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Claremont Mayor Joe Lyons, far left, presents a key to the city to vice president of the Host Town Pro-

gram Joann Klonowski during a news conference announcing Claremont’s selection as a host city

for the upcoming Special Olympics World Games Los Angeles 2015. Also pictured are Coun-

cilmember Corey Calaycay and Special Olympics World Games Global Messenger Terra Clendening

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As it wasDear Editor:

John Pixley’s “Claremont, as it was, asit is,” published February 20, was a mostinteresting, even captivating, account.

As one who loved Claremont andmoved away for 16 long years (to Ohio,

no less), then had the happy opportunity toreturn for 11 years now, John’s accounthelped fill in some gaps and brought backlots of memories of what “was.”

We missed the round-about and re-turned to the massive black tarps hidingwho-knew-what along Indian Hill. “As itis” still has the Village atmosphere, justmore of it and many more friends andnew neighbors finding their way to enjoyit. Thanks, John, for the piece.

Mary DyerClaremont

Sign of the timesDear Editor:

Claremont boasts of “sustainability, re-cycling and save our planet” motives andpursuits. Yet, the city sends out their work-ers on Saturday and Sunday with overtimepay to pull down our yard sale signs.

Signs posted on the very poles we payour taxes and utility bills to maintain,thus interfering with our neighborly re-purposing pursuits.

Yes, there are some yard sellers whoare sloppy and do not remove their signsafter the sale. This ruins it for those of uswho do by creating an annoyance.

The city of Claremont should insteadsend out its sign removal crew on Mon-day, during normal business hours, totake down all the signs. This would be awin-win for everyone. City workers canstill excitedly take down signs and webuyers and sellers can still have our fun!

Terri JacobsenClaremont

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It’s official. Claremont hasbeen selected as a host townfor delegates participating

in the Special Olympics WorldGames in Los Angeles this

summer.“It’s an absolute honor for me to wel-come Claremont as an official host townduring this period of time prior to theWorld Games,” said Bill Bryan, who hasserved on the board of directors for Spe-cial Olympics Southern California forthe past nine years. “What a wonderfulplace this is going to be for countries out-side of the United States to come in andreally enjoy this environment here andget to know the culture that takes placehere is Claremont.”

On Tuesday afternoon, representativesfrom Special Olympics Southern Cali-fornia and the city of Claremont gatheredat the entrance to city hall to make the

announcement.Approximately 100 delegates—ath-letes, trainers and support staff—willstay in Claremont from July 21 to July24, prior to the Special Olympics WorldGames 2015 opening on July 25 in LosAngeles. The games will be held at USCand UCLA and will feature competitionsin aquatics, gymnastics, track and field,basketball, soccer and many other sum-mer sports involving 7,000 athletes withintellectual disabilities.

“What will happen during the timethat you have the athletes in your townis you will touch their lives,” said Joann

Klonowski, vice president of the SpecialOlympics Host Town Program. “But Ihave to tell you how much they willtouch yours.”

Claremont is pleased to join as manyas 100 towns and cities across southern

California selected to host Olympic del-egations from 170 countries across theglobe.

“We’re looking forward to joiningother communities in southern Califor-nia for this humanitarian effort that im-

pacts athletes as well as the communitithemselves,” Mayor Joe Lyons said. “Wwill be rolling out the red carpet for oudelegation and showing them the best Claremont.”

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SPECIAL OLYMPICS/ next pag

Claremont ready to host athletes for Special Olympics

COURIER photo/Steven FelschundneSpecial Olympics World Games Global Messenger Terra Clendening embraces Vice President of the Host Town ProgramJoann Klonowski following Ms. Clendening’s remarks on Tuesday during a news conference at Claremont City Hall.

Council explores term limits for commission, committee members

Claremont council membersadopted a new, although past-practiced, “norm” on Tuesday

evening, setting term limits for com-mission and committee positions ap-pointed by city council.

Following the city’s 2015 Priorities Work-shop held on February 7, CouncilmembersLarry Schroeder and Corey Calaycay were

given the task of creating verbiage reflecting theimposed term limits and guidelines. The deci-sion on whether or not to make it a policy wasleft to the council as a whole.

The new wording dictates that each commis-sioner and council-appointed committee mem-ber can serve a total of eight years. At theconclusion of the eight years, commissionersand committee members are no longer eligibleto serve on any other committee or commission.

“This has just been a past practice that thecity council has done,” explained City MangerTony Ramos. “You actually don’t have anadopted policy.”

“This has never been memorialized in anywritten form. You can choose to adopt it as anorm, or a policy, or you can ask me to write a

resolution and bring this back for you—that’syour call,” he added. “However you policymak-

ers want to set this in motion is truly up to you.”After much discussion, council unanimously

agreed to add the newly-written guideline as a“norm” to the City of Claremont Best Practiceshandbook, foregoing it as a policy at this time.

Other provisions were added to the guidelinesand a more complete story on term limits willappear in next week’s edition of the COURIER.

Council approved city staff recommendationthat several parks have picnic areas expanded.

El Barrio Park will get a designated picnic

area with a maximum capacity of 49 persons,through council’s approval of allocating$15,000 from the Park Dedication Fund forconstruction. The addition of the picnic areawill, for the first time, allow park users to re-serve the wading pool for private parties.

A few picnic areas will be combined atCahuilla Park to allow for up to 149 people togather for private parties. Prior to council’s ap-proval, the areas could not be reserved by twoseparate parties due to their close proximity toone another.

Larkin Park will lose a picnic area due to in-frequent use. The area will be converted to apassive use space.

—Angela [email protected]

COURIER photo/Steven FelschundneA vehicle drives through storm runoff on Monday alongMount Baldy Road in Claremont. A sudden downpour sweptthrough the area in the early afternoon. with heavy rain andeven some hail. The squall added to the rain that fell over thInland Valley overnight, the first measurable rainfall in manyweeks.


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World Games Global Messenger Terra Clen-dening, a 24-year-old Chino Hills resident,is well-acquainted with the city’s hospital-

ity. As an athlete with Special Olympics Pomona Val-ley, she practices track at Claremont High School andis an artist at First Street Art Gallery’s Tierra del Solprogram.

At the city hall kick-off event, Ms. Clendening ex-plained that she is missing part of her brain and de-

scribed some of the challenges she faces as a result of her disability. She also noted, however, that her experi-ence with the organization the last four years has beenlife-changing.

“Some things are very hard for me. I don’t remembernames, but I remember colors,” the nearly six-foot-tallathlete explained to the crowd at city hall. “SpecialOlympics has changed my life and helped me feel goodabout myself. I have played bocce, track, field hockeyand next I’m going to try basketball. Do you think I’mtall enough?” Ms. Clendening asked with a smile, evok-ing laughter from the audience. “I’m excited about theWorld Games and to meet people like me from all overthe world. Your lives will change as you get to knowus.”

In addition to the host town designation, Claremontwas also presented with a Special Olympics World

Games Host Town Flag and, in return, presented theSpecial Olympics representatives with a gold key to thecity of Claremont.

“I’ve never seen one of these before,” said MayorJoe Lyons of the key. “This is special!”

With 7,000 athletes and 3,000 coaches representing177 countries, along with 30,000 volunteers and an an-ticipated 500,000 spectators, the 2015 SpecialOlympics World Games will be the largest sports-and-humanitarian event anywhere in the world this year, andthe single biggest event in Los Angeles since the 1984

Olympic Games.“It’s exciting to be a part of Special Olympics. The

more you get involved, the more you are around ath-letes as they participate. It brings a special feeling onyou,” Mr. Bryan said. “I hope the community will havean opportunity to be able to get out and meet these ath-letes and watch them compete.”

With myriad countries participating in the World

Games, it has not yet been revealed which delegatiowill be assigned to Claremont. An announcement wbe expected within the coming weeks.

For additional information or to volunteer, contaSenior Recreation Leader Amber Guzman at [email protected]. —Angela Baile

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Monday, February 16A drunk driver crashed into a parked

car but didn’t know how he did it. Offi-cers responded to a traffic collision around1 a.m. at Carlton Drive and San Jose Av-enue where they found a Honda Civicwith moderate damage that had rear-ended a parked vehicle. Police made con-tact with 51-year-old Jose Lopez, whoidentified himself as the driver. The Up-land resident smelled of alcohol and toldofficers he’d been at his friend’s housewhere he had beers and several JackDaniel whiskey drinks. Although politeand cooperative, Mr. Lopez was arrestedfor driving under the influence of alcoholand booked at Claremont jail.

****A man on a marijuana mission ended

up in the wrong neighborhood and in thecustody of Claremont police. Accordingto Lieutenant Mike Ciszek, officers re-sponded to the 700 block of W. EleventhStreet around 6 p.m. after receiving a callof a man yelling for “Mario” in the drive-way a residence. Police made contact withthe suspect, 21-year-old ChristopherArreola, who told officers he didn’t live atthe Claremont home but he was lookingfor someone from which to buy weed. Hethought he was on Eleventh off IndianHill Boulevard, but was really nearMountain Avenue. After admitting to po-lice that he’d been drinking tequila since11 a.m., officers arrested the Pomona manfor being drunk and disorderly.

Tuesday, February 17Allen Perez was arrested again this

week for being drunk and disorderly. ThePomona resident was discovered at ahome on the 200 block of W. Sixth Streetaround 7:15 p.m. According to Lt. Ciszek,the 41-year-old was found lying on thefront porch, mumbling to himself, “Sonof a b**ch, son of a b**tch.” When askedby officers what he’d drank, he replied,“Vodka, too much!” Having urinated onhimself and unable to stand up on hisown, Mr. Perez was arrested and bookedat city jail. He was later released with a ci-tation to appear in court. This is the 25thtime Mr. Perez has been arrested byClaremont police in two years.

Wednesday, February 18Three unknown assailants stole a man’s

iPhone, sending the victim to the hospi-tal. A driver with two passengerse pulledup beside the victim while he was walkingnorth on Dartmouth Avenue near Platt.The motoriest asked to borrow the vic-tim’s white iPhone 5S, which he gave tohim. As the suspect began to drive away,the victim held onto the suspect and wasdragged alongside the car as it drove upthe street. The victim eventually fell to theground, suffering numerous abrasions. Hewas transported to Pomona Valley Hospi-tal for medical attention. The first suspectis described as a black male, 30 years old,5-feet, 10-inches tall, weighing 160pounds with black hair and brown eyes.The second suspect is a black male, and a

third suspect is unknown. The phone isvalued at $500.

Thursday, February 19A traffic collision on the 4000 block of

Mt. Baldy Road resulted in serious injuries. The unnamed driver of a black Nis-san Altima was drunk and traveling at ahigh rate of speed around 9 p.m. when helost control of the vehicle, causing it toleave the roadway, overturn and collidewith a tree. The suspect and his passengersustained severe head injuries and wereflown to USC Medical Center for medicalattention. The driver admitted to drinkingalcohol at the time of the crash and a wit-ness put him in the driver’s seat at the timeof the accident. Officers collected a bloodsample from the suspect after receiving asearch warrant signed by a judge. He re-mains hospitalized due to his injuries andhas not yet been placed under arrest.

Friday, February 20Someone is going to be in a whole heap

of trouble after thieves made off with acarload of military gear belonging to theUnited States Marine Corps. Around 5a.m., the victim parked his Lexus in aparking lot located on the 500 block of Foothill Boulevard when two unknownthieves drove up beside it, opened the un-locked driver’s side door and unloadedgear belonging to the USMC. The gear in-cluded three large military training back-packs, sleeping backpacks, a Gortex jacket and poncho, Kevlar vest, magazinepouches with empty magazines, canteens,gas masks and other miscellaneous items.In addition, they also stole personal itemsbelonging to the victim including a Kin-

dle, clothes and books. The total value the items taken has not been determine

Saturday, February 21A La Verne resident was arrested f

battery after getting too close for comfort to his Uber driver. The victim topolice she picked up 27-year-old ItChavira and 22-year-old Danny Joynin the area of Foothill Boulevard anRegis around 1:30 a.m. Once inside thvehicle, Mr. Chavira leaned toward hand placed his chest against her armwhile making kissing motions with hlips. The victim leaned away from thman and ordered them both out of hvehicle. The men were located by poliand arrested for being drunk in publand held for detox. Mr. Chavira was alarrested for battery and issued a citatioMr. Joyner was later released withocharges.

****A duo hoping to make it a trio by usin

a popular online “hook-up” website wsurprised when their “date” suddensplit with all their belongings. Accordinto Lt. Ciszek, officers were called to th700 block of S. Indian Hill around 1:4p.m. after a couple looking for a gootime was left to fend for themselves. Thvictims, a 30-year-old female and 2year-old male, had met a man on Grinin search of a sexual encounter. Ththreesome drove together to a local hotbut when the pair went inside to inquiabout room rates, the suspect drove owith the victims’ property valued $680. —Angela Baile

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SPECIAL OLYMPICS/ from the previous page

COURIER photo/Steven FelschundneAudience members raise their hands in the victory pose as part of the news conference announcing the slection of Claremont as a host city for the upcoming Special Olympics World Games Los Angeles 2015.


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Last Thursday’s schoolboard meeting startedwith a special recogni-

tion for a man who has made abig difference for the students

of the Claremont UnifiedSchool District.

Local therapist and clinical socialworker Kirby Palmerwas thanked for his on-going support of mentalhealth within the district, in particular forthe Yellow Ribbon Suicide PreventionAssembly he leads every other year atClaremont High School.

The most recent of these was an emo-tional affair held in the CHS gymnasiumin November that, among other poignantmoments, featured a personal accountfrom a student who lost a family mem-ber to suicide.

“Please talk to someone and don’tcommit suicide,” she urged at the rally,at which every attendee was given awallet-sized Ask4Help Card.

One side urges the cardholder to talkto someone—a counselor, clergy, doctor,parent or friend—if they are feeling sui-cidal. The other side shares informationon how to help when someone has ut-tered seven life-saving words: “I need touse my yellow ribbon.”

Mr. Palmer feels strongly that depres-sion can, in virtually every case, get bet-ter. It’s about reaching out.

“Years ago, suicide was kind of theunspoken disease or problem. We wantto bring it out of the closet and say thatit’s okay to talk about it—it’s nothing

shameful,” he told the COURIER.

Mr. Palmer was presented with a cer-tificate of appreciation and pho-tographed with Superintendent JimElsasser and the school board, but therecognition extended beyond a photo op.

District luminaries expressed theirheartfelt appreciation for doing what a

teary-eyed School Board President Hi-lary La Conte called “such a good jobtalking about a topic that’s scary to us.”

“I’m almost speechless now becauseyou’ve done so much, helping [students]to think about their lives and how tomove onto the next step,” school boardmember Sam Mowbray added.

The February 19 gathering also fea-tured a presentation on Claremont After-School Programs (CLASP), avolunteer-powered program aimed atsupporting at-risk elementary schoolchildren in the district.

CLASP participants meet after schoolthroughout the week in five neighbor-hood locations: the Claremont Presbyte-

rian Church, Blaisdell CommunityCenter, Claremont Village Apartments,Good Shepherd Evangelical LutheranChurch and the Wheeler Park Recre-ation Building.

There, the kids receive homeworkhelp and tutoring, healthy snacks and en-richment activities such as recreation,field trips, family meetings and celebra-tions. At four of these centers, trans-portation from school to the center tohome is provided.

In 2013, local evaluation consultantJack Mills, a former CUSD schoolboard member and longtime supporterof CLASP, undertook a study of the im-pact of CLASP on its participants.

Two years later, Mr. Mills, who re-

ceived his doctorate from ClaremontGraduate University in program evalua-tion, research methodology and appliedsocial psychology, took to the podiumwith his findings.

His report, which was accompaniedby a PowerPoint presentation, demon-

strated that among CLASP participants,the number of students consideredbelow to far below average had de-creased by 5 percent in English Lan-guage Arts.

School board member Dave Nemerpraised Mr. Mills for the thoroughnessand integrity of his report and, in apunny way, noted his devotion to thedistrict’s more vulnerable students.

“If anyone thinks there aren’t volun-teers doing great things in Claremont,they don’t know Jack,” he said.

Past CLASP president Teddy Warneralso spoke. She noted that the after-school program would benefit fromgreater communication between teachers

and volunteers as to the specific chal-lenges faced by students, particularly inthe area of math.

She also asked that as the districtplans further training in the implementa-tion of the new Common Core curricu-lum, it considers including CLASPvolunteers. “If the teachers are havingtrouble and the students are having trou-ble, believe me, the volunteers are hav-ing trouble,” she said.

The meeting was dominated by wordsof praise for the work of those in the dis-trict and the community. One parent,however, took a moment during the pub-lic comment portion of the meeting toshare a note of concern.

Nuh Kimbwala said his son, a fresh-

man at Claremont High School, was cufrom the track and field team for no ap-parent reason. The teen had no aca-demic, behavioral or attendance issues,Mr. Kimbwala said. His concernstemmed from being unable to get a satisfactory justification for the coach’s ac

tion.Mr. Kimbwala said he when he spok

to the school’s athletic director, RickDutton, the administrator was “unable tarticulate board policy.”

“Why [reinstitute] these roguecoaches who go above board policy?”Mr. Kimbwala posed to the board. “It’san inequity and an injustice, and I hopethere’s a timely and complete response

Mr. Dutton subsequently said there ino blanket board policy governing thecutting of students from sports teams.Instead, he said each sport has its ownpolicy. Longtime track and field CoachV. Amarasekara, as always, made a cleapoint of distributing her team policy to

students and parents, Mr. Dutton said.Many students are cut from the teamevery year and such decisions are basedon ability, according to Mr. Dutton. Theteam must be trimmed because the sizecan become unmanageable, the athleticdirector emphasized.

He reported that last year’s track andfield program featured 170 young ath-letes, adding that, had no students beencut, that number would have grown towell over 200 students.

The next school board meeting will bheld on Thursday, March 5 at theRichard S. Kirkendall Education Cente170 W. San Jose Ave. in Claremont.

—Sarah [email protected]

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SCHOOL

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Board meeting features poignant kudos, pointed questions

COURIER photoa/Peter WeinbergAbove, Oakmont's star receiver Jayden Smoot, left, was able to get pasSumner's Isaac Olson on a long pass play. He was, however, unable to makthe catch for a big gain.

At far left, Isaac Olson was the leader and quarterback of Sumner's fine

tuned offense. He led his team to 21 first-half points and a dominating peformance.

Annual Oakmont-Sumner Super Bowl a real blastYou might say that the students, teach-

ers, parents and friends really had a blastat the 15th annual BLAST (Best LearningAfter School Time) Super Bowl footballgame on Wednesday between Oakmontand Sumner Elementary schools.

If you think this was a low-key event,think again. This game had all the trap-pings of a big football game with uniforms,coaches, referees, cheerleaders, signs, tro-phies and even the Claremont High Schoolband playing at halftime. Needless to say,this is a highly-planned event that students

and staff look forward to every year.Site supervisor of the Oakmont BLAST

Program Jacqueline Killman, one of theorganizers of the event, explained the plan-ning process. “Every year, we add moreand more activities, just from ideas thatcome across or inspiration from the stu-dents participating. Last year, we added atrophy award. And, this year, we added theawarding of plaques to our coaches.”

Although the game is taken seriously,the goal is to have fun. The teams werewell-prepared as they ran numerousscripted plays.

“Our main inspiration came out of Oak-mont students who, through the years,have shown their great love of the sport of

football,” Ms. Killman said.—Peter Weinberger


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Last week, I received a letter thatposed some very specific languagequestions. Thank you Linda and

Paul for reading the column and also forgiving me some topics to tackle for thismonth’s article. Given that graduation is

just around the corner for some, let’sbegin with your first question: Where did“graduated high school” not “graduatedfrom high school” originate?

To evaluate the historical changes of the word ‘grad-uate,’ one must first understand the difference betweentransitive and intransitive verbs. A transitive verb takesan object—in other words, there is a possible answer towhat or whom. Consider the transitive verb ‘eat’ in“John ate a pizza.” Pizza answers the question “atewhat?” which means that pizza is the object of eat. Anintransitive verb does not take an object. Consider theintransitive verb ‘come’ in “John came to the party.”There is no answer to came what? or came whom? The

prepositional phrase ‘to the party’ tells us location butdoes not directly answer the question of what or whom.We would never say “John came the party.”

The word ‘graduate’ comes originally from the Latingradus, ‘grade or step,’ which signified that a ‘step up’was conferred by the institution—not taken by the stu-dent. This now-rare verb ‘to be graduated’ was consid-ered transitive. In the sentence “John was graduated,”the student is the object. If the institution was men-tioned, it was preceded by the preposition ‘at’ or ‘by’ asin “John was graduated at/by Claremont High School”or put in the subject position as in “CHS graduatedJohn.”

Around the 1800s, things began to change as theverb transitioned from transitive to intransitive. Peoplebegan putting the student in subject position and foundthat there was no object of ‘graduate.’ In these early

days, the sentence “John graduated high school” wasunthinkable because high school is clearly not the ob-

ject of graduate. Since the intransitive ‘graduate’ couldnot take an object, the preposition ‘from’ was needed tostate where the action originated.

By the end of the 1800s, this form was much morepopular than the archaic transitive version and the com-mon use became “John graduated from high school.”

It is still correct, but uncommon, to use the transitive“CHS graduated John”; it is correct and common to use

the intransitive “John graduated from CHS” but it is in-correct, and increasingly more common, to omit the‘from’ as in, “John graduated high school.” So, why dopeople do it? I can’t say for sure, but I suspect thatspeakers associate it with the original transitive version“CHS graduated John.” Perhaps they think it soundsmore correct or more original to omit the ‘from.’

According to language blogger (and strict rule fol-lower) Grammar Girl, the expression “graduate highschool” is twice as likely to be used as “graduate fromhigh school.” She has no tolerance for the mistake.

From her standpoint, those who omit ‘from’ sound illit-erate. As I see it, the error has become so frequent thatit is now acceptable to many. In fact, I’ve read andheard it from those who consider themselves strictgrammarians. This, of course, is when languagechanges. I suspect that ‘graduated’ is well on its way toindependence from ‘from,’ and we will all have to getused to it (even Grammar Girl).

On to the second question: why is “healthy” used in-terchangeably with “healthful?” In recent years, thetwo adjectives have been in somewhat of a linguistictug of war and it appears that ‘healthy’ is winning.

Both are derived from Old English haelth, ‘sound-ness of body.’ The adjective ‘healthful’ appeared before‘healthy’ in the late 1300s, meaning ‘wholesome orsaving.’ ‘Healthy’ came later in the mid-1500s, andmost sources state that both ‘healthful’ and ‘healthy’

were used interchangeably in these early centuries. To-ward the end of the 1800s, however, a distinction wascreated; ‘Healthful’ came to describe inanimate nounslike food, diet or activity, while ‘healthy’ was sanc-tioned for people and other living creatures. In otherwords, healthy people eat a healthful diet.

In recent years, it seems that ‘healthy’ is migratingback to its earlier meaning of ‘beneficial to one’shealth.’ It is now quite common to hear expressionslike “healthy diet” and “healthy lifestyle.” Despite criti-

cism from purists, some dictionaries, including MiriamWebster, acknowledge healthy’s reemergence as an ad

jective to mean “good for one’s health.”Perhaps there will be disagreement on this shift in

the coming years, but I suspect that when it comes to‘healthy,’ there is one area where grammar grouches

and slouches can agree: healthy is not an adverb! Al-though I’m inclined to accept language change, even Icringe at the expression “I eat healthy every day.”

As for the third question, I am confused because Ihave not heard of this mistake. The question is: Wheredid “a apple” rather than “an apple” originate? I amnot aware of ‘a apple’ being commonly used by anyonover the age of nine. There may be some dialects of English where the rule of adding ‘n’ to an indefinite article before a vowel is ignored. I suspect that in suchcases there is a hard glottal stop after the ‘a’ to differentiate between the ‘a’ and the vowel sound of the nextword. In this case, the sentence would sound more lik“can you hand me a’apple?”

Many people believe that the grammar rule says toadd ‘n’ to the indefinite article ‘a’ before a vowel. Infact, that doesn’t really cover it. Consider the words

‘hour’ and ‘university’. We certainly don’t say “a houror “an university.” These examples underscore the idethat ‘n’ is added before a vowel sound, not a vowel.

As for the final inquiry: why has subject/verb agreement been abandoned? I’m not sure if it has been abandoned or ignored, but I am interested to hear someexamples. I will note that subject-verb agreement is noalways as easy at it seems. Are the abandoners makinga mistake with indefinite pronouns such as “each of thstudents are present?” Are they confusing the difficultneither-nor rule as in “neither my students nor my sonare graduating this year?” These types of agreementcan be tricky. In the first case, ‘each’ takes a singularverb even when followed by a plural prepositionalphrase, so the correct sentence would be “each of thestudents is present.” In the case of ‘nor,’ the verb agreewith its closest subject (even when there are two sub-

jects), so the correct sentence would be “neither mystudents nor my son is graduating this year.”

When it comes to these more complicated combinations, I confess to being a little confused at times my-self. Linda and Paul, if you are hearing more basicsubject-verb disagreements, please, by all means, senda report and keep me posted—we certainly don’t wandisagreements within the community, especially thosebetween subjects and verbs.

Tackling tough questionsby Mellissa Martinez

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Objection to tree designation[ Editor’s note: the following letter wassent to City Manager Tony Ramos, witha copy forwarded for publication. —KD]Mr. Ramos:

Earlier this week, one of our home-

owners on the corner of Shenandoah andGettysburg (who also happens to be thevice president of the HOA Board of Di-rectors) received a notice that the Cali-fornia Black Oak tree that had beenplanted by the city, and subsequentlydied, would be replaced by a Chitalpa orChinese Flame tree, apparently arbitrar-ily chosen to be the new “street tree” forShenandoah.

At our board meeting last night, theboard requested that I write to strenu-ously object to this change in strategy,which we feel will be detrimental to theappearance and quality of our commu-nity and adversely affect home values.

Over 12 years ago, the city came up

with a plan to replace the 30-year-oldCalabrian pine trees with the CaliforniaBlack Oaks on a nine-year plan to re-place one-third of the trees every threeyears.

After the first phase was completed,the city responded to the demands of aspecial interest group not related to ourHOA to abandon that plan and leave thedangerous and overgrown trees that your

own arborist declared as inappropriafor the area in place. The city decided tonly replace them when the trees (not thresidents) were in danger of dying, dspite our strenuous objections. Nonethless, when the pine trees were replace

they would be replaced with the Califonia Black Oak.This has left our neighborhood with a

inconsistent look of very old and mishapen pine trees next to very younsmall oaks. However, over time (cetainly after I am long gone), the oaks wdominate the neighborhood and the looof continuity and balance will return.

The two new varieties being introduced will never grow to the size anshape of either the pines or the oaks anwill create a less-than-balanced and consistent look for the main street that runthrough our neighborhood.

Please do not introduce these netrees on to Shenandoah and stay with thoriginal plan that was approved so manyears ago. If you still believe that thHOA board does not have the right tspeak for the 309 homeowners (contrarto what is explicitly stated in our CC&Rand Articles of Incorporation approveby the city in 1980), we can circulate petition among our homeowners to shoyou the consensus of their feelings on thmatter. Dennis Vlasic

Claremo

READERS’ COMMENTSQ: It has been Claremont policy that

front lawns be 50 percent plant mate-rial. Has that changed since thedrought?

A:The city’s top code enforcer, Com-

munity Services Director Brian De-satnik, writes:City code section 16.130.030.B re-

quires homes in residential districts tocover at least 50 percent of front yardareas with some combination of livetrees, shrubs, vines, ground covers,flowers, lawns or other type of vegeta-tion.

The calculation of 50 percent in-cludes the area between plants that arespaced in consideration of their maturesize, and any area under an existingdrip line of a tree that is covered andmaintained with a permeable materialsuch as mulch or decomposed granite.

No modifications to this code have

been made as a result of the drought.Instead, the city and nonprofit groupslike Sustainable Claremont and theRancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden areencouraging the use of efficient irriga-tion methods and drought-tolerantplants.

By converting from water-guzzling

turf and tropical plants to more climateappropriate plantings, homeowners cancreate attractive landscapes that utilizeless than half the water of a typical turf-based landscape. Typically, climate-ap-propriate landscapes consist of a mix of ground covers, clumping grasses,perennial shrubs, trees and mulch.

Residents need not limit new land-scape to cactus, succulents and rock

gardens. While these can be attractiveand sustainable, Claremont’s climatezone is actually Mediterranean, notdesert. There are a variety of gardentypes that can maintain Claremont’sshaded and green character while cut-ting water use to sustainable levels.

Garden styles like cottage, English,native, prairie, woodlands and chappa-ral are all easily grown and appropriatefor Claremont. Mediterranean climateslike Claremont’s support the widest va-riety of plants of any climate, many of which can be grown with little or no ir-rigation. Homeowners are encouragedto focus on using local native plants orother plants with low and moderate

water needs.For more information on selectingclimate-appropriate plants, contact Sus-tainable Claremont at (909) 625-8767x 238, the Rancho Santa Ana BotanicGarden or check online at BeWater-Wise.com.

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Claremont should develop a com-munity-wide Sustainability ActionPlan!

Much is happening in Claremont. Organizations,institutions and individuals are looking toward a sus-

tainable future, so much so that Cal Poly Pomonanow offers a class on what Claremont is doing.

Claremont residents voted 71 percent in favor of taking control of our water system. We are the onlycity in the Southland (with about half the populationof California) competing for the $5 million George-town University Energy Prize.

CHERP is saving energy while improving qualityof life, increasing property values and bringing jobs tothe community.

We are preserving open space in the ClaremontWilderness Park, and there is a proposal to expand thepark while capturing more storm water runoff.

Plans are well developed for water reclamation toirrigate the Colleges campuses, a model that couldhelp Claremont in times of drought—as would thewater-wise DRIP initiative. Food is being grown on

local plots and creating jobs; school gardens are now

part of our educational system. Claremont Heritagehelps preserve and enhance our cultural assets, theChamber of Commerce furthers our economic vitality—and there is much more.

Claremont has an ambitious Sustainable City Plan,but we don’t have a coherent Sustainability ActionPlan to integrate and enhance these efforts. This is anideal time to come together, share visions, generatenew ideas and create an imaginative integrated planthat will appeal to funders. Oberlin, a city in Ohio of

just over 8,000 did just that. They formulated andfunded a $135 million project, a great success that caninspire us.

Sustainable Claremont has established a Sustain-ability Resource Center with a vision that includeshelping to make this Claremont Action Plan a reality.We now have an office at the Rancho Santa Ana

Botanic Garden, managed by coordinator Alexis

Reyes. We hope everyone who would like to join increating Claremont’s Action Plan, or has an ideaabout what to include, will come together and wewould like to facilitate this. Please email [email protected], write to PO Box 1502Claremont, or call the center at (909) 625-8767 ext

238.We also cordially invite you to a ribbon-cutting ceemony celebrating the opening of the SustainabilityResource Center office in the RSABG Lenz Horticulture Building, 1500 N College Ave., at noon onWednesday, March 11.

And on Thursday, March 26 at 7 p.m., please jointhe city of Claremont, CHERP and Sustainable Claremont at the Rose Hills Theater at Pomona College aswe launch the Claremont Energy Challenge to markClaremont’s participation in the $5 million George-town University Energy Prize.

Demystifying Sustainability is a project of Sustainable Clar

mont (sustainableclaremont.org). Follow us on Facebook

facebook.com/sustainableclaremont and on Twitter

#GreenClaremont, and consider becoming a member.

A sustainability action plan is neededby Freeman Allen

DemystifyingSUSTAINABILITY

FrancesConn

Frances M. Conn of Santa Barbara, a formerClaremont resident, died on February 20, 2015.A celebration of life is pending, with arrange-ments entrusted to McDermott-Crockett andAssociates Mortuary. For information, call(805) 569-2424.


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Frank Smizer died at Pomona ValleyHospital Medical Center early on earlyValentine’s Day, February 14, 2015,with his wife of 58 years, Sarah, at hisbedside. He was 82.

He was born on March 7, 1932 inNorfolk, Nebraska to Frank Smizer Sr.and Geneva Smizer. A few days afterhis birth, his sister Marilu suggested herparents give him back. They didn’t. In

1938, Frank’s father sold his Phillips 66gas station, bought a Schulte trailer andheaded for California. By 1946, theSmizers settled in Fontana where FrankSr. worked for Kaiser Steel and FrankJr. attended Chaffey High School.

While working on the Hungry HorseDam with his dad one summer, Frankmet an architecture student from UCBerkeley who inspired him. He gradu-ated from Berkeley with a degree in ar-chitecture in 1955. In 1956, he marriedSarah Price, the girl he had met fouryears earlier on a blind date. After Mr.Smizer finished his two-year enlistmentat Killeen, Texas, the couple moved toRiverside where their sons Chris and

Matthew were born.Mr. Smizer became the first Associa-

tion Architect for Home Savings andLoan, where he worked for 22 years.He oversaw the design and constructionof their headquarters in Irwindale andworked closely with Dennis O’Connor,who created many of the HS&L mo-saics. Other developments spannedfrom the San Fernando Valley to Sacra-

mento and Palm Springs. Tired of thecommute to Irwindale, the Smizersmoved to Claremont.

After leaving HS&L, Mr. Smizerspent the next 20 years of his profes-sional life as a licensed hospital inspec-tor. His clients included San AntonioHospital and Casa Colina. Upon his re-tirement, he enjoyed being a “Bird-house Architect.” Many of hisbirdhouses were donated to the Leagueof Women Voters and Claremont Her-itage for their silent auctions.

His greatest enjoyment came frombeing around his children and grand-children. In June, the Smizers took theirgranddaughters fishing, and every fall

they took their Lazy Daze motorhometo Mammoth Lakes. The 23-inch troutis still in the freezer.

Neighbor and friend Sharron Bentleysaid, “There was always a twinkle inFrank’s eyes and a sweet smile. His drysense of humor and amazingly astute

comments were followed by a greatlaugh.”

In addition to his wife Sarah, Frankleaves his son Matthew of San Fran-cisco, his son and daughter-in-lawChristopher and Cynthia Smizer of Bakersfield and grandchildren Claireand Kyle Smizer-Muldoon, EmmaSmizer and Miles and Bryn Woollacot

He is also survived by his niece and

her husband, Janet and Robert Curtis,and their children David, Rachel andJordan Curtis of Redlands and by hisnephew and his wife, James and ValChapman, and their children Audrey,Janae and Garrett Chapman of DenverColorado. Frank was preceded in deathby his sister and brother-in-law, Mariland Raymond Chapman.

Inurnment will take place at a laterdate in the Mammoth Lakes area. Inlieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the VNA & Hospicof Southern California, 150 W. First SSuite 270, Claremont CA 91711.

Don MorrisonVeteran, postman, doting father and grandfather

Frank SmizerBeloved husband, father and grandfather

Don Morrison, a lifelong Claremon-ter, died on Sunday, February 15, 2015.He was 96.

He was born October 28, 1918 inClaremont. His father, Adelbert Morri-son, worked at Claremont Feed and Fuel,

which is now part of the new PackingHouse district. His mother, Mina Eliza-beth Morrison, also worked at the Pack-ing House and later did laundry for manyin Claremont. Don grew up on 11thStreet in Claremont where his motherhad built two homes. The houses still re-main, with his family raising their familythere.

During World War II, Mr. Morrisonserved in the military. He aspired to bein the army but took a wrong turn whensigning up and ended up enlisting in theUS Air Force, where he served fromJune 1944 to April 1946. He was a sheetmetal worker as well as a qualifiedsharpshooter, and served as a corporal in

the 501st Bomb Group. He received the

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WorldWar II Victory Medal, American Cam-paign Medal and Good Conduct Medal.

Mr. Morrison was employed by theClaremont Post Office for 38 years, de-livering mail in the historic Claremont

area and the Claremont Colleges. He re-tired in 1980. He lived in south Clare-mont from 1953 with his first wife, Opal,and then moved to a different area of Claremont with his second wife, Mar-garet. In the mid-‘70s, he and his thirdwife, Deana, moved to the Alta Lagunamobile home park in Rancho Cuca-monga.

In his spare time, Don traveled to Eu-rope, Mexico and Yosemite and enjoyedseveral cruises. Most of all, he loved togo to Hawaii, visiting a niece who liveson Maui. He also was an avid bowler inhis younger days and loved to golf.When living at Alta Laguna, he alwayslooked forward to playing pinochle with

friends.

At the time of his death, Mr. Morrisonwas living at Oakmont Assisted Living

in Chino Hills, where he had resided for

the past 2 ½ years. He was extremehappy there and made many friendamong other residents and staff. He wbe buried with his first wife, OpAdams, at the Pomona Valley Cemeterwhich rests on what was once ranchlan

belonging to his mother’s family.Mr. Morrison was also preceded

death by his second wife Margaret Stapand his third wife Deana Kiel as well his daughter Donna Morrison, who diein 2003.

He is survived by his son and daugter-in-law Russell and Patricia Morrisoof Incline Village, Nevada; by his daugter Connie Anderson and granddaughteChristie and Deanna Anderson, all Claremont; and, most precious to himhis great-grandson Jason AndersoStallings, 14, of Chino and his 8-weekold great grandson Nathaniel ThomAnderson, who he was lucky to meet.


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Peggy WoodruffGifted poet, loving wife and mother

Margaret “Peggy” Woodruff died athome on Tuesday, February 17, shortlyafter her 90th birthday.

Peggy was the fifth child of Carinand Axel Peterson, both immigrantsfrom Sweden. She was born on Febru-ary 6, 1925 on the family dairy farm inNew Sharon, Maine. After a disastrousfire destroyed the barn and house, thefamily of eight grabbed a few belong-ings, piled into a small truck with acovered wagon-type cover and set outfor Colorado where a half-brotherowned a small farm.

Peggy’s father became a farmhandand then a tenant farmer before buyinghis own farm. As Mr. Peterson pros-pered and bought more land, the familymoved to several different small farm-ing towns in eastern Colorado. On thefarms, he grew sugar beets and pota-toes. They finally settled in Pierce,where Peggy attended the Galeton andPierce schools. In high school, her in-terest in poetry blossomed and shewrote her first poem “The Sizes of Earth,” which won her a school prize.

She continued her education aftergraduating with her 12 classmates fromPierce High School, earning a bache-lor’s degree at Denver University. Aftergraduation, seeking adventure, she de-cided to apply for a school run by theUS Army to teach students the art of coding and decoding secret messages.She was accepted and was sent to theschool in Seattle. In a “blacked-out”building, she was sworn to secrecy.

After a few weeks of training, a newrule was passed that anyone under theage of 21 was disqualified from taking

the training and she was sent back toDenver.A short time later, she accepted a

civil service job that took her to Koreafor a year and then to Germany for an-other year. Both years, she worked as asecretary with the US Army. In Ger-many she married and had her onlydaughter, Marilyn. She returned to theUnited States, divorced, and enrolled inthe University of Tennessee where sheearned her master’s degree with a spe-cial emphasis on teaching poetry.

She taught school for one year inTennessee and then moved to Clare-mont to be near her mother and sister

Edith, wife of Robert James, a well-known professor at Harvey Mudd Col-lege. In 1960, she began teaching atChino Junior High School where shewas a popular and well-liked teacher.

While there, she met and later marrieda fellow teacher, Larry Woodruff. Theyboth moved to Chino High Schoolwhere they taught for many years. Inaddition, Mrs. Woodruff taught atMount San Antonio College and Up-land High School. She continued hereducation at the University of Uppsala,Sweden, as well as at San Jose StateCollege and Cal Poly, Pomona. Shetaught poetry at Upland High Schooluntil her retirement in 1981.

Through the years, she and her hus-band loved their teaching, but anotherpassion was travel. Together, throughthe years, they visited 86 countries andall seven continents. The most memo-rable journey was when they traveledaround the world for one year.

In her retirement, Mrs. Woodruff de-voted much of her time to poetry, at-tending Denver University’s school forwriters, Naropa. She was an activemember of The Ravens, a Claremontpoetry group, and loved sharing herpoems with others. Over a period of years, she published an autobiographyand five books of poetry, all of whichmay be found in the Claremont Library.

Peggy will be greatly missed by herloving husband Larry, daughter Mari-lyn Austin of Knoxville, Tennessee,grandson John Chiles of Seneca, South

Carolina and granddaughter CarinChiles, of Knoxville, Tennessee. Shealso leaves many fellow poets, friendsand admirers.

A memorial service will be an-nounced at a later date.

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Ignacio Felix Veteran, baseball enthusiast, loving patriarch

Lifelong Claremont resident IgnacioFelix died on February 7, 2015 at hishome in Claremont. He was 86.

He was born July 31, 1928 in Clare-mont to Cruz and Espedita Felix, one of six sons. He enlisted in the militaryduring World War II, where he servedas a Technician 5th Grade US ArmyCorporal. Mr. Felix was a recipient of the World War II Victory Medal andalso earned campaign and servicemedals. He received a personal service“Thank You” letter from PresidentHarry S. Truman.

Following his military service, Mr.Felix worked a short time for the rail-road and for the Claremont-CollegeHeights Orange & Lemon Associationin 1951. He met his future wife, DeliaMartinez, in Claremont and they weremarried at Our Lady of the AssumptionChurch in Claremont in 1951.

Mr. Felix drove a sanitation truck forthe city of Claremont in the late 1950s.During that time, he undertook a 12-week course in supervisory manage-ment at Claremont Men’s College. Hewas one of a dozen city employees toreceive a certificate of completion fromthen Claremont Mayor Edward

Dittmer. Mr. Felix would eventuallymake a career in chrome plating as astraightener.

Mr. Felix was proud to be a part of Claremont history. He liked to show aphotograph of all the employees whoworked at the Packing House during histenure, which included his wife Deliaand brothers Joe and Ernie Felix. Theshot is included in Judy Wright’sClaremont: A Pictorial History aswell as in a 2014 book on Claremontreleased as part of the “Images of America” series. Both books also in-clude another favorite photograph, apanoramic shot of the College HeightsPacking House with Mr. Felix’s carparked in the foreground.

Ignacio loved the game of baseball.He played on the Claremont AthleticClub (ACs) softball team, winning twochampionships in the early 1950s, andplayed Army baseball during his time inthe military. He loved watching the LosAngeles Dodgers on TV and going tothe stadium to watch them play, espe-cially on Father’s Day when the wholefamily would make it a point to be to-gether.

In 2011, Mr. Felix was one of a half-

dozen Mexican-American men whoplayed ball in the area in the 1930s tothe 1950s to be honored at a first pitchceremony held at the Cal Poly PomonaBaseball Field. The event was spon-sored by the Latino History Project, inconjunction with Cal Poly and Cal StateSan Bernardino.

A photo of Mr. Felix and his fellowhonorees is featured in the 2012 bookMexican American Baseball in theInland Empire. In another photo highlighted in the book, he and his brotherJoe can be seen with their teammatesafter the athletes won the ClaremontCivic Softball League’s Bradley CupPlayoffs in 1950.

Ignacio and Delia delighted in listening to mariachi music. They enjoyedheading to La Fonda restaurant to havdinner and hear the mariachis play.They would also make trips to SanBernardino and Las Vegas to hear themusic they loved. “Dad, grandpa andbrother, we will miss you,” his familyshared.

Ignacio’s wife Delia preceded him ideath in 2008. He is survived by histwo sons and daughters-in-law, Rudyand Marsha Felix of Upland and Jerryand Karen Felix of Riverside; by threegrandchildren, Gabriel Felix, ReneFelix and Carly Felix Loria, all of Up-land; and by two brothers, Ernie Felixof Ontario and Raul Felix of Montclai

Graveside service was held at HolyCross Cemetery in Pomona.

The sun setslowlypeacefullyletting us seemore colors than possible

The day’s plainnesseverydaynessturned to orange and goldswith rose and violet folds

We watched and marveledthat there could besuch an ending of a daywith blends and dignitythe colors mixed with grey

We watchedcolors fadedsilentlypeacefully

EndingEndedEndthen a star appeared

—Peggy Woodruff


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The Claremont High School boyssoccer team won its first-round Di-vision Three CIF playoff game

against Upland last Friday in a wildcliffhanger complete with drama, last-

minute goals and controversial calls.Claremont was certainly the favorite, coming off anearly perfect season and playing at home. But they al-most lost, pulling the 3-2 victory out of thin air in suddendeath overtime.

It looked like it was going to be a long night for theHighlanders, as they had to fend off repeated threats fromClaremont’s top scorers. After several good saves by Up-land’s goalkeeper, Claremont senior Justin Munevarpassed to midfielder Nick Loeffler on the right side, eas-ily beating the keeper for the first goal of the game at19:09 in the first half.

Several more opportunities for both teams led nowhereand the score remained 1-0 at the half. But the game gotwild the second half.

At 43 minutes of play, the Pack was called for a push-ing penalty directly in front of their own net, giving the

Highlanders a free kick with only goalkeeper Kyle DelCampo to defend. Upland’s number 14 easily flicked itpast Del Campo and the game was tied.

This was also the point when the momentum shiftedfrom Claremont to Upland. The Highlanders were incontrol of the ball and kept the pressure on, clearly tast-ing an upset.

Then at 50:30 lightning struck again when, followinga corner kick, the referee called a hand ball on Claremontright in front of the Pack’s net, giving the Highlandersyet another free shot. This time, however, Del Campodeflected it and the ball hit the post, bouncing back intoplay. Upland successfully scored on a second opportu-nity but it was called back because the same player whotook the free kick also scored the goal.

The match looked like it was going into overtimewhen, at 68:38, Upland’s number 6 got what should have

been the game-winning goal.With only a handful of minutes left to keep their sea-

son alive, the Pack became desperate and began to playpoorly. Coach Fred Bruce-Oliver repeatedly shouted tohis team to pass the ball, but to no avail. Then as timewas almost gone, a miracle kept them alive.

With only a few seconds left, Munevar got a goldenopportunity. After attempting to head the ball over thedefenders, he got it back and, as he put it later, “Let theball do the rest.” Unbelievably for everyone on the fieldhe succeeded, and the game went into overtime.

It was really Munevar’s night to shine when after onlya couple of minutes in the first sudden-death overtimeperiod, senior Steven Mancia got a nice pass over the de-fenders to Munevar, who controlled the ball with his rightfoot and then tapped it in with his left and it was gameover.

Exiting the field, Del Campo asked, “What just hap-pened?” which summed up most everyone’s thoughts.

“It’s all kind of a blur,” said Munevar from the team’sbench just after the game. “This was one of the mostemotional games of my life.”

Munevar attended Upland as a sophomore and knowsmost of the players, making the game somewhat per-sonal. “I went for it with all my strength,” he said. “I hadto win over my former teammates.”

Bruce-Oliver was clearly annoyed by the penalties,particularly the two that were called directly in front of Claremont’s net. “Calling a penalty in a playoff game asimportant as this, it has to be legit,” he said.

He was also a bit disappointed with his team’s per-formance. “They got behind 2-1 and started thinking ‘weare going to lose’ rather than focusing on the game.”

“We will take the win but need to play better, that is for

sure,” he said.The Pack followed up with an equally exciting game

on Wednesday in the second round of the CIF Tournment against Ontario High School at Colony High.

In similar fashion to the Upland match, the Pack tiethe game in stoppage time. The game then went into tw10-minute overtime periods but remained tied 1-1, rsulting in penalty kicks to determine a winner, accoring to CHS Principal Brett O’Connor.

CHS goalie Del Campo blocked two penalty kicks anDigby Strogen scored the final penalty kick, givinClaremont the victory. “The Pack fans were out in forcfor this road game,” said Mr. O’Connor.

The Pack will play Pasadena High School at Clarmont High School on Friday night at 5 p.m. in a quartefinal match.

—Steven [email protected]


CHS boys soccer advances in CIF with nail-biting win

COURIER photo/Steven FelschundneffCoach Fred Bruce-Oliver speaks with his team duringthe halftime break during the Pack’s first-round CIFplayoff game in Claremont.


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Joe Lyons works for equal access, civility in politics

The Indian philosopher Chanakyasaid, “The one excellent thing thatcan be learned from a lion is that

whatever a man intends doing should bedone with a whole-hearted and strenuous ef-

fort.”For Councilman Joe Lyons, who is about to wrap uphis one year of service as the mayor of the city, this sen-timent couldn’t be more true.

Mr. Lyons has whole-heartedly worked to diminish so-cial inequalities in the community and strenuously led thecharge in acquiring the Claremont water system. His ac-tivism and passion began years before he ever thought of running for office.

“The turning point in my life was when my folksmoved from Boston to San Diego during my junior yearof high school. We went through the South during thebuildup to the major anti-segregation movement, and I re-member being taken aback by the fact that the things youread about—Blacks Only, Whites Only—they were real,”Mr. Lyons said. “They weren’t just pictures in newspa-pers anymore. I saw it firsthand and said, ‘This just isn’t

right!’ I think that was a seminal moment in my life to be-gin doing something.”

Born in Fresno, the self-proclaimed hippie was the sec-ond of five sons raised in the suburbs of Boston, Massa-chusetts. From there. he crisscrossed the country back toCalifornia and settled in San Diego with his parents andsiblings. After graduating from high school, Mr. Lyonswent on to earn his bachelor’s and Master of Science de-grees in microbiology from San Diego State University.He worked in medical research at UC San Diego Schoolof Medicine from 1973 until accepting a position to helpestablish an Infectious Disease Research Laboratory at theCity of Hope National Medical Center in 1983.

“It was a tremendous experience—the opportunity of a lifetime,” he says of working with the City of Hope.

With a family of his own, Mr. Lyons began life in SanDimas, where the patriarch was active in youth sports and

activities in which his four boys participated.Following his divorce, he found love once again aftermeeting his beloved life partner of nearly 20 years,Sharyn Webb. Both had worked at the City of Hope but

never met until Mr. Lyons joined Toastmasters in prepa-ration for his first oral presentation of a scientific paper.

“That was the first time I actually met her personally,after being on the phone with her on numerous occa-sions,” he said with a smile. “We keep kidding today thatI was the ‘uh’ champion at Toastmasters. I had it in all of its variations, which has since improved. I really didn’tovercome the angst about speaking in public until I ran

for public office.”The couple moved to Claremont in 2000.After an unsuccessful run for California State Assem-

bly in 2008, followed by retirement in 2009, Mr. Lyonsdedicated his time to two organizations dear to his heart:the Inland Valley Recovery Services and the Pomona Val-ley chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Health,both of which he remains active in today.

Then, in November 2010, Linda Elderkin announcedshe would not seek re-election to Claremont’s citycouncil.

“At that time there were only two or three declared candidates and none of them had Linda’s perspective on cvility and governance, sustainability and heritage that winherit as council members,” says the 69-year-ol“Sharyn had asked me if I’d given it any thought andsaid, ‘If no one else gets in there, I will.’”

Mr. Lyons won that election and began his first term

in March 2011. As he looks back, he’s most proud of hcommittment to promises made during his campaign.“Most rewarding to me has been the ability to deal wi

issues that were on our plate when the three of us took ofice: Occupy Claremont and the commitments the coucil made to that body in order to bring closure to thepresence on the steps of city hall,” the councilmember eplains. “Out of that developed an understanding of thneeds of the homeless and then the creation of the Clarmont Homeless Advocacy Program (CHAP). It is in thbacking of people who are willing to do the heavy liftinthat I have my greatest sense of accomplishment. CHAis one area where, just by being persistent and keeping mpromise, I was able to support a success that is nomatched anywhere in the county.”

A defining moment as mayor came in November 201when 72 percent of Claremont voters passed Measure W

allowing the city to finance the acquisition of the local wter system owned by Golden State Water Company.“It was good to be in the position of mayor at th

time,” Mr. Lyons said. “We’ll look back at that as one our major accomplishments, getting the public to thpoint where they could be informed and then make an informed decision on the facts we were able to collect. Athe end of the day, I think everything we were told duing that long, three-year process only convinced me all thmore that it was the best thing for the city to do. I couldn’t have been more pleased with the public’s unheard-level of support.”

As his mayorship concludes and Mr. Lyons begins hsecond term on city council next month, he will continuto look toward the future for both the city and its residenwhile keeping sustainability in mind. Community paticipation in the Georgetown Energy Prize is the next ste

“Any changes we see as necessary have to really bowned by the entire community. Otherwise, there will bpockets of dissent that will push back and make it diffcult to achieve,” Mr. Lyons said. “Sustainability is somthing that everyone can do. Council’s best decision woube to simply get out of the way of that effort—to give aour support and promote it to the extent our resources alow, but to let Sustainable Claremont and the ClaremoEnergy Challenge do that with our complete suppoEverybody can do something today, and then do somthing again to improve it tomorrow.” —Angela Baile

[email protected]

COURIER photo/Steven FelschundneffClaremont Mayor Joe Lyons’ standard for governmentincluding here in Claremont is that it must establish alevel playing field allowing equal access for all citizens.

Girls water polo over-whelmed in first roundof CIF play

Girls water polo lost their first-round CIF playoff game 15-4 against Laguna Hills last Tuesday.

“Moving up from division five to division four wastough, but the Pack played very courageously, holdingLaguna Hills 0-0 for the first five minutes of play,”

Coach Michelle Hernandez said. “Senior goalie Mor-gan Stockham was cheered on by both sides making re-peated saves, including three-point blank shots in rapidsuccession.” Overall, Stockham made 15 blocks, sup-ported by freshman Makenna Moore and sophomoreAlijah Dudart with two steals apiece.

The Pack’s four goals came from freshmen LaurenHoyle and Amber Cui, as well as juniors Laura Schroer-lucke and Elise Birkett.

“We left the game feeling happy overall with our per-formance. We are looking forward to improvement overthe next year and more successes as our relativelyyoung group grows individually and as a team,” saidCoach Hernandez. Two key players who will be grad-uating, Stockham and Samantha Reese, have con-tributed much in and out of the pool.

Girls soccer lost to West Torrance 2-0 in the first

round of playoffs last Wednesday in Torrance. The Packfinished the season with a 13-10-4 and 4-4-2 in league.


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CALENDAR Galleries

Ann Seltzer exhibition on display atBunny Gunner Gallery.

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Friday, February 27 through Saturday, March 7

FISH FRY A traditional fish fry menuis offered by Knights of Columbus Fri-days during Lent, February 27 andMarch 6, 13, 20 and 27, from 5 to 8

p.m. Basic meal is $7 for adults, $5 for children/seniors including fish filet andchoice of cole slaw, fries or macaroni-and-cheese sides. Dessert/drink is $1.Wine or beer is also available. Proceeds

benefit the charitable works of theKnights, including a medical missionto Haiti. Our Lady of the AssumptionChurch, 435 Berkeley Ave., Claremont.(909) 626-3596.

DESIGN DETAILS “Plant Pairings:Some things just go well together!” Anillustrated discussion of color and tex-ture pairings for designs striking or soothing, traditional or contemporary.Held at Grow Native Nursery. RanchoSanta Ana Botanic Garden, 1500 N.College Ave., Claremont. Free. RSVPto (909) 625-8767. Visit rsabg.org.

BLOOD DRIVE The need is constant.The gratification is instant. Give blood.Log onto the Red Cross website and usesponsor code “tbip” to register. TempleBeth Israel, 3033 N. Towne Ave.,Pomona. (909) 626-1277.BIRD WALK Bring binoculars if you have them and join Pomona Val-ley Audubon Society on guided birdwatching walks. RSVP requested. 8a.m. Free. Rancho Santa Ana BotanicGarden, 1500 N. College Ave., Clare-mont. (909) 625-8767.VILLAGE WALKING TOUR Tour the unique downtown Village area of Claremont with a Claremont Heritageguide. The walking tour includes his-

toric Victorian, College and commercial buildings as well as the restored CollegeHeights Lemon Packing House. Meet atthe Claremont Depot, 200 W. First St.,Claremont Walking tour is two hourslong. 10 a.m. $5 per person. Advancereservations requested. Ages 9 and over.(909) 621-0848.PURIM CARNIVAL Annual PurimCarnival. Come for food, fun, games and

prizes at this festive celebration of Purim.11 a.m. Temple Beth Israel, 3033 N.Towne Ave., Claremont. (909) 626-1277.

ROBBINS LECTURE SERIES2009 Nobel Prize recipient Jack W.Szostak presents “The Origins of Cel-lular Life.” Seaver North Auditorium,645 N. College Ave., Claremont.(909) 621-8448.SUSTAINABILITY DIALOG “Work-ing Towards Food Security in Clare-mont.” Learn and discuss a variety of topics related to our food system includ-ing access, environmental impact andschool nutrition policy, and what’s hap-

pening in the city of Claremont to addressthem. Pomona student and coordinator of Vista Elementary School’s Gourmet Gar-den after-school cooking club NathalieFolkerts and Pomona College’s Organic

Farm Manager Nai de Gracia will pair upto present on their work in food accessand security. 7 p.m. Hahn Building,Pomona College, Room 101, 420 N. Har-vard Ave., Claremont. (909) 624-5823.

GENEALOGY The University Club.11:30 a.m. $13 includes buffet lunch.Hughes Community Center, 1700Danbury Rd., Claremont.

COMPUTER CLUB Meetings begiat 7:30 p.m., with “social time” at

p.m. Newcomers are welcome. Clarmont Senior Computer Club. HugheCommunity Center, 1700 DanburRd., Claremont. (909) 399-5488.

MEDITATION Merkaba meditatiois a powerful meditation techniquthat can greatly benefit our healin

powers as well as connect us with ouhigher self and spirit connection. Thgroup will be doing an 18-breatmeditation. 6:30 to 8 p.m. $15. Buddhamouse Emporium, 134 Yale AveClaremont. (626) 343-3852.LECTURE Noah Feldman presen“The Geopolitics of the Middle Eas

Challenges, Risks and Prospects.” 6:4 p.m. Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum385 E. Eighth St., Claremont.

REMBRANDT CLUB “The Amercan Art Glass Movement: Then an

Now” by John Littleton and KatVogel. Tea follows at Seaver House

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NightlifeClaremont Community Foundatioannounces Party Parade events.

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1:30 p.m. Lyman Hall in the Thatcher Music Building, 340 N. College Ave.,Claremont. (909) 981-7245.BIRD IDENTIFICATION PomonaValley Audubon Society monthly meet-ing focusing on research with local south-ern California birds by college students.Open to the public, free of charge. 7 p.m.

Alexander Hughes Center’s PaduaRoom, 1700 Danbury Rd., Claremont.

WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP CON-FERENCE The Claremont Chamber of Commerce hosts its first Women’sLeadership Conference presented byClaremont Lincoln University. Enjoy aday of motivation, inspiration and fun.The keynote speaker is Lori Giovan-noni. $100 per person (includes conti-nental breakfast and lunch). Register online at claremontchamber.org or call

(909) 624-1681. For ages 21 and over.DoubleTree by Hilton, 555 W. FoothillBlvd., Claremont.

HATS OFF TO READING Dr. Seuss’s birthday, March 2, has become an annualcelebration of reading among millions of students, parents, educators and con-sumers nationwide. To celebrate, TheHuntley Bookstore of the Claremont

Colleges will be hosting a communityevent that features a reading of some of Dr. Seuss’s most beloved stories, includ-ing Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, The Catin the Hat, and Green Eggs and Ham.There will also be activities and a prizegiveaway. 1 p.m. 175 E. Eighth St.,Claremont. (909) 607-1502.

SUSTAINABLE GARDEN DE-SIGN “Soil, Water, & Sun.” Thisworkshop will cover site analysis anddesign principles toward creating aflourishing garden and caring for your soil and water. Participants will havehomework (optional but strongly rec-ommended) to complete on their own

after class. Limited to 30 participantPlease bring a sack lunch. Based othe Landscape for Life curriculumFor ages 15 and over. 10 a.m. Admision is $36 for RSABG members o$45 for the general public. RanchSanta Ana Botanic Garden, 1500 NCollege Ave., Claremont.


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COURIER photo/Peter Weinberge

Claremont's winter storm earlier this week brought more precipitation than was originally forecast. This included pockets oheavy rain that roamed through the Claremont area. Even with the snow melting quickly, the storm brought over a foot of thwhite stuff to higher elevations and an inch of rain to the Southland. Starting Saturday, the area is due for yet another growinstorm that will last into Monday. High temperatures will be in the mid-50s, with lows in the 40s. Cooler weather in the Southlanwill remain for the remainder of the week, with highs in the 60s and lows in the 40s.


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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 accessand to drop off patrons at Bridges Audi-

torium, drive north on Columbia Avenuefrom First to Fourth streets. —Saturday, February 28: Hannibal Bu-ress, the 2012 winner of Comedy Cen-tral’s award for Best Club Comic, has

been lauded by Rolling Stone, Entertain-ment Weekly, Esquire and Variety for hisstage presence and wit. In addition to co-hostingThe Eric Andre Show on AdultSwim, he has released two one-hour spe-cials, regularly appears on Broad Cityand Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell,has guest-starred on The Mindy Projectand appeared in the film Neighborsalongside Seth Rogen and Zac Efron. Asa stand-up comedian, he’s been consis-tently featured throughout the late-night

circuit, including The Late Show withDavid Letterman, Late Night withJimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel Liveand the Late Late Show with CraigFerguson. Tickets are $29. 8 p.m. —Saturday, March 28: Hosted by theThe Afterschool Specials from the Clare-

mont Colleges, two a cappella groups outof Arizona State University and The Af-terschool Specials from the ClaremontColleges will perform. The Varsity VocalsInternational Championship of A Cap-

pella is the only international tournamentthat showcases the art of student a cap-

pella singing. If you thought the moviePitch Perfect was “aca-awesome,”here's an event that you’ll definitely

find “aca-mazing.” The Western Semi-final of the International Championshipof Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) is tak-ing place, for the second year atBridges Auditorium. This family-friendly event will feature the top two

placing groups from each of five West-ern Quarterfinal events. They willcompete for first-place and to continueon to the International Finals in NewYork. For more information, visit var-sityvocals.com. Tickets are $29. —Thursday, April 2:Malian singer-song-writer Fatoumata Diawara has created aunique modern folk sound based aroundthe traditional Wassoulou music of WestAfrica as well as jazz and blues. Ms. Di-awara’s powerful material is drawn fromher own history and voices the spectrumof the contemporary African experience.The dulcet tones of her voice and guitar have won her accolades and many fa-mous fans including Damon Albarn,Herbie Hancock and Led Zeppelin’s John

Paul Jones. In addition to touring theworld, Ms. Diwara has performed at theGlastonbury festival in Scotland andshared the stage with Paul McCartney for the 2012 African Express finale concert.Free for all faculty, staff and students of the Claremont Colleges. A ticket is re-quired for entry; pick one up at the boxoffice. $14 for the general public.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 andSunday matinees: lunch at 11 a.m., per-

formance at 12:45 p.m. (909) 626-125ext.1 or candlelightpavilion.com. —February 27 through April 4:scheming producer and his mousy accountant aim to produce the biggest floon Broadway in Mel Brooks’ laugh-ouloud spectacle. Max Bialystock, a downon-his-luck Broadway producer, and hmild-mannered accountant, Leo Bloomcome up with a scheme to produce th

most notorious flop in history, thereb bilking their backers (all “little oladies”) out of millions of dollars. At thcore of the insanely funny adventure is

poignant emotional journey of two vedifferent men who become friends. I2001, The Producers was the winner 12 Tony Awards, the most in Broadwahistory. With a truly hysterical book cwritten by Mel Brooks and ThomaMeehan and music and lyrics by MBrooks, The Producers skewers Broadway traditions and takes no prisoners ait proudly proclaims itself an “equal op

portunity offender!” Contains adult language and suggestive humor.CLAREMONT HIGH SCHOODON F. FRUECHTE THEATRFOR THE PERFORMING ARTS1601 N. Indian Hill Blvd., ClaremonCHSTheatre.CUSD.Claremont.ed(909) 624-9053, ext. 30463. —February 26 through 28: WilliamGibson’s The Miracle Worker, thtrue-life story of Helen Keller, a blindeaf and mute child who—frustrate

by her inability to communicate anspoiled by her parents—has becomewild, angry, tantrum-throwing chilWhen a young woman named AnnSullivan is hired as Helen’s governeand teacher, teacher and child are boin for an epic battle of wills. The resu

is no less than miraculous. 7:30 p.m$10 admission or $9 presale.


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COURIER photo/Steven FelschundneffAnne Sullivan, played by Madison Dahm,attempts to teach some table manners to

Helen Keller, Sophie Willard-Van Sistine,during rehearsal of “The Miracle Worker”recently at Claremont High School.


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Local artist Anne Seltzer is presenting “Table Man-ners,” an exhibit of new

paintings, beginning Friday,March 6 at Bunny Gunner

Gallery, located at 254 W. BonitaAve. in Claremont.

In honor of Ms. Seltzer’s 60th birth-day, the show features 60 vignette

paintings of cups, mugs and utensils.“Some of these are well-behaved, but

some have found their way into playful positions,” she notes. “Cups might dis-member their handles or turn on their side. Spoons might chase glasses downthe side of the table and onto the floor.Forks might stand upright and balancea plate on their sharpened tines. Andeven the tables turn on their backs, towave their spindly legs in the air, invit-ing frisky bowls or platters to hop up to

be juggled mercilessly in the air.”Ms. Seltzer is adept at vibrant still

lifes, among other paintings, and saysshe loves the functional forms of din-nerware. But although she grew up ina household that placed a high value ongood table manners, she is aware of afew mealtime deficits.

“I know to sit and place my napkinon my lap, to wait until everyone is

served before I begin, and I know noto scoot food around on the plate,” shsaid. “But the part about where to placthe glass for water or which fork is fosalad—well, that I don’t know.”

It’s not that she wasn’t instructed ithese niceties. The lessons just never took

“It is as if each piece has a mind o

its own with me, and no order whatsoever makes sense,” she said. In her latest show, however, she has done he

best to reconcile the cheerful chaos.“Table Manners” is on view throug

March 31. An opening reception will bheld in c

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