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Volume 49, Number 18, Published on 05/01/1996

News

Police on the lookout

Nightlife for Los Altos officers hardly glamorous, but they

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'Tango'

Special to the Town Crier

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Council OKs negotiations to purchase

Special to the Town Crier

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Book review

Local author writes new book on gourds

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Bikers ride to

Town Crier Staff Report

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Spring into sun-baked

Special to the Town Crier

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Hidden Villa

Town Crier Staff Report

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El Camino's independent doctors -

what's at stake

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Noteworthies

The artists are noted for their painting of florals, landscapesand seascapes.

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Design changes needed for proposed

Special to the Town Crier

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Commission OKs

The Los Altos Planning Commission last week approved, with conditions,proposals for a nine-unit condominium subdivision on Gabilan Streetat its April 25 meeting.

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Just for kids:

The Los Altos Town Crier is offering a new addition to the paper:a Children's Page tailored exclusively for kids' activities.

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Free mediation

Have a conflict? Try free resolution services available to LosAltos and Los Altos Hills residents. For disputes between neighbors,tenants and landlords, and issues involving consumers and theworkplace, call the Los Altos Mediation Program at 949-5267.

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CSMA offers

Through the generosity of donors, the Community School of Musicand Arts (CSMA) in Mountain View currently has funds availablefor families in need of financial assistance. The school is offeringtuition assistance to qualifying school-age students for privatemusic lessons and classes in music and art. The school also offerswork-study assistance to qualifying college and adult students.

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Locals receive Silver

Town Crier Staff Report

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Local artist

Los Altos Hills artist Jean McCandless will display her oil paintingsand sculptures in the Los Altos Hills Council Chambers Sundaythrough May 31. A reception will be held from 2-4 p.m. Sundayin the chambers, 26379 Fremont Road.

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Community

Mixed paper recycling coming soon

Town Crier Staff Report

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Renown floral

Matt Wood, a director of the American Institute of Floral Designers,(AIFD), will create unique floral arrangements on 1:30 p.m. May28 at program sponsored by the Garden Club. The demonstrationwill be held in the Creekside Room of the United Methodist Church,Foothill Expressway and Magdalena Avenue, Los Altos.

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The Los Altos Senior Center islocated at the Hillview Community Center, 97 Hillview Ave., inLos Altos. Hours are 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Formore information, call 948-7483. The Mountain View Senior Centeris located at 266 Escuela Ave., Mountain View. For more information,call 903-6330. Following is a list of special events for the month:

Friday: 1 p.m. Movie, "The Englishman Who Went upa Hill, But Came Down a Mountain," shown in Room 11. Popcornserved.

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Loyola Corners

Town Crier Staff Report

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To list school and civicrelated activities, call Lee Lynch at 961-0394. Library news courtesyof the Los Altos Main Library.

Los Altos Hills City Council, 6 p.m., Town Hall, 26379 FremontRoad.

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Pages of the

25 years ago in the Town Crier

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Los Altos Weather

Go To: [This Week's Stories][Search All Issues][LA Online]

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MROSD tribute to Wallace Stegner

Stegner was a Los Altos Hills resident, Pulitzer Prize-winningauthor, an avid hiker and supporter of the Midpeninsula RegionalOpen Space District. His support helped preserve a portion ofthe Long Ridge Open Space Preserve.

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Local artists

Special to the Town Crier

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A homey neighborhood,

residents say about Del Monte area

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Leaders discuss

Special to the Town Crier

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Make a date in

Town Crier Staff Report

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Paintings by

Golden Gate Park, Yosemite Valley, and areas of San Franciscoare the inspiration for some of the recent paintings artist LarryMorace will be exhibiting at the Sunbird Gallery in Los Altosduring the month of May. The exhibition will run from May 8 toMay 26. A reception for the artist is scheduled for Thursday night,May 9.

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Storage of water

By the Los Altos Emergency Preparedness Committee

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Local Los Altans participate in the

Special to the Town Crier

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Peninsula Women's

Town Crier Staff Report

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Kiwanis comes

Town Crier Staff Report

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Schools

Loyola School science fair

Children from first to sixth grade will present their own scienceexperiments and demonstrations to fair-goers and their work willbe judged by real scientists. A small animal exhibit will be ondisplay as well and the exhibit is open to the community.

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John Maynard will represent MountainView High School as an Olympic Torch escort runner during theMay 3 event. Selected students qualified by distinguishing themselvesas athletes, student leaders and academic achievers. NouhadHusseim will represent Pinewood school.

Reed, a 19 year resident of Los Altos, graduated from MountainView High School in 1992; she will graduate from UCSD in June1996. She has been a former El Camino Hospital Candy Striper,Red Cross Blood Drive volunteer and Westwind Barn volunteer forhandicapped riders. Recently she was a summer camp counselor atRedwood Grove.

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LASD offering summer

Town Crier Staff Report

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LAHS staffers

of month named for February, March

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MVHS student of

month sees opportunities ahead

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Waldorf school puts information age

Special to the Town Crier

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MV-LA district

officials meet with city about high school renovations

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Parents committee

hears proposal for improved LAHS student counseling

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'Hidden child'

relates tale of survival during Holocaust years

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Children get hands-on look at American

history with Colonial Days

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Honor Roll - Los Altos High School

1st Semester

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Six Cantabile

Town Crier Staff Report

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Business & Real Estate

Next Chamber mixer

Town Crier Staff Report

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Ribbon cut on new

Town Crier Staff Report

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Farmers Market

Special to the Town Crier

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Santa Clara County leads the nation

Town Crier Staff Report

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Cornish & Carey listsenior condos

The complex offers 36 luxury condominiums, available in mid 1997.It will be premier senior living on the Peninsula, according tothe manager of the Cornish & Carey listing.

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Week of April

Cupertino

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Los Altos real

Special to the Town Crier

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Patt's Greenhouse

Patt's Greenhouse, on State Street in Los Altos, is forminga new company called Environmental Design. The company does interiorplantscaping by placing plants in corporations and large buildingsto help with indoor pollution.

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Weekly Special

Retreat day at Los Altos Lutheran

The event will be in Luther Hall. No reservations are required.Los Altos Lutheran Church is located at the corner of El Monteand Cuesta Drive, two blocks from downtown Los Altos.

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Bryant, Gould

The bride-to-be is the daughter of Kay Bryant of Cupertino andBill Bryant of Portola Valley. She is a graduate of Los AltosHigh School and the University of California at Los Angeles witha bachelor's degree in economics and business. She is astudent at Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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Births

A son, Jason Andrew, was born to Jill and John Olsen Feb. 25 atKaiser Hospital in Santa Clara. He weighed 9 pounds, 1 ounce atbirth.

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Ralph H. Koza

A native of Ohio, he was a resident of Los Altos for 45 yearsand an engineer with United Airlines.

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Mozart Motor

Special to the Town Crier

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Memories to

Special to the Town Crier

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Donate car to receive tax write-off

Special to the Town Crier

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Noteworthy

Los Altos artist, Prentiss Cole, will present and discusshis work in an exhibit titled, "Con Text: Constructions byPrentiss Cole," from March 22 to May 11 at the SunnyvaleCreative Arts Center Gallery. This is an exhibition of mixed-mediaconstructions curated by the Euphrat Museum of Art at De AnzaCollege. Cole has a masters degree in painting from San Jose StateUniversity.

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Everyone needs fun in life -- John Dodson

John Dodson is the senior pastor at the Los Altos United MethodistChurch. The church has 2,500 members, and average Sunday attendanceis 950.

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Along the spiritual

Special to the Town Crier

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