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STEPPING UP TO THE TASK<br />
<strong>JAN</strong> <strong>CHRISTENSEN</strong><br />
"EMPOWERING THE ORGANIZATION<br />
TO DO ITS BEST FOR THE KIDS."<br />
WILL THE<br />
LESLIE SALT FLATS<br />
VANISH<br />
FROM REDWOOD CITY<br />
HISTORY?<br />
REDWOOD CITY TO WELCOME<br />
LATINO FILM FESTIVAL<br />
ELECTION PREDICTIONS<br />
AND MORE<br />
IN "AS I WAS SAYING . . . "
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REDWOOD CITY'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE<br />
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<strong>Redwood</strong> <strong>City's</strong> Monthly <strong>Magazine</strong><br />
October 2007<br />
Vol 3, No. 1<br />
Steve Penna<br />
Owner and Publisher<br />
penna@spectrummagazine.net<br />
Anne Callery<br />
Copy Editor<br />
Judy Buchan<br />
Contributing Writer<br />
writers@spectrummagazine.net<br />
Valerie Harris<br />
Contributing Writer<br />
writers@spectrummagazine.net<br />
Dale McKee<br />
Graphic Artist<br />
Contributing Writer<br />
Damaris Divito<br />
Photography Stylist<br />
Sales Associate<br />
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DJ Design<br />
Dale McKee<br />
Aurora Tucker<br />
Advertising Graphic Art<br />
James R. Kaspar<br />
Cover/Cover Story Photography<br />
Welcome to the October issue of <strong>The</strong> <strong>Spectrum</strong><br />
<strong>Magazine</strong>. We begin our third year of publication<br />
with several stories and features that we know you<br />
will enjoy reading.<br />
We start off this month’s issue with a cover story on Jan<br />
Christensen, superintendent of the <strong>Redwood</strong> City School<br />
District. Christensen has faced several challenges since taking<br />
over leadership and has impressed many with her attention to<br />
detail and desire for fiscal responsibility. But many are asking:<br />
Is she up to the challenge? We hope our story by Judy Buchan<br />
will shed some light on that topic.<br />
Publisher Steve Penna makes his election predictions in his<br />
column, “As I Was Saying …,” and also comments on the<br />
“Our Downtown” event, a Downtown Business Group meeting<br />
and the theft of copper and bronze material in our community.<br />
Our business profile this month is on the Arthur Murray<br />
Dance Studio in downtown <strong>Redwood</strong> City. Ever since the television<br />
phenomenon “Dancing With <strong>The</strong> Stars” began, interest<br />
in dance has escalated to new heights. <strong>The</strong>re are not many<br />
cities on the Peninsula that have top-quality instructional<br />
facilities that can turn a klutz into a dancing queen or king,<br />
but we do!<br />
Our student writers inform you of all the extracurricular<br />
activities on campus and the opportunities these offer to their<br />
student bodies.<br />
We also have stories on the Latino Film Festival coming to<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City, the rebirth of the Sequoia High School wood<br />
shop, a successful drug program and photos from several<br />
activities that took place earlier this month.<br />
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VOLUNTEER POLICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5<br />
BALSAMO OBITUARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7<br />
“AS I WAS SAYING ...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9<br />
EVERY WOMAN HEALTH CLUB . . . . . . . . . .11<br />
CULTURAL EVENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14<br />
FEATURE STORY:ELIZABETH GHELETA . . . . . . . .20<br />
NONPROFITS IN ACTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27<br />
SENIOR ACTIVITIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28<br />
FINANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33<br />
LOCAL INTEREST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34<br />
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Inside <strong>The</strong> <strong>Spectrum</strong>:<br />
Our Cover Photo Shoot<br />
THE SPECTRUM<br />
Because of conflicting schedules, this month’s cover shoot took some effort to<br />
arrange. <strong>Spectrum</strong> Publisher Steve Penna asked Contributing Writer Judy<br />
Buchan to schedule the shoot for Monday, Oct. 16, at 2 p.m., since she was<br />
to interview our cover subject, <strong>Redwood</strong> City School District Superintendent Jan<br />
Christensen, at that time.<br />
Buchan arrived first and Cover Story Photographer James Kaspar arrived next.<br />
Kaspar began taking photos of the exterior of the district building while Buchan<br />
entered to announce our arrival. Penna arrived just before 2 p.m. and we were led<br />
to Christensen’s office.<br />
We waited for Christensen to exit a meeting and, once she arrived, introductions<br />
were made and the session began.<br />
<strong>The</strong> shoot began with Christensen on the staircase leading to her upstairs office.<br />
Kaspar wanted to get different shots of her walking up and down the stairs to<br />
reflect a “stepping up” type of theme.<br />
Penna then had to leave due to a prior appointment, so Kaspar continued taking<br />
pictures in Christensen’s office and Buchan started her interview. <strong>The</strong> shoot was<br />
completed in about one hour. Kaspar left and Buchan continued the interview.<br />
Christensen was very jovial during the shoot and interview. One gets the impression<br />
that she is in control and excited about the challenges she faces in a district<br />
that suffers from a large achievement gap, teachers who are unhappy with their<br />
current contracts and a need for more funding throughout the district.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Spectrum</strong> is honored to introduce you to a woman who will have a direct<br />
effect on every student in our community. Her philosophy — “<strong>The</strong> most important<br />
thing is that all children can learn. We as a district and community need to<br />
provide a quality education program for the kids.” — is not just lip service.<br />
Photographer James R. Kaspar zooms in on cover subject Jan Christensen<br />
Test scores have already improved in the district, and Christensen is reaching out<br />
to the community for partnerships that she hopes will keep the trend going. For<br />
the sake of our children’s education, we hope she will continue to stay upbeat and<br />
determined.<br />
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THE LESLIE SALT FLATS:<br />
FROM BEGINNING TO DBM<br />
Valerie Harris, Special to <strong>The</strong> <strong>Spectrum</strong><br />
If you are a concerned resident of <strong>Redwood</strong> City,<br />
you will soon be able to help define the land use<br />
of a remarkable Bay Area region: the Leslie Salt<br />
Flats. Through an announced outreach program,<br />
changes are coming to this historic landmark. <strong>The</strong><br />
Leslie Salt Flats will vanish, signaling the end of an<br />
era and the start of a new one. To make an informed<br />
decision, one must first understand the heritage of<br />
this important Bay Area site.<br />
Salt: that ubiquitous, white, crystalline, granular<br />
substance we hardly notice in daily life. Salt is an<br />
essential nutrient for everything living. Salt is the<br />
oldest and most universally used of all food preservatives.<br />
Salt was even used to preserve the Egyptian<br />
mummies. Salt has been so essential in human history<br />
that salt alone has been the reason for the establishment<br />
of ancient trade routes, the root of many<br />
wars and even an integral part of religious ceremonies.<br />
Salt once served as currency. Salt’s industrial<br />
uses are too numerous to list. Salt and man are so<br />
linked throughout history that even our vernacular is<br />
peppered with idioms: “salt of the earth,” “not worth<br />
his salt,” “below the salt,” “taken with a grain of salt.”<br />
One of the deepest ties indigenous man had with the<br />
Bay Area stemmed from his need of shoreline<br />
deposits of crystalline salt. <strong>The</strong> native Ohlone<br />
Indians gathered salt from the bay shores, where the<br />
salt naturally accumulated along the shoreline. <strong>The</strong><br />
Ohlone traded their extra salt for obsidian, abalone<br />
shells and beads with other indigenous tribes. By<br />
1769, Spanish settlers arrived in the Bay Area. <strong>The</strong><br />
Spanish missionaries at Mission San Jose developed<br />
the first large-scale salt harvesting effort. By the time<br />
of the ’49er Gold Rush, Bay Area salt harvesting<br />
exploded as an industry because of the influx of population<br />
and the increases in the mining industry. In<br />
1854, an ex–sea captain and failed gold miner, John<br />
Johnson, developed a bay shore solar salt harvesting<br />
plant and made a fortune selling salt at $50 a ton to<br />
miners who were looking for gold.<br />
Over time, many salt-producing companies sprang<br />
up all around the bay. Salt harvesting was a laborious<br />
pick-and-shovel endeavor. In 1936, Leslie California<br />
Co. patented and implemented a mechanical salt<br />
harvester and corrosive-resistant railroad bucket<br />
transporter car. That same year, Leslie California Co.<br />
merged with another major salt-producer, Arden Co.,<br />
and formed Leslie Salt Co. With the merger and its<br />
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mechanical salt harvesters, Leslie Salt surpassed all<br />
of its competition. Eventually some of the smaller<br />
companies were absorbed into Leslie Salt empire. By<br />
1959, salt production shifted, and Leslie Salt<br />
stopped use of its Bay Area salt basins.<br />
In 1978, Cargill Co. acquired Leslie Salt’s 40,000-<br />
acre solar salt facilities in the Bay Area. Cargill, a privately<br />
owned firm, is one of the leaders in the food<br />
industry. Cargill easily added salt to its worldwide<br />
distribution network of foodstuffs. Most of the salt<br />
was used for paper production and other industrial<br />
uses. Some of the more cleanly refined salt was used<br />
for pharmaceuticals and foods.<br />
In the 1980s, Leslie Salt was slapped with air pollution<br />
violation citations. Due to excess salinity, no<br />
vegetation would grow in the salt basins. <strong>The</strong> salt<br />
dried out and winds carried salt dust into the air. To<br />
mitigate the airborne salt dust, Leslie Salt dug ditches<br />
to wet down the basins and stop the salt dust from<br />
escaping. With the influx of water, vegetation<br />
returned to the area. And by doing so, Leslie Salt had<br />
just created a federally protected wetland for migratory<br />
birds.<br />
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Leslie Salt, under the ownership of Cargill, went toeto-toe<br />
with the Army Corps of Engineers and the<br />
federal government over land use and salt production.<br />
When the Army Corps of Engineers learned of<br />
Leslie Salt’s plowing efforts, they immediately<br />
imposed a cease-and-desist order. This left the salt<br />
company’s salt basin land in legal limbo. <strong>The</strong> salt<br />
company argued that the federal government had no<br />
say in personal property land use. <strong>The</strong> Army Corps<br />
of Engineers countered that argument by establishing<br />
the 1986 migratory bird rule. That law designated<br />
federal protection of any waters used as a refuge<br />
by migratory birds and placed the salt basins under<br />
the jurisdiction of the federal government. It wasn’t<br />
just the company’s ditch-digging either. <strong>The</strong> Army<br />
Corps of Engineers cited that rainfall gathering in<br />
the salt basins had the same effect. <strong>The</strong> rain also created<br />
protected wetlands.<br />
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<strong>The</strong> federal government had now made it impossible<br />
to continue salt production. In retaliation, Leslie Salt<br />
went to court to fight the edict over its land use, citing<br />
the constitutional statutes deeming that a<br />
landowner has full say over his or her land use. <strong>The</strong><br />
case of Leslie Salt Co. vs. the United States filtered<br />
all the way up to the Supreme Court, and<br />
Leslie Salt lost in a landmark decision, marking<br />
the beginning of the end of a slice of Bay<br />
Area history.<br />
In 2001, Cargill started selling off the land<br />
for wetlands and mixed use. Recovering from<br />
battle scars with the federal government, and<br />
with the emergence of cheaper industrial salt<br />
from Mexico, Cargill decided to divest itself<br />
of the industrial grade salt and concentrate<br />
on the higher quality grade salt for foods and<br />
drugs. Cargill sold 16,500 acres of salt ponds<br />
to both the federal and state governments for<br />
$100 million in a wetlands restoration project.<br />
Cargill offered to sell the 1,433-acre<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City site as well, but Sen. Dianne<br />
Feinstein nixed the deal, citing excessive<br />
costs. Cargill was now left with the <strong>Redwood</strong><br />
City Industrial Saltworks section of the Leslie<br />
Salt plant.<br />
<strong>The</strong> next decision facing Cargill was the disposition<br />
and transition of the property. Cargill started looking<br />
for a real estate partner.<br />
Back in 1984, three partners — Drew Brown, Mark<br />
Sklar and Bennett Dorrance — formed a venture<br />
partnership, DMB Associates, Inc., using their first<br />
initials. DMB embarked on acquiring and developing<br />
real property with a twist: developing large, livable<br />
communities based on input from surrounding<br />
communities. Additionally, DMB researched the history<br />
and land attributes to plan a community most<br />
suitable to the area. DMB employed a simple philosophy:<br />
Listen to the people and listen to the land.<br />
Unlike other redevelopers, DMB worked with the<br />
community and spent a lot of time in the preplanning<br />
stages. <strong>The</strong>ir developments ended up winning<br />
several awards and started the DMB redevelopments<br />
down a path of celebrated community admiration<br />
and success.<br />
DMB partnered with Caterpillar eight years ago,<br />
when Caterpillar closed its West Phoenix, Ariz.,<br />
plant. Caterpillar wished to redevelop the land to fit<br />
the background of the White Tank Mountains and<br />
the West Valley landscape. <strong>The</strong> result was DBM’s<br />
award-winning development of Verrado. <strong>The</strong> devel-<br />
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opment was so exceptional it landed on the pages of<br />
Sunset magazine. DMB continued down the road of<br />
success. Each development was highly regarded, usually<br />
winning awards. Communities embraced their<br />
efforts as well.<br />
When Cargill decided to relinquish the salt flats in<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City, they decided to partner with DMB.<br />
<strong>The</strong> salt flats were unique and historic regions of the<br />
bay. DMB, in turn, brought a history of working<br />
within the guidelines of community input and historic<br />
preservation. This partnership was a smart<br />
plan, because <strong>Redwood</strong> City residents are known for<br />
being vocal when their input is ignored.<br />
In 1992, a concerned group of <strong>Redwood</strong> City<br />
activists formed a grassroots citizen group called<br />
Friends of <strong>Redwood</strong> City (FORC). <strong>The</strong> formation of<br />
the group stemmed from an uproar over the City<br />
Council’s approval of development of the Bair Island<br />
National Wildlife Refuge site. <strong>The</strong> voters placed a<br />
yes-or-no referendum to the City Council’s development<br />
proposition (Measure O) on the ballot. <strong>The</strong><br />
“no” vote won, overturning the City Council’s decision<br />
to build on that site. <strong>The</strong> victory marked the<br />
first voter-designated referendum in city history.<br />
JOHN BRUNO AND SEAMUS MURPHY.<br />
In 2004, the City Council approved the development<br />
of skyscrapers on the bay front adjacent to Bair<br />
Island. FORC sprang into action once again, petitioned<br />
and succeeded in placing another yes-or-no<br />
voter referendum (Measure Q), addressing the development<br />
of skyscrapers, on the ballot. Again, the “no”<br />
vote resoundingly won.<br />
Today, <strong>Redwood</strong> City is once again poised for another<br />
redevelopment initiative. In June, DMB started<br />
their foray into community outreach to heighten<br />
public opinion on the land usage of the <strong>Redwood</strong><br />
City Leslie Salt Flats.<br />
Cargill stated in a June 2006 press release, “In the<br />
coming months you will have many opportunities to<br />
voice your suggestions about the salt works site at<br />
open houses, in mail-back surveys, at community<br />
workshops and other venues that Cargill/DMB will<br />
host. Your thoughts will form the basis for any proposed<br />
future uses of the industrial salt works site.”<br />
Cargill and DMB Associates conducted community<br />
outreach by sending letters to 30,000 households in<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City. Residents were asked for their input<br />
and thoughts on the best use of the site. DMB<br />
received over 200 varied responses to the questionnaire.<br />
<strong>The</strong> two facilitators for the DMB development initiative<br />
in <strong>Redwood</strong> City are John Bruno and Seamus<br />
Murphy.<br />
Bruno hails from work in high-tech at Cadence,<br />
where he was a vice president of operations. He is a<br />
fifth-generation California native and lives in San<br />
Francisco. Bruno eventually migrated into real<br />
estate, with McKay and Associates. McKay and<br />
Associates was best known in <strong>Redwood</strong> City for the<br />
1986 development of the Portside Complex, featuring<br />
Clark’s By the Bay, owned by legendary 49er<br />
receiver Dwight Clark. Those and other achievements<br />
gave Bruno the know-how on <strong>Redwood</strong> City<br />
developments. Bruno is leading the venture for<br />
DMB.<br />
Murphy is well-known from <strong>Redwood</strong> City government<br />
internals. Murphy worked on various campaigns,<br />
most recently Mike Nevin’s for state senate;<br />
he is a member of the Public Affairs Association and,<br />
more notably, he was the campaign manager of Yes<br />
on Measure Q. Murphy joined DMB in June 2006.<br />
Since Cargill and DBM are in partnership, the land<br />
holdings are static. DBM is in no hurry; there is no<br />
imminent push for a land flip. DBM can<br />
spend a lot of time invoking community concerns<br />
and ideas.<br />
Based on its history of referendums, FORC<br />
has taken positions against shoreline development.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Redwood</strong> City City Council has<br />
taken a position favoring downtown redevelopment,<br />
leaving the salt flats area as is.<br />
If the city opts for salt flats redevelopment,<br />
the city will need to revise its zoning and<br />
modify the general plan for the new land use.<br />
Currently, the land is zoned “tidal plain” for<br />
salt harvesting, open space and parks, but<br />
not for housing or commercial development.<br />
It appears the city is leaning toward leaving<br />
the zoning as it is, because city officials favor<br />
housing closer to the downtown area.<br />
Currently, there are three distinct factions vying for<br />
your opinion. FORC would like a return-to-nature<br />
resolution to this issue. City officials wish to retain<br />
the zoning as “tidal plain” and concentrate any<br />
future development in the downtown region. DMB<br />
would like to continue taking the pro-redevelopment<br />
approach, in keeping with their Verrado model. Only<br />
time, and your concerned opinion, will tell.<br />
Editor’s note: This is the first in a two-part series. Next<br />
month <strong>The</strong> <strong>Spectrum</strong> will bring you DBM’s award-winning<br />
development of Verrado and how that community<br />
gained knowledge and embraced it.<br />
For more information:<br />
John Bruno and Seamus Murphy: (650) 366-0500<br />
DMB Associates, Inc.: dmbrealty.com<br />
Friends of <strong>Redwood</strong> City: forwc.org<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City Industrial Saltworks: rcsaltworks.com<br />
Cargill: cargill.com/sfbay<br />
South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project: southbayrestoration.org
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COURTHOUSE PLAZA READIED FOR DEBUT<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City officially heralded the modernization<br />
of its downtown by showcasing a<br />
return of its 1906 courthouse centerpiece to<br />
its historic façade.<br />
Days before the Oct. 15 celebration, workers were<br />
hurrying to put the finishing touches to the courthouse<br />
and its new plaza, but city officials were<br />
already heralding reaching the finish line on a longanticipated,<br />
multimillion dollar project.<br />
“It’s substantially complete,” said city spokesman<br />
Malcolm Smith. “We’re ready to celebrate all the<br />
grand improvements.”<br />
izing and pedestrian traffic. <strong>The</strong> project turned back<br />
the clock on years of remodels to the courthouse,<br />
unveiling the building as it once stood and recapturing<br />
a bygone era.<br />
<strong>The</strong> courthouse is home to the San Mateo County<br />
History Museum and occasionally hosts events,<br />
meetings and re-enactments. Even as construction<br />
dust flew outside, the history museum re-opened<br />
this summer with expanded galleries and a restored<br />
courtroom.<br />
As part of the renovation, the Fiscal Building came<br />
down and a new $1.5 million plaza appeared on<br />
Broadway across from the Fox <strong>The</strong>atre.<br />
<strong>The</strong> city just finished welcoming a new 20-screen<br />
theater and retail complex. While some outlets, such<br />
<strong>The</strong> celebration came 16 months after the May 2005<br />
kickoff to remake the historic courthouse into a centerpiece<br />
of downtown and provide a plaza for socialas<br />
Cost Plus, have already made themselves at home,<br />
the space is also ready to house many more restaurants<br />
such as Fat Burger, Portobello Grill and Escape<br />
From New York Pizza.<br />
While the theater — and the associated renaming of<br />
Middlefield Road to <strong>The</strong>atre Way — illustrates the<br />
future, the 1906 courthouse is a reminder of the<br />
city’s past.<br />
Prior to 1939, when the Fiscal Building was built in<br />
front of the courthouse as a Works Projects<br />
Administration project, the courthouse opened its<br />
Roman Renaissance–style portico onto a park on<br />
Broadway, serving as a centerpiece of downtown<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City and San Mateo County.<br />
In 2003, the City Council allocated $7 million in<br />
redevelopment funds toward the entire façade<br />
facelift and courthouse plaza construction. For nearly<br />
two years, designers and residents held public<br />
workshops about what they envision for downtown<br />
before beginning work last spring.<br />
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According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse<br />
(NIDA), “Drug abuse leads to violence, separation of<br />
parents and children, loss of jobs, feelings of hopelessness,<br />
serious money problems, single parenthood, anxiety<br />
over childcare needs, bad relationships, and emotional<br />
and behavioral difficulties in children. Many drug<br />
abusers end up in prison or jail. Sometimes they steal<br />
property to get money for drugs. Or, often they will<br />
commit crimes while ‘high’ on drugs.”<br />
Here are some important facts from NIDA:<br />
* Most people in State prisons and local jails have<br />
abused drugs or alcohol regularly. However, fewer than<br />
one-fifth of these offenders received treatment while<br />
incarcerated.<br />
* In 1999, 1.5 million children had a parent in prison.<br />
Most of these children (nearly 900,000) were younger<br />
than 10 years old.<br />
* Children with parents who abuse drugs and alcohol<br />
are widely considered at high risk for a range of physical<br />
and behavioral problems, including substance abuse<br />
problems.<br />
NIDA, which is part of the National Institutes of<br />
Health, has released the following recommendations for<br />
successful treatment for drug abusers (as quoted from<br />
their Web site):<br />
* Drug addiction is a disease that affects behavior. It<br />
can alter the brain and body chemistry for months or<br />
even years after a person stops using, so relapse is often<br />
part of the recovery process. In other words, detox in<br />
jail or prison alone is not enough treatment. It should<br />
be treated like any other disease.<br />
* Drug abusers cannot alter their behavior without taking<br />
care of their addiction. Treatment that starts in<br />
prison or jail must continue after release. Treatment and<br />
recovery is hard work that must continue throughout a<br />
user’s life. Without the right treatment, most drug<br />
abusers will use again once they return to their neighborhoods,<br />
even though drugs might put them right back<br />
in prison or even kill them. Treatment should last long<br />
enough (90 days or more) to let drug-abusing people<br />
learn to manage their own drug problems.<br />
* Drug abusers need to be examined by a doctor. <strong>The</strong><br />
doctor might prescribe medicine and will look for other<br />
possible problems, such as depression and anxiety, or<br />
medical conditions such as hepatitis, tuberculosis or<br />
HIV/AIDS.<br />
San Mateo County took the NIDA recommendations<br />
one step further with a brilliant and innovative<br />
approach: Drug Court.<br />
On Wednesday, Sept. 27, at 5:30 p.m. in the chambers<br />
of the San Mateo Board of Supervisors in <strong>Redwood</strong><br />
City, the San Mateo County Drug Court program celebrated<br />
the graduation of 10 drug court participants.<br />
This graduation marked the culmination of participation<br />
in biweekly chemical testing, many court appearances,<br />
completion of a drug treatment program and<br />
making it to one year clean and sober.<br />
Drug Court is a county-run program with a tremendous<br />
success rate and low recidivism. This program resides<br />
under the umbrella of the San Mateo County Superior<br />
Court and San Mateo County Human Services<br />
Agency’s Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Services program.<br />
According to the AOD Web site: “<strong>The</strong> San Mateo<br />
County Drug Court is a specialized court that addresses<br />
the needs of nonviolent, drug-dependent defendants.<br />
Defendants that are eligible for Drug Court have the<br />
option of participating in the Drug Court instead of<br />
serving a County Jail sentence. <strong>The</strong> defendant is expected<br />
to attend all court reviews, enroll and complete a<br />
substance abuse treatment program, submit clean drug<br />
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tests, and abide by any other directives of Drug Court.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Drug Court utilizes a team case management<br />
approach to serve the clients. <strong>The</strong> ‘team’ is comprised of<br />
the judge (team leader), probation officers, prosecutors,<br />
defense attorneys, AOD Services Social Workers … and<br />
treatment professionals. <strong>The</strong> team works collaboratively<br />
to develop a strategy to address the client’s needs in<br />
an effort to decrease the likelihood of relapse, reoffense,<br />
and re-entry into the criminal justice system.”<br />
What the Web site doesn’t explain is that felony drug<br />
offenders can avoid jail time. Programs are tailored to<br />
the defendant’s needs and may entail myriad treatments<br />
from inpatient to outpatient, even day treatments.<br />
<strong>The</strong> San Mateo County team is bisected into north and<br />
south divisions. <strong>The</strong> judges are Superior Court Judge<br />
Richard Livermore (north) and Superior Court<br />
Commissioner Sue Greenberg (south). <strong>The</strong> representatives<br />
from the District Attorney’s Office are Linda<br />
Eufusia and the late Paul Wendler, who passed away last<br />
month after 32 years in the District Attorney’s Office.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Bar Association members are Paula Canny (north)<br />
and Alex Easterbrook (south). <strong>The</strong> probation representatives<br />
are Rhonda Armijo (north) and Danielle<br />
Barringer (south) with additional assistance from<br />
Michael Leon. Billie Teal is the AOD representative.<br />
When a defendant becomes clean and sober, there are<br />
many more people in the background that benefit as<br />
well. Spouses, children, siblings, parents, friends, coworkers,<br />
bosses and community members all benefit<br />
each time a defendant chooses a life of sobriety. <strong>The</strong><br />
impact is extensive and well justifies the program’s existence.<br />
Drug Court had been operating on a budget of<br />
$400,000 annually. This year, though, funding has been<br />
cut by $160,000 due to the loss of a grant. <strong>The</strong> loss of<br />
funding is something that the program is trying to<br />
address through other funding sources. <strong>The</strong> amount of<br />
$260,000 in funding comes from the California<br />
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.<br />
Compare that to the cost of incarcerating inmates in the<br />
San Mateo County Jail. According to Lee Lazaro, director<br />
of administration and finance for the San Mateo<br />
County Sheriff’s Office, it costs the taxpayers $102.52<br />
per day for males and $94.46 per day for females. That<br />
amounts to $37,420 annually for males and $34,478<br />
annually for females.<br />
Compare that to the meager cost of $4,000 per year per<br />
defendant for treatment under the Drug Court program.<br />
That’s a huge savings to the taxpayers. Instead of<br />
losing funding, these programs should be subsidized<br />
even more.<br />
Currently, there are 100 defendants in the Drug Court<br />
program at the average cost of $4,000 per year per<br />
defendant. However, some in-house programs are more<br />
costly and some outpatient treatments are less costly.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Drug Court program does its best to address the<br />
treatment needs of its participants given its limited<br />
budget.<br />
According to Canny, “Dollar for dollar this is one of the<br />
best uses of monies for the benefit of the community.”<br />
Drug Court differs from the Substance Abuse and<br />
Crime Prevention Act, also known as Proposition 36,<br />
which was passed by California voters in 2000. This<br />
permanently changed state law to allow first- and second-time<br />
nonviolent, simple drug-possession offenders<br />
the opportunity to receive substance abuse treatment<br />
instead of incarceration. Prop 36 operates with a budget<br />
of $120 million for treatment services allocated<br />
annually for five years.<br />
Prop 36, however, isn’t as encompassing in substance<br />
abuse treatment as Drug Court, and defendants are<br />
more likely to walk away from Prop 36–mandated treatments<br />
and court appearances. Under the Prop 36 guidelines,<br />
the courts cannot punish an offender until the<br />
third violation. <strong>The</strong>re is also no follow-up on the offender’s<br />
progress. Drug Court is more personalized and tailors<br />
treatments to the defendant. In addition, the defendant<br />
receives treatment from local facilities that have<br />
working relationships with county officials.<br />
San Mateo was one of the first counties to institute the<br />
Drug Court program. According to Canny, “Drug Court<br />
is a great way for defendants to get clean and sober, and<br />
hopefully stay clean and sober, and stay out of the criminal<br />
justice system. With Prop 36, which has no interim<br />
punishment procedures, then defendants could show up<br />
messed up and loaded, and admit violations with no<br />
consequence other than being readmitted to probation,<br />
only to mess up for a third time, with the consequence<br />
being incarceration and no treatment, thereby defeating<br />
the whole purpose of Prop 36, which is treatment rather<br />
than incarceration. With Drug Court that doesn’t happen.<br />
<strong>The</strong> county benefits, and it saves the county and<br />
state the cost of incarceration, and prevents overcrowding<br />
in the jails and prisons.”<br />
Hope House, in <strong>Redwood</strong> City, provides a 180-day program<br />
for women and offers a transitional living program.<br />
This is just one example of a facility that works<br />
with Drug Court. Others include the Women’s<br />
Recovery Association, Project 90, Sitike Counseling<br />
Center, Daytop Village and Asian American Recovery<br />
Services.<br />
San Mateo County has been innovative in many ways.<br />
One such innovation is the Choices Program. According<br />
to Canny, “<strong>The</strong> Choices Program run in both the men’s<br />
and women’s jails is a brilliant contribution to treatment<br />
for individuals in custody. Shirley LaMar and Dr.<br />
Teri Lynch have really made that program work for the<br />
benefit not just for the participants but for the community<br />
as a whole.”<br />
Beverly Thames, the public information officer for the<br />
San Mateo County Health Department, states, “<strong>The</strong><br />
current enrollment in the Choices Program consists of<br />
91 men and 26 women.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> Sheriff’s Office also supports the Choices Program.<br />
According to Lazaro, “<strong>The</strong> Sheriff’s Department allocates<br />
a pod in the men’s facility and a dorm in the<br />
women’s facility for Choices Program participants.”<br />
Canny continues, “Drug Court is the most cost-effective<br />
way to help people with substance abuse problems to<br />
get clean and sober, lead law-abiding lives, and stay out<br />
of the criminal justice system. Some people start Drug<br />
Court programs out of custody and stay out of custody<br />
for the remainder of the program, and abide by Drug<br />
Court rules. Some people begin Drug Court while in<br />
jail, participating in the Choices Program, and thereafter<br />
move into a community-based treatment program.<br />
By the time a Drug Court participant graduates from<br />
the program, they have been out of jail and living independently<br />
in the community, crime free, and have<br />
remained clean and sober for one year. That is a great<br />
benefit, not just for the Drug Court graduate, but for all<br />
of us in our community.”<br />
San Mateo County, once again, has invoked a cuttingedge<br />
and cost-effective solution to a nationwide problem<br />
by implementing collaborative programs to genuinely<br />
assist people in bettering their lives.<br />
If you are interested in helping the program succeed,<br />
information will soon be posted on <strong>The</strong> <strong>Spectrum</strong><br />
<strong>Magazine</strong>’s Web site at www.spectrummagazine.net.
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As I Was Saying ...<br />
As I Was Saying ...<br />
By<br />
Steve Penna<br />
Publisher<br />
Downtown Business Group President Alpio<br />
Barbara weathered his first storm in office<br />
during the group’s recent meeting in the<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City Council Chambers. <strong>The</strong> meeting<br />
started out like many others until business and<br />
property owner John Anagnostou addressed the<br />
group. If you don’t know Anagnostou, he has been<br />
very upbeat for years about the resurgence of the<br />
downtown area and expresses himself with so much<br />
enthusiasm.<br />
While Anagnostou addressed the group and showed<br />
his enthusiasm, Greg St. Claire (owner of <strong>Redwood</strong><br />
City restaurants Milagros and A Tavola) seemed to<br />
take exception to Anagnostou’s comments and questioned,<br />
among other things, why many of the buildings<br />
Anagnostou has invested in remain vacant (including<br />
the old Spanky’s site at the corner of Broadway and<br />
Jefferson) and what he saw as the lack of activity at the<br />
Fox <strong>The</strong>atre.<br />
St. Claire also questioned city staff as to why they<br />
would allow a developer (Innisfree, developer of the<br />
downtown cinema/retail project) to come into our city<br />
and build a project with zoned restaurant spaces without<br />
the proper ventilating systems installed. This error<br />
has caused numerous prospective lessees to take anoth-<br />
er look at their decisions to occupy space there because<br />
of the cost involved to install ventilation after construction<br />
has concluded. All are valid points and topics<br />
that need to be discussed and worked through if any<br />
group is going to move forward.<br />
<strong>The</strong> two went back and forth and, being the leader that<br />
he is, Barbara let them continue. This group has been<br />
through various stages of formation for years and it<br />
appears, as in all groups, there may be conflicting views<br />
and opinions on what direction they should take.<br />
Unfortunately, those who bring up such topics are<br />
looked upon as “outsiders” no matter what group they<br />
are in, especially when questioning the city staff. So<br />
that is why many do not speak up and then things<br />
come to a head, which is what happened in this situation.<br />
Both Anagnostou and St. Claire have done a lot for our<br />
community by bringing in businesses that provide sales<br />
tax dollars and activity, and both of their opinions and<br />
views are valid. <strong>The</strong>y just have different styles of doing<br />
it.<br />
<strong>The</strong> “discussion” between the two has been talked<br />
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YOU SHOULD BE DANCING...<br />
WITH ARTHUR MURRAY<br />
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by Dale McKee<br />
With the rise of shows like “Dancing With<br />
the Stars,” it seems the dance floor is even<br />
more popular than ever. But what about<br />
those of us who don’t want to be TV contestants?<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are still plenty of reasons to take to the dance<br />
floor. And Alice Louise, owner of <strong>Redwood</strong> City’s<br />
own Arthur Murray branch, is more than happy to<br />
tell you about it.<br />
Louise, a former schoolteacher, turned to dance at a<br />
transition point in her life. She searched for something<br />
“self-nurturing” and found it in dance. She<br />
started out as a student at the Burlingame branch,<br />
little knowing she would work her way from student<br />
to teacher, and then to management and eventual<br />
ownership.<br />
“‘Dancing With the Stars’ has made a huge impact<br />
on the dance business,” Louise said. “We’re seeing<br />
our enrollments up by about 30 percent across the<br />
board.” Considering Arthur Murray is an international<br />
organization, founded in 1912, with branches<br />
all over the world, that’s saying a lot.<br />
“Dance gives you a lot of things,” she added. “It’s a<br />
lot more than steps and patterns. It’s about self-confidence<br />
and social ease, and meeting people that<br />
have the same interests that you do. It’s about a lot<br />
of things.”<br />
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When she speaks about dance, the passion is evident<br />
in Louise’s eyes and voice; it’s not just a job to her,<br />
but more of a calling. As we discussed stories and the<br />
impact dance has had, not only on her life but also<br />
on those she’s worked with and taught, it was difficult<br />
not to be enthused by it.<br />
To be honest, I didn’t resist all that hard. Louise even<br />
got me out on the dance floor for an introductory<br />
lesson. Being the proud owner of two left feet, I was<br />
somewhat nervous and skeptical, but I have to<br />
admit: After only thirty minutes, I felt a lot better<br />
about dancing on the floor. Even the simple moves I<br />
learned in that time sure beat the famous “high<br />
school hang” (as Louise calls it). You know, that<br />
shuffle you do at weddings because you really don’t<br />
have a clue as to what to do with your feet?<br />
Weddings are a big part of why some folks choose to<br />
take lessons. With the wedding industry booming,<br />
and the bottom line on wedding costs rising, people<br />
are more inspired to make it a truly memorable<br />
event. “That first dance is something special that<br />
they will have with them the rest of their walking<br />
lives,” Louise commented. “People are putting time<br />
and energy and money into dancing to [that first<br />
song].” So when they go out for the first dance, it’s<br />
a “memorable, exciting part of the day.”<br />
Besides weddings, Louise said, “<strong>The</strong> focus for Arthur<br />
Murray is — and it always has been — social partner<br />
dancing. So anything you can dance with a partner.<br />
Rumba, cha-cha, swing, waltz … all of the classics, as<br />
well as the club dances.” She said they’ve seen a lot<br />
of comeback of disco, the Hustle, and even hip-hop<br />
music “Club Swing” dancing. Even techno music like<br />
Nine Inch Nails has a dance and moves that work.<br />
Cruises, birthdays, parties — all are events where<br />
you can benefit from the confidence and knowledge<br />
that you can take to the dance floor with pride.<br />
In addition to events and partner dancing, Arthur<br />
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Murray also has a competitive side. “If you want<br />
to compete, we can do that,” Louise said. In fact,<br />
many of the dance teachers and contestants in shows<br />
like “Dancing With the Stars” are Arthur<br />
Murray–trained. “We do it all,” she adds.<br />
Her clientele at the <strong>Redwood</strong> City studio range in<br />
age from early 20s to middle-80s. “<strong>The</strong>re is no generation<br />
gap with dancing,” she said. <strong>The</strong>y host dance<br />
parties on Tuesday and Friday nights that are not<br />
open to the public but, rather, reserved for students<br />
as part of enrollment. At such events, it’s not uncommon<br />
to see a 26-year-old woman dancing with a 70-<br />
year-old man, or the reverse, in any combination.<br />
About 40 percent of the clientele is married couples,<br />
many of them typical of the “empty nesters” after<br />
the kids have gone off to college. “For persons with<br />
small children, in the married couples group, this is<br />
date night,” Louise said with a smile. “She’s been<br />
home all week chasing kids, and he’s been climbing<br />
the corporate ladder, and this is quality time with<br />
each other.”<br />
Single gentlemen take lessons for business reasons,<br />
to develop social graces. <strong>The</strong> ladies are here for selfnurturing,<br />
Louise said. Some folks are in it for the<br />
exercise. It’s a broad appeal base for everyone.<br />
“I have one gentleman in his early 50s who has<br />
health problems. He has lost 60 pounds on our<br />
dance floor in the last year,” Louise said. “He was<br />
very intimidated by going into the gym and working<br />
with a personal trainer with a classically cut body; a<br />
lot of people have been there and done that. And he<br />
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comes in here and has a great time … and he’s<br />
turned out to be a wonderful dancer.”<br />
Louise encourages people to give lessons a try,<br />
adding that the first lesson at Arthur Murray is complimentary.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are a lot of different programs, and<br />
everything is personalized to the individual. <strong>The</strong><br />
goal of Arthur Murray is to see you reach your goals<br />
in dance, whether that be looking good on the floor<br />
on a cruise, at a wedding, or even in a dance competition.<br />
<strong>The</strong> more time you put in, of course, the more<br />
you’ll get out of it.<br />
And there is a lot to get out of it. Louise still teaches<br />
classes herself, admitting that her favorite lessons<br />
to teach are beginners’. In addition, she has a handpicked<br />
staff, four gentlemen and two ladies, all noted<br />
instructors and dancers. <strong>The</strong>y’re certified and they<br />
compete. And the atmosphere is friendly. Out on the<br />
floor, there’s no pressure, no embarrassment —<br />
everyone I saw was having a good time.<br />
“Arthur Murray [instructors] are the most successful<br />
persons in the world in teaching the student that<br />
feels they cannot learn.” Louise goes on to add,<br />
“This is not something you can learn in two or three<br />
lessons … it depends on what your idea of ‘learning<br />
to dance’ is. Some people are with us a few weeks,<br />
some a few months. I have people that have been<br />
with us for years and years.”<br />
That’s the positive impact of dance, and the positive<br />
environment at Arthur Murray. <strong>The</strong> <strong>Redwood</strong> City<br />
studio, in fact, is an award-winning studio, winning<br />
the 2006 Top Studio Award in Las Vegas earlier this<br />
year. <strong>The</strong> awards speak for themselves.<br />
“Dancing is a journey,” Louise said. “What we give<br />
you is priceless. We in this studio want to be able to<br />
touch and change your life and make it better. That<br />
is a huge thing for us, to be able to touch your life<br />
through dance and make it better.”<br />
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SAN MATEO COUNTY<br />
HISTORY MUSEUM<br />
<strong>The</strong> museum is located in the old courthouse<br />
with its historic dome. Its collections<br />
include horse-drawn carriages,<br />
models, railroads from Caltrans and the<br />
Ocean Shore Railroad, relics from San<br />
Mateo’s past and lithographic art dating<br />
from 1875.<br />
Ongoing Exhibits<br />
“<strong>The</strong> Great Rotunda.” <strong>The</strong> stained-glass<br />
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“Courtroom A.” <strong>The</strong> oldest courtroom in<br />
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“Nature’s Bounty.” This exhibit gallery<br />
explores how the earliest people of the<br />
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used to help build San Francisco after<br />
the discovery of gold in 1849.<br />
“Journey to Work.” This exhibit gallery<br />
shows how transportation transformed<br />
San Mateo County from a frontier to<br />
suburbs.<br />
“Carriage Display.” An exhibit of the<br />
museum’s 30 horse-drawn vehicles.<br />
“Charles Parsons Gallery.” An exhibit of<br />
the 23 historical model ships created by<br />
Charles Parsons of San Carlos.<br />
“Politics, Crime and Law Enforcement.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> Atkinson Meeting Room includes<br />
the Walter Moore Law Enforcement<br />
Collection of historic badges.<br />
“San Mateo County History Makers:<br />
Entrepreneurs Who Changed the<br />
World.” This exhibit chronicles the entrepreneurs<br />
who made San Mateo County<br />
internationally known and features the<br />
finest local business minds, who invented,<br />
revolutionized and developed<br />
unique businesses that have impacted<br />
the lives of San Mateo County residents.<br />
(updated!)<br />
“Land of Opportunity.” This exhibit<br />
explores the different ways in which<br />
immigrants have made a place for themselves<br />
in San Mateo County, including<br />
stories of arrival, discrimination experiences,<br />
defining roles and maintaining<br />
culture. (updated!)<br />
“Living the California Dream.” This<br />
exhibit depicts the development of the<br />
suburban culture of San Mateo County<br />
and features a state-of-the-art object<br />
theater presentation with a narrator who<br />
traces the evolution of the California<br />
Dream using lighting effects on artifacts<br />
and video projection. (updated!)<br />
Admission $2–$4; children 5 and under<br />
free. Tuesday-Sunday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.<br />
777 Hamilton St., <strong>Redwood</strong> City. (650)<br />
299-0104, (650) 359-1462, www.sanmateocountyhistory.com.<br />
LITTLE FOX<br />
<strong>The</strong> Little Fox is at 2209 Broadway.<br />
Ticket info and sales (650) 369-4119 for<br />
these shows at the Fox <strong>The</strong>ater and<br />
Little Fox. Tickets also available at foxdream.com<br />
and at the Fox <strong>The</strong>atre Box<br />
Office.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Silicon Valley Houserockers plus<br />
MidLife Vices<br />
Very Scary Rock & Soul Halloween Show<br />
Saturday, Oct. 28, 8 p.m., $12 adv./$14<br />
door<br />
Great prizes for best costume, scariest<br />
costume, sexiest costume, funniest costume,<br />
costume with the most colors and<br />
costume making the best use of plastic<br />
or wood! <strong>The</strong> Silicon Valley<br />
Houserockers is a band out of Los<br />
Gatos that plays the greatest rock ’n’ roll<br />
songs ever recorded. With a wailing fivepiece<br />
horn section and a rock-solid<br />
rhythm section of two guitars, bass,<br />
drums and keys, they bring the rock ’n’<br />
roll classics to life. <strong>The</strong> music is rock ’n’<br />
roll and classic rhythm & blues. Start<br />
with the opening riff of the Stones’<br />
“Satisfaction” and the good time boogie<br />
of Sam & Dave’s “Soul Man.”<br />
Tainted Love<br />
Friday, Nov. 3, 9 p.m., $16 adv./$18 door<br />
This seven-piece outfit from San<br />
Francisco brings you back to the days<br />
when keyboards ruled the airwaves,<br />
cascading hairdos were commonplace<br />
and outlandish fashions lit up the pioneering<br />
early days of MTV. With a stellar<br />
lineup of three high-energy singers driven<br />
by a powerhouse band whose credentials<br />
include Pride & Joy, Super<br />
Diamond, Car Wash, Panama and Yah-<br />
Yah Littleman, Tainted Love delivers a<br />
nonstop ’80s live show.<br />
Aja Vu — A Tribute to Steely Dan plus<br />
Alien Cowboys<br />
Presented by Voices of Latin Rock<br />
Saturday, Nov. 4, 8 p.m., $12 adv./$14<br />
door<br />
San Francisco–based Aja Vu won this<br />
year’s KFOX Last Band Standing competition<br />
on the Bay Area’s #1-rated Greg<br />
Kihn Show. Aja Vu performs the music of<br />
Steely Dan, from “Hey Nineteen” and<br />
“Reelin’ in the Years” to “Rikki Don’t<br />
Lose That Number.” You can buy a thrill<br />
when you hear the tight, chunky horns,<br />
vocals and solos note for note and<br />
phrase for phrase, backed up by an<br />
unparalleled rhythm section! <strong>The</strong> Aja Vu<br />
show recreates the combination of rock<br />
and jazzy blues.<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City Blues Jam<br />
Wednesday, Nov. 8, 7 p.m. Free admission!<br />
Join Kenny “Blue” Ray for an evening of<br />
quality blues music from the area’s best<br />
musicians, where audience blues musicians<br />
are invited to jam on stage. <strong>The</strong><br />
music is real, the mood collegial and the<br />
doors open to the community to enjoy<br />
this uniquely American music. <strong>The</strong> Jam<br />
now meets on the second, third and<br />
fourth Wednesday of each month, from<br />
7 to 11 p.m. Bring your friends!<br />
<strong>The</strong> Cheeseballs<br />
Friday, Nov. 10, 9 p.m., $14 adv./$16<br />
door<br />
<strong>The</strong> Cheeseballs will make you shake<br />
your booty like it hasn’t been shaken in<br />
years. <strong>The</strong> band members pride themselves<br />
on serving up a helping of nonstop<br />
’70s disco dance hits and ’80s and<br />
’90s pop classics, performing songs that<br />
you will be surprised to discover you<br />
knew all the words to, such as “YMCA,”<br />
“Stayin’ Alive,” “Dancing Queen,” “Le<br />
Freak,” “Disco Inferno” and many more.<br />
<strong>The</strong> result is always an audience dancing<br />
and singing along.<br />
Crucial Crue — Tribute to Motley<br />
Crue plus Izzy Ozbourne — Tribute to<br />
Ozzy Osbourne with special guest<br />
appearance by Children of the<br />
Damned — Tribute to Iron Maiden<br />
Saturday, Nov. 11, 8 p.m., $12 adv./$14<br />
door<br />
Crucial Crue, the ultimate live tribute to<br />
Motley Crue, provides an exciting performance<br />
with a full-scale reproduction<br />
of Motley Crue’s latest tour. You will<br />
think you are seeing Tommy, Vince, Mick<br />
and Nikki in the flesh! All of the old and<br />
new hit songs will bring you right back to<br />
the ’80s hair metal days. Crucial Crue<br />
offers a unique and up-to-the-minute<br />
version of the true Motley Crue with full<br />
costumes and even a few female stage<br />
dancers! So come take a walk on the<br />
wild side, check out the girls, girls, girls<br />
and dance.<br />
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REDWOOD CITY'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE<br />
THE MAIN GALLERY LOSES A FRIEND<br />
S<br />
<strong>The</strong> Main Gallery has suffered a great loss in the<br />
passing of artist JoAnne Horsfall Beasley, who died<br />
of cancer on Sept. 29, 2006. Beasley was scheduled<br />
for a show of works, titled “Between Light and<br />
Shadow,” with ceramic artist Karen Truesdell.<br />
In tribute to the wonderful friend and painter, <strong>The</strong><br />
Main Gallery will host the show as scheduled and<br />
will make the show a memorial to Beasley and a<br />
celebration of her life and works.<br />
Between Light and Shadow: Oil pastel paintings by<br />
JoAnne Horsfall Beasley and ceramic sculpture by<br />
Karen Truesdell at <strong>The</strong> Main Gallery, October 18th<br />
to November 19th.<br />
JoAnne Beasley was excited about this show and<br />
worked up to the last on the art she loved. It was a<br />
departure from her usual landscapes in that the<br />
paintings include buildings important in her life.<br />
Sadly she lost her battle with cancer and died on<br />
September 29th. <strong>The</strong> artists of <strong>The</strong> Main Gallery<br />
invite you to honor our wonderful artist and friend<br />
by viewing her works.<br />
Stanford University is the place that brought the<br />
Beasley family to California. <strong>The</strong>y were invited to<br />
visit in 1973 and the entire family picked up Amtrak<br />
in Chicago for a 6 weeks stay. <strong>The</strong>y returned permanently<br />
the next summer and have been in Palo<br />
Alto and the Trinities of California ever sinceŠenjoying<br />
California more than they could ever have<br />
imagined. Trinity Alps Resort was their first family<br />
vacation place (after a tourist-laden visit to<br />
Yosemite in the first summer in 1975) and they<br />
returned to <strong>The</strong> Resort every year since until building<br />
their own cabin up in the Trinities in 1999.<br />
<strong>The</strong> idea of a show titled “Between Light and<br />
Shadows,” Reflections on A Sense of Place:<br />
Stanford University and <strong>The</strong> Trinity Alps¹ struck Ms.<br />
Beasley as an interesting concept as she had been<br />
aware for some time of the strong light sources in<br />
her paintings in both of these places. She saw the<br />
landscapes, all with buildings of one kind of architecture<br />
or another, as also capable of psychological<br />
and occasional hints of philosophical similarities<br />
and dissimilarities.<br />
JoAnne Horsfall Beasley painted since childhood,<br />
receiving a BFA and MFA from Cornell University in<br />
the mid- 1960¹s. She painted the landscape of<br />
California for over 40 years.<br />
Karen Truesdell¹s ceramic sculptures take the idea<br />
of Between Light and Shadow into the psychological<br />
Inner Landscapes and <strong>The</strong> Games We Play¹.<br />
Using a variety of clays (white stoneware to deep<br />
red terra cotta) she has placed them on bases<br />
which both extend their form and message.<br />
Everyman figures play games with a scientific edge<br />
on arches reminiscent of the Stanford Quad: Bird<br />
women soar over rocks. Truesdell, a long time resident<br />
of Menlo Park, studied at Stanford, San Jose<br />
State and the Corcorran School of Art. She has<br />
taught and shown in the bay area for over 40 years.<br />
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SCHOOL CLUBS<br />
UNITE WOODSIDE<br />
STUDENTS<br />
By Nick Markwith, Student Writer<br />
Every student strives to have extracurricular<br />
activities on their transcript because colleges,<br />
as the saying goes, just gobble them up. Many<br />
of these endeavors are quite common at other high<br />
schools and after school. But Woodside High<br />
School’s uniqueness derives from more than afterschool<br />
sports and activities. It originates from students<br />
gathering together for a common cause during<br />
a time when they could be enjoying time with<br />
friends. <strong>The</strong> variety of different clubs at lunch<br />
throughout the week adds something different to<br />
Woodside that no other school can duplicate.<br />
Most schools have clubs during lunch. Nothing is<br />
unique about that. Every school has its class meetings<br />
and different organizations dealing with a range<br />
of exotic issues. But no other school has the vitality<br />
of Woodside’s Octagon Club; the ferocious environmental<br />
awareness of the Get It Right, Get It Tight<br />
Club; or the widespread fame and glory of the<br />
Cheese Club.<br />
Lunch in the quad is always packed with sophomores,<br />
juniors and seniors. But on Mondays, the<br />
usual tenants are nowhere to be found; the quad is a<br />
deserted wasteland. Everyone who still resides there<br />
knows why Mondays are slow at lunch: Octagon<br />
Club. Woodside’s Octagon Club deals with important<br />
environmental issues and cleanups to improve<br />
the environment. As part of Junior Optimist<br />
Octagon International, it is a club that many high<br />
schools around the country have. However, what<br />
other schools might not have is the overwhelming<br />
population: 75 members. Max Schneider, senior and<br />
president of the Octagon Club, explains the phenomenon<br />
of the popularity: “I have to admit. It<br />
looks great for colleges, but beyond that superficial<br />
reason, a lot of people do care this year.” An average<br />
member of the club can spend up to 12 hours weekly<br />
doing community service. “It makes you feel great<br />
about helping out a community that does so much<br />
for you,” comments Schneider.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Octagon Club deals mostly with community<br />
service outside of school. But does not Woodside’s<br />
campus deserve to be clean as well? That is where<br />
the Get It Right, Get It Tight Club comes into play.<br />
Beginning last April, students started to notice the<br />
massive amount of trash lying around after breaks.<br />
Ms. Staves, a member of Woodside’s staff, helped<br />
the process of creating the club. <strong>The</strong> unique name<br />
comes from a simple understanding of their goals.<br />
Get It Right means doing things correctly. Get It<br />
Tight refers to doing it like you are supposed to.<br />
Although the club has a meager membership of 10<br />
students, they are able to make a difference and it is<br />
noticeable. “We enjoy it because we care about the<br />
campus enough to keep it clean. We want a clean<br />
environment,” says Julitza Arzate, a senior and member<br />
of the club.<br />
Possibly the most radical idea for a club as of yet, the<br />
Cheese Club was spawned into creation three years<br />
ago. Former students Alex Stork and Nathan Hillier<br />
stumbled upon the idea. <strong>The</strong>y decided to “take<br />
cheese, a universally loved food, and actually do<br />
something serious with it,” explains senior and<br />
President Jen Cowitz. She, along with Micheal<br />
Rhodes, leads the Cheese Club. <strong>The</strong> Cheese Club is<br />
not completely full of laughter and foolishness,<br />
despite the usual bantering about how fun it is. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
learn about the origins of cheese and the cultural<br />
aspects of it. “Mix that kind of high-mindedness<br />
with gluttony for fatty cheese,” says Cowitz, and you<br />
get the Cheese Club. This unorthodox idea for a club<br />
has received a lot of attention for a high school club.<br />
Both the San Francisco Chronicle and the Food<br />
Network have publicized the club. Adding to the<br />
success, Cowitz and Rhodes are joined by an average<br />
of 25 students to feast upon different cheeses, as well<br />
as to discuss the importance of it. <strong>The</strong>re are rumors<br />
of a possible sister club in another high school, but<br />
the rumors have not been verified.<br />
<strong>The</strong> environment at Woodside is always exciting and<br />
different during lunch. <strong>The</strong>re are so many clubs to<br />
join, with a vast range of hobbies represented. If you<br />
love bowling, there is a club for you. Interested in<br />
running? We have a club with your name on it.<br />
Clubs provide a unique experience for everyone who<br />
joins them, and they look good on college applications.<br />
SEQUOIA<br />
EXTRACURRICULAR<br />
ACTIVITIES SHAPE<br />
THE PEOPLE OF<br />
THE FUTURE<br />
By Nicole Quasney, Student Writer<br />
Sequoia is one of the most unique and outstanding<br />
schools we have in this area. Not only<br />
was it the first high school to be built in the<br />
Bay Area, but it also is now a national landmark. By<br />
going to this gorgeous school, we students are given<br />
outstanding opportunities to take a part in some<br />
extracurriculars that will shape us into the people of<br />
the future.<br />
Sequoia High School has one of the best dance<br />
teams in the Bay Area. <strong>The</strong>re are three different levels:<br />
beginning, intermediate and advanced. All levels<br />
can be taken in place of PE, for both girls and boys.<br />
It allows students who aren’t as athletic as others to<br />
take a place in something they enjoy doing rather<br />
than being forced to run two miles a day during PE.<br />
Our beginning dance class is mainly freshmen and<br />
sophomores. During this class, you learn many<br />
dances, grow to understand and perfect certain techniques,<br />
and perform as a whole during one of the last<br />
weeks of school. For the Intermediate Dance Team,<br />
Ms. White (our lovely dance teacher) chooses who<br />
she thinks is ready to become a little bit more competitive.<br />
As an intermediate dancer, you perform regularly<br />
at sporting events and rallies. If you are an<br />
advanced dancer, you are respected more than<br />
almost anybody at Sequoia. Our advanced dancers<br />
are award-winning dancers who give their utmost<br />
effort to perfect every aspect of the dancing life they<br />
live. To be an advanced dancer, you must attend 0<br />
period. Unfortunately, this class starts at 6:55 a.m.,<br />
meaning if you are not dedicated to what you do,<br />
you will be lost throughout the whole year. Our team<br />
puts on an amazing dance show each spring, keeping<br />
the school willing and waiting throughout the whole<br />
year. This show is by far one of the best aspects of<br />
Sequoia.<br />
Another aspect that is especially unique to Sequoia<br />
is the Homecoming hall decorations. On the<br />
Wednesday before our Homecoming game and<br />
dance, each grade chooses a hall to decorate. <strong>The</strong><br />
grades then compete against each other to see who<br />
can design the most creative hall. This year, the<br />
freshmen decided to decorate their hall as<br />
“Halloween,” sophomores as “Hollywood,” juniors<br />
as “Outer Space” and seniors as “Cereal: Part of a<br />
Complete Breakfast.” Judges come in at 7 a.m.,<br />
before school starts, on Thursday morning and give<br />
points to each hall, finally claiming one class the<br />
winner. This year the competition was very close<br />
between the juniors and seniors. <strong>The</strong> juniors beat the<br />
seniors, ending their two-year winning streak, by 0.4<br />
points. That Thursday morning when all the halls<br />
are decorated is always fun, because the moment you<br />
step through the doors you feel as if you’ve entered<br />
a completely different place.<br />
Sequoia also focuses on promoting safety to their<br />
students. <strong>The</strong> month of September was “Safety Belt<br />
Month” and Sequoia competed with a few other<br />
schools in the area for a $500 award. To determine<br />
who would win, judges came out to each school and<br />
stood in the parking lots as students and teachers<br />
drove in to start their day. For each person wearing a<br />
seat belt, the school received a point. <strong>The</strong> leadership<br />
students at Sequoia have been working day after day<br />
to help promote this cause. <strong>The</strong>y made handfuls of<br />
posters each day and put them up for all to see. In<br />
the end, Sequoia won by having an amazing 98% of<br />
our student body and faculty wearing their seat<br />
belts. We hope to be a model for all other schools to<br />
look at and follow, and hopefully the number of accidents<br />
will soon decrease.<br />
Through sports teams, elective classes, various clubs,<br />
lavish dances and IB diplomas, Sequoia High School<br />
offers a wide variety of extracurricular activities that<br />
any student can take part in. Joining these activities<br />
can take away the stress of school or, at times, add<br />
more, but that is just part of living a teenage life.<br />
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Local Interest<br />
SEQUOIA HIGH<br />
TO UNVEIL<br />
NEW WOOD SHOP<br />
<strong>The</strong> Sequoia High School Education Foundation<br />
and the Sequoia High School Alumni Association<br />
are co-sponsoring an open house on Saturday, Nov.<br />
4, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the new, state-of-the-art<br />
wood shop.<br />
Alumni, former and present teachers, students, parents,<br />
family and friends are invited to come admire<br />
the new building and equipment and meet department<br />
head Ethan Sanford. A presentation will be<br />
given on new curriculum goals. Refreshments will be<br />
served.<br />
“We are especially hoping Sequoia alumni who<br />
studied wood shop at Sequoia will bring their projects<br />
to display,” said Dee Eva. In 1959-60, her husband,<br />
Rich, made a large wooden salad bowl and a<br />
handled wooden tray that he will display, and she is<br />
bringing a bellows that she made in 8th grade<br />
(1956-57 at Goodwin School).<br />
Funds are needed to enhance materials inventory<br />
and to provide project upgrades beyond district<br />
budget limitations. All donations received by Nov.<br />
30 will be dedicated to the Sequoia design and<br />
wood works program for its first year of operation.<br />
“As you may know, our high schools have not<br />
offered any industrial arts classes for many years.<br />
We are excited that students will now be able to<br />
learn these skills. Rich and I both graduated from<br />
Sequoia with marketable skills that got us jobs right<br />
out of high school at which we worked while attending<br />
CSM. <strong>The</strong> shorthand, typing and business<br />
English classes (organizational skills, etc.) I took at<br />
Sequoia were an excellent foundation for my 24 years<br />
in real estate,” Eva said.<br />
“Rich took Machine Shop at Sequoia, the mechanical<br />
technician program at CSM and became a tool<br />
and die maker, at which he worked for 10 years<br />
before becoming a firefighter. We both feel that not<br />
every student will attend college and should be<br />
taught the skills necessary to find employment after<br />
high school,” Eva added.<br />
This new program is a start!<br />
REDWOOD CITY'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE<br />
TOWN HALL MEETING<br />
ADDRESSES TECH,<br />
PRIVACY<br />
Privacy, technology and the upcoming November<br />
election were hot topics at a town hall meeting with<br />
state Sen. Joe Simitian, D-Palo Alto.<br />
Residents mostly from southern San Mateo County<br />
filled <strong>Redwood</strong> City City Hall to pick Simitian’s<br />
brain on a host of upcoming bills and propositions,<br />
including his headline-grabbing cell phone bill.<br />
However, Simitian tried to focus on bills he considers<br />
more important.<br />
“If I brought peace to the planet, my constituency<br />
would still ask me how the cell phone bill’s doing,”<br />
Simitian said at the meeting, after receiving his second<br />
question about the law.<br />
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger recently signed the bill<br />
into law, requiring drivers to use a hands-free phone.<br />
<strong>The</strong> bill goes into effect July 1, 2008, and Simitian<br />
hopes it will decrease the number of accidents caused<br />
by distracted drivers on the phone.<br />
Simitian also stressed the need to keep tabs on everadvancing<br />
technology that can provide<br />
more national and state security while threatening<br />
personal privacy. <strong>The</strong> key is to make sure new technology<br />
is held to the highest privacy standards.<br />
Senate Bill 768, the Identity Information<br />
Protection Act of 2006, is authored by Simitian and<br />
is currently awaiting Schwarzenegger’s signature.<br />
<strong>The</strong> bill would require certain privacy and security<br />
S<br />
protections in state-issued ID with radio frequency<br />
identity (RFID) technology, or small computer chips<br />
that carry personal information. RFID chips are currently<br />
used in key cards, but there is an increasing<br />
push to place them in state and federal identification.<br />
RFID chips can be read by a computer from up to<br />
30 feet away, making it possible for hackers to steal<br />
whatever personal information is stored on the chip,<br />
Simitian said.<br />
SB 768 ensures that no RFID tags will be embedded<br />
into a state-issued ID without privacy and security<br />
protections. If passed, the bill would make<br />
California the first state in the nation to implement<br />
such a law, Simitian said.<br />
San Francisco International Airport became the first<br />
airport in the nation to install e-passport scanners.<br />
<strong>The</strong> e-passport contains an RFID chip with the<br />
holder’s biographical information and a digital<br />
photo. <strong>The</strong> new passports are intended to ensure no<br />
one can tamper with a passport or use a lost or<br />
stolen passport fraudulently. It has security devices<br />
installed to protect against identity theft.<br />
Simitian is also receiving a lot of attention for<br />
Senate Bill 202, a bill that would make phone<br />
records confidential and outlaw both the sale and<br />
purchase of the record. <strong>The</strong> little-known bill was<br />
thrust into the spotlight this month during the<br />
Hewlett Packard pretexting scandal.<br />
Simitian also told constituents he doesn’t know how<br />
he’ll vote on November’s Proposition 87, known as<br />
the Clean Energy Act. <strong>The</strong> initiative could raise $4<br />
billion over 10 years through a new tax on oil production<br />
in the state.<br />
EMERALD HILLS<br />
PETITION GROWS<br />
Emerald Hills property owners fighting regulations<br />
on house size and appearance don’t believe the issue<br />
is dead, despite the homeowners association withdrawing<br />
a zoning petition from the county.<br />
Michael Mangini, spokesman for the Emerald Hills<br />
Community Coalition, gave the San Mateo County<br />
Board of Supervisors about 40 more names to add<br />
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Spectrum</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> knows you are always looking for different<br />
places to dine, bank, invest, shop, work out or treat yourself. We<br />
have been out in our community, using businesses that not only<br />
provide excellent service but also contribute to our community.<br />
Check out our Best of the Best selections. We urge you to shop local<br />
and shop often!<br />
AUTO CARE<br />
Image Auto Repair – 623 Main St. – At Image Auto you will<br />
find a neatly landscaped, clean and attractive facility. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
offer scheduled maintenance inspections, service and<br />
repairs for Dodge, Ford and GM diesels. But that’s not all;<br />
they also offer quality repairs on all makes and models of<br />
domestic and Japanese cars, SUVs and light trucks. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
are dedicated to providing their customers with quality products<br />
at competitive prices. Discounts are offered to senior citizens<br />
and fleets. <strong>The</strong>y treat all customers like they are number<br />
one! Call today to schedule your appointment.<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> General Tire – 1630 Broadway – Whether you<br />
are looking for a new set of tires or need repair work on your<br />
vehicle, this <strong>Redwood</strong> City institution has been providing<br />
quality vehicle services since 1957. <strong>Redwood</strong> General Tire<br />
was founded on the premise that good customer service and<br />
quality products at fair prices will succeed in the marketplace.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y continue to follow this philosophy today and expect it to<br />
guide them into a successful future. Many of their satisfied<br />
customers have been with them since their founding and<br />
continue to do business with them today. <strong>The</strong>y proudly serve<br />
the third generation of many of their first <strong>Redwood</strong> City customers.<br />
EATING AND CATERING<br />
Canyon Inn – 587 Canyon Road – You will find everything at<br />
this <strong>Redwood</strong> City favorite. <strong>The</strong> Canyon Inn is nestled in the<br />
small, quiet neighborhood of Emerald Hills. It’s a popular<br />
stop for bicycle touring clubs and local sports celebrities such<br />
as members of the San Francisco 49ers. But the reputation<br />
draws celebrities and personalities from all over the world.<br />
<strong>The</strong> restaurant is noted for its burgers and beers, most<br />
notably the Hacksaw Burger, a big double cheeseburger<br />
named after Jack “Hacksaw” Reynolds. <strong>The</strong> Canyon Inn also<br />
offers hot and cold sandwiches, hot dogs, fish and chips,<br />
spaghetti, ravioli, lasagna, tacos and quesadillas. If you use<br />
their coupon in this month’s <strong>Spectrum</strong>, you can get 10 percent<br />
off all meals. Now that’s an offer you cannot pass up!<br />
Diving Pelican Café – 650 Bair Island Road, Suite 102 –<br />
This restaurant may be the best-kept secret in <strong>Redwood</strong> City.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y offer a variety of specialty items, including eggs<br />
Benedict with fresh crab and homemade hollandaise sauce.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y also have beer and wine, and espresso drinks available<br />
to go. For your convenience, they have outdoor seating that<br />
overlooks the water. Conveniently located half a mile from<br />
the freeway, it’s easy to stop by and visit. Try the famous<br />
pear, walnut, gorgonzola and grilled chicken salad. It is so<br />
delicious that people come from all over to enjoy it! <strong>The</strong>y also<br />
have a seasonal specialty, which is mango pasticcio and feta<br />
cheese salad with grilled chicken. People tell us that they<br />
want to keep the cafe a secret, because it is such a nice location<br />
with outstanding food. We won’t tell anyone?<br />
Encore Performance Catering – 2992 Spring St. – Owner<br />
Dave Hyman’s menu goes on for eight pages of mouthwatering<br />
suggestions for everything from continental breakfasts<br />
to formal dinners. Despite an entire page devoted just to<br />
warm appetizers, these are mere suggestions, and Hyman is<br />
quick to offer additional possibilities to fit any occasion. He<br />
also has a strong sense of community and participates in<br />
many community-oriented events. Additionally, Hyman is<br />
proud of the fact that his business products are nearly 100<br />
percent recyclable, and they contribute their leftovers to St.<br />
Anthony’s Padua Dining Room in <strong>Redwood</strong> City. Need a<br />
caterer for that party or event? Call Dave at (650) 365-3731.<br />
Little India – 917 Main St. – This stylish Indian restaurant<br />
features a reasonably priced all-you-can-eat buffet for both<br />
lunch and dinner. <strong>The</strong> home-style food is mainly from the<br />
northwest region of India, and items from other regions of<br />
India are also featured. <strong>The</strong> food is low in fat and sodium.<br />
You can dine in or take out. Senior citizens receive $1 off and<br />
children (under 12) dine at half price. Bring your appetite,<br />
because you will want to try everything!<br />
Pronto Wood-Fired Pizzeria & Rotisseria – 2560 El<br />
Camino Real – Faithfully serving the <strong>Redwood</strong> City area<br />
since 1992, Pronto is an established neighborhood pizzeria<br />
and restaurant that specializes in quality brick-oven pizzas,<br />
calzones, panini (sandwiches), piadinas (open-faced pizza<br />
sandwiches), pastas and more. You can also choose from a<br />
wide selection of pizzas. Pronto Pizzeria’s wood-fired oven<br />
gives their dishes a unique taste and flavor. Stop by soon<br />
and treat yourself!<br />
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS<br />
Capital Mortgage Lending – 805 Veterans Blvd., #202 –<br />
Lourdes Carini and her team of dedicated loan agents focus<br />
on residential lending, including purchases and refinances.<br />
As a mortgage company, they deal with a large assortment<br />
of lenders, allowing them to research the best financing to<br />
meet each client’s individual needs. Carini has over 25 years<br />
experience in the Bay Area financial services industry. <strong>The</strong><br />
company’s success is based on referrals, its track record and<br />
being accessible to clients. So if you have a mortgage loan<br />
need or question, please pick up the phone and call (650)<br />
362-2700.<br />
Edward Jones – 702 Marshall St., #515 – For decades,<br />
Edward Jones believed in building relationships through<br />
face-to-face interaction and adherence to a strategy of recommending<br />
quality investments that have proven themselves<br />
over time. So does Investment Representative David<br />
Amann, who manages their <strong>Redwood</strong> City office. He understands<br />
that this approach might be considered unfashionable.<br />
But if it means helping his clients achieve their goals,<br />
whether for retirement, education or just financial security, it’s<br />
an approach he plans to stick to.<br />
PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> Massage & Sauna – 797 Arguello St. – First<br />
opened in 1964 by two Finnish women, this professional<br />
facility is now under the management of Beverly and Harold<br />
May. Ms. May is a full-time massage therapist with almost 30<br />
years of experience. <strong>The</strong>y pride themselves on having<br />
exceptionally talented massage therapists to care for you,<br />
trained in a variety of specialized techniques to improve your<br />
circulation, mental clarity and creativity as well as optimize<br />
your overall physical health. Your experience at <strong>Redwood</strong><br />
Massage & Sauna will enhance your health and well-being<br />
naturally in the true Finnish tradition of therapeutic massage<br />
and sauna amid clean, comfortable and serene surroundings.<br />
Re:Juvenate Skin Care – 805 Veterans Blvd., Suite 140 –<br />
Treat yourself, you deserve it! Re:Juvenate is owned and<br />
operated by Sherna Madan, M.D., and Linda S. Moore, R.N.<br />
Together they have more than 50 years in the healthcare<br />
industry and over 10 years in the field of aesthetics. Both<br />
have lived and worked in the community for the majority of<br />
those years. When a consumer is looking for a facility that<br />
offers a list of services that are so personal, name recognition<br />
and reputation are of the utmost importance.<br />
Relationships are formed quickly, and trust is a huge part of<br />
the equation. Whether you are seeing a Re:Juvenate clini-<br />
cian for acne, sun damage, skin tightening, wrinkle reduction<br />
or laser hair removal, the process starts with a complimentary<br />
consultation with a member of the aesthetic staff. Call<br />
(650) 261-0500 and mention <strong>The</strong> <strong>Spectrum</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong>.<br />
Warren Street Chiropractic – 520 Warren St. – Warren<br />
Street Chiropractic Wellness and Injury Center was formerly<br />
Lease Chiropractic Offices, owned and operated by Timothy<br />
H. Lease, D.C. Dr. Lease is beginning his 22nd year of practice<br />
and has a very broad patient base, from infants to folks<br />
in their 90s. Cases include work injury (workers’ compensation),<br />
personal injury (car accidents, slips and falls, bicycle<br />
and pedestrian accidents), carpal tunnel syndrome, plantar<br />
fasciitis, headaches, neck pain, back pain and leg and arm<br />
pain. He has a working network of other doctors and therapists,<br />
so he is able to refer for second opinions or other therapy<br />
if appropriate. <strong>The</strong> office has six spacious exam rooms,<br />
including a massage room.<br />
RETAIL<br />
Lulu’s – 846 Main St. – Lulu’s is the latest and most unique<br />
gift store to open in downtown <strong>Redwood</strong> City. Owner Nancy<br />
Radcliffe has taken 24 years of design experience to create<br />
a collection of cards and gifts intermingled with eclectic<br />
antique pieces, all affordably priced! In addition, Lulu’s carries<br />
everything from baby gifts that put a smile on your face<br />
to whimsical candles. Pamper your dog or cat or find that<br />
perfect hostess gift.<br />
Mayers Jewelers – 2303 Broadway – <strong>Redwood</strong> City’s oldest<br />
family-owned jewelers still sparkle like they did the first day<br />
they opened in 1969. <strong>The</strong>y have a large selection of necklaces,<br />
rings and watches. If you cannot find exactly what you<br />
want, they have personal designs that have kept <strong>Redwood</strong><br />
City residents frequenting this fine business for years.<br />
Shadzz – 960 Main St. – Visit this unique card and gift boutique<br />
on Main Street. <strong>The</strong>ir fashions range from vintageinspired<br />
to fun and funky. <strong>The</strong>y feature Pandora silver beaded<br />
bracelets you design yourself, Kokojoi Swarovski crystal<br />
ear threads and ShaDazZle, their exclusive line of fun jewelry.<br />
If it sparkles, you will find it at Shadzz. Best sellers include<br />
hand-painted martini and wine glasses, trendy reading glasses,<br />
faux diamond key rings and enamel and crystal pill<br />
boxes. Come in and sample the latest from Burt’s Bees and<br />
pamper yourself with Camille Beckman hand therapy. And<br />
they just introduced a new section: Shadzz Girlz. Make custom<br />
necklaces, bracelets and key chains or bling your cell<br />
phone. For the men, there are 49ers, San Francisco Giants<br />
and Reyn Spooner shirts. <strong>The</strong>re is something for everyone at<br />
Shadzz, <strong>Redwood</strong> City’s best-kept secret.<br />
HOME IMPROVEMENTS<br />
Lewis Carpet Cleaners – 1.800.23.LEWIS – Rick Lewis,<br />
founder, started his business in 1985 out of his home, using<br />
a small, portable machine. Today, Lewis successfully operates<br />
and manages an office/warehouse of six employees<br />
and has five working vans, with future plans for expansion<br />
and growth. Lewis moved his business from San Mateo to<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City in 1995. <strong>The</strong> Lewis family works and lives in<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City and has truly made this town their home. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
are committed to the vision and success of our community<br />
and with relentless effort will continue to support the community,<br />
devoting time, effort, energy and services today and in<br />
the future. Lewis has built his company on a foundation of<br />
integrity, loyalty and communication. Call and ask about their<br />
<strong>Spectrum</strong> special. You can get 100 square feet of carpet<br />
cleaned for absolutely nothing. Call today!<br />
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“IT’S NOT ABOUT ME, I<br />
<strong>JAN</strong> <strong>CHRISTENSEN</strong> BRINGS<br />
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Judy Buchan, Contributing Writer<br />
It is a light, airy office, filled with plants, mementos<br />
from stops on her life’s journey and the passion<br />
of its occupant, Jan Christensen.<br />
“I look forward to Mondays!” she laughed. “I enjoy<br />
my job and want to get to work. Of course, I like<br />
Fridays, too!”<br />
minored in English. She also earned a master’s<br />
degree from Eastern Michigan University in educational<br />
leadership. She has completed post-master’s<br />
coursework in leadership, curriculum and instruction<br />
at Gonzaga University in their doctoral program.<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City is the latest stop in her educational<br />
career that began in 1978 in Plymouth, Mich., as a<br />
middle school teacher, teaching grades 6-8. She<br />
moved to Alaska in 1981 (“I wanted an adventure”)<br />
and taught at Sitka High School for one year and<br />
Clark Middle School for five years. Following a oneyear<br />
internship, she served as an Anchorage assistant<br />
principal for two years, first at Hanshew Middle<br />
School and then at Mears Middle School. She served<br />
as an assistant principal at East High School for<br />
three years before being appointed as principal at<br />
Chugiak High School.<br />
In July 2001, she became the Anchorage School<br />
District’s assistant superintendent for curriculum<br />
and instruction. Christensen has also been an<br />
adjunct professor at University of Alaska Anchorage,<br />
where she taught courses in curriculum and leadership,<br />
organizational development and leadership,<br />
and politics and education.<br />
Was the diversity in Anchorage similar to that of<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City? Students in Anchorage spoke 97 different<br />
languages, Christensen explained. “I loved it!<br />
It was multiethnic and cosmopolitan. We strived<br />
hard to meet the students’ needs.” She was proud of<br />
the “great progress” put forth by her district in working<br />
to meet the standards of No Child Left Behind<br />
and close the achievement gap.<br />
“Education is about all children,” she explained. “All<br />
children can learn. We have to do whatever it takes<br />
to make them successful.”<br />
Why <strong>Redwood</strong> City? “I was interested in a superintendent’s<br />
position, but my superintendent in<br />
Anchorage told me she wanted to stay on for another<br />
seven years. So I started looking and saw the posting<br />
for <strong>Redwood</strong> City,” she replied. Christensen said<br />
she did a good deal of research on <strong>Redwood</strong> City<br />
before putting her name in the hat for the job.<br />
“I like to be challenged,” she smiled. Among the initial<br />
challenges when she arrived at the district was<br />
the need to replace the retiring chief business officer.<br />
With that done, Christensen is confident that the<br />
district can manage its finances well.<br />
Among the mementos in her office are two posters of<br />
theater productions (“South Pacific” and<br />
“Brigadoon”) at her schools in Alaska. “I’m a real<br />
advocate of the arts,” she said. “Music, drama and<br />
the arts are critical for students.” Christensen recognized<br />
that funding for the arts in California schools<br />
was impacted by the passage of Proposition 13 in<br />
1979. Recovering that funding, she believes, is<br />
another critical challenge.<br />
She also received support from City Hall in solving<br />
another problem — pickup and drop-off of students<br />
at Hoover School with corresponding traffic<br />
Christensen, superintendent of the <strong>Redwood</strong> City<br />
School District since 2005, wants to “empower the<br />
organization to do its best for the kids.”<br />
“I’m passionate about working together as a team,”<br />
said Christensen. “I don’t like a lot of attention. Topdown<br />
management doesn’t work.”<br />
Communication is key for this energetic transplant<br />
from Anchorage, Alaska. “I’m always doing e-mail,”<br />
she laughed while working at her office computer. “I<br />
try to get back to people within 24 hours. I want to<br />
focus on customer service, with very good, transparent<br />
communications. I want us to be open and<br />
responsive.”<br />
A Michigan native (“How about those Tigers? <strong>The</strong><br />
first time in the World Series since 1984!”) who once<br />
worked as a community service officer, Christensen<br />
graduated from Eastern Michigan University, where<br />
she earned a bachelor’s degree in history and<br />
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headaches. “Ed Everett was very helpful. <strong>The</strong> city<br />
worked with us, we had police assistance and I was a<br />
crossing guard there for one hour on the first day of<br />
school. It was a lot of fun!”<br />
Christensen is also working to help beautify school<br />
areas, in one case getting bougainvillea planted by<br />
the entrance to Hoover School. “Schools shouldn’t<br />
look like institutions,” she said.<br />
Other issues included reports that teachers were purchasing<br />
basic custodial supplies for their schools. “I<br />
know it happened,” she acknowledged. “We found a<br />
new company to take care of those needs.”<br />
And the crucial challenge — test scores.<br />
<strong>The</strong> good news: “<strong>The</strong> state API scores have been<br />
steadily going up except in two places. Overall, the<br />
district API score for 2006 was 754, an increase of<br />
15 points from the previous year. That’s excellent,”<br />
she said. <strong>The</strong> district’s API goal is for all schools to<br />
score above 800 by 2009.<br />
But there are two standards — API and No Child<br />
Left Behind. <strong>The</strong> other side of the picture shows that<br />
the district has slipped into the “program improvement”<br />
stage in English and language arts components<br />
of No Child Left Behind. <strong>The</strong> number of students<br />
at all schools needs to be at 94.4 percent or<br />
higher in order for the school to meet the criteria in<br />
each category of No Child Left Behind. In the case<br />
of <strong>Redwood</strong> City, schools with larger populations of<br />
English language learners still need to meet the standards.<br />
For example, Taft School, which takes all<br />
English language learners, is at PI (Program<br />
Improvement) Level 5.<br />
“<strong>The</strong>y asked me how they could help; I’m really<br />
grateful for them,” Christensen said. RCEF raises<br />
funds for music and arts programs, and has also<br />
agreed to help in communicating the district’s story<br />
to the community.<br />
“It’s great when all agencies collaborate for the common<br />
good,” Christensen noted.<br />
Christensen’s top priorities, listed with a determination<br />
that indicates they will be accomplished,<br />
include:<br />
1. Close the achievement gap.<br />
2. Go out to the community, talk about academics<br />
and get input and feedback for the 2007-08 budget.<br />
Include a feature on the district’s Web site for suggestions.<br />
3. Start drafting the five- to ten-year strategic plan.<br />
Christensen and her husband are avid golfers. She<br />
does weight lifting at Gold’s Gym in San Mateo and<br />
is an avid reader of murder mysteries by women<br />
authors about women private investigators. Sue<br />
Grafton is one of the many authors whose books<br />
grace her shelves. Her husband, while retired, still<br />
does consulting work for the Anchorage school district.<br />
Finally, Christensen wants <strong>Redwood</strong> City to know<br />
the following:<br />
“<strong>The</strong> most important thing is that all children can<br />
learn. We as a district and community need to provide<br />
a quality education program for the kids.”<br />
This product of the <strong>Redwood</strong> City School District<br />
(back in 1960, mind you) has little doubt that<br />
Christensen and her team will bring new energy,<br />
enthusiasm and much-needed hope to the <strong>Redwood</strong><br />
City School District. Kids can learn. We can help.<br />
Get involved.<br />
Welcome, Jan!<br />
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<strong>The</strong> situation and the program improvement mandate<br />
have galvanized Christensen, her team and the<br />
community. She has instituted new administrative<br />
structures where needed at schools. (Readers will<br />
recall the story of Lupe and Gil Gomez, the sisterand-brother<br />
teacher team at Taft School who collected<br />
books for their students, from the past year of<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Spectrum</strong>. Lupe is now the assistant principal at<br />
Taft School.)<br />
Also, as part of the effort, Christensen explained that<br />
the board of trustees will soon start work on redefining<br />
its goals and values. A broad-based community<br />
team is being put in place to help. Christensen plans<br />
to hold community forums starting next month to<br />
engage the community in planning for the next district<br />
budget.<br />
<strong>The</strong> community is stepping in to help now in the<br />
form of the <strong>Redwood</strong> City Education Foundation.<br />
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THE SPECTRUM<br />
<strong>The</strong> Sequoia Hospital Foundation was honored to welcome more than 420 guests to<br />
the Gala "Building with our Hearts" Ball on October 14, 2006. This year's sold-out gala,<br />
an annual fundraiser for the Foundation, was held at the Sharon Heights Golf and<br />
Country Club in Menlo Park. Just three weeks earlier, Sharon Heights was also home<br />
to the Foundation's annual Invitational Golf Tournament, hosting 164 golfers under<br />
beautiful blue skies.<br />
This year's gala, sponsored by DPR Construction, Inc. and chaired by Marie Zahn, saw<br />
guests arrive for cocktails and a silent auction in the club's exceptional ballroom. ?Each<br />
guest had the opportunity to purchase a $100 martini or scotch. Only one-hundred of<br />
these drinks were served and each $100 drink earned the purchaser a three in onehundred<br />
chance at earning one of three exceptional pieces of jewelry (total value<br />
$10,000) donated by Geoffrey's Diamonds and Goldsmith of San Carlos. Guest Mary<br />
Gardiner was the big winner, coming away with a stunning diamond necklace.<br />
DAVID LARWOOD, MASTER OF CEREMONIES FOR THE<br />
EVENING AND MEMBER OF THE SEQUOIA HOSPITAL<br />
FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS<br />
After the cocktail hour, guests were ushered to the starlit tent, sponsored by Pathways<br />
Home Health, Hospice and Private Duty, for dinner and a live auction. <strong>The</strong> evening's<br />
host and Foundation board member, David Larwood, together with auctioneer Frank<br />
Bizzarro and his crew (including Diane and Steve Howard), kept the evening lively and<br />
enjoyable. Big winners in the auction included Bonnie and Tony Addario, James and<br />
Dora Fergason and Lorry Lokey and Joanne Harrington. Following the auction,?Ted<br />
Hannig, representing the Danford Foundation, made a wonderful donation to the<br />
Foundation. Lorry Lokey, Joanne Harrington and Susan and Harmon Burns subsequently<br />
made exceptionally generous surprise donations, taking the event to a whole<br />
new level and stunning the entire tent.<br />
MARY GARDINER, ALPIO BARBARA, DEANNA DOOLEY<br />
(MEMBER, SEQUOIA HOSPITAL FOUNDATION BOARD) AND<br />
ROBERT DOOLEY<br />
After the dinner and auction, guests were invited back to the main ballroom for dancing,<br />
live music by legendary Bay Area band, <strong>The</strong> Fundamentals, and a dance demonstration<br />
by professional dancers from <strong>Redwood</strong> <strong>City's</strong> Arthur Murray Dance Studio. <strong>The</strong><br />
evening continued well into the night as the dance floor remained full and guests continued<br />
to talk and take in the evening.<br />
Combined, the Invitational Golf Tournament and Gala Ball earned more than $600,000<br />
towards the purchase of a new BiPlane Imaging System for Sequoia's<br />
Electrophysiology (EP) Suite, part of the hospital's award-winning cardiac care program.<br />
<strong>The</strong> $600,000 earned from these two events is further eligible for a dollar-for-dollar<br />
matching grant from the Sequoia Healthcare District, bringing the total to well over<br />
$1,000,000.<br />
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THE OLD BUILDING PUTS ON A NEW FACE<br />
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Joan Levy<br />
After the tumultuous birth of San Mateo<br />
County in 1856, <strong>Redwood</strong> City was granted<br />
the distinction of becoming the seat of county<br />
government. In 1858, Simon M. Mezes offered to<br />
donate any block of his land in <strong>Redwood</strong> City that<br />
the Board of Supervisors might select for the site of<br />
a courthouse.<br />
Mezes was the attorney who handled the Arguello<br />
family’s defense of their Rancho de las Pulgas property<br />
after the United States took over California. He<br />
was so diligent he ended up owning much of the<br />
Arguello land himself.<br />
Supervisor D.W. Connelly chose the block that is<br />
now bounded by Hamilton Street, Marshall Street,<br />
Middlefield Road and Broadway. <strong>The</strong> first meetings<br />
of the supervisors had been held in rented quarters<br />
in the downtown area. After Mezes’ generous offer,<br />
the next four county courthouses were built on his<br />
piece of land.<br />
<strong>The</strong> first courthouse was completed in late 1858.<br />
<strong>The</strong> jail was in the basement along with some classrooms<br />
used by the overcrowded grammar school.<br />
<strong>The</strong> grounds were fenced and there were ample<br />
hitching posts in front for the convenience of visitors.<br />
A serious earthquake in 1868 damaged the<br />
courthouse so badly that the second floor had to be<br />
removed. This meant that the building was no longer<br />
large enough to satisfy the needs of the county.<br />
A new building was built directly in front of the old<br />
one, facing south. <strong>The</strong> area was set off by a low picket<br />
fence. <strong>The</strong> new building was completed in 1882.<br />
By now Broadway was becoming an important street<br />
with several municipal buildings. A three-story grammar<br />
school and the library were on Broadway and<br />
Sequoia High School was being planned for here,<br />
also.<br />
PROGRESS IN THE RESTORATION WAS EVIDENT EARLIER THIS YEAR.<br />
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SAN MATEO COUNTY HISTORY MUSEUM.<br />
Once again, the courthouse became inadequate for<br />
the county’s needs, so a third building was planned.<br />
This design called for a three-story building with a<br />
basement. <strong>The</strong> basement would be used for the stor-<br />
age of important documents and the jail would be in<br />
the attic. <strong>The</strong> cornerstone was laid in 1904. Cost<br />
overruns and delays plagued the construction.<br />
County offices were scattered temporarily around<br />
town. <strong>The</strong> old courthouse building was in the way of<br />
the new construction, so was to be demolished in<br />
early April 1906. <strong>The</strong>n April 18, 1906, changed<br />
things. <strong>The</strong> great earthquake damaged the old building,<br />
but it still stood. <strong>The</strong> new building, however,<br />
was almost completely demolished.<br />
Courthouse number four was completed in 1908.<br />
<strong>The</strong> dome and much of the design of the previous<br />
structure were preserved. An impressive entrance<br />
with a carefully landscaped plaza greeted visitors.<br />
<strong>The</strong>n, in 1939, a need for more space brought about<br />
a three-story addition that required the removal of<br />
the impressive main entrance with its Corinthian pillars.<br />
A subsequent annex was attached at the back.<br />
For generations, the building exterior could not be<br />
appreciated except in old photos.<br />
<strong>The</strong> earthquake of 1989 necessitated the rethinking<br />
of the buildings on Mezes’ square block. <strong>The</strong> county<br />
moved its offices to newer and larger structures. <strong>The</strong><br />
San Mateo County History Museum moved into the<br />
1908 courthouse. <strong>The</strong> 1939 section has been razed.<br />
<strong>The</strong> reconstructed façade of the building and the<br />
new courthouse plaza are due to be completed this<br />
month. Oh, and that great used bookstore, bigger<br />
and better than ever, is still operating on the ground<br />
floor to help fund the museum.<br />
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to a previous petition of more than 900 signatures.<br />
<strong>The</strong> names came unsolicited after the Emerald Hills<br />
Homeowners Association asked San Mateo County<br />
Community Development Director Lisa Grote to<br />
withdraw proposed development standards, including<br />
restrictions on house size, shape and appearance.<br />
Despite the reversal, Mangini said the coalition<br />
is not content to sit on its laurels and wants the<br />
county to spearhead a new survey on what property<br />
owners want.<br />
“Too many people expect things to be done. It<br />
would be disingenuous to let it go,” Mangini said.<br />
EHHA President Sallie Martin did not return a call<br />
for comment but Mangini said he would be surprised<br />
if the association did not raise the proposal<br />
again.<br />
<strong>The</strong> coalition wants the county to rethink the entire<br />
building permit process, even without the proposal<br />
that spurred the controversy. <strong>The</strong> group argues the<br />
design review committee has held up projects for<br />
years, costing many thousands of dollars, and is acting<br />
as a self-appointed style police.<br />
“You couldn’t build a postage stamp under the rules<br />
they were proposing,” Mangini said.<br />
<strong>The</strong> county should appoint an independent pollster<br />
to query property owners on the top three or five<br />
desires, Mangini said.<br />
Emerald Hills includes more than 1,700 property<br />
owners in unincorporated <strong>Redwood</strong> City. <strong>The</strong><br />
EHHA spent two years promoting new design and<br />
building guidelines, but scores of opponents believe<br />
the association does not represent their wishes.<br />
Construction representatives even said many won’t<br />
typically build in Emerald Hills because the design<br />
review process is restrictive and costly for clients.<br />
At a previous Board of Supervisors meeting, Martin<br />
argued the petition signatures included names of<br />
non–property owners.<br />
At the time, Grote said open forums on the zoning<br />
stands were planned. Soon after, the EHHA sent<br />
Grote a letter requesting to pull the proposal.<br />
Grote did not return a call for comment.<br />
In the meantime, both sides continued to butt<br />
heads, with claims of vandalism and anonymous<br />
threats.<br />
NEW BOOK PLANNED —<br />
REDWOOD CITY: A<br />
HOMETOWN HISTORY<br />
A fundraising effort to help publish and promote a<br />
new book entitled <strong>Redwood</strong> City: A Hometown History<br />
is being kicked off by the Archives Committee of the<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City Public Library, its chairman, Edwin<br />
Krantz, announced.<br />
<strong>The</strong> campaign is being spearheaded by the committee<br />
and its honorary project chairman, former<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City Mayor Bob Bury.<br />
<strong>The</strong> book, which is scheduled to be released in the<br />
summer of 2007, features 15 different local authors.<br />
<strong>The</strong> fundraising effort is being supported by Mayor<br />
Barbara Pierce, Council Member and former Mayor<br />
Jim Hartnett, former <strong>Redwood</strong> City–San Mateo<br />
County Chamber of Commerce President and<br />
Sequoia High School graduate Keith Bautista, and<br />
current Chamber President Barry Jolette.<br />
“<strong>Redwood</strong> City turns 140 in 2007, and I am excited<br />
that a book about our vibrant history is planned<br />
for next summer to help us commemorate the<br />
event,” Pierce said in a brochure being distributed<br />
by the committee. “To make the book a reality, the<br />
Archives Committee of the <strong>Redwood</strong> City Library is<br />
undertaking a fundraising campaign. I invite<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City businesses and all those who love<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City to join me in supporting this effort.”<br />
Bury, who served as mayor during the development<br />
of <strong>Redwood</strong> Shores, said, “As one who has owned a<br />
business, lived here for 50 years and had the pleasure<br />
to serve as mayor, my wife, June, and I hope<br />
everyone will support this fine project.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> book will feature chapters on saloons and breweries,<br />
Rancho de las Pulgas, the Embarcadero, tanneries,<br />
Union Cemetery, Sequoia High School,<br />
Main and Broadway streets, the Port of <strong>Redwood</strong><br />
City, the railroad, the airport, the county seat,<br />
Japanese-Americans, the Latino community, the<br />
Climate Best sign, Lathrop House, companies from<br />
Ampex to Oracle, <strong>Redwood</strong> Shores, industries profiting<br />
on San Francisco Bay, and police and fire.<br />
“As one who was raised in <strong>Redwood</strong> City, graduated<br />
from local schools and traveled the world but never<br />
really left, I know how special <strong>Redwood</strong> City is,”<br />
Hartnett said in the committee’s outreach literature.<br />
“I am tremendously excited about the upcoming<br />
book on <strong>Redwood</strong> City’s history and encourage the<br />
business community to support the fundraising efforts.”<br />
Krantz said the fundraising campaign features the<br />
following levels:<br />
Gold Level Contributor: $3,000 (receiving six invitations<br />
to the book unveiling party, three books, top-level recognition<br />
in the book as a Gold Level Contributor, listing in<br />
publicity to media and various Web sites)<br />
Silver Level Contributor: $2,000 (receiving four invitations<br />
to the book unveiling party, two books, second-level<br />
recognition in the book as a Silver Level Contributor, listing<br />
in publicity to media and various Web sites)<br />
Bronze Level Contributor: $1,000 (receiving two invitations<br />
to the book unveiling party, one book, third-level<br />
recognition in the book as a Bronze Level Contributor, listing<br />
in publicity to media and various Web sites)<br />
Community Supporter: $100 (receiving fourth-level recognition<br />
in the book as a Community Supporter, listing in<br />
publicity to media and various Web sites)<br />
Checks can be made payable to the Archives<br />
Committee of the <strong>Redwood</strong> City Public Library,<br />
Local History Room, 1044 Middlefield Road,<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City, CA 94063.<br />
“I am very excited about the new book being written<br />
about the history of <strong>Redwood</strong> City,” Bautista<br />
said in the committee’s literature. “As a lifelong resident<br />
and graduate of Sequoia High, I can hardly<br />
wait to read what promises to be a unique book<br />
because it draws from many contributing authors. I<br />
hope you will join me in giving to the fundraising<br />
efforts by the Archives Committee of the <strong>Redwood</strong><br />
City Library.”<br />
Jolette, the current Chamber president and executive<br />
with San Mateo Credit Union, said, “<strong>The</strong> story<br />
of <strong>Redwood</strong> City’s intriguing first 140 years is being<br />
captured in a book being prepared by the Archives<br />
Committee of the <strong>Redwood</strong> City Library. To bring<br />
this book to fruition, the committee is asking the<br />
business community and friends of <strong>Redwood</strong> City<br />
to support its fundraising efforts, which I wholeheartedly<br />
support and urge you to do so as well.”<br />
Some excerpts from the book:<br />
Sequoia High School, founded in 1895, is the oldest<br />
public high school between San Francisco and<br />
San Jose. It was started as a feeder school for<br />
Stanford University. Among its famous graduates is<br />
Ray Dolby, the American inventor of the noise<br />
reduction system known as Dolby NR.<br />
Simon Montserrat Mezes helped to establish<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City and was one of San Mateo County’s<br />
most prominent citizens; in fact, he tried to name<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City after himself — Mezesville — but it<br />
never stuck. <strong>Redwood</strong> City had five names before<br />
settling on its current name. Can you name the others?<br />
One of the extraordinary aspects about early-20thcentury<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City that spanned three generations<br />
was the remarkable contribution to the agricultural<br />
industry by Japanese immigrants, so much<br />
so that not even World War II could erode the working<br />
respect between nationalities in <strong>Redwood</strong> City.<br />
In fact, a Caucasian banker managed the businesses<br />
and homesteads of many Japanese-Americans forced<br />
into internment camps following the outbreak of<br />
World War II.<br />
In 1851, a deep-water channel that ran inland to<br />
what is now <strong>Redwood</strong> City was discovered off of<br />
San Francisco Bay. Named <strong>Redwood</strong> Creek, this<br />
channel was used by the lumber companies to ship<br />
wood and logs from the redwood forests in the<br />
Peninsula hills to San Francisco. Lumber products of<br />
all types were brought to the waterfront for export,<br />
and <strong>Redwood</strong> City became famous for its workable<br />
port where materials could be shipped without the<br />
delay or expense of overland travel.<br />
<strong>The</strong> land and people of <strong>Redwood</strong> City have been<br />
involved in the progress of San Mateo County since<br />
its inception in 1856. In that year, Assemblyman<br />
Horace Hawes, owner of the property where<br />
Sequoia High School is now located, introduced a<br />
bill before the state Legislature to consolidate the<br />
boundaries of the City and County of San<br />
Francisco. Called the Consolidation Act, the legislation<br />
set apart all of the rural areas of San Francisco<br />
County into a new unit to be known as San Mateo County.<br />
<strong>The</strong> men of 19th-century <strong>Redwood</strong> City were<br />
engaged in some of the most physically challenging<br />
occupations of the era. <strong>The</strong>y felled trees and milled<br />
lumber that was hauled to San Francisco for housing,<br />
tanned hides from the cattle that provided<br />
meat, and handled cargo on the boats in the<br />
Embarcadero of <strong>Redwood</strong> City at the mouth of<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> Creek. Unlike the neighboring towns’<br />
economies that focused on agriculture, 19th-century<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City was an industrial city composed of<br />
hardworking men whose living conditions ranged<br />
from primitive camps in the woods to the rooming<br />
houses and small “hotels” close to the port. This<br />
mostly male atmosphere offered little privacy and<br />
anything resembling a “domestic life” was<br />
unknown. <strong>The</strong>se men conducted their social lives in<br />
the one place available, the saloons, which were a<br />
prominent part of downtown <strong>Redwood</strong> City, close<br />
to both the hotels where they lived and the<br />
Embarcadero where many worked or brought lumber<br />
and tanned leather for transport to San<br />
Francisco. So primitive were their living conditions<br />
that the saloons offered several of the necessities of<br />
town life.<br />
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REDWOOD CITY NANNY GETS<br />
FOUR YEARS FOR SHAKING BABY<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City nanny Minerva Rojas was<br />
sentenced to four years in prison for shaking<br />
and injuring a newborn boy in her care,<br />
according to the San Mateo County district<br />
attorney’s office. Rojas was found guilty<br />
July 13 of willfully causing a child to suffer<br />
physical pain under circumstances likely to<br />
produce great bodily injury. Prosecutor<br />
James Wade said the sentence was expected,<br />
considering the severity of the injuries,<br />
which included multiple skull fractures and<br />
massive brain hemorrhages. “Doctors have<br />
said all along that it’s an ongoing process,”<br />
Wade said of the boy’s condition. “<strong>The</strong> full<br />
severity of the injuries won’t be known for<br />
years.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> jury did not find Rojas guilty of intentional<br />
infliction of injury resulting in traumatic<br />
injury or a special allegation of intentional<br />
infliction of great bodily injury on a<br />
child under 5. At the time, Rojas’ defense<br />
attorney, Randy Moore, called the verdict a<br />
great thing for his client because it demonstrated<br />
Rojas was “certainly not the monster<br />
that she’s been portrayed to be for month<br />
after month.” Moore was not immediately<br />
available today for comment, but he has said<br />
that Rojas has always accepted responsibility<br />
for her actions.<br />
Wade said that although he was glad that the<br />
jury was able to come up with a verdict for<br />
the family’s sake, the content of the verdict<br />
was not exactly what he had been hoping<br />
for. Child abuse cases like this one can be<br />
difficult, Wade added, because often the victims<br />
cannot speak for themselves.<br />
Rojas, 28, pleaded not guilty on March 22 to<br />
the charges against her. <strong>Redwood</strong> City<br />
police arrested Rojas after they responded to<br />
a 911 call on March 16 and found 2-monthold<br />
Thomas Cline unconscious and suffering<br />
from two skull fractures as well as retinal<br />
and subdural hemorrhaging.<br />
Thomas’ parents, Scott and Michelle Cline,<br />
met Rojas while she was working at a local<br />
daycare center that their 2-year-old daughter<br />
attended, according to Wade. Rojas eventually<br />
left that daycare center and began caring<br />
for Thomas and his sister at the family’s<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> Shores home in January, Wade<br />
said.<br />
On March 16, Rojas claimed she left the<br />
baby in another room lying on a couch while<br />
she made lunch for his sister. She said by the<br />
time she returned, Thomas had already<br />
rolled off the couch, falling about 19 inches<br />
to the carpeted floor below, according to testimony<br />
by <strong>Redwood</strong> City police Detective<br />
Mike Reynolds. According to detectives,<br />
Rojas’ story changed several times during<br />
the investigation. Superior Court Judge<br />
Elizabeth Freeman handed down today’s<br />
sentence. A restitution hearing is expected to<br />
be the last step in the case.<br />
REDWOOD CITY TEMPORARY<br />
WORKERS UNIONIZE<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City temporary workers calling<br />
for improved benefits signed on to a local<br />
Service Employees International Union after<br />
meeting with a state mediator, SEIU Local<br />
715 spokeswoman Gayle Tiller reported.<br />
<strong>The</strong> group of approximately 170 clerical<br />
workers, pages, records clerks, custodial<br />
workers and youth and senior aides, among<br />
others, are calling for the right to collectively<br />
bargain for health benefits, sick pay and<br />
vacations for jobs they claim are overlooked<br />
in importance. According to Tiller, the temporary<br />
workers do not currently receive paid<br />
sick leave and feel pressured to work when<br />
ill, creating an unsafe situation for their<br />
coworkers and city residents.<br />
Some of the workers, such as city youth<br />
recreation program leader Naomi Howard,<br />
are not even properly “temporary” or “casual”<br />
workers, as they are often called. “I have<br />
been a city casual worker for seven years,”<br />
Howard said. “My biggest reward is helping<br />
students learn and grow into adolescence.”<br />
But, she added, “city employees also need<br />
benefits and job security. All we want is for<br />
the city to respect our needs as committed<br />
city workers.”<br />
MISSING WOMAN FOUND IN SAN<br />
FRANCISCO<br />
A 64-year-old woman who was reported<br />
missing from a <strong>Redwood</strong> City nursing facility<br />
was found in a homeless encampment in<br />
San Francisco, <strong>Redwood</strong> City police<br />
Detective Karen Neal said. Gloria Morrow, a<br />
diabetic who must regularly take medication,<br />
had been missing since Sept. 19.<br />
According to Neal, Morrow is “alright” after<br />
the ordeal. Morrow, who has slight dementia,<br />
was seen leaving Hopkins Manor Sept.<br />
19 at 7 a.m., Neal reported. Neal said it<br />
appears that Morrow just walked away from<br />
the facility.<br />
TRIAL DATE SET FOR WOMAN<br />
ACCUSED IN TRIPLE FATAL CRASH<br />
A trial date was set in San Mateo County<br />
Superior Court for Edith Delgado, an 18-<br />
year-old <strong>Redwood</strong> City woman accused of<br />
causing a highway car crash that killed three<br />
people, including two members of the<br />
Tongan royal family. Delgado pleaded not<br />
guilty at her superior court arraignment to<br />
three counts of vehicular manslaughter with<br />
gross negligence for her alleged role in a<br />
July 5 crash on U.S. Highway 101 in Menlo<br />
Park that killed Tonga’s Prince<br />
Tu’ipelehake, 54, Princess Kaimana<br />
Tu’ipelehake, 45, and their driver, Vinisia<br />
Hefa, 36. Delgado allegedly was speeding<br />
north of Willow Road around 9 p.m. when<br />
her Ford Mustang hit Hefa’s Ford Explorer<br />
carrying the royal couple, causing it to roll<br />
several times and land on its roof, according<br />
to the California Highway Patrol.<br />
At a preliminary hearing on Sept. 20, Judge<br />
Robert Foiles ruled that there was sufficient<br />
evidence for Delgado to stand trial, saying<br />
that there was “reasonable cause” to find<br />
that a crime had been committed.<br />
At the arraignment, prosecutor Aaron<br />
Fitzgerald sought a motion to allow the prosecution<br />
access to Delgado’s school records.<br />
That motion was considered on Oct. 12.<br />
Delgado’s pretrial conference was set for<br />
Oct. 30 at 1:30 p.m. and her jury trial is<br />
scheduled to begin on Nov. 27 at 8:45 a.m.<br />
If convicted of all the charges she is facing,<br />
Delgado could spend a maximum of eight<br />
years in prison, according to San Mateo<br />
County Chief Deputy District Attorney<br />
Steve Wagstaffe. Delgado remains in custody<br />
in lieu of $1 million bail.<br />
MAN KILLED BY CALTRAIN IN<br />
REDWOOD CITY IDENTIFIED<br />
A man killed after being hit by a Caltrain at<br />
the commuter train’s <strong>Redwood</strong> City station<br />
has been identified as Frederick Opp, 50, of<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City, according to the San Mateo<br />
County coroner’s office. According to<br />
Caltrain spokesman Jonah Weinberg, Opp<br />
got off of a northbound train stopped at<br />
Sequoia Station at James and Franklin<br />
Avenues in downtown <strong>Redwood</strong> City at 6<br />
p.m., then ducked under the lowered pedestrian<br />
crossing arm in an effort to cross the<br />
tracks. Instead, he was struck and killed by a<br />
southbound train. <strong>The</strong> death marks the 13th<br />
fatality on Caltrain tracks so far this year,<br />
including six suicides and one car accident.<br />
REDWOOD CITY FATAL CAR CRASH<br />
VICTIMS IDENTIFIED<br />
A 16-year-old girl was one of the four people<br />
killed in a horrific high-speed collision<br />
in <strong>Redwood</strong> City that may have involved<br />
alcohol, according to the San Mateo County<br />
coroner’s office and <strong>Redwood</strong> City police.<br />
Six people were crowded into the car at the<br />
time of the crash. <strong>The</strong> two survivors remain<br />
in serious condition at a local hospital,<br />
according to <strong>Redwood</strong> City police Sgt.<br />
Steve Switzer. <strong>Redwood</strong> City residents<br />
Esmeralda Lopez, 16, Everado Carillo, 23,<br />
and Reynel Salgado, 19, died at the scene,<br />
according to the San Mateo County coroner’s<br />
office. Hugo Guzman, 19, of East Palo<br />
Alto, also died at the scene, according to the<br />
coroner.<br />
According to Switzer, the six people were in<br />
a Honda Civic traveling along the 3100<br />
block of East Bayshore Road at a speed over<br />
80 miles per hour, according to witnesses,<br />
when the driver lost control, turned sideways<br />
and crossed into the opposite lane,<br />
striking a large truck parked on the side of<br />
the street. According to one of the surviving<br />
passengers, the driver had “some shots of<br />
alcohol” before getting into the car, Switzer<br />
said. According to Switzer, the car is registered<br />
out of East Palo Alto. <strong>The</strong> crash was<br />
first reported at 9:08 p.m., according to<br />
police.<br />
BAY AREA EMPLOYERS SUED FOR<br />
SEXUAL HARASSMENT<br />
<strong>The</strong> U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity<br />
Commission has filed three lawsuits seeking<br />
monetary damages on behalf of local<br />
employees who claim they suffered sexual<br />
harassment and national origin discrimination,<br />
the agency’s San Francisco District<br />
Office announced.<br />
<strong>The</strong> EEOC charges that a female cook at a<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City Sizzler restaurant was humiliated<br />
for being Mexican and was sexually<br />
harassed. Patricia Huizache, 29, alleges in a<br />
lawsuit against Worldwide Restaurant<br />
Concepts, Inc., the operator of Sizzler, that<br />
she faced derogatory comments, inappropriate<br />
touching and physical threats made by a<br />
coworker on a weekly basis during her six<br />
months working as a cook. Huizache’s<br />
coworker allegedly made frequent comments<br />
about her body and made statements<br />
degrading Mexicans in general. <strong>The</strong> harassment<br />
allegedly escalated to an incident in<br />
which her harasser reportedly threatened<br />
Huizache with a knife. Huizache claims that<br />
although she made complaints about her<br />
coworker’s conduct, her supervisor dismissed<br />
her reports and failed to stop the<br />
harassment. Huizache said that she ultimately<br />
had to quit her job because she feared for<br />
her safety.<br />
<strong>The</strong> EEOC asserts that Chuck Trimble, head<br />
of Morgan Hill–based Trimbco, Inc, doing<br />
business as Sharp Precision, allegedly<br />
harassed female and Hispanic employees.<br />
<strong>The</strong> lawsuit was filed on behalf of Anna<br />
Valdez McAllister, a Mexican-American<br />
office manager, and other employees who<br />
claim they endured daily harassment by<br />
Trimble. <strong>The</strong> lawsuit claims that Trimble<br />
frequently commented on the female<br />
employees’ body parts and made derogatory<br />
comments to Hispanic employees.<br />
<strong>The</strong> third lawsuit claims that supervisors and<br />
a coworker at Hammon Plating Corporation<br />
of Palo Alto harassed employees of Mexican<br />
national origin. According to the EEOC,<br />
female employees were subject to frequent<br />
sexual harassment by supervisors and a<br />
coworker and the harassment reportedly<br />
included displays of pornography, comments<br />
about their bodies and unlawful physical<br />
touching. <strong>The</strong> EEOC filed the three lawsuits<br />
in U.S. District Court for the Northern<br />
District of California in San Jose. In addition<br />
to monetary damages, the lawsuits seek<br />
training on anti-discrimination laws, posting<br />
of notices at the work site and other injunctive<br />
relief.<br />
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PENINSULA HUMANE<br />
SOCIETY & SPCA<br />
In addition to sheltering and finding new<br />
homes for stray and unwanted animals<br />
(100% placement for healthy dogs and<br />
cats since 2003!), PHS/SPCA has vital<br />
programs for people. New in 2006 and<br />
beginning with the North Fair Oaks community,<br />
the shelter began driving its<br />
mobile spay/neuter clinic into lowincome<br />
neighborhoods, offering owners<br />
free “fixes” for their pets. PHS/SPCA<br />
also provides a free animal behavior<br />
help line in English and Spanish. Call<br />
(650) 340-7022, ext. 783 or 786. And<br />
domestic abuse victims who wish to<br />
leave their abusive situation but are<br />
fearful of doing so because they have<br />
pets can receive temporary sheltering<br />
for their pets through PHS/SPCA. Call<br />
(650) 340-7022, ext. 330.<br />
REDWOOD CITY SUNRISE<br />
LIONS CLUB<br />
This group is small but has a growing<br />
membership. All members either live or<br />
work in our community and share a common<br />
goal of making our city a better<br />
place to live. This club is one of over<br />
44,000 Lions Clubs in 199 nations.<br />
Chartered in 1966, this club has been<br />
vigorously active helping eyesightimpaired<br />
youth in our schools and seniors<br />
who are hearing-impaired.<br />
as a member. While helping women’s<br />
and children’s causes, you will enjoy fellowship<br />
and lasting friendships. <strong>The</strong>y<br />
meet the second Thursday of every<br />
month. For more information, please call<br />
their president, Maria, at (650) 366-<br />
0668, Monday-Friday between 9 a.m.<br />
and 5 p.m.<br />
NURSING MOTHERS<br />
COUNSEL<br />
Nursing Mothers Counsel (NMC), a nonprofit<br />
organization since 1955, provides<br />
free breastfeeding education and assistance<br />
by highly trained counselors<br />
(moms who breastfed for at least six<br />
months). To speak with a counselor (no<br />
fee), call (650) 327-MILK (327-6455).<br />
NMC also offers free breastfeeding<br />
classes. Moms (including babies), dads,<br />
grandmas and friends are welcome.<br />
Free breastfeeding classes are held the<br />
first Saturday of each month at Mills<br />
Hospital in San Mateo from 10 a.m. to<br />
noon. <strong>The</strong>re will be free classes on<br />
Saturdays Nov. 4 and Dec. 2. Call (650)<br />
327-MILK (327-6455) to RSVP.<br />
NMC also has breast pumps and breastfeeding<br />
supplies available for purchase<br />
and rent. Call (650) 364-9579. If you’d<br />
like to become a trained counselor, call<br />
(650) 365-2713. Visit their Web site at<br />
www.nursingmothers.org.<br />
welcome to attend. For more information<br />
call Nancy at (650) 592-5822, visit the<br />
Web site at sequoiahsalumniassoc.org<br />
or e-mail sequoiaalumni@earthlink.net.<br />
REDWOOD CITY ROTARY<br />
<strong>The</strong>y are celebrating the 60th anniversary<br />
of the club’s founding in 1946. In<br />
addition, the club hosts interesting<br />
weekly speakers and fosters good fellowship<br />
among its members and within<br />
the community.<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City Rotary is an affiliate of<br />
Rotary International, the nation’s first<br />
service club and an organization dedicated<br />
to community service on a local<br />
and global scale. <strong>The</strong>re are 32,000<br />
Rotary clubs throughout the world.<br />
Rotary is known locally for its scholarship<br />
program and support of the Police<br />
Athletic League, Boys and Girls Clubs,<br />
Casa de <strong>Redwood</strong> senior housing,<br />
Salvation Army, Kainos Home and<br />
Training Center, Sequoia YMCA Family<br />
Connections, St. Anthony’s Padua<br />
Dining Room, Sequoia Hospital<br />
Foundation, Pets in Need and the<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City Education Foundation.<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City Rotary meets at 12:30<br />
p.m. Tuesdays at the Sequoia Club,<br />
1695 Broadway. For more information or<br />
to join, call John Lowe at (650) 367-<br />
9387.<br />
FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY<br />
OF SAN MATEO COUNTY<br />
Looking for a dependable source of<br />
skilled, reliable workers? Family Service<br />
Agency of San Mateo County provides<br />
employers with mature, ready-to-work,<br />
experienced workers who are 55 years<br />
and older. Employers contact the service<br />
because they appreciate the superior<br />
work ethic and the commitment to<br />
quality that mature workers possess.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are no fees for hiring candidates.<br />
Contact Barbara Clipper at (650) 403-<br />
4300, ext. 4368, to place your job order.<br />
For those looking for work, Family<br />
Service Agency provides a range of<br />
services for those who are at least 55<br />
years of age, including referrals for<br />
classroom training, vocational counseling,<br />
job referrals and on-the-job training<br />
for qualified participants. Contact<br />
Connie Tilles at (650) 403-4300, ext.<br />
4371, if you are looking for work.<br />
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Join them for breakfast! <strong>The</strong> Lions meet<br />
every Wednesday at Bob’s Court House<br />
Coffee Shop, 2198 Broadway, beginning<br />
at 7:15 a.m. Call Bill Gibbons at (650)<br />
766-8105 for more details.<br />
REDWOOD CITY WOMEN’S<br />
CLUB<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City Women’s Club meets at<br />
the clubhouse, 149 Clinton St., the first<br />
Thursday of each month September<br />
through June. Social at 11:30 a.m. and<br />
lunch at noon, followed by meeting and<br />
program. For information call Loretta at<br />
(650) 368-8212 or visit RWCWC.com.<br />
SOROPTIMIST<br />
INTERNATIONAL OF<br />
SOUTH PENINSULA<br />
<strong>The</strong> Soroptimists invite you to become a<br />
member of Soroptmist International, the<br />
largest service organization for business<br />
and professional women in the world,<br />
where “improving the lives of women<br />
and children” has been their mission<br />
since 1921. Soroptimists work through<br />
service projects to advance human<br />
rights and the status of women locally<br />
and abroad. Soroptimist International of<br />
South Peninsula needs and wants you<br />
PENINSULA HILLS<br />
WOMEN’S CLUB<br />
Peninsula Hills Women’s Club meets the<br />
third Wednesday of each month at the<br />
Community Activities Building, 1400<br />
Roosevelt Ave. For more information,<br />
call (650) 366-6371.<br />
PENINSULA SUNRISE<br />
ROTARY CLUB<br />
<strong>The</strong> Peninsula Sunrise Rotary Club was<br />
chartered in April 1988. In the years<br />
since that time, the club has met weekly<br />
at 7:30 a.m. for breakfast and to hear a<br />
speaker at the Waterfront Restaurant at<br />
Pete’s Harbor in <strong>Redwood</strong> City. <strong>The</strong><br />
club, with 22 members, has frequently<br />
been honored by Rotary District 5150,<br />
which includes San Mateo, San<br />
Francisco and part of Marin counties, as<br />
an outstanding small club. For more<br />
information or to join, call Fred Wolin at<br />
(650) 329-1013.<br />
SEQUOIA HIGH SCHOOL<br />
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION<br />
<strong>The</strong> group meets the fourth Tuesday of<br />
each month at the Sequoia District<br />
Board Room, 480 James Ave., at 7 p.m.<br />
All alumni and friends of Sequoia are<br />
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CITY TALK<br />
TOASTMASTERS<br />
Join the City Talk Toastmasters to develop<br />
communication and leadership skills.<br />
<strong>The</strong> club meets on Wednesdays<br />
12:30–1:30 p.m. in the Council<br />
Chambers at City Hall, 1017 Middlefield<br />
Road. Call Manny Rosas at (650) 780-<br />
7468 if you would like to check out a<br />
meeting or just stop in. Visit www.toastmasters.org<br />
for more information about<br />
the Toastmasters public speaking program.<br />
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OPTIMIST CLUB OF<br />
REDWOOD CITY<br />
<strong>The</strong> Optimists invite you to become a<br />
member of Optimist International, one of<br />
the largest service organizations in the<br />
world, where “Bringing Out the Best in<br />
Kids” has been their mission for over 80<br />
years. Whether you’re a club officer or a<br />
club member who enjoys the fellowship<br />
and friendship of others with a common<br />
greater good, Optimist International<br />
needs and wants you as a member.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Optimist Club of <strong>Redwood</strong> City<br />
meets every Tuesday at 12:15 p.m. at<br />
Bob’s Court House Coffee Shop at<br />
Middlefield and Broadway. For more<br />
information please call their president,<br />
Steve, at (650) 365-8089 or their secretary,<br />
Ted Cole, at (650) 366-1392. Or<br />
come join them for lunch to learn more<br />
about how you can make a difference.<br />
WOODSIDE TERRACE A.M.<br />
KIWANIS CLUB<br />
Since October 1956, the Woodside<br />
Terrace A.M. Kiwanis Club and its precedents<br />
have been devoted to community<br />
service in <strong>Redwood</strong> City. Through the<br />
decades, they have provided funds to<br />
help many worthy community programs<br />
and continue to add more community<br />
projects. <strong>The</strong> Key Club of Sequoia High<br />
School, sponsored by the Woodside<br />
Terrace A.M. Kiwanis Club, was chartered<br />
in 1994 and has been involved in<br />
raising money and donating time and<br />
effort to many of our programs.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Woodside Terrace A.M. Kiwanis<br />
Club meets every Wednesday morning<br />
7:15–8:30 a.m. at the Waterfront<br />
Restaurant, 1 Uccelli Blvd. (at Pete’s<br />
Harbor). <strong>The</strong>y invite you to come to their<br />
meetings and check out the club’s Web<br />
site at www.agencyinfo.org/kiwanis.<br />
HEARING LOSS<br />
ASSOCIATION OF THE<br />
PENINSULA (FORMERLY<br />
SHHH)<br />
Hearing Loss Association is a volunteer,<br />
international organization of hard-ofhearing<br />
people, relatives and friends.<br />
Hearing Loss Association is a nonprofit,<br />
nonsectarian, educational organization<br />
devoted to the welfare and interests of<br />
those who cannot hear well but are com-<br />
mitted to participating in the hearing<br />
world.<br />
A day meeting is held on the first<br />
Monday of the month at 1:30 p.m. at the<br />
Veterans Memorial Senior Center, 1455<br />
Madison Ave. We provide educational<br />
speakers and refreshments. A demonstration<br />
of assistive devices is held on<br />
the first Wednesday of the month at<br />
10:30 a.m. in the second floor conference<br />
room at the <strong>Redwood</strong> City Public<br />
Library, 1044 Middlefield Road. Please<br />
call Marj at (650) 593-6760 with any<br />
questions.<br />
Editor’s note: If you are connected with<br />
a nonprofit organization and want your<br />
information printed in <strong>The</strong> <strong>Spectrum</strong>,<br />
send it to: writers@spectrummagazine.net<br />
or <strong>The</strong> <strong>Spectrum</strong><br />
<strong>Magazine</strong>, P.O. Box 862, <strong>Redwood</strong> City,<br />
CA 94064. Let our community know your<br />
contributions and maybe they will want<br />
to join you.<br />
NONPROFITS IN THE<br />
NEWS<br />
Peninsula Hills Women’s Club is starting<br />
fall off with a bang. <strong>The</strong>y had a food<br />
booth at the Horses to Horsepower Car<br />
Show at Sequoia High School and<br />
raised $383. This will be added to their<br />
Philanthropic Fund. Special thanks to<br />
Key Market for donating the ice for their<br />
food booth.<br />
Club members are very busy working on<br />
the 23rd Annual Thanksgiving Day<br />
Dinner for the senior citizens of our community.<br />
This event is held at the<br />
Veterans Memorial Senior Center. <strong>The</strong><br />
club prepares a full turkey dinner while<br />
giving seniors a place to gather so they<br />
can celebrate this wonderful, patriotic<br />
day.<br />
Just recently, this group held a reportwriting<br />
workshop at the Community<br />
Activities Building in <strong>Redwood</strong> City.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y were able to get the California<br />
Federation of Women’s Clubs First Vice<br />
President Vicki Holden to hold this workshop<br />
for the district members. Report<br />
writing is very important to the organization.<br />
<strong>The</strong>y use information gathered<br />
from clubs all over the world to put<br />
together a statistical report. This gives<br />
the organization a clear view of what<br />
they have accomplished as a united<br />
group.<br />
<strong>The</strong> group’s Unsung Hero this year is<br />
Ella Morris. Ella has been a member of<br />
the club for over 20 years. She has<br />
given much of her time and talents to<br />
this community, always willing to lend a<br />
hand whenever called upon. She has<br />
also taught in the <strong>Redwood</strong> City School<br />
District for many years, currently teaching<br />
at Hawes School. <strong>The</strong> Inter Service<br />
Club Coordinating Council honored Ella<br />
at a luncheon on Oct. 21 at the Veterans<br />
Memorial Senior Center.<br />
THE SPECTRUM<br />
SENIOR ACTIVITIES<br />
<strong>The</strong> Veterans Memorial Senior Center,<br />
1455 Madison Ave., is providing the following<br />
activities that are open to the<br />
public.<br />
“ALZHEIMER’S OR<br />
DEMENTIA” LECTURE AND<br />
MEMORY SCREENING<br />
Wednesday, Nov. 1, 10:30 a.m.<br />
Goldstar Room, Veterans Memorial<br />
Senior Center<br />
This free lecture on Alzheimer’s disease<br />
and memory screening is being provided<br />
by Stanford/VA Aging Clinical<br />
Research Center. For more information,<br />
call (650) 780-7274.<br />
SENIOR AFFAIRS<br />
COMMISSION MEETING<br />
Thursday, Nov. 9, 1 p.m.<br />
Casa De <strong>Redwood</strong>, 1280 Veterans Blvd.<br />
<strong>The</strong> objectives of the Senior Affairs<br />
Commission are to encourage, foster,<br />
facilitate, establish and maintain programs<br />
for the enhancement of all matters<br />
relating to the social, economic and<br />
personal well-being of the city’s senior<br />
population. <strong>The</strong> public is invited to<br />
attend.<br />
THANKSGIVING FEAST<br />
FUNDRAISER<br />
Thursday, Nov. 9, 6–9 p.m.<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> Room, Veterans Memorial<br />
Senior Center<br />
Embrace the season of giving by raising<br />
funds for recreation scholarships for<br />
people with disabilities. Enjoy a great<br />
meal for a great cause. Cost is $20 per<br />
plate. For reservations, call (650) 780-<br />
7344.<br />
THANKSGIVING<br />
GATHERING LUNCHEON<br />
Thursday, Nov. 16, 12–2 p.m.<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> Room, Veterans Memorial<br />
Senior Center<br />
Enjoy a Thanksgiving feast with your<br />
extended family at the VMSC. Lunch<br />
includes a wonderful meal and local<br />
entertainment. Cost is $7 per plate. Call<br />
(650) 780-7259 for reservations.<br />
THANKSGIVING<br />
LUNCHEON<br />
Sponsored by Peninsula Women’s Club<br />
Thursday, Nov. 23, 12–2 p.m.<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> Room, Veterans Memorial<br />
Senior Center<br />
Family out of town? Not interested in<br />
cooking a big feast? <strong>The</strong>n enjoy<br />
Thanksgiving lunch at the VMSC! Cost:<br />
cash donation/free. Call (650) 780-7259<br />
for reservations.<br />
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CAST YOUR BALLOT FOR SMART INVESTMENT MOVES<br />
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FINANCE<br />
David Amann, Special to <strong>The</strong> <strong>Spectrum</strong><br />
Nov. 7 is Election Day. Across the country,<br />
people will vote for senators, congressional<br />
representatives, governors,<br />
mayors and a host of other offices and ballot<br />
initiatives. While big elections like this usually<br />
take place only once every couple of years,<br />
you will “vote” almost every day on any number<br />
of other issues related to your life. Some of<br />
the most important of these “elections” concern<br />
decisions affecting your financial situation<br />
— so you’ll want to cast your ballot wisely.<br />
So, what kind of investment-related issues<br />
should you vote on? Here are a few to consider?<br />
Vote for suitable choices. Just as an informed<br />
voter needs to look beyond a 30-second<br />
commercial to really understand a candidate<br />
or an issue, a smart investor needs to go<br />
beyond the “hot tips” to grasp the suitability of<br />
a particular investment. Different investments<br />
are appropriate for different investors; to find<br />
the ones that are right for your individual<br />
needs, goals and risk tolerance, you will need<br />
to put some thought into your situation and<br />
the many investment choices available to<br />
you.<br />
Vote for portfolio balance. Some voters reflexively<br />
vote for a single party or point of view.<br />
While voters may have their reasons, individual<br />
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when they are building a portfolio. If, for<br />
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a specific industry, you will likely be<br />
hurt when an economic downturn affects<br />
that sector. On the<br />
$<br />
other hand, if you balance<br />
your growth stocks with income-oriented<br />
stocks, bonds, government securities and<br />
even certificates of deposit (CDs), you can<br />
potentially reduce your portfolio’s volatility<br />
and give yourself more opportunities for success.<br />
This diversification does not guarantee a<br />
profit, nor does it protect against loss; however,<br />
in investing, as in life, balance is essential.<br />
Vote for long-term results. It’s no secret that<br />
some political candidates pursue policies that<br />
are short-term in nature. While some of these<br />
policies may be beneficial, others are carried<br />
out at the expense of long-term solutions. As<br />
an investor, you, too, might have some shortterm<br />
goals — such as saving for an expensive<br />
trip — but most of your important objectives<br />
will be long-term: saving for retirement, sending<br />
your children to college, etc. And to<br />
achieve these goals, you need to take a longterm<br />
approach to investing. That is, you need<br />
to buy quality investments and hold them for<br />
the long term, or at least until your needs<br />
change. Furthermore, you need to stick with<br />
your investment strategy despite short-term<br />
setbacks caused by political turmoil, high<br />
energy prices or other such factors.<br />
Vote for professional help. When you vote for<br />
a political candidate, you want to have confidence<br />
that he or she is competent, honest<br />
and trustworthy, and has your interests at<br />
heart. Pretty much the same description<br />
could be applied to the financial professional<br />
you choose to help you make the right investment<br />
moves. Shop around for the right person,<br />
and ask your friends and relatives whom<br />
they use. You may need to interview several<br />
professionals before selecting the right one,<br />
but the effort is worth it.<br />
When you vote for a political candidate,<br />
sometimes you win and sometimes you lose.<br />
But when you “vote” for the right investment<br />
moves, you’re always a winner.<br />
Editor’s note: David Amann is one of the<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City community members who contributes<br />
to <strong>The</strong> <strong>Spectrum</strong>. If you have any questions regarding<br />
investments please send them to writers@spectrummagazine.net<br />
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A BREAKTHROUGH FOR REDWOOD CITY:<br />
LATINO FILM FESTIVAL COMES TO DOWNTOWN<br />
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By Judy Buchan, Contributing Writer<br />
Hours of work and a strong belief in the<br />
dream will all pay off for the Latino<br />
Leadership Council in November,<br />
when the International Latino Film Festival -<br />
San Francisco Bay Area comes to downtown<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City.<br />
“It’s a breakthrough for <strong>Redwood</strong> City,” said<br />
Councilwoman Alicia Aguirre, with obvious<br />
pride in her voice. “It’s great to have the opportunity<br />
to have the Latino Film Festival here at<br />
home.”<br />
Downtown <strong>Redwood</strong> City’s Century 20<br />
<strong>The</strong>atres will be one of the 17 Bay Area venues<br />
presenting the 85 films of the International<br />
Latino Film Festival - San Francisco Bay Area<br />
next month. <strong>The</strong> festival begins in San<br />
Francisco on Nov. 3 and will come to <strong>Redwood</strong><br />
City Nov. 16-18. Other venues include San<br />
Jose, San Rafael, Skyline College, Berkeley, Mill<br />
Valley, Larkspur and Oakland.<br />
Sponsored by the Latino Leadership Council<br />
and the City of <strong>Redwood</strong> City, the festival will<br />
present award-winning films of the Latino cinema<br />
world to <strong>Redwood</strong> City residents and hopefully<br />
to theater patrons from the entire Bay<br />
Area.<br />
According to the organization’s Web site, the<br />
“International Latino Film Festival - San<br />
Francisco Bay Area was created to give voice to<br />
Latino cultural expression through the powerful<br />
medium of film. <strong>The</strong> ILFF began as a grassroots<br />
organization 10 years ago, presenting just 10<br />
films at a single venue. <strong>The</strong> Festival showcases<br />
the best in new international Latino cinema,<br />
applauds emerging talent and pays tribute to<br />
celebrated Latino actors, directors and produc-<br />
ers. From documentaries<br />
covering the<br />
issues surrounding<br />
Latino experience<br />
in the United<br />
States to films that<br />
represent the Jewish<br />
experience in the<br />
Hispanic world to<br />
the Women in Film<br />
series, programs<br />
devoted to LTGB,<br />
music and human<br />
rights, the programs<br />
presented by the<br />
ILFF are a valuable<br />
cultural resource for<br />
the Bay Area community.”<br />
Corporate sponsors<br />
for the entire Bay<br />
Area program<br />
include Subaru,<br />
Applied Materials,<br />
Delta Airlines, the<br />
San Francisco<br />
Chronicle, Wells<br />
Fargo, Union Bank<br />
of California, Visa<br />
and more.<br />
It all begins on Thursday evening, Nov. 16,<br />
with the Inaugural Party and Gala running<br />
from 5 to 7 p.m. at the San Mateo County<br />
History Museum. At 7:30 p.m., “Sólo Dios<br />
sabe / Only God Knows” will come to the<br />
screen at the Century 20 <strong>The</strong>atres.<br />
Two films are set for Friday, Nov. 17. “A dona da<br />
história / <strong>The</strong> Owner of the Story” is scheduled<br />
at 6:30 p.m., and “Un franco, 14 pesetas,” from<br />
Spain, winner of three awards at the 2006<br />
Malaga Film Festival in Spain, will be shown at<br />
8:30 p.m.<br />
Three films will round out the festival on<br />
Saturday, Nov. 18. “Un mundo maravilloso / A<br />
Wonderful World,” a look at the homeless of<br />
Mexico City, runs at 5:30 p.m. “Mi mejor enemigo<br />
/ My Best Enemy” from Chile, plays at<br />
7:30 p.m. and “El lobo / <strong>The</strong> Wolf” from Spain<br />
is the final festival presentation at 9:45 p.m.<br />
Tickets are $10 per person; $8 for ILFF members,<br />
students and seniors (65 and older).<br />
Family film matinees are $8; kids under 10 are<br />
free. For special event tickets, please visit the<br />
Web site for prices. To purchase tickets in<br />
advance, visit www.LatinoFilmFestival.org or<br />
www.cityboxoffice.com.<br />
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“I hope <strong>Redwood</strong> City will be open to such a special event in our downtown,”<br />
said local businessman Memo Morantes, one of many who put in<br />
long hours to bring the festival here. Also expressing the pride of his heritage<br />
and of bringing this event to our community, Morantes believes the<br />
variety downtown and its move toward being an entertainment hub are<br />
well-suited to welcome visitors to the Festival.<br />
Morantes invites you to “Come and experience the International Film<br />
Festival in <strong>Redwood</strong> City!”<br />
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about in political and downtown circles and<br />
it has caused a lot of discussion, which is great. For<br />
this group to move forward and become an effective<br />
voice for businesses in the downtown area, they<br />
must discuss such issues and find some direction.<br />
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As I understand it, the Downtown Business Group<br />
board is doing just that now — working hard to turn<br />
a difficult situation into a positive outcome for<br />
themselves and for Downtown. I have no doubt that<br />
Barbara will be able to provide the type of leadership<br />
needed to help the Downtown Business Group be<br />
successful.<br />
* * * * *<br />
It is election time again and, of course, an opportunity<br />
for me to make some predictions on the winners<br />
and losers on Tuesday, Nov. 7. Locally, we do not<br />
have that much to vote on, but the categories we do<br />
have are important. <strong>The</strong> Sequoia Healthcare District<br />
Board of Directors has four candidates vying for<br />
three seats. Sheriff Don Horsley will win in his first<br />
try and come out as the top vote-getter, followed by<br />
incumbents Arthur Faro and Jack Hickey.<br />
Incumbent John Oblak will lose his seat, even<br />
though his ballot placement of first on the list should<br />
be enough for anyone to win in this race.<br />
Measure A, the one-eighth-cent sales tax to support<br />
parks and recreation services, should and will win by<br />
an overwhelming margin.<br />
Arnold Schwarzenegger will be re-elected as<br />
California’s governor. Democrat Steve Westly might<br />
have given him a run for his money if he had been<br />
his opponent. John Garamendi will win and be our<br />
next lieutenant governor. Santa Cruz’s Bruce<br />
McPherson will win the secretary of state race. Bill<br />
Lockyer will be our next state treasurer. Steve<br />
Poizner — who lost to Ira Ruskin in his assembly<br />
bid — will win his race for state insurance commissioner.<br />
Cruz Bustamante, his opponent, will get a<br />
deserved kick to the curb, and we hopefully will not<br />
have to hear from him again.<br />
Of course, Dianne Feinstein (U.S. senator), Anna<br />
Eshoo (14th Congressional District) and Ruskin<br />
(21st Assembly District) will all be re-elected.<br />
In an election-related story, Warren Slocum, San<br />
Mateo County’s chief elections officer, called on the<br />
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) to<br />
change their Web site entitled “Don’t Vote.com.”<br />
Slocum said he is worried that the message may discourage<br />
people from going to the polls. “I am concerned<br />
that the commercial and Web site may have<br />
an unintended consequence of dissuading qualified<br />
voters to cast a ballot,” Slocum said.<br />
Slocum admitted that the Web site,<br />
www.dontvote.com, has a good side with its message<br />
that asks voters to find out where the candidates<br />
stand on the issues. It is always important for a voter<br />
to study candidate and issue information and be prepared<br />
to vote before going into the polling place.<br />
But the TV commercial and the Web site video feature<br />
several people from different walks of life saying,<br />
“Don’t vote — don’t vote — don’t vote.” It is<br />
repeated seven times before someone says, “until you<br />
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know the issues.” Hence Slocum’s concern.<br />
Slocum said, “My job is to increase participation<br />
rates and, given people’s busy lives, the constant<br />
bombardment of advertising messages and the fact<br />
that one vote can change the outcome of an election,<br />
I don’t want the ‘don’t vote’ message to be the only<br />
message that is heard before a voter changes the<br />
channel or clicks through to a new Web page.”<br />
Sounds good to me, Warren!<br />
If you are not that motivated to vote in this election,<br />
just remember that the candidates running are doing<br />
so with the intention of bringing their opinions and<br />
agendas to our community. If you disagree or agree<br />
with any of them, you have the right to speak out<br />
and tell them. VOTE Nov. 7!<br />
* * * * *<br />
<strong>The</strong> city of <strong>Redwood</strong> City threw itself a party with<br />
the “Our Downtown” event, and by all accounts it<br />
was a success. By my estimate, about 5,000 people<br />
showed up at one time or another throughout the<br />
day. It was a great community event. <strong>The</strong> San Mateo<br />
County History Museum reported about 2,100 people<br />
walking through their doors.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re would have been more people had the promoters<br />
of the event chosen the Daily News and the<br />
Daily Journal as media sponsors of the event instead<br />
of <strong>The</strong> Wave <strong>Magazine</strong> and the Examiner. Both of<br />
those publications are virtually nonexistent to San<br />
Mateo County residents.<br />
<strong>The</strong> event was very family-oriented and it was nice<br />
to see the community respond by bringing their families<br />
down, having a little fun and celebrating the<br />
progress downtown. Even though most did not even<br />
know what they were there for, they had fun.<br />
Restaurants and those who had booths at the event<br />
reported brisk sales and more than usual foot traffic.<br />
That is what these types of events are supposed to<br />
do.<br />
Notable activities of the day included the presentation<br />
to Jean Cloud, honoring her for her community<br />
service work and for turning 100 years old. <strong>The</strong><br />
dedication of the plaza was a big yawn. I mean, it is<br />
not even done. <strong>The</strong> continuous entertainment all<br />
day was wonderful — a great mix of community acts<br />
and more polished ones.<br />
This event was definitely a start to what could be a<br />
fantastic annual one. Are you listening, Downtown<br />
Business Group?<br />
* * * * *<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City Police Department (RCPD) Officer<br />
Bruce McKay has left the department for a position<br />
at the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. He joins<br />
John Harp, Steve Pettit and Bob Bates, all former<br />
RCPD officers who left earlier this year. You may ask<br />
why. It is not an issue of them not liking the department<br />
they serve but of career options. Once retirement<br />
salaries kick in from <strong>Redwood</strong> City, they will<br />
all be getting that plus their current salaries at the<br />
Sheriff’s Office. Wouldn’t you do the same?<br />
* * * * *<br />
Congratulations<br />
to Tim,<br />
Stephanie<br />
and Alicia<br />
Harrison of<br />
Canyon Inn.<br />
<strong>The</strong> proud parents<br />
and<br />
daughter welcomed<br />
their<br />
new son and<br />
brother, Tim,<br />
in September.<br />
Wonder how<br />
long it will<br />
take him<br />
before he is<br />
chowing down<br />
a Hacksaw<br />
Burger?<br />
* * * * *<br />
<strong>The</strong> Police Activities League held its annual Comedy<br />
Night fundraiser and boy-oh-boy did they have a<br />
great time while raising over $150,000 for the<br />
youths in our community. <strong>The</strong> night honored Gino<br />
and Dani Gasparini and the Hannig family, and<br />
both clans showed up in force and in support.<br />
Joining them and the other 400 people at the event<br />
were Mayor Barbara Pierce; Council Members<br />
Alicia Aguirre, Diane Howard, Jeff Ira and Jim<br />
Hartnett; City Manager Ed Everett; Assemblyman<br />
Ira Ruskin; state Sen. Joe Simitian; County<br />
Supervisor Rose Jacobs Gibson; Police Chief<br />
Carlos Bolanos and business leaders Alpio Barbara,<br />
Cheryl Angeles, John Adams, Paula Uccelli, Pat<br />
Becker, Keith Bautista, Nancy Radcliffe, Alice<br />
Louise, Memo Morantes, Ralph and Teresa<br />
Garcia, Phil Raiser, Mary Mortenson, Janet<br />
Borgens, Steven Howard, Chet Lane, John<br />
Anagnostou, Paul Powers, Alyn Beals, Frank and<br />
Liza Bizzarro, Frank Bartaldo and Henry Gaw.<br />
* * * * *<br />
Cannot wait for the Turkeys of the Year in next<br />
month’s <strong>Spectrum</strong>.<br />
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Women With Strings Attached featuring<br />
Mira Wooten, Lucy Billings and<br />
Deb Thacker<br />
Sunday, Nov. 12, 7 p.m., $12 adv./$14<br />
door<br />
Mira Wooten’s soulful and sultry sound<br />
captures the essence of contemporary<br />
talents like India Arie, Bonnie Raitt and<br />
Eva Cassidy, to name a few. An original<br />
stylist whose gift shines brightest in her<br />
own compositions of love and life, her<br />
woven lyrical patterns both reveal and<br />
haunt. She’ll make you laugh, make you<br />
cry and leave you longing for more of<br />
that smooth, silky voice that tells her<br />
story. For songwriter Lucy Billings,<br />
music is a language. She distills life<br />
events into songs.<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City Blues Jam<br />
Wednesday, Nov. 15, 7 p.m. Free<br />
admission!<br />
See listing for Nov. 8 above.<br />
Bud E. Luv Orchestra<br />
Friday, Nov. 17, 8 p.m., $12 adv./$14<br />
door<br />
<strong>The</strong> fabulous Bud E. Luv show has been<br />
a mainstay in the Bay Area as well as<br />
the rest of these United States for over<br />
17 years. It played off-Broadway in New<br />
York City to rave reviews. Stephen<br />
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Holden of <strong>The</strong> New York Times called it<br />
“the ultimate lounge act.” Liz Smith said,<br />
“He’s a riot (with a terrific voice).” And<br />
even the Village Voice couldn’t escape<br />
the charms of Mr. Luv. Getting the<br />
Village Voice and <strong>The</strong> New York Times<br />
to agree on anything is a feat unto itself.<br />
Safari plus La Ventana<br />
Presented by Voices of Latin Rock<br />
Saturday, Nov. 18, 8 p.m., $16 adv./$18<br />
door<br />
Safari is one of the Bay Area’s best-kept<br />
secrets. With sounds honed out of the<br />
San Francisco Mission district and led<br />
by timbalero Victor Nolasco, Safari<br />
fuses 1970s Latin rock with the flavors of<br />
New York City salsa. <strong>The</strong> songs are Bay<br />
Area dance hall favorites first performed<br />
by the bands of Benny Velarde, Carlos<br />
Federico, the Escovedo Bros., Cal<br />
Tjader and Chepito Areas, but<br />
rearranged with the Safari stamp. La<br />
Ventana came together in January 2005<br />
from a core of longtime Bay Area veteran<br />
musicians.<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City Blues Jam<br />
Wednesday, Nov. 22, 7 p.m. Free<br />
admission!<br />
See listing for Nov. 8 above.<br />
Maria Muldaur Band plus It’s a<br />
Beautiful Day featuring David<br />
LaFlamme<br />
Friday, Nov. 24, 8 p.m., $16 adv./$18<br />
door<br />
Maria Muldaur’s musical roots run as<br />
deep and varied as the Greenwich<br />
Village she grew up in, amid bluegrass,<br />
folk, blues, jazz and gospel. She was<br />
influenced by everyone from Bessie<br />
Smith to the rock ’n’ roll played by deejay<br />
Alan Freed. She even studied fiddle<br />
with Doc Watson and his family. After<br />
two albums with her husband, Geoff,<br />
she went solo, releasing the gold record<br />
“Midnight at the Oasis.” Eleven solo<br />
albums since then have showcased her<br />
ability in jazz, pop, folk, gospel, R & B<br />
and blues.<br />
Magic Slim and the Teardrops plus<br />
the Madison Blues Band<br />
Saturday, Nov. 25, 8 p.m., $14 adv./$16<br />
door<br />
Magic Slim is the greatest living proponent<br />
of the intense, electrified,<br />
Mississippi-to-Chica blues style that<br />
spawned much of the music played by<br />
modern blues artists and rockers. It’s no<br />
wonder that Magic Slim and the<br />
Teardrops, considered by many “the last<br />
real Chicago blues band,” have become<br />
one of the busiest and best-loved<br />
blues bands around. Slim’s live perform-<br />
S<br />
ances have become legendary.<br />
Standing well over 6 feet, Slim cuts a<br />
commanding figure on stage.<br />
Miss Charlotte From <strong>Redwood</strong> City<br />
CD Release Party!<br />
Sunday, Nov. 26, 7 p.m., $18 adv./$20<br />
door<br />
<strong>The</strong> long-awaited concert and album of<br />
West Coast country girl Miss Charlotte<br />
and her band will light up the stage at<br />
the Little Fox. Charlotte, a lifetime resident<br />
of <strong>Redwood</strong> City, has been performing<br />
since age 8 and was National<br />
Baton Champion 2002. A regular at the<br />
Fourth of July parade and the San<br />
Mateo County Fair, she will be performing<br />
her first live, two-hour concert. Music<br />
director and producer Randy McGowan<br />
is pleased to announce the arrival of<br />
Miss Charlotte. CDs and autographs.<br />
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How do we go about uniting the different<br />
ethnicities in <strong>Redwood</strong> City?<br />
Being open-minded to other cultures.<br />
How excited are you about the Latino<br />
Film Festival coming to <strong>Redwood</strong><br />
City?<br />
Extremely!<br />
What is the state of education in San<br />
Mateo County?<br />
Continuing to improve. A lot more work<br />
needs to be done, but we are on the right<br />
track.<br />
What historical figure do you most<br />
identify with?<br />
Cesar Chavez — his approach to<br />
“human needs” was strong.<br />
What living person do you most<br />
admire?<br />
No one, really — I respect people in general.<br />
What living person do you most<br />
despise?<br />
I don’t despise anyone.<br />
Who are your heroes in real life?<br />
My mother, Ernestina.<br />
What is your most treasured possession?<br />
My sons.<br />
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Memo Morantes<br />
Morantes was born in Mexico City and moved to the United States in 1965 and to<br />
<strong>Redwood</strong> City in 1967. He has two sons, Gadiel, 32, and Garnor, 30. He currently<br />
serves as a trustee for the San Mateo County Board of Education — elected in 2000<br />
and re-elected in 2004. He also serves on the board of the <strong>Redwood</strong> City–San Mateo<br />
County Chamber of Commerce and was a founder of the Latino Leadership Council<br />
for San Mateo County. Morantes was instrumental in bringing the Latino Film<br />
Festival to <strong>Redwood</strong> City.<br />
What talent would you most like to<br />
have?<br />
To be more patient. I need to stop and<br />
smell the roses more.<br />
Something no one knows about you?<br />
I was proud to officiate at my youngest<br />
son’s wedding at the request of my<br />
daughter-in-law.<br />
If you could change one thing about<br />
yourself, what would it be?<br />
Don’t think I would change anything.<br />
What words or phrases do you most<br />
overuse?<br />
Can I help you?<br />
If you could choose what to come back<br />
as, what would it be?<br />
A feline cat.<br />
What is your idea of perfect happiness?<br />
To live where I want to, be surrounded by<br />
those I love and to do the things I want to<br />
do.<br />
What do you consider your greatest<br />
achievement?<br />
To have raised two successful citizens.<br />
What or who is the love of your life?<br />
I am still working on that.<br />
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