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Photo/Claremont Graduate UniversityRoss Gay, winner of the 2016 Kingsley Tufts PoetryAward, reads from his book “Catalog of UnabashedGratitude” during the 2016 Tufts Poetry Awards cer-emony at the Rose Hills Theatre on April 7.

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COURIER photo/Steven FelschundneffClaremont junior Annie Boos crosses the finish linewith an easy victory in the 800-meter race on Tuesdayin Claremont. Boos has been tearing up the recordbooks recently, including setting a new school recordin the mile at the Mt. SAC Relays over the weekend.


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GOVERNINGOURSELVES

Tuesday, April 26City CouncilCouncil Chamber, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, April 27Architectural CommissionCouncil Chamber, 7 p.m.

Thursday, April 28Traffic & Transportation CommissionCouncil Chamber, 7 p.m.

ADVENTURESI N H A I K U

“It’s just allergies…”?Or deep emotional tearsThis election year.—Dave Nemer

Haiku submissions should reflect upon lifeor events in Claremont. Please email entriesto [email protected].

Metrolink noise abatementDear Editor:

The comments of Jan Raithel and Stu-art Kerridge, published in the April 1COURIER, highlighted a serious qualityof life issue affecting many Claremont

residents: warning horns from freightand passenger trains.No less than 40 Metrolink trains pass

through Claremont every weekday, withhorns blaring at every crossing. As wasreported in the commentary, the FederalRailroad Administration allows the cre-ation of “quiet zones.” With certain im-provements to public crossings, trainspassing through the zone are not re-quired to sound their warning horns.This is nothing new. The rules for estab-lishing quiet zones have been in placefor over a decade and cities across thecountry have established quiet zones.

The Claremont City Council shouldseriously consider this improvement for

the crossings that affect the citizens of our city. Jack SultzeClaremont

The mayor got it right[ Editor’s note: The following letter relatesto the Tuesday, April 12 city council meet-ing regarding the location of the proposed Pomona College Art Museum. It was sent to Mayor Sam Pedroza, with a copy for-warded for publication. —KD ]Dear Mayor Pedroza:

I am in complete support of your ac-tion last night.

You absolutely did the right thing.Your clarification of the process, andyour vote, allow this process to continueas it should. The purpose of planningand land-use, and typically with govern-

ment in general, is to mitigate and amal-gamate the varying legitimate and oftencontradictory needs and desires of vary-ing members of our community. Thisprocess of mitigation and amalgamationmust reflect the consensus of the entire

community.Clearly this community is split overthe issue of the location of the PomonaCollege Art Museum, and therefore thisprocess should continue until some con-sensus is achieved. This consensus hasnot yet been achieved. Your actions haveallowed this process of consensus build-ing to continue.

The process of forging and cobblingtogether an acceptable course of actionshould continue until a consensus isachieved, an acceptable compromise isreached, or it becomes clear that a mutu-ally acceptable conclusion is not possi-ble.

If that last possibility becomes obvi-

ously the case, then a hands up or downvote may be necessary, but often the bestcourse is no change at all. After all, thecurrent situation has been acceptable fora long time.

I was equally impressed by the othercouncilmembers, as well as city staff.All four of the other councilmen ex-pressed themselves respectfully and ar-ticulately. As staff presentedinformation, the issues became more fo-cused as the evening progressed. This isvery important as this issue is very divi-sive.

In closing, I want to reiterate that Ifirmly support Mayor Pedroza’s actionlast night.

Martin McLeod

Claremont

READERS’ COMMENTS

CORRECTIONIn a story titled “Claremont au-

thor helps youth find voices throughwriting” in the April 15 edition of the COURIER, author Q. Pearcemisspoke when she said teenagepoet Marissa Yvette Armstrong wasa young mother. Marissa does nothave a child. We apologize for the

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Claremont COURIER/Friday, April 22, 20 16 3CITY NEWS

Ad hoc committee wants the police station where it is

T he Police Facility Ad Hoc Com-mittee made important strides to-ward solidifying a future policestation in Claremont.

The committee agreed to look into building the fu-

ture station at the current location at 570 W. BonitaAve. and zeroed in on a possible $25 million price tagfor the facility during Wednesday night’s meeting atthe Hughes Center.

The staff report presented to the committee notedthat it may be possible for a new police station to bebuilt at-grade, or at street-level, on the site of the cur-rent police station. Committee chair Mark Sterbaagreed with the findings, using an airplane analogy toillustrate making the use of the limited space avail-able.

“One thing I know about the bathroom that goes inthe airplane is the size, the envelope it goes into, is al-ways the same,” Mr. Sterba said. “The airplane doesnot get bigger just because we want to make the bath-room [bigger]. We have to force it into the location.”

Committee member Betty Crocker agreed with thelocation plan, stating that it is the community’s pre-ferred location.

“We need to be respectful of the current locationand what the community is asking us,” she said, not-ing that Arcadia’s police station was built at the oldstation’s site.

The city’s presentation claimed that an architectwould need to be engaged. A structural engineer is al-ready looking into the current building to see whetherit can be retrofitted, according to the city’s presenta-tion.

Committee member Sally Seven emphasized thatthe decision to focus on the current site is not a deci-sion to use the actual station itself, rather the land itsits on, a notion that was confirmed by Mr. Sterba.

The motion to focus on building the station on thecurrent site was passed unanimously.

The impound lot was given more scrutiny as thecity presented more numbers as to the value of the lot.Assistant City Manager Colin Tudor noted the city iswilling to reduce the size of the impound lot from 80spaces to 25 spaces.

Despite the reduction in spaces, the city cautionedthat the impound lot is still needed. According to datareleased by the city, a police station without a 25-space impound lot would result in a hit to the generalfund to the amount of $161,904 based on current five-year occupancy trends and $257,221 if the impoundlot stays at 85 percent occupancy.

The numbers presented were mined from morethan 15 years worth of data, Mr. Tudor said.

Committee member Paul Wheeler noted that the lot

is “really expensive real estate to run a junkyard,” andpresented the idea of a stackable impound lot, whichcould save additional space. Claremont Police Cap-tain Shelley Vander Veen countered that it would bedifficult for people to obtain their impounded cars in atimely manner and Mr. Sterba mentioned the impor-tance of easy access for tow trucks.

The committee was unanimously in favor of thecity’s proposal.

The committee also heard about more financingoptions from Claremont Finance Director Adam Pir-rie, including general obligation (GO) bonds and apossible sales tax. Mr. Pirrie presented GO bond sce-narios for a $20 million station, a $30 million stationand a $40 million station with structured maturities,meaning payments for smaller elements such as furni-ture and electronics over the course of 10 years.

A major issue voters had with Measure PS was thepossibility of paying a 40-year parcel tax on equip-ment that could be obsolete in a fraction of that time.

According to the data presented by the city, the an-nual debt service within the first 10 years on a $20million GO bond would be $1.32 million, with an an-nual property owner cost of $31 per $100,000 in as-sessed value of their property. Under a $30 millionbond, the annual debt service would be $1.97 millionwithin the first 10 years, with a cost of $46 per$100,000 in assessed value. Under a $40 millionbond, the annual debt service would be $2.61 millionover the first 10 years, with $61 in annual property

owner cost per $100,000.The amount set aside for furniture ranged from $3

million to $6 million, which was presented as a ball-park estimate

A possible sales tax hike, which was how Mont-clair financied its $26 million station in 2009, wasalso floated by the city. A quarter-cent increase couldnet $610,000 for the city annually, while a half-centcould generate $1.22 million for the city annually.

Mr. Pirrie warned that money yielded through salestax is beholden upon market conditions and told thecommittee that any shortfall would be made up by thegeneral fund.

Mr. Pirrie also mentioned the upcoming Novemberballot measure that proposes a half-cent sales tax in-crease in all LA County cities to fund the Metro GoldLine extension. If that measure passes and the city de-cides on a half-cent sales tax increase, Claremont’ssales tax could top out at 10 percent, the highest in theimmediate region, according to city data.

A sales tax would only need to be approved by asimple majority at the ballot box, as opposed to atwo-thirds majority with a GO bond.

The committee was split on going forward with ei-ther a $25 million or $30 million GO bond. Ms.Seven was in favor of $30 million, citing the need toleave enough room for any additional elements thatmay be needed, which was seconded by committeemembers Michael Shea and Frank Bedoya. Commit-

COURIER photo/Steven FelschundneffThe Police Facility ad hoc committee, seen here at a previous meeting, has narrowed the possibilities for thenew police station. The committee would like to see the station stay at its current Bonita Avenue location witha target cost of $25 million for construction.

I t’s official—Claremont is California’scoolest city, at least when it comes toconserving energy.The City of Trees won the statewide Cool Califor-

nia Challenge, Energy Upgrade California announcedon April 14. The city won in a landslide, handily beat-ing second-place Long Beach by over 1 millionpoints.

The Cool California Challenge pitted cities againsteach other to motivate residents to reduce their carbonfootprint. Residents were encouraged to sign up onlineand track their energy usage, gaining points along theway.

In all, 514 Claremonters signed up, garnering thecity a whopping 2,444,920 points.“On behalf of the residents of Claremont, I am

proud to accept the title of Coolest California City,”Mayor Sam Pedroza said in a statement. “This honorspeaks volumes to the dedication and initiative thatClaremont residents showed throughout the Challengeto reduce our city’s greenhouse gas emissions. Byworking to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions allyear, residents are continuing the hard work needed tohelp California stay golden.”

Sustainable Claremont, which spearheaded thecampaign, praised the hard work by residents thatwent into the city’s winning run.

“Thank you to everyone who saved energy (andmoney) and participated in our community effort topromote a healthy environment,” Sustainable Clare-mont Chair Steve Sabicer said in a release.

The city won $51,663 of the available $150,000prize. The money will go toward sustainability projects.

Overall, 22 cities participated in the challenge,which ran from October 1 to March 30.

As part of the challenge, then-Mayor Corey Calay-cay taped a humorous video to motivate Claremontersto save energy. The video—in which Mr. Calaycaysuggest residents shower with each other to reducewater usage—has been watched more than 1,200times.

The top three cities—Claremont, Long Beach andBurlingame—will be honored at the Green CaliforniaSummit on April 21.

Sustainable Claremont will be celebrating the vic-tory at their Earth Day celebration on April 23, whichwill take place in the Village along Second Street from10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

—Matthew [email protected]

Claremont named the ‘coolest’ city in the state

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Claremont COURIER/Friday, April 22, 2016 4EDUCATION

Thursday, April 14Police arrested two transients after

they were caught driving a stolen car.The car was reported stolen out of ChinoHills on April 11 and was found at ap-proximately 1 p.m. on April 14 in a park-ing lot on the corner of FoothillBoulevard and Towne Avenue. Police ar-rived and arrested the driver, 53-year-oldWilliam Janke, for possession of stolenproperty. A passenger in the car, 62-year-old Guadalupe Murillo, was found tohave heroin and drug paraphernalia inher purse. The couple was also in pos-session of numerous social securitycards. Mr. Janke and Ms. Murillo werearrested and transported to CPD jail.

Friday, April 15An El Monte man was arrested for

being drunk in public and giving a falsename to officers. Police arrived to theChevron/McDonalds on the 800 block of

Indian Hill Boulevard at approximately4:30 p.m. after getting a call about a fightin progress. Once there, they contacted25-year-old Daniel Gamez, who was un-cooperative and showing obvious signsof drunkenness. According to Lt. Ciszek,Mr. Gamez initially gave the officers afalse name. Once Mr. Gamez’s real namewas revealed, a records check indicatedhe had a warrant out for his arrest. Mr.Gamez was arrested and transported toCPD jail where he was booked and laterreleased with a notice to appear.

* * * *An Upland man was arrested for driv-

ing under the influence of medicationafter allegedly sideswiping three parkedvehicles. Police pulled over a car drivenby 28-year-old Ryan Caropino on the200 block of Yale Avenue around 10:45p.m. after he was observed driving with-out his headlights on. There was alsobody damage to the car. During the in-

vestigation, Mr. Caropino was deter-mined to be under the influence of a pre-scription medication, which allegedlyimpaired his driving, according to Lt.Ciszek. Police also learned that he wasthe alleged culprit of a hit-and-run nearthe intersection of Indian Hill Boulevardand Baughman Avenue, where he hit theparked cars. Mr. Caropino was arrestedand sent to CPD jail, where he was even-tually released.

Sunday, April 17Here is your weekly reminder to al-

ways lock your car when you’re not in it.Three separate cars were burglarized inthe Packing House garage at around thesame time Sunday evening. The first carwas burgled between 6 and 8:35 p.m.,with the unknown perpetrators gettingaway with $120 in cash, according to Lt.Ciszek. The second car was ransackedbetween 2:40 and 8:55 p.m., the burglarsleaving with a radio faceplate, a tool kit,a garage door opener and an auxiliarycord. The third car was broken into be-

tween 4:30 and 9:19 p.m., and a cellphone charger, glasses and art supplieswere taken. All three vehicles were un-locked, according to Lt. Ciszek. Anyonewith information should call the CPD.

Monday, April 18A burglar or group of burglars cleaned

out a home on the 2500 block of northMountain Avenue while the residentswere still inside. The thieves gained ac-cess to the house between 3 a.m. and 11a.m. through an unlocked side door thatled to the garage and an unlocked garagedoor that led to the kitchen, according toLt. Ciszek. Once inside, the burglars tooktools, a chainsaw, a pressure washer, adesktop computer tower and a computermonitor. The suspects then fled in an un-known direction. Anyone with informa-tion should call the Claremont PoliceDepartment.


POLICE BLOTTER

P olice are on the lookout after a manallegedly tried to coerce two chil-dren into his car at Chaparral Ele-mentary School and Chaparral Park onTuesday, April 12.

The first incident happened at approximately 3 p.m.when a fifth grade girl in front of the school was ap-proached by a man driving a dark or black four-doorsedan. The man told the girl to get in his car, accord-ing to Lt. Aaron Fate of the Claremont Police Depart-

ment.The girl refused and walked toward the principal, at

which point the man drove away.The same suspect then approached a nine-year-old

boy, who was waiting to be picked up, in ChaparralPark at approximately 3:20 p.m., according to Lt.Mike Ciszek. The man allegedly drove up to the boyand offered to give the child a ride to his mother, atone point getting out of his car and opening the rightpassenger door for him.

The boy became scared and ran away towards therear of the park.

The man is described as a Hispanic male, five-foot-eight and between 30 and 40 years old with a bushymustache. His car is described as a dark-colored orblack four-door sedan with a number 7 in the licenseplate, according to Lt. Fate.

Undercover officers surveyed Chaparral and ConditElementary in the days following the incidents, but nosuspicious activity was seen, according to Lt. Fate.

Anyone with information is urged to contact theClaremont Police Department at (909) 399-5411.


Attempted kidnappings near Chaparral School, park

On March 5, 2016 at about 2:45 p.m., a man wascaptured by surveillance footage taking a whiteSamsung Galaxy cell phone that was left on thecounter at Stater Bros grocery store at 1055 W.Foothill Blvd. The suspect placed the phone in hisright front pocket and exited the store. The victimdid not know the serial number to the cell phone andthe phone is not equipped with any GPS tracking ca-pabilities. Anyone with information regarding theidentity of the suspect should call the Claremont Po-lice Department at (909) 399-5420.

tee member Jim Keith brought forth $25 million asan acceptable target to work with, which is exactlyhalf the amount of the Measure PS station.

“I’m fine with 25 [million], I think 30 [million]is too just much,” committee member Jess Swicksaid. “We don’t have the answers yet to even goforward.”

The motion to recommend the $25 million GObond, along with a PILOT (payment in lieu of taxes) program and general fund money for furni-ture and equipment costs, was passed 5-3.

Mr. Bedoya was concerned that the committeewas locked in at $25 million. City Manager TonyRamos responded that the figure is a “startingpoint” and that the city will work with the depart-ment and architects to see if it can be done.

The committee also took a look at the sizes of other police stations and staff to get a better pictureof what is needed to operate a station. According tothe data brought forth by Captain Vander Veen,Claremont has 39 sworn officers out of 63 full-timeemployees, representing a ratio of 1.07 officers per1,000 people. That’s compared to Ontario, whichhas 247 officers representing a ratio of 1.45 offi-cers per 1,000 people.

The current square footage of the police stationis at 10,449 square feet, with a ratio of 166 squarefeet per full-time employee—the smallest squarefoot ration out of the 13 stations presented. Mr.Sterba pointed out that the police station plans out-lined in Measure PS would have ballooned thatratio to 749 square feet per employee, which would

have ben the largest ration on the list.There was no motion required on the data, rather

it was presented to the committee to zero in on asquare footage “sweet spot,” according to Mr.Sterba.

The committee was also scheduled to speakabout the service levels to the Claremont Colleges,but postponed it to the next meeting due to com-mittee member and Claremont University Consor-tium CEO Stig Lanesskog being out of town.

The next meeting will also focus on the archi-tect’s recommendation on what can be done withinthe $25 million price tag put forth by the commit-tee, as well as the holding facility.


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COURIER photo/Steven FelschundneffThe police ad hoc committee would like to work withthe current land as they move forward with plans fora new police station.


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Kingsley Tufts winner is unabashedly thankful for CGU poetry prize

R oss Gay, whose third book of poet-ry is called Catalog of UnabashedGratitude , has one more item to addto the list of things for which he is thankful.Earlier this month, he was awarded the cov-eted Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award.

The honor is tendered each year by Claremont Grad-uate University to a poet who has done great work and isexpected to do much more. “It just feels really lucky,” Mr.Gay, 41, said of the win. “It feels lucky to have peopleseeing and reading the work.”

The prize carries more than prestige. It comes with a$100,000 purse, making it the world’s largest monetaryprize for a single book of poetry.

At the April 7 ceremony held in Pomona College’sRose Hills Theatre, award chair Lori Anne Ferrell shareda line from an Inside Philanthropy article about theKingsley Tufts Award. “Sometimes, when the stars in-frequently and magically align, it actually pays to be apoet,” she quoted.

Mr. Gay, whose day job is teaching in Indian Univer-sity’s MFA program, called the financial remuneration“an incredible gift.” Asked what he plans to do with the

prize money, his answer is practical and, given the cur-rent political debate, timely. “I have student loans.”Educational debt didn’t make Mr. Gay’s litany of all

things that are good in a world where life is fleeting andlove is imperfect. What he has written about in his book,published by the University of Pittsburg Press, are thosemoments and memories that are imbued with purpose and

COURIER photo/Steven FelschundneffRoss Gay has been awarded the 2016 Kingsly Tufts Poetry Award for his book “Catalog of UnabashedGratitude.” Mr. Gay teaches at Indiana University. His two previous poetry collections are “Bringing theShovel Down” and “Against Which.”

The Claremont High School TheatreDepartment will perform TheComplete Works of William

Shakespeare (Abridged) on April 21, 22and 23 at 7:30 p.m. at Claremont HighSchool’s Don F. Fruechte Theatre for thePerforming Arts.

The Reduced Shakespeare Company’s “CompleteWorks of William Shakespeare” presents all 37 worksby the world’s most famous playwright in 97 minutes!An irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard’s plays,the show was London’s longest-running comedy, clock-ing a venerable nine years in at the Criterion Theatre inLondon’s West End.

Join these madcap students in a hilarious presentationas they weave their wicked way through all of Shake-

speare’s comedies, histories and tragedies in one wildride that will leave you breathless and shaking withlaughter. The Today Show says, “If you like Shake-speare, you’ll love this show. If you hate Shakespeare,you’ll love this show!”

Tickets are available online at the CHS ASB WebStore at $9 pre-sale or $10 at the box office. Pre-sale isstrongly recommended due to the fact that the show maysell out. For information, visit chstheatre.cusd.clare-mont.edu or call the Claremont High School Theatre at(909) 624-9053 ext. 30463.

The CHS Theatre Department is celebrating morethan just another promising production. Students re-turned from the California State Thespian Festival, heldApril 1-3 at the Highland Auditorium in Upland, witha slew of awards, as well as the knowledge that CHSTheatre is once again ranked in the top one percent of

programs in the state.During the course of the weekend students competed

in dozens of events, attended workshops, saw per-formances and vied for $15,000 in scholarship money.They competed against more than 1200 high schoolthespians from 65 high schools in the state.

Xavier Reynoso was first in state for Solo MusicalPerformance; Diego Henriquez and Aubrey Schoemanwere first in state for Duet Acting; Morgan Lui was firstin state for Make Up Design; Elena Ramsey was secondin state for Monologue; Amanda Deal was second instate for Solo Musical, and Dalia Auerbach and LizBurgiss were third in state for Duet Musical. CHS’ TheLaramie Project took second in state for Scene Fest.

A number of students received superior ratings,meaning their performances were among the top onepercent in the state. These included Lauren Haskins,Samantha Hengesbach and Nicole Wood for CostumeConstruction; Morgan Lui for Make Up Design; DaliaAuerbach, Jonas Huffer, Kelly McGarry, RahannonOlea, Zach Offill-Jackson, Elena Ramsey, Hailey Scott,Neema Shariari, Abby Weiler and Sophie Willard-VanSistine for Monologue; and the teams of Jason Acostaand Sophie Willard-Van Sistine, Diego Henriquez andAubrey Schoeman and Hailey Scott and Jacob Garciafor Duet Acting.

Other performances receiving superior ranking in-clude Jeremiah Alarcon, Dalia Auerbach, Liz Burgiss,Candace Coe, Amanda Deal, Allegra Fass, XavierReynoso, Carly Sanden and Evan Spruce for Solo Mu-sical; Miranda Michno for Musical Theatre Dance;Neema Shariari, Joe Lowe and Caden Hengesbach forGroup Acting; and the teams of Carly Sanden and Ri-ley Polanski and Dalia Auerbach and Liz Burgiss forDuet Musical

A number of students also received callbacks, mean-ing their performances were ranked among the top fourpercent in the state. These included Dalia Auerbach,Jonas Huffer, Kelly McGarry, Zach Offill-Jackson, Ra-

hannon Olea, Elena Ramsey, Hailey Scott, NeemaShariari, Abby Wieler and Sophie Williard-Van Sistinein Monologue; Jeremiah Alarcon, Liz Burgiss, CandaceCoe, Allegra Fass, Mandy Deal, Xavier Reynoso, CarlySanden and Evan Spruce in Solo Musical; the teams of Diego Henriquez and Aubrey Schoeman, SophieWillard-Van Sistine and Jason Acosta and Hailey Scottand Jacob Garcia in Duet Acting; and Dalia Auerbachand Liz Burgiss in Duet Musical.

There were other coups as well.Sophie Willard-Van Sistine won the Ellis Jordan

Scholarship for the International Thespian Festival andRiley Polanksi won the Undergrad Scholarship. DaliaAuerbach and Sophie Willard-Van Sistine were honoredfor serving on the 2015-2016 California State ThespianBoard and Aubrey Schoeman and Sophie Willard-VanSistine were elected to the 10-student California StateStudent Thespian Board for the 2016-2017 school year.

A number of students were also selected to join 50students statewide in performing the California AllState Show. These include Katherine Arboleda, AllegraFass, Jacob Garcia, Julia Kim, Riley Polanski, ElenaRamsey, Xavier Reynoso and Abby Weiler. Students se-lected to work All California Production TechnicalCrews include Dylan Cumpston and Zach Offill-Jack-son (carpentry); Jeremiah Alarcon (scenic crew); NatalieNguyen and Zachary Wakefield (media); SydneyCrozier, Lauren Haskins, Morgan Lui and Nicole Wood(costumes); Dylan Corliss, Joe Lowe, Rahannon Olea,Allison Weeks and Nicole Wood (front of house) andJonas Huffer (tech crew).

Sixty-three percent of Claremont students who at-tended the California State Thespian Festival qualifiedto attend the upcoming Nationals in June at the Inter-national Thespian Festival. Kudos to a hardworkingand talented bunch of students!

—Sarah [email protected]

CHS theater students prepare to tackle all ofShakespeare, celebrate recent victories

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Flying backwards for a momentby Jan Wheatcroft

I just received a treasured birthdaypresent from my younger son. Hetransferred all my old Greek cassettetapes that I could no longer play ontoDVDs and sent them to me.

I lived on the island of Samos in the ‘70s. This wasthe music I listened to in the tavernas at the bouzoukievenings when we danced and partied. These were thesongs that poured out of cars and trucks as they passedthrough the villages. This was what I listened to on mytape deck in my small house. I consider those years asmy years of passionate living. Everything I did seemedto be with great highs and lows. And now, listening tothese wondrous tapes brings back the memories andfeelings in great waves.

During this time, I lived with my two sons in asmall, very old house that was originally built for theGreek families who were thrown out of Turkey (visiblefrom our Samos harbor). We had one room that heldtwo cots for the boys, two tables and chairs for them towork at, and room for them to build with their Legosand play with their friends.

My boys went to the local Greek school. I taughtEnglish, painted signs in English for the tourists whowere just beginning to come to Greece in greater num-bers and did my tapestry weavings, which I sold tomany of those same tourists. The boys spoke greatGreek and I learned enough “street Greek” to be able tocommunicate. Every afternoon, we did English lessonsand they worked on their extensive Greek homework.

Now we are getting close to the Easter celebration.Greek or Orthodox Easter is often at a different timethan Catholic Easter. This year it is later. Listening tothis music, I can see the women whitewashing thestone walls and sides of the houses so that the streetsalmost glow with the clean whiteness.

In those days, most people gave up many of the reg-ular foods for Lent and a lot of grains and beans wereeaten. Every family took part in the preparations at thechurch and in the homes, cleaning and scrubbingeverything, arranging flowers and preparing for the

parading of Christ through the village.Of course, the highlight was midnight when the

priest announced that Christ has risen. Bells rang andboys threw the small bombs they had carefully madeonto the freshly whitewashed walls leaving their Eastermarks. Then came the eating, drinking, partying anddancing as well as the roasting of the lamb or goat. Vil-lage celebration was really the best and many city-dwellers returned to their home villages to celebratewith family. These are some of the memories that be-gan to return as I listened to my Greek music.

I find that I can still understand a lot of the wordsand their meanings. The songs I loved then are mostlyabout love, sadness and pathos and are sung by husky-voiced women and silken-voiced men. They are ro-mantic and I remember why I loved living there. Iloved living on an island—a piece of land totally sur-rounded by water and a bit isolated from the rest of theworld. To get off the island was a project. Our islandhad an airport and one could fly back to Athens, but thecost for the three of us was high. There were ferryboats with many stops along the route and often veryrough seas, making the journey rather unpleasant.However, a calm sailing could be relaxing and wonder-ful. Each island had its own personality, flora, fauna,traditions, foods and recipes. I found that each islandheld its natural prejudices of “them” versus “us.”

“They are thieves,” it was said of those from theneighboring island Ikaria and we were told to watchout for our possessions on the ferries. But there wascomfort in being swaddled in the protective world of one’s home island. We were known to the islanders of our village and cared about. People shared everything

with us—food, stories, invitations and their time. I be-came familiar with the personality and the life thatawaited me each time I moved to visit or stay on differ-ent islands.

My greatest passion came from the music and thedancing. Greeks put themselves totally into the activi-ties they are involved in and their happiest times areduring the celebrations, feasting and dances. In thedays I lived on Samos, we would go up to the dancetaverna where there was a big, cement area surroundedby tables. At one end was the stage where the bouzouki(similar to a mandolin) players sat and played. A singerwould join the group and sing sultry songs.

Sometimes a dancer danced the sexy, gypsy-likedances that made the men shout. Dances were paid forby someone in a group and only the people from thatgroup were invited to join in. Many a fight would startif an outsider tried to participate.

To add to the passion, people threw their plates, bot-tles and glasses as the emotion rose, and young boysrushed out to sweep up the broken glass. But still thedancing continued. I loved these dances—the passion,the emotion—and often I just let go and swayed alongwith my friends when it was our turn to dance. I can vi-sualize that time so clearly as I listen to Marienellasinging about “today and tomorrow” in her huskytones. This was a time to lose oneself to the music andthe movement.

Times have changed now and only cheap plaster of paris plates are used, sold to those who have a desire tobreak. For me, the spontaneous and passionate flingingof a plate one has just eaten from is far more “real” andexciting.

I have seven DVDs that I can listen to as I rememberthose wonderful days of more freedom and passionthan I have ever felt, either before or after. The lateryears when I returned to Greece each summer andstayed on the islands of Skyros and Skopelos werehappy and wonderful times. However, there is nothinglike the first awakening of a life that is so different andrich and becoming immersed in the total experience of a different type of life.

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Claremont COURIER/Friday, April 22, 201 6 7Voting rightsDear Editor:

Together, through our votes, we takecontrol over what happens to our familiesand communities. But voting rightsacross the country are under attack. Joinwith fellow voters and pledge to honorand protect our constitutional right tovote.

Voting brings us together as Ameri-cans—it is the one time when we are allequal. It doesn’t matter if you’re rich orpoor, young or old, liberal or conserva-tive; elections are our opportunity to havea say in America’s future. A lot is at stakein every election. By voting, we’re takingcontrol and impacting the issues and poli-cies that will be debated and affect ourdaily lives.

It is critical that we ensure every Amer-ican can cast a vote and have it counted.Our democracy’s future is on the line—pledge to support voting rights.

Rooted in the movement that securedthe right to vote for women, the Leagueof Women Voters has always been com-mitted to registering and turning out vot-ers, and we’re not stopping now. We pro-tect and defend voting rights across thecountry in order to ensure that our elec-tions are fair, free and accessible to all el-igible citizens. We’ve helped defeat lawsthat restrict voters’ rights, block suchlaws where they have already passed,and fight laws designed to curb organi-zations like ours from registering voters.

Ultimately, elections are about voterslike you. Join us in protecting voting rightsand safeguarding the rights of all Ameri-cans. Thank you for making democracywork.

Ellen TaylorVP for Advocacy

League of Women Votersof Claremont Area

Yay for Mitzvah DayDear Editor:

On Sunday, April 3, a beautiful sunnyday greeted the volunteers of our 17th an-nual Mitzvah Day.

Everyone enjoyed a sumptuous break-fast hosted by our Sisterhood. Followinga blessing and song by Rabbi Kupetz, theenthusiastic group left to make our com-munity just a bit better. Those that servethe nonprofits we visited, and the manywho are served by them, once again re-alized that Temple Beth Israel knows thatthey are there and that we care aboutthem.

Thanks to Lee Kanes’ group, 500pounds of rice, grains, pasta and beanswere packaged for clients of the InlandValley Hope Partners food pantry.

Uncommon Good Executive DirectorNancy Minte supervised Shapiro’s largegroup of families with children at their

TBI garden. They planted paper pots withmilkweed and marigold seeds that wereharvested onsite. They learned how milk-weed flowers provide food for theMonarch butterflies that visit the garden,and how the marigolds provide localbeauty and much-needed revenue oncecut and sold.

The Foothill Aids Project volunteers joined Jack Schuster and strolled Clare-mont’s Sunday Village Market, wherethey greeted shoppers and distributed lit-erature about FAPS’ upcoming April 28fundraiser, Dining Out/Fight Aids. Thegroup shared information about FAP, itsprograms and how folks might becomeinvolved.

At TBI, a dozen workers stayed hometo do a detailed spring cleaning organizedby our TBI president, Marc Kramer. Bynoon, much grease, dust and fingerprintshad vanished from our walls, kitchen,sanctuary, foyer and social hall.

Foothill Family Shelter led by AndyWeissman now boasts newly-paintedmetal fences at one of their four court-

yards. Thirteen enthusiastic helpers were joined by the agency’s groundskeeperand executive director, who workedalong with them sharing informationabout the shelter’s vital work.

Once again, our own talented DonBloch visited the sites taking pictures of this wonderful day.

In addition to all the hands-on help, 15TBI members generously donated morethan $400. This will be given to FoothillFamily Shelter to go toward the $800needed to complete painting fences attheir three additional courtyards.

Our annual Foothill Aids Project FoodDrive was a remarkable success. Mr.Schuster delivered 20 bags of groceries tothe FAP office along with many boxes of mac ‘n cheese collected by our Beit Se-fer students. Thanks so much to the sev-enth grade class that once again organ-ized this important mitzvah.

Todah Roba to everyone who partici-pated in Mitzvah Day, honoring TBI’samazing day of service andJudaismscherished tradition of making the worlda better place. Ethel Steinberger

Social Action Committee Co-Chair

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B eing rooted to one spot has disad-vantages, like not being able toevade others that want to eat youor crowd you out. But how much help

should we give our garden plants?For a sustainable garden, we need to balance whatour plants need to survive with what we want them tolook like. This is likely to mean embracing diversityin the lawn and enjoying some holes in leaves as indi-cations of caterpillars that will become butterflies,food for insect-eating birds, and construction materi-als for native leaf-cutter bees. But if aphids overrunnew rose growth, or your citrus gets whitefly or sootymold, should you spray? What if dandelions and plan-tains start to invade your lawn?

The first thing to keep in mind is that pesticides andherbicides are almost all toxic to people too, can af-fect beneficial insects and desirable plants as well asinvaders, and can contaminate water. It’s safer andcheaper to avoid them whenever possible. So how canyou minimize the use of chemicals in your garden?

Lawns : Weeds are generally the problem in lawns,but regular dousing with herbicides can be avoided if you have healthy, thick turf, since that will make itharder for weeds to grow.

• First, choose a grass that will be happy withyour light conditions. If your lawn area becomesmore than a little shady, reduce the shade, replacethe lawn with a more tolerant variety or make aflowerbed.

• Next, watering your turf to a depth of about 6”once a week is usually enough. Less frequent,deeper watering encourages roots to grow furtherinto the soil, reducing the loss to evaporation thatoccurs with shallow watering. Step on the grass andif it doesn’t spring back in about a half hour, it prob-

ably needs water.• Fertilizing in spring will help replace the nitro-gen used for leaf growth, but doing this regularlywill encourage growth during dry times of year,which means more watering.

• Keep the lawn on the long side, two to threeinches; don’t remove more than a quarter-inch of the height at a time; use sharp blades; and let theclippings sift down to the ground and compostthere. Rake out dead grass once a year.

• When you see a weed, pull it out.Annuals, perennial, shrubs: How can you reduce

your garden’s pest load without using poisons?• Grow plants or varieties that are naturally re-

sistant; for instance, some roses are not subject toblack spot or rust.

• Be sure the plants have good growing condi-

tions: my euonymus with afternoon sun is fine, butthe one with too much shade gets mildew.• Keep a sharp eye out for little invaders. Take a

tour around the garden every few days. Remove in-fested leaves and toss them in the trash; squashaphids; wash off upper and lower surfaces of leaveswith a heavy spray of water; hand pick snails; putsticky barriers on trunks to prevent ants from farm-ing aphids and scales whose secretions lead to sootymold growth.

• Include plants that provide food and housing forbeneficial predators like ladybugs, praying man-tises, parasitic wasps and lacewings.

• If you’ve tried to grow a plant and it keeps get-ting eaten or diseased no matter what, replace it

with one that is tougher.• Cover the ground with plants or mulch so that

weed seeds have trouble getting to the soil.• Pull weeds as soon as you see them and never

let them go to seed.And if you do decide to resort to chemicals? No

matter what you use, be sure you follow directionsand check to see that it is safe for the plant you wantto treat (and not too bad for you!). Also, to avoidkilling bees, don’t spray when they are out foragingand don’t treat the blooming plants they are visiting.

These pesticides are not too bad: (these allsmother the insects)

• Insecticidal soap.• Horticultural oil (petroleum-based).• Neem or canola oil (plant-based).But these should be avoided:

• Pyrethroids such as permethrin (toxic to aquaticorganisms).

• Organophosphates such as malathion (toxic tomany beneficials).

• Carbaryl (kills bees, beneficial predators, andearthworms).

• Metaldehyde snail bait (toxic to other animalssuch as dogs).

• Neonicotinoids such as imidacloprid (movethroughout the plant into the flowers and kill polli-nators—ask local nurseries to stop selling plantsgrown using these common pesticides).Enjoy the diversity and entertainment that a

(mostly) chemical-free garden provides! You can findmore info on the Garden Club pages at sustainable-claremont.org and at ipm.ucdavis.edu .

“Demystifying Sustainability” is a project of SustainableClaremont. Follow them on Facebook at facebook.com/sus-tainableclaremont and on Twitter @GreenClaremont. Con-sider joining Sustainable Claremont.

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Claremont’s 8th annual EarthDay celebration

Get ready for Claremont’s Earth Day celebration. Theeducational, family-friendly street fair takes place Satur-day, April 23 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. along Second Streetin the Claremont Village.

The event features green products and demonstrations,a paper shredding recycling truck, a Tesla display, rescuedwolves, local schools’ and colleges’ exhibits, local andsustainable food trucks, Copali dancers, acoustic musicand many kids activities. Ride your bicycle to the partyfor free bicycle valet parking.

The theme for the celebration is “Trees: Rooting for ourCommunity.” Trees sustain our quality of life. They pro-vide shade from sun, shelter from wind, and harvest rain.They assimilate carbon dioxide, release oxygen and fil-ter air. They provide habitat for birds and a voice for thewind. Communicate with your trees. What are they tellingyou? Speak up for trees, and the silent majority of peo-ple who benefit from our urban forest every day.

Earth Day was founded in 1970 by Senator GaylordNelson to increase environmental education in responseto pollution. It has grown into a global time of teachingand acting to support the earth. In Claremont, the EarthDay celebration is hosted by the city of Claremont andSustainable Claremont, run by volunteers and is spon-sored by partners such as the Claremont Village Market-ing Group and IKEA. Join Sustainable Claremont to en-gage in local environmental activity and have fun. Seeyou there.

Visit sustainableclaremont.org/earthday for informationor contact Sustainable Claremont at (909) 625-8767 ex-tension 238 or by email to [email protected].

Claremont Craft Ale celebrateswins at 2016 Los Angeles Inter-national Beer Competition.

Claremont Craft Ales is celebrating big wins at the2016 Los Angeles International Beer Competition. Theywon Gold with “Grapefruit Dude IPA” in the Fruit Beercategory, Silver with “Norman” in the Cream Ale cate-gory, and Bronze with “Buddy” in the American BlackAle category. Also, they received an honorable mentionin the highly competitive IPA category with their popu-lar, “Single Dude.”

These winning beers, along with more of their highquality brews, are available in their Tasting Room and dis-tributed across LA County. Judging of the 2016 Los An-geles International Beer Competition took place over theweekend of April 9 at the LA County Fair Grounds. The

judges did a blind tasting of nearly 1,500 beer entries in97 categories. The winners are able to showcase their win-ning beers at the “LA on Tap” Beer Festival held on May7 at the Fairgrounds, and many will be on tap at the LACountry Fair in September.

“We are honored and humbled to be recognized by thiscompetition, along with so many amazing breweriesfrom around the country,” said Brian Seffer, head brewerat Claremont Craft Ales. “We are thrilled that so manyother local breweries won medals, showing the immensequality coming from our rapidly growing LA brewingcommunity. It’s an exciting time for all craft beer fans inLos Angeles and beyond.”

Claremont Craft Ales started small in 2012, with a sin-gular focus on bringing fresh craft beer and a cozy pub-like tasting room to Claremont.

With their fourth anniversary on the horizon, CCA’sgoal has always been to produce well-rounded, drinkablebeers that will appeal to both craft beer experts and thosewho just enjoy a great beer.

Claremont Craft Ales has won numerous awards, in-cluding gold and silver medals at the Los Angeles Inter-national Commercial Beer Competition for their flagshipbeer, Jacaranda Rye IPA.

For more information on Claremont Craft Ales, visitwww.claremontcraftales.com or call (909) 625-5350.The taproom is open Wednesday through Sunday. Chil-dren and dogs are always welcome.

Karaoke, live music highlights‘Rocking’ Relay for Life

Put on your sunscreen and lace up your sneakers it’stime for the Claremont/La Verne Relay For Life. This Sat-urday, April 23 from 10 a.m. to midnight our two com-munities will join together to honor cancer survivors, re-

member those they have lost and raise funds andawareness to fight back and help end cancer.This year’s theme is Rocking Relay and will feature

seven live music acts, karaoke, human foosball, zumba,a glow in the dark DJ dance party and so much more. Allages welcome, free admission. Opening ceremony startsat 10 a.m. but festivities will be happening all day.

If cancer has touched your life, participating in a Re-lay For Life event is a way to take action and help finishthe fight. Join us at the University of La Verne CampusWest baseball field located at 1899 Wheeler Ave., LaVerne. For more information or to make a donation visitwww.relayforlife.org/claremontlaverneca.

Scion raffle for CEF atClaremont Toyota

Come celebrate with snow cones, DoubleTree cookies,and Meat Cellar treats this Sunday, April 24 at 2 p.m. asthe Claremont Educational Foundation draws the winningticket for a Scion, donated by Claremont Toyota. Needraffle tickets? It’s not too late. CEF board members, CHSbooster groups—including CHS Band, CHS Speech andDebate—Coates Cyclery, Rio de Ojas, the Class of 2018as well as all CUSD schools are selling tickets.

Enliven your senses at Taste ofClaremont

The Rotary Club of Claremont is gearing up for its 17thannual Taste of Claremont event next Saturday, April 30from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Claremont University ConsortiumBuilding located at 101 N. Mills Ave., Claremont.

This is Claremont Rotary’s pinnacle fundraising eventand one of Claremont’s premier community affairs. Lastyear, this event was attended by over 800 participants andraised $45,000 for the Rotary Foundation, which directlybenefits charitable organizations in our community.

Participants are invited to enjoy Claremont’s finest

cuisine, wine and beer as local establishments dish uptheir very best. The venue provides ample space for peo-ple to sample the selections of over 50 area restaurants,breweries and wineries that donate their wares to makethe event possible. The evening will feature live musicand dancing, a magician, raffle, art display and auction.

Proceeds from the event support community and globalprograms supported by the volunteers and resources of Rotary Club of Claremont and Rotary International. Lo-cal beneficiaries of the club include several educationalorganizations: AbilityFirst, CLASP, Best BET TeacherGrants, literacy and student leadership camps, awards,scholarships and programs. Funds also go to Bikes forKids and Hope Partners.

The Claremont organization also participates in RotaryInternational programs, supporting the Shelter Box Proj-ect, Corazon International Clean Water Projects, World-wide Youth Exchange and worldwide polio eradication.

Tickets for the event are $65 pre-sale and $75 at thedoor. To buy tickets or for more information call (909)447-7717 or visit tasteofclaremont.org.

Bernard Field Station offersday-long activities on Earth Dayfor science buffs

On Saturday, April 23, the Bernard Field Station willhost a variety of tours for the Claremont community incelebration of Earth Day.

A list and description of the different tour options is be-low. Numbers for each tour are limited to make sure thatparticipants are provided a wonderful experience. Pre-reg-istration is required for all tours. Once registered, it is crit-ical to arrive at least five to 10 minutes early. Everyonewill need to sign a waiver of liability. Everyone under 18must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

Bird watching from 7 to 9 a.m .: Professor CatherineMcFadden from Harvey Mudd College will lead thebird-watching tour. Please bring your own binoculars.

General tour of the BFS from 8 to 9:30 a.m. : WallaceMeyer, director of the Bernard Field Station will lead ashort tour, which will focus on the different habitat typesat the BFS and highlight research efforts. People of allages are welcome, but everyone must be in good enoughshape to hike for one hour.

Wildflower tour from 9 to 11 a.m. : Botanist Dr. SusanSchenk will lead a wildflower tour. People of all ages arewelcome, but everyone must be in good enough shape tohike for two hours.

Family science tour from 10 a.m. to noon. : This tourwill lead groups to a variety of stations:

Lizard diversity and ecology, where Prof. SteveAdolph from Harvey Mudd College will introducevarious lizard species found at the BFS.

Bird Ecology, where a Pomona College senior willteach people to identify local bird species and discussaspects of their ecology.

Plant ecology, where Pomona College senior VianZada will introduce participants to some native plantsand wildflowers and discuss their ecology.

Mammal diversity and ecology, where Prof. PaulStapp from Cal State Fullerton, will introduce par-ticipants to mammals found at the BFS.

People of all ages are welcome, but the focus of thisevent is for students interested in science. Everyonemust be in good enough shape to hike for two hours.

Night Tour for Families fro 7:30 to 9 p.m. : This tourwill lead groups to a variety of stations in the evening:

Night Sky, led by professor Prof. Naftilan fromKeck Science, will examine aspects of the night skyusing the Keck Science telescope.

Insects of the Night, where Prof. Jonathan Wrightfrom Pomona College will teach participants aboutvarious insects active at night.

Everyone must be in good enough shape to hike forone and a half hours. Please bring a flashlight.

Water and closed-toed shoes are required for all the ac-tivities. Questions should be directed to the BFS Direc-tor Wallace Meyer at [email protected]. Toregister, visit www.bfs.claremont.edu and click the “EarthDay” link on the top left side of the page.

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Patricia Rohrs, a longtime Claremont resident, diedon March 17, 2016 after a short illness. She was 96.

She was born on September 11, 1919 in ColoradoSprings, Colorado to Freda Muly and Everette Peter-son. She moved to Los Angeles when she was in high

school and graduated with a degree in education fromUCLA. She later earned a Master of Education fromClaremont Graduate School.

She moved to Ontario to begin her teaching career,where she met her husband Fred Rohrs, a fellowteacher. They moved to Claremont with their threechildren in 1952. Mrs. Rohrs taught at OakmontSchool for two years and then moved to SycamoreSchool, where she taught until 1981 when she retired.She loved being a teacher and continued to substituteteach, home teach and volunteer in classrooms. Overthe years, she enjoyed many visits and letters fromformer students and their families.

Mrs. Rohrs was an avid gardener and an animallover. When her children were growing up, she kept amenagerie of pets, including dogs, cats, goats, chick-

ens, many rabbits and even a myna bird. Her daughter

Pamela, who attended Sycamore while her mothertaught at the school, recalls her mom bringing themyna bird, the goat and other animals to school tostudents’ delight.

Patricia was creative and excelled at artistic pur-suits like flower arranging and painting, takingclasses in genres like Chinese brush painting and wa-tercolor to hone her skills. She was also prolific at

knitting and crocheting, making many blankets for

her grandchildren and scarves for friends. As she gotolder and her eyesight failed, Mrs. Rohrs was nolonger able to undertake larger pieces. Still, she wouldmake “posies,” crocheting little flowers she presentedas gifts to friends. She attended United Church of

Christ in Claremont and was a doting grandmotherand great-grandmother. “Her life was all about doingthings for other people,” her loved ones shared.

Family wishes to extend their deep gratitude to thewonderful and caring staff at the Claremont ManorAssisted Living (The Lodge) as well as to staff at theManor Care Center for all they did for Patricia duringher recent illness.

She was predeceased by her husband, Fred Rohrs,and by her son, Fred Jr. She is survived by her daugh-ters Susan Lightfoot and Pamela Kohler; her grand-sons Charles Bentley and Christopher Kohler; and bytwo great-grandchildren, Korbin and Carter Kohler.

No services were held, per her request. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the charity of yourchoice.

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Claremont boys tennis’ number one

singles player Andrew Leahyrarely loses a match.In fact, he has only lost oncethis year, to Diamond Bar’sNeil Tengbumroong, who has been a rivalfor years.

But on Monday, Leahy got his revenge, soundly de-feating Tengbumroong, 6-2, and to make the victory

SPORTS

Wolfpack boys tennis holds undefeated season

COURIER photos/Steven FelschundneffClaremont senior Andrew Leahy returns a shot during the Pack’s resounding defeat of Bonita High Schoollast week at Claremont High School. The Wolfpack defeated Diamond Bar on Monday and Ayala onWednesday continuing their winning streak.

Claremont number two singles player Leyton Bohrenstruggled a bit in his final match against Bonita lastThursday, winning in a tie-breaker. He had a much bet-ter day on Monday defeating the number one singlesplayer from Diamond Bar, Neil Tengbumroong, 6-1.

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all the sweeter the Pack’s number twoplayer Leyton Bohren also defeatedTengbumroong, 6-1.

“That was quite a relief actually,”said Leahy on Tuesday as the Pack tookon Ayala in Claremont.

Tennis is having one amazing seasonand they piled on the victories in the lastweek beating Bonita, 17-1, last Thurs-day; Diamond Bar, 10-8, on Monday;and Ayala, 16-2. The Pack is now 8-0 inthe Palomares League and look verytough to beat for the remainder of the

regular season.“We played some great singles,

Christian [Settles] went 3-0, which hehas not done yet this year, doublesswept all nine matches,” said CoachKathy Settles following the Bonitamatch.

“We should go into CIF as the num-ber one school but it [the tournament] isfilled with teams just like us so we justneed to continue to be tough,” she said.“We are going to continue to work onconditioning and the mental part of the

game is really important.”Leahy was out four months with a

back injury partly brought on by notstretching properly. Since then he hasbeen gaining strength and getting backinto form.

He has a strong forehand with lots of racquet velocity, but his serve really setshim apart. “When I am down a fewpoints, I rely on my serve to come backand build confidence,” he said.

Claremont has two sets of twins, andthey all play doubles but not with theirsiblings. The number one pair, freshmanJason Weisman and junior Hunter Bo-

jalad, had a pretty easy time winning, 6-

2, against Bonita’s Andre Batoon andEric Zhong.

“We have good chemistry and playwell together,” according to Bojalad. Healso said that they are hitting their strideat this point in the season.

To get ready for CIF, Coach Settleshas scheduled a match against TroyHigh School so they boys can competeagainst a completely new opponent.

“They are going to see a lot of com-petition they have never seen before andthat will test them to see where theyare,” she said. —Steven Felschundneff

[email protected]


I t had been a long day of top competition Saturdayevening in Cerritos asteams of four boys took to thestarting line. Conditions were

perfect for a personal best—cool temperatures and nowind—as some of the bestlocal high school distance run-ners prepared for the 4 x 1600meter relay.

Seventeen minutes and 26 secondslater, four Claremont boys—senior Ser-gio Espinoza, junior Owen Bishop, sen-ior Tab Backman and junior RyanRenken—crossed the finish line in firstplace, shattering the Claremont HighSchool record by 24 seconds and set-ting the fourth fastest time nationwidefor 2016.

Something was definitely in the airduring this year’s Mt. SAC Relays,which were held at Cerritos Collegedue to extensive remodeling of the ath-letic field at Mt. SAC.

On Friday, junior Annie Boos contin-ued her dominance with a new schoolrecord of 4:56:86 in the mile, whichwas fast enough for fourth place in theprestigious Brooks Invitational compe-tition. She is the first female athlete inCHS history to break the five-minute

mark in the mile, which is about 30 feetlonger than the 1600-meter race.

Renken also broke a school record inthe mile with a time of 4:15:97.

Considered one of the premier meetsin the United States, the relays have di-visions for high school and collegiateathletes, which also includes endorsedand international teams.

“It was a pretty exciting Saturday,”

said Claremont distance coach BillReeves. “Good weather, great competi-tion and a good track lead to PRs [per-sonal records]”

Claremont was back at it Tuesday ina league meet against a very toughGlendora team.

The boys were able to get a prettycomfortable win of 83-53. The girlsnarrowly lost, 69-67.

While waiting for the 800-meter raceto begin on Tuesday, Boos spokebriefly about her big weekend.

“I was seeded to get last place so Iwas nervous about that, but when Istarted I told myself to keep going and Iended up getting fourth,” said Boos.

“I’m doing more mileage than lastyear, so I think it [the record] had to dowith fitness as well as mental strength,”she said. “I’m hoping to get to the statechampionships this year for the mile.”

The boy’s success in the 4 x 1600may have been unexpected even for therunners themselves. “The last time wedid it as a group we ran a 17:59 so torun a 17:26 was a bit of a surprise,”said Renken on Tuesday.

Asked about what made the differ-ence, the boys echoed the remarks of Coach Reeves.

“Confidence and environment” werethe key factors according to Renken. “Itwas eight at night and you know it willbe a fast race. You have people right be-hind that can get you if you are notstaying focused. So we were all readyto run faster,” he said.

“There is the Arcadia [meet] and thenthe next week is Mt. SAC and that iswhat you are training for until CIF,”Renken said.

The Pack has a couple more leaguemeets and then will head off to thePalomares League prelims and finals.

—Steven Felschundneff

CHS track going for gold, setting records in winning season

Claremont number one doubles team Hunter Bojalad and Jason Weisman had apretty easy time winning their match against Bonita’s Andre Batoon and Eric Zhonglast Thursday in Claremont. The Pack is having a remarkable year going unde-feated so far in league, including defeating the defending champion Diamond Barteam twice.

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COURIER photos/Steven FelschundneffClaremont junior Ryan Renken, senior Tab Backman, junior Owen Bishop and sen-ior Sergio Espinoza set a school record in the 4 x 1600 relay during the Mt SAC Re-lays on Saturday. Their time of 17:26, which averages to 4:21 per runner, is thefourth fastest time nationwide this year and earned them a gold medal in the event.


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I t’s been a long journey, but JoelHarper’s brainchild has finally madeit all the way to the screen.His children’s book All the Way to

the Ocean —which teaches kids andfamilies about how careless littering canwreak havoc on sea life—has beenturned into an animated feature, set to be

debut tomorrow, Friday, April 22.The release, planned to coincide withEarth Day, will be celebrated with alaunch party held this evening from 4 to6 p.m. at Walter’s Restaurant in Clare-mont. For more information, visit the Allthe Way to the Ocean page on Facebook.

Mr. Harper’s message of environmen-tal consciousness will extend far beyondthe City of Trees. The movie’s April 22premiere includes a worldwide releaseon Vimeo.com. You can rent the 14-minute film for 24 hours for $1.99 or buya digital copy of the movie for $4.99.

Music fans will be happy to hear thatMr. Harper has enlisted the talent of older brother Ben Harper for the project.

Ben’s song “With My Own Two Hands,”recorded with Jack Johnson, serves as acenterpiece for the film. Another track,“The Time is Now,” features the musical

talents of Joel Harper and reggae groupBurning Spear.

Actresses Marcia Cross and AmySmart provide the voices of the narratorand mom in the story, respectively, whileAustralian musician Xavier Rudd por-trays the crane.

The story is a simple one, which aimsto show how simple acts of mindfulnesscan make a world of difference. When akid named James tosses a bottle into astorm drain, his friend Isaac is there towarn him about how, after it rains, our

junk can make it “All the Way to theOcean.”

The book was produced by Mr. Harperunder the auspices of his Freedom ThreePublishing Company and released in2006. It has already made its way all theway to the ocean—it has long beenstocked in the gift shop at the Aquariumof the Pacific in Long Beach, amongother venues.

Goals have a way of breeding newgoals, and it wasn’t long before Mr.Harper started dreaming of an animatedversion of his book. Work on the projectbegan in earnest in 2012. It was fundedand produced by Mediatavern and FaroMedia Group in conjunction with Free-

dom Three Publishing.“I’m excited to have another vehicle

to educate and inspire another generationof ocean stewards,” Mr. Harper said. “It’sa huge sense of accomplishment. A lot of blood, sweat and tears went into this.”

Mr. Harper is also the author, in col-laboration with artist Erin O’Shea, of a

book called Sea Change . The wordlesspicture book encourages kids to pick upbeach trash—preventing it from harminganimals—and turn it into artwork. Thiscoming fall, he will release another bookthrough Freedom Three Publishingcalled Frankie Finds the Blues .

Mr. Harper feels passionate about get-ting young people engaged in the world,whether they are cleaning up or cele-brating a unique American art form. Hebelieves children are capable of far morethan we sometimes give them credit for.“Kids need to see their impact, that theyare making a difference,” he said.

For more information on All the Wayto the Ocean , visit AllTheWay-

ToTheOcean.com. For more informationon Joel Harper and his Freedom ThreePublishing imprint, visit JoelHarper.com.

—Sarah [email protected]

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Pomona College receivesGetty Foundation grant

The Pomona College Museum of

Art has been awarded at $175,000grant from the Getty Foundation.The award is in support of the exhibitionand publication of “Prometheus 2017:Four Artists from Mexico RevisitOrozco,” under the Getty-led initiative,

Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA. “Prometheus 2017”will focus on Jose Clemente Orozco’s 1930 mural onthe Pomona College campus and the multiple waysthe artist’s vision resonates with four artists workingin Mexico today. The show is scheduled to open Sep-tember 5, 2017.

The grant is one of the Getty Foundation’s recentimplementation grants to 43 organizations acrossSouthern California totaling $8.45 million for PacificStandard Time: LA/LA.

The museum is located at 330 N. College Ave.,Claremont, and is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Fri-day from noon to 5 p.m.; Thursday from noon to 11p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Ad-mission is free. More information is available at (909)621-8283 or at pomona.edu/museum.

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IT’S KAHOUTEK TIME! The “40-something” an-nual (she politely declines to state her actual age,though sources tell the COURIER she was born in1973) Kahoutek Music and Arts Festival takes placetoday at Pitzer College. The alwaysfree and always awesome Kahoutekgets underway at 3:30 p.m. with theCOURIER’S hands-down favoriteband name of the week, QuesadillaCentrifuge . The music kicks off at 1 p.m. tomorrowwith Miggy P. Friday’s headliner is The Funk Ark at 11p.m. and on Saturday Phony Ppl close the show, also at11 p.m. The Kahoutek has been the site of some of themost legendary and infamous performances in Clare-mont music history, including sets from GZA of Wu-Tang Clan, The Roots, The Soft Pack, Javelin, Mattand Kim, Blackalicious, Akron/Family, Tea Leaf Green, O.A.R., Zion I, The Go! Team, Mr. Lif, LyricsBorn, HEALTH, The Growlers, Phantogram, OctopusProject, Hot Sugar and King Kahn & BBQ Show, aswell as most every local punk band from about 1979forward. 1050 N. Mills Ave. More information is avail-able at facebook.com/kohoutekfestival.ALGERIAN BAND Pomona College is the site thisevening of a musical performance by Algerian band

Imarhan at 8 p.m. The music’s pan-African rhythmsdraw on traditional Tuareg music. Free and open to thepublic. Edmonds Ball Room, 170 E. Sixth St. More in-formation is available at (909) 607-8580 or at citys-lang.com/imarhan/news.

SUSTAINABLE CLAREMONT EARTH DAYFEST The green group hosts its eighth annual EarthDay celebration, “Rooting for our Community,” from10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today along Second Street in the Vil-lage. The event will feature live music, paper shred-ding, green products, demonstrations, local studentexhibits, hybrid and electric vehicles, food trucks, Co-pali dancers, kids’ activities and the Cool CaliforniaChallenge winner announcement. Information is avail-able at sustainableclaremont.org/earthday.CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION POP-UP BENEFIT“Fostering Style,” a pop-up shop takes place today atthe dA Center for the Arts in Pomona from 9 a.m. to 2p.m. A donation of $5 is suggested. Proceeds will sup-port children who have been victims of abuse, neglectand abandonment and placed in foster care or residen-tial treatment in Los Angeles and San Bernardino coun-ties. Information is available at childrensfoundationo-famerica.org or at (909) 426-0773.

CLIMATE LEADERSHIP SUMMIT ClaremontMcKenna College hosts the National Campus Leader-ship Council’s 2016 Climate Leadership Summit todayfrom 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. The summit will featurekeynote speakers, sessions and panels on today’s mostpressing issues in climate change. Students from theClaremont Colleges, members of academia, corporateexecutives, politicians and the broader communitywithin California and the Pacific Northwest are ex-pected to attend the summit. The summit is presentedby the National Campus Leadership Council, DefendOur Future and the Environmental Defense Fund. Cla-remont Colleges students, staff and faculty may attendfree of charge. Tickets are $10-$20 for all others. Moreinformation is averrable at cmc.edu/climate-summit.HOME TOUR BENEFIT Claremont/West End aux-iliary of Children’s Fund will host a tour of three Clare-mont homes today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., withproceeds benefiting at-risk children. Tickets for the tourare $30 in advance or $35 at the door. Information isavailable at (909) 624-5781 or (909) 920-9438.

ECLECTIC GARDEN TOUR Rancho Santa AnaBotanic Garden is sponsoring a tour of eclectic Clare-

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FRIDAY, APRIL22SATURDAY, APRIL23

Mick Rhodes covers the calendar, arts and entertainment. Submission deadline is 5 p.m. Thursday,one week before publication. Please include date,time, address, phone, web address, email address and cover charge (if applicable).

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mont gardens today from 1 to 4 p.m. The cost is $20and includes admission to RSABG as well as one addi-tional day within 30 days after the tour. Proceeds bene-fit the educational programs of the Claremont GardenClub, a working group of Sustainable Claremont. Tick-ets are available at sustainableclaremont.org , at GarnerHouse in Memorial Park (250 Harvard Ave.) or at theRSABG gift shop at 1500 N. College Ave.

FREE AFRO-CUBAN CONCERT Pomona Collegehosts its Afro-Cuban Ensemble tonight in a free concertat 8:15 p.m. Director Joe Addington will lead the en-semble in selections from the Yoruba traditions of theregion and more. The performance features guestsinger Lázaro Galarraga with guest dancers Kati Her-nandez and Pedro “Muñeco” Aguilar. Lyman Hall, 340N. College Ave. More information is available atpomona.edu/music-calendar or at (909) 607-2671.

ELECTRICIDAD, a contemporary American urbantragedy embedded in East Los Angeles gang culture,opens at 7:30 p.m. at the University of La Verne’s Dai-ley Theatre. The play is written by MacArthur “Ge-nius” Award-winning playwright Luis Alfaro, anddraws on Sophocles’ classic Greek play Electra (410BC) to explore the repetitive cycle of familial love, re-venge and honor that appears throughout history fromthe Greeks to modern-day southern California. Ticketsare $15 general admission, $12 for seniors, ULV staff and alumni and $5 for students. Showtimes are 7:30p.m. April 26 through April 30 and 2 p.m. on May 1.

1950 Third St., La Verne. More information is availablevia email at [email protected] or at (909) 448-4999.INVESTMENT TALK The University Club of Clare-mont hosts a talk at 11:30 a.m. today at the HughesCommunity Center with Donald Gould, president andCIO of Gould Asset Management. The topic is nega-tive interest rate policy, its origins and implications forinvestors. 1700 Danbury Rd. The cost is $15 and in-cludes a buffet lunch. More information is available atuniversityclubofclaremont.org.

CRONY CAPITALISM TALK Author, professorand lecturer Cameron Shelton will present “CronyCapitalism, Corporate Relocation and Policy Uncer-tainty” at 6:45 p.m. today at Claremont McKenna Col-lege’s Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum. Mr. Shelton is aMcMahon Family associate professor of political econ-omy and a George R. Roberts Fellow at ClaremontGraduate University. He is the co-author of The Vi-cious Cycle: Fundraising and Perceived Viability inUS Presidential Primaries . 385 E. Eighth St. More in-formation is available at (909) 621-8244.HARPSICHORD CONCERT Claremont GraduateUniversity music professor Robert Zappulla will per -form works by Louis Couperin in a free concert at 4:15p.m. today at Claremont School of Theology’s KresgeChapel. 1325 N. College Ave. More information isavailable at cgu.edu/concerts.

AFRICAN FILM SCREENING Ashé Africa FilmSeries and Pomona College Art After Hours screen Ak-

ounak, the Niger Purple Rain at 9 p.m. tonight atPomona College Museum of Art, 330 N. College Ave.This event is free and open to the public. More infor-mation is available at pomona.edu/museum.BRIDGES CHORAL CONCERT Conductor DonnaM. Di Grazia will lead Pomona College Glee Club’schamber ensemble tonight in a free concert at 8 p.m.The performance will include selections by Byrd, Du-ruflé, Monteverdi, Palestrina, Pärt, Rheinberger,Tomkins and more. The performance will repeat at1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E.Fourth St. More information is available atpomona.edu/music-calendar or (909) 607-2671.WOMEN’S SUMMER SKIN CARE Pomona ValleyHospital’s Women’s Services will provide a free skincare seminar led by Karen Bunting, RN at 6:30 p.m. atPomona Valley Health Center in Claremont. Partici-pants can learn how to care for their skin and preparefor the summer sun. 1601 N. Monte Vista Ave. Moreinformation is available at (909) 865-9858.

LATIN JAZZ Barb Catlin leads the Pomona CollegeJazz Ensemble tonight in free concert featuring Latin

jazz works by Rebeca Mauleon, Tito Puente, EsperanzaSpalding and more. The show begins at 8 p.m. BridgesHall of Music, 150 E. Fourth St. More information isavailable at pomona.edu or (909) 607-2671.

ANTIQUARIAN BOOK SALE The Friends of theClaremont Library’s spring sale of antiquarian and finebooks takes place today from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in thelibrary’s Community Meeting Room.

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