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Volume 51, Number 26, Published on 06/29/1998

News

Festival draws local artists

Town Crier Editorial Intern

Highway 101 may be named after women vets

Assemblyman Ted Lempert (D-Palo Alto), who represents the Los Altos area in Sacramento, announced last Thursday that Highway 101 between the Santa Clara County line and the Ralston Avenue exit, may be named for women veterans.

School district to put $94.7 million bond on November ballot

During the regular board meeting June 29, the Los Altos School District Board of Trustees voted to place a $94.7 million bond measure on this November's ballot to fund its Master Facilities Plan.

City wins grant for 2 traffic cops, motorcycles

Good news for the City of Los Altos. It has won tentative approval for a grant of $259,000 to fund two officers and their motorcycles for traffic enforcement for a two-year period.

Supes vote funds for more sheriff services

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors recently voted funds to add two sergeants to the Westside Sheriff's office that serves the unincorporated areas of Los Altos and Los Altos Hills. The Westside station also provides law enforcement for its contract cities of Los Altos Hills, Cupertino and Saratoga.

Residents shocked at vandalism to 'Rudolph'

Town Crier Staff Writer

Comment

Beefcake: 'Oh my!'

The Living Experiment

Letters to the Editor

As I am sure many others did, I regularly was cheered by the delightful, seasonal decorations on Rudolph, the tree stub near the bend on Fremont Avenue in Los Altos Hills. I hope that all those who recently damaged Rudolph come to take the appropriate amount of pride in the fact that by their actions they made life just that much less pleasant for others in the area

Two guys with a good idea ... that worked

There's an old bromide that says "nothing can stop a good idea whose time has come." A couple years ago two Los Altans had an idea, a vision. Neither Los Altos nor Los Altos Hills, thought they, has a memorial of any kind to the hundreds of veterans in our communities who served their country in the past. They dreamed of a permanent display that would remind future generations that freedom is no accident.

Images of a 'village'

Media Watch

Community

Hamming it up

Town Crier Editorial Intern

Pages of the Past

As reported in the July 11, 1973, edition of the Town Crier, bus service arrived in Los Altos early in July 1973 with the initial route of line 42 down El Monte Avenue to Foothill College. The bus driver said 14 passengers had ridden the bus on the first day in its four trips back and forth between Foothill College and Kaiser Hospital.

TC publisher shares Cuba trip with Rotary Club

Special to the Town Crier

Library News

Sculptor R.J. Truman, who created the bronze statue for the Veterans Memorial in Shoup Park in Los Altos, will present "How to Build a Monument" at the Los Altos Library Program Room at 7 p.m. this Saturday. The program is free and open to the public. Truman's sculpture was dedicated in a ceremony on July 4.

Community Briefs

A Palo Alto-based group, Biointensive for Russia, invites the public to a presentation of slides, pictures and description of recent experiences their team of three had teaching biointensive mini-farming in Russia. The trip was part of a farmer to farmer program funded by the U.S. Agency for International development.

Police Report

June 29, 11:07 a.m., 800 block of Jordan Avenue: A caller reported that a person in a red car in front of his house was having a seizure. An arrest was made.

Almanac

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

Los Altos Weather Chart

Survey shows festival-goers love the event

A survey of folks at last year's Arts & Wine Festival brought good news to festival sponsors: 90 percent said they loved it just the way it was.

Schools

Local Web site guru, teen style

Town Crier Staff Writer

Noteworthies

Keith Patrick Casey of Los Altos was among the 833 students to graduate from Southern Oregon University during the past year. Casey earned a master's degree in environmental education. He participated in graduation ceremonies June 13.

Foothill College trustee elected president of statewide organization

Mary Mason, president of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District Board of Trustees, has been 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 California Community College Trustees Conference in San Diego.

Foothill-De Anza Board ordered election to fill vacancy

Special to the Town Crier

School Briefs

Students enrolled in the Foothill College Dental Hygiene Program in Los Altos Hills closed out the academic year with exciting news: They have been ranked No. 2 in the nation based upon their outstanding scores on the national license exam. Twenty-three students completed the national exam last March. In addition to passing the exam, the Foothill students scored six points higher than the national average. The national exam is taken by all dental hygiene students who are within four months of graduation. Throughout the United States, 201 schools received ranking. Foothill students were just two-tenths of one percent away from the No. 1 ranked school.

Graduates

Mary Anne B. Aguinaldo, Suzanne E. Ahlport, Areli Ahrens, Aakarsh K. Ahuja, Elizabeth R. Allen, Ezequiel Amaya, Aleksander Amcheslavskiy, Stephanie Andersen, Benjamin Anjo, Darya T. Ansari, Geoffrey Aoyagi, Ana C. Armenta, Gilberto g. Arroyo, Joshua D. Autsen, Juan A. Aviles, Alexander J. Baer, Michael S. Bardo III, Cecilia Barrenechea, Scott Richard Barry, Sharon C. Bautista, B. Kirk Beavers, Liane S. Beckman, Jose A. Beltran, S. John Bennion, Jessica A. Bertolani, Andrew Bestock, Mark T. Blackman, Celia Bolanos, David J. Borrero, Jamaane H. Bridges, Dion Brigham, Jennifer A. Brooks, David Burnham, Eian Burton, Miguel A. Calvillo, W. Brandon Carey, Beverly A. Carino, Jaime Castellanos, Amy catale, Joel Ceballos, Christian J. Chan, Jonathan Chang, Kirstin K. Chantalat, Jinyoung Choi, Charlene Choy, Eddy Chu, Paul Chung, Andrew Cohen, Shannon L. Conte, Sandrine M. Cornet, Julie A. Corzine, Benjamin Curry, Oscar D. Dasilva-Castro, Neil Dave, Elizabeth Anne Davidson, Leslie Dawson, Misty Day, Yoric De Deken, Angelica De La O, Brandy J. Dettmer, Amar S. Dhillon, Salvador Dominguez, Angela Kae Donovan, Arcia Dorosti, Maria Angeles Duarte, Alexis D. Dunkle, Jessica E. Dunn, Catherine Grace Dunwoodie, Ngoce M. Duong, Peter M. Eames, Ahmed El-Shimi, David Elliott, Jacqui G. Ely, Charlie Esquivel, Alexander Evenhuis, Matthew Falkner, Marlod N. Faustino, Ronald J. Feichtmeir, Weslee T. Ferguson, Jpse[j A./ Field, Benjamin T. Files, Oscar A. Flamenco, Mark L. Florentino, Brian Fong, Tony J. fonseca, Kevin L. Foree, Kelly Fraser, Hazel A. Frost, Thomasina Fry, Akiko Furui, Chris Garcia, Stephen Gardner, Jeremiah Girouard, Daniel Glazer, Jessica Godden, Maria Godines, Shaina Gopen, Faina Gorelik, Darya Goron, Drew Grewal, Karina Miranda Guerrero, Bagrela Gurrola, Robert R. Gutierrez, Tommy Gwynn, Sebastien Hamelin, Frank Han, Christian M. Hansen, Katherine Harrington, Craig Douglas Harrison, Dina O. Hassanein, Sarah Hayman, Jason K. Hearn, Quinn Hennig-Hance, Jeremy Hermsmeyer, Henry Herrern, Oscar A. Herrera, Sam Hiltner, Tanya Marie Hixson, Dorothy M. Holland, Meghan E. Hooper, Adam Hopkins, Emily L. Huang, Jason Hubbard, Daniel H. Hulse, Vernee T. Hunter, Mike Hurwitz, Shing Hwong, Robert E. Jahn, Emily Jen, Julie R. Jensen, Josefina R. Jimenez, Blaine K. Johnson, Richard R. JOnes, Joshua C. Judnich, Elaney Karabestsos, Thalia Karabestsos, Thalia Karabetsos, Kamal D. Kaur, Kathy Kelemen, Timohty Kelsch, Michael A. Kessler, Robert M. Kessler, Michael Marek Kicinski, Rebecca Molly Kniss, Melissa Koh, Nicole Kohaya, Erik Koland, Jennifer Rose Kruss, Steve Kuo, Alexander Lam, Lisa Lam, Melissa L. Lander, Jackline Le, Ngoc B. Le, Tiffany Y.M. Lee, Christina Arleen Legaspi, Cynthia Aileen Legaspi, Marie Legrand, Ben Lemke, Anna Lewis, Michael Z. Li, Nicholas Liewer, Peter Liou, Gina Little, Allison C. Loomis, Adriana A. Lopez, Kelly A. Lopez, Andrew D. Love, M. Leishman Lowe, Natasha M. Lozano, Jerome Lu, Naiesha Luckey, Jacob P. Mackey, Chene Magee, Joshua Mandel, Darren Marble, Shannon Marshall, Joe A. Martinez, Jose M. Martinez, Shaun Maruyama, Dimitri S. Maslennikov, Meredyth Masterson, Lauren McFall, Melissa Mckee, Benjamin John McMills, Chloe Mead, Peter Mendoza, Natasha Milenkaya, Devon Miller, Jennifer M. Miller, Lauren Miller, Corinne N. Minor, Setareh Moafi, Taryn C. Moody, George V. Mosesov, Ekwa A. Msangi, Joseph Mullen III, Michael Murphy, Regina Rohini Nand, Amrita Narasimhan, David A. Nesby Lisa S. Newton, Anhthu V. Nguyen, Kim Dung Nguyen, Ha Nguyen, Carlos P. Nieto, Cindy Niu, Jamie Nolte, Mark Oehlberg, Robert Ogilvie, Luis A. Olayo, Maria Orozco, Sarah Packard, Jorge Luis Paez-Salinas, Anne Pai, Melissa A. Pak, Marissa V. Panem, Alexandra Pappas, Sonya E. Park, Daniel Parker, Jared B. Parkinson, Mabel Parra, Viviana C. Perez, Shaneen Carol Perotti, Truyen V. Pham, Bethany S. Phillips, Dustin Ashley Picasso, Kelly Lyn Picasso, Amanda R. Pilat, Dipti K. Piplani, Holiday Powell, Jacalyn Price, Karyn L. Qualls, Kregg Quarles, Bernardino R. Quintero, Jeremaine G. Racela, Brooke Rea, Joyce Kathryn Reid, Rebecca Linn Remmel, Beverly Yumul Reyes, Ian Ritchie, Jeffrey A. Ritz, Denise Roberts, Erin J. Robinson, Shaun G. Robinson, Julie Rodgers, Bancer M. Rojas, Juan Rosales, Daruish Rouhizadeh, Michael A. Ruccolo, Richard Russell, David Safar, Claudia E. Salazar, Brenden James Salmon, Karina Salmon, Alana R. Salom, Anup Samantaray, Meaghan Smead Samuels, Dylan Sanderson, Jennifer L. Santos, Rebecca Schlegelmilch, Alison Marie Schlosser, Cristina Sensendorf, Jennifer Sensendorf, Hector J. Serrano, Anish Shah, Stephen S. Shanks, Lee Sheldon, Lian Shen, Allen L. Shih, Alex Shye, Jonathan M. Sigua, Brandon Silva, Atish Singh, Alexander I. Siudzinski, Heather M. Slack, Jason Smith, Michelle Smith, Samuel A. Spiewak, Waseem A. Srouji, Stefani Sanford, Prime M. Sterling, Judd G. Stiff III, Sebastian Stolarski, Carlton Strauss, Huei-Hsien S. Su, Anthony W.Suber, Andenet Tadesse, Jessica L. Taft, Brian Tanaka, Karen Tanaka, Shibani Taneja, Ajene Tarrant, Yu Bin Tao, Chan Thai, Huy Tran , Michelle Trayer, Giovanna Faoro Tripiano, Richard Tsai, Daniel Tucker, Gunars Turaids, Lyssa Vandiver, Imelda Valadivia, Jose L. Varelas, Araceli Varelas, Margarita D. Veloz, Cleber Vieira, Philip Vieira, Kyle Vyas, Melissa Waalkes, Bonnie Wagner, Kevin Wang, Lynn Hua Wang, Yun Lin K. Wang, Tami Weber, Hana Weiss, Deborah Wells, Ja Naye N. Wesley, Ernest Whitehorse, James Whitesell, Jonthan Wiener, Michelle Wilbur, Antino J. Wingate, Bradley Edward Wolfe, Janet Lynne Wood, Allison Rae Woodman, Jonathan Christian Wubbels, Akihide Yamada, Marisia A. Ybarra, Brigette Young, Edward Yu, Dmistiy A. Zasoba, Kelly B. Zuckerman.

Local students earn top scores on statewide test

Los Altos students fared better than school officials expected on the new statewide achievement test administered this spring, scoring higher than the national average in most of the areas tested.

Sports

Sports On The Side

TOP DRIVER: Mountain View resident Kevin Lozares captured the 27th annual Palo Alto Junior Classic golf tournament last month at Palo Alto Municipal. Lozares shot a 1-under-par 64 to win the Boys' 12-13 age division. John Sines of Los Altos took third in the division by shooting a 69.

This Week in Local Sports

Joe DiMaggio

Pirates' treasure: A District 44 title

Town Crier Staff Writer

Mercury rising to the top of the soccer ranks - again

According to members of the Central Valley Mercury, only one thing can stop the girls soccer team from winning a third-consecutive national championship: themselves.

Talking football with Terrell Davis

Although NFL star Terrell Davis came to Mountain View last month to discuss migraine headaches, he still found time to talk football. After giving a speech on migraines June 25 at El Camino Hospital (see story in last week's issue), Davis sat down with the Town Crier to discuss life on the gridiron.

Business & Real Estate

Business Noteworthies

Prakash Agarwal, president and chief executive officer of NeoMagic Corporation, was awarded The 1998 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the high technology-electronics category.

Business Briefs

The Growth & Leadership Institute of Mountain View offers a workshop, "Red Ink Behaviors - the Bottom Line Impact," from 3-5 p.m., July 23. The event will be held at the Growth and Leadership Center, 1451 Grant Road, Suite 102, Mountain View.

Prima Strada 127 hosts pre-opening buffet

Special to the Town Crier

2nd QE of tech stocks could produce more layoffs

Special to the Town Crier

Real Estate Transactions

141 Alvarado Avenue - K. & K. Kranen to Cheng Trust for $933,000.00

Refinancing your home may make sense now

Special to the Town Crier

Council OK's Loyola Corners $5,000 request - new banners and business locators proposed

Special to the Town Crier

Weekly Special

PA Children's Theatre presents 'The Secret Garden'

The Palo Alto Children's Theatre Wingspread Company, made up of actors ages 16-24, presents the musical "The Secret Garden" starting at 7:30 p.m., Saturday.

Good for what ales you

Town Crier Staff Writer

Marinades add flavor while tenderizing

Special to the Town Crier

Super-sweet white corn a local favorite

Every morning during the summer months in Brentwood the super-sweet white corn is being harvested in the headlights of a corn harvester. The corn is then taken to the shed, hydro-cooled and packed with ice to keep it fresh for the farmers' markets.

Don't be intimidated by the wine list

When you're entertaining at a restaurant and are acting as the host, the wine list is definitely your job. Or, if you just happen to look the oldest, the wisest, or the person most likely to tip the highest, you are going to get the list. If you are the wrong person, pass it graciously to the person responsible or the most qualified.

Food Bites

Residents will have three new dining choices in downtown Los Altos at the end of this month. Maltby's, located at 101 Plaza North in Los Altos, opened in June. Owners James and Katy Maltby offer classic American steak house favorites, sandwiches and salads.

Take-out picnic tasty, good value

Town Crier Staff Report

Obituaries

Cecile Rassler Cranston died June 21 in Cupertino. A native of Minnesota, she was 94.

Engagement

The bride-to-be is the daughter of Denny and Maria Roja of Los Altos Hills.

Art groups and venues to vouch for Great Performances

The Great Performances concert series may be out of business, but it appears ticket holders aren't out of luck.

The Who's 'Tommy' opens on Peninsula

Peninsula Center Stage presents The Who's "Tommy" starting this weekend at the Fox Theater in Redwood City.