 most powerful leaders in Los Altos, Los Altos Hills

News Briefs

By next Monday Los Altos will have its new police K-9. The dog is staying in Pleasanton with its trainer until its new handler is ready to receive him.

Council names 11 youth to commission

One teen wants to put some excitement into Los Altos. Another would like to "to stop teens from sitting outside Starbucks and smoking."

MROSD weighs options for nuns' land

Special to the Town Crier

Officials present Moffett Field update at Los Altos meeting

Special to the Town Crier

Asplunds to pay back gifts in elder care trial

Following a five-week trial in a civil lawsuit, the jury found that the manager of a local thrift, through undo influence, defrauded the estate of an 82-year-old customer who died of Alzheimer's disease.

Comment

The power, responsibility of the press

As a longstanding institution - in its 51st year - the Town Crier produces 16,500 copies every week, and therefore, has been in a position of power for a long time. Every story written or ad produced has the potential to inform or offend, help or hurt.

Barbershop gossip - soccer moms at risk

Other Voices

When hillsides sing of spring

A View from the Hills

Letters to the Editor

I was intrigued by your March 18 editorial about the costs involved in creating a park at Edith Avenue and San Antonio. You stated that, "The city had $55,000 reserved for plan - $9,800 has been spent for planting weeds, and consulting fees."

Community

Mark Your Calendar

Master Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra Concert

Residents advised not to rest easy, offered crime prevention tips at local meeting

Though residents may feel safe living in their quiet Los Altos neighborhoods, members of the Los Altos Police Department warned folks to protect themselves against crime March 25 at a special meeting held at Hillview Community Center as part of "Crime Prevention Month."

Pages of the Past

As reported in the April 4, 1973, edition of the Town Crier, a nonprofit educational corporation, Nature Expeditions International, was formed by two Foothill College professors, David Roderick and Glenn Moffat. Their primary purpose was to provide an extension of the classroom by conducting expeditions emphasizing natural history, anthropology, archaeology or nature photography.

Community Briefs

The Easter Bunny will make his (or her) annual appearance on Main and State streets in downtown Los Altos 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, with an egg hunt for young children, bunny-ear hat making, face painting and jelly bean-guessing contest.

Police Report

March 23, 11:41 a.m.: A woman reported that her 15-year-old daughter left a note that she was leaving. The mother called Mountain View High School and the daughter was not in school.

Almanac

Los Altos Architectural and Site Control Committee, 4 p.m., City Hall.

Interplast wins 'Best Documentary Short' at the Academy Awards

Special to the Town Crier

History House Education Center short on pledges

Special to the Town Crier

Speaker talks 'business of journalism' at Morning Forum

Special to the Town Crier

Los Altos Weather

Schools

LAHS student helping Red Cross prepare for 'Youth Power'

Local school children will have a chance to practice natural disaster safety techniques Saturday, through a program coordinated by Los Altos resident Emily Jen.

CUSD trustees agree to look at Mandarin immersion program

Members of the Cupertino Union School District Board of Trustees agreed at the regular meeting March 24 to study a parent-backed language proposal that could add Mandarin to the curriculum.

Registering for kindergarten in LASD? Get in line

Opening day of pre-registration at the Los Altos School District Feb. 4 looked more like a crowd of eager music fans waiting to buy concert tickets than a group of concerned parents signing their children up for kindergarten.

Board Notes

Facilities plan criteria rated

Schools Briefs

Scholarship applications for the inaugural awarding of the Tom Baer Teachers of the Future Fund are now available. Students from Cupertino, Fremont, Homestead, Lynbrook, Monta Vista, Mountain View and Los Gatos high schools are eligible to apply. The deadline is April 18.

Students reaching out

LAHS youth helps needy peers through KIDS 2 KIDS program

Volunteering routine for many LAHS students

For many students at Los Altos High School, spending their weekends, mornings or evenings volunteering in the community through the school's Community Service/Service Learning Program is a regular part of their routines.

Sports

Sports On The Side

FOR KICKS: The following local youth soccer teams are seeking players:

High School Athletes Of The Month

ith an array of capable scorers on the roster, Lauren Smith-Hams didn't have to put up a lot of points for the Pinewood School girls basketball team to be successful. The junior point guard's main responsibilities were running the offense, setting up teammates for shots and playing tight defense.

Eagles sweep Gunn; Spartans split with Monta Vista

Town Crier Staff Report

This Week in High School Sports

Thursday

It's a make-or-break week for Mountain View

Special to the Town Crier

Foothill product named scholar athlete of the year

Former Foothill College basketball standout Tyler Garratt has been selected as the men's 1997 Wilson Scholar Athlete by the Commission on Athletics, which represents all community colleges in the California.

St. Francis grad proves her worth on state title team

After a stellar basketball career at St. Francis High, Cortney Keegan was looking forward to playing at a four-year college this season.

Eagles swinging toward CCS berth

Boys Tennis Digest

Menlo hosting Special Olympics

Town Crier Staff Report

Foothill tennis team preparing for state playoffs

Town Crier Staff Report

St. Francis rolls along in weekend tourney

Prep Softball Scoop

Business & Real Estate

Optimism, athletics and business

Special to the Town Crier

Business Briefs

The 10th annual Business EXPO '98, sponsored by the Los Altos Chamber of Commerce, will be held 4 - 7 p.m., April 23 at the Hillview Community Center, 97 Hillview Ave. This special evening will feature 60 businesses from each of the major commercial areas in Los Altos and will include retailers, restaurants, professionals and services.

Investors looking at tech stocks again

Special to the Town Crier

'You can call me Al'

Special to the Town Crier

Kavalaris is No. 1 at Sanwa and has the ones to prove it

Special to the Town Crier

Transactions

Los Altos

The 'Uncle Art' of investing makes sense, sonny boy

Special to the Town Crier

Weekly Special

'Brilliant,' eclectic pianist Song returns to Stanford

Stanford University welcomes pianist Ju-Ying Song back to her alma mater in a concert performance saluting the Stanford Department of Music's 50th Anniversary at 8 p.m. Saturday in Stanford's Dinkelspiel Auditorium.

The cost of gas drops briefly, then stations pump up prices again

Special to the Town Crier

Honda Civic is a small car that's big on mileage

Special to the Town Crier

Auto classes offered in Palo Alto

Registration is under way for two car care classes offered this spring through the Palo Alto Unified School District Adult School at 50 Embarcadero Road.

Weddings

Lynne Therese Johnson and G. Thomas Sutherland were married September 6, 1997 at St. Thomas Acquinas Church, Palo Alto. A reception followed at Holbrook Palmer Park, Atherton.

Obituaries

William T. "Bill" Lezchuk, a 51-year resident of Mountain View, died March 24. A native of Chicago, he was 83.

Blank continues to fill LAH chambers with fine exhibits

On The Arts

Spiritual Life Briefs

The fourth annual Los Altos Community Prayer Breakfast is set for Good Friday, April 10, at Hyatt Rickey's in Palo Alto.

Adult playtime connects with spiritual nature

Along the Spiritual Path

Japanese guests will join CYS this Saturday

Guest musicians from Japan will join the California Youth Symphony (CYS) Associate Orchestra for a 2:30 p.m. concert Saturday at the Spangenberg Theatre, 780 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto. Admission is free.

Pocket Opera bringing 'The Magic Flute' to MV

A kidnapped princess, a flute that magically turns evil into good and a whimsical feather-dressed bird catcher come comically to life in Donald Pippin's new English translation of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's tumultuous opera, "The Magic Flute."