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Weekend Edition Page 15 Vol. XXVIII, Number 62 • Friday, May 11, 2007 ■ 50¢ Flowers and light Check out the Weekly’s unite new online classifieds at fogster.com WeeklyWeekend Edition Page 15 www.PaloAltoOnline.com Judy Miller, Palo Alto's pioneering stained-glass artist, in retrospect Page 11 Marjan Sadoughi Marjan Worth A Look 17 Eating Out 19 Movie Times 28 Goings On 31 ■ Upfront Unanimous approval for new Palo Alto schools chief Page 3 ■ Sports SHP boys’ dream tennis season ends in nightmare Page 36 ■ Home & Real Estate Women’s club hosts antique critique Inside JACKIE ONE OF THE FIRST COMBINED INTESTINAL AND LIVER TRANSPLANTS CURRENTLY: LITTLE CHARMER JUST ANOTHER REMARKABLE DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. Jackie Seki has a smile that lights up a room. But things weren’t always so bright for the little girl. By three months of age, Jackie was suffering from end-stage intestinal failure and her liver soon began to fail. Her only option: a combined small intestine and liver transplant. © 2007 Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Jackie joined the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Transplant Program and became one of the few patients to receive the groundbreaking procedure. Ten years ago, an operation like this was experimental at best. Today, with the commitment and pioneering spirit of the doctors, nurses and researchers at Packard Children’s, patients like Jackie are thriving after such surgeries. It’s this kind of innovative thinking, as well as sensitive, nurturing care, that makes Packard Lucile Packard Children’s a world-class hospital. And these days, Jackie is a world-class doll, enchanting Children’s Hospital everyone she meets–people and animals alike. Visit www.lpch.org for more information. AT STANFORD Page 2 • Friday, May 11, 2007 • Palo Alto Weekly UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis It’s official: Kevin Skelly named superintendent Burst of audience applause greets announcement after for learning support services of the “I want to thank the board for the year, a boost of $11,813 at the end Poway Unified School District in whole process,” PTA Council Pres- of his second year and an increase board emerges from closed session — he will start July 1 northern San Diego County. ident Melissa Baten Caswell said. of $12,403. The contract begins July by Susan Hong He will replace current Superin- She said she felt the board really 1 and ends June 30, 2011, with an tendent Mary Frances Callan who listened to the community. option to extend. t’s official: Kevin Skelly will around and applause erupting from last December announced her re- “The things that we asked for on Skelly will also receive a $1 mil- serve as the Palo Alto Unified a full-house audience. tirement this summer. the list we were able to check off,” lion interest-free loan to help pur- I School District’s next superin- Skelly, who has degrees from “I expect a very strong handing off, she said. chase a house within the district, tendent starting July 1. The Board Harvard University and University a passing of the baton,” board mem- Skelly’s base salary starts at plus a $25,000 moving-expense of Education voted unanimously of California Berkeley, currently ber Dana Tom said. “And it’s going $225,000 with incremental increas- reimbursement. He will get a car Tuesday night with smiles all serves as associate superintendent to serve our district wonderfully.” es of $11,250 at the end of his first (continued on page 10) COUNTY County cuts could hurt mentally ill, uninsured Supervisor Liz Kniss pledges to try to restore services, minimize damages to agencies and clients by Becky Trout assive cuts in proposed San- ta Clara County human-ser- M vices funding could doom the North County Mental Health Center in Palo Alto and force May- view Community Health Center to curtail services available to limited- income persons. County Executive Pete Kutras has reluctantly proposed slashing spending by $145 million, with the biggest cuts in mental and public- health services to address an overall $227.2 million shortfall. Officials Sam Tenney hope increased revenues can close the remaining gap. Mayor Yoriko Kishimoto called the proposed cuts “definitely alarming.” Supergroup “It could be very draconian,” Palo Alto’s Director of Human Services Anti-war demonstrators in superhero garb sang and marched on University Avenue Wednesday, ending up at Congresswoman Anna Eshoo's office Kathy Espinoza-Howard said. Some calling for the impeachment of President George W. Bush. Carol Brouillet (left) dressed as Wonder Woman and singer-songwriter August Bullock officials fear the cuts could shift played guitar in a Superman costume. costs to local police and emergency services such as paramedics and should be responsible for fixing the city paid for the building and land. hospital emergency rooms. PALO ALTO leak: the city or the nonprofit group City staff will recommend that The cuts would include closing that hopes to lease the building and Palo Alto end its financial obligation North County Mental Health Cen- turn it into the city’s first local his- to the building at Monday night’s ter on Grant Avenue in Palo Alto, Costs rise for historic tory museum. council meeting, Fellman said. which serves 337 clients. Palo Alto-based Vance Brown The burden will then be on the Other agencies are still assessing ‘History Museum’ building Builders recently estimated it would Palo Alto History Museum nonprof- damages from the possible cuts. take another $150,000 to $300,000 it to raise additional funds to fix the According to the proposed budget, Basement still leaks despite repair efforts, and city could to stop the leak, which would be leak — in addition to the millions of public-health services would still be pull plug on more expenditures added to the $415,000 the City dollars the group still needs to raise provided from the county’s Grant Council approved last summer to to renovate the building and turn it Avenue facility, and the mental- by Molly Tanenbaum repair water damage in the build- into a museum. health services would be replaced ing, according to Bill Fellman, real “It’s kind of a tough situation and by an “urgent care” operation. alo Alto’s historic Roth Build- 300 Homer Ave. — built in 1932 to property manager for the city. you can understand both sides of it. The cuts would be “devastating” ing is becoming like an old house the Palo Alto Medical Clinic “By trying to fix this leak, we’re They don’t want to take on some- to the Alliance for Community Care, P car: badly in need of expen- — the big problem is a persistent over $1.5 million into this build- thing that’s going to be quite an which provides mental-health servic- sive, unbudgeted repairs, one after leak in the basement. ing that we weren’t going to spend additional cost to them,” Fellman es at several facilities, including one the other. The question for next Monday any money on,” Fellman said. That said. on California Avenue and a group In the case of the structure at night’s City Council meeting is who doesn’t include the $2 million the (continued on page 10) (continued on page 10) Palo Alto Weekly • Friday, May 11, 2007 • Page 3 703 HIGH STREET, PALO ALTO, CA 94302 (650) 326-8210 PUBLISHER William S. Johnson ReaderReaderWire comments via e-mail, voice mail and U.S. mail EDITORIAL Jay Thorwaldson, Editor Hot global issue Please get online and do a search Jocelyn Dong, Managing Editor under “Taser deaths.” Read about Allen Clapp, Carol Blitzer, Assistant Editors I am a sophomore at Gunn High Keith Peters, Sports Editor School. Global warming is a serious the many people all over the United Rick Eymer, Assistant Sports Editor problem that is not being accepted States and Canada who have died in Rebecca Wallace, Arts & Entertainment Editor custody after being tasered. Think Don Kazak, Senior Staff Writer as a real challenge by some people. Molly Tanenbaum, Becky Trout, Staff Writers Here are some facts to show that about what the increasing militariza- Norbert von der Groeben, Chief Photographer tion of local police might mean for our Marjan Sadoughi, Staff Photographer global warming is a real thing and Sam Tenney, Photo Intern is causing environmental changes civil rights. Think about the poor, the Tyler Hanley, Assistant to the Editor & around us: mentally ill, the addicted and the just Online Editor plain unlucky who could suffer excru- Sue Dremann, Staff Writer, Special Sections Editor Global temperature has been rising Cammie Farmer, Calendar Editor since record-keeping began in 1880 ciating pain, disorganization of the Jeanne Aufmuth, Dale Bentson, and 2006 was the hottest year ever nervous system and maybe death. Lynn Comeskey, Kit Davey, Tim Goode, Jack Dana St. George McKinnon, Susan Tavernetti, Robert Taylor, recorded in continental U.S. history. Contributors Melting ice will result in rising sea lev- Campesino Avenue, Palo Alto Susan Hong, Editorial Intern Julia Cooper, Arts & Entertainment Intern els. Large numbers of people will be displaced by rising sea levels. 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