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Volume 51, Number 32, Published on 08/10/1998

News

Private gardens of Eden

Town Crier Staff Writer

Four vie for Los Altos Hills council seats

Special to the Town Crier

Hospital budget includes 110 new positions

Special to the Town Crier

News Briefs

Busy street-paving companies and over-committed asphalt plants have delayed the repair and repaving of San Antonio Road in Los Altos, said Bruce Bane, Los Altos Public Works Director.

Local folks barely noticed the 5.4 quake

A 5.4 earthquake knocked cans off shelves in Gilroy and shook people up as far north as Santa Rosa.

Weather slows schools construction

Town Crier Staff Report

Mtn. View hearings for 10-story apartments

The city of Mountain View is holding a public hearing at 5:30 tonight in the city council chambers for input regarding the proposed twin 10-story apartment structures for 2400 El Camino Real West. The high-profile development stands to have an impact on neighboring north Los Altos.

Comment

Lesson to be learned from the county

Residents who choose to live in the unincorporated pockets of Los Altos and Los Altos Hills deal with mixed blessings: They want and appreciate limited government interaction, but when there's a problem, they complain government isn't there for them.

The end of summer and a whole new world

Reflections

Letters to the Editor

I enjoyed your "Hot August Days" article (Aug. 5), but I must correct some of the assertions by Rhonda Scherber regarding the Stevens Creek Trail.

Home birthing - another side of the story

Other Voices

Community

Pages of the Past

As reported in the Aug. 22, 1973, edition of the Town Crier, the Los Altos Hills Town Council voted to keep its tax rate at 40 cents per $100 of assessed valuation for the third year in a row. The Los Altos City Council approved a tax rate of 83 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. That rate had not been changed for 12 years.

MROSD schedules controlled burn at Russian Ridge

The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (MROSD) planned to perform a controlled burn last week on an 80-acre section of Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve, adjacent to Skyline Boulevard north of Page Mill Road.

Meet Helen and Margaret

Special to the Town Crier

Community Briefs

Robin Parer, whose nursery Geraniaceae in Kentfield is one of the few sources of species geraniums, will be the guest speaker for the next meeting of the Garden Club of Los Altos, scheduled for this coming Tuesday.

Senior Briefs

Friday, 1 p.m.: Birthday party with sing-a-long followed by cake and ice cream.

History House Education Center within 10% of fund-raising goal

The fund-raising campaign for the Education Center at History House in Los Altos is within 10 percent of its $1.65 million goal set in 1996.

Library News

Police Report

Aug. 10, 12:32 a.m., Covington and Springer roads: Police arrested an 18-year-old man on charges of DUI.

Almanac

Los Altos Architectural and Site Control Committee, 4 p.m., city hall, 1 N. San Antonio Road, Los Altos.

Calling classic cars for Chamber's fall show

The Los Altos Chamber of Commerce is seeking classic cars - built in 1969 or earlier - for display at its annual Classic Car Show. This year the event will be held Oct. 3-4 in the South Parking Plaza between First and Second streets in downtown Los Altos.

Humanitarian awards set for Sept. 19 at Hidden Villa

Hidden Villa in Los Altos Hills has named Michael Pritchard, Pat and Jim Compton and Judge LaDoris Cordell as this year's winners of the Josephine and Frank Duveneck Humanitarian Awards. A special dinner will be held in their honor Sept. 19, at Hidden Villa.

Schools

LAH honor student: Being blind 'no big deal'

Town Crier Staff Writer

Planned Parenthood offers variety of services at Foothill College site

Long associated with providing reproductive services, Planned Parenthood has taken a new direction at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills.

Sports

MV resident reaches semifinals of Alpine Hills tennis tournament

Of the 20-plus local tennis players who competed in last week's Alpine Hills Fall Classic in Portola Valley, Vikram Kumar made the most racket.

Sports On The Side

NICE CALL: Major League umpire Larry Barnett will visit hospitalized veterans at the Palo Alto Veterans Administration Hospital on Thursday. Barnett, who's in the Bay Area to work an Oakland A's series this week, has been visiting vets since 1977 as part of a project sponsored by the Disabled American Veterans.

Red Barn Festival this Saturday at Stanford Equestrian Center

The ninth annual Red Barn Festival will be held at 10:30 a.m. this Saturday at the Stanford Equestrian Center.

Youth is served: Blukis makes his mark at diving finals

As the lone 16-year-old, Gordon Blukis was the youngest competitor in the 16-18 division of the recent U.S. Junior Olympic National Diving Championships.

Los Altos resident Demling is TV voice of San Jose Clash

Town Crier Editorial Intern

Stanford water polo team makes history

18 boys take the silver

Girls in sports: opportunities and challenges

Special to the Town Crier

College-bound athletes asked to contact Town Crier

If so, please let the Town Crier know via phone, fax, mail or e-mail so we can publish a list in an upcoming issue. Include the athlete's name, sport, class and where he or she went to high school.

Business & Real Estate

Joint Venture Silicon Valley: Stressing collaboration, quantifying success

Special to the Town Crier

Traits of a great chief executive officer

Jean on the Job

Business Briefs

Pet Net is the new leaseholder for the former Sanwa Bank space in Rancho Shopping Center. This will be the fifth location for the family-run veterinary chain, now in its 25th year in the Bay Area. Other locations are in Los Gatos, Saratoga, San Jose and Campbell.

Hopkins & Carley, Los Altos area partners, to relocate to historic San Jose building

Bucking the trend of packing up and moving to Palo Alto as many San Jose law firms have done, Hopkins & Carley, led by seven Los Altos-area partners, is making a historic move of sorts to stay downtown.

Transactions

Cupertino

Turn an open house into a closed deal

Special to the Town Crier

Weekly Special

Weddings & Engagements

Cynthia Strand and Erich Braun were married May 23 at Auberge du Soleil in Napa.

Obituaries

Beatrice B. Dowd, a 43-year Los Altos resident, died Aug. 11. A native of Iowa, she was 78.

Spiritual Life Noteworthies

Brian Brown, a 1997 graduate of Los Altos High School, leaves today for Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah, where he will receive language and "doctrinal education" before leaving for an assignment in Japan, said Richard Burgan, with the LDS Church.

Cradled by the ocean, a reminder of God's love

Companion on the Journey

Spiritual Life Briefs

The Labyrinth, a collection of pathways that encourage a walker in personal meditation while walking toward the center of the labyrinth, will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at Christ Episcopal Church, 1040 Border Road, in Los Altos.

Local students star in ACT play opening Friday

Two soon-to-be seniors from local high schools will perform in The American Conservatory Theater's production of "When They Speak of Rita," which opens this weekend in San Francisco.

Musician Moller to perform in Mountain View Saturday

Silver Wheel Music will present a show by musician Polly Moller at 8 p.m. Saturday at the Psychic Eye Bookshop, 1128 West El Camino Real in Mountain View.

'The Melon Patch' sprouts in LA Hills

Opus 90, a locally-based chamber music society, presents an audience participation piece called "The Melon Patch" at 3 p.m. Sunday at Hidden Villa in Los Altos Hills.

Health Briefs

The Distinguished Speaker Series of El Camino Hospital and the Santa Clara County Individual Practice Association are co-sponsoring a program, "Keeping up with Diabetes, an Overview," from 6-8 p.m. today, in Meeting Room C, El Camino Hospital Main Building, near the cafeteria, 2500 Grant Road, Mountain View. For more information, call 358-5825.

Winning, losing: Helping kids with games

Judith S. Duque, LMFCC

ECH nurse helps ostomy patients begin a new life

Debbie Herlihy is someone who makes a difference in people's lives. This El Camino Hospital nurse, who is specially trained as an enterostomy therapist, works with patients before and after they have ostomy surgery.

With eyes to see

Special to the Town Crier

New golf-fitness program stresses shaping up before teeing off

Business Profile

Local rider raised $7,000 for American Lung Association

Town Crier Staff Report

From recreational running to a marathon,

Los Altos sisters raise money for Leukemia Society

Back-to-school stress and some solutions

House Call