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Section 1 of the June 11, 2010 edition of the Palo Alto Weekly
Palo Alto INSIDE THIS ISSUE `How To' Guide HOW 2 GUIDE FOR BUYING GOODS & SERVICES ON THE 2010 PENINSULA An advertising supplement produced by the Palo Alto Weekly, The Almanac & Mountain View Voice How2Guide 3 w w w.PaloA ltoOnline.com CONGRATULATIONS, CLASS OF 2010! PAGE 3 GENERAL EXCELLENCE California Newspaper Publishers Association 1ST PLACE Election 8 Spectrum 14 Eating Out 22 Movies 25 Puzzles 57 Page 8 Page 18 Page 27 News Community leader David Lewis slain Arts PACO offers fresh program in Turkey Sports State Meet race like walk in park Page 2 S P E C I A L G R A D U AT I O N C O V E R A G E Congratulations, graduates! Gunn, Palo Alto and Castilleja high school students ready for the next step CLASS OF 2010 On the Web On the Weekly's website, www.Palo AltoOnline.com, are more student profiles, as well as graduation photographs, and lists of graduates from: Castilleja, East Palo Alto Phoenix Academy, Eastside Prep, Gunn, Palo Alto, Kellilah, Menlo School, Menlo-Atherton, Mid-Peninsula, Palo Alto Preparatory, Pinewood, Sacred Heart and Woodside Priory. On the cover: Riley Weinmann, center, climbs on a chair and celebrates his Gunn High School graduation on Wednesday. Photo by Kimihiro Hoshino. n ceremonies that were both joyous and reflective, Palo Alto's three largest high schools bid farewell to the Class of 2010. Student speakers replayed comic highlights of their school years and reminded themselves and their classmates to face the future boldly. Invited keynote speakers did their best to impart words of wisdom without falling back on cliches. But each ceremony added to memories that high school graduates will cherish for a lifetime. I Gunn High School T o a standing ovation from graduating seniors, Gunn High School Principal Noreen Likins tearfully thanked students for their "fortitude and maturity" in carrying on after a string of student suicides. Likins spoke Wednesday as Gunn awarded diplomas to 486 seniors in a festive outdoor ceremony under oak trees and a setting sun. Likins, who is retiring after 12 years at Gunn, brought students to their feet as she thanked them for confronting the "different kind of challenge" posed by the deaths of fellow students: "Pain, grief and loss in overwhelmingly large measure. "You picked yourselves up, supported each other in whatever ways you could and tried to carry on and celebrate life," she said. "Leaders among you have created support systems, reaching out to peers. ... "You helped us all to develop the strength and resilience to keep going in the face of incomprehensible loss." Four Gunn students died by suicide at the Caltrain tracks from May to October 2009. The events led to a massive response by school and community groups, including formation of a coalition, Project Safety Net, to create a more supportive environment for local teens. Accompanied by Gunn's Wind Ensemble, Palo Alto High School graduates toss their caps in the air, following Wednesday's commencement ceremonies. Wednesday's graduation was celebrated with balloons, horns, beach balls, pink flamingos, bubbles and flowers. Many graduates glued messages to the tops of their caps, including names of colleges they will attend. Another popular message was, "Thanks, Mom and Dad." International women's soccer star Brandi Chastain offered graduates a list of seven ideas she said have helped her succeed as a player: challenging herself; willingness to compete; risk-taking and creativity; composure; community; communication; and celebration. "Whatever your passion is -- and maybe you haven't found it yet -- when you do, spend every single second loving it and sharing it," Chastain told graduates. In one of three student speeches, Stanfordbound senior Maayan Dembo likened four years at Gunn to a morning routine: freshman year was like a rude awakening from an alarm clock; sophomore year was like "stumbling to the 'fridge, opening it in a half-awakened state and realizing there's nothing for breakfast, said Dembo, who wore a crown of flowers. "From four years at Gunn, any graduate can at least boast that they're a very, very talented multi-tasker," she said. "Gunn High School was just our morning routine. The last four years were only the wakeup call for the whole day still ahead of us." Berkeley-bound senior Pamudh Kariyawasam told graduates they already have accomplished a lot. "Gunn is full of unsung heroes from academics to athletics, art, ..." Kariyawasam said. "Never forget that we're not walking our paths unprepared. "We've already become great, already become extraordinary. All that's left is to become legendary." Senior Madeleine Traver, bound for the University of Southern California, referred to a recent "very hard fall in my life" that Gunn has helped her recover from. "I've never seen that kind of love before, and never will be able to thank Gunn enough," Traver said. "Gunn has taught me that there's enormous strength in being open and showing one's vulnerabilities. "No matter how weak or tired we were, we stayed strong because letting others down was not an option." Math teacher Jeanne Beck presented the Faculty Cup Award to seniors Joyce Liu and Jonathan Proctor, chosen for "qualities and principles we value at Gunn," including integrity, personal excellence, lifelong learning, scholarship, leadership and influence. Likins presented the Principal's Cup Award for leadership, scholarship and service, to teacher and band director Todd Summers. -- Chris Kenrick Veronica Weber Palo Alto High School lad in green and white, 438 students walked across the stage at Palo Alto High School Wednesday evening in an outdoor ceremony held on the quad. Before he took the stage to begin the ceremony, Senior Class President Charlie Lin described the experience of graduating from high school. "It is exhilarating, but I'm not yet ready to leave," said Lin, who will attend Brown University in the fall. "It feels too much like home." Lin's classmates echoed a similar mix of excitement and apprehensiveness. "I'll believe it when I get my diploma," said Sattar Tai-Seale, minutes before the ceremony began. "It's surreal. ... I'm excited to be out of the school system for the first time." "It's a good feeling to be able to make your parents proud," said Helen Gonzalez, who will study premed at the College of San Mateo. On the stage, speaker Olivia Diamond compared high school to learning to drive for the first time. "Despite our different routes and paths and fender benders, ... we're all at the same junction," she said. "It's time for us all to follow (continued on page 6) C Kimihiro Hoshino Vivian Shen (left) and Student Body President Miles Mathews cheer their graduating friend Wednesday evening during the graduation ceremony at Gunn High School. Page 3 GRAND OPENING SPECIAL! PUBLISHER William S. 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Palo Alto CA 94302 SUBSCRIBE! 650-321-4544 Page 4 `` 15% OFF QUOTE OF THE WEEK `` We were totally steamrolled. -- John O'Neill, resident of Stanford Villa apartments, on hearing about nine trees being removed as part of the Alma Plaza renovation. See story on page 9. Around Town TREE WARS ... For Palo Alto officials, settling the city's tree controversies is a bit like playing Whac-A-Mole: Just as one crisis appears to be under control, another one unexpectedly pops up. So it was Tuesday, when Alma Plaza suddenly edged out Eleanor Pardee Park as the site of the great tree travesty of the moment. On Tuesday morning, contractors chopped down the first of nine trees on Alma Plaza, much to the annoyance of residents in the nearby Stanford Villa apartments. Later that evening, Palo Alto officials had a civil and well-attended meeting at the Lucie Stern Community Center to discuss the city's pending replacement of six damaged trees at Eleanor Pardee park, a project that's been opposed by some residents. On Wednesday morning, Planning Director Curtis Williams and Planning Arborist Dave Dockter, rushed to Alma Plaza before any more trees could be removed, to meet with neighbors and project developer, John McNellis. They concluded that the tree removal at the plaza is legal, approved and necessary for McNellis' pending renovation of the plaza. The city also issued a public statement Wednesday explaining the project and the reasons for the tree removal. Williams said he and Dockter reviewed the plans and "confirmed that there is no practical way to preserve the trees, given the constraints of parking and placement of utilities that are now being installed along the northernmost property boundary near the Stanford Villa apartments." The next discussion of a major tree-removal operation will be held on Thursday, June 17, when the Architectural Review Board is scheduled to discuss the San Antonio Road Median Improvement Project, FIGHTING FOAM ... It's been more than a month since Palo Alto outlawed polystyrene containers from local food joints, but those resilient pollutants haven't completely disappeared from restaurant shelves yet. The city's environmental-compliance officials recently visited 224 restaurants and found that 186 were in compliance with the new ordinance while 38 had not yet made the switch to other containers. City Manager James Keene said the compliance rate of 83 percent was very close to the city's goal of 85 percent and called the results a "good start for the project." WE WANT THE TRUTH! ... If California's new high-speed trains move as fast as the information coming out of the California High-Speed Rail Authority, riders may never get from San Francisco to Los Angeles. That, at least, is the sense in Palo Alto, where city officials are getting increasingly restless about the rail authority's failure to answer their questions about the proposed rail line, which would pass through the city along the Caltrain tracks. This week, Mayor Pat Burt sent the rail authority a six-page chart listing the city's recent requests for information and the status of responses (in most cases, "No response"). In his cover letter, Burt said the city has been "more than patient" but is "very disappointed that most of our critical questions remain unanswered." "We want to be collaborative," Burt wrote. "However, if we do not receive the responses necessary to help inform our community by the end of June, we will find it necessary to explore other means to ensure you provide us with this essential information." LABOR OF LOVE ... Win or lose, 21st Assembly District candidate Josh Becker is a winner in his mother's eyes. Marilyn Becker flew to Palo Alto from Villanova, Penn., with her husband, Lewis, on Saturday and immediately took up precinct walking and telephone banking at the former "Silicon Valley for Obama" headquarters in south Palo Alto, she said. Her mom mojo seemed to be working: "A woman said `I'm voting for Josh Becker because his mother called me,'" she told supporters. But despite mom's efforts, Becker's campaign came up just short. Becker, a venture capitalist and longtime political activist on behalf of clean technology, managed to attract 33 percent of the votes but ultimately lost the three-way Democratic primary to San Mateo Country Supervisor Rich Gordon. Class of 2010 G R A D U AT E PROFILES Arjun Singh Finding footing Kimihiro Hoshino O ne special teacher can make all the difference. In hindsight, at least, that's what happened to Palo Alto High School graduating senior Arjun Singh, who said he found his footing through the school's journalism program and the encouragement of teacher Esther Wojcicki. "It's a hands-on program that lets you figure out who you are, and for me that was kind of a turning point," Singh said. "It taught me responsibility, whipped me into shape a little bit." Singh credits Wojcicki, his freshman English teacher, for encouraging him to join Paly's journalism program. He poured his heart into it. For the past two years, Singh has written for and edited the school newspaper, The Campanile, which Wojcicki also advises. "My dad always said he had special teachers in high school and I didn't really get that until this year, when I realized her influence," Singh said. "Her classes are truth-seeking and rigorous, but kind of wacky and fun. She's been a really influential figure for me." After spending the summer relaxing and teaching computer skills to seniors at Avenidas, Singh heads to Emerson College in Boston this fall. He plans on a double major in marketing and journalism. "Ideally I'd like to really be a journalist, but with the industry being the way it is I also needed some sort of back-up plan, which is marketing," he said. One thing Singh won't miss about Paly is "the incredibly competitive environment, where it drowns out getting an education versus just looking good to everyone else," he said. "Basically, you can get lost at Paly Simone Polanen, who was student-body president, poses on the Peg Capron stage at Castilleja School, where she was involved in theater. Simone Polanen Pondering a world that is flat fter seven years at Castilleja, Simone Polanen is ready for something new, something co-ed, something urban. "I'll miss my friends, but I feel like I'm ready to go," said Polanen, Castilleja's student body president, who also is active in the theater program. Following a road trip with her family to Oregon and ideally finally getting her driver's license this summer, Polanen heads to Harvard University in the fall. Though undecided on a major, she envisions a career in media or film production. "Directing and producing and writing -- that would be ideal for me. "I'm pretty open. I know things aren't going to turn out as I plan." Polanen has been in three productions just this past year: "Twelfth Night"; a pantomime version of "Aladdin"; and "Quilters," a musical about pioneer women and life on the prairie. Born in Berkeley, Polanen spent much of her childhood living in Amsterdam and looks forward to the more urban environment of Cambridge. She also relishes the prospect of "meeting people with whom I don't agree. "Everyone here seems to have a similar set of values and opinions. A Arjun Singh, who worked as a reporter and ultimately editor-in-chief of the Campanile, pauses in the news lab at Palo Alto High School. so easily if you don't find some sort of footing. "It's an almost cruelly competitive environment. A lot of people come out really well, but there are people who don't fare as well as everyone else. "For kids who are late bloomers or just average, coming to Paly is a really hard experience because you're surrounded by smart, intelligent kids with smart, intelligent families backing them up." Singh expects his life to be quite different from that of his parents, who are from India. For one thing, his dad went to a "regimented, English-style boarding school" that was nothing like Paly. "One of the great things about Paly is that, to some degree, it encourages students to speak up about the problems they see and express it in a constructive way," he said. As for his generation as a whole, Singh said: "We're a much more connected generation than our parents and that's going to let us lead a different life. "And we're not scared of technology. We embrace change a little more, just because we're used to everything changing. "We don't see change as scary. We see it as cool." Everyone here is very liberal. You don't tend to meet that many people with very strong conservative values. "I feel like being in a more diverse community will be more interesting, and prepare me for endeavors beyond college." Polanen isn't exactly sure where technology will lead her generation, but knows that things will be different. "`The world is flat' -- that's such a good way of describing it. "Everyone is coming onto this equal playing field. It's so much easier to communicate with everyone else. You don't necessarily have to be the best in your area; you have to be the best in the world to succeed. "You'll also be able to get input from all over the world, and maybe we'll be able to improve whatever it is we're trying to do because we're accommodating more and different types of people." She wonders whether social media will "encourage nationalistic feelings, or break them down. "Will people feel more attached to their culture because it's so much easier to access and learn about culture, or will it blend us all together? "It's interesting to think about how that will turn out. It could be either of those two extremes." Kimihiro Hoshino Jared Beeson Friendship and teamwork T he camaraderie of sports will be among the greatest high school memories for Palo Alto High School graduating senior Jared Beeson. "We were pretty good," Beeson said of his seasons on Paly's varsity football and baseball teams this year. Both teams won league titles and advanced to CCS. The baseball team waged a 24-game winning streak, but lost the CCS championship title to Burlingame. "That team was one of the best teams I've been on, not just because we were winning but because we liked each other. The camaraderie and friendship were the most fun part -- not even the baseball aspect," he said. Beeson, a starting linebacker on the football team, played the sport all but his freshman year at Paly after he lacerated his spleen playing baseball the previous summer. "Besides that, I never really had any major injuries. You get dinged up and stuff, but nothing too big." He plans to spend the summer relaxing and preparing for college at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, where he will play football. Aside from sports, his greatest memory of high school is the people. "I had a pretty good time here at Paly. I made a lot of good friends and will miss seeing those people every day." What he will not miss are some of the teachers. "I had some pretty good teachers and some of the teachers weren't so great and I didn't get along with them. But there weren't too many bad things about Paly. I enjoyed it a lot." He is undecided on a college major and career, although he is drawn to the idea of teaching and coaching, or possibly sports journalism. "I love my parents, but I think my life will be a lot different from theirs," he said. "It's pretty expensive here, but I love it here. You can't ask for better weather. There's plenty of stuff to do, great schools and all kinds of activities going on. "I'll definitely move back to the Bay Area after college." Veronica Weber Team sports memories are important to Jason Beeson, who played both football and baseball at Palo Alto High School. Page 5 Class of 2010 Klausner presented the diplomas. The ceremony was followed by a reception for graduates and their families. Afterwards students boarded charter buses to Alameda, where they celebrated their Grad Night Party aboard the USS Hornet. -- Aimee Miles Castilleja School I Paly Senior Class President Charlie Lin, second from right, cheers with his buddies following commencement on Wednesday. Class of 2010 (continued from page 3) our own yellow-brick roads, but just remember there's no place like home." Her speech was followed by a fourman performance of the MGMT song "Kids," which merged into the chorus tune of Lady Gaga's "Pokerface," a reading and reflection of Rudyard Kipling's poem "If" by Samantha Herzog, and another quartet who performed portions of Donell Jones' "Knocks Me Off My Feet" and Stevie Wonder's "Very Superstitious." Lin took the stage once again, only to jump off and quip to his fellow classmates, beyond earshot of the microphones, "It is on this day that we truly become legendary." Principal Jacqueline McEvoy praised the senior class for its tenacity, stellar academic performance and personal triumphs. "However you want to see it, it's the beginning of a new chapter," she said. "You ought to give yourselves a hand for making it this far." More than 90 percent of this year's graduates will attend college, and their scholarship earnings will total millions of dollars over the next four years, she said. "I believe our graduating class has the talent and vision to help solve many of the complex problems that face our world today," she said. "And it is my honor to present class of 2010 for high school graduation." School board Chair Barbara n a sea of white dresses, red flowers and poetry, Castilleja School Sunday awarded diplomas to 60 girls. The school also presented an honorary degree to Joan Lonergan, who is stepping down as Head of School. Valedictorian Ida Hempel mused on the difficulty of measuring four years of high school at Castilleja. "Time is finicky. Its boundaries are fuzzy, its movements as fluid as the frozen yogurt at lunch before it actually freezes," the Harvard Universitybound Hempel told classmates. "Here at Castilleja I have found friends who are equally wellversed in Gossip Girl and existentialism -- girls who blog, dance, build canoes, write limericks, design robots, embrace my quirks and delight in being just as quirky, if not more so." Duke University-bound graduate Bridget Meaney, winner of the school's Castilleja Award for the senior who best exemplifies the school's "five Cs" -- conscience, courtesy, character, courage and charity -- Our business community cares about quality public schools WE SUPPORT THE M-A FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE! The Toguchi Group at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney The Foundation funds programs at Menlo-Atherton High School for every need, interest and ability. Veronica Weber Veronica Weber Castilleja School graduates Crystal Ghosh (left) and Temitayo LanreAmos walk past parents and friends following commencement on June 5. also addressed her classmates. "Together we form the patchwork that makes the class of 2010 complete, just as each square is necessary to create our senior quilt. ... "Of course, comparing our class to a quilt doesn't work entirely -- first, we definitely aren't square. And a quilt is very one-dimensional and each girl is confined to her fiveby-five box while in reality we are constantly evolving." Keynote speaker Hannah Valantine, senior associate dean and professor of cardiovascular medicine at Stanford University and also a Castilleja parent, told graduates to dream boldly, embrace challenge and nurture relationships. "I cannot emphasize more the importance of our relationships with our families," Valantine said. "Yet it is the area where I must admit that I have failed to achieve life-work balance despite attending every workshop I can find on the topic, and indeed giving structured lectures myself on how to achieve that Holy Grail." Valantine asked graduates to email her with a "detailed recipe" if they ever figure out how to achieve life-work balance. -- Chris Kenrick Staff Writer Chris Kenrick can be e-mailed at firstname.lastname@example.com. www.mafoundation.org Page 6 Class of 2010 G R A D U AT E PROFILES Bridget Meaney The `five Cs' of Castilleja Jillian Du Gunn's `raw personality' T J illian Du says she won't miss the "superficial competition," the morning traffic and the "brown color" of Gunn High School. But she will miss a great many other things: The traditions. Gunn's "originality and creativeness." The spectrum of talent on campus. "Of course we take a lot of pride in our academics, like math and science," Du said in an outdoor interview in a courtyard at Gunn. "But I don't like to define people by their resume or what they do. I like to get to know them for their raw personality. "At Gunn, you can find a whole bunch of students who really show themselves to you -- not to be showy, but to share their talents with the world." Du's passion comes in the area of community service. Her high school activities all four years centered on the Youth Community Service (YCS) organization and the Rotary Interact Club. She also has volunteered as a trail-builder at the Cape Cod National Seashore, a castle-renovator in France and a house-builder in Tijuana. This summer she'll intern at YCS and work at summer camps as well as travel to Asia to visit family before heading off to the University of California at San Diego. "People come up to me and say, `Oh, you go to Gunn -- you must have gone through so much.' As much as it frustrates me that the moment people think of Gunn they think of suicides, it was a reality Gunn High School senior Jillian Du spent much of her time on community-service projects, from trail building to house building. check for us. "Before, I would see Gunn as competitive and cutthroat, but no, it made us realize the genuine care of Gunn, from teachers to students to any of the staff here." The daughter of two computer engineers from Taiwan, Du is debating between math and social science as a college major. She says she'll miss the "resources" and "open-mindedness" of Palo Alto, and "how you can turn onto a street and see 10 Priuses." eachers chose graduating senior Bridget Meaney for this year's Castilleja Award, earned by the senior who best exemplifies the school's "five Cs" -- conscience, courtesy, character, courage and charity. "It was kind of a shocker," Meaney said. "I've put my whole life into this school and it's really nice to be recognized. At the same time, a lot of people did that so it's not fair for just one person to get the award," she said, demonstrating splendid mastery of the second C (courtesy). Though the five Cs are "the bedrock of the school," girls are encouraged to add additional Cs, and are constantly doing so, Meaney said. "There are many others -- change, culture, community are just a few. You can use what they have in the tradition, but also add your own things." Meaney said she'll most miss the warm community of Castilleja. "It's really like a family here, a sorority in the nicest terms. The teachers here are incredible and the girls are so smart -- it was intimidating at first." Active in student government, admissions, tutoring and peer advising, Meaney also played for Castilleja's tennis team. After traveling to Italy as a babysitter for a local family this summer, Meaney will enroll at Duke University with a possible major in history and economics. "I love history, and I'm thinking of focusing on Russia. It's interesting to think about Russia because it's a European country in a way, but the culture is not quite European and not quite Asian -- it's kind of its own thing. "It has such a rich history and it's kind of an emerging market." What she won't miss about high school is the all-girls aspect of Castilleja, the "endless pursuit of college," and doing dishes. Of her generation, Meaney reflects: "I feel like we're the multitaskers -- always on Facebook and Twitter, the iPhone or whatever and doing a lot of other stuff, yet also doing well in school. Miles Mathews Listening, hearing and finding respect "T alk to me" was the message on the hundreds of T-shirts hand-stenciled by Gunn senior Miles Mathews and his longtime friend and classmate Sam Zeif in the wake of the third student suicide last September. "We've always been designing Tshirts, the two of us," Mathews said at the time, explaining that the project to promote peer communication was their way of trying to come to terms with overwhelming tragedy. Looking back, Mathews said the response to the suicides -- "obviously a difficult time for everyone" -- turned Gunn into "a much more compassionate and inclusive community, and I think that will continue." Mathews, a soccer player and senior class president, will travel with friends in Europe this summer and do some camping with his family before heading to the University of California at Berkeley in the fall. He hopes to keep a hand in graph- ic design and arts while likely majoring in economics. "Economics is kind of the base of all the world's issues and problems," he said. "I really like to look at coming up with creative solutions, looking at familiar objects or problems in a creative way." Mathews said he agrees with the observation that "every generation thinks they're the pivotal generation. "My generation of students is ready to deal with the problems of the world because we have to. We really need to work hard, accept where we're at in the world right now and work with it." What he won't miss about high school are "required classes" and -- ironically -- the tendency of Advanced Placement classes to cover so much that "it forces you not to dive deep but just to memorize facts." (In his senior year alone, Mathews took AP classes in economics, psychology, physics and calculus.) Kimihiro Hoshino Gunn High School Student Body President Miles Mathews responded to the run of suicides by creating T-shirts, with the message "Talk to me." What he will miss about Gunn is the "passion" of the place, where "people will listen to you if you have something to say. "I feel the same way about Palo Alto as a whole," he said. "I couldn't ask for a better place to grow up, to be heard and respected." Page 7 Kimihiro Hoshino Kimihiro Hoshino Bridget Meaney, who earned the Castilleja Award for best exemplifying the school's values, poses in front of the graduating students' patchwork quilt. "Also, we put as much value on EQ (emotional intelligence) as IQ, and that's a positive change. "There are so many smart people in the world, but you still need people skills. It's harder to put people in a box because so many people are so multi-faceted and you really need everything to succeed." Upfront I n the minutes prior to being fatally shot in the back Wednesday afternoon, East Palo Alto drugintervention leader David Lewis was arguing with an unknown suspect or suspects, police said at a press conference Thursday morning. Lewis, 54, was fatally shot once and died en route to a trauma center in San Mateo, San Mateo police Chief Susan Manheimer said at an 11:30 a.m. Thursday press briefing at the East Palo Alto Police Department substation. The San Mateo Police Department is in charge of the homicide investigation. Lewis was a well-known community leader who worked hard to turn wayward lives around, for which he was known nationally. He started the city's drug-rehabilitation Free At Last organization and a highly successful parolee re-entry program. He was shot in the back in a parking area in broad daylight at 5:42 p.m. at Hillsdale Shopping Center, near Mervyn's in the western part of the mall. A black sedan was seen leaving the scene after the shooter fled, she said. Investigators have processed "a lot of forensic evidence" and have surveillance tapes and eyewitnesses to the shooting, Manheimer said. BEST LOCAL NEWS COVERAGE California Newspaper Publishers Association 1ST PLACE Local news, information and analysis Argument preceded shooting of David Lewis Police following several strong leads, vow to "pull out all the stops" in search for killer by Sue Dremann "We will pull out all the stops and won't rest" until the suspect or suspects are found, she said. "Because of his tremendous ties in this community, information provided by the community will help us break act of, say, road rage or something with long-term tentacles. Nothing surprises us," she said. The San Mateo police station "looked like Grand Central Station" and was filled with community leaders and others willing to help police. But police have no idea what Lewis was doing at the mall, she said. "It could be anything as mundane as going shopping. We don't know what precipitated that exchange of words," Manheimer said. But Manheimer and East Palo Alto police Chief Ronald Davis, a longtime friend of Lewis, said Lewis' work trying to turn people's lives around was sometimes dangerous. Davis described Lewis as dedicated to his work and fearless. He would approach people who were hanging out on street corners and go to their homes. He met several times with prisoners at San Quentin Prison, Davis said. He said it is not yet known whether the shooting was related to Lewis' work in the community. "He was doing this work for close to 20 years. It was challenging and dangerous work," Davis said. Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be e-mailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com. David Lewis this case. Bring us information," Manheimer said. Manheimer would not confirm nor deny if a specific suspect has been identified. According to sources, police have a suspect, but Manheimer said she did not want to focus on any one person and miss others who might have been involved. "We have absolutely developed some leads," she said. 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Page 8 an Mateo County Supervisor Rich Gordon has defeated Josh Becker and Yoriko Kishimoto in the Democratic primary Tuesday and appears poised to succeed Ira Ruskin in the 21st Assembly District. Gordon took an early lead in Tuesday's Democratic primary on the strength of mailed-in ballots and expanded his edge as more results came in. On Thursday afternoon, with some mailed-in ballots yet uncounted, Gordon had 10,790 votes, or 38 percent of the votes, while Becker had 9,613 votes (34 percent) and Kishimoto had 8,076 (28 percent). The district includes northern Santa Clara County and southern San Mateo County, including Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Atherton, East Palo Alto and Redwood City. At about 10 p.m. on Election Day, with his victory all but certain, Gordon gave an emotional speech to a crowd of cheering supporters at the Lucie Stern Community Center in Palo Alto in which he acknowledged his early anxieties about the race. Gordon trailed Becker in cash raised for most of the campaign, but finished with his strongest fundrais- ing month, while picking up key endorsements from local officials, unions and newspapers along the way. "When I started the race, I only knew what I wanted to accomplish," Gordon told his supporters. "But I had no clue, candidly, if I'll find people who would come with me. "What has transpired has been amazing," he added, before hugging his husband, Dennis McShane, to a burst of applause. Gordon barely edged out Becker in Santa Clara County, but took a commanding lead in San Mateo County, where he earned 43 percent of the votes. Becker earned 34 percent of the vote in San Mateo County, while Kishimoto picked up just 23 percent (compared to 31 percent in Santa Clara County). But despite a wave of momentum in the final month of the campaign, Gordon's victory had been far from certain. Becker, a former Congressional aide, united a wide group of entrepreneurs, technologists and business executives behind his enthusiastic campaign, which focused largely on creation of clean-tech jobs. But while Becker's campaign raised the most cash and made the Norbert von der Groeben most use of social media and technology, in the end old-fashioned name recognition won the election, he said. Gordon had spent 12 years on the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors, while Kishimoto served on the Palo Alto City Council for eight years, including a stint as mayor in 2007, before terming out last year. "One of the biggest challenges of the race was running against two politicians with high name IDs," Becker said. "It's a big district and you can't meet everyone." On Tuesday, Becker's campaign headquarters on El Camino Real in Palo Alto was filled with supporters, including his parents, who flew in from Pennsylvania to walk precincts and man phones in the last days of the race. Becker said he now plans to focus on his eight nonprofits and to work on behalf of clean-tech legislation, particularly Assembly Bill 32. Kishimoto took her loss with equanimity and said she was proud of her "grassroots campaign." Despite being outspent by her two opponents, Kishimoto kept the race close, largely (continued on page 9) Upfront Assembly (continued from page 8) News Digest Editor's note: Full versions of the following articles are available online at www.PaloAltoOnline.com. through the support of Palo Alto's neighborhood leaders and conservationists. On Tuesday, as Gordon's victory appeared increasingly likely, she reflected on her accomplishments. "I've spent most of my time talking to voters, visiting farmers markets and visiting families," Kishimoto said. "I'm very proud of what my campaign has done." But it was Gordon who ultimately drew the broadest coalition from the widest geographic area. His campaign party included elected officials from across the Peninsula, including Palo Alto council members Yiaway Yeh and Gail Price, East Palo Alto Councilman Ruben Abrica and Burlingame Councilwoman Terry Nagel. Gordon's victory means he will now be a heavy favorite in the November race against Republican Greg Conlon in the largely Democratic district. Ruskin, whom both men hope to succeed, will be termed out at the end of the year. Staff Writers Gennady Sheyner and Sue Dremann can be e-mailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com and firstname.lastname@example.com. For more election coverage, go to www. paloaltoonline.com. Neighbors protest tree removal at Alma Plaza When John O'Neill heard the sound of chainsaws Tuesday morning and saw the first tree fall on Alma Plaza, he thought, "This is California Avenue all over again!" O'Neill is one of more than a dozen residents of Stanford Villa apartments who learned on Tuesday that the trees just outside their apartment building are about to be taken down. Later that day, they made signs ("California Ave II," "Save the Planet, Save the Trees") and protested the tree-removal operation. Some residents displayed signs outside their window, while others held them up next to the tree-removal site. Their plan to thwart the operation succeeded for a few hours -- just long enough to hold a hastily organized meeting with Palo Alto's planning officials and John McNellis, the site developer. But by Wednesday afternoon the chainsaws were whirring once again on Alma Plaza and workers were stacking logs into a truck. Within hours, the five carob trees and four ash trees that previously stood by Stanford Villa had come down. "We were totally steamrolled," O'Neill said. "Many of us chose to live here because of the arboreal atmosphere." Planning Director Curtis Williams said he sympathizes with the neighbors who don't want to see the trees removed. But Williams said the plans for Alma Plaza clearly show that the ash and carob trees near Stanford Villa would be taken out. Williams, who met with McNellis and Stanford Villa residents at Alma Plaza Wednesday morning, said it was "unfortunate" that neighbors weren't previously aware of the planned operation. "There were multiple hearings about the project and it was never raised as an issue, as far as I can recall," Williams said. -- Gennady Sheyner Saturday, June 19th Preview: BRING AD FOR FREE CATALOG UP TO 200 VEHICLES ALL VEHICLES SMOGGED 650-938-3272 N.A.S. Public Auto Auction Uncounted-ballots leave DA race up in the air isclosure that there were nearly 100,000 ballots yet to be counted on Wednesday in Santa Clara County has thrown the race for district attorney into a big question: Will challenger Jeff Rosen's 1,724-vote lead over incumbent District Attorney Dolores Carr evaporate? The outcome may not be known until late Friday, and will not be officially certified until weeks later. Both Carr and Rosen have backed off from conceding or declaring victory in the hard-fought race. In an election night marked by excruciatingly slow posting of results, the final tally wasn't announced until just past 2 a.m. -- giving Rosen a 2,217-vote edge in the D.A. race. Throughout the night, scores of supporters at election-night parties in south San Jose talked among themselves as results, projected on screens, remained unchanged for long periods. But there was no visible announcement on the Registrar of Voters' website page listing totals that there were thousands of votes yet to be counted. Initial results were listed as mail-in totals. By Thursday midday, Rosen had amassed 97,214 votes, or 50.45 percent of the votes, to Carr's 95,490 votes, or 49.55 percent -- giving Rosen a 1,724 lead. Carr was gracious in her apparent defeat as the totals showed a widening lead for Rosen early Wednesday. She made a brief statement that could be used whether she won or lost: "We ran an honest and honorable campaign," she said. "I'm proud of the support we have had, and I'm proud of accomplishments we've made as I've been D.A." Rosen, in a written statement, said the election is not just about him but about broader issues, including justice. But references to his apparent victory turned out to be premature in light of the huge number of uncounted ballots. -- Jay Thorwaldson DA won't file charges against Weston Healy Weston Healy, the Gunn High School senior who was arrested May 27 after bringing an Airsoft air rifle on campus, will not face criminal charges, a Santa Clara County District Attorney spokeswoman told the Weekly on Wednesday afternoon. Healy was seen moving the rifle from a car seat to the trunk of his car by a school employee. The realistic-looking gun sparked a "Code Red" lockdown on campus that drew police and SWAT teams to search for an possible gunman. Healy, 18, an Eagle Scout and A+ student, was arrested. "We have completed our review of the Weston Healy matter and have declined to issue criminal charges," Amy Cornell, spokeswoman for the district attorney's office, said. The decision was based on specific facts and applicable law, as well as factors relating to the student, she said. Healy was to have graduated with his class Wednesday evening, but he was not present to march with the graduates although his name was listed on the program as a member of the graduating class -- a possible middle-ground compromise based on discussions with Healy's parents and lawyer. -- Sue Dremann A Guide to the Spiritual Community FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, UCC This Sunday: Healing Power: From Ostracism to Community Rev. Dr. Eileen Altman, preaching An Open and Affirming Congregation of the United Church of Christ D Few good options for Palo Alto police HQ Having seen plans for a brand new police building collapse in a financial downturn, Palo Alto officials are now considering the next best thing: a refurbished police headquarters branching out of its current location behind City Hall. But the less expensive options come with their own pitfalls and controversies, the City Council discovered Monday night as it reviewed a new analysis of design alternatives. And even remodeling and expanding the present headquarters could cost many millions of dollars. An expanded Police Department could require the city to reduce the number of parking spaces at City Hall; appropriate part of the Downtown Library (a longtime political hot potato); and using the Council Chambers for police functions. The council reiterated its commitment to improving police facilities, which are undersized and seismically unsound. But as in the past city officials disagreed over whether Palo Alto should continue to think big or whether it should settle for more manageable, incremental changes. The city has been dreaming of a new public-safety building for close to two decades and has conducted numerous studies on the subject. Last year, the city's latest bid for a new building faltered because of a financial downturn, which forced the city to terminate its purchase options on two Park Boulevard properties that would have been the site for a new $68 million headquarters building. Given the economic realities, which include a projected $7.3 million gap in fiscal year 2011, several council members said they would favor considering a more "incremental" approach to improving the police facility. -- Gennady Sheyner We Invite You to Learn and Worship with Us. Timothy R. Boyer. A place of caring, sharing and growing Worship Service 10:30 AM. www.fpcmv.org 1667 Miramonte (Cuesta at Miramonte) 650.968.4473 A resource for special events and ongoing religious services. To inquire about or make space reservations for Inspirations, please contact Blanca Yoc at 326-8210 x6596 or email firstname.lastname@example.com INSPIRATIONS Page 9 Upfront Workshops for new parents Have you recently become a new parent? 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The council discussed the hospital project's compatibility with the Comprehensive Plan and decided to continue the discussion on June 14. Action: None Board of Education (June 8) Cubberley real estate: The board disclosed that two of its members, Dana Tom and Camille Townsend, met with representatives of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District and the City of Palo Alto to prepare for a June 16 meeting regarding the college district's interest in purchasing part of the Cubberley Community Center. Action: None T Planning & Transportation Commission (June 9) Stanford Hospital: The commission discussed the Visual Quality, Biological Resources and Cultural Resources chapters of the Draft Environmental Impact Report for Stanford University's proposed expansion of its hospital facilities. The review was the second in a series of five commission reviews of the DEIR for the Stanford University project. Action: None Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week FINANCE COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to hold its wrap-up session on the fiscal year 2011 budget and to discuss the municipal fee schedule for the next fiscal year. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. on Monday, June 14, in the Council Chambers at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). CITY COUNCIL ... The Council plans to discuss the San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority capital improvement projects. The council also plans to consider maximum house limits for Palo Alto's open space district and to continue its discussion of the Land Use and Population and Housing chapters of the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Stanford University Medical Center expansion project. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, June 14, in the Council Chambers at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to interview candidates for the Human Relations Commission. The interviews are scheduled to begin at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 15, in the Council Conference Room at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). FINANCE COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to discuss the financial results for fiscal year 2010 and continue its review of the proposed fiscal year 2011 budget. The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 15, in the Council Conference Room at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ... The commission plans to continue its review of the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Stanford University Medical Center expansion project. The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 16, in the Council Conference Room at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). CITY COUNCIL/BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The council plans to hold a meeting with officials from the Palo Alto Unified School District and Foothill-De Anza Community College District to discuss a possible sale or lease of a portion of Cubberley Community Center. The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Wednesday, June 16, in the Council Chambers at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION ... The commission plans to discuss a proposal to stop collecting demographic data on traffic stops; the commission's ongoing Diversity and Inclusion Project; and an update on World Music Day. The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Wednesday, June 16, in Room H-1 at Cubberley Community Center (4000 Middlefield Road). ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ... The board plans to hold a preliminary review for the design of the new main hospital building at the Stanford University Medical Center. The board will also consider proposed improvements to San Antonio Avenue medians, which includes replacement of trees. The meeting is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 17, in the Council Chambers at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). HIGH-SPEED RAIL COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to discuss the scope of services for a planned Caltrain Corridor study; the history of the Caltrain electrification project; and potential meetings with Mountain View and Menlo Park officials to discuss the high-speed-rail line's transitions between the cities. The meeting is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 17, in the Council Conference Room at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ... The commission plans to review the city's comments on the Alternatives Analysis for the San Francisco-to-San Jose segment of California's planned high-speed-rail line. The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 17, in the Council Chambers at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). PUBLIC ART COMMISSION ... The commission plans to consider improvements to the "Man Pushing Cat in Stroller" mural at 281 University Ave; hear an update on a proposal to feature art work on Palo Alto Shuttle buses and discuss the status of requests for proposal for replacement of the California Avenue fountain. The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 17, in the Council Conference Room at City Hall (250 Hamilton Ave.). Look inside today's insert for savings. NC by Jay Thorwaldson he future of a proposed new "Palo Alto Campus" for FoothillDe Anza Community College District will be discussed at a threeway meeting of the entities involved on June 16: the Palo Alto Unified School District, the City of Palo Alto and Foothill-De Anza officials. The joint meeting will determine if there is sufficient interest in -- or too many barriers to -- proceeding with negotiations relating to sale or long-term lease of a portion of the Cubberley Community Center site on Middlefield Road. The meeting has been scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday at the City Hall Council Chambers, 250 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto. In 2008, Foothill-De Anza officials proposed buying 8 acres of the 34acre site to build a modern building within the aging Cubberley complex. The city owns 8 acres of "covered" or built-on area and leases another 8 acres of building-covered land from the school district. The balance of the site is fields and open space. The lease provides several million dollars a year to the school district, and the city subleases space to community-based organizations and artists. The sale or lease to FoothillDe Anza reportedly will not displace existing community tenants at Cubberley. But the college district backed off after several City Council members said they would only consider a longterm lease, not a sale. College officials said they would look at other sites for an expanded new campus. Yet last March Foothill-De Anza reopened discussions with hints that a lease might be possible if it's long-term enough, and they said that changed financial conditions may require a phased redevelopment of the Foothill-De Anza portion of the Cubberley site. The primary reason for phasing a development is that state funding has been sharply cut, including state reimbursement for Foothill students, which has created a budget problem for the college district. The City Council held a "landnegotiations" closed meeting in late March, and the Palo Alto Board of Education has also discussed the matter in closed sessions. Mayor Pat Burt told the Weekly this week that there are many questions that all entities have about the possibilities. He said he personally feels that keeping a close alliance with the college district potentially could be of strong benefit to students in Palo Alto high schools, some of whom already attend a "Middle College" run by the college district, where they get college credit for some classes. Editor Jay Thorwaldson can be emailed at jthorwaldson@paweekly. com. Page 10 Upfront These and other news stories were posted on Palo Alto Online throughout the week. For longer versions, go to www.PaloAltoOnline.com/news or click on "News" in the left, green column. Online This Week June 9 at 12:50 p.m.) Surprise! There are 93,500 ballots still uncounted Surprise! A last-minute surge of mail-in ballots means the election in Santa Clara County isn't over and some close races could still change outcomes, the Registrar of Voters office confirmed Wednesday. (Posted Alleged scammer admitted to Stanford A man was admitted to Stanford University after being kicked out of Harvard University when officials there accused him of faking his academic record, the Boston Globe reported. (Posted June 9 at 11:29 a.m.) Measure H, East Palo Alto rent ordinance, passes East Palo Alto's rent stabilization and eviction ordinance, Measure H, was approved in Tuesday's election by a wide margin, according to the San Mateo County Registrar. (Posted June 9 at 9:23 a.m.) Palo Alto citizens choose mail over voting booth At first glance, the polling station at First Lutheran Church has all the amenities Palo Alto citizens have come to expect on Election Day: voting booths, ballot stacks and a group of friendly volunteers staving off boredom with playful banter. But with more people mailing their ballots in, voting booths around the city were mostly empty on Tuesday afternoon. (Posted June 8 at 5:52 p.m.) Mountain View bank robbed by man with note Mountain View Police are looking for a man in his 50s who robbed the Heritage Bank of Commerce on El Camino Real near Grant Road June 2 with only a note saying that he had a gun. (Posted June 8 at 2:43 p.m.) Outgoing director reflects on special education In a town famous for its competitive, nationally ranked high schools, about 10 percent of Palo Alto children navigate kindergarten through 12th grade with learning disabilities. Carol Zepecki, who retires this month from the Palo Alto school district after decades in special education, has seen them all. (Posted June 8 at 8:51 a.m.) Cal Fire bracing for summer wildfire season Local firefighters are preparing for the increased risk of wildfires this summer and are asking residents to do the same. (Posted June 7 at 4:02 p.m.) Stanford hospitals reject union `cooling off' bid Stanford and Lucile Packard hospitals have rejected a nurses' union request for a contract negotiations cooling-off period, according to a letter send to the nurses' union, the Committee for Recognition of Nursing Achievement (CRONA). "We're cool," hospitals' spokeswoman says. (Posted June 8 at 7:13 a.m.) Castilleja 8th grader in national spelling semifinals Sarah Gadre, an eighth grader from Castilleja School in Palo Alto, reached the semifinal round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C., before being eliminated Friday (June 4) for misspelling the term for a collector of matchbooks or matchboxes. (Posted June 4 at 8:05 p.m.) Palo Alto gets top ratings for library bonds Despite a looming $7.3 million budget deficit, Palo Alto received rave reviews for its financial management from two credit-rating agencies that recently evaluated the city's pending bond sale for library construction. (Posted June 4 at 4:04 p.m.) Multimedia feature: The poetry of Palo Alto Four Palo Alto poets have been chosen for Santa Clara County's "Thirty Poems in 30 Days" contest, a poetry-awareness project developed by Santa Clara County Poet Laureate Nils Peterson. (Posted June 7 at 1:47 p.m.) Drug bust in San Mateo County nets six arrests A six-month undercover investigation of a drug trafficking ring in San Mateo County has resulted in six arrests, the San Mateo County Narcotics Task Force announced Thursday (June 3). (Posted June 4 at 2:51 p.m.) Caltrain may cut service due to `fiscal emergency' Major Caltrain weekend- and mid-day service cuts plus a fare increase are being planned by this fall and early 2011. Faced with a $12.5 million budget deficit for the 2011 fiscal year, Caltrain's Board of Directors unanimously voted Thursday (June 3) to declare a fiscal emergency for the second year in a row. (Posted June 4 at 9:44 a.m.) Want to get news briefs e-mailed to you every weekday? Sign up for Express, our new daily e-edition. Go to www.PaloAltoOnline.com to sign up. Page 11 Dr. Charles B. Newton of Los Altos, CA passed away May 27, 2010 after suffering a stroke and pneumonia at the age of 93. He was born in Yakima, WA on December 8, 1916. Charles (or Chuck) as he was known to many attended Stanford University for his undergraduate degree, and then received his M.D. in 1944 from Stanford Medical School. He completed his residency at Chelsea Naval Hospital near Boston. Dr. Newton served in the Pacific during World War II and also in the Korean War as a Marine and Naval medical officer. During his 20 year naval career he served as Chief of Medicine at a number of large U. S. Naval Air Stations. After retiring from the navy with the rank of Captain, Charles continued his career as a physician in Internal Medicine with the Permanente Medical Group at Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Redwood City, CA for 22 years. Charles was dedicated Stanford alumnus and an avid Cardinal football fan. He loved nature, gardening and travel. He was also fascinated by languages and studied Italian, and was an avid reader. He was a very kind and gentle man who was devoted to his family. He is survived by his beloved wife of 25 years, Joyce; son, Bruce, and daughter-in-law, Laura; grandsons, Keith and Scott, all of Pleasant Hill, CA; son, Mark, daughter-in-law, Mary Jan Murphy of Scotts Valley, CA; daughter, Karin, and partner, Doug Hallinan; daughter, Janelle, all of San Francisco; stepdaughters Susan LoeRoberts of Mountain View, CA, and Barbara Loe of Foster City, CA. He is deeply missed. PA I D O B I T UA RY Transitions Marianne Crowder, dancer and teacher, dies at 104 arianne Elser Crowder, who shared the joy and discipline of dance with generations of young women and who showed older women how to remain fit and flexible, died peacefully June 4 at her Palo Alto home at age 104, surrounded by family and friends. She had pancreatic cancer. Marianne was a well-known and revered teacher of dance and corrective exercise, and a choreographer for many years on the Peninsula. Born in Colorado Springs, from a very early age she exhibited an unusual gift for dance. She enrolled in the Perry Mansfield School of Dance and Theater in Colorado and studied with many of the leading pioneers of modern dance, including Louis Horst, Doris Humphrey, Helen Tamiris, Hanya Holm and Daniel Nagrin. When she completed her studies she joined the Hanya Holm Dance Company during residences at Bennington College and Mills College. She managed and performed with the Perry Mansfield Company on the RKO Vaudeville Circuit throughout the United States and Canada. In Colorado Springs, she taught both modern dance and folk dancing at the Cheyenne Mountain School, the Broadmoor Academy of Dance, and was named chair of the Dance Department at Colorado College. She resigned her position to marry writer Paul Crowder and they moved to California in 1940. For 19 years she taught in the Stanford University Drama Department and choreographed dances for major Stanford productions for the Drama and Music Departments. Her expertise M in historical dance led to choreographic commissions for the Carmel Bach Festival and the production of the film, "The Court Dances of the Renaissance." In 1949 she initiated a series of courses in corrective exercises sponsored by the Palo Alto Adult Education program and later the Menlo Park Recreation Department, where they still continue. She also began a decades-long studio to teach young girls dance. Many programs, with scripts written by her husband, involved hundreds of students over the years. She retired from active teaching at 95. In 2007 she was celebrated as the oldest Girl Scout in America -- the Weekly published a detailed article about her life on April 20, 2007. She is survived by her two daughters Anne Gully (Anthony) of Tempe, Ariz., and Susan Miller (Robert) of Lafayette. She leaves 10 grandchildren (Wendy Crowder, Rosamond Crowder, Rodney Headington, Hilary Hanel, Megan Davis, Tracy Chiappone, Christopher Chiappone, Cary Chiappone, Emma Gully and Craig Chiappone) and 12 greatgrandchildren. A private family memorial service is planned. In lieu of flowers the family requests gifts in her memory to the UCSF Foundation's Pancreas Cancer Program Fund, P.O. Box 45339, San Francisco, CA 941450339. George Chmyz passed away suddenly on June 5, 2010. Born in Warsaw, Poland, George spent his childhood in Europe during World War II. His family immigrated to this country in 1952. After graduating from Stanford, George became a mechanical engineer at Varian Associates. He stayed at Varian for 38 years, retiring as an engineering manager. He lived in Palo Alto for over 40 years. He will be missed greatly by his wife Margene, his children Lisa, Andrew and Peter, their spouses Mark Hufnagel and Marcia Derbyshire Chmyz, and the seven grandchildren he adored: Julia, Teddy and Jack Chmyz, and Jake, Max, Sam and Kate Hufnagel. An avid sports fan, George especially loved soccer. His love of the game continued for 30+ years as an AYSO coach, adult league teammate and reliable pick-up player. Since retiring from playing, George was a dependable and committed referee. George's love of soccer has helped the family choose the soccer fields at Mitchell Park for a memorial service to celebrate his life. It will be held on Sunday June 13th at 5:00 pm. For details please see www.chmyz.com. In lieu of flowers please send donations to the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI), 2010 North First Street, Suite 530, San Jose, CA 95131-2040. PA I D O B I T UA RY Page 12 Bay-Friendly Bay-Friendly Gardening Wor ork Gardening Workshops The Peninsula's Premier Funeral Service Provider Serving families since 1899 980 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto, California 94301 Gro gar arden. health Grow a beautiful garden. Build healthy soil. You can create a sustainable, healthy and beautiful garden using Bay-Friendly practices. Find out how to build healthy soil, minimize fertilizer use and select appropriate plants in this series of workshops. Learn gardening techniques that work with nature to reduce waste and protect the watersheds of the San Francisco Bay. 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View Call us or go online to register for this class. We never forget it's your home.� Page 13 Editorial Foothill campus plan is a `vision test' Proposal to rebuild part of the Cubberley Community Center with a new Foothill College campus envisions a new approach that could benefit Palo Alto students A n upcoming joint meeting of officials from the Foothill-De Anza Community College District, the Palo Alto Unified School District and the City of Palo Alto is more than just another multiagency meeting. Spectrum Editorials, letters and opinions Oil leak Editor, BP is trying to salvage the leaking Deepwater Horizon oil well, not plug it. I believe it's possible to stop the leak very quickly, if we, not BP, choose to kill the well. Over and over we have heard from BP that the long-term objective is to drill relief wells to reduce the pressure. This is so they can go back in and start harvesting the fruits of their $600 million investment. On April 20, the blowout occurred at 5,000 feet and the emergency-relief valve, rated at 450 tons of pressure, failed. Remember "Top Hat?" In late May, a complex system of equipment was assembled on the floor of the gulf with pipes from a surface ship to pump heavy mud down on the leaking wellhead. Pumping from the surface requires some of the most powerful pumps in the world. They didn't have enough mud. Top Hat failed. So has every other effort. Most everyone in media, industry, government and the scientific community has bought the BP point of view. But there's a much easier solution: kill the well. Drop something on the wellhead that weighs more than the 450-tons. A large empty oil tanker ship might do. Bill Copeland Ash Street Palo Alto Hospital and Menlo Park Editor, Last week your sister paper, the Almanac, asked, "Can Menlo Park live with the hospital project?" Referring to traffic issues, it ended with a puzzling statement: "Menlo Park must go it alone on this development, without any support from Stanford or Palo Alto." The author must not have read Palo Alto's recently released Draft Environmental Impact Report or been aware of the collaboration between Palo Alto and City of Menlo Park staff during the preparation of the DEIR. Those discussions lead to specific mitigation measures in the DEIR to be implemented in Menlo Park, if feasible and desired by Menlo Park. These are in addition to extensive alternative transportation programs to be offered for commuting employees by the Stanford University Medical Center (SUMC) sponsors. Menlo Park features to be supported financially by SUMC sponsors include: * Traffic adaptive signal technology at Menlo Park intersections. * Fair share contribution to the proposed bicycle underpass under the tracks at Middle Avenue. The June 16 meeting, scheduled for the Palo Alto City Council chambers at 6 p.m., could be a turning-point meeting that sets direction for many years. At issue is whether there is a future for a plan to rebuild part of the Cubberley Community Center into a modern campus, utilizing about eight acres of the 16 acres covered by buildings of the overall 34-acre site. It would not displace existing tenants. A "concept plan" was proposed in 2008 by Foothill-De Anza officials as a way to accommodate future growth of communitycollege students at its Palo Alto Campus, including hundreds of Palo Alto students, as well as adults seeking retraining or enrichment classes. The plan included a circular building with classroom wings fanning out like spokes from a hub. It would replace some existing wings of the aging campus, opened in 1956. But the college district backed off to consider other possible sites after a council meeting in which several council members said they would never consider selling land to the district but might consider a long-term lease. The district would fund the campus from a $490.8 million construction bond measure approved by voters in June 2006. The Cubberley plan resurfaced early this year when FoothillDe Anza officials indicated they might still be interested in the possibilities at Cubberley -- but in a less-ambitious "phased" redevelopment due to sharply reduced growth projections made necessary by state budget cuts. The Palo Alto council and the Board of Education have each held closed "land negotiation" sessions but have not announced any actions. Officials from all three entities have also held a planning meeting for the June 16 session. The real question underlying the meeting relates to the Palo Alto school district, which would need to agree to whatever plan emerges. There is a history of the district being gun-shy about collaborating with the city on joint projects, although there are areas on which they work together, such as field maintenance. We hope in this case, however, that all three entities take a hard look at some visionary possibilities the Foothill plan might create. We don't think there's much difference between whether Foothill buys or leases the land long-term. The true potential of this proposal is what it could do for Palo Alto students in terms of bridging the gap between high school and college -- a gap into which too many students fall. Former Foothill-De Anza Chancellor Martha Kanter, now an education official within the Obama Administration, told the Weekly last week that there are new collaborations underway across the nation that are showing "startling" positive results in helping promising students transition into college. She said such a collaboration might even save the Palo Alto district money. It would also rebuild a core portion of an aging campus. The Foothill district already operates a "Middle College" that serves a limited number of Palo Alto students, enabling them to take college-level courses and get both high school and college credit. Kanter cited a similar national effort, the "Early College High School Initiative," which is strongly backed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other organizations. That initiative is key in the new wave of collaborative efforts to improve education, she said. A full report is at www.earlycolleges.org. "Early college high school is a bold approach, based on the principle that academic rigor, combined with the opportunity to save time and money, is a powerful motivator for students to work hard and meet serious intellectual challenges," the report begins. Since 2002, partner organizations of the initiative have started or redesigned more than 200 schools in 24 states and the District of Columbia. This is the kind of vision our local leaders might explore before making final decisions on the concept for redeveloping part of Cubberley into a new entity that could benefit all involved. It should be required reading for the June 16 joint meeting. This is in a true sense a "vision test" for all parties. Page 14 * Coordination with Menlo Park on potentially feasible intersection improvements. * Fair share payment of the Menlo Park shuttle fee on an ongoing annual basis. * Fair share payment to increase the frequency of the "U-line" bus service from the East Bay. With the combination of these and numerous other measures described in the DEIR, no intersections in Menlo Park would experience increased congestion due to future SUMC traffic in the morning peak hour commute period and only three in the evening. And those three can be improved by Menlo Park with contributions from the SUMC sponsors. It is expected that feasible mitigation measures will be actively discussed with City of Menlo Park staff while review of the DEIR is underway. But most importantly, the community will receive the benefits of modernized and expanded hospitals, including critically needed emergency facilities. Jean McCown Director of Community Relations Stanford University YOUR TURN The Palo Alto Weekly encourages comments on our coverage or on issues of local interest. Cibo review Editor, The restaurant reviewer who wrote about Cibo (Palo Alto Weekly, June 4) must have left his taste buds and goodness knows what else in the parking lot. My husband and I couldn't disagree more with the review's nitpicking and predominantly negative overtones as our experiences at Cibo have been decidedly positive. We have eaten at many restaurants locally, elsewhere in this country, and in countries abroad, and are well informed as to a variety of cuisines. We are quite choosy when it comes to deciding which restaurants to patronize and have eaten at Cibo many times since it opened eight years ago. We have always found the food and service to be consistently good, which is why we go back time and time again. The reviewer complains that the "eclectic" menu lacks focus and asks, "What's the theme here?" We feel that Paul Khaki and Anna Jamei do a remarkably good job in presenting an eclectic menu that should satisfy everyone's tastes. Isn't that what "eclectic" implies? Surely "eclectic" is both the theme and the focus at Cibo. Hazel Rand McGregor Way Palo Alto What do you think? What are your best/worse memories of high school? Submit letters to the editor of up to 250 words to firstname.lastname@example.com. Include your name, address and daytime phone number so we can reach you. We reserve the right to edit contributions for length, objectionable content, libel and factual errors known to us. 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Guest Opinion A silver lining of collaboration has emerged from a dark cloud S by Meg Durbin, M.D. pring is often a bittersweet time for families, filled with celebrations, graduations, life transitions, separations. This has been particularly true the past two springs in Palo Alto, with the well-known losses of young people from our community. In the wake of the second loss in close succession last June, several of us physicians and therapists (and Gunn High School parents) came together, bridging often rival health care institutions to form an alliance. We recognized the importance of understanding where we fall short and formulating a coordinated response. We already knew that our health care system has many gaps and contrived distinctions between "medical" and "mental" health services. Most immediately, we understood the urgency of overcoming barriers to care for teens needing emotional and psychiatric support. By the first week in June 2009 the two major medical facilities who see teens in Palo Alto opened their doors for urgent mental health needs related to the Gunn tragedies, regardless of insurance coverage. In talks I've given on this topic in the past year to parent, community and professional groups I first show a picture of a dark cloud with a silver lining. The lining represents the outpouring of concern, generosity, thoughtfulness and collegiality displayed as doctors, psychotherapists, school personnel, city officials, even journal- ists all work together. Traditional barriers between competing institutions and specialties have broken down. We have a common goal: to understand and improve how we identify teen emotional and psychiatric concerns and help them and their families cope. It might seem obvious that all primary-care physicians would already be routinely checking their teens for depression. But this is not so. In the midst of a busy practice, and with uncertainty about how to deal with and refer those patients discovered as depressed, many physicians have not adopted broad mental health screening methods. This is a national problem. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force two years ago recommended routine depression screening for all adults and teens. But it also added a crucial caveat: that screening only be done when there are adequate systems in place to address the depression. Yet in a timely publication out just this month the American Academy of Pediatrics Mental Health Task Force now recommends routine mental health screening, and we have begun educating our colleagues, sharing the tools to do this, and improving our systems of care and referral. As the local tragedies recede in time, the work continues daily for many of us. We have spent this year learning from each other and from national experts about how to respond to suicide clusters, how to screen for depression, which questionnaires to use, and how to make sure that those identified with depression get the best support and treatment. We are compiling a family resource guide with community and Web-based organizations. There are solid medical studies backing up the intuition of those compassionate primary care docs who haven't shied away from dealing with their patient's emotional needs. Such frontline docs, while not technically mental health care specialists, have always known that a gentle inquiry, a hug and some words of encouragement can really make a difference to all but the most severely depressed teens. They don't all need a mental health referral; many can do with reassuring, consistent contact with their "regular" doctor. We are also creating a provider tool kit so doctors can address gaps in their own practices and learn how to readily diagnose and begin treatment of depression, and know when, how and where to refer. We are working to create easier access to mental health care providers and to identify hospitals specifically tailored to help teens and children with mental health needs. It's important to keep these kids out of emergency rooms whenever possible, and not traumatize them further when their emotional issues are coming to a crisis point. We are continually surprised to learn of the myriad community organizations already existing and willing to partner together to help our teens. More poignantly, we realize there are solid medical studies backing up the intuition of those compassionate primary care docs who haven't shied away from dealing with their patient's emotional needs. Such front-line docs, while not technically mental health care specialists, have always known that a gentle inquiry, a hug and some words of encouragement can really make a difference to all but the most severely depressed teens. They don't all need a mental health referral; many can do with reassuring, consistent contact with their "regular" doctor. It has been a hard year for Palo Alto, with the intentional and accidental deaths of some beloved youth. But as we now celebrate this year's high school graduates I am encouraged by the many professionals and parents coming together. Most of all, I am inspired by our young people. As my own 2010 Gunn graduate has said to me several times this year: "We who remain must live all the more fully to honor those who have died." And witnessing these students' courage, compassion, support and embrace of diversity, I know that they are doing just that. Congratulations to our 2010 graduates. And a heartfelt thanks to all those who have supported them. Meg Durbin is an internist and pediatrician at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation who has led the effort in the past year to ease details of sharing information (with parent approval) between health care providers, mental health professionals and school officials. She can be e-mailed at durbinm@ pamf.org. Streetwise What advice would you give to seniors graduating high school this year? Interviews by Carolyn Copeland. Photographs by Kimihiro Hoshino. Asked on California Avenue and at Town and Country shopping center. Brent Haux CVS employee Belmont "Stick with school. You'll get a better job and you'll have more opportunities to do what you want to do." Brian Schwartz Startup employee Grant Avenue, Palo Alto "Pursue your dreams and don't follow a set path. There are a lot of opportunities so don't always do what people tell you to do." Bruce Swenson Trustee at Foothill and DeAnza Community College North California Street, Palo Alto "I'd suggest that they have some fun before they start college. Put travel in your long-term plans. Also, the most important decision you'll make in life is whom you'll marry." Cen Campbell Librarian Hope Street, Mountain View "Don't feel like you have to choose a career path right away. You've got more time to figure it all out than you think. Deciding your major isn't a big deal. I changed mine three times!" Belinda Mulliken Writer Greer Road, Palo Alto "If you can be in touch with your passion, you'll be more on track than if you make yourself into a bunch of things you don't really like." Page 15 serving the Bay Area for 30 years "Best Of" Winner for over 18 years www.prolificoven.com Ten-Time Winner: Best Travel Agency Thank You! In this year's Best Of Palo Alto we applaud Hollywood, the cinema and everything we love about our local A-listers. 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Instead of focusing on Haydn or Shostakovich, the program features the music of the Americas, including Brazilian composer Ney Rosauro's Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra, with its sultry syncopations. There's also a new atonal, somewhat minimalist work by young Berkeley composer Gabriella Smith. The pieces, with their difficult rhythmic elements, demand a high degree of technical competence and musical literacy from PACO's 30 young musicians, most of whom have worked their way up through the five layers of PACO ensembles. During its two-week tour, PACO will perform at the International Youth Orchestra Festival in Istanbul. The tour also includes stops in Ankara, Denizli, Izmir and Bursa. Another challenging piece on the program is "Wadi," by 26-year-old Palo Alto composer Be'eri Moalem, who played viola and violin with the orchestra throughout his school years. The six-minute work is a musical evocation of Cairo, blasted by a chaos of sounds: the Azan call to prayer from the top of the mosque minarets, traffic noises, hooting and melodies inspired by Arabic dance. The effect is startling, with serenity dissolving into dissonance; rhythmic complexity with melodic unity; secular sounds mixed with spiritual. "Wadi" means a deep ravine or rift, and for Moalem the name represents the gap between the Jewish-Israeli and Arabic cultures, which he feels music can help to bridge. "I remember hearing the Azan growing up in Israel but at the time I resented it -- it was more of a symbol of the enemy than a religious melody," said Moalem (a former Palo Alto Weekly intern), whose family moved from Israel to Palo Alto when he was 13. Later, he went on a solo backpacking W Above: Benjamin Simon, music director of the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, is characteristically animated as he conducts a recent rehearsal. 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Moalem scored the piece originally for symphonic orchestra, and it was first performed by the orchestra at San Jose State University, where he is currently finishing a master's degree in composition. Like many PACO alumni, Moalem stayed in touch with Ben Simon, returning to coach at PACO summer camps, perform occasional solos and play in the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, which Simon also directs. From time to time, Moalem sent him pieces and Simon gave him pointers. Eventually, Simon suggested that Moalem arrange the Cairo piece for string orchestra, to be performed in Turkey as a first encore. "It's a sort of gift to their culture," Simon said. "We're bowing to their musical custom and their religious themes. It's also interesting for our young musicians, to get a taste of definitely nonlinear, non-western music." In addition to the string orchestra, the piece is scored for guitar imitating the oud, with a string quartet replacing original scoring for wind instruments. The darbuka drum or doumbek, common in Middle Eastern music, is played by professional virtuoso percussionist Chris Froh, who is also the soloist in the Rosauro marimba concerto. All of the works being performed are challenging, employing techniques such as glissando tremolo, and ponticello: a method of drawing the bow behind the bridge to create an unearthly scraping sound. Tom Yaron, a young PACO violinist, will employ this technique in Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla's "The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires," which features the nuevo tango rhythms for which Piazzolla is famous. Written originally for Piazzolla's own instrument, the bandoneon, this adaptation for violin and string orchestra, with marimba added for extra pizzazz, was a prime choice for Simon, who has long considered the piece "so wonderful, so cool." Another new piece is Gabriella Smith's new composition, chosen as the winner of this year's Youth for Youth commissioning project, which Simon started several years ago. The contest invites young composers from around the country to submit compositions scored for string orchestra, and the 19year-old Smith, who is studying at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, entered "Light, Fog, Winds, Grasses." The piece is a 10-minute, atonal evocation of the northern California landscape. As Smith says in her notes, it was inspired by her "love of nature as ... experienced on a bluff overlooking the Pacific." It has elements of the minimalist work of John Adams, with whom she studied in Berkeley, but is also "very personal and shows she's developing her own voice," Simon said. Simon chose this program for the tour as something that would be "off the European-masterpiece beaten track," and that might surprise the audiences. Turkey has a rich and sophisticated classical music scene, with excellent music education that "is way beyond what we have in the United States," he said. The fact that PACO's musicians can handle the program is testament to their years moving through the five stages of PACO orchestras, starting with SuperStrings under the direction of Kris Yenney. The 30 or so musicians going on the tour to Turkey are all from the most senior orchestra, with a few from Sinfonia (the fourth level), who auditioned to be included. The 125 players in the five orchestras train over many years, regularly playing in large and small ensembles, and performing with outside instrumentalists and soloists. Each year, they perform in Ashland on the Shakespeare Festival's Elizabethan Theatre stage. "It's a fairly intense experience," Simon said, adding that he is well aware of the many other demands on the younger players' time. "But we turn out well-rounded citizens, not just music jocks." Above all, he said, camaraderie and friendships made through PACO go deep. Concert audiences are full of ex-PACO players, sometimes including youngsters who are the result of PACO marriages. Moalem, who looks forward to joining the orchestra in Istanbul before going on to meet with other musicians in Turkey, Greece and Israel, said: "PACO is like a big family. You never really leave." Info: For more about the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra, go to pacomusic.org. www.bowmanschool.org Page 19 uts Hairc.00 $ 18 is ad. So With th me rest rictions apply. Arts & Entertainment THEATER REVIEW mance? And who really owns the enigmatic Lazara twins? All this and more is revealed, scene by scene, in a tour-de-force performance by five superb actors in a tightly written piece. The wit is wonderful, and the discussions embedded in the play about art and music-making are worthwhile, lyrical expressions of the sublime joy of collaborative creation, or diatribes on the difficulties of dealing with artistic passion. In a culture where the artist must fend for him or herself, it's refreshing to hear these characters speak of their compelling desire to pursue their art in spite of all the odds against making a living doing it. The artistic world can also be cutthroat, as artists jockey for position, scrambling to carve out their niche, make their name, align themselves with success, before the opportunities vanish. One muffed audition could spell death to a career; making a wrong choice now could turn into a dead end later. The stakes couldn't be higher, and Hollinger nails it for the intense cauldron it is. TheatreWorks has assembled a first-rate cast, all of whom turn in terrific performances. Davis and Phillips are well-known to local audiences, and both fill their characters to perfection. Frederick as Elliot manages to create empathy for a relatively cold character, and keeps us on the edge as to Elliot's motives. 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Bay Area Health Spa Los Altos 650.390.9727 Page 20 bayareahealthspa.com Witty and intriguing, this newest work from American playwright Michael Hollinger shows us the soaring heights of making beautiful music along with the challenges that come from putting four (or five) artistic temperaments in one room. Himself a former professional violist, Hollinger knows whereof he writes; these are fully realized characters, caught in professional dilemmas in part to do with the mercurial world of music, but also with their particular personalities. We meet Elliot (Richard Frederick), an ambitious and domineering violinist who engineers much of the Lazara Quartet's professional path; Alan (Jackson Davis), the second violinist content to have staked his claim with a world-renowned group; Carl (Kevin Rolston), the cellist who seems to be level-headed and focused on the big picture; and Dorian (Mark Anderson Phillips), the brilliant but perhaps doomed violist, who can't kick his personal bad habits to stay in the quartet. The fictional Lazara Quartet is already successful -- but is facing a major crossroads in its career, and there is no road map. Society will not notice, much, if it fails to continue -- but the personal and professional lives of its members will forever be changed. Enter Grace (Jennifer Le Blanc), an attractive and na�ve viola prodigy auditioning for Dorian's seat, and the mystery begins to unfold. Did Dorian threaten Elliot? Was it just a lover's spat, or more serious? Did Elliot treat Dorian fairly, or with malice? Is Grace going to stay with the quartet, or take a "safe" job with a minor orchestra? Are she and Alan embarking on a fling? Will Carl live to finish the Beethoven cycle? Will the White House appreciate the collective genius of their command perfor- PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL CIVIC CENTER, 250 HAMILTON AVENUE BROADCAST LIVE ON KZSU, FM 90.1 CABLECAST LIVE ON GOVERNMENT ACCESS CHANNEL 26 (TENTATIVE) AGENDA-SPECIAL MEETING-COUNCIL CHAMBERS June 14, 2010- 7:30 PM 1. Resolution Expressing Appreciation to Mark S. Herrera Upon His Retirement 2. Resolution Expressing Appreciation to Gary R. Brooks Upon His Retirement 3. Resolution Expressing Appreciation to Steve Baca Upon His Retirement 4. Resolution Expressing Appreciation to Audrey Bates Upon Her Retirement 5. Resolution Expressing Appreciation to Police Canine Lukas Z Kyjoskeho Udoli Upon His Retirement 6. 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Ramen and only ramen Ramen House Ryowa keeps its menu small and focused by Sheila Himmel Call (650) 289-5400 to join today or visit www.avenidas.org Where age is just a number B CITY OF PALO ALTO NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Government Code Sections 66016 and 66018 that the City Council of the City of Palo Alto will hold a Public Hearing at its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, June 21 and at a special meeting scheduled on Monday, June 28, 2010 at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California. The Public Hearing will be held to consider changes to the Fiscal Year 2011 Municipal Fee Schedule, including new fees, and increases to existing fees, with adoption on June 28, 2010. Copies of the fee schedule setting forth any proposed new fees, and increases to existing fees are available on the City's website and in the Administrative Services Department, 4th Floor, City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California. There is a $3.00 per copy charge for this publication. DONNA J. GRIDER, MMC City Clerk Page 22 efore there was Top Chef, the top food thing was Top Ramen, a very cheap meal beloved by generations of college students. Plunk the brick of precooked ramen noodles into boiling water, add the packet of seasoning, call it dinner. Add vegetables, subtract the salty seasonings, or break up the brick and eat it like chips. Packaged ramen is the soul of versatility. In downtown Mountain View, Ramen House Ryowa works on a similar principle. The food is cheap, fast and adaptable to various flavors and ingredients. There are four broths to choose from, and a handful of protein and vegetable combinations to insert in the broth. But the menu is not much help. All the tiny photographs of the various ramen dishes look like bowls of ... something. Feel free to ask. There may be a line outside Ramen House Ryowa, or people hovering over the 30 seats inside, but the wait isn't that long. With two small U-shaped counters and a couple of tables for two, Ramen House Ryowa doesn't invite lingering or large parties. One night, a group of nine did get seated pretty close together, but they sat shoulder- to-shoulder, not face-to-face. The business at hand is eating, not talking. Does this explain the predominance of male customers? Just asking. Children are welcome. A couple with a baby and toddler, and a man with his teenage son sat and slurped. Refreshingly cold barley tea is complimentary. Pitchers and glasses are refilled often. Also complimentary, a very good kimchi awaits you in the condiment line. This chili-slathered Napa cabbage is tooth-resistant, not flabby. Fried chicken strips come in appetizer and full-meal size. The lightly coated thigh meat stays tender, ready to dip in mayonnaise or a spicy dipping sauce, or to mix with scallions and shredded cabbage. The broths are basically background. We found the miso soup a little dull, and should have made use of the Japanese black pepper, red chili pepper, luscious chili paste or kimchi from the condiment line. Buttercorn broth is salty. Our top choice would have to be sesame. Each soup had a variation of thin-sliced, lean pork and pieces of chicken breast, squiggly ramen noodles, hard-boiled egg, corn, scallions and seaweed. There is also a vegetarian soup. In warm months, Ryowa offers a seasonal treat. Cold ramen salad ($8.25) is like a Cobb salad, stocked with hard-boiled egg, julienne cucumber slices, tomato, pork and shredded chicken breast. In place of the Cobb's lettuce, you get a bed of noodles, and instead of bacon there's crisp nori seaweed and pickled ginger. All the ingredients are placed separately, for you to mix, as is the dressing. 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Dre puts the relationship into perspective: "You're Yoda, and I'm OPENINGS like a Jedi." Chan plays Mr. Han as a slouched The Karate Kid (Century 16, Century 20) It's a sign and broken man who snaps back to of our times. The reboot of the 1984 life on an as-needed basis. Similar to classic that pitted underdog Daniel the iconic Mr. Miyagi, he puts Dre Larusso against merciless bullies of- through repetitive exercises that the fers the same crowd-pleasing charm student doesn't understand. Jacket but with a contemporary twist. "The on. Jacket off. Jacket on. Jacket off. Karate Kid" reflects both globaliza- Just when you're tiring of the roution and bone-crunching stylistics, tine, and praying that fence painting packaging dislocation and violence isn't up next, Han shows Dre that as picture-postcard entertainment hanging up a jacket and kung fu are one and the same. stamped in China. Lenser Roger Pratt takes the armWill the PG crowd enjoy the rechair tourist on a visually breathtaktread? Absolutely. Will parents feel conflicted about ing journey to the Forbidden City, Wudang Mountains and Great Wall mixed messages? Probably. Teaching children to adapt, face of China. He provides glimpses of their fears, learn to respect others ancient architecture juxtaposed with and strive for peaceful solutions statues of Mao, bustling streets and are noble goals. But director Harald markets, and Chinese people of all Zwart ("Agent Cody Banks") and ages enjoying the outdoors. Zwart directs the key action sescreenwriter Christopher Murphey (story for "The Unsaid") litter the quences of the climactic tournament road to enlightenment with brutal in slow motion and with ear-splitting facial bruises, kicks and snapping sound effects. Feel-the-blow viobones. The mantra of "No weak- lence gets star treatment -- and then ness! No pain! No mercy!" may instantly replayed on the venue's big overpower the movie's more admi- screens. Only you can decide if rooting for Dre to deliver vicious strikes, rable life lessons. Instead of relocating from New kicks and throws undercuts the phiJersey to California, this protago- losophy of kung fu or constitutes nist (Jaden Smith of "The Pursuit harmless entertainment. of Happyness") and his widowed Rated PG for bullying, martialmother (Taraji P. Henson of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button") arts action violence and mild lanmove from Detroit to China. Twelveyear-old Dre's sense of loss is palpable. Clutching a skateboard like a teddy bear, the cool kid with the cornrow braids hates his new home. He doesn't understand the culture or the language, and as seemingly the only African-American kid in Beijing, he's certainly positioned as "The Other." Dre engenders sympathy even though he's got attitude and Smith often mumbles his lines or delivers them unconvincingly. Following the original movie's narrative formula, boy meets girl (Wenwen Han in a charming debut). Boy repeatedly gets beaten up by a gang of bullies (led by Wang Zhenwei). Enter the apartment maintenance man and latent grand master of martial arts (Jackie Chan) to mentor Dre for an approaching tournament, where the underdog can face his opponents on a level kung-fu MOVIE TIMES A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) The A-Team (PG-13) 1/2 Stanford Theatre: Fri. at 7:30 p.m. Century 16: 12:50, 2:15, 3:50, 5, 6:50, 7:45, 9:40 & 10:30 p.m. Fri.-Wed. also at 11:30 a.m. Century 20: 11:45 a.m.; 1:25, 2:30, 4:15, 5:15, 7:05, 8, 9:50 & 10:45 p.m. Fri.-Sun. & Thurs. also at 10:35 a.m. Palo Alto Square: 5:05 p.m. Fri.-Sat. also at 9:35 p.m. Stanford Theatre: Wed. & Thu. at 5:55 & 9:15 p.m. Century 16: 11:50 a.m.; 1:20, 2:40, 4, 5:20, 6:40, 8, 9:15 & 10:40 p.m. Century 20: 11 a.m.; 12:10, 1:35, 2:50, 4:20, 5:25, 6:55, 8:05, 9:30 & 10:40 p.m. Guild Theatre: 1:15, 4:30 & 8 p.m. Stanford Theatre: Sat.-Tue. at 6 & 9:05 p.m. Babies (PG) guage. In English and Mandarin with English subtitles. Two hours, 20 minutes. -- Susan Tavernetti The Devil is a Woman (1935) Get Him to the Greek 1/2 (R) The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Not Rated) Hangover Square (1945) Iron Man 2 (PG-13) Solitary Man (CineArts) Michael Douglas plays a character who learns he has a "heart irregularity" in the new independent drama "Solitary Man." In the context of the story, the concern is literal, medical, but it's also a diagnosis of his social ill. In a way, it also describes the winning idiosyncrasy of the film, which resists comforting sentiment. Directed by Brian Koppleman and David Levien from an original script by Koppleman, "Solitary Man" is the story of Ben Kalmen, a successful car dealer brought low after indulging in slippery accounting and cheating on his wife (Susan Sarandon). Kalmen's life-changing mistakes all came in the wake of his diagnosis, raising the question of whether a self-awareness of his mortality has liberated him or damagingly unmoored him from the good life. The answer appears to be "both," in ways dramatized over the course of 90 minutes. Six-and-a-half years after his semi-diagnosis, Ben is outwardly upbeat but shows signs of wear and tear. Having refused any follow-ups or treatment (other than two baby aspirin daily), Ben has a girlfriend (Mary Louise-Parker) 20 years his junior and a plan to get himself back on top in the auto biz; the girlfriend's father is well-connected. The truth is that Kalmen is a womanizing grandfather sensitive about his age: He asks his grandson to call him "Dad" in public, lest the boy ruin any potential pick-ups in the vicinity. With the ladies and even more so in business, Ben is a font of talk or, less charitably, b.s. The way he figures it, his acting out is simply living in the moment, but it's clear to his family that he's as much a selfdestructive man as a self-made one. His issues come to a head when he accompanies his girlfriend's daughter (Imogen Poots) on her college (continued on next page) 1/2 Century 16: 12:10, 3:10, 7:15 & 10:10 p.m. Century 20: 1:20, 4:35, 7:30 & 10:30 p.m. Fri.-Sun. also at 10:30 a.m. Century 16: 11:20 a.m.; 1, 2:30, 4:10, 5:40, 7:20, 9 & 10:35 p.m. Century 20: 10:50 a.m.; noon, 1:05, 2, 3:05, 4:10, 5:05, 6:15, 7:20, 8:15, 9:25 & 10:25 p.m. Century 16: 12:30, 3, 5:30, 7:55 & 10:20 p.m. Century 20: 11:10 a.m.; 12:25, 1:40, 2:55, 4:05, 5:25, 6:40, 7:55, 9:15 & 10:20 p.m. Stanford Theatre: Fri 5:40 & 9:45 p.m. Century 16: 12:05 & 2:45 p.m. Fri.-Sun. also at 5:25, 7:55 & 10:25 p.m. Century 20: Fri.-Tue. at 10:50 a.m.; 4:40 & 10:30 p.m. Wed. at 10:50 a.m. and 10:30 p.m. Thu. at 4:40 and 10:30 p.m. Century 16: 11:45 a.m.; 2:10, 4:40, 7:05 & 9:50 p.m. Century 20: 1:55, 4:25, 6:50 & 9:05 p.m. Fri.-Sat. also at 11:25 a.m. Century 16: Wed. at 6:30 p.m. Thu. at 10 a.m. Century 20: Wed. at 6:30 p.m. Thu. at 10 a.m. Palo Alto Square: Wed. at 6:30 p.m. Thu. at 1:30 p.m. Aquarius Theatre: 1:30, 4:15, 7 & 9:45 p.m. Century 16: Wed. at 10 a.m. Stanford Theatre: Wed. & Thu. at 7:30 p.m. Palo Alto Square: Fri.-Tue. at 2:50 & 7:20 p.m. Wed. at 2:50 p.m. Thu. at 7:20 p.m. Century 16: 12:20, 3:30, 7:30 & 10:20 p.m. Century 20: 11:20 a.m.; 12:50, 2:10, 3:35, 4:55, 6:20, 7:45, 9:10 & 10:35 p.m. Century 16: 11:25 a.m. & 2:50 p.m. Fri.-Tue. and Thu. also at 6:45 & 10:05 p.m. Century 20: 1:15 p.m. Fri.Tue. and Thu. also at 7:15 p.m. Aquarius Theatre: 2:30, 5:30 & 8:30 p.m. Century 16: Noon, 3:20, 7 & 10:15 p.m. S Century 20: 12:40, 3:55, 7:10 & 10:25 p.m. Fri. & Sun.-Thu. also at 6:10 & 9:30 p.m. Century 16: In 3D at 11:40 a.m.; 1:10, 2, 3:40, 4:25, 6:15, 7:10, 8:50 & 9:30 p.m. Century 20: 10:55 a.m.; 1:30 & 3:50 p.m.; In 3D at 11:30 a.m.; 12:45, 2, 3:10, 4:30, 5:45, 7, 8:10, 9:35 & 10:35 p.m. Fri.-Sun. & Thu. also at 10:25 a.m. Century 20: 10:20 a.m.; 12:40, 3, 5:20, 7:35 & 9:50 p.m. Palo Alto Square: 2:45, 5 & 7:15 p.m. Fri.-Sat. also at 9:30 p.m. Stanford Theatre: 7:30 p.m. Sat. & Sun. also at 4:25 p.m. Century 16: 11:35 a.m.; 2:20, 5:10, 7:50 & 10:25 p.m. Century 20: 11:35 a.m.; 2:15, 5, 7:40 & 10:15 p.m. Century 20: Thu. at 12:01 a.m. Century 16: Sat. at 7 p.m. Century 20: Sat. at 7 p.m. The Karate Kid (2010) (PG) Killers (PG-13) (Not Reviewed) The Late George Apley (1947) Letters to Juliet (PG) Marmaduke (PG) (Not Reviewed) The Metropolitan Opera: Aida (Not Rated) (Not Reviewed) Micmacs (R) Monsters vs Aliens 1/2 (PG) Morocco (1930) Please Give (R) Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (PG-13) Robin Hood (PG-13) The Secret In Their Eyes (R) Sex and the City 2 (R) Shrek Forever After 1/2 (PG) Solitary Man (R) The Spiral Staircase (1945) Splice (R) Toy Story 3 (G) (Not Reviewed) UFC 115: Liddell vs. Franklin (Not Rated) (Not Reviewed) Skip it Some redeeming qualities A good bet Outstanding Page 25 Movies " A HUGELY ENJOYABLE KNOCKOUT OF A MOVIE. YOU'LL STAND UP AND CHEER." Jeff Craig, Sixty Second Preview . EXHILARATING. (continued from previous page) weekend at his alma mater. The library bears his name, but the school is wary of Kalmen and his public moral failings. The minute he steps Fri & Sat Only 611-6/12: Sun-Tues Only 9/13-6/15: Weds Only 6/16: Thurs Only 6/17: Solitary Man 2:45, 5:00, 7:15, 9:30 Please Give 2:50, 7:20 Babies 5:05, 9:35 Solitary Man 2:15, 4:40, 7:20 Please Give 2:50, 7:20 Babies 5:05 Solitary Man 2:45, 5:00, 7:15 Please Give 2:50 Solitary Man 2:45, 5:00, 7:15 Please Give 7:20 Babies 5:05 Discover the on campus, he gets in a fistfight with a student, and it's not long before he's chatting up coeds. When Ben commits an indiscretion that further proves his attraction to risk, his downward spiral looks more and more like a tailspin. He alienates his girlfriend, business partners and daughter (Jenna Fischer), who comes to think he needs psychiatric help, which he refuses. A rare bright spot comes from the unconditional friendship of a classmate (Danny De Vito) Ben has neglected for 30 years; real-life pals Douglas and De Vito pair exceedingly well, for a few surprisingly soft-spoken, deeply felt scenes. Douglas adeptly embodies his character's every smarmy compensation, and the neediness he spryly repurposes as a kind of charm. He's dancing as fast as he can, but the floor is quicksand. Wry and melancholic, "Solitary Man" recalls "Wonder Boys" as a character-study showcase worthy of Douglas' ability. Rated R for language and some sexual content. One hour, 30 minutes. -- Peter Canavese For a review of "The A-Team," which Weekly critic Peter Canavese gave 1.5 stars, go to www. PaloAltoOnline.com /movies. More reviews and film trailers are also online. PALO ALTO ART CENTER 1313 Newell Road FRENCH FILM CLUB OF PALO ALTO at Y NEVER" PERFORMED BY INCLUDES "NEVER SA RING JADEN SMITH STIN BIEBER FEATU JU COLUMBIA PICTURES PRESENTS AN OVERBROOK ENTERTAINMENT/JERRY WEINTRAUB PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH CHINA FILM GROUP CORPORATION A FILM BY HARALD ZWART "THE KARATE KID" TARAJI P. HENSON MUSIC MUSIC COEXECUTIVE STORY SUPERVISION BY PILAR McCURRY BY JAMES HORNER PRODUCER SOLON SO PRODUCERS DANY WOLF SUSAN EKINS HAN SAN PING BY ROBERT MARK KAMEN SCREENPLAY PRODUCED DIRECTED BY HARALD ZWART BY CHRISTOPHER MURPHEY BY JERRY WEINTRAUB WILL SMITH JADA PINKETT SMITH JAMES LASSITER KEN STOVITZ 1959 B&W In his last film, legendary writer/artist/filmmaker Jean Cocteau portrays an 18th-century poet who travels through time on a quest for divine wisdom Reserve more and reserve your seat at: www.frenchfilmclubofpaloalto.org Established in 1977, the French Film Club is an independent non-profit Organization, open to the public. and co-sponsored by the Palo Alto Art Center. For full program and discounted tickets go to our website. Call 650-400-3496 for details. "The Testament of ORPHEUS" June 11th at 6:30 pm Jean Cocteau`s final movie of the "ORPHIC TRILOGY" STARTS FRIDAY, JUNE 11 CHECK LOCAL LISTINGS FOR THEATERS AND SHOWTIMES STANFORD JAZZ FESTIVAL June 25 � August 7, 2010 OPENING WEEKEND, JUNE 25 DICK HYMAN LUCIANA SOUZA All events at Stanford University Group rates, festival subscriptions, 40% OFF student tickets and TAKE 5! $5 family discounts available TICKETS ON SALE NOW! www.stanfordjazz.org Box Office: 650.725.ARTS (2787) Information: 650.736.0324 RANDY WESTON FREDDY COLE 39TH SEASON 07/26 Dena DeRose Trio 07/27 Junior Mance Trio 07/28 100 Years of Django with Julian Lage, Victor Lin & Jorge Roeder 07/29 Visions: The Stevie Wonder Songbook 07/31 Rebecca Martin featuring Larry Grenadier, Steve Cardenas & Larry Goldings 08/01 Dave Douglas Quintet Plus 08/02 George Cables Trio 08/03 Nicholas Payton with the Taylor Eigsti Trio 08/04 Joshua Redman Trio 08/06 SJW All-Star Jam Session 08/07 Taylor Eigsti Group featuring Becca Stevens 06/16 Special Pre-Festival Show An Evening with Dick Hyman 06/25 Brazilian Jazz: Luciana Souza/ Romero Lubambo; plus Alegritude 06/26 A History of African Rhythms & Jazz 06/26 Randy Weston's African Rhythms Trio 06/27 Freddy Cole Quartet 07/02 The Music of Billy Strayhorn 07/03 Early Bird Jazz for Kids: Jim Nadel & Friends 07/03 Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio 07/09 Fred Hersch: Jobim and More 07/10 Early Bird Latin Jazz for Kids: John Santos Sextet 07/10 Tuck & Patti 07/11 Ella Fitzgerald: America's First Lady of Song 07/16 Mose Allison Trio 07/17 Claudia Villela Band 07/18 John Santos Sextet 07/19 Khalil Shaheed & the Mo'Rockin Project 07/20 Gerald Clayton Trio 07/21 Kristen Strom Quintet 07/22 The Music of Dave Brubeck presented by Victor Lin 07/24 Giants of Jazz: Charles McPherson, Junior Mance, and Tootie Heath 07/25 Ruth Davies' Blues Night with Special Guest Keb' Mo' ORDER TICKETS www.stanfordjazz.org Page 26 BEST SPORTS COVERAGE California Newspaper Publishers Association 1ST PLACE PREP TRACK & FIELD Sports Shorts OAKS OF NOTE . . . Menlo College sophomore baseball players Chris Mazza and C.J. Dailey were named to NCAA Division III AllWest region teams. Mazza was named Third Team All-West Region as a shortstop while Dailey, a second baseman, made the West Region Gold Glove Team. The middle infield pair played a key role in helping the Oaks (22-15) to their second-highest win total in school history. Mazza and Dailey started all 37 games at their respective positions, combining on 22 double plays. Mazza led Menlo with a .347 batting average, 50 hits, 38 RBI, .646 slugging percentage and 11 doubles. He added eight home runs and scored 34 runs. Defensively, Mazza continued to show off his strong arm and range, and has started all 73 games of his college career at shortstop for the Oaks. Dailey's .983 fielding percentage was a result of three errors in 173 total chances. He helped turn 22 double plays and displayed outstanding range. Dailey hit .281 with 38 base hits and 26 RBI . . . 2008 Olympian Marcie VanDusen was named to replace the retiring Lee Allen as head coach of the women's wrestling team. She's only the second head coach in program history. VanDusen spent eight years as a member of the U.S. National Team, culminating with a spot on the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team and a ninthplace finish at the Beijing Games. During her stretch on the U.S. National Team, VanDusen was a 2004 World University champion and 2008 World Cup gold medalist, and also represented the U.S. as a member of the 2007 World Team. She is a two-time national champion . . . Daniel Rasay, a volunteer assistant for the Stanford men's volleyball team this spring, will coach the Menlo women's team this fall. TITLE GAMES . . . The Palo Alto Little League City Tournament (Majors) will host its championship game on Saturday at Middlefield Ballpark at 2 p.m. Bike Connection, which played Thursday in the semifinals and was the only undefeated team remaining, will either play for the title on Saturday or in the challenge game Sunday at 3:30 p.m. . . . The Palo Alto Babe Ruth 13U Prep League Tournament will wrap up on Saturday at Baylands Athletic Center when In2Change takes on Tesla at 4 p.m. Should unbeaten In2Change lose, the same teams will meet in a winner-take-all game at 7 p.m. The 13U league is made up solely of 13-year olds. Like a walk in the park Paly's MacQuitty gets his diploma, long-awaited medal at state meet by Mitch Stephens hilip MacQuitty walked during graduation ceremonies at Palo Alto High on Wednesday. It probably felt like his race last weekend in the 1,600-meter finals at the CIF State Track and Field Championships. While both events were agonizingly slow, they provided him with his season-long goals -- getting a diploma and a state meet medal. MacQuitty wanted a little more from his experience on the track, until he heard the unfathomable 800-meter split of 2 minutes, 20 seconds. That threw one plan out the window but still gave him the opportunity to achieve something special at Veterans Memorial Stadium on the campus of Buchanan High in Clovis on Saturday. The pace was supposed to be fast and furious in the 1,600 finale and the 12 elite runners surely were going to lay it all out while seizing the moment and going for glory. Instead, the tentative dozen "ran" carefully, timidly, packed into a tight little ball for two laps. It was a tactical race to be sure and apparently, everyone had the same plan. "I thought (crap), (crap), (crap) and (crap)," MacQuitty said about hearing the 800 split. "And a lot more bad words." MacQuitty, always candid, always tenacious, was stuck in the middle of the ball and when all the runners finally decided to break free during (continued on page 29) P Margaret Gallagher Although he wanted to run under 4:10, Palo Alto's Philip MacQuitty (left) still earned a bronze medal in the finals of the 1,600 meters while running 4:21.53 in a tactical race at the CIF State Meet last weekend. STANFORD BASEBALL Things looking up for Cardinal despite its NCAA tourney finish by Rick Eymer erhaps it was more of a testament to the dogged pursuit of a common goal and not the overwhelming presence of physical talent that lead the Stanford baseball team into the postseason this year. The Cardinal players returned home after a brief encounter in the NCAA tournament. They were able to prepare for their remaining academic finals without having to worry about preparing for more baseball. Somehow you get the feeling they would have loved to have had that problem. As it was, Stanford juggled finals and two losses (9-5 to New Mexico and 6-5 to host Cal State Fullerton) last weekend at the Fullerton Regional, its quickest exit from the postseason since going 0-2 in 1994. The Cardinal has bowed out without winning a game in any postseason tournament just twice in its illustrious history. Stanford (31-25) wasn't blessed with overwhelming talent in the junior and se- P READ MORE ONLINE For expanded daily coverage of college and prep sports, please see our new site at www.PASportsOnline.com www.PASportsOnline.com nior classes this year, so it was no surprise that hard-working junior infielder Colin Walsh was drafted in the 13th round, the 409th overall pick, by the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday in the First-Year Player Draft. Drew Storen, who made his major-league debut with the Washington Nationals in May, would have been a junior with Stanford this season. Toby Gerhart would have been a senior on the team but choose to pursue a professional football career. Junior outfielder Kellen Kiilsgaard, who accumulated solid power numbers as a sophomore, was drafted by the Houston Astros in the 30th round, the 904th overall pick. Kiilsgaard, a first team All-Pac-10 pick as a sophomore after batting .328 with 28 RBI, missed most of the 2010 season with an elbow injury, appearing in just 14 games. (continued on page 28) Daniel Mattheis/Stanford Athletics Stanford freshman Kenny Diekroeger from Menlo School will return to help anchor Cardinal hopes next season. Page 27 City of Palo Alto ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared by the Palo Alto Department of Planning and Community Environment for the project listed below. In accordance with A.B. 886, this document will be available for review and comment during a minimum 20-day inspection period beginning June 11, 2010 through July 1, 2010 during the hours of 8:00 A.M. to 12:00 noon and 1:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. at the Development Center, 285 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California. This item will be considered at a public hearing by the Planning and Transportation Commission on Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 6:00 P.M. in the Palo Alto City Council Chambers on the first floor of the Civic Center, located at 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California. 4041 El Camino Way [09PLN-00292]: Request by Stephen Reller for a Planned Community zone district to establish a 45-unit, three-story, senior assisted housing facility on a 0.83 � acre site, and a Tentative Map to merge the lot with the adjacent 1.7 acre site as an expansion of the existing Palo Alto Commons Planned Community. Curtis Williams, Director of Planning and Community Environment In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, listening assistive devices are available in the Council Chambers and Council Conference Room. Sign language interpreters will be provided upon request with 72 hours advance notice. NOTICE OF VACANCY ON THE LIBRARY ADVISORY COMMISSION FOR TWO UNEXPIRED TERMS, ONE ENDING JANUARY 31, 2011 AND ONE ENDING JANUARY 31, 2013 (Terms of Marchiel and Mashruwala) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council is seeking applications for the Library Advisory Commission from persons interested in serving in one of two unexpired terms; one ending January 31, 2011 and one ending January 31, 2013. Eligibility Requirements: The Library Advisory Commission is composed of seven members who shall be appointed by and shall serve at the pleasure of the City Council, but who shall not be Council Members, officers or employees of the City of Palo Alto. Each member of the Commission shall have a demonstrated interest in public library matters. All members of the Commission shall at all times be residents of the City of Palo Alto. Regular meetings will be held at 7 p.m. on the fourth Thursday the month, at least one month per quarter. Purpose and Duties: The purpose of the Library Advisory Commission shall be to advise the City Council on matters relating to the Palo Alto City Library, excluding daily administrative operations. The Commission shall have the following duties: 1. Advise the City Council on planning and policy matters pertaining to: a) the goals of and the services provided by the Palo Alto City Library; b) the future delivery of the services by the Palo Alto City Library; c) the City Manager's recommendations pertaining to the disposition of major gifts of money, personal property and real property to the City to be used for library purposes; d) the construction and renovation of capital facilities of the Palo Alto City Library; and e) joint action projects with other public or private information entities, including libraries. Review state legislative proposals that may affect the operation of the Palo Alto City Library. Review the City Manager's proposed budget for capital improvements and operations relating to the Palo Alto City Library, and thereafter forward any comments to one or more of the applicable committees of the Council. Provide advice upon such other matters as the City Council may from time to time assign. Receive community input concerning the Palo Alto City Library. Review and comment on fund-raising efforts on behalf of the Palo Alto City Library. Sports Stanford baseball (continued from page 27) 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. The Library Advisory Commission shall not have the power or authority to cause the expenditure of City funds or to bind the City to any written or implied contract. Appointment information and application forms are available in the City Clerk`s Office, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto (Phone: 650-329-2571) or may be obtained on the website at http://www.cityofpaloalto.org. Deadline for receipt of applications in the City Clerk`s Office is 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, June 22, 2010. PALO ALTO RESIDENCY IS A REQUIREMENT DONNA J. GRIDER, MMC City Clerk lead in RBI with 41 (with Walsh). a lot of talent returning. On Wednesday, Diekroeger was "Facing that kind of pitching all named one of 11 third basemen the time was helpful," Piscotty said. selected to Collegiate Baseball's "Those guys have nasty stuff and The draft continued Wednesday, Freshman All-America team. Diek- they get you prepared. Chris and with another 20 rounds for a total roeger was the Pac-10's Freshman of Garrett battled injuries but you they of 50. Senior Adam Gaylord went the Year and a first-team All-Pac-10 are going to be good." in the 31st round to the Baltimore selection. Harvard-Westlake High senior Orioles, Jake Schlander was taken The freshman hit .304 as a group, Austin Wilson, if he doesn't sign by the Seattle Mariners in slightly better than the with the St. Louis Cardinals, will the 31st round, and Jonaoverall team mark of give Stanford a power presence in than Kaskow went to the .289. Diekroeger (.356), the middle of the lineup next year. Cincinnati Reds in the Tyler Gaffney (.328) and The Cardinal recruit, drafted in the 41st round. Stephen Piscotty (.326) 10th round, was rated the 14th-best Senior Cory Bannister were among the team's high school prospect in the nation and juniors Zach Jones, top five hitters. by MaxPreps. Dave Guiliani, Danny "Just looking at the "Wilson not only has tremendous Sandbrink, Ben Clowe, freshmen I could tell tools, his raw power being the best Kellen McColl, and we'd be a pretty talented of them, he has the work ethic and Alex Pracher (and any group," Piscotty said. "I character to maximize those tools," 21-year-old sophomores) Colin Walsh guess we were ranked according to the MLB.com scoutalso were eligible for the the second best recruit- ing report. "Still a little bit raw, he draft. ing class (by Baseball America) in does need to improve his overall hitWalsh hit .319 over 143 career the nation. There was a little bit of ting skills so he'll be able to consisgames with 107 runs and 74 RBI. a buzz." tently tap into that power at the next He led the Cardinal with seven Diekroeger will be joined at Stan- level. He's a sponge who soaks up home runs, 45 runs and 41 RBI ford by younger brother information, so most feel this season. As a sophomore, he led Danny Diekroeger, an inhe'll do just fine down the Stanford with a .320 average. fielder who can play short road." "I had an awesome time in my or second base and also a Martin High senior three years at Stanford. It means a Menlo School grad. Brian Ragira, also a Stanlot to go to Omaha and start the last The bulk of the pitchford recruit, was drafted two years," Walsh said. "I'm thank- ing staff also returns. in the 30th round by ful for the opportunity and I am ex- Sophomores Jordan Pries the Texas Rangers. The cited to play for a quality organiza- and Brett Mooneyham outfielder/right-handed tion like the Cardinals." are at the top of the rotapitcher was rated No. 56 The freshman class produced 37 tion, while Brian Busick, by MaxPreps. "Most agree that Rapercent of the home runs and 68 Chris Reed and Scott Stephen Piscotty gira can hit," the MLB. percent of the RBI. Menlo School Snodgress were all imgrad Kenny Diekroeger became the portant members. With freshmen com report said. "He has the raw first freshman to lead the Cardinal Sahil Bloom, Dean McArdle, Mark arm strength for right, he's up to in hitting since Edmond Muth in Appel, Chris Jenkins and Garrett 90 mph off the mound, but his me1997. He also finished tied for the Hughes also returning, well, there's chanics have kept him from throwing as well as expected from the outfield." Redwood Christian right-hander AJ Vanegas, another Stanford recruit, was drafted in the seventh round by the San Diego Padres. Troy senior Brant Whiting, who made news as a 10-year-old school2010 Horsemanship Camps boy in 2001, will also attend Stanford. Mini Camps: Every other month Whiting, and a group of fifth and Intermediate Camps: Check website for dates. sixth grade students at Hermosa Drive Elementary School in FullerSUMMER ton, founded `Read All Over,' which promotes peace and literacy through CAMPS: organizing book drives, and is dedi(One Week Sessions cated to the memory of 20-year-old Available) Deora Bodley, a victim of 9/11 who attended Santa Clara University. Other incoming freshmen include Brian Guyman of Colorado, shortstop Lonnie Kauppila (drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 44th 725 Portola Rd., Portola Valley (650) 851-1114 www.springdown.com round), catcher Wayne Taylor of SB Memorial, right-hander Sam Lindquist of Eastside Catholic in Washington, Brett Michael Doran of Milford, CT, and Austin Slater of Bolles, FL. Clowe finished the season on an 11-game hitting streak, getting a chance to catch on a regular basis Celebrating 35 Years of Educating when Jones was injured and unable Young Children and Serving the Community to play the final two weekends. Mooneyham fell one strikeout The Roberts School curriculum reflects Piaget and shy of the century mark (99) on the embraces the development of the "whole child." season. Sandbrink retired the first seven batters he faced, and threw 2 2/3 shutout innings in what could have been his final appearance. Perhaps it was only fitting that in the loss to the Titans; six of Stanford's nine hits and all five of its Accepting applications for children ages RBI were produced by the highly2 years through Pre-K and Young 5's. regarded freshman class. In other Please call us at words, there's plenty more where 650.322-3535 or visit our website www.robertsschool.com for additional information and to set up a visit. that came from. Page 28 Sports State track (continued from page 27) the last lap -- "It was chaos," MacQuitty said -- the UCLA-bound standout showed the nearly 10,000 fans in attendance what he had with a strong finishing kick. He reached his goal by taking third in the state, but it was far slower than his planned sub-4:10 pace. MacQuitty went 4:21.53 -- a time he might consider during a sleepy league meet -- but get this: he was barely edged at the line by winner Elias Gedyon (Loyola-Los Angeles) and runnerup Ryan Urie (Patrick Henry-San Diego) who went 4:21.12 and 4:21.44, respectively. It was the slowest winning time at a CIF state final since 1958. Indeed this curious race set back distance running some 52 years. It certainly confused MacQuitty, making his third state-finals appearance. The previous two were in the 3,200 meters. He dropped the metric twomiler this season in favor of shorter races. MacQuitty was hoping to improve his qualifying time of 4:12.97 when he took second at the Central Coast Section finals the previous weekend in Gilroy. He also was hoping to lower his season (converted) best of 4:12.45 that he set at the Stanford Invitational. But a 4:21.53? "I've never run a final like that," MacQuitty said. "Certainly I wouldn't have expected that in the state finals. Usually there's someone there to take it out. But races are races. You got to do whatever it takes to win. "Gedyon ran a smart race. He's a great runner. He was the favorite going in and he deserves it. Same for (Urie)." Gedyon, a junior who already has committed to Cal, broke loose on the final straightaway. It was just about that time MacQuitty found an opening. "It was really annoying to run in a big group like that," MacQuitty said. "I kept thinking, I got to get out of this. When I finally did it was like 'yeah, I'm free.' I saw Gedyon make his move and I was going to go after him. But then it was like 'uhhhh.' He was too far out in front." MacQuitty and Urie actually did gain ground and it looked like the Palo Alto standout would at least get second. "I tried to get past (Urie) but I got nipped in the end," MacQuitty said. "You know, I got the top three which is what I wanted. It's my last high school race. Yeah, it's not a PR. It's not under 4:10 like I wanted. But how was I going to run 4:10 with a 2:20 half? What is that?" MacQuitty's performance clearly led the pack among nine local performers. The only other finalists were Gunn 3,200 runners (there are no trials in the 3,200) Paul Summers (9:06.29) and Erin Robinson (10:53.14), who finished 12th and 13th respectively. Robinson, a junior, didn't beat her CCS qualifying mark (and PR) of 10:48.79, but Summers scored a big PR, killing his qualifying time (continued on page 30) C U S T O M S O L U T I O N S F O R E V E R Y S T Y L E A N D E V E R Y B U D G E T Margaret Gallagher Gunn senior Paul Summers ran a personal best of 9:06.29 while taking 12th in the finals of the 3,200 meters. NOTICE OF VACANCY ON THE PLANNING AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION FOR TWO FOUR-YEAR TERMS ENDING JULY 31, 2014 (Terms of Keller & Tuma) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council is seeking applications for the Planning and Transportation Commission from persons interested in serving in one of two four year terms ending July 31, 2014. Eligibility Requirements: Composed of seven members who are not Council Members, officers, or employees of the City, and who are residents of the City of Palo Alto. Regular meetings are at 7:00 p.m. on the second and last Wednesday of each month. Duties: The Planning and Transportation Commission`s primary duties include: a) Preparing and making recommendations to the City Council on the City`s Comprehensive Plan regarding development, public facilities, and transportation in Palo Alto; b) Considering and making recommendations to the City Council on zoning map and zoning ordinance changes; c) Reviewing and making recommendations to the City Council on subdivisions and appeals on variances and use permits; and d) Considering other policies and programs affecting development and land use in Palo Alto for final City Council action. Application forms and appointment information are available in the City Clerk`s Office, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto (650) 329-2571 or may be obtained on the website at http://www.cityofpaloalto. org. Deadline for receipt of applications in the City Clerk`s Office is 5:00 p.m., July 2, 2010. 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The two-day competition, under windy and warm (94 degrees on Saturday) conditions, was always fierce. Six national season-best marks were set, including St. ElizabathOakland senior sprinter Ashton Purvis who came close to breaking Marion Jones' national 100 mark of 11.14. The University of Miami-bound Purvis won in 11.17 and came back to take the 200 in a national-best 22.90. She finished with four firstplace medals and three secondplace state medals in her illustrious career. In the prelims on Friday, only MacQuitty survived. MacQuitty, a veteran of two previous state meets in the 3,200 meters, made his debut in the 1,600 and qualified easily in 4:17.94. The UCLAbound MacQuitty finished second in the first of two heats, which was won by Gedyon in 4:17.93. MacQuitty, who showed off a strong finishing kick which has become a trademark for him this season, has a career best of 4:12.45 in the event. He came into the state meet with the No. 4 qualifying time. Gunn had two state meet entrants on Friday, Kieran Gallagher and Alison Ang, but neither advanced. Gallagher, who was listed among the favorites in the girls' 800, had her worst race of the season and finished 30th out of 32 runners in 2:21.09. She claimed to be very nervous before the race and never got rid of the feeling. The last qualifying spot was 2:12.54, which is slower than Gallagher's season best. Ang competed in the girls' pole vault, but couldn't make the opening height. She had to clear 11-3 to advance. Her personal best is 11-0. Palo Alto also lost two entrants in the prelims. Junior Maurice Williams had trouble with the wind and his steps in the boys' triple jump and failed to qualify. He fouled his first attempt that was aided by a 4 mph wind and so it again on his second attempt, also wind-aided. That left him with just one final jump, which he safely landed. His mark of 42-0 1/2 was well off his qualifying mark of 46-1 1/2 that got him second at the CCS finals last weekend. He needed to reach 47-4 to make the finals. Palo Alto senior Tyler Nigro failed to advance in the boys' high jump, where he no-heighted. He needed to clear 6-5 1/2 to have a chance to advance. His personal best this season was 6-4. Pinewood senior Angela Gradiska saw her prep career end after she failed to reach the finals in the girls' 100 and 200. She finished fourth and second, respectively, last year in those events but missed two months of running this season due to an injured arch in her left foot. The combination of her lack of endurance and some of the fastest times ever run at the state meet was too much to overcome. In the 100, Gradiska was 25th overall in 12.26. In the 200, she was 19th in 25.38. In the 2009 state finals, her marks were 11.74 and 23.85. In the boys' 800 prelims, MenloAtherton junior Jason McGhee also missed out as he ran 1:54.06 to finish eighth in the third heat. He needed to run 1:52.77 to make the finals, faster than his personal best. Page 30 Sports Stanford's Bramlett makes U.S. Open; Menlo's Grimes sixth in state S tanford senior golfer Joseph Bramlett knows what he'll be doing for at least two days next week after shooting rounds of 65 and 71 on Monday at the Del Paso Country Club in Sacramento. That effort earned Bramlett one of four sectional qualifying berths for next week's U.S. Open at Pebble Beach. Bramlett's 36-hole total of 6-under 136 tied him for second with Kenny Kim of Bellflower, three shots behind medalist Erick Justesen of Citrus Heights. Bramlett birdied his final hole of the day to avoid a playoff, sinking an eight-foot putt. The native of Saratoga got off to a fast start with an eagle on his first hole and a birdie on the second en route to a openinground 65. He had five birdies and five bogeys in the afternoon. "I hit some loose shots in the afternoon but I bounced back every time," Bramlett told the Sacramento Bee. "And I made a putt that I pretty much knew I had to have." Earning a spot in the U.S. Open is another milestone on the comeback trail for Bramlett, who was sidelined for the better part of the last two years after suffering through two separate wrist injuries. Bramlett is the first Stanford golfer to qualify for the U.S. Open since Jordan Cox earned a spot in the field at the 2008 championship held at Torrey Pines in San Diego. More than 35,000 people are expected to attend each day of the championship. All general spectators traveling by car to the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach should use free championship parking, located at California State University at Monterey Bay (CSUMB), with close access to and from State Highway 1 and the City of Marina. Nearly 16,000 parking spaces have been secured at CSUMB to ensure that daily spectators enjoy trouble-free travel to and from the championship. In other golf news this week: Menlo School junior Patrick Grimes of Palo Alto capped an outstanding golf season by finishing sixth at the CIF State Championships on Tuesday in Santa Maria. Grimes, who earlier won the Central Coast Section title, shot an evenpar 72 while finishing four strokes behind a trio of golfers who shot 68. Patrick Cantlay of Servite won a playoff on the second hole to claim individual honors on the 6,505-yard Santa Maria Country Club. Grimes was one of two golfers from Northern California to shoot 72. Grimes was 2-over on the front nine after taking back-to-back bogeys on the par-5 eighth and ninth holes. The ninth was a short 474yarder. Grimes did birdie the 118-yard par-3 13th hole and picked up another birdie on the 14th, a 380-yard par 4. That got him back to even par. 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Staff reports for agendized items are available via the City's main website at www.cityofpaloalto.org. and also at the Planning Division Front Desk, 5th Floor, City Hall, after 2:00 PM on the Friday preceding the meeting date. Copies will be made available at the Development Center should City Hall be closed on the 9/80 Friday. NEW BUSINESS. Public Hearing: 1. San Francisquito Creek Joint Powers Authority (JPA) Initial Flood Protection Project: Request by City of Palo Alto Public Works Engineering for Study Session review of preliminary plans for 1% (100-year) flood protection improvements, riparian corridor enhancements, and recreational opportunities along San Francisquito Creek between Highway 101 and San Francisco Bay. Stanford University Medical Center Facilities Renewal and Replacement Project: Meeting to accept comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Report (Draft EIR) for the Stanford University Medical Center Facilities Renewal and Replacement Project, including an overview of the Climate Change, and Air Quality chapters of the Draft EIR. Sports STANFORD ROUNDUP All-American honors cap top-notch tennis year Diekroeger named to All-America baseball team; crew coach earns national honors after NCAA title by Rick Eymer n a season that saw an NCAA team championship plus two individual national titles captured, the Stanford men's and women's tennis programs were rewarded for their achievement with All-American honors. On the men's side, sophomores Bradley Klahn and Ryan Thacher earned All-American honors in doubles. The duo dropped a hard-fought 7-6 (7-3), 7-6 (9-7) decision to Virginia's Drew Courtney and Michael Shabaz in the semifinals of the NCAA Doubles Championship. Klahn also earned All-America accolades in singles, becoming Stanford's first NCAA singles champion since 2000 when he defeated Louisville's Austen Childs, 6-1, 6-2, in the title match. Klahn and Thacher are both first-time All-Americans. Stanford has now produced 14 collegiate men's singles champions in school history overall and nine since the NCAA adopted its current format in 1977. Over on the women's side, Hilary Barte and Lindsay Burdette earned All-America recognition. The Cardinal's top duo captured the NCAA Doubles championship by outlasting Tennessee's Natalie Pluskota and Caitlin Whoriskey, 7-5, 4-6, 6-0. Barte and Burdette brought home Stanford's 13th overall collegiate doubles title in school history, and sixth since the since the NCAA adopted its current format in 1982. Barte also did enough to gain All-America accolades in singles, reaching the semifinals of the NCAA Singles Championship after being seeded No. 4 in the draw. I 2. Questions. Any questions regarding the above applications, please contact the Planning Department at (650) 329-2440. The files relating to these items are available for inspection weekdays between the hours of 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. This public meeting is televised live on Government Access Channel 26. ADA. The City of Palo Alto does not discriminate against individuals with disabilities. To request accommodations to access City facilities, services or programs, to participate at public meetings, or to learn more about the City's compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), please contact the City's ADA Coordinator at 650.329.2550 (voice) or by e-mailing email@example.com. *** Curtis Williams, Director of Planning and Community Environment Baseball Stanford third baseman Kenny Diekroeger from Menlo School is one of 11 third basemen selected to Collegiate Baseball's Freshman All-America team, completing a solid first-year campaign for the Cardinal infielder. Diekroeger, the Pac-10's Freshman of the Year and a first-team All-Pac-10 selection, became the first Cardinal freshman since Edmund Muth in 1997 to lead Stanford in hitting (.356). Crew Lightweight rowing head coach Al Acosta was rec- Teen Philanthropy Summer Camp July 26 - 30 9am - 2pm daily For incoming 7th - 10th graders The teens will meet at different nonprofit organizations each day (between Mountain View & Redwood City) to do service projects and to choose which organization will receive their grant Camp tuition is $400, plus a $200 tax-deductable donation (to fund the grant the teens will make) Szechwan & Hunan Gourmet Call for special banquet and catering menu Keith Peters Stanford junior Hilary Barte was named to the ITA AllAmerican team in both singles and doubles this season. ognized Thursday by the Collegiate Rowing Coaches� Association (CRCA) as its National Lightweight Coach of the Year. In 2009-10, Acosta led the Stanford lightweight eight to a national championship victory at the IRA Regatta, the first in Stanford history. Field hockey Lesley Irvine, who helped the Stanford field hockey team establish a higher standard of excellence during her seven-year tenure, has accepted a position as Associate Athletics Director-Senior Woman Administrator at Bowling Green State University it was learned Thursday. Pac-10 Conference The Pacific-10 Conference announced Thursday that the University of Colorado at Boulder has accepted an invitation to join the Conference as its 11th member, the first new member since July 1, 1978. www.mominabox.net The "I Care" package you'll want to send off with your new or returning college student www.sv2.org/summercamp 650-454-6264 building & scaling social innovations Page 32