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Volume 52, Number 11, Published on 03/15/1999

News

Changes afoot at Moffett

By Carol Tiegs and Bruce Barton

Day worker center to merge with St. Vincent de Paul

Beginning April 1, the Los Altos-based St. Joseph the Worker Center will merge with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. The worker center will "cease to exist as an independent entity," said Elizabeth Keller, executive director of the worker center, "and become a program of St. Vincent de Paul."

Los Altan named to hospital board

Special to the Town Crier

Garbage: different rates a matter of philosophy

Los Altos residents are wondering why their garbage rates went up 13.13 percent at almost the same time their neighbors in unincorporated Los Altos and Los Altos Hills saw theirs come down. Same company. Same garbage. What's the deal?

City to get extra $1.2 million for street repairs

Potholes will get fixed. Streets will be repaired and repaved. All over town twice as many city streets as usual will be getting a makeover in the next two years thanks to money from the county Measure B sales tax approved by voters in 1996.

News Briefs

Newly elected San Jose Mayor Ron Gonzales spoke briefly at the March 9 meeting of the Los Altos City Council.

Dominick Curatola elected new hospital board president

Special to the Town Crier

Community Services Agency big winner in city block grant awards

The Community Services Agency was the big winner when Los Altos allocated $24,177 of its $32,374 in Community Development Block Grant public service funds to the Mountain View-based agency.

As youth or adult? How teen will be tried remains unresolved in stabbing case

The court may have decided during a hearing scheduled for this past Monday if a Los Altos teen, charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing his father, will be tried as a juvenile or an adult.

Comment

Council refocused on Sherwood issue

We're happy to see the Los Altos City Council is back on track with regard to the redevelopment of the Sherwood Triangle.

Reeder good choice for hospital board

Former Los Altos council member and mayor Dave Reeder has been named to fill the fifth seat on the El Camino Hospital District Board of Directors. Good choice.

The world through my window

Reflections

Letters to the Editor

Capt. Cliff Balch gloating and bragging over doubling the number of tickets written is too much. Cops who look like storm troopers with black boots and gloves, bullet-proof vests, and dark sun glasses while hiding in the bushes with radar guns is too much. We've crossed the line.

Community

Local policing in the 1940s: Weekly visits by the sheriff visits weekly

Barbara Collins Callison's memories of Los Altos begin in the summer of 1940. Her first home in Los Altos was on a half acre on San Antonio Road between Pepper Drive and Lyell Street. She attended Los Altos Grammar School from second grade and Mountain View High School. She graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and later earned a master's degree and a doctorate degree in science education.

Downtown Easter egg hunt, kids activities set for March 27

Mark your calendar to meet the Easter Bunny at 10 a.m., March 27, and go Easter egg hunting along Main and State streets in downtown Los Altos.

Deadline nears for CSA nominations

Do you know someone that has given generously to help those in the Los Altos and Los Altos Hills community during the past year? If you do, the Los Altos-Mountain View District of the Peninsula West Valley Association of Realtors (PenWest) invites you to nominate them for their prestigious Community Service Award.

Nobel Prize winner Bishop Tutu talks justice, compassion at Flint Center

Special to the Town Crier

Did you wear green today? It's St. Patrick's Day

Special to the Town Crier

Los Altos council listens to merchant suggestions: Make downtown a brighter, cleaner, safer place

Special to the Town Crier

Library News

Parents and children in grades kindergarten through eight are invited to attend the hour-long introduction to the wonderful sources available on the Internet. Advance registration is required. Parents may sign up at the children's reference desk or call 948-7683 ext. 3525 to make a reservation.

Calendar

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

Community Briefs

El Camino Hospital offers a free introductory session to the Mountain View hospital's eight-week stress-reduction program, from 3-5 p.m. and from 7-9 p.m., Thursday. Regular sessions begin March 25 and run through May 20. Sessions will be from 3-5:30 p.m. and from 7-9:30 p.m. One Saturday session will be from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on May 1.

Police Report

March 9, 7:55 a.m., Seena Avenue/Covington Road: A caller reported graffiti on a fence along Covington and on a stop sign at Parma Way.

Schools

LASD approves play structure at Oak School

Schools Roundup

Camping an adventure for this Almond student

Student Profile

Students part of winning 'Odyssey' team

Town Crier Staff Writer

Briefs

Bellarmine College Preparatory will hold its 23rd annual Golden Bell Auction from 5 p.m. to midnight, this Saturday on campus, 850 Elm St., San Jose.

Sports

Sports On The Side

Teams from Pinewood School and Mountain View High last month were named winners of the Central Coast Section's 1999 Winter Season Scholastic Championship Team Awards. The awards recognize the varsity team from each CCS sport with the highest collective grade point average. Pinewood was tops in girls basketball (3.7590), boys basketball (3.6670) and boys soccer (3.5320). Mountain View won the award for girls soccer (3.6281). Runner-ups included the Los Altos High boys basketball team (3.5641) and the Pinewood girls soccer team (3.6270).

This week's lineup of local high school sporting events

Thursday

Panthers find out good things come in 3s

Special to the Town Crier

Local gymnast captures 1999 Aloha Gymfest

Twisters gymnast Youlee Lee of Los Altos last month won the all-around title in her division at the 1999 Aloha Gymfest in Honolulu, Hawaii.

CCSA to hold coaching clinic

Several of the Central Coast Section's top high school football coaches will speak at CCSA's Clinic of Champions this Saturday at Mountain View High School.

Dons trample Mustangs in NorCal championship

Girls Basketball Div. II Playoffs

FH men's tennis team off to another fast start

Foothill Roundup

MV baseball comes through in the clutch

Town Crier Staff Writer

Lancers fall to Grant in NorCal semis

Town Crier Staff Report

Business & Real Estate

Breakfast habits may change with opening of pancake house

Special to the Town Crier

Rancho Merchants consider changes in promotional activities

Special to the Town Crier

What will happen after the Dow Industrials reach 10,000?

Special to the Town Crier

LifeSense seeks angels for Internet navigator

Special to the Town Crier

Rancho president named

Roy Jones, owner of All Horizons Rancho Travel in Los Altos, was recently elected president of the Rancho Shopping Center Merchants' Association Board.

Sweet Wraps expands product line

Los Altos-based Sweet Wraps is less than a year old, but it's already offering new products.

Councilman suggests transfer tax idea on Los Altos real estate

Special to the Town Crier

Transactions

10132 Amador Oak Court - M. Lancaster to P. Vanichsarn for $378,000.00

Local senior citizens can take advantage of reverse mortgages, loan provider says

Paying off a home mortgage loan can take up a big chunk of your life and finances. A reverse mortgage loan turns the tables - you actually get money back from your loan provider to use however you choose. All those years of monthly payments have created equity and a source of income.

Why do a team-building exercise in the work place?

Jean on the Job

Weekly Special

TheatreWorks unveils latest production

TheatreWorks presents the Bay Area premiere of John Patrick Shanley's "Psychopathia Sexualis" through April 11 at the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto.

KMVT localizes TV

Special to the Town Crier

CSMA art camps paint colorful summer opportunities

Special to the Town Crier

KMVT aims to cover local sports events like the pros

KMVT's telecasts of local sporting events may not be on par with ESPN, but announcer George Devine said it's not that far off.

From light rail to corporate expansion, MV keeps on moving

Special to the Town Crier

YMCA and Juan Carlos Mercado: Building bridges to a better future

Special to the Town Crier

Dance Attack studio celebrates 10 years

Jean Stevens, the new owner of the Dance Attack studio in Mountain View is celebrating the studio's 10th anniversary this year with a June concert and a continued commitment toward high-quality dance instruction.

Mountain View News Briefs

The city of Mountain View has announced a new citizens' automated information system called Mountain View CityLink, which began March 1. This telephone system provides Mountain View residents and businesses with information and forms by phone, 24 hours per day, seven days per week, city officials said.

Obituaries

Marlena Rubarth Overpeck, a 27-year resident of Los Altos, died Feb. 27 after a short illness. A native of Los Angeles, she was 75.

Noteworthies

Charlene Archibeque, a Los Altos Hills resident and music professor at San Jose State University, is among five nominated for Wang Awards, a statewide award program established by California State University trustee Stanley Wang. The award celebrates CSU faculty and administrators who "have made exemplary contributions and achievements in their academic disciplines," Wang said. Archibeque, who leads the acclaimed vocal group, the Choraliers, was profiled in a November Town Crier cover story.

Prayer, healing at Good Friday breakfast event

Special to the Town crier

Mary shows feminine side of God's unconditional love

Companion on the Journey

Briefs

St. Timothy's Episcopal Church in Mountain View hosts its fifth annual Chocolate Fest from 7-9:30 p.m. this Saturday. Treats from local and national chocolate vendors, such as Schurra's, Baskin-Robbins and Casa de Fruta will be available. Cost is $12, or $15 at the door.The church is located at 2094 Grant Road. For more information, call 967-4724.

United Methodist welcomes new pastor

Special to the Town Crier

Woodhams to join Pen. Symphony

Richard Woodhams, principal oboist with the Philadelphia Orchestra for the past 22 years, will be the featured soloist at the Peninsula Symphony's concert at 8 p.m., Saturday at Flint Center in Cupertino.

Chapin playing for 'Minors'

Grammy-nominated children's folk singer Tom Chapin will headline Music for Minors' 13th annual Family Concert Series this Sunday at Spangenberg Auditorium at Gunn High School in Palo Alto.

'Picnic' provides acting treat for LAH resident 'Kat' Martin

It's not often an actress tries out for the part of an "old maid school teacher" and ends up with the role of a teen-age ingenue. But that's exactly what happened to Kathleen "Kat" Martin of Los Altos Hills.

A musical 'Mystery' at Mtn. View High

The Mountain View High School Drama Department's spring musical, "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" opens this Friday in the school commons.