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Volume 52, Number 47, Published on 11/10/1999

News

Polls send mixed message

Special to the Town Crier

Special March 7 election announced after surprise departure on LAH council

A seat on the turbulent Los Altos Hills City Council will be up for grabs in a special March election.

Foothill-De Anza facilities to benefit from passage of $248 million bond

Results from the Nov. 2 election will mean massive improvements and expansion for the Foothill-De Anza Community College District.

What's a veteran? Not easy to answer but worth answering

Recently, my wife and I were shopping for an unconventional greeting card and were surprised at the variety of choices proffered. There were cards from dogs, cats and other pets, plus titles like golf, over the hill and 100th birthday.

Los Altos volunteers cheer vets at the VA Health Care campus

Los Altos resident Jim Jenson, 79, is a retired administrative law judge for a national labor relations board. Jenson is also in his third year as a volunteer at the Palo Alto campus (formerly known as the VA Hospital) of the VA Palo Alto Health Care System.

News Briefs

The Residential Design Guidelines Task Force will not be recommending a one-story overlay zone for Los Altos. The decision was reached Nov. 3, after the task force reviewed community input from the August town hall meeting.

The most important happening this century? We want to know

What do you think was the most important development of the last 100 years? The Town Crier wants to know.

Residents cite need for better services but don't want tax hike to pay for them

Special to the Town Crier

Election Briefs

The Los Altos electoral district had the highest registered voter turnout in Santa Clara County, according to figures provided by the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters.

Los Altos Veterans Day ceremony to spotlight servicemen from Vietnam

Special to the Town Crier

Comment

A dose of comfort

The Living Experiment

What goes on in our heads

Editor's note: Due to a production error, Mary Cristy's Oct. 6 column was reprinted last issue. We offer the correct column intended for last week.

Letters to the Editor

On Nov. 2 the voters told us that: (1) they like the present team on city council; (2) they want us to do at least some of the tasks listed in the Measure H advisory; and (3) they want someone else to pay for it.

Searching for your roots? Get a life

Commentary

Community

2 MV groups honored for being environmentally friendly

Bay Area Action and Women's Action to Gain Economic Security (WAGES) are two of eight winners in the 1999 Business Environmental Awards program. The Peninsula Conservation Center Foundation will present the awards on Friday at the Hotel Sofitel in Redwood City.

Los Altos Weather

Sewer line break proves a blessing for police dept.

Special to the Town Crier

'Superman' Reeve more super in real life, as his Celebrity Forum appearance reveals

Special to the Town Crier

The 12 kids in the Blach family roamed LA Hills in the 1940s

My father was John Joseph Blach, and my mother was Georgina Irene Powers Blach. I'm the third of their 12 children. My parents met in San Francisco. Mother was a nurse at Mary's Help Hospital.

FBI agents talk espionage at Kiwanis Club meeting

Special to the Town Crier

Save the Date

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

Millenium celebration makes arrangements for singles

The Millenium Celebration Committee is making special arrangements to ensure that singles enjoy the end-of-the-millenium blow-out planned for Dec. 31 at the Hillview Community Center in Los Altos.

Calendar

Veterans Day holiday: City offices closed; no school in the Los Altos School District.

Community Briefs

A section of Elena Road located between Natoma Road and Purissima Road will be closed to traffic through Nov. 19, during the hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The road closure is necessary to improve the storm drain sysem.

Reception for artists at LAH town hall

Cox, who studied at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, is chief editor for the "Watermedia Focus Workbook," a quarterly magazine..

Police Report

Nov. 1, 2:31 p.m., 400 block of Raquel Lane: Police issued a citation for a leaf-blower violation.

Los Altos residents killed in EgyptAir crash

honored by family members, numerous friends

Schools

Montessori School celebrates Hindu holiday of Lights'

Special to the Town Crier

Noteworthies

Molly Renee Bell, a 1994 graduate of St. Francis High School, graduated from Marymount Manhattan College, New York, in May with a bachelor's degree in theater.

School Briefs

Montecito School will hold a Fine Art & Book Sale from 9 a.m., to 4 p.m., Nov. 13 at 1468 Grant Road in Los Altos.

Graham student wins $4,000 for school

Schools Roundup

Love of dance keeps St. Francis senior focused

Student Profile

Sports

Cole carries Owls to 36-31 win over Chabot

Foothill Roundup

St. Francis earns a share of league title

Los Altos loses seventh straight

CCS makes room at the top for St. Francis, Los Altos

Town Crier Staff Writer

Sports On The Side

Three Mountain View runners placed among the top 25 at the half-marathon portion of the Oct. 31 Silicon Valley Marathon in San Jose. Janet Thomas finished sixth in the women's division with a time of 1 hour, 26 minutes, 28 seconds. On the men's side, Andrew Ferguson took 20th (1:21.37) and David Volk was 22nd (1:22.01).

Gunn misses chance to capture its first league crown in 28 years

Special to the Town Crier

Baek, Vicencio lead Lancers to second straight CCS championship in golf

St. Francis High has dominated girls golf, winning every Central Coast Section championship.

St. Francis girls net CCS berth

Prep Girls Tennis Wrap

Los Altos trio helps Woodside Priory volleyball team win its first-ever league championship

Powered by three players from Los Altos, the Woodside Priory girls volleyball team has captured its first-ever Private Schools Athletic League championship.

On Deck: the local sports lineup for Nov. 10-16

Football

Eagles run their way to the CCS finals

Field Hockey

Business & Real Estate

Chamber releases new directory for the year 2000

Special to the Town Crier

Dear CEO: We understand the hard life you're living

Jean on the Job

Post office joins fight against breast cancer

Special to the Town Crier

Will the judge's decision spoil the market rally?

Stock Report

Local realtors hold first Digital Tech Faire

More than 200 realtors attended the first Silicon Valley Digital Technology Faire on Oct.26 at Rickey's Hyatt in Palo Alto featuring special guest speakers Jim Smith, Chief Economist for the National Association of Realtors (NAR), Richard O'Brien, Corporate Economist for Hewlett-Packard and Brad Inman, CEO of HomeGain.com

Transactions

Cupertino

Realtors create political action group to protect property rights

The Silicon Valley Association of Realtors has recently formed a Political Action Subsidiary dedicated to supporting the interests of homeowners in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. The role of the corporation is to educate homeowners and elected officials on current housing issues and the impact of potential ballot initiatives.

CMG, PAMF officials form medical 'affiliation'

Camino Medical Group (CMG) and Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF) announced on Nov. 2 an affiliation in providing increased health care services for El Camino Hospital patients and residents of Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, and Santa Clara.

Weekly Special

Costner's latest is one foul film

Special to the Town Crier

Cranberry soup in season for the holidays

Cranberry soup

Take your salad greens and berries for a spin

Time Savers

Turkey divan the day after Thanksgiving

Turkey Divan

No champagne shortage as countdown to 2000

I have previously written that you should buy your Millennium Champagne to avoid shortages and high prices. Six months later I thought I would survey the marketplace and see what is actually happening. Believe me, the quantities are large and the selections broad. There are Champagnes and sparkling wines available that I have never heard of.

Food Bites

Vegetarian Foundation will hold its monthly potluck dinners at 6:30 p.m. in Palo Alto Nov. 20 and Dec. 18. Both vegetarian and vegan food is welcome.

Two easy-to-make holiday desserts that take less than one hour to prepare

Cinnamon bread pudding

Pan-roasted potato latkes: A Hanukkah tradition with a low-fat twist

Latkes are more than a tasty Hanukkah tradition. The ingredients of these pan-roasted, flat fritters symbolize some of the holiday's most important themes.

Out of the classroom and into the kitchen

Town Crier Staff Writer

Charity work is highlight for Global Cafe chef

Chef profile

China Valley proves good value, food, service lunchtime spot in Los Altos

A group of Town Crier staff restaurant reviewers, known as the "The Lunch Bunch," descends upon unsuspecting local lunch-time haunts once a month to critique their offerings in the Food & Wine section.

Is it better to count calories or fat to lose weight?

Special to the Town Crier

Obituaries

Joyce Fulton, an 18-year Los Altos resident, died Oct. 26 of complications related to a brain tumor.

Weddings

Holly Elizabeth Snyder and Jay Georeal Hartman were married June 5 at Ralston Hall in Belmont.

Two pianists to solo with PACO

Founder and music director William Whitson returns to the podium to direct the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra (PACO) at 8 p.m., Saturday at Gunn High School's Spangenberg Theater in Palo Alto.

Palo Alto Players go 'Cuckoo' for Kesey

Palo Alto Players presents "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," a play based on Ken Kesey's novel, through Nov. 21 at Lucie Stern Theater in Palo Alto.

Foothill serving up 'Spoon River'

The Foothill College drama department stages Charles Aidman's "Spoon River," a folk tale based on the poetry of Edgar Lee Masters, through Sunday in Foothill's Studio Theater in Los Altos Hills.

Arpeggione piano trio to play benefit concert Friday

The piano trio Arpeggione performs a benefit concert of music by Brahms, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich at 8 p.m., Friday at the First Congregational Church, 1985 Louis Road, Palo Alto.