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Volume 52, Number 2, Published on 01/11/1999

News

A flood of creek issues

Special to the Town Crier

Local DUI arrests down for '98 holiday season

Almost half were baby-boomers

New Thursday meeting night OK'd for Los Altos Hills City Council

Special to the Town Crier

News Briefs

Officer Matt Hartley's sharp eyes noticed that the registration on the U-Haul truck that rolled past him had expired.

Business leaders outline economic development goals for Los Altos

Special to the Town Crier

Woman arrested following traffic accident, first of 3 Los Altos accidents in 3 days

Los Altos police made an arrest following a noontime traffic accident last Thursday at Foothill Expressway and Main Street, the first of three injury accidents in Los Altos last week.

Los Altos hires 3 new police officers

It's been a banner week for the Los Altos Police Department. Chief Lucy Carlton announced the hiring of three new officers. One began Jan. 4 and the other two will be going through the police academy beginning Jan. 20.

Motorcycle cops already having an impact

They've been on their Kawasakis for only a few days. But already the two new Los Altos motorcycle police officers, working traffic enforcement, are making a difference.

Comment

Letters to the Editor

On Dec. 30, I fell at the corner of Main and Second streets. I was immediately surrounded by concerned and helpful people from around and inside Starbucks.

Will we have a woman as president in 2000?

A Side of Clyde

Poor impulse control

The Living Experiment

Volunteering at hospital brought back sense of purpose

Other Voices

Community

Local WW II chicken farming called 'vital defense business'

Armond King grew up with a legacy of stories passed down from his grandfather, Herman Bleibler, who established a fruit orchard on Cherry Avenue in Los Altos in 1913. King's parents moved into the house after Bleibler died in 1951. King remained at the family home after his parents died. He told the following account during a 1998 interview at his home with Don McDonald.

Seniors News

Friday: Noon, monthly luncheon. Reservations are required. Cost is $4 with activity card and $6 without. Bingo is after lunch. Bingo cards are three for $1, and cash prizes will be awarded.

New TC section needs a name

So, we are holding a contest for naming our new youth section. The winner gets a pizza party for four, courtesy of the Town Crier. Here are some general rules: The title should not be more than two or three words; acronyms are acceptable; entrants should be no older than 18.

Library News

The Friends of the Los Altos Library will hold a used book sale at the Hillview Community Center on the weekend of Jan. 22-24. Hours are 7-9 p.m. Jan. 22, members only; 10 a.m. -3 p.m. Jan. 23; and 12-3 p.m. Jan. 24. On Jan. 24 books will be sold by the bag. Cash only, no checks. For more information, call the Los Altos Library reference desk, 948-7048.

Tokuda leads AAUW salute to women authors

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) celebrates Bay Area authors with a book signing for Wendy Tokuda and an author's luncheon featuring four other writers on Jan. 23, at the Garden House, 400 University Ave., Los Altos.

Los Altos galleries start anew in January

Special to the Town Crier

Library arts lecturer talks on impressionists in winter

The "Impressionists in Winter" exhibit, which opens at the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco on Jan. 31, reminds us that the French Impressions painted landscapes outdoors throughout the year.

Calendar

Los Altos Hills Planning Commission, 6 p.m., Town Hall, 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills.

Community Briefs

The Friends of the Los Altos Library will hold its winter book sale Jan. 22-24 at the Hillview Community Center, 97 Hillview Ave., in Los Altos.

Police Report

Jan. 5, 9:38 a.m., a caller from Los Altos High School reported some tools stolen from a job site at the school.

Schools

Briefs

Sixth-grade students and new students are invited to tour the campus at Egan Intermediate School during Egan's Tour Week, Jan. 25-28.

Students celebrate opening of Museum

Students throughout the Los Altos School District will help launch the reopening of the Stanford Art Museum next month with class murals.

Sports

Sports On The Side

Bob Keys/Special to the Town Crier

This week's lineup of local high school and college sports

Boys Basketball

Lancers split first two league games; Spartans win division opener

Special to the Town Crier

Seifert signs on as Carolina coach

After two years away from coaching, George Seifert has returned to the National Football League.

St. Francis vying for WCAL title

Girls

Eagles wake up in time to beat rival Mtn. View

Town Crier Staff Writer

Eagles surprise Monta Vista in opener

Prep Wrestling Wrap-Up

Men's basketball gains momentum

Foothill Roundup

Local high schools announce sports award recipients

Boys Cross Country

Business & Real Estate

MEPTEC forecasts changes in semiconductor industry

Special to the Town Crier

Empathy separates real leaders from the pretenders

Jean on the Job

Business Briefs

The American Business Women's Association, Palo Alto Charter Chapter, will present a free seminar on "Setting and Achieving Your Goals" from 10 a.m. to noon, Jan. 30. The seminar will be held at Golden Gate University, 5050 El Camino Real in Los Altos.

Homegrown AVCOM expands with Internet

Special to the Town Crier

Stock market sets another record

Special to the Town Crier

Local inventor shares his secrets

Special to the Town Crier

Walking through an open house - what should a potential buyer look for?

Special to the Town Crier

Transactions

Cupertino

Stock market has Los Altos real estate booming again

Special to the Town Crier

Weekly Special

'Amadeus' coming to Mtn. View

TheatreWorks will begin the new year with the Tony Award-winning drama "Amadeus," starring Francis Jue as the young Mozart and Joe Vincent as rival composer Salieri.

The dress remains the same

Family wedding gown makes its way down the aisle for the third time in 60 years

10 tips from a mother who has been there

A mother-of-the-bride offers suggestions based on what she wished someone had shared with her before the wedding

Arranging flowers for a friend's wedding

Special to the Town Crier

Bridal briefs

Gleim Jewelers offers a monthly series of free lectures, beginning at noon today, with a presentation called "The 3 R's of Jewelry - Redesign, Remodel, Repair." The event will be held at the Palo Alto store, 322 University Ave., in Palo Alto.

Engagements

Barbara Ann Silvey and Joseph Roy Martinez have announced their engagement and plan to be married in March at the Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden Center of Palo Alto.

Loeffler married in mom's gown

A reception followed at the Stanford Park Hotel in Menlo Park.

A marriage in Antarctica can give you the chills

Special to the Town Crier

Rio Grande flows with good grub and lots of Western hospitality

A group of Town Crier staff restaurant reviewers, known as "The Lunch Bunch," descends upon unsuspecting lunchtime haunts in Los Altos once a month to critique their offerings in the Food & Wine section. The Bunch visited The Rio Grande in downtown Mountain View opening day, Jan. 5.

Food Bites

Grocery shoppers no longer have to make an extra stop for freshly-made muffins. Andronico's Market, 690 Rancho Shopping Center in Los Altos, now carries an assortment of muffins from the Mountain View-based bakery, Suzanne's Muffins.

Mr. Gadget finds easier, healthier cooking in the bag

Once a month the Town Crier's Mr. Gadget critiques different cooking items for local readers. This month he tried Reynolds® Hot Bags.

Chef profile

Restaurant: Head chef at Bandera since 1997.

Preparing an emergency food pantry

Experts: Be sure to store away foods you like - just in case

Super Bowl sustenance? Try these recipes

Preparation time: 40 minutes, excluding 1-2 hours sitting time

Visiting Tuscany 'under the rain'

Frances Mayes wrote a marvelous book, "Under the Tuscan Sun," describing the many pleasures of the region.

Obituaries

Kenneth Oliver Wilson, a 31-year resident of Los Altos, died Dec. 27 following a brief illness. He was born in 1914 in New Hampshire, not far from where his family first settled in 1631.

Noteworthies

Emmenegger's Eagle project involved the demolition and total reconstruction of six 4-by-8-foot garden boxes at the Redwood Grove nature preserve in Los Altos. He is a junior at The King's Academy in Sunnyvale.

Stanford students putting on 'Winter One Acts'

Stanford University's student-run Ram's Head Theatrical Society is set to present its first production of the year, "Original Winter One Acts 1999." The production opens at 8 p.m. Friday at the Nitery Theater in the Old Union near Stanford's Tresidder Student Union.

Wedding, reception for Crawford, Lynch

The bride graduated from Castilleja School in Palo Alto. She earned a bachelor's degree at UCLA and a master's degree from the University of California at San Francisco. She is continuing her graduate studies at SCSF/Stanford in neuroscience.