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Mary Ann Cook

Busy Los Gatos grad keeps writing screenplays

SILVER SCREEN: You can see Out of Sight starring George Clooney at area movie theaters now and bear in mind that the script is the work of Scott Frank, a '78 grad of Los Gatos High. Frank is no stranger to film success, having also written Little Man Tate, starring Jodie Foster, and Dead Again, with Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson.

Informant Lynn Bischoff passed on this info and said she was able to locate classmate Nancy Graf-Perez, now living in Scottsdale, Ariz., through a mention in this column. The class has its 20th reunion Sept. 19. Bischoff will move to Hawaii two days afterward. She's a massage therapist and can set up shop anywhere. Has massage table, will travel.

PASSAGEWAYS: Artist Rosalie Lang is particularly fascinated by passageways, especially gates and the messages they convey. Her oil paintings will be shown at the Olive Hyde Art Gallery in Fremont from Sept. 2 to Oct. 4. Lang's training was at Queens College and Pratt Institute in New York.

Many of the gates were discovered on trips to New Mexico, France and the Caribbean and thus reflect a wide range of architectural style. Lang's paintings incorporate both thickly textured paints and thin washes.

The Hyde gallery hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 12:30-5 p.m., Thursday 6-8:30 p.m. The show is called "Common Duality" and will also feature work by Kendra Barron and Robert Latin.

IT'S NOT JUST A HOSPITAL NAME: Laurie Freedman of Los Gatos played good Samaritan recently to ownerless dog Lucy and her seven golden retriever/rottweiler mix pups. Friedman postponed a Cape Cod vacation to care for the newborns and mother at the urging of Cheryl Kleder of Pet Network.

Now Freedman intends to adopt Lucy, and homes have been found for two of the pups. The pups were born nine weeks ago under a San Jose mobile home and were captured and rescued by the homeowner, his son and members of the Pet Network before the police could take more drastic measures.

The pups had been creating quite a show for the mobile-park children and caused the pup's mom to go ballistic, so residents called police. Fortunately, Lucy was coaxed into a trap when the homeowner's son put her puppies inside the trap, and so quiet reigned by the time the police got there. Tragedy averted.

The dogs have received health checks and two of four puppy shots and are de-wormed. A donation of $100 is asked, and the Pet Network number is 450-2452. Pet Network operates from Saratoga and screens potential foster and adoptive homes very carefully.

WILD HORSES: Designer Alexis Ulrich of Los Gatos is part of the Marin Designer's Showcase Sept. 22-Oct. 11. Since the setting is a hilltop estate overlooking Mt. Diablo and Sonoma, where Arabian horses were raised, the showcase theme is "Equestrian Manor."

The focal point of Ulrich's work is an eye-catching mural created by Nancy Peach which depicts wild horses. The mural is 30 feet long and can be seen from the stairway that runs between the main floor and the foyer.

TOWN ECCENTRIC? Layne Hackett has worn many hats over the years. She currently teaches communication skills to businesses and travels all over the country giving workshops on how people can relate better to others.

Her seminars are designed to build trust and help people become more receptive to divergent ways of thinking. She's part of Leadership Center West, a northern outlet for Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

When I interviewed her 14 years ago, she was deep into raising and harvesting snails for gourmet use as escargot. Before that she was director of the Timpany Center for the disabled. And she's always been active in physically demanding sports.

My latest news revealed she was involved with the Silver Streaks, a roller skating club. Her career and hobby pursuits cover an extraordinary range, to put it mildly. When I caught up with her and recounted some of the foregoing, she laughed and said, "I didn't realize I was the town eccentric."

Hackett is still membership chairman for the Silver Streaks, though she doesn't skate much herself. If you're interested in ball-bearing action, call her at 354-5605. Maybe you'll be lucky enough to find her in town.

ANOTHER HAT: Monte Sereno Mayor Suzanne Jackson has an additional elective hat. She's been elected vice chairman of the Republican Central Committee of Santa Clara County.

JOINT ROTARIES: The Rotary meeting Aug. 27 will be a joint meeting of four area clubs--Los Gatos, Saratoga, Cupertino and Campbell. After a softball game at West Valley College, a barbecue will follow at Saratoga Springs. Cost is $25 and Lloyd Grant is the one to call, at 867-1775.

MONTREAL MEMORIES: Fifteen local Kiwanians and guests are still talking about their adventures at the International Convention in Montreal earlier this summer. A jazz festival was under way in front of their hotel, and shopping was great, because the exchange rate was favorable--$1 U.S. worth $1.40 Canadian and climbing. Several Kiwanians took extended vacations and explored Ontario and Quebec as well.

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