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COURT Walgreens verdict: Guilty Jury convicts Donald Ray Williams of torching downtown building by Bay City News jury delivered a guilty verdict this morning in U.S. District A Court in San Jose against a man accused of starting a four- alarm fire that destroyed a historic downtown Palo Alto building in July 2007. Sentencing has been scheduled for April 15. Prosecutors said Donald Ray Williams climbed to the roof of the two-story University Avenue structure on July 1, 2007 and entered a second-story office space, Veronica Weber where he lit the fire. The seven-man, five-woman jury delivered the guilty verdict at about 11 a.m. Thursday on a charge of ar- son affecting interstate commerce. Cung chúc tân xuân They had entered deliberations the day before at 2 p.m. Monday marked the first day of Têt,´ the seven-day Vietnamese celebration of Lunar New Year. The Vietnamese Buddhist Church in Assistant U.S. Attorney Gary East Palo Alto offers services every day in honor of the Year of the Buffalo. Fry said Williams faces up to 20 years in prison but will likely be he wreaks havoc. It’s like the Dr. has carried over into his adult life, sentenced to between five and 15 COMMUNITY Seuss story, ‘The Cat in the Hat,’” as has a yearning to draw children years. he said. to the stage to experience the the- The 102-year-old building that A self-described “military brat,” ater’s singular form of self-explora- burned contained a Walgreen’s Luckey lived in Scotland, Germany tion, he said. store on the street level and vacant Palo Alto Children’s and Italy before settling down with “Kids are so lost these days. A lot offices on the second floor. his parents in Georgia, where he of them are overbooked. They lose Fry included in his closing ar- Theatre gets Luckey became founding artistic director that sense of play and the develop- gument Wednesday a list of the of the Youth Theatre Company in ment of creativity and of getting to witnesses who placed Williams on New director comes with wealth of theater experience Atlanta. He has directed theater pro- know themselves,” he said. the roof of the Walgreen’s build- ductions at the elementary, middle, Luckey has a master’s degree in ing at 310 University Ave. that by Sue Dremann high school and collegiate levels theater and music from the Univer- night. udge Luckey’s small office space and close-cropped black hair, Luck- and for several years he served as sity of Michigan. He studied ballet Prosecutors also presented is barren, except for a desk, chair ey, 46, expresses his ideas with ani- the theater department chair for the for 10 years and has been a theater DNA evidence allegedly linking J and credenza he brought in last mated hands. His smooth face lights Georgia Governor’s Honors Pro- professional for 25 years, working Williams to a T-shirt found in a week. But the new Palo Alto Chil- up as he speaks; at times he cocks gram, developing arts training for in adult productions as an assistant Dumpster located in a nearby al- dren’s Theatre director’s mind is his head in childlike curiosity. gifted high school students. casting director in Hollywood and ley. filled with ideas for revitalizing the When talking about potential Theater has always been a part of as an actor on stage with profes- Defense attorney Lara Vinnard 77-year-old organization. plays he might stage, especially his life, he said. The military offered sional companies. He is a member had attempted to convince the “I’m not interested in leaving new works, Luckey grew excited, extensive arts programs, including of Actor’s Equity and the Screen jury that the prosecution had not the theater as an archival museum his voice rising. dance and theater, and Luckey said Actors Guild. conclusively proven Williams had piece; I want to be knowledgeable “Do you know, ‘If You Give a he was drawn to the stage while in Luckey said he doesn’t see much started the fire. and bring a fresh approach,” he Mouse a Cookie’? Oh, that’s a great elementary school. difference between working with Following the fire, the building said. book! It’s the story about a boy who The childlike magic of transform- was demolished, and a new struc- An affable man with a boyish face lets a mouse into the house and ing the self into another character (continued on page 11) ture is being built. N *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ>Õ>ÀÞÊÎä]ÊÓääÊU Page 3 SERVING THE BAY AREA FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS

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Johnson EDITORIAL 15 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto (located near Scotts Seafood) Jay Thorwaldson, Editor sWWWWILLIAMSCUTLERYCOM Jocelyn Dong, Managing Editor Carol Blitzer, Associate Editor Town Keith Peters, Sports Editor by Don Kazak Tyler Hanley, Express™ and Online Editor Rebecca Wallace, Arts & Entertainment Editor % Rick Eymer, Assistant Sports Editor 50 OFF Don Kazak, Senior Staff Writer Parents, kids & booze Oriental Rugs Emilie Doolittle, Gennady Sheyner, Staff Writers hen Palo Alto police were “Some parents,” she added, “still Sue Dremann, Staff Writer, Special Sections Editor called out by neighbors to allow their kids, and their kids’ Karla Kane, Editorial Assistant Liquidation SALE Veronica Weber, Staff Photographer W a raucous Halloween party friends, to drink in their homes.” Jeanne Aufmuth, Dale Bentson, Colin Becht, in 2006, they found more than 50 The insert is a reminder to parents Kit Davey, Iris Harrell, Jack McKinnon, teens, many of them drunk. that there are now additional poten- Susan Tavernetti, Robert Taylor, Contributors Megan Rawlins, Susan Robles, Johanna Toivio, It’s not unusual for police to be tial legal consequences for them, Kris Young, Editorial Interns called by neighbors because of such DESIGN parties. Shannon Corey, Design Director “We have a couple of teen-drink- ‘We have a couple Diane Haas, Sue Peck, Senior Designers ing parties each month,” Police Dana James, Paul Llewellyn, Scott Peterson, Designers Agent Dan Ryan said. “The noise of teen-drinking is too late and too loud and so we PRODUCTION parties each Jennifer Lindberg, Production Manager get the call.” Dorothy Hassett, Blanca Yoc, There are usually no parents or month.’ Sales & Production Coordinators other adults present. The surprising ADVERTISING thing, that night, is there were. (The –Police Agent Dan Ryan Walter Kupiec, Advertising Director parents were cited by police.) Cathy Norfleet, Display Advertising Sales Asst. News coverage of the party set too, if their kids drink at home and Judie Block, Janice Hoogner, Gary Whitman, Display Advertising Sales off a lively, sometimes angry, de- get into trouble — beyond possible Kathryn Brottem, Real Estate Advertising Sales bate about parental responsibil- criminal charges such as contribut- Joan Merritt, Real Estate Advertising Asst. ity and underage drinking. There ing to the delinquency of minors. David Cirner, Irene Schwartz, Inside Advertising Sales were more than 180 postings on the “The vast majority of students Alicia Santillan, Classified Administrative Asst. Town Square forum about the party live a healthy lifestyle,” Acting Po- EXPRESS, ONLINE AND VIDEO SERVICES on Palo Alto Online, the Weekly’s lice Chief Dennis Burns said. “It’s Rachel Palmer, Online Operations Coordinator community website. more of a notice to parents of kids Molly Stenhouse, Online Sales Consultant A lot has happened since then. who may get in trouble to be more Ephesus Gallery BUSINESS The Palo Alto Drug Alcohol responsible.” Haleh Yee, Manager of Payroll & Benefits Community Collaborative (PAD- At the 2006 Halloween party, the Fine Oriental Rugs Paula Mulugeta, Senior Accountant CC) — a group formed six years main goal of the cops was to get the !!! ! ! % Elena Dineva, Mary McDonald, Cathy Stringari, Doris Taylor, Business Associates ago that includes city, school dis- kids home safely, which meant call- " !$ "$ trict, Palo Alto Medical Foundation ing a lot of parents, Ryan said. That #!! ADMINISTRATION Amy Renalds, Assistant to the Publisher members and others — has held a can lead to some uncomfortable & Promotions Director series of community forums about parent-teen conversations, which Janice Covolo, Receptionist; Ruben Espinoza, underage drinking. Ryan thinks is a good thing. But Jorge Vera, Couriers Its next forum will be March 2 (7 there can often be parental denial, EMBARCADERO PUBLISHING CO. p.m. at the school district offices at too. William S. Johnson, President Michael I. Naar, Vice President & CFO 25 Churchill Ave.) The police don’t just break up Walter Kupiec, Vice President, Sales & Marketing Underage drinking is against the rowdy teen-drinking parties. Robert Stetson, Director of Marketing law but is sometimes not taken seri- They also respond to horrific car Frank A. Bravo, Director, Computer Operations & Webmaster ously by parents. 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Upfront THE NEW STANFORD MEDICINE QUOTE OF THE WEEK OUTPATIENT CENTER IN REDWOOD CITY ‘‘ COMBINES A STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY WITH “Things are so bad ... all we’re doing is STANFORD taking calls from tenants asking for rate QUALITY CARE reductions.” —Developer John McNellis, on the challenge of finding a grocery store to anchor Alma Plaza. HOW CAN ‘‘ See story on page 3. WE HELP YOU? Around Town WARNING: TRAFFIC AHEAD ... University will be bubbling with NOW IN A CONVENIENT NEW LOCATION: Is PA the next LA? At least one tens of thousands of visitors, in- member of Palo Alto’s Planning cluding 13,500 athletes who are Dermatology and Transportation Commission expected to come to the city for Digestive Health seems to think so. At a recent the Senior Games. The games, Imaging study session on the traffic im- city officials say, will inject mil- Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine pacts of the two Stanford Uni- lions of dollars into the city’s Pain Management versity expansion projects, Com- economy through retail sales Sleep Medicine missioner Arthur Keller painted a and hotel stays. But organizers dire picture of Palo Alto’s future. also have a practical question: Featuring The commission was discuss- Who will sell these visitors tick- Full Rehabilitation Services ing a new report showing that ets, hand them water and direct Leading-edge Surgical Suites most of Palo Alto main streets them to the proper venue? It would be congested in 2015 could be you. On Monday, the and 2025 whether or not the City Council and the Parks and Stanford University Medical Cen- Recreation Commission agreed ter and the Stanford Shopping that now is the time to start Center expand. The numbers reaching out to volunteers, about do not consider any mitigation 4,000 of whom the city would measures for the two projects need for the event. “We would that Stanford might implement. love to have another conversa- Keller blamed much of the future tion with the people putting this congestion on the regional group on as well as the council to see in Association of Bay Area Govern- what ways we can get the word ments (ABAG), which directs lo- out that we need volunteers,” cal governments to bear their fair parks commission Chairwoman share of new housing. In Keller’s Pat Markevitch said. Residents view, the course prescribed by interested in volunteering can Dallas Black Dance Theatre ABAG would create traffic pat- get more information by going terns akin to those in Los Ange- to www.2009seniorgames.org/ les. “Some 20-odd years ago, become-a-volunteer, by calling Fri., Feb. 6 • 8 p.m. if my life had gone in a different the 2009 Senior Games Lo- General Admission, $25; direction, I’d be in LA teaching cal Organizing Committee at at Foothill College in some university down there,” 650-323-9400, or by e-mailing Students with I.D., $20 Keller said. “Amazingly enough, [email protected]. without moving, I’m going to end up in Los Angeles in 15 years. HOUSING BATTLE ... The heated ABAG is trying to turn us into Los battle between Palo Alto-based Group rates available. Angeles.” property manager Page Mill Property and its East Palo Alto Tickets on sale at HEY, YOU ... Want to get a tenants continued last week, with (650) 949-7360 Palo Altan’s attention? Talk to the two sides disagreeing over or www.foothill.edu/fa him about potholes and zoning whether Page Mill had the right variances. A recent report by to sharply raise rents at its apart- City Auditor Lynda Brouchoud ments. The City of East Palo Alto included a survey showing that had dropped its case against “street repairs” and “land use, the company late last year, but a planning and zoning” as the two group of 136 tenants has filed a service areas in Palo Alto that are complaint with East Palo Alto’s “most strongly correlated with Rent Stabilization Board, chal- ratings of overall service qual- lenging the rent increases. The ity.” The survey showed just 47 group made its case this Friday, percent of the residents rating though no decision was reached. street repair as good or excel- The complaint hearing will be lent, and 46 percent giving land continued at a later date. Mean- use the two highest grades. But while, tenant advocates have while residents may occassion- continued their public-relations ally grumble about roads and the blitz against Page Mill. This week, zoning process, they seem to be more than 1,000 fliers criticizing satisfied with the overall quality Page Mill went up in Palo Alto of the city’s services. Last year, and surrounding cities. Tenants 85 percent rated the city’s overall also launched a new website, quality of services as good or www.epa-tenants.org, which ac- excellent. cuses Page Mill of being involved in a “predatory equity” scheme, CALLING ALL HANDS ... In six designed to drive out currents months, Palo Alto and Stanford tenants and raise profits. N

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ECONOMY Palo Alto housing could rebound by end of year Panelists offer advice on creating successful transactions NO by Carol Blitzer he dizzying days of rapid home “as is.” Instead, sellers need TALK ABOUT IT sales with competing offers, to assess what work needs to be www.PaloAltoOnline.com )&)43./4).4()36!5,4 )43./43!&% T plentiful loan money and no done and either fix problems be- contingencies are long over, but the fore the house goes on the market How optimistic are you about the housing market? Share you opinions on Town housing market is far from dead, or be prepared to fully disclose any Square, the community online forum on panelists agreed at a community issues, the panelists said. Palo Alto Online. forum Tuesday night. “This is the most difficult real The slowdown in the Palo Alto- estate market I’ve ever seen,” said lion and a second, 3.5 percent loan and-environs housing market has Bellumori, a Realtor with more than on a $150,000 line of credit, one not been as severe as the national 30 years’ experience. would need a $143,000 income to trend, according to Mark Duval, Although the economic fortunes qualify. chief investment officer for Opes of this area are heavily tied to the Today, with 25 percent down and Advisors. But local trends tend to stock market, “up to this point higher rates on the jumbo loan, one parallel the stock market, not the na- we’ve been an island of resiliency,” would need to earn $228,000 a year tional housing market. He predicted he said. to buy the same house. a turnaround could impact the local Bellumori pointed to the lack of “The buyer pool has shrunk,” she housing market as early as the end land, strong entrepreneurial busi- said. of 2009. ness climate, good public schools Panelists spoke to specific issues, LOS ALTOS VAULT & SAFE DEPOSIT CO. Inventory is already starting to and great weather as key selling including pricing, negotiable terms, A private depository increase, and more than a hundred points for real estate. conditions and appraisals. Safe deposit boxes of all sizes 7 Ê, Ê£t potential buyers have been turn- But much of his job today is serv- “Pricing is not an exact science,” Strict and total conﬁ dentiality / iÀiÊÃÊ ÊÓ ing up at recent open houses, noted ing as “a reality versus a realty bro- Alain Pinel Realtor Nicole Aron 6 Ê/t Coldwell Banker Realtor Steve Bel- ker,” he said. said, but the classic issues of loca- Secured and ample parking lumori. Although plenty of money is tion, condition of property, levels of For your own sake we should have your business. The panel of four brokers, a CPA, available, the guidelines for lenders inventory and availability of financ- Visit our facilities and judge for yourself. and a couple of financial analysts have firmed up, Tracie Southerland, ing still come into play. Data bank for important and conﬁ dential records. had some specific advice for the 50 financial and mortgage advisor for And it’s always the kiss of death potential buyers and sellers who at- Opes Advisors, said. to overprice. SAFE FROM STATE & FEDERAL INTRUSION tended the meeting at Trader Vic’s “It’s not much different than 15 “Focus on the goal of why you’re in Palo Alto. years ago,” she added. on the market,” she said, adding that IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HACKERS TO PENETRATE OUR COMPUTER Top of the list was changing ex- Southerland compared housing one could be paying less for a re- SYSTEM. REASON — WE HAVE NO COMPUTERS. WE DO BUSINESS pectations. accessibility in 2003 versus 2009, placement home. THE OLD FASHIONED WAY. Gone are the days of slapping using a $1.5 million house as an A home can be made far more 121 First Street, Los Altos, CA 94022 on a coat of fresh paint, setting out example. In 2003, with 10 percent Tel: 650-949-5891 www.losaltosvault.com some potted plants and offering a down, a 4 percent loan on $1.2 mil- (continued on page 8) *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ>Õ>ÀÞÊÎä]ÊÓääÊU Page 7 Upfront KEPLER’S FEATURED AUTHORS IN FEBRUARY

Dan Simmons T.C. Boyle Drood: A Novel The Women 92-*@.+9<*9@ $*;<9-*@.+9<*9@ 85 85 Just as he did in The Terror, Having brought to life *6$25576:-9*>:258., eccentric cereal king CityViewA round-up of government action this week cably from history to create John Harvey Kellogg in a gloriously engaging and The Road to Wellville and sex terrifying narrative based on the historical researcher Alfred Kinsey in details of Charles Dickens’s life. The Inner Circle, T.C. Boyle now turns his ﬁ ctional City Council (Jan. 26) sights on the women loved by Frank Lloyd Wright. Alma Plaza The council voted to approve the tentative map and site design for Alma Plaza, a mixed-use project at the 3400 block of Alma Street featuring a grocery store, 14 below-market-rate apartments, 37 single-family homes and a community room. The council also required developer John McNellis to expand the proposed Don’t miss these other exciting author events! hours at the community room. Yes: Barton, Burt, Drekmeier, Espinosa, Klein, Mor- ton. No: Kishimoto, Schmid, Yeh. David Denby Veronica Chater Snark Waiting for the Apocalypse: Parks and Recreation Commission (Jan. 26) 76-*@.+9<*9@ 85 A Memoir of Faith and Family Elections The commission elected Pat Markevitch to chair for another term. The (.-6.:-*@.+9<*9@ 85 commission also elected Carl King to be its vice chair. Both elections were unani- Sharp, highly entertaining and witty mous. 874.52,+@ .>)793.9,92;2,*6-+.:; Growing up Catholic in a family where Recreation classes The commission heard a presentation on and discussed the selling author. the reforms of Vatican II are seen as the city’s recreation classes and programs. Action: None. work of Satan. Board of Education (Jan. 27) Mario Livio School construction: The board of the Palo Alto Unified School District reviewed David Thomson Is God a Mathematician? preliminary designs for Gunn and Palo Alto high schools. Try to Tell the Story: A Memoir Enrollment: The board also reviewed a report on enrollment forecasts and dis- %<.:-*@.+9<*9@ 85 %1<9:-*@.+9<*9@ 85 cussed boundary adjustments as a solution to the influx in students. Action: None A fascinating exploration of the great discoveries of history’s most important A haunting and unsentimental look at mathematicians. the fragility of family relationships from Planning & Transportation Commission (Jan. 28) celebrated ﬁ lm critic and historian. Tree House: The commission voted to recommend approval of a planned community zone for the “Tree House,” a 35-unit affordable-housing complex proposed for 488 West Charleston Road. Yes: Fineberg, Garber, Keller, Lippert, Tuma. No: Holman Guy Kawasaki Jamie Ford Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet Architectural Review Board (Jan. 28) to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and 335 Bryant St.: The commission voted to approve facade renovations of an office Outmarketing Your Competition %<.:-*@.+9<*9@ 85 building at 335 Bryant St. These include replacement of landscape material and a (.-6.:-*@.+9<*9@ 85 Stunning debut novel set new entry design. Yes: Lee, Lew, Malone Pritchard, Wasserman. No: Solnick during World War II. More uncommon common sense from Stanford Shopping Center: The commission discussed the design of the proposed the bestselling author of The Art of the Stanford Shopping Center. Action: None. N Start. LET’S DISCUSS: Read the latest local news headlines Jonathon Keats and talk about the issues at Town Square at www.PaloAltoOnline.com Abraham Verghese The Book of the Unknown: Cutting for Stone Tales of the Thirty-Six %1<9:-*@.+9<*9@ 85 (.-6.:-*@.+9<*9@ 85 A stunning debut novel from medical Marvelous and mystical stories of the Public Agenda doctor, Stanford Med School professor *676@57<::*26;:B9.25*026.-/975 and author of My Own Country. Jewish folklore. PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to hold its annual meeting with Assemblyman Ira Ruskin. The council also plans to Niloufar Talebi Yiyun Li review and comment on the draft Traffic Study for the Stanford Uni- Belonging: New Poetry by Iranians The Vagrants versity hospital and shopping center expansion projects. The meet- Around the World ing with Ruskin will begin at 6 p.m., Monday, Feb. 2. The council’s 76-*@.+9<*9@ 85 %1<9:-*@.+9<*9@ 85 regular meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Astonishing debut novel by the Eclectic and accessible, these vibrant *>*9->266260>92;.92::.;26 Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). poems deepen the often limited China in the late 1970s. awareness of Iranian identity today. PALO ALTO FINANCE COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to discuss the audit of ambulance billing and revenue collection. The Sumbul Ali-Karamali Azadeh Moaveni meeting will begin at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 3, in the Council Confer- The Muslim Next Door: The Qur’an, Honeymoon in Tehran: Two Years of ence Room at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). the Media, and That Veil Thing Love and Danger in Iran %<.:-*@.+9<*9@ 85 %1<9:-*@.+9<*9@ 85 PALO ALTO UTILITY ADVISORY COMMISSION ... The commission Mixes scholarly insight about Islam with a personal, :;79@7/,752607/*0.26;>7,<4;<9.: plans to discuss a five-year financial forecast and the Calaveras Re- >.44,76:2-.9.-8.9:8.,;2=.76+.260*5*26:;9.*5 from the author of Lipstick Jihad. serve fund. The meeting will be held at 7 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 4, American Muslim. in the Council Chambers at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.).

PALO ALTO ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ... The board .84.9:$;79@%25..=.9@$<6-*@*; *5 plans to conduct a preliminary review of 3408 Hillview Ave., a new 3-story, 17,500-square-foot office building in the Stanford Research February 1st - Snowy Story Time February 15th - Valentine’s Day Story Time Park. The board also plans to conduct a study session on potential Anyone who wishes the Valentine’s Day is all about streetscape improvements along California Avenue. The meeting will Bay Area were a bit snowier friendship, love and most begin at 8:30 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 5, in Council Chambers at City will love the wonderful winter importantly, showing special Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). N weather in these stories. people in your life how much The lack of snow won’t you care. We’ll use these stop up us from making ideas to make some very noted Alain Pinel Realtor Carol marshmallow snowmen and special Valentine’s cards. Housing rebound Carnevale. Even if a seller has re- other winter crafts. (continued from page 7) placed the roof, the fact that the roof once leaked must be disclosed, February 8th - It’s OK to Be Different Story Time February 22nd - Stuff Story Time she said. What do a naked mole rat, a What do you do when you desirable with attractive terms, Duval, who keeps his eye on eco- pink penguin and a spunky already have everything? Each such as the seller paying down in- nomic trends nationwide, suggested sheep have in common? of these books is sure to teach terest points that could ultimately taking a longer view. For someone These fun, funky stories prove you something about everything save both buyer and seller a bundle, thinking of downsizing in three that even though it doesn’t and something about nothing. Southerland said. years, it might make more sense to always feel like it, it is ok to Other options include paying six sell now while prices are still high, be different. months of homeowners’ association he said. fees, seller financing or accepting “Long-term economic growth in Our event program is updated often. Please visit keplers.com for current information. a variety of contingencies, such the U.S. is positive,” he said, and it All events are free at Kepler’s unless otherwise noted. as locking in an interest rate, Al- “will keep a premium for housing ice Nuzzo, a Realtor with Sereno in this area.” N Follow me to Kepler’s. It’s our bookstore. Group, said. Associate Editor Carol Blitzer And when it comes to disclo- can be e-mailed at cblitzer@ Learn more at Keplers.com 4*5267#.*4 .647"*93C C sures, honesty is the only policy, paweekly.com. Page 8ÊUÊ>Õ>ÀÞÊÎä]ÊÓääÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Upfront News Digest Introducing the best thing to happen to TV since HD: Suspect in Addison School burglaries arrested Thanks to a private security guard and help from a Mountain View police canine unit, Palo Alto police arrested a man early Tuesday morning and charged him with burglarizing Addison Elementary School, Palo Alto Police Agent Dan Ryan said. The security guard, who works for the Palo Alto Unified School District, was “hiding out” in the school when a man broke in at about 2 a.m., Ryan said. The security guard chased the man, who got away. The Mountain View canine unit was then called in and the dog was able to track the man to where he lived two blocks away on Webster Street, Ryan said. Cameron Ragland, 18, was arrested and charged with burglary. Addison Elementary School has been burglarized five times since October, Ryan said. A search warrant later executed at Ragland’s home recovered some property that may have been taken from the school. “We believe it will tie him to previous burglaries,” Ryan said. N — Don Kazak Planning Commission approves ‘Tree House’ A leafy apartment complex for low-income residents is breezing through the city’s approval process. The Tree House, a tiered 35-unit building slated for 488 West Charleston Road, received an endorsement from the Planning and Transportation Commission Wednesday night. The project, by the nonprofit Palo Alto Housing Corporation, had already received unanimous approval from the Architectural Review Board and now needs only City Council’s approval before it gets the zone change it needs. On Wednesday, the planning commission voted 5-1 to recommend approval of the developer’s request for a planned community (PC) zone. Commissioner Karen Holman dissented. The building would feature two-, three- and four-story tiers and would include 33 studios and two one-bedroom apartments. It would house persons earning 20 percent to 50 percent of the area median income ($16,900 to $42,200 in annual income). Announcing the new Holman objected to the project because it did not include private open spaces for its residents. Spaces such as private gardens are neces- Comcast HD Triple Play sary quality-of-life components, Holman said. “It’s been shown in numerous studies that when people have access with FREE HD — coming to nature and gardens it’s very therapeutic,” Holman said. “I’m hard- pressed to support this or any affordable-housing project that doesn’t to a couch near you. include a private, open-space component.” The council is expected to discuss the Tree House within the next two months. If approved, developers expect to complete the project and More HD Faster Internet Smarter Phone have it occupied by December 2010. 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*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ>Õ>ÀÞÊÎä]ÊÓääÊU Page 9 Upfront Alma Plaza GENERAL CONTRACTORS (continued from page 3) specializing in Online This Week new construction, point for construction — having These and other news stories were posted on Palo Alto Online throughout additions and remodels the lease in place,” said Curtis Wil- the week. For longer versions, go to www.PaloAltoOnline.com/news liams, the city’s interim planning or click on “News” in the left, green column. director. “The grocery store is the No. 1 public-benefit component of Midtown Longs Drugs robbed Thursday night the project.” CUSTOM CABINETMAKERS A man wearing a black trench coat and carrying a rifle robbed a The grocery store also factored specializing in Longs Drugs store in Midtown Palo Alto Thursday night, police said. residential cabinetry heavily into the council’s decision to (Posted Jan. 23 at 10:11 a.m.) and furniture approve the project, which had gone through 15 public hearings spanning two years. Councilman Larry Klein Car jumps curb, hits man on California Street cited the potential new grocery store A mysterious car crash Thursday afternoon left a 19-year-old Moun- 2570 leghorn street, unit d, mountain view ca 94043 as the main reason for his accepting tain View resident in serious condition, after a truck smashed through &&!//(&2 the project, despite concerns over two apartment complex properties and hit him as he unloaded grocer- potential parking shortages and nar- ies from his car. (Posted Jan. 23 at 3:41 p.m.) row roads within the development. If council members were to reject Stanford, Harvard collaborate on poverty study McNellis’ proposal or send it back Stanford and Harvard will combine their research efforts for an am- for further revisions, Klein argued, bitious study of why there are 37 million Americans living in poverty. they might force the developer to (Posted Jan. 25 at 10:26 a.m.) abandon the mixed-use project al- together, revert the site to neighbor- Stanford suspends construction projects hood commercial (CN) zoning and Faced by a loss of 20-30 percent of its endowment because of the nix the supermarket plan. recession, Stanford Provost John Etchemendy told the university’s Fac- “Under a CN zone, you don’t have ulty Senate last week that the university will cancel or suspend $1.2 to build a grocery store,” Klein told billion in new construction projects. (Posted Jan. 26 at 9:27 a.m.) the council. “If you push the appli- cant into that position you may get a Simitian: State may freeze education funding different commercial (development). Get Connected! State budget compromise may include a $2.8 billion state-funding The city would lose its leverage in freeze that could hit districts in the near future and run until July, state Discover peace of mind with Avenidas Village negotiating with the land owner to Senator Joe Simitian warned parents and school officials in Palo Alto insist on a grocery store.” Stay in your home as you age Saturday. (Posted Jan. 26 at 9:54 a.m.) Klein said delaying the approval One call resource for all your needs could stretch the timeline much fur- Concierge-level support ther, given the challenge in securing Burglars prompt Palo Alto police warning Access to vetted vendors & discounts a grocery store. A residential burglary last Friday on Walter Hays Drive in Palo Alto “We’re not going to see anything has prompted police to urge residents to make sure doors are locked Daily telephone check-in service there for a couple of years,” Klein and to report any suspicious activity, including unlicensed solicitors Transportation for medical appointments said. “If we turn this down, you can going door to door. (Posted Jan. 26 at 2:45 p.m.) Members-only website & email group extend these two years to maybe four or five years, or maybe more.” Los Altos boy, 14, and girlfriend, 13, go missing Opportunities for socializing The council also accepted the site A 14-year-old Los Altos boy and his 13-year-old Saratoga girlfriend Cultural & educational offerings design and tentative map and set are missing and believed to be driving out of California in his grand- Safety net for facing challenges hours for the controversial “commu- father’s car, according to Los Altos Police Sgt. John Korges and the Coordination of care after hospital visits nity room.” Initially proposed to be Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Department. (Posted Jan. 26 at 4:26 p.m.) open 20 hours a week, the community room will be open for public or Law grad guilty of evading taxes on sex-trade Call (650) 289-5405 or visit nonprofit use weekdays from 8 a.m. A Stanford University Law School graduate who ran an escort ser- www.avenidasvillage.org to 1 p.m. and from 4 to 6:30 p.m., vice and failed to pay income taxes pleaded guilty in U.S. District with groups of 20 or fewer people Court in San Jose Monday in a plea agreement with federal pros- allowed to use it from 1 to 4 p.m. ecutors, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. (Posted Jan. 27 at 11:13 The room will also be open on the a.m.) weekends from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and after 6 p.m., the council decided. Alpine Road likely suicide victim identified In approving the project, the Donn Paul Reisen, 59, a resident of Alpine Road in Menlo Park, has council decided to let McNellis split been identified by San Mateo County Coroner Robert Foucrault as the the Alma Plaza property into three person who was found dead in his vehicle Monday morning at Ford’s parcels, a step he deemed necessary Field on Alpine Road. Reisen was the president of Ridge Vineyards, to obtain financing but which the based in Cupertino. (Posted Jan. 27 at 11:19 a.m.) Planning and Transportation Com- mission in November had voted ‘Helping Kids Thrive’ program Sunday in Palo against. The Bowman program builds But council members did require Alto a “reciprocal easement agreement,” Helping parents, teachers and students deal with student stress will confidence, creativity and which would make the smaller par- be the subject of a Palo Alto PTA Council program Sunday at Nixon cels subservient to the largest one. Elementary School. (Posted Jan. 27 at 2:27 p.m.) academic excellence. Under the agreement, the city would only have to negotiate with the own- Missing teen, girlfriend found in Colorado Lower School - Grades K - 5 er of the large parcel, not all three, A 14-year-old Los Altos boy and 13-year-old Saratoga girl were on matters relating to land use at the found in the parking lot of a mall in Colorado Tuesday night after Middle School - Grades 6 - 8 plaza. leaving the Bay Area Sunday morning in a stolen car, according to Los The developer will have to pro- Altos police. (Posted Jan. 28 at 10:45 a.m.) Individualized, self-directed program vide a sign for the 1,330-square-foot community room — a move he had Want to get news briefs e-mailed to you every weekday? Rich international & cultural studies previously opposed — and agree Sign up for Express, our new daily e-edition. not to impose parking restrictions Go to www.PaloAltoOnline.com to sign up. Proven, Montessori approach on visitors wishing to use the development’s 9,694-square-foot public park. Corrections State-of-the-art facility Council members Yoriko Kishim- In the Jan. 23 cover story, the photo of a boy waving a flag as he sat at a oto, Greg Schmid and Yiaway Yeh counter was taken by Dana Ullman, not Whitney Dafoe. Also, in an article Low student-teacher ratio about the business license tax, the meeting was hosted by the Palo Alto voted against Monday’s motion, Downtown Business and Professional Association, not the Chamber of Com- calling for further revisions. N merce. And in the Home & Garden Design Winter issue, included in today’s www.bowmanschool.org Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner paper, the cover photo was taken by Dana Ullman, not Veronica Weber. The can be e-mailed at gsheyner@ Weekly regrets the errors. To request a correction, contact Managing Editor 4000 Terman Drive l Palo Alto, CA l Tel: 650-813-9131 Jocelyn Dong at 650-326-8210, [email protected] or P.O. 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Page 10ÊUÊ>Õ>ÀÞÊÎä]ÊÓääÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Upfront Stanford Children’s Theatre (continued from page 3) Driving School New Year's Savings Package adults and children. In both cases, FREE CLASSROOM TRAINING with the purchase “theater addresses issues that affect the audience,” he said. of Freeway plus driver training But he considers children are an Must have coupon for this offer. Expires March 6, 2009 underserved population. He appre- February-March In-Class Schedule ciates Palo Alto benefactress Lucie Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Stern’s wisdom to build the Chil- dren’s Theatre because she saw that Sat 2/14 Sun 2/15 Sat 2/21 Sun 2/22 children “should have a place where Tues 2/17 Wed 2/18 Thur 2/19 Fri 2/20 they can play, grow and address the Sat 3/14 Sun 3/15 Sat 3/21 Sun 3/22 issues that they face,” he said. Theater can help children develop (Èxä®Ê{Î£ÇnÊUÊÎÈäÊ Ê >Ê,i>]Ê*>ÊÌ in other ways, ones that are near to Dana Ullman To register online, please visit our website at: Luckey’s heart. www.StanfordDrivingSchool.net The stage helps children to bridge cultural, racial and “all the ‘ism’ gaps,” he said. Theater helps chil- Judge Luckey, an actor and director from Atlanta, Ga., began his job as dren to reach down into themselves Affordable Paralegal Services the new director of the Palo Alto Children’s Theatre last week. to discover who they are, he added. His productions and teaching are a cross section of area high schools, into the future, creating a home for inspired by social traditions of vari- he said. the next generation of children who FOR TODAY’S ECONOMY ous cultures and folk dances, and he Luckey is the third artistic leader will redefine and revitalize Chil- hopes to mine Palo Alto’s cultural of the Children’s Theatre, following dren’s Theatre for the community,” INCLUDES: diversity to serve all aspects of its the retirement of longtime director he said. N UÊ ÛÀViÊfx{ population, he said. Pat Briggs last year. Staff Writer Sue Dremann can UÊÊÛ}Ê/ÀÕÃÌÃÊf{ He himself authored a play, “I am thrilled to build on that be e-mailed at sdremann@paweek- UÊÊVÀ«À>ÌÃÉ ÊfÓÓÊ “Courage: Before Brown, Beyond legacy and lead Children’s Theatre ly.com. UÊ *ÀwÌÊfÓÓ Boundaries,” which told the story U Ê ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ*ÀL>ÌiÊfÓnÊÊfÎ]xääÊ of the landmark civil-rights decision UÊ Ì>ÀÞÊ-iÀÛViÃ that allowed black children to attend NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING white public schools. It used various of the Palo Alto Planning 230 S. California Ave., #103 media, including archival footage, Kyle & Koko Palo Alto, CA 94306 and reflected a melding of education & Transportation Commission and cultural literacy, he said. ® When the Children’s Theatre Please be advised the Planning and Transportation Commission We The People 650-324-3800 shall conduct a public meeting starting at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, season starts in September 2009, We the People is a registered trademark. Stores are owned/operated by franchisees who are not Luckey said, he wants to stage a February 11, 2009 in the Civic Center, Council Chambers, 1st Floor, 250 lawyers, cannot represent customers; select legal forms, or give advice on rights or laws. Services are Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California. Any interested persons may appear provided at customers’ request and are not a substitute for advice of a lawyer. Prices do not include court costs. production of a Chinese folk tale Santa Clara LDA #72, exp. 7/09. adaptation of The Firebird. and be heard on these items. “It’s a great script for children All correspondence relating to any of the agenda items below or non-agen- with Chinese characters,” he said, da items, which were not received by the 2:00 PM deadline for inclusion into NINTH MOTHERS SYMPOSIUM adding that he hopes to engage the Commission packets on the Thursday preceding the meeting date, need to Chinese community. be received before 5:00 PM on the date of the meeting for distribution to Momma Zen: He’d also like to stage Shake- staff and Commission members. speare’s comedies — especially “A Interested persons may appear and be heard. Staff reports for agendized Finding Peace and Patience in the Everyday Midsummer’s Night Dream” — in items are available via the City’s main website at www.cityofpaloalto.org the outdoor theater, which he called under Agendas/Minutes/Reports and at the Planning Front Desk, 5th Floor, “There is no right way to parent. There is “a jewel.” City Hall, after 2:00 PM on the Thursday preceding the meeting date. Cop- only a right now way. Right here and now, On Thursday, Luckey walked ies will be made available at the Development Center should City Hall be we always know exactly what to do.” about the theater with some visitors, closed on the 9/80 Friday. -Karen Maezen Miller aided by a cane. For 10 years, he has hobbled without the benefit of a Public Hearings: knee due to an injury that caused his 1. 1305 Middlefield Road* - Request for a public hearing of the Director’s SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2009 knee to be removed and the bones approval for a Conditional Use Permit for the sale of alcohol for onsite 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. fused. Just last month he had knee- consumption during theatre performances by Theatre Works. Environ- Karen Maezen Miller is replacement surgery and now he can mental Assessment: Categorically Exempt per section 15301, Class the author of Momma Zen: Registration, breakfast, bend the joint again, much to his re- 1- Existing Facilities, of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Walking the Crooked Path book and co-sponsor fair lief, he said. Guidelines. PF Zoning District. (KM). of Motherhood. As a mother 9:30-12:00 p.m. Program Luckey said the Bay Area’s diver- 2. Ordinance on Extended Stay for Hotels Ordinance Limiting Long- and Zen Buddhist priest, she sity was a big draw to the job, which Term Stays for Hotels: Review and recommendation to City Council to recognizes the complexities STANFORD UNIVERSITY he began Jan. 20. In his spare time, adopt an ordinance amending Sections 18.16.060(D) (Neighborhood, of parenthood as a means of he enjoys jazz, classical and world Community, and Service Commercial Zoning Districts), 18.18.060(D) spiritual practice. She teaches School of Education - (Downtown Commercial Zoning Districts), 18.30D (Hotel Combining music, the visual arts and good mothers to see the joy and ease Cubberley Auditorium District) and 18.34.050 (Pedestrian and Transit Oriented Development food, he said. in everyday situations, and to Near the Main Quad and The Oval Luckey said his first name comes Combining District) of Title 18 (Zoning) of the Municipal Code regarding development criteria for hotel development, particularly relative to long- find timeless love in the here from the Biblical book of Judges, term stays. Environmental Assessment: Categorically Exempt per sec- and now. Come away relieved ADMISSION: $15 - online and he is actually Judge Luckey tion 15305 (Class 5) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and refreshed, with greater trust pre-registration III. Guidelines. in yourself, your children and $20 - at the door “It was an old slave tradition to life itself. name children from books in the NEXT MEETING: Regular Meeting of February 25, 2009 Bible. My great-grandparents had 13 children and needed to source *Quasi-Judicial items subject to Council’s Disclosure Policy SPONSORS; BLOSSOM BIRTH, CITY OF PALO ALTO, FAMILY RESOURCES, PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION, PALO ALTO WEEKLY, four (names),” he said. Questions. Any questions regarding the above applications, please con- Among his plans for the theater, tact the Planning Division at (650) 329-2441. The files relating to these PARENTS PLACE, PRESCHOOL FAMILY, STANFORD HEALTH LIBRARY, Luckey would like to turn storage items are available for inspection weekdays between the hours of 8:00 AM THE LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL rooms into classrooms and rehearsal to 5:00 PM. Audio tapes are available at 329-2440 and video tapes of meet- CO SPONSORS: Abilities united, Bing Nursery School, Castilleja School, spaces, he said. He also would like ings are available with the City Clerk’s at 329-2571. This public meeting is Child and Family Institute, First Congregational Nursery School, Hand in to work with schools and libraries televised live on Government Access Channel 26. Hand, Keys School, Menlo School, Palo Alto Community Child Care, Palo Alto Council of the PTAs, Parents’ club of Palo Alto & Menlo Park, Peninsula to meld theater and literacy — “to ADA. The City of Palo Alto does not discriminate against individuals with School, Sacred Heart Preparatory School, Shine on Women, Summit Charter develop plays from page to stage,” disabilities. To request accommodations to access City facilities, services he said. or programs, to participate at public meetings, or to learn more about the Preparatory High School, Stanford Work-Life Office, The Children’s Health And he wants to expand the the- City’s compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), Council, The Girls’ Middle School, The Phillips Brooks School ater’s programs to include very please contact the City’s ADA Coordinator at 650.329.2550 (voice) or by young children and their parents as e-mailing [email protected]. For more information and to register online, visit us at well as high school students, with Curtis Williams, Interim Planning Director www.motherssymposium.org or call (650) 853-2960 productions drawing students from *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ>Õ>ÀÞÊÎä]ÊÓääÊU Page 11 Answers to this week’s puzzles, which can be found on page 51 Pulse A weekly compendium of vital statistics

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2ND ANNUAL AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS UPDATE A one-day conference designed to provide parents, teachers, psychologists and care providers of children with autism spectrum disorders with the latest findings on Palo Alto Unified School District clinical care, education and basic science research. Online registration is available at 25 Churchill Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306 http://childpsychiatry.stanford.edu. For more information, please call 650-721-6327. - Saturday, February 7 January 30, 2008 MULTIPLES BREASTFEEDING SEMINAR Taught by a certified lactation consultant, this seminar is specifically for those expecting REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS twins or more. Discussions will cover prenatal breast preparation, how your partner can participate in feeding the newborns, expression and storage of breastmilk, and more. PALO ALTO HIGH SCHOOL - Tuesday, February 10 BASEBALL/SOFTBALL MULTI-USE FIELD HEALTHY EATING IN A FAST FOOD WORLD Join us for a presentation on the health effects of how our children are eating. Our The Palo Alto Unified School District is inviting qualification information from highly qualified and experienced Contractors to pro- clinicians will offer suggestions for establishing healthy eating habits in today’s fast vide General Construction Services to the District for the new con- food world. struction of the Palo Alto High School Baseball/Softball Multi-Use - Tuesday, February 24 Field.

PEDIATRIC WEIGHT CONTROL PROGRAM Interested firms are invited to submit their Qualifications as de- Start the new year with a family-based, behavioral and educational weight management scribed below, with one (1) original and five (5) copies of requested program that promotes healthy eating and exercise habits for overweight children and materials to: their families. More than 80% of children achieve long-term weight loss through this Palo Alto Unified School District program – and parents lose weight too! The new session starts soon, so call Facilities Department (650) 725-4424 to register. Spaces are limited. 25 Churchill Avenue, Building “D” Palo Alto, CA 94306 Attn: Constance Conroy Call (650) 723-4600 or visit www.lpch.org to register or obtain more information on the times, locations and fees for these and other courses. Questions regarding this request for qualifications (“RFQ”) may be directed to Constance Conroy at [email protected]

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Page 12ÊUÊ>Õ>ÀÞÊÎä]ÊÓääÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ -!29%"29!. Mary E. Bryan, 89, died January 24, 2009, in Palo Alto. Her husband of 55 years, Henry C. Bryan, passed away in 1997 in Phoenix. Born in Newberry, S.C., Mary was the daughter of TransitionsBirths, marriages and deaths Bennett Avery and Amelia Klettner Dominick, last of Orlando, own company Myriad Software. Florida. She was predeceased by her brothers, Bennett and His many accomplishments in- Julian. Mary graduated from Orlando High School in 1938 and Service Saturday for ex-HP cluded designing artificial intelli- Judson College, Marion, Alabama in 1942, where she was a gence algorithms for autonomous top student and active in a host of student leadership activities. vehicles and helping to build one Shortly after their wedding in 1942, Hank and Mary struck official Russell M.H. Berg of the earliest graphical personal out from their Florida home and settled in Arizona, where memorial service will be McGraw computers, the Xerox Star. held Saturday afternoon for Hill and An eternal optimist, he be- she served as a court clerk in Tucson for Judge DeConcini A Russell M.H. Berg, a retired Scientific lieved in reason, altruism, and for a time. They finally made their home in Phoenix, living Hewlett-Packard official who once American the progress of humankind. He there for more than 40 years, where Hank was in the real worked on the launch of the clas- Maga- spent his final year working for estate business and Mary supported him in his single-minded the grassroots Obama campaign, sic HP-35 handheld calculator that zine. devotion to his business and to providing for his family, and revolutionized how people related In 1966, and passed away an hour after to computers. he joined Barack Obama was inaugurated raised their daughter. Mary is survived by her daughter and The service will be held at 1 Hewlett- president. son-in-law, Mary and Doug Scrivner, of Los Altos Hills and by p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church, Packard Ted is lovingly remembered and many nieces and nephews, principally in Orlando. Since 1999, 815 Portola Road, Portola Valley. in Palo greatly missed by his wife of 40 Mary lived in Cupertino (at the Forum) and Palo Alto (at the years, Betty Jane Linden; A “Celebration of Life Reception” Alto as Hyatt Classic Residence Assisted Living), near her daughter. after the service will be held at the director of marketing and com- his close family friends, Patri- nearby Parkside Grille. munications. He retired in 1985, cia Plante and Mary-Ann Myrant In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Judson College Berg died at Stanford Hospital and was proud of having been in- of Palo Alto; his son Gregory and (Marion, Alabama), El Camino Hospital Foundation (Mountain last Nov. 21 at 88, three weeks after volved with the development of the daughter-in-law Corina of Seattle; View, CA) or the charity of the donor’s choice. The family being diagnosed with lymphoma, famous HP-35 handheld computer his daughter Jennifer and son-in- would like to thank all of Mary’s doctors and the personnel at law Maneesh Sahani of London; complicated by kidney failure. that became one of HP’s early Camino Medical Group and El Camino Hospital who helped A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., he staples. three grandchildren; his nieces, moved with his family to Los An- Following his retirement, he nephews, and extended family; her through a number of medical battles, the staff of the Hyatt, geles at age 9, where he graduated consulted with Silicon Valley com- and the many friends, classmates, and the cadre of caregivers who have so enhanced Mary’s life from Beverly Hills High School. panies and entrepreneurs. He also and colleagues whose lives he for the last 4 years, and especially Angelique Sarris, who has He entered the University of Cali- served on the boards of Sensory touched. led the team and meant so much to Mary and her daughter. Private interment was at Alta fornia, Los Angeles, as a pre-med Access Foundation, which pro- Mary Bryan was a true lady, of quiet faith, grace and resolve, student, but transferred to Stanford vides technology to help the visu- Mesa Memorial Park. A “celebra- University after a year. ally impaired, and of the Archi- tion of life” memorial will be held who dedicated her life to her family. Condolences can be sent World War II interrupted his medes Foundation, which works in the spring. In lieu of flowers, by email to [email protected]. studies, and as an ROTC student on access technology for persons the family asks that contributions

he joined the U.S. Navy, serving with disabilities. be made for research into the pre- PAID OBITUARY as a lieutenant commander in the In 1974, Berg married Tuula vention and treatment of cancer. Pacific. Pullinen of Helsinki, Finland, and He was serving on the ship, they resided in Menlo Park. They “Curtis,” which was bombed at shared a love for Italy, and at 70 Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Dur- studied Italian. He also adopted 2)8&/2$+3.9$%2 ing the war he married Marjorie Finland as a second homeland. Lee Biddle of New Jersey, where He is survived by Tuula, children Professor Rixford K. School and College. He was also the Stanford Athletic they settled after the war. They had Deborah, Christopher and Laura, Snyder died peacefully in Representative to the Pacific 10 Conference for 20 years three children. four stepchildren, four grandchil- Berg worked in publishing dren and three great-grandchil- his sleep at his Webster and was President of the conference in 1966 as well as and advertising in New York, at dren. N House home in Palo the Pac-10’s representative to the NCAA for three years. Alto on January 8. He In 1970 Rix retired from admissions to become the A memorial service will take was 100 years old. Rix Stanford Alumni Association’s first Director of Travel Deaths place on Saturday, Feb. 21, at 1:30 was the son of Charles Study. He led forty-eight tours for alumni including Elvin Daigle p.m. at Channing House, 850 Web- and Alice Lester Snyder seventeen trips on the Danube River. This program was Elvin Daigle, 93, a long-time ster St., Palo Alto, with a reception who were descended a pioneer among American universities, and in 1986 he resident of Palo Alto, died Jan. immediately following. Donations in lieu of flowers can be made to from some of the earliest was made an honorary citizen of Vienna for outstanding 16. settlers of the Santa Clara contribution to furthering US-Austrian relations. He was born in Louisiana, re- Wesley Methodist Church in Palo siding primarily in Sulphur and Alto or the Channing House Em- Valley. Rix was born and Rix was a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Rotary, working as service manager for ployees Appreciation Fund. raised in the Willow Glen area of San Jose and attended Advisory Board of the Palo Alto Historical Museum, Sulphur Ford Motor Co. for 20 San Jose schools. He became the first in his family to Board of Trustees of the San Jose Trolley Museum, years before moving with his wife Theodore Linden attend college when he enrolled at Stanford University. and Board of Trustees of the California State Railroad Helen and their three children to Theodore Anthony Linden, 70, Rix received his AB in 1930, his AM in 1934 and PhD Museum in Sacramento. He was a recipient of Palo Alto’s Palo Alto in 1956. a longtime resident of Palo Alto, in 1940. He taught in the History Department at Stanford Outstanding Achievement Award, and he was a charter died Jan. 20 after a four-month He worked as a research techni- from 1937 to 1950 and became an Associate Professor member of Stanford University’s Founding Grant Society cian at Stanford Research Insti- battle with brain cancer. tute for more than 20 years and Born the son of a millwright specializing in the history of the British Empire. Rix’s for contributions to the university. then was employed in data collec- in Cleveland, Ohio, he received teaching career was interrupted during World War II Rix was predeceased by his beloved wife, Elliott, to tion at Hewlett-Packard, retiring a scholarship to Cleveland’s St. when he enlisted in the Navy and became an academic who he was married for sixty-four years. He is survived in 1982. Ignatius High School, and later instructor in Naval pre-flight schools at the University of by his nieces, Karine Lyon of Carmichael and Phyllis A veteran of World War II, he studied philosophy and classical Iowa and St. Mary’s college. He finished his duty in the Ebersole of San Jose, and their families. served as a Transport Corporal languages at Loyola University Navy as a Lieutenant Commander on Admiral Nimitz’s A memorial service will be held February 4 in the in Chicago. He then decided to in the 70th Infantry Division and personal staff in the Pacific Ocean area. Stanford Memorial Church with a reception following at fought in the Battle of the Bulge pursue his interest in logic, and in 1944. He was stationed in both earned a PhD in mathematics After the war Rix returned to Stanford and continued the Stanford Faculty Club. Parking has been reserved in France and Germany. from Yeshiva University in New his teaching career until President Wallace Sterling the Galvez Field at the corner of Galvez and Campus Drive. His last residence was Channing York. asked him to become Dean of Admissions in 1950. Enter from Campus Drive. Shuttles will be provided to the House in Palo Alto, where he and He went on to do work in com- Rix was Dean of Admissions until 1970 and admitted church. A campus map is available at www.stanford.edu. Helen lived for the last 15 years; puter security and object-oriented approximately 33,000 freshman to Stanford. During this In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Rixford Helen died in 2007. programming. He worked at Ford- time he was also a co-founder of the African Scholarship K. Snyder Scholarship Fund, Attn: Eileen Gall, 641 E. He is survived by his daughters, ham University, the National Secu- Jeanie of Palo Alto and Charlotte rity Agency, the National Institute Program of 200 American Universities, the National Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305; Avenidas Senior of Santa Fe, N.M.; son, Ronald of of Standards and Technology, Xe- Chairman of the College Entrance Examination Board, Center, 450 Bryant Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301 or the Redmond, Wash.; sisters, Helen rox Palo Alto, Advanced Decision Chairman of the Accreditation Board of California Private Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health, 400 Johnson and Barbara Heddins; Systems, Lockheed Martin, the Schools and a member of the Board of Trustees of Menlo Hamilton Avenue, Suite 340, Palo Alto, CA 94301. and a large extended family in Microelectronics and Computer PAID OBITUARY Louisiana and Texas. Technology Corporation, and his *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ>Õ>ÀÞÊÎä]ÊÓääÊU Page 13 Editorial Schools prepare for a spring freeze A catastrophic state budget gap will likely hit local school districts soon with a ‘deferred payments’ plan — but the real problem is what follows SpectrumEditorials, letters and opinions he complexity of California’s state budget crisis is mind-bog- gling, and even state officials and legislators have no clear idea T of what’s likely to be the outcome. Parent education event planners decided should be a Com- the frequency and force of natural But, as state Senator Joe Simitian, D.-Palo Alto, tried to Editor, munity Center is a betrayal of duties disasters, the rise in sea levels, and explain to more than 150 school officials and concerned parents The Nixon PTA would like to ex- to this community and its citizens, global warming. last Saturday in Palo Alto, the impacts could be felt quickly and tend an invitation to all Palo Alto whom Council are elected to serve, All nations, and all the peoples deeply by local school districts, starting with a plan to defer $2.8 parents, educators and interested not rule. of those nations, must join together billion in state funding to schools until July. Yet that’s a short- community members to our special Do not allow McNellis to irrepa- to fight climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. term problem, as those funds are expected to flow after July. weekend edition of the Palo Alto rably destroy Alma Plaza, our com- PTA Council’s “Helping Our Kids munity center. At my school, Castilleja, we are The real crisis is that schools are being told they may have to Dennis Mitrzyk holding an electronics drive. The cut $2.1 billion from this-year’s school budgets, even though the Thrive!” series. In partnership with our principal, Maclane Street donated electronics will be sold to school year is more than half over. To achieve that reduction, Palo Alto a company that recycles them and districts cumulatively would have to cut about $4.2 billion for Mary Pat O’Connor, we are hosting this special event this Sunday after- profit various education organiza- the last half of the year. This is a mind-numbing challenge for noon, Feb. 1, 1-2:45 p.m. You won’t tions. Students are also putting on local districts, and a real-world tragedy for teachers and staff and even miss the game — parents can Green Castilleja a dance and art show, “Arts with a students affected. That cut would be followed by another $900 still make it home in time for the Editor, Heart,” which is open to the public, million for the 2010-2011 school year. Super Bowl. Climate change is a growing issue on Fe. 12 and 13. The theme is “Save Closing a $42 billion statewide budget gap is not easy or We will be showing video high- in our society. As a member of the the eARTh” and will benefit Culti- painless, and decisions being negotiated in Sacramento right now lights from Stanford University’s Global Citizen Corps, I am recog- vating Roots; an organization that will have long-term, severe consequences for local communities, Challenge Success “Stressed Out nizing global climate change at my grows organic gardens at schools in counties and schools. Students” fall conference, featuring school. East Palo Alto. But both the near- and long-term future of our schools and David Elkind, author of The Hurried Climate change is not only detri- Finally, we are putting “These educational system is at stake. Even if the Palo Alto Unified Child and The Power of Play and mental to the environment but also Come from Trees” stickers on all the School District is able to dip into reserves to get through this Dr. Ken Ginsburg, author of A Par- holds grave consequences for hu- paper-towel dispensers on campus. spring, other districts in the region are expected to be hard hit: ent’s Guide to Building Resilience man health, security, food produc- These stickers save on average 100 districts without adequate reserves, or which lack the property- in Children and Teens. The one- tion and access to water. pounds of paper a year by simply tax base to build up reserves and provide a reasonable education hour video also includes Challenge Impoverished communities reminding people that paper towels for students. Success founders, Stanford educator suffer the most from climate come from trees. The bigger challenge of actual budget cuts is looming. Local Denise Clark Pope, and nationally- change because they lack access to Camila McHugh known psychologist, Dr. Madeline alternate sources of food and health Castilleja School officials are awaiting details, but know the hit will be big. An Palo Alto early estimate of the impact on Palo Alto is that the district Levine. Following the video, we care. Evidence has proven that may have to cut $3.1 million this school year (meaning possibly will have a live discussion on ways humans have directly influenced double that amount due to half the year being gone) and $1.8 to lower unhealthy student stress at home and at school. million next year. We are proud to be offering live On the broader front, the Legislature is struggling to agree on Spanish translation and free on-site YOUR TURN a compromise budget that would mix severe cuts in many areas child care for those attending this with some kind of tax-increase package that could go to voters in parent education event at the Nixon a special election this spring, possibly in April. Elementary School theater, 1711 The Palo Alto Weekly encourages comments on our coverage or on We will soon know whether the no-new-taxes Republicans and Stanford Ave. This same program issues of local interest. don’t-cut-services Democrats, as they have been termed, are able will be offered at Fairmeadow El- What do you think? Why do you think “trust” in Palo Alto’s city to reach a compromise in the broader best interests of the state. ementary on Thursday, Feb. 26, government has declined in the past year? If the Legislature is able to muster two-thirds approval of 2009. For event details, go to www. a ballot package, and if Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger info.paloaltopta.org Submit letters to the editor of up to 250 words to [email protected] approves it, under state law the measure would only require Vicki Dempsey or shorter comments to [email protected]. Include your name, majority voter approval, not the usual two-thirds. The measure Nixon Elementary School PTA address and daytime phone number so we can reach you. We reserve the right Parent Ed Representative to edit contributions for length, objectionable content, libel and factual errors likely will consist of an increase in the sales tax and other tax known to us. Anonymous letters will generally not be accepted. and fee increases — possibly including a return of the vehicle You can also participate in our popular interactive online forum, Town license fee: you know, the one symbolically squashed by a Square, at our community website at www.PaloAltoOnline.com. Read wrecking ball in a Schwarzenegger-for-governor campaign ad. blogs, discuss issues, ask questions or express opinions with you neighbors any The ballot measure would not be just for schools but part of Don’t destroy Alma Plaza time, day or night. Editor, Submitting a letter to the editor or guest opinion constitutes a granting of per- closing the larger budget gap. Unlike the federal government, mission to the Palo Alto Weekly and Embarcadero Publishing Co. to also publish states cannot carry deficits — be grateful for large blessings. Since I’ve been busy with other is- it online, including in our online archives and as a post on Town Square. And there would still need to be major cuts in the state budget, sues, I haven’t found time for my annual “shaming of the Palo Alto City For more information contact Editor Jay Thorwaldson or Assistant to the Editor which will impact communities and school districts statewide. Tyler Hanley at [email protected] or 650-326-8210. To complicate matters further, the California Teachers Council”. I’m sure you’ve all missed Association is preparing a separate ballot measure to boost taxes me. I was also unavailable Monday earmarked for schools. evening to attend what would have been the fifth or sixth time, if mem- Will one or either pass? The public mood is one of concern ory serves, that I have spoken out in and heavy skepticism — perhaps cynicism — about the ability of adamant opposition to the McNellis state officials to prudently handle state business. There will have plan to destroy Alma Plaza. to be some serious convincing and clearer communications to For many of the 28 years I’ve win voter approval for anything these days. lived a short walk from Alma Plaza, Schwarzenegger is to be commended for at last becoming it was a convenient place to gather flexible on tax increases of some type, and moving off the rigid for the community in which I live. ideological position of many Republican officials — although no I could walk to Lucky’s and buy a one likes additional taxes or fees. gallon of milk at 3 a.m, socialize It is a sad thing that California was not able to create prudent with friends at the pizza joint, have “rainy day” budget reserves to avoid a catastrophic “freezing dinner, attend Sunday service of the spring.” But that’s hindsight. Making the huge cuts needed is the Gnostic temple. real challenge we now face, locally and statewide. Alma Plaza was a vibrant commu- What we need, for a change, is collaborative, flexible nity center. Now it lies dormant, not leadership to help us rebuild our state’s wounded economy because of economics, but because and salvage what we can of already crippled state educational of the Palo Alto City Council. funding and standards. Voting to allow John McNellis to line his pockets by building high- density housing on what our city

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Guest Opinion Caltrain meets high-speed rail — what implications for Palo Alto? by Yoriko Kishimoto The state budget crisis has slowed this high-speed rail/Caltrain combination or end- ast November voters passed Proposition speeding train since no bonds are expected to ing high-speed rail in San Jose and shift pas- 1A and swept in a new transportation be issued in the near future. Nevertheless, the A ‘new transportation sengers bound for Palo Alto or San Francisco L vision for Cali- “scoping process” for environmental-impact vision for California’ is onto Baby Bullet trains that may not be fully fornia — one that will studies for the proposed segment between San grade-separated even though they would run see a high-speed rail as Jose and San Francisco has already begun, coming down the tracks. much more frequently than today’s trains. the spine that will con- with comments due by March 6. Finally, there is the question of whether nect the key cities and I have asked our Valley Transportation Au- Palo Alto wishes to become a stop for the regions of our state. thority (VTA) staff to work with our partners high-speed rail trains, assuming it comes up Many — including to make sure we take advantage of this once- passes, on the Peninsula, but where might the Peninsula. It would stop at Millbrae for myself — hope this in-a-lifetime funding opportunity to integrate these require additional right of way? the airport and at one of the midline stations, will create an attrac- Caltrain’s electrification and modernization s7ITHGRADESEPARATIONS SAFETYISINCREASED tive and clean high- program with the high-speed rail plans. and the requirement to sound train horns at either Palo Alto or Redwood City, or neither. tech alternative to According to the Metropolitan Transporta- crossings is eliminated, but the frequency will There are substantial pluses and minuses expanding airports or tion Commission (MTC), our regional trans- be much higher. There are still many unan- for either alternative. Palo Alto station is the highways and help spur the transformation of portation-funding agency), the Bay Area is swered questions about how the frequent and busiest outside of San Francisco, serves as a California into a more transit-friendly, green slated to receive $439 million for rail services fast, but quieter, trains will affect the com- multi-modal station and has a vibrant down- economy with vibrant, walkable downtowns to connect to the high-speed rail, including munities that they pass through. town and Stanford Shopping Center and medi- up and down the state. ACE, BART, Caltrain, Muni, and VTA light s7ILLTHEMITIGATIONSBEWORSETHANTHEIM- cal center are nearby, linked by shuttles. The system is expected to cost $45 billion to rail. This is our opportunity to truly integrate pact, such as high walls or trenches? But there are reasons why we may not want build, with annual operating costs of $1.6 bil- them into one regional rail system. Caltrain s(OWWILLTHISAFFECT#ALTRAINSELECTRIFICA- an “airport” in the middle of our downtown. lion when it is fully up and running. In return, today operates 96 trains on weekday, or 48 in tion and modernization program? How will After attending the first scoping session the system is expected to support a robust and each direction, carrying 12 million passengers high-speed rail integrate with Caltrain? last week, it became evident that this project productive economy by providing service be- in 2008. Caltrain plans call for electrification s(OWWOULDCONSTRUCTIONOFHIGH SPEEDRAIL represents a major land use/transportation tween Los Angeles and San Francisco in 2 1/2 by 2015, which will reduce emissions by more affect Caltrain – for how many years? transformation of our Peninsula and we need hours for up to 93 million passengers per year than 90 percent, allow more peak-hour trains s)S64!PREPAREDTOPUTUP3ANTA#LARA a process outside the EIR to design the inter- by 2030. The operating costs are expected to as well as serve more stations in less time. County’s Measure A funding for electrifica- face between speeding trains and our neigh- be more than offset with annual passenger The costs, including the scheduled replace- tion in time to compete effectively for the borhoods and downtowns — with the help of revenue of $3.6 billion. ment of cars, have increased to $1.5 billion. high-speed rail or other funding? the best urban design and technical teams. The bond measure authorized $9.95 billion An electrified Caltrain could accommodate Accommodating both the high-speed rail Despite the difficult economic times, there in bonds to plan and construct the first phase 172 trains/day or 97,000 daily riders. and the Caltrain service will mean substantial of the 800-mile system. It may be 20 years Here are some questions we should ask: changes for the Peninsula. But the alterna- will be substantial infrastructure dollars flow- before an integrated statewide system is up s4HE"AY!REAWILLBESPENDINGBIL- tives are also challenging: INGFORREGIONALRAILINTHE"AY!REA7ENEED and working. In the meantime, there will be lion under the draft MTC 2035 plan. Does the s)SITPOSSIBLETOUNDERGROUNDTHESYSTEMAS more interested citizens to watch the process, work on segments. plan adequately fund the integrated modern some have proposed, funding it by recovering provide comments and ask questions! N It is worth noting that $950 million is ear- rail plan we need? Are we really scrutiniz- the use of the land now used by the railroad marked for local rail lines to feed into the ing projects that entered the planning process for housing to help offset the added cost? Yoriko Kishimoto is a member of the Palo high-speed line. Competition to be the first many years ago, before we realized the ur- s4HE#ALTRAINCORRIDORWOULDBEELIGIBLE Alto City Council and former mayor. She segment is expected to be between the Ana- gency of the climate crisis? to compete for the $9 billion funding only if serves on boards of the VTA and the Bay Area heim area and the Caltrain segment that runs s7EWILLNEEDTOBUILDNEWGRADECROSS- ITACCOMMODATESHIGH SPEEDRAIL7EMAY Air Quality Management District. She can be up the Peninsula through local communities. ings for high-speed rail, overpasses or under- face a choice between a fully grade separated e-mailed at [email protected]. Streetwise What would you like to see invented? Asked on University Avenue. Interviews by Lillian Bixler. Photographs by Dana Ullman.

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“A really good battery so we can “Transportation. I wish there was a “Strong artificial intelligence for things “Something that can help me remem- “My power chair doesn’t go very far, store a lot of energy and use it quite BART kind of system in every city, so good that we can’t even imagine ber places I like and dislike. ... Today only 2 1/2 miles before needing to be efficiently “ a seamless way to get from here to them right now. It would need to be all of that is available but it’s too recharged, but you could buy a small there without being held up “ friendly.” complicated. I end up going to same Honda for the price they want. I’d like a restaurant, ordering the same thing, chair that could go farther. I’d also like and cursing the same people.” to see artificial eyes that work!”

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Journalist and historian John Templeton (left) interviews Frank S. Greene in Palo Alto City Hall last week, in advance of Monday’s opening of the “Soul of Technology” exhibition honoring African-American pioneers in high tech. Unsung pioneers of high tech African-American technologists lauded in Palo Alto Story by Sue Dremann

magine if the first images of ard Computer Division and CEO of Templeton said. more than 200 — were black, and black City Councilman and vice- African Americans that flashed ROD-L Electronics, Inc., an elec- He started the exhibitions in 1999, 90 percent of African-American mayor. And he started his own firm, I in Palo Altans’ minds were of trical-safety testing manufacturer; when Greene and Clay asked him to executives in the country lived in ROD-L Electronics, which set the venture capitalists and high-tech and the late Ron Jones, inventor of develop a presentation for San Jose’s Silicon Valley, he said. standard for dielectric withstand tes- geniuses. large-format printing and a com- Tech Museum of Innovation on 20 The more than 400,000 African ters — electronic-safety equipment That view would be accurate — puter device that turns Nintendo’s top African-American technolo- Americans employed in the U.S. that tests nearly every electrical de- and long overdue, according to his- Game Boy into a digital audio and gists. Each year since, he has pre- information-technology field alone vice sold in the country, according torian and journalist John William video player. sented the exhibition — with up to disprove “the notion that you can’t to Templeton. Templeton. 50 panels featuring the images and find blacks to work in technology,” Clay grew up in Kinloch, Mo., A new exhibition, “Soul of Tech- achievements of the top black tech- he said. a segregated town of 5,000, in a nology: 50 Most Important African- “I think it will be an nologists — around the country. home without indoor plumbing. At Americans in Technology,” aims to eye-opener for the Templeton decided to bring the Roy Clay Sr.: the time, blacks were not free to at- dispel the notion that blacks don’t community. ... People show to Palo Alto because of Po- tend integrated schools, and most have the chops to make it in high lice Chief Lynne Johnson’s remarks The ‘godfather of colleges still barred their doors to tech, Templeton said. Some of those don’t know that high last year about having her officers black Silicon Valley’ people of color. being honored worked in the indus- tech is the largest “make consensual contact” with In elementary school, he dis- try when Brown vs. the Board of Ed- profession of African blacks during the city’s crime wave, hen Roy Clay Sr. started played an early proficiency and love ucation decreed black students had he said. programming computers in for mathematics. the right to attend public schools. Americans.” “It’s a great exhibit for raising the W the Bay Area in 1958, Bill To earn money, he cleaned a local The month-long exhibit at Palo – John William Templeton, visibility of African Americans and Gates was 3 years old. Clay pio- pool hall. He got good at shooting Alto City Hall will open Monday organizer, “Soul of Technology” to raise the visibility for young peo- neered programming at Lawrence pool, recalled Clay, a trim, 5-foot-5- at 5 p.m. with a public reception exhibition ple,” he said, of his desire to create Radiation Laboratory, Control Data inch man with a welcoming smile. honoring three Palo Alto African- positive role models for youth. Corporation and Hewlett-Packard “I came home from school, American technology pioneers: Dr. Greene and Clay, both inductees “In 1987, when I was editor of the Company in the 1950s and ‘60s. cleaned up, and had enough to sup- Frank S. Greene Jr., a 70-year-old into the Silicon Valley Engineering San Jose Business Journal, at that In the 1970s, he funded Intel, port myself from the winnings by venture capitalist at New Vista Cap- Hall of Fame, will attend the event. time I had never met a black corpo- Compaq and Tandem Computers as the end of the week. Because I count ital and early developer of computer “I think it will be an eye-opener rate VP,” he said. a computer consultant for prospec- well, at 18 I managed the craps systems at Fairchild Semiconductor for the community. ... People don’t Templeton later learned at a black- tive investments at venture-capital games at the back of the pool hall,” R&D Labs; Roy L. Clay Sr., 79, a know that high tech is the largest executives forum that four out of 12 firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & he said. founding member of Hewlett-Pack- profession of African Americans,” technologists in Silicon Valley— Byers. He served as Palo Alto’s first He wanted to play professional Page 16 • January 30, 2009 • Palo Alto Weekly Cover Story

Frank S. Greene: An icon of leadership The f Frank S. Greene could identify one reason why businesses fail, influential I it would come down to leadership. Greene, a Silicon Valley pioneer, 50 developed high-speed semiconductor computer-memory systems at City Hall exhibit Fairchild Semiconductor R&D Labs in the 1960s, started two technology highlights high-tech companies, Technology Develop- contributions of 50 ment Corp. and ZeroOne Systems, and is a longtime venture capitalist African Americans who invests in minority technology companies. ince the 1950s, African “During the peak of the (dot-com) Americans have made boom, we saw 500 applications a S their mark in every sector day,” he said of start-ups looking of information technology, infor funding. “The percent of success cluding semiconductors, mag- stories is small. Ninety percent of netics, VM, 3-D workstations, start-ups fail in the first three years.

Veronica Weber software and networking, ac- It’s a horrible waste of capital. The cording to John William Tem- largest single factor between suc- pleton, a business commenta- cess and failure of these companies tor, journalist and historian and comes down to leadership,” Greene author of books and writings on said. the role of African Americans An early computer programmer, Roy Clay Sr. (center) speaks with John Templeton (right), while Kevin Epps Through his GO-Positive Founda- in California history and tech- records the interview for a documentary on African-American technology pioneers. tion’s leadership-training program nology. for youth in East Menlo Park, Greene In 1998, Templeton, a former baseball, but a football injury side- guages, and in 1965 applied for a Black Experience in California found that of 25 “very smart” boys, editor of the San Jose Business lined his career, he said. position at Hewlett-Packard Com- 1950-2000,” Vol. 3. only one-third saw themselves as Journal who has studied Afri- In 1947, he was admitted to St. pany when they advertised a start- Clay expanded on that policy, leaders. But practicing leadership can-Americans in technology Louis University — one of the first up computer division. hiring five black engineers and re- skills helped the boys to find the since 1992, was asked by two He was offered the job as direc- potential within, he said. blacks to attend the school, he said. cruiting from Morehouse College. Silicon Valley pioneers, Roy “I learned to appreciate what dif- tor, but hesitated when he didn’t see He became known as the “godfather His model of leadership centered Clay Sr. and Frank Greene Jr., ficulties kids have being bused to anyone on staff who understood of black Silicon Valley” for open- on “bringing leadership skills to the to mount an exhibition of the school,” said Clay, an affable man. what they were doing, he said. But ing doors to many African Ameri- conscious level. They have the skills When Clay graduated with a de- the salary offer kept getting bumped cans in the industry, according to but can’t see how to use the skills,” top 20 black technologists for gree in mathematics in 1951, he ap- up and eventually he accepted. Templeton. he said. the Tech Museum of Innovation plied for a job at McDonnell Aircraft Yet society was not as welcoming Greene pointed to the election of in San Jose. and was invited to an interview. of blacks as HP. There were still res- President Barack Obama as how far Now in its ninth year, the ex- But once he got there and the in- “ I was told ‘Sorry, taurants where Clay could not dine leadership can take someone. hibition and list, which is has terviewers saw he was black, “I was Mr. Clay, we have no and places where he could not live, “If there was an award for Entre- expanded to 50 of the most im- told, ‘Sorry, Mr. Clay, we have no jobs for professional he recalled. He lived in the only San preneur of the Century, he would get portant African Americans in jobs for professional Negroes,’” he Jose apartment building that accept- that award,” said Greene, a quiet, technology, will be displayed said. Negroes.’” ed blacks, along with almost every tall, lean and distinguished-looking at Palo Alto City Hall, starting He worked as a teacher, until Mc- – Roy Clay Sr., early other African-American engineer in man who has taught at some of the with an opening reception on Donnell eventually did hire him in computer programmer the county. country’s distinguished universities, Monday at 5 p.m. 1956, where he and everyone else Throughout his career, Clay has including Stanford, Santa Clara Uni- Three Palo Alto figures — learned computer programming, he Company co-founder David sought to bring prosperity to East versity, Howard University and his two members of the Silicon Val- said. Packard himself was a pioneer in Palo Alto. He asked Packard to alma mater, Washington University ley Engineering Hall of Fame He moved to the Bay Area in 1958, promoting diversity. He had helped build a plant in East Palo Alto in the in St. Louis, Mo. and a late inventor — will also working for Lawrence Radiation implement affirmative action pro- 1960s and ‘70s, though the compa- Greene grew up in the highly be recognized by the Palo Alto Laboratory as lead programmer for grams in the U.S. military as deputy ny deemed the then-unincorporated segregated St. Louis of the 1950s, City Council. the fastest computer then built, writ- secretary of defense, Clay said. area economically and politically where “making it through life was The exhibition, “Soul of ing programs to simulate radiation When Packard returned to HP, he unstable. a civil-rights activity in itself,” he Technology,” was created by and explosive activities of atomic began to aggressively recruit from He’s also recruited African Amer- said. Templeton’s company, eAccess bombs. He stayed until 1962. historically black colleges and uni- icans from East Palo Alto to work When Washington University Corp. of San Francisco. He then worked for Control Data versities, according to Templeton’s for him, believing that aptitude is opened up to people of color, the top Mayor Peter Drekmeier and Corp., developing computer lan- book, “Our Roots Run Deep, The more important than a degree in 10 to 15 percent of students from his the Palo Alto City Council will electrical engineering, he said. Clay high school received scholarships. honor Clay and Greene, along started EPA Electronics in the 1970s He was in the second class of black with the late Ronald L. Jones, a to hire East Palo Alto youth in the students at the university, he said. Palo Alto resident and business industry; and he has hired 50 East “We went to sit-ins to see if we owner, who developed the raster Palo Alto residents for Menlo Park- could integrate some places around image processor for producing based ROD-L Electronics through the school. We would sit there until large-format prints from per- the nonprofit OICW (now JobTrain), the cops closed the place.” sonal computers. despite the residents’ educational One time, Greene and his friends A representative of Stanford’s disadvantages. went to a pizza joint, where the own- Electrical Engineering Depart- Clay said he looks for character- ers were willing to serve them. ment will also speak about the istics that will ensure success in “The problem was that between importance of Greene’s semi- programming, recalling an early us we didn’t have enough money for conductor work. connection he made from his craps- one order, so from that day, I’ve al- In addition to the exhibit, the game days: “Craps was similar to ways said, ‘You have to be prepared Ron Jones Innovation Award is for opportunity when it arrives. ... developing software. I looked at the awarded annually to an emerg- correlation between math and skill You’ve got to be prepared for suc- ing researcher or entrepreneur. games like chess and bridge. When cess.’ We weren’t expecting to suc- Here is Templeton’s 2009 list I hired people at HP, I asked if they ceed, so we didn’t take any money,” had hobbies, and if they said they he said. of the 50 most important Af- Veronica Weber liked chess, I hired them,” he said. Greene described the start of his rican American technologists, But despite all of his success, Clay tech career as being at the right including Greene and Clay: remains humbled by the early les- place at the right time. sons he learned from his parents “When Sputnik launched, we felt Public policy makers about leadership. we’d be attacked from space. There Jerry L. Davis, Deputy CIO, Roy Clay Sr. was the first director of Hewlett-Packard Company’s “I will have been successful if I was a big call to teach science, and I NASA computer division in the mid-1960s. He was also Palo Alto’s first black can do for others what my parents City Councilman and vice mayor. did for me,” he said. (continued on page 18) (continued on page 19) Palo Alto Weekly • January 30, 2009 • Page 17 Introducing Cover Story ELITE#ARE AT PALOALTO#OMMON3 As the innovative leader on the Peninsula in providing compassionate and flexible senior living services, we have developed a wonderful new program which offers: Veronica Weber V Experienced highly trained staff always right outside your door V The highest level of care and services without a care giver living in your apartment.You can maintain Frank S. Greene, who developed the fastest semiconductors in the mid- the privacy you cherish 1960s, speaks with journalist John Templeton in City Hall last week. 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personal tour. License #435200706 from Purdue University, he started 1980s and invented large-format as a test engineer at Fairchild in printing for computers. In 1999, he California, then moved into re- invented the SongPro, a device that search and development, starting in turns Nintendo’s Game Boy into an chip design. MP3 player. Jones, who was born in South- Central Los Angeles and grew up in “ Success in life is not Pacific Grove, studied engineering about ‘me’ but about at Monterey Peninsula College and San Jose State before dropping out what you can do to to work for Hewlett-Packard Com- help others.” pany, IBM and Data General Corp. – Frank S. Greene, But his experience was often frus- semiconductor developer trated by the disparity between his and venture capitalist brilliant ideas and the business poli- cies of the companies for which he He developed the fastest semicon- worked, Greene said. ductors in the mid-1960s, “all of 256 Developing an idea is not enough, bits,” which was used in the space Clay said. The frustration comes program, he said. from having to educate technology Greene’s interests later turned companies about why the invention to business and venture capital — is needed. again breaking ground in his field. In the case of the SongPro, Jones When Greene wanted to fund mi- was sued by Nintendo. nority businesses in the late 1980s, The units were originally called banks were hesitant, he said. But the Song Boy, and Nintendo filed suit banks were under pressure because in 2000, claiming the name was too of the Community Reinvestment similar to the company’s “Game Act, so he was able to convince Boy” and that no one but Nintendo some large banks to pony up the can make cartridges for the Game funds. He has funded 26 companies, Boy, according to published re- he said. ports. “Success in life is not about ‘me’ “He should have prevailed,” Clay but about what you can do to help said. others,” he said. But the experience taught Jones Greene said he learned a valuable numerous lessons about the im- lesson back in his days as a student portance of relationships as well as in St. Louis. When he was a member good ideas, according to an article of the only black tennis team in St. in the UDaily, a publication of the Louis, his coach believed the young University of Delaware. men would get creamed by the more “Business is politics and politics advantaged white players. is business,” Jones told students dur- “When we got out on the court ing a 2003 lecture at the University to play, we broke their confidence of Delaware’s Alfred Lerner College down. You have to have a strategy of Business and Economics. for how to win in this competitive He conducted a marketing survey world, to find the weak spots. It’s of the number of African Americans not the physical part; it’s the mental who purchase Nintendo products part,” he said. and with the assistance of the Rev. Page 18 • January 30, 2009 • Palo Alto Weekly Cover Story

David Steward, chairman/CEO, World Juan Gilbert, associate professor and direc- Influential 50 Wide Technology Inc., St. Louis, Mo. tor, Human Centered Computing Lab, Auburn (continued from page 17) James C. Smith, CEO, Systems Engineering University, Auburn, Ala. and Management Associates, McLean, Va. Sossina Haile, professor of materials sci- John Hines, director, Biomolecular Systems Maurice Tose, CEO, Telecommunications ence and chemical engineering, Caltech, Research Program (BSRP) NASA Ames Re- Systems Inc., Annapolis, Md. search Center, Mountain View, Calif. Pasadena, Calif. Vercell Vance, CEO, Alpha Data Corp. Ft. Charles Isbell, associate professor, associate Jack B. Johnson, Prince Georges County, Walton Beach, Fla. MD executive dean, School of Interactive Computing, Geor-

Photo courtesy of University ofPhoto of Delaware courtesy University Lisa Jackson, EPA administrator gia Tech, Atlanta, Ga. Gov. Deval Patrick, D-Mass. Executives Shirley A. Jackson, president, RPI, Troy, Timothy A. Simon, commissioner, Califor- Adriane Brown, president, Honeywell N.Y. nia Public Utilities Commission Transporation Systems, Torrence, Calif. James Johnson, dean, College of Engineer- Ursula Burns, president, Xerox, Rochester, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Mo., chairman, ing, Howard University, Washington, D.C. House Homeland Security Committee N.Y. David Drummond, senior vice president V. Trent Montgomery, dean, School of En- corporate development, Google, Mountain gineering and Technology, Alabama A&M Entrepreneurs University, Normal, Ala. Pauline Brooks President/CEO Manage- View, Calif. J.D.Harris, vice president, contracts and Mark Hardy, dean, College of Science, En- ment Technology Inc. Clinton, MD gineering and Technology, Jackson State Uni- Gale Burkett, CEO, GB Tech Houston supply chain, Raytheon, Waltham, Mass. versity, Jackson, Miss. Al Edmonds, CEO, Edmonds Enterprise Monte Ford, CIO, American Airlines Services Charles Philips, president, Oracle, Redwood Kunle Olukotun, professor of electrical The late Ron Jones invented large-format Preston Edwards, CEO, imDiversity, New Shores, Calif. engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, printing for computers in the 1980s. Orleans, La. John W. Thompson, chairman/CEO, Sy- Calif. Darrell Freeman, CEO, Zycron Inc., Nash- mantec Corp. Cupertino, Calif. Reginald Perry, assistant dean, Florida State Jesse Jackson, whose Rainbow/PUSH Co- ville, Tenn. Ray Wilkins, president, ATT Sales and University, Tallahassee, Fla. alition promotes opportunities for minori- Rodney Hunt, CEO, RS Information Sys- Marketing, San Antonio, Texas Mark Smith, head of engineering, Purdue ties, Nintendo agreed to license Jones to tems Inc., McLean, Va. Ronald E. Blaylock, Arthur H. Harper, manufacture the product under the name University, West Lafayette, Ind. Alfred Liggins, chairman/CEO, RadioOne, James Shepard, Lloyd G. Trotter, general Eugene Washington, provost, UCSF, San SongPro. partners, GenNXT360 Capital Partners, New “Different people have different skill Lanham, Md. Francisco, Calif. York, N.Y. sets. It is important to meet and know as Willie Johnson, chairman, PRWT Services Carole Espy Wilson, professor, electrical many people as you can,” he told the stu- Inc. Philadelphia, Pa. engineering, University of Maryland, College James Makawa, CEO, The Africa Channel, dents. ■ Educators Park, Md. Beverly Hills, Calif. Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be Deborah Auguste, assistant professor of Dhyana Ziegler, professor of journalism, William Moss, CEO, Moss Interactive, Co- bioengineering, Harvard University, Cam- e-mailed at [email protected]. Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Fla. ■ lumbus, Ohio bridge, Mass. On the cover: Roy Clay Sr. (left) Lori Perine, senior vice president, TrueCar- George Campbell, president, Cooper Union, and Frank S. Greene will be bon New York, N.Y. Source: eAccess Corp of San Francisco, honored Monday at City Hall. Earl Stafford Sr., chairman, Universal Tech- Michael Drake, chancellor, UC-Irvine, Ir- John William Templeton, president/execu- Photo by Veronica Weber. nology and Engineering vine, Calif. tive editor Stand Out at Star One Money Market Savings & Access Plus Checking • One of the highest yields in the nation • Deposits federally insured to at least $250,000 by NCUA, a U.S. Government agency • Access to over 28,000 surcharge-free ATMs • 16th largest credit union in the nation • Membership is open to all who live, work or attend school in Santa Clara County

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ONboth sides OF THEcamera TV JOURNALIST EXPLORES PARKINSON’S DISEASE — AND TELLS HIS OWN FAMILY’S STORY

by Rebecca Wallace hey were the slightest of symp- all this. time PBS program was “Ending toms: a tingling in the leg, an A seasoned radio and TV host AIDS: The Search for a Vaccine.” “Parkinson’s is Tarm not quite swinging the who can regularly be heard on Both Schwarz and Iverson saw right way during a jog. Other peo- KQED’s “Forum,” Iverson decided Parkinson’s disease as a natural a window into ple might not have noticed, but Dave after his diagnosis to make a docu- topic for the public policy-oriented Iverson paid attention to these sen- mentary on Parkinson’s disease. Frontline series, given the politi- sations in his limbs. The film, “My Father, My Brother, cal and moral debate over whether both science and It made sense that his “antenna and Me,” interweaves the Iversons’ research should be conducted with was up,” as he puts it. His late father, stories with the science and politics human embryonic stem cells. society. What for Bill, had suffered from Parkinson’s surrounding Parkinson’s. It pre- “Parkinson’s is a window into disease. In 1992, his brother Peter mieres on local television on Feb. 3, both science and society,” Iverson me was personal Dana Ullman was told he had the same degenera- a co-production of Frontline and the says. “What for me was personal Above: Journalist Dave Iverson at his tive neurological disorder. In 2004, Independent Television Service. also had social relevance.” childhood home in Menlo Park. He co- Dave was also diagnosed. When Iverson started developing The timing of the film’s release also had social produced the PBS documentary “My “By the time you notice symptoms, the idea for the film, he enlisted Mi- may be relevant, too. While stem- Father, My Brother, and Me” with fellow the disease is well on its way. It’s of- chael Schwarz, president of Kikim cell research had appeared prom- relevance.” Menlo Park resident Michael Schwarz ten quite subtle,” he says. “It’s a dis- Media in downtown Menlo Park, ising in treating Parkinson’s, the (not pictured). Below left: Dave Iverson. ease that sort of inches up on you.” as co-director and co-producer. practice was stalled in this coun- Iverson, 60, is smiling, open and Schwarz is a veteran producer of try when the Bush administration — Dave Ivezrson even matter-of-fact as he talks in his public television with a host of heavily restricted funding for the Menlo Park house. He says he feels awards to his credit, including na- research in 2001. George W. Bush fortunate to be active and energetic, tional Emmy awards and prizes for is shown in the film announcing with minimal symptoms. And ever investigative journalism. His most the journalist, he found a story in recent nationally broadcast prime- (continued on next page)

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a microscope. ... There is hope, you education, focusing on children’s lit- A family story know, real hope (for those with Par- erature. (continued from previous page) kinson’s), and much of it comes from In 1971, Bill started showing phys- his veto of legislation that would stem cells.” ical symptoms, holding his hand in have freed up more funding, saying: Iverson notes that many scientists an unusual way while walking. Iver- “This bill would support the taking are not convinced that stem-cell re- son’s mother, Adelaide, says in the of innocent human life in the hope of search will be the magic bullet. Par- film: “He was mostly concerned finding medical benefits for others. kinson’s disease is hard to diagnose about his voice because he did have It crosses a moral boundary that our and difficult to treat, and can cause a a good voice and that deteriorated decent society needs to respect.” wide range of symptoms. gradually. Toward the end, he really In contrast, President Barack It is generally agreed that Parkin- couldn’t talk.” Obama is expected to soon end the son’s is caused by the loss of brain Later in the film, Iverson inter- Bush-era restrictions on the federal cells that produce a neurotransmitter views his brother, Peter, a reserved funds. called dopamine. Typical symptoms person who nonetheless speaks with a Iverson, who was raised Catholic, can include tremor, stiffness of the candid air. “It’s one of the first things says he personally supports stem- body or arms and legs, and difficulty you think about in the morning and cell research but understands its op- walking. But the condition affects one of the last things you think about ponents. “It’s tricky if your faith tells people in so many different ways. at night and it says to you to take ad- you one thing and your body tells you Some lose their sense of smell; oth- vantage of the time you have,” Peter another,” he says. ers are constipated or have trouble says of Parkinson’s. The filmmakers talk to both pro- sleeping. It’s hard to discern what Dave Iverson says it was an unusual ponents of the research, such as ac- each symptom means. but enjoyable experience interview- tor Michael J. Fox and writer Michael “It’s going to be a long, long trip ing his family for the film. These Kinsley, who both have Parkinson’s; before that final cure is found,” Iver- days he spends even more time with and opponent Charles Krauthammer, son says slowly. his 96-year-old mother: He recently a syndicated columnist with a spinal- For Iverson’s father, Bill, the worst moved from San Francisco back to cord injury. part was losing his voice. Bill also his childhood Menlo Park home to Kinsley says in the film: “Embry- had a flair for the spoken word; he care for her. onic stem-cells research uses embry- worked on the original “Lone Rang- Scientists traditionally didn’t think os that are fewer than 200 cells. You er” radio show and later became a Parkinson’s could run in the family. can’t even barely see them without Stanford professor in the school of It’s only in the last decade or so that researchers have been looking into genetic mutations as a possible cause of the condition. In the film, Iverson interviews the Mayo Clinic’s Matt Farrer, a geneticist who is working on drugs to fix those mutations. “The genetics provides molecular clues, rational clues as to what’s going on in the disease process,” Farrer says. But since Parkinson’s usually ap- Palo Alto Unified School District pears without a family connection, scientists have been pursuing many 25 Churchill Avenue, Palo Alto, other avenues of research. The docu- CA 94306 mentary also follows Stanford neu- rologist Bill Langston, who has studied environmental toxins as a disease January 30, 2008 trigger. Other research has given Iverson particular hope. Some studies indi- REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS cate that regular exercise may slow the progression of Parkinson’s disease, perhaps through increasing PALO ALTO HIGH SCHOOL proteins called growth factors that EL CAMINO FIELD support the brain. One of the most upbeat images of the film is 75-year-old Tom Manning The Palo Alto Unified School District is inviting qualification taking part in a Maryland study, run- information from highly qualified and experienced Contractors ning happily on a treadmill. He be- to provide General Construction Services to the District for lieves exercise helps his Parkinson’s the new construction of the Palo Alto High School El Camino and allows him to feel more in con- Field. trol of his body. Iverson, too, is a regular jogger, Interested firms are invited to submit their Qualifications as and goes to the gym three times a described below, with one (1) original and five (5) copies of week. Parkinson’s, he says, is “fabu- requested materials to: lous motivation.” He plans to continue studying the condition, speaking at Parkinson’s Palo Alto Unified School District groups and perhaps doing a story on Facilities Department how dance can help people with the 25 Churchill Avenue, Building “D” condition. And he tries to keep his Palo Alto, CA 94306 hopes tempered, agreeing with re- Attn: Constance Conroy searchers who say that the realistic aim right now is not finding a cure Questions regarding this request for qualifications (“RFQ”) may for Parkinson’s, but discovering a re- be directed to Constance Conroy at [email protected]. liable way to slow its progression. “If my progression could be held to ALL RESPONSES TO THIS RFQ MUST BE RECEIVED where it is now,” Iverson says, “that’s BY 2:00 PM, MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2009. enough for me.” N Info: “My Father, My Brother, and This is not a request for bids or an offer by the District to Me” is set to air on KQED channel contract with any party responding to this RFQ. The District 9 on Tuesday, Feb. 3, at 10 p.m. reserves the right to reject any and all Proposals. All materials and Wednesday, Feb. 4, at 4 a.m. submitted to the District in response to this RFQ shall remain Other showings are scheduled on property of the District and may be considered a part of public PBS digital channels. For details, record film clips and blog postings by Dave Iverson, go to www.pbs.org/ frontline. Page 22ÊUÊ>Õ>ÀÞÊÎä]ÊÓääÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Arts & Entertainment

on her own frustrations than on her husband’s failures. At the same time, George is all too cognizant of Martha’s failings, but he, too, feels trapped. The drama lies not simply in the trading of bitter barbs and witty repartée but in George’s scheme to reclaim the upper hand, striking Martha where she is most vulner- able. By destroying her defenses, he restores equilibrium to their dys- functional marriage. Adroitly played by Kirby, George undergoes a slow but dramatic transformation, appearing at first as a hunched-over browbeaten husband, and then slowly gaining force in the second and third acts. Costume designer Mary Cravens dresses him in loose trousers with suspenders, Joyce Goldschmid which emphasizes his inconsequen- tiality. Meanwhile, Tasca plays the crass Martha with aplomb, a dimension emphasized by her seductive red- dish tunic worn over slim pants. But Martha (Diane Tasca, left) fights with George (Weekly theater reviewer under her brassy bravado, Tasca cap- Kevin Kirby, center) with ill-at-ease guests Honey (Liza Zassenhaus) tures Martha’s frailty — particularly and Nick (Patrick Engler) looking on. when she admits she really is afraid of Virginia Woolf, the English nov- elist who exploded conventions and Can this marriage succumbed to suicide. Engler as Nick, in professorial el- bow patches, sashays between suave be saved? and stiff, in one moment boasting of raw ambitions, in another, de- Wry wit, deft acting pull no punches in revised molished by his own confessions. ‘Virginia Woolf’ Zassenhaus as the naïve, inebriated *+,-.+ .) Honey is at once comic and tragic. /0' 1 + 2 " " 1! 1 by Janet Silver Ghent It’s easy to laugh at the child-woman !" "# $ eorge is in the history de- whose long blond curls are set off by partment of a prestigious THEATER REVIEW an Alice in Wonderland headband. %%%&'(&) G New England college, but But her sorrow also comes through. But above all, the play is about the his career is in the swamp. So says responded in an e-mail: “Themati- his wife, Martha, the college presi- marriage of Martha and George, who cally I don’t think the cuts funda- trade insults but nonetheless stay Student Camp & Trip Advisors dent’s daughter who hitched her mentally change things at all; this star to George when she thought committed. In the program notes, is still a play about the shattering of Players Executive Director Peter he was going somewhere, but now illusions. The cuts simply allow for SUMMER OPPORTUNITIES FAIR castigates him mercilessly — when Bliznick says he didn’t want the play a more tightly focused exploration to be “just another jousting match” they’re alone, when they’re with without the distraction of unneces- “Make A BRIGHT CHOICE FOR YOUR SUMMER” strangers and especially when she’s between the two principals, à la Bur- sary speculation.” ton and Taylor. Instead, he wanted a SUNDAY February 1, 2009 10 AM – 1 PM drunk. Perhaps. MENLO SCHOOL 50 Valparaiso, Atherton Can this marriage be saved? “fair fight” between equals, a fight The play opens in George and tempered with love. Count on playwright Edward Albee Martha’s wainscoted living room, !"" ?! ! to provide poison darts for the sado- Langbehn, directing her first pro- ! !" !" charmingly styled by Kuo-Hao Lo, duction for the Players, writes that masochistic games that bind couples the Players’ resident scenic designer. MEET DIRECTORS FROM together. despite their “delicious viciousness,” It’s 2 a.m. and the couple has just re- Albee’s George and Martha are “one OVERNIGHT CAMPS #8(+0:065(3?#,,5?"7,*0(3:> “Who’s Afraid of Virginia turned from a soirée at Martha’s fa- Woolf?” is a rocky marriage horror of the modern theater’s great love TRIPS0205.?&03+,85,99?&683+=0+,#6;805. ther’s home. Visibly drunk, the brash stories, a seeming anomaly until you show that shocked audiences when Martha (Diane Tasca) imitates Bette PROGRAMS"(0305.?!(5*/?8:9?(5.;(.,?644;50:>",8<0*, it premiered on Broadway in 1962 look past the illusions to the truth Davis, demeans her husband (Kevin EDUCATIONAL with Uta Hagen and Arthur Hill, and beneath.” 633,.,(47;9,9$")86(+ Kirby, a Weekly theater reviewer), Sometimes it’s hard to feel the when it hit the big screen in 1966 lapses into baby talk and cajoles 68468,05-684(:065*(33 with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard love, but that’s Albee. N George into pouring her yet another $'&""#$# #! %" !" Burton. drink. Then she lets a bomb drop. What: Edward Albee’s play 7 ? ?,1;+>=0,9,5(63*64 In Albee’s 2004 revised version, Guests are arriving: Nick (Patrick “Who’s Afraid of Virginia which Palo Alto Players opened last Engler), a handsome new professor Woolf?” presented by Palo Alto weekend at Lucie Stern Theatre, the whom Martha has apparently taken Players playwright’s no-holds-barred dia- a shine to, and his mousy young Where: Lucie Stern Theatre, logue continues to scintillate and the wife, Honey (Liza Zassenhaus). 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo newly amped-up profanity continues The ill-at-ease pair becomes un- Alto to shock. Who can forget such wry witting pawns in the older couple’s When: Through Feb, 8, with Albeeisms as “ABMAPHID,” the war games, which run the gamut shows at 8 p.m. Thursday Author acronym for A.B., M.A. and Ph.D.? from Humiliate the Host to Get through Saturday and 2:30 p.m. However, some nuances from the George Saunders the Guests to Hump the Hostess. Sundays. will be reading from his work original script have been lost in re- As the three acts move from “Fun Cost: Tickets are $30, with stu- vision. and Games” to “Walpurgisnacht” (a dent and senior discounts. Monday, Feb. 2 at 8:00 p.m. Albee, in a 2007 interview, said: nightmarish pagan festival) to “The Info: Go to www.paplayers.org “Nobody will notice the cuts I’ve in Kresge Auditorium Exorcism,” the drama becomes in- or call 650-329-0891. on the Stanford Campus made. I think it holds up very well.” creasingly heavy, until all four char- This reviewer noticed. An Act I ex- acters are forced to confront their Free and open to the public change in which George warns Mar- illusions. Giant worms, Diebenkorn tha not to bring up the story about “Virginia Woolf” depicts an era paintings and sweater vests are their “kid” got chopped, impacting when women typically achieved among the varied artistic topics the characters’ motivation. In addi- status through a husband’s accom- discussed in recent blog postings The Jean and Bill Lane Lecture Series tion, some of the backstories have by Weekly arts editor Rebecca plishments, rather than their own. Sponsored by the Stanford Creative Writing Program also been altered or minimized. Martha carps at George because he Wallace. To read her blog, Ad Marilyn Langbehn, who directs hasn’t fulfilled her fantasies. But her Libs, go to blog.paloaltoonline. For more information, call (650) 723-0011 or visit the Players’ production, which never anger and alcoholism hinge more com/adlibs/. http://creativewriting.stanford.edu drags despite its three-hour length, *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ>Õ>ÀÞÊÎä]ÊÓääÊU Page 23 Lose 2 - 5 Pounds Arts & Entertainment City of Palo Alto Per Week! ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT A tribute to NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared by the Palo Alto Department of Abe Lincoln Planning and Community Environment for the project listed below. This document will be available for review and comment during a MEDICAL Palo Alto’s Ives Quartet premieres minimum 20-day inspection period beginning February 4, 2009 WEIGHT LOSS ‘The Fullness of Peace’ February 23, 2009 through during the hours of 8:00 A.M. to by Rebecca Wallace 12:00 noon and 1:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. at the Development Center, 285 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California. hen Abraham Lincoln was young, he memorized “The This project is tentatively scheduled for consideration by the City “I’m fi tting into clothes I W Lion and the Four Bulls,” Council at a public hearing on Monday, March 16, 2008 at haven’t worn in years.” a favorite fable by Aesop. It’s the 7:00 P.M. in the Palo Alto City Council Chambers on the first floor –Cindy A., Palo Alto story of a lion prowling a field, try- of the Civic Center, located at 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, ing to attack a quartet of oxen. The Jumpstart Program Includes: California. As long as the oxen kept their Regular Visits with Doctors tails together and “met the lion with Ordinance Amendment to Restrict the Distribution of Nutrition Education with Real Food a ring of horns,” they were safe. But Single-Use Plastic Checkout Bags: The proposed project Safe and Effective Medication when the lion got the oxen to quar- is an Ordinance that amends the existing Palo Alto Municipal Emotional Support rel and separate, the big cat picked Code Chapter 5.35 and is titled “Retail Sales - Requirement For them off one by one. Remarkable Health Benefits Recyclable Paper Checkout Bags And Limited Prohibition On The moral, in Aesop’s words: “In Single-Use Plastic Checkout Bags.” The existing requirements of Union there is strength / A king- the Chapter, requiring retailers to provide a paper bagging option, dom divided against itself cannot are not being changed by the proposed Ordinance. The proposed stand.” Ordinance adds language that would prohibit Supermarkets from Composer Joseph Gregorio had a making single use plastic checkout bags available at checkout shiver of recognition when he first stands. A Supermarket is defined as a full-line, self service grocery heard the story. “This fable that store within the City of Palo Alto with gross annual sales of two Dr. Sooji Rugh Dr. Sean Bourke Lincoln learned as a child would influence his thought for his entire Composer Joseph Gregorio. million dollars ($2,000,000.00). This Ordinance would be applicable Our Guidance. career,” he said. to seven Supermarkets in Palo Alto, currently four of which are using Your Success. The Redwood City composer de- early letter from an 11-year-old girl single-use plastic checkout bags. cided the fable would make the ideal urges Lincoln to grow a beard be- Curtis Williams, Interim Director of Planning first movement for “The Fullness of cause “All the ladies like whiskers and Community Environment Mountain View Peace,” his new song cycle for bari- and they would tease their husbands tone and string quartet. The work, / To vote for you and then you would In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Redwood City Millbrae being premiered by Palo Alto’s Ives be President.” listening assistive devices are available in the Council Chambers Quartet this winter, is based on the Gregorio was surprised by an- and Council Conference Room. Sign language interpreters will be fable and on other writings penned other text, a letter from Lincoln to provided upon request with 72 hours advance notice. Call Now (650) 396-7802 by, about and to Lincoln. newspaper editor Horace Greeley. www.jumpstartmedicine.com The project has been in part a Lincoln wrote that he saw saving family endeavor. Gregorio’s sister the Union as his main responsibil- Julie found and polished the texts, ity, whether that meant freeing the compiling, adapting and writing. slaves or not: They also include: an excerpt from Lincoln’s second inaugural address; “This is my office and my a text based on writings by aboli- duty — tionist Frederick Douglass about To hold the Union and the law emancipation; and a poem by Julie above all else. Gregorio about a dream Lincoln My own desire remains un- reported having before each Union changed: victory in the Civil War, of being That all men, everywhere, could taken on a ship to a mysterious be free.” land. The song cycle is being performed “You don’t usually hear about that in honor of what would have been side of Lincoln,” Gregorio said. “His Lincoln’s 200th birthday, but it’s personal wish was to see all men, also timely for another reason. everywhere, free. But he viewed that “I settled on the title, ‘The Full- as separate from his official duty. ness of Peace,’ because I realized ... We really got a more colorful that the whole work was more about picture of Lincoln from doing this the ideals that Lincoln championed project.” N — equality, liberty, peace — than about Lincoln the man. ... And it’s been very meaningful for the quar- What: “With an American tet and the singers and me to bring Voice,” a concert by the Ives this piece to life right around the in- Quartet featuring “The Fullness auguration of another state senator of Peace” by Joseph Gregorio; from Illinois,” Gregorio said. “I feel Antonin Dvorák’s˘ Quartet in like his (Barack Obama’s) election F Major, Op. 96 “American”; to the presidency is in some ways and Quincy Porter early works: the fullest flowering yet of Abraham “Prelude,” “Andante,” “Scherzo Lincoln’s vision of equality for all.” in Monasterio.” The Ives Quartet often commis- Baritone Austin Kness solos on sions new works. Its violist, Jodi Jan. 30; Eugene Brancoveanu Levitz, had played another of Gre- solos on Feb. 22. gorio’s pieces and enjoyed it, and When and where: 8 p.m. Fri- the quartet musicians also liked day, Jan. 30, at St. Mark’s Epis- the young composer’s geographical copal Church at 600 Colorado connection to Lincoln: He grew up Ave., Palo Alto; and 2 p.m. Sun- in Gettysburg, Penn. day, Feb. 22, at the San Fran- Gregorio, 29, said he approached cisco Conservatory of Music, Fresh news this composition as he would any 50 Oak St., San Francisco other vocal piece: “I sit with the Cost: $25 general, $20 for se- delivered daily text for a while and think about what niors, $15 for students. Free for it’s trying to convey, its emotional children 12 and under. tenor.” Info: Go to www.ivesquartet. The writings are often optimistic org or call 650-224-7849. and sometimes even humorous. An Page 24ÊUÊ>Õ>ÀÞÊÎä]ÊÓääÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Arts & Entertainment

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The Reader (R) ---1/2 Century 16: 12:50, 3:40, 6:50 & 9:40 p.m. Century 20: (Not Reviewed) also at 5:35 & 7:50 p.m. Century 20: 12:05, 2:40, 4:55, 1:15, 4:10, 7 & 9:55 p.m. Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) Three out-of-work 7:10 & 9:25 p.m. Revolutionary Road Century 20: 11:40 a.m.; 2:25, 5:10, 7:55 showgirls live next door to a The Curious Case of Century 16: Century 20: (R) ---1/2 Guild: 1, 4:35 & 8:10 p.m. 11:45 a.m.; & 10:40 p.m. Fri.-Sun. at 1, 4, 7 & 10 p.m. Mon.- young composer. Their col- Benjamin Button 3:15, 6:45 & 10:10 p.m. Thu. at 2, 5 & 8 p.m. laboration results in a musi- (PG-13) ---1/2 Slumdog Millionaire Century 20: 11:15 a.m.; 2, 4:50, 7:40 & 10:30 p.m. cal show (with choreography Defiance (R) --1/2 Century 16: 12:55 & 4:05 p.m. Fri.-wed. also at 7:15 & (R) ---- Aquarius: 1, 4, 7 & 10 p.m. by Busby Berkeley). Fri.-Mon. 10:20 p.m. Century 20: 1, 4:10, 7:15 & 10:20 p.m. Sword of the Stranger Century 16: Thu. at 7:30 p.m. Century 20: Thu. at 7:30 at 7:30 p.m. Sat. and Sun. Doubt (PG-13) --- Century 16: 1:15, 3:55, 7:25 & 10:05 p.m. Century 20: 10 (Not Rated) (Not Reviewed) p.m. also at 4:25 p.m. p.m. Taken (PG-13) Century 16: 12:30, 3, 5:20, 7:45 & 10:10 p.m. Century 20: Frost/Nixon (R) ----Century 16: 1:30, 4:20, 7:20 & 10:10 p.m. Century 20: (Not Reviewed) 12:45, 3:20, 5:35, 8:10 & 10:30 p.m. She Done Him Wrong 12:55, 3:55, 7:05 & 10:05 p.m. True Romance (Not Rated) Century 16: Sat. at 10 p.m. (1933) Cary Grant plays his Goodfellas (R) Century 16: Fri. at 10:05 p.m. (Not Reviewed) first big part, an undercover cop who sparks Mae West’s (Not Reviewed) Underworld: Rise of the Century 16: 12:35, 2:55, 5:40, 8 & 10:25 p.m. signature line: “Why don’t Gran Torino (R) -1/2 Century 16: Century 20: Lycans (R) (Not Reviewed) Century 20: 1:10, 4, 7 & 9:45 p.m. 1:10, 3:50, 12:30, 3, 5:25, 8 & 10:20 p.m. you come up sometime ‘n’ 6:50 & 9:35 p.m. Valkyrie (PG-13) ---1/2 Century 20: 10:15 p.m. see me?” Based on West’s Hotel for Dogs (PG) Century 16: 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:45 & 10:15 p.m. Century Waltz with Bashir Palo Alto Square: 2:15, 4:45 & 7:15 p.m. Fri. & Sat. also play “Diamond Lil.” Fri.-Mon. (Not Reviewed) 20: 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30 & 9:55 p.m. (R) ---- at 9:45 p.m. at 6:15 & 9:20 p.m. Inkheart (PG) Century 16: 1:05, 3:50, 6:55 & 9:30 p.m. Century 20: The Wrestler (R) --- Century 16: 1:20, 4:10, 7:10 & 9:50 p.m. Century 20: (Not Reviewed) 11:35 a.m.; 2:15, 4:50 & 7:25 p.m. 11:55 a.m.; 2:30, 5:10, 7:50 & 10:25 p.m. NOW PLAYING Last Chance Harvey Century 16: 1:40, 4:15, 6:45 & 9:20 p.m. Century 20: Fri.- ( Skip it (( Some redeeming qualities ((( A good bet (((( Outstanding (PG-13) (Not Reviewed) Wed. at noon, 2:35, 5, 7:20 & 9:50 p.m. Thu. at 11:40 The following is a sampling of movies a.m.; 2:15, 4:40 & 10:15 p.m. Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (266-9260) recently reviewed in the Weekly: Metropolitan Opera: Orfeo Century 16: Wed. at 7 p.m. Century 20: Wed. at 7 p.m. Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ed Euridice (Not Rated) (Not Reviewed) (800-326-3264) ---1/2 (Century 16, Century 20) In early-century Milk (R) --- Century 20: 1:05, 4:05 & 9:45 p.m. Fri.-Tue. & Thu. also Century 20 Downtown: 825 Middlefield Road, Redwood City Louisiana an unusual child is born, look- Palo Alto Square: ing like an old man and not expected to at 6:55 & 9:45 p.m. Fri.-Sat. & Mon.- (800-326-3264) Tue. at 1:30, 4:25 & 7:20 p.m. Fri. & Sat. also at 10:15 live. With the nurturing of boarding-house CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (493-3456) doyenne Queenie (Taraji P. Henson), baby a.m. Benjamin beats the odds and continues My Bloody Valentine (R) Century 20: 12:10, 2:50, 5:20, 8:05 & 10:35 p.m. Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (266-9260) to thrive, so well that he appears to grow (Not Reviewed) younger as he advances in years. Benja- Internet address: For show times, plot synopses, trailers and more information min’s meeting with 7-year-old Daisy (Elle New in Town (PG) Century 16: 12:20, 2:45, 5:15 & 7:40 p.m. Sun.-Thu. also about films playing, go to Palo Alto Online at http://www.PaloAltoOnline.com/ Fanning) has a profound effect on his life, (Not Reviewed) at 10:05 p.m. Century 20: 11:50 a.m.; 2:20, 4:45, 7:15 & her presence a stabilizing force that ebbs and flows throughout the years. Benjamin 9:40 p.m. ON THE WEB: www.PaloAltoOnline.com and the adult Daisy (Cate Blanchett) inex- The most up-to-date movie listings at plicably meet halfway on the age spectrum — on her way to the graceful golden years and his to ultimate youth — a joyous and profoundly sad state of affairs. Rated: PG- 13 for brief violence, sexual content and “‘UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS’ language. 2 hours, 47 minutes. — J.A> ”IS THE BEST OF THE SERIES!” (Reviewed Dec. 26, 2008) SHOCKTILLYOUDROP.COM Defiance --1/2 (Century 16, Century 20) In 1941, three brothers started a Jewish community in the Belarussian forest in eastern Poland to flee the Nazis at the height of the Holocaust. Daniel Craig plays Tuvia Bielski, the confi- dent leader of the community that would later be known as the Bielski partisans. Tuvia and his younger brothers Zus (Liev Schreiber) and Asael (Jamie Bell) take to the forest after the murder of their parents, determined to endure and battle back. Tuvia puts his focus on the community and survival while Zus prefers the proactive approach and joins up with a group of Rus- sian resistance fighters. Asael, meanwhile, is quiet and reserved, thinking more about love and cooperation than vengeance. “Defiance” is an extraordinary story and the production is admirable — if you have the time and patience to trudge through. Rated: R for violence and language. 2 hours, 16 minutes. — T.H. (Reviewed Jan. 16, 2008)

Doubt --- (Century 16, Century 20) There is no doubt that Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams and Viola Davis are the three best reasons to see John Patrick Shanley’s adaptation of his Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning drama. If acting for the screen is truly about reacting, then their naturalistic performances help counter Meryl Streep’s more man- nered turn that rings so false at the end. Shanley’s examination of moral issues is another reason to catch the battle between razor-tongued Sister Aloysius (Streep) and NOW PLAYING NOW PLAYING congenial Father Flynn (Hoffman), whom CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR THEATERS AND SHOWTIMES she suspects of pedophilia. No evidence SORRY, NO PASSES ACCEPTED FOR THIS ENGAGEMENT CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR THEATERS AND SHOWTIMES exists that the priest has behaved inap- propriately with the parochial high school’s Page 26ÊUÊ>Õ>ÀÞÊÎä]ÊÓääÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ first black student (Joseph Foster). The War experience. Since Folman seems to (Century 16) Mickey Rourke plays true to sey trailer park. Randy befriends a warm- chance that could be his last. The climax narrative construct teeters on the concept have repressed his own memories of the type as a washed-up wrestler perpetually hearted stripper named Cassidy (Marisa is the ultimate in raw conclusions, leaving of reasonable doubt — and the blindness 1982 invasion, he sets out to discover the on the verge of a comeback. Randy “The Tomei) at his local club, but she plays it a disheartening life in grim perspective. of those making unjustified accusations. Or truth by talking with veterans who served Ram” Robinson doesn’t have a lot to live cool and gently rebuffs his awkward ad- Rated: R for violence, language, nudity and are they? Rated: PG-13 for thematic mate- with him. Rated: R for some disturbing im- for save for the glory of his 1980s gladiator vances. An unexpected medical condition sexuality. 1 hour, 45 minutes. — J.A. (Re- rial. 1 hour. 44 minutes. — S.T. (Reviewed ages of atrocities, strong violence, brief nu- days. He moonlights at trade shows and is Randy’s wake-up call, the kind of second viewed Jan. 9, 2009) Jan. 2, 2009) dity and a scene of graphic sexual content. wrestles in small halls by night, high on the In Hebrew with English subtitles. 1 hour. 27 memories of yesterday’s adulation. He’s Frost/Nixon ---- minutes. — S.T. (Reviewed Jan. 23, 2009) estranged from his angry daughter (Evan ® (Century 16, Century 20) An overly confi- Rachel Wood), eating painkillers like candy ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS dent “Tricky Dick” Nixon accepts “enter- The Wrestler --- and living in relative squalor in a New Jer- tainer” David Frost’s invitation to televise INCLUDING a series of interviews in 1977 — for the ® right price. The stakes are high for both the disgraced former president and the under- ACADEMY AWARD rated television talk-show host. 10 BEST PICTURE “Frost/Nixon” is more psychological cat- and-mouse game than verbal sparring match. Ron Howard directs the film at NOMINEE a breakneck clip, pausing only to reveal glimpses into each man’s character. En- BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM grossing emotionally and intellectually, this slum dog showdown shouldn’t be missed. Rated: R ROGER EBERT for some language. 2 hours, 2 minutes. — WINNER CHICAGO SUN-TIMES S.T. (Reviewed Dec. 26, 2008) GOLDEN GLOBE® AWARD BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Gran Torino -1/2 (Century 16, Century 20) Clint Eastwood HIGHEST RATING! CLAUDIA PUIG stars and directs himself as cantankerous USA TODAY Korean War vet Walt Kowalski with a chip “A MILESTONE WORK on his shoulder the size of the Matterhorn. THAT WILL INSPIRE AWE!” He lives alone and has no relationship to –Jonathan Curiel, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE speak of with his adult sons. Walt appears to be surrounded on all sides by Hmong families who keep to themselves and their WALTZ WITH BASHIR own cultural curiosities. Until a neighbor- AN ARI FOLMAN FILM hood teen named Thao (Bee Vang) finds www.foxsearchlight.com himself with a debt to repay after he WWW.SONYCLASSICS.COM SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE ON attempts to steal Walt’s prized, cherry- CINEMARK CINEMARK CINEMARK LANDMARK’S condition 1972 Gran Torino. Walt puts Thao CENTURY 12 DOWNTOWN CENTURY AT TANFORAN CENTURY 20 DOWNTOWN AQUARIUS to work in his home and yard, grudgingly CINÉARTS@PALO ALTO SQUARE San Mateo (800) FANDANGO 968# San Bruno (800) FANDANGO 998# Redwood City (800) FANDANGO 990# Palo Alto (650) 266-9260 $$" "# '$# handing over odd jobs and offering advice NOW PLAYING! 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto on testosterone and tools. A relationship CHECK THEATRE DIRECTORIES OR CALL FOR SHOWTIMES (650) 493-3456 blossoms as Walt breaks out of his shell VIEW THE TRAILER AT WWW.WALTZWITHBASHIRMOVIE.COM and Thao feels admiration for the father fig- ure he never had (groan). Overall, a poorly acted and heavily cliched melodrama. Rat- ed: R for language and violence. 1 hour, 56 minutes. — J.A. (Reviewed Dec. 26, 2008)

Revolutionary Road ---1/2 (Guild, Century 20) Kate Winslet and Leon- ardo DiCaprio are literally at each other’s throats as April and Frank Wheeler, the classic 1950s golden couple who suddenly “How to Sell Your Home” find the luster lost from their white-picket- fence union. Through a series of deft flashbacks director Sam Mendes builds a story of suburban ennui, a stifling boredom com- A FREE SEMINAR pounded by two kids and dead-end jobs. The build-up gains slow momentum but TH once “Road” finds its rhythm it’s positively NOW IN ITS 14 YEAR devastating. Rated: R for language and nudity. 1 hour, 59 minutes. — J.A. (Reviewed Jan. 9, 2009) The local real estate market is changing. Come learn how

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Despite my dislike The spicy rub permeated the skin and imbued the reservations of that rock-hard, husky, fibrous fruit, I thoroughly meat with bold, husky flavors. Sautéed vegetables, enjoyed his subtle use of its nectar in flavoring rice, at MacArthur Park Restaurant comforting fried plantains and a terrific rice-and- Valentine’s Day curries and desserts. bean mixture completed the plate. The rice and 27 University Avenue ■ Palo Alto ■ (650) 321-9990 Simpson’s Back A Yard Jamaican American Grill beans were ubiquitous to most of the entrees and www.macarthurparkpaloalto.com in Menlo Park continues to flourish. But, where were rich with coconut flavor. I admit, I liked it a Back A Yard is posited in an iffy location with lim- lot. ited seating and ambiance, Coconuts is colorful and The braised oxtail ($14.75) was fall-off-the-bone inviting, offers ample seating, and is located across GET THE HEAT, $ 200 OFF GAS INSERT OR good. 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This was FREE GAS LOGS, GRATE Simpson attended a culinary school in Jamaica, my favorite dish and I would be happy to have it four AND BURNER WITH ANY then worked in Europe where he became grounded or five times per week. in French technique. He moved to New York, gradu- GAS LINE The jerk salmon ($14.25) was delightful as well, ated from the Culinary Institute of America and be- the piquant exterior giving way to a fleshy orange- INSTALALTION came a top chef at the Sandals resort. There he met THE FIREPLACE ELEMENT OR pink interior. Despite the spiciness, there was no his future wife, Anetta. doubt about what I was eating; the jerk rub encour- 1970 W EL CAMINO REAL $ 200 OFF GAS LINE IN- After living in Chicago, the couple relocated to the STALLATION WITH aged and highlighted the salmon’s delicate flavor MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94040 Bay Area, where Simpson was opening and execu- and lush texture. 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Page 30ÊUÊ>Õ>ÀÞÊÎä]ÊÓääÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ PREP BASKETBALL Sports A chance Shorts WRESTLING CHAMP . . . Just to save getting to the second day of the Mid Cal Invitational wrestling tournament at Gilroy High is an a life accomplishment. With 67 teams competing along with hundreds Quick work by Menlo of athletes, the annual event is one of the toughest in the state. trainer Cohen helps save That makes some of the finishes referee who collapsed by Palo Alto and Gunn even more impressive last weekend. Palo by Colin Becht Alto senior Patrick Sheehan had he battle for first place in the the best performance of all the lo- West Bay Athletic League be- cal wrestlers, celebrating his 18th T tween the Sacred Heart Prep birthday on Saturday with a 4-3 and Menlo boys’ basketball teams victory in the championship of the will have to wait for another day. 162-pound division. Gunn took What was intended to be a pas- seven wrestlers and returned with sionate, rivalry game was instead four placewinners: Zack Blumen- marred by tragedy Tuesday night feld was fourth at 171 pounds, in the Haynes-Prim Pavilion on Phil Park was fifth at 285, Dylan Menlo’s campus when referee Pat Gorman took seventh at 140 and Boland collapsed early in the first Clayton Post grabbed seventh quarter, forcing in the game to be at 145. cancelled. With Sacred Heart leading 6-4, GOLD MEDALISTS . . . The Nor- Boland fell to the floor as he went Cal girls’ 18U water polo team to hand the ball to Menlo’s Trevor made its recent trip to Canada Williams. Spectators first believed more than worthwhile by win- Boland had tripped, but when he ning the gold medal in the BC failed to move it became obvious Open Tournament last weekend something was very wrong. in Vancouver, British Columbia. Menlo trainer Jon Cohen, 35, Rebecca Dorst from Menlo- rushed to Boland’s side and para- Atherton and Audrey Pratt from medics were quickly called. At one Burlingame were named to the point, Cohen rushed to get a defi- all-tournament team. Other team brillator when it appeared Boland members included: Marie Popp, had stopped breathing. CPR also Emily Dorst, Heather Smith, KK was performed to help resuscitate Sandlin, Daisy Anderson, Alix Boland. At one point, the full house of spectators went completely silent Kaufman, Mary Jane O’Niell, as medical personnel worked to Vanessa Lane, Sarah Westcott keep Boland alive. and Stephanie Clements. Keith Peters Cohen said that Boland initially had a seizure and developed a heart PREP ALUMNI . . . Amherst dysrhythmia, or a severely irregu- College senior co-captain Brian lar heartbeat, forcing the need of a Baskauskas, a Palo Alto High Palo Alto senior Kevin Ashworth knocks in the only goal with a header off a corner kick during the Vikings’ defibrillator. Because of Boland’s grad, became the 23rd player in 1-0 victory over visiting Los Gatos on Wednesday, keeping Paly atop the SCVAL De Anza Division at 8-0-1. irregular heartbeat, he needed to be Lord Jeff history to score 1,000 shocked to get his heart beating at a points in his basketball career, as steady rhythm. Had Boland’s heart an early three-pointer during a 65- PREP SOCCER stopped completely, the defibrilla- 48 win at Trinity recently put him tor would have been unable to save over the plateau. The Lord Jeffs Palo Alto boys, him. improved to 14-2 with the win, Menlo Athletic Director Craig and remain unbeaten in NESCAC Gunn girls closing Schoof and Sacred Heart Prep AD play at 3-0. Baskauskas scored Frank Rodriguez quickly cancelled 13 points in the win to move to the game and had the spectators 1,011 in his career, while grabbing in on league titles ushered out of the gym. “There was nine rebounds. Harvard junior by Keith Peters no decision . . . once you realized guard Jeremy Lin, who played here are plenty of goals for the Palo Alto boys’ ‘well, he’s not going to be able to with Baskauskas at Paly, scored soccer team this season, both on and off the field. officiate anyway, okay, we’re not go- 21 points with seven rebounds, T One very important one involves, well, goals — or ing to play the game,” said Schoof. four assists and three steals the lack thereof. “I went and found Frank, and I said during a 75-66 overtime loss to “One of our goals is that we don’t want to give up any ‘Frank, we’ve got to cancel this.’ Dartmouth in a recent Ivy League goals,” said Paly coach Don Briggs. “You know what Frank said ‘Absolutely.’” men’s basketball game. they say, it’s hard to beat you when the other team can’t Many of the students, meanwhile, score of you.” appeared quite upset and shaken as Thus far, Palo Alto has given up just one in SCVAL they walked quietly away from the ON THE AIR De Anza Division action this season. It’s no wonder, scene Tuesday night. then, why the Vikings are 8-0-1 in league (16-1-2 over- Soon after, medical personnel Saturday all) following a 1-0 victory over visiting Los Gatos on from the Menlo Park Fire Depart- Men’s basketball: Stanford at UCLA, Wednesday. The victory moves Paly just a victory away ment arrived and began working on 12:30 p.m., ABC (7); KTRB (860 AM); KZSU (90.1 FM) from clinching the division title, thus ending the Wild- Boland, who regained consciousness Sunday cats’ two-year run atop the league standings. and was breathing. Once stabilized, Women’s basketball: UCLA at Stan- “I told the guys that if we get past these guys we’re in Boland was put on a stretcher and ford, 1 p.m., Comcast Sports Net Bay good shape,” said Paly coach Don Briggs. The Vikings taken to Stanford Hospital. Area (40); KZSU (90.1 FM) have 25 points with three matches remaining. Los Gatos Rodriguez praised Menlo’s medi- Thursday (5-3) has 15 points with four matches. The Wildcats can cal staff, Cohen in particular, say- Men’s basketball: finish with 27 points if they win all four. One more Paly ing to Schoof: “Your medical staff

Washington St. at Keith Peters Stanford, 7:30 p.m.; KTRB (860 AM) victory will push the Vikings over the top with 28. saved that man’s life.” The 10-point cushion in league at this point in the Schoof agreed with Rodriguez’s SPORTS ONLINE season is unprecedented for Paly. The two seasons that assessment, saying, “In my personal For expanded daily coverage of college team won Central Coast Section titles — 1998 and 2000 opinion, I think they (Cohen and the and prep sports, please see our new site Paly senior keeper Peter Johnson (right) made this at www.PASportsOnline.com big save late during the Vikings’ 1-0 win. (continued on page 33) (continued on page 32) Palo Alto Weekly • January 30, 2009 • Page 31 Sports

“Last night he was much better,” Gunn girls (19-0) set for hoops showdown Life saver Schoof said. “He was talking and (continued from page 31) aware of where he was. Today, they Titans put first place in SCVAL De Anza Division on the line Friday night at Wilcox were running tests and he was talk- rest of the medical staff) saved his ing and joking. He had his sense of by Keith Peters Gunn victory on Friday will give also scored in double digits with 10. life.” humor back.” he Gunn girls’ basketball team the Titans a two-game lead with Jackie Evans and Rimona Cartun Still, Cohen insisted that his ac- Rodriguez, who was with Schoof will put its 19-0 record on the five to play. paced the defense contributing five tions didn’t constitute heroism. on Wednesday morning at a CCS T line Friday when it hopes to Gunn is only of one two undefeat- steals each to the 34 turnovers Gunn “I was just doing my job,” he said. Board of Managers meeting in San take a huge step toward the SCVAL ed teams left in the state — Mater forced. “It goes back to the resources that Jose, stopped by Stanford Hospital De Anza Division championship in Dei is 21-0 — but the Titans know Lynbrook scored first and last in I have . . . I’m fortunate to work at after the meeting to see Boland. a showdown game at Wilcox at 6:15 they will be hard-pressed to hit 20 the first period, sandwiching nine a school that recognized that we “I popped my head in and he p.m. as the Chargers will be aiming for straight points by Gunn, including needed an emergency plan. We’ve looked good,” Rodriguez said. The Titans are 6-0 in league and some payback after falling to Gunn, five by McAdam. Gunn stretched got the equipment.” Currently, the cause of Boland’s already hold a victory over the 51-44, three weeks ago. the lead with a 12-1 run to start the The pace of the game was feverish seizure and subsequent cardiac dys- second-place Chargers (5-1, 11-6). Against Lynbrook, Gunn seniors second on baskets from Rimona from the start, with both teams rac- rhythmia is still unknown. Gunn topped host Lynbrook on Taylor McAdam and Jasmine Ev- Cartun, Tamar Cartun and Shevick. ing up and down the court. Sacred Cohen said that Menlo has an Wednesday, 56-32, while Wilcox ans led all scorers with 13 points That quarter’s 19-5 scoring by Gunn Heart Prep came in atop the WBAL emergency procedure established bounced host Palo Alto, 46-38. A each while senior Sophie Shevick put the game out of reach, as Lyn- standings at 6-0 (11-5) and riding a to handle medical situations such as brook got its only field goal with 10-game winning streak. Menlo was Boland’s. The key aspects for Co- 2:25 remaining in the half. 5-1 (12-3) and needed a victory to hen were “maintaining an airway, The teams went to halftime with force a possible three-way tie (with maintaining a pulse, and once one Gunn leading 28-9. Lynbrook made Harker) for the league lead. Harker of those is not present, especially a Notice of Public Review Period a run to come back to within 13 won on Tuesday to go 6-1, leaving pulse, then administering the defi- And Public Hearing on Palo Alto’s early in the third before five differ- SHP still in first place while relegat- brillator,” he said. ent Gunn players scored to bring the ing Menlo to third. Cohen stressed how vital it was to Community Development Block lead to 45-23 at the end of three. Meanwhile, more reports on have a defibrillator so readily avail- Grant (CDBG) Program Palo Alto (2-4, 4-10) got off to a Boland late Tuesday night and able, just the width of the court away Draft 2008/09 Annual Action Plan slow start against Wilcox, falling Wednesday morning were very en- from where Boland collapsed, and couraging, according to Schoof and the training he has received to han- Amendment (continued on page 34) Rodriguez. dle emergency medical situations. “Not every school has the means and the personnel that could do what This is to notify the general public and other interested parties that a PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL I did and what the doctors who came 30-day public review period for the draft amended 2008/2009 An- down from the stands were able to nual Action Plan of the 2005-2010 Consolidated Plan will begin on CIVIC CENTER, 250 HAMILTON AVENUE do,” he said. January 30, 2009 and end on March 2, 2009. The Consolidated Plan BROADCAST LIVE ON KZSU, FM 90.1 According to Cohen, all Menlo describes the City’s affordable housing and community development CABLECAST LIVE ON GOVERNMENT coaches are certified in operating a needs along with a strategy to address those needs. The Annual Ac- ACCESS CHANNEL 26 defibrillator and performing CPR, tion Plan for the period 2008/2009 describes how Palo Alto will spend and recertified each year. the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds it re- (TENTATIVE) AGENDA – SPECIAL MEETING Cohen said that just two months ceives for these purposes. FEBRUARY 02, 2009 – 6:00 P.M. ago, he had researched the preva- lence of defibrillators in high The City is proposing to amend the 2008/2009 Annual Action Plan in COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOM schools. Though he could not find the following ways: 1. Joint Meeting with Assemblyman Ira Ruskin Concerning State and Lo- statewide data, he said that every 1) Request pre-award authorization from HUD for an additional cal Issues private school has a defibrillator, $300,000 in land acquisition funding for the Tree House proj- 7:00 PM or as soon as possible thereafter and most public schools that he had ect from next fiscal years (2009/2010) CDBG grant allocation, COUNCIL CHAMBERS visited did as well. However, greater and 2. Adoption of a Resolution Expressing Appreciation to Lynne Johnson than simply having a defibrillator is Upon Her Retirement its proximity to the emergency and 2) Authorize the reallocation of approximately $80,000 in excess 3. Utilities Advisory Commission Recommendation to Approve the Utilities’ the preparedness of staff to use it. program income or previously allocated, but unspent, CDBG Legislative Policy Guidelines for 2009 Because of the easy accessibil- funding to InnVision to fill an urgent financial gap in shelter and 4. Approval of Amendment Number Two to Alma Street Affordable Multi- ity of the defibrillator in the gym, homeless services at the Opportunity Center in Palo Alto and/ Family Rental Housing Project Acquisition and Development Agreement Cohen was able to use it on Boland or the Clara-Mateo Alliance Shelter in Menlo Park for program to Permit the Interim Rental of the 801 Alma Street Property for a Com- very quickly. According to Cohen, year 2008/2009. mercial Use Until Start of Construction for the Development defibrillators have a very high suc- *This item is quasi-judicial and subject to Council’s Disclosure Policy cess rate if given inside of three minutes, but after three minutes, the These projects are consistent with the CDBG Program’s national ob- 5. Approval of an Amendment to Contract No. C07122034 with URS rate drops steeply. After five min- jective of giving priority to activities which benefit low and very low- Corporation Americas to Add $111,160 for Construction Management income persons. The funds will be used to fulfill the priority needs utes, the defibrillators success rate Services for a Total Not to Exceed Amount of $1,411,160 for the Palo is less than 15 percent. identified in the City’s Consolidated Plan of providing affordable hous- Alto, Mountain View/Moffett Area Recycled Water Pipeline Project, Cap- ing and supportive services for low and very-low income persons. Another great aid to Boland, ital Improvement Program Project WQ-04010 among the parent audience at the 6. Approval of Amendment No. 1 to Contract No. C08122012 with Rodan Copies of the draft 2008/09 Amended Annual Action Plan will be avail- basketball game was a number of Builders, Inc., in the Amount of $39,332 for the Renovation of the Open doctors — many of them specialists able on January 30, 2009 at the Department of Planning and Com- Space Maintenance Building at Foothills Park, Capital Improvement munity Environment, 250 Hamilton Avenue, 5th floor, Palo Alto, CA trained for major medical emergen- Program (CIP) Project OS-07003 for a Total Not to Exceed Amount of cies. 94301 or on the City’s website at www.cityofpaloalto.org/dept/pln, or $272,232; and Adoption of a Budget Amendment Ordinance for the “We had a cardiologist down, we by calling Robin Ellner, CDBG Administrative Associate at (650) 329- Fiscal Year 2009 to Reappropriate $20,000 From CIP OS-00001 and had a trauma doctor down on the 2603. Interested parties are encouraged to submit written comments $19,332 From CIP OS-09001 to CIP Project OS-07003 to Bring the court, and so the amount of person- on the proposed amendment to the draft 2008/2009 Annual Action Project’s Total Funding to $39,332 nel we had with knowledge is amaz- Plan Amendment during the public review period or to comment at the 7. Finance Committee Recommendation to Adopt an Ordinance Authoriz- ing,” said Cohen. public hearing and meeting described below. ing the Closing of the Budget for the 2008 Fiscal Year and to Approve Cohen himself is experienced in the operation of a defibrillator, hav- Public Hearing 2008 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) (Item continued from 01/26/09) ing used one in a real emergency situation three times. However, this The Palo Alto City Council will hold a public hearing on March 2, 2009 8. Finance Committee Recommendation to Accept Maze & Associates’ Audit of the City of Palo Alto’s Financial Statements as of June 30, 2008 was Cohen’s first time that the defi- to review and adopt the 2008/09 Annual Action Plan Amendment to brillator had saved a life. the 2005-2010 Consolidated Plan. The Public Hearing will be held and Management Letter (Item continued from 01/26/09) “This was the quickest that I’ve at 7:00 p.m., or as soon as possible thereafter, in City Hall, Council ever gotten it on somebody, which Chambers, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto. 9. Finance Committee Recommendation to Review and Comment on the Update to the Long Range Financial Forecast statistically speaking, (made) his chance of survival was much great- 10. Discussion of the Traffic Analysis for the Stanford University Medical ADA. The City of Palo Alto does not discriminate against individuals er,” said Cohen. with disabilities. To request accommodations to access City facilities, Center and Stanford Shopping Center Projects Menlo has four defibrillators on services or programs, to participate at public meetings, or to learn its campus. However, after this inci- more about the City’s compliance with the Americans with Disabili- STANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS dent, Cohen and Schoof said Menlo ties Act of 1990 (ADA), please contact the City’s ADA Coordinator at The Finance Committee Meeting will be Held at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, Febru- was planning to add two more. 650.329.2550 (voice) or by e-mailing [email protected]. ary 03, 2009 regarding 1) City Auditor Peer Review Team Introductions and “This (Menlo) is a good place to 2) Audit of Ambulance Billing and Revenue Collection have a heart-related incident,” Co- hen joked.■ Page 32 • January 30, 2009 • Palo Alto Weekly Sports

Unfortunately for Gunn, the goal over second-place Santa Clara in the Prep soccer was negated by an offsides’ call. SCVAL El Camino Division race (continued from page 31) The tie kept the Titans (4-3-2, following a 2-0 victory over visiting 7-6-4) in third place with 14 points, Wilcox on Wednesday evening. — didn’t offer such a luxury. one point behind second-place Los The Titans improved to 7-0-2 in “I had a pretty good idea we’d Gatos and two points ahead of league for 23 points and are 9-5-3 have a pretty good team,” said fourth-place Santa Clara (3-3-3). overall. Santa Clara is 5-0-3 for 18 Briggs. But, that was before junior In the West Bay Athletic League points with third-place Saratoga a Jenner Fox broke a bone in his foot on Wednesday: point back at 5-2-2. in December and another player left Sacred Heart Prep got two goals In the West Bay Athletic League the team. The Vikings also have from senior Ben Taylor in a 3-1 (Foothill Division), it could be a been dealing with the usual injuries, victory over visiting Eastside Prep. two- or three-team race depending but somehow have managed to keep The Gators improved their first- on what happened Thursday when things rolling to one of the best sta- place lead to 8-2 (9-7 overall) for 24 league leader Priory hosted third- tistical seasons in school history. A points. They got all three goals in place Menlo. The Knights (4-1-2) big part of that is Paly’s senior class the second half, the first from Victor needed to win to stay in the race of Kevin Ashworth, Adam Zernik, Ojeda on an assist from Christian while the Panthers (7-1) needed to Michael Hanabusa, Greg Stewart, Valdez. Taylor then provided the win to remain ahead of second-place John Christopherson and keeper eventual winning goal on an assist Sacred Heart Prep (6-0-2). Peter Johnson, a three-year starter. from Ojeda, before adding the final Priory took over sole possession “Our senior core group of guys is tally, courtesy of Kyle Scherba’s as- of first place on Tuesday with a a really good group,” Briggs said. sist. 3-1 victory over Castilleja at the It’s a group that has helped the Vi- The Menlo boys remained in solid Mayfield Soccer Complex. The kings reach the finals of the Central second place with a 4-0 victory over Panthers improved to 11-4-1 over- Coast Section Division II playoffs visiting Crystal Springs-Uplands. all) and now has 21 points. Sacred the past two seasons. Paly lost both Keith Peters The Knights (6-1-3, 9-3-4) picked Heart Prep (6-0-2) has 20. Cas- times, which has fired up the se- up three points for the triumph and tilleja fell to 1-6-1 in league (3-8-2 niors to make sure it doesn’t happen now have 21. Should both teams overall). again. keep winning, they’ll conclude the The match was tied at halftime Just like losing to Los Gatos twice Menlo’s Kelly Cavan smiles as Katie Howard (12) is congratulated by regular season by facing each other following goals by Priory’s Adriana last season. The Vikings were de- Ginny Miller (11) for scoring the match-tying goal against SHP. on Feb. 9. Cortes (assist Alyson Perna) and termined to turn it around and did. Menlo grabbed a 2-0 halftime Castilleja’s Emily Mosbacher (assist They outscored the Wildcats a com- Johnson had another nice game In another SCVAL De Anza Divi- lead on goals by Cristian Fajardo Emily Colvin). The Panthers moved bined 4-0 in their two meetings and directing the defense. He has given sion match Wednesday: (assist Patrick Renschler) and ahead with a strong second-half per- now are primed to take away their up just the one goal in league play. Monta Vista scored at about the Charles LeMoullac (assist Sam formance. Cortes got the eventual title. His best save came late in the game 35th minute on a penalty kick to Woolf). LeMoullac made it 3-0 in game-winning goal on a great indi- Paly got the only goal it needed where he had to go high to pull grab a 1-0 lead and Gunn rallied to the second half (junior Alex Chang vidual play. in the first half when Zernik sent a down a shot headed for the corner tie on a goal from Greg Albrecht late assisted) and junior Jackson Badger Sacred Heart (9-3-4 overall) could corner kick into a crowd of players of the cage. Christopherson, junior in the second half while settling for wrapped up the shutout with Jona- have kept the lead by beating Menlo at around the 33-minute mark. Ash- Ryan Holland, sophomore Mark a 1-1 deadlock. Gunn had a chance than Melgar providing the assist. (8-3-4 overall) on Tuesday, but the worth raced into the fray and headed Raftrey and sophomore Riley Smith to win the game with an indirect rivals had to settle for a 3-3 dead- the ball into the net — despite look- were the key defensive players in the kick that Albrecht flick-headed to Girls soccer lock. The teams’ first meeting re- ing into a glaring sun. back for Paly. Sean Parshad, who put it in the net. Gunn maintained a five-point lead sulted in a 2-2 result. ■

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Prep basketball Eackles combined for another 13 (continued from page 32) points for Pinewood, which held Eastside Prep to just one point in behind by 10-2 after one quarter the first quarter. Come join Bruce Hildenbrand for a and 33-14 at the half. That was just Eastside Prep (2-3, 11-8), which fascinating look behind the scenes at the 2008 Tour too much to make up against the de- began the season having won 78 fending Central Coast Section Di- consecutive league games, now de France. Bruce, a journalist who writes for Bicy- vision II champion. Taylor Lovely has lost three straight since Ahja- cling, Outside, Procycling and Cycle Sport maga- led the Vikings with 12 points while lee Harvey suffered an ankle injury zines spends the month of July in France covering Olivia Garcia and Katerina Peterson that kept her out of Tuesday’s game. combined for 15 more. That left sophomore Takara Burse the worlds‘ greatest bike race. Also go behind-the- In the West Bay Athletic League to carry the offensive load. She did scenes of some of the Tour‘s climbs as Bruce takes (Foothill Division) on Wednesday, her best with 24 points and nine you on some alternative routes, dirt and paved, up Sacred Heart Prep (2-3, 10-10) got rebounds, including 11 of 16 free the race‘s legendary ascents. 21 points from Gabby Micek and 12 throws. from Bryn Aitken-Young in a 60-40 Castilleja stepped right back into drubbing of host Notre Dame-San the championship picture with a Thursday, Feb. 5th Jose. 55-25 rout of host Mercy-San Fran- In WBAL (Foothill Division) ac- cisco. 6:30-8:30p.m. tion Tuesday night: The Gators (3-2, 12-5), making Two teams that began this season their first trip to San Francisco since with the longest league winning their league championship-clinch- streaks in the CCS are now going in ing win last season, won despite different directions following Pin- having only three players score. ewood’s 45-40 victory over visiting Eve Zelinger tallied 20 points while Eastside Prep. sisters Ericka (17) and Natasha von Space is limited. 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Miranda Seto and Hailie three players score. ■ Page 34 • January 30, 2009 • Palo Alto Weekly Sports UCLA, USC swim meets will keep Stanford women focused Final home showdowns this weekend just another challenge for Cardinal as it continues preparations for the national championships by Rick Eymer and freshmen Betsy Webb, Angela against UCLA, and Saturday’s 1 the 800 free relay and fifth in the to come down to how well people he 11 Stanford women swim- Duckworth, Jessica Rodriquez and p.m. dual with USC in the Avery 400 free relay. are prepared.” mers who participated at last Jamie Bruce are making their pres- Aquatic Center. Beating Arizona was a big step Seven weeks of training sepa- T year’s NCAA championships ence felt in the program. The Cardinal enjoyed its biggest forward, a psychological boost and rate the Cardinal from the three- in Columbus, Ohio, and who will With the top 16 places earning win of the season, beating Arizona an emotional lift. day NCAA championships, which be swimming in their final home points at the NCAA meet, depth in Tucson last weekend. In particu- “It’s setting us off on the right foot opens on March 19 at the Student dual meets of the season this week- matters. Arizona had the numbers, lar, Stanford needed a win in the fi- as we transition into the next part of Recreation Center Natatorium on end, include three past and future 18 swimmers, and won the title. nal event, the 400 free relay, to win our season,” Smit said. “That meet the Texas A&M campus. Olympians. Stanford coach Lea Maurer, who the meet. got some momentum going. It’s get- Seven weeks of, perhaps, the most Julia Smit, who went on to earn was part of three national champi- The Wildcats own the American ting exciting.” complicated system of workouts a silver medal and a bronze medal onship teams at Stanford in the mid record in both the 200 free relay and With three dual meets remain- known to the swimming world. in the Beijing Olympics, gave the ‘90s, thinks the numbers will be 400 free relay. Until last Saturday, ing, the Cardinal can start to build “People tell me it’s a good thing I Cardinal its only individual NCAA similar this time around. no one at Stanford had ever beaten toward the postseason, which in coach at Stanford because only Rho- title and yet the team finished third, “We know we have to dig deep an Arizona relay team. swimming terms sometimes means des Scholars can understand the sys- a mere five points behind second- and have more people step up,” “They won all the relays (at the training through certain events. tem,” Maurer chuckled. “There are place Auburn, and 141 points behind she said. “I think we have a better NCAA meet) and they’re still the “It’s normal in swimming to so many options in training at the national champion Arizona. idea that every point counts. I can team to beat,” Smit said. “I’d like to have fast times early in the season nicer facilities. We can run multiple Olympians Caroline Bruce (2004 speak from experience. I can talk see the team perform better than last because the body is not as broken programs and rounds of workouts.” Athens) and Elaine Breeden (she about how we trained. I tell them year. We’re working on our relays.” down before training increases,” Which is just fine with Smit, who earned a silver medal last summer) I’m 5-foot-6 and if I can do it, they Stanford lost a potential 40 points said Maurer, who has a 47-3 career has swam up to four events a day in also made significant contributions can do it. I’m flawed and I was able (relays count double individual record in dual meets in her three- some of the bigger meets. to Stanford’s finish, its best at the to achieve greatness. Stanford really events) when it was disqualified in plus years at Stanford. “You hope to “It can get pretty intense,” Smit national meet since finishing second can help you achieve beyond your last year’s 200 free relay, the meet’s ultimately peak at the NCAAs. It is said. “That’s why we practice as in 2001. wildest dreams.” first event. The Cardinal finished a game of numbers, and Arizona has much as we do. Lea is awesome. She In fact, all 11 of those swimmers Stanford (3-0, 17-0) is on a roll second in each the 200 medley re- a bigger roster. California is good has so many good stories to tell and earned points, and are joined by heading into Friday’s 1 p.m. meet lay and 400 medley relay, fourth in and USC is getting better. It’s going it’s nice for her to impart that.”■ several newcomers who could add to this year’s total. Those 16th-place finishes (good for a point) by Laura Saturday,Open February House 7 Wadden and Sarah Ohr made a dif- from 9 a.m. to Noon ference. “That’s what makes swimming on a college team so special,” Smit Traditional methods. said. “Every dual meet, every practice we’re in it together. We’re surrounded by everyone with similar goals.” Essential curriculum. The goal, quite simply, is to swim as well as possible and get more out of themselves than they thought Breathtaking results. possible. In addition to Smit, Breeden, Bruce, Wadden and Ohr, Kate Dwelley, Meg Hostage, Kerry Krae- mer, Fiona O’Donnell-McCarthy, Liz Smith and Whitney Spence also scored for the Cardinal. Freshmen Sam Woodward and junior Carmen Stellar are also can- didates to reach the national meet, COLLEGE SCHEDULE FRIDAY Women’s gymnastics Stanford at Arizona, 6 p.m. Women’s swimming UCLA at Stanford, 1 p.m. Women’s tennis Colorado at Stanford National Team In- door Qualifying, 2 p.m. Track & field Stanford men and women at UW Invita- tional, 1 p.m. Men’s volleyball Long Beach State at Stanford Maples Pavilion, 7 p.m.; Cal Men’s Club VB at Stan- ford Men’s Club VB Ford Center / San Diego Courts, 7 p.m. Men’s wrestling Oregon State at Stanford, 12:30 p.m.; Menlo vs. Cal Baptist at San Francisco State, 1:30 p.m.; Menlo vs. Chadron State at San Francisco State, 3 p.m.; Portland State at Stanford, 5 p.m.; Princeton at Stanford, 7 p.m. SATURDAY Men’s basketball Stanford at UCLA, 12:30 p.m.; Menlo Col- lege at Cal State East Bay, 7:30 p.m. Women’s basketball Menlo College at Cal State East Bay, 5:30 p.m. KNOWLEDGE. CONFIDENCE. JOY. 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