PaloAltoOnline.com Vol. XXXIV, Number 41 N July 12, 2013

Inside this issue Home & Garden Design

Families find a new balance by unplugging from digital devices PAGE 14

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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SFO airline crash puts Stanford hospitals to the test From mobilizing surgeons to helping with lost glasses, Stanford executes disaster plan by Chris Kenrick ithin minutes of Saturday’s the Chinese Consulate and Asiana crash-landing at San Fran- Airlines — also showed up. W cisco International Airport To “avoid getting caught up in the of an Asiana Airlines flight carry- chaos, there’s an organized dance ing 307 passengers, employees at that we do,” said David Spain, chief Stanford University’s two hospitals of trauma and surgical critical care at prepared to execute their long-re- Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital

Veronica Weber hearsed “mass casualty plan.” and Stanford Hospital & Clinics. When the first patients arrived by “We have a very systematic, or- helicopter and ambulance at 1 p.m., chestrated way of evaluating pa- about an hour and a half after the tients, finding the most life-threat- crash, medical teams — including ening injuries first and moving eight surgeons and dozens of other down the priority list,” Spain said. Meeting their match physicians — had rallied to treat an “That’s basically what we do ev- unknown number of crash victims ery day — on an individual patient Young tennis players work on their serves Thursday at the Nike Tennis Camp, held at Stanford potentially on their way. Nobody yet none of this was new or different. University’s Taube Tennis Stadium. The camp trains players age 9 to 18 through mid-August. knew how many would come or the What was different was that instead extent of their injuries. of doing that for a few patients, we Ultimately 55 injured passengers had 55 patients in six hours.” were brought to Stanford University Available floor nurses were sent to EDUCATION Hospital and Lucile Packard Chil- help in the Emergency Department. dren’s Hospital, drawing not only on Medical receiving teams were as- medical resources but on translators, sembled outdoors in the ambulance social workers, chaplains, the Red bay to facilitate rapid intake and re- In secret, school board weighs Cross and government agencies — turn ambulances to the crash site. Pa- and testing the hospitals’ joint plans tients who had been in the emergency not cooperating with federal agency for a range of disaster scenarios. department prior to the crash either “We have to continually be ready were admitted to the hospital or sent Board vice-president says Office for Civil Rights is ‘strong arming’ and prepared 24/7 for any of these home to make beds available. district into adopting new policies types of events,” said registered nurse All told, about 150 staff members Melva Scott Averhart, an administra- mobilized for the disaster. by Palo Alto Weekly staff tive supervisor at Packard Children’s Stanford Hospital first learned of alo Alto Board of Education session, was revealed in emails writ- school district” and asked questions Hospital, who regularly has trained the crash moments after it happened, members and their attorneys ten by school board Vice President about what legal means the district for such “mass casualty” situations when an emergency-room nurse no- P have discussed in closed ses- Barbara Mitchell and school district might have to counter it. over her 36-year nursing career. ticed photos on the TV screen in the sion and in emails how they might attorney Chad Graff of the Oakland “Your perspectives on this infor- Some Mandarin-speaking chil- waiting room. challenge the legal authority of the law firm of Fagen Freidman and mation would be valuable as we plan dren arrived at the hospital sepa- She told attending physician federal Department of Education to Fulfrost dated June 7 and June 10. next steps,” Mitchell wrote. “Please rated from the adults they’d been Eric Weiss, who also happens to impose on the district new policies Mitchell’s email, directed to share responses with all board mem- traveling with. be medical director of Stanford’s on bullying and other issues and board President Dana Tom, Su- bers in ways you see fit.” And since passengers had not Office of Service Continuity and possibly even to conduct investiga- perintendent Kevin Skelly and the She asked what could be done to cleared customs on the international Disaster Planning. tions, the Weekly has learned. attorneys representing the district, protect the district from “expansive flight from Seoul, U.S. agents came to At 12:06 p.m. Weiss issued a The possible strategy, a far cry expresses her view that the U.S. federal requests for information or the hospital to check on immigration “code triage,” paging about 900 from the cooperative and collegial Department of Education’s Office investigations, and/or protections issues. FBI agents and representatives employees that the hospitals were relationship described by district of- for Civil Rights (OCR) is “strong of the U.S. Department of Homeland ficials and their attorneys in public arming policy ‘agreements’ at the (continued on page 8) Security — as well as officials from (continued on page 6)

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450 Cambridge Ave, Palo Alto, CA 94306 QUOTE OF THE WEEK FOR WEED ABATEMENT (650) 326-8210 PUBLISHER William S. Johnson (223-6505) EDITORIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on January 14, 2013 Editor Jocelyn Dong (223-6514) the Fire Chief of the City of Palo Alto filed with the Associate Editor Carol Blitzer (223-6511) ‘‘ Sports Editor Keith Peters (223-6516) City Clerk of said city a report and assessment on Express & Online Editor Eric Van Susteren (223-6515) abatement of weeds within said city, a copy of which Arts & Entertainment Editor is posted on the bulletin board at the entrance to the Rebecca Wallace (223-6517) Thank God we had interpreters. Assistant Sports Editor Rick Eymer (223-6521) City Hall. Spectrum Editor Tom Gibboney (223-6507) ‘‘ — Lori Durand, a Lucile Packard Children’s Staff Writers Sue Dremann (223-6518), Chris Kenrick (223-6512), Gennady Sheyner (223-6513) Hospital social worker, who helped victims of NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that on August 5, 2013 Editorial Assistant/Intern Coordinator the Asiana Airlines crash. See story on page 3. Elena Kadvany (223-6519) at the hour of seven p.m. or as soon thereafter in the Staff Photographer Veronica Weber (223-6520) Contributors Andrew Preimesberger, Dale F. Council Chambers of said City Hall, said report and Bentson, Peter Canavese, Kit Davey, Tyler Hanley, Iris Harrell, Sheila Himmel, Chad Jones, Karla Kane, assessment list will be presented to the City Council Kevin Kirby, Jack McKinnon, Jeanie K. Smith, of said City for consideration and confirmation, and Susan Tavernetti Editorial Interns John Brunett, Rye Druzin, that any and all persons interested, having any ob- Karishma Mehrotra jections to said report and assessment list, or to any ADVERTISING Around Town Vice President Sales & Advertising matter of thing contained therein, may appear at said Tom Zahiralis (223-6570) CIVIC ENRAGEMENT ... member Peninsula Corridor Joint Multimedia Advertising Sales Palo Alto has been awash in Powers Board, which owns and time and place and be heard. Christine Afsahi (223-8582), Adam Carter (223- 6573), Elaine Clark (223-6572), Connie Jo Cotton neighborhood events this summer, oversees Caltrain. While the board (223-6571), Janice Hoogner (223-6576), Wendy Suzuki 223-6569), Brent Triantos (223-6577), with block parties, foodie gatherings includes three representatives from DONNA J. GRIDER, MMC Real Estate Advertising Sales and emergency-planning exercises each of the counties Caltrain serves Neal Fine (223-6583), Carolyn Oliver (223-6581), all coming on board thanks to the — San Francisco, San Mateo and City Clerk Rosemary Lewkowitz (223-6585) Inside Advertising Sales David Cirner (223-6579), City Council’s recent decision to Santa Clara — none of the current Irene Schwartz (223-6580) subsidize these events through a members representing Santa Clara Real Estate Advertising Assistant “neighborhood grants” program. County are from the northern part Diane Martin (223-6584) Legal Advertising But the two neighborhood parties of the county (they are Santa Clara Alicia Santillan (223-6578) set for this Sunday were sparked by County Supervisor Ken Yeager, ADVERTISING SERVICES another council decision — its June San Jose City Councilman Ash Advertising Services Manager 28 vote to rezone the site at 567 Karla and Gilroy City Councilman Jennifer Lindberg (223-6595) Maybell Ave. to enable construction Perry Woodward). Now, Palo Alto Sales & Production Coordinators Dorothy Hassett (223-6597), Blanca Yoc (223-6596) of a 60-unit apartment complex hopes to change that. To that end, DESIGN for low-income seniors and 12 Mayor Greg Scharff has written Design Director Shannon Corey (223-6560) single-family homes at the former a letter to the Santa Clara Valley Senior Designers Linda Atilano, Paul Llewellyn, orchard site. In approving the project Transportation Authority, which Scott Peterson despite major opposition, the City appoints members to the Caltrain Designers Lili Cao, Rosanna Leung, Kam Sawyer Council has succeeded beyond its board, asking the agency to devote EXPRESS, ONLINE AND VIDEO SERVICES Online Operations Coordinator wildest dreams in sparking civic at least one of the three spots Ashley Finden (223-6508) engagement, promoting democratic within its purview to the northern BUSINESS participation and bringing neighbors part of the county. “There is no Payroll & Benefits Susie Ochoa (223-6544) together (albeit in opposition to representation for Santa Clara Business Associates Elena Dineva (223-6542), the council). 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EDUCATION Family files claim against school district Precursor to lawsuit, claim asks for compensation for student’s mental and physical injuries by Terri Lobdell he family of a Palo Alto spe- violence, intimidation, and bully- who engaged in harassment. The claim contains an enumer- cial-education student who READ MORE ONLINE ing” and injuries including “signifi- www.PaloAltoOnline.com The district is in the process of ated list of additional district fail- T was previously the focus of an cant deterioration in (the student’s) carrying out trainings and devel- ures, including failing to “create Office for Civil Rights investigation mental and physical health, pain and A copy of the family’s claim has been oping improved policies and pro- and implement proper procedures and finding of civil-rights viola- suffering, loss of society with fam- posted with the digital version of this ar- cedures under the direction of the expected and required of a district tions against the Palo Alto Unified ily, denial of access to a public edu- ticle on www.PaloAltoOnline.com. Office for Civil Rights, after Skelly to provide meaningful ability for School District has filed a claim for cation, and denial of critical special initially tried to keep the public (the student) to obtain relief and ad- damages against the district, a legal education programs.” student is entitled,” Abrams said. from learning about the investiga- dress (student’s) needs,” “conduct step required before filing a lawsuit, As a result of these injuries, the According to the King & Spald- tions’ findings and the resulting any thorough and impartial inves- the Weekly has learned. student “will need continuing care ing website, Abrams “has handled settlement agreement (signed last tigations of incidents reported,” and The June 21 claim alleges a pat- and services and seeks punitive a number of high-profile pro bono December). “take disciplinary action on students tern of peer bullying and harassment and compensatory damages,” ac- matters through the U.S. and Califor- The claim covers events that go who engaged in harassment, intimi- of the student and the failure of the cording to the claim. A damage nia Supreme Courts” involving edu- beyond the Terman school year in- dation, and bullying of (the student) school and district to protect the stu- amount is not specified but is al- cation, rights of children and youth, vestigated by the federal agency, or violence against (the student).” dent, starting in 2008-09 when the leged to exceed $10,000, the maxi- foster care and children’s welfare. including events at a Palo Alto el- The claim specifically names student was in elementary school, mum range permitted to be stated Abrams also is a Palo Alto resident ementary school (which the student Skelly, Associate Superintendent according to the claim, a copy of on the claim form. and Stanford University consulting attended prior to Terman) and at a Charles Young, Director of Special which was provided to the Weekly The school district has 45 days, professor teaching “Children, Youth Palo Alto middle school attended Education Holly Wade and oth- by the family. or until Aug. 5, to either deny the and the Law” and working on dis- after Terman. During these several ers whose names were redacted as The claim states that it arises out claim or attempt to settle it, accord- ability law cases with the Stanford years, the claim alleges, the student knowing, or having reason to know, of the district’s “knowing, intention- ing to William Abrams, lawyer for Youth and Education Law Clinic. He was bullied, harassed and emotion- that the student was “suffering inju- al, deliberate, and negligent failure the family and a senior partner in is also a faculty adviser to the Stan- ally abused by other students, thus ries and damages as a result of bul- to provide (the student) with access the international corporate law firm ford Students with Disabilities. subjecting the student to a “hostile lying, harassment, and physical and to critical special education pro- of King & Spalding. The district King & Spalding’s local corporate environment based on (the student’s) emotional abuse.” grams to which (the student) is enti- has not yet responded to the claim, clientele include Google and HP, disability and as a result of PAUSD’s According to Abrams, the claim tled by State and Federal law and to Abrams told the Weekly on Mon- and it employs about 800 lawyers negligence and reckless breach of its seeks damages and other relief to intervene promptly and effectively day. After 45 days, the law permits according to its website. duties (to the student).” address the student’s ongoing need to stop unlawful disability-based the claim to proceed to a court law- The student’s experiences at Ter- The claim also references dif- for care, including appropriate place- harassment of which the district had suit; if a lawsuit is filed, it will be in man Middle School during 2010-11 ficulties the family encountered ments and financial support for notice and actual knowledge.” federal court, Abrams said. were the focus of a Office for Civil in bringing these issues to the at- continuing remedial medical and School board President Dana Tom Abrams told the Weekly that he Rights investigation, in which the tention of the schools and district, educational services. The student is and Vice President Barb Mitchell and his firm are representing the fam- agency found that school and dis- citing the “disregard of PAUSD for currently placed in a residential facil- both declined comment, and Super- ily in this matter “pro bono” (without trict administrators had failed to the efforts of (the student’s) parent ity at district’s expense, according to intendent Kevin Skelly was leaving charging fees for lawyers’ time). The take timely, effective steps to stop to notify PAUSD of (the student’s) the family. The student has been there on vacation earlier this week and firm is also advancing costs. the bullying. The agency also found need for protection and entitlement since February as part of the student’s unavailable for comment. “This case involves very serious that school officials did not have to services and care, causing and Individual Educational Program. The claim refers to “PAUSD’s issues for the student and our school good procedures and systems for exacerbating (the student’s) injuries Any resolution of the case needs repeated failures to ensure (the stu- district. We took the case pro bono addressing complaints, understand and damages.” to account for the continuing dam- dent’s) safety and well-being.” It because the student’s family doesn’t federal discrimination laws, conduct The claim also charges the dis- ages the student is suffering, includ- alleges “continuous, pervasive and have the financial resources to hire a thorough or impartial investigation trict with “failing to meaningfully ing after the student “ages out” of extreme physical and emotional counsel to protect the student’s rights of reported bullying incidents or take engage with (the student’s) parent the public educational system at age abuse, discrimination, harassment, and obtain the relief to which the disciplinary action towards students and family.” 18, Abrams told the Weekly. N

RETAIL Discount grocer to open shop at Alma Village Grocery Outlet signs lease on grocery space in Palo Alto formerly occupied by Miki’s Farm Fresh Market by Gennady Sheyner

rocery Outlet, a chain spe- redevelopment of what was previous- ing Whole Foods and the recently cializing in extreme bargains, ly known as Alma Plaza. The project, opened Fresh Market at Edgewood G will take over the Alma Vil- which faced scrutiny and opposition, Plaza, McNellis said. lage market space that has been va- also includes 37 single-family homes “What this site needs is a great cant since early April, when Miki’s and 14 below-market-rate units. value proposition. Someone needs Elena Kadvany Farm Fresh Market went out of The closure of Miki’s, a grocery a reason to go there,” McNellis told Grocery Outlet, a discount market, is slated to move into the space business. store that for the city represented the Weekly. “To be offering some- recently vacated by Miki’s at Alma Village by the end of the year. When it opens either late this year the primary “public benefit” of the thing that isn’t in Palo Alto, in this or in early 2014, the new grocery redevelopment, briefly reignited the case bargain groceries, is great.” and Grocery Outlet will be great locations nationwide. MacGregor store will signify a radical depar- controversy, with many residents McNellis said he reached out to for the city.” Read, co-CEO of Grocery Outlet, ture from Miki’s, which specialized and some council members point- other high-end, organic grocers af- McNellis noted in a statement that said in a statement that the com- in local, artisan and high-end pro- ing to the project as an example of a ter Miki’s closed, but they declined Grocery Outlet’s internal sales stud- pany is “excited to bring Grocery duce. According to John McNellis, poorly planned retail site. to lease the space. Grocery Outlet, ies and forecasts for Alma Village Outlet to Palo Alto.” who developed the plaza near East In an interview Monday, July 8, whose nearest store is in Redwood have determined that almost all of “We received many requests to Meadow Drive, Grocery Outlet will McNellis said he rejects the notion City, reached out to the developer, its sales will come from Palo Alto open a store in the area, and we’re offer Palo Alto something new: dis- that a grocery store cannot succeed he said. McNellis said he was and Mountain View and that the thrilled to be able to offer Palo Alto- count merchandise. at Alma Village. The problem with pleased with the grocer’s decision traffic generated by the new store area residents the opportunity to save The store will move into a site that Miki’s, he said, was that it entered a to open in Palo Alto. will be approximately the same as up to 50 percent on groceries and has been the subject of intense com- crowded field. “Anyone who doesn’t want to pay that of Miki’s. other merchandise,” Read said. N munity controversy in recent years, a Palo Alto and its neighboring absolute full price now has to go to The Berkeley-based chain brands Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner debate that began long before the City cities already have a slew of high- Costco,” McNellis said. “There’s a itself as “the largest ‘extreme-value’ can be emailed at gsheyner@ Council voted in 2009 to approve a end, organic grocery stores, includ- niche here that hasn’t been filled, grocer in the U.S.,” with close to 200 paweekly.com.

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Rose Scott, 12, dines at the White House Rose Scott, 12, and her mother just returned to Menlo Park from dining at the White House, where President Obama and First Lady Mi- chelle Obama congratulated the 54 winners of the “Healthy Lunchtime Challenge.” (Posted July 11, 9:01 a.m.) Workers to remove sediment from Matadero Creek Crews from the Santa Clara Valley Water District will remove 2,000 cubic yards of sediment — enough to fill 250 dump trucks — from Matadero Creek between U.S. Hwy. 101 and Louis Road. (Posted July 10, 3:13 p.m.) Suspicious object at train station causes delays A suspicious object that was found at the Palo Alto Caltrain station Monday morning caused a scare and resulted in train delays as police examined the item. (Posted July 10, 11:26 a.m.) Stanford team unveils solar car for race A group of Stanford students will send their newest creation, Lumi- nos, a 375-pound solar car whose hood is nearly entirely covered with solar panels, on a race through the heart of the Australian Outback to compete in October’s World Solar Challenge. (Posted July 10, 9:54 a.m.) Photo courtesy of the Stanford University Medical Center Thieves tamper with pumps, make off with gas Stanford Hospital set up tents outside of the emergency room July 6 so incoming plane-crash patients could Thieves were able to fill up multiple vehicles without paying a dime rapidly be assessed for injuries. when they tampered with gas pumps at the Valero station at 3972 El Camino Real on July 1 and 3. (Posted July 9, 12:01 p.m.) ers were already there — a trauma “There was not a lot of drama. It was Record number of marriage licenses for county Hospitals surgeon who had been on call and almost like business as usual, only Santa Clara County is gearing up for another week of same-sex mar- (continued from page 3) another surgeon who had been there were many more people.” riages days after what is believed to be the county’s busiest day ever for caring for patients in the Intensive Of the 55 patients evaluated and issuing marriage licenses, officials said. (Posted July 9, 8:41 a.m.) on preliminary alert for a full disas- Care Unit. A colorectal surgeon treated Saturday, 18 were admitted — ter response, said Brandon Bond, who happened to be in the hospital 11 of them to Stanford Hospital and Stanford Blood Center calls for donations who directs the office of emergency came downstairs to help. The head seven to Packard Children’s Hospital. With many of Saturday’s Asiana Airlines plane crash victims be- management for both hospitals. of pediatric surgery came in. As of Thursday morning, all had ing cared for at Stanford Hospital and the Lucile Packard Children’s Bond had been doing housework Two other surgeons who recently been released from the hospital ex- Hospital, the Stanford Blood Center has announced an urgent need for in San Mateo when he got the first arrived at Stanford for extra train- cept for two adults, one upgraded type O-positive, O-negative blood donors and platelet donors. (Posted page and drove immediately to the ing — including U.S. Army Lt. Col. from critical to serious condition and July 8, 12:48 p.m.) hospital. Jennifer Gurney, who has been on the other listed in good condition. At 12:47 p.m. — after learning active duty in Afghanistan — also Viviane Vanderwoud, who prac- SFO plane crash shuts down airport that the San Francisco Fire Depart- were on hand. ticed pediatrics in Brazil and now A Boeing 777 aircraft crashed on the runway at San Francisco In- ment was “triaging 290 patients” at manages interpreter services at ternational Airport on Saturday morning, injuring at least 61 people. the crash scene and that at least four Packard Children’s Hospital, was Two people are confirmed dead, according to a spokesman from the were already headed to Stanford — ‘The biggest challenge having lunch at a restaurant in Town San Francisco Fire Department. (Posted July 6, 2:38 p.m.) Weiss and Bond activated the hospi- & Country Village Saturday when tal’s “full mass casualty plan.” was just making sure she got the “code triage” page. A logistical command center sprang we kept track of which Since it was a Korean airline, Man struck, killed by train at Atherton station up in a specially equipped conference Vanderwoud first assumed she A man was struck and killed this morning by a train at the Atherton patient was which, room on the hospital’s third floor. would most need her single Korean station, Caltrain has confirmed. (Posted July 5, 12:06 p.m.) “It has a tremendous amount of what the results interpreter, who happened to be out additional technology and commu- were, what was still of the country. (Most of Packard’s Possible road rage turns into shooting nications equipment, allowing us 38 round-the-clock staff interpreters A 32-year-old man was shot in the face in the early hours of July 5 to monitor the response and com- pending and what the are Spanish-speaking.) in what police said was a possible road-rage incident. The shooting oc- municate with all our public-safety unresolved issues were.’ When it became clear that Man- curred in East Palo Alto just after a night of illegal July 4 celebratory partners,” Bond said. Both Stanford darin was needed, she enlisted help fireworks throughout the city had died down. (Posted July 5, 9:27 a.m.) —David Spain, chief of trauma Hospital and Packard Children’s and surgical critical care, Lucile from an outside agency as well as Hospital were represented in the Packard Children’s Hospital and from the main hospital’s staff of in- Want to get news briefs emailed to you every weekday? room full of staff from various hos- Stanford Hospital & Clinics terpreters. The South Korean gov- Sign up for Express, our new daily e-edition. pital departments, all on their lap- ernment said 141 passengers carried Go to www.PaloAltoOnline.com to sign up. tops tracking bed availability and Chinese passports, 77 South Korean other aspects of the emergency. An additional 10 surgery residents passports and 61 U.S. passports and Spain, the trauma chief, had just — including four who arrived at that the rest of the passengers were Corrections walked the dog and had lunch with Stanford as new interns two weeks other nationalities. The story “Letting the dogs out” in the Weekly’s June 21 edition stated that his wife at their Palo Alto home ago — also came to help. “The good part of having both 25 percent of Palo Alto dogs are licensed. Palo Alto Animal Services has when he received the initial “code “The biggest challenge was just hospitals so close together is we help triage” standby page. updated that calculation to 41 percent. To request a correction, contact making sure we kept track of which each other mutually,” Vanderwoud Flipping on the television he saw patient was which, what the results said. “Stanford offered to help us if Editor Jocelyn Dong at 650-223-6514, [email protected] or P.O. Box fiery photos from the crash and were, what was still pending and needed because they have more in- 1610, Palo Alto, CA 94302. guessed that “we weren’t going to what the unresolved issues were,” house Mandarin interpreters as staff get many patients (because) there Spain said. members.” weren’t going to be many survivors. “It’s rarely what you know that At 6:30 a.m. Sunday, Packard “Then it said the fire broke out gets you in trouble — it’s what you Hospital social worker Lori Durand later, that people were able to get don’t know. So we spent a lot of was paged to come in to work with off. I called in, and they (the hospi- time making sure we knew what the children from the crash. tal) said we were going to be getting we knew about people, and what we “Thank God we had interpreters,” a bunch of patients.” didn’t know.” said Durand, who helped coordinate Spain was at the hospital by 12:30 Professor Ann Weinacker, chief of needs such as clothing, lost glasses Give blood for life! p.m., ready to help ensure that staff at Stanford Hospitals & Clinics, and locating responsible adults. enough staffing was available. described the scene after walking It was breakfast time and nurses bloodcenter.stanford.edu He found that a number of oth- through the emergency department: were searching for “comforting

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If you have a real estate question or would like a free market analysis for your home, A Stanford Hospital medical team receives a victim of the Asiana Airlines crash, who was transported July 6 please call me at 650-384-5392, Alain Pinel Realtors, or email me at [email protected]. by a Napa County ambulance. For the latest real estate news, follow my blog at www.samiacullen.com food, like they’d have at home,” cate a teacher the father was famil- Durand said. iar with, and he said it was OK,” Someone remembered that con- Durand said. gee, a rice porridge, was available All seven children were dis- in the hospital cafeteria and brought charged from the hospital by Sun- it up for the kids. day night. “A couple of kids had lost their In the end, both hospitals were pre- glasses. One of the nurses had a pared to handle more patients than similar prescription as one of the the number who came Saturday. children so she let him borrow her “The Emergency Department re- glasses for the day,” Durand said. mained fully open to accept trau- “My partner social worker was in ma unrelated to the plane crash,” 
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ed on the district’s website June the district’s primary option would cooperating with OCR, while at the District 26 along with dozens of others TALK ABOUT IT be to stop complying with the agree- same time planning in closed ses- (continued from page 3) www.PaloAltoOnline.com among attorneys, board members ment and essentially force the gov- sions to evade federal civil-rights and staff at the school district, Do you think the Office for Civil Rights ernment to either back down or cut law. The board and district leader- is overstepping its authority in inves- from subsequently discovered ‘vio- were labeled “Privileged & Con- tigating school districts for civil-rights off the approximately $5.3 million ship should instead be focusing their lations’ unrelated to the complaint, fidential Attorney Client Cor- violations or imposing new policies? in federal funds received by the dis- attention on ensuring that all of our or when there is no complaint at respondence” and were intended Share your opinion on Town Square on trict each year. children receive the fair and equal all?” (The timing of Mitchell’s to be redacted from public view, PaloAltoOnline.com. Another possibility is that the treatment that they are entitled to,” email coincides with the notifica- according to both Mitchell and district is considering not cooperat- Dauber said in a statement. tion by the Office for Civil Rights Skelly, who learned they were vis- available for comment. ing with a new federal investigation In her email, Mitchell suggested that it was launching a compliance ible when the Weekly sought their In an email to the Weekly, Tom into how Palo Alto High School has that the federal agency didn’t cur- review of the district’s policies and comments on Tuesday. stated that the board’s June 11 closed complied with laws dealing with rently have the legal authority to procedures on sexual harassment Mitchell and Skelly both respond- meeting was proper. peer sexual harassment and assault. mandate district policies on dis- and discrimination, which was ini- ed by email stating that the emails “The board’s closed session dis- Terry Francke, general counsel, of criminatory harassment because tiated without a complaint. See re- were “inadvertently” posted on the cussion on June 11 of two cases with Californians Aware, a public-access there are two pending bills in Con- lated story on page 3.) district’s website and requested that significant exposure to litigation was advocacy group, questioned the ap- gress that would create that author- Her email also reveals that the dis- the Weekly “refrain from review- properly agendized, and the board’s propriateness of the closed-session ity with little chance of passage. trict has made its own Freedom of ing and/or using these communica- conference with legal counsel was discussion. “If the prospect of these bills Information Act request to the Of- tions for any reason” and delete or in complete compliance with the “What I think makes the case for passing is as slim as speculated fice for Civil Rights for all the evi- destroy any copies. By late Tuesday agenda item,” Tom wrote. hush-hush discussion particularly here, it could explain the interest dence compiled, including the agen- afternoon, copies had been removed The posted agenda for that closed weak is that this is a controversy OCR has in strong arming policy cy’s written records of interviews in from the district’s website. session stated the board would purely of law. ... There are no sur- ‘agreements’ at the school district all the civil-rights investigations it Mitchell, Tom, Skelly and a discuss two cases of “anticipated prise witnesses, experts or evidence and state level. It also provides a has conducted in the district. spokesperson for the Office for litigation” that involved facts and to be kept under wraps. And the dis- highly legitimate reason for school Mitchell’s email was forwarded Civil Rights in Washington, D.C., circumstances that the district be- trict’s legal theory is precisely what districts to avoid acting on policy on June 10 by Skelly to other board all declined to comment on the con- lieved were not known to the poten- it will lead with, possibly even fully language before Congress does,” members, with her name removed, tents of the emails or the district’s tial plaintiffs, one of the allowable articulating it in a letter to (OCR) Mitchell wrote. along with an email from Graff, strategies. reasons for a closed session. announcing its intention to with- A review of the two bills Mitch- indicating they were “in prepara- It is unclear whether a board ma- Jim Ewert, general counsel of the draw (from a resolution agreement) ell referenced, however, shows that tion for our discussion tomorrow” jority has authorized the district’s California Newspaper Publishers if things get that far,” Francke said. they are unrelated to the legislative (June 11) in a closed meeting of the lawyers to research ways the district Association, speculated that this Former school board candidate authority under which Office for board. might challenge the authority of the stated exception could be based on Ken Dauber, co-founder of the par- Civil Rights operates. They would Graff’s email said he would re- Department of Education, what le- reasoning that if the district were to ent group We Can Do Better Palo enact requirements for bullying view Mitchell’s questions and “bring gal actions were under consideration decide to renege on one of its resolu- Alto and a regular advocate of more policies and grievance procedures them into Tuesday’s discussion of and what decisions, if any, were tion agreements with the Office for transparency in the operations of to protect all students. Under cur- the District’s steps to question OCR reached by the board. Civil Rights or refused to cooperate the school district, said he found the rent federal law, the agency’s juris- actions that are not legally directed Board members Melissa Baten with current investigations it could emails “very distressing.” diction is limited to allegations of and to obtain oversight of OCR ac- Caswell and Heidi Emberling both expose itself to legal action by the “The reason that We Can Do Bet- discriminatory harassment based tions that are overstepping their au- told the Weekly they support co- federal government. ter Palo Alto has been calling for on gender, race, national origin, thority.” He also indicated his law operating with the Office for Civil Since the district voluntarily en- full, prompt, transparent and public disability and other so-called firm had been “pressing OCR for Rights and working with it to im- tered into a settlement agreement discussion of this issue is precisely “protected” classes. The Palo Alto concrete identification of the legal prove district practices. They would that committed it to developing and in order to avoid this kind of in- district’s dealings with the Office issues that are the bases for their in- not discuss the June 11 closed ses- submitting discriminatory harass- appropriate behind-closed-doors for Civil Rights have all revolved vestigations.” sion nor speak for the board as a ment policies for Office for Civil discussion. It now appears that the around cases of discriminatory The emails, which were post- whole. Camille Townsend was un- Rights approval, it would appear board is telling the public that it is bullying and harassment. N

Title IX ing and in an email to members of READ MORE ONLINE information about the new investi- Young is the district’s coordinator.) the Board of Education, Stanford www.PaloAltoOnline.com gation and implied it focused on a Paul Kandell, Paly journalism (continued from page 3) Law School Professor Michele single student and could harm the teacher and Verde’s adviser, said Dauber asserted that the Verde The Office for Civil Rights letter to the alleged victim’s “progress in her Thursday he is “not in a position to school district about the Title IX investi- “Even though I know that’s not what articles should have triggered an gation has been posted with the digital educational program that may come know whether the (Title IX) law was happened, that’s how people were investigation by the school district version of this story on Palo Alto Online. from public discussion.” followed at the school administra- making me feel.” as to whether the alleged victims The district has not taken this tive or district level in any particular It is also likely that investiga- faced a “hostile environment” at position with other Office for Civil case at Paly.” tors will look at how the school re- Paly due to the assaults and be- trict was conducting an inquiry into Rights complaints (except to redact “I am confident that I do not have sponded in January when officials cause of the victim-blaming re- the matter. names and identifying information, any unresolved mandatory report- learned of sexually explicit gossip counted in the articles. The district is “reviewing what we of which there were none in this lat- ing obligations related to the Verde and harassment of several students Dauber, who developed Stanford’s knew (and) what steps we took to est letter, since it wasn’t based on an ‘rape culture’ story. Any I might on an anonymous blog called “PA current sexual-harassment policies address the concerns” raised by the individual complaint). have had I resolved promptly and Gossip Girl” and then spread to and co-founded the parent group articles, Skelly told the Weekly May “The District and OCR have been completely,” Kandell said in an Facebook. At the time, students We Can Do Better Palo Alto, said 15. There has been no report on the working together to protect the stu- email to the Weekly. “I appreciate notified police and Paly principal she believed the district had failed results of that review, and Skelly de- dent’s privacy and to confirm the and respect the Title IX law and the Phil Winston, but gossip and peer to meet its legal obligation to look clined to comment about it via email district’s compliance with Title IX,” intent behind it.” harassment (including reference to into the matter, which is required this week. Skelly said. Nevertheless, the Office Chaudhry said it is not unusual for a sexual assault) continued both on under Title IX even if the alleged In the June 3 letter from the Office for Civil Rights released the letter to the Office for Civil Rights to initi- and off campus and on social me- sexual assaults occurred off campus for Civil Rights notifying Skelly of the Weekly without redactions. ate its own investigations based on dia, according to several students and even if no complaint is made to the federal investigation, Regional Neena Chaudhry, an expert on Ti- information from media reports or interviewed by the Weekly. the school. Director Arthur Zeidman said his tle IX, said it is common for victims elsewhere. At a May 7 school board meet- Later in May, Skelly said the dis- agency is “a neutral fact finder, col- to face a “hostile learning environ- The agency’s investigation reflects lecting and analyzing relevant evi- ment” following an alleged sexual a “guidance” memo the office is- dence from the recipient and other assault, at both the high school and sued in 2011 to all school districts sources as appropriate.” Opening college levels. reminding them of the need to fully an investigation in no way implies “The effects are serious; there investigate and take action in cases that the Office for Civil Rights has have been grave injuries to stu- of peer sexual harassment. Recent made a determination with regard to dents,” said Chaudhry, senior coun- cases in Saratoga and Steubenville, the issue’s merits, he said. sel with the National Women’s Law Ohio, where student victims of sexu- The Weekly obtained the letter Center in Washington, D.C. al assaults were teased and harassed CityViewA round-up of Palo Alto government action this week from the agency, which released it In conducting an investigation into by their peers (the Saratoga victim in response to a Freedom of Infor- this sort of situation, Chaudhry said, later died by suicide), have increased City Council mation Act request. School officials the Office for Civil Rights probably concerns over how school officials The council did not meet this week. had kept the existence of the notifi- will look first at what the school address on-campus behavior stem- cation letter secret from the public knew or should have known, what ming from off-campus activity. N Planning and Transportation Commission by excluding it from public copies of its policies and procedures were, Staff Writer Chris Kenrick and (July 2) communications with school board and who the Title IX coordinator freelance writer Terri Lobdell can 3159 El Camino Real: The commission held a site and design review for 3159 El members, asserting it was a confi- was and what actions were taken. be emailed at ckenrick@paweekly. Camino Real, a four-story development that includes 48 housing units, office space dential student matter. (In Palo Alto, school principals are com and [email protected]. and a restaurant. The commission voted to approve the project. Yes: King, Martinez, In an email Tuesday, July 9, Skel- the designated site coordinators, and Lobdell is married to Palo Alto Michael, Panelli, Tanaka Absent: Alcheck, Keller ly asked the Weekly not to publish Associate Superintendent Charles Weekly Publisher Bill Johnson.

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Broken concrete slabs on 40 blocks, including sections of Cowper pponents of a recently ap- land use planning,” Coalition for referendum on the Comprehensive Street, Addison Avenue, Lowell Avenue and Emerson Street, will be proved development on May- Safe and Sensible Zoning, a smaller Plan is facing a deadline of next repaired or replaced starting this month. The work is expected to last O bell Avenue in Palo Alto are group that has focused more on Tuesday, Moss said he’s seen a high for four months, the press release stated. heading into crunch time in their technical land-use issues, wrote on level of interest from the community. Heavily used sidewalks within a half-mile radius of 11 Palo Alto drive to overturn a City Council its website. He also noted that the second refer- schools will be repaired to make them safe for walking and biking. decision to allow construction of The grassroots move to reverse endum package has an advantage Work closest to the schools is set to be completed before school starts in 60 units of housing for low-income the council approval of the project over the first one in that it is only August. The remaining work will be completed by the end of the year. seniors and 12 homes on a former gained some momentum last week five pages long and can thus be eas- Work this summer also includes preventative maintenance of 31 orchard site. when the Barron Park Association ily emailed to people (the first one is streets currently in good condition. Ten miles of Palo Alto streets will The coalition, led by residents of released survey results that showed about 60 pages). Even with the tight also be repaved with new asphalt, including much of Forest Avenue and the Barron Park, Green Acres and members supporting the referen- deadline, Moss said he believes the Green Acres 2 neighborhoods, is dum of the project by a three-to- needed signatures can be gathered. the Southgate neighborhood. N — Elena Kadvany circulating two petitions to hold ref- one margin. Furthermore, 117 of the “There’s an awful lot of people erendums. One would specifically 177 respondents said the association collecting signatures,” Moss said. N overturn the council’s approval of should contribute up to $1,000 for Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner Planning commission lauds ‘true mixed-use’ project the project and one would nullify the referendum effort. can be emailed at gsheyner@ A proposed mixed-use development at 3159 El Camino Real that a recent change in the city’s Com- Though the signature drive for the paweekly.com. has drawn attention for its high ratio of apartment units to commercial prehensive Plan, which is designed space won the support of the Planning and Transportation Commission, to guide land-use decisions. The which voted to approve a set of requests from the project’s developer change effectively made the Com- Referendum Signing Events Wednesday night, July 17. prehensive Plan compatible with the The commissioners lauded the project, which would be located on project proposed by the Palo Alto Sunday July 14, 2013 the block between Portage and Acacia avenues, for its “true mixed-use” Housing Corporation. 4:00-6:00 p.m. characteristics. While many mixed-use buildings are composed mostly In each case, the group needs to of office space, with minor residential and retail areas, the proposed collect 2,298 signatures within 30 1121 Harriet Street, Palo Alto development would include 48 rental units — largely studio and one- days of the council’s decision to Enjoy wine & cheese bedroom apartments for young professionals — a restaurant, the exist- bring the issue to a November vote. and ing Equinox gym around which it would be built, a corner plaza and an The decision on the project itself underground parking garage. wasn’t officially made until June 28, 6:30-8:30 p.m. With commissioners Arthur Keller and Michael Alcheck absent, the when the council voted on a “second Mitchell Park commission voted 5-0 to recommend that the City Council approve the reading” of its earlier approval, giv- requests, which would allow the developer — the Silva family of Menlo ing the group until the end of July to East Meadow side Park — to skirt some city requirements for the project. file its petition. Enjoy fresh lemonade and cookies Among the requests was permission to exceed the building’s maxi- The deadline for the Comprehen- Come sign the mum 1-to-1 floor-area ratio by 0.06, increasing the square footage of sive Plan petition is much tighter the buildings from 69,503 to 74,112. The increase would allow for five because the group got a late start in Maybell Referendum Petitions below-market-rate apartments to be included, the developer stated. An- gathering signatures. The council’s We support affordable senior housing other request would allow the developer to exceed the maximum build- vote to change it was made June 17, under existing zoning. visit www.paloaltoville.com ing height limit of 50 feet by an additional 5 feet to allow mechanical making the deadline July 16, but the roof screens and apartment roofs to go together into one consistent group only decided to circulate the design element. second petition after consulting an While commissioners held some reservations, they were generally attorney last week, said Bob Moss, enthusiastic about the project. Vice-chair Mark Michael called it “an a Barron Park resident. excellent proposal” that is sensitive to the city’s land-use guidelines, the Though Moss said he believes the Comprehensive Plan. Others expressed concerns about exacerbating first one would suffice to reverse the traffic and parking problems. council’s approval of the proposal Commission Chair Eduardo Martinez was supportive of the project, for 567 Maybell Ave., he and other saying it’s a sign the city is “starting to get it right — higher-density supporters of the referendum decid- developments along El Camino Real.” N ed to circulate the second one “to be — Eric Van Susteren on the safe side.” “Since the council had passed two separate resolutions, (the attorney) thought it was best to referend both of them,” Moss said. Fry’s Electronics Information about the referen- dums is available at paloaltoville. Ash St com, the group’s website. Hundreds of opponents had also attended re- cent council meetings and submitted Equinox gym Acacia Ave letters and emails arguing against allowing greater density at the 2.4 acre site, which is near a popular corridor for commuting to schools. Opponents had also formed two Portage Ave separate groups, Maybell Action Group and Coalition for Safe and Sensible Zoning, dedicated to re- Equinox pool versing the council’s decision. El Camino Real “We care about these referendums because they go to the heart of over- development in Palo Alto, leading 3159 El Camino Real to traffic congestion, lack of park- We Fix Macs’ current location ing, densification of neighborhoods, downgrade of quality of life in Palo

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POLICE CALLS Residential burglaries...... 3 Miscellaneous Battery ...... 1 Atherton Vehicle related Found property...... 8 Theft related July 3-11 Palo Alto Abandoned auto...... 4 Indecent exposure ...... 1 Commercial burglaries ...... 4 Theft related July 3-11 Auto theft ...... 3 Lost property ...... 4 Fraud ...... 3 Commercial burglaries ...... 1 Violence related Driving w/suspended license ...... 8 Misc. penal code violation ...... 6 Petty theft...... 3 Fraud ...... 1 Armed robbery...... 1 Hit & run ...... 4 Missing person...... 1 Residential burglaries...... 6 Vehicle related Arson ...... 1 Lost/stolen plates...... 2 Other/misc...... 10 Vehicle related Hit and run ...... 1 Assault w/ deadly weapon ...... 1 Misc. Traffic ...... 20 Outside assistance...... 2 Abandoned auto...... 1 Suspicious vehicle ...... 21 Battery ...... 2 Theft from auto...... 6 Possession of stolen property ...... 3 Auto theft ...... 2 Vehicle accident/mnr injury...... 3 Domestic violence ...... 4 Vehicle accident/mnr injury...... 13 Psychiatric hold ...... 6 Driving w/suspended license ...... 6 Vehicle code violation...... 5 Theft related Vehicle accident/prop. damage ...... 9 Suspicious circumstances ...... 6 Hit & run ...... 6 Vehicle tow ...... 1 Commercial burglaries ...... 5 Vehicle impound...... 2 Vandalism...... 6 Theft from auto...... 3 Alcohol or drug related Fraud ...... 2 Vehicle tow ...... 2 Warrant/other agency...... 12 Vehicle accident/mnr injury...... 6 Drunken driving...... 1 Grand theft...... 7 Alcohol or drug related Menlo Park Vehicle tow ...... 3 Miscellaneous Alcohol or drug related Identity theft ...... 2 Drunk in public ...... 19 July 3-11 Construction...... 1 Drunken driving...... 3 Petty theft...... 9 Possession of drugs...... 5 Violence related Disturbance ...... 5 Possession of drugs...... 6 Fire call ...... 2 Possession of paraphernalia...... 1 Medical aid...... 2 Under influence of drugs ...... 1 Miscellaneous Other/misc...... 6 Outside assistance...... 2 Bernard Robert Tanner Disturbance ...... 3 Disturbing phone calls ...... 1 Suspicious circumstances ...... 2 June 8, 1924 – May 22, 2013 Found property...... 3 Suspicious person ...... 2 Info. case ...... 5 Town ordinance violation ...... 4 Vandalism...... 1 Bernard (“Barney”) Tanner, 88, former long- was active for more than 20 years in the amateur Lost property ...... 1 Other/misc...... 6 Warrant arrest...... 1 time resident of Palo Alto, passed away on May dramatics in Palo Alto with the Palo Alto Play- Probation violation ...... 1 22nd at The Los Gatos Meadows, where he had ers and the Palo Alto Children’s Theatre. Barney Psychiatric hold ...... 4 VIOLENT CRIMES was a John Hay Fellow at Colum- Suspicious circumstances ...... 5 Palo Alto been an active resident since 2001. Vandalism...... 1 1161 Embarcadero Road, 7/02, 11:20 Barney grew up in Kansas City, bia University in 1962 and the 1972 Warrant arrest...... 10 a.m.; armed robbery. Missouri, son of Lear and Hazel recipient of the National College of Tanner. He was an active Eagle Boy Teachers of English Teacher of the Scout in his youth and was a life- Year Award. After retiring from long dedicated bird-watcher. teaching, he worked at LSI Logic PALO ALTO Barney is survived by his four in Silicon Valley for 8 years as a sons, Bruce (Santa Cruz, CA), technical writer. He had a lifelong Douglas (New York, NY), Gavin passion for F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The (Palo Alto, CA) and Stuart (Sunny- Great Gatsby, and wrote two books CLAY GLASS vale, CA), his daughter-in-law, on the subject, including “Joycean Carol Scilacci Tanner (New York, Elements in F.Scott Fitzgerald’s FESTIVAL NY) and by his three granddaugh- The Great Gatsby: Aspects of Bur- ters, Lauren, Wynn and Leigh. lesque, Shadowing, Dichotomies Barney served in the Army Air and Doubling” (2007, Academica- Corp during WWII, where he was a meteorolo- Press, LLC). July 13 & 14, 2013 gist in the South Pacific Theatre. He graduated A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11 from Stanford in English Literature in 1948 and AM on Saturday Aug. 3 at St. Andrew’s Episco- 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. became a high school teacher in the Palo Alto pal Church, 13601 Saratoga Ave. Saratoga. School District, where he taught for over 30 The family requests that in lieu of flowers, do- years, including many years as head of the Eng- nations be made to The Friends of the Palo Alto 150 Prestigious lish Department at Cubberley High School. He Children’s Theatre, http://www.fopact.org Clay & Glass Artists PAID OBITUARY Palo Alto Art Center Carroll Edwards Beckett Embarcadero and June 20, 1920 – June 23, 2013 Newell, Palo Alto Carroll Edwards Beckett passed away In 1942 Carroll married Paul Ammen and peacefully in the presence of her family on June raised a family. Their extensive travel gave 23, 2013 in Palo Alto. She is survived by her her a rich understanding of the world. After husband, Charles Beckett; her sons, Kai, Mark Paul’s death in 1981, Carroll devoted herself to and Chris from her previous marriage to Paul writing, which she continued throughout her Free Admission

Ammen; and her grandchildren, life. Elaine Hyde Christine, Greg, Mike and their In 1987 she married Charles spouses and families. Beckett and shared a life rich with Anne Goldman Born in 1920 to Paul and their families and world travel. www.clayglassfestival.com Georgina Edwards, Carroll was Carroll shared what life had to influenced by her father’s career as offer with keen observations. Her a prominent newspaperman and critical thinking and devotion by Stanford University, providing to peaceful resolutions are the City of Palo Alto the foundation of Carroll’s legacies she has passed on to her principles and critical thinking. sons and grandchildren. When she was a young woman Please join us for a Celebration attending Stanford University, of Life, Friday, July 19, 2013, 1 the events of WWII started her p.m. at Alta Mesa Memorial Park, on a lifelong commitment to 695 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto. world peace. She was a dedicated supporter The family requests in lieu of flowers of organizations promoting peace through contributions to Ploughshares Fund to support communication and understanding, becoming her lifelong commitment to peace. http://www. Give blood for life! active in The United World Federalists and The ploughshares bloodcenter.stanford.edu Ploughshares Fund. PAID OBITUARY

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Ìœ"˜ˆ˜i°Vœ“ Mary Durkin Kearns Piersol September 20, 1921 – June 20, 2013 Transitions Mary Stewart Durkin Kearns Piersol was Church. She was a member of the Menlo Cir- Births, marriages and deaths born in Brooklyn, New York, September 20, cus Club in Atherton for 41 years. 1921 to Mary Stewart Bushfield of Goshen, NY Mary enjoyed travelling all over the world, Donald Frank Koijane and Joseph Stephen Durkin of Newburgh, NY. but especially being at the ocean. She loved large traveling exhibit on the history Her father was a CPA for the Federal Bureau music, dancing, playing the piano and her Donald Frank Koijane, 82, died on of the vacuum tube and spent time of Investigation. She grew up in Chevy Chase, garden. Wednesday, June 12, at Tahoe For- learning about early radios, televi- est Hospital Extended Care Center sions and other technology. MD and Washington, DC with her brother, Jo- She is survived by her six children, Mary in Truckee, Calif. He was a previous He enjoyed reading, especially seph Stephen Durkin, Jr., and was a graduate Kearns Coffron of Menlo Park, Kathryn Kearns Palo Alto resident. a good book on technology, world of Woodrow Wilson high school and Trinity Gould (Chris) of Atherton, Patricia Kearns Don was born Feb. 14, 1931, in history, or military as well as biog- College in Washington, D.C. Fluent in French Kehrer of Dillon, MT, Thomas F. Kearns IV of Chicago, Ill., to Edward Ignatius raphies. Airplanes, golf, swimming, and Spanish she served in a division of cultur- Reno, NV, Carol Durkin Kearns of Spokane, and Lillian (Lill) Koijane. He had family history, painting with water al cooperation of the State Department dur- WA, Michael J. Kearns (Miriam) of Salt Lake one brother, Edward Vernon Koi- colors and visiting museums were ing World War II. During this time she also City, UT; five grandchildren, Tamara Coffron jane (1926-1977). He married Min- some of his interests. He discovered worked as a liaison with Chinese students. Nurisso (Fred) of Redwood City, CA, Brock na Alicia Grace Burrell in Darien, a love for the great outdoors, camp- She was married January 26, 1946 to 1st Coffron (Lynn) of Stevensville, MT, Whitney Conn., on March 8, 1958. They were ing, whitewater rafting and kayak married for 39 years until her death building while serving as a leader Lieutenant Thomas F. Kearns USMC, a gradu- Gould Topping (Henry) of New York, Chris- in 1997. in the Boy Scouts with his son An- ate of Georgetown University School of For- topher K. Gould (Aly) of Hong Kong, Judge He grew up in Riverside, a sub- drew as a scout. eign Service, at The Shrine of the Most Blessed Thomas Kearns of Salt Lake City, UT; nine urb of Chicago, in a brick home his He met Alicia on St. Patrick’s Sacrament Catholic Church in Washington, great-grandchildren, and one niece, Victoria father built. Day and they watched the parade D.C. They made their home in Salt Lake City, Durkin Moser (Karl) of Zurich, Switzerland. After he graduated from Riv- from her office window in the Fifth Utah where Mr. Kearns was Vice President of Vigil will be held Wednesday, July 17, 7pm erside Brookfield Township High Avenue RCA building in New York Kearns Corporation, owner of the Salt Lake at Crippen & Flynn, 400 Woodside Road, School, he attended Purdue Uni- City. They bought their first home Tribune. They had 6 children together but were Redwood City, CA. A memorial service is versity where he received his Bach- in Huntington in Long Island, N.Y., divorced in 1955. Mr. Kearns died in 1967. In scheduled for Thursday, July 18, 11:00 a.m. at elor’s in electrical engineering in where their first child, Jeannette, 1949 and was a member of the Beta was born. After moving to Oyster 1963 Mary Durkin Kearns married a widower, Church of the Nativity, 210 Oak Grove Avenue, Sigma Psi fraternity. He partici- Bay, their second child, Andrew, Frank W. Piersol, of Atherton, in Carmel, CA. Menlo Park, CA. pated in the R.O.T.C. program and was born. They moved to Palo Alto, Mr. Piersol was an executive with Stanford Oil In lieu of flowers the family requests dona- then served in the United States Air Calif., in 1967 where their third Corporation in San Francisco for over 50 years. tions be made to Sequoia Hospital Founda- Force for several years. In 1965, he child, Margaret, was born. He died in 1982. Mary worked as a realtor for tion, Dr. Bruce McAuley - Cardiac/Pulmonary earned his MBA from New York He is survived by his three chil- Finn & Hunt and Cornish & Carey. Dept., 170 Alameda de las Pulgas, Redwood University. dren, Jeannette Koijane (Markus Mary was an Atherton resident for 50 years, City, CA 94062 or Ocean Medicine Founda- After working as director of mar- Faigle) of Honolulu, Hawaii; Andrew a member of the Junior League, Atherton tion c/o Dr. Andrew Newman, 750 Welch Rd, keting with Fairchild Semiconduc- (Renee) Koijane of Homewood, Ca- Dames and Church of the Nativity Catholic Suite 104, Palo Alto, CA 94304. tor, he struck out on his own in a lif., and Margaret (Michael) Ne- variety of enterprises involving the horai of San Jose, Calif.; and six emerging technology of Silicon Val- grandchildren: Mitchell, Matthew, PAID OBITUARY ley including GPS, satellite antennas Michelle, and Morgan Nehorai and and computer chip technology. Bergen and Anders Koijane. His primary interest was the his- A public memorial will be held in tory of technology and electronics. his honor on August 10 at 11 a.m. at Therese Elisabeth Oxford He worked for many years contrib- the church of Jesus Christ of Lat- uting to the Foothill College Elec- ter Day Saints at 5700 Comanche Therese Elisabeth Oxford (Terttu Tellervo Toppola) Danilo, was born in 1958. tronics Museum and served as presi- Drive, San Jose, California, 95123. passed away peacefully at her home in Palo Alto on June While raising her family, Therese taught at Berlitz dent of the Perham Foundation. He The burial will take place at Alta 20, 2013. She was 92 years young. Therese experienced Language School, provided child care at the Co-op created several displays including a Mesa Memorial Park in Palo Alto. the world through the eyes and soul of an artist and never in Menlo Park, taught folk dancing at the Palo Alto lost her youthful imagination or delight in beauty. Children’s Theater and Mayfield School, performed She could not however escape the stresses of war Scandinavian dances at many community events, which played a major role in determining her fate. Born including Stanford University, and was a regular ice Visit in Helsinki, Finland, May 12, 1921, Therese grew up in dancer at Palo Alto’s Winter Club. Never afraid to try a country recovering from civil war. An only child, she something new, she studied belly dancing in her 50s. was independent and curious and shared her mother’s Music however is where she left her mark. In addition Lasting Memories love for theater. Her gift for piano playing led to an to music festivals, Therese played piano at Avenidas early career on the National Children’s Senior Center for 25 years until she was An online directory of obituaries and remembrances. Radio Program where she recited poetry 89, as well as the Rosener House, and and played piano for seven years before Menlo Park Convalescent Home. Search obituaries, submit a memorial, share a photo. “retiring” at the age of twelve. Therese Therese pursued life with gusto and Go to: www.PaloAltoOnline.com/obituaries never tired of being an “entertainer”, as always believed that time was better she called herself. spent going to a good movie or taking Later, after three months at college, a drive in the country rather than war broke out in Finland in November cleaning house. Although she never 1939. With her father at war, Therese and had a driver’s license, she seldom lacked GUIDE TO 2013 SUMMER CAMPS FOR KIDS her mother managed the family’s food transportation. She was a champion of store in Helsinki while doing night-time bus services for the elderly, humane care air raid duty. Before completing college, for animals, and wrote numerous letters Therese began to work as a translator to her congresswoman Anna Eshoo. As for the Japanese Embassy in Helsinki. she aged, she yearned for the countryside Gifted in languages, she already spoke of Finland and made almost daily visits Finnish, Swedish, and Russian, and had to the wildlife and horses residing in the studied German and English at school. Following two Baylands and foothills of Palo Alto. She was passionate interrogations by occupying forces, she journeyed alone about her homeland and didn’t want the world to forget For more information about these camps, see our online to Sweden before a third interrogation. that Karelia belonged to Finland. Finally, she revered directory of camps at http://paloaltoonline.com/biz/summer- In Stockholm, Therese met Sven Odberg at a party, the innocence of children and wanted her own children camps/To advertise in a weekly directory, contact 650-326-8210 and after a whirlwind courtship, they wed in 1946 to stay young as long as possible. and were married 43 years. With the wars behind her Therese is predeceased by her husband Sven. She is Academics Therese resumed training as a classical pianist at the survived by her children, Danilo (Ana), and Heidi; her Swedish Royal Academy and started performing. By grandchildren, Eric, Anela and Linda; and by great- Stanford EXPLORE the time her first child, Heidi, was born in 1949, Sven grandson, Alex. Careers in Medicine and Science Series Stanford and Therese had decided to immigrate to California to A celebration of her life will be held on Saturday, July Are you a high school or college student interested in science, medicine join Sven’s brother. In 1951, they came to Palo Alto, and 13, 11:00 a.m. at St. Luke’s Chapel in the Hills, 26140 or healthcare but unsure what degrees or careers are available? Stanford she now continued oil painting scenes of country life, Duval Way, Los Altos Hills. Explore has the answers! often including children and wildlife. Her second child, explore.stanford.edu Email: [email protected]

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Good Joy Helsaple’s guest opinion, ti- The scourge of Palo Alto is the ing in mind that shelter and hy- for them if they are acting with these motivations. tled “Terman: A caring place for incessant drone of hundreds of giene are basic human survival On the other hand, delegating “communications” to a staff person can kids in a complicated world,” was “leaf” blowers, lawn mowers and rights and not some doled out be a futile, unproductive exercise and a waste of money if policymakers refreshing to read. The author trimmers, 24-7. “Leaf” blowers privileges that seems to be the aren’t already committed to transparency, honest communications and was not only a product of PAUSD, are now operating at Cubberley prevailing philosophy here: Do public outreach. but also a current employee. She and/or Piazza’s Market between we let the negativity of a few bad It does the community no good to have a city or school staff person pointed out the importance of one and four. They wake me up. apples color our natural desire to with the job of trying to make sure the public sees only what the public adults on campus — teachers They must annoy the vehicle help and promote a philosophy of agency wants it to see about its operations. Effective communications and staff who recognize almost dwellers on whom resources will “NIMBY-ism”? This is our soci- professionals view their job as being strong advocates for full disclosure “invisible” students for few brief now be spent evicting from our etal problem that won’t go away. and transparency, not as experts in shaping the message to make their moments during the hectic school city; resources that were sup- Lorin Krogh employers look good. day. I believe such adults are the posed to be allocated to enforc- Encina Avenue, Palo Alto The challenge and need could not be better illustrated by events of the unsung heroes who keep the ship ing the gas-powered leaf blower last week in the Palo Alto Unified School District, which faced three afloat in troubled waters. ordinance of 2005 that is ignored Floral shop closing significant news stories and was not prepared to address any of them, Having taught at Palo Alto with impunity by the “gardeners” Editor, in spite of each being known internally for weeks and intentionally kept High School for 34 years, I’ve and those who hire them. Repeatedly voted “Best Florist from the public. witnessed a decrease in student E Breht Napoli in Palo Alto” for several years First, there was the filing of a formal claim by the family of a disabled resiliency. We do live in a fran- Adobe Place, Palo Alto now, Stanford Floral Design will former Terman Middle School special-education student who was bul- tic world, but I feel the school close at the end of September lied and harassed for years and which led to findings by the Office for campus can offer a slower pace Ban on car camping due to loss of lease. What a pity Civil Rights that the district failed to properly address the problem. where the possibility exists for Editor, this high-quality, friendly and The claim was filed with the district on June 21, yet the district made students to work through some of I’d like to offer my opinion in community-minded shop with no announcement nor was ready with any comment when asked by the their concerns on an informal ba- regards to the potential ban on over 19 years of service will be media two weeks later, when the family released the document to the sis. Students need to PRACTICE car camping. I need to ask: “Just forced to close. The face of Palo Weekly. overcoming adversity and adults where do we (the more fortunate) Alto is ever-changing — but not Next was the revelation that contrary to all public indications, the can help. A teacher’s “hello” or propose that the campers go?” always for the best. I, for one, school board and its attorneys are discussing in closed sessions how a “follow-up” question can make It’s already illegal to camp on the am very sad about this impend- it might challenge the federal government’s legal authority to conduct a student’s day. A staff member streets of Palo Alto. There’s little ing change. investigations or impose policies on the district. One such discussion just listening contributes to re- room on private and/or church Caryn Huberman took place on June 11, and the only reason the public is aware of it is building student confidence. land now. And any support has Lincoln Avenue, Palo Alto that the district inadvertently put “confidential” emails on its website. I applaud teachers and staff When asked for comment, instead of explaining to the public why this who take the time out of their strategy was under consideration, the reaction was to ask that the emails scheduled day to encourage stu- WHAT DO YOU THINK? be destroyed or returned and that they not be read or used. dents to “get back up and try Finally, news surfaced of a sixth civil-rights investigation, this time again — maybe a hundred times The Palo Alto Weekly encourages comments on our coverage over how the district has complied with Title IX and its response to al- more!” or on issues of local interest. leged peer sexual harassment among Palo Alto High School students Marilyn Mayo relating to rumored off-campus sexual assaults. The notice from the Of- Oxford Avenue, Palo Alto fice for Civil Rights was received by the district on June 6 but was kept Will the city’s and school district’s new under wraps from the public until the federal agency released it to the Palo Alto’s scourge Weekly in response to a routine request for information. When asked for Editor, communication specialists bring more comment, Superintendent Skelly requested that no story be published in ? The scourge of Palo Alto is not transparency? order to protect the privacy of those involved, even though the investiga- the vehicle dwellers at Cubber- tion is a broad inquiry into district compliance, not in response to an ley. individual complaint or case, and no personal information is contained Submit letters to the editor of up to 250 words to [email protected]. I have lived in Greenmeadow Submit guest opinions of 1,000 words to [email protected]. Include your in the notice from the Office for Civil Rights. since March 1988. There are usu- These examples illustrate why decisions on whether or not to release name, address and daytime phone number so we can reach you. ally a few vehicle dwellers there. We reserve the right to edit contributions for length, objectionable content, information proactively are so important. This does not threaten me. I have libel and factual errors known to us. Anonymous letters will generally not be As city Chief Information Officer Claudia Keith and school Com- spoken with several of them. accepted. Submitting a letter to the editor or guest opinion constitutes a munications Coordinator Tabitha Kappeler-Hurley settle into their new They spend money at Piazza’s granting of permission to the Palo Alto Weekly and Embarcadero Media to also positions, we urge them to study the philosophy and practices of the Market and probably other plac- publish it online, including in our online archives and as a post on Town Square. late Bob Beyers, the head of the Stanford University News Service for es, too. Some have attended PA For more information contact Editor Jocelyn Dong or Editorial Assistant 29 years until 1990. schools. They are not criminals, Eric Van Susteren at [email protected] or 650-326-8210. Beyers set the gold standard for how an institution’s communications nor is “lewd behavior” confined officer should operate. His mantra was “Candor pays. Maybe not in the to them. short term, but always in the long term.” When Beyers died in 2002, for- I raised two daughters in mer Stanford President Richard Lyman said: “Beyers never saw himself Greenmeadow. Their safety has as engaged in public relations, always as a journalist. He lived by the not been compromised by Cub- highest standards of that profession: unflagging energy, total integrity, berley’s vehicle dwellers. To my insatiable curiosity and unsparing candor.” knowledge, no Cubberley vehicle Perhaps the most useful observation under current circumstances is dweller has been prosecuted or the approach Beyers took to “bad” news, as related by Spyros Andreo- been suspected of any of the doz- poulos, his long-time friend and colleague, in a tribute published in the ens of burglaries in Greenmead- Weekly after Beyers’ death (http://tinyurl.com/PAWbyers): ow. Nor of the car-jacking(s), “He believed the best way to handle bad news was to tell the truth. Bob muggings or vandalism. Nor, was the inventor of the pre-emptive press release. If something bad was even graffiti. going to happen, Bob put out a full news release before the press found What do the city council and out. His theory was that in getting the story out first you defused it, and their supporters expect to accom- spared yourself from having to explain later not only what happened but plish by the ban? What problem also why it was covered up. Potential scandals that could cling around in will such a ban solve? Would the media for weeks or months would go away in a few days.” Greenmeadow property values There are many more challenges than how to handle bad news or news have increased more without the that is destined to result in controversy. But given the many occasions dwellers? over the last year when following this advice would have helped the From whence will the required school district or the city, it’s not a bad place to start. N police resources be re-directed? Where will the dwellers go? 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On Deadline Is there a ‘collaboration’ gap in Palo Alto education, society? by Jay Thorwaldson pended two students for collaborating,” the ad- and into community colleges and universities. though collaboration is as old as societies them- ongtime Palo Alto area architect Terry ministrator replied, Beaubois recalled. “The core of any good product is collabo- selves. Ask any mammoth hunter. Beaubois is return- Beaubois patiently explained that “collabora- ration,” Beaubois said, whether the product is Beaubois doesn’t pretend to have all the an- L ing full-time to the tion” has a positive meaning that outweighs the a house, a business complex, environmental swers about how best to develop a collabora- Bay Area after part-time euphemistic mushing of “cheating.” sustainability or NASA’s high-tech space and tion-based culture to overlay the competition- absence for the past sev- There might also be some deep-level nega- earth-science work. based, test-based educational systems, or the en years. tive holdover from the World War II “Nazi col- “I have the feeling a lot of solutions are all often-divisive community and local-govern- While away from the laborator” term. But that was a long time ago, around us,” regardless of the seeming complex- ment systems of planning and approving de- area, he was engaged in and more has changed than being able to hold a ity of longstanding problems or challenges, so- velopments and transportation systems. teaching architecture at virtual class in real time with avatars instead of cietal or technical, about which “there is a lot of A take-home lesson from his teaching ex- Montana State Univer- in-classroom students. jawboning” but slow progress. perience in Montana was that few young sity in Bozeman, Mont. Today, for instance, the Palo Alto-based “I don’t think you can make people collabo- persons read much these days, at least not But he had a high-tech IDEO and its innovative — even revolution- rate,” Beaubois said, based on personal experi- the thought-provoking books such as Robert twist: For several years ary in some cases — designs derive from its ence. But he believes the misunderstanding and Heinlein’s description of a fully automated he still had to be in Palo founder’s belief in collaborative brainstorming misuse of the term “has taught a fear of collabo- house or Malcolm Gladwell’s futuristic “David Alto to meet with clients and maintain contacts involving persons with different backgrounds, rating” that infects communities, governments, and Goliath.” Another take-home was that in he had built up over several decades. training and perspectives. businesses ... and schools. academia many teachers and professors exist So with a weekly class to teach, he signed The Institute of Design at Stanford (IDEO- “We’re in 37th place in the world in educa- in their own silos and find it difficult to open up for the Second Life virtual world on the In- led) is also demonstrating how breaking down tion,” largely because of a weakness in collab- up and venture out. And there are a lot more ternet (think avatars) and had his students do the often-rigid academic walls between disci- orative skills — a kind of illiteracy in itself. silos out in the professional and community the same. When he was in Montana, they had plines can result in entirely new ways of looking In working with business leaders on projects, worlds — not the kind where livestock feed is regular classes. When he was in Palo Alto, they at problems and devising effective solutions. Beaubois noted a sharp irony in what business stored, either. held real-time but virtual classes via computer Similar experiences abound in other fields, leaders are seeking in employees versus what So a huge challenge will be how to penetrate using avatars for each student. notably Harvard University’s multidisciplinary schools are teaching students. It’s simple to de- the academic world, gently raising awareness “You mean you had giant lizards or Valkeries research three decades ago into minimizing or scribe: “100 percent of all businesses are look- that there may be an important gap in the edu- sitting around the virtual classroom?” I asked preventing emotional impacts in women who ing for graduates who can work with others,” he cation being offered to the next generation to him during a conversation shortly after the film have breast cancer. said. Collaborate, in short. help them thrive, or survive, in a world econ- Avatar hit the theaters. Beaubois’ own successes with collaborative Beaubois was in full-time architectural prac- omy and society. No, he said. Each student had to create an approaches in architecture underscored his as- tice for 40 years, 30 of them in Palo Alto, start- Anyone want to sit down in a multidisci- online avatar that looked more or less like tonishment at the negative response his course ing “before Silicon Valley was Silicon Valley.” plinary brainstorm session to explore collab- the student. Beaubois’ avatar, for instance, name received from the Montana State admin- He worked with the Edward Durell Stone firm oratively just how to do that? I’ll happily for- sports a mane of white hair, like the real-world istrator. and consulted with the Town of Woodside, ward any emails to Beaubois, and even host a Beaubois. As he thought about it he began to realize that among a wide range of clients. session or two. But the online-classroom experiment was not “teaching collaboration” and its rewards are vir- He’s currently seeking ways to build an Finally, something he forgot to say in our without some eye-opening challenges, starting tually non-existent in schools, where feeding awareness of the strength and value of collabo- last conversation: Collaboration is just a lot of with the name of the course he planned to teach: facts and testing for fact-assimilation has been ration in improving how things are designed fun. N Digital Collaboration in Architecture. the dominant classroom model for decades, if and, well, done. Former Weekly Editor Jay Thorwaldson An administrator at Montana State called him not forever. “I’m back in the Bay Area because I think can be emailed at jthorwaldson@paweekly. immediately upon seeing the course outline and And he wants to do something about that this is the place to do that,” he said. He cites its com with a copy to [email protected]. He said he could not use that name. Why not? vacuum, to broaden and balance the educational traditions of innovation and invention and in- also writes regular blogs at www.PaloAl- “Because last semester we caught and sus- process from early grades through high school vestment in new ideas and approaches — even toOnline.com (below Town Square). Streetwise Does the SFO plane crash impact the way you feel about flying or how often you will fly? Why or why not? Photos and interviews by Karishma Mehrotra. Asked on Cambridge Avenue.

Dominic Francassa Jean Olmstead Charlotte Coqui Helen Walter Susie Khosla Reporter Retired Artist Retired Homemaker Montesito Avenue, Mountain View West Charleston Road, Palo Alto Sierra Vista Avenue, Mountain View Park Boulevard, Palo Alto Barron Park, Palo Alto “I do not think it changes my opinion “It’s a very rare event. We don’t fly “I believe it’s safer than being in a “No, no. The accidents are rare. ... I “Whenever I landed in San Francisco, on flying at all. Thousands of planes very much ... anyway. I don’t think car still. I think statistically that’s ac- don’t think we have a way of assess- I thought, ‘Oh my god. Are we going take off and land safely everyday. there are going to be any more acci- curate.” ing whether one airline is better than to make it onto the runway?’ Because ... I think it’s still a statistically safe dents like that. I certainly hope not.” another.” I see the water below. So it definitely way to travel and we shouldn’t let our has crossed my mind many times. But opinion be swayed by an unfortunate we always made it. There is nothing accident.” you can do about it. You have to land.”

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by Sue Dremann, Rye Druzin and John Brunett

hen Mallika Ranjan’s oldest son, Ankit, began playing WRunescape at age 8 on the family laptop, she and her husband knew they had to make some rules. Having worked in high tech for a combined 25 years, they worried about Ankit’s engrossment, she said. “He was obsessed by it. ... That’s all that he talked about. That’s all that he wanted to do — and that didn’t seem healthy to us,” she said.

Like many other parents, Mallika and But the Ranjans are all too aware of Peeyush Ranjan have found it challeng- the downsides of constant technology ing to keep their two sons, now 6 and use, due to their own careers. 14, away from technology. But a growing “We worked really hard for a couple number of Palo Alto parents are insert- of years, and then you wake up one day ing old-fashioned, non-technological fun and go like, ‘Oh, I’ve gained weight. I into their children’s activities, especially have not gone for a walk, I’ve just been during the summer, they said. The re- in here.’ And when we got that realiza- spite from electronic stimulation has im- tion is when (we said), ‘OK, we better

Courtesy of Ranjan Family proved their relationships and broadened keep an eye out on our kids,’” Mallika their off-screen interests. Ranjan said. Children and their parents have found ways, from summer camps to family alo Alto parents vividly recall mo- retreats in the woods, to unplug from ments when they knew that over- electronics, if only for a little while. And P use of technology was robbing they came to a surprising conclusion: their kids of their childhoods. They didn’t miss their electronic devices, Arriving home one night, Kat Gordon Mallika Ranjan and her children Ashvin, 6, and Ankit, 14, visit the Santa Monica Pier in southern they said. found her two sons — Ben, 15, and Hen- California, a break from their digitally plugged-in lives. There is real value in unplugging or at ry, 11 — parked in front of the TV and least managing screen time, researchers also using their iPhones. say. Being too plugged in can lead to ir- “It was the lowest of lows a mother can ritability, social isolation and aggressive have,” Gordon said. behavior. (See sidebar on page 17.) “It’s not just the time they are sitting For the Ranjans, unplugging complete- vacantly in front of the screen. It’s a very ly isn’t a goal, and it might prove hard. one-sided experience. It’s all of the hours Ankit is an active programmer who has they are missing that they could be us- created one start-up and worked on a few ing to discover something else they love,” others. she said. Veronica Weber

Marco Young, a counselor at Mountain Camp Woodside, helps day camper Emerson Lange learn Veronica Weber how to line up his shot while practicing archery.

About the cover: Charlotte Ferraro, left, and Bianca Landolfi cautiously step over rocks as they try to keep their shoes from getting wet during a group nature hike at Mountain Camp Woodside. Mountain Camp Woodside campers and counselor James King collect “water Photograph by Veronica Weber. scooters” during a nature walk. Page 14ÊUÊՏÞÊ£Ó]ÊÓä£ÎÊUÊ*>œÊ
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Melissa Baten Caswell, a Palo Alto school Parents aren’t the only ones concerned. Gor- gramming. His computer curfew is 10 p.m., at see my kids are so much more creative when board member, has seen a loss of childhood don’s son Ben has learned to use the Internet which time it automatically shuts off. they have more time.” creativity caused by too much plugging in. For judiciously, he said. But some of his friends But Ranjan worries about how pervasive In his backyard on Monday afternoon, Baten a fundraiser, she auctioned building a robot are constantly plugged in. Their choices of technology can still be “after hours,” particu- Caswell’s son, Cas, 14, was building a bean- out of recycled trash, and the kids who came what to view have sometimes had a negative larly with Ankit’s iPhone. bag-toss game board. He cut a hole into the to her home were excited, she said. effect on their personalities. “We can shut off his computer at night, and wood and planned to paint it blue-gray with a But once they were in her basement amid “The Call of Duty video game is the most we’re like, ‘OK, now we’ve gone out. Is he red, circular bull’s-eye, he said. the mounds of recycled materials, they were popular video game. It is totally violent. online?’ Since adopting activities such as the board at a loss. People get so attached to that game. They get “When you have a smart phone, people take games, croquet and other outdoor games, Cas “Where’s the kit?” she recalled them ask- irritable. If parents don’t step in, it becomes it to the restroom. They have it in their bed at said he is using his digital devices much less ing. an issue. It is not a benefit to their general night. There’s a lot more that goes on,” she frequently. Technology is also profoundly changing health,” he said. said. “Before I was playing online games and how kids relate to each other, said Jim Politis, Ben has seen how seductive electronic de- Politis and his wife focus on family movie watching TV. It’s not too hard to unplug. There the director of Mountain Camp, a traditional vices can become, even when there are plenty nights and other unplugged times together. are so many other things to do,” he said. summer camp at Lake Tahoe as well as the of other creative and fun options. He has at- They limit the number of devices in their Creativity bloomed after the children who rural Woodside Priory School in Portola Val- tended Mountain Camp for several summers. home. Their four children share an iPad that came to build the auctioned trash robot got ley. Electronic devices were an option during rest was purchased with pooled Christmas money, over their shock, Baten Caswell said. Without He and his wife saw those changes firsthand periods until five years ago. working out their own schedule for personal a kit, they were forced to think outside the box. in their daughter. “Nobody turned them off. Everyone had screen time, he said. By the end of the session they were running all She and another girl were having an argu- iPods and played games like BrickBreaker,” The Andersons try to balance electronics over the place with the hot-glue gun, she said. ment on the bus by texting back and forth — he said. use based on each child’s ability to handle it. “They really had a great time.” all while sitting side by side. Now the camp has banned electronic de- Ethan, 17, has more freedom to use technol- The Ranjans took both boys on a trip down It was easier than talking face to face, their vices altogether. ogy than his younger siblings, twins Brian and the California coast this summer, en route to daughter had explained. Kate, 13, mainly because he has shown he is the Johns Hopkins Camp for Talented Youth in Raising children who are born into the arents are trying several strategies to mature enough to use it well and not get dis- Los Angeles. The trip was ad hoc, and much of Digital Age comes with a special challenge, lure their children away from the siren tracted, Melissa Anderson said. the time was spent talking to Ankit. agreed Melissa Anderson, a Palo Alto mother P song of electronics, they said. “He’s a good student, so in some ways we “We would drive down the coast and camp. of three. The Ranjans impose strict rules about tech- let him get away with a lot. And we tell him It was one of those things where no reserva- “They want it so much. They want to be on nology use during the school year. Ashvin, all the time, ‘We allow you all this indepen- tions were made. ... And we talked,” Mallika their phones; they want to be watching Sports- their younger son, cannot use any technology dence and this responsibility as long as you Ranjan said. center. (They want) all kinds of electronics. So during weekdays, and he is only allowed one can handle it,’” she said. While Ranjan and Ankit spent time together, we constantly have to make parameters about hour of playing time on the Wii on Sundays. House rules include a ban on cell phones Ashvin had an iPad with movies to watch dur- what’s acceptable, and then there’s always ne- Ankit has fewer restrictions than his young- in the younger kids’ room after 9 p.m., and ing the drive. When the family arrived in Los gotiation,” she said. er brother because of his involvement in pro- television privileges only after all homework Angeles, the roles switched. is done. The rules are more relaxed during the Ankit, who doesn’t enjoy Disneyland, caught summer — as long as the kids are active in up on his device time, she said. sports and outside play, she said. Ashvin unplugged. The Gordon household also has rules. The “He’s there jumping on rides, looking for children view television 30 minutes a day and Mickey Mouse,” Ranjan said. The point of get- the family keeps the computer in the kitchen ting away from technology is to create real-life to monitor its use, Kat Gordon said. memories, she added. “When you are 21 and you look back and nplugging, or at least controlling use of you remember things that stand out in the sum- electronics, benefited her family, Baten mer you’ll remember that we went camping UCaswell said. The family takes an an- at Pismo Beach and there were fireworks at nual vacation to New Hampshire, and Internet 10:30 at night. I don’t expect my 7-year-old to reception is poor where they stay. So the entire remember his score at Angry Birds as much as family is device-free. They take hikes, swim he remembers his Disneyland trip,” she said. and sail together. The power of experiences to enrich one’s life “It’s nice to be unplugged and where there is also recently surfaced for Kat Gordon. no access. It’s a relief,” she said. Flipping through her high school yearbook At Mountain Camp, Baten Caswell’s chil- with son Ben recently, she recalled his reaction dren began playing board games, which they to the book’s candid-shots pages. have continued to do at home. The face-to-face “I wish I was in high school at your time time has helped them to develop in ways they instead of mine. It looks like you guys are hav- don’t when interacting via technology, she ing so much fun and there are no technology said. distractions,” she recalled he said. “You have to learn to have a conversation Ben confirmed that sentiment recently. with other people,” she said. “I wish I could be going to school in the

Veronica Weber Veronica Having some boredom during the summer is Addison Kraus, left, Ellie Wheeler and fellow day campers enjoy a dance party with camp a good thing too, she added. counselors before lunch at Mountain Camp Woodside. “You have to use your creative energies. I (continued on page 16)

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Digital detox These days kids live in an era (continued from page 15) where every minute of every day is A tech camp where kids learn structured by activity or goals. But at camp the focus is on being “in the to interact face-to-face ‘50s. That would be ideal. Life was moment,” Politis said. simpler; electronics makes every- Campers design their own sched- Newsroom by the Bay finds ways to enhance and balance digital screen time thing so rushed,” he said. ules and choose from a variety of by Karishma Mehrotra But living in Silicon Valley, us- activities each day, ranging from sci- ing technology is considered a must, entific discovery to arts, swimming, hile some kids are at- he acknowledged. It plays into the movie making, mountain biking and tending camps to un- cultural expectations of the valley, outdoor survival. W plug, one summer camp where everyone is supposed to be- “It’s good, old-fashioned play be- at Stanford University is creating come a doctor or engineer. fore batteries were around,” Politis hands-on, out-of-the-classroom ex- “It’s just another thing that makes said. periences with an emphasis on the things more complicated instead of latest digital tools. just growing up simply — as kids ver-saturation of technol- The week-long program in June, are supposed to be growing up,” he ogy is a systemic issue that Newsroom By The Bay, gets high said. O goes beyond kids, however, school kids out into the outdoors to Ben started doing more of the and parents bear part of the blame become reporters who gather infor- simpler things at 9, when he began because they, too, are under the de- mation, conduct interviews and de- attending Mountain Camp, which vices’ spells, Politis said. velop communication skills. takes kids ages 5 to 14. He returns “I see parents in the morning drive This year the students took the home from camp each year feeling in, and as I’m helping to get their “rolling newsroom” — Caltrain — Veronica Weber more relaxed, he said kid out of the car, the parents are to San Francisco the day before the Since unplugging there, the world sitting there looking at the naviga- Supreme Court’s two historic gay- has “become a lot bigger. You re- tion screen and talking on the phone rights decisions. alize there is more to summer and with the Bluetooth plugged in. The When they got back to Stanford life,” he said. kids say, ‘Bye, Mom and Dad,’ and that night, student Jacob Cader led Rebecca Dolan, from left, Caroline Binley, April Martin-Hansen Ben has had time to develop ad- the parents just nod. It’s harder on the charge to set up a WordPress. and Mebeyatt Betre edit their video on an iPad during their “iPad ditional interests. He began playing the kids. They can’t get their par- com blog to report on the events. reporting” class at Newsroom by the Bay. golf at Palo Alto High School a year ents’ attention,” he said. The next day they covered reac- ago, and he now has a passion for the Even the most diligent parents tions and developing news after game. He targets his time online to are affected. Anderson views tech- the court announced its decisions. and deeply engage in using a vari- efficiency of the technology user ... educating himself about golf, rather nology as an aid and a tool, but she The students used much of the lat- ety of hardware and software tools, when the cell phone goes away and than indiscriminately Web surfing, conceded it can have too much in- est technology, from smartphones but they are doing it in an environ- the mind is able to completely re- he said. He doesn’t have any games fluence over her life. to iPads to report, write stories and ment focused on responsible use group and recollect,” she said. on his phone, and he only uses it for “There’s a lot of good about it, but design the website. and very high purpose. You can use Student Jeff Hara sees it both communicating, he said. there’s also a lot of bad about it. It’s “Obviously without technology, it social media to the lowest common ways. Technology is a kind of drug, Mountain Camp has opened the like a bug to a bug light. You can’t would have been impossible. I think denominator. But that’s not what he said. world up for both her sons, Gordon not look at it. It’s hard to ignore,” looking forward into the future, we’re about. We are about just the “It’s something you can easily said. she said. particularly as journalists, technol- opposite,” he said. get hooked onto. But on the other “What appealed to me is that they There are times when Anderson ogy is very much embedded in our It isn’t just a world that the camp- hand, technology is something that are getting a lot of free time to de- finds it hard to get off email or Fa- world. So knowing how to use those ers should want to enter; it is some- can revolutionize industries. Drugs cide what they want to do. It’s all cebook, and her iPhone is essential tools effectively is pretty essential thing they will need to enter, he maybe have a connotation to it, but about people — being with other to everyday life, she said. to having success later in the work- added. they are also medicine, right? ... It kids. They come home filthy. Their “I’m a typical Palo Alto mom. I’m place,” said Simon Greenhill, one of “It would be terrible to box kids has to be used in moderation and not feet are black. They have such a running around, doing normal fam- the main editors of the website. out from the technology that will indiscriminately,” he said. good time,” she said. ily errands. I read email on the fly, Camp Co-Director Paul Kandell be their ticket to the future. What a Even Kandell, someone who sees When son Henry stepped off the send messages to my kids reminding explained the concept. crazy idea. We have to teach them great worth in technology, tells his bus after his first year at the camp, them of certain things. It’s a tool, “It wouldn’t be right to son to unplug every once “The very first thing he said was, and I would miss it if it was gone.” say it’s a tech camp. It’s in a while. ‘May I please go again next year?’” Last week Politis witnessed a a camp for humans who “I think there’s im- she said. scene that gave him hope. He re- want to be empowered, ‘It would be terrible to box kids mense value in taking At the Portola Valley camp on a called when a mother drove up to and we know that digital that time also. And then recent afternoon, dozens of chil- unload her young son for the Moun- journalism has the tools out from the technology that will there’s a time for learn- dren gathered outdoors. With faces tain Camp day session. As the boy to empower,” Kandell ing how to deeply dive flushed from the afternoon heat, the ran to join the throng of happy said. be their ticket to the future. What in and engaging with the children took up crafts under the campers, the mother shouted: “Play Medline Ottilie, a stu- tools of the future, too. trees and skidded along the 100-foot hard today! Get a bull’s-eye!” N dent from San Diego, a crazy idea. We have to teach You have to have both slip-and-slide in the playing field. Staff Writer Sue Dremann can has re-envisioned the parts to be successful.” There were quite a few bull’s-eyes be emailed at sdremann@paweek- way she uses technol- them how to use those tools well.’ Motamedi calls that in the archery range. ly.com. Editorial Interns Rye ogy since coming to the —Paul Kandell, camp co-director time “still moments.” “Play is a skill that is being lost,” Druzin and John Brunett can be camp. Her phone used be She has found many of camp owner Don Whipple said, emailed at [email protected] the center for Facebook, them even in her camp. looking on. and [email protected]. Snapchat and Instagram. Now, she how to use those tools well.” At a keynote address by fiction Pu- sees it as a way to record interviews, It is more dangerous not to teach litzer Prize winner Adam Johnson, publish stories and broadcast video, kids how to use technology tools in she didn’t see an iPad or laptop in she said. the right way, Co-Director Beatrice sight, she said. Greenhill agreed. Motamedi said. And schools that “People were just listening. It “It’s not about whether technology limit students’ technology place does all begin and end with story. exists. It’s about how you use it. You them in “intellectual cages” that will And the kids know that.” are always going to be influenced by hinder their future, Kandell added. Parents teach kids to drive even it. You can make that influence a re- But Hailey Waller, camp leader, though they understand the risks, ally great thing ... or you can waste said watching kids bring their phone she said. your life playing Doodle Jump,” he to dinner “deeply bothers” her. “What’s the difference with digi- said. “I think technology, as amazing tal tools?” she added. Those two worlds have nothing to as it is and as much as it did allow us Even if the students start playing do with each other, he added. to do that website — it is important games and other not-so-productive “Yes, a lot of kids and teenagers to take time completely away from activities on their iPads, Motamedi are using technology and spending technology,” she said. defends that time. way too much in front of a screen Waller is in charge of an hour- “If you have a car, you need to doing really zone-out, unproductive Veronica Weber long “down time” schedule each know how to turn on the windshield things. But that’s not a product of day, when campers play games such wipers, the left directional signal. the use of technology in a produc- as kickball, steal the bacon and soc- You need to take it out for a spin. tive sphere,” he said. cer. I don’t think there is anything you Kandell agreed that passive con- “It’s nice when people come out don’t learn from,” she said. N Alexandra Neumann, left, and Mahnoor Kiani watch the video they sumption does not engage critical- and they have a ball in their hands Editorial Intern Karishma Meh- edited together on an iPad in their “iPad reporting” class at Newsroom thinking skills. instead of an iPad. It’s really re- rotra can be emailed at kmeh- by the Bay summer camp held at Stanford University. “Campers are going to come here freshing, and I think it improves [email protected].

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A PALO ALTO MYSTERY ... John Orr, a writer, musician and Daily News arts in a faceless world and entertainment editor, has written and self-published a mystery/sorcery/ thriller called “Someone Dark Has by Audra Sorman Found Me, a George Siofra Story.” With its Palo Alto setting, readers will quickly “The Orphan Master’s Son” by resonate with the references to the Adam Johnson; Random House; 480 local coffee shops, parks and home- pages; $15 less characters. The book is available through Amazon and local bookstores. n “The Orphan Master’s Son,” North Information: www.triviana.com Korea comes to life in the form of a I fiction novel, a medium befitting the AUTHOR AUTHOR ... Upcoming au- country’s aura of illusion. thors at Keplers, 1010 El Camino Real, Adam Johnson, whose novel was recently Menlo Park, include Adam Johnson, awarded the Pulitzer Prize, immerses the who wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning reader in the North Korean world of the novel “The Orphan Master’s Son,” in book’s protagonist, Jun Do. Jun Do — a man conversation with Anthony Marra, in a country tyrannized by its “Dear Leader” author of “A Constellation of Vital Phe- Kim Jong Il — is one in a citizenry asked to nomena” (July 12, 7:30 p.m.); Bertrand sacrifice his individuality and own pursuits M. Patenaude, “The Sun Never Sets: for the good of the country at large. Reflections on a Western Life: Memoirs In his book, Johnson illustrates a place of L.W. ‘Bill’ Lane” (July 16, 7:30 p.m.); in which Jun Do, a model citizen, is not Scott Johnson, “The Wolf and the immune to the horrors of a life where ask- Service News / Stanford Cicero A. Linda Watchman: A Father, A Son, and the ing questions and partaking in introspec- CIA” (July 17, 7:30 p.m.); Nina Schuyler, tion are crimes worthy of torture, prison “The Translator” (July 18, 7:30 p.m.); and death. L. Tam Holland, “The Counterfeit Having lost his mother to a state- Family Tree of Vee Crawford-Wong” sanctioned kidnapping and growing up (July 23, 7 p.m.); Ivy Pochoda, “Visita- in an orphanage run by his father, Jun tion Street” (July 24, 7:30 p.m.); Katie Do is considered an orphan by the gov- Hafner in conversation with Abraham ernment and, in accordance with North Verghese, “Mother, Daughter, Me: A Korean bureaucracy, is destined to serve Memoir” (July 25, 7:30 p.m.); Robin in North Korea’s military. The concept Chapman, “California Apricots: The of choice is foreign to the book’s char- Adam Johnson Lost Orchards of Silicon Valley” (July acters, Johnson explains. 30, 7:30 p.m.); Andrew Sean Greer, “In the United States, we have nar- “The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells” ratives; each of us is supposed to be “It’s such a mysterious place that the word ‘expert’ (Aug. 1, 7:30 p.m.); Tracy Guzeman in the central character in our own story doesn’t quite apply,” Johnson says, though he seems to have conversation with Ellen Sussman, “The — we are supposed to look inward, become more of an expert than not. Gravity of Birds” (Aug. 15, 7:30 p.m.). to grow and change and become a Johnson, who teaches fiction writing in Stanford’s Cre- Information: www.keplers.com. better self.” ative Writing Program, says “In (North Korean) society, that before he began writing BOOK LAUNCH ... Books Inc. at there’s a notion of a state-spon- Pulitzer his book, he had no direct ties Town & Country Village in Palo Alto sored single narrative.” to North Korea. Johnson’s in- hosts Meg Waite Clayton, who Jun Do’s narrative is osten- Prize-winning terest in North Korea and its will read from her latest novel, “The sibly straightforward even people began in 2004 when he Wednesday Daughters” (July 16, 7 though his occupations novel gives first read a book titled “The p.m.), and Chris Bohjalian, author of range from kidnapping Jap- Aquariums of Pyongyang: “The Light in the Ruins,” a re-imagin- anese citizens to working a voice to Ten Years in the North Korean ing of Romeo and Juliet at the end of as an undercover spy (lis- Gulag,” a nonfiction account World War II (July 19, 7 p.m.). Books tening for “enemy” radio of Kang Chol-hwan, a survi- Inc., Mountain View (301 Castro St.) transmissions) on a North North Korea’s vor of one of North Korea’s will host Mac Barnett, “Count the Korean fishing boat. prison camps and defector Monkeys,” an interactive children’s An associate professor mysterious from the country. book (July 20, 4 p.m.); and Richard of English at Stanford Uni- Subsequently, Johnson be- Kadrey, reads from the latest install- versity, Johnson presents a citizenry gan combing through online ment of the Sandman Slim series, vivid description of North North Korean news sources “Kill City Blues” (July 31, 7 p.m.). In- Korea and its people’s daily and even a blog dedicated to formation: www.booksinc.net. N lives, which should have the “Dear Leader” and found Items for Book Talk may be sent been challenging for some- himself immersed in a sea of to Associate Editor Carol Blitzer, one who says that it would be propaganda; the only thing coming out of North Korea is Palo Alto Weekly, P.O Box 1610, difficult for just about anyone an idealized version of their country and its people, many Palo Alto, CA 93202 or emailed to to know what truly goes on in a of whom take great pride in their communist ideology, he [email protected] by the last country that isolates itself from says. Friday of the month. the rest of the world. Johnson experienced some of North Korea’s bizarre Page 18ÊUÊՏÞÊ£Ó]ÊÓä£ÎÊUÊ*>œÊ
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view of reality firsthand when he North Korea,” Johnson points out, to reading the daily news coming acter: the Dear Leader. In the book, is maintained through propaganda, visited North Korea in 2007 on a delivering a paradox that underpins out of North Korea, Johnson spent Kim Jong Il’s presence permeates the most dangerous thing of all is state-sponsored trip, during which the book. While North Koreans are a lot of his time reading personal many scenes. His image and ideol- something that Jun Do must do: look he was chaperoned and presented starving and lack adequate health- stories told by North Korean de- ogy is everywhere, from portraits inward and break from his state- with a romanticized version of the care, one of the book’s narrators, the fectors. to the “state-sponsored single nar- mandated role in order to find love country and its people. voice of propaganda, describes its “I could just read the raw stories rative,” which comes in the form of and determine his own destiny. N “You can’t talk to a human. You country as having bountiful crops of the North Koreans, and that hu- closely-monitored arts, academics Audra Sorman is a local free- can’t travel where you want and you and says that North Korea gives man dimension in literature was and media broadcasts. lance writer who teaches literature can’t design any aspect of your trip aid to less fortunate countries like what was lacking.” But in “The Orphan Master’s at Foothill and De Anza colleges. — they’re in total control.” South Korea and the United States. That human dimension — the in- Son,” Johnson fills out some of After Johnson arrived at an air- In his novel, propaganda is just ner thoughts, struggles and desires North Korea’s “23 million second- port about 30 kilometers north of one of a few narrators that Johnson of North Korea’s citizens — is cre- ary characters” and thrusts them to What: Adam Johnson, in conversa- Pyongyang and was whisked away employs. Johnson utilizes a shift- ated by Johnson when he breathes the forefront of the story. tion with Anthony Marra into a vehicle, he saw ing narrative voice, life into a country often seen as be- “North Koreans are just like us. When: Friday, July 12, 7:30 p.m. his first striking im- which serves to ing one-dimensional in its search for They want the same things out of Where: Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Cami- age, which he later disorient the reader status and power. life: safety, security and better no Real, Menlo Park adapted in the novel. and gives them a The narrative of North Korea, things for their kids,” Johnson says. “On that lonely, sense of the loss Johnson notes, has one main char- And in a world where dominance Information: www.keplers.com strange drive, one of and distortion that the first things that plague North Ko- TICKETS ON I saw was a dump rea’s populace. truck filled with citi- At one point, SALE NOW! zens of Pyongyang the narrative voice being transported to of propaganda re- TRIO DA PAZ with the countryside.” lays an account in When Johnson which Kim Jong Il MAÚCHA ADNET asked his North Ko- was giving an in- Saturday, July 13 rean guide where the spirational speech “Fleet-fingered music that people were going, connects jazz with Brazilian to workers when – The New York Times she replied, “’Oh, “many doves were rhythms.” they’re volunteering seen to spontane- to help with the har- ously flock above tickets on sale for these great shows vest.’” him, hovering to provide (the) Rev- REBECA MAULEÓN SAVION GLOVER “I looked at those people in the erend General some much needed Sunday, July 21 & HIS TRIO dump truck wearing suits, lab coats shade on a hot day.” TIA FULLER QUARTET Saturday, August 3 — who would wear a suit to help to Though Johnson says he gener- Saturday, July 27 CHRIS POTTER volunteer with the harvest? ally relies on humor in a lot of his Wednesday, August 7 ALLISON MILLER’S MADELINE STANLEY “I said, ‘They’re volunteering?’ writing, the amusing aspects of the BOOM TIC BOOM EASTMAN CLARKE TRIO find out more & purchase tickets And she answered, ‘Everyone must outlandish propaganda help offset Friday, July 12 Sunday, July 14 Saturday, July 20 volunteer.’” the brutality that befalls some of “Volunteering isn’t voluntary in the book’s characters. In addition STANFORDJAZZ.ORG or 650-725-ARTS (2787)

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Above: Julie Heffernan’s painting “Self-Portrait Moving Out” looks at the dangers of consumption. Below left: Shenny Cruces has cast donated heirlooms in porcelain and turned them into assemblage sculptures. Two exhibits,exhibits, two world views Artists bridge past and present in detailed paintings and sculptures by Rebecca Wallace

f this is a warning about the dan- present. In turn, they can provide the items, or porcelain reproduc- gers of consumption, it’s the most bridges to the future by warning tions of them, into sculptures filled I generous of caveats. about growing dangers, albeit pic- with repeating patterns: rabbit ears, In Julie Heffernan’s 2010 paint- turesquely. doll faces, clock pendulums and a ing “Self-Portrait Moving Out,” two This summer, the art center has piggy bank shaped like a pineapple. women drag their worldly goods paired Heffernan’s figurative and There’s humor and a curious grace across a rickety bridge. True, some landscape paintings with work by in this rebranding of familiar ob- of their possessions are falling into another artist who draws on the past. jects. a chasm, but in a festive way. Flags Across from the main exhibit, “Sky “They’re tightly packed,” curator wave above; the sky is all glorious Is Falling: Paintings by Julie Hef- Lisa Ellsworth says of the assem- peaches and blues; the buildings fernan,” is “Community Heirloom blages during a tour, “and the more below are beautifully formed and Project” by Bay Area artist Shenny you look the more you find. She’s vaguely Tuscan. Cruces. very deliberate.” Ellsworth points Many of Heffernan’s paintings Members of the Palo Alto com- out a repeating motif of arcs: both have a European flair. The lushness munity have contributed their own in the curves of the bunny ears and of the landscape feels familiar, like pieces of the past to these assem- in the way that delicate plates are

Veronica Weber a Baroque or Renaissance canvas. blage sculptures. Cruces put out a arranged on one wall. “Self-Portrait Moving Out” and its call for objects that were meaning- Ellsworth finds the pairing of cohorts, now displayed at the Palo ful — but not so meaningful that Heffernan and Cruces a natural one. Alto Art Center, are works informed people would object to having them Besides bridging the past and pres- by the past but immersed in the cast in porcelain. The artist worked ent, both artists also share a love of Page 20ÊUÊՏÞÊ£Ó]ÊÓä£ÎÊUÊ*>œÊ
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A chair is still made When: Through Sept. 1. The cen- master’s in painting from the Yale mostly of wood, except that Cruces ter is open Tuesday-Saturday from School of Art. She has exhibited in has repaired its broken spindle by 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursdays from galleries from Tokyo to San Fran- Veronica Weber 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Sundays creating a new one from porcelain. from 1 to 5 p.m. cisco to New York. In some places, she’s added gold “This is my first show in Palo lacquer. Cost: Free. Alto and I’m thrilled because when As Ellsworth noted, Cruces creat- Info: Interactive parts of the I was in high school we would steal ed many repeating arcs in her instal- exhibits feature porcelain keys my parents’ car and come out here A visitor in the Palo Alto Art Center looks at the Julie Heffernan painting lation. “I really wanted it to look like by Cruces that visitors can take to hang out on Stanford campus and a sacred space, like a cathedral,” she home, and an area where visitors “Self-Portrait as Broken Home.” Another painting, “Picking up the can make collages of patterned pretend we were college kids,” Hef- Pieces,” is to the right. says. “These objects were obviously fernan says in an email interview. important to someone.” magnets that resemble Heffer- “So now legitimately to be hanging nan’s paintings. A closing talk with rodents in fisticuffs. Ancient scenes in the floor. There are countless sto- As for the pineapple, Cruces isn’t Shenny Cruces is planned for Aug. out here (at least virtually!) is in a of war rage in the background. ries waiting to be told by a viewer, sure what it meant. But she enjoys 30 from 6 to 9 p.m. sense a way of things coming back “There’s a precariousness to life,” and that’s an artistic approach that speculating. The bank was from around!” Ellsworth says. Shenny Cruces can appreciate. Waikiki Beach, with a hole that For more, go to cityofpaloalto.org/ Heffernan’s cheerfulness is re- All of Heffernan’s works in the In her “Community Heirloom could be used for a drinking straw artcenter or call 650-329-2366. Cruces plans to include some of flected in her paintings. Dark motifs show are oil paintings on canvas Project,” viewers must craft their (presumably, before any coins were the stories behind her sculptures and scenes dwell side-by-side with except for one. “Self-Portrait as In- own interpretations for the sculp- put inside). at communityheirloom.blogspot. optimistic images: dead birds and trepid Scout Leader,” from 2012, is a tures. Who ate from those dainty “Maybe it was on their honey- com. fruit bursting with ripeness, ample many-layered archival pigment print plates, wore the kid glove, played moon,” Cruces muses. “Maybe it flowers and loosely woven net bags incorporating museum board, glass with the iron rabbit? The artist, who that barely keep their contents from jewels, gold leaf and other materi- works as the ceramics manager at falling. Heavy topics such as con- als. It’s one of her only prints. the Richmond Art Center, didn’t spicuous consumption, war and cli- A thousand stories dwell within know what bounty she would reap mate change blossom in her work, “Self-Portrait as Broken Home,” a when she put out the call for the thanks in part to the National Public 2008 oil of a peculiar sort of apart- heirlooms. The plastic pineapple Radio programs she listens to while ment building. Rooms are stacked piggybank was a treat when it ar- painting. in an organic shape with intriguing rived, as were the old meerschaum “Self-Portrait Moving Out,” Hef- actions going on inside: white birds pipes. fernan says, is absolutely about fluttering around a TV, a woman To cast the items, Cruces made a consumption. “The pile in ‘Moving shooting someone, a Christmas tree plaster mold of each piece and then Out’ is all the extra useless stuff we that spans two rooms through a hole poured liquid porcelain inside. “You haul around throughout our lives that provide, I guess, some kind of psychic ballast for us, but really just holds us down.” Inspirations She mentions the large letters in- terspersed among the women’s pos- a guide to the spiritual community sessions in the painting: H-E-L-P- D-U-N-K-L-E. “’Hell’ means ‘light’ FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, UCC in German, and Dunkle means dark, £™nxʜՈÃÊ,œ>`]Ê*>œÊ
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Or, as the two ask in a festival booklet, had “Bach’s music, through its cosmic Cellist Laurence Lesser gives a solo concert at logic, simply opened our ears to hearing everything that Music@Menlo on Aug. 4. followed it more clearly and vividly?” The popular festival founded by cellist Finckel and Debussy, Tournier and Franck. pianist Wu Han is now in its 11th season. Running On Aug. 6 and 7, many musicians will take on the July 18 through Aug. 10, it’s based at Menlo School in master’s final work, “Die Kunst der Fuge (The Art of Atherton, with events at Stent Family Hall and Martin Fugue).” Lastly, “The Solo Voice” looks at Bach’s music Family Hall on campus, and at the Center for Perform- for solo instruments, with his Concerto for Violin and ing Arts over at Menlo-Atherton High School. Besides Oboe in C minor, and pieces by Schubert, Mozart and hosting concerts with big-name musicians, the festival Mendelssohn. Performance dates are Aug. 9 and 10. also presents a lecture series and performances by musi- Also at Music@Menlo are the Carte Blanche Con- cians who are studying at the festival’s Chamber Music certs, which allow individual festival artists to curate Institute this summer. their own recitals and single out pieces that have par- Musicians new to the festival this year include the ticular meaning to them. Danish String Quartet and violinist Soovin Kim; return- Percussionists Christopher Froh, Ayano Kataoka and ing players include the Orion String Quartet, violinist Ian Rosenbaum will be featured on July 20, followed by Jorja Fleezanis, violist Arnaud Sussmann, pianist Gil- violinist Soovin Kim the next day. Colin Carr presents bert Kalish and cellist Colin Carr. “Cello Evolutions I” on July 28; he performed all of This year’s theme, “From Bach,” is the focus of the Bach’s cello suites at the festival in 2004 and will play eight mainstage concerts. The first, “Piano/Piano,” two of them as part of the new program. looks at Bach’s legacy as an organist and how it has Violinist Jorja Fleezanis will be accompanied by so- inspired piano compositions by master composers in prano Elizabeth Futral and others in her “Into the Light” their own right: Schubert, Schumann, Bartók. It will be program on July 28, looking at how music gives voice performed July 19. to the human condition. Cellist Laurence Lesser follows On July 21 is “Quartet Dimensions.” The Danish on Aug. 4. String Quartet and other players will explore Bach’s Meanwhile, classical-music scholars will be present- influence on the quartet art form, including Mozart’s ing “Encounter” lectures. The schedule is: “In the Be- string-quartet takes on Bach’s “The Well-Tempered ginning ... There Was Bach” with Ara Guzelimian on Clavier.” July 18; “Keyboard Evolution: How Bach’s Instruments “String Variations,” with performances on July 24 and Became the Modern Piano” with Stuart Isacoff on July 25, begins with Bach’s “Brandenburg” Concerto No. 3 26; “The Art of Late Bach: Exploring ‘Musical Offer- and continues the splendid-strings theme through pieces ing’ and ‘The Art of Fugue’” with Michael Parloff on by Richard Strauss, Shostakovich and Mozart. Wu Han Aug. 4; and “The Passion According to Sebastian Bach” will be featured on harpsichord. On July 27, “Preludes with Patrick Castillo on Aug. 8. and Fugues” looks at Bach’s contrapuntal music and its Other talks and student-musician concerts, as well as influence on Haydn, Mendelssohn, Debussy, Gershwin, master classes, will be held throughout the festival, with Britten and others. a Music@Menlo open house on July 20. Music-inspired Closing out the month is “Trio Transformations,” on paintings by Sebastian Spreng will be on exhibit. N July 31 and Aug. 1. The program explores how Bach’s sonatas led to the more modern piano-trio art form, fea- Info: Tickets for mainstage concerts are $55-$77 ($20- turing Jeffrey Kahane playing piano and harpsichord, $35 for those under 30), and Carte Blanche Concert Joseph Swensen playing violin and Carter Brey playing tickets are $40-$75 ($20-$35 for those under 30). En- cello. counter lectures are $45 general and $20 for the under- Bach’s “French” Suites showed that the master went 30s. Performances by musicians in the Chamber Music far beyond Germanic music, and the Aug. 2-3 program Institute are free. For a complete schedule and ticketing “French Connections” delves into the brightness and details, go to musicatmenlo.org or call 650-331-0202. romance that later appeared in music by Saint-Saëns,

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Since the first Despicable Me 2 (PG) (( film’s arc arrived at a nice Gru who Century 16: 9:15 & 11:45 a.m. & 2:30, 5:15, 8, 10:35 p.m. In 3D 10:45 a.m. & 1:30, VIEW THE TRAILER AT WWW.BEFOREMIDNIGHTMOVIE.COM 4:15, 7, 9:35 p.m. Century 20: 10:20 & 11:45 a.m. & 12:50, 2:20, 3:15, 4:55, 5:40, embraced single-fatherhood with 7:30, 8:10, 10, 10:40 p.m. three little girls, there’s little point The East (PG-13) ((( in blandly extending the story. Then Palo Alto Square: 1:30, 4:15, 7:15 p.m. Fri-Sat also at 10 p.m. again, though you can’t squeeze Grown Ups 2 (PG-13) “AN“AN EXULTANTEXULTANT FARCE!”FARCE!” blood from a turnip, you can squeeze Century 16: 9 & 10:15 & 11:30 a.m. & 12:45, 2, 3:15, 4:40, 5:55, 7:30, 9, 10:20 p.m. -Peter-Peter Travers,Travers, ROLLINGROLLING STONESTONE lucre from a hit movie by sequeliz- Fri-Sat also at 11:30 p.m. Century 20: 10:45 a.m. & noon & 1:15, 2:30, 3:45, 5, EL DESEO PRESENTS ing it. And so Gru finds himself re- 6:15, 7:35, 8:50, 10:15 p.m. cruited by the Anti-Villain League The Heat (R) (( SO EXCITED! to root out a super-villain plotting Century 16: 11:10 a.m. & 1:55, 4:45, 7:45, 10:40 p.m. I’M Century 20: I’M 11 a.m. & 1:45, 4:25, 7:20, 10:20 p.m. to unleash a mutating serum. Gru A FILM BY ALMODÓVAR I’m So Excited (R) (( reluctantly partners with AVL agent Palo Alto Square: 2, 4:30, 7:25 p.m. Fri-Sat also at 9:45 p.m. SOUNDTRACK quartet AVAILABLE ON RECORDS Lucy Wilde (Kristen Wiig). Before WWW.SONYCLASSICS.COM The Internship (PG-13) (( long, Lucy’s positioned as the po- Century 16: 10:50 a.m. & 4:50, 10:20 p.m. tential mother Gru’s cute daughter Josh Groban Live: All That Echoes, Artist Cut (PG) CINÉARTS@PALO ALTO SQUARE Agnes (Elsie Fisher) has been pin- NOW PLAYING 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto Century 20: Fri 7:30 p.m. Sat 7:30 p.m. Sun 7:30 p.m. Mon 7:30 p.m. Tue 7:30 p.m. (800) FANDANGO ing for. The courtship of Agnes’ Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain (R) VIEW THE TRAILER AT WWW.IMSOEXCITEDMOVIE.COM father gets “Despicable Me” into Century 20: 10:40 a.m. & 12:40, 2:40, 4:40, 6:40, 8:40, 10:45 p.m. some uncomfortable territory, with The Lone Ranger (PG-13) ((( distasteful women browbeating and/ Century 16: 9 & 10:40 a.m. & 12:20, 2:10, 3:50, 5:25, 7:10, 9:10, 10:30 p.m. or boring Gru until he realizes the Century 20: 10:25 & 11:15 a.m. & 12:15, 1:40, 2:35, 3:35, 4:55, 6, 7, 8:20, 9:25, woman for him has been under his 10:25 p.m. nose all along. Rated PG for rude Man of Steel (PG-13) ((( Century 16: 9:05 a.m. & 3:55 & 7:15 p.m. In 3D 12:35, 10:30 p.m. humor and mild action. One hour, Century 20: 1:25 & 7:40 p.m. In 3D 10:20 a.m. & 4:30, 10:50 p.m. 38 minutes. — P.C. FARM FRESH, Monsters University (G) (((1/2 Century 16: 9:25 & 11:55 a.m. & 5 & 7:30 p.m. In 3D 2:25, 10 p.m. The East --1/2 Century 20: 10:30 a.m. & 1:10, 3:45, 6:25, 9:10 p.m. In 3D 12:05, 2:40, 5:15, 7:55, MODERN Are we headed in the wrong di- 10:35 p.m. rection? A collective called The East Morocco (1930) (Not Rated) ITALIAN CUISINE thinks so, and its members believe Stanford Theatre: Fri 7 p.m. corporations are taking us there Much Ado About Nothing (PG-13) (((1/2 through “worldwide terrorism.” And Aquarius Theatre: 2, 5, 8 p.m. so, The East commits eco-terrorism Now You See Me (PG-13) (( Century 16: 7:35 p.m. Fri-Sat also at 1:45 p.m. against Western corporations. That’s Century 20: 10:55 a.m. & 1:40, 4:20, 7:10, 9:55 p.m. the setup for suspense thriller “The Pacific Rim (PG-13) ((( East,” directed by Zal Batmanglij Century 16: 11 a.m. & 2:15, 5:30, 8:45, 11:45 p.m. In 3D 9:15 a.m. 12:30, 3:45, 7, and co-written by Batmanglij and 10:15 p.m. Century 20: 10:35 a.m. & 1:35, 4:35, 7:40, 10:45 p.m. In XD 12:15, 3:15, star Brit Marling. Marling plays 6:20, 9:25 p.m. Jane Owen, a fomer counter-terrorist Roberta (1935) (Not Rated) agent for the FBI who now lends her Stanford Theatre: Sat-Sun 5:35 & 9:25 p.m. expertise to the private sector. As Shanghai Express (1932) (Not Rated) an operative for the private intel- Stanford Theatre: Fri 5:55 & 9:15 p.m. ligence firm Hiller Brood (headed Star Trek: Into Darkness (PG-13) ((( Century 16: 10:05 a.m., 4:05, 7:25 p.m. In 3D 1:05, 10:25 p.m. by Patricia Clarkson’s Sharon), Jane Century 20: 1:50 & 7:45 p.m. In 3D 10:50 a.m. & 4:45, 10:45 p.m. infiltrates eco-terrorist groups and Swing Time (1936) (Not Rated) gathers intelligence to share with law Stanford Theatre: Sat-Sun 3:40 & 7:30 p.m. enforcement as they dismantle the This Is The End (R) ((1/2 groups. That’s all well and good for Century 16: 10:30 a.m. & 1:20, 4:20, 7:20, 9:55 p.m. the ambitious and devoutly Christian Century 20: 12:10, 2:45, 5:25, 8:05, 10:40 p.m. Jane until she gets in with The East, The Way, Way Back (PG-13) (((1/2 whose anarchism seems more rea- Guild Theatre: 2, 4:30, 7:15, 9:55 p.m. soned to her the longer she spends White House Down (PG-13) ((1/2 in their company. This is a form of Century 16: 9:10 a.m. & 12:24, 3:25, 7:05, 10:05 p.m. Century 16: 9:10 a.m. & Campo Pizzeria July, 2013 12:24, 3:25, 7:05, 10:05 p.m. Century 20: 10:35 a.m. & 1:35, 4:35, 7:35, 10:35 p.m. PALO ALTO Stockholm Syndrome, yes, but per- Century 20: 10:35 a.m. & 1:35, 4:35, 7:35, 10:35 p.m. haps something more as she sees “The latest well-packaged project from the World War Z (PG-13) the legitimate appeal of the group’s Century 16: 9:45 a.m. & 4 & 7:15 p.m. In 3D 12:50 & 10:10 p.m. team behind Osteria Coppa has chef Robert intimacy and depth of belief, and the Century 20: 2:25, 8 p.m. In 3D 11:40 a.m. & 5:10, 10:50 p.m. Holt going well beyond margaritas. There undeniable, unanswered crimes of are satisfying starters like veal-and-pork the corporate executives they target. ( Skip it (( Some redeeming qualities ((( A good bet (((( Outstanding meatballs, along with pastas ranging from Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, chicken lasagna to lamb pappardelle. Befitting violence, disturbing images, sexual Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (266-9260) it’s surroundings, Campo works as a casual content and nudity. One hour, 56 Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View minutes. — P.C. adult evening or a college kid’s semi-special (800-326-3264) night out.” (J.S.) 185 UNIVERSITY AVE. (AT EMERSON ST.) 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He in midfield. ”The West team posted figures to grab just as much atten- a great win over Midwest (10-8), and tion when he makes his first start challenged Philadelphia’s team in a for the Quad Cities River Bandits hard-fought game, outscoring them on Sunday in Davenport, Iowa. 5-3 in second half before dropping Appel, who was chosen by the a 10-7 decision. The West also lost Houston Astros as the first overall to Long Island and Washington, pick in this year’s First-Year Play- D.C. Next up will be the 2013 Girls’ er Draft, made two appearances, Champion All-American Showcase, pitched a total of five innings and July 21-23, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. recorded a pair of no decisions as he Recent Menlo graduate Michaela Mi- launched his professional baseball career. chael, who missed the regular season The ValleyCats, who play in Troy, with an injury, is back healthy and will N.Y. in the New York-Penn League, participate again. She was the MVP University of Minnesota Courtesy held a press conference with Appel of her team last year in this tourna- on July 4. He made his first start the ment. Michael will be joined by Cum- next day. mings and Palo Alto High grad Nina Before his next start, a solid three- Kelty. Menlo grad Ali Kim was going inning effort on Tuesday, Appel was to attend, but had a conflict with her kept busy with appearances and au- Brown University camp. “The Florida tograph signings at the park. event is also extremely well done, and The River Bandits, part of the full there are only four teams and roughly season Single-A Midwest League, 80 girls,” said Lee. “Nice honor, invite are also home to 2012 overall No. 1 and opportunity.” Taylor Uhl (left), who was the nation’s leading scorer in women’s soccer last season with 21 goals and nine draft pick Carlos Correa, who will assists while playing for Minnesota, will bring her scoring talents to Stanford and play for the Cardinal this fall. be playing in the Futures All-Star OF LOCAL NOTE . . . Menlo School’s Game on Sunday. Quad Cities re- Austin Marcus and Jack Redman ported it will be the first time that have been named to the Cal-Hi consecutive No. 1 overall picks will Sports all-state baseball team. Mar- Stanford scores with nation’s best appear on the same roster in Minor cus, a catcher, was named to the first Cardinal women’s soccer team welcomes NCAA scoring leader Taylor Uhl from Minnesota League baseball history. team for small schools while Redman, Appel, who threw 106 innings in by Dave Kiefer a pitcher, was named to the second an NSCAA third-team All-Ameri- she’s one of the best in the country. 14 starts for the Cardinal during the Stanford Athletics/gostanford.com team . . . The Stanford Girls’ Water can. We’re really excited that she’s com- spring, is working on a pitch count Polo Club 18U team finished 10th aylor Uhl, the nation’s leading On Monday, the last of the paper- ing to Stanford.” and could have his season end early at the US Club Championships last scorer last season while play- work was completed, including the At Stanford, she’ll join a frontline as he becomes adjusted to pro ball. ing for the University of Min- receipt of a waiver from Minnesota that returns all three starters, includ- In his latest start, Appel threw weekend in Southern California. Stan- T nesota women’s soccer team, has that allow Uhl to be immediately ing its top two scorers — fifth-year three scoreless innings, striking out ford opened bracket play with a 13-10 transferred to Stanford and be im- eligible. Unlike football, basketball, senior Courtney Verloo (10 goals, 11 five, in a game eventually won by loss to Huntington Beach and fol- mediately eligible to play this fall. and ice hockey, there is a one-time assists) and junior Chioma Ubogagu the Aberdeen Ironbirds in 10 in- lowed that with a 10-4 loss to Xtreme. As a sophomore in 2012, Uhl transfer exception. This means that (5 goals, 11 assists), an All-Pac-12 nings. He has yet to walk a batter in A 12-10 win over San Jose Aquatics scored 21 goals and had nine assists if an institution has no objection, the first team selection. The Cardinal five professional innings. moved Stanford into the consola- for a national-best 51 points while student-athlete does not have to sit finished 21-2-1, reached its fifth Appel will make the start against tion quarterfinals. In its fourth match, leading the Golden Gophers to an out a year. consecutive NCAA College Cup Dayton in the Quad Cities ballpark Stanford handed Foothill an 8-2 loss. 11-7-2 record and a berth in the Big “It was a huge need for us,” and won its fourth consecutive Pac- on the shores of the Mississippi In the semifinals for 9-12th place, Ten Conference tournament. Uhl Stanford coach Paul Ratcliffe said. 12 title. River. Stanford posted an 8-4 win over the scored or assisted on 68 percent of “We’ve been looking for a goal- Los Angeles Water Polo Club. In the the team’s 44 goals and was named scorer and a prominent forward, and (continued on page 30) (continued on page 31) game for ninth place, Stanford was beaten by CHAWP, 9-6. Competing for Stanford was Katherine Moore, BANK OF THE WEST CLASSIC Sami Strutner, Courtney Batcheller, Caroline Anderson, Lauren Lesyna, Stanford’s Gibbs receives Allison Larko, Tayler Peters, Jes- sica Heilman, Carla Tocchini, Cathy Cantoni, Niki Reynolds, Rachael wild card into tourney Vaughn-Hulbert, Emily Fong and Keri by Keith Peters Daniela Hantuchova also re- Clifford. The Stanford boys will be eing a two-time NCAA ceived a wild card into the sending a contingent of teams to the singles champion does main event, set for July 22-28 at US Club Championships this week- B have its perks. Stanford’s Stanford’s Taube Family Tennis end, also being hosted by the Inland Nicole Gibbs learned that on Center. Empire at Corona, Ramona, Norco Thursday as she was given a Gibbs recently completed and Santiago high schools plus the wild card into the main draw her junior year by leading the

of the 2013 Bank of the West Cardinal to the NCAA team Harjanto Sumali RCC Aquatic Complex. Classic. title while capturing her second It’s the second time in as consecutive NCAA singles title READ MORE ONLINE many years that Gibbs has re- and earning All-America hon- www.PASportsOnline.com ceived a wild card after winning ors for the third time. With her For expanded daily coverage of college the NCAA title. team and individual titles this and prep sports, please see our new Gibbs was not alone in the Former Stanford All-American Mallory Burdette will have to qualify to reach site at www.PASportsOnline.com gift-receiving department as (continued on next page) the main draw in the Bank of the West Classic. Page 28ÊUÊՏÞÊ£Ó]ÊÓä£ÎÊUÊ*>œÊ
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will face a Bank of the West Clas- round of both Wimbledon and the Tennis sic player field loaded with former Australian Open this year. (continued from previous page) Grand Slam champions. Those cur- Last year’s runner-up, Coco rently entered in this event include Vandeweghe, will be making her year, she became the first player three-time Grand Slam champion third straight appearance at the Bank to win both since former Stanford Maria Sharapova, 2011 US Open of the West Classic. In 2012. N standout Amber Liu in 2009. champion Samantha Stosur and Gibbs, who has given up her se- 2010 French Open champion Fran- Complete list of Bank nior year in order to turn pro, ad- cesca Schiavone. of the West qualifying entries: vanced to the second round of last The Bank of the West Classic will Kik Bertens, Netherlands yearís Bank of the West Classic also host several up and coming Mallory Burdette, USA before falling to eventual tourna- American stars who are already ac- Christina McHale, USA ment champion Serena Williams in cepted into the main draw including Marina Erakovic, New Zealand straight sets. Madison Keys, Jamie Hampton, and Olga Govortsova, Belarus Hantuchova, who was once ranked Varvara Lepchenko. In addition, fel- Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japan as high as No. 4 in the world, is an low Americans Christina McHale Olga Puchkova, Russia eight-time winner on the WTA tour and Mallory Burdette are currently Yulia Putintseva, Kazakstan Sharon Fichman, Canada including a victory this season at the in the qualifying draw. Coco Vandeweghe, USA AEGON Classic in June. Hantucho- Qualifying begins July 20 and Maria Sanchez, USA (650) 813-9131 va has competed in the Bank of the is free and open to the public. The Melanie Oudin, USA West Classic in years prior, making qualifying list will include some Alison Riske, USA State–of–the–art facility located at 4000 Terman Rd it to the semifinals in 2007 and the household names that tennis fans Sesil Karatantcheva, Kazakstan quarterfinals in 2005 and 2009. surely will recognize. Michelle Larcher de Brito, Portugal (cross street Arastradero) in Palo Alto In other news, world No. 17 Sa- Burdette returns to her alma mater Casey Dellacqua, Australia bine Lisicki has been forced to with- where she posted a 60-8 overall re- Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia draw from the Bank of the West due cord in her three seasons at Stanford Vera Dushevina, Russia Elena Baltacha, Great Britain The Bowman faculty includes trained to a wrist injury. Lisicki made an and helped lead the Cardinal to the Grace Min, USA Montessori teachers, interns and teaching impressive run at this yearís Wim- 2010 national title. Burdette reached Sacha Jones, Australia specialists who teach cultural, music bledon Championships advancing last year’s main draw where she was Petra Rampre, Slovakia and after–school enrichment programs. to the final before losing to Marion ousted by Bartoli. Sachie Ishizu, Japan During the core school day our low student– Bartoli. One of the bigger names compet- Ivana Lisjak, Croatia to–faculty ratio enables us to place a strong Bartoli, along with fellow Wim- ing in qualifying this year is Kimiko Gabriela Dabrowski, Canada focus on the child and deliver individualized bledon semifinalists Agnieszka Date-Krumm, who five career titles Samantha Crawford, USA teaching to each students. Radwanska and Kirsten Flipkens, to her credit and reached the third Strom Sanders, Australia ÜÜÜ°*>œ
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Ratcliffe. passed for 13 assists. In addition to aspect is such an important part of Soccer “I remembered her straightaway her All-America honor last year, scoring goals.” COLLEGE SWIMMING (continued from page 28) and I contacted her immediately,” she was named NSCAA All-Great Uhl already has completed the Ratcliffe said. “Once I got the release Lakes Region, and to the All-Big spring semester at Minnesota and “I expect to come in and earn my in hand, I e-mailed her as quickly Ten first team and Big Ten All-Ac- is spending the summer playing for Stanford spot and earn respect,” Uhl said. as I could. I always remembered, I ademic team. the Ottawa Fury of the semi-pro W- Uhl is a 5-foot-9 forward from always liked her, and I followed her At Stanford, her role will not League. She has never played with Eden Prairie, Minn., and was a through her career at Minnesota. change. anyone on the Stanford team, but gets top four-year letterwinner in basket- She’s had a phenomenal first couple “My role is to score goals,” Uhl has gotten support since announcing ball and soccer, and also earned of years and we’re hoping her last said. “I feel I can get behind the her transfer on Twitter, including a three in lacrosse and one in track two will be even better.” defense for breakaways and use my “Welcome to the team! So stoked!” recruits at Eden Prairie High. She was the This time, Tayor and her parents, speed to my advantage. I know how response from goalkeeper Emily Cardinal women receive Minnesota Gatorade Player of the David and JoEllen, made the trip, to put the ball into the back of the Oliver. Year for soccer and was spotted which clinched the deal. net. The goals may not always be “I’m happy we’re getting a sec- commitments from No. 2 by Ratcliffe at a regional tourna- “I loved the campus and the atmo- pretty, but that doesn’t really mat- ond chance,” Ratcliffe said. “Not and No. 5 swimmers ment and contacted by the Cardi- sphere,” Uhl said. “It was, honestly, ter.” many times in life you can say get by Rick Eymer nal coach, but already was too far too good to be true in my mind.” Ratcliffe described Uhl as “a dy- a second chance. And this is a sec- along in the recruiting process and It also almost seemed too good to namic, powerful forward. Hopeful- ond chance for me to coach her and tanford women’s swimming signed with the Gophers without be true for Ratcliffe, who had been ly, she’ll be similar to (Stanford na- a second chance for her to come to coach Greg Meehan is quietly visiting Stanford. seeking a high-scoring forward tional players of the year) Christen Stanford.” S putting together a prized re- But Uhl, a biomedical engineer- since the graduation of 2011 Soccer Press, Kelley O’Hara, and Lindsay Uhl, who will major in bio engi- cruiting class that could be No. 1 in ing major at Minnesota, reconsid- America Player of the Year Lindsay Taylor, who were scoring 20 goals neering at Stanford, will join her the nation. In a Pac-12 Conference ered and asked for a release from Taylor. or more in a season. new teammates in reporting to fall overloaded with swimming talent, her scholarship in mid-April. “It’s very important in the game,” “She’s fast, skillful, and, most im- camp on August 6 and will first in- that’s a good thing. “Stanford is obviously a top aca- Ratcliffe said. “You can have a good portantly, she scores goals, which is troduce herself to Stanford fans at a Meehan, who just completed his demic and athletic school,” Uhl team, but if you don’t have natu- like gold.” home scrimmage on Aug. 17 against first season, received commitments said. “That was something I was ral goal-scorers, that can prevent Uhl prides herself on her compo- Grand Canyon. from two of the top 10-rated recruits looking for.” you from competing for a national sure in front of the net. “Taylor’s a fantastic person,” Rat- during the first week of contact for On the day that her release went championship.” “For me, everything slows down,” cliffe said. “She’s going to be a great high school seniors. through and she was allowed to In two seasons with the Golden Uhl said. “For others, it speeds up fit for Stanford, both academically Janet Hu ranks as the No. 2 recruit contact other schools, Uhl e-mailed Gophers, she scored 36 goals and and they tend to panic. 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Sunday. 2013 BABE RUTH NORCAL STATE TOURNAMENTS YOUTH BASEBALL In the 11-12 tournament in Bel- mont, Palo Alto National saw its run 15s at McKelvey Park, Mtn View 13s At College Of Alameda through the consolation bracket end SATURDAY SATURDAY Palo Alto Babe Ruth in a 12-1 loss to Redwood City East Game 1 — Palo Alto vs. Antioch, 10 a.m. Game 1 — Washington Manor vs. Wood- in a game shortened to five innings Game 2 — Novato vs. Tri-Valley, 1 p.m. land, 9 a.m. Game 3 — Del Norte vs. Alameda, 4 p.m. Game 2 — North Bay vs. Tri-Valley, 11:30 by the 10-run rule. Game 4 — East Sacramento vs. Moun- a.m. champs face new tests Palo Alto managed just two hits, tain View, 7 p.m. Game 3 — Eureka vs. Antioch, 2 p.m. Game 4 — Palo Alto vs. Alameda, 5 p.m. SUNDAY both by Max Jung-Goldberg. One of SUNDAY NorCal State Tournaments will offer difficult fields Game 5 — Game 1 loser vs. Game2 his hits was a solo home run to lead Game 5 — Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 for 15s and 13s following their District 6 titles off the third inning. It was his third loser, 10 a.m. loser, 9 a.m. Game 6 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 home run of the district tournament. Game 6 — Game 3 loser vs. Game 4 by Kevin Macario loser, 1 p.m. loser, 11:30 a.m. The 13s also will play Sunday, ei- Palo Alto, however, trailed by 8-0 Game 7 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 Game 7 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 he Palo Alto Babe Ruth 13- ther at 11:30 a.m. or 5 p.m. before the solo blast. winner, 4 p.m. winner, 2 p.m. and 15-year-old baseball all- The NorCal State Tournament Palo Alto gave up 13 hits and Game 8 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 Game 8 — Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 stars have taken the first step winners will advance to regional committed three errors. A day ear- winner, 7 p.m. winner, 5 p.m. T MONDAY MONDAY in the postseason by capturing Dis- competition in Tucson, Ariz. (15s) lier, Palo Alto eliminated city rival Game 9 — Game 8 loser vs. Game 5 Game 9 — Game 8 loser vs. Game 5 trict 6 Tournament titles. Now, their and Vernal, Utah (13s). After that Palo Alto American, 6-5. winner, 5 p.m. winner, 2 p.m. task gets much more difficult. will be the World Series in both di- Joshua Kasevich pitched five Game 10 — Game 7 loser vs. Game 6 Game 10 — Game 7 loser vs. Game 6 winner, 5 p.m. Both squads will open NorCal visions. no-hit innings of relief and George winner, 7:30 p.m. TUESDAY, JULY 16 TUESDAY, JULY 16 State Tournament action on Satur- The Palo Alto 13s opened Dis- Welch hit two home runs for the Game 11 — Game 11 — Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner, 2 p.m. day, with potentially more games trict 6 action with a 14-4 win over winners. winner, 5 p.m. and certainly more difficult com- Bel-Mateo, but fell into the conso- Game 12 — Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 Michael Panitchpakdi hit a three- Game 12 — Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 5 p.m. winner, 7:30 p.m. petition. lation bracket following a 4-3 loss run home run in the top of the first WEDNESDAY, JULY 17 Each team advanced by topping to Mountain View last Friday. Palo inning to help PA American grab WEDNESDAY, JULY 17 Game 13 — Game 12 loser vs. Game 11 foes from Mountain View. The 15s Alto bounced back to eliminate Bel- a 5-0 lead. Isaac Hart-Skaife and Game 13 — Game 12 loser vs. Game 11 winner, 5 p.m. posted a 7-5 triumph on Saturday Mateo, 16-3, on Saturday to force Seattle Hmelar singled ahead of winner, 6 p.m. THURSDAY, JULY 18 THURSDAY, JULY 18 Game 14 — Game 12 winner vs. Game while the 13s took the tougher route Sunday’s games. Panitchpakdi’s bomb over the cen- Game 14 — Game 12 winner vs. Game 13 winner, 5 p.m. and needed 8-1 and 16-0 triumphs Chris Cook got the win in Sun- ter-field fence. Hart-Skaife’s single 13 winner, 5 p.m. FRIDAY, JULY 19 on Sunday to move on. day’s first game as he struck out drove in Spencer Rojahn for the Game 15 — Challenge game (if neces- Game 15 — Challenge game (if neces- The Palo Alto 15s will open the eight and walked just two. Kyle first run and Hmelar scored on a sary), 7:30 p.m. sary), 5 p.m. NorCal State Tournament with a Pruhsmeier got the win in Game 2, wild pitch. game against Antioch at Mountain allowing just one hit over his four Kasevich came in to start the sec- View’s McKelvey Park at 10 a.m. A innings of work. ond and faced two over the mini- second game is guaranteed on Sun- Sean Young and David Clarke mum the rest of the way in gaining day. After that, who knows? each had two hits and two RBI in the win. He struck out eight, includ- Team members for the 15s are the title game while Jake Rittman ing four in a row at one point, and Blake Carbonneau, Andrew Dasch- had three hits in Sunday’s opener. walked two. bach, Evan Easton, Max Gardiner, Other members of the 13s include PA National got three runs back Daniel Gasiewski, Matt Henne- Brett Anchartechahar, Ole Erick- in the bottom of the first. Jung- farth, Brian Knapp, Jamie Kruger, son, Tim Goode, Jonathan Gottlieb, Goldberg walked ahead of Welch’s AJ Lemons, Jared Lucian, James Matthew Gursky, Tony Masetti, first home run, a drive that sailed Roake, Michael Shames, Alexii Nico Rollandi, Sean Shufelt, Brad- over the right-field fence. Shiva Sigona, Shane Stafford and Ryan ley Smith and Zachary Weseloh. Bucklin doubled and later scored Voltattorni. In Little League action: on an error. The Palo Alto 13s will have to Palo Alto National and Menlo- In the 10-11 tournament at Red travel to College of Alameda for Atherton both lost in their respec- Morton Park in Redwood City, their opener, which closes the first tive divisions to close out their re- Menlo-Atherton’s season came to day there as Palo Alto faces host spective seasons in the District 52 an end in a 4-0 loss to Belmont/ Alameda at 5 p.m. Majors All-Star Tournament action Redwood Shores. N

All-Star Futures Game, scheduled numbers are a little surprising. But Appel for Sunday at Citi Field, home of the with his hands and his bat speed. (continued from page 28) New York Mets. Now all of a sudden he’s hitting with On Wednesday, Major League power, that takes him into that five- “I think by the end of the sum- Baseball released the rosters for the tool category, and it’s exciting.” mer we’re trying to get up to five or 15th edition of the Futures game, Pederson last played on July 3 — six innings, but I’m taking it day- which will pit the top American mi- he went 2-for-5 with a double a home by-day,” Appel told MiLB.com’s nor league prospects against those run — and reportedly has been John Parker. “It depends on what from other countries. sidelined with a strained oblique the coaches and front office want. Though the game does not have muscle. Pederson has only missed I have faith in the Astros’ develop- the same ramifications as its major three games, thanks to a series of ment team, and I know they don’t league companion, making the 50- weekend rainouts in Chattanooga. want to be overly aggressive or try man cut is a sign of future success. Pederson is the only member of to rush things prematurely.” Ninety-nine players who have com- the Dodgers’ organization playing Tentative plans call for Appel to peted in the minor league adapta- in the Futures Game. Last year, the reach Double-A Corpus Christi by tion have gone on to make an MLB only member of the Dodgers in the the end of August. Those plans, of All-Star roster, and 233 players who game was former Stanford pitcher course, will have a lot to do with played in the Futures game are now Chris Reed. Reed and Pederson are Appel’s results along the way. in the big leagues. now teammates in Chattanooga. As “The big difference for me was Pederson, 21, is hitting .299 with of July 10, Reed had a 3.42 ERA in that there was less adrenaline,” Ap- 14 home runs, 19 doubles, 60 runs 19 games and 97.1 innings pitched. pel said. “It wasn’t a big deal like scored and 38 RBI in 82 games for He has 75 strikeouts with 34 walks. my first start, it was more business- the Double-A Chattanooga Look- He and Pederson also were team- like, and I think that’s part of the outs in the Southern League. He mates last season at Rancho Cu- reason it turned out better.” has also stolen 25 bases in 28 at- camonga in the California League. Appel pitched two innings in his tempts and has a .522 slugging per- In addition to the Futures Game, professional debut last Friday night, centage. Pederson also has been named to the giving up two runs, one earned, on Pederson is in the top five of five North Division team for the South- three hits for the ValleyCats. He did offensive categories in the Southern ern League’s Midsummer Classic not walk anybody and struck out League. on Wednesday in Jacksonville, Fla. one. He’s third in runs and hits. Tied Pederson is one of seven Chattanoo- Appel was 10-4 with a 2.12 ERA for fourth in doubles. And he’s sec- ga players on the North roster. for the Cardinal. He recorded 130 ond in homers and stolen bases. Elsewhere, Palo Alto High grad strikeouts and walked just 23. Op- “I don’t really look at my numbers B.J. Boyd was hitting .359 for the ponents hit .203 against him. He was at all. I just try to put a quality at- Vermont Lake Monsters before named a first team All-American. bat together for the team,” Pederson Wednesday’s game in the Class In other baseball news: said. A Short-Season New York-Penn Palo Alto High grad Joc Pederson Added Lookouts’ manager Jody League. In his past 10 games, Boyd is still listed on the roster for the Reed: “I think if anything the power is hitting .385. N ÜÜÜ°*>œ
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