LETTERS LETTERS (November 10, 2004)

Las Lomitas reporting helped add to history

Editor:

The Las Lomitas Centennial Celebration Committee offers extra special thanks to David Boyce for his excellent article on the district's history.

One of your readers passed the article on to Charles Niederhauser's granddaughter who lives in San Francisco. She put us in touch with Dr. Niederhauser's 85-year-old son who lives in Tucson.

We have had wonderful conversations with him, and have learned that he is willing to share four file boxes of documents from his father's era as superintendent of the district from 1932-1950.

Thus, thanks to the Almanac, Las Lomitas will obtain important pieces of its history that would otherwise surely have been lost.

Nancy Lund, historian
Las Lomitas Centennial Committee

A solution for Menlo corner

Editor:

I have read several items about the situation at University and Menlo avenues. It is, no doubt, a real problem.

But the solution is quite easy. First we must accept the premise that no solution is so good, that someone cannot find a reason to be against it.

Here is the solution. One sign, very inexpensive and short. On it are three words "No Left Turn."

I'm sure many people will be aghast at this solution and the screams will be heard in Gilroy. Probably there are problems - real and imaginary - associated with this. But it can be done in a matter of a few hours and at minimal cost. And, it solves the problem.

Dan Goodman
Trinity Drive, Menlo Park

'Guardian Angels' arrived just in time

Editor:

This story is dedicated to the firemen from the Menlo Park Fire District's Station 5 in Fair Oaks.

I wish I could tell you how much these firemen mean to me. I am a disabled person living on my own. Without the firemen and Lifeline emergency service, I wouldn't have survived many sticky situations. There have been many times the firemen have helped my parents, and now they help me.

A few months ago I was washing my hair in the sink when I fell over sideways in my chair. My foot slipped as I tried to get up, and I went over the side of my chair.

I reached for my Lifeline button, but the button was stuck. I couldn't free it. I was praying for the Lord to help me.

I was just about to give up hope, when the Lifeline went off. Quickly, a person came on the line asking if I needed help. The first thing I said was, "call the fire department, they're seconds away."

When I heard the truck pull up, I cried. The firemen were magnificent. They came in and helped me back to a sitting position. I was so shaken up. My brain was not working well at the time. They were great. I really appreciated what they did that day.

I'm always embarrassed by the predicaments I find myself in. Frankly, I don't know how I manage them. Whenever I apologize, the firemen tell me not to worry, it is their job. "Don't be upset," they say.

Judy Garcia
Fair Oaks, Menlo Park

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