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Volume 52, Number 41, Published on 09/29/1999

News

Reactors to the disasters

Town Crier Staff Writer

Upcoming Red Cross events

More than 70 California wineries will feature over 200 wines in the 18th annual MacArthur Park Winefest from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Oct. 9, at MacArthur Park restaurant, 27 University Ave., Palo Alto.

News Briefs

The Los Altos Planning Commission is scheduled to meet at 7:30 tonight to consider a use permit, design review and variances for a new hotel on the site of the current Four Seasons Motor Inn at 4320 El Camino Real.

Cleanup coming for city's north entry - Los Altos council approves landscaping plan

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Council OKs 2-story house with affordable SLU

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Sewer problem leaves resident regretting the Yellow Pages

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Perry to speak before coalition

Former Secretary of Defense (1994-1997) William J. Perry will be the special guest speaker at the October lunch meeting of the Peninsula Democratic Coalition.

Grove Foundation offers $25,000 challenge grant

The Mountain View-based Community Services Agency, which serves the needy in Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Mountain View, has received a big boost from Intel Corp. chief Andy Grove and his family foundation.

Hidden Villa's 'Humanitarian' dinner sets record attendance with 480 visitors

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Comment

Support for LAHS pool, but save the paint

These are exciting times for teachers, administrators, parents, students and other supporters of the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District. The five-year construction project that has created much debate and disruption has borne significant fruit, as any tour of both Mountain View and Los Altos high schools now reveals.

Letters to the Editor

It pained me, as it no doubt did many others, to learn of the testy and fractious embroilment that emerged during the Los Altos Hills Council review last week over the questionable judgment of recently-seated Planning Commissioner Charles Wong.

A noisy way to run a neighborhood

Other Voices

Small and equitable schools is goal of new boundaries, LASD officals say

Town Crier Staff Writer

Community

Fun activities for children at Millennium Celebration

A variety of fun children's activities are available to parents who select the Millennium Club Package as part of the Los Altos-Los Altos Hills Millennium Eve Celebration on Dec. 31 at Hillview Community Center in Los Altos.

Mural a chance to color local history

Local children and their families will have the opportunity to paint while also learning local history, when a 28-by-15 foot mural is unveiled for painting 3-7 p.m., Saturday.

Celebrate Los Altos Fall Festival features car show, celebrity chefs

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Nothing retiring about Pilgrim Haven residents

Town Crier Staff Writer

Voice of the Past

on Main Street

Reeder settles in as newest El Camino Hospital board member

Town Crier Staff Writer

Library News

"The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood will be the second title in the Los Altos Library's book discussion series on family life in contemporary fiction.

Calendar

Los Altos Planning Commission special meeting: Four Seasons Motor Inn, 7:30 p.m., City Hall, 1 N. San Antonio Road.

Community Briefs

The Morning Forum of Los Altos is a membership lecture program held regularly at the United Methodist Church of Los Altos.

Police Report

Sept. 20, 8:28 a.m., 1000 block of Muir Way: A resident reported three Japanese lanterns stolen from the front yard.

Oct. 9 pathways walk to honor Mary Stutz

Members of the Los Altos Hills Pathways Committee invite everyone to participate in a pathway walk for the dedication of the Mary Stutz Pathway. The dedication begins 10 a.m., Oct. 9 at the entry to the Mary Stutz Pathway on Stonebrook Drive between Prospect Avenue and the entry to the Quarry subdivision.

Schools

Six Los Altos and Mountain View teachers honored as the county's most 'outstanding'

Diane Claypool

Schools Briefs

The Mountain View High School Music Parents Association will hold its annual garage sale from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Oct. 2, in the faculty parking lot in front of Mountain View High School, 3535 Truman Ave. Proceeds will benefit the high school's music program. For more information, call 962-1148.

Sports

St. Francis stuns Skyline

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LAH resident has a hand in Clash's best season ever

The San Jose Clash ensured the first winning season in the club's four-year history with a 2-1 victory over the host MetroStars Sept. 22 in a Major League Soccer game at Giants Stadium.

Lancers are on the move

If coach Kathy Lincoln had her way, the St. Francis High field hockey team would be playing in the Mount Hamilton Division of the Blossom Valley Athletic League.

Sports On The Side

The Trailblazer Race, hosted by Friends of the Stevens Creek Trail, is set for 8:30 a.m., Sunday. The event features 10- and 5-kilometer runs, 2- and 4-mile nature walks and youth races along the Stevens Creek Trail in Mountain View. Starting line is Charleston Park. Race-day registration is $25 for adults, $15 for youth 12 and under and $55 for families of four. For more information, call 903-6067.

Inkster's latest win worth $120,000 and a trip to the Hall of Fame

The door to the Ladies Professional Golf Association Hall of Fame is now open for Juli Inkster.

Woodside Priory Golf Classic set for Saturday in Palo Alto

Alumni, parents, faculty and friends are invited to Woodside Priory School's third annual Golf Classic, set for Saturday at the Palo Alto Hills Golf and Country Club.

Turnovers spoil FH football team's home opener

Foothill Roundup

High School Athletes Of The Month

os Altos High volleyball coach Jason Mansfield says his standout middle blocker, Mariah Pospisil, has it all.

Homestead hopes to be in the title chase

Prep Sports Summary

On Deck: the local sports lineup for Sept. 29-Oct. 5

Football

Los Altos residents help Twisters gymnastics team get off to a fast start

The gymnastics team from Mountain View-based Twisters Gym opened its season earlier this month with two strong performances.

Business & Real Estate

Taking control of credit card debt

Special to the Town Crier

To travel in good health, plan ahead

Staying healthy takes a little bit of education and planning. When preparing for a trip, remember to plan ahead for your health needs. Here are a few tips and tricks I have learned over the years.

Are we in a bear market, and how long will it last?

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Open your doors to e-commerce

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Transactions

10530 Ainsworth Drive - Harris Trust to V. Manickavasagam for $715,000.00

More people turn to the Web to buy and sell homes

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First comments, impressions could make or break home sale

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Phone scam calls for caution, experts say

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Weekly Special

PACO opens season Saturday at Gunn

The Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra opens its 34th season with a program of works by French, German and American composers at 8 p.m., Saturday at Spangenberg Theater.

Weddings

Robyn Gail Piontek and Erik Douglas Schraga were married July 31 at St. Nicholas Church in Los Altos.

Obituaries

Robert Davis Ross, a long- time resident of Los Altos Hills, died Sept. 4 after a brief illness. A native of Yellow Springs Ohio, he was 91.

Noteworthies

Connolly is a past president of the Menlo-Atherton branch.

1999-2000 San Francisco Opera season: Lecture and interviews with opera luminaries

As an added attraction, Ramona Rockway, Bay Area opera lecturer and voice coach, will include film clips of interviews with such opera stars as Placido Domingo, Fredericka Van Staade, and Dimitri Hzorastovsky sharing their personal and professional anecdotes.

'The Good Doctor' is in at Bus Barn

Bus Barn Stage Company's production of Neil Simon's "The Good Doctor" opens this week and runs through Oct. 30 at the Bus Barn Theatre, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos.

Willbanks to perform at St. William

Pianist Thomas Willbanks is set to perform at 7:30 p.m., Friday at St. William Church, 611 El Monte Ave., Los Altos.

'Plaid' gives audiences 'bang' for their buck

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For sure garden success, plant succulents

Over the years, succulents have grown on me. At first, they scarcely seemed like plants, with their odd shapes and fleshy protuberances. But their discreet charms eventually won me over, and I now have pots and pots of them, all around the garden.

Home is where the art is

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Sunset's 1999 Idea House open weekends through Oct. 10

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Home Briefs

The Western Horticultural Society presents Tim Hyland discussing "Gardening and Restoration with Native Plants," 7:30 p.m., Oct. 13, in the Loyola School multipurpose room, 770 Berry Ave., Los Altos.

Get ready, get set, go - plant perennials, bulbs and sweet peas now

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Business travelers, collectors head for Patrician Antiques

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