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Volume 51, Number 18, Published on 05/04/1998

News

Residents crossed over paths

By Carol Tiegs and Bruce Barton

Los Altos School District officials say no to city gym at Covington

Town Crier Staff Report

Supes OK building moratorium for small lots

Santa Clara County Supervisors unanimously passed an urgent interim building moratorium for new-house construction on sub-standard lots in the Los Altos and Los Altos Hills unincorporated areas.

Off-road pathways dominate discussion at LAH council

Special to the Town Crier

Los Altos Council names new city manager

Usually Los Altos City Council members look somber when coming out of a closed meeting. But not this time. As they filed into the council chambers, they joked with each other. Smiles lit their faces.

Freak tornado rages through Los Altos

By Joanne Griffith Domingue and Linda Taaffe

Tornado tosses HS athletic director 20 to 30 feet across school tennis courts

Monica Lodge said she was in the wrong place at the wrong time when a tornado touched down in Los Altos May 4. The Los Altos High School athletic director said, however, that she could have been in an even worse place.

Comment

Our incomparable modern moms

Blue Jeans & Jelly Beans

Letters to the Editor

Writing on behalf of the volunteer Emergency Preparedness Committee of Los Altos, I would like to commend both the public and private institutions for their rapid and positive response to the recent tornado. Further, we would like to add a word of appreciation for those in the community who pitched in to help their neighbors in this crisis.

Amazing cleanup effort by local crews

The tornado that hit Los Altos last week tossed all sorts of debris, from toppled trees to patio covers, all over streets, yards and fields in and around Los Altos High School.

Community

Pet Parade, pancakes and paintings with panache await Mayfest visitors

For hundreds of pets and their owners, Saturday will be a prime opportunity for showing off.

Almanac

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

Former mayor Marge Bruno thrilled with 35th Community Service Award

Special to the Town Crier

Veteran oceanographer enthralls Morning Forum audience with wonders of the deep

Special to the Town Crier

Pages of the Past

According to the May 16, 1973, edition of the Town Crier, in an effort to spur the teaching of environmental appreciation in area elementary schools, several conservation-minded members of the local branch of the American Association of University Women wrote a 155-page teaching handbook, "Child Ecology: A Resource for the Elementary School Teacher."

Poster artist among highlights at weekend's Rotary art show

As one of the featured artists for the 23rd annual Los Altos Rotary "Fine Art in the Park", Goleta artist Mary Graves' colorful monotypes will be on display along with fine art and quality craftwork from more than 190 artists on Saturday and Sunday in Lincoln Park.

Library News

Stone's knowledge of 20th century art presents an opportunity for audience questions about abstract art. This talk parallels the abstract art exhibit at the library and is sponsored by the City of Los Altos, Friends of the Los Altos Library and the Los Altos Arts Committee.

County candidates to square off in forum tonight

Candidates for Santa Clara County offices in the June 2 election will confront each other in a forum tonight co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of the Los Altos-Mountain View area, Cupertino-Sunnyvale and Palo Alto.

LAH residents to gather for outdoor fun at town picnic

All Los Altos Hills residents are invited to come join the fun when the town holds its 1998 spring greeting family picnic for its residents. This post-Memorial Day event will be held from 2-5 p.m., May 31, at the Los Altos Hills Little League Field on Purissima Road.

Community Briefs

The Loyola Corners Farmers' Market opens its 10th season in Los Altos on Sunday. The market will be held on Sundays this season, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Bank of America parking lot, 901 Fremont Ave., Los Altos.

Gallery Briefs

A reception for the artist is scheduled for 6-9 p.m. June 5. For more information, call 941-7969.

Police Report

Sunday, 1:28 p.m., 700 block of Sunshine Drive: A caller reported that her mother's boyfriend struck her. A very heated verbal dispute could be heard in the background, police reported.

Los Altos Weather

Schools

Oak students free themselves from the lure of the TV

Like most fifth graders, turning on the television is part of Brent Doiguchi's daily routine. The Oak School student said he usually watches about two hours of television each day. So when his teacher suggested that he and his classmates pull the plug on their televisions for one week as part of the fourth annual National TV-Turnoff Week April 22-28, he said he was "shocked" and unsure if he could do it.

Foothill child center on horizon, but concerns over oaks remain

Town Crier Staff Writer

Santa Rita parents tackle ongoing controversy over holiday concerts

Some parents are still disheartened that the winter season at Santa Rita School came and went without a single round of "Jingle Bells" or "Frosty the Snowman" due to the school's plan to alternate the traditional holiday concert with a spring concert.

Sports

The Cup runneth over with Los Altos area kids

NorCal State Cup filled with local soccer players

Sports On The Side

PAST VS. PRESENT: The Los Altos High Alumni baseball team will take on the school's varsity squad at 1 p.m., Saturday in the annual Bob Baird Memorial Alumni Game. The game, to be played at Los Altos High, honors the memory of Baird, a longtime coach at Los Altos. After the game, the Bob Baird Scholarship Award will be presented to a senior on the varsity team. Following the presentation, a dinner party catered by Chef Chu's will be held for the alumni at the Los Altos Youth Center. To attend the dinner, call Bill Dolby at 941-9335.

This week's Lineup of Local Sports

Baseball

LAHS fields damaged by tornado

Part of coach Sandy Wihtol's plan to return the Los Altos High baseball program to respectability includes improving the field. He's devoted a lot of time to this cause, especially before the season.

Ambassadors win both road games

Traveling appears to agree with the Silicon Valley Ambassadors, who won both their road games last weekend.

Foothill falls in state tennis finals

A longtime nemesis prevented Foothill College from successfully defending its California Community College team tennis championship last Thursday at Claremont College.

St. Francis (11-0) clinches division title

Special to the Town Crier

Local divers hit their mark at Central Coast Section finals

While a few local swimmers made waves at last week's Central Coast Section championships, it was the divers who made the biggest splash.

Alex doesn't 'Ware' out, helps Los Altos to 2nd

Town Crier Staff Writer

Business & Real Estate

What to do when a family member wants in, but you'd prefer he'd stay out

Jean on the Job

Varian reports increased sales and earnings for second quarter

Net earnings for the second quarter climbed to $23 million from $17.3 million in 1997. Diluted earnings per share of 75 cents were up 36 percent from 1997's 55 cents. For the first half, Varian's net earnings of $42.7 million represented a 42 percent rise above the prior year's $30.2 million, whle diluted earnings per share of $1.39 were up 46 percent from 1997's 95 cents.

Business Briefs

Drexler Technology

Varian Associates - from Stanford research to billion-dollar firm celebrating 50 years

In 1948, brothers Russell and Sigurd Varian - who, with William Hansen, launched the microwave era with their 1937 invention of the klystron tube - led a group of men and women in forming a new research laboratory. Their goal: to find practical commercial applications for research being conducted at Stanford University's physics department.

Purissima Hills Water District says no to Cal Water buyout offer

Special to the Town Crier

Tour of high-end homes for sale starts tomorrow in Los Altos, LAH

High-end homes in the South Bay and the Peninsula are still hot.

Transactions

Cupertino

Art Scott joins the Coldwell Banker Gateway real estate team

Special to the Town Crier

Uncle Art, banks don't have tax-free and insured investments

Sound Advice

Weekly Special

Master Sinfonia closes its season Sunday afternoon in Los Altos

Master Sinfonia Chamber Orchestra will present its fourth and final concert of the 1997-98 season at 3 p.m., Sunday at the Los Altos United Methodist Church.

Obituaries

Anna F. Kuehl died April 23 in Mountain View. A native of Brooklyn, N.Y. and a 35-year resident of Los Altos, she was 85.

J. Carroll Mahoney, early Los Altan who 'touched a lot of lives'

Obituary

An eye on the ball

Town Crier Staff Writer

Volunteers open their tool boxes to help seniors

Special to the Town Crier

Senior Briefs

The Older Adult Resource Center at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View is sponsoring a program from 6-7:30 p.m. today in Meeting Room A, ground floor, El Camino Hospital, 2500 Grant Road, Mountain View, led by Chaplain Maryellen Garnier. For more information, call 1-800-216-2225.

Senior center welcomes new director

Special to the Town Crier

The couple connection at the Auxiliary

Special To the Town Crier

The 'shameful problem' of elder abuse rising

Attorney at Law

LAH woman honored for lifetime of achievement

Town Crier Staff Report

'All in the Timing' opens at Bus Barn tomorrow night

Bus Barn Stage Company's production of "All in the Timing" opens at 7 p.m., tomorrow at the Bus Barn Theater in Los Altos.

'Turn of the Screw' coming to Palo Alto

West Bay Opera presents Benjamin Britten's "The Turn of the Screw" May 22-31 at Lucie Stern Theater in Palo Alto.