Let’s put the Please help us eliminate plastic back in the mail! bags and reduce our carbon footprint by signing up now to request mail delivery of the paper. Just visit our Web Site, http://www.mv-voice.com/request and fi ll out the form. Or call us at 650 964-6300. Thank You– Tom Gibboney, publisher AUGUST 15, 2008 VOLUME 16, NO. 32 650.964.6300 MountainViewOnline.com SEE p.5 FOR DETAILS Big field lines up for council race CANDIDATES INCLUDE FIVE NEWCOMERS, TWO INCUMBENTS AND KASPERZAK By Daniel DeBolt He says he can provide a voice for young high-tech workers, and help ountain View voters will connect that community to city have an opportunity to government. A new teen center is Melect a new majority of also a goal for Clark. the City Council when they go the “Mountain View’s support for polls Nov. 4. And they will have our young people can be better,” plenty of candidates to choose Clark wrote in an e-mail. “We from. should study the most effective When filing for the four open programs in other cities.” seats closed last Friday, the field But his top priority, he said, is had swelled to nine people, with local real estate agent Diana Wang See CANDIDATES, page 8 entering at the last minute. DARLENE BOUCHARD This election will be the last one ENGAGED: in the next six years where there won’t be an incumbent trying to Birthday Bert Ribeiro, a student in MVLA’s Adults with Disabilities Program, takes part in a math activity using fill every open seat. Matt Pear and chips and dominoes. The adult education program helps people with disabilities learn skills needed for Nick Galiotto will term out this employment. See story, p. 7. party year, leaving at least two seats open to newcomers, while Laura Macias and Mayor Tom Means will be gone bad running for re-election. Back-to-school present at MV High With four seats up for grabs, an By Daniel DeBolt entirely new four-vote majority STUDENTS ALLOWED TO PARK OUTSIDE HIGH SCHOOL could be put into power, changing birthday party on the course of City Hall for years to East Middlefield Road By Casey Weiss and they worry about pedestrian The City Council agreed in come. Aturned into a vio- and biker safety. On the other April that students could park Here is a brief look at the candi- lent melee Saturday, with ountain View High side, school administrators and on the school side of Truman dates: police forcefully arresting School students will be students argue the additional and Bryant streets if the district six people. In the process, Mable to legally park out- parking is important for both added more parking spots in CHRIS CLARK two partiers were injured side the campus for the first time students and volunteers. the school parking lot, as well as and a third was zapped with in years when they return bike racks on campus to Clark, 24, is a senior operations a Taser gun. to school on Monday. encourage students to use manager at a local tech company According to police, an School district adminis- alternative modes of trans- who grew up on a farm in Illinois. afternoon party at 122 E. trators and Mountain View Students will have 118 more portation. In exchange, His political experience is mostly Middlefield Road — thrown City Council members say parking spots when they the city would add a cross- as a page in the U.S. House of to celebrate the 27th birthday 50 new spots around the walk at Bruckner Circle Representatives. But the Stanford of Mountain View resident school will be a short-term return to school this Monday. and Truman, put up new graduate calls himself a “geek” Henrique Bortuluzzi — had solution to the dispute “share the road” signage when it comes to local politics, drawn three noise com- over parking and traffic, and stripe the sidewalks and he sometimes peruses the city plaints. At 7 p.m., two offi- which has existed between around the campus. budget just to see how money is cers responded to the final students and neighbors for more The “new spots will definitely The result was 68 more park- being spent. complaint, arriving to con- than 40 years. improve traffic. It will help get ing spots on campus at a cost of When asked about popula- front a group of 15 people The city has prohibited park- parking out of the community $88,000 to the district. Along tion growth in the city, Clark about loud music and public ing outside the high school on and into the school,” said Barry with the 50 spaces on the street, said growth is unavoidable. Space drunkenness. That’s when and off since 1969. Neighbors Groves, superintendent of the that means students will have 118 available for housing needs to be say off-campus parking only Mountain View-Los Altos High “maximized” while preserving See PARTY, page 14 adds to the noise and traffic, School District. See PARKING, page 10 open space. INSIDE GOINGS ON 22 | MARKETPLACE 24 | MOVIES 20 | REAL ESTATE 28 | VIEWPOINT 15 | WEEKEND 17 MEDICAL & HEALTH PROFILES 2008 Advertorials produced by: 760-770-9254 Good Health is something that none of us should take for granted. The health professionals profiled here recognize Media Images: this fact and are striving to make good health a gift that more of our friends and neighbors can enjoy. Learn more about them below... LARRY EDWARDS, D.P.M. FOOT & ANKLE DIAGNOSTICS AND TREATMENT Our feet help us balance, and carry us the equivalent of five times around the earth in an average lifetime. In return, we rarely give them the attention they deserve, hiding El Camino Hospital offers stroke patients comprehensive treatment from emergency them away in shoes and forgetting about them until they rebel. Our feet are also mir- care to rehabilitation. El Camino Hospital is the only hospital in the region to receive rors of our general health. Signs of diabetes, arthritis, circulatory and neurological HealthGrades Stroke Care Excellence Award™ four years in a row (2005-2008). diseases, often appear first in the feet. El Camino Hospital has also received the Gold Seal of Approval™ from The Joint Our Mountain View neighbors are fortunate to have Dr. Larry Edwards, a Board Commission as a Primary Stroke Center. El Camino Hospital demonstrated that its Certified Podiatrist, providing expert and professional podiatric services for children, stroke program is meeting and actually exceeding national standards and guidelines adults and seniors including complete diabetic foot care, arthritic foot care, sports that can significantly improve outcomes for stroke to earn this certification. medicine, and foot surgery. Dr. Edwards holds hospital surgical privileges at El Camino When a potential stroke patient arrives at El Camino Hospital, the staff calls a Hospital and is a member of the American Podiatric Medical Association (APMA). stroke alert. A specially trained stroke team, available 24 hours a day, evaluates the Dr. Edwards’s office offers expertise in all aspects of foot care, from common patient and begins diagnostic tests to pinpoint the location, type, nature and extent of conditions like corns, calluses, warts, ingrown toenails, heel pain and bunions, to com- the brain injury. plex diagnostic and surgical procedures. His office also provides special care to dia- The team is trained to respond swiftly so that the best treatments may be administered. betics and the elderly, two groups who need special attention to their feet. Many t-PA, a clot-dissolving drug which breaks up the clot and restores blood flow to the seniors for example, need help keeping their toenails properly trimmed, something the brain to reduce brain damage, may be recommended. These clot-dissolving drugs must be staff is happy to help with. given within the first 3 hours after stroke symptoms begin - therefore timing is imperative! The doctor’s advanced surgical and non surgical skills makes him uniquely quali- El Camino Hospital’s specially-trained staff are there to provide the best care dur- fied to treat routine as well as complex cases including gait analysis, orthotic therapy, ing the acute and recovery phases of stroke. Their support continues by providing com- and surgery for a variety of foot & ankle ailments. Dr. Edwards and his staff share in prehensive patient and family discharge education tailored to each patients’ individual a strong commitment to the highest standards of care to provide you with the best needs, including referrals and information about local stroke support groups. treatment available as you enjoy the life-long benefits of healthy, painless, happy feet. Located in Mountain View at 2500 Grant Rd., phone (650) 940-7000. Located in Mountain View at 305 South Dr., Suite 6, phone (650) 964-4757. www.elcaminohospital.org NEOVISION EYE CENTER D DONIAN SHEN, D.D.S. SHOBHA TANDON, M.D., Ph.D. S GENERAL & COSMETIC DENTISTRY LASER VISION CORRECTION CATARACT SURGERY FAMILY EYE CARE Patients who undergo cataract surgery now have some options for ‘upgrades’ for in- You may be new to the area, or maybe you have experienced an incomplete evalu- traocular lenses that have never been available in the past. Only recently has the federal ation and diagnosis in the past. Trust your smile to an artistic dentist who creates government allowed patients to assume the added cost of the lens while still using medi- gorgeous smiles! care or their insurance to pay for the surgery. Here in Mountain View, we are fortunate to have Dr. Donian Shen, providing a The multifocal lens is now available to patients at Neovision Eye Center here in comprehensive family practice to help children, adults & seniors have and keep beau- Mountain View and their new Union City facility.