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CITY COUNCIL GRAPPLES WITH SUSTAINABILITY, WATER/PAG E 3

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LETTERS/ PAGE 2, 7

CALENDAR/ PAGE 14

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POLICE BLOTTER/ PAGE 4

OBITS/ PAGES 8

Girls volleyball wins first round at CIF, despiteabrupt exit by coach/

COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff

Senior drum major Jared Cicon stands at attention as the Claremont High School marching band

prepares to take the field on Friday at CHS. The CHS music program is undefeated in competition

this year and will head to the state semi-finals this weekend. More on page 5.LEADING THE PACK

The Pilgrims get poetic:An exploration of wisdom and whimsy

in The Poetry of Aging/PAGE 12

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SandraBernhardto takecenter

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Claremont COURIER/Friday, November 14, 2014

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Black bears in Padua HillsDear Editor:

I am writing to concur with Mr.Faulstichs concern about the human-caused bear problem at Padua Hills The-atre. Some citations are in order for theperpetrators.

In a historical vein, Id like to commenton our wildlife in an earlier time. Blackbears were, in fact, native to the SanGabriel Mountains, as were GrizzlyBears, Bighorn Sheep, Tule Elk, Prong-horn Antelope and Gray Wolves. By theearly 1900s, they were either very rare orextirpated by commercial hunting andranchers who were averse to any preda-tors in the region. The Bighorns were rein-troduced as were the Black Bears in theway Mr. Faulstich described. Neitherspecies is thriving in their ever more con-stricted range and their continued pres-ence in our local mountains depends onour willingness to minimize our impact onthem.

Closing the trash container doesntseem like too much to ask, particularlysince doing so is legally required.

Jim des LauriersClaremont

A peaceful missiveDear Editor:

As a Vietnam veteran and a 45-yearparticipant in the antiwar movement, Iwould like to state a goal which I hope wecan all share: May we have future gener-ations that have no veterans, because therewere no wars to create them. The Viet-nam, Gulf, Iraq and Afghanistan veteransI have counseled overwhelmingly supportthis philosophy; can we support them?

Their wars didn't end when they returnedhome. All of us working together to createa peaceful society can help them and theirchildren to put some of the ghosts to rest.

There is no glory in endless war.Dan Kennan

Claremont

Congratulations, ClaremontDear Editor:

Claremont deserves congratulations!The 71 percent vote to fund the acquisi-tion of our water system, with a 41 per-cent voter turnout, is a strong mandate tomove forward. Many opponents also saidthey favored local ownership, but werenot convinced the city could manage thesystem, or could afford it without sharplyincreasing rates.

Fortunately, there are good answers tothese concerns based on common-sensecomparisons. The city of La Verne hasmanaged a municipal water system verywell for a century and we are negotiatingwith them to manage ours. Their waterbills are also much lower than ours, about$770 per year ($64 per month) on the av-erage. City-wide that amounts to over $8million each year that could be applied tothe purchaseenough to support all the$135 million in revenue bonds approvedin Measure W.

An independent appraiser determinedthe value of the system to be $55 million.Golden State Water Company sold alarger system in 2011 for $34 million.$135 million should be more than enough.

Approving funding is just the first stepif, even now, Golden State refuses to sell.Public input is still important as the city

works to acquire the system and take cotrol. On November 25, we can participain the public hearing at city hall and urthe adoption of a Resolution of Necessithe first step toward acquisition by emnent domain. Freeman Alle

Claremo

READERS COMMENTS ADVENTURESI N H A I K U

A hush oer the crowd

The lone quarterback barking

Signals, set, Haiku!

Charles L. Zetterberg

Haiku submissions should reflect upon lifeor events in Claremont. Please email entries

to [email protected].

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

GOVERNING

OURSELVES

Monday, November 17Tree CommitteeCancelled

Tuesday, November 18Planning CommissionCouncil Chamber, 7 p.m.

Youth Sports Committee

Hughes Center, 7 p.m.Wednesday, November 19Claremont Teen CommitteeYouth Activity Center, 3:15 p.m.

Parks, Hillsides and UtilitiesCommittee Special MeetingCouncil Chamber, 7 p.m.


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Claremont COURIER/Friday, November 14, 20 14CITY NEWS

City council tackles sustainability, water issues

Sustainability and waterwere the hot topics atClaremonts city council

meeting Wednesday evening,with residents and

city staff express-ing their concernsregarding the drought and theeffect it will have on the citysconservation efforts.

The regularly scheduled Tuesdaynight meeting was moved to Wednesdayin observance of the Veterans Day holi-day.

In the presence of the entire city coun-cil, City Principal Planner Chris Veirspresented the fifth annual ClaremontSustainability Report Card, which cov-ers sustainability activities tracked dur-ing the 2013 calendar year and includes

an extensive background report to pro-vide supporting information regardingthe basis for each grade. The purpose ofthe report card is to gauge progress to-ward targets indentified in the ClaremontSustainable City Plan and to make infor-mation available to both city officialsand the public.

Overall, were doing a pretty goodjob of meeting our goals, declared Mr.Veirs. In 2013, we have six areas wherewere exceeding our goals...doing betterthan what the city sustainable plan hadset as the goal. Actually meeting or ex-ceeding or goals is at 85 percent, so wefeel like were doing pretty well.

Of the 33 performance indicators

tracked, six were given an achieved and

exceeds goal rating, 22 are meetinggoal and only five are below/behindgoal. Community water usage receiveda below goal grade because of in-creased water use due to hot and dryweather conditions. Overall, city staffbelieves that the community is respond-

ing to drought concerns and that the 30percent reduction by 2017 goal is stillachievable.

The full document will be posted onthe citys website and copies will bemade available to the public to be pickedup at city facilities.

Also presented before council was thecity staffs recommended strategy toevaluate municipal landscape and irriga-tion facilities to reduce water consump-tion now for immediate savings, and toindentify irrigation retrofit and landscapeconversion projects that can be imple-mented in phases for long-term benefits.

Community Services Director Kath-leen Trepa presented the information re-

port to city council with a projected 20percent reduction in city outdoor waterconsumption with an estimated$130,000 in savings.

Despite the savings, costs associatedwith replacing the citys antiquated andinefficient irrigation systems through-out the citys parks could cost hundredsof thousands of dollars. Two such proj-ects have already been budgeted.

$280,000 was budgeted to install re-placement systems at two of the mostproblematic parks in the community,College and Higginbotham parks, ex-plained Ms. Trepa. Water savings, grantsand rebates could partially off-set the re-maining costs.

To address immediate water supplyconcerns, staff has directed the cityslandscape maintenance contractor tobegin switching the roughly 245 irriga-tion programs to winter schedules aswell as program an across-the-board re-duction of 20 percent to scheduled irri-

gation times. The contractor will assesstrees and sports fields to ensure these arenot irreparably harmed by irrigation re-ductions or cause a significant interfer-ence with sports play.

Mr. Trepa also stressed that thischange in irrigation will likely result inturf brown outs and the loss of someplant materials, particularly in areas offull sun. The condition of the citys land-scape maintenance area will appear todecline as part of this effort and citytrees are of particular concern as they arenot on separate irrigation systems andmay show some stress as they have be-come accustomed to supplemental wa-tering schedules. However, staff and

consulting arborists will closely monitorcity trees for signs of decline due to re-duced irrigation and modify as necessaryto preserve valuable specimens.

Other suggestions for permanentwater savings include replacing turf inparkways adjacent to sidewalks as wellas city hall with appropriate alternativessuch as decomposed granite, permeablehardscape, drought-tolerant landscaping,or mulch.

Additional suggestiongs includebrowning out the slopes at Padua Av-enue Park while maintaining adequate ir-rigation for the playing fields. Orbrowning out dog parks which are sub-

ject to heavy wear and tear.

Short of the sports fields, I dontmind losing some of the green turfaround town in light of the reality of thsituation, said Councilman CoreyCalaycay. But I do get a little concernin regards to the trees.

Ms. Trepa confirmed it is a delicate

balancing act and that the situation musbe monitored.

Im still trying to understand whatthis report is about, said CouncilmanOpanyi Nasiali. Is it the intent of thestaff to be proactive about reducing theamount of water we are using immedi-ately or for the future?

Its both, replied Ms. Trepa. Righnow, weve dialed back our irrigationand well be looking at additional proj-ects park-by-park.

We live in a desert. Drought or nodrought, we import upwards of 40 per-cent of our water and that should tell uswere not sustainable, said Mayor JoeLyons. We should lead and model wh

wed like to see our residents dotakethese opportunities to lead and make thchanges.

There was also some discussion asproposed by resident Dean McHenryabout tapping into the public a bit morefor their observations and suggestions.Mr. Calaycay reminded residents that thcity has an app, making it easier for resdents to do just that rather than sharingtheir disgust on Facebook.

Do make the effort to contact us,pleaded the councilman. Dont rant onsocial media in a negative way, be a parof the solution. Give us the opportunityto address the issue.

Angela [email protected]

CITYCOUNCIL

COURIER photos/Peter WeinbergerIt was a special day on Tuesday as the American Legion of Claremont hosted a ceremony on VeteransDay honoring those who served our country in America's fight for freedom. City officials joined in theemotional ceremony attended by friends and family of local veterans. The Claremont High School andEl Roble bands played as the Claremont Boy Scout troop 402 raised the American flag during the

event. Claremont resident and World War II veteran Sid Colburn brought his dog Bambie, above, for thecelebration.

Claremonter and World War II veteran Chuck Farrit

talked about how veteran Keith Powell fought and diefor his country during the Claremont Veterans Day ceemony at Memorial Park Tuesday.


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Claremont COURIER/Friday, November 14, 2014CITY NEWS

Tuesday, November 4A criminal with a career in burglary

might want to consider another line ofwork. Around 8:09 a.m., a suspect brokeinto a Toyota 4Runner parked and lockedat Western Christian School. Using anunknown object to break the front pas-senger window, the burglar stole the vic-tims purse containing her wedding ring,and fled the location undetected. Sur-veillance cameras provided police witha description of the suspect, who laterused the victims Discover card for anonline purchase and had it shipped to anOntario address. Follow-up by Clare-

mont police resulted in the arrest of Ger-ald Crutcher after officers determined the53-year-old matched the description ofthe suspect. Property loss is estimated tobe $10,000.

Wednesday, November 5Another SUV broken into, another

wedding ring stolen. Around 10:45 a.m.,unknown suspects smashed the rear dri-vers side window of a white 2000 LexusRX300 to snatch a leather handbagtucked underneath the back seat. Theburglars fled the 5100 block of Mt.Baldy Road unseen, making off with$3,000 worth of items including a leatherpurse and wallet, a cell phone, a platinum

band with six diamonds, $200 cash,credit cards and various gift cards.

Thursday, November 6A Pomona resident stopped for speed-

ing spent the night in jail after police de-termined he was drunk driving. FelipeAlonso was driving near Foothill Boule-vard and Lynoak Drive around 1:30 a.m.when officers witnessed the vehicle trav-eling 53 mph in a 40 mph zone andpulled the driver over. During the inves-tigation, officers determined the 31-year-old driver was under the influence ofalcohol and arrested him for DUI. Dur-ing his field sobriety test, Mr. Alonsospassenger, Sergio Osorio, was fast asleepin the front seat of the vehicle and snor-

ing very loudly. The 29-year-old ValVerde resident did wake up briefly, butonly to open the passenger door andpuke. Mr. Osorio was arrested for publicintoxication. Both men were later re-leased on bail.

Friday, November 7A grown man was arrested after van-

dalizing two vehicles and trying to evadepolice. A victim claimed Michael Orca-sitas threw a large rock at his 2012Chevy Tahoe as it traveled down IndianHill Boulevard near San Jose around8:30 a.m. According to Lieutenant MikeCiszek, the 26-year-old man ran from thescene and then accosted another vehicle

stopped at a traffic light. While waitingfor the light to change, Mr. Orcasitas al-

legedly jumped on the hood of a silverToyota Camry, punching and spitting onthe car while cursing, causing $500 indamage before he was apprehended bypolice. The transient was arrested forvandalism and resisting arrest. Theowner of the Chevy Tahoe claimed$5,000 in damage to his vehicle. Mr. Or-casitas remains in custody at Twin Tow-ers Correctional Facility in Los Angeles.

Saturday, November 8Police are on the lookout for two un-

known suspects who had a meal atCasablanca and attempted to pay theirbill with counterfeit cash. Officers re-sponded to the Packing House locationaround 11:30 p.m. after a male and fe-male came into the eatery and paid fortheir bill with four counterfeit $20 billsbefore fleeing the scene. The first suspectis described as a white male, 510 and160 pounds with a shaved head and tat-toos on his neck and arms. The secondsuspect is a Hispanic female, 510 and150 pounds with straight, long hair. Bothremain at large.

Sunday, November 9A Montclair man with a history of im-

paired driving got behind the wheel anddid it again. Officers responded to a wel-fare check of a man passed out in a vehi-cle with the door open in the middle ofthe intersection at Northwestern andSanta Clara. While en route to the scene,officers were advised the vehicle wasnow northbound on Towne Avenue and

Foothill Boulevard. Police stopped thvehicle and made contact with the driveGregg Gomez, who exhibited symptomof driving under the influence. The 2year-old told officers he didnt want be driving at all, saying, I want to be othe road because I dont want to hupeople and alerted police to his two prvious DUIs. Mr. Gomez was arrested fDUI at nearly twice the legal limit anreleased the following day on $5,00bail.

Monday, November 10Two homes north of Base Line Roa

were burglarized. The first burglary ocurred between 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. the 900 block of Moody Place, south Mt. Baldy Road and west of Padua Aenue. The suspect entered the residenby smashing a glass back door and madoff with a 45-caliber Springfield pistand jewelry. The second burglary ocurred at approximately 5:15 p.m. in th2300 block of Bradley Avenue, locatenorth of Base Line Road and east of Indian Hill Boulevard. The suspect enterethe residence through an unlocked sliing door.

Claremont police remind residents report any suspicious people or vehiclin neighborhoods. Anyone with infomation regarding these burglaries shoucontact the Claremont Police Deparment at (909) 399-5411 or call 9-1-1 ifis an emergency.

Angela [email protected]

POLICE BLOTTER

How much more energy-efficientcould you become if you were inthe running for a $5 million prize?

The good news is Claremont was selected as one of 52communities to participate in the Georgetown UniversityEnergy Prize (GUEP). The competition challenges US

communities to work together with local government andutilities to develop and implement plans for innovative,replicable, scalable and continual reductions in the per-capita energy consumed from local natural gas and elec-tric utilities.

The competing communities hail from all points on thecompassfrom Alaska to Vermont, from Michigan toFloridaand comprise a representative sample of com-munities with populations between 5,000 and 250,000.Residences and all K-12 schools as well as municipalbuildings, street lights and parking structures will be in-cluded in the two-year citywide challenge, with Clare-mont being the only community in Los Angeles Countycompeting for the energy conservation prize.

Working closely with the city and spearheading thecompetition for Claremont are none other than Sustain-able Claremont and the CHERP Community Home En-

ergy Retrofit Project.I got into this because I was surprised that 80 percent

of total energy use in Claremont is being used by resi-dents, said Devon Hartman, executive director ofCHERP. We feel weve made inroads to energy effi-ciency and weve got a great shot!

More than 60 residents gathered at The Hahn Buildingon Monday evening for a Sustainable Dialog presenta-tion, focused on the Claremont energy challenge. Detail-ing the goals of the program, Mr. Hartman explained thesteps participants could take to contribute in their questto achieve energy efficiency.

The first step is education, says Mr. Hartman. Whenyou learn whats possible, you get inspired to change be-

havior. Narrowing the conversation between the city andresidents, communicating all the benefits, has proved tobe the hardest thing to do.

Steps two through five, according to Mr. Hartman, in-clude tasks ranging from switching out standard light-bulbs to LEDs to more ambitious endeavors like installingsolar panels.

We will set goals, said Mr. Hartman. Each house-hold can choose any path that they want. They can startsmall and end up with some big changes. There is quite abit of urgency around this, though. The more we can dosooner, then the more opportunity there is to create a dif-ference between the next two years and the baseline twoyears.

The GUEP is comprised of four stages that began inApril 2014 with the application process and conclude inJune 2017 with the winning community receiving a pro-

jected $5 million prize to be spent on energy-efficiencyprograms that reward the community as a whole. In orderto compete for the GUEP, the city had to obtain the co-operation of The Gas Company and Southern CaliforniaEdison.

Claremont has successfully completed the first twostages of the challenge and will begin Stage Three, the

Semifinalist Performance Competition, from January2015 through December 2016.The utility companies must report the communitys

baseline energy use from the two years prior to the com-petition. In the months that follow, utilities have commit-ted to reporting the total monthly energy directly suppliedby natural gas and electric utilities to all municipal andresidential customers, as well as the monthly number ofresidential bills issued.

The city will have access to aggregated data from theutility companies, Mr. Hartman explained. Everyhousehold will be included, but the city and the GUEPwill not be privy to individual household data.

During the 24-month competition stage, the utilities

will provide the GUEP administrators and local commnity leaders with monthly aggregate energy data, and thcommunity will provide informal progress reports at leaonce every two months. GUEP will publicize the reporas well as the competition status on a Performance Dashboard via a website, which will be fed monthly with thcitys energy data.

Earlier this year, Claremont participated in another eergy competition, the CoolCalifornia Challenge, takinsecond place and walking away with $22,797 and the titof Cool California City. Claremont was one of only 1cities that participated in the six-month contest in whicthousands of households across California competed fthe biggest citywide carbon footprint reduction. Particpating households tracked their energy and household vhicle emissions to reduce their carbon footprints, anearned points in the program that resulted in a big wiThe Georgetown program differs in that participants onget credit for cutting back on two things: natural gas anelectricity.

This program is based on actual energy usage ameasured by Edison and The Gas Company. Its adjusteto be per capita and also for the climate and things of thsort, said Freeman Allen, Sustainable Claremont Cha

Devon has done most of the work, devising a schematto get the community involved with organizations creaing individual sub-plans and contacting their memberWe would like to crosslink with as many organizations possible.

Theres no denying that $5 million is a lot of moneand would be a great benefit to the city in terms of ilong-term sustainability goals. The citys sustainabiliplan already includes a goal of reducing community-widenergy consumption by 13 percent of 2006 levels by 201and 20 percent by 2020.

To learn more, visit guep.org or contact Mr. Hartman [email protected] or Sustainability CoordinatAlexis Reyes at alexis [email protected]

Next city energy challenge could be worth $5 million


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Claremont High School Color Guard performs during half-time of the Packs game against Bonita last Fridaat CHS. As it was the last home game of the season, all seniors on the football team, band and color guard wehonored at half-time.

CHS Marching Band takes top honors, vies for championship

Wolfpack music studentsmarched to their own drum-beat at the Edison Invita-

tional Competition held in HuntingtonBeach on November 1, and they were

rewarded for their efforts. The Clare-mont High School Marching Bandtook first place, with additional individ-ual first-place honors going to CHSPercussion and Color Guard.

Kudos go to the dedicated students whosecountless hours of practice paid off, as well as totireless music director Melanie Riley Gonzales,who helms the orchestras and marching bands atboth CHS and El Roble as well as the CHS JazzEnsemble.

Want to see the award-winning performance foryourself? The Wolfpacks presentation at the invi-tational has been uploaded onto YouTube on theClaremont Wolfpack Music channel.

Next up for the tuneful students of the Wolf-pack Marching Band is the Semi-Final FieldCompetition for Marching Band set for tomorrow,Saturday, November 15, from noon to 7:30 p.m.at El Modena High School in Orange. Dependingon how they perform in the semi-finals, the Packwill have the chance to vie in the ChampionshipCompetition for Marching Band on November 22.

COURIER photos/Steven FelschundneMembers of the drum squad keep the crowd pumped up during the Packs home football game against Bonita last Friday. Percussion won a first place at a recent bancompetition, with top honors also going to the color guard and the marching band overall.


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Each week, Jews focustheir attention on a par-ticular part of the

Torah, the first five books ofthe Hebrew Bible. The practice

is part of a fundamental cyclethat is designed so that Jewishcommunities throughout theworld all study, in order, thesame section at the same time.It takes approximately oneyear to get from the beginningof Genesis to the end ofDeuteronomy, and as soon aswe are done, we start rightback at the beginning.

Since the cycle this year started inmid-October, by early November, thefocus has moved forward to Genesischapters 18 through 24. This sectionbegins with Abraham welcoming threeguests while camped by the oaks ofMamre, and ends with him journeyingtoward the land of Moriah, after nearlytaking the life of his son Isaac as a sac-rifice to God.

This portion is full of other dramaticand memorable scenes, from Abrahamand his wife Sarahs lying about theirrelationship in order to save their lives,

to the destruction of Sodom and Go-morrah. But, it is one somewhat lesser-

known episode that draws my attentionthis year, especially as it relates to thechallenging though often rewarding ef-fort many of us contribute to develop-ing and maintaining relationshipsacross faith boundaries.

Its the story of Hagar, Sarahs hand-maiden and the mother of a boy whomAbraham fathered with Sarahs encour-agement when she believed herself in-capable of conceiving a child.

Earlier in the Torah, God had prom-ised Abraham that his offspring shallbe as numerous as the stars in the heav-ens, and it seems that under the pre-vailing custom of the times, this child,even though from Sarahs servant, will

be considered to be hers as well asAbrahams. But, when Hagar becomespregnant, Sarah, perhaps feeling envyor jealousy, responds by treating Hagarharshly, causing the maidservant to fleeinto the wilderness. There, Hagar en-counters an angel by a well of waterwho promises, in God's name, that Iwill greatly increase your offspring.Hagar is then told to call her son Ish-mael (God hears).

Later in this section of Genesis, God

reaffirms to Abraham that I make youthe father of a multitude of nations. I

will make you exceedingly fertile, andmake nations of you; and kings shallcome forth from you. As Rabbi ArnoldEisen of the Jewish Theological Semi-nary points out, One cannot miss theplurality of plurals here: a multitude ofnations, nations shall be born of Abra-ham, kings shall come forth from him.

Rabbi Eisen continues, When weread the very next verseI will main-tain my covenant between Me and youand your offspring after you, as aneverlasting covenant throughout thegenerations, to be God to you and toyour offspring after you. We cannotavoid asking what offspring signi-fies.

Does it refer only to the descendantsof the child ultimately born to Sarahherself, wholl be named Isaac (laugh-ter)? Or does it include as well the de-scendants of the son, Ishmael, alreadyborn to Abraham by Hagar

Subsequent biblical passages seem tomake it clear that there will be a uniquecovenant established through Isaac thateventually evolves into Judaism and, byextension, Christianity. But the Genesisstory takes special care to reiterate that

God will have a special relationshipwith Ishmael and his seed as well. Ihereby bless him...I will make him fertile and exceedingly numerous...I shalmake of him a great nation.

Centuries later, guided by theirprophet Muhammad, these Children

Ishmael become known as Muslims.This is truly remarkable, Rabbi

Eisen emphasizes. Jews share the sigof the covenant from the very outsetwith another people, another faith! Gois the God of Ishmaels seed no lessthan our God, just as Abraham is noless their ancestor than he is ours.

It is perspectives such as this thatmove me to work so diligently towarda reconciliation of our ancestral famiof origin and to the reconnection ofour two (and including Christians,three) separated peoples if not in com-plete harmony, then at least in dialoguand mutual respect.

In this month when we focus on gra

itude, I am thankful not only to live incountry that supports the free expres-sion of all religious traditions, but forbeing part of a community that encourages me to pursue this Abrahamic family vision, and for the many partnersand friends I have made along this pat

As we Jews say when we concludestudying a complete book of the TorahChazak, chazak vnitchazekTo-gether may we go from strength tostrength.

Together may we go by Cantor Paul Buch

Inter-FaithfullySPEAKING

I wonder if there is a Buddhist college with a football team?


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Lets rollDear Editor:

There is truth to the statement, Dowhat you have always done...get whatyou have always got.

A week ago Tuesday, Claremont vot-ers documented their support to moveforward with the removal of GoldenState as our water provider. The numberswere over 71 percent yes to 29 percentno. This was a city-wide win, as in eachand every precinct, the yes vote won.

This outrage started from the Decem-ber 2011 PUC hearing at Taylor Hall,with over 700 ratepayers in attendance.At the January 2012 public workshop,the council identified the Golden Statesituation as priority number-one.

A few months ago, Claremont FLOW

came into being and a hardworking teamof precinct coordinators and walkersall volunteers and citizenswalked thecity to knock on doors and provide resi-dents information, gathering over 1,300endorsements along the way. This was atireless, awesome group.

In the final week and days before theelection, this turned into a dirty, disgust-ing campaign, as residents had to with-stand mailers, newspaper ads, Internetbanners, being flipped off by paid-for no

sign carriers, phone calls from Pennsyl-vania pollsters and campaign materialson our front doors (the identical piece wegot in the mail the day before), robo

calls, a large oversized no sign on a truckdriving through town, secret focus groupmeetings and hundreds of no signs in il-legal places all over the city.

The yes side won, but make no mis-take, Golden State had their way withClaremont in the worst fashion. Theyshould be ashamed. This is not how apublicly-traded company should act. Itwas hardly a proud moment.

During the community presentations,

we heard a representative of the no sisay, Dont even like Golden State, nofan. Its more obvious now why thwas said. Claremont deserves better froa company that we pay millions of dolars to each year. Despite all the bmoney funded by Golden State, Clarmont spoke loud and clear.

The council decided to put this tovote of the people as a finance mechnism. The voters authorized the purchaof a financial method or vehicle. We noneed you to drive the bus. Lets roll!

Randy ScoClaremo


READERS COMMENTS

A star is born by Debbie Carini

When I was a kid, I thought that

just about the most amazingthing that could ever happen to

you would be to be on TV.Most of all, I wanted to be waving to my legions of

fans who I imagined sitting at home in their

Barcaloungers. I would employ the same laser-focusedintensity with which I waved to my parents wheneverthey turned the home movie camera on me, capturingno sound, just a jittery enthusiasm that caused my handto flap up and down in hyper-speed.

My kids have been on TV hundreds of timestheycan bring their images to the small screen via the manyiterations of technology that have existed in their life-timesfrom the bulky camcorders of the early 1990sto todays digital recording sticks (its all been a boonto Americas Funniest Home Videos!).

And with the explosion of video online, even aGrumpy Cat can garner more than 6 million likes onFacebook.

But, in 1967, my sister and I waited for a summervacations worth of days for a witch (her name escapesme now) who hosted a daily cartoon show to pick a

winner from a big pile of postcards that kids had

mailed in. We sent in dozens, and sat, glued-to-the-tele-vision. Youre sitting too close, my mother wouldyell at us, certain we were somehow damaging ourbrains.

We fervently hoped shed choose one of ours to re-ceive a giant treasure chest of toysand once, we actu-ally won, but we must have been doing something elsethat afternoon because we never heard her read ournames aloud to the viewing public. And though we en-

joyed our winnings, I deeply desired that notoriety andfame. I dont know, maybe I thought Id end up in theHollywood Christmas Parade behind a float carryingLawrence Welk and a real piano that somehow spewedchampagne bubbles.

I mention this because lately Ive been able to enjoya vestige of this dream, thanks to my son who hosts anhour-long program for his college radio station, KUPS

at the University of Puget Sound, titled Better Get It in

Your Soul, during which he plays an eclectic mix ofjazz from John Coltrane to Chet Baker. This show ison-the-air twice-weekly in Tacoma, Washington and,for those of us who just want to kvell (derived from thYiddish, meaning: burst with pride), there is livestreaming on the radios website. My son has a wide-ranging audience with listeners as far away as Asia

(classmate studying abroad) and two grandmothers.A couple of days ago, he played a jazzy version ofThese Are a Few of My Favorite Things, and dedi-cated it to his grandmother from Boca Raton, Florida,who loves to go out dancing with her friend Marty.And she was listening! She called us afterwards to kveabout her grandson.

Last year, I was standing in the first-class aisle of aplane, waiting to get to my coach seat on a flight fromBoston to Los Angeles, when one of the supremely fotunate first class passengers stopped me and said,Arent you that columnist from the ClaremontCOURIER? My 15 seconds of fame! My head got sobig, they almost made me put it in the overhead com-partment.

And thats how I feel every time I hear my progenyproclaim, This is Cooper Weissman and youre listening to...


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Longtime Claremont resident JackNewton Pocock died peacefully at homeon October 6, 2014. Memorial serviceswill be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, December5, 2014 at 343 W. 12th St. in Claremont.

Born on March 30, 1935 in Prairie City,Oregon to Edith and Jack Pocock, Jackspent his early years in Seneca, Oregon,where his father was employed. Early inWWII, the family moved to the ArthurBegg Ranch in the John Day Valley,named after Jacks maternal grandfather.There, Jack started at the Beshaw Schoolacross the road from his home. Becausehe lived so close, he was given the job ofchopping wood and starting the fire forthe one-room schoolhouse on cold winterdays.

Considered big and strong for his age,young Jack was soon put to work on theranch, haying, riding horseback and help-ing in all areas of ranch life. Jack and hisfriends did a lot of hunting, not alwayswithin the law, but kept the family well-supplied with venison. His family notedthat Jack got his first deer when he was just10 years old.

Jacks family moved to John Day, Ore-gon in 1946 after the ranch was sold. There,he attended junior high and Grant UnionHigh School where he excelled in sportsand participated in other nefarious activi-ties, giving Jack many stories to share in hislater life with family and friends.

When his father became seriously ill in

1948, his mother went back to workteaching school. During his fathers ex-tended illness, Jack went to Izee to workfor the Joe Officer family, where he wassaid to be taken in as a family member.His years spent there were the most in-fluential of his life and these relation-

ships, along with those he developedwhen he worked piling lumber on boxcarsas he grew older, were lifelong and someof the most important to him.

Mr. Pococks football success enabledhim to attend Boise Junior College alongwith fellow Grant Union High School gradBill Gardner. The team was very success-ful and several members of the team, in-cluding Mr. Pocock, transferred to the Uni-versity of Oregon where he played footballhis junior and senior years before graduat-ing in 1958. He treasured the friendships hemade there the rest of his life and alwaysconsidered himself an Oregon Duck, faith-fully watching the Ducks play up until hispassing.

After graduating from the University ofOregon, Mr. Pocock moved to San Fran-cisco in 1959 and went to work for theCummins diesel engine dealership, Wat-son and Meehan. This started his career inthe trucking industry and is also where hemet his future wife, Judith Conner, whoworked there while she was attendingcollege. They married in 1962 and movedto Walnut Creek, California where theystarted their family. A son Jay was born in1963, followed by daughter Jennifer, born11 months later in 1964. The familymoved to Reno, Nevada in 1968 whereMr. Pocock started a new dealership asgeneral manager with Watson and Mee-han. Their third child, a daughter Jill, wasborn in 1968.

In 1971, the family moved back to Wanut Creek after Mr. Pocock took a positiwith Reliance Sales Co. in San Franciswith Don Ling, who became a businepartner and lifelong friend. Wanting open his own trailer sales company 1975, Mr. Pocock moved the family Eugene, Oregon where he started AlloTrailers of Oregon. He sold the companafter several years and moved to Clarmont in 1979.

Once settled in Claremont, Mr. Pocoopened Reliance Trailer Co. in Los Ageles with Mr. Ling. In 1983, Mr. Pocoacquired Superior Trailer Works from tfounding family and moved the companto Fontana, where he continued to buithe business. His son Jay joined him operating the business in 1985. Semi-rtired in 2005, Mr. Pocock spent more timtraveling, golfing and seeing his longtimfriends before suffering a stroke in 200

Mr. Pocock is survived by his formwife Judi, his children Jay Pocock (Kimberly) of Claremont, Jennifer Pocock Mill Valley and Jill Pocock Be(Stephen) of Telluride, Colorado and eiggrandchildren; Olivia, Claudia, Christiand Lucas Betz; and Emily, CourtneAmy and Jerred Pocock and by his sistMary Mascall MacArthur of DayvillOregon.

A memorial service will be held in Orgon at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Novemb29, 2014 at the John Day Golf Club.

Jack Newton PocockBeloved father and grandfather

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The Claremont High School TheatreDepartment will present its annualFriends of Our Theatre (FOOT)

Auction on Tuesday, November 18 andWednesday, November 19 at 7 p.m. at the

Candlelight Pavilion, 455 W. FoothillBlvd. in Claremont.

Students from the musical theatre class will per-form selections from the musical Matilda in anevening of music, dancing and unique auction items.This event will serve as the start of the theatre depart-ments 2014-2015 theatre season.

Tickets are available online at the CHS ASB web-store for $7 or at the door for $8. To purchase ticketsand for descriptions of specific auction items, visit theCHS Theatre webstore atchstheatre.cusd.claremont.edu, or call the ClaremontHigh School Theatre at (909) 624-9053 ext.30463.

Tis the seasonThe theatre departments budget is approximately

$165,000 a year. Costs include costumes, royaltieslike the nearly $8,000 charge for the right to performtheir end-of-the-year musicaland additional pro-duction staff. It is only with the communitys involve-ment that the students are able to stage thehigh-quality shows produced each year.

After the Foot Auction, the CHS Theatre Depart-ment season will be up and running, beginning in thefirst week of December with the high school premiereof Coney Island Christmas. Critic Travis MichaelHolder calls the dramedy, which was commissionedby the Geffen Playhouse and written by the PulitzerPrize-winning Donald Margulies, a sweetly heart-warming story with a lot to say about how life couldbe better through understanding and tolerance for oneanother.

Its got all the stuff of a holiday classic, accordingto CHS Theatre Director Krista Elhai.

Its a flashback of a great-grandmother telling hergranddaughter about the first play she was ever in,she explained. Shes an immigrant from Poland, anorthodox Jew, and shes cast as Jesus Christ in theChristmas play, and she doesnt want to do it.

Next up, in February, comes a production of theMiracle Worker, the story of teacher Annie Sulli-vans fight to reach the deaf and blind girl HelenKeller, who would grow up to be a famous author, ac-tivist and lecturer. In April, the theatre departmentwill present The Jungle Book as its annual childrensshow.

Also on tap for this action-packed school year is amodern retelling of The Odyssey. The season willculminate with a production held at Bridges Audito-rium of The Addams Family, a magnificentlymacabre musical comedy that made its Broadwaydebut in April 2011.

The story, created by Jersey Boys authors MarshallBrickman and Rick Elice, sounds like a blast, as de-scribed on the musicals website: Wednesday Ad-dams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown upand fallen in love with a sweet, smart young manfrom a respectable family. A man her parents havenever met. And if that werent upsetting enough, sheconfides in her father and begs him not to tell hermother. Now, Gomez Addams must do somethinghes never done beforekeep a secret from hisbeloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change forthe whole family on the fateful night they host a din-ner for Wednesdays normal boyfriend and his par-ents.

The Theater Department has more good news toshare besides its vital season. The bills from the renovations of the Don F. Fruechte Theatre For the Arts,which opened with a ribbon-cutting last March, wererecently reconciled, with pleasing results, accordingto Ms. Elhai.

Because some of the bills came in under budget,

the district was able to buy us all-new curtains, whicwere installed in September, she said. It has alsoapproved a very, very large sound upgrade. Werehoping to start on some of it in the next two weeksand finish in December.

Theres no doubt about it, Claremont High Schoolhas an intensive theatre program. Most high schoolspresent only two or three shows per year. The fiveshows planned for this year represent a small sea-son for CHS theatre, Ms. Elhai said. An unprece-dented 540 students are enrolled in CHS theatrecourses.

The theatrical fervor is a good fit for the culture-loving community of Claremont. It has also lead tomany thespians finding their niches in the entertain-ment world.

CHS alumnus Michael Krieger Alden is serving a

producer for Disgraced, a show that opened onBroadway a couple weeks ago. Another ClaremontHigh School thespian, John Lee Beatty, is scenic de-signer for the same production. Another notablemember of the Wolfpack, Eli Bolin, gained rave re-views for his score of the musical Found, which justclosed in New York.

Closer to home, two of Ms. Elhais protges, AmGillette and Stephanie Inglese, are in Jekyll & Hydewhich runs through November 2 at the CandlelightPavilion. In a recent StageSceneLA review, Ms.Gillette, who plays Dr. Jekylls long-suffering fiancEmma, was praised for her exquisite legit soprano.

Between multiple classes and productions and herpost as adviser to CHSs Comedy Sportz improv clubMs. Elhai sometimes feels short on time. She never,however, feels lacking when it comes to teens who

can fill a roleeither onstage or backstagewithverve.

Weve got just great kids, she said. Im over-whelmed with the talented and neat freshmen, wevegot some really great transfer students and weve gotsome kids at CHS who Ive never seen, like somesenior boys who are really standing out in the chil-drens theatre class.



CHS Theatre Department presents FOOT Auction

COURIER photo/Steven FelschundneffClaremont High School Theatre Department will pres-ent their annual FOOTAuction on Tuesday, November18 and Wednesday, November 19.


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Librarys fun familyprogram to focus onhistorical happenings

The Claremont Public Library willpresent an American Heroes Music Pro-gram on Saturday, November 15 from 2to 2:45 p.m. The program, aimed atschool-aged children and their families,will focus on events that have impacted

Americas history. Kids will enjoy funsongs such as Yankee Doodle, Bat-tle of New Orleans and White HouseBlues.

The Claremont Library is located at208 N. Harvard Ave. in Claremont. Forinformation, call (909) 621-4902.

Pomona College The-atre presents contem-porary rock musicalSpring Awakening

Spring Awakening, a contemporaryrock musical inspired by Franz

Wedekind's 1891 German play of thesame name and portraying teenage self-discovery, will be performed at PomonaCollege on Thursday, November 20 andFriday, November 21 at 8 p.m.; Satur-day, November 22 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.;and Sunday, November 23 at 2 p.m. inSeaver Theatre, 300 E. Bonita Ave.

The original play is often consideredone of dramatic literatures most con-troversial masterpieces, a work so dar-ing in its depiction of teenageself-discovery that it was banned fromthe stage and not performed in its com-plete form in English for nearly 100years.

These same incendiary qualities are

very much in evidence in the musical,which was adapted by Steven Sater,with music by Duncan Sheik. SpringAwakening opened on Broadway at theEugene ONeill Theatre in 2006, win-ning eight Tonys, four Drama DeskAwards and four Olivier Awards.

Director Giovanni Ortega is a visit-ing professor of theatre who has beenworking professionally around thecountry for over 10 years. Composerand musical director Kristen Lee

Rosenfeld recently returned from thenational tour of Spring Awakening.

Tickets are $10 general admissionand $5 for students, faculty, staff andseniors. Tickets will be available at theSeaver Theatre box office or online at

pomona.edu/theatre. Box office hoursare Monday through Friday from 11a.m. to 4 p.m. and one hour prior to cutain. Please notify the box office ifwheelchair seating is needed.

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Who are you thankfulfor? Wed like to know

Our friends at Mt. San Antonio Gardens recently published an interestingspecial section in their monthlynewsletter, The Green Leaf. They asketheir residents a simple question, Whare you thankful for? We hear a lot

about what people are thankful forduring the holidays, but less aboutwho were thankful for.

In this vein, were asking readers tosubmit a 300-word story about an inflential person in their life. Did a child-hood teacher or athletic coach make apositive impact on your life? Perhaps was a pastor or rabbi who offered spe-cial words of wisdom. Oftentimes, itsbrother or sister who shares in our tri-umphs and setbacks.

The deadline for submissions is Fri-day, November 21. Well use as manyas possible for our upcoming special,The Holiday Mag, which will go out thFriday after Thanksgiving. Please ema

submissions to Kathryn Dunn at edi-tor@claremont-courier. Feel free to include a photo with your essay. If roompermits, well publish a few imagesalong with the entries.

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Coach resigns, doesnt keep CHS girls from victory

Claremont High School girls volley-ball had somewhat of a mixedweek, losing their head coach but

snapping back to win their first-round CIFplayoff match against visiting Palm Desert.

The Packs celebrated coach Jodi Postlmayr, whowas in her first semester leading the girls team, abruptlyquit last week to take a full-time teaching job. Accord-ing to school officials, Ms. Postlmayr accepted the newposition assuming she would be able to see Claremontthrough CIF playoffs, but was ordered by her new em-ployer to sever ties with CHS immediately. Mark Mina,who also leads the junior varsity team, will take overas head coach at least through the end of the playoffs.

The girls showed no signs that Ms. Postlmayrs exitwould slow down their momentum and easily sweptaside Palm Desert, 3-0, on Tuesday night at CHS. Dur-ing the first game, it seemed as though it would be a shortnight with several kills from standout Emilee Rohrer re-sulting in a lopsided 25-16 win for the Wolfpack.

Palm Desert gave Claremont a bit of a scare in thesecond game, nearly tying the score late at 24-23. How-

ever, CHS put together a solid return, gaining the lastpoint they needed for the 25-23 win.The Pack only trailed once all night and only because

the Aztecs scored first in the third game. Palm Desertslead was short-lived as Claremont retook the momentumand did not look back, finishing with a solid 25-18 win.The girls faced Arcadia Thursday in the second round.

Water polo cruises to win in CIF playWater polo had a pretty easy go in the first round of

the CIF playoffs on Wednesday, defeating visiting Cit-rus Valley 19-9.

The teams defense led by star goal keeper StevenCagle continues to shut down the competition whilehelping to set up scoring opportunities. Mr. Cagle hadnine saves, one steal and two assists against the Black-hawks, which is a typical performance for the six-foot,

five-inch senior.

I was very happy with the way the boys came out.They played hard, they were focused, we look ready.remarked Coach Kristin Rodriguez about her teamsperformance.

Sophomore Bruno Snow was once again the topplayer on offense with five goals, three steals and twoassists. Also scoring five times was junior JohnathonWong, who also added two assists to his stats.

Contributing to the strong performance were:Thomas Randles with three goals and two assists;Adam Ward with two goals and two assists; Mat Turkwith one goal, one steal and two assists; Mitch Heasleywith one goal; and Dylan Landi with two assists.

I thought that everyone looked confident and itshowed in our goals and our defense. Our defenselooked solid. The guys responded with great commu-

nication and didnt allow them to score too many goaIt was a fun game to coach, said coach Rodriguez.

Next up, the boys face Webb on Saturday at Webb

CHS ends season with dominating runs at Mt. SAClaremont High School cross country capped a gre

season with five team wins last Wednesday during thPalomares League finals at Mt. San Antonio College. addition, Claremont dominated the podium, taking firsecond and third in two races and only giving up 3 of 1top places to rival Ayala. The sweep solidified an undefeated season in league play, and Claremont won boleague meets, a feat Coach Rob Lander said was a firat CHS.

The finals started with the boys junior varsity raand a strong showing from Ayala that almost cost Clarmont their sweep. The race was so close that the Packcumulative team time was 11 seconds slower than thBulldogs, but Claremonts top placings were highthan Ayalas and the Pack came out on top 24-31. Ththird-place team was Bonita with 99 points. Clarmonts Sergio Espinoza took first place at 17:00, folowed by Ayalas Sebastian Sanchez at 17:06. Third anfourth went to a pair of Claremont runners, David Avarado at 17:24 and Joaquin Segura-Mora at 17:27.

The girls junior varsity race, in sharp contrast to thboys JV race, was the most lopsided victory of the daClaremont took the top 11 places, scoring a meet-low o

just 15 points. Top runs came from two freshme

COURIER photos/Steven FelschundneSophomores Ryan Renken and Max McGuire attack a really steep hill during the sophomore-freshman racethe Palomares league finals.

Claremont freshman Tess Rounds placed second the girls varsity race with a time of 18:07, which wa17 seconds faster that Annie Boos, who took third 18:24.

The girls varsity volleyball team celebrate their impending victory against Palm Desert Tuesday at CHS.SPORTS/next pag


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Along with a traditionalThanksgiving meal,you can get food for

the soul at this weekends an-nual Pilgrim Place Festival, in

the form of The Poetry ofAging.

Retired journalist and book editorJean Lesher served as general editor forthe 52-page chapbook, which will besold for $5 at the festivals Authors andComposers booth. It poses a singlequestion: What does it feel like to growold?

Not the everyday getting older butthe really, really oldthose of us in our70s, 80s and 90s, after all of our familyelders and most of our peers have longgone, she elaborated. We elders arepart of a cohort of the oldest citizens inthe history of this country, the vanguardof the larger generation to comethe

Boomers. We arrived before World WarII.

With 51 poems written by 39 PilgrimPlace residents, the answers are as var-ied as life itself. Sometimes, aging feelslike loss.

In Strangers by Pat Patterson, a re-cently-widowed man finds comfortamong people he doesnt know, a situa-tion where, without friends well-mean-ing concern, he is free to grieve alonein a world crowded with memories.

In Dementia Becomes Us, MichaelWitmer learns that, when someone heloves forgets everything they onceknew, a new self, marked by authentic-ity and love, emerges.

And as Millie Tengbom finds herself-sufficiency ebbing, she looks forcourage in a passage in the Bible.Jesus was thirsty/He saw someonewho had what he needed/Jesus askedfor help./Why do I find it so difficult todo so?/Ask for help?

And, as many of the works in ThePoetry of Aging demonstrate, getting

up there isnt all bad.With retirement and what John F.

Anderson calls the Precious years. ..the years of gratitude comes the giftof time, long stretches in which to read,spend time with friends, create andlearn new things. There are also simplepleasures, as comfortable as sitting by awarm fire. I await a nap right afterlunch, Ward McAfee shares, Andthen a glass of wine/Just before thenews.

With old age, love can deepen. InLong Time Lover, John Denhamshares his growing tenderness for theold woman sleeping by his side. AndJim Manley rivals the devotion of Yeatswhen he writes, Now winter whispersin my soul/Yet springtime love in you Itrace/My summer wife I stillbehold/With Autumn in your face.

And, so long as the heart is beating,old age can offer a chance at new ro-mance, as evinced by Marie Loshsfive-line love story: A widower satcomprehending/That his lonely heartneeded mending/A wonderful gal/Alsoneeded a pal/So a storybook ending is

pending.Ms. Lesher produced the book withthe help of 11 co-editors, who helpedher cull the best of the 174 poems sub-mitted by Pilgrims: Donna Ambrogi,Anna Bedford, Don Chatfield, JudyChatfield, Mary Douglas, Judith Favor,Connie Kimos, Paul Kittlaus, PeterOReilly, Nancy Rice and John Rogers.

There were no names attached to thepoems and the votes were cast by secretballot, ensuring that the only criteria forpublication was literary merit.

The result is a book of poems, byturns funny and moving. Proceeds fromits sale will be used to raise money fora fund devoted to provide expenses for

residents unable to continue coveringtheir health and living costs.Too often, seniors are marginalized

in the United States. The Poetry ofAging reminds us to take note of whatthe long-lived have learned.

My life is brief/born in power/dri-ven by power/Learn from me, CharlesRassieur entreats readers.

And Ms. Losh takes a stance againstself-pity in Still Good to Go, a poemin which she counts her blessings, in-cluding happiness and relative health.But lifes still worth living; Ill keephaving fun. And if I stop smiling justcall 9-1-1.

The 66th annual Pilgrim Place Festi-

val, 625 Mayflower Road, will be heldon Friday and Saturday, November 14and 15. Booths open at 10 a.m. andclose at 4 p.m. Admission is free; someattractions have a minimal charge.

The festivities will include boothsselling an array of goods, including:books, jewelry, art, clothing, plants,rare stones and gems, woodworking

items, baked goods, preserves, coinsand stamps. There will also be an international bazaar and rides and facepainting for the kids.

The food court will be open throughout the festival. A turkey dinner will bserved from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. ($8.5for a adults, $3.50 for children.)

Entertainment will include groupsing-alongs with the Pilgrim Pickers awell as other musical acts, opportunitito learn about the lifestyle of the original Pilgrims and storytelling. The fa-mous Festival Show will begin at 1:45p.m. This live drama, called TheGolden State, spotlights the CaliforniGold Rush, the railroad coming Westand Californias true natives.


Pilgrims to share poetry, wares, wisdom at annual festiva

COURIER photo/Steven FelschundneffPilgrim Philip McKean soaks in thesights at last years Pilgrim Place Festi-val. The festival is open today and to-morrow from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Jean Lesher and fellow Pilgrims ahv

compiled a collection of poems abouaging written by Pilgrim Place resdents. The book will be on sale for $5 athis years festival.

Alyssa Cantrell at 19:58 and BessMarkley at 20:04. Rounding out the topthree was senior Hannah Chaput at20:10. The top three teams were Clare-

mont 15, Bonita 58 and Ayala 71.In what looks to be a pattern, two boys

in the sophomore-freshman race hadfaster times than their junior varsityteammates. Sophomore Ryan Renkentook first at 16:30, a full 30 seconds fasterthan the top JV time and sophomore MaxMcGuire placed second at 16:46, or 14seconds faster. The pair ran side-by-sidefor much of the race and Renken crossedthe line 51 seconds ahead of the top Ayalarunner, Joey Kim, at 17:21. Fourth wentto Claremont sophomore Felix Lawsonat 17:29. Top team scores were Clare-mont 25, Ayala 32 and Bonita 72.

The girls varsity race was the onlycompetition of the day in which Clare-

mont did not place first, but they still eas-ily won the team title with 24 points to

57 for Ayala and 83 for Bonita. Ayala jun-ior Sydney Tullai had a great stride andeasily won at 17:47, surpassing Clare-mont freshman Tess Rounds at 18:07,sophomore Annie Boos at 18:24 and sen-

ior Julia Cantrell at 18:29.Boys varsity ran last, with Claremont

taking the three top spots, leaving only aneight-second split between first and thirdplace. Senior Adam Johnson crossed thefinish line first at 15:23 with teammatesenior Michael Lowrie right on his heelsat 15:25, followed by senior Jonah Rossat 15:31. The next two positions went toGlendora and Bonita with the top Ayalarunner coming in sixth. Top three teamswere Claremont at 25 points, Ayala at 62and Bonita at 83. This race had the tight-est competition of the entire day, with justunder 12 minutes separating Claremontsteam time of 1:18:12 from sixth-placeDiamond Bars time of 1:30:06.

Steven [email protected]

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Little Faith to perform atHip Kitty next week.

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CALIFORNIA-FRIENDLY LAND-SCAPE Learn how to design sustain-able landscapes that will thrive inClaremonts climate. This three-hour in-formational class will include topicssuch as caring for the watershed, usingrainwater as a resource, cultivatinghealthy soil, irrigating efficiently andchoosing the best plants for each yard.The class is free and open to the public,

but space is limited. RSVP at [email protected]. For ages18 and over. Free to the public. Clare-mont Library, 208 N. Harvard Ave.,Claremont. (909) 477-1055.

GARDEN WALKING CLUB Re-lieve stress, boost energy levels, im-

prove health, track progress and enjoythe beautiful scenery of Californiasnative garden on your own or with thegroup. Participation is free (Gardenadmission fees apply); register at theadmission kiosk. 8 a.m. Rancho SantaAna Botanic Garden, 1500 N. CollegeAve., Claremont. (909) 625-8767.ACORN FESTIVALNative Ameri-can dancers, singers, artisans and tribal

leaders help the community celebrateour connections with California nativeplants. Activities, crafts and a nativearts marketplace make this a fun eventfor visitors of all ages. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden,1500 N. College Ave., Claremont.(909) 624-8767, ext. 224.

JOHN YORK IN CONCERTSinger, composer, guitarist and for-mer member of the legendary 60sfolk rock group the Byrds with Roger

McGuinn, Clarence White and GeneParsons. He also played with the SirDouglas Quintet (with Dr. John), TheMamas and The Papas touring band.Mr. York is currently touring withBarry McGuire and performing withhis band, The Jangle Brothers. Theshow is filled with familiar Byrdstunes for sing-along, fine originalsongs and great interpretations ofsongs from the era. $10 in advance or$12 at the door. 7 to 10 p.m. Clare-mont Forum, 586 W. First St., Clare-mont. (909) 626-3066.MASONIC BLACK TIE CHAR-ITY BALL Guests will enjoy dinner,

music, dancing and contributing to agood cause. Everyone is requested todress to impress in Vintage Holly-wood Glamour. Double Tree Hotel,555 Foothill Blvd., Claremont. 6 p.m.to midnight. Tickets are $65 per per-son or $130 per couple. For more in-formation, call (909) 816-6983.

LIVE RADIO BROADCAST SunsetReview and Forward Into The Past. 1 to5 p.m. The Press Restaurant, 129 Har-vard Ave., Claremont. (909) 625-4808.OPEN ART SHOW Out, Out DamnSpot, featuring artists from Claremontand nearby areas. Friday from 5 to 8

p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Gin-ger Elliott Exhibition Center in Memo-rial Park, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd.,Claremont. (909) 626-0995.

ISRAELI FOLK DANCEEnjoybeautiful music and great dances in a

friendly environment. Beginners classstarts at 7 p.m. followed by opendances. $6. Masonic Lodge 272, W.Eighth St., Claremont. (909) 921-7115.

AFGHANISTAN The UniversityClub. $13 for buffet lunch or $6 fordessert and coffee. 11:30 a.m. Hughes

Community Center, 1700 DanburRd., Claremont. (909) 594-3111.TUESDAY NOON ACADEMYDavid Cubek presents Working witVenezuelas el Sistema During Turbulent Times. Noon to 1 p.m. MaloCommons Hampton Room, 345 E

Ninth St., Claremont.UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION World Health Care Update5:30 to 7 p.m. Pilgrim Places PorteHall, 601 Mayflower Road, Claremon

ENGINEERING SEMINAR Exciing Applications for Graphene Powder

presented by Albert Dato. 4:10 to 5:3p.m. Shanahan Venter, 320 E. Foothi

Blvd., Claremont. (909) 621-8964.

AUTHOR READING Lydia Davis wiread from her latest collection of short fiction, Cant and Wont (2014), as well asome of her recent translations of thDutch writer A.L. Snijders and a sho

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story by the late Lucia Berlin. In thecourse of the reading, she will touch

briefly, between stories, on the silence ofthe translator; the silenced voice of thedeceased; the writers modesty in the faceof the world and language; and stylisticeconomy, which enhances the (silent)collaboration between writer and reader.

Lydia Davis is the author of one noveland seven story collections. Davis Vari-eties of Disturbance was a finalist for the2007 National Book Award. She is thewinner of the 2013 Award of MeritMedal for the short story from the Amer-ican Academy of Arts and Letters and ofthe 2013 Man Booker International Prize.Reception to follow. 4:15 p.m. MalottCommons Hampton Room, 1030 Co-lumbia Ave., Claremont. (909) 621-8237.LAGUNITAS TAP TAKEOVERPizzaN Such will be hosting a tap takeoverwith Lagunitas Brewing Co. The line-upwill consist of limited and special releasekegs. Dont miss out on Lagunitas glass-

ware and other goodies! Pizza N Suchsnew private event room will be open seat-ing for the night, so there will be plenty ofroom for all. 6 to 9 p.m. 202 Yale Ave.,Claremont. (909) 624-7214.

EXHIBITION Laobaixing: TheCommon PeopleWorkers, Farmers& Ethnic Minorities in China. Con-cluding the Pettersons yearlong explo-

ration of Chinese culture and history,this exhibit features artifacts made andworn by Chinas 99 percent. Throughtextiles, costume, prints, wood carvingand other forms of folk art, the life andworks of the majority Han people andselect minority groups are explored. 2to 4 p.m. Pilgrim Places Petterson Mu-seum of Intercultural Art, 730 PlymouthRoad, Claremont. (909) 399-5544.

INTERNATIONAL AUTUMN GALA

Cultural performance by ClaremontColleges students from around theworld. Free admission but ticket re-quired for entry. International snacksand drinks sold for $1 at intermission.

Hosted by International Place of ThClaremont Colleges. Tickets can bobtained at International Place of thClaremont Colleges, located at 390 E

Ninth St., Claremont, or at the door.to 9 p.m. The event takes place Bridges Auditorium, 450 N. CollegWay, Claremont. Call (909) 607-457or email [email protected] witquestions.

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Photo courtesy of Tim Sunderland/Pilgrim PlacFamily and friends of local veterans came to honor those who served our country during the Claremont Veterans Day ceremonat Memorial Park on Tuesday.

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CLAREMONT FORUM GALLERY: (PackinHouse) 586 W. First Street, Claremont. (909) 626-306Sunday, November 15: John York is a singer, composer and instrumentalist well known as a formmember of the Byrds with Roger McGuinn, ClarencWhite and Gene Parsons. He was a member of the SDouglas Quintet (with Dr. John) and The Mamas an

The Papas touring band. Mr. York sings with a richemotional voice and favors the 12-string guitar. KimFowley describes John York as the last pure voice othe Silver Sixties to make it throughintact to the firdecade of the 21st century. Currently, Mr. York is peforming solo or with his own band The Jangle Brothewith guitarist Billy Darnell and bassist Chad WatsonAll ages are welcome. Show begins at 7 p.m. Admission is $10 in advance or $12 at door.EUREKA CLAREMONT: 580 W. First St., Clarmont. Open from 11 a.m. to midnight Sunday througThursday; closes at 1 a.m. Friday and SaturdaHoppy Hour daily from 2 to 6 p.m. (909) 445-887Thursdays: Eureka Thursday Night Music.FLAPPERS COMEDY: 540 W. First St., ClaremoPacking House. 18 and over. Show times: Friday at and 10 p.m., Saturday at 7 and 9:30 p.m. and Sundaat 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online or at the dooFriday, November 14: Shawn Felipe as seen oComedy Central. 7 and 9:30 p.m.Saturday, November 15: Shawn Felipe as seen oComedy Central. 7 and 9:30 p.m.Sunday, November 16: Two Milk Minimum 4:30 p.m., First Timer Funnies at 7 p.m. and SillSundays Open Mic. Auditions at 9 p.m.FOX THEATER POMONA: 301 S. Garey AvePomona. foxpomona.com.Friday, November 21: Bastille.THE GLASS HOUSE: 200 W. Second St., Pomon(909) 865-3802.Saturday, November 15: The Ghost Inside anEvery Time I Die.HIP KITTY JAZZ & FONDUE: 502 W. First S

Claremont Packing House. Tuesday through Sunday, 5:3p.m. to 2 a.m. Live jazz every night. Admission: Two-drinminimum. Info: (909) 447-6700 orhipkittyjazz.com.Friday, November 14: Catfish and the HollywooHound Dogs. 8 p.m. $5 cover charge.Saturday, November 15:Lookin For Trouble. 8 p.m$5 cover charge.Sunday, November 16: Brother David. 7 p.m.Tuesday, November 18: Beat Cinema presents BeBattle. 9 p.m.Wednesday, November 19: Open Jam with CaBunch & Friends. 8 p.m.Thursday, November 20: The Mike Taylor Trio. 7 p.mFriday, November 21: Little Faith. 8 p.m. $cover charge.Saturday, November 22:Josh Hoyer and the ShadowBoxers. 8 p.m. $5 cover charge.THE PRESS RESTAURANT: 129 Harvard AveClaremont Village. Thursday through Saturday untila.m. Live DJ every Thursday at 11 p.m. 21 and ovafter 9 p.m. Standing room only after 9:30 p.m. Ncover. (909) 625-4808.Friday, November 14:Sweet Butter Baby (rock). 10 p.mSaturday, November 15: Royal Jelly Jiv(gypsy/soul/swing/funk). 10 p.m.Sunday, November 16: KSPC Presents: Sunset Review/Forward Into The Past (live radio shows) at

p.m. Sunday Piano with Angela Parrish at 6 p.m. Cinema Sundays featuring Fantastic Planet (1973) 9:30 p.m.Tuesday, November 18:King Trivia Night. 9:30 p.mWednesday, November 19: Wine Wednesday wipiano music performed by Joe Atman at 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, November 20:Baldy Mountain Jazz Ban(jazz). 8:30 p.m. DJ Good Nuff (funk/R&B) at 11 p.mFriday, November 21: Groove Session (jam). 10 p.mSaturday, November 22: The Uncalled Fo( ) 10


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RESTAURANT ROW

CALL MARY TODAY: 621-476

BRIDGES AUDITORIUM: 450 N.College Way, Pomona College. Box-of-fice hours are Monday through Friday,10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (909) 607-1139. Pur-chase tickets online; choose seats at

pomona.edu/bridges. For disabled access

and to drop off patrons at Bridges Audi-torium, drive north on Columbia Avenuefrom First Street to Fourth Street.Saturday, November 15: Watch asyour favorite Dr. Seuss characters cometo life in Seussical the Musical, a romp-ing musical mash-up of Dr. Seuss mostfamous books. Presented by local theatregroup TESOCAL. Seussical the Musi-cal is suitable for all ages and is great en-tertainment for the whole family. Ticketsare $18 to $22. 2 to 4:15 p.m.December 13 through 21: Inland Pa-cific Ballet presents The Nutcracker.CANDLELIGHT PAVILION: 455 W.Foothill Blvd., Claremont. Thursday,Friday and Saturday evening shows: din-

ner at 6 p.m., performance at 8:15 p.m.;Sunday evening shows: dinner at 5 p.m.,

performance at 7:15 p.m.; Saturday and

Sunday matinees: lunch at 11 a.m., per-formance at 12:45 p.m. (909) 626-1254,ext.1 or candlelightpavilion.com.Through November 23: Jekyll &Hyde is based on Robert Louis Steven-sons classic story about a brilliant doctorwhose experiments with human person-ality create a murderous counterpart.Convinced the cure for his fathers men-

tal illness lies in the separation of Mansevil nature from his good, Jekyll unwit-tingly unleashes his own dark side,

wreaking havoc in the streets of Londonas the savage, maniacal Edward Hyde.With an amazing score by Broadwaytunesmith Frank Wildhorn and memo-rable songs such as This is the Mo-ment, Someone Like You and TakeMe as I Am, this gothic horror thrilleris sure to send a chill down your spine.November 29 through December 27:

Its Christmas Every Day. For Barnieand Betty Walli it is quite literallyChristmas every day. They own Wallis

Christmas Pavilion, a holiday decortors palace, where Christmas lasts athe year through. After 25 years omaking spirits bright, Barnie has lohis Christmas feeling. But with the helof Betty and his employees (a madcateam of holiday decorating fools), hwont be a humbug for long. Donmiss this heartwarming holiday trea

its perfect for family, friends, co-workers and, of course, kids too. As is aways the tradition at CandlelighPavilion, Santa and Mama stay aftthe performance to meet guests.HAUGH PERFORMING ARTCENTER: 1000 W. Foothill BlvdGlendora at Citrus College. Discounavailable for students, seniors and yout(626) 963-9411 or haughpac.com.Saturday, November 15: SandrBernhard presents her one-womashow, Sandyland. $25 to $45. 8 p.mLEWIS FAMILY PLAYHOUSE12505 Cultural Center Drive, RanchCucamonga. Call (909) 477-2752 o

visit lewisfamilyplayhouse.com.December 6 and 7: Inland Pacific Balet presents The Nutcracker.

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34. Requirement36. House for one40. High-risk game

44. Middle east ruler45. Clothes46. "Flags of ___ Fathers"47. WW II air heroes (abbr.)49. See 52 across52. Hike that gives you a terrific

view of Claremont (goes with49 across)

55. Old World deer56. "That's a laugh!"57. Utilizations64. "Comme ci, comme a"66. Bubbliness67. Depleted68. Ditty69. DEA agent70. Skin layer

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22. Kind of passage26. Headquarters27. Type of package28. Future embryo29. Level a flat, say30. Tear31. Red Cross supply35. Dim-witted person37. Ancient gathering place38. Needle case39. Aquatic bird41. Will be in Spain?42. Riled43. Bad loan48. Arouse50. Wanderer51. Rock52. Snapshot53. Jute fiber54. "The ___ of Fife had a

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Crossword by MylesMellor. Puzzle #289

Answers to last weeks puzzle #288

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Sandra Bernhard will bring plentyof sass to Citrus College when sheperforms her one-woman show,

Sandyland, on Saturday, November 15at the Haugh Performing Arts Center.

She will come packing her quadruple-threat

statussinger, actress, songwriter andcomediennein a show that blends theater, rock nroll and standup, with a little burlesque and cabaretthrown in for good measure.

In a recent interview, Ms. Bernhard told theCOURIER that her 90-minute act, with nointermission, mind you, is a wild ride.

Its kind of a fun, crazy travelogue through mylife, through the world that I observe and sort ofinterpret for my audience, she said. I take you on a

journey: places Ive been, people Ive met, the crazylife I lead. Its a glimpse into another way of livingthat, to me, is interesting and captivating.

With a polished alto and a gift for mining the pathosand irony of hit music, Ms. Bernhard punctuates thestops on her journey with covers ranging fromGordon Lightfoots If You Could Read My Mind toMiley Cyrus Wrecking Ball. You havent heard thelatter song, by the way, until youve heard it belted bya whip-smart 59-year-old chanteuse.

Shes been in fine voice lately, and, as always,shows a deft hand with capturing the culturalzeitgeist. After a gig at Joes Pub in Manhattan,

New York Times critic Stephen Holden said, Ms.Bernhards ear is as perfectly attuned as ever to musicthat youre embarrassed to admit you might like.

In Sandyland, Ms. Bernhard ranges frompolitics to pop culture to her relationship withpartner Sara Switzer to parenting her 16-year-olddaughter.

Im involved in life. First of all, having adaughter at the age she is keeps you very in tunewith whats going on, said Ms. Bernhard. Im very

interested in the political scene. And I live in NewYork, so every time I look out the door theressomething I encounter. Ive got culturally smartfriends, interesting people in my life, so its really ano-brainer. Life keeps evolving.

Busy BernhardAlong with touring for Sandyland, Ms. Bernhard

made her debut on Foxs Brooklyn Nine-Nineearlier this month as Ginas eccentric mother, andwill reprise the role in an episode on December 7.She also has a recurring role in Switched at Birthas Bays offbeat art teacher Teresa Lubarsky.

Some people might be overwhelmed by such afull plate. But diversification is Ms. Bernhardsstock-in-trade.

She first gained notice in the late-70s for her

outrageous stand-up act. Over the years, she haswritten three books and won acclaim for her role inthe 1983 Martin Scorcese film The King ofComedy and one-woman live shows like I LoveBeing Me, Dont You? She also broke barrierswith her portrayal of Nancy Bartlett, the first openlygay character on network television, on Roseanne.

Ive always rotated everything I do in my career,thats what you have to do, she said. Thats theway my mind works best. Im happiest when Im

jumping from one creative experience to the next.Comedy and creativity is alive and well, Ms.

Bernhard said. She loves the show Transparent,viewable on Amazon Prime, and admires manycontemporary comedic actresses like SNL alumsAmy Poehler, Tina Fey and Kristin Wiig.

From the start, Ms. Bernhard vowed she would

not take the old-school comediennes path in whichcomedy is based on self-deprecation, like PhyllisDiller and Joan Rivers riffing on their respective,self-proclaimed lack of beauty.

It ti Wh I t t d d i

what I was doing, I was one of the first people totake that approach, she said. Thats where LenaDunham jumped off. She shouldnt be confident,and yet shes over-confident. There are so manydifferent kinds of beauty, so many different kindsof colors, so many different kinds of ethnicity.

Its about turning her view outward instead offocusing exclusively on herself.

I write, so it all stems from keeping diaries andnotebooks, recording observations, and readingand riffing on what Im reading about and thinkingabout in my life.

Loud and proudOf course, Ms. Bernhard has never been afraid to

share her angle on politics. For instance, she saysPresident Barack Obama is an easy targetfor haters like Fox News commentators.

Of course, its easy to blame him.Hes the one whos standing in thecenter of it all, she said. Its veryclear that without the support ofcongress and the senate, you cantget anything done. And yet hes

gotten a lot doneObamacare, theLilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, the listgoes on and on and on.

Hes an amazing person and he cant geteverything done, because hes constantly blocked

by a contentious congress, she continued. Hes anintellectual, smart man who doesnt always feel like

bending to things that are a detriment to theenvironment and womens reproductive rights.Could he have done a better job? Yes, with thesupport of congress. We are living in a very bitter,contentious time.

It doesnt have to be that way, according to Ms.Bernhard.

The more you understand yourself, the lessinterested you are in repressing people sexually ortelling them how many kids to have, she said. If

youre happy and youve created the world yourehappy with, just stay in your own pocket and doyour own thing.

Her biggest business now is to raise her daughterthe best she can.

Every week, theres something different thatgoes on, Ms. Bernhard said. Theyre a work in

progress. Youve just got to hang in there day today and be there for them. You need to be solid,and support them and love them and makedinner and hang out.

Ms. Bernhard, who averages between two andfive performances a month, is optimistic abouther artistic future.

I think that, for sure, theres several greatroles that either I will create for mys

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