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DOWNTOWN Merchants baffled by parking problem For drivers, downtown parking lots and garages are the city’s best-kept secret by Gennady Sheyner hat good is free and abundant but there’s a perception that there’s downtown parking when vis- no parking and that it’s hard to get W itors don’t know it’s there? into downtown Palo Alto. That’s one of the questions Palo “We should invest in signage.” Alto’s downtown-business leaders Downtown business owners long wrestled with Wednesday morning ago identified parking as a top prior- at a brainstorming session on down- ity. Businesses currently participate town’s future. The event, sponsored in a parking-assessment district that by the Palo Alto Downtown Busi- pays for new lots and garages and for Vivian Wong ness and Professional Association, maintenance of the current facilities. focused on ways to make Univer- But even with 18 lots and garages over sity Avenue and surrounding streets the roughly 30-square-block area, more attractive for pedestrians, bi- masses of drivers wander through cyclists and drivers. downtown every day looking for a Enjoying a breath of spring Downtown business owners and spot, business owners complained. Stanford student Andrew Elmore reads by “The Claw,” one of Stanford’s many fountains. city officials split on some of the Jeff Selzer, general manager of more radical (and costly) ideas that Palo Alto Bicycles, said the noise emerged during the discussion — in- from trucks and cars on University LAND USE the city’s existing regulations and cluding the perennial proposal to turn Avenue often makes it impossible for procedures for review are strin- University Avenue into a pedestrian him to speak on the phone inside his gent enough to ensure eco-friendly mall and a suggestion to make Ham- business. The city should do more Jumbo home OK’d by buildings that don’t impact views. ilton and Lytton avenues one-way to limit the number of trucks on the The commission recommended not streets. But just about everyone in the prominent thoroughfare, Selzer said. setting maximum house sizes but room agreed that a few extra signs Business owners encouraged city Palo Alto planners said that if the council chooses to and some maps directing visitors to officials to put up signs directing 11,000-square-foot residence in foothills would stand impose housing limits despite the parking structures would help. people toward parking and to print recommendations, 12,000 square Attendees at Wednesday’s discus- more maps identifying downtown near Portola Valley border feet would be a reasonable number. sion acknowledged that Palo Alto lots and garages. by Gennady Sheyner The Los Trancos Road proposal, has significant advantages over other “There is such an investment in which comes close to the hypotheti- downtowns when it comes to park- parking in this city,” said Sherry eeks after Palo Alto’s plan- merits approval. cal maximum, includes a 75-foot- ing, including a scattering of surface Bijan, president of the Downtown ning commissioners rejected “I think this is a great project that, I long swimming pool and new palm lots and multi-story parking struc- Business and Professional Associa- W setting maximum sizes for think, as a community we can be proud trees that would screen the property tures on High Street, Cowper Street tion. “It’s the information that’s not new houses in the foothills, they found of,” Vice Chair Samir Tuma said. from view. The two-story building and Hamilton Avenue. The fact that coming through.” themselves staring at the city’s latest The application for the new house would stand in a flat area about 120 all that parking is free also helps. Bijan also encouraged local archi- development proposal — an 11,184- at 805 Los Trancos Road has been in feet away from Los Trancos Road, But too few out-of-towners are tects and urban designers to bring square-foot “English manor-style” the city’s pipeline since 2004, when close to the Portola Valley border. aware of these parking structures, forth new concepts and design ideas house and swimming pool in the city’s the Langenskiold Family Trust first Planning staff said the building which are subsidized by downtown for improving downtown Palo Alto. pristine open-space district. proposed it. would not be visible from any of the business owners. As a result, too City planners and community The Planning and Transportation On March 3, during a discussion of city’s public lands. The only locations many cars creep along University volunteers put together a University Commission unanimously approved the city’s Comprehensive Plan, which from which the new house could be Avenue throughout the day, making Avenue “concept plan” in 1993, but the project after voicing minor con- guides future planning, several com- viewed are the slopes west of the site, life less pleasant for pedestrians, bi- the plan has largely fallen by the cerns about the building’s archi- missioners said they would hate to see near Portola Valley. The 26 new trees cyclists and other drivers. wayside. The plan recommended, tecture, tree selection, grading and new mansions pop up in Palo Alto’s would also reduce the property’s vis- “Our customers think there’s no among other things, one-way traffic light impacts. open-space zone, potentially degrad- ibility from public roads. parking in downtown Palo Alto,” said flow near University Circle, new bi- Though normally opposed to ing the environment and blocking Commissioner Eduardo Martinez Cornelia Pendleton, chief financial cycle connections and underground large developments in the foothills, visitors’ views of the rolling hills. wondered aloud whether the build- officer of University Art on Hamilton tunnels for railroad tracks. commissioners agreed that the proj- After hearing from several angry ing’s English manor style is consis- Avenue. “You go to any garage and Curtis Williams, the city’s plan- ect has been well thought out and residents, commissioners agreed there are floors of parking spaces, (continued on page 6) (continued on page 7) *>œÊ
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male engineers display,” said one top technical women saw them- Tech survey participant, a mid-level tech- selves that way. (continued from page 5) nical woman. “A loss of diverse ideas in the “There’s a way of communicating innovation process represents lost The Peninsula’s Premier Simard said the research was de- where male engineers communicate business opportunities for compa- signed to answer companies’ ques- in such a way that it sounds like they nies,” Simard said. Funeral Service Provider tions about the best policies for re- know what they’re talking about and Many tech companies categorize cruiting, retaining and advancing they are right. And you know, some- positions in terms of whether they Serving families since 1899 technical women. times it comes across as arrogant are “individual contributors” or “They (the companies) come to us and annoying, but it’s effective. managers. This dual-ladder career and say, ‘We want to get more insight “And I think that often women structure was widely adopted in the 980 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, California 94301 about what’s happening with our tech- don’t learn to do that in technical 1950s by firms heavily dependent nical women and how we can support careers. They never sort of advance on scientific talent. (650) 328-1360 them in advancing their careers,’” she up the technical ladder.” It was a way to provide advance- said. She declined to specifically name Simard also noted that the pro- ment opportunities for high-perform- www.rollerhapgoodtinney.com the seven high-technology companies pensity for assertiveness varies ing technical employees who did not in Silicon Valley from which the data along cultural dimensions. have managerial aspirations. was gathered in 2008. A senior woman described how Funeral Home FD132 Simard said it is a matter of concern Women and men at senior techni- she had to change her style to fit the that top women are more likely to be cal levels largely agreed when asked North American technical culture. in management rather than “indi- to identify “attributes for successful “I was raised to not be aggressive, vidual contributor” roles because the people in technology.” be very modest, don’t toot your own “ICs” have greater opportunities to Those were listed, in order of im- horn. achieve deep technical specialization, portance, as analytical, innovative, “I think in America you need to be set technical directions for company questioning, risk-taking, collabora- a little more assertive. You often have products and be involved in patenting tive, entrepreneurial and assertive. to sell yourself, promote yourself. Let and publishing activities. Senior tech women and men people know what you’ve done, what “At a certain level (in our com- viewed themselves in similar num- you’re capable of doing.” pany), you have to choose whether bers as analytical, questioning, risk- Another senior technical woman you will be an engineer or a manag- Low Prices taking and collaborative. said self-promotion had been neces- er,” said a mid-level technical man. Nearly 56 percent of senior wom- sary for success. “And I cannot name you a single fe- en saw themselves as “assertive,” “I’ve had to ask for it,” she said. male (top level) technical leader that on Everything for Easter while only 48.4 percent of senior “If I was just complacent and I I know of at this company.” men considered themselves so. just did my work ... I wouldn’t be A mid-level technical woman said, One mid-level woman said as- where I am. I’ve had to be very ag- “(At the highest level) we don’t have sertiveness is necessary for female Look inside today’s gressive and basically say: ‘Hey, I’m women technical Fellows or anything success in the male-dominated en- ready for a promotion. Let’s sit down like that; we have women VPs. insert for savings. gineering culture, even if it does not and talk about this. I should be at a “Fellow is the equivalent of ‘tech- come naturally. higher level.’” nical god.’ There are no women. “There are certain behaviors that While 60.2 percent of senior tech- Then there are (top-level engineers) are required of women in technol- nical men described themselves as one step lower, and I think that one ogy because of the behaviors that “innovators,” only 38.1 percent of is a woman. It makes me so mad.” In the area of work-life balance, the survey found that nearly a quar- ter of senior technical women rely on a spouse who has primary re- sponsibility for the household. 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LAND USE Councilwoman Gail Price said “It will be seismically safe and a Monday that the discussion between great asset for the city.” city, school district and college dis- In discussions two years ago, Foot- trict officials would go beyond the hill indicated that some of the college Palo Alto restarts talks with Foothill College specific land-sale proposal and con- would be willing to share some facili- Council votes 8-1 to discuss ‘use and possible sale’ of 8 city-owned acres at Cubberley sider the broader issue of land use ties with residents and the city. at Cubberley. Price is one of four Horowitz noted that some of the by Gennady Sheyner council members who joined the council members who opposed council this year and did not take the sale in 2008, including for- alo Alto’s stalled proposal to Mayor Pat Burt said the meeting Foothill currently leases about part in the earlier negotiations. mer Councilman Jack Morton, are sell a portion of Cubberley between council members, college 57,000 square feet at Cubberley, “We are also assuming that in the no longer on the council. The city P Community Center to Foot- officials and members of the Palo where it serves about 4,000 part- discussion it would be an opportu- also has a new city manager, James hill College officially re-emerged Alto Unified School District will time students each quarter. College nity to clarify the existing relation- Keene, and a $6.4 million budget Monday night after the City Coun- be scheduled within the next 60 ship, agreements and background to deficit in the 2010 fiscal year. cil agreed to schedule a meeting days. The discussions, the council the overall current and future poten- The turnover on the council and with Foothill officials to discuss agreed, will focus on “exploration tial uses of the broader Cubberley on city staff, coupled with the city’s the possible sale. of the use and potential sale” of the ‘Foothill has site,” Price said. economic struggles, could make The sale would make possible a city-owned portion of Cubberley, $40 million that’s Though none of the college dis- Palo Alto’s negotiations with Foot- phased rebuilding of Foothill’s Mid- which is located at 4000 Middle- trict’s trustees attended Monday’s hill more fruitful this time around, dlefield Campus. field Road in south Palo Alto. just sitting there and meeting, one Foothill professor pub- Horowitz said. After an hour of debate behind The city had previously consid- waiting to be used.’ licly encouraged the council to cut a “There’s a new council, a new city closed doors, the council voted 8-1 ered selling a portion of Cubberley —Ken Horowitz, deal with the college. Ken Horowitz, manager and a new environment to schedule a meeting with officials to Foothill in 2008, but talks col- professor, Foothill College a Palo Alto resident who teaches at where the city is talking about mak- from the Foothill-De Anza Commu- lapsed after several council mem- the college’s dental-hygiene pro- ing staff reductions and service cuts,” nity College District to discuss sell- bers insisted on leasing the land gram, called the sale a “win-win” Horowitz said. “Meanwhile, Foothill ing 8 acres of Cubberley to the dis- instead. College officials wanted to officials had hoped to build a new situation for the city and the school. has $40 million that’s just sitting trict. Vice Mayor Sid Espinosa was buy the land outright and hoped to “education center” at Cubberley, a “We’d have a beautiful facility,” there and waiting to be used.” N the lone dissenter, but he declined to fund the purchase with the $40 mil- project that would expand the col- Horowitz told the council. “The dis- Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner comment after the meeting, citing lion the district has leftover from a lege’s share of the Middlefield Road trict is committed to putting in $40 can be e-mailed at gsheyner@ Brown Act restrictions. 2006 facilities-bond measure. facility by 43 percent. million for the project. paweekly.com.

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Take a Free Class! City of Palo Alto - Top gross salaries in 2009 Employee Job Title Overtime Cash Out Total Gross Salary

Daniel Lindsey* Deputy Fire Chief, EMT 0$137,520$293,730 s!BSOLUTE"EGINNERSTO0ROFESSIONALS (retired 2009) s&ACULTYOF0ROFESSIONAL$ANCERS James Keene City Manager 0 0 $259,695 s9OUTH'RADED0ROGRAM s,ARGEST3ELECTIONOF$ROP IN#LASSES Gayle Likens** Management Specialist 0$157,865$250,792 FOR!DULTSINTHE0ENINSULA (retired 2009) 7EHAVEAWELCOMING CARING Gary Baum City Attorney 0 0 $239,382 PLACETOSTUDYBALLET Phillip Ignoffo* Supervisor, Electrical Systems $1,431 $144,600 $227,476 (retired 2009) Alexi Zubiría, Artistic Director 650.968.4455 Everardo Perez Director of Administrative 0 $18,658 $218,101 914 N. Rengstorff Ave. near Rt. 101 in Mtn. View www.westernballet.org Services

Valerie Fong Director of Utilities 0 $2,987 $217,143 Commitment To Excellence

$500 Jason Amdur* Fire Captain, Hazardous $86,179 $5,769 $207,585 Discount Coupon Materials, EMT (with purchase of new roof) Original Ownership Since 1975 Nancy Stout** Management Specialist $6,034 $96,201 $201,288 All Types of Roofi ng & Gutters (retired 2009) Residential & Commercial S.C.L#785441 Dennis Burns* Police Chief 0 $17,094 $198,997 1901 Old Middlefi eld Way, Mtn. View 650-969-7663 Note: Total gross salary includes wages, differential payments, bonuses, overtime, vacation or annual pay, sick-leave pay, holiday pay as well as all other types of paid leave, mileage payment, end-of-employment leave payoff and cash outs. Cash outs include unused vacation and annual leave, and — for employees hired prior to PALO ALTO UNIFIED 12/1/83 — unused sick leave. SCHOOL DISTRICT * Hired prior to 12/1/83 ** Rehired as hourly employee The Palo Alto Unified School District 25 Churchill Avenue, Building “D” Palo Alto, CA 94306 CITY HALL

March 26, 2010 trade in their two weeks of “man- Palo Alto retirees cash in on agement leave” (the time off they REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS get as compensation for working ‘cash out’ payments extra hours) for cash. OHLONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL The city’s tough contract ne- MODERNIZATION AND NEW CONSTRUCTION City paid $5.3 million last year to workers gotiations with the SEIU and the management group likely with unused sick, vacation days played a major role in driving up The Palo Alto Unified School District is inviting qualification by Gennady Sheyner the cash-out payments last year, information from highly qualified and experienced Con- Perez said. Last year, the city tractors to provide General Construction Services to the ay raises may be a thing of ($137,520), Fire Captain Kenneth imposed new (and less lucra- District for the Ohlone Elementary School Modernization the past in Palo Alto, but Cardinale ($109,393) and custo- tive) conditions on the SEIU and and New Construction project. P some city workers man- dian Ted Schroder ($106,069). stopped giving bonuses to man- aged to supplement their salaries City Manager James Keene agement employees, prompting a This project consists of the construction of one new 2 story with hefty “cash out” payments said the largest cash-out pay- wave of retirements. last year by turning in unused ments went to employees who 12 room classroom building as well as the modernization But retirees weren’t the only sick and vacation time. were hired before 1983, back ones cashing in last year. Some of of existing buildings and is valued at 7.5M. This project The city doled out $5.3 million when the city had no limits on the younger employees also chose is anticipated to bid late summer 2010 with construction in cash-out payments in 2009 how many sick days and vacation to take cash instead of vacation commencing early fall. to workers in exchange for their days can be cashed out. Ignoffo, to compensate for the lack of pay unused sick and vacation days. for example, was hired in 1966, raises and bonuses, Keene said. If interested and qualified, proposal packets may be ob- Hundreds of workers took mod- while Lindsey and Cardinale The trend is expected to con- tained from the Palo Alto Unified School District Facilities est cash-out payments when they both joined the city in 1981. All tinue in the coming years as most had worked more days than re- Office - Phone (650) 329-3927. three retired last year. salaries are expected to remain quired — most less than $10,000 “The big driver here is the ability flat. Palo Alto is facing a $6.3 but some into five digits. But the for pre-1983 employees to cash out million budget gap in the cur- Palo Alto Unified School District largest sums by far were given to almost all of their accrued vacation rent fiscal year, which ends on Facilities Department some of the city’s most seasoned and sick leave,” Keene said. June 30. The gap is projected to 25 Churchill Avenue, Building “D” veterans, many of whom retired In January 1984, the city gradually expand to about $19.6 Palo Alto, CA 94306 last year amid tough contract ne- changed its policy and set limits million in fiscal year 2020 if the Attn: Alex Morrison gotiations. on the number of unused vaca- city doesn’t cut costs or find new Gayle Likens, a longtime man- tion days workers can swap for revenue sources. ager in the transportation division cash. Lalo Perez, director of the The city spent $93 million on Questions regarding this request for qualifications (“RFQ”) of the city’s planning depart- Administrative Services Depart- regular salaries — not includ- may be directed to Alex Morrison at amorrison@pausd. ment, led the field by receiving a ment, said workers can no longer ing overtime or cash outs — in org $157,865 cash-out payment — a cash out their sick days and have 2009. figure that boosted her overall limits on how many vacation days Given the projections, Keene ALL RESPONSES TO THIS RFQ MUST BE RECEIVED salary to $250,792. Likens, who they can trade in for cash. said salary increases for city work- BY 2:00 PM, Wednesday, April 28, 2010. retired last year but came back to The Service Employees Inter- ers are unlikely in the near future. work for the city on an hourly ba- national Union (SEIU) workers, “I don’t see us having pay rais- sis, was one of five city workers who make up more than half of es next year and it’s hard for me This is not a request for bids or an offer by the District to whose cash-out figures reached the city’s work force, can cash to see us even having pay raises contract with any party responding to this RFQ. The Dis- six digits in 2009. out up to three weeks of vacation in fiscal year 2012, given the fi- trict reserves the right to reject any and all Proposals. All She was trailed by Utilities leave per year. The management nancial state of the city,” Keene materials submitted to the District in response to this RFQ Supervisor Phillip Ignoffo (a group, which doesn’t get paid said. “Our focus will clearly be shall remain property of the District and may be consid- $144,600 cash-out payment), Fire overtime, can cash out up to two on cost containment related to ered a part of public record. Deputy Chief Daniel Lindsey weeks of vacation and can also salaries.” N

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 The three will face off in the Democratic primary elections in June. Ruskin is termed out at the end of this year. 650.265.2040 · 1625 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mtn. View · M-F 5:30am-10pm Sat/Sun 8am-7pm · www.overtimefitness.com Becker’s campaign chest was greatly bolstered by sizeable contribu- tions from high-tech executives, including officials from Google, Cisco, Facebook and HP. The Menlo Park resident also received a flurry of quadruple-digit contributions from dozens of venture capitalists, lawyers and technologists, including ones his venture-capital firm, New Cycle 'YWXSQ7SMP1M\IW0MKLX[IMKLX6SSJ8ST1M\IW Capital, has invested in. (MIWXIP7XVYGXYVIH'SQTSWX:IVQM+VIIR'SQTSWX Though most of his support came from outside Palo Alto, Becker also received $2,000 from local developer Jim Baer and $500 from former 2YVWIV]1M\4SXXMRK1M\3VKERMG)WWIRXMEP7SMP Palo Alto Mayor Gary Fazzino. 1YPGLIW%GXMZIP]%IVEXIH'SQTSWX8IE3VKERMG*IVXMPM^IVW Kishimoto, who served on the Palo Alto City Council for eight years before reaching her term limit last year, earned the bulk of her sup- *PEKWXSRI&SYPHIVW;EPP6SGO(IGSQTSWIH+VERMXI port from past and present Palo Alto officials, neighborhood leaders, (IGSVEXMZI+VEZIP 4IFFPIW6IHM1M\'SRGVIXI7ERH environmentalists and family members. She also loaned $20,000 to her campaign just before the reporting deadline. Gordon, a San Mateo County supervisor, received much of his support from Silicon Valley attorneys, construction companies and labor unions. Gordon also received $3,900 in contributions from Assemblywoman Fiona Ma’s campaign and from the Bay Area Municipal Elections Committee. N — Gennady Sheyner High schools to add engineering, AP Chinese An Advanced Placement (AP) Mandarin course and a class in engineer- ing design are likely to be added to this fall’s class selection at Gunn and Palo Alto high schools. The Palo Alto school board Tuesday night reacted favorably to presen- tations about the new classes, indicating it will vote to approve them at its next meeting April 3. [[[P]RKWSKEVHIRGSQ Gunn teacher Bakari Holmes, who has developed an “engineering  pathway” curriculum at the school that he plans to expand over the next several years, said the engineering design course will introduce ninth- 7IETSVX&SYPIZEVH and tenth-graders to the design process, research and analysis processes, 6IH[SSH'MX] global engineering standards and technical documentation. 1SR¦7EXXS Holmes’ engineering program, so far offered just at Gunn, has received 7YRXS funding from Palo Alto Partners in Education (PiE). Holmes’ program is aligned with Project Lead the Way, a national organization that has worked with industry and other partners to boost learning in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The Chinese language and culture course will offer advanced Mandarin Graduate Education at the Frontier of Psychology and Spirituality to students who already have completed three years in the language. This year’s enrollment in Mandarin 3 is 22 students at Paly and 20 at Gunn. ITI TP P Paly World Languages Instructional Supervisor Kevin Duffy said the new Chinese course will be offered at both high schools if there is suf- ficient interest, noting that some “heritage” Mandarin speakers not cur- Steve is passionate about working to help lift children rently enrolled in Mandarin 3 may come along to join the AP class. out of poverty, violence, and neglect. In other business, the board voted to confer tenure, or “permanent After earning his M.A. from ITP, Steve founded a status,” on 36 teachers and administrators, including the principals of counseling program in East Palo Alto, a culturally rich Jordan Middle School and Nixon Elementary School. The employees are but underserved community. about to complete their second “probationary year” and have been closely observed by their supervisors to ensure they meet or exceed a variety of “ITP changed my life, and now, working together with “teaching performance standards.” wonderful ITP interns, we are changing the lives of hundreds The board also discussed the likely elimination of 12 full- and part- of kids by helping their families strengthen and stabilize.” time staff positions, six of which are currently vacant. The staff reductions, estimated to save about $410,000, are part of the Find out more: www.itp.edu/steve fallout of a $3.8 million budget-cutting package approved by the board Academic Programs: On-Campus & Online last month. N — Chris Kenrick r
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Palo Alto firm, with Stanford ties, scores big IPO The auspicious initial public offering of a Palo Alto-based financial- advice firm last week has IPO watchers hopeful that more good things could be coming for Silicon Valley companies — if they price things right. (Posted March 24 at 10:57 a.m.) Liz Kniss witnesses health care bill signing Come celebrate our 80th anniversary Liz Kniss, a Santa Clara County supervisor who was invited to Washington, D.C., for the signing of President Obama’s health care with an evening featuring the personal overhaul, said the mood among Democrats was jubilant but that law- makers have a lot of work ahead to implement the changes and make vision of Gary Fisher sure citizens understand them. (Posted March 24 at 7:35 a.m.) April 22 - Thursday 7:00p.m. Palo Alto Bicycles Reported mountain lion sightings way up Limited Seating Mountain lion sightings in Woodside, Portola Valley and other wooded areas of San Mateo County are on track to triple or quadruple RSVP Required in 2010, according to figures from the county Sheriff’s Office. (Posted March 23 at 1:37 p.m.) Fight at Opportunity Center lands one man in jail An argument in the day room of Palo Alto’s Opportunity Center Saturday night erupted into a physical attack involving a frying pan, www.paloaltobicycles.com 171 University Ave Palo Alto, CA 94301-P650.328.7411 chair and metal table. (Posted March 23 at 9:56 a.m.) County TB cases still high despite statewide drop Tuberculosis cases in Santa Clara County are the third highest in the state and remain high despite a large drop in the rest of the state, ac- cording to a report released March 22 by The Tuberculosis Prevention Partnership of Santa Clara County. (Posted March 22 at 4:36 p.m.) Find your strength Menlo Park residents brace for garbage rate hike If you live in Menlo Park, taking out the trash is about to get a lot at the YMCA. more expensive. (Posted March 22 at 2:37 p.m.) Try us FREE for 1 week! Foothill Palo Alto campus may be rebuilt slowly Foothill College could expand the square footage it occupies at Palo Alto’s Cubberley Community Center by 43 percent and still have room to provide adequate parking, according to a 2008 plan concept being discussed tonight. But that plan may be changed or phased in and near-term enrollment increases are unlikely due to no state funding, “My time to unwind, my well being, my officials say. (Posted March 22 at 8:28 a.m.) family’s best investment–that’s my Y.” Area Democrats laud ‘historic’ health care bill -YMCA Member A bill reforming America’s health care system, what one Bay Area congressman said was “one of the most important bills in the past 40 years,” was approved Sunday night by the U.S. House of Representa- tives, with seven votes to spare. (Posted March 22 at 12:45 a.m.) Get your free trial and enter to win great Police arrest two, seek third in EPA shooting prizes like a 6-month YMCA membership! Police arrested two suspects Friday and are looking for a third per- son of interest in a shooting at the Boys & Girls Club football field in Visit ymcasv.org/giveaway by April 18. East Palo Alto last week. (Posted March 22 at 12:15 a.m.) Trial is for consecutive days and must start by 4/24/10. Schwarzenegger campaigns for organ donation See YMCA for details. Speaking at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Friday morning, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger stumped for a different kind of candidate — people who need an organ transplant. (Posted March 19 at 6:01 p.m.) YMCA of Silicon Valley Terman student competes in Geographic Bee (408) 351-6400 Terman Middle School eighth-grader Adam Price is headed to Sac- ramento next month, where he will compete in the 2010 California Geographic Bee. (Posted March 22 at 11:35 a.m.) Jury finds Koloto guilty of first-degree murder A Santa Clara County Superior Court jury has convicted a Gilroy Enrich your life. man of first-degree murder in connection with the killing of 27-year- old Philip Lacy during a robbery in downtown Palo Alto two years ago. Otto Emil Koloto, 23, faces life in prison without parole. (Posted March 19 at 12:36 p.m.) Paly community honors office clerk Lue Phelps th Palo Alto High School’s band is brushing up on “When the Saints 19 Annual Photo Contest Go Marching In” to honor Lue Phelps, who, at 89, was still working at Paly until a month before she died Sunday. (Posted March 19 at 11:38 a.m.) DEADLINE NEXT WEEK ENTRY DEADLINE: April 2, 2010, 5:30pm Want to get news briefs e-mailed to you every weekday? ENTRY FORM & RULES AVAILABLE at www.PaloAltoOnline.com Sign up for Express, our new daily e-edition. Go to www.PaloAltoOnline.com to sign up. For more information call 650.223.6508 or e-mail [email protected]

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$VVHPEO\PHPEHU-HUU\+LOO &DOLIRUQLD6WDWH$VVHPEO\'LVWULFW Public Agenda PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION the committee’s guiding principles. The meeting /XFLOH3DFNDUG&KLOGUHQuV+RVSLWDO ... The commission plans to discuss the Transpor- is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 1, 0U&KULVWRSKHU'DZHV3UHVLGHQW &(2 tation Element in the city’s Comprehensive Plan in the Council Conference Room at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). and to review a neighborhood survey regarding single-story overlay zoning in the Fairmeadow ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ... The board neighborhood. The meeting is scheduled for 6 plans to hold a study session on the second phase )RUPRUHLQIRUPDWLRQSOHDVHFRQWDFWSLDSLFR#VEFJOREDOQHW p.m. on Wednesday, March 31, in the Council FDOO[RUYLVLWZZZ3,$3,&2RUJ of the California Avenue improvement project, Chambers at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). which includes new benches, trash cans and ki- HIGH-SPEED RAIL COMMITTEE ... The com- osks and reduction of lanes on California Avenue. mittee plans to discuss the “context-sensitive The meeting is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on Thurs- solutions” process for the design of California’s day, April 1, in the Council Conference Room at proposed high-speed rail system and to talk about City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.).

nual Photo C An on h te t s Judges 9 t 1 VERONICA WEBER Veronica Weber, a Los Angeles native, first began working at the Palo Alto Weekly in Call for Entries 2006 as a photography intern. Following the internship, she was a photographer for The 19th Annual Palo Alto Weekly Photo Contest Almanac in Menlo Park. She is currently the Weekly staff photographer responsible for covering daily assignments and producing video and multimedia projects for PaloAltoOnline.com. She has a BA in Categories and Prizes Journalism from San Francisco State University and currently resides in San Francisco. U PENINSULA PEOPLE ANGELA UÊÊ*  -1
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YOUTH photographed natural landscapes and wild places most of his life. He is represented by Modernbook Gallery in Palo Alto. He is the U VIEWS BEYOND THE PENINSULA author of, "Natural Gestures," published by *Any image of people or places shot outside the Peninsula ENTRY DEADLINE: April 2, 2010, 5:30pm Edition One Studios last year. 1st Place – $250 Cash, $100 Gift Certificate to University Art, BRIGITTE CARNOCHAN and a One-year Membership to Palo Alto Art Center In November-December, Moderbook Gallery in Entry Form and Rules available at: Palo Alto will be exhibiting Brigitte's new 2nd Place – $200 Cash, $100 Gift Certificate to Jungle Digital photographic series "Floating World". Her ADULT 3rd Place – $100 Cash, $100 Gift Certificate to Bear Images www.PaloAltoOnline.com series "Imagining Then: A Family Story 1941- 47" was recently featured in Color Magazine. 1st Place - $100 Cash For more information call 650.223.6508 or e-mail She teaches regularly through the Stanford Continuing Studies Program. 2nd Place - $50 Gift Certificate to University Art [email protected]

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ÌœÊ7iiŽÞ #!2-%.-/24/.#(2)34%.3%. Carmen Morton Chris- ported a number of diverse Bay Area non-profits tensen, 96, a resident of over the years. A founding donor to the Cantor Atherton for more than 60 Center of the Arts at Stanford (where her name is years, died in her home inscribed over the main entrance), she also made TransitionsCare Center on San Antonio Road in Deaths Palo Alto, died March 3 of natural on Feb. 26. A native of endowment gifts to the Peninsula Volunteers, the Geoff Blood causes. Salt Lake City, UT., she re- Department of Art at Stanford, the Palo Alto Junior Geoff Blood, 59, a resident of Born Mary Jo Barnett in Decatur, ceived a BA from Univer- Museum and Zoo, the Opportunity Center, the Sili- Mountain View, died March 9 after a Texas, she showed a gift for music at sity of Utah and a Masters con Valley Humane Society, local schools and other an early age, playing piano and other four-year battle with lung cancer. degree from UC Berkeley institutions. A member of the Atherton Garden Guild He was born in Salem, Mass. He instruments at church. She married was an Eagle Scout and graduated the Rev. Max Martindale and, moving prior to WWII. A noted and the PVs, she enjoyed classical music and was from Bucknell University in 1972. to California, the couple built three Bay Area philanthropist, an accomplished pianist and artist. She is survived During his subsequent three years in homes together in Los Altos, living with her husband she co-founded Palo Alto-based by three children and five grandchildren. Donations the U.S. Army, he received training as in the city for many years. In the early a computer programmer and pursued 1950s they pioneered a church in Palo Christensen Fund, an international grantmaking may be made to the Cantor Center or the Peninsula that career throughout his life. Alto, which later moved to San Anto- foundation, and as an individual significantly sup- Volunteers. Although raised in New England, nio Road on the border between Palo PAID OBITUARY he spent much of his adult life in Alto and Mountain View. Mountain View, Calif. Widowed early in her first mar- Loved ones recall him as a car- riage, Shaw later married the Rev. ing and passionate man. He enjoyed Herman Shaw. Together, with their Frisbee, music, refereeing local youth daughter Myra, they started the Pen- soccer and basketball, officiating insula Day Care Center at the church track and field meets, playing bridge, on San Antonio. Today, according to and square dancing. Shaw’s family, it is one of the largest He is survived by his wife of 30 child care centers in Northern Cali- years, Judith Burke Blood of Moun- fornia, serving children from Moun- tain View; his children, Christopher tain View, Los Altos and Palo Alto. Finley Blood and Katherine Howe She remained active at the center until Blood; his mother, Patricia Worces- her death. ter Blood; his four siblings Timothy In addition to her work with Penin- Leighton Blood, Elizabeth Blood sula Day Care Center and with church Bascom, Laurence Alley Blood Jr., leadership, she enjoyed traveling. She Kenneth Worcester Blood; and by visited more than 60 countries and many nieces and nephews. every state in her lifetime, and col- In lieu of flowers, donations can lected hundreds of dolls from around be made to the Geoff Blood Memo- the world. She and her husband also rial Fund at any Wells Fargo Bank supported numerous missionary proj- or mailed to the family. Funds will ects worldwide. be used for an improvement for the Family members recalled her faith, Mountain View High School Track humor, integrity, generosity and and Field program in his honor. Any toughness. additional funds will be donated to Shaw is survived by her husband, the American Cancer Society. Herman; son Victor Martindale and his wife Ellie; son Warren Shaw and Mary Jo Shaw his wife Sherril; daughter Myra Gi- Mary Jo Shaw, 89, co-founder and shi and her husband Alan; and nine longtime owner of the Peninsula Day grandchildren.

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This T with his plan to circulate an initiative petition to change Palo Editor, grams (for not wasting) with compet- demand will only accelerate as we Alto’s City Charter so any reduction in staffing would require a California’s high-speed train plan- ing landfill initiatives (for wasting) approach the state-mandated dead- citywide vote. ners are committed to the California by supporting/entering into energy line of 33 percent by 2020; locking When asked, residents should decline to sign the petitions Environmental Quality Act process. recovery from landfills not yet built. in rates now is a wise move. about to be circulated around the community, and should reject In fact, High-Speed Rail Authority This proposal indicates the city These agreements (four in total) board Chairman Curt Pringle has continues to operate in information also provide 24/7 base-load power any “in the name of public safety” warnings that accompany silos. The city’s Climate Protection — obtained by generators powered them. said publicly that he believes in the environmental review process and Plan (ZW Chapter) and Zero Waste by landfill gas. The city’s contract with the firefighter’s union expires June that there is no need to shortcut it, not Operational Plans call for sending Taken together, these agreements 30, but no talks have begun. The contract negotiations will be even in the name of federal stimulus zero waste to landfills and to advo- will convert 12 percent of Palo Alto’s the first under City Manager James Keene, who has asked all funding. cate for zero waste everywhere. brown power to clean, renewable en- city departments how they can reduce their budgets to help fill a What’s more, exempting the high- Annette Puskarich ergy, and retire more than 6 percent budget gap projected to grow to nearly $20 milllion by 2020. speed train project from California’s Kendall Avenue of the total carbon footprint of Palo The Fire Department budget is an albatross around the city’s state environmental review would not Palo Alto Alto. That’s a huge number — we financial neck due to an existing contractual guarantee that benefit the project’s schedule because should be grateful for such a reduc- requires the city to maintain a “minimum staffing” standard for it must also comply with the National Bad decision tion. Environmental Protection Act, which Editor, The arguments advanced by the Fi- the entire department, rather than the more common minimum- nance Committee for not moving for- staffing standard for engine companies. The upcoming new also requires rigorous review and Tuesday’s decision by the Finance public involvement. Committee to reject proposed con- ward with the contracts were weak. labor contract should abandon the current minimum-staffing The High-Speed Rail Authority tracts to increase Palo Alto’s supply I’d expect the committee to judge the requirement. has not been involved in the creation of renewable energy is misguided. contracts on their financial merits As reported in today’s paper, maintaining that department- of any bills that would exempt it from In March 2007 the Palo Alto Utili- based on the criteria laid down by the wide minimum standard results in huge amounts of overtime and state environmental review, and it is ties staff received a directive from the City Council. Instead they seemed to a rigidity of staffing. One firefighter received more than $87,000 not in support of any such legisla- City Council to increase the city’s re- leap to a forgone conclusion based on in overtime last year and another’s overall salary exceeded tion. newable energy portfolio to 33 per- incorrect assumptions of long-term $207,000 due to overtime. Sometimes it makes sense to use We are committed to a thor- cent by 2015 and to keep the average trends. We need reasoned analysis, overtime rather than add another full-time position, but we’d ough environmental review process retail rate increase to pay it for under not orthodoxy. through Palo Alto and city and coun- 0.5 cents/kWh. I urge concerned citizens to write like to see a thorough outside or city auditor analysis of current the City Council in support of the overtime practices and policies. ty through which the planned system The staff has done exactly that, by will run. We believe it will make for producing a set of power-purchase staff’s proposal. That minimum standard was negotiated many years ago by a better project. agreements that meet the desired Bruce Hodge City Council members long gone from the scene, dating back Robert L. Doty criteria. Janice Way to at least the very early 1980s. These staffing guarantees are Peninsula Rail Program Director The power purchase agreements Palo Alto by negotiated contract and cannot be altered unilaterally by city California High-Speed are reasonable deals given the current management or the council. Rail Authority But the current initiative-petition drive being pushed by YOUR TURN the firefighters union would eliminate all vestige of council Landfill energy and management control over the department’s budget and Editor, operations, and lock in job protections for one component of city I was shocked that Utilities is pro- The Palo Alto Weekly encourages comments on our coverage or on issues of local interest. operations. posing contracting for energy from This in itself would be terrible public policy, giving one yet-to-be-built landfills. What do you think? Do you feel a composting operation merits re- segment of city employees a rigid protective wall locked into It is one thing to capture methane moving 8 acres from the dedicated Byxbee Park in the baylands? from existing landfills that already the City Charter. This “privileged class” of employee would be have organic matter (e.g., paper, card- Submit letters to the editor of up to 250 words to [email protected]. eyed by other employees with envy, while some members of the board, yard trimmings/landscape Include your name, address and daytime phone number so we can reach you. public, already appalled by the overall level of pay and benefits debris and food scraps) disposed, but We reserve the right to edit contributions for length, objectionable content, libel for public employees generally, become increasingly bitter. and factual errors known to us. Anonymous letters will generally not be ac- it makes no sense to support future cepted. We simply cannot fathom what the union’s local leadership landfills so that they can be filled with You can also participate in our popular interactive online forum, Town was thinking in trying to place this initiative measure onto the organic matter, subject it to anerobic Square, at our community website at www.PaloAltoOnline.com. Read November ballot — most likely it is a negotiating ploy. conditions to create methane and sell blogs, discuss issues, ask questions or express opinions with you neighbors any There is a history of using exaggerated scare tactics by the it to the city as “green” energy. time, day or night. This is like instructing people to Submitting a letter to the editor or guest opinion constitutes a granting of per- union local when there have been past proposals to curtail mission to the Palo Alto Weekly and Embarcadero Publishing Co. to also publish costs — as happened in 2005 when former City Manager Frank print every e-mail and document in- it online, including in our online archives and as a post on Town Square. stead of reading them online, so you Benest attempted to close Station 8 in Foothill Park to save about For more information contact Editor Jay Thorwaldson or Online Editor Tyler can recycle the paper afterward and Hanley at [email protected] or 650-326-8210. $180,000 a year. claim you are recycling more paper. Faced by two bad wildlands fires, the City Council later Landfills recovering methane need restored peak-season staffing of Station 8, all on overtime to save a constant supply of paper, cardboard, annual salary/benefits costs while other firefighters were moved yard trimmings/landscape debris and to fill in for the foothills crew, a double budget whammy. food scraps to put in their landfills in Spitaleri, a former Palo Alto firefighter, is a blunt-spoken order to stay in the business of recov- advocate for his union local, often couching his positions behind ering methane. the “public safety” position. Every jurisdiction in California has He feels the firefighters have “taken a beating” from the collection programs in place to divert paper and yard trimmings/landscape media on the overtime issue. debris from landfills. There is now He also said the publicized backing off of the firefighters a trend for cities to also implement from an initial commitment to defer nearly $700,000 in salary food-scrap collection programs for increases was complicated in that it was linked to an adjustment composting. Logically, if recyclables in health benefits. And, he said, subsequent offers that would and compostables-collection pro- have saved even more money for the city were not acted upon or grams are effective and fully uti- were rejected. lized by the communities using these He told the Weekly the initiative effort could be stopped proposed landfills, there will be no anytime. organic matter to deliver to these That, we believe, is the best idea yet. landfills and therefore, no methane to capture. Palo Alto should not be undermin- Page 16ÊUÊ >ÀV ÊÓÈ]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>œÊ
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Guest Opinion Baylands park debate raises question of ‘How green is green?’

by Emily Renzel have taken 19 acres for a large industrial- port to be addressing global warming with a sewage sludge in it. Palo Alto has had difficul- alo Alto in the strength building. composting facility that rips out more than 2 ty in marketing our yard trimmings compost 1960s had parks, A 22-member Zero Waste Task Force, on acres of mature landscaping and paves more and there is even more market resistance to P but city fathers which I served and attended every meeting, than 8 acres of parkland. compost that has food waste or sewage sludge often wanted to use then worked for two years and recommended Current efforts snub the public vision . Over in it. The finished product will have to be them for parking lots, using regional facilities for composting. the years hundreds of people helped to plan shipped long distances to whatever markets firehouses, developer Former Councilman Peter Drekmeier in our Baylands. exist for it. deals and other things. 2007 proposed another grab, to keep compost- Three generations have waited for comple- An initiative has no environmental review By the time the public ing where it is on 7.5 acres of Byxbee Park. tion of this major pastoral open space park, or engineering feasibility. If the council were missed whole parks or The city’s Parks Commission and the Plan- and no less than 10 city councils have reaf- to initiate park undedication, there would have parts of them it was ning and Transportation Commission both firmed their commitment to Byxbee Park’s to be an engineering feasibility study and pro- too late. recommended against it. completion. Sabotaging Byxbee Park now grammatic environmental impact report. In 1965 Enid Pearson led others in circu- A Composting Task Force was appointed violates that long effort. However, the California Environmental lating an initiative petition drive for a City and ultimately recommended removing com- Anaerobic digestion is experimental and Quality Act does not apply to a citizen initia- Charter amendment to protect our parks by posting from Byxbee Park when the landfill costly. Not a single full-scale anaerobic diges- tive, so voters will be buying a pig in a poke. requiring a public vote if any park or part of was closed in 2012. The task force found that tion facility has been built anywhere in the Once the parkland is undedicated, it could be a park were to be permanently or temporarily transportation within 50 miles or so was a U.S. to process food waste, yard waste and used for anything without voter approval. taken out of park use. That passed with 80 relatively minor source of carbon production sewage sludge. All economic projections are On April 5 the council will consider a staff percent in favor, becoming the Parks Dedica- compared to sewage-sludge incineration. Ig- therefore speculative at best. We ratepayers recommendation to defer any further consid- tion Ordinance of today. noring the task force, the council then asked will bear that risk. eration of anaerobic digestion of compost un- As a result we have a remarkable park sys- staff to review land southeast of the Waste- We don’t need to risk millions or use park- less a viable site is identified. tem that contributes greatly to our quality of water Treatment Plant — all dedicated park- land. In partnershp with Mountain View and Staff also recommends looking at conver- life and our property values. land. Sunnyvale, we have taken care of our garbage sion technologies for sewage sludge in the Our baylands and foothills are our crown That is where the matter now stands. at the regional SMaRT Station since 1992 Water Quality Plant Master Plan process jewels, with open spaces in which to refresh Now, in the name of clean energy, a move- This is not an issue about whether we con- (contained within the existing plant site) — ourselves. All the city’s baylands were park ment is afoot to circulate an initiative to tinue to compost our organics. It is a matter identified as a major carbon savings. dedicated in 1965 except for a few municipal undedicate 8 acres of Byxbee Park to build of “where.” Those are reasonable recommendations facilities. Since 1977 the city has had a Bay- an industrial anaerobic-digestion composter The 2008 Zero Waste Plan recommended reflecting the concensus of all our advisory lands Master Plan guiding constant improve- on our park that will be prominent within its the regional approach for composting. All boards. They will allow for orderly closure of ments to our baylands. Acres of wetlands have viewshed — a featured park asset. If 8 acres of the economic analyses have shown that our landfill and, finally, completion of Byxbee been restored. Trails, benches and restrooms of Foothills Park were proposed for such a use SMaRT is the most cost-effective. As the Park. N have been provided. Best of all, our baylands there would be outrage. Compost Feasibility Study points out, such Emily M. Renzel served as a City Council connect to parks in Menlo Park, East Palo ByxbeePark deserves no less respect. The operations are typically located in rural ar- member from 1979 to 1991 after serving ear- Alto, and Mountain View to provide tremen- promise of a costly 4-acre “green roof” is just eas such as Gilroy due to noise, dust, odors, lier on the city Planning and Transportation dous bayside recreation opportunities. a promise. Palo Alto’s garbage rates are nearly and traffic, as well as proximity to end-user Commission. She is coordinator of the Bay- An attempt, beginning in 1999, to grab land the highest in the Bay Area and the council is markets. lands Conservation Committee and has long from Byxbee Park for an Environmental Ser- unlikely to raise those rates for a green roof. The normal 1000-foot buffer for noise, been active in baylands-protection efforts, vices Center, a garbage processing facility, Despite staff recommendations against it, odors and other impacts would encompass all with a baylands wetlands area in recogni- was quashed by the City Council in 2005 fol- the initiative proposes to cut into existing of Byxbee Park. tion of her efforts. She can be e-mailed at lowing years of contentious debate. It would landfilled areas. It is “greenwashing” to pur- The market is unknown for compost with [email protected]. Streetwise What is the best April Fools’ Day prank you’ve heard of? Asked on California Avenue. Interviews by Mike Lata. Photographs by Vivian Wong.

Sabrina Davas Cornell Stone Princess Kyana Walker Meghan Jieber Nat Johnson Student Restaurant Employee Student Student Software Engineer Stanford University Farrington Way, East Palo Alto California Avenue, Palo Alto Almendral Avenue, Menlo Park Cambridge Avenue, Palo Alto “I knew someone who sent her boy- “The way someone got me good was “Putting salt instead of sugar so they “When I was in Hawaii we ‘teepeed’ our “I always enjoy thinkgeek.com and friend a Fathers Day E-card that said he told me someone was hurt over the put it in their coffee.” family’s condominium.” they always have April Fools’ products she was pregnant.” phone and once I got there nothing as pranks. Last year the response was happened. It was a rush at first driving so positive for one it became a prod- there.” uct. It was like one of those Tauntaun sleeping bags, like Luke Skywalker slashed through in ‘Empire Strikes Back’.”

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Imake tremendous prog- greenhouse-gas emissions transports electricity into Palo Alto acre Byxbee Park when it closes in Currently there are no funds dedi- ress on its zero-waste and by 20,000 tons per year. goes down, as recently happened. 2012, and rezoning about 8 acres cated to completing Byxbee Park, climate-protection goals Anaerobic digestion is a would require a citywide vote ac- which means that even when the while saving more than a tried and true technology, cording to the 1965 Park Dedication dump closes we are not guaranteed million dollars per year. with more than 15 facili- An issue such as this, Ordinance. a finished park. By dedicating a por- We have this opportu- ties currently operating with strong good-faith An issue such as this, with strong tion of the revenues generated from nity right now through the in Germany and another good-faith opinions on both sides, anaerobic digestion, we could facili- creation of an anaerobic nine in the pipeline. opinions on both sides, should be decided by the people. tate the expeditious transformation digestion facility that could convert Such a facility would allow the should be decided by the What could be more democratic? of the remaining landfill into usable our 60,000 tons per year of organic city to retire its sewage-sludge incin- people. What could be Anaerobic digestion is a clean parkland. waste into valuable products. erator (one of only two in the state), more democratic? process, with minimal impacts To better help the people and city As a longtime environmentalist reducing our community-wide nat- from noise, odor and dust. Enclosed determine the merits of this project, who grew up in Palo Alto, I care ural-gas consumption by 3 percent vessels ensure that it will be much the council should commission a deeply about our baylands, our foot- while producing renewable energy. cleaner than our current windrow feasibility study, including a cost/ hills and other natural areas. As a It also would save money. Last composting operation, and a “green benefit analysis that would allow us former member of the Palo Alto City year we used $800,000 worth of The facility also would maintain roof” of native grasses could hide to weigh all the pros and cons. The Council, I have been actively en- energy to incinerate our sludge, and the current convenience to residents much of the facility from Byxbee council is scheduled to consider this gaged in promoting healthy choices spent another $230,000 to dispose of of being able to drop off yard trim- Park. Additional trees would help issue on April 5. for our environment and for people, the waste ash. mings and to pick up compost for further screen the adjacent Waste- Palo Alto faces a unique opportu- locally and globally. By isolating our sewage sludge their gardens. Without this project, water Treatment Plant. nity to protect the environment while In Palo Alto, we presently face an from our food and yard waste, we Palo Altans would have to travel to This isn’t a question of a park ver- generating badly needed funds for important choice. After months of could address any concerns raised Sunnyvale. An estimated 80 percent sus no park. Even with an anaero- the city. Let’s not pass this up with- study by citizens and city officials, by composting the sludge. of more than 1,000 people who re- bic digestion facility, we would still out serious consideration and calm we face the decision of whether to By locating the digester in Palo sponded to an informal survey by have 93 percent of Byxbee Park, in comparison of the pros and cons. N keep composting local or to truck Alto we would ensure that our city Palo Alto Online favored maintain- addition to 2,000 acres of baylands Peter Drekmeier served on the our organic waste to a distant site. receives all of the benefits. Estimat- ing a composting facility in Palo around it, plus 100 percent of the City Council from 2006 through In the past few years I have be- ed revenues include $1.4 million in Alto. benefits of converting our organic 2009, and served as mayor in 2009. come impressed with a technology annual energy sales, more than $1 The challenge is that the only waste into green energy and com- He was a co-founder of Bay Area that offers both environmental pro- million in disposal fees, $200,000 in feasible location for an anaerobic post. Action, which later merged with tection and revenue generation. compost sales and possibly the sale digester is at the entrance to the To offset the loss of future park- the Peninsula Conservation Cen- Anaerobic digestion is a technol- of “carbon credits.” city landfill next to the Wastewater land, we could dedicate an equal ter Foundation to become Acterra. ogy that uses microorganisms in en- The electricity produced from an- Treatment Plant, not far from where amount of land elsewhere in the city. He currently is Bay Area program closed vessels to break down organic aerobic digestion would be enough we currently compost. The site al- For example, three or four acres of director for the Tuolumne River waste (yard trimmings, food scraps to power 1,400 homes. This clean ready has been heavily impacted undevelopable land at the old Los Trust. He can be e-mailed at pdrek- and sewage sludge) into natural gas locally generated energy would be by the dump and has little value as Altos Treatment Plant site at the end [email protected].

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ollowed eggs featuring deli- Homemade cate owls, religious motifs (continued from page 19) H in miniature, teeny waffles and even President Barack Obama black and blue against a lime-green are featured in Jennifer Barrows’ checked pattern, to be the perfect (Etsy name: Eggenius) online choice. shop. “Molly’s work, painting on glass, The former Palo Alto, current is beautiful and … unique. My Mountain View and soon-to-be daughter-in-law loves the piece,” Fremont resident said she first heard she said. about Etsy on National Public Radio Trezise said she’s pleased with her and checked it out “just to look at Etsy experience thus far. other people’s stuff.” By the fall of “It’s going really well,” she said. 2008, she was selling her own orig- “I’m selling a couple of pieces a inal creations — detailed eggshell month.” ornaments and dioramas. Trezise minored in art at Welles- She first learned the craft from ley College and has always been her sister-in-law and then “got rath- involved with drawing and paint- er obsessed,” she said, sometimes ing, but she said she isn’t looking to spending up to four hours a day on make it a full-time gig at this time. her projects during the holidays. She “I work at a nonprofit in San Fran- makes gifts for 20 family members cisco. I don’t have a ‘game plan’ to (“including the dog”) annually, plus do art full time.” some for friends and colleagues. She Because of the effort involved decided to sell some of her work to in creating her works, they sell for offset some of the costs. around $70-$100 a piece. She said “It takes lots of glue, a lot of pa- she’s sold about 40 pieces through tience, a lot of pins,” she said of her Etsy and earns, on average, $250 egg art, which she sometimes works monthly. on when taking a break from grad- Trezise is also herself a loyal Etsy ing piles of papers (Barrows is an shopper. art-history professor). “For the holidays I think I pur- “I used egg-making to save my chased most, if not all, of my gifts sanity. I find it very calming. Jennifer Barrows of Mountain View displays the materials she uses to create hollowed egg ornaments. from other artists selling on Etsy, “My husband jokes that it took and I’ve certainly picked up a num- over the dining room,” she said of ber of things for myself, too. I love her workspace, but added she’s kept supporting other small-scale artists her supplies mostly contained to a like myself. There are so many tal- desk and bookshelf. ented people selling their work,” she “In the new house, I’ll have all the said. supplies in my office,” she said. Trezise said Etsy is probably not Her pieces are made mostly from the ideal platform for a career in her chicken eggs, with occasional quail, type of art because of the higher duck and goose eggs. She frequents prices of her portraits. She estimates hobby shops to obtain the tiny trin- that each piece she creates costs her kets that inhabit the eggshells and $12 in materials. keeps boxes filled with sequins, She said she would probably need ribbons, buttons and trimmings of an order for a large amount or a line every color on hand. of pieces, such as would be sold in Vivacious and warm, Barrows shops or galleries, to earn a living said taking up traditional artistic from art. fields such as painting or sculpting “It’s almost impossible to have never appealed. Instead she enjoys that be your job,” she said. “Any- creating mini-masterpieces in short thing that I earn selling art is a very time spans. pleasant ‘extra.’” “A lot of art takes years, whereas She is, however, working on a dif- I can have a finished product in a ferent style of art that she hopes to week. It’s a nice creative outlet,” she have available on Etsy in the near said. future: a line of pen-and-ink draw- “More or less all my revenue ings as custom wedding invitations, supports my ‘egg habit,’” Barrows featuring woodland creatures and said. She’s sold around 20 eggs at outdoor themes. $15 each on average in her first year “Etsy’s great for selling really cre- on Etsy, with business picking up ative, interesting things for cheap,” around the egg-centric Easter holi- One of Barrows’ egg ornaments depicts a “tiki” man in a coconut-style egg. she said. day and Christmas, when people are looking for ornaments.

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rom embroidered toilet paper to “Christmas na- tivity meerkats,” Etsy.com is full of intriguing F items. Some such creations, deemed worthy of extra attention, show up on Regretsy (www.regretsy. com), a blog that pokes fun at Etsy’s offerings and has taken on a life of its own. Cheekily subtitled, “Where DIY meets WTF,” Re- gretsy is the brainchild of Los Angeles comedian/writer April Winchell, who calls it “a marketing tool, a humor site and a community of creative, funny people.” She created the site last fall under the pseudonym “Helen Killer,” inspired by some of the comically strange, creepy or just plain baffling items she stumbled upon while browsing Etsy. “I didn’t have much purpose at first beyond making people laugh,” Winchell said. She left out sellers’ identifying information, not want- ing to embarrass them. “I thought ... readers might write to the sellers and start trouble with them,” she said. But about a week after the site’s launch, Etsy sellers themselves gave the site a real purpose. “I started hearing that the sellers actually wanted to be linked. They saw this as an opportunity. When I started linking, things started selling pretty briskly,” she said. The formula for Regretsy is simple: Post a link and photo of an amusing Etsy item; write a brief caption mocking it; hilarity ensues. “Some of the highlights for me have been an oil paint- ing of roadkill on a Pennsylvania highway, a taxiderm- ied fish head grafted onto the body of a squirrel and a woman who makes embroidered toilet paper. My favorite Regretsy purchase so far is a small sculpted head of Brit- ish actor Bill Nighy, glued to the metal workings of an old wind-up toy. It’s fantastically peculiar,” she said. The site was an instant hit with viewers and Etsy sell- ers alike. “In that first weekend it just exploded. It was every- where, in all kinds of traditional and new media. The Wall Street Journal covered it twice in two weeks,” she said. The blog now has new items added and linked daily. Winchell has even compiled a Regretsy book, due out April 6, showcasing some of the favorite finds with her trademark snarky commentary. “About a third of the book is laid out like the site is. I’ve also written some long-form pieces that I hope peo- ple will enjoy,” she said. The book also features a sellers’ guide of participating Etsy shops, as well as comments from sellers. “They all share their experiences and their thoughts on criticism and creating,” she said. Any profits earned through Regretsy, such as through advertisements and merchandise, go into the “Regretsy Alchemy Fund.” Los Altos resident Corinne Wayshak makes pen-and-ink designs featuring ancient goddesses and witty words of wisdom. “I don’t keep a penny. When I reach $200 in profits, I hire an Etsy seller to make handmade items for char- ity. There are actually quite a few charities that solicit One popular ornament, the afore- ments inside I bought them immedi- “I just started having these inspira- handmade goods,” Winchell said. mentioned Barack Obama egg (“se- ately. The workmanship and materials tions,” she said. And with that unex- She said Etsy has taken the creation of Regretsy with quins, ribbon and glitter turn a real are ‘eggcellent!’” he said. pected call from the muses (literally), good humor. chicken eggshell into a patriotic setting As for what happens to the insides Groovy Goddess was born. “To my surprise, they had no interest in shutting me for a miniature Obama bust,” the item’s of the many eggs after their shells are “This was my first time doing any down. They simply asked that I add a disclaimer stating description reads) was even featured hollowed out for decorating? “My fam- kind of illustration,” she said of her that we were not affiliated in any way, and that I change on the Etsy-mocking site Regretsy.com ily eats most of them,” Barrows said. pen-and-ink designs, which feature some of my colors to help separate the look of the two (see sidebar). The egg was included such mythological female figures as sites. They could not have been nicer about it. in the site’s Christmas-themed “advent os Altos resident Corinne Way- Pandora and the snake-haired Medusa “We do fill a need, in our own weird way. We send calendar” of amusing Etsy finds, Bar- shak (Etsy name: GroovyGod- with captions including, “It took a god- millions of hits to Etsy and drive a lot of business to rows admitted, laughing. L desses) had never thought of dess to think out of the box,” and “Even sellers whose aesthetic isn’t exactly their front page,” Buyer Paco Schiraldi, who collects herself as an artist until three years a goddess has bad hair days.” Winchell added. both eggs and ornaments as well as ago when, after undergoing a tumul- She’d always liked the stories of the “It’s another place to get your work featured,” Etsy singing in a church choir, found the tuous personal experience, she began ancient goddesses, Wayshak said, but spokesman Adam Brown said. “It’s supposed to be fun- perfect Christmas egg for his interests waking up in the middle of the night “I don’t know where the ideas came ny, and it is.” N on Barrows’ site. with ideas for drawings of ancient from. I guess when you have personal — Karla Kane “When I discovered the three egg goddesses mixed with witty words of ornaments with angels playing instru- wisdom. (continued on page 22)

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About a month ago, she started her Architectural Review Board (ARB) Etsy shop to sell her designs in the form of greeting cards, sold both individually ($3.50) and in sets of Please be advised that Thursday, April 15, 2010, the ARB shall con- 10 ($30). duct a public hearing at 8:30 AM in the Council Chambers, 1st Floor, The ease with which Etsy is able 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California. Any interested persons to link up with other social-network- may appear and be heard. ing sites, such as Facebook.com, is one of Wayshak’s favorite features. 2500 Embarcadero Road [09PLN-00224]: Request by Save “It’s great to have an outlet with The Bay, on behalf of the City of Palo Alto, for Site and Design Re- a social component. It’s really view for a new 560 square foot greenhouse and a 625 square foot changed who can be reached,” she shed (replacing the existing 400 square foot shed) adjacent to the said. existing Duck Pond. The project involves the minimal removal of Kate Wolf-Pizor, a faculty mem- vegetation to accommodate the new structures; existing trees are ber at Palo Alto’s Institute of Trans- not impacted. Zone: PF(D) Environmental Review: An Initial Study personal Psychology, said she was has been completed and a Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration has excited to purchase Wayshak’s work because it was relevant to her been prepared for this project in accordance with the California En- school’s program in women’s spiri- vironmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements. tuality. “The goddess comes into the The City of Palo Alto does not discriminate against individuals with world in so many ways,” she said. disabilities. To request accommodations to access City facilities, Fellow Los Altos resident and services or programs, to participate at public meetings, or to learn Etsy seller Vanessa Barri (Etsy more about the City’s compliance with the Americans with Disabili- name: Rasbarri) has also purchased ties Act of 1990 (ADA), please contact the City’s ADA Coordinator at products featuring Wayshak’s art. 650.329.2550 (voice) or by e-mailing [email protected]. Barri said, “Etsy users often shop and search for other local Etsy us- Amy French ers. We see the value in handmade, Manager of Current Planning sustainable items. No mass manu- facturing. All is made with love and creativity.” A relative newcomer to Etsy, Molly Trezise of Stanford sits with the portraits she creates with stencils Wayshak is optimistic about her and spray paint on glass. prospects. “I just opened my shop one month cover and interior designs. Her Etsy “Write ideas, dreams, wishes, ago. In that month, I got three sales shop description states she finds in- worries, thoughts, daily rants. which, I have been told by other spiration from a variety of sources, Write funny phrases in the speech ‘Etsians’ in the community chats, is “from cute to simple and elegant.” bubbles! Color the little lions blue, a great start. I netted around $50,” A benefit of Etsy, Jasiulek said, green. Doodle on the blank pages!” she said. is that “everything’s in the seller’s she writes. Though she continues to work a control.” Gunn High School graduate Ja- day job as a business-development The youthful, bespectacled Jasi- siulek has her bachelor’s degree in consultant, she is embarking on an ulek prides herself on the careful fine arts (learning book-binding e-mail marketing campaign direct- work she puts into making imagina- techniques her senior year) and is ing potential buyers to her Etsy store tive and engaging product descrip- currently earning her teaching cre- and plans to make her burgeoning tions to help attract customers, along dential at San Jose State University. artistic career a bigger part of her with an eye-catching banner. She, like many, first found Etsy as a life. “That’s the goal,” she said. For example, her “The Lion Says” buyer, although she said she’s now notebook — decorated with an or- made more money selling items ourtney Jasiulek of Palo Alto ange-striped cartoon lion and a com- there than she’s spent buying them. 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Palm Sunday 8:00 am Worship Service 10:30 am Worship with Choir Maundy Thursday 6:00 pm Light meal in Parish Hall 7:30 pm Foot washing & Communion Good Friday 12:00 pm Worship Service FIRST CONGREGATIONAL 7:00 pm Stations of the Cross CHURCH UCC Great Easter Vigil 8:00 pm Candlelight Worship with Choir 1985 Louis Road, Palo Alto (650) 856-6662 www.fccpa.org Easter Sunday 8:00 am Festive Worship 10:30 am Festive Worship with Choir Maundy Thursday, April 1st Followed by Egg Hunt & Brunch! Soup Supper & Service of Tenebrae, 6:30pm

Good Friday, April 2nd Service of Contemplation, noon

ST. MARK’S Easter Sunday Celebration Worship at 9:30am & 11:00am EPISCOPAL CHURCH Oxford Street Brass & The Hallelujah Chorus PALO ALTO Easter Egg Hunt following 9:30 Worship Maundy Thursday— April 1 V6:15pm Monastic Supper & Liturgy of the Word followed An open and affirming congregation by Holy Eucharist & Stripping of the Altar of the United Church of Christ Good Friday — April 2 V Noon to 2:00pm Seven Last Words Reflections ’ V 2:00 to 3:00pm Labyrinth Stations: A Walking Meditation V 7:30 to 8:30pm Good Friday Prayer and Meditation ST. THOMAS AQUINAS PARISH Easter — April 4 V 5:30am Easter Vigil, Eucharist & Baptism HOLY WEEK 2010 V 8:00am Festive Breakfast & Family Easter Activities V 10:00am Festive Holy Eucharist 600 Colorado Ave, P.A. (650) 326-3800 www.saint-marks.com 8:00 PM EASTER VIGIL (MULTILINGUAL) SAT. APRIL 3, 2010 Los Altos Lutheran Church From death into life, Good Friday into Easter St. Albert the Great 1095 Channing Ave.

Palm Sunday: March 28th, 9:00 AM  Celebration with palms & the passion story EASTER DAY SUNDAY APRIL 4, 2010: Maundy Thursday: April 1st, 7:30 PM Jesus washed their feet & said love one another ST. ALBERT THE GREAT Good Friday: April 2nd, 2:00 PM Meditating on the mystery of the cross: a service of prayer 1095 Channing Ave. 9:00 AM (English) Good Friday: April 2nd, 7:30 PM Service of shadows: watching & waiting through the night OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY The Easter Vigil: Saturday, April 3rd, 6:30 PM 3233 Cowper St. Walking into light and life: The fi rst Easter service. 9:00 am (Spanish) 10:30 am (English) Easter Sunday: April 4th, 9:00 & 11:00 AM Easter brunch and children’s activities at 10:00 AM ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Easter Party: Saturday, April 3rd, 2:00-4:00 PM 751 Waverley St. Bible stories, crafts and egg hunt 7:30 am (English) 8:45 am (English) 460 South El Monte at Cuesta 10:30 am (English) 12:00 noon (Gregorian) 650-948-3012 – www.losaltoslutheran.org

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RESTAURANT REVIEW Sushi for hard times It’s all you can eat at Mountain View’s Sushi 85 by Sheila Himmel n the queasy realm of All You and gyoza, bento boxes and entrees Can Eat restaurants, sushi including sashimi, teriyaki, grilled I would appear to be an especial- sea bass and even lamb chops. ly alarming choice. Unless you’re Not everyone at the table has to in training for an extreme-eating choose the same option. Some can contest, why stuff yourself with go all in; some à la carte. rice and raw fish? Servers explained the AYCE Portion control, sustainable sea- drill: Everyone can pick three rolls food and everything else we and at once, marking your choices on Michael Pollan — “Eat food. Not a laminated menu. Extremely tiny too much. Mostly plants.” — hold type at the top of the menu encour- dear is violated by places like Su- ages diners not to waste food. We shi 85. But you can eat at Sushi 85, didn’t see a whole lot of rolls being not too often, have a lot of fun, and left. nobody gets hurt. All You Can Eat starts with a The lunch buffet is $16.95. bland but crisp iceberg lettuce

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The art of At Kara, people pay tribute to loved ones by creating memorial quilts

Veronica Weber Veronica remembrance Liz Powell of Kara created this quilt panel in memory of her brother.

by Rebecca Wallace aced with creating a quilt panel in memory of her late husband, Enrico, Zeina Daoud felt overwhelmed. How could she depict all that he was in one square? F“His sense of humor, his love of astronomy, his play- fulness ... what aspect should I capture?” she said. This was last fall at Kara, the grief-support orga- nization in Palo Alto. Searching for ideas, Daoud rummaged through a big box of fabric brought in by youth and family services director Liz Powell, who was leading the quilt project. Her hand touched on just the right piece of material. Veronica Weber “I picked one that was very colorful, lots of blues and pastels. It seemed a very thin material, as though it had been a scarf,” Daoud recalled. “That material was exactly what it was he had meant to me: the colors Weber Veronica he brought into my life, the joyfulness.” As it happened, Daoud ended up making three squares in tribute to her husband. The first one de- picted what he had meant to her; the second, which had a heart filled with “seeds of love,” represented the gift he gave her in their children. And for the third, the kids wanted “something with astronomy,” so Daoud created an image of Saturn. Memorial quilts, like many art projects done by people grieving, can be healing. They can also be re- assuring; their sense of permanence can make people feel that their loved ones won’t be forgotten. Powell had both of these thoughts in mind when she came up with Kara’s quilt project. For Daoud, though, the main benefit was the warmth of togetherness. She would sit and work on her quilt squares during grief-group meetings, where other adults were doing the same. “It was a sharing of community, the sense of ‘we’re in this together,’” she said. “We’re all somehow knit together like that quilt.” Starting last fall, 75 people ages 5 and up came to- gether to create the three quilts that are now on display at Kara’s youth and family facility in the First Baptist Church at 305 N. California Ave. Powell and others at Kara brought in materials and fabric markers, encour- aging clients — and staff and volunteers — to share memories and take part in groups while they made their squares. One child liked his square so much that he took it home and sewed it on his pillow. Powell, who has a graphic-design background, arranged the squares. Then, over the holidays, she brought the squares home with her to her family in (continued on next page)

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in the courts. Whenever she had the random in the middle or on the sides children use yarn or fabric in a proj- of the paper,” she said. ect, she found that they “went really Kids at Kara have done many art deep into feelings.” projects, including ceramics and Of quilts, she added: “They’re “body maps” in which children color soft; they’re comforting; they re- different parts of the body to repre- mind us of our parents putting us to sent their various emotions. A child bed at night, tucking us in.” might feel “mad” in her tummy, or have sad feet. A variety of art activities can help “It was a big shock to people work through the many emo- read name after name tions that swirl when they’re griev- ing; it’s not just about being sad, ... and to know how Powell said. “There can be happy much people poured memories, anger, numbness, grief. In doing art, there’s the expressive their hearts into these means to show their feelings.” squares.” The new quilts also serve another purpose. Hanging on the walls, they —Zeina Daoud, who make a meeting room feel cozy and contributed three quilt squares perhaps more welcoming. Powell looked up at the quilts Powell also told children at Kara again, reminiscing about the hours that quilts last, and that their tribute she spent with her family completing will endure. “There are quilts hun- them. She recalled an enjoyable time dreds of years old in museums,” she that brought her relatives together — said. and got her thinking about living life Rod Tansimore, another Kara cli- more calmly. Veronica Weber ent, said in an interview that creat- “I had never hand-sewn a quilt,” ing a long-lasting tribute appealed she said. “It is done at a pace that to him. He and his three sons often we no longer live at. Time unfolded do art projects to remember mother in a very different way.” She smiled. and wife Lucy. “Most major holidays “We were there day after day, qui- Liz Powell, director of youth and family services at Kara, spent many hours with her family adding batting and we’d go to the cemetery and leave art etly stitching together.” N backing to the quilts. projects there,” he said. “When you “I know that all of us there shared pressed their feelings directly about do it at the grave, you leave it in the Info: To make an appointment to Quilt that (a loss), but it was a big shock the loss,” looking at a square scrib- weather. This is permanent.” see the quilts, call Kara’s main (continued from previous page) to just read name after name after bled with a heavy hand. One of Tansimore’s sons chose number at 650-321-5272. More to pay tribute to his mother’s love information about Kara’s services, Kansas City, and she and her sister name ... and to know how much Powell made her own square, too: people poured their hearts into these a vision of rolling purple and green of birds; he drew a pair of hum- which also include counseling and and niece spent many hours sewing, mingbirds on his square. Tansimore crisis intervention, is at kara-grief. adding batting and backing. (Fortu- squares.” hills in tribute to her brother Patrick. On a recent afternoon, Powell led A small green sprig emerges in one wrote the name “Lucy” in cursive org. nately, the pins in the quilt didn’t set and drew a flower. off any airport metal detectors.) a visitor from panel to panel, stand- corner. “He was the inspiration for a ing in front of the quilts and pointing lot of growth in my life,” she said. Quilting was new for some of the Powell said the Kara community Kara participants, including Tan- There’s always more about has been very pleased with the fin- out their fabric cut-out hearts, flow- Cyndy Ainsworth, Kara’s ex- the arts world online at Weekly ers, motorcycles, fish; handwritten ecutive director, was in the room as simore and Daoud. But many had ished quilts. Other emotions came already delved into art as a way of arts editor Rebecca Wallace’s up, too. Daoud expressed some of words of love; names. well. “We spent a few staff meetings blog, Ad Libs. Recent topics: “Some people brought fabric that making our squares,” she said with a coping. the same feelings that people speak Daoud and her two children, who Stephen Sondheim, Roger Ebert, of when they first see the AIDS Me- was meaningful, what the person smile. Hers honors her mother, with prizewinning Peninsula photog- wore,” she said, pointing to a baby’s the name “Olive,” a cookie jar and a were in kindergarten when their fa- morial Quilt, or the Vietnam Veter- ther died, had also done a project on raphers, and a local painter who ans Memorial Wall in Washington, bib with a picture of a teddy bear in book beneath a starry sky. has a landscape showcased in the a football helmet. “His dad brought Powell decided to do a quilt project their own that they called “angry D.C. art.” They would take pieces of pa- latest Meryl Streep flick. Go to “It was really a shock to be faced this.” in part because of her experiences blog.paloaltoonline.com/adlibs. Powell added, “Little kids ex- some years ago as a child advocate per and “scribble hard, crumple the with all these squares,” she said. paper, then flatten it, cut off pieces at

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ing to in 400 years. “Is it going to be ‘Bohemian Rhapsody,’” he The hardest working man asked, gesturing at the door, through which that song could be heard playing in the next in choir business room, “or is it going to be ‘Daughter of the Paly senior honored for his singing at nationwide choir festival Regiment’?” Still, Wilen said he enjoys electronic music by Martin Sanchez and classic rock as well. athan Wilen doesn’t get stage fright. Wilen’s voice and musical versatility make ‘I’ve been rediscovering the Doobie Broth- Wilen, a senior at Palo Alto High him “a college music teacher’s dream,” Paly ers. I like ‘Long Train Running’ — it’s my N School and a tenor in the Paly choir, choir director Michael Najar said. Wilen was ring tone right now,” he said. said he is “lucky to have been performing recently accepted to Chapman University and He paused. “Except I have the Mozart Re- enough that the audience isn’t that big of a is still waiting to hear from several other col- quiem ‘Dies Irae’ for my parents,” he added deal ... I just get up on stage and sing.” leges. He plans to major in vocal performance, with a laugh, referring to a rather ominous He will have many opportunities to do just he said. section of Mozart’s Requiem Mass in D mi- that later this month when the Paly concert “He’s a tremendous musician. He’s incred- nor. choir attends the National Youth Choral Fes- ibly sensitive to the music around him, but he Wilen said many of his friends either al- tival in San Francisco along with 11 other high still applies his own touch to it,” Najar said. ready enjoy classical music or are willing to school choirs from across the country. The Singing in the San Mateo boys’ choir Raga- learn about it. He recently convinced some of

San Francisco men’s choir Chanticleer will zzi, as Wilen has done since age 8, improved WongVivian them to buy standing-room tickets to the San host the festival, hold clinics for the student his musicianship, he said. The group teaches Francisco Opera’s production of Verdi’s “La singers and perform with the groups in a fes- its members music theory from a young age. Traviata.” tival concert on March 29. Genetics seem to have contributed to “They loved it ... they hadn’t been to much Wilen will also sing in a small honor chorus Wilen’s musical sensibilities as well. One opera,” he said. at the festival, and is one of three young sing- brother, Henry, plays the violin and mandolin Singer Nathan Wilen. The master class at the National Youth Cho- ers chosen to take a master class from the re- and sings in Ragazzi. His youngest brother, He wants to improve his classical repertoire ral Festival is open to the public, so Wilen will nowned mezzo-sopranos Frederica von Stade Jesse, plays the piano, and his mother, Ste- as well. probably sing — and be critiqued — while the and Zheng Cao, who will also perform at the fanie, plays the piano and flute. “I would love to someday sing ‘Ah, mes rest of the festival attendees watch. He said concert. Wilen also sings with Peninsula Teen Op- amis’ from (the opera) ‘Daughter of the Regi- he is only slightly anxious for now but “the “It’s easily going to be the biggest thing I’ve era and the jazz choir Top Shelf. He estimates ment.’ ... I don’t want to speak for all tenors, nerves will come.” ever done,” he said. that he has sung in 16 concerts — eight with but for me, it seems to be one of the holy grails Performing for professional opera singers The master-class students will each sing one Ragazzi, “four or five” with Paly and two each for the light tenor,” he said. would test the composure of any young singer, song for von Stade and Cao, who will then with Peninsula Teen Opera and Top Shelf — Wilen’s favorite operas are Mozart’s “Magic but if Wilen can give a polished impromptu critique the performances. Wilen said he will since August. Flute” and “Marriage of Figaro,” and Pucci- performance for the press, he may have no probably perform “Lachen und Weinen,” a Wilen has also somehow found the time to ni’s “La Bohème,” he said. problem. N “lied” — German for “song” and a common pick up the piano and the guitar, start an a cap- “I (also) love singing Schubert ‘lieder’ ... Romantic-era form — by Franz Schubert. pella group with three other choir members if I had to pick a favorite piece of music, I What: Nathan Wilen and the Paly concert choir During a recent interview with the Week- and act in two school plays. Yet he still wants might have to go with ‘Du bist die Ruh’ by sing in Chanticleer’s National Youth Chorus ly, Wilen sang “Lachen und Weinen” in his to accomplish more. Schubert,” he said. Festival. Palo Alto home. The song was pleasant and “I have a friend, Axel Mansoor, who plays Where: Davies Symphony Hall at 201 Van Ness When asked why he likes classical music, Ave., San Francisco sprightly, with several tricky jumps and ex- guitar. ... We’ve been thinking about writing Wilen said: “I just love the emotions it can When: March 29 at 8 p.m. tended notes. His voice was clear, bright and some stuff for guitar and voice, for two gui- capture, and the music itself. ... I find myself Cost: $20-$44 assured — and he’d had no time to warm up. tars,” he said. wondering what people are going to be listen- Info: For tickets, go to www.chanticleer.org. Want a better checking account? We are here to serve you A Star One Credit Union Checking Account offers:

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Soak it up. who remember watching Miami The Stanford Theatre is at 221 Greenberg --- University Ave. in Palo Alto. Go girlfriend. Three longtime friends have Vice and listening to Poison. It is to www.stanfordtheatre.org or (Century 16) Roger Greenberg And yet Florence sees something watched their lives steer in decid- riddled with subtle odes to the ‘80s call 650-324-3700. used to play in a band, then became in him. And, increasingly, we can edly different directions than they that probably won’t all be noticed The Idiot (1951) 1950s a carpenter. “Now,” as he puts it, see in Florence her own neuroses. had envisioned in their youth. even after a fifth viewing. “I’m really trying to do nothing.” She’s too accommodating, and Japan provides the setting Adam (Cusack) is dealing with a The big surprise is that, ultimate- for this adaptation of Dos- Luckily for audiences, Roger is not though she takes out time for sing- nasty breakup while looking after ly, the movie is heartwarming. It doing a very good job of it in the ing gigs, hasn’t quite figured out toevsky’s novel. Fri. at 7:30 his video-game-obsessed nephew touches on messages about friend- p.m. film that bears his name. how to meet her own needs (“I’ve (Clark Duke as Jacob); Nick (Craig ship, aging, regret and redemption Ben Stiller plays Roger, recently really got to stop doing things just Robinson) abandoned a music ca- that are universal regardless of The Lower Depths (1957) released from a mental hospital, and because they feel good,” she mus- reer for marriage and dog groom- which decade you grew up in. readjusting to life in L.A. His broth- es, unironically). Baumbach wisely Kurosawa adapts Maxim ing; and the once-”cool” Lou Some hot tubs are relaxing. This Gorky’s play about slum- er’s family has warily given him never steps on the gas, letting the (Rob Corddry) has become a foul- one is a riot. run of the house while out of town, characters slowly develop or, as the dwellers. Fri. at 5:15 & 10:30 mouthed alcoholic. p.m. leaving his brother’s personal assis- case may be, revert. Eager for a soul-searching spark, Rated: R for pervasive language, tant, Florence Marr (Greta Gerwig Director of photography Harris the three pals, with Jacob in tow, strong crude content, sexual con- of “Baghead”), in the uncomfort- Savides (“Milk”) captures smoggy, Ran (1985) An elderly lord head out to the ski-resort haven tent, nudity and drug use. 1 hour, abdicates to his three sons. able position of assisting the uber- rambling Los Angeles; Stiller re- of their late-teen years. A night of 40 minutes. neurotic Roger. What follows is an sists softening his irascible char- Sat.-Tue. at 7:30 p.m. Sat.- inebriated partying lands all four Sun. also at 2 p.m. oratorio of awkwardness sung in a acter; and Gerwig shines, whether in an outdoor hot tub that turns out — Tyler Hanley minor key, as Roger hourly proves projecting her inner thoughts (as to be — you guessed it — a time his neediness, in part by hitting on she contemplates the back of the machine. the 20-something Florence. one-night stand lying next to her) When the fellows come to they “A MIND-BENDING AND MESMERIZING “Greenberg” is directed and co- or covering Judee Sill’s “There’s a are stuck in the year 1986, forced thriller that takes its time unlocking one written by Noah Baumbach (“The Rugged Road.” to relive a day that was a major mystery only to uncover another, all to chilling Squid and the Whale”), whose “Greenberg” doesn’t amount to turning point of their young lives. and IMMENSELY SATISFYING effect.” spouse Jennifer Jason Leigh co- much, really, but it’s an enjoyably The chance to amend past missteps Betsey Sharkey, LOS ANGELES TIMES wrote the story and appears as amusing character study with plenty becomes an unavoidable draw for Greenberg’s ex. Leigh’s history of little pleasures. As a study of two Adam, Nick and Lou. Meanwhile, with Robert Altman seems to have yearning Angelenos, it pursues an Jacob frantically tries to get the       rubbed off on Baumbach, whose answer to the film’s opening line, group back to the present year with sights and sounds have a distinctly delivered by a behind-the-wheel the help of a mysterious repairman    

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He graduates to come when the as the fourth leading scorer at venue switches to NCAA SWEET 16 Williams with 1,528 points, and the ARCO Arena the eighth-leading rebounder at in Sacramento Saturday at Sacramento 545. Schultz, previously honored Saturday night as the NESCAC and ECAC-North for the Regional Stanford (33-1) New England Player of the Year, championships. vs. Georgia (25-8) First Team All-NESCAC and First The second- Team All- ECAC, earns his sec- ranked and top- 6:04 pm ESPN2 ond All-America honor. He was seeded Cardinal recently named an NABC First (33-1) meets No. 5 seed Team honoree. He is a finalist Georgia (25-8) at 6:04 p.m. for the NABC Player of the Year. in the regional semifinal. No. 3 Xavier (29-3) and No. Schultz would have led the nation 7 Gonzaga (29-4) meet in the other semifinal at 8:30 in 3-point field goal percentage p.m. at 52 percent had he qualified. Saturday’s winners meet Monday night at 6:30 p.m. Williams led the nation as a team with a berth in the Final Four at stake. with 46.1 percent. Schultz was “I think we can improve and come out in Sacra- 77-of-148 from long range, three mento and play even better,” VanDerveer said. “In made 3s from qualifying. the NCAA tournament, obviously, you have to think one game at a time. You hope people are healthy, but SWIM DELAY . . . The NCAA your focus is one game, our team, what happens, hap- Men’s Swimming and Diviving pens.” Championships, hosted by Ohio The Cardinal reached the Sweet 16 by defeating UC State, was postponed 24 hours Riverside, 79-47, in the first round, and Iowa, 96-63, in after members of at least three the second round — both games were held at Maples teams, including Stanford, came Pavilion, where Stanford owns a 46-game winning down sick prior to Thursday’s streak heading into next year. scheduled start of the national Stanford and No. 23 Georgia have played in the championships. The meet now NCAA tournament before, with the Cardinal win- will begin Friday and run through ning three of the previous five postseason meetings. Sunday. The NCAA made the Keith Peters The teams are similar in that they both have veteran decision after calling a coaches coaches, have both reached the championship game in meeting on Wednesday night. their histories, and have each appeared in 24 (or more) Ohio State issued a statement on NCAA tournaments. Wednesday: “Eighteen student- “It’s a terrific matchup,” VanDerveer said. “Theyíre athletes and one coach have Stanford senior Jayne Appel (2), who scored 16 points in a 96-67 second-round win over Iowa been treated at the Ohio State on Monday, will be counted upon again when the Cardinal takes on Georgia in the Sweet 16. (continued on page 37) University Medical Center and the Ohio State Sports Medicine Cen- ter for a possible gastrointestinal GIRLS’ PREP BASKETBALL illness. The NCAA, the OSU Medi- cal Center, Ohio State University officials and the local Ohio health Pinewood girls have a lot to play for Saturday department are working on the issue. “One of the priorities is to in CIF Division V state championship game ensure all teams and competitors by Keith Peters The Panthers wound up losing, 43-42, when are kept informed of develop- edemption is a powerful tool. It can St. Anthony scored with three seconds to ments and preventive measures.” motivate at the start, build momentum play. ON THE AIR R and reward at the finish. That probably “They just killed us on the boards,” said sounds good to Pinewood girls’ basketball Scheppler, whose team was outrebounded 50- Friday coach Doc Scheppler. 15 in that game on December 22. “We shot College baseball: USC at Stanford, The Panthers have an opportunity redemp- 7-of-35 from three-point range. It was a tough 5:30 p.m.; KZSU (90.1 FM) tion on Saturday when they take on St. An- game for us.” Saturday thony (Long Beach) in the CIF Division V Scheppler figures his team missed 15-20 College baseball: USC at Stanford, 1 state championship game at Rabobank Arena three-point attempts in a row before Casey p.m.; KZSU (90.1 FM) in Bakersfield. Tip off is 9:30 a.m. Cairo made one for a 42-41 lead. His team also Women’s basketball: Stanford vs. Pinewood brings a 26-6 record after winning was shorthanded following a series of ACL Georgia, 6:04 p.m.; ESPN2; KZSU (90.1 the NorCal title last weekend, 53-47, while St. tears to three players — one of whom (senior FM) Anthony comes in 26-9 after taking the So- Rachel Marty) was lost for the season. Sunday Cal crown, 48-41. Both teams are the No. 1 Much has changed since then, however. The College baseball: USC at Stanford, 1 p.m.; KZSU (90.1 FM) seeds from their respective brackets, and will Pinewood team that St. Anthony saw then is Monday be facing each other for the second time this not same Pinewood team the Saints will see Women’s basketball: NCAA Elite season. in Bakersfield. Eight, 6:30 p.m.; ESPN2; KZSU (90.1 It was just a little more than three months “We’re confident we come into this game a FM) ago that the same teams met on the final day different team that we were back then,” Schep- of the Nike Tournament of Champions in pler said. “It’s going to be an interesting game SPORTS ONLINE Phoenix, Ariz. 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BOYS’ TENNIS PREP TRACK & FIELD Menlo keeps perfection Palo Alto’s MacQuitty in perspective on track for fast times After winning national tourney and improving to 13-0, National leader in 800 returns to the longer distances Knights take aim at completing the ‘Triple Crown’ at the annual Stanford Invitational this weekend by Keith Peters All-American, CCS and NorCals. by Keith Peters Field Championships. MacQuitty’s hen members of the Menlo Shine said the focus is simple for hings will get back to normal best is the 4:16.93 that he ran last boys’ tennis team walked his team. for Palo Alto senior Philip season while taking second at the W off the court Wednesday “It’s just keep getting better,” he T MacQuitty this weekend when Golden West Invitational. with an 8-1 nonleague victory over said. “If we do that, we’ll go unde- the annual Stanford Invitational That could be a goal for Mac- visiting Monte Vista (Danville), the feated. They (his players) have this makes its two-day run at Cobb Quitty on Saturday at Stanford. The triumph spoke volumes. chemistry’ they want to win for each Track & Angell Field. national leader is Sherod Hardt of First and foremost, it said there other.” MacQuitty will be in the boys’ Queen Creek, Ariz., who has run would be no letdown following last They did that Wednesday in im- mile field on Saturday morning at 4:11.49 for 1,600 meters. The state weekend’s huge accomplishment pressive fashion as seniors Jamin Ball 10:10 a.m. Should he race like he did leader for the 1,600 is Conor Stan- in Newport Beach, where Menlo and Patrick Chase, sophomore Justin a week ago, the times ton of Servite (4:18.07). won the 11th annual National High Chan plus freshmen Richard Pham, could be very fast. Will neither of those two School All-American Boys Invita- Andrew Ball and Daniel Morkovine MacQuitty, who has are competing in Satur- tional Team Tournament at the Pali- all won their singles matches in Keith Peters made a career out of day’s race, Galt’s Coupe sades Tennis Club. straight sets. They combined to lose running well at long is running and gives the The victory over Monte Vista only 17 games between them. distances — fast enough race the two fastest 800 also said that Menlo has the depth The doubles teams of Brian Peltz- to earn a scholarship to meter runners in the to contend with any opponent this Tim Hoag and Zach Chase-Mac Os- Jamin Ball clinched Menlo’s UCLA this fall — is on state. season. borne also were impressive. national title-winning victory. the national charts this While MacQuitty’s And, the win said that the Knights Last Saturday, after finishing off season but not for his race was the highlight are still on track to make some his- top-seeded University (Irvine), 5-3, early in all three doubles matches, specialty. of the St. Francis Invi- tory this season. in the finals of the 11th annual Na- Menlo survived to win twice and On Saturday at the tational, Gunn and Palo “My guys are playing well,” said tional High School All-American wrap up the victory. St. Francis Invitational Alto athletes turned in Menlo coach Bill Shine, in perhaps Boys Invitational Team Tourna- Against University, the heavy fa- track and field meet, other top performances, the understatement of the season. ment, the Knights were crowned vorite to defend, Menlo opened play MacQuitty raced off as well. “Our motivation is we’re not go- kings of the prep tennis world. by losing two of the three doubles the final turn and sped Gunn junior Erin ing to pull a Sacred Heart Prep. We Nearly as impressive as beating matches. That meant the Knights home to win the 800 in Robinson won the girls’ have to win out.” University was Menlo’s 5-3 semi- had to win at least three of the five a sizzling 1:52.37. That 3,000 in 10:35.12, which Shine was referring to the 2007 final victory over Saratoga, most singles matches just to tie and hope makes him the fastest ranks her No. 2 in the Sacred Heart Prep team that won likely the Knights’ chief competi- they had enough games won overall in the nation, overtak- Philip MacQuitty state this season. Gunn the All-American tournament in tion in CCS this season. to win the tiebreaker and tourna- ing Jason Coupe of Galt senior Sunny Margerum Newport Beach and later captured “I feel good going up against any- ment. (1:52.47) as the best in the U.S. was second in the girls’ 300 hurdles the then-national championship body now,” Shine said. “To beat the That scenario wasn’t needed as “Yes, it’s a bit odd because I’ve in 45.82, ranking her No. 10 in event in Mason, Ohio. The Gators, No. 1 team (University) in the na- Menlo won four of the five singles never really focused on the 800,” California. And, sophomore Kieran however, lost in the Central Coast tion and the defending champion matches, despite the fact University said MacQuitty, who usually runs Gallagher finished third in the girls’ Section semifinals and saw their says it all. This is definitely the had two players ranked among the the 1,600 or 3,200 but rarely races 400 in 58.30, ranking her 14th in the nearly perfect season end at 26-1. best achievement of my coaching nation’s top 10 in their age brackets. anything shorter except maybe in a state and No. 2 in Gunn history. The tournament in Ohio was career.” The match came down to the final dual meet. “I’ve always had some Margerum also finished second in cancelled two years ago and the This is Shine’s 31st year of coach- two matches with Chan and Jamin natural speed and have been known the long jump (17-6 1/2) and third in Newport Beach event since has ing and the 15th at Menlo. While Ball still playing. At that point, to have a kick at the end of races.” the 100 hurdles (15.19). been sanctioned by the USTA. By this team already appears to be his Menlo had enough games won to MacQuitty needed that kick Gunn also got a victory in the winning the two-day, 16-team tour- best (there’s still plenty of season win the tiebreaker and the tourney. on Saturday as he passed Nathan girls’ pole vault from Alison Ang nament that attracted teams from left), it’s also very young with two All it needed was one victory. Strum of Pioneer for the victory. (11-0) and a victory in the girls’ Arizona, Idaho, New York, North freshmen in the starting lineup that With all eyes on Ball, who was Strum was second in 1:53.33, the mile from Emma Dohner (5:18.38). Carolina and Washington state, includes only two seniors among playing on the stadium center No. 3 time in the nation this season. In addition to MacQuitty, a hand- Menlo earned the unofficial title of the top four singles. The key to this court, the senior responded with an Kyle McNulty of Scotts Valley was ful of local athletes will compete at national champion. team, aside from its considerable 8-5 victory to clinch the title. His third in 1:55.32, the No. 8 time in Stanford this weekend. Margerum Shine, however, put things in per- talent, is its depth. teammates rushed onto the court to California. is expected to go in the 100 hurdles spective for his players. That depth played out in the five celebrate, with Chan winning mo- MacQuitty’s time broke the school and long jump, Dohner and Gal- “I told the kids they can’t really singles and three doubles matches ments later, 8-5, for the final point. record of 1:54.11 by Jason Rudolph, lagher are scheduled for the girls’ validate it unless they go undefeat- each day as Menlo went 4-0. The Chan also played No. 2 doubles with who ran that while finishing second at mile. Dohner also is listed for Fri- ed,” Shine said. Knights opened with a 7-1 victory junior Andrew Carlisle. the 1997 Central Coast Section finals. day’s 3,000 along with Paly’s Kath- Menlo is now 13-0 after Wednes- over Beacon School of New York “It was fitting that Jamin won it, “The plan going into the race was leen Higgins. day’s victory. Only one boys’ team in City before downing Beverly Hills with him being a senior and on the trying to go out hard, hopefully at The West Bay Athletic League Menlo history has gone undefeated, High, 6-2, to reach the semifinals stadium court,” said Shine. “It was 55 seconds (which I did) and then held its first league-wide meet of the 1999 squad that won CCS and against No. 3-seeded Saratoga. pretty exciting. Everyone contrib- see where I was from there. Since the season with athletes from Menlo NorCal titles to finish 23-0. That Menlo got a victory at No. 5 sin- uted to the championship . . . It was it was my first 800 meters, I didn’t and Priory performing well. team, however, did not play in the gles from freshman Andrew Ball, a total team effort . . . They all had know if it would be too fast or not. Arnaud Kpachavi of Priory won national tourney in Newport Beach. but lost the next two matches be- an important role. “Nathan Strum provided me a the boys’1,600 in 4:55.45 and took Thus, Shine’s current team can ac- fore Pham rallied to win and senior “I was very impressed on how great race and really made the race the 800 in 2:08.49; Alec Lawler of complish something no other team Pat Chase rallied from being down they handled everything,” Shine fast. I couldn’t have run that time if Menlo won the boys’ 110 high hur- in CCS history has done — sweep match point to force a tiebreaker said. “They played unbelievably Nathan had not pushed the pace.” dles; Tommy Shields of Priory won the ‘Triple Crown’ of prep tennis — and eventually win. Despite trailing well.” N After displaying that kind of the 200 in 25.14; Priory won the speed, MacQuitty hopes it will 1,600 relay while Menlo took the translate into success once he gets 400 relay. Solomone Wolfgramm back to his specialty distance events won the boys’ shot put. later in the season. The Menlo boys totaled 121 “It’s going to help me in my con- points to win with Priory second fidence and my finish,” MacQuitty with 101. said. “I know what I can compete In the girls’ meet, Priory was sec- with anyone at the end of races.” ond with 98. Kat Gregory won the MacQuitty surprisingly only holds l,600 in 5:44.95 and doubled back the school record in just the 800, for the 3,200 in 12:01.66; team-

Angie Ball with the 3,200 and 1,600 still out mate Eugenia Jernick took the 100 there for breaking. The 1,600 mark in 14.06, Priory’s Devon Errington is on MacQuitty’s list, the record of won the 800 in 2:38.77, and Menlo’s 4:15.54 (converted) set by Jon Ens- Lauren Gradiska won the 300 hur- The Menlo boys’ tennis team went 4-0 and won the National High School All-American Invitational. coe at the 1966 CIF State Track and dles (56.51). N Page 36ÊUÊ >ÀV ÊÓÈ]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>œÊ
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STANFORD BASEBALL Cardinal set for USC in opener Pries is looking forward to getting Pac-10 season under way this weekend by Rick Eymer tanford right-hander Jordan Pries has been counting the S days to the Pac-10 baseball opener. He won’t have long to wait. The sophomore pitcher will make a start in one of the three games against visiting USC as the confer- ence season gets underway. The No. 23 Cardinal and Trojans are set to begin action Friday at 5:30 p.m., followed by 1 p.m. games Sat- urday and Sunday. The Pac-10 is loaded, but that’s nothing new for a conference that Keith Peters has a combined 26 national titles and another 11 runnerup trophies since the beginning of the College World Series in 1947. Stanford senior Rosalyn Gold-Onwude (21) scored a career-high 26 “Top to bottom the Pac-10 is going points in Monday’s 96-67 second-round win over Iowa. to be one of the best in the country,” Pries said. “And we’re right there nette have been playing well. All the with everybody.” NCAA hoops guards have been playing well from In a conference dominated by (continued from page 35) the Pac-10 tournament through this Keith Peters pitchers, Pries (2-1, 3.33) can stand tournament.” with the best of them after throw- a team that beat Tennessee. We will Senior center All-American Jayne ing a two-hit shutout against Pep- have our work cut out for us.” Appel said it was important to have perdine last Saturday. He’s one of VanDerveer and Georgia’s Andy the fan support and that winning 21 Pac-10 pitchers with an ERA of Landers, in his 31st season with the the first two games at home should Sophomore Nnemkadi Ogwumike (3) scored 23 points with nine re- 3.50 or lower. Five starters — Or- Lady Bulldogs have a combined serve to jump start a deep run into bounds to help Stanford reach the Sweet 16. egon’s Alex Keudell, UCLA’s Garett won-loss record of 1,622-462 (.778 the tournament. Claypool, Oregon’s Tyler Anderson, winning percentage), including 108- “To play as well as our team Oregon State’s Tanner Robles and 47 in the postseason. played, it’s a great feeling,” she said. Oregon State’s Matt Boyd all have “We had a good crowd at Stan- “It helps get the train going on the an ERA of 1.77 or lower. ford and we’ve played at Georgia,” way to the national championship UCLA’s Gerrit Cole, Arizona VanDerveer said. “I know it’s not game.” State’s Jake Borup and Arizona Stanford but hopefully people will Sophomore Nnemkadi Ogwumike, State’s Merrill Kelly are all 5-0. come up to Sacramento and there who supplanted Appel as the Pac-10 “This was the first day I felt good will be more Stanford red than Player of the Year, has been getting and trusted my pitches,” Pries said Georgia red. We want that kind of all the (deserved) attention lately but after his 7-0 victory over the Waves atmosphere.” when it comes to crunch time, Appel last weekend. “I was more relaxed Because of the wealth of coach- will have a big say in Stanford’s suc- and I want to carry that into the Pac- ing experience, Georgia won’t be cess the rest of the way. 10 season.” intimidated by playing in a foreign She’s the Pac-10’s all-time lead- Stanford (10-5) was picked to fin- environment. Women’s basketball ing rebounder at 1,237, is third all- ish fourth in a conference where in the SEC gets a huge following, time in Stanford school history with nine of the 10 teams, including the and playing on the road, in a hostile 2,087 points (behind Kate Starbird Trojans (11-10) have winning re- atmosphere, prepares a team for the and Candice Wiggins), first with cords entering conference play. NCAAs. Georgia is also 7-1 against 272 blocked shots and has 337 ca- The Cardinal, which hit .375 teams in the RPI top 50 this season. reer assists (current assistant Kate last weekend in its sweep of Pep- Stanford is 11-1 against the RPI Top Paye finished with 406), a remark- perdine, is hitting .309 as a team. 50. able feat for a post player. Three freshmen are hitting over The Lady Bulldogs average 63 Freshman post Joslyn Tinkle may .300. Infielder Stephen Piscotty, points a game and allow 54.5. Stan- also find herself in a critical situa- who has started in left and at first, ford scores at a 77.1 clip and allows tion. She’s the backup plans for both is batting a team-best .383 with a 54. Appel and Ogwumike should some- team-leading 18 runs, Tyler Gaffney The Cardinal will need its ball thing happen, like foul trouble or an (.367) has a .600 slugging percent- handlers at peak performance to ankle sprain. age and Menlo School grad Kenny wade through the myriad of traps, “Joslyn is getting valuable experi- Diekroeger (.347) has driven in 12 presses and defenses it will face. ence and, honestly, we need more and scored 16 runs. Jeanette Pohlen and Ros Gold- from her,” VanDerveer said. “We “It’s good to see the bats coming Onwude will face most of the pres- have 14 healthy players and they’re alive heading into Pac-10s,” Diek- sure, but Melanie Murphy, JJ Hones all very important to our team’s suc- roeger said. “I know the league is and Kayla Pedersen may be called cess.” deep in pitching and we’ve been upon. Stanford reached its seventh picking it up and coming togeth- Gold-Onwude is coming off a ca- Sweet 16 in the past 10 years and the er.”

reer game in which she scored 26 17th overall. The Cardinal hopes to Keith Peters Arizona State and UCLA enter points, had five assists and played play in its 14th Elite Eight, its ninth the weekend with a combined 37-0 shut-down defense on Iowa’s point Final Four, and its fourth champi- mark. The rest of the conference is guard. onship game. Adding national title a combined 103-50. “I hope she builds on that,” number three, and the first in 20 “It’s good to get on a roll before VanDerveer said. “She really likes years, would finish things nicely, Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer had a hug for Rosalyn Gold- the conference season starts,” Diek- to play defense. Both she and Jea- thank you. N Onwude after her career night against Iowa. roeger said. N *>œÊ
ÌœÊ7iiŽÞÊUÊ >ÀV ÊÓÈ]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 37 Classes every Saturday!!! Sports al Photo Zumba is a fi tness dance workout. nnu Con h A te Dance to Salsa, Merengue... t s 9 t State hoops 1 11:30AM-12:30PM (continued from page 35) mention this ad for 1923 Menalto Ave, junior Jenna McLoughlin back from 1st lesson Menlo Park www.asya.us DEADLINE NEXT FRI FREE 650-996-1583 her torn ACL injury. (Two blocks from University Ave) www.PaloAltoOnline.com “Since Jenna’s been playing,” said Scheppler, “we’ve lost only once.” Pinewood is 15-1 since the 5-foot- 10 McLoughlin returned and 20-2 since that loss to St. Anthony in De- cember. Scheppler said McLoughlin will need to be able to defend in the post and help neutralize some of St. An- thony’s sizable frontline that goes 6-3, 6-0 and 5-11. Kendall Cooper, a 6-3 freshman, is her team’s lead- ing scorer at 11.1 ppg, but the Saints use a lot of players. “It’s pretty much the same deal as before,” Scheppler explained. “We’ll have to defend inside. They don’t shoot the ball that well . . . Their best play is a rebound and a Keith Peters putback.” Hailie Eackles had 24 points and Scheppler said it’s all a matter of 10 rebounds in the NorCal final. preparing his players for the biggest game of the year. Williams, to four points, 12 below “Confidence and belief in these her average. Williams did grab 18 games are a huge pyschological rebounds. factor, almost as important as the The win over Bradshaw Christian physical side,” Scheppler said. “It’s was Pinewood’s sixth straight. The all a matter of putting your girls in Panthers will be making their fifth the right frame of mind.” appearance in the state finals, hav- Scheppler figures that St. Antho- ing won 1999, 2005 and 2006 while ny will do its best to take away Pin- placing second in 2009. ewood’s three-point shooting. The Pinewood had to earn its lat- Panthers have attempted 848 this est trip, however, as it got off to a season and made 235. The Saints, slow start. The Panthers held a 27- conversely, have attempted only 339 26 halftime lead but trailed by five and made just 74. early in the third quarter. “Are they going to take away our “In the third quarter, they (Brad- 3s?” Scheppler said. “Probably. shaw Christian) got inside,” Schep- (But) State championship games are pler said. “We were giving up 4-5 won and lost with easy baskets. You inches at every spot but one.” have to find ways to get layups.” Pinewood, as it has this season, And, said Scheppler, “if you don’t just battled back. Liang hit a big have size, you have to press. We three-pointer with three minutes to have enough in our arsenal to do go in the fourth quarter to give the that.” Panthers a 48-44 lead. Pinewood Along with McLoughlin, fel- scored again, Bradshaw Christian low juniors Hailie Eackles, Kelsey answered and it was 50-46. Morehead and Miranda Seto will “It was a one-possession game be playing in their second straight pretty much the in the fourth quar- state championship game along with ter,” Scheppler said. seniors Lauren Taniguchi and Em- Fortunately for Pinewood, once it ily Liang. got the lead in the final quarter it Pinewood got a good tuneup for managed to hold on. the state finals with its 53-47 vic- “We had a good game plan for tory over No. 2 Bradshaw Christian them,” said Scheppler, who also last weekend at Folsom High. It praised his defense for forcing 22 was Pinewood’s experience against turnovers. Bradshaw Christian’s height. It was “Our constant fullcourt and half- finesse against strength. Whoever court pressure forced a lot of turn- came up with the best game plan overs,” he said. “If we didn’t do that, and executed it would be the Nor- it would have been a lot tougher. Our Cal Division V champion. defense was great today.” “It was a battle,” said Scheppler. Bradshaw Christian, which was “It was scratch and claw time.” beaten soundly by Pinewood in the Fortunately for Pinewood, it has NorCal semifinals last season, had been in similar situations over the been pointing to this game since years and that experienced carried then. The Pride knew it had to shut the Panthers once again. down Pinewood’s three-point game, “We have the confidence of being and did so by limiting the Panthers there before,” Scheppler said. “We to just 4-of-13 shooting from that know that we can find ways to win distance. whether it’s a running game or a “If you take away our threes, we’re grind it out game like today.” going to get layups,” Scheppler said. Pinewood advanced to the state That was Pinewood’s saving grace championship game with its hard- on Saturday as it was able to get in- fought win over the Pride (24-9). side against a taller opponent that Eackles scored 24 points and had 10 concentrated its defensive pressure rebounds, despite having to sit in the on the perimeter. second quarter after picking up her “They were taking away our third personal foul with 3 1/2 min- threes, but we got to the rim and got utes to play. Seto added 14 points some layups,” Scheppler said. while Liang hit three big treys for Pinewood hopes to do the same nine points. McLoughlin held the on Saturday, with a state champion- Pride’s leading scorer, Cheyenne ship on the line. N Page 38ÊUÊ >ÀV ÊÓÈ]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>œÊ
ÌœÊ7iiŽÞ Sports Palo Alto doing all the right things worthy of a first-place baseball team by Keith Peters “Wilcox is always one of our Witte walked for another run, Joc hen Erick Raich took over toughest competition in league,” Pederson ripped an RBI single, and the Palo Alto baseball this said Raich. “We may have gotten Swezey scored on a passed ball for W season, he had a laundry them today, but they will be hungry an 11-3 lead. list of things to accomplish. Per- to get back at us on Friday.” “I wasn’t to surprised with how haps the most important was to set Palo Alto grabbed the upper hand we swung the bats today,’ Raich a great foundation for the future. quickly after spotting Wilcox two said. “We had a great week of of- Right now, his Vikings are setting runs in the top of the first. In the fensive preparation and our players a great foundation for the present. bottom of the frame, the Vikings had a great plan of attack going into Getting good hitting, pitching sent nine batters to the plate. They the game. We knew what they were and defense once again, Palo Alto produced four hits and five runs for going to try to do against us pitching remained tied for the SCVAL De a 5-2 lead. T.J. Braff and Christoph wise and our players stuck with our Anza Division lead with a dominat- Bono had RBI singles while Drake team’s approach.” ing 13-6 victory over visiting Wil- Swezey doubled home a run. Wilcox rallied for three runs in the cox on Wednesday. Wilcox picked up a run in the third top of the seventh before Braff came The Vikings (5-0, 9-3) had 13 to make it 5-3, but Paly exploded for in to close the door. Swezey (3-0) hits and committed no errors while six runs in the fourth to grab an 11-3 gained the win. Braff had three hits limiting the Chargers to just six hits. advantage. A walk to Cory Tenanes, while Glazier had two hits, drove in The same teams will meet again an interference call (the ball hit the two runs and scored three times. Friday in Santa Clara. field umpire) on a grounder by Jack Despite the impressive victory, Palo Alto (5-0, 9-3) is tied for Smale and a single by T.J. Braff Raich didn’t believe the win sent first place with Los Gatos (5-0, loaded the bases. After that, it was a any message at this point in the

9-3), with Wilcox (3-2, 8-4) now merry-go-round for Paly. season. Keith Peters two games behind in the standings. Will Glazier walked in a run, “I don’t think that today was re- Winning pitcher Drake Swezey (left) gets an after-inning congrats from Monta Vista, Homestead and Los Christian Lonsky singled in another, ally a statement game,” he said. “We first baseman T.J. Braff during Paly’s 13-6 win over Wilcox. Altos are all 2-3. and Swezey bounced into a fielder’s come with the approach that every Another victory over Wilcox will choice that was played into an error time we step on the field to play really set Palo Alto up for the rest of trying to get a runner at home. That someone that we attack the game the season. made it 8-3. After a strikeout, Scott and play hard. Every game is im- portant in our mind.” In the PAL Bay Division, senior ATHLETES OF THE WEEK pitcher Nils Gilbertson scattered seven hits over 6 1/3 innings, and Chace Warren snapped a 2-2 tie with a run-scoring single in the fifth inning, as host Menlo-Atherton opened its league schedule with a 4-2 victory over Hillsdale Wednes- day afternoon. In addition to his hitting heroics, Warren earned the save when he re- lieved Gilbertson in the seventh in- ning and, after walking a Hillsdale batter to load the bases, induced the next hitter to bounce into a game- ending double play. Gilbertson was nearly flawless after yielding two runs in the first inning, walking just two and strik- ing out three while improving his season record to 2-1. The Bears sup- ported Gilbertson with their best defensive effort of the season, com- mitting just one error. The victory squared M-A’s overall record at 4-4 (1-0 in league play), while Hillsdale

Kelly Jenks Jamin Ball fell to 3-5 (0-1). Keith Peters Palo Alto High Menlo School The Bears collected nine hits -- Palo Alto junior first baseball T.J. Braff belts one of his three hits during The senior pitcher won four The senior won all four of his all singles -- off Hillsdale pitcher the Vikings’ victory that kept them tied for first place. softball games by throwing doubles matches and three Greg Hansen, including two each 29 scoreless innings with of four at No. 1 singles, in- by shortstop Casey Eason and DH hit a solo homer in the second. The of 35 to earn medalist honors and 38 strikeouts and only sev- cluding the deciding match in Chris Gow. M-A cut Hillsdale’s Knights return to action on Friday lead the Knights to a 199-221 West lead to 2-1 on Gow’s single in the when they host King City in a non- Bay Athletic League victory over en hits allowed, topped by a a 5-3 victory over top-seeded first inning, and tied the game 2-2 league test at 4 p.m. host Pinewood. Buchanan was the perfect game with 14 strike- University (Irvine) to earn All- in the third on Ryan Chilcoat’s RBI On Tuesday, Gunn picked up its only player to break 40 on the day. outs and a pair of two-hit American honors and win the single. first SCVAL El Camino Division Teammate Bobby Pender added a 1-0 wins for the 6-0 Vikings. national invitational. After nearly a week off, Menlo win with a 5-3 victory over host 40 while Patrick Grimes and MJ picked up where it left off last week, Lynbrook. Jon Rea earned the win, Cootsona shot 41 for the Knights Honorable mention pounding out 13 hits and scoring in pitching a masterful six innings (3-0, 6-0). Audrey Proulx led the Sammy Albanese Patrick Chase double digits for the third straight while striking out seven and allow- Panthers with 40 while Max Lippe Castilleja softball Menlo tennis game as the Knights defeated host ing just three hits. Eric Contreras checked in with a 41. Charlotte Biffar Tom Kremer Gunn, 13-4, in nonleague play closed out the game for the save. On Monday, Grimes shot 3-under- Palo Alto lacrosse Sacred Heart Prep swimming Wednesday. Sophomore Jake Verhulp made the par 68 to finish second overall at the Lauren Bucolo Philip MacQuitty Offensively, Menlo (7-2) was led most of his first start of the season Wildcat Invitational at the Meadow Palo Alto softball Palo Alto track & field by senior Clay Robbins and junior going 3-for-4 with a triple, double Club. Grimes missed tying for med- Hailie Eackles* Dylan Mayer Philip Anderson. Both had three and single and scoring two runs. Jon alist honors by a single stroke. Sa- Zeglin had two hits and two RBI for cred Heart Prep senior Dalan Refio- Pinewood basketball Menlo baseball hits while sophomore Freddy Avis and senior Danny Diekroeger hit the Titans. glu shot a 4-over 75 to tie for 14th. Claire Klausner Richard Pham home runs. Jeff Knox and Brett Van Zanten Gunn softball Menlo tennis Jack Suiter picked up his first var- Golf both shot 78 while Kevin Knox had Miranda Seto Drake Swezey sity win with four innings of out- On a cool and windy day at Shor- a 79 and Anthony Tran shot 81 as Pinewood basketball Palo Alto baseball standing relief, allowing no earned line Golf Links in Mountain View, the Gators shot 391 as a team to fin- * previous winner runs and striking out seven. For Menlo freshman Andrew Buch- To see video interviews of the Athletes of the Week, go to www.PASportsOnline.com Gunn (2-7-2), senior Blake Johnson anan fired a fine 1-under-par round (continued on page 40) *>œÊ
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TEAK 40% OFF Girls’ lacrosse UMBRELLAS 30% OFF Two of the more dominant la- crosse teams in the area for some Through 4-3-10 time have been Menlo and Menlo- Atherton. Now, add Palo Alto to the list following the Vikings’ 16-5 dismantling of the visiting Bears on Tuesday in a nonleague match. M-A fell to 2-5. Charlotte Biffar led the victory with four goals while Maya Fielder, Emy Kelty, Emily Benatar, Kimmie Flather and Emily Fowler all scored twice for the balanced Vikings while Sam Herzog had six assists. Chris- tina Rodgers and Caroline Edwards led M-A with two goals each. Palo Alto (4-0, 7-0) returned to action Wednesday and handed host Pioneer a 13-9 loss in Santa Clara Valley Athletic League play. Flather scored four goals for Paly, which will host Los Gatos on Friday in a league showdown (4 p.m.) before hosting Santa Catalina on Saturday at 11:30 a.m. In the West Bay Athletic League, senior Maggie Brown scored her sixth goal of the match with 1:17 left in the second overtime to carry Keith Peters TOM’S OUTDOOR FURNITURE the Menlo girls’ lacrosse team to a Castilleja’s Sammy Albanese pitched SOLID ▪ SUSTAINABLE ▪ BEAUTIFUL 16-15 overtime victory over visiting her sixth no-hitter on Tuesday. Sacred Heart Prep on Wednesday. Julia Keller of SHP scored with First-year program Palo Alto Open Daily 10 - 5 1445 Veterans Blvd, Redwood City 650-366-0411 3:21 left in regulation to tie the brought a 5-0 record to Los Gatos on www.tomsoutdoorfurniture.com match at 15. Neither team scored in Tuesday and, for much of a fiercely the first of two three-minute over- contested game, looked to come time periods. In the second OT pe- away with a win. Los Gatos’ mid- riod, SHP goalie Victoria Denholm fielder Cameron Smith’s quick-stick made a huge save against Brown, score with 50 seconds remaining Meadow Wing & Focused Care who later gained possession and was the difference, however, as Palo scored the winner. SHP won the en- Alto fell, 8-7, in nonleague action. suing draw, but Menlo came up with Kris Hoglund led the Vikings the ball and possessed it to protect with three goals while Brian Keo- the victory. hane added two. Palo Alto goalie a tradition Tory Wilkinson led the Gators Josh Chin recorded an astounding (0-1, 5-1) with five goals while Ken- 23 saves, while receiving solid de- dall Cody added three. Michaela fensive support from Michael Cul- Michael and Sophie Sheeline each len and Cooper Levitan. of caring contributed four goals for Menlo, which plays host to Stowe School Softball of Buckinghamshire, England, on With senior Sammy Albanese Friday at 3:30 p.m. striking out 20 batters, Castilleja PALO ALTO COMMONS offers a At Woodside High, Stephanie Me- opened its West Bay Athletic League renbach scored 10 goals and Martha season with a 7-0 blanking of host comprehensive program for individuals with Harding added four to pace the Cas- Notre Dame-San Jose on Tuesday. tilleja lacrosse team to a 16-2 romp Albanese (6-1-1) was in complete Alzheimer’s disease and dementia in our over Mercy-Burlingame on Tuesday. control for the Gators (1-0, 6-1-2) Meadow Wing. Here, residents enjoy daily Charlotte Geaghan-Breiner and Ju- while throwing her sixth no-hitter lia Vais added solo goals for the Ga- this season. She now has 152 strike- walks on beautiful garden paths and a full tors (2-2). outs this season. Albanese walked none, but the Gators committed a program of activities to engage mind, body Boys’ lacrosse pair of errors to run an otherwise With Wiley Osborne and Kyle perfect game. Albanes also had a and spirit. Bullington each scoring three double and four RBI while Aryana goals, Menlo registered a 14-2 vic- Yee had four hits for Castilleja. For residents in the later stages of Alzheimer’s tory over visiting Gunn on Tuesday. In the SCVAL De Anza Divi- The Knights (3-0, 3-1) scored six sion, Palo Alto used big efforts disease, our Focused Care Program provides times in the first quarter and held from its four seniors to roll over a 10-1 halftime lead. Chris Brown Milpitas, 10-0, in a division opener for all of the resident’s unique needs. Here, added two goals and five assists for on Wednesday. Paly senior pitcher families are assured that their loved one will the Knights, who will host Menlo- Kelly Jenks threw a shutout while Atherton on Thursday at 4 p.m. giving up only one hit with the help get the best care in the most appropriate Ryan Grezeika added two goals and of some fine defensive plays. Jenks two assists for Menlo. (7-0) has now thrown six shutouts environment now and in the future as needs Elsewhere, Zander Rohn scored and has not given up an earned run three goals as Menlo-Atherton took in 49 innings. may change. care of visiting Leland on Tuesday, Shortstop Lauren Bucolo belted 14-1. Tommy Cummings, Ryan two home runs and drove in four Call today... 650-494-0760 4075 El Camino Way, Palo Alto, CA 94306 Johnston, Pierce Osgood and Has- runs. Third basemen Kristen Dauler 650-494-0760 san Saad all added two goals each had three hits, including a double, www.paloaltocommons.com for the Bears, who took 45 shots also driving in a run. 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