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Volume 51, Number 46, Published on 11/16/1998

News

Feeding body and soul

Town Crier Staff Writer

Corrections

Last week's story about local Packard Foundation donations omitted a major contribution: a $230,000 grant awarded March 2 for improvements to the acoustics and storage capacity of the music rehearsal building at Los Altos High School.

Police offer tips to crime-proof the holidays

Not everyone feels a holiday ho-ho-ho. Along with the presents and good cheer comes an increase in crime, with more burglaries, break-ins and scams during the holidays, police said.

Residents donate a tree as bulldozers begin park

Town Crier Staff Writer

News Briefs

Soon Los Altos Police Officers Matt Hartley and Paul Arguelles will be trading in their patrol cars for a motorcycle. After the first of the year, they will be patrolling the streets of Los Altos enforcing traffic laws and impounding unlicensed vehicles.

Downtown abuzz with Steve Young commercial

Comment

Letters to the Editor

I feel that your pre-election editorials about the Los Altos Hills races showed very little grasp of the issues and the deep feelings the majority of the voters had about them.

Editorial

The holiday season is here and we encourage our readers to consider sharing a portion of our two most valuable possessions over which we have complete control: our time and our money.

Thanks, and goodbye, to Ellen Shaw

We felt it appropriate for this Thanksgiving holiday to give a special thanks, albeit a posthumous one, to a woman who never once asked for it: Ellen Shaw.

Don't take our Thanksgiving away

A Side of Clyde

Recipes and relations

Blue Jeans & Jelly Beans

Community

A Voice of the Past

Growing up with his brother and parents on Orange Avenue in Los Altos during the 1910s-20s, Colin Peters said he knew everyone in town, knew where all the fishing holes were, all the rabbits and all the other animals. The longtime attorney said every morning his family ate trout that his brother caught from Adobe Creek.

A Los Altos pilgrim at Plimoth Plantation

Special to the Town Crier

Los Altos tree lighting ceremony this Friday

The Los Altos Village Association will host the traditional downtown Los Altos tree lighting ceremony at 6 p.m., Friday, in the Community Plaza, Main and State streets.

Assisi largely undamaged by quake, lecturer tells Los Altos Morning Forum

Special to the Town Crier

'One Warm Coat' campaign under way

Each holiday season, the Los Altos offices of Coldwell Banker join together and support a holiday project organizers call, "Operation: One Warm Coat."

Town Crier fund in memory of Ellen Shaw

Library News

Some of the topics include: The Information Age, New Dimensions for U.S. Foreign policy; The Asian Financial Crisis, the IMF and its Critics.

Community Briefs

The 21st annual Festival of Lights Parade, to be held 7 p.m. this Sunday, is solely supported by donations from Los Altos residents and businesses.

Holiday Happenings

If you like building houses and have a sweet tooth as well, the Los Altos Recreation Department may be looking for you. Participants are being sought for the city's annual gingerbread showhouse exhibit, held Dec. 7-11 at Hillview Community Center, 97 Hillview Ave.

Police Report

Nov. 16, 12:01 p.m., 1600 block of Randolph Parkway: A caller reported receiving death threats from a short, stocky man. There was no weapon, police said.

Almanac

City offices closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Downtown parade set to light up this Sunday

Special to the Town Crier

Schools

LASD examines boundaries, bond sales

Schools Roundup

Young Los Altos Hills cellist collects impressive string of music honors

Town Crier Staff Writer

Schools Briefs

Egan Intermediate School will hold its annual holiday fair from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Dec. 11, in the school's multi-use room, 100 W. Portola Ave.

St. Nicholas students help launch reading center in San Jose

Town Crier Staff Writer

Pilot program puts college transcripts in 'transitions'

Top grades and high test scores may not be the only ways to get into college if a new admissions system being tested goes into effect.

Sports

Sports On The Side

De Anza College in Cupertino is hosting the state semifinals of men's soccer this Saturday. Games will be played at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. The winners move on to Sunday's final, set for 2 p.m. at West Valley College in Saratoga. The women's semifinals will be played at West Valley at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday. The final will be at 11 a.m. Sunday at West Valley. Tickets are $6 general admission, $4 for students, seniors and children. A two-site pass good for both days is also available for $10.

This week's lineup of local high school and college sports

Football - CCS playoffs

It's SF in a yawner

Town Crier Staff Writer

Owls hope they're on the rebound

Foothill College women's basketball coach Jody Craig describes last season in one word: "Disappointing."

Los Altos sisters help Menlo School win tennis title

Town Crier Staff Report

LA football season ends with first-round playoff loss

Special to the Town Crier

Mayon leads St. Francis past Hollister in CCS opener

The St. Francis High football team took to the air last Saturday, as quarterback Mike Mayon led the Lancers to a 40-12 rout of Hollister in the opening round of the Central Coast Section Division I playoffs.

FH football team improves to 9-1; women's golf places third at state

Foothill Roundup

CCS decision dampens Spartans' spirits

Water Polo Playoffs

Business & Real Estate

Stanford provost talks foreign policy

Special to the Town Crier

What happens in a team-building training session? A job checklist

Jean on the Job

Rancho bakery reopens, but Andronico's not involved

The recently closed bakery in Rancho Shopping Center reopened last Friday, but not under Andronico's Market as anticipated.

Business Briefs

Patty Clary, director of Californians for Alternatives to Toxics, will discuss "Importing Trouble: High Stakes Gambling with American Forests" at the Dec. 8 meeting of the Technology and Society Committee.

U.S. stocks soar on interest news, TC Stock Index up 15 percent

Special to the Town Crier

Multiple Listing Service on the Web open to the public, updated every 15 minutes

Special to the Town Crier

Transactions

Los Altos

Weekly Special

Obituaries

Wilford "Bill" Loren Karrer, a longtime Los Altos resident, died Nov. 6. A native of Spokane, Wash., he was 69.

Engagements

Carol Cunningham and Tom Seitz have announced their engagement, and they plan to marry Jan. 2, 1999, at Holy Trinity Church in Washington D.C.

Weddings

Amber Noel Dillingham and Christopher Ryan Cochran were married June 13 in Carmel, Ind. A reception followed at The Marott.

TheatreWorks set to 'Present Laughter'

TheatreWorks is gift-wrapping the wit of Sir Noel Coward in its holiday production of "Present Laughter."

Nova Vista Symphony concert is pleasing to the ears

Special to the Town Crier

Schola Cantorum's Messiah Sing set for Sunday in Mountain View

Schola Cantorum presents its annual holiday Messiah Sing at 7:30 p.m. this Sunday at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts.

Add some cactus to your Christmas

Special to the Town Crier

'Airy cheerfulness'

Special to the Town Crier

St. Francis Women's Club presents 'Christmas at Our House' tour in LA

Special to the Town Crier

Here come the holiday house guests: Tips for survival

As the curtain rises on the 1998 holiday season, perhaps, even now, your relatives are oiling the wheels on their luggage and anticipating a festive holiday visit to ... your house.

Home Briefs

The Ainsley House, a 1925 Tudor revival home in Campbell, will feature 15 rooms decorated by interior designers and home decorators for the holiday season. Open from 12 noon to 4 p.m. Nov. 27 through Dec. 20, the event will also include teas, tours, and a fashion show. For more information, call (408) 866-2118. For reservations for tea and docent-led tours, call (408) 374-7688.