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Volume 50, Number 11, Published on 03/17/1997

News

Hockey star and family man

Town Crier Staff Writer

Council considers $300,000 request for low-income rentals at Tree Farm site

Ruth Koehler sounds excited. The Mid-Peninsula Housing Coalition has asked the Los Altos City Council for $300,000 from the federally funded Community Development Block Grant capital funds for low-income rental units at the Tree Farm site in north Los Altos.

Leaders not going out on limb over removal of 'Rotary Tree'

Call it a story with a need for communication as the root of the matter. With no official comment coming from two prominent downtown associations, Los Altos city workers removed a dying spruce tree last Friday from the middle of the downtown Community Plaza.

Tree Farm: Plans for 3-story condos, offices draw support, concerns from residents

Kristin Wong doesn't want three-story condominiums built immediately next door to her two-story Los Altos condo.

5-year-olds describe alleged molestations at nursery school

Town Crier Staff Report

Moffett Field advisory committee hears numerous ideas for commercial usage

A community advisory committee made up of officials from the cities of Mountain View and Sunnyvale listened to presentations March 10, in the first of a series of meetings to consider commercial uses of Moffett, a Federal airfield.

Grim outlook projected for local seniors currently living in subsidized apartments

Rising rents are forcing Los Altos seniors living on fixed incomes out on the streets, members of the Community Services Agency reported at their last meeting.

El Camino Hospital board changes bylaws to accept values of Catholic HMO

The El Camino Hospital District board, in looking for organizations it can partner with, unanimously agreed March 6 to bylaw changes for MidPeninsula Home Care and Hospice Services. The changes included a common values statement necessary for MidPeninsula Home Care alliance with a Catholic health maintenance organization (HMO).

Comment

Open space district opposes retirement fund investment in pro-logging corporation

The Board of Directors of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, with headquarters in Los Altos, unanimously passed a resolution Feb. 26 requesting divestiture of one of the investments of the California Public Employees Retirement System (CaIPERS).

Letters to the Editor

Your March 5 issue of The Town Crier

Another breakfast locale leaves Los Altos

A Side of Clyde

The coffee mug explosion

Other Voices

Community

Use key words to find sought-after articles

Special to the Town Crier

Almanac

Community Health Awareness Council, 3:30 p.m., 711 Church St., Mountain View.

Service groups unite to improve playing fields

The Los Altos Rotary Club has agreed to raise money by selling customized bricks at the downtown Community Plaza, in addition to spearheading a $30,000 fund-raising effort to improve playing fields at local schools.

TC garden writer offers tips at horticultural fair Saturday

Carolyn Barnes, Town Crier home and garden writer, will demonstrate spring flower arrangements at the Horticultural Fair 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. this Saturday at the Lucie Stern Community Center, 1305 Middlefield Road, in Palo Alto.

League of Women Voters holds fund-raising campaign

The local chapter of the League of Women Voters has announced its annual fund-raising drive to support its activities.

Pages of the Past

The March 22, 1972, issue of the Town Crier reported in a county commission meeting March 15, 1972, decisions were made regarding the spheres of influence in unincorporated areas lying between Los Altos, Los Altos Hills and Cupertino.

Having more than one fire extinguisher may prove helpful

By the Los Altos Emergency Preparedness Committee

Library News

"Smile" is a show for local photographers, amateur and professional, who are offering images of smiling faces and other images that make them smile.

Up through the ranks

Town Crier Staff Writer

Community Briefs

Los Altos Senior Coordinating Council members will discuss "W(h)ither Social Security," based on Peter G. Peterson's book, "Will America Grow Up Before It Grows Old?" 9 a.m., March 25, in Room A at Hillview Community Center, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos.

'Great Decisions' at Los Altos library

The Los Altos Mountain View League of Women Voters, The American Association of University Women and the Los Altos Library will present "Great Decisions" programs from 10 a.m. to noon at the Los Altos Library, 13 S. San Antonio Road, in Los Altos.

Easter Egg Hunt in downtown Los Altos Saturday

The streets of downtown Los Altos will buzz with Peter Cottontail and the 24th annual Easter Egg Hunt from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday on Main and State streets.

Los Altos Weather

Schools

PTA sponsors workshop about fatherhood

Shapiro is a professor of counseling psychology at Santa Clara University, as well as a nationally renowned author and speaker.

Alta Vista needs volunteers

Alta Vista High School, located at 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, is in the Cubberley Community Center and is an alternative learning high school for the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District. Volunteers would assist in answering phones, typing, filing, photo copying, and student assistance.

King's Academy students to help less fortunate in Mexico

About 200 students, parents and teachers from The King's Academy in Sunnyvale are packing their bags, tools and materials Saturday for a week-long service project with the goal of building eight houses for homeless families outside of Tijuana, Mexico.

Los Altos School District announces 1997 schedule of summer school classes

The Los Altos School District will offer summer school classes this year at Loyola Elementary School and Blach Intermediate School. Summer school will begin June 23 and end July 18. School will not be in session on July 4, in observance of Independence Day.

Los Altos intermediate schools to host annual tour weeks

Egan and Blach intermediate schools are holding their annual tour weeks.

Loyola students treated to rare field trip to mission

Special to the Town Crier

LAHS students pick text book coordinator as staffer of month

Los Altos High School students have selected Kim Hong, text book center coordinator, as their staff member of the month. Hong processes the purchase orders for Los Altos High and helps out wherever she is needed.

Growing enrollment impacts Los Altos School District

Special to the Town Crier

School Briefs

Montclaire elementary school is hosting its fourth annual walk-a-thon and silent auction 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. this coming Saturday at the school, 1160 St. Joseph Ave., Los Altos.

Farewell reception scheduled for outgoing MV-LA schools chief

The community is invited to a farewell reception honoring Don Phillips, outgoing superintendent of Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District, on Wednesday, April 2 from 4-6:30 p.m. at Michael's at Shoreline in Mountain View.

College replaces 'De Anza Day'

De Anza College President Martha Kanter has announced De Anza College will not hold its annual De Anza Day in 1997.

Sports

Pinewood ends fine season with loss on road to Modoc

Special to the Town Crier

This week in sports

Baseball

Athlete of the Week

This sophomore golfer for Pinewood has been instrumental in the Panthers' 5-1 league start this season. He is currently shooting 2.4 over par in six matches.

Seniors, youngsters leading the Eagles

Los Altos softball

Lancers hang tough, lose to Northgate

Town Crier Staff Writer

Eagles rally, overtake Santa Clara

Town Crier Staff Report

All-League Honors

Girls Soccer

Loosse shoots hole-in-one

The ace on the par-three eighth hole was a first for Amanda, 16, who has been golfing for 11 years. Her father Ken has notched two hole-in-ones.

Sports Shorts

STILL JUMPING: Former Los Altos High track and field star Jeff Nord, now a sophomore at Brown University in Rhode Island, is an All-Ivy second-team selection for his outstanding performance in the long jump at the Ivy Heptagonal Championships. Nord helped lead Los Altos to a Central Coast Section title in 1995.

Athletes hooked on lacrosse

Town Crier Staff Writer

Jason Olmos gearing up for nationals

Prep wrestling

Business & Real Estate

Engineering institute honors former Los Altos council member

The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) has elected Theodore A. Laliotis to the grade of fellow, the most prestigious the institute can bestow.

What you don't know about Oregano's could fill your plate

Town Crier Staff Writer

Transactions

Cupertino

LAH resident gets award for closing $66 million in investment properties

Stanford W. Jones has been named one of the top 10 investment associates nationwide in 1996 at Marcus & Millichap's annual National Achievement Awards.

Real Estate Briefs

Sallie Morgan, of Seville Properties, has completed an advanced course in marketing new homes conducted by the Residential Sales Council of the Realtors National Marketing Institute in New Orleans, La.

Costs of micro-management

Jean on the Job

Weekly Special

Obituaries

Lois Gibbs died Feb. 9 in San Jose. She was 85.

Service News

Quintana is one of nearly 3,000 Marines and Sailors who departed Camp Pendleton in October.

Weddings & Engagements

Stephanie Weiss and Jeff Berger will be married this Saturday at Menlo Park Presbyterian Church with a reception to follow at the Los Altos Golf and Country Club.

Spiritual Life Briefs

The Pacific Center for Spiritual Formation presents an evening on "Thomas Kelly: A 20th century Mystic," at 7:30 p.m. tonight at Foothills Congregational Church, 461 Orange Ave. in Los Altos.

Daily prayer breakfasts lead to Good Friday

The Rev. Netter Mitchell sees Holy Week, the week before Easter, as a special time to begin to connect with God.

Lenten paradox, from denial to Easter joy

It was Ash Wednesday, the first day of the penitential season of Lent the church is in now. As I knelt, the priest dipped her thumb in a little bowl of powdery ashes and traced the sign of the cross on my forehead.

'Midsummer' is a technological treat

Special to the Town Crier

Local sports docs treat elite as well as average Joes

Special to the Town Crier

50+ celebrates health at April fitness weekend

Special to the Town Crier

Mary Kay offers sun safe lotions and tips

People everywhere are realizing their carefree sunbathing days are over. A tan today could mean damage tomorrow, experts say.

Prostate cancer blood test draws mixed reviews

Prostate cancer affects one in 11 men and is a leading cause of cancer death in men - second only to lung cancer. The problem is clear. What's not so clear, however, is what men should do about it.

Health noteworthies

White joins Los Altos resident Robert Rhodes who is also on the board.

Health Briefs

The American Diabetes Association urges people to discover their risk for diabetes this Saturday as part of the American Diabetes Alert.