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Volume 49, Number 27, Published on 06/24/1996

News

For the

Town Crier Sports Editor

New mayor, new budget

get OK'd

Los Altos drops Mountain View from list of fire service providers

After reviewing bids from Mountain View, Palo Alto and the Central Fire Protection District to provide fire service to Los Altos, city staff recommended to the Los Altos City Council last night that Palo Alto and Central Fire be considered the two finalists.

Truck overturns on State Street, no one injured

Neither driver was injured when a red Mazda hit a silver Nissan truck, sending the truck into the air and over onto its side where it lay crushed about 9:30 a.m. last Thursday in downtown Los Altos.

Los Altos to open Hillview lot for everyday skating

Ramp it up. Roll it out. Here it comes.

Los Altos sets garbage rate increase for July 1

The Los Altos City City Council approved a garbage rate increase that takes effect July 1.

El Camino Hospital budgets for $8.8 million loss, scraps 145 positions

El Camino Hospital officials are projecting an $8.8 million loss after cutting expenses $17 million from the previous year, a loss that will translate to the elimination of 145 full-time positions.

A 5th victim files complaint against Los Altos police officer

A fifth victim has come forward with a complaint against a Los Altos police officer who already is facing six criminal charges, including one for felony sexual assault, resulting from complaints filed by four different women.

Motorists thinking twice about U-turns

They're not doing it as much any more in Los Altos. U-turns, that is.

Planning Commission OKs second living unit

With a 5-1 vote, the Los Altos Planning Commission approved an affordable second living unit at its meeting last Thursday. If city council votes yes, this will be the second such unit Los Altos has passed since the city adopted the "affordable second living unit" regulations in April 1995.

For the

Town Crier Sports Editor

Comment

Letters to the Editor

memories remain

City's solution for skateboarders

A Los Altos Town Crier Editorial

Wants to stay put, but friends are moving away

Dear Jean: Our friends are moving out of the area. Our next door neighbor of 37 years is moving to Arizona, my tax man is moving to Oregon, and several of our very good pals are moving to more remote lower-maintenance homes in lower-socioeconomic villages in California. We don't want to move. We also don't want to lose all of our friends. Our neighborhood has turned over several times. There are only three of the original homeowners from the 60s still here. Lonely in Los Altos

Nowhere to hide for child molesters

With guilty verdicts on all counts for Polly Klaas killer Richard Allen Davis last week, we feel it's important to remind residents that progress has been made to make our communities safer in the wake of that 1993 tragedy.

The second time around

The first question friends asked after the wedding was, "Where are you going on your honeymoon?" We answered, "We've been on a honeymoon." Yet here we are at Lake Tahoe three weeks later acknowledging that it was indeed a honeymoon.

Community

CSMA offers financial assistance

The school is offering tuition assistance to qualifying school-age students for private music lessons and classes in music and art. The school also offers work-study assistance to qualifying college and adult students.

Emergency food supplies - select items with a long shelf life

By the Los Altos Emergency Preparedness Committee

Art bits & summer offerings

Special to the Town Crier

Los Altos Weather

Rainfall to date last year: 27.04

Library Notes

Children's Summer Reading Club: Sign up now, read 10 books by Aug. 14, and you'll get a book and a certificate. Also come to the special programs every Wednesday at 3 p.m. at Los Altos Library.

Pages of the Past

As noted in the June 30, 1971, issue of the Town Crier, the People Who Care Recycling Center, staffed by Awalt Ecology club volunteers, announced it was moving to city-owned property on Edith Avenue across from the City Hall.

Chefs Who Care hold benefit

Town Crier Staff Report

The Magic Kingdom awaits Los Altos crew

The Los Altos Recreation Department has the perfect way to spend a part of your summer vacation.

MROSD hikes onto the World Wide Web

The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District has opened its web site to public access. The URL address is at http://www.openspace.org, the web site includes district information for hikers, mountain bicyclists, equestrians and anyone seeking information on the 41,000 acres, 200 miles of trails and 23 open space preserves available for low-intensity recreational use.

Mountain View

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

Summer Reading Club heats up at Los Altos libraries

Did you know that if your child reads just six books over the summer, he or she will maintain higher reading level? Library staff encourages children to join the Summer Reading Club at the Los Altos and Woodland Libraries. "Everyone a Winner ... Read" is this year's shorts-oriented theme for the Summer Reading Club.

Community

Los Altos guild

Hidden Villa summer hours limited by camp activities

Hidden Villa, a 1,600-acre farm and wilderness preserve located in Los Altos Hills, is closed to the public while the summer camp program is in session through Aug. 23.

Schools

Going back in time at St. Simons School

Special to the Town Crier

Volunteer work and skillful piano playing keeps LAHS student of the month occupied

The final student of the month for Los Altos High School class of 1996 is senior Jinwha Choi, who was selected by her fellow classmates for the month of May honors.

School

Andrew Sweet of Los Altos was among more than 880 graduate and undergraduate students receiving degrees on May 19 from Clark University in Worcester, Mass.

School Notes

for Brazilian students

Montessori School parents

Special to the Town Crier

Pen pal program bridges generation gap

Smiles and hugs were the order of the day when two generations came together at a special party at Pilgrim Haven retirement community. The gathering was the culmination of a year of correspondence between residents of Pilgrim Haven and students at Santa Rita school.

LASD says goodbye to 37-year educator who took student, teacher interests to heart

Special to the Town Crier

School lets out, LAHS, MVHS renovation construction under way

After the graduates left the Los Altos and Mountain View High School campuses on June 11, the work began.

Pancake breakfast nets $14,000 for local schools

The recent Rancho Round-up benefit pancake breakfast for seven elementary school Parent Teachers Association's surrounding Rancho Shopping Center netted more than $14,000.

Johns Hopkins University discovers local youth who display verbal and mathematical talents

The Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth in Maryland honored local students for their outstanding verbal and mathematical abilities at the center's annual talent search on June 9 at Stanford University.

Sports

Tournament of Champions up to bat

Ian Kenworthy was the go-to guy for the Mountain View Little League major Marlins June 17 in the opening round of the District 44 Tournament of Champions.

Shepherd guides Johnson to New York Jets; Foothill's Holland catches ride to Rutgers

Standout wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson can thank University of Southern California quarterbacks for passing him the ball, thus giving him the chance to impress pro football scouts. As a result, he was picked first in the NFL draft by the New York Jets in April.

LA Pony

at tourney

Levin has shots aimed at pro tour

Special to the Town Crier

Top volleyball players hit San Jose

Los Altos representatives include Kristi Winters, who plays for Team Mizuno, and six Griffin Volleyball Club teams (three boys and three girls). Other players with local ties are recent St. Francis High graduates Roz Pelayo, Vicki Viso and Jamey Scritchfield, who all compete for Lancer Coach Dave Gambelin's City Beach club.

Business & Real Estate

Local students express ideas on fair housing through PenWest Poetry & Poster contest

Students from Los Altos and Mountain View elementary and high schools participated in the ninth annual Fair Housing Poetry and Poster Contest, sponsored by Peninsula West Valley Association of Realtors (PenWest). The winners received awards on June 7 at Hillview Community Center in Los Altos.

Real estate on the Internet

Buying a home today is much easier thanks to an explosion of real estate information on the Internet. All kinds of information is available on the World Wide Web when looking to buy a home.

Transactions

Los Altos

Kaleidoscope going off the air with the June show

Kaleidoscope, the local cable television show promoting Los Altos businesses, is closing up shop with this month's edition. The lack of capable volunteers prevents the show from continuing.

Weekly Special

Free jazz swings into Rancho during July and August

The Wednesday evening concerts are: July 3, Primary Colors with vocalist Nate Pruitt, guitarist Rick Vandiver and bassist Benny Rietveld; July 17, The Smith Dobson Quintet; July 31, Alegria Latin Jazz; Aug. 14, Christine Marie Quartet; Aug. 28, Adlai Alexander Trio.

'I Hate Hamlet' is audience-friendly

Special to the Town Crier

Anniversary

Longtime Los Altos residents Barbara and Steve Belsley celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at a dinner party May 19 at Capriccio restaurant in Sharon Heights.

Obituaries

Annie Budesa, a native of Sansego Susak, Croatia, died June 13 in Los Altos. She was 91.

Service

The DFC Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation, perpetuation and publication of the history and traditions of individuals who served in all military branches world wide and who have been awarded the DFC as a result of deeds accomplished.

Local hams hold disaster drill at Rancho San Antonio

The objective was to contact hams in as many other such locations as possible during a 24-hour period, between 11 a.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. Sunday. "Field Day," as the hams call it, is a competition as well as a serious practice for emergency communication skills and equipment used during disaster situations (such as the next large earthquake).

Volunteers make it happen at arts and wine festival

People of all ages and backgrounds volunteer for the downtown Los Altos Arts and Wine Festival. Many are retired people who like to keep active like Chuck Angin. He has lived in Los Altos for 41 years and this is his fifth year of volunteering at the festival.

Serene redesign of Los Altos Hills '50s ranch home

Special to the Town Crier

Making sure you have a good roof over your head

With summer here and the weather clear, many homeowners look into home improvements. Painting, wallpapering and other work is important, but if the house does not have a good roof on it the new wallpaper may peel right off.

Recycled plastic makes sturdy decks

The Earnhardts live along Skyline Boulevard where the wind blows and the fog settles in most of the morning. Their first redwood deck lasted about six years in that weather, and when they went shopping for a new deck they went to Bruce Bauer Lumber & Supply in Mountain View.

Los Altos neighbors plant corner paradise

Special to the Town Crier

A tale of two Los Altos kitchens

Special to the Town Crier

Filoli gardens

Town Crier Staff Report

200 hear garden club floral expert

Special to the Town Crier