December 18, 2009 | www.SanRamonExpress.com | PAGE 1 News Conversation Introducing your local online news source Express keeps you in touch with what’s happening in San Ramon. It’s both an interactive website and a daily e-mail news digest. Quick, easy, fun and informative. Check it out at SanRamonExpress.com, and sign up for our quick-read e-mail version, sent directly to your in-box everyday. www.SanRamonExpress.com Local news posted 24/7. Bookmark SanRamonExpress.com and check it throughout the day for important community news Town Square is where you can post your own news or discuss community issues with other San Ramon residents Protesters arrested at Chevron Protesters demonstrated in front of Chevron’s headquarters in San Ra- mon this morning to highlight what they say are efforts by the oil giant to undermine the fight against global warming. (Monday, December 7, 2009, 4:08 PM) A night of stars Two new awards, and the second ever Lifetime Achievement Award, were among those presented when the San Ramon Chamber of Com- merce held its 25th annual awards banquet, “A Night of Stars,” Dec. 10 at the San Ramon Community Center. (Sunday, December 13, 2009, 10:32 PM) There’s snow place like home Parts of the San Ramon Valley awakened to a cover of white this morning after about an inch of snow fell overnight in the Valley. By noon, snow was still standing in shady spots, Mount Diablo was covered down to its foothills, and the west hills were still sparsely coated. (Monday, December 7, 2009, 12:53 PM) Hospital breaking ground to enlarge ER, lab San Ramon Regional Medical Center will break ground Dec. 15 for its new emergency department construction and clinical laboratory expan- sion at a cost of $10.7 million. (Thursday, December 3, 2009, 4:40 PM) City founder Byron Athan passes into history It was a true pleasure to work with By as San Ramon’s city attorney. His deci- sions were fair and his memory for facts, truly amazing. He was loved by the staff and all who worked with him. He will be greatly missed, but his legacy will live on forever! Posted by Carol Rowley Councilmember, a resident of San Ramon, on Dec 5, 2009 at 11:01 am Home burglaries on the rise — often during daylight hours Really appreciate the alert...have a tightknit neighborhood and watch out for about 8 houses now that I’m “pre-retired.” I’ve gone to the trouble to place locks on my gates and I find it is very helpful. Also, removing all shrubbery away from visible windows to one’s residence is a huge help! Posted by Ms. Bunny, a resident of San Ramon, on Nov 20, 2009 at 9:58 am Protesters arrested at Chevron How much gas did they cause people to waste on their way to work while they sat in the gridlock caused by these clowns? Posted by Longtime Resident, a resident of San Ramon, on Dec 7, 2009 at 4:58 pm TownSquare San Ramon’s online gathering place VIEW ALL TOWN SQUARE POSTINGS POST YOUR OWN NEWS OR OPINION ANNOUNCE AN EVENT TODAY’S TOP POSTS VIEW ALL POSTS by Teresa C. Brown Build it and they will come. That seems to have been the philosophy in the last three years since Dougherty Valley High School in San Ra- mon opened its state-of-the-art campus on Albion Road. With its third year under way, Dougherty Valley has grown from 500 students to 1,500, and currently is enjoying its first year with all four grade levels. The school will be graduating its first senior class at the end of this academic year. The class of 2010 started out as sophomores when the school opened, but the 238 seniors slated to wear caps and gowns this spring have been paving the way for future DVHS graduates. “It’s a smaller class, but personally I think they’ve done an extraor- dinary job in creating traditions and taking ownership,” said Principal Denise Hibbard. Creating traditions, on the surface, may not seem daunting. But Dougherty Valley is the first new high school to open in the district dur- ing the last 30-some years. The school’s construction was unique in that it was entirely developer funded and built. The developers, Windemere BLC and Shapell Industries of Northern California, agreed to fund the school’s construction in lieu of paying developer fees, explained Terry Koehne, director of community Dougherty Valley High — the jewel in the crown Class of 2010 has created traditions for the future See DOUGHERTY on Page 4 SRVUSD Dougherty Valley High School is the crown jewel in the district — open and spa- cious, with the latest technology and state-of-the-art athletic stadium and facility. This story ran on SanRamonExpress.com. See more stories like this online.
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Protesters arrested at Chevron Protesters demonstrated in front of Chevron’s headquarters in San Ra-mon this morning to highlight what they say are efforts by the oil giant to undermine the fi ght against global warming.(Monday, December 7, 2009, 4:08 PM)
A night of starsTwo new awards, and the second ever Lifetime Achievement Award, were among those presented when the San Ramon Chamber of Com-merce held its 25th annual awards banquet, “A Night of Stars,” Dec. 10 at the San Ramon Community Center.(Sunday, December 13, 2009, 10:32 PM)
There’s snow place like home Parts of the San Ramon Valley awakened to a cover of white this morning after about an inch of snow fell overnight in the Valley. By noon, snow was still standing in shady spots, Mount Diablo was covered down to its foothills, and the west hills were still sparsely coated.(Monday, December 7, 2009, 12:53 PM)
Hospital breaking ground to enlarge ER, labSan Ramon Regional Medical Center will break ground Dec. 15 for its new emergency department construction and clinical laboratory expan-sion at a cost of $10.7 million.(Thursday, December 3, 2009, 4:40 PM)
City founder Byron Athan passes into historyIt was a true pleasure to work with By as San Ramon’s city attorney. His deci-sions were fair and his memory for facts, truly amazing. He was loved by the staff and all who worked with him. He will be greatly missed, but his legacy will live on forever!Posted by Carol Rowley Councilmember, a resident of San Ramon, on Dec 5, 2009 at 11:01 am
Home burglaries on the rise — often during daylight hoursReally appreciate the alert...have a tightknit neighborhood and watch out for about 8 houses now that I’m “pre-retired.” I’ve gone to the trouble to place locks on my gates and I fi nd it is very helpful. Also, removing all shrubbery away from visible windows to one’s residence is a huge help!Posted by Ms. Bunny, a resident of San Ramon, on Nov 20, 2009 at 9:58 am
Protesters arrested at ChevronHow much gas did they cause people to waste on their way to work while they sat in the gridlock caused by these clowns?Posted by Longtime Resident, a resident of San Ramon, on Dec 7, 2009 at 4:58 pm
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Build it and they will come. That seems to have been the philosophy in the last three years since Dougherty Valley High School in San Ra-mon opened its state-of-the-art campus on Albion Road. With its third year under way, Dougherty Valley has grown from 500 students to 1,500, and currently is enjoying its fi rst year with all four grade levels. The school will be graduating its fi rst senior class at the end of this academic year. The class of 2010 started out as sophomores when the school opened, but the 238 seniors slated to wear caps and gowns this spring have been paving the way for future DVHS graduates. “It’s a smaller class, but personally I think they’ve done an extraor-dinary job in creating traditions and taking ownership,” said Principal Denise Hibbard. Creating traditions, on the surface, may not seem daunting. But Dougherty Valley is the fi rst new high school to open in the district dur-ing the last 30-some years.
The school’s construction was unique in that it was entirely developer funded and built. The developers, Windemere BLC and Shapell Industries of Northern California, agreed to fund the school’s construction in lieu of paying developer fees, explained Terry Koehne, director of community
Dougherty Valley High — the jewel in the crownClass of 2010 has created traditions for the future
See DOUGHERTY on Page 4
SRVUSDDougherty Valley High School is the crown jewel in the district — open and spa-cious, with the latest technology and state-of-the-art athletic stadium and facility.
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relations for San Ramon Val-ley Unified School District. The agreement with the two developers has produced eight new school construc-tions within the SRVUSD: five elementary schools, two middle schools and Dough-erty Valley. DVHS has cashed in on the unusual developer-fund-ed agreement, one of the first of its type in California. “It really is the crown jewel,” Koehne said, add-ing that the campus was “open, spacious, had the latest technology and state-of-the-art athletic stadium and facility.” As a new school, everything about DVHS had to be created from scratch. For Hibbard, it’s been challenging. “How do you create culture, create opportunity to ensure students become leaders on campus? They don’t have senior or upperclassmen to model. That was something we were constantly trying to explore,” Hibbard said. It’s the little things often taken for granted that presented a challenge — what traditions should be created — Hibbard explained. “What does homecoming look like when there’s no one coming home, what do rallies look like?” Hibbard credits the students for stepping up to the plate and meeting the challenge head on. “Typically, you see seniors or upperclassmen running club meetings, but in our case, our freshmen and sophomores were running clubs,” Hibbard said. When the school opened in August 2007, only about 500 freshman and sophomore students walked the halls on the 54-acre campus. Fewer than 100 students transferred from existing high schools and the remaining mostly came from Windemere Ranch Mid-dle School. Their success was due in part to teacher and parent support, Hibbard noted. “There was a lot of patience and modeling by adults.” Unlike other areas beaten by economic hardships, Dougherty Valley has continued to experience growth, albeit on a slower pace. Nevertheless, the school has faced strife due to the flagging economy. “Because this is new high school, our hired staff’s seniority is pretty low,” Hibbard said. A recent major challenge has been “pink slips,” potential lay-off notices. “It’s one of those things where we don’t know what we know until the budget comes out and we see the numbers.” Last year, the school faced a large possible lay-off scenario with 60 percent of staffing receiving pink slips. The lifeline turned out to be the parcel tax, Hibbard said, adding that “the parcel tax meant stability for the students, parents and staff.” The school is also special due to its ethnic diversity. “It’s reflective of the real world,” Hibbard said. The demographics cross the board. Twenty-one percent of the student population is of Chinese descent, 30 percent Caucasian, 13 percent Asian Indian, and several other groups are 7 percent each. The demographics are also reflected in the school’s programs. In addition to Spanish and French, DVHS offers Mandarin as a foreign language option. The students have also responded to rigorous academic courses in mathematics and science, Hibbard said. “We have parents with strong science and math backgrounds,” she said, adding that they have a lot of students eager to take multiple science and math courses. High school graduation and college requirements include two sciences and two maths, but Hibbard said they’ve noticed a number of students were taking four of each. “We’re noticing these kids want to learn, and these are two areas that intrigue them.” The school’s academic rigor is showing. Its current API (Academic Performance Index) score is 905, up from 891 last year. Administered by the California Department of Educa-tion, the API measures academic performance and growth. The statewide performance target for California schools is 800. DVHS’ API score is ranked among the top 10 percent of all high schools in California, Hibbard said — 27th overall in the state. The future for DVHS will not only mean maintaining its high standards and freshly mint-ed traditions, it will also include meeting the needs of a growing student population. “We’re supposed to grow,” Hibbard said. “Eventually we’ll have over 2,000 students. A challenge will be continuing to find staff members who are innovative and creative and engaging, while attracting high-quality teachers.” In the meantime, Hibbard has graduation to look toward, sending 238 seniors off to meet the world. The last three years have been a process, she said, and she’s proud of the seniors. “They came as sophomores,” she reminisced. “They packed up and came here and they have made the best of opportunities available to them. I think they’ll always have this experience.” n
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Two new awards, and the second ever Lifetime Achieve-ment Award, were among those presented when the San Ramon Chamber of Commerce held its 25th annual awards banquet, “A Night of Stars,” Dec. 10 at the San Ramon Community Center. Byron Athan, one of the founders of the City of San Ra-mon who also served as city attorney, council member and city manager, was honored posthumously with the Lifetime Achievement Award. This award, only the second one ever presented during the event’s 25 years, is given to recognize an individual who has made extraordinary contributions to the community. Athan’s family members, including his wife Mary, were present. The award was presented by two former mayors and long-time community contributors, Pat Boom and Mary Lou Oliver, and was accepted by Athan’s sons, Byron Jr., Ted and George. Athan was praised for his humility and “tremendous energy and enthusiasm.” “As kind and generous a man as he was, he was a fierce counselor and supporter of the community he loved,” Oliver said. Boom recalled what Athan’s wife, Mary, said about what stood out in her mind about her husband. “His loyalty to the City of San Ramon,” Mary had said. “He loved the city.” Others remembered Athan as “a gentleman who was kind and honest,” and a man who would give legal advice, but allow the council to make decisions on its own. Nominees, with the recipients noted, for the various awards were: Employee of the Year: Danielle Bell, San Ramon Valley
Fire Protection District; Susan Najarian, ClubSport San Ra-mon (recipient); and Patricia Perry, City of San Ramon. Educator of the Year: Denise Hibbard, principal, Dougherty Valley High School; Kathy Moore, librarian and educator, San Ramon Valley Unified School District (recipient); Kay Wang, founder and educator, Bay Valley Chinese School. Business Person of the Year: Elaine Betts, owner, Go Far Consulting: Lucky Sandhu, president, Reliance Financial; and Gary Sloan, CEO, San Ramon Regional Medical Center (recipient). Citizen of the Year: Mark Ballock, Patty Hoyt, and Robin Moreno (recipient). Educator of the Year award recipient Kathy Moore ac-cepted the award on behalf of her co-nominees, Wang and Hibbard, and the hundreds of educators in the district. “I think I have the best job in the school district,” Moore said. “I get to work with teachers and children in the class-room every day. It never feels like work.” Two new awards were presented this year, the Green Company / Individual Award and the Hero of the Year Award. The Green award was given to a business that, among other requirements, demonstrates and promotes earth-friendly practices. The Hero of the Year award, the culmination of the class project from the Leadership San Ramon Valley Class of 2009, was presented to a San Ramon resident nominated by a young person for having made a positive and lasting impression on him or her. Nominees, with the recipients noted, for these inaugural awards were: Green Company / Individual: Allied Waste, Tim Argenti; ATI Architects and Engineers, Bob Desautels; and San Ramon Body and Detail, Geoff Johnson (recipient). Hero of the Year: Jeff Davis, San Ramon Valley High School; Joseph Culbertson, Scoutmaster (recipient); and
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GINA CHANNELL-ALLENTOP: Joseph Culbertson (left) was nominated by Andrew Dala and received the inaugural Hero of the Year award. The award was initiated and coordinated by the Leadership San Ramon Valley Class of 2009.BOTTOM: Members of the Leadership San Ramon Valley Class of 2009 attended the Chamber of Commerce awards banquet to see the Hero of the Year award presented. Pictured here are: (back, left to right) Karen McHenry-Smith, Steve Wilcox, Tim White, (front) Sharon Wilcox, Linda McColgan and Will Doerlich.
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help your immune system, which keeps you from getting sick. Locally, the biggest problem kids and teens face with nutrition is that they are too busy to stop and eat a meal with all four food groups, Stowell said. “The problem is they are skipping meals. They’re on the run,” she said. But quick, fun meals are available and make for fun family projects, she said. While cooking, kids can also learn the importance of following directions, how to measure ingredients, and how to explore artistic ways to present the food. When cooking with kids, parents can delegate tasks, according to the age of their son or daughter. Younger children can help stir, older children can measure ingredients,
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Dixon to U. Wolf for $778,000
249 Santa Fe Drive Winston
Trust to C. & K. Williamson for
$793,000
1331 South Villa Way C.
Schmidt to S. Gaube for
$445,000
1572 Stanley Dollar Drive
#2B Housekeeper Trust to
Ringen Trust for $470,000
1590 Sunnyvale Avenue #34
D. Mendoza to P. Pearson for
$362,500
665 Terra California Drive
#2 A. Kurtz to M. Termanini for
$300,000
3874 Terra Granada Drive
#4C K. Webb to R. & C. Perry
for $615,000
1310 Walden Road #1 S. &
M. Goldstein to M. Yurovsky for
$425,000
4032 Walnut Boulevard
D. & S. Zeiger to M. Li for
$1,200,000
3874 Terra Granada Drive
#4C K. Webb to R. & C. Perry
for $615,000
1310 Walden Road #1 S. &
M. Goldstein to M. Yurovsky for
$425,000
4032 Walnut Boulevard
D. & S. Zeiger to M. Li for
$1,200,000
3357 Worth Court P. Chaudhri
to M. & A. Zapata for $890,000
H O M E S A L E SSource: California REsource
H O M E S A L E O F T H E W E E KD A N V I L L E
123 Address
This is information about
the home that was sold
whenever. 4 bedrooms
and 2 bath cottage with a
boat dock.
Sold for $2,888,000
by Agent Name
of Alain Pinel
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Real EstateO P E N H O M E G U I D E A N D R E A L E S T A T E L I S T I N G S
recity
this is relisting style
Highest sale reported:
$2,314,000
Average sales reported:
$973,479
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Total sales reported: 6
Lowest sale reported:
$1,072,500
Highest sale reported:
$2,495,000
Average sales reported:
$1,747,916
Walnut Creek
Total sales reported: 27
Lowest sale reported:
$235,000
Highest sale reported:
$1,620,000
Average sales reported:
$599,166
S A L E S A T A G L A N C E
This week’s data represents homes sold during June 2007
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A Night of StarsResidents honored at chamber’s
25th annual awards banquet
See STArS on Page 7
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Messiah Sing-a-LongFour soloists will perform with an orchestra and you at the Messiah Sing-a-Long at 7 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 20, at San Ramon Presbyterian Church, 12943 Alcosta Blvd. The chorus is made up of those in the audience who wish to add their voices to the inspiring strains of George F. Handel’s Messiah. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for kids; can be purchased at www.sanramonperformingarts.com or at the door. For information, visit www.sanramonarts.org.
Government 101City of San Ramon will host Government 101, a six-week course, designed to enhance understanding of local government and encourage participation among residents. Registration starts in January and the course is free. The classes will be held from 6:30-9 p.m., Mondays, starting Feb. 22, in the Council Chambers. For information or to register, call 973-2538 or e-mail [email protected].
‘She’s All That!’Soroptimist International of San Ramon Valley will host “She’s All That!” for middle school-aged girls from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 6, at Cal High School in San Ramon. There will be an inspirational keynote presentation, a choice of three 60-minute sessions for the girls and three 90-minute sessions for parents. Pre-registration is required; cost is $25 before Jan. 15; $30 afterwards. Call 355-2442 or visit www.soroptimist-sr.org.
Sentinels of Freedom Holiday Welcome Home Ceremony and ReceptionTown of Danville will host its annual Holiday Welcome Home Ceremony and Reception for Armed Forces from 1-4 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 27, at the Veterans Memorial Building, 400 Hartz Ave., Danville. This event will honor all current members of all Armed Forces who are home on holiday leave. A reception of coffee and cookies will follow the reception. The public is invited. If you know a members that will be home for the holidays, call Karen McHenry-Smith at 973-2532.
Historic Foundation Crab FeedSan Ramon Historic Foundation will host a Crab Feed with fresh cracked crab, pasta, salad, french bread, coffee and tea starting at 6 p.m. with a no-host social hour and complimentary hors d’oeuvres (dinner served at 7 p.m.), Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Dougherty Station Community Center, 17011 Bollinger Canyon Rd., San Ramon. Tickets are $40. Call 828-0586.
GFWC Dublin/San Ramon Womens Club Crab and Pasta FeedWelcome 2010 with an all you can eat Crab and Pasta Feed event from 6-8 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 16, at St. Raymond Moran Hall, 11555 Shannon Ave., Dublin. Tickets are $37.50 and must be purchased in advance; no tickets will be sold at the door. Proceeds benefi t community service projects. Call 216-7280 or visit www.dsrwomensclub.org.
For information, see the Community Calendar at SanRamonExpress.com.
Town of Danville will host its annual Holiday Welcome Home
Sunday, Dec. 27, at the Veterans Memorial Building, 400 Hartz Ave., Danville. This event will honor all current members of all Armed Forces who are home on holiday
Community Calendar
Lisa Rainbolt, teacher at Del Amigo High School. Andrew Dala nominated Culbertson by writing an essay about his Eagle Scout advisor Joseph Culbertson. “He help me through the whole project,” Dala said about his Eagle Scout project to move 150 cubic yards of soil (1,000 wheelbarrows, he pointed out) to the new senior center gar-den on Alcosta Boulevard. “And his help throughout my Scouting career has been incred-ible. He’s just a great person in my opinion.” Culbertson said he was “quite honored and humbled to know that I made such an im-pression on someone in my troop that he’d go out and write something like that.” Nominations for the Hero awards were made by Dala, Casey Brown and Joey Baker. Dala received a $500 scholarship to further his education. Brown and Baker both received $250. Funds for the scholarships were provided by the Danville-Sycamore Rotary Club, the Danville Rotary Club, Realtors Marketing Association and San Ramon Valley Firefi ghters. It was said on more than one occasion by the presenters of the awards that there were recipients of the awards, but all the nominees were winners. Both the nominees and recipi-ents were humbled and appreciative. Sandhu was visiting his parents in India when he found out he was nominated for Busi-nessperson of the Year. “It came as a big surprise,” he said. “I’m really humbled. In a com-munity full of stars — and me?” Robin Moreno, recipient of the Citizen of the Year award, said, “I don’t feel I’m different from any other citizen in this room. It’s just my turn to be recognized.” Dr. Bill Harlan, instructor at Diablo Valley College and long-time San Ramon resident, was the keynote speaker and talked about the journey the city and its residents have made over the past 25 years, taking San Ramon from a “location” to a community. Of the San Ramon residents, Harlan said, “We are a community of doers and givers.”
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This testimonial reflects results achieved by this patient. As each case is different and must be independently evaluated and managed, actual results will vary.
He’s here because we’re here.
One-time teacher, full-time grandpa and part-time Santa, Jerry Bishop is back sorting out who’s been naughty or nice. The heart surgeons, cardiologists and cardiac care team at San Ramon Regional Medical Center have put a glow back in Santa’s cheeks.
As always, from everyone here at your hospital, we wish you a joyous holiday season and a very healthy New Year.
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