Claremont COURIER 4-10-15

8/9/2019 Claremont COURIER 4-10-15

1/32

HOLLY OAKS ON GREEN STREET REMOVED /P AG E 5

Friday, April 10, 2015 $1.50

Cour er iclaremont-courier.com

SPORTS/ PAGE 14

CALENDAR/ PAGE 16

Rest up. We’ve got a busy spring.

Visi t claremont-courier.com.

BLOTTER/ PAGE 4

LETTERS/ PAGE 2

l remont

Saint Francis makes long-awaited return/ PAGE 12

PAGE 3

COURIER photo/Peter WeinbergerBy executive order, Governor Jerry Brown demands an overall statewide 25 per-cent reduction of water use. With the City of Trees ranked among the highestwater users in the state, Claremont residents, schools and the city will collectivelyhave to reduce water use by 35 percent. The San Antonio Dam, seen here, canhandle up to 11,880 acre feet of water but remains dry after years of drought. Formore photos and a video, visit www.claremont-courier.com.

DRY AS A BONE

Pet project:This Claremontpre-teen givesback as shemakes her wayto adulthood

PAGE 11


2/32

Police station locationDear Editor:

My wife and I were reading theCOURIER report about where the Clare-mont police station should be built. In ouropinion, build it on half of the Indian Hilllocation of the Richard Hibbard Chevrolet

dealership acreage.The Richard Hibbard location is cen-

trally located, the area has built in garageequipment and ample parking for im-pounded cars, which is a good revenuebonus for our city. Prisoners can be placedin one of the separate buildings in the rear.The dealership showroom can serve as thepolice offices.

The other half of the existing acreagecould be used for selling Chevrolet vehi-cles and go back to generating the $20million in revenues for Claremont city taxaccounts. This is simple.

My next idea is to build a water pipelinefrom British Columbia and feed water intothe LA Metropolitan Water District. But

that may be another letter to the editor.Edward Ey

former Claremont resident

With thanks to ClaremontDear Claremont community:

Claremont High School suffered a terri-ble tragedy on Sunday, March 29, when aCHS student passed away. It was a painfulweek for the students, staff and families of the CHS community; however, the supportCHS received from this town and localagencies helped ease our burdens, if even just a little bit.

I want to thank the CHS community andlocal agencies for the support they provided

our students and staff.Psychological support was provided by

Katie Distelrath, MFCC, from the Clare-mont Human Services Department, Victo-ria Keyser, PsyD and her staff fromYouththerapy Psychological Services andKirby Palmer, LCSW, and staff from Tri-

City Mental Health Services. In addition, Iwant to recognize the city manager’s officeand the Claremont Police Department fortheir support.

Finally, I want to thank the members of the community who reached out to CHSwith encouraging emails and some deli-cious treats. Here on campus, I want to rec-ognize the efforts of the CHS AssociatedStudent Body.

Though it was a difficult week, the sup-port we received from the city, local agen-cies, citizens and CHS students will not beforgotten. Claremont is known as the Cityof Trees, but it is also the City of Compas-sion. Thank you.

Brett O'Connor, EdDPrincipal, Claremont High School

Council divided on tree removalDear Editor:

As reported in the COURIER, the citycouncil, at their March 24 meeting, ap-proved a citizen’s request to allow the re-moval of two mature and healthy oak treesfrom her neighborhood.

As an allergy sufferer, I have empathyfor her son who has severe allergy prob-lems, but there seems to be zero evidencethat removal of two trees will provide re-lief. It appears that emotion, not science,drove this decision.

Councilmembers Nasiali and Schroeder

made common-sense arguments supporing their stand against removal of thtrees. Councilman Lyons made the com

mon-sense suggestion that a decision wauntil a scientific assessment could bdone. He eventually voted for removal othe trees. Oddly, the deciding vote camfrom Mayor Calacay, who earlier madcompelling arguments against the removof the trees.

I hope that Mr. Calacay, Pedroza anLyons will have second thoughts abothis and that the council will stall and rverse their decision before it is too late save the trees. Not only does this appeto be a bad decision but sets a precedenthat may haunt city councils in the futur

Jack SultzClaremo

1420 N. Claremont Blvd., Ste. 205BClaremont, CA 91711

(909) 621-4761Office hours: Monday-Friday

9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

OwnerJanis Weinberger

Publisher and OwnerPeter Weinberger

[email protected]

EditorKathryn Dunn

[email protected]

Newsroom

City ReporterAngela Bailey

[email protected]

Education Reporter/Obituaries

Sarah [email protected]

Sports ReporterSteven Felschundneff

[email protected]

Photo Editor/Staff PhotographerSteven Felschundneff

[email protected]

Calendar EditorJenelle Rensch

[email protected]

Editorial InternAralia Giron

ProductionAd Design

Jenelle Rensch

Page LayoutKathryn Dunn, Jenelle Rensch

WebsitePeter Weinberger

Advertising

Advertising DirectorMary Rose

[email protected]

Classified Editor

Jessica Gustin [email protected]

Business Administration

Office Manager/Legal NoticesVickie Rosenberg

[email protected]

Billing/Accounting ManagerDee Proffitt

Distribution/PublicationsTom Smith

[email protected]

Circulation/Subscriptionssubscriptions@claremont-

courier.com

Claremont COURIER/Friday, April 10, 201 5

READERS’ COMMENTS

Agendas for city meetings are avail-able at www.ci.claremont.ca.us

GOVERNING

OURSELVES

Tuesday, April 14City CouncilCouncil Chamber, 6:30 p.m.

The Claremont Courier (United States Postal Service 115-180) is published once weekly by the Courier Graphics Corporation at 1420 N. ClaremontBlvd., Suite 205B, Claremont, California 91711-5003. The Courier is a newspaper of general circulation as defined by the political code of the state of California, entered as periodicals matter September 17, 1908 at the post office at Claremont, California under the act of March 3, 1879. Periodicals postageis paid at Claremont, California 91711-5003. Single copy: $1.50. Annual subscription: $56.00. Send all remittances and correspondence about sub-scriptions, undelivered copies and changes of address to the Courier, 1420 N. Claremont Blvd., Suite 205B, Claremont, California 91711-5003. Tele-phone: 909-621-4761. Copyright © 2015 Claremont Courier one hundred and seventh year, number 15

ADVENTURESI N H A I K U

Friends now gathering

in a Springtime festival

rejoice life anew—Monty Abbott

Haiku submissions should reflect upon life

or events in Claremont. Please email entriesto [email protected].

The COURIER’s

ClaremontCalendar.com is the

most comprehensive, popular

online source for Claremont events.

Number One!

Got an event? List it with

ClaremontCalendar.com for free!

Our state-of-the-art website

will walk you through the steps to

create your own listing.

Just go online toClaremontCalendar.com

to list your event

See what’shappening inClaremont!


3/32

It may have been April 1but Governor Jerry Brownwasn’t fooling around

when, by executive order, heextended and increased water

rationing for California resi-dents.

Mr. Brown is calling for the StateWater Resources Control Board toachieve a statewide 25 percent reduc-tion in urban water usage through Feb-ruary of 2016. The 25 percent reductionby water suppliers to California citieswill be based on amounts used in 2013.

For Claremont residents, who areamong the highest water-users in thestate, average summer use in 2013 fromJune to August fluctuated from 330 gal-lons to 350 gallons per day, well abovethe state average of 125 gallons.

Claremont’s excessive water use did-n’t go unnoticed by the State Water

Board. Mr. Brown’s executive order di-rects the board to consider the per capitawater usage of each service area (pergallon, per person, per day), and haveareas with high per capita use achievesignificantly greater reductions thancities with lower use. The city of Clare-mont is placed on a “tier four” in theproposed regulatory framework and isnow tasked with a 35 percent reductionin water use city-wide.

On average, Claremonters used 314gallons per person, per day in June2014, rising to 332 in July and droppingto 302 gallons per day in August 2014,according to Drinc Portal, a state-runwebsite that monitors city water usage.

Despite a sky-high gallon-per-day av-erage, Claremonters have achieved a 9.6percent cumulative reduction in wateruse from 2013 to 2015, equal to thestate average of 10 percent. This is cer-tainly an improvement but still a far cryfrom the 20 percent conservation ini-tially requested by Governor Brown in2014.

Bevin Handel, public information of-ficer for Claremont, said the city’s cur-rent ordinance, which was adopted in2009, already calls for many of the pro-visions contained in Mr. Brown’s order.

“We already have in our ordinance touse a nozzle and not to wash drive-ways,” Ms. Handel said. “A lot of it has

been voluntary up to this point, so we’removing into a mandatory phase.”

The city of Beverly Hills has receivednegative press lately, with the Los Ange-les Times publishing several reports onexcessive use of water to keep lawnsgreen in the 90210. However, the51,403 residents of Beverly Hills, ac-cording to drinc.ca.gov, used 172 gal-lons per capita in June 2013 and spikedat 278 gallons in August 2013, stillbelow Claremont’s whopping 350 gal-lons per capita day.

It begs the question: Why is Clare-mont such a thirsty town?

“What we have, as opposed to someof the other communities, we have very

large lots,” Ms. Handel explained. “Theamount of turf and trees, we’re heavy

on that outdoor watering. There’s still alot of lawns.”

By contrast, in June of 2013, LaVerne residents used 213 gallons, drop-ping to 179 in July, roughly the same asUpland residents. Pomona residents,whose water use is below the state aver-age, used a mere 105 gallons in June2013, dropping to 95 gallons in July2013, according to drinc.ca.gov. In2015, the State Water Board has askedPomona to reduce water use by 20 per-cent; like Claremont, the city of Uplandmust realize a 35 percent reduction.

The governor proclaimed a state of emergency in January 2014, at whichtime he asked for a 20 percent reductionin water use by California residents.

In July of 2014, the city of La Vernehanded down restrictions in response to

the emergency regulations adopted bythe State Water Resources ControlBoard. These included banning hosewashing of paved surfaces, using onlybuckets or a hose with a shut-off nozzlefor washing cars and barring refills of any decorative fountains.

Previous provisions remain in effect.For example, restaurants are to servewater only on request, and leaks fromindoor and outdoor plumbing fixturesneed to be repaired within 48 hours. LaVerne also set up a “water waster hot-line,” so that residents can easily andanonymously report water-wasting ac-tivity.

The city of Claremont enacted nonew laws in response to GovernorBrown’s 2014 appeal, but upheld thecity’s water conservation requirements

outlined in its ordinance passed in 200“Those suggestions were already in

place,” Ms. Handel said. “But we’llmove in to what we call stage two of thordinance, which will mandate a two-day-a-week watering schedule, amongother stricter restrictions.”

Stage two of Claremont’s water conservation ordinance will include twice-weekly, 15-minute watering schedulesfor lawns (once a week from Novembeto March) and not between the hours o9 a.m. and 5 p.m., mandatory 48-hourrepair of leaks, banning refills of orna-mental lakes or ponds, no hosing downpaved surfaces and limiting refilling ofmore than one foot and initial filling ofresidential swimming pools or outdoorspas.

Ben Lewis, Foothill District Managefor Golden State Water, said GSW hasbeen working with Claremont officialsto reduce city-wide water use.

“Golden State has been meeting witClaremont city staff regarding their or-dinance,” Mr. Lewis said. “There aresome opportunities for conservation.”

In the meantime, city staff is lookingat its water use, particularly in spacesthat offer expansive grassy areas likePadua Park.

“What we’ve looked at with thoseparks, and where we have soccer fieldsor active recreation areas, we’ve keptthat,” Ms. Handel said. “But on thosehills at Padua Park, the areas that aren’playable or programmed space, we’recontinuing to reduce water use in thoseareas. And city-wide, we’re on a wintewatering schedule.”

Next up for Claremont will be a turfreduction at city hall and Shelton Parkand, starting in May, removal of grasson all the medians along Indian Hill.

Claremont COURIER/Friday, April 10, 2015CITY NEWS

Claremont pursues water reduction amid new restrictions

EXECUTIVE ORDER/ page 1

350

325

300

275

250

225

200

175

150

125

100

75

50

250

350

325

300

275

250

225

200

175

150

125

100

75

50

25

0June 2014 July 2014

314

213 C L A R E M O N

T

L A

V E R N E

213

U P L A N D

105

P O M O N A

332

179

C L A R E M

O N T

249

U P L A N D

95

P O M O N A

Aug 2014

309

194 C L A R E M O N T

187

108

P O M O N A

Sept 2014

241

194

C L A R E M O N T

218

U P L A N D

80

P O

M O N A

Oct 2014

213

178

198

U P L A N D

112

P

O M O N A

C L A R E M O N T

L A

V E R N E

L A

V E R N E

U P L A N D

L A

V E R N E

L A

V E R N E

Statewide average

Residential Gallons-per-Capita-Day • Summer to Fall 2014

COURIER photo/Peter Weinberger

The San Antonio Dam sits just north of Claremont and has been a common sightfor residents who venture north up Mount Baldy Road. The dam was built in 1956,is 3850 feet long, and controls runoff from a rugged catchment area of 27 squaremiles. The dam can handle up to 11,880 acre feet of water, yet is bone dry becauseof the lack of runoff from the San Gabriel Mountains. This photo shows the damlooking north toward the mountains

COURIER graphic/Kathryn DunStatistics collected from the California State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water (drinc.ca.gov)


4/32

Claremont COURIER/Friday, April 10, 2015CITY NEWS

Thursday, April 2

Female drivers sometimes get a bumrap, but one gal earned her stripes aftertaking Claremont police on a high-speedpursuit. Officers responded to BlaisdellPark around 9 p.m. following a call of people being loud in a white vehicle inthe parking lot. Officers arrived on sceneand saw a white Chevy Impala backedinto a parking spot on the south side of the lot. As the officer stopped his vehi-cle, he spotted Sheila Daniels get in thedriver’s seat and take off out of the park-ing lot traveling west at a high rate of speed. The officer followed, resulting ina pursuit through the cities of Claremontand Pomona. The officer ended the pur-suit as the 50-year-old suspect continued

to drive at a high rate of speed beforecoming to a stop in a driveway on the

2500 block of San Antonio Ave., just

north of the 60 freeway. Pomona PD ar-rived to assist. Following a 30-minutestandoff with police, Ms. Daniels was re-moved from the vehicle and taken intocustody after refusing numerous com-mands from police. The Compton resi-dent was booked at Claremont jail forevading a peace officer and recklessdriving. * * * *

Newsflash—drinking impairs your judgment and your driving. According toLieutenant Mike Ciszek, at approxi-mately 11:30 p.m. Claremont residentSeth Rushton caught the attention of po-lice after he made an unsafe left turn infront of a patrol vehicle. The 26-year-oldwas pulled over by Claremont policenear Indian Hill Boulevard and FirstStreet and it was determined that the

young man had too much to drink. Mr.Rushton was booked for driving underthe influence and held for detoxification.

Friday, April 3

Residents on the 100 block of BallDrive are keeping an eye out for one an-other and reporting suspicious activity intheir neighborhood. Officers respondedto call for service around 12:30 a.m. aftera resident spotted a suspicious truck inthe area. During a police search of thearea, Steven O’Donnell jumped from thebed of a vehicle and shined a flashlight ina strobe mode at the officers. Police or-dered the 25-year-old man to the ground,but he refused. Instead, he walked awayand then charged at officers while hold-ing a seven-inch punch tool to his neck.Officers used a taser and Mr. O’Donnellfell to the ground, but he continued tostruggle with police. The La Verne resi-

dent was tased a second time, incapaci-tating him. Mr. O’Donnell was taken into

custody and transported to the hospitfor treatment. With a no bail warranPomona PD will take custody of the supect once he is medically cleared.

Saturday, April 4Police responded to a home in nor

Claremont after numerous bank carddriver’s licenses and social security cardwere found inside the vacated residenc

The realtor for the property located othe 1000 block of Lake Forest Drive dicovered the items and turned them ovto Claremont PD. Officers have tried contact the five owners of the propertbut have only spoken with one, who instructed police to destroy a social security card because she had been issuednew one. The cards belonged to residenof Rowland Heights and Barstow, awell as a transient.

* * * *

POLICE BLOTTER

Foothill trafficstalled after two-car crash

Traffic was diverted for ashort time on FoothillBoulevard on Wednes-

day, April 8 as Claremont po-lice and Los Angeles CountyFire responded to an injury ac-cident near Berkeley Avenue.

According to an eyewitness whocalled 911, officers arrived to the scenearound 3 p.m. after a charcoal-coloredFord Focus attempted to cross Foothillat Berkeley and was struck by a silverHyundai Accent traveling west on themain thoroughfare. The impact of thecollision caused the Ford to flip onto itsside, resulting in the 76-year-old maledriver and his 73-year-old passengerbeing sent to Pomona Valley Hospitalafter complaining of pain. The driver of

the Hyundai, a 20-year-old female fromRedlands, her passenger and her eight-week-old puppy were treated at thescene. —Angela Bailey

[email protected]

COURIER photo/Steven FelschundneParamedics attend to a man after removing him from a vehicle that flipped over Wednesday afternoon, forcing the closuof the westbound lanes of Foothill Boulevard.

Victim positively identifies Joseph Davall as attacker in court testimony

The trial of Joseph Chandler Davallbegan Tuesday, following a tediousthree-day jury selection process re-

sulting in the appointment of 12 jurors—two men and 10 women—who will ulti-mately decide the fate of the alleged rapist.

The Coachella Valley date farmer is accused of at-

tacking and raping a 12-year-old Claremont girl onMarch 21, 2014 while she slept alone in her home. The35-year-old defendant has been charged with sevenfelony counts, including two counts of aggravated sex-ual assault of a child; one count each of forcible rape,and sexual penetration by foreign object, criminal threats,first degree burglary, person; and assault to commit afelony during the commission of first-degree burglary.

Dressed for trial in a blue dress shirt and gray slacks,Mr. Davall sat beside his attorney Mitra Donde as JudgeJuan Carlos Dominguez provided instructions to the jury,

admonishing them not to talk about this case with any-one.

“You must come to a verdict based only on the evi-dence presented at trial,” he said. “A defendant in a crim-inal case is presumed to be innocent. This presumptionrequires that the People prove a defendant guilty beyonda reasonable doubt.”

Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney BabetteHuley is prosecuting the case and, in her opening state-

ment, provided jurors with a brief summary of the eventsthat allegedly took place on the night in question.

“After hearing all the evidence, the People are certainyou will return a guilty verdict on all counts,” Ms. Huelytold the jury.

Ms. Donde followed with her opening statement.“You must presume my client is innocent, listen to theevidence, follow the judge’s instructions and give justiceto these proceedings,” she said.

Ms. Huley then called her first witness: the victim,identified as Jane Doe.

With her grandparents already seated, the now 13year-old girl was escorted into the courtroom with a Vitim’s Services representative and sworn in before htestimony. She recalled the night of her attack, telling thcourt she was at a friend’s house for a bonfire on Marc21 when her father and his friend picked her up aroun11 p.m. to take her home.

As she rode in the rear passenger seat of her dadfriend’s car and approached her home, she noticed a ma

on the sidewalk but didn’t say anything to anyone. Thteen told the court the man had caught her attention bcause she hadn’t seen him before.

“I was observing him,” she said. “We didn’t make eycontact, but I remember thinking it was weird he wawearing a hat since it was dark outside.”

Once parked outside the complex, her father walkeher to the front door of the family’s one-bedroom aparment and said he was going out for a bit and would comback later. She shut the front door and locked it behin

DAVALL TRIAL/ continues on next pa

BLOTTER/ continues on next pag


5/32


Holly oaks removed after special request from Claremont resident

The fate of two controversial holly oaks on GreenStreet was sealed this week as workers fromWest Coast Arborists removed the trees on

Wednesday, making quick work of the project andleaving little to no evidence they had ever existed.

In just over two hours, the trees were cut down,chipped up and hauled away.

“Since it rained last night the tree was soaked, sowhen it came down the amount of yellow dust wasminimal,” said homeowner Alice Perreault. “That wasan unexpected, natural gift.”

As the COURIER previously reported, the Clare-mont City Council approved the removal of the treeswith a contentious 3-2 vote after Ms. Perreault and her15-year-old son came before the city council in lateMarch. At that meeting, Ms. Perreault stated the healthof her son Julius, who has cerebral palsy and suffersfrom allergies and periodic asthma attacks, dramati-

cally worsened after moving in to their new home. Theparticulates and pollen from the two holly oaks border-ing their driveway were having a severe adverse affecton the teen’s health, requiring numerous hospitaliza-tions, and prompting his mother’s request the trees beremoved.

As stated in the city’s Tree Policies, two trees will beplanted at the homeowner’s expense for every one treethat is approved for removal. The policy was put inplace to deter tree removal requests. In this case, fourtrees will be selected and planted to replace the twothat were eradicated from the properties of Ms. Per-reault and her neighbor, Jim Hollifield.

“What that means is that four trees will be plantedwithin the city of Claremont in an effort to expand oururban forest, not necessarily on the properties of whichthey were removed,” explains Community ServicesDirector Kathleen Trepa. “The area on Mr. Hollifield’sproperty is limited. It will be need to be the right treefor the right space.”

The new trees are expected to be planted in the fallof 2015.

Further complicating the issue, the city’s DesignateStreet Tree List offers three replacement tree optionsfor the 100 block of Green Street—Black Acacia,Coastal Live Oak and Forest Green Hungarian Oak.

“All three species are known to be allergen trees,”says Ms. Trepa. “The city will work with the two property owners to find a replacement with lower allergenlevels. The request will need to go through the proceswith the Tree Committee, the Community and HumanServices Commission and the City Council for ap-proval.”

While some may be reluctant to go through the arduous tree approval process again, Ms. Perreault is undeterred in her mission to care for her child’s health whibeing conscious of the effects her choices will have onthe Claremont community.

“I’m focused, dedicated and really honored to have presence during the discussion because besides aller-gens, the overall aesthetics for the neighborhood willbe considered,” she says. “That matters to me, too.”

—Angela [email protected]

Photo courtesy of Alice PerreauA worker with West Coast Arborists cuts branches from the top of a holly oak tree Wednesday morning on GreeStreet in Claremont. Alice Perreault successfully convinced a majority of the city council that pollen from twtrees on her street were having a severe adverse affect on her disabled son’s health and needed to be remove

DAVALL TRIAL/ from the previous page

BLOTTER/ continued from the previous page

her before retiring to her room where she laid in bed withher phone before falling asleep.

“Is that the only door in your home that leads to theoutside?” Ms. Huley asked the victim.

“There’s a backdoor in the kitchen that leads to abackyard,” Ms. Doe told the court. “There used to be afence around the yard it, but it was open because theywere fixing it. The backdoor is always locked becausewe never use it.”

After falling asleep, the junior high student wasawoken a short time later.

“I felt a pain in my sides and heard a clicking noise,”she said. “There was a stranger on top of me and I startedto freak out. I tried to get loose but I couldn’t move. Helooked like the same man from outside.”

When asked by the prosecutor to describe the re-maining details of her attack, the victim began to cry andasked her grandparents to leave the courtroom beforeshe continued. They complied.

Following a 10-minute break, Ms. Doe’s testimonyresumed as she spoke of her attack, first of her strugglewith the assailant followed by details of the assault.

The victim said that her assailant threatened her, say-ing, “I know where you live and I know what school yougo to. I’ll have my boys come back and kill you!”

After he left, Ms. Doe tried to find her phone but wasunable to locate it. Not believing what had just hap-pened, she sat in bed until her father came home shortlyafter.

“I didn’t leave because I was scared he might still beoutside and try to kill me,” she explained when asked if she tried to get help.

Ms. Doe said that her father took her to the ClaremontPolice Department to report the crime when he returnedhome and then to Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Cen-ter where a nurse examined her.

“Did you see or hear more than one person?” Ms.Huley asked the victim to which she replied, “No.”

“Do you see that person in court today and can youidentify him by pointing to him and describing whatcolor he’s wearing?”

Ms. Doe pointed to Mr. Davall and simply said,“Blue.”

The defense asked but one question before dismissingMs. Doe, with the understanding she may again becalled to testify.

Trial resumed Wednesday with jurors hearing testi-mony from several experts, including a nurse detailingthe victim’s forensic exam as well as a DNA expert andofficers who investigated the scene of the crime.

The case went to the jury late Thursday morning andas of press time, no verdict has been reached. If con-victed as charged, Mr. Davall faces a maximum sentenceof life in prison without the possibility of parole.

The COURIER will cover the verdict if, or when, one

is reached. —Angela [email protected]

A teenage girl driving without a license brought onall kinds of trouble after leaving the scene of an acci-dent. Officers responded to a collision investigation on

Base Line Road and Padua Avenue around 4:19 p.m.Three people were seen fleeing a 2012 Nissan Sentraand found by police nearby at Citrus Glen. The driver,a 15-year-old Montclair resident, identified herself topolice and a records check revealed she’s never beenissued a driver’s license.

During a consented search, police discovered mari- juana in her purse as well as a plastic bag of pot and acanister containing concentrated cannabis in the purseof her 17-year-old passenger. Both Montclair teenswere booked, the juvenile driver with hit and run, driv-ing without a license and possession of concentratedcannabis. Her 17-year-old passenger was arrested forpossession of concentrated cannabis. Jason Hernandez,a 20-year-old Ontario resident found with the girls, wasalso arrested for a warrant out of San BernardinoCounty.

Sunday, April 5A hate crime was discovered at Memorial Park on

Easter Sunday. Claremont police received a call at approximately 8 a.m. that vandals used blue spray paint depict a two-foot image of male genitalia, a Germa

swastika, the Jewish Star of David and the “N” worroughly the size of a door on the wall of the park’s banshell. City officials were notified and cleaned it up at aestimated cost of $365.

Monday, April 6Supermarket mayhem continues as thieves strik

again, taking the wallet of an unsuspecting shoppeAround 4:30 p.m., the victim drove to Sprouts oFoothill Boulevard to grocery shop and placed hpurse in the child’s seat of the shopping cart. Whishopping, the petty thief took the victim’s wallet froher purse without her knowledge. When she went to thregister to pay for her groceries, the shopper discovereher wallet was missing. The victim drove home ancalled to cancel her credit cards, only to discover that aunknown suspect had already used her Target REDcaat the Target in Montclair. The theft remains under investigation. —Angela Baile

[email protected]


6/32


“There’s no need to leave Clare-mont. Why would you wantto?” I found myself thinking

later that Saturday evening last month of

what Randy Lopez said. I had just told myfriend that, more and more these days Iam happy to be able to go home to Clare-mont.

We were in Hollywood, having seen a wonderfulplay (Niagara Falls at the Theater of NOTE). Onceagain, I was marveling at the riches of live theater inthe Los Angeles area, especially in small theater, de-spite the old saw about LA not being a theater town.As always, I felt privileged, lucky, to be able to seegood theater, often with the actors just feet away, thatis not too far away.

But there was that parking lot. My van was packedinto it, like a pair of skinny jeans, and maneuveringout of it was quite the trick. Like that jumble towergame. These super-tight parking lots, like those jeans,are all over the Hollywood area. At least the flat ratewas just $5, not $25, as it was in the lot behind thePantages Theater when I saw The Book of Mormonlast year (well, at least we had snagged some ticketsat an insane discount, which was why we went).

After he managed to extract the van out of the lot,my friend said that the rate had probably gone higher,with all the clubs opening for the night. Probably.Somebody is making bucks, big-time.

This was about the time, as we were heading downHollywood Boulevard, that I said I’m happy to gohome to Claremont. Sure, the big-city streets andlights are exciting. For a few hours. Or, sometimes,for a few minutes.

I find those big-city streets and lights, especially inplaces like Hollywood—where those skinny jeansand who is in them and where they allow them to gois so very important—to be less exciting. (Then again,I never got why all those tourists from Peoria want tosee Hollywood Boulevard, even as it has been spiffedup, but perhaps that’s because I don’t live in Peoria.)

I’m not really interested in all those lines on thesidewalk and all the trying and not trying to get intothose lines and would rather pass them by and gohome to Claremont where the sidewalks are a bit lesscrowded.

Then there was the freeway. Where there was traf-fic. At 10:30 on a Saturday night. Again. And where Ionce again missed the long-gone, quaint days of “the5-o-clock traffic.”

That was when I thought about Randy Lopez’words said earlier that day. The ones about a lot goingon in Claremont and about there being no reason togo somewhere else.

Mr. Lopez said this while he was emceeing the pie-eating contest at the Depot during the annual Clare-mont Pie Festival. He was actually vamping, filling

time and no doubt trying to soothe a crowd of impa-tient spectators and pie-eaters as the pies were late incoming.

He pointed out that the Pie Festival, now in its thirdor fourth year and a popular event judging from howbusy the Village was that day, is far from the onlyevent that happens in the Village, much less Clare-mont. For one thing, there’s also the Village Venturein late October, which consistently draws thousands.There is also live music going on on Friday eveningsin two or three Village locations during the warmmonths, as well as the Art Walks on the first Friday of each month and also special annual events like theWine Walk and the Beer and Blues Festival. (See, thesidewalks in the Village are just a bit less crowdedthan the sidewalks in Hollywood.)

With the pies being tardier and tardier, the summer

concerts and films in Memorial Park, as well as theFourth of July celebration, were mentioned. He alsocould have mentioned such events as the beloved Pil-

grim Place Festival every November and also themonthly Saturday morning tours of the Village areaput on by Claremont Heritage. Mr. Lopez did put inplug for the newly established Shakespeare Festivalin July at the shamefully underused Greek Theater othe Pomona College campus. The festival was inau-

gurated by Ophelia’s Jump Productions, an excitingnew theater company in the Claremont area, withwhich Mr. Lopez is associated.

The Shakespeare Festival obviously isn’t the onlything that happens on the Pomona College campusand the other college campuses here in Claremont, aMr. Lopez didn’t mention. (Maybe the pies arrivedtoo soon.) The festival just takes place there whenschool isn’t in session.

When the students are here, there is a terrific vari-ety of presentations and events going on. And withgraduation coming up in about a month (really? Al-ready?) there is a flurry of activity as students wrapup their projects for the year.

This means that there will not only be the usualimpressive presentations, like the almost nightly talkat the Athenaeum at Claremont McKenna College, in

the next few weeks or so.There will be special annual events like the Interntional Festival on the CMC campus and the KahouteFestival at Pitzer College, in addition to end-of-the-year dance concerts at Pomona College and ScrippsCollege (not to mention the 5-college ballroom danccompany), plays put on by the theater department anthe student-run Bottom Line Theater company atPomona College and a slew of concerts by solo stu-dents and the orchestras and choral groups at Pomonand the other colleges.

Indeed, this is the time to check out the ClaremontColleges calendar, which comes with the COURIERat the start of the month or which can be found atwww.collegescalendar.org.

And indeed, with all this and more going on, isthere a reason to leave Claremont? Not that I won’t

go to LA to catch a play or exhibit now and then, buClaremont sure is a nice place—it is, yes, more than nice place—to come home to.

Many happy returns to Claremontby John Pixley

observer observer

I’m not into relationships.


7/32

For many of our kids,Easter will not be re-membered as a time of

chocolate bunnies, nor will

spring break be remembered asa time for fun and relaxation.For them, Holy Week will be atime of sadness and regret toodeep for words. They will achewith pain for having a class-mate commit suicide.

For some of them, it may be a life-defining moment. When my daughterwas in high school, a drunk driver killedone of her friends in a crosswalk. In thedecade since, they check in with eachother on the anniversary of her death.They have continued to visit her grave.

And they always have designated driv-

ers at their social events. Their liveswere reshaped by her death.

Those who knew Esmé will remem-ber her with great affection. There willbe tears for who she might have become,and longings to hold each tight to makeour pain lighter. This is, as the Biblesays, a time for tears and a time for sor-row.

The questions will arrive later. Theywill burst into our mind like geyserserupting. “Did I cause her sorrow?”“Did she know I cared?” “Did I miss hercries for help?” “Could I have done any-thing to prevent suicide?” The questionswill linger for days, weeks, perhaps for

the remainder of high school. Many will

long for one more conversation with herto give both of you peace.

I did not know Esmé, but I do knowGod. God met her at heaven’s doorwaywith arms outstretched in a giant hug.There will be no judgment against her.There will be no words of condemna-tion. She will be welcomed. All her painwill be eased. All her sorrow changedinto joy, just as rich as the wine Jesustransformed from water.

For us, the time ahead will moveslower, feel heavier and will carry anache that will diminish but will nevercompletely disappear. But for Esmé, shewill have the time and the grace to con-

tinue her journey of self-discovery. Andone day, she will greet us with a smilethat holds no shadows and a heart thathas found its place when we arrive atheaven’s gate.

In our culture, Easter is one day. But

in the church, Easter is a season. Somewould say it is a season for us to becomaccustomed to sorrow, to go on living ispite of Esmé’s death. But they would bwrong. It is the season for us to realizethat her life continues in a place we cannot yet see, nor ever comprehend, untilwe, too, arrive. We need a season to figure out that death is the end of a chapterbut not the end of the story.

And truth be told, we need a season learn how we can honor her—not justfor the life she lived and the memoriesthat she gave to us, but also for the lifeshe now lives and the memories that wwill one day make with her.


Remembering loved ones this Easter seasonby Pastor Mark Wiley, Claremont United Methodist Church

Inter-Faithfully SPEAKING

Temple Beth Israel Holocaustremembrance to focus onyouth experience

Though a diary left behind by a young womannamed Anne Frank is perhaps the best known of allHolocaust-era memoirs, the writings of many otherteens and even young children also survived that terri-ble time, providing a unique perspective on both theirsuffering and their survival skills.

This timely topic will be the focus of this year’sHolocaust Memorial Day (Yom HaShoah) commem-oration taking place on Sunday, April 12 at 4 p.m. atTemple Beth Israel in Pomona.

The centerpiece of the program will be the screen-

ing of the film I’m Still Here: Real Diaries of Young People Who Lived During the Holocaust,originally produced by MTV Networks.

This compelling documentary, featuring appear-ances by Elijah Wood, Ryan Gosling, Kate Hudson,

Oliver Hudson, Brittany Murphy, Amber Tamblynand Joaquin Phoenix, brings to life the diaries of young people who witnessed first-hand the horrors of the Holocaust.

Through an emotional montage of archival footage,personal photos and text from the diaries themselves,the film celebrates a group of brave young writerswho refused to quietly disappear.

Given the tension locally in the past year centeredon the approach taken to teach Holocaust- related ma-terial in local junior high and high schools, this year’spresentation is especially appropriate for students

seeking to understand the Holocaust through the eyesof those who were their contemporaries—teens andother school-aged children.

While Anne Frank’s celebrated diary is included inthe story told by the film, it is also placed within the

context of a much broader experience.A companion musical program will include contri

butions from Cantor Paul Buch and pianist Dr. RandPolevoi. There will also be remarks by RabbiJonathan Kupetz and contributions from other mem-bers of the TBI community, including author and poR. Gabriele Silten, a child survivor of the internmentcamp a Terezin (Theresianstadt).

Memorial candles will be lit to remember the sixmillion Jewish victims of the Shoah (Hebrew for“holocaust”) and the nearly six million other victimsof Nazi atrocities. The program is co-sponsored byTemple Beth Israel and the Jewish Federation of theGreater San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys.

For further information, contact Cantor Paul Buchthrough the Temple office at (909) 626-1277 or

[email protected].

OUR TOWN


8/32

University Club installsnew president

John Reid has been installed as the newpresident of the University Club of Clare-mont, the club offering “the most intel-lectually-stimulating luncheon in town.”

Dr. Reid is a priest, counselor and au-thor. He follows Bill Waggener, whoseterm ended last month. Ray Bragg is thenew vice president, and Maria Carlson,Pat Kelly and Gene Smith were electedto the board of directors.

The University Club recently cele-brated its 90th anniversary. It meets forlunch, conversation and a program onTuesdays at the Hughes CommunityCenter. Over the years, the club has do-nated several hundred thousand dollarsto outstanding CHS grads and to manylocal educational and cultural organiza-tions.

City of Hope road raceat Mt. SAC relays

The second annual 5k and 10k roadrace to benefit the City of Hope will takeplace Saturday, April 18, just before the57th Annual Mt. SAC Relays.

Race fees are $50 for the 5k and $6for the 10k, with a portion of each regitration being donated directly to City oHope. For information or to register, viswww.runmtsac.com or contact PacifRoad Race Management at (888) 816504.

I’m about to embark on a huge adven-ture; in fact, it’s a full-fledged, pass-port, visa, language-that’s-not-

ABC-based adventure. And I am very ex-cited.

I like to travel. Having grown up with a dad whose“Sunday drives” often involved entering another coun-try (he really thought nothing of motoring from oursmall town just outside of Los Angeles to the Mexicanborder), I’ve spent plenty of time musing out the win-dow about other places and people.

He called these jaunts “tulie” rides, and when theblack-top ran out and we went on to a dirt road, hewould study his Thomas Guide, a spiral-bound atlas; Iwould sit quietly, wishing I had not dropped out of GirlScouts so that I might know what nuts and berries toeat should we have to abandon the car at some point.

My husband also likes to adventure off the beatenpath. My most common question when we’re on a des-olate road and wander upon a lone homestead is,“Where do you think those kids trick-or-treat?”

Somehow, my thoughts always turn to food.

I’ve been fortunate to have travelled almost all over

our country, to Canada and Mexico, and even to a fewplaces in Europe.

In fact, my first big family vacation in the mid-1960swas to another country and the amazing sight of Niag-ara Falls. We drove there from our home, at that time inNew Jersey. Unfortunately, on the late afternoonmovie, I had seen the 1953 flick Niagara starring Mar-ilyn Monroe, and so spent most of the ride through theCatskill Mountains wondering if a person could reallybe pitched over the falls in a tiny boat.

Turns out, there are all kinds of crazy things you cando at Niagara Falls, including a horrifying steamshipride called “Maid of the Mist,” which takes youthrough the roiling waters and even into the dense mistof spray inside the curve of the Horseshoe Falls. (I didnot do this.)

I’ve driven across the country—east to west—twice,

in epic moves involving small children and back seatsoverflowing with pillows and snacks. The first timewas with my dad, accompanied by an 8-year-old (me)a 6-year-old (my sister) and a pregnant wife (a sister-tobe). On this trip, my father proved his mastery of roadrules by explaining to my mother that he could not puover when the stereotypical jar of pickles she was try-

ing to eat spilled in her lap. “Phyllis, that lane is onlyfor emergencies!”I flew once with my grandparents, who were born

just a few years after the Wright brothers took flight. Iremember my grandfather excitedly explaining how touse the fold-down tray table. “The stewardess willbring us a hot meal,” he said as if it were the mostamazing thing ever that we were going to eat Salisbursteak and mashed potatoes at 35,000 feet.

And now I’m off to China! I hope my book of 1,000Sudoku puzzles holds out for the 12-hour flight. And Ilook forward to reporting on our many adventures infood (my son, who is studying in Shanghai this semester, seems to always be eating some sort of brains—gulp!), language and culture (I have been practicingeating with chopsticks, but am so far only able to ap-proximate a shovel-type maneuver). Stay tuned...

Claremont COURIER/Friday, April 10, 2015

On the road again by Debbie Carini

OUR TOWN


9/32


Beatriz ZitaTeacher, avid reader, loving mother and sister

Beatriz Zita, a longtime resident of Claremont, died after a brief illness onFriday, March 27, 2015 at Pomona Val-ley Hospital. She was 84.

Mrs. Zita was born in 1930 in Ar-gentina to Leopoldo Salazar and Elvira

Riondet. She received her degree inEnglish there and began her teachingcareer.

In 1960, she participated in a teacherexchange program that brought her toAshland, Ohio to teach high schoolSpanish. Soon after, she met her futurehusband Donald Zita, who was a jour-nalist for a local newspaper doing astory on the teacher exchange. He spot-ted Beatriz from across the room and in-structed the photographer to get apicture of her. He wrote a profile pieceon her and later asked her on a date.

They married in 1963 and headedwest to Claremont, where Don foundwork as a writer and editor at the

Progress Bulletin, now the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. Mrs. Zita began teachingSpanish at Alta Loma High School andcontinued her education at ClaremontGraduate University, receiving a mas-

ter’s degree in Spanish literature. Shetaught Spanish at Alta Loma HighSchool for more than 20 years.

She became widowed in 1987 andreturned to Argentina shortly thereafter.There, she married Carlos De Anquin,an orthopedic surgeon. Dr. De Anquindied in 1999. Beatriz returned to Clare-

mont in 2000 for the birth of her grand-daughter, Gina Zita Gonzales, and livedin Claremont for the remainder of heryears.

From her in-law apartment behindher daughter’s house, she kept up-to-

date on world news. Mrs. Zita lovedreading, devouring newspapers dailyand The New Yorker weekly, as well asbooks in both English and Spanish. Shealso enjoyed discussing politics andworld events.

Although they lived on separate con-tinents, Beatriz and her three sisters re-mained close throughout her life. Theyregularly sent her packages from Ar-gentina, with magazines and interna-tional films on DVD. She returned thefavor with frequent parcels from Cali-fornia. And every Sunday the three sis-ters in Argentina would gather at one of their homes for tea, a homemade dessertand an hour-long phone conversation

with Mrs. Zita, which she would planher Sundays around.

Beatriz also loved traveling and so-cializing. She fondly recalled visitingItaly with her first husband Don, where

they were the first Zitas to meet his Italian cousins since his father had arrivedin the United States in 1917. She alsocherished memories of her trip with hersister Graciela back to their ownmother’s birthplace in Collombey,

Switzerland. There they met theirmother’s relatives and were able to communicate with them in broken French.

Mrs. Zita is survived by her onlydaughter, Marcella Zita of Claremont;her granddaughter, Gina Gonzales of Claremont; her daughter’s partner, BenBenjamin, and his children, Mika Ben-

jamin-Uyeki and Tashi Uyeki Ben- jamin, all of Claremont; her threesisters, Besi Primo, Marta Salazar andGraciela Derdoy, as well as Graciela’shusband, Jorge Derdoy of Rio Cuarto,Argentina.

She also leaves her nieces andnephews, Jorge Derdoy, Silvina Derdoand Fernando Benavidez; Federico De

doy and Maria Ines Vidal; ClaudinaPrimo and Daniel Triulzi; Alejandro anVanina Primo of Argentina; and Valeriand Scott Winslow of Boston, Massa-chusetts.

www.claremont-courier.com

OBITUARIES

Bob ThorneRobert Folger “Bob” Thorne—pro-

fessor emeritus of botany with theClaremont Graduate University andcurator emeritus of the herbarium atRancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden—died peacefully on Tuesday, March 24,

2015 at Mt. San Antonio Gardens. Hewas 94.Over the course of his career, Mr.

Thorne added more than 60,000 speci-mens to the herbarium’s plant collec-

tion. In 2006, Dr. Thorne was recog-nized as a Distinguished Fellow of thBotanical Society of America.

A celebration of Mr. Thorne’s lifewill be held at Rancho Santa AnaBotanic Garden this summer. In lieu o

flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Rancho Santa AnaBotanic Garden (1500 N. College AvClaremont, CA 91711) to help furtherthe Garden’s scientific efforts.


10/32

architect

WOOTTONARCHITECTURE595 Clarion PlaceClaremont, CA 91711

(626) 536-9699www.woottonarchitecture.com

Client-conscience, Design-conscience,

Environment-conscience


MIKE F. O’BRIENAttorney at Law

212 Yale AvenueClaremont, CA 91711

(909) 626-9999www.mikefobrien.comwww.facebook.com/moblawoffices

Specialist in personal injury and wrongfuldeath cases. Se habla español.

BUXBAUM & CHAKMAKA Law Corporation

414 Yale Avenue, Suite KClaremont, CA 91711

(909) 621-4707

41 years experience in: Business Law,Probate, Family Law, Estate Planning,Real Estate Law, Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy

architect

WHEELER & WHEELERA.I.A. Architects, Inc.133 South Spring StreetClaremont, CA 91711

(909) 624-5095www.wheelerarchitects.com

Building a better Claremontsince 1985

attorneyattorney

attorney

Christine D. ThieloAttorney at Law

480 N. Indian Hill, Suite 1AClaremont, CA 91711

(909) 624-0733Focused on Family Law, Divorce, Child

Custody and Criminal Law Matters

www.thielolaw.com

attorney

WILKINSON &WILKINSON

341 W. First StreetClaremont, CA 91711

(909) 482-1555

Certified Specialists in Trusts, Probate

and Estate Planning. Litigation of same

attorney

Christiansen AccountingCorina L. Christiansen, CPA140 W. Foothill Blvd., Suite EClaremont, CA 91711

(909) 447-6802www.christiansenaccounting.comwww.facebook.com/christiansenaccountingcpa

Specialize in small business accounting

and tax planning since 1962.

accounting

Kendall & Gkikas LLPAttorneys at Law

134 Harvard Avenue, 2nd FloorClaremont, CA 91711

(909) 482-1422

Specializing in Family Law in Claremontsince 1994: Divorce, Custody, Visitationwith Children, Property Division, Alimony,Child Support

PROF SSION L

Call Mary Rose at(909) 621-4761for information.

real estate broker

Geoff T. HamillBroker Associate, ABR. CRS. GRI,

E-PRO, SRES, D.R.E. #00997900

Wheeler Steffen Sotheby’s International Realty

Phone: (909) [email protected]#1 in Claremont sales & listings since 1988

Best Possible Price Achieved, Every TimeMeticulous care and attention to detail

tax preparation/EA

D. PROFFITT, EAClaremont, CA 91711

Phone: (909) [email protected] my website atwww.dproffittea.com

Income Tax Specialist since 1981

Payroll Service • Accounting

SRS GENERALCONTRACTOR, INC.909-621-1559

www.srsgeneralcontractor.comPractical design, tastefully executed.

• Residential Remodel• Restoration of Unique & Vintage

homes • Room additions.

design/build

PETER T. IGLER, D.D.S.D. INGRID ROJAS, D.D.S.Cosmetic & General Dentistry

615 W. Foothill Blvd.Claremont, CA 91711

(909) 624-68151 Hour In-Office Bleaching, Veneers,White Fillings, Dental Implants, Dentures.

LIGHTFOOT • RALLS& LIGHTFOOT LLP

Certified Public Accountants

675 W. Foothill Blvd., Suite 300Claremont, CA 91711

(909) 626-2623Tax Planning & Preparation • Accounting

c.p.a.

financial consultants

SUZANNE H. CHRISTIANCERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®

Professional Securities offered throughLPL Financial

Member of FINRA/SIPC

419 Yale Ave. Claremont

(909) 625-1052“Your financial security is my priority”

Ann M. Johannsen, O.D.

Brad A. Baggarly, O.D.

OPTOMETRY695 W. Foothill Blvd.Established 1972

(909) 625-7861

www.claremontoptometry.comEyemed - VSP - MES - Medicare

chiropractor

DR. MARTIN S. McLEOD411 N. Indian Hill Blvd.

Claremont, CA 91711(909) 621-1208• Joint & Muscle Pain • Headache• Sciatica • Pinched nerve

• Most Insurance accepted

• Personal injury

optometry

dentist

COX and PATEL, DDSWayne Cox, DDSKrutav Patel, DDS326 N. Indian Hill Blvd.Claremont, CA 91711

(909) 626-1684www.CoxandPatelDDS.comSedation, Laser Bleaching, ImplantsSame Day Crowns, Digital X-rays

dentist

SERVICE DIRECTORY

HARTMANBALDWINDESIGN/BUILD

100 West Foothill Blvd.Claremont, CA 91711

(909) 670-1344www.hartmanbaldwin.com

Since 1984

Residential remodeling, historicrestorations, and custom home building

design/build

Burwell Center forBetter SleepRobert Burwell DDS2050 N. Mills Ave.Claremont, CA 91711

(909) 367-4554Helping people who can’t wear CPAP.

Medicare and PPO insurance accepted.Burwellcenterforbettersleep.com

snoring/sleep apnea

financial consultants

PAMELA J. ZEDICKCERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER®

Securities and advisory services offeredthrough National Planning Corporation.

Member of FINRA/SIPC, a registeredinvestment advisor

393 W. Foothill Blvd, Suite 110Claremont, CA 91711

(909) 626-1947Intelligent solutions, Exceptional service


11/32

Claremont COURIER/Friday, April 10, 20 15 1

As Ariel Benjamin prepares for her

journey into adulthood and read-ies herself for her upcoming Bat

Mitzvah, the soon-to-be 13 year old is al-ready demonstrating qualities that will

serve her and society well into the future.As part of her coming of age ceremony at Temple

Beth Israel on May 2, Ariel has been participating in amitzvah project focused on serving her communitythat will also benefit a passion that she holds close toher heart.

Inspired by her love of all creatures great and small,Ariel has chosen to work with the Inland Valley Hu-mane Society & SPCA in Pomona by raising fundsand collecting donated items that will help save thelives of animals in the area.

“It’s a no kill shelter,” says the seventh graderproudly. “When I’m old enough, I’m hoping to workthere on their animal rescue team.”

The Inland Valley Humane Society (IVHS) &S.P.C.A. is a private, nonprofit organization and is sup-ported by contributions, grants, bequests and proceedsfrom pet adoptions, pet licensing and fees for services.Serving Claremont and the Inland Valley since 1949,the IVHS provides protection, shelter and medical careto unwanted, abandoned and injured animals.

The El Roble student has been working hard to aidthe Humane Society and is hoping people will help herwith that mission. In addition to placing a collectionbox in her Temple’s office where people can donateitems such as pet carriers, blankets, old towels, leashes,food, cat litter and dog and cat toys, Ariel is using hercreative talents for a more hands-on approach.

“I started hand-making dog toys from felt and sell-ing them for $5 each,” she says. “I’ve sold 16 so far,with all the money going to the Humane Society.”

Each dog toy takes 20 minutes to make and she ac-cepts custom orders.

“We’ve had people request Angels colors andDodgers colors,” she says. “My woodshop teacher atschool bought two and she wants to get more.”

Ariel first learned about the Humane Society fromher mom, Deena. Every year, Ms. Benjamin gives each

of her children $100 to donate to the charity of theirchoice. Recognizing her daughter’s interest in animals,she suggested Ariel donate to the Humane Society andshe’s been a member ever since.

“I’d never heard about it before,” Ariel admits. “Mymom showed me their website and it’s a really amaz-

ing group. I follow all their stories and have everymagazine since 2010!”Although Ariel’s never had a pet of her own other

than fish due to family allergies, she’s always lovedanimals and has found ways to interact with them. Shedog sits and walks dogs for a colleague of her father’swho lives in the neighborhood.

As a sixth grader at Sycamore Elementary School,Ariel also became involved with Guide Dogs of Amer-ica. Every Monday she would assist the instructor withpuppy training, a job she loved.

“She was their official distraction,” Mr. Benjaminsays with a laugh.

Having worked with puppies for a whole term untilthey graduated from puppy school, Ariel says shelearned a lot, including just how much training a dogmust go through in order to become a guide dog for

the blind.

“The blind person is relying completely on the guidog and its trainer has a lot of responsibility,” she say“The puppies would jump around everywhere and noreally listen but once they graduated from this coursethey were loyal and obeyed every command.”

As her big day approaches, Ariel’s parents couldn’

be more proud of the young woman she’s become anthe dedication she has shown towards her mitzvahproject.

“We’re very proud,” Mr. and Ms. Benjamin say of their daughter. “Ariel takes initiative with anything shtakes an interest in. We’re quite pleased.”

Donations collected by Ariel for her mitzvah projewill be delivered to the Inland Valley Humane Societ& SPCA on Wednesday, April 22 at 2 p.m.

“The shelter is hoping to expand their place and gebetter living quarters for the animals until they getadopted,” explains Ariel. “I hope this will make a difference.”

If you are interested in supporting her cause with adonation or would like to order a dog toy, contactDeena Benjamin at [email protected].

—Angela [email protected]

Inspired El Roble student shows love for little creatures

COURIER photo/Steven FelschundneClaremont seventh grade student Ariel Benjamin is raising money for the Humane Society by making dog chewtoys that she sells for $5. The effort is part of a service project in advance of her Bat Mitzvah.

Every Friday in print.

Every day online.

claremont-courier.com • 621 4761

We cover Claremont news, 24/7

Cour er i

Clar emont

claremont-courier.com


12/32


For more than 50 years, a belovedstatue of Saint Francis of Assisi cre-ated by sculptor John Svenson had

graced the Pierson Parker Memorial Gardenat Saint Ambrose Episcopal Church before

being destroyed at the hand of a vandal.The patron saint of animals and ecology had been bro-ken into several large pieces after someone threw a rock atthe four-foot terracotta statue in late September 2014.

Now, more than six months later, St. Francis once againwelcomes visitors to the garden with a familiarity that willbe recognized by those who’ve sought comfort in his pres-ence.

“There wasn’t any question in our mind that the statu-ary would be replaced,” said Reverend George Silides.“We did the research and found out John Svenson was stillaround and although he’s not making art anymore, wewere able to work with his son, David.”

David Svenson, an artist himself specializing in neonand wood sculpture, was commissioned by the church inNovember 2014 to replace St. Francis so that he may onceagain take his place amid the garden. Working in his

Wrightwood studio, Mr. Svenson spent roughly fourmonths from start to finish recreating the statue at a cost of about $6,000.

“The statue was broken into about 30 pieces,” said Mr.Svenson, who lovingly pieced together the terracotta, fill-ing in the cracks, before creating a rubber mold fromwhich to recast from the original work.

“We choose to use concrete this time. It’s more sustain-able than terracotta,” Mr. Svenson explains. “We madethree casts but the last one really turned out the best.”

After letting the concrete cure for one month, the statuewas stained a terracotta color before making the trip downthe mountain to Claremont just before Easter Sunday.

Mr. Svenson and his wife Kazumi returned St. Francisto his garden home in front of the Wall of Remembranceon Friday, April 3, placing him on the original pedestalwith a plaque that reads, “To the Glory of God and in

memory of Aline August Kraus, 1896-1963.”Mt. San Antonio Gardens resident Mary Francis Pier-son is the daughter of Ms. Kraus and contributed funds to-wards replacing the broken statue. Her father Walter F.Kraus commissioned the original piece from John Sven-son for her mother, who was a parishioner of the churchlong before it found a permanent home on Bonita Avenue.

“Before St. Ambrose became a church they had to havea mission and they held the services at Claremont Men’sCollege,” she explains. “My mother did all the flowers.It’s wonderful to that we were able to replace the St. Fran-cis in the garden.”

The original St. Francis statue was dedicated in May1964 and has given comfort to so many who come to thegarden to remember the ones they’ve loved.

“It’s a memorial garden, it’s a sacred ground,” says Rev.Silides. “The St. Francis statuary has very sentimental

value to those who visit the garden, and we’re pleased hehas returned.”Although the rector of the church knows the identity of

the man who destroyed the original statue, he has chosento handle the matter in a more personal manner rather thanturning him over to police for prosecution.

“It was not a vandalism against the church and not avendetta against the artist,” he says. “No harm has beendone and that person and I have had ongoing conversa-tions. In the long run, it will benefit him and will hold himaccountable in another manner.”

A rededication ceremony for the St. Francis statue willbe held at 11 a.m. on Sunday, April 26 following secondservice at St. Ambrose Episcopal Church located at 830W. Bonita Ave., Claremont. All are welcome to attend.

For more information, contact St. Ambrose EpiscopalChurch at (909) 626-7170.

—Angela Bailey

[email protected]

Saint Francis once again graces church garden

COURIER photo/Steven FelschundneArtist David Svenson secures a sculpture of Saint Francis to its base during installation of the recreateartwork at St. Ambrose Episcopal Church in Claremont. The church commissioned Mr. Svenson to re-

place the sculpture after vandals damaged it last year.


13/32


On Thursday, March 27,the Claremont EnergyChallenge held its

launch event at Rose Hills The-ater on Pomona College’s cam-pus.

Anyone who was present would saythe event was undoubtedly a success. Itkicked off the Claremont Energy Chal-lenge, Claremont’s spin on the George-town University Energy Prizecompetition against cities across theUnited States. The competition lasts fortwo years with the goal of a $5 millionprize.

When I first heard about the George-town University Energy Prize, I thoughtit sounded like a neat opportunity towork on energy issues in Claremont butI did not anticipate how the projectwould evolve. The Claremont EnergyChallenge has grown exponentially asmore students and community membersadd their ideas to our collective vision.

I have had the privilege of leading stu-dent involvement, and I am inspired each

day by the passion and innovation stu-

dent interns are bringing to the table. Thecollaboration between students and thecommunity is exciting, as it indicates theuniting power of the Claremont EnergyChallenge and its serious potential tospark change.

I personally find the mission so invig-orating because it recognizes the poten-tial of one community to change itsenergy consumption and then to replicatethe results in other, similar communities.

We have the power to instigate huge

change on a small scale and then to helpit spread. I personally pledge not only todecrease my energy consumption, but toalso dedicate my time and energy to thischallenge for the next two years. I inviteyou to join me and many other Clare-mont residents by taking the ClaremontEnergy Challenge pledge. Whether it’schanging a few light bulbs, installingsolar panels or volunteering your time toeducate others—you can truly make a

difference!

As the Pilgrim Place Pickers sang the opening, Claremont let’s do th“now, now, now!”

To learn more about the ClaremoEnergy Challenge, visit the website www.claremontenergychallenge.net check them out on Facebook and Twter. If you have any questions or woulike to get involved, send an email [email protected]

Why I took the Claremont Energy Challenge pledgeby Fiona Bare, student manager at the Roberts Environmental Center

VIEWPOINT

Photo courtesy of Fiona BaResidents gather at the Rose Hills Theater at the kick-off event to the Claremont Energy Challenge.


14/32

Poet Claudia Rankinto give reading

Claudia Rankine, winner of the 2015National Book Critics Circle Award forpoetry, will give a reading from Citi-zen: An American Lyric at 4:30 p.m.on Monday, April 20 in Bridges Hall of Music at Pomona College. The readingis free and open to the public. BridgesHall of Music is at 150 E. Fourth St. inClaremont. For more information, call(909) 607-3832.

Pilgrims seek art dona-tions for Festival sale

An art donation party called Got Art?will be held at Pilgrim Place on Satur-day, April 18 from 10 a.m. to noon.

Community members are asked tobring their framed or unframed wall artthey would like to donate to help sup-port the 2015 Pilgrim Place Festival tobe held in November. Donated art willbe sold at the fine arts booth during thefestival.

The event will be held at PilgrimPlace at their Fine Arts Studio locatedat 698 Scrooby Lane. Everyone is wel-come, tours of the Fine Arts Studio willbe given, parking is available and re-

freshments will be served.For information, call (909) 399-5500or email [email protected].

Casa Colina sportscamp offered to adults,children with disabilities

Casa Colina Outdoor Adventureswill offer the 20th Land Meets SeaSports Camp from August 5 to 7 inLong Beach at Marine Stadium andother sites in the area.

Land Meets Sea Sports Camp intro-duces adaptive water, land, recreationand competitive sports.

People with varying abilities willhave the opportunity to participate innumerous sports activities includinghand cycling, jet skiing, water skiing,outrigger canoeing and sailing. Wheel-chair sports include quad rugby,hockey, basketball and tennis.

The Outdoor Adventures staff iscomprised of certified therapeuticrecreational specialists along withtrained volunteers ensuring the highestlevel of safety for all participants.

The fee for the three-day camp is$300 and includes participation in allevents, lunches, goodie bag and a T-shirt.

For information, call (909) 596-7733

ext. 4131.


OUR TOWN

Claremont High Schoolvarsity baseball wontheir home conference

game against Diamond Bar by6-5 last Friday. The Brahmas

out-hit the Pack by 8-6, butalso had four errors to helpClaremont stay on top for thewin.

Diamond Bar led until the fourth in-ning when Claremont got three runs togo ahead 4-3. The Brahmas answeredback in the fifth with two runs and re-captured the lead. The advantage wasshort-lived, as the Pack also scored inthe fifth and followed up with a run inthe seventh to get the win.

Seniors Trent Troncone and ChandlerBoldig were strong at the plate each get-ting two hits, with Troncone scoring

three runs and Chandler one. JuniorJack Pavlisin had one hit and a twoRBIs and senior Ryan Betancourt addedanother important hit. Sophomore KyleScalmanini and senior Tyler Witt com-bined for the two remaining runs.

Senior Noah Song pitched five in-

nings, giving up seven hits and fiveruns. He struck out four and walkedthree. Reliever junior Travis Moffattpitched two innings and gave up a sin-gle run, struck out one and walked one.

On Saturday the Pack split a non-con-ference double-header with San Marino,winning the first game 5-1 but losingthe second 8-5.

In the first game, Boldig led the teamwith two hits and three runs, sophomoreMatt Hohn had two hits with one RBI,while sophomore Jake Gentry had onehit and one run. Boldig also stole awhopping four bases.

Senior Joseph Lee pitched five and aquarter innings giving up four hits and

one run while striking out two andwalking four. Sophomore JacobBarenkopf pitched one inning had nohits or runs but walked one.

In the second game the Pack startedout looking like they would win again,but San Marion came back strong start-

ing in the fifth inning when they scoredfive runs.Top performances came from senior

Isaiah Montoya, who had one hit andtwo runs. Scalmanini had two hits forone RBI while three players, Josh Ju-bile, Lucas Arias and Boldig, each hadone hit and one run. Senior Nate Mo-ronez pitched four innings, giving upfive hits and six runs. He walked threeand struck out one. Betancourt pitched

two innings for four hits, two runs, onewalk and two strikeouts.

Their record is now 1-4 in league an6-7 overall.

VOLLEYBALL

Boys volleyball lost their away con-ference match against Burroughs inthree straight games, 25-13, 25-14 and25-14, on Friday in Burbank. Theirrecord is now 0-4 in league and 2-9overall. They face Arcadia on Wednes-day.

Most Claremont teams were off forspring break, with competition resum-ing next week.

—Steven Felschundne

[email protected]

SPORTS

CHS baseball tackles turnaround with strong hitting


15/32


The State Water Board will adoptthe new regulations sometimebetween May 5 and May 7. Ms.

Handel said that city staff is reviewingthe city’s current ordinance to make sureit meets the governor’s executive orderand to consider the logistics of enforce-ment.

The Claremont City Council will

hear city staff’s recommendations at theTuesday, April 28 meeting.

The city will also launch a program,similar to La Verne, where a residentcan call in to notify the city of excessivewater use. As stated in the 2009 ordi-nance, the city may first issue a writtenwarning to a violator. A second offensewithin a 12-month period is punishableby a fine not to exceed $100, a third vio-lation could result in a $250 fine and afourth could cost the water-waster asmuch as $500.

New regulations from the State WaterBoard and Governor Brown apply toGolden State Water customers, pendingapproval by the California Public Utili-

ties Commission, Mr. Lewis explained.Upon approval by the CPUC, ac-

cording to Mr. Lewis, violation of anyof these prohibited or restricted wateruse activities may be punished by a fineof up to $500 for each day the violationoccurs. Claremont city staff may issuethe citation on their own or tickets maybe issued in cooperation with GoldenState Water.

As part of Mr. Brown’s plan, the StateWater Board will direct urban watersuppliers to come up with rate structuresthat “maximize water conservation”

consistent with the new restrictions. Nospecific mention of Golden State’sWRAM charge was made, but presum-ably such tactics will be off limits withthe ratification of the governor’s order.

The board will also adopt emergencypricing regulations and work with stateagencies and water suppliers to “iden-tify mechanisms that facilitate the adop-tion of rate structures and other pricing

mechanisms that promote water conser-vation.” The CPUC must take similaraction with investor-owned utilities likeGolden State.

Urban water suppliers must also pro-vide monthly information on waterusage, conservation and enforcement ona permanent basis, according to theState Water Board.

The State Water Board is accepting

feedback and comments on how a 25percent state-wide reduction could bestructured. Comments can be emailed Jessica Bean at [email protected] by April 13, 2015.

For tips on ways to conserve water,visit www.epa.gov/greenhomes/Con-serveWater. —Kathryn Dun

[email protected]

EXECUTIVE ORDER/ from page 3

COURIER photo/Peter Weinberg

Built in 2010, Padua Park is Claremont's newest park hat includes two soccer fields and a unique design to capture watrunoff to minimize the amount of watering. But this park, like others in Claremont, may not be green as the city figures hoto deal with drastic water usage reductions ordered by the state's governor. This shot is looking south, with Claremont the background.


16/32


CALENDAR Performing arts

Inland Pacific Ballet presents“Beauty and the Beast.”

Page 18

Friday, April 10 through Saturday, April 18

WORLD WAR I Ivan Light, professor emeritus at UCLA, has expanded his areaof research to study the Great War. He haswritten a historic novel, Deadly Secret of the Lusitania that incorporates his find-ings. All ages welcome. Lunch is $17. Pro-gram, free, at 1 p.m. The program is noonto 2 p.m. at Darvish Restaurant, 946 W.Foothill Blvd., Claremont. (909) 626-8122.FRIDAY NOON CONCERT Scrippsand Universidad de las Americas Puebla:“A Musical Collaboration” featuring pi-anist Hao Huang, violinist Rachel V.Huang plus distinguished visiting profes-sor and cellist Juan Hermida, O’Brien.12:15 p.m. Balch Auditorium, 1030 Co-

lumbia Ave., Claremont. (909) 607-3266.JUNIOR RECITAL Cellist Alex Chongand student of Roger Lebow, performsmusic by Beethoven, Dvořák, Ligeti andSchumann. Free admission with openseating, no tickets. Doors open approxi-mately 30 minutes prior to performance.8 p.m. Lyman Hall, 340 N. College Ave.,Claremont. (909) 607-2671.

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL Theworld comes to Claremont at the 37th an-nual International Festival. Enjoy live en-tertainment, country booths, international

food, beer and wine tasting and more at theCMC Quadrangle. Tickets for food and

beverages will be sold for cash. There will be storytelling and crafts for children. Thisevent is open to the public for all ages. Noonto 4 p.m. Claremont McKenna Quad, 390E. Ninth St., Claremont. (909) 607-4571.

BOOK-SIGNING Award-winning au-thor Stephen Maitland-Lewis will do a

book-signing for his new novel, Botti-celli’s Bastard. 2 to 5 p.m. Barnes &

Noble, 5183 Montclair Plaza Lane,Montclair. (909) 399-1966.

CZECH AND FRENCH ORGANMUSIC College Organist William Peter-son will present a recital featuring music

by Dvořák, Franck, Guilmant, Ibert,Janáček, Vitězslav Novák and Suk, per-formed on the Hill Memorial Organ. Freeadmission with open seating, no tickets.

Doors open approximately 30 minutes prior to performance. 3 p.m. Bridges Hallof Music, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont.(909) 607-2671.CLASSICAL MUSIC OF MEXICO &MORE O’Brien Distinguished VisitingProfessors Juan Hermida, cello, and MisaIto, piano. 3 p.m. Boone Recital Hall, 241E. Tenth St., Claremont. (909) 607-3266.

POETRY READING Genevieve Kaplanis the author of In the Ice House, winner of the A Room of Her Own Foundation’s

poetry publication prize, andSettings For

These Scenes, a chapbook of continualerasures. She recently completed her

Ph.D in literature and creative writingat USC. She also edits the Toad PressInternational chapbook series. AdamRosenkranz works as a librarian at theClaremont Colleges. He has an MA in In-

ternational Relations from the University of Chicago and a MS in Library Service fromColumbia University. His latest manuscriptis a collection of poems with the theme of names and naming. He is currently work-ing on a series of poems. 4 p.m. Harper Hall’s Board of Trustees Room, 160 E.Tenth St., Claremont. (909) 621-8612.FILM SCREENING A film screening incommemoration of the 100th anniversaryof the Armenian Genocide: Ararat(2002), 115 min. 7 to 9 p.m. Rose HillsTheater, 170 E. Sixth St., Claremont.(818) 726-5471.

UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLEDEVELOPMENT GOALS The Uni-versity Club. 11:30 a.m. $13 includes buf-fet lunch. Hughes Community Center,1700 Danbury Rd., Claremont.COMPUTER CLUB Non StandardService Providers for Smartphones: Har-lan Anderson. Meetings begin at 7:30 p.m.,with social time at 7 p.m. Newcomers arewelcome. Claremont Senior Computer Club. Hughes Community Center, 1700Danbury Rd., Claremont. (909) 399-5488.

GUT IN A RUT? Learn what prebiotic

and probiotics are and how your body ca benefit. Talk given by Nancee Perez, RDof PVHMC. Free to the public. For age18 and over. 10 to 11:30 a.m. Pomona Valey Hospital Medical Center, 1798 NGarey Ave., Pomona. (909) 865-9858.LECTURE “Child of War, Man oPeace” by human rights activist anfounder of Cambodian Living Arts, ArChorn-Pond. 6:45 to 8 p.m. MariaMiner Cook Athenaeum, 385 E. EightSt., Claremont. (909) 621-8244.

NEW WAVE IN TECHNOLOG

Darin Andersen CEO of CyberUniteand Mayumi Matuno, director of producat Electric Imp. Noon to 1 p.m. MariaMiner Cook Athenaeum, 385 E. EightSt., Claremont. (909) 621-8244.KINGSLEY & KATE TUFTS POETRY AWARDS Poetry panel: “ThMany Voices of Poetry.” 2 to 4 p.mHonnold/Mudd Library, 800 DartmoutAve., Claremont. (909) 621-8612.

YOUR WEEK IN 9 DAYS

NightlifeThe J-Birds perform atWalter’s Restaurant.

Page 19

April

Friday 10

AprilSaturday 11

AprilMonday 13

April

Tuesday 14

9-DAY CALENDAcontinues on the next pag

AprilSunday 12

AprilWednesday 15

AprilThursday 16


17/32

DANCE RECITALThe Fine Arts Foun-dation presents a free narrated preview of To Dance is Human, an exploration of how our daily interactions inspire chore-ography by Scripps Dance majors/minorsand faculty. A reception will follow the

performance to meet the dancers andenjoy refreshments in the lobby. The FineArts Foundation is pleased to host the

Rembrandt Club for this program andwelcomes the public to this special pre-view performance (the full dance concert

performances will be held at GarrisonTheater on Friday, April 17 at 8 p.m. andSaturday, April 18 at 2 and 8 p.m. Admis-sion is $10 general, $5 faculty, staff, stu-dents and seniors). The preview is free toattend at 3 to 5 p.m., with refreshments tofollow. Garrison Theater, 241 E. Tenth St.,Claremont. (909) 626-1483.ART WALL UNVEILING The Clare-mont Museum of Art’s ARTpix photogra-

phy exhibition will be unveiled at the public Art Wall in the West Village. Fifty-two photographs taken by twenty-six ElRoble student participants in the ARTpix

after school arts education program will be on view. Light refreshments will beserved. The student photographs weretaken during field trips to the Village of Claremont, campuses of the ClaremontColleges, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Gar-den and on the El Roble IntermediateSchool campus. Photos will be displayedfor the next several months on the 24-by8-foot Art Wall, located on the east patio

between the Claremont Packing Houseand the First Street parking structure. 5:30

p.m. Claremont Packing House, 532 W.First St., Claremont. (909) 626-3200.

ACTIVE CLAREMONT Panel discus-sion on the Claremont Wilderness Park.Panel members include Terry Grill, vice

president of the Claremont WildlandsConservancy, Charlie Gale, Claremontresident, and Kathleen Trepa, City of Claremont Community Services director.7 to 9 p.m. Hughes Center Santa FeRoom, 1700 Danbury Rd., Claremont.(909) 621-1235.

FRIDAY NOON CONCERT “Dichter-liebe” by R. Schumann. 12:15 p.m. BalchAuditorium at the corner of Tenth andColumbia. (909) 607-3266.BRENDA ROSENFELD SHABBAT

SCHOLARS SERIES Temple Beth Is-rael of Pomona is pleased to announceZev Yaroslavsky as the second speaker of the Brenda Rosenfeld Shabbat Schol-ars Series. Mr. Yaroslavsky is a longtimeleader on fiscal, health care, transporta-tion, cultural and environmental matters.He was considered the county’s fiscal

watchdog, insisting that it live within itsmeans. Shabbat services begin at 7:30 p.m. For more information, contact Tem- ple Beth Israel by calling the temple of-fice at (909) 626-1277.CONCERT A concert featuring a remark-able sonic augmentation of the acousticgrand piano created by composer-re-searcher Andrew McPherson, with per-formances by Nicolas Gerpe, Aron Kallay,Richard Valitutto and Steven Vanhauwaert.8 to 10 p.m. Harvey Mudd College’sDrinkward Recital Hall, 320 FoothillBlvd., Claremont. (909) 621-8022.

FAMILY BIRD WALK Bring binocu-lars if you have them and join Wild BirdsUnlimited on guided bird watching walks.RSVP required. 8 a.m. Rancho Santa AnaBotanic Garden, 1500 N. College Ave.,Claremont. (909) 625-8767.CLAREMONT EARTH DAY CELE-

BRATION The Claremont Earth DayCelebration takes place in the Villagealong Second Street from 10 a.m. to 3

p.m. This year’s theme is “Take the Clare-mont Energy Challenge for a Brighter Fu-ture.” The event features vendor boothsfrom local organizations, workshops, kidsactivities, a green car feature, school ex-hibits and more. This year, Claremont Ed-ucation Foundation is raffling off a ToyotaPrius. This fun, educational, family-friendlyevent is free to the public. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.Claremont Village. (909) 625-8767.GOT ART? Donate and recycle your framed or unframed wall art to support the2015 Pilgrim Place Festival. Tour the FineArts Studio on the Pilgrim Place campus.

Refreshments will be served. 10 a.m. tonoon. Pilgrim Place’s Fine Arts Studio, 698Scrooby Lane, Claremont. (909) 399-5500.WILDFLOWER FESTIVAL A tradi-tion since the early 1930s, the Wildflower Festival is Rancho Santa Ana BotanicGarden’s longest-running seasonal eventand coincides with our state-recognizedCalifornia Native Plant Week (the thirdweek of April each year). The festival alsoincludes special presentations, researchtalks, wildflower walks and related work-shops. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Rancho SantaAna Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College

Ave., Claremont. (909) 625-8767.BERNARD FIELD STATION VOL

UNTEER WORKDAY Help maintaiimprove and study the unique ecologicresources of the Bernard Field Station. Nexperience is needed. Volunteers removintroduced weeds and invasive brush, cletrails, pick up trash, assist with ecologicmonitoring and carry out other activitiethat facilitate study and research at the fiestation. View the BFS website for th

day’s specific activity. Wear long pants, long-sleeved shirt and closed-toed shoeInstructions, tools and supplies will be provided, but it’s a good idea to bring watand sunscreen. Volunteers who are nClaremont College employees or studenmust sign a waiver of liability. Waivers fominors need to be signed by a parent olegal guardian. You may download the ap

propriate form, sign it and bring it wiyou. We will also have forms availabwhen volunteers arrive. 10 a.m. to nooBernard Field Station, 1400 N. AmherAve., Claremont. (909) 625-2223.AYOTZINAPA AND THE CRISIS I

MEXICO Mexican activist Father Al jandro Solalinde will discuss the disa

pearance of 43 students in Ayotzinapa anthe political crisis in Mexico. This issucontinues to generate protests and indignation in Mexico and throughout thworld. Father Solalinde is a Catholic priewho has dedicated his life to the plight oCentral American immigrants travelinthrough Mexico. In 2012, he received th

National Human Rights Award from thMexican government for his work. No admission or cover charge required. 7 to

p.m. Pomona College’s Thatcher MusBuilding, 340 N. College Ave., Clarmont. (909) 607-2920.

9-DAY CALENDARcontinued from the previous page


AprilFriday 17

AprilSaturday 18


18/32


The Inland Pacific Bal-let, now celebrating its20th year, will present

its original production of Beauty and the Beast at

Bridges Auditorium on Satur-day, April 25 at 1 and 7 p.m. andon Sunday, April 26 at 1 p.m.

The family-friendly ballet is a famil-iar and time-honored story. Living atthe edge of a mystical forest, Be

Date post:	01-Jun-2018
Category:	Documents
Upload:	claremont-courier
View:	222 times
Download:	0 times

Claremont COURIER 4-10-15

Documents