TWICE A DONOR | P.5 Class Guide p.19 AUGUST 7, 2009 VOLUME 17, NO. 31 INSIDE: WEEKEND| PAGE 12 650.964.6300 MountainViewOnline.com Eshoo buys time for Hangar By Casey Weiss here may be hope for Hangar One after all, city officials say, after Congress- Twoman Anna Eshoo negotiated with the Navy to delay plans to strip the structure for 30 days. The Navy, NASA Ames and the city of Mountain View have been debating the future of Hangar One for years. But discus- sions were at a relative standstill over the past several weeks after Navy officials announced they had resolved once and for all to strip the historic structure’s toxic siding away and leave a bare skeleton behind — an option preservationists said would spell the end for the hangar. Before its discussions with Eshoo, the Navy reportedly was trying to enter into a contract by the end of the month to remove the siding. JAMES TENSUAN HULA MANIA: See HANGAR, page 9 Laura Hung hulas to live music as the crowd cheers her on during a Thursday Night Live event last month. The next event is this Thursday, Aug. 6, from 5 to 9 p.m. on Castro Street. Time to Cyclist rode past cancer and kept going ‘reboot’ HE’S NOT ARMSTRONG, BUT MOUNTAIN VIEW’S DAVID TROUSDALE IS RACKING UP PODIUM FINISHES OF HIS OWN California? By Colin Becht dale said Armstrong is not his idol. rider he admired and studied. Still, Trous- By Chris Kenrick “Everybody knows about Lance, but I like dale’s wife, Sherry Symington, is fond of arlier this summer, a cancer survivor calling her husband “The Lance Armstrong everal hundred local civic leaders, cycled past the competition and fin- of Mountain View.” including more than two dozen Eished high on the podium. No, not Trousdale said he has been riding bicycles elected officials, gathered in Sunny- Lance Armstrong. This cyclist was Moun- S his whole life, but it was not until three years vale last week to talk about “rebooting tain View resident David Trousdale, and his ago that he began cycling competitively. In California.” podium finish was not at the Tour de France, fact, competitive cycling was not even Trous- Organizers proposed a constitutional but the California Senior Games. dale’s first choice. He initially was going to convention to “take back California” Though Armstrong’s third place finish train to be a sprinter, but his knees began from a “crumbling infrastructure, over- enthralled many, Trousdale placed much hurting. A sports physician suggested he try flowing prisons, failing schools and a higher on his podium. He placed first in the cycling, and that was the launch of his cycling dysfunctional legislature.” 5-kilometer time trial and in the 20K and 40K career. “We’re at a very critical moment in the races, and second in the 10K time trial. Since switching to cycling, Trousdale has history of California,” said Jim Wun- Now Trousdale, 65, is bringing those med- been a dedicated competitor. He has com- derman, CEO of the Bay Area Council, als to Palo Alto to compete in the 2009 Sum- peted in the California Senior Games for the a business-sponsored advocacy group. mer National Senior Games. COURTESY PHOTO past three years and has also participated in “Are we going to take California forward Despite the obvious comparison to another to follow other riders,” he said. winning cyclist who survived cancer, Trous- Trousdale said Fabian Cancellara was a See CYCLIST, page 9 See REBOOT, page 9 INSIDE GOINGS ON 17 | MARKETPLACE 24 | MOVIES 15 | REAL ESTATE 28 | VIEWPOINT 10 $& %'$ %&&'&& !!%"&%%& &! !$"& &% "+% % & &% ! !$ & *"&! $ )!$%% !&!$% ! !$ & ' #' ($! &&& %&&! !(&!!$& !"$&)&! +&"& &%%& &$%&% "$!(%&&!&$& !%% &$& &!$$'&!$+%!$$%! &$&$% ( % &%!!!'$*"$&%("! $& #'%&!&$&"$"$ (%'$%% !$& '$+% !&$$'&!$+%!$$% !!$& %& $!(%'$$+!' !' &! 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