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Page 2 • Wednesday, May 19, 2004 • Palo Alto Weekly UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis Faulty data surfaces in 800 High St. poll Dead person, vehement opponent Joe Villareal, who lived in campaign by Comcast, the giant at the time to suggest they reflected Emerson’s apartment building, dis- cable company that opposes Palo how voters were feeling about the listed as supporters covered this, as well as other irregu- Alto’s attempt to create its own project. by Bill D’Agostino larities in the survey using his elec- fiber-optic cable/Internet venture. Villareal first noticed the abnor- tion-oriented computer program More than 2,500 Palo Alto resi- malities while demonstrating uring a survey conducted in September by proponents JustVoters. dents were called in September, but JustVoters to interested Stanford of Measure C — the 800 High St. housing project — The political consultant in charge the survey was not scientific. University officials. When D Lane Emerson was marked as telling a caller she of the Measure C campaign, Ed Instead, it was primarily used to Villareal pulled up the entry for McGovern, defended the alleged identify supporters of the project university spokesperson Andy favored the measure and the related 61-unit condominium abnormalities, saying they are typi- willing to take lawn signs, accord- Doty, the program reported Doty project. cal of such phone surveys. ing to McGovern. The results were, was against the project. But Doty The problem is, she was dead at the time. McGovern is currently running a nonetheless, spun by the campaign (continued on page 8)

HUMAN RELATIONS POLICE Cordell: Decision to kill lion No middle correct, police say ground on Officials say animal presented Moments clear danger to public safety before it was discrimination shot by a Palo by Marc Burkhardt, Don Kazak, Alto police Human relations Jamie Marconette and Jay Thorwaldson officer, a commissioner’s abstention mountain lion on gay marriage vote leads fficials said the decision to shoot and kill a was perched to controversy mountain lion in a Palo Alto neighborhood in a tree in a O was correct, given the risk to public safety the residential by Bill D’Agostino

Bob Horn/KPIX neighborhood. animal presented. human relations com- “It was a tough call,” Police missioner’s neutral Chief Lynne Johnson said Monday A stance on gay marriage afternoon, shortly after the animal was destroyed. “It was moving, has drawn attention to the jumping from backyard to back- appropriateness of her posi- yard, and when the officer had the tion on the government body. opportunity ... .” Last week, Lakiba Pittman, the The officer’s shot ended a tense, chair of the city’s Human Relations urgent hunt that began at 4:45 a.m. Commission, abstained from voting when a newspaper delivery man on a resolution condemning an reported seeing a mountain lion. A amendment to the Constitution that couple — Don and Mary Ganschow would ban gay marriages. — made a positive identification an “With all due respect to Lakiba, I hour later while walking the 500 just don’t believe the Human block of Parkinson Drive. Relations Commission should have The sightings ignited an exten- individuals on it who believe that sive search by police, who were some discrimination is OK,” stationed at all nearby schools by Councilwoman LaDoris Cordell 6 a.m. At 1 p.m., the lion was said. She encouraged Pittman to finally found in a tree at the corner think about whether the chair- of Walter Hays and Walnut drives. woman should retain her position According to eyewitness on the commission. accounts, police officer Corey “On discrimination, you can’t be Preheim calmly raised an AR-15 neutral,” Cordell said. “You either assault rifle and fired one shot support getting rid of discrimina- into the tree. The lion tumbled to tion, or you don’t. There’s no mid- the ground, scrambled to its feet dle ground.” and dashed about 30 feet before The full commission voted 5-0 collapsing under a bush. last Thursday in favor of a resolu- “I’m sorry I had to do that,” tion opposing a constitutional Preheim reportedly told a city nat- amendment that would define mar- uralist at the scene. riage as being between a man and a Johnson said the decision to kill, von der GroebenNorbert woman. But Pittman abstained from rather than tranquilize, the animal the vote. was necessary to prevent any The resolution will be forwarded injuries to public bystanders. to the City Council at a future meet- Officers throughout the day ing for its approval. expressed concerns over student “I find it very disturbing that a safety, given that schools were commission set up to be vigilant scheduled to end at 2:30 p.m. about the human rights of everyone “We did not want to risk having Mike Phillips, a wildlife technician from Santa Clara County Vector Control (front) and two animal control could not be together as one for a (continued on page 12) officers remove the body of a mountain lion from the front yard of a Walter Hays Drive home. (continued on page 12)

Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, May 19, 2004 • Page 3 703 HIGH STREET, PALO ALTO, CA 94302 (650) 326-8210 PUBLISHER William S. Johnson EDITORIAL Our Jay Thorwaldson, Editor Marc Burkhardt, Managing Editor Jennifer Aquino, Associate Editor Allen Clapp, Carol Blitzer, Assistant Editors Keith Peters, Sports Editor Rick Eymer, Assistant Sports Editor Town by Don Kazak Robyn Israel, Arts & Entertainment Editor Don Kazak, Jocelyn Dong, Senior Staff Writers Bill D’Agostino, Alexandria Rocha, Staff Writers McCown goes cardinal Norbert von der Groeben, Chief Photographer Don Feria, Staff Photographer hear you’ve turned to the Dark past green credentials. Tyler Hanley, Assistant to the Editor & Online Editor Side,” I joked recently with Jean But her hiring by the university Sue Dremann, Calendar Editor, Special Sections IMcCown. The former Palo Alto takes some of that credibility away Jeanne Aufmuth, Rick Chandler, Lynn Comeskey, Karen Dachey, Tim Goode, mayor just laughed. immediately. The question is how Jim Shelby, Jill Slater, Susan Tavernetti, “I was wondering who would say much? Robert Taylor, Contributors that first,” she said. “I want to give her the benefit of the Avital Binshtock, Colleen Corcoran, Jaime Marconette, Cross Missakian, McCown had just been named doubt, but we’ve been on the other Editorial Interns Stanford’s new director of community side of land-use issues,” noted Peter Amy Pierre, Photo Intern relations, replacing Andy Coe, who is Drekmeier of Acterra. “I don’t really DESIGN Carol Hubenthal, Design Director returning to the East Coast. see any big changes. Jean has been Judith Alderman, Assistant Design Director It’s a tough role to fill, representing supporting Stanford for years.” Diane Haas, Lynda Lumish, Sue Peck, Senior Designers; Stanford’s interests while also retain- McCown notes that she had always Mindi Casillas, Elise Eisenman, Ben Ho, ing the trust of a community that is been interested in public policy in- Dana James, Scott Peterson, Designers often at odds with the university over stead of just working as a lawyer, PRODUCTION Jennifer Lindberg, Production Manager its development plans. hence her long tenure on the commis- Dorothy Hassett, Joan Sloss, Sales & McCown brings impressive creden- sion and council. Production Coordinators tials to her new job. She served eight In those roles, she earned respect ADVERTISING years on the Palo Alto Planning Com- for her thoughtfulness. Michael Howard, Advertising Manager Cathy Norfleet, Display Advertising Sales mission and eight on the City Coun- Former Mayor Liz Kniss thinks Assistant cil. McCown could help bridge town- Michelle Bayer, Jasbir Gill, Display Advertising Sales As a lawyer, she also represented gown differences. Kathryn Brottem, Real Estate Advertising Sales Stanford on land-use issues in recent “Jean is top tier,” Kniss said of her Joan Merritt, Real Estate Advertising Asst. years. former colleague on the City Council. Linda Franks, Classified Advertising Manager Justin Davisson, Ana Gonzalez, And, as an environmentalist, she Kniss followed McCown as mayor in Evie Marquez, Irene Schwartz, served on the board of the Committee 1994. Classified Advertising Sales Blanca Yoc, Classified Administrative for Green Foothills and currently is on Now the two will represent different Assistant the board of the Greenbelt Alliance. interests. Kniss is the Santa Clara ONLINE SERVICES The green groups will be watching County Supervisor who represents the Lisa Van Dusen, Director of Palo Alto Online Shannon White, Assistant to Webmaster her performance closely, because county in its dealings with the univer- BUSINESS those are the groups most often at sity, and McCown will be sitting Paula Mulugeta, Senior Accountant odds with Stanford over its foothills. across the table. Claire McGibeny, AR Supervisor The battle over the future of the The environmental community, as Iryna Buynytska, Tina Karabats, Joe Meyer, Doris Taylor, Business Associates hills was particularly bitter in 2000, Drekmeier said, is taking a wait-and- ADMINISTRATION when Santa Clara County was fash- see attitude toward McCown and the Amy Renalds, Assistant to the Publisher & ioning a new general use permit difference she might make. Promotions Director; Nikki McDonald, Promotions & Online Assistant; Janice Covolo, (GUP) for the campus. Then-Super- “She does have a reputation in the Receptionist; Terry Banks, Jorge Vera, visor Joe Simitian tried to get greater environmental community,” said Couriers long-term protections for the hills than Michael Closson, executive director EMBARCADERO PUBLISHING CO. William S. Johnson, President Stanford was willing to accept. Envi- of Acterra. But that reputation, he Robert A. Heinen, Vice President, Operations; ronmental groups wanted permanent meant, was as a Stanford advocate. Michael I. Naar, Vice President & CFO; Robert D. Thomas, Vice President, Corporate protection, period. There is also speculation that Mc- Development; Franklin Elieh, Vice President, Stanford won. Cown’s hiring means something Sales & Marketing; Frank A. Bravo, Director, Computer Operations & Webmaster But one concession Simitian did get more in the longer scheme of things Connie Jo Cotton, Major Accounts Sales was a study of eventual growth limits for Stanford than just a replacement Manager; for the Stanford campus. That study, for Coe. 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Page 4 • Wednesday, May 19, 2004 • Palo Alto Weekly Upfront Swiss-Trained FINANCE Master City may bank on Watchmaker. Schwarzenegger Compromise on table between governor, municipalities by Bill D’Agostino f the announced agreement between Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and local California municipalities is I approved, the City of Palo Alto will need to squeeze $500,000 more out of its budget next year. Rather than making new cuts to which has already been placed on absorb the loss, the city will likely the November ballot. put less money into its reserves next Palo Alto is currently in the Stanford Shopping Center year as a result. process of approving its budget for Under the proposed deal, local the following year. In the initial cities and counties agree to give draft, financial leaders projected los- more than $1.3 billion a year to the ing $1 million of the city’s local rev- state over a two-year period to bal- enues to the state next year, through LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL ance California’s budget. In return, loss of property tax and other the actor-turned-governor will lend sources. With the new agreement, his vast political muscle to gain that figure bumps up to $1.54 mil- YOUR FAMILY’S HEALTH SEMINAR voter approval to a state constitu- lion. tional amendment that would pre- The city also projected to have an vent such takeaways in the future. $800,000 surplus for next year, with In essence, cities and counties are that money earmarked for reserves. Returning to Sports attempting to trade short-term pain If the governor’s deal goes through, for long-term stability. that figure would drop approximate- After Injury The agreement still requires the ly $500,000, said budget manager state Legislature’s approval, which Charles Perl. May 25, 7 pm is far from a certainty. Some offi- Balancing the city’s proposed Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Auditorium cials are angry that Schwarzenegger 2004-2005 budget relies heavily on went around the Legislature to nego- not filling vacant positions, and get- tiate budget deals with local govern- ting unions to agree to take manda- Join Stephen Huhn, MD, LPCH pediatric neurosurgery, and learn ments and other interest groups. tory days off and benefit cuts. Some If the agreement fails, local cities services to residents are also being how parents, teachers and coaches can promote a child’s healthy will go ahead with plans to pass a sliced. return to athletics after an injury. separate constitutional amendment, (continued on page 7) The seminar is free of charge, but registration is required.

PLANNING Moving too fast, CALL (650) 723-1022 TO RESERVE A SPACE. or just right? Developers, neighborhood leaders weigh in on streamlining approvals for building projects by Jocelyn Dong n Palo Alto, quicker isn’t necessarily better. That’s the sentiment of neighborhood activists, following Ia City Council decision last week to allow building plans — such as home renovations and commercial construction For the best of your life. — to pass through city scrutiny more quickly. Developers, meanwhile, are department review an application At The Forum you’ll find elegant carefree living for expressing cautious optimism that for completeness within 30 days of active seniors who value their independence. the new rules will speed a process receiving it. Then, the staff has 21 that’s been the bane of business days to approve it in a Director’s • Unique Investment Return Plus Equity Plan owners and building professionals Hearing — or let the applicant for years. know if it will take longer. • Continuing Care/Health Center On-site “I think it’s going to speed things Finally, the approval will be open • Active Life Style/Fitness Center up a bit,” said architect Tony for appeal to the Planning and Carrasco, head of Carrasco & Transportation Commission for 14 • Fine Dining/Transportation Associates and also chair of the days. That group’s decision on a Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce. project will be final, unless the City • Established Resident-owned Community “Where it’s going to help is with Council decides to review the • Located in the Beautiful Foothills where the majority of applications related application. to homeowners.” That’s a total of about 65 days Los Altos meets Cupertino However, Barron Park resident for an approval. Up to now, minor Bob Moss, feared the decision will projects have taken an average of Call today to schedule a personal tour. discourage the public from speak- 80 days to receive the green light, ing out against projects. while major projects have taken 650-944-0100 “Fewer members of the public about 250, an audit of the planning will be able to follow the new sys- department noted last fall. A CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY tem effectively,” he said. “It’s Carrasco praised the new time- something that very few people line, saying that decisions made at 23500 Cristo Rey Drive pay attention to, but it has an the commission level, rather than Cupertino, CA 95014 impact on the quality of life in this the council, have been “badly city.” needed.” www.theforum-seniorliving.com The new procedures mandate Palo Alto developer Jim Baer has RCFE#: 435200344 that staff in the city’s planning (continued on page 12)

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Educating the Global Child Around Town Bi-Lingual English & Chinese Programs COLD, COLD HEART ... F.M. Bird Ordinance this summer, perhaps PS - 6th Grades got a lesson in the unkindness of they wish they could take a break, strangers on Monday morning too. Summer Session: June 28 - Sept. 3 when she tripped on an uneven Art • Music • Dance • Sports • Science sidewalk on Coleridge Avenue, BETTER PR FOR DPW ... The Fall Session starts Sept. 7 falling “flat on her wrists and right Palo Alto City Council Finance 310 Easy Street, Mountain View, CA 94043 • Innovative academic curriculum knee.” Another woman out walk- Committee admitted to a PR 650.903.0986 • www.ycef.com • Full-day & after school programs ing clearly saw what happened. problem last week — despite But instead of coming over to spending $4 million a year to check on Bird, she turned the repair streets and sidewalks, offi- corner and avoided her. “What cials get constant complaints motivates some people to be about the state of such thorough- LOS ALTOS VAULT & SAFE DEPOSIT CO. such cold pathetic jerks?” Bird fares. “Our streets in many cases asked. “I hope that she feels are 75 years old,” Public Works ashamed of her cold heart.” Director Glenn Roberts reported. Even though many of them are BUT WILL HE LOOSEN UP? . . . structurally sound, “they have a Former Vice President Al Gore less than optimal appearance,” made news recently by being Roberts said. As for sidewalks, among a group of investors who the city is one of the few in the bought a small cable television state that doesn’t make residents network to program it for news pay for the repairs of the side- aimed at younger people. The walks in front of their homes, Stanford Daily reported last week Roberts said. But, of course, that that much of the planning will be doesn’t stop residents from whin- done here. Joel Hyatt, a Stanford ing. Jokingly, Councilman Vic business professor, has been Ojakian suggested the city start a named CEO of the News World new program: “CityWalks,” mod- International cable television net- eled on the current CityWorks work, and is getting help from program, to market their work. current and recent Stanford stu- “We need to tell a better story,” dents on programming. The net- City Manager Frank Benest con- work is now available to 17 million curred. Benest then made an subscribers nationwide. Gore and even more controversial sugges- Hyatt have said that the network tion — make Palo Alto like other isn’t being aimed as a counter to cities, and have residents pay for the conservative Fox Network, but some portion of the sidewalk instead to be of and by younger repairs. people, regardless of their politics. THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST . . . PUBLIC BEWARE YOUNG OPINIONS . . . The Palo Stanford University has gone out- Alto Youth Council is getting more side the campus to recruit Larry Banks Are Not Confidential involved in city affairs, recently Kramer, former dean of New They must comply within the framework of the Patriot Act. naming Gunn High School stu- York University School of Law, to dent Anya Moberley as its liaison be the new dean of the law And your Social Security number is compulsory! to the Planning and school, starting Sept. 1. Only a private depository guarantees Transportation Commission. Kathleen Sullivan is stepping TOTAL PRIVACY, CONFIDENTIALITY Moberley and Youth Council down from the dean’s post to President Peter Ahn recently return to teaching. Sullivan will & CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS appeared before the commission take a one-year sabbatical and to introduce themselves and offer then return to Stanford to head BANKERS COME TO US FOR SAFETY AND CONFIDENTIALITY their expertise. “Things go on in up the Stanford Center on the city without us ever knowing, Constitutional Law. Kramer THE CONSTITUTION DECLARES THAT OUR PERSONAL LIVES because we live in our own little received his law degree from the bubble,” Ahn said. “We seem to University of Chicago, where he ARE NONE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S BUSINESS. think city government doesn’t real- returned to teach in 1986, later ly affect our lives when it in fact moving to NYU. “Stanford is We have available safe deposit boxes of all sizes, does and it can — greatly.” probably unique in having an Commissioners questioned the unbroken run of four constitu- data bank & business storage students about the council, includ- tional law scholars at the helm of for critical irreplaceable records. ing whether it takes a summer its law school over the last gen- break. (It does.) To that, Ahn eration,” said Provost John Please come and see for yourself asked the adults, “So do you Etchemedy. “Moreover, Larry meet over the summer?” Kramer is widely considered to Commissioners chuckled and be among the best and brightest 121 FIRST STREET, LOS ALTOS • 650.949.5891 sighed. “Yes,” they said. Faced of the new generation of leaders M-F, 8-5:30 • SAT, 8-1 • After Hours by Appointment with updating Palo Alto’s Zoning in legal education.”

Page 6 • Wednesday, May 19, 2004 • Palo Alto Weekly Upfront 24 hour-a-day live-in care PALO ALTO ear Cathy & Kathy Owner of messy properties Family & Quality D Questions About Senior Living Are Important Dear Cathy & Kathy: “I understand you specialize in live-in home under scrutiny care…what does this mean?” — Ashley J., Woodside By WENDY MARLIN Residents owe more than $165,000 to city n a time where Dear Ashley: Many families senior center. by Bill D’Agostino almost every consider live-in home care when At Home Care Assistance, we Icompany is a a loved one needs more intensive specialize in live-in care, offering subsidiary or chain, help then they can provide or has he owner of two allegedly dilapidated Palo it’s refreshing to our clients the “We Will Be Alto properties — who is facing more than know there are still a health condition that requires There” Guarantee. When ever some businesses daily attention. People who need you need us, 24 hours a day, 7 T $165,000 in fines from the city — received that not only are family run, but help getting in or out of bed, days a week, 365 days a year, we intense questions from the City Council Monday thrive in their independence. moving around the house or are at your service. Whether you My husband Brad and I have assistance when taking a shower want to start home care service, or bath often need live-in care as night. owned different businesses over change your caregiver’s schedule the years, but something about the do seniors who live alone. Council members asked Palo Alto resident George car wash industry always interested Live-in caregivers provide a or report an emergency, we are Bradshaw why he did not clean up and repair his two us. After about a year of intensive wide range of services 24 hours- just a phone call away. unoccupied rental properties sooner, even after research, we purchased our first car a-day. They help with bathing, Live-in care is an effective wash in Santa Clara in 1997. dressing, grooming, toileting and alternative to entering a nursing receiving numerous notifications from the city — The family alliance doesn’t stop eating. They are also responsible home or assisted living facility. starting in 1995 — that such properties violated there. My brother Scott Moore for cooking and housekeeping. With quality live-in home care, manages our Mountain View loca- Most live-in caregivers drive to seniors can remain autonomous numerous health, safety and aesthetic codes. tion and Brad’s brother and sister-in-law Tony and Darci doctor appointments, the pharma- for many years. Please call us for According to the city’s cited for having three other vehi- Hazlewood serve as general man- cy, grocery store even the local more information. enforcers, a sailboat and junk cars cles on the same property. ager and lead cashier of our Fair were kept illegally, a roof rotted “Did you think that that was Oaks location, with Tony’s parents Home Care Assistance for years, and storage containers legal or illegal, to store it on your also working on-site. were kept without a permit. Also property, after being notified of The “family feeling,” as I call it, 1-866-454-8346 extends beyond our blood rela- wrongly on the property was a the other ones?” Councilwoman tions. As several employees at painted red duck sculpture made Judy Kleinberg asked. each location have been with us of former Volkswagen car hoods “I had no other place to put it,” from the beginning, they have — a former entry in the city’s Bradshaw responded. become like a second family to us. May Fete parade. “But did you think it was legal There is always hard work to be Although many of the structural or did you think it might be ille- done at the car wash and having repairs on the properties have gal?” Kleinberg pressed. the family and team effort of “I think it’s legal to put it there everyone involved, makes the been completed, some illegal process all that more enjoyable. vehicles and assorted junk remain. until I can get rid of it,” Bradshaw said. We believe in making the task of In 2000 and 2001, the city’s getting your car cleaned as quick hearing officer found Bradshaw and painless as possible. We realize and his wife Karen guilty of not many of you don’t have time to do cleaning up his properties quickly “I think it’s legal to chores and maintenance on your enough. The city began imposing vehicles, so we provide a place that put it there until I allows you to relax, while someone daily fines on him at that time. else does the work for you. Bradshaw said he worked as fast Is your child... can get rid of it.” The biggest thing that sets us as he could, but didn’t have apart from our competition is the money to hire professionals. —George Bradshaw, fact that we really try to do right ✔ a “slow” reader? Those fines have now ballooned property owner by the customer. We provide a to more than $165,000 — by far good product, we don’t skimp on ✔ the most any resident has ever The abandoned vehicles are a high quality soaps and polishes falling behind at school? owed the city since it began more health risk because they could and we are constantly reinvesting in our facilities. stringently enforcing its codes in leak dangerous chemicals into the ✔ tired and frustrated? 1999. This case is also the first groundwater, according to Lance MARLIN’S CAR WASH— one to be brought before the coun- Bayer, the city’s code-enforce- SAFE, FAST & FRIENDLY ✔ having trouble concentrating? cil. ment attorney. The council is being asked by The council has the option to EXPRESS DETAILING ✔ losing self-confidence? the city’s code enforcement offi- lower the amount of the fines. cers to place liens on those prop- Councilman Jack Morton $ OFF* appeared to be moving in that 20 REG. $69.99 erties (located on Metro Circle direction Monday night, saying and Ross Road) to ensure that Your Choice: Bradshaw pays the fines once he that the property owner had a Express Wax, Express Deluxe or MVV 052104 BrightStar can help. sells his properties. hardship because he couldn’t Express Shampoo (Carpets or Seats) The council did not take action afford to repair the properties. PRICE GOOD FOR MOST CARS. VEHICLES IN POOR CONDITION AT ADDT’L COST. EXP 08/04/04. 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Add $2 for trucks, vans, minivans & SUVs. tures to get the constitutional MOUNTAIN VIEW Finance amendment measure on the El Camino Real at Miramonte (continued from page 5) November ballot, said the popular 650-967-7788 Councilwoman Judy Kleinberg, governor’s support “may well be SAN JOSE/SANTA CLARA the chair of Palo Alto’s finance worth” giving up revenue for the Stevens Creek at San Tomas To schedule a free personalized consultation committee, said she didn’t expect next two years. 408-247-9650 with BrightStar, call: OPEN 8AM-6PM • 7 DAYS A WEEK major cuts to result from the new Cities and counties have long WE ACCEPT ALL OF OUR losses. complained that the state dips into COMPETITOR’S COUPONS 1-877-70BRIGHT City financial leaders “never plan local revenues whenever it faces a (702-7444) a budget that’s so close to the bone budget shortfall. ■ ATM because every budget is a gamble Staff writer Bill D’Agostino can or visit, www.getbrightstar.com For additional savings visit us online: anyway,” Kleinberg said. be e-mailed at bdagostino MARLINSCARWASH.COM Kleinberg, who collected signa- @paweekly.com. Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, May 19, 2004 • Page 7 Upfront New Restylane • Enhances Lips • Long Lasting • Natural Reduces Marionette Lines & Wrinkles • No Down Time News Digest Norbert von der GroebenNorbert

Last lunch Tsai Ju Lin greets longtime customers at Fen Yaun Restaurant in Palo Alto on its last day in business. She and husband King are selling the business after running the Charleston Center restaurant for 29 years.

Another councilmember silent on Stanford issues Councilwoman Judy Kleinberg will not be voting on issues relating to Stanford University for the time being, the result of her new job. That means that one-third of the council (three of the nine members) will not be voting on Stanford issues. Councilwoman LaDoris Cordell is an employee of Stanford, as is Councilwoman Dena Mossar’s husband. Kleinberg’s new job is executive director of the Bay Area Council of the American Electronics Association, a high-tech trade association. The group’s connection to Stanford is a bit tenuous — it runs an institute for CEO’s at Stanford every summer, using university buildings and profes- Model sors. Kleinberg will be seeking the opinion of the state’s Attorney General, hoping to be cleared of the conflict. “Because it’s not clear, the conservative approach is to consider myself 900 Welch Road • Palo Alto • 650.325.6000 • www.BermanMD.com conflicted until we get that opinion,” she said. ■ —Bill D’Agostino

Greenbelt Alliance, the Chamber of Survey questions Commerce, and “nearly all nearby (continued from page 3) neighborhood businesses” support- said he was a supporter. ed the housing project, according to “Something is fishy,” Villareal a copy of the survey’s script given thought. He then asked for — and to the Weekly. received — permission to examine At the time, campaign workers the survey’s complete results. found some problems with the Among other alleged problems, results, McGovern said. Of the 422 Villareal discovered that then- people who asked for lawn signs, Councilwoman Nancy Lytle, an only a couple dozen said they did outspoken critic of the project, told not want them. In total, the cam- the survey-callers she supported paign disseminated around 400 800 High St. and asked for a lawn lawn signs using the survey’s sign. Villareal also saw he himself results, he said. had been called, even though he Last year, San Jose’s ethics com- said he wasn’t. mission found McGovern guilty of Of the dozen entries he exam- helping coordinate an illegal ined, Villareal found about six $20,000 campaign contribution probable errors. “I don’t see how while running a campaign for a you can have this many anomalies,” City Council member. He was fined he said. $2,500. In an interview with the Weekly, The Weekly reported the results McGovern defended the Measure C of the Measure C phone survey on survey. It was not scientific, but Oct. 3, 2003. The story noted that rather a “campaign phone bank,” he 58.3 percent of the respondents said noted. they favored the project, while 17.9 It is typical for such phone sur- percent said they were opposed, veys to have a margin of error, and 23.8 percent were undecided. McGovern said. Often, the callers “I, in no way, intentionally tried are paid minimum wage, he said. to mislead you with bad informa- Plus, some people lie to pollsters or tion,” McGovern told a Weekly edi- forget the answers. tor and reporter. “My experience is there’s always In the October news story, the some inaccuracies in it,” McGovern housing project’s developer, Doug said. Ross, said the results demonstrated The survey served two functions that the project had a comfortable for the campaign: To identify peo- lead as election day neared. ple who wanted lawn signs and to The project won voter approval disseminate positive information by a margin of 52 to 48 percent. It about the project into the communi- is now under construction.■ ty, McGovern noted. Staff writer Bill D’Agostino can Survey takers noted that The be e-mailed at bdagostino@ League of Women Voters, the paweekly.com. Page 8 • Wednesday, May 19, 2004 • Palo Alto Weekly bike to work, bike to school, bike for fun the choice

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Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, May 19, 2004 • Page 9 THANK YOU! COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY CENTER

We thank all our generous donors to the Opportunity Center Community Campaign for helping us exceed our initial $1 million goal… We’ve exceeded our initial goal of $1 million for the Community Campaign—to make our Capital Campaign total raised to date $8,083,579, toward the minimum $23.8 million cost of the Opportunity Center, which will provide housing and services for homeless men, women and children in the Midpeninsula area, and will be completed by early 2006.

OPPORTUNITY CENTER DONORS TO COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN AND MAJOR GIFTS CAMPAIGN:

VISIONARY Doug Burck Cole and Grace Wilbur Tracy Martin and Rob Churchwell William and Lyn Binch Joan Goodson Dena Mossar Ewart and Odette Thomas Thomas and Polly Bredt Al Camarillo and Lantana House Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Nigel and Lee Martin-Jones Monty and Corinne Blankenship Barbara Gordon Edward and Margaret Murphy Virginia Townsend Carmen Christensen Richard Clark Foundation Robert Master Betty Blase Sari Gordon and Scott Murphy Ellen Nachtrieb James Trott Don and Margaret Ann Fidler Gail Claspell Marianne and William Witscher Janet Mathiott Roy and Carol Blitzer Natalie and Bill Graham Burdette and Frances Nelson Mike and Ellen Turbow Harry and Shirley Hagey CM Capital Foundation Hans and Elizabeth Wolf Matt McDermott Malva Blosser Norman and Antonnette Graham Lawrence Newcomb Marta Tyler Noble and Lorraine Hancock Fran Codispoti and Kenneth William and Jean McFadden Cornelia Bohle Verna and Douglas Graham Leslie and Anita Nichols Edwin and Elizabeth Ullman Bruce and Eleanor Heister Schroeder SUPPORTER Robert and Sook McIntyre Margery Brandt Douglas Groom Dorothy Nicholson Paul and Nancy Valentine The William and Flora Hewlett Compton Foundation Juan Andres Michael McWilliams Michael and Susan Bratman Michael and Barbara Haley Karen Nierenberg Kenneth and Gloria Van Bree Foundation Tom Conn Anonymous (9) Kenneth and Barbara Mendenhall Kelly Braun and Ed Gordon Dorothy Hall and Howard Judy and David Noice Juliana Van Tellingen HP Robert Dailey Laura Bachrach Lee and Kathy Merkle-Raymond Mimi and Sheldon Breiner Swinehart Mike Normoyle Joseph Violette Pitch Johnson Art and Anne Dauer Marti Baerg John Merow Judy Brigham Louise Hall Jackie Norton Merrium Virello Michael and Frannie Kieschnick Reid and Peggy Dennis Stephen Bailey Mona and Jack Miller Thomas Brossard W. Georgenne Hall Mary Orrok Marjorie Visher John and Tashia Morgridge Paul and Tricia Dolkas John Barton Phyllis Munsey Jim Burch Diana and Steve Halprin Sydney and Sandra Overton George Vizvary National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Peter and Elizabeth Dumanian John Bayer William Newcomer Robert and Marilyn Burnes David Hammer Daniel M. Packard Elmer and Marilyn Von Doersten Omidyar Foundation Edith Eddy Elton Bell Phyllis Newhouse Hugh Burroughs John Paul Hanna Nancy Packer Susan Von Doersten Susan Packard Orr Linda and Jerome Elkind Kenneth Bencala and Sally O'Neil John and Susan Owicki Gail and Robert Buschini Wynn Hausser and Amy Balsom Rose Marie Pane Harry and Ruth Wachob Lucile Packard Foundation Rosemary and Alain Enthoven Frank Benest Caroline Pease Carolyn Caddes George Heaton Thomas O. Passell Duane and Lorna Wadsworth Hank and Polly Parker John Etchemendy Beverly Benson John Perkins Larry Cady Shelley and John Hebert Scott and Sandra Pearson James and Margaret Wagner Peninsula Community Foundation Stan Falkow and Lucy Tompkins Eric Bier James and Barbara Peterson Leon and Abigail Campbell James Hempstead Jr. William Pence, Jr. Meta Wagstaff Sobrato Foundation Richard Farman John M. 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Wilkerson Laurie and James Jarrett James Suk Chan Beth and Peter Rosenthal Jean Chu David and Madeline Israel Dey and Antoinette Rose Judy and Larry William ARCHITECT Jewish Community Endowment Jule Cockroft Joan Roy and Gordon Craig Herbert and Eve Clark Peggy E. Jacobs Jacqueline Rose Charles and Nancy Wilson Agilent Technologies, Inc. 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Nicholas Selby John and Litsie Indergand Steven and Jean Aronson Dr. Tom Forrest Nathaniel McKitterick and We’re announcing an additional $1 million goal Union Bank of California Foundation Joy Sleizer Litsie Indergand for Palo Alto City Nancy and Glenn Atkinson Joyce Fortune Jennifer Hanley Elizabeth Webster Dr. David and Barbara Slone Council Ray and Carol Bacchetti Julia Freeman Michael McLaughlin to create The Opportunity Fund, which will expand World Savings Beth Ann Steinberg Michael and Diana Irvin Joe and Barbara Baldwin Leonard Friedman Scotty McLennan our endowment so we can provide housing for Cammy and Einar Sunde Kristi Iverson and Bill Hilton Susan Barkan William Frye James and Frankie McLeod BUILDER Tom and Pat Thomas Charlotte Joyner Jean Barker Jenise Fuess Lynnie and Joe Melena those with little or no income, and purchase Molly and Stewart Agras Gail and Edward Thompson Robert and Edie Kirkwood Gwendolyn Barry Charmaine Furman Robert and Elizabeth Meltzer essentials for the Center, such as medical equip- Sylvia Alderman David and Mary Alice Thorton Judy Kleinberg Henry Baumgartner Michael Gaisford Elaine Miller Anonymous (7) Carolyn and Tony Tucher Leonard Linde Duane Bay Elvia F. Garwood Jay Miller ment, computers, phones, office equipment and Edward Barlow Don and Rachel Valentine Anne and John Loftis Brian and Suzanne Bayley Mark Gates Paul Miller Don Barr Jeffrey A. Vamos Vija and Anita Lusebrink David and Stephanie Beach Grace Gibson George Mills long-lasting furnishings. Please give generously at: Dorothy Beckett Darlene Vian and Brian McCune Richard and Jing Lyman Bellany Joan Beaumont Paul Gilbert Bob Moran Richard and Hyla Bertea Joy A. Wagner James Lyons Betsy and George Bechtel Ernest Glaser Kenneth Morley Don Brenneis and Wynne Furth Tom and Judith Wasow Andrew MacDonald Joan Belden Constance Glenn Walter and Mary Ann Morris www.opportunitycenter.org Arlene and Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Patricia Weiss Rebecca and Mitch Mandich Robert W. Beyers Goff & McReynolds Jane Morton Community Working Group, 555 Bryant St., PMB #321, Palo Alto, CA 94301

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AROUND THE BLOCK

CHARLESTON’S WEB . . . In the wake of Hyatt’s decision NeighborhoodsA roundup of neighborhood news edited by Jocelyn Dong not to rebuild a hotel along El Camino, the Charleston Meadows Neighborhood BARRON PARK Association has gone generic — with its new Web site name. The previous site, Love thy www.StopOverdevelopmentAt Hyatt.org, which detailed neighbor meetings and reports on the proposed Hyatt project, has been replaced with the Residents bring more standard moniker neighborhood together www.CharlestonMeadows.org. by helping one another The new site offers updates on projects affecting the neigh- by Cross Missakian borhood: Hyatt, the Elks Club, the Campus for Jewish Life mmy Lou Miller needed and Charleston corridor. The a little help while recov- neighborhood association had E ering from a hip protested the Hyatt Hotels Corporation’s plan to build 300 replacement. So twice a homes, but leaders generally week, neighbor Julie approve of current plans for Spengler drove Miller to her 200 homes and townhouses. favorite specialty-food stores. I’LL TRADE YOU . . . Midtown Once Miller back got on her feet, merchants made the most of she began driving and cooking for the public unveiling of a new one of her neighbors, Art Bayce, poetry wall in Midtown who had suffered a stroke. Before Shopping Center a couple Bayce’s stroke, he himself had vol- Saturdays ago. The merchants unteered his time teaching computer Amy Pierre got together and offered a free skills to other local seniors. grab-bag giveaway, tucking Welcome to Barron Park, where items from their shops into senior citizens are both the clients Emmy Lou Miller tests the grip of her neighbor Art Bayce, who suffered a recent stroke. random mailboxes at the UPS and the service providers of a pro- Store for people to retrieve gram that makes sure life’s little city’s largest neighborhoods. time. They allow the seniors to keep physical obstacles of their own with a key. More than 30 tasks don’t become big problems for “If you live in Barron Park and an eye on each other and discover assist others. Miller recalled that on prizes were given away, older residents. you don’t drive, you’re kind of up a who has certain abilities or knowl- one of her trips to town with Bayce, according to Karen Singer of Through the Barron Park seniors creek,” Miller said. edge that might benefit one of their she wasn’t much more agile than he the UPS Store. One 90-year- group, which has about 45 active But rides are not the only thing neighbors. was. old man won a free yoga class members, people can request trans- seniors need. Jack Sutton, who has Bayce credits the seniors group “I had to get my walker so that I — which he decided to trade portation, computer or e-mail help, an engineering and mechanical with helping him recover from his could go around the car to get his with another prizewinner. assistance with a small job around background, has earned a reputation stroke. At first, neighbors did his walker,” she said. Good thing the other person the house, or even a daily check-up as the local “Mr. Fix-It.” He has shopping and cooking. Later, they Bayce laughed. “We were quite a was flexible. phone call. repaired walkers, re-hung paintings, accompanied him as he re-learned pair.” Seniors provide the services, and and just turn a screwdriver. to walk by strolling around the Leon, a senior herself, started the GOING UNDER . . . Say good- the relationships formed in the And every service performed is block. The most important benefit program four years ago after sur- bye to the utility poles in process spill over into social events another chance for the social inter- may have been the companionship. veying her neighbors on their needs. Midtown West and hello to that create stronger community ties. action and sense of recognition sen- Bayce said it really helped “to have She realized seniors occasionally heavy machinery. Contractors The most asked-for assistance is iors sometimes don’t get. somebody to talk to, to take your required help with the kinds of for the City of Palo Alto transportation. “Jack will pick me up to go buy a mind off things.” everyday tasks that younger people Utilities are putting utilities “The single most dramatic event new pair of orthopedic shoes or go Bayce has realized that accepting take for granted, but which may underground in district 38, for a senior is losing a driver’s to the pharmacy, and then we like to help from others allows him, ironi- become difficult as a person ages. which is bounded by Cowper license,” said Mary Jane Leon, who go and have lunch,” Bayce said. cally enough, to take care of him- “We have very little structure,” Street, Colorado Avenue, coordinates the program through the “You make some good friends.” self. “It makes you dependent, but Leon said of the program, which she High Street and Oregon Barron Park Association. The seniors group also provides also more independent, because pointed out receives only a few offi- Expressway. Now through Many seniors cannot walk a few more structured socializing. you’re not shut up indoors.” cial requests a month, and does not August, contractors will exca- blocks to a bus stop, especially Luncheons held at a local restaurant Not surprisingly, most of the vol- try to provide services that people vate and trench the road, while carrying bags of groceries, or park every other month are very unteering is done by younger sen- usually pay for, like yard work. install the conduit for electrical she said. And Barron Park, with popular, and according to Miller, the iors, who tend to be more active and When somebody needs more and phone lines, and then 1,600 households, is one of the meals are more than just a good ambitious. But even those with (continued on page 12) repave. Traffic in the area will be impacted, according to city DUVENECK people who once lived there,” said the correct spelling of Louis Road. staff. The cost of the current Paly student Austinn Freeman. “The street should have been work is $2.7 million. ■ “When I go out of town, I can actu- spelled L-E-W-I-S for the middle A remembrance ally give some history rather than name of the banker-developer, just say, ‘This is where I live.’ “ Charles Lewis Smith, but a sign What’s up of things past Freeman and fellow student maker’s mistake remained perma- on your block? Cameron Taylor, posing as masters nent,” Smart noted. Let us know what’s going on in Paly juniors revisit neighborhood-history project of ceremony “Ima Smart” and “I guess frugality won over accu- your neighborhood. Mail us by Colleen Corcoran “Tommy Trivia,” conversed earlier racy,” Trivia observed. your newsletter, leave a mes- this month with reincarnations of As elementary-school students, sage for Jocelyn Dong at 326- alo Alto history came alive earlier this month at Capt. Charles Wilson, builder of they also turned up information 8210 x256, send e-mail to Wilson’s Landing near the former about how eucalyptus trees along [email protected] or fax us Lucie Stern Community Center, aided by residents Palo Alto Harbor; blacksmiths, San Francisquito Creek were at 326-3928. P who weren’t old enough to remember the events in gold prospectors and farmers of imported from Australia by a Dr. the first place. the 1850s; and conspicuous names William Newell, whose home at like Greer, Duveneck and Harker. 1456 Edgewood Drive has stood More than 20 Palo Alto High after conducting the research as Original project participants dram- since 1866. And how Irish seafarer School juniors presented the histo- fourth-graders. atized all the parts. John Lucas Greer and his wife, ry of the Duveneck neighborhood The original school assignment They talked about history that Maria Louisa Soto — a land-grant to the Palo Alto Historical “changed the perspective of how I some Palo Alto residents have for- heiress — are remembered by Association, a full seven years look on the community and the gotten — or never knew about, like (continued on page 12)

Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, May 19, 2004 • Page 11 Upfront

three lion incidents he dealt with are sometimes abandoned by their cation is worthless if not done in a Mountain lion in the past year. According to mothers and have to fend for them- Streamlining timely or complete manner. (continued from page 3) Johnson, one lion required six selves. Driven out of hunting areas (continued from page 5) The city should be publishing a child injured or worse — that’s darts before going down. by more dominant lions, the ani- about 15 projects going through the project information on its Web site why we shot it,” said Johnson, who The final whereabouts of the mals sometimes end up in residen- Palo Alto process right now. He also in real time, rather than weekly as it added the department does have a Palo Alto lion was discovered by tial areas. commended the new rules. Under has currently promised, said tranquilizer gun in its arsenal. Newell Road resident John the previous approval system, he Annette Ashton, chair of the Sandi Stadler, superintendent of Furrier, who had taken his 11- said, even small, routine projects Midtown Residents Association. animal services, affirmed that posi- year-old Labrador, Kelsey, out to “We did not want to were taking forever to get passed. Even architect Carrasco had reser- tion. search for the animal. Baer didn’t blame planning direc- vations of his own about the review “Given that we’re in a neighbor- Furrier had paused to talk with risk having a child tor Steve Emslie for the red tape, process, saying that major projects hood with an elementary school Weekly reporter Don Kazak and injured or worse — though. He said Emslie “inherited” also need help in getting through the getting out very soon. That photographer Norbert von der the problems. process swiftly. weighed heavily on the decision,” Groeben near the tree where the that’s why we shot it.” “Steve Emslie has done a great Unlike minor projects, which are she said. lion was later killed — the lion job in spirit and practice” in being reviewed by city staff, major proj- “The tranquilizer was certainly was believed to have been in the more responsive to applicants, espe- ects are reviewed by the —Lynne Johnson, one of our options,” she added. tree at the time. cially in the past six months, Baer Architectural Review Board — Palo Alto Police chief “Tranquilizers are a very inexact Stadler said a cursory examina- said. Neighborhood sometimes multiple times — before science. Depending on the animal, tion identified the lion as a fully leaders, while also praising Emslie, going to a Director’s Hearing. its metabolism, it could be any- grown adult that was perhaps 2 warned that a speedier process could “They will still have to get to the where from 10 minutes to 30 min- years old. There is no clear reason It was not known if the lion was cause problems. Architectural Review Board, where utes (for the animal to be put out) why the lion wandered into a resi- unhealthy, or responsible for the “You can do things fast, or you most businesses get stuck, badly,” he and it could need a second shot. dential neighborhood, although attack on corralled horses in two can do things right,” Moss said. said. “If you don’t have a safe place Stadler had a few theories. earlier incidents on Stanford lands. “When in doubt, do it slower and do For politically controversial proj- when you hit it (with a tranquiliz- “It’s all speculation, but it’s a After the lion was shot, one res- it right, because you won’t get ects, the staff’s job is to get the plans er), you have just created a very good guess that it might have ident expressed mixed sentiments. another chance once a bad project is into the public process as quickly as unsafe situation,” Stadler said. come down the creek,” she said. “I just was surprised and torn,” built.” possible. Managing the politics that “Wherever it’s hiding, it’s going to “It could have been following said Anne Ackerman of Walter The city plans to use more than come up, he said, is “beyond what sleep off the drug.” deer.” Hays Drive. “I hated to see it being one method to notify neighbors staff can do.” ■ Johnson added she had consult- Mike Phillips, a wildlife techni- destroyed.” ■ about projects that have been sub- Senior staff writer Jocelyn Dong ed with Interim Police Chief Bruce cian from Santa Clara County Staff Reporter Alexandria mitted. But at least one neighbor- can be reached at jdong@paweek- Cumming of Morgan Hill about Vector Control, said young lions Rocha contributed to this report. hood leader pointed out that notifi- ly.com.

Commissioner Eve Agiewich said. amendment process has been prima- torical consultant, having access to Gay marriage “That’s the whole purpose for voting. rily used to enhance and bestow Duveneck records and resources. The fourth (continued from page 3) We each vote our conscience.” rights, not to constrain or remove (continued from page 11) graders themselves scoured files from resolution that stands against dis- Ironically, the reason Agiewich rights,” and that the proposed amend- Greer Road, Lucas Lane, Louisa the main Library and old issues of the crimination,” said Cordell, who is voted for the resolution is her con- ment is “divisive.” Court and DeSoto Drive. Palo Alto Times. They interviewed the City Council’s liaison to the tention that the federal government is “I’m hopeful the City Council will The history compiled by the stu- their grandparents and surfed the commission. breaking down too many walls take quick action on it,” said dents was one of family ties, property Internet. Pittman, who supported Cordell between church and state. Commissioner Jeff Blum, an attor- bought and sold, former farms and Findings were often along the lines during her council run, didn’t explain Black ministries — including ney who wrote the resolution. contemporary institutions. of, “The vegetable garden was here her vote during the meeting, but said those in San Francisco — have Another Palo Alto commissioner, “You always go around and go, and the chicken coop was there and a on Monday she was torn between her been split on the issue, Pittman Adam Atito, was absent from last ‘What was there 50 years ago?’ and water tower over that way.” One turn support of human rights and her noted. “It’s an issue in the black week’s meeting but said on Monday ‘What was there 100 years ago?’” of the century writer’s characteriza- Christian beliefs. church, for sure. I’m in the black that he too would have abstained Freeman said. “It’s interesting to see tions of Castilleja school as “social” “I’m conflicted between my secu- church, so there we go.” from the vote. where you live and where your and Harker as “academic” were lar view and my religious view,” The Human Relations Commis- “I don’t think the commission school is and what people were there rediscovered in the record books. Pittman said. “When you don’t know sion’s jurisdiction is to act whenever should be involved in state and feder- and what they did in everyday life.” Seven years ago, the students pre- how to vote, you have to abstain.” “any person or group does not bene- al issues,” he said. “Our commission Teacher Larry Wong said the histo- sented their findings standing next to The Bible, Pittman said, defines fit fully from public or private oppor- has other local issues to deal with.” ry assignment he created for his 1997 displays of photographs, artifacts and marriage as being between a man tunities or resources in the communi- The city’s code gives the commis- fourth-grade class was “a sponta- articles, dressed in period costume and a woman. “Period — it doesn’t ty, or is unfairly or differently treat- sion the right “to encourage the neous thing.” and impersonating individuals from give you any leeway there.” ed,” according to the city’s code. council to support or oppose state or “Bob (French) and I just started Palo Alto’s past. Pittman said she has gay friends The commission’s tackling of the federal legislation or regulation relat- talking about the kids and their histo- This month, Bob French excavated who have gotten married recently, issue coincided with a reinvigora- ing to matters within the jurisdiction ry: Are they really aware of it?” the few extant items from the 1997 and that she celebrated with them tion of the national debate about of the commission.” Wong recalled. French was a substi- exhibition and brought them to the and gave them presents. She wasn’t same sex marriage. On Monday, The commission has occasionally tute teacher and Palo Alto Historical new performance. worried about their reaction to her Massachusetts became the first state sent resolutions on such issues to the Association board member. “I think the experience of inter- non-stance. in the nation to legally marry gay council. In February 2003, the coun- Together, Wong and French decid- viewing people and gathering infor- Despite her religious convictions, couples. cil approved a resolution opposing ed to have the kids find out about the mation from various sources served she loves her friends “in whatever President George W. Bush the war in Iraq. That resolution came street that they lived on and the house (the students) well in whatever they they do,” Pittman said. “I hope they announced in February that he was from the Human Relations they lived in. Then, the teachers do, especially if it’s history,” French would be as open for me.” supporting the proposed constitu- Commission. ■ broadened the assignment to cover said. ■ Other commissioners were not tional amendment. Staff writer Bill D’Agostino can the whole Duveneck area, which lies Editorial intern Colleen Corcoran troubled by Pittman’s vote. The Palo Alto commission’s reso- be e-mailed at bdagostino north of Embarcadero Road. can be reached at ccorcoran “I respect her for it,” lution noted that the “constitutional @paweekly.com. French acted as the students’ his- @paweekly.com.

54 in Palo Alto. 2004 Neighbors Bayce agreed that it makes sense WATER POLO CAMPS (continued from page 11) for seniors to assist one another, elaborate or consistent services, since they’re more available to help than younger neighbors who are H ome of Champions Advanced Resident/Day Camp for Girls they are referred to the Avenidas • senior center. Lisa Hendrickson, working and raising their families. Session I: June 22-25 Session II: June 28-July 1 president of Avenidas, noted that For longtime residents like Beginners Day Camp for Boys and Girls: Advanced Resident/Day Camp for Boys seniors should not hesitate to con- Bayce and Miller, who have both June 14-17 Session I: June 19-22 • Session II: June 25-28 tact Avenidas no matter how small lived in Barron Park since 1964, • This camp is designed for boys and girls ages 10-14 • Designed to teach and improve experienced water their need or problem, but called the seniors group is reviving a with one year or less of water polo experience. polo players' individual skills. Camper should be 13 Barron Park’s neighbor-helping- sense of community that may have • Two water workouts each day. years or older and have at least two years of water neighbor program “wonderful.” diminished over the years. Barron • Learn individual ball handling skills and team polo experience. “Every neighborhood should do Park was a “real neighborhood” tactics. • Learn the latest team tactics being used in collegiate that,” she said. “There are a lot of back in the ‘60s, Miller said, but • Lunch provided. and international water polo. seniors in this community, and over the years people became a bit • Free camp t-shirt. • Special sessions for goalies, centers, center they need to look out for each more closed off. Now, they are defenders, and drivers. other. Especially seniors living opening up again. Camps led by Stanford Men's and Women's Water Polo • Daily scrimages. alone.” “We had to rediscover each Coaches and members of the Stanford Water Polo Teams. • Free camp t-shirt. According to the most recent other,” Miller said. ■ calculations done by Avenidas, Editorial intern Cross Missakian Registration is on a first come, first served basis. Sign up today at www.gostanford.com/camps Barron Park has the second-high- can be reached at cmissakian est concentration of residents over @paweekly.com. Page 12 • Wednesday, May 19, 2004 • Palo Alto Weekly Community Pulse A weekly compendium of vital statistics POLICE CALLS Driving without license ...... 11 Misdemeanor ...... 10 Hit and run ...... 2 Vandalism ...... 5 Palo Alto Theft from auto ...... 4 Warrant arrest ...... 3 May 6-12 Tow request ...... 8 Violence related East Palo Alto Vehicle accident/property damage ...... 4 May 6-12 Assault ...... 1 Alcohol or drug related Battery ...... 2 Violence related Drug activity ...... 3 Battery ...... 4 Rape ...... 1 Drunk in public ...... 1 Suicide ...... 1 Domestic violence ...... 7 Drunken driving ...... 1 Rape ...... 1 Theft related Possession of drugs ...... 1 Checks forgery ...... 1 Shooting into vehicle or dwelling ...... 1 Miscellaneous Theft related Commercial burglaries ...... 8 911 hang up ...... 1 Embezzlement ...... 1 Commercial burglaries ...... 4 Civil problem ...... 1 Forgery ...... 1 Grand theft ...... 6 Coroner’s case ...... 1 Identity theft ...... 1 Petty theft ...... 5 Disturbing/annoying phone calls ...... 1 Residential burglaries ...... 3 Petty theft ...... 6 Domestic disturbance ...... 1 Residential burglaries ...... 2 Theft undefined ...... 5 Found property ...... 1 Vehicle related Shoplifting ...... 4 Located missing person ...... 1 Vehicle related Auto theft ...... 16 Other/misc...... 1 Hit and run ...... 7 Abandoned bicycle ...... 3 Psychiatric hold ...... 1 Auto recovery ...... 1 Parking citation ...... 1 Resisting arrest ...... 1 Suspicious vehicle ...... 4 Auto theft ...... 2 Suspicious circumstances ...... 1 Bicycle stop ...... 2 Traffic stop ...... 8 Suspicious person ...... 1 Tow truck needed ...... 13 Driving w/suspended license ...... 2 Vandalism ...... 2 Hit and run ...... 1 Vehicle accident/property damage ...... 5 Violation of court order ...... 1 Alcohol or drug related Sale Misc. traffic ...... 2 Warrant arrest ...... 2 Theft from auto ...... 7 Drug related ...... 4 Vehicle accident/minor injury ...... 1 Atherton Drunken driving ...... 2 Vehicle accident/property damage . . . . .23 May 6-12 Miscellaneous Vehicle impound ...... 4 Theft related Assist other agency ...... 1 Vehicle stop ...... 6 Commercial burglaries ...... 1 Civil matter ...... 1 Vehicle tow ...... 3 Grand theft ...... 2 Disturbance ...... 4 Alcohol or drug related Petty theft ...... 1 Follow up ...... 2 Drunk in public ...... 4 Vehicle related Found property ...... 3 Drunken driving ...... 1 Auto theft ...... 1 Indecent exposure ...... 1 Possession of drugs ...... 2 Parking problem ...... 2 Info. case ...... 3 Underage drinking ...... 1 Suspicious vehicle ...... 7 Lost property ...... 8 Miscellaneous Vehicle accident/property damage ...... 1 Medical aid ...... 1 Animal call ...... 2 Vehicle code violation ...... 2 Meet citizen ...... 2 Construction ...... 3 Alcohol or drug related Missing person ...... 2 Coroner’s case ...... 1 Drunken driving ...... 3 Obscene/harassing phone calls ...... 2 Disturbing the peace ...... 1 Miscellaneous Other/misc...... 6 Found property ...... 2 911 hang up ...... 1 Psychiatric hold ...... 1 Lost property ...... 4 Animal call ...... 2 Restraining order violation ...... 1 Meet citizen ...... 2 Citizen assist ...... 1 Subject pursuit ...... 3 Misc. penal code violation ...... 1 Disturbance ...... 4 Subject stop ...... 9 Missing person ...... 6 Dumping complaint ...... 1 Terrorist threats ...... 1 Other/misc...... 4 Hazard ...... 1 Vandalism ...... 3 Psychiatric hold ...... 3 Medical aid ...... 3 Warrant arrest ...... 2 Resisting arrest ...... 1 Outside assistance ...... 3 Welfare check ...... 1 Suspicious circumstances ...... 3 Pedestrian check ...... 1 Suspicious person ...... 1 Suspicious circumstances ...... 1 VIOLENT CRIMES Suspicious person ...... 2 Terrorist threats ...... 1 Palo Alto Vandalism ...... 12 Town ordinance violation ...... 8 Unlisted location, 5/8, 9:04 a.m.; rape. Warrant arrest ...... 5 Tree down ...... 3 Welfare check ...... 6 500 block Alma Street, 5/9, 1:28 a.m., Warrant/other agency ...... 8 battery. Menlo Park Stanford 3400 block El Camino Real, 5/10, May 6-12 (data for May 10 unavailable) May 7-14 3:30 a.m.; assault. Violence related Theft related 300 block University Avenue, 5/10, Friday May 21, Noon to 7:00 pm and Battery ...... 1 Commercial burglaries ...... 2 12:41 p.m.; battery. Suicide ...... 1 Grand theft ...... 9 Unlisted location, 5/10, 3:29 p.m.; Saturday May 22, 11:00 am to 5:00 pm Theft related Petty theft ...... 20 suicide. Commercial burglaries ...... 3 Vehicle related Bicycle theft ...... 18 Menlo Park Fraud ...... 3 Unlisted block Alma Street, 5/11, 317 Montgomery St., San Francisco Theft from auto ...... 1 Petty theft ...... 8 12:01 p.m.; battery. 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Page 14 • Wednesday, May 19, 2004 • Palo Alto Weekly Santa Fe Opera Tour Transitions August 24-29, 2004 “Enriching learning experience Births, marriages and deaths 4 operas, air, hotel, reception, 2 dinners, opera lecture, for our millennium kids” backstage tour, museums, Daily after-school program (K-G8) 1-7pm • Chinese, Spanish, French sightseeing and many more Chess (ages 4-12) and Art (ages 4-12) • Chinese abacus/mental math special features. “Kids Leadership”(ages 7-12) starts mid-March! • Reading/Writing classes Deaths Escorted by Carol Price Rabin Now accepting enrollment for our highly flexible, “all-in-one” summer program! Births 650.322.7300 • www.4learningbee.com Wilbur Clark Jenny and Todd Freiermuth CREATIVE 855 El Camino Real, Bldg. 6 Wilbur (Bill) Clark, 89, former of Menlo Park, a son, April TRAVEL ARRANGERS Town & Country Village, Palo Alto owner of Wilby Optical Laborato- 27. Tel: (650) 854-4412 ry in Palo Alto and a 54-year resi- Elisabeth and John Muhler Fax: (650) 854-2102 Co-locate with Melody Academy of Music School dent of Menlo Park, died May 4. of Menlo Park, a son, May 4. Email: [email protected] He was born in New Britain, Lic. #CST 2040042 Conn., and moved to California in 1944 with his wife, Geraldine. For many years he was an optician. Jubilee. He opened Wilby Optical Labora- She remained dedicated to edu- tory at Town and Country Village cation, working for the Palo Alto in 1957 and sold it in 1974, retir- Unified School District adminis- ing at age 60. tration for several years and vol- ESTHETIC AND He was also a musician, playing unteering in literacy programs. A the saxophone and clarinet. He Despite being a polio survivor — GENERAL had a number of bands through- or perhaps because of it — she out the years. Some of his musi- was vitally active and engaged her DERMATOLOGY cians, still known as Bill Clark’s entire adult life. She enjoyed trav- Band, entertain once a month at eling, cooking and entertaining, the Veteran’s Affairs hospital in cultural events, gardening and Palo Alto. sailing with the Palo Alto Yacht He is survived by his wife, Club. LASER HAIR REMOVAL Geraldine, whom he married in She was a quintessential “mom” BOTOX • LASER VEIN THERAPY 1938. His ashes were sent to New and took great pride in her family LASER RESURFACING • COLLAGEN Britain, Conn., for burial. and home. AGE SPOT REMOVAL • OBAJI PEELS She is survived by three sons: PHYSICIAN DESIGNED SKIN CARE Stephen and his wife, Margery, of Menlo Park, Douglas of Palo CUSTOM BLEND MAKE UP William B. George Alto; and Kenneth, and his wife, William B. George, 95, a resi- Susan Wickstrom, and son, Grif- 10 YEARS EXPERIENCE dent of Los Altos, died May 3. fin, of Portland, Ore., as well as IN BOTOX INJECTIONS Born in Santa Clara on Oct. 2, their father, Arthur. 1908, he lived in the Bay Area his A private family memorial gath- entire life. He worked as a line- ering will be held. In lieu of flow- FREE OBAGI CONSULTATION man for the City of Palo Alto for ers, the family suggests donations 20 years. He also enjoyed garden- to Guide Dogs for the Blind. ing and traveling. JEAN GORDON, M.D. PH.D. He is survived by his wife of STANFORD-TRAINED, BOARD CERTIFIED more than 30 years, Juanita Bod- kin Harris of Palo Alto; a daugh- Nicholas Rose 2660 SOLACE PL.SUITE C. MTN.VIEW ter, Patricia Harris; a son, Donald Nicholas Rose, 82, a San Fran- 650.938.6559 George; a sister, Mildred Barr; cisco native and longtime resident stepdaughter, Marilyn Shannon; of Palo Alto, died April 29. stepson, Scott Harris; eight grand- He served in the U.S. Army and children and eight great-grand- was a past president of the Native children. Sons, Palo Alto Parlor 216. Services are private. Burial will He worked in many different be at Mission City Memorial Park capacities in many different fields in Santa Clara. throughout his career, but was re- tired. He enjoyed his time on the Board of Directors at the Steven- son House during his retirement. Lydia Morse He is survived by three chil- Engaging interactive session to share your thoughts and deepen your Lydia Ann Griffin Morse, 80, a dren, seven grandchildren, 18 knowledge on local impacts of Bush Administration policies. Topic longtime resident of Palo Alto, great-grandchildren and a cousin. specialist will share knowledge on toxic cleanups, forest policies affecting died May 13. He had many dear and close She was born in Oak Park, Ill., friends at the Stevenson House, our air and water. Learn how to engage others and what the Sierra Clubís and grew up in Piedmont, Calif., where he was known as “the May- strategy is to reach out locally and nationally. Learn skills and about graduating from Piedmont High or.” opportunities to participate in this effort. School and the University of Cal- He will be missed by all that ifornia, Berkeley. She taught at knew and loved him. Wildwood Elementary School in He requested that there be no 170 Commercial St., Securing Our Home Workshop Piedmont before moving to Palo services and that his ashes be Open dialogues on Bush Administration policies, local toxics and Alto in 1959 where she quickly scattered privately. forest protection affecting our air and water, and became involved in community activities while raising her fami- What We Can Do ly. She was a volunteer for several Guests Include: Director Center for Public Environmental Oversight, groups including the Palo Alto Lenny Siegel and Former Loma Prieta Chapter Chair, Rafael Reyes Historical Association, the La Monique’s Nail & Skin Care Salon League of Women Voters, Addi- May nd - son P.T.A. and the Cub Scouts. FREE Paraffin Wax TREATMENT Saturday 22 9:00 am 4:30 pm She was intensely involved in sev- w/pedicure or manicure Peninsula Conservation Center eral campaigns to preserve the 3921 E. Bayshore Rd. Palo Alto Professorville neighborhood, as 650-968-9901 • OPEN 7 DAYS/WEEK 10A.M. - 8P.M. well as planning the City of Palo 650 CASTRO ST., STE. 175 (ENTRANCE ON CHURCH ST. NEXT TO THE DRY CLEANERS) $10 donation sliding scale. Lunch served. Space limited RSVP by Alto’s 75th Anniversary Diamond May 21 to Karen Maki 650-390-8411, [email protected] Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, May 19, 2004 • Page 15 “Your baby has Chinese eyes,”

the 4-year-old ly said to Alexis Hamilton and her

adopted daughter. mi She peered some more and added, “You don’t have fa Chinese eyes.” e Alexis Hamilton serves food to her eldest adopted daughter, 9-year-old Lia Green (left) and an unnamed student at the Yew Chang Education Foundation campus in Mountain View. on , A growing number of dsparents who’ve adopted children from China seek orlto give not just home and love T w— but culture and language too wo story by Jocelyn Dong • photographs by Don Feria

lexis Hamilton and her then 18-month-old United States. up the country, however — a natural outgrowth of Chi- daughter Lia were playing in the Junior Muse- International adoption in the Bay Area, said one local na’s population-control policy that resulted in more A um and Zoo some years ago when a little girl adoption professional, has become almost mainstream. children being born than the Chinese government al- walked up. “It’s changed dramatically. More and more people are lowed families to keep. The girl looked quizzically at the mother and daughter. doing it. It’s become an accepted part of the culture,” Local numbers mirror the national trend. Bay Area “Your baby has Chinese eyes,” the 4-year-old said to said Andrea Stawicke, executive director of Bay Area Adoption Services, one of about a dozen Bay Area Hamilton. Adoption Services in Mountain View. agencies handling international adoptions, has placed She peered some more and added, “You don’t have But for all the joys adoptive parenting can bring, the 500 Chinese orphans in local homes since 1991. Chinese eyes.” trend has also produced its own set of challenges, chief It’s not just the availability of children that has Hamilton, who was taken aback for a minute, re- among them the question of how parents of one culture spurred this adoption trend, but also the increased will- sponded by explaining that Lia had been adopted from go about raising children born of another culture. And ingness of American families to consider international China. when that country is China, and the children are of a adoption as well as domestic. That scene, or one similar, no doubt rings a bell with different race, what responsibilities do parents have for Some say a climate of growing diversity makes the hundreds of families in the Bay Area. That’s because maintaining their children’s connections to the birth option more feasible — interracial families are more more and more singles and couples — like Hamilton country? accepted than they used to be. Others point to the wait- and her husband, Donald Green — have adopted chil- sk Los Altos Hills residents Amy Shantz, 10, ing period for China — up to 20 months — as some- dren from China in the past decade. and sister Amanda, 8, about their ethnic identi- times more favorable than a domestic adoption. They are riding a wave that began in the early 1990s A ty and they will say they’re Chinese American. Some would-be parents admit to a fear that birth and has yet to crest. Last year, nearly 6,900 Chinese “I was born in China, and my mom and dad are mothers in the United States will change their minds children were adopted into American families — more American,” Amy explained. and want to keep the children — and be supported by than any previous year. In 2001, one out of every four internationally adopted the courts in that quest. The phenomenon stems in part from policy changes children in the United States was born in China, the Still others cite an affinity for another culture, and in China that suddenly opened up new opportunities for leading country for foreign adoptions. It’s a far cry from their willingness to make it a part of their lives. adoptive families, as well as a growing acceptance of a decade earlier, when China allowed just 61 adoptions China has also been a viable choice for single par- Amanda Shantz, 8, takes Mandarin classes at Peninsula International School. Adopted by Caucasian parents with her sister, Amy, Shantz is exposed diversity and interracial families in some parts of the to the United States. An adoption law in 1992 opened (continued on page 18) to her native culture in an effort to give the child a sense of her cultural identity.

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PACIFIC ART LEAGUE Benefit Art Auction Saturday, June 5, 2004 7:30-10:30 p.m. Join the Pacific Art League for its second annual “off-the-wall” evening of fun and entertainment while supporting this long-time creative resource for the community and its artists. Enjoy wine, hors d’oeuvres, sweets, and music while viewing donated works of original fine art. NEW! This year there will be a live auction in addition to the silent auction! Preview from May 24-June 5 at the Art League. Don’t miss out! Get your tickets to buy original fine art and support the community programs of the Pacific Art League. Amy Shantz, 10, attends classes at the International School of the Peninsula. Tickets are limited. $25 advance, $35 at the door. was, they’ll become one of us.” ers took a more circumspect ap- Adoption However, research on the proach, weighing the benefits (continued from page 16) adopted Korean children, and and drawbacks of growing up in ents. At one point during the last writings by adoptees themselves, the United States versus South decade, one-third of the children have revealed that growing up as Korea. were being adopted by single the only Asian children in their Their experiences led profes- mothers and fathers, according to families — and sometimes home- sionals and families to take a 668 Ramona Street, Palo Alto the group Families with Children towns — was a far greater chal- hard look at the role of cultural For more information call (650) 321 3891 or visit from China. lenge than people expected. identity in fostering a resilient www.pacificartleague.org he current influx of Chi- “Many of us considered our- sense of self. nese orphans into the selves white trapped in Asian “As adoption support groups T United States isn’t the bodies,” wrote one Korean grew and parents talked to each country’s first experience with adoptee in a 1999 study conduct- other, there was an increasing raising Asian children. An earlier ed by the Evan B. Donaldson awareness of the need to honor generation of Asian adoptees, Adoption Institute in New York. the birth country and raise them now adults, came over after the The survey of 170 adoptees re- with knowledge of their birth Korean War. vealed many felt confused over culture,” Ng said. But the approach of today’s their identities. Growing up, Although Korean and Chinese parents differs markedly from more than a third considered cultures are not the same, adop- that of a generation ago. themselves white, rather than Ko- tions from both countries share Nancy Ng, a board member of rean/Asian, American, or Korean things in common, Ng said. Most the Palo Alto adoption-support American. By adulthood, the notably, the kids are “readily group Families Adopting in Re- numbers had reversed, with most identified as not being part of the sponse (FAIR), has studied the viewing themselves as adoptive family” when they’re 2nd Annual lives of Korean adoptees. Korean/Asian or Korean Ameri- adopted by Caucasians. “It was different in those days. can — although 11 percent still rmed with this knowl- Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce There was a strong sense of ‘res- thought of themselves as white. edge, parents of Chinese cue’ in adoption in those times The study also revealed the A adoptees have taken a (and) much less emphasis on pre- majority had sought out ways as zealous new approach to Golf Tournament serving the culture in the kids’ adults to learn about their her- raising their children. lives after adoption,” Ng said. itage, from joining Korean organ- (continued on page 19) Benefiting: “There was kind of a belief that, izations to studying the language. Palo Alto Foundation for Education (PAFE) if you love kids enough, every- Some Korean adoptees have thing would be fine. They’d written of their anger about their On the rise Monday, June 21, 2004 come and be Americans, and upbringing, expressing feelings China may have experienced the they would be fine. The mindset of isolation and alienation. Oth- largest adoption explosion over the PALO ALTO HILLS GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB past decade, but other countries have seen increases as well. In fact, 3000 Alexis Drive • Palo Alto, CA 94304 international adoptions as a whole have more than tripled since 1992, with 21,000 children brought from CORPORATE FOURSOME $1000 abroad to the United States in 2002, INDIVIDUAL GOLFER $250 per person according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Includes:: green fees, golf cart, BBQ lunch, Russia follows a close second to post-round reception, dinner, tee prizes, and awards. China in adoptions to the United States (4,900 adoptions), with South For additional information, please contact: Korea (1,700), Guatemala (2,400) Rick Hosea (650) 331-8332 or call (650) 324-3121 and Ukraine (1,100) rounding out the top five countries. War, poverty, and social upheaval have contributed to this trend, ac- cording to the Evan B. Donaldson Students study Mandarin at the International School of the Peninsula. The Adoption Institute in New York. ■ verse on the whiteboard is quoted from children’s verse about finding hap- — Jocelyn Dong piness in a mother’s embrace. Page 18 • Wednesday, May 19, 2004 • Palo Alto Weekly Cover Story

person to whom they’re talking. Adoption The girls call Chinese one of (continued from page 18) their favorite activities at school. Support groups have sprung Amy modestly said of her own up, through which parents ex- Chinese proficiency: “It’s not change ideas and share informa- Making connections bad, but not perfect.” tion. One group, called Families Parents say learning the Chi- Guatemalan group supports adopted kids, families with Children from China, counts nese language gives their chil- more than 3,000 families as dren tools to discover their iden- by Jocelyn Dong members and has chapters tities. t started out as an innocent wish of a mother. Julie throughout the country, including “There are some thoughts you Nicholson simply wanted her adopted Guatemalan one covering the south bay and can (only) express in Chinese,” I daughters to grow up with friends of similar back- Peninsula. Hamilton said. She’s sending her In Palo Alto, the nonprofit Par- grounds. adopted daughters to an immer- “I figured it would be helpful for them to learn about ents’ Place, run by Jewish Family sion school in Mountain View to and Children’s Services, hosts a help them “to feel who they are their identity — to have other children who have the same weekly playgroup for adopted and give them the language to experiences and same background,” said the Palo Alto children as a way for their par- express who they are.” mom. ents to connect. Simon believes the immersion So she started calling around to find a support group, As a result of services like program is equipping her girls to and what did she find? these, adoptive mothers and fa- understand not just their heritage, “Nothing,” she said. Julie Nicholson (center) receives a Mother’s Day gift thers have become advocates for but their identity as adopted chil- It struck her as a little odd, since parents of Chinese from her adopted daughter, Isabella. Nicholson a new philosophy of cultural cel- dren too. adoptees, by virtue of their large numbers, had formed sup- launched a support group for families who adopt from ebration, in spite of their own “It’s been a good decision on Isabella’s homeland, Guatemala. monochromatic upbringings. port groups aplenty. lots of levels,” she said. They’ll But Nicholson was not one to brood, and so she decided Hamilton, who recalled her “have what they need as they would have been traumatic for Hannah. childhood as “a world where grow up to deal with the fact to start a group herself, with the help of other adoptive par- everyone was white and lived in they’ve been adopted into a dif- ents. So instead, the family settled on adopting two girls from their own enclaves based on ferent culture and different na- “There was a huge need for it. It just needed momen- Guatemala: Isabella, 3, and Ana Sofia, 14 months. minute differences,” is a firm be- tion.” tum,” Nicholson said. “The No. 1 thing that led us to Guatemala was we decid- liever that racial identity matters. doptive parents’ efforts to Now a year and a half old, Bay Area Guatemalan Adop- ed whatever country we adopted from, we wanted to adopt Race, she said, “is fundamen- cultivate connections to tive Families — or “GuatAdopt” for short — includes 100 the culture as well,” said Nicholson, who grew up with a tal to who you are. (For a parent) A China don’t end with im- families. One Sunday every month, members come from all strong link to Latin culture in southern California. “The cul- to deny that is to undermine the mersion schools — not by a long over the Bay Area to hang out in a park. Other weeks of the tural piece made it for us.” relationship in some way.” shot. Today, Isabella attends a weekly Spanish preschool in Similarly, Amanda and Amy month, smaller playgroups get together. Enterprising parents have also Sometimes the organization goes on outings. Nicholson East Palo Alto with other children from Guatemala — Shantz’s mother, Jo Simon, grew started bilingual playgroups, led by which Nicholson also started — while Ana Sofia has play up on a dairy farm in West Vir- Chinese preschool teachers. enthusiastically talked about participating in Guatemalan ginia — a vastly different world They’ve taken family vacations to Independence Day in San Francisco’s Dolores Park, going dates with adopted kids. from the multicultural Bay Area. China, brought Mandarin-speaking to Spanish concerts in Berkeley and a recent party at the In addition, Nicholson speaks fluent Spanish to the girls. She espouses the advice that a babysitters into their lives and only Guatemalan restaurant in San Francisco, San Miguel. When they ride in the car, Spanish music blares from the social worker once gave: Recog- bought foreign-language books, They also travel back to Guatemala to visit their chil- speakers. nize racial differences, rather tapes and videos to play at home. dren’s foster families, and sometimes their birth families. Photos of their girls’ foster and birth families adorn their than sweeping them under the Jo Simon and Jon Shantz even (Birth mothers give their children to foster families rather home, along with colorful Guatemalan art. rug, and create a home environ- gave their girls Chinese names: than institutions.) Sometimes, her older adopted daughter does have ques- ment that values the culture from Amy’s — Shen Ren An — means tions about where she’s from. which her children were born. And recently, Nicholson met with the Guatemalan Con- “peaceful,” while Amanda’s — sulate General in San Francisco to establish links to the lo- “ ‘I grew in your tummy?’ “ Nicholson recalled Isabella ith tambourines jan- Shen Ren Yi — means “benevo- asking. gling and wood sticks lence.” cal community and learn about ways the group could help W plonking, second “The Chinese adopters are some- in Guatemala. No, Nicholson gently reminded her. Then Isabella re- graders at the International what different than the people who When Nicholson and her husband, David Shack, chose membered. School of the Peninsula practiced adopted even 15 years ago,” said to adopt from Guatemala, their decision — unlike for some “She proudly will say, ‘I’m from Guatemala,’ “ Nicholson their music lesson on a recent Nancy Ng, of FAIR. “They’re more couples — wasn’t motivated by infertility. In fact, they al- said. “And she has a big smile on her face.” Thursday morning. It sounded culturally aware as a group. They ready had one child, Hannah, biologically. Every year on the girls’ birthdays, Nicholson and Shack much like any elementary school have greater resources. ... There’s a Instead, it was an overall desire to adopt, plus Hannah’s tell each daughter the story of how she came to be part of in Palo Alto, save for one differ- lot of opportunities.” involvement, that led them to international adoption. the family. ence: When the students sang, Parents have also learned what Nicholson explained that the risk of working with a birth Adoption, Nicholson said, “feels so normal because it’s and their teacher gave directions, works and what doesn’t through tri- mother in the United States who could change her mind such a part of our life.” ■ it was all in Mandarin Chinese. al and error. When Amy was 4, Si- The International School, mon accompanied her to weekly where Amanda, Amy and a Chinese school, which met Friday “overkill.” tary school, partly because of Car- Chinese Education, a group advo- handful of other Chinese adopt- night and Saturday. It’s the type of In a way, this most recent trend is men’s preferences and partly for fi- cating for a Chinese immersion ed children are enrolled, runs a education Chinese immigrant fami- still a social experiment, because nancial reasons. program in the public school dis- Chinese immersion program that lies have been sending their chil- the most recent generation of chil- Now Carmen attends a weekly trict. teaches pre-kindergarteners dren to for years. dren has yet to mature. As in any after-school Chinese cultural class, She believes Eliza will gain from through eighth-graders the Man- But Simon and other adoptive educational effort, the children which Roberts said her daughter learning Chinese, citing the re- darin dialect and Chinese culture parents invariably found that venue themselves are a factor in the re- has “been lobbying to quit.” search on the benefits of bilingual and arts, along with standard ele- didn’t give their kids enough expo- sults. But Roberts is steadfast. education. mentary and middle-school cur- sure to the language, especially be- As dedicated as some parents are “She always has to do something Recently, Hamilton’s oldest riculum. cause none of the parents could re- in their quest to give their adopted (cultural). It could be dance or art. daughter, Lia, now 9, was asked to Established in 1996, the Chi- inforce the language by speaking it children culture and language, there From everything I hear, there’s so translate a discussion between two nese program is Silicon Valley’s at home. are kids — just as there were some much pressure in elementary and parents at her school — one spoke oldest Mandarin immersion pro- The adults interviewed for this Korean adoptees — who aren’t that middle school to conform and not only English and the other only gram and complements the story called their Chinese skills interested in their heritage. be different, but later on she’s going Mandarin. Lia passed with flying school’s French immersion pro- passable at best; some even said Terry Roberts, a single mom in to need to have culture and Chinese colors. gram, which began in 1979. wryly that their kids asked them not Palo Alto, said the cultural issue language. It just has to be there.” “The reality is, adoptive parent- The youngest students learn in to try. “has been an ongoing challenge” The whole bicultural life has ing is satisfying and wonderful and an environment where Mandarin s convinced as some for adopted 9-year-old daughter even had some unintended conse- different,” Hamilton said proudly. is spoken 80 percent of the time, adoptive parents are of the Carmen. quences, such as in Alexis Hamil- “Especially when it’s interracial.” ■ and English 20 percent. In ele- A rightness of giving their “My philosophy was: ‘Stuff in as ton’s family. She plans on sending Senior staff writer Jocelyn Dong mentary school, kids speak and kids a cultural foundation, not all much Chinese when she’s young her youngest daughter, Eliza, to can be reached at jdong@paweek- listen to Mandarin half the time. follow in the same path. A discus- and able to absorb it,’” said Chinese school. Only thing is, Eliza ly.com. By middle school, the Mandarin sion on the Internet forum Roberts, who studied Mandarin is her biological child, born after percentage drops to 30, as other Adopt.com last year ago yielded herself. older sisters Lia and Kialin were About the cover: subjects fill of the curriculum. vastly differing opinions on the val- Like other girls, Carmen attended adopted. Simon has been pleased with ue of cultivating an internationally Chinese playgroups and private “We chose to be a global family. Kialin Green, 5, takes a napkin her girls’ progress, noting they adopted child’s sense of heritage. bilingual preschool. After a few As a family, we have to move as a while mother Alexis Hamilton easily switch between English Some people encouraged it while years, however, Roberts transferred unit,” said Hamilton, who also looks on. Photo by Don Feria and Mandarin depending on the others called cultural classes Carmen to a local public elemen- serves on the board of Palo Alto

Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, May 19, 2004 • Page 19 Editorial Respect baylands park dedication Proposal for comprehensive Palo Alto recycling center needs scaling back, and adding a second site SpectrumEditorials, letters and opinions at end of San Antonio Road

he proposal to construct a $12 million, comprehensive “En- Watch it rise thanks to all who are helping “build ing a typical weekend, a teen dies in vironmental Services Center” — a fancy name for a full- Editor, the dream.” Watch it rise! a vehicle-collision every hour, on av- T service recycling center — on 19 acres adjacent to Palo On behalf of the Community Cap- Trina Lovercheck erage, and more than 45 percent of Alto’s sewage-treatment plant is visionary and progressive. ital Campaign for the Opportunity Co-chairman, Community these collisions are alcohol-related. But it’s too big and would be a major incursion on the city’s Center of the Midpeninsula, I would Capital Campaign Whatever Palo Alto’s actual num- 1965 park-dedication ordinance, which requires a citywide vote to like to express our appreciation to McGregor Way ber of teens at risk, the community release dedicated land for any non-park use — no matter how everyone who has contributed to the Palo Alto (students, parents, school faculty and green that use may be. success of our fundraising efforts. administrators, professionals, local The issue is to be considered tonight by the Policy & Services With sponsorship from the Palo Road awareness businesses and public-benefit organ- Committee of the City Council — where baylands preservationists Alto Weekly, an energetic group of Editor, izations) needs to be very concerned are expected to square off against “sustainability” and recycling volunteers and broad support from Since older students are the ones — and active in supporting programs advocates in a green-vs.-green standoff. the community, we have raised more more prone to using alcohol and oth- that educate teens to make wise deci- City officials supporting the full-blown center have marshaled than $1 million for the Community er drugs, it’s likely that many of sions about substance abuse and impressive arguments in its new staff report on the proposal, based Campaign, allowing us to reach this these are of driving-age. driving under the influence. on more than 30 years of city involvement in recycling, often in a goal in a timely manner. So, of the 900-plus Palo Alto teens In two programs at least, mentor- pioneering role. We have had remarkable support who drink in a typical month (per the students play an important part, On the face of it, it makes sense to designate the acreage adja- and contributions from all segments recent social-norming survey), how demonstrating how peer-influence cent to the treatment plant for such a “green” use, which would of the community — faiths, founda- many are driving under the influence can be very positive. First, (as at maximize the city’s return from sales of recycled materials and tions, government, individuals and and endangering the community — Menlo School and at Gunn High save more than $2 million over the main alternative: trucking the businesses and the City of Palo Alto, not just themselves, but also their School) the “Every 15 Minutes” pro- including the City Council, commis- passengers, other drivers, pedestrians gram — a two-day, detailed simula- city’s garbage to a processing plant in Sunnyvale. Berms and land- sions and staff. The project has re- and the like? tion of the traumatic aftermath of a scaping would be used to screen the operation from the future ceived unanimous approval from the The national statistics for teen recreational/open space area. Architectural Review Board up drinking and driving are grim: Dur- (continued on page 22) Palo Alto is part owner of the Sunnyvale Material Recovery through the City Council, in all the and Transfer (SMaRT) center, and already delivers about two votes necessary to approve it. thirds of its refuse there. When completed, this facility, de- YOUR TURN Doing nothing about its waste materials is not an option for signed by an award-winning archi- Palo Alto. Its landfill area is expected to reach capacity by 2011, tect, will offer support services and The Palo Alto Weekly encourages comments on our coverage or on issues of local despite the city’s aggressive, highly effective and in some cases lu- 89 units of housing for men, women interest. crative recycling efforts. Moreover, decisions must be made by and children, who are currently “un- What do you think? Should Palo Alto have shot the mountain early 2005 about the recycling center there now if the whole oper- housed” or in danger of becoming lion? ation moves. so. But the Baylands Master Plan calls for conversion of virtually It will also serve as a resource for all the 137-landfill site to park, recreation or open-space uses after the whole community as we address Letters: Address to Palo Alto Weekly, P.O. Box 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302, the dumping operation ends, adding it to the 1,500-acre Byxbee one of the most challenging social is- or hand-deliver to 703 High St., (at Forest Avenue), Palo Alto. Park — except for 3.5 acres kept for a small recycling operation. sues of today. Voice mail: (650) 326-8291 (then press 1) Jumping that number to 19 acres clearly would require a public On May 5, the Groundbreaking Fax: (650) 326-3928 vote on the matter. The benefits outlined in the staff report are Celebration for the Opportunity Cen- E-mail: [email protected] compelling, ranging from the point that the city’s contract with ter was held at the site on Encina Av- the Sunnyvale operation expires in 2021, and there is no guarantee enue in Palo Alto. Construction will start soon with completion scheduled No anonymous letters or “open letters” to other organizations or individuals will that that operation would maintain the high levels of recycling that for the end of 2005. be printed. Please provide your name, street address and daytime telephone Palo Alto has achieved. We who have worked to make this number. Please keep length to 250 words or less. We reserve the right to edit The scale of the Palo Alto landfill operation is staggering. Using much-needed facility for our fellow contributions for length and style and for factual errors known to us. the most recent totals available, in 2002, the city disposed of residents a reality, wish to extend our 78,272 tons of refuse — of which only 27,244 tons were kept in Palo Alto’s landfill. Nearly 39,000 tons went to the Kirby Canyon Landfill (in Coyote Valley south of San Jose) via Sunnyvale and more than 12,000 tons went to other landfills throughout Califor- nia. Moving the entire operation to Sunnyvale would mean that the 139,416 vehicles visiting the Palo Alto operation would need to travel the approximately 10 miles south to Sunnyvale for com- posting or recycling purposes. The SMaRT station began operation in 1993 on 10 acres as a partnership between Sunnyvale, Mountain View and Palo Alto — with Sunnyvale having ownership and op- erational control. The “Environmental Services Center” issue has all the makings of a major Palo Alto brouhaha, with emotion-laden polarization and political maneuverings. But the full-blown operation is not the only answer. There is a “reduced scale” alternative that could be built on six acres — with citywide voter approval and presumably a swap of land elsewhere for recreational/open space use — that would do virtually the same thing the full center would accomplish, minus the city composting and concrete/paving recycling aspects. Even those aspects might be transferable to a site at the end of San Antonio Road, the 13.26-acre site of the Los Altos Treatment Plant (prior to Palo Alto contracting to treat Los Altos sewage more than 30 years ago), which would leave land open for addi- tional recreation/open space uses there. In this alternative, the elements of Palo Alto’s forward-looking, far-reaching recycling efforts would remain in Palo Alto for the convenience of residents and for the assurance that they would be continued into the future.

Page 20 • Wednesday, May 19, 2004 • Palo Alto Weekly Board of Contributors The world is as dark as we allow it to be by Nancy McGaraghan

n May means to be human renders it in- publicans and Democrats — who 13, the conceivable to us at home. A ultimately bear the tangible and OSan sense of shame and disbelief set- “It is like walking into the post office and intangible costs of this war, to Francisco tles over the American people. seeing your own face on the wall,” a friend know our country’s goals and in- Chronicle “It is like walking into the post sist that our leaders move us to- wrote: “In office and seeing your own face said of the prisoner-abuse images. ward those goals. the second on the wall,” a friend said of the There are two beliefs I cling to, half of the prisoner-abuse images. as the fast-breaking news of 20th century, Battle lines that were difficult to events in Iraq seems to be bring- the world be- define at the beginning of our I went to one of my favorite lifeline that connects us to one an- ing this conflict to a turning point. came, quite presence in Iraq are now unrecog- downtown coffee shops one morn- other, polluting our common hu- First, I believe that as human be- literally, a darker place.” nizable. Our own people have in- ing last week. The owner is a gen- manity. ings, all of us are better than what This article, tucked into the cor- flicted wounds on our national tle, soft-spoken Iranian. On other It has been said that we entered we are seeing on TV and in our ner of the front page, seemed to re- and individual pride from which it days he and I would enjoy a this conflict without a game plan news media. None of us were late to the shocking headlines com- might be as hard to recover as any friendly exchange about our fami- that would see us through to the meant to engage in such pathetic, ing out of Iraq about actions so damage the Iraqis or terrorists lies, our plans or the struggles of end. We still do not have such a degrading acts. devoid of human sensibilities that have done to us, or anything the downtown merchants. Both of plan. Our guidelines thus far have Second, I believe that darkness they are impossible for us to under- heretofore we have done to them. us are amateur students of reli- come from the single imperative: is not necessarily a bad thing. It is stand. The photographs evoke im- What is more, God is being gion. He once gave me a book of We will conquer the Enemy. not the end. If the darkness is a ages of darker times and places. dragged into this godless battle — Sufi poetry, and I gave him my fa- If the recent unfolding of abuses time when we no longer recognize But the warning about “global as if God could possibly carry the vorite collection from the Christ- at Abu Ghraib and the terrorists’ ourselves, a time of not knowing dimming” did not refer to the situ- banner for either of these arrogant ian mystics. retaliation can be said to serve any who or what we are, then in that ation in Iraq, simply to air pollu- strategies. But that morning last week was purpose at all, perhaps it is to time we also know our need for a tion. The ironic juxtaposition was We can ask ourselves and our not like others. There was a ten- show all people that there is not a transformation that enlightens us not wasted. leaders how and why these things sion between us. A copy of the single enemy “out there” — that once again. The images of prisoners at Abu happened. In the end, the real an- newspaper with President Bush’s we can become our own enemy. Above all, this is a time to take Ghraib being abused by American swers will not be found in the picture lay on the counter. Both of As Americans, maybe we are fi- a deep breath and believe in who soldiers, as well as the beheading documented testimony of individ- us were too upset in view of the nally ready to insist that the terms we know we are meant to be. ■ of a U.S. civilian by terrorists, uals. While details are important, mounting stakes in Iraq to ex- of our engagement with Iraq need Nancy McGaraghan is a mem- cast a dark shadow over the soul this is truly a case of the whole change pleasantries, and too con- to be spelled out precisely, and ber of the Weekly’s Board of of our collective humanity. being bigger than the sum of the fused to comment on the war. then to hold our leaders account- Contributors, and a teacher and Victim and perpetrator have be- parts. Each of us was offended and able for living by their own rules. board member at Gracenter. She come one in this combat, in which And the impact is as local as a embarrassed. This war is infecting Perhaps now we can begin to ex- can be e-mailed at chezmcg@ a total lack of respect for what it cup of morning coffee. our hearts and closing down the ercise our rights as citizens — Re- hotmail.com. Streetwise If a total stranger approached you on the street and offered you a hug, would you accept? Interviews by Cross Missakian. Photographs by Amy Pierre. Asked on University Avenue and Forest Avenue in Palo Alto.

Rita Carpenter Given Hartley Jeff Poon Nishi Rajakaruna Jess Perez Student Student Investment banking associate Researcher Student Cowper Street, Palo Alto Lotus Way, East Palo Alto Cork Harbor Circle, Redwood Shores Forest Avenue, Palo Alto California Street, Mountain View “It probably depends on if I felt safe or “It depends on where I’m at, and what “It would depend on whether or not the “Yeah, I guess I would. I guess I’m just “It depends on how hot he or she is.” not.” the person looked like.” person was dirty.” a friendly person.”

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fatal drunk-driving collision involv- ing teens. Second, the Safe Ride program, sponsored by the Palo Alto Area Red Cross, and (on weekend nights) pro- viding free and confidential rides home for impaired drivers and their Fresh would-be passengers. Student volun- teers from local high schools are “bloomers” needed — qualified students to drive and jewelry Safe Ride vehicles and others to nav- igate or answer phones at the base- have arrived station. Adult volunteers are also at needed, as advisors. Janet Gardiner Kipling Street Palo Alto Use the garages Editor, Why did Palo Altans spend mil- 640 Waverley St lions on new downtown parking Palo Alto garages if the restaurant valets are (between Hamilton & Forest) going to use the public streets? 650.322.2519 Last Sunday, while a friend and I were walking to dinner, we saw a M-F 10:30-5:00 uniformed valet park a black SUV Sat 10-4 on Emerson Street at Everett Av- enue. He ran back on Emerson and we followed him to the Mandarin Gourmet Restaurant. Uncompromising When I asked him why he did not use the new garages, the valet said that when business is slow they park Quality, Signature cars in the neighborhood. With seven floors for parking, (five up and two basement levels) at the JJ&F Service Bryant Street and Lytton Avenue garage, I am shocked that downtown “Family Owned & Operated Since 1948” businesses — who called for more parking options — are not using the new garages. Brown Cow Steve Frankel Bing Cherries Tuscan Bryant Court Whole Milk Palo Alto Tenderloin CTF supporter Yogurt (Great for BBQ) Editor, Assorted flavors Thank you for the beautifully writ- ten and illustrated article (May 12) on the Cardiac Therapy Foundation (CTF) of the Midpeninsula. Follow- .99 .99 ing mitral-valve repair at Stanford 1/2 nearly eight years ago, my cardiolo- lb lb gist at the Palo Alto Medical Foun- pt $2 $8 dation referred me to CTF. 79¢ This program rehabilitated me and keeps me fit and active. FRESH PRODUCE GROCERY Readers may be interested in Kettle Krisps Lowfat Potato Chips ...... $2.99 knowing that couples receive a sub- California Cantaloupe ...... 49¢ lb Gourmet baked. All varieties. 4 oz. bag stantial discount in the monthly cost, even more when one spouse comes Nectarines & Peaches ...... $1.99 lb Sticky Fingers Bakeries English Scones Mix . . . .$3.99 only for exercise and support but Just add water & bake. 15 oz. pkg. All varieties does not require medical supervi- Vidalia Onions 2lb bag ...... $1.49 Whole Grain Natural Bread Co...... $3.29 sion. Assorted loaves to choose from 2 lb. sliced loaf I encourage those interested to call CTF at (650) 494-1300, or check the White Corn ...... 3/99¢ Equal Exchange Fairly Traded Gourmet Web site, www.cardiactherapy.org. Coffee Beans Regular, Decaf & Organic beans ...... $7.49lb Peter Sylvester Cucumbers ...... 2/99¢ Kingsley Avenue Freschetta The Frozen Pizza That Rises When You Palo Alto MEAT, POULTRY, SEAFOOD Bake It. Pepperoni or Supreme. 28 oz...... $5.99 Sensational skating Featuring USDA Prime Harris Ranch “Natural Beef.” BEER & WINE SPECIALS Editor, Beck’s Beer from Germany ...... $6.99 + C.R.V. Thanks to the Winter Lodge for No artificial ingredients. 6 pk. 12 oz. bottle another outstanding season of com- munity ice skating. Audubon Cellars 2001 Chardonnay ...... $8.99 + C.R.V. Lean Platter Style Bacon ...... $4.99 lb The annual spring show featured Sangiacomo Vineyards Carneros. 750 ml ...... $105.50 case skaters of all ages and abilities and Pascual Toso 2003 Sauvignon Blanc . . . .$8.99 + C.R.V. was once again a wonderful celebra- JJ&F Hot BBQ chickens ...... $3.99 lb tion of community. We are so fortu- From Argentina. 750 ml ...... $105.50 case nate that the community (with lead- USDA Choice Boneless Cross Rib Roast . .$4.99 lb Diamond Oaks 2002 Pinot Noir ...... $17.99 + C.R.V. ership from now councilman Jack Carneros. 750 ml ...... $205.50 case Morton) came together to save this asset in the 1980s. 520 College Avenue, Palo Alto • (650) 857-0901 Prices good 5/19/04 through 5/25/04 (continued on page 24) Page 22 • Wednesday, May 19, 2004 • Palo Alto Weekly Spectrum Guest Opinion ‘Fiber to the home’ utility — boon or boondoggle? by Richard C. Placone

ave we So how has Palo Alto managed fore its time or unneeded. tively .... There have been numerous Palo Alto needs to reorder its fi- citizens the services for which it primarily The city’s reports make it seem as bankruptcies and other financial dif- nances before it begins anything as Hlost a exists? The city has not developed if a fiber-based utility will be a slam- ficulties experienced by other carri- costly and risky as a fiber utility. sense of what or maintained its existing infrastruc- dunk operation. It will not be. Take a ers and suppliers in the telecommu- The city employs twice the number the purpose ture: the Children’s Library has been look of what one Northern Califor- nications and Internet sectors.” of non-utility staff per 1,000 resi- of our local neglected for 60 years; citizens re- nia telecommunications company Consultants and city staff have not dents than Menlo Park, Mt. View or government jected a fee to improve the aging recently said about its proposal to conducted this kind of disclosure Fremont. Palo Alto spends about is? Contem- storm-drain system; the police de- expand its services: analysis. The city’s financial future $2,000 per citizen on non utility plating the partment is hindered by lack of “We expect to continue to face is unstable, and the city faces severe services compared to around $900 “fiber to the space; citizens complain that road- significant competition in all parts deficits. The main source of rev- per citizen in Mountain View and home” utility ways and sidewalks are deteriorat- of our business ... [which] is expect- enue, the retail sales tax, has been Menlo Park— yet the City Auditor’s proposal, I am beginning to think we ing and have become dangerous in ed to intensify. We face actual or po- depressed for two years. The city’s report cannot show superior services have. places; the long-planned under- tential competition from many exist- rich retirement program will soon to justify this. This country was founded on the grounding of utility lines is decades ing and emerging companies, add $5 million to $6 million per year One council member recently de- premise that government exists to behind schedule; El Camino Real including other incumbent and com- to the operating budget. The State, clared that the city needed to exam- serve the people where the people has deteriorated; the planning petitive local telephone companies, faced with multi-billion-dollar ine its basic financial structure. Yet and their private enterprises cannot process has been criticized by the long-distance carriers and resellers, deficits, can be expected to shift little has been done to date. better serve themselves. city auditor. wireless telephone companies, Inter- money from the cities and the coun- When the City Council and staff Government should not compete Shouldn’t these services be net service providers, satellite com- ties and to cut services upon which learn how to bring these data into with the businesses of its citizens. brought up to snuff before we take panies and cable television compa- the local agencies depend. line with other well-run cities, then Palo Alto should confine itself pri- on a new, costly and nonessential nies. Installing a fiber-utility service is we will likely have cash to pay for marily to providing services: li- business that comes with high risk “We may not be able to success- said to cost $40 million. However, if these frill projects. Meanwhile, I am braries, public safety, roadways, of failure? fully anticipate and respond to vari- financed by a sale of bonds, we can prepared to let the telecommunica- zoning and planning, parks, and so- The telecommunications business ous competitive factors affecting the expect to pay from $60 million to tion companies fight for my busi- cial issues important to the general is risky, rapidly evolving and expen- industry....We face intense competi- $100 million — depending on inter- ness at no risk to the community. welfare. Provision of utilities, sive to establish. Telecommunica- tion ... for long-distance, Internet ac- est rates and the term of the bonds. We are well served now, and from while critical, should be restricted to tions is not a utility. It is a service cess and other ancillary services ... The fiber-utility plan contemplates all that I have been reading, we will electricity, gas, water, sewage and that can be and is being provided by important to our business and ... adding 22 full-time employees to the be even better served in the next few trash disposal. By their nature these a variety of businesses, with some growth strategy.... city payroll. Marketing, mainte- years. We don’t need fiber to the services are monopolistic and as regulation, thus ensuring competi- “Technological developments nance and development costs are not home! ■ such are regulated by agencies like tion, innovation and readily avail- could increase our costs and cause a included or even known at this time. Richard Placone is a 42-year res- the Public Utilities Commission. able service. decline in demand for our services. Can we say with any degree of ident of Palo Alto and is a longtime Citizens need to be aware that city- Palo Alto residents today are well ... We [must] replace or upgrade certainty that fiber revenue will cov- observer of and participant in com- owned utilities are not subject to in- served. Innovations on the horizon technology and equipment that be- er capital and operating costs before munity affairs. He can be e-mailed dependent regulatory control. may make fiber either obsolete be- comes obsolete ... to compete effec- the system becomes obsolete? at [email protected]. STANFORD BOOKSTORE AUTHOR EVENTS

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(continued from page 22) Executive Director Linda Steb- bins Jensen and her staff and vol- unteers deserve a standing ovation. Here’s to generations of future skaters. Megan Swezey Fogarty Bryant Street Palo Alto Shallow swim story Editor, It amazes me how Keith Peters’ summary of the SCVAL swim championships (“Depth makes dif- ference in league titles,” May 12) eluded the simple facts at every turn. Simply put, the Gunn High School Boys Swim Teams won it. Mr. Peters goes to great lengths to rewrite the outcome, belittling this about Gunn and discrediting that about Gunn, as if it were extremely painful for him to commit the truth to paper. Palo Alto has two high schools. While he celebrated the Paly girls’ incredible outcome, why couldn’t he do the same for the Gunn boys’ victory? Why the moaning and excuses and not boasting from Mr. Peters about our Gunn varsity and junior varsity boys? Biased sports writing has no place in this small town. Jane Moss Ferne Avenue Palo Alto Heroic or horrific? ❝ Editor, If you want to know what's Why is it that we are shocked and ashamed when our soldiers (and contractors) take photos of one an- other humiliating and abusing pris- happening in your hometown, oners of war, and yet we are not equally dismayed when our own soldiers use advanced technology ❞ to maim and kill Iraqis, destroying you need to pick up the Weekly. their homes, schools, government, commercial, water, electrical and — Peter Katz, Director of Marketing & Communications, sanitary systems? Is it worse to torture in person Stanford Lively Arts than to inflict suffering remotely and anonymously through weapons, bombs and military cam- paigns of shock and awe? Which soldiers are heroes? Which are de- ith performances that reflect the cultures, dance, In comparing the Weekly to other area newspapers, Katz praved? and music of the world, Lively Arts attracts audi- feels the Weekly has “superb content that is both newswor- Millions of Americans and other ences as diverse as the communities it serves. thy and locally significant, ads that are tastefully and people around the world begged W President Bush to refrain from go- Over 85% of its patrons come from within a 10 mile thoughtfully presented in a clear and uncluttered layout, all ing to war against the people of Iraq. Have we really won more na- radius of the university, and are quite sensitive to local while maintaining journalistic integrity.” tional security by spending billions affairs. “We do independent surveys of our audience and “As a family, we read the Weekly fairly thoroughly when- of our national treasury and turning our young men and women into we find that nearly all our off-campus patrons read the ever it arrives. As an advertiser, again the relationship is killers and destroyers? Weekly and take action based on what they read,” says strong. I feel well-serviced and cared for.” While searching for weapons of mass destruction, we leave depleted Katz. “I use the Weekly to stay current on local issues and uranium, unexploded ordnance and “Readers trust the Weekly to provide them with news that affairs, and find out what events are happening in and civic chaos in our wake. Sanctions had contained Saddam is relevant to their daily lives. Advertising in the Weekly around my neighborhood. With its level of specificity, I Hussein. Perhaps international means that our ads will be seen by the people we want to simply can't find this kind of information anywhere else. shame will constrain President Bush and cause him to turn from reach most, and that information about Lively Arts will be If you want to know what's happening in your hometown, you his path of vengeance and instead presented in the most favorable environment possible.” need to pick up the Weekly.” pursue mercy and loving kindness. It is well past time to withdraw from Iraq, to make reparations and to turn over the rebuilding process to the nations of the world, begging them forgiveness. Marianna Grossman Keller Corina Way Insightful Coverage of Our Community Palo Alto

Page 24 • Wednesday, May 19, 2004 • Palo Alto Weekly Sports NCAA TENNIS Shorts Stanford likes STILL FLYING . . . Stanford grad its advantage Toby Stevenson continues to shake up the track and field world with his high-flying exploits in the Local sports news and schedules, in tournament men’s pole vault. One week after Sportsedited by Keith Peters raising the bar to a world-leading 19-8 1/4 in Modesto, Stevenson Undefeated Cardinal women use nearly matched that effort by clear- No. 2 seed for underdog role ing 19-6 to win the fifth Sky Invita- tional on Saturday in Phoenix, Ariz. by Keith Peters Stevenson took two decent at- tempts at 19-9 1/2, which would t was a little surprising when the seeds were handed have broken the American record of out for the NCAA women’s tennis tournament, and 19-9 1/4 by Jeff Hartwig in 2000. IStanford was given a No. 2. In the women’s vault competition, A No. 2? This, after all, was the No. 1-ranked team in Jillian Schwartz and American the country. An undefeated team. A squad with the de- recordholder and Olympic champi- fending NCAA singles champion. A team with the No. on Stacy Dragila both cleared 15- 1 doubles tandem in the nation. 1 1/2, with Schwartz declared the Second-ranked Florida, meanwhile, was awarded the winner on fewer misses. It was a No. 1 seed. What gives? personal record for Schwartz. All “I think we were happy with that seeding because all four vaulters will be competing at of us really feel like pressure is taken off,” said Stan- Stanford on May 31 for the Payton ford sophomore Amber Liu, who won the NCAA sin- Jordan U.S. Open. The elite field for gles crown last season. “First of all, they (Florida) are the IAAF Grand II meet, a stop on the defending champion as a team, so they’re going to the USATF Golden Spike Tour, in- have all the pressure on them.” cludes defending world champion Liu sees that, along with Florida’s rivalry with Geor- Allen Johnson in the 110 high hur- gia, as working in Stanford’s favor heading into the dles; former world recordholder Round of 16 on Thursday at the University of Georgia. Maurice Greene in the men’s 100; “Florida’s got some rivalry with Georgia,” Liu said. world-ranked Torri Edwards and “If we play Florida in the final, they (Georgia fans) are Allyson Felix in the women’s 200; going to be on our side.” Olympians John Godina and Adam Stanford (25-0) will play Kentucky on Thursday. The Nelson in the men’s shot put; and Cardinal is favored to advance, likely taking on Duke American recordholder Suzy Powell on Friday. The semifinals on Saturday could hold Geor- in the women’s discus. The meet gia or Vanderbilt, with Florida likely awaiting in Sun- will be televised by ESPN2 and day’s title match. shown on a tape-delayed basis on Both Stanford and Florida enter the Sweet 16 unde- Tuesday, June 1 from 6-7 p.m. feated. Liu, however, sees the favorite’s role possibly (PDT). A free Youth Clinic will be weighing on the Gators, who posted a 4-3 win over the held at the track beginning at 10 Cardinal in last season’s title match. a.m. All the participants, 14 and un- Keith Peters “We’re kind of the underdog,” Liu said. “It’s kind of der, will receive a general admission easier . . . takes the pressure off. We can go in there a ticket. The meet is named in honor little looser.” of former Stanford track and field Stanford tuned up for the final four matches by blanking Quinnipiac and Michigan by 4-0 scores last coach Payton Jordan, who Stanford’s No. 1 doubles tandem of junior Erin Burdette (serving) and senior Lauren brought the 1960 U.S. Olympic Tri- Barnikow head into Thursday’s NCAA Round of 16 match still ranked No. 1 in the country. als and the famed 1962 U.S.- (continued on page 27) U.S.S.R. track meet to Stanford. Tickets for the Memorial Day event are $35 for reserved seating and NCAA SOFTBALL PREP ROUNDUP $15 for general admission, and can be purchased by phone at 1-800- Stanford opens Palo Alto, Menlo STANFORD or in person at Stan- ford Athletic Department Ticket Of- fice, Gate 2, at Stanford Stadium. regional play and SHP are set

OF LOCAL NOTE . . . The Palo Alto as a No. 1 seed for CCS baseball Tomahawks posted a 10-7 victory over Bella Vista High in Sacramento by Rick Eymer by Keith Peters to win the NorCal Junior Lacrosse Association (NCJLA) playoff title. he Stanford softball team received a No. 1 ete Colombo is hoping his defensive- Palo Alto now advances to the seed and will host Utah in the first round of minded team shows up. Craig Schoof is State Championships in Santa Bar- T the Stanford regional on Thursday at 5:30 Phoping to break a jinx. Ray McDonald is bara, where the Tomahawks will p.m. just hoping to be consistent. play Thatcher on Saturday. Stanford, which won two of three games over If all three baseball coaches get their wish, the weekend to finish second in the Pac-10, was the Palo Alto, Menlo and Sacred Heart Prep one of five conference schools to receive a top baseball teams will advance past their opening ON THE AIR seed among the eight regionals to be held this games in the Central Coast Section playoffs. weekend. Each regional winner advances to the Palo Alto (18-9) is the No. 6 seed in the Divi- Friday Women’s College World Series in Oklahoma City sion I tournament and opens Wednesday at College baseball: USC at Stanford, beginning May 27. home against No. 11 Leigh (16-14) at 4 p.m. A 6 p.m., KZSU (90.1 FM) Seventh-ranked Stanford (13-8, 43-16) is seek- victory will earn the Vikings a shot at No. 3 St. Prep sports: High School Sports ing its second trip to the World Series, and its first Focus, 11 p.m., KICU (6); rebroadcast Francis (28-2) on Saturday at San Jose’s PAL Sunday at 4:30 p.m. since 2001. Stadium at 10 a.m. Saturday The second-place finish is Stanford’s best ever Colombo saw two different Paly teams last College baseball: USC at Stanford, in conference play. week. One squad committed eight errors that 1 p.m., KZSU (90.1 FM) Auburn, Fresno State, Pacific, Southern Missis- accounted for 12 unearned runs in a 15-8 loss to

Sunday sippi and Southern Illinois are also competing in Keith Peters Los Altos. That forced a must-win game against College baseball: USC at Stanford, the Stanford regional, with action beginning at 10 third-place Los Gatos on Friday. The Vikings 1 p.m., KZSU (90.1 FM) a.m. Thursday and continuing through an 8 p.m. did commit three errors, but jumped to a quick Prep sports: Cal-Hi Sports Bay elimination game. 6-0 lead after three innings and held on for a 6- Area, 4:30 p.m., KRON (4); rebroadcast Regional play continues through Sunday’s 1 4 win behind David Stringer’s complete-game Monday, 7 p.m., Fox Sports Net p.m. championship game. David Stringer pitched Paly to second place in victory. the De Anza Division. (continued on page 26) (continued on page 29) Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, May 19, 2004 • Page 25 Sports

SCOREBOARD BASEBALL hassee, Fla. Sage (Stanford) 3:44.03; 3, Aragon (UCLA) College Oregon State vs. Bowling Green at Ann 3:44.16. Pac-10 Conference Arbor, Mich. 5,000 - 1, Cheseret (UA) 14:09.37; 2, (overall) Washington vs. Chattanooga at Athens, Dobson (Stanford) 14:10.44; 3, Luchini WL W L Ga. (Stanford) 14:14.30. Stanford 12 6 39 10 Last Friday 110 hurdles - 1, Mitchum (UO) 13.62; 2, Golston (UCLA) 13.79; 3, Ikwuakor (UO) Washington 14 7 32 16 Stanford 000 000 0 — 0 3 0 Oregon 000 010 x — 1 4 0 14.62. UCLA 10 8 29 24 Sorensen and Allister. Nyhus and Poore. 400 - 1, Johnson (UCLA) 48.85; 2, Arizona St. 10 8 35 13 WP — Nyhus (21-11). LP — Sorensen (26- Williams (UCLA) 50.22; 3, Wright (Cal) Arizona 9 9 27 21 9). 50.35. USC 8 10 22 27 2B - Sickler (S); Poore (O). 400 relay - 1, Arizona State 38.97; 2, Oregon St. 7 11 27 18 Saturday USC 39.46; 3, Washington State 39.73; 4, Stanford 000 010 1 — 2 7 1 Stanford 40.26. California 8 13 24 29 Oregon State 000 000 0 — 0 1 1 1,600 relay - 1, Arizona State 3:01.26; 2, Washington St. 6 12 26 22 Sorensen and Allister. McGowan, McEl- Oregon 3:03.49; 3, UCLA 3:03.79. 6, Stan- Wednesday’s games roy (5) and Allen. WP - Sorensen (27-9). LP ford 3:07.53. - McGowan (10-6). Arizona State at New Mexico State High jump - 1, Wilburn (Cal) 7-3 1/4; 2, HR - Allister (S). 2 hits - Lappin, Allister Washington State at Lewis-Clark State Williams (USC) 7-2 1/4; 3, Glasgow (Cal) 7- (S). 1. Friday’s games Stanford 000 023 2 — 7 8 0 USC at Stanford, 6 p.m. Oregon State 200 000 0 — 2 7 2 Triple jump - 1, Simms (USC) 53-5; 2, Giron (Cal) 52-10; 3, Harrison (UA) 50-11. 6, Arizona State at Arizona Severson, Sorensen (5) and Allister. Hoff- man, DuBois (7) and Allen, Iapala (6). WP - Welch (Stanford) 50-2 3/4. Oregon State at Washington State Sorensen (28-9). LP - Hoffman (19-16). Discus - 1, Ames (UCLA) 185-11; 2, UCLA at Washington HR - Allister 2 (S). 2B - Lappin (S); Alo, Kuehl (UA) 183-2; 3, Williams (Cal) 173-0. Saturday’s games McGowan (OSU). 2 hits - Morris, Lappin, Al- 11, O’Neil (Stanford) 152-0. USC at Stanford, 1 p.m. lister (S); Longfellow, Alo (OSU). 4 RBI - Al- Hammer - 1, Ames (UCLA) 210-8; 2, lister (S). 2 RBI - Lappin; Alo (OSU). Arizona State at Arizona Murray (USC) 206-3; 3, Bingisser (UW) 199- 10. Oregon State at Washington State MEN’S TENNIS NCAA Team Tournament Pole vault - 1, Skipper (UO) 18-3 1-4; 2, UCLA at Washington First round Yoo (UCLA) 17-7 1/4; 3, Chappell (UA) 17-3 Gonzalesphoto.com Saturday At Stanford 4, Pacific 0 1/2. Stanford 124 111 001 — 11 13 1 Singles - Warburg (S) d. Maack, 6-3, 6-2; Long jump - 1, Armon (UCLA) 25-10; 2, Arizona 510 000 012 — 9 9 3 Corkery (S) d. Sigurdsson, 6-1, 6-1; Sheng Quinley (ASU) 25-4; 3, Serrette (USC) 24-9 Romanczuk, Holler (6), O’Hagan (8) and (S) vs. Duong, 6-2, 4-4 (DNF); Pade (S) vs. 1/4. Lucy. Kolberg, Melancon (5) and Mercado. Zdravkovic, 6-4, 4-4; Morris (S) d. Otte, 6-1, Shot put - 1, Ames (UCLA) 65-0; 2, Sil- WP - Romanczuk (10-1). LP - Kolberg (7-5). 6-2; Rasmussen (S) vs. Black, 6-3, 5-4. Sv - O’Hagan (6). verman (UCLA) 63-6; 3, Williams (Cal) 62-5 Doubles - Morris-Warburg (S) d. Maack- 3/4. HR — Lewis (S). 3B — Hall (S); Van Otte, 8-2; Corkery-Sheng (S) d. Duong- In addition to being solid behind the plate, Stanford senior catcher Jes- Houten (A). 2B — Hall(S); Mercado, Crowe Zdravkovic, 8-3; Pade-Wan (S) vs. Black- Javelin - 1, Wagner (UA) 233-4; 2, Jenk- sica Allister is hitting .341 for the Cardinal this season. (A). 3 hits - Putnam (S); Mercado (A). 2 hits - Sigurdsson, 5-5 (DNF). ins (UO) 227-4; 3, Borland (WSU) 222-0. Lowrie, Hall (S); Van Houten, Donald (A). 3 Records: Stanford 17-7; Pacific 15-10 WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD RBI - Hall (S); Crowe, Donald (A). 2 RBI - Pac-10 Championships son, trailing Jackie Rinehart (.351) Second round NCAA softball Carter, Lewis (S). at Tucson, Ariz. and Lauren Lappin (.347). At Stanford 4, Washington 2 (continued from page 25) Sunday Team scores - 1, UCLA 174.50; 2, Stan- Oregon State took a 2-0 lead in Singles - Warburg (S) d. Vlaski, 6-3, 6-2; Stanford 024 310 026 — 18 19 0 ford 153; 3, USC 111; 4, Arizona State 97; The Cardinal concluded their reg- the first inning against starter Laura Corkery (S) d. Slovic, 6-3, 6-2; Wan (S) vs. Arizona 114 110 434 — 19 23 2 5, California 69; 6, Washington 67; 7, Ore- ular season with a doubleheader Severson, who then shut down the Gilmore, Quick (4), Stimpson (7), Manship Chu, 3-6, 6-3, 4-1 (DNF); Palmanshofer (W) d. Sheng, 6-1, 7-6; Pade (S) d. Scharler, 3- gon 59; 8, Washington State 45.50; 9, Ari- sweep of host Oregon State on Sat- Beavers until Sorenson took over in (8), Jecmen (8), O’Hagan (9) and Lucy. zona 42. Guyette, Jarrett (4), Burns (8), Rodriguez (9) 6, 6-2, 7-5; Morris (S) d. Weiss, 6-4, 6-4. urday, 2-0 and 7-2. Senior pitcher the fifth. 100 - 1, Powell (USC) 11.32; 2, Roseby and Mercado. WP - Rodriguez (1-2). LP - Doubles - Morris-Warburg (S) d. Vlaski- (UCLA) 11.52; 3, Carter (Cal) 11.57; 4, Dana Sorensen (28-9) won both Allister has 30 homers at Stan- O’Hagan (5-1). Chu, 9-7; Slovic-Weiss (W) d. Corkery- Davis (Stanford) 11.60. games, pitching 9 2/3 innings of ford, second on the career list be- HR - Carter 2, Fuld, Lowrie, Putnam, Sheng, 9-7; Palmanshofer-Scharler (W) d. shutout ball overall. hind Olympian Jessica Mendoza’s Mayberry, Jr., Lucy (S); Hardy (A). 3B - Pade-Wan, 8-6. 200 - 1, Henderson (UCLA) 22.89; 2, Oregon beat Stanford, 1-0, on 50. Crowe 2 (A). 2B - Lowrie 3 (S); Duran 2, Records: Stanford 18-7; Washington 15- Carter (Cal) 23.33; 3, Roseby (UCLA) 23.55. Friday. Crowe 2, Decater 2, Mercado (A). 6 hits - 10 5, Davis (Stanford) 23.64. In the opener, Sorensen threw a Lowrie (S). 4 hits - Crowe, Decater (A). 3 400 - 1, Henderson (UCLA) 50.90; 2, Senior catcher Jessica Allister hit one-hitter and struck out nine, and WOMEN’S TENNIS hits - Mayberry, Jr. (S); Van Houten, Duran NCAA Team Tournament Reed (ASU) 51.97; 3, Perkins (UA) 52.14. two home runs in the nightcap. Her Allister hit a solo home run. Eliza- Donald (A). 2 hits - Putnam, Carter (S); First round 800 - 1, Caldwell (UCLA) 2:06.88; 2, first homer, in the fifth, broke up a beth Bendig also drove in a run. Hardy, Brown (A). 5 RBI - Lowrie (S). 4 RBI - At Stanford 4, Quinnipiac 0 Freeman (Stanford) 2:07.46; 3, Offor (Stan- no-hit bid and opened the way for Putnam (S); Hardy, Decater (A). 3 RBI - Lucy ford) 2:07.67. Lappin added two hits. Sorensen (S); Mercado, Crowe (A). 2 RBI - Mayberry, Singles - Liu (S) d. Piazza, 6-0, 6-0; 1,500 - 1, Vashchuk (USC) 4:20.95; 2, Stanford’s comeback victory. She pitched a four-hitter with nine Jr., Carter (S); Van Houten (A). Barnes (S) d. Pasternak, 6-2, 6-0; Burdette added a two-run homer in the sixth strikeouts on Friday. Sorensen has a (S) vs. Rautenberg, DNF; Barnikow (S) vs. Lambie (Stanford) 4:20.96; 3, Barrientos MEN’S ROWING Hoang, DNF; Logar (S) d. Axler, 6-1, 6-0; (UCLA) 4:23.15. and drove in another run in the sev- 1.44 ERA in 242.1 innings with 293 Pac-10 Championships Anderson (S) vs. Ehle, DNF. 5,000 - 1, Bei (Stanford) 16:35.39; 2, enth. Allister is hitting .341 this sea- ■ Sunday strikeouts. Doubles - Barnikow-Burdette (S) vs. Piaz- Craig (Stanford) 16:35.40; 3, Lambie (Stan- at Lake Natoma, Rancho Cordova, Calif. za-Pasternak, DNF; Barnes-Liu (S) d. ford) 16:44.30. Final team standings - 1, Washington 66 Hoang-Rautenberg, 8-2; Anderson-Yelsey 100 hurdles - 1, Johnson (UCLA) 12.79; points; 2, California 65; 3, Oregon State 48; SPORTS SCHEDULE (S) d. Axler-Ehle, 8-2. 2, Roseby (UCLA) 12.96; 3, Powell (USC) 4, Stanford 44; 5, UCLA 32; 6, Washington Records: Stanford 24-0 THURSDAY all day State 24; 7, Oregon 0. 13.07. Softball Tennis WOMEN’S ROWING Second round 400 hurdles - 1, Johnson (UCLA) 55.45; At Stanford 4, Michigan 0 2, Slaton (Cal) 58.65; 3, Andrus (OU) 59.29. College — NCAA Regional at Stanford: College men - Stanford at NCAA Cham- Pac-10 Championships No. 3 Fresno State vs. No. 6 Southern Illi- pionships, Tulsa, Okla.: Stanford vs. Florida Sunday Singles - Liu (S) d. DaCosta, 6-0, 6-0; 400 relay - 1, UCLA 43.43; 2, USC nois, 10 a.m.; No.2 Auburn vs. No. 7 Hofs- College women — Stanford at NCAA at Lake Natoma, Rancho Cordova, Calif. Barnes (S) vs. Exon, DNF; Burdette (S) vs. 44.13; 3, Stanford 44.18. Tipirneni, DNF; Barnikow (S) vs. Rutherford, tra, 12:30 p.m.; No. 4 Pacific vs. No. 5 Championships, Athens, Ga., semifinals Final team standings - 1, California 69 1,600 relay - 1, UCLA 3:32.39; 2, Ari- DNF; Logar (S) d. Delicata, 6-0, 6-3; Ander- Southern Mississippi, 3 p.m.; No. 1 Stan- points; 2, Washington 62; 3, Washington zona State 3:35.13; 3, Stanford 3:36.97. SUNDAY son (S) d. Streifler, 6-2, 6-3. ford vs. No. 8 Utah, 5:30 p.m.; Loser of State 50; 4, USC 48; 5, Oregon State 40; 6, Baseball Pole vault - 1, Soma (UW) 14-2; 2, John- Fresno State-Southern Illinois vs. loser of Stanford 35; 7, UCLA 31; 8, Oregon 4. Doubles - Barnikow-Burdette (S) d. Da- son (UCLA) 14-2; 3, Jerz (UA) 13-10. 10, College - Auburn-Hofstra, 8 p.m. USC at Stanford, 1 p.m. Costa-Delicata, 8-4; Barnes-Liu (S) d. Shepard (Stanford) 12-4 1/2. SOFTBALL Plaushines-Streifler, 8-4; Anderson-Yelsey Tennis Softball College (S) vs. Nolan-Tipirneni, DNF. Triple jump - 1, Baucham (UCLA) 44-8; College women — Stanford at NCAA College — NCAA Regional at Stanford, Pac-10 Conference 2, Sanford (USC) 43-9 1/4; 3, Ufodiama Championships, Athens, Ga.: Stanford vs. all day FINAL Records: Stanford 25-0 (WSU) 42-0; 4, Becker (Stanford) 41-5. Kentucky, noon Tennis (overall) MEN’S TRACK & FIELD Discus - 1, Varner (UA) 178-4; 2, Russell FRIDAY College men - Stanford at NCAA Cham- WL W L Pac-10 Championships (Cal) 174-6; 3, Pedersen (ASU) 169-3. 6, at Tucson, Ariz. Baseball pionships, Tulsa, Okla. Arizona 17 3 53 4 Camarena (Stanford) 161-9. Team scores - 1, UCLA 143; 2, Oregon College - USC at Stanford, 6 p.m. College women — Stanford at NCAA Stanford 13 8 43 16 High jump - 1, Johnson (ASU) 5-9 3/4; 2, Championships, Athens, Ga., team champi- 130; 3, Arizona State 120; 4, USC 95; 5, Stevenson (UCLA) 5-8; 3, Mikesh (WSU) 5- Softball California 13 8 46 11 onship Arizona 93; 6, Stanford 76; 7, California 75; 8. College — NCAA Regional at Stanford, UCLA 12 8 39 9 8, Washington 45; 9, Washington State 41. all day MONDAY Long jump - 1, Sanford (USC) 20-7 3/4; Washington 10 10 36 17 100 - 1, Buchanan (WSU) 10.21; 2, Felix 2, Carroll (ASU) 20-1 3/4; 2, Becker (S) 20-1 Tennis Tennis Oregon 10 11 38 19 (USC) 10.27; 3, Amoo (ASU) 10.30. 5, Wil- 3/4. College women — Stanford at NCAA College men - Stanford at NCAA Cham- son (Stanford) 10.46. Oregon St. 4 17 40 26 Shot put - 1, Camarena (S) 57-10 1/4; 2, Championships, Athens, Ga.: Stanford- pionships, Tulsa, Okla. 200 - 1, Felix (USC) 20.43; 2, Amoo Crawford (USC) 56-3 1/4; 3, Cosby (UCLA) Kentucky winner vs. Duke-Northwestern College women — Stanford at NCAA In- Arizona St. 3 17 33 31 (ASU) 20.57; 3, Banda (ASU) 20.59. 55-2 1/4. winner, noon dividual Championships, Athens, Ga. Thursday’s games 400 - 1, Banda (ASU) 44.58; 2, Barton NCAA Regionals Hammer - 1, Cosby (UCLA) 208-9; 2, SATURDAY TUESDAY, MAY 24 (ASU) 44.82; 3, Everhart (UCLA) 45.19. 6, Utah at Stanford, 5:30 p.m. Soong (UCLA) 203-1; 3, Rozenfeld (USC) Baseball Tennis Sebes (Stanford) 46.30. 198-2. Centenary at Arizona College - USC at Stanford, 1 p.m. College men - Stanford at NCAA Cham- 800 - 1, Aragon (UCLA) 1:48.45; 2, Javelin - 1, Stasiulionyte (USC) 181-11; Softball pionships, Tulsa, Okla. Mississippi Valley at UCLA Rankin (UCLA) 1:48.77; 3, Heckman (USC) 2, Malone (UO) 171-05; 3, Zahn (UW) 155- 1:49.13. 5, Robison (Stanford) 1:50.24. College — NCAA Regional at Stanford, College women — Stanford at NCAA California vs. Maine at Lincoln, Neb. 06. Championships, Athens, Ga. Oregon vs. Bethune-Cookman at Talla- 1,500 - 1, Cheseret (UA) 3:43.50; 2, Page 26 • Wednesday, May 19, 2004 • Palo Alto Weekly Sports

STANFORD ROUNDUP STANFORD BASEBALL It’s a run It’s a near dead heat to second in the Pac-10 race Cardinal’s 11-2 loss to Arizona on Monday throws at Pac-10 conference into a real scramble with USC up next Runners spark women’s by Rick Eymer career-high four innings. The nine-run margin of deficit fine finish at Pac-10 he Stanford baseball team un- was the largest for Stanford this wittingly has turned a once track championships season. T near runway in the Pac-10 On Saturday, Stanford gave up by Rick Eymer race into a real battle following a wild three days in Arizona. five runs in the first but came back as starter and winner Mark Ro- tanford senior Sara Bei led The second-ranked Cardinal a sweep of the top three dropped an 11-2 decision to the manczuk (10-1) settled down to S place in the 5,000 meters as host Wildcats on Monday, one day pitch five effective innings. David the Cardinal women finished sec- after blowing a three-run lead in the O’Hagan worked the final two in- ond in the Pac-10 Track and bottom of the ninth and falling 19- nings for his fifth save. Field Championships at Arizona 18, to erase a marvelous 6-for-6 Blake Holler also worked two in- over the weekend. performance by Jed Lowrie. nings of relief as the three Cardinal Bei, Alicia Craig and Jill Ca- On Saturday, Stanford rallied for hurlers combined to strike out 13 marena each won an individual an 11-9 victory over Arizona. Wildcats. title for the women as the Cardi- What all this means is that Stan- Danny Putnam had three hits in nal totaled 153 points, their most ford (12-6, 39-10) has fallen one- the game, and also had two on Sun- ever at the Pac-10 meet. UCLA half game behind Washington (14- day as he’s now hit safely in 20 of won its eighth straight women’s 7, 32-26-1). his past 21 games. title, scoring 174 1/2 points. A victory Monday would have Brian Hall keyed Saturday’s The Stanford men finished given Stanford a 1 1/2-game lead comeback with a bases-loaded fifth, with the Bruins also win- over the Huskies heading into this triple in the third. He also doubled ning the men’s title. weekend’s series against visiting in the game. Chris Lewis homered Bei won the 5,000 meters in USC, which begins on Friday at 6 and drove in two runs and Chris 16:35.39. She was followed in by p.m. The loss, however, puts Stan- Carter also drove in two runs. Craig (16:35.40) and freshman ford neck-and-neck with the Down 5-1 after the first, Stanford Arianna Lambie (16:44.30). Huskies (14-7, 32-16-1) in the sea- scored twice in the second before

Kathleen Trotter finished fifth as Keith Peters son-long chase for the conference Hall’s triple in the third. Stanford scored 28 of its team Keith Peters title. Romanczuk recorded five of the Stanford junior Sara Bei ran to Cardinal sophomore Alicia Craig record 153 points in the event. Stanford’s six losses are still one nine outs between the third and fifth first in the 5,000 meters. captured the 10,000. Lambie came back to finish fewer than the Huskies and two less via strikeouts and gave up a hit and second in the 1,500 in 4:20.96 to team finished third in a school- Men’s golf than third-place Arizona State and three walks before Holler entered complete a tough double. Trotter, record 44.18. Freshman Janice Stanford opens play at the UCLA (both 10-8 in the Pac-10). the game in the sixth. along with sister Amanda, were Davis ran the third fastest time in NCAA West Regional on Thurs- Arizona moved into fifth place with Stanford grabbed an 18-15 lead second and sixth, respectively, in school history in the 200 meter day at the Crosswater Club at its 9-9 conference mark. in the top of the ninth on Sunday the 3,000 steeplechase on Friday. finals, placing fifth in 23.64, and Sunriver Resort in Sunriver, Ore- Stanford actually led on Monday, thanks to Lowrie’s first career grand Craig, who earlier this year set Christine Moschella ran a career- gon 2-0, until Arizona exploded for six slam but then watched helplessly as best 23.77, the fourth-fastest time a collegiate record in the 10,000, Play begins with 18 holes at 8 runs in the bottom of the third. The Arizona scored four runs in the bot- in school history. easily won the event Friday in a a.m. and concludes on Saturday. teams combined for 27 hits in the tom of the inning against O’Hagan, Undine Becker set a personal game and 91 for the series. A total time of 36:04.95. Desiree Davila Zack Miller, Kyle Gentry, Kevin with the winning run scoring on a best in the triple jump with a of 70 runs were scored as pitchers of Arizona State finished second, Blue, Matthew Shin and bases-loaded walk. fourth place effort of 41-0 1/2. on both teams were, for the most 48 seconds later. Stanford’s Anita Matthew Savage will compete “That was the biggest roller Siraki finished third in a time of Becker’s mark was third-best in for the Cardinal. part, manhandled. school history. The loss ruined a 4-for-4 for coaster game ever in my life,” 37:04.50. Lowrie said. “I can’t even explain It is the third straight year that On the men’s side, Stanley Wil- Women’s golf Stanford’s Chris Carter, the first of son, who recently completed his career. Sam Fuld had two hits it. I’m still in shock. We just have to a Stanford runner has captured Stanford continues at the come back and refocus.” the 10,000-meter crown at the spring drills in football, ran the NCAA Championships through and broke the all-time Stanford and third-fastest time in school histo- Lowrie recorded a career high in league meet. Friday at the par-72 Lake Course Pac-10 records for at- ry in the 100 meters with a fifth both hits and RBI (5) in the game, Camarena, a six-time All- at Grand National in Opelika, bats during the contest. Fuld now place finish of 10.46. while his three doubles matched a American, won the shot put com- Alabama. has 1029 career at-bats, moving petition with a throw of 57-10 Nick Sebes was sixth in the past former record holder John Gall career best. 400 in 46.30 after qualifying in The Cardinal are making their Lowrie leads the Pac-10 in home 1/4, her second-best meet of the 21st overall appearance at the (1027 at bats/1997-2000). Fuld and season. 46.20, the No. 4 time in school Danny Putnam both extended their runs (16) and RBI (63) as he raised history. Donald Sage was second championships, and 16th in a Sophomore Nashonme Johnson hit streaks to eight games. his batting average to a team-high in the 1,500; Ian Dobson and row. .410. set a school record for the second Competing for the Cardinal are Stanford starter Matt Leva (4-1) Louis Luchini went two-three in suffered the first loss of his colle- Stanford homered seven times in straight day, racing 52.40 in the Stephanie Lue, Jennifer the 5,000 and Chris Emme was giate the game, one shy of its season- 400 meters to finish fourth. She Tangtiphaiboontana, Lauren second in the 10,000 in 30:26.47. career while making his first Pac-10 high, to increase its season total to qualified in the event on Friday Todd, Kim Kouwabunpat and Dobson also grabbed second in start, allowing four runs on six hits 84. The school record of 102 was in 52.96. the steeplechase in 8:48.20. Angela Rho. ■ The women’s 400 meter relay and a walk with three strikeouts in a set by the 1997 club. ■

ines Michelle DaCosta and Kara Men’s tennis Scharler, 3-6, 6-2, 7-5. No. 6 singles player Carter Morris NCAA tennis Delicata. Menlo School grad James Pade Stanford (18-7) dropped the also won in straight sets before (continued from page 25) Freshman Theresa Logar was first made sure coach Dick Gould got doubles point, and assistant coach Pade clinched the victory. weekend at Taube Tennis Center. off the court again at the No. 5 posi- a win in his final appearance at John Whitlinger, who will assume The match lasted over four The win over No. 26 Michigan was tion, downing Delicata 6-0, 6-3. Stanford as he won at No. 5 sin- head coaching duties next season, hours. the Cardinal’s 16th shutout this sea- Logar now boasts a 24-0 dual- gles to clinch the Cardinal’s gru- gathered the team together for a James Wan was leading his son. match singles record in her first sea- eling 4-2 victory over Washington brief, but motivational, talk. match, 3-6, 6-3, 4-1, at the No. 3 The Cardinal duo of Alice Barnes son on The Farm. in the second round of the NCAA “I don’t want this to be his last position before Pade’s win and Liu recorded an 8-4 victory Seventh-ranked Liu didn’t drop a team tournament, and send Stan- match,” Whitlinger told the clinched the victory. over Michigan’s Kim Plaushines single game this weekend after ford into the Round of 16. troops. Stanford opened the tournament and Debra Streifler. The nationally notching a 6-0, 6-0 win over Da- The ninth-ranked Cardinal Stanford responded with some with a 4-0 victory over Pacific on No. 1-ranked pair of Lauren Costa at the No. 1 spot. Stanford meets No. 8 Florida on Saturday clutch efforts. Saturday as the doubles team of Barnikow and Erin Burdette senior Emilia Anderson clinched in Tulsa, Okla. Sam Warburg and K.C. Corkery Morris and Warburg and Corkery clinched the doubles point for Stan- the win at No. 2 singles after defeat- Pade recovered from a first-set won their matches at No. 1 and and Phil Sheng secured the first ford with an 8-4 win over Wolver- ing Michigan’s Streifler 6-2, 6-3. loss to defeat the Huskies’ Peter No. 2 singles in straight sets, and point. ■ Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, May 19, 2004 • Page 27 business under the fictitious business name or 320 CALIFORNIA AVE may be otherwise interested in the will PAO HSI, also known as BOBBIE names listed herein. Palo Alto, CA 94306 or estate, or both, of PATRICIA A. HSI. This statement was filed with the County Type of license(s) Applied for: MASLOW. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on April 02, 2004. 41 - OFF-SALE BEER & WINE - A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by : SHERRY HSI in the Su- (PAW April 28, May 5, 12, 19, 2004) EATING PLACE been filed by: GREATER BAY perior Court of California, County of (PAW May 19, 26, June 2, 2004) TRUST COMPANY in the Superior SANTA CLARA. Public Notices Court of California, County of SANTA THE PETITION FOR PROBATE KIRKS & KIRKS STEAKBURGERS CLARA. requests that SHERRY HSI be ap- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF BOOKSHARE .ORG File No. 437461 NAME STATEMENT USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME THE PETITION FOR PROBATE pointed as personal representative to MARTUS The following individual(s) is (are) doing File No. 444071 The following person(s) has/have aban- requests that: GREATER BAY TRUST administer the estate of the decedent. HRDAG business as, California Edens, California The following individuals are doing business doned the use of the frictitious business COMPANY be appointed as personal THE PETITION requests the dece- FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Edens: Landscape Design and Planning, as, Kirks & Kirks Steakburgers, 75 Town & name(s). The information give below is at is representative to administer the estate dent’s will and codicils, if any, be ad- NAME STATEMENT Avant Gardens, 775 Esplanada Way, Stan- Country Village, Palo Alto, CA 94022: appeared on the fictitous business statement of the decedent. mitted to probate. The will and any co- File No. 444238 ford, CA 94305: WITHERS FOOD SERVICE INC. that was filed at the County Clerk-Recorder’s Office. THE PETITION requests the dece- dicils are available for examination in The following individual(s) is (are) doing GAIL ANN KLEIN 75 Town & Country Village . dent’s will and codicils, if any, be ad- the file kept by the court business as, Bookshare.org, Martus, HRDAG, 775 Esplanada Way . Palo Alto, CA 94022 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME(S): 480 California Ave. #201, Palo Alto, CA Stanford, CA 94305 This business is being conducted by a cor- FITCORE TRAINING mitted to probate. The will and any co- THE PETITION requests authority 94306: This business is being conducted by an in- poration 343 Second St. Suite #1 dicils are available for examination in to administer the estate under the inde- BENEFICIENT TECHNOLOGY, INC dividual. Registrant began transacting business un- Los Altos, CA 94022 the file kept by the court pendent Administration of Estates Act. 480 California Ave. #201 Registrant began transacting business un- der the fictitious business name or names list- FILED IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY ON: THE PETITION requests authority (This authority will allow the personal Palo Alto, CA 94306 der the fictitious business name or names list- ed here on 1948. 04/29/2004 UNDER FILE NO. 444084 to administer the estate under the inde- representative to take many actions This business is being conducted by a cor- ed here on April 1, 2004. This statement was filed with the County pendent Administration of Estates Act. without obtaining court approval. Be- poration This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on REGISTRANT’S NAME(S): Registrant has not yet begun to transact Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on April 29, 2004. Nina Sherman (This authority will allow the personal fore taking certain very important ac- business under the fictitious business name or April 29, 2004. (PAW May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2004) 486 Gabilan St. representative to take many actions tions, however, the personal repres en- names listed herein. (PAW May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 2004) Los Altos, CA 94022 without obtaining court approval. Be- tative will be required to give notice to This statement was filed with the County NOTICE OF APPLICATION THIS BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED fore taking certain very important ac- interested persons unless they have Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BY an individual. DL CONSULTING This statement was filed with the County tions, however, the personal repres en- waived notice or consented to the pro- May 3, 2004. BEVERAGE (PAW May 19, 26, June 2, 9, 2004) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County on tative will be required to give notice to posed action.) The independent admin- NAME STATEMENT Date of Filing Application: May 11, May 7, 2004 interested persons unless they have istration authority will be granted un- File No. 444285 CAFICO 2004 (PAW May 19, 26, June 2, 9, 2004) waived notice or consented to the pro- less an interested person files an objec- The following individual(s) is (are) doing FICTITIOUS BUSINESS To Whom It May Concern: posed action.) The independent admin- tion to the petition and shows good business as, DL Consulting 3392 Saint Mi- NAME STATEMENT The Name(s) of Applicant(s) is/are: NOTICE OF PETITION TO chael Drive., Palo Alto, CA 94306: istration authority will be granted un- cause why the court should not grant File No. 443674 ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: DONNA LAIRD WOLF MARY IRENE. less an interested person files an objec- the authority. The following individual(s) is (are) doing 3392 Saint Michael Drive. The applicants listed above are apply- PATRICIA A. MASLOW tion to the petition and shows good A HEARING on the petition will be business as, Cafico, 4546 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94306 ing to the Department of Alcoholic 1-04-PR-155494 cause why the court should not grant held on May 27, 2004 at 9:00 a.m. in A-13, Los Altos, CA 94022: This business is being conducted by an in- To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, JOSE RAMON T. FELICIANO Beverage Control to sell alcoholic the authority. Dept. 13 of the Superior Court of Cali- dividual. 925 E. El Camino Real #525 beverages at: contingent creditors and persons who A HEARING on the petition will be fornia, Santa Clara County, located at Registrant has not yet begun to transact Sunnyvale, CA 94087 business under the fictitious business name or held on June 9, 2004 at 9:00 a.m. in 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113. MARIE THERESE R. FELICIANO names listed herein. Dept. 13 of the Superior Court of Cali- IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of 925 E. El Camino Real #525 This statement was filed with the County fornia, Santa Clara County, located at the petition, you should appear at the Sunnyvale, CA 94087 Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on PALO ALTO UNIFIED 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113. hearing and state your objections or file This business is being conducted by hus- May 4, 2004. band & wife. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of written objections with the court before (PAW May 12, 19, 26, June 2, 2004) SCHOOL DISTRICT Registrant began transacting business un- the petition, you should appear at the the hearing. Your appearance may be in der the fictitious business name or names list- DOOR BAY hearing and state your objections or file person or by your attorney. ed here on April 1,2004. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NOTICE TO BIDDERS written objections with the court before IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a This statement was filed with the County NAME STATEMENT the hearing. Your appearance may be in contingent creditor of the deceased, you Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on File No. 442706 person or by your attorney. must file your claim with the court and April 21, 2004. The following individual is doing business as, (PAW May 5, 12, 19, 26, 2004) IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a mail a copy to the personal representa- Door Bay, 190 Martha Street, San Jose, CA contingent creditor of the deceased, you tive appointed by the court within four 95112: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that proposals will be received by CALIFORNIA EDENS must file your claim with the court and months from the date of first issuance JAMES PARIVASH the Palo Alto Unified School District for: CALIFORNIA EDENS: LANDSCAPE 253 Fremont Ave. mail a copy to the personal representa- of letters as provided in section 9100 DESIGN AND PLANNING Los Altos, CA 940222 tive appointed by the court within four of the California Probate Code. The AVANT GARDENS This business is being conducted by a cor- Bid # 51-04 – Six various packages – Jordan Middle School months from the date of first issuance time for filing claims will not expire FICTITIOUS BUSINESS poration. NAME STATEMENT of letters as provided in section 9100 before four months from the hearing Registrant has not yet begun to transact Proposals must be received at the Building for Excellence, 25 of the California Probate Code. The date noticed above. Churchill Avenue Building D Palo Alto, CA 94306, by 2 PM on time for filing claims will not expire YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept before four months from the hearing by the court. If you are a person inter- June 2, 2004 date noticed above. ested in the estate, you may file with PALO ALTO UNIFIED YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept the court a Request for Special Notice SCHOOL DISTRICT All questions concerning the proposals should be directed to by the court. If you are a person inter- (form DE-154) of the filing of an in- Bob Price at (650) 329-3968 or emailed to [email protected] ested in the estate, you may file with ventory and appraisal of estate assets or alto.ca.us. the court a Request for Special Notice of any petition or account as provided (form DE-154) of the filing of an in- in Probate Code section 1250. A Re- BY ORDER of the Building for Excellence Program of the Palo ventory and appraisal of estate assets or quest for Special Notice form is availa- of any petition or account as provided ble from the court clerk. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that proposals will be received by Alto Unified School District, Palo Alto, California. the Palo Alto Unified School District for: in Probate Code section 1250. A Re- Attorney for Petitioner: quest for Special Notice form is availa- /s/ John D. Raskin SBN 58084 Bid #1907- Renovation General Building Package ble from the court clerk. 1936 Unversity Ave., Suite 380 Attorney for Petitioner: Berkeley, CA 94704 Including Finishes and Specialties at Terman /s/ Stanley T. Tomita (510) 848-6000 Middle School, K Wing 1155 N. First St., Suite 104 (PAW May 19, 21, 26, 2004) NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING San Jose, CA 95112 Proposals must be received at the Purchasing Department, 25 of the Palo Alto (408)286-3775 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Churchill Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306, by 2 PM on June 15, Architectural Review Board(ARB) (PAW May 19, 21, June 2, 2004) SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 2004 FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA NOTICE OF PETITION TO No. 104CV019269 Bids must be on forms furnished by the Palo Alto Unified ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: School District which may be obtained at the mandatory bid BOBBIE HSIAO-PAO HSI Petitioner DENA PEDYNOWSKI and Please be advised the Architectural Review Board shall con- a.k.a DOUGLAS GRAHAM MACMARTIN walk at Terman Middle School, 655 Arrastradero Road, Palo Al- BOBBIE HSI to, CA on Wednesday, May 26th, at 10 AM. duct a meeting on the following application at 8:00 AM on June filed a petition with this court for a de- 03, 2004 in the Civic Center, Council Chambers, 1st Floor, 250 1-04-PR-155397 cree changing names as follows:DENA Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California. Any interested per- To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, P MACMYNOWSKI and DOUGLAS All questions concerning the proposals should be directed to contingent creditors and persons who sons may appear and be heard on this item. GRAHAM MACMYNOWSKI. August Lavagnino at (650)329-3800 or emailed to may be otherwise interested in the will THE COURT ORDERS that all per- [email protected]. or estate, or both, of BOBBIE HSIAO- sons interested in this matter shall ap- NEW BUSINESS BY ORDER of the Business Department of the Palo Alto Uni- fied School District, Palo Alto, California Public Hearings (Major) NOTICE OF COMMUNITY 928, 940, and 1180 East Meadow Drive [04-ARB-19]: Re- MEETING quest by Randy Popp of The Steinberg Group on behalf of 928 TO SOLICIT PUBLIC E. Meadow Partners, et. al. for major ARB review of a pro- COMMENT PALO ALTO UNIFIED posed residential infill development. This proposal would in- volve a merger of three parcels (approx. 4.4 acres) for the de- Site Planning Studies for the SCHOOL DISTRICT velopment of 64 condominium units. Environmental Assess- ment: Categorically exempt from the California Environmental Palo Alto High School Quality Act per section 15322--In-fill development projects. Zone District: LM. The Palo Alto Unified School District (District) has commis- sioned HOK Advance Strategies to perform Site Planning NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that proposals will be received by Studies for Gunn and Palo Alto High Schools. On June 2, the Palo Alto Unified School District for: 777 Welch Road [04-PAR-02]: Application by Stoecker & Northway on behalf of Stanford University for preliminary ARB 2004, the District will present HOK’s findings and land use sce- review of a new 35,000 square foot, three-story medical office narios for review and comment by the community on Palo Alto Bid #1906-Electrical Renovations at Terman High School. A separate meeting will be held for review and Middle School, K Wing building with one level of underground parking. Zone District: OR comment on Gunn High School findings. Proposals must be received at the Purchasing Department, 25 The District welcomes your comments on the project. Churchill Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306, by 2 PM on June 15, Agenda changes, additions and deletions. The agenda may have addi- 2004 tional items added to it up until 72 hours prior to meeting time. Wednesday, June 2, 2004 6:00 p.m. Bids must be on forms furnished by the Palo Alto Unified ADA. Persons with disabilities who require auxiliary aids or services in Palo Alto High School, Library School District which may be obtained at the mandatory bid using City facilities, services, or programs or who would like information walk at Terman Middle School, 655 Arrastradero Road, Palo Al- on the City's compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, may contact (650) 329-2550 (voice) or 650-328-1199 (TDD). to, CA on Wednesday, May 26th, at 10 AM. Written and oral comments will be accepted at this meeting, and you may also send your written comments to Tom Hodges All questions concerning the proposals should be directed to at 25 Churchill Avenue, Building D. The District will accept August Lavagnino at (650)329-3800 or emailed to Amy French comments on this information until June 15. For questions re- [email protected]. Current Planning Manager garding this project, please call Tom Hodges, at (650) 329- 3935. BY ORDER of the Business Department of the Palo Alto Uni- fied School District, Palo Alto, California (continued on page 47) Page 28 • Wednesday, May 19, 2004 • Palo Alto Weekly Sports

round of the CCS tourney from accomplished their goal while Prep roundup 1998-2000, with Pacific Grove win- CCS SWIMMING scoring 188 points and finishing (continued from page 25 ning each time by 3-1, 3-2 and 9-5 second to Mitty’s 362. The The triumph clinched second scores. Vikings’ 11-person squad scored in place by one game over the Wild- Pacific Grove went on to win the Fine finishes for the Menlo nine of the 12 events, including cats, and most certainly assured 1998 and ‘99 CCS titles. The teams three championship finals in all Paly of a better CCS seeding. Paly haven’t met, however, since 2000. boys and Palo Alto girls three relays. The big plus came in and Los Gatos entered the game Menlo won back-to-back CCS ti- diving where senior Heather Peng with 12-5 records in the SCVAL De tles in 1988 and ‘89 under Schoof’s by Keith Peters clocked a season best of 3:17.26 to (second), freshman Jenny Reese Anza Division. guidance, but haven’t been back in finish third. That earned the (seventh) and sophomore Nicole Junior Karl Laughton had two the finals since then. ith the Bellarmine boys Knights enough points (32) to fin- and Mitty girls dominating Przybyla (10th) combined for 36 hits and senior Shane Parsons “We are what we are,” said ish second in the team race ahead points. knocked in two runs for Paly. Schoof, whose team is riding a W the Central Coast Section of Live Oak (109). Junior Monika Friedman led the Menlo (21-5) will open CCS Di- nine-game win streak. “We could Swimming & Diving Champi- Wells had a sizzling 46.34 an- onships in recent years, the real in- way with a third in the 100 fly vision III action Friday against No. win all three or it could be one and chor leg on the final relay to cap a (season best 58.17), a fourth in the terest has been the race for second 3 Pacific Grove (22-11) at Santa done. If we can hit like we should, remarkable meet. He sped to a 500 free and legs on the fourth- place. Clara’s Buck Shaw Stadium at 4 we’ll be tough.” 21.34 clocking on his 50 free an- place 200 medley relay and fourth- For 2004, those races were won p.m. Following at 7 p.m. will be Sa- Suiter and Huggins are the keys. chor leg in the 200 medley relay to place 400 free (a season best of by the Menlo boys and Palo Alto cred Heart Prep (19-5) against The Suiter went 11-0 during the season bring the Knights home in fourth 3:39.30). King’s Academy (18-8). and beat San Benito, a Division I girls. place with a season-best 1:40.24 Paly loses on senior Allyson The winners will meet May 25 in CCS playoff team, in addition to Menlo scored 137 points with its clocking. Wells also finished fourth Laughton and returns seven scorers the semifinals at San Jose Munici- Los Angeles power San Fernando. six-man squad. While that pales in in the 200 free in a season best in Friedman, fellow juniors Becky pal Stadium. Huggins is 10-1. Both left-handers comparison to Bellarmine’s first- (and All-American consideration) Wenzlau , Remy Champion, Brit- Schoof is not exactly happy with have been extremely hard to hit this place total of 546 that earned the time of 1:43.57 and swam a per- tany Webster, sophomore Phoebe his team’s No. 6 seed, especially season. Bells their 20th straight section sonal best of 47.22 to grab second Champion and freshman Tanya since Sacred Heart Prep received Sacred Heart has its own set of crown, the Knights’ finish was in the 100 free. Wilcox. the No. 2 seed. Both teams went solid pitchers, led by sophomores nonetheless impressive. Senior Mark Wess provided 17 Menlo junior Maryann Hiller undefeated in their respective Tommy Pierson and Pat Coffey and Menlo scored in eight events, points with a second place in the 1- had the best individual finish leagues, but the Knights (15-0) already has beaten King’s Academy with six finishes coming in the meter diving; Read added a 10th in among local girls with a second in dominated the PAL Lake Division twice this season. championship finals. The Knights the 100 fly and a seventh in the 100 the 100 breast (1:07.27) after with their one-two pitching punch Seniors Will Cowell, Hudson concentrated their manpower on back (an A-A consideration time of clocking a season best of 1:06.99 of junior Andy Suiter and senior Smythe and Spencer Lucian have two relays, which came up big. 53.47); and Wright had a season in the prelims. Castilleja senior Chuck Huggins. been leading the hit parade while The final 400 free relay team of best of 1:00.81 for 10th in the 100 Alexa Namba finaled in both her The No. 6 seed put Menlo against senior Kevin Murphy will strength- sophomore Travis Read, sopho- breast. Senior Joe Nawas rounded events, taking sixth in the 500 free Pacific Grove, a team the Knights en the Gators after returning Friday. more Pete Howard, senior Steven out Menlo’s fine team effort. (5:07.66) and fifth in the 100 breast have a history with. The two teams He has missed the entire season due Wright and senior Taylor Wells The Paly girls, meanwhile, also (1:08.26). ■ faced each other in the opening to a shoulder injury.■ HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD BASEBALL 95; 7, Sacred Heart Prep 93; 8, Monta Vista 1-meter diving — 1, Rudolph (MVista) — 1, Wong (Lynbrook) 11.33; 5, Meloty- (Casty) 2:35.5; 4, Strickfaden (Casty) SCVAL De Anza Division 89; 9, Mountain View 74; 10 (tie), Palo Alto 455.40; 2, Peng (Paly) 448.15; 4, Flaxman Kapella (Paly) 11.54; 800 — 1, Kurani 2:40.9; 300 hurdles - Aquilina (MB) 52.3; Los Gatos 000 400 0 — 4 6 1 and Aragon 71 (Gunn) 399.10; 7, Reese (Paly) 385.20; 9, (Santa Clara) 1:57.64; 300 IH — 1, Robin- 200 - O’Connor (MB) 27.9; 3, Mills (WP) Palo Alto 411 000 x — 6 7 3 (Winners and local finalists) Westly (SHP) 365.10; Przybyla (Paly) son (Santa Clara) 49.86; 6, Nguyen (Gunn) 28.8; 3,200 - Thompson (MB) 11:37.5; 2, WP - Stringer (7-5). LP - Jensen. 359.75. 43.06; 200 — 1, Roberts (Lynbrook) Tomi Amos (Casty) 11:42.2; 4, Berka 200 medley relay — 1, Bellarmine 2 hits - Perrone (LG). 3 RBI - Perrone 100 fly — 22.42; 3,200 — 1, Lipkin (Gunn) 9:34.85; (Casty) 12:50.6; 1,600 relay - NDSJ 4:23.9; 1:34.45; 4, Menlo (Nawas, Wright, Read, 1, Hovey (Home) 55.03; 3, (LG). 2 RBI - Parsons (PA). Friedman (Paly) 58.17. 3, Siller Jr. (Paly) 9:50.82; 1,600 relay — 1, 2, Castilleja 4:29.4. Wells) 1:40.24; 7, Palo Alto (Lo, Goldfield, Final standings: Wilcox 17-1, Palo Alto Satna Clara 3:20.56; 6, Gunn 3:34.10. Leifer, Anderson) 1:41.83. 100 free — 1, Wong (Aragon) 52.13. Triple jump - Vidal (NDSJ) 32-8 1/2; Long 13-5 (18-9), Los Gatos 12-6, Los Altos 8- Shot put — 1, Musika (Milpitas) 61-1 500 free — 1, Monsees (Leland) jump - Vidal (NDSJ) 15-8; High jump - O’- 10, Milpitas 6-12, Cupertino 5-13, Fremont 200 free — 1, Talbott (Bell) 1:40.35; 4, 1/2; 2, McCluskey (Paly) 53-10 1/2; Discus 4:54.71; 4, Friedman (Paly) 5:04.59; 6, Connor (MB) 5-3; Discus - Lavaysse (MSF) 2-16 Wells (Menlo) 1:43.57. — 1, Cummins (Saratoga) 153-11; 3, Mc- Namba (Castilleja) 5:07.80; 8, Hildebrandt 102-6; 4, Chan (Casty) 86-10; Shot put - Cluskey (Paly) 148-9; SCVAL El Camino Division 200 IM — 1, Monsees (Leland) 1:49.74; (M-A) 5:11.07. Lavaysse (MSF) 33-8. Gunn 010 100 2 — 4 6 1 6, Leifer (Paly) 1:58.16. High jump — 1, Kritzer (Monta Vista) 6- 200 free relay — 1, Mitty 1:37.03 (CCS Mtn. View 000 020 1 — 3 8 5 2; Long jump — 1, Kritzer (Monta Vista) 50 free — 1, Pollard (Bell) 21.28. record, old mark 1:38.30 by Mountain View, WP - Gardiner (6-3). LP - Evenson. 22-8 1/4; Triple jump — 1, Deal (Lynbrook) SCHEDULE 2002); 4, Palo Alto (Wenzlau, P. Champion, 2B - Johnson (MV).3 hits - Zweig (G). 2 1-meter diving — 1, Dunmire (Wilcox) 44-3 1/2; 4, Brooks (Gunn) 43-3. WEDNESDAY 407.00; 2, Wess (Menlo) 378.40; 6, Cal- Wilcox, R. Champion) 1:41.73; 5, Menlo (K. hits - Johnson (MV). Baseball houn (Gunn) 298.40; 9, Taylor (Gunn) Hiller, McPhaul, Allen, M. Hiller) 1:42.36; 7, GIRLS TRACK & FIELD Records: Gunn finishes season 8-10 SCVAL Qualifier (12-11) 271.05 Menlo-Atherton (Ka. Sitts, Eaton, Hilde- CCS — Division I first round: Leigh at brandt, Ke. Sitts) 1:42.54. at Los Gatos High Palo Alto, 4 p.m. Private Schools Athletic League 100 fly — 1, Dunn (Live Oak) 50.12; 8, (Winners and local qualifiers to CCS 100 back — 1, Bishop (Mt. View) 56.30; Fre. Christian 001 000 0 — 1 2 1 Leifer (Paly) 53.56. semis) FRIDAY 7, Eaton (M-A) 1:01.55. Baseball SH Prep 003 200 x — 5 12 2 100 free — 1, Weltz (Bell) 46.92; 2, 400 relay — 1, Mtn. View 51.49; 4, Palo 100 breast — 1, E. Liu (Mitty) 1:02.11 Heinemann, Clark (4), Berner (6) and Alto 49.63; 1,600 — 1, Follmar (Saratoga) CCS — Division III quarterfinals at Buck Wells (Menlo) 47.22. (CCS record, old mark 1:02.49 by E. Liu, Clark, Washington (4); Pierson, Coffey (3), 4:53.54; 2, Tyler (Gunn) 5:08.73; 100 hur- Shaw Stadium, Santa Clara: Menlo vs. Pa- 500 free — 1, Monsees (Leland) Mitty, 2003); 2, M. Hiller (Menlo) 1:07.27; 5, Cowell (6) and Toeppen. WP - Coffey (5-1). dles — 1, Miller (Los Altos) 15.33; 400 — cific Grove, 4 p.m.; Sacred Heart Prep vs. 4:28.08; 8, Thompson (SHP) 4:47.77. Namba (Castilleja) 1:08.26; 8, L. Eaton LP - Heinemann. 1, Dodson (Los Gatos) 56.75; 100 — 1, King’s Academy, 7 p.m. 2B - Washington (FC); Connor, Cowell, (Gunn) 1:08.92. 200 free relay — 1, Bellarmine 1:26.44; Kapitulnik (Gunn) 12.70; 3, Gadson (Paly) SATURDAY Lucian, Smythe (SHP). 3 hits - Cowell, Lu- 3, Sacred Heart Prep (Browne, Brutschy, 400 free relay — 1, Mitty 3:27.91 (CCS 13.12; 800 — 1, Follmar (Saratoga) Baseball cian (SHP). 2 hits - Smythe (SHP). 2 RBI - Child, Ang) 1:29.06; 4, Gunn (Prior, Rouse, record, old mark 3:28.46 by Homestead, 2:18.02; 300 hurdles — 1, Miller (Los Al- Smythe (SHP). Menon, Nusse) 1:29.73. 2000); 4, Palo Alto (Wenzlau, Friedman, tos) 45.45; 200 — 1, Dodson (Los Gatos) CCS — Division I quarterfinals at PAL Records: Sacred Heart Prep 14-0 (19-5) Webster, R. Champion) 3:39.30 100 back — 1, Watts (Bell) 50.98; 7, 25.18; 2, Zawojski (Paly) 25.65; 3, Kapitul- Stadium, San Jose: Palo Alto-Leigh winner BOYS LACROSSE Read (Menlo) 53.47. BOYS TENNIS nik (Gunn) 25.69; 3,200 — 1, Tyler (Gunn) vs. St. Francis-Santa Teresa winner, 10 a.m. PAL Playoffs CCS Team Playoffs 10:54.91; 1,600 relay — 1, Los Gatos Track and field 100 breast — 1, Dunn (Live Oak) 57.29. 3:59.67. Championship Division II Finals CCS — Semifinals at San Jose City Col- 400 free relay — 1, Bellarmine 3:07.99; at Woodside High at Courtside TC, Los Gatos Shot put — 1, Kiel (Home) 35-6; 5, lege: field events begin at 9:30 a.m.; run- 3, Menlo (Read, Howard, Wright, Wells) Saratoga 6, Menlo 1 Menlo 5 7 — 12 Wusu (Paly) 32-8 1/2; Discus — 1, Bush- ning events at 11 a.m. Bellarmine 3 4 — 7 3:17.26; 6, Gunn (Prior, Menon, Rouse, Singles — Kerin (S) d. Blumenkranz, 6- nell (Fremont) 126-11; 5, Wusu (Paly) 100-3; M - Sullivan 4, Felker 3, Miller 2, Moone Nusse) 3:18.91. 3, 6-1; Kaiser (S) d. Hansen, 6-0, 6-0; Gast High jump — 1, Miller (Los Altos) 5-8; 5, TUESDAY, MAY 25 2, Forman GIRLS SWIMMING (S) d. Diehl, 6-3, 6-2; Raghavan (S) d. Joy, Vales (Gunn) 5-2; 6, Wanner (Paly) 5-0; Baseball B - unavailable CCS Championships 7-5, 6-3. Long jump — 1, Zawojski (Paly) 17-4; 5, CCS — Division III semifinals at San Jose Records: Menlo finishes season 27-6 at Independence High Doubles — Fong-Juang (S) d. Gold- Gadson (Paly) 16-8 3/4; Triple jump — 1, Municipal Stadium: Menlo-Pacific Grove Miller (Los Altos) 36-5; 2, Zawojski (Paly) 36- GIRLS LACROSSE Team leaders — 1, Mitty 362; 2, Palo stein-Grauer, 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (3-7), 6-4; Tight- winner vs. Sacred Heart Prep-King’s Acade- 0; Pole vault — 1, Cohen (Gunn) 10-0. PAL Playoffs Alto 188; 3, St. Francis 180; 4, Aragon 151; Leow (M) d. Chiang-Daniel, 6-7 (4-7), 6-2, my winner, 4 p.m. Championship 5, Mountain View 136; 6, St. Ignatius 114; 6-2; Lee-Hathaway (S) d. Keegan-Williford, WBAL Championships Boys tennis at Woodside High 7, Homestead 107; 8, Menlo School 92; 9, 6-3, 6-4. at Serra Gunn 2 3 — 5 CCS — Individual singles and doubles Presentation 83; 10, Menlo-Atherton 80 Records: Menlo finishes season 18-7 Final team scores — 1, Mercy- tournament at Imperial Courts, Aptos: 10 Menlo 14 4 — 18 Burlingame 147; 2, Notre Dame-San Jose (Winners and local finalists) BOYS TRACK & FIELD a.m. G - Tisdale, Kosco, Brown, Brittan, Ferrill 139; 3, Castilleja 72; 4, Mercy-San Francis- 200 medley relay — SCVAL Qualifier M - Guibara 5, Porter 3, Zahoudanis 2, 1, Mitty 1:48.50; 4, co 57; 5, Woodside Priory 34; 6, Harker 14 THURSDAY, MAY 27 Swanson 2, Crandall 2, Wegenstein, Lapol- Menlo (Dunn, M. Hiller, Haley, K. Hiller) at Los Gatos High (Individual winners and local finishers) Boys tennis la, Curd, Martin 1:52.54; 6, Palo Alto (Zuo, Laughton, Fried- (Winners and local qualifiers to CCS Records: Gunn finishes season 9-7; man, P. Champion) 1:53.47; 8, Sacred semis) 400 relay - NDSJ 52.9; 2, Woodside Pri- CCS — Individual singles and doubles Menlo finishes season 15-6 Heart Prep (Yim, Maurano, Sutherland, Ang) 400 relay — 1, Lynbrook 42.58 ory 53.6; 1,600 - Tomi Amos (Castilleja) tournament at Imperial Courts, Aptos, 1 5:40.2; 3, Strickfaden (Casty) 5:43.1; 4, p.m. 1:53.58. 1,600 — 1, LaForm (Monta Vista) BOYS SWIMMING Ashton (Casty) 6:00.0; 100 hurdles - Aquili- 200 free — 1, Martinez (Evergreen) 4:29.02 FRIDAY, MAY 28 CCS Championships na (MB) 18.2; 400 - Chaidez (NDSJ) 1:02.1; 1:50.02. at Independence High 110 HH — 1, Robinson (Santa Clara) 2, Tope Amos (Casty) 1:02.3; 4, Schultz Track and field Team leaders — 1, Bellarmine 546; 2, 200 IM — 1, E. Liu (Mitty) 2:01.92; 7, 14.79; 2, Ashufta (Paly) 16.54; 3, Reade (WP) 1:06.9; 100 - Lunasco (NDSJ) 13.4; 3 CCS — Championships at San Jose City Menlo School 137; 3, Live Oak 109; 4, Yim (SHP) 2:13.19. (Paly) 16.90; (tie), Bradford (WP) and Mills (WP) 13.7; 800 College: field events begin at 4 p.m.; run- Gunn 104; 5, St. Francis 98; 6, St. Ignatius 50 free — 1, Bishop (Mt. View) 23.36. 400 — 1, Khan (Lynbrook) 50.56; 100 - Chaidez (NDSJ) 2:31.3; 3, Tope Amos ning events at 6 p.m. Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, May 19, 2004 • Page 29 Weekend Preview Thursday “Bloopers and Blunders of Early Radio SUPER SIZE ME (NR) Parents strongly Television” will be the subject of a lec- cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for ture tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Museum children under 13 of American Heritage (MOAH), 351 Wed. & Thu. (1:50-4:20) 7-9:30 Aitana Sanchez Homer Ave. in Palo Alto. Former White I'M NOT SCARED (Subtitled) (R) House correspondent Bill Evenson will Wed. & Thu. (2:30-4:50) 7:20-9:40 reminisce about the early days of broad- Times Valid For Wednesday, 5/19 thru Thursday,5/20 Only © 2004 casting. Admission is free for MOAH members; $5 for non-members. The museum’s current exhibit, “When Radio Share a part Was King,” will be open at 7 p.m. and of your life – after the presentation. For more informa- Give blood tion please call (650) 321-1004 or visit Stanford Medical School www.moah.org. Blood Center “Pierre and Marie” will preview tonight 1-888-723-7831 at 8 p.m. at the Bus Barn Theatre, 97 http://BloodCenter.Stanford.edu Hillview Ave. in Los Altos. The produc- Former White House correspondent tion is a biographical comedy about Bill Evenson will reminisce about Pierre and Marie Curie, adapted by Ron the early days of broadcasting on Clark from the French original, “Les Thursday at the Museum of Palmes de M. Schutz,” by Jean-Noel Fenwick. Show times are Thursdays American Heritage in Palo Alto. through Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Sunday, jor for String Orchestra, Op. 63” and June 6 and 13 at 3 p.m. Bus Barn Schubert’s “Rondo for Violin and String Stage Company will present the play Orchestra, D. 438.” Tickets are $8 and through June 19. Tickets are $18 for $10. For more information please call tonight’s preview; $30 for Friday’s open- (650) 856-3848 or visit www.pacomu- ing-night performance, which includes a sic.org. champagne reception; $25 for Thurs- The Stanford Symphony Orchestra will days/Fridays/Saturdays and $20 for perform tonight at 8 p.m. at Dinkelspiel Sundays. Group discounts are available. Auditorium. The concert will showcase Please call the box office at (650) 941- conductor Jindong Cai, the Stanford 0551 for information and reservations. music department’s new director of or- Youth Art will be on display through chestral studies. The program will fea- May 30 at the Palo Alto Art Center. The ture Brahms’ “Second Piano Concerto,” exhibition features featuring works by K- Ravel’s “Daphnis et Chloe” and Mark 12 students from the Palo Alto Unified Applebaum’s “Martian Anthology,” which School District. Gallery hours are Tues- was composed in honor of Cai. A re- day through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5 ception will follow the concert. Tickets p.m.; Thursday also from 7 to 9 p.m.; are $5 and $10. For more information Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. For more infor- please visit http://music.stanford.edu. mation please call (650) 329-2366. Keeble & Shuchat Photography will Friday host an exhibition of contemporary pic- torialism through May 26. Viewing hours The Bone’s “HomeTown” program will are Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to broadcast live today from 10 a.m. to 2 5:30 p.m. Keeble & Shuchat is located p.m. at Antonio’s Nut House, 321 S. at 290 California Ave. in Palo Alto. For California Ave. in Palo Alto. Admission is more information please call (650) 327- free. For more information please call 8996 or visit www.kspphoto.com. (650) 321-2550. The Memorial Glass Orchard will be “Don Giovanni” will be presented by presented today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. West Bay Opera tonight at 8 p.m. at the at the Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto. The event will show- Road in Palo Alto. The production fea- case 20 handcrafted steel “memorial tures music by Wolfgang Amadeus trees,” adorned with images of artists Mozart and libretto by Lorenzo da who have served their country. Glass Ponte. Additional show times are Satur- fruits and vegetables will also be day at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m., as adorned on the trees. For more informa- well as May 28-29 at 8 p.m. and May tion, please call (408) 297-0110. 30 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $43, with a special $21.50 youth ticket (for those Sunday under 18) for Sunday matinees only. A Peninsula Pops will conclude its sea- $2 handling fee is applied to each ticket. son tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Spangen- For tickets or more information, please berg Theatre, 780 Arastradero Road in call the West Bay Opera box office at Palo Alto. The program will feature (650) 424-9999, Monday through Friday, Broadway tunes. Tickets are $12 adults; 1to 6 p.m., or visit www.wbopera.org. $10 seniors; $8 students; free for kids Tickets may also be purchased at the under 10 who are accompanied by an Holt Building, 221 Lambert Ave. in Palo adult. Tickets are available in advance Alto. from [email protected]. For “Servant of Two Masters” will open more information please call (650) 856- tonight at 8 p.m. at Foothill College’s 8432 or visit www.peninsulapops.com. Playhouse Theater (Room 1301), 12345 El Monte Road in Los Altos Hills. Set in COMING UP IN FRIDAY’S Venice during the 1700s, the story re- volves around a wily servant who at- WEEKEND EDITION tempts to do double the work for dou- ble the pay — simultaneously. Additional Art show times are May 22, 27, 28, 29, June 3, 4 and 5 at 8 p.m. A matinee will A profile of the “Picasso to take place on June 6 at 2 p.m. Tickets Thiebaud” exhibition currently are $15 general; $12 for students and on display at Stanford’s Cantor seniors; $10 for children under 12. Dis- Arts Center. count group tickets are available. To purchase tickets, call (650) 949-7360 or Opera visit www.foothill.edu. Saturday A preview of West Bay Opera’s The Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra will production of “Don Giovanni.” perform tonight at 8 p.m. at Spangen- berg Theatre, 780 Arastradero Road in Eating Palo Alto. The program will feature Torel- li’s “Concerto Grosso, Op. 8, No. 12 in A review of Scott’s Seafood in D Major,” Arthur Foote’s “Suite in E Ma- Palo Alto.

Page 30 • Wednesday, May 19, 2004 • Palo Alto Weekly MOVIE TIMES Santa Fe Note: Screenings are for Wednesday through Thursday only. Showtimes for the Century 16 and Century Park 12 Theatres were unavailable at press time. For up-to-date showtimes visit www.PaloAltoOnline.com. Opera Tour 13 Going on 30 Century 16: 11:45 a.m.; 2:20, 4:40, 7:15 & 9:35 August 24-29, 2004 (PG-13) ✭✭✭ p.m. Century 12: 11:40 a.m.; 2:20, 4:40, 7:25 & 9:40 p.m. 4 operas, air, hotel, reception, Bon Voyage (PG-13) Aquarius: 6:50 & 9:30 p.m. 2 dinners, opera lecture, Movie reviews by Jeanne Aufmuth, Tyler ✭✭✭1/2 backstage tour, museums, Breakin’ All the Rules Century 16: 11:25 a.m.; 1:35, 3:40, 5:50, 7:55 & sightseeing and many more MoviesHanley, Jim Shelby and Susan Tavernetti (PG-13) ✭✭ 9:55 p.m. Century 12: 12:40, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30 & special features. 9:35 p.m. Escorted by Carol Price Rabin Eternal Sunshine of the Guild: 7:15 & 10 p.m. OPENINGS Spotless Mind (R) ✭✭✭ Goodbye, Lenin! Aquarius: 6:20 & 9 p.m. CREATIVE (R) ✭✭✭1/2 TRAVEL ARRANGERS I’m Not Scared CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 2:30, 4:50, 7:20 & Tel: (650) 854-4412 (R) ✭✭✭1/2 9:40 p.m. Fax: (650) 854-2102 Kill Bill Vol. 2 Century 16: 1:25, 4:20, 7:20 & 10:15 p.m. Email: [email protected] (R) ✭✭✭1/2 Century 12: 11:35 a.m. & 9:50 p.m. Lic. #CST 2040042 Laws of Attraction Century 16: 12:10, 2:35, 4:45, 6:50 & 9:10 p.m. (PG-13) ✭✭ Century 12: 2:30, 5:10 & 7:35 p.m. Man on Fire (R) ✭✭ Century 16: 1, 4, 7:05 & 10:05 p.m. Century 12: 12:50, 4:10, 7:20 & 10:25 p.m. Mean Girls (PG-13) ✭✭✭ Century 16: 11:15 a.m.; 12:20, 1:25, 2:40, 5, 7:50 & 10 p.m. Century 12: 11:50 a.m.; 2:15, 4:35, 7:05 & 9:45 p.m. Monsieur Ibrahim (R) ✭✭✭ Century 16: 1:20, 5:30 & 9:50 p.m. New York Minute (PG) Century 16: 12:15, 2:30, 4:55, 7:10 & 9:20 p.m. ✭✭✭ Century 12: 12:20, 2:40, 4:50 & 7:10 p.m. Shrek 2 (PG) ✭✭✭✭ Century 16: For showtimes visit www.PaloAltoOnline.com. Century 12: For show- times visit www.PaloAltoOnline.com. Feline swashbuckler Puss In Boots (Antonio Banderas) Spring, Summer, Fall, Century 16: 11:10 a.m.; 3:20 & 7:40 p.m. debuts in the highly entertaining “Shrek 2.” Mike Myers Winter...and Spring (R) ✭✭✭1/2 plays newlywed Shrek, who must contend with hostile in- Super Size Me CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 1:50, 4:20, 7 & 9:30 laws after marrying Princess Fiona. (Not Rated) ✭✭✭1/2 p.m. Troy (R) ✭✭✭ Century 16: 11:15 a.m.; noon, 12:45, 1:45, 2:45, 3:30, 4:15, 5:15, 6:15, 7, 7:45, 8:45, 9:45 & 10:30 Shrek 2 ✭✭✭✭ p.m. Century 12: 11:30 a.m.; 12:15, 1, 2, 3, 3:45, (Century 16, Century 12) “Shrek” fractured the fairytale formula 4:30, 5:30, 6:30, 7:15, 8, 9 & 10 p.m. in 2001, and this side-splitting sequel continues to burst every make- Van Helsing (PG-13) ✭✭ Century 16: 11:20 a.m.; 12:05, 1:30, 2:15, 2:55, believe bubble ever blown by the likes of the Brothers Grimm and 3:45, 4:25, 5:05, 5:45, 6:40, 7:25, 8:05, 9, 9:40 & Disney. Concocting a magical potion — part “Guess Who’s Coming 10:20 p.m. Century 12: 11:15 a.m.; 1:10, 2:30, 4, to Dinner” and part popular culture with sprinkles of pixel dust — 5:45, 7, 8:30, 9:30 & 10:10 p.m. Pacific Data Images/DreamWorks has created one of the year’s most ★ Skip it ★★ Some redeeming qualities ★★★ A good bet ★★★★ Outstanding entertaining movies. And it’s not just for the young and the young at heart. Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (266-9260) It took a small coach filled with screenwriters Andrew Adamson, Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View (960-0970) Joe Stillman, J. David Stem and David N. Weiss to deliver the smart Century Park 12: 557 E. Bayshore Blvd., Redwood City (365-9000) script that finds newlyweds Shrek (voiced by Mike Myers) and Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (266-9260) Fiona (Cameron Diaz) summoned to the Kingdom of Far Far Away. Princess Fiona’s parents (John Cleese and Julie Andrews) are throw- CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (493-3456) ing a royal ball in their honor. But the loving couple finds it’s-not- Spangenberg: 780 Arastradero Rd., Palo Alto (354-8220) easy-being-green ogres in an image-conscious, Beverly Hills-like Stanford: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto (324-3700) realm. Fiona’s controlling father becomes a true drama king upon Internet address: For show times, plot synopses trailers and more information setting eyes on his new son-in-law and exclaiming, “Our daughter about films playing, visit Palo Alto Online at http://www.PaloAltoOnline.com/ has married a monster!” The energetic narrative races from “Once upon a time” to “Happily ever after” with plot complications courtesy of a conniv- STANFORD THEATRE ing Fairy Godmother (Jennifer Saunders). She wants the princess to marry Charming (Rupert Everett), her wannabe prince of a son. The Stanford Theatre is located at 221 University Ave. in Palo Alto. Screenings Although fast-moving and funny, the story’s biggest strength lies in are for Wednesday and Thursday. For more information call (650) 324-3700. cartoon characters more three-dimensional than the flesh-and-blood ones in current Hollywood releases. Shrek and Fiona’s love rela- Ah, Wilderness (1935) Set in a small town at the turn of the century, this film focuses tionship deepens to such an extent that their quiet moments are truly on a young man coming of age and his loving family. The success of this film led to touching. Feline swashbuckler Puss In Boots (Antonio Banderas) the Andy Hardy film series at MGM. 7:30 p.m. debuts as another “annoying talking animal” — the perfect third amigo for Shrek and his wisecracking sidekick, Donkey (Eddie Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938) Andy’s life becomes crazy when he is pursued by two girls at the same time. Starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland. 5:50 Murphy). Dynamic computer animation (directed by Andrew & 9:25 p.m. Adamson, Kelly Asbury and Conrad Vernon) partners with the voice talent to lend color and extraordinary emotion to each role. Sight and sound gags poke fun at countless cultural icons and sto- NOW PLAYING to his brutish brother, King Menelaus rybook staples, ranging from Justin Timberlake and Joan Rivers to (Brendan Gleeson). Agamemnon’s affront The following is a sampling of movies ugly step-sisters and Sleeping Beauty. But pointed barbs also get masks a monumental greed and an over- 170 Commercial St., tossed at the bad apples who commit acts of police brutality and cor- recently reviewed in the Weekly: whelming desire to ensure total domination of a vast empire. The walled city of Troy is ✭✭✭ porate exploitation. At the heart of this animated masterpiece is a Troy Agamemnon’s target, its conquest impera- wonderful message about beauty and success being skin deep. (Century 16, Century 12) This season’s tive for control of the Aegean and the final “Love me for who I am” makes a strong statement that counters our testosterone treat is a cinematic triple- piece of the puzzle that represents his threat; a gritty historical epic sparkling with dynasty. But Troy will not topple easily, culture’s superficial nip-and-tuck sensibilities. entertainment value and beefcake. How marked by the august leadership of dynam- Mountain Lion Alert • to same- “Shrek 2” casts a magical spell while turning traditional myths bravely they fought and how fiercely they ic King Priam (Peter O’Toole) and Paris’ upside down. Fairytales like this can come true . . . for me and for loved, those inhabitants of ancient Greece. noble brother, Prince Hector (Eric Bana). day classifieds • movies • clas- The kingdoms’ tenuous alliance, based on you. Power takes shape in a hostile engagement sifieds • best of palo alto • nothing more than a wing and a prayer, is extravaganza, a Trojan War uniting the mas- shattered when Paris, prince of Troy sive tribes of Greece to seize Helen back E-bulletins keep you posted • Rated: PG for some crude humor, a brief substance reference and (Orlando Bloom), falls for legendary beauty from Troy. Enter renegade warlord Achilles archives • class guide • open some suggestive content. 1 hour, 33 minutes. Helen, queen of Sparta (Diane Kruger), and (Brad Pitt), the greatest warrior for the ignites a war that will ravage an entire civi- greatest war ever seen. “Troy” is cheerfully home guide • seniors •community lization. The all-powerful and arrogant — Susan Tavernetti reminiscent of the old-school epics, a “Ben- calendar • Sign up • movies • Agamemnon, King of the Mycenaeans Hur” for the new millennium. Rated: R for (Brian Cox), is affronted by Paris’ risky nudity and violence. 2 hours, 45 minutes. www.PaloAltoOnline.com deed, declaring it an insult to his family — J.A. (Reviewed May 14, 2004) honor, considering that Helen is betrothed • things to do • transporta- Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, May 19, 2004 • Page 31 Page 32 • Wednesday, May 19, 2004 • Palo Alto Weekly