On Friday January 6, 2017, a celebration was held in Los Altos Hills. An initiative of The Horsemens' Association which grew to include other characters who had connections with the subject of the celebratrion. The party was to be a surprise for an unsuspecting target who had reached 96 years of age.. And who was that person? Bob Stutz - a long-time pillar of the town - Horseman, trail builder, advocate for the Town's Pathway System, member of multiple town committees over many years, former Board Member of the Fire Commission for a *very* long time, and so on and so forth...- Following are some photos taken at the party

3517 Friends assemble in the Town's Park& Rec building prior to Bob's arrival. Cake, assorted munchies and suitable beverages await the official start...

3518 Bob is escorted to the scene and ushered in the door. It took a moment to sink in...

3519 He recovered his aplomb quickly enough and proceeded to find a chair where he could sit down and absorb the goings on...

3520 Old friends crowd round to greet him as former Mayor Tom McReynolds prepares to open the Champagne - with wife Barabara McReynolds on the left, and Bob's son John on the right looking on.

3521 Ann Duwe, Chairman of the Town's Pathways Committee, hands Bob a plastic cup of the bubbly - Mike Schoendorf looking on.

3522 Maintaining a firm grip on his trusty hiking staff with one hand, Bob tastes the celebratory fizzy stuff.

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6202 Carol Gottlieb welcomes the assmbled gathering with a brief intro to the proceedings

3525 The Cake prior to the candles being lit

6204 Happy Birthday Dear Bob!

3526 Ready for the big moment...

6206 Celebrating Ninety-Six Years!..

3528 One candle for each decade, the former Fire Commissioner prepares to extinguish the conflagration

3531 Mission accomplished, and now for the cutting.

3532 Ann Duwe does the honors with Bob's daughter Delme looking on, Nick Dunckel (a former Chairman of the Pathway Committee) on the right and Les Earnest behind.

3533 Bob gets the first piece

3534 Bob discusses weighty matters with daughter Delme Fry and Nick Dunckel

3536 Councilmember Michelle Wu chatting with Gary Sawka

3538 Ann Duwe talking to Bob

3539 Alisa Bredo, President of the Horsemen's Association on the left, talking to Susan Cretekos

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3541 Former Mayor Tom McReynolds, Bob, and John Swan - all three of them veterans of activism in the town on behalf of pathways, equestrians, and open space.

3543 Joined here by Jitze Couperus on the right, a former President of the Horsemen's Association - a *very* long time ago.

3550 A partial grouping of the attendees, unfortunately some had already left the party by the time we mustered for this photo.