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186 Volume 18, Issue 42 October 15, 2010

By JOHN DUGAN

The Sunnyvale City Council is sticking with its odd-year electioncycle, saying, in effect, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

The council on Oct. 19 voted 5-2 against switching to an even-year election cycle, which would have required a city charteramendment and an extension of the terms of the sitting councilmembers. The council also voted against a plan for publicly fundedcampaign financing, opting instead to have city staff draw up anordinance setting a voluntary campaign spending limit.

“We have our elections in odd years for a specific reason,” Coun-cilman Otto Lee said. “People have time to study the specific issues in Sunnyvale and make a decision. Fewer voters come out in oddyears, yes, but the ones who do vote are more educated and caremore about the issues in our town.”

A council subcommittee studied the issue of publicly financedcampaign financing for the past three years, coming to the fullcouncil with a recommendation to pursue a program whereby citycouncil candidates can receive public funding for a campaign if theyagree to a campaign spending limit. The subcommittee recom-mended, as a way to pay for the subsidies, switching from an odd-year to an even-year election cycle.

Sunnyvale staff estimates holding elections in even years wouldcost the city $39,000 to $113,000 less per election, as even years havemore issues on the ballot and therefore more parties to divide the fixed costs of staging the election. Voter turnout is also significantlyhigher in even years, according to city research.

But several council members worried that the decreased cost ofstaging the election would be countered by an increase in the cost torun an election in an even year.

“Moving to an even-year schedule discourages more candidates,because it means you have to advertise and reach up to twice as many voters,” Councilman Jim Griffith said. “The cost to candi-dates to run for office in an even year will be significantly higher,and the noise of all the other issues on an even-year ballot will takefocus away from Sunnyvale issues.”

The council subcommittee research found that the cost to run

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Sunnyvale photographer Andy Frazer is working on the Kioku Project, a profile of Japanese Americans interned duringWorld War II.

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The Hopefuls: Seven candidates vie for three seats onthe FUHSD board............................................. page 8

Battle Tested: Homestead jumps on Fremont inthe ‘Battle for the Bell’.....................................page 27

Terms, page 13

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By MARY GOTTSCHALK

Cherry Chase Elementary School in Sunnyvale is enjoying two freshly painted crosswalks at

the intersection of Grape and Hudsonavenues, a project completed in Sep-tember after more than a month of waiting. Sunnyvale residents may want to take a long look, because it may be the last street striping thecitywill see for a while.

A nationwide shortage in the paint used to line streets has left roads throughout Santa Clara County naked and waiting for paint. Sunnyvale got lucky by ordering a large supply of the paint just before the shortage became an issue, but the city is not planning anymore striping in the near future.

“Our ordering cycle is such that we got our order in just in time,” Sunnyvalecommunications director John Pilgersaid. “We got lucky and we’re in good shape now, but we don’t expect to haveto do much more painting through thewinter.”

Even getting the order in long aheadof time, Sunnyvale still did not get itspaint shipment in time to get the cross-walks striped before school started in August. The city is glad to have all itsstreet painting complete for the time being, while some other cities aren’t so fortunate.

“There is a nationwide shortage be-cause of the raw materials,” says Kenny Brager, a maintenance supervisor with San Jose’s department of transporta-tion. “This is a nationwide problem.They can’t produce the traffic paint fast enoughtomeetthedemand.It’s a prob-lem we’re all experiencing right now.”

It started with federal stimulus dol-lars in 2009, which led to a flurry of new paving across the United States. While there’splentyofasphalt, there’snopaintbecause there’s a shortage of methylmethacrylate (MMA), a necessary in-gredient in making the acrylic-basedpavement paint.

The economic downturn that startedin 2008 had caused production cut-backs at plants manufacturing MMA across the country. Manufacturers and users depleted inventories and, whendemand shot up dramatically in early 2010, the manufacturers went back to

Lots of roads are new again, but they look naked

Resident, authorto discuss latestwork at library

Sunnyvale resident and part-time librarian Robert Balmannowill discuss his latest novel, Runesof Iona, at the library on Oct. 28.

The book is the second inBalmanno’s “Blessings of Gaia”series, and the author will signcopies of both Runes of Iona andhis first novel, September Snow.Balmanno will read from hisnovels and sign copies from 7 to 8p.m. in the program room of thelibrary, 665 W. Olive Ave.

For more information, visitwww.sunnyvalelibrary.org orwww.robertbalmanno.com.

Howl’oweenparade, fairset for Oct. 30

The third annual Howl’oweenPet Parade and Faire is scheduledfor Oct. 30 in downtown Sunny-vale.

The event will include craftand food vendors, a pet talentshow, games and events for kidsand the parade as the main event.Participants will be eligible to winawards for the best costumes andfloats.

The parade begins at 11 a.m.in Plaza del Sol on Capella Way.The fair is from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30p.m.

For more information, visitwww.downtownsunnyvale.com.

City acceptingapplicationsfor committees

Sunnyvale residents looking toget involved in city policy deci-sions can apply to join one of twostaff advisory committees.

The city is accepting applica-tions for the human relationsand cultural diversity advisorycommittee and the advisory com-mittee on accessibility throughDec. 1.

The human relations and cul-tural diversity committee advisesstaff on city programs and ac-tivities related to human relationsand cultural diversity issues. Theaccessibility committee advisesstaff on programs, services andfacilities relevant to residents withdisabilities or special needs.

Visit www.sunnyvale.ca.gov.

Blame the shortageof striping paint

PHOTOGRAPH BY JOHN DUGAN

Two crosswalks outside Cherry Chase Elementary School were painted in mid-September, the last street striping thecity plans to do for the foreseeable future. A nationwide shortage of the paint used for street lining has caused roadsaround the county to remain unpainted, and even restriping these crosswalks at Grape and Hudson avenues wasdelayed six weeks until the paint arrived.

full production.However, the stress on manufactur-

ing plants that had been idle resulted inbrief stoppages due to breaking parts

and bursting pipes. That, coupled with the new demand, put manufacturers incatch-up mode, and they are still work-ing to meet orders.

If that weren’t enough, there is also

a shortage of titanium dioxide, the chemical that makes the white and yel-low pavement paints both durable and highlyreflective. Used in other products

such as sunscreen, titanium dioxide wasimported from China at relatively lowpricesuntil increasing domestic demand resulted in the government suspendinginternational sales.

Now domestic manufacturers arestarting to increase production of tita-nium dioxide, but demand still exceeds supply. Additionally, since domesticallymanufactured titanium dioxide is not ascheap as the imports, there has been a 17 percent price jump for pavementpaint from a year ago.

Sinceittakesabout16gallons of paint to make one mile of stripes, costs add up quickly. Exactly when the shortagewill end is unknown, but most industrypredictions say it will be 2011 before ex-isting orders are filled. Sunnyvale uses about 3,000 gallons of paint for streetsevery year, according to Pilger.

As the late Gilda Radner in the guiseof Roseanne Roseannadanna was fond of saying, “It’s always something.”

John Dugan contributed to this story.

While there’s plenty of asphalt,there’s no paint because there’s ashortage of methyl methacrylate, anecessary ingredient in making the

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Seven candidates hope tosnagoneofthreeopenseatson the Fremont Union

High School District board oftrustees come Nov. 2.

The Sun asked the three in-cumbents and four newcomerswhy they’re running and whatthey can contribute to the dis-trict. Their responses have beenedited for space.

Why are you running for aseat on the FUHSD board oftrustees?

Michael S. Goldman: To re-store the district to where it wasfour years ago—a leader in ad-vanced placement classes as wellas helping the most vulnerablestruggling in basic math whilemaintaining extracurricular ac-tivities. Since then, things havestagnated or deteriorated.

Four years ago, Monta Vistawas about equal to Mission SanJoseHighSchoolandwellaheadof Mountain View High Schoolin AP test takers. In four years,Mission San Jose has pulledway ahead and Mountain Viewis about equal. The district waswell above average in educatingkids in algebra I, but now is farbelow San Jose Unified.

Miyuki Iwata-Goldman: Inorder to equip our students withthe necessary skills and educa-tion to match in-demand jobs,we need to invest more in tech-nology and infrastructure to sup-port our educational system.

My focus is more choice forthe wide variety of kids in ourschools and making sure thatthey are successful in buildingconfidence and developing apassion for learning.

The most advanced studentsneedtobeprovidedgreaterchal-lengesso theycansucceed incol-lege and career.

Monet K. Goldman: My fouryears at Fremont High Schoolinspired me to run for schoolboard so that following genera-tions would have an easier pathto obtain the education theydeserve. The people at FremontHighSchoolwereamazing,andItreasurethememoriesandexpe-riencesIsharedwiththem.How-ever,thedistrictpolicieswerenotto my liking. As a school boardmember, I will get rid of thedistrict policies that have beenblocking students from being the

best that they can be.Pradeep Jain: I would be the

onlyparentwithcurrentchildrenin the district. Right now, theboard is not independent from the administration and seems tohave lost touch with the com-munity by not paying enough at-tention to instruction. The boardseems to focus on construction,not instruction. By putting infresh ideas and the eyes of par-ents, we can restore the balanceand diversity in the board. The board has to start saying yes toour kids and no to waste.

Barbara Nunes: I’m runningfor the board because I feel Ihavebrought the prospective of a teacherandprincipal totheteamof board members and staff. My37yearsofworkingwithstudentsas well as my work as a consul-tant with the state Departmentof Education and the accredita-tion commission has providedme with many opportunities toexperience a variety of ways toensure that students receive thetype of experiences that preparethem for a productive and enjoy-able life after high school.

Hung Wei: I’m running forre-election to fulfill the follow-ing roles and responsibilities of aschool board member:

1)Beingabridgebetweenstu-dents/parents and the district—interacting with students andparents in understanding currentchallenges.

2) Working with the superin-tendentanddistrict staff tomain-tain sound financial planning,ensure quality academics, en-hance extracurricular programsand build our teens into lifelonglearners.

3) Representing the district in community functions, buildingrelationships with local organi-zations, advocating for districtachievements and engagingcommunity leaders to supportthe district.

Bill Wilson: My experience asacompanyCEOhasallowedmeto contribute to ensuring our dis-trict has the financial disciplineand collaborative organizationto provide our students an out-standing education even in these challenging economic times.

I am running for re-electionbecause I want to make sure ourdistrict continues to innovateand expand programs to meetthe needs of all of our students.While our district is one of thetopperforming inthestate, thereis more we can do. It will take

continued prioritization, innova-tion and collaboration to meet those needs with our limited re-sources.

What is the biggest challenge facing the Fremont Union HighSchool District?

MSG: Refocusing money from administrative overhead to hire more teachers for classes and supporting extracurricularactivities.Whentimeswereflush,this district supported a large bu-reaucracy while still providingeducational opportunities. Nowin lean times, the cutbacks are coming in education since adminwon’t cut admin.

The board needs to be revi-talized with new blood willingto make the cuts in administra-tion to enable kids to get alltheir classes while keeping thoseclasses small enough to provideindividual attention. We needterm limits to continually bring in new ideas.

MIG: We need to put ad-equate resources into support-ing economically disadvantagedstudents so they can succeed.Summer school for those need-ing core courses and enrichment should continue to be provided.

We need to add more AP

classes, more teachers andsmaller classes. There have beenincreasingly overcrowded classes, and lab equipment, which used to have two to three students,is now shared by five or six stu-dents. We need more alterna-tives to AP such as honors worldhistory and honors statistics.

MKG: Being able to properlyallocate the budget to maintainart, music, sports and academic programs while hiring enoughteachers to keep a low student-to-teacher ratio. To achieve thisgoal, we will have to reduce the tremendous amount of moneygoing toward the administrationand redirect those funds to the students and teachers.

PJ: Parents on the board will make for better spending deci-sions, sensitive administratorswho listen to all in the commu-nity. There is fear for K-12 fund-ing. Basic [aid] limit is not new.However, now only 37 percentof the budget goes directly toteachers’ salaries.

We need to focus on instruc-tion, economies of scale and the famous middle-class Cupertino thrift that made our district great inthepast.Weneedtoretainourbest teachers, whether senior or

new. By being honest with them and not wasting money, sharingsacrifices and parent fundrais-ing in the millions of dollars, we can work together to get over this period in California budget insanity.

BN: The biggest challenge is to maintain the high quality of education it currently deliversto students (ranked the thirdhighest district in the state) whilecontinuing to look for ways to provide new and innovativeways that ensure the success of all students. This challenge will need to be met under very diffi-cult financial circumstances.

HW: The challenge is to pro-vide various programs that cater to different students’ needs with limited financial resources.

Education is not one size fits all; some students need rigorous academic discipline, some thrivein extracurricular activity, someare second-language learners,while some are special education students who need living skillsand vocational training.

Our district offers more than 15 educational options. How to make the best use of our re-sources in providing for all the needs of our student body is a

constant challenge for our staff and teachers.

BW: The biggest challengeis to provide the variety of pro-grams needed by our diverse population of more than 10,000 high school students and manyadult education students while keeping the district financiallysound. This includes workingto close the achievement gapwhile continuing to increase the number of advanced placementcourses, providing additional support to those who come toour district behind in math or literacy while providing compre-hensive high schools that allow students to participate in music,art and athletics.

We need to continue the in-novation and hard work thathas allowed the district to make progress on these challenges.

Schools have been feeling theimpact of the tough economic times, as the state cuts educationfunding in its struggle to balanceits budget. What creative ideas do you have to ensure that the district can continue its qualityeducation on a leaner—and un-certain—budget?

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MSG: We need to look atwhat schools are doing aroundthe state and world and go be-yond the traditional methods.

We can save money by usingonline textbooks. To lower costs,colleges are turning to hybridclasses that are partly online yethave classroom support.

We need successfully proventechnology such as the CognitiveTutor from Carnegie Mellon,SMART Boards and mobile computer labs enabling teachersto reach more students with lesseffort.

At no extra cost we can offerour community languages suchas Korean and Hindi and sportsclubssuchaslacrosse,cricketand judotokeepstudentsinahealthy state with a balanced life.

MIG: I would like to reviewthe budget and expense reportsand re-evaluate the money dis-tribution; refocus spending onstudents not administrators.

I would also institute a hiringfreeze for non-instructional per-sonnelandcuttravelingexpensesto the absolute minimum. Meet-ings can be done through Webconference to avoid unnecessarytravel expenses.

Hold off the facility expensessuch as field lights installationand use bonds for better class-rooms,more instructiontechnol-ogy and facility support instead.

MKG: I am a strong advocateof more money for more teach-ers and less money for bureau-crats. This reallocation of fundswill help us balance the budget. Administration expenses areone of the highest in the statewhile our instructional costs areless than the state average.

Another idea is to break apartthe FUHSD and merge it withnew Cupertino Unified andSunnyvale Unified school dis-tricts to have two districts instead of three. By cutting out adminis-trative overhead, millions of dol-lars will be saved.

Through these ideas, we canpreserve extracurricular activi-ties and improve our academicprograms at the same time.

PJ: New immigrants with as-pirations, like Asians, Hispanicsand Filipinos, are ignored. Whydo only 73 percent—not 95 per-cent—qualify for UC/CSU?Teachers often don’t teach, justtest, or grade as if a “C” is great,stressing our kids. We need togive our teachers time to give

recommendations for collegesand personalized teaching ofkids. We need to focus on in-struction, not construction.

California data shows thereare 250 classified employees for440 teachers. Eight percent of the budget goes to administratorsalaries, much higher than the5 percent state average.

Also, $200 million puts up lav-ish administration buildings, yetwe don’t have money to offer more science or AP classes. It istimeforachangeandforparentsto get their say.

BN: Being a low-funded, ba-sic-aid district, we have been for-tunate that our community hassupported us by renewing ourparcel tax.

We will need to make surethat we spend our limited dol-lars wisely. We need to continue to be vigilant in our residency checks, servicing only studentswho live in our district.

We need to use our bondfunds that are designated forinfrastructure and buildings to save dollars; for example, the useofsolarenergytosave more than $1 million a year on electricity.

We need to work with our lo-cal communities and communitycolleges to help us provide op-portunitiesforstudentstoextendtheir learningoutsidethewallsofour schools.

HW: Our district is deter-mined to not stand still duringsuch a difficult financial climate.

With collaborative thinkingand innovative ideas, we are ad-vancing in areas such as in-houseteacher professional develop-ment; after-school tutor centersin all schools; enrichment sum-mer classes through partnershipwithlocalorganizations;researchonline course options to enrichlearning; developing an effectiveprogram for English learners;implementing a comprehensiveguidance program for courseselection, college counselingand student emotional support;working with Cupertino andSunnyvale school districts in pro-vidingEnglishandmathsummerclasses for incoming ninth grad-ers; leveraging facility improve-ments through bond money tosave money for instruction.

BW: We are using a numberof creative ideas to cope with thedifficult economy.

We are making facilities more efficient, saving money that canbe directed to the classroom. For example, the solar panels in our school parking lots will savemore than $1 million in electric-ity cost per year.

Wehavedevelopedanaward-winning guidance program that brings together guidance coun-selors, teachers, administrators and technology to provide in-formation on choices to studentsandparentswithout adding costs. To control costs, we have had to monitor allocation of course sections to avoid partially filled classeswhilestillguaranteeingall students the courses they needfor college and access to classes in art, music and drama.

Since we know that limitssome student course choices,we are looking at partnerships with our cities to provide coursestaught by our teachers throughcity programs so that we can ex-pand student choice.

What policy would you like tosee changed or preserved in thedistrict tohelpstudents learnandachieve academically?

MSG: The “no doubling up” rule prevents students fromtaking two classes in the samearea—students can take biology or chemistry, French or Spanish,but not both. This must end.

Students should take what they are interested in, including intermediate classes such as non-AP calculus, non-AP statistics and honors history for those not interested in AP. We also neednew AP classes.

We need a campus at the old Sunnyvale High School so kids don’t spend 90 minutes on thebus, and a charter school forthose at risk to get them throughhigh school.

MIG: The “no doubling up” policy should be removed. Thepolicy prohibits students from taking two subjects from thesame area in the same year.

Some AP classes cannot betaken until junior year; this pol-icy should also be removed. No other neighboring schools havethis policy.

We should add a class for freshmen that enables studentsto do self-guidance from the In-ternet. They can then plan theirschool academics for their ca-reer. As they change their career goals, they will be able to decide for themselves what preparationthey need.

MKG: I would like to see the “no doubling up” policy removed. This policy acts as aroadblock to students trying toget a taste of what their majorwill be like in college.

PJ:Onlineand3-6p.m. library tutoringforallourkidscosts littlemoney (see khanacademy.com). Instructors are available to tutorour Hispanic and Filipino kids

for the price of a coffee. Betterstudent preparation will keepour teachers happy without cut-ting any jobs here.

Allow doubling classes in sci-ence and more AP classes such as psychology, Latin and music. Seventy-seven percent of Mis-sion San Jose students take APclasses and only 67 percent ofMonta Vista students.

For clean-tech or biology ca-reers, encourage all kids to buildstrong science backgrounds.Let’s keep learning about funand not about grades or being stressed out.

BN: We need to provide ways to keep staff updated on the newestandmosteffectivewaytoprepare students for their future.

We need to continue to pro-vide opportunities for our terrificteachers to get together to sharebest practices. Teachers alsoneed opportunities to engage inthe study of current research and attend conferences that extend their learning.

Technologyisproviding many unique opportunities for the ad-vancement of student learning.We need to embrace the most effective of these opportunitiesand provide teachers a way to deliver them.

HW: The policy for a compre-hensive education is invaluable,a program that offers academicchallenges (29 different AP courses and 23-26 honors/APcourses per school) and stimu-lating programs in arts, sports,entrepreneur business devel-opment, expanded leadershippositions and abundant inter-est-based clubs. Extracurriculartraining enhances student learn-ing in academics.

Taking more AP courses doesnot equal academic achieve-ment; quality is much more im-portant than quantity.

When money is tight, a so-called “no doubling up” policyprotects students so they have at least one course per depart-ment. The district would love to offer more courses, especially inscience, when the financial situa-tion improves.

BW: With the looming eco-nomic uncertainty three yearsago, all our employee groups deferred the raise they were dueand went without any raises insubsequent years. We need topreserve our policy of workingwith all our employee groups on a basis of trust and mutualrespect. This relationship has al-lowedustoaddresschallengesasa team and implement innova-tive programs.

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New gun store opens in Sunnyvaleamid concerns from neighbors

By JOHN DUGAN

Neighbors concerned aboutthe opening of a new gun storein Sunnyvale turned out unan-nounced to a Sept. 28 city coun-cil meeting, hoping the councilcould prevent the opening de-spitethestoresecuringall theap-propriate licenses and permits.

The council did not have theauthoritytopreventtheopening,however,as thesite inquestion iszoned for gun sales and the issuewasnotonthemeeting’sagenda.Residents’ concerns were heardduring a period of oral requests.

U.S. Firearms Supply Co., 590S. Mary Ave., opened its doorson Oct. 2 with little fanfare andno protests, despite residents ex-pressing displeasure to the coun-cil over the shop’s location.

“Thisisnotanissueofbanninggun sales or restricting people’sSecond Amendment rights; it’ssimply in regard to the locationof this business,” Sunnyvale resi-dent Casey Miller said. “I’m surethere are many locations wherethis type of business would beappropriate, but this is not oneof them.”

More than a dozen residentsturned out to support Miller’sassertion and asked the councilto reconsider allowing the storeto open. Another dozen or so turned out to support the store.

U.S. Firearms is located a block and a half from the Sunny-vale Christian School and backsup against residential housing.

When Vice Mayor ChrisMoylan informed the crowd thatthe site in question was zonedto allow firearm sales, the store

owner had completed all the ap-propriateapplicationsandforms,and the council had no jurisdic-tion over whether a businesscould open in a properly zonedlocation, residents began askingthe council to consider changingthe zoning of the site to ban fire-arm sales.

The council and planningcommission have both sched-uled citywide zoning discussionsfor 2011, with the commissionlikely to address the issue in January.U.S.Firearms is locatedwithin the El Camino Real busi-ness district, which is zoned fornumerous uses including adultentertainment clubs, bookstores,restaurants and gun shops.

U.S. Firearms owner EricFisher worked at Reed’s IndoorRange shooting and trainingfacility in Santa Clara for morethaneightyears,providingshoot-ing range time and assistance tolocal police departments, includ-ing the Sunnyvale Departmentof Public Safety. Fisher said hesells primarily to law enforce-ment services, including theOakland and Hollister police departments, and kept from la-beling his shop as a law enforce-ment supply store only to leave the door open to his longtimeprivate customers.

“I’veworkedwithDPSforthepast eight years, and that’s why Ichose Sunnyvale to open theshop,”Fishersaidatthemeeting.“It’s an ideal location. We didn’t want to be in a strip mall for vari-ous security reasons, and this willbe a supply avenue to the manylawenforcementagenciesIworkwith in the area.”

U.S. Firearms will not havea shooting range on site, andthe only other firearms dealer in Sunnyvale is Big 5 Sport-ing Goods, 721 Sunnyvale-Saratoga Road. DPS contractswith Reed’s Indoor Range touse its shooting range since thereis no range in Sunnyvale, accord-ing to DPS spokesman DaveVerbuggy.

“To DPS, [U.S. Firearms]is just another business that’sbringing revenue to Sunnyvale,”Verbuggy said. “We don’t havea stance for or against it. They’ve gone through all the applicationsand background check pro-cesses.”

Verbuggy said DPS will notmake any special arrangementsin policing the area around the gunstore.Fisherandhisemploy-ees started planning the store in December 2009 and had to gothroughbackground checks with the FBI and ATF as well as thebusiness license application pro-cess in Sunnyvale. Because thesite is zoned for firearm sales, the application was approved by city staff and did not require citycouncil or planning commissionapproval.

“I realize that we can educatekids about these kinds of storesand different types of weap-ons, but being an educator, I’mnot sure I want to educate mysecond-graders about that,” saidGina Lermont, a Sunnyvale resi-dent and teacher at SunnyvaleElementary School. “I respectpeople who want to do that and it’s their right, but it’s also myright tonothavetoteach it tomystudents.”

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Residents chime in on city’s latest bike lane planBy JOHN DUGAN

Mary Avenue is the lateststreet in Sunnyvale to get aclose-up as the city revampsits bicycle accessibility, andthe three-part plan could beone of the biggest in the on-going project.

Nearly three miles of MaryAvenue—from Fremont Av-enue to Maude Avenue—willbe modified to make roomfor bike lanes in each direc-tion. The city asked for pub-lic feedback on the plan at anoutreach meeting on Oct. 13,and dozens of people turnedout to weigh in on the six op-tions presented.

The plan is being dividedinto three sections, with two alternatives per section. Thefirst and longest portion, be-tween Fremont and Evelynavenues, would have eitherthree or four travel lanes anda bike lane in each direction;the segment from Evelyn

Avenue to Central Express-way could see new turn lanesin addition to the bike lanes;and the section from CentralExpressway to Maude Av-enue may undergo a road-widening project.

All six options are still on the table and the city isn’t leaning one way or anotheryet. Mary Avenue is the thirdroad this year to be studiedfor street space allocationmodifications (the city previ-ously got public feedback onRemington Drive and FairOaks Avenue). All of thestudies grow from the city’s2006 bicycle plan, a com-prehensive plan to updatethe bicycle accessibility ofSunnyvale.

The bike lanes study alsorelates to the city’s overarch-ing Horizon 2035 project, anattempt to update the landuse and transportation ele-ment of the General Planand create a new climate ac-

tion plan for how to addressclimate change in the next 25years. Public feedback fromthe bike lane meetings willgo to the Horizon 2035 ac-tion committee, which will include bicycle transporta-tion options in its report to the city council next year.

More directly, however,the public works department is taking cues from the pub-lic on how people want to see their streets in the nearfuture. A consultant team isdeveloping refined alterna-tives for Mary Avenue thatwill be presented at a secondcommunity meeting, wherethe public will have a final chance for input before the consultants and city staffpresent a plan to the council.

For more information onthe city’s Mary Avenue street space allocation study, visitmarybikelanes.insunnyvale.com.

Compiled from Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety re-ports.

Auto theft—Oct. 10, 1:33 a.m.E. Evelyn Avenue. A womanreported her car stolen.

Hit and run—Oct. 9, 9:25 p.m.Wildwood Avenue. Two males driving a white Honda Civic hitfour cars parked in a parking lot,then drove off.

Grandtheft—Oct.9,4:31p.m.San Pablo Avenue. A woman

went to DPS headquarters to re-port jewelry stolen in July.

Grandtheft—Oct.9,3:16p.m.E. Ahwanee Avenue. Toolswere stolen from the back of aChevy Silverado truck.

Residential burglary—Oct.9, 3:10 p.m. Elsona Drive. Cashwas stolen from a home.

Theft—Oct. 9, 2:08 p.m. Mi-ramar Way. A blue-gray men’s18-speed Trek Hybrid 7300 bikewas stolen from a patio.

Auto theft—Oct. 9, 10:22 a.m. Santa Fe Terrace. A car wasstolen while parked in front of aresidence.

Auto theft—Oct. 9, 1:15 a.m.E. Red Oak Drive. A woman

called to report her car was sto-len.

Grandtheft—Oct. 8, 5:57 p.m. Allison Way. Someone took a$1,000 bicycle from a back yard.

Harassment—Oct.8,5:42p.m.Ives Terrace. A woman receivedcalls from an unknown personwho was demanding money.

Theft—Oct. 8, 4:54 p.m.AcalanesDrive.Amanreportedseeing his bike in someone else’spossession two buildings away.

Auto burglary—Oct. 8, 8:50a.m. W. California Avenue.Someone broke into a PacificGas and Electric service truck.

PUBLICSAFETY

for city council in Sunnyvale hasrisen dramatically in the past twodecades, with the average costcoming to $31,000 per candidatein the three elections prior to the2008 report. Additionally, theaverage winning candidate spent$43,000, and in 10 out of the 11races held prior to the report, thewinning candidate outspent hisor her opponent.

Sunnyvale currently providesregistration subsidies of up to$2,500forcandidateswhogather250 verified signatures fromregistered voters. The motion

passed on Oct. 19 asks city staffto write an ordinance that wouldprovide an additional $2,500 insubsidies for an additional 250signatures for candidates and seta voluntary campaign spending limit of $25,000 for candidateswho accept the subsidies.

That motion saw some re-sistance from council members who had not seen the proposalbefore Oct. 19 and wanted moretime to study the idea, an argu-ment that sparkedthe ireofViceMayor Chris Moylan.

“We’ve just taken three years’worth of work from three coun-cil members and flushed it downthe toilet,” said Moylan, whoserved on the subcommittee andledthepushforpubliclyfinanced

campaign funding and an even-yearelection cycle. “If you expect anyone to sign up for that dutyagain just to appease someone’sreluctance to take action, it’s notgoing to happen.”

City staff will return to thecouncil with a proposed or-dinance in the next couple ofmonths on the “modest” pub-licly financed campaign funding proposed by Councilman DavidWhittum, but the move to aneven-year election cycle is deadfor now. The extension of thecurrent council members’ termswas a sticking point for some.

“IthinkI’llbeready to leave in 2012,”CouncilmanRon Swegles said. “I don’t think I’d like to seemy term extended.”

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Measure Awill help kidsplay, stay healthy

In the past, I was a coachand manager of youthsports teams. In athletics,there is always the likeli-hood of players becominginjured. Without healthcare coverage, childrenwould not be able to playsports.

The Healthy Kidsprogram provides accessto health care, which al-lows for children to playand enjoy sports. HealthyKids has already providedcoverage for over 13,000children, and in order for itto continue its contributionto our community, it needsour support.

Please join me and vote“yes” for Measure A. It ismore than a health plan; itis a necessary componentto life.

TONY SPITALERISunnyvale

Tony Spitaleri is a memberof the Sunnyvale City Council.

Sheriff endorsesMeasure A onNov. 2 ballot

I have spent my entireprofessional career withthe Santa Clara CountySheriff’s Office, workingand attaining commandstatus in every division,including jail, vice, intelli-gence, narcotics, patrol anddetective. As the sheriffof Santa Clara County formore than a decade, I amglad to see Measure A, theChildren’s Health Protec-tion Act, on the ballot.

Santa Clara County isthe home of Silicon Valley,the fifth largest county inCalifornia and the 13thlargest in the nation, withapproximately 1.9 mil-lion residents. Expand-ing coverage through ourchildren’s health initiativewill allow our children theopportunity to expand theirhorizons, spend more timein school and allow themto become productive adultmembers of our society.

Please join me in helpingour children in this countyby voting yes on MeasureA.

LAURIE SMITHSanta clara County Sheriff

Tyson would beperfect fit forboard of education

I have worked closelywith George Tyson foryears: when he was PTApresident at Kennedy Mid-dle School, when he wason the Cupertino UnionSchool District board, andeven on the Monta VistaSenior All-Night Party.

George really cares abouteducation and our childrenand is always willing to stepup and help. He is skilledat bringing everyone tothe table in a peaceful andrespectful manner, whilebeing open minded andalways well informed.

That’s why I’m support-ing him for the Santa ClaraCounty Board of Educa-tion. We need educationleaders who know howschools work, are willingto put in the extra effort,and are always focused onmaking things better for allour students. He would bea great choice for our com-munity and our kids.

JUDY WILSONCupertino

Children’s healthat risk withouta ‘yes’ on A

As a father of two youngchildren, my wife and Iare blessed to live in LosGatos and to have jobs thatprovide health care cover-age for our families. Yet welive in a valley where manyfamilies, and thousands ofkids, are not so fortunate—especially at a time whenour valley still clings to anunemployment rate of 11.2percent.

This is why, a decadeago, private and publicsector citizens launchedthe Healthy Kids Initiative,providing affordable healthcare for low-income kidsfrom Palo Alto to Gilroy.

Unfortunately, after adecade of amazing successon a patchwork of fundingsupport for premiums, the

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sustainability of HealthyKids is at risk, and withouta new source of funding,thousands of children willlose health coverage.

Without the proactive,cost-effective coverage that the Healthy Kids Initiativeprovides, thousands of kidswill turn, once again, tohospital emergency rooms for their primary source ofhealth care.

We must do all that wecan to protect and growthis innovative initiative.Please join me and vote“yes” for Measure A on the November ballot—theChildren’s Health Protec-tion Act.

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Health Trust urgesa ‘yes’ vote oncounty Measure A

At the Health Trust, webelieve that one uninsuredchild in our county is onetoo many. The mission ofthe Health Trust is to leadthe Silicon Valley commu-nity to advance wellness.Our vision is to make SiliconValley the healthiest regionin America—a place whereevery resident can achieveoptimal health throughouttheir lifetime.

We have been part of thepartnership that formed theChildren’s Health Initiativeand Healthy Kids nine yearsago. Healthy Kids is essen-tial to the good health—in-

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Please join the League ofWomen Voters of Santa ClaraCounty, Cisco Systems, Inc.,Silicon Valley LeadershipGroup, Silicon Valley Commu-nity Foundation, County Boardof Education, United WaySilicon Valley and the HealthTrust and vote “yes” on Santa Clara County Measure A.

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Stories to RememberAndy Frazer uses black-and-white images in the Kioku Project

During World War II, followingthe attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, more than 100,000 Japa-nese Americans living on the

West Coast were forcibly impris-oned by the United States govern-ment.

Sunnyvale resident Andy Frazer,48, is retelling the heartfelt storiesof those interned, one black-and-white photograph at a time.

Frazer, who works at a SiliconValley software company by day,is a photographer in his spare time.

His latest venture is the Kioku Proj-ect, in which he is photographing those who were forced out of their homes and into internment camps.

“This is living history,” Frazer says of the people who are stillalive to tell the stories.

Frazer’s inspiration for the proj-ect came after he was invited by afriend to photograph the Day ofRemembrance for the JapaneseAmerican Museum of San Jose in2006. The annual event is held tocommemorate Executive Order

9066, signed by President Frank-lin Roosevelt and forcing those of Japanese ancestry into concentra-tion camps.

Frazer took photos of the eventand remembers thinking that the people there had a story to tell thathe could see on their faces. It wasat that moment he decided to cap-ture that expression on film andput those images on display. Henamed the one-of-a-kind projectkioku, meaning “remembrance” inJapanese.

In the past, people have made videos and written biographies andstories about the interned JapaneseAmericans, but to Frazer’s knowl-edge, he is the first to take still pho-tos of living internees.

Shortly after the event, he part-nered with the museum to searchfor Japanese Americans who ex-perienced internment camps first-hand and were willing to be photo-graphed.

“I see this group of people as hav-ing an exceptional historical legacy.

Everyone in this exclusive group isat least 63 years old. Many people with exceptional stories to tell are no longer with us,” he writes on hiswebsite, where the photos are fea-tured.

Through his admiration of Rich-ard Avedon, a photographer who believedinasimplebackgroundandsimilar style of photography, Frazerwas inspired last year to begin tak-ing black-and-white portraits of the

By TIFFANY CARNEY

Arturo Shibayama, born in Peru to parents of Japanese descent,was forcibly taken from Lima at the age of 11—along with hisfamily—to a U.S. internment camp during a hostage exchange.Today he works with the Campaign for Justice to lobby theAmerican government for proper acknowledgement and anapology for illegally kidnapping and detaining 2,200 LatinAmerican nationals of Japanese descent during World War II.

Born and raised in San Jose, Aiko Jio was incarcerated at Heart Mountain along with her parents, three sisters and five brothers. Before proceeding to the internment camp, Jio worked with the Japanese American Citizens League to help process other internees at the San Jose State University gymnasium.

Jimi Yamaichi, whose family was originally incarcerated at the HeartMountain internment camp in Wyoming, took a job supervisingconstruction of the barracks at the Tule Lake camp when his familywas moved to Northern California. Yamaichi is well regarded as a firsthand authority on internment and resettlement and is the curatorof the Japanese American Museum of San Jose.

PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF ANDY FRAZER

Kioku, page 17


internment camp survivors. The 45-minute photo sessions are con-ductedoutdoors—oftenjustoutsidethe museum, in the shade—using aprojection screen as a backdrop.

At each photo session, Frazer be-gins with small talk until the personis comfortable. He now asks one ortwo open-ended questions, and hissubjects offer information abouttheir time spent in the concentra-tion camps. He takes between 100and 150 photographs, then siftsthrough the images for a specificphoto that captures the person’scharacter or personality.

“I’m shooting every two or threeseconds trying to catch the right ex-pression,” Frazer says.

He looks for photos where thesubject does not have too big of asmile, one that is not posed or toocasual.

Aggie Idemoto, 69, says Frazerhas an eye for choosing photos withthe right look and pose, which cre-ates a more authentic photograph.

Idemoto, the president of themuseum board, was also photo-

graphed for the project. Idemotowas 10 months old when her fam-ily was uprooted from Watsonvilleand sent to Poston, a camp in Ari-zona where they were held for 3½years.

Frazer believes that each former internee has a different story to telland wants to help them continueto tell that story for years to come.Each photo is accompanied by ahandful of sentences that Frazerlearns about each person duringthe photo sessions.

“Jimi Yamaichi’s family wasoriginally incarcerated at the HeartMountain (Wyoming) internmentcamp,” it says adjacent to Ya-maichi’s photograph on the web-site. Yamaichi is also the curator ofthe museum.

Depth is also added to the web-site, as some audio commentaryis included, as in the Yamaichis’story.

Frazer’s fascination and com-passion for the subject surface inconversation as he relays the Japa-nese American internment storieshe’s heard through the project. AsFrazer looks through the printedphotographs he’s taken, he re-counts their stories.

“I sort of want the pictures to be seen, but I also want the story to betold,” Frazer says.

Idemoto, a retired teacher in theOak Grove School District, calls the project “historic preservation” and appreciates Frazer’s desire to capture a part of history and pass iton to future generations.

“As a retired educator I knowthat adopted textbooks only tellpart of the story,” Idemoto says, adding that oral histories or even the photographs provide a per-spective. “Just capturing emotions, like somebody’s facial expressions, adds to that story, rather than read-ing it in a [textbook].”

“The main goal is to get a series of shows,” Frazer says. He hopes to have a local show at the Japanese American Museum of San Jose to engage the community in its own history.

Idemoto says the project fitsright in with the museum’s missionto “collect, preserve and share Jap-anese art, history and culture.”

She also acknowledges thatmany stories have been left untold because of a fear of cultural ramifi-cations. Idemoto says culture prevented

Kioku

PHOTOGRAPH BY JACQUELINE RAMSEYER

Fran Ellis laughs during a photo shoot by photographer Andy Frazer at her Sunnyvale home. Ellis is one of many peopleincluded in Frazer’s profile of Japanese Americans who were forced into internment camps during World War II.

Photographer Andy Frazer givesdirection to Fran Ellis during a photo shoot at her home in Sunnyvale.Ellis’ father, ironically, was draftedinto the U.S. Army several months before the family was incarcerated in an internment camp.

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Andy Frazer and Fran Ellis during a photo shoot at Ellis’ home in Sunnyvale. Ellis is part ofFrazer’s profile of those who were interned in prison camps during World War II.

people from talking about thecampsinaneffort to“justgoqui-etly” and not to protest.

“A lot of people who wentthrough this, don’t want to talkabout it and certainly don’t wanttheir pictures on a website,”Frazer says.

Although Frazer has encoun-tered those who do not want totalkabout theirexperience,mostwere people interested in the project.

Frazer plans to continue pho-tographing one person a month from all over the Bay Area, “un-til I’m gone or there’s nobody left to [photograph],” he says.

Frazerhasabout30to40pros-pects lined up for the project.“I’ve got more people lined upthan I can possibly photograph,”he says.

Prior to this project, Frazer’shobby revolved around aban-doned buildings under a full

moon.“While night photography fo-

cuses on the abandoned, forgot-ten, lonelyinanimateobjects, this portrait project lets me connectwith real people with important stories to tell,” Frazer says on hiswebsite.

“You are getting firsthandstories from someone who wasthere, and it is just so interest-ing,” Frazer says.

Prior to the project, Frazerknew about internment camps, but now he has researched the subject to understand what it was and how it happened. Sincethe inception of the project, Frazer has photographed about 45 people.

The project includes peoplewho were children during the internment and don’t have memories of what happenedduring that time. Frazer’s theoryis that the subjects who were too young to remember have heard stories from their parents about the camps and are still a part of the history.

“Most of the people I’ve pho-

tographedwereactually children in the camps,” Frazer says.

Frazer calls it both an educa-tional and historical project.

“It is a major, significant part of our history,” Frazer says. He hopes to create an awareness and appreciation for the local history.

“It’s not something that wouldgo well in a Starbucks,” Frazer says, adding that he hopes todisplay the photographs at mu-seums or libraries.

The project is accessible on-line, but in the future, Frazer plans to show the actual black-and-white prints in exhibits.

Andy Frazer’s The Kioku Project can be viewed at www.gorillasites.com/kioku. For more information about the JapaneseAmerican Museum in San Jose,535 N. First Street, visit www.jamsj.org or call 408.294.3138.

KiokuContinued from page 17


COMMUNIITY

By MATT WILSON

The Quinlan Community Cen-ter is often teeming with life onany given day, but on Oct. 23

and 24 the community hall will displaya different kind of life.

Those who walk through the cen-ter will find themselves immersed inmore than 150 floral arrangements,each one unique. The center is hostingthe Wafu School Autumn IkebanaFlower Show, an event that is botha celebration of flowers and the 40thanniversary of the Cupertino school’sestablishment.

Flower lovers and the curious canexpect to see floral arrangementsfrom dozens of different floral artists. Many of the designs come from thestudents of Cupertino resident FusakoHoyrup, who founded the local WafuSchool chapter in 1971. Under herguidance, the California chapter hasgrown from just a handful of studentsto nearly 200 dedicated members.The Wafu School is headquartered inTokyo and has dozens of chapters allover the world.

Hoyrup, 72, is from Japan and hasspent more than 50 years studying andteaching ikebana. She currently men-tors students as young as 12 as well assenior citizens in classes offered byFremont Union High School AdultEducation and in her home.

“Nothing quite like this kind ofclass had been offered before when itwas new,” she said.

Most chapter members are BayArea residents. However, some live outside California and Hoyrup still has a few students as far away as Ja-pan and Europe.

Flower arranging is much morethan just stuffing pretty plants in a vase. Ikebana is the Japanese art of floral arranging, which originated1,500 years ago. Ikebana arrange-ments strive to express and replicatenature on a small scale. The hobby is part green thumb and part communi-cation through artistic installation.

“It is exciting to re-create nature on a reduced scale with your own hands,your own artistic sense and with your own eye for artistic beauty,” Hoyrup said. “I have been doing this for more than 53 years, and I am still learning and I am still enjoying and discoveringsomething new every day. It gives me energy and happiness.”

Ikebana is all about how stems, leaves and flowers are arranged in vases to create beauty through color combinations, symmetrical lines anda sense of form and depth in a very small space. The many refinementsof an individual’s craft hobby and countless different combinations of arrangements are what bring students back to Hoyrup to continue learning how to improve.

“There is always something new coming out and something new to learn,” said Calvin Wong, one of Hoy-rup’s few male students and a pupil of hers for 13 years. “She has something

I do not have, which is that innate eye for an arrange-ment. If I study for 40 years, I will still never be as good as her. With her, it is almost like acting; she has such a natural ability.”

The relaxing and deliber-ate creation of an arrange-ment soothes students as they create.

“I fell in love with it when I first started,” said Tovay Matatyaou, who has studied under Hoyrup since 1982 and now teaches beginnercourses. “It’s like a form of meditation, and it brings thebeauty of the outdoors in-doors.”

Hoyrup has been recog-nized many times in the past. The city of Cupertino’s Fine Arts Commission named her Distinguished Artist of the Year in 1995. She also received a CREST Awardfrom the city for her commu-nity contributions. In May, she was recognized by state Assemblyman and Cuper-

tino resident Paul Fong for her dedi-cation to her students. The county ofSanta Clara named her an Asian-American Hero in 2004.

Jackie Corina of Sunnyvale is a violin teacher and student of Hoyrup.She appreciates Hoyrup’s approachto teaching, which she incorporates into her own tutoring.

“Our philosophies toward teaching are quite the same. She has this great positive approach, and you do betterwith positive criticism than negative,” she said.

Hoyrup will personally evaluate allof the arrangements slated for the up-coming show to make sure there areno similar combinations on display. In keeping with the organization’s 40thanniversary celebration, the show will feature arrangements with themes from well-known celebrations suchas Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter,Hanukkahand the Lunar New Year. Show attendees can expect tosee arrangements suspended, on wallsand on the floor and in low shallowvases and tall upright bases.

Advanced ikebana artists will alsopresent demonstrations while dis-cussing the materials and techniques used. Three demonstrations each daywill feature different floral materials, styles and arrangers. Demonstration times are at 11 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. on both days.

The exhibition and demonstrations are open to the public at no charge, but a $5 per person donation is sug-gested. The event is co-sponsored by the city of Cupertino, the Fremont Union High School District, and the Wafu Ikebana Society.

The Wafu School Autumn Ikebana Flower Show will be held Oct. 23and 24 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at theQuinlan Community Center, 10185 N. Stelling Road. For more information about the show and classes, visit www.wafu-ikebana.org

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A closeup of one of the inedible artichokeplants used in Fusako Hoyrup’s ikebanaarrangement in 2004. Artistic floralarrangements such as this one will be ondisplay at the Wafu School Autumn IkebanaFlower Show on Oct. 23 and 24 at the QuinlanCommunity Center in Cupertino.

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Shirley Chen, left, and Audrey Chuang work intently on their ikebana wall-hanging arrangements in FusakoHoyrup's adult education class at St. Luke Lutheran Church in Sunnyvale in 2002.

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Cupertino resident and local Wafu School founder Fusako Hoyrup back in2004 with an ikebana arrangement made up of agapanthus, spider mums,gladiolas and hydrangea leaves in what she called her Fourth of Julyarrangement because it ‘looks like fireworks.’

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When Linda Conti got wordshe was nominated for a Nurs-ing Excellence Award by Nurse-Week magazine, she knew she’d stand out in the crowd.

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But the 30-year Sunnyvaleresident didn’t start in hospicecare; she worked in the coronaryintensive care unit at El CaminoHospital in Mountain View.

“Itwasahugeleap,goingfromcoronary to hospice care,” Contisaid.“Inthat[coronary]unit,youend up working with a lot of pa-tients who are technically dead,and you’re able to revive them.It’s exciting, but it was too muchfor me.”

Contisaidhospicenursesmustaddress patient needs as they arise, with the goal of keeping the patient as comfortable andrelaxed as possible. She teachesnurses to try to “restore patientsto normalcy” to let them live outtheir days in as normal and pain-less a way as possible.

It’s a goal unfamiliar to mostnurses and one Conti was happy to shed some light on through her award nomination.

“I didn’t expect to win, notwhen going up against nursesfrombigorganizations like that,”said Conti, who was up againstnurses from Kaiser Perman-ente, Sutter Health and otherlarge health providers. “Whenthe magazine first contacted meabout it, I thought it was spam.You don’t see a lot of recogni-tion for hospice nurses, so I washappy to represent our field.”

NurseWeek magazine tabs localnurse for award nomination

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Nurse Linda Conti fell short ofwinning a Nursing ExcellenceAward from NurseWeekmagazine, but the Sunnyvaleresident is proud that hernomination brought awarenessto hospice nursing.

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Blood Drive: Donateblood to the American RedCross. Oct. 25, noon-6 p.m.Art Institute of California,1120 Kifer Road, Sunnyvale.For an appointment, call 800.GIVE.LIFE or visit www.redcrossblood.org.

Fall Clean-up Tow-AwayProgram: During the month of October, Sunnyvale resi-dents who have a vehicletaking up parking space mayhave the vehicle disposed ofat no cost. Residents maycall the Sunnyvale Depart-ment of Public Safety torequest a pick-up appoint-ment. For more information,call 408.730.7104.

Unique Boutique: Thisannual holiday sale featuresquality handmade gifts,holiday decorations, jewelryand more. Nov. 3-4, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunnyvale Senior Cen-ter, 550 E. Remington Drive,Sunnyvale. For more infor-mation, call 408.733.8459(Monday-Friday, 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.) or 408.739.6456.

SeniorsSunnyvale Senior Center:

The center offers a varietyof services and activities, bil-liards room, fitness center,table games, trips, classes andlunches every weekday. Fordetails, contact the centerat 550 E. Remington Drive, Sunnyvale. 408.730.7360 or www.sunnyvale.ca.gov.

Family/YouthCalifornia Theatre Cen-

ter: The company presentsits annual series of theaterproductions for families.Hansel and Gretel, Oct. 30(with post-show playshop)

and Nov. 6, 11 a.m. $11 ad-vance/$12 door. Post-showplayshops are $3 advance/$5door. Sunnyvale CommunityCenter Theatre, 550 E. Rem-ington Drive, Sunnyvale.408.245.2978 or www.ctcinc.org.

Theater/ArtsFlint Center: El Camino

Youth Symphony presentsits season opener concert,featuring works by Dvorak,Prokofiev, Liszt and Vieux-temps, with soloists Thom-as Jang, cello, and TiffanyShen, violin. Oct. 23, 7:30p.m. $12 general/$6 studentsand seniors. 21250 StevensCreek Blvd., Cupertino.408.864.8816. www.flintcenter.com.

The Lace Museum:“Threads Through Time,”an exhibition featuring deli-cate needle lace from France, Ireland, Belgium, Italy andChina. Through Nov. 6. Themuseum features chang-ing exhibits related to lace and the art of lacemaking.552 Murphy Ave., Sunny-vale, 408.730.4695 or www.thelacemuseum.org.

Peninsula Banjo Band:The band performs everyWednesday, 7-8:30 p.m. atCabritos Mexican Bistro, 685E. El Camino Real, Sunny-vale. www.peninsulabanjoband.org.

AuditionsSilicon Valley Symphony:

The symphony, which has acore of volunteer musicians

who meet regularly on Mon-day evenings, has openingsfor principal viola; viola (sec-tion); violins (first and sec-ond); French horns (second,third and fourth) and secondtrumpet. These openings are to play Beethoven’s Sym-phony No. 5, Bach’s doubleviolin concerto and Brahms’ double concerto for violinand cello in concerts to be held Nov. 19-20. For moreinformation, visit www.sili-convalleysymphony.net.

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American Legion Post#375: Meet fellow veteransand enjoy a dinner. Meetsthe first Wednesday of the month, 7 p.m. Contact DaveBrink, 408.734.5553.

Holy Yoga: This class of-fers a form of experientialworship. No prior experiencewith yoga needed. Meets twice a week, Sundays, 2-3p.m. and Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Los AltosUnited Methodist Church, 655 Magdalena Ave. Formore information, contact [email protected] 650.383.9322. www.laumc.org.

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By MIKE BARNHART

P laying inhis first game of the sea-son, senior Chris Hendricksongave Fremont something it had

lacked in the previous five games—adual threat at the quarterback posi-tion.

“That No. 14 was running all overthe place and was tough to stop,” saidHomestead coach Charlie Bostic, af-ter Fremont’s newest player fired two touchdowns and led his team in rush-ing against the Mustangs last Satur-day night at Cupertino High, “but ourquarterback played well, too.”

In fact, Homestead senior Sh’quilGreen passed for personal bests of 166 yards and three touchdowns, whileleading a 42-12 triumph in the annual“Battle for the Bell” between theFremont Union High School Districtneighbors.

Homestead, which retained the Bellit had claimed with last year’s 38-6victory, improved its 2010 record to5-1. Fremont, which last won the BellGame in 2008, dropped to 1-5.

Both teams take 1-1 division recordsinto their Santa Clara Valley AthleticLeague games when they return toleague play on Oct. 22. Fremont willplay at Mountain View (2-1, 5-1) inan El Camino Division match-up onFriday, 3:15 p.m., while Homestead plays its homecoming game againstDe Anza Division foe Gunn, 6 p.m. atCupertino.

Green, who averages just six pass at-tempts a game for the run-happy Mus-tangs, threw the ball only four timesin the inter-division game against theFirebirds. But all three of his comple-tions went the distance and helpedHomestead put the game out of reachby the end of the third quarter.

The 5-foot-8, 150-pounder, whogained valuable experience last seasonwhen an injury sidelined the seniorstarter for many games, connected with wide receiver Robbie Graham for 46 yards in the first quarter, runningback Tyler Bond on a 62-yarder in

the second period and tight end RyanKenney for 58 in the third.

“All of the throws were big plays,”Bostic said of Green’s aerial-technics.“None were short hitch routes, andtwo of them went over the top of theirdefense.”

Fremont scored first, moments af-ter Homestead fumbled the openingkickoff. Hendrickson and junior ChipNorton hooked up for a 25-yard touch-down. Homestead junior Paul Careyblocked the PAT kick.

Homestead answered with the thirdGreen-to-Graham scoring pass ofthe year, and junior Cameron Heenkicked the first of his six PAT conver-sions, putting the Mustangs ahead forgood.

A 21-point outburst in the secondquarter gave Homestead a 28-6 leadat halftime. Senior running back Kyree Rhodes romped seven yards for the first of his two TD runs, speedy junior Jagger Pique highlighted his season

debut with a 25-yard scoring scamper, and Green clicked with Bond for the Mustangs’ longest pass play of the sea-son.

Homestead added two more touch-downs in the third quarter, Rhodesrunning for 18 yards and Green findingKenney down the middle.

Fremont earned its second touch-down in the fourth quarter, as Hen-drickson and Norton once again com-bined on another 25-yard scoring pass.

Hendrickson’s two touchdownpasses were a pleasant surprise for Fre-mont, which had just one TD through the air during its first five games. Hen-drickson (6-foot, 195) became eligiblejust three days earlier, after transfer-ring last October from St. Francis,where he was a backup tight end and defensive back.

While Hendrickson also was Fre-mont’s top ball carrier, Green spentmost of the night handing the ball to his crew of running backs. Rhodes

paced the Mustangs’ ground attack with 90 yards on eight runs and Bond carried four times for 71 yards, includ-ing one bolt of 50 yards. Junior Kevin Kimrushed four times for 31 and soph-omore Jorge Talamante gained 23 onsix totes.

Linebackers Eddie Stoner (eighttackles) and Shane Bond (seven), nose guard Ryan Blodgett (six) and defen-sive back Alex Medin (five) sparked the Homestead defense. The Mus-tangs had a couple of takeaways, Bond intercepting a pass and Fabian Morales recovering a fumble.

Vikes fall to SpartansWesley Wang’s wheels were moving

fast for Lynbrook during the Vikings’ homecoming game against Mountain View in an El Camino contest at Cu-pertino last Friday night, but the Vi-kings lost 33-19 to the Spartans.

Homestead wins in the ‘Battle for the Bell’Monta Vista falls

7-3 to Bruins

PHOTOGRAPH BY TOMMY LAPORTE

Fremont quarterback Chris Hendrickson (14) tries to avoid a tackle by Tyler Bond (22) of Homestead in last week’s‘Battle for the Bell.’ Hendrickson had a big game, but the Mustangs topped the Firebirds 42-12.

Trick or treatThe San Jose Giants invite

children to San Jose MunicipalStadium for an afternoon of freetrick-or-treating on Oct. 31, noon-4 p.m. The fourth annual Gigante’sHalloween Party, co-sponsored byComcast, will feature a costumecontest and parade around thebases, pumpkin decorating andface painting, a kids activity centerand more.

Admission and parking are free.For more information, call the Gi-ants at 408.297.1435 or visit www.sjgiants.com.

Leigh campLeigh High School baseball

coach Chris Perry will hold a youthbaseball camp for players ages 7-13on Nov. 12-13 on the Leigh HighSchool diamond. The cost is $125per player ($200 per family up tothree children) with a special teamrate of $1,000. Players will receive afree camp T-shirt.

Contact Perry at [email protected] or assistant coach Nate Ander-son at [email protected].

Vipers lacrosseThe Vipers lacrosse program

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By MIKE BARNHART

The girls golf teams ofLynbrook and Homesteadcontinued their successfulseasons with wins this week.Both teams are focused onadvancing to the CentralCoast Section champion-ships, Nov. 2 in Carmel Val-ley.

Led by low scorer Liz Liao,Lynbrook rolled to a pair ofwins over Saratoga. Liao shota 1-over par 31 on nine holes at Cupertino’s Deep Cliff Golf Course to pace a 146-179 victory over the Falconson Oct. 19. A day earlier,she carded an even par 35 atCoyote Creek, as the Vikingswon 170-217.

The golf wins raised Lyn-brook’s impressive season re-cord to 12-2-1 in the BlossomValley Athletic League’s Mt. Hamilton Division and 13-2-1 overall.

Homestead improved to11-4 in league play and 12-4overall with a 195-267 tri-umph over Lincoln at Santa

Teresa Golf Course on Oct.19. Sophomore Katherine Cui and junior CatherineWang were the co-lead-ers for the Mustangs, bothshooting 43 on the tough,par-36 course.

Girls tennisMonta Vista stayed hot on

the heels of first-place Sara-toga in the De Anza Divisionof the Santa Clara ValleyAthletic League with a 7-0win over visiting Lynbrookon Oct. 19.

Senior Sylvia Li scoreda 6-1, 6-1 decision over tal-ented freshman Shravya Adusumilli at No. 1 singles, while Ruri Kobayakawa andKelsey Chong defeated Vi-kings seniors Lisa Scaria andBecky Chandra 6-0, 6-0 inthe top doubles contest.

The victory raised the Matadors’ record to 9-1 indivision play, just behind un-beaten Saratoga (9-0). Thetwo teams square off again on Oct. 26 at Saratoga.

Lynbrook, which dropped

to 4-6 in division play and 7-6overall, was coming off a 4-3victory over Gunn. Adusu-milli was a 6-2, 6-0 winner atNo. 1 singles in that match.

The Vikings, who lost a strong group of seniors fromthe 2009 team to graduation, have been competing well inthe elite De Anza Division.

Joining Adusumnilli in singles play have been fresh-men Annette Ma and AngelaYung and sophomore Jessica Qian. In addition to Scaria and Chandra, Lynbrook’sdoubles teams have beencomposed of seniors BeckyLee, Kritika Sah and Tiffany Chang, juniors Akansha Deepak, Carina Dong, Dani-elle Lerner and Diane Um and freshmen Tiffany Kuo.

Girls water poloAlthough Homestead en-

tered this week’s matchesagainst Palo Alto and Sara-toga with a 3-5 record in SCVAL-De Anza play, the Mustangs had sparkled in re-cent tournament play.

Homestead finished sec-ond at the Wahine Classicat Morgan Hill’s Live Oak High, Sept. 24-25. School.They beat Santa Teresa 5-4 to reach the finals. Becci Danford’s goal in the finalminute secured the win and a spot in the title game againstArchbishop Mitty. The Mus-tangs lost 14-3 to the Mon-archs.

A week earlier, Home-stead placed fourth at the Wilcox Tournament. The Mustangs started the tourney with an exciting 5-4 win overFremont in double over-time. Junior Stephanie Kluz scored the decisive goal. The Mustangs followed with a 13-0 win over Cupertino. SeniorAllis Yao had five goals andsophomore Courtney Kin-derman added four in thatone. The Mustangs droppedtheir next to games of theevent, 7-1 to eventual cham-pion Pioneer and 6-4 to host Wilcox.

Lynbrook, Homestead golfers set sights on CCS

Unfortunately for the Vi-kings, though, the senior running back’s 158 yards andtwo touchdowns sparked anice comeback, but not awin.

Mountain View turnedthree short-field situationsinto short touchdown runsand led 19-0 with 2:32 left inthe first half, before Wanggave the Lynbrook fanssomething to cheer about.The 5-foot-7, 160-pounderzipped through the right sideand broke free for a 76-yardtouchdown. A two-point passattempt landed incomplete,leaving the Vikings with a19-6 deficit at intermission.

Wang’ssecondtouchdown,a 31-yard run, capped an 80-yard drive and pulled Lyn-brook within 19-12 with 4:13to go in the third quarter.After blocking the Vikings’conversion kick attempt,Mountain View recoveredan onside kick and quicklydrove for its fourth TD of

the night and stretched itslead to 25-12.

Lynbrook needed just twominutes to get the ball intothe end zone again. The Vi-kings marched 73 yards andscored on senior quarter-back Billy Zamagni’s 2-yardrun with just 17 seconds re-maining in the period. JuniorNick Ferrario kicked theextra point, trimming Moun-tain View’s lead to 25-19.

That was as close asLynbrook would get. TheSpartans added anothertouchdown and a two-pointconversion midway throughthe fourth quarter, spoiling the homecoming fun and dropping the Vikings’ recordto 0-2 in league play and 2-4overall.

Lynbrook did generatemore offense than MountainView, 368 total yards to 278.Wang led a strong groundattack, running 13 times for his 158 yards. Senior ShoheiHirota gained 54 yards on 11carries and junior MarshallVarney picked 42 on fourtotes. Zamagni, who con-nected on 50 percent of hispass attempts (11 for 22),

earned 94 yards through the air. Junior Austin Brady was Lynbrook’s top receiver,catching five balls for 49yards. Senior tight end JamesEstrada gained 29 yards ontwo grabs, Hirota picked upsix yards on three receptions,and senior Galen Wilsonmade one catch for 10 yards.

Lynbrook will play at LosAltos on Oct. 22, 3:15 p.m.,looking for its first win in di-vision play.

Mats dropheartbreaker

A tremendous defensiveeffort was making seniorGrant Manley’s 29-yard,first-quarter field goal stand up for Monta Vista, butSanta Clara scored a touch-down pass in the fourth quar-ter and held on for the 7-3 ElCamino Division win.

Monta Vista threatened toregain the lead, marching 90yards in the final 1:30 with-out the benefit of any time-outs. Quarterback Freddy Kuo and junior standout Jor-dan Sheade connected fora 55-yard pass and run that

put the Matadors at Santa Clara’s 3-yard-line, in posi-tion for a potential go-aheadtouchdown.

After a penalty pushedMonta Vista back five yards, the Matadors had four chances to score. But theBruins stopped the Mata-dors on four straight plays,capping the stand with aninterception with just 33 sec-onds left.

“It was a great game,”Monta Vista coach JeffMueller said. “Our defenseplayed extremely well.”

Mueller cited the playof defensive linemen Eliot Watson, Peter Esparza andJoe Malcolm, ends AustinBurrow and John Reinhardt,linebackers Giles Van Po-etsch and Michael Whit-taker, and defensive backsIan Anderson, Manley and Sheade.

The next game for Monta Vista (1-2, 2-3-1) will be atCupertino, Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m.The Pioneers (0-2, 1-5) arecoming off a 42-21 defeat atLos Altos last Saturday af-ternoon.

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By MIKE BARNHART

Monta Vista’s Kevin Bishop didn’t run quite as fast as he didat the Central Coast Sectionchampionships last November, butthetalentedjunior’s return to CrystalSprings inBelmontwasatriumphant one on Oct. 14.

Bishop,competing against 124 other varsity boys and tempera-tures in the high 80s and low 90s, turned in the best clocking of the day, 15:37, in a center meet on the 2.95-mile course. Bishop and Milpitas sophomore Yohanes Estifanos (15:42) were the only runners to break the 16-minutebarrier. Bishop’s winning time was seven seconds off the mark he registered when he placed fifth in the CCS Division I finals last fall.

Cupertino junior Peter An-thony ran 16:25 for fifth place,leadingthe Pioneers to first placein the varsity boys team compe-tition. Monta Vista freshmanTakuto Doshiro (16:40) placedseventh and Archbishop Mitty sophomoreRichardGuzikowski(16:54) was ninth, just ahead of four more Cupertino runners.

Senior Eric Ronne (16:55)finished 10th and led the stringof Pioneers, followed by sopho-more Shubhankar Jain (16:56) and juniors Thomas Anthony (16:59) and Bryce Cheng-Camp-bell (17:00). Monta Vista junior Shivam Khanna was 14th in17:03, two places and 24 seconds in front of junior teammate Mi-chael Lu.

Freshman Ryan Bishop of Monta Vista clocked 17:49 for21st,onesecondaheadofCuper-tino sophomore Jesse Zhou in 22nd. Senior Jesse He of MontaVista ran 18:03 for 24th place.

Cupertino’s first five runnersregistered a combined time of84:15, edging third-place Monta Vista by 21 seconds. Mitty, with sophomoreKylePlataandfresh-man Jonathan Blanco joining Guzikowski in the top 30, took fifth in the team contest out of 13full squads.

MontaVistafreshman Bridget Gotlieb and Fremont sopho-more Chris Swanson were otherindividual winners at the first of three Crystal Springs centermeets being hosted by AragonHigh of San Mateo.

Gotlieb paced a field of 95varsity girls with a winning timeof 20:47, edging a pair of Cuper-tino runners, sophomore KateAnvick (20:52) and junior Shona Hemmady (20:57).

Swanson posted 17:14 to win the frosh-soph boys race, beat-ing runner-up Alex Carr of Los Altos by 22 seconds. MontaVista sophomores Ajay Raja-mani (18:06), Sanjeev Dwaraka (18:17) and Collin Marcroft(18:51) placed fourth, sixth and ninth, respectively, as the Mata-dors ran away with the frosh-soph boys team title.

Sophomore Daniel Kho(18:53) was Cupertino’s top run-nerinthefrosh-soph contest with an 11th-place finish.

Monta Vista also took firstplace among 12 full varsity girlsteams. Gotlieb was supported by junior Shana Rubin, who ran 22:19 and placed 17th, and seniors Ann Chang (22:57) andYoko Kimura (23:00) and fresh-man Alice Johnson (23:13), who all placed among the top 25.

In the boys junior varsity race,Monta Vista junior Ben Chang ran 18:31 and finished second, 29 seconds behind Gregory Lee of Los Altos. Cupertino’s Michael Chu placed third in 18:40 andMonta Vista’s Neil Fernandeswas fourth in 18:58.

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Andrew Kuo of Lynbrookfinished ninth out of 114 run-nersatToroPark’s3-milecoursein Salinas on Oct. 15. Kuo ran 16:31, 26 seconds off the pace of winner Jack Beckwith of Menlo-Atherton. Lynbrook finished eighth out of 17 full teams thatcompeted on the first day of the two-day event.

Lynbrook’s top female run-ner, senior Cindy Huang, placed third in the varsity girls racewith a 19:13 clocking and pacedthe Vikings to fifth place out of 16 squads. Sophomore team-mate Shaelyn Silverman was two places back in 19:30. Silvia Signore (21:35) was 32nd forLynbrook, one second and one place better than teammate Jes-sica Fan.

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Home Field Advantage� Lived in Sunnyvale for 12 years, now in Los Altos

� Wife owns a dance studio in Cupertino for 21 years

� Lived, worked & raised kids in the area for over 26 years

� We know the people, terrain and business dynamics!

JAMES R. CARTERDRE# 01165871

The Carter GAME PLAN foryour home listing� A full page ad in the Cupertino and Sunnyvale newspaper

� A catered broker tour

� A tune-up team that will wait for COE for remittance.

� A steady & experienced hand to guide you through one

of the most important transactions of your life

Highlights & History� 23 homes sold in Sunnyvale last week (total market)

� 10 homes sold in Cupertino last week (total market)

� What local team played in the Orange Bowl in 1950?

Serving Los Altos, Sunnyvale and Cupertino

SportsmanshipAs a former Division 1 College Football

All-American, Jim is a strong believer in high school

athletics. Because of this belief system (upon the

successful closing of your transaction) Jim will donate

$500 to the local school/team of your choice.

Carter #67 Stats� Masters of Business Administration - MBA

� Completed over 1000 real estate deals

� Been party to over $600 million in real estate business

� Consistently a top 1% performer for over 18 years

� Lending background for six years

Intero Real Estate Services

496 First St. Suite 200 � Los Altos

Office 650.947.4792 � Mobile 408.313.3759

[email protected]

“Jim showed great instincts and did a first-class job for us.”-TOM LEWCOCK, Former City Manager of Sunnyvale

“Jim is the best in my book! Way to go with the house Jimbo!”-DICK TOMEY, Former Head Football Coach SJSU

“Jimmy is one of the best of the best in this business!”-GINO BELFARI, President and CEO of Intero

Five bedrooms plus office � Two and one half bathroomsApproximately 2450 square feet � Remodeled kitchen and bathsAll Section #1 Work complete � Minutes to schools, shops and freeways.


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Religious Directory

To advertise your listing in the Religious Directory, please contact Vickie Cha at 408-200-1025. Email your listing to [email protected]. Deadline forchanges must be submitted via e-mail by Wednesday Noon, a week prior to publication.

Bethel Lutheran Church & School10181 Finch Ave,. across from Cupertino H.S.

252.8500.www.bethelcupertino.org

Worship with Us

9:00 am – Traditional Service with Communion

9:15 am – Preschool through Adult Education Hour

10:30 am – Contemporary Service with Communion

Childcare available. “Come and see” John 1:46b

Consider Bethel Lutheran School for your child! Schedule a tour by visiting

www.bethells.org

Campbell Church of Christ1075 W. Campbell Ave..............................................................(408) 378-4900

Sunday Worship ......................................................................8:30 & 11:15 am

(Nursery and Children’s Worship Program)

Sunday Bible Classes ..........................................................................10:00 am

Special children’s and youth ministries

Email: [email protected] • Website: www.campbellchurch.org

Campbell United Methodist Church1675 Winchester Blvd. (near Hamilton), Campbell .............. (408) 378-3472

Sunday Worship ......................................................................9:00 & 10:30 am

Sunday School (all ages) ....................................................................9:00 am

Quiet Communion Meditative Worship Service ................ Tuesdays 6:00 pm

For more information, visit: ......................................www.campbellunited.org

Sunday Sermon Series through Nov. 21st: “Mapping Your Route of Faith” --

An introduction to becoming a person of active faith.

“People reaching out, with open minds, souls and hearts – nourishing

spirituality, engaging creativity, building social justice, providing loving,

welcoming community – for Christ and the world.”

All are welcomed at Campbell UMC – and, all means ALL!

Center for Spiritual LivingAn Omnifaith Community

All that we ask is that you remain open to the possibility

of changing your entire life, by changing your mind

Rev. David Bruner, Minister

1195 Clark St. Willow Glen area of San Jose

2 blks East of Bird off Willow..................................................(408) 294-1828

Sunday Service ....................................................................9:30 and 11:00 am

Childcare provided at both Sunday Services

Youth and Teen Ministries ..................................................................11:00 am

Wednesday Service ..............................................................................7:00 pm

Website: sanjosecenter.org for activities, classes and special events

Good Samaritan United Methodist Church19624 Homestead Road near Wolfe ........................................(408) 253-0751

Sunday Services

The Source (traditional) ........................................................................8:45 am

The Bridge (new format) ....................................................................10:15 am

Mandarin Worship ..............................................................................11:30 am

Excellent music, youth, and family activitiesBible studies, mission trips, and weekday preschool. We area multicultural community, growing in Jesus Christ and sharingGod’s transforming love next door and around the world.Visit our website at www.goodsam.info

Immanuel Lutheran Church of SaratogaImmanuel Lutheran Church of Saratoga14103 Saratoga Ave., Saratoga..................................................(408) 867-0822www.ilcsaratoga.orgPastor Derek Engfelt ([email protected])“Our vision is to be recognized and valued in the community as a lovingfamily of faith that passionately responds to the grace we've received byjoyfully serving others in the name of Jesus.”Sunday Worship ServicesTraditional ............................................................................................8:30 amSunday School/Adult Education ..........................................................9:50 amContemporary w/Mikey Day Band ....................................................11:00 amBible Studies, Community Service & Wedding Ministries

Peninsula Bible Church Cupertino10601 N. Blaney Ave., Cupertino ............................................(408) 366-6690Sunday Worship Services ....................................................8:30 am, 10:30 amInfant through 5th Grade ....................................................8:30 am, 10:30 amMiddle School (6-8th) ..........................................................................8:30 amSr. High ..............................................................................................10:30 amAdult Electives....................................................................................10:30 amPBCC is a caring community of believers growing in the Lord with emphasis on Bible-based teaching and preparing folks for serviceand ministry. Sunday Worship features a blend of contemporary andtraditional music.

Saint Luke Lutheran Church1025 The Dalles Ave (@ Wright Ave), Sunnyvale .................. (408) 736-9216Robert M. McKee, Pastor ..............................................www.stlukechurch.orgAmazing Creations Preschool ..................................................(408) 730-0365Sunday Worship Service ......................................................................9:30 amSunday Fellowship and Coffee ..........................................................10:30 amSunday School and Adult Bible Study................................................10:45 amWelcome to St. Luke, where we put an emphasis on family, friends, and faith.God is doing great things with the St. Luke fellowship of believers! We wantyou to be able to share in the blessings. You will find friendly people herewho truly care about you. Welcome!

Sunnyvale Presbyterian Church728 W. Fremont Avenue, Sunnyvale 94087(408) 739-1892 (corner of Hollenbeck, near Hwy. 85 exit)Visit us on our website www.svpc.usThe Rev. Dr. Steve Harrington, Senior PastorEarly Light Contemplative Service with Taize singing and orchestra,communion weekly: 7:50 amTraditional Worship Service with choir and organ:Sundays at ..............................10:00 am (childcare for infants and toddlers).

Contemporary Intersections Worship Service with praise band: Sundays at ............................................................................................5:00 pmChurch School through 8th grade: Sundays at 10 am. and 5pm (thru 5th grade)For info about our junior high and senior high groups, go to www.svpc.us/groups/youth.php

St. Mark Lutheran Church of Sunnyvale“Connecting People with the Vibrant Love of Jesus”

125 E. Arques Ave. @ Sunnyvale Ave.

Rod Hall, Pastor............................................................ Office (408) 736 6605

Sunday morning worship ........................................................................10 am

1st & 3rd Sundays: Traditional Worship with Communion

2nd & 4th Sundays: Contemporary Worship with Band

Sunday School & Adult Bible Class ....................................................8:45 am

Web site: www.stmarksunnyvale.org

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Sunnyvale Where people with different beliefs worship as one faith; putting our faith

into action by committing to racial and economic justice, the environment and

marriage equality; offering Religious Education to help young people build

bridges, not walls, in a diverse multicultural world.

Family Service ........................................................9:30 am (all are welcome)

Main service & Sunday School................................................10:00-11:00 am

1112 S Bernardo Ave, Sunnyvale, Ca 94087

www.uufs.org * 408-739-0549

Unity Community Church2682 Union Avenue San Jose, Ca

at the corner of Curtner and Union in the Isabella Plaza. We are an open-

minded, warm hearted non-denominational church creating extraordinary

lives and a peaceful planet through our relationship with God and with each

other. Affiliated with the Association of Unity and Daily Word we invite you

to join us for our Sunday Services. Our come as you are “coffee house

experience” service starts at 8:30 with coffee and treats, followed by the

service 9:00 to 9:50 am. Our more traditional service is at 11:00 am in the

sanctuary. Wherever you are in your spiritual understanding you are

welcome!

West Valley Muslim Associationwww.wvmuslim.org

12370 Saratoga Sunnyvale Road, Saratoga CA 95070

Phone: (408) 805-4560

We're on Facebook under West Valley Muslim Association.

Offering 5 Daily Prayers, Weekly Jummah Khutba and prayers (Friday

Congregation) and Family Halaqas (Gatherings) serving Communities of

Saratoga, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Sunnyvale, West San Jose, Campbell

and more.

Friday Congregation or Jummah is being held at Saratoga Prospect Center

(formerly North Campus) - 19848 Prospect Ave, Saratoga CA 95070.

Zen Buddhist PracticeBamboo in the Wind

Rev. Val Szymanski

Meditation & Discussion: Tuesday ......................................7:30 pm–9:00 pm

Meditation Instruction: Tuesday ..........................................................7:00 pm

Location: Congregational Community Church Chapel

1112 S. Bernardo Ave. at Remington Dr., Sunnyvale

(408) 832-7690 www.bamboointhewind.org


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NOTICE OF APPLICATIONFORCHANGE IN OWNERSHIPOFALCOHOLIC BEVERAGELICENSEDate of Filing Applica-tion: OCTOBER 7, 2010To Whom It May Con-cern:The Name(s) of theApplicant(s) is/are:ADAMSONS FRENCH DIPLLCThe applicant(s) listedabove is/are applying tothe Department of Alco-holic Beverage Controlto sell alcoholic bever-ages at:806 W EL CAMINO REALSUNNYVALE, CA 94087-1153For the following type ofLicense:40-ON-SALE BEER(Pub SUN 10/22)

NOTICE OF PETITION TOADMINISTER ESTATE OFGARNET P. KUCHER, AKAGARNET LUCILLEKUCHER, GARNET PAULKUCHERCASE NO. 1-10-PR-167576To all heirs, beneficia-ries, creditors, contin-gent creditors, and per-sons who may other-wise be interested in thewill or estate, or both ofGARNET P. KUCHER, AKAGARNET LUCILLEKUCHER, GARNET PAULKUCHERA PETITION has beenfiled by JUDITH ANNSTROUP in the SuperiorCourt of California,County of Santa Clara.THE PETITION requeststhat JUDITH ANNSTROUP be appointed aspersonal representativeto administer the estateof the decedent.THE PETITION requeststhe decedent’s WILL andcodicils, if any, be ad-mitted to probate. Thewill and any codicils areavailable for examina-tion in the file kept bythe court.THE PETITION requestsauthority to administerthe estate under the In-dependent Administra-tion of Estates Act.(This authority will al-low the personal repre-sentative to take manyactions without obtain-ing court approval. Be-fore taking certain veryimportant actions, how-ever, the personal repre-sentative will be re-quired to give notice tointerested persons un-less they have waivednotice or consented tothe proposed action.)The independent admin-istration authority willbe granted unless an in-terested person files anobjection to the petitionand shows good causewhy the court shouldnot grant the authority.A HEARING on the peti-tion will be held on NO-VEMBER 5, 2010, 9:00a.m. in Dept. 3 located at191 North First St., SanJose, CA 95113.IF YOU OBJECT to thegranting of the petition,you should appear atthe hearing and stateyour objections or filewritten objections withthe court before the

hearing. Your appear-ance may be in personor by your attorney.IF YOU ARE A CREDITORor a contingent creditorof the deceased, youmust file your claimwith the court and maila copy to the personalrepresentative appoint-ed by the court withinfour months from thedate of first issuance ofletters as provided insection 9100 of the Cali-fornia Probate Code.The time for filingclaims will not expirebefore four months fromthe hearing date noticedabove.YOU MAY EXAMINE thefile kept by the court. Ifyou are a person inter-ested in the estate, youmay file with the court aformal Request for Spe-cial Notice of the filingof an inventory and ap-praisal of estate assetsor of any petition or ac-count as provided insection 1250 of the Cali-fornia Probate Code. ARequest for Special No-tice form is availablefrom the court clerk.Attorney for petitioner:TERESA JENKINS MAIN311 OAK STREET, PH-29510-763-0564(Pub SUN 10/15, 10/22,10/29)

NOTICE OF PETITION TOADMINISTER ESTATE OFROY BURTON REEDCASE NO. 1-10-PR-167548To all heirs, beneficia-ries, creditors, contin-gent creditors, and per-sons who may other-wise be interested in thewill or estate, or both ofROY BURTON REEDA PETITION has beenfiled by CAROLYN HUSENin the Superior Court ofCalifornia, County ofSanta Clara.THE PETITION requeststhat CAROLYN HUSEN beappointed as personalrepresentative to ad-minister the estate ofthe decedent.THE PETITION requeststhe decedent’s WILL andcodicils, if any, be ad-mitted to probate. Thewill and any codicils areavailable for examina-tion in the file kept bythe court.THE PETITION requestsauthority to administerthe estate under the In-dependent Administra-tion of Estates Act.(This authority will al-low the personal repre-sentative to take manyactions without obtain-ing court approval. Be-fore taking certain veryimportant actions, how-ever, the personal repre-sentative will be re-quired to give notice tointerested persons un-less they have waivednotice or consented tothe proposed action.)The independent admin-istration authority willbe granted unless an in-terested person files anobjection to the petitionand shows good causewhy the court shouldnot grant the authority.A HEARING on the peti-tion will be held on NO-VEMBER 8, 2010, 9:00

a.m. in Dept. 3 located at191 North First St., SanJose, CA 95113.IF YOU OBJECT to thegranting of the petition,you should appear atthe hearing and stateyour objections or filewritten objections withthe court before thehearing. Your appear-ance may be in personor by your attorney.IF YOU ARE A CREDITORor a contingent creditorof the deceased, youmust file your claimwith the court and maila copy to the personalrepresentative appoint-ed by the court withinfour months from thedate of first issuance ofletters as provided insection 9100 of the Cali-fornia Probate Code.The time for filingclaims will not expirebefore four months fromthe hearing date noticedabove.YOU MAY EXAMINE thefile kept by the court. Ifyou are a person inter-ested in the estate, youmay file with the court aformal Request for Spe-cial Notice of the filingof an inventory and ap-praisal of estate assetsor of any petition or ac-count as provided insection 1250 of the Cali-fornia Probate Code. ARequest for Special No-tice form is availablefrom the court clerk.Attorney for petitioner:TERRENCE L. LAMMERS100 E. DE LA GUERRASTREETSANTA BARBARA, CA93101805-963-1994(Pub Sun 10/15, 10/22,10/29)

NOTICE OF PETITION TOADMINISTER ES-TATE OFLA NORA FAYE RYANCase No. 110PR167732To all heirs, beneficiar-ies, creditors, contin-gent creditors, and per-sons who may other-wise be inter-ested inthe will or estate, orboth, of LA NORA FAYERYANA PETITION FOR PRO-BATE has been filed byPatrick D. Ryan in theSuperior Court of Cali-fornia, County of SANTACLARA.THE PETITION FOR PRO-BATE requests that Cin-dy Spencer be ap-pointed as personalrepre-sentative to ad-minister the estate ofthe decedent.THE PETITION re-questsauthority to adminis-terthe estate under the In-dependent Administra-tion of Estates Act. (Thisauthor-ity will allow thepersonal representativeto take many actionswithout obtaining courtapproval. Before takingcertain very impor-tantactions, however, thepersonal representativewill be required to givenotice to interested per-sons unless they havewaived notice or con-sented to the proposedaction.) The independ-ent administration au-thority will be grantedunless an inter-ested

person files an objec-tion to the petition andshows good cause whythe court should notgrant the authority.A HEARING on the peti-tion will be held on Nov.15, 2010 at 9:00 AM inDept. No. 3 located at191 N. First St., San Jose,CA 95113.IF YOU OBJECT to thegranting of the petition,you should appear atthe hear-ing and stateyour objec-tions or filewritten objec-tions withthe court before thehearing. Your appear-ance may be in personor by your attorney.IF YOU ARE A CREDI-TORor a contingent credi-torof the deceased, youmust file your claimwith the court and maila copy to the personalrepresentative appoint-ed by the court withinfour months from thedate of first issuance ofletters as provided inPro-bate Code section9100. The time for filingclaims will not expirebefore four months fromthe hearing date noticedabove.YOU MAY EXAMINE thefile kept by the court. Ifyou are a person inter-ested in the estate, youmay file with the court aRequest for Special No-tice (form DE-154) of thefiling of an in-ventoryand appraisal of estateassets or of any petitionor account as pro-videdin Probate Code section1250. A Request for Spe-cial Notice form is avail-able from the courtclerk.Attorney for petitioner:DARRELL C HARRIMANESQ SBN 88693LAW OFFICES OFDARRELL C HARRIMAN8912 HASKELL AVENORTH HILLS CA 91343(Pub Sun 10/15, 10/22,10/29)

NOTICE OF PETITION TOADMINISTER ESTATE OFNICHOLAS VALKOCASE NO. 1-10-PR-167650To all heirs, beneficia-ries, creditors, contin-gent creditors, and per-sons who may other-wise be interested in thewill or estate, or both ofNICHOLAS VALKO, NICKVALKOA PETITION has beenfiled by IRENE BAKER inthe Superior Court ofCalifornia, County ofSanta Clara.THE PETITION requeststhat IRENE BAKER be ap-pointed as personal rep-resentative to adminis-ter the estate of the de-cedent.THE PETITION requestsauthority to administerthe estate under the In-dependent Administra-tion of Estates Act.(This authority will al-low the personal repre-sentative to take manyactions without obtain-ing court approval. Be-fore taking certain veryimportant actions, how-ever, the personal repre-sentative will be re-quired to give notice tointerested persons un-less they have waived

ynotice or consented tothe proposed action.)The independent admin-istration authority willbe granted unless an in-terested person files anobjection to the petitionand shows good causewhy the court shouldnot grant the authority.A HEARING on the peti-tion will be held on OC-TOBER 27, 2010, 9:00 a.m.in Dept. 3 located at 191North First St., San Jose,CA 95113.IF YOU OBJECT to thegranting of the petition,you should appear atthe hearing and stateyour objections or filewritten objections withthe court before thehearing. Your appear-ance may be in personor by your attorney.IF YOU ARE A CREDITORor a contingent creditorof the deceased, youmust file your claimwith the court and maila copy to the personalrepresentative appoint-ed by the court withinfour months from thedate of first issuance ofletters as provided insection 9100 of the Cali-fornia Probate Code.The time for filingclaims will not expirebefore four months fromthe hearing date noticedabove.YOU MAY EXAMINE thefile kept by the court. Ifyou are a person inter-ested in the estate, youmay file with the court aformal Request for Spe-cial Notice of the filingof an inventory and ap-praisal of estate assetsor of any petition or ac-count as provided insection 1250 of the Cali-fornia Probate Code. ARequest for Special No-tice form is availablefrom the court clerk.Attorney for petitioner:MICHAEL J. MAC LELLAN5595 WINFIELD BOULE-VARDSUITE 110SAN JOSE, CA 95123408-629-8000(Pub SUN 10/15, 10/22,10/29)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSEFOR CHANGE OF NAMECASE NO. 110CV180427SUPERIOR COURT OFCALIFORNIA, COUNTY OFSANTA CLARA, 191NORTH FIRST STREET,SAN JOSE, CA 95113 INTHE MATTER OF THE PE-TITION OF MAI-TRAMDINHTHE COURT FINDS thatPetitioner(s) MAI-TRAMDINH has/have filed fora decree changingname(s) as follows:Present name: MAI-TRAM DINHProposed name:BREANA DINHTHE COURT ORDERS thatall persons interested inthis matter shall appearbefore this court at thehearing indicated belowto show cause, if any,why the petition forchange of name shouldnot be granted.Notice of Hearing on NO-VEMBER 9, 2010 at 8:45a.m. in ROOM 107 locat-ed at 191 North FirstStreet, San Jose, CA

95113.A COPY of this order toshow cause shall bepublished at least onceeach week for four suc-cessive weeks prior tothe date set for hearingon the petition in thefollowing newspaper ofgeneral circulation,SUNNYVALE SUN, print-ed in the County of San-ta Clara.Dated: AUGUST 20, 2010/Thomas Wm. Cain/Judge of the SuperiorCourt(Pub SUN 10/8, 10/15,10/22, 10/29)

NOTICE OF ADOPTION OFORDINANCE NO. 2925-10NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENthat the City Council ofthe City of Sunnyvale, ata regularmeeting thereof held onOctober 5, 2010, adoptedOrdinance No. 2925-10,entitled as follows:AN ORDINANCE OF THECITY COUNCIL OF THECITY OF SUNNYVALEAMENDING SECTION10.16.120 OF CHAPTER10.16 (PARKINGREGULATIONS) OF TITLE10 (VEHICLES AND TRAF-FIC) OF THESUNNYVALE MUNICIPALCODE RELATING TOPARKING LIMITSNOTICE IS FURTHER GIV-EN that copies of saidOrdinance No. 2925-10have beenposted in three (3)prominent places in theCity of Sunnyvale, as fol-lows:One on the bulletinboard of the SunnyvalePublic Library, locatedat 665 WestOlive Avenue, Sunny-vale, California;One on the bulletinboard of the Public Safe-ty Headquarters, locat-ed at 700 AllAmerica Way, Sunny-vale, Califomia;One on the bulletinboard in the main lobbyof the City Hall, locatedat 456 WestOlive Avenue, Sunny-vale, California.DATED: 10/8/2010By: __Kathleen FrancoSimmonsCity ClerkPUBLISH: 10/22/2010

Trustee Sale #CA0541175 Loan#3002616120 Order #090266222 NOTICE OFTRUSTEE’S SALE YOUARE IN DEFAULT UNDERA DEED OF TRUST DATED1/12/2007. UNLESS YOUTAKE ACTION TO PRO-TECT YOUR PROPERTY,IT MAY BE SOLD AT APUBLIC SALE. IF YOUNEED AN EXPLANATIONOF THE NATURE OF THEPROCEEDINGS AGAINSTYOU, YOU SHOULD CON-TACT A LAWYER. On10/29/2010 at 10:00 AM,MTC Financial Inc., dbaTRUSTEE CORPS as theduly appointed Substi-tuted Trustee under andpursuant to Deed ofTrust Recorded on01/19/2007 as DocumentNo. 19269644 of officialrecords in the Office ofthe Recorder of SantaClara County, CALIFOR-NIA, executed by,

yAdelyn P. Pena, a singlewoman, as Trustor, Sier-ra Pacific MortgageCompany, Inc., as Bene-ficiary, WILL SELL ATPUBLIC AUCTION TO THEHIGHEST BIDDER FORCASH (payable at timeof sale in lawful moneyof the United States, bycash a cashier’s checkdrawn by a state or na-tional bank, a checkdrawn by a state or fed-eral credit union, or acheck drawn by a stateor federal savings andloan association, sav-ings association, or sav-ings bank specified insection 5102 of the Fi-nancial Code and au-thorized to do businessin this state). AT: At theentrance to the SuperiorCourthouse, 190 N. Mar-ket St., San Jose, CA Theproperty heretofore de-scribed is being sold "asis". All right, title and in-terest conveyed to andnow held by it undersaid Deed of Trust in theproperty situated in saidCounty and State de-scribing the land there-in: APN # 213-50-007 Asmore fully described insaid Deed of Trust Thestreet address and oth-er common designation,if any, of the real prop-erty described above ispurported to be: 1081Reed Avenue #C, Sunny-vale, CA 94086 The un-dersigned Trustee dis-claims any liability forany incorrectness of thestreet address and oth-er common designation,if any, shown herein.Said sale will be made,but without covenant orwarranty, expressed orimplied, regarding title,possession, or encum-brances, to pay the re-maining principal sumof the Note(s) securedby said Deed of Trust,with interest thereon, asprovided in said Note(s),advances, if any, underthe terms of the Deed ofTrust, estimated fees,charges and expensesof the Trustee and of thetrusts created by saidDeed of Trust. The totalamount of the unpaidbalance of the obliga-tion secured by theproperty to be sold andreasonable estimatedcosts, expenses and ad-vances at the time ofthe initial publication ofthe Notice of Trustee’sSale is: $449,574.62 (esti-mated amount). Ac-crued interest and addi-tional advances, if any,will increase this figureprior to sale. If theTrustee is unable toconvey title for any rea-son, the successfulbidder’s sole and exclu-sive remedy shall be thereturn of monies paid tothe Trustee and the suc-cessful bidder shallhave no further re-course. The Beneficiaryunder said Deed of Trustheretofore executed anddelivered to the under-signed a written Decla-ration of Default and De-mand for Sale, and awritten Notice of Defaultand Election to Sell. The

undersigned causedsaid Notice of Defaultand Election to Sell to berecorded in the Countywhere the real propertyis located and morethan three months haveelapsed since such re-cordation. Compliancewith California CivilCode Section 2924f: TheBeneficiary or Benefi-ciary’s agent has indi-cated that the require-ments of California CivilCode Section 2924f havebeen met. Compliancewith California CivilCode Section 2923.52: 1.Pursuant to CaliforniaCivil Code 2923.54 theundersigned, on behalfof the beneficiary, loanservicer or authorizedagent, declares as fol-lows: X Servicer doeshereby state thatServicer has obtainedfrom the commissionera final or temporary or-der of exemption pur-suant to Section 2923.53that is current and validon the date of the noticeof sale is filed. 2.Timeframe for giving no-tice of sale specified insubdivision (a) Section2923.52 ? Does X Doesnot apply pursuant tosection 2923.52 or2923.55 Dated: 10/8/2010MTC Financial Inc. DBATRUSTEE CORPS, as Suc-cessor Trustee By:Clarisa Gastelum, Trust-ee Sale Officer*TRUSTEE CORPS* 30Corporate Park, Suite400, Irvine, CA 92606 FORSALE INFORMATIONCONTACT: (714)573-1965,(714)573-1965, (949) 252-8300 FOR REINSTATE-MENT / PAY OFF RE-QUESTS CONTACT: (949)252-8300 P753283 10/8,10/15, 10/22/2010

Trustee Sale No.436542CA Loan No.0697997716 Title OrderNo. 602133249 NOTICE OFTRUSTEE’S SALE YOUARE IN DEFAULT UNDERA DEED OF TRUST DATED04-17-2006. UNLESS YOUTAKE ACTION TO PRO-TECT YOUR PROPERTY,IT MAY BE SOLD AT APUBLIC SALE. IF YOUNEED AN EXPLANATIONOF THE NATURE OF THEPROCEEDINGS AGAINSTYOU, YOU SHOULD CON-TACT A LAWYER. On 11-12-2010 at 10:00 AM,CALIFORNIARECONVEYANCE COM-PANY as the duly ap-pointed Trustee underand pursuant to Deed ofTrust Recorded 04-24-2006, Book , Page , In-strument 18898972, ofofficial records in theOffice of the Recorder ofSanta Clara County, Cal-ifornia, executed by: Re-gina Torres, an unmar-ried woman and Victor ITorres, an unmarriedman as joint tenants, asTrustor, Long BeachMortgage Company, asBeneficiary, will sell atpublic auction sale tothe highest bidder forcash, cashier’s checkdrawn by a state or na-tional bank, a cashier’scheck drawn by a stateor federal credit union,or a cashier’s check

drawn by a state or fed-eral savings and loanassociation, savings as-sociation, or savingsbank specified in sec-tion 5102 of the FinancialCode and authorized todo business in thisstate. Sale will be heldby the duly appointedtrustee as shown below,of all right, title, and in-terest conveyed to andnow held by the trusteein the hereinafter de-scribed property underand pursuant the Deedof Trust. The sale will bemade, but without cove-nant or warranty, ex-pressed or implied, re-garding title, posses-sion, or encumbrances,to pay the remainingprincipal sum of thenote(s) secured by theDeed of Trust, interestthereon, estimated fees,charges and expensesof the trustee for the to-tal amount (at the timeof the initial publicationof the Notice of Sale)reasonably estimated tobe set forth below. Theamount may be greateron the day of sale. Placeof Sale: At the entranceto the Superior Court-house, 190 N. Market St.,San Jose, CA Legal De-scription: As more fullydescribed in said Deedof Trust Amount of un-paid balance and othercharges: $829,120.78 (es-timated) Street addressand other common des-ignation of the realproperty: 1003 SouthMary Avenue Sunnyvale,CA 94087 APN Number:198-32-014 The under-signed Trustee dis-claims any liability forany incorrectness of thestreet address and oth-er common designation,if any, shown herein.The property heretoforedescribed is being sold"as is". In compliancewith California CivilCode 2923.5(c) themortgagee, trustee,beneficiary, or author-ized agent declares:that it has contacted theborrower(s) to assesstheir financial situationand to explore optionsto avoid foreclosure; orthat it has made effortsto contact theborrower(s) to assesstheir financial situationand to explore optionsto avoid foreclosure byone of the followingmethods: by telephone;by United States mail;either 1st class or certi-fied; by overnight deliv-ery; by personal deliv-ery; by e-mail; by face toface meeting. Date: 10-14-2010 See attached Ex-hibit Exhibit DECLARA-TION PURSUANT TO CAL-IFORNIA CIVIL CODE SEC-TION 2923.54 Pursuant toCalifornia Civil CodeSection 2923.54, the un-dersigned loan servicerdeclares as follows: 1. Ithas obtained from thecommissioner a final ortemporary order of ex-emption pursuant toSection 2923.54 that iscurrent and valid on thedate the notice of sale isfiled; and 2. The


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timeframe for giving no-tice of sale specified insubdivision (a) of Sec-tion 2923.52 does not ap-ply pursuant to Section2923.52 or Section2923.55. JPMorgan ChaseBank, National Associa-tion Name: Ann ThornTitle: First Vice Presi-dent CaliforniaReconveyance Compa-ny, as Trustee (714) 259-7850 orwww.fidelityasap.com(714) 573-1965 orwww.priorityposting.com CaliforniaReconveyance Companyis a debt collector at-tempting to collect adebt. Any informationobtained will be usedfor that purpose. Debor-ah Brignac, Vice Presi-dent 9200 Oakdale AveMailStop N110612 Chats-worth, CA 91311 P75807010/22, 10/29, 11/05/2010

T.S. No. T10-63477-CA /APN: 309-54-120 NOTICEOF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOUARE IN DEFAULT UNDERA DEED OF TRUST DATED6/13/2006. UNLESS YOUTAKE ACTION TO PRO-TECT YOUR PROPERTY,IT MAY BE SOLD AT APUBLIC SALE. IF YOUNEED AN EXPLANATIONOF THE NATURE OF THEPROCEEDING AGAINSTYOU, YOU SHOULD CON-TACT A LAWYER. A pub-lic auction sale to thehighest bidder for cash,Cashier’s Check drawnon a state or nationalbank, check drawn by astate or federal creditunion, or a check drawnby a state or federalsavings and loan associ-ation, or savings associ-ation, or savings bankspecified in section 5102of the Financial Codeand authorized to dobusiness in this statewill be held by the dulyappointed trustee asshown below, of allright, title, and interestconveyed to and nowheld by the trustee inthe hereinafter descri-bed property under andpursuant to a deed oftrust described below.The sale will be made,but without covenant orwarranty, expressed orimplied, regarding title,possession, or encum-brances, to pay the re-maining principal sumof the note(s) securedby the Deed of Trust,with interest and latecharges thereon, as pro-vided in the note(s), ad-vances, under the termsof the Deed of Trust, in-terest thereon, fees,charges and expensesof the Trustee for the to-tal amount (at the timeof the initial publicationof the Notice of Sale)reasonably estimated tobe set forth below. Theamount may be greateron the day of sale. Pur-suant to California CivilCode Section 2923.54 theundersigned, on behalfof the beneficiary, loanservicer, or authorizedagent, declares as fol-lows: [X] The mortgageloan servicer has ob-tained from the commis-sioner a final or tempo-

rary order of exemptionpursuant to Section2923.53 that is currentand valid on the datethe notice of sale is filedand [X] The timeframefor giving notice of salespecified in subdivision(a) of Section 2923.52does not apply pursuantto Section 2923.52 or2923.55 Trustor:Rajasekaran Ramasamyand SenthilkumariKuppuswamy, husbandand wife as joint tenantsDuly Appointed Trustee:CR Title Services, Inc.c/o Pite Duncan, 4375Jutland Drive, Suite 200,San Diego, CA 92117 877-576-0472 Recorded06/19/2006 as Instru-ment No. 18979385 inbook , page of OfficialRecords in the office ofthe Recorder of SantaClara County, California,Date of Sale: 10/29/2010at 10:00 AM Place ofSale: At the entrance tothe Superior Court-house, 190 N. Market St.,San Jose, CA Amount ofunpaid balance and oth-er charges: $477,519.99Street Address or othercommon designation ofreal property: 880 E Fre-mont Ave Unit 612 Sun-nyvale, CA 94087-3645A.P.N.: 309-54-120 LegalDescription: As morefully described in saidDeed of Trust The un-dersigned Trustee dis-claims any liability forany incorrectness of thestreet address or othercommon designation, ifany, shown above. If nostreet address or othercommon designation isshown, directions to thelocation of the propertymay be obtained bysending a written re-quest to the beneficiarywithin 10 days of thedate of first publicationof this Notice of Sale.The Trustee shall incurno liability for any goodfaith error in stating theproper amount of un-paid balances andcharges. For sales infor-mation please contactPriority Posting andPublishing atwww.priorityposting.com or (714) 573-1965 Rein-statement Line: 877-576-0472 Date: 10/8/2010 CRTitle Services, Inc. 1000Technology Drive MS314 O’Fallon, MO 63368Penny White, TrusteeSpecialist Federal Lawrequires us to notify youthat we are acting as adebt collector. If youare currently in a bank-ruptcy or have receiveda discharge in bankrupt-cy as to this obligation,this communication isintended for informa-tional purposes onlyand is not an attempt tocollect a debt in viola-tion of the automaticstay or the discharge in-junction. P752682 10/8,10/15, 10/22/2010


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See us in our new location:15575 Los Gatos Boulevard – Los Gatos, CA 95032Serving Los Gatos/Santa Clara County Since 1981Village Square Realty, Inc. Main: 408-399-3418www.villagesquarerealty.comOpportunities for buyer and agents available.

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Helping Homeless People inOur Community – October 25Julia Burkhead, Program Director for Women andFamily Services at InnVision will be presenting anoverview of homelessness in Santa Clara Countyand will update the community on resources andservices available to individuals and families in need.Ms. Burkhead will also share her insights on the bestways individuals can contribute to helping thehomeless in our county. This free event is sponsoredby New Life Covenant Church and will take placefrom 7-8:30 pm at the Vineland Branch of San JosePublic Library (1450 Blossom Hill Road, San Jose95118). No registration required. Refreshments willbe provided. Questions? Call 408-978-1658 x201or visit www.newlifesanjose.org.

Live Better Live Longer…Health Expo 3 Seminar Series Presents: 7 Steps to a Healthy Heart -lecture and vegancooking demo + tastingSunday October 24 from 2-4 pm at the HistoryClub of Los Gatos. 123 Los Gatos Blvd, Los Gatos, CA 95050. Featured Speaker from theEmerald Valley Wellness Clinic is Dr. Richard A.Hansen, M.D. and his wife Kay Hansen,nutritionist who will host the Vegan CookingDemo & Tasting: Advanced Registration is $35,and the door $45. Call 408-888-0010 to register.

Italian LessonsPlanning a trip to Italy? Dreaming of renting avilla in Tuscany? Passionate about Italian art,opera, food and wine? Love soccer? Whateveryour reason, start learning Italian today andpractice conversation in this beautiful language.Individual and small group lessons withexperienced Italian teacher (University of Milan& University of Gastronomic Sciences inPollenzo, Piedmont, Italy, founded by Slow FoodInternational) now residing in Saratoga. CallSignora Kim (408) 867-3191, (408) 867-3191.

Divas Wanted!Discover your inner Diva with Mission ValleyChorus. Free 6 week singing program for womenof all ages. Tuesdays 6:30-8:30, Oct 26-Nov 30at Nordahl Hall, 560 W. Parr Ave, Los Gatos.Then join us for a special performance onDecember 4th at our annual Jingle Bell Tea. Pre-registration encouraged. www.missionvalley.org

Music and Movement for Young ChildrenRegistration is now open for Musical Play (ages12 mos – 3 yrs), Musical Treats/Music for YoungChildren (ages 2 – 3) Music Box (ages 3 - 4) andPathways, ages 41/2 - K-Singing, musical games,rhythmic movement, and hands on withinstruments. Experienced teachers anddevelopmentally appropriate classes wherechildren learn while having fun. The Music

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Point Break Volleyball Club

Point Break Volleyball Club is holding PowerLeague tryouts for the 2010-2011 Girls ClubSeason on Saturday and Sunday, November 6& 7, at Santa Clara High School. Times are:14’s and 15’s from 3:00-5:30 pm and 16’s, 17’sand 18's from 6:00-8:30 pm. Registration is$25 and will begin at 2:30 pm and 5:30 pm.For more information, contact Peter Kim [email protected]

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U-10 Girls “Select” Soccer Team: MAGIC RED -Central Valley Youth Soccer League. We arelooking for a young girl to help complete ourroster of competitive players. If your daughterloves to play soccer, wants to be a team player,has quick hands and feet, and is competitive…we want to meet her! We focus on Teamwork,Skill Development, Fun and Winning!Call Coach Robert at 408 806-5845.


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Historic SnapshotHistoric Snapshot - GorillaSites.com · Sunnyvale photographer Andy Frazer is working on the Kioku Project, a profile of Japanese Americans interned during World