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Volume 51, Number 34, Published on 08/24/1998

News

Students learn the 'ropes'

Town Crier Staff Writer

Loyola fire-station remodel moves ahead

Town Crier Staff Writer

News Briefs

Two houses may replace the gas station on the corner of Grant Road and Fremont Avenue in south Los Altos.

Design task force will tour, review houses

The good, the bad and the ugly. All turned up on the big screen during a slide show of houses in Los Altos at a meeting of the city's residential design guidelines task force.

'Avoid the 13' plans Labor Day crackdown on area drunk drivers

The Los Altos police, along with law enforcement officers throughout Santa Clara County, are ready to make the Labor Day weekend an unhappy time for drunk drivers.

El Camino Hospital adopts new financial policy

Special to the Town Crier

Los Altos Hills, League explore campaign monitoring

Special to the Town Crier

Comment

Celebrity Forum series lives up to its name

A Side of Clyde

Letters to the Editor

For the past 5 1/2 weeks I have been searching for my lost cat, and as I've done so it has occurred to me that perhaps my experience can be of help to others who have lost or found pets.

A lover's exit strategy: the Clinton and Cline affair

Other Voices

Community

Pages of the Past

As reported in the Sept. 5, 1973, issue of the Town Crier, the Northern California Youth Soccer Association had mushroomed 600 percent in the previous three years. Making up a large part of this group was the Metro Pal Soccer League, which included all of Santa Clara County.

Family history classes offered through school

The instructor for the classes is family history expert Carol Harless. For more information, call 940-1333.

Calling classic cars for Chamber's fall show

The show will feature 40-50 cars each day. The People's Choice Award will be made on Oct. 4.

Four 'humanitarians' to be honored at Hidden Villa

Hidden Villa is honoring comedian Michael Pritchard, environmentalists Pat and Jim Compton, and Judge LaDoris Cordell as 1998 winners of the Josephine and Frank Duveneck Humanitarian Awards, to be presented at a special dinner on Sept. 19, at Hidden Villa in Los Altos Hills.

Manners weekend 'opens doors' for Brownies

Six local girls, including four third graders from Springer School, spent their last weekend of summer, Aug. 22-23, with Dana May Casperson, etiquette consultant, at the Fairmont Hotel in San Jose.

Library News

From 7-9 p.m. Sept. 11 there will be a presale for members only. No memberships will be sold at the door.

Community Briefs

The Los Altos Arts Docents are currently recruiting new volunteers to assist in bringing art into Los Altos School District classrooms. Those interested will spend the next five months training in several hands-on and art appreciation units. These units are a sampling of the more than 40 classes in watercolor, clay, brush painting, graphic design, print making and art appreciation that docents teach in kindergarten through eighth grade.

Former defense secretary Perry at World Affairs Council kickoff

Former U.S. secretary of defense and current Los Altos resident William J. Perry will be the featured speaker Sept. 13 at the annual fall kickoff for the Peninsula chapter of the World Affairs Council of Northern California.

Police Report

Aug. 24, 12:25 p.m., 5000 block of El Camino Real: A caller reported a possible fraud involving usage of her social security number in ordering products.

Almanac

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

Schools

Board approves upgrades of LAHS pool, multi-use rooms

Students should expect more room to make a splash at Los Altos High School. The Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School Board of Trustees approved upgrades for the pool at Los Altos High and for the planned multi-use rooms at both high schools during the regular meeting Aug. 24.

4 candidates on November's ballot seek 3 positions on high school board

Election '98

'Smart Card' to make its high-tech debut at Foothill College this month

Town Crier Staff Writer

Sports

Sports On The Side

POOL SIDE, PART II: The Peninsula-based SOLO Swim Club will be enrolling new members at 4 p.m., Sept. 11 at Burgess Pool in Menlo Park. SOLO is a year-round swim team for those ages 5-18. The club welcomes swimmers of all abilities. Fall workouts begin Sept. 14. For more information, call 851-9091.

This week in prep sports

Today

A bump in the road

Town Crier Staff Writer

Three LA-based swimmers dominate World Masters

The Nike World Masters Games turned into a swimming showcase for three members of the Los Altos Masters Swim Club.

Roadrunners race to second at Benfica Summer Classic

The Sunnyvale '87 Roadrunners, an under-12 girls CYSA select soccer team, finished second at the Benfica Summer Classic in Manteca Aug. 22-23.

11-year-old tennis player making noise nationally

Town Crier Editorial Intern

New Foothill hoops coach excited to tip-off the season

When Todd Petersen steps onto the floor with the Foothill College men's basketball team this season, someone else will be holding the clipboard.

Walz, Croel survive final round of NFL cuts

Sunday was doomsday for several pro football players, as National Football League teams made their final cuts.

Business & Real Estate

A good leader shows he/she is vulnerable

Jean on the Job

Business Briefs

Legato Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: LGTO), a Town Crier Stock Index company, has been selected by Generale de Banque, Belgium, to manage the backup procedure for its entire client/server system. The implementation will involve 60 Legato backup servers and will effect 1,500 stations and 200 clients.

Global economic problems continue to shake down Silicon Valley stocks

Special to the Town Crier

Hills resident heads 'overnet' venture: Digital Island offers one-hop service

Special to the Town Crier

Videoman offers online service

While there's a new global application of the Internet announced regularly, Los Altos-based Giraffe Data System Corporation is looking for applications closer to home. Applications like ordering videos online for home viewing came to mind.

Transactions

Los Altos

Mac's celebrates 60 years in Los Altos

Special to the Town Crier

Weekly Special

SF Opera Guild hosting gala Sunday in Woodside

The South Peninsula Chapter of the San Francisco Opera Guild will celebrate its 22nd anniversary with an opera gala at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Woodside Village Church, 3154 Woodside Road, Woodside. The gala will feature two hours of excerpts from eight of the 10 operas of the San Francisco Opera's fall 1998 season.

Gov. agrees to extend lemon law

A bill expanding California's pro-consumer lemon law to include small-business vehicles was signed into law last month by Gov. Pete Wilson.

Getting a better deal through rebates

Special to the Town Crier

Dakota is fun to drive - even to the dump

Special to the Town Crier

Obituaries

Suzanne "Suzy" Meyer, a 32-year resident of Los Altos Hills, died Aug. 27. A native of Ohio, she was 61.

Weddings

Sarah Almon Spangler and David Charles Wentker were married Aug. 22 at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in San Francisco with a reception following at the California Culinary Academy, also in San Francisco.

Marshall Denenberg, dedicated physician and community leader

Special to the Town Crier

Spiritual Life Briefs

The Los Altos Lutheran Church sponsors a singles group in the Santa Clara and San Mateo County area that will be hosting September social events. At 6:30 p.m. Sept. 11, the group will gather for a potluck dinner and religious reflection at the Los Altos Lutheran Church, 460 S. El Monte Ave., in Los Altos. Then the group will host a bike ride, at 1 p.m., Sept. 13. The ride will start at the south terminus of Highway 280 and Cañada Road.

Akira Kuroda: 'Nisei spiritual pioneer'

Along the Spiritual Path

Christian weight loss program helps local mom shed pounds

Soul food

PYT announces its 1998-99 season

The Peninsula Youth Theatre will open a new package of family entertainment this fall when the curtain rises on the 1998-99 season.

Wanda Jackson, Cadillac Angels to play Palo Alto this Thursday

Rockabilly legend Wanda Jackson, known for such memorable hits as "Let's Have a Party,," "Riot in Cell Block No. 9" and "Right or Wrong" will bring her dynamic musical talent to Palo Alto at 9 p.m. Thursday.