City News Upland/Claremont January 7,1998,

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Recyclingefforts .will send girl to .Costa RicaIneverre,alized how dangerous '

milk cartons could be until the'other day when my daughter?

sliced her toe open on one while::running through the kitchen 'barefoot. ' -"

It all began with my feeble, .attempt to recycle. I don't have-a., ,problem with recycling, but -where do you put all the stuffwhile you're waiting for trash'day?

In my case, the recyclable trashhangs from the kitchen cabinetsin unattractive plastic grocerybags. And it's always in the wayof something. This time it was 'the dishwasher.

Someone must have moved itto get into the dishwasher, leav-ing it on the floor, lying in waitfor my unsuspecting daughter.She never had a chance. Thesharp milk carton edge got thebest of her toe and we thoughtshe might even have to havestitches. She didn't, but she didmiss a day of school, all in thename of recycling.

IN THE SPOTLIGHTIf you're like me, you may

need someone to explain thefiner art of recycling to you,

someone who's anexpert, Forme, that's 20-year-old ColleenJames who is studying environ-mental science and global sus-tainability as part of her biologymajor at Westmont College inSanta Barbara. Colleen is thedaughter of Tom and Sue Jamesof Upland and is also my niece.

She is one of eight studentschosen nationwide by theCoalition for Christian Collegesand Universities to study for asemester in Costa Rica as part ofthe Latin American StudiesProgram. -Costa Rica has one ofthe richest supplies of plant andanimal life in the world, makingit a prime spot for environmentalstudy.

Colleen will leave Monday tostudy field biology, specifically

the different ecosystems in CostaRica and other parts of CentralAmerica. While there she willlive with a native family and fur-ther her study of Spanish, as wellas Costa Rican culture and histo-'ry. Colleen and the other stu-dents will study under a combi-nation of American and CostaRican professors:

Colleen grew up in Upland andattended Foothills ElementarySchool, Upland Junior HighSchool and Upland High School,where she was a member of thehonor society, Madrigal singersand Express Show Choir.

She won't be back until Mayand will be greatly missed untilthen.

TALENT IN THE MAKINGI hope some of you were lucky

enough to attend "We Need ALittle Christmas" Dee. 19 and 20at Mudd Theater in Claremont.This Christmas musical was veryprofessionally produced by theCarly Moultrie Studios ofUpland.

It was obvious from the startthat the singers, who includedboth adults and children, hadreceived very good voice training

from Carly Moultrie, one of themost highly regarded children'svocal directors in the state.Moultrie was joined in producingthe musical by her two daugh-ters. Emily Moultrie is a singer,actress and recent graduate ofUSe's School of Cinema andMelissa Moultrie is an accom-plished Singer, dancer and award-winning choreographer whochoreographed the show.

The children, who were cos-tumed as clowns, jesters andother toys, sang, danced andtapped to a variety of modernChristmas numbers. All of themwere darling and did a wonderfuljob.

A song about Santa, "Too FatFor the Chimney" was especiallycute as done by the LollipopDolls - Priscilla Aguilar, AlexaAyala, Jennifer Brown, KaitlynHampton, Marissa Henkel,Spencer Leeb, Chandler Talleurand Alexis Green.

A group of older girls (theBarbie Dolls) - KatieChristopher, Audrey Cowie andChristina Pastore - sangr'SantaBaby." A show highlight was acute rendition of "Side by Side"

done by Raggedy Ann, CourtneyFranklin, and Raggedy Andy,Ruben Bravo. These two kids didan outstanding job of singing,dancing and tapping in unison.

Other entertainers were BrianHughes, Katie Kujundzich,Morgan Leeb, Erika Pomierski,Drew Sabater, Jordan Simmons,Christopher Stever and MiaWitts. Still more were BriannaAnderson, Carissa Baxter,Brittany Brown, Jillian Chaves,Aryan Talleur and HannahWinnick.

BIRTHDAY GREETINGSTrish and Peggy want to wish,

Alexandra Logsdon of Upland ahappy 36th birthday on Ian. 11.

Shelley, Jason Sr. and BrookeVan Noy of Upland send a happythird birthday greeting to JasonVan Noy Jr.

Have a great day, everyone.

If you have any news otherswould be interested in know about,send it in care of VeronicaJames toCity News, Community Voices,2014 E. Fourth St., Ontario, CA91761, or fax it to her at CityNews, Community Voices, (909)484-5574.