Escorts were Ted Simonson, Vince Mutascio, LG Foundation president; Paul Dubois and Don Callahan.

The Community Foundation, the nonprofit organization that raises funds for its own projects to benefit the town, as well as extending its nonprofit umbrella for other groups in the community, handed out grants just before Casino Royale struck up the music for dancing.

Recipients were Live Oak Nutrition Center, $500; Festival Theatre Group (which staged Shakespeare in the Park this summer), $2,500; Live Oak Adult Day Care, $2,000; Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley, $1,000; and the Sunset Concert Series (at St. Luke's), $1,000.

Chief coordinator for the event was Jane Goldbach. Sighted during the evening were the town's new police chief Scott Seaman and wife Christina, Lawrence and Jimmie Dawson, MarLyn Rasmussen, who was escorted by Ed Stahl, and Kent and Beth Smith. Council members in attendance included Sandy Decker with her husband, Gil ; Mayor Randy Attaway, with his wife, Sara; and Joe Pirzynski with his wife, Pam. Former town manager Dave Knapp, now city manager of Cupertino, came with his wife, Kay.

COMMEMORATIVE JERSEY: Jeff Brzycki organized the basketball game and ceremony at LGHS in January that was a tribute to Todd Beamer, one of the heroes of United Flight 93, the plane that crashed in Pennsylvania on Sept. 11. T-shirts and sweatshirts printed with the words "Let's Roll" were sold at the game.

Those were the words that emerged as the motto of the plane's heroic passengers. The T-shirts were sold to raise money for a basketball scholarship to be given in Todd Beamer's honor.

Todd Beamer was a basketball player at LGHS, and his jersey was donated by his family to the school. It was framed and now hangs in the basketball gymnasium.

Brzycki got his friend Sen. Ted Aanavas of Wisconsin to have President Bush sign one of the T-shirts that were for sale. This was accomplished when the president recently visited Wisconsin and Aanavas was the second one in the receiving line awaiting the presidential plane. Now the Bush-signed shirt can hang alongside the Beamer jersey.

How did Brzycki get so involved in these Los Gatos and Sept. 11 doings? His girlfriend's son, Chris Clock, plays basketball at Los Gatos High. His girlfriend is Tracy Langley, a teacher at Santa Theresa High. And Brzycki is an idea man.

VINTAGE CAR OWNERS: Here are the Los Gatos car owners whose cars were displayed at the recent Concours d'HOPE fundraiser at the Zanardi digs, a fundraiser that benefited HOPE Services.

* John and Lorraine Blackburn's '32 Packard Deluxe 8 convertible was featured in both Addams Family films and the Quantum Leap TV series.

* Larry Carter's '62 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder—new, the car sold for $16,000; today it's valued at $1.6 million. Carter is CFO of Cisco.

* Heinz and Margaret Schu's '41 Lincoln Continental Cabriolet: One of 300 produced, featured in the movie Tucker filled with Dalmatian dogs.

* Bob Semichy's '31 Plymouth PA deluxe sedan. Semichy is a former teacher at Los Gatos High School.

* Jim Zanardi's list is a bit longer: '36 Cadillac V16 aerodynamic coupe—one of eight built, one of four still known to exist, it took first place at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in '94; '37 Cadillac sedan convertible V12; '39 Cadillac Woody, one of four built for the Del Coronado Hotel and believed to be the only one left; '40 Ford convertible coupe modified hot rod; '41 Cadillac convertible; '47 Ford Woody station wagon; '48 Chrysler Town & Country; '48 Chrysler Town & Country convertible; '58 Cadillac El Dorado Biarritz.

BIKE RUN FUNDRAISER FOR RAMOS: Los Gatan Jennifer Lambert is sponsoring a memorial bike run Sept. 28 from San Jose to Gilroy to benefit the family of Gabriel Ramos. Ramos was felled by leukemia at age 37, leaving a wife and four children.

A picnic and raffle are part of the plan. Raffle tickets are $50. It's $10 for a meal ticket only. Lambert's number is 408.356.4008.

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