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JUST ANOTHER REMARKABLE DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.For many athletes, the greatest victory lies in surpassing your own limitations. For Katie, an avid golfer, tennis player and dancer, every day is that kind of victory. Diagnosed at age 12 with a rare and rapidly growing tumor in her lower leg, Katie came to Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital for life-saving care. But it wouldn’t be easy. The only treatment that could beat Katie’s cancer was chemotherapy and amputation. The oncology team at Packard Children’s got to know Katie well and provided specialized care on par with her spirit. This focused, multidisciplinary support helped Katie achieve a clean bill of health and get back to the active lifestyle she loves. During her stay at Packard Children’s, Katie made new friends and set her sights on a future profession as an oncology nurse. And from what we’ve seen, she’s got the drive to achieve anything she puts her mind to.Visit www.lpch.org for more information.

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UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis

P alo Alto and Sunnyvale police are still seeking witnesses in the abduction, brutal beating

and sexual assault of a 17-year-old Gunn High School student that be-gan at 3:10 p.m. Tuesday.

Palo Alto police also are closely examining a surveillance camera

videotape from a nearby building to see if it contains any clues that could help identify the assailant or his vehicle.

Contrary to initial police reports that the girl was walking along Arastradero Road when attacked from behind, the girl was locking up

her bicycle in the rear of the build-ing where she lives, in the 500 block of Arastradero Road, Tuesday, ac-cording to Police Agent Dan Ryan.

The assailant grabbed her from behind, pushed her to the ground and slammed her head into the con-crete at least two times, Ryan said Thursday. The girl may have been knocked unconscious part of that time, Ryan said.

Initial reports said she was walk-ing on the 500 block of Arastradero when she was attacked, prompting Gunn High School Principal Nor-een Likens to issue a warning to students to not walk home alone but to do so in groups.

After the girl was pushed to the ground and beaten, her abductor took her to a car, drove to an un-known location and sexually as-

saulted her, police reported. About an hour later she was able to escape from the car while it was stopped in traffic in the 500 block of North Fair Oaks Avenue in Sunnyvale when she jumped out of the car and started running and screaming. A passing motorist helped her as her abductor drove off.

“She saw an opportunity,” Ryan

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Gunn student still hospitalized Thursday by Don Kazak

A program to train local high-school students for high-tech careers with college course-

work is in a pilot run this fall at Foothill College.

Coordinator Michael Wilson said the advanced classes, held at the Middle College campus at Foot-

hill, will enable talented students to hone skills typical high schools can’t develop.

“You’ve got these kids that have a wealth of knowledge in computer programming and network admin-istration who don’t have the ability to develop that knowledge in a tradi-

tional high school,” he said.The new curriculum, Foothill

Middle College Tech Program, wel-comed 10 students (four from Palo Alto) during its current first semes-ter, Director Tricia Langdon said.

It is an addition to the Middle College program that allows high-school juniors and seniors to com-bine high-school lessons with college-level classes at the Foothill campus.

Palo Alto, Mountain View and Los Altos high schools participate, and students receive a high-school diploma along with college credit upon graduation.

Wilson said the tech-focused of-fering will award a specialized cer-tificate of completion in computer

programming, network administra-tion or game design with the high-school diploma.

The program advances career prospects in the way traditional high schools can’t, students from the first incoming class said.

“There was not much choice in the classes in high school and the tech program enabled me to choose what I really wanted to do and get a degree out of it, so that I could have a relatively high-paying job when I graduated,” said Grant Arjani, a junior from Mountain View High School.

Arjani plans to freelance as an in-dependent server manager for dif-ferent companies on weekends to

Tech program to jump-start high-school careers

The number of Palo Alto teens atFoothill may double with new offering

by Arden Pennell


City, PASCO fighting over $260,000 in fuel costsSettlement possible

in complex case stemming from fuel increases

in 2005-06 by Becky Trout

A lawsuit between the City of Palo Alto and its longtime garbage collector, Palo Alto

Sanitation Co. (PASCO), appears to be nearing a resolution.

PASCO sued the city in April, as-serting that the city had violated its waste-collection contract by failing to reimburse the hauler for unantici-pated fuel costs between July 2005 and June 2006. PASCO said it spent $260,000 more than budgeted for fuel during the fiscal year, accord-ing to documents filed with Santa Clara County Superior Court.

When PASCO asked the city to pay for the fuel, the city repeatedly said no, the documents state.

The two parties met with Superior Court Judge Kevin McKenney on Tuesday. They agreed to meet again Dec. 6 to discuss mediation and settlement, according to Senior As-sistant City Attorney Cara Silver.

The conflict stems from the Au-gust 1999 contract drafted when Waste Management purchased the local PASCO.

Each year, PASCO submits a bud-get to the city based on its antici-pated costs, which the city reviews and incorporates into its spending plan, Public Works Director Glenn Roberts said.

At the end of the year, the city and PASCO work together to ensure PASCO’s profit falls between 4 and 12 percent, Roberts said.

But the contract also has a stipu-lation that PASCO “may request” additional compensation for costs over $30,000 due to events out of


Autumn leavesSadie Miller waves an autumn leaf as she climbs over the maze of tree stumps at the Junior Museum Thursday afternoon while Daniel Arakaki follows in the distance.

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Police hunt for clues in girl’s abduction

• Friday, November 2, 2007 • Palo Alto Weekly

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Real Estate Matters

HOW IT ALL BEGAN

Have you ever wondered how and when "real estate" became a national industry, and buyers and sellers began to seek professional representation? You may be sur-prised that realty's modern history began less than a century ago.

Back in the 1920s, Herbert Hoover pushed the idea that home ownership was the foundation of democracy. He and others helped to professionalize and standardize the practice of building and selling homes.

It wasn't until the Great Depres-sion, however, that the government really got involved with the Na-tional Housing Act of 1934. Critical to the act was the introduction of mortgage insurance and putting established practices into law.

After these policy changes, large numbers of middle-income families began buying homes. Be-fore then, only the wealthy class could afford such a purchase.

Now we can apply our modern perspective and imagine how things might be changing in our current economy. The "middle class" is feeling the squeeze as the gap be-tween wealth and poverty grows. Owning a home makes more sense now than ever, as a secure place to live and as an investment. Trust a real estate professional to protect your best interests.

Jackie Schoelerman is a Realtor with Alain Pinel Realtors and a Real Estate Specialist for Seniors. Call Jackie for real estate advice.

Jackie Schoelerman

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Preserving Palo Alto’s quality of life is about more than making policy decisions. It is also about building community through strong and effective leadership.

Strategic Fiscal Management

Environmental Sustainability

Responsible, Innovative, and Consensus-Building Leadership

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“By leading as President of the district-wide PTA Council, advising on facility issues on the district-wide Program Review Committee, and contributing to the Board of the Palo Alto Recreation Foundation, as well as supporting activities in community events and projects, Dan has developed deep knowledge of community issues. His good judgment and experience enable him to be an immediately effective representative on the City Council.”– MANDY LOWELL

Palo Alto School Board Trustee and Immediate Past President

“Dan’s extensive volunteer experience and leadership roles in the community and with the PTA prove his willingness to explore innovative solutions and skill at bringing people together around a common vision. He’s a strategic thinker, intelligent, and very approachable. He’s got what it takes to be an effective leader on the City Council.”– DENA MOSSAR

Palo Alto City Council Member and Former Mayor

THIS WEEK ON

TownSquareComments from the community forum on the Weekly’s Web site

Defending against assaultsPosted Oct. 31 at 9:09 a.m. by Ann, a resident of Stanford:

“My deepest heartfelt hope is that the innocent victim of this crime (Oct. 30 sexual assault in Palo Alto) can find a way to heal and turn this terrible, violent act into a proactive and newly acquired zest for life.

I think at this time the Palo Alto Unified School District and Palo Alto community needs to completely support this victim and her family above all else. With positive words and constructive ideas, we will all prevail over the “fear frenzy” this violent, sick man has created.

She was a victim and was doing exactly what a 17-year-old girl at Gunn High School should be doing at 3 p.m. — going home from school, walking in her neighborhood. My full support goes with her. We shouldn’t create a “fear” environment, but rather a proactive and positive environment.

Crime happens everywhere, no matter what the zip code. In some of our own community’s homes there is domestic crime that no one knows about. In every community everywhere there is, will be and always has been crime.

We should focus on what we can do — I see our obligation as a community to support this victim and continually repeat that she is a victim — it is not the school’s fault, the lack of buses fault, the police’s presence before the crime fault, the (fill in the blank) fault. We want to “blame” something or someone, but the truth is that crime happens in even the best neighborhoods and it will continue to happen even when we are dead and gone and our kids are raising their kids.

Empowerment is the best defense against crime; living our lives to the fullest is the best offense. All we can do is support this girl and talk to our kids in a rational way and not let this one mean, violent guy make us all stay inside or become paranoid. That would be a victory for all the criminals.

We need to live and get out and celebrate this wonderful neigh-borhood in a safe way — not point fingers and “blame” and stay shut in or make our kids afraid of every person they meet on the street.

Just my opinion....Signed “just somebody’s mom,” a mother of three daughters and

one son.

Posted Oct. 31 at 10 a.m. by Debra, Parent of a Paly 9th Grade Girl, a resident of the Midtown neighborhood:

“We all need to keep our eyes open — someone must have seen something that time of day. It’s up to us to work together to look out for each other, and if you see something suspicious or that just doesn’t look right, speak up.

I have the non-911 phone number for the Palo Alto police pro-grammed into my cell phone. I have called this number in the past, whenever I have seen something “out of the ordinary,” and they re-ceive these calls with gratitude.

Everyone should program this number into their cell phone so no matter where you are in your day you can quickly report some-thing “unusual” — you could help avoid a tragedy. Here is the number for you:

Palo Alto Police — 650-329-2413.”

THE WEEKLY RECOMMENDSPALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL

✔ Sid Espinosa ✔ Pat Burt ✔ Yiaway Yeh ✔ Dan Dykwel

PALO ALTO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF EDUCATION

✔ Barbara Klausner ✔ Melissa Baten Caswell ✔ Wynn Hausser

Measure M (increase in hotel tax) ✔ Yes

Measure N (advisory on underground reservoir) ✔ Yes

JOIN THE DISCUSSION at www.PaloAltoOnline.com


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Honorary Co-ChairsGary Fazzino, Former Palo Alto Mayor

Walt Hays, Community Leader, Former San Jose City Council

Julie Jerome, Former Palo Alto Unified School District Board President

Liz Kniss, Santa Clara County Supervisor, Former Palo Alto Mayor, Former Palo Alto Unified School District Board President

Lanie Wheeler, Former Palo Alto Mayor

Current and Former Elected Officials and Educational Leaders

Joe Simitian, California State Senator, 11th District

Ray Bacchetti, Former Palo Alto Unified School District Board Member

John Barton, Palo Alto City Council, Former Palo Alto Unified School District Board President

Bern Beecham, Palo Alto City Council, Former Palo Alto Mayor

Jim Burch, Former Palo Alto Mayor

Peter Drekmeier, Palo Alto City Council

Michael W. Kirst, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University School of Education

Yoriko Kishimoto, Palo Alto Mayor, Palo Alto City Council**

Larry Klein, Palo lto City Council, Former Palo Alto Mayor

Judy Kleinberg, Palo Alto City Council, Former Palo Alto Mayor**

Cathy Kroymann, Former Palo Alto Unified School District Board President

Jean Mordo, Los Altos Hills Mayor Pro Tem

Jack Morton, Palo Alto City Council

Dena Mossar, Palo Alto City Council, Former Palo Alto Mayor

Vic Ojakian, Former Palo Alto Mayor

Mike O’Malley, Los Altos Hills City Council

David Pine, President, Burlingame School Board; Former San Mateo County School Boards Association President

Gail Price, Palo Alto Unified School District Board

Susie Richardson, Former Palo Alto Unified School District Board President

Carolyn Tucher, Former Palo Alto Unified School District Board President

Edel Young, Former Palo Alto Unified School District Board President

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Friends, Community Leaders and SupportersJill Asher

Ronald A. BakerJanice BermanMarcie BrownGrace BunyaWileta Burch

Norma BurchardRaquel Burgos*Doug Burress

Pat BurtNicole ByerOwen ByrdLee Caswell

Mark ChandlerBarbara Clark*Isabelle Cole*James Cook*John Dawson

Yvonne Dennis*Ana-Maria DiasErina DuBois*Julie Duffield*

Jeannie DuisenbergDan Dykwel

Sunny Dykwel*Penny Ellson

Gretchen EmmonsPeggy EsberSid Espinosa

Virginia FittonMegan Swezey Fogarty**Catherine Crystal Foster

Jon Foster**

Cheryl FoungLois Garland

Jane GeeTerry GodfreyLisa Gordon*Elaine Hahn

Jyllian HalliburtonCarroll Harrington*

Carolyn HayesKay Hays

Kate Hill**Pamela HornikLeannah HuntJoan Jacobus*Bruce Jaffe*

Lauren Janov*Teri JohnsonNancy Katz

Jane KershnerCarl King

Joanie KingMelissa Kirven-Brooks

Sheryl KleinCaroline KosakaEllen KrasnowRita Lancefield

Julie LauLinda LenoirPeter Levin

Megan O’Reilly-LewisSandy Liu

Judy Logan*Bryan Long

Ilona Sockol*Barbara Spreng**

Florence Srinivasan*Amy Sung*

Barbara SuscoJennifer TayAnn Taylor

Anna ThayerPreeva Tramiel

Debbie Tranowski*Samir Tuma**Steve Turnbull

Linda van GelderTeri Vershel*

Lisa Voge-LevinKeri Wagner*

Asher WaldfogelHolly Ward

Mark B. WeissKathryn Weller

Karen WhiteMarvina White*

Carolyn Williams*Craig WilliamsEirene WongSusan WoodSharon Yost

Jean A. YoungCindy Ziebelman

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James MarkevitchJohn Markevitch*

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Roxanne Mehta*Elaine Miller

Rachel Milliken-WeitzmanNatasha Moiseyev

Erwin MortonShona MukherjiPauline Navarro*

Teodora NgoCamilla OlsonBonnie Packer

Susan PaulSue Pelosi*

Jennifer PiazzaSigrid Pinsky*

Mary Jean PlaceCorey PotterElaine Ray

Rebecca RobinsonFerrell Sanders

Sarah SandsTom Scarpino*

Eric SchuurCarol Scott**

Harriette ShakesMona Siegel*Nancy Smith*

Endorsed by BOTH

“…leadership at a time when the board needs to become a more cohesive whole.”

—Palo Alto Weekly, October 17, 2007

choices, and above all keep our focus on what’s best for kids.

Melissa Baten Caswell is just that kind of leader.”

—Liz Kniss, Santa Clara County Supervisor, District 5, Former PAUSD School Board President

Political advertisement paid by the Claude Ezran for School Board committee, FPPC# 1300520

CLAUDE EZRAN IS ENDORSED BY LEADERS IN PALO ALTO AND THOUGHOUT THE PENINSULA, INCLUDING MANY LEADERS IN EDUCATION

WHO KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO BE ON A SCHOOL BOARD (partial list):

ALL FIVE Trustees of Foothill De-Anza Community College: HAL PLOTKIN……………President BRUCE SWENSON……..Vice President BETSY BECHTEL……….Trustee and Former Mayor of Palo Alto LAURA CASAS FRIER….Trustee PAUL FONG……………...Trustee GLORIA HOM…………….Former Member of: California State Board of Education,

California State University Board of Trustees State Teachers Retirement System Board of Trustees

ANNA SONG…………….Trustee Santa Clara County Board of Education CRAIG MANN…………...Trustee Santa Clara County Board of Education MARGARET…………… .Council Member City Of Mountain View, ABE-KOGA Former Trustee Santa Clara County Board of Education CATHY KROYMANN……Former President of the Palo Alto Unified School District Board,

Former President of the Santa Clara County School Boards Association DON WAY………………..Former President of the Palo Alto Unified School District Board JOHN TUOMY…………..Former President of the Palo Alto Unified School District Board JIM BURCH……………...Former Mayor of Palo Alto JACK MORTON………...Palo Alto City Council Member CRAIG JONES………….Mayor of Los Altos Hills RUBEN ABRICA…………East Palo Alto Council Member, Former Mayor JIM THURBER…………..Former Mayor of Los Altos PAUL LOSCH……………Chair of the City of Palo Alto Parks and Recreation Commission ADAM ATITO…………….City of Palo Alto Human Relations Commission DAVE CHARLESON……Former Member City of Palo Alto Parks and Recreation Commission SID ESPINOSA………….Candidate for Palo Alto City Council YIAWAY YEH……………Candidate for Palo Alto City Council WALT HAYS……………..Chair of Sustainable Schools Committee DAVE PINE………………President Board of Trustees Burlingame School District,

Former President of San Mateo County School Boards Association MICHAEL BARBER…….Board of Trustees Burlingame School District LIZ GINDRAUX………….Board of Trustees Burlingame School District

PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED WITH CLAUDE ON COMMUNITY ISSUES MEGAN SWEZEY………Measure A Co-Chair FOGARTY LEN FILPPU…………….Press Secretary, Measure A, Leader, Friends of Alma Plaza SYLVIE WAY……………Campaign for Excellence (Measure A) Treasurer,

Member of the Board of Directors of Adolescent Counseling Services CAROLYN WILLIAMS…2007 PTA Service Award Recipient, Former PTA President,

Former Palo Alto PTA Council Officer for Parent Education and Advocacy

GERDA ENDEMANN…..Former Member Healthy School Lunch Committee PENNY GERTRIDGE….Former Member Healthy School Lunch Committee JOHN KELLEY………….Former President of Cable Co-op BOB MOSS……………...Former Board Member of Cable Co-op

….and many other community members (please see web site)

“Claude’s business

experience, his sound judgment, and his

dedication to Palo Alto schools are exactly

what is needed for the School Board”

- GLORIA HOM, Former

Member of: California State Board of

Education, California State University Board of

Trustees, and State Teachers Retirement

System Board of Trustees

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"We were impressed by Claude Ezran, a businessman with good ideas about how to make the district function more smoothly."

Endorsed by , Palo Alto High School’s student newspaper!

“Ezran has consistently shown decisiveness on a number of key issues, a welcome trait on a board that has trouble making decisions efficiently.”

“Claude has shown a strong commitment to educational excellence in our district. He has integrity and is a proven and thoughtful leader for our school community.”

- CATHY KROYMANN, former President of the Palo Alto Unified School District Board “Claude understands the need to put together a long-term roadmap for our school facilities. This will require the reconciliation of many different viewpoints. Claude has the consensus building

skills and the strength of character to get it done.”

- JOHN TUOMY, former President of the Palo Alto Unified School District Board

"Claude's experience with financial matters, his rational approach to decision making, and his dedication to education will be real assets on the School Board."

- BETSY BECHTEL, Board of Trustees Foothill-De Anza Community College, former Mayor of Palo Alto

CLAUDE EZRAN IS ENDORSED BY LEADERS IN PALO ALTO AND

THROUGHOUT THE PENINSULA, INCLUDING MANY LEADERS IN EDUCATION

WHO KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO BE ON A SCHOOL BOARD (partial list):

ALL FIVE Trustees of Foothill De-Anza Community College: HAL PLOTKIN .................... President BRUCE SWENSON ........... Vice President BETSY BECHTEL ............... Trustee and Former Mayor of Palo Alto LAURA CASAS FRIER ........ Trustee PAUL FONG ....................... Trustee GLORIA HOM .................... Former Member of: California State Board of Education,

California State University Board of Trustees, State Teachers Retirement System Board of Trustees

ANNA SONG ..................... Trustee Santa Clara County Board of Education CRAIG MANN .................... Trustee Santa Clara County Board of Education MARGARET ABE-KOGA .... Council Member City of Mountain View, Former Trustee Santa Clara County Board of Education CATHY KROYMANN .......... Former President of the Palo Alto Unified School District Board,

Former President of the Santa Clara County School Boards Association DON WAY .......................... Former President of the Palo Alto Unified School District Board JOHN TUOMY ................... Former President of the Palo Alto Unified School District Board JIM BURCH ....................... Former Mayor of Palo Alto JACK MORTON ................. Palo Alto City Council Member CRAIG JONES ................... Mayor of Los Altos Hills RUBEN ABRICA................. East Palo Alto Council Member, Former Mayor JIM THURBER ................... Former Mayor of Los Altos PAUL LOSCH ..................... Chair of the City of Palo Alto Parks and Recreation Commission ADAM ATITO ..................... City of Palo Alto Human Relations Commission DAVE CHARLESON ........... Former Member City of Palo Alto Parks and Recreation Commission SID ESPINOSA .................. Candidate for Palo Alto City Council YIAWAY YEH ...................... Candidate for Palo Alto City Council WALT HAYS ....................... Chair of Sustainable Schools Committee DAVE PINE ......................... President Board of Trustees Burlingame School District,

Former President of San Mateo County School Boards Association MICHAEL BARBER ........... Board of Trustees Burlingame School District LIZ GINDRAUX .................. Board of Trustees Burlingame School District

PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED WITH CLAUDE ON COMMUNITY ISSUES

MEGAN SWEZEY .............. Measure A Co-Chair FOGARTY LEN FILPPU ....................... Press Secretary, Measure A, Leader, Friends of Alma Plaza SYLVIE WAY ....................... Campaign for Excellence (Measure A) Treasurer,

Member of the Board of Directors of Adolescent Counseling Services CAROLYN WILLIAMS ........ 2007 PTA Service Award Recipient, Former PTA President,

Former Palo Alto PTA Council Officer for Parent Education GERDA ENDEMANN ......... Former Member Healthy School Lunch Committee PENNY GERTRIDGE .......... Former Member Healthy School Lunch Committee JOHN KELLEY ................... Former President of Cable Co-op BOB MOSS ....................... Former Board Member of Cable Co-op

….and many other community members (please see web site)


Upfront

School board, council candidate videos onlineTo help voters become familiar with candidates running for Palo

Alto City Council and the Palo Alto Unified School District Board of Education in the Nov. 6 election, Palo Alto Online has posted video interviews with each person.

The interviews were conducted by Palo Alto Weekly Publisher Bill Johnson and members of the newspaper’s editorial staff. In the videos, candidates speak for up to 30 minutes each about an array of local issues — such as the city’s library system, proposed Stanford develop-ments and Mandarin immersion — as well as each person’s reasons for running for office.

This is the first election season during which Palo Alto Online staff has posted video interviews of council and school-board hopefuls. The extended videos provide a far deeper look into a candidate’s back-ground, thoughts and positions than available in any candidate forum, Online Editor Tyler Hanley said.

Ten of the 11 council candidates participated (Stella Marinos de-clined), as did all six candidates for school board.

Candidates are vying for four open seats on the nine-member City Council and three seats on the five-member school board.

The videos can be accessed via the Weekly’s community Web site, www.PaloAltoOnline.com.

— Palo Alto Weekly staff

Quake shakes up Red Cross ‘disaster’ class

About 15 neighbors on a two-block stretch of Ramona Street in Palo Alto got more than they bargained for when they attended a Red Cross disaster-preparedness class Tuesday evening.

A moderate earthquake shook up the meeting at 8:04 p.m.Instructor Luis Hinojosa “was very cool and told us all to get on the

floor and cover our heads,” resident Beth Bunnenberg said. “And we really paid attention the rest of the meeting.” A packed house at Stanford University’s Cubberly Auditorium hushed

in alarm when the quake hit in the middle of a showing of the film, “Lions for Lambs,” part of a new film series. But the film continued uninterrupted.

Other than some reports of broken glass, no injuries or damage have been reported from the moderate earthquake. The initial estimate was that it registered 5.6 on the Richter scale and was centered about five miles north-northeast of the Alum Rock area of San Jose.

The quake was the strongest reported since the 6.9- to 7-point Loma Prieta quake in 1989, according to the United States Geological Sur-vey branch in Menlo Park, which confirmed the quake’s location and magnitude.

The rolling quake continued for several seconds. No damage was initially reported in the Palo Alto area, although

cell phones immediately became non-operational due to an overload of calls.

The USGS reported four aftershocks all measuring under 2.0 within four minutes of the initial quake. USGS spokeswoman Leslie Gordon said geologists will be releasing information tonight as it becomes available.

USGS seismologist Steve Walter said the quake took place at a depth of 5.7 miles underground on the Calaveras fault. Earthquakes on the Calaveras fault were common in the 1980s, but the last one of this magnitude was a 5.3 quake on June 13, 1988, he said.

Pacific Gas & Electric Co. reported no power outages or services were affected in the Bay Area, including Santa Clara County, spokes-man J.D. Guidi said.

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Victor Frost hospitalized for heart problems

Perennial Palo Alto City Council candidate and panhandler Victor Frost was hospitalized for more than a week with congestive heart failure, he said Thursday.

Back at his spot on Homer Avenue, the hospital bracelet still around his wrist, Frost said he’s still feeling below par but intends to continue with the campaign.

Frost said he entered Stanford Hospital at the advice of his doctor more than a week ago, and was released only days ago.

“Some people don’t think panhandling is hard work,” Frost said. He usually spends his days across the street from the Whole Foods market in downtown Palo Alto with a large sign and an American flag.

If elected, Frost said he now plans to advocate for a free EKG for all Palo Alto residents.

People don’t think to take care of their hearts, Frost said, adding that he had not known he had heart problems until recently.

Frost said he’s made his peace with death, but admitted he may have rankled other patients with death jokes while he was hospitalized.

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Big oak tree and $5 million could be saved with recommended design, city staff saysby Becky Trout

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T o save $5 million — and a historic but ailing oak tree — Palo Alto city staff is rec-

ommending a three-story public safety building on a single lot, with a four-story above-ground parking structure.

Negotiations have been halted for the purchase of a small lot with the oak tree on it.

The single-lot design would only use the 1.3-acre, L-shaped parcel at 2785 Park Blvd. The city is “close” to reaching an agreement with prop-erty owner Essex Property Trust, Inc., Senior Assistant City Attorney Cara Silver said Wednesday.

The City Council is scheduled to approve a “purchase agreement option” with Essex on Nov. 19, she said.

By eliminating underground park-ing and the smaller .3-acre parcel, the three-story version could save as much as $5 million, Assistant Di-rector of Public Works Mike Sartor has said.

The city had earlier considered two designs for the building, includ-ing one that would require both par-cels, use underground parking and cut down a historic oak tree, which

may be doomed anyway because of extensive internal dry rot in its trunk.

The one-parcel design would also eliminate the need to remove or work around a protected valley oak tree located on the smaller parcel.

The recommended design would locate the parking garage on the second, third and fourth floors bor-dering the railroad tracks. The rest of the building, fronting Page Mill Road, would only be three-stories.

It would have a “green” roof on the east side and would be con-structed using “green” building techniques. It should comply with either gold or silver Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards, Senior Engineer Elizabeth Ames said.

Without an underground garage, the building would require only minimal excavation, reducing the danger from contaminated ground-water, according to staff.

Silver said the city has dropped negotiations with Brown Fairchild Investment Company, which owns the smaller parcel.

The Planning and Transportation Commission is scheduled to discuss

the recently released final environ-mental report at its meeting next Wednesday night (Nov. 7).

The council could approve the document Nov. 19.

The city hopes to finance the $50-million project with a bond mea-sure in June or November of next year. But the proposed bond mea-sure hasn’t polled as well as hoped in a survey, and consultants have cautioned the city not to place the public-safety building bond on the same ballot as a $45-million bond for a new Mitchell Park library and community center, and other library improvements.

The city has been searching for a new home for its Police Department, which includes emergency dispatch-ers and an emergency-operations center, for at least 20 years.

The department’s current head-quarters building behind the Civic Center in downtown Palo Alto is seismically unsound, cramped and out-of-compliance with state re-quirements for private interview area and evidence storage. ■ Staff Writer Becky Trout can be e-mailed at [email protected].

City claims investigator wins $335,000 claim against city

In exchange for retirement, Casey O’Neill drops a charge of retaliationby Becky Trout

CITY HALL

I n a judgment approved Thurs-day, City of Palo Alto claims investigator Casey O’Neill will

receive $335,000 from the city in exchange for her retirement in June.

“Plaintiff (O’Neill) and the city have executed a settlement agree-ment that resolves all of Plaintiff’s claims raised pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act in this action, without any admission of liability by the City,” U.S. District Court Judge James Ware wrote Thurs-day.

The city agreed to settle the case, which began in August 2005, fol-lowing a “cost-benefit analysis, given that litigation is expense and the outcome is uncertain,” Suzanne Solomon, an attorney representing the city, wrote in an e-mail Thurs-day.

O’Neill will receive $51,000 for unpaid overtime, $51,000 for dam-ages, $190,000 for attorneys’ fees and $42,000 in severance pay, ac-cording to a settlement agreement signed by O’Neill Oct. 16 and by City Manager Frank Benest on Oct. 17. The settlement was made public Thursday.

The city also paid Solomon’s firm, San Francisco-based Liebert, Cassidy & Whitmore, $75,335 for representing the city, according to Assistant City Attorney Don Lar-kin.

Neither O’Neill nor her attor-neys from the San Francisco-based Long & Levit law firm responded to requests for comment.

The case stems from the clas-sification of O’Neill as “exempt” from overtime according to federal labor law. O’Neill said she was not

exempt, and therefore deserved to be paid overtime.

O’Neill originally sought to re-coup unpaid overtime and ensure she was properly classified. But O’Neill said she then suffered retaliation for filing the suit and suffered from ongoing discipline, including the elimination of 40 per-cent of her job in July 2006.

The Weekly outlined the situa-tion in an Aug. 15 article.

The Nov. 1 agreement also re-moves O’Neill from the compact City Attorney’s office on the eighth floor of City Hall.

From Oct. 15 to April 13, O’Neill will work as an industrial waste in-vestigator in the Public Works De-partment, the settlement states.

She will go on paid leave with no duties from April 14 to May 13. From May 14 to her June 1 retire-ment, O’Neill will use accumulat-ed vacation, sick and management leaves, the agreement states.

By signing the agreement, O’Neill agreed to dismiss her claim of retaliation.

The city cannot eliminate the claims investigator position before June 1, 2008, the agreement states. ■ Staff Writer Becky Trout can be e-mailed at [email protected].

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T he eruv is barely visible; a thin line that glistens amid spaces between trees only when the

sun’s rays happen to illuminate it. One must look closely to see it:

a wire that covers 13 miles around Palo Alto, from Hwy. 101 to Foot-hill Expressway, between Adobe and San Francisquito creeks.

Constructed of super-strength fish-ing line (used for catching sharks), the eruv, which was completed in early September, has been a divid-ing line between faith and the state to some since it was first proposed eight years ago.

Heated arguments erupted over its potential violation of the U.S. Constitution’s separation of church and state.

But the eruv, a linear boundary that allows Palo Alto’s Orthodox Jews to carry young children and objects in public spaces during the Sabbath, is a unifier, encompassing all of the community and expanding home into the greater public realm, some said.

Its existence in Palo Alto today is an example of the First Amend-ment of the Constitution in action: Freedom of religion regardless of how small the minority, according to some members of the religious community.

Carrying anything in public places is considered a form of work and is forbidden on the Sabbath by Jewish law. That includes young children who are not yet able to walk, accord-ing to Rabbi Yosef Levin, executive director of Chabad of Greater South Bay. Mothers whose young children are unable to walk on their own had to stay home with the children, which limited access to synagogue services and other gatherings, since the children and belongings could not be carried.

But the eruv has changed all that for Palo Alto’s Orthodox Jews.

“Rivka” (not her real name), a young mother, said the eruv has en-abled her family to go out together during the Sabbath.

“It’s made a huge difference in our lives. It’s really wonderful. The main thing is the kids who don’t walk yet. You can take a stroller. We can be out and about more. It’s hard to de-scribe the difference to someone who doesn’t observe (the laws),” she said.

Before the eruv, Rivka and hus-band, “Jacob,” had to take turns go-ing to synagogue. And an outing to a park in the afternoon with friends meant that either she or Jacob would go with the older kids and the other parent would stay home with the baby, she said. Even diapers were not allowed to be carried, which meant leaving them in places where they could later be retrieved if the couple was away from home during the Sabbath.

When her son was born, Ilana Goldhaber-Gordon, who practices Conservative Judaism, made the deci-sion not to observe the restrictions on carrying. But she grew up in a family that did observe the carrying rule.

“My mother couldn’t go to syna-gogue. A big part of the Shabbat (Sabbath) experience is inviting families to get together. We couldn’t reciprocate because we couldn’t take the baby off of the property,” she said.

The idea of the eruv dates back to the writings of the prophets — that people shouldn’t carry from the pri-vate to the public domain during the Sabbath, she said. It was designed to make the day of rest truly free of laborious activity.

But certain activities are allowed in the home, and because creating an eruv symbolically turns the whole community into the private sphere, public spaces become an extension of the home, she said.

“The eruv reminds us we are all one community. ... It’s entirely about the human community, not just putting up a string. There must be a sharing of bread — of commu-nity and inviting guests and shar-ing foods. The eruv speaks to those three elements,” she added.

While widely lauded by the Or-thodox and Conservative communi-ties, the long, eight-year struggle and the firestorm surrounding the eruv has taken a toll on many in the Jew-ish community.

Rivka and Jacob, like many others, were reluctant to discuss the eruv — even its benefits — because of lin-gering feelings after its controversy, and they only spoke on condition of having their names changed.

For Rabbi Yitzchok Feldman of Congregation Emek Beracha, who

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spearheaded the move to create a Palo Alto eruv in 1999, the pain of the controversy and anti-Semitic vit-riol is still raw. Feldman would not discuss the eruv now, seeing no ben-efit but to stoke the passions of those who are still against it, he said.

The eruv cost more than $150,000, according to a newsletter distributed to Emek Beracha members.

As of Sept. 12, nearly $100,000 in debt was still outstanding for its construction, but $50,000 in match-ing donations is being offered. All of the costs are borne by Palo Alto Community Eruv, Inc., which also maintains the eruv.

Eliot Klugman, a 30-year Palo

Altan and member of Congregation Emek Beracha, said the hefty price tag is worthwhile.

“As a resource, as a long-term investment, it is absolutely unbeat-able,” he said.

He estimated hundreds of families benefit from the eruv. While that number may seem small compared to the city’s 62,000-plus population, the eruv will strengthen the city’s Jewish community, as more people will want to move here now that the boundary has been constructed, he said.

“It will last 50 years. By then it will be paid for in terms of its ben-efits, in terms of the people coming to the area,” he said. ■ Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be e-mailed at [email protected].


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When he graduates from college, he should have enough work experi-ence and know-how to start his own company, he said.

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Instructors and students work in local tech firms and will be useful contacts in a job search, he said.

The program is poised to grow, Wilson said.

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“Last spring, because this year was the pilot,” Middle College rep-resentatives visiting high schools only sought a handful of students, she said.

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The new program eventually could relieve Palo Alto’s high schools at a time of growing enrollment.

Original motives for creating a tech program did not include reliev-ing the space crunch at high schools but that has become part of the dis-cussion, Wilson said.

Foothill pledged to support Palo Alto’s growing school district dur-ing a meeting with the High School Task Force last month, Assistant Su-perintendent Scott Laurence said.

Foothill representative Sandi Ura-be said the college could not only take on students in the new tech pro-gram but also absorb students inter-ested in a particular area of study, such as theater, Laurence said. ■ Staff Writer Arden Pennell can be e-mailed at [email protected].

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Police worked through the night Tuesday and fanned out Wednes-day afternoon looking for witness-es both on Arastradero Road in Palo Alto and on North Fair Oaks Avenue in Sunnyvale, especially seeking information about the car the man was driving.

Palo Alto police have offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and convic-tion of the man who assaulted the girl.

The man is described by police as black, 25-30 years old, 6 feet tall, “a little heavy,” with black hair, dark eyes, no facial hair and

with a medium complexion with no blemishes. There were no vis-ible tattoos or pierced jewelry. He was wearing a blue baseball cap and a blue hooded jacket with yellow lettering on the front.

Anyone with information about the man or the abduction is asked to call the Palo Alto police tip line at 650-329-2190.

Ryan said calls have been com-ing into the tip line.

“We’re sorting through them now,” he said Thursday.

In addition, detectives are closely examining a tape from a security camera on a nearby building on Arastradero Road, hoping the tape may give them a glimpse of the man or his car.

Searching for the car is a prior-ity because the girl was not able to give police much information due to being disoriented, Ryan said. She was able to identify an inside door handle, he said.

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cers are seeking witnesses who may have seen the girl jump out of the car and scream for help.

“It was an hour or more of hell” for the girl, Ryan said Tuesday night in the initial report of the attack and abduction.

The Palo Alto Unified School District sent all schools informa-tion about the incident using the Parent-Teacher-Student Asso-ciation (PTSA) e-news system, Assistant Superintendent Scott Laurence said.

School administrators urged students to be aware and take precautions.

“One always knows about these things but when it hits your door-step it’s quite devastating,” Lik-ens said. ■ Staff Writer Arden Pennell and Weekly Editor Jay Thorwaldson contributed to this story. Senior Staff Writer Don Ka-zak can be e-mailed at [email protected].

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additional fuel money, stating the price of oil had risen due to the Iraq War, hurricanes Katrina and Rita and other forces affecting the entire nation, according to court documents.

The city denied PASCO’s request last June and September. PASCO then submitted a formal claim, often the precursor to litigation, on Oct. 11, 2006, which was denied by the city 12 days later.

PASCO filed a lawsuit against the city on April 20, 2007, claiming a breach of contract and asking for the $260,000 plus attorneys’ costs and other damages.

PASCO had actually lost money in 2005-06, in part due to the rise in fuel costs, the lawsuit claimed.

PASCO earned $9.96 million

but spent $10.1 million during that year, according to the April 2007 “Audit of the Palo Alto Sanitation Company Contract” by City Auditor Sharon Erickson.

The city responded in August, through Walnut Creek-based Stubbs & Leone attorneys, claiming the case does not have enough merit even for the court to consider.

The city filing asserts that the 1999 contract doesn’t require the city to grant any requests from PAS-CO. It states PASCO merely has the right to submit claims and the city must give them “reasonable” con-sideration.

The city is only required to pay the amount the two parties agree to before the fiscal year starts, the city stated.

“It is up to PASCO, not the city, to accurately estimate its costs,” the filing states.

Hiring an outside attorney to con-sider PASCO’s request and other city responses were “clearly actions

taken by the city in a good faith ef-fort to make a rational and reason-able determination,” the court filing states.

In addition, PASCO’s interpre-tation of the contract clause also wasn’t correct, the city claims. The Iraq War did not directly affect PASCO’s ability to pick up trash from Palo Alto residents, Stubbs & Leone stated.

But on Sept. 11, Superior Court Judge Kevin McKenney overruled the city, stating that PASCO’s claims do have enough merit to consider in court.

Silver said the parties will discuss a settlement on Dec. 6.

Reed Smith, the law firm repre-senting PASCO, was not available for comment.

The city has spent $22,000 so far on attorney costs related to the case, Silver said Wednesday. ■ Staff Writer Becky Trout can be e-mailed at [email protected].

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Students ‘shocked’ and ‘shaken’ by assault

Violent daytime incident unnerves students, faculty, parentsby Arden Pennell

T uesday’s abduction and as-sault on a 17-year-old Gunn High School student created

a mood of uncertainty and fear on campus, students said.

“I was completely shocked and just really shaken,” junior Libby Craig said. She said she saw an-other student seeking help from a counselor.

Few felt such an attack was even possible in Palo Alto, she said.

“A lot of people just didn’t think it could happen here. We all hear about it happening elsewhere but we didn’t think it could happen here, especially on the street our school is on,” she said.

Initial police reports indicat-ed that the victim was attacked shortly after school when walking in the 500 block of Arastradero

Road, near El Camino Real — not when locking her bike in a visually concealed area behind a building. The sidewalk report especially dis-turbed students, they said.

“I was shocked that something like that could happen at 3 p.m. on a pretty busy street after school in the daytime,” senior Victoria Van-Duyne said.

“I was shocked that it happened at 3 o’clock, when the roads are filled with people,” senior Dane Price agreed.

It no longer feels safe to walk home from school, students said.

“I actually walk at night on that street, and I definitely won’t be doing that any more,” VanDuyne said.

“I walk home from school so I’m really scared. I’m actually trying to

get a ride home today,” Craig said.Female students in particular

feel frightened, she said.“This is like a girl’s worst night-

mare,” she said.“I’ve seen a few girls that were

scared about what happened,” freshman Matt Hurst said.

But teachers have sought to quell fears, encouraging students to walk in groups and leave cell phones turned on, he said.

Three police officers were assigned to the Gunn campus Wednesday to help restore a sense of safety and security, police Sgt. Sandra Brown said. ■ Editorial intern Andrea Wang contributed to this story. Staff Writer Arden Pennell can be e-mailed at [email protected].


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by Rebecca Wallace

a brush and a blob of paint can cause jitters in an adult who hasn’t had an art class

since grade school. “Oh, I can’t draw. I can’t even do

stick figures,” one may stutter.But take a look at a few of Judy

Gittelsohn’s students, whose paint-brushes are flying in her Art For Well Beings center in Palo Alto. It’s a bright room in the Emerson Center on West Bayshore Road, neighbor-ing the Emerson School.

Clad in white aprons, four young adults are creating panels of a “paint-by-puzzle painting” that will join together into a large picture. With easy swiftness, they keep fin-ishing their panels and asking for new ones. The students are all devel-opmentally disabled, visiting from C.A.R. (Community Association for Rehabilitation). But their disabilities aren’t a hindrance in this class. In some ways, they are freeing.

“People with developmental dis-abilities are unconventional,” says Gittelsohn, a Palo Alto painter who opened her new center this spring. “What they bring to us is the spiri-tual and the surprising. They aren’t inhibited. They will say and paint

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Palo Alto artist Judy Gittelsohn (right) congratulates Nicolette Barrera for finishing a painting in class. Megan McGarry, a program di-rector at the Community Association for Rehabilitation’s San Jose center, watches.

Nicolette Barrera (top) and Marisol Hernandez (above) paint with easy swiftness.

Each student’s approach to painting is different, but their panels all combine into a unified flower.

whatever.”These students certainly don’t

show any hesitation, no concern over whether what they are paint-ing is “good” or “right.” There is only the joy of brushes swishing across paper, and favorite colors be-ing squeezed out of plastic bottles. When asked which paints the class should use, Marisol Hernandez says immediately, “Green, blue and or-ange.” She beams.

Nicolette Barrera sings as she works, then announces that she’s painting a bee. Gittelsohn smiles at the pink swirl appearing on the paper and asks, “What does a bee make?”

“Bzz,” Barrera answers, and ev-eryone laughs. It’s hard to argue with her logic.

Over the last eight years or so, Gittelsohn has taught numerous art classes to a diverse mix of popula-tions in this area. She’s led many sessions at the Palo Alto-based C.A.R., and has also worked with at-risk and low-income youth, and with people recovering from ill-nesses or injuries. Her students have taken part in exhibits and cre-ated paintings, murals, books and calendars, including the new 2008 C.A.R. calendar.

Now that Gittelsohn has her own art center, she’s teaching six classes, with both disabled and non-disabled students. She has also just expanded into the classroom next door, creat-

ing a gallery to exhibit her students’ work and her own.

She’s clearly at ease with her cli-entele. During class in her center, when one young woman experi-ences small seizures, Gittelsohn remains matter-of-fact. She says a few gentle, sympathetic words, but keeps the other students on track while Megan McGarry, a program director at C.A.R.’s San Jose center, cares for the woman.

For their part, the students — who are often engrossed in their own worlds — seem drawn to her, and are quick to participate in the com-munal art project. One, Jacqui Sulli-van, is so happy over a favorite color that she bounces with delight.

This is the second time McGarry has brought C.A.R. clients here. The classes are enriching for them. “It’s the expression, having fun, being creative,” she said.

Painting by puzzle is a key part of Gittelsohn’s “Growing ART” classes, which are aimed at stu-dents with special needs. Activi-ties are focused, allowing students to complete an artistic task without feeling responsible for a whole mas-terpiece.

“Filling in a small area is more relaxing,” Gittelsohn says. “Espe-cially if you’re only allowed to use a few colors.”

Before class, Gittelsohn painted a flower design spanning all the puz-zle pieces in lines of clear tar gel. When students paint over the gel, the material resists like wax, and the lines shine through. In the end, the project is a mosaic of artistic visions

— students use different textures, brush strokes and patterns — but all the pieces are linked together as one flower. This, Gittelsohn says, allows each artist to feel part of something larger.

A puzzle painting is also a meta-phor for her vision for the center. She also teaches “Honest Earnest ART-IST” courses, which are higher-level and help students study established artists such as Klee or Turner as they paint. But all classes are open to the disabled and non-disabled public alike, and Gittelsohn hopes to create a place where both popula-tions can mix and learn from each other. This is already happening in some classes.

This desire for mingling makes sense. After all, Gittelsohn feels an artistic kinship with the disabled. During her early experiences teach-ing disabled students, at Creativity Explored in San Francisco, she saw parallels between their work and her own acrylic paintings on canvas.

“These people had work akin to mine — very straightforward, un-complicated,” she said. “I love their enthusiasm and energy.”

That straightforward approach carries over into Gittelsohn’s teach-ing, which is part of what makes her so successful, said Andrea Throndson, community opportuni-ties developer at C.A.R. Throndson teaches a weekly art class and was impressed when Gittelsohn visited her class last year to do a project with the students.

Gittelsohn, she says, has a natu-ral, no-fuss way with the disabled that helps harness their energies into artistic expression.

“She really draws out quite im-pressive talent,” Throndson said. “She doesn’t coddle them, and they rise to the occasion.” ■

Info: Art For Well Beings is at 2800 W. Bayshore Road in Palo Alto. Artist Judy Gittelsohn has also just put out a new coloring book, called “This is Palo Alto.” For information about the book or the art center, go to www.artforwellbeings.org or call 650-776-8297.

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K ids know when they’re being talked down to. Singer-song-writer Justin Roberts figures

their music shouldn’t condescend to them, either.

Rather than simple clap-your-hands affairs, his songs are catchy crazy-quilts. They’re a grown-up blend reflecting Roberts’ many mu-sical influences, from Elvis Costello to Green Day, folk to psychedelic. Roberts also talks about hot issues kids can relate to. “My Brother Did It,” for example, or “Not Naptime.”

In a recent phone interview, the musician really got rolling when he talked about one of his new songs, “Henrietta’s Hair.” He described it as “this talking blues-Bob Dylan-Woody Guthrie-type thing” with a rollicking chorus that sounds like a German drinking song.

It was inspired by something that kids often loathe: having their hair brushed. “It’s about a girl who hates it, so her mom stops brushing her hair. All these animals come to live in it,” Roberts said.

Oh, yeah, and Roberts’ wife thinks it’s also a political song: She told him it sounds like it’s about im-migration. After all, everyone is al-lowed to live in Henrietta’s hair.

Besides writing new songs and preparing for the release of his new album next year, the Chicago-area musician is also on the road. As part of his current tour, he’s scheduled to play two shows this Sunday at Foot-hill College’s Smithwick Theatre.

The family concert is hosted by the Mountain View Parent Nursery School. School parent Chris Ander-son, a Los Altos mother of two, says she’s thrilled to have Roberts come to town.

Her family has been listening to him for about three years — which is quite a feat, considering her chil-dren like to hear Roberts’ “One Little Cookie” every night. But An-derson says these are the rare kids’ songs that parents can actually stand to listen to countless times.

“His voice kind of reminds me of James Taylor, who is also one of my favorites,” she said of Roberts. “We’re just so happy to have him in our lives.”

Back in the late ‘90s, Roberts didn’t expect to end up singing about training wheels and Billy the Bully. He was heading a Minneapo-lis indie-rock band called Pimentos for Gus when he took a preschool teaching job to help pay the rent. He started singing for the kids, first Sam Cooke tunes and Irish jigs, and then his own compositions.

Roberts’ college friend Liam Da-vis, a record producer who plays guitar and other instruments, heard the new songs and urged Roberts to record them; Roberts released his first CD, “Great Big Sun,” in 1998. Six more followed. Now Roberts regularly tours with Davis, as well as his band Not Ready for Naptime Players.

Writing music for children has its own charms. For one, it’s liberating, Roberts says. Kids don’t know from genres; they don’t care if a blues number is followed by a punk bal-lad on a CD.

The writer can also be as silly as he wants. Take “Willy was a Whale,” in which Roberts indulges a love for alliteration: “Willy was a whale and he walked on the wa-ter, and he tried to be wough and he tried to be tough. But Willy wasn’t

weally wough; he wasn’t wough at all...”

Roberts wrote this song after making his first record. Still not convinced that children’s music was his calling, he went to graduate school at the University of Chicago to get a master’s degree in religious studies.

“I was studying Sanskrit and liv-ing in this basement apartment and just miserable,” Roberts recalled. “I picked up the guitar as a release.” Out came Willy and his travels in Weno, Nevada.

Nowadays Roberts, 37, finds kids’ music a natural fit. Besides writing and performing, he leads songwrit-ing workshops for kids in the school where his wife teaches.

The pair don’t have children, but Roberts often hears ideas for songs from the lively imps who come to his concerts (and often want to talk to him when he’s in the middle of playing a song). Overall, his secret to songwriting is to get into char-acter: He tries to put himself inside a child’s head. Sometimes he just harks back to his own childhood.

“Pop Fly,” the title track from his new CD, is “about a kid who is in the outfield and seems to be more interested in the nature around him than the actual game.” It brings back memories, he said, laughing. “I’m spacey in real life.” ■



Tot rockJustin Roberts aims to write hip kids’ songs

that won’t drive parents nutsby Rebecca Wallace

What: Justin Roberts per-forming two family concerts with Liam Davis

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When: Shows at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 4

Cost: Tickets are $13 at the door.

Info: To contact event host Mountain View Parent Nursery School, go to www.mvpns.org or call 650-969-9506. Justin Roberts’ Web site is at www.justinroberts.org.

Justin Roberts likes to shake up his musical influences. One of his new songs, “Henrietta’s Hair,” is a talking-blues number with a chorus that sounds like a German drinking song.

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F ive locally produced programs of the Midpeninsula Commu-nity Media Center have won

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The awards were presented last Friday (Oct. 26) in Ventura, Ca-lif., as part of WAVE’s weekend conference. They were among 19 programs nominated in various categories, reflecting the work of seven local producers nominated in multiple categories: Karen Adams, Genevieve Hutcheson Butcher, Di-anne De Laet, Paul George, Kenny Neal, Jesse Norfleet and Austin Tamaddon.

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Out of the Game” won in the talk show/community producer category for a program featuring two former drug dealers interviewed by Doug-las Fort, founder of For Youth by Youth. The show was produced by Fort, Marina Latu and Karen Ad-ams of the Media Center staff.

■ “Neal’s Place,” produced by blues performer Kenny Neal, fea-

tures jam sessions with other blues artists and conversations about the blues world. Neal and his show were featured in the Weekly in July.

■ A film, “Soil: Sowing Seeds of Change in Rural Haiti,” won in the documentary profile/community producer category. This is the sec-ond year in a row that its producers, Jennifer Benorden and Zara Zim-bardo, have won in this category. The film chronicles the work of SOIL, a California-based non-prof-it organization striving to reduce sanitation-related health hazards, improve infrastructure and create a sustainable ecology.

■ High school student Austin Tamaddon won first place for best public-service announcement by a community producer: “The Happy Hybrid and the Polluting Pickup,” featuring a scuffle between a hybrid car and a gas-chugging pickup on an otherwise peaceful road.

■ Dianne De Laet was chosen as the top community producer in the instructional category with “Art 2 Art,” which explores two different approaches to watercolors by a pair of local artists.

Media Center award finalists in-cluded two locally produced shows in the professional category and

eight in the non-professional cat-egory.

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man — Together!” produced by Paul George and Julia Bernd;

■ “Inside Iran: Understanding the Internal Dynamics of the U.S.’s Next Target,” produced by Paul George;

■ “The Sport of Motherhood,” a talk show/entertainment program produced by Genevieve Hutcheson Butcher and Carl Yorke;

■ “Spotlight on the Middle East,” a documentary event produced by Phil Smaller and Marty Wasser-man;

■ “Mr. Gopher,” youth programs produced by Arianna Tamaddon;

■ “Citizen Media: Where Is It Heading?” — a public forum pro-duced by Elliott Margolies and Karen Adams;

■ “Plastic or Cars? — a public-service announcement by Wes Ra-paport.

The above and other local pro-grams can be viewed online at www.communitymediacenter.net. The Media Center offers production training, accessible studio facilities, camcorders and editing suites.

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Photos‘Signs of Life’

Brian Taylor’s art can be filed under the heading of pho-tography, but there’s much more to it than that. Using a mixture of techniques — alternative processes, traditional darkroom ways and photocollage — he creates photos that often end up as large-scale murals or handmade books in shadowboxes.

It’s all done with a style that is often surrealistic and tongue-in-cheek. “A Man’s Shoes Are Wet,” for instance, shows a man in a business suit, standing up to his thighs in water.

Taylor’s current exhibit of photographic works, called “Signs of Life,” opens today and runs through Dec. 31 at Mod-ernbook Gallery at 494 University Ave. in Palo Alto. A reception is set for tonight from 7 to 10

p.m.Gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sun-

day through Thursday, and 11 to 10 on Fridays and Saturdays. Go to www.modern book.com or call 650-327-6325.

Theater‘Little Women’

It was a 19th-century book, and then it was a 2005 Broadway musical starring Sut-ton Foster and Maureen McGovern. Now “Little Women” is coming to the Lucie Stern Theatre, presented by Palo Alto Players. The classic Louisa May Alcott story follows the four March sisters during the Civil War era.

Performances begin with a preview show tonight at 1305 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto and then run through Nov. 18, at 8 p.m. on

Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and at 2:30 p.m. on Sundays. Ticket prices range from $20 for the preview to $31 for the opening-night performance and reception this Saturday night.

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‘The Smell of the Kill’A vampire legend? A frightening tale of a serial killer?

Nope. The Michele Lowe play “The Smell of the Kill” tells a more familiar story: that of the frustrated suburban woman. Here, the monsters are stiflingly boorish husbands and ticking biological clocks.

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and Shannon Stowe. It opens tonight at the Dragon The-atre at 535 Alma St. in downtown Palo Alto and then runs through Nov. 18. Show times are 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. on Sundays.

Tickets are $18 general and $13 for seniors and students on Thursdays and Sundays, and $20/$15 on Fridays and Saturdays. Go to www.dragonproductions.net or call 650-493-2006 for more information.

Art‘Opposite City Hall’

Working in media including collage, painting and photo-montage, artists explore a variety of hot topics: combat, terrorism, politicians and others. It’s easy to see why this new exhibit at Palo Alto’s Pacific Art League carries a theme of art and politics.

Officially titled “Opposite City Hall: Art and Politics in Silicon Valley,” the exhibit features the work of 17 artists, curated by Gerald Brett and Paula Kirkeby. It opens today and runs through Nov. 28 at the league at 668 Ramona St. A reception is set for this evening from 6 to 9 p.m.

Exhibit hours are weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 to 4. Go to www.pacificartleague.org or call 650-321-3891.

THE EYES HAVE IT... Palo Alto nature photogra-pher Michael D. Kern has just had an image take up residence in the Smithsonian. His work “Iguana Eyes” recently took first place in the Creative Digital category of the Nature’s Best Photography Windland Smith Rice International Awards.

The contest, held by Nature’s Best Photography magazine, drew about 17,000 entries, according to a magazine press release. Kern’s image and 60 other winners will be exhibited at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., for about the next six months.

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“Lake, Boy, Indian” is among Brian Taylor’s photographic works being shown at Modernbooks Gallery in Palo Alto.


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Sharkwater ✭✭✭(Aquarius) Marine biologist and underwater photographer

Rob Stewart brings a lifelong passion for sharks to the cin-ematic forefront.

Setting out to learn about life and the ocean’s delicate bal-ance, Stewart immerses himself in the mystery of the sea’s most enduring creatures, 400 million years strong.

As two-thirds of the world’s surface is water, it’s a vast and daunting classroom. Stewart begs the question: Is the shark really an enemy or does he just get a bad rap? The fact is, according to the film, that sharks kill on average five people a year whereas elephants slay close to 100 and cars take hundreds of thousands of lives.

What begins as an effort to debunk the myths turns to an expose of the wicked world of illegal shark finning and a burning desire to protect a rapidly diminishing species.

The doc twists in the wind when Stewart boards a rene-gade conservationist trawler bound for Costa Rica to face off against illegal long-line poachers who fish the open waters for prized sharkfins. Predator becomes prey at the exorbitant price of $300 a pound. And shaking down a multi-billion dollar finning operation might not be the best call, as Stewart and crew find themselves arrested on charges of attempted murder.

“Sharkwater” has a message — or two or three. Its inten-tions are nothing if not noble. Watching a shark butchered for a single fin and tossed back into the sea half-dead inspires outrage. Stewart is understandably zealous in his mission but his focus turns too often to himself and his own righteous efforts rather than to his beleaguered subjects.

Visuals are consistently stunning, glorifying a vibrant uni-verse leagues beneath the sea. Hammerheads congregating in the tepid waters of the Galapagos Islands are an awe-inspiring sight. But Stewart’s narration is curiously mono-tone as he travels a circuitous narrative route in his efforts to be heard.

The world’s shark population has been decimated by 90 percent due to unlawful fishing activities and indiscriminate slaughter, the film states. “Sharkwater” is a call to action.

Rated: PG for images of animal cruelty and some lan-guage. 1 hour, 29 minutes.

— Jeanne Aufmuth

Bee Movie ✭✭1/2(Century 16, Century 20) One of the jokes in “Bee Movie”

deals with a framed picture of a man in drag posing as the hive’s queen bee. Jerry Seinfeld assumes the central role in this DreamWorks Animation production, serving as co-producer, co-writer and voice-talent star. Perhaps his par-ticipation explains why the movie has many clever stand-up comedy moments and pop culture in-jokes, which parents will enjoy while the material buzzes over the heads of kids.

Instead of making a beeline from start to finish, the weak storyline hovers over a scene while foraging for material and then flits off to a new situation. Without a strong narrative, the movie directed by Steve Hickner (“The Prince of Egypt”) and Simon J. Smith (“Shrek 4-D”) tends to drone on.

A screenwriting hive of stand-up performers and former

“Seinfeld” writers (Seinfeld, Spike Feresten, Barry Marder and Andy Robin) cross-pollinated “The Graduate” with ge-neric trial and airplane-disaster films. Graduating from three days of college, Barry B. Benson (Seinfeld) and his buddy Adam (voiced by Matthew Broderick) trade their mortar-board caps for corporate hardhats. Similar to Ben (note Bar-ry’s surname) in the 1967 coming-of-age classic, the young adult realizes that he must make an important decision about his future. Barry will work in his chosen job at the corpora-tion for the rest of his life — just like his father (voiced by Barry Levinson).

Plastics? Honey. New graduates select from an unappeal-ing array of menial offerings, from honey stirrers to crud pickers. No wonder newspaper headlines proclaim, “Bee Goes Berserk: Stings 7 Then Itself.”

The bred-for-adventure pollen jocks are elite exceptions. In an act of rebellion, Barry goes out with them on a pollen run. Although colorful and liberating, the journey through New York City endangers the inexperienced little insect. Florist Vanessa (voiced by Renée Zellweger) saves his life. In return, Barry breaks a bee law and talks to a human.

Their friendship opens Barry’s eyes to the many ways that people exploit bees: stealing honey, glorifying bears such as Winnie the Pooh, and the appropriation of bee culture by celebrities such as Sting (voiced by Sting). Barry seeks to correct these injustices, which leads to a boring trial.

Hoping for teaching moments in animated films may be asking too much, even though today’s honeybee colonies are in crisis. “Bee Movie” does make the point that pollina-tion is essential. But the screenwriters should have reversed Seinfeld’s and Zellweger’s roles — as well as the depiction and dominance of all the male movie bees — since real-life worker bees, inside and outside the colony, are female. Mud-dled themes zigzag from endorsing individual empowerment to settling for a small job in collective endeavors.

“Bee Movie” does have inspired moments, including Bar-ry’s use of his antenna to take calls or The Archies’ rendition of “Sugar Sugar” to accompany the honey-laden action.

Rated: PG for mild suggestive humor, and a brief depic-tion of smoking. 1 hour. 30 minutes.

— Susan Tavernetti

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Rob Stewart swims with marine life in the call-to-action documentary “Sharkwater.”


“Bee Movie” does have inspired moments, but the plot tends to drone on.


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2:30, 3:30, 4:05, 5, 6, 6:55, 7:30, 8:30, 9:30 & 10:30 p.m. Bee Movie (PG) ✭✭1/2 Century 16: 11:30 a.m.; noon, 12:35, 1:50, 2:20, 2:50, 4:15, 4:40, 5:15, 7, 7:50, 9:20 & 10:10

p.m. Century 20: 11:30 a.m.; 12:05, 12:30, 1:15, 2, 2:35, 3, 3:45, 4:30, 5:05, 5:30, 6:15, 7, 7:35, 8, 8:45, 9:30 & 10:30 p.m.

Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead Century 16: 1:15, 4:10, 7:10 & 9:55 p.m. (R) (Not Reviewed)Bella (PG-13) (Not Reviewed) Century 12: 1, 4, 7:20 & 9:50 p.m. The Bourne Ultimatum Century 20: 2:15 & 7:40 p.m.(PG-13) ✭✭✭1/2

Dan in Real Life (PG-13) ✭✭✭ Century 16: 11:35 a.m.; 12:25, 2:15, 3, 4:45, 5:30, 7:15, 8, 9:45 & 10:30 p.m. Century 20: 11:40 a.m.; 1, 2, 3:25, 4:40, 5:50, 7:15, 8:15, 9:40 & 10:35 p.m.

The Darjeeling Limited (R) ✭✭✭ Century 20: 11:55 a.m.; 2:30, 5:10, 7:40 & 10:15 p.m. CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 1:40, 4:20 & 7 p.m. Fri. & Sat. also at 9:40 p.m.

Death at a Funeral (R) ✭✭✭✭ Century 20: 7:45 & 10:15 p.m. Elizabeth: The Golden Age (PG-13) ✭ Century 20: Noon, 2:40, 5:20, 8 & 10:35 p.m. The Game Plan (PG) (Not Reviewed) Century 12: 12:45 & 6:30 p.m. Gone Baby Gone (R) ✭✭✭ Century 16: 12:55, 4, 7:25 & 10:05 p.m. Century 20: 1:05, 4, 7:20 & 10:10 p.m. The Heartbreak Kid (R) ✭✭1/2 Century 20: 11:35 a.m.; 5 & 10:25 p.m. Into the Wild (R) ✭✭✭✭ Century 16: 11:50 a.m.; 3:10, 6:55 & 10:15 p.m. Century 20: 12:25, 2:40, 3:35, 6:50, 8:40 &

10:05 p.m. It Came From OS-3-D (G) Aquarius: Fri. & Sat. at midnight. Sat. & Sun. also at noon. (Not Reviewed)Jimmy Carter: Man From Plains Century 16: 12:15, 3:20, 7:05 & 10 p.m. (PG) (Not Reviewed)The Kingdom (R) ✭✭✭1/2 Century 20: 11:45 a.m.; 2:20, 4:50, 7:25 & 10 p.m. Lars and the Real Girl (PG-13) ✭✭✭1/2 Century 20: 12:10, 2:45, 5:10, 7:45 & 10:20 p.m. CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 1:45, 4:30 &

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10:25 p.m. Michael Clayton (R) ✭✭✭1/2 Century 16: 1, 3:55, 7:30 & 10:25 p.m. Century 12: 1:15, 4:15, 7:10 & 10:05 p.m. Music Within (R) (Not Reviewed) Century 20: 12:15 & 6:20 p.m. Ratatouille (G) ✭✭✭ Century 20: 11:35 a.m.; 2:20 & 4:55 p.m. Rendition (R) (Not Reviewed) Century 20: 12:40. 3:55, 7:10 & 9:55 p.m. Saw IV (R) (Not Reviewed) Century 16: 12:10, 2:55, 5:20, 7:45 & 10:10 p.m. Century 12: 12:35, 1:35, 2:35, 3:15, 4:45,

5:35, 6:15, 7:35, 8:35, 9:20 & 10:35 p.m. Sharkwater (PG-13) ✭✭✭ Aquarius: 1, 3, 5, 7 & 9:10 p.m. Stardust (PG-13) ✭✭1/2 Century 20: 12:55 & 7:05 p.m. Sydney White (PG-13) Century 20: 4:20 & 10 p.m. (Not Reviewed)Things We Lost in the Fire (R) ✭✭ Century 20: 10:05 p.m. Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Century 16: 12:20, 2:30, 4:50, 7:20 & 9:30 p.m. Christmas 3-D (PG) (Not Reviewed)We Own the Night (R) ✭✭ Century 20: 11:30 a.m.; 2:15, 5:05, 7:50 & 10:30 p.m. Why Did I Get Married? (PG-13) Century 12: 12:50, 3:55, 7:15 & 10:15 p.m. (Not Reviewed)Wristcutters (R) (Not Reviewed) Aquarius: 2, 4:15, 7:30 & 9:40 p.m.

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(Century 16, Century 12) Christian Bale is Dan Evans, a down-on-his-luck rancher/Union Army vet who’s trying to hang on to his ranch after a local bigwig threatens to repossess his drought-ravaged land for a railroad project. Russell Crowe makes nasty as Ben Wade, a ruthless outlaw who heads up a gang of no-goods bent on plundering and pilfering fortunes. Fate deals Evans a lucky hand when he’s party to Wade’s capture. Southern Pacific Railroad boss Grayson Butterfield (Dal-las Roberts) wrangles volunteers to help escort his high-profile prisoner to the town of Contention, where he will board the 3:10 train bound for federal lockdown in Yuma. Evans is the man for the job, for a much-needed $200 delivery fee, that is. The core strength of “Yuma” lies in the psychological cat-and-mouse game between outlaws on the brink of destruction. Yes, it’s a remake, based on the 1957 classic, but “Yuma”

has a consciousness all its own. Rated: R for extreme violence and bloodshed. 1 hour, 57 minutes. — J.A. (Reviewed Sept. 7, 2007)

Across the Universe ✭✭✭

(CineArts) Julie Taymor’s wildly ambitious ode to the Fab Four is a flawed but oc-casionally fabulous change of pace. For starters, it’s a musical, the brand of belt-it-out-in-public musical. Then there are the lyrics, based on 33 beloved Beatles classics that pulsate through the narrative, offering unique and complex perspec-tive. The song-and-dance extravaganza supports a simple romance between star-crossed lovers Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood) and Britain transplant Jude (Jim Sturgess). Jude and Lucy fall in love to a setting of turning on, tuning in and dropping out at a Greenwich Village loft. The idealistic Lucy falls in with a group of zealous anti-war activists while peacenik Jude pays the rent by making paint and canvas his expression of choice. Once into its rhythm, “Universe”

is a pleasantly wacky pastiche of historical highs and lows: sit-ins, be-ins, the Viet-nam War and the onset of a vibrant hippie culture. Rated: PG-13 for profanity and some nudity. 2 hours, 13 minutes. — J.A. (Reviewed Sept. 21, 2007)

The Bourne Ultimatum ✭✭✭1/2(Century 16, Century 20) As amnesiac su-per-agent Jason Bourne, Matt Damon suc-cessfully fronts a full-throttle action thriller that’s the culmination of a smashing tril-ogy. As always Bourne is on the run, intent on avenging the loss of his victims and try-ing in his own immutable way to apologize for his past. Seems Bourne’s brainwashing is backfiring: In snatches of memory he’s re-living his past, those murky days when his average Joe was on the cusp of endur-ing high-profile CIA assassination training. Those recollections kick-start a mission as Bourne seeks to reclaim himself from him-self. Paranoia runs rampant; scene after scene is fraught with kinetic hyper-tension. As Bourne closes in on his reality he butts

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American Gangster ✭✭1/2(Century 16, Century 12) Ridley Scott pumps up

the volume with a gritty, glitzy valentine to the anar-chic American drug wars.

Superstars Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington bring heat to their central roles as a dogged Jersey supercop and the bad-to-the-bone Harlem dealer he’s determined to shake down.

Based on the true story of drug lord Frank Lucas (Washington), “Gangster” charts Lucas’ trajectory from small-time businessman to millionaire kingpin. Along the way Lucas spouts family values and integ-rity, sticking close to his roots while viciously gut-ting the fools who stand in the way of his American dream.

For his part, detective Richie Roberts (Crowe) is marking time as a clean cop in a dirty vice melting pot. Ultimately his gutsy maneuvers and upstanding ethics catch the eye of the big brass and Richie is as-signed his very own drug enforcement task force.

An explosive face-off is inevitable as all roads lead to Lucas. Tension threatens the boiling point, as our leads don’t come eye to eye until well into the last act. Kabloom.

Banner crime-saga elements are accounted for: sinister characterizations, ‘70s-era vibes, crack per-formances, etc. What’s not to love? Try as I might, I couldn’t ignore the fact that Scott brings nothing new to the table, relying on ripe clichés to cobble together a wannabe epic. Stealing and dealing, junkies in free-fall, corrupt cops, zzzzz.

Back to the looove. Crowe and Washington va-va-voom their way through dark alleyways of miscon-duct, perfectly in sync with narrative obligations and each others’ thespian cred.

Crowe crackles with reckless veracity in a less en-gaging subplot and Washington goes full-out “Train-ing Day,” chewing it up and spitting it out with sinu-ously evil intent. Best of show: Denzel pimped out in floor-length chinchilla with matching fur fedora — classic.

Eye candy aside, it’s business as usual and that’s not good enough. Charismatic A-listers throw Scott a bone but bottom line, it’s been-there, done-that.

Rated: R for excessive violence and language. 2 hours, 37 minutes.

— Jeanne Aufmuth

The Martian Child ✭✭(Century 16, Century 20) John Cusack is the only

bright spot in an otherwise sentimentally sloppy dra-ma that telegraphs its plot points with a blinding laser beam.

Cusack is science-fiction author David Gardner, a successful but lonely widower for whom penning a Harry-Potter-in-space series isn’t offering adequate satisfaction.

When David decides to adopt, his inner circle calls him crazy. Especially when he’s drawn to a boy (Bob-by Coleman as Dennis) who spends his days in a giant amazon.com box and insists he’s from Mars.

Peculiar meets quirky as the misunderstood adult cottons to his juvenile equal. But even David has dif-ficulty dealing with a child who refuses to take off his weight belt (he’ll float away), bestows Martian wishes and takes Polaroids of random oddities in order to successfully complete his earthly mission.

Naturally they power through their experiences courtesy of a series of crafted-for-laughs (and tears) vignettes that almost have David convinced Dennis is the real deal.

“Martian” tugs so hard at the heartstrings they threaten to snap, stretched taut by the notion of shared alienation and pathos. Dennis is a pale, winsome weirdo who resembles a pre-pubescent Andy Warhol on his best days. Abandoned, emotionally abused and thinks he’s from outer space — he’s entitled to his denial but I don’t have to bite.

Oliver Platt plays the sycophantic agent for the ump-teenth time while Amanda Peet phones in the love interest/girl next door. Cusack sis Joan plays “nor-mal” suburban housewife and that speaks volumes. Not their fault that the script is a cloying cacophony of clichés.

Only Cusack’s perfectly engaging balance of eccen-tricity and sensitivity scores points and keeps “Mar-tian” from falling to Earth with a resounding thud.

Rated: PG for mature themes. 1 hour, 48 minutes.

— Jeanne Aufmuth

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up against the powers that be and con-tinually and satisfyingly beats them at their own game. Rated: PG-13 for intense action and violence. 1 hour, 53 minutes. — J.A. (Reviewed Aug. 3, 2007)

Dan in Real Life ✭✭✭

(Century 16, Century 20) Dan (Steve Carell) is a New Jersey advice columnist who writes his popular column at home, in between folding laundry and squirting smiley faces of honey on the peanut butter sandwiches he makes for his daughters. The three girls pose the typical challenges, whether Jane (Alison Pill) begs to drive the family station wagon or Cara (Brittany Robertson) expresses her undying, crazy love for a boyfriend (Felipe Dieppa). As 4th-grader Lilly (Marlene Lawston), wise beyond her years, says to her loving but overly protective parent, “You’re a good father but sometimes a bad dad.” The simple boy-meets-girl story unfolds when Dan and daughters head to the beach house of his parents (Dianne Wiest and John Mahoney). The big question — Will Dan ever love again? — gets answered when he meets Marie (Juliette Binoche) in a local bookstore. The complication? She’s in a new relationship and, you guessed it, shows up at the gathering as the guest of Dan’s brother, Mitch (Dane Cook). comic riffs. “Dan in Real Life” has a lot of heart

and will surely warm yours. Rated: PG-13 for some innuendo. 1 hour. 35 minutes. — S.T. (Reviewed Oct. 26, 2007)

The Darjeeling Limited ✭✭✭

(CineArts) Director Wes Anderson con-cocts this quirky character-driven film about three brothers’ uncommon journey. Infused with rich writing, strong perfor-mances and symbolic undertones, “Dar-jeeling” explores how people behave when living in the moment but out of the comfort zone. It has been one year since the Whit-man brothers — Francis (Owen Wilson), Peter (Adrien Brody) and Jack (Jason Schwartzman) — last spoke, just after the accidental death of their father. But eldest Francis is eager to reunite the erstwhile trio and meticulously plans a trek through India, beginning with a train ride on the Darjeeling Limited. The brothers are all dealing with their own inner turmoil as their adventure begins. A sojourn to India may be just what these troubled brothers need. Quirky humor weaves its way throughout “Darjeeling” like the winding locomotive it’s named for. But viewers who prefer more conventional fare should steer clear — “Darjeeling” is flavored with Anderson’s unique ingredients, and it’s definitely an acquired taste. Rated: R for language. 1 hour, 32 minutes. — T.H. (Reviewed Oct. 12, 2007)

Death at a Funeral ✭✭✭✭

(Guild) One expects decorum at a funeral, but the outrageous events that unspool in director Frank Oz’s wickedly funny comedy provoke more laughter than if the upper-crust British family depicted were at a birthday celebration. The ensemble cast members play their parts with a seriousness befitting the solemn occa-sion. The inappropriate and uncontrollable laughter you hear will be your own. The structural idea is simple: Gather a group for the funeral of a beloved man. Toss in a mysterious stranger and a bottle of hal-lucinogenic pills mislabeled as Valium. So when Martha (Daisy Donovon of “Millions”), the niece of the deceased, unknowingly gives her nervous boyfriend Simon (Alan Tudyk of “Knocked Up”) a tablet of acid, he starts to behave in the most peculiar ways. But before his trip can become a one-note affair, the stranger (Peter Dinklage of “The Station Agent”) complicates matters by revealing a big secret. The actors have perfect comic timing, and their deadpan reactions to shocking developments are exercises in understatement. This is comic subtlety rarely seen anymore. Rated: R for language and drug content. 1 hour, 30 minutes. — S.T. (Reviewed Aug. 17, 2007)

Elizabeth: The Golden Age ✭(Century 16, Century 20) In Shekhar Ka-

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pur’s overwrought follow-up to “Elizabeth,” the Virgin Queen’s pent-up sexuality seems to explode in orgiastic style. The premise of William Nicholson and Michael Hirst’s historically inaccurate biopic hinges on the queen taking a fancy to Sir Walter Raleigh. Cate Blanchett reprises the role of the monarch, who would have been 52 years old at the time. Yet trusted advisor Sir Francis Walsingham (Geoffrey Rush) urges her to marry and bear an heir to preserve the Protestant monarchy. Clive Owen swaggers into court, playing seafar-

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Gone Baby Gone ✭✭✭

(Century 16, Century 20) Ben Affleck steps behind the camera to adapt one of Dennis Lehane’s provocative PI novels. Affleck’s baby brother Casey stars as crack private investigator Patrick Kenzie, who assumes a professional and personal relationship

with partner Angie Gennaro (Michelle Mon-aghan). The pair is drawn into a missing-child case when the girl’s aunt (the excel-lent Amy Madigan) approaches them for help in locating her niece. In true Lehane fashion there’s ugliness under the neigh-borhood’s sturdy veneer. The missing girl is the product of an unstable mother (Amy Ryan as Helene McReady) who’s far more interested in the source of her next fix than nurturing her 4-year-old. Gennaro balks as the duo uncovers evidence of emotional abuse and police corruption at the hands of case detective Remy Bressant (Ed Har-ris). Fissures open to chasms with unset-tling alacrity. “Gone” is grim, scratching the grime from the cracks while managing

homage to the people and places on the underbelly of the Freedom Trail. Rated: R for excessive violence, drug use and language. 1 hour, 54 minutes. — J.A. (Re-viewed Oct. 19, 2007)

The Heartbreak Kid ✭✭1/2(Century 16, Century 20) Ben Stiller re-unites with raunch-comedy aficionados Bobby and Peter Farrelly for this riotous chuckler about misguided romance. Although the edgy humor provides side-splitting moments, “Heartbreak” cracks beneath a lackluster storyline. Stiller is Eddie Cantrow, the owner of a sporting goods store in San Francisco. Although

Eddie’s father Doc (Jerry Stiller) and pal Mac (Rob Corddry) urge him to settle down, Eddie can’t find the right girl. Enter Lila (Malin Akerman), a gorgeous environ-mentalist with a seemingly sweet nature. Eddie and Lila fall for each other fast and after just six weeks the two are walking down the aisle and preparing for a hon-eymoon in Mexico. On the long car ride down south, Eddie begins to realize he’s made a horrible mistake. Lila has some annoying habits, is downright abusive sexually and isn’t that bright. To make mat-ters worse, Eddie finds himself enamored with the free-spirited Miranda (Michelle Monaghan). Farrelly fans will leave the theater with sore stomach muscles and

plenty of one-liners, but others may want to avoid “Heartbreak.” Rated: R for strong sexual content, crude humor, language and a scene of drug use involving a minor. 1 hour, 55 minutes. — T.H. (Reviewed Oct. 10, 2007)

Into the Wild ✭✭✭✭

(Century 16) Sean Penn steps behind the camera to craft one of the most powerful films of the year. With skill and imagination Penn unspools a great American tragedy, the true story of 22-year-old establishment dropout Chris McCandless (Emile Hirsch). McCandless was freshly graduated from Emory University with a future at Harvard Law when he ditched his lifestyle in favor of an odyssey into the wild. McCandless cashed in his college fund and abruptly donated all $24,000 to Oxfam. Thus the ties were cut, from his judgmental parents (William Hurt and Marcia Gay Harden) and his sister/partner-in-crime, Carine (Jena Malone). McCandless hit the road with a vengeance; his car was found abandoned in the Arizona desert and his parents noti-fied law enforcement to no avail. From Los Angeles and the Southwestern deserts to the wheat fields of South Dakota and beyond, McCandless ultimately found himself where he wanted to be: off the grid in the isolated wilderness of Alaska. Hirsch is nothing short of a revelation, his com-mitment to the project both painful and profound. Rated: R for language, nudity and mature themes. 2 hours, 27 minutes. — J.A. (Reviewed Sept. 28, 2007)

The Kingdom ✭✭✭1/2(Century 16, Century 20) From the first frames, director Peter Berg sets the tone for a tense, thinking person’s thriller. A quick history lesson ticks off the facts, in-cluding the establishment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 1932, the American discovery of oil there a year later and the

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Lars and the Real Girl ✭✭✭1/2(CineArts, Century 20) Lars Lindstrom (Ryan Gosling) is a socially awkward stiff living in a detached garage apartment across from older brother Gus (Paul Schneider) and Gus’ wife Karin (Emily Mortimer). Karin is anxious to welcome her bachelor brother-in-law into the fold, per-petually throwing out breakfast invites and the like. It’s a banner day for all when Lars announces he’s dating and bringing his new gal pal to dinner. No one sees this one coming: Lars’ squeeze is an anatomically correct silicone sex doll named Bianca. Gus and Karin go with the flow and at first opportunity nip Lars off to the local MD. Dr. Dagmar (Patricia Clarkson) informs them that Lars is working something out and asks them to play along with his delu-sion. As Lars, the community and we learn to love and respect Bianca, humor turns to sorrow. Lars continues to meet the good doctor, who subtly peels back layers of psychological wounds to get to the root of Lars’ neuroses and tinker with his is-sues. Lars’ measured reconciliation with his own emotional baggage is perfectly and profoundly poignant. Rated: PG-13 for sexual content. 1 hour, 46 minutes. — J.A. (Reviewed Oct. 26, 2007)

Lust, Caution ✭✭✭

(Guild) Ang Lee carefully crafts a hushed political mystery set in WWII Shanghai, where an amateur acting troupe stages an idealistic coup against Secret Service Japanese collaborator Mr. Yee (Chinese superstar Tony Leung). Reluctantly lead-ing the charge is youthful ingenue-cum-resistance fighter Wang Chia Chi (Tang Wei) who is summarily trained in the art of seduction in order to gain Yee’s confi-dence and guide him down the path to a fatal finish. The best-laid plans go seriously awry when Yee abruptly slips from their grasp and the troupe’s radical scheme is exposed, resulting in a grisly murder. Several years later the fickle fingers of fate reach out to Chia Chi when she encoun-ters an ex-troupe-member who informs her that Yee has returned to Shanghai. Chia Chi finagles her way back into his orbit and rekindles their liaison, falling desperately in love — or at least lust — as the couple beds with sadistic abandon. Lee has gone back to his roots and the results are

undeniably intriguing. Rated: NC-17 for graphic sexuality and violence. 2 hours, 38 minutes. In Mandarin, Cantonese and Japanese with English subtitles. — J.A. (Reviewed Oct. 12, 2007)

Michael Clayton ✭✭✭1/2(Century 16, Century 12) Michael Clayton (George Clooney) is a “fixer” for slick law house Kenner, Bach & Ledeen, a loyal company cleaner who works behind the scenes greasing the wheels for attorneys and clients alike. He spin-doctors his way through the legal muck: hit-and-runs, shoplifting wives, and the far more urgent matter of the firm’s own brilliant senior litigator (Tom Wilkinson as Arthur Edens)

who’s gone off his meds. And off the deep end. Smooth-as-silk Clayton is dispatched to do damage control, but it appears that Arthur was on to something big before his drugless psychosis: turning the tables on a giant toxic cover-up and $3 billion class-action lawsuit against K, B & L agrochemi-cal super-client U/North. Soon enough Clayton is going toe to toe with U/North’s steely in-house chief counsel (Tilda Swin-ton) and racing against the clock to pull to-gether the unraveling threads of a massive conglomerate’s tapestry of lies. Good old-fashioned drama the good old-fashioned way. Rated: R for profanity and violence. 2 hours. — J.A. (Reviewed Oct. 12, 2007)


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(Century 16, Century 20) The focus of “Ra-tatouille” is Remy, a scruffy-but-likeable rat who forages in garbage for gourmet tidbits. Although his rodent family believes that food is fuel, Remy subscribes to the notion that you are what you eat. And he has a secret. Remy loves watching Auguste Gusteau’s cooking show. Ac-cidentally flushed through the sewers of Paris and guided by the friendly ghost of Gusteau himself, Remy surfaces at the late chef’s restaurant. Having lost two of its five stars, the once-legendary establishment has seen better days. Before long, Remy befriends a hapless newcomer, no-talent Linguini. Soon Linguini becomes the ris-ing star in this hell’s kitchen. When food critic Anton Ego announces his plans to grace the restaurant, the rat race begins. Can “Little Chef” Remy, Linguini and their cohort Colette save the day? The film as-

sociates ratatouille with feelings of home and family. Children may get this message but still long for an animated version of something more accessible — like maca-roni and cheese. Rated: G for general audiences. 1 hour. 50 minutes. — S.T. (Reviewed June 29, 2007)

Stardust ✭✭1/2(Century 16) You know you’re destined for superfluous sap when lovesick pup Tristan Thorne (Charlie Cox) woos the fickle Victoria (Sienna Miller) by promising to give her a real star. The fallen star ap-pears in the form of a beautiful and poised enchantress called Yvaine (Claire Danes). A gaggle of evil witches led by eldest sister Lamia (Michelle Pfeiffer) seeks to cut out the star’s heart so they can ingest it and prolong their tenuous hold on a fleeting youth. As Tristan and Yvaine attempt the return trip home they encounter all manner of men, including the fearsome Captain Shakespeare (Robert De Niro), a ruthless

marauder who secretly loves poetry and dressing in women’s clothing; and a merci-less trio of princes who need to claim the star to mount the throne that will rule their kingdom. The result is a bloated, mixed bag of triumphs and failures. Not your mother’s fairy tale, but it could be yours. Rated: PG-13 for violence and mature themes. 2 hours, 5 minutes. — J.A. (Re-viewed Aug. 10, 2007)

Things We Lost in the Fire ✭✭

(Century 16, Century 12) Audrey and Brian Burke (Halle Berry and David Duchovny) are the happy, loving parents of two che-rubic youngsters who live in stylish, movie-worthy digs and dream of a rosy future. The only fly in their ointment is Brian’s childhood friend Jerry (Benicio del Toro), a heroin addict to whom Brian is inexplicably loyal. A senseless accident leaves Audrey a widow and Jerry without his support system. Sooner rather than later Audrey steps into the void, reaching out a hand

to honor Brian’s memory but resenting the hell out of Jerry’s persistent presence. All the predictable notions apply — the rebuilding, the recovery, the setbacks — while Audrey struggles to make sense of God’s Big Plan. The unlikely duo of widow and junkie form a foundation based on something akin to love. Cue the violins. Rated: R for language, violence and drug use. 1 hour, 59 minutes. — J.A. (Reviewed Oct. 19, 2007)

We Own the Night ✭✭

(Century 16, Century 20) Two brothers, as different as night and day, are at the center of this film. Joaquin Phoenix plays Bobby Green, the party-animal manager of the best nightclub in Brooklyn. Mark Wahlberg assumes the work-first, no-nonsense brother role of police captain Joseph Grusinsky. Because Bobby uses his deceased mother’s maiden name, the Russian mob dealing drugs at the El Car-ibe don’t know that his police-chief father

(Robert Duvall) and sibling are leading the street-crimes unit. Their goal? Win the war on drugs raging in 1988. How? Raid the El Caribe and bust the mafia kingpins. No sooner does Bobby moan, “Of all the places, you gotta come to my place,” than he and girlfriend Amada (Eva Mendes) are caught in the crossfire of betrayal, cor-ruption and bloodletting. Cops haven’t bungled operations and looked this inept since the Keystone comedies. As villains, the Russians are cartoon-character so-ciopaths. But to Gray’s credit, he captures the Russian immigrant subculture in the home, humanizing the elderly heads of the crime family.”We Own the Night” aspires to a grandeur that cliche and heavy-handed melodrama hold at bay. Rated: R for strong violence, drug material, language, some sexual content and brief nudity. 1 hour. 58 minutes. — S.T. (Reviewed Oct. 12, 2007)

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SportsShortsOAKS GET A KICK . . . The Menlo College women’s soccer team will lost four players — Pamela Ralston, Kristina Leydecker, Courtney Orlando, Janae Pimen-tel — from a team that reached the NAIA Region II playoffs for the third straight year. The Oaks (10-8-1) lost to visiting Point Loma Nazarene, 3-0, in the first round on Wednesday but Menlo coach Zack Masters can look at a suc-cessful season as a stepping stone to future success. “It is always tough to lose but it does not detract from the great accom-plishment of being California Pa-cific Conference Co-Champions,” Masters said. “It is something to build on for next year.” The Lady Oaks spent most of their time in Sea Lions’ territory through the first part of the contest before 11th-ranked Point Loma Naza-rene got its groove back and took control. The Sea Lions held a 12-2 advantage in shots. Menlo junior goalkeeper Samantha Hoffart recorded five saves in the contest . . . Menlo libero Christa Hewett turned in one of the top dig per-formances in NAIA women’s volleyball this season, recording a career-high 50 digs in Menlo’s 30-20, 26-30, 20-30, 30-26, 15-7 loss to host Cal State East Bay on Wednesday night.

MOVING ON . . . The list of Menlo School athletes who have gone on to play in college continues to grow. Alyssa Robinson, a top contender for a Central Coast Section diving title in the spring, committed to the UCLA diving program while men’s water polo player Alex Avery will join former Knights Jimmie Sandman and Steven Wright at Stanford and Katherine Gorman heads to Cal to play women’s volleyball. Gor-man, one of the best defensive players in the CCS, could get a chance to play against former teammate Alex Fisher, who is at Stanford. Avery helped lead the Knights to their 12th straight league championship. Menlo will be shooting for its third consecu-tive CCS crown.

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S tanford football coach Jim Harbaugh realizes this week’s game against visiting Wash-

ington contains multitudes of dan-gerous traps and pitfalls that could lead to an ambush.

The Huskies bring a six-game los-ing streak, along with former Stan-ford coach Tyrone Willingham, to Stanford Stadium for a 3:30 p.m. (FSNBA) kickoff on Saturday.

“It’s as big a game as we’ve had in our season,” Har-baugh said. “It could be a de-fining game. We know how important this game is.”

While Stan-ford (2-4, 3-5) can move clos-er to becoming a bowl eligible team, Washington (0-5, 2-6) arrives in town with hopes of ending its over-all losing streak and its two-game losing streak to the Cardinal.

The Huskies provided Stanford with its only highlight of a miser-able season last fall. The Cardinal’s win in Seattle ended Washington’s hopes of becoming bowl eligible.

“We were struggling to compete last year and that was the one bright spot last year,” Cardinal linebacker Clinton Snyder said. “It was like a huge weight was lifted off our shoulder. If I were them, I’d want to return the favor.”

The Cardinal has played 10 home games since the renovation of Stan-ford Stadium was completed last September, and has lost nine of them. The last time Washington won at Stanford was in 2000, when Willingham was coaching on The Farm.

The last time Stanford beat the Huskies three times in succession was at the end of a 10-game streak in 1976.

Washington’s Jake Locker is as athletic a quarterback there is in the Pac-10, leading the Huskies in both rushing and passing. The last time Stanford faced someone as athletic, Oregon piled 55 points on the board.

Washington also allowed the Ducks to score 55 points but scored 34. Stanford scored 31.

Washington is 10 points from be-ing 4-4, losing by three to USC and by seven last week to Arizona.

“Locker is playing at a high level and he has a very high upside,” Har-baugh said. “He’s one of the most explosive quarterbacks in the Pa-10. He is a weapon.”

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FridayPrep football: South San Francisco

at Menlo-Atherton, 2:45 p.m., KCEA (89.1 FM)

Women’s volleyball: Oregon St. at Stanford, 7 p.m., KZSU (90.1 FM)

Prep sports: High School Sports Fo-cus, 11 p.m., KICU (Cable 6). Rebroad-cast Sunday at 4 p.m.

SaturdayCollege football: Washington at

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SundayPrep sports: Cal Hi Sports, 7 p.m.;

Ch. 20 (Cable 13)Prep football: South San Francisco

at Menlo-Atherton, 8 p.m., Media Center (28); replay Monday at 8 p.m.

ON THE AIR

Palo Alto sophomore Philip MacQuitty (right) leads the way for the Vikings, who won the team title while MacQuitty won individual honors at the SCVAL El Camino Division championships on Tuesday.

Keith PetersKeith Peters

STANFORD FOOTBALL

Gunn freshman Jackie Evans remained undefeated by winning the El Camino Division title.

PREP CROSS COUNTRY

Off and running with fast finishesGunn freshman Evans already has a head

start to a very successful career in the sportby Keith Peters

T he Gunn girls and Palo Alto boys have a head start on their season goals, now that they’ve run off with their respective titles at the SCVAL El

Camino Division championships.Both squads overcame teams ranked higher in the

Central Coast Section polls. Both teams ran from the front, and had the individual winner in each race. And both teams displayed solid depth, which made a differ-ence between winning and losing.

With sophomore Philip MacQuitty winning the in-dividual title in 15:12, a personal best for him on the 2.95-mile Crystal Springs layout in Belmont, the Paly boys won their first league title in two years and only their third since 1990.

The Vikings totaled 48 points to edge Mountain View and Santa Clara, both of which finished with 53 in Tues-day’s league finals.

The Gunn girls, with freshman Jackie Evans remain-ing undefeated this season while winning in a personal best of 18:09, raced to a six-point victory over favored Mountain View. The Titans totaled 30 points, beating the Spartans in their first four head-to-head matchups.

The team and individual triumphs puts both schools in solid position for the upcoming Central Coast Section championships, also at Crystal Springs, on Nov. 10. It could be said, then, that the Gunn girls and Paly boys have a head start in their quest for top-three finishes at CCS and berths in the CIF State Meet.

Evans knows all about head starts. When she attended grade school in Gilroy, her grades were so good that she lasted in third grade for about three weeks. Her teacher met with Evans’s parents and it was agreed upon that Jackie be promoted to fourth grade.

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ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Jackie EvansGunn cross country

Vanessa LaneMenlo-Atherton water polo

Pallavi Menon*Sacred Heart Prep water polo

Tiffany StoneGunn volleyball

Marietta TuionetoaMenlo-Atherton tennis

Ally WhitsonPalo Alto volleyball

Will Latu*Menlo-Atherton football

Joe PerrySacred Heart Prep football

Scott PlatshonMenlo water polo

Jerry Rice Jr.Menlo football

Paul Rudolph*Sacred Heart Prep water polo

Will SimonPalo Alto water polo

Honorable mention

Caroline ClarkSacred Heart Prep

The senior played great defense in a 5-0 water polo week that included a WCAL title and a 4-0 finish in the MacDonald tourney where she had 11 goals, 9 as-sists, 7 steals, and drew 8 ejections in a winning effort.

Ivan FonsecaEast Palo Alto AcademyThe sophomore goalie was huge in two soccer playoff wins that went to penalty kicks, twice kicking in PKs and then blocking four pen-alty shots as EPA Academy won its first CPSAL title and earned its first CCS berth.

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Paly girls’ volleyballtitle is earthshaking

Vikings rally to overcome first-place Homestead in key match to claim sole possession of De Anza Division championship

By Keith Peters

T hings were looking grim for the Palo Alto girls’ volleyball team on Tuesday night as it

trailed host Homestead during their showdown for the SCVAL De Anza Division title.

Clearly, the Vikings needed to shake things up. Just a few minutes after 8 p.m., that’s exactly what hap-pened. A 5.6 magnitude earthquake centered in East San Jose rumbled around the Bay Area and rattled just about everyone.

The Vikings already trailed 2-1 at the time and Palo Alto senior Ash-ley Acuff was serving in Game 4 and got her teammates a lead with her service run. Earthquake? What earthquake?

“Game 4 was huge for us,” said Paly coach Dave Winn. “The girls started out on fire. Down 2 games to 1, Ashley Acuff stepped back to serve and not even an earthquake could stop her from rattling off eight straight points. She got us to 8-1 and we never let them back in it. And, actually, the earthquake hit right in the middle of her service run, so we felt like we were getting some di-vine reinforcement that things were going our way. We definitely carried that momentum over into Game 5.”

Palo Alto senior outside hitter Hillary Ford took over at that point, getting three straight kills and an ace to get the Vikings to 14-10.

“And then Ally Whitson sealed the deal with a kill for 15, match

and league title!” Winn said. “I’m so happy that I can’t even describe it! I’m still feeling the ‘aftershocks’ from the match.’ “

Palo Alto’s 25-14, 24-26, 20-25, 25-14, 15-10 triumph gave the Vi-kings (10-2, 26-10) an outright De Anza Division title, which Paly shared with Los Altos last season. After losing back-to-back matches and falling to 5-2 in league, the Vi-kings won five straight in addition to going 4-1 and winning the Silver Division of the Milpitas Spikefest II last weekend.

Against Homestead, which played without its top player, Katherine Fis-cher (out with an injury), Palo Alto hit an impressive .347 as a team (62 kills with only 12 errors). Set-ter Jessie Juarez had a career-high 55 assists while Ford and Whitson benefited from the passing with 18 and 17 kills, respectively. Ford also had 18 digs while Euna Oh led the way with 24.

Daniella Florant added 14 kills and two solo blocks for the Vikings, who open up the Central Coast Sec-tion playoffs next week. The CCS seeding meeting is Saturday.

The local area will be well-rep-resented in the postseason. Gunn should join Paly in Division II, Menlo is a go for Division IV, with Castilleja, Sacred Heart Prep and Pinewood all likely in Division V.

The opening round of the playoffs is scheduled for Tuesday. Teams get-ting first-round byes will advance to

the quarterfinals on Nov. 10.Gunn qualified quite some time

ago after its 14-0 preseason start. After stumbling to open the De Anza Division, the Titans bounced back from four straight losses to win six of their next seven division matches. Gunn also claimed the Bronze Di-vision of the Milpitas Spikefest II tourney with a 4-1 mark and carried that momentum into a very big 21-25, 25-22, 16-25, 25-21, 15-12 win at third-place Los Gatos on Tuesday.

Senior Tiffany Stone had 17 kills against the Wildcats while Jill Lau added 11 and Taylor McAdam 10. The Titans had 58 kills for the match while senior setter Michaela Venuti distributed a season-best 52 assists for first-year coach Raudy Perez.

Gunn (6-5, 24-6) wrapped up league play Thursday night at Homestead.

In the PAL Bay Division, Menlo (12-2, 24-9) put the finishing touch-es on a second-place finish with a pair of victories this week. On Monday, the Knights swept visiting Burlingame, 26-24, 25-20, 25-12 on Senior Night. Junior Abby Whelan led the way with 15 kills while se-nior Natalie Sandman added eight kills and .400 hitting in her final regular-season match at home.

On Wednesday, Menlo swept host Aragon, 25-16, 25-19, 25-17 as fresh-man Allie Frappier had 10 kills and hit .381 while Sandman contributed eight kills and hit a sizzling .800. Junior setter Molly Bagshaw had 31 assists and senior Katherine Gor-man added 12 digs in the team’s fi-nal tuneup before beginning defense of its CCS Division IV crown.

In the WCAL playoffs, Sacred Heart Prep (17-20) bowed out with an opening-round loss to nationally ranked Mitty (25-12, 25-6, 25-21) but did have some good news in that injured setter Marissa Alvarez returned. She contributed 14 assists and 13 digs in the loss and evidently is ready for CCS. Alvarez originally was scheduled to miss five weeks with a sprained ankle.

Despite a four-game loss to Pri-vate Schools Athletic League champ King’s Academy on Tues-day, Pinewood has winning overall and league records to qualify for CCS. Freshman Hailie Eackles had 11 kills and 14 digs against King’s while senior Sammie Cardenas pro-duced 25 digs and sophomore Au-drey Proulx added 27 assists in the 25-13, 23-25, 27-25, 25-15 loss.

In the West Bay Athletic League, Castilleja (9-3, 24-6) finished up league play as Taylor Docter and Adrienne Dreyfus had seven kills each in a 25-17, 25-23, 25-15 win over ICA.

FootballThe South San Francisco at Men-

lo-Atherton football game has been switched to Saturday on the Bears’ field at 11 a.m. The PAL Bay Divi-

sion game originally was scheduled for Friday, but a scheduling conflict with the official’s association forced the switch.

Menlo-Atherton (5-0, 7-1) needs to win to keep its hopes of an un-disputed PAL title alive. The Bears hold a one-game lead over Aragon (4-1) with two games to play. A win over South San Francisco will give M-A no worse than a tie for the Bay Division crown.

Elsewhere, Palo Alto (4-1, 6-2) will host Los Altos in the Vikings’ homecoming game on Friday night at 7:30 p.m. Paly is favored to win and finish second behind Los Gatos in the SCVAL De Anza Division.

In the SCVAL El Camino Divi-sion, Gunn (1-4, 3-5) visits Saratoga on Friday.

In the PAL Bay Division, Menlo (3-3, 5-3) plays host to Carlmont on Friday at 2:45 p.m.

In the Bay Football League, first-place Sacred Heart Prep (3-0, 7-1) visits Salesian (Richmond) on Sat-urday in a crucial showdown.

Girls tennisPalo Alto’s season of perfection

ended with a slight imperfection as the Vikings swept one of two indi-vidual titles at the SCVAL El Cami-no Division Individual Champion-

ships on Wednesday at Mountain View High.

Paly’s doubles tandem of fresh-men Janet Liu and Emma Marti did win that championship with a 6-0, 6-0 rout, but junior Vrinda Khanna fell in the singles finale to Katie Lee of Milpitas, 6-0, 6-2.

Palo Alto finished the regular sea-son with a 12-0 record and El Cami-no Division championship plus a 21-0 overall record, one the Vikings will put on the line next week when the CCS team playoffs begin.

Also headed for the section play-offs is Menlo, Menlo-Atherton, Sacred Heart Prep and Pinewood. Monta Vista, Saratoga and Mitty are considered the main contenders for the section title.

In other league tournament fi-nals this week, Menlo-Atherton’s tandem of senior Marjorie Adams and sophomore Marietta Tuionetoa won the PAL Bay Division crown with a 6-1, 6-2 over Menlo’s duo of juniors Emily Shine and Courtney Matteson. In the PAL singles fi-nal, Menlo senior Alicia Cha fell to Hillsdale’s Jasmine Nchtigall, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4.

At the PSAL tournament, Pin-ewood’s Angela Gradiska and Max-ine Lim won the doubles crown with a 6-0, 6-3 triumph.■

Palo Alto’s Jessie Juarez (center) and her teammates celebrated a win over Homestead and a De Anza Division title on Tuesday night.

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anywhere, beating the Huskies this Saturday would be a good idea.

Washington opened the year with victories at Syracuse, and at home against nationally ranked Boise State. The Huskies have had their problems since, and while they scored a lot of points, they’ve given up even more.

“Every game is a must win for us,” Stanford safety Yancy Austin said. “First of all it’s a conference game and we want to win our con-ference games.”

Stanford may not be able to take advantage of one of Washington’s weaknesses as a result of injuries at the running back position. The Huskies are last in the conference in rush defense but the Cardinal are last in healthy backs.

“We’ll have the exact same situ-ation this week,” Harbaugh said. “There’s no change.”

That means a damaged Jeremy Stewart, and an inexperienced Ty-rone McGraw will get more than their share of chances to get their hands on the ball. That’s a combined 256 yards on 76 carries for their ca-reers.

Stanford sophomore Toby Gerhart may soon discover this becomes his redshirt season after a slight setback to an injured knee. Gerhart rushed for 140 yards in his only appearance of the year, against San Jose State on Sept. 15.

Anthony Kimble, the team leader with six touchdowns, has missed the past two games with an ACL injury. He’s recorded a pair of 100-plus contests this season. Jason Evans was declared out for the season with a torn ACL suffered in the win over Arizona.

“Anthony has more range of mo-tion in his joint,” Harbaugh said. “Toby is continuing therapy. He had a little bit of a setback when he was running some plays during practice.

I’ve had that PCL injury and you can rehab it all you want until you wake up one day and it feels right.”

Stanford did not score a touch-down against the Beavers last week, relying on a steadfast defense to keep things under control.

“One problem is we don’t get started early enough,” Snyder said. “We tend to get better as the game progresses. We give up too many early scores. We need to fast for-ward that and settle into the game quickly.”

Stanford has been outscored 47-13 in the first quarter and 68-27 in the third quarter. The Cardinal holds a 78-62 advantage in the second quarter and trail by 11 in the final period.

“We’re going to have to play our best games this week,” Harbaugh said. “We have to give the quarter-back time to throw. Everybody has to step up and play better then they think they can play.”

The season may depend on it.■

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Cardinal field hockey teamplaying for NCAA berth

It’s a busy weekend for Stanford teams with swim squads, women’s basketball, men’s water polo all playing at home

by Rick Eymer

T he Stanford field hockey team hopes to turn a co-champion-ship into a chance at an NCAA

berth as the Cardinal hosts the Nor Pac Conference tournament which continues through Saturday’s 2:30 p.m. championship contest.

Second-seeded Stanford (5-1, 9-7) needed a victory over seventh-seed-ed Appalachian State in Thursday’s first-round action to clinch its first winning season in six years. A tour-nament championship would mean a spot in the NCAA Play-In game on Tuesday against the Northeast Conference champion.

The Cardinal clinched a co-title with California with an 8-2 victory over visiting Radford on Tuesday in the regular-season finale.

Stanford outshot the Highland-ers 19-8, with a 10-2 edge in pen-alty corners. The Cardinal scored eight-plus goals for the third time this year.

“This was a complete team effort and a strong way to finish the regular season,” said Stanford coach Lesley

Irvine, who was named the NorPac Coach of the Year. “I was pleased with our offense and thought we re-ceived important contributions from several players. We hope this pro-vides us with some momentum head-ing into the conference tournament.”

Stanford senior Jess Zutz earned the Offensive Player of the Year honor, while Camille Gandhi was recognized as Rookie of the Year.

Freshman Xanthe Travlos, who led the Cardinal with 55 shots, was also named to the All-NorPac first team.

Senior goalkeeper Madison Bell and junior defender Bailey were named to the second team.

Zutz collected her fourth all-con-ference acclaim as the Cardinal’s top scoring threat. She leads the club in goals scored (9), assists (5), points (23) and game-winning goals (3). She will participate in this year’s NFHCA Senior All-Star Game.

Stanford’s Rachel Bush was this year’s recipient of Julie Nagle Extraordinary Teammate award, given annually to the sophomore who shows extraordinary care and

support of her teammates, genuine love for the sport and her academic institution, possesses a great spirit and has deep appreciation for life and those around her.

WrestlingStanford opens its season 2.6

miles up the El Camino Real at The Menlo College Open in Haynes Prim Pavilion on Saturday, begin-ning at 2 p.m.

Most of the 16 freshmen wrestlers on the Cardinal roster will see their first collegiate action this weekend.

Fifth-year senior Tanner Gard-ner, a two-time All-American and three-time NCAA participant at 125 pounds, has helped Stanford get a little more recognition on the na-tional level.

SwimmingStanford hosts Washington in

both men’s and women’s meets on Saturday, kicking off a busy athletic day on The Farm.

Swimming begins at 9 a.m.

Women’s basketballStanford will host Chico State on

Saturday on noon in an exhibition game to open its season. The game is free.

Stanford senior Candice Wig-gins and sophomore Jayne Appel were named preseason candidates for the John R. Wooden Award on Wednesday.

Men’s water poloFourth-ranked Stanford (10-6)

plays twice on Saturday, although only one of the games counts.

UC Davis visits for a 1 p.m. con-test. The Cardinal also hosts the an-nual Alumni Game.

Stanford travels to Pacific for a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation on Sunday.

GeneralMen’s volleyball? Free! Men’s and

women’s gymnastics? Free!Men’s and women’s water polo,

lacrosse, men’s and women’s ten-nis, softball, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, synchro-nized swimming, wrestling and men’s and women’s track and field (with the exception of the Stanford Invitational)?

All free in a policy shift an-nounced on Wednesday by Stanford Athletic Director Bob Bowlsby.■


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Names AmountCathy Kroymann 50.00Cindy Ziebelman 50.00Kevin Ohlson 250.00Bill Kelly 250.00Elizabeth Kelly 250.00Craig & Susie Thom 100.00John Kelley 100.00Dick Rosenbaum 50.00Tom & Ellen Wyman 100.00Yuny Jun 100.00Mandy Lowell 100.00Ray Bacchetti 100.00Shahe Krakirian 100.00Rosemarie Giamalis 50.00Elizabeth Hayden-Kniss 200.00Don Barr 250.00Art Kramer 100.00Chris Melvin 50.00Michael & Carol Danaher 300.00Cynthia Traum 100.00Deborah Ju 50.00Enid Pearson 50.00Donald Olgado 100.00Rob Shoeben 250.00

DAN DYKWEL (FOUR-YEAR TERM) - DAN DYKWEL for City CouncilStephanie McGraw 150.00John Dawson 1,000.00Robert Gerlach 250.00Barbara Gross 250.00Adam Atito 200.00Ray Bacchetti 100.00John Melton 100.00Preeva Tramiel 500.00Donna Johnston-Blair 100.00Joel Spolin 500.00Margot Parker 500.00Sid Espinosa 150.00Wendy Kandasamy 100.00James Baer 350.00David Schwartz 100.00Jenny Teng 100.00Grace Wu 500.00Nancy Shepherd 200.00Changku Hwang 150.00Robert Schindler 100.00Karen Karpen 500.00Linda Jensen 100.00Carol Scott 150.00Genevieve Jopanda 150.00Mandy Lowell 100.00WilliamCarolyn Reller 250.00Joe & Joann Montalbo 500.00Melissa & Lee Caswell 100.00Michael Johnston 100.00Michael Hall 100.00Nodelyn Smith 100.00Isaac & Madeline Stein 100.00Jaime Maliski 100.00Robert Harrington 100.00Anne & Craig Taylor 150.00Jeffrey Rensch 100.00Kathleen Wilson 250.00Kenneth Marquis 100.00Judy Jarvis Ellis 100.00Barbara Klausner 100.00Leannah Hunt 150.00Tedi Vriheas 200.00Judy Kleinberg 100.00Camille Townsend 100.00Lily & Chen Litrus 100.00Carol Jansen 250.00Becky Beacom 100.00Mark Heyer 50.00Walter Hayes 50.00June Klein 50.00Marcia Baugh 50.00Carolyn Tucher 50.00Karen Goff McNay 50.00Jeffrey Crilly 50.00Dana Tom 50.00Brigid Barton 50.00

Names AmountSherri Sager 50.00Jon Foster 50.00Lucy LaPier 50.00Lee Lippert 50.00Marci Brown 50.00Marcia Allen 50.00James Cook 50.00Mark Chandler & Chris Kenri 150.00Aida Merrill 500.00Tim Foy 100.00Tom Foy 100.00George Gleim 200.00Benyam Mulugeta 100.00Steven Tenbroeck 100.00Richard & Jackie Schoel 50.00Curtis Peterson & Lea Stubla 100.00Steve Beitler 100.00Larry Klein 250.00Yulin & Peter Lee 50.00Mark Grossman and Lauren Janov 50.00Art and Gogo Heinrich 50.00Kelly Look 50.00Rick Ferguson 200.00Kim Vu 200.00David Olerich 250.00CREPAC 1,000.00Cynthia Ziebelman 50.00Cathy Kroyman 50.00Jeffrey Donnely 100.00Asher Waldfogel 400.00Gregory and Kathleen Wallace 100.00Vicky Ching 500.00Nancy Goldcamp 250.00Roger Smith 250.00Jeffrey Shore 50.00Patrick Smailey 150.00Tony Carrasco 150.00Morgan Lashley 100.00Leland Levy 50.00Elizabeth Hayden-Kniss 200.00Betsy Bechtel 50.00Colleen Foraker 50.00David Chung 100.00Linda Dykwel 100.00Nick Selby 250.00Ben Maser 100.00Charles Munger, Jr. 250.00Mandy Lowell 100.00Dante Drummond 200.00Barbara Mitchell 100.00James Beacom 100.00Barbara Spreng 100.00Arti Miglani 100.00Stephen Niethammer 75.00Delores Eberhart 40.00Anne King 50.00Ken Deleon 200.00Charina Caanayan and David Douglas 250.00Shelly Roberson 100.00Julia Keady 125.00Louie Matta 50.00John and Jenn Hinton 250.00Phil Lonardo 80.00Alex Kaplinsky/Solution Set 5,625.00Mike and Loren Gordon 1,700.00Craig and Gina Jorasch 200.00 SID ESPINOSA (FOUR-YEAR TERM) – SID ESPINOSA for City CouncilMargaret Abe-Koga 50.00Marcia Allen 100.00Ed Arnold 50.00Adam Atito 200.00Ray Bacchetti 100.00Scott Barry 250.00Brigid Barton 100.00Betsy Bechtel 200.00Bern Beecham 100.00Lucy Berman 300.00Annette Bialson 50.00Michele Blair 150.00Clayton Bond 50.00Ralph Britton 200.00

Names AmountMarcie Brown 50.00Jim Burch 50.00Alix Burns 175.00Owen Byrd 100.00Mary Frances Callan 100.00Melissa Caswell 100.00Lindsay Chambers 50.00Tom Collins 50.00Robyn Cooke 350.00Sabrina Corlette 100.00Alison Cormack 50.00Mary Davey 350.00George Dies 150.00Michael Dreyfus 350.00Karen Dreyfus 350.00Jeannie Duisenberg 100.00Dan Dykwel 75.00Sunny Dykwel 75.00Lisa Elliott 250.00Gary Elliott 250.00Tami Espinosa 350.00Janet Espinosa 250.00Abel Espinosa 350.00Larry Estrada 100.00John Feldmeier 100.00Edward Fike 100.00Diane Finkelstein 150.00Megan Fogarty 50.00Catherine Crystal Foster 50.00Susan Frank 100.00Julia Harris Garg 150.00Betty Gerard 50.00Keith Gilbert 100.00Annette Glanckopf 75.00Neal Goldstein 50.00Lisa Gordon 100.00Anne Gregor 100.00Barbara Gross 250.00Ruth Hammett 100.00Carroll Harrington 100.00Bob Harrington 300.00Margie Harrington 300.00Anne Harrison 250.00Walter Hays 100.00Nancy Huber 50.00Mary Hughes 50.00Patty Irish 100.00Linda Jensen 100.00Julie Jerome 100.00Bruce Karney 50.00Edith Kirkwood 100.00Judy Kleinberg 200.00Iris Korol 100.00Dan Kostenbauder 350.00Michele Lew 350.00Jon Lindgren 350.00Catherine Lipe 350.00Lee Lippert 50.00Adelle Lohse 50.00Sandra Lonnquist 350.00Evan Low 75.00Charlotte Lowell 100.00Ian Mallace 150.00Martha Maris 100.00Stepheny McGraw 200.00Patty McGuigan 300.00Robert McLean 100.00Elizabeth Meltzer 50.00Michael Monson 50.00Marie Moore 250.00H. Camilla Nelson 200.00Victor Ojakian 100.00Judy Paris 100.00Joan Paulin 50.00Richard Peterson 350.00Tanya McVeigh Peterson 350.00Rod Pintello 100.00Hal Plotkin 150.00Sally Probst 100.00Pamela Radin 300.00William Reller 250.00Jeffrey Rensch 250.00Emily Renzel 50.00

CITY OF PALO ALTOGENERAL MUNICIPAL AND SPECIAL ELECTION

NOVEMBER 6, 2007PUBLICATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND

CONTRIBUTORS TO CAMPAIGNS

PURSUANT TO Chapter 2.40, Section 2.40.040 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, which states:

“On the Friday preceding any special or general election, the City Clerk shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation the name of each person and committee from whom a contribu-tion or contributions totaling fifty dollars ($50) or more have been received; the amounts each person or committee contributed, and the candidates or committees which received such amounts, as such appear on the campaign statements filed within the six month period prior to the election pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 84200) of the Government Code. For the purposes of this section, the definitions contained in Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 82000) of the Government Code apply.”

The following information has been extracted from campaign statements required by the Political Reform Act and filed with the City Clerk as of October 25, 2007.

The information required to be published pursuant to Section 2.40.040 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code is selective and does not include all the information set forth in the candidates’ and committees’ campaign statements.

All campaign statements are public records and are available for inspection in the Office of the City Clerk, 250 Hamilton Avenue, 7th Floor.


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of Conservation Voters 300.00CREPAC Silicon Valley AOR BORPAC 500.00Tony Carrasco 250.00Cement Masons’ Local No. 400 PAC 200.00Gregory Chernack 250.00Martin Deggeller 100.00Richard Ferguson 200.00Sheila Fischer Kiernan 150.00Laura Casas Frier 50.00Julianne Frizzell 50.00Georgie Gleim 100.00Carl Guardino 250.00Marc Haber 50.00Adam Handler 100.00Scott Hayes 50.00Robyn Hines 150.00John Hiss 250.00Douglas Hohbach 50.00Leannah Hunt 150.00Lisa Jensen 50.00Woody Kaplan 100.00John Kelley 100.00Christina Kenrick 150.00Jon Kessler 100.00Sheryl Klein 150.00Arthur Kraemer 100.00Cathy Kroymann 50.00Ken Larson 100.00Bryan Long 350.00Carol Malcolm 50.00Kent Markus 250.00Hal Mickelson 250.00David Michell 100.00Lynne Morris 250.00Jim Olstad 50.00Teresa O’Neill 50.00Teri Raffel 50.00Diane Rolfe 50.00Joseph Rolfe 50.00Santa Clara & San Benito Counties

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The Evans family eventually moved to Palo Alto before Jackie entered sixth grade, where she at-tended Terman Middle School. Pri-or to moving on to Gunn for ninth grade, Jackie faced a big decision.

“My sister (Jasmine), who was at Gunn, said I should stay back a year — where I’m supposed to be,” Jackie said.

“Academically, she was strong,” said Tom Evans, Jackie’s father. “But while she was an excellent student in Gilroy, we figured she could probably use that year back to adjust better to the expectations in high school.

“I had some friends who graduat-ed (from high school) early, and they wished they hadn’t jumped ahead. I talked to some other people, too, and decided to hold her back.”

Thumbing through a magazine one day looking for a private school where Jackie could study for a year, Tom came across and ad for the Cal-ifornia Virtual Academy (CAVA). The program offers students the op-portunity to be home-schooled. The student meets with a teacher once a month with the remaining work being done online.

“They provide you with a comput-er, with all the software on it,” Tom said. “It really got her ready for high school.” In a number of ways.

“One drawback,” Tom said, “was that after a while you get bored. You don’t have the friends you have in high school and not as many outside activities.”

The big upside, however, was that Jackie had plenty of time to run.

“I trained in the morning and in the afternoon,” she said. “I liked it. I did workouts on my own, more of a fitness thing. It’s really hard to train by yourself.”

Jackie also spent the 2006-07 season running with the Los Gatos Track Club, under the guidance of veteran coach Willie Harmatz. She competed in the national cross-

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Gunn’s (L-R) Jackie Evans, Allegra Mayer, Emma Dohner, Joanne Reid, Tara Saxena and Kelsey Feeley are off and running in the SCVAL El Camino Division cross-country championships on Tuesday at Crystal Springs in Belmont. The Titans scored 30 points to win the team title over Mountain View.

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Portraitof a truewinner

Palo Alto’s Jim Girand overcomes cancer to earn

world duathlon silver medalby Rick Eymer

L ance Armstrong’s picture, taken with Dr. Peter Carroll, hangs in the UCSF Hospital’s

lobby. That portrait awaits a com-panion piece of a different kind of marathon athlete: Jim Girand.

The 70-year-old Girand, a Palo Alto resident, waited 18 years — and 17 World Olympic Distance Duathlon championships — before earning a medal on the sports’ big-gest stage.

Girand placed second in his age group at the McDonald’s ITU Du-athlon World Championships in Richmond, Va., recently. He’d never finished higher than fifth previously and was last at the 1989 national championship.

He has since earned his own nation-al titles; and has been an age group All-American since 1993 as selected by Inside Triathlon Magazine.

Dr. Carroll serves as Girand’s urologist. (Girand has overcome a battle with prostate cancer). He asked that his picture (posed with the good doctor of course) be hung next to cycling icon Armstrong should he manage to medal at the world championships.

“A moment that can only be de-scribed as sheer lunacy,” wrote Girand, who earned degrees from Duke and Harvard.

The Duathlon features a bicycle race, sandwiched by a pair of run-ning races. Lengths vary, and the roughly 60-mile course in Rich-mond (with temperatures reaching into the 80s) was divided into runs of just over nine miles and just un-der five miles, with a nice 47-mile bike ride inbetween.

Almost five hours from the start, Girand jogged across the finish line nine minutes behind winner Roger Brokenbrough and five minutes ahead of the third-place finisher.

“The time on the course would be at least an hour longer than any race I have ever done,” Girand said. “By the grace of God, the run course was lightning fast. A few early short climbs followed by long slight downhill or flat segments, in a two-loop course. After we passed six miles, I realized I had not run this fast in years. Strangely, I felt pretty good and was not sucking air like each was my last breath.”

Girand stayed with Brokenbrough through the first segment but soon fell behind during the bicycle por-tion. The bike paths were four 11.75-mile loops over varied terrain.

“My good friend Wolf Hillesheim was yelling only Roger had finished ahead of me,” Girand said. “I did the last leg in 42 minutes, about a nine-minute pace.”

And, with it, a chance to hang alongside Armstrong.■

Gunn junior Allegra Mayer fin-ished second to Evans.

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country championships in her age bracket and gained all kinds of ex-perience.

All the while, Jackie was able to stay on top of her studies and she prepared herself for a true freshman year at Gunn.

“It was a good learning experi-ence,” she said.

Moreover, being able to run as much as she did really gave her a head start on the 2007 cross-coun-try season. That fitness has played out in an undefeated season for the talented freshman, thus far. Evans has won all six races she has run and her latest victory may have been the most impressive.

Facing a talented Mountain View team that was ranked No. 3 in the CCS poll (Gunn was ranked No. 4), Evans pulled away from the field before hitting the first mile mark.

“I thought it would be a really tough race,” said Evans. “But, I felt strong and just went at the first mile.”

When Evans took off and left junior teammate Allegra Mayer in a solid second place, the race be-longed to Evans. Her winning time of 18:09 improved upon her previ-ous best of 18:34 on the course and moved her among the all-time top

10 freshman list at Crystal Springs. It was also the fourth-fastest time in school history.

“I got in my zone and just ran,” she said. “I really wanted to get un-der 18:15, so I was really happy with my time.”

Evans led the Titans to a 1-2-6-9-12 finish. Mayer was second in 18:35 and was followed by fresh-man Emma Dohner (19:09), junior Joanne Reid (19:34) and sophomore Lisa Fawcett (19:44). Head to head, Gunn’s top four runners beat Moun-tain View’s to account for the mar-gin of victory.

“Everyone’s happy,” Evans said of the team victory. “You feel good as a whole. I was happy we beat Moun-tain View.”

Gunn probably will have to do it again at CCS, if the Titans want to advance to the CIF State Meet in Fresno. For the Palo Alto girls, that task appears more daunting.

The Vikings had only one run-

ner — senior Mia Lattanzi — fin-ish among the top 10 on Tuesday. Lattanzi clocked 19:22 for seventh. Paly’s next four finishers came in among the top 22, giving the Vi-kings 77 points and a qualifying berth for CCS.

Trailing Lattanzi were teammates Leah Gaeta (13th in 20:03), Gillian Liu (14th in 20:04), Elizabeth Scott (21st in 20:32) and Kathleen Hig-gins (22nd in 20:33).■

Gunn’s Jackie Evans leads the pack at the first mile.

Senior Mia Lattanzi was seventh to pace Palo Alto.

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Palo Alto’s Philip MacQuitty (left) races Mountain View’s Garrett Rowe to the finish line at the SCVAL El Camino Division finals.

Gunn’s Robert Chen (68) and Palo Alto’s Charlie Avis (633) are in good position just before the one-mile mark during Tuesday’s SCVAL El Camino Division championships. Avis finished seventh and Chen was ninth.

Palo Alto coach Jeff Billing lets some of his runners know how excited he is after discovering the Vikings had captured the team title at the SCVAL El Camino Division cross-country championships on Tuesday.

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BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY

League title a step in the right direction

Palo Alto shows plenty of improvement while claiming its first El Camino Division team championship since 2005

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J eff Billing got a little excited when he discovered his Palo Alto boys’ cross-country team

had won the SCVAL El Camino Di-vision team championship.

Billing patted each runner on the back, hugged a few and did a few fist pumps in a display of emotion worthy of the moment.

It was only a year ago that the Vikings finished fourth as a team and their No. 1 runner, then-fresh-man Philip MacQuitty, also finished fourth at the league finals.

On Tuesday, the im-provement for Palo Alto was noticeable. MacQuit-ty won the individual title over the 2.95-mile Crystal Springs layout in Belmont with a lean over fellow sophomore Garrett Rowe of Mountain View. Both clocked 15:12.

MacQuitty’s victory was doubly important as it helped the Vikings hold off Mountain View and Santa Clara in the team race. Paly finished with 48 points while the Spartans and Bruins had 53. Mountain View took second based on having a faster No. 6 runner.

It was Palo Alto’s first league title in two years and only the third since 1990. Moreover, it was a big step forward for the Vikings.

“Just confidence,” Billing said of

what the victory meant, consider-ing that Mountain View and Santa Clara were ranked higher than his Vikings in the CCS Coaches Poll. “All season we haven’t been close to them. Today, they believe they’re on the same level. It’s just a matter of competing.”

MacQuitty set the tone for the level of competition as he and

Rowe ran nearly stride for stride the entire race over the hilly Crystal Springs course. They were still shoulder to shoulder as they sprinted to the finish, with MacQuitty needing a lean at the end to claim the victory.

“I wasn’t surprised he was there the first two miles, but at the last 800 I thought it (the field)

would separate,” MacQuitty said. “I just didn’t think he was going to be right there.”

MacQuitty figured Rowe would fall back once the kicking started, but Rowe actually took the lead with 10 meters left and forced MacQuitty to reach deep for one final move.

“He had to run his butt off to win the race,” Billing said.

For MacQuitty, who had breezed in his other races this season, being pushed by Rowe was almost wel-come as MacQuitty ran his fastest Crystal Springs time ever. His pre-vious best was 15:59 in last year’s

league finals.“It was a hard race, but it gets me

back in my competitive state,” Mac-Quitty said.

That’s where he needs to be, with the Central Coast Section fi-nals coming up Nov. 10 at Crystal Springs followed by the CIF State Meet in Fresno’s Woodward Park on Nov. 24. After that, MacQuitty is hoping to run in the Foot Locker West Regional at Mt. SAC on Dec. 1 and perhaps the nationals.

“That’s my goal,” MacQuitty said.

One goal escaped him Tuesday, however.

“I was trying to break 15:00 to-day,” said MacQuitty, who nonethe-

less broke into the all-time Top 10 list for sophomores on the Crystal Springs course. “High expectations. I could have run faster, but I’m glad we won league.”

In addition to MacQuitty, ju-nior Charlie Avis finished seventh (16:07), senior Brian Karvelas was 10th (16:19), senior Julius Berezin was 14th (16:31) and junior Skyler Cummins provided the clinching points in 16th (16:39). Sam Jones (16:42) was 18th and Gilbert Choi (16:45) was 19th, but didn’t figure in the scoring. Still, seven in the top 19 was a huge improvement over a season ago when Paly’s No. 5 runner was 31st.

Billing said his team would take

time to celebrate the league title be-fore focusing on CCS.

“Top three make state, and that we haven’t done in 17 years,” Bill-ing said. “That’s a big goal. That’s what these seniors have been think-ing about for years now.”

Gunn, which won the league title last season, switched places with Palo Alto and took fourth. Sopho-more Robert Chen led the Titans with a ninth-place finish of 16:15. Sophomore Paul Summers was 17th (16:42), sophomore Alex Johann was 20th (16:47), while senior Jona-than Popovich was 25th (16:55) and sophomore Ethan Glassman 26th (16:56). Clearly, Gunn is a team to be reckoned with in the future.■

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HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARDBOYS CROSS COUNTRY

SCVAL El Camino DivisionChampionships

At Crystal Springs (2.95 miles) Team scores — 1, Palo Alto 48; 2, Moun-

tain View 53 (faster No. 6 runner); 3, Santa Clara 53; 4, Gunn 97; 5, Wilcox 136; 6, Los Altos 166; 7, Milpitas 168.

Individual leaders — 1, MacQuitty (Paly) 15:12; 2, Rowe (Mtn. View) 15:12; 3, Rodri-guez (SClara) 15:35; 4, Ejigu (SClara) 15:47; 5, Myjer (Mtn. View) 15:50; 6, Crum (Milpitas) 16:06; 7, Avis (Paly) 16:07; 8, Adam (SClara) 16:14; 9, Chen (Gunn) 16:15; 10, Karvelas (Paly) 16:19; 11, Schuh (Mtn. View) 16:20; 12, Nguyen (Wilcox) 16:30; 13, Lingarkar (Mtn. View) 16:31; 14, Berezin (Paly) 16:35; 15, Rikhi (SClara) 16:37.

Other Paly: 16, Cummins 16:39.Other Gunn: 17, Summers 16:42; 20, Jo-

hann 16:47; 25, Popovich 16:55; 26, Glass-man 16:56.

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRYSCVAL El Camino Division

ChampionshipsAt Crystal Springs (2.95 miles)

Team scores — 1, Gunn 30; 2, Mountain View 36; 3, Palo Alto 77; 4, Santa Clara 91; 5, Milpitas 155; 6, Wilcox 166; 7, Los Altos 199.

Individual leaders — 1, Evans (Gunn) 18:09; 2, Mayer (Gunn) 19:35; 3, Westbrook

(Mtn. View) 18:53; 4, Talbot (Mtn. View) 18:58; 5, Manesh (SClara) 19:00; 6, Dohner (Gunn) 19:09; 7, Lattanzi (Paly) 19:22; 8, Pap-pas (Mtn. View) 19:31; 9, Reid (Gunn) 19:44; 10, Morimoto (Mtn. View) 19:37; 11, De Geus (Mtn. View) 19:42; 12, Fawcett (Gunn) 19:44; 13, Gaeta (Paly) 20:03; 14, Lui (Paly) 20:04; 15, Baney (Mtn. View) 20:05.

Other Paly: 21, Scott 20:32; 22, Higgins 20:33.

GIRLS GOLFCCS Championships

At Rancho Canada East (par 72)Team scores — 1, R. L. Stevenson 298;

2, Santa Catalina 318; 3, Pacific Grove 332 (top three teams advance to NorCals); 4, Presentation 339; 5, St. Ignatius 339; 6, SH Cathedral 352; 7, Castilleja 356; 8, St. Fran-cis 367; 9, Menlo 376; 10, Aragon 401.

Individual leaders — 1, Burlison (RLS) 68; 2, Tumangan (Presentation) 70; 3, Hari-gae (RLS) 70; 4, Patterson (SCatalina) 71; 5, The (Los Altos) 72; 6, Talley (RLS) 73; 7 (tie), Groetsema (Palo Alto) and Bowlsby (SCatalina) 74; 9, Valencia (PGrove) 75; 10, Tolentino (SI) 76.

Local non-qualifiers for NorCalsLatu (Menlo-Atherton) 82, Zhou (Menlo)

83, Nelson (Castilleja) 86, Buchanan (Cas-tilleja) 87, Debs (Castilleja) 90, Wolfe (Men-lo-Atherton) 93, Schultze (Castilleja) 93, Lee (Menlo) 95, Francis (Menlo) 98, Girard (Menlo) 100, Kamra (Menlo) 103, Taylor (Castilleja) 104, Leong (Menlo) 125, Klivens

(Castilleja) 131.

BOYS SOCCERPrivate Schools Athletic League

Fremont Christian 0 0 — 0SH Prep 8 4 — 12

SHP — Vertongen (K. Taylor), B. Taylor (unassisted), B. Taylor (K. Taylor), B. Taylor (unassisted), Fallon (K. Taylor), Cardone (K. Taylor), Avila (unassisted), Holoien (unas-sisted), Benninger (unassisted), Wagstaff (unassisted), Carr (unassisted), K. Taylor (unassisted).

Records: Sacred Heart Prep 14-2 (16-4)Woodside Priory 0 0 — 0King’s Academy 0 1 — 1

KA — Tatsuno (Young).Records: Woodside Priory finishes 10-4-2

(10-6-2), King’s 15-1St. Lawrence 3 2 — 5Pinewood 2 0 — 2

SL — Cornelio 3, Jimenez 2.P — not reported.Records: Pinewood finishes 2-14 (2-15)

GIRLS TENNISPeninsula Athletic League Individual Championships

At Menlo College Singles

Semifinals: Cha (Menlo) d. Dong (Mills), 6-3, 5-7, 7-5; J. Nachtigall (Hillsdale) d. Ve-ridiano (Woodside), 6-0, 6-2.

Final: J. Nachtigall (Hillsdale) d. Cha

(Menlo), 6-2, 5-7, 6-4.Third place: Dong (Mills) d. Veridiano

(Woodside), 7-5, 7-5. Doubles

Semifinals: Tuionetoa-Adams (Menlo-Atherton) d. Tan-Loh (Aragon), 6-1, 6-0; Shine-C. Matteson (Menlo) d. Arwade-Yip (Terra Nova), 6-0, 6-1.

Finals: Tuionetoa-Adams (Menlo-Ather-ton) d. Shine-C. Matteson (Menlo), 6-1, 6-2.

Third place: Arwade-Yip (Terra Nova) d. Tan-Loh (Aragon), 6-3, 6-1.

Private Schools Athletic LeagueIndividual ChampionshipsAt Fremont Tennis Center

SinglesFinal: Darnell (VC Dublin) d. McCallum

(King’s Academy), 6-0, 6-1.Doubles

Final: Gradiska-Lim (Pinewood) d. Wong-Landen (VC-Dublin), 6-0, 6-3.

SCVAL El Camino DivisionIndividual Championships

At Mountain ViewSingles

Final: Ke (Milpitas) d. V. Khanna (Palo Alto), 6-0, 6-2.

DoublesFinal: Marti-Liu (Palo Alto) d. Chu-Huynh

(Milpitas), 6-0, 6-0.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

SCVAL De Anza DivisionAt Homestead

Palo Alto d. Homestead, 25-14, 24-26, 20-25, 25-14, 15-10. Top Paly players: Hil-lary Ford 17 kills, 18 digs; Ally Whitson 17 kills; Daniella Florant 14 kills; Jessie Juarez 55 assists; Euna Oh 24 digs.

At Los GatosGunn d. Los Gatos, 21-25, 25-22, 16-25,

25-21, 15-12. Top Gunn players: Michaela Venuti 52 assists, 10 digs; Tiffany Stone 17 kills; Taylor McAdam 10 kills, Jill Lau 11 kills, .476 hitting; Lauren Ding 9 kills, .350 hitting.

Other result: Saratoga d. Los Altos, 3-0. Standings: Palo Alto 10-2 (26-10), Home-

stead 8-3, Los Gatos 7-4, Gunn 6-5 (24-6), Saratoga 5-6, Mountain View 3-8, Los Altos 0-11.

PAL Bay DivisionMondayAt Menlo

Menlo d. Burlingame, 26-24, 25-20, 25-12. Top Menlo players: Abby Whelan .361 hitting, 15 kills; Natalie Sandman .400 hit-ting, 8 kills; Ali Pace 7 kills; Katherine Gor-man 22 digs.

Records: Menlo 11-2 (23-9)WednesdayAt Aragon

Menlo d. Aragon, 25-16, 25-19, 25-17. Top Menlo players: Allie Frappier .381 hit-ting, 10 kills; Natalie Sandman .800 hitting, 8 kills; Abby Whelan 8 kills, 8 digs, .333 hit-ting; Molly Bagshaw 31 assists, .750 hitting; Katherine Gorman 12 digs.

At Menlo-AthertonWoodside d. Menlo-Atherton, 25-11, 25-

20, 25-15. Top players: Douglas (W) 16 kills.Final standings: Woodside 13-1, Menlo

12-2 (24-9), Carlmont 11-3, Aragon 7-7, Bur-lingame 6-8, Sequoia 4-10, Menlo-Atherton 2-12 (6-28), Mills 1-13.

West Bay Athletic LeagueAt ICA

Castilleja d. ICA, 25-17, 25-23, 25-15. Top Castilleja players: Taylor Docter 7 kills; Adri-enne Dreyfus 7 kills.

Records: Castilleja 9-3 (24-6)At San Jose

Notre Dame-San Jose d. Woodside Prio-ry, 26-24, 25-18, 25-11. Top Woodside Priory players: Alec Shilling 14 kills.

Records: Woodside Priory 2-8 (7-15)West Catholic Athletic League

First-round playoffsAt San Jose

Mitty d. Sacred Heart Prep, 25-12, 25-6, 25-11. Top SHP players: Marissa Alvarez 14 assists, 13 digs; Coca O’Donnell 14 digs, 8 kills.

Records: Sacred Heart Prep 17-20 Private Schools Athletic League

At PinewoodKing’s Academy d. Pinewood, 25-13,

23-25, 27-25, 25-15. Top Pinewood play-ers: Hailie Eackles 11 kills, 14 digs; Sam-mie Cardenas 25 digs; Audrey Proulx 27 assists.

BOYS WATER POLOCCS Coaches Poll

1, Sacred Heart Prep; 2, St. Francis; 3, Menlo; 4, Bellarmine; 5, Palo Alto; 6, Los Altos; 7, Serra; 8, Mitty; 9, Menlo-Atherton; 10, Salinas.

GIRLS WATER POLO1, Sacred Heart Prep; 2, Mitty; 3, Men-

lo-Atherton; 4, St. Francis; 5, Los Altos; 6, Menlo; 7, Palo Alto; 8, Castilleja; 9, Leland; 10, Los Gatos.

ScheduleFRIDAYFootball

De Anza Division — Los Altos at Palo Alto, 7:30 p.m.

El Camino Division — Gunn at Saratoga, 7 p.m.

PAL Bay Division — Carlmont at Menlo, 2:45 p.m.; South San Francisco at Menlo-Atherton, 2:45 p.m.

Boys water poloPAL — League tournament semifinals at

Burlingame: Menlo vs. Aragon-Woodside winner, 5:45 p.m.; Menlo-Atherton vs. Burl-ingame, 7 p.m.

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