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A fiber-optic network that willdigitally connect numerouslocal schools and cities will

likely be ready to go live for thenext school year, assuming a settle-ment with cable giant Comcast isapproved by the Palo Alto CityCouncil on Monday night.

The fiber-optic network, known asthe “I-net,” will let one teacherbroadcast real-time lectures to stu-dents at numerous area schools,among other possible innovations.

Also thanks to the proposed set-tlement, local cities like Palo Altoand Menlo Park will soon getaccess to a system allowing them tooverride television shows to sendimportant announcements in theevent of a local emergency.

The I-net and the EmergencyAlert System were supposed tohave been in use by July 2003.

But Comcast did not, according toPalo Alto city officials, meet all ofthe technical requirements for theterms of the “franchise agreement,”which grants the company use of thelocal airwaves in return for givingthe cities various fees and benefits.Comcast disputed the allegations,putting the I-net and EmergencyAlert System on hold while officialsnegotiated a settlement.

Palo Alto was the lead negotiatorfor all the local agencies, which alsoincludes East Palo Alto, Athertonand Menlo Park. The deal allows allsides to avoid a potential lawsuit.

David Ramberg, the cable fran-chise manager for Palo Alto, esti-mates it will take six to eight monthsafter the deal is approved Mondaynight for the I-net and the EmergencyAlert System to be ready for use.

As part of the settlement,Comcast will compensate the areaschools and cities with a $175,000grant to help schools set up the I-net and new fiber-optic lines anddigital equipment, estimated tocost around $800,000. One term ofthe franchise agreement thatComcast was accused of violatingwas not constructing enough fiberlines to various buildings.

For not meeting the terms of theagreement, Comcast — which pur-chased the franchise from AT&T in2002 — faced a possible $1.6 millionfine. Due to the “uncertainties” andcost of litigation, city staff is recom-mending that the City Council acceptthe negotiated settlement, accordingto the city manager’s report.

Currently, the cities and schoolsbuy telecommunication networksto connect their buildings, payinghundreds of dollars a month foreach line. The I-net will be free,have much greater bandwidthcapacity and connect schools out-side of the individual districts.

“I think down the road we’ll learna lot with it,” said Marie Scigliano,the director of education technolo-gies for the Palo Alto Unified SchoolDistrict, which currently pays for T1lines to connect its schools.

In addition to remote lessons,teacher training could be broadcastover the network, Scigliano noted. ■

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

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UpfrontLocal news, information and analysis

by Alexandria Rocha

A 20-kilowatt photovoltaic sys-tem at Escondido ElementarySchool would save the world

eight gallons of gas a day.It would also shave off about

$7,000 a year from the school’s ener-gy bill and augment the entire dis-trict’s math and science curricula.

In tough financial times, it’s toobad the system will also cost the PaloAlto Unified School District $70,000.

If the district didn’t pay thatshare, it would lose a $128,000grant it received for the $247,000system from the state’s EnergyCommission. The $50,000 donatedfor the cause from the MorganFamily Foundation and the commu-nity would also be in limbo.

At a meeting earlier this month, thedistrict’s Board of Education decidedto withdraw $70,000 from the dis-trict’s Property Fund to pay for therest of the system, which will likelypay itself off in 10 years.

“The remaining (system) balancewe felt was small enough that thepayback from the energy savings wasworth making the investment,” saidboard President Cathy Kroymann. “Itwas an easy decision to invest thatmoney so we had a teaching and

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Escondidogoing solar

System will cost district about $70,000

City, Comcastsettle dispute

Municipal fiber-optic network, Emergency AlertSystem will be ready in six to eight months if

City Council approves deal Monday nightby Bill D’Agostino

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W hen it comes to recycling, both Mark Bowersand Kevin Drew proclaim themselves “hardcore.”

“I’m an old-line recycler,” said Drew, the residentialand special-projects recycling coordinator for the cityand county of San Francisco. He was doing it evenbefore it became politically correct.

Both Drew and Bowers, the solid-waste programmanager for the city of Sunnyvale, also share a com-mon vision for the world. They hope one day to seealmost everything that people use either recycled orreused — not thrown into a landfill.

But there’s a difference between the two and theircities — a distinction the Palo Alto City Council willdebate Monday night. In Drew’s San Francisco, resi-dents casually toss all of their recyclables into a single

bin for curbside pickup. In Sunnyvale, where Bowersis solid-waste program manager, residents segregatetheir old newspapers from the other recyclable goods— so-called “dual-stream” recycling.

The difference may not seem like a big deal, but itcould cost Palo Alto hundreds of thousands of dollarsa year. And the issue raised enough contention back inMay that the City Council split, like a dual-streamrecycling cart, on their vote: 5-4 in favor of adoptingthe all-in-one program.

Then last week, Council member LaDoris Cordellasked the single-stream decision be reopened, afterlearning that it carried a price tag of at least $647,000a year more than the city’s current four-crate recyclingapproach. Cordell, who had voted for single-stream,

Norbert von der Groeben

PASCO collector David Gonzales picks up single-stream bins on Amherst Street Thursday morning.

Council to recycle decision on recyclingWhile cities throughout Bay Area have already chosen, Palo Alto still debates

by Jocelyn Dong


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Act on librariesThe future of the Palo Alto Library is

in all of our hands. But it is the CityCouncil that must take charge. It’s upto council members to ask the centralquestion: Will we as a community con-tinue to sit back and watch our library’songoing decline — or will we start todevelop a long-term sustainable visionfor a better library?

Last week, Library Director PaulaSimpson outlined several possiblecourses of action with the goal of start-ing what City Manager Frank Benestcalled a “courageous conversation”about the future of our library. We urgethe mayor, the council, the city manag-er and the entire community to keep anopen mind and to join this conversationabout the future of our library.

Doing nothing is simply unaccept-able. The Palo Alto library collectionis not adequate and our once shabbi-ly genteel facilities are becomingmerely shabby. Solving these prob-lems will require bold, creative actionby the council. Why not leave a lega-cy of positive change rather than atrail of neglect?

The Palo Alto Library Foundationstands ready to support any alternativethat will improve Palo Alto’s library inthe long term. Let’s not write off parceltaxes or bond measures just becausethese approaches have failed in otherinstances. If the foundation can raisesubstantial funds for major capital proj-ects, will voters really reject measuresthat will get them excellent library serv-ices at a portion of the cost?

To the community we say this: Lookat the big picture. Ask not only whatbest meets your library needs today,but what will best serve Palo Altans forthe next 50 years.

And to the City Council we say this:Don’t be shortsighted. Lead the waytoward a library of which we can all beproud.

Katherine MillerPresident, Palo Alto Library FoundationForest Avenue, Palo Alto

Beautifying El Camino The article about continuing beau-

tification of El Camino Real with eco-nomic development (Weekly, Nov.10) reminds me that this samenotion has been the rationale — formany years — for Palo Alto’s policyfor retail stores. The results, aseverybody knows, have pointed in

the opposite direction.While the spending power of local cit-

izens has grown, as evidenced by thecurrent housing prices, the proportionof their spending in local stores hascontinuously shrunk. It is clear that aes-thetics play a minor role in decidingwere Palo Altans shop for their dailyneeds or their luxuries.

The same point is well demonstratedby the Weekly’s pictures of a beautifiedEl Camino, flanked with splendid trees.Consider, however, the view of aprospective merchant, who might wishto open a store on El Camino, which isabout to be beautified.

He would undoubtedly recognize thatin a few years time his new store mightbe virtually hidden by these lovely treesto drivers and passengers zippingalong at 40 miles an hour.

This is not exactly what the ownersof such stores would want.

Ely BrandesAlma Street, Palo Alto

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learning tool for our students.”The solar panel system at

Escondido will be the third such sys-tem at Palo Alto’s public schools.Ohlone Elementary School has aone-kilowatt system and Gunn HighSchool has a five-kilowatt system,both funded through grants.

The plan is to use Escondido’ssolar panel system as a districtwidelearning tool. Since the system willcome with educational software thatactually tracks the daily energy sav-ings, teachers can take their studentsto Escondido on field trips.

According to the InterstateRenewable Energy Council, schoolsacross the country are going solar,and not just for the power but toenrich the math and science curricu-la. A big reason behind the solartrend is that state and federal agen-cies have recently developed grantprograms to encourage schools toinstall photovoltaic systems.

Carl Salas, the district’s energyconsultant, said agencies are startingto offer the grants because energysavings are paramount. “There’s nopollution, and you don’t have to shipfrom the Middle East,” he added.

In 2002, Lisa Benatar, a scienceteacher at Escondido ElementarySchool, jumped at an opportunity toapply for such a grant through theCalifornia Energy Commission.

Escondido was one of 15 schoolsgiven a grant that year to neverreceive any funds — the EnergyCommission was unable to secure themoney through the state Departmentof Finance. When the funds becameavailable earlier this year, thoseschools were given preference andencouraged to reapply.

The Energy Commission awardedthe district $128,000 for a 20-kilo-watt photovoltaic system atEscondido. It sounded doable, untilSalas estimated the installation ofsuch a system to be about $247,000.

By then the district was facing a$6.5 million deficit due to the state

budget crisis. If the district was goingto cash in on the $128,000 from thestate, it had to come up with the restby December. Escondido’s parentand teacher community raised about$25,000, which matched a donationalready given to the cause from thelocal Morgan Family Foundation.

Still $69,000 short, the districtdecided to pull the money from theProperty Fund.

Kroymann said the PropertyFund’s balance is about $6 million.Dan Sarouhan, district director offacilities development, said the fundis a separate account “where moneywas accrued by the sale of propertyfew years ago.” It is set aside for anycapital expenses, such as reopeningTerman Middle School, he said.

Now that Escondido’s solar panelproject was put out for bid, Salas andSarouhan admit the bid could comeback much more than $247,000.They will just have to wait and see. ■

Staff Writer Alexandria Rochacan be e-mailed at [email protected].

Solar power(continued from page 3)

said the costs had not been clearlyspelled out by staff in May.

Palo Alto was one of the firstcities in the nation to institute acurbside recycling program in1978. These days, it is playingcatch up with municipalitiesthroughout the Bay Area that havealready launched into the next eraof curbside recycling.

Like Palo Alto today, Sunnyvalein 2001 had to make a decisionabout a new recycling programwhen its old method started show-ing signs of age. The crates resi-dents used to sort their recyclableswere breaking down, as they are inPalo Alto.

For Bowers, the decision to go toa dual-stream program had a lot todo with the recycling habits ofSunnyvale residents, which he saidwere “mature.” They had beenrecycling on the curbside since1982 and were well-trained at sort-ing their newspapers, glass bottles,plastics, and more.

Going to a single-stream program“seemed to defy logic,” becausemixing newspapers in with glasswould contaminate the newsprintand make it less valuable to papermills, he said. Glass, when itbreaks, leaves shards that getembedded into the paper.

In terms of weight, newspapersare the largest recyclable materialthat Sunnyvale collects. Paper millsin the United States pay top dollarfor clean, recyclable newsprint,Bowers said, while overseas millspay less for lower-quality paper.

Although the program is workingfor Sunnyvale — Bower has seen a25 percent increase in the tonnagethat residents have recycled overthe past three years — the choice ofa recycling program depends on avariety of factors, he said.

“It’s very specific to communities,”he said.

Cities must balance the needs oftheir residents against the needs ofbusinesses buying recycled materials.

The more a city has residents sorttheir recyclables, the higher the qual-ity of the recyclables. It is then easierto find a market for the materials, and

more revenue is generated to therecycling program, Bowers said.

But the less a city requires resi-dents to sort, the easier it is for themto participate and — anecdotal evi-dence shows — more materials getrecycled. However, if the residentsdon’t sort the materials, thenmachines — and sometimes humans— at the processing plant have to.Because of cross-contamination, therecycled goods will be of lower qual-ity and buyers may less be interested,Bowers said.

Bowers takes exception to the ideathat people participate more in sin-gle-stream recycling programs thandual-stream.

“I’m of the belief that it’s the carts”that are boosting participation, not theall-in-one idea, he said. Sunnyvalealso uses a single, wheeled cart, butsplits it down the middle so newspa-pers get tossed in one side and glassand bottles in another.

As proud as Bowers is of the dual-stream choice, so is Drew of SanFrancisco’s single-stream program.Instituted in 2000, the program hasalso seen a 25 increase in recycling.

The decision to go single-streamhad a lot to do with the city’s desire toexpand its composting program,Drew said. Unlike suburban areas,San Francisco didn’t have a robustprogram for yard waste, because res-idents don’t have much yard space.But the city still wanted residents todivert “organics” — yard clippings,food scraps and soiled paper — fromgoing to the landfill.

So it came up with the “Fantastic3” program, in which residentsreceive one cart each for recyclables,compostables and garbage. The cityobtained trucks that could collectgarbage and recyclables at one time,putting them in separate compart-ments, and another truck for com-posting. Going to the dual-streamrecycling program would haverequired yet another vehicle, whichDrew said was not desirable due toSan Francisco’s narrow streets.

When it comes to contamination,Drew said he hasn’t seen much of aproblem.

“You have to work hard at the sort-ing side,” he said, but they’re still get-ting the same value from mixed news-paper as it was when residents sorted

it. He said machinery can pull out theglass early in the sorting process.

Financially, there are tradeoffs tosingle- and dual-stream programs,although the exact costs vary by city.

The cost to collect single-streammaterials is lower, because the trucksdon’t need to have a split compart-ment to store separate materials.However, sorting costs increase.Depending on whom you talk to, themoney a city gets may or may not belower with single stream.

Drew said the single-stream deci-sion is costing San Francisco resi-dents about 6 percent more than theprevious program.

Bowers did not have figures onhand for the dual-stream program, buthe considered the operating costs to be“pretty low.”

National studies of the two types ofrecycling programs show an industryin flux, as municipalities are onlybeginning to measure the results, andengineers continue to introduce newtechnologies to improve the sortingabilities of the machines.

Palo Alto’s recycling decision willhave long-term ramifications. Thecity already partners with Sunnyvale’sSMaRT station, a waste and recyclingfacility, and could ship its recyclablesthere — but only if it adopts a dual-stream program. Otherwise, it wouldhave to contract with a company thathas a single-stream plant, such asWaste Management Inc., which cur-rently processes the recyclables forthe few neighborhoods in the city’spilot single-stream program.

Or, Palo Alto could build its ownprocessing facility. A proposed, andcontroversial, 19-acre EnvironmentalServices Center in the Baylandswould fit that bill, and will be the sub-ject of council discussions Monday.

Revisiting the recycling decisionhas upset Palo Alto’s city staff, whohave been trying to implement theprogram since May.

In the broader scope of the envi-ronment, the council also agreed thispast Monday to adopt a zero-wastepolicy, in keeping with the CaliforniaIntegrated Waste Management Actthat has set goals for communitiesthroughout the state. ■

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

Recycling(continued from page 3)


Cupboards lean for Mother Branch

Thanksgiving food provider desperately needs donationsby Sue Dremann

O nly nine days beforeThanksgiving, Mother OneidaBranch’s cupboards are

nearly bare.The 86-year-old benefactress to

the East Palo Alto community hasprovided food and clothing to thosein need for 49 years — but this yearthere is increased need, and dona-tions are down.

“Oh, baby, we need money sobad,” she said through her cracklingcell phone connection as she bustledaround her garage with a staff of vol-unteers, preparing for her annualThanksgiving food give-away.

She expects more than 175 peo-ple will be seeking food for theirfamilies next week.

“There’s more need now than ever.There are so many people out ofwork. There are a lot of homelesspeople we’re taking care of — oh,my goodness,” she said.

A gift of turkeys, hams, fresh veg-etables and, especially, a grocery giftcertificate in any amount will helpher meet the need for Thanksgivingand Christmas, she said.

Branch’s operation runs year-round, and no one is ever turned

away. She con-tinues her workdespite sufferingfrom diabetes,congenital heartdisease andr h e u m a t o i darthritis.

“I’m 86 yearsold, but I looklike 59 — theLord is keepingme,” she said.

People can send checks, moneyorders and grocery gift certificates(no cash), or drop off their contribu-tions directly to Mother OneidaBranch, 2584 Farrington Way, EastPalo Alto, CA 94303.

Make checks payable to the EastPalo Alto Community Center.People can deliver food, clothing andmoney gifts directly to MotherBranch at 2584 Farrington Way, EastPalo Alto — the cross street isKavanaugh, off University Avenue.Interested parties can also call (650)325-2848. ■

Staff Writer Sue Dremann canbe e-mailed at [email protected].

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COMMUNITY

O ther programs to help feed the needy for Thanksgiving andChristmas include:

● InnVision/Urban Ministry — Needs food donations for their holidaycommunity potlucks, including a Thanksgiving potluck for the homeless.Turkeys, fresh vegetables and other foods needed. Call Estelle, (408) 243-9842.

● The Urban Ministry Food Closet — Needs canned goods for theirgrocery bag give-away. 425 Hamilton Ave. Palo Alto. Call (650) 325-3663.

● Urban Ministry is taking over the American Red Cross’ toy drive.New, unwrapped toys, ribbons and wrapping paper are needed. Gift cardsfor $10 each from Safeway, Target, and other area stores, and shaving kits,socks and other small gifts for gift bags are needed for individuals oftenleft out at Christmas. Toy donations may be dropped off at 400 MitchellLane, Palo Alto. Call (650) 853-8697 for details.

● St. Anthony’s Padua Dining Room — Needs turkeys, fresh produce,and all the trimmings for their Thanksgiving meal. Their Christmas wishlist includes, turkeys, chickens, hams and produce. 3500 MiddlefieldRoad, Menlo Park. Call (650) 365-9665.

● Jewish Family and Children’s Services, Palo Alto — Needs staplesand packaged and canned goods for their food pantry. And holiday gro-cery bags. Call (650) 688-3030.

● Ecumenical Hunger Program — Feeds the homeless and offers gro-cery bag give-aways in East Palo Alto. Food, clothing and householdessentials are needed. 2441 Pulgas Ave., East Palo Alto. Call (650) 323-7781

● St. Francis of Assisi Church in East Palo Alto - Needs canned foodfor their give-away through St. Vincent DePaul. Call (650) 322-1231 forinformation. ■

WHERE TO DONATE

Kitty Gerard Sanford, a native of Palo Alto, died Oct. 25. A memorialservice will be held Saturday, Nov. 20, at 10 a.m. at the Menlo ParkPresbyterian Church, 950 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park. Gifts can be madeto the American Cancer Society.

William Dana Trask, a longtime resident of Palo Alto, died Nov. 6. Amemorial service will be held Friday, Nov. 19, at 10 a.m. at the Menlo ParkPresbyterian Church, 950 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park.

MEMORIAL SERVICES

FANYA TITINERFanya Titiner, 81, a resident of Palo Alto for more than 7 years, passed away on November

3 after a courageous battle with cancer.Born in Odessas, Ukraine, she courageously survived WWII, and then graduated from Baku

University with honors. She then moved to Riga, Latvia, where she worked for 45 years asthe manager of an engineering electrical equipment team and was awarded multiple medalsand honors for her hard work and creativity. At age 74 she moved to the land of freedom andopportunity to join her daughter and granddaughter and provide them with her support andlove.

She was a wonderful and amazing mother and grandmother to her 3 children and 3grandchildren. She loved traveling with her family, cooking, and ensuring that all herchildren were happy, healthy and safe. How lucky we were to have such a caring andsupportive person in our lives. She was more than a mother and grandmother she was ourbest friend.

Her daughter Kate Lipianskaya, and her grandchildren, Julia Lipianskaya, MarinaYekyashkevich, and Eugene Yelyashkevich will always remember her for her generosity andgentle heart.

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When you first walk into HaroldMcGee’s kitchen, you can’t helpbut notice all the modern ameni-ties: the Viking gas range, theGaggenau electric oven, the

Maytag refrigerator, the dishwasher. Surround-ing the stainless steel appliances are cherrycabinets, which give the room, a cozy, warmfeeling.

It’s a foodie’s dream kitchen, a place whereyou could concoct anything, from cheese souf-fle to chocolate truffles; paella to pizza. Butthis Palo Alto kitchen is not just a fancy show-piece.

It is a laboratory.For the last 10 years, McGee has been con-

ducting all sorts of culinary experiments withthe mission to explore the chemistry of cook-ing and to communicate that knowledge toothers in simple terms. It appears to haveworked.

Best known for his seminal 1984 book, “OnFood and Cooking: The Science and Lore ofthe Kitchen,” McGee is revered by many in theindustry. His book is an encyclopedia thatmany professional chefs turn tofor an understanding of howfood works.

“There is lots of informationon food, what it’s made of,how it behaves when you heat it

or grind it up. But most isin the technical literature,” McGee said. “Ilooked at my job as translating that into Eng-lish and taking what’s of value to home cooksand restaurant chefs, rather than the food in-dustry.”

No one sings his praises more than ThomasKeller, chef-owner of the French Laundry inNapa Valley and Per Se in New York City.

“If there’s a question on cookery and scienceand on why things aren’t working, the refer-ence is Harold’s book,” Keller told Gourmetmagazine in October. “At the Culinary Insti-tute of America, ‘On Food and Cooking’ re-mains a standard text for each forthcominggeneration of chefs, as revered for its scientificauthority as is Escoffier for culinary stan-dards.”

Keller and his colleagues must now makeroom on their bookshelves for a new tome: acompletely updated version of McGee’s 20-year-old classic. It is an anthology that chefsand food lovers can turn to for a comprehen-sive understanding of where our foods comefrom, what they’re made of and how cookingtransforms them into something new and deli-cious.

Divided into 15 chapters, “On Food andCooking” delves into the science behind everytype of food: milk and dairy products, meat,fish, fruits, vegetables, cereals, spices, saucesand more.

The book’s back jacket is strewn with en-dorsements from culi-

nary luminaries, in-cluding Charlie Trot-ter, Bobby Flay andJacques Pépin.

“I have usedHarold McGee’s‘On Food andCooking’ for thelast two decades,

whenever I’ve hadquestions about the

chemistry of food or to under-stand some aspects of the cook-

ing process,” Pépinwrote.

Readers will dis-cover eye-openinginsights into food,its history and its

preparation. For in-stance, the ef-fects of heat onmeat proteins,color and tex-ture; why sweet

potatoes growsweeter as you cook them; where pure vanillagets its flavor; the composition of commonnuts and seeds; why tomatoes shouldn’t be re-

frigerated; how to deal with an overdose ofwasabi. It even includes an early recipe forlaminated pastry, taken from “The EnglishHousewife” (1615).

Due in stores on Tuesday, the nearly 900-page volume is two-thirds longer than the orig-inal, has 100 new illustrations and includes achemistry primer for the lay chef.

It took McGee 10 years to write.

“The food scene has changed so much sincethe late ‘70s — the book just had to be com-pletely different,” McGee said. “I thought inrevising it, maybe 50 percent would be updat-ed and 50 percent would stay unchanged. Itturns out 95 to 98 percent is new. Even whenthe facts didn’t change, the way I’d present itwasn’t the same. I rewrote pretty much every-thing.”

Many of the issues that are addressed in the2004 revision were completely obscure orbarely noticed in 1984, such as irradiation, ge-netic engineering, aquaculture and the threat ofmad cow disease and E. coli. And certainfoods have gained more prominence over theyears, such as organic fruits and vegetables,free-range chickens, sushi, microbrews, cof-fees and teas.

“In some ways people are more interested ingood food than they used to be. Americans aremuch more curious and demanding, particular-ly in this area, with the diverse population wehave. There are wonderful restaurants andmarkets and opportunities to taste things that20 years ago you could never taste, unless yougot on a plane.”

McGee never set out to write about thechemistry of cooking. The Chicago nativeloved astronomy, and attended Caltech(Pasadena), intending to become a scientist.But after two years of studying math, physicsand astronomy, he became disillusioned.

“Taking the labs was less satisfying. What Ireally loved to do was think about the ideas. Idecided it was the poetry of science I was in-terested in, rather than the nitty-gritty.”

McGee thought about transferring to a liber-al-arts school, but stayed at Caltech, where heearned a Bachelor of Science degree in Eng-lish literature. A Ph.D. at Yale followed, wherehe stayed to teach writing and literature. Buttenure-track jobs remained elusive.

One evening, at a department dinner party,the question came up of why beans causedflatulence, and McGee decided to look into it.In searching the Yale library for answers, theseed of “On Food and Cooking “ was planted.

“I wrote the first edition not because I wasespecially interested in food or because I knewanything about it. I just thought it was a greatsubject. It’s a part of our life that’s so familiarwe take it for granted.”

For the original, McGee set out to debunkvarious kitchen myths. A big misconception,McGee said, is the belief that by searing meat,juices are locked in. Not so.

“It’s not an old wives’ tale. It’s an oldchemist’s tale,” McGee said, referring to 19th-century German scientist Juntus von Liebig.

“Take two steaks, sear one and cook it medi-um-rare, and then cook the other to medium-rare, gently, without searing it,” he said.“They’ll both be done to the same end-point.But the one that’s seared loses more moisture.Far from sealing in the juices, it squeezes them

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Author HaroldMcGee (facingpage), experi-

ments in his PaloAlto kitchen. He

has spent the lastdecade revisinghis 1994 go-to-

book, “On Foodand Cooking.”

(Right) the com-plex molecularcomposition of

pure vanilla givesit its distinct fla-

vor. “Real vanillais like a chord; ar-

tificial vanilla islike a simple note

in the chord,”McGee said.

out.”The same principle applies to

stews, McGee said.“Most people brown the meat,

cover it with liquid, and then stickit in the oven at 350 degrees. Thatgives you an edible stew, but not agreat stew,” McGee said. “But ifyou cook it gently, very slowly, sothat it takes an hour or two to getfrom room temperature to a finalcooking temperature of no morethan 180 degrees (no more than 30degrees below the boiling point),then the pieces of meat will becooked to well-done, but it willstill be moist.”

McGee stressed that cooks needa good thermometer to do this, andthey must watch the temperaturecarefully.

“Everyone should have one!” hesaid, referring to his RaytekMiniTemp FS, a non-contact ther-mometer with a laser that readssurface temperature.

The success of the first book,McGee said, had a lot to do withits publication, which occurredjust as serious interest in food wasmushrooming.

“If I’d written it 10 or 15 yearsbefore it would never have done aswell. Same if I were writing itnow. I’d be a Johnny-come-lately.I hit the timing just right.”

Whereas the first edition reliedheavily on scientific journals suchas Flavor and Fragrance Journaland books like the Chemistry ofMuscle-Based Foods, McGeespent considerable time in hiskitchen for the revision.

McGee’s family — wife SharonLong (a biologist at Stanford); sonJohn (a Stanford freshman); anddaughter, Florence (a Gunn junior)— have all observed and tasted themultitude of experiments conduct-ed over the past decade. Somehave been more popular than oth-ers.

Asked whether there were anythat tested his family’s patience,McGee said there was one in par-ticular. It was inspired by a friendwho had been taken out to arestaurant in Stockholm, where hehad eaten lutefisk, dried codfishreconstituted in lye. The texture isthat of Jell-O.

“My friend did his best to clear

his plate. Then they ordered himanother portion. He thought hewas going to die,” McGee said. “Iknew the chemistry in the abstract,but I had never had it before. Iwanted to taste it and watch itwobble,” he said.

Florence did not have fondmemories of the lutefisk.

“It was really weird. It was real-ly translucent,” she recalled.

One of Florence’s favorite ex-periments was her dad’s inquiryinto the difference between Lay’s-style potato chips and kettle chips.By a different application of heat(cooking at a fairly constant andhigh oil temperature for the formervs. cooking at an initially low andslowly increasing temperature forthe latter), two different styles ofpotato chips are produced.

So which experiments did hisfamily enjoy the most?

“I did a lot of work on icecream. I wanted to understandwhat about the process influencesthe texture, the fineness of thecrystals, the difference betweenHäagen-Dazs at one extreme andhome-made ice cream on the oth-er. Almost no matter how it cameout, it was a success — it still tast-ed great,” McGee said.

When it comes to cooking forfun, McGee loves to prepare Indi-an and Mexican dishes.

“I like to have mole when I havetime, as well as Indian dishes,” hesaid. “You take complicated mix-tures of herbs and spices and grindthem together. It’s different fromthe French, where you’re alwaystaking things out and refiningthem. These are more inclusivestyles of cooking.

“On the weekend, I also like toprepare a nice slow roast on thecharcoal grill, like pork shoulderrubbed with garlic and thyme. I’llalso rub it with annatto, which is adistinctive Central Americanspice. It has a flavor like nothingelse.” ■


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“T he Children’s Hour” isan American classic,written in 1934 by the

grand dame of American theater,Lillian Hellman, when she wasjust beginning to make a namefor herself as a playwright. Ahard-hitting drama whose centralconcern is the effect of rumor-mongering, it put Hellman on theliterary map.

Its main claim to fame came inthe 1950s, when it was revivedwith great success to make a po-

l i t ical s tatement about Mc-Carthyism and the House Un-American Activities Committee(HUAC) hearings. The story ofhow a child’s lie to her grand-mother can become a deadly ru-mor that devastates two lives res-onated with audiences decryingblacklisting. Foothill Theatre’srevival of this well-known chest-nut continues through this week-end.

The setting is a posh girls’boarding school that two college

friends, Karen Wright (KimberlyRoberts) and Martha Dobie(Heather Galli), have workedhard to establish and make rep-utable. Their success has beenaided by Amelia Tilford (Car-olyn Ford Compton), an impos-ing society figure who is thegrandmother of their most recal-

citrant student, Mary (Jaime Mc-Faden).

When Mary escapes from theschool to avoid a deserved pun-ishment, she lies to her grand-mother about having seen “un-natural” acts between the twoschoolmistresses, setting off adisastrous chain of events. Nomatter that Mrs. Tilford’s ownnephew, Joe (Christian Thomas),is Karen’s fiance, and that theyand Martha vehemently deny thecharges — Mrs. Tilford insistson believing it.

The theme might still be rele-vant, if it weren’t for the particu-lar rumor that Hellman chose tohang her plot on. Making homo-sexuality the ultimate degrada-tion and shameful accusationthat the two women suffer hope-lessly dates the play, even ren-dering it rather offensive in thisday and age — at least in theBay Area.

The ending, meant to be tragic,now comes across as a horribleover-reaction. There’s no voicein the play to counteract the neg-ative view of homosexuality.

Hellman rewrote the script forits first film treatment in 1937, tosatisfy censors’ qualms about thelesbian accusation in the play,making the rumor instead about

Joe’s philandering with the twowomen. The fi lm, “TheseThree,” works equally well as astudy of rumors’ deadly effects,and would probably “read” welleven to today’s audiences. Or,what if the teachers were ac-cused instead of child molesta-tion, a story ripped from today’sheadlines? If Hellman were stillalive, no doubt she would be re-vising the script to suit the times.

It’s like a beautiful piece of an-tique furniture, the fragile chairyou inherited that sits in the cor-ner — if you use it, it will crackunder the strain, but you keep itout of sentiment. The play is anacting coach’s dream for thegreat scenes it offers for study.But whether or not it stands thetest of time as a whole play isdebatable.

In Foothill’s production, someuneven casting and heavy-hand-ed direction further muddy thewaters. Roberts seems out of heremotional depth, particularly atthe end, when it’s too easy forthe play to turn maudlin; shedoesn’t avoid the trap. Galli ismore believable as Martha, al-though her protracted glumnesswears thin. There needs to begreater contrast from her initialmood to her despair at the end.

Helena Clarkson does an ad-mirable job as the self-servingMs. Mortar, Martha’s annoyingaunt, and Thomas fares well asJoe, with a bracing optimism andlaconic smile. Compton does anoutstanding delivery of AmeliaTilford, managing to make hersympathetic right up to the pointwhen she takes Mary’s bait. Herfinal attempt to make amends isnicely understated and heartfelt,albeit worthless.

The young actresses playingthe boarding-school girls are ef-fective in their characterizations.I especially enjoyed the emotion-

al range in Valerie Rose Curiel’sperformance as Rosalie. Howev-er, even in the beginning scene,the school’s a dreary place to be— no wonder Mary wants to es-cape. Not one of them seems tobe happy there. We never get tosee Karen or Martha being warmor nurturing — there’s no hint ofthem being loved or reveredteachers, which would make thereversal all the more heart-rend-ing.

I also question the choice ofolder girls cast as younger girls;if Mary is an older teen, as Mc-Faden can only be, it casts a de-cidedly different interpretationon the text, one that I don’t thinkis entirely justified. But if we’remeant to imagine McFaden andher friends as younger girls, say12 to 14, it stretches believabili-ty, since they’re so clearly olderthan the actual 12 to 14-year-olds playing the other girls.

That being said, McFaden andclassmates Brittany Heidemanand Kate McKnight — all youngactresses in Foothill’s conserva-tory program — are talents towatch. Hopefully we’ll get to seethem in a better vehicle for theirtalents in the future. ■



An antique play‘Children’s Hour’ in need of updating

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(from top) Heather Galli as Martha, Kimberly Roberts as Karen andJaime McFaden as Mary in Foothill’s production of “The Children’sHour.”

WHAT: “The Children’s Hour,”written by Lillian HellmanWHERE: Foothill College’s Play-house Theatre (Room 1301),12345 El Monte Road in Los Al-tos Hills.WHEN: Tonight and Saturday at8 p.m. and Sunday at 2:30 p.m.COST: Tickets are $16 general;$12 for students and seniors,and include free parking in Lots1 or 6 only.INFO: To purchase tickets, ac-cess www.foothill.edu/fa/dramaor www.ticketweb.com or call(650) 949-7360.

If Hellman were still alive, no doubtshe would be revisingthe script to suit the times.

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Mark has a specially constructed prosthesis, the first of its kind, which allowssome function for playing keyboard. He is grateful for his doctors and the out-pouring of encouragement he has received.

Mark was organist at Garden Grove’s famed Crystal Cathedral for 12 yrs. andlater served a term as organist for Menlo Park Presbyterian Church and guestorganist at Peninsula Christian Center.

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S ince the heyday of EricClapton, white blues gui-tarists have straddled the

line between artistic purity andcommercial viabili ty. “Slow-hand” himself has made a careerof vacillating between the gen-uine pain of “Layla” or “Cross-roads” and the radio-friendly bal-ladry of “Wonderful Tonight” or“Change the World.”

Stanford wunderkind David Ja-cobs-Strain confronts this para-digm on his new CD, “Ocean or aTeardrop” (Northernblues Mu-sic), an intriguing take onacoustic blues that skirts the

edges of singer-songwriter rock. A skilled guitarist who began

performing before audiences atthe tender age of 11, Jacobs-Strain has an agreeably gruffvoice and a willingness to stretchbeyond blues conventions. On thepowerful title track, for example,fiddles and koras nestle comfort-ably with Hammond B3 organsand a good, old-fashioned bluesharp.

Jacobs-Strain, 20, is also for-midable when he picks up a slideor resophonic guitar (an acousticguitar with a metal resonator onit) and grumbles standards by

Mississippi Fred McDowell(“Kokomo Blues”), Sleepy JohnEstes (“Girl I Love”) and BlindWillie Johnson (“Soul of aMan”). His musicianship is oftenastonishing, and delivers eachsong in a personal style that hon-ors Jacobs-Strain’s forebearswithout succumbing to “blooze-man” clichés that underminelesser talents.

There are still a few missteps,however. With its soaring organand booming chorus, “SleeplessDream” (co-written with PeterJoseph Burtt) sounds l ikewarmed-over Springsteen aspracticed by such less-than-nota-bles as John Cafferty and theBeaver Brown Band.

At points, the CD’s complex,vaguely rootsy riffs and con-trolled vocal performances alsobear an uncomfortable resem-blance to John Mayer. Given hismarquee looks and KFOG-readyrepertoire, it’s possible some en-terprising record mogul may tryto transform Jacobs-Strain intoDave Matthews with a Stanforddegree.

Given his genuine love for theblues and unquestioned talent, Ja-cobs-Strain will hopefully fendoff such temptations and continuenurturing his adventurous muse.As i t stands, “Ocean or aTeardrop” is an interesting transi-tional effort from a performerwho bears watching. ■

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ArtAnticipating the Digital“Todd Walker: Anticipating the Digital” will be on display through

Nov. 28 at the T. W. Stanford Art Gallery, located at 419 LasuenMall on campus. The late artist was one of the very first photogra-phers to employ digital computers for creative purposes. Theshow presents a panorama of Walker’s work from over 30 years.

Admission is free. The gallery is open Tuesday through Fridayfrom 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. Formore information please call (650) 723-3404 or visithttp://www.stanford.edu/dept/art/directions.html.

MusicMaria del Mar BonetMaria del Mar Bonet will perform

tonight at 8 p.m. at StanfordUniversity’s DinkelspielAuditorium. Bonet is a Majorcansinger/songwriter who performs inher native Catalan. The concertwill be presented by StanfordLively Arts. World-music expertSandy Miranda will give a talk andslide show about Bonet andMediterranean music at 6:45p.m., which will be free and opento the public.

Tickets are $38/$34. Half-pricetickets are available for peopleage 15 and under, and discountsare available for students. Fortickets and more information,contact the Stanford Ticket Officeat Tresidder Memorial Union orcall (650) 725-ARTS (2787) or goonline to http://livelyarts.stan-ford.edu.

Stanford University SingersThe Stanford University Singers

will perform Robert D. Levin’s edi-tion of the Mozart “Requiem,”tonight at 8 p.m. at Stanford’sMemorial Church. The programwill also include a setting of a17th-century dirge by conductorand university organist RobertHuw Morgan.

Tickets are $10 general; $5students (with ID). For more infor-mation please visithttp://music.Stanford.edu.

Palo Alto Junior Chamber OrchestraThe Palo Alto Junior Chamber

Orchestra will perform on Saturdayat 8 p.m. at Spangenberg Theatre,780 Arastradero Road in Palo Alto.The program will feature works byMozart, Mendelssohn and DannySeidenberg.

Tickets are $8 general, $5 stu-dents and will be available at thedoor or through PACO. For moreinformation please call (650) 856-3848 or visit www.pacomusic.org.

LectureNative North American artProfessor Marilyn Wyman

will lecture about nativeNorth American artistic tradi-tions tonight at 7:30 p.m. atthe Community School ofMusic and Arts (CSMA) atFinn Center, Tateuchi Hall,230 San Antonio Circle inMountain View. The event ispart of CSMA’s “ClassesWithout Quizzes” arts lectureseries. The lecture will bebuilt around a series of casestudies that will address notonly historic cultures, butalso will dispel the myths ofNative American culturescreated in popular fictionand imagery. Wyman is aninstructor in art history andAmerican studies at SanJose State University.

Tickets are $10 generaladmission; $8 students/sen-iors (with ID). Seating is openand limited. To purchasetickets in advance please call 650-917-6800, ext. 335 or visitwww.arts4all.org/tickets. Tickets will also be available at the door onehour prior to the event.

TheaterThe Laramie Project“The Laramie Project”

will be performedtonight and Saturdayat 7:30 p.m. atCastilleja Theater,1310 Bryant St. inPalo Alto. There willalso be Sunday mati-nee at 2 p.m.Created by MoisesKaufman, the playconsists of interviewsconducted inLaramie, Wyo. follow-ing the murder ofMatthew Shepard, agay student. Theproduction will fea-ture actors fromCastilleja School,Mountain View HighSchool, St. Francisand Sacred Heart.

Tickets are $10general admission, $5 for students and will be available at thedoor from 20 minutes before the show. For more informationplease call director Bear Capron at (650) 328-3373, ext 401.

Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol“Jacob Marley’s Christmas

Carol” will open tonight at 8p.m. at the Bus BarnTheatre, 97 Hillview Ave. inLos Altos. Written by TomMula, the story opens inhell, where Jacob Marley isburdened as Scrooge’sbusiness partner. His onlyway out, he discovers, is tochange Scrooge’s heart.The production will runthrough Dec. 18.

Show times are Thursday,Friday and Saturday at 8p.m.; Sunday matinees at 3p.m. on Nov. 28 and Dec.5; Sunday evening at 7 p.m.on Dec. 12.

Tickets are $28 fortonight’s opening-night per-formance (with a cham-pagne reception); $25 forThursday, Friday andSaturday performances; $22for Sundays. Group dis-counts and subscriptionrates are available.

For more information orreservations please call (650)941-0551 or visit www.busbarn.org.


Digital photography by the late Todd Walker is currently on display at the T. W. Stanford Art Gallery.

Stanford Lively Arts willpresent Majorcansinger/songwriter Mariadel Mar Bonet tonight atStanford University’sDinkelspiel Auditorium.

Jazz violinist Daryl Silbermanwill perform with the Palo AltoJunior Chamber Orchestra onSaturday at SpangenbergTheatre in Palo Alto.

Stanford University organistRobert Huw Morgan will per-form tonight at MemorialChurch.

Native North American artistictraditions will be discussedtonight at the CommunitySchool of Music and Arts.Shown above is “Navajo SandPainting Earth Sky.”

(l-r) Martina Troesch, Nick Enge,Kristin Leasia, Jared Newmeyer, SolHilfinger-Pardo, Steve Anthony,Christine Ahlstrom and Laurel Tincherco-star in Castilleja’s production of“The Laramie Project.”

(clockwise) Sally Clawson, EdRobinson, Will Brill and KurtGravenhorst will co-star in BusBarn’s production of “JacobMarley’s Christmas Carol.”

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Cook Book Restaurant 321-7500127 Town & Country Village, Palo Alto

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The Duck Club 322-1234100 El Camino Real in the Stanford Park

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Hobee’s 856-61244224 El Camino Real, Palo AltoAlso at Town & Country Village,

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Chef Chu’s (650) 948-26961067 N. San Antonio Road

on the corner of El Camino, Los Altos2002 Zagat: “Gold Standard in

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Hunan Garden 565-88683345 El Camino Real, Palo Alto

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Jing Jing 328-6885443 Emerson St., Palo Alto

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Mei Long 961-4030867 El Camino Real, Mtn. View

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Chez TJ 964-7466938 Villa St., Mountain View

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Cafe Bombay 948-94634546 El Camino, Los Altos

at San AntonioLunch, Dinner, Buffets Everyday

Darbar Indian Cuisine 321-6688129 Lytton, Downtown Palo Alto Lunch Buffet M-F; Open 7 days

Janta Indian Restaurant 462-5903369 Lytton Ave., Downtown Palo Alto Lunch Buffet M-F; Organic Veggies

Little India Restaurant 361-8737917 Main St., Redwood CIty Buffets M-F 11-2; M-Sat 5-9

Gourmet food preparedby chef Manoj Chopra

Café Pro Bono 326-16262437 Birch St., Palo Alto

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Gambardella’s 323-6730Menlo Square, Oak Grove Ave. & Merrill St.

Everything made on premises includingproscuitto and pancetta.

Oregano’s 941-36004546 El Camino, Los Altos

Gourmet Pasta, Pizza. Banquet Rooms

Spalti Ristorante 327-9390417 California Ave, Palo Alto

Exquisite Food • Outdoor Dining

Fuki Sushi 494-93834119 El Camino Real, Palo Alto

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Fiesta Del Mar 965-93541006 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View

Mexican Cuisine & Cantina

Fiesta Del Mar Too 967-3525735 Villa Street, Mountain View Open Week-

nites to 11pm, Weekends to 12pm

Palo Alto Sol 328-8840408 California Ave, Palo Alto

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Cook’s Seafood 325-0604751 El Camino Real, Menlo Park

Seafood Dinners from $5.95 to $9.95

Garden Fresh Asian Cuisine 961-77951245 W. El Camino, Mountain View

Open Daily • Lunch • Dinner • To Go

Lisa’s Tea Treasures 322-5544Menlo Square, Oak Grove Ave & Merrill Street

Specializing in elegant luncheonsand afternoon tea.

Krung Siam 322-5900423 University Ave., Palo AltoKing of Krung Siam 960-7077

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Thaiphoon 323-7700543 Emerson Ave., Palo Alto

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NOW SERVINGFollowing are condensed versions, in alpha-betical order, of longer restaurant reviewspublished in the Weekly over the past sev-eral years. This week’s reviews begin wherethe list ended one week ago.Price Guide: (Beverages not included inaverage meal prices) $ - Average meal per

person less than $10 $$ - Average meal$10-$15 $$$ - $15-$20 $$$$ - Above $20

Los Altos Grill, 233 3rd St., Los Altos(650) 948-3524 While this swank joint isa carnivore’s paradise, with spit-roastedmeats as the house specialty, vegetarianswill find plenty of delectable options aswell. Martinis are a draw here, where a hip

crowd hangs at the bar. Mon. 5-9 p.m.;Tue.-Thu. 5-9:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 5-10 p.m.;Sun 5-9 p.m. $$$ (Reviewed November24, 2000)Lucy’s Tea House, 180 Castro St., Moun-tain View (650) 969-6365 You’ll find ex-otic elixirs here. Pineapple and chrysanthe-mum, jasmine and honey are just a few.

Steaming teas come in big ceramic mugs,and you can order a sandwich, hot riceplate or tea snacks to go along with yourbrew. Cash only. Mon.-Thu. 11 a.m.-10p.m.; Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; closedholidays. $ (Reviewed February 22, 2001)MacArthur Park, 27 University Ave., PaloAlto (650) 321-9990 MacArthur Park of-

fers traditional American fare in a superbJulia Morgan-designed building. Signaturedishes include mesquite-grilled barbequedchicken and ribs, accompanied by greatfries and cole slaw. Interesting appetizersinclude ahi tuna poke and sautéed mus-sels. Gargantuan desserts. The appealing,

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Indian cuisine is full of surpris-es. It is exciting to dip a fingerinto a ruby red sauce and pon-

der: Will it sear my tongue, betangy or taste as sweet as fruit?Often, the answer is all of theabove.

Expect many surprises at Shi-va’s, an Indian bar and restaurantthat opened in a prime spot on thecorner of Castro and Californiastreets in August. While offeringmany familiar regional specialties,such as tandoor-grilled meats, Shi-va’s also presents curious dinerswith a number of original platesrepresenting the best of northernIndian cuisine.

While southern Indian foods in-

spire the fire-eaters among us,northern cuisine focuses on moresubtle and savory flavors, withdishes accented with spices suchas cardamom, saffron, cinnamonand cloves. Shiva’s rich curries in-clude the lamb sali boti ($14.95),which combines tender lamb withfresh ginger, spices and apricots,and the Goan prawns ($14.95),which mixes fresh mint, cilantro,garlic and onion flavors.

From the street, large windowsoffer a glimpse into Shiva’s luxuri-ous dining room, lit by candlelightthat shimmers gold against tradi-tional artwork hung on theblushed-peach walls. The ceilingsare high and are covered with deli-

cate images of sky and clouds.The kitchen of executive chef

Dominic Sarkar is partially open tothe dining room, tantalizing wait-ing guests with a bouquet of pun-gent curry perfumes. Sarkar bringsmore than 20 years of professionalexperience to Shiva’s, havingcooked for regional royalty andmovie stars in Dubai and Bahrain.

Shiva’s is owner Shyam Choud-hary’s first enterprise with partnerHarsh Behl, an experienced restau-rateur who operated restaurants inSweden prior to coming to Califor-nia two years ago. Choudhary, anentrepreneur and mechanical engi-neer by trade, said opening an In-dian restaurant was a long-timedream.

“I am the main cook of myhouse,” Choudhary said. “I havealways had a natural inclination tofood and cooking.”

He decided to name his restau-rant after the main deity in Hin-duism, hoping the god known as adestroyer, or re-creator, would lookfavorably upon his new business.

Shiva’s is still working out someearly kinks natural for any newrestaurant — the wait in betweencourses can range, and waiters canappear rushed or distracted, de-pending on how busy the eveningis. Regardless, the staff is helpfulin describing and recommendingmenu items.

Appetizer platters are a goodway to get a taste of a number ofShiva’s specialties. The vegetarianplatter ($5.95) offers a bakedsamosa, stuffed with potatoes, var-ious vegetables and sharp corian-der spices. I thought the platter’sinclusion of only one sami dil ruba— a fried patty of farmer’s and fetacheeses, spinach and potato —was skimpy until I took a bite. It’sa dense cake, reminiscent of amoist falafel with a generous mixof ginger and coriander.

A handful of bite-sized Bombayonion bhaji fritters were deep-friedto a crusty brown, the insides abright yellow and rich with savoryonion. Dress it with the tamarind-and-mint sauce that is broughtwith fresh vegetables as an amusebouche.

A bowl of steaming mulli-gatawny hot-pot soup ($3.95) hada deep saffron color and delivereda sharp, nose-watering kick of cur-ry. A hint of lemon added some

more tang to the curried spices. A waiter kindly helped me iden-

tify the myriad ingredients in theraj kachori ($3.95): A salad ofchick peas and other legumes, po-tato, puffed crunchy rice and freshginger slivers is piled high on topof fried bread and then dressed inmint-tamarind sauce and whippedyogurt.

Call it the ultimate leftover sal-ad, or even an Indian tostada. It isdefinitely an explosion of flavor,with biting ginger and cooling yo-gurt in one mouthful, and nuttychickpeas and fresh cilantro in an-other. I could imagine how refresh-ing this chilled salad would be ona sweltering summer day.

Shiva’s tandoor-grilled dishesare exciting, as meats grilled inthe clay oven arrive spitting andsizzling on a hot iron plate. En-trees include traditional chicken,lamb, seafood and vegetarian op-tions, including battered cauli-flower and broiled farmer’scheese.

I tried the lehsooni kebab($14.95), large chicken chunksmarinated overnight in yogurt,garlic and spices. The chickenwas tender and very moist, the yo-gurt marinade a bright orange-redagainst the white meat.

Another time I sampled the pu-dina salmon tikka ($14.95), fourgenerous salmon pieces paintedwith a mint-coriander creamsauce. The heat of the clay ovenmight be too intense for the tenderflesh, as the fish was dry. The col-or combination of pink salmonand green sauce was also jarring.

On the restaurant’s take-outmenu, Shiva’s selection is called a“curry fair” and it is an apt de-scription. Be sure to bring a gag-gle of friends to dinner to try afew. One of the more interestingoptions include the nine pepperdancing prawns ($15.95), a mildlyspicy curry that is infused withfresh, sweet mango.

Flat breads are a better utensilfor curry than a spoon or forkcould ever be. Butter naan ($2.95)is just that — chewy and butteryand cut into four pieces. Garlicnaan ($2.95) is coated with a verythin layer of minced garlic andfresh herbs, barely enough to no-tice when dipped in any curry.

Paraantha breads are madewith whole-wheat flour, and are

more dense and flat when com-pared to the bubbly, fluffy naan. Itried the aaloo paraantha($2.95), bread stuffed with potatoand spices. It was chewy andtasted like pita with a lightschmear of potato paste.

Shiva’s offers a selection ofregional desserts that are simpleand not too sweet. My diningcompanion and I shared a pot ofphirni ($3.95), a chilled, thickrice pudding spiced with car-damom and cinnamon and dot-ted with plump raisins. I mighthave preferred this treat warmedfor breakfast, but it was tastynonetheless. A cup of masalachai ($2.95) was creamy, offer-ing just a hint of spice and forti-fication against the chill outside.

The restaurant also has an ex-tensive beer and wine list, withmore than 75 types of domesticand imported wines. Startingthis month, Shiva’s will sponsora happy hour Monday throughFriday at its full bar, featuringspecialty cocktails and infusedvodkas.

I appreciate a dining experiencethat not only delights my stomachbut also stimulates my mind. Shi-va’s offers a great selection oforiginal Indian specialties that areunique and exciting, in a settingthat is comfortable and classy. Itis an education in northern Indiancuisine that is not to be missed. ■

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Shiva’s offers diners a great selection of original Indian specialties. It isone of Mountain View’s newest restaurants.

Subtle and savoryShiva’s northern Indian flavors are sublime

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Hours: Lunch buffet Monday-Fri-day 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Sat-urday-Sunday, noon to 3 p.m.;Dinner Sunday-Thursday, 5 to 10p.m., Friday-Saturday, 5:30 to 11p.m.

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nearly all California, wine list features manyboutique wineries. Hefty prices abound.Mon.-Fri. 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; (dinner menuonly after 2:30 p.m.); Sat. dinner only 5-10p.m.; Sun. buffet 10:30 a.m.-2:30 pm;Sun. dinner 5-9 p.m. $$$ (Reviewed Janu-ary 30, 2004)Maddalena’s, 540 Emerson St., PaloAlto (650) 326-6082 Fred Maddalenaserves classic continental Italian cuisine athis namesake restaurant, where he’s beenhosting locals for 25 years. Carpaccio,homemade pastas and veal scallopini arefeatured on this extensive menu, comple-mented by an equally extensive wine list.Lunch Tue.-Fri. 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. DinnerMon.-Sat. 5:30-10 p.m. $$$ (ReviewedMarch 15, 2001)Maltby’s, 101 Plaza North, Los Altos(650) 917-8777 A family-friendly, moder-ately priced restaurant, Maltby’s is a wel-come addition to Los Altos’s casual diningscene. The beer list is long and inviting,the sandwiches are big and filling. LunchMon.-Sat.11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. ; dinner daily5-9 p.m. $$$ (Reviewed May 24, 2002)Mandarin Gourmet, 420 Ramona St.,Palo Alto (650) 328-8898 Mandarin cui-sine featuring excellent pot stickers, tastywon tons in hot oil, great tangerine chick-en, beautifully prepared fresh vegetablesand one notable dessert. Small but serv-iceable wine list. Attractive, contemporarydining room is decorated with Chinese ar-tifacts. Full bar. Comfortable. Great forfamilies. Lunch Mon.-Sat. 11:30 a.m.-2:30p.m. Dinner Mon.-Sat. 5-10 p.m.; Sun. 5-9:30 p.m. $$$ (Reviewed November 14,2003)Mango Cafe, 435 Hamilton Ave., PaloAlto (650) 324-9443 The popular MangoCafe represents an oasis for those lookingto loosen the tie. Caribbean cuisine,specifically the cuisine of Trinidad and To-bago, includes curries, sweet potato dish-es, goat and coconut milk sauces. LunchMon.-Fri. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. ; DinnerMon.-Sat. 6-10 p.m., Sun. 6-9 p.m. $$(Reviewed October 2, 1998)Manila Grill, 873 Castro St., MountainView (650) 210-9393 Manila Grill, for-merly Rene-Rose Philippine Cuisine, has anew menu, integrating American andPhilippine cuisines, but maintains the ac-commodating service and affordableprices of the original. Monday throughThursday: 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. ; Fridayand Saturday: 8:30 a.m. to midnight. Callbefore visiting, as hours can vary. $$-$$(Reviewed October 1, 2004)Marché, 898 Santa Cruz Ave., MenloPark (650) 324-9092 Marche’s mission isto serve seasonal cuisine with locallygrown vegetables, so the menu changesnightly and then more dramatically by sea-son. Comfortable is the name of the gameat this French restaurant, with browncushiony leather chairs lending a nicetouch to a classic décor. Tue.-Sat. 5:30-10 p.m. $$$$ (Reviewed January 11,2002)Marigold, 448 University Ave., Palo Alto(650) 327-3455 Well-priced Indian clas-sics — samosas, meat and seafood cur-ries, biryanis and tandoori dishes —served in pleasant surroundings by cordialwaiters. Lunch Mon.-Fri.: 11 a.m.-2:30p.m.; Sat.-Sun.: noon-3 p.m.; DinnerMon.-Fri. 5-10 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 5-11 p.m.$$ (Reviewed June 6, 2003)Max’s Opera Cafe, 711 Stanford Shop-ping Center, Palo Alto (650) 323-6364Giant, New York deli-style sandwiches,steak, pasta, salads, seafood, hugedesserts. Singing waitpersons in theevening. Dinner reservations on the houronly. Sun.-Thu. 11:30 a.m.-9:30 p.m.;Fri.-Sat. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. $$$ (ReviewedJanuary 24, 2003)Mediterranean Wraps, 425 CaliforniaAve., Palo Alto (650) 321-8189 Thishole-in-the-wall offers a classic mixture ofsimple Jordanian and Lebanese fare mixed

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Thu. 5-9:30 p.m.; Fri.-Sun. 5-10 p.m. $$$(Reviewed December 26, 1997)Navio at the Ritz Carlton, 1 MiramontePoint Road, Half Moon Bay (650) 712-7000 This elegant coastal newcomer hasthe primo view of Half Moon Bay, situatedat the southern end, high up on a cliff.The main dining room offers three squaremeals per day of nouveau American dish-es with a California twist, plus a $55 prixfixe weekend brunch. Daily 6:30 a.m.-10p.m. $$$$ (Reviewed July 27, 2001)Neiman Marcus Cafe, 400 StanfordShopping Center, Palo Alto (650) 329-3329 This white tablecloth affair seems tohave seen better days. Although service isdoting, the menu has terminology issues,misleading customers on certain dishes —a “souffle” could show up as a crispymeringue or as a Jello salad. Mon.-Sat.11 a.m.-4 p.m., Sun. noon-4 p.m. $$ (Re-viewed March 22, 2002)New Kapadokia, 2399 Broadway St.,Redwood City (650) 368-5500 OwnerCelal Alpay has created a welcoming, fam-ily-style restaurant that is one of the Penin-sula’s most authentic Turkish restaurants.The menu is replete with many traditionaldishes and nearly all of the ingredients arehomemade. Mon.-Fri. 10:30 a.m.-2:30p.m. and 5-9:30 p.m.; Sat.-Sun. 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. (Reviewed November 1, 2002)Noah’s Bagels, 278 University Ave., PaloAlto (650) 473-0751 and 746 SantaCruz Ave., Menlo Park (650) 326-4794.A Noah’s shop is a slick combination ofschmaltz and kitsch dear to the heart ofany former New Yorker. Although it servesa variety of steamed bagels, when itcomes to flavors, Noah’s is pretty strait-laced. Mon.-Fri. 6 a.m.-5:30 a.m.; Sat. 7a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 7 a.m.-4 p.m. $ (Re-viewed July 25, 2003)Nola, 535 Ramona St., Palo Alto (650)328-2722 Southwestern, Cajun, Creoleand Caribbean-fusion restaurant and barboasts a festive atmosphere. Creative drinkspecials include a New Orleans-style hurri-cane. Pleasant outdoor patio. Mon.-Thu.

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Nordstrom Cafe, 550 Stanford ShoppingCenter, Palo Alto (650) 323-5111 Shock-ingly good prices, an array of enjoyable sal-ads, attentive service and a comfortable en-vironment shine at this cafe located on thesecond floor of Nordstrom’s. Mon.-Sat. 10a.m.-7 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. $ (Re-viewed March 22, 2002)

Nouveau Trattoria, 541 Bryant St., PaloAlto (650) 327-0132 Dine French or Italianstyle. Pasta, pizza, salade Nicoise. Five-course, family-style Basque dinners nightly.Outdoor seating, dimly lighted, romanticdining room. Wed.-Sat. 5:30-10 p.m. $$$(Reviewed July 9, 1999)

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MoviesMovie reviews by Jeanne Aufmuth, Tyler Hanley, Jim Shelby and Susan Tavernetti

Finding Neverland ✭✭✭(Century 16, Century 12) A magical flight of fancy that

would benefit from a shade of dusk, “Neverland” is never-theless a plum holiday treat.

Johnny Depp can do no wrong, so it’s no surprise that hisintrospective turn as “Peter Pan” author J.M. Barrie is the cor-nerstone of this lush, loosely based biography.

Sir Barrie, a Scot, is struggling to find his creative footingin Edwardian-era English theater when he unexpectedlyencounters vivacious Sylvia Llewelyn Davies (Kate Winslet)at Kensington Gardens. Sylvia is no stranger to struggle her-self, having recently lost her husband and reeling over theshock of being left a single parent to four boys.

Barrie finds fresh inspiration in the Llewelyn Davies fam-ily. Despite the fact that he’s a married man, he develops aclose friendship with Sylvia and becomes a surrogate fatherto her boys, inventing an elaborate fantasy world of pirates,cowboys and kings for his young, fatherless friends.

Disapproval lurks around every corner, from snide publicgossip to the incessant pleas of Barrie’s humiliated wife(Radha Mitchell) and the steely disdain of Sylvia’s forbid-ding mother (Julie Christie). Even loyal theater producerCharles Frohman (Dustin Hoffman) is skeptical when Barriepresents his daring masterwork for its stage debut. Barrieturns a deaf ear to all, content with being marked a fool if itmeans happiness.

Happiness is the culprit here, a bit too much of it wherereality should grab a stronger foothold. Imaginative mischiefand theatrical sport are gorgeously photographed and literal-ly breathtaking. But Barrie’s antiseptic attitude towards hismarriage and his alleged penchant for pedophilia are too nar-rowly revealed, leaving a core theme untouched and lendingthe film a delicate air of fiction rather than fact.

Winslet and Depp are celluloid soul mates; their connec-tion looks and feels genuine. Ditto Depp’s bond with the lads,in particular Sylvia’s son, Peter (Freddie Highmore), onwhom his character of Pan is based. Depp’s subtle perform-ance underscores Barrie’s stubborn desire to cling fast to hisboyhood sensibilities, thus enabling him to beget a mythicalhero who refuses to grow up.

The poignant pathos of painful childhoods makes its mark.Impeccable production and a lovely swelling score will makea believer of the most cynical viewer. Exit stage right beforeclosing credits, so as not to let the schmaltzy stylings of song-ster Elton John mar the warm fuzziness generated by thefilm’s touching climax.

Rated: PG for mild adult situations. 1 hour, 46 minutes.

— Jeanne Aufmuth

National Treasure ✭✭✭(Century 16, Century 12) Hot on the heels of “The Da

Vinci Code” and “The Rule of Four,” Disney offers a rollick-ing adventure for the PG-popcorn crowd. Director JonTurteltaub (“Phenomenon” and “While You Were Sleeping”)drives this treasure tale with the breakneck pace of an IndianaJones adventure. Check your brain at the door and prepare forsome escapist family fun.

Who hasn’t wondered about the unfinished pyramid andall-seeing eye on the back of a dollar bill? The Gates familycan trace the cryptic clues back to the Knights Templar andFree Masons, secret societies with a membership list thatincludes our founding fathers. Ever since he was a young boy,Benjamin Franklin Gates (Nicolas Cage) has been captivatedby his grandfather’s (Christopher Plummer) insistence thattheir family is the protector and last link to a 2000-year-oldtreasure beyond imagination. Everyone else thinks the Gatesfamily has a conspiracy-kook gene.

Cage fits the bill as the quick-witted, smart and well-inten-tioned treasure hunter who has devoted his life to solving themystery. He’s joined by a humorous sidekick (Justin Barthaof “Gigli”) and a beauty-with-brains from the NationalArchives (Diane Kruger of “Troy”) to thwart a hiss-worthyfoe (Sean Bean, Boromir in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy).They’re all after the Declaration of Independence.

Caleb Deschanel’s cinematography takes us on a nationallandmark tour. Part of the movie’s pleasure is racing from theNational Archives to the Library of Congress, from theJefferson Memorial to Independence Hall. The sightseeing

primes one’s curiosity about American history and lessons gettaught whether looking at the Liberty Bell or BenjaminFranklin’s ocular inventions.

Despite preposterous plot points, “National Treasure” maynurture your inner history detective. And unlike most bootycalls, this one is fit for the entire family.

Rated: PG for action violence and some scary images. 2hours, 5 minutes.

— Susan Tavernetti

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie✭

(Century 16, Century 12) It’s obvious from the get-go thatthis quirky, animated comedy based on the hit Nickelodeontelevision series is intended for kids. Young kids. Very youngkids. The posters, previews and fast-food tie-ins make thatpainfully clear.

But very young kids don’t usually purchase theater tickets.And very young kids rarely read the newspaper in general, letalone the Palo Alto Weekly. So this review is for you — theparents, teachers, babysitters and caretakers who still have achance to save yourselves from 90 minutes of obnoxious cin-ema.

SpongeBob SquarePants (voice of Tom Kenny) is a pure-hearted deep-sea sponge who lives in the oceanic town ofBikini Bottom. In his first feature-length adventure,SpongeBob and his simple-minded starfish friend, Patrick(voice of Bill Fagerbakke), volunteer to hunt down the stolencrown of temperamental merman King Neptune (voice ofJeffrey Tambor).

On the long and treacherous road they’ll cross paths with aslew of peculiar players: Neptune’s daughter (voice ofScarlett Johansson) hopes to help them, a brusque bountyhunter (voice of Alec Baldwin) hopes to harm them andDavid Hasselhoff (sadly, not animated) hopes to get a littlepublicity.

“SpongeBob” comes from the Ren & Stimpy school ofhumor, where butt cheeks, boogers and over-the-top antics arethe order of the day. The imagery frequently borders on vul-

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J.M. Barrie (Johnny Depp) becomes a surrogate father to Peter (Freddie Highmore) in “Finding Neverland.”

Tom Kenny voices the character of SpongeBobSquarePants.

(l-r) Diane Kruger, Nicholas Cage and Justin Bartha co-star in the entertaining “National Treasure.”

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After the Sunset ✭✭(Century 16) Max Burdett (Pierce Brosnan)and gal pal Lola Cirillo (Salma Hayek) arehigh-end jewel thieves who pull off their finalheist accompanied by FBI Agent StanleyLloyd (Woody Harrelson). Next up: sun andfun in the Bahamas. But Lloyd has differentplans for the lazy lovebirds. Shunned by theFBI and with bruised ego intact, Lloyd followsthe lawless pair to their exotic hideaway, posi-tive that Max won’t be able to resist one lastheist. Brosnan and Hayek generate a touchof easy chemistry, as do Brosnan andHarrelson, who pick off most of the laughsfrom a dumbed-down script. But a series ofsilly snafus and peripheral characters turn thispotential smart-sell into a banal trifle. Rated:PG-13 for sexuality, violence and language. 1hour, 33 minutes. — J.A. (Reviewed Nov. 12,2004)

Alfie ✭✭(Century 16, Century 12) Jude Law smiles,charms and sleeps his way throughManhattan as the womanizing title characterso memorably played by Michael Caine in1966. Alfie (Law) wins over the audience, too,by facing the camera and speaking his inner-most thoughts directly to us. Sporting a retrolook, Alfie wears Twiggy-thin ties and scootsaround on a Vespa while wooing singlemums (Marisa Tomei), cheeky waitresses (NiaLong) and successful older women (SusanSarandon). Like so many recent releasesbased on a film or novel from an earlier era,“Alfie” has lost its historical and cultural con-text — and its edge. Today sex in the city —and the issues surrounding it — plays on tel-evision. Oddly this updated “Alfie” avoids anymention of modern realities such as AIDS andsteps gingerly over anything controversial. It

also revisits every cliche — from “Be carefulwhat you wish for” to “No good deed goesunpunished.” Rated: Rated R for sexual con-tent, some language and drug use. 1 hour,40 minutes. — S.T. (Reviewed Nov. 2, 2004)

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason ✭✭1/2(Century 16, Century 12) Renee Zellwegerreprises her role as Bridget Jones, an aspiringtelevision journalist enjoying her relationshipwith barrister Mark Darcy (Colin Firth)...fornow. Enter leggy legal aid Rebecca (JacindaBarrett). As Rebecca and Mark begin workinglate hours, jealousy rears its ugly head andBridget starts to doubt her newfound love.When envy and self-doubt eventually tear thecouple apart, Bridget is tempted by suaveladies’ man Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant), whoinvites Bridget to co-host a TV travel programin Thailand. Will Bridget buckle or is her loveof Mark stronger than even she realized?“The Edge of Reason” has its heart in theright place, and it’s easy to fall for Zellweger inthe role of a sincere everywoman. But “Edge”too often sways into the world of absurdity,leaving little reason for a third installment.Rated: R for sexual content and language. 1hour, 48 minutes. — T.H. (Reviewed Nov. 12,2004)

Enduring Love ✭✭✭1/2(Century 16) Director Roger Michell (“TheMother”) has crafted an Hitchcockian-inspiredmovie that haunts to the last frame.Deconstructing guilt is juicy with potential,never more so than in this tale of survivorsasking why. Why were Joe (Daniel Craig) andClaire (Samantha Morton) picnicking in thatpastoral English field when a hot-air balloonbroke from its moors with a young boy still inits basket? Why did a total stranger stop hiscar and race across the field to help, only tofind himself dangling from a rope with theother would-be rescuers before dropping tohis death? More immediately, why is fellowsavior Jed Parry (Rhys Ifans) coming aroundto Joe’s place, desperate to unload his feel-ings but seemingly reluctant to verbalizethem? Joe is having troubles of his own,struggling with the guilt of surviving the acci-dent and taking it out on Claire. “EnduringLove”’s imagery is stunning, from the symbol-ic red balloon to spare, artsy close-ups.Intellectual thriller cum creepy stalker drama,“Love” is skilled emotional fare that grabshold and doesn’t let go. Rated: R for violenceand language. 1 hour, 40 minutes. — J.A.(Reviewed Nov. 12, 2004)

Garden State ✭✭✭(Guild) Andrew Largeman, aka Large (ZachBraff) returns to his New Jersey roots for hismother’s funeral. Large has been living inL.A., waiting tables and picking up B-actingjobs from the bottom of a lithium-inducedhaze. Home isn’t pretty, but it’s home. Large’sblue-collar buddies are the definition of deadend; the best of the bunch (as portrayed bythe supremely talented Peter Sarsgaard) digsgraves for a living and is sure to strike it richon the next big pyramid scheme. Bunkingwith Dad (Ian Holm), a psychiatrist who keepsLarge well-supplied with medication, isn’t apicnic either, since father and son exist in aperma-state of awkwardness born of guiltand blame over a freak accident that handi-capped Mom. Large needs to find himself,even if it means living without a chemicalcrutch. Enter situation-savior Sam (NataliePortman), a quirky young thing sans guile orpretense. Her fearless spirit and joie de vivreis just what the doctor ordered. This is per-

sonal stuff, shot in and around Braff’s ownhometown of South Orange, N.J. and basedon real experience. His is a fresh and originalvoice, living Large as it were. Rated: R for lan-guage, drug use and sexuality. 1 hour, 46minutes. — J.A. (Reviewed Aug. 13, 2004)

The Incredibles ✭✭✭(Century 16, Century 12) Who wants to beSuper all the time? That’s the question facinga passel of Superheroes who find themselvesmembers of the Superhero RelocationProgram after the real world tires of theirSuper deeds. Bob Parr, aka Mr. Incredible(voice of Craig T. Nelson), finds the life of theEveryman a study in mediocrity. He poundsout insurance policies at an Everyman joband comes home at night to harried wifeHelen (ex-Superhero Elastigirl, voiced by HollyHunter) and a trio of lively kids trained to keeptheir innate Super-powers under wraps. Thedisappearance of an undercover Superheroadvocate and a cloak-and-dagger plea forhelp are all it takes for Bob to relive his glorydays. The secret government program callsfor Mr. Incredible to dust off the Superthreads and dismantle a sinister weaponquickly and with finesse. Bob’s still got game... or does he? But for the unsatisfactoryforay into routine conflict, “The Incredibles” isaffecting entertainment. Rated: PG for mildlyadult situations. 1 hour, 45 minutes. — J.A.(Reviewed Nov. 5, 2004)

The Motorcycle Diaries ✭✭✭1/2(CineArts) “Motorcycle” is a road-trip with asoul. Privileged Buenos Aireans Ernesto“Che” Guevara de la Serna (Gael GarciaBernal) and pal Alberto Granado (Rodrigo dela Serna) have a plan: 500 miles over fourmonths by way of a broken-down 1939Norton 500 motorbike, affectionately knownas “The Mighty One.” The spare backdropsof early 1950s Latin America and the com-plex sociology of its vast community are onlythe beginning. As Ernesto and Alberto jour-ney the backroads of their heretofore unseencontinent, their eyes are opened to the vastindignities suffered by its people. This isn’tyour cookie-cutter voyage of self-discovery,involving thwarted romances, the humor offoiled transportation (Mighty One not somighty after all), the sorrow of proud civiliza-tions reduced to poverty and a lengthy stintat a formal leper colony. Eight months and8,000 miles later, Ernesto’s got himself a keensocial conscience that will influence his adultlife in spectacular and historical ways. Quietlyinspiring and rarely over-stepping its bounds,“Motorcycle” may have Oscar calling. Rated:R for strong language and some sexuality. InSpanish with English subtitles. 2 hours, 6minutes. — J.A. (Reviewed Oct. 1, 2004)

The Polar Express ✭✭✭1/2(Century 16, Century 12) The story of a youngboy growing wary of his childish belief inSanta Claus is a universal one. In the handsof artist/author Chris Van Allsburg, it wasshaded with a poignant sensibility and duskyeeriness. Much to my surprise, directorRobert Zemeckis has taken the author’svision a step further, combining peerless tech-nology and a minimalist screenplay for acharming meditation on the inherent cynicismof growing old. When our unnamed herowakes on Christmas Eve to the sound of arumbling train parked on his snowy lawn hethinks he’s dreaming. The conductor (voiceand image of Tom Hanks) encourages him toclimb aboard the Polar Express, headed forthe North Pole. Along the way Hero Boy anda select group of enchanted childrenencounter subtle lessons in trust and courageas they enjoy one adventure after another.Save for some dopey musical numbers thatbriefly interrupt the flowing dreamscape,“Polar Express” is simply spectacular anddestined to be a holiday hit. Rated: G but could be PG for intense actionsequences. 1 hour, 33 minutes. — J.A.(Reviewed Nov. 10, 2004)

Ray ✭✭✭✭(Century 16, Century 12) Jamie Foxx’s uncan-ny portrayal of the late, great musician RayCharles Robinson is the year’s best perform-ance by a male actor. From his childhoodblindness to learning the piano, falling in love,and embarking on what would become astoried career, director Taylor Hackford leavesno stone unturned. But what carries “Ray”above and beyond many big-budget biopics— aside from Foxx’s artistic dedication — ishow Hackford confronts many of Charles’more challenging times. Heroin addiction, infi-delity and the lifelong guilt over a loved one’sdeath all took their toll on the blind musician.And Hackford does his audience a greatservice by not sugar-coating those darkerdays. The picture drags a bit at two-and-a-


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Sayonara (1957) Gorgeous color cin-ematography enhances the story of anarmy major (Marlon Brando) stationedin Japan who falls in love with aJapanese dancer at a time when themilitary’s policy discouraged interracialmarriage. The film was shot on loca-tion in Kyoto. Fri. - Sun. at 7:30 p.m.;Sat. & Sun. also at 2:50 p.m.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)Tennessee Williams’ dramatic story ofdomestic conflict was one of MGM’sbiggest hits. Elizabeth Taylor changedher image from kitten to cat, and crit-ics praised her performance as one ofthe best of her career. Also starringPaul Newman. Fri. - Sun. at 5:30 &10:10 p.m.

STANFORD THEATRE

After the Sunset Century 16: 11:20 a.m.; 1:35, 3:50, 6, 8:10 & 10:30(PG-13) ✭✭ p.m.Alfie (R) ✭✭ Century 16: 9:10 p.m. Century 12: 9:15 p.m. Bridget Jones: The Edge Century 16: 12:05, 2:30, 5:15, 7:50 & 10:20 p.m. of Reason (R) ✭✭1/2 Century 12: 11:35 a.m.; 2:15, 4:50, 7:20 & 9:50

p.m.Enduring Love (R) ✭✭✭1/2 Century 16: 7:40 & 9:50 p.m. Finding Neverland Century 16: 11:45 a.m.; 12:45, 2:15, 3:10, 4:40,(PG) ✭✭✭ 5:35, 7:05, 8:05, 9:30 & 10:35 p.m. Garden State (R) ✭✭✭ Guild: 7 & 9:30 p.m.; Sat. & Sun. also at 2 & 4:25

p.m.The Grudge (PG-13) ✭✭ Century 16: 12:35, 3, 5:10, 7:25 & 9:35 p.m.

Century 12: 12:10, 2:25, 4:55, 7:10 & 9:40 p.m. The Incredibles (PG) ✭✭✭ Century 16: 11:15 a.m.; noon, 12:55, 1:55, 2:40,

3:35, 4:35, 5:20, 6:15, 7:15, 8, 8:55, 9:55 & 10:40p.m. Century 12: 11:20 a.m.; 1:15, 2, 4, 4:45, 6:45,7:25, 9:25 & 10:15 p.m.

The Motorcycle Diaries CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 1:40, 4:30, 7:10 &(R) ✭✭✭1/2 9:55 p.m. National Treasure Century 16: 12:50, 1:45, 3:50, 4:45, 6:45, 7:45,(PG) ✭✭✭ 9:45 & 10:45 p.m. Century 12: 12:30, 1:30, 3:30,

4:30, 6:30, 7:30, 9:30 & 10:30 p.m. The Polar Express Century 16: 11:25 a.m.; 12:40, 1:50, 3:05, 4:20, (G) ✭✭✭1/2 5:25, 6:55 & 9:20 p.m. Century 12: Noon, 12:40,

2:35, 3:20, 5, 5:40, 7:40 & 10 p.m. Ray (PG-13) ✭✭✭✭ Century 16: 12:20, 3:55, 7:10 & 10:15 p.m.

Century 12: 11:45 a.m.; 3:25, 7 & 10:20 p.m. Saw (R) ✭✭ Century 12: 8:10 & 10:25 p.m. Seed of Chucky (R) Century 16: 11:30 a.m.; 1:30, 3:40, 5:40, 7:35 &(Not Reviewed) 9:40 p.m. Century 12: 11:25 a.m.; 1:35, 3:40, 5:50,

8 & 10:10 p.m. Shall We Dance? CinéArts at Palo Alto Square: 1:50, 4:25, 7 & 9:35(PG-13) ✭✭✭ p.m.Sideways (R) ✭✭✭✭ Aquarius: 4:15, 6:15, 7, 9:15 & 10 p.m.; Fri. - Sun.

also at 12:45, 1:30 & 3:30 p.m. The SpongeBob Century 16: 11:35 a.m.; 12:30, 1:40, 2:35, 3:45,SquarePants Movie 4:50, 5:50, 7, 7:55 & 10 p.m. Century 12: 11:15(PG) ✭ a.m.; 12:20, 1:25, 2:30, 3:35, 4:40, 5:45, 6:50, 7:55

& 10:05 p.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Shall We Dance? ✭✭✭(CineArts) Neither the movie nor the dancemoves break new ground, but there’s some-thing satisfying about watching this feel-goodformula. The protagonist is estate attorneyJohn Clark (Richard Gere), a family man whohas it all but asks himself, “Is that it, then?”Something is missing in his life, and he feelsguilty for even thinking about it. Too busy tomake a movie date, his wife (SusanSarandon) kids that they might have amoment to look at the ads in the papertogether. Routinely taking the Chicago “L”home from work, John gazes up to catchPaulina (Jennifer Lopez) standing sadly in thewindow of Miss Mitzi’s Dance School. Beforeyou can say “Fred Astaire,” he’s signing up forballroom dancing lessons. Think you knowwhat a male mid-life crisis and an attractivesingle woman adds up to? You may be sur-prised. The movie offers advice for the massof men, who in Thoreau’s words, “lead lives ofquiet desperation”: Dancing might make youand yours happy. Rated: PG-13 for somesexual references and brief language. 1 hour,46 minutes. — S.T. (Reviewed Oct. 15, 2004)

Sideways ✭✭✭✭(Aquarius) Misbegotten road trip be thy name.Longtime buddies Miles (Paul Giamatti) andJack (Thomas Haden Church) are setting offon a last hurrah before Jack takes the plungeinto matrimony. Mountains of invisible bag-gage are along for the ride: Miles’ self-loathingover a painful divorce, his futile attempts topublish his novel and a lingering depressionmired in loneliness and humiliation. Jack ishardly a poster-child for stability, his ostensiblyhappy-go-lucky ways masking an enormousfear of losing his freedom and an actingcareer that’s headed due south. Miles is aself-proclaimed oenophile, so the Santa YnezValley winery scene is top of the agenda. Thepair sip and spit to their heart’s content andthe winespeak flows like, well, wine. Giamatti,arguably America’s most gifted actor, deliversan outstanding performance of conflictingemotions bolstered by a reservoir of sad sur-render. And Virginia Madsen, as Miles’ loveinterest, glows with a luminous intelligenceand warm sensuality that matches the story’smature profundity. Easily one of the best filmsof the year, “Sideways” gives great nose.Rated: R for nudity, sexual content and lan-guage. 2 hours, 4 minutes. — J.A. (ReviewedNov. 5, 2004)


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gar, such as extreme close-ups of SpongeBob’s unat-tractive ice-cream hangover or Patrick swingingthrough the water with a flag stuffed in his rump.These are the moments that have indiscriminatingadolescents howling in laughter and horrified adultsbee-lining for the exit.

The buried moral of the story is essentially thatchildren can accomplish anything they set their mindsto, which seems noble enough, so long as they aren’tnauseating viewers in the process. And let’s face itfolks — the days of two-dimensional animation onthe big screen are over. Viewing “The Incredibles”one night and “SpongeBob” the next is like spendinga weekend in Paris before your visit to Fallujah.

Bob should have remained on the tube where hewas floating to the top — this big-screen sponge isbetter used cleaning theatre floors.

Rated: PG for some mild crude humor. 1 hour, 30minutes.

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The Snow Walker✭✭✭(Spangenberg) Charles Martin Smith has crafted a

lovely, old-school adventure whose simple themesresonate with a refreshing honesty. “Walker” is basedon Farley Mowat’s short story, “Walk Well MyBrother,” and infused with his unadulterated vision ofCanada’s far North.

Barry Pepper’s chiseled cheekbones are on promi-

nent display as cocky fly-boy Charlie Halliday, whomakes illicit sidetrips in the Northern territories run-ning cargo and collecting ivory and furs. Charlie findshimself in a heap o’trouble when he stumbles acrossa sick Inuit girl (Annabella Piugattuk as Kanaalaq)and agrees to transport her to a Yellowknife hospital.

The plane crash-lands in the Arctic wilderness anda panicked Charlie foolishly leaves the plane and thegirl behind to trek 200 miles to the nearest town.Naturally he succumbs to the elements and collapsesin a feverish heap before Kanaaluq comes to his res-cue.

Charlie and Kanaalaq bridge their vast culturalchasm with small words and large deeds. A skilledhuntress and seamstress, Kanaalaq keeps the duoalive but struggles with the onset of her tuberculosisas the pair moves slowly but relentlessly towardsfreedom.

The film telegraphs its narrative but is nonethelessdramatically effective. The Canadian North is visual-ly magnificent, lingering on the majesty of vastsnowy plains and glittering watery inlets. A few sac-charine moments detract only slightly from the fightfor survival and the spare human touches of love andrespect.

Rated: PG for disturbing images. 1 hour, 43 minutes.

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Hero (2004) Rich in visual splendorand cinematic poetry, this historicalepic is set in ancient China. A ruth-less ruler, Qin (Daoming Chen) —the future first emperor of China —summons Nameless (Jet Li) to hispalace, wanting to know how thislow-ranking official defeated histhree worst enemies.

The tale unfolds Rashomon-style,first seen in flashback as Namelessnarrates. He claims that he killedSky (Donnie Yen) in a duel anddefeated lovers Broken Sword andFlying Snow (Tony Leung andMaggie Cheung) by toying with theiremotions. Scenes soar to transcen-dent heights, with the actors grace-fully gliding to Itzhak Perlman’s vio-lin solos, as a color palette distin-guishes each segment. Fri. at 5:20p.m.

Gloomy Sunday (2003) Set inBudapest, circa 1940, the film cen-ters on a love triangle. Ilana Varnai(Erika Marozsan) is hostessing atthe city’s old-school eatery,Szabo’s. Her lover, restaurant ownerLaszlo Szabo (Joachim Krol), is rid-ing high — madly in love with Ilana,enjoying his success and audition-ing pianists to entertain his clien-tele.

Enter musician Andres Aradi(Stefano Dionisi), who falls hope-lessly in love with the seductiveIlana. Struck dumb by his passion,Andres composes a moody pianopiece in honor of his lady love. Theballad’s effect is so painfully bitter-sweet that the song appears to bethe cause of a number of suicidesin the Budapest area.

Simultaneously, the Nazi warmachine invades Hungary, bringingwith it an SS Colonel (Ben Becker)who has long worshipped Ilana andwill do anything to have her as hisown. Sat. at 1:30 p.m.; Sun. at 5p.m.

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Al to. Cal l 323-3363. www.anandapaloalto.org.The Word Warriors Vol. 2 Palo Alto Slampresents 5 slam poetry teams as theycompete to take home the “HeavyWeight Word Warrior” Belt. Participatingteams: Los Feliz 03; Sacramento 04;Monterey 04; Palo Alto 04; San Jose 04.Sun., Nov. 21, doors open 7:15 p.m.Show starts 8 p.m. $5 general; $3 w/stu-dent ID. ART21, 539 Alma St., Palo Alto.Call 326-9108. www.paloaltoslam.com.

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ConcertsBluegrass Music Concert Father-sonvocal duets with Bob Paisley and theSouthern Grass. Tickets: $15/advance,$18/day of show. Sat., Nov. 20, 8 p.m.First Presbyterian Church, 1140 CowperSt., Palo Alto. Cal l 691-9982.www.rba.org.Early Music Singers Tue., Nov. 23, 8 p.m.A retrospective of Renaissance favoritesby Isaac, Josquin, Senfl, Lasso, andMarenzio. Director William Mahrt. Free.Memorial Church, 450 Serra Mall, Stan-ford. Call 723-2720. www.music.stanford.edu/Events/calendar.html.El Camino Youth Symphony The Sinfoni-etta Orchestra commences its 2004-05season with conductor, Dr. CamillaKolchinsky, and special guest GalbraithHonor Strings, Sat., Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m.$10 general; $5 senior. Cubberley The-atre, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto.Call 327-0338. www.ecys.org.“La Dolce Vita” Maestro Eric Kujawsky,and the Redwood City Symphony willperform, Rossini: Overture to La Gazza

Ladra, Rota: Movie medley, “The GodFather,” “Romeo and Juliet,” “La Strada,”“Amarcord,” and “La Dolce Vita,” Sun.,Nov. 21, 3 p.m. $20 at door. $15 in ad-vance. $10 under 16. Tickets can bepurchased online. Bayside PerformingArts Center, 2025 Kehoe Ave., San Ma-teo. Call 368-8784. www.redwoodsymphony.org.New Works by Stanford ComposersMon., Nov. 22, 8 p.m. Works by gradu-ate student composers, including worksfeaturing the St. Lawrence String Quar-tet. Free. Campbell Recital Hall, 541 La-suen Mall, Stanford. Call 723-2720.www.music.stanford.edu.Noon Concert Series Wed., Nov. 24,12:10 p.m., hear the piano students ofFred Weldy in an informal recital. Free.Bring Lunch. Campbell Recital Hall, 541Lasuen Mall, Stanford. Call 723-2720.music.stanford.edu.Palo Alto Junior Chamber OrchestraConcert Nov. 20, 8 p.m., jazz violinistDaryl Silberman and student violinist Vi-vian Luo will offer solo performances.Program includes two Mozart works,Mendelssohn’s String Symphony No.9 inC Minor; and “Sammy’s Here,” by DannySeidenberg. Ticket:$8 adults, $6 seniors,$5 students, available at the door. Span-genberg Theater, 780 Arastradero Road,Palo Alto. Call 856-3848. www.pacomusic.org.Sano and Klein Stanford SymphonicChorus and Peninsula Symphony Or-chestra, Dirs. Stephen M. Sano andMitchell Sardou Klein. Sun., Nov. 21,1:30 p.m., In Remembrance Introspec-tive works including Kudo’s Interlude,Bruckner’s Psalm 150, settings of Psalm114 by Mendelssohn and Bloch, andZeisl’s Requiem Ebriaco. $20/$10. Ad-vance t ickets avai lable. MemorialChurch, 450 Serra Mall, Stanford. Call723-2720. www.music.stanford.eduStanford Symphony Orchestra Dir. Jin-dong Cai. Sat., Nov. 20, 8 p.m., Tai JinLee, winner of the Concerto Competi-tion, plays Beethoven’s Violin Concerto inD, and the orchestra offers Mahler’sSymphony No. 1. $10/$5. DinkelspielAuditorium, 471 Lagunita Ave., Stanford.Call 723-2720. www.music.stanford.eduUniversity Singers Dir. Robert Huw Mor-gan. Fri., Nov. 19, 8 p.m., The 1994completion of Mozart’s Requiem by Levinsheds new light on Mozart’s original in-tentions. $10/$5. Memorial Church, 450Serra Mall, Stanford. Call 723-2720.www.music.stanford.eduWorld Music Concert A unique blend ofIndian classical-folk-and blues-African-Hawaiian music, Sat., Nov. 20, 6-9 p.m.$30; $50; $100. Proceeds to benefit In-dia literacy projects. Tickets can be pur-chased at www.sulekha.com FoothillCollege, 12345 El Monte Road, Play-house Theater Rm. 1301, Los Altos Hills.Call 804-1066 or 326-2542. www.puchpa@_ilpnet.org

Live MusicBette Midler: “Kiss My Brass” TourBette Midler live, Sat., Dec. 4, 8 p.m. HPPavilion, San Jose. Tickets can be pur-chased at www.bgp.com and www.ticketmaster.com , www.bgp.com.Redwood Bluegrass Associates BobPaisley and the Southern Grass will per-form true bluegrass sounds that blendvocals with down-home joys and dirt-hard blues, Sat., Nov. 20, 8 p.m. $15 inadvance; $18 at the door. First Presby-terian Church of Mountain View, 1667Miramonte Ave., Mountain View. Call691-9982. www.rba.org.Music Group Y and T Thirtieth Anniver-sary Tour, Fri., Nov. 26, and Sat., Nov.27, 9 p.m. $35 advance; $37 at the door.Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway, RedwoodCity. Call 369-4119. www.foxdream.com.

On Stage“Closer” By Patrick Marber, directed byDaniel Sack. Describes the relationshipsbetween four Londoners stumbling to-wards each other through the darkerside of contemporary romance. ThroughNov. 20, 8 p.m., Nov. 21, 2 p.m. $8, at

the door or by reservation. Nitery The-ater, Old Union, 514 Lasuen Mall, Stan-ford. Call 725-5838. drama.stanford.edu.“Merrily We Roll Along” Stephen Sond-heim musical covering 20 years in thelives of three friends, from the ‘50s to the‘70s. Through Nov. 21. Thu., 7:30 p.m.Fri., 8 p.m. Fri.; Sat. and Sun., 2:30 p.m.$18 adult; $13 student/senior. SunnyvaleCommunity Center Theatre, 550 E. Rem-ington Drive, Sunnyvale. Call (408) 733-6611. www.sunnyvaleplayers.org.Peninsula Teen Opera PTO presents aprogram of opera and operetta featuringPuccini’s Gianni Schicchi, performed inEnglish, Nov. 19-20, 7:30. Sun., Nov. 21,3 p.m. $15 general; $10 for seniors andstudents. Eagle Theatre, Los Altos HighSchool, 210 Almond Ave., Los Altos. Call(408) 226-9673 or (408) 504-6438.www.teenopera.org.Storytelling “Tellabration 2004,” a nightof storytelling for adults, Sat., Nov. 20, 7p.m. $10 general; $8 student and senior.Proceeds to benefits The Gift of Reading.United Methodist Church, 655 Magdale-na, Los Altos. Call 494-1383.“The Odd Couple,” by Neil SimonRomp of mismatched roommates in al-ternate staging: 1964 version male leadsand 1984 re-write female leads. Nov. 20,2 p.m. Tickets $4 matinee/$8 evening.Tickets available at Gunn Student Activi-ties Office or at the door. Gunn HighSchool Little Theatre, 780 ArastraderoRd., Palo Alto.Peninsula Men’s Holiday Chorus Will re-hearse 5 Tue. nights, 7:30-9 p.m.through Nov. 23. No singing experienceis required. Open to male singers of alllevels and experience. Cubberley Com-munity Center, 4000 Middlefield Rd.,Palo Alto. Call (408) 245-5977. www.barbershop-harmony.org.

ExhibitsCantor Arts Center “Finding Sellaio,”conservation of a Renaissance panelpainting, through Nov. 28; “Question: Anexperiment that provokes questionsabout art and its presentation in muse-ums,” through Jan. 2; “Women on theVerge: The Culture of Neurasthenia inNineteenth-Century America,” throughFeb. 6. Hours: Wed.-Sun., 11 a.m.-5p.m.; Thu., 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Cantor ArtsCenter, 328 Lomita Drive, Stanford. Call723-4177. ccva.stanford.edu.Computer History Museum Tours TheVisible Storage exhibit displays technolo-gy advances from pre-computing to su-percomputing. Hour-long tours last avail-

able on Wednesdays, Fridays and Satur-days at 1 and 2:30 p.m. Reservations rec-ommended. Computer History Museum,1401 N. Shoreline Blvd., Mountain View.Call 810-1013. www.computerhistory.org.Gallery House Holiday Show: paintings,sculpture, glass, mixed media, prints,photographs, ceramics and unique holi-day ornaments by member art ists.Through Dec. 24. Reception Fri., Nov.19, 6-8 p.m. Special holiday show hours:Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Sun., noon-4p.m. Gallery House, 320 California Ave.,Palo Alto. www.galleryhouse2.com.Green Library “Ira Nowinski: The Pho-tographer As Witness” Highlights theStanford University Library’s holdings ofSan Francisco-based photographerNowinski, and his series of works focus-ing on Holocaust memorials and sites,and the lives of Jewish emigres in SanFrancisco and abroad. Through Nov. 30Green Library, Stanford University, 557Escondido Mall, Stanford. Call 725-1020, information. www-sul.stanford.edu“Hello Self” Artwork by 11 artists withstudios at The Cubberley CommunityCenter. Through November, co-spon-sored by the City of Palo Alto, Division ofArts and Culture. Mon.-Thu., 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. City Hall, 250 Hamilton, PaloAlto.“Inside/Outside” Artworks by localartist, Anthony Montanino. Large scale oilpaintings of interiors, figures, and thesuburban landscape. Through Nov. 19.Hours: Mon.-Fri., 10 a.m.-3 p.m. or byarrangement. Castilleja School, 1311Emerson St., Palo Alto. Call 328-3160x406.“Into Three Dimensions” Nov. 22-Dec.26, the Mackenzie Thorpe worldwidesculpture tour exhibit features excitingnew life-size bronzes, plus a selection oforiginals on paper and limited edition art-work. Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m., andSun., noon-5 p.m. Champagne Recep-tion, Dec. 11, 6-8:30 p.m. Free.Peabody Fine Art Gallery, 603 SantaCruz Ave., Menlo Park. Call 322-2200.www.peabodygallery.com.James Lagiss: New Monoprints Mono-prints from his 2003 Autumn portfolio.Through Dec. 30. Call for times. StellarSomerset Gallery, 539 Bryant St., PaloAlto. Call 328-6688. www.stellarsomersetgallery.com.“Jammed with Art” Artwork by memberartists in all media during the holiday sea-son. There will be an abundance of art-work in all media. Gallery 9, 143 Main


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Inside Outside“Inside Outside,” featuring paintings by Anthony Montanino, hasbeen extended to Dec. 6 at the Anita Seipp Gallery. The gallery islocated on the campus of Castilleja School, 1311 Emerson St. inPalo Alto. Admission is free. Gallery hours are Monday throughFriday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information please call(650) 328-3160, ext. 406. Shown above is “The Last Show.”

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Public Notices

City of Palo AltoENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Draft Mitigated Negative Declaration has been prepared by the Palo Alto Department of Planning and Community Environment for the project listed be-low. In accordance with A.B. 886, this document will be availa-ble for review and comment during a minimum 20-day inspec-tion period beginning November 19, 2004 to December 8, 2004 during the hours of 8:00 A.M. to 12:00 noon and 1:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. at the Development Center, 285 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California.

OS New Single Family Home - 5061 Skyline Blvd [02-SD-12, 02-V-18, 02-EIA-13]: Request by Harvey Loucks for Site and Design Review of the construction of a new single family residence and site improvements on approximately 11.04 acres within the Open Space Zoning District. Environmental Assessment: A Mitigated Negative Declaration is proposed in accordance with CEQA guidelines.

The project for which the Mitigated Negative Declaration is pro-posed will be considered at a public hearing scheduled for thePlanning and Transportation Commission Hearing on Wednesday, December 8, 2004 at 7:00 P.M. in the Palo Alto City Hall Council Chambers on the first floor of the Civic Cen-ter, located at 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California.Written comments on the Mitigated Negative Declaration will be accepted until 4:30 pm on December 8, 2004 in the Plan-ning and Community Environment Department Civic Center of-fices on the fifth floor of City Hall and can be presented to the Commissioners during their hearing of this item on December 8, 2004.

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Steve Emslie, Director of Planning and Community Environment

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, listening assistive devices are available in the Council Chambers and Council Conference Room. Sign language interpreters will be provided upon re-quest with 72 hours advance notice.

NOTICE OF VACANCIES ON THELIBRARY ADVISORY COMMISSION

FOR FOUR EXPIRED TERMS ENDING JANUARY 31, 2008(Terms of Hirsh, Jones, Skokowski, and Wyman)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council is seeking applications for the Library Advisory Commission from persons interested in a term ending January 31, 2008.

Eligibility Requirements: Composed of seven members who shall be appointed by and shall serve at the pleasure of the City Council, but who shall not be Council Members, officers or employees of the City of Palo Alto. Each member of the commission shall have a demonstrated interest in public library matters. All members of the commission shall at all times be residents of the City of Palo Alto. Regular meetings will be held at 7 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of each month.

Purpose and Duties: The purpose of the Library Advisory Commission shall be to advise the City Council on matters relating to the Palo Alto City Library, excluding daily administrative operations. The commission shall have the following duties:

1. Advise the City Council on planning and policy matters pertaining to: a) the goals of and the services provided by the Palo Alto City Library; b) the future delivery of the services by the Palo Alto City Library; c) the City Manager’s recommendations pertaining to the disposition of major gifts of money, personal property and real property to the City to be used for library purposes; d) the construction and renovation of capital facilities of the Palo Alto City Library; and e) joint action projects with other public or private information entities, including libraries.

2. Review state legislative proposals that may affect the operation of the Palo Alto City Library.

3. Review the City Manager’s proposed budget for capital improvements and operations relating to the Palo Alto City Library, and thereafter forward any comments to one or more of the applicable committees of the Council.

4. Provide advice upon such other matters as the City Council may from time to time assign.

5. Receive community input concerning the Palo Alto City Library.6. Review and comment on fund-raising efforts on behalf of the Palo Alto City Library.

The Library Advisory Commission shall not have the power or authority to cause the expenditure of City funds or to bind the City to any written or implied contract.

Appointment information and application forms are available in the City Clerk's Office, 250 Hamil-ton Avenue, Palo Alto (Phone: 650-329-2571).

Deadline for receipt of applications in the City Clerk's Office is 5:00 p.m., Friday, December 10, 2004. If one of the incumbents does not reapply, the deadline will be extended to Wednesday, De-cember 15, 2004.

DONNA J. ROGERSCity Clerk

PALO ALTO RESIDENCY IS A REQUIREMENT.

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CHEROKEE COUNTY STATE OF GEORGIA

NOTICE OF ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS

To: Eric Stanley OrgeryLegal father of Reilly Alexander Ogrey

Last know whereabouts: 2483 Ramona StreetPalo Alto, CA 94301

To the legal father:

A Petition for adoption has Motion to Terminate Your Parental Rights of said minor child was filed in the Supe-rior Court of Cherokee County, Geor-gia, Civil Action File No.: 04-AD-0047. You are the legal father; you are to make known any objection you may have to said adoption on January 5, 2005, in said Court at 9:00 a.m. in the Superior Court of Cherokee County.

Be advised you will lose all rights to the child and neither receive notice nor be entitled to object to the adoption of the child unless, within thirty (30) days of this notice, you file and answer to the Petition for adoption with the Supe-rior Court id Cherokee County, Geor-gia, Civil Action File No.: 04-AD-0047 and send a copy to the below listed counsel for the Petitioner, Eric A. Bal-linger, P.O. Box 450, Canton, Georgia, 30114

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF CHEROKEE COUNTY STATE OF

GEORGIA

NOTICE OF ADOPTION PROCEEDINGS

To: Eric Stanley OrgeryLegal father of Gregory Harrington Ogrey

Last know whereabouts: 2483 Ramona StreetPalo Alto, CA 94301

To the legal father:

A Petition for adoption has Motion to Terminate Your Parental Rights of said minor child was filed in the Supe-rior Court of Cherokee County, Geor-gia, Civil Action File No.: 04-AD-0047. You are the legal father; you are to make known any objection you may have to said adoption on January 5, 2005, in said Court at 9:00 a.m. in the

Superior Court of Cherokee County. Be advised you will lose all rights to

the child and neither receive notice nor be entitled to object to the adoption of the child unless, within thirty (30) days of this notice, you file and answer to the Petition for adoption with the Supe-rior Court id Cherokee County, Geor-gia, Civil Action File No.: 04-AD-0047 and send a copy to the below listed counsel for the Petitioner, Eric A. Bal-linger, P.O. Box 450, Canton, Georgia, 30114

NOTICE OF PETITION TOADMINISTER ESTATE OF:

HAVA MEGIDDO1-04-PR-155600

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may be otherwise interested in the will or estate, or both, of HAVA MEGID-DO, also known as HAVA BEN-SHA-LOM.

A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by : NIMROD MEGIDDO in the Superior Court of California, County of SANTA CLARA.

THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that NIMROD MEGIDDO be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

THE PETITION requests the dece-dent’s will and codicils, if any, be ad-mitted to probate. The will and any co-dicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.

THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Inde-pendent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Be-fore taking certain very important ac-tions, however, the personal representa-tive will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the pro-posed action.) The independent admin-istration authority will be granted un-less an interested person files an objec-tion to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A HEARING on the petition will be held on December 23, 2004 at 9:00 a.m. in Dept. 13 of the Superior Court of California, Santa Clara County, lo-cated at 191 N. First St., San Jose, CA, 95113.

IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a

contingent creditor of the deceased, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representa-tive appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in section 9100 of the California Probate Code. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person inter-ested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an in-ventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Re-quest for Special Notice form is availa-ble from the court clerk.Petitioner:/s/ Nimrod MegiddoP.O. Box 1912Los Altos, CA 94023(408) 927-1786(PAW November 5, 12, 19, 2004)

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(TENTATIVE) AGENDA – SPECIAL MEETING - COUNCIL CONFERENCE ROOMNovember 22, 2004, 6:45 p.m.

1. Resolution of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Expressing Appreciation to Police Canine Upon His Retirement

(TENTATIVE) AGENDA – REGULAR MEETING - COUNCIL CHAMBERSNovember 22, 2004, 7:00 p.m.

1. Continued Discussion of Environmental Services Center (ESC)2. Potential Reconsideration of May 10, 2004 City Council Action regarding

“Proposed New Recycling and Solid Waste Services – Recommendation Number 1: Implementation of a Single Stream Recycling Program.”

3. Approval of Resolution Fixing the Amount of the City's Contribution Under the Public Employees Medical and Hospital Care Act (PEMHCA) at the Specified Current Blue Shield Rates for IAFF, Local 1319, International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) and for Management and Professional Personnel - Resolutions

4. Award of Contracts to Wells Fargo Bank for Banking Services and Union Bank of California for Custodial Services; and Approval of Resolution Delegating Authority to the Director of Administrative Services to Execute Agreements and Sign Documents on Behalf of the City - Resolution

5. Approval of a Compromise and Settlement Agreement with Comcast of California, IX, Inc., The Cable Franchise - Resolution

6. Approval of a Purchase order with Valley Oil Company in an amount not to exceed $750,000 for Auto Fuel Services

7. Public Hearing: Trial Traffic Calming Plan Comprising Speed Tables and Traffic Circles Recommended by the Planning and Transportation Commission for the College Terrace Neighborhood, which is Bounded by El Camino Real to the east, Stanford Avenue to the north, California Avenue to the South, and the Palo Alto City Limits to the West.

8. CONFERENCE WITH CITY ATTORNEY -- EXISTING LITIGATION Subject: Jorge Eduardo Hernandez v. City of Palo Alto, et al.,United States District Court, Northern District of California, Case No.: C 03-03307 JWAuthority: Government Code section 54956.9(a)

9. CONFERENCE WITH CITY ATTORNEY -- ANTICIPATED LITIGATIONSubject: Initiation of litigation by the City of Palo Alto against MCI Worldcom Network Services Inc. & Subsidiaries.Authority: Government Code Section 54956.9(c)

St. , Los Al tos. Cal l 941-7969.gallery9losaltos.com.“Merry Art at Main” Holiday GroupShow by twenty-four member artists.Through Dec 23, reception Sun., Dec. 5,4-7 p.m. Gallery Hours: Wed.-Fri.; 11a.m.-4 p.m. Sat.-Sun., 10 a.m.-3 p.m.Open every day during December. Free.The Main Gallery, 1018 Main St., Red-wood City. Call 701-1018. www.themaingallery.org.Mountain View Center Joan Hancock,acrylic paintings, through Jan. 3. Mon.,Wed., Fri., noon-1 p. m., and one hourprior to public performances. Mountain

View Center, 500 Castro St., MountainView. www.mvcpa.com.Number, Please?: Telephone EvolutionView the telephonic march of progress:from the first crude instruments to so-phisticated cell phones and Internetvoice technology of today. Free admis-sion. Open Fri.- Sun., 11 a.m.-4 p.m. orby private tour. Ongoing through Jan. 30,2005. Museum of American Heritage,351 Homer Ave., Palo Alto. Call 321-1004. www.moah.org.Pacific Art League “Pacific Prints,” andStudents of Robin Scholl, through Nov.30. Pacific Art League, 668 Ramona St.,Palo Alto. Call 321-3891. www.pacificartleague.org.

Palo Alto Art Center Fall ExhibitionsThrough Jan. 2, Revisiting the Mirror: SelfPortraits through time, To Mirror History:Ian Everard and Hanna Hannah, DominicDi Mare: Other Selves. Free Adult DocentTour. Please call for schedule. Palo Alto ArtCenter, 1313 Newell Road, Palo Alto. Call329-2366. www.cityofpaloalto.org/artcenter.Recent Acquisitions, from Paris Figura-tive paintings and sculpture from LaBelle Èpoque through the Modern Era1890-1950. Kathleen Avery Fine Art, 825Emerson St., Palo Alto. Call 323-7830.www.kathleenaveryfineart.com.“Votes for Women” “Unfinished Busi-ness.” How the women’s suffrage move-


NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGof the Palo Alto

Planning & Transportation Commission

Please be advised the Planning and Transportation Commission shall conduct a meeting at 7:00 PM Wednesday, December 8, 2004 in the Civic Center, Council Chambers, 1st Floor, 250 Ham-ilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California. Any interested persons may appear and be heard on these items.

All correspondence relating to any of the agenda items below or non-agenda items, which were not received by the 2:00 PM deadline for inclusion into Commission packets on the Friday preceding the meeting date, need to be received before 5:00 PM on the date of the meeting for distribution to staff and Commission members.

Interested persons may appear and be heard. Staff reports for agendized items are availa-ble via the City’s main website at www.cityofpaloalto.org. under Agendas/Minutes/Reports and also at the Planning Division Front Desk, 5th Floor, City Hall, after 2:00 PM on the Fri-day preceding the meeting date. Copies will be made available at the Development Center should City Hall be closed on the 9/80 Friday.

NEW BUSINESS:Public Hearings.

1. 5061 Skyline Blvd [02-D-12, 02-EIA-13]*: Request by Harvey Loucks for Site and Design Review of the construction of a new single family residence on approximately 11.04 acres within the Open Space Zoning District. Environmental Assessment: A Mitigated Negative Declaration is proposed in accordance with CEQA guidelines. Zone District: OS (Open Space).

2. Revisions to the Transfer of Development Rights Ordinance for City-owned Properties, and Revisions to the Downtown CD Zone Ordinance to IncreaseResidential Density Limits. 1) Review and recommendation regarding proposed revisions to the Zoning Code, Chapters 18.87, 18.49 and 18.32. The proposed zone changes would allow eligible City-owned historic properties (Category I or Category II) located in any zone district to be “sender sites” under the TDR ordinance, transferring historic or seismic rehabilitation floor area bonuses from these sites to eligible “receiver” sites located in the Downtown CD Zone District; and modify the procedures and requirements for granting floor area bonuses. Proposed changes to Chapter 18.49 also would modify site development requirements, and replace maximum residential density limit with a required maximum average unit size for residential and mixed-use projects located in the CD zone district to encourage use of TDR to provide housing units. The residential density on a mixed use or residential site would be limited by the floor area ratio (FAR), site development requirements, parking requirements, and Comprehensive Plan density limits. 2) Discussion of possible changes to Chapter 18.87.040 and 18.87.055 to increase the maximum parking exemption for bonus floor area from 5000 square feet to 10,000 square feet; and to reduce the required distance between TDR “receiver” sites and residentially zoned property.

3. 928, 940, and 1180 East Meadow Drive [04-PM-01]*: Request by Trumark Companies on behalf of 928 E. Meadow Partners, et. al. for a Vesting Tentative Map for a proposed residential infill development. This map is required in order to merge three parcels (approx. 4.4 acres) and create 76 condominium units. Environmental Assessment: Categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act per section 15332--In-fill development projects. Zone District: LM

4. 382-384 Curtner Avenue (#04-APL-3)*: Appeal by Mark Migdal of the Director of Planning and Community Environment's denial of Architectural Review Board and Variance applications (#03-ARB-44 and #03-V-13) requested by Mark Migdal to allow a .894 floor area ratio where the maximum allowed in the RM-30 Zone District is .75 in order to allow four of the proposed six units to each include a 470.5 square foot third floor. Environmental Assessment: Negative Declaration determination per California Environmental Quality Act Section 15070. Zone District: Medium Density Multiple-Family Residence (RM-30).

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: None.

NEXT MEETING: Special Meeting of December 15, 2004.

Questions. If interested parties have any questions regarding the above applications, please contact the Plan-ning Division at (650) 329-2441. The files relating to these items are available for inspection weekdays be-tween the hours of 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Audio tapes are available at 329-2440 and video tapes of meetings are available at the City Cable Desk at 329-2206. This public meeting is televised live on Government Access Channel 26.ADA. Persons with disabilities who require auxiliary aids or services in using City facilities, services, or pro-grams or who would like information on the City’s compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, may contact (650) 329-2550 (voice) or (650) 328-1199 (TDD).

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Talks/AuthorsAsian Art Lecture Docent Sally Kirby willexplore the beauty of the jewelry of Asia,5000BC-20th cent. Free. Fri., Nov.19,1:30-2:30 p.m. All ages are invited. LittleHouse, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park.Call 326-2025. peninsulavolunteers.org.Robert Jensen Author, media critic, andProfessor of Journalism, Robert Jensen,will discuss his book” Citizens of the Em-pire: The Struggle to Claim Humanity,”which explores the consequences of theUS quest for military and economic, Sat.,Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m. $10 and $20 dona-tion. First Presbyterian Church of PaloAlto, 1140 Cowper St., Palo Alto. Call326-8837. www.peaceandjustice.org.“Surplus” “Terrorized Into Being Con-sumers.” Consumer confidence hasbeen low since September 11. MeetKevin Danaher of Global Exchange, whowill discuss whether the war against Iraqhas restored consumer confidence,Mon., Nov. 22, 7:30 p.m. $5 and $10suggested donation. Unitarian Universal-ist Church of Palo Alto (Wheelchair ac-cessible), 505 E. Charleston Road, PaloAlto. Call 326-8837. www.peaceandjustice.org or www.worldcentric.org orwww.uucpa.org.Technology and Society Forum LennySiegel, a founder of the Alliance for aNew Moffett Field, will discuss the impli-cations of the 2005 round of base clo-sures for the local community, Tue., Nov.23, 11:45 a.m. Lunch $8.50; $9.50 fornonmembers. Golden Wok restaurant,895 Villa St., Mountain View. Call 969-7215. tian.greens.org/TASC.shtml.Tom Wolfe Author of “Right Stuff” and“The Bonfire of the Vanities” has a newnovel, “I Am Charloote Simmons,” Sat.,Nov. 20, 5 p.m. $35 and a copy of hisnew novel. Event takes place at MenloPark City Council Chambers. Tickets re-quired; contact Kepler’s Books, 1010 ElCamino Real, Menlo Park. Call 324-4321. www.keplers.com.10th Annual Reading Day Puppetshows, crafts, clowns reading in English,Spanish, and Chinese, Sat., Nov. 20,10a.m.-2 p.m. All ages. Pizza, drink andBook Fair sales will benefit the MountainView Library Foundation. City of Moun-tain View Public Library, 585 Franklin St.,Mountain View. Cal l 903-6897.library.ci.mtnview.ca.us.

Family and KidsAdvent Craft Festival Wreath-makingand other seasonal crafts, Sun., Nov. 21,11:45 a.m. All Saints’ Episcopal Church,555 Waverley St., Palo Alto. Call 322-4528. www.asaints.org.Funday Drama ages 6-11 Involvesstretching, creative movement with mu-sic and words, voice work and dramagames. Saturdays 10:30 a.m.-noon. TheAHA! Center and are $15/class/child.The AHA! Center, 2121 Staunton Court,Palo Alto. Call 424-8770. www.ahacenter.org.Los Altos Hills Museum Melissa Steven-son creates four female characters inAmerican history. “A Gallery of Excep-tional Women, Sojourner Truth, EleanorRoosevelt, and others, Sun., Nov. 21, 2p.m. Los Altos Library program Room,51 S. San Antonio Road, Los Altos. Call559-0268. www.losaltoshistory.org.Parents and Kids Hike 2-4 mile hikeevery Wednesday morning, in variousparks in the Peninsula. For more infoplease contact Sierra Club Family Out-ings Hike Leader, Sonya Bradski. Call856-9366.Preschool Storytime Storytime for chil-dren ages 3-5, Fridays, 11:30 a.m.Mitchell Park Library, 3700 MiddlefieldRoad, Palo Alto. Cal l 329-2134.www.cityofpaloalto.orgPreschool Storytime Storytime for chil-dren ages 3-5, Thursdays at 10:30 a.m.Children’s Library, 1276 Harriet St., PaloAlto. Call 329-2134. www.cityofpaloalto.orgPreschool Storytime Storytime for chil-dren ages 3-5, Wednesdays, 11 a.m.College Terrace Library, 2300 WellesleySt., Palo Alto. Call 329-2134. www.cityofpaloalto.orgStop In and Explore Bring family andfriends, take a pond prowl, and enjoydisplays of natural communities, anySat., or Sun., Nov. 20-21, between


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noon-5 p.m. Skyline Ridge Open SpacePreserve, Page Mill/Alpine Road, SkylineBlvd. intersection; meet at Russian Ridgeparking lot, Palo Alto. Call 691-1200.www.openspace.org.Through the Eyes of a Child: The LosAltos History Museum presents its holi-day exhibit, opens Fri., Nov. 26-Jan. 2.Reception, Thu., Dec. 2, 4-6 p.m. “Holi-day Story Time,” Dec. 15, 7 p.m. Los Al-tos Library Program Room, 51 S. SanAntonio Road, Los Altos. Call 948-9427.ww.losaltoshistory.org.Toddler Storytime Storytime for childrenages 18 months to 3 years, Fridays, 10a.m. Mitchell Park Library, 3700 Middle-field Road, Palo Alto. Call 329-2134.www.cityofpaloalto.org

Toddler Storytime Storytimes for chil-dren ages 18 months to 3 years, Tue-days, 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Children’s Li-brary, 1276 Harriet St., Palo Alto. Call329-2134. www.cityofpaloalto.org

Teen ActivitiesUS History Through Music Learn thepeople’s history of the US through thestudy of musical evolution and migration.Uncover the transformation of music inAmerica from its roots in Greece and theMiddle East to today’s musical acts.Thursdays, through Dec.16, 4-5 p.m.,$15/class. The AHA! Center, 2121Staunton Court, Palo Alto. Call 424-8770. www.ahacenter.org.

SeniorsTour to Laughlin, Nevada Includes 3-night accommodations, 3 buffets, and allbaggage handling. Minimum walking.Sun.-Wed., Nov. 28-Dec. 1. Call for costand departure times. Avenidas, 450Bryant St., Palo Alto. Call 326-5362.www.avenidas.org.

HealthStop Smoking Program Great AmericanSmoke out day on Nov. 18, our clinic willwaive the $150 initial evaluation and con-sultation fee for those who are ready toquit smoking till the end of November. Ourpurpose is to help as many people aspossible to quit smoking. The Healing LabClinic, 415 Cambridge Ave., Palo Alto.Call 380-1999. www.healinglab.com.

Classes/WorkshopsBack, Neck and Shoulders Sun., Nov.21, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., $85. Learn basic oilmassage strokes and techniques. BodyTherapy Center , 368 California Ave, PaloAlto. Call 328-9400. www.bodymindspirit.net.Creating Intention Dolls With ValerieSher, setting intention and creating asymbolic representation and manifesta-tion of that energy. Nov. 19, 6:30-9:30p.m. Institute of Transpersonal Psycholo-gy, 1069 E. Meadow Circle, Palo Alto.Call 493-4430. www.itp.edu.Creating Your Life Map Through collageand other media, you will create a lifemap that will help you step back and re-flect on your life. Free. Facilitated by JanFisher. Wed., Nov. 20, 7-9 p.m. Pre-regis-tration required. Living Arts Center, 2680Bayshore Parkway, Mountain View. Call314-0193. www.Living-Arts-Center.com.

Intro to Craniosacral Therapy For Profes-sional Bodyworkers. Sat. and Sun., Nov.20-21, 10-5 p.m., $195. Learn to sensethe fluid mobility of the cranial bones,spinal membranes, sacrum and cere-brospinal fluid, and how the craniosacralwave rhythm may be reset to assist thebody’s natural healing. Body TherapyCenter, 368 California Ave., Palo Alto. Call328-9400. www.bodymindspirit.net.Introduction to Permaculture Sat., Nov.20,10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., $21. Thisclass will expose you to a variety of natu-ral and basic Permaculture design ethics,principles and pattern applications.Taught by Brock Dolman. CommonGround Organic Gardening Supply, 559College Ave., Palo Alto. Call 493-6072.www.commongroundinpaloalto.org.Introductory Dance Technique Class:Ballet and modern dance offered throughPalo Alto Adult and Community Educa-


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Media Center Channel 27“About Books” Charlotte Jarmy, author of “Reflections: AColumnist’s Journey Through Time,” talks about the events thatinspired her reflections. She reads her reflections on autumnleaves. — Nov. 20 at 4 p.m.“Talking with Henrieta” Talking with Henrietta: Who preparesour political leaders and is there specific training that theyshould have? Host Henrietta Burroughs examines these issuesand more. — Nov. 21 at 4:30 p.m. & Nov. 25 at 8 p.m.

Media Center Channel 28“West Bay Game of the Week” Football action from the Ki-wanis Silicon Valley Bowl of Nov. 20. — Nov. 22, 24 & 26 atnoon and Nov. 23 & 25 at 8 p.m.“Indian Vegetarian Gourmet” This lively half-hour will simplifyand demystify the myths and mysteries attached to Indiancooking. Quick and easy recipes are shown, adapted to ingredi-ents available in grocery stores. — Nov. 25 at 6 p.m. & Nov. 26at 10 a.m.

Media Center Channel 30“Heritage” Hear the personal stories behind two well-knownPalo Alto restaurants — Nouveau Trattoria (Annie Nunan) andMaddalena’s-Café Fino (Fred Maddalena). — Nov. 24 at 9 p.m.& Nov. 25 at 1 p.m.“The Better Part” Learn how entertainment for the blind isperformed through audio captioning. — Nov. 25 at 10 a.m. &7:30 p.m.

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tion. Through Dec. 2. Palo Alto HighSchool, 50 Embarcadero Road, PaloAlto. www.paadultschool.org/.Lightness of Yoga Andrea Lenox teach-es this class. Every Wed., 5:30-6:30p.m., through Dec. 8. Unity Church,3391 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Call857-0919.Making Cool Stuff Build instruments andtoys that let you see sound, write with avibrating pen, and turn lasers into tacticalexperiences. Ages 11 and up Fridaysthrough Dec. 17, 3:30-5:30 p.m.,$20/class. The AHA! Center, 2121Staunton Court, Palo Alto. Call 424-8770. www.ahacenter.org.Meditative Yoga Freedom, expansion,and balance through inner strength andgrace, taught by Andrea Lenox. ThroughDec. 8. Mondays 6:15-7:45 p.m.,Wednesdays 9:30-11a.m. Unity Church,3391 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Call857-0919.Norwegian Kransekake Demonstration“Sigrid Undset Lodge” the Daughters ofNorway will have a how-to demonstra-tion of this traditional holiday treat by ex-pert baker Randi Adams, Sat., Nov. 20,10:30 a.m. Free. Grace LutheranChurch, 3149 Waverley St., Palo Alto.Call 494-1829.Permaculture and the Home GardenSat., Nov. 20, 1:30-3:30 p.m., $21.There will be a discussion on gardenstructures, roof water catchments andstorm water retention for enhanced poly-culture food forests. Brock Dolman Com-mon Ground Organic Gardening Supply.Call 493-6072. www.commongroundinpaloalto.org.Pique Assiete Workshop Creating artout of broken dishes and making mo-saics from household scraps. Nov. 20,10 a.m.-4 p.m. $45 members, $50 non-members, $15 materials. Little House,800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park. Call 326-2025. peninsulavolunteers.org.

FilmEarly Marlon Brando: 1950-1961 Mainfeature every Fri.-Sun., through Dec.24, call for show times. Stanford The-atre, 221 University Ave., Palo Alto. Call324-3700.Movies at Little House Monday’s 1p.m., Nov. 22; “Pieces of April”; Nov. 29;“Laws of Attraction”. $1 members, $2non-members. Little House Activity Cen-ter, 800 Middle Ave., Menlo Park. Call326-2025. peninsulavolunteers.org.Stanford Theatre Movie Guide Nov. 19:Sayonara (1957) 7:30; Cat on a Hot TinRoof (1958) 5:30, 10:10; Nov. 20-21:Sayonara (1957) 2:50, 7:30; Cat on aHot Tin Roof (1958) 5:30, 10:10; Nov.24-25: Swing Time (1936) 7:30; YouWere Never Lovelier (1942) 5:40, 9:25;Nov. 26: The Wild One (1953) 7:30; APlace in the Sun (1951) 5:15, 9; Nov. 27-28: The Wild One (1953) 3:45, 7:30; APlace in the Sun (1951) 5:15, 9. StanfordTheatre, 221 University Ave., Palo Alto.Call 324-3700. www.stanfordtheatre.org.

OutdoorsMushroom Hike Learn to identify com-mon families of mushrooms with WadeLeschyn of the Mycological Society ofSan Francisco. He will discuss edibleand poisonous varieties, Nov. 20, 10a.m.-1 p.m. Bring a basket for collectingspecimens and a small knife. Hike con-tingent on weather. Space limited; regis-ter early. $10; age 10 and up. HiddenVilla Farm & Wilderness Preserve, 26870Moody Road, Los Altos. Call 949-8653.www.hiddenvilla.org.

EnvironmentNotable Birds of the Past and PresentDocents Jan Hintermeister and KarenDeMello will try to answer questionsabout bird populations on this 2-milewalk that will focus on the historical as-pects of birds and the Bay, Sun., Nov.20, 9:30 a.m.-noon. Bring binoculars ifyou have them. Stevens Creek ShorelineNature Study Area, Los Altos. Call 691-1200. www.openspace.org.Post Thanksgiving Adventure DocentsMarilyn and Bill Bauriedel on this 6-mileloop through four preserves to look forsigns of late fall, such as wood-rat nests,deer, coyote, bobcat tracks, nuts,acorns, and maple leaves, Sat., Nov. 27,9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Skyline Ridge OpenSpace Preserve, Page Mill/Alpine Road,Skyline Blvd. intersection; meet at Russ-ian Ridge parking lot, Palo Alto. Call 691-1200. www.openspace.org.


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FridayWomen’s volleyball: Washington St.

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OAKS CORNER . . . The Menlo Col-lege women’s volleyball team lost totop seed Fresno Pacific, 30-10, 28-30, 30-17, 30-23, in the first round ofthe NAIA tournament on Tuesday inFresno. The Oaks (21-3) were seed-ed eighth in the playoffs. Fresno Pa-cific (31-1) hit .304 for the match.“We are very proud of the girls and allthey accomplished this season,”Menlo coach Bill Imwalle said. “Totake a game off the number oneteam in the nation is very promisingfor the direction this program is head-ed.” Sophomore Kari Shimomurarecorded 14 kills and 25 digs to leadMenlo. Senior Cindy Epps had 14kills, followed by Sanoe’ Eselu with13 kills. Freshman setter AlyssaChang added 14 assists, while fresh-man libero Christa Hewett had 19digs . . . The Menlo College men’sbasketball team opens its seasontonight with a game against visitingLinfield at 7:30 p.m. The Oaks havejust two seniors - Kevin Jones andKyle Arneseon — on the team thisyear. Menlo-Atherton grad MichaelMartinez also plays for the Oaks . . .The Menlo College women’s basket-ball team travels to Portland to takeon Willamette on Saturday and Lewisand Clark on Sunday. The Oaks areled by seniors Maria Gomez andTammy Jones. Epps joins the teamafter her successful run in volleyball .. . Aaron Mendenhall placed first inthe 133-pound division of the SanFrancisco State JC men’s wrestlingtournament last weekend. Menlo fin-ished fourth in the team standings . .. Laurin Daniels and Sara Fulp-Alleneach won individual titles at the MikeClock Open women’s wrestling tour-nament at Pacific University in ForestGrove, Oregon.

CARDINAL CORNER . . . The Stan-ford men’s swimming and divingteam signed diver Dwight Dumais toa letter of intent . . . Stanford wrestlerTanner Gardner, competing unat-tached, won the 125-pound weightdivision at the Central Missouri Openover the weekend. Redshirt freshmanJosh Zupancic was second at 149pounds . . . Menlo-Atherton grad T.C.Ostrander will make his second startwhen the Stanford football team trav-els to Berkeley for the Big Game onSaturday at 12:30 p.m. Ostrandertook over last week when Trent Ed-wards suffered a left shoulder injuryagainst Arizona State. Edwards couldsee some action on Saturday, alongwith senior Ryan Eklund and juniorKyle Matter. M-A grad Greg Camar-illo will be playing his final game withStanford.

Members of the Menlo School girls’ water polo team celebrate their 6-5 win over No. 1-seeded Sacred Heart Prep onTuesday in the Central Coast Section semifinals. The Knights will play for the CCS title on Saturday against St. Francis.

SportsKyle Terada

One final shotAs Menlo boys and girls takeaim at CCS water polo titles,senior Andy Suiter hopes the

final match of his careerwill be a winner

by Keith Peters

Andy Suiter knows what it feels like to hoista championship trophy. He did just thatlast spring after helping the Menlo

School baseball team capture the CentralCoast Section Division III title.

“It was really exciting, one of the bestfeelings,” Suiter said. “All those guys onthe team, I was so close to. When we were drivinghome on the bus, everyone was so excited and hav-ing such a good time. It was like, wow, making itthrough the playoffs was such a big deal. When weactually won the championship, it was just incredi-ble.”

While Suiter will have the opportunity to relivethose feelings next spring in his final baseball sea-son at Menlo, the senior has yet to experience thatchampionship moment in water polo.

As a freshman, Suiter played football. As a soph-omore, he watched as the Knights were routed bySoquel in the CCS Division II finals. Last season, itwas Sacred Heart Prep denying Menlo in the fi-nals.

That brings us to Saturday’s CCS Division IIchampionship match against St. Francis, set for1:30 p.m. at Independence High at 1:30 p.m. Men-lo (29-5) is seeded No. 1 and St. Francis (26-7) isNo. 2. For Suiter, it will be the final water polo

match of his career. Next fall, he’ll be preparing fora full-time baseball career at UCLA.

Time just flies, doesn’t it?“I remember my first (water polo) season as a

sophomore,” Suiter said. “It (the CCS finals) was ablowout. That was bitter, but I thought we’d have apretty good team the next season. We surprisedourselves (in 2003) and made it all the way to the fi-nals. I think we had a really good shot at beatingSacred Heart, but we just came out really slow. Itwas a hard game to lose. I think I personally couldhave done a lot better, so hopefully this year will bedifferent.”

This season already is different, as Suiter hasbeen in a new role.

“He has been an amazing team player,” Menlocoach Jack Bowen said of Suiter. “Last year he wasfirst team All-CCS. All-American. Led the team in

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Littlemeansa lot

Stanford senior lookslike the center

of Cardinal hopes

by Rick Eymer

S tanford senior basketball cen-ter Rob Little has a simple re-quest: He wants a chance to

meet with National Security Advis-er Condoleezza Rice, the formerStanford provost.

“I would like to take this timeto publicly say: Dr. Rice could Iplease just have 30 minutes ofyour time. I’ll give you ticketsto any game you want! Dr.Rice’s track record speaks for it-self. She is a brilliant womanthat may in fact be calling theshots one day as president.”

Tonight’s season opener wouldbe a good bet for tickets as Stan-ford prepares to open its seasonwith a new coach in Trent Johnson,a former Cardinal assistant.

Stanford meets USF at 8:30 p.m.in the second game of a double-header at the Pete Newell Chal-lenge at The Arena in Oakland.

Johnson is familiar with the pro-gram, having served under MikeMontgomery between 1996-99 —years in which Stanford reachedthe NCAA Sweet Sixteen and Fi-nal Four — before accepting thehead job at Nevada.

Johnson fared well with the WolfPack too, leading them to lastyear’s Sweet Sixteen.

While Stanford lost four playersfrom last year’s 30-2 team, three tograduation and Josh Childress tothe Atlanta Hawks of the NBA,there’s still plenty of talent forJohnson to mold into winners.

Little (6-10, 260) and forwardNick Robinson (6-6, 205) are thelone seniors this year, but juniorsMatt Haryasz (6-11, 230), ChrisHernandez (6-2, 190), Dan Grun-feld (6-4, 215) and Jason Haas (6-2, 190) are back to give Stanfordplenty of experience.

And there’s also crowd favorite,junior Carlton Weatherby (6-1,180).

Sophomore Fred Washington (6-5, 210) will see increased time thisyear, and sophomores Evan Moore(6-7, 235) and Mark Bradford (6-2,205) will join the team again oncethe football season ends on Satur-day.

Tim Morris (6-4, 215) returns asa redshirt freshman, while Taj Fin-ger (6-8, 185) and Peter Prowitt (6-10, 250) are the newcomers.

It’s a team capable of defendingits Pac-10 title. Stanford has fin-ished first or second every yearsince its third place finish in 1996.The Cardinal were tabbed to finishthird in a preseason poll behind fa-vorite Arizona and Washington.

Hernandez, a preseason All-American pick, will direct an of-

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One final shot

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Senior leadershipthe key for Stanford

Return of King Borchardt is among the many reasonswhy Cardinal looks to have another successful season

by Rick Eymer

Susan King Borchardt was jogging one day last spring when she justdecided to return for her fifth year at Stanford. Stanford women’s basketball coach Tara VanDerveer got a mes-

sage late that King Borchardt wanted to talk.“It was a Friday, so I had to wait all weekend before she came in to tell

me,” VanDerveer recalled. “We had never really talked about it so I wasprepared for the worse. I didn’t have an idea of what she wanted to do.”

No one involved in the basketball program would have blamed KingBorchardt for leaving. After all, she had already spent nearly a year liv-ing apart from her husband, former Stanford star Curtis Borchardt, whonow plays in the NBA with the Utah Jazz, and the couple purchased ahome in Utah.

“Last spring I took a step back to really think about it,” King Borchardtsaid. “It’s an opportunity not many girls have in the country; to play at aplace I’ve looked at since I was 10.”

Needless to say, that Monday meeting in VanDerveer’s office wentwell.

“I was kind of shocked and very pleasantly surprised,” VanDerveersaid. “She’s a great competitor and I can’t wait for her to have a greatyear. She’s a leader on this team and this could be her best year. It wasgreat news.”

King Borchardt’s return gives Stanford one of its most experiencedteams ever, and one that is not only expected to contend for its fifthstraight Pac-10 title, but to make another deep run into the NCAA tour-nament.

“We expect to go every year but we don’t take it for granted,” KingBorchardt said. “We earn it every year. We know the finish is not a guar-antee.”

King Borchardt is one of five seniors on the team, which also includesPinewood grad Sebnem Kimyacioglu, preseason all-Pac-10 pick KelleySuminski, T’Nae Thiel and Azella Perryman.

The seniors have combined for 467 games, and 320 starts.“The seniors set the pace in practice,” VanDerveer said. “There’s a

sense of urgency that it’s this year. We have one of the most athleticteams I’ve ever had. We’re going to be a much more aggressive team,and a deep team. We just need everyone to be healthy.”

King Borchardt has a stress reaction in her left foot,and didn’t play in the exhibition games. She will be sidelinedonce again when the seventh-ranked Cardinal open their sea-son at Utah tonight.

Stanford’s home opener is Sunday against Pacific, tobe played at Santa Clara’s Leavey Center at 2 p.m.

Suminski and King Borchardt leads a veteran groupof guards that also include juniors Krista Rappahahn andClaire Bodensteiner. Suminski and King Borchardt are bothfour-year starters.

Kimyacioglu, a third-year starter, and Thiel, a fourth-year starter, gives the Cardinal plenty of leadership at the for-ward position.

Kimyacioglu will be looking to expand her game a lit-tle more this year to take advantage of her shooting skills andher ability to rebound.

“She had a great off season,” VanDerveer said. “She’sa great team player and she’s doing well. She needs to takethe ball out of the basket and score in different ways. Sheneeds to finish strong and defend for us.”

Perryman started for most of her sophomore season,but injuries cut into her playing time last year. She still start-ed a handful of games and proved herself off the bench. Shegives the Cardinal depth at both forward and center alongwith junior transfer Brooke Smith, and junior Shelley Nweke.

The 6-foot-3 Smith sat out last season after transfer-ring from Duke, and is now ready to pay dividends for Stan-ford.

“She has a plethora of moves,” VanDerveer said. “Thegirl can score. To be a great player, it’s about being strongerand more physical. She has committed herself to defense.She’s a smart player and an excellent passer.”

Sophomore Kristen Newlin, named to the all-Pac-10freshman team last year, is another solid player who can startand hold her own in the post at 6-5. She blocked 50 shots, in-cluding a school record eight against Washington State, ayear ago.

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fense that has plenty of scoring weapons. Robinson,who played four different positions last year, is theunquestioned leader of the team. He’s the oldest play-er, at age 25, and oozes a sense of quiet confidence.

Robinson has been nicknamed “Pops” ever since heand his wife, Meagan, delivered their first child lastMarch.

Little probably has a nickname too. Just call him“Senator.”

Little, who has given opponents fits the past threeseasons and is seventh on the Cardinal career blockslist with 69, wants to settle into politics once he leavesStanford.

The native of Hampton, Va., would like nothing bet-ter than to represent his state in the senate some day.

“The Senate would be my ultimate political goal,”Little said. “I think it is good to be passionate aboutsomething that is close to you and that means a lot,and Virginia is that thing for me.”

Meanwhile, this November still belongs to Stan-ford, academics and basketball. Little, a two-time All-Pac-10 Academic selection, is participating in hisfourth Pete Newell Challenge. He understands the im-pact Newell has made on the game, and his own de-velopment as a player.

Stanford associate head coach Eric Reveno, a for-mer Menlo School and Stanford center himself, hasbeen coaching at Newell’s Big Man camp the pastfive years.

“When you talk about coach Rev, you have to thinkabout the big guys he has helped coach at Stanfordand who been drafted in the NBA: Tim Young, MarkMadsen, Jarron Collins, Jason Collins, and CurtisBorchardt, all in the last five years,” Little said. “Hehas got be considered one of the best big-man coachesin the college basketball. Rev definitely does PeteNewell drills with us. It’s like getting the Pete NewellBig Man camp for free every spring. He does not justtell you what you are doing, but he breaks it down asto why and what defensive reads each offensive moveis designed to attack.”

Reveno has spent countless hours with Little overthe years helping refining his game.

“Rob has a great work ethic and he’s improved him-self fundamentally,” Reveno said. “His style of playmatches his character. He takes advantage of things hehas, like his jump hook and his broad shoulders.”

As for his political aspirations, Reveno is certainlyaware of Little’s influence in the Stanford community.

“He’s naturally a leader,” Reveno said. “He’s goodwith people and he likes people. He tends to get in-volved in things. If he disagrees, he’s very vocal andwill let you know about it. He’s also very well-readand up on current events.”

Little’s double major of political science and philos-ophy will serve him well should he turn to politics.

“The public service aspect of it is very appeal-ing,” Little said. “My ideal way of giving backwould be through politics and effecting social jus-tice and social change at the systemic level. Acountry divided will never mend its wounds andtake steps forward as a world leader. I am hopingthat my generation, the generation of 9-11, under-stands that in order to overcome our terrorist foesand be the great country that we should become, wemust first put to rest our petty partisan bickering.”

Little has met the four Supreme Court Justiceswho attended Stanford, beginning with Justice San-dra Day O’Connor.

“Meeting her was one of the greatest honors ofmy life,” Little said. “First of all, she was very gra-cious to give me time. Justice O’Connor is a verygentile woman, but at the same time she commandsa great deal of respect and power. She reminded meof your favorite grandmother that you love to al-ways visit.”

Justice O’Connor was rewarded with a basketballand team picture signed by everybody on the team.Afterward, she personally escorted Little to the of-fices of the other three Stanford alums: JusticeStephen G. Breyer, Justice Anthony Kennedy, andChief Justice William H. Rehnquist.

“I learned from Justice O’Connor that people arethe most important thing in life and taking the timeto be kind to even the most random individual is avery important duty,” Little said. ■

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Stanford senior center Rob Little (42) hopes to helpthe Cardinal win another Pac-10 title.

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scoring, assists and steals. And thisyear he has been just fine being No.2 in goals, being No. 2 in steals anddoing his role of feeding Ben(Hohl).”

During his career, Suiter has es-tablished himself as a player whodraws attention. When teams pres-sure him on the outside, sophomoreBen Hohl has more room to score atthe 2-meter position or junior MattHudnall winds up free. Suiter’scalm presence allows him to findthe open man and makes theKnights that more difficult to de-fend against.

“In the last three games, I canthink of only one shot he took thathe shouldn’t have, that wasn’t agood, patient shot,” Bowen said.

Bowen was actually concernedabout Suiter coming into the sea-son, that his senior leader wouldhave every reason to be complacent.

“You’ve got a kid like this, who’salready into college (UCLA, with abaseball scholarship). He’s got abaseball career. He’s already an All-American. He could easily go, ‘I’mgoing to get more goals.’ But in-stead, he’d done exactly what you’dwant of any of the players - playingas a team player. Awesome.”

Suiter played that role perfectlyin Tuesday’s 10-3 semifinal winover Santa Cruz. He scored onceand set up Hohl, who tallied sixgoals. Junior Travis Read addedtwo goals and Hudnall scored once.St. Francis, however, should be amore difficult test for Menlo, whichdefeated the Lancers in their lonemeeting this season - 8-4 in thesemifinals of the St. Francis Tour-nament.

“They’re the most similar team tous that I’ve seen,” Bowen said.“They play very hard, so in a sensethis will be a battle of will/heart asmuch as tactically.”

The Knights, says Bowen, areprepared for the challenge.

“These guys are ready,” he said.“The foundation that we have builtthe last six months to be ready forSaturday’s game is tremendous.They’ve been peaking for the lastthree to four weeks. We are defi-nitely playing our best right now.They have definitely earned theright to feel confident going into thelast weekend of the season.”

The Menlo girls and Gunn boysalso should be brimming with con-fidence heading into their respectivechampionship matches Saturday.

The girls’ title match pits the No.5 Knights (25-7) against No. 2 St.Francis (25-5), the four-time de-fending champions, at 11:45 a.m. atIndependence High. Menlo ad-vanced with a huge 6-5 triumphover No. 1 seed Sacred Heart Prep(21-5) while the Lancers endedPalo Alto’s fine 25-7 season with a13-7 triumph in Tuesday’s othersemifinal in the Lancers’ pool.

Back-to-back goals by sopho-mores Kim Krueger and WhitneyAllen pushed Menlo into a lead forgood and earned the Knights theirfirst title shot since losing to St.Francis in the 2002 finals, 9-8 indouble overtime. The teams havemet once this season, with Menloposting a 5-1 win in the finals of the

Amanda MacDonald Invitational.The Gunn boys (24-10) also have

met their CCS Division I champi-onship opponent, Bellarmine, oncebefore.

“We lost, 11-8, after being tied athalf, and trailing by one at the endof the third quarter,” Gunn coachMark Hernandez said of the Bells(30-4), who will shoot for a seventhstraight CCS Division I crown at 10a.m. “What I like most about ourteam is that they’re not going to rollover for anybody. They expect towin.”

The No. 3-seeded Titans got whatthey expected in Wednesday’ssemifinal as they posted a 14-8 winover No. 2 Salinas. Junior BrandonJohnson led the way with five goalswhile senior Arjan Ligtenberg, stillplaying with an injured wrist, addedthree goals as did junior Kyle Ger-tridge.

“For us, there was more pressurein the first round,” Hernandez said.“After that, we were the underdogs,as far as the seeds were concerned.We play much better when we playthe role of world-beaters. Of course,we’ll fit right into that role on Sat-urday.

“Bellarmine’s success is no acci-dent. They have waves of strong,fast, good, players. They’re thedeepest team in the section, andalso the most disciplined. The se-cret to beating them is far easier tofigure out than it is to implement:control the ball, take quality shots,and limit their counter-attacks. Bel-larmine loves to punish mistakes, sothe cleaner we play, the betterchance we have. If we take badshots, Bellarmine also loves to getout and swim down the other way,and can put teams away early.”

Hernandez is proud of his teamfor a number of reasons, one beingGunn is the only public school leftin the tournament.

“We take a lot of pride in that,” hesaid. “Given our facilities and thefact that we play with the athletesthat are given to us, I couldn’t bemore proud of our guys.” ■


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Water polo(continued from page 31)

Menlo junior Matt Hudnall scores during a 10-3semifinal win over Santa Cruz.

Paly juniors Roxanne Pinto (left) and Phoebe Cham-pion watch the final moments of their loss.

SHP senior Dylan Mobley reacts to losing his grip on a shot attemptduring the Gators’ 10-8 semifinal loss to St. Francis.

SHP senior goalie Katie Murphy can’t block the game’s first goal dur-ing a 6-5 loss to Menlo in the CCS semifinals on Tuesday.

Keith Peters

Keith PetersKyle Terada

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CCS ROUNDUP

Castillejaall set fortitle shot

Gators eliminate Menlo,play for a CCS

volleyball championship

by Keith Peters

The Castilleja volleyball teamhas accomplished a great dealthis season, but there are plenty

of goals still ahead for the Gators.Winning the program’s first Cen-

tral Coast Section title is the nextopportunity, which could comeSaturday when the No. 3 Gators(33-4) take on No. 1 and defendingchampion Notre Dame-Salinas(27-10) in the Division IV finals atWest Valley College in Saratoga atnoon.

The same teams met in last sea-son’s title match, with the Spiritsposting a 28-26, 25-19, 28-26 vic-tory.

“We are looking to take thecrown this Saturday and revengewould be sweet,” said Castillejasecond-year coach Tracie Hubbard.

Should the Gators capture theirfirst section crown in the sport,they will host a NorCal Tourna-ment opener on Tuesday at MenloCollege at 7 p.m. NorCal semifi-nals will be Nov. 27 with the Nor-Cal finals set for Nov. 30.

Castilleja reached the NorCalTournament last season, its first-ever appearance. The Gators werebeaten in the first round, but aremuch deeper and talented this sea-son.

They proved that with a 25-20,25-19, 25-14 victory over No. 2Menlo (20-12) on Wednesday insemifinal action at Valley Christ-ian-San Jose.

“We had a very fun match,” Hub-bard said. “The team played out-standing defense and passed veryconsistently all night . . . We man-aged to serve tough, which made ithard for Menlo to get any kind ofconsistent offense going.”

Castilleja also did its part by hav-ing three players with 10 or morekills and three players with 10 ormore digs. Junior Ariel Baxterbeckled the way with 11 kills and 16digs while senior Katie Given con-tributed 10 kills and made only oneerror all night.

Girls tennisMenlo (24-4) hopes to get anoth-

er shot at Monta Vista (26-0) thisweekend in the NorCal Tourna-ment at the Fremont Tennis Centerin Fremont, after the Matadors suc-cessfully defended their CCS titlewith a 7-0 win over the Knights onWednesday at Courtside TennisClub in Los Gatos.

“The girls will stay positive,”Menlo coach Bill Shine said.“Hopefully we’ll get another crackat them this weekend, if we get tothe finals.” ■


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who has been plagued by injuriesher first two years. Eastside Prepgrad Markisha Coleman also re-turns to add a spark.

“She’s quick and she’s workinghard at practice,” VanDerveer said.“She’s athletic and she createshavoc.”

Freshman Candice Wiggins wasthe biggest prize of the recruitingseason, and leads a talented groupof newcomers who will make sig-nificant contributions.

Wiggins is joined by freshmenJessica Elway (yes, of that Elwayfamily), Christy Titchenal, and

Cissy Pierce.Wiggins, whose late father Alan

played in the Major Leagues, wasregarded as one of the top highschool players in the nation lastyear and is blessed with athleticability.

“She plays with great intensityand displays a great presence onthe court,” VanDerveer said. “Shehas blinding speed and quickness.She will play a lot whether shestarts or not.”

Elway will likely contributeright away as well. She can playguard or forward, and like her fa-mous father, John, she has greatvision on the court.

“We will be able to play 10 or

11 people every game,” Van-Derveer said. “The limelight willbe shared by a lot of players. Peo-ple are catching on quickly andthat makes for exciting competi-tion. If you want to play, you haveto play defense.”

Stanford was picked to finish ina first-place tie with Arizona in thePac-10. The two schools sharedthe title last year but the Cardinalwon the conference tournament.

Stanford’s season ended with a62-60 loss to Tennessee in theMidwest Regional Final. The Car-dinal were so close to reaching theFinal Four, that it could be motiva-tion enough this year to take theextra step. ■

Women’s basketball(continued from page 33)

It was posing time for members of the Stanford Water Polo Club boys’ and girls’ 14-under teams after theyboth earned silver medals in the prestigious Speedo Cup tournament last weekend in St. Peter’s, Mo.

by Rick Eymer

The Stanford Water Polo Clubprogram continued its rise tonational prominence with a

strong showing at the Speedo Cupover the weekend at the Rec PlexAquatic Facility in St. Peter’s, Mo.

Both the Stanford girls’ andboys’ 14-and-under teams finishedsecond in the prestigious event.Stanford had to first qualify in azone tournament just to reach the12-team event, which featuresteams from around the country.

For the girls, it was their highestfinish ever. The boys matchedtheir finish of a year ago.

The girls lost to Commerce, 9-5,in the finals. Commerce, whichalso beat Stanford in a preliminarygame, 7-2, won its third straight ti-tle.

“This is the first time both teamsmedalled in the same year,” Stan-ford girls’ coach Craig Rosenbergsaid.

Even for the boys it was an im-provement. Stanford lost to Tustin,6-5, in this year’s final. Stanfordalso lost to Tustin last year in thefinals, 17-4.

“We’ve closed the gap,” Stan-

ford boys’ coach Jon Barnea said.“Our club is one of the top clubsin the country.”

Tustin has won four straight ti-tles and has medalled in sixstraight competitions.

In the boys’ final, Aaron John-son gave Stanford a 5-4 lead earlyin the fourth quarter, reboundingfrom a 4-1 deficit. Tustin scoredthe final two goals, with the win-ning goal coming with 1:23 re-maining.

Paul Randolph and GerrardClark each scored twice as Stan-ford defeated Carlsbad, 9-2, in thesemifinals.

Tim Cole scored to spark sixunanswered goals in Stanford’s10-6 win over Los Alamitos.Clark, who earned the Jody Camp-bell Award for team work, scoredfive goals in Stanford’s 11-4 winover Greenwich in the first round.

Other team members who con-tributed to Stanford’s finish areScott Platshon, Timothy Wenzlau,William Roller, Miguel Martin deBustamante, Connor Still, JamesBalassone, Mark Hudnall, HunterHorsley, Matthew Goodenough,Alex Whittam and John Butler.

“This group of kids has had an

incredible year of water polo,”Barnea said. “They are a talentedgroup, but they also worked forthis. We got to the final by playinggreat team defense.”

Balassone, Platshon, Busta-mante and Rudolph all playedwith the National developmentteam which traveled to Serbia, andsix others were with the Pacificdevelopment team.

The girls survived three one-goal games to reach the champi-onship, including a thrilling 5-4victory over Mission Viejo in thesemifinals. Mary Jayne Mordellscored the game-winner with 1:42remaining to play. Mission Viejoled, 4-2, late in the third quarterbut Stanford held them scorelessover the final 7:40.

Mordell also scored the game-winner on a counter attack with 16seconds remaining to help Stan-ford edge Miami, 8-7. YvonneDunlevie scored four goals in thegame, including the game-tyinggoal with 2:41 left.

Earlier in the tournament, Court-ney Elward scored with 2:38 leftto lift Stanford past American Riv-er, 3-2.

Stanford opened the tournamentwith an 11-0 victory over St. Louisas Elward, Hannah Breen, Kather-ine Booher and Emily Parsonseach scored two goals.

Other team members are RuthMilne, Elizabeth Carey, Daisy An-derson, Sara Markwith, KristinaMorris, Courtney Sandlin, AllegraTringali, and Rebecca Dorst. ■

YOUTH WATER POLO

Stanford club teams gainsilver medals in Speedo Cup

BOYS SOCCERNonleague

St. Francis 0 0 — 0Gunn 0 1 — 1

G - McDermott (Barley)Records: Gunn 1-0

WednesdayGunn 2 3 — 5Wilcox 0 0 — 0

G - Enos (Derr), Derr (McDermott), Barley(unassisted), McDermott (Derr), F. Ziperstein(unassisted)

Records: Gunn 2-0

GIRLS SOCCERNonleague

SH Cathedral 0 1 — 1Menlo 1 0 — 1

SHC - unavailableM - Levin (Rogers)Records: Menlo 0-0-1

WednesdayWoodside Priory 0 1 — 1Pinewood 3 3 — 6

WP - Tabacco (Turner)P - A. Merryweather (Cousins), Weiss

(unassisted), Weiss (unassisted), Swiss(Weiss), own goal, own goal

Records: Woodside Priory 0-1, Pinewood1-0

GIRLS TENNISCCS Team Tournament

At Courtside TC, Los GatosSemifinals

Menlo 6, Saratoga 1Singles — Hoffman (M) d. Tang, 6-1, 6-4;

Daniel (S) d. Bouret, 6-4, 3-6, 10-6; Pade (M)d. Lin, 7-5, 7-6 (7-4); Ash. Carlisle (M) d. Ullal,6-0, 6-0.

Doubles — Filipcik-Serrurier (M) d. Wit-twer-N. Low, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3; Al. Carlisle-Mont-gomery (M) d. Marsh-Joshi, 7-5, 6-7 (4-7),12-10; Berry-Moreno (M) d. L. Low-Borsum,6-3, 4-6, 6-2.

Records: Menlo 24-3Monta Vista 7, SH Prep 0

Singles — Seremeta (MV) d. Rosekrans,6-3, 6-0; Lipton (MV) d. Hemm, 3-6, 6-0, 6-0;Lu (MV) d. Parker, 6-1, 6-4; Dabir (MV) d.Evans, 6-2, 6-1.

Doubles — Chui-Chin (MV) d. Currier andParker-Cole, 6-3, 6-0; T. Bains-G. Bains (MV)d. Palafox and Budd-Thanos, 6-0, 6-2; C.Nguyen-T. Nguyen (MV) d. Tricerri-Kalkstein,6-1, 6-2.

Records: Sacred Heart Prep finishes itsseason 22-5

ChampionshipMonta Vista 7, Menlo 0

Singles — Seremeta (MV) d. Hoffman, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1; Lipton (MV) d. Bouret, 6-3, 6-2;Lu (MV) d. Pade, 7-6 (7-5), 6-1; Dabir (MV) d.Ash. Carlisle, 6-1, 6-3.

Doubles — Chui-Chin (MV) d. Filipcik-Ser-rurier, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (7-5); G. Bains-T. Bains(MV) d. Ali. Carlisle-Montgomery, 6-1, 6-3; C.Nguyen-T. Nguyen (MV) d. Berry-Moreno, 6-1, 6-2.

Records: Menlo 24-4

GIRLS VOLLEYBALLCCS Playoffs

Division IV SemifinalsAt Valley Christian-San Jose

Castilleja d. Menlo, 25-20, 25-19, 25-14.Top players: Ariel Baxterbeck (Ca) 11 kills.

Records: Menlo finishes its season 20-12,Castilleja 33-4

BOYS WATER POLOCCS Tournament

At Independence HighDivision I Semifinals

Gunn 3 5 3 3 — 14Salinas 0 5 1 2 — 8

G - B. Johnson 5, Gertridge 3, Ligtenberg3, Rouse, Young, Stewart

S - Iliff 4, Zahnlecker 3, BurkeRecords: Gunn 24-10

Division II SemifinalsSanta Cruz 2 1 0 0 — 3Menlo 3 2 4 1 — 10

SC - Jacobson 2, ZappacostaM - Hohl 6, Read 2, Suiter, HudnallRecords: Menlo 29-5

SH Prep 1 1 3 3 — 8St. Francis 5 2 1 1 — 10

SHP - Bausback 4, Mobley 2, Wigley, Nor-

tonSF - Benedetti 3, Thede 2, Sample 2, Hen-

drickson, Whitney, BickhamRecords: Sacred Heart Prep finishes its

season 22-10; St. Francis 26-7

GIRLS WATER POLOCCS Tournament

SemifinalsAt St. Francis High

Palo Alto 2 3 0 2 — 7St. Francis 4 3 3 3 — 13

PA - Wilcox 3, R. Champion 2, P. Champi-on 2

SF - Rouleau 4, O’Farriell 3, Yau 3, Chris-man 2, Tipton

Records: Palo Alto finishes its season 25-7, St. Francis 25-5Menlo 1 1 2 2 — 6SH Prep 2 0 2 1 — 5

M - Krueger 3, W. Allen 2, HaleySHP - Vogt 2, Clark, Mobley, MordellRecords: Menlo 25-7, Sacred Heart Prep

finishes its season 21-5

SCHEDULEFRIDAY

FootballCCS — Monterey at Palo Alto, 7 p.m.

Boys soccerNonleague — Sacred Heart Cathedral at

Menlo, 3 p.m.Girls soccer

Nonleague — Menlo at Sacred HeartPrep, 3:30 p.m.

SATURDAYBoys soccer

Nonleague — Gunn at Homestead, 3:30

p.m.Girls volleyball

CCS — Division IV championship at WestValley College: Castilleja vs. Notre Dame-Sali-nas, 2 p.m.

Boys water poloCCS — Division II championship at Inde-

pendence High: St. Francis vs. Menlo, 1:30p.m.

CCS — Division I championship at Inde-pendence High: Gunn vs. Bellarmine, 10 a.m.

Girls water poloCCS — Championship at Independence

High: Menlo vs. St. Francis, 11:45 a.m.

MONDAYBoys basketball

Nonleague — Menlo at Gunn, 7 p.m. Girls soccer

Nonleague — Castilleja at Cupertino, 3:30p.m.

TUESDAY

Boys basketballNonleague — Menlo at Woodside Priory,

6 p.m.Girls basketball

Nonleague — St. Francis at Palo Alto,6:30 p.m.

Boys soccerNonleague — Palo Alto at Menlo-Ather-

ton, 2:45 p.m.; San Mateo at Menlo, 3 p.m.

Girls soccerNonleague — Menlo-Atherton at Gunn,

3:30 p.m.; Menlo at Sequoia, 3:30 p.m.; Sa-cred Heart Prep at King’s Academy, 3:30p.m.


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Tori TylerGunn High

The senior defended herCentral Coast Section Divi-sion II individual title incross country by running thesecond-fastest time ever(17:42) on the Toro Parkcourse to earn a return tripto the state meet.

John GinanniPalo Alto High

The senior had 177 yardsrushing on 13 carries andscored three TDs - two onruns of 69 and 70 yards - andwas solid at defensive backto help the Vikings finish 7-3and earn a No. 2 seed for theCCS football playoffs.

Phoebe ChampionPalo Alto water polo

Remy Champion*Palo Alto water polo

Haley HemmSacred Heart Prep tennis

Sarah Hoffman*Menlo tennis

Kim KruegerMenlo water polo

Ashley SchoettleCastilleja cross country

Evan AndersonMenlo-Atherton cross country

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