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HOLIDAY FUND Teachers find big help in small bucks Nonprofit’s microgrants enable East Palo Alto students to learn

by Jocelyn Dong

ith $500, Sarah Milo was able to buy a projector. Lisa WJordan purchased hands-on educational science supplies. Other teachers have taken their classes on field trips. A little apparently goes a long way when it’s in the hands of the East Veronica Weber Palo Alto Kids Foun- dation. At least, that’s the opinion of teachers who Charles Scott spent much of his adult life striving to create a community park in Midtown. Here he sits at the new picnic tables installed at have received microgrants from the Greer Park at the soon-to-be-opened “Scott Meadow,” named for Charles and his late wife, Jean. Palo Alto nonprofit organization, which has been funding field trips, Midtown Residents Association at a Scott’s eyes grew moist as he basic classroom supplies and more for PARKS dedication ceremony on Saturday spoke of how it feels to have this last East Palo Alto and east Menlo Park (Dec. 11). chunk of the park done. schools since 1993. The quiet “passive park” is a fit- “It means that Jean’s vision is fi- Jordan, a kindergarten/first-grade ‘Scott Meadow’ named for ting place for Scott and park advo- nally realized.” teacher at East Palo Alto Charter cates to take stock of their legacy. On Greer Park was once home to the School, said students have gained Tuesday afternoon, Scott modestly Peninsula Drive-In movie theater, a deeper understanding of science Greer Park activists assessed his role in the decades-long later called the Palo Alto Drive-In, through the foundation-funded sci- Midtown residents Charles and Jean Scott to be endeavor. which included a parking lot for 750 ence supplies. The materials have also “I was just an irritant to the City cars, according to Palo Alto History helped her integrate science into the honored at Saturday dedication Council and managers. I was not Project historian Matt Bowling. students’ writing and reading lessons, by Sue Dremann park along West Bayshore Road bashful,” Scott, 86, said, laughing. The site sat dormant until resi- she said. harles Scott surveyed the new, instead. They’ve been involved in “It wasn’t really work. It was just ev- dents fought a developer’s proposal East Palo Alto Kids Foundation is green expanse of rolling, hilly every phase of its development ever eryday living.” to build 1,800 apartments in 1973. “fabulous,” Jordan said. “They’ve al- Clawn at Greer Park in Palo Alto since. He credited his late wife, Jean, and “People were up in arms,” Scott re- lowed so many opportunities for my Tuesday, seated at a picnic table he Once a field of 6-foot-high weeds, the many other residents with mak- called. students and for me.” recently helped get the city to install the park now boasts playing fields, ing the park finally become reality. Members of the West Bayshore The microgrant program, accord- in this corner of the 22-acre park. basketball courts, a skate park, chil- At his Midtown home, pictures Residents Association told city of- ing to foundation President Laura It’s been 40 years since he and his dren’s playground, dog park and document the effort: the vacant field ficials they wanted a park. Roberts, rests upon the notion that late wife, Jean, and other Midtown even a hard-fought-for restroom. The before it became a park; Jean dig- “Our children did not have a teachers are the ones who know best Palo Alto residents first fought an final 1.5 acres, Scott Meadow, was ging the first shovel of soil during park comparable to Rinconada and what their students, and classrooms, 1,800-unit residential development built this fall and is being named in the Aug. 5, 1980, groundbreaking need. and convinced the city to create the the couple’s honor by the city and the ceremony. (continued on page 8) (continued on page 9) *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ iViLiÀÊ£ä]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 3

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK 450 CAMBRIDGE AVE, PALO ALTO, CA 94306 (650) 326-8210 ‘‘ PUBLISHER William S. Johnson EDITORIAL FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, UCC Jay Thorwaldson, Editor Jocelyn Dong, Managing Editor £nxÊÕÃÊ,>`]Ê*>ÊÌÊUÊÈxä®ÊnxÈÈÈÈÓÊUÊÜÜÜ°vVV«>°À}Ê Carol Blitzer, Associate Editor -Õ`>ÞÊ7ÀÃ «Ê>`Ê-Õ`>ÞÊ-V Ê>ÌÊ£ä\ääÊ>°° Keith Peters, Sports Editor Tyler Hanley, Express™ and Online Editor The report is a black eye for the Rebecca Wallace, Arts & Entertainment Editor Christmas Pageant Sunday Rick Eymer, Assistant Sports Editor city. The Christmas Story presented by our children and youth Chris Kenrick, Gennady Sheyner, Staff Writers — Tony Spitaleri, president of Palo Alto’s fire- Sue Dremann, Staff Writer, Special Sections Editor Karla Kane, Editorial Assistant fighters union, on preliminary findings of consultants An Open and Affirming Congregation of the United Church of Christ Veronica Weber, Staff Photographer studying the Fire Department. See story on page 3 Dale Bentson, Colin Becht, Peter Canavese, Kit Davey, Iris Harrell, ‘‘ Sheila Himmel, Chad Jones, Kevin Kirby, Jack McKinnon, Renata Polt, Jeanie K. Smith, Susan Tavernetti, Robert Taylor, Contributors Kelly Jones, Sally Schilling, Sarah Trauben, Georgia Wells, Editorial Interns Vivian Wong, Photo Intern DESIGN Shannon Corey, Design Director Around Town Raul Perez, Assistant Design Director Linda Atilano, Diane Haas, Scott Peterson, MIXED REPORT ... Note to the acts. But while this picture still Paul Llewellyn, Senior Designers City of Palo Alto: Your residents holds true, the Palo Alto Fire Gary Vennarucci, Designer apparently do not take kindly Department has been devot- PRODUCTION to being compared with one ing a greater chunk of its time Jennifer Lindberg, Production Manager another, particularly when they to medical care in recent years. Dorothy Hassett, Samantha Mejia, Blanca Yoc, Sales & Production Coordinators feel the comparison is based on That was one of the findings faulty information. This truism unveiled this week by consul- ADVERTISING Walter Kupiec, Vice President, Sales & Marketing was played out this week as a tants from the firms TriData Judie Block, Esmeralda Flores, Janice new “Home Energy Report,” and ICMA. The two consulting Hoogner, Gary Whitman, Display Advertising Sales devised by the utilities depart- firms found that while the total Neil Fine, Rosemary Lewkowitz, ment number of incidents reported to INSPIRATIONS Real Estate Advertising Sales to show homeowners how David Cirner, Irene Schwartz, their energy use compares with the Fire Department went up by A resource for special events and ongoing religious Inside Advertising Sales their neighbors’, hit the mail- 19 percent between 2000 and Cathy Norfleet, Display Advertising Sales Asst. services. To inquire about or make space reservations Diane Martin, Real Estate Advertising Assistants boxes. One person who posted 2009, the number of emergency for Inspirations, please contact Alicia Santillan, Classified Administrative Asst. a comment to Town Square, the medical service calls jumped by 48 percent. Stephen Brezler, Blanca Yoc at 223-6596 EXPRESS, ONLINE AND VIDEO SERVICES Palo Alto online forum, com- Rachel Palmer, Online Operations Coordinator plained of feeling insulted and a consultant from TriData, told or email [email protected] Rachel Hatch, Multimedia Product Manager chided in “an unpleasant fash- the City Council this week that BUSINESS ion” by the mailer, which ranked this trend isn’t surprising, given Penelope Ng, Payroll & Benefits Manager each household against 100 the latest demographic trends Elena Dineva, Mary McDonald, Susie Ochoa, Doris Taylor, Business Associates comparable, nearby homes as — namely, the aging of the lowell as against one’s “efficient cal population. “It’s not unusual ADMINISTRATION Amy Renalds, Assistant to the Publisher neighbors” (the most efficient 20 that Palo Alto is really facing the & Promotions Director of the 100). The report spells out dilemma that most communities Janice Covolo, Receptionist how much energy a customer are — increasing EMS demand Ruben Espinoza, Courier used (“You used 16% MORE while fire is actually decreasing,” EMBARCADERO MEDIA energy than your neighbors”) Brezler said. He predicted that William S. Johnson, President Michael I. Naar, Vice President & CFO and gives the customer an ef- by 2020, EMS calls would make Walter Kupiec, Vice President, Sales & Marketing ficiency number, such as No. up 64 percent of local incidents, Frank A. Bravo, Director, Information Technology 84 out of 100 neighbors, with while actual fires would only & Webmaster Connie Jo Cotton, Major Accounts Sales Manager No. 1 being the best. (The point constitute 2 percent (the other Bob Lampkin, Director, Circulation & Mailing of the ranking is to spur con- 32 percent would be responses Services servation.) 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TRANSPORTATION Electric cars expected to charge into Palo Alto With new models rolling out, residents prepare to buy electric vehicles and install chargers

by Gennady Sheyner reg Bell is still waiting for his first electric vehicle, but G when it arrives he won’t have any trouble charging it up. Bell is at the vanguard of what Palo Alto officials believe will be the next big trend for the city — a push by residents to install charging systems in their homes. Last month, he became one of the first residents to receive a permit for a residential car charger. City officials believe he’ll be far from the last. Electric engines aren’t new to Palo Alto, with fleets of Prius sedans constantly flowing through city streets, clusters of environmentalist engineers electrifying their conven- tional cars, and companies such as Tesla and Better Place leading the worldwide push to wean drivers off gasoline. The rollout of moderately priced sedans such as the Nissan Leaf and Chevrolet Volt in the next two months is expected to give this nascent field a major push and trans- form the niche market into a mainstream one. Bell, who works as a website designer and shares his household with a wife, two children and a pair of traditional gas-powered cars, said he recently ordered a Leaf because he wanted an affordable and green op-

tion for short and mid-range drives. Veronica Weber He noted that the Leaf would allow him to drive around for about 100 miles for just $3 or $4 in electric costs. “People need to have an option other than depending on foreign oil, Greg Bell sits beside his new electric car charging station — about the or any oil for that matter,” Bell said. size of a large toaster — at his Palo Alto home. “I think electric cars are a great way for us to go green and get off oil.” Palo Alto officials expect their Mora, a Palo Alto resident who spe- “Ideally, for the residential charge !" # affluent and hyper-green city to be cializes in electric vehicles. stations we’d be able to review and near the front of the pack and are City officials hope its ongoing re- approve those over the counter and $ % & bracing for an influx in applications forms will soon enable even laymen people would be able to walk out the ' (#) for charging stations. Larry Perlin, drivers with few connections in the door with their permits in hand.” % # the city’s chief building official, told high-tech world to get their residen- The simplified process would, $ * the Weekly that while the city has tial chargers with ease. Perlin said however, only apply to basic Level received only a handful of applica- the city is revising its applications 1 and Level 2 chargers — which #+ #,- # tions thus far, the number of inqui- to allow residents to get their per- would enable residents to completely . / ries from the community has been mits after just one stop at the city’s charge their vehicles in about eight picking up in recent weeks and said Development Center on Hamilton to 10 hours (with Level 1, which is a he expects the number of applica- Avenue. Bell, as a test case, had a basic wall outlet) or four to six hours tions to start rising soon. slightly more complex process and (Level 2). Installing more powerful “There’s no doubt that in Palo was forced to go back and forth a systems that could charge up a car Alto electric cars will be in de- few times before he secured his in an hour or less would require ad- mand,” Perlin said. permit. ditional hearings and reviews, Perlin It also doesn’t hurt that Palo Alto The new application, Perlin said, said. and its neighbors provide a home would come with a handout that Bell, whose charger is Level 2, for legions of businesses and entre- would tell residents exactly what said it took him about two weeks to preneurs specializing in electric ve- type of information they will need go through the process and get his hicles and supporting technologies. to provide to receive their permits. charger installed. Now, he is on to 0 & $ & 1 1 . 0 1#)#2 3 # Bell bought his charger — a toaster- The goal is to streamline the pro- the next step — waiting for his new ! sized device that affixes to the wall cess and to remove the element of Leaf to arrive. With his son, David, and has a nozzle extending from its surprise. about to turn 16, the timing for a bottom, much like at a gas pump “What we’re trying to do is create new vehicle couldn’t be better. — from Coulomb Technologies, a a standardized, simple permit ap- “I’m hoping he’ll take his driving Sunnyvale-based firm that special- plication form that could be down- test in an electric car,” Bell said. N izes in electric vehicle technologies. loaded and then all the information Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner " # - For the permitting process, Bell could be filled out and brought to the can be e-mailed at gsheyner@ $% &% ' ( %% & )% *% " ++ # , ./.01 drew on the expertise of Michael Development Center,” Perlin said. paweekly.com.

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district on Cubberley CityViewA round-up of Palo Alto government action this week Queries reflect mounting pressure on district to decide on preserving site for a third high school or other use City Council (Dec. 6) Airport: The council voted to create a new Airport Enterprise Fund and directed by Chris Kenrick staff to hire consultants to assist with the city’s takeover of Palo Alto Airport man- Shepherd said she would like great- aware of the need for new classrooms agement from Santa Clara County. Yes: Unanimous alo Alto City Council member er clarity on school plans for the site to accommodate growth, but has no Airport Commission: The council voted not to appoint an airport advisory commis- Nancy Shepherd Wednesday so she can field questions from ten- specific plan at this point, Tom said in sion at this time, but to defer the matter to a future date. sharply questioned school dis- ants and community members. response to Shepherd Wednesday. Yes: Burt, Holman, Price, Schmid, Yeh No: Espinosa, Klein, Scharff, Shepherd P Main Library: The council approved a recommendation to set up a temporary trict officials about their plans for “Whatever information you guys “We haven’t really explored a spe- library at the Palo Alto Art Center auditorium while the Main Library is closed for the old Cubberley High School site, want to reveal, it would be very help- cific set of options for using that site, construction. Yes: Unanimous highlighting mounting pressure on a ful to me,” she told school board because there are a variety of ways we decades-old pact between the city and members Camille Townsend and could use it,” he said. Board of Education (Dec. 7) school district relating to the 35-acre Dana Tom at a Wednesday-morning Basic maintenance on Cubberley Calendar: The board approved an academic calendar for 2011-12 similar to that of property. meeting of the City-School Liaison will require at least $8 million be- 2010-11, with the first day of school Aug. 23, 2011, and the last day June 7, 2012. Yes: Unanimous With tenants of the city-run Cub- Committee. tween now and 2015, and the city has Mandarin Immersion: The board voted to change the status of the three-year-old berley Community Center grumbling Faced with steadily rising enroll- spent $6.7 million on Cubberley main- Mandarin Immersion Program from “pilot” to “ongoing.” Yes: Unanimous about maintenance and the major ten- ment that shows no signs of slowing, tenance since 1996, City Manager Jim ant — Foothill College — possibly school officials say they need to pre- Keene said in the June meeting. Finance Committee (Dec. 7) planning to vacate, Shepherd said the serve their options on Cubberley. Re- In a deal to preserve the site, the city Utilities: The commission discussed and recommended approval of proposed city is “just trying to think creatively cently, they also indicated an interest pays the school district approximately long-term plans for gas and electricity acquisitions. Yes: Unanimous about how to keep the lights on.” in acquiring the 3-acre Peninsula Day $4 million a year to lease the campus Foothill’s two recent bids to pur- Care parcel at 525 San Antonio Ave., and run it as a community center. The LET’S DISCUSS: Read the latest local news headlines chase and rebuild eight city-owned which abuts the rear property line of city took ownership of the 8-acre par- and talk about the issues at Town Square at www.PaloAltoOnline.com acres at Cubberley were rebuffed by Greendell School adjacent to the Cub- cel within Cubberley in 2002 as a con- city officials as they await guidance berley campus. sequence of the school district’s need from the school district on its poten- But they have been tightlipped to re-open Terman Middle School. tial plans for the site. about any specific plans. The district reclaimed the site from Meanwhile, trustees of the Foothill- In a June 16 meeting with the City its sale to the city and sublease to the Public Agenda De Anza Community College District Council and Foothill-De Anza trustees, Jewish Community Center, resulting A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week this week hired a property consultant school board members expressed deep- in a sequence of events that culmi- to help in the search for a permanent seated fears about selling any portion of nated in the building of a new JCC CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to hold a closed session to dis- home for its satellite “Palo Alto Cam- the dilapidated property, which closed complex along San Antonio Road. cuss labor negotiations. The council also plans to discuss its 2010 pus” based at Cubberley, which now as a high school in 1979. The current city lease on Cubberley accomplishments; approve a suicide-prevention policy and dis- serves about 4,000 students, The Palo Alto district is keenly expires in 2014. N cuss its process for setting council priorities. The closed session is scheduled for 6 p.m. Regular meeting will follow at 7 p.m. or as soon as possible thereafter on Monday, Dec. 13, in the Council Chambers COMMUNITY at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The board will discuss a proposed memorandum of understanding on its relationship with the youth As ‘Track Watch’ funds end, well-being coalition Project Safety Net, and will hear an updated report on school-enrollment projections from demographers Lapkoff & incidents spark worry Gobalet. The open session begins at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14, in the boardroom of school district headquarters (25 Churchill Ave.). Volunteers, officials call for ‘long-term, pro-active’ patrol of Caltrain crossings by Chris Kenrick POLICIES AND SERVICES COMMITTEE ... The committee plans The incident occurred at 7 p.m. one teen issue,” she said in an e-mail to to discuss proposed revisions to City Council procedures and pro- hree recent emergencies at the evening, after dark but before security the Weekly. tocols, including a proposal to bar late submissions of development Caltrain tracks have sparked guards were due to arrive at 8 p.m., “People with troubles continue to applications. The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14, T official worries that the “conta- he said. be attracted to the tracks. ... It is a bit in the Council Conference Room at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). gion period” for five Palo Alto student Besides the paid guards, a dwin- like the Golden Gate Bridge: We need suicides in the past 19 months has not dling number of parent volunteers are to be very proactive for a long time.” PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION ... The commission plans passed. attempting to maintain a presence at Rothstein said the crossing areas to discuss its 2011 priorities and hear an update of Project Safety As city funding for hired security the tracks. “We’re trying to surround could be more “self policing” if the Net, a community effort for youth well-being. The meeting is sched- at the tracks is due to expire at the end and support those volunteers,” de city would clear-cut the trees along uled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14, in the Palo Alto Art Center (1313 of December, officials are looking for Geus said. Alma Street. Newell Road). ways to keep “track watchers” on site “It’s a handful of folks. That’s what She also asked that drivers take a at least through the end of the school they do, and they’re passionate about look down the tracks as they pass, and PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ... The com- year next year. it. We’re asking the community to bet- be prepared to call for help if neces- mission plans to continue discussing its policy regarding contact “We’ve had at least three inci- ter support them.” sary. She can be contacted at hopepal- with development applicants in advance of public hearings. The dents, two of which required police Track Watch volunteer Marielena [email protected]. meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15, in the Council to take someone off the tracks,” city Mendoza said parents try to provide Parents and neighbors took mat- Chambers at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). recreation manager Rob de Geus told coverage as much as possible when ters into their own hands in the fall members of the City-School Liaison paid guards are not on duty. of 2009 after short-term police moni- ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ... The board plans to hold a Committee Wednesday morning. Track Watch organizer Caroline toring of the rail crossings failed to preliminary review for 3000 Hanover St., an addition to an existing “The consensus is that (security) Camhy Rothstein said the group prevent subsequent suicides. building at the Hewlett Packard campus. The meeting is scheduled ought to be extended another six has shrunk to about four “core vol- Following the fourth death that for 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 16, in the Council Chambers at City months, at least until the end of the unteers,” including former Palo Alto October, they initiated “Palo Alto Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). school year, so the question is, ‘How school board member Ray Bacchetti. Track Watch,” organizing volun- do we fund it?’” “There will not be adequate cover- teers to maintain a physical pres- PUBLIC ART COMMISSION ... The commission plans to hold a De Geus did not answer directly age when the city’s funding runs out at ence at the tracks during hours special meeting to discuss design direction for the Mitchell Park bol- when asked whether track watchers the end of December,” she said. “The trains are running. lards, which will be designed by Brad Oldham; and to discuss the had headed off the recent emergen- paid guards have helped to prevent In November 2009, the paid securi- relocation of the Charles Ginnever sculpture from Mountain View to cies, saying each incident was differ- two incidents in recent months. We ty guards were hired by the Palo Alto Palo Alto. The meeting is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 17, in ent. need them.” Police Department to bolster the citi- the Council Conference Room at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave). In one case, a staff member for the Rothstein lauded community initia- zen patrols. That funding, currently grief-counseling organization Kara tives to support teens, such as the 22- set to expire at the end of this month, was driving by a Caltrain crossing and member Project Safety Net coalition. was the subject of de Geus’s remarks Corrections The board voted to continue the noticed something amiss, he said. She But the tracks have become a mag- Wednesday. N The CityView section in the Dec. 3 item until a future date. To request a circled back and called police, result- net for a wide spectrum of troubled Staff Writer Chris Kenrick can edition misstated the action taken by correction, contact Managing Edi- ing in a 20-year-old being removed people, she said. be e-mailed at ckenrick@paweekly. the Architectural Review Board on tor Jocelyn Dong at 650-223-6514, from the tracks area, he said. “The problem is no longer just a com. the proposed design of Lucile Pack- [email protected] or P.O. 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CITY COUNCIL News Digest Palo Alto drops EMS study, fires consultant Strong-arm robberies hit Palo Alto streets again Robbers snatched valuables from two people in Palo Alto Saturday City claims consultant missed deadlines, pays $33,000 for the $47,000 study and Monday evenings, adding to a string of incidents on city streets in by Gennady Sheyner recent months in which pedestrians have been accosted for their wallets Jon Altmann, owner of the firm, even though the city awarded the or merchandise. Both victims were approached from behind, according alo Alto’s review of the city’s said he was surprised by the city’s project to PSRG in August 2009, to Palo Alto police. emergency medical services termination of its contract last it didn’t provide the company with A 31-year-old woman was approached in the parking lot behind Bor- P(EMS) is facing a delay af- month. His group had already ana- a written contract until November, ders Bookstore on Monday, Dec. 6, at 9:34 p.m. by a man described as ter the city fired the consultant lyzed the data and produced a 278- Altmann said. As a result, the firm Pacific Islander and between the ages of 18 and 30, tall and thin and performing a study, citing missed page report with recommendations. couldn’t begin working until De- wearing a white or gray hooded sweatshirt and dark jeans. deadlines and inaccurate figures. It was in the process of performing cember, he said. The suspect pushed the woman off balance and pulled her purse from The consultant, Phoenix-based the final edits when the city termi- “The city dragged out the process her shoulder. The victim was not injured. Public Safety Research Group, coun- nated its agreement. and made it longer than we thought it In the incident on Saturday, Dec. 4, a 14-year-old boy was attacked in tered that it has already performed the “I thought we had an amicable re- would be,” Altmann said. the Embarcadero Road Caltrain undercrossing at 5:25 p.m. bulk of the work it was commissioned lationship,” Altmann told the Weekly. The contract termination was the The victim was holding his bicycle with his left hand while walking to do and that the data it was analyz- “Certainly, nothing ever came up dur- second time in the past year that the and was checking his iPhone with his right hand when the robber ap- ing came straight from the city. The ing the course of business.” city has fired a consultant who was proached from behind and snatched the phone out of the youth’s hand firm was hired last fall to analyze the He acknowledged that the study analyzing services in the Fire Depart- and pushed the victim away with his left hand. city’s EMS and had presented its pre- took longer than expected to pro- ment. In April, the city terminated its The robber ran into Town and Country Village shopping center. Nu- liminary findings to the City Council duce, but said the city contributed to merous police officers tried to find the suspect but were unable to locate in April. the missed deadlines. For example, (continued on page 11) him in the crowded mall, police Sgt. Wayne Benitez said. The suspect is described as a young Latino male, 5-feet, 6-inches tall and 150 pounds. He wore a black hooded sweatshirt, black ski mask and dren’s play area, Scott said he put in the Early Literacy Program. He’s ac- black pants, Benitez said. Scott Meadow (continued from page 3) his two cents in his characteristically tive at Avenidas and at Covenant Pres- Police are asking for the public’s help in apprehending the suspects. Anyone unbashful way. byterian Church. with information about the two robberies can call the Palo Alto Police Depart- “One of my comments was, ‘Well, On Saturday, his three grown chil- ment at 650-329-2413 or make an anonymous tip at [email protected]. N Mitchell parks,” Scott said. where’s the beach?’ They weren’t go- dren and five grandkids will attend the — Sue Dremann The city purchased the 5-acre par- ing to put in a sandbox in this ocean- ceremony, he said. But the honor will cel and added it to adjacent open space island play area. You have to think be bittersweet. Palo Alto school calendar stays same in 2011-12 that was dedicated in 1965 but had not with a child’s mind. I still have that. I “I’m sorry Jean is not here to re- Following mixed and passionate testimony about academic calendars, been developed, according to a histori- haven’t grown up yet,” he said. ally enjoy it,” he said. His wife died the Palo Alto Board of Education Tuesday night unanimously approved a cal overview by the city. Daughter Donna, a naturalist with last year. 2011-12 district-wide calendar similar to that of the current school year. In 1974, the city and residents cre- the National Park Service, contributed During their weekly park walks, the However, a majority of board members appeared poised to make a ated the Greer Park Master Plan; the advice on appropriate trees for Scott couple used to watch children enjoy- substantial shift the following year — ending the first semester before park was dedicated in 1975. But de- Meadow, he said. ing the playground, he said. If it seems the 2012 winter break — provided they receive assurances from teachers creased revenues due to Proposition Adding restrooms was one of the as though it has taken generations to that program quality would not suffer by having a shorter first semester 13 and the Arastra settlement (a 1975 greatest challenges, he said. But advo- complete the park, indeed it has. and a longer second semester. lawsuit the city lost in a federal-court cates put forth a convincing argument. “I remember I made a speech “This is a split issue in this community,” board member Barb Mitchell zoning challenge regarding private “At a council meeting, we said we once. I said, ‘I want the park to be said. land that became Arastradero Pre- were irrigating with uric acid,” Scott finished so my children can play in “This is the third calendar cycle we’re completing where we’ve had the serve) twice froze money to develop said, his eyes twinkling. it. But it doesn’t look like it is going concept to have a pilot to complete first semester before winter break. In the park, Scott said. The son of an oil-field worker in to happen. Maybe it will be a place the past, we’ve also arrived at calendar fatigue and then we’ve punted. The first of four phases of develop- Oklahoma and a member of the Cher- for my grandchildren’ — but now “I do want to stick with it this time.” ment finally began in 1980. Projects okee Nation, Scott was raised in the they are almost adults.” The board will consider the 2012-13 and 2013-14 calendars in Febru- championed by former mayors were Indian school system, moving from Scott grinned in the golden rays of ary, after teachers have been consulted on the question of uneven semes- incorporated into the park, including mission schools to government board- afternoon sunlight, scanning the ver- ter lengths. An abbreviated first semester would be necessary in order to the skate park and playing fields, Scott ing school, where he had to work half dant playing fields. complete the semester before winter break while keeping the school start said. The ongoing pressure for more the day in the garden, he said. “Look at the crowd over there date no earlier than the third week of August. playing fields in the city nearly kept The parks he played in were not today,” he said, gazing around In addition to polling teachers, Assistant Superintendent Scott Bowers the park only for that use. But residents formal spaces, or even dedicated. “We the park. N said he will survey parents, students and staff on the calendar issue before continued to lobby for spaces to serve had the whole countryside,” he said. bringing the issue back to the board in February. other community interests, he added. When he’s not advocating for the What: Scott Meadow dedication at Nearly all nearby high schools, including Los Altos, Mountain View, And Scott has not let up on his watch park, Scott works two days each week Greer Park Menlo Atherton, Woodside, St. Francis, Castilleja and Menlo, have during the most recent park plans. at Peninsula Hardware. On Mondays Where: At the corner of Colorado switched to pre-break finals. N When an ocean-island motif was re- and Fridays, he tutors children at Avenue and West Bayshore Road — Chris Kenrick cently planned for the renovated chil- Ohlone Elementary School through When: Saturday, Dec. 11, at 1 p.m. Mandarin Immersion program now ‘ongoing’ Palo Alto’s once-controversial Mandarin Immersion program was Fire dept. ning sorely lacking. They attributed department is “particularly weak.” elevated from the status of “pilot” to “ongoing” Tuesday with nary a (continued from page 3) the shortcomings largely to a recent “We think there is an opportunity whimper of complaint from opponents. shrinking of the department’s ad- to merge the organizations into a The Board of Education voted unanimously to end the pilot status of from allocating its staffing efficiently, ministration, which forced depart- hybrid public safety organization,” the three-year-old language-immersion program, but asked for annual said Tom Wieczorek, the project man- ment leaders to focus on day-to-day Brezler said. check-ins to ease lingering concerns about possible attrition, expenses ager from ICMA. operations rather than the future. Tony Spitaleri, president of the fire- and student achievement. Wieczorek said he has never be- “There have been a lot of posi- fighters union, had blasted the ongoing The program currently serves 88 K-3 children in four classrooms at fore encountered an organization tions eliminated so that planning study before the November election as Ohlone School. It is scheduled to go through fifth grade, with no provi- that has “the same workload at 2 in the Fire Department is almost a pretext by the city to cut staff. De- sion for continuation into middle school. a.m. in the morning and at 2 p.m. nonexistent,” said Stephen Brezler, spite his earlier reservations, Spitaleri English-speaking children comprise roughly two-thirds of the enroll- in the afternoon. a consultant with TriData. “Senior told the Weekly after the consultants’ ment, while Mandarin-speakers make up one-third. “By setting minimum staffing, staff is too busy trying to put out presentation that the report largely “There was lots of controversy with this program, but I think we’ve you’re never able to adjust your fires and just kind of reacting to the confirms what the firefighters have delivered what was needed to the community,” Superintendent Kevin staffing to meet the demand,” he daily issues — not planning.” been saying all along — that years of Skelly said. said. “That becomes a real chal- Brezler said the department could cuts in the department’s administra- At the time of its approval, debate over the program centered around lenge going forward. improve its operations and data man- tion have severely harmed operations. resources, with opponents arguing that a new “choice” program drawing “You don’t have the flexibility to agement by merging its administrative Spitaleri was one of more than a students from all over the district would displace other children from adjust and move those people around functions with the Police Department, dozen union members who attended their neighborhood schools. at those different times.” which he said does a much better job the Monday hearing. The group as- Mandarin Immersion found a home at Ohlone School, where Principal The consultants concluded that the collecting and analyzing data. The sembled for a brief meeting with Bill Overton said it has integrated well with the school community. city’s firefighters are highly profes- fact that Police Chief Dennis Burns Burns immediately after the con- A $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education has funded sional and perform an “outstanding also serves as an interim fire chief sultants’ presentation. start-up costs, including development of curriculum materials through job” when it comes to everyday op- creates an opportunity for the city to “The report is a black eye for the the fifth grade. N erations. But they also found that the consolidate the two departments’ hu- city; it’s not for the Fire Department,” — Chris Kenrick department’s fire-prevention, public man resources, budget, information Spitaleri told the Weekly after the LET’S DISCUSS: Read the latest local news headlines education and training efforts have technology and planning operations meeting. “They gutted everything we and talk about the issues at Town Square at www.PaloAltoOnline.com been relatively poor and its plan- — areas where the consultant said the had at the top.” N

Page 8ÊUÊ iViLiÀÊ£ä]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Upfront TRANSPORTATION Online This Week These and other news stories were posted on Palo Alto Online throughout Palo Alto goes full throttle the week. For longer versions, go to www.PaloAltoOnline.com/news on airport takeover or click on “News” in the left, green column. City Council decides to take control of Palo Alto Airport Bakery manager lauded for saving man’s life On Tuesday (Dec. 7) the Mountain View City Council recognized operations before its lease with the county expires Costco bakery manager Mike Tyler for using CPR to save the life of a 72-year-old man who had a heart attack inside the Mountain View by Gennady Sheyner strings basically say it has to be an to contribute $300,000 into the new store on Nov. 1. (Posted Dec. 8 at 2:39 p.m.) alo Alto’s effort to take control airport for at least 20 years,” Wiede- Airport Enterprise Fund, to pay for of its airport began to lift off the mann said. “Even then, they still have legal fees and consultants associated ground Monday night after the to grant you permission to close it and with the transition. The council also Foothill-De Anza textbook program wins award P A program started in the Foothill-De Anza Community College City Council started a new fund to they may not.” considered setting up a new advisory pay for airport operations. Councilman Larry Klein champi- commission to assist the city with District, geared toward encouraging the widespread adoption of “open The Palo Alto Airport has been op- oned an early takeover of the airport, airport operations, but ultimately textbooks,” has grown rapidly since it was founded two years ago and erated by Santa Clara County since noting that the facility is slated to re- decided that such a move would be was recently recognized by an interstate educational organization for 1967 under a 50-year lease, which will vert to city control by 2017 even if the premature. its achievements. (Posted Dec. 8 at 2:36 p.m.) expire in 2017. The council agreed council does nothing. The council voted 5-4 to reject a Monday night that the city should try “The question on the airport is not delay in discussing whether to form a Baten Caswell elected Palo Alto board president to take control of the airport even be- whether, but when,” Klein said. He new commission, with council mem- Former PTA Council President Melissa Baten Caswell was chosen fore the lease expires. is a member of the council’s Finance bers Greg Scharff, Nancy Shepherd, by her colleagues Tuesday night (Dec. 7) to be president of the Palo County officials decided in 2006 to Committee and served on the 2005 Klein and Vice Mayor Sid Espinosa Alto Board of Education for the coming year. Caswell immediately not renew the airport lease and have Palo Alto Airport Working Group. dissenting. took the gavel from outgoing Board President Barbara Klausner, who kept airport maintenance at a mini- Klein also said that given the coun- The council did defer deciding has served since November 2009. (Posted Dec. 8 at 8:56 a.m.) mal level since. ty’s lack of investment in the airport whether the city should operate the The council’s decision was bol- the city has “every incentive to get this airport on its own or hire a third party. Atherton woman arrested in hit-and-run stered by a recent report from the done earlier rather than later.” Staff will examine both options in the A 62-year-old Atherton woman was arrested for allegedly driving consulting firm Ralph Wiedemann & “If we delay things all we’re doing coming months and make a recom- under the influence during a chaotic exit from a Menlo Park parking Associates, which concluded that the is letting things deteriorate,” he said. mendation by the middle of next year. plaza at 1 p.m. Tuesday (Dec. 7). (Posted Dec. 8 at 8:51 a.m.) small but busy airport could bring in Several members of the airport com- The Wiedemann report estimated a hefty long-term profit. This profit, munity lauded the council’s decision that the city’s profit from the airport Body of Mountain View man found in garage however, would have to be reinvested and said they look forward to seeing could be as large as $16.2 million by A Mountain View man apparently shot and killed himself after back into the facility because of Fed- renewed investment in the airport. 2037 if it were to take over airport op- police surrounded his home in the 2600 block of Diericx Drive in eral Aviation Administration (FAA) Ralph Britton, president of the Palo erations in 2012. Mountain View on Saturday (Dec. 4), a police spokeswoman said. regulations, Wiedemann told the Alto Airport Association, said the Staff plans to hire an airport expert (Posted Dec. 7 at 8:56 a.m.) council Monday. county has already stopped doing in the next two months and begin ne- FAA regulations also make it all but maintenance work on the airport’s gotiations with the county by March Hit-and-run driver sentenced for Menlo accident impossible for the city to convert air- runways. He called for the city to N 2011. The driver who hit a motorcyclist with his car in Menlo Park, then port land to other uses, he said. make the airport “the kind of facility Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can fled the scene despite the victim begging for help, was sentenced to “The grants that we take from that Palo Alto can be proud of.” be e-mailed at gsheyner@paweekly. two years in state prison and ordered to make restitution in San Mateo the FAA come with strings and the The council voted unanimously com. County Superior Court on Friday (Dec. 3). (Posted Dec. 7 at 8:44 a.m.)

learn how to do it better; it’s not a big Teacher pay-raise talks postponed to next year Microgrants WATCH IT ONLINE Talks on possible pay raises for Palo Alto teachers will be postponed (continued from page 3) deal’ ... and learn from it ... and know- www.PaloAltoOnline.com ing we’re always improving helps until after the first of the year because of uncertainties surrounding state them as learners,” Milo said. Hear from a teacher who has received and school district revenues, according to tentative agreements between microgrants; watch the video posted on the Palo Alto school district and its labor unions. (Posted Dec. 6 at 5:12 p.m.) “We have a committee that reviews Lou Pelosi has volunteered with Palo Alto Online. the grants and approves upwards of 95 the foundation for four years and is percent of the applications that come the liaison to East Palo Alto Charter zation, you know, it’s hard for us to Experts urge ‘thorough reassessment’ of rail plans in,” Roberts said of the twice-yearly School. Over the years, he’s seen the spend a lot of time doing fundraising. Potentially fatal flaws are threatening California’s proposed high- process. disparity between the “well-funded, And fundraising has become more speed rail system, according to a new report by a panel of “peer group” “Teachers are true role models here well-organized PTAs” in wealthier and more involved,” she said. “So for experts. The six-member panel called for a “thorough reassessment” in this area. They’re the ones that in- communities versus those in East Palo us, it’s been wonderful to have a sup- of key engineering, financial, economic and managerial issues. (Posted still the love of learning in the kids Alto, where the average household in- porter in the community that we can Dec. 6 at 5:12 p.m.) and show them that college is pos- come was $53,500 in 2009, according count on year after year.” N sible,” Roberts said. to Bay Area Economics. COMMUNITY NOTEBOOK: Nearly 130 Paly stu- East Palo Alto Charter School is one “There’s a major funding gap,” Through the financial contribu- dents earn community-service award of 14 schools that benefit from the mi- Pelosi said. “We fund what PTAs tions of community members, the Nearly 130 students at Palo Alto High School Friday (Dec. 3) earned crogrants. This past year, the founda- would in other communities.” Weekly Holiday Fund supports pro- the President’s Award for Volunteer Service after volunteering 100 tion itself received a $7,500 grant from So in a school district where sci- grams for youth and families in the hours or more of community service within 12 consecutive months. the Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund. ence experiments are uncommon due Palo Alto area. To read more about (Posted Dec. 6 at 2:01 p.m.) For many teachers, working in a to lack of materials and field trips de- the campaign and make a contribu- school district that serves underprivi- pend upon teachers applying for out- tion, please see the ad on page 10. leged children is an undertaking driv- side monies, the East Palo Alto Kids en by passion. But after working in Foundation ends up funding chemis- VVOLOLVVOO wealthier school districts, some teach- try beakers, outings to Stanford Uni- #.8t.&3$&%&4t#.8t.&3$&%&4t ers find the move takes adjustments versity’s Green Library, musical in- due to the relative lack of resources. struments and lots of books, reaching “When I got here I had to rethink about 4,500 students in grades K-12, "/%.*/*"/%.*/* how I was going to teach,” said Milo, according to the foundation. a fourth-grade East Palo Alto Char- A $500 grant may not seem like CORPORACORPORATETE AUTOAUTO WORKSWORKS ter School teacher. “I was using the much, but the teachers say the sup- Top Rating For Quality By Bay Area whiteboard and making posters in a port enables much more than tangible way that was more familiar to how I items. Consumer Check Book had learned as a student.” “East Palo Alto Kids Foundation $PNQMFUF 4FSWJDFand3FQBJS Milo asked for a grant to purchase a grants make dreaming big possible,” Remodels, Additions & projector, which she then hooked up to Milo said in a video interview posted New Homes :VCB .U 7JFX a document camera — a device simi- on www.PaloAltoOnline.com. We take care of all residential off El Camino lar to an overhead projector. The com- Roberts said support from the work, large or small, near Hwy 85 bination allows students to show their Weekly Holiday Fund helps the foun- for your home. .PO'SJ work in front of other students and get dation to continue its mission in a time Call for your FREE estimate today. www.corporateautoworks.com immediate feedback, she said. of budget cuts. HammondHomes7.com

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*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ iViLiÀÊ£ä]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 11 '!29,"!,$7). Gary L. Baldwin, a long- Engineering, and for the last several years Director of Special time resident of Palo Alto, Projects on Energy and the Environment at CITRIS. died on Nov. 16 after a brief Gary was a Fellow in the IEEE and served in several offices battle with cancer. Gary was for the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Council, including president. PulseA weekly compendium of vital statistics born in southern California, He was a recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal (2000). but lived and attended He also was a member of Sigma Xi and Eta Kappa Nu, the Palo Alto Medical aid ...... 1 schools in several parts electrical and computer engineering honor society. Dec. 1-6 Missing person ...... 1 of the U.S. before moving Gary’s greatest passion was for his family, with whom he Violence related Probation violation ...... 1 Resgistrant ...... 1 to Palo Alto over 30 years spent as much time as possible. He was also an enthusiastic Child abuse...... 1 Domestic violence ...... 3 Suspicious circumstances ...... 1 ago. Gary received his B.S., fly fisherman, an avid bicyclist, and an accomplished Strong arm robbery ...... 2 Threats ...... 1 M.S., and Ph.D. in electrical woodworker. Gary loved to sing and participated in the Glee Theft related Vandalism ...... 1 engineering and computer Club and the Men’s Octet while at Berkeley. He continued Commercial burglaries ...... 2 Warrant arrest...... 3 science from the University this love by singing with a men’s octet weekly for the past Fraud ...... 3 Atherton 25 years. Grand theft ...... 4 of California, Berkeley. Identity theft ...... 5 Dec. 1-6 Gary began his distinguished career at Bell Laboratories Gary will be deeply missed by his family and friends, Petty theft ...... 2 Violence related in N.J. before joining Hewlett Packard in Palo Alto in 1978. He including his wife of 20 years Virginia Wade Baldwin, his Residential burglaries ...... 3 Battery ...... 1 spent a combined 23 years at HP and Agilent Technologies, sons Christopher and Bryan Baldwin and their spouses, his Vehicle related Theft related Petty theft ...... 1 including 12 years as Director of the Solid-State Technology former wife Diane Baldwin, mother of his two sons, his step- Abandoned bicycle...... 1 Hit and run ...... 5 Residential burglary ...... 1 Laboratory. In 1999, he followed his dream to return to UC children Trevor and Joel Wade and their spouses, his sister Misc. traffic ...... 8 Vehicle related Berkeley, where he spent 11 years encouraging collaboration Susan Long, his step-mother Willie Mae Baldwin, his niece Suspended license ...... 6 Hit and run ...... 1 among university research labs and industry, as well as Jessica Edwards, and his five grandchildren. Theft from auto ...... 6 Parking/driving violation ...... 1 working to advance projects in sustainable energy. In his A celebration of Gary’s life will be held on Sun., Jan. 16, Vehicle accident/major injury ...... 1 Suspicious vehicle ...... 8 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . .1 various roles at UC, he served as Executive Director of the at 2:30 pm at Lucie Stern Community Center in Palo Alto. Vehicle accident/minor injury ...... 5 Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . .6 Vehicle code violation ...... 3 Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Donations in Gary’s memory may be made to the Peninsula Vehicle tow ...... 2 Miscellaneous Society (CITRIS) and the Gigascale Silicon Research Center, Open Space Trust of Palo Alto or to Pathways Hospice of Alcohol or drug related Animal call...... 1 Associate Dean for Industrial Relations at the College of Sunnyvale. Drunk in public ...... 14 Citizen assist...... 6 Drunken driving...... 2 Construction ...... 1 PAID OBITUARY Possession of drugs ...... 2 Disturbance ...... 2 Miscellaneous Fire call ...... 4 Casualty/fall ...... 2 Flooding ...... 1 Disturbance ...... 1 Found property...... 1 *%..%&%2,,/9$7).%-!. Found property...... 4 Hang-up ...... 4 Misc. penal code violation ...... 1 Hazard ...... 4 Missing person ...... 1 Medical aid ...... 7 Jennefer was born on In the early 1980’s, her volunteer activities at a school for Prowler ...... 1 Meet citizen ...... 2 May 15, 1931 in Montreal, children with learning differences in Seaside developed into Psychiatric hold ...... 2 Outside assistance ...... 4 Pedestrian check ...... 2 Canada and died on an integral role in the establishment of Chartwell School. Resist arrest ...... 1 Sex crime ...... 2 Perimeter check ...... 5 November 26, 2010, at She held many titles there, including Interim Executive Vandalism ...... 1 Suspicious circumstances ...... 2 home in Menlo Park, Director, Development Director, and President of the Board Warrant/other agency...... 7 Suspicious person ...... 1 California. She resided of Trustees. She implemented a vision to expand the school Town ordinance violation ...... 1 there with her husband, at a new site and promoted a fundraising campaign to build Menlo Park Vandalism ...... 1 Dec. 1-6 Weapons charge ...... 1 Paul Wineman, whom she a state of the art “green” facility, the completion of which Violence related married in 2002. Her last fulfilled a long held dream. Battery ...... 1 VIOLENT CRIMES days were filled with loving In the past years, Jennefer was happy in her married life Domestic violence ...... 1 Palo Alto visits with family and with Paul. They shared homes in Menlo Park and Carmel. Theft related Edgewood Drive, 12/3, 3:10 p.m.; child abuse/physical. She remained active on the boards of the Morrissey- Fraud ...... 2 friends. Grand theft ...... 3 Wilton Avenue, 12/4, 10:35 a.m.; domestic She was raised in Compton Educational Center, Inc. (Palo Alto), the Friends of Petty theft ...... 1 violence. Carmel, California in the days when children walked along Moss Landing Marine Labs (Moss Landing), and Chartwell Residential burglaries ...... 2 Embarcadero Road, 12/4, 5:36 p.m.; rob- sandy paths through the pine forests to Sunset School. School (Seaside). She belonged to Daughters of the Vehicle related bery/strong arm. Hamilton Avenue She graduated from Carmel High School in 1949 and was American Revolution and the Casa Abrego Club. She and Auto theft ...... 1 , 12/6, 4:41 p.m.; domes- Hit and run ...... 1 tic violence/violate court order. awarded the “Gold C” as the outstanding female graduate. Paul enjoyed their wine group, planning Stanford reunions, Suspended license ...... 1 Park Boulevard, 12/6, 7:04 p.m.; domestic She was known for her graceful beauty, intelligence, and travel, annual “honeymoon” trips to Yosemite, and visiting Theft from auto ...... 2 violence. poise. friends. Vehicle accident/minor injury ...... 3 500 block Cowper Street, 12/6, 9:36 p.m.; She attended Stanford University until her marriage in She possessed a natural and intuitive gift of being Vehicle accident/property damage. . . . .1 robbery/strong arm. Alcohol or drug related 1951 to Nathaniel (“Nat”) Baylis. They had two sons, Owen a wonderful and caring mother. She was a warm and Menlo Park Drunken driving...... 1 1100 block El Camino Real, 12/2, 8:56 and Lloyd Baylis, who were raised in Menlo Park. She was a loving presence to her sons, to the Baylis and Wineman Possession of drugs ...... 1 a.m.; domestic disturbance. member of the Ladera Oaks Swim and Tennis Club. Jennefer grandchildren, and to her informally “adopted” children and Miscellaneous 1900 block Euclid Avenue, 12/4, 10:31 Coroner case ...... 1 and Nat divorced in 1972. She eventually returned to Stanford grandchildren. Her kindness and love touched many. p.m.; battery. and completed her bachelor’s degree in psychology (1953). She is survived by her husband of eight years, Paul Disturbing phone calls ...... 2 Fire call ...... 2 Atherton Jennefer taught at the Charles Armstrong School for Wineman, her two children, Owen Baylis and wife Polly, of Info. case ...... 3 Elena Avenue/ValparaisoAvenue, 12/4, dyslexic learners when it was located in a small house in Saratoga, California, and Lloyd Baylis and wife Cherie, of Los Juvenile problem...... 1 11:18 p.m.; simple assault/battery. Menlo Park. She later served on the board of trustees. Her Altos, California. Also, she is survived by five grandchildren, Lost property ...... 2 involvement with the Mid Peninsula Speech and Language Morgan Baylis and wife Tracy, of Los Angeles, California, Clinic expanded her interest and expertise in learning Tyler Baylis, Cole Baylis, Sarah Baylis, and Amy Baylis. differences. A memorial service will be held at All Saints Episcopal She was married in 1974 to Harold Santee, a Church in Carmel, on December 12, at 2:00 p.m., reception -!2)/.2!5 Superintendent of the Palo Alto Unified School District, to follow. Marion Rau, a longtime resident until his death in 1990. They relocated to the Monterey It was Jennefer’s wish that memorial contributions be of Mountain View, died Wednesday, Peninsula, where Jennefer worked as a researcher for the sent to Chartwell School, 2511 Numa Watson Rd., Seaside, November 24, following complications Stanford Heart Disease Prevention Center. California, 93955. from a heart attack in August. After a PAID OBITUARY career in accounting at several Silicon Valley high tech companies, Marion retired to play golf, and was a member Introducing of the West Valley Womens Golf Club (home of the "Rau Trophy"), as well as the women's golf clubs associated with Shoreline, Sunnyvale, and Santa Teresa golf courses. Marion is survived be her son, Walt Rau, and her daughter-in- Good for Business. Good for You. Today’s news, law Carol Raymond, as well as her grandson Michael Rau. A memorial service sports & hot picks for Marion will be held at St. William Catholic Church, in Los Altos. Good for the Community. PAID OBITUARY

Page 12ÊUÊ iViLiÀÊ£ä]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ 0!4 2/3% Job Training Counselor Pat Rose, 64, a long term resident of Palo Alto, worked for many years as a job counselor for Opportunities Industrialization TransitionsBirths, marriages and deaths Center West now called JobTrain. Pat was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on November 28, 1946, moved with her family to View-Los Altos High School Dis- Palo Alto in 1952, graduated from Palo Alto High School in Former Palo Alto trict before coming to Palo Alto. 1964, San Jose State in 1968, and received a graduate degree A graduate of Whitman Col- lege, he began his education from the University of Santa Clara. She had been sick for eight Superintendent career as a social studies teacher years and died from cancer and complications from two lung in Washington state before earn- Don Phillips dies ing a doctorate from the Harvard transplants. In recent years, she was an active volunteer with Graduate School of Education, the lung transplant group. She died peacefully at home in the Don Phillips, 62, superinten- arrived and where he wrote a dissertation care of Pathways Hospice on December 2. dent of the Palo Alto Unified it found they titled “The Principal as Effective School District from 1997 to wouldn’t Leader.” Pat is survived by her long time companion, Charlie Beamon, 2001, died Dec. 3. be able to He was a middle- and high- her sister, Nancy Rose of San Francisco, her brother, Tom Rose Phillips, who retired in June complete school principal in Massachusetts after nine years as superintendent construction and California before becoming of Palm Harbor, Florida, her niece, Hannah Goldstein, her of the Poway Unified School on all 16 associate superintendent of the nephew, Aaron Rose, and her grandniece, Irene Goldstein. She District in the San Diego area, schools, so Vista (Calif.) Unified School is also survived by her many wonderful and loyal friends. She suffered cardiac arrest Dec. 2 and Don restruc- District. died in a hospital the following tured it to He was active in professional was predeceased by her parents, Margaret and Edward Rose. day. create a priority system for get- organizations, writing and public Pat did not wish for there to be any memorial events. Kevin Skelly, Palo Alto’s cur- ting schools renovated,” Lowell speaking. rent superintendent and a close recalled. “He was very local, and under- In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to JobTrain or friend of Phillips, was in San “He really made sure that every stood Palo Alto better than most Pathways Hospice. Diego Friday with the Phillips school in the district received superintendents who come into it PAID OBITUARY family. Skelly had worked as an benefits from the bond program.” new,” Lowell said. assistant superintendent under Phillips also presided over the “PAUSD searched around the Phillips before coming to Palo re-opening of Terman Middle nation to find the best superinten- Alto as superintendent in 2007. School, and created an AVID dent for us and ended up attract- &!9%,*/(.3/. “Don was my great friend, my college-readiness program in ing a local person from a neigh- mentor for nearly two decades Palo Alto. boring community who’d grown Faye L. Johnson of Palo Alto, died on Monday, November 15, 2010 and a constant source of inspira- “Don was the kind of guy that up in our community.” at 93 years of age. She passed peacefully at home of old age. She did tion and wisdom,” Skelly said in a when somebody walked into his Phillips left Palo Alto after not have children and is survived by her great niece and nephew and 2 brief e-mail. office anxious or angry, they’d four years because he wanted to great, great nephews. Former Palo Alto school board leave reassured,” Lowell said. gain experience in a larger, urban Faye was born on July 26, 1917 in Berkeley, California. Her father president Mandy Lowell credited “He was a very good listener school district, which Poway Phillips with getting a flounder- and made careful comments provided, Lowell said. Poway has died when she was very young, so she was raised by her mother in ing Building For Excellence, the back. He always had a bigger pic- an enrollment of approximately Berkeley, along with 2 brothers, Gayle Lucas, who was much older, and building program from a 1995 ture in mind.” 33,000 students, nearly triple that Leigh Lucas, who was younger and whom she took care of and was in district facilities bond measure, Phillips, who graduated from of Palo Alto. close contact with until his death. She attended Chabot Middle School, back on track. Gunn High School, had served as Phillips is survived by his wife Berkeley High School and U.C. Berkeley, where she earned a Master of “He had an audit done when he superintendent of the Mountain Robyn and sons Blake and Reid. Science degree in Social Work. She married Lester Dechman Johnson in San Francisco in the late 1930’s and worked for the department of Jeanne Abbott an avid world traveler and tennis tion to follow, will be held Friday, Social Services. Les became a diplomat in the U.S. State Department, Jeanne Hester Hinchman Ab- player. She and Dick were among Dec. 17, at 1 p.m. at All Saints Par- and Faye took on the role of diplomat’s wife. They lived abroad in Hawaii, bott, 88, a resident of Palo Alto, the “Magnificent Seven” founders ish, 555 Waverley Street at Hamil- Italy and Japan, where Faye brought together and decorated households died Nov. 28. of the Foothills Tennis and Swim- ton, Palo Alto. suited to diplomatic entertaining. In Hawaii she joined the promotions She was born in Oakland and ming Club. grew up in San Jose. She gradu- Her laugh, her stories, her charm, department of a radio station. Wherever she went she made many long- ated from Stanford University, and her love of people will not be term friends and collected lovely jewelry and household treasures. After where she was a member of the forgotten, loved ones said. Les’s field service in the diplomatic corps, around 1973, they moved to Gamma Phi sorority and majored She is survived by her children MEMORIAL SERVICE Coral Gables, Florida, where they lived until Les’s death in 1981. While in political science, in 1944. Carol Abbott Harris of San Fran- in Florida Faye developed a very special attachment to dogs, especially She married her high school cisco, Christine Abbott Stokes of A “celebration of life” memo- her Boxer, Angie. sweetheart Richard Edson Ashland, Ore., Priscilla Abbott of rial for Celeste Henzel will be (“Dick”) Abbott in 1945. Sacramento, and Richard Edson held Dec. 14 at 1 p.m. at Hol- After Les died, Faye moved to Palo Alto, where she established During World War II she lived in (“Hap”) Abbott Jr. of Palo Alto; brook Palmer Park, Watkins herself with friends and loved ones for the rest of her life. She was San Francisco with her girlfriends 10 grandchildren; and a great- Avenue, Atherton. a volunteer on the Palo Alto Parental Stress hotline, at the Stanford and worked in the furs department granddaughter. Museum and with the Greyhound Welfare League. She contributed at J. Magnin Co. After the war, her Memorial services, with recep- husband obtained a B.S. in electri- generously to the San Francisco Zoo, often sponsoring individual cal engineering from U.C. Berke- animals. She spent many years loving her adopted, abused greyhounds ley. He pursued a career with Gen- back to health -- first Cleo and then Amber. She could read the trauma eral Electric in Schenectady and Roller & Hapgood & Tinney they had suffered in their faces and their behavior, and she responded Detroit before the young family with a deep, healing connection to them. She was very active in the returned to the Bay Area. In 1952, the Abbotts bought their Greyhound Welfare League for many years, attending their “Meet ‘n first home in Menlo Park. In 1962, The Peninsula’s Premier Funeral Greet”s with her own rescued greyhounds regularly. Faye was always they moved to Palo Alto, where and Cremation Service Provider politically aware, concerned and active, donating to the campaigns they raised their four children, of her choice regularly. Her last travels included a trip to the Yucatan and Dick Abbott founded Abbott Peninsula and one to the African jungle where she recounted having Engineering, selling electronics Ensure that your final wishes are honored. slept in tree houses above the jungle floor by night and touring the components to the growing high- Plan ahead with a pre-need arrangement. tech industries of Silicon Valley. jungle in busses by day. She was a member of the Stan- Serving all faiths since 1899 The week before Faye died, she was actively caring for her friends, ford Committee for Art and do- expressing her loving concern for their life challenges. She was a cent at the Stanford Museum. She delightful, gracious woman who loved animals, cordial entertaining, was active in several civic and 980 Middlefield Rd., Palo Alto, California 94301 arts organizations, including the politics and to share insightful, humorous stories with her friends. As Palo Alto Garden Club, Woman’s (650) 328-1360 she requested, there has been no service. Faye’s remains have been Club of Palo Alto, Contemporary cremated, and her ashes will be spread over the ocean out beyond the Collectors Circle and the Oregon www.rollerhapgoodtinney.com Golden Gate Bridge. PAID OBITUARY Shakespeare Festival. She was Se Habla Español Funeral Home FD132

*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ iViLiÀÊ£ä]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 13 Editorial Palo Alto Airport is a high-risk venture While there is profit potential for city’s airport there’s also risk exposure for taxpayers — city needs a bail- out plan if the airport crashes financially Editorials, letters and opinions city take-back of the Palo Alto Airport from the Santa Clara County Spectrum Airports Department has a bright financial outlook, according to a A new study — a factor that prompted a unanimous City Council to Anti-rail signage wives who might have an opinion, on a debate settled by the American approve such a move Monday night. Editor, a position or a fact to provide, espe- people long ago: America’s Arctic The unanimity was due in part to a recent positive business plan An organization opposing the cially if discussed over dinner or a is more valuable for what lives upon by R.A. Wiedemann & Associates and partly because the city has proposal for high-speed rail through glass of wine. the land than what lies under it. no choice but to keep the airport open due to Federal Aviation town has placed signs near the rail- Lets keep political correctness Carol Taggart Administration restrictions. The county has said it will not renew road tracks reading,: “Here Comes even-handed. Valparaiso Avenue its lease when it expires in 2017 because of an “awkward and High Speed Rail — There goes the Ken Alsman Menlo Park untenable” lease, high maintenance costs, an inability to expand Neighborhood.” Ramona Street under current city and other restrictions, and overall risks to the I noticed the signs but didn’t think Palo Alto Mr. Palo Alto county, detailed in a 2006 business plan. much about them until reminded that Editor, That plan cited the airport’s highest tie-down and hangar-rental the phrase “There goes the Neigh- Wilderness protection If anyone deserves the title of Mr. fees of any in the region — even fuel prices that were about 10 cents borhood” comes from the 50s or Editor, Palo Alto, that person is Jay Thor- a gallon higher. 60s when white residents used it as Dec. 6 marked 50 years to the waldson, who has just announced his The council, appropriately cautious, will hire expert consultants African-American families began to day since President Eisenhower es- retirement as editor of the Palo Alto to augment a stretched-thin city staff. It allocated $300,000 from the move into their neighborhoods and tablished what would become one Weekly. general fund to get work started for a possible 2012 takeover. they moved out. of America’s most beloved natural He has worked here as a newspa- The county, meanwhile, is planning in 2012 to spend $200,000 to I don’t believe the sign makers treasures: the Arctic National Wild- perman for what seems like forever. $300,000 to repave some areas that are deteriorating due to an odd meant to hurt the feelings of those life Refuge. He’s an old pro, as we in the news situation: The whole airport rises and falls about five inches with the among us most conscious of and Big mammals, such as the icon- business say, and we are fortunate ic polar bear, and millions of the that he will continue on the paper as tides, according to county Airports Director Carl Honaker. He said angered by the earlier use of the phrase. However, it does seem clear world’s birds come here each year, a columnist. the asphalt lasts only about half as long as in non-tidal areas, and the that consideration of those feeling seeking refuge from a world of en- In all fairness, I have to admit that salty air also accelerates deterioration of facilities. was missing in choosing the words croaching hazards to receive their I’ve known him for decades, and The county did a $2 million repaving in 2000, using federal on the signs. most sacred needs: sustenance and wrote for him when he handled pub- grants plus nearly $500,000 in an “outstanding advance” from We have said that we want Palo safe harbor for bearing their young. lic affairs for the Palo Alto Medical the airports department, which also oversees the profitable Reid- Alto to be an inclusive city, but while The Arctic Refuge remains wild, Foundation. But that won’t bother Hillview and money-losing South County airports. The same paving this may not be the biggest deal, this so the cycle of life continues. As anyone who knows Jay. job would cost $4 million to $5 million today, Honaker estimates. sign’s language has surely caused Americans, we have a moral and Palo Alto and the surrounding The advance has not been paid back, while the grant gives the FAA some feelings of exclusion among civic duty to ensure that this cycle area are a better place to be live be- veto power over closing the airport, which it may have anyway our citizens. is not broken. cause of Jay and I wish him well in under national “infrastructure” regulations. This is a good example of where This anniversary presents an his- the future. Part of the city’s due-diligence should include seeking ways Palo we need to be the change we want toric opportunity to finally protect Harry Press Alto could legally notify the FAA that it might need to close the to see. this last, vast American wilderness. 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Above: Photographer John Eaton. Left: Eaton’s photo of the cloisters at Gloucester Cathedral.

by Rebecca Wallace oor Peterborough Cathedral. In its early Pdays as a monastery and then as an abbey, it was attacked by Vikings, sacked during a revolt against William the Conqueror, and then destroyed by fire in 1116. But once again, the building was rebuilt. To- day, it stands its ground as a striking example of Norman architecture in England. And to some people, including photographer John Eaton, the cathedral’s tumultuous past makes it all the more attractive. In his new exhibition at the Pacific Art League in Palo Alto, Eaton includes a lengthy artist’s statement that is part tribute to England’s phoenix-like medieval cathedrals. He writes: “Because of their checkered history of building and rebuilding, from foundation in the 11th century through to the Reformation, they exhibit a wide variety of architectural styles, evolution and implementation — both within one building as well as between them — providing great scope for innovation and excitement in the creation of space and vision.” Eaton’s large black-and-white photos give a sampling of the styles and features at seven cathedrals: Ely, Exeter, Gloucester, Norwich, Peterbor- ough, Salisbury and Wells. Gallery visitors can gaze at the dramatic fan vaulting in the cloisters at Gloucester, admire the sweep of the Salisbury nave, or visually climb the Chapter House steps at Wells. (The Wells photo is a tribute to the late English photographer Frederick H. Evans, whose image “Sea of Steps, Wells Cathedral” also places the viewer looking heavenward up the staircase.) Although there are no people in the photos, there are plenty of human touches. A series of dips worn into the Wells steps shows that people have probably been favoring the left side of the staircase for years and years. On a pipe organ at Exeter,

Photographer delves into the architecture and history of England’s medieval landmarks CAPTURINGCATHEDRALS Page 16ÊUÊ iViLiÀÊ£ä]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ “You start to appreciate the atmosphere in medieval times.” He added that the cathedrals must also have had a particularly mysterious air to medieval congregants, craning their necks to see the hazy ceilings far above. “If you were very lucky, you caught glimpses of beau- Excellence in Family Dentistry tiful design and beautiful artwork,” Eaton said. “Today we’re probably rather spoiled.” GRAND OPENING SPECIALS To further illuminate the cathedrals, Eaton has paired the photo- ©_w}Ce~ z yj{w{:GBFFFe\\ graphs in his exhibition with floor ©peec7Cbw{m~{}:IHK>{}D:JKF? plans of the structures. In his re- ©Y~z{=Y \c ~}wz:IF>{}D:HFF? search, he came upon an old English magazine called The Builder, which Please drop by for a tour of our brand new facility. in the 1880s and 1890s ran articles on the cathedrals together with detailed 2700 Middleﬁeld Rd, Palo Alto ofﬁ[email protected] pen-and-ink floor plans. “I scanned them as big as I could, (650) 322-7239 www.paloaltodentalwellness.com and mounted them on foam core,” Eaton said. Then he hung the plans together with his photos and exhibit cards that he wrote about each cathedral. “People have a little bit of history and they can see the floor plan ... and then they ask lots of questions,” he said. “So I’ve had to read lots of books.” Eaton’s exhibit cards are informa- tive and sometimes a bit poetic, as when he describes Ely Cathedral: “The cathedral stands on a low 3ATURDAY $ECEMBERTHsAM hill, on the Isle of Ely, less than 100 Preview: feet above sea level but, because of &RIDAY $ECEMBERTHAM PM the flatness of the surrounding fens, AND3ATURDAY/PENSAM can be seen for miles around,” Eaton writes, adding, “In medieval times when the fens frequently flooded, it was said to ‘float’ on the water like a great ship.”

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Above: Composer Christopher Tin. Left: Cellist Matt Haimovitz. Amber Davis

several years while growing up, Local musicians win Grammy playing with the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra. He has returned repeat- edly to perform with PACO. “Meet- nominations ing of the Spirits” is an album of jazz classics with new arrangements Composer and cellist face off in Classical Crossover category by David Sanford, performed by by Rebecca Wallace Haimovitz and his cello ensemble. Haimovitz and Tin are in good his year’s Grammy Award from various nations. The best- company in the Best Classical competition for Best Classi- known song, “Baba Yetu,” features Crossover Album category; other T cal Crossover Album could the Soweto Gospel Choir singing artists nominated are jazz vocal- be called a Palo Alto playoff. Two Tin’s setting of the Lord’s Prayer in ist Bobby McFerrin, opera singer musicians with local roots are nom- Swahili. Jessye Norman, and The Silk Road inated: composer Christopher Tin “Baba Yetu” was also nominated Ensemble, a collective of perform- for his album “Calling All Dawns,” for a Grammy on its own: for Best ers and composers. and cellist Matt Haimovitz for his Instrumental Arrangement Accom- The 53rd annual Grammy Awards album “Meeting of The Spirits.” panying Vocalist(s). Tin originally are scheduled to be shown starting Tin, a graduate of Palo Alto High wrote it as the theme song to the at 8 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 13, on School and Stanford University, video game “Civilization IV,” and it CBS. For more information, go to describes his album as “classical/ has since become a popular choice grammy.com. N world fusion,” with choral pieces for choral groups as well. in 12 languages and 200 musicians Haimovitz lived in Palo Alto for

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Guignol, an exploitation picture granted a big star Firth combines the understated style of his role in “A (Natalie Portman), “Showgirls” transplanted to Lin- Single Man” with the showiness that Jeff Bridges un- coln Center. leashed in “Crazy Heart” to steal the golden statuette Dichotomy is the heart of the problem for longtime away from him last year. ensemble player Nina Sayers (Portman), who covets From the opening moments, screenwriter David the leading dual role in a high-scale New York ballet Seidler (“Tucker: The Man and His Dream”) and production of Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake.” Though Hooper (“The Damn United” and HBO’s “John Ad- she has the attention of Balanchine-inspired artistic ams”) create tremendous sympathy for the second- director Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel) — or is that born son of the gruff ruling monarch King George the “attentions”? — he vocally questions her ability V (Michael Gambon). Prince Albert (Firth), called to play both the innocent White Swan and the sinful Bertie by his family, must deliver a radio address at Black Swan. Wembley Stadium in 1925. Like the proverbial ele- Leroy takes the leap of casting Nina, seemingly to phant in a room, the massive radio microphone looms stroke his own ego as he creates a star, and to take ad- menacingly. vantage of her gratitude. “Perfection is not just about The new wireless invention has changed the image control,” he purrs. “It’s also about letting go.” game: No longer can a leader appear regal by merely Letting go is, of course, dangerously close to com- looking respectable in uniform and staying atop his ing unhinged, as Nina steadily does over the course of horse. Now voice matters. And the terrified Albert is the film. Screenwriters Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz tongue-tied. He stutters. He stops. He spits out anoth- and John J. McLaughlin (working from a story by er word, each amplified and reverberating throughout Heinz) paint Nina’s issues in the broadest of strokes: the packed arena. His British stiff upper lip quivers Nina’s jealously protective, smothering stage mother in close-ups before Danny Cohen’s camera captures (Barbara Hershey, enjoying her “Mommy Dearest” down-turned faces among the crowd, looking away in moment) has made her daughter dangerously re- pity and embarrassment for the humiliated speaker. pressed, and it’ll take only a few choice shoves to But there’s more to Bertie’s character than meets send the dancer over the edge. the ear. Firth conveys the man’s resolve and his un- In the 21st century, it’s hard to swallow that such a wavering sense of duty and service to England. Public delicate flower has made it into the ballet elite with speaking is a requirement, so he and his wife (Helena her sensibilities as yet unchallenged. And the film Bonham Carter) seek a cure. The heart of what could flirts with sexism, in part by suggesting that Nina’s have been a too-proper period piece comes in the ambition dooms her to bipolar mania: She’s either form of the relationship between the prickly prince sexually frigid or vamp, victim or victimizer, snap- and a congenial Australian commoner, the unortho- ping as easily as her brutalized dancer’s feet. dox speech therapist Lionel Logue, played to perfec- Ironically, Aronofsky also casts a sympathetic gaze tion by Geoffrey Rush. on the well-documented punishment of the ballerina: As soon as Logue insists upon “My game, my turf, the physical deterioration, the not-uncommon endur- my rules,” the interpersonal drama begins. Seidler’s ance of sexual harassment, and the inevitability of cheeky dialogue crackles as the two men test each being discarded for the latest model. The “All About other. Firth gives royal attitude as though to the pal- Eve” model recurs as prima ballerina Beth Macintyre ace born. Rush counters with his strong sense of self (a cleverly cast Winona Ryder) must yield to Nina, and human dignity. Soon grappling with the royal who in turn fears her sexy understudy Lily (Mila speech impediment goes beyond diaphragm exercises Kunis). and singing words to the tune of “(Way Down Upon Where “Black Swan” most succeeds is in Aronof- the) Swanee River.” Class issues surface, and the line sky’s high-flying style, his approach to the story as blurs between private and public lives. a fever dream blurring the fine line between a per- With the exception of Timothy Spall as Winston former playing a role and a psychotic succumbing to Churchill (perhaps carrying too much Wormtail bag- delusion. Though crack cinematographer Matthew gage from the “Harry Potter” franchise), the support- Libatique (“Requiem for a Dream”) shoots roughly ing cast is stellar. Guy Pearce plays Bertie’s older in handheld 16 mm and digital, there’s a refinement brother Edward, who abdicates the throne to marry to the projection of Nina’s fears in visual terms: One American divorcee Wallis Simpson (Eve Best), with swooping shot simulates the depth of 3D. a convincing blend of smitten suitor and sibling tor- The camera has a more intimate relationship with mentor. Claire Bloom, Derek Jacobi, Anthony An- Nina than any character in the story. Aronofsky holds drews and Jennifer Ehle lend to the Masterpiece in close-ups Portman’s perpetually anguished look, a Theatre air. weak, overwhelmed demeanor that gradually morphs Poignant and sure to please mainstream audiences, into one of feral, predatory ambition. The director “The King’s Speech” becomes an inspirational story also grabs hungrily at dreamlike effects: dopplegang- of an individual who must stop stumbling over his ers, reflections and the freaky suggestion that Nina’s words so that his subjects will hang onto every one self-improvement requires molting. of them in a time of crisis. “Black Swan” is, by definition, a male fantasy about You can bet that Colin Firth will have plenty of a woman, territory that has been trod more skillfully chances to use his voice during the awards season. and empathically by filmmakers like David Lynch and even the socially unpopular Roman Polanski. Rated: R for some language. 1 hour, 41 minutes. Still, designed as the passion of Natalie Portman, CAMERA CINEMAS CINEMARK CINEMARK CINEMARK CAMERA 7 CENTURY 20 CINÉARTS AT CINÉARTS AT Aronofsky’s film takes us on a visceral wild ride, PRUNEYARD DOWNTOWN PALO ALTO SQUARE SANTANA ROW — Susan Tavernetti scored to Tchaikovsky. 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One hour, 48 we’re in the very un-P.C. comedy piness — and that of Morris — ever -Stephen Holden, THE NEW YORK TIMES 127 Hours (R) ((( Aquarius Theatre: 5:15, 7:30 & 9:45 p.m.; Fri.-Wed. also at 3 p.m. Century The Metropolitan Opera: Century 20: Sat. at 9:30 a.m. Palo Alto Square: Sat. at 9:30 a.m. minutes. version of “Brokeback Mountain,” to be enough. “I don’t care about 20: 11:25 a.m.; 1:50, 4:15, 6:55 & 9:25 p.m. Don Carlo (Not Rated) (Not Reviewed) with the couple tenderly slow-danc- the money,” Morris tells his sugar Black Swan (R) Century 16: Fri.-Sun. at 10:30 a.m.; 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 8:10, 9:55 & 10:45 p.m.; Morning Glory (PG-13) (Not Reviewed) Century 20: 1 & 6:10 p.m. — Peter Canavese ing to “Chances Are” as, within daddy. “All I want is you.” ((( Mon.-Thu. at 11:05 a.m.; 1:45, 4:25, 7:10, 8:10, 9:55 & 10:45 p.m. Century 20: The Next Three Days (PG-13) ((( Century 20: 11:05 a.m. & 5:45 p.m. 11:35 a.m.; 2:15, 3:35, 4:50, 7:35, 8:50 & 10:15 p.m.; Sat. also at 10:15 a.m. earshot, guards brutally beat a pris- The pathological liar’s response? Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) Stanford Theatre: Fri. at 7:30 p.m. I Love You Phillip Morris oner. “I would never lie to you.” Burlesque (PG-13) Century 16: 12:10, 3:40, 7:05 & 9:50 p.m. Century 20: 11:40 a.m.; 2:20, 5:10, That kind of perverse joke is the One thing is certain: Russell (Not Reviewed) 7:55 & 10:40 p.m. The Philadelphia Story (1940) Stanford Theatre: Sat.-Mon. at 5:25 & 9:50 p.m. --- Random Harvest (1942) Stanford Theatre: Sat.-Mon. at 7:30 p.m.; Sat. & Sun. also at 3:05 p.m. (Aquarius) It’s funny because film’s bread and butter, so if you’re chose freedom and never looked Charulata (1964) Stanford Theatre: Thu. at 7:30 p.m. already offended, take a pass. But back. They can lock him up, but his The Chronicles of Narnia: Century 16: Noon, 3, 6:10 & 9:20 p.m.; In 3D at 1, 1:40, 4, 4:40, 7, 7:50 & 10 The Social Network Century 16: 12:40, 4:05, 7:15 & 10:20 p.m. Century 20: 7:50 p.m.; Fri. & Sun.- it’s true. That’s the idea behind the (PG-13) (((1/2 Thu. also at 2:35 p.m. mad-love story “I Love You Phillip in adapting Steve McVicker’s non- heart is free for good. The Voyage of the Dawn p.m.; Also in 3D Fri.-Sun. at 10 & 10:50 a.m. & 10:35 p.m.; Also in 3D Mon.-Wed. fiction book, screenwriters Glenn Treader (PG) at 11 a.m. & 10:35 p.m.; Also in 3D Thu. at 11 a.m. Century 20: Noon, 2:50, Tangled (PG) ((( Century 16: 2:55 & 5:20 p.m.; Fri.-Sun. also at 10 a.m. & 12:30 p.m.; Mon.-Thu. Morris,” which gets its kicks by be- (Not Reviewed) 5:30 & 8:15 p.m.; In 3D at 11:05 & 11:30 a.m.; 12:50, 1:45, 2:15, 3:45, 4:25, 5, also at 12:05 p.m.; In 3D Fri.-Thu. at 11 a.m.; 1:30, 4:15, 7 & 9:25 p.m. Century ing much stranger than fiction. Ficarra and John Requa (“Bad San- Rated R for sexual content includ- 6:30, 7:10, 7:45, 9:15 & 9:55 p.m.; Also in 3D Fri-Wed. at 10:30 p.m.; Also in 3D 20: 12:45, 3:15, 5:40, 8:05 & 10:35 p.m.; In 3D at 11:20 a.m.; 1:55, 4:35, 7:15 & In one of his patented larger-than- ta”) understandably adopt an auda- ing strong dialogue, and language. Sat. at 10:10 a.m. 9:40 p.m. life performances, Jim Carrey plays cious tone. Like “The Informant,” One hour, 34 minutes. Due Date (R) Century 20: 11:45 a.m.; 4:45 & 9:30 p.m. The Tourist (PG-13) Century 16: 11:20 a.m.; 12:50, 1:50, 3:30, 4:30, 6:40, 7:30 & 9:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sun. Steven Russell, a churchgoing dep- this story just gets weirder as it goes (Not Reviewed) (1/2(Not Reviewed) also at 10:20 a.m. & 10:30 p.m.; Mon.-Thu. also at 10:25 p.m. Century 20: uty police officer in Virginia lead- along, with Russell pulling jaw- — Peter Canavese 11:10 a.m.; 12:20, 1:40, 2:55, 4:20, 5:35, 7, 8:10, 9:35 & 10:40 p.m. Fair Game (PG-13) ((1/2 Century 16: 11:30 a.m.; 2:10, 5, 8 & 10:40 p.m. Century 20: 11:15 a.m.; 2, ing a seemingly “straight”-forward dropping legal chicanery and mul- 4:40, 7:20 & 10 p.m. Tron: Legacy (PG) Century 16: Thu. at 12:01 a.m. Century 20: Thu. at 12:01 & 12:03 a.m. suburban life with his wife Debbie tiple prison escapes, all in the name The Tourist -1/2 (Not Reviewed) Faster (R) (Not Reviewed) Century 20: 5:20 & 10:35 p.m.; Fri. & Sun.-Thu. also at 12:10 p.m. (Leslie Mann). In fact, Steven is gay of love for Morris. The narrative (Century 16, Century 20) Say- The Girl Who Kicked Guild Theatre: 1:45, 5 & 8:15 p.m. Unstoppable (PG-13) (( Century 16: 11:40 a.m.; 4:55 & 10:15 p.m. Century 20: 12:35, 3:05, 5:35, 8 & on the downlow, taking a string of bite and twisted, even cruel humor ing what we’re all thinking, Johnny 10:30 p.m.; Sat. also at 10:05 a.m. the Hornet’s Nest (R) (((( lovers behind his wife’s back. After suit the true-crime elements, but Depp turns to Angelina Jolie and Harry Potter and the Century 16: 11:50 a.m.; 3:20, 6:50 & 10:10 p.m. Century 20: 12:25, 2:25, The Warrior’s Way (R) Century 16: 2:20 & 7:45 p.m. Century 20: 2:20 & 7:05 p.m. a disastrous search for his biological also balance what’s at heart a story sighs, “You are the least down-to- (Not Reviewed) Deathly Hollows: Part 1 3:40, 7, 8:45 & 10:15 p.m. mother and a yet greater shock to his of the extremes to which people will Earth person I have ever met.” It’s (PG-13) (((1/2 ( Skip it (( Some redeeming qualities ((( A good bet (((( Outstanding system, Steven determines to stop go for all-consuming love. one of the precious few notable The House on 92nd Street Stanford Theatre: Fri. at 5:50 & 9:20 p.m. living a lie, relocates to Miami, and Ficarra and Requa make their di- moments in “The Tourist,” a talent- (1945) Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (266-9260) begins living high on the hog with a recting debut here, and they have a squandering “comic” “adventure” I Love You Phillip Morris Aquarius Theatre: 2, 4:30, 7 & 9:15 p.m. new boyfriend (Rodrigo Santoro). keen comic instinct, enabling funny positioned as a shopping-break ((( Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View (R) Steven quickly becomes a swin- details that, while hardly realistic in movie for the holidays. Inside Job (PG-13) (((1/2 Century 16: 11:10 a.m.; 2, 4:50 & 7:40 p.m.; Fri.-Sun. also at 10:35 p.m.; Mon.- (800-326-3264) dler to support his expensive new style, make the story feel “lived in.” Depp and Jolie essentially play EXCLUSIVE ENGAGEMENT STARTS FRIDAY,DECEMBER 10 Thu. also at 10:30 p.m. One early scene finds Carrey and Century 20 Downtown: 825 Middlefield Road, Redwood City lifestyle. 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Live- who makes every sidewalk her run- 7:45 & 10:25 p.m. Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (266-9260) job into a lucrative embezzlement scheme. But it’s all prologue to his action cartoon Carrey proves smart way. Jolie puts her inaccessibility to Mahanagar (1963) Stanford Theatre: Thu. at 5 & 9:40 p.m. Stanford: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto (324-3700) first stretch in jail, where he falls in casting, since he’s equally capable work for the part of Elise Clifton- Megamind (PG) ((1/2 Century 16: In 3D at 12:20, 3:10, 6:20 & 8:50 p.m. Century 20: In 3D at 12:05, of mining laughs and conveying Internet: For show times, plot synopses, trailers and more information about films playing, go to love at first sight with fellow inmate Ward, a person of interest to police 2:30, 4:55 & 9:50 p.m.; In 3D Fri.-Wed. also at 7:25 p.m. Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor). Russell’s strong, dark emotional un- tracking her elusive boyfriend, Al- PaloAltoOnline.com. dertow. 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that the stranger is Pearce. Strutting (continued from previous page) As part of his plan to keep breath- and pouting her way from train car ing, Pearce sends missives to Elise, exander Pearce. Pearce owes $744 to train car (another runway), Elise directing her how to throw Scotland million in back taxes to the British lights on Frank Tupelo (Depp) and Yard and Shaw’s Russian thugs off ROLLING STONE government, but that’s nothing; he immediately begins schooling him his trail. His latest scheme forces also stole $2.3 billion from gangster in flirtation: “You read spy novels. Elise to pick out a suitably built Reginald Shaw (Steven Berkoff). I’m a mysterious woman on a train. stranger and convince her observers You tell me what my story is.” (Call it a confession that “The Tourist” GQ is the worst of paperback travel reads.) The train is bound for Venice, so Elise sweeps Frank off his feet and into the poshest of suites at the famed Hotel Danieli. Before you can OVER 50 FOUR-STAR REVIEWS say “mistaken identity,” a barefoot, USA TODAY CHICAGO SUN-TIMES NEW YORK POST pajama-clad Frank is scampering TORONTO STAR VOGUE NEW YORK OBSERVER across the old tile roofs of Venice, PEOPLE AMNY SEATTLE TIMES VANCOUVER SUN Russian gangsters in hot pursuit. STAR TIME OUT NY AUSTIN CHRONICLE DENVER POST Director Florian Henckel von Don- nersmarck (“The Lives of Others”) shows no particular knack for stag- ing action and even less for stoking laughs, which makes this chemistry- free romantic action comedy — if not a chore — dispiritingly, dully familiar. Since “The Tourist” is a remake of the 2005 French film “Anthony Zimmer,” originality is perhaps not to be expected. Make no mistake: A FLORIAN HENCKEL VON DONNERSMARCK FILM Money has been thrown, at great quantities, onto the screen, in no small part to gather an international cast that includes Rufus Sewell, Raoul Bova and Paul Bettany and GK FILMS AND COLUMBIA PICTURES PRESENT IN ASSOCIATION WITH SPYGLASS ENTERTAINMENT Timothy Dalton, and to purchase A GK FILMS AND BIRNBAUM/BARBER PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH STUDIOCANALJOHNNY DEPP ANGELINA JOLIE “THE TOURIST” a flop-sweatily sprightly score by CASTING James Newton Howard. PAUL BETTANY TIMOTHY DALTON STEVEN BERKOFF RUFUS SEWELL CHRISTIAN DE SICA BYSUSIE FIGGIS MUSIC COSTUME PRODUCTION But there’s a reason the produc- BYJAMES NEWTON HOWARD DESIGNERCOLLEEN ATWOOD EDITORSJOE HUTSHING, A.C.E. PATRICIA ROMMEL DESIGNERJON HUTMAN tion was troubled from the get-go: DIRECTOR OF EXECUTIVE PHOTOGRAPHYJOHN SEALE, ASC, ACS PRODUCERSLLOYD PHILLIPS BAHMAN NARAGHI OLIVIER COURSON RON HALPERN anxiety about a senseless, very near- PRODUCED BYGRAHAM KING TIM HEADINGTON ROGER BIRNBAUM GARY BARBER JONATHAN GLICKMAN ly witless script (credited to Henckel SCREENPLAY von Donnersmarck and, bafflingly, BYFLORIAN HENCKEL VON DONNERSMARCK AND CHRISTOPHER MCQUARRIE AND JULIAN FELLOWES DIRECTED two Oscar winners: Christopher CAMERA CINEMAS CINEMARK BYFLORIAN HENCKEL VON DONNERSMARCK CAMERA 7 PRUNEYARD CINÉARTS AT McQuarrie and Julian Fellowes) NOW PLAYING Campbell (408) 559-6900 SANTANA ROW that will have even the most casual AMC AMC CINEMARK San Jose (800) FANDANGO 983# viewer scoffing, particularly at plot AMC CUPERTINO MERCADO 20 CENTURY 20 DOWNTOWN LANDMARK’S twists that would be wholly obvi- Santa Clara CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR SQUARE 16 Redwood City AQUARIUS STARTS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10 THEATERS AND SHOWTIMES Cupertino (888) AMC-4FUN (888) AMC-4FUN (800) FANDANGO 990# Palo Alto (650) 266-9260 ous were they not so absurd. As shot by Oscar-winner John Seale, Venice is pretty all right, but like its namesake (or, for that matter, like a kidney stone), “The Tourist” is just passing through.

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junior Naomi Thomas and Palo Bob Drebin Alto junior Jasmine Tosky. Among the highlights: PASA finished third in the 200-yard free relay with the team of Schaefer, Howe, Liang and Tosky clocking the fastest Member of the Palo Alto High football team celebrate their 21-14 win over Valley Christian to win the Central Coast Section Open Division title last Friday 18-under club relay in history and improve to a school-record 13-0. The Vikings will find out on Sunday if they will be playing for a state championship next week in Southern California. (1:30.15). The time, however, can’t be considered the 15-18 national record because Howe is still 14 years old. PASA did set a 15-18 national record in the 400 free relay as the team of Schaefer, Historic seasons for Palo Alto Ama, Grima and Tosky clocked 3:16.58 for third place. The national record also fell in the 800 free relay where Grima, Tosky, Football Volleyball Ama and Schaefer went 7:13.98 while taking fifth. The meet was a solid tuneup for Tosky, who wants one wins first will leave Saturday for the World Short Course Championships next week in Dubai, United Arab more win state title Emirates. by Tim Goode by Keith Peters COACHES NEEDED . . . n the 99 years that Palo Alto t began with a practice and end- The St. Elizabeth Seton School High has been playing football, ed with one. In between were 42 Athletic Director Rudy Lopez is in I no season has been like this one. I matches and the most remark- need of girls’ basketball coaches All the Vikings need is one more able season ever achieved by the for grades 4, 5 ,6 & 7. The basket- game to make it official. Palo Alto High girls’ volleyball ball season runs January-March. That game should arrive on Fri- team. The coaching commitment in- day, Dec. 17 at the Home Depot The Vikings won their first-ever volves two afternoons a week Center in Carson. The opponent Central Coast Section (Division I) (after school), one hour a week likely will be Centennial High of title, captured their first Northern for practice and 1-2 hours for pre- Corona. At stake will be the Divi- California crown and upended one game practice/game day. Those sion I title in the CIF State Football of the top teams in the nation to interested can contact Mr. Lopez Championship Bowl Games. claim their first CIF Division I state at [email protected]. Palo Alto head coach Earl Hansen championship to finish the season will discover whether his team is with a 41-1 record. invited to represent Northern Cali- The season officially ended last ON THE AIR fornia sometime Sunday afternoon. Saturday when Palo Alto pulled off Friday The bowl game lineups will be an- a thrilling 25-17, 20-25, 25-21, 11- Women’s volleyball: Albany at Stan- nounced on Facebook following a 25, 17-15 victory over Long Beach ford, 3 p.m., KZSU (90.1 FM) press conference at 3:30 p.m. Go to Poly, which came in ranked as high Sunday www.Facebook.com/CIFstate for as No. 1 in the nation and as low as Women’s basketball: Fresno St. at the pairings. No. 7. Stanford, 1 p.m.; KZSU (90.1 FM) “I’m hoping we get a shot,” said Palo Alto coach Dave Winn, how- Men’s basketball: UC Riverside at Hansen. “We’ve done what we had ever, couldn’t let it end on the floor Stanford, 5 p.m.; XTRA (860 AM); KZSU (90.1 FM) to do. Now it goes behind closed of the San Jose State Event Center.

doors.” Keith Peters So, on Wednesday night, the team When it’s Palo Alto’s turn to be met for a final time in the Paly READ MORE ONLINE discussed, there’s no doubt they will gym. www.PASportsOnline.com talk about the public school’s man- “Last night was really just a cel- For expanded daily coverage of college handling of some of the top private ebration for the girls rather than a and prep sports, please see our new Head coach Dave Winn and his Palo Alto volleyball team celebrate the site at www.PASportsOnline.com (continued on page 30) school’s first-ever state championship in the sport. (continued on page 28) *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ iViLiÀÊ£ä]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 25 Sports

CCS FOOTBALL SHP gains section title after refusing to lose Gators rally from 32-11 deficit in third quarter to win first crown

by Rick Eymer fense that refused to budge. acred Heart Prep senior of- Carmel’s dynamic junior quarter- fensive lineman Brian Moran back Devin Pearson raced 83 yards S kept his promise. Quarterback on the first play of scrimmage in John Geary said all the seniors de- the second half to give the Padres cided enough was enough. Junior a 32-11 advantage. He rushed for Duke Moran was willing to do 207 yards and passed for another 83 whatever it took to get the win. yards while the Padres combined for Senior running back Colin Tern- 342 total yards. drup, who stands an inch under six The Padres had four more pos- feet and has a heart the size of a sessions before the game would watermelon, scored three second- end with Geary taking a knee on half touchdowns and Sacred Heart Carmel’s 10-yard line. The Gators scored four unanswered touchdowns stopped Carmel on downs twice, to beat Carmel, 39-32, and claim and Adam Cropper and Robert the Central Coast Section Division Ojeda each intercepted a pass to not IV championship, the school’s first only stop drives but set up the tying in football, Saturday at Westmont and go-ahead touchdowns. Guy Kawasaki High in Campbell. “I know they have a good quarter- The Sacred Heart Prep football team basks in their first-ever Central Coast Section Division IV championship The Gators (11-2), however, could back and we had to keep him con- following a thrilling 39-32 come-from-behind victory over top-seeded Carmel last weekend. only watch and mumble to them- tained,” Duke Moran said. “Once selves as defending champion Car- we were able to do that we knew we years of the hardest work in my life “We were not going to get blown would win a CCS title. Even when mel built a seemingly safe lead early could pick it up.” paid off,” Geary said. “It’s been out,” Geary said. “We couldn’t lose we got down, I knew we would in the second half. Senior Bo Sakowski had tears eight years for coach Lavorato. I like that. All we could do was fight. come back.” Brian Moran, who took a lesson forming when the Gators scored the just want to thank him and all the All the seniors kept making sure we As did Terndrup, especially once from SHP grad Chris Gaertner, a go-ahead score. Minutes later he coaches who helped us reach this would battle.” the Gators tied it at 32. walk-on at Stanford, went from si- showed off his speed by racing for point.” Brian Moran, who settles himself “At that point, I think we had lent meditation before the game to the bucket of ice water that would Geary threw for 182 yards and with a pre-game prayer, reminded gained pretty much all the momen- a bellowing, emotional young man eventually be overturned on mem- three touchdowns. He connected his teammates in no uncertain terms tum in the game and felt we were when the chips were falling off the bers of the coaching staff. with senior Tomas O’Donnell eight that Menlo beat Carmel earlier in going to win the game,” Terndrup Gators’ wagon. Pete Lavorato, in his eighth year at times for 108 yards, including scores the year. said. Geary and the rest of the seniors the school, received the CCS coach- of three and nine yards. “He’s really the emotional leader And the Gators did just that, mak- merely drew a metaphorical line in es’ plaque, then turned around and Terndrup, who rushed for 102 of this team,” Geary said. “If we ing good on something one of the the sand and said, in effect, this is raised his arms, eliciting another yards on 23 carries, also caught a ever get down he’s yelling at us to coaches said the night before. where we make our stand. loud roar from his team. touchdown pass of 62 yards. He get back up.” “One of our coaches said at the Duke and his inside linebacker Microseconds after the awards scored the Gators’ final two touch- “If a guy gets down you just want team dinner the night before that partner Hunter Shaw were busy ceremony was completed, the team downs on runs of 13 and six yards. to make sure he lets that go and gets they’ll always remember the first pumping each other up, the younger raced toward the stands to slap Senior Jack Odell converted four back into it,” said Moran, who has one (CCS title),” Terndrup recalled. Moran yelling “Hunter, let’s go all hands and exchange goodwill with extra points and kicked a 23-yard verbally committed to Stanford. “I “So, it feels great to be a part of the out. I’m going to break my neck if I family and friends. field goal. Geary ran for a two-point just can’t lose. When I was a sopho- first Sacred Heart championship have to.” He didn’t, thanks to a de- “All I could think about was four conversion. more, I promised a senior that we football team.” N

STATE VOLLEYBALL Great experience for SHP girls despite loss in finals

by Keith Peters (24-11) will lose only setter Han- t was a good news-bad news kind na Elmore and defensive special- of day for the Sacred Heart Prep ist Vivian Wu to graduation. The I girls’ volleyball team at the CIF rest of the starters — juniors Jesse Division IV State Championships at Ebner, Olivia Bertolacci, Sarah the San Jose State Event Center. Daschbach, Amelia Alvarez (who The bad news? The Gators split setting duties with Elmore), dropped a 25-10, 25-15, 25-13 de- plus sophomores Sonia Abuel-Saud cision to nationally ranked and and Ellie Shannon — all return defending state champion La Jolla along with junior Natalie Friel and Country Day last Saturday. sophomores Payton Smith and Hel- “It was pretty bad on our part,” en Gannon. SHP coach Damien Hardy said of “Like Damien said, if this is a re- the final result. building year, I can’t wait to come And the good news? Well, Hardy back and see this team next year,” can provide that, as well. said Elmore. “Watch out for this “We got here,” Hardy said of the team.” Guy Kawasaki Gators reaching the state finals for Saturday’s championship match Sacred Heart Prep’s (L-R) Vivian Wu, Olivia Bertolacci ,Natalie Friel, Jesse Ebner (holding trophy), Hanna the first time since 1998. “There was perhaps a dress rehearsal for Elmore and Sarah Daschbach learned a great deal despite losing in the Division IV state finals last Saturday. are only nine other teams playing in next season for the Gators, who December. Our team fought hard. didn’t even win their West Bay Ath- “We definitely gained experience of the day. “It was like playing an who dominated the net with 10 kills The girls did the best they could. letic League title this season but that will help us out next year,” NCAA Division II team.” and six blocks, is headed to Pacific. “We lost eight seniors from last progressed to win Central Coast added Daschbach, who led the Ga- Actually, the Torrey Pines (33-3) Senior setter Chloe Mathis, who had year,” added Hardy. “Everyone Section and NorCal titles, nonethe- tors with six kills and 10 digs on a may have as many as four NCAA 33 assists, is ticketed for Arizona thought we would be in a rebuild- less. day where SHP hit a minus .064 as Division I prospects, including and 6-1 Mollie Rogers, who led La ing year. If this is a rebuilding year, “I don’t think any of us were dis- a team. Stanford-bound Lauren Birks, who Jolla with 11 kills and 11 digs, is go- I can’t wait for next year.” couraged after not winning league,” “That team (La Jolla) was good,” had four kills and eight digs. Gillian The NorCal champion Gators Elmore said. Hardy said in the understatement Howard, a 6-foot-4 middle blocker (continued on next page) Page 26ÊUÊ iViLiÀÊ£ä]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Sports Looking

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State volleyball La Jolla was able to put two block- (continued from previous page) ers on SHP hitters most of the afternoon, which forced the Gators to try to hit through or hit at odd angles. ing to Yale. The result was just 14 kills in 78 at- Beginning December 1, 2010, Despite the lopsided but expected tempts with 19 hitting errors. Sacred result, Hardy kept it positive after- Heart hit .000 in the first set, a mi- commercial garbage generated ward. nus-.148 in the second and a minus- “No other NorCal team got a .036 in the third. in Palo Alto will be accepted chance to play them,” he said of the “I think that was a great learning Torrey Pines, ranked as high as No. experience,” Daschbach said. “If had for disposal at the landﬁll. 10 nationally in one poll (prepvol- played them before, we would have leyball.com). had a better idea. We weren’t exactly Daschbach said the Gators didn’t sure what to expect. We did not play For more information please visit come out nervous, but did play a teams like this in our league.” www.cityofpaloalto.org/depts/pwd bit tentative. Too many hitting and Nor will the Gators next season. serve-receive errors didn’t help, ei- Sacred Heart Prep, however, will ther. be more experienced and better Or call 650/329-2655 “It was more of us trying to hit prepared for a return trip — all the around them,” she said. “Trying while knowing what to expect. to overcome that block, which was Said Ebner: “We’re going to take big.” it all.” N *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ iViLiÀÊ£ä]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 27 Introducing Sports

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Maddie Kuppe Colin Terndrup Palo Alto High Sacred Heart Prep The junior had 12 kills (.353 The senior rushed for 102 hitting) and 11 digs in the yards on 23 carries, caught NorCal volleyball finals and a 62-yard touchdown pass added 10 kills with nine digs and ran for the final two TDs in addition to serving aces as the Gators won their first on the final two points as CCS title by rallying for a 39- the Vikings won the CIF Divi- 32 win over No. 1 Carmel in sion I state championship. the Division IV finals. Honorable mention Megan Coleman Christoph Bono* Palo Alto volleyball Palo Alto football Sarah Daschbach* B.J. Boyd Sacred Heart Prep volleyball Palo Alto football Jesse Ebner John Geary* Sacred Heart Prep volleyball Sacred Heart Prep football Caroline Martin Tomas O’Donnell Palo Alto volleyball Sacred Heart Prep football Melanie Wade* Maurice Williams* 'REAT2ATES 'REAT0EOPLE Palo Alto volleyball Palo Alto football Kimmy Whitson* Solomone Wolfgramm Palo Alto volleyball Pinewood basketball * previous winner s!09 MONTH#ERTIlCATEOF$EPOSIT To see video interviews of the Athletes of the Week, go to www.PASportsOnline.com

s!09 MONTH#ERTIlCATEOF$EPOSIT them.” Paly volleyball Then the girls just played some s!09 MONTH#ERTIlCATEOF$EPOSIT (continued from page 25) volleyball. “I always enjoy that during our practice,” Winn said. “We sat in a last get together of the year,” said circle and talked for almost 45 min- Winn, “because it reminds me why -INIMUMBALANCETOOBTAIN!09OPENTHEACCOUNTIS utes about the journey we all went they play this game — simply be- through together, starting from the cause they love the game and they 0ENALTYMAYBEIMPOSEDFOREARLYWITHDRAWAL first day’s goal-setting session all love each other. the way to winning a state title. It Palo Alto senior Megan Coleman was tremendously fun to recount all echoed those sentiments. the funny stories, and give thanks “Overall, the season was amaz- to everyone who did their jobs so ing,” she said. “We set a lot of goals well. at the beginning of the year, includ- “We watched some video from the ing winning league, winning Nor- state title match, and I think every- Cals, winning state and being the one (especially me) got choked up a most-improved team in our league. little bit when Maddie’s last ace fell We not only achieved them all, in and the whole team mobbed each but we had so much fun doing it. I other on the court. You can’t help couldn’t have asked for a better se- but feel extremely proud of setting nior season.” such lofty goals and then achieving Paly 6-foot-2 junior Maddie Kuppe clinched things for Paly in Vikings finish No. 10 the fifth set, after the Vikings had to rally from a 12-9 deficit. The Palo Alto’s first-ever state Vikings cut their deficit to 14-12 championship in girls’ volleyball before junior Jackie Koenig made a earned the team a No. 10 national solo block and Kuppe ripped a kill Member ranking on Thursday by prepvol- off a block to tie it at 14. leyball.com, the noted authority Facing match point again at 15- *Annual Percentage Yield. APY is accurate as of 11/18/10. Rate subject to change after account opening. Fees could reduce the earnings on the account. in the sport. This is the highest 14, a kill by Long Beach Poly sailed ranking ever achieved by the Vi- long. It then came down to Kuppe, kings (41-1). State champion St. Francis was ranked No. 27. (continued on next page) Page 28ÊUÊ iViLiÀÊ£ä]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Sports Keith Peters Keith Peters Keith Peters

Paly juniors Melanie Wade (19) and Kimmy Whitson Paly junior Maddie Kuppe served two aces for the final points in Paly senior Trina Ohms jumped for joy after she and her sense a state title coming on. a 17-15 final set to clinch the CIF Division I state volleyball title. teammates won their first-ever state title.

Paly volleyball there was no stopping us.” (continued from previous page) Senior Trina Ohms said she gained inspiration from Palo Alto’s football team, which overcame favored Val- who served back-to-back floating ley Christian the night before to win serves that found the court for aces. the CCS Open Division title. “This is the biggest thing that I’ve “What really fired us up was our ever been involved in,” Kuppe said. football team winning CCS,” she “It’s a great feeling.” said. “That showed us that anything Remarkably, Kuppe had suffered is possible.” a fractured left pinky finger on just Winn said winning the state the fourth point of the match. She championship now elevates the pro- didn’t know it at the time, how- gram to a special height. ever. “Now, every year when the play- “Our trainers did a nice job tap- ers come back, they know what they ing her up, but there was no way she can build on,” Winn said. “Anything was going to let me take her off the is possible.” court,” Winn said. “Imagine that, Winn will return a strong nucleus winning a state title with a fractured of veterans in Martin, Whitson, finger?” Koening, Kuppe, Wade and Shelby Kuppe finished with 10 kills, nine Knowles, all of whom played in all digs and the two biggest aces of Keith Peters five sets on Saturday. The only loss- her life. Paly junior Melanie Wade es are Ohms and Coleman. produced 15 kills, hit .375 with “Repeating as state champs is two digs and two blocks and was definitely going to be one of our named the Most Valuable Player of Palo Alto coach Dave Winn rushes onto the court to celebrate with his outcome goals,” Winn said. “But, all the state Division I finals. Coleman players after they beat Long Beach Poly for the state title. returners are going to work really and junior Caroline Martin (seven hard to get better and help pick up kills, 11 digs) joined Wade on the of the next 12 points to take a 20-9 no regrets — leave everything on for where Trina and Megan left off. all-tournament team. Paly junior lead. The Vikings committed too the court.” The challenge, as always, will be to setter Kimmy Whitson, who had 34 many errors and couldn’t get a block The final point by Kuppe set off treat each season uniquely and not assists and 15 digs, won the sports- on USC-bound Bria Russ, who fin- a wild celebration by the Vikings, compare it to the prior. I’d say we Keith Peters manship award for her team. ished the match with a game-high who at first almost didn’t realize did that very well this year and have Paly coach Dave Winn with his On Sunday, Palo Alto was elevat- 16 kills and 20 digs. they had won. every expectation we’ll do a great team’s first state trophy. ed to No. 2 nationally in one poll That set up the winner-take-all “When we won the state cham- with that next year.” behind St. Francis (35-5), which fifth set, which saw the teams trade pionship I was so surprised,” said Winn thought that last season’s they’ve retained the key lessons I’m won the state Division II title on points until the Jackrabbits grabbed Coleman, “and it took a while to total of 36 wins would be tough to trying to teach.” Saturday. a 12-9 lead. Winn called time at that sink in what actually had happened. top and trying to exceed this year’s Coleman, for one, can’t wait to Palo Alto started off the state point to steady his team. Paly came The game itself was so much fun 41 triumphs is virtually impos- return. finals quite the contrary with its out and scored the next two points to because we all competed really sible. “I love playing for the Paly volley- seemingly easy first-set victory. get back in it and setting up Kuppe’s hard and we worked really well to- “But, aren’t records made to be ball program and it feels so good to After Long Beach took the second, heroics to win it. gether. It was awesome to have so broken?” Winn asked. “If we do make history this season,” she said. the Vikings knew they were in for a “It’s unbelievable,” Kuppe said of many fans there, and the fact that things the right way, then I’ll always “It’s nice to know that every time I battle. Winning the back-and-forth the title. “More than anything . . . they were cheering so loudly really feel better about how we’re raising come back to the Paly gym, I can see third set was crucial as Paly trailed it’s about focusing on the next point. helped us play well. The atmosphere these student-athletes to be great the banners and remember all the by 21-19 before Wade, Whitson and So really, it was nothing. It was just was amazing and it was such a neat women and leaders, more than how amazing things we have achieved Kuppe took over. another point. I had to go up know- feeling to know that we could do many wins we can amass in a sea- this season. It is sad to think that I Long Beach, however, charged ing that if I didn’t give it everything, something really special that night. son. I truly don’t know the impact will never play another volleyball back in the fourth set and pulled I’d have regrets. And more than any- Even though we were the underdogs, of my coaching until they return as game for Paly, but I cannot think of away from a 9-8 lead by scoring 11 thing in those situations, it’s about we all know that if we played well, alumni. Only then can I find out if a better way to go out!” N *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ iViLiÀÊ£ä]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 29 Sports

however, is expected to earn the Vi- gin in 2006. Paly football kings that berth in the state finals. The victory over Valley was em- (continued from page 25) Palo Alto has two opportunities phatic, despite the Vikings never to advance. gaining a rhythm on offense. schools in Northern California. Should De La Salle (12-0) beat Paly opened the game with a drive “We are very proud of that,” Han- California High (12-1) of San Ra- to the Valley 19 that stalled because sen said. mon to win the North Coast Section of an offside penalty and ended on a The Vikings certainly left no title, it’s expected the Spartans will fourth down sack. Other drives were doubt about which is the best team represent Northern California in the stalled because of momentum-inter- in the Central Coast Section as they Open Division and Paly will play for rupting penalties and the Vikings beat Valley Christian, 21-14, in the the Division I title. were fortunate to survive a three- CCS Open Division championship Should De La Salle get upset, yard punt that gave the Warriors the and improved to 13-0 last Friday Palo Alto would be considered for ball at Paly’s 46. night at San Jose City College. the Open Division along with Fol- “We were moving the ball in the Paly sliced through the heart of som (13-1), which upset state ranked first half but we’d get sacked or have the West Catholic Athletic League No. 1 Grant last weekend. Folsom, a penalty. Something kept breaking to earn the trophy, beating Mitty, however, is a Division II team and our rhythm,” Hansen said. Bellarmine and Valley, in order reportedly has been informed (via The difference was Valley could while compiling the most wins and reports in the Sacramento Bee) it not contain Maurice Williams and best record in school history. will be playing in the Division II B.J. Boyd and Valley’s offense The previous record for most vic- finals. couldn’t solve Paly’s defense. tories was 12, accomplished in 2006 A win by Cal High over De La Williams hauled in a 33-yard when the Vikings reached the Divi- Salle, however, would move Folsom touchdown pass from Christoph sion II state finals and lost to Or- ahead of Cal High in the rankings Bono in the first quarter, convert- ange Lutheran to finish 12-2. Palo and create a discussion for the Open ing a fourth- and-15 situation. Bono Bob Drebin Alto also went 10-0 in 1950 and 9-0 Division. lofted the ball high and Williams in 1963. No matter what happens, Palo made a burst at the end zone that In order to be considered as one Alto appears a lock for one of the separated him from his defender of best Paly teams ever, the Vikings two bowl berths. Paly, after all, is and earned the score. Palo Alto junior B.J. Boyd (9) gained 113 yards on 14 carries and have to reach the state finals. Their the first unbeaten CCS team to be Williams scored again in the third scored the game-winning TD on a 66-yard run in the fourth quarter. impressive run in the postseason, eligible since the state playoffs be- quarter when he caught a five-yard out, shook a tackle and sprinted 78 yards. The scoring play served a crushing blow to the Warriors because it came on the heels of their second-half opening drive that took seven minutes and came up a yard short at the Paly 23 on a fourth- down pass attempt. The drive- ending tackle was delivered by T.J. Braff and Gabe Landa. Two plays later, Williams scored. Williams had four catches for 130 yards. Bono completed 12 of 17 passes for 214 yards. Valley made it interesting with another long drive that resulted in a touchdown with 10 minutes left. Paly answered immediately. Boyd went off tackle into a pile before bouncing outside and galloping 66 yards to cap a three-play drive. Boyd was the game’s leading rusher with 113 yards on 14 carries. “I felt someone hit me but Spen- cer (sophomore tackle Spencer Drazovich) pulled me through and cleared the way,” Boyd said. “I saw that opening and was happy to take it.” Valley scored again with 20 seconds remaining, but Braff caught the ensuing onside-kick attempt and Bono took a knee on the final play. Paly registered five sacks and its pressure up front prevented Valley from getting its passing game going. Tory Prati and Nathan Hubbard both had a pair of sacks. The defense also prevented VC star running back Byron Marshall from getting outside, limiting one of the top backs in the CCS to just two runs longer than 10 yards and only 74 yards total. He had been averaging 136 per game. Defensive back Bill Gray made a fourth-quarter interception on a pass deflected by Williams into the end zone to prevent a Valley touchdown. Moments later, Palo Alto was celebrating. It was business as usual for Palo Alto this week as the Vikings returned to practice, despite the rainy weather. They know their season is not over. No Paly team has ever advanced to the postseason and won the final game. These Vikings, however, want to be the first. N

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Winningwords Illustration: Gary Vennarucci Short Story Contest celebrates local writers nce again the Palo Alto Weekly honors some of the best Caitlin Colvin O fiction writers in the community with its 25th annual her and too hard for all others. Her They really needed me at the hos- Short Story Contest. onday. The young morning routine, her school routine, pital today. There was an emer- This week we’ve published the first-place entries in the child, M child hoisted himself her field hockey practice routine gency.” In response, her son casu- teen and young-adult categories, which cover such topics as a ri- over the chipped, were familiar and comfortable, but ally and meaningfully shrugged his valry between two young writers, a forbidden friendship between wooden bars of his crib and maneu- each day she counted on her drive bony shoulders and tilted his head a princess and a servant, and a look at an average Monday from vered his soft, sturdy legs onto the home to be different and, perhaps, to the right, which he knew would cold linoleum floor. From his seat uncomfortable. Everyday after field reassure his mother that everything multiple perspectives. The adult first-place story was published on the kitchen floor, he inspected hockey, she met her neighbor in the was alright, and that even at his last week. his surroundings with big, curious back parking lot of the school, so young age, he understood. As Ben- A video of the Dec. 9 reception at Kepler’s Books and Maga- eyes. they could carpool home together. jamin and his mother pulled into the zines is online at www.PaloAltoOnline.com, along with more He saw a man, his father, passed Her neighbor, a senior at her high driveway of their quaint, well kept, notable stories and author information. out on the worn-down, uncomfort- school, was able to make her feel single-story adobe-clay home, her The Weekly thanks each of the writers who entered this year’s able sofa with an open bottle of beer uneasy and extremely relaxed at the cell phone rang, interrupting the contest as well as Ann Hillesland and Judy Clement Wall, who in one hand and a remote control same time. She slid into the pas- peaceful quiet. Looking at the caller chose the top entries in each category to send on to the judges. in the other. The young child was senger seat of the car and carefully id, she sighed, and warned Benja- Thanks also to our judges, and to contest co-sponsors Bell’s comfortable and familiar in these shut the door. As they drove down, min to go inside and start his home- Books of Palo Alto, Kepler’s of Menlo Park and Linden Tree of surroundings, much to the dismay the same familiar tree-lined streets, work. She watched as he picked up of the aggressive and worried so- they shared stories about their days, the pile of mail on the front step and Los Altos. N cial workers. Mystified by his free- their thoughts, and their feelings. carefully maneuvered the opening dom and driven by his curiosity, The girl sighed as they pulled onto of the creaky, wooden front door. the young boy grabbed hold of the their street and her neighbor parked Finally, she answered the ringing Short Story Contest Winners nearest counter ledge and hoisted the car between their houses. She cell phone. “Hello?” she seemed Congratulations to the winners of the 2010 Palo Alto Weekly himself to his feet. He slowly moved quickly thanked him and attempted to question. After a couple “I un- Short Story Contest, listed below. Winners receive gift certificates over to the small, multi-colored, to open the car door. All at once, he derstand” and several dozen sighs, from our sponsoring bookstores or, for adults, cash awards. The ridged footstool, where he attempt- leaned over and lightly kissed her on she clicked her cell phone shut and stories and author biographies of the winners are published online ed to jump onto the unstable land- the cheek, while she fumbled to find went inside. Benjamin was sitting ing. The young boy immediately the unlock button and keep the tears at the kitchen table, with his back at www.PaloAltoOnline.com. lost his balance and plummeted to of happiness from spilling onto her towards his mother, when he asked, Adults, 18 years and older a painful fall on the hard surface. cheeks. The car doors unlocked, and “Mom, what does E-V-I-C-T-I-O-N 1st place: “The Harrow” by Ross Peter Nelson Uncontrollable shrieks of pain and she bounded out of the car and into mean?” She slowly walked over to tears of fear were released from the her house without saying a word. the kitchen table and held the pris- 2nd place: “Solitaire” by Dawn Wood young, helpless boy. All at once, a On Monday, tears of happiness tine, white envelope stamped with 3rd place: “2012” by Kevin Sharp social worker knocked on the door streamed down a girl’s face and hit “Notice of Eviction” on the bottom Young adults, 15-17 years old of the small apartment, and the an- the polished, wooden floor in the corner. On Monday, a woman stood gry father arose from his comatose- entryway of her house, as she stood with a white envelope in one hand, 1st place: “Monday” by Caitlin Colvin like sleep to discipline his disobe- in astonishment. And this was only not knowing what to do or what to 2nd place: “Leonard” by Shreya Ramachandran dient, troublesome young child. the beginning of the week. say. And this was only the begin- 3rd place: “Escaping Utopia” by Alessandra Occhiolini On Monday, tears of fear streamed Monday. Her dirty fingernails ning of the week. down a young child’s cheek, and gripped the steering wheel of the Monday. Albert’s finger slid Teens, 12-14 years old hit a cold, linoleum kitchen floor, used, rickety, brown van as she gracefully over the sticky keys of 1st place: “The Kitchen Maid’s Apprentice” making a harsh sound like nails on sped through the neighborhood to the grand piano in the auditorium of by Grace Yukiko Kuffner chalkboard. And this was only the her son’s school. When she pulled the high school that he was desper- 2nd place: “The Folder” by Esmee Morris beginning of the week. up, two hours late for pickup, she ately trying to escape. He focused 3rd place: “Once Upon A Homework” by Caitlin Crosby Monday. She considered herself strained her eyes to see the silhou- on hitting every note of Beethoven’s privileged, creative, different, spon- ette of her son sitting on the play- First Movement with precision and Honorable mention: “Human” by Patricia Lin taneous, lucky, knowledgeable, ground swing, slowly pumping his comfort. The notes, swirling from Children, 9-11 years old well-traveled, friendly, organized. legs back and forth, against the his brain to his fingers and from his Her life was easy and the same, but hot, setting sun. Her heart broke fingers to his brain, were familiar 1st place: “Double Identity” by Brittany Nguyen today there was the potential for at the sight of her lonely, neglected and wonderful to Albert. Upon con- 2nd place: “Hawk Lover and Golden Horizon: change. She casually woke up on child as she made her way across clusion of his performance, Albert A Story of Friendship” by Zoe Weiss her own and dressed for school. Her the school lawn, littered with balls stood and bowed; his classmates 3rd place: “An Itchy Adventure” by Emily Wang hair was naturally straight, so there and ropes and other remnants of stopped chatting with their friends Honorable mention: “Maggie Finn’s Incredible Escape” was no need for her to spend an the liveliness of school-aged chil- for a few seconds to applaud. These by Caroline Hallee extensive amount of time on it. At dren. “Benjamin,” she called out school, her classes were too easy for in a shaky, tired voice. “I’m sorry. (continued on next page) *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ iViLiÀÊ£ä]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 31 Cover Story Th e KitchenTEENS Maid’s App re n t i e c

Grace Yukiko Kuffner My eyes quickly flew open as Cook ook told me to mind the burst through the door again. C potato soup. I didn’t know “Ava! Keep stirring!” she com- Cook’s name, and for all the manded. I obeyed, longing for this years that I had been her apprentice dinner to end, for the royalty to in the castle, I had never called her finish eating, as I passed the long anything else. spoon round and round the pot. “Of course,” I told her, wiping my In my chamber, I lay on my pal- hands on my stained apron. Cook’s let, listening to the gentle snores of Illustration: Paul Llewellyn thick eyebrows arched sternly across the other servants and pretending to her ruddy forehead, and she strode doze myself. When I was sure that out, banging the wooden door im- they were all truly sleeping, I care- portantly. I sighed, tucking a loose fully pulled myself up. Creeping strand of my black hair behind my across the floor, my bare feet lighter ear and noticing, embarrassed, that than feathers, I stole out the door. I there was a streak of red sauce in glided through the castle, cloaked it. That’s how my hair always was: in shadow. There was no sound ex- untidy and messy. I took the long- cept for my breathing. When I got handled, slotted spoon off its hook outside, I took a deep breath of cool on the wall, and slid it into the night air that slid down my throat oriented, I had to sit dazedly for a it would be dawn in a few hours. I I could just picture the look on creamy white broth, careful not to like silk. It was a clear night; the sky minute to separate my dream from quickened my pace, then, suddenly, her face if she found out about my singe the hem of my dress in the was covered with endless stars that reality. Jumping down, I noted that bumped into something. nightly routine. licking flames under the great iron filled up the indigo. Climbing up a chilly breeze had picked up, and “Oh!” I cried, stumbling back. “H-hello?” a voice called. It was a cauldron. I had to use both hands my favorite apple tree, I sat on a low pierced through my thin nightdress. What is it? I thought panicking. I timid, female voice. Not Cook. But to move the thick soup. The sweet branch, my toes barely brushing the I shivered. It was much darker now; frantically ran through all the pos- then who? The figure stood slowly. smell of potatoes filled the kitchen, blades of grass. I let my imagination the moon had slid behind the tangled sibilities I could think of with my “Who’s there?” I said, trying not and I let myself close my eyes brief- take hold of me. I was not nine-year- branches of a tree. Now everything still-tired mind. An animal? No, too to let my voice waver. The person ly, forgetting about the other kitchen old Ava, but a rich duchess, riding a was painted in impenetrable shad- large. A statue? No, too soft. A...a came closer, and I caught sight of a maids and the bustling room, imag- pure gold carriage drawn by seven ow. Squinting, I found the faint out- person? I felt as though I had swal- simple golden circlet, glinting in the ining that I was a lady, being served snow-white horses... line of the castle in the inky black, lowed a cupful of snow. I backed darkness. I gasped as she replied, piping hot soup by my own servant. I awoke later in the night. Dis- and started towards it, knowing that away slowly. What if it was Cook? “Princess...Aurora.”

of the hospital room illuminated chest and her breath quickened as Monday her father’s wan face. Other than she forced herself to open her eyes (continued from previous page) the lights’ soft, gentle creaking as and look to the passenger seat where Caitlin Colvin it swung from side to side and the her sister had been sitting. She saw Castilleja student Caitlin Colvin built her classmates were part of the reason inconsistent beat of her father’s her sister, motionless and unrespon- story “Monday” from a writing prompt that her that he wanted to escape. More EKG machine, the room was silent. sive to her fearful, blood curdling sophomore English teacher, Rebecca Sherouse, specifically, he wanted to escape Despite her father and her interlock- screams. The next hour was a blur assigned. to college. Albert yearned for the ing fingers and deep gaze into each of red and blue siren lights, insur- “The assignment was to write about running freedom from his strict, oppressive other’s similar, tired, watery blue ance papers, phone calls, all set to water,” Colvin said. “I picked tears because parents and the freedom to choose eyes, she felt 100 miles away from the steady soundtrack of the rhythm they can have so many different meanings.” his courses and professors. After his him. As she stared into his eyes, she of her sister’s heartbeat on the EKG “In the first vignette, I wrote about the little performance, no classmates person- remembered when he would wait machine. Alice, guilt-ridden and boy’s tears, and I built on that to write the rest ally praised him, but that was ex- in his great grandmother’s rocking anxious, shook in her chair, placed of the pieces.” pected and accepted. They all con- chair for her to come home every beside her sister’s hospital bed with Colvin, now a junior, was convinced to submit her story by her tinued walking the halls between time she left. She remembered how each rise and fall of the lines on the parents. class discussing irrelevant gossip, his eyes looked then, worried and EKG machine. Just as she was imag- She only made one change in editing the story for the contest but and Albert’s performance became large, but never upset when she was ining her sister’s rising and falling it was a large one: The original story connected each character to an unmentioned irrelevancy. Albert late for curfew or came home reek- arms swimming back and forth at the others. sighed a breath of relief at the har- ing of teenage rebellion. However, swim practice, her sister blinked “I thought it would be more powerful if they didn’t have meaning- monious sound of the sharp, high- with each slowing beat of his EKG her eyes open and stared directly ful connections to one another,” she said. pitched bells, signaling the end of machine and each recalled memo- at Alice in a calming, hopeful, and Colvin focused on writing telling details about her characters. A the day, and began walking home. ry, she felt closer to him, until she forgiving way. Alice’s parents, motif running through her work is contrast, both between characters Albert walked along the familiar, was as close as possible to him. No standing around the hospital bed, and inside the experience of each individual person. tree-lined streets, while simultane- longer 100 miles away, or even 100 rushed to find doctors, but Alice’s “In general, each story contradicts the others, and so I thought it ously reading piano sheet music. He centimeters away. On Monday, after gaze never left her young, vibrant would be interesting to have the characters be contradicting them- repeated the notes to himself, over six months of being side-by-side, a sister. On Monday, an EKG machine selves.” and over, until he was home. He daughter and her estranged father reiterated to a guilty older sister the She added that some of the characters simultaneously experience stopped at the end of the driveway reunited as the EKG machine went survival of a younger sister. And two emotions. to check the mailbox. He saw three blank. And this was only the begin- this was only the beginning of the “For this story, I wanted to create a diverse spectrum of characters large, white envelopes addressed ning of the week. week. to show that on any certain Monday, even in one community, people to him from his top three college Monday. Like every Monday, Al- On Monday, everyone holds their are having such completely different experiences based on their cir- choices. His heart started beating at ice drove her younger sister to swim breath and waits for Tuesday. N cumstances,” Colvin said. an uncontrollable, random rhythm practice at the local fitness center. “Behind closed doors, you can never really know what’s going as he started tearing open the en- She memorized the shortcuts and Judges’ comments on.” velopes on the sidewalk in front of which stoplights to avoid for the “In a series of sketches that glow In addition to writing, Colvin is on the Palo Alto Youth Council and his house. He read each letter over quickest route to the fitness center. with originality and perception, the the JSA (a student debate organization), does relays and high jumping and over. Albert then said aloud, Each turn was made with comfort, author gives insight into a single for the school’s track team, and has played soccer competitively since “Accepted. Accepted. Accepted.” perhaps too much, and success, ex- day’s victories and disappointments the fourth-grade. On Monday, a smart, talented boy cept for a sharp left turn near the for a cast of a dozen characters. In She said she’s looking forward to an upcoming school trip to China, stood with three white envelopes in end of the drive. Alice over swung just a few pages the author manages as well as the solace of winter vacation. his hand, knowing that his escape her parents’ station wagon into the to deal in a subtle and intelligent “With winter break coming up I can read what I want, and it won’t was possible. And this was only the opposite lane of traffic and col- fashion with themes that range from be required reading that I have to annotate,” Colvin said. N beginning of the week. lided with a large, white SUV. Al- healing and guilt to loving and es- — Sarah Trauben Monday. The fluorescent lights ice’s heart beat loud in her hollow caping. Bravo.” Page 32ÊUÊ iViLiÀÊ£ä]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Cover Story

I knelt, my heart pounding, and began to address her, “Your maj—” She cut me off. “That’s okay, you can call me Aurora. And please, Short story judges skip the formalities. It gets so tire- some after awhile.” I cautiously Children and teens stood. Would she get me in trouble? She moved closer, and I saw her Nancy Etchemendy face. She had long, brown hair, en- Nancy Etchemendy’s novels, short fiction, and circled by a simple golden crown, poetry have appeared regularly for the past 25 framing a pleasant, pretty face. The years, both in the United States and abroad. Her princess’ emerald eyes sparkled in work has earned a number of awards, including the darkness. She was wearing a three Bram Stoker Awards (two for children’s FREE FREE white silk nightgown, embroidered horror), a Golden Duck Award for excellence in Washers with SPECIALS: Filters with our with flowers around the laced neck- children’s science fiction, and most recently, an standard 16-point HVAC dripping faucets equipment line. I suddenly felt shabby in my International Horror Guild Award for her YA tune-up old nightdress. horror story, “Honey in the Wound.” Her fourth novel, “The Power 650-856-3400 “Hello, your m—...Aurora,” I of Un,” was published by Front Street/Cricket Books in March 2000. www.PaloAltoPlumbing.net said, feeling strangely calm in the “Cat in Glass and Other Tales of the Unnatural,” her collection of License #797913 midst of royalty. “I’m Ava, and I am short, dark fantasy for young adults, was published in 2002, also by an apprentice of the kitchen cook.” Front Street/Cricket Books and appears on the A.L.A. Best Books I was shocked when the princess for Young Adults list for 2002. She lives and works in Northern didn’t send me away. Instead, she California, where she leads a somewhat schizophrenic life, alternat- PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL gave a half smile, and commented, ing between unkempt, introverted writer of weird tales and requisite “It is such a pleasant day out. Shall gracious wife of Stanford University’s Provost. CIVIC CENTER, 250 HAMILTON AVENUE we take a stroll?” I laughed. Playing BROADCAST LIVE ON KZSU, FM 90.1 along, I replied, “Of course. I hear CABLECAST LIVE ON GOVERNMENT that nightgowns are the new fash- Katy Obringer ACCESS CHANNEL 26 ion.” We both burst into laughter at Katy Obringer spent 22 years with the Palo that. It was absolutely unthinkable: Alto library system, which included serving as ***************************************** her highness the princess and a low- the supervisor of Palo Alto’s Children’s Library. THIS IS A SUMMARY OF COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS. ly kitchen maid. But, somehow, we Obringer also worked as an elementary school THE AGENDA WITH COMPLETE TITLES INCLUDING were both completely fine with it. teacher for 10 years and an elementary school LEGAL DOCUMENTATION CAN BE VIEWED AT THE I found the princess the next night. librarian for five years. Her love of introducing BELOW WEBPAGE: She was waiting where we had first children to books continues in her retirement. http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/knowzone/agendas/council.asp bumped into each other, clothed in a long, lemon-yellow nightdress with (TENTATIVE) AGENDA-SPECIAL MEETING-COUNCIL birds beaded onto it. I looked down Caryn Huberman Yacowitz CHAMBERS at myself. I was wearing one of my Caryn Huberman Yacowitz writes both fiction DECEMBER 13, 2010 - 6:00 PM better nightclothes, but I still felt and nonfiction for young people. Her award- very self-conscious. “Hello, Ava,” winning picture books, “Pumpkin Fiesta” and CLOSED SESSION she called cheerily as I approached “The Jade Stone, A Chinese Folktale” have been 1. Labor her. “Hello, Aurora,” I replied, re- widely anthologized and adapted for the stage. 7:00 PM or as near as possible thereafter membering to call her by the name She writes plays for adults and is a member of 2. Selection of Candidates to be Interviewed for the Library Advi- she preferred. Aurora smiled at me, Pear Avenue Writers as well as the local Sub- sory Commission saying, “Do you have any plans for urban Squirrel, Door#3 Comedy Sketch group 3. Approve an Extension of the 960- Hour Limit for an Hourly tonight?” Curious, I shook my head. where she writes, acts and directs as part of this ensemble. She also Police Management Specialist She smiled mischievously. “I’ll be plays the role of Jane Lathrop Stanford at Stanford University func- 4. Approval of the Acceptance of Citizens Options for Public Safety right back,” she promised, already tions. Her website is www.carynyacowitz.com. (COPS) Funds to Purchase Police-Related Equipment taking off for the castle at a run. 5. Resolution Declaring Weeds to be a Nuisance I had never known of such fash- Young adults and adults 6. Approval of Amendment No. Four to Agreement with the Hous- ion. Aurora had brought out two of ing Trust of Santa Clara County her most beautiful dresses I had ever Ellen Sussman 7. Approval of Agreement With Association of Bay Area Govern- seen, and I hadn’t hesitated to try Ellen Sussman’s new novel, “French Les- ments for Local Agency Participation in Grant-Funded Bay mine on. It had a deep blue, tight- sons,” will be published by Ballantine in Area-Wide Trash Capture Demonstration Project fitting bodice the color of the night May 2011. She is the author of the novel “On 8. Approval of a Vesting Final Map to Create Five Condominium sky, with a pretty frill on the chest. a Night Like This,” a San Francisco Chroni- Units on a 6,000 Square Foot Lot at 420 Cambridge Avenue The sleeves reached to my wrist, cle Best-Seller, and two anthologies, “Dirty 9. Ordinance Amending Chapter 16.11 Pertaining to Storm Water with a slit on the outside of the cuff, Words: A Literary Encyclopedia Of Sex” Pollution Prevention Measures; and a Resolution Amending the closed by a delicate pearl button. and “Bad Girls: 26 Writers Misbehave,” FY 2011 Municipal Fee Schedule The thick golden belt flowed grace- which was a New York Times Editors Choice 10. Resolution Re-Naming A Public Street in the Vicinity of the 700 fully into an floor-length, sky-blue and a San Francisco Chronicle Best-Seller. She teaches writ- Block of Matadero Road a Packard Court skirt, embroidered with a rose and ing classes at her house in Los Altos Hills. Her website is 11. 661 Bryant Street: Council review of a minor change to the studded with rubies and silver but- www.ellensussman.com. amount of on-site use of previously approval bonus ﬂoor area tons. I also had on a white fur-lined 12. Resolution Supporting the California Air Resources Board’s jacket over my dress. I felt beauti- Leadership ful, and Aurora and I played in her Keith Raffel 13. Cancellation of December 20, 2010 Council Meeting dresses until the moon sank behind Keith Raffel grew up in Palo Alto, where 14. 2nd Reading Adoption of Green Building Ordinances to be the mountains in the west. When I he watched local orchards filled with cherry Consistent With CalGreen State Building Codes (First reading returned to the servants’ sleeping and apricot trees being replaced by tilt-up November 8, 2010 - Passed 9-0) chamber to finally sleep, I was al- buildings filled with software engineers and 15. Approval of a Resolution Declaring the Results of the Special ready coming up with a plan to re- MBAs. His “Dot Dead: A Silicon Valley Mys- Municipal Election Held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 pay Aurora for all of her kindness. tery” was called “without question the most 16. Approval of the Agreement for the Transfer of Renewable En- Two evenings after donning Au- impressive mystery debut of the year” by ergy Certiﬁcates rora’s luxurious dress, I decided to Bookreporter.com. His second Silicon Val- 17. Ordinance Amending the Budget for FY 2011 to Accept a show her my magic place. Aurora ley-set thriller, “Smasher,” was published last year. Keith still Donation in the Amount of $275,000 From the Palo Alto Library followed me just past the grape or- lives in Palo Alto with his wife and four children. His website is Foundation chard, into a loose ring of white firs. www.keithraffel.com. 18. Recommendation From Policy & Services Committee Regarding Their entwined tree branches all but 2011 State Legislative Initiatives blocked out the sky, and dragon- Tom Parker 19. Recommendation From Policy & Services Committee Regarding flies flitted in and out of the thick Council Priorities and Retreat trunks. The air smelled fresh and A well-known, local writing teacher, Tom 20. Two Resolutions: (1) Supporting the Santa Clara County Suicide Parker is an O. Henry Prize-winning short sto- crisp, seeming to sparkle. Some- Prevention Strategic Plan; and (2) Adopting the Developmental ry writer and author of the best-selling novels, times, I caught sight of a glimmer Assets Framework for Youth Development in the edges of my vision, but when “Anna, Ann, Annie” and “Small Business.” He 21. City Council Year in Review I would look straight at it, it would has taught at Stanford, the University of Cali- disappear. When we both stepped fornia, Berkeley, and Foothill and Cañada com- STANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS into the place, Aurora stared around, munity colleges. N The Policy and Services Committee Meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 14, at 7:00 p.m. (continued on next page)

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ivory-colored firs were watching awake after only a short time. I felt part furious, part astounded. She been very nerve-wracking. There Kitchen maid us, keepers of the fragile tranquility no sleepiness, so, after awhile, I gave straightened suddenly, and, grab- she was, only a room away. I could (continued from previous page) and stillness. A breath of a breeze in, and crept into the night. Instinc- bing my arm roughly, shoved me just picture her, in her usual beau- touched my face, rustling the leaves tively, I walked towards the grape out of the Guardian’s Ring. Aurora tiful attire, sitting in her princess- awed. I knew she could feel the that seemed to touch the faraway orchard, into the Guardian’s Ring. I called out, “Come to the Guardian’s like manner. Did she miss me at magic of the space as well. “How stars. “How about...” Aurora looked sat there for a time, losing myself in Ring tomorrow and—” But I was all? I walked into the clearing, al- did you find this place?” Aurora at me expectantly. I shook my head. the calm and serenity. I was amazed too far away to hear the rest. lowing the usual magic to envelope whispered, her voice a murmur. “I “You’ll laugh.” I muttered. “No I when Aurora glided into the circle Cook roared at me in the kitch- me. I glanced around. Tucked into was supposed to be picking grapes,” won’t, Ava,” replied Aurora. I looked behind me, her golden circlet glit- en until my ears rang and tears a branch, in a place only she and I replied, matching my tone to hers. up into her trusting face, glowing in tering. We exchanged a knowing streamed down my face, leaving I could have see, was a rolled-up Something about this circle of trees the crescent moon. “Well...” I began glance, and she sat down next to me. tracks on my grimy cheeks. She scroll. I skipped towards it, eagerly called for silence, and we didn’t re- hesitantly, my voice dropping lower I sighed contentedly: my new friend forbid me from ever seeing the unrolling it, and noting that the royal sist it. We sat there together, hand in than usual. “How about...the Guard- was beside me, and I was with her in princess again, and informed me crest was painted on the top. Writ- hand. The cool, long grass blades, ians’ Place?” Aurora nodded, eyes a place of magic. We were both feel- that the king and queen were telling ten in russet-colored ink in a loopy, felt good on my outstretched legs. widened in interest, signaling me to ing so tranquil; maybe that’s why we the same to their daughter. I was a slanted handwriting, it read: After a time, Aurora sighed, “How go on. “I think that these trees look were taken by surprise. commoner, she yelled over and over, Dear Ava, often do you come here?” like they’re protecting something... “Ava!” Cook shouted, her face and it was a disgrace to the king- I miss you so much! You were are “When I’m feeling a strong emo- maybe...I don’t know, the silence?” a strange shade of purple, as she dom to interact with royalty in any the best friend I ever had. We are tion. I come here on my birthdays, I watched my friend’s reaction care- leaped out of the trees. I felt hurt way. I felt as though part of me had still friends. I hope this letter reach- when Cook is being strict, when I fully. She looked impressed, and that she had shattered the perfect gone along with Aurora, never to be es you. Our guardians may have need to think.” then whispered, “I love that...but silence of the Guardian’s Ring. seen again. I was not whole; I was forbid us from seeing each other, but “This place is magical.” could we change it to the Guardian’s “Why are you here? You should incomplete. The next day, I was they mentioned nothing of exchang- “I know.” Ring? I think that sounds more...” have been in bed ages ago, young given extra chores. I had to go out ing notes! If we visit this place on “Does it have a name?” Aurora trailed off, glancing at me lady—” Cook’s eyes came to rest into the castle orchards and pick the alternating days, we will never see “No, I guess not.” hopefully. “More elegant?” I sug- on the princess. She very nearly ex- ripe peppers. There were so many of each other, but will be able to read Aurora smiled, her green eyes gested quietly. We both grinned, ploded, or so it seemed. Her eyes them! The sun burned down on the the words written by the other. In twinkling in the darkness that then turned back to face the compel- bugged out, and her face became back of my bare neck, but I hardly this way, I hope we will be able to shrouded the clearing. “Let’s name ling, magical Guardian’s Ring. even more purple. She gave a low noticed. I was too overcome with an become “letter friends,” even if we it,” she proclaimed, still keeping We both agreed to sleep that next and clumsy curtsy. “Forgive me, overwhelming sense of loneliness. I won’t be able to play together in the her voice quiet. I nodded once, evening, to catch up on the sleep your majesty,” she said, sound- used to have my time with the prin- normal way. Best wishes and hoping looking around. I imagined that the we had missed. But I found myself ing stunned. She shot me a glare, cess to look forward to, to keep me to hear from you soon! working hard in the kitchen. Now I Your friend forever, was working simply to please Cook. Aurora I stooped to pick yet another sun- There was a lot of space after the ripened pepper. I felt hot and itchy note. I felt sorrow and excitement in my old dress. I missed Aurora so burn in my chest in equal parts. I much it hurt. Her twinkling emer- wouldn’t be able to see Aurora, but ald eyes, her crown, her bell-like I would be friends with her. Laying laughter, her kindness . . . I recalled next to the note was a long, silver- her parting words: “Come to the and-grey quill and a bottle of russet- Guardian’s Ring tomorrow and—” colored ink. With a half smile on And what? I supposed I would go to my lips, I unscrewed the top of the the Guardian’s Ring. There couldn’t ink bottle and picked up the quill. be any harm in that, as long as I was Dipping it into the ink, I began to careful not to let Cook see me. A write. N fierce loyalty filled me up like a flame. Of course I would follow Au- rora’s instructions. No matter what, Judges’ comments she was my friend! “This is a very well-crafted story, I carefully walked into the Guard- rich in language with effectively ian’s Ring. Tonight’s dinner had chosen historical details.”

Grace Yukiko Kuffner In Grace Yukiko Kuffner’s winning story, “The Kitchen Maid’s Apprentice,” protago- nist Ava, a lowly and lonely domestic servant, strikes up a forbidden friendship with a sassy young princess, Aurora, whose family Ava serves. Though the oppressive adults in the kingdom prohibit the two from spending time together, the girls ultimately find a way to keep their BFF status intact — through the magic of writing. Kuffner, 12, said she was inspired by Gail Carson Levine’s “Ella Enchanted” and other modern re-workings of classic fairytales. And though this is her second time entering the Weekly’s annual contest, she said she’s not yet a prolific writer, although she does have ideas brewing in her imagination. “I have a lot of unwritten stories in my head,” said the Terman Middle School seventh-grader. Her favorite school subjects include Spanish and social studies but the sci-fi fan is also interested in becoming an inventor. “That would give me a lot of freedom so I could still be an author, too,” she explained. Another potential venture is illustrating her own stories. “I like to read and draw. I’d like to do that,” she said. Kuffner said she’s not interested in basing any characters on herself or her own, real-world life. “That gets boring,” she said. However, her favorite character from her story is the princess Au- rora, whom she based on her younger sister. “They’re both strong-willed and creative.” Her next story may be based on an idea that came to her in her sleep. “I had a dream I was 1-inch tall. That’s under construction,” she said. N — Karla Kane

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by Brittany Nguyen teased, but her tone didn’t change. usan was a mediocre girl “Good. You just might get sec- S with a whole lot of poten- ond.” tial. All of her teachers “So who’ll get first?” I ques- agreed on this. Another thing they tioned. all agreed on was that she excelled “What kind of a question is that?” only in reading because this was the she smirked, “The same person one thing she focused on. But that who’s won first for the last five all changed when she moved to the years. ME. You trying out won’t States. change anything.” We began talk- Our gray Mercedes sped through ing, giving writing a wide berth, but the freeway of California. We were our conversation hung in the air like here. We’d been talking about mov- thick smog, creating strings of ten- ing ever since my father had found sion, just waiting to break. At that out that he was being relocated to moment, I decided to beat her at her Palo Alto, California. I opened very own game. “Double Identity,” and settled in for I worked hard: from the beginning another half hour of driving. of school, I threw myself into school- When we got to the house, I had work, and every spare second was just finished my book. I carefully spent typing away on my laptop. Ev- opened the door, walked out, and ery night we would eat dinner with took the box that I had marked Su- Aunt Laura’s family, and Ava would san’s Books up to my calm ocean encourage me with a little smirk in blue room. I opened it and slowly her tone that said clearly, “You think Illustration: Shannon Corey began stacking the books in alpha- you can beat me? Think again.” betical order on the bleached white But I was running out of steam. I bookcase made of driftwood. Then hadn’t picked up a book in months. I went down to the car, took my box My salvation was the textbooks and of clothes, walked back up and un- book reports for school. So it was packed. I had just finished unpack- only natural that one day, I gave up. ing my stuff when my mother yelled, I just couldn’t do it anymore. “Susan, come down to go to Aunt I slammed shut my laptop, where Laura’s for fish and chips!” I had been typing pathetic attempts As we walked next door to Aunt at my short story. What had I been Laura’s big white house, I thought thinking? I couldn’t do this! I’m a anybody else, but I knew better than identical twin. semblance didn’t just run skin deep; about Ava, her daughter — a prodi- reader, not a writer! What was I do- that. She was furious that she had “And Ava, for being more than the it ran bone deep, because we were gy writer. Ava and I had been friends ing? Impulsively, I grabbed “Double slipped into second place, furious at hardest competitor to beat; for being family, like it or not. when we were children, but had Identity” off the shelves, and flopped herself, and furious at the person she my best friend.” Family, forever. N slowly grown apart as we became onto my bed. I love the book for the had lost to. She was probably also Applause rang from the auditori- older. But when we were young, we bond between the two cousins, but kind of sad, but the main component um. A whole bunch of my peers had would support each other in things now the very thing I loved most was self-pity. And just like that, I confused looks on their faces. But Judges’ comments from stealing biscuits to breaking about the book mocked me, as if it knew that I could not have possibly I didn’t care, because I knew that “A perceptive and beautifully Mother’s favorite blue lamp. were saying, “You weren’t friends gotten first. even if they didn’t believe me, Ava written story of persistence, good But then I had moved to England, with Ava the way I was friends with How could you possibly think that and I were friends, because our re- character and friendship.” she had moved to California, gained Elizabeth.” you could win? Haven’t you learned fame in her writing, and won her I quickly finished that book and from kindergarten that you’re just school’s writing contest year after picked up a new one, reading late good for background? You’re not year after year. We had kept in touch into the night. My mother wouldn’t meant to be a star. Just give it up and Brittany Nguyen until last year, when I finally real- care. That night, I had finished most spare yourself the embarrassment, In her story “Double Identity,” Brittany ized from her exasperated tone in her of the books on my bookshelf, care- why don’t you? I mentally kicked Nguyen, a seventh-grader at Jordan Middle e-mails and our quick, short conver- fully shelving them when I was myself. I was so occupied in telling School, takes on a new identity of her own. She sations, that my friendship was a bur- done. I finally fell asleep around myself off, that I missed first place’s writes about a young girl named Susan who den, and we had finally lost contact. one, dropping straight into a dream. name. They called again. competes in a writing contest. However, my little brother had en- “You’re dropping out of the con- “Susan? Come on up here. Don’t Susan, who loves to read and write, competes thusiastically emailed her brothers, test? Giving up? Just like that?” be shy!” against her cousin (and former best friend) in and our families were still close. Bethany, from “Double Identity,” As I walked up, I heard whispers. the school contest. When we reached her house, Aunt looking just as I had imagined, re- “Susan?” Author Nguyen too shares a love of writing Laura opened the door, and Ned was proached me. “If you just give up, “The new girl?” with her own cousin. immediately swept away in a crowd then you’ll never find out answers.” “From England?” “My cousin and I play this game where we write stories about of Pokémon fanatics, and my parents “I thought you had learned to take “Showed up Ava.” whatever pops into our heads and then we compare them and critique began catching up, as they were led risks,” Harry, from the “Harry Pot- “Cousins?” them,” she said. to the sitting room, and Ava and I ter” series, said sorrowfully. When I finally got to the stage, In “Double Identity,” Susan struggles to find enough motivation were awkwardly standing there. Fi- “I did. But I just can’t do this Mr. McGregor handed me the mi- and confidence to write her story, until she gets some encourage- nally, after five minutes of silence, anymore.” My dream self defended crophone to give my speech, as was ment from some familiar faces from favorite books, who visit her she blurted out, “Pig.” I stared at her herself. customary. in a dream. for two seconds before we dissolved When I woke up, I couldn’t say “I’d like to thank my mom, my The story ends with a touching moment of maturity for Susan, into laughter. exactly who said what, but I had an dad, all those great authors that when she speaks kindly about her rival at the awards ceremony for “That’s what you say after an awk- honest-to-God good idea. I rushed to inspired me, and...” I trailed off, the writing contest. ward silence,” she explained as we my laptop, opened up a fresh docu- sneaking a sideways glance at Ava, Just like Susan, Nguyen, 11, loves to read and write. She said her climbed the stairs to her bedroom. I ment, and started typing. whose eyes had filled with tears. favorite subjects in school are reading and English. didn’t answer, too busy staring at the A week later, I fidgeted in the Even without a word, I could tell This is only one of the many stories that she’s written. many writing awards that adorned loud auditorium as the principal, Mr. she was thinking that I wouldn’t say “I write a mixture of fantasy and real life, but my real-life stories the staircase walls. When she saw McGregor, and the judging commit- her name, even though I would’ve, turn out better,” she said. me staring at the awards, her tone tee read the stories. Then, I listened once upon a time, a long, long time When asked if “Double Identity” was a true story from her own changed. to third place’s touching story about ago. But this was Ava. Ava, my best life, she said, “the story is kind of a true story, but I exaggerated a “Yeah, those are my awards for soldiers in the war, and sweated as friend since kindergarten; Ava, who few parts.” winning the school writing compe- Mr. McGregor read out a slip of pa- had been there for me until very re- Nguyen hopes that people will learn something from reading “Dou- tition,” she said nonchalantly, but her per with second place on it. cently; Ava, who had been all but ble Identity.” expression was guarded, wondering “And the second place is ... Ava glued to my side; Ava, my built-in “The message of my story is that you can’t compare yourself to how I would react. I looked at her Stoker! Come on up, Ava! Give her a best friend, cousin, and who was as anybody else because everybody is special,” she said. 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Be Yoga Be Wellness Red Star Soccer Academy 1923 Menalto Ave. 248 Walker Drive #8 Menlo Park Mountain View 650-906-9016 380-0099 www.be-yoga.com www.redstarsoccer.com [email protected] Red Star Soccer Academy is a non-prof- Friendly community yoga studio. Small it educational organization dedicated class sizes, excellent instruction, reason- to youth player development. We offer able prices. We also house a wellness world class training for eager young center in our studio, so offer workshops athletes who aspire to reach their full on ayurveda, reiki, and mediation. potential in soccer. We are affiliated with the US Soccer Federation and US California Yoga Center (Palo Club Soccer. Red Star teams compete in Alto) Nor Cal Premier League and US Club 541 Cowper St. Soccer sanctioned tournaments. Please Palo Alto check the Red Star website at www.red- 947-9642 starsoccer.com for specific tryout times www.californiayoga.com and to pre-register online. [email protected] The California Yoga Center offers class- Studio Kicks es for beginning to advanced students. 796A San Antonio Road With studios in Mountain View and Palo Palo Alto Alto, classes emphasize individual at- 855-9868 tention and cultivate strength, flexibility www.studiokickspaloalto.com and relaxation. Ongoing yoga classes are [email protected] scheduled every day and include special Studio Kicks is a family fitness center classes such as prenatal, back care and offering high-energy cardio kickbox- pranayama. Weekend workshops explore ing classes and fun martial-arts train- a variety of yoga-related topics. ing for kids 2 and up. Taught by owner/ instructor Richard Branden, six-time Darshana Yoga world champion and original stunt cast 654 High St. member for the “Power Rangers.” Get Palo Alto the whole family healthy and fit. Stop by for a free class. 325-YOGA (continued on next page) www.darshanayoga.com *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ iViLiÀÊ£ä]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 39 Class Guide

(continued from previous page) Taijiquan Tutelage of Palo Alto 3790 El Camino Real #185 Palo Alto 327-9350 www.ttopa.com Taijiquan Tutelage of Palo Alto. Estab- Art classes teens & kids. . . lished in 1973. Learn the classical Yang Chengfu style of Taijiquan (T’ai chi Glass fusing, stone carving, cartooning, fashion drawing and ch’uan). Beginning classes start month- more. Winter classes start January 10. Sign up by January 3 ly. Classes are held at the Cubberley and get a 10% discount! Community Center. Workout IQ 278 Hope St., Ste. C . . . & adults too! Mountain View 668 Ramona Street 814-9615 Palo Alto, CA 94301 962-9793 www.workoutiq.com 650.321.3891 [email protected] Pacifi cArtLeague.org Workout IQ Boot Camp. Small group fitness training where everyone gets a custom workout. Learn Russian kettle- bells, improve posture, lose inches, make friends. Ecole internationale de la Péninsule Cost: $195 per month.

Yoga at All Saints’ Episcopal Church ̽ 555 Waverley St. Palo Alto ࣑ 322-4528 www.asaints.org ੢ Kundalini-style yoga, combining asana (physical poses), breathing exercises and ᄑ meditation. Practice is best done on an empty stomach. Please bring a mat and ID-PENINSULA ዕ blanket and wear comfortable, easy-to- M move-in clothes. If floor work is dif- ओ ficult, exercises can be modified to be IGH CHOOL done in a chair. All ages. No registration H S necessary. Every Saturday, 8-9 a.m., in PRE-SCHOOL WHEN IT’S YOUR CHILD, the Parish Hall. $5/person. Choose a small, caring, innovative high school Outstanding full- EXPERIENCE . day program. MATTERS LANGUAGE LANGUAGE TEACHING MANDARIN CHINESE IMMERSION FOR 15 YEARS. International School of the Pen- LEADER IN FRENCH IMMERSION Longest running A IN PALO ALTO. ACCEPTING insula (ISTP) bilingual PRE-SCHOOL APPLICATIONS. REGISTER FOR A TOUR TODAY. immersion school 151 Laura Lane in the area. TOURS & OPEN HOUSES INFORMATION NIGHTS Palo Alto Experienced 251-8519 native-speaking UPCOMING TOURS FRENCH INFO NIGHT faculty. November 19, 2010 December 7, 2010 www.istp.org IS ACCEPTING STUDENTS [email protected] ACADEMICS OPEN HOUSES/INFO SESSIONS CHINESE INFO NIGHT November 13, 2010 December 6, 2010 ISTP offers extensive adult language Established English January 8, 2010 classes and children’s after-school lan- IN GRADES 9-12 curriculum. Rigorous program RSVP FOR ADMISSIONS TOURS AND INFO NIGHTS ON OUR WEBSITE guage classes. For preschool students, in a nurturing ISTP offers classes in Arabic, French, environment. Low student-to-teacher INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF THE PENINSULA Mandarin Chinese and Spanish. For ratio. elementary and middle-school stu- 7%"777)340/2's0(/.% dents, ISTP offers classes in Arabic, Farsi French and Mandarin Chinese. For adults, ISTP offers separate classes sSmall class sizes (7-15) for varying proficiency levels for each language: Arabic, English ESL, Farsi, sIndividualized attention and support French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japa- HELP YOUR nese, Mandarin Chinese, Russian and sA strong, accepting community Spanish. STUDENT German Language Class sAn environment that supports creative thinking 50 Embarcadero Road GET INTO COLLEGE. Palo Alto 650-329-3752 650-329-8515 www.paadultschool.org [email protected] CALL AJ TUTORING TODAY! Willkommen! (Welcome!) Learn to speak, read, and write German, with 650.331.3251 t ajtutoring.com an emphasis on conversation. Basic grammar and Germanic culture are also covered. The instructor, a college-cre- dentialed teacher, lived and studied in Higher SAT/ACT scores in less time. Germany through Stanford, from where 1340 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 (650) 321-1991 she later received a master’s degree. Our 1-on-1 tutoring is the most efficient and effective way to www.mid-pen.com improve your score, while our small group classes provide students Istituto Educazione Italiana with a positive, dynamic and collaborative learning environment 650-868-5995 that fits your budget. www.italybythebay.org Italian Language for adults in the eve- Introducing ning on the campus of Menlo College. Personalized approach with proven results. Courses in Italian cooking in Redwood City. Workshops in painting Tuscan and Over 10 years of rapid growth thanks to the enthusiastic word of Venetian landscapes/cityscapes using acrylics in collaboration with the Pacific mouth from thousands of clients from Paly, Gunn, Menlo, Menlo Art League (668 Ramona St., Palo Alto). Atherton, Sacred Heart, Castilleja, Woodside Priory, St. Francis, Workshops in Florentine silversmithing Good for Business. Good for You. Mountain View and Los Altos. Charismatic, professional and at the Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park. Full fee and schedule information can be Good for the Community. flexible tutors. found online.

Page 40ÊUÊ iViLiÀÊ£ä]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Class Guide MISCELLANEOUS Studio Kicks is a family fitness center Mountain View Children’s Health Council offering high-energy cardio kickbox- 968-4733 650 Clark Way ing classes and fun martial-arts train- www.kindermusik.com Palo Alto ing for kids 2 and up. Taught by owner/ [email protected] instructor Richard Branden, six-time Group music classes for children ages 688-3625 chconline.eventbrite.com world champion and original stunt cast birth to 7 and their caregivers. All [email protected] member for the “Power Rangers.” Get classes include singing, instrument More than 20 parent education classes the whole family healthy and fit. Stop play, movement, musical games, and offered every semester for parents of by for a free class. home materials, and aim to develop the children from birth to age 18. Classes whole child through music. Five levels offered by Children’s Health Council’s of classes as well as a multi-age class. MUSIC & ART Cost per class session ranges from $100 professionals. Getting to Sleep, Chil- Art For Well Beings ! " #$% & dren & Technology, Positive Parenting to $225 depending on class and session 2800 West Bayshore Road length (8-15 weeks per session). for the Strong-Willed Child, and more. Palo Alto 776-8297 Lucy Geever, Flight Instructor 855-9067 Manzana Music School artforwellbeings.org Barron Park Neighborhood, private and Advantage Aviation home 1903 Embarcadero Road [email protected] Palo Alto Palo Alto Art for Well Beings (AFWB) offers art 799-7807 650-533-4018 classes especially welcoming people ! " #$ $ [email protected] http://www.advantage-aviation.com/ with special needs. AFWB is open to Private and group lessons for kids over %&%%'() &%'*() &'() Offering learn-to-fly seminars, private the public. Drop-in or 6-8 week sessions 6 and adults on guitar, violin, banjo, pilot ground school and flying lessons, are available. All materials provided. mandolin, fiddle, vocal, arranging, and along with free seminars for pilots. Please call to register or visit website for more information. music theory. The Talking Playhouse Midpeninsula Community Media 595 Price Ave., Suite A Art with Emily Redwood City 402 El Verano Ave. Center 650-678-9769 Palo Alto 900 San Antonio Road www.talkingplayhouse.com 856-9571 Palo Alto [email protected] www.artwithemily.com 494-8686 Social-learning and social-skills classes [email protected] www.communitymediacenter.net and activities for all age groups, includ- Emily Young teaches mixed-media, The Media Center offers classes every ing theater games and writing groups. multi-cultural art lessons for children at month in a wide range of media arts, See website for timetable and more in- her fully equipped studio in Palo Alto. including publishing media on the Web, formation. Individual lessons or small group class- pod casting, digital editing, field produc- es available. tion, TV studio production, Photoshop for photographers, citizen journalism, Elite Musketeer Fencer’s Club and autobiographical digital stories. 160B Constitution Drive Children’s Music Workshops One-on-one tutoring is also available. Menlo Park P.O. Box 60756 Biweekly free orientation sessions and 353-0717 Palo Alto tours. Web site has specific dates, fees, 408 317 0480 306-0332 and scholarship information. www.emfc.net www.Alisonsmusiclessons.com [email protected] Kids music classes and private lessons Fencing programs for kids and adults, for guitar, piano and voice. Locations in Mountain View-Los Altos Adult recreational and competitive. Summer Palo Alto and Mountain View. Music for School camps, birthday parties, private lessons special-needs children too. 2483 Old Middlefield Way, Suite 150 and group classes. Mountain View Chinese Brush Painting 650-325-2194 Lip reading/managing hearing Palo Alto www.themusicwithinus.com 948-1503 [email protected] loss The Music Within Us offers self-explo- 450 Bryant St Chinese brush painting with master cal- ration experiences to help you realize Palo Alto ligrapher and painter Anna Wu Weak- your own potential to create and offer 650-9497-999 land. Class meets eight Tuesdays, 2:30- something truly unique to the world. foothill.edu 4:30 p.m. Classes held at the Cubberley 23(1 Dr. Lisa Chu offers classes, workshops, [email protected] Studio in Palo Alto. Learn to paint with and individual sessions using techniques Lip reading/managing hearing loss. minimum strokes and achieve maxi- drawn from the fields of life coaching, Classes start quarterly and meet weekly mum results. The techniques of all the +286( 0H[LFR6HUYLFH7ULS mindfulness-based meditation, yoga, but you can join anytime. Learn ways popular subject matters will be taught. deliberate practice, group facilitation, to cope with hearing loss and improve Beginners and advanced students wel- sound healing and music improvisa- lip-reading skills. Pay per quarter, reg- come. tion. ister in class. Beginning class meets on Mondays 1:30-2:50 p.m. Community School of Music and $785'$< Arts at Finn Center Music Within Us 6 230 San Antonio Circle 333 Moffett Blvd. (&(0%(5 Little House Senior Activities Mountain View ' Center Mountain View 917-6800 940-1333 $0 800 Middle Ave. www.mvlaae.net Menlo Park 917-6813 www.arts4all.org The MV-LA Adult School has a long his- 326-2025 tory and commitment to adult education. www.peninsulavolunteers.org [email protected] The Community School of Music and Improve your skills. Offering: Beading, [email protected] ceramics, chorus, digital photography, Computer workshops, health lectures, Arts (CSMA) offers classes year-round in music, visual and digital arts for drawing, guitar, Ikebana, orchestra and investments, travel, self-improvement, painting (watercolor, oil, acrylic). Older- ages 18 months to adult. Vacation and .QLJKWV)RRWEDOO movies, opera previews, ballroom danc- adult classes (55+, $18). ing and weekend trips for people over summer camps, one- and two-day arts workshops offered throughout the year. 50. Costs range from free to $40. Regis- New Mozart School of Music ter in person or by phone. Private music lessons offered, taught by international faculty. Financial as- 305 N. California Ave. sistance available. Spring and summer Palo Alto Palo Alto Adult School 650-324-2373 50 Embarcadero Road catalong available online in December. Private lessons also offered. www.newmozartschool.com WKHNLQJ¶V Palo Alto [email protected] 650-329-3752 International School of the New Mozart provides private lessons DFDGHP\ 650-329-8515 on all instruments and excellent early www.paadultschool.org Peninsula (ISTP) &KULVWFHQWHUHG&ROOHJH3UHSDUDWRU\ childhood music classes for children 2-7 -XQLRUDQG6HQLRU+LJK6FKRRO*UDGHV Are you curious about birds you often 151 Laura Lane years of age. see but have trouble identifying? Learn Palo Alto 251-8519 about “swimmers”, “shorebirds”, “perch- Opus1 Music Studio ing birds” and “birds of prey.” Sign up www.istp.org 2800 W Bayshore Road for one of our birding classes. Monday, [email protected] SCHEDULE A SCHOOL TOUR Palo Alto Tuesday or Thursday classes (7-9 p.m.) Join ISTP for after-school programs OR STUDENT SHADOW TODAY! 408-821-5080 with weekend field trips. for preschool, elementary and middle- school students. Classes include French musicopus1.com Contact Marissa Lockett, Admissions Assistant cooking, Asian cooking, chess, sci- [email protected] Studio Kicks Opus1 Music Studio is offering private 408.481.9900 x4248 or [email protected] 796A San Antonio Road ence, robotics, Chinese dance, art and craft, watercolor, gymnastics, soccer & group music lessons for all kinds of 562 N. Britton Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94085 Palo Alto instruments to aged 1.5 and up. Begin- 855-9868 and multi-sports. For a complete list of www.tka.org& ACSI AND WASC ACCREDITATION classes, visit the Web site. ners to advanced level. www.studiokickspaloalto.com +LJK6FKRRO5HWUHDW [email protected] Kindermusik with Wendy (continued on next page) *>ÊÌÊ7iiÞÊUÊ iViLiÀÊ£ä]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 41 Courage - Community - Kindness - Love of Learning Class Guide

! ! (continued from previous page) Pacific Art League 688 Ramona St. Palo Alto ! "# $" 321-3891 Come ﬁnd out what PBS is all about! www.pacificartleague.org [email protected] Art classes and workshops by qualified, ! ! ! proudly announces Call us to schedule a experienced instructors for students from a new program in English, designed for 21st-Century learners: campus tour! beginners to advanced and even non- artists. Classes in collage, oil painting, t 4NBMMDMBTTTJ[F 650.854.4545 portraits and sketching, life drawing, t $IPJDFPGGPSFJHOMBOHVBHF4QBOJTIPS'SFODIBOE(FSNBO acrylic or watercolor and brush painting. t 3JHPSPVTNBUIBOETDJFODFQSPHSBN Sculpture. Registration is ongoing. t 5VJUJPOTUBSUJOHBU Preschool to 5th Grade Tuition Assistance Available Palo Alto Art Center 2245 Avy Avenue - Menlo Park - CA 1313 Newell Road Amanda Perla, Director of Admissions Palo Alto 329-2366 www.phillipsbrooks.org www.cityofpaloalto.org/enjoy [email protected] Schedule a Tour: Classes and workshops for children and adults in ceramics, painting, drawing, jewelry, book arts, printmaking, collage ((6650)50) 324-861324-86177 and more. Register online or stop by the Art Center for a class brochure.

Private Piano Instruction by The German-American International School Eyesha. 275 Elliott Drive, Menlo Park, CA 94025 650-224-0150 [email protected] (650) 324-8617 | www.gais.org Private piano teacher, with an emphasis in classical music, beginner to interme- The Bowman program builds diate levels. First class is free. Subse- confidence, creativity and quent classes are $50/ hour. academic excellence. Village Heartbeat 883 Ames Ave. Palo Alto +"#'$) 650.688.3605 493-8046 [email protected] [email protected] $$"#'$) Village Heartbeat is an organization dedicated to building and educating a www.sandhillschool.org rhythmic community. The organization $$*-$)%$#$(& facilitates classes in African drumming, dancing, and TaKeTiNa. Classes offer !#'$#**)*$) the opportunity to learn adapted traditional music of the African Diaspora, as ))((#' well as modern trance grooves. Violin and Music Studio "%'%#, of Mid-town Palo Alto NOW 2862 Bryant St. ACCEPTING +)*$#' Palo Alto 650-456-7648 APPLICATIONS linglingviolin.blogspot.com www.bowmanschool.org [email protected] Group music classes for children aged from 3 to 7. This “Intro to Music” includes singing, music note reading, movement and other activities that can help children learn and enjoy music at the same time. It will also give them a solid foundation when they’re ready to learn any music instrument later. Year- round enrollment. Taught by profession- ally trained music teacher. Director: Lingling Yang. SCHOOLS Action Day/Primary Plus 333 Eunice Ave. Mountain View 967-3780 For young minds, www.actiondayprimaryplus.com Providing quality infant, toddler and preschool programs for more than 33 one size doesn’t fi t all. years. We offer on-site dance and computer classes. Fully accredited staff & At Sand Hill School, we fi nd what fi ts best for Facilities. your child. Partnering with parents, teachers create Community School of Music and the path for each student’s successful transition to a Arts at Finn Center 230 San Antonio Circle traditional classroom. Mountain View s Grades K-3 917-6800 917-6813 s 6:1 student/teacher ratio www.arts4all.org [email protected] s Classroom support from Children’s The Community School of Music and Health Council professionals Arts (CSMA) offers classes year-round in music, visual and digital arts for ages 18 months to adult. Vacation and summer camps, one- and two-day arts AT CHILDREN’S HEALTH COUNCIL workshops offered throughout the year. Private music lessons offered, taught by 650 Clark Way, Palo Alto, CA 94304 international faculty. Financial assistance available. Page 42ÊUÊ iViLiÀÊ£ä]ÊÓä£äÊUÊ*>ÊÌÊ7iiÞ Class Guide COLLEGE GOALS Mountain View-Los Altos Adult www.woodland-school.org Children’s Pre-School Center School Preschool-8th grade. Woodland School’s Higher Education and College Admission Consultants (CPSC) 333 Moffett Blvd. focus is a challenging academic program 4000 Middlefield Road Mountain View with a strong enrichment program of art, ANDREA VAN NIEKERK Palo Alto 940-1333 music, drama, computers, gymnastics Former Associate Director of Admission 493-5770 www.mvlaae.net and physical education. Science, math at Brown University www.cpsccares.org The MV-LA Adult School has a long his- and technology are an integral part of [email protected] tory and commitment to adult education. the 5th-8th grade experience. Extend- Andrea is now located in Palo Alto and consulting with Open arms, Open hearts — Opening Improve your skills. Offering: Arts and ed Care is offered 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. clients regarding all aspects of the college search minds together. Every day at CPSC crafts, computers, digital-camera tech- Please call for a brochure or to set up and application process. holds new adventures for your children niques, ESL, foreign languages, gene- a tour. from the youngest infant to the oldest alogy, high school programs and GED, preschooler. Your child will experience memoirs, motorcycle-safety training, Yew Chung International School For more information, contact us at the joy of finger painting, the thrill of music and dance, needlework, orches- (YCIS) [email protected] or dancing, the pleasure of building towers, tra, parent education, physical fitness 310 Easy St. visit our website at and the satisfaction of mastering pre-lit- and vocational education. Older-adult Mountain View eracy and pre-math skills with the sup- classes (55+, $18). 903-0986 www.collegegoals.com port and guidance of a dedicated, loving, www.ycef.com/sv College Goals, PO Box 18777, Stanford, CA 94309 multicultural teaching staff. Phillips Brooks School YCIS provides multi-cultural and bilin- 2245 Avy Ave. gual, English and Mandarin Chinese, Tel (401)247-2629 or (401)454-4585 Circle of Friends Preschool Menlo Park education to children from preschool to Alameda de las Pulgas 854-4545 5th grade. Yew Chung education aims to Menlo Park www.phillipsbrooks.org liberate the joy of learning within each 854-2468 The Phillips Brooks School, an inde- child. No prior Chinese experience is [email protected] pendent co-educational day school for required. We offer a well-rounded curriculum in students in pre-kindergarten through a warm personal environment. Our goal fifth grade, prepares each student to live is to promote the development of the a creative, humane and compassionate Class Guide The Class Guide is published whole child: physical, emotional, social, life, and to be a contributing member quarterly in the Palo Alto Weekly. language and intellectual. Detailed as- of society. The curriculum emphasizes Descriptions of classes offered in sessment of each child helps us to build the basic academic disciplines and their Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Stanford, partnerships with families to support integration into everyday life, while de- Atherton, Los Altos Hills, Portola emerging competencies. All this in a veloping the foundation for individual Valley, East Palo Alto and beyond play-based program where children have scholastic excellence and inspiring an are provided. Listings are free and opportunities to create, explore, prob- enthusiasm for life-long learning. The subject to editing. Due to space con- lem solve, learn concepts, and integrate overall school experience weaves the in- straints, classes held in the above knowledge in a hands-on environment. tellectual, spiritual, social and physical areas of growth into the fabric that is the cities are given priority. Phillips Brooks School community. To inquire about placing a listing Helios New School in the Class Guide, e-mail Editorial ! 3921 Fabian Way Assistant Karla Kane at KKane@ "# $" ! Palo Alto Sand Hill School paweekly.com, call 650-326-8210 or 650-223-8690 650 Clark Way visit www.PaloAltoOnline.com. ""!# ! "%&! '" www.heliosnewschool.org Palo Alto To place a paid advertisement in "( # (% ! Constructivist K-4 secular program 688-3605 the Class Guide, call our display for gifted children on the Taube Koret www.sandhillschool.org advertising department at 650-326- !"#$% & ' $ ($ )*++ Campus for Jewish Life. Curriculum in- [email protected] 8210. cludes French, Chinese, music, social- For young minds, one size doesn’t fit all. ,,,#% &"-$. emotional learning - plus access to JCC At Sand Hill School, we find what fits afterschool programming/recreational best for your child. At Children’s Health facilities. Accepting applications. Email Council. Grades K-3. 6:1 student/teach- [email protected] or er ratio. Classes begin Feb. 1. check website www.heliosnewschool. Looking for something to do? org for dates/times of tours/information School for Independent Learners nights. 909 North San Antonio Road Check out the Weekly’s Community Calendar Los Altos for the Midpeninsula. International School of the Pen- 650-941-4350 insula www.sileducation.com Instantly find out what events are going on in your city! 151 Laura Lane Private WASC-accredited high-school. Palo Alto One-to-one and small-group instruction. Go to www.PaloAltoOnline.com/calendar 251-8504 FT and PT enrollment. UC-approved www.istp.org college prep, honors, and AP course- Parent Workshops Distinguishing Two Types [email protected] work. Individualized curriculum. Self- paced, and mastery-based: failure is not of Reading Difficulty : ISTP offers extensive after-school lan- What Parents Need to Know an option. Also: tutoring, test prep, and guage classes at its two Palo Alto loca- Does your child read well but you tions. Classes offered in French, Manda- college counseling. Open every day, suspect does not understand enough rin and Spanish to preschool students (3 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Start anytime. of what he or she reads? Our workshop to 5 years old). Additional classes taught helps parents identify warning signs in Arabic, Farsi, German, Hindi, Italian, St. Joseph Catholic School related to comprehension. We also give Japanese and Russian for elementary 1120 Miramonte Ave. you some activities to do with your child and middle school students. Mountain View to bolster comprehension skills. 967-1839 Building Your Child‘s Vocabulary: %GEHIQMGW Jim Gorman Swim School www.sjmv.org Let‘s Talk 3249 Alpine Road St. Joseph Catholic School offers a com- A child‘s speaking skill lags when Portola Valley prehensive curriculum with an emphasis it comes to range and quality of integrated with 854-6699 ext. 100 on religion, language arts, mathematics, vocabulary – and holds back growth in [email protected] social studies and science. In addition reading comprehension. This workshop shows you language-based activities to 8LI%VXW Patient, professional instructors and to the core curriculum, St. Joseph’s also bolstering your child’s vocabulary and warm, clean pools make it fun to learn offers a fine arts program, computer instruction and physical education. speaking skills. to swim. Private and small group les- Your Child‘s Writing : sons for all ages and abilities, from The Link with Comprehension water babies (3-30 months) to national Trinity School Some children appear to have strong champions. Weekday and weekend les- 2650 Sand Hill Road writing basics. Yet, their written work sons available for sign-ups now. Menlo Park may pose significant difficulty from a (]REQMG 854-0288 reader’s perspective. Parents learn Kirk House Preschool www.trinity-mp.org activities to help your child write in a learning 1148 Johnson St. [email protected] way that a reader can visualize and Menlo Park Early childhood through grade 5. Trin- understand your child’s writing. )RZMVSRQIRX 323-8667 ity School encourages preschool to Multisensory Math: mppc.org grade 5 children from all backgrounds Capitalizing on Your Child’s Strengths [email protected] to love learning. 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