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Prisoner’s words set to contemporary music Peace Lutheran Church will present the American premiere of “Words of Realness: A Suite for Choir, Soloist and Orchestra about Faith, Hope and Charity” at 4:30 p.m., Sunday, May 24. The lyrics were written by Spoon Jackson, an inmate at Folsom Prison, and the music is composed and directed by Stefan Safsten with the Swedish Jarva Roster Choir. “Safsten has taken the poetry of Spoon Jackson, who is serving a life sentence in New Folsom Prison, and set it to music,” said Peace Lutheran Pastor Steve Harms. “This is their second collaboration project together, which you will find contemporary, moving and incredible.” An eight-piece orchestra accompanies the choir, and it features soloist Rebecca Davant. “I especially enjoy the various circles of appeal for this concert—music lovers, choral enthusiasts, poets, spiritual beings, justice and prison re- form advocates—and those who love Swedish culture,” said Harms. “God willing, ‘Words of Realness’ will be performed at New Folsom Prison with the inmates and the poet-prisoner present,” he added. “Hope- Winter wonderland: On a winter trip to Donner Lake, the Clawson, Dowler, Claussen and Roller families enjoy the fully it will also be performed at San Quentin Prison.” Weeklies in the snow. Peace Lutheran is located at 3201 Camino Tassajara in Danville. Dona- tions are appreciated. Weekly makes history: Kiwanis taking reservations for 4th of July parade Danville ladies The Fourth of July is fast approaching and the Kiwanis Club of San (l-r) Anne Ramon Valley urges groups, businesses and organizations to sign up now Louise Van to participate in its parade. Register online at www.kiwanis-srv.org. Hoomissen, Pat The theme of this year’s parade will be “Celebrating Our Youth.” In Logan, Shirli honor of that theme, the Grand Marshal for 2009 will be 1,000 children Caselle, Sue walking and riding their bikes decorated in 4th of July colors. Murray, Bette Kiwanis Club has recruited parade entries such as the Drill Team Minis- Lange and Dori tries, YKM Lion Dancers from San Francisco and the 59th Army Marching Dari enjoy their Band for this year’s event, and organizers expect about 125 entries in 24 Weekly aboard different categories. A Best of Parade award will be given in each category the Queen at the Kiwanis luncheon meeting July 9. Mary 2 from Categories include marching unit, band, horse, float, majorette, pa- New York to the rade theme, antique auto, bicycle, novelty-comic, animal non-horse, Carribbean in special interest auto, Scout Troop, school, dance/theatrical, family, coun- January 2008. try club, neighborhood/homeowner association, church group, retail It was a historic business, service business, sports team, and community service/special event because interest-nonprofit community organizations, civic or public safety orga- three of the nizations. Queens left The popular parade draws about 20,000 viewers every year. It begins at the New York 9 a.m. harbor at the same time —one with the Weekly. Project Homeless Connect looking for workers Organizers of Help Connect People, which helps homeless people con- nect with vital services, are concerned at the lack of volunteers for this year’s event in Richmond on June 16-17. The one-day event, sponsored by Contra Costa Health Services and the city of Richmond, connects hundreds of people who are experienc- Yankee ing homelessness with food, medical and dental care, substance abuse memories: programs, shelters and more. Last year 621 people were helped in one Garrett and day. Grant Rivas Volunteers are needed to help set up, greet and direct people, dis- and their dad tribute goods and food, assist service providers, and provide general visit one of the assistance. They are asked to serve at least a half day. Donations are great stadiums also accepted. Volunteer registration forms are available online at www. before it was cchealth.org or by calling 313-6124. Completed forms must be received replaced at by June 8. the end of the 2008 season. The picture is at Monument Park with Corrections Yankee The Weekly desires to correct all significant errors. To request Stadium where a correction, call the editor at (925) 837-8300 or e-mail: a tribute to [email protected] Yankee greats is maintained. The Danville Weekly is published every Friday by Embarcadero Publishing Co., 117 Town & Country Drive, Suite D, Danville, CA 94526; (925) 837-8300. Mailed at Periodicals Postage Rate, USPS 020407. The Danville Weekly is mailed free upon request to homes and apartments in Pleasanton. Voluntary subscriptions at $30 per year ($50 for two years) are welcomefrom Pleasanton residents. Subscription rate for businesses and for residents of other communities is $50 per year. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Danville Weekly, 117 Town & Country Drive, Suite D, Danville, CA 94526. © 2009 by Embarcadero Publishing Co. All rights reserved. Reproduction without permission is strictly prohibited.
Page 4ÊUÊMay 22, 2009ÊUÊDanville Weekly Newsfront SERVING THE COMMUNITIES OF ALAMO ● BLACKHAWK ● DANVILLE ● DIABLO Voters reject state funding measures
BY GEOFF GILLETTE notice. “This is sending a clear message to Sacramento,” he said. The state of California’s ongoing budget mess got no help Danville, school district to suffer “That message is ‘get your house in order.’” Tuesday from voters, who turned down several ballot measures The loss of the additional revenues that would have been pro- legislators claimed would provide the fiscal tools needed to bal- ‘devastating’ funding gaps vided by the failed measures is expected to be felt all throughout ance the budget. Local officials say the state level defeat portends the state, as the money is going to have to come from some- calamity at the local level as well. where. From the minute returns started coming in both statewide and Final state vote tallies “Local governments are stuck. The state is going to reach out in Contra Costa County, five of the six ballot items, Measures and steal what they can. They’re going to get almost a million Measure 1A Yes: 34.1% No: 65.9% 1A-1E were behind by 20 points. As the evening wore on, the Yes dollars out of our general fund alone. That’s on top of us cutting votes did not narrow the gap. The only measure voters seemed to Measure 1B Yes: 37.4% No: 62.6% $1.8 million out of our budget,” Arnerich stated. favor was 1F, which instructs the state to deny raises to legislators Danville’s Town Council has been working on its budget for Measure 1C Yes: 35.4% No: 64.6% when the government is operating in a deficit. the past several weeks and has already enacted a number of poli- Voter turnout was low statewide with Contra Costa County Measure 1D Yes: 34.2% No: 65.8% cies to deal with the expected shortfall. showing only 28.3 percent turnout. “I think we have done everything that you would see in a Measure 1E Yes: 33.6% No: 66.4% Danville Mayor Newell Arnerich said the election Tuesday private business, no different than any of us who own busi- night is something lawmakers in Sacramento should sit up and Measure 1F Yes: 73.9% No: 26.1% See INITIATIVES on Page 6 Landscaping committee discusses disbanding Members looking for more information from county
BY GEOFF GILLETTE Frustration over anemic revenues and growing expenses led the members of Ala- mo’s Zone 36 committee to consider dis- banding this week. The committee had its regular meeting Tuesday at Hap Magee Ranch Park, but the only item on the agenda was a discussion about allowing the committee to disband; however, they chose to hold off on a vote pending more information from Contra Costa County. Zone 36 is one of 40 such zones through- out the county created by the Lighting and GEOFF GILLETTE Landscaping Act. The various zones are County Supervisor Mary N. Piepho talks to the gathering at last Thursday evening’s Alamo Community Council meeting about forming an Alamo funded through a charge per parcel. Many of Municipal Advisory Council, or MAC, to serve as a conduit between the county and Alamo. the zones have no citizen oversight and are run by the county. In Alamo, however, the Zone 36 committee meets periodically to dis- cuss areas of concern and potential projects. Committee Chairwoman Alicia Watson Alamo getting a MAC, says Piepho said due to the lack of funding, none of the plans ever go far. BY GEOFF GILLETTE Supervisor says voters chose Piepho responded. “I’m extremely frustrated. I have no clue If the defeat in March of an attempt to When a resident asked why they could as to how the money has disappeared,” she incorporate Alamo into a city left residents MAC over incorporation not have a vote on it, Van de Brooke ex- stated. “It makes me wonder about the value with some questions about the future of the plained that the residents had the chance of this committee.” area, they may have gotten their answer. areas would go to the MAC.” to incorporate and chose not to. She added Committee member Steve Mick added that At the May 14 meeting of the Alamo One area missing from the proposal was that after paying for an election to decide the committee is hampered by the fact that it Community Council, Contra Costa County a planning element. Alamo Improvement incorporation, it would be expensive to vote receives very little revenue. Supervisor Mary N. Piepho laid out a plan Association President Brad Waite asked how again about establishing a MAC. “We have the lowest revenue per parcel to create a Municipal Advisory Council the MAC would handle planning, since the “I think Mary was very gracious in stay- in the county,” he said. “Right now we’re at (MAC) that would serve as a conduit be- AIA has been working with the county on ing out of incorporation. Our office stayed $9.36 per parcel.” Annually, the revenue for tween the county and Alamo. that. Piepho’s Chief of Staff Tomi Van de neutral in that election and did not stir the Zone 36 comes out to only $54,000. Piepho and her staff presented an outline of Brooke said that is something they would waters with the idea of this MAC,” said Van What little funding they have seems to be how they would proceed. The boundaries of add to the list and work out as they evolve de Brooke. “If it happens now it’s because used up before it can go toward any projects the new MAC would follow the same ones laid the details of the MAC. the supervisor wants a group of people who in Alamo. “We have only done one project out in the incorporation proposal, they said. “This is just the beginning step,” she will represent Alamo.” since I’ve been on the committee,” Watson The MAC would incorporate many of stated. “Right now we are just trying to drill Piepho said she appreciated the opinions said. the committees serving the county service down and get the details.” of those who attended the meeting, and Mick said that there was an effort to raise the areas, such as R7A (parks and recreation), Some residents were not pleased with the that she and her staff will try to incorporate amount of funding for the zone that was put P2B and P5 (police services) and Zone 36 sense that the MAC would be put into place those thoughts into the MAC plan. They to the voters. In a mail-in ballot, voters were (lighting and landscaping). regardless of residents’ wishes. are expected to discuss the issue further at asked to increase the per parcel fee up to $44. “The MAC would act as an umbrella for “You’re pretty much saying that you’re the next meeting of the Alamo Community The request was defeated, which left the Zone all of those things,” explained Piepho. “A going to impose a MAC on us,” one said. Council at 5 p.m., Thursday, June 11, at the 36 committee able to do very little. person who had a question on one of those “That is the direction we’re going, yes,” Swain House at Hap Magee Ranch Park. N See COMMITTEE on Page 6 Danville WeeklyÊUÊMay 22, 2009ÊU Page 5 NEWS
INITIATIVES If the situation for the town Members of the school board happens, the funding gap is going Continued from Page 5 sounds grim, officials with the San met in special session at 6 p.m. to leave state and local programs in Ramon Valley Unified School Dis- Wednesday to discuss budget sce- shambles. nesses. We’ve gone to employees, trict are painting a picture of a narios. Enoch said the board would “Our state had trouble balancing we’ve made cuts to salaries, elimi- district less than two years from be looking at how to get through the budget before the recession nated bonuses. Done everything drowning in a sea of red ink. the remaining month of this school hit and the recession just knocked to weather this downturn in our “If there’s any silver lining to year. us over the cliff. I don’t know any economy. And now we need to do this,” said School Superintendent “My recommendation is that we programs that are going to be more,” said Arnerich. Steve Enoch, “it’s that Measure C are in a position to honor our Mea- spared. It’s going to be devastat- Town Council members will meet passed. If it didn’t pass we would sure C supporters and maintain ing for our schools and for those next Tuesday in a study session to be in extremely dire straits. As it is, our programs next year. Beyond neediest among us,” she said Tues- examine where they can trim now our dire straits are now a year or that, it’s questionable. I think we’re day night. without affecting basic services. two out.” going to be looking at significant Buchanan said the decisive loss Town Manager Joe Calabrigo said In the revised budget put out by program cuts,” he explained. of the funding measures, coupled 30 BEERS ON TAP the situation facing local govern- Gov. Schwarzenegger last week, the Enoch said they have already with the overwhelming passage of Patio Now Open! ments is just unacceptable. SRVUSD will be taking a $12 mil- begun talks with bargaining units the measure dictating when elected “We had to look at ways to offset lion funding hit. Enoch said that for the district’s employees and officials could receive raises sends a Most Menu Items about $2.5 million less in revenue $6 million will come off the current they are looking at the possibility message to lawmakers. Under $10 than we thought we’d have next year’s budget and another $6 mil- of rolling back salaries as a means “The voters throughout the state year. They (Town Council) found lion off next year’s budget. of trimming the massive deficit. have made it clear that they think ways of doing that that nibble “Basically, what this hit to our “Right now,” he said, “we’re just it’s our job as legislators to solve the Join us for the around the edges of service level re- budget does is offset the federal trying to hold this ship together budget crisis, not theirs,” she said. “I "Beer Drinker ductions, and then the state comes stimulus money,” said Enoch. He until the economy turns.” think what we need to do in Sacra- along and says, ‘Give me another added, “Fortunately we have some State Assemblywoman Joan Bu- mento is figure out what works and Bailout Hour!" million,’ ” he said. reserves.” chanan (D., 15th) said until that get rid of what doesn’t.” N $1.50 Off ALL Beers! COMMITTEE their May 19 meeting, though, they they have questions for the county asked to pay 26 percent of the cost Sun-Thurs 4pm to 5pm chose to hold off on that course of that need answers. They are asking of the study,” Watson said. Continued from Page 5 action. for more information regarding the Mick added, “That is based on Brewery Night Tuesdays “If the citizens of Alamo had seen “We were convinced by the peo- financing and expenditures taking the number of parcels in the dis- fit to increase our revenues, we’d ple who showed up to give it an- place in Zone 36, including how trict. To my way of thinking that is See our website for details be in wonderful shape. Right now, other shot. We’re going to gather much money is coming in and not a good way to calculate cost.” we’re at a point where we have more information, and we’re con- where it is being used. Rather than vote on the proposal SAN RAMON almost zero ability to initiate any fident that the supervisor is going One area in particular they to disband, the committee chose to kind of beautification project of to listen to us,” Mick said. These would like addressed is the cost hold off until its June 9 meeting. (925) 277-9600 any size,” Mick explained. people were former members of allocations for a state-mandated an- Watson said even if the committee That inability to mount any large the committee who came to the nual engineering report. Currently, votes in favor she’s not certain that 470 Market Place scale projects within the zone led meeting to tell something about its Alamo pays about one quarter of there is a process for a committee (across from Nob Hill Foods) the members to consider asking history. the cost for the yearly study, which choosing to disperse. She added, www.hopyard.com Supervisor Mary N. Piepho to Watson said they agreed to hold encompasses the entire county. “The committee members are all allow the committee to disperse. At off on voting to disband because “Our little committee is being free to resign.” N Going Out of Business Doors Close & Sale Ends May 27th 60-75% off entire store Some store furnishings for sale
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tables to complete a reading and A visit with my writing assignment. I think Zoe must have eyes in the back of her favorite teacher head, too. She went from one to the other helping them and answer- irst we looked in the classroom ing questions and knew just when window. The teacher was sit- to turn to another child. Jim and I Fting on a chair holding up a also lent a hand. Some of the kids book called “Splash” so the kinder- worked steadily and independently, gartners, sitting on the carpet in front cutting out the figures and gluing of her, could see the pictures of dif- them into the squares next to the ferent animals diving into the water rhyming words very neatly and to cool off. The children squirmed a without asking any questions. Then bit but were engaged in the story. A they traced over the letters for “the” few of them apparently have eyes in and then wrote a sentence of their the backs of their heads because they own. Very impressive. began to notice us. So we went in Others dillied and dallied and and stood to one side until story time said they needed help. They wanted was concluded. to tell me about their families or Next was a lesson in what I would their pets or their favorite color. One call phonics but apparently now little girl rushed across the room to is called phonemic awareness and show me her nail polish—bright Danville woman Carol Abshire proudly sits astride the scooter she won in a drawing benefitting the family of slain blending. As the teacher put two pink and very chipped but perfectly Oakland Police Officer Irvin Romans, with (l-r) Craig Blackburn, Nikki Romans, Pat Abshire and Bill Blackburn. letters into slots on a special display matching her pink T-shirt. I admired board to form part of a three-letter that Zoe worked with children at so word, the children raised their hands many different levels, in both aca- wildly to be selected to choose a demic and social skills. Scooter giveaway benefits Romans family letter to complete the word. The Kindergarten has sure changed teacher would only pick a child who since my day. I remember coloring BY GEOFF GILLETTE lasted throughout the day. Danville police officers, was sitting down completely on the and making things with clay. And A pair of Danville businessmen, wanting to help members of the California Highway Patrol, KGO-TV floor. Then the class all sounded out taking a break where we each had out in the wake of the tragic death of Oakland Police and the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District all the word and read it together. a little carton of chocolate milk— Sgt. Irvin Romans, recently held a fundraiser and joined in at the event, which featured a DJ. “M-M-M-A-A-A-P-P-P spells except for Jimmy L. who had white donated all the proceeds to the slain officer’s family. Nikki Romans, the widow of the slain officer, at- ‘map,’” they chanted again and milk because his father was an Craig Blackburn said that he and his brother Bill, tended as well and helped pick out the name of the again, going through a series of orthodontist. We didn’t begin to owners of Pacific Coast Hardware and Auto Parts, de- winner of the scooter. short words. sound out words and receive our cided to hold a barbeque and drawing to raise money Danville resident Carol Abshire was the lucky Then the teacher called us over. first Dick and Jane readers until the for the family. winner. When she and her husband Pat were in- “Boys and girls, we have some very first grade. But Zoe said she was “We, my brother Bill and I, felt a need to help them formed of their good fortune, they came down to special visitors today,” she said in a reviewing capitalization and punctu- because they’re our neighbors and they’re in need of meet with Romans and the Blackburns and to accept slow, animated voice. “These are my ation to prepare the children for the help,” he said. their prize. parents! You know that my name district writing test, which entails The Blackburns decided to raffle off a scooter as At the end of the event, the Blackburn brothers is Miss Ciardelli. Well, this is my composing two complete sentences. a fundraiser. The sporty pink Zenen 50cc scooter, presented Nikki Romans with the proceeds from the mother, Mrs. Ciardelli. And this is Jim and I left after an hour or so, adorned with a “Win Me” sign, sat outside Black- drawing, which totaled just over $3,100. my father, Mr. Ciardelli.” pausing to admire their sunflowers burn’s store on San Ramon Valley Boulevard to ad- Blackburn said he was pleased with the response “You all have the same name!” starting to sprout in their little hand- vertise the drawing. Chances were $10 apiece. from the Danville community in supporting the Ro- several voices exclaimed, collaps- made flower pots outside the door. I On May 9, the brothers held their barbeque, which mans family. N ing into giggles. was exhausted. If Zoe gets more than Jim and I were visiting our daugh- 20 kids next year, I ain’t going back! ter Zoe in her kindergarten classroom That is, if she has a class next year. at Reed Elementary School in San Like many teachers throughout the Jose. We brought a picture of Zoe state without seniority, she received ‘Salute to Blue’ gets green light (aka Miss Ciardelli) taken on her first her pink slip in March and is waiting morning of kindergarten at Alamo to see if the school district will have Elementary School. She and her older an opening for her next year. Event to be held downtown May 31 for family of slain police officer brother Pepe were peeking out the Regardless of where and when she front door. These kindergartners liked works next—hopefully still at Reed BY GEOFF GILLETTE Street intersection. East Prospect streets in the downtown during the her dress and thought it was funny Elementary—she’s become a teacher Members of the Danville Town will be closed from west of Front spring Sunday afternoon. “I’ve seen that she was wearing her fuzzy duck and quite a good one at that. Kids Council gave their go ahead Tues- Street to west of Hartz Avenue. us doing things like this without a slippers. My question is: How did our love to talk about their favorites— day night to “Salute to Blue,” a While the event itself is expected street closure,” she said. Zoe go from being a kindergartner to their favorite color and favorite food. large scale fundraising effort set to run from 3-7 p.m., Town Trans- Gigliotti explained that the rea- teaching kindergarten? I have a new favorite: Miss Ciardelli for Sunday, May 31, to benefit the portation Director Tai Williams sug- son for the closure was that they Next the children went to their is my favorite teacher. ■ family of slain Oakland Police Of- gested that the roads be closed from will be staging their entertain- ficer Sgt. Irvin Romans. 1-8 p.m. for public safety. ment, a Neil Diamond cover band At their Tuesday meeting, coun- Council members expressed called Super Diamonds, in the cil members heard from Mark their concern that any wine- or street at the intersection of Hartz Gigliotti of Salute Entertainment. alcohol-related activities be con- Avenue and Diablo Road. French Café & Bakery Gigliotti and Tower Grill owner fined to restaurants. Gigliotti ex- “We understand that this is a Gordon Clark are co-sponsoring plained that they will run the prime time for the merchants,” he Pick up lunches for your Memorial Day Picnic. We the event, which will be similar to event similarly to the wine strolls, said. “That’s why we’re going to can prepare sandwiches with sides of salad or fruit. the wine strolls that take place in which are controlled in much the be having games—to encourage Add an almond palmier for a special treat. Danville but on a larger scale with same way. Wristbands will be sold families to come out and join in.” a band and games. allowing participants access to the Councilwoman Candace An- Serving fair trade coffee “We’re organizing this event for various wine stops through the dersen agreed that while the town the Romans family,” said Gigliotti. downtown. The wristbands cost is reticent to shut down the major “A lot of the merchants are behind $35 per single or $60 per couple. arterials, an event like this one us. We’re working with the rest to He added that merchants will warrants such measures. let them know about it.” He added, have the opportunity to get a “This is a one-time event, not an “Some of the merchants are going to permit to serve wine during the annual event. I’m not opposed to be opening up for that day. Father event, something expected to gen- it at all,” she said. Nature’s is opening that night for erate traffic among the shops and The council gave their unanimous www.pascalcafe.com the first time for dinner.” stores in the downtown. approval for the street closures for Monday-Friday-6 AM to 3 PM ~ Saturday & Sunday 7 AM to 3 PM Gigliotti was asking that the town Councilwoman Karen Step- the event. Afterward, Stepper re- approve closing down Hartz Avenue per said she supported the idea of quested that a study be done after 155 Railroad Ave., Danville ~ 925.838.7349 from south of the Diablo Road in- helping Sgt. Romans’ family, but the event to see what effect, if any, it tersection to north of the Church questioned the need for closing off had on downtown merchants. N Page 8ÊUÊMay 22, 2009ÊUÊDanville Weekly Perspective EDITORIALS, LETTERS, OPINIONS ABOUT ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY
EDITORIAL THE OPINION OF THE WEEKLY LETTERS Danville THE OPINION OF THE WEEKLY Take walk for vitamin D ways without having to cut down Weekly Year of the tree a tree. She says she is interested in Dear Editor: her health. Well, if she was reading Serving the communities n a time when people are trusting their government less In your April 10 edition, there about vitamin D, perhaps she has of Alamo, Blackhawk, and less, it was heartening to see the system work in was an article about a couple who also come across an article or two Diablo and Danville Danville the way it is supposed to. One fine example of wanted to remove a redwood tree on Global warming. Plants are the I from their neighbor’s back yard only “filter” we have to clean the this is the recent interactions between the Town Council and because it was shading their yard. pollution we put in the air. They PUBLISHER the Planning Commission in regards to the town’s strongly Gina Channell-Allen, Ext. 119 I had to laugh at the woman’s take in our pollution and give us EDITORIAL debated Tree Ordinance. “reason” for wanting it removed. back oxygen. The discussion about the Tree Ordinance sprouted at a re- She said she wanted to get more Somehow, with the amount of Editor vitamin D. She said she had been Dolores Fox Ciardelli, Ext. 229 cent Danville Planning Commission meeting that addressed air cleaning a redwood tree could reading about its health benefits. do vs. the 20 minutes of sunshine Staff Reporter two different tree issues in one evening—with widely differ- Geoff Gillette, Ext. 234 Well, she could get her vitamin she needs for vitamin D, it does ent results. D and some exercise that would be not seem like a smart choice to cut Editorial Assistant Amory Gutierrez, Ext. 221 That night a couple was asking for permission to cut down good for her heart simply by tak- down the tree. a coast redwood tree on their property line that blocks the ing a 20-minute walk every day. Lynda Esposito Contributors That would benefit her in several Susan Astbury sunlight. Their yard is ringed by several redwoods and they Danville John A. Barry were requesting permission to remove one. The commis- Don Colman Beverly Lane sion listened to the testimony and debated this issue for Jacqui Love Marshall one hour and then voted against letting them remove the Chris Scott tree, saying the town’s Tree Ordinance prevented them from YOUR TURN Maria Shen Franklin Utchen doing so. They decided there was no reason to overrule Stan Wharton the staff’s interpretation of the law when it first denied the The Danville Weekly encourages comments on our coverage or on issues of local interest. The deadline is 5 p.m. Monday for that Friday’s edition. Submit Letters ART & PRODUCTION couple permission to remove the tree. to the Editor of up to 250 words to [email protected] or mail to 117 Art Director Also on the agenda was final approval for development of Rick Nobles, Ext. 117 Town and Country Drive, Suite D, Danville, CA 94526. Include name, address the Weber Property, which included the necessity of cutting and daytime phone number. We reserve the right to edit for length, objectionable Designers Trina Cannon, Ext. 114 down 97 trees from the 15 acres in order to carry out plans content, libel and factual errors known to us. Anonymous letters will generally not Lili Cao, Ext. 125 for the Davidon project. It only took about 15 minutes for be accepted. Kristin Herman, Ext. 114 the commission to approve the development. Commission Submitting a letter to the editor or guest opinion constitutes a granting of permission Manuel Valenzuela, Ext. 120 members explained that the ordinance allows trees to be to the Danville Weekly to also publish it online, including in our online archives and as ADVERTISING a post on Town Square. For more information, contact Dolores Fox Ciardelli, editor, Advertising Sales Manager removed to allow development of a property. at 837-8300, ext. 229. Mary Hantos, Ext. 222 The timing of the two issues on the same planning agenda Account Executives was perhaps unfortunate, putting the developers’ tree cut- Andrea Heggelund, Ext. 232 ting in the worst possible light. 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grandchildren, weekends in Car- and Trebor Allen, Earnest’s wife Pa- mel and a good game of tennis. tricia Allen and son Sean Allen. POLICE BULLETIN OBITUARIES She was predeceased by her hus- A memorial was held May 2 at band Joseph Ward; sisters Patricia Crow Canyon Country Club in and Carol; and brothers Joseph Danville. Safeway purse snatcher nabbed by police Eunice B. Elworthy and William. She is survived by Eunice B. Elworthy, a 50-year her six children, sons Mike Ward Arthur ‘Ed’ Ash A pair of Livermore men are being held in connection with the resident of Alamo, died April 17 at (MaryEllen), Jim Ward (Esther), theft of a purse from an elderly woman shopping at the Safeway the age of 83. Tom Ward (Joan); daughters Nancy Arthur “Ed” Ash, a resident of store on Camino Tassajara. She was born Feb. 17, 1926, in Moore (John), Patti Rinetti (Rick), Danville, died after a long illness at Danville Police Lt. Mark Williams said around 4:15 p.m., Tues- Ink, Ark. She previously lived in Mary Beaver (Rick); sister Marjorie; the age of 82. day, May 12, San Ramon Motorcycle Patrolman Dave White saw a Gustine and was a 50-year Alamo and nine grandchildren. He was born on July 12, 1927, male subject run out of the Safeway store and jump into a waiting resident. She was a homemaker for A rosary and vigil were held April near Verden, Okla., to Arthur and auto. When the auto sped away, the officer followed and effected a 63 years and an avid cook. 30 at St. Isidore Catholic Church in Minnie Ash. After serving in the traffic stop at the nearby Arco Station. Danville police officers were She is survived by her husband, Danville and a funeral Mass was Navy, he married Lenora Ford in contacted and dispatched to provide assistance. Robert Elworthy of Alamo; broth- celebrated May 1. Memorial dona- 1950 and worked as an engineer While conversing with the driver, identified as Daniel Barajas, ers John Brewer of Modesto, James tions can be sent to the Alzheimer’s in the construction industry on 33, White noticed a purse lying on the seat. He asked Barajas and Brewer of Modesto; sisters Gladys Association in her name. projects across the country. They his passenger, identified as Kyle J. Ludwig, 24, about the purse. Mendonca of Modesto, Onnie Fon- moved to Danville in 1969 where Both men appeared nervous and evaded the question, so White tes of Modesto, Lucille Schwartz Elaine Begun he became the president of Trans- asked them to leave the auto. of San Ramon, Melba Blan of Wa- Dyn Construction. When Danville officers arrived, they separated the two men and terford; three grandchildren; and Elaine Begun, a resident of Dan- He is survived by his sister Edna began a canvass of the area, looking for a person missing a purse. five great-grandchildren. She was ville, died at home surrounded by (Ash) Coit; children Paul Ash, At the Safeway store, the elderly victim confirmed that a man preceded in death by her daughter, family April 27 at the age of 73. Donna Sabatasso, and Kelly Ash; matching Ludwig's description had stolen the purse from her cart Darlene Coelho. She was born March 14, 1936, and four grandchildren. A recep- and run off. A Memorial Service was held in Chicago, Ill., and moved with tion was held in his memory on When confronted, Ludwig confessed to officers, according to May 9 at Hillview Funeral Chapel her parents to San Francisco at a May 6 at Wilson & Kratzer Mortu- reports. Williams said that Ludwig claimed he had recently lost his in Gustine. Remembrances may be young age. She grew up in the Sun- ary in Danville. Memorial dona- job and was down on his luck. made to Our Lady of Miracles Edu- set District, attended Lincoln High tions may be made to the American “He said he saw the victim and decided he had nothing to lose so cational Center, 370 Linden Ave., School and at age 19, married Jay Lung Association of California. he took the purse,” Williams stated. Gustine 95322. Begun, a native San Franciscan to Barajas was charged with robbery and parole violation. Ludwig whom she was married for almost James C. Perley was charged with robbery. Both were taken to Martinez Detention Mary Virginia SinClair 54 years. They raised three chil- Center. dren and settled in Westlake and James C. Perley, a resident of —Geoff Gillette Schutz (Jinny) then Millbrae, before moving to Danville, died unexpectedly in his Mary Virginia SinClair Schutz Alamo in 1978 where she enjoyed sleep April 29 at the age of 46. (Jinny), a resident of Danville, died the warmer weather (and the prox- He was born April 1, 1963, and April 18 at the age of 86. imity to Nordstrom). She loved to raised in Newark. He was passion- She was born Aug. 20, 1922, travel, shop, and design and deco- ate about life, his family, his music, POLICE REPORT in Southern California. She was rate homes, but her passion, above and his career in law, following his raised on the beaches, in the city, all else, was spending time with her father’s footsteps. He was colorful and on farms in California. When seven grandchildren. in everything he did, and was al- The following information is provided ■ Misdemeanor hit-and-run on she was 17 she met George W. She is survived by husband Jay; ways laughing. by the Danville Police Department. Greenbrook Dr. and Sycamore Valley Rd. at 10:07 a.m. Schutz, a ROTC student at Cal. children Suzi and Rob Goldstein, He is survived by his wife Robi; After three months they married Ken and Cathy Begun, Darryn and and four young children, James II, Sunday, May 10 ■ Battery on 500 block of Hartz Ave. ■ Petty theft from vehicle on La Pera at 12:37 p.m. in Oakland. She followed George Ann Begun; seven grandchildren; 12; Hunter, 11; Ivanhoe Connor, 9; to Panama and various other parts and Carlynn, 2. He is also survived Cir. at 1:39 p.m. ■ Accident, property damage, on sister Judi and Don Caler; and ■ Warrant, arrest, on Ilo Lane at 2:47 northbound I-680 off ramp and of the world during the war before many wonderful friends. by his mother Patricia; sisters Sheri, p.m. Sycamore Valley Rd. at 4:39 p.m. they settled down in Berkeley. In A memorial service was held Sandra and Serena; brothers-in-law, Monday, May 11 ■ Vehicle traffic stop, arrest, on Hartz 1950 when they had two young April 30 at Congregation Beth Emek nieces and nephews. Ave. and School St. at 11:14 p.m. children they relocated to Danville. in Pleasanton. There was a private A memorial service was held ■ Vandalism on Hartz Way and Railroad Ave. at 7:48 a.m. Thursday, May 14 She worked for San Ramon High burial. Memorial contributions can May 8 at Community Presbyterian School for 21 years. She was an be sent to Pancreatic Cancer Ac- Church in Danville. Memorial do- ■ Auto burglary on Greenbrook Dr. at ■ Petty theft from vehicle on 11:45 a.m. Matadera Ct. at 3:12 a.m. avid tennis player, swimmer and tion Network at www.pancan.org nations can be made to the James ■ Misdemeanor driving under the ■ Vandalism on Murcia Ct. at 7:05 a.m. traveler, sharing life with George or 2141 Rosecrans Ave, Suite 7000, C. Perley Children Memorial Fund, for 66 years. El Segundo, CA 90245. Bank of the West, 307 Diablo Road, influence (DUI), arrest, on 3400 ■ Accident, property damage, on block of Camino Tassajara at 6:12 Diablo Rd. and El Cerro Blvd. at 4:21 She is survived by her daughter Danville 94526. p.m. p.m. Jan Hennefer of Castro Valley; son Earnest Wesley Allen ■ Petty theft on Hartley Dr. at 7:27 ■ Warrant arrest, on Danville Blvd. at Paul Schutz of Santa Barbara; one Gail Correia p.m. 7:21 p.m. granddaughter in Santa Barbara; Earnest Wesley Allen, a resident of Tuesday, May 12 ■ Drunk in public, arrest, on Diablo and two great-grandchildren. Me- Danville, died peacefully with his de- Gail Correia, a resident of Dia- Rd. and Hartz Ave. at 7:57 p.m. ■ Vehicle traffic stop, arrest, on 3400 morial donations can be sent to the voted girlfriend Ellen Putnam at his blo, died after a long battle with block of Camino Tassajara at 4:12 p.m. Friday, May 15 Hospice of the East Bay. bedside April 27 at the age of 74. pancreatic cancer May 14 at the age He was born March 17, 1935, of 76. ■ Petty theft on Danville Blvd. at ■ Vandalism on Glasgow Cir. at 12:11 10:15 p.m. a.m. Susan Duffy Ward in Denver and was raised by his She was born ■ mother. They moved to San Le- Aug. 9, 1932, Vehicle traffic stop, arrest, at ■ Accident, property damage, on Chevron at 11:42 p.m. Diablo Rd. at 8:14 a.m. Susan Duffy Ward, a resident of andro where he graduated from in Alameda and Wednesday, May 13 ■ Vehicle traffic stop, arrest, on Crow Danville, died peacefully at the age San Leandro High School. He raised in Oak- Canyon Rd. and Dougherty at 9:46 of 80 just six weeks following the married his high school sweet- land. Her pas- ■ Auto burglary on Edinburgh Cir. at 4:20 a.m. and 4:44 a.m. a.m. passing of her beloved husband heart, Illene DeMello, on Sept. 5, sion in life was ■ Misdemeanor hit-and-run on Linda Joseph Ward on April 26. 1954, just before he entered the bargain shop- ■ Accident, property damage, on San Mesa Ave. and Railroad Ave. at 9:44 She was born Aug. 7, 1928, Army. After several years in the ping and Japa- Ramon Valley Blvd. and Sycamore a.m. Valley Rd. at 7:50 a.m. in Chicago, Ill., the eldest of six Army, he returned to UC Berkeley nese flower ar- ■ Accident, major injuries, on Rose ■ children. She graduated from Barat where he obtained a Doctorate ranging. She was Auto burglary on Sutton Cir. at 8:02 Ave. at 2:09 p.m. a.m. College in Lake Forest, Ill., earn- of Pharmacy and began working the former president of Ikebana ■ Suspicious subject, arrest, on 3400 block of Camino Tassajara at 4:46 ing a degree in liberal arts. On for Longs Drugs. They moved to International SF Bay Area Chapter. p.m. Feb. 3, 1951, she married Joseph their dream home overlooking She was loved by her husband of Add your 2 cents to ■ Accident, major injuries, on Hunters Ward and they were married for 59 the 14th tee of the Crow Canyon 57 years, Norman Correia; daugh- Ter. At 11:12 p.m. years. After moving to California Country Club, where he was one ters, Alicia, Wanda and Kathleen; Saturday, May 16 in 1964, she spent most of her of the original members and en- and grandchildren Joshua and Sa- Town time volunteering at St. Isidore joyed many close friends while mara. She is also survived by her ■ Drunk in public, arrest, on 300 School, where her six children at- playing tennis and golf. best friend and sister, Joyce Berg- block of Hartz Ave. at 5:37 p.m. tended, her church and many com- He was preceded in death by his strom; as well as her many friends Square ■ Misdemeanor hit-and-run on 3100 block of Stone Valley Rd. at 7:49 p.m. munity, nonprofit organizations. In wife Ilene and his two grandchildren and relatives. A celebration of her her spare time, she enjoyed playing Paul Allen and Christopher Allen. He life was held May 20 at Diablo www.DanvilleWeekly.com ■ Vandalism on Freitas Rd. and Fretias Ct. at 9:30 p.m. cards with friends, doting on her is survived by his two sons Earnest Country Club. 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BY GEOFF GILLETTE As technology has boomed during the past 20 years, the tools of education have changed along with it. Chalkboards have WHERE IS given way to white boards or screen projectors connected to computers that allow instant display of the information from either workbooks or the World Wide Web. Students, too, are bringing more high powered gadgets into both the classroom and home study environments. The average student may find themselves Googling, IM’ing, texting, twittering and listening to music all while working on the day’s assignment. The questions many educators face today are what place should technology have in the classroom, and have teaching methods adapted to the change in technological level and the amount of information readily available to today’s students? San Ramon Valley Unified School District Superintendent Steve Enoch said he thinks incorporating technological ad- vances as well as adapting the teaching model to better utilize those advances are crucial to preparing students for life in to- day’s digital world. “I don’t want to have technology just to say we have technol- IT ogy,” he explained. “I’m interested in making sure we prepare ALL GOING? kids for a world that is much different than I grew up in.” Enoch said that world is one that is flat, a reference to books by Thomas L. Friedman, “The World is Flat” and “Hot, Flat and Crowded.” Friedman paints a picture of a world where technol- Technological evolution ogy is creating a global economic environment. “Our students are going to need to be extremely comfortable in brings a whole new a multi-cultural globally competitive environment,” Enoch said. “That’s what we’re trying to do—prepare kids for the 21st century. way of learning I want to prepare our kids for the future, not our past.” Enoch, along with district Technology Director Bruce Chmielesky, envision a school system called 21st Century learning, an educational culture where in addition to working on the three R’s, students are working toward the 3 C’s: Com- munication, Collaboration and Creation. “That is what our students are going to need in the future. Employers are looking for people who can communicate effec- tively and powerfully and collaborate with people who are both nearby and far away,” Enoch stated. Chmielesky said that what they are looking to do is incorpo- rate the vast array of information available into the classroom, making learning more engaging and enticing. “What we’re wanting to be able to do with this 21st Century learning is to tap into kids’ creativity and imagination,” he said. Enoch refers to the students of today as “digital natives,” children who have grown up with the burgeoning technology movement and have already incorporated it into their everyday lives. At least in their home environment. “I think a lot our kids live in two worlds,” he explained. “They structors was that the increase in technology was coming at the go to school and frankly it’s a little bit of the Rip Van Winkle effect. price of many additional hours of work for the teachers. You or I could be dropped back into high school and it looks and Chmielesky said that since coming on board in November the feels a lot like when you or I were in high school. Then they go district has been working to ensure that their systems are solid and home and their world is all about being digitally and socially con- that teachers have access to help if there is a problem. As for the nected through these digital neighborhoods.” concerns of time spent with a deluge of e-mail, he said that is a Students are able to get access to information from myriad product of the changing methods of communication. online sources, reference Web sites and blogs and come across “There is certainly the danger of over-communication,” he thoughts and opinions and bring them into play. This gives stated. “Part of it is training the parents as to what is a reason- them access to hundreds of thousands of ideas and concepts able expectation.” daily. Enoch said teachers need to be able to bring that acces- Both Enoch and Chmielesky admit there are risks inherent sibility into the classroom and channel it. in increasing the presence of Internet and other media in the “I often talk about what I call ‘the Google question.’ How in the classroom, but they feel that if the students are engaged and are world can teaching not change when our kids have the ability to using the access they are given in the pursuit of expressing a Google any single topic that is covered and bring down expert topic or continuing a line of questioning, the incidents of abuse opinions, competing opinions, video, current events. Why would will decrease. we pretend teaching wouldn’t change in that environment?” Already many schools have instituted policies against cyber- Students in Lesly Phillips’ Yearbook class at Charlotte Wood Middle Enoch said the days of the teaching model where the instruc- bullying and “sexting,” where students utilize e-mail, instant School look at a page layout. Phillips’ class introduces the students tor is the sole arbiter of knowledge are over, and will need to be messages or texting to demean or harass other students. to both the design and publishing aspects of putting out the school’s replaced by a teacher who is more of a facilitator in navigating Chmielesky said that they are aware of the concerns along those annual. The computers in the classroom are networked together so through the galaxy of information at students’ fingertips. lines and they are quick to react when they get reports of it. the students can work on individual pages that are later combined. He feels this model can work in the San Ramon Valley school “We aren’t cyber-cops,” he said. “This is going to be a tough tran- district. “A lot of our parents make a living through technology. sition. But if we focus on the academics, the students will begin to They recognize it is probably one of the few areas where the see the Web and other media as powerful knowledge tools.” district is not where it should be.” A major stumbling block to the school district making the “How in the world can teaching He added that his statement was not intended as a dig at the transition to a more digital environment is a problem as old as district, but just an observation that in order for the district to be civilization itself—money. With state and federal funds con- not change when our kids have fully engaged in 21st Century learning it will need to adapt. tinuing to dry up and property tax resources dwindling as well, Reaction among the teaching staff has been mixed, with some the available dollars in the district have to go toward maintain- the ability to Google any single embracing the idea of enhanced technology teaching, while ing the infrastructure of the school and paying salaries. others are reticent to move away from what they were trained The passage of Measure C gave the district a small amount of topic that is covered and bring to do and what they know as part of their jobs. breathing space, but the overall picture remains bleak. Without Enoch said such feedback is not cause for concern. Generally, increased funding and the ability to make sweeping changes down expert opinions, competing he said, they give first crack at new systems to teachers who are that would cost in the millions of dollars, how can the district opinions, video, current events. enthusiastic about them. continue to move toward this adaptive strategy and changed ” “We like to take the wild horses who want to run and support teaching model? Steve Enoch, them,” he said. “We let them put in place models of the programs Enoch said there are no easy answers. Superintendent of the San Ramon Valley we want to have so that others can see how they run.” “Funding is a problem, for certain. But that doesn’t change Unified School District Technology was the focus of teacher concern at the Nov. 18 the fact that the world is changing, getting flatter, and our stu- meeting of the school board. 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UNDERSTANDING GRIEF Hospice of booths and raffles. Visit www.dis- the East Bay will host a class on coverdanvilleca.com. understanding grief for people who IN THE SPOTLIGHT FREE E-WASTE COLLECTION EVENT are bereaved, experiencing grief Don’t know what to do with and people who want to support a that old computer, monitor, or friend from 6:30-8:30 p.m., Tuesday, TV? Drop them off at one a free June 2, at the Pleasant Hill location, E-Waste Collection Events from 9 3470 Buskirk Ave. Pre-registration is a.m.-1 p.m., on the first Saturday required; call 887-5681. of every month, at DVC, San Ramon Campus, 1690 Watermill Rd. Call (510) 351-7511 or visit Clubs www.noewaste.com. ALAMO CRIBBAGE CLUB The club plays cribbage for fun. It meets at 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday at the Exhibits Safeway conference room, 200 ART AND ARTISTS OF THE VALLEY Alamo Plaza, Alamo. Call 284-7044 “Visions” is the final segment of or e-mail [email protected]. the Art and Artists of the Valley ALAMO ROTARY The Alamo Rotary exhibit on display at the Museum meets at noon every Wednesday of the San Ramon Valley until May at Roundhill Country Club, 3169 29. The museum is open from 1-4 Roundhill Road. Call Mark Kahn at p.m., Tuesday-Friday, and from 837-3262. 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday; located BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT NETWORK at the corner of Railroad and BDN is a group of professionals Prospect avenues. Admission is $3 that share resources and develops for adults; $2 for students; $1 for business through relationships. It children or $5 for families. Call meets 7:45-9 a.m., the second and 837-3750. fourth Thursday of each month EAGLE DAY Visitors to Lindsay at Denny’s, 807 Camino Ramon, Wildlife Museum are sure to have Danville. Call 648-8316 or visit Honor those who have fallen: A Memorial Day event will take place from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Monday, May 25, at Oak an extraordinary experience with its www.bdndanville.com. Hill Park in Danville. The town would like people to arrive at 10:30 a.m. to enjoy a special ceremony, live music and enter- Golden and Bald Eagle on Monday, tainment; bring a picnic lunch. Visit www.vnvdv.com. Also, the National Wings of Freedom Tour will be held May 24-26, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY MEETING May 25, at the museum, 1931 First at the Livermore Municipal Airport, 636 Terminal Circle. Ground tours and displays will be open from noon-4 p.m., Sun- Learn how to earn an extraordinary Ave., Walnut Creek. These eagles day, May 24; 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday-Tuesday, May 25-26. Cost is a $12 donation for adults; $6 donation for children income by starting your own business will be on display where kids can under 12 years old. Visit www.collingsfoundation.org. from 7-8 p.m., every Thursday, at participate in live shows, activi- Hotel Sierra, 2323 San Ramon Valley ties and feeding demonstrations. Blvd., San Ramon. These meetings Admission is $5-$7. Call 935-1978 and leadership skills by meeting and a reenactment of the original are free. Call 548-3511 or e-mail Roy or visit www.wildlife-museum.org. with the Diablo View Toastmasters ribbon cutting ceremony. Call 837- at [email protected]. Concerts from 7:55-9 a.m., every Tuesday, at ‘WORDS OF REALNESS’ 3750 or visit www.museumsrv.org. COMMONWEALTH CLUB This club Peace 2333 San Ramon Valley Blvd., San 2009 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CAREER Fundraisers will host guest speaker U.S. Rep. Lutheran Church will host the Ramon. Call Sahar Kordahi, VP of AND LEADERSHIP SUMMIT 6th Annual CHARITY BOWL San Ramon Valley Ellen Tauscher at its next meeting Swedish Choir, Jarva Roster on Membership, at 315-8730. Northern California Career and Firefighters will host a fundrais- at 6 p.m., Thursday, May 28, at tour, SoundSFound Orchestra EAST BAY SOCIETY FOR TECHNICAL Leadership Summit will be held from ing charity bowl from 2-6 p.m., the Veterans Memorial Hall, 3780 performing a composition based COMMUNICATION This group 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, May 30, Saturday, June 13, at Danville Bowl, Mt. Diablo Blvd., Lafayette. Cost on the poetry of a Folsom Prison meets for dinner, networking and at Community Presbyterian Church, 200 Boone Court. Families will be is $12 for members; $18 for non- inmate as part of its Jazz at Peace a speaker at 5:30 p.m., on the 222 W. El Pintado Rd., Danville. able to bowl and a team tourna- members; and $7 for students. Call concert series at 4:30 p.m., Sunday, first Thursday of every month, at This event is free, for people looking ment will follow afterward. Proceeds (415) 597-6705 or visit www.com- May 24, at the church, 3201 the Crow Canyon Country Club, for jobs; employers will be on hand will benefit the families of Oakland monwealthclub.org. Camino Tassajara, Danville. This 711 Silver Lake Dr., Danville. concert is free. Call 648-7000 or to look at resumes. Visit www.job- PD fallen officers. If interested, the D AM TOASTMASTERS CLUB ANVILLE Non-members are encouraged to visit www.peacejourney.org. connections.org. cost of a team is $250 with five The club meets from 7-8:30 a.m., players. For information, call Jonas attend. For information, visit 50TH ANNIVERSARY FREE CONCERT ART AND WIND FESTIVAL The Art every Tuesday, at Father Nature’s, www.ebstc.org. and Wind Festival will be flying in at 989-6348 or visit www.srvff.org. 178 E. Prospect Ave. Guests are Diablo Theatre Company (formerly HOMEOWNER/HOMEBUYER BOOK Memorial Day weekend from 10 FIFTH ANNUAL ANTIQUES ROAD welcome. For more information, Diablo Light Opera Company) will CLUB The Homeowner/Homebuyer a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday-Monday, May SHOW The fifth annual Antiques contact Dave Miklasevich at 899- host a free concert to celebrate its Book Club is a place to learn, share 24-25, at San Ramon Central Park, “Road Show” will be held from 1543, or [email protected] or 50th anniversary at 5 p.m., Sunday, and discuss. It meets at 6 p.m., 12501 Alcosta Blvd. There will be noon-4 p.m., Sunday, May 31, www.danvilleamtoastmasters.org. May 31, at Civic Park, at Civic Drive the first Monday of each month, at Broadway, in Walnut Creek. entertainment on three stages, at the Blackhawk Museum, 3700 D JOB’S DAUGHTERS ANVILLE Job’s at 3223 Crow Canyon Road, sec- Seating will begin at 4 p.m. Call large kids zones, kite flying demos Blackhawk Plaza Circle, Danville. Daughters International is an orga- ond floor conference room, San 944-1565. and a hot air balloon launch at 6 Bay Area appraisers will donate nization for young ladies (minimum their expertise and will be avail- Ramon. Call 397-2093. BIG BAND CELEBRATION Town of a.m. on May 25. Call 973-3200 or age 10 for full membership) who able to give verbal valuations for MOMS CLUB OF DANVILLE- Danville and the San Ramon Valley visit www.artandwind.com. enjoy dances, sleepovers, parties, $15 per item or three for $40. TASSAJARA Come join a support High School Jazz Program will pres- CELEBRATION AT THE RANCH A fun- social events, snow trips and more. Proceeds benefit the Blackhawk group for stay-at-home moms. It ent a Big Band Celebration featuring filled afternoon of live music, danc- The group meets at 7 p.m., the Museum Children’s Education and meets at 10 a.m., the last Tuesday music from the ’20s, ’30s and ’40s ing and games in honor of National second and fourth Tuesday of every Transportation Fund. Call 964- of every month; moms with chil- at 6:30 p.m., Friday, May 29, at the Cancer Survivors’ Day will be held month, at the Danville Grange Hall, 9999. dren of all ages are welcome. Dues Veterans Memorial Building, 400 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday, May 743 Diablo Rd. Call 829-8505 or F DRIVE AT ZACHARY’S are $28 per year. E-mail Angeline at Hartz Ave., Danville. Light refresh- 31, at Little Hills Ranch, 18013 OOD email [email protected]. P [email protected]. ments will be served. Call 314-3400. Bollinger Canyon Rd., San Ramon. IZZA During the month of May, DANVILLE MID-DAY REFERRAL Zachary’s Pizza will host a Food SAN RAMON VALLEY ROTARY CLUB ST. PETERSBURG MEN’S ENSEMBLE The day will include entertainment GROUP, BNI Danville Mid-day Drive to support local food banks. This club meets for dinner at 7 VISITS ALAMO for the whole family and a free Referral Group, a chapter of Business The St. Petersburg p.m., every Wednesday, at the Crow lunch. Call 933-0107. Participants can enter to win a free Network International, meets from Men’s Ensemble will perform at 7 Canyon Country Club, 711 Silver COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE AND pizza. For details, visit www.zacha- 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., every Wednesday, p.m., Tuesday, May 26, in the sanc- Lake Dr., Danville. Guests are wel- CRAFTS Do you live in a community rys.com/support-food-banks. at Crow Canyon Country Club, 711 tuary at San Ramon Valley United come. The club offers a great way to that doesn’t allow garage sales? GAS CARD FUNDRAISER Contra Silver Lake Dr., Danville. Call Eric Methodist Church, 902 Danville make new friends while making a dif- Have samples or do crafts? Alamo Costa for Every Generation (CCEG) Samuels at 946-1400. Blvd., Alamo. This concert is free. ference in your community. For infor- Call 837-5243 or visit www.peters- Women’s Club will host a sale in is a nonprofit organization helping D PM TOASTMASTER CLUB ANVILLE mation, contact Dany Gregory at the parking lot and clubhouse from to make the county a good place #1785 burg-ensemble.narod.ru. The club meets from 7:30-9 899-6771 or [email protected]. 8 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday, May 30, to age. It is hosting a drawing to p.m., every Wednesday, at DVC, San VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS, at 1401 Danville Blvd., Alamo. benefit the programs with a grand Ramon Campus, 1690 Watermill POST 75 The organization meets Events Proceeds benefit Contra Costa prize of $5,000 in Chevron gas gift Rd., San Ramon. Guests are wel- at 7:30 p.m., every second 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION charities. Call Anita at 837-1242. cards. Tickets are $50 per person. come. For information, call Debra Thursday of the month (except Museum of the San Ramon Valley DOGGIE NIGHT Discover Danville Call 746-7169. Elmore at 934-3113 or visit www. December), at Danville Veteran’s will celebrate its 10 year anniversary presents Doggie Night from 5-8 HATS OFF AMERICA RUN AND WALK danvilletoastmasters1785.com. Hall, 400 Hartz Ave., Danville. For from noon-5 p.m., Sunday, June p.m., Thursday, June 11, in down- The 15th Hats Off America Red D VIEW TOASTMASTERS AM IABLO information, call Post Commander 7, at the museum, 205 Railroad town Danville beginning at Molly’s T-Shirt Run and Walk will be held Afraid of public speaking? Lose your Tony Carnemolla at 932-4042 or Ave., Danville. There will be train Pup-purr-ee, 411 Hartz Ave. Walk from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday, fears and develop communication visit www.vfw.org. and hay rides, ice cream, live music to stores for free dog treats, music, June 6, at Sycamore Valley Park, Danville WeeklyÊUÊMay 22, 2009ÊU Page 15 CALENDAR
2101 Holbrook Dr., Danville. Cost long term care insurance from 7-8 Mark DeSaulnier will host an Open friends and meeting new people. information, call Patty at 820- is $35; no entry fee for volunteers. p.m., Thursday, May 28, at the San House from 4-7 p.m., Thursday, Call 314-3400. 8131 or Tilma at 736-3626 or visit All runners and volunteers receive Ramon Library, 100 Montgomery May 28, at his Senate District ST. ISIDORE’S ‘YOUNG AT HEART’ http://srvtc.blogspot.com. T-shirts and lunch. Proceeds benefit St. Learn why you should get it, office, 1350 Treat Blvd., #240, Join this group for a meeting WALNUT CREEK TENNIS CLUB WCTC families of soldiers. Call 855-1950 when you should get it, and how Walnut Creek. Learn about the leg- from 11:15 a.m.-2 p.m., the third is a free, co-ed tennis group for or visit www.hatsoffamerica.us. much insurance is enough. This islative process and services avail- Tuesday of every month at St. single adults of all ages and levels VANITY FOR CHARITY IV Dr. event is free. Call 973-2850. able to you. Refreshments will be Isidore’s Ministries Center, 440 La (primarily 2.5-3.5). It plays drop-in Jerome Potozkin, a Danville and served. Call 942-6082. Gonda Way, Danville. Optional tennis from 9 a.m.-noon, Saturdays Walnut Creek dermatologist, will SAN RAMON VALLEY REPUBLICAN Mass starts at 11:15 a.m.; lunch and Sundays at Las Lomas High host Vanity for Charity IV from Live Music WOMEN This group will host guest starts at 11:45 a.m. Nonprofit School in Walnut Creek. See infor- SOLO ACOUSTIC GUITAR WITH 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Thursday, May speaker Charles E. Self, Ph.D bingo follows. This event is free, mation at http://sports.groups. G STALLER 28, at his Walnut Creek office, LENN Enjoy an evening aka “Dr. History” at its luncheon but reservations are appreciated by yahoo.com/group/wctc/. 110 Tampico, Suite 200. All of solo acoustic guitar with Glenn meeting from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 calling 820-4447. Staller at 7:30 p.m., Friday, May proceeds from Botox, Restylane p.m., Tuesday, May 26, at Crow VALLEY OAK RESPITE CENTER 29, at the San Ramon Library, 100 and Juvederm injections will ben- Canyon Country Club, 711 Silver ACTIVITIES FOR SENIORS Valley Support efit STAND! Against Domestic Montgomery St. This event is free. Lake Dr., Danville. Cost is $23. Call 973-3388. Oak Respite provides an interac- Violence. For an appointment, call Call 314-9129. tive program for frail seniors and Groups 272-0278. those afflicted with Alzheimer’s or AMERICAN CHRONIC PAIN Miscellaneous Seniors related dementias and physical dis- ASSOCIATION The ACPA group EAGLE SCOUT BLOOD DRIVE abilities, from 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. meets from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. every Garden/ Local BRIDGE Seniors meet to play Boy Scout Adam Hillyer is coordi- Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, second and fourth Monday at the bridge from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. every at Danville Congregational Church, Community Presbyterian Church nating a blood drive in partnership Friday at the Danville Veteran’s Home Tours with the American Red Cross for 989 San Ramon Valley Blvd., Library at 222 W. El Pintado Rd., MEMORIES IN THE GARDEN The sixth Memorial Hall, 400 Hartz Ave. Danville. The cost is $30 per session, Danville. his Eagle Scout Project. It will be Experienced players only. Cost is annual garden tour will be held from 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, May which includes a morning snack and DANVILLE TOPS The Danville chap- from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday, $1. Reservations are required. Call beverage; participants should bring 30, at Community Presbyterian Jerri Kaldem at 837-6283. ter of Take Off Pounds Sensibly June 6, in unique and luxurious Church, 222 W. El Pintado Rd., a bag lunch. For information or an (TOPS) meets at 9 a.m., every BUZZ SESSIONS gardens in Diablo, Danville and Danville. To sign up, visit www.dan- Town of Danville application, call Carmen McCarthy Tuesday at St. Timothy’s Episcopal San Ramon. Tickets are $25 before villeblooddrive.org. presents Buzz Sessions for seniors at 945-8040, ext. 53. Church, 1550 Diablo Road. Call May 31; $30 afterward. Proceeds from 1-2:30 p.m., each fourth HOST FAMILIES NEEDED Edu- Bob Blendow at 935-9344 or benefit Valley Oak Respite Center. Tuesday of the month, at Danville Rosemarie at 838-7870. Tickets are available at East Bay Culture International is bringing Library, Mt. Diablo Room, 400 Spiritual HEART SUPPORT GROUP Flower Company in the Livery. Call French and Spanish students to Front St. These events are free, but BEST HITS OF THE BIBLE Discover This group 956-9269. Danville from July 7-19 and host register to reserve your place by a simple way to approach, under- provides support for people with families are needed. The students calling 314-3400. stand, and appreciate scripture at heart disease who have under- attend daily planned activities, gone a heart procedure and their DANVILLE SENIOR CITIZENS CLUB St. Timothy’s every Sunday morning, speak English, are fully insured and families and caregivers and meets Kids and The club meets from 9:30 a.m.-2 at 1550 Diablo Rd., Danville. Visit bring their own spending money. www.sainttimothysdanville.org. from 1:30-3 p.m., on the fourth Call 552-8017. p.m., every Monday at the Danville Saturday of every month, at Kaiser BUILDING FRANCISCAN ECOLOGICAL Teens Veterans’ Memorial Hall, 400 Hospital Medical Office Building, CONSCIOUSNESS FREE CHILDREN’S ENTERTAINMENT Hartz Ave., for line dancing exer- This retreat will 3rd Floor, Walnut Creek. Hear and Blackhawk Plaza hosts free entertain- On Stage cise, bingo, mah jong and more. offer a variety of ways to enter more learn from healthcare profession- ment for children from 11 a.m.-1 BELLY DANCER OF THE YEAR Belly New members are welcome. deeply into the right relationship with als speak on a variety of heart-re- p.m., every Saturday, in the rotunda Dancer of the Year Pageant present- Membership is $12 a year. Call nature and will be held May 29-31, lated topics. Call 708-4151 or visit or near the playground. See Jeremy ed by East Bay Dance Company Patricia Graber at 443-0268. at San Damiano, 710 Highland Dr., www.mendedhearts254.org. HICAP APPOINTMENTS Danville. Cost is $210 for a private the Juggler on May 23, and balloon will be held at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m., The Health HOSPICE OF THE EAST BAY SUPPORT twisting and clowning around May room; $180 for a shared room. Call Saturday, May 23, at Dougherty Insurance Counseling Advocacy GROUPS Hospice of the East Bay 30. Visit www.shopblackhawkplaza. 837-9141, ext. 315. Valley Performing Arts Center, Program (HICAP) offers its services hosts numerous support groups com. 10550 Albion Rd., San Ramon. free to anyone on Medicare or at including Adults Who Have Lost Tickets are $14 for general admis- least 60 years old with questions a Parent from 6:30-8:30 p.m., sion; $9 for seniors and youth. Call about health insurance coverage. Sports ADULT OPEN GYM BASKETBALL Thursdays, June 18-Aug. 6; and Lectures/ 937-7852. Appointments are available the Town of Danville holds drop-in Widow and Widower’s Support C COOL AND THE NINJA second Wednesday and the fourth APTAIN basketball year-round at the Los Group from 6-8 p.m., Thursdays, B Tuesday of every month by appoint- Workshops UNNIES The heroes of Earth, Cerros Middle School, 968 Blemer May 28-July 16; all at the Pleasant HEALING POWER OF ENERGY ment; call 314-3400. Captain Cool and The Righteous Road, for ages 18 and over. Drop- Hill location, 3470 Buskirk Ave. PSYCHOLOGY PRIME TIME This hands-on- Dudes must protect the planet Prime Time for sea- in times are 7:30-9 a.m., Saturdays. All groups and classes require pre- workshop will include demonstra- from the Ninja Bunnies. See it at soned citizens meets from 9 a.m.-1 Bring your own ball. Cost is $3 for registration; call 887-5681. tions, practice and opportunities 7 p.m., Friday-Saturday and at 1 p.m., every Tuesday, at Community residents, $5 for non-residents. Call to experience Emotional Freedom p.m., Saturday-Sunday, May 22-24, Presbyterian Church, 222 W. El 314-3400. Techniques from 10 a.m.-noon, at Village Theatre, 233 Front St., Pintado, Danville. Activities include Volunteering DANVILLE TENNIS CLUB Saturday, May 23, at the Wellness Danville. Tickets are $10 for adults; line dancing, English handbells, The MUSEUM OF THE SAN RAMON Community, 3276 McNutt Ave., $8 for children. Call 314-3400. ceramics, wood carving and more. A Danville Tennis Club meets 6:30-9 VALLEY The Museum of the San Walnut Creek. This event is free for home-cooked meal is served at noon p.m., Tuesdays, Wednesdays Ramon Valley welcomes volunteers cancer patients and their support. for $4. Rides are provided by County and Thursdays; and 9-11 a.m., and has a current need for greet- Call 933-0107. Political Notes Connection Link for $4 round trip; Saturdays for drop-in tennis at San ers who give three hours one day a Ramon Valley High School. This LONG TERM CARE INSURANCE OPEN HOUSE HOSTED BY SEN. call Gloria at 837-5229. For informa- month to welcome visitors to the MARK DESAULNIER State Sen. tion, call Ruth Ann at 820-6387. free co-ed club provides play for museum, register their attendance, Richard J. Blume will speak on 4.0 to 5.0 and very strong 3.5 level SAN RAMON LIVEWELL RESOURCE and give them an introductory players. See information at http:// FAIR A wealth of resources for tour of the Waiting Room and the groups.yahoo.com/group/danvil- Museum Store. Call Carmen Curtis “Boomers,” seniors and their families letennisclub. will be available at a fair from 8:30- at 837-9781 or the museum at L TENNIS, GET FREE RACQUET 11:30 a.m., Saturday, May 30, at the EARN 837-3750. Senior and Community Center, 9300 Learn to play tennis in six hours SAN RAMON VALLEY EDUCATION Alcosta Blvd., San Ramon. This event and receive a free Dunlop Tennis FOUNDATION The San Ramon Valley s &ULL SCREEN REPAIR is free. Call 973-3253. Racquet. Sponsored by the United Education Foundation meets the States Tennis Association, new SENIOR SNEAKER TRIPS first Friday of every month, 7:45- Town of classes start the first Monday of s +EYS MADE Danville hosts Senior Sneaker Trips 8:45 a.m., at 699 Old Orchard Dr., each month, from 6:30-8 p.m., at Danville. This is a great way to get to different attractions throughout San Ramon Valley High School. the area. For a list of dates, go to involved in the education of our s 9OUR BATTERY The cost of six hours of group les- local communities. Call 998-5270. the Danville Community Center at sons is $100 per player. Lessons headquarters for S SEEKS SENIOR VOLUNTEERS DANVILLE’S ONLY 420 Front St., call 314-3400 or visit taught by former world ranked ten- HERIFF AUTO GOLF CART www.ci.danville.ca.us. nis professional/30-year coach. To The Sheriff’s Valley Station Office in MOTORCYCLE 26 Hardware, Auto Parts SENIORS PROGRAM Danville register, call Brett, USPTA P-1 at Alamo is seeking people interested Veterans’ Memorial Hall Lounge 683-2460. in assisting law enforcement in the 0# WATCH ETC and Used Car Dealer community. Citizens should have a hosts a senior drop-in program SAN RAMON VALLEY TENNIS CLUB from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Monday- clean criminal history and would be This women’s league is year round responsible for one shift a week for Friday, at Veterans’ Memorial for both A and B players meeting 925.837.5523 Hall, 400 Front St., Danville. four-and-a-half hours. Interested for practice weekday mornings. applicants should call James Hogan 551 San Ramon Valley Blvd., Danville Activities include playing cards Membership is $30 annually. For and board games, visiting with or Elmer Glasser at 837-2902. Page 16ÊUÊMay 22, 2009ÊUÊDanville Weekly Parent photographers Send a jpeg to [email protected] of the best action shot from your child’s game for consideration for our Sports page. Remember to Sports include caption information: who, what, when, where—and the score. ROUNDUPS
MONTE VISTA HIGH SCHOOL Men’s Lacrosse The Mustang men’s lacrosse team is nearing the end of another suc- cessful campaign. They are rid- ing a six-game winning streak into the semifinals of the NCS playoffs and look for it to continue against Amador Valley. Led by the consis- tent play of senior goalie Trevor Moriarty, the Mustangs have not given up double digit goals since the win streak began. Junior attack- man Ryan Lieber paces the offense, coming off a three assist perfor- mance against Foothill, while junior middie Cody Soberanes and senior middie Matt O’brien take charge in KARIN PIDEL the midfield. O’brien recently had a Diving into first place four goal performance against rival San Ramon, including the game San Ramon Valley High School sophomore Katja Pidel executes a front one winner with eight seconds left. If and a half somersault pike dive to place first in the North Coast Section the Mustangs go on to defeat the diving championships with a score of 404.95 on Thursday, May 14, at the Amador Valley Dons for a third Concord Community Pool. Pidel also won every duel meet of the season time, they will then get to play De and East Bay Athletic League on May 3. La Salle in a grudge match or Berke- ley for the first time this season. Top three winners at the championship were (l-r) Kim Lisiak (senior, Ca- rondelet), Katja Pidel (sophomore, SRVHS) and Katie Thralls (senior, Women’s Lacrosse Granada). The women’s lacrosse team at Monte Vista is coming close to icing the cake. They have already won the regular season East Bay Athletic League title after going undefeated in league play. Their consistency earned them the No. 1 seed for North Coast Section playoffs as well as a first round bye. In the second round they played Redwood and prevailed 13-9 with some help from senior Aimee Dewan. They look to push forward and win their next two games, which would give them their first NCS championship in school history. Baseball After losing a heartbreaker 2-1 to De La Salle, the Monte Vista baseball team turned it up a notch. They posted three straight shutout wins against Amador Valley, San Ramon and Berkeley. The pitching of seniors Christian Jones and Mark Appel has been stellar, especially in the sec- CHRIS SCOTT/WWW.CALSPORTSPHOTO.COM ond half of the season. The team’s Safe at third offensive output is also increasing with each game which bodes well San Ramon Valley High School third-base player Sara Pacioni tags Mustang for them heading into the NCS Kaitlyn Mamizuka sliding into third, but is too late and Mamizuka is called tournament. The boys earned a No. safe, as the cross-town rivals face each other for the last softball game of the 2 seed, behind only De La Salle, regular season at SRVHS. The Lady Wolves won, 5-4, and continue on to and also got a first round bye. They North Coast Section playoffs. play the winner of the Irvington and Deer Valley game. If Monte Vista moves on they will have to deal with PREP SCHEDULE Freedom, and then possibly another rematch against rival De La Salle. Saturday, May 23 Saturday, May 30 Softball Softball Softball ■ NCS 2nd Round of Games ■ NCS Championship After coming off the high of beat- ing San Ramon at home, the softball Track and Field June 5-6 team at Monte Vista began to expe- ■ NCS Tri-Valley at Granada Track and Field rience a low. They went on to close Wednesday, May 27 ■ CA State meet at Buchanan High out the season on a seven game in Fresno CHRIS SCOTT/WWW.CALSPORTSPHOTO.COM losing streak. They nearly got the Softball chance to recreate the good vibes ■ June 13 NCS Semifiinals Going for the goal but ended up falling to San Ramon, Friday-Saturday, Track and Field Cody Soberanes, No. 26, scores for Monte Vista High in the North Coast 5-4, in the last game of the season. May 30-June 1 ■ Golden West Invitational at Section playoffs at Monte Vista last Saturday. The Mustangs beat Foot- The good news is they are a rela- Folsom High hill High, 10-6, and were next to face Amador Valley on Wednesday. The tively young team, and can build on Track and Field Lady Mustangs also won their game Friday and were facing Amador on the things they did right this year. ■ NCS Meet of Champions at UC Wednesday. —Troy Dillingham Berkeley Danville WeeklyÊUÊMay 22, 2009ÊU Page 17 Living PEOPLE AND LIFESTYLES IN OUR COMMUNITY In remembrance Oak Hill Park ceremony will honor veterans—from the Revolutionary War onward
BY DOLORES FOX CIARDELLI
ake a moment to remember those who gave their all in service to their country. This is the sentiment behind the annual Memorial Day Tceremony at Oak Hill Park in Danville, a cooperative effort by the VietNam Veterans of Diablo Valley, the Town of Danville and the All Wars Memorial Foundation. “Overall this is a wonderful opportunity for all the families in the San Ramon Valley to honor all the veterans—not only the sol- diers who gave their lives—and the families and friends of those who have served,” said David Behring, vice president of the All Wars Memorial Foundation. American flags will lead the way to Oak Hill Park at 3005 Stone Valley Road in Dan- ville, next to Monte Vista High School, on Monday morning. The event, which usually draws about 1,000 people, begins at 11 a.m. but folks are asked to arrive earlier. “We will have the main part of the ceremony on the lawn right next to the lake,” said Foun- dation president Bill Picton. “We will have the Marine Corps Color Guard, the Sheriff’s bag- pipers and a presentation of colors.” Picton himself will go to the All Wars Memo- rial at 8 a.m. to lower the flag to half staff. Special guest Abraham Lincoln will deliver the Gettysburg Address. After the formal cer- emony, Honest Abe will gather children around him to tell some stories in the first person. This will be the second appearance at the ceremony for the renowned impersonator. “Everything is in first person; you really feel as though you’re talking to President Lincoln,” said Behring. “It’s an exciting way for children to learn about history.” The keynote speaker will be retired Ma- rine Corps Maj. Gen. James Michael Myatt, a native of San Francisco. During his U.S. Marine Corps career, Gen. Myatt served in command positions in all three active Marine divisions. He was promoted to brigadier general in 1988 at the age of 46, the youngest man ALL WARS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION in the history of the Corps to be promoted The U.S. Marine Corps presents colors at the 2008 Memorial Day ceremony at Oak Hill Park in Danville, a cooperative effort by the VietNam Veterans of to the rank of general. During the four-day Diablo Valley, the Town of Danville and the All Wars Memorial Foundation. ground war of Operation Desert Storm in February 1991, his division defeated seven Iraqi Army divisions, seized Kuwait Interna- “We are putting a new patina finish on tional Airport and liberated Kuwait City. the five bronze plaques that depict certain Engraved memories During the ceremony, two F-16s from periods of military history, and the eight-foot the 144th Fighter Wing in Fresno will do sculpture,” Behring said. “We encourage peo- Each engraved granite stepping stone at the All Wars Me- a flyover. There also will be a tribute to Lt. ple to look at the pavers and bronze plaques. morial preserves a cherished memory of a loved one. There Jim Swett, a Marine fighter pilot, and one of . . . I enjoy watching people. You might see are a total of 1,100 pavers and 250 remain to be sold. the four Medal of Honor winners who spoke three generations together.” The pavers can honor a friend, family member, or an or- at the major fundraising event when the All Many families bring picnic lunches to ganization such as the USO, a division that fought or nurses Wars Memorial was in its planning stages. share the patriotic event and then enjoy the that served in World War II or Vietnam. If the person died in “We will have a processional over to the park setting. action or as a result of wounds received, the paver reads “In Memorial where we will have David Behring “Normally the weather is beautiful on Me- memory”; otherwise they are engraved to read “In honor.” recite Jim Swett’s Medal of Honor citation,” morial Day,” Behring noted. At the Memorial Day program a table will be set up to said Picton, “and we will have some Gold The ceremony will also feature the haunt- sell the pavers, which measure 8 inches by 8 inches and Star Families present.” ing melody of “Taps,” played by Laurie cost $250. The pavers are numbered and a list will be at The All Wars Memorial was dedicated four McGaw, who was first trumpet for the San the table to help people locate the one they want to see. years ago at the 2005 Memorial Day event. It Francisco Symphony and also played in the Money raised by sale of the pavers goes to the All has five Liberty Panels that depict historically Marine Corps Band. The melody will be Wars Memorial Foundation to maintain the Memorial. significant events from the Revolutionary War echoed by trumpet player Bill Picton. up until today. The Freedom Wall has quotes “We’ll close with the bagpipes playing Army Sgt. Victor Thibeault, who was wounded in Afghan- engraved in granite about every generation ‘Amazing Grace’ plus raising the flag back up istan in December 2003, looks at the engraved pavers at continuing the constant struggle for freedom. from half mast,” said Picton. N ALL WARS MEMORIAL FOUNDATION the All Wars Memorial. Page 18ÊUÊMay 22, 2009ÊUÊDanville Weekly LIVING Philanthropic EPICURE graduates BY JACQUI LOVE MARSHALL As senior class president for the Yet even the simplest slow Rolling Hills Chapter of National Slow cookin’ cooker can produce tasty, eco- Charity League Inc., Sunny Lekov nomical meals—stews, soups, recognized her graduating class for for spring meals beans, casseroles, lasagna, their five years of service to the com- desserts—with minimal effort. munity at the annual Senior Presents For best results with slow cook- ceremony held March 29 at Diablo he simplicity of one-pot ers, keep one key step in mind: Country Club. cooking appeals to us all. Season and brown meats, sauté “Five years ago, 20 girls were brought TAnd, in our crazed, time- aromatic ingredients and parboil together by their mothers because they starved lives, the image of a ready- beans before adding to the slow shared one thing in common; they all to-eat dinner awaiting us at the cooker. Doing so will bring out had a desire to volunteer their time to end of the long day is even more the unique flavor of those ingre- help those in need,” stated Sunny. appealing. With these advantages, dients in a way the slow-cook Devon Ryan of Danville received the it’s a wonder we don’t slow-cook process will not. Senior Service Award, given annually to more often. By habit more than reason, we the graduating senior with the highest Like many of us, you’ve prob- generally reserve stews and soup number of cumulative philanthropy ably got one of those slow cookers for the winter season but don’t hours. (aka crock pots) stored somewhere let that attitude get in your way. “NCL has made me realize that in your kitchen or garage. The A slow-cooked stew can show- there are people out there not as million-dollar question is: When case the best of spring’s vegeta- fortunate as me who need some extra did you last use yours? bles and turn inexpensive cuts of help,” said Ryan. “Working with NCL Like other culinary trends, the meat into succulent pieces, yield- has shown me how important helping popularity of slow cookers has gone ing a delicious, tummy-warming others is, and has inspired me to con- up and down since their introduc- meal for a cool springtime tinue to be involved with community tion in the 1950s. Then called crock evening. So, pull out that slow service throughout my college years, pots, they were easy to use but hard cooker, dust it off and try one of and hopefully for the rest of my life.” to clean. In the 1970s, newer ver- these satisfying recipes. Slow and Graduating members are Alexa sions offered a removable ceramic easy does it every time. Carbajal, Gabrielle Carey, Summer liner, simplifying the cleaning pro- Dashe, Katharine Edson, Alexandra cess. These days, slow cookers are Jacqui Love Marshall lives in San Hay, Ariel Henley, Alixandria Henley, popular again and come with vari- Ramon with her pug, Nina Simone, Alexandra Lekov, Madisyn Maloney, ous features including multiple heat and volumes of cookbooks and reci- Jessica Murad, Erica Nelson, Lau- settings, timers, built-in thermome- pes. Her column runs every other ren Raponi, Elyse Rigolfi, Jacqueline ters—and high-end models are even week. E-mail her at jlovemarshall@ Rush, Devon Ryan, Ashley Scott, Al- computerized. yahoo.com. exandra Sheperdson, Melanie Smith, Devon Ryan, Senior Service Award recipient, works at a playground for Farrell Thomas, and Amanda Wolf. physically challenged children. 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Danville WeeklyÊUÊMay 22, 2009ÊU Page 19 LIVING PRESENTING THE PAST OF NOTE BY FRIEDERICHE HUMBURG Darren Sandosky An Historical Sketch of achieves Eagle Scout Darren Brooks Sandosky, 17, San Ramon Valley, Part I of Danville became an Eagle Scout in a court of honor last Editor's Note: Miss Humburg wrote this history, based month. His project was to con- on research and conversations with her aunt Flora May struct two mobile storage carts Stone Jones, for “The Valley Kernel” which was the first for the steel drum program at San Ramon Valley Union high school annual in 1914. Dougherty Valley High School, where he is a student. Prior “And what is so rare as a day in June? to the project the drums were Then, if ever, come perfect days; stored on the floor on the drum Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, room and each had to be car- And over it softly her warm ear lays.” ried individually. Sandosky is a member of Troop No. 60 under t was on such a perfect day in June 1847, that Scoutmaster Mike Dubrall. He a canvas covered wagon drawn by oxen, slowly is the son of Dave and Michelle Iwound its way through a beautiful valley. This Sandosky. WENTLING’S STUDIO “prairie schooner” carried a little family of home seekers, and as the oxen moved laboriously along, Education Foundation welcomes board members the scene which greeted the eye at every turn of the winding path, called forth exclamations of admira- The San Ramon Valley Education Foundation (SRVEF) recently an- tion from the occupants of the wagon. nounced the appointment of new board members Adam Cipriano and At length the travelers halted the oxen, that they Nicole Holthuis to the Foundation Board. Cipriano has been actively might better gaze and admire the picture of beauty engaged in the San Ramon Valley school district for the past five years and and serenity, that was spread before them. On every is the current president and a past treasurer and past director for the Bol- side, the valley and surrounding hills were covered linger Canyon Elementary School Education Fund. He is also currently a with thick, velvety clover, and wild oats standing part of the Citizens for Quality Schools/Measure C leadership team. waist high, and waving and rippling in the summer Holthuis has spent most of her professional life in education as a breeze, like the bosom of a lake. The western hills teacher, curriculum developer, teacher educator, classroom researcher were clumped with oaks, maples and shrubs, wil- and program evaluator. She currently volunteers in her daughters’ lows and mottled trunked sycamores fringed the classrooms, is a member of the Green Valley Elementary Site Council, little stream at their left; while the mountain, which MUSEUM OF THE SAN RAMON VALLEY and part-time consultant. She and her husband have lived in Danville formed the eastern wall of the valley, seemed ever at Friederiche Humburg wrote a Historical Sketch of the for 13 years and have three girls, ages 8, 10 and 12. their side as they journeyed southward. San Ramon Valley for her high school yearbook. The Foundation conducts fundraisers (such as the Primo’s Run for Edu- Cattle grazing on the luxuriant grasses, the cation) throughout the year, and then returns the proceeds directly to the chirp and twitter of birds, and the drowsy hum schools and classrooms. of insects, completed a picture of beauty, peace, Viewed through the lapse of years, we associate the and contentment. Save for the bridle path which adobe with the romantic and the picturesque. Built was the only guide of our travelers, and for a tule of adobe bricks, dried in the sun, their thick walls thatched hut near the stream, (used as a rude shel- and deeply framed doorways and windows afforded ter by Spanish vaqueros when night overtook them warmth in winter and coolness in summer. Every in this region) there was nothing to show the hand adobe house was surrounded by a “portico” about of man. whose rude pillars clambered vines of the mission This was San Ramon Valley as it looked when grape, and in every door yard bloomed the fragrant first viewed by Americans, when they stopped Castilian rose of old Spain. their ox team on that June day so long ago, just The adobes call to mind tales of the gay, care free north of the spot where the village of Alamo now life of the Spanish days in California. We think of stands. No wonder that the head of that little fam- the fandango, the soft music of the guitar, and the ily bared his brow, as he stood amid the wild oats, horsemen with their wide sombreros, their bright and exclaimed half in prophecy, half in determi- colored serapes, their jingling spurs, and their hors- nation, “Some time we will have a home in this es no less gaily bedecked in silver mounted bridles, valley.” This was before the discovery of gold in and saddles with monstrous “tapaderas.” California, and this little family were home seek- But one may ask why, in our valley today, we find ers, not gold hunters. But because of the Mexican no descendants of these gay, pleasure loving people. war which was raging at that time, they sought a That question may be answered in two words, settlement for protection, and Pueblo (now San the “manana” of the ease loving Spaniard, and the Jose) was their destination. “today” of the hustling, progressive American. Four years later, the year 1851 found our home Farms were improved with houses, barns and makers back in the San Ramon Valley, accompanied granaries, a few fruit trees were set out, and gardens by another family. These two families with two oth- planted. The fertile land, little of which had ever ers who joined them later, purchased four leagues known a plow share, under American thrift was cul- of land in the Romero Grant, paying for it four tivated and made to produce abundantly. Iron Horse Middle School teachers that were the biggest losers (of weight) in the thousand dollars. In the midst of this prosperity, a heavy blow fell district are (l-r) Maureen Alison, vice principal; Lynette Gonzales, eighth grade Is not our pride in our valley justifiable, when upon the residents. The Spanish grants under which core teacher; Scott Matek, PE teacher; Cathy Carle, the biggest loser and coun- one considers that these people who had journeyed title the people had bought their land, became the selor; Judy Herrera, eighth grade core teacher; and Chris George, vice principal. by wagon and ox team over half a continent, and cause of years of litigation, and many residents were who had the whole state of California to choose forced to pay for their land a second time. Schools’ loss is a good thing from, chose for their home the heart of the San Ramon? Provided by Beverly Lane, curator of the Museum of the Middle schools in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District decided Some changes marked the valley during the four San Ramon Valley and co-author of “San Ramon Valley: about three months ago to hold a “Biggest Loser” competition with the years that had passed, notably the building of adobe Alamo, Danville, and San Ramon” and “Vintage Dan- idea that it would help keep morale up for the teachers during the tough houses, which were the homes of Spanish families. ville: 150 Years of Memories.” times ahead. The competition was a hit and 140 middle school teachers in the district set out to see who could lose the most weight. Each school had an initial weigh-in day to come up with a school weight, then they had a weekly weigh-in to track everyone’s progress and after 10 weeks had ‘...He knows how to a final weigh-in. READ MORE/COMMENT Los Cerros and Iron Horse middle schools tied for the biggest percent-
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