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City budget fixes move ahead
By Michelle Durand
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Redwood City officials still have
a month before knuckling down to
finalize the budget but with taxes
heading to the ballot, labor willing
to make concessions and city organ-
ization revamped, it looks on track
to make ends meet.
CAPUCHINO CHAMPIONS
Capuchino’s tri-captains,including Michele Pilster left,hoist the CCS championship trophy after the Mustangs’
5-4 win over Santa Catalina.SEE STORY PAGE 11.
Paratriathlete overcoming the odds
By Heather Murtagh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Mohamed Lahna didn’t ride a
bike until he was 20.
That didn’t seem strange to
Lahna, who was born in
Casablanca, Morocco. The 29-year-
old, who lives in San Mateo most of
SPORTS PAGE 11
Last week, the city announced
two budgetary goals met — getting
a transit occupancy and business
utility tax before voters in
November and convincing three
more of the city’s labor groups to
accept tweaks to their contract.
One labor agreement is not yet
reached and whether the taxes pass
won’t be known until long after the
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city’s budget is in place. However,
city spokesman Malcolm Smith said
they are signs the city is making
good on its three-pronged approach
to creating long-term financial sta-
bility.
The three goals are labor conces-
sions, revenue generation and
restructuring the city’s organization
to be more efficient.
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the time, was born with a congenital
deformity. He didn’t have a femur in
his right leg. The leg, which is short-
er than his left, meant Lahna never
thought biking would be a possibili-
ty.
Today, he’s a paratriathlete with
See ODDS, Page 19
“It’s fair to say we’re making
pretty good progress in all of those
areas,” Smith said.
The recent concessions may be
the biggest piece of the financial
puzzle, with the city needing to
shave $5.6 million in salary and
benefit reductions over the next
three years to close a multi-million
dollar deficit. For the upcoming fis-
City is seeking
‘lots’ of ideas
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT
Do you have an idea to turn city-
owned lots into cash for
Burlingame?
The City Council would love to
see the proposal. But it needs to be
more than a pretty picture.
While the City Council plans to
maintain its downtown parking, it is
also open to leveraging the land to
create new opportunities downtown
— like a boutique hotel — to boost
revenue. At a study session late last
year, the council overwhelmingly
supported new development and
creative ideas. It hammered out
preferences like proposals that cre-
ate income without decreasing the
number of parking spaces. The city
is open to various funding struc-
tures, as long as proposals include
viable financial information.
On Friday, Community
Development Director Bill Meeker
announced the city is seeking quali-
fied developers interested in partner-
A natural leader
By Heather Murtagh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Gino Ferrario had an interesting
way of making friends as a fresh-
man at a high school with more than
2,000 people — of whom he knew
two.
He decided to run for class presi-
dent.
“I thought it would be fun to
introduce myself by saying, ‘Hi, I’m
Gino. Your freshman class presi-
dent,’” he said.
It was with this confidence, and
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cal year 2011-12, the city is looking
at a $2.6 million deficit, Smith said.
The following years would be at
$4.7 million and $6.5 million.
The city has already frozen
salaries and eliminated 70 positions,
but say more is needed.
The International Association of
See FIX, Page 6
ing with the city to develop city-
owned parking lots within down-
town Burlingame.
Burlingame owns 20 surface
parking lots distributed throughout
the downtown area. The Burlingame
Downtown Specific Plan, centered
on the Burlingame and Howard
avenues commercial areas, encour-
ages mixed-use and/or residential
development to maintain and
enhance the vibrant pedestrian-ori-
ented shopping area. Since parking
is extremely important to the down-
town’s vitality, the request for pro-
posal states that any new develop-
ments must provide for the replace-
ment of public parking spaces either
at the development site or at another
location. Thus, there will be no net
loss of parking downtown.
“We want to hear from developers
regarding the types of development
they may be able to create and deter-
mine their qualifications to bring
See LOTS, Page 19
before the election results were tal-
lied, that Ferrario met leadership
teacher Jim Kelly. Ferrario intro-
duced himself to Kelly as the next
class president.
“When I asked him this year
about what possessed him to have
such confidence, he told me that he
had simply made up his mind that he
was going to make his experience at
Carlmont [High School] a positive
one. And, getting involved was the
way he was going to do it,” Kelly
See GRAD, Page 19
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the chaise with a cool drink in hand? and quality — An underwire top is going to give the
The runway swimsuits and magazine- OK, that’s a Q but it makes the C support of a bra, where a triangle top
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She adds, “You need to think about straps are another possibility.
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ECERH high ratio of white fabrics, make for
great photos — especially on the glama-
zon models.
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All Rights Reserved. But some other women, perhaps those
who trudge across the sand carrying a
MRPTU
beach chair or who use swimming as a
form of fitness, like two-piece suits, too.
Designer Nanette Lepore, a bikini
SRPYAT wearer and lap swimmer, says she per-
sonally tests all the swimsuit styles in
her collection. “I’m aiming for across-
the-board fit. That means higher bottoms
GACORU and built-up tops. My friends ask, ‘How
Now arrange the circled letters
to form the surprise answer, as did most bottoms get so skimpy, any-
suggested by the above cartoon. way?”’
But just because you don’t want a
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Lepore says. “I think cute, retro styling
Saturday’s
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winter was one — AN EARLY BIRD No one is calling a Katy Perry-type or
even a Dita Von Teese lookalike, with
pinup looks that evoke old Hollywood
swimsuit glamour in a flirty, high-waist
skirt bottom, of being frumpy or boring,
says Amy Tara Koch, a Chicago-based
style expert.
It’s a win-win, she says, because it’s a
feminine look with little chance of a
how it looks and performance. ... There
definitely is a middle of the road.”
Modern swimsuit manufacturers have
innovative fabrics at their disposal that
offer softness, control and color that
lasts even after many cycles in the sun,
sand and pool, according to Koch. She
also notes that many of the lingerie
brands that specialize in shapewear,
such as Spanx, now make swimsuits.
Koch, Lepore and Kay-Lin
Richardson, director of sales at Panache
Swimwear, all emphasize fit over any
other factor in choosing a swimsuit,
especially a two-piece. It’s important in
a one-piece, too, but there’s usually
more leeway, they say.
(They all also say white is a risky
color choice for anyone who gets wet —
no matter the fabric or lining.)
How many women do you know who
are different sizes on the bottom and top?
asks Richardson. Probably most of them.
Panache makes its bathing suits based
on bra sizes. “The idea is a properly fit-
ted top — more of a custom fit,”
Richardson explains. “If you’re chasing
after kids, you don’t have to feel self-
For the truly active woman — think
beach volleyball player or a boater —
then the tankini should be seriously con-
sidered, Richardson says.
On the bottom, Koch says that higher-
cut leg openings will create the illusion
of longer legs, but boy shorts cut off
most people in an unflattering way.
One of the most effective styling tricks
is to draw attention up toward your face,
says Koch, who recommends color or
embellishment at the neckline. Be aware
of metal hardware, though, which can
get very hot in the sun.
Adam Glassman, creative director of
O, The Oprah Magazine, who has styled
countless photos shoots, has these words
of wisdom: Don’t underestimate the
value of a great cover-up. They even the
playing field, no matter what sport you
play, what size you wear or how you
pass your summer days, he says.
“I was just in Florida and couldn’t
believe how many people look chic in a
caftan. I hadn’t seen that before, I
thought it would be all Mrs. Roper or
‘Golden Girls,’ but everyone looks good
in a great cover-up.”
THE DAILY JOURNAL LOCAL Monday • May 30, 2011 3

Comic Book Superheroes: POW!
in tights. Actually they weren’t funny to In 1953, 100 million copies were sold.
young boys. They were serious figures that More characters were introduced as success
somehow conveyed a message that I and followed success. In the 1940s, Flash,
almost every other young boy understood. Hawkman, the Green Lantern with Captain
The ’30s had been mired in a depression and America appearing wearing a U.S. flag outfit
this was followed by World War II. The during World War II. In 1941, Charles
world seemed to be in a state of chaos but Mouton Marston created Wonder Woman, a
the comic books offered a release that was female counterpart for the exclusively male
hard to understand. The characters lived in characters up to that time.
our real world and the first superhero, Saturday serials in movie houses appeared
Superman, fought for justice and freedom of as well as radio programs.

S
hazam, Whoom, Bam, POW! These
words and sounds became music to
my ears in the 1940s. The superheroes
had arrived. Superman, then Batman, began to
become my world although they had their
beginning in the 1930s. Actually, these super-
heroes had deeper roots than I thought they
had and much of the groundwork for their
style and substance began in the newspapers
in the early 1930s. The comic book format
was introduced in 1932 although most
thought it was only a fad and would not last.
They were newspaper strips at first in a
weird format with very little dialogue and
funny word “balloon” captions coming from
the mouths of the characters. The characters,
such as Superman, wore capes, had height-
ened powers, high-human strength, were
very athletic and always in peak condition,
skilled in hand-to-hand combat, and moved
in stealth fashion and appeared out of
nowhere. He, however, lived in our type of
world although he had come from another
planet.
For ten cents, you could buy a 8-inch by
10-inch, brightly decorated “booklet” that
grabbed your attention and had funny men
wearing masks and gloves, running around
the individual. I could relate to that.
By the late 1930s, another character was
introduced — Batman. Bruce Wayne, who
became Batman, had witnessed his parents
murdered and he was out to avenge this
crime as well as other injustices. Later, in
1941, he picked up a sidekick — Robin.
The ’30s were a time of striving to sur-
vive. The economic situation offered little to
most families and kids strove to amuse
themselves with what today would be
unheard of activities. I collected bottle caps
from the soda dispensers at the grocery
stores. I had collected a huge box full and
constructed castles and walls on the floor at
night (television didn’t exist at this time). It
passed the time. When comic books made
their appearance, I couldn’t afford the dime
to buy one each month so I waited until my
buddies had read theirs. I collected all that I
could and kept them in the store room at our
house after reading and rereading them a
hundred times. Before I finally got rid of them
because my mother kept falling over them, I
had collected two stacks of them that were
three feet tall.
The success and impact on our society was
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE SAN MATEO COUNTY
HISTORY MUSEUM.
remarkable. Almost overnight, the publishing
houses, DC Comics and Marvel Comics,
being the main publishers, sold millions of
copies per year. Fifteen million were sold in
1942 and that increased to 25 million in 1943.
In the 1950s, Congress and many parents
decided that this popular type of booklet had
to be controlled and the Senate Subcommittee
on Juvenile Delinquency investigated the
comic book industry. A Comic Code
Authority was formed to control the content
that comic books could include in these books
that were being sold mainly to the youth.
Their Seal of Approval was now required and
certain subjects, such as homosexuality and
drugs, could not be included in the publica-
tions.
The maturity of the American audience
changed and Spider-Man and the Fantastic
Four with themes related to your right to live
and exist. Later, the Incredible Hulk brought
us into the Atomic Age.
In 1966, a Batman series appeared on tele-
vision. The popularity of Batman and
Superman continues to this day and their
antics have been made into movies. Wonder
Woman, staring Lynda Carter, had a television
series from 1975 to 1979.
Rediscovering the Peninsula by Darold Fredricks
appears in the Monday edition of the Daily
Journal.

McCloskey giving speech for

Memorial Day in San Bruno
BAY CITY NEWS SERVICE form for president, is
sending a significant
Marine and former Congressman Pete reminder with his speech
McCloskey is scheduled to give a Memorial today regarding the
Day address this morning in San Bruno at the importance of rethinking
Golden Gate National Cemetery. war.
Lee Houskeeper, of San Francisco Stories, “I think that this is an
said McCloskey’s speech is relevant now, important message to take
especially with the vast amount of military a new look at national
casualties and in the changing times of inter- Pete McCloskey service,” Houskeeper said
national warfare. this morning.
He said McCloskey, the first top Republican The cemetery is located at 1300 Sneath
to oppose the Vietnam War and the man who Lane. The speech was scheduled for
ran against Richard Nixon on an anti-war plat- 11 a.m.

Vehicle burglary. Unknown people entered

Police reports
It is a toy officer
A juvenile matching the description of a
suspect in possession of a gun found with
an airsoft gun was found at the intersec-
tion of Magnolia Avenue and Millwood
Drive in Millbrae before 12:32 p.m. on
Tuesday, May 24.
MILLBRAE
Suspicious vehicle. A person in possession
of a marijuana card was smoking Marijuana
inside their vehicle on the 100 block of Loree
Lane before 8:02 p.m. Tuesday, May 24.
Theft. An unknown person stole vehicle parts
from a driveway of the 100 block of Poplar
Avenue before 9:13 p.m. Tuesday, May 24.
Civil. A person removed items from his ex-
employer’s home on the 200 block of South
Ashton Avenue before 6:36 p.m. Wednesday,
May 18.
Burglary. A residence was burglarized and
several pieces of jewelry were stolen on the
300 block of Castenada Drive before 12:18
p.m. Wednesday, May 18.
BELMONT
Stolen vehicle. A vehicle was stolen on
Middle Road before 7:50 a.m. Wednesday,
May 25.
locked vehicle and took the stereo on Pine
Knoll Drive before 8:25 a.m. Wednesday,
May 25.
Disturbance. A woman was walking down
street yelling at passersby on Twin Pines
Lane. before 12:41 p.m. Wednesday, May 25.
Stolen vehicle. A vehicle was stolen on
Bayview Avenue before 6:45 a.m. Tuesday,
May 24.
Vehicle burglary. A vehicle was burglarized
on Bayview Avenue before 8:10 p.m.
Tuesday, May 24.
FOSTER CITY
Soliciting without a permit. Two men were
selling fresh meat and chicken door to door
out of a white truck labeled “Prime Meats” on
the 900 block of Beach Park Boulevard before
7:18 p.m. Tuesday, May 24.
Commercial burglary. Three laptops and a
digital laptop were stolen from Digital
Mountain on Pilgrim Drive before 9:17 a.m.
Tuesday, May 24.
Theft. A bicycle was stolen from a patio on E.
Hillsdale Boulevard before 4:42 p.m.
Monday, May 23.
Auto burglary. A vehicle was broken into on
Ram Lane before 11:35 a.m. Wednesday, May
18.
Auto burglary. A vehicle was broken into
and an iPod Touch, Coach purse and Coach
makeup bag were taken on Neptune Lane
before 8:45 a.m. Wednesday, May 18.
4 Monday • May 30, 2011
Aggressive Cremation Group:
Seniors Targeted - Beware
By Paul Larson
MILLBRAE – They
are at it again!
Recently I was
made aware of a
new cluster of mass
mailings being sent
to Seniors by a
group calling
themselves “Smart Cremation” (similar to
the mailings sent earlier this year by the
“Trident Society”). Several Seniors have
come to me asking who is “Smart
Cremation”, where did they come from and
my opinion on their legitimacy.
When ever I hear about mailings from
“quickie” cremation outfits that target
Seniors I am always suspicious about their
intensions. It is a fact that various
unscrupulous entities target Seniors because
they are thought of as “Easy Prey”.
I did some investigating and found out
the following: According to the website
“Ripoff Report” the group calling
themselves “Smart Cremation” is run by
“Jerry Norman” who was allegedly fired as
CEO of the Neptune Society. “Smart
Cremation” is linked to “Accucare” and
“Gateway Crematory” who are all one in the
same. “Smart Cremation” and the other
above names exist under the umbrella of
“Northstar Memorial Group” in Houston,
Texas. There is apparently some concern on
how “Smart Cremation” collects and holds
money from the Seniors they are targeting.
Yes, I know…there are a lot of names &
details to sink in…but there’s more…
Using visual tricks “Smart Cremation”
has been printing materials which are
specific to certain targeted Seniors such as
using flower envelopes mailed to women
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and U.S. flag envelopes mailed to Veterans,
etc., all meant to be subliminally enticing.
Also, “Smart Cremation” advertizes
themselves as being “green” and “earth
friendly” when in reality the process they
use to cremate is no different than any other
crematory in the United States. It is well
documented that toxic greenhouse gases are
emitted into the atmosphere during the
cremation process. An example of a true
green option would be a natural type burial
certified by the “Green Burial Council”.
There are too many particulars about
“Smart Cremation” to list here, but on the
internet you can read the entire report for
yourself along with comments on legal
troubles from concerned consumers at:
http://www.ripoffreport.com/funeral-
services/smart-cremation-jerr/smart-
cremation-jerry-norman-e2e86.htm
I have to emphasize that if you are
looking into cremation or funeral matters
please please do your homework and call
your local Funeral Home, compare their
services and ask questions. Go to a Funeral
Director who is well known in the
community. Please don’t become a “target”
and allow these out of state mailings to lure
you in with misleading messages. They will
send sales people to your home who will
then be hard to get rid of without your
signature on a contract.
To conclude, here are all my best wishes
to you, your family and loved ones.
If you ever wish to discuss cremation,
funeral matters or want to make pre-
planning arrangements please feel free to
call me and my staff at the CHAPEL OF
THE HIGHLANDS in Millbrae at (650)
588-5116 and we will be happy to guide you
in a fair and helpful manner. For more info
you may also visit us on the internet at:
www.chapelofthehighlands.com.
THE DAILY JOURNAL STATE Monday • May 30, 2011 5

Bright minds paid not to go to college

By Marcus Wohlsen
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN FRANCISCO — Instead of
paying attention in high school, Nick
Cammarata preferred to read books
on whatever interested him. He also
has a gift for coding that got him into
Carnegie Mellon University’s
esteemed computer science program
despite his grades.
But the 18-year-old programmer
won’t be going to college this fall. Or
maybe ever.
Cammarata is one of two dozen
winners of a scholarship just awarded
by San Francisco tech tycoon Peter
Thiel that comes with a unique catch:
The recipients are being paid not to go
to college.
Instead, these teenagers and 20-
year-olds are getting $100,000 each to
chase their entrepreneurial dreams for
the next two years.
“It seems like the perfect point in
our lives to pursue this kind of proj-
ect,” says Cammarata of
Newburyport, Mass., who along with
17-year-old The prizes come at a time when
David Merfield debate in the U.S. over the value of
will be working higher education has become heated.
on software to New graduates mired in student loan
upend the stan- debt are encountering one of the
dard approach to toughest job markets in decades.
teaching in high Rising tuitions and diminishing
school class- prospects have led many to ask
rooms. whether college is actually worth the
Peter Thiel Merfield, the time and money.
valedictorian of “Turning people into debt slaves
his Princeton, N.J., high school class, when they’re college students is real-
is turning down a chance to go to ly not how we end up building a bet-
Princeton University to take the fel- ter society,” Thiel says.
lowship. Thiel made his fortune as a co-
Thiel himself hand-picked the win- founder of online payment service
ners based on the potential of their PayPal shortly after graduating from
proposed projects to change the Stanford Law School. He then
world. became the first major investor in
All the proposals have a high tech- Facebook. In conversation and as a
nology angle but otherwise span philanthropist, Thiel pushes his strong
many disciplines. belief that innovation has stagnated in
One winner wants to create a the U.S. and that radical solutions are
mobile banking system for the devel- needed to push civilization forward.
oping world. Another is working to The “20 Under 20” fellowship is
create cheaper biofuels. One wants to one such effort. Thiel believes that the
build robots that can help out around best young minds can contribute more
the house. to society by skipping college and
bringing their ideas straight to the real
world.
And he has the shining example of
Facebook to back up his claim.
Thiel’s faith in the world-changing
potential of Harvard dropout Mark
Zuckerberg’s idea led him to invest
$500,000 in the company, a stake that
is now worth billions.
Still, the Zuckerbergs of the tech
industry are famous because they are
the exceptions. Silicon Valley is lit-
tered with decades-worth of failed
tech startups.
Vivek Wadhwa, director of research
at Duke University’s Center for
Entrepreneurship and a writer for
TechCrunch and Bloomberg
Businessweek, has assailed Thiel’s
program for sending what he sees as
the message that anyone can be Mark
Zuckerberg.
“Silicon Valley lives in its own bub-
ble. It sees the world through its own
prism. It’s got a distorted view,”
Wadhwa says.
“All the people who are making a
fuss are highly educated. They’re rich
themselves. They’ve achieved success
because of their education. There’s no
way in hell we would have heard
about Peter Thiel if he hadn’t graduat-
ed from Stanford,” he says.
Thiel says the “20 Under 20” pro-
gram shouldn’t be judged on the basis
of his own educational background or
even the merits of his critique of high-
er education. He urges his critics to
wait and see what the fellows achieve
over the next two years.
According to data compiled by the
Georgetown University Center on
Education and the Workforce, work-
ers with college degrees were laid off
during the Great Recession at a much
lower rate than workers without
degrees. College graduates were also
more likely to be rehired.
But for fellowship recipients like
John Burnham, 18, such concerns
pale next to the idealism of youth. At
his prep school in western
Massachusetts, Burnham started an
alternative newspaper to compete
with the school’s official publica-
tion.

Student overcomes illness, Jonestown memorial dedicated

gets accepted to Stanford
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS spent the last two years zipping
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OAKLAND — Nearly 200 peo-

AMHERST, N.H. — Jennifer
Ehrlich’s recovery from a rare auto-
nomic nervous system disorder has
been painfully slow. But catching up
on seven years of missed school has
been amazingly fast.
Ehrlich, now 20, could manage
just a minute on a treadmill back in
2006 when she was diagnosed. She
pushed herself, struggling to build
muscle that would strengthen her
heart and blood vessels. She added a
minute a week until she could walk
in place for an hour and a half.
Ehrlich’s life today is a stark con-
trast to that plodding pace. She has
through several years’ worth of
missed classes as the sole student at
Soaring High School, an alternative
school originally founded to educate
at-risk teens in Manchester.
She crammed in everything from
poetry to politics and science to sta-
tistics, and it paid off. She has been
accepted to her top choice college
— Stanford University — and hopes
to become a pediatric cognitive psy-
chologist.
What has bothered her most over
the years — more than being sick,
more than losing friends — was the
idea that her college plans could get
derailed.
ple gathered at Oakland’s Evergreen
Cemetery on Sunday to dedicate a
newly completed memorial to the
victims of the 1978 mass murder
and suicide at Jonestown, Guyana,
organizers said.
The afternoon ceremony came
after a judge last week denied a
motion seeking to block further use
of the monument at the cemetery,
where more than 400 unidentified
and unclaimed victims are buried in
a mass grave.
The $45,000 monument, which
consists of four large granite slabs
embedded in the ground and etched
with the names of the dead, has
sparked controversy because it
includes the name of Peoples
Temple leader Jim Jones among the
917 other people who died.
“People from around the country
came to be here,” said Fielding
McGehee, who edits the online
Jonestown Report and who lost in-
laws in the violence.
“It was a beautiful day and every-
thing that we hope for all came
together,” he said.
Jones’ adopted son, Jim Jones Jr.,
has said the memorial represents the
truth of what happened on Nov. 18,
1978, in Guyana.
“It was a great moment to sit back
and see it all come together and
come to fruition,” Jones told the
Associated Press by phone after
attending the ceremony. “What I
really appreciated and felt real joy
in that everybody talked about heal-
ing. The theme was healing, and that
excited me.”
Jynona Norwood, a Los Angeles
minister who lost 27 relatives at
Jonestown, filed a lawsuit May 12
against Evergreen Cemetery, its
president, Buck Kamphausen, and
its director, Ron Haulman, accusing
them of violating an agreement with
her for an alternative memorial that
would not include Jim Jones’
name.
In ruling against a preliminary
injunction, Alameda County
Superior Court Judge Robert
McGuiness said Thursday that
denying access to the memorial
would cause substantial harm to
those who wish to gather there to
honor the victims.

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Shuttle astronauts bid farewell to space station
By Marcia Dunn
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. —
The astronauts on NASA’s next-to-
last shuttle flight floated out of the
International Space Station on
Sunday and then closed the hatch
behind them, after one final round
of warm wishes and embraces.
All that remained was space shut-
tle Endeavour’s undocking late
Sunday night and its two-day trip
home.
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Fire Fighters and the Redwood City
Management Employees
Association are joining the Police
Officers’ Association, Police
Sergeants’ Association and
Executive Management Team in
helping the city bridge the budget
gap over the next three years. The
Service Employees International
Union is still in negotiations for
what city officials hope will be
changes that put Redwood City on
more solid footing.
“It’s gratifying that most of our
labor groups have met this very dif-
ficult budget challenge and achieved
significant expenditure reductions
— a demanding, but necessary,
structural change,” City Manager
Bob Bell said in a prepared state-
ment announcing the concessions.
The last holdout is now the next
step.
“It’s crucially important that the
members of SEIU now do their part
Shuttle com-
mander Mark
Kelly said the 1
1/2 weeks of
joint flight went
well. He was the
last to leave the
space station,
lingering for a
Mark Kelly few seconds
with the three
space station residents.
“We’re looking forward to getting
home,” Kelly said, “and we’re going
and I’m hopeful we will come to
an agreement soon,” he said.
The agreements include a two-
tier retirement system with new
employees having a later retire-
ment age and reduced pension for-
mula, employee contributions to
health care premiums and most
groups making a larger contribution
to their pension funds.
Even if the SEIU and city don’t
reach an agreement by next month’s
budget hearings, the two will con-
tinue negotiating, Smith said.
If they ultimately reach an
impasse, the city will have to make
adjustments in the budget the same
as if the other prongs fall flat.
The reorganization prong is
already in place. In the last year,
some changes — although not all
were linked directly to budget
tweaks — include seeing some
familiar faces leave including the
former city manager, police chief
and the outright elimination of the
deputy city manager position.
Bell, the former head of human
resources, moved to the city manag-
er seat and the police chief is cur-
rently being shared by two captains.
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to leave these guys to some peace
and quiet and not disturb their space
station any more.”
“It was really great seeing you
guys,” said station resident Ronald
Garan Jr. “We were just in awe of
your finely oiled machine.”
The station’s skipper, Russian
Andrey Borisenko, wished the six
shuttle astronauts a “soft landing.”
Endeavour will return to Florida
in the pre-dawn hours of
Wednesday, never to fly in space
again. The shuttle will be retired to
Other efficiencies are less visible
to the public.
The information technology
department contracts out services to
other agencies like East Palo Alto
and Burlingame, bringing in
approximately a million dollars
annually. The fleet division of pub-
lic works also manages outside
agencies, like Woodside Fire, which
generates $200,000 to $300,000 a
year, Smith said.
The biggest example, though,
might be one not yet in place.
Redwood City and San Carlos are
currently working out details for a
hybrid fire department in which the
former provides the management
for the latter. The agreement, sought
by San Carlos after it disbanded its
current joint powers authority with
Belmont, will save both cities
approximately $1 million a year.
“It’s an important way for us to
operate as efficiently as possible, as
well as saving,” Smith said.
Another revenue generator on the
horizon is one that won’t be in place
before the city budget is adopted. At
its last meeting, the City Council
agreed to try again for a business
a museum in California following
the 16-day mission, its 25th.
On its final journey, Endeavour
delivered a $2 billion cosmic ray
detector that will remain on the
space station for the next decade.
The Alpha Magnetic
Spectrometer already is collecting
25 million to 40 million cosmic par-
ticles a day worthy of analysis. It’s
searching for antimatter and dark
matter, and scientists hope the find-
ings will shed light on the origin of
the universe.
utility tax despite its failure only
two years ago and a transient occu-
pancy tax.
The key now is hope and educa-
tion.
“The campaign needs to do a bet-
ter job of communicating,” Smith
said.
The revenue generated would go
to the general fund for needs like
public safety and library services,
he said.
While it’s too early to say what
may be on the chopping block if
they don’t pass, Smith said it would
make the City Council revisit the
idea of other ways to trim costs or
raise money such as fee increases.
If voters approve the proposed
TOT hike from 10 percent to 12 per-
cent, the city will receive an esti-
mated $640,000 more annually. An
increase in the business license tax
would add an estimated extra
$825,000 annually by fiscal year
2014-2015.
The city last increased its TOT in
2003 from 8 percent to 10 percent,
placing it in the middle range of the
county’s 15 cities which levy such a
tax. The business license tax rate
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Kelly and his crew also provided
the space station with a platform
full of spare parts and an extension
boom for future repair work. The
boom, installed Friday on the fourth
spacewalk of the mission, marked
the completion of the U.S. portion
of the space station.
The astronauts also worked on
some of the critical life-support sys-
tems inside, in an effort to leave the
orbiting outpost in the best possible
shape for the shuttle-less years
ahead.
last changed in July 1994 as part of
an ordinance which called for an
annual 5 percent increase over five
years. Voters rejected a tax increase
measure in 2009.
Although each step is significant
process toward balancing the budg-
et, Smith said city officials are
working with “an extreme amount
of caution” rather than any assump-
tions.
“Things can change just so dra-
matically and it’s an ongoing
process,” he said.
Even if the plans do fall into
place, he added, the work continues.
“Even these are not going to solve
all of our problems,” he said. “But
they do put us on the right path.”
Budget study sessions are sched-
uled for 7 p.m. June 20 and June 27
followed by formal adoption July
11. All hearings are at City Hall,
1017 Middlefield Road, Redwood
City.
Michelle Durand can be reached by
email: michelle@smdailyjournal.com
or by phone: (650) 344-5200 ext. 102.
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Obama tours twister-ravaged town
By Erica Werner
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JOPLIN, Mo. — Face to face
with the legions of homeless and the
bereaved, President Barack Obama
on Sunday toured the apocalyptic
landscape left by Missouri’s killer
tornado, consoled the community
and committed the government to
helping rebuild shattered lives.
“We’re not going to stop ‘til
Joplin’s back on its feet,” Obama
vowed. A memorial service where
Obama spoke punctuated a day of
remembrance one week after the
disaster, as authorities pressed on
Cyber espionage on the rise Palin kick-starts bus tour
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — This cyber attack
didn’t go after people playing war
games on their PlayStations. It tar-
geted a company that helps the U.S.
military do the real thing.
Lockheed Martin says it was the
recent target of a “significant and
tenacious” hack, although the
defense contractor and the
Department of Homeland Security
insist the attack was thwarted before
any critical data was stolen. The
effort highlighted the fact that some
hackers, including many working
for foreign governments, set their
sights on information far more dev-
REUTERS
President Barack Obama speaks
with residents affected by tornado
damage in Joplin Sunday.
astating than credit card numbers.
Information security experts say a
rash of cyber attacks this year —
including a massive security breach
at Sony Corp. last month that affect-
ed millions of PlayStation users —
has emboldened hackers and made
them more willing to pursue sensi-
tive information.
“2011 has really lit up the boards
in terms of data breaches,” said Josh
Shaul, chief technology officer at
Application Security, a New York-
based company that is one of the
largest database security software
makers.
“The list of targets just grows and
grows.”
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with the task of identifying the vic-
tims and volunteers combed
through wreckage of neighborhoods
where nothing was left whole.
The service erupted in cheers
when Obama said, “I promise you
your country will be there with you
every single step of the way,” a
pledge he extended to all parts of
the nation raked by violent storms
this season.
The Joplin tornado was the worst
to hit the United States in decades,
leaving more than 130 dead and
hundreds more injured. Thirty-nine
people remain unaccounted for.
There are four more people whom
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON — Sarah Palin
rumbled through Washington on the
back of a Harley as she and her fam-
ily began an East Coast tour Sunday,
renewing speculation that the for-
mer Alaska governor would join the
still unsettled Republican presiden-
tial contest.
Wearing a black leather jacket and
surrounded by a throng of cheering
fans, Palin and family members
jumped on bikes and joined thou-
sands of other motorcyclists on the
Memorial Day weekend ride from
the Pentagon to the Vietnam
family members have reported as
deceased, but those deaths haven’t
been officially confirmed.
Air Force One flew over a mas-
sive swath of brown — a land of
flattened houses and stripped trees
— on its approach to Joplin. On the
ground, the destruction was even
more stark and complete. Obama
confronted painful sights at every
turn and said nothing in his life
measured up to what he saw this
day.
Yet he spoke, too, of redemptive
moments, the stoicism of the com-
munity and tales of plain luck. He
told a story of a man he talked to
Ve t e r a n s
Memorial. Palin
didn’t mention
politics as she
visited with par-
ticipants, but she
smiled broadly
when many in
the crowd urged
her to run.
Sarah Palin
When one
man asked her if she was running,
she smiled and answered, “Don’t
know.”
Palin remains one of the biggest
questions for Republicans, who
have not yet settled on a frontrunner
Monday • May 30, 2011 7
who had taken a chicken pot pie out
of the oven, heard the storm was
coming, hid in a closet and “came
out without a scratch.” Obama cele-
brated the spirit of volunteers who
have flocked to Joplin to help, the
pickup truck owners who ferried
people to the hospital and the citi-
zens who lined up for hours to
donate blood to people they don’t
know.
“You’ve demonstrated a simple
truth,” he told the service, “that
amid heartbreak and tragedy no one
is a stranger. Everybody is a broth-
er. Everybody is a sister. We can all
love one another.”
to challenge President Barack
Obama’s re-election. While many of
Palin’s likely rivals have worked to
build campaign organizations in
early nominating states such as Iowa
or New Hampshire, Palin has taken
no concrete steps to begin a presi-
dential campaign.
Given Palin’s star power, she
might be able to wait longer than
others.
But the clock is ticking, the estab-
lishment isn’t happy with its options
and one of the earliest tests of cam-
paign infrastructure, the straw poll
in Ames, Iowa, is scheduled for
August.
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Clashes erupt in protest of Mladic arrest

By Jovana Gec
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
BELGRADE, Serbia — Protesters
throwing stones and bottles clashed
with baton-wielding riot police
Sunday in Belgrade after several
thousand Serbian nationalist support-
ers of jailed war-crimes suspect
Ratko Mladic rallied outside the par-
liament building to demand his
release.
By the time the crowds broke up by
late evening, about 100 people were
arrested and 16 minor injuries were
reported. That amounted to a victory
for the pro-Western government,
which arrested Mladic on Thursday,
risking the wrath of the nationalist
old guard in a country with a history
of much larger and more virulent
protests.
Rioters overturned garbage con-
tainers, broke traffic lights and set off
firecrackers as they rampaged
through downtown. Cordons of riot
police blocked their advances, and
skirmishes took place in several loca-
tions in the center of the capital.
Doctors said six police officers
were among the 16 people brought to
a hospital with minor injuries. Police
remained on the streets as the crowds
broke up.
The clashes began after a rally that
drew at least 7,000 demonstrators,
many singing nationalist songs and
carrying banners honoring Mladic,
the former Bosnian Serb military
commander. Some chanted right-
wing slogans and a few gave Nazi
salutes.
Supporters of the extreme national-
ist Serbian Radical Party were bused
in to attend the rally. Right-wing
extremists and hooligan groups also
urged followers to appear in large
numbers, creating the biggest test of
Serbian sentiment and the govern-
REUTERS ment’s resolve since Mladic’s arrest.
A man helps a supporter during a protest by the Serbian Radical Party The demonstrators, who consider
against the arrest of general Ratko Mladic in Belgrade Sunday. Mladic a hero, said Serbia should not
hand him over to the U.N. war crimes
court in The Hague, Netherlands.
“Cooperation with The Hague tri-
bunal represents treason,” Radical
Party official Lidija Vukicevic told
the crowd. “This is a protest against
the shameful arrest of the Serbian
hero.”
Demonstrators demanded the
ouster of Serbian President Boris
Tadic, who ordered Mladic’s arrest. A
sign on the stage read, “Tadic is not
Serbia.”
More than 3,000 riot police were
deployed around government build-
ings and Western embassies, fearing
that the demonstration could turn vio-
lent. Riot police tried to block small
groups of extremists from reaching
the rally.
Nationalists are furious that the
Serbian government apprehended
Mladic after nearly 16 years on the
run. The 69-year-old former general
was caught at a relative’s home in a
northern Serbian village.

World briefs
Yemen leader accused of
allowing Islamist takeover
SANAA, Yemen — Hundreds of Islamic militants cement-
ed control over a town in southern Yemen on Sunday, even
seizing army tanks, military officials said, while breakaway
army units encouraged other military forces to switch their
loyalties and join the uprising.
The growing number of defections in the military posed the
most serious threat yet to President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s
three-decade grip on his country.
A leader of the breakaway forces, Maj. Gen. Abdullah Ali
Elewa, appealed to other units to join.
“Stand side by side with the courageous armed forces,
Republican Guards and security officers who endorsed the
peaceful popular youthful revolution and announced their sup-
port to stand up to the tyrants and corrupt, and unjust,” he said.
Elewa, a former defense minister, was one of nine military
officers who signed the statement, named “Statement Number
One” in the style of a military regime, though the officers are
not in power. The group included leaders of four of Yemen’s
five military divisions.
Saleh labeled them “traitors” and “war mongers.”
“We understand the demands of the youth revolution, but we
ask them first to get rid of those corrupt, agent and traitor ele-
ments who defected from the military,” Saleh said in a state-
ment.
Late Sunday, several explosions were heard in the capital
Sanaa. Their origin was not known.

Afghan official: NATO airstrike kills 14

KABUL, Afghanistan — A NATO airstrike targeting insur-
gents inadvertently hit two civilian homes in the volatile
southwestern Helmand province, killing 12 children and two
women, an Afghan government official said Sunday.
Dawood Ahmadi, a spokesman for the provincial govern-
ment, said the alliance launched the airstrike late on Saturday
in retaliation for an attack earlier in the day on a U.S. Marine
base in Helmand’s northwest district of Nawzad. He said
NATO hit two civilian houses, killing five girls, seven boys
and two women.

Syrian tanks attack towns that held protests

BEIRUT — Syrian government troops backed by tanks
attacked two central towns Sunday in an attempt to stop
round-the-clock protests there against President Bashar
Assad’s regime, killing at least two people and wounding sev-
eral others, activists and a rights group said.
Security forces in several other parts of the country fired on
crowds holding overnight demonstrations, causing casualties,
activists said. The new attack using military forces pointed to
Assad’s determination to crush the two-month-old revolt,
despite U.S. and European sanctions, including an EU assets
freeze and a visa ban on Assad and nine members of his regime.

Large-scale plan of Titanic sells for $363,000

LONDON — A large-scale plan of the Titanic, prepared for
the official inquiry into the ship’s sinking, has fetched 220,000
pounds ($363,000) in a British auction.
The sale price beat expectations for the 32.5-foot-long (9.9-
meter) cross-section of the ship.
Henry Aldridge & Son auctioneers had estimated it could
fetch between 100,000 and 150,00 pounds at the sale in
Devizes in southern England on Saturday.
The auction house said Sunday the plan was sold by an
anonymous collector to a private collector.
The ship sank on April 15, 1912, after striking an iceberg on
its maiden voyage. About 1,500 people died.
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Guest Perspective
Honoring the ultimate sacrifice
By Jackie Speier
M
emorial Day’s origin is
traced to the wives of fallen
Civil War soldiers who
began the tradition of decorating their
husband’s graves with flowers. Now, as
then, we must recognize those who
made the ultimate sacrifice in defense
of our nation as well as those who
served and returned home to civilian
life.
Unfortunately, too many of our veter-
ans are falling through the cracks. The
backlog of VA disability claims has
grown from 448,000 last April to over
750,000 today. This is totally unaccept-
able. No one who risked their lives for
our country should be forced to wait in
line for their benefits. The Obama
Administration must take aggressive
steps to reduce this backlog and ensure
VA care is delivered in a timely fash-
ion.
We must also increase job opportuni-
ties for veterans — especially those
returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
The unemployment rate last year for
veterans of these wars was a disgraceful
21.1 percent. On June 7, I will be host-
ing a Job Hunters Boot Camp at the
College of San Mateo with a special
focus on the needs of our veterans. I
invite them to join me and receive
training on everything from resume
writing to interview skills.
For our young veterans, one of the
major challenges to finding employ-
ment is the emotional trauma of war. I
have introduced the Veterans Mental
Letters to the editor
Two solid options for
affordable housing
Editor,
Last week, the National Hispanic
Association of Real Estate Associates
(NHORA) had their first Affordable
Housing Week event in Redwood City,
and invited the former mayor of San
Jose, Ron Gonzales; Maria Giuriato, for-
mer liaison with the California
Department of Real Estate; and other
housing advocates and business leaders to
discuss the Bay Area Latino Housing
Report. The study was conducted by the
Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley but
did include neither Santa Clara nor San
Mateo counties and was given a D grade.
Based on the study, it is primarily
because there is simply not enough
affordable housing near employment cen-
ters in these two counties. The whole
focus of this report card is aimed at hous-
ing leaders and anyone interested in hav-
ing a voice and being part of the solution
moving forward. This effort to improve
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Health Screening
and Assessment Act
which directs the
Secretary of
Defense to set up a
program in which
Iraq and
Afghanistan veter-
ans would have a
three-month confi-
dential mental health and traumatic
brain injury screening conducted by a
licensed medical professional. The stig-
ma of an individual seeking mental
health services will be masked by the
fact that this screening is mandatory for
everyone and that consultations are
confidential. We need to reduce the
staggering number of suicides — since
2001 more military personnel have
taken their own lives than have been
killed in combat in Afghanistan.
We must correct the injustices suf-
fered by Filipino veterans. Some
250,000 Filipinos fought in defense of
our freedom during World War II. They
were legally American nationals and
promised all the benefits afforded to
those serving in the U.S. Armed Forces.
But in 1946, Congress stripped
Filipinos of the benefits that had been
promised to them. Filipinos went to
battle, helped defeat the enemy, and
then were told their sacrifices weren’t
good enough. That’s why I have intro-
duced legislation to make Filipino vet-
erans, their spouses, and dependents
fully eligible for benefits similar to
those received by all U.S. veterans. Of
the original 250,000 Filipino veterans,
the housing shortage will take a concert-
ed effort from many and, as former
Mayor Ron Gonzales pointed out, the
city of San Jose has done a great job at
building various affordable housing proj-
ects, but it is still not enough. Projects
such as the Redwood City Saltworks and
the Baylands project in Brisbane are two
examples of how it is through these type
of projects we can continue to vouch for
affordable housing.
San Mateo has been statistically proven
to be one of the most expensive counties
in the United States and the county has
the need for the many commuting
employees to have a place to call home
right here in the county or in one of the
nearby counties. The event last week was
a great start, but the Latino community
needs to collaborate much more by get-
ting involved in their own communities.
The Latino Report Card effort is an
excellent start in the right direction.
Robert Huibers
Redwood City
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OPINION
only 15,000 remain today. We need to
act now.
In recent years, we have taken many
important steps to help our veterans.
We passed the single largest increase
for veterans’ health care in the history
of the VA. We took a dramatic step to
make funding for veterans health care
more timely by requiring Congress to
appropriate funding for veterans’ health
care one year in advance of the start of
each fiscal year. And we enacted a new
GI Bill of Rights for 21st century so
post 9/11 veterans could attend college
and achieve the American Dream. But
there is much more to do.
We are in the midst of an important
debate in this country about reducing
the deficit, a goal I share. But I disagree
with the key stakeholders who say
“everything should be on the table.” We
cannot and should not balance the
budget on the backs of our veterans.
Regardless of when they served, our
nation’s veterans have made it possible
for us to live in peace and security. We
can never fully return the favor. But we
can do everything in our power to
ensure that our veterans have access to
a job, education and training, and
health care. That will likely require
investing more in veterans, not less.
Memorial Day is a stark reminder that
caring for our veterans is a necessary
cost of war and an obligation on which
we can never default.
Jackie Speier represents San Mateo
County and part of San Francisco in the
U.S. House of Representatives.
Tomorrow’s Israel
Editor,
The 1967 borders are not defensible?
That’s the excuse now given for not
allowing the Palestinians their own state
along the internationally recognized
lines. If that were the case, then how do
you explain the billions of American and
Israeli dollars spent sending Israeli men,
women and children across the indefen-
sible border to populate newer indefensi-
ble settlements and outposts? Send in the
military to make defensible what was
previously not defensible. Then declare
how the “facts on the ground” must be
“defended” with winding walls and seg-
regated roads. What is not defensible is
the argument for a greater Israel at the
expense of the indigenous population.
Colonialism doesn’t belong in the 21st
century. Tomorrow’s Israel shouldn’t be
yesterday’s Mississippi or South Africa.
Mike Caggiano
San Mateo
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Monday • May 30, 2011 9
Failure
to thrive
“T
he essential ingredient in most children’s success in
school is a positive relation to his parents and to
their involvement in intellectual matters.” — Bruno
Bettelheim, “A Good Enough Parent.”
As long as I’m on the subject of education (considering lack
of funding and limited curricula last time), today I want to focus
on the greatest problem with student achievement — the role of
families and culture.
The Today Show on Monday, May 23, featured a segment
about the responsibility of parents to get their children to school
on a timely and regular basis. This has become a real problem in
especially low-income areas. Some states, including California,
have taken measures to fine or charge parents with misde-
meanors if their kids are chronically late or truant. Florida wants
to give parents grades on
how well they do in sup-
porting their students in
that and many other ways.
The impact of poverty on
student achievement was
verified in a column by Joe
Nocera in the New York
Times on April 26:
“…Social scientists have
contended — and unques-
tionably proved — that stu-
dents’ socioeconomic back-
ground vastly outweighs
what goes on in the school
as factors determining how
much they learn.” He also
reports that the members of
the public school reform movement seem to think that good
teaching alone can overcome such obstacles.
Consider that poverty-stricken parents are much more likely to
be greatly stressed, unemployed, living an unhealthy lifestyle
and not getting good (if any) medical care are more likely to pro-
duce offspring who have one or two strikes against them even
before school age. Problems can start in utero. Was the mother
affected by damaging chemicals? Did either parent smoke and/or
drink? Was she malnourished when the baby was conceived and
through the pregnancy? Was her health below par? Did she have
prenatal care? Did she suffer from high stress and psychological
problems? All can have much to do with the health and intellect
of the newborn. Obviously, a child born under such circum-
stances is more likely to experience learning difficulties.
A related editorial in the May 8 San Francisco Chronicle was
quite startling. “Many Americans might be surprised, if not
ashamed, to learn that a nation of great wealth and profession of
family values ranked 31st of 44 developed countries in Save the
Children’s annual ranking of conditions for motherhood.” This
covered everything from our high rates of maternal and infant
mortality to single mothers trying to raise families in a society
where public policies (like maternity leave and day care) are
weighted against them. It reveals a serious lack of concern for
the well-being of many children in this country.
As the child grows, we need to ask: Do the parents value edu-
cation? Do they provide materially and psychologically? Do
they operate by a set of values that lead to healthy living? Is the
child protected as much as possible from chemical pollutants in
her surroundings, in her food and in household products and fur-
nishings? Does the child get plenty of sleep and eat a healthy
breakfast? Does he miss little school because of illness? Is he
protected from violent and erotic television and the kind that
teaches kids to value such things as celebrity, wealth, appear-
ance, materialism and constant stimulation and denigrates any-
thing intellectual? Are the parents free of addictions? Do they
speak English? Does the family have access to essentials like
medical care, decent housing, nutritious food and adequate child
care? Does the child spend quantity time with a loving adult
who nurtures her, plays with her and makes her feel appreciated?
You can’t expect a child who hasn’t enjoyed most of the above
to thrive.
Of course there are many ways our schools could improve, but
for any substantial gains to be made, they need the cooperation
of family and culture. Expecting our educational establishment
to make scholars of most children from families who have not
provided them the kind of background and environment that
leads to success in school, is asking too much, especially when
schools are increasingly underfunded and the curriculum has
been so manipulated as to ignore the many individual differences
among students. But until more of our families and children are
valued in a way that contributes to success in school, many of
our schools will continue to have a tough row to hoe. Family and
culture inevitably intertwine.
“We clearly should invest more in our educational system.
Schools can and should do more to prepare youngsters for pro-
ductive employment, but they will continue to fall short of the
mark unless we support parents and give them the time and the
resources to do a better job by their children. Our educational
system cannot compensate for the tasks that overburdened par-
ents no longer perform.” — Sylvia Ann Hewlett, “When the
Bough Breaks — The Cost of Neglecting Our Children.”
Since 1984, Dorothy Dimitre has written more than 500
columns for various local newspapers. Her e-mail address is
gramsd@aceweb.com.
10 Monday • May 30, 2011 BUSINESS THE DAILY JOURNAL

Corporate bonds not so safe

By Bernard Condon
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — The safest corporate
debt isn’t looking so smart anymore.
Companies deemed good for the
money are raising trillions selling bonds
to investors who can’t seem to get
enough of them. It looks like a great deal
for both parties — until you consider the
details.
Some bonds are throwing off interest
so puny that investors are already losing
money to inflation. Others pay higher
rates but won’t return your money for
more years than you’re likely to live.
Johnson & Johnson just sold $4.4 billion
worth of debt with fixed rates as low as
0.7 percent, 2.5 percentage points less
than inflation. The prospect of near-free
money was so irresistible to Google Inc.,
it decided to sell $3 billion worth, even
though it already had more than 10 times
as much cash at its disposal. And Norfolk
Southern Corp. convinced investors to
lend it $400 million for 100 years.
“When companies start putting out
100-year bonds, you can bet we’ve hit
lows,” says Richard Lehmann, a Miami
money manager with $100 million
under management. He has largely
shunned investment grade corporate
bonds. “This market has gone from stu-
pid to ridiculous.”
Stocks were the primary target of the
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben
Bernanke’s attempt to push people out
of Treasurys into riskier assets. But cor-
porate IOUs that earn top grades from
rating agencies have been on a tear, too
— returning 31 percent in two years.
That has allowed Corporate America to
put trillions of dollars in their coffers and
has sent billions of dollars to Wall Street
banks who help them arrange the deals.
This has been good for the economy.
But investors are another story.
“What happens when these securities
return to normal valuations?” says
Thomas Atteberry, who oversees the
FPA New Income fund with $3.7 billion
in assets. “It’s not going to be a pretty
picture.”
The average investment grade corpo-
rate bond currently pays 3.73 percent in
interest a year, barely more than the cur-
rent rate of inflation, 3.2 percent. It’s
only the second time in two decades that
the yield has fallen below 4 percent,
according to Barclays Capital. If infla-
tion rises, as many fear will be the out-
come of current Fed policies, it will eat
away at the buying power of the princi-
pal that is returned to bond holders upon
maturity. That could turn winning bets
into losing ones.
On first blush, Norfolk Southern
bonds maturing in 100 years might seem
to offer a good defense against the
prospect of rising prices. Its bonds are
paying 6 percent a year, well above
inflation. But inflation can gyrate wildly.
Prices have climbed as high as 18 per-
cent annually in the past 100 years. Even
at current inflation rates, cash stashed in
a coffee jar would lose half its buying
power in just 22 years.
Of course, the bigger question might
be whether the railroad company will
even be around in 2111 to pay anything
back. A hundred years ago, the Austro-
Hungarian Empire ruled over millions of
people and investors held plenty of stock
in Colorado Fuel & Iron. Gone are the
empire and the stock. Colorado Fuel &
Iron was a member of the most stable of
Wall Street offerings — the Dow Jones
Industrial Average. That is, before it
went bankrupt.
“I wouldn’t buy a hundred-year bond
of anything,” says David Sherman of
Cohanzick Management, a money man-
ager that is shorting investment grade
bonds. “Nothing good can happen to
you in that amount of time.”
To be fair, many owners of so-called
century bonds aren’t human beings who
won’t live to see their money returned.
They’re pension funds and insurers with
a good idea of how much they’ll have to
pay retirees and heirs in the future.
Those groups want a predictable stream
of income from bonds to make good on
those commitments. Adding to the
appeal of investment grade bonds:
Regardless of maturity, they typically
don’t rise and fall in price as sharply as
other assets like stocks. They also rarely
default, delay interest payments or stop
them altogether. As the recovery contin-
ues apace, companies issuing bonds
defaulted on just 1.3 percent of what
they’ve borrowed, according to Moody’s
Investors Service.

Empty summer in the city for kids hit by cutbacks

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — A rising number of
children can look forward to excruciat-
ingly boring school breaks this year as
budget crises in places such as New
York, Washington, D.C., Houston and
Detroit rob them of the activities and
programs that have long defined summer
in the city for urban youngsters.
Swimming pools are being closed.
Recreation centers are locking their
doors. Library summer reading pro-
grams are suffering. Openings for short-
term jobs have evaporated.
Port Lau’s vacations of boredom
ended the summer he was 14, when a
city-funded program got him his first job
— doing filing and clerical work at the
state Supreme Court in Brooklyn. Now
18, the college freshman credits the
experience with landing him a string of
jobs and internships — including one
for which he’ll be traveling to Germany
this summer.
But in New York City, the youth
employment program that got him the
job is facing a cut of more than $15 mil-
lion, which means that this year the pro-
gram is slated to have 10,000 fewer
spots for young people from the ages of
14 to 24 — a reduction of nearly one-
third.
To Lau, it’s one cutback that just does-
n’t make sense.
“We are the students of the future.
We’re going to be the ones who make
New York prosper,” he said. “So why are
they trying to limit us?”

Culture clash complicates

China’s push into Brazil
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAO PAULO — Stocking shelves in a Chinese grocery

store, Thiago warned that he didn’t want to be caught chatting
during working hours. Within seconds, however, the Brazilian
unleashed a pent-up flood of complaints about the owners,
who lingered just beyond hearing distance.
“My bosses have never heard of a day off,” said the 20-
year-old, who would only allow his first name to be used, for
fear of losing his job. “Vacations? Forget it. They pay well
and they pay for extra hours, but they don’t understand that
some things are more important to Brazilians than money.
“I’ve seen many workers walk in, see the Chinese way of
doing things, and quit the very same day.”
Such cross-cultural tensions have become a stumbling
block in an otherwise meteoric rise in business ties between
China and Brazil, two of the world’s fastest-growing
economies.
Chinese companies’ direct investment in Brazil jumped to
$17 billion last year, nearly 60 times the investment the pre-
vious year, according to SOBEET, a Brazilian economic think
tank. At the same time, more Chinese companies are hiring
local workers rather than following their old practices of
bringing in Chinese laborers.
That new reality has meant frequent contact between two
cultures that hold vastly different expectations about the role
of workers, government regulations and unions.
Brazilians enjoy some of the most labor-friendly protec-
tions in the world, with guarantees such as one-month annual
bonuses and stipends for meals and transportation.
China, on the other hand, has quickly become the world’s
second-biggest economy on the strength of a low-paid work
force and, in practice, virtually nonexistent labor protections,
according to the U.S.-based nonprofit Global Institute for
Labor & Human Rights. Brazil’s strong independent labor
movement also clashes with a centralized Chinese system of
company unions without collective bargaining power.
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: BARCELONA BEATS MANCHESTER UNITED >>> PAGE 13
<< Buster out for season after Sunday surgery, page 14
• Wheldon wins stunning Indy 500, page 15
Knights of Menlo take CCS title
By Julio Lara
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
SAN JOSE — Incredible.
Wonderful. The greatest feeling in
the world.
Only the Menlo of Atherton boys
baseball team can tell you what it’s
like to repeat as Central Coast
Cap captures title
By Nathan Mollat
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
SAN JOSE – So many story lines
developed during the Capuchino
softball team’s 5-4 win over Santa
Catalina to clinch the Mustangs’ first
Central Coast Section title since
1997.
Was the story the second-seeded
Mustangs fulfilling their destiny
after seeing a title suddenly taken
away in the 2010 final? Was it a
notoriously slow starting Capuchino
offense breaking out early, scoring
three runs in the top of the first
inning? Was is a senior class work-
ing on only a couple hours of sleep
after celebrating Grad Night Friday
night? Was it a defense, which com-
mitted four errors, making up for
those miscues with head’s up defen-
sive plays?
It was all that and more for the
Mustangs, who survived a wild sixth
and seventh inning from the
Cougars to take to championship.
Perhaps Capuchino shortstop
Jennifer Lewis summed up best the
Mustangs’ win.
“We just wanted it more,” Lewis
said.
In the end, that appeared to be the
case. Lewis, who contributed a cou-
ple of the fielding miscues, more
than made up for those with a pair of
spectacular individual efforts. With
Capuchino leading 3-0 in the bottom
of the fourth and a Santa Catalina
runner at first, the Cougars’ Izzy
Williams hit a slow roller into the
middle of the infield. The ball
deflected off Capuchino second
baseman Arianna Wassmer’s glove.
Lewis scrambled after the ball,
picked it up barehanded and made a
head-long dive to second base, tag-
ging the bag a split second before
the runner got there.
A head’s up Lewis was also part
of the final play of the game. A sin-
gle to right by Rene Kausin drove in
a run to cut the Cougars lead to 5-4.
Right fielder Kelly McDaid fired
home late to prevent the run, but
See CAP, Page 16
Willingham homers as A’s sweep O’s
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
OAKLAND — Home runs are
such a rare commodity for the
Athletics that manager Bob Geren
stood up and started celebrating
when Josh Willingham’s three-run
shot sailed into the left-field stands
Section Division III champions.
And amidst the celebration yester-
day afternoon at Municipal Stadium
in San Jose, you got the sense that,
while they tried their best, the words
“incredible,” “wonderful,” and
“greatest” weren’t doing the actual
feeling justice.
“I can’t even describe it,” said
Capuchino’s Jennifer Lewis is fired up after scoring her team’s first run in the top of the first inning.The Mustangs
would go on to beat top-seeded Santa Catalina for their first CCS title since 1997.
Sunday.
Willingham’s go-ahead homer
capped a four-run fifth inning and
propelled the A’s to a 6-4 win over
the Baltimore Orioles, completing
Oakland’s first three-game sweep
this season.
“When he hits them, you don’t
Menlo starter and winning pitcher
Freddy Avis, whose 2011 domina-
tion on the mound continued
Saturday afternoon in the champi-
onship game. “I’m out of words. I
mean, it’s a CCS title, (it’s) always
good to end with that.”
This is the second year in a row
the Knights end their season hoist-
even have to look,” Geren said after
Willingham’s second homer in his
last three games. “The sound of the
ball off the bat, you just turn around
and start high-fiving everybody.”
It’s only the fourth three-run shot
of the season for Oakland, which
has the third-fewest home runs (30)
ing the championship trophy and
the fifth time overall, all under head
coach Craig Schoof. The No. 3
Knights shutdown No. 8 Santa Cruz
with superb pitching by Avis and
Jake Bruml — the two-headed mon-
ster carried Menlo to a 4-0 victory.
Avis started the game and went 5
2/3 innings, allowing only three
NATHAN MOLLAT / DAILY JOURNAL
in the majors. Twenty-one of them
have been solo drives.
Kevin Kouzmanoff added two hits
for Oakland, which extended its
longest winning streak this season
to four games. The A’s also contin-
See A’S, Page 16
Monday, May 30, 2011
hits, striking out six and walking
only one. Bruml closed things out,
getting the final four outs despite
making it interesting and loading
the bases in the seventh. But a
ground ball to third and subsequent
tag of the Cardinals’ base runner
See MENLO, Page 12
Giants
lose to
Brewers
By Colin Fly
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
MILWAUKEE — Matt Cain
received no support from the Giants’
sputtering offense. That still didn’t
give him much solace after his out-
ing.
Cain tied a career high by allow-
ing 11 hits and the San Francisco
Giants fell to the Milwaukee
Brewers 6-0 on
Sunday for their
fifth loss in six
games, falling
into second
place in the NL
West behind
Arizona.
“ W e ’ r e
banged up, we
Matt Cain
know it, we’re
not making excuses. We’ve got to go
out there and play our best ball to
beat these teams. We’re not doing
it,” manager Bruce Bochy said.
“Offensively, we’re not quite click-
ing. We came in here and played a
very hot team. I mean, they’ve been
sweeping everybody.”
Milwaukee finished its homestand
8-1, the only loss in Friday night’s
opener of this series.
San Francisco couldn’t figure out
Yovani Gallardo (7-2), who retired
14 in a row at one point before
allowing a single to Aubrey Huff in
the seventh. San Francisco didn’t
have a runner in scoring position
until two outs in the eighth.
“They had some balls that fell in
and we had some balls that didn’t.
That can change the course of a
game,” Bochy said. “But their guy
got on a roll there and he pitched
well.”
Cain (3-4) failed to pitch well
again. Milwaukee took a 2-0 lead off
him in the first off singles by Ryan
Braun and Casey McGehee. Prince
Fielder drove in a run in the third
and Rickie Weeks added a two-out,
two-run double in the sixth.
“You make good pitches and they
find holes and things like that. So it’s
one of those where you can kind of
take advantage a little bit,” Cain
said. “But I gave up three runs with
two outs and that’s hard to swallow.”
The Giants have struggled on
offense and are still reeling from the
loss of catcher Buster Posey after a
home-plate collision Wednesday
night. Posey had surgery to repair
torn ligaments in his left ankle on
Sunday morning and will miss the
See GIANTS, Page15
12 Monday • May 30, 2011 SPORTS THE DAILY JOURNAL

MENLO
Continued from page 11

began the celebration over near the grass

between the bag and the mound for the Knights.
At the bottom of the dog pile, but at the fore-
front of the championship season, was Avis.
“Freddy pitched unbelievable,” Schoof said.
“Unfortunately he ran out of innings (but) he was
just lights out. Once his curveball starts working,
we’ve seen with his fastball in the mid-to-upper
80’s, he’s pretty tough.”
“My fastball (was working),” Avis said, “we
were mixing speeds really well, I can attribute
that to my pitching coach Chuck Huggins. We
were throwing a lot of curves, mixing some
change-ups in there, they were out in front on
some ground balls. I wasn’t trying to blow it by
anyone, it was just pounding the zone and letting
them hit it, keep it low.”
In a lot of ways, it’s the defense of the Knights
that was the difference in Saturday’s contest.
Menlo was flawless with leather, making all the
plays with relatively ease despite the slick condi-
tions throughout courtesy of Mother Nature and
a late season shower that swept through the south
bay. The Cardinals on the other hand, committed DAVE BOUVIER FOR RICHARD BATMAN
four errors, all of which came in innings in which The Menlo Knights baseball team won the CCS championship Saturday.
the Knights pushed runs across the plate. would come to scoring until the seventh because going to go with Freddy, and I talked to some of deal for the Knights.
“The defense made some incredible plays,” Avis simply got into his patented groove. my coaches who threw out Bruml. But I said ‘no, “To have that confidence from him (Schoof)
Avis said. “They’ve been doing it all season, but In the bottom of the fifth, Bruml took one for I want the ball in Bruml’s hand at the end of the makes me feel confident that he trusts me at the
especially today, I felt like I could just throw it the team at the plate to lead off the frame. After game.’ It’s just how I am as a coach; he’s going end of the game,” Bruml said. “We talked during
down the middle and let my fielders do the work, a sacrifice bunt moved him to second, Mikey to do, he’s going to come through. Not that practice and he asked me who I think should start
which is really assuring for a pitcher.” Diekroeger singled to centerfield. Bruml scored Freddy couldn’t do it, or Jake Batchelder, but and he said ‘anybody but you because I want you
Menlo scored their first run in the bottom of easily after the Santa Cruz centerfielder overran Bruml has done it for two years and I wanted the at the end and I knew I would have the opportu-
the second - Tim Benton drew a one-out walk the baseball. ball in his hand.” nity to get the ball at end and I feel great.”
and with Julian Ryles at the plate, stole second With a two-run lead in hand, Avis continued to By the time Bruml would come out to pitch “It’s the greatest feeling in the world to win it
quite easily. Santa Cruz paid a lot of attention to cruise. His performance was sensational consid- the top half of the seventh, the Knights had sup- once,” Schoof said, “and to do it a second time is
Benton and it was on an attempted pick-off that ering that Santa Cruz came into the champi- plied him with two insurance runs. Another near impossible. All the credit goes to the kids,
Cardinals starter Collin Ferguson threw the ball onship averaging eight runs a game and was just Santa Cruz error, this one at third, got things the pitchers, we executed, we played our best ball
into centerfield, allowing the baserunner to off a 12-0 win in the semifinal. started for the Knights. Avis collected the RBI, at the end of the year. We talked about how it’s not
advance. Santa Cruz kept their infield back and Unfortunately for Avis, having already pitched driving in Robert Wickers from second with a about how you start but how you finish and we
Ryles took advantage, hitting a hard ground ball in 4 1/3 innings last week meant he could only be single. Phillip Anderson scored run number four definitely played well at the end of the year.”
to second that was booted by the Cardinals on the mound for 17 more outs before the rules on a single by Bruml. “It’s a wonderful feeling,” Bruml said, “the
defense allowing Benton to score. indicated he had to be taken out. Schoof made a The big right-hander took the ball in the sev- opportunity last year was once in a lifetime. To
Santa Cruz got back-to-back two-out singles mound visit after Ferguson grounded to first, enth and got the first two outs very quickly. But bring it back again, to bring the trophy back to
in the third in their attempt to respond, but a moved Avis to short and brought in Bruml. then a single and back-to-back walks brought the Menlo, I’m really happy to bring it back.”
ground ball to Bruml at first ended that threat. “A lot of people asked me who were going to tying run to the plate. Bruml settled down “It’s incredible,” Avis said, “new team, new
The third would be the closest the Cardinals start,” Schoof said, “and I was pretty sure I was though, and got the ground ball that sealed the season, but still the same great feeling.”
THE DAILY JOURNAL
Barcelona beats Man United 3-1 in final
By Stuart Condie
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
WEMBLEY, England — The
debate is over now. Barcelona is on
the list of soccer’s all-time greatest
teams.
Led by another dominant perform-
ance from Lionel Messi, the Catalan
club beat Manchester United 3-1 on
Saturday to earn its third Champions
League title in six seasons and No. 4
overall.
“I feel privileged,” Barcelona coach
Pep Guardiola said. “You always
want to win, but the way we have won
is what I am most proud of. This is the
way we want to play football.
“Lionel is the best player I have
seen and probably the best I will ever
see.”
Messi was typically subdued in his
celebration.
“I’m very happy about the match,”
Messi said. “We were the better team.
We deserved to win.”
Messi put Barcelona ahead to stay
with his 53rd goal and helped create
another score to give the Spanish
league champion some breathing
room.
Barcelona dominated play at
Wembley Stadium with its trademark
one-touch passing, but it needed the
Argentine striker to conjure a 54th-
minute solo strike from the edge of
the penalty area to take the lead for
the second time.
There seemed to be no space as
Messi was tracked by fullback Patrice
Evra. But the two-time world player
of the year spotted a gap between the
central defenders and hit a shot down
the middle, beating goalkeeper Edwin
van der Sar.
Barcelona's Lionel Messi (L) celebrates after scoring as Manchester United’s goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar and
Ryan Giggs (R) react during their Champions League final soccer match at Wembley Stadium Sunday.
Messi added a fake and run that led
to David Villa taking possession on
the edge of the area. From there, the
Spain striker curled a shot into the top
corner of the net.
“They do mesmerize you with their
passing and we never really did con-
trol Messi,” United manager Alex
Ferguson said. “But many people
have said that.
“In my time as manager, it’s the
best team I’ve faced.”
Soccer commentators had said
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before the game that Barcelona,
which already had won a third
straight Spanish league title, would be
ranked among the sport’s truly great
teams with a victory over United.
Now, with four European titles, only
Liverpool, AC Milan and Barcelona’s
fierce rival Real Madrid have won
more.
With Pedro Rodriguez scoring the
opening goal midway through the
first half on an imaginative through
ball from Xavi Hernandez, the win
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was as comprehensive as Barcelona’s
2-0 victory over United in the 2009
final in Rome.
“When Rome finished, I thought
we had played a good game, but when
I looked at it again I wasn’t that
impressed,” Guardiola said. “But it
has served its purpose.
“I think we played much better than
the game two years ago.”
Guardiola now has won 10 titles —
including two European Cups — in
three years.
Monday • May 30, 2011 13
Wayne Rooney’s goal in the 34th
minute left it tied at 1 at halftime.
Rooney carried the ball to the edge of
the area, slipping it to Ryan Giggs.
Giggs knocked it back, giving
Rooney the perfect opportunity to
curl a shot past goalkeeper Victor
Valdes at the far post.
Barcelona’s performance was so
comfortable that Guardiola was able
to bring on regular captain Carles
Puyol for the last few moments, giv-
ing the oft-injured defender the
chance to play a part in a memorable
triumph.
But in a gesture symbolizing
Barcelona’s team ethic, Puyol handed
the armband over to Eric Abidal. His
place on the team had been in doubt
after he had surgery this season to
remove a liver tumor — and the
France defender lifted the famous tro-
phy.
“Players are human beings,”
Guardiola said. “Carles has made a
great gesture and it has made us
stronger.”
After a shaky opening, Barcelona
simply outclassed the English cham-
pions. Xavi, standing in as captain for
Puyol, orchestrated play from in front
of Sergio Busquets, while Andres
Iniesta and Messi hurt United with
pinpoint passing.
“This is the reason I came to
Barcelona,” Villa said. “I’m very
happy, very satisfied. We have a team
with ambition, a team with the will to
win.”
United could do little to disrupt
Barcelona, the prevailing force of
European soccer.
“They were the better team so we
can’t really argue,” United’s Rio
Ferdinand said.
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Posey out for season

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS him making it back this season.”
MLS STANDINGS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
AL STANDINGS
AMERICAN LEAGUE
NL STANDINGS
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W L T Pts GF GA East Division East Division
Groeschner said Posey had two Philadelphia 6 3 2 20 14 9 W L Pct GB W L Pct GB
MILWAUKEE — San Francisco screws inserted into his lower leg to New York 4 2 6 18 18 11 Boston 30 23 .566 — Philadelphia 33 20 .623 —
Giants catcher Buster Posey is out stabilize the ankle over a surgery Houston 3 4 6 15 17 15
New York 28 23 .549 1 Florida 30 21 .588 2
for the season after having surgery Tampa Bay 28 24 .538 1 1/2 Atlanta 30 24 .556 3 1/2
that lasted about 90 minutes early D.C. 4 4 3 15 16 20 New York 24 28 .462 8 1/2
Toronto 27 26 .509 3
Sunday to repair three torn liga- Sunday morning. Columbus 3 3 5 14 11 13 Baltimore 24 27 .471 5 Washington 22 30 .423 10 1/2
ments in his ankle sustained in a col- “We’re very pleased with how his New England 3 5 4 13 10 15 Central Division
Central Division
lision at home plate last week. ankle came back together. He had Toronto FC 2 5 6 12 13 23 W L Pct GB W L Pct GB
“He’s not going to be back this that fractured fibula as well,” Chicago 1 4 6 9 15 19 Cleveland 31 19 .620 — St.Louis 32 22 .593 —
season,” head athletic trainer Dave Groeschner said. “After re-X-raying Sporting KC 1 6 2 5 12 19 Detroit 26 26 .500 6 Milwaukee 29 24 .547 2 1/2
Kansas City 23 29 .442 9 Cincinnati 27 27 .500 5
Groeschner said in a conference call the fracture, we felt like we didn’t Pittsburgh 24 27 .471 6 1/2
with reporters. “He will have anoth- really need to do anything with that, WESTERN CONFERENCE Chicago
Minnesota
24
17
31
34
.436
.333
9 1/2
14 1/2 Chicago 23 28 .451 7 1/2
er surgery somewhere in the 8- to which was nice.” The 2010 NL W L T Pts GF GA Houston 19 34 .358 12 1/2
West Division
10-week mark to take out some of Rookie of the Year broke a bone in Los Angeles 8 2 5 29 20 12 W L Pct GB
West Division
that hardware that the doctors put in. his lower left leg and injured the FC Dallas 6 3 4 22 16 12 W L Pct GB
Texas 28 25 .528 —
Arizona 29 24 .547 —
That’s already determined. ... Add ankle in a collision with Florida’s Seattle 5 4 5 20 16 13 Los Angeles 28 27 .509 1
San Francisco 28 24 .538 1/2
that to rehab time, and I don’t see Scott Cousins on Wednesday night. Colorado 4 3 6 18 15 13 Oakland 27 27 .500 1 1/2 Colorado 25 27 .481 3 1/2
Portland 5 4 2 17 15 17 Seattle 26 26 .500 1 1/2 Los Angeles 24 30 .444 5 1/2
Real Salt Lake 5 2 2 17 10 4 San Diego 22 31 .415 7
——— ———
FRI SAT SUN MON TUE WED THU Chivas USA 3 4 4 13 14 13
San Jose 3 4 4 13 14 14 Saturday’s Games
27 28 29 30 31 1 2 Saturday’s Games Pittsburgh 10,Chicago Cubs 0
Vancouver 1 5 6 9 13 17 Toronto 9,Chicago White Sox 8,14 innings San Diego 2,Washington 1
@ St.Louis @ St.Louis @ St.Louis @ St.Louis Cleveland 7,Tampa Bay 3 Milwaukee 3,San Francisco 2
1:15 p.m. 5:15 p.m. 5:15 p.m. 5:15 p.m. NOTE:Three points for victory, one point for tie. Texas 10,Kansas City 1 Arizona 11,Houston 3
CSN-BA CSN-BA CSN-BA CSN-BA Minnesota 1,L.A.Angels 0,10 innings
Saturday’s Games Atlanta 7,Cincinnati 6,12 innings
Philadelphia 6,Toronto FC 2 Boston at Detroit,ppd.,rain Philadelphia 5,N.Y.Mets 2
Oakland 4,Baltimore 2 Colorado 15,St.Louis 4
Vancouver 1, New York 1, tie
Seattle 5,N.Y.Yankees 4,12 innings Florida 6,L.A.Dodgers 1
vs.Yankees vs.Yankees vs.Yankees Columbus 3, Chivas USA 3, tie Sunday’s Games Sunday’s Games
1:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. 7:05 p.m. OFF Los Angeles 1, New England 0 Boston 4,Detroit 3,1st game N.Y.Mets 9,Philadelphia 5
CSN-CAL CSN-CAL CSN-CAL Houston 2, FC Dallas 2, tie Toronto 13,Chicago White Sox 4 San Diego 5,Washington 4
Chicago 2, San Jose 2, tie Tampa Bay 7,Cleveland 0 Arizona 4,Houston 2
5/28 6/4 6/11 6/17 6/25 7/2 7/6 Colorado 1, Sporting Kansas City 1, tie L.A.Angels 6,Minnesota 5 Milwaukee 6,San Francisco 0
Seattle FC 2, Real Salt Lake 1 Texas 7,Kansas City 6 Chicago Cubs 3,Pittsburgh 2
vs.Houston @ United @ KC vs.NYat
vs.Galaxy @Chivas Oakland 6,Baltimore 4 St.Louis 4,Colorado 3
7:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Stanford Sunday’s Games
1 p.m. 7p.m. 7:30p.m. N.Y.Yankees 7,Seattle 1 L.A.Dodgers 8,Florida 0
7:30p.m. D.C. United 3, Portland 2
Detroit 3,Boston 0,2nd game Atlanta 2,Cincinnati 1
THE DAILY JOURNAL SPORTS Monday • May 30, 2011 15

Wheldon wins stunning Indy 500

By Paul Newberry
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
INDIANAPOLIS — JR
Hildebrand was one turn away from
winning the Indianapolis 500 and
within sight of the checkered flag
when the 23-year-old rookie made the
ultimate mistake.
Leading by more than 3 seconds
with a lap to go, Hildebrand skidded
high in the wall on the final turn, and
Dan Wheldon drove past to claim an
improbable Indy 500 win Sunday in
his first race of the year.
“It’s a helpless feeling,” Hildebrand
said.
Wheldon, the 2005 winner but
without a full-time ride this season,
appeared headed for his third straight
runner-up finish as Hildebrand took
the white flag with a comfortable lead
and needing only to make it through
the last of 200 laps around the 2 1/2-
mile speedway.
The first three turns went smoothly.
Then Hildebrand came up on another
rookie, Charlie Kimball, in the fourth
turn. Instead of backing off,
Hildebrand moved to the outside to
make the pass, got in the rough patch
of the track and lost control. He
slammed the wall, allowing Wheldon
to drive into Victory Lane.
“I caught him in the wrong piece of
track,” Hildebrand said. “I got up in
the marbles and that was it.”
Hildebrand’s crumpled machine
slid across the finish line in second
place while hugging the wall. While
Wheldon celebrated, IndyCar offi-
cials reviewed the video to see if
Wheldon passed the wrecked
machine before the caution lights
went on. It appeared he did, giving the
Brit another Indy 500 title with a part-
time team.
“I just felt a lot of relief. It’s an
incredible feeling,” Wheldon said. “I
never gave up.”
The 100th anniversary of America’s
ANDREW SCHEINER/DAILY JOURNAL most famous race was dominated
The Indy 500 came down to the wire Sunday as Dan Wheldon won the race much of the day by Chip Ganassi’s
on the last lap. top two drivers, defending champ
Dario Franchitti and 2008 winner
Scott Dixon.
But after a series of late pit stops,
things really got interesting. Second-
generation racer Graham Rahal spent
some time up front. Danica Patrick
claimed the lead but didn’t have
enough fuel to make it to the end,
forcing her to stop with nine laps to
go. Belgium driver Bertrand Baguette
had already gotten past Patrick, but he
didn’t have enough fuel, either.
When Baguette went to the pits
with three laps to go, the lead
belonged to Hildebrand. All he had to
do was make it to the end.
He came up one turn short.
“My disappointment is for the
team,” Hildebrand said. “We
should’ve won the race.”
Not that Wheldon isn’t a deserving
champ. Despite plenty of success in
his IndyCar career, he lost his ride at
Panther Racing — where he was
replaced by Hildebrand, no less —
and couldn’t find a regular ride this
season.

GIANTS Djokovic and Federer close

to end the threat. Gallardo finished with five
strikeouts. The Giants continue their seven-
game road trip in St. Louis on Monday.
Continued from page 11

rest of the season.

“It sounds like it went very well,” Bochy
said. “That’s good news. The surgery went as
expected and very well.”
Freddy Sanchez singled in the first, his
1,000th career hit, but that was the only real
highlight for San Francisco, which only man-
aged five baserunners against Gallardo.
Brandon Belt hit a bloop single to start the
eighth and pinch hitter Pat Burrell added a
two-out single to put men on first and second,
but Gallardo forced Andres Torres to pop out
“We’re seeing some good pitching, we
know it and it’s tough sledding right now with
injuries,” Bochy said.
“But you’ve got to keep pressing, that’s all
you can do.”
NOTES: Sanchez is the 87th active player
with 1,000 hits. ... Giants 3B Pablo Sandoval
(right wrist surgery) will take batting practice
in St. Louis and could be ready for a rehab
assignment by the end of the week. The
Giants expect Sandoval to take about 20 at-
bats before returning, keeping him on track to
return by mid-June. ... Cain is 1-4 with a 4.80
ERA over his last eight starts.
to French Open showdown
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PARIS — His 43rd consecutive victory
complete, Novak Djokovic ripped off his
white baseball cap, pivoted to look up at his
parents, coach and other supporters in the
stands, then let out a yell.
It was the sort of visceral reaction one
might expect at the conclusion of a taut, tense
contest, not the rather routine 6-4, 6-4, 6-2
result the second-seeded Djokovic assembled
Sunday at the expense of No. 13 Richard
Gasquet in the fourth round of the
French Open.
“I didn’t expect it to be easy, that’s for
sure,” said Serbia’s Djokovic, who briefly
addressed the crowd in French, drawing
laughter and cheers. “Maybe the scoreline
says differently, but I really ... had to work.”
Each match carries extra meaning these
days for Djokovic, whose winning streak
began with two Davis Cup victories in
December and is the third longest since the
Open era began in 1968. Now 41-0 in 2011,
he’s one win shy of John McEnroe’s mark of
42-0 in 1984.
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A’S
Continued from page 11
ued their home dominance of the Orioles with
their 12th win in 13 tries at the Coliseum.
“The clubhouse is completely different
when you’re winning,” said Willingham, who
also drove in Oakland’s first run with a single.
“We’re playing more consistent baseball, and
as a team that’s all you can ask for is to be
consistent in all three phases of the game and
play up to your capabilities. I feel like we
have been lately.”
Oakland got a boost from two-time All-Star
closer Andrew Bailey, who made his season
debut after being sidelined with a strained
right forearm. He pitched a scoreless seventh.
CAP
Continued from page 11
Kausin was hung up between first and second.
She finally broke for second before catcher
Jamie Navarros saw her. She fired a strike to
Lewis, who swept a tag on Kausin for the final
out of the game and set off the Capuchino cel-
ebration.
“We always seem to come up with big
plays,” said Capuchino pitcher Michele Pilster.
Lewis’ plays were just a pair of a handful of
big defensive plays the Mustangs made. In the
third inning, the Mustangs made a pair of
errors, but got a huge out when a Santa
Catalina baserunner slid past the bag at third
base and was tagged out attempting to get back
to the bag by Cap’s Alexis Coulter. In bottom
of the sixth and clinging to a 4-2 lead, the
Mustangs defense got two huge defensive
plays. First, they eliminated a Cougars
baserunner in a rundown between third and
home. Later in the inning, left fielder Eleni
Katout came tearing in and made a sliding
catch on her knees to end the inning.
“We have been working with our outfielders
on sliding catches all year long. At the begin-
ning of the year, that would have fallen in,” said
Capuchino coach Todd Grammatico. “The way
we play, we learn to play through the errors.
“We got some breaks today.”
The breaks came early for Capuchino (23-6
overall), as all three of its first-inning runs
came with two outs. Lewis started the rally
with a single up the middle and was followed
by a single from Wassmer. Pilster drove in the
first run of the game with a single to left.
With runners at second and third, Gabby
Tudury came to the plate. On a 2-2 count, the
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Vladimir Guerrero singled in the eighth to
extend his hitting streak to 14 games, but the
Orioles couldn’t score against four relievers
after putting up four in the fifth. They wound
up dropping their third straight on the road
after a five-game winning streak at home.
“That one inning we pushed four across.
That’s pretty hard to quarrel with,” Baltimore
Buck Showalter said. “But we had some other
opportunities. We just didn’t get it done.”
Guillermo Moscoso (2-0) gave up five hits
with two walks to earn his second straight win
after being called up from the minors on May
24 to replace injured starter Tyson Ross.
Craig Breslow, Bailey and Grant Balfour
each pitched one scoreless inning and Brian
Fuentes worked the ninth for his 11th save in
13 tries.
Baltimore led 4-1 after loading the bases
against Moscoso in the top of the inning —
Capuchino third baseman Alexis Coulter fires to first for an out during the Mustangs’5-4 win.
pitch came in about eye high. Tudury tried to
stop her swing, but couldn’t. Fortunately for
then scoring four runs with only one hit.
Felix Pie had an RBI single that A’s center
fielder Coco Crisp appeared to make a diving
catch on before the ball popped out of his
glove after hitting the ground. Nolan
Reimold, pushed into action when center
fielder Adam Jones left with a sore shoulder,
then drew a bases-loaded walk and Nick
Markakis and Guerrero added run-scoring
groundouts.
The loss of Jones left the Orioles without
their leading run producer.
That’s significant for a team that has strug-
gled to score on this road trip. After getting
four runs against Moscoso, Baltimore man-
aged only two baserunners over the final four
innings.
The A’s got a lift from Bailey, who had been
on the DL since March 30. The 2009 AL
Rookie of the Year retired all three batters he
NATHAN MOLLAT / DAILY JOURNAL
her, she made contact – which went for a
check-swing, two-run single to center.
Just like that, Capuchino was up 3-0.
“I don’t know what we did (to get off to a
quick start),” said Pilster, who admitted she
only got 2 ? hours of sleep after a Grad Night
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faced as Oakland tries to ease him back into
the mix.
“He looked good,” Geren said. “I thought
his stuff was pretty much normal. From the
side it looked like vintage Andrew Bailey,
which is a huge plus for us.”
Oakland gave Bailey a 6-4 lead to work
with after chasing Baltimore starter Zach
Britton in the sixth. Daric Barton hit a sacri-
fice fly to drive in Mark Ellis after the O’s
intentionally walked Crisp to load the
bases.
Britton (5-3) was tagged for career highs of
six runs and 10 hits. The left-hander, who was
attempting to tie Jake Arrieta for the team lead
in wins, walked three and struck out three.
Willingham singled to drive in Barton in the
first with the A’s first run. In 16 career games
against the Orioles, Willingham is batting
.400 with four home runs and 12 RBIs.
outing at a miniature golf course/go cart/arcade
in the East Bay.
Even as she was celebrating her graduation
from high school, Pilster kept this game in the
back of her mind.
“I wanted to be here so much more (than
Grad Night). Just knowing I had a game I tried
to stay hydrated and eat well,” Pilster said.
There was no player more determined to win
this title than Pilster. A four-year varsity player
and the team’s ace pitcher the last three, Pilster
felt the worst after losing to Valley Christian in
the finals last year.
“She wanted this game more than anyone,”
Grammatico said of Pilster.
With a three-run cushion, Pilster – who is a
contact pitcher – relied on her defense to help
her at every turn. She retired the side in order
in only one inning, the fifth, and maintained
her composure when Santa Catalina (22-4)
finally mounted its comeback in the sixth and
seventh innings.
With Capuchino leading 4-0 following an
RBI single from Katout in the top of the sixth,
the Cougars finally got to Pilster in the bottom
of the frame. The first four batters of the inning
reached base for the Cougars, with Kausin
driving in the first run with a single to left.
Williams followed with a RBI groundout for
the first out, Chase Leehong was erased in a
run down and Katout made her sliding catch to
end the inning with the Mustangs leading 4-2.
Capuchino added an insurance run in the top
of the seventh, which proved to be the winning
run. Navarro led off the inning with a walk,
moved to second on a Coulter sacrifice bunt
and scored on Lewis’ single to center – who did
a great job waiting on a changeup.
Navarro’s run proved to be vital as Santa
Catalina scored twice in its final at-bat, but had
the go-ahead run thrown out at second to end
the game.
“Last year, that loss killed me,” Pilster said.
“Having this win means everything to me. I’ll
always remember this day.”
THE DAILY JOURNAL
Y our kids worked hard and will soon
close out another school year. Then
what? You can’t put them to work
(legally!). You can’t vacation every week
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secutive days, June 20 through June 24,
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may be like school for your dog, we’ve
made it fun for your kids. Trust me — we
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gain skills and confidence when spending
time with the family pet. Our organizational
mission is all about building positive rela-
tionships between people and animals and
this class is at the heart. We’ll show kids
proper leash handling skills, guide them and
your dogs through basics of “sit” and “stay,”
and toss in a few tricks sure to impress your
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that one parent attend (and no more than two
kiddos per dog); we might ask parents to be
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gram areas and staff. His companion,
Murray, oversees him.
DATEBOOK Monday • May 30, 2011 17
‘Hangover’has huge weekend
By David Germain
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood’s hangover
is a lot bigger the second time around.
“The Hangover Part II” hauled in $86.5
million in its first weekend, putting
Hollywood on course to set a new revenue
record for the long Memorial Day weekend,
according to studio estimates Sunday.
From Friday to Sunday, Hollywood’s
domestic take totaled about $220 million.
Once Monday’s receipts are counted, the
industry should finish the four-day weekend
with around $270 million, easily topping the
$254.6 million Memorial Day record set in
2007, said Paul Dergarabedian, box-office
analyst for Hollywood.com.
“The Hangover” sequel did nearly twice the
business of the original blockbuster comedy
in its $45 million opening weekend two years
ago.
In its first four days since opening
Thursday, the Warner Bros. sequel has taken
in $118.1 million and is on track to finish the
long Memorial Day weekend with about $140
million in the bank.
The first “Hangover” did not hit the $100
million mark until its second weekend. The
movie went on to gross $277 million domes-
tically.
“The Hangover Part II” reunites stars
Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach
Galifianakis as they awake in another haze
and attempt to piece together the mayhem of
their drunken night in Bangkok.
Overseas, the sequel opened in 40 other
countries and added $59 million.
DreamWorks Animation’s “Kung Fu Panda “The Hangover Part II”hauled in $86.5 million in its first weekend at the box office.
in 11 overseas markets, including $18.5 mil- ited release, debuting with $352,320 in just
2” opened solidly with a $48 million week-
end, though it came in well below the $60.2 lion in China. four theaters in New York City and Los
million debut of the first installment three After a No. 1 debut the previous weekend, Angeles.
years ago. Johnny Depp’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: On That gave the film a whopping average of
Since opening Thursday, “Kung Fu Panda Stranger Tides” slipped to third-place with $88,080 a theater, compared to a $23,923
2” has pulled in $53.8 million. Distributor $39.3 million. Distributor Disney estimates average in 3,615 cinemas for “The Hangover
Paramount estimates the sequel will reach the sequel’s domestic revenues will reach Part II.”
$163.6 million by the end of the holiday “The Tree of Life” stars Brad Pitt, Sean
$68.2 million when the holiday weekend clos-
es. weekend. Penn and Jessica Chastain in the story of a
“On Stranger Tides” also has taken in near- grown son reflecting on his boyhood with his
With voice stars Jack Black and Angelina
Jolie returning, “Kung Fu Panda 2” follows ly half a billion dollars overseas, with its two brothers, saintly mother and loving but
the menagerie of martial-arts heroes as they worldwide total through Monday estimated at domineering father. The film, which won the
face a villain aiming to conquer ancient China $646.5 million. top honor at the Cannes Film Festival the pre-
with gunpowder and cannons. Director Terrence Malick’s sweeping drama vious weekend, expands to more theaters
“Kung Fu Panda 2” also took in $57 million “The Tree of Life” drew huge crowds in lim- Friday.
18 Monday • May 30, 2011 THE DAILY JOURNAL

HATS OFF TO THE SYMPHONY VOLUNTEER DAY

The Upper Peninsula League of the San Francisco Sym-
phony membership vice president Linda Humber,
League president Harriet Bloom,and fundraising vice
president Lynn Harman were among those in atten-
dance at the League’s “Hats Off to the Symphony”High
Tea at the Green Hills Country Club May 11.Upper Penin-
sula League members are active in the community
promoting the San Francisco Symphony.This year five
League docents visited 17 elementary schools in San
Mateo County preparing students for “Concert for Kids.”
The League provided buses for four elementary classes
at George Hall School in San Mateo to attend the concert
and also arranged for a bus to take seniors from various
community center locations to a March symphony con-
cert at Davies Hall in San Francisco.

HOSPITAL FOUNDATION LUNCHEON

NANCY BENSON
Mitchell Kitaura,Rolly Steele,Melissa Mejia,Andrew Bruch (foreground),
Guillermo Rendon,Daniel Johnson,Amy Vanegas,and Tina Wang pause
during their work removing invasive plants on Volunteer Day at the
Horse Park at Woodside May 14.

CANADIAN WOMEN’S CLUB

DAWDY PHOTOGRAPHY.
The 10th Annual Mills-Peninsula Hospital Foundation's Women's Luncheon & Lecture May 2 drew over 800
people to the San Francisco Airport Marriott Hotel.Guest Speaker Linda Ellerbee's humorous and poignant
presentation on "Surviving Breast Cancer to Laugh Another Day - A Patient's Perspective" was passionate
and inspiring. The Luncheon committee included (left to right) Olinda Newson, Judy Meuschke, Kendyl
Volk, Joann Reidy, Honorary Chair Carole Middleton, Karen Key, Sharon Miller, Barbara Gross, Luncheon
Chairs Dayna Sumiyoshi and Peggy Bort Jones,and Karen Malekos-Smith,Director of Donor relations Mills-
Peninsula Hospital Foundation. Not pictured are committee members Lora McLaughlin Peterson, Ralph
Barsi,Cindy Hohle-Duncan,Michelle Feldbrill,Julie Ferrel,Nancy Bush,Kay Krouskup and Terri Manifesto.
Lil Nelson (San Mateo),Marlene Stevenson (Foster City),and Sharon Lysek
(San Mateo) greet guests at The Canadian Women's Club Annual Luncheon
and Fashion Show Fundraiser May 11.A lovely spring day found 160 mem-
bers and guests attending the 28th annual Canadian Women’s Club Spring
Luncheon and Fashion Show Fundraiser May 11 at the Basque Cultural
Center in South San Francisco.A color scheme of purple and violet domi-
nated the ballroom with table centerpieces of orchids cascading from
crystal vases.16 members modeled the spring line of fashions from L'Vian
of Burlingame.
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Jewel ready to be a first-time,
multi-tasking mother
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Jewel is
gearing up for motherhood, and she’s
already learned to multi-task.
At age 37, the singer-songwriter
expecting her first child — a boy — in
July. She’s hosting and judging the new
Bravo TV show, “Platinum Hit,” which
premieres Monday, and she’s releasing
a new children’s album in the fall.
Jewel married world champion bull
rider Ty Murray in August 2008 after
dating for about 10 years. The couple
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hopes of becoming a permanent U.S.
citizen. A student studying English at
the San Mateo Adult School, Lahna
married his wife Ru one month ago.
While she grew up in Canada, Ru’s job
brought the couple to San Mateo
County. It also allowed her the ability to
get a work visa. Lahna, on the other
hand, is patiently waiting. Doing so
means only staying in the states for
five-month stints. He leaves today to
return to Morocco until given the
chance to return to San Mateo and the
love of his life.
“It’s very hard,” he said.
Lahna was an avid swimmer grow-
ing up. His childhood dream of becom-
ing the first Moroccan and African
paratriathlete to swim across the Strait
of Gibraltar was accomplished last
year. Completing the nearly 9-mile
stretch took Lahna four hours and 26
minutes.
Adding other sports came at the sug-
gestion of others.
Lahna’s family didn’t have the
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said. The 18-year-old from San Mateo
was successful in his effort to meet new
people.
During his first three years, Ferrario
served as class president. He’s rounding
out his last year at Carlmont as the stu-
dent body leader. Surprising to him was
the joy he found in being the master of
ceremonies at so many events and rallies
over the years. Working the crowd has
also put Ferrario in interesting situations
like donning a dress, but it seems to
come with the territory. Ferrario enjoys
working with people. In fact, he sees
himself someday owning and operating
a high-end Italian restaurant. But first,
he’ll study business at the University of
Arizona.
Leadership was an integral part of
Ferrario’s experience at Carlmont.
When it came time to run for the student
body president, “he won by a landslide
and has proven to be an effective com-
municator and leader, who is widely
respected and recognized throughout the
Carlmont community,” said Principal
Raul Zamora. “The Carlmont communi-
ty is better off having had Gino Ferrario
as a student and a leader for the past four
years.”
Ferrario grew up as an adventurous
youngster with a competitive edge. He
wanted to win at everything — baseball,
soccer, video games.
Ferrario attended Notre Dame
Elementary School for the start of his
educational career. His small class and
LOCAL/CALENDAR
initially said they wanted to start a fam-
ily right away, but ended up waiting a
while.
“We were both real careful and kind
of cautious about it. I think it sort of
scared both of us,” Jewel told The
Associated Press in a recent interview.
Jewel said they also wanted to make
sure they both were at a point in their
careers where they could step back and
dedicate time to raising a child.
“We feel like it’s great timing, even
though we’re a little older,” said Jewel,
who wrote and recorded a soothing
album called “Lullaby” at her
Stephenville, Texas, home while trying
to get pregnant.
money for a proper prosthetic when he
was growing up. Instead, they would
add something to the bottom of his
right shoe as he grew. The arrangement
wasn’t the safest.
In 2002, Lahna got advice on pros-
thetics through a service run by the
French. Lahna was tapped as a volun-
teer to learn how to make prosthetics.
One of the people there worked with
Lahna to get him the prosthetic he
needed to ride a bike.
Since then, he’s been a force com-
peting internationally at triathlons.
Sometimes he’ll use a bike, other times
a racing chair. Until recently, his runs
have always required him to use
crutches. Last year, after the Triathlon
World Championship Grand Finale in
Budapest, Hungary, Lahna got a pros-
thetic for running. Since he was only 4
seconds behind the third-place finish-
er, Lahna is eager to see how the
equipment change impacts his time.
While at a training camp in Atlanta
in 2009, Lahna requested a translator.
Ru, a Georgia Tech student, volun-
teered. The pair quickly fell in love.
The pair has been in California for
some time. Ru’s job has afforded her a
green card. Lahna, on the other hand,
hasn’t been as fortunate. Without a
Gino Ferrario
Age: 18
City of resi-
dence: San
Mateo
Plans after
high school:
University of Ari-
zona
If college,
what’s your
major: Business
What was your favorite subject
in high school: Economics
What will you miss most about
high school: Being a part of Associ-
ated Student Body and seeing my
friends every day.
What is the biggest life lesson
you’ve learned thus far in life: As
my grandma always tells me,“Live
every day like it’s your first and last,
with no chips on your shoulder.”
school meant the transition to Carlmont
would be an interesting one. Only one of
his classmates, Alyson Lazzarotti, was
going to the Belmont high school. This
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projects to fruition prior to proceeding
with more detailed discussions with the
city about the development of the park-
ing lots. The city is open to different
partnership arrangements, financing
plans, parking replacement options and
project ideas,” Meeker wrote in a pre-
pared statement.
Submissions are due Monday, Aug. 1.
For more information contact Meeker at
558-7255 or wmeeker@burlingame.org.
green card or a work visa, Lahna, who
is a graphic designer by trade, is barred
from working. Instead, he spends time
training and enrolled at the San Mateo
Adult School to work on his English.
There’s nothing much he can do to
speed up the process — a frustrating
position for a newlywed who would
love to live locally with his wife.
Unfortunately, Lahna returned to
Morocco today.
The pair will reunite in September.
Ru joins Lahna at large competitions
and they’ll be traveling to Beijing,
China for the ITU Paratriathlon World
Championships. Lahna hopes to place
in the top three.
Despite his frustration with the legal
system, Lahna remains focused on his
training.
“[Triathlons are] the sport in the
world where you are competing along-
side able-bodied competitors. There’s
not a separate category. That’s very
important,” he said, adding he hopes
his accomplishments act as an inspira-
tion to other people with disabilities.
Heather Murtagh can be reached by email:
heather@smdailyjournal.com or by phone:
(650) 344-5200 ext. 105.
year, the duo were each recognized by
the associated student body class with
the student leader award.
Only knowing one person from his
class, and his older brother who was
already at Carlmont, didn’t stop Ferrario
from making an impact. He tried out for
football and played for two years before
fractured ribs made him reconsider the
sport. During his junior year, Ferrario
went out for water polo — a sport he
knew little about at the time.
During sophomore year, Ferrario and
his brother were in the Italian Club
together. A club-sponsored pasta-eating
contest even resulted in a memorable
yearbook photo for the boys. It also
serves as foreshadowing for Ferrario’s
goal: to own and operate his own Italian
fine-dining restaurant. In that instance,
he won’t be donning a fake mustache
and using a made-up accent. Instead, he
plans to study business at the University
of Arizona in Tucson as a first step to
break into the hospitality industry.
While he hasn’t figured out the name,
Ferrario does envision having restau-
rants in Los Angeles, San Francisco and
Austin.
Great Grads is in its sixth year profil-
ing one graduating senior from each of
our local schools. Schools have the
option to participate. Those that choose
to participate are asked to nominate one
student who deserves recognition.
Heather Murtagh can be reached by email:
heather@smdailyjournal.com or by phone:
(650) 344-5200 ext. 105.
Monday • May 30, 2011
Calendar
MONDAY, MAY 30
Memorial Day Mass. 9:30 a.m. Our
Lady of the Pillar Cemetery, 540
Kelly Ave., Half Moon Bay.
Second Annual Summer
Foreclosure Seminar. 10 a.m. to
noon. San Mateo County Recorders’
Office, 555 County Center, Redwood
City. A class to learn tools to locate
and evaluate foreclosure investment
opportunities in California taught by
experts. $20. For more information
email BrassServices@gmail.com.
Memorial Day Mass. 11 a.m. Holy
Cross Catholic Cemetery. 1100
Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park.
TUESDAY, MAY 31
America’s Vet Comes to San
Mateo. 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. San
Bruno PETCO, 1150 El Camino
Real No. 167, San Bruno. Dr. Marty
Becker, a veterinarian who appears
on ‘Dr. Oz’ and ‘Good Morning
America,’ will be signing copies of
his new book and meeting with area
veterinarians. For more information
visit drmartybecker.com.
Healthy Communities Forum. 6
p.m. Redwood City Hall, 1017
Middlefield Road, Redwood City.
Councilmember Barbara Pierce will
discuss some of the challenges our
cities face related to mobility of
pedestrians, cyclists, transit users
and drivers. For more information
visit www.sustainablesanmateo.org.
‘The Intimate Tour.’ 7 p.m. Club
Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City.
Join Jennifer Batten as she brings her
personal and innovative multimedia
solo with both her virtuosity on gui-
tar and then stories of life on the road
from her celebrity-laden career. $10
advance, $14 door. For more infor-
mation contact jennifer@dancing-
cat.com.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1
Kiwanis Club of San Mateo
Meeting. 12:10 p.m. Poplar Creek
Grill Municipal Golf Course, 1700
Coyote Point Drive, San Mateo.
Group meets every Wednesday.
RSVP required. For more informa-
tion or to register call (415) 309-
6467.
Change Your Thinking, Change
Your Habits. 6:30 p.m. RE/MAX
Star, 282 Redwood Shores Parkway,
Redwood City. Learn tools to avoid
clutter and hoarding. Free. For more
information call 888-9268.
Tom Hayden Speaks. 7 p.m. to 9
p.m. Carpenter’s Hall, 1153 Chess
Drive, Foster City. Longtime activist
and former California legislator Tom
Hayden will address what he terms a
‘Long War’ doctrine that our govern-
ment seems bent on pursuing. Free.
For more information call 342-8244.
THURSDAY, JUNE 2
Online Job Searching. 10 a.m. Half
Moon Bay Community College Lab,
225 S. Cabrillo Highway, Half Moon
Bay. Come and learn how to conduct
effective searches and locate and use
the available online job market infor-
mation, career outlook projections,
vocational training resources and
local job fair and employment list-
ings on the web. Free. For more
information call 726-2316.
Constitutionality and Limited
Government: My Liberty.
American Legion Hall, 130 S. Blvd.
San Mateo. For more information
call 499-0088.
Inshallah Film Screening and
Discussion. 6:30 p.m. St. Andrew’s
Lutheran Church, 1501 S. El
Camino, San Mateo. Join us for a
screening and discussion of
Inshallah, a documentary about
Gazans living under siege, with film
director Maurice Jacobsen. Free. For
more information contact
justyna@rebuildingalliance.org.
Hitch. 8:45 p.m. Downtown, 2200
Broadway, Redwood City. Most
guys just don’t understand women.
That’s where Alex Hitchins, aka
Hitch, steps in to help the common
man become a smooth operator. For
more information call (541) 708-
0358.
FRIDAY, JUNE 3
Friends of the Millbrae Library
Twice Yearly Big Book and Media
Sale. 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Millbrae
Library, 1 Library Ave., Millbrae.
Sale continues until Sunday, June 5.
For more information visit mill-
braelibraryfriends.org.
Hello Ocean. 11 a.m. San Mateo
County History Museum, 2200
Broadway, Redwood City. A story
about a young girl’s day, relating her
experiences at the ocean to her five
senses. Association members free,
under 5 free, general $3-$5. For
more information call 299-0104.
AARP/Belmont Senior Club
Bingo. 1 p.m. Twin Pines Senior and
Community Center, 20 Twin Pines
19
Lane, Belmont. $1 per Bingo card.
For more information call 595-7444.
Pacific Art League’s June Opening
and Reception. 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Pacific Art League, 668 Ramona St.,
Palo Alto. The opening reception to
celebrate talented artists and
see their works. For more informa-
tion email marketing@pacifi-
cartleague.org.
Handful of Lovin’-Indie Rock. 6
p.m. to 8 p.m. 2200 Broadway,
Redwood City. A rock quartet featur-
ing a rocking classically trained vio-
linist. For more information call
(541) 708-0358.
Peace, Love, Festival. 6 p.m. to 10
p.m. St. Pius Parish, 1100 Woodside
Road, Redwood City. Bring the
entire family for a day of profession-
ally run rides or test your luck at
numerous activities. Free. For more
information visit www.stpiusfesti-
val.blogspot.com.
High Release Dance presents
‘Nexus.’ 8 p.m. Cubberley Theatre,
4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto.
Palo-Alto based dance company
High Release Dance presents a series
of new works in a variety of style
drawn from personal and emotional
experiences of the dancers involved.
$15 in advance, $20 at the door. For
more information visit
highrelease.org/perform.
Drum, Dance, Chill. 8 p.m. Yoga at
Change, 400 Ben Franklin Court,
San Mateo. Donations are welcome.
For more information call 340-9642.
Pride and Joy. 8 p.m. Club Fox,
2209 Broadway, Redwood City.
Come and see party band, Pride and
Joy, perform as they present timeless
pop and soul music that pulls the
audience directly into the heart of
their performance. $18 advance, $20
door. For more information contact
jennifer@dancingcat.com.
SATURDAY, JUNE 4
Friends of the Millbrae Library
Twice Yearly Big Book and Media
Sale. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Millbrae
Library, 1 Library Ave., Millbrae.
Sale continues until Sunday, June 5.
For more information visit mill-
braelibraryfriends.org.
Installation Luncheon. 11:30 a.m.
Viva La Vita, 788 Laurel, San Carlos.
The Leadership team and other elect-
ed officers will be installed. $27
including tax and tip. For more infor-
mation call 592-5822.
Taste of Pacifica Event. Noon to 3
p.m. Nick’s Restaurant, 100
Rockaway Beach, Pacifica. More
than 14 local restaurants will be
showcased, each providing a sam-
pling of their culinary cuisine. $35 in
advance and $40 at the door. For
more information go to www.pacifi-
cachamber.org.
Laura Cunningham Book Signing.
1 p.m. 2200 Broadway, Redwood
City. Local author and artist/natural-
ist Laura Cunningham discusses
her latest book, A State of Change:
Forgotten Landscapes of California.
$3-$5. For more information call
299-0104.
Opera San Jose. 6 p.m. Hope Insite,
2200 Broadway, Redwood City.
Principal artists from the Opera San
José resident company will present a
concert highlighting some of the
greatest arias and ensembles in opera
repertoire from Mozart to Puccini.
For more information call 780-7340.
For more events visit
smdailyjournal.com, click Calendar.
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Although lots of hard work will play a major role in
enabling you to grow your assets during coming
months, your own ingenuity will also be a big factor.
Thus, it may be important for you to act upon your
ideas instead of merely sitting on them.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Even if what you prom-
ised to do turns out to be inconvenient, to your credit
you’ll not go back on your word. It’ll be a tribute to
your honor and commitment.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Get in touch with
someone who has been on your mind lately, because
chances are there is a good reason to do so. Some-
thing important might need to be shared.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- You won’t allow anything
to distract you from achieving your objectives. By
being clever, bold and persistent, you’ll employ all the
requirements needed to be a winner.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- You tend to evaluate
circumstances both logically and philosophically,
and because of this, you’ll instinctively know how to
handle any critical development that might arise.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- What makes you so suc-
cessful with whatever it is you attempt to do is your
ability to assess life realistically, without expecting
anything more than you have rightfully earned.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- You’re comfortable to
be around because of your willingness to adjust to
other people’s view and opinions today. This easy PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Honesty is the best
going and mature nature makes you an exceptionally policy, and friends will respect your views and sug-
good companion. gestions, even if it is painful for them to hear what
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Having to work you have to say. You’ll benefit in the long run by
a bit harder than usual today won’t be a negative doing so.
condition that you’ll resent. The gratification and ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Regardless of the
rewards that come from completing difficult tasks nature of your goals, you’re likely to hit the road run-
will be worth it. ning and get off to a great start. This will do wonders
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as: SBM Management Services, LP,
5241 Arnold Ave., MCCLELLAN, CA
95652 is hereby registered by the follow-
ing owner: Charles Somers, 3640 Wind-
ing Way, Sacramento CA 95862, Don
Tracy, 1761 Haggin Grove Way, Carmi-
chael CA 95608, Ron Alvarado, 8416
Bennington Way, Sacramento CA 95826,
SBM Facility Services, LLC - DE, 5241
Arnold Ave. MCCLELLAN, CA 95652
The business is conducted by a Limited
Partnershipn. The registrants com-
menced to transact business under the
FBN on
/s/ Ron Alverado /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk on 05/26/2011. (Pub-
lished in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
05/07/11, 05/14/11, 05/21/11, 05/28/11).
22 Monday • May 30, 2011
203 Public Notices
NOTICE OF
BUDGET HEARING
The Burlingame Elementa-
ry School District will hold a
public hearing on the pro-
posed budget for fiscal
year 2011-12 on Tuesday,
June 14, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.
at the Burlingame Elemen-
tary School District Office,
located at 1825 Trousdale
Drive, Burlingame, Califor-
nia. A copy of the proposed
budget will be available for
public examination at the
Burlingame Elementary
School District Office at the
above location from June
9, 2011 through June 14,
2011 between the hours of
8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Any
taxpayer directly affected
by the Burlingame Elemen-
tary School District Budget
may appear before the Bur-
lingame Elementary School
District Board of Trustees
and speak to the proposed
budget or any item therein.
5/31/11
CNS-2104810#
SAN MATEO DAILY
JOURNAL
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #244558
The following person is doing business
as: App Garden Entertainment, 33 Mira-
monte Ct., SAN CARLOS, CA 94070 is
hereby registered by the following owner:
Liliana B. Condrey, same address. The
business is conducted by an Individual.
The registrants commenced to transact
business under the FBN on N/A.
/s/ Liliana B. Condrey /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk on 04/28/2011. (Pub-
lished in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
05/10/11, 05/17/11, 05/24/11, 05/31/11).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #244593
The following person is doing business
as: Lazar Machining, Inc., 1001 Center
Street, SAN CARLOS, CA 94070 is here-
by registered by the following owner:
Lazar Machining, Inc., CA. The business
is conducted by a Corporation. The reg-
istrants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on N
/s/ KatalinPersikLazar /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk on 05/03/2011. (Pub-
lished in te San Mateo Daily Journal,
05/07/11, 05/14/11, 05/21/11, 05/28/11).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #244697
The following person is doing business
as: Accurate Flow Cooling Tower 3265
Casa de Campo 1, SAN MATEO, CA
94403 is hereby registered by the follow-
ing owner: Robert Andrew Hall, same ad-
dress. The business is conducted by an
Individual. The registrants commenced to
transact business under the FBN on N/A.
/s/ Robert Andrew Hall /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk on 05/09/2011. (Pub-
lished in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
05/07/11, 05/14/11, 05/21/11, 05/28/11).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #244736
The following person is doing business
as: San Carlos Eye Care, 750 El Camino
Real, San Carlos, CA 94070 is hereby
registered by the following owner: Ninh
Huy Tran, M.D., Inc., CA. The business
is conducted by a Corporation. The reg-
istrants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on 07/05/2011.
/s/ Ninh Tran /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk on 05/11/2011. (Pub-
lished in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
05/17/11, 05/24/11, 05/31/11, 06/07/11).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #244774
The following person is doing business
as: 1) Jill’s Legacy 2) Jill’s Legacy Fund
Of The Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer
Foundation, 1100 Industrial Road, #1,
SAN CARLOS, CA 94070 is hereby reg-
istered by the following owner: The Bon-
nie J. Addario A Breath Away From The
Cure Foundation, Inc., CA. The business
is conducted by a Corporation. The reg-
istrants commenced to transact business
under the FBN on
/s/ Sheila Von Driska /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk on 05/12/2011. (Pub-
lished in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
05/17/11, 05/24/11, 05/31/11, 06/07/11).
LEGAL NOTICES
Fictitious Business Name Statements, Trustee Sale
Notice, Alcohol Beverage License, Name Change,
Probate, Notice of Adoption, Divorce Summons,
Notice of Public Sales, and More.
Published in the Daily Journal for San Mateo County.
Fax your request to: 650-344-5290
Email them to: ads@smdailyjournal.com
203 Public Notices
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #244605
The following persons are doing busi-
ness as: The Red Carpet Auto Detail, 47
E. 20th Ave., SAN MATEO, CA 94403 is
hereby registered by the following own-
ers: Jaime Lynn Oliveira and Eddy Mi-
chael Pinales, same address. The busi-
ness is conducted by Husband and Wife.
The registrants commenced to transact
business under the FBN on
/s/ Jaime Lynn Oliveira /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk on 05/03/2011. (Pub-
lished in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
05/24/11, 05/31/11, 06/07/11, 06/14/11).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #244879
The following person is doing business
as: High Lith, 52 Madison Ave., SAN MA-
TEO, CA 94402 is hereby registered by
the following owner: Alexander Khaydar-
ov, same address. The business is con-
ducted by an Individual. The registrants
commenced to transact business under
the FBN on
/s/ Alexander Khaydarov /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk on 05/19/2011. (Pub-
lished in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
05/24/11, 05/31/11, 06/07/11, 06/14/11).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #244848
The following person is doing business
as: Lakshmionline, 751 Laurel Street
#623, SAN CARLOS, CA 94070 is here-
by registered by the following owner:
Lakshmi G. Yokoyama, same address.
The business is conducted by an Individ-
ual. The registrants commenced to trans-
act business under the FBN on
/s/ Lakshmi G. Yokoyama /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk on 05/18/2011. (Pub-
lished in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
05/24/11, 05/31/11, 06/07/11, 06/14/11).
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
STATEMENT #244732
The following person is doing business
as: Jewel Realty & Management, 335
San Antonio Ave., San Mateo, CA 94401
is hereby registered by the following
owner: Nicole A. Mendez, same address.
The business is conducted by an Individ-
ual. The registrants commenced to trans-
act business under the FBN on
03/01/2006.
/s/ Nicole A. Mendez /
This statement was filed with the Asses-
sor-County Clerk on 05/11/2011. (Pub-
lished in the San Mateo Daily Journal,
05/24/11, 05/31/11, 06/07/11, 06/14/11).
NOTICE OF APPLICATION
TO SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Date of Filing Application: Mar. 30, 2011
To Whom It May Concern:
The Name(s) of the applicant(s) is/are:
BACHOUR RAFIK HADDAD
The applicant(s) listed above are apply-
ing to Department of Alcoholic Beverage
Control to sell alcoholic beverages at:
1234 S. EL CAMINO REAL
SAN MATEO, CA 94402-2925
Type of license applied for:
47- On-Sale General Eating Place
San Mateo Daily Journal
May 17, 24, 31, 2011
210 Lost & Found
LOST - 2 silver rings and silver watch,
May 7th in Burlingame between Park Rd.
& Walgreens, Sentimental value. Call
Gen @ (650)344-8790
LOST - DUFFEL bag. Dark red on
wheels filled with workout clothes. De
Anza Blvd. San Mateo April 14. Gener-
ous reward! 650-345-1700
LOST SET OF KEYS Woodside Road
Plaza, RWC or possibly Stanford Medical
Clinic on Page Mill Rd. Palo Alto.
FOUND!
LOST: Center cap from wheel of Cadil-
lac. Around Christmas time. Chrome with
multi-colored Cadillac emblem in center.
Small hole near edge for locking device.
Belmont or San Carlos area.
Joel 650-592-1111.
295 Art
AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL Bark
Painting 12"X16" signed original made of
paper bark, gebung, lichens, $100
650-595-3933
296 Appliances
AIR CONDITIONER - slider model for
narrow windows, 10k BTU, excellent
condition, $100., (650)212-7020
CHANDELIER NEW 4 lights $30.
(650)878-9542
CHOPPERS (4) with instructions $7/all.
(650)368-3037
ELECTRIC HEATER - Oil filled electric
heater, 1500 watts, $30., (650)504-3621
GAS STOVE - great condition, clean
ready to use. $99., (650)583-4874
PORTABLE GE Dishwasher, excellent
condition SOLD!
296 Appliances
RADIATOR HEATER, oil filled, electric,
1500 watts $25. (650)504-3621
RCA VACUUM tube manual '42 $25.
(650)593-8880
SHOP VACUUM rigid brand 3.5 horse
power 9 gal wet/dry $40. (650)591-2393
VACUUM CLEANER $50 (650)367-1350
VACUUM CLEANER excellent condition
$40. (650)878-9542
VACUUM CLEANER Oreck-cannister
type $40., (650)637-8244
VACUUM CLEANER small with all at-
tachments for cars $30 San Mateo
650-341-5347
297 Bicycles
BICYCLE - Sundancer Jr., 26”, $75. obo
(650)676-0732
GIRL'S BIKE HUFFY Purple 6-speed
good cond. $35 - Angela (650)269-3712
298 Collectibles
1982 PRINT "A Tune Off The Top Of My
Head" See: http://tinyurl.com/4y38xld
650-204-0587 $75
28 RECORDS - 78 RPMS, Bing Crosby,
Frankie Laine, Al Jolson, many others, all
in book albums, $60. all, (650)347-5104
49ER REPORT issues '85-'87 $35/all,
(650)592-2648
Army shirtl, long sleeves, with pockets.
XL $15 each (408)249-3858
BAY MEADOWS UMBRELLA - Color-
ful, large-size, can fit two people under-
neath. $20 (650)867-2720
BAY MEADOWS bag & umbrella -
$15.each, (650)345-1111
BEETLE FAN London Pauadium
Royal Command performance '63 poster
SOLD!
COLORIZED TERRITORIAL Quarters
uncirculated with Holder $15/all,
(408)249-3858
ELVIS PRESLEY poster book $20.,
(650)692-3260
GLASSES 6 sets redskins, good condi-
tion never used $12./all. (650)345-1111
JACK TASHNER signed ball $25. Ri-
chard (650)834-4926
MERCHANT MARINE, framed forecastle
card, signed by Captain Angrick '70. 13 x
17 inches $35 cash. (650)755-8238
PHOTO - 4x8 signed photo of Arnold Ce-
peda $10., (650)692-3260
PHOTO - 8 x 10 signed photo of Gaylord
Perry $10., (650)692-3260
PHOTO - 8x10 signed retirement book of
Joe Montana $39 Authenicated,
(650)692-3260
POSTER - framed photo of President
Wilson and Chinese Junk $25 cash,
(650)755-8238
SPORTS CARDS over 10k some stars
and old cards $100/all. (650)207-2712
VASE - with tray, grey with red flowers,
perfect condition, $25., (650)345-1111
WELLS FARGO solid brass Belt Buckle
$40., (650)692-3260
302 Antiques
1912 COFFEE Perculater Urn. perfect
condition includes electric cord $85.
(415)565-6719
ANTIQUE STOOL - Rust color cushion
with lions feet, antique, $50.obo,
(650)525-1410
CHINA CABINET - Vintage, 6 foot,
solid mahogany. $300/obo.
(650)867-0379
303 Electronics
46” MITSUBISHI Projector TV, great
condition. $400. (650)261-1541.
COLOR TV - Apex digital, 13”, perfect
condition, manual, remote, $70.,
(650)867-2720
COMSWITCH 3500 - used for fax, com-
puter modem, telephone answering ma-
chine, never used, $20., (650)347-5104
DEWALT HEAVY duty work site radio
charger in box $100. (650)756-7878
DVD PLAYER AMW excellent condition
simple to use Sold!
FIVE REALISTIC-BRAND shelf speak-
ers, 8 ohms, new, 4 1/2 in. x 4 1/4 in. x 7
in. $10/each. (650)364-0902
FLIP CAMCORDER $50. (650)583-2767
MAGNAVOX PORTABLE 10 inch color
TV, excellent working condition, easily
portable, only $19, call 650-595-3933
PANASONIC TV 21 inch $25., (650)637-
8244
TV - Big Screen, $70., ok condition,
(650)367-1350
TV 25 inch color with remote $25. Sony
12 inch COLOR TV FOR $10 EXCEL-
LENT COND. (650)520-0619
TV SET Philips 21 inch with remote $40.,
(650)692-3260
VHF PORTABLE MARINE Radio New
Condition. Uses 8AA Batteries. $25.,
(650)740-8600
VINTAGE SEARS 8465 aluminum photo
tripod + bag. Sturdy! $25 See:
http://tinyurl.com/3v9oxrk 650-204-0587
304 Furniture
2 END Tables solid maple '60's era
$40/both. (650)670-7545
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304 Furniture
2 MIRRORED chest of drawers, $50.
each, (415)375-1617
ARMOIRE CABINET - $90., (415)375-
1617
BLACK LEATHER office chair with 5
rollers $25. (650)871-5078
BLACK TV stand 15 inches H 28 inches
W with glass doors FREE with pickup
650-871-5078
BREAKFAST NOOK DINETTE TABLE-
solid oak, 55 X 54”, $49., SSF,
(650)583-8069
CABINET - wood, $70., (650)367-1350
CHANDELIER WITH 5 lights/ candela-
bre base with glass shades $20.
(650)504-3621
CHEST OF drawers - $25., (415)375-
1617
COFFEE TABLE - $60., (650)367-1350
COFFEE TABLE - brown, perfect condi-
tion, nice design, with storage, $50.,
(650)345-1111
COFFEE TABLE light brown lots of stor-
age good condition $45. (650)867-2720
COMPUTER DESK $70. (650)367-1350
DINING SET glass table with rod iron & 4
blue chairs $100/all
650-520-7921/650-245-3661
DISPLAY CASE wood & glass 31 x 19
inches $30. (650)873-4030
DRAFTING TABLE 30 x 42' with side
tray. excellent cond $75. (650)949-2134
END TABLE marble top with drawer with
matching table $70/all. (650)520-0619
ENTERTAINMENT CENTER - Oak
wood, great condition, glass doors, fits
large TV, 2 drawers, shelves , $100/obo.
(650)261-9681
FOLDING PICNIC table - 96” x 30” with
7 folding, padded chairs, $100.,
(650)364-0902
HOSPITAL BED new $1100 OBO
650-595-1931
LOUNGE CHAIRS - 2 new, with cover &
plastic carring case & headrest, $35.
each, (650)592-7483
LOVE SEAT - one year old, excellent
condition, $85., (650)583-4874
LOVE SEAT beige color good condition
$55., (650)368-3037
MATTRESS TOPPER chrome full size
$15., (650)368-3037
METAL DESK, 7 drawers, 2 shelves,
gray, 3x5 ft. $40. (650)364-0902
OFFICE DESK and secretary chairs with
rollers, $40. obo, (650)583-4874
PLANT TABLE - 22X16, beautiful de-
sign, $20., (650)867-2720
ROCKING CHAIR - Traditional, full size
Rocking chair. Excellent condition $100.,
(650)504-3621
SOFA- BROWN, Beautiful, New $250
650-207-0897
TWIN BEDS - good condition, $98.
OBO, (650)583-4874
WOODEN KITCHEN China Cabinet: $99
(great condition!), (650)367-1350
306 Housewares
"PRINCESS HOUSE” decorator urn
"Vase" cream with blue flower 13 inch H
$25., (650)868-0436
CANDLEHOLDER - Gold, angel on it,
tall, purchased from Brueners, originally
$100., selling for $25.,(650)867-2720
CHEFMATE COUNTERTOP MICRO-
WAVE - .7 cu ft. , white, like new condi-
tion, $35., (808)271-3183
COUNTRY KITCHEN pot rack with down
lights. Retailed at $250. New in box $99
(650) 454-6163
DINNERWARE - 30 piece set white, like
new condition, $30., (808)271-3183
PERSIAN TEA set for 8. Including
spoon, candy dish, and tray. Gold Plated.
$90. (650) 867-2720
SOLID TEAK floor model 16 wine rack
with turntable $60. (650)592-7483
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307 Jewelry & Clothing
49ER'S JACKET Child size $50.
(650)871-7200
CUSTOM JEWELRY all kinds, lengths
and sizes $50/all. (650)592-2648
LADIES BRACELET, Murano glass.
Various shades of red and blue $100
Daly City, no return calls. (650)991-2353
LADIES GOLD Lame' elbow length-
gloves sz 7.5 $15 New. (650)868-0436
LIZ CLAIBORNE black evening jacket
Sz. 12, acetate/polyester, $10. SOLD
SHEER PURPLE tunic, Sz XL, w/em-
broidered design & sequins, $10. SOLD!
SILVER SEQUIN shirt-jacket Sz 12-14 -
very dressy, $15. SOLD!
SWEATER SET, barely worn: Macy's
black sweater set, Size M, wool w/gold
metalic stripes, $15 set. SOLD!
TOURQUOISE BLUE party dress, cov-
ered w/sequins, sz 14, $15. SOLD
308 Tools
CIRCULAR SAW, Craftsman-brand, 10”,
4 long x 20” wide. Comes w/ stand - $70.
(650)678-1018
COMEALONG PULLER - 4000 lbs.,
$20. (650)364-0902
ENGINE ANALYZER & TIMING LITE -
Sears Penske USA, for older cars, like
new, $60., (650)344-8549 leave msg.
LUMBER RACK for long bed & diamond
plated toolbox, good condition, $500.
each or $800 all, (650)921-8270
PRESSURE WASHER 2500 PSI, good
condition, $350., (650)926-9841
RIDGED WET AND DRY VACUUM -16
gallons 5 horse power in box accesso-
ries included $65., (650)756-7878
SOCKET SET - New, 40 Piece 3/8"
drive reversible ratchet, metric/SAE, ex-
tension, case, $19., (650) 595-3933
SPEEDAIR AIR COMPRESSOR - 4 gal-
lon stack tank air compressor $100.,
(650)591-4710
TABLE SAW 10", very good condition
$85. (650) 787-8219
309 Office Equipment
CALCULATOR - (2) heavy duty, tape
Casio & Sharp, $30. each, (650)344-
8549
OFFICE LAMP new $7. (650)345-1111
310 Misc. For Sale
10 PIECE farberware mellennium stain-
less steel cookware set. Like new! $75.
808-271-3183
10 PLANTS (assorted) for $3.00 each,
(650)349-6059
10 X 10 CANOPY - in bag, $50.,
(650)364-0902
13 PIECE paint and pad set for home
use $25., (650)589-2893
2 MATCHING blankets - full/queen size,
solid cream color, vellux, hyproallergenic,
offers warmth without weight, great con-
dition, $38., (650)347-5104
3 LAMPS. 2 adjustable 1 table (brass)
$90 all. (808)271-3183
4 IN 1 stero unit. CD player broken.$20
650-834-4926
5 NEEDLEPOINT sets still in package
$10/each, (650)592-2648
9 CARRY-ON bags (assorted) - extra
large, good condition, $10. each obo,
(650)349-6059
ANGEL WITH lights 12 inches High $12.
(650)368-3037
ART BOOKS hard Cover, full color (10)
Norman Rockwell and others $10 each
650-364-7777
ARTIFICIAL FICUS Tree 6 ft. life like, full
branches. in basket $55. (650)269-3712
BARBIE BEACH vacation & Barbie prin-
cess bride computer games $15 each,
(650)367-8949
BATHROOM WINDOW- OX slider 24
5/8 x 44 inches. New $49
650-494-1687
BEADS - Glass beads for jewelry mak-
ing, $75. all, (650)676-0732
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310 Misc. For Sale
BATMAN AND James Bond Hard cover
and paperback 10 inch x 12 inch $7.50
each 650-364-7777
BBQ SMOKER BBQ Grill, LP Coleman,
Alaskan Cookin’ Machine, cost $140 sell
$75. 650-344-8549
BBQ SMOKER, with propane tank,
wheels, shelf, sears model $86 650-344-
8549
BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE PICTURE - col-
orful hot air balloons, 25” x 19” enclosed
in glass wooden frame, very good condi-
tion, Burl., $11.,(650)347-5104
BOOK "LIFETIME" WW1 $12.,
(408)249-3858
BOOK “NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC”
NATIONAL AIR MUSEUMS $15
(480)249-3858
BROTHERS ELECTRIC TYPEWRITER
- excellent condition, $55., (808)271-
3183
CAESAR STONE - Beautiful polished
gray, smooth cut edges, 26” X 36” X 3/4”
thick, great piece for many uses, $65.,
(650)347-5104
CANDLE HOLDER with angel design,
tall, gold, includes candle. Purchased for
$100, now $30. (650)345-1111
DAHLIAS BEAUTIFUL hybrodized $4 /
each (20 total) 650-871-7200
DANIELLE STEELE newer books - 1
hardback $3., one paperback $1.,
(650)341-1861
DOOM (3) computer games $15/each 2
total, (650)367-8949
DUFFEL BAGS - 1 Large Duffel Bag ,1
Xtra Lg. Duffel w Wheels, 1 Leather
week-ender Satchel, All 3 at $75.,
(650)871-7211
ELECTRIC TYPEWRITER Smithcorona
$60 650-878-9542
FIREPLACE SCREEN - 36"wide,
29"high, antique brass, folding doors,
sliding mesh screen, damper
controls. Like new. $100., (650)592-2047
GAME "BEAT THE EXPERTS" never
used $8., (408)249-3858
GEORGE FOREMAN Grill good condi-
tion $15.
650-592-3327
HAIR BLOWERS (2) - One Conair, one
Andis Hang Up Turbo, $15. both,
(650)525-1410
HAWAIIAN STYLE silk plant. 7’ tall,
bamboo, in decorator stand, $75.,
(808)271-3183
HYBRODIZED DAHLIAYS beautiful
$4/each (15 total)
650-871-7200
JANET EVANOVICH BOOKS - 4 hard-
back @$3. each, 3 paperback @$1.
each, (650)341-1861
KITCHEN HOOD - Black, under mount,
3 different fan speeds, $95., (650)315-
4465
MASSAGE DEVICE with batteries $8 in
box, (650)368-3037
METAL CABINET - 4 drawers, beige
16.5 inches W x 27 3/4 H x 27 inches D.
$40., San Mateo, (650)341-5347
NEW LIVING Yoga Tape for Beginners
$8. 650-578-8306
NEW WOOL afghan, colorful, hand-
made, 4x6 ft.. $25. (650)364-0902
PACHIRA PLANT 3ft. H. (Money plant)
with decorative Pot $30. (650)592-2648
PERSIAN KLIN CARPET - 66x39, pink
and burgandy, good condition, $90.,
(650)867-2720
SF GREETING Cards (300 w/envelopes)
factory sealed $20/all. (650)207-2712
SHOWER DOORS custom made 48 x 69
$70., (650)692-3260
SLUMBER REST blue heated throw,
electric, remote, $15., (650)525-1410
SONY 13” tv. Not LCD. $40 (808)271-
3183
SPORTS BOOKS, Full of Facts, All
Sports, Beautiful Collection 5 Volumes,
$25. 650 871-7211
STRIDE RITE Toddler Sandals,
Brown, outsole, Velcro closures, Size
6W. Excellent cond, $20. (650)525-0875
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310 Misc. For Sale
STUART WOODS HARDBACK BOOKS
- 4 @$2.50 each, (650)341-1861
TOWELS FULL size bath towels $3 /
each (8 total) SOLD!
TRIPOD SEARS 8465 aluminum photo
tripod plus bag $25
650-204-0587
VIDEO CENTER 38 inches H 21 inches
W still in box $45., (408)249-3858
VINTAGE SINGER SEWING MACHINE
in cabinet. Straight stitch with reverse,
$100., (650)493-5026
VR3 BACK UP CAMERA & VR3 backup
sensor $100.00 all, (650) 270-6637 after
6 p.m. only.
WHITE MARBLE piece - all natural
stone, polished face, smooth cut edges,
21” x 41” x 3/4” thick, $75., (650)347-
5104
311 Musical Instruments
2 ORGANS, antique tramp, $500 for
both. (650)342-4537
BALDWIN C-630 ORGAN. Very clean
$30., (650)872-6767
KEYBOARD CASIO 3 ft long $50.
(650)583-2767
KIDS GUITAR for 6 years and Up $40,
call (650)375-1550
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Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis
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1 Most-preferred 3 Phillips-Van
invitees Heusen brand
6 Courteney of 4 Distress call
311 Musical Instruments
PIANO VINTAGE - Upright, “Davis &
Sons”, just tuned, $600., (650)678-9007
SPANISH GUITAR 6 strings good condi-
tion $80. Call (650)375-1550.
WHITNEY PIANO - Good condition,
$1,000.obo, (650)583-4874
YAMAHA STUDIO PIANO - Perfect con-
dition, $1800., (650)570-5315
312 Pets & Animals
BIRD CAGE 14x14x8 ecellent condition
$25 Daly City, (650)755-9833
DOG CAGE/GORILLA - folding
large dog cage good condition, 2 door
with tray, $75.,(650)355-8949
DOG CARRIER KENNEL BOX - brand
name Furrarri Petmate, 31 X 21, $35.,
SSF, (650)871-7200
36 River to the
Caspian
37 In one’s right mind
38 Fraternal order
315 Wanted to Buy 316 Clothes 322 Garage Sales 335 Garden Equipment
DENIM JACKETS Ladies (2) Small/Me- TABLE - for plant, $25., perfect condi-
GO GREEN! dium, like new, $15/each, THE THRIFT SHOP tion, (650)345-1111
(650)577-0604 Please leave message
We Buy GOLD Mens Clothing 345 Medical Equipment
You Get The
$ Green $ SALE
FINO FINO 50%off
CRUTCHES - adult, aluminium, for tall
person, $30., (650)341-1861
Millbrae Jewelers A Place For Fine Hats
Est. 1957 Thursday & Friday 10:00-2:00 379 Open Houses
400 Broadway - Millbrae Sharon Heights Saturdays 10:00-3:00
650-697-2685 325 Sharon Heights Drive Episcopal Church
1 South El Camino Real OPEN HOUSE
Menlo Park
San Mateo 94401
650-854-8030 (650)344-0921 LISTINGS
316 Clothes
List your Open House
49 SWEATSHIRT with hood size 8 extra JACKET (LARGE) Pants (small) black
large $100 obo. (650)346-9992 Velvet good cond. $25/all (650)589-2893 in the Daily Journal.
AUTHENTIC MEXICAN SOMBRERO, GARAGE SALES Reach over 82,500
$40., (650)364-0902 LADIES JACKET size 3x 70% wool 30% potential home buyers &
BLACK Leather pants Mrs. size made in
nylon never worn $50 650-592-2648 ESTATE SALES renters a day,
France size 40 $99. (650)558-1975 Make money, make room! from South San Francisco
LADIES SHOES- size 5, $10., to Palo Alto.
BLACK LEATHER tap shoes 9M great (650)756-6778 List your upcoming garage
condition $99. (650)558-1975
sale, moving sale, estate in your local newspaper.
LANE BRYANT aasorted clothing. Sizes
BLACK MOTORCYCLE JACKET - As 2x-3x. 22-23 Brand new with tags. 650- sale, yard sale, rummage Call (650)344-5200
new, fully lined storm flap, man's size X L sale, clearance sale, or
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MAN’S SUEDE-LIKE jacket, Brown.
BOOTS - purple leather, size 8, ankle New, XXLg. $25. 650 871-7211 in the Daily Journal.
length, $50.obo, (650)592-9141
380 Real Estate Services
LADIES DOWN jacket light yellow with MEN'S SHOES - New, size 10, $10., Reach over 82,500 readers
(650)756-6778 from South San Francisco
dark brown lining $35. (650)868-0436
MEN'S SUIT almost new $25. to Palo Alto. HOMES & PROPERTIES
650-573-6981 in your local newspaper. The San Mateo Daily Journal’s
weekly Real Estate Section.
NEW BROWN leather jacket XL $25
650-364-0902 Call (650)344-5200
Look for it
PROM TUXEDOS, one white, one black every Friday and Weekend
silk brocade, one maroon silk brocade, to find information on fine homes
with vest, cummer bund, tie suspenders. and properties throughout
51 Come calling Size 36 - 38. all 3 sets for $85 obo 650- the local area.
344-8549 335 Rugs
52 Submit tax
returns online 317 Building Materials
53 Bankrupt energy

Oriental
CORRIGATED DRAINAGE pipe perfo-
“Friends” letters 40 Kramer’s giant rated, 4 in. X 100 ft., Good as new $35.,
9 Backyard 5 Alternatives to Redwood City, (650)367-8146

Rugs
neighbor 54 Blood carriers
lounging locale tricks 41 Hold in high 57 In __: as originally 318 Sports Equipment
14 Atra or Sensor 6 Provide food for regard placed
7 Extremely "EVERLAST FOR HER" Machine to
15 Civil War prez 46 Legal thing 58 “You can say that help lose weight $40., (650)368-3037
16 Staples Center, overweight 48 “Most assuredly!” again!” Collection
8 Gen-__: boomer’s 2 GOLF CLUBS - Ladies, right handed,
e.g. 49 Vamoose 59 Exec’s car, say putter & driver $5/each (650)755-8238 Harry Kourian
17 *Many a sports kid, usually
50 Say “I do” without 61 Tire gauge meas. CLASSIC PING IRONS complete set,
car, capacity-wise 9 Like much politics excellent condition, number 3, two, sand, By Appointment Only
a big do 62 Roofing material
10 Geometry
650-219-9086
wedge, $100., (650)345-5446
19 Tears apart
20 The last word? calculations ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE: SPEEDO OPTIMUS Training Fins size
10-11. Perfect for your training. $25
21 Gets on in years 11 Bowler’s final call jeff 650-208-5758
22 Town square frame
centerpiece 12 All __ time: as a
23 *Genie’s offering matter of course
25 Texas or Ukraine 13 Where to find 440 Apartments
city dates? BELMONT - prime, quiet location, view,
18 Horrified 1 bedroom $1350, 2 bedrooms $1650.
29 “__ Miz” New carpets, new granite counters, dish-
30 Top-of-the-line 22 Nor. neighbor washer, balcony, covered carports, stor-
age, pool, no pets. (650)344-8418 or
31 __ gin fizz 24 Mournful poem (650591-4046
34 Mistreat 25 Klutzes
39 *Eisenhower 26 Attend to the job 442 Studios
became one in 27 Jealousy without SAN MATEO - Cottage near downtown
1944 resentment & 101, includes utilities, washer/dryer
$975/mo. (650)703-5529
42 “Funny Girl” 28 Witnessed
composer Jule 32 Designer’s 470 Rooms
43 School restroom identification
HIP HOUSING
sign 33 Gold, in Non-Profit Home Sharing Program
44 List in order of Guanajuato San Mateo County
(650)348-6660
importance 35 Ernie’s Muppet
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45 Fury REDWOOD CITY
47 Championships Sequoia Hotel
49 *Slurpee seller 800 Main St.,
55 Dover’s are white $600 Monthly
$160. & up per week.
56 Require (650)366-9501
57 Maple tree yield (650)279-9811
60 Former “The
View” co-host
O’Donnell Room For Rent
Travel Inn, San Carlos
61 When most top- $49 daily + tax
rated shows are $287 weekly + tax
on, and a hint to Clean Quiet Convenient
Cable TV, WiFi & Private Bathroom
the kind of Microwave and Refrigerator
numbers in the 950 El Camino Real San Carlos
starred answers (650) 593-3136
Mention Daily Journal
63 “Some people
swallow the
universe like __”: 620 Automobiles
Stevenson
HONDA ‘10 ACCORD LX - 4 door se-
64 Isaac, to dan, low miles, $19K, (650)573-6981
Abraham
65 Diner SUTTON AUTO SALES
66 Doled (out)
67 Helpful contacts
Cash for Cars
68 Plastered Call 650-595-DEAL (3325)
Or Stop By Our Lot
DOWN
1 Johnson of 1659 El Camino Real
“Laugh-In” By Dan Schoenholz
(c)2011 Tribune Media Services, Inc.
05/30/11 San Carols
24 Monday • May 30, 2011 THE DAILY JOURNAL

620 Automobiles 620 Automobiles 640 Motorcycles/Scooters 670 Auto Parts 670 Auto Parts 680 Autos Wanted
MOTORCYCLE NORTON Triumph BFA HONDA 1988 GL1500 Motorbike for 2 SNOW/CABLE chains good condition TRUCK RADIATOR - fits older Ford,
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FREE. If interested contact:
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fits 13-15 inch rims $10/both San Bruno
650-588-1946
never used, $100., (650)504-3621
Don’t lose money
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XLT FORD Ranger 02 126k miles. One 880 AUTO WORKS consignment!
owner NEW 15x8 wheels, radial tires, 5 MOTORCYCLE - Full Face Helmet, Dealership Quality
Sell your vehicle in the speed, new clutch. Best offer. $4,800 Z1R, lg., exc. cond., dual internal ventila- Affordable Prices
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Auto Classifieds.
650- 481-5296

625 Classic Cars

tion, heavy padded, Sold!

645 Boats
Complete Auto Service
Foreign & Domestic Autos

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MONNEY Sell your vehicle in the
Daily Journal’s
Just $3 per day. DATSUN ‘72 - 240Z with Chevy 350, au-
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(650)588-9196
MOTOR - “Evinrude” for boat, 25 HP,
$1000., (415)337-6364
San Carlos
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SOLD!
MERCEDES ‘06 C230 - 6 cylinder, navy
blue, 60K miles, 2 year warranty,
$18,000, (650)455-7461
MERCEDES BENZ ‘04 E320 - Excellent
condition, leather interior, navigation,
77K mi., $15,500 obo, (650)574-1198
PLYMOUTH ‘72 CUDA - Runs and PROSPORT ‘97 - 17 ft. CC 80 Yamaha
drives good, needs body, interior and Pacific, loaded, like new, $9,500 or trade, CAD '91 Eldorado 149k. red leather new
Repair All Brands of
radials , SOLD!
paint, $12k obo, serious inquiries only. (650)583-7946.
Reach 82,500 drivers
(650)873-8623 Car Stereos from South SF to
655 Trailers CAMPER/TRAILER/TRUCK OUTSIDE
630 Trucks & SUV’s backup mirror 8” diameter fixture. $30. Palo Alto
FORD ‘05 350 Super Duty, 4x4 Crew-
PROWLER ‘01 Toy carrier, 25 ft., fully 650-588-1946 iPod & iPhone Wired
cab, fully loaded, 125K miles, $26,500.,
self contained, $5k OBO, Trade
(650)589-8765 will deliver CHEVY TRANSMISSION 4L60E Semi to Any Car for Music Call (650)344-5200
(650)281-4750 or (650)492-0184 used $800. (650)921-1033 ads@smdailyjournal.com
635 Vans EL CAMINO '67 - parts (Protecto top) Quieter Car Ride
670 Auto Service $95., (650)367-8949 Sound Proof Your Car
NISSAN ‘01 Quest - GLE, leather seats, DONATE YOUR CAR
sun roof, TV/DVR equipment. Looks FORD ‘73 Maverick/Mercury GT Comet, Tax Deduction, We do the Paperwork,
Drive Train 302 V8, C4 Auto Trans.
new, $15,500. (650)219-6008 MB GARAGE, INC. Complete, needs assembly, includes ra- 31 Years Experience Free Pickup, Running or Not - in most
cases. Help yourself and the Polly Klaas
640 Motorcycles/Scooters Repair • Restore • Sales diator and drive line, call for details,
$1250., (650)726-9733.
Foundation. Call (800)380-5257.
Mercedes-Benz Specialists 2001 Middlefield Road
Wanted 62-75 Chevrolets
BMW ‘03 F650 GS, $3899 OBO. Call
650-771-4407
2165 Palm Ave. FORD ‘93 250 flat bed, diesel, 100-gal-
lon gas tanks, completely rebuilt, $1800.
Redwood City Novas, running or not
San Mateo 650-481-5296 (650)299-9991 Parts collection etc.
So clean out that garage
HARLEY DAVIDSON ‘83 Shovelhead -
special construction, 1340 cc’s, Awe- (650)349-2744 HEAVY DUTY jack stand for camper or
Give me a call
Joe 650 342-2483
some!, $5,950/obo. Rob (415)602-4535. SUV $15. (650)949-2134

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650-631-0330 NOTICE TO READERS:
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Children of fallen troops turn to each other
By Kimberly Hefling
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
ARLINGTON, Va. — After
Brooke Nyren’s dad died in Iraq,
she sat alone at recess because her
classmates didn’t know what to say.
One of Alexis Wright’s fellow
kindergarteners questioned if she
was telling the truth about her dad’s
death in the war, while others told
her it was too confusing to under-
stand why she didn’t have a father.
More than 4,300 children of U.S.
troops killed in the Iraq and
Afghanistan wars are growing up,
forging their own paths while keep-
ing the connection to their mom or
dad alive in ways ranging from
annual backyard barbeques on the
anniversary of the parent’s death to
keeping a music box of his favorite
song.
They’ve endured awkward con-
versations with people unsure how
to respond when they describe how
their parent — typically their father
— died in the war and unkind
remarks from friends at school.
Many of them lost not just a parent
but their home, too, because they
had to move off a military base. As
painful as their memories are, those
interviewed at a camp for children
of the fallen say the experience has
made them more compassionate.
The kids interviewed describe the
annual “good grief” camp organized
by the nonprofit Tragedy Assistance
Program for Survivors every
Memorial Day weekend as one out-
let that’s allowed them to learn to
work through their feelings, and
many attend every year. The activi-
ties range from going to a baseball
game and seeing the horses used at
Arlington National Cemetery to
writing a letter to their deceased
parent that’s released in a balloon.
Each kid has a mentor for the week-
Record snow makes spectacular Yosemite waterfalls
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YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK,
— Water, water everywhere — and
it’s a spectacular sight.
Record Sierra snowfall over the
winter now means record snow melt
A relative of a buried serviceman places flowers at his headstone in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery
near Washington over the weekend.
end — many of them current mem-
bers of the military sporting crew
cuts. While the kids participate in
the camp, hundreds of other adult
survivors meet for sessions
designed for them.
Danielle Miller, 16, of Flint,
Mich., said she’s gotten used to peo-
ple apologizing profusely for asking
questions that led to her saying her
dad, Capt. Lowell Miller II, died at
war. Eleven at the time of her
father’s death in 2005 from small
arms fire in Iraq, she said she’s plan-
ning to study business and pastry
making because her dad was the
chef in the house.
“I’m like, thank you for your con-
cern, but it’s OK, I’ve learned to
deal with it, I’m OK talking with it.
You don’t have to be sorry for
bringing it up,” said Miller, sporting
a red T-shirt worn by all the camp
as temperatures rise, swelling
Yosemite National Park’s iconic
waterfalls, streams and rivers to their
most turbulent level in years.
Yosemite Falls, the nation’s tallest,
is spewing enough water to fill a
gasoline tanker truck every two sec-
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kids at a hotel not far from the
Pentagon.
Nyren, now 14, has attended for
at least six years, and she said she
looks for those who are new. She
knows what it’s like to feel alone.
“When it first happened when I
went back to school, no one talked
to me because they were afraid that
whatever they would say would hurt
me, but I think they should under-
stand that we’re still the same peo-
ple that we were before,” said
Nyren, of Reston, Va., the daughter
of Staff Sgt. Nathaniel Nyren, who
died in 2005 in Iraq in a Humvee
accident.
Even though she doesn’t want to
join the military, she said like her
father, she plans to one day work for
the government. She keeps photos
of him in her room.
Wright, now 9, of Flint, Mich.,
onds. The force of water at Bridalveil
Falls across the valley kicks up a
mist that clouds the meadow below.
It means that until the peak melt
around mid-June, visitors will expe-
rience more treacherous beauty in
Yosemite than even the travel
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said that at school, she doesn’t talk
about the 2007 death of her dad,
Sgt. Thomas Wright, because “no
one else understands me.” She said
one classmate even went up to her
mom and asked her if she was lying
about his death. Others couldn’t
comprehend it when she tried to
explain. Her dad died of a heart-
related condition while deployed.
“They were like, ‘How come I
still have my dad and you don’t.
That’s just confusing,’” Wright said.
In her room, she said she keeps a
music box that plays, “What a won-
derful World” — her father’s
favorite song, and she said she looks
forward to camp where she can talk
openly about her father with others
who understand.
The kids who attend aren’t just
the children of the more than 6,000
troops who have died in the current
brochures promise.
“Breathtaking, that’s what it is,”
said Lynne Bousie of Scotland, who
stopped to pose for a photograph at
the spot where the paved trail to
Yosemite Falls makes a turn and the
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conflicts, but also children of serv-
ice members or veterans who died
stateside from causes such as sui-
cide or the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist
attacks.
In sessions, they are encouraged
to maintain close ties with the par-
ent who died by talking about them
and honoring them in other ways.
Research shows that the kids are
going to grieve throughout their
lifetime, said Ami Neiberger-Miller,
a spokeswoman for TAPS.
“What we’re trying to give them
is the ability basically to grow up
and cope as this comes along
because it’s going to keep coming
back. It will come back for a child
when they hit major milestones like
when they graduate, learn to drive
or get married,” Neiberger-Miller
said. “If we can give them some
support, people are going to find
that children will do a little better.”
Zach Laychak, 19, Manassas, Va.,
was in elementary school when his
father, David W. Laychak, died in
the Pentagon on 9/11, and he just
completed his freshman year in col-
lege. He said he likes to be asked
about his father because it keeps his
memory alive, and he rarely takes
off a bracelet with his father’s name
engraved on it. For high school
sports, he wore the number four,
which was the number his father
wore when he played college foot-
ball.
He’s attended for several years
now, and said he was back this year
to be a support to some of the
younger participants.
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it’s a part of your life and you just
do what you can to keep the memo-
ry alive, and you just be there for
other people and you just hope this
isn’t something everyone has to deal
with,” Laychak said.
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City budget fixes move ahead
By Michelle Durand
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Redwood City officials still have
a month before knuckling down to
finalize the budget but with taxes
heading to the ballot, labor willing
to make concessions and city organ-
ization revamped, it looks on track
to make ends meet.
CAPUCHINO CHAMPIONS
Capuchino’s tri-captains,including Michele Pilster left,hoist the CCS championship trophy after the Mustangs’
5-4 win over Santa Catalina.SEE STORY PAGE 11.
Paratriathlete overcoming the odds
By Heather Murtagh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Mohamed Lahna didn’t ride a
bike until he was 20.
That didn’t seem strange to
Lahna, who was born in
Casablanca, Morocco. The 29-year-
old, who lives in San Mateo most of
SPORTS PAGE 11
Last week, the city announced
two budgetary goals met — getting
a transit occupancy and business
utility tax before voters in
November and convincing three
more of the city’s labor groups to
accept tweaks to their contract.
One labor agreement is not yet
reached and whether the taxes pass
won’t be known until long after the
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city’s budget is in place. However,
city spokesman Malcolm Smith said
they are signs the city is making
good on its three-pronged approach
to creating long-term financial sta-
bility.
The three goals are labor conces-
sions, revenue generation and
restructuring the city’s organization
to be more efficient.
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the time, was born with a congenital
deformity. He didn’t have a femur in
his right leg. The leg, which is short-
er than his left, meant Lahna never
thought biking would be a possibili-
ty.
Today, he’s a paratriathlete with
See ODDS, Page 19
“It’s fair to say we’re making
pretty good progress in all of those
areas,” Smith said.
The recent concessions may be
the biggest piece of the financial
puzzle, with the city needing to
shave $5.6 million in salary and
benefit reductions over the next
three years to close a multi-million
dollar deficit. For the upcoming fis-
City is seeking
‘lots’ of ideas
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF REPORT
Do you have an idea to turn city-
owned lots into cash for
Burlingame?
The City Council would love to
see the proposal. But it needs to be
more than a pretty picture.
While the City Council plans to
maintain its downtown parking, it is
also open to leveraging the land to
create new opportunities downtown
— like a boutique hotel — to boost
revenue. At a study session late last
year, the council overwhelmingly
supported new development and
creative ideas. It hammered out
preferences like proposals that cre-
ate income without decreasing the
number of parking spaces. The city
is open to various funding struc-
tures, as long as proposals include
viable financial information.
On Friday, Community
Development Director Bill Meeker
announced the city is seeking quali-
fied developers interested in partner-
A natural leader
By Heather Murtagh
DAILY JOURNAL STAFF
Gino Ferrario had an interesting
way of making friends as a fresh-
man at a high school with more than
2,000 people — of whom he knew
two.
He decided to run for class presi-
dent.
“I thought it would be fun to
introduce myself by saying, ‘Hi, I’m
Gino. Your freshman class presi-
dent,’” he said.
It was with this confidence, and
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cal year 2011-12, the city is looking
at a $2.6 million deficit, Smith said.
The following years would be at
$4.7 million and $6.5 million.
The city has already frozen
salaries and eliminated 70 positions,
but say more is needed.
The International Association of
See FIX, Page 6
ing with the city to develop city-
owned parking lots within down-
town Burlingame.
Burlingame owns 20 surface
parking lots distributed throughout
the downtown area. The Burlingame
Downtown Specific Plan, centered
on the Burlingame and Howard
avenues commercial areas, encour-
ages mixed-use and/or residential
development to maintain and
enhance the vibrant pedestrian-ori-
ented shopping area. Since parking
is extremely important to the down-
town’s vitality, the request for pro-
posal states that any new develop-
ments must provide for the replace-
ment of public parking spaces either
at the development site or at another
location. Thus, there will be no net
loss of parking downtown.
“We want to hear from developers
regarding the types of development
they may be able to create and deter-
mine their qualifications to bring
See LOTS, Page 19
before the election results were tal-
lied, that Ferrario met leadership
teacher Jim Kelly. Ferrario intro-
duced himself to Kelly as the next
class president.
“When I asked him this year
about what possessed him to have
such confidence, he told me that he
had simply made up his mind that he
was going to make his experience at
Carlmont [High School] a positive
one. And, getting involved was the
way he was going to do it,” Kelly
See GRAD, Page 19