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Page 2 • Wednesday, April 16, 2008 • Palo Alto Weekly UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis City to invest $240,000 a year on visitors’ bureau Chamber of Commerce intends to vie for ally and coordinate and attract spe- occupancy tax”) approved by voters tor, Benest said. Destination Palo Alto contract cial events such as the recent Tour of last November, City Manager Frank The city will still have some re- California bike-race prologue. Benest said. sponsibility for events and will des- by Becky Trout “I think this makes a great deal The city’s contribution will only ignate a single city employee to serve ithout a one-stop visitors’ if they knew just how great Palo Alto of sense,” Councilman John Barton kick start and institutionalize Desti- as the primary representative to help said. It is a prime example of a case nation Palo Alto, Benest said. Addi- outsiders navigate through the city’s bureau, Palo Alto misses out is, they told the City Council Mon- in which the city, as a local developer tional resources will be needed. W on revenue from the thou- day night. permitting and regulation processes, says, needs to “polish its nuggets,” Chamber of Commerce President sands of people in town for business The council agreed, unanimously Benest said. Barton said. Sandra Lonnquist said the chamber Launched in spring 2006, Desti- or for Stanford University, organizers approving plans to spend $240,000 The money, although it comes from intends to apply for the new job, per- nation Palo Alto is a partnership be- of the Destination Palo Alto project a year for two years to hire an out- the city’s general fund, is expected to haps partnering with a nearby visi- tween local business groups, Stan- have concluded. side group to assist visitors, market be raised by the increased hotel-tax tors’ bureau in San Mateo County. And even more people might come the city nationally and internation- revenue (also known as the “transient The council will select the contrac- (continued on page 5) CITY HALL Harrison to leave city for county job Her 21-year career packed with accomplishments, challenges by Becky Trout and Jay Thorwaldson fter managing the day-to-day operations of the City of Palo AAlto for more than a decade, Assistant City Manager Emily Har- rison will leave May 2 to become a high-ranking administrator for Santa Clara County. “It’s going to be a whole new learn- ing experience. I’m so looking for- ward to it,” Harrison said Friday. “It’s a great opportunity for her to help the county as it goes through some horrific challenges,” City Man- ager Frank Benest said.
Susan Bradley Susan Beginning May 12, Harrison, 52, will become a deputy county ex- ecutive, one of three, serving under County Executive Pete Kutras and Assistant County Executive Gary Graves. Margo Wixsom talks to her freshman students about their "Not in Our School" project. “She was the best candidate that came through our process. She came highly recommended to me by our SCHOOLS assemblies, movie screenings, mu- come part of a cinematic cycle screening panels,” Kutras said. sic lessons and more. — O’Neill is filming Wixsom’s Harrison said she does not yet Not in Our School week is class this week for a documentary know what her responsibilities will Poster children named after filmmaker Patrice about how schools responded to be but is excited to learn about county O’Neill’s “Not in Our Town” the fight-prejudice message of her functions the city does not have, such Teens use images to spread anti-hate message documentaries about how towns movie, she said. as the hospitals, jails and social ser- for Not in Our School week respond to hate crimes. Activities in Palo Alto will be vices. Wixsom screened O’Neill’s models for other districts, she She will earn $199,000, up from her by Arden Pennell 2005 Northern California version said. current salary of about $192,000. for students. Wixsom’s photography assign- reshman Michelle Chung is ing outfits will help peers realize Harrison’s move is the latest in a “It’s opened my eyes to a whole ment encourages teens to spread series of high-level departures an- sick of hearing how Asian how many snap judgments are other world that’s actually pretty the anti-hate message, junior F students are good at math, made based on appearance, she nounced by key city leaders. Ben- scary. It’s hard to imagine people McKinley Siegfried said. play the violin and want to be said. est will retire at the end of June hating others so much to a point School events about prejudice and Community Services Director doctors. So for a class assignment Chung and students in teacher where they actually want to hurt can be self-righteous, but the about fighting stereotypes, the Margo Wixsom’s photography Richard James is also retiring. City them,” freshman Liz Berg said. poster assignment allows students Auditor Sharon Erickson and Admin- Palo Alto High School student is classes are making anti-stereo- Inspired by those impressions, to take ownership of the anti-hate taking pictures of the same person type posters as part of Not in Our istrative Services Director Carl Yeats she and classmates Erin Kiekhaefer message, she said. recently left. dressed up as different personas, School week, a district-wide anti- and Trina Ohms worked on a post- “Students express themselves. she said last week. hate initiative taking place this With Benest leaving, it made sense er with the theme, “It’s isn’t what It’s not just adults talking at you,” for Harrison to examine her own ca- She hopes seeing the same teen week. Elementary, middle and you look like, it’s what’s inside.” she said. in hip-hop, “Asian” and cheerlead- high schools are having anti-hate reer goals, Councilman John Barton Their poster, in turn, will be- (continued on page 9) (continued on page 9) Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, April 16, 2008 • Page 3 THE BEST QUALITY & SELECTION OF BEAUTY PRODUCTS
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None of the shoot- understanding of our ecosystem amount of money, Sgt. Sandra Brown said Friday. ings were fatal. and watershed? The man entered the ice cream store around 10 The city has only seen one homicide so far this year p.m. as it was closing. He waited behind a customer, compared to three last year at this time, Police Chief concerned about climate change then said something about a burglary and showed the Ron Davis said, but the number of assaults with a and how to make a positive gun to the clerk, Brown said. firearm during the first quarter increased from 35 in response? “She couldn’t really understand what he was saying 2007 to 48 this year. so she didn’t pay him any attention. She thought he All days off for department staff have been can- Join Exploring a Sense of Place in a year-long exploration of was buying ice cream,” Brown said. celed in order to double the number of officers in the our local region with some of the area’s most gifted Even after seeing the gun, the clerk still thought the field, Davis said. He has also called in help from 14 naturalists. Our program begins in May, and meets man was joking, Brown said. agencies — including state parole and probation of- one Monday evening and one Saturday per month. “She got the clue when he didn’t leave,” Brown ficers, federal agents from the ATF and FBI, San Ma- said. teo County Sheriff deputies and California Highway FREE Introductory evening, She then gave him an unknown amount of money, Patrol officers — to quiet the streets and investigate RSVP NOW as space is limited she said. the causes of the shootings. Witnesses heard a motorcycle leaving. The city called in the same help when there were Monday, April 21 from 7 – 9 p.m. The suspect is thought to be black, in his 20s, 6 feet 60 shootings and six homicides between November 1023 Corporation Way, Palo Alto 1 inch tall, 160 pounds and a medium build. During 2006 and January 2007. the burglary, he wore a motorcycle helmet and had a “We want to get on top of it before it gets like it was For more details visit us online at www.exploringsenseofplace.org, bandana wrapped around his face. He was also wear- last time,” Davis said. To RSVP, call 650-938-9300 ext 12 or ing gloves and a jacket, Brown said. The additional officers will provide what Davis Baskin Robbins is located near Safeway at 2615 called “targeted” investigations. email [email protected] Middlefield Road. ■ After a two-week period during which the crime —Becky Trout emergency will be in place, the Police Department and the California Highway Patrol will implement Burpee faces additional charges, “Operation Impact.” The CHP will assign six officers TERROR AND THE MAKING jury trial scheduled designated to work determined hot spots. OF MODERN EUROPE At an arraignment Monday, Todd Burpee pleaded Most of the recent violence has been what Davis not guilty to additional charges in the case of a 17- called “black on black.” Some have been domestic TRANSATLANTIC PERSPECTIVES year-old Gunn High School student who was attacked, disputes, while others have been gang-related. It’s the ON THE HISTORY OF VIOLENCE kidnapped and sexually assaulted on Oct. 30. threat of gang violence and resulting retaliation that Already facing charges of attempted murder and Davis wants to curtail. Terreur et l'Europe Contemporaine: forcible sexual penetration, Burpee is now also Within the first 24 hours of East Palo Alto’s crime Rencontres Transatlantiques sur charged with two counts of assault to commit a sex emergency, officers apprehended three men with l'Histoire de la Violence offense, assault with force and kidnapping for the guns, including one man who shot at an officer, ac- purpose of committing a sex offense, according to cording to Capt. John Chalmers. An International Conference Deputy District Attorney James Leonard. Chalmers said he didn’t know if the men had been April 17-18, 2008 All are felonies, but forcible sexual penetration is involved in any of the recent seven shootings. 9:30 am to 5:30 pm considered a “strike” offense and carries a prison sen- The first incident occurred Friday after 4 p.m., tence of 25 years to life, Leonard said. when officers patrolling one of the designated crime Schwab Residential Center Represented by Daniel Olmos of Palo Alto law zones in the 1200 block of Cypress Street spotted two East Vidalakis Room firm Nolan, Armstrong and Barton, Burpee entered people sitting in a vehicle, Chalmers said. 680 Serra Street, Stanford University a not-guilty plea to all the charges and said he waived Officers arrested Colin Abberton, 21, of Stockton, his right to a speedy trial. after learning he had a loaded handgun, in violation All sessions are free & open to the public. Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Rise of his probation. For further information, visit Jones Pichon set a jury trial date for 8:30 a.m. on At 1:11 a.m. Saturday, a caller reported that people http://ica.stanford.edu/france/conferences June 30 in Department 84. were drinking outside a house in the 2800 block of Fordham Street. Officers arrived and saw two men Leonard said he is planning for a trial, which would THURSDAY - APRIL 17, 2008 FRIDAY - APRIL 18, 2008 probably be held in San Jose with Judge Thang Nguy- drinking in the front yard, Chalmers said. After po- Welcome and opening remarks-9:30 am Panel 4-9:30 am-11:15 am en Barrett, who presided over the preliminary hear- lice identified themselves as officers, one man shot at J.P. Daughton IDEOLOGIES ing last week. them with a revolver, missing the officers and strik- STANFORD UNIVERSITY Jovana Knezevic Burpee confessed to Palo Alto police that he at- ing a house across the street, Chalmers said. Jean-Françoise Sirinelli STANFORD UNIVERSITY tacked and abducted the Gunn student. In her testi- The declaration of a crime emergency came a little CENTER D’HISTORE DE SCIENCES, PO, PARIS Nicolas Werth more than one week after the San Mateo County INSTITUTE DE L’HISTORE DU TEMPS PRESENT mony at the hearing, the victim said she was entering Panel 1 - 10:15 am-12:00 pm Amir Weiner her apartment building after returning from school Sheriff’s Department withdrew aid to the East Palo ORIGINS, DEFINITONS, MEANINGS STANFORD UNIVERSTIY on Oct. 30 when Burpee grabbed her. She said she Alto Police Department after 23 years. ■ Philippe Buc was choked and her head was hit against the ground —Don Kazak, Becky Trout and STANFORD UNIVERSITY Panel 5-11:30 am-12:45 pm several times. Bay City News Service Annette Becker RESISTANCE AND REPRESSION She was then thrown into a car, driven around and UNIVERSITE DE PARISX, NANTERRE Martha Crenshaw LET'S DISCUSS: Read the latest local news Jacques Semelin STANFORD UNIVERSITY then sexually assaulted before she escaped in Sunny- headlines and talk about the issues at Town CENTRE DE ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHES Claire Andrieu vale. Square at www.PaloAltoOnline.com INTERNATIONALES SCIENCES PO, PARIS SCIENES PO PARIS Guillaume Piketty SCIENCES PO, PARIS The city expects to be reimbursed the entire council should address Panel 2 - 1:15 pm-2:45 pm Destination PA by Amgen and by a committee of it now. REVOLUTION Panel 6-1:45 pm-3:30 pm (continued from page 3) local bicyclists who raised $70,000 “We have to at some point ad- Keith Michael Baker POST WARS ford University, the city, the Palo to offset city and Stanford’s expens- dress these in a systematic way,” STANFORD UNIVERSITY Bruno Cabanes Carla Hesse YALE UNIVERSITY AND SCIENCES PO, PARIS Alto Arts Center and the Palo Alto es, Benest said. Councilman Jack Morton said. “We In other business: need to begin to prioritize. We need UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY Pascal Cauchy Weekly, among others. It has coor- Dan Edelstein SCIENCES PO, PARIS dinated special events and devel- • The council unanimously asked to begin to schedule ... and actually STANFORD UNIVERSITY Norman Naimark oped marketing materials. city staff to research ways the city fund some of this.” STANFORD UNIVERSITY Benest also revealed that the Am- can address its need to finance $455 The need is so great the city Panel 3 - 3:15 pm-5:00 pm gen Tour of California’s prologue million of infrastructure main- doesn’t have the resources or the EUROPE OVERSEAS Panel 7-3:45 pm-5:15 pm Priya Satia PEACE AT LAST ride, held Feb. 17, cost the city tenance in the next 20 years. The ability to generate new money to work would follow recommenda- do much other than focus on main- STANFORD UNIVERSITY Marie-Pierre Ulloa about $67,000 in overtime and oth- Martin Thomas STANFORD UNIVERSITY er expenses. Counting only the rev- tions of a recent study by the Kitch- tenance, City Manager Frank Ben- EXETER UNIVERSITY Jean-Francois Sirinelli enues from visitors affiliated with ell Corporation, hired to assess the est said. ■ J.P.Daughton CENTER D’HISTOIRE DE SCIENCES PO, PARIS the tour, not spectators, it raised condition of the city’s physical in- For more City Council news, go STANFORD UNIVERSITY James Sheehan between $95,000 and $125,000 in frastructure. to www.PaloAltoOnline.com. Raphaëlle Branche STANFORD UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITE DE PARIS 1–SORBONNE-PANTHEON hotel taxes alone, not including any The council’s four-member Fi- Staff Writer Becky Trout can sales-tax revenues from businesses, nance Committee discussed the be e-mailed at btrout@paweekly. Sponsored by The France-Stanford Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Centre d'Histoire de Sciencces-Po, Paris • The Center for European Studies, Stanford University Benest said. challenge March 18 but decided com. 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QUOTE OF THE WEEK Not only ‘‘ was she a quality worker but also a quantity worker. —Peter Drekmeier, Palo Alto vice mayor, FC84> regarding Assistant City Manager Emily Harrison, ‘‘ who is leaving for a county job. See story on page 3. HC Around Town NEVER FEAR — GIGEMAN’S hoped to replace rolling grass- HERE! ... Apparently, even a lands and oaks with houses. safe, Silicon Valley town like Palo But after the map aged, and GBF4I8 Alto needs a sank, city staff removed it from superhero. the park’s Interpretive Center. GigEman, a Park lover and member of the 30-foot tall Friends of Foothills Park Aileen inflatable Roth intervened, spearheading a G;8 Page 6 • Wednesday, April 16, 2008 • Palo Alto Weekly Who says you can’t double dip? 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Enrollment includes participation in Mother & Baby Mornings and Couples Coffee. Call (650) 723-4600 or visit www.lpch.org to register or obtain more information on the times, locations and fees for these and other courses. LUCILE PACKARD CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL CALL TODAY TO SIGN UP FOR CLASSES (650) 723-4600 Page 8 • Wednesday, April 16, 2008 • Palo Alto Weekly Upfront ance getting a job done and remember- eral council members. son organization is going to be hard, Fazzino said he couldn’t think of a Harrison ing that it is done as part of a team,” “In my eyes, that wasn’t a big blem- Harrison said. better position for Harrison than as a (continued from page 3) Harrison said. “Having everybody feel ish on Emily’s record,” Drekmeier “I’m going to be a big nobody down leader of the county. said. good, sometimes that takes a little bit said. in Santa Clara.” “The county has huge organiza- “I think from a purely organization- longer but you have to honor it. That’s Councilman Sid Espinosa said he Harrison joined the city in 1987 as tional challenges based upon financial al point of view, not as a criticism of important.” found Harrison to be “the personifica- its finance director before being pro- circumstances,” Fazzino said. “(Har- Emily at all, when a new city manager County executive Kutras said he tion of professionalism. moted in 1997 to assistant city man- rison) has tremendous financial abili- comes in, having them have the ability won’t allow any inappropriate behav- “I think the city is going to be at a ager. She graduated from University ties.” to pick their top lieutenant has a lot of ior. real loss without her leadership,” he of California, Riverside, and earned a Having such sudden turnover of value,” Barton said. “It won’t happen,” he said. “Or she said. master’s degree in public administra- high-level administrators may be “Emily really complemented Frank. won’t stay here. Drekmeier agreed. “She really car- tion from San Jose State University. tricky, but in the end the city will ben- They worked really well together,” “I’ve been very clear with her about ried so much of the load for the city. Harrison is credited with virtually efit, several current and former council Vice Mayor Peter Drekmeier said. my expectations, very clear about the Not only was she a quality worker, but running the city during Benest’s battle members said. “Perhaps the next city manager will importance of interpersonal relation- also a quantity worker. She did a lot of with cancer and the loss of his wife Espinosa said he believes it’s a “time look for someone with different quali- ships in this organization. We do not things and she did them well.” several years ago, and she and Yeats of opportunity” for the city with a new ties.” tolerate what I saw [in Harrison’s dis- Benest lauded Harrison’s strong were assigned to rebuild the Utilities manager, assistant manager, auditor Harrison is widely lauded for her cipline records.]” work ethic and successful manage- Department after a major scandal. and four relatively new council mem- result-producing management, but “She understands that. We’ve had a ment of the city’s operations. Harrison said she is very proud of bers. her reputation suffered a setback last very clear meeting of the minds about “She’s been a very hard worker. her many accomplishments with the Harrison and Benest said they have spring following revelations she had that,” Kutras said. She’s taken on any challenges I’ve city, including her efforts to promote discussed an interim management plan harassed a fellow employee, behaved “While I am taking some risk in hir- thrown at her or the council’s thrown sustainability and work on the public- but had not reached any conclusions. inappropriately and retaliated. ing her, she has all the risk” in proving at her,” Benest said. “On a personal safety and library buildings. Before she leaves, Harrison said she Investigative and personnel docu- herself in her new position, he added. level, I appreciate her being a sound- “More than anything, I think the intends to ensure someone is managing ments obtained by the Weekly revealed Harrison had to pass through an ing board and helping me think aloud year-and-a-half I spent working in the the recruitments for the city manager a longstanding pattern of difficult application process, four panel inter- and plan together.” Utilities Department, working with and auditor, developing civic-engage- relationships with other employees, views, two interviews with Kutras, Harrison said she will miss the excellent, excellent people to bring the ment initiatives and transitioning from contributing to what an investigator a background check and a reference people most. morale back,” Harrison said, “I’m very a four-member sustainability team to termed an organizational “culture of check, he said. She also had to consult “This sounds probably kind of proud of that.” an individual position. fear.” with a psychologist. corny, but after 20 years here, I know Former mayor Gary Fazzino lauded With only one week between jobs, Harrison acknowledged the issue Although she was placed on unpaid everybody,” Harrison said. “I know Harrison for having “probably the best and like a true multi-tasker, Harri- Friday. leave for three weeks, Harrison re- their kids.” analytical mind out of the folks I dealt son said she plans to rest and relax, “My challenge always will be to bal- tained the support of Benest and sev- Thrown into the top of a 15,000-per- with at the city.” quickly. ■ Poster (continued from page 3) And images speak louder than City of Palo Alto Utilities words, she said, standing in front of a poster striped with rows of eyes staring outwards — including a dog’s. Eyes are windows to the soul, THANK YOU Siegfried said. Her poster encour- ages viewers to focus on what’s in- side a person. to these large energy purchasers for helping Yet translating anti-stereotype ideas to posters presented an inher- to make PaloAltoGreen become the ently tricky assignment: how to use a picture to tell viewers appearances Number One renewable energy program don’t matter. At a row of desks, freshman Me- in the United States! gan Okada giggled as friend Hannah Mernyk zoomed in on her eye with a digital camera. The two wanted to illustrate their theme, “Don’t judge based on what you see,” with a blown-up image of an eye filled with smaller pictures of a diverse range of people, Mernyk said. Such messages are important even in a seemingly accepting com- munity like Palo Alto, sophomore Nick Gaya said. Local bias is often subtle, seen in choice of friends or beliefs such as “all Arabs should be searched at airports,” he said. He worked on a poster to illustrate the theme: “Hate builds walls; love builds bridges.” The poster assignment is just one brainchild from Wixsom. The On behalf of PaloAltoGreen customers, the City of Palo Alto Utilities wants energetic teacher also won a Ful- to thank all the businesses and organizations in Palo Alto who contribute bright travel grant to Australia to develop lessons on landscape art in to the success of the PaloAltoGreen program and the protection of our 2005. This year she netted a spot in environment through their renewable energy purchases. a Stanford University program to train teachers to address and combat stereotypes against East Asia. And this month, she was awarded a grant from Bay Area-based Fund for Artists to travel to Syria and Jordan to craft art and lessons on Middle Eastern culture. Anti-Arab To learn more and to sign up for PaloAltoGreen, comments inspired her to apply for the grant, she said. After her travels, visit www.cityofpaloalto.org/pagreen, she plans to craft lessons on media or call (650) 329-2161 portrayal of ethnic minorities. ■ Staff Writer Arden Pennell can be e-mailed at apennell@paweekly. com. ELECTRICITY | FIBER OPTIC | WATER | NATURAL GAS | WASTEWATER Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, April 16, 2008 • Page 9 The Stanford Historical Society Presents HOMES OF STANFORD’S EARLY FACULTY House and Garden Tour Sunday, April 27, 2008 th 1-4 p.m. Pulse Saturday, April 19 • 10am A weekly compendium Preview: Friday, April 18th • 9am-4pm & of vital statistics Early Saturday 8am-10am • Auction starts 10am. 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Stanford Medical School Blood Center Share a part of your life – Give blood More than 45 Shops, Restaurants & Services N www.TandCVillage.com 1-888-723-7831 Located on the corner of El Camino Real and Embarcadero Road in Palo Alto http://BloodCenter.Stanford.edu Page 10 • Wednesday, April 16, 2008 • Palo Alto Weekly TransitionsBirths, marriages and deaths ews. print production with Star Graphic A memorial service will be held Arts of Palo Alto, Brisbane and Fos- Deaths Saturday, April 19, at 1 p.m. at Wes- ter City. ley United Methodist Church, 470 He was the author of two books Laura Arnold Cambridge Ave., Palo Alto. of short stories about people in Ire- Laura Evelyn Arnold, 92, a long- Memorial donations may be land. time resident of Palo Alto, died made to Peninsula Habitat for He was an avid golfer and for many March 18. She was born Aug. 2, Humanity, 690 Broadway Street, years was a member of the board of 1915, to Marnishia and Zeney Eli- Redwood City, CA 94063 or www. directors of the Crystal Springs Golf fritz and was the youngest of four PeninsulaHabitat.org. Club in Burlingame. As editor of the children. She grew up on the family club newsletter, the Crystal Bawl, farm south of Edgar, Neb., attended he won several Northern California one-room country school and gradu- Larry Jordan Larry T. Jordan, 76, for five de- Golf Association awards. He wrote ated from Edgar High School. freelance golf and travel stories, was She married R.L. Arnold, a high- cades one the most popular news- 40% OFF co-founder in 1985 of California school classmate, in 1935. papermen on the Peninsula, died March 24 after a brief illness. Golf magazine, editor of Golf Divas, During World War II she worked a magazine dedicated to empower- for Southern Pacific Railroad in Los Born in Dublin, Ireland, he left All Thomas the Tank Train home and joined the British Mer- ing women through golf, and was a Angeles. After living in both Cali- lifetime member of the Golf Writers fornia and Nebraska in the 1950s the chant Service in the 1950s, serving wooden railway toys on freighters and tankers during tur- Association of America family moved to Palo Alto in 1960. He is survived by his wife, Joyce She worked in the records depart- bulent times in Cyprus and the Suez Canal. He immigrated to New York Jordan of Redwood City; daughter, ment of the general secretary’s of- Maeve Jordan of Redwood City; fice at Stanford University, helping in 1960 and took a bus to Southern California, moving to Palo Alto sons, Emmett Jordan of Briggsdale, Now through April 20* keep accurate alumni records. She Colo., and Luke Jordan of Minne- *Not valid with other coupons or discounts retired in 1977. three years later. He joined the Palo Alto Times as apolis, Minn.; three grandchildren; She actively participated in church and two sisters and two brothers in and Bible studies. an advertising salesman in 1963 and worked his way up to advertising Dublin, Ireland. She loved to travel and visited Services will be private. A “cel- many parts of the United States, the director of the Peninsula Times-Tri- bune, as the paper was known after ebration of life” memorial is being Caribbean, Canada, Israel, Germany planned for later this month at Crys- and the British Isles. it was merged with the Redwood City Tribune. tal Springs Golf Club. Donations She is survived by her daughter, may be made in lieu of flowers to the Cheryl Weaver and son-in-law Jim In 1981 he joined the Palo Alto “Fun for everyone since 1930” Weekly as director of advertising. Crystal Springs Junior Golf Scholar- Weaver of Palo Alto; two grandchil- ship in memory of Larry Jordan. 526 Waverley Street, Palo Alto • 328-8555 dren; and several nieces and neph- He later went on to a career in Stanford Continuing Studies presents: NORA LYNCH Nora Lynch, age 81, died peacefully in her Palo Alto home to the Canadian Girl Guides. In that position, she toured the on April 2, 2008. A fourth generation Californian, born in Paso Western Provinces of Canada, including near the Arctic Circle. Robles, Nora was the daughter of Harold and Virginia Lynch, Upon leaving scouting, she became a member of the Human Saturday, April 19 granddaughter of State Senator Henry W. and Mary Lynch, and Resources Staff at Varian Associates. During her retirement 1:00-5:00pm also granddaughter of Colonel Charles D. and Nora McMurdo she continued to work as an HR consultant to the Engelman of San Jose. She attended school in Campbell and graduated Accountancy fi rm in San Mateo. She was active in a variety Stanford Humanities Center from San Jose State University, Nora had a broad background of community activities and served as a member and later in architecture, mechanical drawing, journalism, art, swimming President of the Board of Directors at Adlai Stevenson House 424 Santa Teresa St. and tennis. In her later years, she added environmental in Palo Alto. preservation, animal appreciation and an ongoing enthusiasm Appreciating people, helping others celebrate who they were Please join us for the fifth annualA Company of Authors, for all levels of sports (children's league to professionals), She and who they could become, and living life to the fullest were Stanford's premier book event at the Stanford loved children and was god-mother to many. Nora's mantras. In her own words, she hoped to be remembered For over 20 years Nora worked as a professional Girl Scout, as someone who was born, lived and loved life, and then died. Humanities Center. More than a dozen Stanford authors directing many camp and leadership training programs for She made a difference to many each day. At her request, there will read from their most recent books, discuss the scouts in California and Arizona. She was selected as will be no services. In memory, gifts may be made to the their composition, and talk about their lives as writers. an international representative of the Girl Scouts of America Morrissey-Compton Educational Center in Palo Alto. PAID OBITUARY Featuring fifteen authors including: Michael Krasny STANTON LEE EVERSOLE, M.D. Seth Lerer Ann Packer Stanton Lee Eversole, M.D., Charlottesville. Dr. Eversole's medical training continued while he once legendary rhododendron served as a medical officer in the Pacific theater for roughly two years Arnold Rampersad hobbyist and distinguished onboard the hospital ship Mercy during WW II. From 1947 to 1959, pathologist, passed away on Dr. Eversole spent the happiest years of his life while working as a Peter Stansky Thursday, April 3, 2008, at Professor of Pathology and coauthored numerous academic articles and more... Sequoia Hospital in Redwood at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, MD. City at the age of 87. He is In 1959, Dr. Eversole and wife Joyce moved the family to Palo Alto survived by his two daughters, where he was a Professor of Pathology at Stanford Medical School Victoria Stanton Eversole and until 1969. From 1969 to 1984, Dr. Eversole held the position of Head Virginia Eversole Contento as Pathologist at El Camino Hospital in Mountain View. well as his grandson Oliver In lieu of a religious service, there will be a private memorial Marcos Contento of Redwood reception held at the adjoining homes of daughters Victoria and City. Virginia on Sunday, May 4th from 3-6, in Redwood City. Dr. Eversole was born on August 4, 1920 in Coeburn, VA Amusingly irreverent, brilliant and generous in spirit, Stan will be and obtained his medical degree at the University of Virginia at missed by all who knew him. This space is donated by the Palo Alto Weekly PAID OBITUARY Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, April 16, 2008 • Page 11 Editorial Record shift in top Palo Alto staff An unprecedented turnover of top city officials creates a unique opportunity for redefining SpectrumEditorials, letters and opinions Palo Alto’s relationship with its citizenry he announcement last week of Assistant City Manager Em- BMR Response bedroom Greenhouse unit like hers pipes or the sidewalk. ily Harrison’s May 2 departure from Palo Alto City Hall to Editor, would currently sell for $700,000). We dearly love our streets and T become a top-level Santa Clara County administrator has a Thank you for spot-lighting the The article points out how impossible our old liquid ambers and sycamore deeper significance than a job change of a longtime city official. Below Market Rate (BMR) Housing it is for BMR-unit owners like Noland trees as a part of Palo Alto’s wonder- It represents the latest in a series of top-level departures that Purchase Program in your April 2, to afford a move elsewhere once the ful tree cover. But it comes at a cost exceeds any prior wave of departures, including a big turnover 2008, article. It is important for peo- kids are gone or age necessitates a which we think should be borne as it move to senior housing. has in the past by both the city and in the early 1970s. Over several years, the city manager, police ple to understand the pros and cons of the program. However, I feel that The promise of ownership for the homeowners. Each is responsible chief and several top department heads left. But Assistant City BMR folks is not the blessing it is for for maintenance of the water system Manager George Sipel stayed aboard to take over for City Manager your version is inaccurate and incom- plete, focusing on a very few, mostly other owners. If writer Walker would and sewer line on its side of the city George Morgan in 1972. Sipel ushered in a team approach to read the original article with an open meter, or in the case of the sewer “organizational development” that was revolutionary for its time, anonymous, disgruntled owners. The BMR ownership program has mind he might not be so “amazed at line the shut-off valve, and the city breaking down a departmentalized City Hall into a more flexible, afforded home ownership to more the lack of gratitude these program is responsible for the maintenance of responsive organization to face challenges rivaling those of today. than 200 families. With a waiting list beneficiaries express.” a safe sidewalk, which its trees peri- Today’s departures of top staff are occurring within months, not of more than 500 applicants, inter- Ralph Cahn odically raise or break up. years — a compression that adds to the perceived urgency. est in the program is growing. Most San Antonio Road The problem of the cement side- Both City Manager Frank Benest and Harrison will leave BMR owners are enthusiastic. Since Palo Alto walks breaking or heaving is largely within two months of each other: Harrison will leave May 2 and the Weekly article published, we caused by tree roots and is, of course, Benest plans to retire at the end of June. have received numerous calls from Sidewalks worse in older areas. In an unrelated departure, City Auditor Sharon Erickson current BMR owners who were upset Editor, The city has more recently moved left recently to rejoin San Jose city government as auditor. that it did not reflect their satisfaction City Manager Benest’s proposal to replanting dying trees with those Administrative Services Director Carl Yeats retired in January with the program. for shifting the cost of repairing side- with less-destructive root systems. (replaced by a former assistant, Lalo Perez) and Community BMR owners are educated about walks to homeowners seems to lack Drive through town and look at the Services Director Richard James also is retiring. the resale and occupancy restric- an appreciation of the source of the large tree roots in older areas of Searches are underway for a new manager and auditor — both tions and sign documents acknowl- problem. Our sidewalks, which are town that are threatening sidewalks council-appointed pivotal positions for Palo Alto in terms of edging these restrictions. We offer owned by the city, do not need repair and then compare them to the newer the future direction of city operations. Naming a new assistant four free seminars each year on the because they wear out. areas of town. purchase process, the restrictions and Over the past 40 years, for in- The cost of repairing sidewalks is manager will await the arrival of the new manager. most fairly handled by the city repre- The City Council’s challenge will be to set a clear direction the responsibilities of home owner- stance, our home’s sidewalk has had ship. While we are cognizant of the to have major repairs three times, senting the community as a whole as for the type of leadership it wants for the next decade in areas as it has been in the past. diverse as economic vitality, environmental concerns, aging city value-appreciation issues, which the our water supply from the city me- ter once and our sewer line once . In Marvin Lee facilities, open communication (“civic engagement”) with citizens city is currently addressing, owners must take responsibility for their own all cases these repairs were due to Harker Avenue and businesses, and the kind technology infrastructure Palo Alto decisions. the city’s tree roots planted between Palo Alto needs to compete in an information-based world economy. The BMR program was never in- the sidewalk and the street-breaking (continued on page 14) Leadership also needs to focus on down-to-earth issues, from tended to be a wealth-building pro- filling potholes to trimming branches so people can see street and gram. Rather, its goals were to main- YOUR TURN stop signs. It is from such small things people reach big judgments tain the economic diversity of our about the well-being of their city. community by providing ownership Palo Alto needs two things above all: opportunities to families who could The Palo Alto Weekly encourages comments on our coverage or on First, it needs a clear sense of direction in terms of city not afford to remain in Palo Alto and issues of local interest. priorities. We hope the council can get past the 5-4 split voting on to keep the BMR housing stock af- What do you think? Should Palo Alto homeowners share the cost of priority “milestones” evident at its April 7 meeting, as such votes fordable over time. sidewalk repair in front of their homes with the city? fail to convey a strong direction to anyone. While it is important The Palo Alto BMR program was for individual council members candidly to voice and vote their one of the first of its kind and serves Submit letters to the editor of up to 250 words to [email protected] or shorter comments to [email protected]. Include your name, viewpoints, they should be cognizant of the message they are as a model for other cities now adopt- address and daytime phone number so we can reach you. We reserve the right conveying to those who look to them for leadership and guidance ing inclusionary housing programs. to edit contributions for length, objectionable content, libel and factual errors — especially in confusing times of major transition. Marcie Mitchell, BMR Housing known to us. Anonymous letters will generally not be accepted. Second, the city needs a new leadership team that is deeply Administrator, Palo Alto Housing You can also participate in our popular interactive online forum, Town committed to candid, open communication with the public — a Corporation Housing Services, LLC Square, at our community website at www.PaloAltoOnline.com. Read . blogs, discuss issues, ask questions or express opinions with you neighbors any two-way communication that goes beyond touting the many good time, day or night. Submitting a letter to the editor or guest opinion constitutes a things about Palo Alto and gets into areas of shortcomings and Lack of appreciation granting of permission to the Palo Alto Weekly and Embarcadero Publishing Co. even occasional scandals all governments must deal with from Editor, to also publish it online, including in our online archives and as a post on Town The Weekly’s April 9 letter writers Square. For more information contact Editor Jay Thorwaldson or Assistant to time to time. the Editor Tyler Hanley at [email protected] or 650-326-8210. Both Benest and Harrison brought important strengths to their Mike Walker (“Lack of gratitude”) respective jobs. Major budget cuts have been achieved, important and Marc Fleischmann (“Slicing the projects undertaken, and truly significant preliminary steps were BMR cake”) were unfair to condemn Greenhouse homeowner Jean Noland made to address chronic long-slighted maintenance of the city’s for complaining about the lack of ap- aging infrastructure. preciation she’d be permitted on the Each top manager, however, had significant challenges, personal below-market-rate three-bedroom and professional. Benest lost his wife and nearly lost his own life condo she purchased 15 years ago to cancer, while professionally he struggled with the community’s (“Let The Buyers Beware?” Weekly, demand for a more open communication style from its top city April 2). official. Harrison’s immense range of intelligence, talent and The article pointed out numerous experience was offset by an abusive personal style toward others problems that BMR purchasers have on the city staff that contributed to what an investigator called a — Noland’s being only one of many “culture of fear” within City Hall. — including for those who bought Yet in balance, despite their drawbacks, each has done a after 1983 and thus are allowed only commendable job of holding a fractious city together. We wish 1 percent annual appreciation above them both well in their future endeavors. their purchase price. Council members now must focus on the daunting task of Greenhouse properties have in- finding a manager who has both the technical management creased in value by more than three abilities needed to run a complex organization and at the times in 15 years. Hence a non- same time the vision and ability to create a new, more open BMR unit costing what Noland paid culture within the city — a more collaborative and welcoming ($114,000) in 1993 would yield about environment in which to address today’s urgent civic challenges. $350,000 today, not the $132,000 she could sell hers for. (A non-BMR three- Page 12 • Wednesday, April 16, 2008 • Palo Alto Weekly Check out Town Square! Hundreds of local topics are being discussed by local residents on Town Square, a reader forum sponsored by the Weekly on our commu- nity website at www.PaloAltoOnline.com. Post your own comments, ask questions, read Diana Diamond’s blog or just stay up on what people are talking about around town! Diana Diamond There will always be ways to get more taxes from us by Diana Diamond Dawes, a member of the city’s Utilities Advi- ● An increase in fees for emergency re- y father-in-law sory Commission, explained. Dawes called I think a police building sponses by paramedics. used to say, “We this transfer the city’s “dividend.” I would say that is two-and-a-half times Also under consideration is a monthly M don’t have to it’s another hidden tax. charge on telephone bills for 911 emergency worry about the govern- Need I point out that all this transfer money bigger than the present calls, depending on whether the courts rule ment running out of mon- comes from us, in the bills we pay each month facility is a big expansion, that such a fee is legal. ey. It will always find a for water? Our water rates now are higher No council decision has been made yet on way to get more taxes than any of our neighboring communities. especially when no staff what fees will be adopted. from us.” The city, as you know, is also charging rent expansion is planned so far. Some doubt is beginning to creep into coun- And so it is in Palo to its own Utilities Department for the land it cil members’ minds, which is good. Alto. uses. For example, Stanford charges the city Cutbacks could lead to more Pat Burt called for more efficient use of It’s amazing how our $1 a year for the 950 Hansen Ave. site; the community acceptance, space and wondered if the police building re- city councils and city city charges Utilities $153,669 a year in rent since apparently people ally needed to have a 2,125-square-foot mul- managers over the years have found so many for the same parcel. Yet the way I look at it, the tipurpose room that would be used for train- creative ways to get money from us for the city’s pays $1 to Stanford and charges153,000 agree the current building is ing and sporadic community meetings. And city’s general fund, now a mere $139 million percent more rent. And of course all these crowded. Yahweh Yeh asked if the staff is looking at a year. utility rental costs ($5.4 million a year) are any cost savings, including revamping some For example, those library fines we pay for paid by us in our monthly utility bills. of the design plans. overdue books? They don’t go to the library Benest and the council are now trying to I think a police building that is two-and- — the library turns all of them over to the find ways to come up with $5.2 million/year law, but that was when it was estimated at $61 a-half times bigger than the present facility general fund. I asked a Los Altos librarian for the next 30 years or so to pay for a new $81 million. is a big expansion, especially when no staff what that library does with overdue fines. million public safety building (plus interest). But now we — the residents and the busi- expansion is planned so far. Cutbacks could “We use the money to buy more books,” she Benest has found on paper all but $1 million nesses — will have to pay for it, or some of lead to more community acceptance, since replied. Not in Palo Alto. of the payment, but he’s having trouble. it. Among Benest’s proposals to the council apparently people agree the current building And the $30 parking fines we pay when “The difficult part is carving out the $1 mil- are: is crowded. we park more than two hours on downtown lion. ... This is very difficult, ... very difficult ● A business-license tax. I also think it’s time for the entire council to streets? They also go to the general fund. In for an organization. ... We are going to be ● A 50-50 cost sharing between property study the total budget in detail. The traditional fact, Palo Alto City Manager Frank Benest struggling,” he told the council. owners and the city for non-emergency side- practice is for the council’s finance commit- told the council recently that he is thinking The $1 million represents .7 percent of the walk repairs, including curb cuts at corners. tee to hear from each department what is to of hiring another parking-enforcement officer general fund. ● A “public-safety development impact fee” be added and subtracted, but the bulk of the who would “bring in $167,000 a year in net Instead of going to the voters to approve a for new construction. budget is not discussed. recovery.” bond for the 50,000-square-foot public-safe- ● Cost recovery for code enforcement — In fact Benest was asking the council if it I learned that the water division of our Utili- ty building (current space is approximately property owners with violations would pay a even needed a separate study session for the ties Department “transfers” money to the gen- 19,000 square feet), the council will issue portion of the cost of the enforcement pro- upcoming year’s budget, since he would be eral fund each year, and the fixed amount it “certificates of participation” to investors. It’s gram. presenting a “status quo budget.” transfers goes up by 3 percent each year, every almost the same as a bond, except voter ap- ● An increase in park field usage fees — A thorough top-to-bottom analysis of the year. This year it amounted to $2.8 million; proval is not required. from $5 a season to an hourly charge. budget by the council has not occurred for next year it will be 3 percent higher — $2.88 The council knew that a survey found not ● A registry fee for landlords. decades. Maybe it’s time for one. ■ million. enough voters wanted the new building. The ● A “basement fee” for new and remodeled Diana Diamond is a long-time resident of “The transfer is fixed, and not related to 57 percent majority approval fell significantly homes. Palo Alto. Her e-mail is Diana@dianadia- profit, sales or any other metric,” Dexter short of the two-thirds support required by ● Eliminating leaf-blower- complaints. mond.com. Streetwise When you shop, is it ‘paper’ or ‘plastic?’ Do you ever carry your own re-usable bag? Asked near the corner of Emerson Street and Homer Avenue. Interviews by Alexander Papoulias. Photographs by Danielle Vernon. Lindsey Price Gretchen Emmons Roman Montes Brandon Kalimber Sarah Cornwell Marketing Analyst Community Volunteer Medical Services Technician Retail Manager, A.G. Ferrari Foods Mother Octavia Street, San Francisco Walter Hays Drive, Palo Alto Poplar Avenue, Palo Alto Masson Avenue, San Bruno University Avenue, Palo Alto “I always ask for a paper bag and then “I always bring my own bags. I’ve got “I always get plastic bags. ... I’d con- “Always paper! Plastic bags never bio- “I always carry my own bag when I I take it home and recycle it. Some- a canvas one here, and a re-useable sider bringing my own bag though if degrade. I just read that we go through shop. It has long straps so it’s easy to times I’ll use the bags again when I Whole Foods bag here. The Whole they offered some kind of discount. something like 300 million plastic carry. It’s huge and it’s sturdy, so I can shop or sometimes I put them under Foods one is made of some kind of Actually, I’d do it even without the dis- shopping bags every day in the U.S. use it to tote a lot of stuff.” my cat’s litter box.” blend of plastics, but it’s sturdy.” count if I could just remember to do it.” Can you imagine how much plastic that is?” Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, April 16, 2008 • Page 13 Spectrum (continued from page 12) Bag leaders Editor, We lived in Germany for most of 2005-6. The grocery stores there all charge about 15 cents for a cheap plastic bag and 75 cents for a thin cloth bag. The bags are in a rack under the conveyer belt and if you need bags ... put them on top of the groceries. ... It isn’t much but it was a great mo- tivator for me to buy the cloth bags and use them over and over. I brought them home and still use them but not as much as I did in Germany. The other suggestion I have is for stores to go back to the 1950-60s way of supplying small brown-paper bags in the produce section. We al- ways bagged our fruits and vegeta- bles that way, then re-used the bags for our school lunches. ... The carry-out bags are not the only source of plastic in the stores. Palo Alto was on the cutting edge of recycling trash for years before other cities. We can be the leaders again. Sue Allen Grove Ave Palo Alto NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ROGER W. HEYNS LECTURE of the PALO ALTO Planning and Transportation Commission IN RELIGION AND COMMUNITY Please be advised the Planning and Transportation Commission shall conduct a special meeting at 7:00 PM, Wednesday, April 23, 2008 in the Civic Center, Council Chambers, 1st Floor, FEATURING 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California. Any interested persons may appear and be heard on these items. Amy Jill Levine All correspondence relating to any of the agenda items below or non- E Rhodes and Leona B Carpenter Professor of agenda items, which were not received by the 2:00 PM deadline for New Testament Studies Vanderbilt Divinity inclusion into Commission packets on the Thursday preceding the meeting date, need to be received before 5:00 PM on the date of School Department of Religious Studies and the meeting for distribution to staff and Commission members. Graduate Department of Religion Interested persons may appear and be heard. Staff reports for agendized items are available via the City’s main website at www. cityofpaloalto.org. under Agendas/Minutes/Reports and also at the Planning Division Front Desk, 5th Floor, City Hall, after 2:00 PM on the Thursday preceding the meeting date. Copies will be made available at the Development Center should City Hall be closed on the 9/80 Friday. NEW BUSINESS Study Session: Stanford University Medical Center and Stanford Shopping Center Projects: Study Session to review progress on the projects, including revisions to the Stanford University Medical Center application and plans, a review of City objectives for the projects, an update on the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) schedule, a discussion of potential EIR alternatives, including the JESUS AND JUDAISM: Village Concept alternative. THE CONNECTION MATTERS APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Meeting of April 2, 2008 NEXT MEETING: Regular Meeting of April 30, 2008 Thursday April : pm Questions. If interested parties have any questions regarding Cubberley Auditorium the above applications, please contact the Planning Division at (650) 329-2441. The fi les relating to these items are available for FREE and open to all inspection weekdays between the hours of 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Audio tapes are available at 329-2440 and video tapes of meetings are available with the City Clerk’s at 329-2571. This public meeting is televised live on Government Access Channel 26. A self described Yankee Jewish feminist who teaches in a predominantly Protestant divinity school in the buckle of the Bible Belt Amy Jill Levine combines historical critical rigor literary ADA. The City of Palo Alto does not discriminate against individuals critical sensitivity and a frequent dash of humor with a commitment to eliminating anti Jewish with disabilities. To request accommodations to access City facilities, sexist and homophobic theologies Her most recent publications include The Misunderstood Jew: services or programs, to participate at public meetings, or to learn The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus; The Historical Jesus in Context; and the fourteen more about the City’s compliance with the Americans with Disabilities volume series Feminist Companions to the New Testament and Early Christian Writings Act of 1990 (ADA), please contact the City’s ADA Coordinator at 650.329.2550 (voice) or by e-mailing [email protected]. Sponsored by Stanford University s Office for Religious Life *** Steve Emslie, Planning Director Page 14 • Wednesday, April 16, 2008 • Palo Alto Weekly The Weekly’s new section about the earth, energy, ecology and the environment edited by Allen Clapp von der GroebenNorbert Eddy Lowe, an eighth grader at East Palo Alto Charter School and the youngest member of the East Palo Alto Farmers Market Committee, works in the school’s organic garden. An oasis in a food desert Utopia in A community mobilizes to launch its own farmers market our backyard by Veronica Sudekum The roots of an organic food ast Palo Alto hasn’t had a supermar- plans for the new East Palo Alto farmers ket within its borders since the early “It’s ridiculous how far we market this spring, her enthusiasm was pal- movement run deep in the E 1970s, but it does have two McDon- pable. land between U.S. 101 and alds — just 1.5 miles apart. Other dots on have to go to Safeway or “A farmers market here in East Palo Alto the fast-food map are a nearby Pizza Hut other stores to feed our would be good not only because you can San Francisco Bay. A study and Taco Bell Express. shop there, but you can teach your kids dif- of Charles Weeks and his To buy fresh produce, residents have to families, and it’s been this ferent kinds of fruit, vegetables and flowers. travel outside the city’s boundaries or de- situation for years. It’s been ... And you can spend time with your kids, “Runnymede” agrarian utopia pend on the limited selections on corner talking and walking around.” stores’ shelves. too long.” Mothers like Arias might be predictable Page 16 “It’s ridiculous how far we have to go to — Saree Mading, vice principal of target consumers for the farmers market, Safeway or other stores to feed our fami- the East Palo Alto Charter School but standing outside a McDonalds, a differ- lies, and it’s been this situation for years. It’s ent demographic expressed a similar inter- been too long,” said Saree Mading, lifelong Alexis Arias, mother of two, currently est in local, fresh foods. William Siale, a The next East Palo Alto resident and vice principal of travels from her home in East Palo Alto to young man hanging out with his friends, the East Palo Alto Charter School. San Jose’s Flea Market to supply her family listed what would be on his farmers market generation East Palo Alto is a classic example of with fresh produce. When she heard about (continued on page 16) what nutritionists call a “food desert,” a How Collective Roots is getting cityscape where affordable nutritious foods are unavailable or inaccessible, according to students excited about growing Collective Roots, a nonprofit organization their own food headquartered at the East Palo Alto Charter School. Page 17 Given the bleak food landscape and the demand for fresh produce, Collective Roots is advocating for radical change in the local food system. In the long term, Collective Roots’ volun- School lunch: teers and staff members want a full-service supermarket in East Palo Alto. In the short- not just food term, they are taking matters into their own hands. for thought This coming summer, community leaders are launching East Palo Alto’s first Commu- How schools are trying to nity Farmers Market outside the St. Francis practice what they preach in of Assisi Church at 1425 Bay Road. The von der GroebenNorbert opening date is June 1. The market will be the cafeteria as well as in the open Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m. classroom As with all farmers markets, the Depart- ment of Agriculture will govern the monitor- Page 18 & 19 ing and certification processes. The East Palo Alto market will sell certified organic foods in addition to non-organic fresh foods. Already the excitement is building in the Eddy Lowe prepares to plant a seedling at the organic garden at East Palo Alto community. Charter School. Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, April 16, 2008 • Page 15 Cover Story tion Health Program and the Stanford around the 1920s as a response to bors over whether the area should be Graduate School of Business. the changing face of the nation’s called Runnymede or Ravenswood Eddy Lowe, an eighth-grade stu- landscape and culture from rural to — the name originally given to the dent at the East Palo Alto Charter Digging in urban. Weeks named his community community’s bayfront wharf when School, is the youngest member of the “Runnymede,” after the meadow in it was founded in 1849. According committee. “People are noticing me Collective Roots the English countryside where the to the East Palo Alto Historical and as someone who wants to help with inspires a new wave Magna Carta was signed in 1215. Agricultural Society, a compromise the community,” said Lowe, who was Within five years, some 1,200 peo- was struck at a community meeting, inspired to participate in the organiz- of organic gardeners ple had taken up residence: many and the town was thereafter called ing committee after he and a friend of them farmers, and many of them East Palo Alto. volunteered to go on a field trip to a nlightening the sometimes people from cities across the coun- Without Weeks as its dynamic farmers market. mysterious process of E where food comes from and try lured by dreams of a simpler life leader, the community became rud- “Other students didn’t want to go. and independence from employers derless, and an influx of new colo- They didn’t know what it would be how it gets to the plate, East Palo and city life. nists with little understanding of the like,” he said. The market wasn’t what Alto Charter School is doing Veronica Weber Weeks promoted his vision with colony’s original philosophical ide- he thought it would be like, either, more than serve fresh vegetables pamphlets and magazine articles als arrived and began settling on as Lowe said, adding that he was pleas- at lunch. that reached people across the coun- many acres as they could afford to antly surprised. The best part was the On Mondays through Thurs- try. In addition, Weeks authored a buy. Weeks’ vision of “one acre and von der GroebenNorbert human interaction between buyers days, students enrolled in the gar- book, “Egg Farming in California,” freedom” was over. In the late ‘20s, von der GroebenNorbert and sellers, he said. den elective take food education David Winsberg and Martin Guzman work with pepper-plant seedlings which was equal parts autobiogra- what remained of the Runnymede “The guy who was selling called us out of the classroom and cafeteria at Happy Quail Farms in East Palo Alto. phy, instruction manual and philo- poultry colony was dealt a final blow over. He said that if we bought two — and into the school garden. sophical manifesto. when its wells became contaminated pounds, we’d get one free. So, we got On Fridays, members of the Runnymede was a tightly knit with salt water from the Bay and an some vegetables. It was fun,” Lowe garden club prepare meals to- One acre and independence collection of small family farms, epidemic wiped out the last of its said. gether in the school’s outdoor each of which was designed to be chickens. The upcoming East Palo Alto mar- kitchen. Collective Roots staff entirely self-sustaining, with a well By the time the Great Depres- ket will provide interested youth like East Palo Alto’s early incarnation as an agrarian utopia Denise Bernal and Marquisha Cheadle prepare member and garden teacher may be informing its success in the future and a pump-house for water, a small sion hit in the ‘30s, one acre of land Lowe with leadership, management Bryden Johnston selects a recipe home at the land’s street-facing end, was simply not enough to sustain a Eddy Lowe and Rafa Gonzales work outdoors as part of a garden elective at East Palo Alto Charter the soil for planting at the East Palo Alto and internship opportunities in the School, where nonprofit organization Collective Roots is headquartered. Charter School garden. featuring ingredients grown in by Alexander Papoulias enough space for vegetable farm- farming family. The community’s area of food justice and the econom- the school garden’s beds. Then, ing and fruit trees, and of course problems were further compounded ics of food, Rayson said. the collecting, washing, peeling, he chicken coops and green- town of Palo Alto and just a one- the Charles Weeks Chicken Coop. when in 1933 the Bayshore High- more of these funds within East Palo can best meet the needs of people in Though previous efforts never Support for the farmers market chopping, cooking — and, most houses are long-gone, but if hour train ride from San Francisco. Seen from the street, Runnymede’s way, which would later become U.S. Market Alto. More than a business opportu- the community, Alderson said. solved the community’s food-access runs deep not only among East Palo (continued from page 15) importantly, tasting — begins. T one knows just where to look, The farming community Weeks narrow lots with their houses situ- Highway 101, was extended to con- nity, though, Alderson sees East Palo An exuberant man with a long his- problems, Abrica has hope for the Altans but also among public-health Ingredients such as leeks are the City of East Palo Alto still bears would create would succeed where ated in front looked nearly suburban, nect San Francisco and Santa Clara shopping list, ticking items off on his Alto’s need for fresh foods as an issue tory in establishing community farm- current endeavor. experts. “[This] project represents a occasionally unfamiliar to stu- some physical reminders of its so many others had failed, in part though the similarities to the neigh- counties, running directly through fingers. “If it was fresh foods there, I of equity. ers markets, Alderson’s career began “I really feel excited about this new perfect example of the positive ben- dents, but when they make their agrarian past. because of its proximity to the ur- boring communities of Palo Alto what was the area’s main business would eat it. Strawberries, watermel- “This community deserves to have with the Interfaith Hunger Coalition development, particularly with com- efits that can result from effective col- way into dishes like potato leek Some of the pump houses from the ban markets of San Francisco and and Menlo Park stopped there. district. The distinction between ons, blueberries, any kind of fruits access to healthy food,” he said. 30 years ago, when he organized a munity health. That was always my laboration among a City’s residents, soup, they become an instant hit, 1920s still exist; many of them now the Peninsula. After a few years, the community suburban, collegiate Palo Alto and and vegetables,” Siale said. Instead of marginalizing low- community farmers market in Los primary interest. It still is — getting local government, and leaders from Johnson said. used as storage sheds or simply giv- His claim to fame was an innova- of Runnymede was second only to its comparatively poor rural neigh- John Pearis, another youth, smiled income residents, Collective Roots Angeles. He went on to establish ad- people working on it from all differ- among the health, education, recre- After nourishing students en over to weeds and cobwebs. Cov- tive way of raising chickens in nar- the city of Petaluma as the nation’s bor to the east began with this divide as he looked past the golden McDon- is planning eagerly for their arrival. ditional markets in low-income com- ent angles. ... ation, and youth services sectors,” with plants fresh off the vines, ered over by what must be dozens of row, compact coops, which would largest producer of eggs and poultry, and persists to this day. alds arches down Bay Road, imagin- An Electronic Benefits Transfer card munities, many of which are still go- wrote Michelle Oppen, who serves layers of paint, the building that was come to be known as “The Weeks wrote author Eugene T. Sawyer in Even as its neighboring cities be- ing market stalls. “I love fresh salads. booth will make it easy to use gov- ing strong, Alderson said. as the program director for the Lucile branches and stalks from their once the Runnymede community Poultry Method.” Housing chickens his book, “History of Santa Clara came more suburban, agricultural I would shop there,” he said. ernment food subsidies at the market. The impetus for the East Palo Alto “ I really feel excited about Packard Children’s Hospital Center own school garden, East Palo clubhouse still sits at the corner of — sometimes as many as 25 in an County, California.” Runnymede expansion in East Palo Alto con- “It would be nice for a big interna- Additionally, the market will accept Farmers Market Organizing Com- for Healthy Weight. Alto Charter School educates Weeks Street and Clarke Avenue in 8-foot by 8-foot enclosure — the became known unofficially, but tinued for years after the demise of tional supermarket to come in, but in vouchers from the Special Supple- mittee came out Councilman Ruben this new development, “We see the farmers market as a kids about what happens to table the heart of the city. Weeks Method maximized a farm’s perhaps more widely, as the Weeks Runnymede and well into the post- the meantime, this is a homegrown mental Nutrition Program for Wom- Abrica’s Community Health Round- particularly with nexus point and a catalyst for health scraps after they leave the plate. Today, California available space and Poultry Colony. WWII era. solution to problems of food access,” en, Infants, and Children, a program table in October of 2006. One pur- community health. That initiatives,” Alderson said, citing In the corner of the garden, stu- is dotted with the tripled its productivity. Despite its successes, records from The early 1940s saw Italian and Wolfram Alderson, Collective Roots’ popularly known as WIC, so that pose of the Roundtable was to sup- chronic and preventable diseases dents witness kitchen waste go- remains of small What might be seen the period show that the property Japanese flower growers move into executive director, said. shopping at the farmers market will port food-system change in East Palo was always my primary such as Type II diabetes and obesity ing straight to compost heaps and agricultural com- today as an inhumane turnover rate at Runnymede was East Palo Alto. The long, narrow The homegrown feeling appeals to be broadly accessible. Alto, including the development of a interest. as examples of health problems tied to bins full of worms, transforming munities, which saw practice was regarded quite high — few families stayed on plots of land that remained from Lettecia Rayson, an East Palo Alto weekly farmers market. To achieve both low-income and reduced access trash into valuable, nutrient-rich their heyday in the as inspired thinking at longer than a year or two. It has been the Runnymede era were ideal for resident and chair of the East Palo this goal, the organizing committee — Ruben Abrica, East to fresh produce. soil. Digging through the black 1920s. They sprang the time, and curious supposed that many of the colony’s the construction of greenhouses to Alto Community Farmers Market “This community formed in July of 2007. Palo Alto councilman In addition to the support of health soil with hoes, students see the up in large part as a people from around early residents were not prepared shelter rows of flowers. However, Organizing Committee. Repeatedly, Recalling past community farm- and business professionals, the farm- vegetable peelings, half-eaten response to the rapid the country began vis- for the intensive labor necessary for discriminatory property laws meant Rayson says she has sat through meet- deserves to have access ers markets, Abrica mentioned fel- “I think this latest effort might be a ers market has gained the support of slices of bread and rotting apple industrialization of iting the Weeks farm maintaining a working farm. Many the Japanese could not be landown- ings discussing food-system solutions, to healthy food.” low Councilmember Pat Foster and longer-lasting effort,” Abrica said. community spiritual leaders. Though cores no longer as worthless but the country, and the to see his innovation seem to have been lured by an idyl- ers and were unable to rise above feeling “excited and then disappointed others’ effort to establish a market on Besides Rayson, members of the the market is not affiliated with any as part of the cycle of life, John- desire of many to re- firsthand. lic vision of clean air and country the station of tenant farmers. In the about the lack of progress.” — Wolfram Alderson, Collective Donohoe Street, as well as the now- East Palo Alto Community Farmers one faith, Collective Roots hopes that ston said. turn to a simpler rural One visitor was living without having a clear idea of hysteria that followed the attack on Now, Rayson feels hopeful. “This Roots executive director closed women’s cooperative, Lettuce Market Committee includes Alder- religious leaders across East Palo Gardening provides students way of life. Almost the socialist utopian the rigors of farm life. Pearl Harbor, East Palo Alto’s Japa- community, with all of the challenges Work, whose vegetable and fruit stand son, and leaders from the East Palo Alto will encourage their members to with real world, project-based 100 years later, that William E. Smythe, By the mid 1920s, Runnymede nese were sent with thousands of it faces, is known for its empower- To supply the market, Collective stood on University Avenue near the Alto Senior Center, East Palo Alto attend the market. learning that will prove valuable spirit of self-reliance whose vision of small was on the decline. Charles Weeks others to the Heart Mountain Deten- ment. ... No one would have thought Roots hopes to attract farmers lacking 3 Brothers Restaurant. Abrica himself Charter School, San Mateo County Father Goode, pastor of St. Fran- for students’ physical growth and and a desire to farm self-sustaining farm- had vacated and sold his land and tion center in Wyoming during the we could have brought a farmers mar- opportunities and minority farmers. was involved in a past market effort Health Department, Sequoia Unified cis of Assisi Church, is enthusiastic health, as well as for the growth the local landscape Charles Weeks authored a ing communities was left to promote a new colony called spring of 1942. ket or sustained it, but we have. I feel But the most important goal in at- four years ago at the East Palo Alto School District, Ravenswood Family about the market that will soon op- and health of their communi- still survives east of book about his Runnymede already beginning Owensmouth outside of Los An- Even with the Japanese gone, East better starting now than waiting for tracting farmers is finding those who Senior Center. Health Center, the Stanford Popula- (continued on page 19) ties, said Alderson, who leads an U.S. 101. agricultural community. to inspire many who geles. Runnymede’s colonists had Palo Alto reached a level of cultural some national chain or organization “army of people” in addition to Raised on a farm were ready to give begun to squabble with their neigh- (continued on page 18) to do something,” Rayson said. the three paid staff members at in Indiana, Charles Weeks came to up urban life for something differ- “By showing that we have the Collective Roots. California in 1904 to pursue just ent. Weeks came to adopt many of purchasing power and the economic “We’re not living in a cocoon, such a life, and his story and the his- Smythe’s ideas and envisioned his market to sustain a medium- or large- so we connect the learning in the tory of what is now East Palo Alto land as a self-sufficient farming sized market through our sustaining classroom with life in the com- are inextricably linked. community, where the land itself the farmers market, we can solve the munity,” Wolfram Alderson, Weeks’ first attempt at farming could meet every one of a family’s food access problem. ... [The farmers executive director of Collective in California, a poultry farm in the needs, according to a 1997 article, market] is going to start as planned Los Altos Hills, failed within a few “Remnants of a Failed Utopia,” by and have all the right ingredients for Roots, said. years due to the area’s unreliable wa- Katherine Solomonson and Alan sustainability,” she said. Students, parents and other ter supply, according to Steve Staiger Michaelson. In 2006, approximately 30,000 family members also get involved of the Palo Alto Historical Associa- Weeks purchased land near San East Palo Altans spent $68 million in the garden projects at East Palo tion. Francisquito Creek, cleared it for per year on food, with much of that Alto Charter School, the site of Undeterred, Weeks resettled in settlement, divided and sold it to money leaking out of the community, von der GroebenNorbert von der GroebenNorbert Collective Roots headquarters. 1916 on a five-acre plot on the out- hopeful settlers in one-acre parcels. according to the Community Devel- Johnston said one benefit of hav- skirts of Palo Alto near where Ham- Evidence of Weeks’ land division opment Institute, which based its es- ing a school garden is that par- ilton Avenue and Newell Road inter- can be seen today in the tight street timation on data from the Bureau of ents become more involved at sect today — a calculated decision grid of East Palo Alto and the long Labor Statistics. the school by volunteering at the made partially because the area’s narrow plots of land that make up Teams from the Stanford Graduate garden, where they occasionally high water shelf would make dig- many of the city’s blocks. School of Business working with Col- select a cabbage, lettuce, radish, ging wells an easy task. Weeks’ philosophy was indica- Weber Veronica lective Roots cite the $68 million as leek or other vegetable right out Additionally, his new farm was lo- tive of a “back to the land” move- Martin Guzman waters pepper plant seedlings at East Palo Alto’s Happy evidence for the farmers market’s vi- Marquisha Cheadle and Denise Bernal, eighth graders at East Palo Alto Eddy Lowe and Rafa Gonzales work with garden teacher Robyn at East of the ground to take home. ■ cated close to the booming college ment, which emerged in America Quail Farms. ability and note the potential to keep Charter School, work in the school garden. Palo Alto Charter School. —Veronica Sudekum Page 16 • Wednesday, April 16, 2008 • Palo Alto Weekly Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, April 16, 2008 • Page 17 Cover Story “Dutch Meth- Runnymede od” of grow- (continued from page 16) ing cucumbers, and ethnic diversity in the 1940s for example, in unlike any of its neighboring com- which a series munities. Charles Weeks had mar- of strings and keted his version of utopia strictly to wires are used middle-class whites, and it was only to direct the after Runnymede that the area saw plant’s vines up- any ethnic variety. By the 1960s, ward rather than Veronica Weber East Palo Alto’s makeup was pre- outward. dominantly African-American, and “This is one the 1980s saw a huge influx of La- way we maxi- tinos and Pacific Islanders. In the mize the use of late 1980s and 1990s, East Palo Alto space so vital in fell on even harder times and its the greenhouse,” David Winsberg has become well-known for the Pimiento reputation as a center of drug activ- Winsberg said. De Padron peppers he grows at his East Palo Alto farm. ity and gang violence was beamed Only time will tell how the area’s Palo Alto. ■ into households by media eager for agricultural roots will inform its Editorial Intern Alexander Pa- a spectacle. future. If the past is any indicator, poulias can be e-mailed at apa- Today, many of the same philo- there will always be farms in East [email protected]. sophical ideals espoused by Charles NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING Weeks 90 years ago are being em- of the City of Palo Alto braced by a new generation. Al- Architectural Review Board (ARB) ready, many of Runnymede’s old The lunch revolution lots have been converted into private Please be advised that Thursday, May 1, 2008, the ARB shall conduct a and cooperative community gardens East Palo Alto schools branch out, where food is grown for residents public hearing at 8:30 AM in the Council Chambers, 1st Floor, 250 Hamilton moving ahead of the organic pack Avenue, Palo Alto, California. Any interested persons may appear and be as well as on a commercial level for heard. sale to restaurants and at Peninsula tudents at East Palo Alto swood School District, the charter farmer’s markets. Charter School took a while school saves on paying encroach- 3270 W Bayshore Road - 07PLN-00170 - Application by Sterling Park, S to develop a taste for tomatoes ment fees. LP for minor Architectural Review of proposed landscaping improvements to instead of Doritos. “Everyone was “The [Ravenswood] school district Sterling Canal. Zone District: ROLM. “ Growing food on the freaking out,” eighth grader Eddy runs a deficit for having food servic- same land year after Lowe said in describing a recent es,” East Palo Alto Charter School 855 El Camino Real [08PLN-00111]: Request by VKK Signmakers on lunchroom shift from processed Principal Allison Leslie explained. behalf of CEP Town & Country Investors for a sign exception to allow a year really requires foods to a new, fresh menu. “If they don’t break even, then the freestanding sign area of approximately 180 square feet, where freestanding an understanding of “At first, nobody wanted to touch cost is shared. The encroachment signs of approximately 70 square feet would be the maximum allowed. One seasonal irregularities it. Then we did a taste-test,” Lowe for food services was $35,000 for such sign would be located at both the El Camino Real and Embarcadero said. the [previous] year. East Palo Alto Road frontages. Other signs as part of this application would include two wall and of the land itself.” Then students were asked to enter Charter School was paying — we signs and the refurbishment of an existing freestanding sign at the El Camino into the dialog on how foods should were being charged that money to — David Winsberg, founder Real/Embarcadero Road corner. Environmental Assessment: Exempt from be provided to the school. They have the services,” she said. of Happy Quail Farms the provisions of CEQA. Zone District: CC. offered constructive feedback to Happy Quail Farms, located on school administrators and their new The City of Palo Alto does not discriminate against individuals with disabilities. a two-acre plot at 804 Green St., is food distributor, Revolution Foods. “ At first, nobody wanted To request accommodations to access City facilities, services or programs, one such example. David Winsberg A social venture co-founded to participate at public meetings, or to learn more about the City’s compliance grew up on a pepper farm in south by two University of California at to touch it. Then we did with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), please contact the Florida and founded Happy Quail Berkeley’s Haas School of Business a taste-test.” City’s ADA Coordinator at 650.329.2550 (voice) or by e-mailing ada@ in 1980, naming it after the quails graduates, Revolution Foods distrib- cityofpaloalto.org. whose eggs he sold to Chinese res- utes fresh, organic and local foods to — Eddy Lowe, eighth grader, taurants in the farm’s early days. students at East Palo Alto Charter East Palo Alto Charter School Amy French The land was originally rented to School and East Palo Alto Academy Manager of Current Planning Winsberg by a few of the area’s last Elementary School, among other Because it is the first year provid- remaining flower growers. Bay Area educational institutions. ing the new, unprocessed menu, it Though Winsberg never intended By serving “natural-quality” meat is unclear whether the school will for Happy Quail to be a standard- and dairy products, all hormone suffer additional costs associated bearer for organic farming, it has free, along with fruits and vegeta- with the more healthful meals. But, grown into the model of small-scale, bles at every meal, Revolution Foods according to Leslie, “the point was sustainable agriculture. is changing what students eat — and less about the cost. It was more OF SAN JOSE/PALO ALTO s 24-HOUR CALL CENTER “I decided to make farming my want to eat — at lunch. about providing organic food to stu- livelihood 28 years ago, and we’re “Packaged organic carrots is as dents and modeling our teaching in in this for the long haul. Growing packaged as we get,” joked Kristin the school garden. ... The food that food on the same land year after Richmond, co-founder of Revolu- we’re putting into our bodies is the ’S TAXI ! year really requires an understand- tion Foods. Though the transition same that we have in our garden — WELCOME ing of seasonal irregularities and of wasn’t easy, Lowe said most of his nutritious food,” she said. RESERVATIONS the land itself,” Winsberg said. fellow students have gotten used to Nicki Smith, principal of the East Popular among local chefs, cater- the school’s healthier lunches — and Palo Alto Academy Elementary ers and food enthusiasts for the vari- actually like them. Typical lunches School, said any additional costs as- ety and quality of its peppers, Happy include entrees such as a hearty chili sociated with non-processed school Quail’s specialty is the Pimiento De of black and pinto beans, bell pep- lunches are “worth it.” Padron, a variety of Spanish pepper pers, carrots and onions, with side “When [students] didn’t like the known for its capricious heat and options including oranges and corn- things that were different, they sweet, nutty flavor. The peppers bread muffins. started eating the fruits, which was are grown in a greenhouse in which Revolution Foods’ average meal something that we never saw happen temperature and humidity are au- price is $4, but the company of- before,” Smith said. tomatically regulated by computer, fers discounts to schools serving a “Now, they are branching out,” making the most of the area’s cli- significant portion of low-income she said with satisfaction. mate. According to Winsberg, this students. 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Quail uses what is known as the Revolution Foods instead of Raven- —Veronica Sudekum Page 18 • Wednesday, April 16, 2008 • Palo Alto Weekly Cover Story The struggle for fresh — What you need to but affordable — food know about Palo Alto schools’ many-year struggle to offer healthful food faces stiff costs The 5 Principles by Arden Pennell of espite several years of try- year due to staffing reduction, al- ing to serve meals both af- though the exact figure hasn’t been Great Design D fordable and healthful, Palo calculated, she said. Alto’s school-food program is still But students only pay $3.75 for in debt. Facing chronically low par- lunch in elementary school and ticipation rates that push up costs, $4.25 in high school, she said. Un- the district will consider yet another less participation rises dramatically, ell-conceived homes are a source of pleasure that endures. change to its school-food program the district is destined to lose mon- Before you remodel, learn the Five Principles of Great Design. Wednesday, April 30 this month. ey, she said. Presented especially for homeowners, this class covers timeless 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm The district may switch from Even the new grab-and-go option, (Doors open at 6:00 pm) current food provider Chartwells’ which would cut staffing, would principles for creating the home you’ve always wanted. buffet-style lunch to a new provider mean a projected loss of $200,000 1954 Old Middlefield Way with grab-and-go meals, according annually, she said. Topics will include: Mountain View, CA 94043 to Cathy Mak, the district’s co-chief Chartwells district-director Greg business official. Lynch said one reason for low par- ■ Defining your project ■ Understanding your personal needs and styles Chartwells was originally con- ticipation is lack of awareness. Par- ■ Effective space planning and creating spaces without walls tracted for the 2006-07 school year ents don’t realize there is nutritious ■ ■ to lower costs while providing more fare available at schools, he said. Thoughtful organization Selecting finishes and materials healthy food options. The program’s image could have ■ Maximizing energy efficiency and more! But the district lost $350,000 on been improved with better market- its school-food program this year, ing to parents — something neither Harrell Remodeling is an award-winning Design + Build firm on the Peninsula prompting it to look at other options, the district nor the state invests in, known nationally for creating extraordinary homes that reflect each client’s Mak said. he said. District staff will present sugges- The number of free or reduced- unique signature for living. We welcome you to attend our workshop so you can tions at the April 22 school board price lunch participants also affects approach your major remodel confidently, and with intelligence. www.harrell-remodeling.com meeting, she said. how much schools pay for food. The License: B479799 Chartwells replaced the district’s more students qualify for the fed- Harrell Remodeling. We never forget it’s your home.® previous food provider Sodexho. eral subsidy, the more guaranteed Encouraged by lobbying from the participants in the school-food pro- For more information or to pre-register for the workshop call (650) 230-2900 ■ Fee is just $20 per household parent-led Healthy School Lunch gram a school has, Mak said. That with pre-registration, or $25 at the door ■ No credit cards accepted ■ Refreshments will be provided Committee, the district instituted again spreads the cost per student new food rules in 2004, banning over unchanging fixed costs such as soda and requiring a healthful side- staffing and utilities, she said. But dish of salad or fruit. fewer than 10 percent of Palo Alto’s In 2005, the district sought a new students qualify for the subsidy. provider to fit the new rules and In contrast, officials at the East picked Chartwells. Palo Alto charter schools that have The more healthful meals would adopted an organic-food provider also attract more students to the said many students receive the fed- Your program, which would in turn keep eral subsidy. costs down, school board members Perhaps ironically, attempts to Bring reasoned at the time. make food more healthful are not Own While it has become an axiom a driving factor in meal cost, Lynch Bag of the green-food movement that said. It’ s an easy way to make a difference. healthier food costs more, the price “If you do your homework and of food for school districts hinges on find the right manufacturing, [you s 2EDUCE WASTE One cloth bag can replace 1000s of plastic and paper bags over its lifetime how many kids are eating. could see] eight different corndogs s -AKES A ")' DIFFERENCE Less waste means less air and water pollution and less energy consumption When more students sign up, the at 18 price points,” he said. Enough per-meal cost goes down, Mak said. research allowed Chartwells to pro- s 3AVES 9OU MONEY Many stores offer discounts for reusable bags The district’s 13 percent partici- vide more nutritious food, he said. pation rate in 2005 under Sodexho The grab-and-go plan now being "9/"AG 2ETAIL 0ARTNERS 2EWARD 3HOPPERS led the district to lose more than considered wouldn’t mean sacrific- Palo Alto businesses are partnering with the community to encourage you to bring your own bag when you shop. They'll even $200,000. ing health standards, Mak said. The reward you for your effort (e.g. rebates, discounts)! Visit www.cityofpaloalto.org/BYOBag for incentives offered Under Chartwells’ more healthful state mandates that meals have a by these retailers for bringing your own bag. Thank them for doing their part by giving them your business. offerings, participation has inched mix of protein, carbohydrates, fruit Accent Arts Judith A. Frost and up a mere 2 percent, according to and vegetables. A grab-and-go op- Company Mak, and the district is losing more tion could replace a side salad with a Books Inc. money than it did with Sodexho. bag of carrot sticks, she said. ■ Channing House* Legar Salon Last year, the district spent about Staff Writer Arden Pennell can Common Ground The Oaxacan Kitchen $6 per meal on food and labor, a be e-mailed at apennell@paweek- Garden Supply Palo Alto Community number that dipped slightly this ly.com. & Education Center Federal Credit Union Congdon & Crome Palo Alto Sport Shop & of farming and the benefits of lo- Country Sun Natural Toy World Market cal food. Foods Patagonia (continued from page 17) “Supporting local farmers allows erate outside his church’s doors. “I food to be transported across short- Crossroads World Peninsula Hardware think it will be a great thing. ... We er distances, reducing pollution and Market The Playstore are providing the space and we hope saving energy and money,” Alderson Curves - Palo Alto Starbucks Coffee it works out, but it doesn’t bring a said. “And when children learn that South Company (locations: dollar to the church. We hope it is lemons grow on trees, you just can’t Honeys & Heroes Middlefield Rd., a good thing for the community,” put a dollar sign on that knowledge,” J.J.& F. Market California Ave.) he said. he concluded. *Denotes BYOBag! Community Partner Though Collective Roots seeks to For more information about Col- reflect the tradition of agriculture lective Roots and the upcoming Palo Alto businesses — become a in East Palo Alto, Alderson doesn’t farmers market, go to www.collec- BYOBag! Campaign Partner. Contact us for details. have visions of reconstructing tiveroots.org. ■ the urban utopia of the 1920s and Editorial intern Veronica Sude- (650) 496-5910 ‘30s. He wants to help bring up a kum can be contacted at vsude- [email protected] new generation with an awareness [email protected]. CITY OF PALO ALTO PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT www.cityofpaloalto.org/recycle Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, April 16, 2008 • Page 19 PREP ROUNDUP Sports No break Shorts FRIENDLY RIVALS . . . When for SHP Menlo won the 2004 Central Coast Section Division III baseball title in 2004, Chuck Huggins and baseball Andy Suiter were teammates. The two were reunited on Sunday when UC Davis and UC Santa Gators are surviving Barbara faced each other for first back-to-back weeks place in the Big West Confer- ence. Huggins (‘04) started the of four games each game for UCSB and lasted five- by Keith Peters plus innings, allowing eight hits pring break? Local baseball and six earned runs while striking teams are probably thinking out three and walking one. Suiter S‘give me a break’ because (‘05) came on in relief in the sixth few, if any, have had any time off. inning for UC Davis and allowed Sacred Heart Prep is the latest — a hit, a walk and two runs while and the last — school to go on break. fanning one. UC Davis (5-1, 23- Its baseball team, however, might as 11) took two of three from UCSB well be in class this week for all the (6-3, 23-11) to gain first place in free time the players are getting. the conference. Neither pitcher The Gators have four games on figured in the decision, which fin- tap this week. There are three Pri- ished in UC Davis’ favor, 18-14, in vate Schools Athletic League road 11 innings. Huggins this season is games at Harker (Tuesday), King’s 6-1 for the Gauchos with a 3.38 Academy (Thursday) and Fremont era. He has 49 strikeouts in 42 in- Christian (Friday) and a nonleague nings. Suiter is 1-0 for the Aggies home game Saturday against Wash- and has two saves. He has struck Keith Peters ington (San Francisco) at 2 p.m. out 25 batters in 20 innings. To the casual observer, the obvi- ous question is why? Why are the FAST TIMES . . . Palo Alto senior Gators not on break? Simply, the Mia Lattanzi led a contingent other teams aren’t and there is only of local athletes who competed Stanford junior Lauren Silver (20) scored two goals, giving her a team-leading 56 for the season, as the Car- so much time during the season to in the annual Arcadia Invitational dinal topped visiting UC Irvine on Sunday, 10-4, for its 10th consecutive victory this season. squeeze in all the games. track and field meet last week- Sacred Heart Prep probably end in Southern California. Lat- doesn’t want to take a break at this tanzi took third in the women’s This polo team grows up in a hurry point. The Gators took a seven-game invitational 800 in 2:12.65, a winning streak into this week and season best and the No. 1 time Despite having seven freshman, Stanford women (22-3) are ranked No. 2 in nation currently sit atop the PSAL stand- in the CCS this season. Her time ings with a 5-0 record. ranks her No. 6 in the state. The by Keith Peters ford senior Jacquelyn Gauthier. “But tionally following a 6-5 win over No. Sacred Heart put itself in that po- Palo Alto boys’ distance med- espite a 27-3 record over- these are freshmen in name only. 6 Cal last Friday and a 10-4 thump- sition to defeating PSAL rivals Red- ley relay team of Charlie Avis, all record, a 12-0 mark and While they lack college experience, ing of No. 8 UC Irvine on Sunday, wood Christian and Valley Chris- Paul Brown, Julius Berezin and D league championship in the they’ve been playing water polo for both at Avery Aquatic Center. tian-Dublin last week, two teams Philip MacQuitty finished fifth Mountain Pacific Sports Federation years and against many of these Stanford’s only losses are to No. that came into their showdowns with in 10:17.69; while the Gunn girls’ and a runnerup finish in the 2007 same (opposing) players.” 1 UCLA (twice) and No. 3 USC. unbeaten league records. distance medley relay squad of NCAA championships, the num- Despite those seven freshmen and Thus, revenge will be a factor when Eric Davila pitched a complete- Jackie Evans, Sunny Margerum, bers did not look that good for the only one healthy senior (Gauthier), the Cardinal competes in the MPSF game four-hitter to beat RC, 1-0, Kelsey Feeley and Allegra Mayer Stanford women’s water polo team Stanford is right back where is nor- tournament beginning April 25 at and then joined with Eric Andrews also was fifth, in 12:19.18. Else- entering this season. mally is at this point of the season San Diego State. Stanford will host to hit home runs in a 9-4 victory where, Gunn’s Paul Summers The key numbers this year were — challenging for the MPSF title the NCAA championships May 9-11 over VCD last Friday. was eighth in a heat of the men’s five and seven — those players lost while preparing for yet another run and thus has plenty to play for. Sandwiched around those games, mile in a season best of 4:25.64, through graduation and the number at the national championship. That has been theme for this sea- Andrews hit for the cycle in a 20-0 while teammate Dezmon Hunter of incoming freshmen. The Cardinal is 10-1 in league son’s team — that every game is romp over Pinewood and Davila hit clocked 1:58.68 in one of the nu- “With seven freshmen coming with one match remaining — at San like a championship game. another homer with three RBI in merous 800 heats. in, people were saying we weren’t Jose State on Saturday — and 22-3 “We take every game seriously,” going to be very good,” said Stan- overall. Stanford is ranked No. 2 na- a 9-0 nonleague win over visitng (continued on page 21) Woodside on Saturday. TENNIS COMMITS . . . Three- Clearly, Sacred Heart Prep is on a time Grand Slam champion Lind- roll and doesn’t want to do anything say Davenport and last yearís to slow the momentum. This is the finalist Sania Mirza committed Gators’ final season in the PSAL. to play in this yearís Bank of the They move to the newly expanded West Classic to be held July 14- West Bay Athletic League next 20 at the Taube Tennis Center. season and winning league titles Davenport, the former World No. and securing Central Coast Section 1 and California native, will be playoff berths will be a little tougher making her 13th appearance at with Menlo School in the league, as the Bank of the West Classic. well. Thus, the Gators (5-0, 10-7) are ON THE AIR making the most of what time they have left in the PSAL. Wednesday Speaking of timing, Menlo (7-1, College baseball: USF at Stanford, 6 15-5) has the opportunity this week p.m., KZSU (90.1 FM) to open a big lead in the PAL Bay Friday Division baseball race by facing College baseball: Stanford at UCLA, 6 p.m.; KZSU (90.1 FM) second-place Capuchino (6-2) twice. Saturday The second meeting will be Thurs- day in Atherton at 3:15 p.m. College baseball: Stanford at UCLA, 2 p.m.; KZSU (90.1 FM) Keith Peters The Knights completed a sweep of Mills last week with a convinc- ing 12-3 victory on Friday. Menlo SPORTS ONLINE scored 12 runs in the first two in- For expanded daily coverage of college nings and cruised from there. and prep sports, please see our new site Stanford senior Jacquelyn Gauthier (left) scored two goals against Irvine in her final regular-season home Also in the PAL, Menlo-Atherton at www.PASportsOnline.com match, giving her 101 career goals while helping the No. 2-ranked Cardinal improve to 22-3 this season. (continued on page 22) Page 20 • Wednesday, April 16, 2008 • Palo Alto Weekly day at 6 p.m., then visits UCLA for urday’s 1-0 victory over the Ducks; Big Meet with Cal, held on Satur- both the 1,500 and 3,000. Lauren Stanford roundup a three-game Pac-10 series starting and Cardinal coach John Rittman day at Edwards Stadium in Berke- Centrowitz won both in 4:26.60 and (continued from page 20) Friday. picked up the 500th victory of his ley. For McLain, beating the Bears 9:46.84, respectively. Gauthier explained. “We focus so head coaching career as the Cardi- was important. The highlight of the day for the much on our preparation. The en- Women’s golf nal blasted its way to a 10-1 victory “I’ll do anything it takes to win,” Stanford men came in the 110 high tire season we’re putting so much Angela King and Mari Chun fin- over visiting Oregon State on Friday McLain said earlier in the week. She hurdles where junior Myles Bradley into each game, so there’s no one ished second and third individually, night. backed that up by winning the long established a school record with a ending.” and that added up to a first-place Following the weekend sweep, jump and triple jump while helping time of 13.80 while finishing sec- Stanford, of course, has been finish for Stanford at the Peg Bar- Rittman now is 502-231-3 and the Stanford women to an 87-76 in ond to Cal’s Thomas Mack, who disappointed before when it comes nard Invitational, which conclud- among the top 25 winningest Divi- the 29th annual meeting. ran 13.74. Bradley’s time eclipsed to the national championship. The ed Saturday at the Stanford Golf sion I softball coaches of all-time. In the men’s meet, Stanford cap- the previous school mark of 13.94 Cardinal has finished second five Course. Erin Howe helped her coach tured the 114th Big Meet with a 96- by John Foster in 1976. times since 1999, thus the journey Stanford had a two-day total of achieve the milestone by hitting a 67 triumph as the Cardinal swept Stanford also got an outstand- has become more important, per- 591, four strokes better than run- three-run homer in the bottom of the annual showdown for the second ing meet from freshman Andrew haps, than the destination. Stanford, nerup Washington. King shot a the sixth. Neill also hit a home run straight year. Dargie, who took first in the 200 for example, was crushed when its 1-over-par 143 while Chun finished among her three hits and has 17 The Cal women took a brief lead (21.31) and 400 (46.53). The times only loss of the 2001 season came at 146. home runs this season. after the 200 meters, the 15th event moved Dargie into eighth all-time in the NCAA finals after 27 straight of the meet, but Stanford responded in the 200 and fifth all-time in the wins. Softball Track and field with big points in the triple jump 400 on the school’s all-time list. He That won’t happen for various Stanford will close out its regular- This is a big year for Stanford se- and the 3,000 meters to take control also ran a leg on the winning 1,600 reasons this season, if for no other season home schedule this week- nior Erica McLain. Should she fin- of the meet. relay team. reason than UCLA is the odds-on- end against Washington on Friday ish among the top three in the wom- The Cardinal was led by McLain, favorite to claim the national title (7 p.m.) and UCLA on Saturday (1 en’s triple jump at the U.S. Olympic the reigning NCAA indoor cham- Women's gymnastics based on its unbeaten record. Stan- p.m.) and Sunday (noon). Track and Field Trials in late June, pion in the in the triple jump. Com- Tabitha Yim finished second in ford, meanwhile, will gladly take The Cardinal (4-6, 37-7) would she’ll be headed for the Summer peting in the jumps for the first time all-around with a score of 39.725 to the underdog role and continue to love to duplicate last weekend’s Olympics in Beijing, China. this outdoor season, McLain easily lead Stanford to a second-place fin- do what it does best — play solid, results, a combined three Pac-10 McLain already has the ‘A’ quali- won the triple jump by at 45-3 on ish at the NCAA Central Regional team-oriented polo. victories over Oregon State and Or- fying standard for the Olympics, so her first attempt and then passed the on Saturdy in Baton Rouge, La. The That was the case during the egon. all she needs is a top finish. While rest of the competition. McLain also host Tigers won the competition, weekend as Kira Hillman (three), Missy Penna struck out 12 and making the U.S. Olympic team is added a winning leap of 20-10 1/2 197.625-197.525, and both teams Menlo-Atherton grad Kelly Eaton, threw a two-hitter in a 2-1 win over priority No. 1, McLain still has in the long jump. advance to the NCAA Champion- Lauren Silver and Heather West ac- Oregon on Sunday, 2-1; Melisa some other important things on her The Stanford women’s distance ships. counted for the goals against Cal. Koutz drove in the game’s only run 2008 schedule. crew showed its dominance by Liz Tricase won the bars title with Eaton, Gauthier, Silver and Menlo and Rosey Neill had two hits in Sat- One such event was the annual sweeping the top-four places in a score of 9.950. ■ grad Kim Krueger all scored twice against Irvine. 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Stanford hosts USF on Wednes- 1500 Ralston Avenue, Belmont CA 94002 • (650) 508-3600 • www.ndnu.edu Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, April 16, 2008 • Page 21 Sports Prep roundup HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD (continued from page 20) BADMINTON SCVAL De Anza Division 1:38.65; 100 back — Clark (M) 1:01.91; 100 6-2; Mallozak (SHP) d. Dhore, 6-2, 7-5; Mc- (5-3, 17-6) continues to lurk behind PAL Bay Division Gunn 214, Homestead 217 breast — Lawson (M) 1:08.28; 400 free re- Call (SHP) d. Mehra, 6-0, 6-0; Paginini (SHP) the leaders while keeping its post- Menlo-Atherton 8, San Mateo 7 At Palo Alto Muni (par 36) lay — Menlo (Andresen, Balassone, Hudnall, d. Trinh, 6-1, 6-7 (4-7), 14-12. Pleiss) 3:43.76 season hopes alive. The Bears swept Girls No. 1 singles — Lee (MA) d. Chiu, Medalist: Matt Williams (G) 39. Doubles — Hansen-Westerfield (SHP) d. 15-9, 15-12; Boys No. 1 singles — Chao Records: Gunn 5-6 Standings: Menlo-Atherton 5-0, Menlo Schwarts-Lee, 6-3, 6-1; Ma-Ranganathan Burlingame last week, the second 4-0 (4-2), Burlingame 4-1, Mills 3-1. Aragon (H) d. Bell-Scherba, 6-2, 6-7 (4-7), 7-5; (MA) d. Lee, 15-13, 15-11; Girls No. 1 dou- Palo Alto 201, Fremont 230 triumph a 4-0 affair that saw Matt bles — Horng-Ichikawa (SM) d. Reid-Keller, 3-2, Westmoor 2-2, Carlmont 1-5, Half Moon Robinson-Lockwood (SHP) d. Weng-Lee, At Sunnyvale Muni (par 35) Mosher pitching a complete-game 15-9, 15-6; Boys No. 1 doubles — Amato- Bay 1-4, San Mateo 1-5. 7-6 (7-3), 6-3. two-hitter and Kevin Viegas get- Beltramo (MA) d. Zou-Louie, 15-11, 15-2; Medalist: Eric Chung (PA) 37. West Catholic Athletic League Records: Sacred Heart Prep 12-0 (16-3) ting three hits. Viegas had a two-run Mixed No. 1 doubles — Chen-Chan (MA) d. Records: Palo Alto 9-3 At Valley Christian 115 SH Prep 68 At Pinewood 4, King’s Academy 3 Zou-Wong, 15-7, 15-8. double in the fifth to cap the scoring GIRLS LACROSSE 200 medley relay — Valley Christian Singles — Jayakar (P) d. Burnside, 6-0, while coming within a home run of Standings: Mills 6-0, South San Fran- Peninsula Athletic League 1:42.19; 200 free — Navarro (SHP) 1:43.97; 6-2; Napier (P) d. Chen, 6-2, 6-2; Field (P) cisco 6-0, Aragon 3-3, Carlmont 3-3, El Menlo 5 9 — 14 200 IM — Higgenbotham (VC) 2:04.90; 50 d. Chui, 6-1, 6-0; Veroga (KA) d. van Reis, hitting for the cycle. Camino 3-3, Menlo-Atherton 2-4, Westmoor Palo Alto 2 4 — 6 free — Rudolph (SHP) 22.63; Diving — Selby 6-3, 6-1. 2-6, San Mateo 1-6. (SHP) 248.75; 100 fly — Higgenbotham (VC) On Saturday, Mosher tied a school M — J. Daly 4, Sheeline 3, Willig 2, Miller, Doubles — Alter-Tuan (P) d. Bui-George, 54.33; 100 free — Tan (VC) 49.09; 500 free record with his 11th home run of the BASEBALL Shove, Haynes, Brown, McCall. 6-1, 6-3; J. Matsumoto-Pekay (KA) d. Baze- — Navarro (SHP) 4:47.37; 200 free Relay — SCVAL De Anza Division PA — Zahoudanis 3, Boyd, Lucas-Con- Lee, 6-4, 6-4; Haugen-A. Matsumoto (KA) d. season to spark the Bears to a 9-8 Sacred Heart Prep (Navarro, Culpan, Meisel, Palo Alto 100 200 0 — 3 5 0 well, Fowler. Riches-Johnson, 6-4, 6-1. nonleague win at Mountain View. Records: Rudolph) 1:31.33; 100 back — Parizi (VC) Milpitas 100 021 x — 4 5 0 Menlo 5-0 (9-1), Palo Alto 1-4 Mosher’s three-run blast came (2-6) 53.54; 100 breast — Parizi (VC) 1:03.06; 400 Records: Pinewood 8-4 (9-11) WP — Marchesano. LP — Martin. Gunn 6 3 — 9 free relay — Valley Christian 3:21.53. during a six-run fifth inning. Abe 3B — Lagman (M). 2B — Abrams (PA). BOYS TRACK & FIELD Burlingame 1 4 — 5 SCVAL De Anza Division Arias also hit a three-run homer in 2 hits — T. Pederson (PA); Lagman, Van- Records: Sacred Heart Prep 2-3 (3-3) G — Shevick 4, Jinnyi Pak 4, Steinman. damme (M). GIRLS SWIMMING Palo Alto 85, at Milpitas 44 the same inning, finishing with four B — Pratt 2,, Varma, Posey, Carlton. Gunn 011 230 1 — 8 9 1 SCVAL De Anza Division 400 relay — Palo Alto 44.97; 1,600 — RBI. Junior Sam Knapp provided Records: Gunn 5-3 (7-3) Cupertino 302 020 2 — 9 11 2 At Gunn 94, Monta Vista 91 Jordan (PA) 4:43.0; 110 HH — Pascal (PA) Other scores: Menlo-Atherton at Pioneer the clincher in the seventh, an RBI One out when winning run scored. 16.57; 400 — Nguyen (M) 52.51; 100 — (not reported); Leland 11, Sacred Heart Prep 200 medley relay — Gunn (Ta. Levens, Te. triple. WP — Vidanage (1-0). LP — Thompson. Brown (PA) 10.9; 800 — Miller (PA) 2:03; 8. Levens, Glassman, Hamilton) 1:54.03; 200 In the SCVAL De Anza Division, HR — Milton (Cup). 2B — Silver 2 (Cup). free — Barnes-Waychus (G) 1:58.13; 200 IM 300 IH — Abad (PA) 43.76; 200 — Brown SOFTBALL Palo Alto (7-5, 10-8-1) has a bye 3 hits — Silver (Cup). 2 hits — Bowden (G). — Fisher-Colbrie (MV) 2:13.35; 50 free — (PA) 23.29; 3,200 — Kar (M) 10:36; 1,600 5 RBI — Silver (Cup). 4 RBI — Bowden (G). SCVAL El Camino Division relay — Palo Alto 3:39. week, even though the Vikings are Fong (MV) 24.71; Diving — Calafiore (MV) Other scores: Wilcox 8, Los Gatos 4; Los Palo Alto 010 020 0 — 3 8 2 186.40; 100 fly — Fisher-Colbrie (MV) 59.38; Shot put — Thompson (M) 44-9; Discus not on spring break. The time off, Altos 9, Homestead 0 Santa Clara 010 000 0 — 1 2 2 100 free — Drysdale (MV) 54.71; 500 free — — Muaka (PA) 140-3; Long jump — Scott however, probably comes at a good Standings: Wilcox 10-0, Los Gatos 6-4, WP — Jenks (8-7-1). Barnes-Waychus (G) 5:09.91; 200 free relay (PA) 21-6 1/2; Triple jump — Scott (PA) 43-6; time following back-to-back losses Palo Alto 7-5 (10-8-1), Los Altos 6-6, Home- 2 hits — Bucolo (PA). — Gunn (Ta. Levens, Te. Levens, Barnes- High jump — Powell (PA) 6-2. stead 5-5, Milpitas 4-6, Cupertino 3-7, Gunn Wilcox 207 000 0 — 9 10 4 to Milpitas (4-6) last week. Waychus, Glassman, Hamilton) 1:43.58; 100 Records: Palo Alto 5-0 1-9 (2-13) Gunn 001 004 0 — 5 4 4 back — Ta. Levens (G) 1:00.37; 100 breast The Vikings played without their PAL Bay Division WP — Henson (6-3). LP — Rea. — Te. Levens (G) 1:10.60; 400 free relay — GIRLS TRACK & FIELD top pitcher, junior Steven Burk, who Menlo 840 000 0 —12 14 2 HR — L. Foster (W); Lacek (G). 3 RBI — L. Monta Vista (Fong, Kwong, Fisher-Colbrie, SCVAL De Anza Division Mills 010 000 2 — 3 6 2 Foster (W). Drysdale) 3:36.85. At Milpitas 77, Palo Alto 43 is academically ineligible. Other score: Cupertino 13, Los Altos 5 Adelman, Corley (5), Schwanke (7) and 400 relay — Milpitas 52.42; 1,600 — Gae- Standings: Palo Alto 6-0 (9-7-1), Wilcox Records: Gunn 2-0 Umphreys, Mudd (3); Willster, O’connell (1), ta (PA) 5:31.7; 100 hurdles — Tom (M) 17.4; 6-1, Santa Clara 4-3, Cupertino 3-3, Gunn PAL Bay Division Swimming Arriaga (4), Morales (6) and Vernook. WP — 400 — Lattanzi (PA) 59.23; 100 — Yeates 2-4 (5-8), Saratoga 1-5, Los Altos 0-6 The boys’ PAL Bay Division reg- Adelman (5-3). LP — Willster. Menlo-Atherton 90, at Burlingame 80 (PA) 12.6; 800 — Gaeta (PA) 2:24.0; 300 hur- ular-season dual-meet title should 3B — Vernook (Mi). 2B — D. Diekroeger, PAL Ocean Division 200 medley relay — Burlingame 1.54.26; dles — Bennett (M) 51.65; 200 — Thomas be decided Thursday when Menlo- T. Williams, Augustus, Ryan (Me). 3 hits — Menlo-Atherton 103 030 0 — 8 11 2 200 free — Plume (B) 1:58.92; 200 IM — (M) 25.98; 3,200 — Scott (PA) 12:28; 1,600 Mosbacher (Me). 2 hits — T. Williams, Mor- Menlo 000 001 0 — 1 5 6 Pratt (B) 2:12.28; 50 free — Thomas (B) relay — not held. Atherton visits Menlo for a show- Vujovich and Rosenfeld; Friedman and ris, Augustus, Palmer (Me); Moshkaounian 25.84; 100 fly — Haught (MA) 1:08.13; 100 Shot put — Musika (M) 36-2; Discus — Avila. WP — Vujovich (2-4, 13 strikeouts). down at 3 p.m. Both teams are 5-0 (Mi). 2 RBI — T. Williams, Morris, Augustus, free — Plume (B) 54.80; 500 free — Winters Daniels (M) 119-3; Long jump — Hoglund LP — Friedman (1-5). following victories last week. Ryan (Me). (MA) 5:20.95; 200 free relay — Menlo-Ather- (PA) 15-8 1/4; Triple jump — Gallego (M) 3 hits — Santos (MA). 2 hits — Vujovich, Menlo swamped host Carlmont, Menlo-Atherton 200 020 0 — 4 10 1 ton 1:51.00; 100 back — Hurty (B) 1:05.88; 31-5; High jump — Ryan (PA) 4-10. Burlingame 000 000 0 — 0 2 0 Rosenfeld, Locke (MA); Shepard, Friedman 100 breast — Pratt (B) 1:08.31; 400 free re- 104-41, while Menlo-Atherton held Mosher and Stosz; Simpson, Gregory (7) (M). lay — Burlingame 3.48.07. Records: Palo Alto 1-4 off host Burlingame, 91-79. The and Cochran. WP — Mosher. LP — Simp- Records: Menlo-Atherton 2-4 league, Records: Menlo-Atherton 3-2 SCHEDULE son. Menlo 1-5 league Bears turned in a season best of At Carlmont 98, Menlo 72 WEDNESDAY 3B — Viegas (MA). 2B — Viegas (MA). West Bay Athletic League 3:23.09 to win the 400 free relay, Baseball 3 hits — Viegas (MA). 2 hits — Bader, Castilleja 020 010 00 — 3 7 2 200 medley relay — Carlmont 1:58.58; one of the top times in the CCS this Knapp (MA). 2 RBI — Viegas (MA). Mercy-Burlingame 000 100 21 — 4 6 0 200 free — Read (M) 2:00.73; 200 IM — Tang PAL Bay Division — Aragon at Menlo- season. Standings: Menlo 7-1 (15-5), Capuchino WP — Aguilar. LP — Albanese (5-2, 15 (Ca) 2:25.44; 50 free — Segal (Ca) 27.02; 100 Atherton, 3:15 p.m. In the SCVAL De Anza Division 6-2, Menlo-Atheton 5-3 (17-6), Aragon 3-4, strikeouts). fly — Read (M) 1:00.91; 100 free — Jung (Ca) De Anza Division — Gunn at Milpitas, Burlingame 1-6, Mills 1-7 2B — Alexander 2 (Ca). 2 hits — Albanese, 59.42; 500 free — Tutan (Ca) 5:42.76; 200 3:30 p.m. last week, the Gunn girls (2-0) held free relay — Menlo (Read, Allman, Smith, Private Schools Athletic League Freehling (Ca). 2 RBI — Freehling (Ca). Bowles) 1:50.98; 100 back — Allman (M) Boys golf off a very good Monta Vista team, VC Dublin 001 100 3 — 4 6 0 Records: Castilleja 2-1 (5-3) 1:03.69; 100 breast — Allman (M) 1.13.91; De Anza Division — Los Gatos vs. Gunn 94-91. Gunn’s Tara Levens won the SH Prep 310 014 x — 9 9 0 Mission City Invitational 400 free relay — Carlmont 3:58.45 at Palo Alto Muni, 3 p.m. 100 back in 1:00.37 and her sister, Reeser and Pilz; Brezinski, Lussier (6), Saturday Davila (7) and Buono. WP — Brezinski (2-1). Records: Menlo 0-4 (0-8). PAL Bay Division — Menlo vs. Carlmont Teva, won the 100 breast in a sea- Palo Alto 2, Sobrato 1 at Crystal Springs, 3:45 p.m. son-best 1:10.60 before Monta Vista LP — Reeser. West Catholic Athletic League HR — Andrews, Davila (SHP). 2B — Palo Alto 6, Valley Christian 5 SH Prep 91, at Valley Christian 85 Boys lacrosse clocked a CCS-leading 3:36.85 to Dickinson 2 (VCD); Sakowski (SHP). 2 hits Consolation championship 200 medley relay — Sacred Heart Prep PAL — Bellarmine at Menlo, 4 p.m.; Serra win the final 400 free relay. — Dickinson (VCD); Andrews, Davila (SHP). Aragon 002 020 0 — 4 5 2 (Ka. Howard, Liang, Menon, Smith) 1:56.35; at Menlo-Atherton, 4 p.m. Palo Alto 131 020 x — 7 7 2 Gunn’s Casey Barnes-Waychus 3 RBI — Andrews (SHP). 2 RBI — Dickinson 200 free — Clark (SHP) 2:01.99; 200 IM — Softball won the 200 free (1:58.13) and 500 (VCD); Davila (SHP). WP — Coleman (2-0). LP — Pegueros. Liang (SHP) 2:11.23; 50 free — Clark (SHP) Records Sacred Heart Prep 5-0 (9-7) 3B — Jenks (PA). 2 hits — Marshall, Cole- PAL Ocean Division — Woodside at free (5:09.91). and Cutler (VC) 25.98; Diving — Speers (VC) Menlo, 3:15 p.m. Nonleague man (PA). 124.75; 100 fly — Ka. Howard (SHP) 1:00.51; In the West Catholic Athletic Saturday Records: Palo Alto 12-7-1 100 free — Menon (SHP) 56.50; 500 free — THURSDAY League, the Sacred Heart Prep boys Menlo-Atherton 010 060 2 — 9 10 1 BOYS SWIMMING Ka. Howard (SHP) 5:15.96; 200 free relay — Badminton dropped a 115-68 decision to host Mtn. View 001 204 1 — 8 10 2 Monta Vista 130, at Gunn 55 Valley Christian 1:43.90; 100 back — Liang PAL Bay Division — Menlo-Atherton at El Valley Christian, but SHP senior WP — Stanske. LP — Cutler. 200 medley relay — Monta Vista 1:46.29; (SHP) 1:03.04; 100 breast — Gunter (VC) Camino, 3:15 p.m. HR — Mosher, Arias (MA). 3B — Knapp 1:15.38; 400 free relay — Valley Christian Alex Navarro turned in a sizzling 200 free — Zhang (MV) 1:56.44; 200 IM — Baseball (MA). 3 hits — Arias (MA). 2 hits — Knapp, Lam (MV) 2:07.59; 50 free — D. Chien (MV) 3:47.41. PAL Bay Division — Capuchino at Menlo, 1:43.97 victory in the 200 free and Masket (MA). 4 RBI — Arias (MA). 3 RBI — 22.86; Diving — Mallari (G) 162.80; 100 fly Records: Sacred Heart Prep 4-1 (6-1) 3:15 p.m. a season-best 4:47.37 triumph in the Mosher (MA). — Chen (MV) 57.70; 100 free — S. Chien BOYS TENNIS Records: Menlo-Atherton 17-6 (MV) 51.28; 500 free — Im (MV) 5:12.17; 200 PSAL — Sacred Heart Prep at King’s 500 free to pace the Gators. Woodside 000 000 0 — 0 3 3 PAL Bay Division Academy, 3:30 p.m. Palo Alto will host its annual Sec- free relay — Monta Vista 1:31.99; 100 back Menlo 7, at Mills 0 SH Prep 111 204 x — 9 15 0 — Bagdasarian (MV) 57.51; 100 breast — Boys golf Quirk, Johnston (6) and Thomas; Olm- Singles — Ball (M) d. Chiu, 6-0, 6-0; tion Challenge on Saturday, bring- Lee (MV) 1:03.37; 400 free relay — Monta PAL Bay Division — Menlo-Atherton vs. stead and Buono. WP — Olmstead (3-4). Glenn (M) d. Debavov, 6-0, 6-0; Chase (M) ing together some of the top teams Vista 3:27.83. Burlingame at Burlingame CC, 3 p.m. LP — Quirk. d. Yuen, 6-0, 6-0; Carlisle (M) d. Jiang, 6-0, in the North Coast Section and Records: Gunn 0-2 HR — Davila (SHP). 2B — Meyers (SHP). 6-1. PSAL — Pinewood vs. Harker at San CCS. Local squads include Gunn, 4 hits — Siegel (SHP). 2 hits — Baloff, Mey- PAL Bay Division Doubles — Rosenkranz-Hoag (M) d. Jose CC, 3 p.m. Paly and Sacred Heart Prep. Action ers, Davila (SHP). 3 RBI — Davila (SHP). 2 Menlo-Atherton 91, at Burlingame 79 Chon-Tsugn, 6-0, 6-2; Peltz-Barnett (M) d. De Anza Division — Gunn vs. Palo Alto at begins at 9 a.m. RBI — Brezinski (SHP). 200 medley relay — Burlingame 1.43.85; Ho-Lord, 6-1, 6-2; Tight-Baxter (M) d. Ryuh- Palo Alto Muni, 3 p.m. Records: Sacred Heart Prep 10-7 200 free — Masuda (MA) 1.50.28; 200 IM Chow, 6-2, 4-6, 10-5. Girls lacrosse — Hong (MA) 2.05.63; 50 free — Mann (B) BOYS DIVING Records: Menlo 8-0 (15-5) Nonleague — Santa Catalina at Gunn, 4 Softball 22.41; 100 fly — Kelvie (MA) 57.46; 100 free Palo Alto Invitational p.m. Palo Alto (12-7-1) captured the — Kwok (MA) 51.23; 500 free — Masuda At Menlo-Atherton 7, Aragon 0 consolation title of the Mission City 1, Canty (King’s Academy) 368.15; 2, (MA) 4.56.59; 200 free relay — Menlo-Ather- Singles — Horowitz (MA) d. Miller, 6-3, Softball Urburg (Mt. View) 312.65; 3, Simon (Paly) ton 1.35.28; 100 back — Anixter (B) 58.66; 6-2; Haley (MA) d. Lu, 6-4, 6-0; Weiss (MA) PSAL — Harker at Pinewood, 3:30 p.m. Invitational with a 7-4 triumph over 298.5. 100 breast — Field (B) 1.01.82; 400 free relay d. Abramson, 6-2, 6-7, 7-6; Mitchell (MA) d. Swimming Aragon on Saturday at Mission Col- GIRLS DIVING — Menlo-Atherton 3.23.09. Kim, 6-0, 6-0. PAL Bay Division — Menlo-Atherton at Palo Alto Invitational lege in Santa Clara. Allie Coleman Menlo 104, at Carlmont 41 Doubles — Smith-Tuionetoa (MA) d. Menlo, 3 p.m. 1, Fossati (Paly) 443.5; 2, Paseman Nayberg-Klebe, 6-0, 6-1; Wentz-Greenberg was the winning pitcher and had 200 medley relay — Menlo (Clark, Law- Boys tennis (Harker)392.65; 3, Greenwood (Paly) 377.9; son, Kim, Pleiss) 1:52.12; 200 free — Kim (MA) d. Gonda-Mao, 6-0, 6-1; Aguilar-Bur- two hits, along with Gracie Mar- PAL Bay Division — Mills at Menlo- 4, Eicher (Lynbrook) 329.2; 5, Costiloe (M) 1:53.83; 200 IM — Pleiss (M) 2:12.40; well (MA) d. Landis-Cheevers, 6-2, 6-1. shall. Kelly Jenks pitched Paly to a Atherton, 3:15 p.m.; San Mateo at Menlo, (Wilcox) 302.3; 6, Purcell (Mt. View) 296.4; 50 free — Gerry (Ca) 23:67; 100 fly — Clark Records: Menlo-Atherton 4-4 (10-7) 2-1 win over Sobrato and an 6-5 win 3:30 p.m. 7, Chin (Wilcox) 294.8; 8, Willson (Paly) (M) 56.60; 100 free — Andresen (M) 54.73; Private Schools Athletic League over Valley Christian to set up the 236.05. De Anza Division — Saratoga at Palo 500 free — Kim (M) 5.09.85; 200 free relay At SH Prep 6, Harker 1 title-clinching win.■ BOYS GOLF — Menlo (Clark, Kim, Balassone, Andresen) Alto, 3:30 p.m. Singles — Parsons (SHP) d. Raga, 6-0, Page 22 • Wednesday, April 16, 2008 • Palo Alto Weekly CASHIN COMPANY MENLO PARK (650) 614-3500 ■ PORTOLA VALLEY (650) 529-2900 ■ WOODSIDE (650) 529-1000 ■ LOS ALTOS (650) 948-8050 PALO ALTO (650) 853-7100 ■ SAN CARLOS (650) 598-4900 ■ SAN MATEO (650) 343-3700 ■ BURLINGAME (650) 340-9688 ■ ATHERTON ■ This 2 BR/ 1.5 bath home located in Downtown North area. 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The formal entry is just Gary Mckae $4,987,345 the beginning of a wonderful tour through this Mediterranean-styled 5BR/5BA home. Huge classic home. Family room/Kitchen and inviting designer kitchen w/ Family Room. Office w/ living room are connected by a very beautiful fireplace, library & exercise rm. Great spacious formal dining room. Situated on Xl lot. flexible spaces throughout the entire home & an Julia Keady $2,750,000 Artist studio/workshop. Dana Cappiello $2,599,000 Los Altos Palo Alto…Beautiful 5BR/3.5BA with Country …A spectacular Italian Villa Loc in This 2 BR/ 2 BA home situated just across from Designer 4BR/3BA cottage in the Redwoods. Prstgious LA Country Club area. Cstm Hm, Excptnl San Francisquito Creek. Inside, finely crafted style architecture. Remodeled and spacious. State of Beautiful Cape Cod home, takes your breath the art kitchen and hardwood floors. 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Smart People Palo Alto’s Online Gathering Place 2:00, 4:30, 7:10, 9:35 MOVIE TIMES Discuss community issues. The Band’s Visit (subtitled) Announce an event. 1:50, 7:00 Note: Screenings are for Wednesday through Thursday only. Report a sports score and more. Stop Loss Ask for advice. 10,000 B.C. Century 16: 4:15 & 9:50 p.m. Century 20: 12:05, 2:35, 5:10, 7:50 Rate a movie. 4:10, 9:20 (PG-13) & 10:25 p.m. Review a restaurant. PaloAltoOnline.com (Not Reviewed) Be a citizen journalist. More than 300,000 visitors monthly 21 (PG-13) ✭✭✭ Century 16: 12:35, 1:55, 3:30, 4:45, 6:30, 7:35, 9:25 & 10:25 p.m. Century 20: 12:15, 1:35, 3:10, 4:30, 6, 7:30, 9 & 10:30 p.m. The Band’s Visit CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 1:50 & 7 p.m. (PG-13) ✭✭✭1/2 The Bank Job Century 16: 1:20, 4:05, 7:20 & 10:10 p.m. Century 12: 12:45, 4, (R) ✭✭✭ 7:40 & 10:20 p.m. College Road Century 12: 12:35, 2:50, 5:10, 7:25 & 9:55 p.m. Trip (G) (Not Reviewed) The Counterfeiters Century 20: 12:20, 2:55, 5:20, 7:50 & 10:35 p.m. Aquarius: 2, (R) ✭✭✭1/2 4:30, 7 & 9:30 p.m. Definitely, Maybe Century 20: 1:25 p.m. (PG-13) ✭✭1/2 Dr. Seuss’ Horton Century 16: 12:30, 2:45, 5:05, 7:30 & 9:55 p.m. Century 20: Hears A Who! 12:05, 12:45, 2:20, 3:05, 4:40, 5:40, 6:55, 7:55, 9:20 & 10:10 (G) ✭✭✭ p.m. Drillbit Taylor Century 20: 12:35, 3, 5:30, 7:55 & 10:30 p.m. (PG-13) (Not Reviewed) Flawless Aquarius: 2:30, 5, 7:30 & 10 p.m. (PG-13) ✭✭✭1/2 In Bruges (R) Century 20: 12:10, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45 & 10:15 p.m. (Not Reviewed) Leatherheads Century 16: 1:05, 2:15, 3:55, 5, 6:50, 7:50, 9:30 & 10:30 p.m. (PG-13) ✭✭ Century 20: Noon, 1:20, 2:40, 4, 5:20, 6:50, 8, 9:30 & 10:40 p.m. Married Life Century 20: 4:25 & 9:45 p.m. (PG-13) ✭✭✭ Meet the Browns Century 12: 1:10, 3:40, 7:10 & 9:50 p.m. (PG-13) (Not Reviewed) Miss Pettigrew Century 16: 12:30, 2:50, 5:15, 7:40 & 10:05 p.m. Century 20: Lives for a Day 12:30, 2:45, 5:05, 7:25 & 9:50 p.m. (PG-13) ✭✭✭ Never Back Down Century 12: 7:30 & 10:15 p.m. (PG-13) (Not Reviewed) Nim’s Island (PG) Century 16: 1, 1:50, 3:20, 4:30, 5:40, 6:55, 8, 9:20 & 10:20 p.m. (Not Reviewed) Century 20: 12:20, 1:40, 2:40, 4:10, 5, 6:30, 7:20, 8:50 & 9:40 p.m. The Other Boleyn Century 20: 12:50, 3:45, 7 & 9:45 p.m. Girl (PG-13) ✭✭ Priceless (R) Guild: 1:30, 4:15, 7 & 9:40 p.m. (Not Reviewed) Prom Night (PG-13) Century 16: 12:45, 3:05, 5:25, 7:45 & 10 p.m. Century 12: 12:30, (Not Reviewed) 1:40, 3, 4:20, 5:30, 6:40, 8, 9:10 & 10:30 p.m. The Ruins (R) Century 16: 12:50, 3:10, 5:30, 7:55 & 10:15 p.m. Century 12: (Not Reviewed) 12:50, 2*, 3:30, 4:30*, 6, 7:15*, 8:30 & 9:45* p.m. *Spanish subtitles Run, Fat Boy, Run Century 20: 12:25, 2:55, 5:15, 7:40 & 10:05 p.m. (PG-13) ✭✭1/2 Shine A Light Century 20: 1:05, 4:15, 7:10 & 10 p.m. (PG-13) (Not Reviewed) Shutter (PG-13) Century 12: 1:20, 3:50, 7:20 & 9:35 p.m. (Not Reviewed) Smart People Century 20: 12:10, 2:35, 5:05, 7:40 & 10:15 p.m. Ciné Arts at (R) ✭✭ Palo Alto Square: 2, 4:30, 7:10 & 9:35 p.m. The Spiderwick Century 12: 1:30 & 4:10 p.m. Chronicles (PG) ✭✭✭ Stop-Loss (R) Century 20: 1:10, 4:20, 7:05 & 9:55 p.m. Ciné Arts at Palo Alto (Not Reviewed) Square: 4:10& 9:20 p.m. Street Kings (R) ✭✭ Century 16: 12:55, 1:55, 3:45, 5:10, 7:05, 7:50, 9:45 & 10:30 p.m. Century 12: 12:40, 1:50*, 3:20, 4:40*, 7, 8:40* & 9:40 p.m. *Spanish subtitles Superhero Movie Century 16: 12:40, 2:55, 5:10, 7:25 & 9:40 p.m. Century 12: 1, (PG-13) 3:15, 5:40, 7:50 & 10 p.m. (Not Reviewed) Travis Pastrana: Century 16: 7 p.m. Century 20: 7 p.m. 199 Lives (Not Rated) (Not Reviewed) Under the Same Century 16: 1:10, 3:50, 7 & 9:35 p.m. Century 20: 12:15, 2:50, Moon (La Misma 5:25, 8 & 10:35 p.m. Luna) (Not Rated) ✭✭✭1/2 Vantage Point Century 16: 1:35 p.m. (PG-13) ✭✭✭1/2 ON THE WEB: The most up-to-date movie listings at www.PaloAltoOnline.com Page 24 • Wednesday, April 16, 2008 • Palo Alto Weekly fogster.com THE PENINSULA’S FREE CLASSIFIEDS WEB SITE Marketplace Combining the reach of the Web with print ads reaching over 150,000 readers! fogster.com is a unique web site offering FREE postings from communities throughout the Bay Area and PLACE an opportunity for your ad to appear in the Palo Alto Weekly, The Almanac and the Mountain View Voice. 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Reliable. MANICURIST CABINET - $35.00 services. 650/529-1787 Lic #745186 650-222-0058 (408)745-7115 or (408)368-6622 Page 28 • Wednesday, April 16, 2008 • Palo Alto Weekly THE PENINSULA’S FREE CLASSIFIEDS WEBSITE MARKETPLACE the printed version of TO RESPOND TO ADS WITHOUT PHONE NUMBERS GO TO WWW.FOGSTER.COM fogster.com 737 Fences & Gates M. Sanchez General Landscaping 757 Handyman/ 768 Moving 787 Pressure LAH: 4BR/3BA and Design FURN. Views, sep. family and LR., Fences - Decks - Retaining Walls Concrete, patios, driveways, flagstone, Repairs Assistance Washing 11675 Dawson Dr. Agent, Stairs. Reasonable prices. Lic. lacking pavers, new lawns, planting, irri- Armandos Moving Labor Service 650/333-3833 gation, garden lighting, clean-ups. New Tiling & Stone Solutions #786158. Al, 650/269-7113 or Home, Apts, Storage. House cleaning Los Altos Hills, 1 BR/1 BA - $2400 650/853-0824 installation & repairs. Lic.#860920 Tub, Shower, Kitchen, Fireplace. services avail. Sm/lrg moves. 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PAI NTI NG trimming, removals and stump grind- RENTAL HOMES NEEDED www.cejalandscaping.com 650.529.1662 • 483.4227 Interior & Exterior Great Refs & Low Rates ing. Free chips and wood. Free est. Design - Intallations Lic. and insured. 650/ 368-8065; 650 851-7054 Al Trujillo Handyman Service Lic. 52643 (650) 575-2022 cell 650/704-5588 Construction- Maintenance Int./Ext. painting* Kit./BA Improv., ITSAHUMMER.COM Grading - Excavation Dry Rot, Flooring Install, Homes/Apt. DECORATIVE PAINT SOLUTIONS • YARD • LANDSCAPE Palo Alto, 3 BR/2 BA Bobcat Operation Repairs, Auto Sprinkler, Landscapes, Visit www.tracyboyko.com PALO ALTO TREE SERVICE MAINTENANCE RENOVATION Cozy home with landscaped backyard Fences. 20yrs. 650-207-1306 Free Estimates (415) 516-1480 Business/Res. Tree Removal and stump • ESTATE SERVICE • SPRINKLER CA Lic. 755857 grinding. Certified/Ins. 18 yrs exp. Free and gardener, walking distance to • NEW LAWNS SYSTEMS (650) 533-0946 www.tlandscaping.com estimate. 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Central Park Kitchen and • Construction • Debris Apartments, 90 Sierra Vista Ave. and insured. Bath Remodels PA: 1BR/1BA paulino 650-537-0804, paulinovalle@ • Rental Clean-Up Application dates: Tues. 9-12 only Near dntn. Newly remod; enclosed yahoo.com (650) 592-1232 or Thur. 1-4pm only. 650/964-5600 yard; dog on approval. Avail. now. 7 DAYS A WEEK! Section 8 and vouchers OK $2400 mo. 650/328-1360 (650) 222-4010 STYLE PAINTING Japanese Gardener (408) 888-0445 Interior/exterior. Quality prep to MV: 3 Br, 1 Bath Maintenance * Garden works finish. Owner operated. Reasonable Triplex. 216 Pettis Ave. $1800mo. plus 815 Rentals Wanted Since 1977 [email protected] Clean ups * Pruning No Job Too Big Or Small! prices. Lic 903303. 650/388-8577 deposit,650/968-5595 Got Needs? I can help... (650)327-6283, evenings Lic # B(HIC)-330527 PA: 1BR/1BA Preschool Teacher seeks rental J&G HAULING SERVICE Patio, pool, laundry, covered prkng. D.A.S. Construction Wallpapering by Trish $1200 mo. Info, 650/796-7096 RENTAL, SEMI-RETIRED NURSE Jesus Garcia Landscaping Misc. junk, office, appliances, 24 years of experience Maintenance - Sprinklers - New Fences. garage, storage, etc, clean-ups. Old Free Estimates Seeking quiet studio/1BR (650)366-4301 ask for Jesus or furniture, refrigerators, freezers. 949-1820 GREAT LOCATION! Carmen FREE ESTIMATES 650/368-8810 CUTE & COZY 1BR/1BA $1395 OR 820 Home Exchanges MODERN 1BR/BA $1,895 AND UP JR’s Garden Maintenance WASHER AND DRYER INSIDE! ARCHITECT on call Residential clean up, trimming, new 775 Asphalt/ HIGH CEILINGS, SUNNY, A/C, D/W Architect Specialized-Fine Home lawn and sprinkler installations. 14 yrs NEAR GUNN HS, STANFORD/PAGE MILL exp. Great refs. Jose, 650/743-0397 GENERAL CONTRACTOR License #907806 Concrete (650) 320-8500 825 Homes/Condos Landas Gardening/Landscaping * Additions Roe General Engineering Service Maintenance Asphalt * Paving * Sealing for Sale Clean-ups, new lawns, tree cutting/ * Light Commercial New Construction and Repairs Belmont, 2 BR/1 BA - $699,000 trimming. Ramon (510) 494-1691, Palo Alto, 2 BR/1 BA * New Construction 30 years exp. No job too small Quiet residential area next to 650/576-6242 Excel. Ref’s! Lic #663703 * 650/814-5572 Country Club Neighborhood, 4 BR/2.5 Stanford, Paly. Bright, spacious, well- BA - $2,595,000 * Demo & Clean-Up maintained. Woodfloors, fireplace, Landscape Menlo Park, 3 BR/2 BA - $789000 (650) 482-9090 779 Organizing many closets, storage. No shared walls. 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State law also repairs. 21 years exp., comml./ Palo Alto, 5+ BR/4+ BA - $3,950,000 Res & Co. maint., tree trim/removal. requires that contractors include 805 Homes for Rent residential. Insured. 650-323-6464 or Redwood City (emerald Hills), 5+ Clean-ups, grdn lighting, cust. their license numbers on all advertis- 408/250-0568 Danville, 4 BR/3 BA arbors. Install: Fences, decks, ing. Check your contractor’s status Great schools, 4 bdr/3 ba House BR/4+ BA - $2,499,999 He-Man Plumbing flagstone, paver. Free Est. Lic’d. at www.cslb.ca.gov or 800-321- (3300 Sq.Ft, 3 Car Garage), in Shadow Redwood City, 4 BR/2.5 BA - Serving Menlo Park and Palo Alto (650)369-1477 CSLB (2752). Unlicensed persons Creek (2 clubhouses/pools, many $1,149,700 taking jobs that total less than $500 650/222-7953 walking trails) by Blackhawk Plaza must state in their advertisements Call:(925)337-3692 Luis Vargas Gardening 830 Commercial/ that they are not licensed by the LA: 3BR/1BA Complete Garden/Landscape Contractors State License Board. Income Property Maintenance * Sprinklers Repairs * LA 3BR/1 BA Cozy Hardwood flrs., oak Clean up * Replants Flagstone * kit., gar. Lg yard w/gardener. $2795 10 Apartments in San Carlos Patios * Pavers Excellent Local mo.2037 Farndon Ave. 650/493-4386 Call Adam Levin(650) 391-1782 Refs650/796-1954 fogster.com PA: Office Space 270sf office space on S. Calif Ave. $900 mo., incl. utils and janitorial. Karen, 650/328-9480 Palo Alto Weekly • Wednesday, April 16, 2008 • Page 29 MARKETPLACE the printed version of THE PENINSULA’S FREE CLASSIFIEDS WEBSITE TO RESPOND TO ADS WITHOUT PHONE NUMBERS fogster.com GO TO WWW.FOGSTER.COM Rainbow Trout Stream 840 Vacation 10 Acres - $69,900. Gorgeous Nevada COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FOR STATEMENT OF WITHDRAWAL FROM CROW DIGITAL MEDIA land abuts National Forest and BLM in REHABILITATION, INC. (C.A.R.) PARTNERSHIP OPERATING UNDER FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME Rentals/Time Shares the foothills of the White Mountains east FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT of the California Sierras. Endless recre- STATEMENT File Number: 506848 File No. 507741 A R C H I T E C T ational opportunities. Close up views of File No. 506961 The following person(s)/entity(ies) has/ The following individual(s) is (are) doing Public have withdrawn as a general partner(s) business as, Crow Digital Media, 2050 snow capped peaks. 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(PAW April 11, 18, 25, May 2, 2008) Residential Architecture + Desig Guarantee! No Credit Checks. 1-800- THE MASTER SILICON PAINTING County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025. This 616-4515 www.SunsetRanches.com EAST AND WEST BAY PAINTING County on March 19, 2008. statement was filed with the County 997 All Other Legals 850 Acreage/Lots/ (Cal-SCAN) DOLPHINES PAINTING (PAW March 28, April 4, 11, 18, 2008) Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara County ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE Utah Ranch Dispersal REDWOOD PAINTING on March 17, 2008. OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE Storage Experience the fun and relaxation of FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME (PAW April 2, 9, 16, 23, 2008) STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE having your own 40 acres in the great STATEMENT COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA No. 108CV109061 5+ Acre Homesite outdoor recreational area of the Uintah File No. 506047 BUENDIA PALANA ENTERPRISE TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Beautiful Southern Oregon starting at Basin. Starting at only $29,900. 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G, Palo Alto, CA TOMPKINS-JENKINS. THE COURT Limited Supply. www.SeeThePreserv Alma St. # 374, Palo Alto, CA 94306, 36 Acres - $29,900. Beautiful mountain County: 94306, Santa Clara County: ORDERS that all persons interested eAtGrandLake.com 1-877-909-5253 Santa Clara County: property in Arizona’s Wine Country. MORA’S PAINTING, INC. ELPIDIO C. PALANA JR. in this matter shall appear before this x3966. (Cal-SCAN) LISA KINDLEY Price reduced in buyers market. Won’t 990 Minnesota Ave. 300 Curtner Ave., Apt. G court at the hearing indicated below 3375 Alma St. # 374 to show cause, if any, why the petition last! Good access & views. Eureka San Jose, CA 95125 Palo Alto, CA 94306 Palo Alto, CA 94306 Springs Ranch offered by AZLR. ADWR 855 Real Estate SATRUNINA B. PALANA for change of name should not be This business is owned by a corpora- This business is owned by an indi- granted. NOTICE OF HEARING: May 13, report & financing available. 300 Curtner Ave., Apt. 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Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara least once each week for four succes- 1-800-903-7136. (AAN CAN) listed herein on Feb. 14, 2008. (AAN CAN) on February 27, 2008. County on March 12, 2008. sive weeks prior to the date set for This statement was filed with the (PAW April 2, 9, 16, 23, 2008) hearing on the petition in the following New Arizona Land Rush (PAW March 26, April 2, 9, 16, 2008) County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara newspaper of general circulation, 1 or 2-1/2 “Football Field” Sized Lots! County on March 25, 2008. printed in this county: $0 Down. $0 Interest. $159-$208 per PALO ALTO WEEKLY. month! Money Back Guarantee! 1-888- (PAW April 2, 9, 16, 23, 2008) GET IN-LINE CHIROPRACTIC Date: March 26, 2008 806-2831 or www.SunSitesLandRush. DOG TOWN PALO ALTO FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME /s/ Mary Ann Grilli com (Cal-SCAN) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT STATEMENT File No. 507488 MANGO CARIBBEAN RESTAURANT (PAW April 2, 9, 16, 23, 2008) New Mexico Ranch Dispersal File No. 506954 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME The following individual(s) is (are) doing New to Market. 140 acres - $89,900. The following individual(s) is (are) doing STATEMENT business as, Get In-Line Chiropractic, River Access. Northern New Mexico. business as, Dog Town Palo Alto, 540 File No. 506964 744 San Antonio Rd., Suite 10, Palo Cool 6,000’ elevation with stunning Bryant St., Palo Alto, CA 94301, Santa The following individual(s) is (are) Alto, CA 94303, Santa Clara County: views. Great tree cover including 0.5% commission to Buy/Sell home Clara County: doing business as, Mango Caribbean KENDRA COHN, DC Ponderosa, rolling grassland and rock Gohalfpercent offers a smart 0.5% LORI SCHMALZ Restaurant, 435 Hamilton Ave., Palo 874 Runnymede Rd. outcroppings. Abundant wildlife, great Woodside, CA 94062 commission option. No hidden cost. 1192 Essex Lane Alto, CA 94301, Santa Clara County: hunting. EZ terms. Call NML&R, Inc. This business is owned by an indi- Call 650.988.8813 or browse www. Foster City, CA 94404 WINSTON WINT 1-866-360-5263. (Cal-SCAN) gohalfpercent.com vidual. This business is owned by an indi- 120 West Third Ave., # 703 Registrant has not yet begun to Did you know? New Mexico Sacrifice vidual. San Mateo, CA 94402 transact business under the fictitious 140 acres was $149,900, Now Only Registrant has not yet begun to This business is owned by an indi- business name(s) listed herein. This • The Palo Alto Weekly is $69,900. Amazing 6000 ft. elevation. 890 Real Estate transact business under the fictitious vidual. statement was filed with the County Incredible mountain views. Mature tree business name(s) listed herein. This Registrant began transacting business Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County adjudicated to publish cover. Power and year round roads. Wanted statement was filed with the County under the fictitious business name(s) on March 28, 2008. in the County of Santa Excellent financing. Priced for quick listed herein on 3/1/08. 3BD+/2Bth+ Palo Alto House Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County (PAW April 4, 11, 18, 25, 2008) Clara. sale. Call NML&R, Inc. 1-888-204-9760. on March 18, 2008. This statement was filed with the (Cal-SCAN) Paint your house “GREEN” (PAW March 28, April 4, 11, 18, 2008) County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara • Our adjudication County on March 19, 2008. SHERRY’S HANDBAGS includes the Mid- (PAW April 2, 9, 16, 23, 2008) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME Peninsula communities CASA BLANCA CONSTRUCTION, INC. STATEMENT File No. 507435 of Palo Alto, Stanford, FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME RED WINDOW CATERING The following individual(s) is (are) doing OBITUARY ANNOUNCEMENTS STATEMENT Los Altos, and FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME business as, Sherry’s Handbags, 2959 File No. 507038 Mountain View STATEMENT Fallwood Lane, San Jose, CA 95132, The following individual(s) is (are) doing File No. 506965 Santa Clara County: • The Palo Alto Weekly The Palo Alto Weekly publishes obituaries business as, Casa Blanca Construction, The following individual(s) is (are) doing CHERYL A DUNHAM publishes every Inc., 4093 Ben Lomond Drive, Palo business as, Red Window Catering, 435 2959 Fallwood Lane about people who lived in, or played a Alto, CA 94306, Santa Clara County: Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94301, San Jose, CA 95132 Wednesday and Friday. RODRIGUEZ-COVIELLO CONSTRUCTION, Santa Clara County: This business is owned by an indi- Deadlines: vidual. prominent role in, the community. INC. WINSTON WINT Registrant has not yet begun to 4093 Ben Lomond Drive 120 West Third Ave., # 703 Wednesday Publication: Palo Alto, CA 94306 transact business under the fictitious Noon Thursday Obituaries are written by staff writers, based San Mateo, CA 94402 business name(s) listed herein. This This business is owned by a corpora- This business is owned by an indi- statement was filed with the County Friday Publication: on information provided by mortuaries and/or tion. vidual. Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County Noon Tuesday family members. Due to space limits and Registrant began transacting business Registrant began transacting business on March 27, 2008. under the fictitious business name(s) under the fictitious business name(s) (PAW April 4, 11, 18, 25, 2008) Call Alicia Santillan other reasons, we may not include all the listed herein on 02/18/1998. listed herein on 3/1/08. (650) 326-8210 x239 to This statement was filed with the This statement was filed with the information a family wishes. County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara assist you with your legal County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT County on March 19, 2008. County on March 20, 2008. OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS advertising needs. Some families choose to write their own (PAW March 28, April 4, 11, 18, 2008) (PAW April 2, 9, 16, 23, 2008) NAME E-mail File No. 507579 memorial announcements, The following person(s)/entity(ies) has/ asantillan then purchase space to publish it. UZUMAKI SUSHI RESTAURANT THE ZEN HOTEL have abandoned the use of the fictitious @paweekly.com FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME ZEN HOTEL business name(s). The information given below is as it appeared on the fictitious STATEMENT FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME business statement that was filed at the The Palo Alto Weekly handles funeral File No. 507205 STATEMENT File No. 507306 County Clerk-Recorder’s Office. announcements The following individual(s) is (are) doing FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME(S): business as, Uzumaki Sushi Restaurant, The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as, 1.) The Zen Hotel, 2.) Zen LIGHTS R US ELECTRIC for a small fee based on length of text. Photos 451 S. California Ave., Palo Alto, CA Hotel, 4164 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, 463 E. Latimer Avenue, #4 94306, Santa Clara County: may also CA 94306, Santa Clara County: Campbell, CA 95008 SMILING FACE INC. FILED IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY MISTRY & SONS, LLC be included. ON: 02/24/2006 1610 Maxine Ave. 485 N. Whisman Road, # 300 San Mateo, CA 94401 UNDER FILE NO. 474302 Mountain View, CA 94043 REGISTRANT’S NAME(S): For information call 326- This business is owned by a corpora- This business is owned by a limited tion. JOSEPH V. PERILLO liability company. 463 E. Latimer Avenue, #4 Registrant has not yet begun to trans- 8210, ext 221 (Blanca) Registrant has not yet begun to Campbell, CA 95008 or email [email protected] act business under the fictitious busi- transact business under the fictitious THIS BUSINESS WAS CONDUCTED ness name(s) listed herein. business name(s) listed herein. This BY an individual. This statement was filed with the statement was filed with the County This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County County Clerk Recorder of Santa Clara fogster.com County on March 24, 2008. on March 25, 2008. County on April 2, 2008. 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Open floor plan, plen- LARGE LOT-PRIVATE STREET $399,000 2 BR 1 BA with Bonus Studio Unit, Updated Eat-in 1173 FARLEY ST $723,000 TRI PLEX IN OLD PALO ALTO $1,695,000 ty of storage. Near 101 & downtown Redwood City. Kitchen with tile counters, Double paned windows. 3 BR 2 BA Great location! Good Size Corner lot, 2 BR 1 BA Opportunity knocks. Huge potential to Cesar Cervantes 650.328.5211 Fabiola Prieto 650.325.6161 Large Eat-In Kitchen, Extra Bonus Room, Fireplace. remodel! Lg 2/1 SFH, two 1BR units, 3 car garage. Greg Stange 650.325.6161 Susie Dews & Shena Hurley 650.325.6161 SUNNYVALE NEWER PAINT AND CARPETING $375,000 SPACIOUS CHERRY CHASE HM $1,048,000 3 BR 2 BA Kitchen with breakfast bar, inviting living SECLUDED CONDO $649,000 SPACIOUS NORTH PA CONTEMP $1,689,000 4 BR 2 BA Open layout w/modern touches through- room with fireplace, Updated Baths. Carport. 2 BR 2.5 BA Two master suites. Powder room, fire- 4 BR 3 BA Quiet st near Jordan Middle Sch. 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Geraldine Asmus 650.325.6161 2 BR 1 BA Features hardwood floors, kitchen with OLD PA REMOD. CRAFTSMAN $1,498,000 Jim McCahon 650.851.2666 breakfast bar, living room with fireplace, Bonus Rm 3 BR 3 BA Lovely & spacious in Walter Hays district. Fabiola Prieto 650.325.6161 PALO ALTO Room for expansion. Remodeled kitchen & 3 baths DRAMATIC 3 ACRE PROPERTY $5,500,000 Leannah Hunt & Laurel Robinson 650.325.6161 3 BR 2 BA Partial drawings for new hme avail. to cre- NEAR SHOPPING AND 101 $299,000 STATELY MEDITERRANEAN CALL FOR PRICE ate a magical estate amidst stately oaks/redwds. 2 BR 1 BA Updated kitchen w. tile floors, dining and N. PA REMOD. RANCH STYLE $1,278,000 4 BR 4 BA Situated on nearly 3/4 ac. Beautifully Thomas Dallas 650.851.2666 living room combo, bonus rm. Fully fenced yards expanded, remodeled, restored. 1920's character. 3 BR 2 BA Duveneck Elem. district feat. a master ste Fabiola Prieto 650.325.6161 Nancy Goldcamp 650.325.6161 steps from a professionally landscaped garden. LUXURY HOME IN WOODSIDE $4,799,000 Leannah Hunt & Laurel Robinson 650.325.6161 4 BR 3.5 BA All the luxury and amenities of a five- CONVENIENT LOCATION $299,000 PRESTIGIOUS OLD PALO ALTO $7,600,000 star resort in Woodside Hills. 3 BR 1 BA Spacious bedrooms, cozy kitchen with EXPANDED & REMODELED $1,225,000 5 BR 2 full BA + 2 half On one of the most sought- breakfast bar, living and dining room combo. 3 BR 2.5 BA Remodeled kitchen,granite,hardwood Tom LeMieux 650.323.7751 after streets in Old PA. Large beautifully landscaped floors,new appliances.Family Room,dining room. Fabiola Prieto 650.325.6161 lot. Rod Creason 650.325.6161 Sharon Witte 650.325.6161 LOS ALTOS HILLS PALO ALTO BUNGALOW $945,000 NEW OASIS $12,950,000 780 SEALE AVE $4,200,000 3 BR 2 BA Remodel or Build New. Fireplace in living 7 BR 7.5 BA Unparalled luxury & landmark architec- 6 BR 5 BA Spectacular home completed in 2001 room with hardwd flrs. 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SECLUDED PV HOME $1,899,000 2 BR 2 BA Gourmet kitchen,w/granite spacious mas- Versatile flrplan, bonus room w/ 1BR/1BA & sep. 3 BR 2 BA Surrounded by majestic Oaks, open FP, WOODSIDE ter suite, walk to downtown. entry. spacious master Keri Nicholas 650.323.7751 Ginny & Joe Kavanaugh 650.851.1961 Kathy Nicosia/Colleen Cooley 650.323.7751 650. 851.2666 PRINCETON CAPITAL EXPERTS IN HOME LENDING MORTGAGE SERVICES 800.558.4443 ©2007 Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. Coldwell Banker is a registered trademark licensed to Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. Equal Housing Opportunity. Owned And Operated By NRT LLC. Page 32 • Wednesday, April 16, 2008 • Palo Alto Weekly