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Volume 51, Number 33, Published on 08/17/1998

News

Hoping to be great in '98

Town Crier Staff Writer

LAH receives approval for housing element

Special to the Town Crier

News Briefs

Tree Farm pulled from council agenda

Bobcat tractor accident traps driver in ditch

Town Crier Staff Writer

Neighbors, council resolve Sunkist-cottage issue

After months of discussions and debates, which were sometimes heated, neighbors and the city council officially agreed that the second living unit close to Sunkist Lane, but officially on Avalon Drive, is in full compliance with city codes.

Supes lift building moratorium, adopt guidelines

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors lifted a three-month building moratorium and adopted new guidelines for small lots in the unincorporated areas of Los Altos and Los Altos Hills.

Comment

What to do about the approaching gray army?

Blue Jeans & Jelly Beans

Letters to the Editor

The Town Crier's comical choice of a July 29 cover story ("What's bugging you?") has startled me out of my inertia and impelled me to do something I never do, write a letter to the editor. Years have passed since "Silent Spring," the book about the environment by Rachel Carson, sounded the alarm. It takes a while to wake up to the fact that individually we are all responsible for the health of our planet, but now it is past time.

Community

Pages of the Past

According to the Aug. 29, 1973, issue of the Town Crier, the aroma of freshly baked cookies on Pine Lane in Los Altos signaled the opening of a new day care center for seniors at Pilgrim Haven retirement home. Open at that time to all Los Altos residents 65 years or older who were able to care for themselves, it was designed to provide sociability with activities such as baking, bridge, picnics, arts and crafts.

Library News

Computer Select, full text and abstracts from more than 100 leading technology publications. Coverage is for the past 13 months.

10 local galleries host an arts and antiques tour

This year's third and final Los Altos Art & Antiques Walk, hosted by the Los Altos Chamber of Commerce and the Los Altos Village Association, takes place from 5:30-7:30 p.m. tomorrow.

Community Briefs

The Campaign for the Education Center at Los Altos History House officially kicks off its public campaign this Sunday to raise money for a $1.65 million building to house city archives and other historical resources. The event, running 3-6 p.m., is at the home of Bob and Susan Wayman, former site of the Adobe Creek Lodge and Country Club, in Los Altos Hills.

Police Report

Aug. 14, 11:09 a.m., 2200 block of Via Maderos: A caller reported a victim with a crushed hand.

2 local watercolorists chosen for juried state competition

Town Crier Staff Writer

Celebrating: Volunteers, birthdays and cheetahs

A sparkling jewel: Wendy Eagan, director of Tiffany & Co. Palo Alto, had a lot to celebrate in addition to the first-year anniversary of the store at Stanford Shopping Center. Eagan and company awarded Linda Meier, community volunteer extraordinaire, the 1998 Tiffany Award in recognition of her dedicated volunteer leadership at the Peninsula Community Foundation and Stanford Medical Center to name just a few of the eight (yes-count 'em, EIGHT) boards that Linda serves on. Several Los Altos residents attended, including Maggie and Garth Wilson.

Almanac

Los Altos Residential Design Guidelines Review Task Force, 5:30p.m., Room A, Hillview Community Center, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos.

Schools

New Almond principal brings energy, enthusiasm

Sue Russ has spent the past 35 years in education as a teacher, a reading specialist, a teacher, a principal, a teacher and again as a principal.

Four candidates vie for one spot on the Foothill-De Anza board

Four candidates filed candidacy papers this month to fill the remaining four-year term on the Foothill-De Anza School Board held by Jay Jackman, who resigned last July to relocate to Ithaca, N.Y. Elections will be Nov. 3. The term expires in 2001.

Beating back-to-school jitters: Tips from Los Altos teachers

Town Crier Staff Writer

Enrollment challenges face Foothill-De Anza

Like California's public K-12 school districts, the Foothill-De Anza Community College District could have to meet new state standards in order to receive increased funding.

School Briefs

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation recently awarded a grant for $90,000 over two years to the Community School of Music and Arts in Mountain View. The award will be used for general support at the nonprofit arts school.

Sports

144 players tee it up at chamber golf tourney

The ninth annual Los Altos Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament took place Aug. 17, with 144 golfers playing at the Los Altos Golf and Country Club.

Sports On The Side

DIVING IN: Gunn High's Ashlee Rosenthal placed 11th in the one-meter board competition at the recent U.S National Diving Championships in Largo, Fla. A member of the Stanford Diving Club, Rosenthal earned All-American honors.

Stanford 16-and-under boys take fifth at Jr. Olympics

It turns out another local water polo team made a splash at the National Junior Olympics Aug. 2-8 in Altamonte Springs, Fla.

Local athlete strikes gold in U.S. Transplant Games

Town Crier Editorial Intern

Ambassadors' 1st season deemed a success

Town Crier Staff Writer

Reyes getting a kick out of teaching karate

Town Crier Editorial Intern

Local resident and friends complete marathon hike

For the past five years, Pat Marin of Los Altos has set aside one summer day to hike the 26.3 miles of the Skyline To The Sea Trail.

Business & Real Estate

Business Briefs

Catalytica, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTAL), a Town Crier Stock Index company based in Mountain View, has announced revenues of $188.2 million for the first half of 1998. This is substantially above the $12.5 million reported for the first half of 1997. Net income for the six months was $9.3 million, or 15 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $4.2 million, or $21 cents per share, in the first six months of 1997.

3-D design can mean customer savings

Special to the Town Crier

Corp. moves boost TC stock index

Special to the Town Crier

Golden birthday for a local gem: Village Pantry turns 50

Special to the Town Crier

Transactions

Los Altos

City council approves new Main St. building

A new building, with high ceilings and skylights, is coming to Main Street in downtown Los Altos.

There's no such thing as a natural-born leader

Jean on the Job

Weekly Special

Births

A daughter was born July 31 to Mountain View residents Gré and Bharat Bethan.

Obituaries

Mary Ellen Percy Paquette died Aug. 4 in Mountain View after a long battle with cancer. A native of Tucson, Ariz., she was 59.

Varian pioneer 'taught by example'

When 13-year-old Edward L. Ginzton was demoted to first grade at his San Francisco school for speaking little English, the Ukrainian immigrant went home and studied the language with such determination that he moved up to sixth grade by the end of the month.

TheatreWorks set to perform 'An American Daughter'

TheatreWorks continues its new season with the California premiere of "An American Daughter," the latest hit from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Wendy Wasserstein.

Stanford band to march into Rancho after this evening's jazz concert

The Stanford University Marching Band will make a pre-season appearance at Rancho Shopping Center tonight, following the center's final jazz concert by the Adlai Alexander Trio. The free concert, sponsored by Rancho's merchant association, will go from 6-8 p.m.

'Defending the Caveman' tickets go on sale at Flint Center

Tickets are now on sale for the solo play "Defending the Caveman," which comes to Flint Center in Cupertino Sept. 22-27.

Interior designer can save time, money, mistakes

Special to the Town Crier

Home Briefs

The Los Altos Garden Club presents its annual plant and bake sale from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sept. 22 at the United Methodist Church, Foothill Expressway at Magdalena Ave., Los Altos. For more information, call (408)733-6885.

It's already time to think about spring

Room-inations

Bamboo sale at Foothill College

Special to the Town Crier

Cover Story brings world-class linens, home accessories to Main Street

Special to the Town Crier

Kristen & Terry Rettig's WWII "expandable house"

Special to the Town Crier