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REDWOOD CITY’S MONTHLY MAGAZINE 

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CONTENTS 

Redwood City's Monthly Magazine 

March 2007 

Vol 3, No. 6 

Steve Penna 

Owner and Publisher 

penna@spectrummagazine.net 

Anne Callery 

Copy Editor 

Judy Buchan 

Contributing Writer 

writers@spectrummagazine.net 

Valerie Harris 


writers@spectrummagazine.net 

Dale McKee 

Graphic Artist 


Damaris Divito 

Photography Stylist 

Sales Associate 

ads@spectrummagazine.net 

DJ Design 

Dale McKee 

Advertising Graphic Art 

James R. Kaspar 

Cover/Cover Story Photography 

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Welcome to the March edition of The Spectrum 

Magazine. This month’s stories and photos celebrate 

a wide variety of people and organizations in 

our community. 

Starting off, our cover story is on the Kainos Home and 

Training Center. This active organization has been in our 

community for 33 years and provides adults with developmental 

disabilities the opportunity to participate in society 

naturally and skillfully. 

Publisher Steve Penna discusses the downtown parking 

meters, getting a traffic ticket, taking a stress test in his column, 

“As I Was Saying….” It is hoped that his candid views 

and opinions will provoke some conversation around town. 

Our student writer from Woodside High has a story on 

Principal Linda Commons. We also have a business profile on 

Redwood Massage and Sauna. Their “strong hands, gentle 

touch” motto has been comforting clients for over 20 years. 

Our story will explain why. 

We also have local news and updated cultural and nonprofit 

events as well as stories on a local businessman’s lawsuit 

against the city, the Sequoia Award honorees and a celebration 

of “all things odd.” 

If you have a story idea please contact us at (650) 368-2434 

or The Spectrum Magazine, P.O. Box 862, Redwood City, CA 

94064. You can also comment or view missed copies of our 

past issues by visiting our Web site at www.spectrummagazine.net. 

We encourage you to support community news by filling out 

our subscription form on page 36 and have The Spectrum 

mailed to your home each month. We also would like to 

thank our loyal advertisers for supporting community news 

and we encourage you to support them by patronizing them 

when you can. 

Until next month, The Spectrum staff and contributors want 

you to know that we are out in our community, bringing you 

real community news and features. We cannot do that without 

your support and we are thankful for it. 

INSIDE THE SPECTRUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 

REDWOOD MASSAGE &SAUNA . . . . . . . . . .5 

CULTURAL EVENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 

“AS I WAS SAYING...” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 

LOCAL INTEREST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 

COVER STORY:KAINOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 

HIGH-RISES ON HORIZON . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 

BRYANT LAWSUIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 

NEWS BRIEFS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27 

NONPROFITS IN ACTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 

FINANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 

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THE 

Spectrum 

P.O. Box 862, Redwood City, CA 94064 

Advertising and subscriptions: 

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E-mail: ads@spectrummagazine.net 

Published the third week of each month. 

Periodical rates paid at Redwood City, 

California. 

Subscription rate: $30 per year in 

Redwood City, San Carlos and Menlo Park 

($60 all other cities); $24 for seniors (any 

city). Not responsible for the return of 

unsolicited material. 

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Inside The Spectrum: 

Our Cover Photo Shoot 

THE SPECTRUM 

After a few miscommunications and rescheduled appointments, The 

Spectrum’s special assignment writer Valerie Harris set up this month’s 

photo shoot for Thursday, March 15, at 3 p.m. at Kainos Vocational 

Services on Middlefield Road. 

Cover Story Photographer James Kaspar arrived first and was soon joined by 

Publisher Steve Penna. Stylist Damaris Divito could not attend, as she was 

rehearsing at a theater in Half Moon Bay for a play she was cast in. Break a leg! 

Harris was to join the group and interview Executive Director Andy Frisch during 

and after the shoot. However, she was running late due to a friend’s funeral and 

the shoot began without her. 

Penna and Kaspar were greeted by Vocational Services Manager Bert Vergara and 

Rehabilitation Coordinator Jan Beban and were later joined by Frisch as they all 

toured the spacious two-story work facility and photos were taken. 

It was easy to capture on film these hardworking adults who feel very comfortable 

in the supportive working environment provided. Kaspar and Penna interacted 

with the group and got a sense of the pride that is taken in each and every work 

task. 

Penna reluctantly had to leave after about an hour. Kaspar continued shooting and 

was later joined by Harris, who felt as though she “had been to church” after meeting 

the staff workers. 

The shoot and interview were completed in about two and a half hours. Needless 

to say, The Spectrum staff could have stayed all day and night just to feel the emotional 

support and desire to change one’s life that is felt throughout the facility. 

Photographer James R. Kaspar ‘s closeup of a Kainos worker. 

The Spectrum joins our community in celebrating the efforts, accomplishments 

and successes of the Kainos team and those they serve. Not only do the adults 

working and living with the organization benefit, but so does our community as a 

whole. We are proud to bring you this story! 

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A TOUCH OF TRUST: 

REDWOOD MASSAGE & SAUNA 

Dale McKee 

When I recently visited Redwood Massage 

& Sauna, I wasn’t quite sure what to 

expect. It has been voted the best massage 

in Redwood City many years in a row, so I suppose I 

expected a lot of marble, fountains, green growing 

things, maybe the chirping of birds. 

There was none of that, except for the chirping of 

birds — a lovely back patio area was open, and outdoors 

has a way of permeating. But none of the glistening 

trappings of an elite “day spa” and no elves, 

fauns or unicorns either. Instead, a cozy, homey 

ambience evoked memories of a family doctor or a 

friend’s apartment. It had a warm, welcoming feel to 

it. 

Equally warm and welcoming was owner and massage 

therapist Beverly May. Originally hailing from 

the East Coast, with a trace of it still in her voice, 

May has over thirty years of experience in massage 

therapy and spent 18 of those working in just that 

capacity at Redwood City Athletic Club (now Gold’s 

Gym). May has a warm smile and a genuine, disarming 

personality that made striking up a conversation 

pleasant and easy. She gave me a tour of the 

facility, showing the several massage rooms and 

saunas. I had to ask — being somewhat unfamiliar 

with these things — the difference between a sauna 

and a steam room. Sauna, it turns out, is dry heat — 

hot rocks, with a touch of water or eucalyptus for 

moisture — whereas a steam room is just that, 100 

percent humidity. May said they don’t have a steam 

room yet but are hoping to develop one in the near 

future. 

All of the rooms had a pleasant, comfortable feel to 

them and were clean and welcoming; nothing made 

me think I should have dressed up to come in. After 

the tour, we settled in to talk, May perching comfortably 

on a massage stool while I sank back on a 

cozy couch. 

Of the services offered, massage is more popular 

than sauna, although many people come in for both, 

May said. She has seven massage therapists working 

for her at the present time. In the morning, she typically 

has two people working, adding more as the 

day goes on so that there are four by late afternoon 

— typically the busiest time of day. 

“I’ve been a massage therapist for 33 years,” May 

said, “and I’ve always seen a certain pattern in busy 

times — busy times of the day, busy times of the 

year. Since I took over this place in 1999, there’s no 

rhyme or reason.” On a really hot day, she explained, 

you wouldn’t think someone would want to come in 

to use the sauna, but they do. “Which makes marketing 

really difficult,” she said, laughing. 

“This is the kind of work where you have to really 

like massage, like people, like touching … because 

physically, it’s pretty challenging, pretty intimate. … 

Not everybody’s going to lie on your table and think 

you’re the best massage therapist in the world. Some 

people are going to be physically difficult; some people 

are going to be grouchy. They don’t always 

express what they like.” Sometimes it takes a while 

to learn how to meet their needs, she said. If you 

don’t like your work, you’re not going to last, she 

explained. 

After working for 18 years in the women’s section at 

Redwood City Athletic Club, May got an office in 

San Carlos with two other massage therapists, where 

she stayed for three years. But “I missed having the 

showers and the saunas for the clients,” she said, “so 

I kind of kept my eyes and ears open for someplace 

that had showers and saunas. And then this place 

came up.” Prior to that, May had worked out of her 

home, putting herself through college doing massage. 

“That was difficult,” she added, “because I had some 

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OWNER BEVERLY MAY, READY TO GO “HANDS ON” 



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wonderful clients, but I also hit more of the misperceptions 

of what massage is. … So when I had the 

opportunity to go into the health club and only massage 

women, it was just perfect.” 

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When asked what is the most common thing bringing 

clients her way, May replied, “Surprisingly to me 

… most … said these massages are for stress, for 

relaxation. Even the ones that came in for injuries. 

That’s why my motto here is ‘strong hands, gentle 

often a challenging proposition. You have to run the 

business, manage people and market the business. 

May got into this business out of a love of massage; 

at one point, recently, she tried stepping back from 

the massage aspect to concentrate on the business 

end, but she found it left her unhappy and frustrated. 

“I went through a lot of grieving,” she explained. 

“Clients had mixed feelings about losing me. … 

Overall, with what I’d have to do to run ‘that kind’ 

of massage business … it’s not in me.” May prefers 

to keep her hands, literally, on the job. “My family 

were Eastern European migrants. … We grew up on 

the East Coast, and one of my earliest memories was 

my grandfather always having one of us across his 

knee to massage our backs. As much as possible, I 

made sure it was me. And then setting up little massage 

trains for the kids on the block, just massaging 

each other.” Growing up, she had a lifelong love of 

massage and touch that carries over to this day, 

something she enjoys sharing. 

“Here, we’re so afraid of touch. We’re afraid of lawsuits; 

we’re afraid of offending people,” she went on 

to say. “I hope to encourage people to be more comfortable 

in their bodies, more comfortable with 

touch.” 

That’s just the touch of trust — or trust of touch — 

that May promotes through her daily work. She 

makes a point of working with her clients’ comfort 

levels, communicating and providing a serious, 

meaningful massage. 

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And let’s put a name to the 800-pound gorilla in the 

room: A common perception regarding massage ties 

it in with the sex industry. “There is still that legitimate 

association,” May admits. “There are still 

places around that offer that, that advertise as massage 

because they can’t advertise as sex. Some don’t 

offer any massage at all, some offer massage and sexual 

services. For me, I can pretty much always tell 

from the ad, but consumers can’t always tell.” 

There’s one place in San Mateo, for example, advertising 

pretty, young masseuses and a private VIP 

room. Sounds a little fishy. Do these kinds of places 

represent a stigma to be overcome? 

“For me, personally, because I have a good reputation 

here in the community for so many years … by the 

time I came here, I was able to draw on my clients. 

… A lot of people came because I was here, or [they 

were] referred. But it is always a stigma,” she admits. 

May added that the neighborhood, being semiindustrial, 

sometimes carried a stigma as well. 

Despite any stigmas, May has overcome these obstacles 

and Redwood Massage & Sauna has gone on to 

be voted the best massage in Redwood City, booming 

into a thriving business. May is very politically 

active in the profession and in Redwood City, giving 

back and getting involved. Like so many of the business 

owners I’ve interviewed in Redwood City, she 

believes in being good to the city that has been so 

good to her. It’s part of what makes Redwood City a 

great community in which to live and work, and May 

is a classic example. The quality and care she projects 

onto her business carries through in the way she 

speaks about it and in how she handles her clients. 

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MAY BALANCING THE BUSINESS END 

touch.’ Most people want a massage to be firm, so 

that they feel it, but they also want it to be relaxing. 

“Most people come in as part of their health maintenance,” 

she added. The average customer comes in 

once a week, she said, although there are many that 

come once per month as well. “I still have clients 

that I’ve been massaging every week since I started 

[at Redwood City Athletic Club],” she said. “That’s 

24 years.” That kind of long association forms bonds 

and friendships. “You end up massaging family, also,” 

she added. “Going to weddings. … In a way, like the 

old-time doctors, you 

become a part of the family.” 

The age range of May’s 

clients averages between 

40 and 70, but there are a 

number of clients older, 

some of whom have been 

coming since the original 

owners opened in 1964. 

When May bought the 

business in 1999, she had 

a lot of renovating to do, 

which shows in the colorful 

decorations, paneling 

and modern massage 

tables. The original owners 

were more “old 

school,” whereas May has 

brought the business up 

to date. 

Being a business owner is 

“The goal of massage is to get people more comfortable 

in their bodies, more aware of their health,” she 

said. Teaching that self-awareness of how and where 

we carry our stress can help prevent serious health 

problems down the line. “Also, to get people comfortable 

with touch and care and giving.” 

If you’re looking for a day spa to be pampered and 

fawned over, with all the fancy trappings involved, 

Redwood Massage & Sauna probably isn’t for you. 

But if you want a genuine, serious therapeutic massage 

— either for stress or injury — from a professional 

and caring massage therapist, don’t overlook 

Beverly May’s spa. Located at 797 Arguello Street, 

just blocks from downtown, it is clean, comfortable 

and unpretentious. You might arrive stressed or 

cranky, but you won’t leave that way. 

REDWOOD MASSAGE & SAUNA IS READY TO SERVE YOU!



CULTURAL EVENTS 

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THE MAIN GALLERY 

1018 Main St., Redwood City 

(650) 701-1018 

www.themaingallery.org 

There will be a moment of peace as well 

as the harmony of fanciful animals at 

The Main Gallery as painter Liz 

Noerdlinger and mixed media artist 

Elizabeth Noerdlinger: 

Weed In A Pot, 24" x 26", oil on canvas, 2006 

Marianne Schlumberger: 

Landscape I, 16" x 11", monoprint, 2006 

Marianne Schlumberger present their 

new works in a show running from 

March 21 to April 22. 

Schlumberger’s animal prints are an 

expression of childhood memories that 

are vividly depicted with bright colors 

and strong lines. Bird imagery, associated 

with freedom from the chains of our 

personal and collective existence, reappears 

to express the feeling of freedom 

through art. 

Noerdlinger’s newest landscape oil 

paintings describe the moments of stillness 

and beauty that are often invisible 

or overlooked in the frenzy of busy lives. 

SAN MATEO COUNTY 

HISTORY MUSEUM 

777 Hamilton St., Redwood City 

(650) 299-0104, (650) 359-1462 

www.sanmateocountyhistory.com 

Games Galore at History Museum 

The San Mateo County History Museum 

will present “Games Galore” March 31, 

1–4 p.m., as part of its Family Past 

Times series. The Ohlone Indians 

played a staves game with sticks from 

elderberry trees. Children will decorate 

sticks to use for playing this game. 

During California’s Mexican period, special 

eggs called cascarones were filled 

with confetti and cracked over friends’ 

heads at a fandango, or party, at ranches. 

Children will make a cascarone to 

take home. In the Victorian Era, kids 

played a game with hoops called 

Graces. Participating children will wrap 

a hoop in colorful ribbons and learn how 

to play Graces. Sipa is a Filipino game 

similar to hacky sack. Children will make 

a sipa toy to use in this game by wrapping 

a coin in colorful fabrics or paper 

and cutting the edges into fringe. 

Special Exhibit 

Precious Cargo (through May 1) — The 

exhibit features cradle baskets in their 

cultural context through direct collaboration 

with contemporary California Indian 

weavers. Learn about traditional beliefs 

concerning childbirth and the use of cradle 

baskets among Pomo and Western 

Mono peoples. The exhibit includes 

additional material from 28 other tribal 

regions throughout California. $2–$4, 

children ages 5 and under free. 

Tuesday–Sunday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. 

Holocaust Program 

The San Mateo County History 

Museum, the Bay Area Holocaust Oral 

History Project and the Holocaust 

Center of Northern California present a 

lecture by author Helen Farkas of 

Burlingame on April 12 at 2 p.m. during 

Holocaust Remembrance Month. 

Farkas will speak of her experiences as 

a Holocaust survivor. After being forced 

to move into a Jewish ghetto, Farkas 

and her family were imprisoned at the 

infamous concentration camp at 

Auschwitz. Copies of her book, 

Remember the Holocaust: A Memoir of 

Survival, will be available for purchase. 

Stories from the Past 

April 13, 2–3 p.m. — The San Mateo 

County History Museum presents a 

reading for children of Ugly Vegetables 

by Grace Lin. This Chinese immigrant 

story celebrates gardening and the 

earth. After the reading, only nine days 

before Earth Day, children will be invited 

to explore the museum’s “Nature’s 

Bounty” and “Living the California 

Dream” exhibit galleries, where they will 

create a paper, World War II era victory 

garden to take home. 

These programs are free with the price 

of admission to the museum ($4 for 

adults and $2 for seniors and students). 

LITTLE FOX 

2209 Broadway, Redwood City 

Ticket purchase and info (650) 369-4119 

Tickets also available online at 

foxdream.com and at the Fox Theatre 

Box Office 

Booker T. Jones 

plus Ron Thompson 

Sunday, April 1, 7 p.m. 

$18 adv./$20 door 

This legendary performer, producer and 

songwriter is perhaps best known for the 

million-selling instrumental “Green 

Onions,” recorded by Booker T. and the 

MGs. Long ago inducted into the Rock 

and Roll Hall of Fame, Jones was 

named as a 2007 Lifetime Achievement 

Grammy Award recipient for his work 

with the seminal instrumental group. His 

career highlights also include recording 

with everyone from Otis Redding, Ray 

Charles and Wilson Pickett to Bob Dylan 

and Boz Scaggs. 

An Evening With LUCE 

Friday, April 6, 8 p.m. 

$14 adv./$16 door 

Whenever LUCE plays the Little Fox, 

the best bet is to buy your tickets early 

because they’re usually sold out by 

showtime. The venue gives LUCE and 

their fans a home field advantage, so to 

say, for the Bay Area band has broken 

nationally during this decade. LUCE 

favorites like “Good Day,” “Buy a Dog,” 

“Worth the Wait” and “Acid Rain” keep 

the party groovin’ long into the night. The 

band is currently creating its third album 

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THE SPECTRUM 

COUNTY COUNSEL’S SON TO DO TIME 

porarily closed and reopened by the Defense 

Department in 2001 under the new name. 

The school’s alumni include dictators known for violence, 

such as Manuel Noriega of Panama, as well as 

others linked to massacres and murders throughout 

Latin America, according to School of the Americas 

Watch. 

After his arrest he told a local newspaper he had discussed 

the decision to cross prior to arrival and had 

wanted to take the step “for a long time.” 

Crossing the line literally requires protesters to 

squeeze through a gap in the wire fence around the 

school. The barrier was erected after Sept. 11, 2001, 

to replace a line painted on the ground. 

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Michael Vosburg-Casey, fourth from left, and the rest of 

this group were arrested for trespassing at the School of the 

Americas 

Michael Vosburg-Casey spent his primary 

school years in Redwood City but the 32- 

year-old human rights activist received his 

latest lesson in the limits of free speech at a different 

institution: the School of the Americas. 

Vosburg-Casey, of Atlanta, was sentenced earlier this 

month to 100 days in federal prison for misdemeanor 

trespassing after his Nov. 16 arrest at an 

annual protest of the military training school in 

Columbus, Ga. The demonstration at the Army’s 

Fort Benning, the home of the renamed Western 

Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation, 

draws thousands who believe the school is to blame 

for ongoing human rights abuses in Central and 

South America. 

“The School of Americas has a history of teaching 

torture and other extreme measures of counter-insurgency 

and interrogation,” Vosburg-Casey said in his 

statement to the court. “And so when soldiers are 

around those trained in these tactics we can see how 

the spiral of violence comes home to roost.” 

Since its organization 17 years ago, the annual 

protest commemorates six Jesuit priests killed with 

their housekeeper and her daughter in El Salvador in 

1989. Some of the killers attended the school, which 

moved to Fort Benning from Panama in 1984, tem- 

Last November, more than 20,000 descended on the 

school for four days of marches, readings and vigils. 

Vosburg-Casey was one of the 16 protesters who 

received prison terms ranging from one to six 

months for trespassing. The demonstrators were a 

mixed bunch, including a 70-year-old Catholic nun, 

a 70-year-old retired school superintendent from 

Prescott, Ariz., a clergyman from Chicago, a grandmother 

of 17 grandchildren from Indiana, a mother 

of five young children from Missouri, and five college 

students. A 17-year-old Indiana protester 

received a probationary sentence. 

The group also included Vosburg-Casey, a selftrained 

piano tuner, amateur chicken farmer and 

husband whose parents, Betty and Tom Casey, still 

call San Mateo County home. In fact, Betty Casey is 

the principal of White Oaks School in San Carlos, 

while her husband has served the county as its counsel 

for 20 years. Both recently announced their 

retirements this summer, a break which will give the 

chance to visit family including Vosburg-Casey. 

Vosburg-Casey’s Jan. 29 trial also gave his father a 

chance to sit at the defense table. 

Vosburg-Casey was born and raised in Redwood City. 

After college he headed to Atlanta in 1999 as part of 

the Jesuit Volunteer Corps working with the homeless 

and incarcerated. Although the protest was his 

first brush with being behind bars himself, Vosburg- 

Casey has crossed paths with the military before. He 

and three others received “ban and bar letters” from 

the United States government after previous 

protests. The letters warned the four against crossing 

the line into Fort Benning — the exact action for 

which he and the others were arrested. 

Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the Daily 

Journal newspaper. 

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As I Was Saying... 

As I Was Saying... 

By 

Steve Penna 

Publisher 

With less than eight months until this 

November’s City Council election, no 

one has yet to come out of their shell to 

announce taking on incumbents Alicia Aguirre, 

Ian Bain, Rosanne Foust or Barbara Pierce — all 

four are running for re-election. Possible candidates 

include Adrian Brandt, Hilary Paulson, Nancy 

Radcliffe and Janet Borgens. All have impressive 

community participation and support, but from 

what I am hearing, none will run this time. Maybe 

they will wait until the 2009 election, when current 

council members Jim Hartnett and Diane Howard 

will be termed out and two wide-open spots will be up 

for grabs? One person who has not officially declared 

his candidacy but is working on gathering support is 

Housing and Human Concerns Committee Chairman 

Kevin Bondonno. He graduated from Sequoia High 

School and is a lifelong resident of our community. 

When the official announcement comes, he better get 

out there soon, because as far as I can remember there 

have been only four incumbents that have lost re-election 

bids in the past 30 years. Fernando Vega and 

Bain lost after being appointed to the council; Paul 

Sanfilipo lost in 1995 after being elected to a fouryear 

term, as did Matt Leipzig. 

Of the four incumbents this year, it seems Aguirre and 

Bain are the most vulnerable. Both are serving our 

community well, given the issues that have upset residents 

in the past couple years, but they will have to 

work hard to gain re-election. So we will have a campaign 

and election, which is great for our community. 

Let’s see who else steps up to the plate, joins the race 

and gives us even more choices. 

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Last month I wrote about the stress involved in high 

school reunions. Well, this past month I experienced a 

different kind of stress. I recently had my annual physical, 

which I was not looking forward to, considering I 

have gained almost 35 pounds, okay 40, over the past 

year, have been involved with some stressful personal 

issues and am running a business, etc., etc., etc. 

I met with my doctor and all went well except for the 

fact that when we reviewed the blood tests I had taken 

in preparation, my cholesterol level was high. He 

talked about good and bad types, but it was all foreign 

to me. Bottom line: He was concerned and put me on 

a medication to help bring the levels down. 

Considering the fact that my father passed away 

because of a heart attack, as well as my family’s history 

of high blood pressure and high cholesterol, my 


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21st Annual 

Redwood City Police Activities League 

Invitational Golf Classic 

Friday, June 1st 2007 

Crystal Springs Golf Course 

6650 Golf Course Dr. 

Burlingame 

1pm Shotgun start 

Check-in begins @ 12:00 

6:00 dinner program 

Cost: $125 

Includes golf, cart, team photo, Golf Cap 

tee prizes, dinner 

$30 dinner only 

Benefiting 

The Redwood City Police 

Activities League Programs 

*Scramble Team Format, 

Prizes for top teams in 

Three Flights 

*Closest to the Pin* 

*Longest Drive* 

*Putting Contest* 

*Closest to the Cooler* 

*Raffle Prizes* 

*SUPER TICKET* 

$20 

Includes all games and raffle 

C.M. CAPITAL CORPORATION 

For more information please contact Officer Jaime Mateo (650)780-7104 or Officer Chris Rasmussen (650) 556-1650 

Send your check(s) and entry 

form(s) to: 

Redwood City PAL 

Golf Classic 

1301 Maple St 

Redwood City, CA 94063 

Phone: 650-780-7104 

Fax: 650-780-7112 

E-mail:JMateo@redwoodcity.org 

Name 

Address 

Phone 

Preferred playing partners: 

1. 

2. 

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Local Interest 

REDWOOD CITY 

RESIDENTS —STOP 

SMOKING FOR 

FREE! 

Free stop-smoking classes in April for San Mateo 

County residents who smoke and want to quit. 

Breathe California and the San Mateo County 

Health Department announce classes to be held 

in San Mateo, South San Francisco, Daly City 

and Redwood City. Check class dates and times 

at www.ggbreathe.org. Register by calling (650) 

994-5868. 

California residents can also call 1-800-NO- 

BUTTS for free phone counseling. 

WORKSHOPS AT 

EVERY WOMAN 

HEALTH CLUB 

Fitness Balls How-To 

Saturday, March 31, 10–10:45 a.m. 

Workshop fee: $15 

What can you do with fitness balls? Why are 

there so many different sizes? This workshop 

gives an overview of all the great ways you can 

use balls for improved stability, muscle tone and 

balance. Join us for this fun and informative 

workshop. 

“Space to Claim” — A Workshop for Women 

Wanting to Claim Their Bigger Self 

Monday, April 23, 6:30–8:30 p.m. 

Workshop fee: $35 

When was the last time you checked in on who 

and where you are right now in your life? This 

interactive workshop is for women who are 

courageously willing to step up and take charge 

of their lives and dive into discovery around what 

makes them tick. Get back in touch with your 

personal or professional goals and dreams, discover 

and clarify what inspires you to live a life 

that is personally and uniquely fulfilling, learn 

how to get unstuck from the “status quo” and 

begin seeing and creating open doors for all that 

is possible, and claim your commitment to stepping 

into your bigger self by moving forward 

from intention to action in your life. 

Pre-registration recommended for all workshops. 

For more info or to register, call (650) 364-9194 

or e-mail info@everywomanhealthclub.com. 

Every Woman Health Club, 611 Jefferson Ave., 

Redwood City, www.everywomanhealthclub.com. 

SHORES LIBRARY 

BREAKS GROUND 


When ground broke Feb. 24 on the long-planned 

library in Redwood Shores, it was a golden shovel 

moment many years, multiple bids and millions 

of dollars in the making. 

This milestone comes over budget and behind 

schedule, but for those who began planning the 

library four years ago, the money and time is well 

worth what will be the first branch in Redwood 

Shores and the first in Redwood City since the 

Schaberg Community Library was built in 1957. 

“This is going to be a fantastic addition to the 

Redwood City library system, said Mario 

Rendon, president of the Redwood City Library 

Foundation. “As one person put it to me, it is the 

last piece of the puzzle for Redwood Shores.” 

The community, which adjoins Redwood City, 

recently garnered its own fire station and is 

poised to get a new school. A library, Rendon 

said, is one of the remaining community 

resources the area needs. Redwood Shores residents 

currently obtain their library services 

through the Sandpiper Community Center. 

The single-story, 22,558-square-foot library is 

expected to offer users not just services but also 

meeting space, waterfront views, Internet workstations 

and a cafe with outdoor seating. There 

will also be a storytelling area for young readers 

and an interactive interpretative center focused 

on the bay. 

“Its innovative and very friendly, inviting design 

will make it a great destination for not only 

Redwood Shores residents but people from 

throughout the Redwood City community,” Vice 

Mayor Rosanne Foust stated in announcing the 

groundbreaking. 

If construction stays on course, the library will 

open its doors in summer 2008. Originally, plans 

were for its opening in fall 2007. 

Since its conception and successful application 

for a $10.1 million state grant, the library has 

been a labor of love for tireless fundraisers and 

city officials faced with increased material costs. 

The last hurdles happened in September when 

the city rejected all construction bids as too high 

and solicited five new estimates the following 

month. The three months of delays tacked the 

extra $500,000 onto the library price tag but the 

City Council ultimately gave unanimous 

approval to a $14.4 million proposal from Sausal 

Corporation of San Leandro. Out of the five 

received, Sausal was the lowest although still 26 

percent above the initial $11.5 million budget 

estimate. 

The alternative was finding an extra $5.3 million, 

limiting funds for other projects or redesigning 

the facility. The city had $13.6 million available 

for a new branch library, causing the council to 

make up the $3 million difference in general fund 

money and contributions from the community. 

So far, the library foundation has raised 

$850,000 for the opening day collection of 

books, DVDs and assorted materials, Rendon 

said. 

The total includes $350,000 from major donors 

like Oracle and the Palo Alto Medical 

S 

Foundation and nearly $160,000 from the public 

fundraising phase. Through the month of 

December, all donations were matched up to 

$1,000 by the Redwood Shores Community 

Association. The RSCA presented its $52,000 

fundraising check at the groundbreaking. 



COOL DOWNTOWN 

STUFF! 

Downtown Redwood City is coming alive, and its 

online presence is better than ever, too! An exciting 

new downtown promotional video produced 

by Peninsula TV is now available for online viewing. 

Also, the community can now shop for an 

incredible array of downtown-branded merchandise 

online! It’s all right there at www.redwoodcity.org/downtown, 

along with other information 

about downtown projects. 

Peninsula TV (www.pentv.org) kindly produced a 

wonderful seven-minute video that’s all about 

the renaissance of downtown Redwood City. It 

features great music, lots of excited people, 

scenes from Courthouse Square, Theatre Way, 

Broadway and more. Anyone who wants a fast 

overview of the exciting things happening downtown 

can take a look — and then come downtown 

to enjoy the real thing. 

Redwood City also announces the grand opening 

of an online store selling downtown-branded 

merchandise, from T-shirts, sweatshirts, coffee 

mugs and tote bags to aprons, hats, clocks, calendars 

and more — even baby bibs and doggy T- 

shirts! These fun items are printed with Redwood 

City’s downtown logo and/or one of the other 

exciting original graphic images currently seen 

downtown. Go to www.redwoodcity.org/downtown, 

or look at the lower right corner of the 

front page of Redwood City’s Web site for the 

“Buy Cool Downtown Stuff” link. The direct 

link to Redwood City’s online store is www.cafepress.com/redwoodcity. 

Any of these items can 

also be purchased through a toll-free number — 

(877) 809-1659. What a great way to show pride 

in Redwood City! 

All proceeds from sales of these unique and very 

special downtown-branded items go to the 

Redevelopment Agency’s downtown promotion 

fund. But even more importantly, these very 

fashionable and fun items help to remind people, 

in our own community and in other cities, that 

downtown Redwood City is coming alive! 

Visit Redwood City’s award-winning Web site at 

www.redwoodcity.org for information about the 

city and its services, the community, recreation 

programs, education, city government and local 

business. Take a look at the variety of city webcams 

at redwoodcity.org/webcam and subscribe 

to Redwood City’s e-mail newsletter or other 

documents by visiting www.redwoodcity.org/egov. 

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THE SPECTRUM 

Youth 

Youth 

14 

TWO RWC STUDENTS 

OVERCOME LONG 

ODDS TO EARN 

ACADEMIC HONORS 

Candace Joy and Lizbeth Mendoza, two Redwood 

City students who had to overcome long odds to succeed 

academically, have been selected for the 2007 

Phi Theta Kappa All-California Academic Team. Phi 

Theta Kappa is the national honor society for twoyear 

colleges. 

Both students have been invited to attend a luncheon 

in Sacramento on March 29 where the state’s 

top two-year scholars will be formally recognized. 

Mendoza immigrated to California from Mexico 

with her parents after she graduated from high 

school, but she couldn’t speak English. She enrolled 

in Cañada’s Community-Based English Tutoring program 

in 2002 and eventually went through the 

English as a Second Language program before 

enrolling in college-level coursework. Today she is 

earning straight A’s as a civil engineering major and 

is tutoring other students in math and ESL. She does 

all of this while playing for the school’s volleyball 

team and caring for her 4-year-old son. Last year 

Mendoza was awarded a $1,000 Coca Cola 

Scholarship, and she plans to transfer to Cal Poly 

San Luis Obispo. 

Joy arrived at Cañada after struggling with drug 

addiction during her teen years. She failed to graduate 

from high school but has been a straight-A student 

at Cañada and is currently serving as president 

of the school’s honors 

club. “Cañada 

really helped me turn 

my life around,” Joy 

said. “My professors 

convinced me that I 

had potential and 

they would not 

accept any excuses. 

They wouldn’t allow 

me to get a B. It wasn’t 

easy, but because 

they pushed me I 

have been a successful 

college student.” 

LIZBETH MENDOZA 

WWW.SPECTRUMMAGAZINE.NET 

CANDACE JOY 

Joy is studying political science and has applied to 

Santa Clara University and the University of San 

Francisco. She wants to study international relations. 

The All-USA Academic Team program annually recognizes 

60 outstanding two-year college students 

and is sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa, USA Today 

and the American Association of Community 

Colleges. To be eligible, a student must post a minimum 

3.25 cumulative GPA and be eligible to graduate 

with an associate’s degree. 

MORE THAN A 

PRINCIPAL: AN 

ADVISOR, A MOTHER 

AND A FRIEND 

Nick Markwith, Student Writer 

Many wonderful Woodside High School teachers 

and faculty grace the students with their presence 

every day. They are enthusiastic, ready to teach and 

fill our noggins with whatever they can. However, 

the staff blames only one person for their desire to 

educate the youth with such a passion. Principal 

Linda Common is the cause of that inspiration. 

Common was born in Sacramento to two amazing 

parents. As a child, her parents pushed her to be the 

best she could be and to never give up. Common 

explains that they “had that kind of attitude that 

always made me want to do my best. I always felt 

supported in whatever I did.” At that time, she wanted 

to be a first grade teacher. Her first grade teacher 

“was just amazing,” she says. She had such a great 

time in that class, it became a dream of hers. 

Common attended high school in Sacramento, 

where she was an athlete and a scholar. Again, another 

of her teachers, her English teacher, inspired her. 

Common attended many colleges. And when I say 

many, I mean it. She holds an impressive list of over 

a handful, including Santa Clara University. Each 

university she attended granted her another degree. 

Her many degrees are in areas such as bilingual studies 

and special education, which allowed her the 

opportunity to experience all facets of the teaching 

industry. 

During her college years, Common began working as 

a first grade teacher, accomplishing her childhood 

dream. However, paths in her life led her astray and 

she found herself vice principal at a high school. For 

the next eleven years, she saw quite a few principals 

pass through but never thought about taking charge 

herself. Finally, someone offered Common the principal 

vacancy at Aragon High School and she took it. 

At that time, if “someone asked me what my profession 

is and I said dean of students, they would smile 

and say ‘Oh, an all-girls’ school,’” she explains. “But 

I couldn’t let that affect me, otherwise I would never 

have the success that I do now.” Despite remarks, 

Common remained strong and committed. She 

spent a year at Aragon before moving to her current 

position at Woodside High School as a wildcat. 

Common’s administrative beliefs relate to her family. 

She sees Woodside as more than a job, as a family 

with her as the mother. And because of this, she 

deals with discipline as if with her own child. “I 

think I treat each and every student from a mother’s 

approach … in the areas of discipline and support,” 

Common reveals. She believes that every student 

needs nurturing and guidance at school, especially 

when students come from broken homes. She wishes 

to reach out to those students and make sure they 

lead a successful life. 

Since Common has been principal at Woodside, she 

has helped improve life and leisure. Woodside had 

not had any construction since originally built in the 

1950s. But Common changed that quickly as she 

brought about, with the help of anonymous donors, 

the construction of the still-quite-new Performing 

Art Center, a gym and a pool. She has also updated 

and furnished classrooms to further the education of 

her students. 

In the future, Principal Common hopes to implement 

a program in which students can have internships 

at local businesses and hospitals. Since not 

every student attends college, she wants to help 

those who do not see college in their future by furthering 

their aspirations in the career of their choice. 

“Just imagine it, two hundred students working at 

the three hospitals only a few miles away from 

Woodside. So much good can be done,” says 

Common of her dream. 

For those of you who plan on attending Woodside 

High School in the near future, your future principal 

has some words of advice. “Prepare to work hard, 

learn and be successful. You’re a wildcat now,” she 

says. And for those of you leaving Woodside this 

year or in years to come, she has another recommendation: 

“Stay positive, and always believe in 

yourself.”


Local Interest 

IN HONOR OF 

ALL THINGS ODD 

Below: Sequoia High School teacher Ron Gordon and 

his family celebrated the last odd day on Jan. 3, 2005, 

by holding root vegetables in honor of Square Root Day 

on Feb. 2, 2004 

Not everyone celebrates oddities, but that’s the 

whole point of 03/05/07, dubbed “Odd Day” by 

Sequoia High School teacher Ron Gordon, who 

noticed the rare occurrence of consecutive odd 

numbers in a date — an occurrence that happens 

six times near the start of a century. 

Gordon declared 01/03/05 as the first Odd Day 

— a date he noticed when giving his students the 

due date for an assignment. In honor of all things 

odd, Gordon is asking people to send descriptions 

and pictures of odd events and people dealing 

with odd numbers. The last winner was a 

group of Gunn High School students led by 

Elissa Brown, a senior at the time, who dressed 

up silly and paraded around town. Their entry 

included photos and a parade route. 


First prize is $135.79. Third prize wins $1 + $3 

+ $5 + $7 + $9, totaling $25. Fifth place will 

take home $1.35. 

“It’s like a calendar comet — suddenly it’s here to 

brighten your day and then it’s gone for 80 

years,” he said. 

Gordon just finds the idea to be an easy, fun way 

of celebrating all things 

different. It’s not the only 

number-based holiday 

Gordon celebrates. Square 

Root Days like 09/09/81, 

02/02/04 or the next one 

on 03/03/09 are celebrated 

with things like root vegetables. 

Gordon doesn’t 

encourage celebrating 

Even Day, however — he 

doesn’t want to be held 

responsible for people getting 

even. 

Contestants have a 357- 

hour window — between 3 

a.m. Feb. 18 through 9 

p.m. March 20 — to complete 

or make their odd 

entry. The entry must be 

submitted within 135 

hours of the March 20 deadline — in other 

words, entries are due by Monday, March 26, at 

3:15 a.m. to be considered. 

Gordon put together some suggestions for celebrating 

the odd season, such as “figure out why 

odd has an odd number of letters and even has 

an even number of letters” or “look for sea odders” 

or “odds ’n’ ends.” 

Currently, Gordon’s three children have a consecutive 

odd connection since they are 13, 15 and 

17 years old. He was taken aback when the odd 

sequence was pointed out. 

“They weren’t born odd. I wonder if it’s genetic 

or just a function of the calendar,” he said. 

Four consecutive odd dates remain in this centu- 

S 

ry. The next odd day will occur May 7, 2009, followed 

by July 9, 2011, then Sept. 11, 2013, ending 

with Nov. 13, 2015. There’s an 80-year break 

at that point before such a “holiday” will happen 

again. 

“Our son Kyle wanted to know why they didn’t 

get Odd Day off from school,” Gordon said with 

a laugh. 

His middle child, Tyler, described the holiday — 

and his father — as the edge of goofy pushed to 

the limit. 

Send entries to rgordon@seq.org or to Ron 

Gordon, P.O. Box 5133, Redwood City, CA 

94063. For more information call (650) 364- 

0652. 



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THE SPECTRUM 

Shop Redwood City - and Keep 

our sales Sales tax Tax dollars Dollars local! Local! 

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The Spectrum Magazine has been out in our community, using 

businesses that not only provide excellent service but also contribute 

to our community. Shouldn’t you make the commitment to shopping 

locally? Check out our Best of the Best selections. 

AUTO CARE: 

Redwood General Tire — 1630 Broadway — Whether you 

are looking for a new set of tires or need repair work on your 

vehicle, this Redwood City institution has been providing 

quality vehicle services since 1957. Redwood General Tire 

was founded on the premise that good customer service and 

quality products at fair prices will succeed in the marketplace. 

They continue to follow this philosophy today and expect it to 

guide them into a successful future. Many of their satisfied 

customers have been with them since their founding and 

continue to do business with them today. They proudly serve 

the third generation of many of their first Redwood City customers. 

EATING AND CATERING: 

Canyon Inn — 587 Canyon Road — You will find everything 

at this Redwood City favorite. The Canyon Inn is nestled in 

the small, quiet neighborhood of Emerald Hills. It’s a popular 

stop for bicycle touring clubs and local sports celebrities such 

as members of the San Francisco 49ers. But the reputation 

draws celebrities and personalities from all over the world. 

The restaurant is noted for its burgers and beers, most 

notably the Hacksaw Burger, a big double cheeseburger 

named after Jack “Hacksaw” Reynolds. The Canyon Inn also 

offers hot and cold sandwiches, hot dogs, fish and chips, 

spaghetti, ravioli, lasagna, tacos and quesadillas. If you cannot 

make it to the site, they cater all types of parties from 

business events to home-style barbecues. 

Diving Pelican Cafe — 650 Bair Island Road, Suite 102 — 

This restaurant may be the best-kept secret in Redwood City 

and provides the perfect atmosphere for get-togethers of any 

kind. They offer a variety of specialty items, including eggs 

Benedict with fresh crab and homemade hollandaise sauce. 

They also have beer and wine, and espresso drinks available 

to go. For your convenience, they have outdoor seating that 

overlooks the water. Conveniently located half a mile from 

the freeway, it’s easy to stop by and visit. Try the famous 

pear, walnut, gorgonzola and grilled chicken salad. It is so 

delicious that people come from all over to enjoy it! They also 

have a seasonal specialty, which is mango pasticcio and feta 

salad with grilled chicken. People tell us that they want to 

keep the cafe a secret, because it is such a nice location with 

outstanding food. We won’t tell anyone? 

Encore Performance Catering — 2992 Spring St. — Owner 

Dave Hyman’s menu goes on for eight pages of mouthwatering 

suggestions for everything from continental breakfasts 

to formal dinners. Despite an entire page devoted just to 

warm appetizers, these are mere suggestions, and Hyman is 

quick to offer additional possibilities to fit any occasion. He 

also has a strong sense of community and participates in 

many community-oriented events. Additionally, Hyman is 

proud of the fact that his business products are nearly 100 

percent recyclable, and they contribute their leftovers to St. 

Anthony’s Padua Dining Room in Redwood City. Need a 

caterer for that party or event? Call Dave at (650) 365-3731. 

Little India — 917 Main St. — This stylish Indian restaurant 

features a reasonably priced all-you-can-eat buffet for both 

lunch and dinner. The home-style food is mainly from the 

northwest region of India, and items from other regions of 

India are also featured. The food is low in fat and sodium. 

You can dine in or take out. Senior citizens receive $1 off and 

children (under 12) dine at half price. Bring your appetite, 

because you will want to try everything! 

ENTERTAINMENT: 

Arthur Murray Dance Studio — 2065 Broadway — Put a little 

fun in your life; try dancing! Whatever your goal — meeting 

people, gaining confidence or preparing for the first 

dance at your wedding — the expert instructors can design a 

customized program that’s just right for you! One strength of 

the Arthur Murray system is the wide variety of dances you 

can choose from: foxtrot, merengue, waltz, swing, hustle, 

rumba, cha-cha, tango, salsa and many more. You can hire 

genuine Arthur Murray professionals to teach and dance at 

your special event. For weddings, hire dance hosts to come 

and dance with your guests. For birthday parties, have a 

group lesson. Go with the era of your choice for anniversary 

parties. At business parties, they will teach your group with 

fun and flair. For holiday parties, they will prepare your crowd 

for the festivities. Hire someone to teach at your ’50s party, 

’70s party or at the theme party of your choice. Take the first 

step to years of fun and confidence on the dance floor. 

Contact Arthur Murray to get started today. And your first lesson 

is always complimentary! 

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS: 

American Coast Mortgage — Whether you need to purchase 

property, refinance or obtain a home equity loan, for 

over 25 years owner Paul Sanfilipo has been helping thousands 

do just that. Call (650) 365-2144 now for your complimentary 

mortgage consultation. 

Capital Mortgage Lending — 805 Veterans Blvd., #202 — 

Lourdes Carini and her team of dedicated loan agents focus 

on residential lending, including purchases and refinances. 

As a mortgage company, they deal with a large assortment 

of lenders, allowing them to research the best financing to 

meet each client’s individual needs. Carini has over 25 years 

experience in the Bay Area financial services industry. The 

company’s success is based on referrals, its track record and 

being accessible to clients. So if you have a mortgage loan 

need or question, please pick up the phone and call (650) 

362-2700. 

Edward Jones — 702 Marshall St., #515 — For decades, 

Edward Jones believed in building relationships through 

face-to-face interaction and adherence to a strategy of recommending 

quality investments that have proven themselves 

over time. So does Investment Representative David 

Amann, who manages the Redwood City office. He understands 

that this approach might be considered unfashionable. 

But if it means helping his clients achieve their goals, 

whether for retirement, education or just financial security, it’s 

an approach he plans to stick to. Create your financial portfolio 

now! 

PERSONAL IMPROVEMENT: 

Re:Juvenate Skin Care — 805 Veterans Blvd., Suite 140 — 

Treat yourself, you deserve it! Re:Juvenate is owned and 

operated by Sherna Madan, M.D., and Linda S. Moore, R.N. 

Together they have more than 50 years in the health care 

industry and over 10 years in the field of aesthetics. Both 

have lived and worked in the community for the majority of 

those years. When a consumer is looking for a facility that 

offers a list of services that are so personal, name recogni- 

tion and reputation are of the utmost importance. 

Relationships are formed quickly, and trust is a huge part of 

the equation. Whether you are seeing a Re:Juvenate clinician 

for acne, sun damage, skin tightening, wrinkle reduction 

or laser hair removal, the process starts with a complimentary 

consultation with a member of the aesthetic staff. Call 

(650) 261-0500 and mention The Spectrum Magazine. 

Warren Street Chiropractic — 520 Warren St. — Warren 

Street Chiropractic Wellness and Injury Center was formerly 

Lease Chiropractic Offices, owned and operated by Timothy 

H. Lease, D.C. Dr. Lease is beginning his 22nd year of practice 

and has a very broad patient base, from infants to folks 

in their 90s. Cases include work injury (workers’ compensation), 

personal injury (car accidents, slips and falls, bicycle 

and pedestrian accidents), carpal tunnel syndrome, plantar 

fasciitis, headaches, neck pain, back pain and leg and arm 

pain. He has a working network of other doctors and therapists, 

so he is able to refer for second opinions or other therapy 

if appropriate. The office has six spacious exam rooms, 

including a massage room. 

RETAIL: 

Lulu’s — 846 Main St. — Lulu’s is the latest and most unique 

gift store to open in downtown Redwood City. Owner Nancy 

Radcliffe has taken 24 years of design experience to create 

a collection of cards and gifts intermingled with eclectic 

antique pieces, all affordably priced! In addition, Lulu’s carries 

everything from baby gifts that put a smile on your face 

to whimsical candles. Pamper your dog or cat or find that 

perfect hostess gift. 

Shadzz — 960 Main St. — Visit this unique card and gift boutique 

on Main Street. Their fashions range from vintageinspired 

to fun and funky. They feature Pandora silver beaded 

bracelets you design yourself, Kokojoi Swarovski crystal 

ear threads and ShaDazZle, their exclusive line of fun jewelry. 

If it sparkles, you will find it at Shadzz. Best-sellers include 

hand-painted martini and wine glasses, trendy reading glasses, 

faux diamond key rings and enamel and crystal pillboxes. 

Come in and sample the latest from Burt’s Bees and pamper 

yourself with Camille Beckman hand therapy. And they just 

introduced a new section: Shadzz Girlz. Make custom necklaces, 

bracelets and key chains or bling your cell phone. For 

the men, there are 49ers, San Francisco Giants and Reyn 

Spooner shirts. There is something for everyone at Shadzz, 

Redwood City’s best-kept shopping secret. 

HOME IMPROVEMENTS: 

Lewis Carpet Cleaners — 1.800.23.LEWIS — Founder 

Rick Lewis started his business in 1985 out of his home, 

using a small, portable machine. Today, Lewis successfully 

operates and manages an office/warehouse of six employees 

and has five working vans, with future plans for expansion 

and growth. Lewis moved his business from San Mateo 

to Redwood City in 1995. The Lewis family works and lives 

in Redwood City and has truly made this town their home. 

They are committed to the vision and success of our community 

and with relentless effort will continue to support the 

community, devoting time, energy and services today and in 

the future. Call and ask about their Spectrum special. You 

can get 100 square feet of carpet cleaned for absolutely 

nothing. Call today and make your house or living space luxurious! 



The Sequoia Awards were established in 1990 

for the purpose of recognizing outstanding volunteerism 

in our community among students, 

individuals and businesses. This year’s event 

was held on March 8 at the Hotel Sofitel in 

Redwood City. Below is a list of the award 

recipients and their accomplishments. 

Citizens of the Year 

Georgi LaBerge and Warren Dale 

A dynamic duo of outstanding leadership and tireless 

community volunteerism in Redwood City 

Unless you are really entrenched in every facet 

of Redwood City, you would never dream of 

how much LaBerge and Dale have done for our 

community, both individually and as a team. 

Through their professional work and their volunteer 

efforts, almost every great thing about 

this town has somehow been touched by them. 

We are proud to award them this year’s 

Sequoia Award for volunteerism by an individual 

or team. 

Former Mayor LaBerge served three terms on 

the Redwood City City Council. She helped cofound 

the Redwood City Library Foundation, is 

an active board member of the Historical 

Association and is now the executive director of 

the San Mateo County Community Colleges 

Foundation. The foundation provides student 

scholarships and grants for program needs at 

Cañada, San Mateo and Skyline colleges. 

Dale has made great use of his many skills in 

contributing to the Redwood City community: 

conflict resolution, community building and 

trauma recovery. A leader of the Peninsula 


SEQUOIA AWARDS HONOR 

COMMUNITY’S BEST 

Conflict Resolution Center 

(PCRC), he helped to lay a 

foundation of state-of-theart 

mediation, community 

engagement and community-building 

services. He 

has also offered his muchneeded 

skills to assist in 

recovery and community 

rebuilding in Bosnia, 

Kosovo, El Salvador after 

their earthquake, and 

post–9/11 New York; in 

South Africa’s sexual 

assault task force; in 

Romania’s domestic violence 

prevention program; 

in Angola’s Street Kids and 

Child Soldiers Healing 

projects; and, more recently, 

in post–Hurricane 

Katrina and Rita areas. 

The duo is quite celebrated around town, and 

deservedly so. 

Business of the Year 

Oracle Corporation 

Business of the Year was awarded to the welldeserving 

Oracle Corporation. One of the 

largest companies in the Bay Area, Oracle 

works actively to address community needs and 

strives to improve the quality of life in local 

communities. The company has made a commitment 

to focus on positive change in four key 

areas: education, giving, community partnerships 

and volunteerism. 

Oracle attributes its success directly to the 

efforts of a talented, motivated and creative 

work force. Oracle employees are willing to do 

more, go further and give more. In addition to 

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Scholarships 

For nearly a decade, the Sequoia Awards scholarship 

program has awarded hundreds of thousands 

of dollars to outstanding high school seniors 

who have performed extraordinary, uncompensated 

community service. Awards range 

from $2,000 to $5,000. All students must live 

or volunteer in Redwood City. 

Below is a list of the local scholarship winners 

and the high school that each attends. 

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Viral Shah (Sequoia), Rachel Gordon 

(Sequoia), Tyler Anthony (Serra), Brieanna 

Wright (Woodside). Chris Miller (Woodside), 

Wendy Renderos (Sequoia), Jessica Brandt 

(Woodside) Johanna Calvillo (Sequoia), 

Manuel Castro (Woodside), Megan Claire 

(Notre Dame), Jayne DeBattista (Sacred 

Heart), Max Schneider (Woodside), Janet 

Girardot (Woodside), Nicole Greco 

(Woodside), Andrea Gutierrez (Woodside 

Priory), Kelsey Haynes (Carlmont), Chen 

“Dawn” Ling (Carlmont), Teagan Lazzarotti 

(Carlmont), Richard Holmes (Menlo- 

Atherton), John Kaufman (Carlmont), 

Natasha Lahlouh (Sacred Heart), Jennifer 

Bernard (Sacred Heart), Kara Mantani 

(Woodside), Nicolas Mantani (Woodside), 

Sterling Sullivan (Serra), Nikki Ellis 

(Woodside), Lupita Zamudio (Woodside). 

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RAISING $20,000 IN A WEEK: 

BRINGING THE SOLARI WINDMILL 

TO UNION CEMETERY 

Judy Buchan, Contributing Writer 

graced George Solari’s residence and vegetable garden. 

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all I have to do is raise $20,000,” 

sighed Jeri Joseph-Hover. After a 

“Now 

moment of silent reflection, the energetic 

Parks and Recreation commissioner decided her 

task, raising funds to help relocate the Solari 

Windmill to Union Cemetery, was a piece of cake. 

“I can do that,” she exclaimed. Don’t doubt her for 

a minute. 

A treasured part of Redwood City’s agricultural history, 

the century-old Solari windmill and water tank 

now sits in the city’s Public Works Services yard, 

waiting for restoration and relocation at Union 

Cemetery. On March 6, the Planning Commission 

gave its unanimous approval to the project, and the 

windmill is scheduled to be in place in time for the 

annual Memorial Day observance on May 28. 

Nancy Radcliffe, planning commissioner and member 

of the city’s Historic Resources Advisory 

Committee, said the windmill’s move to Union 

Cemetery is “absolutely delightful.” She recalled 

when the windmill was located on 

Manzanita Street, adding that “now 

everyone in Redwood City will be able 

to see it.” 

Many residents recall the windmill as 

being the focal point of the Solari farm 

that operated on the site now occupied 

by Costco. But one resident, and a Solari 

family member at that, says the windmill 

first held sway on the farm that was 

located in what is now the alphabet 

streets. 

Leo Solari, great-nephew of George 

Solari and owner of Redwood City’s 

Able Tow, cites a 1988 interview with 

George Solari by Louis Dematteis and 

Ted Cole in which Solari stated that his 

family arrived in Redwood City in 1878. 

And the windmill first was located on a 

vegetable farm in the vicinity of 

Whipple Avenue (once known as Rogers 

Street). According to Solari, the ranch 

was “between Stafford Street by the railroad 

down to the marshlands.” 

Anecdotal accounts report that it was a 

true working windmill, with a 10-horsepower 

motor that pumped water out of 

a well for irrigation. 

George Solari recalled that it was a busy 

farm. “And up to about 1890 they ran 

five wagons on there.” Wagons ran to 

San Mateo, Woodside, Redwood City 

and Menlo Park. 

Leo Solari’s family history then notes 

that the windmill was eventually moved 

in 1913 to 1578 Manzanita, where it 

When George Solari passed away and the farm was 

sold, new owners attempted to demolish the windmill, 

only to be met by strong community concerns 

for historical preservation. In 1991, the windmill 

was moved to Garfield School, where it was planned 

for use in the school’s gardening program. 

As it turned out, the orchards behind the school were 

turned into playing fields, and the move toward 

demolition arose again. Jean Cloud of the Historic 

Resources Advisory Committee stepped in and went 

to the Parks and Recreation department for help. 

Joseph-Hover immediately signed on, the city 

offered $30,000 to help get the $75,000 project 

underway, and the windmill was moved to the Public 

Works Services yard. 

Now the true restoration work begins, according to 

Joseph-Hover. The wood-shingled windmill is 32 feet 

tall and houses a water tank and a small office. The 

Native Sons of the Golden West has volunteered to 

help restore the shingled part of the windmill tower. 

The Historic Resources Advisory Committee has 

also volunteered to help. 

The lower portion of the windmill will be reconstructed 

as closely as possible to the 

original structure. In addition, the upper 

portion will be restored and the pinwheel 

will be operational and maintained 

by the city. Water storage and 

pumping will not take place. The windmill 

will be placed at the northernmost 

corner of the Union Cemetery historic 

site. 

“This is a wonderful part of Redwood 

City’s history that needs to be preserved,” 

said Joseph-Hover. “It’s important 

for us to remember our agricultural 

past.” 

So if you’re driving on Woodside Road 

sometime next month, don’t be surprised 

if you see the windmill top being 

transported to Union Cemetery by a 

flatbed truck bearing the name Able 

Tow. Leo Solari will be in the driver’s 

seat, helping to preserve part of his family’s 

history and our city’s history as 

well. 

And come to Union Cemetery on 

Memorial Day to shake the hands of all 

who helped to make it happen. The guy 

with the baseball cap and big smile will 

be Leo Solari. The blond dynamo will be 

Joseph-Hover. You won’t miss ’em. 

Author’s note: Readers can help Joseph- 

Hover reach her $20,000 goal by contacting 

her at (650) 369-9010 or BrightonRWC@aol.com. 

Thanks to Leo and Debbie Solari for their 

wonderful family history and to Jeri Joseph- 

Hover for the photos and other valuable 

resources. 




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LEARNING THE CULTURE OF THE JOB 

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Valerie Harris, Special to The Spectrum 

One of Redwood City’s best-kept secrets is an 

organization called Kainos. Kainos, from the 

Greek word meaning “new beginnings,” is a 

center that assists clients with developmental disabilities. 

The plight of individuals with developmental disabilities 

dates back to the beginning of recorded history. 

Developmental disabilities can be found as far 

back as around 1500 B.C. in the therapeutic papyri 

of Thebes (now Luxor) in Egypt. These documents 

clearly refer to disabilities of the mind and body due 

to brain damage. 

In ancient Greece and Rome, society dealt with disabilities 

through infanticide. In Sparta, if a neonate 

were suspected of being defective, the infant was 

thrown from a cliff to its death. During the Roman 

Empire, individuals with disabilities were frequently 

sold for entertainment or amusement. The age of 

Christianity advocated more humane treatment for 

the developmentally disabled and infirmed. 

In 1690, John Locke published “An Essay 

Concerning Human Understanding,” stating his 

belief that an individual was born without innate 

ideas, a blank slate. His ideas profoundly influenced 

the approach to the care of individuals with mental 

disabilities. Locke distinguished differences between 

mental retardation and mental illness. 

In France in the 1800s, Jean-Marc-Gaspard Itard of 

the Institutes for Deaf-Mutes worked with a boy 

named Victor. Itard created a novel educational program 

for Victor to develop his senses, intellect and 

emotions. A new awareness was born, ushering in a 

new era in the way society treated people with developmental 

disabilities. However, society still had a 

long way to go. 

President John F. Kennedy, in a special message to 

Congress on Feb. 5, 1963, said, “I recommend a farreaching 

program designed to end our national neglect 

of the mentally retarded. The full benefits of our 

society belong to those who suffer from such disabilities, 

and the mentally retarded should be encouraged 

to participate in the productive life of their 

communities. This will require strengthened educational 

and rehabilitation programs and, ultimately, 

meaningful employment.” 

their families or alone. It proved less expensive and 

more compassionate than putting them in state hospitals. 

This legislation chartered the funding for Kainos. 

Funds are distributed through the Golden Gate 

Regional Center, the local agent of the California 

Department of Developmental Services, which is 

responsible for funding adult community services for 

people with developmental disabilities. Kainos also 

partners with local organizations, Rotary Clubs and 

the Chamber of Commerce to actively raise money. 

Kainos Executive Director Andy Frisch explained 

that at Kainos, “We help people with work and help 

people find a place to live, provide housing for people 

who couldn’t afford to live here and also support 

whatever they need. Our housing ranges from 24- 

hour (around-the-clock) group homes for people who 

need supervision all the time, with cooking and taking 

care of their rooms. We assist from that level all 

the way to total independent living.” 

Frisch continues, “We can also help people find their 

own home, and then we go and visit them three to 

four times a week. We check the menus they have 

planned, to ensure they are getting proper nutrition. 

We are there wherever they need support. We tailor 

their plans to their individual needs. If someone 

needs support five days a week, we will be there five 

days a week.” 

Kainos was founded in 1974, and then the work and 

vocational rehabilitation branch was founded in 

1977. Kainos has built six homes since then and has 

one in-house work facility in Redwood City. 

Frisch says, “Fifty people a day come to learn work 

skills, depending on their skill ability and work ability. 

They come for training and skills. They are doing 

productive work in the meantime.” 

One contract, from Network Video Technologies in 

Menlo Park, uses Kainos clients to clean and relabel 

parts bins for electronic parts. Another contract consists 

of repackaging dental floss with shrink-wrap. 

Another consists of packing corkscrews and information 

on wine into boxes for shipment. Companies 

that contract with Kainos find that it is extremely 

cost-effective for jobs such as mailings. This service 

lends itself well to processing shipments for sellers 

(or resellers) on Internet sales sites such as eBay, 

Yahoo or craigslist. 

During a recent visit, three of the production supervisors 

— Chris Bergeson, Leaharay Smothers and 

Sandy Turner — were just finishing up their shift for 

the day. 

Turner obtains job contracts for Kainos. She says, 

“My job is getting contracts, to look at possible business 

and to contact businesses. People are very supportive 

in the community. For example, over there is 

a job from a company called Busy Bunny. They supply 

small wooden sculptures that bunnies need in 

order to keep their teeth sharp. We pack them in 

boxes. Busy Bunny has been in business 21 years. 

We do all their tagging and then deliver it to their 

warehouse.” 

Turner continues: “Right now in-house there are 

eight contracts for about 55 clients. They show up 

on regular business hours, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The 

rest of the staff is here from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. We give 

our clients safety training and job skills.” 

Participants may stay as long they like, to ensure 

they have the necessary skill levels and the confidence 

needed to find work in the community if they 

so desire. Frisch says, “Our programs are all individualized. 

Some clients come here and simply ask us to 

find them a job. It’s also a developmental facility for 

all their needs. It’s all for adults. We provide vocational 

training. The clients work a normal day. They 

bring their own lunch. The whole focus of this building 

is a job shop. Here, we provide work for 55 

clients. We have another 55 clients who work at 

Albertsons, Kohlweiss Auto Parts and the Boardwalk 

From that point on, the onus was on federal and 

state governments to provide care and training for 

people with developmental disabilities. Most of this 

care, however, was administered through confinement 

in deplorable state hospitals. 

California’s legislation took a huge leap forward, 

when Republican Assemblyman Frank Lanterman 

persuaded Gov. Ronald Reagan to sign the 

Lanterman Act in 1969. Lanterman, the son of a 

wealthy Los Angeles County physician, was horrified 

that over 30,000 people with developmental disabilities 

were interned in state hospitals. His legislation 

guaranteed that the developmentally disabled would 

have a right to social services to assist them to live 

the most independent and productive lives possible 

and that the disabled would be allowed to live with 

ANDY FRISCH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF KAINOS, AND BERT VERGARA, VOCATIONAL SERVICES MANAGER, ARE JOINED 

BY JULIA LINDSTRON AND HER MOTHER JACKI. JULIA HAD JUST COMPLETED HER FIRST DAY AT VOCATIONAL SERVICES. 



INVOKES ALL THE OTHER ELEMENTS 

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LORI NELSON AND SHANNON MAFSIP SHARE A FRIENDLY MOMENT WHILE WORKING. 

Auto Center. Those clients are paid employees. We 

help them find those jobs, and then we support them 

in those jobs. So it’s a range of services we offer. If 

you come and say, ‘I’m ready for a job in the community,’ 

we will help you find that job. You might 

come here for a short period of time to get yourself 

ready for a job in the community, or your disability 

might be such that you need a significant amount of 

time getting ready for a job.” 

What do businesses get when they hire Kainos 

clients? They get tax incentives, but, more importantly, 

they get a dedicated and reliable entry-level 

work force. Frisch elaborates: “When you go to the 

supermarket, the courtesy clerks are usually 

teenagers who see this as a first job, and they are not 

too interested in a long-term career path. The teens 

come and they go; most don’t take pride in it. Our 

clients are thrilled to get these jobs and they see it as 

a long-term career. Plus, there’s pride from the business’ 

perspective in knowing that they are part of an 

inclusive community.” 

One of the big success stories from the Kainos facility 

is Thurman Nichols, who just celebrated his 15th 

anniversary with Albertsons as a courtesy clerk at 

the Woodside Plaza store. Nichols lives in his own 

house with friends. He wanted to live and work independently. 

Through Kainos, Nichols achieved his 

goals. 

The minimum age requirement is 18, but most 

clients are 21 or older. Referrals come from the 

Golden Gate Regional Center, or families seek out 

the organization. Kainos covers the area from East 

Palo Alto to Belmont to San Mateo, mostly in southern 

San Mateo County. Most clients are taught how 

to shop, budget and schedule medical appointments. 

Kainos has two licensed group homes, one in 

Woodside and one in Redwood City; three independent 

living homes in Redwood City and an independent 

living home in Belmont. Kainos has no 

upper age limit for clients. 

Frisch left his home on Long Island, N.Y., to attend 

Stanford University, majoring in psychology and 

feminist studies. He joined 

Kainos straight out of 

school. His first job was to 

help run a group home. 

Frisch knew he wanted to 

work in a nonprofit field, 

plus he had experience with 

state hospitals in New York 

and he also volunteered for 

Special Olympics. Kainos 

was perfect. Frisch and his 

wife, Ginny, have two children: 

Josh, 12, and Ben, 14. 

Frisch has been with Kainos 

for 20 years. He started as 

an assistant manager, then 

manager, and was finally 

promoted to executive 

director by founder 

Dorothy Philbreck. 

Vocational Services Manger 

Bert Vergara has been with 

Kainos one year. Born in 

Oakland, Vergara grew up 

in Oakland and Concord. At 16, he worked with 

people with disabilities at summer camps and truly 

enjoyed the experience. He spent the next several 

years working in an intermediate care facility for the 

deaf and hearing impaired, at a San Francisco agency 

supplying housing and in-living services, in vocational 

rehabilitation and job development, and then 

in management. Vergara and Frisch knew each other, 

and Frisch offered Vergara a position with Kainos. 

Vergara now runs all vocational training programs. 

Part of the job is to get contracts. Individuals come 

to him looking for a part-time job program, and 

Vergara does an assessment of their needs and work 

services and decides whether the client is better suited 

for work at group sites or at individual jobs in the 

community. He identifies the clients’ skill sets and 

places them accordingly. 

Group sites include local YMCAs and companies like 

Deeelish, where customers build their own meals — 

a gourmet TV dinner. A number of Kainos clients 

work on-site with a supervisor. Vergara sets up the 

contract with the company and supplies someone to 

supervise to ensure the quality meets the company’s 

expectations. The supervisor also provides on-thejob 

training. 

Vergara says, “Sometimes a client doesn’t work out 

at a particular job, and it 

gives us a chance to 

reassess and learn about 

our process, learn from 

our mistakes and improve 

the system. Sometimes all 

we have to do is supply 

more training to ensure 

the client is ready the next 

time. They all do need 

some help and support. 

Learning the culture of 

the job, or to problem 

solve, invokes all the 

other elements that are 

involved with our program.” 

Frisch chimes in: “It’s our job to stay creative here 

and stay one step ahead of the challenges that may 

arise.” 

One thing is for certain, working for Kainos yields a 

tremendous amount of job satisfaction. A visit to the 

facility can be likened to a visit to a holy place. Not 

only are the clients improving the quality of their 

lives, Frisch likens it to peeling away layers of an 

onion. He says, “Secondarily, families are so grateful 

we exist. We are a unique community in Redwood 

City, diverse and inclusive. Our clients are also volunteering. 

They clean the wetlands; they help with 

the Fourth of July parade. Community leaders are 

proud to embrace all elements of the communities. 

It’s all part of the fabric of the community. The city 

is better off for being inclusive.” 

Frisch concludes: “We are a community resource. We 

are out there for businesses; we are out there for residentials. 

We are a community asset.” 

On March 30 at 6 p.m., Kainos is having its annual gala 

recognition dinner and staff-of-the-year honors at the 

Crowne Plaza Cabaña in Palo Alto. To purchase tickets, 

contact Kristen Uthman at (650) 363-2423. Tickets are 

$45. Everyone is welcome. 

On Sept. 29, Kainos will have its Achievement Challenge 

Pageant, a client recognition dinner, at the Crowne Plaza 

Hotel in Foster City. Call Kristen Uthman at (650) 363- 

2423 for more information. 

For more information, to volunteer or to donate, please contact: 

Kainos Home and Training Center 

3631 Jefferson Ave. 


Phone (650) 363-2423 

Fax (650) 363-2082 

kainos@kainosusa.org 

Kainos Vocational Services 

2555 Middlefield Road 


Phone (650) 361-1355 

Fax (650) 361-1616 

kvs@kainosusa.org 

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THE SPECTRUM 

The Woodside High School Music Boosters 

invite you to their 

Annual Dinner Dance Fundraiser 

Mardi Gras 

SEAN JOHNSON, MARIE ALFTIN AND RYAN JOHNSON LISTEN 

TO THE MUSIC. 

KIM ABBOTT, JEANETTE THOMPSON, DEANNA SLATER, ROB 

BAKER (MUSIC DIRECTOR AT WHS), LAURA RHODES, LINDA 

COMMONS (PRINCIPAL OF WHS) AND LORI MCBRIDE ALL 

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7 pm - 11 pm 

Woodside High School 

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Couples: $50 

Students & Staff: $15 

Mardi Gras attire optional 

Hors d’oeuvres and Buffet 

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Performances by the WHS 

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Dancing to the Sounds of 

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Drawing and Silent Auction 

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HOLLIE COYLE AND GWEN GORES IN THE SPIRIT OF THE NIGHT. 

KEN GORES, HIS WIFE, SHARON, AND SON ERIC GET READY 

TO ENJOY SOME NEW ORLEANS CUISINE. 

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HIGH-RISES ON HORIZON 

FOR REDWOOD CITY 

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Redwood City’s precise plan calls for high-density 

housing in downtown and along El Camino Real 

The long-awaited plan to improve housing, 

entertainment and scenery in downtown 

Redwood City seems to be precisely 

what the doctor ordered for everyone in the 

community — except one longtime property 

owner. 

The Precise Plan would establish guidelines for 

new development in the city’s core area from El 

Camino Real to Veterans Boulevard. The plan 

would set up a wedding-cake–like arrangement 

with the tallest structures standing 12 stories 

around the heart of downtown, gradually 

descending to the smallest buildings around the 

periphery. 

At least one property owner is upset with the 

project, however. Joseph Carcione, who owns a 

law office on the edge of the proposed development 

area, filed an appeal against the project’s 

environmental report, claiming that shadows 

from the taller buildings will be cast upon his 

office all day. 

The construction will include 2,500–3,700 new 

residential units that will be installed downtown 

after approval of the plan, which would 

change zoning laws for some of downtown’s 

districts from commercial only to commercial 

and residential zones. Additionally, 

275,000–600,000 square feet of office space, 

221,000–295,000 square feet of retail space 

and 200 more hotel rooms will be added. 

The plan also aims to provide a park-your-caronce 

experience in which pedestrians will flood 

the area, integrating transit from all areas of 

downtown to nearby Sequoia Station and 

improving the area’s ambiance by presenting a 

purely urban setting. Years from now, city plan- 

ners envision Redwood City being one of the 

premier entertainment destinations of the mid- 

Peninsula. 

“The goal is to make an exciting and vibrant 

downtown where people can live, work and get 

entertainment 24 hours a day,” said Tom 

Passanisi, community development services 

manager. 

Developers have been licking their chops for 

the Precise Plan to be approved so they can 

begin constructing residential complexes on the 

property of six buildings that have been vacant 

for three to eight years. Housing is so much 

more profitable than commercial buildings, it 

would be more cost effective to wait and build 

rather than rent out current apartments and 

buy out residents before expanding. The buildings 

have gone wasted for years awaiting 

approval of the plan, said John Anagnostou, a 

major player in Redwood City development. 

Anagnostou predicts that at least six cranes will 

appear downtown in the next year and a half to 

build high-rise buildings on the vacant buildings’ 

properties. The only confirmed bid is the 

Renaissance Project, an eight-story residential 

development. Once the Precise Plan is 

approved, developers will be lining up to submit 

plans to expand upon at least 12 different 

buildings total, Anagnostou said. 

“There’s a quiet before the storm right now,” 

Anagnostou said. “The Precise Plan is a wonderful 

planning tool to help take the town to 

the next level, and not just on the physical level 

— I mean quality of life, prestige, coolness factor.” 

Carcione maintained that the constant shadows 

would negatively affect his property but 

the City Council denied his alternative plan 

Feb. 26 that would have changed the nearby 

setup so shadows would hit an area across the 

street from his office. Carcione said the battle 

isn’t over and that a lawsuit is a possibility. 

Carcione spent $10,000 for a shadow study 

that he said “fell on deaf ears” of the council. 

He has owned property in Redwood City for 30 

years and has donated so much money to the 

community that his name appears inside historic 

Courthouse Square. He made clear that he 

thinks the plan will progress the city as a whole 

but doesn’t want his personal rights as a property 

owner to be impinged upon in the process. 

“The ends don’t always justify the means and 

right now my name happens to be the means,” 

Carcione said. “They’re kind of stepping on me 

a little bit. [Being in the shadows] is a terrible 

place to be. We have windows for a reason, to 

let the sunshine in.” 

The city didn’t see it as such a big problem. 

“City staff believes shadowing does not have a 

significant impact and that you are going to 

have shadows in a downtown regardless [of its 

planning],” Passanisi said. 

Because the Carcione property’s zoning area 

will allow residential development when the 

plan is approved, he believes his law offices will 

eventually become apartment buildings 

because they are more profitable. 

To make the buildings more attractive from a 

pedestrian standpoint, regulations will be made 

for how wide storefronts can be. Facades will 

also have to be up to code and street walls will 

have to be in 100-foot increments to keep a 

rhythm among the buildings. Clearly definable 

gateways — or downtown entrance points — 

will also be added. The design is meant to tailor 

to the urban settings in major metropolitan 

areas while still relating to the fabric of the 

downtown’s history, said Charles Jany, project 

planner for Redwood City. 

“The plan promotes an urban environment,” 

Jany said. “It’s not a suburban model; it’s a traditional 

urban environment that has buildings 

that have traditional forms of architecture and 

bring back the feeling that Redwood City is the 

capital of the region.” 

Other than the funding for constructing the 

actual plan, the long-term effects from the construction 

won’t cost the city any money, 

Passanisi said. He added that no specific construction 

plans will be named until at least midor 

late-April. 

“This is a dream come true to have this Precise 

Plan,” Anagnostou said. “It’s going to really create 

an interesting skyline in our downtown. I 

want to live there and I want to see great musicians 

and successful entrepreneurs living there 

also.” 

Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the 

Daily Journal newspaper. 

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DISTRICT HEARS 

REHAB HIGH SCHOOL 

PETITION 

One month stands between a proposed charter school specializing 

in helping teens with substance abuse problems 

and the decision for it to open this September. 

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dependency problems but would also receive the core classes 

needed. 

The plan is to develop a whole new outpatient school open 

to students not in the Daytop program, said Daytop 

Executive Director Orville Roache. 

Daytop teachers, past and present, were on hand to discuss 

the positive influence they’ve witnessed. 

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BIRTHDAY PARTY 

FOR A SPECIAL GIRL 

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Daytop Village, Inc. petitioned the Sequoia Union High 

School District for a charter with plans to open a 58-student, 

three-classroom school by September after being 

denied by the County Office of Education last year. The 

denial forced Daytop to reconsider and rework a proposal, 

the product of which was part of a public hearing last night. 

Supporters of the school showed up to share stories of the 

safe, successful environment Daytop offers. 

“We get wrapped up in the political things and we forget 

the whole objective. We need to help the kids,” said 

Carolyn Hoskins, who works with the NFL Alumni Drug 

Prevention Program. Hoskins added students need a safe 

environment to learn and grow. 

Daytop in Redwood City began serving students in 1988, 

in addition to the substance abuse and therapeutic services 

offered. Daytop was originally run by the county before 

becoming a nonpublic school in 2003 — which means the 

school is publicly funded but students must be referred. All 

students who attend the school would need help with 

“In all my years working with at-risk youth, I’ve never seen 

a program as truly effective in not only substance abuse but 

with education and family issues,” said former teacher 

Deborah Budesa. 

Currently, many students with addiction problems end up 

attending public school then treatment. This setup is problematic 

for most students, who can be treated differently at 

school, said Roache. The proposal would give students a 

clean and sober environment. Students could volunteer for 

the program or be recommended for it. 

Treatment would be included in a portion of the day-to-day 

activities, such as drug and family education. A majority of 

the treatment activities would be offered after school to 

both students and their families. 

The district will examine the new petition and recommend 

a course of action to be voted on Wednesday, April 18, said 

Superintendent Pat Gemma. 

Redwood City firefighters held a birthday party 

for Abigail Mendoza, with hose, and her friends 

on Sunday. Mendoza was recently diagnosed 

with an inoperable cancerous condtion. 




BRYANT FILES LAWSUIT 

AGAINST CITY 

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ABOVE: 

Bob Bryant inside his coffee shop on Broadway 

Bob Bryant, owner of Bob’s Court House Coffee 

Shop, filed a lawsuit against Redwood City that 

seeks damages for the loss of business and property 

damage as a result of the 18-month construction of 

the city’s new movie theater and courthouse square. 

The lawsuit was filed by Bryant’s attorney. It claims 

the theater project was delayed for nearly a year due 

to the city’s “inadequate planning, sporadic performances 

of work and substandard work” that 

resulted in the prolonged closure of Broadway, 

Marshall Street and Middlefield Road. The street 

closures affected both employee and customer parking, 

according to the lawsuit. 

The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for repairs to 

the building, injury to business good will, loss of 

profits and expenses incurred by Bryant as a result of 

the construction. 

City Attorney Stan Yamamoto said his office has not 

yet been served with the lawsuit. Bryant has 30 days 

to serve the city with official notice of the lawsuit, 

Yamamoto said. 

It is no secret Bryant was one of the top critics of the 

development process. His shop is directly across the 

street from the new 20-screen theater and the 

Courthouse Square. He saw business dwindle as construction 

lagged for nearly two years. 

“We lost 75 percent of our business. We’re just now 

getting it back,” Bryant said. 

The Redwood City City Council approved the theater 

project in 2002, executed a development agreement 

in 2003 and began construction later that year. 

At that time the city closed Middlefield Road from 

Jefferson Avenue to Broadway. The streets remained 

closed until August 2006, according to the lawsuit. 

The delays of construction caused the obstruction of 

access to Bryant’s business, crowded out parking, 

destroyed the “good will of the business” and prevented 

Bryant from generating revenue. 

Constant construction also damaged the building’s 

foundation, causing cracks in the tiled floor. Bryant 

said the city promised to fix the problem but never 

did. 

Approximately 60 percent of the business returned, 

but the rest depends on the success of the downtown 

development and how many visitors it attracts. 

“The project will be good if we ever get off the 

ground,” Bryant said. 

The city unveiled its newly made-over downtown 

late last year, complete with a long-anticipated 20- 

screen theater/retail complex on Middlefield Road 

and a facelift of its historic courthouse on Broadway. 

The area sits behind Sequoia Station, near the 

Caltrain stop, and was built with high hopes of drawing 

visitors and their money. 

The theater project was sponsored by the city — as 

opposed to a private developer — and is the first part 

of a larger plan to redevelop downtown into a highdensity 

urban core with more mixed-use buildings. 

It has not been without roadblocks. Property owners 

whose land was seized by eminent domain sued the 

city a couple of years ago, claiming they were not 

paid the fair market value. The city ultimately settled 

with the property owners. 





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JUVENILES GUILTY OF MURDER IN 

TOWN MURDER 

Three juvenile gang members accused of 

participating in the fatal gang-related shooting 

of a 31-year-old Redwood City man two 

years ago along with two others charged as 

adults were convicted of first-degree murder, 

likely sending them to the California 

Youth Authority until age 25. 

FAUSTINO AYALA 

Petitions were sustained — the juvenile 

court equivalent of a conviction — against 

Edgar Alvarez, 16, Juan Orozco, 15, and 

Daniel Vargas, 16. The names of minors 

accused of crimes are released when they are 

charged as adults or convicted of certain 

serious crimes. Orozco is the younger brother 

of Josue Orozco, 16, who is currently the 

youngest person ever charged with murder 

as an adult in San Mateo County. Orozco 

and Faustino Ayala, 22, are scheduled for 

trial in July. 

The three boys’ juvenile trial actually 

occurred last fall but unlike in adult proceedings 

closing arguments and verdicts are 

not required to follow immediately. More 

than six months after hearing the evidence, 

Judge Norman Gatzert found them guilty of 

murder and belonging to a street gang. 

They return to court May 18 for sentencing 

and face a maximum term of incarceration at 

CYA until age 25. 

On July 12, 2005, according to the prosecution, 

the five Sureño defendants encountered 

Francisco Rodriguez near his apartment carport 

at 475 Redwood Ave. Orozco, then 14, 

allegedly got out of the car, covered his face, 

pulled a gun from his waistband and, as 

Rodriguez turned, fired a shot. Ayala is 

believed to be the getaway driver. 

The five were arrested less than 24 hours 

after the shooting and Orozco allegedly confessed. 

Prosecutors used California’s Proposition 21 

to charge Orozco as an adult. His defense 

attorney has tried repeatedly since to have 

his client’s case moved back to juvenile 

court. 

Unlike the juvenile defendants just convicted, 

Orozco faces life in prison without the 

possibility of parole unless a judge throws 

out the special gang allegation. Prosecutors 

chose not to pursue the death penalty for 

Ayala and minors cannot face capital punishment. 

Under a bill recently proposed by state Sen. 

Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo), 

even Orozco would have a chance at eventual 

freedom. Yee’s bill would cap the maximum 

penalty at 25 years to life in prison for 

all juveniles tried as adults. 

All defendants remain in custody on no-bail 

status. 

REDWOOD CITY YOUTH DIES IN 

CAR ACCIDENT 

The San Mateo County Coroner’s Office has 

identified a passenger killed in a solo-vehicle 

crash in Atherton March 16 as Eduardo 

Agustin Reyes, 18, of Redwood City, Senior 

Deputy Coroner Kristine Gamble reported. 

Gamble said an autopsy of Reyes’ body was 

being performed as The Spectrum went to 

press. 

San Mateo County Sheriff’s Capt. Don 

O’Keefe said the incident began in unincorporated 

Redwood City when deputies spotted 

a 2002 Ford Mustang weaving erratically 

while traveling eastbound on Fifth 

Avenue toward Semicircular Road. 

Deputies tried to pull over the Mustang, 

which was traveling between 25 and 30 

mph, by turning on their flashing lights. At 

first it appeared the suspects were going to 

pull over, but when the deputies sounded 

their siren, the Mustang sped away southbound 

on Middlefield Road, O’Keefe said. 

The driver traveled into the oncoming lane 

at a high rate of speed to pass a bus and a car, 

and deputies decided against a pursuit, 

O’Keefe said. 

“They felt the guy was drunk anyway and 

didn’t want to cause an accident by chasing 

him like that,’” he said. 

The deputies came upon the accident about a 

half-mile away, at the corner of Middlefield 

Road and Heritage Court in Atherton. 

Atherton police, who are investigating the 

incident jointly with the San Mateo County 

Sheriff’s Office, said it appears the Mustang 

was trying to negotiate a bend in the road 

near Holbrook Lane when it crossed over to 

the opposite shoulder and struck two trees. 

The driver, a 27-year-old Redwood City 

man whose name police have not released, 

ran from the scene and was quickly taken 

into custody by deputies, O’Keefe said. 

Investigators believe drunken driving and 

excessive speed were to blame for the crash. 

The driver’s breath smelled of alcohol and 

empty alcohol bottles were found inside the 

car, O’Keefe reported. Reyes, a passenger in 

the rear of the car, died at the scene, authorities 

reported. 

The driver and a second passenger suffered 

moderate injuries and were both taken to 

Stanford Hospital. “It sounds like they 

weren’t seat-belted and were thrown around 

the car,” O’Keefe said. 

The injured passenger refused to identify 

himself to authorities Friday morning, 

O’Keefe said. 

The driver will be booked into San Mateo 

County Jail when he is released from the 

hospital. “He’ll be arrested on felony DUI 

and manslaughter charges,” O’Keefe said. 

TEACHERS, DISTRICT REACH 

TENTATIVE CONTRACT 

Redwood City teachers will receive a 6.11 

percent increase in total compensation this 

school year under a tentative three-year contract 

announced by the Redwood City 

School District. 

In making the announcement, District 

Superintendent Jan Christensen said the 

increases may require cuts in other areas to 

ensure a balanced budget. 

The multi-year agreement will give teachers 

a 4.5 percent salary increase retroactive to 

July 1, 2006, with an additional increase to 

begin this month — a total of 5.26 percent 

increase for this year and an ongoing 

increase of 6.5 percent. 

In addition, the district reported it had 

already increased health benefits by 0.8 percent 

in July. After July 1, 2007, the value of 

the compensation package goes up to 7.35 

percent. The third year compensation will be 

negotiated later, according to the district. 

Teacher salaries will range from $41,544 to 

$80,851 plus the health package, according 

to the district. 

POLICE SEARCH FOR THREE 

SUSPECTS IN HOME INVASION 

ROBBERY 

Residents of a Redwood City home were 

robbed at gunpoint late by three masked men 

who escaped with a large sum of money, 

Redwood City police reported. 

According to police, the victims, who live in 

the 800 block of Palm Avenue, answered a 

knock on their door at about 11:30 a.m. 

Three men wearing ski masks and armed 

with guns then forced their way into the 

home and ordered the victims, two adults 

and a youth, to the floor, police reported. 

One of the suspects removed a safe containing 

“a large amount of cash” from the back 

bedroom, and all three then fled by car, 

according to police. 

The three suspects are described as Hispanic 

men, one a heavyset man. 

The escape vehicle reportedly was an early 

’90s black Jeep Cherokee with a gold stripe. 

The vehicle was last seen heading north on 

Hudson Avenue. 

PRISON POSSIBLE FOR THIRD 

PROBATION VIOLATION 

A Redwood City man convicted of shooting 

at the home of an officer who gave him a 

parking ticket four years previously could go 

to prison for five years if a judge finds he 

violated his probation for a third time. 

Eric Douglas Chaney, 38, pleaded not guilty 

to the violation charge and returns to court 

April 17. The probation department recommends 

Chaney’s original five-year sentence 

be imposed, unlike previous violations in 

August 2004 and November 2006, which 

have brought only more probation time. 

In April 2003, Chaney was charged with a 

felony count of making a criminal threat and 

two misdemeanor counts of driving under 

the influence. Chaney was angry over a 

1991 traffic ticket and began a harassment 

campaign, including shots fired at the officer’s 

home, according to the District 

Attorney’s Office. On April 25, 2003, 

Chaney called Detective Mark Pollio and 

threatened to kill him, his wife and his children. 

An hour later, he drove while intoxicated 

to the police station, according to the 

District Attorney’s Office. 

His recent probation violations involve not 

alerting his officer to where he lives, according 

to prosecutors. Chaney remains in custody 

on no-bail status. 

FAKE INS DOCUMENTS 

LEAD TO JAIL 

A 35-year-old man with a history of manufacturing 

phony identification and false citizenship 

paperwork was immediately sentenced 

to 16 months in prison after pleading 

no contest to a new charge of offering a 

police officer false documents. 

Ivan Ornelas changed his plea on the single 

added charge at a pretrial conference rather 

than stand trial on multiple counts of false 

representation and being under the influence 

of drugs. Ornelas waived his right to a presentencing 

probation report and was immediately 

sentenced. He receives credit for 93 

days against his term and must also pay standard 

restitution and security fines. 

On Jan. 2, according to the Sheriff’s Office, 

Ornelas was contacted by a deputy sheriff at 

Chavez Market in Redwood City. As the 

deputy approached, Ornelas reportedly 

walked behind a car and dropped fake resident 

alien cards and U.S. Social Security 

cards. 

The sheriff’s deputy said Ornelas gave him a 

fake name and was under the influence of 

drugs at the time. Ornelas has a prior 2004 

conviction for possession and manufacturing 

of phony identification. He was still on 

probation at the time of the most recent 

arrest. 

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Nonprofits in Action 

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CITY TALK 

TOASTMASTERS 

Join the City Talk Toastmasters to develop 

communication and leadership skills. 

The club meets on Wednesdays 

12:30–1:30 p.m. in the Council 

Chambers at City Hall, 1017 Middlefield 

Road. Call Manny Rosas at (650) 780- 

7468 if you would like to check out a 

meeting or just stop in. Visit www.toastmasters.org 

for more information about 

the Toastmasters public speaking program. 

FAMILY SERVICE AGENCY 

OF SAN MATEO COUNTY 

Looking for a dependable source of 

skilled, reliable workers? Family Service 

Agency of San Mateo County provides 

employers with mature, ready-to-work, 

experienced workers who are 55 years 

and older. Employers contact the service 

because they appreciate the superior 

work ethic and the commitment to 

quality that mature workers possess. 

There are no fees for hiring candidates. 

Contact Barbara Clipper at (650) 403- 

4300, ext. 4368, to place your job order. 

For those looking for work, Family 

Service Agency provides a range of 

services for those who are at least 55 

years of age, including referrals for 

classroom training, vocational counseling, 

job referrals and on-the-job training 

for qualified participants. Contact 

Connie Tilles at (650) 403-4300, ext. 

4371, if you are looking for work. 

HEARING LOSS 

ASSOCIATION OF 

THE PENINSULA 

(FORMERLY SHHH) 

Hearing Loss Association is a volunteer, 

international organization of hard-ofhearing 

people, relatives and friends. 

The nonprofit, nonsectarian, educational 

organization is devoted to the welfare 

and interests of those who cannot hear 

well but are committed to participating in 

the hearing world. 

A day meeting is held on the first 

Monday of the month at 1:30 p.m. at the 

Veterans Memorial Senior Center, 1455 

Madison Ave. We provide educational 

speakers and refreshments. A demonstration 

of assistive devices is held on 

the first Wednesday of the month at 

10:30 a.m. in the second floor conference 

room at the Redwood City Public 

Library, 1044 Middlefield Road. Please 

call Marj at (650) 593-6760 with any 

questions. 

NURSING MOTHERS 

COUNSEL 

Nursing Mothers Counsel, a nonprofit 

organization since 1955, provides free 

breastfeeding education and assistance 

by highly trained counselors (moms who 

breastfed for at least six months). To 

speak with a counselor (no fee), call 

(650) 327-MILK (327-6455). 

NMC also offers free breastfeeding 

classes. Moms (including babies), dads, 

grandmas and friends are welcome. 

Free breastfeeding classes are held the 

first Saturday of each month at Mills 

Hospital in San Mateo from 10 a.m. to 

noon. Call (650) 327-MILK (327-6455) 

to RSVP. 

NMC also has breast pumps and breastfeeding 

supplies available for purchase 

and rent. Call (650) 364-9579. If you’d 

like to become a trained counselor, call 

(650) 365-2713. Visit their Web site at 

www.nursingmothers.org. 

PENINSULA HUMANE 

SOCIETY & SPCA 

In addition to sheltering and finding new 

homes for stray and unwanted animals 

(100 percent placement for healthy dogs 

and cats since 2003!), PHS/SPCA has 

vital programs for people. New in 2006 

and beginning with the North Fair Oaks 

community, the shelter began driving its 

mobile spay/neuter clinic into lowincome 

neighborhoods, offering owners 

free “fixes” for their pets. PHS/SPCA 

also provides a free animal behavior 

help line in English and Spanish. Call 

(650) 340-7022, ext. 783 or 786. And 

domestic abuse victims who wish to 

leave their abusive situation but are 

fearful of doing so because they have 

pets can receive temporary sheltering 

for their pets through PHS/SPCA. Call 

(650) 340-7022, ext. 330. 

PENINSULA HILLS 

WOMEN’S CLUB 

Peninsula Hills Women’s Club meets the 

third Wednesday of each month at the 

Community Activities Building, 1400 

Roosevelt Ave. For more information, 

call (650) 366-6371. 

PENINSULA SUNRISE 

ROTARY CLUB 

The Peninsula Sunrise Rotary Club was 

chartered in April 1988. In the years 

since that time, the club has met weekly 

at 7:30 a.m. for breakfast and to hear a 

speaker at the Waterfront Restaurant at 

Pete’s Harbor in Redwood City. The 

club, with 22 members, has frequently 

been honored as an outstanding small 

club by Rotary District 5150, which 

includes San Mateo, San Francisco and 

part of Marin counties. For more information 

or to join, call Fred Wolin at (650) 

329-1013. 

REDWOOD CITY SUNRISE 

LIONS CLUB 

This group is small but has a growing 

membership. All members either live or 

work in our community and share a common 

goal of making our city a better 

place to live. This club is one of over 

44,000 Lions Clubs in 199 nations. 

Chartered in 1966, this club has been 

vigorously active helping eyesightimpaired 

youth in our schools and seniors 

who are hearing-impaired. 

Join them for breakfast! The Lions meet 

every Wednesday at Bob’s Court House 

Coffee Shop, 2198 Broadway, beginning 

at 7:15 a.m. Call Bill Gibbons at (650) 

766-8105 for more details. 

REDWOOD CITY 

WOMEN’S CLUB 

Redwood City Women’s Club meets at 

the clubhouse, 149 Clinton St., the first 

Thursday of each month September 

through June. Social at 11:30 a.m. and 

lunch at noon, followed by meeting and 

program. For information call Loretta at 

(650) 368-8212 or visit RWCWC.com. 

REDWOOD CITY ROTARY 

Redwood City Rotary serves the community 

by raising $60,000 or more each 

year through its July Fourth car raffle to 

fund college scholarships, support local 

charities and provide international relief 

aid. In addition, club members volunteer 

at a host of local events and meet in fellowship 

each Tuesday at 12:15 at the 

Sequoia Club, 1695 Broadway, to hear 

from a variety of interesting speakers. 

For more information about joining, 

please contact Roland Haga at (650) 

482-6300. 

SEQUOIA HIGH SCHOOL 

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 

The group meets the fourth Tuesday of 

each month at the Sequoia District 

Board Room, 480 James Ave., at 7 p.m. 

All alumni and friends of Sequoia are 

welcome to attend. For more information 

call Nancy at (650) 592-5822, visit the 

Web site at sequoiahsalumniassoc.org 

or e-mail sequoiaalumni@earthlink.net. 




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NEVER ASSUME 

ANYTHING 

Judy Buchan, Contributing Writer 

THE SPECTRUM 

thankful that he was home and thankful that the lessons he’d been taught since 

childhood about caring and helping other people had made their mark on his character. 

That memory came to mind today as I stood in line at Orchard Supply Hardware. 

While waiting to buy a pink geranium and hanging pot (spring weather brings out 

the planting instinct), I saw an elderly man trying to carry a shovel and rake to 

the checkout stand. Actually, he was dragging the tools and staggering a bit as he 

tried to keep his balance. The other folks in line with me insisted that he go ahead 

of us, and he gratefully obliged. 

Those of us who reached our teenage years back in the days before cell phones 

knew that we had to find a phone and call if we were out and going to be late coming 

home. In our house, just considering the consequences of not following that 

directive was enough to keep us on the straight and narrow. 

So, it was a bit surprising one night when my brother, Bill, didn’t come home for 

dinner at the usual hour and failed to call home. Granted, he was a full-time student 

at CSM in the late 1960s and working part-time as a chicken delivery guy, 

but he usually would let someone in the family know if he was running late. 

Besides, we assumed he would not want to face Mom with an implausible explanation 

for his tardiness. 

As the dinner hour came and went that evening, Mom’s concern for him started 

to grow into those imagined consequences that none of us wanted to consider. 

When he finally arrived, all in one piece, Mom let him know that she was worried 

and darned annoyed that he had not called. 

After letting Mom have her say, Bill explained in quite a calm fashion that he was 

driving home on 101 when he saw a woman (“elderly, about your age, Mom” — 

THAT went over real well) pulled over on the side of the freeway, trying to change 

a flat tire. He stopped, changed the tire and helped her to get back on the freeway 

in busy oncoming traffic. Bill’s unspoken assumption was that helping the stranded 

motorist was something that he would be expected to do. 

Another checkout stand opened, and I was summoned by the cashier. I paid for 

my pink geranium and headed for the exit. As I walked by the checkout stand 

where the elderly man had finished his transaction, something told me not to 

assume he could get his tools to his car by himself. I asked him if he needed help, 

but he assured me that he was just fine. I went on my way. 

And that something that told me to check on the elderly man at Orchard? I have 

no doubt it was my little brother, Bill, who lost a seven-month battle with 

melanoma on February 28. He gently reminded me that the pre–cell phone generation 

in Redwood City was raised to care and help other people. Just because our 

hair is thin and gray, and we have to take our glasses off to read, doesn’t mean we 

should assume that our help isn’t needed, that there’s always another day to lend 

a hand, that we shouldn’t care. 

What strikes me most about Bill’s passing is simply that I always thought he, my 

sisters and I were invincible. I assumed that we’d have so much time to grow old 

together, share the joys of family and let each other and our community know how 

much we care. 

So do yourself a big favor — never assume anything. Never think for one minute 

that responsibility belongs to someone else; never step back from showing that you 

care. 

And never assume there’s plenty of time. 

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SOROPTIMIST 

INTERNATIONAL OF 

SOUTH PENINSULA 

The Soroptimists invite you to become a 

member of Soroptmist International, the 

largest service organization for business 

and professional women in the world, 

where “improving the lives of women 

and children” has been their mission 

since 1921. Soroptimists work through 

service projects to advance human 

rights and the status of women locally 

and abroad. Soroptimist International of 

South Peninsula needs and wants you 

as a member. While helping women’s 

and children’s causes, you will enjoy fellowship 

and lasting friendships. They 

meet the second Thursday of every 

month. For more information, please call 

their president, Maria, at (650) 366- 

0668, Monday–Friday between 9 a.m. 

and 5 p.m. 

OPTIMIST CLUB OF 

REDWOOD CITY 

The Optimists invite you to become a 

member of Optimist International, one of 

the largest service organizations in the 

world, where “bringing out the best in 

kids” has been their mission for over 80 

years. Whether you’re a club officer or a 

club member who enjoys the fellowship 

and friendship of others with a common 

greater good, Optimist International 

needs and wants you as a member. 

The Optimist Club of Redwood City 

meets every Tuesday at 12:15 p.m. at 

Bob’s Court House Coffee Shop at 

Middlefield and Broadway. For more 

information please call their president, 

Steve, at (650) 365-8089 or their secretary, 

Ted Cole, at (650) 366-1392. Or 

come join them for lunch to learn more 

about how you can make a difference. 

WOODSIDE TERRACE 

OPTIMIST CLUB 

This is a unique club made up of senior 

citizens who want to stay involved. Most, 

but not all, come from the residence at 

Woodside Terrace. The club is open to 

all of the community and provides an 

opportunity for seniors to be useful. 

The club’s funds are raised by a card, 

candy and necklace sale held on the 

fourth Wednesday of each month in the 

main lobby at 485 Woodside Road, 

open to the public. All greeting cards are 

a dollar each. They sell See’s and other 

candy bars and hold a See’s fundraiser 

for holidays. One of their members 

makes beautiful necklaces and sells 

them for $10 or more if one wishes to 

make a larger donation to the club. 

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The club has a tutoring project at Taft 

School and has contributed to school 

libraries, the Children’s Cancer 

Campaign, the Optimist Volunteers for 

Youth Camp near La Honda for needy 

children, the Optimist Jr. World Golf program, 

Challenge Day and many other 

programs for kids. 

Lunches/meetings are at 12:30 p.m. on 

the second and fourth Wednesdays of 

each month in the Assisted Living Dining 

Room at Woodside Terrace. Guests are 

welcome. Please call President Jack 

Murphy at (650) 780-9891 or Millie Cole 

at (650) 366-1392 for reservations. 

WOODSIDE TERRACE A.M. 

KIWANIS CLUB 

Since October 1956, the Woodside 

Terrace A.M. Kiwanis Club and its precedents 

have been devoted to community 

service in Redwood City. Through the 

decades, they have provided funds to 

help many worthy community programs 

and continue to add more community 

projects. The Key Club of Sequoia High 

School, sponsored by the Woodside 

Terrace A.M. Kiwanis Club, was chartered 

in 1994 and has been involved in 

raising money and donating time and 

effort to many programs. 

The Woodside Terrace A.M. Kiwanis 

Club meets every Wednesday morning 

7:15–8:30 a.m. at the Waterfront 

Restaurant, 1 Uccelli Blvd. (at Pete’s 

Harbor). They invite you to come to their 

meetings and check out the club’s Web 

site at www.agencyinfo.org/kiwanis. 

Editor’s note: If you are connected with 

a nonprofit organization and want your 

information printed in The Spectrum, 

send it to writers@spectrummagazine.net 

or The Spectrum Magazine, P.O. Box 

862, Redwood City, CA 94064. Let our 

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Set aside time in your busy 

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April 5, 2007, 6:30-to-9 p.m. 

(late arrival okay and welcome) 

Community Room, upstairs at the Downtown Library, 

1044 Middlefield Rd, Redwood City 

Hear the latest about your favorite characters from Tim Donnelly, 

Marushka France, Bob Genevro, Luke James, Margaret James, 

Don Miner, Robert Parkhurst, Jim Clifford, 

Birthe Borup and Bob O’Brien. 

Special! KEMBLE SCOTT will read from 

his new BEST SELLING novel SoMa— 

a startling insight into today’s 

San Francisco literary scene 



FINANCE 

David Amann, Special to The Spectrum 

Now that April is here, you might decide to 

spruce up your home, both inside and out. 

But you also may want to do a little “spring 

cleaning” to help keep your financial house 

in order. 

What steps should you take to tidy up your 

financial situation? Actually, some of the 

moves are the same as those you’d use to 

reinvigorate your house and yard. Consider 

the following: 

Get the clutter out. When you open some of 

your closets, you probably ask yourself, 

“Why on earth do I need that?” Strange as 

it may seem, when you open your investment 

portfolio for examination, you might 

have similar thoughts. Perhaps you’ve had 

some investments for so long that you no 

longer remember why you bought them. If 

you aren’t sure why you own a stock, bond 

or other type of security, you might want to 

sell it and use the proceeds to invest in 

something else that might be more useful in 

helping you meet your goals. 

Rearrange the furnishings. Over time, and 


TIME FOR SOME FINANCIAL 

S P R I N G C L E A N I N G ? 

almost without your being aware of it, the 

furnishings in a room can get out of balance. 

Perhaps you have too many chairs in 

one corner, or maybe your new entertainment 

center is crowding out a couch. 

Usually, with a little rearranging, you can 

get things back in order. And the same is 

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true with your portfolio: Over time, it might 

have become unbalanced, with too much 

of one investment and too little of another. 

This situation could prove hazardous to your 

financial situation, especially if the imbalance 

means you are taking on too much 

risk or, conversely, if your holdings have 

become too conservative to provide the 

growth you need. A well-balanced portfolio 

can help you achieve your long-term 

goals and accommodate your individual 

risk tolerance, but it won’t assure you of a 

profit or protect against a loss in declining 

markets. 

Update your home’s look. If you’ve lived in 

a place for a long time, the rooms and 

even the landscaping can start to look a little 

frumpy. Perhaps the way you lived in 

1997 isn’t quite the way you’d like to live in 

2007. So, you make some changes. And 

when you look at your investment portfolio, 

you might also think that some elements 

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aren’t reflecting new realities of your life, 

such as marriage, divorce, a new child, a 

child going off to college or impending 

retirement. If this is the case, you may need 

to adjust your holdings. 

Check your security system. It’s always a 

good idea to check your smoke detectors 

and alarm systems to make sure they are 

functioning properly. And, just like your 

home’s security features, your life insurance 

needs to be checked periodically. If you’ve 

moved to a more expensive home, or if 

you’ve added a child to your family, is your 

insurance still sufficient? Or, if you have 

recently remarried or divorced, have you 

changed your beneficiaries? 

As you can see, you can gain a lot of benefit 

from a financial spring cleaning. Get 

started soon. 

Editor’s note: David Amann is one of the 

Redwood City community members who contributes 

to The Spectrum. If you have any questions regarding 

investments please send them to writers@spectrummagazine.net 

or The Spectrum Magazine, 

P.O. Box 862, Redwood City, CA, 94064. 

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doctor instructed me to take a stress test to evaluate 

my heart functions. Guess what? I started 

stressing about my stress test and it was two weeks 

away. In fact, it was all I could talk about, and my 

family, friends and co-workers were getting annoyed 

at my stress level. Is this what it is like to grow older? 

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So the big day came, and when I arrived at the clinic 

— I had called twice, okay three times, the prior 

week to ask questions about the test — the nurse was 

familiar with my name. I was told I needed to take 

some more blood tests, meaning I had to get blood 

drawn — stress. I went into what I call the “bloodsucking 

area” of the clinic and the process started. Of 

course, once I was seated and strapped in, the vampire 

missed the first vein on my right arm — that has 

never happened before — so she had to get it from 

the other arm. That went fine and once it was completed, 

I was led to the treadmill area with bandages 

on both arms — that has got to affect the results of 

the stress test, right? They said no. 

First, one of the two women administering the test 

asked why I was there. Well, I have started a new 

exercise program, am overweight, have high cholesterol, 

have a family history of heart disease, am 

stressed, should I go on? She got the picture. First 

they took my blood pressure and were concerned it 

was too high — try the large cuff and see if it makes 

a difference. It did, and then they explained the test 

procedures, stripped me of my shirt — god, I hope 

they’re not looking — strapped all these wires and 

suction things to my body, and we were good to go. 

I started walking at a slow pace and they took my 

blood pressure after each level I completed. I felt 

good. Actually, I was thinking if we stayed at this 

pace I could get a short workout and not have to go 

to the gym later. Then, as I completed each level and 

moved on to the next, I had to start running, until it 

was too much — I mean, I was running in high 

mode. She asked if I could go on (whether I was able 

to complete the test). I was like, hell no, gals, I am 

not a sprint runner, good lord! I am done. 

Then they instructed me to immediately step off the 

treadmill — no problem — and lie down on the table 

so they could take an EKG. I was sweating all over 

the place, with two bandages on my arms and my 

excess waist skin hanging everywhere, my heart 

pumping as if I had just run a marathon, and they 

started to put this scope thing around the outside of 

my heart. I just wanted to go home and write as I listened 

to what I interpreted as my heart muscles 

pumping extremely fast and hard — and it actually 

felt good. 

After the test had been completed, a quiet fell over 

the room, as if they were looking at the results and 

saying, “Poor guy is going to die,” or something. Of 

course they could not tell me any of the results, even 

after I said that I am not the type of person who can 

wait for anything, let alone results of tests that could 

determine my future. Then one of them said that if 

there was any problem someone would call me 

tonight or tomorrow, after the cardiologist looks at 

the results — STRESS! Needless to say, I kept my 

cell phone with me at all times and even heard it ring 

when it hadn’t. Thankfully, I have call waiting, 

because if I did not I would not have talked to anyone. 

I so hoped they would not call; if they had, I would 

probably have had a heart attack on the spot. I even 

called the clinic to make sure they had my correct 

number, but I heard nothing. Until my doctor’s 

nurse called two weeks later to tell me he wanted to 

schedule an appointment to go over the tests. What 

does that mean? Is there minor damage that the test 

showed? Or did they not notice something major? To 

make matters worse, he could not see me until the 

end of March — can I wait that long? I can, and I 

will not talk to anyone about it. 

Regardless, the whole experience was a WAKE-UP 

CALL for me. So I am on a mission now. I need to 

concentrate on myself and do as much for myself as 

I do for others. At least, that is what people tell me. 

Lose some weight, step up the exercise even more 

and make this a life-changing experience, as it would 

have been had there been a problem. I now have 

peace of mind, knowing that I have a healthy heart, 

and that was worth any stress I went through. 

Maybe it will be so for you too? 

* * * * * 

I recently ventured into San Carlos and was pulled 

over in my Jeep — didn’t they know I had just had a 

stress test? — by what I found out was one of the 

city’s traffic officers. I wondered why I had been 

pulled over. I wasn’t speeding, I waited for the light 

to turn green and, once it did, the red lights were 

flashing in my rearview mirror. I found out that my 

license plate light was burned out. Are you kidding 

me? 

So to make a long story 

short, I fixed the light, had 

the ticket signed off by one 

of our finest and proceeded 

to traffic court to turn it in 

and pay a $10 processing 

fee. Once I got there, of 

course there was a line, but 

I had made time for it, so I 

did not mind. Looking 

around, I was greeted by an 

active business owner in 

our community as well as 

by an elected official. Yes, 

they really do have to follow 

the laws and procedures 

just like we do. 

Why is it that when you 

talk with anyone in traffic 

court, they consistently 

inform everyone of how it 

was not their fault? As if 

there is a conspiracy to give 

them a ticket. I mean, it’s 

not a stress test! Get over 

it, see the judge, pay the 

fine and move on with your 

life, people. Don’t bother 

me when I’ve got so much 

on my mind — I could be 

dying and not even know 

until I see my doctor. It’s 

all about perspective, 

wouldn’t you say? I think it 

was the first time I actually 

did not mind paying and 

waiting in that wretched 

line. 

* * * * * 

To say that the new parking meters in the downtown 

area are causing confusion and frustration is a total 

understatement. In fact, it is downright detouring 

many from visiting our community and providing 

some much-needed sales-tax dollars, let alone spending 

money at a business or two. The system itself is 

very easy and convenient to use, but you would not 

know that by the long lines and comments heard 

from users every day since they have been installed 

and activated. 

City staff will tell us to hang on, that this is just customers 

getting used to the new system, and that all 

will be fine once they learn how to use the meters. 

Maybe so, but after people realize that the parking 

tickets have increased from $25 to $35, that not all 

lots are designated the same hourly pricing, and that 

it is almost impossible to park during the day in any 

of the parking structures that can be validated by a 

business, things will change. Unfortunately, I fear the 

change will be that visitors will reject the parking 

system and go elsewhere. Will this ever end? 

* * * * * 

Thankfully, I did not have to pay for parking when I 

was visiting the clinic for my stress test. 

As I was saying… 




World Premier Tour 

Dan Hicks & the Hot Licks — A Salute 

to the Folk Years 

plus Joe Craven 

Saturday, April 7, 8 p.m. 

$25 adv./$27 door 

The Folk Years refers to that period in 

the early ’60s (and late ’50s) when 

something called the “folk craze” or “folk 

boom” was happening. Everyone was 

picking up the guitar or banjo and learning 

folk songs or listening to them at parties 

and coffee houses. Dan Hicks & the 

Hot Licks’ salute to the Folk Years will 

include selections from the artists that 

became nationally famous and made 

this music the phenomenon that it was. 

Sponsored by Gelb Music 

Redwood City Blues Jam 

Wednesday, April 11, 7 p.m. 

Free admission! 

Join Rene Solis for an evening of quality 

blues music from the area’s best 

musicians, where audience blues musicians 

are invited to jam on stage. The 

music is real, the mood collegial and the 

doors open to the community to enjoy 

this uniquely American music. The Jam 

meets on the second, third and fourth 

Wednesday of each month, 7 p.m. to 11 

p.m. Bring your friends! 

Mythbusters Party! 

Hookslide 

Thursday, April 12, 8 p.m. 

$12 adv./$14 door 

Join the Bay Area vocal group Hookslide 

with a party to celebrate their appearance 

on Discovery’s “Mythbusters.” 

Tune in to the Discovery Channel on 

April 11 at 9 p.m. for Hookslide’s national 

TV debut and discover if they confirm 

or bust the myth that you can put out a 

fire with the human voice. Then come 

out to see them live and up close on 

April 12 and find out for yourself! This is 

going to be one hot show! 

Dance! 

Mumbo Gumbo 

plus Point Of Order 


$16 adv./$18 door 

As the name Mumbo Gumbo implies, 

there’s original New Orleans second line 

and rhythm and blues involved. But also, 

there is driving rockabilly, James 

Brown–inspired funk, edgy blues rock, 

Afro-Cuban trance singalongs and 

conga line–inspiring rhumbas. The 

group’s increasing stature is rooted in 

two distinctive traditions that are as old 

as the rock era itself: the journeyman 

roadwork ethic that produced the 

Beatles and the freeform dance party 

lifestyle that produced the Grateful 

Dead. 

Aja Vu Plays the Music of Steely Dan 

plus the Duotones 


$12 adv./$14 door 

San Francisco–based Aja Vu won last 

year’s KFOX Last Band Standing competition 

on the Bay Area’s No. 1–rated 

Greg Kihn Show. Aja Vu performs the 

music of Steely Dan, from “Hey 

Nineteen” and “Reelin’ in the Years” to 

“Rikki Don’t Lose That Number.” You 

can buy a thrill when you hear the tight, 

chunky horns, vocals and solos note for 

note and phrase for phrase, backed up 

by an unparalleled rhythm section! 

Sponsored by Bobby G’s Pizzeria 




Join Mark Hummel for an evening of 

quality blues music from the area’s best 









Ledward Kaapana & Mike Kaawa 

Thursday, April 19, 8 p.m. 

$18 adv./$20 door 

Led Kaapana is nearing his 40th year as 

a professional musician. His mastery of 

stringed instruments, particularly slack 

key guitar, and extraordinary baritone 

and leo ki`eki`e (falsetto) voice have 

made him a musical legend. Chet Atkins 

and Bob Dylan have both stated that the 

2006 Grammy Award winner is simply 

the best musician alive in Hawaii. 

Kaapana has recorded with Ricky 

Skaggs, Alison Krause, Jim Messina, 

Bonnie Raitt, Taj Mahal and George 

Winston. 

Kinky Rock ’n’ Reggae Party 

Indubious, The Get Down, DJ Logical 

plus Special Guest TBA 


$12 adv./$14 door 

What happens when you throw Primus 

in a blender, add a little Medeski Martin 

and Wood, toss in some Sublime with 

just a hint of the Beatles? The result is 

Indubious, a Bay Area genre-bending 

power trio, pumping a positive message 

and wielding impressive instrumental 

skill. Their new approach to reggae, funk 

and acid jazz is already attracting fans in 

the San Francisco area and finds them 

playing to sold-out venues across the 

bay. 

Dance! 

The Sun Kings — A Musically 

Remarkable Tribute to the Beatles 


$15 adv./$17 door 

Ever wonder what the Beatles might 

have sounded like had they reunited? 

For five years the Bay Area’s own Sun 

Kings have been thrilling packed clubs 

around Northern California with their 

musical tribute to the Beatles. Their 

attention to detail is uncanny and their 

energy reminiscent of the joy and excite- 

ment felt at a real Beatles concert. Every 

member of the Sun Kings has been a 

huge Beatles fan since childhood. 

Sponsored by Gelb Music 




Join Kenny “Blue” Ray for an evening of 

quality blues music from the area’s best 







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A Minute With... 

What is the most important aspect of 

the Housing and Human Concerns 

Committee? 

To monitor changing needs in the community 

and take action. 

What excites you about the governmental 

process? 

To hear many voices and the positive change 

it can lead to. 

Is there a housing project you are excited 

about in Redwood City’s future? 

Watching the Villa Montgomery project come 

to completion, which will start the Habitat for 

Humanity project. 

What historical figure do you most identify 

with? 

Daniel from the Bible. 

What living person do you most admire? 

My father, Robert. 

Who are your heroes in real life? 

People who can stick up for others and foster 

change. 

Favorite song? 

“Hip to Be Square” by Huey Lewis and the 

News. 

What is your most treasured possession? 

My family. 

What talent would you most like to have? 

To be able to play any musical instrument. 

THE SPECTRUM 

Kevin Bondonno 

Kevin Bondonno was born in San Carlos and has lived most of his life in Redwood 

City. He and his wife, Cheri, have three children: Robert, Katherine and Brian. He 

is an alumnus of Sequoia High School (class of 1987) and graduated from Chico 

State. He was appointed to the Redwood City Housing and Human Concerns 

Committee, where he sits as chair. He was first appointed in August 2002, then reappointed 

in May 2006. His current term will expire in May 2010. By trade, he is a 

senior sales engineer with Antenna Software. 

Something no one knows about you? 

Took me five years to get through college. 

If you could change one thing about yourself, 

what would it be? 

Not to procrastinate. 

What words or phrases do you most overuse? 

Well… 

If you could choose what to come back as, 

what would it be? 

The windshield and not the fly. 

What is your idea of perfect happiness? 

Being where I should be, doing what I should 

be, with the people I am supposed to be with. 

What do you consider your greatest 

achievement? 

Marrying my wife and raising three lovely children. 

What is your greatest regret? 

Not enough time in the day to do even more. 

What or who is the love of your life? 

My wife. 

What is your motto? 

Faith, integrity and happiness. 



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