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<strong>Talking</strong> to<br />
teens about<br />
driving<br />
Community forum<br />
offers strategies<br />
on safe driving<br />
for teens<br />
By Jeanne C. Carbone<br />
Staff Writer<br />
Teenage driving was<br />
the focus of a community<br />
forum at the<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Community Center<br />
on Oct. 24.<br />
“We’re here tonight for a<br />
very serious subject—teenage<br />
driving,” said District 10<br />
Councilmember Nancy Pyle.<br />
The forum, “How to Keep<br />
Your Children Safe—<strong>Talking</strong><br />
to <strong>Teens</strong> about <strong>Driving</strong>,” pro-<br />
“Parents need to make rules and<br />
the laws help make the rules,”<br />
says AVCS Director Karen Sumi.<br />
Photo by Julie Anderson<br />
vided parents with information<br />
and tools to create effective<br />
dialogues with their<br />
teens about safe driving.<br />
The event was co-sponsored<br />
by Pyle, <strong>Almaden</strong><br />
Valley Counseling Service<br />
[AVCS] and Leland High<br />
School. Keynote speakers<br />
included San Jose Police<br />
Department Sgt. Jeff<br />
Marozick, Deputy District<br />
Attorney Julie Alloggiamento,<br />
Allstate Insurance owner<br />
Rich De La Rosa, and AVCS<br />
Director Karen Sumi.<br />
“Teen driving accidents<br />
See DRIVING, page 4<br />
THIS WEEK:<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Meetings 39<br />
Ask the Lawyer 27<br />
Borowitz Report 36<br />
Community Calendar 34<br />
Places of Worship 26<br />
Sports Report 28<br />
Street Talk 36<br />
<strong>Times</strong> Classifieds 40<br />
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The Marine Corp ROTC program participated in San Jose’s annual Veteran’s Day<br />
Parade, which took place on Sunday, Nov. 11. Photo by Dan Miranda<br />
Second first<br />
annual Texas<br />
Hold’em tourney<br />
a success<br />
See page 10<br />
Veteran’s Day Parade 2007<br />
Bands, 21-gun salutes,<br />
politicians and crowds<br />
San Jose’s annual Veteran’s<br />
Day Parade took place on<br />
Sunday, Nov. 11. It featured<br />
marching bands, veterans from<br />
previous and current wars as well<br />
as other veterans portraying soldiers<br />
from the Civil War and<br />
World War I.<br />
Among the participants were<br />
local politicians, Mayor Chuck<br />
Reed and several council members<br />
including District 10’s Nancy<br />
Pyle seated in a convertible. Pyle<br />
said she is “…deeply honored to<br />
have participated in San Jose’s<br />
Veterans Day Parade. So much<br />
time and effort has been taken to<br />
ensure that this is an event that<br />
truly does justice to the men and<br />
women who have heroically<br />
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as well as the present.”<br />
Each year, since 1919, the<br />
United Veterans Council of Santa<br />
Clara County has produced a<br />
Veterans Day Parade with support<br />
form the city of San Jose and<br />
the county of Santa Clara, along<br />
Grandmother<br />
serving in Iraq<br />
is due home<br />
next spring<br />
See page 39<br />
District 10 council member Nancy Pyle<br />
with contributions from many<br />
individuals and organizations.<br />
This parade, the largest Veterans<br />
Day Parade in northern<br />
California, honors all who<br />
served, or are currently serving<br />
their country.<br />
The opening ceremony for the<br />
Veterans Day Parade begins on<br />
the 11th hour of the 11th day of<br />
the 11th month with a memorial<br />
ceremony at Plaza Cesar de<br />
See PARADE, page 12<br />
The Sons of Union Soldiers of the Civil War shoot off a 21-gun salute.<br />
Photo by Kymberli Brady<br />
Stephanie<br />
Barnett runs her<br />
way to second<br />
CCS title<br />
See page 33
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District 10 Councilmember Nancy Pyle, standing, <strong>Almaden</strong> Valley Counseling Service and Leland High<br />
School present “How to Keep Your Children Safe—<strong>Talking</strong> to <strong>Teens</strong> about <strong>Driving</strong>” on Oct. 24 at the <strong>Almaden</strong><br />
Community Center. Seated with Pyle are DA Julie Alloggiamento, SJPD Sgt. Jeff Marozick, Rich De La<br />
Rosa, AVCS Director Karen Sumi, and Leland High Principal Bob Setterlund. Photos by Jeanne C. Carbone<br />
<strong>Driving</strong><br />
Continued from page 1<br />
are extremely high when you look at the age<br />
groups,” said Marozick. “It dips down when<br />
we’re middle aged and then [when people<br />
are] in their 80s accidents go up again.”<br />
Education<br />
A new law effective in July prohibits teens<br />
under 18 to use cell phones, laptops or text<br />
messaging while driving. Statistics show<br />
talking on a cell phone increases the likelihood<br />
of an accident by four times. It also<br />
slows the average driver’s reaction to that of<br />
a 70-year-old.<br />
Fifty-four percent of teenagers fail driving<br />
tasks when distracted. Auto accidents<br />
account for 44 percent of teenage deaths.<br />
In 1997, California placed several restrictions<br />
on teen drivers. Those with licenses<br />
less than a year old can’t drive a vehicle<br />
unless there is an adult 25 years or older in<br />
the car. In addition, teenagers can’t drive<br />
from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. without a written note<br />
from a parent. Statistics show that teens are<br />
distracted when other teens are in a car and<br />
that accidents increase in the evening. Many<br />
teens don’t bother to wear seatbelts, a leading<br />
cause of injuries.<br />
<strong>Driving</strong> record points are issued for each<br />
accident. One point is issued along with a<br />
warning letter from the DMV for the first<br />
accident. If a second accident occurs, the<br />
driver receives a second point and a 30-day<br />
driving suspension. A third accident results<br />
in a six-month driving suspension. If alcohol<br />
District 10 Councilmember Nancy Pyle invites teens to the stage after the forum.<br />
is involved, the suspension increases to one<br />
year. Points remain on a record for three<br />
years if alcohol is related. Markozick said<br />
that a blood alcohol level of .01 is illegal if<br />
you are under 21 years old and that “these<br />
are laws to protect teens.”<br />
SJPD is educating teenagers with programs<br />
like “Every 15 Minutes” “Sober<br />
Graduation” and the “Seatbelt Challenge.”<br />
They are currently working on Maxwell’s<br />
Pledge where teens will sign a contract committing<br />
to safe driving. Maxwell Harding, 18,<br />
was a passenger killed in the July 23 accident<br />
that killed the driver Erick Satterstrom,<br />
19, and pedestrians Inder and Uma Batra on<br />
Graystone Lane.<br />
“Parents need to set an example,”<br />
Markozick said. “The real power lies with<br />
you. <strong>Driving</strong> is a privilege not a right.”<br />
Enforcement<br />
Deputy DA Alloggiamento presented the<br />
law enforcement aspect of teen accidents<br />
and driving under the influence [DUI] with<br />
“the idea to prevent it before it becomes a<br />
crime.”<br />
California has a zero-tolerance law. The<br />
legal maximum blood alcohol concentration<br />
is .01 percent for drivers under 21.<br />
“You can be arrested” if you have been<br />
drinking, said Alloggiamento. “It is [a] criminal<br />
[act] and you can be prosecuted. The<br />
law follows medical studies. Underage<br />
drinking and driving is scary. I urge kids to<br />
think about how will they live with themselves<br />
if they kill their best friend.”<br />
A teenager with a .05 blood alcohol concentration<br />
can be prosecuted for a DUI and<br />
<strong>Times</strong> Local News<br />
could lose their license for up to three years.<br />
Fines, drinking and driving courses, court<br />
costs and attorney fees may range up to<br />
$10,000, she said. If someone is injured, a<br />
teen could face vehicular manslaughter<br />
charges. Insurance costs increase with accidents.<br />
“Just because a child turns 16 doesn’t<br />
mean they are ready to drive,” said De La<br />
Rosa. “The only one to make that determination<br />
is the parent. Parents hold the most<br />
influence over their kids.”<br />
He presented insurance statistics. For<br />
example, one point or less is a good driver.<br />
Two points is considered a non-good driver<br />
and doubles insurance rates. According to<br />
statistics, he said a woman’s brain does not<br />
fully mature until she’s 25 years old and a<br />
man’s at 29. He suggested parents create<br />
rules, develop accountability measures and<br />
provide new teen drivers with a contract that<br />
is available at www.allstateteendriver.com.<br />
Parenting<br />
“Parents need to make rules, and the laws<br />
help make the rules,” said Sumi. “A teen<br />
can’t drive after 11 p.m. by law so that<br />
becomes the curfew and a rule.”<br />
She suggests conversations with teens<br />
include a curfew that is enforced. She also<br />
suggests role-playing so teens are better<br />
equipped to deal with difficult situations<br />
including a friend who has been drinking<br />
offering them a ride home, or a party where<br />
everyone is drinking. A conversation before<br />
the actual experience gives teens answers<br />
and provides ammunition for making a different<br />
choice.<br />
Parents should know their children’s<br />
friends, and shouldn’t be afraid to be a parent.<br />
Inform teens of the consequences—paying<br />
tickets, higher insurance rates, chores or<br />
grounding for breaking the rules. Rules are<br />
easier to enforce if the penalties are known<br />
beforehand. Also, take advantage of “teachable<br />
moments” when a TV show or movie<br />
makes reckless driving or drinking seem<br />
cool. This is the opportunity to talk to your<br />
child.<br />
Sumi recommends parents not treat teens<br />
easier for special circumstances, especially<br />
“not a car full of kids on prom night. Make<br />
an acceptation not the rule. You are your<br />
teen’s most important role model,” she said.<br />
Driver training is a graduation requirement<br />
in California, said Setterlund. Leland<br />
offers the book study and certificate, but not<br />
the actual behind the wheel experience.<br />
That responsibility lies with the parents<br />
through actual teaching or driving school.<br />
A question-and-answer session followed.<br />
Martin Harding told those attending, “My<br />
son died in a speeding accident as a passenger.<br />
My wife and I got a lot of data after the<br />
event. Pass this onto your friends who have<br />
kids. Ask the question about whose car<br />
they’re getting into. My son wasn’t the driver.<br />
Don’t get lulled into a false sense of security.”<br />
Facts <strong>About</strong> Teen <strong>Driving</strong><br />
� Car crashes caused by teen drivers are<br />
the number-1 killer in America<br />
� Approximately 6,000 teenagers are killed<br />
every year in motor vehicle crashes--16<br />
everyday.<br />
� From 1994 to 2003, 57,142 teenagers<br />
were killed in motor vehicle crashes.<br />
� The crash rate among 16- to 19-year-olds<br />
is four times greater than among older<br />
drivers.<br />
� Risk is highest at age 16; the crash rate<br />
is two times greater than that of 18- to 19year-olds.<br />
� <strong>Teens</strong> have the lowest rate of seat belt<br />
use.<br />
� The deadliest months of the year for<br />
teen drivers are June, July and August.<br />
� On July 4, an average of 28 teenagers die<br />
in car crashes annually.<br />
� Each additional friend in the car increases<br />
the chances of a fatal accident.<br />
� <strong>Talking</strong> on cell phones increases the<br />
likelihood of an accident by four times and<br />
slows the average person’s reaction time to<br />
that of a 70-year-old.<br />
Leland alums donate to Parents’ Club<br />
The Leland High<br />
School Class of 1987<br />
held its 20-year<br />
reunion in September with<br />
several events and a lot of<br />
fun. While many of the former<br />
students still live in the<br />
area, a number came from<br />
all over the United States,<br />
including Florida, New<br />
York, Alabama and Texas.<br />
The one thing the group<br />
of about 140 people didn’t<br />
anticipate was having<br />
money left over from the<br />
three-day celebration.<br />
The class netted a $2,000<br />
profit, which the reunion<br />
committee agreed to donate<br />
to the school’s parents’<br />
club. The club holds various<br />
fund-raising events to<br />
support a number of items<br />
Leland High School’s class of 1987 presented a $2,000 check to<br />
the Parents’ Club on Nov. 8. The check was profit left over from the<br />
class’s 20th reunion. Taking part in the ceremony are ASB president<br />
Crystal Adams, Leland’s vice president of guidance Nancy<br />
Dauenhauer, Parents’ Club president <strong>To</strong>m Norton, Catherine<br />
Perrino from the class of 1987 reunion committee, reunion chair<br />
Kerry Allen and Leland Parents’ Club secretary Cathy Blecher.<br />
including teacher wish lists for in-class technology and teaching aides, scholarships<br />
based on merit and unique capabilities, on-site AVCS counseling, grad night, mailings,<br />
Every 15 Minutes, student activities, semi-annual career days, teacher appreciation day<br />
and senior brunch.<br />
The reunion started with a casual get-together at Britannia Arms, the major dinnerdance<br />
at the Hotel Montgomery and ended with family day at the <strong>Almaden</strong> Art and Wine<br />
Festival. The class hopes to encourage other Leland classes to follow suit.<br />
“If other alumni donated their reunion profits or just donated, we could further support<br />
the important programs at Leland,” said Catherine Perrino, a member of the class of 1987.
<strong>Almaden</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Weekly � Nov. 16–Nov. 22, 2007 � Page 5
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By Kymberli W. Brady<br />
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Health care industry professionals<br />
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to take a bite out of the $180 billion<br />
annual tab attributed to lost productivity<br />
and common health conditions at the<br />
Nov. 8 “Go Well!” health care summit at<br />
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Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce,<br />
offered tips for promoting wellness in the<br />
workplace and reducing bottom-line costs<br />
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forging the trail in fostering employee<br />
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of healthier lifestyles for their<br />
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to be on the job and performing well when<br />
they are in optimal health.”<br />
René Mollow, associate director for the<br />
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on the importance of wellness and prevention<br />
in achieving the overall health<br />
objectives in the state of California. She<br />
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The national average is 15 percent.<br />
It accomplished this through a gradual<br />
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“This has resulted in reduced absenteeism,<br />
increased employee engagement,<br />
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health and wellness premiums and puts<br />
us in a better position with the insurance<br />
carriers.”<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Weekly � Nov. 16–Nov. 22, 2007 � Page 7<br />
California State Sen. <strong>To</strong>m <strong>To</strong>rlakson told those attending the “GoWell” summit that employers can promote<br />
healthier lifestyles leading to higher productivity and better performance. Various speakers showed<br />
that his statements are true while discussing how their companies had taken the reins to initiate healthier<br />
eating and more exercise leading to fewer sick days.<br />
In an effort to improve health among its<br />
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health risk assessments, fitness and nutrition<br />
consultation, group exercise classes,<br />
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The effort has resulted in reduced<br />
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According to Morgan Edwinson, health<br />
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along with an estimated $1.7 million savings<br />
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sophomore at Willow Glen High<br />
School.<br />
Figueroa was stabbed on Sept. 29 near<br />
the intersection of <strong>Almaden</strong> Road at Via<br />
Monte Drive. Police officers were flagged<br />
down by a citizen about the victim. He was<br />
transported to a local hospital where he<br />
later was pronounced dead.<br />
One suspect, 18-year-old Bryan Wade<br />
Lund, was arrested a day later on Sept. 30.<br />
Two others, Juan Hernandez and Anthony<br />
Saldivar, both 19, were arrested on Nov. 1.<br />
All three are residents of San Jose.<br />
According to the San Jose Police<br />
Department, the investigation is ongoing.<br />
Police alert citizens<br />
over copper wire thefts<br />
The San Jose Police Department’s<br />
Financial Crimes Unit is investigating a<br />
series of copper wire thefts from city street<br />
lighting circuits over the past two months.<br />
Several cases involving the daytime and<br />
late-night theft of copper wire from street<br />
GoWell<br />
Continued from page 7<br />
“We’re looking at a projected return on<br />
investment of $970,000 per year,”<br />
Attendees left the summit with bright gold<br />
insulated lunch bags and hand sanitizers,<br />
compliments of Blue Cross of California and<br />
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, as well as<br />
a number of cost-saving tips for implementing<br />
company wellness plans.<br />
“It was a great gathering with delicious<br />
healthy food,” said Suellen Haggerty, R.D.,<br />
Bay Area worksite coordinator for Santa<br />
Clara County Health and Human Services.<br />
“Thank you for creating synergy for evolutionary<br />
change in health of humanity.”<br />
Haggerty issued a challenge for employers<br />
to seek out better practices and vie for the<br />
California Fit Business Award, sponsored by<br />
<strong>To</strong>rlakson.<br />
“A low-income worksite with our assistance<br />
won a 2007 award for innovative<br />
incorporation of daily physical activity in<br />
the work place,” she said. “Imagine what the<br />
capability could be within chamber members<br />
and the community at large.”<br />
“I also like the idea of expanding on our<br />
concept,” said Dr. William Updyke, clinical<br />
<strong>Times</strong> Local News<br />
lights around the city is costing taxpayers<br />
tens of thousands of dollars to replace the<br />
stolen wire and reconnect the street lighting<br />
circuits. Many streetlights remain inoperative<br />
due the wire removal until crews<br />
are able to replace it.<br />
Residents are reminded to immediately<br />
report any suspicious activity occurring<br />
around any street light poles or involving<br />
the apparent installation or removal of<br />
wires in the street or sidewalk vicinity.<br />
Legitimate San Jose employees wear San<br />
Jose uniform shirts or safety vests, display<br />
identification cards and have clearly<br />
marked San Jose vehicles when working<br />
around any street light poles or utility<br />
boxes.<br />
Tampering with a city utility pole is a<br />
crime and the theft of the wiring is a felony.<br />
Anyone knowingly receiving or reselling<br />
stolen city property is guilty of a felony.<br />
Anyone observing in-progress suspicious<br />
activity around a street light utility box or<br />
light pole should call 9-1-1, provide a<br />
description of the person(s), the vehicle<br />
and the location of the utility box or pole.<br />
Anyone with information on this case is<br />
urged to call the San Jose Police<br />
Department’s Financial Crimes Unit at<br />
(408) 277-4521. Persons wishing to remain<br />
anonymous may call Crime Stoppers at<br />
408-947-STOP.<br />
Source: San Jose Police Dept.<br />
professor of chiropractic at Palmer College of<br />
Chiropractic West and Chamber Health Care<br />
Committee chair. “Health care is certainly<br />
one area we can go to deal with budgetary<br />
issues, and I’m very interested in taking this<br />
discussion to the city and county officials to<br />
further meet our goals. I do believe it met all<br />
of our objectives, but the true test will be if<br />
some of these companies adopt wellness<br />
practices and return next year to tell us about<br />
them.”<br />
The health care forum was sponsored by<br />
The Health Trust, Blue Cross of California,<br />
Filice Insurance, Five Branches University,<br />
Hospital Corporation of America,<br />
Kaiser Permanente, Lucile Packard<br />
Children’s Hospital, Palmer College of<br />
Chiropractic, Marriott San Jose and Strategic<br />
Employee Benefit Services.<br />
For more information on the SJSV Chamber<br />
of Commerce Health Care Committee, visit<br />
www.sjchamber.com. For more information<br />
on the California Task Force on Youth and<br />
Workplace Wellness, visit www.wellnesstaskforce.org<br />
Kymberli Brady is the director of<br />
Community Relations and Public Affairs for<br />
the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of<br />
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Second first annual Texas Hold’em tourney a success<br />
ABA to make gift to<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Library<br />
By Carol Rosen<br />
Editor<br />
More than 140 people<br />
trooped out to the Santa<br />
Clara County Horsemen’s<br />
Association in the rain on<br />
Saturday, Nov. 10, some to play<br />
cards and some to heckle and others<br />
to just stand around and eat and<br />
drink.<br />
It was the perfect fund-raiser, the<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Business Association’s<br />
second first annual Texas Hold’em<br />
tournament, which was cancelled<br />
two years ago by the California<br />
attorney general because back then<br />
gambling was illegal, even for nonprofits.<br />
However, the state—and later the<br />
city—has new laws on the books<br />
that allow gambling for nonprofits<br />
as long as 90 percent or more is<br />
given to charity. That’s exactly<br />
what the ABA will do this coming<br />
Saturday—present a check for a<br />
minimum of $4,100 to the Doris<br />
Dillon’s Children’s Library to provide<br />
a series of guest lectures by<br />
children’s book authors.<br />
The actual profits were not totally<br />
tallied at press time, according to<br />
ABA President Rich Crowley. “We<br />
Tree regulations on<br />
private property<br />
Editor,<br />
In 1965, we bought some land in the <strong>Almaden</strong><br />
Valley and had a small house built on it. There<br />
were no trees on the property. The city put in<br />
one street tree. We planted over two dozen different<br />
trees including magnolia, fir, sycamore,<br />
redwood and the like. Now 42 years later some<br />
have grown quite big.<br />
Over a period of time our land use has<br />
changed and two of the fir trees are causing difficulty<br />
with my raising vegetables, so I would<br />
like to remove them, but here is the rub. It<br />
seems that the trees are no longer ours, but are<br />
under the control of the city. This happened<br />
when the trunk reached 56 inches in circumference<br />
at 24 inches off the ground.<br />
Now we need to ask permission to remove<br />
these two trees we planted. <strong>To</strong> start this process<br />
we need two copies of an accurate scale of our<br />
plot plan showing structures, power lines with<br />
statistical description of the trees to be removed<br />
including location and the location of the<br />
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President and CEO of the Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce Pat Dando, center,<br />
passes on some good luck to poker players Jerry Greer (left) and Gary Dillon (right).<br />
should have the final number at<br />
Saturday’s dedication, he added.<br />
The dedication of the Doris Dillon<br />
Children’s Library is scheduled for<br />
2 p.m. on Nov. 17 in the children’s<br />
library, located at 6455 Camden<br />
Avenue.<br />
It will be followed by a presentation<br />
from Robert D. San Souci, a<br />
children’s author who has written a<br />
number of books including “The<br />
<strong>Talking</strong> Eggs,” The Little Gold<br />
Star,” “Cut From the Same Cloth,”<br />
“Two Bear Cubs,” “The Reluctanta<br />
Dragon,” Little Pierre,” “Double<br />
Dare to be Scared” and “The Well<br />
at the End of the World,” among<br />
others. San Souci is the first in a<br />
series of noted children’s authors<br />
and illustrators to speak to local<br />
students.<br />
Dillon’s husband Gary attended<br />
the event and played in the first<br />
round of poker. He chatted about<br />
his wife and her contribution to<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> and its children. Mrs.<br />
required 15-gallon replacement trees while also<br />
showing the location of the other two dozen<br />
trees remaining plus photographs of the trees to<br />
be removed.<br />
The filled-out application must be delivered<br />
in person to City Hall. For a single family the fee<br />
is $114. If the city wants more information<br />
about the trees, a certified arborist's report may<br />
be required at several more hundreds of dollars.<br />
Then notices must be sent to all my neighbors<br />
within 300 feet to see if there are any objections.<br />
I think this whole process is outrageous.<br />
These are trees we planted. They would not<br />
exist if we had not done so, but the city requires<br />
replacements even though there are another two<br />
dozen trees on the property.<br />
The code says that if one of my neighbors<br />
wants to cut down one of his trees, I can object<br />
saying I like that tree. His trees should be none<br />
of my business. If I like his tree, I should plant<br />
one of my own on my side of the fence.<br />
What if there were no restrictions on our<br />
trees, would <strong>Almaden</strong> Valley homeowners wantonly<br />
cut down many of their trees; I don’t think<br />
so. We plant them because of their beauty, shade<br />
and property appreciation. If this punishing<br />
Dillon was a teacher and librarian<br />
who spent most of her career working<br />
for the San Jose Unified School<br />
District at several <strong>Almaden</strong> public<br />
elementary schools. She passed<br />
away in 2001, after a long battle<br />
with ALS.<br />
At least 60 people paid $100 to<br />
be part of a poker tournament that<br />
started out with about nine tables<br />
that dropped to three and finally to<br />
one as six people bluffed and battled<br />
each other until finally Eric<br />
Quesada, who had never played<br />
Texas Hold’em before, won the<br />
entire tournament.<br />
“It’s the first time I ever played. I<br />
like it,” he said before he won the<br />
final hand from <strong>To</strong>ny Ventura. Of<br />
the four prizes available to the top<br />
winners, Quesada chose the<br />
Weekend to Remember. Ventura<br />
chose the Sony LCD, HD 19-inch<br />
television set, while third-place<br />
finisher Jerry Greer picked the<br />
Ultimate Entertainment package<br />
and Iris Wise, who also played the<br />
poker game for the first time that<br />
night, won a garage door opener<br />
that will be fully installed.<br />
But poker wasn’t the only entertainment.<br />
There also was a silent<br />
auction offering a number of<br />
unique items including a wine basket,<br />
a weekend, family photos and<br />
See HOLD’EM, next page<br />
code was removed, <strong>Almaden</strong> Valley would still<br />
remain wooded.<br />
What to do about this. We could have mass<br />
rallies and marches in the streets in protest.<br />
The 15,000 homes in the <strong>Almaden</strong> Valley could<br />
pledge a union of civil disobedience and jointly<br />
ignore the code. But probably the simplest thing<br />
to do is send a short e-mail to Nancy Pyle at district10@sanjoseca.gov<br />
as follows:<br />
Nancy, I want the city’s regulations about<br />
trees on private property to be completely<br />
deregulated.<br />
I have sent mine. Are you with me on this?<br />
Bob Boydston<br />
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War memories<br />
remembered<br />
The <strong>Almaden</strong> Branch Library and<br />
Community Center hosted<br />
Wartime Memory Sharing last<br />
Saturday. Keynote speaker Don<br />
Clawson shared his recollections of<br />
serving in the U.S. Air Force in Korea<br />
and Vietnam. “Is That Something the<br />
Crew Should Know” is his self-published<br />
memoir of those experiences.<br />
Hold’em<br />
Continued from previous page<br />
a number of other gifts. Dinner was<br />
catered by Sonoma Chicken Coop with<br />
Charlie’s Cheesecake Poppers for dessert.<br />
Beer, wine, water and soda rounded out<br />
the offerings and there was plenty of<br />
room to catch up with folks and meet<br />
new friends.<br />
There were even some celebrities,<br />
besides the ABA members, at the event.<br />
Former District 10 Council member and<br />
current president and CEO of the San<br />
Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of<br />
Commerce was there visiting with current<br />
District 10 Councilmember Nancy<br />
Pyle.<br />
“It’s amazing how many people show<br />
up for a worthy cause and get to laugh,<br />
see friends and have fun,” Pyle said. “You<br />
know there are 4,000 to 4,500 people that<br />
go through the <strong>Almaden</strong> Community<br />
Center and library. What better cause<br />
than to help out such with the children’s<br />
library. Doris Dillon was such a worthy<br />
woman. She brought a lot of joy to children,”<br />
she added.<br />
People were having a lot of fun. “This<br />
was a long time coming,” said Crowley,<br />
referring to the first event’s cancellation a<br />
mere two days before it was to take place.<br />
“Next year, we’ll have the first second<br />
annual,” he teased.<br />
The ABA spent more than $2,000 to<br />
<strong>Times</strong> Local News<br />
Afterward, the two dozen<br />
men and women shared<br />
their experiences at home<br />
and abroad during U.S.<br />
wartime. Participants<br />
could choose to add their<br />
contributions to an online<br />
collection at www.sjlibrary.org.<br />
At left, Don<br />
Clawson shares his memories<br />
of serving in the U.S.<br />
Air Force during the Korea<br />
and Vietnam wars. Below,<br />
attendees look at Clawson’s wartime<br />
memoir. —Jeanne C. Carbone<br />
Some of the hecklers moved to the bar to sit and chat. Nancy Flynn, near left, jokes with bartenders<br />
Jim Young and (Chamber VP) Rick Gerhardt while Joyce Gibson looks on.<br />
put on the evening, with a lot of help<br />
from sponsors and volunteers as well as<br />
local businesses, Crowley said. “We got<br />
support from all our members, but <strong>To</strong>ny<br />
Thurman did a tremendous job of bringing<br />
everything together in a short period<br />
of time,” he said. Other helpful members<br />
who donated time and in some cases<br />
money for gifts were Ken Bryant of<br />
Bryant Arbitration and Mediation, James<br />
Stout of Bay Area Gadgets, Robyn<br />
Bochinni from the Garage Door Store and<br />
Jim Cable from Case Handyman.<br />
Corporate sponsors included the<br />
Hilton Hotel in Sunnyvale and Best Buy.<br />
Eric Quesada, a first-time Texas Hold’em player,<br />
shakes the hand of <strong>To</strong>ny Ventura after beating<br />
him in the final round of the tournament.<br />
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An antique car carries two women representing U.S. Army nurses from World War I. The two are part of<br />
the Doughboys’ Club; the car was lent by one of the area’s antique car clubs.<br />
Parade<br />
Continued from page 1<br />
Chavez on Market Street in honor of the<br />
1918 Armistice of the “War to End All<br />
Wars.”<br />
The parade, which began promptly at<br />
noon in downtown San Jose, ran from<br />
Delmas Street and traveled east along<br />
Santa Clara to Market Street. It continued<br />
south on Market, passing the<br />
reviewing stand at Park Street, opposite<br />
Plaza Cesar de Chavez, and ending at<br />
San Carlos Street.<br />
“We ask and receive so much from our<br />
veterans and yet are far too slow to help<br />
them in return. I’m delighted to hear that<br />
Congress recently passed new legislation<br />
which will benefit many of our<br />
Veterans,” said Pyle, “Currently onefourth<br />
of our country’s homeless population<br />
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Besides veterans, a number of others<br />
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included school bands, military bands,<br />
drum and bugle corps, fife & drum corps,<br />
community bands, and bagpipe bands as<br />
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Farmers Agent<br />
Bill Wunder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(408) 268-8600<br />
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Amato Pizza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(408) 997-7727<br />
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2007 Best of <strong>Almaden</strong> Valley<br />
Updated weekly... from <strong>Almaden</strong><br />
<strong>Times</strong> Weekly readers' votes!<br />
Vote now for your favorites!<br />
Best Restaurant: La Foret<br />
Best Breakfast: Country Inn<br />
Best Auto Repair: Skip’s<br />
Best Quick lunch: Posh Bagel<br />
Best Pizza: Amato Pizzeria<br />
Best Community Event: <strong>Almaden</strong> Art and Wine Festival<br />
Best Landscaper: Lifescape Custom Landscaping<br />
Best Dental Office: Dr. Fred Egelston & Staff<br />
Best Chiropractor: <strong>Almaden</strong> Chiropractic Center<br />
Best Flower Shop: Bloomsters<br />
Best House Cleaner: A Better Way Housekeeping<br />
Best Sandwich: Posh Bagel<br />
Best Pediatrician: Dr. Peter Contini<br />
Best Carpet Cleaner: Mr. Peabody’s<br />
Best Beauty Salon: Studio G Salon - Cathy<br />
Best Skin Care: <strong>Almaden</strong> Valley Aesthetics<br />
Best Salon/Spa: <strong>Almaden</strong> Rejuvenation Studio<br />
Best Medical Spa: Vote now for your favorite!<br />
Best Place to Use Your Laptop: Vote now for your favorite!<br />
Best Shoe Repair: Vote now for your favorite!<br />
Best Place for a First Date: La Foret<br />
Best Waitress: Liz (<strong>Almaden</strong> Inn)<br />
Best Pet Shop: Happy Go Lucky (Oakridge Mall)<br />
Best Youth Coach: Saad Shakir<br />
Best Teacher (private): Vote now for your favorite!<br />
Best Manicure/Pedicure: Splendor Nails<br />
Best Massage: Studio G - Christina<br />
Best Soup: Eric’s DeliCafe<br />
Best Teacher: Mrs. Ketkar (K - Los Alamitosementary)<br />
Best Teacher (Private): Kindergarten: Debbie Ray (<strong>Almaden</strong> Country School)<br />
Best Teacher (Private): 5th grade: Mrs. Monica Silver<br />
Best Place to Get Fit: <strong>Almaden</strong> trails (plus its free)<br />
Best Community Volunteer: Sybil Barefoot<br />
Best Park: Jake’s Playlot<br />
Best Architectural Beauty: Vote now for your favorite!<br />
Best Preschool: Challenger<br />
Best Coffeehouse: Starbucks <strong>Almaden</strong><br />
Best Place to Walk The Dog: Jeffrey Fontana Park<br />
Best Place to Impress Visitors: Unwined Wine Shop<br />
Best Travel Agency: Piazza Travel<br />
Best Place to Get Fit: AVAC<br />
Cast your votes today!<br />
Mail your votes to: Best of <strong>Almaden</strong><br />
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Kiwanis, John Farley<br />
to hold turkey drive<br />
It’s nearly Thanksgiving and the weekend<br />
before always hails the John Farley<br />
Holiday Food Drive. The NBC11 weatherman<br />
has held drives for the past several<br />
years, and this is the third year that the<br />
Kiwanis Clubs in the San Jose area are<br />
helping out.<br />
This year, Kiwanis volunteers will<br />
accept donations at Raleys, Nob Hill Foods<br />
<strong>Times</strong> Local News<br />
SJPD Canine Unit and officers raise awareness of SJPF fund-raising efforts, collecting $4,000 - enough for two bullet-proof<br />
vests for the dogs. Each special-made vest costs $1,900. With their dogs are, from left, Officer Max Zuniga<br />
and Rocco, Officer Troy Murray and Fanto and Officer Bryant Washington and Jago. Photo by Jeanne C. Carbone<br />
SJPD Canine Unit does double duty<br />
By Jeanne C. Carbone<br />
Staff Writer<br />
etco customers received a special treat<br />
Oct. 27 when dogs from the San Jose PPolice<br />
Department Canine Unit arrived<br />
for photos.<br />
Though there were plenty of smiles and petting<br />
at the event, the dogs and their handlers<br />
were working to raise money for the San Jose<br />
Police Foundation to purchase canine bulletproof<br />
vests that cost $1,900 each.<br />
“This has been very successful,” said SJPD<br />
and SJPF liaison Lt. Scott Cornfield of the<br />
event. “We wanted to get the word out about<br />
our police foundation and the canine program.<br />
A lot more people know about it now.<br />
And we received $4,000--enough for two of<br />
the canine vests.”<br />
SJPF’s mission is to enhance public safety<br />
for those who live, work and visit San Jose by<br />
providing resources and support, which are<br />
not included in the city budget or are not readily<br />
available by other means.<br />
SJPF was recommended by Chief Rob Davis<br />
in 2006 to ensure that donated funding allows<br />
the best police services available even during<br />
difficult economic times. The effort was completed<br />
by Cornfield when the Foundation<br />
obtained an IRS 501 (c) (3) status. The foundation<br />
then started its fundraising to raise<br />
money for needed equipment and supplies.<br />
Some of SJPF’s funding priorities for 2007-<br />
2008 are trauma kits for each officer, three<br />
Segways for the San Jose Airport and canine<br />
kits. The Petco photo opportunity event with<br />
officers and the canine unit was one of these<br />
efforts to provide funds.<br />
While donations in any amount are appreciated,<br />
the foundation is accepting gifts of<br />
$1,000 or more from organizations or individuals.<br />
Such people or companies will be granted<br />
“Legacy” status. Besides assisting in the fulfillment<br />
of the immediate needs for the department,<br />
the benefactor will be mentioned in all<br />
the foundation’s promotional aspects, receive<br />
early notification for sponsored events, be eligible<br />
for ticket discounts and a get a “police<br />
teddy bear.”<br />
The canine unit has 10 dogs, three of which<br />
were at Petco. Each canine, usually a German<br />
shepherd bred for its intelligence, aggression,<br />
strength and sense of smell, is trained for<br />
police work. Their sense of smell is 50 times<br />
more sensitive than humans and they can<br />
cover larger areas 10 times more quickly. They<br />
sniff out criminals, weapons, drugs and<br />
bombs. Sometimes their physical presence<br />
alone prevents physical confrontation.<br />
Sgt. Steve Guggiana says the dogs do all that,<br />
but he also stresses the time that is saved with<br />
canines in police work. He recalled a case in<br />
Sunnyvale where the canine unit covered 44<br />
acres in six hours, something that would have<br />
taken officers days to cover. And there is a<br />
strong bond formed with the officer/handlers<br />
and the dogs who live and work with their<br />
handlers and are treated as normal pets at<br />
home.<br />
“There is a balance of being well socialized<br />
and protection with the dogs,” said Officer<br />
Bryant Washington, a handler for the canine<br />
unit. “Jago likes protection work and he’ll<br />
search all day long, but he has a softer side as<br />
well.”<br />
For more information regarding SJPF, visit<br />
www.sanjosepolicefoundation.org or call (408)<br />
291-5257. Donations may be sent to SJPF, 310<br />
South First St., San Jose, CA 95133.<br />
and Food for Families. You can purchase a<br />
turkey, drop off some cash, spend $10 for a<br />
$20 bag of groceries or donate a can of<br />
non-perishable food that will help feed<br />
less fortunate families in our area.<br />
The <strong>Almaden</strong> and Cambrian Park<br />
Kiwanis Clubs will be accepting donations<br />
at Price Low at the Cambrian Park Plaza<br />
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Nov. 17.<br />
The annual food drive is sponsored by<br />
NBC11, Kiwanis, Raleys, Nob Hill and<br />
Food for Families along with area food<br />
banks including Second Harvest.
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Bret Harte holds<br />
fund-raiser for<br />
dance team<br />
The Bret Harte Middle School<br />
dance team will be entering regional<br />
and national competition. As part of<br />
that honor, there are financial obligations<br />
for both the team and the<br />
coaches. The Nationals require travel<br />
to Anaheim and overnight stays<br />
for the team of 14 plus two coaches.<br />
Therefore, the team is requesting<br />
corporate and/or local business<br />
sponsors and selling Bret Harte<br />
shirts, which will be available to the<br />
student body for purchase.<br />
If you sponsor the team and<br />
advertise on the shirts, your company<br />
name and/or logo (your preference)<br />
will be listed on the back of<br />
the T-shirt as a sponsor. Cost for silver<br />
sponsors is $250 and gold sponsors<br />
is $500. The team is in the<br />
process of creating the artwork. This<br />
donation is tax deductible.<br />
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Getting muddy will pay off in the spring at Los<br />
Alamitos Elementary School, thanks to Dens<br />
1 and 2 of Cub Scout Pack 282, including<br />
from the left, Alex Liebscher, Chris<br />
Raimondi, Adam Graves, Caleb Bayer,<br />
Roderick Dirks, Brandon Jimenez, Didier<br />
Dirks, Collin Thrower, Jack Kelly and John<br />
Bayer.<br />
Cub Scouts plant<br />
daffodil bulbs<br />
Cub Scouts in Dens 1 and 2 from<br />
Pack 282 were out gardening on<br />
Saturday at Los Alamitos<br />
Elementary School. The scouts<br />
planted more than 250 daffodil<br />
bulbs in conjunction with the Keep<br />
San Jose Beautiful program. The<br />
flowers will arrive in spring around<br />
the Los Alamitos flagpole and<br />
school sign near the corner of<br />
Redmond Avenue and Silberman<br />
Drive.<br />
The hard-working Cub Scouts<br />
were John Bayer, Didier Dirks,<br />
Roderick Dirks, Adam Graves, Jack<br />
Kelly, Alex Liebscher, Brandon<br />
Jimenez, Chris Raimondi, and<br />
Collin Thrower. They are all fourth<br />
graders at Los Alamitos. This is the<br />
second year these Cub Scouts have<br />
participated in Keep San Jose<br />
Beautiful. “Its really fun to plant<br />
bulbs and then see a ton of flowers<br />
come up in the spring at our<br />
school,” said Alex Liebscher.<br />
Digging in to help were den leaders<br />
Becky Bayer, Phil Graves, Patty<br />
Liebscher and Craig Thrower. Also<br />
getting their hands dirty were parents<br />
John Bayer, Catherine Dirks,<br />
Dawn Graves, Terri Jimenez, Kristin<br />
Kelly, and Laura Raimondi.<br />
Keep San Jose Beautiful is a citywide<br />
program that offers native daffodil<br />
bulbs to any volunteer group<br />
for planting in public areas of San<br />
Jose. In the last 10 years, over<br />
270,000 bulbs have been planted<br />
around the city. Much of the success<br />
of the program is due to groups like<br />
the Cub Scouts around the city.<br />
In the spring, look for the daffodils<br />
will bloom in front of the<br />
school.<br />
Leland to<br />
receive scholar<br />
school award<br />
Leland High School has been<br />
selected to receive recognition by<br />
the California Business for<br />
Education Excellence and Just For<br />
The Kids.<br />
After reviewing student achievement<br />
data for every public school in<br />
California, Leland stood well above<br />
the rest in getting students to gradelevel<br />
proficiency. It is for<br />
that reason that Leland<br />
has been named a<br />
California Business for<br />
Education Excellence/Just<br />
for the Kids-California<br />
Honor Roll School for<br />
2007.<br />
The Honor Roll is made<br />
up of two different<br />
awards, the Star Schools<br />
(126 schools) and Scholar<br />
Schools (443 schools).<br />
Unlike any other school<br />
recognition programs,<br />
CBEE/JFTK-CA Honor Roll<br />
schools are selected by carefully<br />
analyzing individual school subgroup<br />
performance data. Leland has<br />
been selected as a Scholar School.<br />
<strong>Teens</strong> donate<br />
their hair for<br />
children’s wigs<br />
Sixty-two students and 11 teachers,<br />
parents and friends each donated<br />
a minimum of 7 inches of hair at<br />
the third annual Notre Dame San<br />
Jose cut-a-thon for “Locks of Love.”<br />
The event took place Nov. 6 in the<br />
Notre Dame High School gymnasium<br />
in downtown San Jose. A dozen<br />
professional stylists from salons in<br />
downtown San Jose and Los Gatos<br />
arrived early and cut hair nonstop<br />
through the entire school day. The<br />
hair, valued at over $200,000, will<br />
be donated to "Locks of Love"<br />
www.locksoflove.org, a nonprofit<br />
organization that provides hairpieces<br />
to children suffering from<br />
long term medical illnesses that<br />
result in hair loss.<br />
According to Angela Gonzaga,<br />
director of Community Service<br />
Learning at Notre Dame, “The<br />
phones were ringing off the hook<br />
with people anxiously trying to add<br />
themselves to our waiting list.<br />
Unfortunately we had to turn at<br />
least 30 people away, but we<br />
encouraged them to get their hair<br />
cut and we will add their donation<br />
<strong>Times</strong> School Scene<br />
to the group donation.”<br />
When asked why Hannah Rose<br />
Robinson, a junior, took on this project<br />
coordinating a dozen stylists,<br />
recruiting and scheduling over 70<br />
students, teachers and friends, she<br />
said, “Because this is something I<br />
can do. And, the support I’ve<br />
received from my friends, teachers<br />
and everyone at Notre Dame has<br />
been wonderful.”<br />
While watching the young<br />
women donate their long ponytails,<br />
Mary Beth Riley, Notre Dame principal<br />
said, “I am so proud of our students.<br />
These young women are giving<br />
up what they feel makes them<br />
beautiful, and in doing so they are<br />
showing their true beauty.”<br />
The “Locks of Love” cut-a-thon is<br />
just one of the activities in Notre<br />
Dame High School’s “Women to<br />
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Women Week 2007” (Nov. 5-9).<br />
Other activities include: “Think<br />
Pink Day,” “Go Red for Women Day”<br />
and an “International Health Watch<br />
Day.” Notre Dame students organize<br />
speakers, set up informational<br />
displays, and hold fund-raising<br />
activities giving their fellow students<br />
an opportunity to learn more<br />
and become involved in cancer prevention,<br />
heart disease prevention<br />
and human trafficking awareness.<br />
Established in 1851, Notre Dame<br />
High School is a Catholic secondary<br />
school that educates young<br />
women in the tradition of the<br />
Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur,<br />
founded by St. Julie Billiart. The<br />
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Tiara Nguyen, a freshman at Notre Dame<br />
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<strong>Times</strong> Local News<br />
mittee worked in partner-<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Country<br />
ship with a nationally<br />
recognized educational<br />
School gets grant,<br />
search agency, Carney,<br />
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There was lots of news at<br />
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mittee, cited Jorgenson's<br />
when Adelgunde Du Vall presented<br />
"resonance with 'the<br />
the school with a $2 million bequest<br />
Country School way' that<br />
and Ole Jorgenson was named new<br />
includes a passion for<br />
head of schools, effective July 1.<br />
strong values, develop-<br />
The school plans to use the money<br />
mentally based learning<br />
to establish an endowment in recogni-<br />
and community culture."<br />
tion of the bequest from DuVall.<br />
Bordelon also cited<br />
"This generous gift further strength-<br />
Jorgenson's "natural abiliens<br />
the solid foundation <strong>Almaden</strong> Ole Jorgenson<br />
ty to relate and his col-<br />
Country School has built since it was<br />
laborative, inclusive and interactive leader-<br />
founded more than 25 years ago," said Mary Jo<br />
ship style." Of great significance was the posi-<br />
Heindel, chair of the Development Committee<br />
tive response Dr. Jorgenson elicited from stu-<br />
and member of the Board of Trustees. "It is a<br />
dents, parents, faculty, staff and trustees dur-<br />
tremendous gift to the school, our students<br />
ing his recent campus visits. His history of<br />
and faculty and the community. We will be<br />
personal and professional commitment to life-<br />
able to do great things for the children as these<br />
long learning, his impeccable integrity and his<br />
funds grow."<br />
breadth and depth of experience in the educa-<br />
Du Vall was born in Salinas, Calif. where<br />
tional field were also critical factors in his<br />
she lived for many years and worked as a real<br />
selection.<br />
estate developer. She most recently resided in<br />
"You only have to spend five minutes in the<br />
Saratoga. Her bequest is the result of the<br />
presence of children and teachers at <strong>Almaden</strong><br />
friendship between <strong>Almaden</strong> Country<br />
Country School to realize there are magical<br />
School's founder, Nan Hunter, her husband,<br />
connections happening, with outgoing and<br />
Richard, and the Du Valls.<br />
joyful faces everywhere you look," Dr.<br />
The board voted unanimously to appoint<br />
Jorgenson said. "These relationships are the<br />
Ole Jorgenson as its next head of schools. He<br />
heart of a strong school."<br />
succeeds Jean Delwiche, the former ACS prin-<br />
Jorgenson earned his bachelor's and mascipal,<br />
who returned as interim head of schools<br />
ter's degrees from Washington State University<br />
for the 2007-08 academic year.<br />
and his doctorate in educational leadership<br />
The hiring of a head is among the most sig-<br />
from Arizona State University. He has served<br />
nificant moments in the life of a school, and<br />
as a teacher and administrator in a variety of<br />
the responsibility of greatest importance for a<br />
public and independent schools in the United<br />
board of trustees. Jorgenson's appointment<br />
States and abroad including his current role as<br />
concludes an exhaustive national search that<br />
headmaster of Hawaii Preparatory Academy, a<br />
started with 36 candidates. The search com-<br />
prestigious K-12 day and boarding school.<br />
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18 flights of stairs is<br />
a major endurance<br />
test for editor<br />
By Carol Rosen<br />
Editor<br />
Sometimes it’s as easy as<br />
using your head, something I<br />
failed to do when issued a<br />
challenge several weeks ago by<br />
District 6 Councilmember<br />
Pierluigi Oliverio.<br />
The challenge was to climb the<br />
stairs from the street to the top<br />
floor of City Hall. I didn’t think<br />
much about it. After all, I quit<br />
smoking almost three years ago<br />
and get extensive exercise walking<br />
my huge dog six times a week.<br />
Sometimes I even get out of breath<br />
when we chase each other. But<br />
walking up 18 flights of stairs didn’t<br />
daunt me in the least. Turns out<br />
it should have.<br />
In fact I really didn’t start questioning<br />
whether this was a good<br />
idea until we started warming up.<br />
There were about 50 of us (not<br />
counting the firemen—I’ll get to<br />
them later). We did about three<br />
minutes of warm up, and I realized<br />
that I already felt tired. That’s<br />
because I’d only gotten about four<br />
hours of sleep the previous night.<br />
I started my day by awakening<br />
in the type of panic you experience<br />
when sleeping through your<br />
alarm clock. I washed my face,<br />
brushed my teeth and threw on<br />
some moisturizer, slipped on sensible<br />
clothes and a visor (because<br />
my hair looked worse than bad)<br />
and sunglasses (to hide my naked<br />
eyes), dashed out the door and<br />
drove to city hall.<br />
I would have been better taking<br />
time to eat, drink some water, or<br />
preferably, get the heck back into<br />
bed.<br />
Upon arrival, I noticed a number<br />
of firemen standing around<br />
with a lot of equipment. It turned<br />
out they planned to put on ALL<br />
their equipment and climb the<br />
stairs to make sure they could do it<br />
if there was a fire.<br />
They offered to let me try it on,<br />
but instead a very tiny woman—<br />
Betty Montoya—from the city’s<br />
Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood<br />
Services Department put all<br />
100-plus pounds on and was<br />
“slightly” bending under its<br />
weight. I decided that my job—to<br />
take photos—was more important<br />
than crumbling under the weight<br />
in front of San Jose’s FINEST!<br />
Once the firemen began their<br />
climb, the rest of us did the aforementioned<br />
warm-ups. We jumped<br />
around a bit, stretched some and<br />
then a few minutes later were finished.<br />
As I said, I was kind of tired,<br />
but I decided it was just lack a<br />
sleep, not thinking about the fact<br />
that I am middle aged and “just a<br />
WEE bit” overweight.<br />
The niggling doubt crept in<br />
when Denelle Fedor, Oliverio’s<br />
policy director told me I was<br />
scheduled to climb with Pierluigi,<br />
a man younger than my oldest<br />
child! Wouldn’t you know, as soon<br />
as we started, Oliverio yelled,<br />
“let’s go Carol” and he started running,<br />
so I joined him.<br />
By the second flight of steps, I<br />
sent him on because I was slightly<br />
out of breath. Unfortunately for<br />
me, it was all down hill from there.<br />
I slowly made my way up, passed<br />
by all manner of people—some<br />
who were gently walking, and others,<br />
like Sam Liccardo, who made<br />
it to the top in less than 3 minutes<br />
by racing.<br />
By the time I got to the ninth<br />
floor, I was dizzy and not feeling<br />
great. The sight of the orange and<br />
red Gatorade was nauseating. I<br />
was urged to go inside and sit<br />
down, which I did for a few minutes<br />
but my ego got the better of<br />
me and I continued the climb.<br />
When I got to the 13th floor, I realized<br />
I couldn’t go any further and<br />
that’s where the embarrassment<br />
really began.<br />
I sat on a stair and a city<br />
employee asked if I felt OK. Duh,<br />
would I be sitting here on the<br />
stairs if I felt great? “No,” I said.<br />
“Give me a few minutes.”<br />
That’s when the gagging started.<br />
But I told myself there would be<br />
none of that. So I just sat there<br />
without noticing that the employee<br />
was talking into his walkietalkie.<br />
Within a few minutes at<br />
least four firemen were seated on<br />
the steps around me.<br />
They showed great concern and<br />
tenderness, and for a while it was<br />
nice to get the attention, I even felt<br />
well enough to crack a joke. One of<br />
them took my pulse and pronounced<br />
it irregular.<br />
The next thing I knew they had<br />
slipped a plastic thing on my finger<br />
and added some big white<br />
pads to my upper chest and legs<br />
and one guy began taking my<br />
blood pressure. They also gave me<br />
oxygen in those little tubes you see<br />
in people’s noses on TV medical<br />
shows. That was nice; the air was<br />
cold in my nose and felt good. I<br />
made a joke about drugs and we all<br />
laughed<br />
That’s about the time another<br />
suggested that I might want to go<br />
to the hospital to get checked out.<br />
“Uh guys,” I said with as much<br />
sternness as I could muster, “I<br />
have a paper to get out and a couple<br />
of articles to finish writing, I<br />
don’t have time to go to the hospital.<br />
Perhaps another time?”<br />
<strong>To</strong> make matters even worse,<br />
one of the firemen said he needed<br />
to take off my visor to check my<br />
skin and another decided he needed<br />
to look at my eyes. “No,” I<br />
screeched, “I have on no makeup<br />
and it’s truly a bad hair day.”<br />
At that point two shadows<br />
appeared--Mayor Chuck Reed and<br />
Oliverio, apparently concerned for<br />
the sick person on the 13th floor. I<br />
<strong>Times</strong> Feature<br />
looked up, saw them and<br />
groaned. I was hoping a hole<br />
would develop that I could fall<br />
through, but no such luck.<br />
“Don’t take this wrong, but<br />
please GO AWAY quickly,” I said.<br />
Like the firemen, they paid no<br />
attention to me and asked how I<br />
was feeling. I almost said, “How<br />
do you think I’m feeling, I don’t<br />
make news, I cover it and I’m not<br />
used to a crowd of men around<br />
me when my hair is standing up<br />
straight in places and plastered<br />
down in others and I have on NO<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Weekly � Nov. 16–Nov. 22, 2007 � Page 25<br />
Gorgeous firemen don’t make up for humiliating experience<br />
MAKEUP.”<br />
Instead I politely said, “I’m<br />
starting to feel much better—it’s a<br />
case of being overweight and<br />
under-prepared for the climb.”<br />
And, after a short consult with<br />
the firemen, they thankfully left.<br />
Finally, after they had decreed<br />
I had a normal sinus (I thought<br />
those were in your face) rhythm,<br />
they said they would accompany<br />
me downstairs to the ambulance<br />
where they again suggested a<br />
hospital visit. By then my blood<br />
pressure was just about nor-<br />
mal—better than in the doctor’s<br />
office--so they let me go on my<br />
way after I’d promised to call my<br />
doctor.<br />
At any rate, the paper got out<br />
and I visited the doctor the next<br />
day. What do you know--I’m a bit<br />
overweight and need some aerobic<br />
exercise…or at least steady<br />
walks without the dog stopping<br />
to sniff everything in sight.<br />
The next time I decide to climb<br />
18 flights of stairs, I will work<br />
out prior to the climb…or I’ll just<br />
stay in bed.
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ALMADEN HILLS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH<br />
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ALMADEN NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH<br />
Welcome to the neighborhood! We are a church family<br />
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ALMADEN VALLEY UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST<br />
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CAMPBELL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH<br />
1675 Winchester Boulevard (near Hamilton), Campbell,<br />
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EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN ALMADEN<br />
Are you looking for a wonderful family worship experience,<br />
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Phone: (408) 365-0313. DIRECTIONS: Exit 101 and turn<br />
East on Blossom Hill; Right on Piercy to Family<br />
Community Church on the right.<br />
GATEWAY CITY CHURCH<br />
Rekindle a Sense of Hope! If you’ve been wondering<br />
what’s missing in your life, the solution may be spiritual.<br />
Having a relation-ship with God makes all the difference.<br />
He’s much more loving and powerful than we really<br />
know. Life should be more than work, bills and stress.<br />
You can strengthen the spiritual side of your life, connect<br />
with great friends, and have a lot of fun at GateWay City<br />
Church. Enjoy great music and relevant messages. Help<br />
your loves ones take a more positive and inspiring direction<br />
in their lives. At GateWay City Church, you will feel<br />
welcomed and supported, not judged or left behind. Its<br />
church the way you’d hoped it could be, life more fulfilling<br />
than you’ve dreamed. Dr. David Cannistraci, Senior<br />
Pastor. GateWay City Church is located in South San Jose<br />
at 5883 Eden Park Place, behind the Holiday Inn, near the<br />
intersection of Hwys 101, 85 and Bernal / Silicon Valley<br />
Road. Catch our radio broadcast Sunday 10:30 a.m.,<br />
“Life in the Spirit” on 1100 AM KFAX. Get the latest information<br />
online: www.GateWayCityChurch.org<br />
HOLY CROSS LUTHERAN CHURCH (LCMS)<br />
“A friendly church that cares about people.” 15885 Los<br />
Gatos-<strong>Almaden</strong> Rd. Los Gatos, CA 95032. Phone: 356-3525<br />
Fax: 358-4982. Pastors Paul Hoffmann and Scott Perry.<br />
Sundays: Contemporary worship , 8:30 a.m.; Traditional,<br />
11 a.m. Nursery available. Sunday School/Bible study for all<br />
ages, 9:45 a.m. Wednesdays: Worship and jr.-high confirmation<br />
classes. (Sept. - May), 6:30 p.m. Get inspired! Join<br />
us for fellowship, fun, great music, and Christ-centered education<br />
for all ages at the pace that is best for you. Youth<br />
group, Bible studies, family events, parish nurse. Call for our<br />
Children’s Center preschool and school-age daycare information.<br />
We look forward to meeting you!<br />
HOLY SPIRIT CATHOLIC CHURCH<br />
Looking for an active Christian faith community...we invite<br />
you to experience Holy Spirit Parish Community. We are<br />
located at 1200 Redmond Avenue, San Jose, CA 95120.<br />
Mass is celebrated at 8:30 a.m. Monday -Thursday, with<br />
Communion Services on Friday. Our weekend Mass<br />
schedule is Saturday 5 p.m., Sunday 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m.,<br />
11:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Rite of Reconciliation is every<br />
Saturday at 4 p.m. or by appointment. Our Parish Office<br />
is open Monday-Thursday 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., phone<br />
997-5101. Recorded Mass times 997-5100. Religious<br />
Education for Early Childhood through Adults can be<br />
obtained by calling our Catechetical Office Monday -<br />
Thursday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. at 997-5115. 3Sixty Youth<br />
Ministry serving High School Youth in the <strong>Almaden</strong> Valley<br />
(grades 9-12) can be reached at 997-5106. Holy Spirit<br />
School serving grades Pre-K - 8 at 1198 Redmond<br />
Avenue. Phone 268-0794.<br />
THE JOURNEY<br />
www.talkinchurch.com; Jeff Wenke, Pastor. Call 499-<br />
9790 or email info@talkinchurch.com for church information.<br />
The Journey meets Sundays at 9:00 and 10:45<br />
a.m. at Pioneer High School, 1290 Blossom Hill Road,<br />
San Jose, 95118. Come be a part of this exciting new<br />
group of people on the journey of life! The atmosphere is<br />
laid-back and non "churchy." We have a full band and<br />
large projection screen on the stage for multi-media. No<br />
church experience is required! We offer a comprehensive<br />
children's program called "Journeyland" as well. Visit our<br />
Website for more information.<br />
LOS GATOS CHRISTIAN CHURCH<br />
We help people become Jesus’ followers; those who<br />
understand and carry out His purposes for their lives. We<br />
are here to connect people to God and to one another in<br />
the kind of community expressed in the Bible- where<br />
faith, love and hope are more than words—they’re lived!<br />
Is this the kind of church you’re seeking? Give us a try<br />
this Sunday morning at 9:00. You’ll find relevant teaching<br />
from God’s word, heartfelt music, and an opportunity for<br />
every family member to encounter others on a similar<br />
spiritual journey. Whether you consider yourself a spiritual<br />
seeker or a committed follower of Jesus Christ, you have<br />
a home at Los Gatos Christian Church. You’ll find this to<br />
be a community where you matter and where you can<br />
make a difference.You can find us at 16845 Hicks Road,<br />
at the corner of Camden Avenue and Hicks Road. For<br />
more information, give us a call at 268-1411 or see our<br />
website at www.losgatoschristian.org<br />
SANTA CLARA VALLEY CHURCH OF RELIGIOUS<br />
SCIENCE Center for Spiritual Discovery<br />
(Formerly Valley West Church)<br />
2500 Masonic Drive, San Jose, CA. 95125. 408-978-6800.<br />
<strong>Times</strong>: 10:30 Sunday Service, Youth Church 10:45, Quiet<br />
Meditation 9:30-10:15, Classes Monday evening. Pastor:<br />
Rev. Alice Carpenter. Discover your best self in our welcoming<br />
Spiritual community. Wherever you are on your Spiritual<br />
Path, we welcome you to our service. Our teaching is based<br />
on New Thought teachings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ernest<br />
Holmes, Wayne Dyer as expressed on the TV shows of<br />
Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Phil. Ours is a loving organization. You<br />
owe it to yourself to check us out. We have a traditional<br />
service, preceded by private meditation if you wish, and followed<br />
by hospitality hour. We have a New Thought<br />
Bookstore on Sunday mornings. We welcome you to our<br />
classes, and encourage you attend our Essence classes, on<br />
the first Sunday of the month. This is not your regular<br />
church! You are in control of your life experience... you have<br />
choices. We help you explore those choices.<br />
SANTA TERESA HILLS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH<br />
5370 Snell Avenue, San Jose, CA 95123, two blocks<br />
north of Blossom Hill. Rev. <strong>To</strong>m Coop, Pastor. 629-5906.<br />
Sunday worship service 10:00 a.m. Sunday School 9:00<br />
a.m. Full range of church activities including special<br />
classes for children, adult Bible studies, choir, and social<br />
activities. Families welcome. Visit online at:<br />
www.sthpc.org.<br />
SHEPHERD OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN<br />
1281 Redmond Avenue, San Jose, CA 95120.<br />
(408) 997-4848.<br />
Sunday mornings:<br />
8:30 a.m.: Traditional Worship Service<br />
9:45 -10:45 a.m.: Adult Bible Study and Sunday School<br />
11:00 a.m.: Contemporary Worship Service<br />
SOUTH HILLS COMMUNITY CHURCH<br />
A caring community of believers who enjoy living and<br />
growing in Christ’s love and sharing that love with others.<br />
Our goal is to become fully devoted followers of Jesus<br />
and our programs are designed to meet the needs of people<br />
wherever they are in their spiritual journey, from the<br />
curious to the committed. We offer ministries for all ages<br />
and stages of life - from Cornerstone Pre-school to seniors,<br />
plus thriving children’s and student programs that<br />
your family will love; and through counseling, support<br />
and recovery groups we try to meet the needs of hurting<br />
people. Starting in February: ESL classes, Celebrate<br />
Recovery, and the Alpha Course - an opportunity to<br />
explore the Christian faith. Join us at 9:00 or 11:00 am<br />
for our Sunday services, with life-related Biblical teaching,<br />
contemporary worship and creative arts. (Nursery,<br />
children’s and youth programs available) 6601 Camden<br />
Avenue, San Jose, CA 95120. Phone: 268-1676. <strong>To</strong> find<br />
out more, visit www.southhills.cc.<br />
ST. ANTHONY CATHOLIC CHURCH<br />
We invite you to become a part of our growing, active<br />
Parish. We are a caring and welcoming community that<br />
promotes spiritual growth and reaches out to those in<br />
need. St. Anthony’s is located in the <strong>Almaden</strong> Valley at<br />
20101 McKean Rd. Sunday Masses are at 8:30, 10 and<br />
11:45 AM. Saturday Mass is at 4 PM at our small, historic<br />
church, 21800 Bertram Rd. in New <strong>Almaden</strong>, CA<br />
95042. For information call the church office 997-4800.<br />
Rev. Lawrence M Handel, pastor.<br />
ST. BASIL GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH<br />
“Come and See” unaltered Christianity. The Orthodox<br />
Church is the one holy, catholic and apostolic church,<br />
founded by Jesus Christ and His Apostles. It is the same<br />
Church that came fully into being at Pentecost (Acts 2),<br />
the Church of the New Testament. <strong>To</strong>day it has unity and<br />
continuity with this original Church in all aspects of<br />
church life. There are about 300 million Orthodox<br />
Christians throughout the world, including more than 6<br />
million in the United States. Still the Orthodox Church has<br />
been known as “America’s best-kept secret.” Come to<br />
know that Church. Find the truth and its treasures, which<br />
will heal and save you. It might be the best thing you<br />
have found in your life. May God give joy to you who<br />
seek the truth! On Sundays: Matins at 8:15 am and Divine<br />
Liturgy at 9:30 am. Office hours Tuesday through Friday,<br />
10am to 2pm. For more information call 268-3214 or email<br />
stbasilschurch@sbcglobal.net. You can visit us at:<br />
6430 Bose Lane, San José, CA 95120.<br />
ST. TIMOTHY'S LUTHERAN CHURCH AND SCHOOL<br />
Come join us for worship at one of our four weekly services.<br />
Saturday: 6:00 pm (contemporary). Sunday: 8:15<br />
(traditional) 9:45 (blended) and 11:15 am (contemporary).<br />
Sunday school for all ages: 9:45 am. Our day<br />
school offers a high quality educational experience from<br />
preschool to grade 5. We are located at 5100 Camden<br />
Ave. San Jose CA 95124 with easy access from highway<br />
85. Church: 264-3858, School: 265-0275. Pastors Dan<br />
Selbo, Jim & Judy Bangsund. Website: www.st-timslutheran.org.<br />
TWIN OAKS CHURCH<br />
20 Great Oaks Blvd, San Jose 95119. Church Office<br />
(Mon-Thur): 227-9500. www.twinoakschurch.com. eMail<br />
Address: info@twinoakschurch.com Sunday Worship: 10<br />
a.m. (Nursery and Children's Sunday School - all ages)<br />
High School "Satellite" Service: 7 pm Sunday. Junior High<br />
School "Powerhouse": 7-9 pm Friday. Who Are We? We<br />
are a group of people who face everyday issues hoping<br />
to find real answers to real problems by looking closely at<br />
our world and being honest about the things that make<br />
life difficult. We then apply time proven principles from<br />
the Bible in ways that are relevant to our culture. Twin<br />
Oaks Church has dynamic children's programs and clean,<br />
well-staffed nurseries. Women's Bible studies and Men's<br />
events are great ways to connect with other people during<br />
the week. In just one visit, you'll see our music rocks<br />
and our people are friendly!<br />
<strong>To</strong> advertise your place of worship in this section<br />
please contact the <strong>Times</strong> at 494-7000, ext 221. All<br />
phone numbers are in the 408 area code.
<strong>Times</strong> Local News<br />
Browsing past <strong>Almaden</strong> <strong>Times</strong><br />
articles on Web site may be helpful<br />
This week’s question:<br />
I read your article<br />
in a recent issue of<br />
the <strong>Almaden</strong> <strong>Times</strong><br />
about pat-down<br />
searches at football<br />
games. Very interesting.<br />
But what<br />
caught my eye was<br />
your reference to<br />
past <strong>Almaden</strong> <strong>Times</strong><br />
articles being available<br />
on your Web<br />
site. How can I read<br />
those articles? I am<br />
not a computer whiz<br />
so you really need to<br />
keep it simple.<br />
Lori L.<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Valley<br />
Dear Lori—<br />
Good to hear from you, Lori,<br />
and you are in good company<br />
when you say you are not a computer<br />
whiz. I am not either, but<br />
we both can learn as time goes<br />
on.<br />
Yes, you can read past articles<br />
that I have written for the<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> <strong>Times</strong> by going to my<br />
Web site, www.almadenvalleylawyers.com.<br />
I started writing<br />
these articles in 1986 when the<br />
paper was a monthly. This went<br />
on for several years, and a few<br />
years ago the paper changed to a<br />
weekly. My articles are now<br />
written for the second and<br />
fourth weeks of each month.<br />
The articles are written for the<br />
benefit of my readers in the<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Valley area of San Jose,<br />
and are written for the purpose<br />
of providing general legal information<br />
of common interest. As I<br />
say in the disclaimer at the end<br />
of each article and often within<br />
each topic, it is definitely not my<br />
intent to offer legal advice. I certainly<br />
would not want my<br />
friends or family relying on<br />
some newspaper columnist or<br />
TV talk show host or hostess, for<br />
that matter, for legal advice, as<br />
good as he or she is. For legal<br />
advice, you need to see your<br />
Ask The<br />
Lawyer<br />
Donald J. DeVries,<br />
Attorney at Law<br />
For past articles,<br />
visit our web site at<br />
www.almadenvalleylawyers.com<br />
United neighborhood<br />
conference Saturday<br />
at City College<br />
There will be a United Neighborhoods<br />
Conference on Saturday, Nov. 17 from 8<br />
a.m. to noon at San Jose City College,<br />
Moorpark at Bascom.<br />
Conference leaders are asking interested peo-<br />
own attorney.<br />
So, if you are<br />
interested in<br />
accessing the information<br />
you get the<br />
Web site up on your<br />
screen. The first<br />
page will be the<br />
home page. At the<br />
top you will see<br />
five topics you can<br />
select. If you select<br />
<strong>Times</strong> Articles you<br />
will have accessed<br />
the articles. (If you<br />
go back to the home<br />
page, about two<br />
inches down you<br />
will see a handy<br />
direct link to the<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> <strong>Times</strong><br />
Weekly.)<br />
The first screen for the <strong>Times</strong><br />
Articles will show the last one<br />
published in the <strong>Almaden</strong><br />
<strong>Times</strong>. Four or five other articles<br />
are shown there, also for the<br />
reader’s quick reference. Off to<br />
the left on the first page is a brief<br />
index of past articles written and<br />
published this year, when we<br />
went to a new, enhanced format.<br />
At the bottom of the index on the<br />
first page you will see a reference<br />
to articles from 1986 to<br />
2006 in the Archives. If you<br />
click on that, they should be<br />
accessible.<br />
If you are interested you can<br />
select one or more articles in the<br />
following areas:<br />
� Alternate Dispute<br />
Resolution<br />
� Civil Litigation<br />
� Elder Law<br />
� Estate Planning<br />
� Family and Divorce<br />
� General Business Matters<br />
� Personal Injury<br />
� Real Estate and<br />
Construction<br />
� Working With Your<br />
Attorney<br />
� General Interest<br />
Of course, these articles are<br />
freely accessible to the public,<br />
and you will not be put on any<br />
junk e-mail or SPAM list by<br />
reading them. And, you will not<br />
be bombarded by any of those<br />
annoying pop-ups and irritating<br />
ads you see on some Web sites.<br />
I like to think that this Web<br />
site is very reader-friendly, but if<br />
you need any additional help<br />
with learning about Web sites or<br />
computers, feel free to stop by<br />
the <strong>Almaden</strong> Library/<br />
Community Center. Our fantastic<br />
facility has excellent courses<br />
in computers for you to take and<br />
top-notch teachers to help you<br />
learn. All very close by and at<br />
very nominal cost.<br />
The library/community center<br />
is located at 6445 Camden<br />
Avenue, just west of <strong>Almaden</strong><br />
Expressway and Trinidad. I am<br />
sure that by visiting the center<br />
you can learn a whole lot about<br />
computers and a countless other<br />
things.<br />
Donald J. DeVries<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Valley<br />
Donald J. DeVries is an attorney<br />
practicing law in the <strong>Almaden</strong><br />
Valley. Past <strong>Almaden</strong> <strong>Times</strong> articles<br />
since 1986 can be accessed<br />
through his Web site:<br />
www.almadenvalleylawers.com<br />
. If you would like him to answer<br />
your question in his next <strong>Almaden</strong><br />
<strong>Times</strong> column, you can reach him<br />
by e-mail at don@almadenvalleylawyers.com,<br />
fax at (408) 268-<br />
6502, telephone at (408) 268-<br />
9500, or mail at DeVries &<br />
Horowtiz, 6475 Camden Ave.,<br />
Suite 200, San Jose, CA 95120.<br />
Your matters are personal and private,<br />
so of course, he will not disclose<br />
your identity or any details<br />
about your situation. DeVries<br />
writes this column to provide you<br />
with general information about<br />
important legal matters affecting<br />
California residents—not to give<br />
you legal advice about your specific<br />
matter. No attorney-client relationship<br />
is created by these articles.<br />
The law is complex and constantly<br />
changing and varies from<br />
state to state. So you should consult<br />
an attorney before taking any<br />
action that would affect your personal<br />
or business matters.<br />
ple, community activists and interested residents<br />
to find out about code enforcement, a how-to<br />
guide to San Jose’s Planning Department, solar<br />
energy, CAP grants, working with your elected<br />
officials and their staff and event insurance and<br />
risk management.<br />
There is a registration fee of $15 and $2 for<br />
parking.<br />
For more details and a registration form, go to<br />
http://www.unscc.org or call Mike LaRocca at<br />
(408) 564-2374.<br />
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<strong>Almaden</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Weekly � Nov. 16–Nov. 22, 2007 � Page 27
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<strong>Times</strong>Sports<br />
Leland closes<br />
season with victory<br />
over Evergreen<br />
By Daniel Miranda<br />
Sports Coordinator<br />
The Leland High School<br />
football team finished the<br />
season last Friday with a<br />
20-6 victory over league rival<br />
Evergreen Valley. The Chargers<br />
finished in second place behind<br />
Del Mar in the Santa Teresa<br />
league with a league record of 5-<br />
2.<br />
Leland junior Michael Santini<br />
High School<br />
Sports Schedule<br />
Nov. 16–Nov. 22<br />
Leland High School<br />
Friday-Boys’ varsity basketball<br />
vs. Gunderson, 7 p.m.<br />
Saturday- Girls’ water polo CCS<br />
finals at Independence, 1:30<br />
p.m.<br />
Saturday- Boys’ water polo<br />
CCS finals at Independence,<br />
3:15 p.m.<br />
Wednesday-Boys’ varsity basketball<br />
vs. alumni, 7 p.m.<br />
Pioneer High School<br />
Saturday- Varsity football vs.<br />
North Monterey County CCS<br />
playoff, 1 p.m.<br />
Saturday- Girls’ varsity soccer<br />
vs. L. G. at Burlingame, 10<br />
a.m.<br />
Monday- Girls varsity soccer<br />
vs. San Mateo at Burlingame,<br />
7:30 p.m.<br />
Tuesday- Girls varsity basketball<br />
at Los Gatos, 7 p.m.<br />
Wednesday- Boys varsity soccer<br />
at Gunderson, 3:15 p.m.<br />
Frosh/soph and varsity<br />
For more information about<br />
Leland and Pioneer sports<br />
events, go to:<br />
Pioneer athletics:<br />
www.phsathletics.com<br />
Leland athletics:<br />
www.lelandathletics.com<br />
Blossom Valley Athletics<br />
League:<br />
www.bval.org<br />
played like he was sending a<br />
message to the league that just<br />
because seniors Ricky Battipede,<br />
Kevin Krail, Josh Carroll and<br />
Nate Jones were leaving, the<br />
team will not be a pushover.<br />
Santini had only 2 yards on<br />
offense but he excelled on special<br />
teams and defense.<br />
He had 15 solo tackles and<br />
assisted on five others and had<br />
one interception on defense. On<br />
special teams he put the game<br />
away by returning a 95-yard<br />
kickoff for a touchdown. “I saw<br />
everyone shift over and I saw<br />
daylight so I started running for<br />
it weaving in and out,” Santini<br />
said.<br />
With Evergreen keyed on Krail<br />
who finished the game with only<br />
32 rushing yards, Leland turned<br />
to the air. In the second quarter,<br />
the Chargers broke a scoreless tie<br />
when Battipede hit Jones for 23yard<br />
touchdown. In the third<br />
quarter the duo teamed up again<br />
with Jones making a spectator<br />
catch in the end zone to put the<br />
Chargers ahead by two touchdowns.<br />
“<br />
Jones had one of the finest<br />
catches I’ve seen in a long time,”<br />
said Leland head coach Mike<br />
Carrozzo.<br />
The first quarter was a defensive<br />
struggle between the two<br />
teams with each bending but not<br />
breaking. Evergreen’s Eddie Ray<br />
Apontes set the Cougars in scor-<br />
Leland's quarterback Ricky Battipede runs for a first down during their game on<br />
Friday night Nov 9 at Evergreen High School in San Jose. Photo by Ben DeKoven<br />
ing position by returning the<br />
opening kickoff to the Chargers’<br />
25-yard line. But quarterback<br />
Rudy Zapien threw four incompletions<br />
and Evergreen had to<br />
turn the ball over to the<br />
Chargers.<br />
Leland tried to establish the<br />
running game but the Cougars<br />
were able to corral Krail,<br />
Leland’s leading rusher. Luckily<br />
the Chargers running game does<br />
not rely entirely on Krail.<br />
Battipede just handed the ball for<br />
Josh Carroll who picked up 12<br />
yards and a first down for<br />
Above left: Leland's receiver Nate Jones catches a touchdown pass from Ricky Battipede<br />
in the back of the end zone over Evergreen's Andre Ceja during their game on Friday night<br />
Nov. 9 at Evergreen High School. Jones finished the season with 517-yards. Photo by Jeff<br />
La Plante. Above right: Leland's Michael Santini runs away from Evergreen's defensive<br />
back Daniel Quilty on his way to the end zone for 95-yard kick off return during their game<br />
Friday night at Evergreen High School in San Jose. Photo by Ben DeKoven<br />
Leland.<br />
On fourth and six, punter Nate<br />
Jones threw the ball to wide open<br />
tight end Tyler Beigibing for a<br />
first down and a gain of 24 yards.<br />
The drive eventually stalled on<br />
fourth and two as Krail was<br />
stopped short of the first down.<br />
Evergreen took over on downs.<br />
But the Cougars running game<br />
did not fair much better, gaining<br />
only 54 yards on a series of runs<br />
featuring Louis Aranda<br />
Evergreen punted giving the ball<br />
back to the Chargers.<br />
Leland was still unable to get<br />
the running game on track<br />
so on fourth and 4 they<br />
punted the ball back to the<br />
Cougars. Evergreen was<br />
unable to mount s scoring<br />
drive as well so they punted<br />
the ball back to the<br />
Chargers.<br />
Leland sent Krail back to<br />
return the punt but he fumbled<br />
and was able to recover<br />
it. With the running<br />
chores now switching<br />
between Krail and Carroll,<br />
the Chargers started to<br />
move the ball. Bettipede<br />
also used his legs to pick up<br />
12 yards and a very important<br />
first down putting the<br />
ball on the 45-yard line of<br />
the Cougars.<br />
On second and eight<br />
Bettipede threw the ball<br />
and hit receiver Jones for<br />
22-yard pick up and another<br />
first down. The two<br />
hooked again on the very next<br />
play only this time for a touchdown<br />
that Jones caught in the<br />
back of the end zone with 3 minutes<br />
left in the first half. The<br />
Chargers led 7-0.<br />
On the last possession before<br />
the half, the Cougars worked the<br />
ball down to the Chargers’ 5-yard<br />
line but the Chargers run defense<br />
was just too much for the<br />
Cougars to contend with--especially<br />
after a procedure penalty<br />
pushed the ball back to the 9yard<br />
line. On fourth down and<br />
goal, Evergreen’s place kicker<br />
Aranda missed the 26-yard field<br />
goal. The Chargers went into<br />
half time with a 7-0 lead.<br />
Leland started the third quarter<br />
receiving the ball on its 35yard<br />
line and managed to work<br />
the ball to the Cougar 25 on a<br />
series of runs. On second and 10<br />
Battipede rolled out of the pocket<br />
and found Jones in the end<br />
zone for the Chargers’ second<br />
touchdown, giving Leland a 14-0<br />
lead with 8:37 in the third quarter.<br />
“I have gotten better at going<br />
up for the ball,” said Jones.<br />
The Cougars scored early in<br />
the fourth quarter as Evergreen<br />
running back Andrew Dennis<br />
ran the ball for 24 yards, putting<br />
the ball inside the 10-yard line<br />
and setting up a first and goal.<br />
With their backs against the wall<br />
the Leland defense was able to<br />
hold them to third and goal at<br />
the 1-yard line. Aranda punched<br />
it in from there, but missed extra<br />
point. The score cut Leland’s<br />
lead to 14-6.<br />
Any hopes the Cougars had<br />
about a comeback were dashed<br />
on the next play as Santini ran<br />
the kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown<br />
with 8:54 left to play. The<br />
Chargers now led 20-6.<br />
On the Cougars’ next possession,<br />
Leland’s defensive lineman<br />
Alex Nunes was able to break<br />
though the line and tackle<br />
Zapien for a sack. The sack set<br />
up fourth and 11 that convinced<br />
the Cougars to punt. Leland had<br />
the ball but again was unable to<br />
sustain the drive and to run out<br />
the clock, so they punted.<br />
The Cougars did not fair well<br />
on their series either as it ended<br />
with Santini intercepting the<br />
ball. Zapien, who was looking<br />
for receiver Andre Ceja, found<br />
Leland defender instead. The<br />
Chargers ran out the clock by<br />
picking up their last first down<br />
on a 9-yard run by Carroll.<br />
Leland won the game 20-6<br />
Krail was the leading rusher of<br />
the season for Leland with 982yards<br />
while Jones led in receiving<br />
yards with 517-yards. Santini<br />
led the Leland defense with 85<br />
solo tackles and 52 assists for the<br />
season.
<strong>Times</strong>Sports<br />
Mustangs lose final game by 1 point<br />
Oak Grove 20, Pioneer 19<br />
By Gary Van Den Hueval<br />
Sports Writer<br />
Pioneer High School’s football team had their work<br />
cut out last Friday as they stepped into Oak Grove’s<br />
home stadium as underdog to the Oak Grove Eagles.<br />
The Eagles were 6-0 and in first place in the Mt.<br />
Hamilton division (8-1 overall), highly ranked in the<br />
CCS, and an acknowledged powerhouse.<br />
Pioneer went through a winless preseason before finding<br />
their groove, going 5-0-1 in the league. There was a<br />
lot riding on the game, because would decide the division<br />
championship.<br />
The game lived up to its billing, but for Pioneer, it was<br />
a bittersweet outcome: they outplayed Oak Grove for<br />
nearly the entire game but lost by one point. The<br />
Mustangs’ second-place finish pits them into a firstround<br />
playoff game against North Monterey County at<br />
Pioneer on Saturday, Nov. 17 at 1 p.m.<br />
“We played our hearts out,” was said Mustang running<br />
backs Shane Murray and Marquee Heffner separately.<br />
“Everybody says ‘it’s Oak Grove this and Oak Grove<br />
that,’” continued Heffner, “and we have to approach<br />
them like they’re a team, a team that’s going to play just<br />
as hard as us and we have to bring it in.”<br />
Ultimately it was Oak Grove’s kick returner Stacy Long<br />
who made the difference. Long returned two Pioneer<br />
kickoffs for touchdowns. His first came on the game’s<br />
opening kickoff, a 92-yard return virtually untouched up<br />
the center of the field.<br />
But Pioneer wasn’t so easily turned back. The<br />
Mustangs’ first possession proved they came to play; it<br />
was an 18-play, eight-and-a-half minute drive that moved<br />
steadily down the field. On third down and 11 at their<br />
own 34, quarterback Joe Alise connected with Murray for<br />
20 yards. On fourth and one from the Oak Grove 22, running<br />
back Mike Cobb picked up a first down.<br />
Moments later, on a fourth and 10 from the 20, tight<br />
end Travis Lorius fought for a tough catch in double coverage<br />
and a 13-yard gain in the red zone. Finally, it was<br />
Alise himself, on third and goal, eluding tacklers and<br />
then reaching out and diving into the left corner of the<br />
end zone for the touchdown. The extra point attempt hit<br />
the crossbar, and the Mustangs trailed 7-6.<br />
But just like that, on the next play Stacy Long struck<br />
again, returning the Pioneer kick for another touchdown.<br />
He wasn’t untouched this time; he had to bounce off a<br />
few tacklers, but the result was the same. The Eagles,<br />
who for the entire first quarter didn’t run one offensive<br />
play, led 14-6.<br />
“You take away those two kicks …. We knew not to kick<br />
the ball to him [Long] and we just didn’t execute on those<br />
plays,” said Pioneer coach Mark Krail. “He did what we<br />
thought he could do and you can’t spot a great team like<br />
that two touchdowns and expect to win.”<br />
The Mustangs went right back to business on offense,<br />
relying on speedster Heffner for consistent yardage, and<br />
even using a fourth down fake punt, when Justin Souza<br />
took the snap and gained 30 yards on fourth and eight to<br />
move the ball into Oak Grove territory. But the drive<br />
ended abruptly when Eagle Jabari Carr recovered a Shane<br />
Murray fumble at the Eagle 21.<br />
Oak Grove’s offense finally trotted onto the field at this<br />
point in the second quarter, and was able to maneuver<br />
the ball to inside the Mustang 30 on the legs of running<br />
back Nevin Gardiner, who gained 46 yards on two carries<br />
(with a 41-yarder on the drive’s first play). But three<br />
incomplete passes by quarterback Regis Ward turned the<br />
ball back over to Pioneer.<br />
The Mustangs gained another big first down on a punt,<br />
but this time it wasn’t a fake--a fumbled punt return by<br />
Oak Grove was recovered by Cody Otsuji to keep the<br />
drive alive at midfield for Pioneer. The 13-play drive cul-<br />
minated in a touchdown catch by Shane Murray on<br />
fourth and 10 from a rolling-out Alise. A two-point conversion<br />
attempt to tie the game was unsuccessful, when<br />
Alise’s pass was knocked down by Oak Grove defender<br />
Bubba Chapman.<br />
At halftime Oak Grove clung to a 14-12 lead.<br />
In the third quarter Pioneer watched Long score another<br />
touchdown on a screen pass that he turned into a 45yard<br />
score--until it was nullified by an illegal-use-ofhands<br />
penalty on Oak Grove. Instead, the Eagles punted,<br />
and Pioneer’s vaunted running game took over. A 32-yard<br />
run by Heffner, plus 22 yards on three carries by Murray,<br />
inexorably moved the ball downfield. Alise scored his<br />
second touchdown of the game on a 12-yard keeper, and<br />
after the Victor Aguirre extra point, the Mustangs held<br />
the lead for the first time, 19-14.<br />
Aside from the running of Gardiner, the Eagles had<br />
mounted nothing offensively to threaten Pioneer, but in<br />
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the fourth quarter they stayed with<br />
their go-to guy and finally got results.<br />
Gardiner gained 61 of his 188 rushing<br />
yards (on 22 carries) on this drive and<br />
scored the go-ahead touchdown on a<br />
15-yard run. The two-point conversion failed, Gardiner<br />
was stopped at the goal line, and Oak Grove clung to a<br />
tenuous 20-19 lead with 4:42 remaining.<br />
Pioneer had two more possessions but could only get<br />
inside the Oak Grove 40 on their final drive, before a<br />
fourth down pass intended for Travis Lorius was overthrown.<br />
The Mustangs outgained Oak Grove in offensive<br />
yardage 309 to 201 and dominated time of possession, yet<br />
still were one point short of the division title.<br />
“Every guy on Oak Grove admitted we were the best<br />
team they’ve played and they’ve played some good<br />
teams,” said Joe Alise.<br />
“We outplayed them, I think,” said Murray. “We just let<br />
those two kickoff returns go and we couldn’t finish.”<br />
“Knowing this team, they’re going to bounce back,”<br />
said Krail. “Obviously their hearts are broken right now<br />
but we also know the sun’s going to come up tomorrow<br />
and we’re going to prepare for the playoffs.”
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<strong>Times</strong>Sports<br />
Leland drops first-round<br />
volleyball playoff to Los Gatos<br />
By Gary van den Heuvel<br />
Staff Writer<br />
The Leland girls’ volleyball<br />
season came an end Nov. 7<br />
when they lost at home to<br />
the Los Gatos Wildcats 25-14, 25-<br />
17, 25-12 in a Division II firstround<br />
playoff game.<br />
“It’s tough to end a season like<br />
that,” said Chargers coach Chris<br />
Hansen. “They’ve had a good<br />
season. They’ve exceeded their<br />
expectations this year. But you<br />
don’t want to ever finish like<br />
that.”<br />
Though disappointed with the<br />
loss, Hansen wasn’t surprised<br />
with the outcome. “Yeah, definitely,”<br />
she said when asked if<br />
she considered her squad an<br />
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underdog coming into the game.<br />
“Every single ball we put over<br />
the net they had an answer for<br />
and came right back at us. When<br />
you give up that many points at<br />
the beginning it’s hard to come<br />
back and get yourselves back in<br />
the game.”<br />
Indeed, the first match started<br />
with Los Gatos taking a 12-0<br />
advantage behind<br />
the service of Kate<br />
Walters. Leland<br />
looked tentative at<br />
first, making uncharacteristic<br />
miss hits<br />
on offense and finding<br />
the Wildcats’<br />
defense living up to<br />
the title given them<br />
by head coach Dan<br />
Hoefer: “The Great<br />
Wall of Los Gatos.”<br />
Twice Walters<br />
was able to handcuff<br />
Leland’s stalwart<br />
defensive specialist<br />
Debbie Gillick<br />
on wicked<br />
serves. Kills by Jennifer<br />
Anderson, Ashton<br />
Senner, who also<br />
contributed some<br />
spectacular play on<br />
defense, Liz Trambley,<br />
who led both<br />
teams with nine<br />
kills, and Leland<br />
mistakes had the<br />
pro-Leland crowd<br />
wondering if the imposing Los<br />
Gatos squad--featuring 6-foot-3inch<br />
Olivia Coburn-Flynn and 6foot<br />
Victoria Briedenthal anchoring<br />
the middle--could actually be<br />
scored upon.<br />
Leland finally got on the board<br />
on an Allie Zipp kill, but a netted<br />
serve by Kimberly Chang gave<br />
service right back to Los Gatos.<br />
The Chargers settled down from<br />
that point, but couldn’t make up<br />
the deficit. A missed kill attempt<br />
by Zipp ended the first game 25-<br />
14 in Los Gatos’ favor.<br />
In the second game the<br />
Wildcats jumped out to a 4-0<br />
lead before Leland scored on a<br />
Samm Wilson kill. Los Gatos<br />
maintained the upper hand<br />
throughout the game with its<br />
exceptional defense combined<br />
with more Leland errors, win-<br />
Leland's Debbie Gillick hits the ball<br />
during their Central Coast Section playoff<br />
game against Los Gatos.<br />
Leland's Vicki Chang and Jennay Hawkins go up in<br />
an attempt to block the ball during their Central Coast<br />
Section playoff game. Photos by Dan Miranda<br />
ning 25-17 when Chang made a<br />
valiant, diving save attempt that<br />
was just out of reach.<br />
Leland made its last stand in<br />
the third game, fighting back to<br />
tie the score 9-9 on an unreturnable<br />
serve by Jenni Egelston. But<br />
after Coach Hoefer called a timeout,<br />
Los Gatos regained the<br />
momentum by ripping off five<br />
straight points.<br />
Moments later Trambley was<br />
serving with a 20-12 Wildcats<br />
lead. The miss hits kept coming<br />
for Leland, and the Wildcats’ five<br />
straight points closed out the<br />
match and the Charger season.<br />
For the Leland athletes it was a<br />
bittersweet ending. “One heck of<br />
a year,” sighed Leland’s seasonlong<br />
kill leader Bree Gwinner,<br />
who’s dominant, aggressive play<br />
at the net was not as much in<br />
evidence on this evening. After<br />
Gwinner had called Gillick “an<br />
amazing player, probably the<br />
best passer on the team,” a chastened<br />
Gillick shook off her teammate’s<br />
compliment, “Not during<br />
that game,” she said.<br />
“We’ve gotten better,” said<br />
Hoefer. “Our strength is our<br />
defense and that’s behind …<br />
Ashton Senner and our senior<br />
outside hitter Ariella Gould.<br />
They are the backbone. Our<br />
back-row defense has come<br />
together beautifully.”<br />
Hansen was philosophical in<br />
defeat. “It’s just one of those<br />
things,” she said. “I have a lot of<br />
young kids here, so I’m happy for<br />
them because this is a learning<br />
experience. For the five seniors,<br />
it’s unfortunate for them to leave<br />
like this. That’s how it is.”<br />
Leland’s five departing seniors<br />
are Bree Gwinner, Kat Beheshti,<br />
Vicki Chang, Debbie Gillick and<br />
Elisa Vye.
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<strong>Almaden</strong> Valley<br />
Girls’ Softball League<br />
holds Sign-ups<br />
The <strong>Almaden</strong> Valley Girls’ Softball<br />
League is holding sign-ups. Our league is<br />
a Santa Clara County-wide League and<br />
available to all Santa Clara County girls<br />
which means we are not restricted by<br />
territory. The age range is 5 to 16 years.<br />
We welcome all applicable ages and<br />
every skill level. We will be holding<br />
sign-ups on the following dates at<br />
Greystone Elementary School, 6982<br />
Shearwater Drive in San Jose.:<br />
Saturday, Dec. 8, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m,.<br />
Wednesday, Dec.12, from 6 to 9 p.m.<br />
Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 3<br />
p.m.<br />
Wednesday, Jan. 9, from 6 to 9 p.m.<br />
For more information, please visit our<br />
website at www.avgsl.org<br />
San Jose Strikkers<br />
18u – 2008<br />
Summer Tryouts<br />
The San Jose Strikkers 18u will be<br />
holding their 2008 summer tryouts on<br />
the dates listed below. Just in case you<br />
have not heard we have already qualified<br />
for the 2008 ASA Nationals in<br />
Moline, Ill.! Our main objective is to<br />
develop softball excellence and to assist<br />
each young lady in the achieving their<br />
goals on the softball field and assist<br />
them with their dreams of obtaining college<br />
scholarships. Come and be part of<br />
our exciting team! <strong>To</strong> learn more about<br />
our team philosophy and goals please<br />
visit our website.<br />
http://eteamz.active.com/sanjosestrikkers18u/<br />
Dates; Sundays, 11/18, 12/2, 12/16,<br />
and (if needed) 1/6/08<br />
Place: Oak Grove High School<br />
<strong>Times</strong>: 9 a.m. Pitchers & Catchers /<br />
10:30 a.m. Position Players<br />
If you have any questions, please contact<br />
Richard Fangonilo (408) 439-7383 or<br />
Frank King (408) 406-8191.<br />
E-mail: Richard Fangonilo rfangonilo@sjm.com<br />
or Frank King fgking25@aol.com<br />
Third Annual<br />
Silicon Valley<br />
E-Race Racism Run<br />
Benefiting Youth Leadership<br />
Programs of the Local NAACP<br />
The 3rd Annual Silicon Valley E-Race<br />
Racism 5K & 10K Run and 1-Mile Walk,<br />
will take place on Saturday, Dec. 1, at<br />
Lake Cunningham Park, in San Jose.<br />
This event will benefit youth leadership<br />
programs provided by the NAACP chapter<br />
of San Jose / Silicon Valley and promote<br />
healthy lifestyles and exercise.<br />
All registrants will receive a commemorative<br />
T-shirt, refreshments, and more.<br />
Awards will be given in the 5K and 10K<br />
events, three-deep to the finishers in<br />
each male and female age category in 10year<br />
increments. Special trophies will<br />
go to overall male and female finishers<br />
and male and female Masters (over 40years<br />
old) winners. The 1-Mile walk is<br />
not timed, it’s designed to enjoy.<br />
Entry fees for all three events with the<br />
E-Race Racism Run are $25 pre-registered,<br />
$30 race-day registration, and $20<br />
pre-registered for participants under 17,<br />
or senior citizens (65-years and older),<br />
$25 day of registration. Families of four<br />
are $75 plus $15 for each additional<br />
member ($100 / $20 day of).<br />
For more E-Race Racism 5K Run &<br />
Walk information and/or an application,<br />
visit their Web site at www.onyourmarkevents.com.<br />
For information about<br />
the NAACP Chapter of San Jose / Silicon<br />
Valley, visit www.sanjosenaacp.org.<br />
Girl’s Club<br />
Volleyball Tryouts<br />
Jumpstart Volleyball Club tryouts for<br />
beginner to advanced players for competition<br />
and developmental teams. Makeup<br />
tryouts will be held on Thursday,<br />
Nov. 15, at Monroe Middle School, 1095<br />
S. Monroe St. in San Jose for both our<br />
developmental and competitive teams.<br />
The tryout times are as follows:<br />
12 and under to 14 and under- 6 –<br />
7:30 p.m.<br />
15 and under to 18 and under- 7:30 –<br />
9 p.m.<br />
The tryout fee is $30 - visit<br />
www.jumpstartvolleyball.com for more<br />
information or call 408-378-8590.<br />
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Silicon Valley Turkey<br />
Trot 5K run/walk<br />
and 10K run<br />
This annual event scheduled for Nov.<br />
22, is appropriate for all ages - kid fun<br />
run, too! Event proceeds benefit Second<br />
Harvest Food Bank, Santa Clara Family<br />
Health Foundation, and the Housing<br />
Trust of Santa Clara County. Registration<br />
begins at 7:30 a.m. Confluence Meadow,<br />
Guadalupe River Park in downtown San<br />
Jose. For more information, visit<br />
http://www.svlg.net/events/TurkeyTrot2007<br />
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<strong>Almaden</strong> Wildcats take first place<br />
The <strong>Almaden</strong> Wildcats girls’ U12 soccer team earned first place honors<br />
in the top competitive division this fall. The Wildcats finished 9-<br />
1 and along the way recorded seven shutouts in 10 games played.<br />
Team members include front row, from left: Alyssa Johnson, Sophia<br />
Mangin, Jackie Speidel, Claire Crinion, Kelsey Borello, Emma Sydir,<br />
Sarah Tanase and Jessica Azevedo. In the top row, from left are Caren<br />
McCarthy, Keri Richardson, Katrina Preble, Kelsey Parker, Mina Blume,<br />
Zeyneb Majid, Kendra Stewart and Katie Gerdt. Coaches are Patrick<br />
Crinion and Ron Richardson. Photo by Mark Mangin
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<strong>Times</strong>Sports<br />
Pioneer's Shawna Reed shoots the ball into the goal during their Central Coast<br />
Section playoff game against Live Oak at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill<br />
on Wednesday night. Photos by Dan Miranda<br />
Pioneer girls<br />
lose to Live<br />
Oak in CCS<br />
water polo<br />
By Gary van den Heuvel<br />
Staff Writer<br />
The Pioneer High School<br />
girls’ water polo team<br />
ended its season Nov. 7<br />
with a loss at the Division II<br />
first-round CCS playoffs. The<br />
lady Mustangs fell to the<br />
Live Oak Acorns 12-6 on<br />
Live Oak’s campus.<br />
The Mustangs entered<br />
the game “really confident,”<br />
according to<br />
Pioneer co-head coach<br />
Katy Furth (who shares<br />
coaching duties with<br />
Gordon Smith), even<br />
though they’d been winless<br />
against their Mt.<br />
Hamilton division foes<br />
who’d won the division.<br />
“The girls were really<br />
pumped for this game,”<br />
Furth said. “Our second<br />
game against them was a<br />
really good game, but in<br />
the fourth quarter we<br />
came loose as a team.”<br />
Live Oak’s team speed, “they<br />
have a great driving offense,”<br />
said Furth, was definitely a factor,<br />
in this playoff match up.<br />
The sixth-seeded Acorns established<br />
an early lead on a goal by<br />
Katie Rick early in the game and<br />
after the first quarter led 4-2.<br />
Freshman Rachel Cretcher,<br />
who led all scorers with four<br />
goals in the game, Jessica Poon<br />
and Rick, scoring her second of<br />
three goals also scored for Live<br />
Oak.<br />
Pioneer was led by senior<br />
Elyssa Samson’s three goals but<br />
the team found itself playing<br />
catch-up the entire game. At<br />
halftime Live Oak led 6-2 and<br />
by the end of the third quarter<br />
they’d extended their lead to 10-<br />
3 on goals from Cretcher, Rick<br />
(her third), Priscilla Orona,<br />
Alisa Pinabarsi and Danielle<br />
Dukes.<br />
“The score of the game got to<br />
them,” said Furth, explaining<br />
the discouragement felt by the<br />
Pioneer squad as the game<br />
became more out of reach. In<br />
the fourth quarter the Mustangs<br />
maintained their pride, scoring<br />
three goals, which were not<br />
enough to bridge the gap.<br />
The Pioneer goal-scorers,<br />
aside from Samson’s three<br />
Pioneer's Goalie Jahna Shortt reaches for the<br />
ball during their Central Coast Section playoff<br />
game against Live Oak at Live Oak High<br />
School in Morgan Hill.<br />
tallys, were Kim Atale, Abby<br />
Lineberry and Teri Hreha.<br />
Next year Furth is expecting<br />
four starters back, but described<br />
Samson’s departure as a “great<br />
loss for us. She’s phenomenal.”<br />
Furth also singled out sprinter<br />
Natasha Eybach as “very fast<br />
and getting stronger by the<br />
week. She’s an incredible asset.”<br />
“This was definitely a building<br />
year for us,” said Furth. The<br />
Mustangs finished with 15 wins<br />
and 10 losses; Live Oak was 18-<br />
4 after the win over Pioneer.<br />
“Our girls learned a lot. We sustained<br />
a lot of injuries but had a<br />
winning season.”
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Barnett runs<br />
her way<br />
to second<br />
CCS title<br />
By Gary van den Heuvel<br />
Staff Writer<br />
Leland High school’s resident<br />
cross country superstar<br />
Stephanie Barnett did it<br />
again, winning her second consecutive<br />
CCS finals Saturday at<br />
Belmont’s Crystal Springs Park.<br />
Racing in the Division II championship,<br />
the junior posted the<br />
day’s best time of 17:32, also a<br />
personal record, under wet,<br />
muggy conditions on the 2.95mile<br />
course. Bishop Kelly High<br />
School’s Ellen Lyons holds the<br />
course record for girls, set in1979<br />
at 16:31.<br />
“Last year it was really exciting,”<br />
said Barnett. “This year it<br />
was more nerve-wracking. [Being<br />
the defending champion] gives<br />
you the advantage but also puts<br />
more pressure on you.”<br />
If she was nervous, Barnett didn’t<br />
show it. Right from the starting<br />
gun, Barnett took the lead and<br />
never let up. Coming into view<br />
turning a corner down the<br />
stretch, Barnett was all alone. For<br />
several seconds she was the only<br />
visible runner, until runner-up<br />
Shelby Golan of St. Francis came<br />
into view. Golan finished 23 seconds<br />
behind Barnett with a time<br />
of 17:55. Barnett’s younger sister<br />
Claudia, took fourth place with a<br />
time of 18:21.<br />
We pace off each other in workouts,”<br />
said Stephanie, who<br />
believes the only edge she has on<br />
her sister is in mental toughness.<br />
“She’s a lot stronger than I am and<br />
taller so it’s a friendly competition.”<br />
Both Barnetts will advance to<br />
the state championships on Nov.<br />
24.<br />
Willow Glen senior<br />
Mohammed Abdalla also qualified<br />
for he state meet. Abdalla<br />
came into the meet as the defending<br />
Division III champion and the<br />
first runner in over 20 years to<br />
break the 15-minute mark on the<br />
Crystal Springs course three different<br />
times, including this previous<br />
week in the Blossom Valley<br />
Athletic League finals. On this<br />
day, though, Abdalla had to settle<br />
for second place with a time of<br />
15:08, behind Gambileg Bor of<br />
Jefferson, who completed the<br />
course in 14:56, the day’s best<br />
time for all runners.<br />
The boys’ course record has<br />
stood since 1973, when Jim<br />
Kingery of then San Carlos High<br />
won in 14:28. Abdalla’s teammate<br />
Nohe Lema finished fourth and<br />
Above left: Leland's Matt Vera runs the 2.95 mile cross country course at Crystal<br />
Spring during the Central Coast Section finals in Belmont. Vera was the first Leland<br />
runner to finish the course. Above right: Stephanie Barnett talks to reporters after<br />
winning the Central Coast Sections Girls' division II race with a time of 17:32 at<br />
Crystal Springs cross country course in Belmont on Saturday Nov 10. Barnett<br />
now qualifies for the State Championships. Photos by Dan Miranda<br />
helped the Willow Glen squad<br />
finish third behind Aptos and St.<br />
Ignatius, meaning the entire<br />
Willow Glen team advances to the<br />
state finals.<br />
Other local qualifiers are<br />
Evergreen Valley’s Cameron<br />
Duran (15:56), who finished seventh<br />
in the Division I race, and<br />
Oak Grove’s Jennifer Clarke<br />
(18:19), who finished fourth in<br />
the Division I girls’ race.<br />
The Crystal Springs course,<br />
which was created in 1972 and<br />
overlooks Highway 280, is known<br />
for its sloping hills, rigorous<br />
climbs and extreme weather conditions.<br />
“Speedwise it was<br />
tough,” said Stephanie Barnett,<br />
“but I think Montgomery Hill<br />
with its hills, is harder. This<br />
one’s hard because I don’t run it<br />
as much. It was drizzling today<br />
but I liked it.”<br />
Stephanie began running competitively<br />
in sixth grade, often<br />
accompanying her mother on<br />
runs.<br />
“The thing I liked the most<br />
[about running] is I always beat<br />
the boys,” she said.<br />
Younger sister Claudia doesn’t<br />
feel quite ready to challenge her<br />
sister’s marks, yet. “Not next<br />
year,” she said. “In two years,<br />
maybe.”<br />
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CommunityCalendar<br />
Unless otherwise noted all phone numbers<br />
are in the 408 area code.<br />
MUSIC<br />
Nov. 17 – Dec. 2<br />
Opera San José continues its 2007–2008<br />
season with Jules Massenet’s Werther.<br />
Eight performances are scheduled at the<br />
California Theatre, 345 South First Street in<br />
San José. The highly romantic Werther<br />
(1892) features a young man infatuated with<br />
a virtuous heroine instead of the typical courtesan.<br />
This ravishing opera features the hopes<br />
and dashed dreams of the quintessential<br />
romantic, a young poet named Werther,<br />
whose ardent passion for Charlotte is frustrated<br />
when he discovers that she is betrothed to<br />
another man. Ultimately, he finds that he cannot<br />
continue to live without her. In French with<br />
English supertitles, Conductors are David<br />
Rohrbaugh, Bryan J. Nies. Tickets are $66,<br />
$78 and $88 from the box office. Call 437-<br />
4450 or www.operasj.org to order or for additional<br />
performance information.<br />
Nov. 18<br />
Jewel, live at the Center for the Performing<br />
Arts. From the remote tundra of her Alaskan<br />
youth to the triumph of international stardom,<br />
Jewel has traveled a singular road as an<br />
acclaimed singer, songwriter, poet, actress<br />
and painter. The three-time Grammy nominee<br />
nevertheless remains a unique and authentic<br />
artist, exploring fresh musical avenues for<br />
more than a decade that have taken her from<br />
the simplicity of acoustic-driven folk to the<br />
embrace of rock, pop, country, blues, jazz<br />
and classical influences. Share the experience<br />
of her renaissance talent and creativity at her<br />
one-night-only performance at the CPA. Event<br />
time is 8 p.m. Tickets are $35 - $55.50. For<br />
tickets or additional information, call 998-TIXS<br />
or www.livenation.com<br />
Nov. 18<br />
The Steinway Society presents pianist<br />
Anton Kuerti at Le Petit Trianon, 72 North<br />
fifth Street, San Jose. The distinguished<br />
Austrian-born Kuerti, now living in Canada,<br />
will be performing at 7 p.m. Kuerti is one of<br />
today’s most recorded artists, and has toured<br />
nearly forty countries and performed with<br />
many major US orchestras such as<br />
Philadelphia, NY Philharmonic, and Cleveland.<br />
Tickets are $30 - $45/General, $20 -<br />
$35/Students, $25 - $40/Seniors. For more<br />
information call 295-6500 or visit www.steinwaythebayarea.com<br />
Nov. 20<br />
Indian classical music : Santoor performance<br />
by Rahul Sharma<br />
This is an Indian classic music of the highest<br />
order. The Montgomery Theater will be the<br />
venue for Rahul Sharma, the son of the living<br />
legend Shi K. Sharma, a world renowned<br />
master of the stringed santoor instrument.<br />
Appearing with him will be Zakir Hussain, a<br />
dynamic percussionist regarded as the “best<br />
hand drummer in the world.” Hussain is a<br />
dynamic percussionist and this unforgettable<br />
performance will hold the audience spellbound!<br />
Performance time is 8 p.m. Tickets<br />
are $25 - $45. For tickets and additional<br />
information, call 925-947-1908 or<br />
http://bapa-pg.com<br />
THEATER<br />
Nov. 14 – Dec. 23<br />
San Jose Stage Company presents the<br />
<strong>To</strong>ny-nominated comedy, “A Tuna<br />
Christmas.” It’s the night before Christmas in<br />
Tuna, the third-smallest town in Texas. In this<br />
sequel to “Greater Tuna”, presented by San<br />
Jose Stage Company to sold-out houses last<br />
season, the beloved citizens of Tuna are try-<br />
Ice skate under the stars – and palm trees – in the heart<br />
of downtown San Jose. Beginning its 12th season,<br />
Downtown Ice has become a holiday tradition and one of<br />
the best skating experiences in the western United States.<br />
The stunning rink, produced by the San Jose Downtown<br />
Association, will attract 40,000 skaters and countless<br />
thousands more spectators. The rink will be open daily<br />
(subject to weather conditions) from Nov. 16 – Jan. 13,<br />
2008. For additional information including hours of operation<br />
and special holiday hours, visit www.sjdowntown.<br />
com or call SJDA’s event line: 279-1775, ext. 44. The rink<br />
phone is 291-0525. Admission: 12-younger: $12; 13older:<br />
$14. Price includes skate rentals and unlimited ice<br />
time. Photo: San José Downtown Association<br />
ing to cope with seasonal traumas such as a<br />
disaster-prone little theatre production of “A<br />
Christmas Carol” and a yard-decorating contest<br />
that’s being sabotaged by a mysterious<br />
Christmas phantom. Directed by Randall King,<br />
“A Tuna Christmas” features Kevin Blackton<br />
and Tim Hendrixson. Previews begin at The<br />
Stage, 490 South First Street, San Jose, on<br />
Nov. 14-15, at 7:30 pm and on Nov. 16, at 8<br />
p.m., with a Gala Opening on Nov. 17; at 8<br />
p.m. Tickets are $20 - $45 and may be<br />
ordered by calling 283-7142 or online at<br />
www.sanjosestage.com.<br />
DANCE<br />
Nov. 15 - 18<br />
Ballet San Jose will present Dennis Nahat’s<br />
dance masterpiece “Carmina Burana” in a<br />
fully-staged production designed by the late<br />
David Guthrie. Set to Carl Orff’s landmark<br />
musical score of 1937, Nahat’s highly theatrical<br />
interpretation of “Carmina Burana” features<br />
the entire company of 40 dancers, the<br />
56-member Symphony Silicon Valley, 100voice<br />
Symphony Silicon Valley Chorale, and<br />
the 30-voice Cantabile Youth Singers. Due to<br />
the subject matter of this performance,<br />
“Carmina Burana” is suggested for mature<br />
audiences. Performances of “Carmina<br />
Burana” will be at the San Jose Center for the<br />
Performing Arts. Tickets are $25 - $82 with<br />
discounts available for students, seniors and<br />
groups. Purchase through the Box Office by<br />
calling 288-2800. Tickets are also available<br />
online at www.balletsanjose.org<br />
Nov. 17 – 18<br />
Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose<br />
presents “Prithvi – The Earth” performing<br />
at the Mexican Heritage Theater, 1700 Alum<br />
Rock Avenue in San Jose. This performance,<br />
featuring choreography by Mythili Kumar and<br />
Raskia Kumar, will include dancers Mythili<br />
and Raskia Kumar, Anjana Dasu, Sushma<br />
Umesh and others. Perfromance times are<br />
11/17 at 7 p.m. and 11/18 at 4 p.m. For tickets<br />
and additional information, call 983-0491<br />
or visit www.abhinaya.org<br />
Nov. 22 – 23<br />
Irishman Michael Flatley’s Lord of the<br />
Dance, a global phenomenon, dances its<br />
way to San Jose’s Canter for the<br />
Performing Arts as part of a 40-city U.S.<br />
tour. More than 50 million people worldwide<br />
have seen Lord of the Dance—the international<br />
Irish dancing extravaganza that has performed<br />
sold out shows at theaters, arenas<br />
and stadiums in more than 67 countries. You<br />
won’t want to miss this limited, three-showsonly<br />
engagement. Admission is $25 - $70.<br />
For performance times and ticket information,<br />
visit www.sjtix.com.com<br />
are 7:30 p.m. with the house opening at 6:45<br />
p.m. Tickets are $10 per person or 4/$35.<br />
Tickets can be purchased at the door. For<br />
more information, email parent coordinator<br />
Carol Carey at PurpleHorn@aol.com.<br />
Nov. 14 - 17<br />
Leland Drama presents: "Twelve Angry<br />
Jurors." The Leland Drama Department, led<br />
by Mr. Steve Dini, will perform in the Leland<br />
cafeteria at 7:30 p.m. Join us for this moving<br />
and powerful play performed by Leland's<br />
finest. General Admission Tickets available at<br />
the door: $8/General, $5/Students and<br />
Seniors over 65.<br />
Nov. 15 – 18<br />
Children’s Musical Theater San Jose presents<br />
“You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown” at<br />
The Montgomery Theater. Based on the<br />
beloved comic strip by Charles M. Schulz,<br />
this family-fun production invites the kid in all<br />
of us into the world of Charlie Brown, his dog<br />
Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang.<br />
This fast paced and lighthearted musical<br />
includes songs the whole family will enjoy -<br />
“My Blanket and Me,” “The Kite,” “The<br />
Baseball Game,” “Little Known Facts,”<br />
“Suppertime,” and “Happiness.” For tickets<br />
and show times, call 288-KIDS or visit<br />
www.sjtix.com.<br />
Nov. 15 - 19<br />
Santana Row’s “Light Up The Row” Annual<br />
Tree Lighting & Holiday Festival: Santana<br />
Row celebrates its fifth anniversary with a<br />
favorite holiday tradition – the annual tree<br />
lighting ceremony and holiday festival. Kick<br />
off the holiday season with live holiday entertainment,<br />
horse-drawn carriage rides and a<br />
special appearance by Cirque du Soleil’s<br />
KOOZA, not to mention the lighting of more<br />
than 500,000 twinkling lights adorning the<br />
neighborhood! Festivities take place throughout<br />
Santana Row from 6:30-9 p.m., with live<br />
music, choirs, carolers, hot chocolate sampling<br />
and activities for children and families.<br />
The tree lighting ceremony will take place on<br />
11/15 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in Park Valencia,<br />
on Olin Avenue between Santana Row and<br />
Winchester Blvd. For more information, call<br />
551-4611 or www.santanarow.com<br />
Nov. 23 – Dec. 31<br />
Celebrate the season with a visit to the<br />
Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation<br />
Department’s 9th Annual Fantasy of Lights.<br />
Vasona Lake County Park will once again be<br />
transformed into a fantasy of thousands of<br />
colorful twinkling lights and many animated<br />
displays. The event is open nightly, including<br />
holidays, from 6 to 10 pm through New<br />
Year’s Eve. Visitors can enjoy the holiday<br />
spectacle from the comfort of their vehicle as<br />
they drive through the holiday lights and<br />
spectacular displays. Admission is $12 but<br />
holiday revelers on a budget can visit Fantasy<br />
of Lights Monday - Thursday only, Nov. 26 -<br />
Dec, 13, 2007, and receive the “Early Bird”<br />
admission price of only $10 and receive two<br />
pairs of free 3-D glasses and a gift bag with<br />
valuable coupons from local vendors, while<br />
supplies last. While there will be no additional<br />
discount for bringing a canned food item benefiting<br />
Second Harvest Food Bank this year,<br />
visitors are encouraged to do so to help<br />
ensure a happy holiday season for all. Visit<br />
www.parkhere.org and click on “Fantasy of<br />
Lights” for general information.<br />
CLASSES<br />
CHILDREN/FAMILY<br />
Ongoing<br />
Ceramics classes for adults. Great news!<br />
Nov. 15 – 17<br />
Hands On Clay classes in <strong>Almaden</strong> is now<br />
Leigh High School/Center Stage Theatre<br />
presents “The Miracle Worker.” Show times<br />
accepting applications for its newly added<br />
morning classes. These small, relaxing classes<br />
are held on Thursday mornings from 9:30-<br />
Nov. 16—<br />
Nov. 22<br />
11 a.m. and 11:30-1 p.m.. Limited space<br />
might also be available for Tuesday and<br />
Thursday evening classes. The fee includes<br />
instructions, clay, glazes, use of tools, and<br />
kiln firings. For more information, call 679-<br />
0238. Space is limited to only four students<br />
for each class, so register today!<br />
Art for Children and Youth - Children can<br />
explore the pleasures of drawing and paint in<br />
a home environment. Classes will be held on<br />
Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:30 to 5<br />
p.m. and from 5 - 6:30 p.m. starting on Sept.<br />
17. Space is limited, as there will only be four<br />
students per class; so sign up early! Class<br />
materials and a light snack will be provided.<br />
For more info, call Nelly at 997-0027.<br />
FIFTY PLUS<br />
Ongoing<br />
AARP Willow Glen - Chapter 5193. Meetings<br />
are held every fourth Monday of the month, 1<br />
– 3 p.m. There will be speakers on senior<br />
issues and refreshments are served. Willows<br />
Senior Center, 2175 Lincoln Ave., San Jose.<br />
For more information call 448-6400.<br />
MISCELLANEOUS<br />
Nov. 6 – Dec. 24<br />
Start your Christmas shopping early and<br />
purchase heirloom quality, handmade lace<br />
covered Christmas ornaments. Vintage as<br />
well as contemporary handmade lace is used<br />
to cover these special, one-of-a-kind ornaments.<br />
Ornaments come in many sizes and<br />
range from $5 to over $50. All proceeds from<br />
this annual sale go towards the maintenance<br />
of the Lace Museum. Lace Museum hours<br />
are Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. -<br />
4 p.m. and is located at 552 South Murphy<br />
Avenue in Sunnyvale with free parking.<br />
Ongoing<br />
Princeton Plaza Fair: ( Meridian, at Kooser<br />
and Blossom Hill) inside the Mervyn’s Plaza.<br />
Fairs will be held on the second Saturday of<br />
each month. Coffee and donuts for early bird<br />
shoppers. November 10 will feature an<br />
Antiques appraisal from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. For<br />
more information, visit www.aplhazetaevents.com<br />
or call 761-6913.<br />
MOMS Club of San Jose - Blossom<br />
Hill/Santa Teresa chapter: We are a playgroup<br />
that meets a few times per week for<br />
many fun, social activities. Our website is<br />
www.bayareamoms.org, Contact Victoria<br />
Meline for more information 888-5838.<br />
12-Step Christian Program - Celebrate<br />
Recovery! Program held every Monday night<br />
at 7 p.m. at Generations Foursquare Church,<br />
133 Bernal Road in San Jose. For more information,<br />
call 504-7687 or visit celebraterecovery@generationsfoursquare.org<br />
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By James Parish<br />
Special to the <strong>Times</strong><br />
For the fifth consecutive<br />
year, the San Jose Silicon<br />
Valley Chamber of<br />
Commerce successfully “accessed”<br />
San Jose City Hall, when<br />
more than 80 chamber members<br />
and guests were granted a<br />
unique opportunity to meet with<br />
Mayor Chuck Reed, city council<br />
members and department heads<br />
during the annual event held on<br />
Nov. 9.<br />
For nearly three hours, city<br />
officials answered questions<br />
from the audience on a wide<br />
range of city issues from economic<br />
development to the<br />
mayor’s Green Policy and transportation.<br />
While Reed and council members<br />
addressed issues such as<br />
inclusionary zoning and business<br />
retention, the prevalent<br />
theme centered on the mayor’s<br />
proposal for the city to “go green”<br />
by being leaders in the movement<br />
to make San Jose the “green<br />
technology capitol of the world.”<br />
The format consisted of three<br />
panels: Reed accompanied by<br />
Councilmembers Nancy Pyle and<br />
Kansen Chu, followed by<br />
Councilmembers Dave Cortese,<br />
Pete Constant, Judy Chirco, and<br />
Sam Liccardo; and then a collection<br />
of city officials, including<br />
Harry Mavrogenes with the San<br />
Jose Redevelopment Agency;<br />
Paul Krutko with the Office of<br />
Economic Development; and Joe<br />
Horwedel with Planning,<br />
Building & Code Enforcement.<br />
The panels engaged in a question<br />
and answer forum moderated<br />
by San Jose Silicon Valley<br />
Chamber of Commerce President<br />
and CEO Pat Dando. Handwritten<br />
questions from attendees<br />
were directed to each 45-minute<br />
session.<br />
Constant discussed the hardships<br />
for business in District 1,<br />
which is flanked by Campbell,<br />
Saratoga, Cupertino and Santa<br />
Clara. He mentioned that restrictions<br />
on business in this area<br />
such as signage can make it hard<br />
to compete because consumers<br />
can simply “go across the street<br />
and take their money to another<br />
city.” For him, it is about making<br />
sure that his district is just as<br />
competitive as the smaller communities<br />
surrounding it.<br />
Liccardo commented on zoning<br />
restrictions—a major concern<br />
for the city, especially ceiling<br />
heights, which could<br />
adversely limit high-rise development.<br />
He also addressed the<br />
night club restrictions in the<br />
downtown area, mentioning that<br />
he would be hesitant to move<br />
toward impacting establishments<br />
that are inherent to the<br />
culture of a downtown atmosphere,<br />
including those yet to<br />
come. Not allowing nightclubs<br />
could discourage new patrons<br />
while the city revitalizes the<br />
downtown core.<br />
Reactions were positive.<br />
Chamber member Beverley<br />
Bryant exclaimed that “the event<br />
was very engaging and Pat<br />
[Dando] did an excellent job in<br />
keeping the dialogue on point.”<br />
She went on to say that the questions<br />
this year were not only<br />
direct, but the answers given<br />
were sharp and to the point.<br />
Others were also pleased, but<br />
would have liked to have heard<br />
different answers from the panelists.<br />
First-time attendee Simon<br />
Wong said it was a great success,<br />
but he was “disappointed to<br />
learn that San Jose does not have<br />
a policy strategy and budget to<br />
help local businesses promote<br />
U.S. products and services to the<br />
international markets.”<br />
Mike Busch<br />
Realtor<br />
(408) 499-5786<br />
FAX: (408) 521-9380<br />
mike@serenogroup.com<br />
The Sereno Group<br />
214 Los Gatos-Saratoga Road<br />
Los Gatos, CA 95030<br />
<strong>Times</strong> Local News<br />
Access City Hall provides insights, answers<br />
The forum concluded another<br />
round of public discussion and<br />
allowed community and chamber<br />
members the opportunity to<br />
have an up-close-and-personal<br />
dialogue with local officials and<br />
hear about pressing issues concerning<br />
our community “globally,<br />
nationally and locally.”<br />
Access City Hall was sponsored<br />
in part by Brandenburg,<br />
Staedler & Moore, Coyote Housing<br />
Group, Gilbane Building<br />
Company, KB Home, KT Properties,<br />
Lowe’s Home Improvement<br />
Warehouse, Pacific Gas &<br />
Electric Company, San Jose<br />
Water Company, Hopkins &<br />
Carley A Law Corporation, Irvine<br />
Company Apartment Communities,<br />
San Jose Sharks, <strong>To</strong>eniskoetter<br />
& Breeding Inc.<br />
James Parish is the Public policy<br />
manager for San Jose Silicon<br />
Valley Chamber of Commerce.<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Weekly � Nov. 16–Nov. 22, 2007 � Page 35<br />
District 10 City Councilmember Nancy Pyle gestures while making a point at the<br />
fifth annual Access City Hall event on Nov. 9. Pyle is joined on her panel by Mayor<br />
Chuck Reed, near left and Councilmember Kansen Chu. San Jose Silicon Valley<br />
Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Pat Dando, a former council member,<br />
moderated the panel.<br />
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<strong>Times</strong>Features<br />
HUMOR<br />
Hillary refuses<br />
to answer<br />
paper-or-plastic<br />
question<br />
Calls cashier’s query<br />
‘hypothetical’<br />
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY)<br />
raised eyebrows in Iowa<br />
today when she refused to respond to a<br />
supermarket cashier’s question about her<br />
preference for paper or plastic bags, calling<br />
the inquiry “totally hypothetical.”<br />
Mrs. Clinton’s aversion to hypothetical<br />
questions has been a hallmark of her quest for<br />
the Democratic presidential nomination, but<br />
her refusal to answer the paper-or-plastic<br />
query during a campaign stop in Davenport<br />
took even some of her closest supporters<br />
aback.<br />
The New York senator had stopped by the<br />
local supermarket for a photo opportunity, but<br />
her appearance ran off the rails when she was<br />
blindsided by the cashier’s unexpected question.<br />
“This paper-or-plastic business<br />
is one of those ‘gotcha’ questions<br />
that I’m not going to get into,”<br />
Mrs. Clinton said. “I don’t want to<br />
be in a situation where I’ve chosen<br />
one and that takes the other<br />
one totally off the table.”<br />
Shunning both paper and plastic,<br />
Mrs. Clinton left the store<br />
clutching an unwieldy assortment<br />
of groceries in her bare<br />
hands.<br />
The<br />
The paper-or-plastic controversy<br />
was the second bump in the<br />
road for Mrs. Clinton today, coming<br />
just hours after a citizen who<br />
posed a question to her in a town<br />
hall meeting was revealed to be her husband,<br />
former President Bill Clinton, dressed as a<br />
woman.<br />
President Clinton, wearing a blonde wig<br />
and an Ann Taylor wrap dress, asked Mrs.<br />
Clinton, “Will your presidency continue the<br />
glorious legacy of my – I mean your husband’s<br />
– terms in office?”<br />
Elsewhere, Chelsy Davy, Prince Harry’s girlfriend<br />
of three years, said she dumped the<br />
Prince because “I got tired of explaining to<br />
friends why my boyfriend was always wearing<br />
a Nazi uniform."<br />
Read more of Andy Borowitz at www.borowitzreport.com.<br />
Andy Borowitz is a nationally<br />
syndicated humor columnist whose work can<br />
be found in Newsweek and other publications.<br />
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Report<br />
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StreetTalk by Carol Rosen<br />
Why do we celebrate<br />
Thanksgiving?<br />
(Asked at Jake’s <strong>To</strong>t Lot and the <strong>Almaden</strong> Children’s Library)<br />
“<strong>To</strong> thank people<br />
and God.”<br />
Nina Flynn, 6<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong><br />
Holy Spirit<br />
School<br />
“Because of the<br />
turkey.”<br />
Noah Campbell,<br />
5<br />
San Jose<br />
Castlemont<br />
Elementary<br />
“<strong>To</strong> give thanks<br />
to things like<br />
the earth, the<br />
grass and food.”<br />
Shane Casey, 5<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong><br />
Graystone<br />
Elementary<br />
“<strong>To</strong> be thankful<br />
for people.”<br />
Carter<br />
Campbell, 4<br />
San Jose<br />
Rosa Elena<br />
Child Care<br />
“Because it’s not<br />
Halloween. I<br />
just like<br />
Halloween."<br />
Jenna Flynn, 3<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong><br />
Just a kid<br />
“We give thanks<br />
for things we are<br />
thankful for.”<br />
Shannon<br />
Kovach, 8<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong><br />
Los Alamitos<br />
Elementary<br />
“Because we get<br />
books.”<br />
Cameron Green,<br />
5<br />
Gilroy (formerly<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong>)<br />
Luigi Aprea<br />
"Because it’s a<br />
time to say what<br />
you are thankful<br />
for and you can<br />
play with your<br />
friends on<br />
Thanksgiving."<br />
Layla Green, 7<br />
Gilroy (formerly <strong>Almaden</strong>)<br />
Luigi Aprea<br />
“Because when<br />
it’s Thanksgiving<br />
we celebrate and<br />
we have a great<br />
Thanksgiving<br />
Day and we<br />
thank turkeys.”<br />
Joshua Cody Collinge, 5<br />
Santa Teresa<br />
Glider Elementary<br />
“Because we’re<br />
thankful for a<br />
lot of stuff;<br />
turkeys and<br />
computers and<br />
gifts.”<br />
Clare Abbott, 6<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong><br />
Holy Spirit School<br />
“Because we<br />
need to be<br />
thankful and<br />
love full. I like<br />
my family and I<br />
like having dinner.”<br />
Kevin Coonan, 4<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong><br />
Holy Spirit School<br />
“The teachers<br />
told me, but I<br />
forgot. I want to<br />
make a turkey<br />
with my grandma<br />
for the family.”<br />
Aida Mushell, 41/2<br />
Santa Teresa<br />
Stratford School
95032<br />
OPEN SAT NOV 17 & SUN NOV 18, 1:30 - 4:30 pm<br />
104 MOJONERA CT<br />
$1,499,000<br />
5 BR, 3 BA, 2,472 SqFt.<br />
Leo Riordan, COLDWELL BANKER<br />
(408) 209-0269<br />
95125<br />
OPEN SAT NOV 17 & SUN NOV 18, 1:30 - 4:30 pm<br />
835 WILLOW GLEN WAY<br />
$1,799,000<br />
5 BR, 3.5 BA, 3,300 SqFt.<br />
Susan & Shawn, COLDWELL BANKER<br />
(408) 399-1062<br />
95127<br />
OPEN SAT NOV 17, 12:00 - 4:00 pm<br />
3647 WARNER DR<br />
$1,595,000<br />
5 BR, 4+ BA, 4,683 SqFt.<br />
Ezequiel Pando, FIDELITY REALTY<br />
(408) 896-7157<br />
95120<br />
OPEN SAT NOV 17 & SUN NOV 18, 1:30 - 4:30 pm<br />
7175 MARTWOOD WAY<br />
$998,000<br />
4 BR, 2 BA, 1,797 SqFt.<br />
Carol Mauldin, ALAIN PINEL REALTORS<br />
(408) 219-1713<br />
95037<br />
OPEN SUN NOV 18, 1:30 - 4:30 pm<br />
170 TARRAGON AVE<br />
$1,199,000<br />
5 BR, 4+ BA, 4,335 SqFt.<br />
Brian Hom, HELP-U-SELL WESTLAKE REALTY<br />
(408) 887-1939<br />
95120<br />
OPEN SUN NOV 18, 1:00 - 4:00 pm<br />
1378 REDMOND AVE<br />
$1,149,000<br />
5 BR, 3 BA, 2,480 SqFt.<br />
Kip Barnard, COLDWELL BANKER<br />
(408) 515-8277<br />
95120<br />
OPEN SAT NOV 17, 1:30 - 4:30 pm<br />
5933 DRYTOWN PL<br />
$899,950<br />
3 BR, 2 BA, 1,802 SqFt.<br />
Dawson/Schwartz, COLDWELL BANKER<br />
(408) 399-1046<br />
95070<br />
OPEN SAT NOV 17 & SUN NOV 18, 1:30 - 4:30 pm<br />
14458 OAK PL<br />
$2,299,000<br />
4 BR, 3.5 BA, 3,773 SqFt.<br />
Bill Gorman, COLDWELL BANKER<br />
(408) 872-3555<br />
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Get Listed! <strong>To</strong> place an ad in the Open House Directory, call Val Esquivel at (408) 494-7000 x207.<br />
95138<br />
OPEN SAT NOV 17 & SUN NOV 18, 1:30 - 4:30 pm<br />
472 DANNA CT<br />
$738,000<br />
3 BR, 2.5 BA, 1,653 SqFt.<br />
Frank Liu, RE/MAX VALLEY PROPERTIES<br />
(408) 313-2688<br />
95138<br />
OPEN SAT NOV 17 & SUN NOV 18, 1:00 - 4:00 pm<br />
1656 HERITAGE BAY PL<br />
$1,069,000<br />
4 BR, 3.5 BA, 3,188 SqFt.<br />
Lupe Monique Frias, WINDERMERE S.V.P.<br />
(408) 981-4675<br />
95120<br />
OPEN SAT NOV 17 & SUN NOV 18, 1:30 - 4:30 pm<br />
7017 HOLLOW LAKE WAY<br />
$1,999,900<br />
4 BR, 3.5 BA, 3,162 SqFt.<br />
Carol Mauldin, ALAIN PINEL REALTORS<br />
(408) 219-1713<br />
95070<br />
OPEN SAT NOV 17 & SUN NOV 18, 1:30 - 4:30 pm<br />
14524 OAK ST<br />
$2,465,000<br />
4 BR, 4+ BA, 4,250 SqFt.<br />
Hadi Ghafouri, COLDWELL BANKER<br />
(408) 406-0006<br />
95123<br />
OPEN SAT NOV 17, 1:30 - 4:30 PM<br />
379 OLEANDER DR<br />
$565,000<br />
3 BR, 2 BA<br />
BRIAN HOM, HELP-U-SELL WESTLAKE REALTY<br />
(408) 887-1939<br />
95008<br />
OPEN SUN NOV 18, 1:00 - 5:00 pm<br />
1819 HACIENDA AVE<br />
$1,589,000<br />
4 BR, 3.5 BA, 3,314 SqFt.<br />
Joe Maguire, ALTAS REALTY<br />
(408) 377-6500<br />
95120<br />
OPEN SAT NOV 17 & SUN NOV 18, 1:30 - 4:30 pm<br />
7074 WEBB CANYON DR<br />
$1,599,000<br />
4 BR, 3.5 BA, 3,124 SqFt.<br />
Phil Billiet, BETTER HOMES REALTY<br />
(408) 448-5600<br />
95127<br />
OPEN SUN NOV 18, 1:30 - 4:30 PM<br />
15709 HIGHLAND DR<br />
$949,000<br />
4 BR, 3.5 BA, 2,488 SQFT.<br />
SHERRY HITCHCOCK, ALAIN PINEL REALTORS<br />
(408) 913-7793
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Airport update:<br />
Plans change for<br />
holiday<br />
With the start of construction on<br />
roadways in front of Terminal C in<br />
December, the Mineta San Jose<br />
Airport construction will be in the<br />
west and north sections of the<br />
Terminal C short-term parking lot,<br />
which will reduce the number of<br />
available spaces.<br />
There still will be short-term<br />
parking available in the Terminal C<br />
surface lot, just less of it. In addition,<br />
there is ample parking available<br />
in the Terminal A garage, and<br />
it’s easy to catch a blue shuttle bus<br />
to Terminal C that runs every few<br />
minutes between the terminals.<br />
On Saturday, Nov. 24, the airport<br />
will begin restricting entry into the<br />
north portion of the Terminal C<br />
short-term lot, a reduction of<br />
approximately 180 spaces. In mid-<br />
December, the west portion of the<br />
Terminal C short-term lot will<br />
close. This area is next to the roadway<br />
in front of the terminal, and<br />
will result in a reduction of<br />
approximately 170 spaces.<br />
Depending on the construction<br />
schedule, officials anticipate closing<br />
all the remaining space in this<br />
lot by the end of December to start<br />
building the new consolidated<br />
rental car garage on the site in<br />
January.<br />
On Friday, Nov. 30, officials note<br />
that the interim parking lot on the<br />
south side of the Terminal C baggage<br />
claim building is scheduled to<br />
open. This new lot will be used<br />
mostly by drivers who park on an<br />
hourly basis, generally those who<br />
are picking up and dropping off<br />
passengers at Terminal C.<br />
Drivers parking for a day or more<br />
should use the Terminal A parking<br />
garage and take the blue shuttle<br />
bus to Terminal C. The blue shuttle<br />
buses from Terminal A to Terminal<br />
C are very frequent, since all the<br />
buses go that way. Returning from<br />
Terminal C to Terminal A, travelers<br />
do need to look for the "Inter-<br />
Terminal" shuttles (since the others<br />
take you back to long-term parking<br />
or the rental car center).<br />
Airport officials are doing a holiday<br />
parking promotion for longterm<br />
parkers. Save $3 per day in<br />
the long-term lot on the west side<br />
of the airport, off Martin Avenue in<br />
Santa Clara – that’s a 20 percent<br />
discount. You're guaranteed a spot<br />
at a reduced rate, and it’s easy to<br />
take the blue shuttle bus right to<br />
your terminal. <strong>To</strong> get your $3-off<br />
coupon, go to www.flysanjose.com.<br />
The promotion coupon is good Nov.<br />
11 to Jan. 7.<br />
The consolidation of the<br />
Terminal C checkpoints will provide<br />
more efficient security checkin,<br />
better customer service, and<br />
reduced waiting for passengers,<br />
especially at peak times. By bringing<br />
three separate checkpoints<br />
together in Terminal C, TSA security<br />
staff will have more flexibility<br />
screening passengers when traffic<br />
is greatest.<br />
With the changeover, most food<br />
and beverage services and more<br />
restrooms in Terminal C now will<br />
become post-security, which will<br />
make it easier for travelers before<br />
boarding their flights. Coffee and<br />
snacks will be available pre-security<br />
near the baggage claim area.<br />
After the consolidation, the<br />
north end of Terminal C will close<br />
to prepare it for demolition to clear<br />
the site for the construction of our<br />
new Terminal B in early 2008.<br />
Another reminder: Passengers<br />
should arrive at least 90 minutes<br />
before domestic flights, and two<br />
hours before international flights,<br />
especially during the holiday season.<br />
Start your holiday stress free<br />
by arriving early, enjoying a bite to<br />
eat, and picking up some snacks or<br />
reading material for your flight.<br />
TSA has restrictions on what<br />
you can bring on board, either<br />
carry-on or in checked luggage. For<br />
the most current rules for travelers,<br />
go to www.tsa.gov. By being prepared,<br />
you'll save time and hassle<br />
for both yourself and for your fellow<br />
travelers.<br />
Although construction activity<br />
has been taking place at Terminal<br />
A over the past few months, it has<br />
<strong>Times</strong> Local News<br />
Santa Lamps lights the way for no-hassle holiday spirit<br />
A<br />
lmaden’s own David Mun and Justin<br />
Petersen founded Santa Lamps, a<br />
Christmas light installation compa-<br />
ny, and outfitted more than 50 homes last<br />
holiday season.<br />
Santa Lamps’ service includes lighting,<br />
lawn ornaments and specialty garlands. In<br />
addition, the company maintains customers’<br />
lighting arrangements throughout<br />
the holiday season. If a bulb burns out,<br />
Santa Lamps returns to mend it.<br />
“If you blow some bulbs out or if you trip<br />
the circuit breaker, we’ll come out and take<br />
care of it at no additional charge,” said<br />
Petersen.<br />
Santa Lamps’ design capability meets the<br />
needs of any customer. “We have a customer<br />
with a very high-end home in Atherton that<br />
has us design an entire Christmas lighting<br />
scheme, and we have a customer in<br />
Evergreen who lets their 6-year-old make<br />
the decisions,” said Mun. “We can work<br />
with anybody.”<br />
Design and installation packages start as<br />
low as $150 for a single-story single-family<br />
home.<br />
As for the founders, Mun and Petersen,<br />
both graduated from Leland High School,<br />
after attending Bret Harte Middle School<br />
together.<br />
Last year the duo elected to spend the holiday<br />
season scampering up ladders and across roofs,<br />
hanging Christmas decorations, while businesses<br />
that they started independently gained<br />
momentum.<br />
“Work that surrounds the holiday season is<br />
really enjoyable because people care about it,”<br />
said Petersen. “Customers care about the work<br />
that we do. Parents care about what their kids<br />
think of the family’s Christmas spirit.”<br />
Service also includes off-season storage at the<br />
company’s warehouse facility. Lights are<br />
returned in working condition, and ready to<br />
shine.<br />
Santa Lamps can even design a custom lighting<br />
setup that fits your specific needs, be it res-<br />
idential or commercial.<br />
“With all of the craziness associated with the<br />
holidays, people gravitate toward Santa Lamps<br />
because it simplifies their lives,” said Mun.<br />
“We help families avoid the hassle and work<br />
involved with hanging lights and putting up<br />
decorations,” he said. “A lot of people just don’t<br />
have the time to install and then remove their<br />
Christmas lights. There are also safety concerns<br />
about climbing around on the roof and going up<br />
and down ladders. We do it.”<br />
Peterson, 27, and Mun, 28, have been good<br />
friends ever since they met at Bret Harte Middle<br />
School in sixth grade. When they’re not hanging<br />
lights and installing decorations during the<br />
holidays, they maintain regular jobs. Petersen<br />
owns a publishing company, Section Sports,<br />
been mostly out of view of the general<br />
public. Starting next week,<br />
there will be construction barricades<br />
around the front of the terminal<br />
at its south and north ends,<br />
signaling the start of construction<br />
on the new emergency exit stairs at<br />
these locations. Work also will start<br />
on a new air side loading ramp to<br />
replace the current loading dock at<br />
the south front end of Terminal A.<br />
Because the $1.3-billion project<br />
to replace and upgrade the SJC terminal<br />
area is complex and moving<br />
fast, construction schedules are<br />
subject to revision. Officials will<br />
update the public about the project<br />
details as they occur and adjust<br />
schedules for the project over the<br />
next three years.<br />
Evening of unique,<br />
artistic clothing,<br />
accessories<br />
On Dec. 7 at 6 and 10 p.m. the<br />
Peninsula Wearable Arts Guild<br />
and the San Jose Museum of<br />
Quilts & Textiles will bring you a<br />
fun-filled evening featuring artistic<br />
clothing and accessories.<br />
This fashion show, featuring<br />
locally designed handmade fashions<br />
and wearable art, will be held<br />
at the museum during downtown<br />
San Jose’s arts and entertainment<br />
district’s “gallery crawl” called<br />
South First Fridays. Entrance to<br />
the fashion show and the museum<br />
are both free to the public for the<br />
event.<br />
The Peninsula Wearable Arts<br />
Guild (PenWAG) is a nonprofit<br />
organization dedicated to promoting<br />
the knowledge of, appreciation<br />
for, and the skills associated<br />
with creating wearable art, such<br />
as clothing and accessories.<br />
PenWAG members participating<br />
in the museum’s First Friday event<br />
schedule will model their creations,<br />
which include costumes,<br />
art-to-wear, hats, altered couture,<br />
quilted and tailored work, jewelry,<br />
painted, dyed or embellished<br />
pieces and knits. The evening’s<br />
theme is California Dressy.<br />
"The original and creative<br />
'designs for the body' by PENWag<br />
members are a fitting lead-in to<br />
our retrospective of the work of<br />
renowned artist and designer<br />
Marian Clayden, opening Jan. 15,"<br />
said museum curator Deborah<br />
that prints sports-related materials and Mun is<br />
an accountant during the tax season and tours<br />
with South Bay recording artist, “Starving<br />
Millionaires.”<br />
does Mun suggest to people who are about to<br />
decorate their homes and yards with lights and<br />
decorations? “Less is more,” he explained. “<strong>To</strong>o<br />
many people get in a competition with their<br />
neighbors and end up putting up way too<br />
much. Stay away from clutter. Simplicity is the<br />
key when putting up lights.<br />
For more information, call (408) 386-7373 or<br />
visit www.santalamps.com.<br />
Quick Tip: Try the new LED Christmas lights.<br />
Your house will light up brighter and longer while<br />
keeping your PG&E bill lower that last Christmas<br />
season.<br />
Corsini.<br />
“This First Friday in December<br />
will not only provide visitors with<br />
the opportunity to enjoy the<br />
museum for free, it will dazzle<br />
them with some of the Peninsula’s<br />
most notable and inspiring<br />
designs of artful clothing and<br />
accessories,” said Darcy Fowkes, a<br />
PenWAG board member. This<br />
artistic, social, and cultural event<br />
is a first for both organizations.<br />
The San Jose Museum of Quilts<br />
& Textiles was the first museum<br />
dedicated to quilts and textiles in<br />
the United States, and in 2005<br />
was named one of the top 10<br />
attractions in San Jose. Museum<br />
and Museum Store hours are: 10<br />
a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through<br />
Sunday; closed Mondays and<br />
major holidays.<br />
Admission is $6.50 general; $5<br />
students and seniors; and free to<br />
museum members and children<br />
under 13. Admission is free on the<br />
first Friday of each month. The<br />
San Jose Museum of Quilts &<br />
Textiles is located at 520 South<br />
First Street in downtown San Jose.<br />
For more information, call 408-<br />
971-0323 or visit www.sjquiltmuseum.org.
Grandmother<br />
serving in Iraq<br />
Due home in March/<br />
April timeframe<br />
By Carol Rosen<br />
Editor<br />
Susan Max is not your typical grandmother.<br />
The Army Reserve captain<br />
has spent most of the past year serving<br />
her country in Baghdad.<br />
Max is the mother of four and grandmother<br />
of four. Being in Iraq as a soldier is<br />
“an interesting experience at this time of<br />
my life,” she told the <strong>Times</strong>.<br />
The 59-year-old, who stands just slightly<br />
over 5 feet tall and weighs 106 pounds,<br />
lives in Blossom Valley near <strong>Almaden</strong>. She<br />
has been a member of the Army Reserves<br />
for more than 17 years and a nurse for 41<br />
years--35 of them for the U.S. Army. She<br />
was sent to Iraq about a year ago, but not as<br />
a nurse. This time she’s classified as a civil<br />
affairs coordinator.<br />
She works at the headquarters there, to<br />
plan, inform and develop programs. Her job<br />
is to help provide programs that will teach<br />
Iraqis vocational technology in mechanical<br />
schools, to help facilitate repair of schools<br />
and to keep the local population secure and<br />
stable.<br />
She spends most of her time on base and<br />
has had little connection with the people<br />
she’s working to help, although she does<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Area Meetings<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Helping Hands Networking Group<br />
We are <strong>Almaden</strong>'s premier exclusive business networking<br />
group, leveraging social networking within<br />
a community to generate business for members<br />
and at the same time serving the community by<br />
reaching out to help the poorer members of a community<br />
and help them be a productive part of the<br />
community. Each profession will have only one<br />
representative within the group and such focused<br />
one-on-one networking will help the members<br />
strengthen and extend relationships, bringing the<br />
community together. Meets once a month, Please<br />
contact us at info@almadennet.org or visit our<br />
website for more info: www.almadennet.org<br />
The <strong>Almaden</strong> Valley Community Association will<br />
hold its monthly meeting on Monday, Sept. 10 from 7 to<br />
9 p.m. at the <strong>Almaden</strong> Community Center, 6445<br />
Camden Ave. Kevin Briggs and the city’s arborist, Ralph<br />
Mize, will discuss San Jose’s tree preservation policy<br />
and services during its comprehensive review of treerelated<br />
services and regulations. The city has developed<br />
a framework of proposed actions and needs input to<br />
develop this framework into actions. The AVCA’s<br />
October meeting is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 1. The<br />
speaker will be Dan Collen, senior engineer for county<br />
roads. For more information, contact Art Boudreault,<br />
president, at artb@netwiz.net or Ron Blake, vice president<br />
at ronblake@sbcglobal.net, or visit the AVCA Web<br />
site at www.avca-sj.org.<br />
<strong>Almaden</strong> Valley Singles meets monthly to plan<br />
upcoming activities. Some of our activities include<br />
monthly Pot Lucks, helping to clean up trash at Parma<br />
Park, Movie Nights, as well as an Out to Dinner group.<br />
Come join us this Saturday and get to know us better.<br />
All 95120 singles are welcome. Call 268-8987 to RSVP.<br />
The Santa Clara Co. Horsemen’s Association, founded<br />
in 1939, meets the third Friday of each month at its<br />
property located at 20350 McKean Road, San Jose.<br />
Increase your knowledge of horses and enjoy the kinship<br />
of fellow equestrians. You don’t need to own a<br />
work with Iraqi contractors. “They’re<br />
happy we’re here,” she said.<br />
Max expresses no fear. “I think it’s harder<br />
for the family at home than it is for us,” she<br />
told the <strong>Times</strong>.<br />
She’s located near the International Zone,<br />
which she calls a “fairly safe area. It’s pretty<br />
safe, there’s not a constant barrage, but<br />
there is sporadic gunfire,” Max said. “I<br />
think anytime you are outside there’s<br />
always a risk,” she said. “In my situation,<br />
I don’t feel any less safe than I would at<br />
home driving down the freeways.”<br />
Her typical day is 12 to 15 hours of<br />
work, six-and-a-half days a week. “Social<br />
life is minimal, but there are things going<br />
on,” she said. When she finishes work<br />
she likes to go back to the trailer and read.<br />
Max says she’s gotten used to reading and<br />
horse to be a member. Call 268-4215 or check out our<br />
web site at www.horsemens.org.<br />
Leads Club, the original business referral networking<br />
organization meets every Wednesday at 11:45 a.m. on<br />
Hillsdale near <strong>Almaden</strong> Expressway. For location<br />
details and more information, call Yvonne at 239-<br />
6385.<br />
The Las Madres Adoptive Moms Group meets twice a<br />
month on Friday mornings for play dates and lunch.<br />
Once per month we also have Mom’s Night Out, a<br />
family activity and a newsletter with stories written by<br />
members as well as informative articles and book<br />
reviews on adoption. For more information, visit<br />
www.lasmadres.org or contact Barb Griswold at barbgris@aol.com<br />
or call toll free 1-877-LasMadres.<br />
Business Leads Unlimited (www.onlineblu. com)<br />
meets at 7:30 a.m. every Tuesday, at the Denny’s<br />
Restaurant on Blossom Hill Road approximately one<br />
half mile east of <strong>Almaden</strong> Expy.<br />
Oakridge Century Theatres in association with Las<br />
Madres Neighborhood Playgroups presents<br />
CineMamas! A morning out to the movies for moms<br />
and their little ones. This group meets every Tuesday at<br />
10 a.m., There are three showings to choose from, babysafe<br />
sound levels, cheerios at the concession stand and<br />
a relaxing atmosphere with other moms who understand<br />
kids are kids! Check CineMamas.com for a weekly<br />
update on what is showing. Kids under 3 are free!<br />
Le Tip International, a business leads networking<br />
group meets every Tuesday at 7:15 a.m. at Denny’s<br />
Restaurant, 1140 Hillsdale Avenue. For more information,<br />
call 298-9131.<br />
The Kiwanis Club of South San Jose meets at the Cup<br />
and Saucer family restaurant community room, 1375<br />
Blossom Hill Rd., on Tuesday night at 5:30 and also<br />
Thursday morning at 7 am. Kiwanis is a worldwide<br />
service organization whose motto is “Serving the<br />
Children of the World.” We are actively seeking new<br />
members. Contact: Ros Higgins, Club President at<br />
(408) 445-5121 for more information or feel welcome<br />
to show up at the meeting.<br />
<strong>Times</strong> Local News<br />
Captain Susan Max, a 59-year old grandmother of four, sitting in her office in Baghdad’s International Zone.<br />
not watching television. Although if she<br />
wants to watch TV, there are large televisions<br />
in the dining facility.<br />
The biggest change for her is the<br />
accommodations. She doesn’t complain,<br />
but vows “never to camp in a tent again.<br />
When I first got here, the same time as the<br />
surge, we were living in tents. These<br />
weren’t typical camping tents, they were<br />
air conditioned and had wood floors, but<br />
it was still a tent.”<br />
She now lives with a roommate in an<br />
“Ikea-like” trailer. Neither of these homes<br />
away from home have bathrooms, however.<br />
There is a special facility with showers<br />
and port-a-potties. “It’s not like being<br />
home with a bathroom off your master<br />
bedroom,” Max said.<br />
“When I got here it was extremely hot.<br />
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It’s cooled off a bit since then. <strong>To</strong>day it’s in<br />
the 90s. It’s miserable when you are going<br />
through it, but then you forget it when it<br />
cools off.”<br />
Meals, she says, are great. “We are well<br />
fed, so I try to walk as much as I can.”<br />
Max has been married to Joe Max for 35<br />
years; they got married on Veteran’s Day.<br />
Two of her four children live in the San<br />
Jose area, while another lives in Turlock<br />
and another in Shasta. Her oldest child,<br />
Vince Fern is 40 and Michael Fern is 39.<br />
Of her two other children, Jon Max who is<br />
33 and Jennifer Max, who is 30, Jennifer<br />
lives at home helping take care of her<br />
father who has kidney disease.<br />
“We’re a pretty close family and they<br />
miss me. It’s difficult for them. I’m concerned<br />
about my husband’s illness and<br />
that the fact that my being over there may<br />
exacerbate his problems. But we’re lucky<br />
because my daughter lives with us.”<br />
Three of her grandchildren are under 5:<br />
3-year-old Macy Jane Max, 1-year-old<br />
Leland and 5-month-old Sydney Jo.<br />
However, one is a bit older; Ryan<br />
Fernandez is 21.<br />
Max actually is on leave and in the area.<br />
She was able to come home for her 35th<br />
wedding anniversary on Nov. 11 and<br />
plans to stay through Thanksgiving weekend.<br />
She plans to make a big dinner with<br />
all the trimmings for the entire family.<br />
However, she admits her cooking skills<br />
are rusty, “I’ve gotten spoiled. I don’t have<br />
to cook, do laundry or clean [in Iraq]. It’s<br />
a unique experience,” but she can’t wait to<br />
be home with her entire family seated for<br />
dinner.<br />
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