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“My gut feeling is that I wouldlove to keep the five libraries,”Kishimoto said.

Since last week, whenSimpson’s plan was first unveiled,dozens of Palo Altans have bom-barded council members with e-mails about the future of the city’slibrary system, arguing both sidesof the debate.

During the meeting, Simpson —who conducted a six-month “lis-tening tour” to come up with her

assessment and recommendation— listed a number of reasons whythe library’s current status quo isunacceptable. She argued the sys-tem’s existing structure, with fivethinly staffed branches, is eco-nomically unsustainable — espe-cially as the city faces a projected$4 million-plus budget deficit nextyear — and also fails to meet suchneeds as rooms for quiet study anda computer lab.

Even though the two council

members opposed the plan,Councilwoman Judy Kleinbergand other elected officials soughtto find middle ground between theopposing sides. It was hard todecipher the exact will of theentire political body, as manyexpressed no clear preference.

Monday night’s meeting wasnot the decision point, but rather achance for the council to hearSimpson’s ideas and assessment

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Palo Alto City Council shows little support for librarydirector’s consolidation plan

by Bill D’Agostino

P alo Alto Library Director Paula Simpson’s plan toclose small libraries in favor of operating one cen-tral branch will face an uphill battle for approval,

if Monday night’s City Council meeting is any indica-tion.

Two of Palo Alto’s nine council members, Yoriko Kishimoto and JackMorton, openly opposed the plan.

Melanie Hibbs, whose family haslived on Alester Avenue for nineyears, describes the area as “safe,quiet, typical.”

That sense of security was shat-tered last week when a woman was

raped in her Alester Avenue home— across the street from Duveneck,a kindergarten through fifth-gradeschool.

“These things happen and wedon’t expect them to happen. This

is very unusual,” Hibbs said.The victim, who is in her 40s,

awoke at 2 a.m. Friday to a manholding a knife in her bed. After theassault, the man took a laptop andsome money and stole her car,which police later recovered in EastPalo Alto.

Police said her front door wasunlocked at the time of the attack.

Detective Marianna Villaescusasaid the car, a 1998 NissanPathfinder, was intact when policediscovered the vehicle. The stereowas left untouched and it wasparked by a curb in the 1800 blockof Stevens Drive.

The vehicle has since been testedfor fingerprints and any uncoveredevidence was sent to the countycrime lab. Police are still searching

for the laptop, a gray HewlettPackard Omnibook 6000. As ofTuesday afternoon, the suspect wasstill at large.

The victim lives at the home withher two children, who were withtheir father that morning. She wastaken to a nearby hospital and iscurrently recovering.

Police Agent Dan Ryan said thecrime does not seem connected toother recent sexual assaults in SanJose, Mountain View and LosAltos. Ryan said the suspect inthose cases was described as aHispanic man. The woman assault-ed last Friday couldn’t see herattacker clearly because it was dark.However, she said he could havebeen a 6-foot black man wearing a

Neighborhood shaken by home invasion

Police search for man who broke into home, raped womanby Alexandria Rocha

L ike most residential neighborhoods in Palo Alto, it’s notuncommon to see people walking their dogs or jogginglate at night near Duveneck Elementary School.


Cloudy skiesfor stormdrains?

Poor history with electorate cause for concern


T he ghosts of failed-elections past hauntedPalo Alto’s City Hall

on Monday night, as theCity Council nervouslymoved forward with a win-ter storm-drain fee elec-tion.

The ballot measure will askproperty owners to increase theaverage storm-drain fee to $10 amonth, with possible annualincreases for inflation.

The current fee for a typical-sized property is $4.25 a month,but city officials said it is insuffi-cient to pay for a number of need-ed upgrades to the system of pipes,drains and pumps that carry rain-water from the city streets to thecity creeks. The actual fee for ahomeowner or business ownerdepends on the size of the proper-ty.

The $10 fee would raise $17million over 12 years to pay forseven construction projects aroundtown.

Although the nine council mem-bers eventually voted unanimouslyto hold the election, they wrungtheir hands in self-doubt whiledebating the exact size of the pro-posal.

“We’re just off on the wrongfoot,” Councilwoman DenaMossar said, concerned that thepublic doesn’t know enough aboutthe proposal.

The City Council will give finalapproval to the election inDecember. Ballots will then bemailed to property owners inFebruary.

Council members debated the


Tale of the tapeMisael Vela, who helps maintain the Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course, wrapped City Hall with 1,000 feet of yellow tape that read “City ofPalo Alto: Temporarily Out of Order” on Monday, Nov. 8 before the council meeting. Temporary workers are claiming that city officials areobstructing them from unionizing.

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The election lingers onL ast week’s election won’t be over

until thousands of provisionaland absentee ballets are counted

in both Santa Clara and San Mateocounties.

It was a quaint idea that we wouldknow the winners on election night.

Palo Alto school officials are bitingtheir fingernails, being just a few hun-dred votes short of the magic twothirds needed on their Measure I par-cel tax.

Meanwhile, the East Palo CityCouncil race remained too close tocall into this week. Just 129 votes sep-arate three candidates vying for thethird of three four-year seats. MayorDonna Rutherford held a slim, 40-vote lead over City Councilman Du-ane Bay, with challenger EverardoLuna 129 votes behind Rutherford.

As of Friday, there were 40,000 pro-visional and absentee ballots left to becounted in San Mateo County, a sliceof which were East Palo Alto votes.

At least one incumbent, Rutherfordor Bay, will lose, thanks to the sur-prisingly strong showing by A. PeterEvans, who remains comfortably insecond place.

With Evans on the council, it’s go-ing to be a whole new ball game. Thisis the seventh time he has run. Evansused to serve on the East Palo AltoSanitary District board, but was re-called years ago.

Evans is best known for his opposi-tion to the big-box (IKEA, Home De-pot) approach to community econom-ics — and for his public anger.

While on the Sanitary Districtboard, he once threw a cup of coffeeat an attorney during a meeting be-cause he didn’t like what the guy wassaying. And he used to sit in the backat City Council meetings and shout atthe council if he didn’t like what wasgoing on.

Evans is still angry, and won’t talkto the Weekly. “I am not interested intalking with you or your paper,” hetold the Weekly after the election.“You have not covered me fairly.”

During this election he toned downhis angry man routine, but it will beinteresting to see what he will be likeas a councilman.

“Pete has always been the one tocriticize, never the one to propose asolution,” said former councilwomanand mayor Sharifa Wilson. “So I’mwaiting to see if he has a plan.”

Evans’ criticisms — and perhapshis anger — apparently touched achord among voters. The bitterlyfought IKEA ballot measure split thecommunity in half in June 2002, win-

ning by just 143 votes.In addition to lingering resentment,

the community is rife with rumorsabout other plans, and fears aboutwho will be pushed out of the com-munity. Many feel enough is enough.The Service Employees InternationalUnion (SEIU), representing cityworkers, also worked hard for Evans,a staunch union supporter.

Evans has something else going forhim: People see him as being willing,even eager, to criticize what’s wrongwith the city government, a watchdog.

One rumor from this election is par-ticularly disturbing, if true: that manyLatinos decided to vote only for Lati-nos — two were in the race, Luna andRuben Abrica, who won the singletwo-year seat. True or not, that rumorreportedly prompted many AfricanAmericans to vote only for AfricanAmericans.

“That’s a rumor that’s trying to di-vide the city,” Luna said. Luna main-tains he had strong support fromAfrican Americans, too. But with 60percent of the residents being Latino,they are clearly on the ascendancy inthe city politically.

To the extent that either voting pat-tern existed, it would be at the ex-pense of Bay and candidate CourtSkinner, who are white.

Another factor in Bay’s weak show-ing was a loss of support from long-time rental-housing advocate WilliamWebster, a member of the city’s RentStabilization Board for the last dozenyears. Webster is critical of Bay andother city officials for attempting totinker with the city’s law prohibitingconversion of apartments to condo-miniums.

“That’s a matter of life and death,”Webster said. “That’s everything.”Without the ordinance, “East PaloAlto would become Palo Alto East,with little affordable housing,” hesaid. Webster supported Skinner.

Webster’s shift “was the kiss ofdeath for Duane,” Wilson said.

But Bay is just 40 votes behindRutherford, so the race may not beover until the final absentee ballots aretallied.

Weekly Senior Staff Writer DonKazak can be e-mailed at [email protected].

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The department wants to rebuild itsheadquarters, and is scheduled tocome before the City CouncilMonday, Dec. 6. Also that night, apreliminary design of the new build-ing, attached to the back of CityHall, will be presented.

An overhaul of the police head-quarters is long overdue, but to fit allthe functions of the department intoone building, its height would needto exceed 50 feet, Police ChiefLynne Johnson said.

Without the variance, the policedepartment’s 911 dispatch and theemergency operations centers wouldmove to another building, accordingto Johnson.

“That obviously would increasethe cost of the whole project becausewe’d have to find some other site andbuild a new facility just for that,” shesaid.

But some longtime communityleaders view the height limit assacrosanct.

“The city should be very careful in

making exceptions to the rules foritself that it’s not prepared to giveother private parties,” formerCouncilwoman Emily Renzel said.“It’s a risky business to have a dualstandard.”

To raise the estimated $40 million-plus needed to construct the build-ing, officials are looking at variousoptions, including a bond measure togo before voters in 2006, Johnsonsaid.

An environmental report studyingthe impact of the new building willbe written next year.

The project to upgrade the policeheadquarters is one of the morenotable victims of the “Palo AltoProcess.” It has been discussed formore than two decades, and whenthe department originally proposedthe project it cost a mere $6.5 mil-lion, Johnson said.

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In return for Hill pleading nocontest to a felony charge of grossvehicular manslaughter whileintoxicated, prosecutors agreed todrop another felony charge ofassault with a deadly weapon. Hillhad faced a maximum sentence of14 years in prison.

Hill has already served one yearof his sentence, and will notreceive any time off for goodbehavior.

Police alleged that Hill, 24, rana Chevrolet Tahoe SUV into ChadSnow, killing him as a party onPalo Alto’s Cowper Avenueturned rowdy. The plea wasannounced Tuesday afternoonduring a hearing in Superior CourtJudge Diane Northway’s PaloAlto courtroom.

Snow’s father was disappointedwith the plea.

“I find it amazing that you canget two years for drunk driving,but if you kill someone you only

get four,” said Marv Snow, a for-mer Palo Alto Weekly reporterwho now lives in Nevada. “Butapparently that’s the best we canget.”

There were conflicting accountsof the incident that might havehurt the prosecutor’s potentialcase. Some witnesses said Hillwas the second driver to hit Snow,who died two days after theattack.

Deputy District Attorney LaneLiroff said it was a “challengingcase,” and that he consulted withfour or five physicians about thepossible causes of Snow’s death.

Snow’s grandmother, HelenSnow, disagreed with themanslaughter plea.

“It was an actual murder,” saidHelen, who lives in Palo Alto.“Oh, my poor grandson.”■

Staff Writer Bill D’Agostinocan be e-mailed [email protected]

Plea bargain in ‘SUV attack’

William Hill agrees to four years in state prison for rolein death of aspiring rapper Chad Snow

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Former candidate for 21st State Assembly District, Steve Poizner, after conceding the electionMonday afternoon to his opponent, Ira Ruskin.See facing page.

ASSEMBLY DISASSEMBLING ...He ultimately conceded the race,but on election night 21st StateAssembly District candidate StevePoizner could still laugh about theoften rancorous contest. TheRepublican, who knocked on11,000 district doors during thecampaign, amused the crowd atPalo Alto’s Sheraton with a DaveLetterman-style Top 10 list of his“most interesting” precinct-walkingmoments. Among the highlights:the Menlo Park man whoanswered the door totally naked— “we’re talking Full Monty here”— and still wanted to talk aboutpolitical reform; the man whocryptically mentioned that“Angels go to Sacramento; devilscome home;” and the 12-year-old boy in Los Gatos who said,his voice dripping with disgust, “I recognize you. You’re StevePoizner, the capitalist.”

... AND THEY’RE OFF If you’re apolitical junkie, take solace. The2004 elections are over, but it’snever too early to handicap the2005 races. Four Palo Alto councilmembers are up for re-election —Jim Burch, Yoriko Kishimoto,Hillary Freeman and JackMorton — but Burch has longstated he will not run for re-elec-tion. There will also be anotheropen seat, that of Councilman VicOjakian, who is leaving due toterm limits. Attorney Harold“Skip” Justman, who finished fifthof 11 candidates in 2003 —missing a seat by 3,600 votes— will again run for election.School board member JohnBarton said he is “very serious-ly” considering a run. Othernames, especially from the city’sPlanning and TransportationCommission and neighborhoodgroups, are being thrown aroundas possible candidates.

MOCK ELECTION ... Students atWoodside Priory School in PortolaValley cast their votes in a mockElection Day activity. Out of a total420 ballots that could have beencast, 148 were for Sen. JohnKerry, 78 for President GeorgeW. Bush, 19 for Ralph Nader, 18for write-in candidates, three werecast blank and six were invalid.“There was some confusion, andsome ballots did not get distrib-uted at their ‘polling places,’” saidCarolyn Dobervich, the school’s

director of communications. “Thuswe have several disenfranchisedvoters, but at last check no pollwatchers or court challenges,”she added, jokingly.

‘TIRE-ISM’ ATTACK? ... Someonemay have voted against theMidpeninsula Regional OpenSpace District’s plans for redraw-ing the seven boundaries forBoard of Directors’ wards lastweek, despite a congenial, con-structive atmosphere among the36 citizens at a public workshop.Two district vehicles ended upwith two large screws apiece intheir tires while parked outside theLa Honda Elementary School, siteof the workshop. The vehicles,marked with the MROSD logo onthe doors, were driven by David“Sango” Sanguinetti, area super-visor for the district’s Skyline FieldOffice, and Assistant GeneralManager Sally Thielfoldt. Onevehicle had two screws in its rightfront tire and the other had onescrew each in the right front andright rear tires. Both officials madeit home OK, but found the tiresflat in the morning. The commit-tee workshop was discussinghow best to reapportion districtwards after the large coastsideannexation, which was recentlycompleted.

SHINING STARS ... Next stop,The Emmy Awards. Five programsproduced locally at theMidpeninsula Community MediaCenter in Palo Alto have wonWestern Alliance Video Excellenceawards, which were presentedlast week in Reno, Nev. Stanfordstudent Marie Jo Mont-Reynaudwon the youth category for herdocumentary about life in Haiti.Jennifer Benorden won in thecommunity news category for herdocumentary about the prisonindustry. Vicci Smith won for hertalk show, “She TV.” The localUnited Nations Association wonin the public service category witha promotion for its film festival,and Theatreworks and the MediaCenter won for their collaborationon “Shakespeare: The Remix.”

SEE YOU MONDAY ... The PaloAlto Unified School District’s 17schools will close for a two-dayVeterans’ Day holiday Thursdayand Friday. City Hall will also beclosed on Thursday.

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Standing outside his campaignoffice in Los Altos on a cloudyMonday afternoon, Poizner conced-ed the hotly-contested and closely-watched race for state Assembly inthe 21st District to Democrat IraRuskin.

Although he held out hope fornearly a week that thousands of late,uncounted votes would swing thecampaign his way, Poizner admittedthe race was over.

“It appears the percentages — thetrends — are not changing,” he said.

With 165,000 votes counted,Poizner trailed Ruskin by 6,000 asof Monday afternoon. No seat inCalifornia’s Legislature switchedparties during last week’s election.

“With just a little over 31 percentof this district registered Republican,it’s really quite remarkable that over48 percent of this district ended upsupporting this maverick candidate,”Poizner said, trying to strike hopefulnotes in the face of defeat.“Moderate Republican candidateswho focus on problem solvingshould not be discouraged by this.”

Flanked by cheering supportersand surrounded by television and

newspaper reporters, Poiznerlooked and sounded like a politicianready for another campaign. But hewouldn’t say which seat, or seats,he was pondering.

“I am not content to sit on the side-lines for very long,” said Poizner, amoderate Republican with sociallyliberal views who captured most ofthe local newspaper endorsements.“I will get involved in somethingquite substantial here soon. I’m inthe process of evaluating what mightbe the best fit for me.”

In the near future, Poizner will beworking on a 2006 ballot initiativeto get redistricting reform so inde-pendent judges create the districtlines. He’s also continuing to workfor another proposal to lower thethreshold for school districts’ parceltaxes to 55 percent.

Poizner, a 47-year-old Los Gatosresident whose company, SnapTrack,sold for $1 billion, said he didn’tregret spending $6 million from hispersonal fortune on the race.

“As you all know, this is a districtthat has been very carefully drawnto make it very difficult to have acompetitive race,” he said. “At the

end of the day, my wife and I arevery proud of the fact that we madeit into a competitive race by puttingthe time and resources required tolevel the playing field and to over-come the gerrymandering to givetrue choices to voters here.”

Meanwhile, Ruskin, a 60-year-old council member in RedwoodCity, said his first priority in theAssembly would be to close taxloopholes for offshore corporations.

When Ruskin takes his seat inSacramento in January, a strongDemocratic majority will surroundhim in the state Legislature, but hewill also be forced to work withSchwarzenegger, a popular gover-nor who backed Poizner.

“The governor’s support for myopponent will not affect at all myability to work with him,” Ruskinsaid. “I have a background of work-ing across party lines. I intend to dothat in Sacramento.”

Ruskin, who received $1 millionfrom the Democratic party, argued itwas his experience and values thatapparently kept the seat “blue.”

“The voters voted for me becausethey believe I am independent andeffective.” ■

Staff Writer Bill D’Agostinocan be e-mailed at [email protected]

ELECTION ’04

Poizner throws in the towelDoesn’t regret spending $6 million in losing effort


A s Republican Steve Poizner described it, the muscle ofGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the might of $6 millionwasn’t enough to climb the mountain of partisan politics.

The unusual bicycle traffic signal thatofficials hoped would help bicyclistsmaneuver the frenzied downtown roadnear the tunnel could be useless oreven illegal. That’s because theCalifornia vehicle code that governssuch signals, signed by Gov. GrayDavis in 1999, expires on Jan. 1, 2005.City officials are investigating whetherthey can still legally install the signal ifthe law sunsets as expected.

“That needs to be resolved beforeit’s opened up,” Police Chief LynneJohnson said.

The Homer Tunnel, an underpassthat will connect the Palo AltoMedical Foundation, the Westin, theSheraton and Palo Alto High Schoolto downtown, has faced a series ofdelays from issues over its founda-tion to the most recent question con-cerning the traffic light.

The underpass gained notoriety inSeptember when the City Councilrejected a plan to build a bicycle laneon Homer Avenue, angering the bicy-cling community. Going downtownfrom the tunnel, bicyclists will have toeither ride on busy and fast AlmaStreet or travel the wrong direction onthe one-way, two-lane Homer Avenue.

The light would have stopped traf-fic to allow bicyclists riding north onAlma Street 20 seconds to cross the

intersection. Assuming the bike-sig-nal law can be resolved, the under-pass is now scheduled to open aroundThanksgiving.

City officials only recently — with-in the past month or so — discoveredthe law’s upcoming expiration date.

The vehicle code’s sunset clausemight mean the city could install thebicycle-only signal but police officerscouldn’t enforce it, according to KenMcGuire, the chief of bicycle facili-ties for the California Department ofTransportation.

Caltrans is working with state leg-islators to see if the sunset clause canbe lifted by the end of the year,McGuire said. “It’s tight to try to dothat,” he admitted.

The City of Davis had California’sfirst bicycle-only traffic signal; thelight at Homer Avenue and AlmaStreet would be Palo Alto’s first. Davisofficials originally lobbied the state toinclude them in the state’s repertory oftraffic-control devices.

During a test-run in Davis, trafficexperts said bicycle crashes werereduced in busy intersections oncethe signals were installed. Davis nowhas seven such signals. It’s not plan-ning to remove them at the end of theyear, when the law expires.

“It would present more of a hazard

if we take them down,” said TimBustos, Davis’ bicycle and pedestriancoordinator.

Palo Alto’s Homer Tunnel wasscheduled to be opened at the begin-ning of the month, but that wasdelayed because the tunnel’shandrails are on back order.

It was the second significant delay.Earlier this year, the contractor incor-rectly installed the metal piles in thefoundation, forcing a multi-monthdelay to make the structure safe.

Without the alteration, the tunnelmight have collapsed under theweight of an overhead train, accord-ing to Public Works AssistantDirector Mike Sartor.

The city projects that around 1,200pedestrians and 600 cyclists pedestri-ans will use the Homer Tunnel everyday. Much of the funds for theHomer Tunnel came from federaland state grants.

Last month, representatives withthe PTA’s City/School Traffic SafetyCommittee sent a letter objecting tothe Palo Alto City Council’s decisionto not construct a bicycle lane onHomer Avenue.

“It is discouraging to see so mucheffort and money spent on a facilitythe utility of which is compromisedby poor connectivity,” the four repre-sentatives wrote. ■


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D’oh! Homer Tunnel faces another delayLaws for bike-only traffic signal expire at end of year


T he Homer Tunnel, Palo Alto’s troubled $5.4 millionbicycle and pedestrian underpass, faces yet anotherdilemma.


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Man arrested for stealing from Stanford Univ.Peter Trinca, 54, of Foster City was arrested Monday by Stanford

Police for allegedly stealing more than $1.5 million from the universitywhile he had managed the Pulse Copy Center on the campus from 2000through 2003. Trinca had been an employee of College Enterprises, Inc.

Trinca is alleged to have fraudulently provided false billing statementsto numerous university and Stanford Hospital departments to receive pro-motions and financial incentives from his company, according to StephenGibbons, Santa Clara County assistant district attorney.

If convicted, he could face up to six years in state prison. ■— Don Kazak

Council approves cameras in police carsTwenty-six police vehicles will have digital cameras on board in an

effort to increase the public’s trust of the city’s officers, but some councilmembers doubt the devices will have an effect if the department is giventoo much leeway.

On Monday night, the Palo Alto City Council granted $200,000 to thepolice department to purchase the cameras. The department will return ata future meeting with a policy on the circumstances in which the cameraswill videotape officers’ encounters with the public. Some council mem-bers signaled they might pull their financial support of the cameras if thedepartment’s policy gives officers too much flexibility on when to tape.

The council’s vote was unanimous. The cameras are “a major step” inincreasing “confidence and accountability,” but only if the department’spolicy gives officers as little discretion as possible when they’re video-taping, Councilwoman LaDoris Cordell said.

“If not, then the whole purpose will be defeated,” she added.The small digital cameras, which store the images and sound on a hard

drive, will be installed in approximately four months. They are capable ofswiveling 360 degrees, and zooming up to four times.

The policy for when the cameras will be recording encounters will behashed out with the police officer’s union, Police Chief Lynne Johnsontold the council. She noted that other departments with such cameras havewatched conviction rates increase and lawsuits against police decrease.

The police department has struggled in recent years to maintain credi-bility with local minorities, amidst some contentious encounters. Twoofficers are now being prosecuted for allegedly using too much force witha 60-year-old African American man. A black teenage boy’s family isthreatening to sue the city over an incident in which an officer allegedlyroughed him up. And a Hispanic man is suing the city in federal courtover an incident in which he was accused of raping an elderly woman.■

— Bill D’Agostino

Kleinberg breaks deadlock on Bayshore projectPalo Alto Councilwoman Judy Kleinberg returned from vacation to

break a tie and strike down a 74,000-square-foot office building plannedfor 2300 East Bayshore Road.

When the project, located adjacent to the Palo Alto Baylands, was infront of the council last month, Kleinberg was absent and the councildeadlocked 4-4.

Before casting her decisive vote, Kleinberg noted that the city’sArchitectural Review Board unanimously recommended denying theproject, which would have replaced a vacant restaurant and four vacantoffice buildings. The various buildings have been empty for numerousyears.

“We can’t really escape the conclusion that, as designed, this projectbefore us is not an enhancement to the Baylands, in keeping with its char-acter and ambiance,” Kleinberg said. “It is not in harmony with the natu-ral environment.”

The council voted 6-3 to deny the project Monday night, with councilmembers Jack Morton, Bern Beecham and Vic Ojakian dissenting.

“This is a site immediately off the freeway that currently has four dilap-idated warehouse office buildings,” Morton said. “To be clear, I thinkwe’re going down the wrong path.”

Vice Mayor Jim Burch switched his vote since the last meeting, andsaid afterward that he did so because he wanted the council’s decision tobe definitive.■

— Bill D’Agostino

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ground in recent years, but was putoff during a failed campaign for alibrary bond in 2002.

The building would replace thecurrent headquarters at 275 ForestAve. Other sites had been examinedin the past, but were nixed by theCity Council.

A few recent incidents have high-lighted the need for the new building.“It’s getting to the point that we’renoticing more and more issues that

come up,” Johnson said.When detectives investigated the

case of a dead baby earlier this year,the smell of the evidence permeatedthe whole building due to poor venti-lation. Some officers were sick totheir stomachs, Johnson said.

There is also a lack of space forstoring evidence, which at times canbe burdensome. During an investiga-tion of a 1997 murder, for example,police cut a big portion of asphalt outof the ground.

“By law we have to keep that — allthe evidence associated with that

case — for 50 years,” Johnson said.The city also violates the law

whenever adult and juvenile suspectsare located next to each other inholding cells. The law requires thetwo age groups be totally separate,but that is not possible with the build-ing’s current configuration.

Earlier this year, a report from theSanta Clara County Civil Grand Jurygave the city’s police buildingnumerous poor grades. ■


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black “puffy” jacket.Ryan said there were eight sexual

assaults last year. In two of the inci-dences, the women did not knowtheir attackers.

Since Friday, the streets in theDuveneck/St. Francis neighbor-hood have been quieter than nor-mal. The area’s residents, many par-ents of children, are trying to copewith the incident.

“There aren’t very many thingsthat are more emotionally chargedthan this. It weighs heavily on theentire community,” said Dana Tom,president of the Duveneck PTA.

Members of the local PTAs havebanded together to help the victim,cooking meals and searching for arental home for the family to tem-porarily relocate. Their efforts havehelped, however, members still feeldisheartened.

PTA President Barbara Spreng,who lives in neighboring CrescentPark, felt uneasy Monday.

“When I heard, I immediatelylocked my doors and I’m more vig-ilant about doing so, both when I’mhome and when I leave,” she said.

Teachers at Duveneck have beenadvised not to initiate discussion ofthe incident with students, saidRuth Malen, the school’s principal.She said awareness of the crime ishigh among parents and most aretaking precautions. ■

of the city’s libraries. CityManager Frank Benest will returnto the council on Dec. 13 with hisrecommendations, and then thecouncil will make its final deci-sion.

“With this report, we want tostart a courageous conversation,”Benest said.

Councilwoman LaDoris Cordellwarned the council against dig-ging in its heels too soon. She alsoapplauded Simpson for “yourvision and the courage you have tobring it forward.”

“I think we’re all agreed on onething and that is our libraries,however they’re constituted, doneed improvement,” Cordell said.

At various points whileSimpson spoke, numerous librari-ans who attended the meetingapplauded, expressing their frus-trations.

“The problem is we’re not doinga lot of different types of services— certainly not nearly the numberthat other libraries are doing,”Simpson said. “We’re pretty muchlimited to the basics: checkingbooks in and out, answering refer-ence questions, providing chil-dren’s programs and so forth. Andwe’re doing it well, but we’redoing it with a rather thin veneer,in my opinion, of looking great tothe public but underneath theunderpinnings are shaky.”

During the meeting, Simpsonalso laid out a series of otheroptions, including a proposal topass a parcel tax to increaselibrary funding to adequately staffall existing libraries. Next yearalone that would cost $850,000,she noted.

But the option that’s gotten themost attention was a proposal tobuild one central library, probablynear California Avenue. The rea-son the library director supportsthat plan is that by staffing numer-ous libraries, and filling them withduplicate copies of books andmagazines, the city is not gettingthe most bang for its buck.

The branches likely to closeunder this scenario would be theCollege Terrace, Downtown andMain libraries. A few residentsfelt that was worth the trade-off tohave one quality library.

“The libraries in Mountain Viewand Menlo Park put ours toshame,” Tom and Ellen Ehrlichwrote in an e-mail to the CityCouncil.

But others argued the branchlibraries are essential to their wayof life.

“I am a disabled resident of theCollege Terrace area and while Ican get to the branch library inabout 20 minutes, the publictransportation and additionalwalking to get downtown wouldcause a trip to the library tobecome a several hour excursion,something to be done rarely,” res-ident Kristy Nielsen wrote. “Thiswould leave me more isolated andmore housebound. ... Please donot make my world smaller.”■

Staff Writer Bill D’Agostino canbe e-mailed [email protected]

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size of the measure, hoping to findthe most palatable increase for vot-ers. Council members debated put-ting a $12 monthly fee on the bal-lot, and also voted down a propos-al to try for a $10 fee without anannual increase.

The city last attempted to raisethe storm-drain fee, to $9 a month,in 2000. That failed miserably,with less than 40 percent support-ing it. The city has also failed atthe polls for measures rangingfrom library funding to historicpreservation in other elections inthe past decade.

“The history here doesn’t warmmy heart,” Mayor Bern Beechamsaid.

Public Works Director GlennRoberts tried to assure the councilby noting that there are major dif-ferences from the 2000 ballot.Unlike then, for instance, thisyear’s proposal includes a sunsetclause after 12 years and an over-sight committee.

Other council members alsotried to raise their depressed col-leagues’ spirits.

“If you’re going to go up the hill,charge up the hill,” Vice MayorJim Burch said.

The $10 is subject to inflation,and could increase up to 6 percentevery year. Such increases would-n’t exceed the rate of inflation andwould be at the City Council’s dis-cretion.

Councilwoman Judy Kleinbergwanted the average fee to stay at$10 every month, without infla-tion, for the 12-year life of themeasure. She called the potentialannual increases a “weak link”politically, and worried opponentswould point out that fee could goup every year.

By year 12, the fee could be asmuch as $19 a month, but thatwould likely be lower since infla-tion rarely goes up 6 percent everyyear.

The council voted 4-5 to declineKleinberg’s proposal. Those whorejected it noted that if the rate didnot increase every year, the citywould not raise the entire $17 mil-lion and could not do all theplanned projects.

The unusual election is guidedby Proposition 218, which waspassed in 1996 and placed strictlimitations on the way govern-ments can pass such fee increases,forcing cites to ask property own-ers for increases.

Thanks to the proposition,renters will get no say in the wintervote, even though they often paythe storm-drain fee. Also, propertyowners only get one vote per par-cel, regardless of the size of theparcel, even though the rate is sub-stantially higher for larger parcels.

The proposed $10 fee is theincrease for an average property,but larger properties would paylarger fees.■

Staff Writer Bill D’Agostinocan be e-mailed [email protected]

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Palo Alto police leave a home on the 700 block of Alester Avenue in Palo Alto on Friday, Nov. 5 after investi-gating a reported home invasion and rape case.

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Palo Alto police agent Dan Ryan answers questions about an early-morningsexual assault on the 700 block of Alester Avenue during a press conferenceFriday afternoon.

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POLICE CALLSPalo AltoOct. 29 - Nov. 4Violence relatedBattery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Elder abuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Family violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Theft relatedForgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Shoplifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Vehicle relatedAbandoned auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Abandoned bicycle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Bicycle stopped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Driving w/a suspended license . . . . . . . . .1Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9Lost/stolen plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Misc. traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Parking/driving violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . . .7Vehicle accident/property damage . . . . .10Vehicle impounded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Vehicle stopped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Vehicle stored . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Alcohol or drug relatedDrunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Drunken driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2MiscellaneousAnimal call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Disturbing the peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Found property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7Misc. penal code violation . . . . . . . . . . . .2Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Other/misc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Possession of stolen property . . . . . . . . .1Trespassing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Warrant arrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16Weapons disposal request . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Menlo ParkOct. 28 - Nov. 3Violence relatedBattery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Spousal abuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Theft relatedCommercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Theft undefined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Vehicle relatedAuto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Driving w/suspended license . . . . . . . . . .2Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Parking/driving violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . . .2Vehicle accident/property damage . . . . . .4Vehicle tampering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Vehicle towed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Alcohol or drug relatedDrug activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Drunken driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2MiscellaneousDisturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Found property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Info. case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Property for destruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . . .1Threats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Warrant arrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

AthertonOct. 29 - Nov. 4Theft relatedGrand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Vehicle relatedBicycle stopped . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Parking violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Suspicious vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Vehicle accident/no details . . . . . . . . . . . .1Vehicle accident/property damage . . . . . .6Vehicle code violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Alcohol or drug relatedDrunken driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1MiscellaneousAnimal call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Attempt to contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Be on the lookout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Citizen assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1County road block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Fire call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Medical aid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Noise disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Outside assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Pedestrian check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Road hazard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . . . . . .5Suspicious person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Town ordinance violation . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Welfare check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

StanfordOct. 29 - Nov. 4Theft relatedGrand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10Vehicle relatedBicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Vehicle accident/property damage . . . . . .1Alcohol or drug relatedDrunken driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2MiscellaneousIndecent exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

East Palo AltoOct. 29 - Nov. 4Violence relatedBattery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Elder abuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Rape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Theft relatedCommercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Forgery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Shoplifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Theft undefined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Vehicle relatedAbandoned auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Traffic pursuit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Traffic stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Tow truck needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . . . . . .1Vehicle accident/property damage . . . . . .5Alcohol or drug relatedDrug related . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3MiscellaneousBrandishing a weapon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Disturbance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Follow up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Foot chase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Found property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Info. case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Kidnapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Lost property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Man with gun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Meet citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Obscene/harassing phone calls . . . . . . . .2Other/misc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13Subject stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4Suspicious person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Threats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6Warrant arrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10Welfare check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

VIOLENT CRIMESPalo AltoUnlisted location, 10/30, 1:39 a.m.;domestic violence.Unlisted location, 10/31, 2:56 a.m.; elderabuse/neglect.100 block California Avenue, 10/31, 5:16 a.m.; battery.Unlisted location, 10/31, 1:52 p.m.; familyviolence.Unlisted location, 11/2, 2:09 a.m.;domestic violence.Unlisted location, 11/2, 11:52 p.m.;domestic violence.Unlisted location, 11/3, 8:53 p.m.;battery.Unlisted location, 11/3, 9:22 p.m.;domestic violence.

East Palo Alto2200 block University Avenue, 10/30,7:27 p.m.; battery.1800 block E. Bayshore Road, 10/31,12:05 a.m.; battery.First block Newell Court, 10/31, 1:01 a.m.; domestic violence.200 block Verbena Drive, 10/31, 1:27 a.m.; rape.2200 block Dumbarton Avenue, 10/31,2:29 a.m.; robbery.300 block E. O’Keefe Street, 11/1, 2:28 p.m.; domestic violence.2200 block University Avenue, 11/2,1:55 p.m.; elder abuse.2500 block Emmett Way, 11/2, 6:16 p.m.; domestic violence.First block Newell Court, 11/2, 10 p.m.;domestic violence.


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Gerard AngeGerard Ange, 85, a longtime

resident of Palo Alto and owner ofAnge’s Framing Shop in Los Al-tos, died at his home Nov. 3 sur-rounded by his family.

Born in Bourcefranc le Chapus,France, on Jan. 9, 1919, he was aproud and courageous veteran ofThe Free French Navy, havingserved on the light cruiser “LeTerrible” during World War II.While assigned to New York asNaval Attache, he met and mar-ried Elizabeth McGill, with whomhe had two children.

After they separated in 1959, hemoved to California, settling inPalo Alto.

He is survived by his wife of 22years, Yolande; daughter, LizHoyer, and her husband, Bob, ofGranite Bay; son, Gerard Ange ofMill Valley; two grandchildrenand several stepchildren and step-grandchildren.

Harry DrukerHarry Druker, 97, a 13-year res-

ident of Palo Alto, died Oct. 25.A native of Marshalltown, Iowa,

he graduated from MarshalltownHigh School and earned a law de-gree from the University of Iowabefore practicing law until his re-tirement.

During his career he was city at-torney of Marshalltown and attor-ney for the Marshalltown SchoolDistrict. He belonged to numerousassociations including his presi-dency of the Iowa Defense Coun-sel Association. He was also elect-ed to the American College ofTrial Lawyers.

He believed in helping the un-derprivileged, was a generous sup-porter of many philanthropic caus-es, firmly believed in the value ofeducation and established a Mar-shalltown Community CollegeScholarship. An avid golfer, hewill be remembered for his strongsense of ethics, his quick wit andhis love of the practice of law.

He is survived by his wife, theformer Rose Worton; son, Davidof Los Altos Hills; and daughters,Hannah Heyle of New York Cityand Leah Reider of Palo Alto.

Memorial donations may bemade to the Jewish CommunityEndowment Fund, 121 Steuart St.,San Francisco, CA 94105; or theIowa Law School Foundation,Levitt Center for University Ad-vancement, 1 West Park Road,P.O. Box 4550, Iowa City, IA52244.

Helen FallonHelen Victoria Fallon, 92, a

longtime resident of Menlo Park,

died Nov. 2.Born in Sacramento in 1912,

she moved with her family toMenlo Park in 1923. She attendedMenlo Central School and Se-quoia High School. She was em-ployed by S&W Fine Foods inRedwood City for more than 30years before retiring in 1974 andwas a proud member of the Team-ster’s Union and AARP in MenloPark.

Her life centered around herfamily, whom she dearly loved.She cared for and enjoyed thefamily home where she spentmost of her later years gardening,enjoying her beautiful flowers andfamily visits.

Her parents, Olga and Carl Ja-cobson, husband, George Fallon,sister, Alma Jacobson, and broth-er, Albert Jacobson preceded herin death.

She is survived by her sister-in-law and dearest friend, Elsie Ja-cobson; her daughter, PatriciaPors, and husband, Peter, ofSaratoga; her son, George Fallon,and wife, Liz, of Morgan Hill; sixgrandchildren, Debbie, Jeffrey,Michael, Dennis, Lisa and Gary;and nine great grandchildren.

A private family interment washeld at Alta Mesa Cemetery inPalo Alto.

Donna GaetanoDonna Gaetano, 59, a longtime

resident of Portola Valley andMenlo Park, died Oct. 29.

She was born in Redwood City,grew up in Portola Valley, andgraduated from Holy Cross HighSchool and Ponce College in SanMateo. After graduating, she mar-ried in 1967 and settled in MenloPark to raise a family. In 1984,she moved with her family back toPortola Valley.

According to her family, shewas known throughout the BayArea for her charitable endeavors,which included working for thePeninsula Volunteers, the RonaldMcDonald House, St. FrancisHigh School, St. Raymond’sSchool and the Students RisingAbove Scholarship organization.Her caring and compassion werefelt by many.

She is survived by her mother,Eileen Skrabo of Portola Valley;husband, John Gaetano of PortolaValley; daughter, Nicole Gaetano-Hughes of Menlo Park; daughter,Nina Gaetano of Portola Valley;son, John-Nick Gaetano of PortolaValley; brother, Jack Skrabo ofReading, Calif.; brother, MarkSkrabo of Davis, Calif.; brother,Paul Skrabo of Portola Valley; andone grandson.

Services have been held. Contri-

butions can be sent to StudentsRising Above Scholarship, c/oPeninsula Community Founda-tion, 1700 S. El Camino Real#300, San Mateo, CA 94402.

Edwin MorseEdwin Morse, 88, a 39-year res-

ident of Palo Alto and MenloPark, died Oct. 28.

A native of Bronxville, N.Y., hegraduated from Deerfield Acade-my and Amherst College in Mass-achusetts and was the firstAmherst College student to spendhis junior year abroad in Paris atthe Sorbonne. After graduation heworked for Price Waterhouse inNew York, N.Y.

During World War II he servedas a first lieutenant in the Army.

After the war he worked for theGovernment Accounting Office inWashington, D.C., Price Water-house in San Francisco, MatsonNavigation Co., and was co-founder of his own firm, Hem-ming Morse and Co., which start-ed in San Mateo and eventuallyhad offices in San Francisco andSan Jose.

He lived in Palo Alto and MenloPark from 1948 until 1987, whenhe moved to Lake Tahoe. In 1991,he moved to Carmel.

According to friends and family,he had many interests and espe-cially enjoyed model railroadingand working on genealogy. Hetraveled extensively in this coun-try and abroad, maintainingfriendships with people in manyparts of the world.

His first wife, Charlotte, whomhe met when she was an Armynurse, died in 1975. His son, Mar-tin, died earlier this year.

He is survived by his wife,

Janet, whom he married in 1979;daughter, Margaret Pozzi of Al-pharetta, Ga.; stepdaughter, AnnRodgers of McMurray, Penn.;stepson, Charles Rodgers of LosAltos; three grandchildren andfour step-grandchildren.

Services have been held. Contri-butions can be sent to St. Dun-stan’s Church or Carmel ValleyManor.

Kenneth MurrayKenneth Alvin Murray, 79, a

45-year resident of Palo Alto, diedOct. 31.

A native of Long Beach, Calif.,he graduated from the Universityof Southern California with abachelor’s degree in Spanish andcompleted coursework for a mas-ters and PhD in Spanish fromStanford. He also served duringWorld War II with the 1265thCombat Engineers and fought atthe Battle of the Bulge.

During his 31-year educationcareer he taught Spanish, German,French and coached football forthe Central Valley and Palo AltoUnified School Districts. He wasalso a 35-year volunteer withScouting as a Cubmaster, Scout-master and Sea Scout Skipper forthe Stanford Area Council.

For his dedication to youth hereceived the Silver Beaver Award.He was also an active memberwith the Peninsula Bible Church,Palo Alto Neighbors Abroad, PaloAlto Elks Lodge, Sequoia YachtClub and Clan Murray Society.

He enjoyed Stanford footballgames, sailing, family activities,coaching, scouting, reading, trav-eling, history and helping others.

He is survived by his wife of 50years, Isabel Murray; sisters,

Charlene, Doris and Myra; sons,Keith, Kenny, Kelly, Kraig, andKevin, and adopted Scout sons;nine grandchildren and numerousin-laws, cousins, nephews, niecesand friends.

A memorial service will be heldin his honor Saturday, Nov. 13, at2 p.m. at the Peninsula BibleChurch, 3505 Middlefield Road,Palo Alto. All friends and familyare welcome to attend. Donationsfor a scholarship fund may bemade to the South Bay Sea Scoutsc/o Kevin L. Murray, 2091 Har-vard St., Palo Alto, CA 94306.

Samuel “Pete” PondSamuel “Pete” Pond, 90, died

Oct. 14.After earning a master’s degree

from the Stanford GraduateSchool of Business, he laterserved as acting dean at the schooland held many administrativeposts during his 30-year careerthere.

He earned a reputation as an ac-complished, low-key and friendlyexecutive, and became known atthe school for his good humor andlight touch, as well as creatingbusiness systems that served theschool well during the years inwhich it first developed an inter-national reputation as an outstand-ing institution.

After retirement he went on torun Bricker’s International Direc-tory of University-Based Execu-tive Development Programs, a re-spected reference publication.

He is survived by his wife, son,and two daughters. The family hasnot yet announced plans for a me-morial.


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Behind e-bayEditor,

There’s something wrong whene-bay can announce the results ofan auction with a million users in afew seconds, Blockbuster Videocan track which of their millions ofvideos you returned late in fiveminutes, and Santa Clara County isstill not done counting election-dayballots.

Janice HoughBryant Street

Palo Alto

Art intoleranceEditor,

I had read in the national mediaabout Stanford’s rejection of the in-verted church sculpture and I there-fore read with pleasure Nancy Mc-Garaghan’s commentary (Weekly,Nov. 3) on the “Root of All Evil.”

Thanks to the Weekly and Ms.McGaraghan for voicing these lib-ertarian sentiments in a time of in-creasing “moral” pressures. Eventhose of us living in the RepublicanPalouse of Eastern Washington, justacross the border from the bastionof Idaho’s right-wing home base,are struck by Stanford’s censorshipof a work of art.

As a history student and prospec-tive secondary teacher, it is hard toignore the lengthy legacy of univer-sal intolerance addressed to artistsand politicians who dare to ques-tion or criticize or parody or evenattack churches and religions of anystripe.

The latest election, in which“morals” were apparently a decid-ing factor, highlights the reportedfact that more than 70 millionAmericans self-identify as funda-mentalist Christians; the same elec-torate decries fundamentalist Islamand cannot understand why peopleof other cultures and religious per-suasions hate Americans.

Bob RussellColfax, Washington

Library intelligenceEditor,

Our head city librarian, PaulaSimpson, has proposed that one li-brary be built and all the present li-braries be torn down.

This is a magnificent idea. Weare not a small town any more. PaloAlto has grown into a mature city.Under her plan it can be done with-out difficulty.

Ms. Simpson’s proposed locationis the city-owned parking lot offCalifornia Avenue behind Kinko’s.She would build a two- or three-story structure with undergroundparking. This makes so much senseit’s stunning. It would serve PaloAlto forever. The site is centrallylocated. All Palo Altans can reach itby car or bus — or bicycle.

I have lived here since 1966, andmy wife and I are heavy users ofthe library. We urge the City Coun-

cil to approve this plan without de-lay. I’m 85, and I want to use thenew library.

Harry PressEscobita Avenue

Palo Alto

One or many?Editor,

Having been out of town forsome time, I found myself readingthe Sept. 29 feature on the PaloAlto libraries and the Nov. 3 reporton Library Director Paula Simp-son’s recommendations the sameday.

Like most Palo Altans, I have en-joyed and treasured our severalbranch libraries and at one time oranother used them all. But the trulytelling piece of information for mewas in the very useful table, “HowPalo Alto’s libraries stack up.”

The 233 hours our libraries areopen each week, compared to 65for Mountain View’s single andwonderful new library. There is ourchoice for where our money goes— do we want five modest li-braries, some of which are openonly a few days a week, or one(plus, I assume, the untouchable

Children’s Library) modern andcomprehensive library? We can’thave both in this era of limited cityrevenues.

Either choice is possible, but weshould choose in full awareness ofwhat we are buying.

Ellen F. SmithDana Avenue

Palo Alto

Plan ‘alive and well’Editor,

Thank you for the editorial(Weekly, Nov. 3) regarding theBaylands Master Plan as it relatesto various proposals for differentland uses in the Palo Alto Bay-lands. The Baylands Master Plan isa planning guide for decisionswithin the planning area and recog-nizes the special nature of our Bay-lands. It acknowledges longtimeuses and asks that all new uses anddevelopment be harmonious withthe area’s special nature.

Significant Baylands Master Planpolicies were all included in the1998 Comprehensive Plan, whichalso reaffirmed the Baylands Mas-ter Plan as the “planning policy

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High turnout killsschool parcel tax

School officials will try again, harder, to close the razor-thin approval gap that defeated Measure I

— unless 55 percent effort succeeds

I t is said that any significant opposition to a bond measure ortax proposal requiring two-thirds approval will defeat it un-less there is overwhelming support and urgency.That may be doubly true in a high-turnout general election,

when a large majority of voters who have no children in schoolshow up at the polls.

And for Measure I supporters to come as close as they did dur-ing tough economic times and with as big a tax jump as MeasureI bespeaks much for the effort that was made and the depth ofsupport that exists in Palo Alto for assuring quality schools.

As thousands of absentee votes were still being counted in San-ta Clara County, Measure I as of late Monday was falling short byjust a few hundred votes. A switch of fewer than 300 voterswould put it over the top.

In last week’s cliffhanger vote on Measure I, the $521-per-yearparcel tax proposal put forth by the Palo Alto Unified SchoolDistrict, voters in the district came within a hair of granting thatapproval despite a small but energetic opposition. The new taxwould replace the $293 parcel tax approved by voters in 2001.

But the prolific output of spread sheets and other materials byopponent Wayne Martin — backed by about a dozen others, in-cluding Midtown neighborhood leader Tom Ashton — createdjust enough doubt to doom the measure. Martin’s main point —other than that he felt district teachers are overpaid — was thatthe big increase in the parcel tax is not needed because of an im-proving tax base due to the economy and new developments inPalo Alto.

Parcel-tax supporters put out mailers explaining the proposaladequately, but we failed to sense the level of urgency conveyedby school officials when they went to voters for approval of the$293 in 2001, when the dot-com boom was still booming. Fundsfrom that measure went to increase teacher salaries and reduceclass sizes.

Measure I’s additional revenues would have been used to re-store some of the educational and support programs and servicescut as the district has whacked $6.5 million from its budgets inthe past two years — and to provide a sense of badly needed sta-bility to district finances.

District officials — after breathlessly awaiting the outcome ofthousands of absentee ballots in Santa Clara County — are nowweighing how best to bring the matter of additional funds back tovoters before the $293 parcel tax expires in June 2006.

They are leaning strongly toward a special election, probablynext spring, as they weigh lessons learned from this election.

One lesson we hope they learn is that one must never, ever takevoter approvals for granted on financial matters — and they musttake extra pains to bring the community along with them whenthey make a jump as big as from $293 to $521 per year.

Another lesson may be that campaign supporters should ad-dress critics head-on, not attempt to diminish criticisms by ig-noring or minimizing them — although coming this close maysupport the minimization strategy given the other factors at play.

Avoiding a complex, high-drama general election is a good les-son to learn relating to local financial measures. Too many peoplewho might otherwise have been strong, active supporters of sucha measure were distracted by larger issues in the general election— who would be president, and the local neck-and-neck race be-tween Democrat Ira Ruskin and Republican Steve Poizner in the21st Assembly District.

Still another lesson may be that the district should put itsweight behind the statewide proposal to reduce approval ofschool-funding measures to 55 percent — a statewide plan sup-ported strongly by new state Senator Joe Simitian. But that pro-posal itself will become a major political battle and can’t becounted on to occur in time to help Palo Alto.

It is an agonizing disappointment to supporters of quality PaloAlto schools to come within 1 percent of approval of a significantsource of funding, favored by almost two thirds of the voters.

But any miss is as good as a mile, and school officials need tostart now to build a stronger case — and a stronger, more intensegrass-roots campaign — for when they return to voters with an-other financing measure sometime next year.

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StreetwiseWhy do you think John Kerry lost the election?Question and interviews by Erin Pursell. Photographs by Carien Veldpape-Heithoff. Asked on University Avenue in Palo Alto.

Christopher VandeneyndeStanford Bookstore employeeMountain View

“The issue of gay marriage. The moralmajority came out more against gaymarriage.”

Earl DworkinInsurance brokerOtterson Street, Palo Alto

“He didn’t go into the rural areas inOhio and speak his policies that he wasprojecting. He stayed in urban areas.”

Kevin HerringBankerSanta Clara

“The vast majority of Americans have alittle more faith in George W. Bush’splans.”

Mary JacobsPrivate nurseWatsonville, Calif.

“Because people in the United Statesare uninformed, not very smart and basically lazy.”

Nita MillerRealtorEdgewood Street, Palo Alto

“I think that Bush did better with hisshort sound bites and stressing his resoluteness. He also did a good jobportraying Kerry as wishy-washy.”

Guest Opinion

by Mark Gordon

One afternoon afterschool, I stoppedby a Midtown cof-

fee shop and ran intoTed, a student from myEnglish class. We greet-ed each other as I simul-taneously rememberedhe had missed schoolthat day. I asked why.

Barely audible, heslowly offered that he had started to school butwas too upset with his parents. They had beenputting heavy pressure on him to raise hisgrades — his passport to economic success.

But I knew he studied hard. English was hissecond language — he had been in the UnitedStates for just a year and was at a severe dis-advantage. He worked! He was constantlylooking up words in his dictionary duringclass. Every day after class he approached meto discuss words, phrases and cultural norms.

But Ted (a pseudonym) had not yet learnedto do well on tests — a major factor in hisleaving his last school a few months earlier.

He was obviously stressed, so I sat down.We talked for about an hour when he droppedthe bombshell. He said under no circum-stances was he going home — instead he wasgoing to end his life that day. He coldly re-peated those last words twice.

Seven hours later Ted and I did go to hishome. In the days that followed, we workedintensely with his parents so they could appre-ciate his real progress in school.

It was sheer luck that day that I was in theright place at the right time. Every day I seeteens acting out in one way or another becausethey feel immense stress.

This is a full-blown epidemic, and we arenot adequately addressing this terrifying issue.A Palo Alto Weekly article last spring reportedthat 10 percent of high school students in San-ta Clara County have tried to commit suicide.This is a stunning statistic. These are our kids!Who knows how many more have thought se-riously about it?

How can we fully address these too-real,life-and-death matters? And can we adults everlearn how to change many of our outmodededucational approaches — including testing?

Testing is clearly not the way to deal with anepidemic of personal despair. What are wetesting? What is the purpose? Most standard-ized testing measures English and mathemati-cal proficiencies. That is not enough to meetthe challenges of a 21st century fraught withpossibilities and dangers that require resource-fulness, flexibility and vision.

Even more basic, is all our testing creatingliterate citizens? Too often, successful test tak-ers cannot balance a checkbook or write clear,concise thoughts. These tests are not only cul-turally biased (as Palo Alto school boardmember John Barton stated in an Weeklyguest opinion Sept. 22) but brilliant studentswho excel in music, art, or even interpersonalintelligences are stigmatized, made to feel in-ferior.

Math/language testing measures only a nar-row band of intelligence and leaves in its wakefar too many students with broken dreams,deadened hearts and shattered self-confidenceand self-image.

And when passing tests becomes the primedirective, cynicism pervades the system —teachers, students and administrators alikelearn to play the game.

True life-long learning is sacrificed. Even

the success-story students who make it to topuniversities are being sacrificed. The universi-ties become manufacturing centers producinghundreds of projects with little relevance tolearning that originates from the student’s core.

I had dinner awhile back with a Stanfordchemistry professor, who bemoaned the lazi-ness and lack of interest in science of his cur-rent students. He made a good case that thisgeneration doesn’t learn like we did.

Are the kids failing us, as he proposed, orare we failing them?

The science curriculum through high schoolhas changed little in the past half century,while students have. We still teach high schoolbiology, chemistry and physics in alphabeticalorder because of a directive 85 years ago fromAndrew Carnegie.

For better or worse, this is the remote,mouse-clicking MTV generation of studentswhose attention span has decreased, especiallyif you don’t capture their interest. And teach-ing by lecture is still prevalent in high schoolsand colleges despite its increasingly limitedvalue. We know students learn and remember5 percent of what they hear, 80 percent of whatthey do and 90 percent of what they teach. Sowhy don’t we have our beautiful, intelligent,strong young men and women doing and cre-atively teaching instead of locking them up inboxes within boxes, tests upon tests?

But this is still not the root of the problem.The root lies in the great need to feel sociallyaccepted and emotionally safe. Yet, the cur-rent educational system is filled with mistrust,fear of failing and unnecessary competition —not a healthy environment in which to nurturecreativity and develop potential.

Imagine a system that allows more maturehigh-school students to have classes that fol-

low their interests, and then be matched with amentor from the community for an hour ortwo a week? Mastery is the goal, not just com-petency — the best we can get from our pres-ent test-laden system.

Current tests completely fail to measureone vital area: self-knowledge. They don’tmeasure how well students understand them-selves and their needs; how they learn, emo-tionally and intellectually; how their individ-ual personalities work; how they processinformation; skills they already possess; theirlikes and loves; and most importantly theircore beliefs. Self-knowledge is imperative tobecoming a fully-developed, educated hu-man in the 21st century.

If we sincerely desire to prepare our youngfor the present and future, a dialogue shouldoccur as to what skills constitute a truly edu-cated human. We could include active listen-ing, creative and cooperative problem-solving,observation, managing time and energy, andlearning to write the basic essay.

It’s long past time to rid ourselves of a fear-based educational system where we constantlypit our young against each other with shallowbut pervasive testing. There is a better way.Each of us has authentic gifts to share. Devel-oping those gifts is the key to a true education.Mastery based on self-knowledge in a cooper-ative environment is a superior way to uncoverand nurture these gifts.

Our simplistic, obsessive emphasis on test-ing sabotages true education, sacrifices ourstudents’ well-being and undermines our abil-ity to build a foundation for a lifelong joy oflearning. ■

Mark Gordon is executive director of theAHA! Youth Center in Palo Alto. He can bee-mailed at [email protected].

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document for areas east of High-way 101.” To my knowledge thereis no planned “update” of the Bay-lands Master Plan.

The only problem is that propos-als surface that are inconsistent withthe Master Plan and the Comprehen-sive Plan. They should be rejected,not used to amend long-standingplanning policy. Most egregious isthe so-called “Environmental Ser-vices Center,” an industrialgarbage/recycling facility on dedi-cated parkland. The Master Plancalls for a passive park on the pro-posed site as well as adjacent to it.

Councilmember Kleinberg andCommissioner Burt’s proposals ap-pear consistent with the BaylandsMaster Plan. There may, however,be zoning, schools and other issues.

I hope the editorial in advancingthe idea that “the city should imme-diately expedite the review of theBaylands Master Plan before mak-ing binding decisions” is really in-tending that the city should heed theMaster Plan in making decisions.

The plan itself, reaffirmed as re-cently as 1998, is alive and well.

Emily RenzelForest Avenue

Palo Alto

Common-cause issuesEditor,

We liberals made some mistakes:We should have gone to the redstates and gone to schools, placesof work and worship to discuss is-sues we share in common.

Had we worked together to findcommon ground for open discus-sions on the environment, healthcare and education in simple terms,we might have found a different re-sult. People should have discussedreally moral questions: Can we af-ford to continue to live without pro-tecting our children, our schools,our roads, our national resources orthe workers in countries where ourproducts come from the use ofchild labor, slavery, etc.?

Some examples:If you strip the side of the Rock-

ies of its trees for wood and miner-al excavation, you could have thenightmare of what happened inHaiti — landslides, or what hap-pened in Bangladesh — the floods,when the next hard storm comes.

Could the lost homes from theSan Diego or Montana fires havebeen limited had there been bettermanagement of the natural re-sources there?

Does destroying the natural re-sources mean we could end up withno clean water to drink and loss offarming lands down in the valleys?Just think what will happen whenpeople start to die from the flu be-cause the Bush administration sidedwith the pharmaceuticals and thereweren’t enough flu shots availablein the United States safely andcheaply. That immorality alonemay haunt the next generation.

These issues can be where peo-ple of all persuasions could joinhands and where big businesseswithout ethical standards could beconfronted.

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Inever evenput a coinin a slot

machine. Myfirst trip toLas Vegaswas not for aconvention ora bacheloretteparty but tobe a pollmonitor forElection Protection, a coalition ofnon-profit organizations formed tomonitor voter rights during thiselection.

The 24-hour experience was a suc-cession of parallel universes: the SanJose Airport, the Las Vegas Airport(slot machines meet fast food), to theMGM Grand (a friend cautioned usnot to stay at the cheapest place be-cause “you need a gun to check in”)and the IBEW union hall north of theStrip.

The brilliantly lit union hall wasfilled with a variety pack oflawyers, Spanish speakers andvolunteers — local and from allover California. Students from Sa-cred Heart Prep in Athertonstaffed the check-in table. Thenback to the MGM Grand (nowfilled with slot-machine andblackjack players). Heady con-trasts.

Jason, the front-desk attendant,put up a “This Window Closed”sign to talk to us. He said he wastaking Wednesday off to party andrattled off pollster statistics like aconfident gambler: “I’ve neverbeen wrong.”

We were a group of five PaloAltans — fitting the desired pro-file of those needed to “man” apolling place: a lawyer (John Kel-ley, my husband), a Spanishspeaker (me), a clergy person (theRev. Frannie Hall Kieschnick),Susan Dennis and Michael Ki-eschnick, president of WorkingAssets and an Election Protectionorganizer.

Back to the union hall for a 6p.m. training: about 180 non-lawyer volunteers and 80 volun-teer lawyers confronted friedchicken, salad and French friesamidst 49 boxes of polling-placesupplies: a cell phone, pens, asnack, voter affidavits (to describeproblems in support of possiblelitigation), voter-rights flyers inEnglish and Spanish, and namesand phone numbers to call for

help, if needed. Outside monitors were issued

color-coded T-shirts — black forEnglish speakers; red for Spanishspeakers. The inside-monitorlawyers got bright neon-yellowvests — and were soon nicknamed“highlighters.”

Fran, a lawyer from the Ameri-can Civil Liberties Union, barkednames and box numbers in ashrill, impatient voice. Others de-livered the main message: Youhave to be non-partisan. Get it?NON-PARTISAN. No stickers,clothing, anything indicating apreference.

We were the “Smiling Face ofDemocracy,” there to make sureevery registered voter’s rightswere enforced.

There was half-baked role-play-ing, questions, suggestions, somechaos as organizers figured out as-signments. One by one, we decid-ed to eat the chicken. Not bad.About 10 p.m. we were assignedBox 132 — for 6 a.m.-to-noonduty at a middle school.

A Starbucks in the MGM Grandlobby helped with the 5 a.m. ris-ing. We headed to a donut placewe’d scoped out the night before— the on-call litigator said pollworkers liked donuts.

Our poll workers did not wantour donuts, or us, in the pollingplace until they said so, despitethe fact that John was supposed tobe sure the voting machines hadn’tbeen tampered with. We compliedand soon met the principal, whohad apparently thought we werepartisan and therefore belongedacross the street.

Once he understood, he was hap-py to set things straight with Nancy,our veteran polling-place boss —who still didn’t want any donuts.She spent some time telling us whata tight ship she ran.

Voters started to trickle in, asthey did all morning. No lines.Dave from headquarters called:“We hope you continue to bebored.” I spoke to some unsureSpanish-speaking voters: Did theyneed to show ID? Were they at the

right place? Did it matter that awoman had lost her registrationreceipt? An 84-year-old womanwith a walker needed help gettingdown the stairs. She was wearingslippers and was going to walkhome, by choice. We guarded twovoters’ bikes.

Mrs. Fast at the school’s frontdesk let us use the teacher rest-room. She shook her head over thelack of parking: “We told themthat we didn’t have any parkingwhen we met with the electionpeople.” The school safety offi-cer’s patrol car sat smack in frontof the entrance. We’d been warnedthat police cars could be intimidat-ing to voters. He said he parksthere every day.

Nancy, the boss, came in andout. By mid-morning she wasfriendly. She told us how manyyears she’d been doing this —through six presidential elections,24 years.

Being a poll worker is “like giv-ing blood for your country” shesaid.

A middle schooler was sent outby his social-studies teacher tofind out what we were doing.

We talked among ourselves. Wesmiled at voters and told them totalk to us if they had any problemsor were given a provisional ballot.We thanked people for voting.

We moved between sun andshade. We briefed our noon re-placement team. We posed for agroup photo. I went in to thankNancy. As we headed to the air-port, we passed what looked like ateacher from “our” school takingdown Bush signs, leaving theblack-and-white Election Protec-tion signs. Fast food. John took offhis lawyerly tie. Now off duty, wepondered possible electoral-voteoutcomes.

I never even put a coin in a slotmachine. Our only gambling wasour betting pool on the electoral-vote outcome. ■

Lisa Van Dusen is director ofPalo Alto Online. She can be e-mailed at [email protected].

First PersonNo time to gamble when nation’s Big Spin is underway

Nancy, the (polling place) boss, came in andout. By mid-morning she was friendly. She toldus how many years she’d been doing this —through six presidential elections, 24 years.

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ding. Friendsand familywere gatheredfor coffee. Ournew daughter-in-law, Amy,was lookingrelaxed andstill radiant, now in her Tevas andshorts.

John, our son, was standing armsoutstretched, while his new Grand-mother Ida held a partially com-pleted sweater she was knitting upto him for size.

We all smiled our approval, andthen one family friend said:“Well, John, you will never wearit, but you can’t ever get rid of it!”Grandma’s hearing is just poorenough to spare her any bad feel-ings, but I think even she wouldhave laughed.

It is true. Two people get mar-ried, and two families are foreverjoined. John will bring GrandmaIda’s sweater with him whereverlife takes him, and Amy will bedodging bad lawyer jokes fromnow on, having married into a fam-ily of lawyers. (The jokes had al-ready begun at this gathering.)

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Even more pressing, and muchmore sobering, was the awarenessthat these two young people hadseen me on my bad days. Theyknew me well - the good, the bad,and the ugly! I wanted to talk aboutthe best part of marriage, but feltan impossible obligation to practicewhat I preach.

I had over a year to prepare forthis wedding. Way too long! In thelast few months, as I felt the dayapproaching, the slightest disagree-ment or show of impatience withmy husband was cause to verballyabdicate my responsibility alto-gether, insisting that I was not fitfor the role of minister.

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The wedding day was the begin-ning of that miracle for them. Wemanaged to get all the way throughthe ceremony. And then I heardmyself saying with huge pride andaffection for both of these beauti-ful young people: “You may kissthe bride!”

Just at that moment, the sunshone golden through the trees.We, the invited guests, were indeedonly witnesses. It felt as if this mar-riage was sealed by a tender andloving God much more knowing,generous and constant than any ofus could dare to think of being.

The journey to the altar was anunforgettable privilege for me asboth minister and mother. For Amyand John it was a brief segment oftheir journey as soul mates. In mymind’s eye, I will always see themhand in hand, beaming and in love,as they continue to let their life to-gether unfold — sweaters, badjokes, and families large and smallnotwithstanding. n

Nancy McGaraghan is a PaloAlto resident and a teacher andboard member of Gracenter in SanFrancisco. She can be e-mailed [email protected].

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by Nancy McGaraghan

People will differ on race, reli-gion and sexual preferences. Therednecks, evangelicalists and homeschooled won’t ever understandseparation of church and state.They voted against civil rights.They will, however, understand ifthey have no jobs, no water, andcontract disease, die or go hungry.

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Baffled by ‘no’ votesEditor,

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P oor El Camino Real.Called “unkempt,” “unattrac-tive,” and “the most unpleasant

4.3 miles of pavement in Palo Alto,”what was once the King’s Highway hastaken a tumble from grace.

The historic road — built in the late1700s and early 1800s — originallyconnected a string of 21 Franciscan mis-sions from San Diego and Sonoma. Inthe last century, El Camino became anautomobile thoroughfare loaded withvarious roadside businesses.

Today, however, people aren’t surewhat to make of the aging stretch. InSanta Clara and San Mateo countiesalone, it spans 20 cities from Gilroy toDaly City. Along the way, a hodgepodgeof old and new buildings populate thecorridor, unified only by the steady

stream of trafficrumbling along theasphalt.

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“For the longest time, we’ve let things be whatthey are and not think about what we’re doing.”

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— John Cicarelli,transportation planner and

College Terrace resident

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office buildings and fast-food jointsall call the strip home.

“El Camino is the ribbon thatwinds through all of us. The prob-lem is that it’s ugly. It’s an eyesore.Nobody knows what it is. Is it (traf-fic) throughout that’s important orsomething else that’s important?”said Russell Hancock, CEO of JointVenture Silicon Valley Network, aregional nonprofit organization thatcompleted a year-long study of theblighted road this summer. “No-body knows what to make of thisthing. It’s not an asset; it’s fraughtwith issues.”

That may be changing. In recentyears, city planners, transportationengineers, real-estate developers, ar-chitects and residents have all be-gun to look at what can be donewith the 300-year-old boulevard.

Through planning and focusgroups, a new vision for El Caminois emerging, one that would give the

arterial road one thing it’s alwayslacked: a “sense of place,” as theJoint Venture report calls it.

The new vision would transformthe road from something resemblinga highway to more of a main street,with shops of interest to neighbors,pedestrian-friendly sidewalks, awealth of trees, more congruent ar-chitecture and a safe environmentfor bicyclists. In other words, ElCamino would become a destina-tion.

If change is to happen — and itwill, city officials say — it won’ttake place overnight. A lack offunding, variable market forces andthe need for private and public col-laborations make the road to build-ing a better El Camino a long oneindeed.

The transformation will be “veryincremental and project by projectover a long period of time,” saidSteve Emslie, Palo Alto’s directorof planning and community envi-ronment. “Five to 10 years could bea reasonable horizon.”

But already, glimpses of the new

vision can be seen in Palo Alto andcities to the north and the south.And with major Palo Alto proper-ties along El Camino up for sale orredevelopment — including the Hy-att and Elks Lodge — a new identi-ty for the thoroughfare could takehold in Palo Alto sooner rather thanlater.

Ask local architect Tony Car-rasco what’s wrong — visu-ally — with El Camino

Real, and he doesn’t hesitate aminute.

“It’s easy,” he said. “The streetlacks closure. It leaks out and is toowide on the sides.”

When people look down the road,their gaze goes “out to nowhere,” hesaid.

Carrasco was one of more than100 professionals who gave input tothe Joint Venture report. He alsostudied El Camino Real with agroup of architects some eight yearsago. They identified the need togive the street a feeling of enclosure— much as tree-lined streets lend

neighborhoods a greater sense ofplace.

Planting shade trees, adding two-to three-story buildings, and widen-ing the sidewalks — among otherdesign techniques — could improvethe look and feel, he said.

El Camino could also be revital-ized by placing businesses along theroad that attract people, he said.

“It should be made active. It can’t(have) dead uses. You need plazasand store fronts and retail.”

Eyesores, such as giant parkinglots in front of buildings, would bestbe eliminated.

“That’s pretty nasty,” said Carras-co, who favors underground park-ing.

Carrasco is one of the few who isdoing something about the boule-vard. He’s designing a new buildingat 2180 El Camino, between Oxfordand College avenues — the currentsite of Mike’s Bikes and JJ&F Mar-ket. The 1.25-acre parcel will be-come a mixed-use building that willinclude an expanded JJ&F Market,office space, apartments, a small

park and two levels of undergroundparking. Mike’s Bikes will be mov-ing.

“We’re trying to create a versionof (Menlo Park’s Café) Borrone,”he said, with the café inside the gro-cery store spilling out onto the cor-ner of El Camino and College.

Tables and chairs would be setoutside. The sidewalks would bewidened and new trees planted inthe median strip.

So far, he’s had four encouragingmeetings with the College Terraceneighborhood to discuss the plans,according to both Carrasco and oneof the neighbors. Meetings with thecity’s Architectural Review Boardand Planning and TransportationCommission are upcoming.

Some of the design features ofCarrasco’s project are precise-ly what the Joint Venture re-

port recommended for revitalizingthe strip — which is perhaps nosurprise since the report included

ON THE ROAD TO RE-LEAF El Camino tree project uses foliage to foil blight

W hen Chris Rafferty thinksof El Camino Real thesedays, he doesn’t picture

the traffic or the aging buildings.He thinks of trees.

And not just trees, but palettesof trees.

Rafferty, a project manager forPalo Alto’s Public Works Depart-ment, is the man tasked withbeautifying El Camino Real byplanting trees and shrubs in themedian strip.

His work is part of an overallplan developed by the city andCalTrans (which has jurisdictionover El Camino) to improve the4.3 miles of road. Earlier thisyear, the city finished the firstphase of the tree project, plantingabout 70 valley oaks, cork oaks

and London Planes (a sycamorehybrid) from Embarcadero Roadto Park Boulevard. They joinedginkgoes and pines already there.

The palettes in Rafferty’s mindhave a central purpose: to high-light different sections of thestrip.

Rafferty called the first phase“the Stanford natural palette,”which was designed to comple-ment Stanford’s natural landscape,which lines the route. In the com-ing years, the London Planes willgrow large and leafy, creating anoverarching canopy over ElCamino, he said.

Currently in the works are plansfor additional stretches of road.The second phase includes themedians from south of

Arastradero/Charleston Road toMatadero Avenue. They’ll beplanted with the “urban” paletteand feature red maples.

The brightly colored mapleswill be ideal for drawing attentionto Palo Alto’s “active pedestrian/residential nodes,” such as a newresidential/commercial building atEl Camino Way that opened earli-er this year, Rafferty said. Thatbuilding includes a Starbucks,Subway and eight apartments.

Rafferty hasn’t finalize plansfor exactly how many trees wouldbe planted in this section, but hesaid that wherever the median iswide enough for a tree, one wouldbe planted. Irrigation will also beinstalled. He expects to solicitbids for that phase next spring,

with work to begin in the summer.At the borders of Palo Alto,

Coast Redwoods are planned aspart of the “gateway” palette. Thesymbolic trees will highlight theentrance to the “Tall Tree” city.

The whole idea of developing atree-lined boulevard was initiallyspearheaded by a group of citi-zens, who formed the Trees for ElCamino group. Led by co-chairsBetty Meltzer and Susan Rosen-berg, they brought the city onboard and raised $250,000 for thefirst phase of planting. Now,they’re fund raising for the secondphase, and will contribute themonies to the city’s capital im-provement program, earmarkedfor the beautification. ■

— Jocelyn Dong

El Camino(continued from previous page)


“It should bemade active. Itcan’t (have)dead uses. Youneed plazasand storefronts andretail.”

— Tony Carrasco,local architect

The face of El Camino Real will change in the coming years, as properties are redeveloped and busy street corners are modernized.

According to a joint city and CalTrans design project, this stretch of El Camino Real, south of Embaracdero Road (left), could be improved with additional trees, bike lanes, crosswalks, widersidewalks and more (right).

BEFORE AFTER

Critics of El Camino say narrow sidewalks make walking beside the road unpleasant, and that parking lots in front of businesses are eyesores.

input from a number of Palo Altocity staff and officials who hadjust completed their own designguidelines for Palo Alto’s portionof El Camino.

Members of the Joint Venturetask force included Palo Alto CityManager Frank Benest, Managerof Economic Resources PlanningSusan Arpan, Senior Planner Vir-ginia Warheit, then-Mayor DenaMossar, Emslie and Carrasco.

Essentially a compendium ofbest practices from cities through-out the Peninsula and in the valley,the Joint Venture report highlight-ed how to successfully tackle 15

challenges that cities face in devel-oping El Camino Real.

Menlo Center, which includesthe previously mentioned CaféBorrone along with Kepler’sBooks and office space, was citedas a good example. Located at ElCamino and Ravenswood Avenueand constructed 15 years ago,Menlo Center replaced a strip malland parking lot. Today it’s a pedes-trian-friendly plaza with under-ground parking, close to the Cal-Train station and downtown MenloPark.

The building was held up as anexample of how rethinking the useof real estate can serve as a “cata-lyst for improved development”along El Camino.

The report also examined other

ways to change the boulevard, as-sessing the whole El Camino envi-ronment from building shapes andparking to streetscape design, tran-sit, traffic operations, and more.

One key element for improvingthe street — which was the focusof the Palo Alto study of ElCamino — is a redesign of theroad itself.

Parents of Escondido Elemen-tary School children know thedangers of El Camino Real all toowell. Every weekday morning atStanford Avenue droves of stu-dents attempt to cross the busy in-tersection. They dodge cars turn-ing onto Stanford Avenue, andtraffic entering and exiting Star-bucks. The families would be thefirst to praise an improved, safer

road, according to John Cicarelli, aprofessional transportation plannerwho lives in the College Terraceneighborhood. He participated onthe advisory group for the PaloAlto study.

Funded by CalTrans, which hasjurisdiction over the road, PaloAlto’s El Camino design plan rec-ommended numerous guidelines:possibly narrowing the street tofour lanes in areas where traffic islight; creating wider sidewalks andsetting buildings farther back fromthe street; improving on-streetparking; planting trees both in themedian strip and along the side-walk; adding wider bike lanes; andshortening the crosswalks.

According to architect Carrasco,the purpose is to make it “pedestri-an friendly, less an auto freeway.And I think as you do that and hu-manize this thing, land usesaround this will humanize aswell.”

Currently, Palo Alto is searchingfor funding to start implementingthe design guidelines, includingwork on the intersection at Stan-ford Avenue.

The aim of improving ElCamino is not merely aesthet-ic or safety-oriented; it’s de-

cidedly economic. In the second quarter of this

year, businesses along the entirestretch of El Camino in Palo Alto

collectively generated $294,000 insales-tax revenue, figures from thecity’s economic-resources depart-ment indicated. That’s half of whatretail in downtown Palo Altobrings in, and only $50,000 morethan the four-block-long Califor-nia Avenue area.

“All economic studies show waytoo much retail for the length of ElCamino,” said Emslie. Lacking apopulation to support all of the re-tail, “it all gets underutilized. Soyou have lower-end retail.”

The Joint Venture report putspart of the blame on the way ElCamino is developed. Manystretches of the road have “randomdevelopment” where each parcelof land is built upon according tothe owner’s needs, without regardto businesses next door or to theneeds of the nearby neighborhood.

Thus, a phone store may be lo-cated next to a church, which isnext to a single-family home. Ingeneral, areas of random develop-ment have lower property values.

More coordinated developmentareas have higher property values.So-called “linear developments”include auto rows or offices, forexample. “Node developments”concentrate retail into a single mallwith complementary tenants. Theymay be located near a transit orcommercial center and may alsoinclude housing.

One such node is Sunnyvale’s

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El Camino(continued from page 20)

Palo Alto’s Trees for El Camino group envisions beautifying the grand boulevard with a tree canopy over El Camino,and has contributed money to plant additional trees in the median strip.

This intersection at California Avenue (left) suffers from what one local architect termed “a lack of closure.” City planners envision a new intersection (right) that would provide a new sense of place.

BEFORE

Cherry Orchard center, located atWest El Camino Real and Mathil-da Avenue and completed in 2002.Among its tenants are PF Chang’sChina Bistro, Starbucks, SprintPCS, Peninsula Beauty and Bor-der’s Books and Music. In addition,the complex features 90 apart-ments.

On a smaller scale, Carrasco’sproject could also be considered anode, given its mix of residencesand neighborhood amenities.

Likewise, a new three-story nodeat El Camino and El Camino Wayin Palo Alto was completed earlierthis year that combines retail, of-fices and apartments. Residents andcustomers of Starbucks and Sub-way can park in the undergroundgarage. Meanwhile, the eight two-story apartments include both one-and two-bedroom units.

In fact, housing is one of themost distinct elements that couldchange the face of El Camino Real.Given the ongoing demand forhousing, more residential complex-es are likely to be built on bothlarge and small parcels.

In Palo Alto, both the Hyatt andnext-door Elks Lodge propertiesare likely to become residential,possibly adding hundreds ofhomes, town homes or condomini-ums.

That kind of trend fits well withthe recommendations of the JointVenture report. By building retail

nodes and linking them withstretches of “linear” residential orother businesses, cities will be re-ducing lackluster, low-end retailstretches and providing the addi-tional residents to support the retailnodes.

In addition, having more resi-dents directly living on the streetcould encourage city leaders to im-prove the environment for pedestri-ans and bicyclists.

The vision may be set out for ElCamino, but challenges re-main.

“One issue is the size of the par-cel and the ability to put a givenkind of business on the parcel.What we have is little parcelsowned by separate people. If some-one wanted to do the big project,they’d have to buy people out,” Ci-ccarelli said.

In some cities, government hasworked with private developers tomethodically buy out and renovateentire blocks. But that, Emslie, said,would require the work of a rede-velopment agency.

Properties along El Camino alsotend to be shallow, abutting neigh-borhoods in the back. The lack ofdepth would discourage businessessuch as a major supermarket, whichmany neighbors would find valu-able, from locating to some parts ofEl Camino, Ciccarelli said.

Even if a grocer or a similar busi-

ness attracting a lot of customerswere to locate on the strip, it couldrequire substantial undergroundparking, which is expensive.

“That’s a whole different class ofdevelopment,” he said. “You can’tjust say, ‘We’re going to have big-ger buildings.’ ”

But Ciccarelli is excited aboutthe direction that El Camino isheaded, and the work that cityand regional officials have done.

“For the longest time, we’velet things be what they are andnot think about what we’re do-ing,” Ciccarelli said. “Thinking

of El Camino as a place is revo-lutionary.”

Now all it’s waiting for, aswith so many big-vision projects,is the funding. ■Senior Staff Writer JocelynDong can be reached [email protected].


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“El Camino is the ribbon that winds through all of us. The problem is thatit’s ugly. It’s an eyesore. Nobody knows what it is. Is it (traffic) throughout

that’s important or something else that’s important?”

— Russell Hancock, Joint Venture Silicon Valley Network CEO

The redevelopment of property at El Camino Real and College Avenue could create an outdoor patio for a café tothis corner.

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Thursday“The Odd Couple” will be presented

tonight at 8 p.m. at Gunn High School,780 Arastradero Road in Palo Alto. Anopening-night gala will take place at6:45 p.m. in the Faculty Lounge. GunnTheatre will present both the originalmale and female versions of Neil Si-mon’s classic tale of domestic cultureshock. The female version be presentedNov. 11, 13 and 19 at 8 p.m.; Nov. 17at 3:30 p.m. and Nov. 20 at 2 p.m. Themale version will be presented Nov. 12,18 and 20 at 8 p.m. and Nov. 13 at 2p.m. Tickets to the opening-night galaare $15 adults; $10 students; regularevening performances are $8; matineescost $4. For more information pleasecall (650) 213-0150.

“Picnic” will be presented by the PaloAlto Players tonight at 8 p.m. at the Lu-cie Stern Theatre, 1305 MiddlefieldRoad in Palo Alto. Written by WilliamInge, the play profiles a handsomedrifter who wanders into the lives of sixseemingly ordinary women. Show timesare 8 p.m. Wednesday through Satur-day and 2:30 p.m. on Sundays. Ticketprices are $24 for Wednesday andThursday performances; $25 for Fridayevenings; $27 for Saturday evenings;$22 for Sunday matinees. For more in-formation please call (650) 329-0891 orvisit www.paplayers.org.

“The Children’s Hour” will be present-ed tonight at 8 p.m. at Foothill College’sPlayhouse Theatre (Room 1301), 12345El Monte Road in Los Altos Hills. Addi-tional evening show times are Nov. 12,13, 18, 19 and 20 at 8 p.m. Sundaymatinees will be performed Nov. 14 and21 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $16 general;$12 for students and seniors, and in-clude free parking in Lots 1 or 6 only. Topurchase tickets, accesswww.foothill.edu/fa/drama or www.tick-etweb.com, or call (650) 949-7360.

“Kiss Me Kate” will be presented bythe Woodside Community Theatretonight at 7:30 p.m. at WoodsideSchool’s Sellman Auditorium, 3195Woodside Road in Woodside. Addition-al show times are Friday and Saturdayat 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $15 adults; $10for children under 18. Tickets will be onsale at the school Monday through Fri-day from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. or by call-

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FridayMagnificat will perform tonight at 8p.m. at the First Lutheran Church, 600Homer Ave. (corner of Webster) in PaloAlto. The program is entitled “ClaudioMonteverdi: “A Due Voci Pari” (For TwoEqual Voices). Tickets are $25 generaladmission; $18 seniors; $12 students.A 45-minute lecture will precede theconcert. Please visit www.magnificat-baroque.org or call (415) 979-4500 fortickets and information.

“You Can’t Take It With You” will bepresented tonight at 7:30 p.m. at MenloSchool’s Florence Moore Auditorium, 50Valparaiso Ave. in Atherton. Additionalshow times are Saturday and Sunday at7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults; $5for students and seniors. Tickets maybe reserved or picked up at the MenloSchool bookstore, or by e-mailing [email protected].

The Palo Alto Art Center will host anexhibition featuring a dozen newwrought iron sculptures by French artistJean Marc. Viewing hours are Fridayand Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday1-5 p.m. The Art Center is located at1313 Newell Road. For more informa-tion please call (650) 329-2366 or visitwww.city.palo-alto.ca.us/artcenter/exhi-bitions.html.

“Myth and the Natural World,” fea-turing painted photographs by BrigitteCarnochan, will be on display throughNov. 5 at Modernbook Gallery, 494 Uni-versity Ave. in Palo Alto. Modernbook isopen daily from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Formore information please call (650) 327-6325 or visit www.modernbook.com.

SaturdayThe Nova Vista Symphony will perform

an all-French concert tonight at 8 p.m.at Foothill College’s Smithwick Theatre,12345 El Monte Road in Los Altos Hills.Entitled “La Vie Parisienne,” the pro-gram will include Ravel’s “Le Tombeaude Couperin” and “Mother GooseSuite,” Gounod’s “Petite Symphonie forWinds,” Sarasate’s “Introduction andTarantella” and Saint-Saens’ “RondoCapriccioso,” featuring soloist NuviMehta conducting from the violin. Tick-ets are $15 adults; $12 seniors, $8 stu-dents and will be available at the door.Admission will be free for children under12. For additional information please e-mail [email protected].

“Gifts From the Harp” will take placetonight at 7:30 p.m. at Covenant Pres-byterian Church, 670 E. Meadow inPalo Alto. The performers will includethe Harpers Hall Ensemble, harpistKevin Holsinger, harpist/vocalist JaneValencia and harpist/vocalist LynneReardon and the Lumina Trio. A sug-gested donation is $12 general admis-sion; $10 for ages 12 and under. Allproceeds will benefit the Second Har-vest Food Bank and the Harpers HallScholarship Fund. For reservations andticket information please contactHarpers Hall at (408) 374-1042.

Peninsula Youth Theatre will present“Seussical the Musical” today at 2 and7:30 p.m. at the Mountain View Centerfor the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St.

Additional show times are 2 and 7:30p.m. Nov. 14 and 20; 9:30 a.m. Nov.18; 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Nov. 19and 2 p.m. Nov. 21. Tickets are $17 foradults; $14 for kids 12 and under andseniors 62 and over, except for the 9:30a.m. weekdays matinees, when all tick-ets cost $7. To order please call (650)903-6000 or visit www.pytnet.org.

The Peninsulaires Chorus will performat a cabaret dinner show tonight at 7p.m. at St. Albert the Great Church Hall,1095 Channing Ave. (near Melville) inPalo Alto. An old-time ice cream socialwill take place at 2 p.m. Tickets to theice-cream social are $12 adults; $8 forchildren 12 and under; $20 for thecabaret dinner show. For more informa-tion please call Bob at (408) 866-6458or visit www.barbershop-harmony.org.

Peninsula Open Studios will take placetoday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5p.m. at various locations on the Penin-sula. Admission is free. For more infor-mation please visit www.peninsulaopen-studios.org.

SundayViolinist Claudia Bloom and pianist

Nora Ayzman will perform a benefitconcert today at 3 p.m. at the PaloAlto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road.The program will feature works bySchnitkke, Brahms and Shostakovich.Tickets are $15 adults; $10 studentsand seniors; $5 children and will beavailable at the door. Proceeds willbenefit the nonprofit Music in theSchool Foundation, which providesclassroom music instruction for chil-dren in East Palo Alto schools.

Fortnightly Music Club will present aconcert tonight at 8 p.m. at the PaloAlto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road. Theprogram will feature works byBeethoven, Vincenzo Bellini, HectorBerlioz, Leo Delibes and Bohuslav Mart-inu. Admission is free. For more infor-mation please visit www.fortnightlymus-icclub.org.

Weekend Preview

MusicA profile of Catalan vocalist

Maria del Mar Bonet, who willbe performing at Stanford LivelyArts.

TheaterA review of “Picnic,” the latest

production by the Palo AltoPlayers.

MoviesReviews of “Kinsey,” “BridgetJones: The Edge of Reason,”“After the Sunset” and “FindingNeverland.”

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Caitlin Gjerdrum (left), as OliveMadison, and Jenni Putney, asFlorence Unger, co-star in GunnHigh School Theatre’s productionof “The Odd Couple.” The dramadepartment will present both maleand female versions of NeilSimon’s classic comedy.

Peninsula Open Studios will takeplace this weekend. Shown aboveis a work by Palo Alto artistNaomi Mindelzun, whose studio at743 Southampton Drive will beopen to the public.


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Challenge Learning CenterStaffEmily Johnson - Executive DirectorEmilia Tyminski - Program DirectorAnne Leahy Jones - Development

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Board of DirectorsDerek BerryBrad CookJeff HarrisSandi KaneSteve KnightMark SherwoodJim StingerDarwin Throne

Recent FundersAbbott LaboratoriesCisco FoundationCommunity Foundation Silicon ValleyEPRIGuidant FoundationHans & Elizabeth Wolf FoundationKiwanis Club of Palo AltoKPMGLos Altos RotaryMenlo Park RotarySand Hill ChallengeThe Palo Alto Weekly Holiday FundXilinxPlus Generous Individuals

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Challenge Learning CenterDeveloping youth leadership from the ground up

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Challenge Learning Center gives teens posi-tive choices. Our programs provide a sup-portive environment where healthy risk-tak-ing is encouraged through physical, learn-by-doing activities. CLC also trains adoles-cents to lead their peers. This provides themwith opportunities to learn responsibility,self-reliance, and the value of communityservice, enabling them to become activemembers of their community.

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One of our programs is a comprehensive,school-year-long program. It teaches groupsof 20 to 25 high school students advancedleadership, public speaking, and facilitationskills. Students meet once a week for train-ing sessions, and in the process they form atight support group. They practice their newskills by performing community service,leading programs for younger students andspeaking to service groups. It’s free! Call650-949-2011 or email [email protected] if interested in learning more.

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The Stanford Theatre is running a Marlon Brando Film Festival. The theatre islocated at 221 University Ave. in Palo Alto. Screenings are for Wednesday andThursday. For more information call (650) 324-3700.

Roberta (1935) Famous dress designer Roberta leaves the business to herAmerican nephew (Randolph Scott), who desperately needs the help (and love) ofRoberta’s sophisticated assistant (Irene Dunne). Also starring Fred Astaire andGinger Rogers. 7:30 p.m.

The Awful Truth (1937) In one of Hollywood’s crazy sophisticated comedies, CaryGrant and Irene Dunne battle over their divorce settlement — especially the custodyof their pet terrier. 5:45 & 9:30 p.m.

STANFORD THEATRE

Note: The Spangenberg Theatre is located on the Gunn High School campus,780 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto. Screening is for Wednesday only. Tickets are$5. For more information please visit www.spangenbergtheatre.com or call(650) 354-8220.

Gloomy Sunday (2003) Set in Budapest, circa 1940, the film centers on a love tri-angle. Ilana Varnai (Erika Marozsan) is hostessing at the city’s old-school eatery,Szabo’s. Her lover, restaurant owner Laszlo Szabo (Joachim Krol), is riding high —madly in love with Ilana, enjoying his success and auditioning pianists to entertainhis clientele.

Enter musician Andres Aradi (Stefano Dionisi), who falls hopelessly in love withthe seductive Ilana. Struck dumb by his passion, Andres composes a moody pianopiece in honor of his lady love. The ballad’s effect is so painfully bittersweet that thesong appears to be the cause of a number of suicides in the Budapest area.Simultaneously, the Nazi war machine crashes its way into Hungary, bringing with itan SS Colonel (Ben Becker) who has long worshipped Ilana and will do anything tohave her as his own. Thu. at 7 p.m.

SPANGENBERG THEATRE


MoviesMovie reviews by Jeanne Aufmuth, Tyler Hanley and Susan Tavernetti

The Polar Express✭✭✭1/2

(Century 16, Century 12) I was dismayed when Ilearned that my favorite children’s book — a quietand dark rumination on lost innocence — was beingadapted into a big-screen action adventure.

The story of a young boy growing wary of hischildish belief in Santa Claus is a universal one. Inthe hands of artist/author Chris Van Allsburg it wasshaded with a poignant sensibility and dusky eeri-ness. Much to my surprise, director RobertZemeckis has taken Van Allsburg’s vision a step fur-ther, combining peerless technology and a minimal-ist screenplay for a charming meditation on theinherent cynicism of growing old.

When our unnamed hero wakes on Christmas Eveto the sound of a rumbling train parked on his snowylawn he thinks he’s dreaming. The conductor (voiceand image of Tom Hanks) encourages him to climbaboard the Polar Express, headed for the North Pole.

Along the way he and a select group of enchant-ed, pajama-clad children encounter subtle lessons intrust and courage — a contemporary fantasy offeisty spirits, collective struggles and a kinetic jour-ney to witness the Man, his reindeer and the infa-mous elves.

That journey is action-packed with a Capital A:hair-raising train tracks that dip down impossiblysteep grades like the loopiest roller coaster, and afrozen lake that splinters with frightening ferocity as

it pursues the runaway locomotive.The digital animation, known as “performance

capture,” is state-of-the-art and unearthly; live actorsfilmed with a myriad of motion detectors attached totheir bodies are computerized to resemble progres-sive human movement.

At least two of “Polar”’s scenes are breakout clas-sics. One is an unassuming instant in which the con-ductor punches a young passenger’s train ticketwhile pesky bits of chad fly into noses and mouths(you had to be there); the other is a mesmerizinglong-shot following an errant ticket, as it floatsthrough the arctic wilderness, touching a nerve bothexhilarating and frightening.

Left to its basic equation, “Polar” would be sim-ply spectacular. But with eyes on the prize (box-office!), Zemeckis and company are encouraged toflesh out the magic with a couple of dopey musicalnumbers that interrupt, albeit briefly, the flowingdreamscape.

Bottom line, “Polar Express” retains its uniquecharacter while maintaining a mainstream appeal forfamilies who will render it a holiday hit. Its messageis clear and dear: the spirit of Christmas lives in yourheart. Color me a believer.

Rated:. Rated G but could be PG for intense actionsequences. 1 hour, 33 minutes.

— Jeanne Aufmuth

OPENINGS

Alfie (R) ✭✭ Century 16: 12:05, 2:35, 5:10, 7:55 & 10:20 p.m.Century 12: 11:45 a.m.; 2:20, 4:55, 7:40 & 10:10p.m.

Being Julia (R) ✭✭✭1/2 Century 16: 11:55 a.m.; 2:20, 4:45, 7:15 & 9:35p.m.

Birth (R) ✭✭✭ Century 16: 11:40 a.m.; 1:55, 4:35, 7:10 & 9:25p.m.

Friday Night Lights Century 16: 11:50 a.m.; 2:30, 5:15, 7:50 & 10:25(PG-13) ✭✭✭1/2 p.m. Century 12: 4:40 & 7:45 p.m. Garden State (R) ✭✭✭ Guild: 7 & 9:30 p.m. The Grudge (PG-13) ✭✭ Century 16: 12:40, 3, 5:25, 7:40 & 10 p.m.

Century 12: 11:35 a.m.; 1:45, 4:20, 7:10 & 9:40p.m.

I ♥ Huckabees (R) ✭ Century 16: 11:45 a.m.; 2, 4:25, 7:20 & 9:55 p.m. The Incredibles (PG) ✭✭✭ Century 16: 11:30 a.m.; 2:15, 5, 7:45 & 10:30

p.m. Century 12: 11:15 a.m.; 2, 4:45, 7:30 &10:15 p.m.

The Motorcycle Diaries CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 1:30, 4:15, 7 & 10(R) ✭✭✭1/2 p.m.The Polar Express Century 16: 11:30 a.m.; 2, 4:30, 7 & 9:30 p.m.(G) ✭✭✭1/2 Century 12: 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35 & 10:05 p.m. Ray (PG-13) ✭✭✭✭ Century 16: 11:35 a.m.; 12:30, 2:45, 3:50, 5:55,

7:05, 9:10 & 10:10 p.m. Century 12: Noon, 1:40,3:10, 5, 6:50, 8:20 & 10 p.m.

Saw (R) ✭✭ Century 16: 1, 3:20, 5:35, 8 & 10:15 p.m. Century 12: 12:30, 3, 5:30, 8 & 10:30 p.m.

Shall We Dance? Century 16: Noon, 2:25, 4:55, 7:25 & 9:40 p.m.(PG-13) ✭✭✭ Century 12: 11:25 a.m.; 1:55, 4:25, 7 & 9:35 p.m. Shark Tale (PG) ✭✭✭ Century 16: 12:45, 3:05, 5:20 & 7:35 p.m.

Century 12: 11:30 a.m.; 1:50, 4:05, 7:20 & 9:45p.m.

Sideways (R) ✭✭✭✭ Aquarius: 4:15, 6:15, 7, 9:15 & 10 p.m. Surviving Christmas Century 16: 9:50 p.m. (PG-13) ✭✭1/2Team America: World Century 16: 12:25, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30 & 10:05 p.m.Police (R) ✭✭✭ Century 12: 11:50 a.m.; 2:15 & 10:25 p.m. Vera Drake (R) ✭✭✭✭ CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 2, 4:45, 7:30 &

10:15 p.m.

MOVIE TIMES

★ Skip it ★★ Some redeeming qualities ★★★ A good bet ★★★★ Outstanding

Aquarius: 430 Emerson St., Palo Alto (266-9260)

Century Cinema 16: 1500 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View (960-0970)

Century Park 12: 557 E. Bayshore Blvd., Redwood City (365-9000)

Guild: 949 El Camino Real, Menlo Park (266-9260)

CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 3000 El Camino Real, Palo Alto (493-3456)

Spangenberg: 780 Arastradero Rd., Palo Alto (354-8220)

Stanford: 221 University Ave., Palo Alto (324-3700)

Internet address: For show times, plot synopses trailers and more informationabout films playing, visit Palo Alto Online at http://www.PaloAltoOnline.com/

Editor’s Note: Wednesday and Thursday showtimes were stilluncomfirmed at press time. For up-to-date information, pleasevisit www.PaloAltoOnline.com.

NOW PLAYING

Alfie ✭✭(Century 16, Century 12) Jude Law smiles,charms and sleeps his way throughManhattan as the womanizing title characterso memorably played by Michael Caine in1966. Alfie (Law) wins over the audience,too, by facing the camera and speaking hisinnermost thoughts directly to us. Sporting aretro look, Alfie wears Twiggy-thin ties andscoots around on a Vespa while wooing sin-gle mums (Marisa Tomei), cheeky waitresses(Nia Long) and successful older women(Susan Sarandon). Like so many recentreleases based on a film or novel from anearlier era, “Alfie” has lost its historical andcultural context — and its edge. Today sexin the city — and the issues surrounding it— plays on television. Oddly this updated“Alfie” avoids any mention of modern reali-ties such as AIDS and steps gingerly overanything controversial. Too bad Shyer’sremake also revisits every cliche — from “Becareful what you wish for” to “No good deedgoes unpunished” — in doing so. Rated:Rated R for sexual content, some language

The Incredibles ✭✭✭(Century 16, Century 12) Who wants to beSuper all the time? That’s the question fac-ing a passel of Superheroes who findthemselves members of the SuperheroRelocation Program after the real worldtires of their Super deeds. Bob Parr, akaMr. Incredible (voice of Craig T. Nelson),finds the life of the Everyman a study inmediocrity. He pounds out insurance poli-cies at an Everyman job and comes homeat night to harried wife Helen (ex-Superhero Elastigirl, voiced by HollyHunter) and a trio of lively kids trained tokeep their innate Super-powers underwraps. The disappearance of an undercov-er Superhero advocate and a cloak-and-dagger plea for help are all it takes for Bobto relive his glory days. The secret govern-ment program calls for Mr. Incredible todust off the Super threads and dismantle asinister weapon quickly and with finesse.Bob’s still got game ... or does he? But forthe unsatisfactory foray into routine con-flict, “The Incredibles” is affecting entertain-ment. Rated: PG for mildly adult situations.1 hour, 45 minutes. — J.A. (Reviewed Nov.5, 2004)

Sideways ✭✭✭✭(Aquarius) Misbegotten road trip be thy name.Longtime buddies Miles (Paul Giamatti) andJack (Thomas Haden Church) are setting offon a last hurrah before Jack takes the plungeinto matrimony. Mountains of invisible bag-gage are along for the ride: Miles’ self-loathing over a painful divorce, his futileattempts to publish his novel and a lingeringdepression mired in loneliness and humilia-tion. Jack is hardly a poster-child for stability,his ostensibly happy-go-lucky ways maskingan enormous fear of losing his freedom andan acting career that’s headed due south.Miles is a self-proclaimed oenophile, so theSanta Ynez Valley winery scene is top of theagenda. The pair sip and spit to their heart’scontent and the winespeak flows like, well,wine. Giamatti, arguably America’s most gift-ed actor, delivers an outstanding performanceof conflicting emotions bolstered by a reser-voir of sad surrender. And Virginia Madsen, asMiles’ love interest, glows with a luminousintelligence and warm sensuality that matchesthe story’s mature profundity. Easily one of thebest films of the year, “Sideways” gives greatnose. Rated: R for nudity, sexual content andlanguage. 2 hours, 4 minutes. — J.A.(Reviewed Nov. 5, 2004)

The voice and image of Tom Hanks bring the conductor of “The Polar Express” to life on-screen.

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ThursdayWomen’s volleyball: Stanford at

Oregon, 7 p.m., KZSU (90.1 FM)

FridayWomen’s volleyball: Stanford at

Oregon St., 7 p.m.; KZSU (90.1 FM)Prep sports: High School Sports

Focus, 11 p.m., KICU (36); rebroadcastSunday at 7 p.m.

SaturdayCollege football: Oregon St. at

Stanford, 2 p.m., KNEW (910 AM),KZSU (90.1 FM)

Prep football: Woodside at Menlo-Atherton, 2 p.m., KCEA (89.1 FM)

SundayPrep sports: Cal-Hi Sports Bay

Area, 4:30 p.m., KRON (4); rebroadcastMonday at 7 p.m. on Fox Sports Net

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POP WARNER WINNERS . . . ThePalo Alto Knights Junior Pee WeesPop Warner football team plays EastBay West of Oakland for the PPWLSchampionship on Saturday at Wood-side at noon. The Junior Pee Weesadvanced to the championshipgame with a 30-22 victory over OakGrove in the Peninsula Conferencesemifinals on Sunday. Running backAustin Braff raced 65 yards on afourth down play for the winningtouchdown with less than two min-utes remaining to play. “We practicethe huddle play all season hoping wewill never have to use it,” Palo Altocoach Mike Piha. “the kids havewanted to use it every game. Wetold them when we use it, we are introuble and need a score.” JamariBeverly raced for two touchdownsof 50 and 39 yards, and quarterbackJordan Piha threw a touchdownpass to Zach Spain. The winner ofSaturday’s game advances to theNorthwestern Regional Champi-onship. Palo Alto’s Pee Wee teamand Junior Midget team each losttheir semifinal games.

MENLO CORNER . . . The MenloCollege women’s volleyball team re-mained undefeated in the CaliforniaPacific Conference with a 30-17, 30-11, 30-20 victory over host WilliamJessup last Friday and a 30-12, 30-24, 30-11 win over Simpson on Sat-urday. The Oaks (16-0, 19-2) take a14-match winning streak into their fi-nal two conference matches remain-ing, both at home, beginning withthird-place Dominican College on Fri-day at 7 p.m. and second-placeNotre Dame de Namur on Saturday,also at 7 p.m. Against William Jes-sup, Menlo had 61 digs in thematch, with Christa Hewett record-ing 19. Kari Shimomura added 10digs . . . The Menlo College footballteam dropped a 42-21 decision tovisiting Pacific Lutheran on Saturday.Senior receiver Marvin Stickelcaught eight passes for 123 yards.He caught touchdown passes of 50and 17 yards from freshman quarter-back Dustin Guglielmelli, who threwfor 197 yards. Keith Marin alsocaught a touchdown pass, a seven-yard toss from Adam Hazel. Fresh-man running back Eddie Connorrushed for 65 yards. The Oaks (1-6)travel to Fargo, N.D., to meet Con-cordia College on Friday night.

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Sacred Heart Prep co-captains (L-R) Alex Becker, Matt Roon and Jeff Loomis show off the Central Coast SectionDivision III championship trophy that the Gators won Saturday with a 2-1 win over Valley Christian-Dublin.

This lossa winnerfor Gunn

Titans win leaguetourney after early

setback inspires them

by Keith Peters

The Gunn High boys’ waterpolo teams heads into theCentral Coast Section tourna-

ment this week perhaps realizing aloss may have helped its future.

“As soon as we lost early in theseason to Los Altos, the guys hearda coach say that we were ‘playingwell, and definitely the second-bestteam in the league,’” said MarkHernandez, Gunn’s head coach.“That idea inspired them, andevery day at practice they sought toprove everyone wrong.”

And the Titans did, posting avery big 6-5 triumph over Los Al-tos on Saturday in the champi-onship match of the SCVAL DeAnza Division tournament at Cu-pertino High.

“After the game, I winked as Itold them that their win wasn’t bad,for a second-best team,” Hernandezsaid. “This win lifted a tremendousmonkey off of our back, and wecouldn’t be happier. We’re lookingforward to a deep run into CCS.”

Not only did the victory provideplenty of momentum for the CCSDivision I tournament, but the Ti-tans (22-10) earned a No. 3 seedinstead of a No. 4. Thus, Gunn willopen Saturday against No. 6 Serra(13-10) at Independence High inSan Jose at noon. Moreover, the Ti-tans are not in the same bracket asdefending champion Bellarmine.

A loss to Los Altos would havemeant a No. 4 CCS seed and asemifinal date with the Bells.

In other boys’ openers this Satur-day, top-seeded Menlo (27-5) facesNo. 8 Soquel at IndependenceHigh at 2:40 p.m., and No. 3 Sa-cred Heart Prep (21-9) takes onNo. 6 Aragon at St. Francis at 9:20a.m., both in Division II. TheKnights and Gators are in oppositebrackets, setting up a potential re-match of last year’s championshipmatch won by SHP.

The Gunn boys, meanwhile, nowhave a shot at reaching the DivisionI finale against Bellarmine. Whilethat’s like walking into a lion’s denat feeding time, anything can hap-pen in a championship game.

Gunn proved that last Saturdayby shaking off three straight yearsof losing to Los Altos in the tour-nament title match to win its firstleague title in at least seven years.The win also avenged an 8-7 regu-lar-season loss to the Eagles, amatch that Gunn’s Brandon John-son missed.

Johnson didn’t miss Saturday’sgame, nor did he miss perhaps hisbiggest shot of the year. His onlygoal of the match with two minutesto go gave Gunn the lead for good.

“It was the definition of a clutch

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Sacred Heart Prep coach Juan Camahort shares a winning momentwith (L-R) Paul Casperson, Alex Vukic and Michael McMahon.

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by Keith Peters

T he season began like noother for the Sacred HeartPrep boys’ soccer team.

The Gators were coming off ayear in which they didn’t win aleague title and didn’t win asection crown.

That didn’t deter coach JuanCamahort and his players. Allthey did was raise expectationslike never before.

“We really wanted to go un-defeated, because we knewwhat our team had,” said seniorJeff Loomis, the team’s only re-turning player with any champi-onship game experience. “Lastyear we let down at the end ofthe season . . we just wanted tokeep our energy throughout theyear. Basically, that was ourgoal.”

The Gators did keep their en-ergy at a high level all season,and never let down. When allwas said and done, SacredHeart Prep did exactly what it


shot,” Hernandez said.Also clutch was Arjan Ligten-

berg, the Titans’ imposing 6-foot-9hole man.

“Arjan played as good a game asI’ve seen him have,” Hernandezsaid. “Early in the fourth quarter, hesustained an injury to his wrist, butplayed throughout the game. Hedidn’t miss a second of game time.”

Ligtenberg scored three goals andplayed relentless, tenacious de-fense. Goalie Matt Johnson alsohad an excellent game with 13blocks and five steals.

Los Altos standout Tyler Smith,reportedly suffering from a rightshoulder injury, played only a limit-ed role.

“He came in after their timeouts,to help them with their designed setplays,” Hernandez said. “Tyler iscertainly a talented, great playerand a valuable asset. But, to tell youthe truth, his limited role actuallymade our game-planning more dif-ficult. With him in the game, ourdefense is simple: Arjan goes wher-ever he goes, and is locked upagainst him for the entire game.Everyone on our team knows it, andknows how to play their roles.

“When Tyler’s not in the game,we had to make far more adjust-ments, as Los Altos brought multi-ple players into the hole set and, asa result, multiple Gunn players hadto guard set.”

Gunn, however, adjusted well toboth situations and came out on topat the best time of the year.

“I’m beyond proud of this groupof young men,” Hernandez said.“We we started the season, I knewwe had talented, committed ath-letes. These guys know how to playthe game, and have a collectivemental toughness that makes themfun to coach. They never get downon each other, and are always confi-dent that they are going to pullthrough. They know how to per-form under pressure, and know thatbig-time players make big-timeplays.”

Gunn reached the title match withan 11-4 win over Monta Vista asKyle Gertridge scored five goals

and Johnson added two. MontaVista went on to end Palo Alto’sseason with a 10-5 decision in thethird-place game. The Vikings (14-19) gave Los Altos a scare in thesemifinals before falling, 8-7. Gre-gor Horstmeyer led Paly with fourgoals.

Menlo won the PAL Bay Divi-sion title as expected with an 8-2win over Burlingame. SophomoreBen Hohl led the Knights withthree goals, the same total he had ina 10-3 semifinal win over Menlo-Atherton, which ended the Bears’season at 7-22.

GirlsSacred Heart Prep (19-4) re-

ceived the No. 1 seed, Palo Alto(23-9) got the No. 3 seed, Menlo(22-7) was seeded fifth and Menlo-Atherton (22-7) earned a No. 7 seedfor this week’s tournament, whichopened Tuesday and continuesWednesday with first-round match-es.

The Gators host No. 16 Indepen-dence (16-10) on Wednesday whilethe Bears host No. 11 Aragon (20-11), both at 3 p.m. Palo Alto hostedNo. 14 San Benito (17-11) on Tues-day while Menlo hosted No. 12Presentation (22-10). Quarterfinal

matches will be Saturday at St.Francis High, with all four localteams favored to advance.

Sacred Heart Prep received a No.1 seed for the first time in the pro-gram’s history, despite losing to theLancers in the WCAL title game, 6-5. The teams wound up as leagueco-champs. The Gators’ overallseason record and strength ofschedule had to weigh in on theseeding as 21 of 23 of the team’smatches were against CCS teams orsquads in the competitive WCAL,the only “A”-ranked league in thesection.

If all goes according to plan, theGators will face Menlo in the semi-finals. The Knights successfully de-fended their PAL Bay Division titlewith a 12-1 romp over Aragon.Sophomore Megan Burmeister andsenior Kelsey Haley each scoredthree goals for Menlo. Aragon up-ended Menlo-Atherton in the semi-finals, 8-7 in sudden-death overtimedespite three goals by Rita Bull-winkel and two by Heidi Kucera.

Palo Alto got four goals fromRemy Champion and three fromAngelina Bena as the Vikings rolledover Los Altos, 11-1, in the SCVALDe Anza Division title match Satur-day at Los Altos. ■


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Palo Alto junior goalie Polly Ziegler got a hand on plenty of shots during the SCVAL De Anza Division tourna-ment, which saw the Vikings win the title with an 11-1 romp over host Los Altos on Saturday.

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Volleyballbracketsare tough

Getting to the CCSfinals this season

will be doubly difficult

by Keith Peters

The Central Coast Section vol-leyball brackets for localteams look like our downtown

streets, with roadblocks every-where.

For No. 4-seeded Menlo-Ather-ton (22-12) in Division I, for exam-ple, a second-round win over SanBenito on Saturday will be reward-ed with a date against No. 1 Aptos.

For No. 9 Palo Alto (24-9) in Di-vision II, a first-round win over No.8 Leland (18-10) on Wednesday inthe Vikings’ gym will be rewardedwith a date against nationally No.1-ranked Mitty (22-2) in the quar-terfinals Saturday.

And in Division IV, No. 2 Menlo(19-11) and No. 3 Castilleja (31-4)could meet in the semifinals onNov. 17 should they get past theiropeners on Saturday.

Even for No. 5 Gunn (19-11) inDivision II and No. 3 Pinewood(16-10) in Division V, opening-round wins off second-roundtoughies.

Clearly, just getting to the CCSchampionship matches this seasonwill be a chore in itself.

“I thought about arguing for theNo. 1 seed, since both Menlo andNotre Dame (Salinas) have lost toLos Altos (a team Castilleja defeat-ed), but that would mean playingHarker,” said Castilleja coach Tra-cie Hubbard. “So I am quite happywith the outcome. Menlo is tough,but beatable . . . There will be someexciting matches to watch and I amlooking forward to having my teamplay some of their best ball yet.”

The Gators successfully defendedtheir West Bay Athletic League titlelast week, finishing 12-0. Theyreached the CCS finals a year agobefore falling to Notre Dame-Sali-nas.

Menlo was eliminated in thesemifinals by Notre Dame last sea-son and faces a similar situationnext week against Castilleja.

“We did what we were supposedto do, and that was play more localteams in order to get a better seedthan last year,” said Menlo coachRyan Cooling. “Castilleja is a goodteam, as is ND Salinas. It is ashame one of us has to get knockedout. It is the same scenario as lastyear where we had to play ND Sali-nas in the semis. We hope it isn’tthe same result as last year.”

Palo Alto also did everything itcould to get a good seed in DivisionII. The Vikings even swept rivalGunn last Thursday in a nonleagueshowdown. That win, however, didlittle to help Paly or hurt Gunn. Bygetting the No. 5 seed, the Titansget No. 4 Presentation in the second

round instead of Mitty. Gunn, ofcourse, first has to beat No. 12 Lin-coln (in San Jose) on Wednesday at7 p.m. Should the Titans get bytheir first two matches, they get ashot at who else? Mitty.

For Paly coach Dave Huan, therealization is hitting home that histeam’s fine season can end quickly.

“It’s hard not to look ahead whenthey’re sitting there staring youright in the face,” Huan said of thetop-ranked Monarchs. “I’ve onlytold the girls who we are facing onWednesday and to not even thinkabout what’s to come. I’m not sureif they’ve already gone and figuredit out, but again, we do have Lelandfirst. That should be tough enoughas it is.”

Cross countryMenlo-Atherton senior Evan An-

derson will be among the favoritesin the Division I race at the CCSChampionships on Saturday at ElToro Park in Salinas. Andersonwon his first PAL Bay Division titlelast week with a season best of15:27 over the 2.95-mile layout atCrystal Springs in Belmont.

Castilleja will be shooting for afourth straight section crown in Di-vision V. The Gators won their sec-ond consecutive WBAL title lastweek with a 30-point effort at Coy-ote Hills in Fremont.

Girls tennisMenlo (21-3) received the No. 2

seed, Sacred Heart Prep (21-4) gotthe No. 4 seed and Pinewood (18-5)and Castilleja (12-5) are in the fieldfor the CCS tournament that beganTuesday. ■

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M-A senior Evan Anderson wonhis first PAL title last week with aseason-best 15:27.

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Menlo sophomore Ben Hohl scored three goals as the Knights beatBurlingame in the PAL Bay Division tourney finals, 8-2.

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by Rick Eymer

S tanford extended one women’svolleyball winning streak, andended two losing streaks over

the weekend, and in the processplaced itself back into the nationalpicture.

That’s what a victory over thetwo-time defending NCAA champi-ons can do. The Cardinal upset vis-iting USC, 30-18, 30-24, 30-27, in aPac-10 match on Friday night atBurnham Pavilion to end a four-match losing streak to the Trojans.

Stanford beat UCLA, 25-30, 30-25, 32-30, 25-30, 15-8, on Thursdayto extend its streak to eight matchesagainst the Bruins. That win alsostopped an overall two-match losingstreak.

“UCLA played us much tougherthan they did down there and I likedthat because we were tough,” Stan-ford coach John Dunning said. “Wewere tougher than any other gamewe’ve played and that carried overto the USC game, where we playedby far our best volleyball of theyear.”

The 12th-ranked Cardinal (9-3,17-6) hasn’t fared well against na-tionally ranked opponents this sea-son, but beating the fourth-rankedTrojans has to be Stanford’s mostsatisfying victory of the season todate.

Stanford owns a 5-6 mark againstteams currently ranked in the top25, but the win over the Trojans willlikely have an impact on the NCAAtournament. It shows the selectioncommittee that the Cardinal are de-termined to put themselves amongthe nation’s elite.

“You can’t falsify greatness,”Dunning said. “The only way tothink you are a great team is to goout and beat other great teams.”

Competition is always tough inthe Pac-10, with six teams national-ly ranked, including No. 1 Washing-ton. Stanford has three ranked oppo-nents among its final seven matches,and can continue to impress the se-lection committee.

“When you’re involved in it youknow how close you are with every-body,” Dunning said. “There are noeasy games on anybody’s schedulein the Pac-10. You really have about30-50 teams who can beat each oth-er.”

The Cardinal travel to Oregon onThursday and Oregon State on Fri-day before returning home to hostthe unbeaten Huskies.

“Our whole focus is zeroing in onthings we think will help us,” Dun-ning said. “We are learning how tocompete more so we put them in sit-uations during practice to help withthat. It’s a lot of hard work. Theplayers may be tired but they arealso excited about where this teamis.”

Senior outside hitter Ogonna

Nnamani combined for 51 kills inthe two wins, and now has 2,133 forher career, second on the Pac-10 ca-reer list. She’s 122 behind formerUCLA star Kristee Porter andwould need to average 18 kills amatch over the remainder of theregular season to surpass Porter.

Nnamani was named Pac-10Player of the Week for her efforts,her fifth such honor and the 52ndtime for a Stanford player.

Nnamani hit at a .578 clip againstUSC, and the Cardinal committedjust nine attack errors and hit .460as a team. Jennifer Hucke (.571),Kristen Richards (.421) and LizzieSuiter (.400) were also nearly un-stoppable.

“Ogonna was amazing,” Dunningsaid. “To be able to hit like thatagainst a team that blocks so well isamazing. She’s shown a lot of matu-rity. She’s going to take us whereverwe go but we can sure help her.”

Richards added 11 kills and eightdigs while freshman setter Bryn Ke-hoe tallied a match-high 44 assistsand two service aces as well.

“Bryn came in as an experiencedplayer,” Dunning said. “She startedfast, but the year can be grinding fora young player. The last two weeksshe has started to rebound and sheplayed well over the weekend.”

Suiter matched her career-bestwith 10 blocks in the win over theBruins. Nnamani added 24 kills and14 digs for her ninth double-double.Richards had 23 kills and 19 digsfor her 14th double-double. ■


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Anothermiss forCardinalBowl hopes all but

gone after frustratingloss to Arizona St.

by Rick Eymer

S tanford football coach Bud-dy Teevens once againturned to Menlo-Atherton

High grad T.C. Ostrander whenstarting quarterback Trent Ed-wards was felled by another in-jury to his left shoulder.

Once again, Ostrander respond-ed. This time he threw for 161yards, all in the second half, and atouchdown. For the second timein three weeks, Ostrander directedscoring drives that put Stanfordahead in the fourth quarter.

And - once again - Stanford lostin heartbreaking fashion. Last Sat-urday, it was a touchdown passwith nine seconds remaining thatgave Arizona State a 34-31 Pac-10 victory over the Cardinal,dashing all but a glimmer of hopefor their bowl dreams.

Against Oregon two weeks ago,Ostrander led Stanford (2-4, 4-5)to a fourth-quarter scoring driveonly to see the Ducks come rightback to regain the lead. The Car-dinals missed a field goal with notime left that would have sent thatgame into overtime.

Who’s the starting quarterbacknext week, when Oregon Statevisits Stanford for a must-win 2p.m. contest? It depends on Ed-wards’ health. One thing for sureis that Ostrander will spend plentyof time with the first team offensethis week.

Edwards suffered a sprained leftshoulder early in the second half.It’s the same shoulder he injuredagainst the Ducks.

If he can’t go, Ostrander getshis first career start in a game theCardinal have to win to keep theirpostseason hopes alive.

“He’s a great competitor androse to the occasion again,”Teevens said of Ostrander. “Theopportunity arose and he deliv-ered.”

A season which began withsuch high hopes, and a 3-1 markafter four games, has suddenlytaken on nightmarish proportions.The Cardinal have lost threestraight and each defeat feelsworse than the last one.

Stanford had top-ranked USCbeat in the fourth quarter, and alsoheld a late lead in an eventual lossto Notre Dame. In fact, a mere 17points separates Stanford from apossible 8-1 season. The shutoutloss to UCLA is the only gamethe Cardinal had no chance ofwinning.

“We just keep getting on thewrong side of it,” Stanford line-backer Jon Alston said. “The only

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Stanford senior Ogonna Nnamani had plenty to be excited about as theCardinal swept UCLA and No. 4 USC last weekend.

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Stanford freshman setter Bryn Kehoe (4) fired up teammates (L-R) Ogonna Nnamani, Jennifer Hucke andLeahi Hall during the weekend sweep.

Stanford finds itselfback among the elite

Sweep of UCLA and No. 4 USC last weekend should help Cardinal have impact on NCAA tourney

by Rick Eymer

T he Stanford women’s soccerteam found i ts way intotheir eighth straight NCAA

tournament and for the 14th timein 15 years. The Cardinal playCal Poly in the first round on Fri-day at 5 p.m. at Santa Clara’sBuck Shaw Stadium.

“There are four strong teamsbut we know we can play withthese teams,” Stanford coachPaul Ratcliffe said. “I don’t knowhow much about Cal Poly but Iwill be doing my homework.”

Stanford (4-3-2, 12-5-3) fin-ished fourth in the Pac-10 afterdropping a 1-0 contest to hostWashington in double overtimeon Friday and playing host Wash-ington State to a scoreless tie onSunday. The Cardinal played 217minutes over the weekend.

“We’ll definitely be fit for thisweekend,” Ratcliffe said.

Senior goalkeeper Nicole Barn-hart recorded five saves in earn-ing her ninth shutout of the sea-son. She has 202 saves for hercareer, third on Stanford’s all-time list.

The two teams combined for21 shots. Senior forward MarcieWard took three shots for theCardinal.

Stanford held Washingtonscoreless for 106 minutes, but theHuskies converted on their 14thshot.

“Nicole has been great all yearand Hayley Hunt has been solidin our central defense,” Ratcliffesaid. “Defensively we’re playinggood soccer all year. It’s a matterof scoring. We’re creating goodchances; we have to finish.”

The Cardinal lost in the firstround of the tourney last year.Stanford has won all threematches it has played against theMustangs, including a first-roundvictory in the 2002 NCAA tour-nament.

Santa Clara (14-4-2) hosts Cal-ifornia (11-5-3) in the latermatch on Friday. The winnersmeet Sunday.

Stanford battled Santa Clara toa 0-0 tie in double overtime onSept. 30, and fought Cal to a 1-1ties on Oct. 10.

Should the Cardinal reach thethird round, the likely opponentwould be the national top seedNorth Carolina.

Men’s water poloStanford clinched the second

seed in the upcoming MountainPacific Sports Federation tourna-ment after a pair of home winsover the weekend.

The second-ranked Cardinal(6-1, 18-3) have one conferencematch left, hosting California on

Saturday at 11:30 a.m.The winner of the MPSF tour-

nament gets an automatic berthin the NCAA Final Four. Stan-ford will likely need to reach thetitle match to qualify for the at-large bid. Third-ranked USC isalso in the hunt.

Tony Azevedo scored fourgoals and Thomas Hopkinsadded three more to lead Stan-ford to a 13-3 victory over LongBeach State. Chad Taylor had 14saves.

Azevedo has a team-leading 56goals, and extended his schoolrecord career total to 308.

Azevedo scored three goals inStanford’s 14-7 victory over Pa-cific. The Cardinal scored eightunanswered points to snap a 2-2tie.

Palo Alto grad Ryan Fortune,Peter Varellas, Tyler Drake,Thomas Hopkins and Greg Crumeach scored twice for the Cardi-nal.

Men’s swimmingStanford opened the season

with a 157-97 victory over visit-ing Cal State Bakersfield in anonconference meet on Friday assophomores Andy Grant and BenWildman-Tobriner each won twoindividual events.

Grant won the 200 free in1:39.48 and the 200 back in1:54.16, while Wildman-Tobrinerwon the 50 free in 20.64 and the100 free in 45.21.

Stanford hosts California nextWednesday in a triple-distancemeet.

Men’s tennisStanford junior KC Corkery

and senior Sam Warburg fell, 8-5, to Ohio State’s Scott Greenand Ross Wilson from Ohio Statein the doubles final of the Inter-collegiate Tennis AssociationNational Indoor Championshipsat the University of MichiganVarsity Tennis Center on Sunday.

In singles play, Corkery defeat-ed Baylor’s Lars Poerschke 6-3,6-4 in the final of the consolationbracket.

Corkery and Warburg advancedto the final with an 8-6 win overBrian Hung and Ryan Heller ofMichigan on Saturday.

In singles play, Warburg fell toKentucky’s Jesse Witten in asemifinal match.

Women’s tennisStanford’s doubles team of jun-

ior Alice Barnes and senior ErinBurdette fell to Northwestern’sAudra Cohen and Cristelle Grier,8-2, in the finals at the Intercolle-giate Tennis Association Nation-al Indoor Championships on Sun-day at the University of Michigan

Varsity Tennis Center.Meanwhile, in Tempe, the final

day of the Thunderbird Classicwas cut short due to rain. Stan-ford freshmen Whitney Deasonand Lejla Hodzic beat TCU’sPaige Brown and Andrea Morga-do, 8-4, in the doubles semifi-nals, but the championship matchwas not played.

Deason and Hodzic also ad-vanced to the finals in singles.They will play the championshipmatch at Stanford on a date to bedetermined.

Burdette and Barnes advancedto the final with a 9-7 victoryover Notre Dame’s CatrinaThompson and Christian Thomp-son.

Deason and Hodzic each won apair of singles matches on Satur-day to advance to the finals. Dea-son, the fourth-seeded player inthe tournament, beat KansasState’s Tamar Kvaratskhelia, 6-2,6-2, and then defeated ASU’sSabrina Capannolo, 6-3, 6-3.

Hodzic, a Pinewood grad, upsetNo. 3 seed Maria Rosenberg ofKSU, and No. 1 seed JosslynBurkett of ASU. Hodzic won thetwo-set victory over the SunDevil, 6-3, 6-0.

Men’s basketballStanford was picked to finish

third in the Pac-10 media poll.Arizona is favored to win theconference title.

The Cardinal, the defendingPac-10 champion and winners ofthe conference title four of thelast six seasons, had 194 points.The Wildcats received 19 first-

place votes (253 points). Wash-ington was picked for second.

“The team has been workingextremely hard, and is trying toget better every day,” Stanfordcoach Trent Johnson said. “Theschedule is challenging, but if wedefend and rebound at a high lev-el, I think we’ll be a solid team.”

Oregon is picked for fourth,followed by UCLA and USC.California edged Oregon Statefor seventh place. WashingtonState and Arizona State roundout the preseason poll.

Stanford opens the regular sea-son on Nov. 19 against USF(8:30 p.m.) at the Pete NewellChallenge in Oakland.

Women’s divingGunn grad Ashlee Rosenthal

finished second in the 3-metercompetition at the Trojan Invita-tional on Friday at McDonald’sStadium on the USC campus.Rosenthal scored 511.00 pointsto finish just behind winnerQiongjie Huang of Hawaii(519.60) in a close competition.

“I couldn’t be higher on AshleeRosenthal than I am right now,”Stanford coach Rick Schavonesaid. “This may have been thebest she has ever dove in herlife.”

Rosenthal finished third in Sat-urday’s 1-meter event.

Men’s soccerStanford dropped a 1-0 non-

conference decision to host UCSanta Barbara last Saturday.

The Cardinal (7-5-5) finishtheir regular season against Cal

in Berkeley on Saturday.

Men’s divingAdam Peterson finished second

in the 1-meter event at the TrojanInvitational on Friday in Los An-geles.

Peterson recorded a total scoreof 584.15 to finish behind USC’sMike Hilde (637.25).

Field hockeyStanford ended its season on a

winning note, beating SouthwestMissouri State, 1-0, in the third-place game of the Nor Pac Con-ference tournament on Saturday.

The Cardinal (8-12) upset Nor-Pac East Division regular seasonchampion Radford in the firstround on Thursday at the BakerSports Complex on the campusof Davidson University.

Stanford lost to Pacific, 2-1, indouble overtime in Friday’ssemifinal contest.

Missy Halliday put in an unas-sisted goal for the only score ofthe contest against SouthwestMissouri State.

Liz Robinson scored her team-leading fourth game-winninggoal of the season in the win overRadford.

Eleanor Morgan was Stanford’slone First Team selection andJessica Zutz was named theRookie of the Year for the WestDivision when the NorPac All-Conference teams were an-nounced at a banquet Wednesdaynight. Zutz and Aska Sturdevanwere also All-NorPac SecondTeam choices. ■


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Stanford seniors (L-R) Amy Grady, Marcie Ward and Martha West will have a least one more match in their colle-giate playing careers, that being an NCAA opener on Friday against Cal Poly-SLO in Santa Clara.

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Cardinal women earna soccer berth

Despite fourth-place finish in the Pac-10, Stanfordqualifies for NCAA tournament and will face

Cal Poly-SLO in first match on Friday

by Keith Peters

T hat light at the end of the tun-nel that represents the CentralCoast Section playoffs is

burning bright these days for thePalo Alto High football team.

While it flickered after a shutoutloss to Los Gatos three weeks agoand nearly blew out after a one-point loss to Milpitas two weeksback, that playoff light is regularbeacon in the night sky.

The Vikings finally made it clearthey aim to be playing in the post-season with a resounding 55-0romp over Homestead last Fridaynight at Fremont High in Sunny-vale.

The victory clinched secondplace in the SCVAL De Anza Divi-sion for Palo Alto (4-2, 6-3) withonly Thursday night’s nonleaguegame against visiting Monta Vista(7:30 p.m.) remaining on the regu-lar-season schedule.

This is the second straight sea-son that Paly has made the CCSplayoffs and the ninth since EarlHansen took over as head coach in1991.

A loss to Homestead could haveruined any postseason plans, espe-cially since Milpitas (2-2-1)

shocked first-place Los Gatos (4-0-1) with a 35-35 deadlock to add alittle suspense to the division race.Had Paly finished 3-3, Wilcox (3-2) could have taken second with awin over Saratoga (3-2) this Fridayand Milpitas could have earnedthird by beating Gunn (0-5, 2-7)earlier in the day.

Now, all that is behind Palo Alto.The Vikings picked a good time toroll, piling up 440 yards of total of-fense against a talented Homesteadteam that just quit in the secondhalf.

Hansen said he was concernedgoing in, based on the Mustangs’talent and last season’s 49-40slugfest that Paly finally pulledout. Homestead had a dangerousrunning back in Chris Morris and ahandful of other threats.

“We just had to keep them fromgetting better than they really are,”Hansen said. “I wasn’t surprisedwe scored a lot, but I was surprisedwe shut them out.”

Palo Alto came up with a solidrun defense that shut down Morriseffectively and limited him to aseason-low 32 yards on 15 carries.His 12-yard carry on his first at-tempt was his longest of the night.

Paly senior running back John

Ginanni surpassed Morris on hisfirst two carries and wound up witha career-high 192 rushing yards onjust 16 carries. He had runs of 67,36 and 37 yards, scoring onetouchdown from two yards out.

Paly senior quarterback NathanFord was his effective self again,completing 13 of 22 passes for 173yards, four touchdowns and no in-terceptions. He threw scoring pass-es of 10 yards to Ted Way, 33 toMatt Wismann, 12 to Chris Readeand to Wismann again for fouryards. Ford also scored on a one-yard run to get the scoring in thefirst quarter.

Homestead fumbled away the

opening kickoff and Paly capital-ized with a scoring drive of nineplays. When the Mustangs fum-bled the ball away on their first se-ries, Nabil Balamane recovered.Ginanni ripped off his 67-yarderand two plays later Way had his10-yard scoring reception.

When Homestead went three andout on its second series, Palymarched 57 yards on 16 plays withGinanni scoring for a 20-0 lead.Way ended Homestead’s next drivewith an interception, then laterpicked off another pass and re-turned it 18 yards for a 48-0 lead.Five Homestead turnovers woundup as Paly touchdowns.

Paly’s offensive line of FredKoloto, Will Elmore, Tim Currieand Balamane opened big holesand allowed Ginanni and Co. topile up a season-high 267 rushingyards.

M-A 16, Capuchino 10The Bears (4-3, 5-4) moved into

fourth place in the PAL Bay Divi-sion, but missed out on one ofthree automatic CCS berths despitewinning four straight. M-A needsto beat Ocean Division champWoodside (7-0, 9-0) on Saturday(2 p.m.) on the Bears’ field to havea legitimate shot at a postseason at-large berth.

A victory over the Wildcats willgive the Bears 23 points under theCCS power points system, whichgives two points for a win overleague champions. The cutoff pointlast season was 22 points.

M-A turned Capuchino fumblesinto a field goal and touchdown inthe opening 2:09 of the game, butfailed to generate much offenseand finished with just 123 totalyards. The Bears will not be ableto stay in the game with Woodsidewith another offensive perform-ance like that.

SHP 42, Harker 20Sean Coffey, recently called up

from the JV team, carried seventimes for 113 yards and two touch-downs while his brother Pat, theGators’ junior quarterback, threwfor one and ran for another as SHPimproved to 6-3. ■


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Palo Alto’s Single Family Neighborhoods:Updated Standards Proposed for Low Density Zoning Districts

(RE, R-1, R-2, and RMD) Come learn about the new proposed development standards that may affect you and yourneighbors. We want to hear your views!

Proposed zoning changes include:• Reformatting of code into one easier-to-use chapter, including home improvement

exceptions, individual review and single-story overlay process. Clearer definitions andbetter tables to illustrate requirements.

• Provisions for second stories on substandard lots.• Provisions for maximum lot sizes addressing lot mergers (combining lots) to implement

housing element policy.• Modifications to encourage second dwelling units, especially small second units, to

implement housing element policy.• Clarifications to contextual garage placement and front setback standards.• Requirements to locate noise producing equipment out of setbacks.• Provisions to codify Single Story Overlay review process.• Specific criteria for the extent of home improvement exceptions (HIEs) and revised

findings.• Historic home preservation incentives.

City Council is tentatively scheduled to hold a public hearing on this item in January 2005.

Residential zoning information packets can also be picked up at libraries, City Hall 5th floor,and the Development Center (285 Hamilton Avenue), or by visiting:

www.cityofpaloalto.org/zoning

Mark your calendar!Choose from one of four community open house/meetingsthat will be held throughout Palo Alto. Both general (citywide)and neighborhood specific information on the zoning codechanges will be covered at each.• Tuesday, November 16 –

Escondido Elementary School890 Escondido Road (off Stanford Avenue) in the Multi-Purpose Rm.

• Wednesday, November 17 – Ohlone Elementary School 950 Amarillo Avenue (off Louis Road) in the Multi-Purpose Rm.

• Tuesday, November 30 – Lucie Stern Community Center1305 Middlefield Road

• Thursday, December 2 – Cubberley Community Center4000 Middlefield Rd, Room #H5

Schedule for all four events:

6:30 pm to 7:30 pm:Drop-in / open house format

7:30 pm to 9:00 pm:Presentation begins, community discussion, Q&A

Questions? Please call (650) 329-2603.

ZONING ORDINANCEZONING ORDINANCE

PREP FOOTBALL

Kyle Terada

Palo Alto’s (L-R) Trevor Bisset, Matt Wismann and Fred Koloto celebratethe Vikings’ 55-0 win over Homestead, which earned Paly a CCS berth.

Palo Alto earns CCS playoffberth with a 55-0 romp


This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Palo

Alto Community Fund’s community grant-mak-

ing. From 1979 through 2004, the Fund has grant-

ed over $1 million to more than 120 local nonprofits, and

its endowment has grown to nearly $3 million. Clearly,

the Fund will continue to benefit our community for gen-

erations to come.

Palo Alto and surrounding communities can be justly proud of

their locally run, locally funded, and locally based community

fund. But we can never rest on our laurels. Community needs

increase as government and other support declines. It’s up to us!

Let us look forward to the next 25 years with a renewed com-

mitment to making our community the best it can be for our-

selves and our neighbors. With your continued support, PACF

will help make it happen!

The Palo Alto Community Fund is pleased to announce the following

recipients of our 2004 grants: Adolescent Counseling Services

Art In Action

Beechwood School

Clara-Mateo Alliance

Community Development Institute

Community School of Music & Arts

East Palo Alto Micro-Business Initiative/ d.b.a. Start Up

East Palo Alto YMCA

East Palo Alto Youth Sports

Eastside College Preparatory School

Environmental Volunteers

Family Connections

Foundation for a College Education

Girls’ Club of the Mid-Peninsula

Lytton Gardens

Palo Alto Area, American Red Cross

Palo Alto Community Child Care

Palo Alto Family YMCA

Parents Place Family Resource Center

Shelter Network

St. Vincent de Paul Society of Santa Clara County

YES Reading

Zohar Dance Company

Caring for Community for a Quarter of a Century

Environmental Volunteers: Learning new skills fromancient ways.

Community School of Music & Arts: Music educa-tion begins early

New opportunities for giving to the Palo Alto Community Fund

The Fund has received a generous challenge grant of

$100,000 from an anonymous donor to be matched with con-

tributions from new donors and increased donations from cur-

rent loyal donors. With support from the community, the Fund

can meet this challenge.

The Fund has recently launched the Palo Alto Legacy

Circle. You can become a real PAL by leaving a bequest to the

Fund in your will or trust. What better way to say thanks to our

splendid community than to leave a legacy for future genera-

tions.

For more information about the Fund, or to make a contri-

bution, contact PACF at 650-354-0993.

Board of DirectorsPresident

Terry Conner

Charlene AguilarEd Arnold

Annette BialsonBarbara Carlitz

Carroll HarringtonLarry Klein

Cathy KroymannElizabeth Lucchesi

Worth LudwickJulie Lythcott-Haims

Beth MartinBetsy Meehan

David MitchellEliane Neukermans

Margaret RaffinAmy Renalds

Jack RomingerMaddy SteinBill StocklinAnne Taylor

Ellen Turbow

Advisory BoardChairperson

Megan Swezey Fogarty

Laura ArrillagaBetsy Bechtel

Henrietta BurroughsVicky Ching

Ken ColemanMarti deBenedetti

Ann DeBuskAndy Doty

Leonard ElyJohn Erving

Kathy Espinoza-HowardLuis Fraga

Julie JeromeLiz Kniss

Jean McCownBill Reller

Charles SchulzTim Stanton

Kathy TorgersenSam Webster

Executive DirectorCammie Vail

CONTACT THE PALO ALTO COMMUNITY FUND:Phone: 650-354-0993 Fax: 650-354-1603 Email: [email protected] Web: www.paloaltocommfund.org EIN: 77-0483215

The Palo Alto Community Fund administers the Palo Alto Centennial Fund and advises the Billie Achilles Palo Alto Fund for the Community Foundation Silicon Valley.

MEN’S DIVINGTrojan Invitational

At Los Angeles1-meter - 1, Hilde (USC) 637.25; 2, Pe-

terson (Stanford) 584.15; 3, Jenkins (USC)571.65.

3-meter - 1, Vincent (USC) 529.75; 2,Jenkins (USC) 515.40; 3, Hilde (USC)512.60; 4, Peterson (Stanford) 501.05.

Platform - 1, Vincent (USC) 525.70; 2,Hilde (USC) 501.25; 3, Jenkins (USC)468.85.

WOMEN’S DIVINGTrojan Invitational

At Los Angeles3-meter - Huang (Hawaii) 519.60; 2,

Rosenthal (Stanford) 511.00; 3, Owen(Nevada) 470.65.

1-meter - 1, Huang (Hawaii) 613.20; 2,Hartley (USC) 613.15; 3, Rosenthal (Stan-ford) 542.50.

Platform - 1, Wang (Hawaii) 501.35; 2,Draper (USC) 425.80; 3, Huang (Hawaii)421.70.

FIELD HOCKEYNorPac Tournament

ThursdayFirst round

Stanford 0 0 1 — 1Radford 0 0 0 — 0

Stanford - Robinson (unattached).Records: Stanford 7-11; Radford 9-10

FridaySemifinals

Stanford 1 0 0 0 — 2Pacific 0 1 0 1 — 2

Stanford - Zutz (unassisted).UOP — Maurer (unassisted); Chaney

(Maurer).Records: Stanford 7-12; Pacific 9-9

SaturdayThird place

SW Missouri St. 0 0 — 0Stanford 1 0 — 1

Stanford - Halliday (unassisted).Records: Stanford 8-12; Southwest Mis-

souri State 11-9

FOOTBALLCollege

Pac-10 Conference(overall)

W L W LUSC 6 0 9 0California 5 1 7 1Arizona State 4 2 7 2Oregon 4 2 5 4UCLA 3 3 5 4Oregon State 3 3 3 6Stanford 2 4 4 5Washington State 2 4 4 5Arizona 1 5 2 6Washington 0 6 1 8

Last Saturday’s gamesArizona State 34, Stanford 31California 28, Oregon 27USC 28, Oregon State 20Washington State 31, UCLA 29Arizona 23, Washington 13

Saturday’s gamesOregon State at Stanford, 2 p.m.Arizona at USCWashington State at Arizona StateCalifornia at WashingtonUCLA at Oregon

SaturdayStanford 7 7 0 17 — 31Arizona St. 0 17 9 8 — 34

Stan — Smith 4 pass from Edwards(Sgroi kick).

ASU — FG Ainsworth 34.Stan — Tolon 1 run (Sgroi kick).ASU — Richardson 41 pass from Walter

(Ainsworth kick).ASU — M. Miller 52 pass from Walter

(Ainsworth kick).ASU — Safety, Tolon tackled in end zone.ASU — Z.Mil ler 7 pass from Walter

(Ainsworth kick).Stan — Jones 3 run (Camarillo pass from

Ostrander).Stan — FG Sgroi 47.Stan — Smith 67 pass from Ostrander

(run failed).ASU — M.Miller 4 pass from Walter

(Burgess run).INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING: Stanford, Tolon 18-30, Jones8-29, Marrero 2-6, Ostrander 4-(minus 4),

Camarillo 1-(minus 8), Edwards 3-(minus16). Arizona St., Burgess 34-186, Hill 1-9,Richardson 1-0, Walter 10-(minus 27). To-tals: Stanford 36-37; Arizona St. 46-168.

PASSING: Stanford, Edwards 8-20-3-85,Ostrander 8-15-1-161. Arizona St., Walter28-42-1-415, team 0-1-0-0. Totals: Stan-ford 16-35-4-246; Arizona St. 28-43-1-415.

RECEIVING: Stanford, Smith 5-112,Moore 5-84, Camarillo 2-28,, Bradford 1-11, Marrero 1-9, Tolon 1-9, Edwards 1-(mi-nus 6). Arizona St., Hagan 8-108, Z.Miller 6-78, Richardson 5-107, Mutz 5-56, M.Miller2-56, Burgess 2-10. Totals: Stanford 16-246; Arizona St. 28-415.

NonconferencePacific Lutheran 7 14 14 7 — 41Menlo 7 7 0 7 — 21

Menlo — Stickel 50 pass fromGuglielmelli (DeSenna kick)

PLU — Macauley 1 run (Hodel kick)Menlo — Stickel 17 pass from

Guglielmelli (DeSenna kick)PLU - McCall 62 pass from Macauley

(Hodel kick) PLU - McCall 3 run (Hodel kick)PLU - Simpson 5 run (Hodel kick)PLU - McCall 4 run (Hodel kick)PLU - Simpson 1 run (Hodel kick)Menlo — Marin 7 pass from Hazel (De-

Senna kick) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING: PLU, Canger, 11-117; McCall12-82; Reed 2-58; Simpson 14-53;Macauley 5-20; Johnson 3-14; McDonald1-0; Team 1-(minus 2). Menlo, Conner 19-65; Guglielmelli 4-11; Hazel 1-11; Jones 2-2; Team 1-(minus 2). Totals: Pacific Lutheran49-342; Menlo 27-87.

PASSING: PLU, Macauley 11-20-0-212;Maine 0-2-0-16; Team 0-1-0-0. Menlo,Guglielmelli 18-28-1-197; Hazel 9-16-0-110; Fukushima 1-1-0-18. Totals: PacificLutheran 12-23-0-228; Menlo 28-45-1-325.

RECEIVING: PLU, Reed 4-29; McCall 2-78; McKechnie 2-49; Olsen 1-29; Nichols1-17; Washburn 1-16; Simpson

1-10. Menlo, Stickel 8-123; Duncan 4-74; Risi 4-45; Fukushima 4-21; Lyle 2-21;Jones 2-9; Conner 2-7; Guglielmelli 1-18;Marin 1-7. Totals: Pacific Lutheran 12-228;Menlo 28-325.

Records: Menlo 1-6; Pacific Lutheran 6-2.

MEN’S SOCCERNonconference

Stanford 0 0 — 0UC Santa Barbara 0 1 — 1

UCSB - McAthy (Davis).Pac-10 Standings

UCLA 6-2 (11-3-2); Washington 4-2-1(11-5-2); California 3-3-1 (11-3-3); Stanford

2-3-2 (7-5-5); Oregon State 1-6 (6-10-1)

WOMEN’S SOCCERPac-10 Conference

FridayStanford 0 0 0 0 — 0Washington 0 0 0 1 — 1

Wash — Taylor (Frimpong).Sunday

Stanford 0 0 0 0 — 0Washington St. 0 0 0 0 — 0

Final Pac-10 standingsArizona 6-3 (15-5); UCLA 6-3 (13-6);

Washington 5-3-1 (14-4-1); Stanford 4-3-2(12-5-3); California 4-3-2 (11-5-3); ArizonaState 4-3-2 (8-9-2); Oregon State 4-4-1(10-9-1); Washington State 3-4-2 (8-7-4);USC 3-6 (9-9-1); Oregon 0-7-2 (3-14-3)

MEN’S SWIMMINGNonconference

FridayStanford 157, CS Bakersfield 97

All races in yards 400 medley relay - 1, Stanford (Sun,

Marshall, McDonald, Cramer) 3:20.14; 2,Cal State Bakersfield 3:32.18; 3, Cal StateBakersfield 3:39.64.

1,000 free - 1, Sakamoto (S) 9:22.97; 2,Phillips (S) 9:33.12; 3, McLean (S) 9:37.64.

200 free - 1, Grant (S) 1:39.48; 2, Oriwol(S) 1:39.61; 3, Gegotek (CSB) 1:42.21.

100 back - 1, Ransom (S) 52.83; 2,Dawson (CSB) 53.12; 3, McDonald (S)53.50.

100 breast - 1, Eddy (S) 57.87; 2,Boehringer (S) 57.91; 3, Wolfe (S) 58.74.

200 fly - 1, Sun (S) 1:48.18; 2, Cramer(S) 1:51.53; 3, Sakamoto (S) 1:56.41.

50 free - 1, Wildman-Tobriner (S) 20.64;2, Soho (CSB) 21.37; 3, Trujillo (CSB) 21.62.

100 free - 1, Wildman-Tobriner (S) 45.51;2, Gegotek (CSB) 47.00; 3, Dawson (CSB)47.71.

200 back - 1, Grant (S) 1:54.16; 2,Jones (CSB) 1:54.43; 3, Ransom (S)1:55.51.

200 breast - 1, Wolfe (S) 2:05.41; 2,Stephens (S) 2:08.57; 3, Brown (S) 2:09.40.

500 free - 1, Oriwol (S) 4:36.88; 2,Sakamoto (S) 4:39.52; 3, Beal (S) 4:39.69.

100 fly - 1, Trujillo (CSB) 51.75; 2, Zeimer(CSB) 52.89; Gegotek (CSB) 53.86.

200 IM - 1, Jones (CSB) 1:58.47; 2,Simas (CSB) 2:03.44; 3, Ladd (CSB)2:05.28.

400 free relay - 1, Cal State Bakersfield(Trujillo, Soho, Dawson, Gegtek) 3:07.93; 2,Cal State Bakersfield 3:21.37; 3, Cal StateBakersfield 3:26.07.

Records: Stanford 1-0; Cal State Bakers-

field 0-1

MEN’S TENNISITA Intercollegiate Indoor Championships

at Ann Arbor, Mich.Singles

Semifinals: Jesse Witten (Kentucky) d.Sam Warburg (Stanford), 6-4, 2-6, 6-4.

Quarter finals: Warburg (Stanford) d.Kohlloeffel (UCLA), 6-3, 6-3.

Second round: Warburg (Stanford) d.Szumanski (Texas Tech), 7-6 (5), 4-6, 6-3.

First round: Warburg (Stanford) d. Praibis(Indiana), 6-4, 6-4; Walter (Duke) d. KCCorkery (Stanford), 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3).

DoublesFinals: Green-Wilson (Ohio State) d.

Corkery-Warburg (Stanford), 8-5.Semifinals: Corkery-Warburg (Stanford)

d. Hung-Heller (Michigan), 8-6.Quarterfinals: Corkery-Warburg (Stan-

ford) d. DeHeart-Jones (Illinois), 8-4.First round: Corkery-Warburg (Stanford)

d. Digliodo-Tsuda (Colorado), 8-3.

WOMEN’S TENNISITA Intercollegiate Indoor Championships

at Ann Arbor, Mich.Singles

Round of 16: Grier (Northwestern) d. ErinBurdette (Stanford), 7-6 (5), 6-3.

First round: Kalsarieva (Kentucky) d.Barnes (Stanford), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; Burdette(Stanford) d. Nelson (USC), 6-1, 6-4.

DoublesFinals: Cohen-Grier (Northwestern) d.

Barnes-Burdette (Stanford), 8-2.Semifinals: Barnes-Burdette d. Ca.

Thompson-Ch. Thompson (Notre Dame), 9-7.

Quarterfinals: Barnes-Burdette (Stan-ford) d. Magley-Reyes (Florida) 9-8 (4).

First round: Barnes-Burdette (Stanford)d. Bondi-Steele (DePauw), 8-2.

Thunderbird InvitationalSingles

Semifinals: Deason (Stanford) d.Kvaratskhelia (KSU), 6-2, 6-2; Hodzic (S) d.Rosenberg (KSU), 6-3, 6-3.

Quarterfinals: Deason (S) d. Capannolo(ASU), 6-3, 6-3; Hodzic (S) d. Burkett (ASU),6-3, 6-0.

Round of 16: Deason d. Streifler (UM), 6-1, 6-2; Hodzic (S) d. Yaftali (UM).

First round: Deason (S) d. Pooler (ASU),6-2, 6-4; Hodzic (S) d. Kusano (Cal) - 6-2,3-0, retired.

DoublesSemifinals: Deason-Hodzic (Stanford) d.

Brown-Morgado (TCU), 8-4.Quarterfinals: Deason-Hodzic (S) d. Co-

lalillo-Rankin (ASU), 8-6.First round: Deason-Hodzic (S) d. Klimo-

va-Simosa (KSU), 8-3.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALLPac-10 Conference

Thursday

Stanford d. UCLA, 25-30, 30-25, 32-30,25-30, 15-8. Top Stanford players - OgonnaNnamani 24 kills, 14 digs; Kristin Richards23 kills, 19 digs; Jennifer Hucke 16 kills, 9digs; Bryn Kehoe 69 assists; Liz Suiter 10blocks.

Friday

Stanford d. USC, 30-18, 30-24, 30-27.Top Stanford players - Ogonna Nnamani 27ki l ls, .578 hitt ing percentage; KristenRichards 11 kills, .421 hitting percentage;Bryn Kehoe 44 assists.

Pac-10 Standings

Washington 12-0 (20-0); USC 10-3 (15-4); Stanford 9-3 (17-6); UCLA 8-5 (15-8);California 7-5 (12-9); Arizona 7-6 (15-8);Oregon State 4-9 (10-12); Arizona 4-9 (9-13); Washington State 1-11 (4-21); Oregon1-12 (9-14)

Cal Pac Conference

Menlo d. William Jessup, 30-17, 30-11, 30-20. Top Menlo players - Cindy Epps .385hitting percentage; Alyssa Chang 24 as-

sists, 13 digs, 9 service aces; ChristaHewett 19 digs; Kari Shimomura 10 digs.

Records: Menlo 15-0 (18-2); William Jessup4-11 (4-12).

MEN’S WATER POLOMPSFSaturday

Pacific 2 1 2 2 — 7Stanford 5 5 1 3 —14

Pacific — Bakic 3, Turnbull 1, McLaughlin1, Zobler 1

Stanford — Azevedo 3, Varellas 2, For-tune 2, Drake 2, Hopkins 2, Crum 2, Pantu-liano

Records: Stanford 5-1 (17-3); Pacific 0-7(5-16)

SundayLong Beach St. 1 0 1 1 — 3Stanford 4 2 4 3 —13

Long Beach State — Gerardi, Ludecke,Brady.

Stanford — Azevedo 4, Hopkins 3, For-tune 2, Wiesen 2, Varellas, Crum.

Records: Stanford 6-1 (18-3); LongBeach State 3-3 (14-9)


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“Urban Dreams”

November 23 - December 8, 2004The Palo Alto Museum of Modern Art

A profile of over 20 years of work by world famous graffiti artist James Nakata.

Drawing from early-life experiences growing up in inner-city Sunnyvale,Nakata’s work explores the question of how cars and walls might lookbetter when colorfully spray painted. At the conclusion of the event, one lucky Palo Altan home will be chosen to be the subject of Nakata’snext major project. Visit www.PaloAltoMOMA.com for more information.

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thing we can look forward to isnext week. I’m already thinkingabout next week. The key is notfocusing on the negative stuff. Thekey is to focus on the positive.T.C. comes in there and we put up31 points. Guys stepped up wehaven’t seen before. Bring on nextweek.”

The Oregon State game couldfeature freshman running backRay Jones lining up behind Os-trander, a redshirt freshman. Jonesaveraged 3.6 yards on eight carriesagainst the Sun Devils in place of

injured running back J.R., Lemon,who has a thigh injury.

The Beavers also need to wintheir final two games to becomebowl eligible after losing to USC,28-20. Somebody will be goinghome disappointed this weekend.

Oregon State brings a three-game winning streak against theCardinal to town, including a 43-3victory in Corvallis last yearwhich the Beavers’ largest marginof victory in the 70-game seriesbetween the two schools dating to1919.

The Beavers gained 663 total of-fensive yards in the game, and re-ceiver Mike Haas gained 225

yards on eight catches. He’s backand leads the Pac-10 with 64catches. He’s also the only receiv-er in the conference averagingmore than 100 receiving yards(112.2) a game.

Oregon State also has a plus-10in turnover margin the past fourgames. Stanford coughed up theball five times (four interceptionsand a fumble) against ArizonaState.

Stanford senior Alex Smith be-came the all-time leading receiverfor tight ends with 104 catches, in-cluding two touchdown catchesagainst the Sun Devils.

Smith has caught 15 passes for248 yards in his past two games.

Ostrander found Smith for a 67-yard scoring toss that gave theCardinal a 31-26 lead with 2:02remaining to play.

“We were looking for that throwall night,” Ostrander said. “There’sno other player on the field I’d

rather havethe ball thanAlex. Hewants the balland I knew hewouldn’t godown easy.”

A n -drew Walterdirected theSun Devilsw i n n i n gdrive, whichincluded asecond-and-29 situation.The touch-down passwith nineseconds leftnot only sentthe Cardinalinto an emo-tional tail-spin, butthrew salt onthe wound.He took overthe careerlead in touch-down passes(80) afterthrowing fourof themagainst Stan-ford. He re-placed for-mer Cardinal

great John Elway, who threw for77 touchdowns in his college ca-reer.

Meanwhile Ostrander made doeven without a solid running at-tack, completing 8-of-15 passes.

“It took me a couple of series toget into the flow of things,” Os-trander said. “I knew we had thecapability. We just didn’t get itdone.”

Wide receiver Justin McCollumalso missed the game with a shininjury. Defensive players CaseyCarroll and Kevin Schimmelmaneach sustained a knee injury dur-ing the contest.

For the fourth time this season,Stanford walked away from agame it could have won. Teevenscouldn’t find any satisfaction withanother close defeat.

“There’s little solace in it,” hesaid. “It’s a shame to walk awayfeeling the way we do.” ■


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BOYS CROSS COUNTRYPAL Championships

At Crystal Springs (2.95 miles) Team scores — 1, Carlmont 62; 2, Half

Moon Bay 75; 3, Aragon 86; 4, Westmoor91; 5, Burlingame 147; 6, Mills 169; 7, SanMateo 180; 8, Menlo-Atherton 183; 9, TerraNova 224; 10, Woodside 233; 11, Hillsdale318; 12, Sequoia 341; 13, El Camino 359

Individual leaders — 1, Evan Anderson(Menlo-Atherton) 15:27; 2, Gonzalez (West-moor) 15:48; 3, G. Surh (Carl) 16:03; 4,Wooster (Aragon) 16:04; 5, Grech (HMB)16:07; 6, Racine (HMB) 16;10; 7, Crockett(Aragon) 16:14; 8, Tablizo (Aragon) 16:16; 9,Campbell (Carl) 16:19; 10, B. Surh (Carl)16:20.

Other M-A — 19, Billy Hale 16:58; 51,Robby Merk 18:10; 55, Dan Jenkins 18:15;57, Calvin Johnson 18:18.

Menlo — 101, Will Dixon 22:59; 102,Alex Czarnecki 22:59; 103, David Mora23:28; 104, Brandon Risberg 23:57

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRYPAL Championships

At Crystal Springs (2.95 miles) Team scores — 1, Half Moon Bay 23; 2,

Burlingame 48; 3, Carlmont 106; 4, Menlo-Atherton 145; 5, Hillsdale 166; 6, Westmoor170; 7, San Mateo 177; 8, Mills 209; 9, Ter-ra Nova 218; 10, Menlo 266; 11, Capuchino315; 12, Woodside 326.

Individual leaders — 1, Hitchner (HMB)18:26; 2, Herhold (HMB) 18:34; 3, Millett(HMB) 18:40; 4, Gagliani (Burl) 18:47; 5,Voigtlander (Burl) 19:21; 6, Benson (Burl)19:26; 7, Detmer (TN) 19:33; 8, Fulp-Allen(HMB) 19:40; 9, Racine (HMB) 19:41; 10,Hughey (HMB) 19:42.

Menlo — 11, Chait 19:45; 50, EmilyAbraham 22:39; 67, Ariel Rogers 24:55; 83,Emily Spiegel 27:50; 85, Danielle Gessow28:08

Menlo-Atherton — 22, Gia Matzinger20:43; 27, Lauren Mouat 20:53; 28,Suzanne Eldredge 21:11; 33, ChristinaThomas 21:36; 35, Lena Presseky 21:54

WBAL ChampionshipsAt Coyote Hills (3.0 miles)

Team scores — 1, Castilleja 30; 2, NotreDame-San Jose 35; 3, Mercy-San Francis-co 74; 4, Mercy-Burlingame 100; 5, Harker155; 6, Woodside Priory 167; 7, ICA 179.

Individual leaders — 1, Chaidez (NDSJ)20:45; 2, Schoettle (Castilleja) 20:45; 3,Amos (Castilleja) 21:20; 4, Berka (Castilleja)21:24; 5, Munguia (MSF) 21:38; 6, Orloff(NDSJ) 22:13; 7, Harrington (NDSJ) 22:27;8, Johnson (MB) 22:38; 9, Vidal (NDSJ)22:50; 10, Swenson (Castilleja) 23:11.

Other Castilleja — 11, Janson 23:13

FOOTBALLSCVAL De Anza Division

Palo Alto 14 6 28 7 — 55Homestead 0 0 0 0 — 0

PA - Ford 1 run (Ford kick)PA - Way 10 pass from Ford (Ford kick)PA - Ginanni 2 run (kick failed)PA - Prince 7 run (Teevens pass from

Ford)PA - Wismann 33 pass from Ford (kick

blocked)PA - Reade 12 pass from Ford (Ford kick)PA - Way 18 interception return (Ford

kick)PA - Wismann 4 pass from Ford (Ford

kick)Wilcox 14 20 14 7 — 55Gunn 0 0 7 6 — 13

W - Jackson 5 run (Cimino kick)W - Russell 5 run (Cimino kick)W - Fowler 60 run (Cimino kick)W - Barquira 3 run (kick failed)W - Russell 7 run (Cimino kick)W - Fowler 35 run (Cimino kick)G - Johnson 5 run (Reyes kick)W - Jackson 80 run (Cimino kick)W - Fultcher 5 run (Cimino kick)G - Johnson 1 run (kick blocked)Other scores: Los Gatos 35, Milpitas

35; Saratoga 36, Los Altos 21 (nonleague)Standings: Los Gatos 4-0-1 (7-1-1),

Palo Alto 4-2 (6-3), Wilcox 3-2 (6-2-1),Saratoga 3-2 (6-3), Milpitas 2-2-1 (4-4-1),Homestead 1-4 (5-4), Gunn 0-5 (2-7)

PAL Bay DivisionMenlo 0 7 0 14 — 21Carlmont 14 14 0 3 — 31

C - Aknin 34 run (Johansen kick)C - McLemore 15 pass from Ggutgsell

(Johansen kick)C - Aknin 5 run (Johansen kick)C - Aknin 21 run (Johansen kick)M - Moone 3 run (Heidrich kick)M - Moone 12 run (Heidrich kick_C - FG Johansen 20

M - Moone 1 run (Heidrich kick)Menlo-Atherton 9 0 7 0 — 16Capuchino 0 7 0 3 — 10

MA - FG Eastman 40MA - Vallarino 13 pass from Hagman

(kick failed)C - Richardson 1 run (Zavala kick)MA - Mahafatau 11 run (Eastman kick)C - FG Zavala 24Standings: Aragon 7-0 (8-1), Burlingame

5-1 (7-2), Terra Nova 5-2 (5-4), Menlo-Atherton 4-3 (5-4), Carlmont 3-4 (4-5), Men-lo School 2-5 (4-5), Capuchino 1-6 (1-8),San Mateo 0-6 (1-8)

Private Schools Athletic LeagueAt PAL Stadium, San Jose

SH Prep 14 28 0 0 — 42Harker 8 6 0 6 — 20

SHP - S. Coffey 48 run (kick failed)H - Nguyen 13 pass from Shapiro

(Gavarre pass from Shapiro)SHP - Chambers 65 run (Riesch run)SHP - S. Coffey 38 run (Cowell pass from

P. Coffey)H - Ravipati 2 pass from Shapiro (kick

failed)SHP - Cowell 13 pass from P. Coffey (S.

Coffey run)SHP - P. Coffey 2 run (kick failed)SHP - Chajnova fumble return (kick failed)H - Naque 4 run (kick failed)Records: Sacred Heart Prep 2-0 (6-3)

BOYS SOCCERCCS Division III

SemifinalsEastside Prep 0 0 — 0SH Prep 2 4 — 6

SHP - Vukic (Loomis), Vukic (W. Roon),Vukic (W. Roon), Vukic (unassisted), Hatton(Ninnemann), Hatton (W. Roon, Pirzadeh)

Records: Eastside Prep 6-6-1, SacredHeart Prep 20-0-1

Other score: Valley Christian-Dublin 3,Latino Prep 1

ChampionshipAt Milpitas High

VC Dublin 0 1 — 1SH Prep 2 0 — 2

VCD - Decool (unassisted)SHP - Benson (unassisted), McMahon

(W. Roon)Records: VC Dublin finishes 18-3-2, Sa-

cred Heart Prep finishes 21-0-1

GIRLS TENNISWest Catholic Athletic League

Individual TournamentAt Cuesta Park

SinglesSemifinals: Englert (SF) d. Verdiano (SI),

6-2, 6-2; T. Dudhela (Mitty) d. Parker (SHP),6-1, 6-2.

Finals: Dudhela (Mitty) d. Englert, 6-2, 6-2.

Third place: Parker (SHP) d. Verdiano,6-0, 6-0.

DoublesSemifinals: Rosekrans-Hemm (SHP) d.

Parker-Cole and Currier (SHP), 6-0, 6-3;Athavale-Kawahara (Mitty) d. Watson-J.Schlemmer (St. Francis), 6-2, 7-5.

Finals: Rosekrans-Hemm (SHP) d.Athavale-Kawara, 6-4, 6-4.

Third place: Watson-J. Schlemmer (SF)d. Currier and Parker-Cole, 6-4, 6-3.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALLWest Bay Athletic League

At San FranciscoCastilleja d. Mercy-San Francisco, 31-

29, 25-16, 25-23. Top players: Ariel Baxter-beck (Ca) 15 kills.

Records: Castilleja 12-0 (31-4)PAL Bay Division

At MenloMenlo d. Half Moon Bay, 25-8, 25-6, 25-

9. Top players: Alex Fisher (M) 10 kills;Tamara Rosenkranz (M) 10 digs.

At AragonMenlo-Atherton d. Aragon, 25-17, 25-

23, 25-14. Top players: Nikki Engelhardt(MA) 11 kills; Kelly Wright (MA) 10 kills, 6blocks; Natalie Chladek (MA) 27 assists.

Final standings: Menlo 14-0 (19-11),Menlo-Atherton 11-3 (22-12), Carlmont 11-3, Aragon 8-6, Half Moon Bay 5-9,Burlingame 4-10, San Mateo 3-11, TerraNova 0-14

Private Schools Athletic LeagueAt Pinewood

Pinewood d. Fremont Christian, 25-16,25-17, 25-19. Top players: Hannah Lippe(P) 21 kills; Sami Andreacchi (P) 11 kills.

Records: Pinewood 9-1 (16-10)Nonleague

At Palo AltoPalo Alto d. Gunn, 25-19, 25-15, 25-21.

Top players: Alex Graves (G) 10 kills; KatrinaZawojski (PA) 12 kills, 13 assists, 6 aces;Lindsey Harris (PA) 7 kills, 11 digs; MurrayKoch (PA) 6 kills, 8 digs; Dami Wusu (PA) 5kills, 4 blocks; Shaina Epstein (PA) 12 as-sists.

Records: Gunn 19-11, Palo Alto 24-9

BOYS WATER POLOPAL PlayoffsQuarterfinals

At Burlingame HighMenlo-Atherton 1 3 5 4 — 13Woodside 2 1 0 0 — 3

MA - Jacobs 4, Leoni 3, Borcich 3, Mor-ton, Hicks, Wertz

W - Mizzelwitz, Johnson, J. BreenRecords: Menlo-Atherton 7-21

SemifinalsMenlo-Atherton 0 1 1 1 — 3Menlo 5 2 1 2 — 10

MA - Morton, Leoni, BorcichM - Hohl 3, Hudnall 2, Read, Suiter, Wil-

son, GraumannRecords: Menlo-Atherton finishes sea-

son 7-22; Menlo 26-5Other score: Burlingame 11, Aragon 5

ChampionshipBurlingame 1 0 1 0 — 2Menlo 1 2 3 2 — 8

B - Gerhardt 2M - Hohl 3, Suiter 2, Hudnall 2, ReadRecords: Menlo 27-5

SCVAL De Anza DivisionTournament

At Cupertino HighQuarterfinals

Gunn 5 5 5 3 — 18Cupertino 1 1 0 0 — 2

G - Ligtenberg 6, Gertridge 4, B. John-son 3, Young, Hu, Arthur

C - unavailableRecords: Gunn 20-10

Palo Alto 1 4 2 2 — 9Los Gatos 0 2 2 0 — 4

PA - Vallone 4, Horstmeyer 2, Sorgenfrei2, Hollyn-Taub

LG - unavailableRecords: Palo Alto 14-17

SemifinalsPalo Alto 2 0 1 4 — 7Los Altos 3 2 1 2 — 8

PA - Horstmeyer 4, Sorgenfrei 2, ValloneLA - Orton 3, Westrum, Stanley, Eichert,

Millere, McCollRecords: Palo Alto 14-18

Monta Vista 0 0 3 1 — 4Gunn 4 3 1 2 — 11

MV - Fischere-Colbrie 2, Barclay 2G - Gertridge 5, B. Johnson 2, Preston,

Rouse, Young, StewartRecords: Gunn 21-10

ChampionshipGunn 1 1 2 2 — 6Los Altos 0 2 2 1 — 5

G - Ligtenberg 3, Rouse, Stewart, B.Johnson

LA - Stanley 2, Eichert, Wiener, McCollRecords: Gunn 22-10

Third placeMonta Vista 3 3 2 2 — 10Palo Alto 1 1 2 1 — 5

MV - Barclay 5, Fischer-Colbrie 2,Pangerle, Casavant, Moe

PA - Sorgenfrei 3, Horstmeyer, CookRecords: Palo Alto finishes season 14-

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SemifinalsAt Bellarmine

St. Francis 2 3 1 1 — 7SH Prep 1 0 3 0 — 4

SF - Sample 2, Benedetti 2, Hendrick-son, Whitney, Connors

SHP - Bausback, Mobley, Ang,Rochester

Records: Sacred Heart Prep 21-9

GIRLS WATER POLOSCVAL De Anza Division

TournamentAt Los AltosSemifinals

Gunn 1 0 2 0 — 3Los Altos 1 0 2 1 — 4

G - Eaton 2, GarrisonLA - Chazen 2, Cooper, MurrayRecords: Gunn 16-11

Saratoga 1 2 1 1 — 5Palo Alto 6 1 1 2 — 10

S - Nakaji 2, Clark, Fleshman, ChuPA - R. Champion 4, Wilcox 3, P. Cham-

pion 2, FriedmanRecords: Palo Alto 22-6

ChampionshipLos Altos 0 0 0 1 — 1Palo Alto 3 3 3 2 — 11

LA - ScrivanoPA - R. Champion 4, Bena 3, Pinto 2, P.

Champion, Wilcox Records: Palo Alto 23-6

Third placeGunn 1 2 3 5 — 11Saratoga 2 0 3 2 — 7

G - Garrison 3, Eaton 3, Hoffman 2, San-tos, Walstra, Edelman

S - Nakaji 2, Muniz 2, Thoren 2, HydeRecords: Gunn 17-11

PAL Bay DivisionTournament

At Burlingame HighQuarterfinals

Castilleja 3 0 0 0 — 3Burlingame 1 1 1 1 — 4

C - Carr 2, VartainB - Pratt, Coyne, Plume, De la ParraRecords: Castilleja finishes its season

12-18Semifinals

Menlo-Atherton2 0 2 2 1 0 — 7Aragon 2 2 0 2 1 1 — 8

MA - Bullwinkel 3, Kucera 2, Eaton, Mc-Donnell

A - Chiba 3, Zimmerman 2, Beaudreau 2,Cannon

Records: Menlo-Atherton 22-7Menlo 1 3 4 2 — 10Burlingame 0 0 0 0 — 0

M - Burmeister 3, Haley 3, W. Allen 3,McPhaul

Records: Menlo 21-7ChampionshipAragon 0 0 0 1 — 1Menlo 2 4 3 3 — 12

A - unavailableM - Burmeister 3, Haley 3, E. Allen 2, W.

Allen 2, Keeley, SullivanRecords: Menlo 22-7

West Catholic Athletic LeagueSemifinals

At Bellarmine PrepSH Prep 3 3 3 3 — 12Presentation 2 1 2 1 — 6

SHP - Mordell 3, H. Stephens 2, Vogt 2,Jollymour 2, Clark, Menon, Child

P - unavailableRecords: Sacred Heart Prep 19-3

ChampionshipSt. Francis 1 1 3 1 — 6SH Prep 1 2 0 2 — 5

SF - Chrisman 2, Yau 2, O’Farr iel l ,Rouleau

SHP - Jollymour, Mordell, Vogt, ClarkRecords: St. Francis 23-5, Sacred Heart

Prep 19-4

SCHEDULEWEDNESDAY

Girls tennisCCS — Notre Dame-Salinas/Castilleja

winner at Los Altos, 2:30 p.m.; Mills-Lelandwinner at Menlo, 2:30 p.m.; Burlingame-Monterey winner at Sacred Heart Prep, 2:30p.m.

Girls volleyballCCS — Division II: Gunn at Lincoln (San

Jose), 7 p.m.; Leland at Palo Alto, 7 p.m.Division IV: Sacred Heart Prep at Harker, 7p.m.

Girls water poloCCS — Aragon at Menlo-Atherton, 3

p.m.; Independence at Sacred Heart Prep,3 p.m.

THURSDAYFootball

Nonleague — Monta Vista at Palo Alto,7:30 p.m.

FRIDAYFootball

De Anza Division — Milpitas at Gunn,2:45 p.m.

Nonleague — Menlo at Jefferson, 7 p.m.Girls tennis

CCS — Quarterfinals: Aptos-Aragonwinner at Menlo, 2:30 p.m.; Pinewood-St.Francis winner at Sacred Heart Prep, 2:30p.m.

SATURDAYCross country

CCS — Section championships at ToroPark, Salinas: Division I girls, 10 a.m., Divi-sion I boys, 10:30 a.m.; Division 2 girls,11:05 a.m.; Division 2 boys, 11:35 a.m.; Di-vision 3 girls, 12:10 p.m.; Division 3 boys,12;40 p.m.; Division 4 girls, 1:15 p.m.; Divi-sion 4 boys, 1:45 p.m.; Division 5 girls, 2:20p.m.; Division 5 boys, 2:50 p.m.

FootballNonleague — Woodside at Menlo-

Atherton, 2 p.m.Girls volleyball

CCS — Division I: Menlo-Atherton vs.San Benito at Valley Christian-San Jose, 3p.m.; Division II: Gunn-Lincoln winner vs.Presentation at Leland, 3 p.m.; Palo Alto-Leland winner vs. Mitty at Leland, 5 p.m.;Division IV: Mercy-San Francisco/SantaCatalina winner vs. Castilleja at Valley Chris-tian-San Jose, 11 a.m.; San Lorenzo Valley-King City winner vs. Menlo School at NorthSalinas, 1 p.m.; Sacred Heart Prep-Harkerwinner vs. Notre Dame-Salinas at NorthSalinas, 3 p.m.; Division V: Woodside Prioryvs. Pinewood at Santa Clara High, 11 a.m.

Boys water poloCCS — Division II quarterfinals: Aragon

vs. Sacred Heart Prep at St. Francis, 9:20a.m.; Menlo vs. Soquel at Independence,2:40 p.m.; Division I quarterfinals: Gunn vs.Serra at Independence, noon.

Girls water poloCCS — Quarterfinals: Sacred Heart

Prep-Independence winner vs. Soquel-Le-land winner at St. Francis, 10:40 a.m.; Pre-sentation-Menlo winner vs. Mountain View-Mitty winner at St. Francis, noon;Aragon/Menlo-Atherton winner vs. SanBenito-Palo Alto winner at St. Francis, 1:20p.m.


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Camahort told his players follow-ing their 2-1 victory over ValleyChristian-Dublin on Saturday inthe Central Coast Section Divi-sion III championship match atMilpitas High.

“We met our three goals,”Camahort said. “We won league,won CCS and went undefeated. Itwasn’t perfect. We had one tie,but that’s undefeated.”

The Gators finished their great-est season ever with a remarkable21-0-1 record. It was the mostvictories in a single season andthe first undefeated campaign inthe school’s soccer history. TheCCS title was the team’s sixth(the most of any Division IIIteam) and the fourth in fiveyears. The only blemish this yearwas a 2-2 tie with VC Dublin lastweek in the regular-season finale,which clinched the PrivateSchools Athletic League title forthe Gators.

“Next year i t’s going to becomplete, no blemishes!” Cama-hort joked.

The Gators this season were asperfect as they could be. Theyscored 85 goals in 22 matcheswhile allowing just 11. Theyrecorded 14 shutouts, accom-plishing everything with 19 play-ers who had never won a title orplayed in a championship match

at the varsity level.So, how did Camahort pull this

thing off?“We just kept focused on our

goals,” he said. “When we wereundefeated the first eight or ninegames, we said we’ve got a shotat this. We’re playing well. Shootfor it, first the league title, thenthe CCS title and then the thirdgoal - hey, lets try to be undefeat-ed, which we’ve never done.

“These guys just stayed fo-cused on these goals, and theydid it.”

Depth was the key ingredientfor Camahort this season, as wasproven once again in Saturday’schampionship match. After soph-omore Travis Benson had givenSHP a 1-0 lead in the 10thminute, Camahort was able togive him a rest. Sophomore MikeMcMahon, like Benson a mem-ber of last season’s freshmanteam, replaced Benson andwound up providing the eventualwinning goal in the 34th minute.He took a pass from senior WesRoon in the middle of the boxand put a shot past the VCDgoalie, who had come out tochallenge.

“We’re very deep,” Camahortsaid. “I could give my startersrest, let them re-charge their bat-teries and then send them backin. And, there was not much of adropoff with the subs.”

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Sacred Heart Prep’s Jeff Loomis controls the ball with this header while fellow seniors Matt Roon (12) and AlexBecker (13) watch during the Gators’ 2-1 victory over Valley Christian-Dublin in the CCS Division III finals.

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juniors played on undefeatedleague teams a year ago, and sowere used to winning. Benson,McMahon and fellow sophomoreKevin Bocci lost only one matcha year ago - to the Gators’ JVteam. The youngsters were sogood this season that Loomis,last year’s scoring leader, wasmoved from forward to center-mid.

“It was a whole different rolebeing a center-mid,” said Loomis,

who was looked to as the go-toguy last season. Other teams alsosaw him in that role and gangedup on him. Not this season. “It’skind of nice not having that pres-sure (to score), being able to dis-tribute it instead.

“Our forwards were a lot betterthis year,” Loomis continued.“That gave me the opportunity towork on the passing game. It’s al-ways nice to score a goal, but it’sfun to watch my team score.”

Loomis actually shared theteam scoring lead during the reg-ular season with junior Alex Vu-kic and senior Paul Casperson.

All had 13 goals. Vukic, however,scored four goals in a 6-0 semifi-nal win over Eastside Prep lastThursday with sophomore CoryHatton adding two.

In Saturday’s title match, bothgoals came from sophomores.Clearly, the Gators have plentyleft for next season.

“They’re strong,” Loomis said.“Just as good or better than thisyear. Most of our goals were pro-vided by underclassmen. I thinkit’s gong to be a great year nextyear, and then the year after. Idon’t see it going down. I think

we have a lot to leave here.”Sacred Heart Prep’s success

next season may be determinedby what league the Gators are in.There’s talk that SHP would liketo join the Peninsula AthleticLeague, for all boys’ and girls’sports.

“I think it would be a goodchallenge,” said Camahort, whowill be coaching the SHP girls’soccer team this winter instead ofthe Menlo-Atherton boys. “We’veaccomplished so much in thesepast six years, it would be nice togo to another league.”

While SHP loses Loomis andfellow seniors TJ Pettit, AlexBecker, David Jackson, MichaelJiaravonant, Matt and Wes Roon,Justin Pirzadeh, and Casperson,11 players return and six of themstarted. Among that group will bekeeper Garrick Yuen, who wascredited with 11 saves Saturdayand was a spark for the Gators allseason long in his first season asa starter.

Add to that members of an un-defeated (in league) JV team andthe future is definitely bright atSacred Heart Prep. ■


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Sacred Heart Prep junior keeper Garrick Yuen (second from left) knocks away a shot by Valley Christian-Dublinwhile teammates Keegan Leary (second from right) and Kevin Bocci (14) help out on the key defensive moment.

Sacred Heart Prep sophomore Travis Benson prepares to connect on thegame’s first goal in the opening 10 minutes.

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Sacred Heart Prep sophomore Michael McMahon (second from right) is congratulated by his teammates afterhis goal in the first half gave the Gators a 2-0 lead that held up for a 2-1 victory in the CCS title match.

Travis Benson (right) is congratulated by Cory Hatton after a quickgoal gave the Gators momentum toward their CCS championship.

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