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COURIER photos/Steven FelschundnefGeorge Simmons, 92, and Valarie Jones dance to the Tammy Wynette tune “Stand by Your Man” onWednesday during the Community Senior Services ̓Enrichment Center Adult Day Program at Larkin Parkin Claremont. The program relocated this week to an under utilized building at the park, finding its firspermanent home in 22 years. The room is slightly smaller than the one they shared at Pilgrim Place buCSS staff are looking forward to enjoying the benefits of having their own location, including a kitchen

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Claremont nativityDear Editor:

Each year, I look forward to seeing theChristmas display at the ClaremontUnited Methodist Church. It’s thoughtprovoking and yes, depending upon your

point of view, often controversial. Thisyear was no exception.Actually, I’m surprised by the com-

ments the display solicited this year.“Ridiculous...shameful...stupid— what

possible connection—obscene mangerscene…” Because I saw something verydifferent.

I think Jesus, who was known to becontroversial himself, would be pleasedby the images. What better way to makethe point of mankind’s need for more pa-tience, kindness, truth, justice and for-giveness than just such a scene? Justbecause some people were offended, Idoubt Jesus would have been anythingbut in agreement with the concept.

I’m the mother of a 20-something sonmyself, so it was easy for me to identifythe image of a bleeding Trayvon. Not be-cause I put my son on the same level asJesus by any means, but because the lossof any one mother’s son, no matter thecircumstances, should be a loss for all of us.

I commend both the church and theartist John Zachary for their courage tochallenge our perceptions. Well done.

Susan StockerClaremont

Thank you, Mrs. Nelson’sDear Editor:

My two-year-old daughter and I at-tended the grand opening of Mrs. Nelson’sToys and Books 28 years ago at her firstlocation on Grand Avenue in Covina.

I will never forget the one story time,which in those days consisted of sitting ona red and white quilt on the cement side-walk outside Mrs. Nelson’s overstuffedstore to hear award-winning author EveBunting captivatingly read from her phe-nomenal work Ghost’s Hour, Spook’sHour. Ms. Bunting’s haunting, lilting andtransfixing Irish brogue raised and dis-pelled every child’s fear of the dark and theunknown.

My daughter and I have been Mrs. Nel-son’s fans and loyal customers ever since.We are truly indebted to Judy Nelson forbringing stories and authors to life. My hus-band and I, and our then grown daughter,shared a wonderful evening with Ray Brad-

bury, as my husband shared with him hisown spine-chilling experiences readingSomething Wicked This Way Comes.The rendezvous was all Ms. Nelson’s doingand we will be eternally grateful.

How thoughtful that the COURIERprinted the story about Mrs. Nelson’s in thesame issue that announced the opening of the newly-refurbished children’s section of the Claremont Public Library. Kindle willnever replace kin as a cozy reading part-ner. Thank you, thank you, thank you, Mrs.Nelson. Elizabeth Tulac

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tion mistakenly placing the longtimClaremont resident atop a Rose Paradfloat honoring women aviators. WhilMs. Critchell has enjoyed a life time career as a pilot and teacher and servedfor two years as a ferry pilot in the AiTransport Command of WW II ArmAir Corps, she was not in the group owomen featured in the parade. We sincerely apologize for the misinformation.


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The city of Claremont is makingplans to build upon its artistic aes-thetic with the creation of a

$50,000 public art master plan.Claremont residents and stakeholders gathered at

the Hughes Center late last month to review a 72-pagedocument outlining ideas for community art displaysand providing a framework for how public art is se-lected.

A community art program and art ordinance werefirst adopted by the city in 1997 in an attempt to en-hance Claremont’s aesthetics and cultural quality, ac-cording to Melissa Vollaro, community and humanservices manager. Public Art Coordinator FrancineBaker was appointed to carry out the various elementsof the art program, which includes tracking the city’spublic art inventory, rotating art exhibits and art instal-lations.

In August 2012, the Claremont City Council ap-proved the hiring of consultant Gail M. Goldman As-sociates, LLC in order to update the city’s communityart program and adopt a public art master plan to moreclearly define the process of selecting public art.

“It helps us take a look at the overall picture and noton an individual case by case basis,” Ms. Vollaro said.“Because we have so much public art in the city of Claremont and a desire for more, a master plan isneeded to give us a clear direction of what the processis and who administers and who oversees it.”

The consultant interviewed an estimated 100 peoplein the community over the past year in an effort to cre-ate recommendations for an overall public art masterplan. The recommendations, which still need to beformed into a master plan for approval from both thecommissions and city council, suggests the city rein-state the part-time volunteer art coordinator position asa paid post at 20 hours a week. While a rate has notbeen identified, the consultant recommends fundingfor the coordinator be taken from the $800 art devel-opment fee associated with each public art project. In-cluded in the fee would be “the actual time that thePublic Art Coordinator spends advising the developeron public art projects, meeting with city staff, prepar-ing reports and making presentations to the Public ArtCommittee among other related tasks.” Up to 25 per-cent of the art development fee would be given toPublic Art Program administration.

The consultant has also suggested the city not solelyrely on its art coordinator for selection of public art.Instead, a seven-member art committee would beformed to oversee any of the city’s artistic decisionsincluding public art policies, guidelines, artists and art-work. In addition, the architectural commission, previ-ously tasked with reviewing and approving public art,would no longer be in charge of giving approval.

“Public art is not identified in the Architectural Re-view Ordinance...that describes the role, responsibili-ties and review criteria for the design of newconstruction projects,” the plan states.

“With the establishment of a Public Art Committeecomprised of knowledgeable visual arts professionals,the role the Architectural Commission has assumed inproviding approvals for public art projects is no longerneeded,” it continues.

The elimination of the commission’s review has notsat well with Claremont architectural commissionersand local architects. In a letter to the city, commis-sioner Maureen Wheeler, also a local artist, calls thedismissal of the architectural commission’s public artreview “an insult.”

“Who better than the architectural commission to judge whether the public art is in harmony with the en-tire project from site plan to signage?” Ms. Wheelerposed. “Regarding art in architecture, architecturalcommissioners are capable of following guidelinesprepared for them and most do have training in the vi-

sual arts. The experience of the AC in interpreting 3Dvisual projects equals over a hundred years!”

After hearing feedback, Ms. Vollaro stressed therecommendations are still being considered and thatcity staff is taking a closer look at the section of themaster plan dealing with the architectural commission.

“There is at least one artist on the architectural com-mission right now, but that might not always be thecase,” she said. “The goal is to make sure that there isthe right expertise and the right group of people re-viewing public art. That is still being teased out.”

After initial concerns, local architect Paul Wheeler,Ms. Wheeler’s husband, says he is pleased with thecity’s preliminary revisions, which eliminates the ar-chitectural commission’s lack of public art experienceamong other changes. He looks forward to seeing thecompleted master plan.

“It seems to be working itself through the ubiqui-tous bureaucracy,” he said.

Staff is also conducting further work on creating amap tracking the city’s existing public art pieces andidentifying areas for future works of art, which couldinclude anything from city hall’s rotating art to the

side of a building. Some identified spaces include en-trances or “gateways” to the city and centralized areas

near the Village for potential walking art tours. MayoOpanyi Nasiali, who has advocated for the creation oa public art master plan, looks forward to puttingClaremont on the map not only for its beauty and busness, but for its artistic inclinations as well.

“I want us to be a destination city for public art,” hsaid. “When people come to the Village to eat andshop and other things, I want them to be able to enjoypieces of art all over the city. It adds to the ambianceof our city, brings a benefit to our businesses and giveour community something to be proud of.”

—Beth [email protected]

Claremont COURIER/Friday, January 10, 2014CITY NEWS

COURIER photos/Steven FelschundnePaint peels from the city of Claremontʼs angel located in Mallows Park at Indian Hill Boulevard and HarrisoAvenue. Claremont city staff is drafting a new $50,000 public art master plan, a 72-page document containinideas for art displays and guidelines for how public art is selected.

Staff works to solidify vision for city-wide public art

Late evening light falls on part of a whimsical sculpturetitled “Matriculated Nature” by Tom Otterness‚ whichwas installed in 2007 as part of the Village West ex-pansion. The art work is integrated into the fountainthat is in the middle of the public square at the devel-opment. The entire fountain is seen at right.


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Plans are inching along for the devel-opment of the recently sold Clare-mont Unified School District

Surplus site, located at 2475 N. ForbesAve.

On November 21, the Claremont Unified SchoolDistrict Board of Education approved the sale of theshort-lived La Puerta Intermediate School to the high-est bidder, Brandywine Homes of Irvine. The transac-tion, raking in $18,875,000 for the school district, iscurrently underway.

The developer has wasted no time in meeting withthe city to flesh out their plans for the site. City officialsmet with Brandywine executives at the end of Decem-ber, according to Brian Desatnik, director of commu-nity development. Their second meeting was set for lastweek and, if all goes according to plan, a preliminaryreview of site plans could come before the city’s plan-ning commission in early February, he shared.

Though Mr. Desatnik states only preliminary plansfor development were discussed, in an interview withthe COURIER in late December, Brandywine President

Brett Whitehead expressed the company would like tobuild large homes at around the million-dollar pricepoint on the approximately 9.7-acre parcel. Each wouldbe between 3,000 to 4,000 square feet.

“We feel there is a lot of pent-up demand for move-up housing,” he said. “It’s a market we feel hasn’t been

served for a number of years.”A zoning change will be necessary in order to move

forward with those plans. Although the surroundingneighborhood is zoned residential, the La Puerta lot iscurrently designated as public and does not allow forresidential development, according to city officials.

La Puerta and the surrounding area were used for

agricultural purposes until 1967. The following year,CUSD purchased the property for a second middleschool after El Roble became overcrowded. When LaPuerta Intermediate School closed in 1979, the city of Claremont entered into a 99-year lease agreement withCUSD for use of the back portion of La Puerta for acity sports park. Brandywine’s purchase will not affectthis agreement, city officials have confirmed.

Plans for La Puerta Elementary School, which wouldhave been the district’s eighth elementary school, nevermaterialized after Measure Y money ran out. The dis-trict abandoned the project in late 2004. An amendmentto the city-school district lease agreement was made in2007, after the city council approved a 70-foot-tall cellphone tower on the site.

In 2008, Carrie Allen, then CUSD director of sec-ondary education, presented the board of education with

a 5-year plan to increase technical education. With thedistrict offices moved to the adult education buildingon San Jose Avenue, work began on the future CHS Ca-reer Technical Center to be located at La Puerta with atargeted opening of 2010. This second attempt by thedistrict to use the land was also abandoned when lack

of funding caused the district to wind down the effoThe CUSD board deemed the site surplus in late 201

In order to develop homes as desired, Brandywinmanagement will likely be seeking to change the landzoning designation to a specific site plan or customap, according to Mr. Desatnik. Customized zoningoften used for large sites that do not have consistent bo

ders. In the case of the surplus site, homes border ontwo sides of the property with a trail and park lining tother two. A custom map would help the developmake the best use of the open land and varying setbarequirements.

“This will allow [Brandywine] more flexibility,” MDesatnik said.

Though plans for the development of the surplproperty may be in front of commissioners by nemonth, construction is still a ways off, Mr. Desatnik asured.

“We want to get preliminary feedback from the community and commission,” he said. “It helps developeto get early feedback and the community feels bettwhen their voice is heard early on in the process befothe developer has spent mega time and money deveoping a concept. It benefits everybody.”

The COURIER will continue to report on develoment of the La Puerta surplus site as information bcomes available.


Claremont COURIER/Friday, January 10, 2014

Thursday, January 2With Automated License Plate

Reader cameras installed above inter-sections throughout the city, it can gowithout saying that stealing a car inClaremont likely won’t go unnoticed.However, it didn’t stop three 20-some-things with not only taking a car inClaremont, but lingering in the City of

Trees with the stolen vehicle on Thurs-day afternoon.

License plate readers alerted policeof the stolen vehicle traveling east onFoothill Boulevard around 2:30 p.m.Officers attempted to conduct a trafficstop near Towne Avenue.

However, the driver—23-year-oldDarlene Luna of West Covina—refusedto slow down. Police were led on a 17-mile pursuit that continued on the 10and 57 freeways. Ms. Luna exited Tem-ple and finally came to a stop after find-ing herself in the parking lot of the CalPoly Farm Store, according to police.Ms. Luna surrendered to officers, but20-year-old Kevin Tes of Pomona, a

passenger, decided to make one morerun for it. He was arrested a short dis-tance away. He was arrested for posses-sion of a stolen vehicle and resisting anofficer.

Ms. Luna was booked for driving astolen vehicle and felony evading. Bothwere held at the Claremont Police De-partment in lieu of $75,000 bail each.

* * * *The farmers of the Pomona College

Organic Farm had some extra cleanupafter the holidays. Sometime betweenDecember 31 and January 2 vandalsbroke into the college homestead,breaking two plastic chairs, shattering awindow and making off with a wooden

arch used to block a window framewithout glass. The damage is estimated

at about $200.

Friday, January 3Christmas is known as the season of

giving, but in the case of Harvey MuddCollege, the holiday break becamequite the opposite. Administration re-turned to campus on Friday to find 23iPads worth about $15,000 missingfrom a portable classroom in the 1200block of Dartmouth Ave. There were nosigns of forced entry into the class-room; two faculty members and 40 stu-

dents have keycard access to the room,according to Lieutenant Mike Ciszek.

Investigation continues.* * * *

A Claremont resident received a callfrom her grandson, who identified him-self by name, informing her that he hadbeen arrested in Las Vegas and neededto be bailed out of jail. After notifyingher grandson’s father, a second man,who identified himself as a police offi-cer from the Las Vegas police depart-ment, told the boy’s father that hewould need to pay $3000 over thephone for his son’s release. The father

arranged the payment. Shortly after, itwas discovered that his son was safe in

San Diego and the phone call was ascam. A police report was taken.

Saturday, January 4Police are looking for a man in-

volved in a smash-and-grab burglary ithe 1100 block of Briarcroft Road onSaturday afternoon. Shortly after noona witness saw a Caucasian male, be-

lieve to be in his 20s or early 30s,smash a car window and take off in ared, older model four-door vehicle wita stolen purse in tow. The man is de-scribed as having sandy blonde hair,clean cut, and standing about 5 feet 10inches tall. Any information should bereported to the Claremont Police De-partment at 399-5411.

Sunday, January 5A Claremont resident took out his

anger on a parked car in the 700 blockof Occidental Drive on Sunday after-noon around 2:45 p.m. Dominic Ved-der, 22, got in some aerobic exercise

jumping on the car. The vehicle had

been keyed and had various other damage to the roof, hood and sides, according to Lt. Ciszek. Reports indicate thaa relationship gone awry might havebeen the source of Mr. Vedder’s frustrtion. Regardless, he was arrested forvandalism.

Tuesday, January 7A resident in the 100 block of East

College Way took an expensive hit onTuesday. Crooks pried their way intothe Village home and made off withmore than $4000 in jewelry, CDs andDVDs. A report was taken, but there ano witnesses.


POLICE BLOTTER

CITY NEWS

Plans move forward for Forbes Avenue development site

COURIER photo/Steven FelschundneffPomona Police investigate the scene of a traffic collision that shut down TowneAvenue during the morning commute last Friday in Claremont. A red van was

traveling south on Towne when it apparently sideswiped a parked ChevroletSUV, causing the van to flip over blocking both southbound lanes. Claremontpolice assisted and were diverting traffic as late as 9:40 a.m.


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EDUCATION Claremont COURIER/Friday, January 1 0, 2014

California schools will be enforcingrules on cyber bullying in 2014.The passage of Assembly bill 256

into law includes cases of off-campuscyber bullying as a reason for suspension

or expulsion.The law was approved by Governor Jerry Brown

on October 10, 2013 and took effect as the clockstruck midnight on New Years. According to law,cyber bullying is defined as using computers, smartphones and social media to harass or threaten a per-son. This can include spreading rumors or creating“burn pages” that target a specific individual.

Assemblymember Cristina Garcia (58th district)proposed the bill last February after she had her ownexperience with cyber bullying that left her hands tied.

“I feel very strongly that every young personshould be able to thrive in our schools, without theadded stress of being bullied,” Ms. Garcia said in astatement released when the bill was signed.

Ms. Garcia was teaching a math class as part of anafter school enrichment program. It was the end of the year and she was planning a celebration for herstudents. During the class she witnessed five boystaunting another classmate and did her best to break-up their bullying. After she intervened she found outthat the taunting had been going on for the entire yearvia off-campus and online bullying. She was unableto take measures to remedy the situation becausenone of it happened on-campus. This incident is whatinspired her to take action.

“AB 256 closes a large loophole in anti-bullyinglaw to match the reality we live in today by updating

laws written before the explosive growth of electronicdevices and instant communication,” Ms. Garciawrote. “By supporting this bill, the Governor and theLegislature have made a clear statement that studentbullying is unacceptable and that it will not be toler-ated in any way, shape or form.”

While 48 states have laws that deal with bullying,only 38 have laws that address cyber bullying. Thenonly a small percentage treats these cases of bullyingseparately from the broader topic of “bullying” inschools, according to iSAFE statistics. In many casesof cyber bullying the administration is left with littleroom to discipline since the encounters do not happenin plain sight.

Previously, in order for the school to discipline stu-dents who engage in bullying, it would have had tohave taken place while the students were traveling toand from school, on campus during school hours or

as part of a school-sponsored event. Cyber bullyingwas included in this discipline, but the original state-ment outlined what falls under the definition of cybebullying rather than situations that could be handledby schools.

As the bill was being proposed by Ms. Garcia, theClaremont Unified School District was taking meas-

ures of their own to ensure the safety of their studentboth on and off-campus. In a June 2013 school boardmeeting, the board voted on the wording of CUSD’sown bullying policy to include instances of off-cam-pus cyber bullying. Rather than allowing situations tgo unattended, any instance of bullying that is a sub-stantial interruption to school activities is dealt withby the administration.

CUSD looks at each case individually to ensurethat each student’s situation is considered from everyangle. Now that the law has taken effect, the districthas the backup of the state to protect the students.

“None of our schools condone bullying on or off-campus and a lot of times it is reported to us before ibecomes a bigger issue,” said Mike Bateman, assis-tant superintendent of student services. “If we can’tdo it on a school basis, we do invite the law enforce-

ment to take a look at the situation.”Last year, while the CUSD did have a few discipli

nary cases to take care of, none of them were relatedto cyber bullying. Teachers and administrators areoften times able to catch the situation before it be-comes worse and offer mediation before students turto social media.

“Some kids are afraid and don’t want to be the tat-tle or the snitch. My approach to the situation is toask the kids if there is anyone else around that saw

School district reacts to new cyber bullying law

None of our schools condone bullying

on or off-campus and a lot of times it

is reported to us before it becomes abigger issue

Mike BatemanCUSD assistant superintendent

of student services

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Commission set to review plans at Montessori School site

New housing may be

changing the land-scape of the Claremont

community, but developerTaylor Morrison is takingstrides to ensure some of thehistorical sights along BaseLine Road remain intact.

The Arizona-based development com-pany, currently building a 50-unit town-home complex at the corner of BaseLine Road and Padua Avenue, recentlypurchased two additional properties at560 and 618 Base Line Road, located onthe south side of the street betweenMountain Avenue and Indian Hill

Boulevard.The property has been at a standstill

for years, having changed ownership sixtimes before plans came to rest withTaylor Morrison earlier this year, and itappears after years of planning, develop-ment is not far away. The developer con-tinues with the previous applicantsintentions, planning to fill the four-acreproperty with another 64 townhomes,each two or three stories, in addition tocommercial components. The Clare-mont City Council approved the planlast month with the hope that the devel-oper would also include a single-storyfloor plan. Mayor Opanyi Nasiali castthe only dissenting vote because of the

potential health impacts of housing de-velopments built near freeways.

The developer’s plans call for thedemolition of the former MontessoriSchool and other buildings but the com-pany will build around four historicalrock structures at the site to be preservedfor community use, much to the pleasureof city officials.

“Taylor Morrison has been very re-ceptive,” said Brian Desatnik, director of community development. “They havecome up with very creative ways of in-corporating these buildings into their de-velopment.”

The historical structures—a foreman’scottage and pump-house—will be usedas office spaces and the additional twobarns will become a community centerand a picnic area for residents of the pro-posed “Gable Crossing” development.

The Johnson Family built the struc-tures in 1916 to serve the family’s citrusbusiness, reports Saul Jaffe in A Historyand Significance Study of The John-son Ranch. In the years following theJohnson Family’s orange and lemonproduction, the pump-house served as atemporary art studio in the 1980s and theforeman’s cottage was also rented out,but the structures have remained rela-tively unused until now.

The Gable Crossing complex isn’tthe only project in Claremont by TaylorMorrison with historical roots. The realestate company has played a part in thepreservation of other historical struc-tures in town, including incorporatingtwo stone houses on the northwest cor-ner of Padua and Base Line at the Cit-

rus Glen at Pitzer Ranch development.On that property, the pump-house willbe used for storage and the barn will berestored and renovated for a rentablecommunity space.

Despite preservation efforts, one pre-existing structure did not last construc-tion of the Citrus Glen development.The Pitzer Ranch foreman’s residencewas advertised for auction in the

COURIER for a month last spring. Withno bids received, however, the rock

structure was demolished. The devel-oper intends to use the stones to build awall and mosaic.

As the first phase of construction atCitrus Glen wraps up, the Gable Grossing complex moves forward in the re-view process, set to come before thearchitectural commission on January 29Taylor Morrison executives hope tobreak ground on the development this

spring. —Beth [email protected]

COURIER photo/Peter WeinbergA large barn is one of four river rock structures on the Base Line Road propersoon to be developed by home builder Taylor Morrison. Plans for the site, the fomer Montessori School, will include mixed-use commercial and residential uniand re-purposing the rock buildings.

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There are so many milestones in thelives of children: first word, firststeps, first day of school—and then,

before you know it, they are piloting the

family car onto the freeway (and, if youdraw the short straw, you are the parentclutching the arm rests on the passengerseat, yelling “merge, merge,” as a giantWinnebago bears down on your small, sud-denly very vulnerable-seeming compact).

You can mark time in graduations: preschool, whenthey don mortarboards crafted from manila file folders;grammar school, where they say goodbye to recess; jun-ior high, where you say hello to gray hair as you ponderthe fraught-filled teen years to come; high school whenthey take their first steps into adulthood and master in-credibly difficult subjects like algebra and chemistry, and,finally, if your child chooses, college, where at the end of the ceremony, you briefly, foolishly imagine, “Well,that’s it!”

And then, just as you are boxing up the dog-eared re-port cards and varsity letters, he or she turns up in your

house again, reclaiming a bedroom that you (unwisely)haven’t quite converted into the craft-room fast enough.She (because this is a story about my daughter) comesback bearing all the detritus of a nomadic, post-collegiatelife—piles of clothing, random books and papers, shoesand boots and various tokens of four years of study andtravel.

In time, though, she lands a real job all the way acrossthe country (with benefits and a travel allowance). Thereis much celebrating and, suddenly, the craft room comesinto focus again (maybe I’ll finally make that snowmanfamily out of unmated, discarded tube socks I’ve beenhoarding).

Since this is her “real” life, it is suggested that maybethis is a good time to go through the 22 years of accu-mulation and make some difficult choices. Things need

to move with her, be boxed up for future relocation orsubmitted to one of two bags: Goodwill or the garbage.

My daughter has always had a little of the slovenOscar Madison in her, dropping clothes wherever, scatering papers about and leaving lumps of Play-Doh anlater, makeup here and there. She was a smart githough, and I defended her messy ways as the flotsamand jetsam of a “beautiful mind”—one that understoo

calculus and learned Hebrew and French. I even seemeto be backed by science: in a study in Psychological Scence, Kathleen Vohs, PhD, of the University Of Minnesota Carlson School Of Management, found thworking in a messy room seems to help youngsters trnew things and come up with creative ideas.

During our clean up that filled up two 13-gallon platic bags, we found, among other things: pages of “HellKitty” stickers, homework assignments dating back the 1990s, a bright red flower-bedecked velvet headbanand scary-looking calculators with buttons for things likDRG and PRB, pi and x squared (good Lord, I thougas I slipped them into the Goodwill sack, I won’t be usinthese to balance my checkbook).

In the end, though, I did reach back into the bag fthe velvet headband with the giant red rose. I decided thang onto it and wear it when I want to feel close to m

spirited, fashionable, soon-to-be-faraway girl... or, fwhen I just want to scare people at the front door.

Claremont COURIER/Friday, January 1 0, 2014

Moving on, moving outBy Debbie Carini

The great privilege of mycalling in one of Clare-mont’s faith communi-

ties is to work with youngpeople. The lion’s share of mywork each week is done with

junior high and high schoolstudents, and I have a commit-ted team of adults as partners.It’s a great gig. I’m blessed tohave it.

And I’m not alone. Claremont’s faithcommunities boast gifted and passionatestaff and volunteers who nurture virtueand hope in teenagers. In addition to allof our teachers, mentors and coaches,(not to mention parents!) Claremont’s

religious youth workers are committedto raising compassionate and faithfulyoung people.

That’s never been an easy undertak-ing, and I fear it’s getting harder.Teenagers in Claremont today battle arange of obstacles and pressures thattheir parents may have battled less in-tensely. Adolescence is its own battle,for starters. Add to the biological tumultincreasing standardized academic de-mands, rising unemployment amongparents, and, thanks to evolving socialmedia, a literally unbounded audience of their peers to impress, and you’ve got amountain of trouble for today’s teens.

So how do we help? How cangrown-ups tend to today’s teenagers inways that are caring and supportive,while also wise?

Personally, I’m making three resolu-tions for 2014. These aren’t new; likemost resolutions they need to be madeand re-made. But I’m intentionallymaking them now, because they may beneeded now more than ever.

I hope many of you will join me inthese, whether you work with youth ina religious community or simply en-counter them in the Village on a Fridayafternoon, so that ours may be a placewhere conviction can flourish among

adolescents.• Listen, listen, listen. Many of the in

teractions I have with teenagers involveheavy doses of one-way communica-tion. I talk at them, giving them instructions, prompting responses. Even mydiscussions with teens can presuppose“right” answers. I need to allow for moopen-ended conversations with theyouth I know. They need adults in theirlives who genuinely want to hear whatthey have to say because it comes fromthem, not because it’s “right.”

• Stop hating technology. Kids thesedays, with their phones and their videogames and their Internet...right? Youknow what kids are doing with that technology? Socializing, experiencing the

joy of being known, being there for afriend. Youth and adults alike need tolearn some digital boundaries, but I’mresolving to understand better what neeis being filled by the ceaseless stream otexts and avatars before I order it turnedoff again.

• Get serious about the sex talk . ThisI’m resolving despite a strong case of thheeby jeebies. I’ve been a youth workein Claremont for six years now, and I’vbroached the subject with my studentstwice. Twice. There’s far too much misinformation about dating, relationshipsand biology out there to avoid the sub-

ject. I no longer think that’s responsibleThree resolutions isn’t much, but my

faith tells me a little intentionality goes long way. The junior high and highschool students that populate Claremonare a treasure; they make this place oneof the best places to live in the region.They deserve quality relationships withattentive adults who care about them anexpect big things from them in their

homes, schools, sports and places of worship.

Have faith for youth’s sake: three resolutions for 2014by Rocky Supinger, associate pastor at Claremont Presbyterian Church

Inter-Faithfully SPEAKING

“I want to be a princess.”


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Affordable healthcareDear Editor:

I was saddened to read that DouglasLyon and his family have had theirhealth insurance plan cancelled by thecorporate entity to which they had be-come so attached and had given so muchof their money. I am sure Mr. Lyon willshortly be using his constitutional rightto vote to oust the board of the companythat has so shabbily and undemocrati-

cally treated him and his family.Hopefully the cancellation of his pol-

icy does not fall under some newly-evolved religious freedom, to whichcorporations are now entitled to have be-cause they are, after all, just people justlike us.

However, if Mr. Lyon and his familyhad their insurance cancelled because itdid not meet the standards set by the pas-sage of the ACA, then that is a whole dif-ferent ball game and begs the question asto why did Mr. Lyon pay for a health in-surance plan that can't even meet gov-ernment standards! Was he not payingattention? Or did he not care? Or does hethink government standards are too

high?In his letter, Mr. Lyon notes several

ways to improve his healthcare, with thefirst being tort reform. Tort reform hasworked well for Texas (the state nowonly has a mere 28.8 percent of its citi-zens without health insurance!) and hasmade it into state of choice for manymore medical-care practitioners whohave lost their right to practice medicinein their home states than ever before,which means greater access for Texansto a form of healthcare lawyers can’t getrich from.

Also in his list of ways to improve hishealthcare, Mr. Lyon requests that “the

exclusive regulator of insurance compa-nies will be the state in which the com-pany is incorporated.”

Though I am not sure why Mr. Lyonwould want to live in one state and besubjected to the regulations of a differ-ent state, I would ask why stop at stateborders? Why not allow doctors and sur-geons in other nations to advertise theirskills and their fee structure here inAmerica? Is Mr. Lyon afraid of compe-tition?

Over the years I have had the pleasureof excellent and cheap medical care inGreece, Malta and Jamaica—for theprice of a plane ticket and a few daysstay at Motel 6, I am sure Mr. Lyon couldhave needed surgical-care at less than hisformer monthly insurance premium!And all well-regulated by the foreignstate they trained in.

Finally, I am a little confused as towhy Mr. Lyon is requesting Congress-woman Chu and Senators Feinstein and

Boxer tell him what they are doing to gethim back the freedom and liberty hismedical insurer took away from him.Surely the three of them are not each onthe governing board of that company? If they are, he should have mentioned that.Perhaps he can clarify that in any follow-up letter.

Michael Benfield

Claremont

Facts regarding the ACADear Editor:

Doug Lyon’s recent letter regardingthe Affordable Care Act (ACA) is full of inaccuracies and misleading statements.

First a little history about the ACA.

This plan was created by Republicans inresponse to what Democrats wanted,which is socialized medicine, like everyother industrialized country.

Democrats believe that healthcare is aright that all Americans deserve. Repub-licans believe healthcare is a privilege re-

served only for the wealthy. So theRepublicans came up with the ACA,which allows healthcare to continue tobe delivered through private insurancecompanies. Mr. Lyon doesn’t mentionthat part but, the truth is, all the ACAprincipally does is expand coverage pro-vided by private insurance carriers likeKaiser, United Healthcare, Cigna, etc.

I’m sorry that Mr. Lyon’s insurancewas cancelled. But prior to the ACA pas-sage there was nothing preventing his in-surance carrier from dropping his policyat any time. Who would Mr. Lyon haveblamed if that had happened?

If in fact your insurance policy is can-celled it is likely that it didn’t meet the

minimum 10 essential benefits now re-quired by the ACA for all private insur-ance policies. These benefits includecoverage for prescription drugs, emer-gency care, hospitalization and preven-tive services.

If your insurance carrier cancels yourpolicy the ACA requires them to offeryou a replacement policy, or you can goon the insurance exchange and shop fora lower cost policy. The exchange willalso tell you if you qualify for a subsidyto help you pay for the policy. The ACAprevents all of these private insurancecompanies from denying coverage be-cause of a pre-existing condition.

I think Mr. Lyon has forgotten why thAmerican people wanted to reforhealthcare in the first place. The ACA rquires all Americans have insurance fhealthcare. Prior to the ACA millions Americans didn’t have insurance. Whethese uninsured people got hurt or they would go to the emergency roomWho paid for this?

Before the ACA these private insuance carriers would routinely limit cov

erage, drop policies, deny coveragbecause of pre-existing conditions anconstantly increase the cost of coveragyear after year. Every year these privainsurance companies were making bilions in profit, while denying coveragand cheating the American people.

Mr. Lyon talks about the ACA limiing his liberty and freedom. What if yohad a heart condition and were told byour insurance company that coveragwas being denied because you had acnas a teenager, which they determined ispre-existing condition? Is that liberty anfreedom?

How about if you were taken to themergency room thinking you had in

surance coverage only to find out youcarrier refuses to cover the bill sendinyou into bankruptcy? Liberty and fredom? For who? The private insuranccompanies?

Just like the Republicans in Washinton, all Mr. Lyon does is bemoan the lathey created. They offer no alternativthat would fix the healthcare crisis wwere in prior to the passage of the ACA

Not to worry Mr. Lyon, someday yowill qualify for socialized healthcare. Wcall it Medicare.

Bill Stevenso

Claremo


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As we begin a new year, the city of Claremont continues to evaluate thepotential acquisition of the Clare-

mont water system. Unlike the majority of residents in California, our residents are cur-rently required to obtain their water from afor-profit company, Golden State Water. Asa result, Claremont residents and businessesare required to pay higher rates for waterthan those of our neighboring cities. In ad-dition, Claremont ratepayers are subject topaying a surcharge if Golden State’s profitsare reduced because of water conservationefforts.

Golden State Water has failed to provide our com-munity with a plan to address the skyrocketing watercosts and rate increases in Claremont, the city councilallocated the necessary resources to examine and ana-lyze a potential acquisition of the system. If the citywere to acquire the system, water rates would be es-tablished locally by elected officials who are account-able to our residents. Such accountability does notcurrently exist.

While Golden State Water is now forcing the city todefend litigation and incur substantial costs, they con-tinue to raise rates and will continue to seek addi-tional rate increases from the California PublicUtilities Commission.

Where are we now? At the town hall meeting inNovember, with hundreds of residents in attendance,and more watching online, the Claremont City Coun-cil unanimously directed staff to prepare additionaldocuments necessary to potentially acquire the watersystem. Along with the required documents, there areseveral other steps that would be completed this yearin connection with the potential acquisition of thewater system, including:

• Publish a Draft Environmental Impact Report(EIR) for public review and comment.

• Complete a Final Environmental Impact Report(EIR) and conduct a public hearing on the Final EIR.

• Council discussion on operations, including watersystem management.

• Conduct a public hearing on a Resolution of Ne-cessity to acquire the water system.

• Consider a Resolution of Intention to Form aCommunity Facilities District (CFD).

• Consider a Resolution of Intention to incurbonded indebtedness.

• Conduct a Protest Hearing on Formation of aCommunity Facilities District (CFD).

• Form Community Facilities District (CFD), calland hold an election.

• Declare the election results (2/3 votes needed toissue bonds)

...And more.As presented at the town hall meeting, the current

water rate structure is projected to support a sufficienbonding capacity that would permit the city to acquithe water system for its estimated fair market value.However, additional funding would be required to respond to legal challenges brought by Golden StateWater and to cover potential pre-acquisition and ac-quisition costs funded through the Community Facilties District should those costs exceed $80 million.

Unlike the decisions made by a for-profit watercompany, decisions made by municipal waterproviders are subject to the state’s open meeting lawand are made with the public’s participation. The citwill continue to be transparent in all of its decisionsrelated to the potential acquisition of the Claremontwater system, and we urge our residents to stay in-volved. A complete list of the possible future deci-sions and actions, along with other materials relatedto the potential acquisition can be found atwww.ci.claremont.us.ca.

Whitehead International FilmFestival to grace Mudd Theaternext weekend

Claremont Lincoln University’s Center for ProcessStudies will hold its 13th annual Whitehead Interna-tional Film Festival, featuring movies from aroundthe world that promote a common good next week-end, January 17 through 20 in the Mudd Theater at1325 N. College Ave.

Each year, the festival features 10 of the best filmsrecently released, spotlighting work that offers a fas-cinating look into the cultures, lives and spiritual aspi-

rations of people in foreign lands. A Faith and Filmclass is being offered in conjunction with the festival

This year’s feature films include Closed Season(Germany), Tall as a Baobab Tree (Senegal), Han-nah Arendt (Germany), Touch of the Light (Tai-wan) and The Deep (Iceland) among others. A

number of short films will also be presented.Visit www.whiteheadfilmfestival.org/festival/shor

films/ for a list of showings.Tickets are $5 per film, with package rates also

available including a full pass with banquet for $100A Faith and Film Class, offered at $300, includes ad-mission to all events. Students, faculty and staff of Claremont Lincoln University and Claremont Schooof Theology may attend for free. For information,visit www.whiteheadfilmfestival.org or call (909)447-2533.

Claremont COURIER/Friday, January 10, 2014

OUR TOWN

Future of Claremont’s water system discussed inpublic, not in Golden State’s board roomBy Tony Ramos, Claremont city manager

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Audra Alice Anderson SchwendimanOleson died peacefully in Claremont onDecember 5, 2013 with her two daughtersat her side. She was 97 years old. Her fu-neral services were held on December 14,2013 at The Church of Jesus Christ of

Latter-day Saints in Claremont. Her in-ternment was on December 18 at Field-ing Memorial Park in Idaho Falls, Idaho,where she was buried next to her first hus-band, Alvin Schwendiman who died De-cember 5, 1946.

Mrs. Oleson was born on April 9, 1916in Kelly, Idaho. Her parents, Alice ElnoraTolman and Hans Peter Anderson, werededicated leaders in their community andequally dedicated leaders in their church.They were also loving parents to a largefamily. Mrs. Oleson was the last living of 11 children in her family.

Mrs. Oleson had many memories of living off the land in the ‘20s and ‘30s be-cause her father was a rancher in Idaho

and Wyoming. They had homegrownfruits and vegetables, meat, eggs, milkand homemade bread. Her family caredfor cows, chickens and even horses thatserved her family’s way of getting around.Until the 1920s, her family got around byhorse-drawn buggy in the summer andbobsled in the winter.

As she started her school career, Mrs.Oleson attended an elementary schoolthat had two classrooms with four gradesto each room. She loved to learn and waspromoted from third to fifth grade. Shegraduated from Star Valley WyomingHigh School in May of 1933.

She met her first husband in 1935 whilevisiting a cousin in Newdale, Idaho. The

two were attending a dance and got eachother as partners in a mixer. They becamegood friends after that first meeting andwent on a few dates before Mr. Schwendi-man left to attend the University of Idahoat Moscow and Mrs. Oleson returned to

her home in Wyoming. They corre-sponded and dated long distance for thenext couple of years. Once he graduatedin June of 1937, the two were married in

September that year in the Salt Lake CityTemple of The Church of Jesus of Latter-day Saints.

The couple boarded a train the next dayfor Madison, Wisconsin where he had ascholarship to study for a PhD in Agron-omy. Mr. Schwendiman graduated withhonors and received a PhD from the Uni-versity of Wisconsin in June 1940. Aftergraduating, he accepted a position as in-structor at the University of Wisconsin.Two daughters were born while the cou-ple lived in Wisconsin; Carol born July 1,1942 and Lorraine born August 13, 1944.

A short time after her second daughterwas born Mrs. Oleson’s husband beganfeeling ill, so the family decided to relo-

cate back to the West. They moved toMontana for a short time and then to SaltLake City where they would be close tofamily and and proper medical help. Mr.Schwendiman was diagnosed withHodgkins Lymphoma and died Decem-

ber 5, 1946 in Salt Lake City, Utah.After his death, Mrs. Oleson moved to

Logan, Utah where she attended UtahState University. She received a bache-lor’s degree while majoring in elementaryeducation. She worked hard and contin-

ued to provide for her two daughters as asingle mother, graduating in June 1951.She remained in Logan and taught ele-mentary school until 1958.

In April 1958, she married Roy Olesonand the family moved to Sacramento.There, he worked for Aerojet Corp andMrs. Oleson continued to teach school. In1966, the family moved to Claremont.Mr. Oleson worked for Aerojet Corp inAzusa and Mrs. Oleson started teachingfor the Glendora Unified School District.Mr. Oleson died of heart failure April20,1981.

After her second husband’s death, Mrs.Oleson remained in Claremont and taughtin Glendora until she retired in 1986. She

loved every second of her 35 years of teaching and influenced many young livesover the years. She taught all levels of el-ementary education but her favorite re-mained her third grade students. She wasloved and respected as a teacher by stu-dents, colleagues and administrators.

Mrs. Oleson was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daySaints and held various positions in thechurch over the years. She was also amember of the American Association of University Women, Musicians Club of Pomona Valley, Pomona Travelers Club,and The Daughters of the Utah Pioneers.She thoroughly enjoyed her associationwith all of these organizations.

During her lifetime Mrs. Oleson neverthought she would travel as much as shedid, the family expressed. Her passport in-cluded stamps from the Orient, Taiwan,Egypt, Israel and various countries in Eu-rope. Her favorite country to visit in Eu-

rope was Switzerland. She had her 83birthday while on her trip to IsraeEveryone on the tour was amazed at hoyoung she looked and how much energshe had for her age.

At age 85, Mrs. Oleson was diagnose

with macular degeneration and over a priod of a couple of years became legalblind. Though it took away much of thindependence that she loved, it did ndissuade her from enjoying life. Aftgoing through many hard knocks in lifshe developed the belief that if hard timcome your way you must do your best fix the problem; if you can’t fix the prolem you make the best of it and move oIn the last few years of her life, she had aamazing ability to weather challenges anendure to the end.

In her free time she loved to read anlisten to music. After retirement, shbegan taking piano lessons to improve hpiano skill and her family noted that sh

was very proud of her level of expertiin her older age. Despite her vision losshe continued to learn and enjoy goobooks by listening to audio books. Shloved to share the stories from her bookwith family and friends.

Her greatest joy in life was spendintime with her children, grandchildren angreat grandchildren. She was very prouof all of their accomplishments. Her lovand kindness to her family are remembered fondly and she was a great example to all with her posterity about how live life. Her efforts to stay mentally shapaid off and her mind remained strong uto the time of her death.

She is survived by her two daughte

and their husbands; Carol and Max Chancellor of Salem, Oregon and Lorraine anRonald Pierce of Claremont. Also, by 1grandchildren and 44 great-grandchildre

Audra A. OlesonEncouraging mother, music lover, dedicated teacher


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what happened or knows about whathappened,” Assistant Principal of ElRoble Intermediate School, ClarissaMcNally said. “It takes pressure off of the student so they will be more open toshare what is going on.”

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In situations where a student is beingbullied via social media, students willreach out to a faculty member and bedirected to Ms. McNally. They are thenable to show her what is happening soshe can evaluate the situation. Fromthere, she can meet with parents or, if the circumstances have caused a disrup-tion at the school, direct the case to thedistrict.

Along with sit-down interactions thedistrict has proactive programs in placethrough the students time in school toremind them of what is important wheninteracting with peers. Through pro-grams like the junior high after-schoolprogram TRACKS, speakers and work-shops have been held to ensure studentsare able to identify what bullying lookslike and report it. On-campus access in-cludes counselors who are available to

talk to students at anytime and coun-selors from the University of La Vernewho come in to talk to students on aregular basis.

At Claremont High School AVID co-ordinator Erin Fowler took notice of cyber bullying that was going on in hersenior AVID class and decided to ad-dress the problem with class discus-sions. She gathered articles from allaround the world and shared them withthe class. They then tried to break down

the situations to find out if blame couldbe placed and how to handle the situa-tions appropriately.

From the discussion her studentssprang into action and created an anti-bullying documentary based on school-wide statistics, student testimonies andreactions from around campus. Thisdocumentary was shown in the fresh-men classes for the first six weeks of school to acknowledge that CHS is

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pleted the students want to take itschool-wide this spring and show it in aclass rather than use the wolf cast that isplayed as part of morning bulletins, saidMs. Fowler. The students hope that byshowing it in the class their peers willstart a discussion and be more willingto address issues they might be having.

Last year, the Claremont HighSchool AVID classes participated in

anti-bullying week in October withposters, T-shirts and teal supportbracelets that each student handed outto spread awareness. Other schools prgrams, like the elementary “CharacterCounts” program, emphasize six traitsto live by: trustworthiness, respect, re-sponsibility, fairness, caring and citi-zenship. From the point when studentstart school to when they finish, theyare reminded that bullying will not be

tolerated.“The policy had always existed via

the Internet and face-to-face conflict,and if the situation caused a disruptionthen it was addressed,” Mr. Batemansaid. “This policy allows us to do whawe already addressed so we have theability to suspend and expel students.”

—Christina [email protected]

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She completed a teaching credential in1965 and an additional graduate degreein counseling and guidance from theUniversity of La Verne in 1980. She wasdeeply committed to education, workingin many capacities throughout the

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She was a Spanish teacher at TaftHigh School in Woodland Hills from1963 to 1982. There, she taught all lev-els of Spanish language from beginning

through advanced placement. She wasparticularly proud of being a colleagueof renowned math teacher Jamie Es-calante at Garfield High School, wherefrom 1982 to 1984, Ms. Young was anESL counselor for Chicano-Latino stu-dents.

A chance meeting at a book club lec-ture in 1978 would prove to be the trans-formative event in her life. The lecturerthat day was the Hispanist, HowardYoung. Falling in love and marrying Mr.Young, as Ms. Young told her friendsonly a few months before her death, wasthe greatest thing that ever happened toher.

“Howard was el amor de mi vida,”

Ms. Young said. Their wedding was anintimate affair at their Sierra Madrehome in May 1981 followed by a brief honeymoon at the El Encanto hotel inSanta Barbara.

Mr. Young was a professor of Spanish

literature for 44 years at Pomona Colege. In the last few years of her life, MYoung worked to further the legacy oher late husband who predeceased her 2009 by endowing the Howard T. Younprizes in literary criticism and translatio

in the department of romance languageand literatures at Pomona College. Eacyear, she participated with Spanish faculty in the selection process, taking grepride and pleasure in reading each essaand meeting the prize recipients at thawards ceremony.

She lived her life with many, and occasionally surprising, interests. Spain ocourse remained her favorite place. Shlived happily with her husband and sothere during Mr. Young’s research sabbaticals from 1986 to 1987 and again i1990. Ms. Young was also a devoted faof baseball, a love that she shared wither husband and son. She also had strong devotion to tap dancing, Zumb

and aerobics, which kept her active.Ms. Young is survived by her son Timof Claremont, stepdaughters LaurMehlhaff and Jennifer Enzminger antheir families. A private ceremony waheld for family.

Edra L. Navarro YoungLoving wife, caring teacher, Spaniard at heart

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Claremont native George Copen-haver died unexpectedly of a brainaneurysm on December 28, 2013. Hewas 53.

Mr. Copenhaver was born April 1,1960 to Daniel and Cosette Copenhaver

of Claremont. He was one of two chil-dren and often spent time with his sisterJean. He attended Claremont HighSchool and graduated in 1979.

After graduating, Mr. Copenhaverserved in the Navy and was stationedon the LKA 115 USS Mobile. His serv-ice lasted until 1983.

After high school, Mr. Copenhaverand some close friends decided to rent ahouse together in Claremont. Dubbedthe “happy house,” friends would fre-quent their home to hang out with oneanother and relax. Carrie Stewart-Dixon, a long-time friend, rememberswhen they would all hang out at Bax-ter’s restaurant and bar that once stood

on Foothill Boulevard.Ms. Stewart-Dixon recalled that

when the two lived in the same sectionof town homes Mr. Copenhaver woulddrop by to visit her and eat pistachiosout of a bowl on her kitchen counter.

In 1991, a chance meeting at Bax-ter’s introduced him to his wife, Mon-

ica. After several attempts at getting herattention, with Ms. Copenhaver rebut-

ting every advance, he eventually wonher over with his persistence. A yearlater, the two were married on October17, 1992 and had three children to-gether. His family became the center of his world. He was a hands-on fatherand would always be quick to help hischildren. He did his best to help coach

them in whatever new activity theywanted to try. He gave his children un-conditional love and wanted to makesure they were self-motivated.

Living by example, Mr. Copenhaverfounded his own granite business in

2003. He installed granite and stoneboth commercially and residentially allover the city of Claremont. He oftentimes would work long hours to makesure he could provide for his family anddid whatever it took to make sure hetook care of them all.

Much like his birth date, Mr. Copen-haver loved to laugh and make otherssmile. His infectious laugh was loudand would make anyone that heard it

join him. Though he loved to tease oth-ers, it was always in good fun andnever to discourage.

He enjoyed boating in his free time,especially if it meant a small getawayto the family’s river home. He rooted

for the Angels with every game. Evenwhen they lost, his devotion to his fa-vorite team never wavered. He loved toattend his children’s sporting events,which included his daughter’s softballand soccer games; and his son’s foot-ball games and wrestling matches.

Being a native son to Claremont, Mr.

Copenhaver was sure to stay in touchwith his many childhood friends. Hisfriendly personality made him easy tobe around and touched many livesthroughout the city and he loved to ceebrate with them all.

On the Fourth of July he was sure tobe seen celebrating at one of the city’sevents, spending time with his friendsand family. His big heart and friendlydemeanor made everyone he met feelinstantly like they were best friends.

Mr. Copenhaver is survived by hiswife, Monica; their children, Briana,Ryan and Amanda; his sister, Jean; hisniece, Nikki and extended family.

Services are scheduled for tomorrowSaturday January 11, 2014 at La VerneHeights Presbyterian Church, located 1040 Base Line Rd. in La Verne. Services will begin at 11 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, the family wouldappreciate donations through go-

fundme.com, keywords “GeorgeCopenhaver.”


George CopenhaverLoving father, caring husband, Claremont son

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Pomona College and dininghall workers reach a collectivebargaining agreement

Pomona College and Unite Here Local 11 haveconcluded negotiations and reached the first collec-tive bargaining agreement covering Pomona dininghall employees.

Workers voted on December 17 to ratify the three-

year contract, which provides set wage increases eachyear; continues stable and affordable health care, nowthrough Unite Here; and creates a joint labor-manage-ment committee to ensure that everyone’s rights arerespected in the workplace and to deal with opera-tional issues.

The agreement is the result of months of hard workat the negotiating table and represents the first step inan ongoing partnership between Pomona College andUnite Here Local 11. The contract covers 86 diningemployees. A majority of dining staff voted in Aprilto be represented by Unite Here Local 11.

“We look forward to working with the union toturn a new page in labor-management relations inPomona’s dining halls,” Karen Sisson, Pomona vicepresident and treasurer, said. “I am hopeful that ouremployees and managers can move forward in a spirit

of teamwork and that we can focus on makingPomona College Dining Services the standard of ex-cellence in undergraduate food service and catering.”

Benny Avina, a cook in Frary Dining Hall, said,“The most important part of the contract for me is thatnow we have language that gives us respect and dig-nity and that puts us on more equal standing with themanagers.”

Pomona College receives $1million for digital planetarium

Pomona College has been awarded a $1 milliongrant from the Fletcher Jones Foundation to fund theconstruction of a digital planetarium for the new Mil-

likan Science Hall.Equipped with an Evans and Sutherland DigistarIV high-resolution digital theater system, the FletcherJones Foundation Digital Planetarium will provideopportunities for teaching and research across the dis-ciplines, serving as a portal to a range of immersiveexperiences. Its domed profile will be the visual focalpoint of Millikan Science Hall.

“With this generous grant, the college will be ableto take a huge step forward in innovative technologyand teaching,” says David Oxtoby, president of Pomona College. “More than a planetarium, this digi-tal immersive theatre not only will be an invaluableresource for exploring thenight sky, it will transformlearning across the liberal arts.”

Classes in neuroscience can delve into full-viewrenderings of brain scans. Biology students will be

able to “travel” through the human body, and geologyclasses could “fly” over maps and canyons or super-impose GIS-based information. In the humanities andsocial sciences, students could tour ancient cities likeRome and Pompeii or visually display and manipu-late large demographic data sets exploring the evolu-tion of trends, such as immigration or housing prices.Music classes will be able to use the space to translatesound into visual images. Art students can view

sculptures and buildings from different perspectives“In astronomy, a class could ‘fly’ through the

Milky Way and land on Europa,” notes an excitedBryan Penprase, professor of astronomy at Pomona,“or instructors could patch in data from space probesand project images from their landing sites on otherplanets or moons. For archeo-astronomy, the skycould be reconfigured to match positions of the starsand planets at any point in history to observe howsites like the Egyptian pyramids or Mayan templeswere aligned with the stars and planets, at the time otheir construction.”

Kathleen Howe, professor of art and director of thPomona College Museum of Art, reports that, “In thelast five years, there has been a small but growingmovement in which artists partner with planetaria tocreate full-dome visual and aural experiences. It's exciting to imagine what our students and faculty willcreate with this wonderful new facility on campus.”

The new facility will allow Pomona to showcase istriking and enthralling clarity what the best liberalarts education has always exemplified: the intercon-nectivity of knowledge; the meshing of the arts, thehumanities and the sciences in a full 360-degree view

The Fletcher Jones Digital Planetarium will replaca 2002 planetarium that included a GOTO GEII sys-tem, which was funded by an earlier grant through thFletcher Jones Foundation. Pomona has donated tha12-year-old system to The Webb Schools, allowing ito substantially upgrade its capabilities. The Webbplanetarium will be open to visits from local public-schools, including students in the physics program atClaremont High School.

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After 22 years, Commu-nity Senior Services’Enrichment Center

Adult Day Program has finallyfound a place to call home.

The adult day program, which providesa safe space for seniors with dementia andmemory loss, moved into a new facilityat Larkin Park this week, made possiblethrough a partnership with the city of Claremont. Community Senior Services(CSS), a nonprofit organization servingLA and San Bernardino counties, willlease the vacant building owned by thecity of Claremont to be reviewed and re-newed each year, according to Floy

Biggs, chief executive officer of CSS.The new move marks the first perma-

nent home for the Enrichment CenterAdult Day Program, which has operatedout of Pilgrim Place, located just down thestreet from the center’s new digs, since theprogram’s inception. With stable groundand a place to call their own, program par-ticipants and volunteers look forward tothe freedom their new foundation brings.

“We have so many new opportunities,”said Angelika Pittet, director of the En-richment Center Adult Day program. “Weno longer have to worry about constantlyinterrupting other people and can now dowhat we have always wanted to do.”

From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday

through Friday, the adult day program is aconstant stream of activities to foster sen-

iors’ social skills while giving their care-givers a momentary reprieve from duty.The schedule is kept full with exercise, artand a daily jaunt out into the communityfor lunch.

With a space to call their own,equipped with a kitchen and a patio, Ms.Pittet looks forward to expanding on thatprogramming with cooking classes andoutdoor activities.

“We will be able to help them to buildupon their independence,” she said.

With a set home base, the program willnow also be able to expand its operations,from three days a week to five, and servea steadily growing client base. On anygiven day, Ms. Pittet says the programwill have 12 to 15 participants.

Just a day after their official start in thenew building, program members and vol-unteers were already making themselvesright at home, taking advantage of everycorner of the building as they gathered fortheir weekly music circle. The tam-bourines shook with the seniors’ laughteras a couple set aside their instruments todance to the soulful croons of JohnnyCash.

“We sometimes get a little noisy,”laughed program volunteer Lupe Mi-randa. “Now at least we don’t have toworry about disturbing anyone!”

In addition to the noise level, Ms. Mi-randa and other volunteers are relieved toput aside worry over the time restrictionsinvolved in renting a facility for their pro-gram. Previous time constraints meant

they had to leave their rented room by 11a.m. and couldn’t return until 2 p.m.,which Ms. Pittet recognized could be achallenge for those with memory loss.

Having a space so close to the JoslynCenter also means program members nolonger have to rely so heavily on trans-portation to get about. Wednesday’smusic circle ended with a short walk overto the senior center’s lunchroom. Whilethey will take advantage of their close

proximity to the Joslyn, Ms. Pittet recognized the importance of continuing to gthe seniors out into the community. Thprogram will continue to use transportation to visit other senior center’s luncprograms as well as to get to other community facilities.

Betty Terry, a Rialto resident and program participant for the past two yearsays she relishes her weekly trips to thprogram because of the social outlet provides her.

“I enjoy being with people and thcommunity building and friendships,” shsaid.

Though she would like the building iself to be a little larger, Ms. Terry said shlikes how easy it is to get to the facility iself because it has a ramp and not as mansteps as the previous space.

The size of the space is no matter tvolunteer John Cantarella, who says he simply pleased to see the program expanding.

“The building might be smaller, but ware a lot freer,” he said.

Community Senior Services will hoan open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony on February 13 from 4:30 to 6:3p.m. The community is invited to attenThe new facility for the Enrichment Center Adult Day Program is located at 76W. Harrison Ave., behind the Joslyn Center. For more information, viswww.communityseniorservices.org.


COURIER photos/Steven FelschundneffBarbara Akune, left, and volunteer Hiromi Clayton enjoy the music of singer Johnny Cash during the Community Senior Servicesʼ Enrichment Center AdultDay program at Larkin Park. The 22-year-old program relies on the labor of volunteer companions like Ms. Clayton to keep the seniors engaged during activ-

Bill Neal keeps time to the music duringmorning activities at the EnrichmentCenter Adult Day Program.

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Claremont COURIER/Friday, January 10, 2014 1SPORTS

Claremont High Schoolʼs Emma Dowgets tangled up with Temple Cityʼ

Krysten Proctor on Tuesday duringirls varsity water polo action at CHSHampered by missed opportunities, thPack trailed for most of the game burallied late in the final quarter endinregulation in a tie. The girls effectivecontrolled the momentum during thtwo overtime periods and finally camout on top by a score of 10-9.

AT LEFT: CHSʼs Lilly Altree lines up shot on goal during the second half.

COURIER photos/Steven FelschundneffClaremont High School standout water polo player Tiana Wilson looks for an openteammate on Tuesday during the Packʼs varsity game against Temple City at CHS.Wilson had a very good game scoring 3 of the Wolfpackʼs 10 goals.

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CALENDAR Nightlife

Dana Eagle, seen on HBO and ComedyCentral, to perform at Flappers Comedy.

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GalleriesPhotography exhibit runsthrough January at The Colon

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DEMOCRATIC CLUB OF CLARE-MONT Professor of Physics RobertWolf (Harvey Mudd College) will dis-cuss the fourth generation nuclear reac-tors and their promise for a safe sourceof energy. The meeting will be at Casade Salsa on Foothill Boulevard in Clare-mont. Food and conversation will befrom noon until 1 p.m.; the speaker anddiscussion will run from 1 until 2

p.m. The buffet meal costs $16 and in-cludes non-alcoholic drinks, tax and tip.WRITER’S SHOP TALK An op-

portunity to share knowledge of thewriting industry in a collaborative en-

vironment. Each month, the group willdiscuss a different topic related to thewriting life. Bring questions and infor-mation on the month’s topic to share atthe meeting. This month’s topic willfocus on how to create authentic char-acters of the opposite sex. Comparenotes, connect and network. For ages17 and older. This event is sponsored

by the Coffee House Writer’s Group.6:30 to 8 p.m. Free and open to the

public. Buddhamouse Emporium, 134Yale Ave., Claremont. (909) 626-3322.For more information, contact Rick [email protected].

ENERGY SEMINAR Learn ways tosave energy in your home with SCEand CLEO. CLEO empowers cus-tomers with information about utility

programs, rebates and energy knowl-edge for real power savings. These pro-grams discuss simple energy efficiencystrategies and provide information onSCE and SoCalGas’ residential rebatesand income-qualified programs. Noonto 1 p.m. This free program will be heldin the multipurpose room of the UplandLibrary, located at 450 N. Euclid Ave.,Upland. For more information, call

(909) 931-4205.FAMILY SCIENCE DISCOVERYDAY “The Mighty Dinosaurs” featuring

crafts, a chance to learn about dinosaursand special admission of $3 (free for chil-dren four and younger). 1 to 4 p.m. Ray-mond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology,1175 W. Baseline Rd., Claremont. (909)624-2798. www.alfmuseum.org.CHS DANCE TEAMDance Showcasefundraiser. Refreshments will be availableat a bake sale table. 5 p.m. in the largegym at Claremont High School, 1601 N.Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont.

MOVIE SCREENING A screening of This is Spinal Tap will be shown at ThePress Restaurant at 9:30 p.m. 129 Har-vard Ave., Claremont. (909) 625-4808.

WALKING MEDITATION QigongEnergy from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at RanchoSanta Ana Botanic Garden, 1500 N. Col-lege Ave., Claremont. Four sessions per month. Visit www.rsabg.org for admis-sion details. (909) 625-8767, ext. 224.SHAKESPEARE CLUB The new

Inland Valley theater group, Ophelia’sJump will be the program at the nextShakespeare Club of Pomona Valley

meeting. The speaker will be the veteranactor, director and performing artsteacher Beatrice Casagran,who was co-founder and artistic director of Ophelia’sJump and heads the theater performingarts department at Diamond Bar HighSchool. Her presentation will describethe theater group’s partnership and col-laboration with Pomona College De-

partment of Theatre and Dance to produce this year’s shows at its Seaver Theatre, Allen Theatre and SontagGreek Theatre. 2 p.m. Tea will be served

after the presentation. Joslyn Senior Center, located at 660 N. Mountain Av-enue in Claremont. Call Kathleen at(909) 629-2711 for additional informa-tion and reservations.

ARAB SPRING & WOMEN Dr. Fa-tima Sadiqi, a Fulbright scholar in res-idence at Cal Poly Pomona, will shareher insights about the Arab Spring andwomen’s rights. Buffet lunch at 11:30a.m. for $12 or dessert and coffee for $6. The University Club meets eachTuesday at the Hughes Community

Center, 1700 Danbury Rd., Claremont.COMPUTER CLUB “Ask the Gurus”Bring your questions for our club“gurus” to get their insight and answers.Tom Deno will serve as the session co-ordinator. Claremont Senior Computer Club meets on Tuesday evenings at theHughes Community Center at 1700Danbury Rd., Claremont. Meetings

begin at 7:30 p.m. with a “social time”at 7 p.m. Find more information athttp://cscclub.org.CAREGIVER SUPPORT FreeAlzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group atThe Claremont Club facilitated by LauraVan Dran, of The Alzheimer’s Association

and Assisted Transition Inland Empire. Thismeeting, which is open to the public, willcover helpful strategies and provide real so-lutions for the caregiver of a loved one suf-feringwithAlzheimer’sanddementia 7 to

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