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Volume 51, Number 22, Published on 06/01/1998

News

A plan for aging facilities

Town Crier Staff Writer

Local interest in primary: sheriff's race, initiatives

With no city council election occurring for either Los Altos or Los Altos Hills, local focus on the primary election June 2 shifted to state propositions, regional races and county committees.

A question of historic merit for cottage

Town Crier Staff Writer

Employers finding workers at day laborer center

Town Crier Staff Writer

Dogs attack sheep in Los Altos back yard - officer shoots 1 dog in self-defense

After two dogs attacked two sheep in a local back yard, one of the dogs was shot and killed by a police officer as it jumped a fence "charging the officers," police said.

LAH council tackles graffiti, election reform at last week's meeting

The Los Altos Hills Town Council directed City Attorney Sandy Sloan to draft a graffiti ordinance.

Prepare for new water rates, flood protection charges starting July 1

Special to the Town Crier

Comment

Asparagus picking

The Living Experiment

Letters to the Editor

I was offended by the undercurrent of disrespect in your recent article,"This Old House" (May 27 Town Crier).

Get frequent-flyer miles by switching phone companies

A Side of Clyde

Community

Library News

The theme for the club is, "Get in the Game." The club is open to children ages 5 and up. Programs will be on from 3-3:45 p.m. on Wednesdays beginning June 17 in the Los Altos Library Program Room.

Pages of the Past

As reported in the June 13, 1973, issue of the Town Crier, two Awalt High School students, David Martin and Scott Parcel, returned to Los Altos June 9, 1973, from their four-month, 5,000-mile tandem bike trip across the United States. The boys had obtained special permission for the trip from their parents and school authorities after it was classified as an "educational experience."

Hidden Villa to close for summer camp

Hidden Villa is closed to the public while its summer camp program is in session from June 20 through Aug. 22.

Stanford doctor says medical treatment out of focus

Special to the Town Crier

Get on your shoes for art and antique walking tour

The Los Altos Chamber of Commerce and the Los Altos Village Association will team to host the first-ever Art and Antique Walking Tour, scheduled from 5:30-7 p.m., June 25.

Arts and Wine Festival set for next month

The free event, sponsored by the Los Altos Village Association, also includes a special KIDZONE, featuring special entertainment and activities for the young and very young; and new ingredients, such as a bike valet and a shuttle service leaving from Los Altos High School.

Fate of cheetah, fastest of cats, subject of LAH presentations

The Los Altos Hills-based Cheetah Conservation Fund will be holding its annual "Wild Cat Weekend" June 27-28. Both days will feature an upclose presentation of exotic wild cats including Samburu the cheetah, Lakota the mountain lion, and others.

Community Briefs

Music For Minors, a locally based, nonprofit organization that sends docents to schools to offer music education, is the chief sponsor of a Children's Music Festival, set for 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., June 20, at Egan Intermediate School in Los Altos.

Police Report

May 30, 8:25 a.m., 1500 block of Oak Avenue: A caller reported "extensive vandalism" to the playing field at Oak School. Police said the sprinklers were broken off and the field was flooded. Oil-based paint was smeared "all over the bleachers," police said.

Almanac

Los Altos High School graduation, 6 p.m., at the school's football field, 201 Almond Ave., Los Altos.

Local Millennium party beginning to take shape

Town Crier Staff Writer

Getting your goat

Town Crier Staff Writer

Los Altos Weather

Schools

CSA to offer camps at Oak, Los Altos Lutheran

Children in Los Altos won't have to go far from home this summer to find a variety of creative arts camps. The Community School of Music & Arts is offering its day camps at both Oak School and the Los Altos Lutheran Church, in additions to sessions at the community school's campus in Mountain View.

Schools Briefs

Mills College Club members will hold their annual end-of-the-year social event at 6 p.m. June 12 at the Palo Alto home of Jane Bernasconi. The event will feature a salmon barbecue, social hour and election of officers for the '98-'99 school year. For more information, call 323-4066.

MV-LA district recognizes 'Adult Learner of the Year'

Members of the Mountain View-Los Altos Adult School recently named Esther Eisenberg "Adult Learner of the Year 1998," an honor awarded to adult students 55 years or over who are attending adult classes through the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District program.

St. Nicholas builds bridge to Chinese students

Although most of the seventh graders at St. Nicholas Elementary School in Los Altos Hills have never been to China, they know students there wear uniforms, play ping pong at recess and hold Dragon Boat races every March.

King's Academy takes annual trek to help needy in Mexico

Traveling in a 29-vehicle caravan with a chuck wagon in tow, about 223 students, teachers and parents from The King's Academy in Sunnyvale recently visited Tijuana, Mexico, to build homes for nine needy families.

MV gang prevention program receives recognition

Dreams and Futures, a gang prevention program sponsored by the Mountain View Police Department, recently received the 1998 Honorable Mention for Outstanding Youth Programs Award from the Greater Santa Clara Valley Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration.

TC looking for summer profile ideas

Local schools not putting up with bullies

Since the recent string of school shootings, school districts across the country have been adopting zero tolerance policies toward student harassment and threats.

Noteworthies

Mary Mason, president of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District Board of Trustees, was recently elected president of the Board of Directors of California Community College Trustees. She was elected and sworn in May 17 at the close of the statewide trustees conference in San Diego. Before her election in 1991 to the Foothill board, Mason served for nine years on the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District Board of Trustees.

A gathering of Eagles this October - spread the word

Special to the Town Crier

Summer repairs for MV-LA district offices

Repairs and renovations will take place over the summer to bring the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District administrative offices into compliance with American Disability Act requirements as well as to replace a leaky roof, remove asbestos and make other necessary major repairs for health and safety.

MVHS student awarded for good conduct

When Anthony Schmidt volunteered to participate in the House of Representatives meeting at Mountain View High School last March, the high school junior never expected to be elected president of the Conduct Committee, a student group that addresses student concerns.

Sports

Sports On The Side

DRIVING IT HOME: Los Altos resident Christopher Handel last month had a hole in one at the Stanford University Golf Course. Handel used a 4-iron to ace the 17th, a par-3 hole spanning 177 yards.

This week in Local Sports

Friday

Blach and Egan shine at county track meet

Town Crier Staff Writer

Marble wins state crown in high jump

Town Crier Staff Writer

Bellarmine blemishes Post 375's undefeated record

A team from Bellarmine Prep handed Palo Alto Legion Post 375 its first loss and tie of the season last week. Post 375, an 18-and-under baseball team that includes local players from St. Francis, Gunn and Homestead highs, dropped to 5-1-1.

Ambassadors may have found a rival

Almost every sports team has a rival, and it seems the upstart Silicon Valley Ambassadors have found one in the Southern California Chivas.

Local thrower closes in on national

Al Babayan has yet to reach his goal of making the U.S. National Track and Field Team, but he's getting closer.

Flying Tigers win third game in a row

The Flying Tigers extended their winning streak to three games with a 22-6 victory over the host San Jose Wildcats last Saturday.

Business & Real Estate

Feng shui: good harmony for home and business

Town Crier Staff Writer

Who costs more? Actor-outer or actor-inner?

Jean on the Job

Business Briefs

H.B. Gelatt, Los Altos resident, author, nationally known consultant, speaker and writer on career development and future thinking, will speak at the Career Action Center at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. He will speak about "Rules of the road never taken," and will offer guidelines for helping choose a path on the journey into the future.

Technology stocks decline as market has largest gain in four months

Special to the Town Crier

No lack of linens in Los Altos: New stores on Main Street

Town Crier Staff Writer

'Show me the money (or at least 10 offers) ... '

Tom Cruise made millions as an actor with his famous line, "Show me the money." Los Altos and Los Altos Hills homeowners who have used the same line as Mr. Cruise haven't done too badly either in the past two years. Actually, according to Multiple Listing Service statistics, our Los Altos and Los Altos Hills real estate markets have been moving rather briskly for the past two and a half years. In the past year homes for sale have attracted record numbers of offers and fetched prices beyond the wildest imaginations of many.

Transactions

Los Altos

How to apply for a mortgage that may suit your needs

Special to the Town Crier

Money available for home improvement grants

Most homeowners are unaware that regardless of their income there are Federal, state and local programs that will help them repair and remodel their homes.

Weekly Special

Four Broadway plays coming to Cupertino's Flint Center next season

Four long-running Broadway plays will come to Flint Center in Cupertino during the 1998-99 theater season.

For those who frequent those other 'bars,' here are some good stops

Special to the Town Crier

Clarkes Charcoal Broiler serves up more than red meat

Town Crier Staff Report

Ingredients for cooking from scratch: planning, spontaneity and enthusiasm

Los Altos resident Dianne Gershuny said she has had a sour dough starter since college and plans for a dessert shop for 20 years. Despite her busy work schedule while serving as Los Altos city manager for the past eight years, Gershuny never let her passion for cooking fall by the wayside. She regularly cooked home-made meals for her two children and husband.

Lettuce entertain you

Town Crier Staff Writer

Food Bites

At an international health symposium held recently in San Francisco, some of the world's leading researchers in the field of chemoprevention presented studies showing that fresh grapes and grape products have properties that may help reduce the incidence of breast, colon and liver cancer.

Seven Internet wines for less than $9.50 each

Eighteen months ago when I started writing this column, I forced myself, kicking and screaming, into the computer age. I wrote my first article longhand and no one could decipher my less-than-legible handwriting. The next time I used a computer.

Obituaries

Anil Nichani died June 6 from injuries sustained in a car accident in Redwood City. A native of San Jose and a Los Altos resident, he was 20.

Noteworthies

The California Jursidiction of the International Order of the Rainbow for Girls held its annual convention April 4-7 in Anaheim. This convention or "Grand Assembly" celebrated the "Magic of Rainbow" and was attended by approximately 3,500 girls from all over the state as well as many visiting from other jurisdictions.

Composting workshop set for Saturday

Los Altos and Los Altos Hills, in coordination with the Santa Clara County Home Composting Education program, are sponsoring a free workshop set for 10 a.m., this Saturday, at Hillview Community Center, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos.

The Peninsula Pops Orchestra plays Spangenberg this Sunday

The Peninsula Pops Orchestra and conductor Kim Venaas celebrate the move to their new home at Gunn High School's Spangenberg Theater with a performance at 7:30 p.m. this Sunday.

Aurora Singers to play Palo Alto

The Aurora Singers will present their annual spring concert, "Spring Into Summer," at 7 p.m., Sunday at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Palo Alto.

PA Players serving up 'Don't Dress for Dinner'

Complications ensue, confusion abounds and laughter reigns when Palo Alto Players present the fast-paced new French comedy "Don't Dress For Dinner" this month at the Lucie Stern Theater in Palo Alto.

'Sleeping Beauty' awakes in MV

Western Ballet will present "Sleeping Beauty" this weekend at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.