Your Local News Source Since 1963 SERVING LIVERMORE • PLEASANTON • SUNOL THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2008VOLUME XLV, NUMBER 15

Anne Homan .......................9

Art & Entertainment............10

Bulletin Board......................8

Classifieds...........................11

Editorial.................................4

Mailbox...................................5

Roundup..................................3

Short Notes.............................5

Sports......................................6

Obituaries................................8

Open Homes..........................12

Photo - Doug Jorgensen

Students take part in the rally for education at Smith School in Livermore.

Inside

Aron Price became the fourthAustralian to win on the Nation-wide Tour in 2008, taking thetitle in the Livermore Wine Coun-try Championship.

The winner's check for$108,000 bumped Price to fourthon the money list with $124,893.

Price was a runner-up in the2007 event held at The CourseWente Vineyards. Price, 25, a na-tive of Sydney, Australia, claimedhis first Nationwide Tour victoryat the expense of J.J. Killeen, whoslept on the lead for three nightsbut lost when he tugged a parputt on the second playoff lateon a cool and windy afternoon.

Price started the final roundfour shots behind Killeen. He waspositive he had let the tourna-ment slip away as he missed shortbirdie putts on the fifth, ninth,10th and 11th. Price was three

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TournamentGoes Into Playoff

Aron Price putts for par.

(See GOLF, page 2)

Photo - Doug Jorgensen

The basement and foundation were all that was left where the Victorian home once stood.

The California IndependentFilm Festival kicks off a five-dayrun onWednesday, April 16thwith an Opening Night VIP Re-ception at Movida followed by ascreening of “On the Edge ofBlack & White,” a documentaryby Pleasanton filmmaker SeanLaskey. It is about the transitionfrom black and white to colortelevision at the Bankhead The-ater. The film’s actors Tony Dowand Ken Osmond (“Leave It ToBeaver”), Jon Provost (“Lassie”),and Marta Kristen (“Lost inSpace”), are scheduled to attend.

Wednesday night also fea-tures a Spirit Award tribute to ac-tor/comedian Pauly Shore, whowill be in attendance to accepthis award. Shore has starred inseveral Blockbuster films includ-ing “Encino Man,” “Son-in-Law,” “In the Army Now.” “JuryDuty,” and “Bio-Dome”. In 2005,

Film FestivalOpens April 16

(See FILM FESTIVAL, page 2)

The Greenbelt Alliance is cel-ebrating its 50th anniversary thisyear.

Formerly known as People forOpen Space, the San Franciscobased organization has aided Tri-Valley environmentalists in theirstruggles against suburbansprawl.

“They’ve been very support-ive all the way through,” saidLivermore activist RobertBaltzer.

“From Measure D (which es-tablished the North Livermoreurban growth boundary) to ourpresent fight against the pro-posed cemetery in North Liver-more, they’ve been a steady andeffective ally.

“Simply put, they’ve gone tobat for us — and still DO,” ex-claimed Baltzer.

The organizatiion was born in1958 when a small group of vol-unteers gathered in the San Fran-cisco livingroom of DorothyErskine (who four years laterwould help found Save the Bay).They were concerned about athreat to the San Pablo Reservoirwatershed. Some 10 square milesof watershed lands were to besold for development. Erskineand her little band of activistswon that issue and went on tojoin the greater debate about

The GreenbeltAlliance Turns 50

(See GREENBELT, page 2)

By Ron McNicollThe Valley’s community col-

lege district is ready to add onemore concept to “smart growth”— the transit-oriented commutercollege.

Although students do takepublic transit to college campuses,the Chabot-Las Positas Commu-nity College District is thinkingabout bringing college classes toBART by leasing space near theplanned West Dublin BART sta-tion, and also the existing UnionCity BART station.

The basic concept is to make iteasier for people, especially thoseworking during the day and tak-

Colleges Get Smart (Growth): Schools By BARTing BART to work, to take a classor two.

There is no timeline for ac-quiring leased space, said col-lege district spokeswoman Jen-nifer Aries. The district is call-ing the concept “educationalhubs.” With the heavy trafficcongestion on freeways in thecollege district, the hubs willoffer time-saving conveniencefor those who want to enroll,said Aries. Ideally, the leasedclassroom space would be ablock or two away from the sta-tions, she said.

The educational hub is oneof the ways that the college dis-

trict is going green, by helpingreduce auto emissions on free-ways, said Aries. Another greenaction being planned is additionof solar panels in the parking lotsat Las Positas College andChabot College.

The solar panels would beplaced on top of carport-styleroofs over parking spaces. Thesolar plan is a big commitment,totaling $22 million. However,in the long run it would reduce25 percent of the college’s totalelectricity needs, after it hooksup to the state power grid.

Assemblywoman MaryHayashi, whose 18th Assembly

District includes the college dis-trict, is carrying a bill to extend adeadline for school districts toget onto the power grid and real-ize savings. Currently, the plan-ning and construction period is12 months, with a six-month ex-tension available for the connec-tion to the power grid.

However, school districts havemany regulations from the state,including state architectural re-view and other oversight, so thecollege district would like to seean extension period longer thansix months. Hayashi’s office saidno specific time extension hasbeen inserted in the bill yet. The

bill, AB 2804, passed in the As-sembly utilities and commercecommittee April 7. It goes to theappropriations committee next.The bill would help K-12 dis-tricts, too.

GREEN-TECH COLLEGECENTER PROPOSED

Another Hayashi bill couldwind up benefiting the district,too. AB 2006 would create the“Center for Innovation for GreenTechnology” at a Bay Area com-munity college. Chabot-Las Posi-tas is not named in the bill. Thedesignation of a campus wouldbe up to the state chancellor’s

(See GREEN, page 4)

By Patricia KoningAt a rally at Smith Elementary

School on Friday, state SenatePresident Pro Tem Don Perata (D-Oakland) didn’t mince wordswhen it comes to GovernorSchwarzenegger’s proposed bud-get cuts to education.

“The Democrats in Sacramento

won’t leave Sacramento as longas there is one education cut onthe line. For years we have beeninching towards this day. We’vebeen borrowing and cooking thebooks for too long,” he said.

Perata, a former school-teacher, was joined by fellowstate Senators Tom Torlakson

(D-Concord) and Ellen Corbett(D-San Leandro). Torlaksonworked as a science teacher be-fore entering politics. Corbett’sbackground includes teaching atthe community college level.

At issue is the proposed $4.8billion cut from the K-12 educa-

Lawmakers Urge Grass Roots To Fight On Education CutsLIVERMORE

Three state legislators whorepresent Pleasanton joined localPTA officials and union leadersto urge a crowd of about 100people, including teachers andmoms and dads with children intow, to put political pressure onthe Legislature and governor torestore proposed education cuts.

The rally late in the afternoonApril 4 in front of Amador Valley

PLEASANTONHigh School was called by thePTA to focus a political drive onrestoring Gov. ArnoldSchwarzenegger’s proposededucation budget cuts. Speakersemphasized the hurtful impacton educational quality thatwould result if the Legislaturewere to adopt the budget as pro-posed.

Sen. Ellen Corbett (D-San

Leandro), who attended a simi-lar Livermore rally that morning,said that on both occasions she“heard pain in parents’ voicesfrom what this governor has pro-posed.” The heartbreak is thatsome children will be left behindbecause of the cuts. She urgedthe crowd to use their statewidecontacts to drum up support for

(See LIVERMORE, page 14)

(See PLEASANTON, page 14)

The large white Victorianhome on Tesla Road was movedMonday to a new location atConcannon Vineyard.

The house will be locatednear the other historic buildingson the site.

It will take on a new role as aguest house and a theater.

Jim Ryan of Concannon saidplans are to use the building as aprivate guest house for out-of-

Supporters of the referendumaimed at overturning the OakGrove devleopment are nowmoving forward with the initia-tive aimed at preventing devel-opment on the hillsides of Pleas-anton.

If approved by voters, theSave Pleasanton's Hills & Hous-ing Cap initiative would pro-hibit grading on slopes of 25percent or greater, or within 100vertical feet of a ridgeline.

The signature gathering forthe initiative had been put onhold, while the referendum effortwas completed.

Kay Ayala, one of the orga-nizers, said that they haveenough signatures to turn in theinitiative now. However, theywant to spend one more week-end at the Farmers Market col-lecting signatures. The petitionwould then be turned into thecity clerk. Ayala commented,“The initiative would take care

Pleasanton HillsideInitiative Nearly Ready

of future developments similarto Oak Grove.”

In the meantime, Ayala ismoving forward with an appealof the court’s decision overturn-ing the referendum. “We willmove as strongly as before withthe appeal to overturn the deci-sion.”

She and others have asked thecity to either support or lead theappeal. They have also contactedgroups such as the Sierra Cluband the American Civil LibertiesUnion to gain their support.

In late March, Superior CourtJudge Frank Roesch ruled thatportions of the development planfor the project should have beenincluded as part of the ordinancebeing circulated by referendumsupporters when gathering sig-natures, nullifying the signa-tures.

Representatives of those sup-porting the appeal attended last

(See INITIATIVE, page 4)

By Ron McNicollA forum sparked by Sen.

Barak Obama’s speech March 18on race relations came up withsome soul-searching commentsat the First Presbyterian Churchin Livermore last week.

Most of the 53 people in theaudience were members of thechurch congregation. Their com-ments were not just about racismin the nation, but also about thehistory of racism in Livermore,and a look at their owncongregation’s overwhelminglywhite color.

A comment from one man nearthe end of the meeting put it best:“I am stunned that we are in a

Church Forum Explores LocalImplications of Obama’s Talk On Race

white, white church. I don’t knowwhat to do about it, but it isn’tright.”

That man received an answerfrom a woman who said thechurch should organize a groupto visit services at Livermore’sonly black church, St. Matthew’sMissionary Baptist Church. “Andnot just (visit) a black church, butAsian and Latino, too,” she said.

Further, inviting St. Matthew’scongregation members to wor-ship at First Presbyterian, andasking the churches’ choirs tosing together also seemed to bein order, said the woman. Shesuggested talking about taking

(See RACE, page 4)

town Concannon distributors andsales personnel.

The porch will be used as astage. Ryan said that the housewill be placed at an angle so thatthe middle of the porch will becenter stage.

Shakespeare’s Associates willstage a summer production. Thisyear, Twelfth Night or what youwill by William Shakespeare willplay in repertory with. The

Compleat Works of Wllm Shkspr(abridged). Performances are July10 to August 2.

It is the second and final movefor the house, which was origi-nally located on 4th Street indowntown Livermore. Report-edly, the most recent move wasto protect the house from furthervandalism.

In 2005 the Madden familypurchased it with the idea of turn-ing into a bed and breakfast.

Victorian Landmark Will Have New Role, New Location

By Patricia KoningRecent news about energy

costs seems to repeat the samestory—it’s getting more expen-sive. Crude oil is over $100 perbarrel and experts are predicting$4 per gallon gas this summer. TheLivermore Valley Joint UnifiedSchool District bucked this trend,reporting a $350,000 reductionin energy costs at the April 1School Board meeting.

“This is great news, becausewe’ve saved a considerableamount of money,” said directorof finance Susan Kinder. “Eventhough prices have gone up, wearen’t paying as much.”

Over the past few years, theDistrict’s energy costs have beensteadily rising by 7-10% eachyear. This year, however, the Dis-trict is reporting a drop of about12%.

One reason for the decrease isthe School Project for Utility RateReduction (SPURR), which theDistrict joined in March 2007.Through SPURR, thousands ofschools and other public agencyfacilities are able to purchaseutilities in mass quantities atlower rates.

The decrease is also due to

Going Green Lowers SchoolDistrict Energy Costs By $350,000

building modernizations thatenable more efficient energy us-age. “We’ve designed new build-ings with utilities in mind,” saysWilson. “We’re aiming for a di-verse energy portfolio, so whenthere is an increase in one area—natural gas, for example—theoverall impact is less.”

An energy management sys-tem controls HVAC units, so thatthey go on and off at set times.Where possible, lights are onmotion detectors. Renovationsand new buildings have doublepaned windows. Wilson sayssignificant savings has been re-alized using automated irriga-tion systems, reducing theamount of water used and mak-ing sure that sprinklers come onat appropriate times.

The facilities departmentnow recycles anything that itcan, resulting in cost savings anda reduced environmental im-pact. For example, demolishedportable buildings no longer goto landfill. After about 20 years,portable structures are no longerusable as classrooms due to thehigh cost of repairs, but they canbe repurposed for other uses.

(See ENERGY, page 3)

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down at the time. He glanced at aleader board after a birdie on thepar-5 15th and, much to hisamazement, he had the lead.

Price could have won theevent in regulation, but he bo-geyed the 18th while Killeenmade a par after driving into ahazard.

Each player made lengthytwo-putts for par on the first play-off hole.

Price played the NationwideTour in 2006 and 2007, makingenough each season to maintain

Photo - Doug JorgensenJoe Michell School raised $1200 in its recent penny drive. Lastweek, they donated the money to Korrine Croghan (on thestage), a local youth undergoing chemotherapy for cancer.

his playing privileges. But hedecided to skip the PGA TOURQualifying School in 2007 inorder to work on swing changeswith his coach Gary Barter. "Ithink I had gone backward by 20-30 percent,'' he said. "Gary toldme we could work on stuff thatwould get me to the PGA TOURafter the 2008 season.''

Another victory would do it.However, now Price has his eyeon a bigger prize, an immediateperformance promotion thatcomes with three NationwideTour wins in a season.

GOLF(continued from page one)

he produced the successful inde-pendent film “Pauly Shore isDead.” He is currently in post-production in his next indepen-dent film “Adopted."

Tickets for the VIP Reception,Spirit Award Tribute and screen-ing are $30; tickets for the screen-ing and Spirit Award Tribute onlyare $15. Tickets to both eventsmay be purchased through theBankhead Theater’s box officeby calling (925) 373-6800.

Thursday’s events include an“Iron Filmmaker” Contest, wherefilmmakers of all ages and expe-riences are invited to join a 24-hour contest to make a 3-minutefilm featuring Livermore Valley.Movies will be screened andprizes awarded Friday, April 18that the Wente Vineyards EventCenter. Also happening that dayis a Celebrity Poker Tournamentat the Lucky Buck Card Club,where a $250 buy-in lets playerstry their luck at one of ten topcash prizes.

Thursday evening features aspecial VIP Reception andGolden Slate Director Tribute toPenny Marshall at the BankheadTheater. Ms. Marshall will bejoined by her friend and televi-sion commentator John Maddenfor an Actors’ Studio-style dis-cussion followed by the screen-ing of the festival’s four SlateAward Nominees for Best ShortFilm.

Tickets for the VIP Reception,discussion and screening are $30;discussion and screening-onlytickets are $15. Tickets for bothevents may be purchased throughthe Bankhead Theater’s box of-fice by calling (925) 373-6800.

Up-and-coming producerMichael Cerenzie will be hon-ored Friday evening with thefestival’s Maverick Award. It willbe presented at the Vine Cinema.His acclaimed film, “Before TheDevil Knows You’re Dead,” star-ring Philip Seymour Hoffman,

Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, andMarissa Tomei, will be screened.A tribute and Q&A with the pro-ducer precedes the screening.

Saturday kicks off with semi-nars and all-day screenings offestival shorts, features, mini-shorts, documentaries and musicvideos at the Vine and LivermoreCinemas. The evening beginswith a screening of the kids’ fea-ture “Alice Upside Down,” star-ring Alison Stoner, Lucas Gabriel,and Luke Perry at the Vine Cin-ema.

The evening continues with aVIP Reception at Tri-ValleyBank for actor/director MaryStuart Masterson, followed by apresentation of the festival’s Dia-mond Award to Masterson cel-ebrating women’s excellence infilm. A screening of her indepen-dent feature directorial debut,“The Cake Eaters,” and a Q&A atthe Vine Cinema follows. Theevening concludes with a Film-maker Party hosted by Movida.

Screenings and seminars con-tinue Sunday at the Vine and Liv-ermore Cinemas. The festivalconcludes at a VIP Receptionand Gala Night Tribute of a Life-time Achievement Award at Rob-ert Livermore Community Cen-ter honoring 13-time AcademyAward-winning producer JohnDaly. Daly’s wins include unprec-edented back-to-back “Best Pic-ture” Oscars® for “Platoon” and“The Last Emperor.” Sundaynight’s festivities also include theSlate Awards honoring thefestival’s best actors, films anddirector.

The 10th Annual CaliforniaIndependent Film Festival issponsored by The Independent,Tri-Valley Bank, Senior Solu-tions, Lucky Buck Card Club,Carl’s Jr., Comcast, Diablo maga-zine, and Livermore Printers. Fortickets and more informationvisit the festival’s web site atwww.CaIndieFilmFest.org

FILM FESTIVAL(continued from page one)

how the Bay Area should grow.Today the Greenbelt Alliance

has a main office on HowardStreet in San Francisco andbranch offices in Walnut Creek,San Jose, Fairfield and SantaRosa.

The Walnut Creek officewatchdogs East Bay issues. Theirmain focus at present is the reuseplan of the Concord Naval Weap-ons Station and Pittsburg hillsidedevelopment.

Locally, the group has beenmost active in the victoriousstruggles to preserve PleasantonRidge and prevent urbanizationof North Livermore.

They don’t always say “no”to development. The GreenbeltAlliance has become an advocateof “smart growth,” promoting al-ternatives to sprawl type growth.

The group points out they’veendorsed the creation of 60,000homes around the Bay Area.They support affordable housingand high-density housing lo-cated close to public transit, jobs

and shopping. Proposed housingat Pleasanton’s Hacienda Busi-ness Park has the GreenbeltAlliance’s support.

“Today, climate change posesone of humanity’s greatest chal-lenges — and it is becoming everclearer that the way our citiesgrow will have a profound effecton our climate,” said ElizabethStampe, Greenbelt Alliance’scommunications director.

“The Bay Area has a chanceto show the nation how to takeup the challenge, by guiding newdevelopment into our existingcities and by taking a coordi-nated and strategic approach toconserving the region’s naturallandscapes,” Stampe said.

A party to celebrate the 50thanniversary is scheduled forWednesday, September 10 atHerbst Exhibition Hall in FortMason, San Francisco. The pub-lic is invited.

“Let’s raise a glass to every-thing we love about the Bay Area— from its open spaces to its vi-brant places!” invites Stampe.

GREENBELT(continued from page one)

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Fire Damages HomeThe Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department

responded to a two-alarm structure fire this morn-ing, April 7, 2008, at 5173 Greentree Court inPleasanton. The structure is a single story home.The husband had evacuated his wife and twosons to safety.

One minor Firefighter injury occurred.The dryer located in the garage is suspected

of being the cause of the fire. Further investiga-tions are pending. The fire was contained to thegarage and attic with heavy heat and smoke dam-age estimated to be approximately $375,000.

Buildings Okay to MoveThe Pleasanton City Council endorsed a plan

by the City of Dublin to relocate structures onthe former Kolb Ranch to the Dublin HistoricPark.

Dublin recently adopted the Historic ParkMaster Plan, which involves creating a park onthe site of the former Dublin Square ShoppingCenter, adjacent to the Pioneer Cemetery.

The original Kolb Ranch spanned both cit-ies. Dublin would like to move the home andfarm structures form the site on Dublin CanyonRoad in Pleasanton. The Pleasanton property iszoned for residential development. There wereno plans to save the structures.

Mayor Jennifer Hosterman commented, “It’sa great opportunity to recognize the history andheritage of this family.”

The concession stands at theLivermore and Granada HighSchool football fields are oldportables, as is the weight roomat Livermore High School.

The District purchases onlyrecycled base rock and asphalt,and stockpiles such materialsfrom its own demolition projects.The baseball field stands atGranada were created for the pur-pose of diverting chunks of con-crete, asphalt, and other materi-als that were removed from theold student quad.

The football fields at bothGranada and Livermore are greatexamples of creative recycling.The turf is made from recycledtires and the grass from plasticbags. The two fields do not re-quire any chemical fertilizers,weed abatement chemicals, wa-ter, or motorized maintenanceequipment.

The “recycle-turf” fields costabout $1 million each, more thantwice the cost of a traditionalgrass field, which runs about$400,000. Wilson expects theinvestment to pay off quickly. Hesays the District realized almosta full time equivalent (FTE)worth of savings during footballseason alone.

Soils that are removed fromsites are now stockpiled for fu-ture use, usually at the Inman site.“In the past we’d pay to have dirtremoved, and then later purchasenew dirt, sometimes for the samesite,” says Wilson.

If you’ve noticed the dirt pilesat Livermore High School, that’sconservation at work. That soilwill be used in the new farmbuilding, on which work willbegin this fall. That farm build-ing is slated to become the firstLEED (Leadership in Energy andEnvironmental Design) buildingin the State of California.

LEED is a third-party certifi-cation program and nationallyaccepted benchmark for the de-sign, construction, and opera-tion of high performance greenbuildings. Features of the newfacility are cisterns to recyclewater, geothermal heating andcooling, solar panels, and a plantmaterial roof on one building.

“We are very aggressiveabout reducing our carbon foot-print,” says Wilson. “We arechanging our environmentalpolicy and the way we use en-ergy.”

The significant decrease inthe cost of energy seems to be asingle year phenomenon due toSPURR pricing. Since the costof energy has increased,SPURR’s rates will go up. Kinder

says that she is budgeting for a4% increase in the 2008/09school year, which is still lessthan the double-digit increasesof the past.

Trustee Bill Dunlop askedWilson about other ways of con-serving energy, including solarpanels. “Unfortunately, those

don’t come for free,” he re-sponded. “It’s an investment inthe future, but the problem is theDistrict doesn’t have that kindof money to invest. At some pointin time, the citizens will have toparticipate with us in makingthat decision.”

An event pavilion, a renew-able energy demonstration site,and a nature and environmentcenter are among the six con-cepts being proposed on a list ofideas for the future of the defunctCalifornia Splash expansion atthe Shadow Cliffs water slides onStanley Boulevard near Pleasan-ton.

Other concepts are an off-leash dog park, a native plant ar-boretum, and expansion of thepark’s trail system.

The ideas are for the futureuse of a parcel that was supposedto have an expansion of theShadow Cliffs four water slides.However, the developer, Califor-nia Splash, abandoned the ex-pansion for personal reasons,and is withdrawing from the site.

Two buildings on the site al-ready are under construction.The four existing water slideswill remain in place. It’s not clearwhether California Splash willcontinue as the operator. Theland is owned by East Bay Re-gional Park District (EBRPD),which operates Shadow Cliffspark. EBRPD is soliciting ideasfor the expansion land’s futureuse.

Friends of Shadow Cliffs(FSC), with members in Pleasan-ton, Livermore and Dublin, wasformed by interested residents toprovide focus on helpingEBRPD determine the uses. Atits web site,FriendsofShadowCliffs.com, thegroup lists the six uses and pro-vides some information aboutthe ideas.

The indoor-outdoor pavilioncould be used for several smallor large groups for such thingsas family reunions, companypicnics, retreats and weddings.It could have a connector trail toother Shadow Cliffs park areas.The event pavilion could in-clude food preparation facilities,barbecuing tables, benches andchairs, and controlled access toaccommodate reservations.

There could also be a stage orgazebo for centering attention,and other amenities, includingplay areas for kids and grassfields for pickup games of soft-ball or other sports. Parkingwould use existing facilities and“have minimal impact on traf-

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fic,” says the web site. It wouldalso provide year-round revenuegeneration for EBRPD.

The nature center would offera hands-on experience for chil-dren and adults. School programscould include nature explora-tion. After-school sessions couldgive classes in birding, fishing,water biology, and native plants.Summer camps and family naturecamps could also be held. Scoutsworking on merit badges andEagle projects would find it help-ful.

An interpretive trail couldprovide visitors with simple ex-planations about native habitatsand species. The nature centerstaff could also explorepartnering with Zone 7 WaterAgency to educate people con-cerning water, including protec-tion of the streams, the under-ground aquifers, and riparianhabitat.

A renewable resources centermight show the work of solar andwind power, and provide infor-mation on cutting power andwater usage. Education aboutgroundwater could also be a partof it, since it is an important re-source, too.

The water system could bedemonstrated by showing pump-ing, storage and distribution todestinations inside the park,such as the nature center or arbo-retum.

The native plant arboretumcould include sections for hum-mingbirds and butterflies, ameadow, a riparian area, and Na-tive American plants. Nativeplants of the county could behighlighted. A self-guided tourwould lend itself to this facility.‘DESTINATION DOG PARK’

The vision for the off-leashdog park talks about a state ofthe art facility, a “destination dogpark” in the Tri-Valley. The groupcites 3,146 dog licenses in Pleas-

anton, and one off-leash park onMuirwood Drive as pointing to aneed for more space for pooches.

Among suggested amenitiesare a “swimming hole to beshared by all,” turf runs for smalland large dogs, a dog washingconcession, and a cafe that servescoffee and snacks. A dog parkwould “help draw visitors fromall over the Bay Area,” but wouldnot “cause a large enough drawto negatively impact the trafficflow to the surrounding areas.”

There could be agility trials,Frisbee competitions, obediencetraining, and “a doggie day carecenter.” It could also be madeavailable to animal and humanesocieties for pet adoption fairs oranimal awareness classes.

Trails expansion would ex-tend the trails now present, andbe a hub for the existing and fu-ture regional trails system, whichincludes the Iron Horse and DelValle trails, and a trail acrossPleasanton’s eastern hills.Trail enhancements are proposedto include more benches and pic-nic tables throughout the park forresting and such things as ob-serving a heron rookery, lookingat creek-side habitat, and gettingto the arboretum, off-leash dogpark and nature center.

There could also be a stagingarea, which would help attractmore hikers and cyclists, possi-bly even attracting competitiveevents. “While some users willhike or bike to Shadow Cliffs,many will come from the sur-rounding communities and re-gion in vehicles thus increasingparking revenue on a year aroundbasis. The existing parkingshould well accommodate anyuse generated by the full-servicestaging area. The anticipatedlevel of use should not have anegative impact on traffic,” saysthe FSC web page.

Shadow Cliffs Ideas Range From UnleashingDogs To Harnessing Solar Energy

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‘Contact Sport’“Democracy is a contact sport,” Scott Kamena said

to a citizens group that appeared before his board re-cently.

The citizens came to the Livermore Area Recreationand Park District meeting to plead for LARPD’s con-tinued operation of the Valley Rock Gym, a climbingwall LARPD has been running for the past year — at a$48,000 loss. The board that night was to consider clos-ing the facility, but backed off in response to the citi-zens. It was decided to give the facility more time.

Kamena’s point was that citizen groups with needscan’t be passive. They must get involved and commu-nicate their needs to the decision-makers. “Your com-ing down makes the gym real for us,” he said. “If youdidn’t tell us your stories, we wouldn’t know what isimportant to you. I wouldn’t know what to do with myvote.”

The users of the climbing wall communicated theirfervent support for the facility loud and clear. They madeit known there’s a real demand in the community forthis kind of alternative sport. They said it’s a terrificfamily activity.

Steve Goodman, board president, suggested the us-ers form a “Friends of the Rock Gym” type of organi-zation — an excellent idea.

The Rock Gym adds to the diversity of the recre-ational opportunities available in Livermore. We hopethe activist spirit of the users that so impressed the boardwon’t ebb. May this be the spurt the rock needs to keepit open.

PricelessThe recent dedication of a new section of trail was

the occasion for a joyous celebration in Pleasanton.The new trail is a mile long, running from Santa Rita

Road across Mohr Avenue to Busch Road. It’s for hik-ers, bicyclists and equestrians. And though it itself isonly a mile long, it is linked to the Iron Horse Trail.Iron Horse is now almost 40 miles long, stretching fromSuisun Bay to Livermore, passing through two coun-ties and 12 cities.

Speakers at the dedication observed this is just thebeginning. The trail system will ultimately traverse theentire region.

“The opening of this segment is ... not just good forPleasanton, but for Dublin, Livermore and the wholeTri-Valley,” exclaimed Kurt Kummer, president of thePleasanton Trails Ad Hoc Committee.

Piece by piece, a trail empire is growing in our midst,creating a sense of open space and a quality of life thatwill be enjoyed for generations to come. Priceless.

office. However, the districtwould likely be in the running,because of the high-tech busi-nesses in the Tri-Valley.

The bill focuses on the BayArea because of its leadership inhigh-tech development and itspotential availability of high-tech corporation grant money.Federal grants are also a possi-bility. In view of the state budgetcrisis, no state funds are contem-plated for it.

AB 2006 is scheduled for theAssembly higher education com-mittee April 10.

The college district’s greenideas will be discussed by dis-trict chancellor Joel Kinnamonat an Earth Day celebration spon-sored by Hayashi on April 11.The program starts at 10 a.m.,breaks at noon, resumes at 1:30p.. and ends at 3:30 p.m. in room2420 on the Las Positas campus.

Among the day’s highlightswill be morning speeches by sev-eral scientists. Norm Miller, ofLawrence Berkeley NationalLaboratory, will discuss globalwarming and its effect. AdamMoule of UC Davis will talkabout organic solar collector re-search. Dahlia Garas of UC Daviswill cover plug-in hybrid elec-tric car research. Daniel Kammanof UC Berkeley will discuss re-newable and appropriate energysources.

Some of the afternoon pro-gram will feature business lead-ers talking about what their cor-porations are doing to cut theircarbon footprints. A speaker fromthe state community collegechancellor’s office will discussgreen technology and workforcedevelopment, a talk keyed to-ward students interested in po-tential green careers.

Hayashi hopes that studentsfrom other colleges and the pub-lic in general will attend the semi-nar. The event is free and open tothe public.

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week’s city council meeting.They asked that the city lead theappeal. John Buttera stated, “TheAmerican right to vote is at issue.The quality of life we enjoy inthe Bay Area is because peopleare willing to fight back.”

Marty Inderbitzen, an attorneyrepresenting the landowners, theLin family, asked that people “putthe acrimony and accusations be-hind us. Organizers failed to carrythe entire text of the ordinance.The judge has ruled, the case isover. Let’s move on.”

He said of the a possible ap-peal, “There is greater danger topervert the integrity of the refer-endum process by allowing agroup of citizens to pervert theprocess by not complying withthe regulations.” He added thatnullifying the referendum savedthe city the cost of an election,while acquiring the first part of afuture 2000 acre park in the south-east hills.

Inderbitzen said of accusa-tions that the Lins were outsidersthat they had owned the propertyfor over 25 years.

Michelle LaMarche called her-self a concerned citizen. She toldthe council that residents hadused the democratic option opento them to protect the southeast

action.Interim senior pastor Jeff

Kunkel said that there was notime left at this meeting. How-ever, the topic might generate an-other meeting. (By agreementwith those in attendance, the In-dependent, which was the onlynewspaper present at the forum,agreed not to name people in theaudience, so that they would feelfree to speak candidly.)

The lack of minority peoplein the congregation was clearlyillustrated by attendance at theforum. There was only one dis-cernibly black person, other thanthe leader, present in the audi-ence. Speaking in one of the 12small discussion groups of fouror five people that occupied mostof the meeting’s time, the womansaid that she is tri-racial: black,white and Native American.

Virtually all of the people inattendance appeared to be Cau-casian, and over 60 years old. Thediscussion was led by interim se-nior pastor Jeff Kunkel, who iswhite, and Donovan Jones, whosaid that he is biracial, both blackand white. Jones grew up in thecongregation, then went off tocollege, but is back in the area.

Kunkel said the evening was“not an effort to endorse Obama,or to get the ‘right understand-ing’ of his speech.” Kunkel calledit “the most frank and illuminat-ing speech on race relations sinceMartin Luther King, even thoughI may not agree with all that hesaid, or understand it all.”

Clips from Obama’s speechwere played on a large screen tostimulate exchanges in the smallgroups into which the audiencehad reassembled. After a little bitof discussion following the firstclip, Kunkel asked the groups,“Anyone learn anything?” Onewoman said that the men in hergroup said, “You’re not racist,unless you act on it.”

Others also talked about theirown personal racial perceptionsor those of others. One man saidthat he was raised on the WestCoast before his family movedwith him to the East. Referringto the culture around him whenhe was a young person, he said,“What rubbed off on me was thesituation on the West Coast. Ididn’t like Japanese or Indians.”

A woman commented thatpeople raised in the South livedwith segregation. But there areprejudices in other nations, too.

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Some people in Canada are preju-diced against different lan-guages, she said. Later in the dis-cussion, a woman said that thereis no such thing as race. “Youcould be the same color, but havedifferent (DNA), or a differentcolor, but the same ancestors,”she said, in an apparent referenceto recent work by scientists asreported in the news media.

PAST LIVERMORERACISM MENTIONEDLivermore itself had its share

of stories. One woman talkedabout a black scientist’s familythat had found an apartment onthe telephone. When the man-ager learned it was a black fam-ily, they were told it was not forrent. This was sometime between1966 and 1972, said the speaker.

A man told his small groupthat in 1968 there was “obviousracism” in Livermore. The Rev.John Turpin, then pastor of FirstPresbyterian, and others workedto integrate local churches. “Atthat time, there were black scien-tists who could not find hous-ing,” he said. Another speakertalked about Turpin’s efforts inthe 1950s to help two black chil-dren who felt excluded.

One retired lab employee saidthat LLNL had a campaign of af-firmative action many years ago.(The program began in the1970s.) “It was prominent. Thenthere was white resentment. I’vebeen on both sides of affirmativeaction, which is not a word any-more,” he said.

In recent times, though, thereis evidence of change. A retiredteacher said that she is proud ofthe Livermore school where shetaught, because there have beenseveral black students who werestudent body presidents.

The central reason forObama’s speech was to providean explanation about how he waslinked to his Chicago minister,the Rev. Wright, whose sermonposted on an internet site showedanger toward the white U.S.power structure. One woman in adiscussion circle said that Rev.Wright had “other good quali-ties.”

Kunkel commented that itshowed that “we contain all ofthe kindness and the cruelty.”

A woman said that Wright’sspeech “was good. It got us to dothis. Otherwise, it would havefestered. Hopefully, this type ofthing is going on all over thecountry.”

By Patricia KoningAt last week’s meeting of the

Livermore Board of Education,trustee Bill Morrison had harshwords to say about a mid-termprogress report on Del Valle HighSchool, written for the WesternAccreditation of Schools andColleges (WASC).

“I’m not really sure which isthe greater work of fiction—2001: a Space Odyssey or thisdocument,” he said. “I don’t seea heck of a lot in here that I feel isfactual, that I’m comfortablewith.”

Del Valle is a continuationhigh school, with 94 studentscurrently enrolled. Typically, stu-dents at Del Valle have struggledin comprehensive high schools,often due to poor attendance andbehavioral issues. The studentpopulation at Del Valle is oftenin flux, as many students attendthe school for less than an aca-demic year.

The report is part of the WASCapproval process. Schools receiveapproval for a six-year term. Be-fore the end of the third year ofthe term, the school prepares amid-year progress report andWASC representatives visit theschool to validate the report.

“They will speak with staff,administrators, parents, and stu-dents, in a random way, inten-tionally, to validate what the

The Alameda County GOPwill host a debate among Repub-lican candidates for the District15 Assembly seat. It will be mod-erated by sitting assemblymanGuy Houston. The debate will beheld April 23 at 7 p.m.

Candidates are Scott Kamena,Judy Lloyd, Robert Rao andAbram Wilson.

It will take place at the Veter-ans Memorial Building, 301Main Street, Pleasanton.

For more information, contactthe office of the Alameda CountyGOP at 510-638-3414 orinfo@alamedagop.org.

Scott Kamena, a Republicancandidate for the 15th AssemblyDsitrict seat has been endorsedby California ProfessionalFirefighters (CPF).

Congressman Jerry McNerney(CA-11) introduced legislation toencourage research and develop-ment that creates jobs and boostsAmerica’s economy by simplify-ing and making permanent theResearch and Development TaxCredit.

The bill, H.R. 5681, intro-duced today and referred to theWays and Means Committee forfurther consideration, is entitledthe Innovation Tax Credit Act.

“Research and developmenttax credits have inspired the re-search and innovation that hasled to major breakthroughs in alldifferent types of products fromwind turbine parts to life-savingmedical technologies and com-puters,” McNerney said. “Mybill makes it easier for businessesconducting research to take ad-vantage of the credit and to planfor future investment.”

First introduced in 1981, theResearch and Development TaxCredit’s existence has alwaysbeen renewed on temporary ba-sis 12 times. That has led to un-certainty about its existence anddifficulty in planning future in-vestment.

Additionally, there are cur-rently five different credits, orways to claim credit, that fall un-der the “Research and Develop-

Livermore School Trustee QuestionsValidity of Del Valle Report

progress report says in relationto the previous goals and WASCaction plan,” explained AssistantSuperintendent of EducationalServices Kelly Bowers.

The report covers the student/community profile, school andstudent performance data, andsignificant developments in thelast three years, which for DelValle includes a new principal,Kat Hannah. “This process keepsus in alignment with school im-provement efforts across thestate,” Hannah said. “We are ex-cited to have the WASC teammeet with our staff and studentsand see how we are growing.”

A large part of the report is de-voted to the implementation andmonitoring of the SchoolwideAction Plan, which is based onthe findings of the originalWASC review and visit to DelValle (April 2005). The ActionPlan had four major goals: aligncurriculum to standards, improveEnglish and math skills, increaseattendance, and improve percep-tion of a Del Valle diploma.

The report also details criti-cal areas for follow up that wereidentified in 2005. These includedeveloping a reading program,increasing parental involvement,conducting more staff develop-ment, updating technology, andestablishing a written vision and

mission statement.The trustees were required to

accept, not approve, Del Valle’smid-term progress report in prepa-ration for the WASC visit to theschool on Wednesday, April 9.

Morrison described his “no”vote on the mid-term progressreport as the first of many thingsthat the District administrationwill have to deal with related toDel Valle. “In the near futureyou’ll have the opportunity tohear about some significant fail-ures, a near unsafe working envi-ronment for teachers as well asstudents, and an almost com-plete breakdown of discipline atthat school,” he said.

When asked by trustee AnneWhite for more details, Morrisonresponded that he had made hisstatement and was standing byit.

“I’m trying not to cross aboundary here,” he said. “I willdisclose very specifically that Ihave a son who teaches at DelValle. I’ve had lots of conversa-tions with people who teachthere, and I have a lot of informa-tion related to this document aswell as others.”

“It seems a little counterpro-ductive to accuse with no sub-stance,” said White. “Maybe thisis not the place for the substance,but the substance needs to come

out in a private way before itjeopardizes anyone.” She added,“It seems not to be our businessto interfere with what the staffstudied and decided for them-selves.”

The report was sent out to thetrustees on March 20 said Super-intendent Brenda Miller.. “Iasked if you had questions orconcerns to please let me knowprior to placing the report on theagenda, so we could deal withthose concerns. I did not hearanything from any board mem-ber,” Miller commented.

Trustee Kate Runyon ex-pressed frustration with hearingMorrison’s concerns for the firsttime at the meeting.

“I’m trying to get to the na-ture of the issue because it soundslike you’ve been given plenty ofopportunity to bring forwardconcerns about what we are do-ing tonight and you didn’t availyourself of those opportunities. Idon’t understand why,” she said.“If there is a problem, this is anappropriate issue for the boardto deal with. If there is not a prob-lem that cannot be stated, itshouldn’t be brought up at all.”

The trustees voted to acceptthe Del Valle mid-term progressreport by a vote of 4 to 1, withMorrison voting against accep-tance.

hills. “We carried what the citysaid we should. We are not a fewdisgruntled neighbors; 5000people who live and work here,attend church, signed the peti-tions.”

Chris Schliess said he had notsupported either side. “I am pro-referendum process. It’s a rightthe people of the state have. Ibelieve the judge ignored the factthat people have the right tovote.”

June Thompson asked thecouncil to discuss the issue inopen session.

Councilmember MattSullivan raised the issue of theappeal of the referendum. He feltthat the council needed to dis-cuss the issue at its next meet-ing.

However, since onecouncilmember would be absentfor that meeting, it was decidedthat the council would hold aspecial session on April 18 to dis-cuss the appeal. It will take placein closed session.

Later in the meetingCouncilmember Cheryl Cook-Kallio said that the council needsto show leadership or it wouldbe faced with an initiative. (Theinitiative that is now being cir-culated). She asked staff to come

back with an ordinance for thesoutheast hills. “I’d like it donewith property owners and keep-ing in mind what the communityneeds to make sure everyone isheard.”

The ordinance would have noimpact on the Oak Grove devel-opment. The 51-unit luxuryhome development was ap-proved by the council within 562acres in the southeast hills ofPleasanton to the east of the Kot-tinger Ranch subdivision. Thecity would receive 496 acres ofopen space, trails, a staging areaand a new firetruck.

There were two documents ap-proved by the city council in re-gard to Oak Grove. One is the de-velopment plan; the second adeveloper agreement. The refer-endum sought to overturn the de-velopment plan, but would havealso canceled out the developeragreement. The city council in-cluded a “poison pill” provisionin the approval so that if onedocument were successfullyreferended, both would be setaside.

The project is being devel-oped by Charter Propertiesheaded by James Tong, repre-senting the Lin family.

The CPF is the state councilfor the International Associationof Firefighters, and its member-ship is exclusive to full-time, paidfirefighters. “We believe Scotthas a clear understanding of theimportant issues affecting firstresponders,” said Lou Paulson,President of California Profes-sional Firefighters. “We think hewould be a strong voice for pub-lic safety in the Assembly.”

The 15th is currently repre-sented by Guy Houston, who isterm limited out.

Assembly candidate JoanBuchanan has received the soleendorsement of the CaliforniaDemocratic Party. The unani-mous vote was taken Sunday atthe State convention in San Jose.

Buchanan, a four-time Presi-dent of the San Ramon ValleyUnified School Board, turned theonce-struggling district into onethat is top ranked. Prior to herschool board service, Joan wasone of the youngest women ex-ecutives at Delta Dental whereshe honed her financial and or-ganizational skills. She’s been aSan Ramon Valley resident for25 years.

Currently held by RepublicanGuy Houston, the 15th AssemblyDistrict is one of the most com-petitive districts in California. Itincludes the cities of San Ramon,Alamo, Walnut Creek, Danville,Brentwood, Livermore, and a partof Pleasanton, as well as portionsof the Sacramento Delta commu-nities of Stockton, Galt, and ElkGrove.

CAMPAIGN 2008

ment Tax Credit” heading. Thishas resulted in a notoriouslycomplicated and complex pro-cess to compute and claim thecredit. As a result, many busi-nesses are not able to take fulladvantage of the tax credits.

McNerney’s bill simplifies theentire process by providing oneoverarching tax credit, currentlyreferred to as the Alternative Sim-plified Credit. It implements aphased increase in the amount ofthe credit, from 16 percent in2008 to 18 percent in 2009 to 20percent thereafter, and makes thetax credit permanent.

According to a McNerneypress release, a number of stud-ies have found that the U.S.economy benefits from a two-to-one and even a three-to-one re-turn on investment through R&Dtax credits. A 2005 study byBerkeley’s Haas School of Busi-ness found that R&D tax creditshelp attract and maintain re-search investments in the U.S.when the pressure to conduct

such research in other countriesis great.

The effort to simplify, increaseand make permanent the R&Dtax credit, as McNerney’s billdoes, is supported by major re-search universities, telecommu-nications and bio-tech firms,aerospace and defense compa-nies, as well as the automotiveindustry, among others.

One such high-tech company,based in Silicon Valley with amajor presence in Pleasanton,that supports H.R. 5681 is Oracle.

“We at Oracle applaud Con-gressman McNerney’s leadershipto make the R&D Tax Credit amore effective tool to ensure ournation remains the world’s inno-vation leader. More and morecountries are utilizing the taxcode to lure R&D-intensive in-dustries because of their job-cre-ating potential. The McNerneybill would help boost R&D in-vestments in this country, and wehope it will spur Congress to re-store and reform the R&D credit

this year,” said Robert HoffmanOracle’s vice president of gov-ernment and public affairs.

The University of Californiasystem, a major beneficiary ofexisting R&D tax credit provi-sions, also applauded thelegislation’s introduction.

“The University of Californiacongratulates CongressmanMcNerney on the introduction ofthis important legislation. Hisemphasis in this legislation onsimplifying and strengtheningthe basic university research taxcredit is a critical step forwardfor our nation’s innovationagenda and for keeping Califor-nia competitive,” said UC Assis-tant Vice President for FederalGovernmental Relations ScottSudduth. “This provision willstrengthen the private-publicpartnership in R&D and will be amajor boost for basic research atout nation’s universities and na-tional laboratories, likeLawrence Livermore NationalLaboratory.”

Measure Would Simplify Tax Credits for Energy R&D

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Nature ProgramsThe Livermore Area Recreation

and Park District ranger staff is offer-ing two programs this weekend.

Spring Stars is the program for Sat.,April 12. Meet ranger Glen Florey at 8p.m. at the Wetmore Road entrance toSycamore Grove Park.

The moon will be low in the sky forthis evening in the park at night. Par-ticipants will be walking to the hills toget a good view of the sky and usingbinoculars and a small telescope for anup close look. Dress warmly and bringcomfortable hiking shoes as part of theprogram will be off the paved trail.This hike goes rain or shine, but if it iscloudy, the stars will not be the mainattraction.

Sun., April 13 program is AnimalMagnetism. It will be held at 7 p.m. inthe Sycamore Room at the RobertLivermore Community Center, 4444East Ave. Nature has provided manyastounding behaviors and forms toinsure the continuation of species,which is what sex is all about. Thisprogram is designed to acquaint theindividual with some of the reproduc-tive strategies of plants and animalsaround the world.

There is a $3 per vehicle parkingfee. A $2 donation is requested to helpsupport the programs. Participants maycall (925) 960-2400 for more infor-mation.

Book EventsTowne Center Books is offering

the following programs:Saturday, April 19: 11:00-11:45,

Author Sarah Jane will share her bookfor children Hope’s Garden. Childrenmay also plant seeds. Free.

Thursday, April 24: 4:00-5:00,Writing Workshop with Stefan MerrillBlock. He will conduct a free work-shop for writers exploring voice infiction. Stefan is the author of the Storyof Forgetting.

Thursday, April 24: 5:00-6:00,Read and Be Happy Hour with StefanMerrill Block the author of the Story ofForgetting. Three narratives intertwineto create a story that is by turns funny,smart, introspective, and revelatorythrough the fusion of myth, science,and storytelling. $5.00 or free withbook purchase.

Friday, April 25: 11:00, ElizabethBerg, bestselling author of “We Are AllWelcome Here, The Year of Plea-sures,” and “Open House” returns withstories of women breaking free fromconventions in Day I Ate Whatever IWanted: and other Small Acts of Lib-eration. There will be coffee and teaand lots of lively discussion. The eventis free. No reservations are necessary.

Towne Center Books is located at555 Main St., Pleasanton. Informationavailable by calling 846-8826 or go-ing to www.townecenterbooks.com.

Downtown LivingSignature Properties brings the best

of downtown Livermore’s revitaliza-tion to Station Square’s doorsteps withDestination Downtown Living.

This free event on Sat., April 12 isopen to the public and features art!spacegallery, Livermore Cyclery, MainStreet Designs, Hidden Creek Wine,Livermore Valley Performing ArtsCenter, and Uncle Yu’s at The Vine-yard – all within walking to distancefrom Station Square. These six down-town destinations represent the life-style opportunities available just blocksaway and will be showcasing theirservices in each of Station Square’smodel homes. In addition, SignatureProperties will be raffling off $100 giftcertificates for each of the five vendorsand holding a grand prize drawing fora pair of new hybrid bicycles fromLivermore Cyclery.

The festivities take place from 11a.m. to 2 p.m. at Station Square, 1832Railroad Avenue, Livermore.

Historic Garage OpenThe 1915 Duarte Garage located

on the old “Lincoln Highway” will beopen on Sunday, April 20, from 10 am– 2 pm.

The garage is located on the cornerof Portola and L Streets in Livermore.The Lincoln Highway stretches 3,389miles across the United States. It wasthe first transcontinental highway.Displays include a large Lincoln High-way wall map, old California licenseplates, old photos, 1920’s office equip-ment and a shop area that includes agrease pit. In addition, there are threevintage fire trucks (Ford Model “T”,1920 Seagrave, 1944 Mack).

The Livermore Heritage Guildsponsors the Duarte Garage. There isno charge for admission, donations areappreciated. For more informationcall (925) 443-9740.

Youth CourtThe Livermore Area Recreation

and Park District is co-sponsoring aseries of presentations for the commu-nity this spring and summer in partner-ship with the Livermore PoliceDepartment’s Citizens Police Acad-emy Alumni Association. These com-munity education seminars are orga-nized by volunteers who have com-pleted the Livermore Citizens PoliceAcademy.

The April presentation is sched-uled for 7 p.m. Thursday, April 17, atthe Robert Livermore CommunityCenter, 4444 East Ave., Livermore.The Center for Community DisputeSettlement will teach the communityabout the Tri-Valley Youth Court.

The youth court is an alternativejustice program for teenage youth whoare first-time misdemeanor offenderswho admit to their crime. The programempowers youth to take an active rolein their own rehabilitation by offeringthem an opportunity to take responsi-bility for their own actions and makerestitution.

The talk will include informationon how the program got started, whois eligible to participate, details of howit works and an update on the first fewcases already processed by the youthcourt.

Other upcoming presentations bythe Citizens Police Academy Associa-tion are: “Crime Prevention” at 10:30a.m. May 13; “Vacation Safety/Neigh-borhood Watch” at 7 p.m. June 15; and“Livermore SWAT (Special Weaponsand Tactical) Team” at 7 p.m. Aug. 12.

Reservations for the free April 17presentation are recommended andcan be made in advance by callingLARPD at 925-373-5700, class No.2722. For more information,

McGrail OpeningGrand Opening at McGrail Vine-

yards and Winery will host a grandopening celebratoin on Sat., April 12from noon to 8 p.m.

Cabernet and the new Chardonnaywill be available for tasting. There willbe live music form 5 to 8 p.m.

McGrail is located at 5600 GreenvilleRoad, Livermore.

Winemaker DinnerThe Pleasanton Hotel in downtown

Pleasanton will host a Wood FamilyVineyards Winemaker Dinner on Wed.,April 23.

Michael and Rhonda Wood will beon hand to talk about Wood Familywines. The wines will be paired withitems created by Chef Chris.

The five course dinner begins at 6p.m. The cost is $60 per person plus taxand gratuity. For information and orreservations, call the Pleasanton Hotelat 846-8106.

History TalkLivermore Heritage Guild will host

Isabel Nolte as the guest speaker for theHistory Lecture on Wed., April 16.

Isabel is a long time Livermoreresident and a member of Livermore –Amador Genealogical Society. Shewill share her research on the earlypioneers in the Livermore Valley.During her research she discoveredthat most of the families came from 3counties Donegal, Galway andRoscommon in Ireland.

In the mid 1800’s and early 1900’smany families left because of the potatofamine in Ireland. They were farmersand ranchers, raised livestock and grewgrain and hay. They had large familiesand many of these families intermar-ried. This is their story. Isabel’sresearch covers 40 families that inter-married.

The talk will be at the Civic CenterLibrary, 1188 S. Livermore Ave., Liv-ermore.

Doors open at 7 pm, talk is at 7:30pm. No charge, $2 donation is sug-gested.

Isabel’s book “Early Pioneers in theLivermore Valley, California Were OneBig Family” will be available for pur-chase at the talk. For more informationcall 443-9740.

Teen Job FairThe City of San Ramon Parks and

Community Services Department haspartnered with the City of Dublin, Cityof Pleasanton, Town of Danville andthe Dublin/San Ramon Women’s Clubto offer this year’s Valley Teen Job &Community Service Fair. This FREEevent will be held on Saturday, April12th, 1:00-4:00 p.m. at the PleasantonSenior Center, 5353 Sunol Blvd, Pleas-anton.

This event will assist youth in ob-taining summer and year-round em-ployment featuring employers andnonprofit organizations. Attendees canexpect employers and organizationslooking to provide teens with job andcommunity service opportunities,workshops on interviewing tips anddressing for success, and mock inter-views conducted by local officials.

For more information contactNathan Biggs at 925-973-3374 ornbiggs@sanramon.ca.gov. This eventis sponsored by the City of San Ramon,City of Dublin, City of Pleasanton,Town of Danville, Dublin/San Ramon.

Learning SederThe Learning Seder for Families

will be offered 6:30 pm at Faz Restau-rant in Pleasanton on April 17. TheSeder will provide parents with direc-tion and resources in anticipation oftheir own celebratory meal during thePassover holiday, which begins at sun-set on April 19.

“We want to make the seder mean-ingful, accessible and fun,” says RabbiJames Brandt, Executive Director ofthe Center for Jewish Living and Learn-ing. A sumptuous festive meal, pre-pared by Faz’s world-class chefs, willinclude a mix of traditional Ashkenaziand Mizrahi style foods such as pome-granate chicken, matzoh ball soup, andgeflite fish.

This Seder is sponsored by TheJewish Community Federation of theGreater East Bay, The Shalom Chapterof Hadassah, Faz Restaurant, and TheCenter for Jewish Living and Learning,with support from the Koret Founda-tion. Rabbi James Brandt, the execu-tive director of the CJLL will lead theSeder.

The Festive Learning Seder is 6:30

to 8:30 pm. Thursday, April 17 andopen to all. There is a $40 couvert foradults and $18 for children ages 4-12.Children under 3 are free. Faz Restau-rant is located at 5121 Hopyard Roadin Pleasanton. RSVP to tanya@jfed.orgor call 925.943.5238.

Carden West FundraiserCarden West School will host its

annual fundraising dinner/auction onFriday, April 25, at the Mitchell KatzWinery/Palm Event Center, 1184 Vine-yard Avenue, Pleasanton, beginning at6:00 p.m. The public is welcome.

The benefit event will begin withappetizers, drinks and a cocktail auc-tion at 6:00 p.m., followed by an el-egant three course dinner at 7:30 p.m.A live auction, music and dancing willfollow dinner. Auction items include aLake Tahoe vacation, tickets to sport-ing events, collectibles, unique giftsand many personalized items made byCarden West students.

“Because Carden West is a non-profit school, all proceeds from theauction will benefit educationalprojects, classroom improvements andplayground expansion at the school,”says Cynthia Rocha, president of theParent Teacher Organization, which issponsoring the event. “The dinner andauction provide an excellent opportu-nity to have an enjoyable evening withfriends and neighbors and to invest inour community’s future, our children,at the same time.”

Individuals and businesses are in-vited to contribute to this event. Dona-tions of goods or services are welcomeand are tax deductible. All donors willbe prominently acknowledged. Con-tact the school for information, 925-463-6060.

Individual tickets, which includethe dinner/auction and two drinks, are$80. They may be purchased at CardenWest School during regular schoolhours, 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m., or by call-ing 925-463-6060.

Library StorytimesThe Livermore Pleasanton Fire De-

partment will bring a fire truck to theSpringtown Library on Saturday, April12 at 11:00 a.m. for storytime. A greatstorytime about firefighters and theiradventures will follow with John Weaveras storyteller. This event will be held atthe Springtown Branch Library, 998Bluebell Drive next to the duck pond inSpringtown.

Spiders and Snakes aren’t slimy,and they’re not scary so storytimewon’t be scary either promises story-teller, John Weaver. Guaranteed it willprobably be silly. This eveningstorytime is presented at the Civic Cen-ter Library on Monday, April 14 at 7p.m. The Civic Center Library is lo-cated at 1188 S. Livermore Avenue.

John invites kids to bring a grand-parent or two to the Saturday, April 19Family Storytime at the Rincon BranchLibrary at 11:00 AM. Fun stories andsongs about Grandma and Grandpawill be featured. Los abuelos and nietoswill also like the stories presented inSpanish and English. Parents are wel-come, too. The Rincon Branch Libraryis located at 725 Rincon Avenue in MayNissen Park and Swim Center.

All ages are welcome to these freelibrary programs. Contact Youth Ser-vices at (925) 373-5504 for more in-formation or pick up a schedule at anyone of the Livermore Public Libraries.

Healthy Kids DayOn April 12, The Tri-Valley YMCA

will host Healthy Kids Day, a nationallycelebrated YMCA event. It will be anactivity-filled festival that celebratesthe day’s key call to action, “Put Playin Your Day.” Parents can get con-nected, too, by participating in activi-ties with their kids and receiving freeYMCA brochures with tips on raisinghealthy kids.

Healthy Kids Day highlights theTri-Valley YMCA’s delivery of mis-sion-based programming for kids. Thisevent is free to all attendants and willfeature many activities for kids includ-ing: a jump house, health screenings,stage performances, arts and crafts,healthy snacks and many other funactivities.

Tri-Valley YMCA Healthy KidsDay is part of YMCA Activate America,a national long-term initiative focusedon developing and implementing com-munity-based solutions to help allAmericans improve their health andwellness.

For information, please call theTri-Valley YMCA at (925)475-6107.

(Opinions voiced in letterspublished in Mailbox are thoseof the author and do not neces-sarily reflect the opinion of TheIndependent. Letter Policy: TheIndependent will not publishanonymous letters, nor will itpublish letters without names.Frequent letter writers may havepublication of their letters de-layed.)

Re-do Oak GroveBrian ArkinPleasanton

Last Thursday, a judge ruledthat the Oak Grove ordinanceapproved by the city and used tocollect signatures (over 5000) forthe referendum was not a “com-plete” ordinance. Since the OakGrove ordinance as approved bythe City Council and signed bythe mayor was ruled incomplete,the city did not approve a “com-plete” ordinance as defined bythe judge. Thus, the City Coun-cil vote on Oak Grove is also in-valid.

The ordinance that the signa-ture gatherers used was voted onby the City Council, signed bythe mayor, and approved by thecity attorney. The city’s own rulesand policies determined that thisordinance was “complete.”Since the judge has ruled other-wise, the city needs to modify theordinance in order to be in com-pliance with the judge’s rulingand go through the approval pro-cess again. Therefore, the CityCouncil needs to vote on the OakGrove project again. The citycannot have it both ways.

.Clorox GrantLynne SiwulaManager, HorizonsFamily Counseling

We are pleased to publicly ac-knowledge that Clorox Founda-tion has selected Horizons Fam-ily Counseling for a $3342 grantaward.

The funds have been sued fora communication system calledTalk and Listen Kit that providessimultaneous interpretation andtranslation for limited Englishproficient and hard of hearing

participants for family counsel-ing sessions and communityeducation events conducted byHorizons counselors and staff.Without the support of CloroxFoundation, Horizons would notbe able to provide these specialresources to known communityneeds.

The Clorox Fund is an effec-tive means for the Tri-ValleyCommunity to support the ser-vices and activities valued by thecommunity. We are honored tobe a part of the fund’s effort.

Grave ConcernsJune ThompsonPleasanton

I wanted to voice my graveconcern over the Oak Grove Ref-erendum that was signed by over5000 Pleasanton voters. Whathappened to the process and ap-parent lack of support by theCity?

I was dismayed that the Judgeruled against the City of Pleas-anton and Kay Ayala (a privatecitizen who helped lead the ref-erendum) and hope anyone whobelieves in the democratic pro-cess feels the same.

Concerned and dedicated citi-zens worked in “good faith” car-rying the “proper” paperwork asprovided by our City Attorney.But, apparently, the City Attor-ney did little to defend againstthe lawsuit filed by the Lin Fam-ily, even though the attorney’soffice had provided the very pa-perwork which was considerednecessary. If the citizens of Pleas-anton can’t trust the assurancesof it’s own City, who can they

trust! Many feel that the City

should have no alternative butto appeal this decision. This rul-ing goes to the very heart of FirstAmendment Rights and it re-moves the people’s right to peti-tion the government. If not over-turned, the ruling would certainlyhave severe repercussionsthroughout California.

The Pleasanton City Coun-cil are our official representa-tives. We need to hear what theyhave to say regarding this unprec-edented ruling. This is not some-thing for “closed session” by aselect few. This issue should beopen to the public by putting iton the Agenda, and citizens ofPleasanton should be able to statetheir concerns and hear how theirelected officials feel about thisvery important issue.

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Youth SoccerThe Mustang Strikers U-17 Boys Soc-

cer team advanced to the Sweet 16 of StateCup this past weekend.

In Preliminary action— Mustang startedoff the weekend versus Davis Legacy 91United, Mustang came away with a 4-0victory. Mustang started the scoring with ahuge throw in by George Mayer to MichaelJanjigianin the box who head flicked to ChrisBernardi who put it in the nets to Mustangfor one of his three goals for a hat trick. ChrisBernardi scored the next two goals assistedby Dominic Daley and Marvin Zepeda.Gerardo Garcia added goal #4 assisted byScott Brensel.

In Game 2 versus ARYSL San JuanLightning 91 Blue, Mustang came away witha tough fought 2-2 tie. Emrah Klimentascored the lst goal assisted by George Mayer,and Nadav Kariv added the 2nd goal with athrow by George Mayer to Michael Janjigianwith the flick this time to Nadav Kariv whoheaded it inn the nets for Mustang.

Gong into game three and tied for ad-vancement with San Juan, Mustang neededa shutout victory.

Mustang came away with a 3-0 victoryover Mt. Hamilton Real Madrid with goalsbeing scored by Gerardo Garcia on a penaltykick, after Justin Chew was taken down in thebox. Scott Brensel added the 2nd goalassisted by Gerardo Garcia and EmrahKlimenta assisted by Scott Brensel.

Ryan Rivera in the nets for Mustang hadseveral key saves in this weekends action. Hewas supported by excellent defensive playfrom Michael Janjigian, Patrick Watson,Nick Feeney, Dominic Daley and ToryJorgensen.

Solid midfield play by Jose Garcia,Marvin Zepeda, Scott Brensel, George Mayer,Alex Alvarez, and Nadav Kariv providedseveral good scoring chances for the forwardline of Gerardo Garcia, Emrah Klimenta,Justin Chew and Chris Bernardi.

With two wins and a tie, the U-15Pleasanton Rage advance to the next roundof the State Cup tournament. The Ragenipped the Mission Wildcats 1-0 with thegame winning goal headed in by LaurenFloro. Top offensive Players were LaurenFloro, Pippa Whitehand and Darby Broeker;defensive standouts: Ally White, NatashaSpringer, Jenna Sparks and Jillian Nunes.

Granada Little LeagueGranada Little League results:Majors: The Cubs beat the Cardinals in

extra innings when Zak Blair hit a walk-offinside the park homerun in the bottom of the7th. The pitching was great for both teams asRyan Dearborn for the Cardinals (5 2/3innings pitched, 7 hits, 4 runs, and 12strikeouts) and Matty Proetel for the Cubs (51/3 inn. pitched, 2 hits, 1 runs, 11 strikeouts)pitched out of jams all game. Leading hittersfor the Cubs were Nick Campiotti (2 for 3with 2 runs), Proetel (2 for 3, 1 run, 3 RBI”s),Jeffrey Brinkley (single and RBI). TannerSandy had a single, and Daniel Williams witha double. The Cardinals top hitters wereCasey Soltis (2 for 2, double, BB, 2 RBI’s),Curtis Wiggington and Matt Santos each hitsingles.

CYO Track & FieldSt. Michael’s School CYO track and

field results from March 29 are as follows:GIRLS 1600 Meters: 8th Grade –

Natalie. Dimits (1st, 05:41.50); BOYS 1600Meters: 3rd Grade – Jason Wallis (2nd,07:00.42), Garron Hahn (7th, 08:09.30), 5thGrade – Andrew Kettenhofen (4th, 06:41.48),6th Grade - Camden Smith (3rd, 07:16.96),7th Grade - Justin Moore (3rd, 06:54.57)

GIRLS 400 Meters: 2nd Grade –Katherine Dabney (3rd, 01:39.54), IsabelStafford (7th, 01:59.727), 4th Grade –Morgan Leonard (4th, 01:26.394), PamelaWhite (6th, 01:28.696), 6th Grade (Heat 1)– Morgan Brandt (4th, 01:14.537), (Heat 2)Kirsten Mork (3rd - 01:14.86), 8th Grade -Natalie Dimits (1st, 01.06.545), StephanieBeaulieu (2nd - 01.08.247). BOYS 400Meters: 3rd Grade – Ben Sanchez (1st,01:20.826), Ryan Nunes (2nd, 01:22.328),Garron Hahn (6th, 01:39.278), 5th Grade(Heat 1) – Cole Souza (1st, (01.11.955),(Heat 2) Zachary Burnett (3rd, 01.22.182),Andrew Kettenhofen (4th, 01:22.883), 7thGrade (Heat 1) – Evan Briggs (1st, 01.10.080),John Stephanek (3rd, 01:04.875), (Heat 2)Daniel Replogle (1st, 00:56.458), MitchelActon (2nd, 01.00.028).

GIRLS 50 Meters: 3rd Grade – AdrianaSblendorio (3rd, 9.09), Samantha Dukes(1st, 8.15), Shannon Kai (8th, 11.44), 4thGrade (Heat 1) - Allyson Marty (5th, 9.17),(Heat 2)Mackenzie Schley (2nd, 8.38), (Heat3) Megan Amick (3rd, 8.25), (Heat 4) SabrinaLillie (7th, 9.62), Alexa Chavarria (2nd,8.52). BOYS 50 Meters: 2nd Grade –Marquis Pruitt (1st, 8.55), Matthew Stepanek(4th, 9.99), 3rd Grade (Heat 1) – MitchellMoore (4th, 9.15), Jason Wallis (5th, 9.18),Peter Vance (6th, 9.52), (Heat 2) KavanBagatelos(1st, 8.79), 4th Grade – MalikPruitt (1st, 8.32), Justin Brandt (2nd, 8.79),Dustin Ullom (3rd, 9.09), Brandon Replogle(6th, 9.6), 5th Grade – Stephen Kai (6th,9.12)

GIRLS 100 Meters: 2nd Grade (Heat 1)– Emily Robinson (7th, 21.40), (Heat 2)Isabel Stafford (6th, 20.27), 3rd Grade (Heat2) – Adriana Sblendorio (5th, 18.11), (Heat3) Samantha Dukes (1st, 16.25) 4th Grade(Heat 1) – Morgan Leonard (7th, 17.56),(Heat 2) Allyson Marty (2nd, 17.81), (Heat3) Megan Amick (3rd, 16.61), (Heat 4) AlexaChavarria (4th, 17.14) 6th Grade (Heat 3) –Cassandra Dukes (5th, 16.23), FrancisStafford (6th, 17.22) 7th Grade – Skylar Burt(3rd, 15.71) 8th Grade – Katie Gannon (3rd,16.99). BOYS 100 Meters: 2nd Grade –Marquis Pruitt (1st, 16.25), MatthewStepanek (4th, 19.44 3rd Grade (Heat 1) –Ryan Nunes (1st, 17.47), Ben Sanchez (2nd,17.56), Mitchell Moore (3rd, 18.02), PeterVance (5th, 18.54), Zack Scribner (6th,18.73) 4th Grade (Heat 1) – Malik Pruitt (1st,15.80), Dustin Ullom (4th, 17.28), BrandonReplogle (6th, 18.10), (Heat 2) Justin Brandt(4th, 16.68) 5th Grade (Heat 1) – RaleighAdams (2nd, 15.51), (Heat 2) Ben Gill (8th,18.42), Austin Armstron (9th, 18.59) 6thGrade (Heat 1) – Shawn Throckmorton (6th,17.96), Camden Smith (7th, 18.34), 7thGrade (Heat 1) – Joshua Knight (1st, 13.63),Elliot Gomez (3rd, 14.48), (Heat 2) TylerMelgosa (2nd, 14.07)

BOYS 800 Meters: 5th Grade – AndrewKettenhofen (4th, 2:59.46) 7th Grade – JohnStephanek (1st, 2:33.43)

GIRLS 200 Meters: 4th Grade (Heat 2)– Pamela White (3rd, 34.22), 6th Grade (Heat1) – , Morgan Brandt (4th, 33.58), 7th Grade- Skylar Burt (5th, 34.18); BOYS 200Meters: 3rd Grade – Joseph Alarab (1st,38.90), Connor Lencioni (4th, 41.44) 4thGrade – Andrew Mathers (5th, 37.24) 6thGrade – Shawn Throckmorton (3rd, 38.15)7th Grade - Michael Marcotte (3rd, 29.04),Tyler Melgosa (6th, 30.68).

GIRLS HIGH JUMP: 5th Grade – KellyBorden (8th, 3.04.00) 6th Grade – HannahStepanek (3rd, 03.10.00), 7th Grade - SaraInokuchi (1st, 4.02.00) 8th Grade – StephanieBeaulieu (1st, 4.06.00), Camille Cauthen(2nd, 4.06.00); BOYS HIGH JUMP: 6thGrade – Jeremy Williams (1st, 5.07.00), 7thGrade – Matt Tyler, (1st, 4.08.00), MichaelMarcotte (2nd, 4.04.00), Evan Briggs (3rd,4.04.00), John Stephanek (4th, 4.04.00), 8th

Grade – Kyle Farnady (1st, 5.07.00), DanielReplogle (2nd, 5.02.00).

GIRLS LONG JUMP: 2nd Grade -Aislin McElderry (9th, 5.01.00) 3rd Grade –Samantha Dukes (2nd, 9.04.50), AdrianaSblendorio (24th, 05.06.00), 4th Grade –MacKenzie Schley (8th, 09.03.50), MeganMcCandless (19th, 8.00.25), Allyson Marty(24th, 7.06.25), Megan Amick (27th,7.04.75), Sabrina Lillie (29th, 07.00.75),6th Grade – Kirsten Mork (1st, 12.00.50);BOYS LONG JUMP: 2nd Grade – MatthewStepanek (6th, 07.05.00), 3rd Grade - JasonWallis (1st, 9.05.25), Zack Scribner (9th,5.05.25) 4th Grade – Andrew Mathers (7th,9.04.00), Brandon Replogle (13th, 7.11.00),Kyle Williams (14th, 6.08.50), QuilanMcElderry (15th, 5.11.50), ChristopherLassen (16th, 5.06.50) 5th Grade – StephenKai (21st, 8.02.50) 7th Grade – Matt Tyler(1st, 14.05.75), Michael Marcotte (3rd,14.00.75), Joshua Knight (5th, 11.08.50),Justin Moore (6th,11.08.50) 8th Grade –Daniel Replogle (1st, 17.03.50).

GIRLS SOFTBALL THROW: 2ndGrade – Isabel Stafford (6th, 041.09.00),Aislin McElderry (9th, 24.03.00 3rd Grade– Shannon Kai (15th, 022.02.00) 4th Grade– Pamela White (2nd, 070.09.00) 5th Grade- Kelly Borden (5th, 68.04.00) 6th Grade –Francis Stafford (7th, 055.02.00) 7th Grade- Skylar Burt (5th, 70.00.00); BOYS SOFT-BALL THROW: 3rd Grade – Ryan Nunes(1st, 089.08.00), Zack Scribner (2nd,080.11.00), Mitchell Moore (5th, 77.09.00),Marquis Pruitt (6th, 75.02.00), Peter Vance(11th, 64.07.00), Ben Sanchez (12th,060.11.00), 4th Grade – Kyle Williams (4th,73.10.00), Andrew Mathers (6th, 056.02.00),Quilan McElderry (7th, 50.05.00), ChrisLassen (8th, 49.08.00) 5th Grade – MarcusActon (2nd, 112.00.00), Johnny Bagatelos(89.10.00), Stephen Kai (8th, 069.07.50),6th Grade - Camden Smith (2nd, 88.02.00)7th Grade – Cody Scribner (3rd, 148.06.00)

GIRLS SHOT PUT: 6th Grade – MorganBrandt (3rd, 17.09.00), Francis Stafford(4th, 15.03.00) 7th Grade – Skylar Burt (1st,28.06.00) 8th Grade – Monica Acton (1st,33.04.00), Katie Gannon (2nd, 26.09.00);BOYS SHOT PUT: 5th Grade - Ben Gill(5th, 15.08.00), 6th Grade – Luis Ramirez(2nd, 20.00.00), Jeffrey Beaulieu (3rd,19.00.00), Shawn Throckmorton (5th,13.08.00), 8th Grade - Kyle Farnady (2nd,37.00.00)

West Coast GymnasticsWest Coast Olympic Gymnastics Acad-

emy competed in the Region 1 Men’sGymnastics Championships in Reno April 3to 6. Jonathon Liu qualified for the 2008Men’s Jr. Olympic National ChampionshipLevel 9 Team (Top 10 All Around Qualifiers,while Liu, Juston Woo and Travis Gollottqualified for 2008 Men’s Jr. Olympic Na-tional Championships.

2008 Region 1 Level 10 Floor Championis Brandon Jessup. 2008 Region 1 Level 10Parallel Bars and All Around Champion isChris Turner. Chris Turner and Brandonqualified for the 2008 Men’s Jr. OlympicNational Championship Level 10 Team (Top10 All Around Qualifiers). Chris Turner,Brandon Jessup, Alex Ganz, Ethan Josequalified for 2008 Men’s Jr. Olympic Na-tional Championships.

Mark Ringle qualified for the 2008Men’s Jr. Olympic National ChampionshipLevel 10 Team (Top 10 All Around Qualifi-ers). Mark Ringle, Chrisitan Monteclaro,John Nathan Monteclaro qualified for 2008Men’s Jr. Olympic National Champion-ships.

LEVEL 5 Age Group: 10 yrs FLOOR -Jeremy Inchauspe (8.2) POMMEL - Inchauspe(8.6) RINGS - Inchauspe, 4th place (9.2)VAULT - Inchauspe (9.25) PARALLELBARS - Inchauspe (8.95) HIGH BAR -Inchauspe (7.9) ALL AROUND - Inchauspe(52.1)

LEVEL 8 Age Group: 12-13 yrs FLOOR- Chris Siebel, 1st place (13.25) POMMEL- Siebel, 1st place (12.35) RINGS - Siebel,T8th place (11.8) VAULT - Siebel (12.15)PARALLEL BARS - Siebel, 3rd place (12.8)HIGH BAR - Siebel, 2nd place (12.05) ALLAROUND - Siebel, 1st place (74.4) * 2008Region 1 Level 8 Floor, Pommel, and AllAround Champion: Chris Siebel

LEVEL 9 Age Group: 12-13 yrs FLOOR- Jonathon Liu, T5th place (13.85); TravisGollott (13.45); Justin Woo (12.65) POM-MEL - Liu, 8th place (12.5); Gollott (12.1);Woo (11.95) RINGS - Liu, T3rd place (12.9);Woo (12.25); Gollott (11.65) VAULT - Liu(13.4); Gollott (13.1); Woo (12.35) PARAL-LEL BARS - Liu, 4th place (13.375); Woo,T7th place (13.25); Gollott (12.95) HIGHBAR - Woo, 7th place (12.15); Liu, T8thplace (12.1); Gollott (10.7) ALL AROUND- Liu, 4th place (78.125); Woo (74.6); Gollott(73.95)

LEVEL 10 Age Group: 14-15 yrsFLOOR - Brandon Jessup, 1st place (14.35);Chris Turner, T10th place (13.75); EthanJose (13.2); Alex Ganz (12.55) POMMEL -Turner, 2nd place (13.45); Jessup (12.75);Ganz (12.7); Jose (8.8) RINGS - Turner, 3rdplace (13.9); Jose (13.0); Jessup (12.75);Ganz (11.75) VAULT - Turner, 3rd place(15.45); Ganz, 5th place (14.7); Jessup (14.15);Jose (13.6) PARALLEL BARS - Turner, 1stplace (14.8); Ganz, T8th place (13.7); Jose,10th place (13.4); Jessup (13.15) HIGH BAR- Turner, 3rd place (13.55); Jose, 9th place(12.65); Jessup (12.25); Ganz (11.05) ALLAROUND - Turner, 1st place (84.9); Jessup,7th place (79.4); Ganz (76.45); Jose (74.65)

LEVEL 10 Age Group: 16-18 yrsFLOOR - Mark Ringle, T9th place (14.2);Chrisitan Monteclaro (14.0); John NathanMonteclaro (13.9); Sam Morris (13.15);Kenrick Lam (12.9) POMMEL - J. Monteclaro(12.65); Lam (11.95); Ringle (11.9); C.Monteclaro (11.25); Morris (11.25) RINGS- J. Monteclaro (13.45); C. Monteclaro(13.25); Ringle (13.1); Lam (12.4); Morris(11.6) VAULT - Ringle, 6th place (15.55);C. Monteclaro, 8th place (15.4); J. Monteclaro(14.3); Morris (13.5); Lam (12.6) PARAL-LEL BARS - Ringle, 3rd place (14.35); C.Monteclaro, 9th place (13.8); Lam (13.25);Morris (13.25); J. Monteclaro (13.15) HIGHBAR - Ringle, 10th place (13.15); C.Monteclaro (12.4); J. Monteclaro (12.25);Lam (11.35); Morris (10.85) ALL AROUND- Ringle, 8th place (82.25); C. Monteclaro(80.1); J. Monteclaro (79.7); Lam (74.45);Morris (73.6).

GIRLS STATE MEETLevel 8, 9, 10 Girls State Championship

Meet in Oroville. Patricia Aubel from WestCoast Gymnastics in Pleasanton competed inthe Level 8 division. After a rough start onfloor, when her music stopped in the middleof her routine, Patricia quickly recovered witha 9.625 (1st) on bars and 9.45 (1st) on beam.She earned first all-around for the 14B agegroup, and qualified for the Regional compe-tition, which will be held in Long Beach, CAon April 24-27.

LEVEL 8 Age Group: Jr 14B VAULT- Patricia Aubel, 5th place (8.875) BARS -Aubel, 1st place (9.625) BEAM - Aubel, 1stplace (9.45) FLOOR - Aubel, T10th place(8.95) ALL AROUND - Aubel, 1st place(36.9). Patricia Aubel was the 2008 Level 8State Bars, Beam and All Around Championand qualified for the 2008 Level 8-10 Re-gional Championships.

Gymfinity GymnasticsThe level 8 team from Gymfinity Gym-

nastics competed in the Level 8 Norcal StateChampionships this past weekend, April 4 to6 in Oroville. All three members of the team,Ashley Eastman, Brianna Camacho andValentina Barbalinardo, scored well enoughat the meet to qualify for Regional Champi-onships which will be held April 24 to 27 inLong Beach.

Full results: Valentina Barbalinardo, agegroup 11B - vault, 8.3; bars, 3rd, 9.45; beam,2nd, 9.4; floor, 9th, 9.025; all-around, 5th,36.175. Brianna Camacho, age group 12A- vault, 7th, 8.85; bars, 7th, 8.8; beam, 8th,8.8; floor, 8th, 8.975; all-around, 7th, 35.425.Ashley Eastman, age group 13A - vault, 9th,8.3; bars, 9th, 8.9; beam, 9th, 8.55; floor,5th, 9.125; all-around, 9th, 34.875.

California GymnasticsCalifornia Gymnastics Academy com-

peted in the Level 8,9,10 Girls State Cham-pionship Meet hosted by Oroville Gymnas-tics April 4 to 6. Jordan Garza qualified forthe Level 8-10 Regional Championships inLong Beach.

LEVEL 8 Age Group: Jr 13B VAULT- Jordan Garza, 8th place (8.65) BARS -Garza, 7th place (8.9) BEAM - Garza, 9thplace (8.55) FLOOR - Garza, 9th place(8.975) ALL AROUND - Garza, 9th place(35.075).

Region 1 Men’s Gymnastics Champi-onships: LEVEL 9 Age Group: 14+ FLOOR- Nicholas Canaparo (11.3) POMMEL -Canaparo (9.55) RINGS - Canaparo (10.95)VAULT - Canaparo (12.05) PARALLELBARS - Canaparo (11.75) HIGH BAR -Canaparo (10.0) ALL AROUND - Canaparo(65.6).

Diablo GymnasticMembers of the Diablo Gymnastic team

competed at the Norcal Level 8, 9, 10 StateChampionships held at the Oroville Gym inOroville April 4 to 6.

Among the team members was VinnesaNarvaez of Livermore, who completed in theJunior 12A Level 8 division, finishing 9th.Her scores were Vault 8.775 (8), bars 8.05(12), beam 9.275 (2T), Floor 8.85 (9) and allaround 34.95.

GHS LacrosseGranada High School men's lacrosse

team lost two games this past week.Foothill High came out on top with an

18 to 8 victory. Scorers: Granada: Mora 2,McCallister 2, Strauch 1, King 1, Cordes 1,Hanna 1; Foothill: Shaw 7, Beddom 2,Cavello 2, Garcia 2, Benson 2, Lambrecht 1,Andrews 1, Fabian 1. Assists Granada:Strauch 1, Cordes 2, Morris 1; Foothill:Monahan 1, Cavello 2, Wheaton 2, Sieverding1, Lambrecht 1. Goalie/Saves Granada:Hopkins 17; Foothill: Proctor 2.

Granada lost to Amador Valley 17 to 4.Scorers Granada: McCallister 1, Buenrostro1, Mora 2; Amador: Martinez 1, Seams 1,Becker 2, Sensiba 3, Kristal 2, Weave 3,Riddle 4, Pulido 1. Assists Granada: Cordes1; Amador: Riddle 4, Weave 1, Kristal 1,Sensiba 1, Becker 1, Banahan 3, Evanich 1.Goalie/Saves Granada: Hopkins 22; Amador:Sayles 2 Halan 6.

Youth LacrosseThe Pleasanton 7A Tornados are still

undefeated. After a two week hiatus theTornados were ready to play lacrosse. MiddyMichael Barbier won first face off and rippeda great unassisted goal he would also contrib-ute an assist to Zach Wilhite on his 3rd goalof the season. Steven Patrick and JeromeRigor would connect once again with drillingin Patricks 1st goal of the game, he was alsoassisted by Roeder to add a 2nd goal of thegame. Rigor added 2 more goals which wereassisted by Jake Ackman and TJ Friedl.Roader also passed a great assist to DanielBennett who not only scored this game butgave a beautiful out of nowhere assist to JoseS.Bryan Cooper allowed only 3 goals but had9 saves. Great defensive plays by GeorgeCurtis,John Henry Ganser and Ryan Almeidashowed great teamwork. Middies ConnorFrancesca, Joe Kluj and Elijah Caluya allworked hard to keep the ball on the offensiveside of the field.

The NCJLA Pleasanton Girls JuniorB Storm team had a stellar performance inboth their games this weekend. All playersparticipation contributed to the impressive11-4 win over the Palo Alto Tomahawks Bteam. The second game against the unde-feated Diablo Scorpion Jr. B Scrappers provedto be even more exciting with a 4-1 win.Offensively, Jackie Gilbert was unstoppableand on defense Andrea Bright was impass-able. Jennifer Gubner in goal was a huge partof the teams success as well.

Livermore Phantom Junior B teamcrushed the Pleasanton Lightning B2 duringThursday night’s match-up with a score of 7to 1. Top scorers: Collin Rigby 3 goals 1

assist, Zachary Swinford 2 goals 2 assists,Evan Martin 1 goal 1 assist, and Joshua Allen1 goal resulting from taking possession fromthe face-off. Offensive players Justin Popovits,Dalton McLaren, Sam Burnett and GrantLewis were unstoppable while the defenseGriffin Shaw, Hunter Olson and MichaelFischer solidly protected the goal. Goalie,Erik Wurster played outstanding with 9saves.

Over the weekend, Livermore PhantomJunior B team could not hold their winningstreak against the Pleasanton Lightning B2with a loss of 3-4. David Marshall started offthe scoring drive with 1 goal, followed byJoshua Allen with 1 goal. Collin Rigby alsohad 1 goal with Evan Martin assisting.Middies Taylor Class, Brandon Goulet andNeal Border and Cameron Locke played well.Defenders, Joshua Daly, Michael Fischer andEvan Martin played solid. Goalie, HunterOlson had 3 saves.

In game two, Livermore Phantom JuniorB team lost to the Walnut Creek Warriorswith a score of 10 to 5. Zachary Swinford had2 goals 1 assist, Collin Rigby 1 goal, EvanMartin 1 goal, Neal Steward 1 goal andMichael Fischer with 1 assist. Offensiveplayers, Sam Burnett, Josh Snyder, DavidMarshall, Max Byrne and Nickolas Winterplaying solid. Joshua Daly, Hunter Olsonand Griffin Shaw played an outstandingdefensive game. Goalie, Erik Wurster had 9saves.

The Pleasanton Girls Lacrosse Bliz-zard stay undefeated so far by adding twomore victories on Sunday, April 6th againstthe Diablo Scorpions’ and the LamorindaFlash. Meghan Seranno and Annelise Dutcherwere the top scorers with goals also beingmade by Samantha LaBella, Brianna Armarioand Rachel Barta. Alyssa Marceno did a greatjob of stopping the Scorpions’ shots on goal.Haley Brodnick and Maddie Aston led theteam in assists with outstanding offensiveperformance by Nicole Moran. Final Scores- Pleasanton Blizzards 6, Diablo Scorpions3, Pleasanton Blizzards 5, LaMorinda Flash3.

The Pleasanton Girls Lacrosse Twisterteam triumphed again with two more victo-ries at Blackhawk Field in Danville onSunday, April 6. Great goals by MadisonSteele, Andrea Arden, and Brianna Nicholas.Outstanding defense and ball cradling byOlivia Deutschman and Lynnea Flaherty.Kirsten Jensen showed her speed and excel-lent passes. Final score of the first game 12-1 against Mariah.

Displaying superior teamwork again inthe second game, Twister beat Skyline witha score of 13-5. Super shots by MackenzieSchoen, McKalee Mooney and Cierra Kocik.Excellent ground balls by Hannah Stapp andMadison Steele.

Livermore American LLLivermore American Little League re-

sults:T-Ball: Rockies vs. Mariners Top

Rockies: Michael Grant, Zachary Miller,Tucker Vonderach Twins vs. Pirates TopTwins: Alex Jones, Brenna Songey, BrianPeeso Top Pirates: Koston Markham, EthanVoelker, Ainsley Gibbs Highlights: Thebrisk wind did not slow these little sluggersdown. Both teams performed well, andshowed good sportsmanship while having agreat time! Athletics vs. Dodgers Top Ath-letics: Kevin Collity, Jeffrey Fairbanks,Parker Hively Top Dodgers: Adam Chapman,Kylie Peters, Steven Lee Nationals vs. Roy-als The Nationals had an action-packed gamevs. the Royals on Saturday, April 5th. Bothteams demonstrated great fielding and hittingtechniques as well as great team spirit! Strongbats and swift running of the bases by JeremyDavis, Wesley Edwards and Jacob Zayas ofthe Nationals. Superb defense by RyanWilkins, Olivia Tabaracci and Cameron Paisoof the Royals.

A Division: Phillies 15, Marlins 14:Top Phillies players: Grant Murphy, BaileyKemp, Jared Hubert Top Marlins players:Sean Rolandelli, Conner Johnston, ElijahKutsenda Highlights: In a game that wentback and forth with scoring, the Phillies heldoff the Marlins in the bottom of the 6th.Rolandelli and Johnston both played out-standing defense and Kutsenda went 3-3 tolead the offense for the Marlins. The Phillieshad great hitting by Kemp and Hubert and thedefense was led by Murphy.

Red Sox 11, Devil Rays 14: Top RedSox: Joey Campos-throw in from right field;Chase Jesus-single; Garon Michaels-homerun. Top Devil Rays: Hannah Lipp-awesomesingle in 3rd inning; Jack Perry-caught flyball bottom of 6th; Andrew Arruda—singlein 5th inning.

Yankees 11 Nationals 7: Top Yankees:Mason Arnold, Tyler Neumann, Miles GomezTop Nationals: Jared Taveres, Noah Kluball,Logan Church Yankees player Tyler playeda terrific game, getting two hits and two runs;the excitement grew as Mason, Yankees’ firstbaseman, made a double play by catching afly and tagging out the runner on first base;Miles also helped the win by getting two hitsand two runs. On the Nationals, Jared madea nice play, tagging a player out at second,while Noah was a consistent hitter. Loganalso had a good hit!

Devil Rays 17, Mets 8: Top Devil Rays:Wesley Williams, Scott Ragatz, DanteDeMayo Top Mets: Cole Meyers, Isaac

Montes, Michael Honeycutt Highlights: Metsplayers Meyers hit a double in the 4th andtagged a runner at third in the 6th inning;Honeycutt hit a single to left field in the 1stand a double in the 5th; Montes caught a flyin the 6th. Devil Rays Williams hit 3 singles;Ragatz hit a double in the 3rd; DeMayocaught a fly in the 6th. Marlins (14) vs.Phillies (10) Top Marlins: Jordan Burress,Tristen Mulrooney, Mason Stuart TopPhillies: Tucker Lyons, Zack Ridenour,Jared Hubert Highlights: The Marlines startedwith a commanding lead in the first half. ThePhillies came back strong in the second halfto try and even up the score but, ultimately,lost by 4 runs.

AA Division: Cubs 2, Tigers0: TopTigers: Ethan Shang, Bryce Disbrow, TylerGonzales Top Cubs: Ben Kerling, Eric Pi-non, Cole Escover Highlights: The Cubswon 2-0 over the Tigers. Cubs’ pitcherKerling shut down the Tigers offense 3innings in a row. The Cubs’ Pinon got adouble, while Escover got a 2 hits; Ledbetterand Volponi both got RBI’s. The Tigers heldto Cubs to only 2 runs with excellent fielding.The Tigers’ Shang made a great catch at RC;Disbrow at 2nd and Gonzales at pitcher alsomade great catches during the game thatresulted in 3 outs for the team to end the topof the inning.

Cardinals 2, Tigers 0: Top Cardinals:Austin Birdwell, Patrick Schwartz, JustinDalin Top Tigers: Nate Redditt, Chase Dunn,Hunter Burke Highlights: The Cardinalspitchers recorded a combined 15 strikeouts tohelp make 2 runs stand against the Tiger bats.Chase and Hunter led the way with big hitsfor the Tigers, while Nate made several greatplays in the field. The entire Tiger teamplayed fantastic defense behind very strongpitching! Trevor Chapman started the Cardi-nal rally with a long at-bat and single,followed by Patrick’s huge double to deep leftfield. Austin hit one of his two doubles togive the Cardinal pitchers all the run supportthey needed. Justin pitch the final 3 inningsto finish what Austin Birdwell started, a 2-0 Cardinal win!

AAA Division: Padres 15, Mariners 8:Top Padres: Great pitching by Dylan Guilin;an awesome base hit by Ryan sturtz; greatbase running by Zachary Stevens. Top Mari-ners: Strong pitching by Darien Look; 2 hitsand 2 RBIs by Kevin Key; a key hit byDemetris Wagner.

Athletics 12, Giants 8: Top Athletics:Jake Peterson was on base twice and made agame saving catch; Kenny Williams hit a in-the-park homerun and pitched the final twoinnings to get the win; Alex McCollum had2 singles and 3 runs batted in, made a finedefensive play to force a runner at the plate latein the game and pitched well. Top Giants:Aaron Jennings-long triple to left knockingin a couple of runs; Aaron Spiller-triple with2 RBIs and great pitching; Jack Frevert-Pitched 3 strong innings to start the game,notching several strike outs in his outing.

Angels 14,. Diamondbacks 6: Top An-gels: Sean Stavert, great pitching; RyanSilvas, great pitching; Keith Tyser, 2 for 2with 1 double and 1 single. Top Diamond-backs: Steve Braun. Jr., great pitching;Conor Cruz, great pitching; Austin Joggart,great defense. Highlights: Angles came outstrong by scoring 7 runs in the 1st inning.Diamondback came back with 4 runs of theirown in the 1st inning.

Majors: Athletics 4, Yankees 3: Top As:Jacob McCall, Trevor Houghton, TrevorEscover and Travis Adams with their solidhitting. Top Yankees: Riley Draa for hishitting and solid performance behind theplate, Tyler Dancer for timely hitting andsolid defense and Daniel Cavaleri for hisstrong pitching performance. Highlights: Itwas a very close gameas both teams battledwell into dusk. Yankees Draa started theexcitement by hitting a 1st inning triple andthen stole home when the A’s catcher BrentMcGarvey attempted to throw out a runnerstealing second. The A’s answered back inthe 2nd inning when Jacob McCall hit a tripleand Trevor Houghton brought him in an RBIsingle, Colin Shelton of the Yankees deliv-ered a two RBI single sending in Draa andDancer. Fighting back, the A’s Jacob McCallstole home and Travis Adams’ collected anRBI bringing in Revay for the A’s. At theend of the 6th inning, the A’s came throughwhen McGarvey drew a timely walk andcollected a game winning RBI by forcinghome teammateEscover to give the A’s thenarrow victory.

Junior Division: LALL Mariners 13,.San Ramon Hammers 12: Top Mariners:Greg Anderson, Devon McMahon, NinoCarmignani Highlights: Greg Anderson atshort combined with Devon McMahon atsecond for a 6th inning double play to get theMariner’s defense back on track. Andersonalso singled in the 3rd and 6th contributingto a 4-run inning to get the Mariners back inthe game. McMahon doubled in the 1st and7th inning, knocking in two RBIs in the 7thto tie the game. Carmignani hit a solidgrounder to short, knocking in the game-winning RBI.

LALL Athletics 15, San Ramon ValleyRed Sox 5: Top Athletics: Nicholas Gaul,Drew Falabella, Matt Stoebe The Junior 80’sA’s continued their winning ways beating theSRV Red Sox 15 to 5 to stay undefeated.Nicholas Gaul had 2 doubles driving in 4 runswhile Drew Falabella played a great gamewith 2 RBI’s and 3 runs scored. Matt Stoebe

was solid behind the plate keeping potentialbase stealers on the bag and throwing outthose who dared. Another great team effort.

GLL Giants 9, . LALL Mariners 3: TopMariners: Devon McMahon, Matt Neale, JoeHalliwell Highlights: Despite the loss, theMariners showed moments of heads-up de-fense and solid hitting in Monday’s game. Inthe third inning, after backing up an errantthrow, Devon McMahon threw out a runnerattempting extra bases. In the second inning,Joe Halliwell at catcher threw out a runnerattempting to steal third. Halliwell and MattNeale kept the Mariners in the game with RBIsingles in the fifth inning.

Livermore Girls SoftballLivermore Girls Softball Association

results:Middle school Black division AP

Concrete Thrashers 6, Jazzercise GoldenGloves 3. The Thrashers’ Lacie Crawfordpitched three innings striking out five battersonly allowing a run and two hits, IcaciaPereida assisted with some great defensiveplays in the in the third inning and also hada double, three RBIs, and scored one run, andTarmin Zumalt made as outstanding doubleplay that kept The Golden Gloves fromscoring.

Burger King Vipers 12, Meredith RealEstate Brokers TNT 8. Great Pitching andconsistent hitting helped the Vipers defeat atough TNT team. Two hits by both JessicaOlson and Alyssa Cunningham and strongpitching by Marissa Cordisco helped pull theVipers through.

Middle School Red division: BrentBowen Photography Grapes of Wrath 9,CADealerDirect.com Jaguars 7. The Grapesof Wrath held slim leads throughout thegame, and outlasted the Jaguars in the end.Brittany Pringle helped anchor the middle ofthe Grapes’ batting order, reaching base bothat bats and scoring the game’s final run,Chelsea Bantley walked and made a great playat first base, and Austyn Najera displayed herusual determination.

Vintage Management Group Triple Threat6, Earth Safety Dynamics Attack 4. ForTriple Threat, Jennifer Lackey’s glove was onfire as she played flawless third base withmultiple put outs, Danielle Paulazzo had thehit that scored the winning runs, and SarahDane walked twice and scored two runsincluding scoring from second base on aground ball out.

Tenet Healthcare Foundation Fury 12,Lithia Motors Maroon Monsters 8. TeamFury played another solid game which helpedclaim them victory. Excellent pitching byHaley Williford who also had a triple, doubleand four RBIs, a fantastic hit, RBI byAdrianna Rocha and a powerhouse fly ball byRachel Wolf. A very close game that wentback and forth and was won by the Fury inthe third inning. For the Maroon Monsters,Elyse Tedford had three strikeouts in twoinnings of pitching and hit a double, ShalenaAnderson had three strikeouts in her inningof pitching, and Katy Kennedy scored and hadfour stolen bases.

Brent Bowen Photography Grapes ofWrath 17, Lithia Motors Maroon Monsters5. The Grapes of Wrath played a great all-around game, scoring seven last-inning runshighlighted by Maddy Pruneda legging outa home run. Pruneda also scored all threetimes at bat, while Taylor Dahl had a doubleand pitched a solid game, and Halle Niklewiczalso scored all three times at bat and playedcatcher the entire game.

Vintage Management Group Triple Threat16, San Ramon Auto Repair Lady Yanks 2.For Triple Threat, Jessica Pestana had twowalks, scored two runs and pitched a stronginning, Marissa Perez had a two run triple,walked twice and scored a run, and SaraNovell made a double play by catching a foulball at third base and threw to first to completea double play.

Law Offices of Abramson & Thaete, LLPPop Rocks 7, Bill Howard Floor Company,Inc. Hot Tamales 7. The Pop Rocks playeda tight game ending in a tie. Meg Manneringhad two hits, Ida Ortiz had a double andplayed great defense, and pitcher Skyler Krizpitched four innings and struck out fourbatters.

10-under: Pacific Dental Care TealExplosion 15, A.P. Concrete Black Widows10. For the Black Widows, Kirah Van Treasehad a great double and RBI, Brianna Paynehit a double and brought in three runs, andNatalie Palomo pitched strong and held thescore in the last innings.

Interstate Concrete Pumping Mavericks11, Michael Epps Associates Warriors 2.Maggie Kilday had two RBIs in the firstinning to get the scoring started for theMavericks, while Elise Williams andMikendra Kramer each scored twice. TheWarriors played a good defensive game, ledby great pitching from Taylor Robles, AlyssaMartinez turned in the defensive play of theyear for the Warriors with an unassisseddouble play, and Bella Fernandez had a two-run single for the Warriors’ only runs of thegame.

Interstate Concrete Pumping Mavericks9, Faltings Racing Team The Crew 8. In anexciting game, Mikendra Kramer had an RBIdouble that scored the winning run in thebottom of the fifth for the Mavericks, whileLaura Duterte added three hits and VictoriaLittle pitched two scoreless innings.

New United Motors, Inc. The Lil’ Yanks8, Chase Financial Group Dirt Devils 6.Arianah Nava and Olivia Garcia each had animportant RBI in the Lil’ Yanks win, whileJackie Granados had a bases-clearing triple.

New United Motors, Inc. The Lil’ Yanks9, P. Michael Epps-Associates Warriors 5. Inthe Lil’ Yanks come-from-behind win, KarlaRosa doubled in a couple of runs, MaggieMcIntyre singled in the tying run, and JamieWittmer had the game-winning hit. TheWarriors played great defensivly. Great pitch-ing from Bella Fernandez, and MaddieMcCoy kept the game close. The defensiveplay of the game was turned in by Katie Wallswho threw a girl out attempting to steal third.

Jason Wilkins Memorial Hot Chili Pep-pers 8, Sherman Roofing Sherminators 1.Morgan Dillard of the Hot Chili Peppersdominated striking out nine and surrenderingtwo hits, while Danielle Hoefner also had keyhits.

8-under: Cresco Rental Equipment FireCrackers vs. Swaim Biological, Inc. KoolKatz. Coaches’ selections - Alyssa Silva,Kennedi Self, Alexandria Cantril (FC); LorenTroutman, Maggie Sneed, Ysenia Diaz (KK).Brian J. Emrich, DDS Lil’ Yanks vs. RichCortez and Sons Heating & Air Wildcats.Coaches’ selections - Madison Forneris,Sarah McNeill, Alexah Nava (LY); AshleyLamb, Kellie Hughes, Jenna Jorgenson (W).Mancini’s Sleepworld Magic Dragons vs.William D. Thompson Attorney at Law

Photo - Doug JorgensenThe Pleasanton Seahawks Swim team hosted a four-day swim meet last weekend. This weekendthe Tri-Valley Masters Swim team will host a second swim meet at the Dolores Bengtson AquaticCenter, April 11-12.

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Daisy Girls. Coaches’ selections - KatieSposeto, Ashley Morton, Madissen Taylor(MD); Erin Bell, Madison Stewart, MattieTompkins (DG). Intero Real Estate AgentsThe Cheetah Girls vs. State Farm InsurancePurple Passion. Coaches’ selections - HayleyThompson, Savannah Stevenson (CG). InteroReal Estate Agents The Cheetah Girls vs.Swaim Biological, Inc. Kool Katz. Coaches’selections - Camile Best, Emily Montalvo(CG).

Brian J. Emrich, DDS Lil’ Yanks vs.Austin Precision Bubble Gum Girls.Coaches’ selection - Taylor Sullivan, AmberThomas, Virginia Verduzco (LY). RichCortez and Sons Heating & Air Wildcats vs.Cresco Rental Equipment Fire Crackers.Coaches’ selections - Jamie Zogaric, RandiCortez, Taylor Stephenson (W). Around theBay Pest Control Black Widows vs. LesSchwab Tires Golden Stars. Coaches’ selec-tions - Mallory Jones, Emily Person, IsabellaQuintana (BW); Marissa Franks, SohpiaRebello, Ariana Dixon (GS). Around the BayPest Control Black Widows vs. William D.Thompson Attorney at Law Daisy Girls.Coaches’ selections - Hannah Ulrich, AmandaBurkett, Jamie Freitas (BW); ShannonBlockley, Jenna Hagan, Alyssa Sausen (DG).Mancini’s Sleepworld Magic Dragons vs.State Farm Insurance Purple Passion. Coaches’selections - Julia Maitland, Gabriella Maitland,Madison Kunke (MD). Les Schwab TiresGolden Stars vs. Classic Images Hair DesignBlue Angels. Coaches’ selections - EricaEspinosa, Sarah Sanchez, Sarah Whalen(GS).

T-ball: J.R. Pierce Plumbing Pink La-dies vs. Kapowee Diamond Diggers. Coaches’selections - Serena Hutt, Brooke Miller,Lauren Meeker (PL); Camryn Gray, KaylaHebebbrand, Natalie Stone (DD). Quail Elec-tronics, Inc. Little Stingers vs. IntegratedArchive Systems Blue Angels. Coaches’selections - Lexi Borna, Sierra Graham,Skylar Vinson (LS); Allison Scher, OliviaArmstrong, Kendall Yamamoto (BA).Bloomingcamp Optometry Rockin’ Rabbits.vs. Pertica Insurance Services Hot Tamales.Coaches’ selections - Emily Brown, SierraStreet, Emily Rogers (RR); Alexis Diaz,Alicia Diaz, Amanda Price (HT). J.R. PiercePlumbing Pink Ladies vs. Integrated ArchiveSystems Blue Angels. Coaches’ selections -Kaycie Lindland, Taylor Crutchley, JodiBryant (PL); Ashley Lewis, Isabella LaRosa,Colleen McCandless (BA). Pertica InsuranceServices Hot Tamales vs. Kapowee DiamondDiggers. Coaches’ selections - Mia Mendoza,Amanda Pertica, Shelby Williams (HT).Quail Electronics, Inc. Little Stingers vs.Bloomingcamp Optometry Rockin Rabbits.Coaches’ selections - Samantha Thomas,Madelyn Addington, Kaleigh Castillo (LS).

Livermore National LLLivermore National Little League re-

sults:Juniors Division: 90's House 3, San

Ramon Rage 0; 90's House 12, MountainHouse Red Sox 1; 80's House 7, Danville 1.90’s House vs. San Ramon Rage; LNLLGiants pitcher Stevie Bender shut out SanRamon for 5 2/3 innings before being re-moved for pitch count, striking out nine.Anthony Mazotti finished up for his secondsave, striking out the side in the 7th. AustinNelson struck the big blow for LNLL. His 3rdinning triple drove in Cameron Nguyen andLydell Amaral with the first two runs.Anthony Mazotti doubled in the 5th andhustled home on a wild pitch to score aninsurance run. Sumner Houston pitched fourtough innings for the Rage.

Top Players: 90’s House: Stevie Bender,Anthony Mazotti, Austin Nelson; San Ra-mon Rage: Sumner Houston, Donahoe,McConnell; 90’s House: Lydell Amaral,Cameron Nguyen, Scott Vargas; MountainHouse Red Sox: Amir, Julian, Dalrymple;80’s House: Craig Woolsen, Bobby Lyons,Austin Hummel; Danville: R. Bandrowski,Brad Ryans, Erickson;

Majors: Diamondbacks 4, Cardinals 9:ardinals were off to a good start with an earlylead in the 1st and 2nd innings and continuedwith top offensive player, Jared and animpressive pitching team, Matthew and Brian.The Diamondbacks battled with Tim hitting2 singles, scoring and making a great play at2nd base. Joseph and Connor had one singleeach. Joseph also made a great play at 2nd baseand Connor had one RBI and struck out twobatters. Other mentions: Nima Jafarkhanipitched 2 innings and Zach Rosas smackeda double.

Scores: Diamondbacks(4)-Cardinals(9);Dodgers(9)-Diamondbacks(1); Diamond-backs(9)-Mountain House(6); Dodgers(8)-Giants(2); Mountain House Astros(9)-Cardi-nals(15); Top Players: Diamondbacks: TimHarris, Joseph Inzerillo, Connor Spalding;Cardinals: Matthew Wells, Brian Martinez,Jared Roberts; Dodgers: Jordan Dowd, JoseGonzales, David Gomez; Diamondbacks:Mitch Licata, Tony Galindo, Nima Jafarkhani;Diamondbacks: Connor Spalding, Tim Har-ris, Zach Rosas; Mountain House: KevinNguyen, Jared Dalrymple, Christian Searle;Dodgers: Devin Bernacil, Tristan Thalhuber,Fotis Dimitropoulos; Giants: Nate Burke,Tyler Wallis, Kameron Johnson; MountainHouse Astros: James Akins, Josh Searle,Jacob Bradley; Cardinals: Matthew Wells,Joshua Tudino, Michael Ditzel;

AAA Division: Diamondbacks 13, Gi-ants 8: D’Backs catcher Addison Westbrookthrew out a runner at 3rd to stop a 1st inningrally. Trevor Valone made two great plays atsecond base and Tristan White made 3 playsat 1st base. Hitting was led by RobertChioino 2 doubles, Addison Westbrook 3singles, Andy Swaim, 2B, 1B and GabrielCulver, 1B, 3B. Giants offense showed upwith Scottie Newby, 1B, 2B, Steven Royster1B, 2B, Parker Turk, RBI Single, andBrandon Salgado, RBI Single. a Giants midgame rally to a 8-7 score kept the game close.

Scores: Diamondbacks(13)-Giants(8);Giants(1)-Diamondbacks(15); A’s(6)-Gi-ants(1); Dodgers(3)-Diamondbacks(2); Car-dinals(3)-Dodgers(13); Top Players: Dia-mondbacks: Trevor Valone, AddisonWestbrook, Robert Chioino; Giants: StevenRoyster, Raul Sandoval, Brandon Salgado;Giants: Scott Newby, Tylor Silva, VincentRizzo; Diamondbacks: Chris Moussa, Rob-ert Chioino, Gabriel Culver; A’s: JacobRakestraw, Ryan Barnes, Zack Kline; Gi-ants: Andrew Romero, Daniel Chrisman,Steven Royster; Dodgers: Nate Gooby, WyattPennybacker, Zack DeCarskey; Diamond-backs: Robert Chioino, Chris Moussa, GabrielCulver; Cardinals: Zack Patterson, RyanWinsor, Trevor O’Neil; Dodgers: ThomaaTriantos, Hayden Goldstein, GarrettMcDonald;

AA Division: Top Players: A’s: JoshuaHart, Joey Pettner, Kyra Kelly; Giants: JavierGuerra, Jacob Licata, Reece Kerstetter; Pa-dres: Zack Ostrander, Youki Chiva, JacobRasmussen; Cardinals: William Bretz, JakeGuttierrez, Dylanger Rucker; Rockies: BenRoller, Andrew Messner, Tommy Leon;Dodgers: David Salinas, Cecily Tinoco-Erway, Ian Slominski; Padres: VassiliosDimitropoulos, Jacob Rogers, JacobRasmussen; Rockies: Suede Canales, JaceRoberts, Jonathan Berry;

A Division: Diamondbacks vs. Rockies;Both teams came ready to play with greathitting by Dbacks Niles Moy and ZacharyHarris and Rockies Valerie Ixta and QuinnSmalling. Good defensive plays by the

Rockie’s Kyle West and the Dback’s JustinMerrill added to the excitement.

Top Players: Diamondbacks: JustinMerrill, Zachary Harris, Niles Moy; Rockies:Valerie Ixta, Quinn Smalling, Kyle West;Diamondbacks: Daniel Lloyd, Jacob Sale, TJTesterman; Black Giants: Grant Ikeda, ColbySmith, Todd Neizman; Dodgers: WyattCalkins, Nolan Smith, Zachary Voisin; Pa-dres: Jack Wilson, Caden Wmry, Ian Humes;A’s: Siddarth Bokka, Jeremy Snyder, DanielLodderhose; Cardinals: Jaren Dietsch, JackAltman, Charles Fillipucci; A’s: SiddarthBokka, Jeremy Snyder, Daniel Lodderhose;Cardinals: Jack Altman, Jaren Dietsch,Charles Fillipucci; Black Giants: MatthewCovacs, Justin Rasmussen, AntonioLaManna; Dodgers: Cody Voisin, GabrielMladinich, Wyatt Calkins; Cardinals: KyleMcKinzie, Jaiden Jiminez, Nolan Kitsuse;Padres: Blake Freeland, Ronald Martindill,Jacob Dougherty;

T-Ball: Cardinals vs. A’s; The Cardinalsmet the A’s on the Majors field early on achilly spring morning. The Cardinal’s BenTiedemann made an amazing play catchingthe ball behind his back and holding on forthe “out”. Justin Pestana dazzled the crowdwith his clutch hitting and Eric Ruloma ranbases like a champ. The A’s Jaxson Mosebyand Tyler Blue were wicked with the batgetting to base every time they stepped up tothe plate. Dylan Clinton wowed the crowd inthe field with his great skill and attitude.

Top Players: Cardinals: BenjaminTiedemann, Justin Pestana, Eric Ruloma;A’s: Dylan Clinton, Tyler Blue, JaxsonMoseby; Cardinals: Sean Pascual, JoshuaSpencer, Mateo Moncada; Dodgers: ShaunSmith, Anthony Miller, Jacob Bramell;Giants: Brayden Nunes, Jacob Hutchinson,Jacob Lord; Cardinals: Brett Oelrich, SeanPascual, Eric Rulona; Rockies: Zachary Saal,Ryan O’Neill, John Stangl; A’s: GavinPowers, Jessica Vasquez, Jack Bosso.

Mystics BasketballThe Livermore Mystics girls basketball

club traveled to San Jose to play in the GreatAmerica Shoot Out tournament. The Varsityteam played against some of the toughestcompetition it has seen this spring. The teamwas still able to finish in 3rd place with a 2and 2 record. The offensive skills of TaylorBorba, Ryann Raber and Shayla Raber leadthe Mystics. Each of the them averagingdouble figures for the tournament. Dominat-ing in the paint was Margaret Donovan, whoaveraged over 10 boards during this talentfilled tournament. The Varsity Mysticshustled on every loose ball and playedunselfish basketball. In the third place gamethe Varsity Mystics poured in 10 from waydowntown to spread the floor. A great effort,in a very tough tournament was appreciatedby the coaches and parents.

The 8th grade girls team came out firedup for this tournament. The girls left it allon the floor playing full court pressurebasketball the entire tournament. Saturday’sgame found Brittany Campiotti leading theway for the Mystics. Jessica Beckwith was abeast at center pulling down over 30 reboundsin the tournament. In Sunday’s win ClaudineSeriani, Mindy Morettini and Krissy Rollinsscrambled and sacrificed their bodies for eachloose ball. Some great passing by AshleyHolmes (6 pts) and Alyse Kline (6 pts) led tosome easy lay ups. A great defensive effortby Cassidy Sherman (2 pts), Katy Jones (4pts) and Nicole MacDougall kept the oppos-ing teams offense from establishing anyrhythm.

The 7th grade Mystics team keeps im-proving every tournament. Sara Marquez wasa basketball magician, pulling 15 points pergame out of her hat. Kelsie Bowles showedher skills off the bench by draining six pointsper game for the tournament. Great defensivegames by Jennie Harmison and Sierra Casselsdisrupted the opposing teams offense.

Pleasanton American LLPleasanton American Little League re-

sults:Junior 80s Gold: Pleasanton 1, Dan-

ville 80s Gold 2: In the top of the third,Pleasanton American’s Barrett Fitzgeraldhad a base hit. Kevin Faggiano hit a bunt thatbrought the runner home. After that, anotherhit by Mark Slifer had 2 runners on base, butthen a double play and pop fly left us with justone run. In the bottom of the 5th, PleasantonAmerican had a great play by 3rd baseman,Christopher Kinney, to catcher, Jack Hoffman,who threw to Tyler Rains at 1st for a doubleplay. Tyler Rains and Parker Bryan pitcheda great game for Pleasanton American.

Pleasanton 3, Danville 80s Gold 7: Inthe top of the 1st inning, Pleasanton American’sChristopher Kinney hit with Mark Sliferalready on base from a walk. Jack Hoffmanhad an RBI. Tyler Rains’ pop fly sacrificebrought home Christopher Kinney. In the topof the 3rd inning, Christopher Kinney had abase hit and later stole to 2nd. Jack Hoffmanhad a beautiful hit that brought ChristopherKinney home. In the bottom of the 3rd inning,an amazing double play ended the inning.Shortstop, Justin Cruz, threw to 1st baseman,Parker Bryan, who threw to 3rd baseman,Christopher Kinney.

Middle School WrestlingMendenhall Middle School had three

wrestlers reach the championships of thetough Harvest Park Wrestling Tournament.Jon Zawada, Greg White and Nick Campiottiall made it to the championship match. JonZawada wrestled great all day and was the lonewinner for Mendenhall in the 8th gradedivision. Greg White lost a tough match totake home 2nd place. Other 8th graders tomedal were Jared Bailey, who took third, andRyan Bashaw with a 4th place finish. Sixthgrader Nick Campiotti , wrestling in the 6th-7th grade division, won a couple of toughmatches before taking a loss in the champi-onship match. Jeffrey Brinkley and ClaytonBueno wrestled great as they each fought hardto come away with 3rd place in thier weightdivisions. Mendenhall had a good day as 7wrestlers placed.

Hart Middle School captured three firstplace medals at the Harvest Park Wrestlingtournament over the weekend and grabbed atotal of nine medals during the event. Leadingthe way, with gold medals, for the Huskieswere Cal Dutrow (8th grade), Zach Wilner(7th) and Jacob Richey (6th). Kyle Batoy(7th) and Max Johnston (8th) took homesecond place finishes while Jeff Deike (8th)and Dillon Gilbreth (8th) grabbed thirds.Also reaching the medal round and gettingfourth place finishes were Louie Desprez (7th)and Conner Brown (8th).

Junction Avenue Middle School eighthgrade brought home the 2nd place trophyfrom the Harvest Park Classic Tournament

this past weekend. They took 32 wrestlersand brought home 18 medals. Eighth graderJacob Vital earned the “Most Valuable Wres-tler” for the Tournament. Sixth Grade: TerryGraham, 74 lb, 2nd; John Madruga, 104 lb,1st; Nathaniel Docena, 115 lb, 3rd; ArtemioFennoy, 190 lb, 2nd; 7th grade: BrandonOlson, 80 lb, 3rd; Brianna Hevle, 84 lb, 4th;Summer Johnson,n 95 lb, 3rd; RiverSandoval, 154 lb, 2nd; Keanu Anderson, 190lb, 3rd; 8th grade: Jake Bohland 104 lb, 4th;J.D. Talamayan, 104 lb, 2nd; Jacob Baxter,119 lb, 1st; Johnathan Enriquez, 122 lb, 1st;Andrew Cable, 143 lb, 1st; Jacob Vital, 148lb, 1st; Quincy White, 145 lb, 2nd; TroyGomez, 154 lb, 2nd.

Pleasanton Girls SoftballPleasanton Girls Softball League results:T-Ball: Valentine Wealth Management

Inc vs. Chase Electric. Top Players: Valen-tine Wealth Management, Inc.—AllisonCasey, Emily Sanchez, Lexi Valentine; ChaseElectric—Sarah Green, Taylynn Low, DrewPagtakhan

Micro Division: J.P. Builders-Cobrasvs. TSI. J.P. Builders Cobras- Top offensiveplayers: Terra McHone, Emma Fritsch, HarperCook, and Madeline Baalman. Top defensiveplayers: Harper Cook, Terra McHone, SophiaHerzfeldt, Halle Uhl, Rida Lasne, ArianaCisneros, and Lacy Becker. Highlights: re-corded 11 outs in 5 innings (23 in two games).TSI Top hitters: Abbie Cooper, Mary Tincher,Daisee Kim. Top Players: J.P. Builders-Cobras—Harper Cook, Emma Fritsch, TerraMcHone; TSI—Abbie Cooper, Daisee Kim,Mary Tincher

Friends of PGSL-Storm Puppies vs. AllStar Sports- Patriots: All Star Sports-Patri-ots-Excellent hitting by Fiona Mitchell.Friends of PGSL- Storm Puppies-Outstand-ing double play by Libby Schlag. TopPlayers: Friends of PGSL-Storm Puppies—Jessica Cole, Libby Schlag, Katie Young;All Star Sports- Patriots—Claire Armstrong,Fiona Mitchell, Natalie Tarantino

Excel Realty & Mortgage-Silverettes vs.The Hopyard Alehouse-Short Hops. TheShort Hops received outstanding play andspirit from Madison Hildebrand, LaurenMelvin and Chloe Beidleman. Top Players:Excel Realty & Mortgage-Silverettes— Sum-mer Freericks, Kate Inman, Taylor Sowers;The Hopyard Alehouse-Short Hops— ChloeBeidleman, Madison Hildebrand, LaurenMelvin

Erickson Financial-Razzle Dazzles vs.Friends of PGSL-Storm Puppies. Great hit-ting and fielding. Top Players: EricksonFinancial-Razzle Dazzles—Madelynn Crimi,Kylie Racer, Lexi Trucco; Friends of PGSL-Storm Puppies—Vanessa Legins, AllisonStowell, Melissa Widas

Niki Ward Photography-Dynamite Dol-phins vs. JP Builders. Outstanding fieldingby Niki Ward Photography-Dynamite Dol-phins Claire Larsen and Zoe Moura. TopPlayers: Niki Ward Photography-DynamiteDolphins— McKenna Harris, Claire Larsen,Zoe Moura; JP Builders— Michaela Cabral, Victoria Hungerford, Dina Parks

Niki Ward Photography-Dynamite Dol-phins vs. Borg Redwood Fences-Dragons.Outstanding hitting by Niki Ward Photogra-phy-Dynamite Dolphins Allison DeFazioand Maddy Ward. Top Players: Niki WardPhotography-Dynamite Dolphins— JordanBolla, Allison DeFazo, Maddy Ward; BorgRedwood Fences-Dragons— AmyAsmussen, Madison Burke, Keara Greenan

Mini Rec Division: E Squared Automo-tive Group–Devils vs. Pacific Dental Care-Fireballs Top Players: E Squared Automo-tive Group–Devils— Allie Sanchez, LaurenSchaefer, Olivia Verbeck; Pacific DentalCare–Fireballs—Chelsea Burke, ArabelleFranco, Emily Taggart

Pilates on Spring-Dragons vs. E SquaredAutomotive-Green Devils. Last inning rallyby the visitors decided the game. Top Play-ers: Pilates on Spring-Dragons—Tori Garcia,Abby Hester, Abigail Sage; E Squared Au-tomotive-Green Devils—Katelyn Antilla,Aurlia Escobar, Olivia Verbeck

Assist Tel-Com-Martians vs. Axial-AllStars. Top Players: Assist Tel-Com-Mar-tians—Megan Brown, Makenzie Fox, OliviaLarsen; Axial-All Stars—Kamdyn Maher,Juliana Pribela, Megan Rittler

Moonshot Girls-Blue Rockets vs. Pilateson Spring-Dragons. Raven Maier Bell pitches3 strikes in row. Sabrina Dunham catches apop-fly ball. Sonora Andrews of MoonshotGirls-Blue Rockets pitches an almost perfect3 outs. Double Play by Abigail Sage andAriana Brooks of Dragons team. JuliaDensmore hits a triple. Top Players:Moonshot Girls- Blue Rockets— SonoraAndrews, Julia Densmore, Shreya Madan;Pilates on Spring- Dragons—CourtneyGoldstein, Raven Maier Bell , Jasmin Ross

Pleasanton Glass vs. Friends of PGSL-Pink Panthers Top Players: Pleasanton Glass—Hailie Berman, McKenna Shaffer, BethWilliams; Friends of PGSL-Pink Panthers—Ally Isaacs, Carly Moresco, Emily Trinidad

Friends of PGSL-Pink Panthers vs.Pilates on Spring-Dragons. Bryanna Schreiberpitched well for the Friends of PGSL-PinkPanthers. Carmen Lopez and Maya Nozakaalso played well. Raven Maier Bell, JasminRoss & Ariana Brooks had a great game forthe Pilates on Spring-Dragons. Top Players:Friends of PGSL-Pink Panthers— CarmenLopez, Maya Nozaka, Bryanna Schreiber;Pilates on Spring-Dragons— Ariana Brooks,Raven Maier Bell , Jasmin Ross

Axial-All Stars vs. Pleasanton Nursing& Rehab-Crushers: Top Players: Axial-AllStars— Mia Battilega, Rebecca Deckinger,Megan Rittler; Pleasanton Nursing & Rehab-Crushers— Emma Long, Lilly Ryan, CharisaShin

Mini Upper Division: KimWarren~Keller Williams-Jets 11, BEMAElectronics-Stompers 4: It was an awesomegame with great pitching on both teams. Topplayers: BEMA Electronics-Stompers—Maddy McGarry, Ariana Nino, HaleyWesenberg; Kim Warren~Keller Williams-Jets—Alana Mendez, Madalyn Warren,Danielle Williams

Titan PCB-Mighty Titans 2, KellerWilliams Realty-Jets 1: Titan PCB-MightyTitans had excellent pitching by JillianPluschkell. Great fielding and hitting bySophia Brown, Nicole White and JillianPluschkell. Keller Williams Realty-Jets hadgreat pitching by Danielle Williams. Excel-lent fielding and hitting by Alana Mendez,Lauren Blach and Danielle Williams. TopPlayers: Titan PCB-Mighty Titans— SophiaBrown, Jillian Pluschkell, Nicole White;Keller Williams Realty-Jets— Lauren Blach,Alana Mendez, Danielle Williams

BEMA Electronics-Stompers 4, J. LohrVineyards-Sluggers 3: It was an excitinggame between the two teams with excellentplays on both sides. BEMA Electronics-Stompers pitcher Monica Martinez startedthe game holding down the runs. The high-light of the game was a double play fromMadison Avery to Haley Wesenberg of theStompers. Top Players: BEMA Electronics-Stompers—Madison Avery, Jenyce Dutcher,Haley Wesenberg; J. Lohr Vineyards-Slug-gers—Christina Echavia, Ragan Lacy, JennaO’ Neal

Minor Rec Division: Friends of PGSL-X 16, Res-Com Insulation-Chargers 1:Friends of PGSL-X collected 23 hits and 16runs in a great all around team effort. CarlyKrakauer threw to Hannah Stevens for anawesome double play. The Res-Com Insula-tion-Chargers gave it their best effort, comingcloser than the score suggests - ending mostof their at bats with runners on second andthird. Top Players: Friends of PGSL-X—Emily Christensen, Molly Hamilton, HannaStevens; Res-Com Insulation-Chargers—Moira Andrews, Morgan Balaban, NinaHarpell

Contra Costa County Public Auto Auc-tion-Dynamites 16, Ireland, San Filippo,LLP-Lucky Charms 2: Ireland, San Filippo,LLP-Lucky Charms - Runs were scored byMegan Sensiba and Emily Barber. The RBIscame from Erin Walsh and Kayla Cerri.Nicole Cerri was able to successfully hitagainst the hard-throwing Katryna Deluz andplayed outstanding defense. Cassie Balduccipitched strongly and played great defense.

Contra Costa County Public Auto Auc-tion, Inc.-Dynamites - Myranda Marzoccohad multiple hits and made a great catch whileplaying shorts Top. Paige Jones pitchedstrongly (while playing great defense) andwas solid at the plate. Ashley Beyer hit safelyand scored in the 4th inning. Top Players:Ireland , San Filippo, LLP-Lucky Charms—Cassie Balducci, Kayla Cerri, Erin Walsh;Contra Costa County Public Auto Auction,Inc.-Dynamites— Ashley Beyer, Paige Jones,Myranda Marzocco

Canyon Chiropractic-Fillies 7, Res-ComInsulation-Chargers 2: The Canyon Chiro-practic-Fillies scored in every inning. ChloeConnolly, from shortshop, dashed across2nd base to field a ball and throw the batterout at first, saving a run. Top Players: CanyonChiropractic-Fillies—Chloe Connolly,Kristen Marks, Shelby Sarin; Res-Com In-sulation-Chargers— Moria Andrews, SerenaCarmona-Hester, Antoinette Rydell

Tomarco Contractors-Blue Devils 7,Friends of PGSL 1: Tomarco Contractors-Blue Devils had excellent pitching by MoniqueDavidson; short-s Top Brittany Cooper hadtwo hits including a double and catcher JaclynLong was great at home plate. Top Players:Tomarco Contractors-Blue Devils— BirttanyCooper, Monique Davidson, Jaclyn Long;Friends of PGSL—Meghan Boyle, AmaliaDickenson , Victoria Dominguez

Minor Upper Division: PABCO Gyp-sum–Panthers 3, Coca Cola-Cola Bears 0:The PABCO Gypsum–Panthers had 3 pitch-ers combine to shutout the Coca Cola-ColaBears. Janelle Tanis, Corrine Valdix, andKatey Moore all pitched well against a toughCola Bears team. Ashley Lotoszynski pitchedwell for the Cola Bears. Top Players: PABCOGypsum–Panthers—Katey Moore, JanelleTanis, Corinne Valdix; Coca Cola-ColaBears—Ashley Lotoszynski, JordanNiermeyer, Hannah Stoik

Major Rec Division Sallman, Yang &Alameda-Teal Tornados 11, J.M. O’Neill,Inc. 7s: The Sallman, Yang & Alameda - TealTornadoes had an incredible day, using theirincredible whipping strength to win the firstof their double-header, 11-7. Akiko Osbournecaught severe fly balls. Sydney Payne andElizabeth Broughton pitched with awesomeforce. The Tornadoes were uns Toppable! TopPlayers: Sallman, Yang & Alameda-TealTornados–Elizabeth Broughton, AkikoOsbourne, Sydney Payne; J.M. O’Neill,Inc.–Lauren Brown, Savannah Cordova,Alexandra Dickinson

Sallman, Yang & Alameda-Teal Torna-dos 8, Stainless Distributors 8s: The Sallman,Yang & Alameda - Teal Tornadoes tied theirsecond game of the day. Allie Peterson caughta fly ball at third base. She also batted well.Madeline Quinn pitched with lightning speed

and Kyra Esmeyer batted two runs in. TopPlayers: Sallman, Yang & Alameda-TealTornados– Kyra Esmeyer, Allie Peterson,Madeline Quinn; Stainless Distributors—Kara Carlstrom, Raquel Chao, Erin Emde

Leslie Wolf-State Farm Insurance 11,J.M. O’Neill, Inc. Planners/Builders 8: Toughfive inning game with good defensive playsby both teams. Kyra Costa pitched threeinnings allowing only one run. Olivia Buescherhad 2 key RBIs. Savannah Cordova scored 3runs and Alexandra Dickinson scored 2 runs.Top Players: Leslie Wolf-State Farm Insur-ance—Olivia Buescher, Kyra Costa; J.M.O’Neill, Inc. Planners/Builders— SavannahCordova, Alexandra Dickinson

Senior Division Prestige Photography12, Pleasanton Ready Mix 10: Tied gamewent over time. Prestige Photography pullsit out in the end. Meghan Bean and DanielleSeuis made terrific plays with their pop-flycatches. Felicia Lastala did a great job catch-ing. Amanda Zavattero brought in 3 runs forPleasanton Ready Mix. Kristen Chapmanand Elena Montauti did a great job pitching.Top Players: Prestige Photography— MeghanBean, Felicia Lastala, Danielle Seuis; Pleas-anton Ready Mix— Kristen Chapman, ElenaMontauti, Amanda Zavattero

Best Buy-Breakers 9, Cardinal Jewelers-Wildcats 6: For the Cardinal Jewelers-Wild-cats Lauren McCarroll started the team’scomeback attempt in the 6th inning with asingle. Jenny Meisenheimer went 2 for 3 withtwo singles. Caitlin Gray hit a double intocenter field. For the Best Buy-Breakers,Kacey Higgins shined with 5 straightstrikeouts. Top Players: Cardinal Jewelers-Wildcats— Caitlin Gray, Lauren McCarroll,Jenny Meisenheimer; Best Buy-Breakers—Kacey Higgins, Ashley Moreno.

Colt .45s BaseballColt .45s Baseball Club now forming

18U and 16U competitive travel teams. Allhigh school players welcome for evaluation.No conflicts with your school team schedule.Please contact Coach Max Valencia at (925)639-9034 or emailmaxvbaseball@hotmail.com. Team website,www.colt45s.net.

CorrectionThe score was incorrect in last week’s

Independent. Livermore did not defeat Foot-hill in the consolation game. Foothill scoredfive runs in the 7th inning to record a 5 to 1win over Livermore.

Place-Kicking Camp Registration is open for the final place

kicking camp in Pleasanton. Amador ValleyHigh School Varsity Football Kicking Coach,and former All-PAC-10 and NFL Place-Kicker, Steve Jordan will instruct partici-pants in basic place-kicking skills and tech-niques. Participants will gain accuracy andpower on P.A.T.’s, field goals, and mostimportantly kickoffs. Participants will learnproper kicker sideline etiquette. Camperswill need to bring kicking cleats or soccershoes, plenty of water, and a game winningattitude each program day. Footballs andother kicking equipment will be provided.Beginners are welcome. Space is limited.

The camp is open to all in 6th to 9th grade.The camp is April 12-13, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.Camp fee is $125. For registration contactthe City of Pleasanton’s Parks and RecreationDepartment at 931-5340 or see page 48 of theSpring 2008 City of Pleasanton’s Activities

Guide, or contact Steve Jordan directly at(925) 200-8661.

Swim ClinicLivermore area athletes will have a unique

chance to enhance their competitive swim-ming skills by working with two of thecountry’s greatest swimmers, Josh Davis andKim Vandenberg. The LivermoreAquacowboys Swim Team will host a Mu-tual of Omaha Breakout! Swim Clinic onSaturday, April 26 at the Livermore ValleyTennis Club, 2000 Arroyo Road in Liver-more.

The Mutual of Omaha Breakout! SwimClinic was developed by Olympic goldmedalist Josh Davis and Mutual of Omaha toinspire and motivate a new generation ofswim stars. Davis, who earned three goldmedals in the 1996 Olympics and two silvermedals in the 2000 Olympic Games, is amaster clinician and motivational speaker.

Registration for the Mutual of OmahaBreakout! Swim Clinic is currently open. Toregister, contact Dave Clark atinfo@lacswimming.com or call 925-443-7700 and ask for Emily Horst LVTC Aquat-ics Director.

Bowling NewsDarin Smith of the ReMax Executive

Cheyenne League started the night with a 275game and never let up when he added a 259and ended with a 278 to complete an USBCaward winning 812 series at the GranadaBowl in Livermore. Rich Canada used a 276game to help him to a 723

In the Friday Family Affair league, twoof the youth bowlers took center stage. 18yr old Casey Albert rolled a 223 and a 266 andfinished with a 280 game on his way to a 769series. Reily Chin (13) bowled a 248, 237and a 257 for 742 series.

High game honors last week went to TroyHeal when he blasted 10 strikes in a row tocomplete a 286 game.

Ray Salas of the Generation Gap had a765 set that included games of 258, 248 and259. Mark McCreary kept a hot hand with his256, 234 and 227 for a 717 set. Carl Rogersof the Balhorn O’Dell Construction looprolled a 245, 234 and a 231 for his 710 set.Jeff Nunes rolled a 268 on his way to a 708series. Joe Delise’s 703 was aided by his 245,224 and a 234. Brian Johmann, Early YearsGetaway League earned his 700 award whenhe rolled a 237, 222 and 241.

Kari Estabrook rolled a 245 game andDiane Belak blasted a 236 game in the ValleyFamilies and Friends League PrimeTimeSenior Don Tunison rolled a 247 Game andFred Starry rolled a 243 while Otis Farrisupped his average with a 237 game.

Track and FieldAthenian Athletics Track Club invites

youth athletes ages 7-18 to participate in trackand field practice sessions to prepare for the2008 track and field season. The Club ispreparing for USATF Meets and AAU meets.Practices will be held on a voluntary/drop-inbasis Monday through Friday. For clubmembership, practice times and locations,please visit www.athenianathletics.com orcall Coach Rik Richardson at 925-518-9356.

Golf for WomenThe 3rd annual Business Golf for Women

will be held Tues., June 3 at Poppy RidgeGolf Course, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The day begins with registration and acontinental breakfast followed by guest speakerNancy Berkley at 9:30 a.m. Golf clinics willbe offered between 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.followed by lunch. After lunch a 9-hole golftournament tees off at 1 p.m. A networkingreception, awards, wine tasting and prizesfollow the tournament, 3:30 to 5 p.m.

Tickets are $49 for breakfast, the seminarand clinics; and $89 for the full day program.To register go to www.poppyridgegolf.com.

Livermore Youth FootballLivermore Youth Football & Cheer Liv-

ermore Youth Football & Cheer (LYF&C) isa full contact football league that has beenestablished for 35 years. Registration will beheld April 24, 6 to 8 p.m. at Round TablePizza, 1024 East Stanley Blvd., Livermore.

All coaches are required to attend coach-ing clinics each year to strengthen theirknowledge of the game.

Football and cheer squads have been verysuccessful in the highly competitive DiabloValley Youth Football Conference (DVYFC).DVYFC is one of the strongest youth footballconferences in Northern CA. It consists of 18“city” teams that attract the best footballplayers and cheerleaders in the Alameda andContra Costa Counties.

There are 5 levels to tryout for with ages7 to 14 (football) 5 to 14 (cheerleading).Information at www.eteamz.com/lyfc or emaillyfc@onebox.com/lyfc.

The league is currently accepting appli-cations for both football and cheer coaches forthe upcoming season.

Photo - Doug Jorgensen

"Biker Chicks" were one of the entries in the annual ValleySpokesmen's Cinderella Classic ride. The non-competitive ride,open to women only, covered 63 miles

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Rosenda “Rose” HalogPleasanton resident Rosenda

“Rose” Cataga Halog died ofcomplications related to lupus onApril 1, 2008.

She was born March 1, 1922.She touched the lives of manywith her vivacious spirit andcompassionate soul. Prior to herillness, she was an active mem-ber of St. Augustine CatholicChurch and the American LegionWomen’s Auxiliary. She enjoyedsports and gardening. She lovedroses.

She is survived by her hus-band “Dionisio “Danny” Halog;children Tessie, Virginia, Linda,Donnie and Ron; and grandchil-dren Richard, Rosie and An-thony.

A prayer vigil is planned for6:30 p.m. on Fri., April 11 and amemorial service at 10 a.m. Sat.,April 12, both at St. Augustine,3999 Bernal Ave., Pleasanton.

Arrangements by Graham-Hitch Mortuary.

Richard Allan FergusonRichard Allan Ferguson was

born August 30, 1929 in NewYork and entered into rest onMarch 23, 2008.

He was a resident of Dublin.Richard grew up in Gold Hill,Oregon and graduated from GoldHill High in 1947. He attendedthe University of Oregon for twoyears where he received his BAin education. He served in theU.S. Air Force from 1950-1951.He moved to Dublin in 1965where he was a soccer and LittleLeague coach for two years. Heparticularly enjoyed trips to thebeach.

He is survived by his sons anddaughters-in-law Donald andTammy Ferguson of Manteca andRich and Deanna Ferguson ofDublin; daughter KimberlyFerguson of Redding; sisterCarma Lanford of Mercer Island,WA, and grandchildren JoeyFerguson, Sam Ferguson andHannah Ferguson. He was pre-ceded in death by his wife, JeanneFerguson in 2005.

Arrangements by CallaghanMortuary.

Dorothy Swift BearseDorothy Swift Bearse was

born the youngest of eight chil-dren in Cotuit, MA on Sept 23,1914 to Osborne W. and GeneveCrosby Bearse. She died March31, 2008 in Livermore..

“Dot’, as she liked to becalled, graduated fromBridgewater State Teachers Col-lege and taught in the Barnstableschools until she married IrvingW. Bearse of Hyannis in June1938. They subsequently livedin Providence, RI, Charleston, SCand to Decatur GA. She movedto Oak Ridge, TN in 1992 and to

Livermore in 2006.In 1953 she and a co-owner

established a private kindergar-ten. She operated the kindergar-ten until 1961 and then taughtfirst grade in the DeKalb CountySchool System until retiring in1971.

Throughout her life she par-ticipated in church, school andcommunity activities. She en-joyed playing golf, sewing andtraveling to such places as Por-tugal, India, Turkey, and Greece.

Her husband, Irving Bearsedied in 1985. She is survived bythree children; Jane Everett(Roger), Livermore, CA, WilliamBearse (Karen) Bethlehem, PAand Nancy Vanderlan (John)Clinton, TN. Her six grandchil-dren, Julie Mello, Jill Hornbeck,Billy Bearse, Kevin Bearse, ScottVanderlan, and MichaelVanderlan. Great-grandchildrenare: Kendall Hornbeck, KatelynHornbeck, Ryan Hornbeck,Courtney Mello and JustinMello.

Burial will be in Oak GroveCemetery, Hyannis, MA. No ser-vices are planned.

Joseph C. LagomarsinoA Livermore native and vet-

eran of World War II, passed awayat his home on March 30, 2008,at the age of 91.

He is survived by his wifeMartha, son Mark, daughterEdith Van Huss, sisters TeresaWiedemann and Erma Fechter,and brother John Lagomarsino.Another brother, Robert, pre-ceded him in death.

Services will be private. Inlieu of flowers, donations may bemade to Hope Hospice; 6500Dublin Blvd., #100; Dublin, CA94568.

George C. SteinhauerGeorge C. Steinhauer died

March 31, 2008 at his home inTracy. He was 84.

George was born Feb. 26, 1924in Indianapolis, IN. Shortly aftergraduation Broad Ripple HighSchool in 1942, he was draftedinto the U.S. Army during WorldWar II and served as a medic inboth the war in Europe and thePacific war. Following the war,he attended and graduated fromPurdue University.

George married DorothyLommel on July 29, 1950 in In-dianapolis. In 1957, they movedto Livermore where Georgeworked as an engineer at Sandia.Later, George and Dorothy pur-chased and operated Loard’s IceCream and Candy in downtownLivermore for 18 years. In 1988,he opened Tracy SudsLaundromat in Tracy.

He enjoyed taking an activeinterest in the community. In re-tirement, he served as a mediator

and tutor for the Alameda CountyCourt System, and, most recentlyparticipated in the Volunteer InPolice Service (VIPS) for theTracy Police Department. Georgewas an avid reader and a longtime poker player.

He was preceded in death byhis daughter Sue Steinhauer andgreat grandson James Steinhauer.He is survived by his wife of 57years, Dorothy, daughter CarolSigg and son Stephen Steinhauer,grandchildren Jessica and MarkAdams, Keith Steinhauer, Jenni-fer Taylor, Ray Sigg, ChristopherSigg and Della Roebel; and greatgrandchildren Peyton Steinhauerand Isaac Adams.

A gathering of remembranceswill be held from noon to 3 p.m.on Fri., April 11 at Green OaksClubhouse, 2929 N. MacArthurBlvd., Tracy. Arrangements byIrene Rose and the Tracy PoliceDepartment’s VIPS.

Arrangements by CallaghanMortuary.

John “Rocky” MountainJohn “Rocky” Mountain, for-

merly of Livermore, died peace-fully in the Life Care Center inMount Vernon, WA on April 2,2008.

John was a former UnitedStates Marine and served in bothWorld War II and the Korean War.

He is survived by his wife of23 years, Rita of Mount Vernon,WA, two daughters, five grand-children, four great grandchil-dren, and four stepchildren andtheir families.

Inurnment will be at MemoryGardens Cemetery in Livermorefollowing a memorial service.Services will be held at 10 a.m.on Fri., April 11 at CallaghanMortuary, 3833 East Ave., Liver-more.

Joyce Genevieve WernerJoyce Genevieve Werner

passed away peacefully on April

4, 2008 in Fairfield, Ca. at theage of 92.

Born on February 9, 1916 inHartley, Iowa, Joyce lived a longand adventurous life. She grewup on a farm in Minnesota andgraduated in Home Economicsfrom the University of Minne-sota. Upon graduation she mar-ried Hugh Carrico, an Army pi-lot, who was shot down over Italyduring World War II. After thedeath of her first husband, Joycesigned up with the Red Cross andserved 2 years in Juneau, Alaskamaking the lives of our soldiersa little happier. After the war, shemoved to San Francisco whereshe met and married ArthurWerner, Jr., an Army Colonel re-turning from the war.

After her children were inschool Joyce began her teachingcareer in Home Economics atLivermore High School. She alsoearned a certificate in Counsel-ing and became a certified finan-cial planner. In retirement, Joycespent lots of time gardening, sew-ing, traveling, reading and enjoy-ing her family and friends. Shewas an exceptional wife, mother,grandmother, and friend and wasloved and admired by all whoknew her.

Joyce was a loving mother toRandy, Arthur III (Skip), andRoger Werner. She is also sur-vived by her step-daughter,Marilyn Werner-Baker, her sisterMarjorie Ogren and Marjorie’shusband Ken and many grand-children, great-grandchildren,nephews and nieces. Her hus-band, Arthur Werner, Jr. precededher in death in 1998.

Family and friends are invitedto a Memorial Service on Friday,April 11, at 2:00 pm atCallaghan’s Mortuary, 3833 EastAvenue, Livermore. A viewingwill be at 1 pm. Burial will beafter the service at RoselawnCemetery also in Livermore.

Organizations wishing to run notices inBulletin Board, send information to PO Box1198, Livermore, CA 94551, in care ofBulletin Board. Include name of organiza-tion, meeting date, time, place and theme orsubject. Phone number and contact personshould also be included.

AABC (Activities & Academic BoosterClub) Scholarships: Four Scholarships(Two for $1000 each and two for $500 each)will be awarded in May 2008. Foothill HighSchool seniors who will attend an accreditedinstitution of higher learning must submit acompleted application to Mrs. Bing in theFHS Counseling office by Monday, April14, 2008. See FHS counseling (Mrs. Bing)for an application or online at http://www.pleasanton.k12.ca.us/foothill/pub/foothill/aabcscholarship.pdf.

Travel with Friendship Force, pro-gram Sunday, April 13, 2:00-3:00 PM,Dublin Public Library, 200 Civic Plaza,Dublin. Discover travel that makes a differ-ence. Club members will describe hostingand being hosted by club members aroundthe world, promoting peace one friendship ata time. Coffee, tea, and sweets will be served.Reserve a space: 510-794-6844. No charge.www.ffsfba.org .

Golden Gala, dance held by the InteractClub at Valley Christian High in Dublin forsenior citizens around the area. It is a freeevent. This year’s theme is Paris. There willbe appetizers, desserts, live music, dancing,and a raffle. The event is April 12, 6:30 to9 p.m. at the school, 7500 Inspiration Dr. Forinformation, call Sue King-Irwin, 560-6250ext. 422. RSVP is encouraged, but walk-inswill gladly be welcomed.

Valley Vista 4-H Club is looking fornew members, ages 5-19. Various projectsinclude mini 4-H, beginning 4-H, crafts,cooking and leadership. The club meets onthe second Monday of every month at Jack-son Avenue School, 554 Jackson Avenue inLivermore at 7:00. The next meeting is April14. Contact Melanie Kent at (925) 443-1597or mjkent@earthlink.net for information.

Old Fashioned Family Fun Night,Jackson Avenue Elementary School annualspring fun- and fund-raiser.Friday, April11th at 5:30. Admission is free. There aregames to play, food for purchase, and giftbaskets and other items to bid on. There willbe an old-fashioned cake walk, snow-conesand popcorn. Bid on items from parents,teachers, and the community. Sponsored byJackson’s Parent-Teacher Organization,money from the spring fund-raiser pays formuch-needed items at Jackson ElementarySchool. Jackson Avenue Elementary is lo-cated at 554 Jackson Avenue in Livermore.The fun runs from 5:30 til 8:00 p.m. onFriday, April 11th. .

Spring fashion show, at Nordstrom in

Stoneridge Mall. Season's new looks andaccessories will be featured by Pat Lees of thepersonal shoppers department. April 24,Livermore Valley Business and ProfessionalWomen fund-raising for scholarships forlocal re-entry women in college. Dinner andshow $35. Dinner at 6 p.m. at the Cafe.Reservations by April 18, call Mona at 829-3505.

Pleasantonians 4 Peace is again spon-soring a candlelight vigil in front of theMuseum on Main Street, Downtown Pleas-anton. April 16, Wednesday, at 7 PM. Wewill reflect on the human and monetary costsof the war, honor our veterans who havesacrificed, and visualize ways of movingbeyond this conflict to a more peaceful world.Please bring a votive candle in a paper cup sothat we do not drip candle wax on thesidewalk. We are planning to continue amonthly event as long as necessary. Ques-tions? Call Cathe Norman at 462-7495 or E-mail Matt Sullivan at mjs7882@gmail.com

Valley Spokesmen Bicycle TouringClub, Sat., April 12, 32 miles Pleasant Hillto Crockett and Martinez, meet 10 a.m.Pleasant Hill Community Center, RandyHuey, 518-8439. Sun., April 13, 35 milesjoin race team in ride from Bankhead Theaterout along rural roads, meet 9 a.m. DonWilliams, 580-9395. Wed., April 16, 38miles Vacaville to Winters, meet 10 a.m. atLagoon Regional Park, Edith Norby, 707-748-1508. Anyone planning to go on a rideis asked to call the leader for details on whereto meet and what to bring.

Rummage Sale, Sat., April 12, 9 a.m.to 3 p.m. Livermore-Pleasanton Elks Lodge2117, 940 Larkspur Dr., Livermore.

Bird walk, Sat., April 12, 8:30 a.m.John Muir National Historic Site. Meet at theCalTrans park and ride, corner of AlhambraAve. and Franklin Canyon Rd., Martinez.Bring water and binoculars. Wear goodwalking shoes, trail is steep. If rains heavily,walk canceled. For more information, call228-8860. No charge.

Rummage Sale, Fairlands ElementarySchool, 9th annual rummage sale and bakesale, Sat., April 12, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. in themultipurpose room, 4151 W. Las PositasBlvd., Pleasanton. Cash only please. Itemsin good condition can be donated for the saleon Fri., April 11, 3 to 8 p.m. Proceeds tobenefit Fairlands PTA fund. Questions, callLaura Barnett at 461-5321.

Pleasanton Senior Center VIP Club,sponsoring a Napa-Sonoma wine tour Wed.,April 28. Cost is $65 members, $67 non-members. Wineries to be visited are ViansaWinery, Sutter Home Vineyards, and BeringerVineyards. Lunch at Compadres at Vintage1870 in Yountville. Contact the SeniorCenter travel desk at 931-5370 for moreinformation and reservations.

Tri-Valley Holistic Moms Network:Reduce, Reuse & Recycle On Monday, April21, at 7 p.m., the Tri-Valley Holistic MomsNetwork will hold a meeting in honor of EarthDay. Monthly meetings are held on the thirdMonday of each month. Please note there isa new meeting location provided by a localbusiness: In My Nature, 4725 First Street,#270, Pleasanton. The building is located inCivic Center Station between Bernal & FirstSt. in Pleasanton. Please park in the lot facingBernal. There is no charge for first timevisitors or for Chapter members. For furtherinformation, please visitwww.holisticmoms.org or e-mail Tri-ValleyHMN@hotmail.com.

The U.S. Vs. John Lennon will beshown Sat., April 19 at 7 p.m. at the IBEWHall, 6250 Village Parkway, Dublin. Thisfilm examines the period in John’s life whenhe and Yoko became involved in peace andsocial justice issues and how officials in theUnited States reacted to this. This event isopen to the public, free/$3.00 donationsaccepted, wheelchair accessible. Refreshmentsare served. Meet & greet begins at 6:30 PM.A short discussion about the film follows. Formore information, call 925-462-3459.

Livermore Community Blood Drive -Friday, April 18, 1:00 - 6:00 p.m. at RobertLivermore Community Center, 4444 EastAvenue in the Gym. There is a severe shortageof blood in the Bay Area, and only 3% of theeligible people give blood. Please help savea life by giving blood. The process takes 1-1½ hours, and snacks and refreshments areserved after you donate. You must be 17 yearsold, and have a form of identification withyou. To sign up, go to www.GiveLife.org,and use ASBURY as the sponsor code. Forinformation contact Tom Petty at 925-980-8164 or e-mail BloodDrive@asburylive.org.

Free seminar on The East Bay Is OnSale, hosted by the McDaniel Callahan RealEstate Team at J. Rockliff Realtors on Tues-day, April 22, 6:30-7:45 PM at the Danvilleoffice of J. Rockcliff Realtors, 15 RailroadAve. The seminar covers: Four strategies tosell your home, Three secrets to enhance yourproperty value, Two hot money makers:REO’s and Foreclosures, and One proven wayto buy below market. Reservations are re-quired. Call 925-838-4300.

Volunteers sought: The LivermoreREAD Project is currently seeking volunteertutors to help motivated adults improve theirbasic reading and writing skills. A free tutortraining workshop will be held at the Liver-more Public Library on Wednesday, April23rd, from 7-9 p.m. and on Saturday, April26th, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Please plan to attendboth sessions. To register for the training, orfor more information, call 925-373-5507.

Augustin Bernal Hike and Meditationfor Women, Sat., April 19, 9 a.m. to 12:30

p.m. $18.00 (include photo of group, hike,mindful activity at lunch break) Non-resi-dents $21.00. Information or registration atwww.ci.pleasanton.ca.us/services/recreation/current-activities-guide.html. Join otherwomen for nature’s rebirth, great exercise, aspecial mediation and great views of Mt.Diablo and the entire valley.

6th annual Going Native GardenTour, A free, self-guided tour of homegardens that are water-wise, low mainte-nance, low on chemical use, bird and butterflyfriendly, and attractive. A variety of homegardens landscaped with California nativeplants will be open to the public Sunday,April 20, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Locationsthroughout Santa Clara Valley and Penin-sula. Free admission; registration required atwww.GoingNativeGardenTour.org beforeApril 19, 12 noon, or until the tour reachescapacity, whichever comes first. Space islimited; register early to ensure a place.Volunteers receive invitations to visit nativegardens throughout the year. emailinfo@GoingNativeGardenTour.org.

Money: A Woman's Perspective, Wed.,April 23, noon at the Livermore Library,1188 So. Livermore Ave. Sponsored byLivermore-Pleasanton-Dublin branch of theAmerican Association of University Women.Presenters are Libby Milhalka founder ofAltamont Capital Management, and NancyUbaldi, vice president for investments atUBS. Free. Bring questions and a bag lunch.Beverages and dessert provided. Questions;Marge Johnson 846-6084 orrudymargejohnson@comcast.net.

2008 Northern California FirefighterRecruitment Fair, sponsored by CaliforniaCommission to Recruit Women for the FireService will be held Sat., April 19, 10 a.m.to 4 p.m. at 6723 Sierra Court, Suite G,Dublin. Meet firefighters and fire departmentrecruiters. Learn about an exciting career inthe fire service. Check out the PhysicalAbilities Test. For more information call916-648-1717 or email womens-commish@cpf.org. Northern CaliforniaFirefighter Recruitment Fair is part of astatewide campaign to bring more womeninto the California Fire Service. The Fair isopen to all, but the program is geared towardwomen.

Amador Valley Quilt Guild will meeton Saturday, April 12, at 1:30 p.m. at thePleasanton Middle School, 5001 Case Av-enue, Pleasanton. Quilt teacher and authorBrenda Henning will present a lecture en-titled, “How Did I Get Here?” Rose, a self-described compulsive quilter, will conducther workshop “Quilt As You Go StainedGlass Table Runner” the following day. Theguild is a non-profit educational associationfor quilters of all skill levels. Anyone inter-ested in quilting may attend. For further

information about the guild or upcomingspeakers, please visit our website, http://amadorvalleyquilters.org

Fiesta: Spring Fling, East AvenueMiddle School event to be held Fri., May 2at the Robert Livermore Community Center,4444 East Ave., Livermore. 6 to 11 p.m.events include dinner, live and silent auctionsand dancing. $30 per person. This is an adultevent. Information, Carmela Stepp, 640-7346 or stepp2@sbcglobal.net.

YMCA Healthy Kids Day, Sat., April12, Frederiksen Elementary School, Dublin,10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fun family activities, abounce house, entertainment, door prizes,exhibits, vendors, food and YMCA programinformation and registration. Admission isfree. Please call the Tri-Valley YMCA at 475-6110 for more information.

Free computer training, LivermoreLibrary: Searching the Internet class Sat.,April 12, 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Search-ing: Google & Beyond on Sat., April 19,10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Classes are handson, first come first served, and take place inCommunity Meeting Room B. Stop by theCivic Center Library adult information ser-vices desk, 1188 So. Livermore Ave., or call373-5505 for information about the classes.

Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, Saturday,April 19th, 12:00 to 4:00 pm, AssistanceLeague of Amador Valley hosts their 13thannual afternoon tea. Members and guestsenjoy an afternoon of tea, music, opportunityprizes, an interesting speaker and musicalentertainment. This year’s featured guestspeaker is Juliette Goodrich, A KPIX NewsAnchor and Emmy Award winner, on “Find-ing Balance.” Guest vocalist is Eric Ribiero,a Bay Area performer since 1988. This annualfundraiser supports many projects includingOperation School Bell, in which hundreds ofschool children are clothed each year. Reser-vations are now open and tickets are availableat $45 per person. For ticket information,please call Annette at 925-462-5275 or Rickieat 925-846-3922.

Natives Garden Tour, registration forthe 2008 Bringing Back the Natives GardenTour on Sunday, May 4, 2008 is now openat www.bringingbackthenatives.net. This free,award-winning tour features 60 pesticide-freegardens that conserve water, provide habitatfor wildlife, and contain 50% or more nativeplants. In addition to the free tour on May 4,

this year’s Select Tours – private, guidedtours of signature native plant gardens - offersomething for everyone. Accompanying th“Meet the Designer” series is a “GourmetBicycle Tour” to Walnut Creek and Lafayettegardens; a “Fraction of a Century BikingTour” in Oakland; and a walking tour to threeBerkeley gardens. These Select Tours areoffered on April 12, 13, 26, 27, and May 3,18, and 25, 2008. For details go towww.b r ing ingback thena t ive s .ne t /selecttour.html. The Native Plant Sale Ex-travaganza will take place throughout theweekend of May 3 and 4.

RELIGIONCommunity Second Seder, The Tri-

Valley Cultural Jews’ Passover seder cel-ebrates the heroism and courage of the humanparticipants in the original freedom struggleof the Jewish people and in all struggles forfreedom throughout the world. TVCJ, anaffiliate of the Congress of Secular JewishOrganizations, will hold its annual commu-nity seder on Sunday, April 20, at 5 pm at theBothwell Center, 2466 Eighth St. in Liver-more. The seder is a potluck and reservationsare required. A donation of $10/adult (over13) is requested. For reservations and foodassignment, call (925) 485-1049.

Care for the World, 5:15 p.m., Sunday,April 13. A festival service of readings,prayers, and music focusing on creation, theenvironment, and our responsibility as stew-ards of God’s creation. St. Clare’s EpiscopalChurch, 3350 Hopyard Road, Pleasanton.Free. 925-462-4802,www.stclarespleasanton.org.

Are we still praying like we did whenwe were 5? Is the topic for the April 15,L.I.F.E. (Lessons In Faith Experience) seriesat St. Charles Borromeo, 1315 LomitasAve., in Livermore. Sr. Rebecca Shinas,O.P., the Adult Spiritual Formation directorat St. Simon’s in Los Altos, and Patty Littrellwill present the program. All are welcome. A$5.00 free will donation is appreciated. Forinformation contact Julie atupcatholic@aol.com or 447-4549 ex 114.

Tri-Valley Unity Church, “A NewEarth, A New You” - April message theme byRichard Southern, special speaker. Meetingat the Radisson Hotel, 6680 Regional St.,Dublin, 10:00 a.m. Sunday service. Messagefor April 13: “Open My Eyes: Seeing Myselfin a New Way.” All are welcome. 829-2733.

Downtown Pleasanton will host a sidewalk sale on Saturday andSunday, April 12 and 13. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 on Saturday andnoon to 6 p.m. on Sunday.

Many downtown shops will have tables outside on the sidewalkin front of their businesses and feature special promotions and salesboth inside and out.

Purchase a Downtown Pleasanton Gift Card that can be used forshopping, dining, salon and spa services and more. Gift cards areavailable at Towne Center Books (555 Main), online atwww.pleasantondowntown.net or at the Pleasanton Downtown As-sociation office (830 Main, Suite A).

For additional information, visit www.pleasantondowntown.net.

Sidewalk Sale Set in Pleasanton

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The Best of the Best, featur-ing Livermore Valley wines andgourmet food from Tri-Valley res-taurants, will be held at the col-lege, 3000 Campus Hill Drive inLivermore, on April 26.

Tickets, which are availablenow for $125, are limited to thefirst 100 couples. They may bepurchased by contacting the LasPositas College Foundation of-fice at (925) 424-1010.

The evening will feature thebest of the Las Positas perform-ing arts program, including theTalk Hawks forensics team, whichhas placed among the best inCalifornia at two major competi-tions. The performing arts inter-lude will follow wine and foodtasting. The evening finisheswith sparkling wine and dessert.

The silent auction offers anumber of unique items:

The ultimate Star Wars/Indi-ana Jones Experience includes aprivate tour for two adults andtwo children of either GeorgeLucas’ legendary SkywalkerRanch in Marin County or theLucasfilm facility at the Presidioin San Francisco. The high bid-der will have the opportunity tosee costumes and props, meetkey personnel and receive anemployee discount in the gen-eral store. The package also in-cludes lunch and Lucasfilmgoodies.

The Romance Package in-cludes a night in the grand kingsuite in the Rose Hotel in down-town Pleasanton and dinner fortwo at Agora Bistro, a touch ofGreece in Pleasanton.

The Country Weekend in thefamous Willamette Valley in Or-egon includes two days and two

The Amador Valley HighSchool Band and Colorguardwill hold The Magic of Music4th Annual Fundraising Gala,“The Great Gatsby” A Celebra-tion of the Roaring 20’s, from 6to 11 p.m. Saturday, April 26 atThe Hilton Pleasanton at theClub, 7050 Johnson Drive, Pleas-anton.

Tickets are $75 per person.The elegant evening includeschampagne, speakeasy beer, athree-course seated dinner withwine, live and silent auctions anddancing to the sounds of the tal-ented musicians of the AmadorValley High School Jazz bands.

The music, the cocktails, thefood, and Gatsby will set thestage for this lavish party. TheRoaring ’20s comes to life, atime when extravagant partieswere the norm, the Jazz Age wasin full swing, Prohibition was ineffect, people danced, lights glit-tered and unbridled romance wasin the air.

This event is the only major

fundraiser of the year for AmadorValley High Schools four concertbands, two jazz bands, winter per-cussion and colorguard. Pro-ceeds will be used to meet theongoing needs of the band pro-gram in areas such as instruments,uniforms and equipment.

Funds raised this year willalso help fund transportationcosts associated with marching

in the London, England NewYear’s Day Parade on January 1,2009. The band will marchthrough London in front of a liveaudience of over 500,000 and ofmillions worldwide via televisedcoverage.

The Amador band now hasover 200 members and has morethan doubled in size during thelast seven years. Band is now thesingle largest student activity oncampus. A record number of stu-dents from Amador’s Music De-partment were selected this yearfor local, regional and statehonor bands.

For event information, callDianne Jones, event chair (925)426-5662 or Amador Valley HighSchool Director of Bands JonGrantham (925) 462-6196. Forticket information, PauletteCallahan (925) 846-8957. A res-ervations form can be found atthe “Magic of Music” link on theAmador Valley High SchoolBand website at,www.amadorband.org

nights at the home of Las PositasCollege President EmeritusKaren Halliday and her husbandJim. It includes luxury accommo-dations, gourmet meals and winetasting.

Unique adventure packagesrange from golf outings at RubyHill and the Callippe Preserve inPleasanton to tickets and dinnerto a Wente Vineyards summerconcert.

Private fine dining packagesrange from a six-course dinnerpaired with wines at Uncle Yu’sin Livermore to a multi-coursedinner with paired wine with LasPositas President DeRionne Pol-lard at the art gallery home ofBob and Joyce Shapiro.

Be in the Anchor Seat at ABC-7. News anchor Cheryl Jenningswill host a private tour for six ofthe San Francisco studio of Chan-nel 7. Six guests will sit in the

control room during the actualbroadcast with Cheryl.

Premium Wine features a caseof collector wines provided bythe Las Positas College Founda-tion board.

Lunch and wine in the vine-yard at the estate home of Markand Maria Trisha will be avail-able, as will several wine andcheese tasting packages in thevineyards.

The Foundation was estab-lished in 2003 to serve as a fund-ing support resource for the col-lege, as well as to educate sur-rounding communities about themany learning opportunitiesavailable at the college, and itscultural contributions to the re-gion.

For information about theFoundation, please contact CEOTed Kaye at (925) 424-1010 ortkaye@laspositascollege.edu.

More Responses from ReadersIn June 2007 I wrote about responses from some of my read-

ers. Today’s column is a continuation. After my column on Tho-mas Carneal on August 16, 2007, I received an e-mail invitingme to tea at the Reinstein ranch. What an adventure! Thom andRoberta Reinstein treated me not only with tea and goodies, butalso with a tour of the original ranch house built by Carneal thatthey are restoring. Its wide floor boards and generous ceilingsgive dignity to the old wooden home. When Thom was walkingthrough the house one day before any attempt at restoration,piles of trash were everywhere. He noticed a light blue velvetcase, perhaps used to store a necklace. He opened it to find theoriginal medals presented to Carneal for his prize-winning wheatat the 1900 Paris Exhibition. Thom took me on a tour of theother ranch buildings, and I saw Carneal’s garage, with its floorespecially slanted for his cars, so that they would start withoutbeing cranked by a one-handed man. Scattered around thegrounds were the antique agricultural machines that Thom hasgradually been restoring.

John Stein wrote, asking why I had not included the tigersalamander in my column on endangered species. I have no ex-cuse—I just overlooked it. The disappearance of vernal poolsand other wetlands because of farming and building projectsmeans that our native California tiger salamander is losing habi-tat needed for breeding. Adults run between eight and ten inchesin length; their black stocky bodies have yellow or cream spots.The Los Vaqueros Reservoir project included creating 20 to 30culverts under the new portion of Vasco Road so that salamandersand kit foxes could have access to terrain on both sides of theroad.

My publisher forwarded me an e-mail from Pleasanton resi-dent Robert E. Garcia about my Livermore book in July 2007,and we began a correspondence that has continued to this day.He sent me four sketches that he calls “doodles” to help in hisdescription of Camp Corregidor, the Filipino encampment forfield workers that used to be across from the Concannon vine-yard on Tesla Road. The drawings included an interior sketch ofthe Quonset hut with its big gas stove heating a fragrant pot ofchicken stew, the dining table, and the old couches set around asmall black and white TV. Exterior views showed the galvanizedmetal shower and the weathering wooden car sheds with shelvesof “old coffee cans that held rusted nails and cob web dreams.”He remembered “fiestas” held there when barbecued goat wasthe tasty main dish. Robert is a Vietnam vet and has also sentinformation and comment about veterans’ affairs.

After my column on creameries, an e-mail arrived in Novem-ber with an invitation from Ronald and Cheryle Hahn, owners ofLivermore’s Cold Stone Creamery, for a tour of their facility. Itwas especially interesting to see behind the scenes: an employeemixing up an enormous batch of ice cream, the huge freezerswhere different flavors are kept. And I had the opportunity for alittle taste testing—cookie dough ice cream definitely tasteslike cookie dough! They employ about 23 students who attendLivermore schools.

I was sad to read recently an obituary for Marilyn Daly Bangs,who sent me the material for the column that I wrote in May2007 about the Daly family’s life in the old Altamont Hotel from1935 until 1957. Since writing that column, I have learned thatan earlier hotel, built in 1868, burned. The two-story replace-ment hotel the Dalys occupied was designed by architect JuliusL. Weilbye. Built by Thomas Twohey, it was ready for occu-pancy in November 1907.

In writing about the Bothwell family, I mentioned the award-ing of a trophy each year after Samuel Bothwell’s death to some-one who had given the most to youth in the Livemore commu-nity. While I was doing research for the column, I could not findthe three-foot- high trophy bought by the ten members of theLARPD board in 1952. Current LARPD employees have noknowledge of the trophy. When I interviewed Ruth Regan andher daughter, Nancy Huffman, for my column on the ReganBrothers Christmas trees, they brought a smaller version of thetrophy that John Regan won in 1960 for his leadership in theLivermore Little League program. It repeats the original trophy’sstyle, with a graceful bronze-colored figure on the top.

Occasionally, some readers have written to ask questionsabout the column or another historical interest. Some of you Ihave been able to answer, but others have asked for informationthat I do not have. In those cases, I admitted my ignorance, but Ioften suggested possible sources for the answer. One reader e-mailed back, “Oh, you are going to make me do the work.” Shepromised to let me know if she found the information, but Ihaven’t heard from her yet. During the almost two years that Ihave been writing these columns, many of you have writtensimply to say that you enjoy them. Eric Edgar e-mailed lastweek to remind me that Mt. Hamilton east of San Jose stands at4,360 feet, considerably higher than Mt. Diablo. He added, “Notnitpicking, just informing. I love your column and look forwardto it every week.” Thanks to all of you who have taken the timeto write.

'Magic of Music' Helps Finance Amador Band's Trip to London

Gala LPC Foundation Fund-raiserFeatures Best of the Best

Sunol Regional Wildernesswill be holding its sixth annualSpring Wildflower Festival onSaturday April 12 from 11am - 4pm. The festival will take placenear the Old Green Barn VisitorCenter at Sunol Regional Wilder-ness at the end of Geary Road offof Calaveras.

Interpretive staff will provideeasy ways to identify wildflow-ers and where to discover thebest places and times to see dif-ferent varieties.

Slideshows, exhibits, andhikes of various lengths and sub-jects will be offered throughoutthe day. Hikes range from kid-friendly, to ethnobotany, to alonger flower hike to LittleYosemite waterfall. Activitiesalso include arts and crafts, facepainting, and games. There areno food concessions in the parkso visitors should bring a lunchand enjoy a picnic in the greatoutdoors.

Senator Ellen Corbett (D - SanLeandro) will be addressing thepublic at 12:30 pm, and joiningDistrict naturalists for a one-hourguided wildflower walk at 1:00pm.

The event is free to the pub-lic. However, the usual $5 park-ing fee will be charged. For in-formation, call 510-544-3240 orvisit www.ebparks.org.

Granada high school students led by seniors, Li Zhou and KristyCox, are launching a Charity Fashion Show and Auction to takeplace Friday, April 18. All money generated from the event willdirectly benefit the American Cancer Society.

This show will feature student models ranging from freshmen toseniors, all coming together to help find a cure for a disease that hasaffected so many people. The apparel and accessories they will bewearing have been donated from a variety of local and nationwidedesigners including: Chinese Laundry, David and Goliath, Luxirieby L-R-G, Diva in U, Magnet, Purse Party, Orghipchick, Flobell,Retromartini, Bride’s Corral, Styles, and the Edge.

The show will offer a look at trendy and exciting apparel, whilesimultaneously helping a cause. All attendees will receive a goodybag with coupons for local stores and have the opportunity to bid onclothing items featured on the runway. Bidding for the auction willstart at roughly $5-$10 for each item.

The show will be held in Granada High Gym, 400 Wall Street,Livermore on Friday April 18 at 7 p.m. Admission is $2 at the door.The event is sponsored by Granada High Leadership.

For additional information, contact Li Zhou atli.zhou.ca@gmail.com or 216-7598.

By Patricia KoningBeginning May 13, Liver-

more Adult Education will onceagain offer “Designing Your Lifein Retirement,” a class taught byfinancial planner Steven Shagrin.The class runs for three weeks andcosts $60.

The title of the class is a bitmisleading—while the class fo-cuses on retirement planning, theskills covered are applicable toany stage of life. Yvonne Pelle,the secretary at Livermore AdultEd, took the course even thoughshe’s years away from retirementand found it very helpful.Shagrin says the class works bestwhen taken several years beforethe actual date of retirement, toallow time for transitions.

Calling Shagrin, who prefersto be called “Shags,” a financial

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planner is also misleading, as he’sa man of many titles. His websitelists Chartered Retirement Plan-ning Counselor, Certified Retire-ment Counselor, Certified En-hanced Lifestyle Planner, andCertified Money Coach in addi-tion to Certified Financial Plan-ner. He also has a law degree andis a published author (ManagingMy Life: Managing My Money).

“For those who have not yet‘crunched the numbers’ to findout the likelihood of running outof money before running out ofbreath, I offer services in that areaas well,” he explains. “I don’t sellany investment or insuranceproducts nor provide investmentadvisory services—simply a fi-nancial snapshot of where onestands with respect to long-termcash flow planning.”

Shagrin brings 25 years of ex-perience as a retirement special-ist to his course. He served aspresident of the former Interna-tional Society for Retirement andLife Planning (ISRLP), a groupthat focused on providing a fo-rum for those offering holisticand balanced programs, not sim-ply highlighting the financialaspects of retirement. These otherareas include: health, wellness,nutrition and exercise; travel andleisure; lifetime learning; estateplanning; family and relation-ships; and more.

Designing Your Life in Re-tirement was created by CarolAnderson, a friend of Shagrin’sfrom ISRLP and the founder ofMoney Quotient, a company thatdevelops Financial Life Plan-ning tools. “The course work-book is the culmination of yearsof research and is the basis forthe award winning retirementpreparation program ofWeyerhaeuser under the guid-ance of Sally Hass,” Shagrin says.

Designing Your Life in Re-tirement meets from 7-9 pm onThursdays, beginning May 13and ending on May 27. For moreinformation, seewww.livermoreadulted.org or call(925) 606-4722. For more infor-mation on Steven Shagrin, seewww.planningforlife.info.

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Park PresentsWildflowerFestival

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Sue Trigg directs Sheridan’s“The School for Scandal” forDanville Role Players Ensemble.Performances are April 18 to May10 at Danville’s Village Theatre.

RPE Artistic Director SueTrigg has set Richard BrinsleySheridan’s “The School for Scan-dal,” his successful 18th centurycomedy of manners, in the 1930s,a time whose social cynicism wasnot unlike the era when the playwas first produced. This is the fi-nal production of Role Players’2007/ 2008 season. The play runsThursdays through Sundays April18 to May 10 at 8pm (2pm onSundays) at the Village Theatre,233 Front Street, Danville.

“The School for Scandal” isboth comic and telling in its re-lentless and scathing portrait ofhigh society in the 18th century.Virtue is shown to be vice, andvice versa, and in language thatis almost pure poetry. Even thecharacters’ names speak volumes- Lady Sneerwell and Mr. Snake,for example. The sense of theplay is reflected in one of its ear-liest passages, where LadySneerwell says: “I cannot denythe pleasure I get from spreading

The Boxcar Children, a playadapted from the classicchildren’s series by GertrudeChandler Warner, will be pre-sented by the City of PleasantonCivic Arts Stage Company.

Performances will take placeon April 18, 19, 25 and 26, at8:00 p.m. and on April 20, 26 and27, at 2:00 p.m. All performanceswill take place at the AmadorTheater, 1155 Santa Rita Road,Pleasanton.

The Boxcar Children, set inthe time of the Great Depression,portrays the adventures of thefour orphaned Alden children,Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny,who run away to make their homein an abandoned railroad boxcar.“This play is about the ingeniousresourcefulness of kids who takecontrol of their lives in order tostay together,” says Civic ArtsManager Andy Jorgensen, whoco-directs the play with PaulaWujek. “They learn to rely onthemselves by inventing thetools they need, such as six-year-old Benny’s water system. Theyalso find work and people whowill help them. The older chil-dren comfort the younger oneswith jokes and family stories.

Photo - Patricia KenberPictured are (from left) Kathryne Davidson (Lady Teazle), PaulPlain (Snake), Candy Campbell (Crabtree), Melynda Kiring (Mrs.Candour), Michael Sally (Joseph Surface).

slander.... I have known no plea-sure equal to reducing others tothe level of my own reputation."

“The School for Scandal” fea-tures mother and daughter actorsJill and Kate Davidson (last seenin RPE’s Black Box productionof “Talking with..”) as Carelessand Lady Teazle, while JohnBlytt, last seen in high heels andfurs in RPE’s “Ruthless, theMusical!” plays Sir Peter Teazle.Chris Chapman, last seen inRPE’s “Bus Stop” as ProfessorLyman, plays Sir Oliver Surfacewhile Candy Campbell plays themale role of Crabtree, completewith mustache. Melyenda Kiring,a talented scenic painter, playsMrs. Candour.

Edward Hightower returns asset designer for “The School forScandal.” Costume design is byLisa Danz.

For tickets call 314-3400, orgo to the websitewww.villagetheatreshows.com orgo to the Community Center, 420Front St, Danville between8:30am and 5pm weekdays.

The Dann Zinn Quartet—fea-turing an All-Star Band-PeterHorvath on piano, John Shiffletton bass, Alan Hall on Drums, willplay standards and original jazzat the Pleasanton Public Libraryat 2pm on Sunday, April 13.

Dann Zinn plays saxophones,flutes, and various ethnic flutes.He has recorded or performedwith Joe Henderson, RussellFerrante (The Yellow Jackets),Chuck Findley (The TonightShow), Jeff “Tain” Watts, FreddieHubbard, Maria Schneider, MaryWells, Martha and the Vandellas,among others. Dann has playedat venues like Yoshi’s at JackLondon Square, the MontereyJazz Festival, the SF Jazz Festi-

Hunter Milano (Benny), (from left) Juliana Ohlmeyer (Jessie),Lexi Pudvan (Violet) and Auburn Wilson (Henry) play the fourorphaned Alden children in City of Pleasanton Civic Arts StageCompany’s production of “The Boxcar Children," opening atthe Amador Theater on April 18.

“Throughout their adventures,the children learn that the worldcan be a dangerous place, butthat it can also be nurturing. Theydiscover that people who aredown on their luck are not nec-essarily evil, but can be kind andcompassionate, too. The storyends happily when the Aldenchildren are reunited with theirgrandfather, who has experi-enced a transformation himself,”says Jorgensen.

The cast is comprised of 18adults and youth with varyingexperience performing live the-ater. Adults are Chuck Cole (Of-ficer Banning), Kim Haynes (Mrs.Truman), John Loll (Dr. SamuelTruman), Bridget O’Reilly (Mrs.Alberts), Frank Siegert (Mr.Alden), and Co-director PaulaWujek (Sarah Calder). Youth areAuburn Wilson (Henry Alden),Marie McCoy-Thompson andJuliana Ohlmeyer (Jessie Alden),Lexi Pudvan and Rita Zwiefel(Violet Alden), Hunter Milano(Benny Alden) and Sean Carrick(The Kid), Michael Chew,Mackinna Hart and CourtneyHaynes play orphan train chil-dren and Mary Easley plays threeroles, Baker’s Wife, Cookie and

Secretary.Local musician Spencer Chan

provides music of the time fordancing and singing throughoutthe production.

Two of the student actors,Hunter Milano and JulianaOhlmeyer, have been involved inacting since preschool. Milano,who hopes to become a film di-rector one day, is an eighth graderat Harvest Park Middle School.He has appeared in such plays asA Christmas Carol and Carmenand in many school productions,as well as at the City ofPleasanton’s summer actingcamp. About The Boxcar Chil-dren he says, “The most fun partis learning new ways to comeinto character and portray mycharacter well.”

Ohlmeyer, a sophomore atAmador Valley High School whoaspires to a career in law, has ap-peared in many musical theaterproductions. She participates inacting competition with otherhigh school students at OhloneCollege and sings in her churchteen choir. She says, “In The Box-car Children, we have a great castand directors who are very sup-portive. It’s been wonderful get-ting to know everyone and cre-ating a fun and meaningful showthat families will enjoy.”

Gertrude Chandler Warner, afirst-grade teacher, published thefirst of her 19 books in 1942.Because some of her pupils spokelanguages other than English athome, she wanted to give them afun story that was easy to read,so, during the writing process,she read the book to her classesand rewrote it many times so thewords were easy to understand.Warner once wrote that the origi-nal book “raised a storm of pro-test from librarians who thoughtthe children (in the story) werehaving too good a time withoutany parental control! That is ex-actly why children like it!”

Tickets to The Boxcar Chil-dren are $14, $18 & $20 foradults and $8, $12 & $16 for chil-dren. They may be purchasedonline at the websitewww.civicartstickets.org upto three hours prior to the perfor-mance, by phone at (925) 931-3444, or in person at the AmadorTheater Box Office Mondaythrough Friday from 10 a.m. to 2p.m., and for two hours prior tothe performance. Group dis-counts are available.

val, the San Jose Jazz Festival,and the Kuumbwa Jazz Center.

Library programs are free andopen to everyone. No registrationis required. The Friends of thePleasanton Library are sponsor-ing the program: Call PennyJohnson at 925.931-3405 for in-formation.

The concert will be in thePleasanton Public Library Meet-ing Room, 400 Old Bernal Ave.,Pleasanton.

Theater Education, Explore the is-sues and challenges of “Proof” withcast members and physicist DaveMunro in a post-performance paneldiscussion after the April 13 mati-nee performance. Previous audi-ence members also are invited to thefree half-hour discussion, begin-ning at 4:25 pm at the Bothwell ArtsCenter’s West End Theatre, Eighthand H streets, Livermore. 8 pmFridays and Saturdays, 2 pm Sun-days, April 11-13. For tickets at $25general, $20 seniors and $15 stu-dents. call (800) 838-3006.

Independent Short Film Premiere,April 26th, 6-8pm, Director DavidWillnerd debuts “Elixir: A FantasyAdventure.” Film viewing andwalking tour of conceptual artwork,props and costumes. Studio 7 FineArts Gallery, 400 Main St., Pleasan-ton. Film viewing every fifteenminutes. Free.

Livermore Art Association (LAA)and Pleasanton Art League (PAL)meeting and art demonstrationMonday, April 21, featuring painterJoyce Faulknor. She specializes inwatercolors of cut crystal and glass.She will demonstrate how to use adark-to-light approach for paintingglass and reflective subjects. Theprogram will begin at 7:30 at theAlmond Avenue School, 1401 Al-mond Avenue in Livermore, withparking at the rear of the school. Formore information go towww.livermoreartassociation.org.The public is invited to attend.

Artists Flea Market, Sat., April 26 atDeLucchi Park, First Street at Neal,Pleasanton, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Used artsupplies, equipment, frames, bar-gain art. 10x10 booth space $25.Sponsored by Pleasanton ArtLeague. To reserve booth space,send check to PAL, c/o GailRuvalcaba, 3738 Vineyard Ave.,Pleasanton, CA 94566. Informa-tion at 846-8960; entry form atwww.pal-art.com.

Diablo Light Opera Company,"Songs For A New World," musicalfocusing on isolated moments in thelives of many characters in a varietyof eras and a broad range of musicalgenres. 8 p.m. April 10, 11 and 12and 2 p.m. April 12, Town HallTheatre, 3535 School St., Lafayette.www.thtc.org. Also 8 p.m. April26, El Campanil Theatre, 602 W.Second St., Antioch,www.elcampaniltheatre.com. $15students, $25 seniors, $28 general,on sale at both venues.

Contra Costa Wind Symphony,Duane Carroll conducts, "CelticConnection," an all Irish concertwith Irish folk singer Liam Tiernan,McGrath Irish Dancers, U.S. pre-miere of a new work for wind sym-phony by Irish composer VincentKennedy. 8 p.m. April 13, Centerfor the Arts, 1601 Civic Dr., WalnutCreek. $18 general admission, $15

seniors, $12 students. 943-6469,www.lesherartscenter.org. Informa-tion www.CCWindSymphony.org.

Luna Negra Dance Theatre, Latinand Afro-Caribbean dance, Thurs-day, April 24 at 8pm, BankheadTheater, 2400 First St., Livermore.Contemporary dance flavored bytango, mambo and salsa, LunaNegra’s distinctive style artfullyblends ballet and modern dancemovements with Latino dance forms.$28, $31, $36 ($11 students).925.373.6800 or online atwww.livermoreperformingarts.org.

Fred Garbo Inflatable Theater Co.visual comedy and mischief, Sun-day, April 27 at 2pm, BankheadTheater, 2400 First St., Livermore.Fast-paced, energetic, universallyengaging and theatrically clever, FredGarbo Inflatable Theater Co. fea-tures original, fantastic, pneumaticsuits of all shapes and sizes, dexterousjuggling, dance, hilarious visual

comedy, mischief and even art! $24,$28, $31 ($11 students).925.373.6800 or online atwww.livermoreperformingarts.org.

Early Music Concert at Las PositasCollege, Saturday, April 17, 7:30p.m. in the college library. “TheClassical,” featuring a musical tourduring the classical period with mu-sic of Mozart, Boccherini, and J.C.Bach. Jeanne Johnson, violin; JoannaBlendulf, cello; and Yuko Tanaka,fortepiano, will perform on periodinstruments. Tickets at the door $5students, $15 general admission.3000 Campus Hill Dr., Livermore.Information call Marilyn Marquis:424.1209. www.lpcearlymusic.org

Valley Dance Theatre Summer Camp- Peter & The Wolf ; July 7-July 11,9am-12 noon or 12:30-3:30pm; reg-istrations accepted now. Valley DanceTheatre 2247-B Second St. Liver-more; www.valleydancetheatre.comor 243-0925. Cost is $150.

Pleasanton Poet LaureateMartha Meltzer will host award-winning poet and author of non-fiction, Ellen Bass, at the nextCentury House Poetry Readingon Sunday, April 20. The pro-gram will be from 2:00-4:00 p.m.

An open mic segment will fol-low when aspiring and accom-plished poets of all ages will beinvited to read a favorite or origi-nal poem of 40 lines or less.

Century House is located at2401 Santa Rita Road in Pleas-anton.

Bass’ poems have appeared inhundreds of journals and an-thologies, including The Atlan-tic Monthly, Ms., The AmericanPoetry Review, The Kenyon Re-view, Ploughshares, and Field.She was awarded the EllistonBook Award for Poetry from theUniversity of Cincinnati,Nimrod/Hardman’s PabloNeruda Prize, The MissouriReview’s Larry Levis Award, the

The Livermore Valley Char-ter School (LVCS) will host anApril 16 promotion party andfundraiser in conjunction withthe California Independent FilmFestival (CIFF).

LVCS, in association withCIFF, will sell tickets to upcom-ing festival films “The Flyboys”(showing at 3:30 p.m. April 19 atthe Vine), and “Alice UpsideDown” (showing at 6:00 p.m.April 19 at the Vine). At thisevent, LVCS’ own MiddleSchool Film Competition win-ners will be announced, and theirfilms will be screened.

Food and drinks will be avail-

Greensboro Poetry Prize, the NewLetters Poetry Prize, theChautauqua Poetry Prize, a Push-cart Prize, and a Fellowship fromthe California Arts Council.

Her non-fiction books take onmany of the crucial moral issuesof our times. Among them is TheCourage to Heal: A Guide forWomen Survivors of Child SexualAbuse, which has sold over a mil-lion copies and has been trans-lated into ten languages.

Bass is currently teaching inthe low residency Master of FineArts program at Pacific Univer-

sity. She has taught poetry andcreative writing in Santa Cruz,Calif. and many other locations,nationally and internationally,since 1974.

Light refreshments will beserved during intermission.

The Poet Laureate program ispart of City of Pleasanton CivicArts, a division of the Depart-ment of Parks and CommunityServices. For more information,contact Michelle Russo at (925)931-5350 ormrusso@ci.pleasanton.ca.us orvisit www.civicartsliterary.org.

able for purchase.Proceeds from ticket, food and

beverage sales will go to helpdefray the costs of a June trip toWashington D.C. planned forLVCS 8th grade students.

LVCS invites the communityto join the celebration from 5:00-8:00 p.m. April 16 in the school’smultipurpose room at 543Sonoma Avenue. Regina Leyva,LVCS middle school visual artsinstructor, has incorporated theCIFF into her program this yeargiving students the opportunityto produce their own indepen-dent films. The students workedin small groups to write, direct,

act in, and produce films, each ofwhich is a maximum of 3 min-utes in length.

The films will be judged andawards presented at the April 16event. The first, second, and thirdplace winners of the LVCS com-petition will have their filmsscreened at the Children’s Inter-national Film Festival nextmonth in Danville. Also, on April18, all participating LVCS stu-dents will have a field trip to theLivermore Vine Theater, wherethey will preview some CIFFfilms and have the opportunityto see their own films on the bigscreen.

Role Players End Seasonwith 'School for Scandal'

Play Brings 'Boxcar Children' Story to Life

Dann Zinn Jazz QuartetPerforms at Pleasanton Library

Ellen Bass Featured Poet at Century House Reading

EllenBass

Charter School, CIFF Plan Fund-raiser

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by Janet ArmantroutLas Positas College continues

a traditoin of staging little knownworks with its latest production,“Iron Curtain.”

The production is well worthseeing, not because you maynever see it staged elsewhere, butbecause it’s a laugh out loud kindof evening. The story puns its waythrough every aspect of the Rus-sia-U.S. relationship during theSoviet era.

It’s a gleefully ridiculous storyabout how an unsuccessful mu-sical writing team in New Yorkcomprised of Murray Finkel (Rob-ert Thomas Pagan) and HowardKatz (James Koponen) and abumbling theatrical team in the So-viet Union get together.

The show opens with the So-viet theatrical team performing anumber about sowing and reap-ing for the glorious good of all. Itturns out that Premiere NikitaKruschev (Louie Heseman), whowatches the rehearsal, likes agood musical. After seeing therehearsal, he asks (after a round

The Las Positas CollegeCampus Change Network willscreen Stranger with a Camerafollowed by a discussion withthe filmmaker at its monthlygathering, Friday, April 11 at thecollege.

The free program will takeplace at 7:30 in room 2420 ofthe college, located at 3000Campus Hill Drive in Livermore.

The film explores the murderof filmmaker Hugh O’Connor ashe attempted to document pov-erty in Central Appalachia. Film-maker Elizabeth Barret uses thework to explore the issues of rep-resentation, culture and the me-dia in America today.

“This film explores society’sunresolved questions concern-ing media images and some in-

of shoe pounding), “Where is theirony? Where is the big 11 o’clockproduction number?” He de-mands that the producerYevgenyi Onanov (RobertSholty) of the Ministry of Musi-cal Persuasion, and a KGB agent(Thomas Ignatius) find a way toimprove the show.

They decide to go to America,since the talent to improve theshow is not available in the So-viet Union. Finkel and Katz an-swer the advertisement promis-ing “travel.” They are kidnaped,taken behind the Iron Curtain andordered to improve MotherRussia's entertainment product.

There are some very funnymoments concerning listeningdevices or “bugs.” Onanov talksinto light fixtures, a desk and ashoe extolling the virtues of theSoviet system, while secretly ad-miring American musicals. Hesays at one point, “I don’t feedthem propaganda. I feed thesoul.”

There is love interest with

Natalie Hawkins portrayingShirley Dooley, stereotypicalwarm-hearted dumb blonde, whogoes looking for the missing writ-ers; and Masha, the Soviet “peas-ant,” played by Sara Sweatt.Masha ends up with a starringrole in the musical.

Victoria Parson plays HildretHeinz, the German director of theproduction, who looks a lot likeNatasha of Rocky andBullwinkle.

The second act of the playmoves the action to East Berlin,where the play is to be made intoa movie.

Personalities shift and changethroughout the play. Will the writ-ers make it home? How will thelove interest play out? There areenough twists in the plot, whichI won’t go into, to keep the storyinteresting.

Suffice it to say, the cast is tal-ented and energetic with theleads possessing fine singingvoices. This production is wellworth a look.

The show has had only twofull productions to this point.One was in 2006 at New York’sProspect Theater Company anda second in 2007 at theEdinburgh Festival in Scotland.The book is by Susan Dilallo,songs by Stephen Weiner andlyrics by Peter Mills.

Remaining show dates areApril 11, 12, 18 and 19 at 8 p.m.and April 13 and 20 at 2 p.m.

“Iron Curtain” is producedand directed by Ken Ross. Vocalmusic direction is by Jim Heiner,orchestral music by Don Turney,choreography by Faith Blevins,set design Jeremy Hamm, andcostume design Vickie George.

Tickets for all performancesare $15 general admission, $12seniors and $10 students. Theymay be purchased in advance atthe Las Positas College Book-store or at Fine fretted Friendsmusic store in downtown Liver-more. To make advance reserva-tions, call 424-1812. For showinformation, call 424-1166.

dividuals’ lack of power to de-fine themselves within the Ameri-can landscape. The film posesmore questions than it does an-swers and that is the beginningof excellent dialogue,” saidCynthia Ross, student life advi-sor and faculty member at LasPositas.

The author will lead a ques-tion and answer period after thefilm is shown.

Light refreshments will beserved.

For further information, con-tact Kimberly Tomlinson, 424-1432 or emailktomlinson@laspositascollege.edu.

Las Positas College is locatedat 3000 Campus Hill Drive inLivermore.

'Iron Curtain' - A Laugh Out Loud ProdutionLas Positas Screens

'Stranger with a Camera'

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Del Valle Fine Arts concertpresents the Binelli-Ferman-Isacc Tango Trio for its 4th con-cert in the 2007-2008 season.

The concert will be presentedon Sat., April 26 at 8 p.m. at theBankhead Theater, 2400 First St.,Livermore.

The trio merges the unlimitedresources of the piano, guitarand bandoneon to delve into thelanguage of tango in unexpectedways. With this exceptional en-semble, you can enjoy the tenseand obsessive pulse of the mu-sic of Buenos Aires, its provoca-tive sadness and existential ex-pression.

Bandoneonist DanielBinelli, pianist Polly Fermanand guitarist Eduardo Isaac col-laborate to recreate a repertoireranging from old tango to com-positions of the new century.The initial collaboration ofBinelli and Isaac was the record-ing of the Double Concerto forBandoneon and Guitar by AstorPiazzolla, with the Argentine Na-tional Symphony Orchestra in1997. They later recorded thismasterpiece of Argentine musicwith the Montréal Symphony Or-chestra under the baton ofCharles Dutoit for Decca. DanielBinelli toured the world as a

The Pacific Chamber Symphony, Lawrence Kohl Conductor, willperform Chopin’s stunning Piano Concerto No. 2 in f minor featur-ing the French Pianist Denis Pascal. Also featured on the program isSaint Saëns’ Symphony No. 2 in A minor.

The concert takes place Friday April 25 at 8:00 p.m. at theBankhead Theater in Livermore. Tickets are $38, $32 and $26; stu-dents $7. Tickets are available at 925-373-6800 orwww.livermoreperformingarts.org

According to Maestro Lawrence Kohl, “Our concert featuresChopin and Saint Saëns. This side-by-side view of the two compos-ers offers an illuminating juxtaposition of how each composer sug-gests and uses color to enrich the emotional palate of their respec-tive works.

“We are delighted to have the incredible French pianist DenisPascal returns to PCS! His last performance four years ago playingRavel’s Piano Concerto in G was stunning. This time he joins us indoing a work by Frédéric Chopin, the composer who many proclaimwrote best for the piano: Concerto No. 2 in F minor.

“Camille Saint-Saëns’s Symphony No. 2 in A minor travels throughthe dark beauty of the minor key to joyful rapture. This French mas-terpiece is not to be missed,” Kohl concluded.

Denis Pascal is a well-known soloist and music chamber musi-cian; he performs in famous Parisian concert halls such as Théâtredes Champs-Élysées, Théâtre du Châtelet, Théâtre de la Ville, SalleGaveau and Opéra Garnier. His concerts are broadcast on the FrenchTV network (ARTE, Mezzo, TV5) and on French radios (France-Musique and Radio Classique).

He also performs in prestigious concerts in Europe: Palermo,Roma, Mestre, Venice (Italy), Oviédo, Valencia, Alicante, Saragossa(Spain), Lisbon (Portugal) and Helsinki (Finland) and in the UnitedStates of America as well : Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall andMerkin Hall in New-York , Kennedy Center in Washington, HerbstTheater in San Francisco.

Pascal is now a professor at the “Conservatoire National deRégion” in Rueil-Malmaison in Paris neighborhood.

by Janet ArmantroutIt’s one of those love conquers

all, happily ever after musicalsthat make for an entertainingevening out. I refer to the “TheMusic Man” now playing week-ends at the Bankhead Theater inLivermore.

The Pleasanton Playhouseproduction features a talentedcast and great sets that providethe right feeling for the story of asmall town. There is humor and alook inside a small town, wheregossip is an everyday part of life.

The play opens with a largesteam engine puffing onto thestage, carrying traveling sales-men to Iowa. One, Harold Hill,responds to a challenge that Iowaresidents are a stubborn bunch,difficult to convince to buy.

Tom Reardon as Hill dances,sings and fast talks his waythrough the pocketbooks of thefolks in River City, Iowa. He con-vinces them that instruments anduniforms will establish a boys’band that will keep the youth ofthe city out of trouble.

He is able to easily charm thepopulace, with the exception ofthe mayor (Don Naylor) andMarian, (Tina-Maria Garcia).They are both suspicious of hismotives.

His efforts change both him-self and the residents. The con-tentious school board, ( JohnBarnes, Gary Foley, Alan Wiltseand Kevin Foley), end up liter-ally in harmony. Along the wayhe loses his heart to Marian andis caught between completing hisscheme or staying with Marian.

The opera trained Garciabrings a lyrical quality to songssuch as “Goodnight My Some-one.” Reardon is a likable HaroldHill, who can both sing anddance.

Other notable numbers fromthe play include “Seventy-SixTrombones,” “Till There WasYou,” and “Ya Got Trouble.”

The show is produced byKathleen Breedveld and directedby John Baiocchi, with musicaldirection by Jo Ann Fosselman,vocal direction by Jennifer Bell-Olson, and choreography byChris Olson.

Performances are 8 p.m. Fri-days and Saturdays and 2 p.m.Sundays through Apr 20 at theBankhead Theater 2400 FirstStreet, Livermore, California.

Tickets are $31 for adults, $29for seniors age 60 and older and$21 for juniors 18 and younger.There is a substantial discountfor groups purchasing 20 or moretickets.

member of the Sextet of the cre-ator of nuevo tango, AstorPiazzolla. Always open to newideas, this native of Buenos Airescreates brilliant compositions inArgentina’s contemporary idiom.

One of the leading interpret-ers of the music of the Americas,Uruguayan pianist Polly Fermancaptivates audiences with her il-luminating performances ofworks by Gottschalk, Nazareth,Villa-Lobos, Ginastera andPiazzolla. Her mastery of this lit-erature prompted

A guitarist who honors the tra-dition of his instrument on theRio de la Plata, Eduardo Isaac’sinterpretative excellence is metwith great admiration from spe-cialized critics. Considered oneof a select group of new genera-tion guitarists, he is often fea-tured at major international fes-tivals.

Tickets are $29, $24 and $19(high school students free andcollege $10 day of performance)and can be obtained at the Bank-head Theater box office, Mon-Sat noon to 6:00 pm or online atwww.livermoreperformingarts.org.Additional information is avail-able at www.delvallefinearts.orgor by calling 447-2752.

The teaching staff from TheAnderson-Siprashvili MusicAcademy in Pleasanton is per-forming Sunday April 20th at 2p.m. at Valley CommunityChurch, 4455 Del Valle Parkwayin Pleasanton.

The roster will include localpianists Mark Anderson andTamriko Siprashvili, soprano Sa-rah Franklin, guitarist PaulKeyes, oboist Mike Aducci andmore. In addition to donatingfunds to organizations such as thePleasanton Cultural Arts Foun-dation in support of the FirehouseArts Complex project, the Inter-national Foundation for MusicPerformance and Educationbased in Los Angeles, the Pleas-anton-based music academy hasa novel approach to giving: in-stead of charging admission torecitals, each audience memberis asked to bring a non-perish-able food item as an admissionticket.

However, since this is a fooddrive that will benefit theAlameda County CommunityFood Bank, the more donationsthe better. This event is expectedto raise over 200 lbs of non-per-ishable food items.

“We are constantly striving tofind ways to benefit our commu-nity, musically and otherwise,”says Mark Anderson, theacademy’s executive director.“Educating, inspiring and lead-ing by example is what this acad-emy has done from its inceptionin September 2005. We are car-rying innovative involvementwith our community to the nextlevel” says Anderson.

Another innovative programthe academy is implementingthis year is the Music TeachersNational Association MusicAchievement Award Program, aterm-long program sponsored byMTNA. The program is designedto encourage and motivate stu-dents to continue their musicstudies and to strive to achievegoals that will help them not onlybecome better musicians but thatwill enhance their love for andappreciation of music. The goals

Eszterlanc Hungarian FolkEnsemble performs traditionalfolk dances at the PleasantonPublic Library on Saturday, April12 beginning at 2:00 pm.

Celebrating and showcasingHungarian folk culture since1977, Eszterlanc Hungarian FolkEnsemble exists to promote andpreserve the history of Hungar-ian folk culture in all its forms.This is the group’s first perfor-mance in Pleasanton. It is part ofthe library’s ongoing Dance &Sing Around the World series,celebrating the music and danceof the many cultures which makeup the Pleasanton community.

These free programs are opento all ages. No registration is re-quired. For information on theseand other family events, visit thelibrary website atwww.ci.pleasanton.ca.us/library/programs-and-events.html or callthe Children’s Desk at (925) 931-3400 ext. 8.

The Arroyo Seco ElementarySchool is holding a comedy com-petition, “Seco Laughs forEducation,”on Friday, April 18thfrom 6:00pm-Midnight.

Three comedians will com-pete. They are Rick Romero, Su-san Maletta and Jim Summer. Theaudience votes to select the win-ner.

The evening also includes aDJ, dinner, dancing, live auctionand silent auction. The event willbe hosted by KKIQ’s FaithAlpher. It will be held at the Rob-ert Livermore Community Cen-ter in Livermore, 4444 East Av-enue.

Tickets are $25.00 per person.Proceeds from this event willbenefit the school’s PE program,Tech and Librarian.

For information or tickets goto www.arroyosecoschool.com.

include such achievements asperforming in public recital, at-tending a specific number of live,professional concerts and accom-plishing a set list of standards setforth by the academy that areunique to every student’s leveland abilities.

The students will be recog-nized for their achievements bybeing awarded the official Mu-sic Teachers National Associa-tion Achievement Award pin anddiploma in the academy’s year-end open house and recitals onMay 17th and 18th which takeplace at the academy itself.

For more information aboutthe upcoming Faculty RecitalApril 20th or about the academyin general, please call (925) 462-5400.

Entertaining ProductionOf 'The Music Man'

Photo - Doug JorgensenTom Reardon as Harold Hill tells the folks of River City "Ya Got Trouble."

Binelli-Ferman-Isaac Tango Trio

Trio Speaks theLanguage of Tango

Pianist Denis Pascal performs with the Pacific ChamberOrchestra.

Chopin's Concerto No. 2Featured in Symphony Program

Food Item Is theAdmission to Concert

Hungarian FolkDances at Library

ComediansPresent 'LaughsFor Education'

PAGE 14 - The Independent, APRIL 10, 2008

Photo - Doug JorgensenPleasanton residents waved at motorists to rally support tokeep school funding.

tion budget, which, according tothe California legislative Demo-crats, could result in laying offone-third of the teachers in thestate, reducing the school yearby four weeks, increasing classsizes by 35%, or eliminating allnew textbook purchases for thenext four years.

“We don’t need $4.8 billioncut from schools. California isranked 47th in per pupil spend-ing. With more cuts, we’ll bedown in the bottom. That’s notright—this is supposed to be theGolden State,” said Pam Budge,a school bus driver in the Liver-more School District.

For Livermore, the Governor’sproposed budget means a loss of$7.8 million in funding. KellyBowers, Assistant Superintendentof Educational Services, says theLivermore District is okay for thecoming school year but wouldlikely have to make painful bud-get cuts the following year.Livermore’s status as a low-wealth school district is a ben-efit in this situation, as the cutsare slightly smaller than they arefor higher wealth districts.

The District has already fro-zen spending on unrestricted dis-cretionary funds, except forhealth and safety. “I’m seeing theeffect of the spending freeze inmy kids’ classes. It’s the littlethings. For instance, we are outof glue sticks and constructionpaper,” said Cathy Finkbeiner, aparent of two students at Jack-son Avenue Elementary School.

Max Winer, a fourth-grade stu-dent at Smith, addressed thecrowd at the rally, giving his per-spective on the proposed budgetcuts. “Music, GATE, PE, andnewspaper club will be gone.These programs make learningfun. Some of my favorite classes,like science lab could be cut,”he said. “Show the teachers youcare too. Don’t let the Governorterminate our future.”

“Please resist challenging thelocal school board and raise con-cerns at the appropriate level,”said parent Dave Curtis. “Thefirst and most important step isto ensure that the minimum levelof funding according to Prop 98is continued. This would elimi-nate nearly 25% of the proposedbudget cuts and return over a bil-lion dollars to the education bud-get. It’s a great place for us tostart.”

Proposition 98, which wasenacted in 1988 as an amend-ment to the State Constitution,guarantees a minimum level ofstate funding for K-14 publicschools (kindergarten throughcommunity college). The exactamount is based on a compli-

cated formula. However, the goalis to provide a guaranteed fund-ing source that grows each yearwith the economy and numberof students.

The legislature can suspendProposition 98 for a single yearwith a two-third majority vote.Proposition 98 was suspendedfrom the 1990/91 school yearthrough 94/95 and again in2003/04. While it was funded inother years, the education bud-get is still owed money from pastcuts and suspensions. TheGovernor’s proposed budget callsfor another suspension in the 08/09 school year.

Dawn Whalen, Livermore PTACouncil Legislative Chair andparent, was nearly in tears whenshe spoke at the rally. “You can-not ask the children of Califor-nia to accept less than their con-stitutional minimum to fix aproblem they did not create,” shesaid.

Jim Ott, Pleasanton SchoolTrustee, CEO of UNCLE CreditUnion and past chairman of theLivermore Chamber of Com-merce, gave more reasons not tocut education funding. “The vi-tality of the California economydepends on education, and it be-gins in K-12,” he said. “We haveto invest in our future. I encour-age other CEOS and businessleaders to wake up and recognizethis crisis.”

Perata also said that he isworking to engage the businesscommunity. “I am going to try toget Oracle engaged. I’m going togo up and down the state talkingto businesses and the corporatecommunity,” he said. “We needto take this state back for our chil-dren. We have to decide whatkind of state we want to live in. Alittle bit done by a lot will get usthere.”

Many speakers at the rally en-couraged attendees to write andcall their state representativesand voice their opinion aboutthe proposed budget cuts to edu-cation. For addresses and phonenumbers, visitwww.leginfo.ca.gov.

“We talk about the future, butwhat we are really talking aboutis the now,” said Corbett. “Thereason we are all hear is to send amessage to the governor thatthese draconian cuts are not theright thing to do.”

Perata also asked attendees tojoin his “Classrooms First” cam-paign. For more information seeh t t p : / /dist09.casen.govoffice.com.

Smith Principal DeniseNathanson, Livermore EducationAssociation (LEA) President-elect Kathleen Reardon, Califor-

nia Service Employee Associa-tion (CSEA) Area C DirectorCindy Zecher, Smith fifth-graderDevin Darden, and Smith PTAPresident-elect Denise Glascoalso spoke at the rally. LivermoreSchool Superintendent BrendaMiller, a large contingent ofCSEA members, and trustees BillDunlop, Tom McLaughlin, andAnne White were in attendance.

(D-Newark) declared, “It’s an out-rage what’s happening. It doesn’tmake sense to cut across theboard.”

Schwarzenegger has called fora 10 percent cut in all budgetcategories. Torrico said that heshould instead make cuts by pri-orities, set priorities. “The mes-sage to Sacramento should be‘How do you balance your bud-get (to help education?)’ Join usin the fight.”

Assemblyman Guy Houston(R-San Ramon) was invited toappear, said emcee Debbie Look,a county and Pleasanton PTA of-ficial. However, there was no re-

sponse from Houston’s office, shesaid.

Lary Aladeen, president of thePleasanton chapter of the teach-ers union, stated, “This governordoesn’t care about you or yourstudents’ education.” He askedthose present, especially teach-ers and staff, to “show up everyday emotionally and physicallyfor students, and stand up forthose who can’t do it for them-selves.”

Amador senior KristenBellinger told the audience thatshe is heading into the largerworld upon graduation withmany opportunities, thanks to 12

budget restoration. “We needonly two more votes in the Sen-ate and six more in the Assem-bly,” said Corbett.

Assemblywoman MaryHayashi (D-Castro Valley) said,“We’re gonna fight this.” Notingthat it was the 40th anniversaryof the assassination of MartinLuther King, Jr., Hayashi read aquotation from King, “The ulti-mate measure of a man is notwhere he stands at moments ofconvenience, but where hestands in a time of crisis.” Sheadded, “Please note I stand withyou.”

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years of Pleasanton publicschools. “The resources havebeen right there” for teachers andcounselors. If the budget forces

cuts, she is concerned that staffwon’t be able to provide thatsame level of support in the fu-ture. “Education is the biggest

gift we can offer to our children.I ask on my behalf and all myfellow students” for educationsupport.

Alex Sutton, president of thesupport staff union in the Pleas-anton district, said that Califor-nia spends $1900 less per pupilthan the national average. With-out putting more dollars intoeducation, the alternative bud-get to look at is incarceration. Hesaid it costs $75,000 to put oneyouth into juvenile detention.

School trustee Chris Grantsaid that California is 40th ineducational spending. When ad-justed for cost of living, the stateslips to 48th, because it’s moreexpensive to run schools in high-cost areas. Grant said that Pleas-anton homes are assessed 20 or30 percent higher than neighbor-ing communities because of theschools’ reputation for excel-lence. “Don’t kid yourself. It isn’tanything else,” he said.

Emcee Look closed the pro-gram with a note of optimism.She said that in a two-day con-ference in Sacramento, there wasevidence that the governor isstarting to mellow on some of theeducation budget. “I’m veryhopeful,” she said.