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By Dave BoyceAlmanac Staff Writer

For residents of Los Trancos Woods and Vista Verde in the forested hills above

Portola Valley, community efforts toward wildfire safety, effective storm drainage and well maintained public spaces will continue as normal, but it will be a new normal.

On May 7, the directors of the Los Trancos County Water District, which had been over-seeing all this work, approved an application to San Mateo County to dissolve the water district and transfer the tax revenues and responsibilities to a newly formed county mainte-nance district. The maintenance activities will go on, but under new management.

The county Board of Supervi-sors is expected to approve the change at its May 19 meeting.

This would be the water dis-trict’s second major transition. The district sold its water opera-tions in 2005 to the California

Water Service Company, but continued to receive property tax revenues. What to do? Dis-trict directors turned the money toward the funding of brush clearing, storm drain mainte-nance and, for a time, incentive payments to residents to con-serve water. Because these activities were unrelated to the district’s char-ter to distribute water, the situa-tion drew the attention of a civil grand jury, which recommend-ed the district’s dissolution. The state’s Legislative Analysts Office mentioned the district in reports exploring effective allocation of tax revenues. Facing an uncertain future, and after months of analysis and community outreach, the district directors chose to reor-ganize as a county maintenance district, said Stanley Gage, a water district director. The maintenance district will have an advisory committee of five to nine community members appointed by the supervisors. The district’s annual tax rev-

enues of about $300,000 will be split, Mr. Gage said. About a third will go to the Woodside Fire Protection District to fund brush clearing and other fire pro-tection services, including main-tenance of the open space. The Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District will ensure that the open spaces are preserved in accordance with conservation easements, Mr. Gage said. The county’s Public Works Department will use the other two-thirds of the revenues to upgrade the storm drain sys-tem. The system has equipment that dates to the 1920s. Drain-age conditions have changed with the addition of impervious surfaces such as driveways and roads, and the system needs $3 million to $4 million in work to bring it up to a 100-year-storm standard, Mr. Gage said. “It was a lot of hard long work to really work out these solu-tions,” he said. “I look at what we’ve achieved here as a heart-ening example of governments working together.” A

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Stan Gage, a director of the Los Trancos County Water District, takes in a view of Trancos Lake in the hills above Portola Valley. The lake will be maintained as part of an open space area.

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It may seem ironic to be preparing for flooding at a time of severe drought, but

San Mateo County Supervisor Dave Pine thinks the county is lagging behind the rest of the Bay Area in preparing for the consequences of climate change, including rising sea levels, and, yes, the risk of a super storm.

“San Mateo County has done a very poor job in dealing with flood control,” he said. “Virtu-ally every county in the Bay Area has a (countywide) flood control agency. There’s a real need for this.”

The county is in the crosshairs of rising sea levels. If nothing is done, local officials say, by the year 2100 salt water will cover the runways of San Francisco International Airport and the entrances to the Dumbarton and San Mateo bridges. Coastal flood-ing and a 100-year storm would threaten $24 billion (in 2000 dollars) of infrastructure and property, including the homes of about 110,000 residents, accord-ing to the Pacific Institute. The next most vulnerable county in California is Orange at $17 billion.

The county Public Works Department is proposing an expansion of the San Mateo County Flood Control District to include flood-related and sea-level rise projects throughout the county. The new agency may also coordinate with regional agencies to manage groundwa-

ter and storm water runoff. The county is currently engaged in a sea-level-rise vulnerability analysis to determine projects and priorities, said Jim Porter, the director of public works. Among the long-term flood-control priorities would be pre-paring for a huge storm. The last 100-year storm struck the Bay Area in 1861. An “atmospheric river” in the jet stream poured down rain for 28 days, accord-ing to “Surviving the Storm,” a March 2015 report from the Bay Area Council Economic Insti-tute. Sacramento was abandoned and the state went bankrupt. Damage in San Mateo County could be severe. Eleven hotels serving the airport sit within a stone’s throw of the water. The county has nine waste-water treatment plants at sea level. U.S. 101 and Caltrain are also at sea level, as are the corporate campuses of Oracle, Facebook and Genentech.

Sea Change SMC If the county Board of Super-visors expands the flood control district, the new operation may be named the Water Manage-ment Agency. Mr. Porter pro-

posed a tagline: Sea Change San Mateo County. Seed money from the county would be available to hire a core of people with expertise in regional flood control, sea-level rise and grant writing, Mr. Por-ter said. The agency’s focus would be projects involving multiple juris-dictions. When Belmont Creek floods, for example, it can create problems in Belmont, San Car-los and unincorporated county. The inadequacy of the Bayfront Channel off Redwood City dur-ing flooding also affects Ather-ton and Menlo Park. The new agency would have the expertise and the bandwidth to take on such problems, Mr. Porter said. The current mandate for the county’s flood-control district is two creeks in the north county and San Francisquito Creek along the southern border. The district’s operations are funded

by property tax revenues. The passage of state propositions 13 and 218, which put limits on rais-ing property taxes, prevented the district from expanding its reach. While that property tax rev-enue would continue, the agency would look for other ways to raise money, including grants, parcel taxes and special assessment dis-tricts, Mr. Porter said. The county recently received a $500,000 grant from the Coastal Commission to study sea level rise. There are other players in the water management busi-ness. Storm water runoff, for example, is overseen by the City/County Association of Govern-ments. Groundwater oversight is the province of the Bay Area Water Service & Conservation Agency and its members, which include the Menlo Park Munici-pal Water District, the Califor-nia Water Service Company and Stanford University.

“It’s not going to be successful if people don’t buy into it,” Mr. Pine said. “My hope is that we don’t spend too much time talk-ing about it.” Len Materman, the executive director of the regional author-ity managing the waters of San Francisquito Creek, agreed that a countywide water agency is a good idea. “Let’s create an agency that’s more robust (than the flood control district) and raise some real money and get some things done,” he said. Peter Drekmeier, the founder of Acterra in Palo Alto and the poli-cy director for the Tuolumne River Trust, said such an agency makes sense. “It’s really some-thing that San Mateo County has been missing,” he said. “This new water management agency is very timely. We don’t want to be responding to potential problems when we could have avoided them altogether.” A

By Barbara WoodAlmanac Staff Writer

As the district gets ready to begin a major construc-tion project on its only

school, the governing board of the Woodside Elementary School District on May 12 chose school parent Silvia Edwards, who has a background in con-struction and a history of civic involvement, to fill the remain-ing months of retiring board member Rudy Driscoll’s term.

Board members said they had a difficult decision to make with seven strong candidates for the position.

Mr. Driscoll announced in April that he would be resigning before his term ends to allow

his successor to be in place at the beginning of the school year rather than midway through. In order to serve after the term ends in early December, Ms. Edwards must be elected in November. Ms. Edwards, who has lived in Woodside for 10 years, has three young children who will be in kindergarten and second grade next year. She said in her application that she moved to Woodside “because we wanted to send our children to Wood-side Elementary School.” She is a member of the town’s Circulation Committee, which works to balance the needs of automobiles, pedestrians,

cyclists and horses in Woodside. Ms. Edwards has a bachelor’s degree from Stanford Uni-versity and a law degree from the University of Virginia. But what board mem-bers seemed to value the most in her resume was her experience in construction. After law school, she said in her application, she spent several years managing resi-dential home building projects. She and her husband also built their home in Woodside. Board president Wendy War-ren Roth said that Ms. Edwards is “the one candidate who comes

to us that has some actual direct building experience.” She said she appreciated Ms. Edwards’ work with the town on safe routes to schools. “She understands her role would be acting on behalf of the entire community, and that’s a hard thing to do at times,” Ms. War-ren Roth said. Board member Kevin Johnson said he also appreciated Ms. Edwards’ “background with building and facilities.” Board member Claire Pol-lioni said she appreciated Ms. Edwards for something com-pletely different: When Ms. Edwards was asked what she is proud of at the school “one of the first things you said is the children,” Ms. Pollioni said. “I

really appreciated your child-first demeanor.” Other candidates were Nancy Hollister, Julie Levenson, Joel Hornstein, Susan Doherty and a husband and wife who both applied, Jack and Terry Sculley. All the candidates are parents of students at the school. Among their credentials were MBAs, a master’s in education, several law degrees, memberships on other boards, and backgrounds in science, technology, finance and communication. Before nominating Ms. Edwards, who was unanimously approved by the board, Mr. Driscoll praised all the candi-dates. “I think that Woodside would be lucky to have any one of the candidates,” he said. A

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Winter rains and an extraordinary high tide in December 2012 led to the inundation of a parking lot at the San Mateo County women’s jail. The county is considering a new agency to address flooding.

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Local registration for American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) is

taking place this year without the leadership of three of the strongest supporters of the program this area has seen. For the first time in more than a decade, Don Yates, MJ Lee and Lowell Sears will not be on the AYSO board of directors, forming teams and scheduling coaches, fields, practices and referees. The three are retiring from the board after a collective 20-plus years at the helm of the local region and more than 80 years of combined service to youth soccer players in Woodside, Portola Valley, Ladera and the mountain communities along Skyline Boulevard. Yates, who first coached for AYSO in 1973, later refereed, and eventually joined the board, serving as regional commis-sioner from 2011 to 2014. He is handing over the top spot to Malcolm Friedberg, who also has a long history in local youth soc-cer. Raised in Ladera, Friedberg played AYSO in Region 25 as a child from 1972 to 1982. Yates will continue to referee and act as a regional referee instructor. Sears, who refereed his first AYSO game in 1989 and has served on the board as regional referee administrator since 2007, will be replaced by Randy Von Feldt. Lee, who began refereeing in 1997 and has been child and volunteer protection advocate since 2009, will be replaced by Kristi Travers. Sears and Lee will continue to referee and help with training. “Don, MJ and Lowell have been tremendous ambassadors of the sport,” Friedberg said. “They’ve shepherded Region 25 through

a pivotal time when interest in soccer has exploded and they ensured that the local AYSO region kept up with the tide.” The coming years will see a lot of changes, Friedberg said. “We have plans to vitalize the region by increasing enrollment, improving communication and organization, and streamlining registration,” he said. “It will be an exciting time and a great way to bring the community togeth-er around a sport we love.” The new board plans to announce teams and practice dates before school begins to allow for seamless integration with other activities. The region also will introduce TeamSnap, a web-based team management system that many other local organizations use. This will provide a familiar interface so families can better manage their calendars and carpools. “It will make life easier for parents, coaches and volun-teers,” incoming registrar Cate Styer said. Other changes in store: New uniforms, more training and written materials for volunteer coaches, and stronger commu-nity outreach. AYSO was established in 1964 in the Los Angeles area with nine teams. Today, it has more than 650,000 players and 50,000 teams. Over the years, AYSO has revolutionized youth sports with its “everyone plays” and “balanced teams” philosophies, which guarantee that all chil-dren have a chance to enjoy their time on the field. Region 25 serves Woodside, Portola Valley, Emerald Hills, La Honda and the mountain com-munities along Skyline Bou-levard. It was the first region founded in Northern California and will celebrate its 50th anni-versary in 2018. Go to ayso25.org for more information.

AYSO leaders retire after years of service

Photo by Karyn Ellis

Three longtime leaders of the AYSO program in Woodside, Portola Valley, Ladera and the mountain communities along Skyline Boulevard. From left, they are Lowell Sears, MJ Lee and Don Yates.

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The California Water Com-pany has asked the com-munities it serves to adopt

local laws mirroring the restric-tions in its proposed drought plan, but Atherton’s city man-ager has recommended the town adopt only a resolution support-ing the restrictions, so Atherton won’t have to enforce the rules. The City Council will meet on Wednesday, May 20, starting at 7 p.m. in the town’s council chambers at 94 Ashfield Road to consider the resolution as well as a new special events ordinance, a master plan for Holbrook-Palmer Park and several other items. City Manager George Roder-icks has recommended the coun-cil pass a resolution, not a new law, in support of Cal Water’s plan. “Adoption of an ordinance would place the Town directly in the enforcement role with respect to water conservation efforts,” Mr. Rodericks’ report says. “The enforcement obligation rests with Cal Water, not the Town.” In the future, however, the town might want to consider adding additional water conser-

vation incentives to those that Cal Water is already offering, his report says Atherton has the highest per capita water use in the Bear Gulch District, Mr. Roderick’s report says, with Woodside a close second. The report says that in 2014, Atherton’s per cap-ita daily use was 1,334 gallons, with Woodside at 1,249; Portola Valley, 679 and Menlo Park, 424. Other items on the agenda include: Special event ordinance: After a 2013 visit by President Barack Obama to Atherton left the town with $8,000 in bills, and there was no law on the books to allow a demand for repayment, Atherton decided to rewrite its special events ordinance. The changes would require those putting on special events to pay for any police, public works or other services required by the event, as well as the costs for issuing the permit. Relocation of the town’s per-mit center: The town’s building and planning functions are now in four deteriorating portable buildings that town officials say won’t last until the new civic center is built. Options in the

staff report include leasing new portables and moving them to Holbrook-Palmer Park or other town property so they would be out of the way when the civic center construction begins. Temporarily moving the permit center activities into the council chambers or into the park’s Main House are also possibilities. Park Use Master Plan: The council will consider final approval of a master plan for Holbrook-Palmer Park that rec-ommends a little more than $558,000 in park improve-ments over the next five year. They include renovating shrub plantings, rebuilding pathways, improving lighting, studying relocating the preschool and town corporation yards within the park, and improving the park entrance. Cafe or teaching kitchen in the new civic center: The Civic Center Advisory Group has asked the council to consider whether the new civic center should have a small cafe or a kitchen where cooking classes could be held. A cafe would be unique in Atherton because it does not allow commercial businesses. A


A little over a month ago, Surf Air, the small com-muter airline that began

flying in and out of the San Carlos Airport in June 2013, announced via a company press release that it planned to expand its local flights, to the consterna-tion of residents and officials who had been pressuring the company to do just the opposite. Members of the Surf Air working group, made up of local residents and officials, said they had received no advance warn-ing of the announcement. Since the announcement, the group had been trying to meeting with Surf Air CEO Jeff Potter. The group’s members finally got that meeting on May 13, and the news was not good. Mr. Pot-ter confirmed after the meeting that Surf Air is increasing the number of planes flying in and out of San Carlos from eight to 11, with flights increasing to 106 from 79 per week. The working group was formed not long after the airline

began using the San Carlos Air-port. Those who live under the airline’s flight path, especially those in Atherton’s Lindenwood neighborhood and in North Fair Oaks, said the noise is unbear-able. “Sunday afternoon it sounds like I live under SFO pathways,” said Gwen Books of North Fair Oaks and a member of the working group. A Change.org petition asking the airline to stop using the San Carlos Airport or change its route has 572 signatures. Several of those at the May 13 meeting said Mr. Potter had told them there were going to be cuts in the number of flights from San Carlos. “He indicated that they are reducing some flights in San Carlos,” said Elizabeth Lewis, one of two Atherton City Council members on the com-mittee. It turns out, however, that those cuts were only a small reduction in the increase that had been planned. On April 13 the company had announced plans for 31 new flights per week. The current plan, which

Mr. Potter said could change at any time, is to add 27 flights a week. Once the changes are imple-mented, with the first addi-tional flights starting on June 29, according to Mr. Potter, the San Carlos Airport will have 18 Surf Air flights arriving each day from Mondays through Thursdays, 19 on Fridays, five on Saturdays and 10 on Sun-days. According to the schedule provided by Mr. Potter, flights arrive between 7:30 a.m. and 9:30 p.m. on weekdays and between 11 a.m. and 9 p.m. on Sundays. The working group members include neighbors, San Carlos Airport officials, county super-visors, a regional liaison for airport noise, and a Surf Air representative. The working group continues to look for ammunition to fight Surf Air. In order to better know just how much noise the Surf Air planes are making, San Mateo County recently placed a sophisticated noise monitor in an Atherton backyard for 24 hours, Ms. Lewis said. A meet-ing with Federal Aviation Administration officials is also planned, and one topic is whether the county has any ability to restrict noise from the Surf Air planes. A

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Had there been a real wild-fire along Old La Honda Road in Woodside on

Saturday morning, May 16, fire-fighters might have encountered scared residents hurrying along on foot and carrying boxes of possessions. Five times more people would have been evacu-ating, and in an atmosphere tinged by panic and chaos, said firefighters of the Woodside Fire Protection District. But it was an exercise. Fire-fighters from throughout the county converged on Old La Honda Road, staging their trucks for action, laying out hoses, filling them, emptying them and rolling them up again. And residents evacuated, by car. At the Portola Valley Town Center following the fourth annual community fire drill, Fire Chief Dan Ghiorso had an acronym for 40 residents gath-ered for a debriefing, advice and a pot-luck lunch: “PLEASE,” Chief Ghiorso said, as in, “Please Leave Early And Save Everyone.” Sign up for emergency alerts by phone and email, Chief Ghiorso said. Plan your response to a wildfire alert and don’t evacuate on foot. That is the way to get killed, he said. The Woodside district encom-passes Portola Valley, Woodside and nearby communities. Like other residents in his neighbor-hood, Hans Luemers received an automated phone call around

9:15 a.m. Saturday announcing a spreading wildfire lower down on Old La Honda Road. At 9:30 came a call ordering residents to evacuate within 10 to 15 minutes via Skyline Bou-levard. “It was well organized,” Mr. Luemers said. “Everything was so well planned,” said resident Pauline Jacobus. “It was very positive.” She learned about the drill through her homeowners asso-ciation, she said. Resident Cutty Smith said she heard about it through an online forum and spent two weeks pre-paring, including planning what to put in a box if she had five minutes to leave, or 15 minutes or 30 minutes. “It was a good mental exercise,” she said. Chief Ghiorso congratulated the residents on responding to the evacuation challenge.

Being defensive One way to fight a wildfire is to make it difficult for it to spread. At a residence, this is done by creating defensible space — a zone around a house in which fuel sources have been appro-priately trimmed or removed. In forested areas, removing the understory of brush is critical. The town of Woodside pro-motes defensible space with a fund that matches up to $2,000 of a homeowner’s expenses. For its part, the fire district has its annual wood chipper program. Crews visit neighbor-hoods in the district and convert

residents’ excess brush and branches into wood chips. The brush-clearing is vital to defending against wildfire, the chief said. Once a fire climbs the ladder of brush into foliage, “it becomes a faster, hotter more dangerous fire,” and it’s time to call in the helicopters and re-engage when the fire is not as dangerous, he said. The Woodside district’s Inspector/Firefighter Don Bul-lard has specialized training on hardening a home to prevent ignition from wildfire, said Fire Marshal Denise Enea. At the

debriefing, Mr. Bullard offered to visit homes and check out vulnerabilities such as roofs and crevices where burning embers could start fires.

Town Hall transformed For a Saturday morning, Town Hall in Woodside buzzed with unusual intensity. Every staff member but one was present for the fire drill, said Town Man-ager Kevin Bryant. Along with communicating with their counterparts in Por-tola Valley Town Hall for the May 16 drill, the staff had addi-

tional situations to deal with, including a theoretical rock slide at Highway 84 and Portola Road and a theoretical fallen tree on Mountain Home Road near Manzanita Road. Staff and firefighters verbally play-acted what would be done had such events been real. The room was alive with conversation and expressions of serious mien. “The whole point is that this (drill) is an opportunity to par-ticipate and spice it up,” Mr. Bryant said. “People lock into it pretty quickly,” he said, looking around. A

Residents evacuate neighborhood in fire drill


In the search for compel-ling arguments to present to the Federal Aviation

Administration on why fewer commercial flights bound to San Francisco International Airport should pass over Ladera, Portola Valley and Woodside, a small team of residents working this issue asked the Portola Valley Town Council on May 13 for $6,000 to $10,000 to engage a con-sulting firm skilled at talking with the FAA. Traffic over the community rose 220 percent from the year 2000 to 2014 while traffic into SFO rose by just 23 percent, Portola Valley resident Dr. Tina Nguyen told the Alma-nac. The FAA did not disagree with these numbers, she said. And some 1,200 residents have signed an online petition com-

plaining about aircraft noise, she said. The community has commu-nicated in the past with the FAA via Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Menlo Park, and Rep. Jackie Speier, D-San Mateo, an exchange arranged through the efforts of Dr. Nguyen, Vic Schachter of Portola Valley and Jim Lyons of Woodside, but to little avail, they say. The skies above Portola Val-ley and Ladera have become an unofficial holding pat-tern, Dr. Nguyen told the council. She and her partners have requested alternate f light paths from the FAA and have filed an appeal in San Mateo County Superior Court asking the FAA to redo its study that showed “no significant noise impacts” on the area. The FAA might be more inclined to listen to a con-sulting firm of former FAA employees, who could also

generate a technical report for Ms. Eshoo and Ms. Speier, Dr. Nguyen said. The firm could evaluate the new holding pat-tern, reconsider the old hold-ing patterns over Monterey and Point Reyes, and ask why fewer incoming f lights now approach SFO by f lying up the Bay, she said. A Ladera resident said that over the last two years, “the noise has gotten so bad, it’s roughly one flight per min-ute on weekends.” A technical report could present “hard facts” to Congressional repre-sentatives, he said. Resident Bud Eisberg, a for-mer commercial pilot, com-pared the skies to a jammed freeway. “It’s a dynamic mov-ing situation and it’s extremely difficult, from an air-traffic controller’s viewpoint, to man-age,” he said. “We’re in an urban area.” The council listened but did

not act, and requested more specifics on how the consultants would approach the problem. The council members offered skepticism and sympathy. “It’s extremely complex,” said Councilwoman Ann Wengert, who said she spent an hour with air-traffic con-trollers watching f lights over Portola Valley. “When they had certain situations arise, they had no choice but to move airplanes,” she said. She recommended get-ting specific information on changes in f light patterns. But, she added, “Unless I stop f ly-ing, unless we all stop f lying, it is just here to stay. ... The area has changed and we are somewhat the victims of our own prosperity.” Engaging a consultant looks reasonable, Councilman John Richards said. “It’s been a long time coming and I think we need to take the next step.” A

Aircraft noise activists seek ear of FAA via FAA veterans

Photo by Dave Boyce/The Almanac

Two firefighters, each packing 200 feet of fire hose, walked into the Thornwood Open Space Preserve on an exercise to connect lengths of hose and create a continuous hose up into the woods at the May 16 fire drill hosted by the Woodside Fire Protection District.

‘Down a bannister’ The FAA is implementing systemic changes meant to reduce the number of people on the ground exposed to “significant noise around U.S. airports in absolute terms, not-withstanding aviation growth,” according to an FAA study. This system uses satellite guidance. Aircraft are assigned “tighter flight tracks ... (to) reduce the ground noise foot-print,” FAA spokesman Ian Gregor told the Almanac for an earlier story. The new system includes tailored arrival, in which a plane is given a 200-mile glide path to the runway, “like sliding down a bannister rather than walking down steps,” Mr. Gregor said. Air-craft operate more efficiently, cleanly and quietly, he said. But air traffic controllers need flexibility to move planes to different altitudes or routes to keep them safe and moving efficiently, he added.

Taking a shower during a drought can lead to questions about how the water swirling down the drain could be put to better use. The city of Menlo Park can help — free 5-gallon buckets are available to residents who call 330-6720.

The buckets are also given out at annual events such as the “state of the city” speech and block party.

Vaccine exemption A bill that would eliminate the personal belief exemption allowing parents to opt out of vaccinating their children has passed the California Senate and is now being considered by the state Assembly. Senate Bill 277 was passed on May 14 by a vote of 25 to 10. “As a pediatrician, I have personally witnessed children suffering life-long injury and

death from vaccine-preventable infection,” said Dr. Richard Pan, a physician and senator repre-senting Sacramento and West Sacramento and who is one of the authors of the bill. Sen. Pan said that 32 other states do not allow parents to opt out of vac-cination requirements using a personal belief exemption. If the bill becomes law, only a medical exemption would remain. Children who are not vaccinated would have to be home schooled.

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He was a wonderful husband to Josephine Bosso Biagini for 63 years. He was an awesome father to Debbie Biagini Terramiggi, Lynn Biagini-Brown, Valerie Biagini Goodwin and Carrie Biagini-Webb. He is survived by his brother Fred Biagini, (Arlene Biagini) and sisters, Lois Hall and Julie Matlack. He had 9 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. He was a Meat Cutter (Butcher) for forty- six years and twenty years with Lucky Stores. Robert was a member of the Junior Chamber of Commerce in Menlo Park, He was proud of his Italian heritage and was a member of the Italian American Club in Menlo Park and The Italian Catholic Federation of Healdsburg California. A Catholic Church service will be held at St. Denis Church, 2250 Avy Ave Menlo Park, CA on May 23, 2015 at 11:00 am, with a luncheon to follow. Please join the family in the celebration of Robert’s life. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the Alzheimer Association.

Robert Anthony BiaginiApril 27, 1931 – April 29, 2015

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Jeanette Owen InmanDecember 1, 1922 – April 28, 2015

Jeanette Owen Inman, 92, peacefully passed away Tuesday, April 28, in Palo Alto. She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Arthur N. Inman.

Jeanette was born in San Jose in 1922, where she spent her childhood as a student of music and dance. She attended SJSC where she was active in Ero Sophian/Alpha Phi sorority, and her abilities in dance, playing piano, art, journalism and choreography were applied and appreciated.

After her marriage to Art Inman and the birth of their three children, Linda, Diane and Roger, her involvements increased to community volunteer, terrific cook, dance teacher and “hostess with the mostest.” She is remembered for 60 years of creative and much-looked-forward-to Christmas cards which chronicled the family’s activities in photos and stories.

She and Art were members of Sharon Heights Golf and Country Club and the Monterey Peninsula Country Club, and they were active in the Suburbans Social Club. She enjoyed homes in Redwood City, Atherton, Menlo Park, Pebble Beach and Truckee where she spent time with her family and friends. She and Art spent 40 summers fishing for salmon in Canada and loved the “big catch.”

Jeanette leaves her children, Linda Chilton and her husband Rand of Atherton; Diane Inman and her husband Verne Johnson of Vashon, Washington; Roger Inman and his wife Marla of Menlo Park; grandchildren, Josh Chilton and his wife Stacey of Redwood City, Matt Chilton and his wife Holly of Atherton, Kiel Johnson of Portland, Keith Inman of Menlo Park and Elizabeth Inman of Menlo Park; great-grandchildren, Samantha and Natalie Chilton of Redwood City and Hunter and Aiden Major of Atherton.

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Photo by Magali Gauthier/The Almanac

Bike to eatGeorge Carlton-Ridenour, son of Menlo Park mayor Catherine Carlton, examines his bike before going for a ride with his mother on Bike to Work Day on May 14. “George loved it,” the mayor said. “We rode bikes to one place and they fed us bagels and we rode to another place and ate bananas. I think he wants to do this every day.”

Marjorie Reitzell faces second-degree murder charges.By Sandy BrundageAlmanac Staff Writer

Jury deliberations were expected to get underway this week in the trial of a Menlo

Park woman charged with kill-ing a couple while allegedly driv-ing under the influence. Marjorie Reitzell took the stand on May 13 to testify in her defense, telling the court that she is capable of driving safely while intoxicated. The 55-year-old woman was alleg-edly drunk when the car she was driving struck and killed a couple walking their dog along Chilco Street.

The Oct. 24, 2013, crash killed Balbir Singh, 50, and Kamal Kaur Singh, 45. The Menlo Park couple left behind three teenage children.

Referring to the police and pros-ecution as “enemies,” Ms. Reitzell testified that she had drunk only three miniature bottles of brandy

the day of the crash, according to San Mateo County District Attor-ney Steve Wagstaffe. The prosecu-tion had presented the results of a test that reportedly showed her blood alcohol level had been 0.23 percent, more than twice the legal limit. The 1998 Honda Accord driven by Ms. Reitzell hit the couple from behind, according to police, before bounding over the median into the westbound lane, where it struck another car that held four teenagers. It then plowed into a tree. On the stand, Ms. Reitzell said that the couple’s Chihuahua had darted into the road, so she swerved to avoid it and struck the Singhs accidentally; but she also testified that she doesn’t remember the collision. According to the prosecution,

the collision was not her first that day: Ms. Reitzell had alleg-edly gotten into a non-injury crash earlier. This also isn’t her first time in court; she was on probation at the time of the fatal crash for a misdemeanor DUI conviction. Mr. Wagstaffe said that a proba-tion officer warned her that she could kill someone by drinking and driving. Ms. Reitzell remains in cus-tody on $2 million bail. She’s charged with two counts of sec-ond-degree murder, two counts of gross vehicular manslaugh-ter while intoxicated, caus-ing injury while driving under the influence, and repeat driv-ing under the influence with enhancements for injuring more than one person and for having a blood alcohol level higher than 0.15 percent. Attorney Richard Keyes, appointed by the court to repre-sent the defendant, asked for acquittal on the murder charges after the prosecution rested. Judge Robert Foiles denied the request. A

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the playground. At another, a yearly theme — this year it’s compassion — is incorporated into all school activities. The two programs were among those from local schools that received J. Russell Kent awards for innovation from the San Mateo County School Boards Association. Las Lomitas, Oak Knoll and Ormondale schools, plus the Portola Valley School District, were honored on May 11. At Ormondale School, the winning program is an annual farmers’ market, put on by sec-ond-graders who raise money to support their own school garden and community gardens in needy neighborhoods. Stu-

dents say they enjoy exploring the garden and taking care of it. This year’s market is scheduled for Friday, May 29, starting at 4 p.m. at the school, 200 Shawnee Pass in Portola Valley. At Oak Knoll, the winning program is an effort to observe an annual theme. For example, this year the entire kindergarten-to-fifth-grade school is focusing on “compassion.” Books, assem-blies and speakers reinforce the theme. Students do projects such as the recent campaign to raise money to pay for a water pump for an African village. At Las Lomitas, faced with ballooning enrollment, the school trained third-graders to organize games and teach skills to kindergarten students. The older students get the opportu-nity to mentor younger students while providing help with play-ground supervision.

The Portola Valley School District won for the social-emotional learning program it has used for the past seven years to promote a healthy, caring school environment. The pro-gram includes such features as character awards, special lunch programs, flex scheduling and a climate committee at each school. The district emphasizes connecting students with more adults during each school day. Minoo Shah, director of school services for the Portola Valley district, said that “social-emo-tional learning creates empathy among students for peers with differences and has also shown a positive impact on academic performances on the entirety of the school climate and culture.” The Kent awards have been given annually since 1980. This year 16 Kent awards were given to San Mateo County schools. A

Local schools win Kent Awards for innovation

A story in the Almanac’s May 13 issue on Woodside resident Kiran Sridhar receiving a schol-arship from the Anne Frank Center USA in New York City

incorrectly quoted Kiran. He did not say that the U.S. has a food distribution problem and not a hunger problem. He said the U.S. has a food distribution problem, not a food production problem.

Correction Residents who live on the property they own in the Las Lomitas School District and

who are 65 or older by July 1, can receive an exemption from the $311 district parcel

tax if they apply by June 1. The exemption application is available by calling the dis-trict at 854-6311. The parcel tax was adopted by voters in March 2007.

Photo by School Counselor Kathy Ruwe

One Kent Award winner was the Las Lomitas playground program, which pairs third-graders with kindergartners. In the photo are, from left, third-grader Kiana Duggal, kindergartners Maggie Goldstein, Kiera Stott and Atessa Gholamy, and third-grader Nadia Vogt.

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On Friday, May 15, stu-dents, staff and par-ents from the Ger-

man-American International School paraded from their cur-rent school site at 275 Elliott Drive to the former Menlo Oaks School site at 475 Pope St., adjacent to Willow Oaks School, where they will be moving this summer. The new location is only a half-mile from the site the school has occupied for the past 20 years. The German-American school had to move because their landlord, the Menlo Park City School District, needed the former O’Connor School site for a new school to house their ballooning student

body. Construction on the new Upper Laurel School will begin this summer, with the ground-breaking scheduled for May 21. The German-American school has preschool through middle school programs, and plans to begin phasing in a high school program. The middle school and high school programs offer German, Eng-lish, Spanish and French Inter-national Baccalaureate pro-grams, while the preschool and elementary school offer Ger-man immersion and bilingual programs. A

German-American school parades to new site

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The students of the German-American International School marched with their teachers and parents through Menlo Park neighborhoods to their new campus at the former Menlo Oaks School.

Emily Joubert Home & Gar-den at 3036 Woodside Road in Woodside is hosting a get-together with sparkling wine and light food from 6 to 8 p.m.

Thursday, May 21, for the bene-fit of Nepalese women following the devastation of the country by two major earthquakes. Twenty percent of the proceeds

from sales at Emily Joubert will go to the Global Fund for Wom-en’s Nepal Crisis Initiative. The money would help to establish safe spaces for women, pay for

camp visits, address health con-cerns, start community kitchens, and distribute tents and blankets, according to an announcement from the store. Go to tinyurl.com/gfw241 to make an online donation to the cause.

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Local developer Greenheart may pay $2,500 for failing to report its non-mon-

etary donation of a telephone survey to the “No on Measure

M” committee, according to the state’s Fair Political Practices Commission. The committee was fund-ed exclusively by Greenheart to oppose a measure on the November 2014 ballot that would have restricted develop-

ment on El Camino Real in Menlo Park. Representative Bob Burke said the committee immedi-ately filed an amended return upon learning of the possible violation and reviewing the filings. He described it as

an “inadvertent overlooking of an expense that was paid for prior to the formation of the Committee for a Vibrant Downtown.” “We made an honest error and corrected as soon as we were made aware of it by the FPPC,”

Mr. Burke said. The survey, with an estimated value of $31,030, was conducted by Godbe Corporation in July 2014 and was paid for by Green-heart. The development company was the sole donor to that com-mittee, chipping in $200,000 and $2,500 in consulting fees, both of which were reported on time, the FPPC report states. The report also concludes that since Greenheart openly spon-sored the “No on M” committee, “it’s unlikely that No on M was trying to hide the contribution. Greenheart’s support for No on M would have been apparent to any person who viewed either (Greenheart or No on M) cam-paign filings.” However, since the non-mon-etary contribution was not dis-closed to the public until after the election, the FPPC opted to propose a penalty. State law requires a commit-tee to file reports disclosing the total amount of contribu-tions and the source of any donations worth at least $100. In Greenheart’s case, the “No on M” committee should have included the survey in the pre-election report due Oct. 5, 2014. The commission is scheduled to decide on May 21 whether to impose the fine. A

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After more than 55 years of renting in Portola Val-ley, Windmill School, a

nonprofit preschool, has become a property owner. The school has completed its purchase of 900 Portola Road, the 1.68-acre former site of Al’s Nursery.

“I am delighted to announce that Windmill has secured a long-term home, safeguarding the future of this vital com-munity asset,” said Liz Poggi, the Windmill board president, in an April 27 announcement. “Countless dedicated volun-teers have made this possible, and on behalf of the School, its children, families and alumni, I want to express our sincerest thanks.”

Plans for the site include enough classrooms for morn-ing classes for all preschool age groups as well as enrichment courses in art, music, language and science for both pre-school and elementary school age children, the school said. There are plans for a learning nursery, a barn and spaces to

accommodate gatherings. Windmill has been rent-ing space at the Alpine Hills Tennis & Swimming Club at 4141 Alpine Road since the late 1970s, but must vacate by August 2017, the school said. The school community has been fundraising, gathering $3 million for the purchase of the property and working toward $3.5 million for construc-tion of the Windmill Family Education Center, according to Windmill board member Karen Tate. “We are incredibly apprecia-tive of those donors that had the faith and vision to invest in this project prior to even hav-ing a property,” Ms. Tate said in an email. (The online ver-sion of this story will include the names of donors and their levels of giving.) The new site, located between Our Lady of the Wayside Church and the Village Square shopping center, was at the center of a controversy in late 2012 when the Portola Valley

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moderate incomes. The council allowed the con-tract to expire after county

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Three seventh-grade students from Willow Oaks School in Menlo Park won first prize at the San Mateo County STEM Fair for their project, which tested the effect of music on bacteria growth. They were invited to represent the county and school district at the California State Science Fair in Los Angeles on May 18 and 19. This is the first time in the Ravenswood City School Dis-trict’s history that its students have moved on to the state sci-ence fair, where 1,000 students from 400 schools compete for awards totaling $50,000. The students — Hawi Desta, Avina Barajas and Peralta San-doval — are non-native English speakers. Hawi immigrated to the U.S. from Ethiopia at age 7.

She currently serves as president of the Willow Oaks Student Council. Avina and Peralta are native Spanish speakers. The Ravenswood district serves more than 4,200 students in East Palo Alto and Menlo Park.

Predicting earthquakes Predicting the time, place and magnitude of the next big earth-quake still eludes scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey, but new information on the history of quakes in California is lead-ing to new and more sophisti-cated forecasting models and a better understanding of the effects of future quakes.

In a free evening lecture open to the public, USGS research geophysicist Morgan Page will present “Breaking Badly: Fore-casting California Earthquakes” at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 21. The talk takes place in the Rambo Auditorium in Building 3 on the USGS campus at 345 Middle-field Road in Menlo Park. Geologists have historical records of California earth-quakes that go back more than 150 years, but information gath-ered from trenching has extend-ed that history to around 1,000 years, according to the USGS. The result: geologists are learning more about large earth-quake behavior, including a quake’s capacities to connect geologic faults to one another and to trigger more quakes. Go to tinyurl.com/usgs123 to see the lecture live online.

Almanac wins awards The Almanac won two awards in the 2014 statewide Better Newspaper Contest, the Cali-fornia Newspaper Publishers Association announced May 9. Staff photographer Michelle Le won a first-place award for her Oct. 29 photo essay, “A leg-end comes to life,” on Menlowe Ballet’s premiere of a dance based on a Mongolian folktale. Staff writer Sandy Brundage won a second-place award in the business story category for her June 6 cover story, “The price of doing business,” about the challenges facing retailers in downtown Menlo Park. Ms. Le won another first-place award (for news photo) and two second-place awards (for artistic photo and feature photo), work that appeared in the Almanac’s sister papers, the Palo Alto Week-ly and the Mountain View Voice. The competition was for work published between Nov. 1, 2013, and Oct. 31, 2014. Awards were given to weekly and daily news-papers based on circulation categories.

Caltrain seeks volunteers for advisory committee The Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board is seeking vol-unteers to apply for its Citizens Advisory Committee. The committee has nine com-munity members who serve in an advisory capacity to the Cal-train board of directors. There are currently three openings. Residents may find an applica-tion on the CAC website or by calling (650) 508-6223. Applica-tions are due by May 29. The committee meets the third Wednesday of each month at 5:40 p.m. at Caltrain head-quarters at 1250 San Carlos Ave., one block from the San Carlos Caltrain Station.


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MENLO PARKResidential burglary: Someone entered a garage on White Oak Drive and stole a bicycle. There were no signs of forced entry. Estimated loss: $3,500. May 9.Auto burglaries:

A GPS device was stolen from a vehicle parked on Almanor Avenue. The vehicle was found with a window smashed. Estimated loss: $200. May 14.

Someone stole a stereo from an unlocked vehicle parked in the 1300 block of Willow Road. The stereo had been equipped with a TV screen and the dashboard had substantial damage done to it. Estimated loss: $200. May 12.

Someone stole a pair of sunglasses and a tire gauge from the glove box of a locked vehicle parked on Noel Drive. There were no signs of forced entry. Esti-mated loss: $100.

Someone stole a purse containing a credit card and an Apple iPod from a locked vehicle parked in the 1600 block

of Marsh Road. The vehicle was found with a smashed front window on the pas-senger side. Estimated loss: $87. May 10.Thefts:

A cable box was stolen from a rec-reation room of a residence on Crane Avenue. Estimated loss: $430. May 14.

Someone stole a parking permit decal from the rear window of a vehicle parked at Menlo Avenue and Doyle Street. Esti-mated loss: $396. May 11.

An unattended Apple iPad was stolen from an outdoors table on Adams Court. Estimated loss:$300. May 12.

A wallet was stolen from the glove box of an unlocked vehicle parked on Hedge Road. In the wallet were a driver’s license, credit cards and $100 in cash. Estimated loss: $230. May 12.

Police arrested a man on charges of vandalism, attempted burglary and pos-session of a tampering device after he was allegedly seen holding a drill near a newspaper vending machine in the 1100 block of El Camino Real. Police said the vending machine had damage consistent with someone using a drill to attempt to steal the coin box. May 10.

A battery charger was stolen from the Shell gas station on Sharon Park Drive. The suspects fled west on Sand Hill Road in a black Ford Crown Victoria. May 12.Stolen vehicle: A gray and blue 1990 Chevrolet Silverado truck from the 1100 block of Willow Road. May 12

San Mateo County will host a community meeting on Wednesday, May 20, to talk about options for Flood Park. Translators and childcare will be provided. The meeting starts

at 6:30 p.m. at the Arrillaga Family Recreation Center at 700 Alma St. in Menlo Park. For more information, call the county at 353-4020 or go to smcoparks.org.

Flood Park community meeting

POLICE CALLS

Photo by Jack Gescheidt

The scene from the viewing platform at Mindego Gateway on Alpine Road, 1.4 miles west of Skyline Boulevard, above Portola Valley.

A new one-mile trail exten-sion connecting the Mideninsula Regional Open Space District’s Mindego Gateway parking lot to the Russian Ridge trail system has opened, creating a four-mile loop that includes sweeping views as well as shaded woodlands. Mindego Gateway, which opened last year, is located on Alpine Road, 1.4 miles west of Sky-line Boulevard, above Portola Val-

ley. The site has 20 parking spots and several viewing platforms, is wheelchair-accessible and has sweeping views of the area. The new Ancient Oaks Trail extension connects with the Rus-sian Ridge trail system, which includes the Bay Area Ridge Trail, Alpine Pond and 360-degree views from Borel Hill. The district says the extension of the Ancient Oaks Trail is the

final phase of the POST-funded Mindego Gateway project, which included the 1,047-acre Mindego Ranch, the landmark Mindego Hill and the 97-acre Silva property. Visit openspace.org/preserves or call 691-1200 for more infor-mation about the Ancient Oaks Trail or Mindego Gateway at the Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve.

— Barbara Wood

New trail for Mindego Gateway project


Keeping Searsville dam in place a good solution By Shani Kleinhaus and Lennie Roberts

The day Stanford University released its plans for Searsville Dam, an article labeled “1000 dams down and count-

ing” was published in the journal Science. This study showed that stream ecosystems are resilient, and respond quickly and positively to dam removal. It also cautioned that cur-rent models are not very effective at predicting downstream effects. With that in mind, what should be the fate of Searsville Dam? Santa Clara Valley Audubon Soci-ety and the Committee for Green Foothills started grappling with this question in 2011, when we were asked to support dam removal. Although removing a dam that no longer serves its original purpose of water storage is clearly an appeal-ing idea, we were concerned about the many unknowns and decided not to take a position at that time. We did not doubt that dam removal would facilitate passage of steelhead trout to their upstream historic spawning areas. But what were the likely impacts to other habitats and sensitive species that live in the watershed? We were also concerned about increased flood risks to the 8,400 homes and businesses in the creek’s historic floodplain in East Palo Alto, Palo Alto, and Menlo Park. No dam removal project located above a similar highly developed flood zone has ever been attempted. We asked ourselves, what are the risks to cit-ies downstream? And what opportunities are associated with the dam that could be lost if it is removed?

Since we wanted more information before taking a position, we expressed an interest in comprehensive studies of options that included evaluation of all the risks and tradeoffs. We were invited to join the 25-member Searsville Alternatives Study Advisory Group, which began meeting in early 2013. Other stakehold-ers included local elected officials, regulatory

agencies, environmental and con-servation interest groups, representa-tives of Jasper Ridge Biological Pre-serve, and residents concerned with upstream and downstream flooding risks. For two years we heard presen-tations from many disciplines; asked questions; and reviewed studies, models, and engineering and tech-nological solutions. Our advisory group evaluated risks, discussed ben-efits and trade-offs, and considered

alternatives — each stakeholder contributing his or her own unique perspective. As representatives of environmental orga-nizations working in the communities of the San Francisquito watershed, we focused not only on fish passage but also on the larger suite of habitats and resources, and the potential results of any action on the myriad species (and people) that share the watershed. A par-ticular concern was the potential loss of open water at Searsville reservoir (at a great cost to bat species); potential loss of up to 200 acres of wetlands and wetland/riparian forest (at a great cost to migratory bird species); and unavoid-able sedimentation of the creek downstream and the Bay (with potential impacts to several endangered species and increased flood risks).

Stanford’s Faculty and Staff Steering Com-mittee has also been intensively studying Searsville’s options on a separate, parallel track. Their recommended course of action: Create an opening at the bottom of the dam to drain the reservoir and flush out the fine sediment, with the intent that this will allow fish passage and provide attenuation of peak flood flows. Some habitats will be restored under this plan, while others will be reduced, relocated, or lost. A major advantage of this option is that it is reversible; if models of sediment impacts and risks of downstream flooding prove inaccu-rate, and adverse impacts become evident in the watershed, the opening in the dam can be closed. The Searsville Alternatives process now begins an intensive new phase of public and environmental agency review. This process will be rigorous, particularly since many ques-tions remain and details need to be fleshed out. There will be many opportunities for public engagement, and shovels in the ground will be several years away. We thank Stanford University for inviting us to participate in the Searsville Alternatives Study Advisory Group and thank the other stakeholders who made it such an engaging educational experience. We are glad the col-lective wisdom of this process has chosen a cautious path forward.

Shani Kleinhaus is the environmental advocate of the Santa Clara Valley Audubon

Society; Ladera resident Lennie Roberts is the legislative advocate of the Committee for

Green Foothills.

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This photo from the late 1800s or early 1900s is included in the Atherton history book “Under the Oaks” by Pamela Gullard and Nancy Lund. It depicts members of the Beltramo family, whose descendants still own and operate Beltramo’s Wines & Spirits at 1540 El Camino Real in Menlo Park. Giovanni Beltramo, who immigrated to the area from the Piemonte region of Italy in 1879 or shortly thereafter, is the seventh man standing in the photo, with his

wife, Maddalena, next to him, her hand resting on an unidentified family member. Giovanni and Maddalena built a residence/hotel with a cafe and retail wine business on Glenwood Avenue, providing residents of the area “a little bit of Italy,” according to the historians. In 1935, their son, Alexander, and his wife, Theresa, launched the family business that continues operating on El Camino today, according to the book.


By Lauren John

I start the class by writing the word EMOTICON on the whiteboard, followed by the

symbol for a smiling face and the characters :-)).

“Can you figure out how the word EMOTICON was created? It’s in the dictionary now for the first time! Any ideas on where it came from?

My audience is a group of high school students who would rather be anywhere else than a classroom on a Satur-day morning. They are here in a Palo Alto SAT learning center doing vocabulary drills for the College Board’s highly competitive Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT). Most of them are learn-ing a lot of new words in a very short amount of time, which is why these sessions are referred to as “boot camp.” They need high scores to get into the Ivy League colleges and the University of California state schools.

The students and I will be judged and rewarded by how much practice test scores and real scores increase. And the ultimate reward will be acceptance at a great college. But I also naively* want them to learn to love words

the way that I do. I want them to understand that words are sym-bols for thinking and feeling and learning — for human civilization itself. I say this at the first class. They roll their eyes the way that I do when my yoga teacher reads inspiring quotes as she has us do the downward dog pose. (At least she can’t see me roll my eyes at her, because if I am doing the pose correctly, I am facing down-ward.) But in either the SAT or the

yoga class situation, you know the look. It is the one that says: Can we just do the exercises and go home? The students are not sure if they should memorize EMOTICON — which, by the way is not a word on the SAT — at least not yet. But I waste five

precious minutes talking about EMOTICON anyway. The stu-dents usually get that the word EMOTICON comes from the root word emotion. They are less likely to conclude that the word is a combination of the word emo-tion and the word icon.* How cool is that? I start with EMOTICON because I want students to under-stand that they live in a time when new exciting words are rapidly

entering the dictionary — words that may be based on older, more mundane* words. This is quite a challenge since SAT vocabulary words have not changed much since I myself first took the exam in 1973. As I revisited the prodigious* list, there were the usual suspects: alacrity,* bellicose,* charlatan,* diaphanous,* all the way through zephyr* — the opposite of which is maelstrom.* But oh the stories behind these old words! I try to share some of them. For example, according to the New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, the word zephyr comes from the Greek and Roman god of the west wind, considered the most pleasant of the winds. It is a wind mentioned in Homer’s “Odyssey” and the name of a baseball team admired by Homer Simpson. I can ride Amtrak’s Zephyr train to Reno or drive a used Lincoln Zephyr. The word has been around for centuries and is still part of our popular culture. Well, there went another five minutes on one word when we should have been doing drills. I also do a great talk on how we got the word Internet — but in the interest of time, I choose to pontificate (great word, but not a SAT word) on one technology term per class. My hunch is that if you give up

Saturday mornings to drill SAT vocabulary words with someone who cares about words, your scores will go up. But I’m not sure what students will remember a year or years from now either. Are there any other ways to measure the outcome of Satur-days spent doing word drills? Will any of my students one day win a Nobel Prize for literature or invent something that will add a new word to the dictionary? I sure hope so. Because, ultimately, the best measure of success, at least

for me, would be to train a kid who contributes to a whole new vocabulary for us all.

* A word on the SAT

Lauren John is a tutor at an after-school learning center,

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