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Volume 51, Number 39, Published on 09/28/1998

News

Flexing their options

Special to the Town Crier

League of Women Voters holds forums for schools, county offices

A school board candidates forum will be held 7-9 p.m. this coming Tuesday at Graham Middle School, multiuse room, 1175 Castro St., Mountain View. Featured will be candidates for the Mountain View, Foothill-De Anza Community College and Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School district boards.

Improving domestic violence picture

Local officials involved in county conference

Planners, staff, council now on the same page

Following a quarterly study session of the city council, planning commissioners and city staff, folks agree: things are going well among the three groups.

News Briefs

The Los Altos Police arrested a 33-year-old man on charges of indecent exposure on Sept. 30

LAH council candidates take clear stands

Special to the Town Crier

Los Altos Hills hopes to beat rainy season

Special to the Town Crier

League hears complaint in Los Altos Hills race

Town Crier Staff Report

Comment

Samaritans come in all colors, shapes and sizes

A View from the Hills

Communication achieved with $$$

We have mixed feelings about the recently publicized "success" of conflict resolution efforts that have apparently bridged gaps in communication between Los Altos city staff, planning commissioners and the city council.

Locals addressing domestic violence issue

Los Altos Police Chief Lucy Carlton and renowned juvenile court Judge Len Edwards were two of the more prominent local officials attending the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors and Domestic Violence Council's sixth annual conference Thursday in San Jose.

Letters to the editor

After reading Elayne Dauber's letter to the editor in the Sept. 30 Town Crier, we feel compelled to write to ensure that the facts are known regarding our site development application to build a one-story, three-bedroom home on our 21-acre parcel in Los Altos Hills.

Community

Pages of the Past

As reported in the Oct. 10, 1973, edition of the Town Crier, both local high schools opened the 1973 football season with outstanding success in their league games. Awalt, now Mountain View High, crushed the defending Santa Clara Valley Athletic League champion, Peterson, in a 41-0 romp. Los Alto High rolled over the Santa Clara Panthers with a 32-7 score.

Almanac

Los Altos Emergency Preparedness Committee, 5:30-6:45 p.m., Police Department, located behind City Hall.

Hidden Villa reopens to public

Activities scheduled for the fall include a free community forum titled "Dialogue on Racial Understanding," beginning Oct. 18, Sunday farm tours, a Halloween event Oct. 22 through 24, a puppet show with The Johnson Brothers on Nov. 7, a mushroom hike Nov. 14, storytelling with Ane Rovetta on Dec. 13, and a sing-along with Nancy Cassidy on Jan. 22. For more information, fees, and reservations, call 949-8653.

Foothill fund-raiser to honor Henning, feature satirist Mark Russell

Foothill College will host a one-night only fund-raising dinner featuring entertainment by nationally renowned political satirist Mark Russell at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 17 at Hyatt Rickeys in Palo Alto. Dinner will be served at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited and proceeds from the event will benefit the new Foothill College Center for Innovation in Los Altos Hills.

'Partners' symposium speakers say mentoring can make all the difference in the world for kids

Special to the Town Crier

Library News

Picassso lecture: 7 p.m. tonight, Dr. Peter Arnovick, internationally recognized Picasso scholar and Los Altos resident, will speak on "Picasso and the Weeping World."

A dialogue on racial understanding at Hidden Villa

The public is invited to participate a series of four community forums focusing on racial understanding to be held at Hidden Villa Wilderness Preserve beginning Oct. 18. "A Dialogue on Racial Understanding" features inspiring speakers, facilitated small group discussions, and opportunities for action on fighting racism in Silicon Valley.

Community Briefs

The YMCA of the Mid-Peninsula will present its prestigious Red Triangle Award to long-time Y volunteer and Los Altos Hills councilman Sid Hubbard at its annual honors dinner, scheduled for 5:30-9 tonight at Hyatt Rickeys in Palo Alto.

Chamber celebrates successful fall festival

Special to the Town Crier

Rotary AIDS documentary receives Humanitarian Award

"The Los Altos Story," a documentary about AIDS produced by the Rotary Club of Los Altos, received the International Humanitarian Award for Film presented at the "Fete d'Excellence" in Geneva, Switzerland, held in August to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Picasso at Los Altos library

Picasso's role as "the most significant inventor in all art history" will be emphasized by Los Altos resident Dr. Peter G. Arnovick at his lecture-slide presentation "Picasso and the Weeping World," scheduled for 7 tonight at the Los Altos main library.

Police Report

Sept.. 28, 1:28 a.m., Loucks Avenue and San Antonio Road: Police arrested a 23-year-old man on misdemeanor drug charges.

Schools

Support for LASD bond on target

Through a computer program from his office in the East Bay, Measure H campaign advisor Larry Tramutola can track residents who support the Los Altos School District's $94.7 million construction bond measure, which will be on the Nov. 3 general election ballot. He can also direct volunteers at the campaign headquarters in the Blossom Valley Shopping Center in Mountain View to be more aggressive in specific precincts or to target residents who fit specific profiles.

LASD releases developer fee study

Schools Roundup

LASD holds open house as bond vote nears

Residents are invited to check out the condition of their neighborhood schools from 4-6 p.m., Oct. 15, when the Los Altos School District holds a districtwide open house at all eight campuses as well as the currently leased Covington School site.

Noteworthies

The following seventh and eighth grade students were among those to receive state honors for receiving the highest scores in the mathematics and verbal talent search conducted by the Institute for the Academic Advancement of Youth: Los Altos residents, Angeline Baecker, Charles Callaghan, Francesca Centofanti, Eric Cheng, Jeffrey Chiu, Justin Hsia, Doris Huang, Matthew Jurka, Zachary Keats, George Kwon, Beryl Lee, John Legall, Stephanie Lin, Andrew Moll, Melissa Ng, Samia Rogers, Katherine Santoso, Julia Sorensen, Lindsey Stephens, Michael Susman, Emily Williams and Rachel Zeldin; Los Altos Hills residents, Sara Bowling and Ferah Munshi; and Mountain View residents, Hannah Cao, Kristen Mulenburg, Amanda Reed, Craig Roddin, Kevin Roy, Elizabeth Wood, and Courtney Yin.

Schools Briefs

Assemblyman Ted Lempert (D- Palo Alto) will bring college affordability experts to meet with parents and students discuss recent Federal and state changes taht will help families pay for college. From 6:30 8 p.m., Oct. 7 at Palo Alto High School.

Company helps students prepare for college life

Kelly Tanabe knows the uncertainties students face when applying for college. It was Tanabe's personal roadblocks that prompted the Harvard University graduate to set up a company in Los Altos with her husband, Gen, in 1997 to assist students nationwide with their college preparations.

Balancing school, drama, dance

Name: Amy Bechtel, 17

Sports

Sports On The Side

The Albert L. Schultz Jewish Community Center in Palo Alto is hosting a mini-triathlon Oct. 18. The race will include a 400-meter pool swim, an 11-mile bike ride and a five-kilometer run. Deadline to register is Oct. 12 and the race is limited to 50 competitors. Registration is $25. For more information, call 493-0563, ext. 236.

This Week's Lineup of Local Sports

Football

Homestead surprises Paly for first win of the season

Special to the Town Crier

Hill, SF boys pull through in Stanford Invitational

Special to the Town Crier

Gunn tops LA in tennis; St. Francis still unbeaten

St. Francis captured the Mitty National Invitational Tournament last Saturday with a 15-7, 15-9, 15-9 win over host Mitty.

De La Salle proves too much for St. Francis

Special to the Town Crier

Montgomery talks hoops with Rotarians

Special to the Town Crier

Defender sparks Foothill's 20-3 water polo win

Everyone except the goalie on the Foothill College women's water polo team scored in the Owls' 20-3 shellacking of Cosumnes River College last Thursday in Sacramento.

Peninsula tennis players hosting team from Mexico

A group of women tennis players from the Peninsula, including two from the Los Altos area, is entertaining and playing a women's squad from Mexico City this week.

Business & Real Estate

Bowing to business flux, Phileas Fogg's leaves Los Altos

Phileas Fogg's II at 160 Main St. has fallen victim to floundering world financial markets and failing foot traffic.

Wall Street's worst nightmare at hand- fear of recession now enters picture

Special to the Town Crier

Business Briefs

Seer Systems of Los Altos is now shipping version 1.5 of its Reality professional synthesizer and sampler software. Reality turns a Pentium PC into a full-featured, versatile synthesizer. The new version features expanded soundcard support, more extensive synthesis capabilities, access to thousands of new sounds, an expanded sound library and SeerMusic support.

Transactions

Los Altos

Oh, and by the way, what is escrow?

Special to the Town Crier

Title insurance on property a necessity in California

Special to the Town Crier

The test for optimism on the job

Jean on the Job

Weekly Special

A musical Tapestry

Special to the Town Crier

Births

A son was born Aug. 17 to Elizabeth Cohen and Kevin Davis of Mountain View.

Speaking the same language as your auto mechanic

Special to the Town Crier

A guide to buying a new car on your own terms, not the dealer's

Special to the Town Crier

Weddings

Janet Marie Biggerstaff and William Robert Teglia were married Aug. 29 at Byington Winery in Los Gatos.

Obituaries

Mildred Searl died Sept. 16 at her Mountain View home. A native of Oklahoma, she was 79.

Service News

Marine Pfc. Julian G. Arango, a 1997 graduate of Los Altos High School and the son of Luz Arango of Mountain View, recently graduated from the Marine aviation supply junior enlisted course at the Naval Technical Trainer Center, Meridian, Miss.

CEO begins each day by attending local Mass

Special to the Town Crier

Spiritual Life Briefs

To celebrate St. Francis' Day, Christ Episcopal Church, in Los Altos, will be offering an outdoor Eucharist at 10 a.m. this Sunday on the lawn in front of the columbarium, which will be followed by a picnic.

At 80: Starting the day with hymns of gratitude

Along the Spiritual Path

Truck of Love keeps on truckin'

Town Crier Staff Report

Town Crier to sponsor West Bay Opera season

The Los Altos Town Crier has announced that it will be the exclusive media sponsor for West Bay Opera's fall 1998 performances.