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BY BARBARA PALMER UNUSUALLY WET AND CHILLY WEATHER in April and May appears to have discombobulated some of the campus critters that call the Farm home, said PETER OZORIO, who works for Crane Pest Control, which contracts with the university for services including wildlife control. "Animals have been doing weird things," he said, including raccoons and skunks spotted foraging for food at odd times of the day. In June, Ozorio was called out to a bush near the Cantor Arts Center, where he found two motherless baby raccoons, each just the size of a softball, "chitter-chattering with each other." Ozorio contacted the Palo Alto-based Wildlife Rescue, which helped the raccoons find their way to ROMP, the Rescued Orphan Mammal Foundation, in San Francisco. The babies were a little thin and dehydrated when they arrived, but both now are doing fine and will be released into the wild in a couple of months, said MEGAN ISADORE, ROMP's co-founder. Ozorio is a big fan of organizations like the nonprofit Wildlife Rescue (494-SAVE), he said. "I can't tell you how many times they've been of assistance." THIRD-DEGREE BLACK BELT ANGELA NAVARRETE, web editor for University Communications, was on top of the world in June -- she earned a bronze medal at the world championships hosted by the American Taekwondo Association in Little Rock, Ark. Navarrete, who has studied martial arts for 11 years, said she discovered taekwondo when she was shopping around for self-defense classes. "I discovered it's a great workout, physically and mentally. It's one of the best ways to work on confidence, self-discipline and focus," she said. In addition to competing in regional, national and world championships, Navarrete teaches classes at a taekwondo school that she and her husband, FERNANDO, operate in San Francisco. HERE'S THE DISH: THE STANFORD GRILL ON THE STANFORD GOLF COURSE, open to the public Tuesday through Sunday for breakfast and lunch, is under new management. Executive chef MICHAEL MAZAFFARI was most recently executive chef at Pixar Animation Studios. You can check out the new menu at http:// www.stanfordgrill.com. THE STANFORD COMMUNITY is invited to join the International Chorus at the Bechtel International Center. Participants learn (and teach) songs in their native languages every Tuesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The chorus is just one of a long list of classes planned for the summer, including Japanese calligraphy, Portuguese, yoga and "Modern Dance with a Funky Twist." Sign-up lists are posted at the I-Center. Write to Barbara Palmer at barbara.palmer@stanford.edu
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Stanford Report, July 9, 2003
