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Volume 52, Number 46, Published on 11/03/1999

News

Evening for the ages

Town Crier Staff Writer

Beware the pitter-patter of little feet over your head - they could belong to roof rats

Beware the patter of tiny feet above your head. Residents have reported an outbreak of roof rats in the Los Altos neighborhood between San Antonio Road and Los Altos High School.

News Briefs

The Los Altos Residential Design Guidelines Task Force will meet at 5:30 p.m. today to consider input from the community meeting held Aug. 25 regarding one-story overlay zones.

Speed bumps may come to Los Altos streets

Special to the Town Crier

LAH official denied permit for completed landscaping

At their regular meeting Oct. 27, the Los Altos Hills Planning Commissioners voted 4-1 to reject a request from Councilmember Steve Finn for an amendment to a previously-approved construction permit and variance for work done on his own residence in Los Altos Hills.

Comment

The many worlds in which we live

A View from the Hills

Letters to the Editor

In 1996, I bought a new house and moved my family to Los Altos Hills. We applied and obtained a permit to landscape our yard and build a pool. During construction in January 1998, the town planning staff inspected our project and provided us a list of items that needed to be resolved. By the beginning of 1999, the pool and landscape projects had been substantially completed. The main item left was the pool equipment enclosure, which we completed in the middle of this year. We obtained a site development permit approval for the the patio roof in September.

Community

New exec director looks to take CSA higher

Special to the Town Crier

Pages of the Past

In the Headlines: An insect dubbed the Oriental fruit fly was discovered in Hawaiian fruit but not in California. The perjury trial of CIO official Harry Bridges began in San Francisco.

Save the Date

Los Altos Veterans' Day salute, 11:30 a.m., Community Plaza, downtown Los Altos at Main and State streets.

Police Report

Oct. 25, 8:36 a.m., North San Antonio Road: A caller reported a theft from the cash register in De Martini's fruit stand.

Los Altan witnesses friend's fatal parachute jump

Town Crier Staff Writer

Democratic Club hosts McNamara

McNamara is a recognized expert in criminal justice and is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. The program begins at noon at Chef Chu's Restaurant. Cost is $15 and reservations are required. For information and reservations call 948-8259.

Calendar

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

Community Briefs

Assemblyman Ted Lempert (D-Palo Alto) announced Monday that he will not be a candidate for State Senate in the 11th district in 2000.

Scott McGuffin named Kiwanian of Year

Scott McGuffin has been a Los Altos Kiwanian for one-and-a-half years, but that was long enough to be recognized and receive the Kiwanian of the Year Award.

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Schools

HS program matches students with jobs

Jamie Morris expected to spend his last summer as a high school student taking classes - the only way he knew how to make up the 10 credits he was behind in school. But through the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District's Workability I program, Morris was able to secure a part-time job at Woolworth's Nursery in Mountain View, where he earns both a salary and school credits. Now a Los Altos High School senior, Morris is ahead 15 credits in his school work.

U.S. Treasury authorizes LAHS trip to Cuba

Schools Roundup

Preschool to replace LASD's Covington Park

Los Altos' park space could get smaller next year if the Los Altos School District approves a plan to relocate some of the preschool tenants on its Covington campus to the Covington mini-park at the back of the school.

Schools Briefs

South Peninsula Hebrew Day School will hold its first kindergarten open house for the 2000-01 school year at 7:30 p.m., Nov. 16 at the school's Sunnyvale campus, 1030 Asotria Drive.

Sports

Sports On The Side

Neil Schiffman's participation in Saturday's Ironman Triathlon in Panama City, Fla., has a duel purpose. The 51-year-old not only wants to do well in the race - which involves a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and 26.2-mile run - but he also wants to raise money for the Community School of Music & Arts. Schiffman has been gathering sponsorships and the funds will benefit CSMA, a non-profit arts education center in Mountain View. To sponsor Schiffman, a veteran triathlete, call CSMA at 961-0342, ext. 303.

Los Altos Hills resident places seventh in equestrian finals

Matthew Sereni of Los Altos Hills recently finished seventh in the western finals of the BET/United States Equestrian Team Show Jumping Talent Search in Los Angeles.

Gunn routs Mtn. View in battle for first place

Special to the Town Crier

Foothill Roundup

Football

World United soccer team of Los Altos Hills headed for CYSA playoffs

World United, an under-17 boys soccer team based in Los Altos Hills, has completed its regular season and is gearing up for the playoffs.

Pinewood nets a league title in tennis

Field Hockey

St. Francis runs over Bells in 14-3 victory

Prep Football Digest

On Deck: the local sports lineup for Nov. 3-9

Football

Newport puts an end to Lancers' 37-game winning streak

High School Volleyball Report

Local players power Woodside Priory soccer team

Behind a strong Los Altos/Los Altos Hills contingent, the Woodside Priory boys soccer team is looking toward the Central Coast Section playoffs.

Business & Real Estate

High rent and chain-store competition close Video Man

Special to the Town Crier

Los Altos resident is power house behind local events, businesses

Retractable modem cords and CD openers are two of the custom imprinted promotional items available from Amy Phillips at Power Promotions.

October not as spooky as expected: Nasdaq composite hits record high

Stock Report

9,500 new jobs for Santa Clara

Santa Clara County's economy remains healthy with a tight labor market and a low unemployment rate of 3.3 percent. Santa Clara County will add approximately 9,500 new jobs in the next 12 months.

Transactions

10427 Avenida Lane - Hopson Trust to T. & N. Deacon for $875,000.00

Local Realtor feeds Thanksgiving day dinner to 250 needy families on the Peninsula

Special to the Town Crier

Los Altos firm among 500 fastest-growing companies

John Katsaros said there was a time when he was thrown out of some of Silicon Valley's best businesses by some of the most important CEOs. But this year his Los Altos consulting firm, Internet Research Group (IRG), is one of America's 500 fastest-growing private companies, as listed in Inc. Magazine.

Weekly Special

'Violet' is thoughtful and entertaining

Special to the Town Crier

Pit Stops

Los Altos resident Larry Moore has been appointed to the California Source Reduction Advisory Committee.

It's true, men don't ask for directions

Finally there's proof men would rather tough it out than ask for directions. Women, on the other hand, would unashamedly hightail it to the nearest gas station.

Lease or buy? Some car shopping tips

The decision whether to lease or buy an automobile is one that puzzles many consumers.

Oldsmobile Alero is big on style, value

Special to the Town Crier

Are car dealer showrooms becoming extinct?

Special to the Town Crier

Arthritis Foundation wants your vehicle

The Arthritis Foundation asks people to donate vehicles to its Auto Round-Up.

Anniversaries

Valeria and John Dumitru celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary June 20 at the church they were married in Detroit, Mich. The priest, a friend John met on the ship returning to America after World War II, shared his joy in this happy occasion by inviting all 18 family members present to receive the blessing with the couple.

Pinewood School founder, longtime LA resident dies

Special to the Town Crier

Obituaries

Hazel Richardson Jessen, a 40-year resident of Los Altos, died Oct. 28. A native of Arkansas, she was 82.

Births

A son was born June 29 to Carina Kelly and John Gage of Mountain View.

All Saint's Day, a holiday for all the saints we may have known

Along the spiritual path

Violist Dye to perform with Nova Vista this Saturday

Violist Mimi Dye, who has performed in concerts and music festivals throughout the country, solos with the Nova Vista Symphony at 8 p.m. Saturday in Foothill College's Smithwick Theater.

CSMA begins new season of free shows

The Community School of Music and Arts (CSMA) begins its 1999-2000 season of free concerts at 2:30 p.m., this Sunday in Mountain View.