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Volume 52, Number 10, Published on 03/08/1999

News

Going beyond school

Town Crier Staff Writer

Garbage rates up in the city, down in the Hills

The company's the same. But not the rates. As residents in the city of Los Altos begin noticing a 13.13 percent rate increase in their March bill from the Los Altos Garbage Company, residents in the unincorporated areas of Los Altos and Los Altos Hills will spot a "modest rate reduction" in their March bill.

Housing roofline generates resident heat at LAH city council meeting

Special to the Town Crier

News Briefs

Four San Jose residents are facing forgery charges after allegedly trying to pass a stolen check at the Bank of Los Altos on El Camino Real.

Sherwood: Traffic study OK'd, density lowered

Town Crier Staff Writer

Residents offer views on town cable TV

Special to the Town Crier

Comment

A safe nest

The Living Experiment

Letters to the Editor

I was surprised to find a 13 percent increase in garbage rates in my most recent bill.

Property rights go up in smoke

Other Voices

Community

Milkshakes, train rides and ballgames: fun in the '40s

Gordon Ansley was related to the Shoup family and lived in their family home on University Avenue. He shared his memories of how he spent his free time in Los Altos in the 1930s and 1940s. Ansley currently lives in Mountain View where his memories were recorded in January 1998.

Candidates sought for Realtors' Community Service Award

Do you know someone who has given generously of their time, leadership, experience and heart to help those in the Los Altos and Los Altos Hills community during the past year and deserves special recognition?

Library News

The new main number for the Los Altos Library is 948-7683. To speak to a staff person during open hours, press 3539 for circulation; 3519 for adult and teen reference; and 3525 for children's reference.

Calendar

Los Altos Hills Planning Commission, 7 p.m., Town Hall, 26379 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills.

Shelter uses microchips to ID pets

The puppy never stopped wagging his tail. He didn't even flinch when Anun Arunnamata, a veterinary technician at Palo Alto Animal Services, used a needle to imbed an ID microchip. The chip, the size of a grain of rice, went under the puppy's skin just below the back of his neck.

Community Briefs

Leslie Frates, a big winner at "Jeopardy," reveals "backstage secrets" of the game show at the next meeting of Sons In Retirement, Branch 35.

Historian recounts brutalities in colonial Africa for Morning Forum

Special to the Town Crier

Police Report

March 1, 1:52 p.m., 100 block of Gordon Way: A caller reported that her license plate was stolen from her garage.

Schools

Briefs

Montclaire Elementary School in south Los Altos is holding its annual silent auction and walk-a-thon from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., March 20 at the school, 1160 St. Joseph Ave.

No sleep catches up, expert says

Town Crier Staff Writer

Report: School crime down, but thefts, vandalism still a problem

Although overall crime went down last year in Los Altos area schools, a new statewide report released last month showed property crimes, such as thefts and vandalism, remained among the highest in Santa Clara County in the Los Altos and Mountain View-Los Altos Union High school districts.

Sports

Sports On The Side

Two local wrestlers competed at the state meet in Stockton last weekend, but neither competitor lasted very long. Los Altos High junior Cesar Valle lost both his matches at 127 pounds, while St. Francis High senior John Adams suffered the same fate at 215 pounds. Valle was pinned by eventual runner-up Paul Gross of Nevada Union in the first round and then dropped a 7-3 decision to Lowell's Donald Lockett. Adams was pinned by Luke Hartwig of Del Norte in the opening round and had to default his second match because of a knee injury.

Foothill women knocked out of playoffs by Sierra

Foothill Roundup

Panthers rout Redwood Christian; Mustangs surprise top-seed Leland

Special to the Town Crier

Alta Vista passes its way to a league title

Town Crier Staff Writer

Egan soccer team wins championship

Special to the Town Crier

Tomahawks open lacrosse season

Tomahawks Lacrosse, a Palo Alto-based club team drawing players from local elementary (Pups division), junior high (Junior/junior varsity) and high schools (JV/Varsity) has started its season.

This week's lineup of local high school sporting events

Thursday

Pinewood baseball team opens season with a win

Softball

Lancers can't keep up with Vikes in CCS final

Town Crier Staff Writer

Business & Real Estate

Realtors say buy a home now

Special to the Town Crier

Local high schools 'Unite in Harmony' for concert sponsored by PenWest

The performing arts departments at Los Altos and Mountain View high schools are joining forces to present a concert titled "United In Harmony" to the community at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St.

Transactions

633 Almond Avenue - J. Amon to B. Blackburn for $1,472,000.00

Tech stocks are not helping the Dow reach 10,000

Special to the Town Crier

Weekly Special

Foothill giving audiences the 'Business'

Actors, singers and dancers from San Francisco to San Jose are teaming up with award-winning Foothill Music Theater to stage "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying."

Beausejour chef adjusts to the new trends

Name: William Yee

Meritage rhymes with heritage

The Gentlemen's Wine Club of Carmel recently held it's annual Highlands Inn lunch and tasting. We tasted 20 current red meritage releases. Many may wonder what kind of grape a meritage is. It is not a grape but a marketing tool of the Meritage Association. It is a generic term for blended, Bordeaux-style red and white wines.

Mystery dining

Town Crier Staff Writer

Misto offers non-aerosol alternative for cooking oil

Special to the Town Crier

Country Gourmet offers a cut above the usual for breakfast, lunch

A group of Town Crier staff restaurant reviewers, known as "The Lunch Bunch," descends upon unsuspecting local lunch-time haunts once a month to critique their offerings in the Food & Wine section. The Bunch visited Country Gourmet in Mountain View recently.

Food Bites

Social Advocates for Youth is hosting its third annual Rivers of Chocolate Festival from 3-6 p.m., March 21, at Mountain Winery in Saratoga. Each year the festival takes its theme from one of the world's great rivers. This year's theme will highlight the Seine, with a focus on Paris.

Nutrition Month highlights artichokes

Artichoke Bruschetta

Engagement & Weddings

Lisa Danielle Sharpley and Filip Vanacht announced their engagement and plan to marry in July of 1999 at Valley Presbyterian Church in Portola Valley.

Obituaries

Clarence Conway "Connie" Henderson died Feb. 17. A native of Florida, he was 80.

FH Orchestra plays Thursday

The Foothill College Orchestra will play the second concert of its premier season at 7:30 p.m., Thursday in the Smithwick Theater on the Los Altos Hills campus.

Oshida to solo with Nova Vista this Saturday at Foothill College

Violinist Mark Oshida, winner of the Nova Vista Symphony's 1999 Student Concerto Competition, will solo with the symphony in a concert set for 8 p.m., Saturday in Foothill College's Smithwick Theater.