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COURIER photos/Steven Felschundneff Claremont Unified School District Board of Education Member Steven Llanusa chats with supporters Lee Jackman and Edgar Reece on Tuesday during a campaign party in north Claremont. Mr. Llanusa, the only incumbent running, was reelected to the board.
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every citizen who believed in the message of the campaign. I am grateful for all the new acquaintances I met on the campaign trail. Thank you to everyone who listened to my ideas about making CUSD a better place for our learners. As a resident of Claremont, I look forward to helping Claremont schools reach the next pinnacle of excellence for all of our learners. Joe Salas
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Dear Editor: Congratulations to Nancy Treser Osgood, David Nemer and Steven Llanusa on their election to the Claremont school board. I extend my thanks to them and Joe Salas for a campaign that represented the best of Claremont. Though disappointed in the results, I was proud of the mutual respect the candidates showed me and each other throughout the election. I am grateful to my family for their support and offer my deepest thanks to those who helped me with my campaign, contributed towards the expense and everyone who cast their votes. It was an honor to share my thoughts about our schools with so many of you and I appreciate your thoughtful consideration. I am more thankful than ever for a political system that allows the public to elect those that best represent their best interests.
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conversations about the future of our district. I would like to thank Paul Steffen and Joe Salas for their commitment to our district. They care deeply about our students, and it was a privilege to get to know them during this campaign. And my congratulations to Dave Nemer and Steven Llanusa on their election. I am looking forward to working with them to support our students, staff and teachers. Finally, a sincere thanks to those of you who voted. Casting a ballot is a cherished privilege, and we all must continue to exercise our right to vote.
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ts official. Come December 12, the two newest members of the Claremont Unified School District Board of Education will be Nancy Treser Osgood and Dave Nemer. Incumbent Steven Llanusa won the third open school board seat in Tuesday nights election.
Ms. Treser Osgood was the frontrunner, having received 2,735 votes. It feels wonderful. I am feeling so grateful to the entire community, she said. She emphasized that her victory was not the result of a solo effort. Ive had so many wonderful supporters that opened their homes for me and invited me to meet their friends and neighbors. Campaigning was the hard part, the newly-minted school board member said. Ms. Treser Osgoodwho is chair of the Southwest United States Council for the Advancement of Educationnotes she is used to serving on a governing board. Im fully prepared to jump right in on the school board, she said. Having attended meetings for the last year and a half, Ive got a good idea of the issues. The five candidates, which also included Claremont realtor Paul Steffen and local educator Joe Salas, got along famously, Ms. Treser Osgood said. The candidates mutual respect ensured a positive experience. My hat is off to Paul and Joe for working as hard as they did on their campaigns, she said. I want to thank and congratulate them. Ms. Treser Osgood is ready to roll up her sleeves and work alongside Mr. Nemer, Mr. Llanusa and the rest of the board on pressing district matters such as the implementation of the Common Core form of assessment and associated curriculum and the development of a Local Control Funding Formula accountability plan. She had special praise for fellow board newcomer Mr. Nemer, who with 2,018 votes came in second in the election. Im looking forward to tapping into Daves excitement and new ideas. As a former teacher, he brings a wonderful depth of experience to the board, she said. Mr. Nemer, who taught in the Claremont Unified School District for 30 years, has shared that his decision to run did not come without some sacrifice. In his post-retirement years, he has worked as a CUSD substitute teacher, almost exclusively in the Claremont High School math department. He will need to step back from this job during his four-year term, because you cannot be a current district employee while serving on the school board. While he will miss the kids, Mr. Nemer is elated with the election results. Its very gratifying having so many people who think I can be a good school board member, he said Its a big responsibility and Im very humbled by it. Im really committed to trying to deliver on their confidence in me. Mr. Nemer admits he didnt have the same confidence about his board prospects on Tuesday. He spent election night in the company of campaign supporters, watching votes trickle in via Internet from the County of Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder. The initial reports, which reflected mail-in votes, indicated a win for Mr. Nemer. Then, there was a two-hour lag before the ballots from the polls were posted. I could kind of imagine it going either way. I was trying to be prepared for both outcomes, he said. With his board position now secured, Mr. Nemer has spent much of his time fielding congratulatory phone calls, emails and Facebook messages. Its nice, he said. The response has been very positive. Positive thinking was the order of the day Tuesday for Mr. Llanusa, who said he was nervously optimistic that he would win his bid for re-election. Claremont has typically had a low turnout for local and municipal elections,
COURIER photos/Steven Felschundneff Newly-elected board of education candidate Dave Nemer speaks with Claremont High School teachers Allison Evans and Richard ONeill during the election-night campaign party for Mr. Nemer. The retired teacher received the second largest number of votes, 2,018, on Tuesday and will be joining the CUSD board December 12.
Nancy Treser Osgood celebrates results with supporters on Tuesday night at the home of school board member Jeff Stark, right.
Mr. Llanusa pointed out. With only 9,428 ballots cast by 25,920 voters, this contest was no exception. Having secured the endorsements of the Claremont Faculty Association, the COURIER and the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Mr. Llanusa was concerned his supporters might be complacent, considering him a shoo-in, and fail to hit the polls. He is delighted that is not the case and looks forward to his third term on the board. I am thrilled to have been trusted and supported by the community, Mr. Llanusa said. I was very clear about what I expected to do in this term and I feel that my reelection shows support for those ideas. Mr. Llanusa is certain that Mr. Treser Osgood and Mr. Nemer will be great additions to the school board. I think that we have a great foundation on the board already and that they will just help us reach greater heights, he said. Despite the good news, each school board member expressed some disappointment in the sluggish voter turnout. Mr. Nemer asserts that a strong school board benefits everyone in the city. Some people say, My kids finished school a long time ago, as if it then doesnt matter at all, Mr. Nemer said. Its still important to the community, to the future, to property values. Even if someone wants to think strictly out of self-interest, you still want the school district to be strong and successful. Ms. Treser Osgood observed that throughout the country, many turn out for each presidential election, but few cast their vote for candidates and issues closer to home.
Its ironic, given that local elections will impact us the most, she said. Ms. Treser Osgood aims to ensure that those who did vote in Tuesdays election will continue to feel engaged with the school district, adding that she hopes that those who didnt vote can be drawn into the fold. We want them to be more excited about being involved, she said. Among local voters who were engaged, election day posed a challenge for those assigned to cast their ballots at Pomona Colleges Edmunds Ballroom, according to Claremont photographer Sonja Stump. Ms. Stump, who serves as inspector for her voting precinct, said she was troubled when she found out about the venue beforehand. There is only one parking lot for the ballroom, which is located near the intersection of Sixth Street and College Avenue and it has only a few spots. The adjacent streets have been designated as no-parking zones. I called and said its not going to be a good situation, she related. I said if youre not familiar with the campus, its hard to find and theres no parking. Ms. Stumps concerns went unheeded. The result, she said, was a number of angry voters and a lower-than-usual election turnout for her precinct. So many Claremont voters filed complaints with the registrars office in Norwalk, in fact, that a representative from the office came out to investigate the situation. The representative told Ms. Stump that many voters in the precinct chose to vote provisionally at more convenient locations. She really could see firsthand the problems with having a polling place on a college campus that many people couldnt find, and there was literally no parking at certain times, Ms. Stump said. She can see the value of using a college campus for a national election, because it can help capture the participation of the younger voting population. Ms. Stump hopes, however, that the venue will not be used again in the next local and municipal election. Complications notwithstanding, Claremont voters have spoken and election season is over for local school board members. The next regular school board meeting, set for Thursday, November 21, will be the last for current board president Mary Caenepeel and board member Jeff Stark, both of whom opted not to run for re-election.
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CITY NEWS
lans to release a serial rapist to a rental home in the Lake Los Angeles area of the Antelope Valley are up in the air after the property owner withdrew the lease from consideration. Authorities say the decision will likely only delay, not stop, the release of former Claremont resident Christopher Hubbart.
On October 25, a Santa Clara court announced that Mr. Hubbarta sex offender who has admitted to raping nearly 40 womenwould be discharged from Coalinga State Hospital to the high desert community. His release was anticipated as soon as December. In the weeks following the news,
more than 420 people sent emails or letters to the LA County District Attorneys Office, which set up a task force to prevent Mr. Hubbarts discharge. All, but one of those correspondents opposed Mr. Hubbarts release. Local officials such as LA County Supervisor Michael Antonovich, who has been vocal about his opposition to Mr. Hubbarts release, are pleased to learn of the delay, while recognizing the fight is not over. Our Lake Los Angeles community has been successful in preventing Hubbarts release to their neighborhood, Mr. Antonovich said in a statement last week. This is a significant victory. Claremont City Manager Tony Ramos is glad Mr. Hubbart, who has been nicknamed the Pillowcase Rapist, will not be coming to Claremont. Nonetheless, he maintains the convicted felon is a threat to any community he is being released to.
Claremont police spread cheer by allowing overnight parking exemptions during the holidays
vernight parking citations will not be written on key dates through the holidays. Residents, and their guests, may park vehicles on the street without obtaining a citation on the following dates:
Residents may park on the street Thursday night, November 28 through the evening of Friday November 29. Residents and guests may park on the street Tuesday night, December 24 through the evening of Thursday December 26. Overnight street parking is permitted beginning Tuesday night, December 31 through the evening of Thursday, January 2. There is no need to call the police to report overnight parking those evenings.
It is unfortunate that he is being released at all with his criminal record, Mr. Ramos said. An estimated 520 properties were considered for Mr. Hubbarts new home, with one landlord agreeing to rent, according to a timeline of community placement provided by Mr. Antonovich. Despite the propertys compliance with Jessicas Law, which bans registered sex offenders from residing within 2000 feet of a park or school, the rental was reportedly located near a county park and community church. The landlords decision to withdraw his offer to Mr. Hubbart does not stop his release, Santa Clara County Deputy District Attorney Vonda Tracey emphasized. Mr. Hubbart will be let out regardless of whether a permanent home can be found, she told The Los Angeles Times. She added that it is not uncommon for a landlord to go back on a decision to lease to sexually violent predators who have been ordered released. If a permanent residence for Mr. Hubbart cannot be obtained, Ms. Tracey said it would be more difficult for him to be monitored because he would be continually relocating. Liberty Healthcare Corporation, an independent healthcare provider, will be in charge of finding a suitable home for Mr. Hubbart and in charge of his surveillance once he is released, according to Melissa Dorsey of the Lancaster Sheriffs Station. A new home has not yet been identified, authorities say. Mr. Hubbart had spent nearly 30 years in and out of prison and state mental hospitals when Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Gilbert T. Brown determined in May that Mr. Hubbarts ability to pass a psychological exam meant he would not be a danger to others due to his diagnosed
mental disorder while under the supervision and treatment in the community. The convicted rapist has failed previous psychological exams. The news of Mr. Hubbarts impending release caused uproar across the county, prompting the Los Angeles District Attorneys Office to file a writ with the Sixth District Court of Appeals. The petition was denied in July. Ms. Lacey then turned to the Supreme Court, which also denied the appeal. Mr. Hubbart, who has been described by a state official as uncontrollably compulsive, was first arrested in 1972 in connection with a series of rapes in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties. In 1982, Mr. Hubbart returned to confinement, convicted of rape with force, oral copulation with force and five counts of burglary. Roughly two weeks after his parole, he returned to Vacaville in 1990 for false imprisonment. His parole was again cut short a few years later when he failed a routine psychological exam. He has remained in prison since 1994, repeatedly failing psychological examinations. But after completing another treatment program last year, Mr. Hubbart was able to pass the test and has asked to be let out. Mr. Hubbarts release from Coalinga State Hospital to the high desert community is conditional upon 24-hour surveillance with a GPS ankle bracelet, to be monitored by Liberty Healthcare. In addition, Mr. Hubbart will be subject to random drug and polygraph tests as well as a strict curfew, according to the release terms. Once community placement begins, reports or hearings will take place every 90 days or sooner if deemed necessary. Any failure to meet these terms will result in a return to custody.
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POLICE BLOTTER
Wednesday, October 30 Car burglars made a sweep of Claremont on Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. A checkbook, photography equipment, miscellaneous change and a bottle of Oxycodone, altogether worth more than $1500, were stolen from cars on Arrow Highway, Berrian Street and Mural Drive. It was easy pickings for the crooks because unfortunately, in each case, car doors were left unlocked. **** An idling car spotted near the intersection of Bonita and Mountain Avenues caught the attention of officers conducting their Friday-morning patrol. Their interest was piqued further when they found the running vehicle mysteriously empty, of both the driver and the radio. Further investigation revealed the car had been turned on with a shaved key and was stolen out of Chino. It appeared the auto burglar had done some preemptive cleaning for the cars return to its proper owner; the car had been wiped clean of all prints. There are no suspects. Sunday, November 3 Two multi-tasking bicyclists went on an unanticipated ride to the hospital Sunday morning. The pair was chatting and riding side-by-side down College Avenue when one of the cyclists, steering the bike with one hand and gesturing with the other, lost control and took the other cyclist down as well. Both sustained abrasions while one complained of pain to his shoulder and collarbone. They were transported by ambulance to Pomona Valley Hospital. **** Allen Perez brought new meaning to the old adage wake up and smell the roses after the 40-year-old Pomona resident was found curling up in a flower bed near Coe and Springfield Streets. Mr. Perez received was awakened from his slumber by local police and was arrested for public intoxication, leaving his
the influence, was arrested. **** The Claremont Colleges received an extra hand with construction materials over the weekend. Sometime between Friday, November 1 and Monday, November 4, an unknown person broke into the construction site, located off Ninth Street and Mills, making off with nearly a dozen circuit breakers and 20 feet of 30-gage copper wiring. According to the police report, the damage is estimated at nearly $7000.
CITY NEWS
he Claremont City Council has unanimously approved the use of $350,000 in city funds to prep financial and legal documents needed for the potential purchase of Claremonts water system.
The elected officials made their decision at a special council meeting held Wednesday night at Claremonts Taylor Hall. More than 300 people attended the meeting, with an additional 250 tuning in online, as city officials made the highly anticipated move forward with water system acquisition. A panel of administratorsincluding City Manager Tony Ramos, attorney Sonia Carvalho and a legal team from Best Best & Kriegerpresented a comprehensive analysis of Claremonts water system and the details surrounding its purchase. A little less than an hour of public comment followed the report with about 20 people coming forward to speak. Though public feedback was split, the council held firm in its resolve to fight for local control. Water...provides us with a sense of security long-term, and it is better managed locally, said Mayor Pro Tem Joe Lyons. The only way that we will ever regain any sense of local control over our destiny is to practice home rule. The council took its first step toward local water ownership more than a year ago, with the allotment of $300,000 in general reserve funds to explore replacing Golden State Water Company. Among the expenditures was the hiring of an appraiser, and utility and financial consultants tasked with determining the value of the water system and the feasibility of its purchase. Should Claremont acquire its water system, the city will not be expanding its own personnel to manage its operation, according to Mr. Ramos. The city will instead likely contract with a neighboring water management team, like Pomona, La Verne or Upland, he said. After a review of Golden State Waters facilities and an examination of overhead costs among other factors, the city-obtained appraiser estimated the value of Claremonts water system at around $54 million. This figure was determined based on Golden State Waters anticipated cash flow and fair market value, according to Ken MacVey, an attorney with Best Best & Krieger.He did note the appraisal was given without a proper examination of the water systems underground infrastructure, to which several residents took issue. The city would also need to maintain funds for major repairs and replacements among other costs, Mr. MacVey recognized. With this in mind, the appraiser conservatively estimated the city could afford up to $80 million with little to no impact to existing water rates and without resorting to a water bond or parcel tax. If the water system purchase were to cost $100 or $120 million, city experts estimate rates would still be lower than exist-
COURIER photos/Steven Felschundneff Ben Lewis, Foothill District Manager with Golden Sate Water, center, and other Golden State reps listen to a water presentation during a special meeting of the Claremont City Council on Wednesday. The meeting was called to provide the public with information about the feasibility of taking the citys water system from Golden State. Rodney Smith, water strategist and the author of Golden States feasibility study, can be seen in the background.
Claremont resident Jim Belna expresses concerns about the proposed city takeover of the water system during public comments on Wednesday at Taylor Hall.
ing Golden State Water rates in 9 or 17 years, respectively. Claremont residents would no longer be subject to regional rates and could determine their own rate system at public meetings held locally, Mr. MacVey maintained. The city, if it did acquire the system, would be in a better position to control costs in capital investment. There would be no profit incentive guiding that investment. It would be the needs of the community that would direct that investment, he asserted. The city and ratepayers would also be able to establish local management strategies and priorities. It may be that there are certain unique needs to this community that cannot be addressed on a region-wide basis. While there are recognized perks of water system ownershiplocal control,
community-driven policy, no Water Revenue Adjustment Mechanism (WRAM) or other surcharges, etc.officials made a point to acknowledge potential pitfalls. To date, Golden State Water has rejected the citys offers of $54 million and $55 million. If the water company is unwilling to sell, as they have indicated, the city will need to resort to eminent domain proceedings in order to acquire its water system. Doing so would require a 4/5 vote from the city council at a noticed public hearing and the filing of a lawsuit, according to a city report. The ensuing legal battle and pre-acquisition expenses will be extensive, Ms. Carvalho pointed out. We know these costs will be in the millions of dollars. Not hundreds of dollars, but millions, she reiterated. Already today, with the experts that have been re-
tained and the work thats been done, the city has incurred great expenses. Claremont resident Michael Klein, while impressed with the thoroughness of the citys report, is unsure he and his family are ready to take on that burden. We know what the relationship is between government estimates of cost and the real cost of the system. We are not going to get this system for $55 million, theres no way. We might get it for $150 million, he said. Im not sure the risk is worth the reward. Joe Reyes, a Claremont resident who has worked in the water business for over 30 years, agrees it is going to be expensive, and likely more so than the citys estimates. But fighting for local ownership, even if it means a costly legal battle, is a risk well worth it. Id rather we be in charge of our future than allow someone else who will continue to raise rates dictate our future, he said. Golden State Water officials, including Foothill District Manager Ben Lewis, were present at the meeting but did not speak during public comment. Their request to give a presentation at the town hall meeting was denied by the city manager last week. Instead, the water company has announced it will hold its own forum on Tuesday, November 19 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the multipurpose room next to Honnald Library at 757 College Way. Mr. Lewis declined to comment after the meeting but, in a statement released Thursday, Golden State Water reiterated that $55 million is an unrealistic offer that would result in a $469 annual rate increase for every customer.
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had no idea. It was like when I see an altar set up for the Day of the Dead. With it being the season of Halloween and El Da de los Muertos, I thought of how, in the face of death, the lives of many whom I didnt know but were so precious are celebrated. I see and get to know these beloved lives in bright colorsnew once again in the merry dance of skeletons, against the black.
It was like when I go up to Mt. Baldy Village and am surprised to see a whole other world there. I dont go for months and months, forgetting that its there, and then Im amazed once again to see this nice little get-away less than half an hour away. Even if this world a short drive off isnt a wintry white one, its always different. It was like recently when I learned that a friend, who lost his partner just a few months earlier, has lung cancer. It was a shocka rude, abrupt shock coming after his loss and all the more because he wasnt a smoker. I was also reminded, though, of the important, valuable role he has played in my life and also of both the strength and fragility of our lives. But this was different. This was altogether different and altogether unique. I really did have no idea. Even if I did have some idea when I ventured out towards Los Angeles with a friend on a recent warm Saturday when there was a lull in Claremont. I wanted to visit a place Ive been wanting to go for years, the Watts Towers. I have always heard that the Watts Towers were quite remarkable, and I had seen plenty of photographs and films, but, as I kept exclaiming to my friend, I had no idea! This was while we were on a guided toura tour that we happened to arrived just in time for and which made a real difference (well worth the $8 adult fee). Although one can get remarkably close to the towers without going into the property and seeing them that way is impressive, it is the details and see-
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ing them up close and personal that make this piece of art so very remarkable. It is an outstanding example of what is called folk art. The Watts Towers were literally a backyard project, done right behind a small house by an Italian immigrant, Simon Rodia, who was a tile maker and construction worker by trade. He was a bit of a roustabout and was hard-headed by nature and had no art training. The project, which Rodia had no help onhe didnt want anytook about 30 years, ending around 1955. Rodia, who was also called Sam and several other names and whose first wife left him because of his drinking, may have known zero about art, but he definitely had vision, not to mention drive. I remarked to my friend that he must have been OCD and on acid. On the narrow, triangular plot, Rodia created something like a ship featuring the famed tall, mast-like spires and with everything covered in cement embedded with all sorts of broken colored glass and china. As Rodia told people, this was all inspired by the gothic cathedrals, with their tall, narrow spires, and other religious art and architecture that he saw when growing up in Italy. Again, this was based on what he saw, not on any training in art and, again, while seeing the towers from outside the property makes quite an impression, it is the work on the walls and smaller structures inside that is really stunning. For example, one wall features the bottoms of green 7-Up and blue Milk of Magnesia bottlesremember them?creating an eye-popping effect. There are pieces of china everywhere from hundreds of colored plates and blue-and-white Wedgewood sets. There are pieces of tea cups and mugs with handles left on, and even the undersides of structures are covered with colored bits of all kinds.
As I said, it is stunning, eye-popping and mindboggling, and clearly the work of someone with unique vision and drive. One wall is embedded with shoes belonging to Rodia and his second wife, who left him because of him devoting so much time to his backyard project. The small house is goneburned down around one Fourth of July, leaving behind its foundation and fireplacebut theres still more to this incredible story. When Rodia got tired of the project, he literally gave the property to a neighbor and moved north to Martinez. A bit later, the city of Watts wanted to raze the property, but a bunch of people protested, and the city promised to leave the towers up if they survived a stress test. During the test, the truck that was chained to the towersnot the towersfell over. So the towers, which Rodia walked away from after working on them for 30 years, are still there (though now with a few cables required by Cal OSHA), and I am amazed that I had not been there yes, I really did have no idea!and that there werent dozens of people visiting. Only one other guy was on the tour, although it was awesome having the place to ourselves! But thats the other thing that makes the Watts Towers so very remarkabletheyre in the middle of a neglected and drab, blighted area and right there, right on the sidewalk, with people living just across the narrow street. While I was there, a neighbor was playing loud ranchero music. As much as there is going on here in Claremont, with all sorts of creative activities of note, Simon Rodia and the Watts Towers are a striking reminder, in a place far and not so far off, of the power of vision and passion. They stick up and poke out with the unlikeliest of bright colors when life is a bit too boring, a bit too expected and a bit too tiring. The towers have certainly given Watts, which has seen more than its share of beleaguerment, a poke. Next door is an arts center inspired by them, where the tour begins and ends and where there is the buzz of community and creativity. When my friend and I were looking around the gallery, there was a piano lesson going on at the center of the room.
Lucy was saying she feared she was involved in a dysfunctional relationship.
Turkey tales
by Debbie Carini
ow does she do it? I used to wonder. The turkey, the stuffing, the mashed potatoes, the green bean casserole, the baked sweet potatoes, the roasted nut mix, the pumpkin pie, the onion dip.
When I was a kid, the preparations for Thanksgiving seemed like one of those complicated endeavorslike buying insurance or changing the oil in the carthat only a grown-up could accomplish. The myriad food stuffs and place settings and potables added-up to one of those horrible word problems in math: If potatoes take 20 minutes to boil and the turkey is ready when the red thingy pops up and 10 people need to sit around a table that only holds eight, how long will it be before we eat dinner and who will be balancing their plate on a wobbly snack tray? I was always that kid who was afraid she was going to miss something (never fell asleep on a car ride), so when my mom rose early on Thanksgiving morning to set in motion this multi-layered feast with the precision and speed of a quartermaster mustering the troops, I was right there, too, knocking-back a Pop Tart with an Instant Breakfast chaser, and tuning into
the Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade. I never actually helped my mother, but I sat in the kitchen to provide companionship and support, except when she would reach inside the bird to pull out the organs. Then I would almost faint and hope-beyondhope to one day grow up and have house help like Mr. French from the T.V. show Family Affair or Alice from The Brady Bunch to violate a turkey in this way for me. Next came the slicing, dicing, mashing and basting that lead to innumerable side dishes. She did all this utilizing a basic, single oven, four-burner stove, though I dreamily imagined her working in the spaceaged kitchen that was featured in the last tableau of Disneylands Carousel of Progresscomplete with talking appliances and touch screens. The first time I made a holiday dinner, 3,000 miles away from the safety and coziness of my moms
kitchen, I tried a fancy recipe from a highfalutin cooking magazine for bourbon-mashed sweet potatoes, an attempt to gourmetize (made-up, but useful word) my feast. In my zeal with Jack Daniels (the closest I could come to actual bourbon), I over-imbibed the potatoes to the point where those of us present remember little else about the evening. Inconceivably, the little girl who once shuddered at the mere mention of the word gizzard has now happily taken on the family feast, welcoming family and friends for more than 15 years. My children have risen early to sit in the kitchen and make handprint turkey place cards and watch the Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade (and hear, for probably the 1000th time in their lives, about how their mom once marched in said parade as a clown and how she cried with happiness when she stepped over the starting line and proceeded to march down Broadway behind the helium-filled balloons). Andmuch as the Carousel of Progress promisedscience has figured a way to take the ick factor out of the day, by neatly wrapping all those little innards in a paper package that can be easily seized in one fell-swoop. For that, and for many blessings in my life, I am deeply thankful.
he Pilgrim Place Physical Therapy Unit, a haven for seniors seeking renewed strength and spirit, recently received a little rehabilitation of its own.
After a fourth-month renovation, the retirement communitys Health Services Center debuted its brand-new physical therapy facility, a modern accommodation twice the size of the previous rehabilitation space. The opening of the updated therapy unit earlier this month realizes a two-year dream for the service center, made possible through grant funding, according to Rehab Manager Marie McKinney. As physical therapy facilitators continue to enhance the quality of life of Pilgrim Places patients, the new and improved center provides the means to execute that goal to a greater degree. Facility enhancements include outdoor and indoor exercise areasputting green includedexercise machines, resistance training and a new occupational therapy room that models a studio apartment for use in therapy activities. Our new center provides our patients with the environment they need to feel challenged, with the proper equipment and a good team of therapists to support their well-being, Ms. McKinney said. Without the hospital setting, we are preparing our patients for the most important task ahead of them, regaining their independence, and their most important job, that of living. At any given day, sometimes seven says a week, the center sees a rotation of about 20 patients, performing strength training drills or patiently waiting their turn in the wide expanse of the center. This wouldnt have been the case before the renovation, when the unit was just a series of adjoined rooms without a central lobby. The renovation presented its own challenges. Without a designated space for their clients, therapists were working with their patients in the health center bistro, a small outlet across the hall from the construction. The space was very small, not large enough for the high volume of patients we receive, said John McKinney, physical
COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff Esther Stone works out on a recumbent exercise bicycle as part of her rehabilitation from a stroke.The new physical therapy unit at Pilgrim Place Health Services Center in Claremont offers specific workouts that help patients regain the ability to do daily tasks like making meals and getting in and out of bed.
therapist assistant. The remodel solved that problem. As the construction crews moved in, the walls came down, providing the wide open space therapists sought along with room for new appliances, like a set of parallel bars and mats that are electronically adjustable and full-length mirrors to aid patients during therapy. The spacious site was not only designed to accommodate modern equipment. It was also modeled to resemble patients homes, preparing them for life after therapy. An outdoor patio, garden and kitchen with varying ground textures helps re-establish the seniors balance. A bathroom with levers and handholds helps them regain independence. And a studio apartment aids patients in preparing for the daily duties of home lifegetting up and out of bed, making a cup of coffee and placing dishes in the dishwasher, among other tasks. The kitchen table provides the
place for patients to discuss their progress and concerns. It is this personal contact and attention to detail that Esther Stone believes has helped contribute to the progress she has made at the rehabilitation center. Ms. Stone lost her independence two months ago when a stroke took away her ability to walk or control much of the left side of her body. Being an active woman who enjoys walking, dancing and visiting the seniors at her son Brads assisted living facility in north Claremont, Ms. Stones inability to perform the most rudimentary tasks came as a shock. By the recommendation of her son, Ms. Stone began taking morning and afternoon therapy sessions at the Harrison Avenue facility. With the help of Mr. McKinney and Assistant Occupational Therapist Carlo Marcelo, she is working her way back to the freedom she prizes. While Ms. Stone still relies on a wheel-
chair and walker to get about, she is pleased to have the feeling returning to her face and her hand. She looks forward to continuing to work with her therapists in the new center. The quality of care here is exceptional, Ms. Stone said. The way [the therapists] talk and relate to you helps make the difference. An exceptional group of therapists along with the interdisciplinary teamwork of nurses and social workers helps create a productive environment for both staff and patients, says Ms. McKinney. She is pleased to now have a facility to match. We will have the ability to see more residents and can hopefully even open an outpatient program that could be open to the whole community, Ms. McKinney said. We are very blessed.
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early development of Claremonts citrus industry. His great-great grandfather used a mule team to clear rocks for grove development and his great grandfather ranched lemons in Claremont for more than 40 years. Tristen graduated from Claremont High School in June 2013 and is now a student at Citrus College, working toward a degree and career in computer design. He is the son of Micaela Caudillo and grandson to Steve and Susan Tarvin of Claremont.
COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff A work crew digs a ditch for a new pipe at Monte Vista Avenue and Claremont Boulevard on Monday in Claremont.
ommuters using Monte Vista Avenue between Foothill Boulevard and Base Line Road might have found their drive a bit cumbersome over the past week with the closure of both northbound lanes and traffic diverted onto the southbound side.
Closures will continue for the next few weeks as Southern California Gas
Company works to replace a gas main, according to Enrique Villalobos, assistant engineer for the city of Claremont. Work is expected to be complete by the third week of November. On the other side of town, Golden State Water Company continues with its water main replacement project on Indian Hill Boulevard at Arrow Highway. Work crews will be working between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. to accommodate peak traffic hours. For information on construction throughout the city, contact the citys engineering department at 399-5465.
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fter nine years at the helm of the Claremont Public Library, library manager Don Slaven is checking out.
Mr. Slaven leaves behind his bookish duties in Claremont to accept a position in the Los Angeles County Public Librarys south region. He began in his new post as head librarian at the Hollydale Library in South Gate on Tuesday, according to the Friends of the Public Library. Mr. Slaven was not available for comment as of press time. Despite his departure, Mr. Slaven
leaves behind an indelible legacy that includes new library programming despite regional cuts and heightened community visibility for the local library, even when it meant sitting through bimonthly city council meetings just to announce upcoming library happenings. Later this month, the fruits of Mr. Slavens hard work will be realized once more with the grand opening of the librarys newly-remodeled childrens section, the first renovation the area has received since the library first opened its doors in 1975. Above all, library advocates say they are grateful for Mr. Slavens methodical
approach and decidedly dedicated ways, which extended to dressing in a wig to judge the Librarys annual spelling bee competition. He has always been very supportive of our Friends group, said Laura Bollinger, past president of the Friends of the Claremont Library. We really appreciate all the ways he has helped us. Current president Lanore Pearlman says she has appreciated Mr. Slavens readiness to work with the Friends in aiding their bookstore effortsallowing the group to set up book carts along the library foyerand helpfulness in making the organizations renovation plans a reality.
He enthusiastically communicated to the county about what we wanted to do and was always available to us for advice, Ms. Pearlman noted. He was understanding to his patrons, kind to his employees and overall a great person to work with. We will miss him a lot. Christina Cabrera-Labrador, formerly a youth services coordinator with the LA County Public Librarys east region, will step in as the librarys new library manager. More on Ms. Cabrera-Labrador will be included in a future edition of the COURIER.
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fter serving on the Citrus Community College District Board of Trustees since 1982, it had become a foregone conclusion that Gary L. Woodsrepresentative for Azusa and portions of Duartewould win a seat on the board each time he came up for reelection.
That expectation was dashed in Tuesdays municipal election when 36 percent of voters opted to bring a fresh face, Barbara Dickerson, to the board. Mr. Woods took third place in the election, capturing 24.9 percent of the votes. Ms. Dickersons current term on the Azusa Unified School District Board of Education, for which she has served as vice president, will expire just in time for her to be sworn in for her Citrus College post. She also is executive director of Neighborhood Homework House, an Azusa nonprofit aimed at helping the citys at-risk PK-12 students advance academically in a supportive setting through parent involvement, mentoring relationships, community partnerships and spiritual support. In other educational experience, Ms. Dickerson spent many years as a professor and administrator at Arizona State University and Grand
Canyon University. Five candidates vied for one open board seat, making for a competitive race that contributed to Mr. Woods defeat. An ongoing controversy likely played a part as well. The longtime trustee has been under investigation for several months amid allegations that he does not live in the area he represents. The conflict began in March of this year, when Citrus College Faculty Association President John Fincher questioned the legitimacy of Mr. Woods longstanding claim that he lives in a one-bedroom senior apartment in Azusa. At Mr. Finchers urging, the California Teachers Association undertook an investigation regarding the matter. Evidence was collected allegedly showing Mr. Woods, a professor at Pasadena City College as well as an attorney, coming and going from a $1.1 million home in Sierra Madre. While Mr. Woods has denied the charges throughout, the Citrus board of trustees voted in April to obtain legal council regarding the residency concerns. At the following meeting on May 7, it was decided that the board form an ad-hoc advisory committee consisting of three trustees, including Sue Keithwho represents Claremont and portions of Pomona and La Verneto look into the matter. Aided by attorney Chris Keeler of the Fagan, Friedman & Fulfrost law firm, the committee concluded at the September 10 board meeting that there
was enough evidence casting doubt as to Mr. Woods claim that he lives in Azusa to sue the board member in quo warranto. Quo warranto is a legal proceeding during which an individuals right to hold an office is challenged. With Mr. Woods voted out, that decision is likely a moot point, according to Ms. Keith. She confirmed on Wednesday that Mr. Keeler had not yet filed an application with the attorney generals office. Mr. Keeler has explained the delay by saying it is unlikely the attorney general would grant leave to sue in quo warranto as a public officials term comes to an end. Mr. Keeler had planned to move forward with the suit after the election, had Mr. Woods regained his seat. Mr. Woods has maintained that detractors are trying to smear him publicly, asserting in an August interview with the COURIER, Theyre trying to try me in the press rather than in the courts. And, in the end, news of the residency issue may have been a deciding issue for some voters. Ms. Keith had little to say on Wednesday about Mr. Woods defeat, but did say that Ms. Dickersons background in K-12 and higher education makes her a qualified and promising addition to the board.
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Duty, North African Invasion, Sicilian Invasion, New Guinea Campaign, Okinawa Invasion, Philippines and the Inland Sea, Japan. He received six battle area ribbons with battle stars and, for Okinawa, a Commendation Ribbon and Medal. Dr. Phillips served in the Navy Reserve from 1946 until 1975 when he retired as a Commander. After WWII, Dr. Phillips became an instructor of botany at Colgate University. In 1948, Dr. and Mrs. Phillips moved to Claremont, California after he was offered a teaching position at Pomona College. Dr. Phillips received the Wig Distinguished Professor Award at Pomona College in 1966. He was chair of the department of botany from 1973 to 1977. He retired as the Henry Kirke White Bent Professor of Botany in 1980. Dr. Phillips also taught at the University of Michigan Biological Sta-
South Africa. In the spring of 1976, he did ecological field research in Sri Lanka, and then he and Mrs. Phillips traveled to India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkey and Greece. Dr. and Mrs. Phillips traveled to Leningrad in 1975, where Dr. Phillips attended the International Botanical Congress. They also spent two months in China in 1984, where Dr. Phillips was a guest lecturer at Nanjing University. Dr. Phillips loved teaching and mentoring his students, even long after he retired. For a number of years including this year, a group of former colleagues and students from various classes have gathered for three to four days each spring for the Pomona College Botany Bash. These gatherings have taken place in Death Valley, Joshua Tree, Pt. Reyes and Santa Barbara, to name a few. Camping, hiking, botanizing and singing around the campfire have all been important features of these gatherings. Dr. Phillips enjoyed these trips thoroughly. Dr. Phillips was an avid sailor. He loved to sail solo on his Sunfish and with his family and friends on the EScow he and his wife kept at their summer home in Michigan. He and his wife also enjoyed many wonderful sails with family and friends in Coronado Bay on their Cal25. He loved the outdoors and enjoyed teaching botany to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Dr. Phillips is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Ellen and Dale Litney, and his daughter Nancy Phillips, all of Claremont; by his grandchildren, Diana Hutzell and her husband Steve of Claremont, E Dale Litney of Schaumburg, Illinois and Phillip Naslund of Costa Mesa; and by four great-grandchildren, Alexandra Hutzell, Ryan Hutzell, Payton Litney and Sydney Litney.
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Charlotte Ellen, a longtime Claremont resident, died peacefully on September 21, 2013 at the age of 90. She grew up in Santa Barbara, daughter of Harvey Holt, longtime principal of Santa Barbara High School, and Helen Holt. She graduated from college at Northwestern University in Illinois where she met and later married her spouse of nearly 60 years, Howard Clinebell. While they raised three children, John, Donald and Susan, Ms. Ellen returned to school, earning a masters degree in social work and a PhD in education. She then maintained a private counseling practice for more than 40 years. She and Mr. Clinebell lived in Claremont, California for more than 30 years before retiring to Santa Barbara. She wrote books and articles and was active in a variety of volunteer activities. Her focus was defeating discrimination in its many forms, seeking social justice and advocating for the rights of women. Most recently she was for the last 10 years of her life a volunteer advocate, counselor and board member for the Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center. She was known for the beautiful note cards she created by taking simple pictures of flowers and putting them on blank cards she made from colored paper. Mrs. Ellen lived a long, glorious, productive life helping and bringing joy to others, according to her family. Though burdened by medical limitations in her later years, she astonished all who knew her by keeping on with her many activities despite those struggles. Her belief in nature, the interconnectedness of life and the goddess religion supported her optimism and her belief that we can all make the world a better place through our efforts. She continued gardening, one of her greatest joys,
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he city of Claremont wants to go into the water business, even if it means residents will pay substantially higher water rates and at least $133 million in new taxes and long-term debt.
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tual purchase cost was $13.4 million, approximately 250 percent more than voters were told. Just months after the takeover, the new water provider announced plans for substantial rate increases. Customers shouldered a 12 percent increase in 2009, 8 percent increase in 2010 and 15 percent increase in 2011. Each years increase was based on the previous years rates, with the compounding effect making the hit even harder to absorb. The increases didnt stop there. This summer, five more years of compounded rate increases were proposed: 16 percent in 2014, 13 percent in 2015, 8 percent in 2016 and 9 percent in 2017 and 2018. A $50 monthly water bill in 2008 will become a $117 bill, plus 20 years of paying an additional $41 per month in property taxes. I wasnt expecting a rate hike on top of the higher property tax. This is coming out of left field, Felton resident Beth Hollenbeck said in the Santa Cruz Sentinel. Its a hard financial pill to swallow, a double-whammy for Felton residents. Thats just the cost side of the equation. After a takeover, providing quality drinking water and maintaining the system becomes a government responsibility, competing with other municipal services. Claremont does not have a water department and would have to hire employees, purchase equipment and create a major new bureaucracy. Golden State Water Company has 550 statewide employees who are water utility professionals, including drinking water experts, water infrastructure managers
Theres no other conclusion to reach when looking at the citys actions and the track record associated with government takeovers of investor-owned water companies. In every case, promises are similar: lower rates and local control. However, there is no example in California history where a hostile government takeover of an investor-owned major water system lowered costs and provided better service. History, in fact, demonstrates a different reality. Consider this most recent example: In 2008, local citizens in Felton, California were counseled by a Washington, DC-based lobbying group called Food & Water Watch to promote a takeover through a contrived local activist group. Instead of a thoughtful effort to determine if a new provider would truly benefit the community, facts were replaced with attacks, exaggerations and falsehoods designed only to garner political support. Looking beyond the rhetoric, heres what really happened: Takeover proponents claimed that the system was worth $5.3 million and that they could cut rates to offset a 30-year, $500-per year per-household property tax increase. They claimed residents would benefit from local control, and rate increases would be a bare minimum. Local residents voted yes, the water system was sold to a neighboring public water district and the guarantee of lower rates evaporated almost immediately. The ac-
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or most graduates, accomplishments in the first few weeks after high school are limited to nabbing a summer job and starting to pack for college. Kevin Terris, who graduated from The Webb Schools in Claremont in 2009, is a notable exception.
He spent his first post-high school weeks engaged in fieldwork with a Webb Schools team, prospecting for fossils at the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in southern Utah. There, Mr. Terris, then 17, made a discovery that has rocked the world of paleontology: the skeleton of a year-old Parasaurolophus. Nicknamed Joe, he is thought to be the youngest and most complete example of the tube-crested, duck-billed, plant-eating dinosaur ever found. It happened on the second-to-last day of a nearly three-week expedition that had yielded a handful of interesting specimens, but nothing earth shattering. Mr. Terris glanced under a mushroomshaped rock formation called a hoodoo and saw a piece of bone protruding. He called over his expedition leader Andrew Farke, curator of The Webb Schools Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology. Mr. Farke initially dismissed Mr. Terris find as a dinosaur rib, a common discovery of little scientific value that is exceedingly difficult to extract. As described on the website dinosaurjoe.org, what happened next was decidedly uncommon. On a whim, Dr. Farke walked to the other side of the hoodoo, and turned over a small cobble. Staring up at him was a dinosaur skull. Since this was rather unexpected, the group pulled out their brushes, and cleaned off the rib that Kevin had found earlier. It wasnt a rib after all, but a string of toe bones. With the skull and toe bones so close together, there had to be a dinosaur skeleton in between! The Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology is not only located on campus, it is a fully-integrated part of the college preparatory boarding schools curriculum, with every freshman taking a course in paleontology and conducting fossil-hunting fieldwork. Students who take to the subject have the option of pursuing paleontology further with follow-up courses and subsequent expeditions. Mr. Farke, who served as advisor for Mr. Terris museum research course, discussed the importance of the alumnus achievement. One of the things thats really cool about this skeleton is that the bones are all still in life position. The tailbones are still together. The leg bones are still connected together, he said. For that reason, we left [Joe] in the rock to preserve that association. There are also skin impressions and other impressions
COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff The Parasaurolophus remains discovered by former Webb Schools student Kevin Terris are on display at the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology at Webb. The student group was operating under a permit from the Bureau of Land Management when the fossil was discovered at the national monument. Because the Alf is an accredited federal repository for specimens, the dinosaur will be on permanent loan to the museum.
Photo courtesy of The Webb Schools Former Webb Schools student Kevin Terris holds a portion of the dinosaur called Joe during excavation in 2010 at Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah. He discovered the fossil remains a year earlier shortly after his graduation from Webb.
that would have been destroyed if it had been completely taken out of the rock. The dinosaurs youth has also added to its cachet. The fact that its younger and smaller is very important, Mr. Farke said. In the old days, a lot of times when people would find a baby dinosaur, they assumed it was a different species. Now, theres real interest in
documenting how dinosaurs changed as they grew up. Joe, he noted, grew from smaller than a human baby to nearly six feet in length in less than 12 months. Had the dinosaur lived to adulthood, he would have reached about 25 feet in length. Mr. Terris discovery only reached national notice on October 22 when the find was published in the journal Peerj. Consisting of more than 80 pages with nearly 30 illustrations, the articles name is a mouthful: Ontogeny in Parasaurolophus (Hadrosauridae) and heterochrony in hadrosaurids. Mr. Farke served as lead researcher for the paper, which he authored with the help of a team consisting of three Webb students and a PhD student from UC Berkeley. Joe was simultaneously unveiled in a new, permanent exhibit at the Alf Museum. In the ensuing weeks, Mr. Farke and Mr. Terris have fielded calls from publications ranging from The Los Angeles Times to newspapers in Costa Rica and Norway. Dozens of visitors have traveled to the Alf just to see the young Parasaurolophus, including a couple of TV news crews. Why the four-year delay between the find and fame? As befitting a subject measured in eons, paleontology takes time. Once Mr. Terris spotted Joe while doing surface prospecting, he had to wait a year for a permit and good weather before he could return to Utah with a Webb crew to begin excavation. The rock containing the specimen then had to be trimmed down using a jackhammer. In order to protect the skeleton
from the jarring vibrations, the bones first had to be wrapped in burlap bandages soaked in plaster. The specimen was then given a thicker plaster jacket on its top surface to protect it during transport. Its been three years since we got it out of the field, and I still have some plaster stuck in my hiking boots, laughed Mr. Terris, now a junior majoring in paleontology at Montana State University. Really, though, Mr. Terris, who has wanted to be a paleontologist since he was a little kid, was in his element. Whats pretty ubiquitous among everyone in the field is that we love getting in the dirt. We love getting our hands dirty, he said. Considering that Joewhose resting place was steep, treacherous and miles from the nearest roadweighed almost 1,000 pounds, the dinosaur had to be loaded into a cargo net and airlifted via helicopter. Next, the dinosaur was transported via truck to the Alf Museum, where a specialist spent two years or 1,300 hours cleaning the fossil. Then there was the matter of getting a well-written research paper in a peer-reviewed journal. Mr. Terris had to be patient, but his unfolding discovery was its own reward. I was pretty excited, he said. And as more and more information started to be discoveredthe age of the dinosaur, what it wasit kept getting better and better with every update. Mr. Farke is proud of the Alf MuDiNOFIND/continues on the next page
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he imminent shutdown of the Claremont Golf Course will come sooner than expected, the fairways board of directors announced Wednesday. The closure, initially established as this coming January, is now set for December 2.
course operations to a close on December 2, 2013, the notice continues. CGC Inc.s Board is extremely grateful to [Golf Course Manager] Dennis Bishop and the golf course team for their hard work and commitment, to the Claremont community for its support over the past 23 years, and to the Claremont University Consortium for its patience and support during the last difficult year.
The board of directors announced the courses closure in early September, after an independent audit confirmed the facilitys financial operations were no longer operable and would soon run out. Since that time, revenue has decreased even further than expected, according to a statement provided by the board of directors secretary, Tim Morrison. Revenues (usage of the golf course) are down 12 percent from the same time period last year, and CGC, Inc. continues to lose money each day it remains open for operation, the statement reads. CGC, Inc. has not paid the required lease payments to its landlord, Claremont University Consortium (CUC), for over 12 months. Those payments and the continuing daily financial losses have created a liability greater than CGC Inc.s total current assets. Given the financial factors, as well as the continuing decline in use month after month, CGC Inc.s Board has determined that CGC Inc. must bring the golf
It is unknown what will become of the nine-hole course. The Claremont University Consortium, which manages the college-owned community space on behalf of The Colleges, has been unresponsive to requests for comment on the future of the space, including questions about whether they would consider selling the course to an interested buyer or hold a community forum to address future possibilities.
The land used for the Claremont Golf Course, which operates under a conditional-use permit from the city, is currently designated as educational zoning, Mr. Dennis Bishop noted in a previous conversation with the COURIER. The golf course board had requested that the Consortium allow them the chance to use the golf course through
COURIER photo/Peter Weinberger Instead of the previously targeted closing date of sometime in January, the Claremont Golf Course has moved its shutdown to December 2.
January in order to fulfill their obligations to the CHS girls golf team, students at The Colleges, golfers of the fall youth clinic and others who have purchased promotional passes. Thousands of golfersranging from children to seniorshave used the local course for annual youth clinics and tournaments over the years, and a number of local schools, including Claremont High School, have depended on the course to
maintain their golf programs. Patients from Casa Colina have traveled to the course for rehabilitation and students from The Claremont Colleges have taken advantage of the course for academic credit. The COURIER first reported the potential closure in early September after several instructors alleged they were told to stop booking golf classes in the latter part of this year. In phone calls with the COURIER, however, Consortium board members and Mr. Bishop initially denied the potential closure. They later reversed their statement, informing the public in that the board would be re-assessing its options, including the possible closure of the course, with a final decision expected later this year. That decision came only a week later. The closure of the nine-hole course and driving range brings to an end more than 100 years of golfing in Claremont. Golf facilities have been a staple of the community since around 1900, first with the Indian Hill Golf Club off Foothill, where the botanic garden now resides. Financial distress and lack of maintenance forced that courses shutdown after WWII, but in 1960 golfers rejoiced once more with the opening of a second community course, the Claremont Golf Course. Golfers will have until the end of the month to take up their clubs and continue golfing through the hillside range of this Indian Hill facility.
Beth Hartnett news@claremont-courier.com
seums unique partnership with Webb, and is pleased with the recognition it has netted his protg. Its so cool to see Kevins face and name on headlines all over the world, he said. The Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology is located on the Webb Schools campus at 1175 W. Baseline Road in Claremont. It is housed in a building designed by famed Claremont artist and architect
Millard Sheets, which includes on its exterior a mosaic Mr. Sheets created of an ancient peccary or wild pig. Museum hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturdays (September through May), 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is $6; children 4 and under get in free. The Alf Museum offers regular Family Science Discovery Days. The next such program is themed Ancient Sea Life, and is set for tomorrow, Saturday, November 9, from 1 to 4 p.m. The hands-on fun day will include learning stations, touch tables, related crafts activities and a special admission fee of $3 per person. Joe, of course, will be on display. For more information on the Raymond M. Alf Museum, visit www.alfmuseum.org or call 624-2798.
Sarah Torribio storribio@claremont-courier.com
Photo courtesy of The Webb Schools A detailed studio shot of the Parasaurolophus remains discovered by a former student and on permanent display at the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology at The Webb Schools.
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ost-retirement life has been good to former Claremont High School history teacher Bill Vaskis. Mr. Vaskis, who retired in 2000 after 32 years with the Claremont Unified School District, keeps busy with an array of social and cultural activities and travels whenever the opportunity presents itself.
Along with a teaching credential in history and English, Mr. Vaskis earned a credential in music, which continues to play a large part in his life. This past summer, he enjoyed a weeklong tour with the La Verne Church of the Brethren Sanctuary Choir. He joined the ensemble, with which he is a tenor, in performing at churches in Pennsylvania and Virginia, culminating with a concert the opening evening of the Church of the Brethren Annual Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mr. Vaskis, who treasures the friendships he forged during his teaching career, ended up extending his trip for a month, traveling east to New York, Massachusetts and New Hampshire to visit with former students. When hes not taking the stage himself, hes a regular season ticket holder with the Los Angeles Philharmonic as well as for the A Noise Within theater company in Pasadena. Over the years, Mr. Vaskis has also been a regular guest at the All the Worlds a Stage program at the Joslyn Center, in which participants gather to read some of the worlds greatest plays. In Mr. Vaskis estimation, one of the best deals around for theater aficionados is offered through the Claremont Colleges Department of Theatre and Dances Seaver Theater. For $50, senior citizens get two seats for six performances ranging from plays to dance concerts. Another wonderful value for local seniors, Mr. Vaskis shared, is Claremont Avenues for Lifelong Learning (CALL), a program that allows community members aged 60 and older to audit courses at The Claremont Colleges for free. Mr. Vaskis is taking two courses this semester, including a Medieval history class and art history class focusing on the Italian Baroque period. All of this cultural enrichment engenders plenty to talk about. Mr. Vaskis finds an outlet in the Claremont Community College, of which he is a founding member. Despite its tongue-in-cheek name, the outstanding fake college in Claremont is not actually a school. Instead, it is a bunch of people who get together to acquire and disseminate knowledge in a humorous way. Gatherings range from unofficial meet-ups at Village haunts such as Some Crust Bakery to a regular get-together held the first Saturday of the month at Maniac-Mikes at Cable Airport. The groupwhich regularly shoots the breeze on heady topics like politics, religion and historyboasts quite a few college professors and former teachers among its ranks. Its not all talk, though. The Claremont Community College also organizes the 5 Second Film Festival held annually in Claremont and puts together a holiday fundraiser each year to benefit needy kids. They throw a Christmas party at the Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario with a pizza dinner and gifts for all the children in attendance. Think Mr. Vaskis has enough on his plate? Think again. He also takes aquafit classes at the gym, engages in some informal tutoring from time to time
COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff Retired Claremont High School hisotry teacher Bill Vaskis chats with a colleague recently while volunteering at the Claremont Forums Prison Library Project. Besides the volunteer work, Mr. Vaskis also audits classes at The Claremont Colleges to keep busy.
and volunteers three days a week with Claremonts Prison Library Project. Hes also been an AA member for 10 years, an organization that has brought him great benefits. Though he admits his busy social calendar is that of an extrovert, Mr. Vaskis said he does stay in occasionally. I have my down times, he said, laughing. I love to watch soccerthere arent too many soccer fans around. As befits someone who taught geography to countless students, Mr. Vaskis sports loyalties lie further afield than the Los Angeles Galaxy. Hes an FC Barcelona fan all the way. Looking back on his CUSD career, Mr. Vaskis has many happy memories.
His favorite class was one he initiated in the 1970s called Directed Reading and continued through the duration of his career. A group of accelerated juniors and seniors would read a book a week, meeting every Tuesday night at Mr. Vaskis house for a potluck dinner to discuss what they would read next. Over the years, Mr. Vaskis was paid for the class one semester. Mainly, it was a labor of love.
Teaching should be about getting kids to think, he said. Thats why I couldnt teach today: Its not about thinking, its about teaching to the test. In the name of getting his students to think, Mr. Vaskis used to have his students close their books for the week each Thursday. His Friday classes were devoted to discussion of class material as well as how it pertained to current events. Kids would throw a beanbag back and forth as a makeshift talking-stick. When
Mr. Vaskis encounters his now-grown students, they invariably thank him for those Friday discussions. With whats been going on for the last 10 years, I dont think I could do it today, he said. Mr. Vaskis time at Claremont High School also included two unforgettable sabbaticals, for which he remains grateful today. During the first, he spent the first half of the year studying at Chico State and the second traveling in Europe. His second sabbatical, undertaken several years later, was a bookworms dream. Mr. Vaskis planning process involved making a note of every book mentioned in his history textbook. He then spent the next months immersed in primary sources, ranging from Dantes Inferno to Chaucers Canterbury Tales to Cervantes Don Quixote. Claremont High School also provided Mr. Vaskis with wonderful extra-curricular activities over the years, including participation with the schools backpacking club, flying club, sailing club and a ski club that, during the snow season, went to Mammoth twice a month. Such enrichment activities have waned within the Claremont Unified School District in recent years amid financial and legal concerns. All the things we used to do, we cant do anymore, he said. Mr. Vaskis himself has some things he is no longer able to tackle, having broken both feet last year and having undergone a quadruple bypass a few years ago. Still, Mr. Vaskis retirement is marked by an onthe-go schedule packed with the kind of activities that make the former teacher happy. Its been good, he said. Its been very good.
Sarah Torribio storribio@claremont-courier.com
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fter going 1-3 in the Steve Pal Tournament at El Modena on Friday and Saturday, the Claremont boys water polo team won their fourth consecutive Sierra League match over Chino Hills on Tuesday, pending the outcome of yesterdays match against Charter Oak.
Claremont started off hot in the first quarter against the Huskies, jumping out to a 5-0 lead. The Wolfpack outscored Chino Hills in each of the next two periods, taking a 12-3 lead into the fourth quarter. Claremont would hold on to beat the Huskies, 13-7, and steadily holds the top spot in the Sierra League. The Wolfpacks fifth league victory came after an intense match with secondplace Damien that resulted in an 8-7 win. The October 30 showdown with the visiting Spartans proved to be one of Claremonts toughest battles of the season, as each team continued to sway momentum in their favor throughout the game. Claremont held a 4-2 lead after one quarter, but Damien would put two in the net in the second to pull things even at four all. Both squads would net two more goals in the third, bringing things even once again at 6-6, but Claremont would outscore Damien 2-1 in the fourth to take a dramatic 8-7 victory. Head Coach Kristin McKown said it was a back-and-forth match, and the team really pulled together to overcome mistakes late in the game. Our goalie Steven Cagle was amazing and blocked a penalty shot by their best player to start off the game, Coach McKown said. Between our freshman Bruno Snow scoring two goals and junior Steven Cagle making some fantastic saves in the first quarter, we had a momentum that was hard to stop. In non-league action at the Steve Pal Tournament, the Wolfpack faced tough opponents from Santa Barbara, Laguna Beach, La Jolla, Vista Murrieta and Santiago. Claremont won its opening match against Santa Barbara, 6-3, but lost its next four 9-6, 12-8, 9-8 and 17-8. This weekends tournament was a great test for us, Coach McKown said. Claremont will begin playoff action next week. Football offense stays hot, but defense is not in 70-49 loss Claremont senior quarterback Craig Myers accounted for 436 total yards and six touchdowns, but it could not lift the Wolfpack (1-8, 0-4) to their second victory of the season. They fell 70-49 to Chino Hills on Friday in a wild, highscoring affair. Myers stellar day was overshadowed by Huskies running back Brysen Charbonier, whose 184 yards on the ground and six touchdowns led Chino Hills to its third league win of the season. Senior running back Cecil Flemming
COURIER photos/Steven Felschundneff The Claremont High School boys varsity water polo team celebrates their narrow victory over rival Damien High last week at CHS. The Wolfpack started strong and led by two points for much of the first quarter of play. However, the Spartans rallied and tied it up at four all before halftime. The score remained tight for the rest of the game, but with 1:20 to go Claremont went ahead by one and Damien could not answer on their final possession. Final score: Claremont 8, Damien 7.
Claremont High School junior Adam Ward takes a shot on goal over the reach of a Damien defender last week during varsity water polo action at CHS.
Two-year-old London Lee Allen helps her mother Gina Lee Allen cheer for the Wolfpack during the boys varsity water polo game.
rushed for 62 yards, his lowest rushing output this year. He was held without a rushing touchdown for only the second time this season, but made his presence felt in the passing game with 151 receiving yards and two touchdowns. The Huskies offense totaled 644 yards opposite the Wolfpacks 543. Claremont had both its best and worst nights on offense and defense this season, scoring a
season-high 49 points, but giving up a season-worst 70. The Wolfpack will take on Charter Oak tonight in the season finale. Girls volleyball slips by Ayala for win Pending the result of Wednesdays regular season finale against Ayala, the Claremont High School girls volleyball team sits at 13-11 and 5-5 in the Sierra League
after their 3-0 sweep of Charter Oak on Tuesday. Sets one and two were decided by a total of seven points, with Claremont winning 25-21 and 25-22, respectively. The Wolfpack won set three by nine points, and with the win move into a tie for third place with Ayala.
Bryan Stauffer sports@claremont-courier.com
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end. 8821 Central Ave., Montclair. LIVE JAZZ performance on the Blue Fin patio at 2 p.m. 665 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont. 946-1398. ARCHITECTURE IN LA Claremont Heritage presents a live slide show performance celebrating Googie, mid-century modern, themed-environments, Claremont landmarks and more with Charles Phoenix. Mr. Phoenix is a pop culture humorist who searches out southern Californias greatest undiscovered and underrated mid-century architectural gems. 3 to 5 p.m. Claremont School of Theologys Mudd Theater, 1325 N. College Ave., Claremont. 6210848. www.claremontheritage.org. TRUE WITNESS: A CIVIL RIGHTS CANTATA sets to music the letters, speeches and poems of African-American female poets, activists and civil rights leaders. 3 p.m. Scripps Colleges Garrison Theater, located at 231 E. Tenth St., Claremont. 607-9372.
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PILGRIM PLACE FESTIVAL Pilgrim Places 65th annual festival features a show, craft faire and bazaar plus lots of goodies like popcorn, cotton candy and a food court. Friday and Saturday, November 8 and 9, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Free admission. Pilgrim Place, 625 Mayflower Rd., Claremont. Visit www.pilgrimplace.org or call 399-5500. CITIZEN TWAIN starring Val Kilmer comes to Chaffey High Schools Gardiner W. Spring Auditorium, 1245 N. Euclid Ave., tonight at 8 p.m., tomorrow, Saturday, November 9 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, November 10 at 3 p.m. Tickets are $30 regular admission or $80 VIP, including preferred seating and a private meet-and-greet with Twain after the show. For information, visit www.valkilmer.com/citizen-twain.
COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff Mary Russell plays escaped slave and abolitionist Harriet Tubman on Wednesday during rehearsal for the Pilgrim Festival Show at Pilgrim Place. Attend the festival today and Saturday.
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ETHNIC GROUPS They Came to America! presented by Linda Serna, who has been involved in family history research for over 30 years. Pomona Val-
ley Genealogical Society. This meeting is open to the public at no cost. Refreshments will be served. 2 p.m. Pomona Library, 625 S. Garey Ave., Pomona. JEWISH BOOK FESTIVAL featuring Ann Kirschner, author of Lady at the OK Corral, and a performance of Old West favorites by The Folk Collection. A dessert reception will be given. 7:30 p.m. $15 in advance or $18 at the door. Temple Beth Israel, Pomona, located at 3033 N. Towne Ave., Pomona.
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SHAKESPEARE CLUB Faith M. Jones will present The Medical Mind of Shakespeare. Welsh by birth, born in China and educated in America, Ms. Jones has had a
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Image courtesy of Claremont Heritage See a presentation by Charles Phoenix at Mudd Theater Sunday, November 10.
distinguished career as a registered nurse, educator and college dean in both America and Australia. The Shakespeare Club of Pomona Valley. 2 p.m. Building C at Mt. San Antonio Gardens, located at 900 E. Harrison Ave., Pomona. 629-2711. VETERANS DAY Service will be held at 11 a.m. at Memorial Park in Claremont.
DRONESMILITARY & NONMILITARY USES Lt. Col. Keith Ward will present Air National Guard Predator Drone (MQ-1) Operations, including the unique capabilities of the MQ-1, myths about drones, the Predators support to firefighters in the recent Rim Fire incident, and the future for remotely piloted aircraft. Buffet lunch at 11:30 a.m. for $12 or dessert and coffee for $6. The University Club meets each Tuesday at the Hughes Community Center, 1700 Danbury Rd., Claremont. LECTURE Piya Chatterjee, Dorothy Cruickshank Backstrand Chair of Feminist Gender and Sexuality Studies at Scripps College, speaks at noon at the Tuesday Noon Academy on Decolonizing Pedagogies: Feminist Stories from Empire and Village in the Hampton Room of the Malott Commons, 345 E. Ninth St., Claremont. CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP Learn about the Alzheimers Association, California Southland Chapter and
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how to utilize the information available through the organization. A discussion will follow the presentation. 7 to 9 p.m. The Claremont Club, 1777 Monte Vista Ave., Claremont. 921-1033. LECTURE John Vandermeer, chair of the department of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Michigan, lectures at 7:30 p.m. on Conservation and Food Sovereignty: The Worldwide Movement to Re-vision Landscape Management in Garrison Theater of the Scripps College Performing Arts Center, 241 E. Tenth St., Claremont.
GARDEN CLUB Our Urban Forest presented by Larry Wheaton, consulting arborist and retired maintenance superintendent for the city of Claremont. Mr. Wheaton has knowledge of the types of trees that can grow in the area. He will discuss what can flourish, what cannot, and how to plant and trim and explain what diseases trees are susceptible to and how to treat them. Bring your questions and any plants you may wish to share. Free and open to the public. 7 p.m. Pilgrim Places Napier Center, 660 Avery Rd., Claremont. www.sustainableclaremont.org.
SOJOURNER TRUTH LECTURE Columnist and economist Julianne Malveaux will speak on Economics, Race and Justice in the 21st Century: Perspective on Our Nations Future. 7:30 p.m. Scripps Colleges Humanities Auditorium, 981 N. Amherst Ave., Claremont.
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CHINAS EARLY ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY Robert Marks of Whittier College will discuss the environmental history of China from prehistory to 1800. 3 p.m. Pearsons 101 on the Pomona College campus, located at 333 N. College Way, Claremont. 607-3075.
FINE ARTS LUNCHEON Los Angeles artist Karen Kitchel will speak on how she uses traditional techniques to paint a contemporary view of nature. The luncheon, hosted by the Fine Arts Foundation, begins at noon in the Hampton Room of Malott Commons at Scripps College. Luncheon cost is $25 with reservations by calling Marci Stewart at 732-9022. The 1:30 p.m. program is free and open to the public.
FILM SCREENING Two Spirits interweaves the tragic story of a mothers loss of her son with a revealing look at a time when the world wasnt simply divided into male and female and many Native American cultures held places of honor for people of integrated genders. The film will be followed by a panel discussion with Michelle Enfield, Shawn Imitates Dog and Gabriel Estrada. 6:30 p.m. Pomona Colleges Queer Resource Center in Walton Commons, located at 396 E. Sixth St., Claremont. 607-7693.
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JOHN YORK IN CONCERT Mr. York is a singer, composer and guitarist well-known as a former member of the Byrds with Roger McGuinn, Clarence White and Gene Parsons. A portion of ticket sales will benefit the Prison Library Project. Tickets are available at the Claremont Forum. 7 p.m. $10 in advance or $12 at the door. Claremont Forum, 586 W. First St., in the Claremont Packing House. REEL ROCK FILM TOUR The eighth annual Reel Rock Film Tour brings the best in climbing and adventure films to local audiences across the globe. Prize giveaways and a pre-film open house will be held at the Outdoor Education Center. 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 general admission and $10 for Claremont Colleges students, staff and faculty. Watch the trailer at http://youtu.be/iRQh50lAl4Y. Pomona Colleges Rose Hills Theatre in the Smith Campus Center, 170 E. Sixth St., Claremont. Contact oec@pomona.edu or 607-2531.
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NIGHTLIFE
CASA DE SALSA: 415 W. Foothill Blvd. This is a restaurant that offers weekly live entertainment. 445-1200. Thursdays: Michael Ryan and Friends. 6 to 9 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays: Romantic guitarist Vicente Victoria. 5 p.m. Sundays: Mariachi San Pedro. Brunch. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. EUREKA CLAREMONT: 580 W. First St., Claremont. Open from 11 a.m. to midnight Sunday through Thursday; closes at 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday. Hoppy Hour daily from 2 to 6 p.m. 445-8875. Mondays: Local Mondays featuring $3 Dale Bros. Brewery pints. Tuesdays: 50 percent off all wines by the glass. Wednesdays: Steal-the-Glass craft beer of the week. Meet the brewer first Wednesday of every month. Thursday, November 14: All Titos Vodka drinks $2 off and Eureka Thursday Night Music with Mark Herring & Patrick Langford. THE FOLK MUSIC CENTER: 220 Yale Ave., Claremont Village. Open mic night, the last Sunday of every month. Sign-up begins at 6 p.m.; performances run from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Admission is $1. Info: 624-2928 or www.folkmusiccenter.com. Saturday, November 9: Rick Shea: With a very personal edge to his writing and singing, Mr. Shea performs classic folk/troubadour music. 7:30 p.m. Friday, November 15: American Parlor Songbook: This program broadcasts on KVCR and as a podcast online at www.americanparlorsongbook.com. Come into the parlor for songs, stories, sketches and guests. Hosted from the piano by J.P. Houston with his wife Julie VanDusen, Mr. Houston sings the news of the week, answers advice letters in song, tells amusing stories, puts on mini radio plays with Ms. VanDusen and invites guests to join in the fun. Tonights featured guests include Squeakin Wheels and Peter Harper. 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 23: Tellabration, an international night of storytelling. 7 p.m. FLAPPERS COMEDY: 540 W. First St., Claremont Packing House. 18+. Show times: Friday at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. and Saturday at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online or at the door. Friday and Saturday, November 8 and 9: Brian Dunkleman has hosted on American Idol, done a Showtime comedy special and appeared on The
Tonight Show, My Name is Earl and Friends. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, November 14, 15 and 16: James P. Connolly is a stand-up comedian and radio/TV host known for his playful, confident style and unique sense of humor. He is recognized across the country as one of the most played comedians on the Sirius XM Comedy channels and is a frequent guest on the nationally-syndicated Bob and Tom Radio Show. FOX THEATER POMONA: 301 S. Garey Ave., Pomona. www.foxpomona.com. Thursday, November 21: Sleeping with Sirens. Friday, November 29: Adventure Club. Saturday, December 21: The Cult Electric 13 World Tour. THE GLASS HOUSE: 200 W. Second St., Pomona. 865-3802. Friday, November 22: KROQ presents Pennywise. HIP KITTY JAZZ & FONDUE: 502 W. First St., Claremont Packing House. Tuesday through Sunday, 5:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Live jazz every night. Admission: two-drink minimum. Info: 447-6700 or www.hipkitty jazz.com. Friday, November 8: Hobo Jazz (jazz). 8 p.m. $5 cover charge. Saturday, November 9: Reno Jones (blues). 8 p.m. $5 cover charge. Sunday, November 10: Amanda Castro (jazz). 7 p.m. Tuesday, November 12: Eva and the Vagabond Tales. 9 p.m. Wednesday, November 13: Open Jam Night with Genos Standard Band (blues). 8 p.m. Thursday, November 14: The Lounge Trio. 7 p.m. Friday, November 15: The Tim Gill All-Stars (swing/big band). 8 p.m. $5 cover charge. Saturday, November 16: Mark Tortorici and the Hollywood Combo (swing/blues). 8 p.m. $5 cover charge. THE PRESS RESTAURANT: 129 Harvard Ave., Claremont Village. Thursday through Saturday until 2 a.m. Live DJ every Thursday at 11 p.m. 21+ after 9 p.m. Standing room only after 9:30 p.m. No cover. 625-4808. Friday, November 8: Science Fiction Theatre (ethereal indie rock). 10 p.m. Saturday, November 9: Featherwolf (progressive rock). 10 p.m. Sunday, November 10: Sunday dinner piano music from 6 to 8 p.m. followed by Cinema Sunday at 9 p.m. featuring Spirited Away (2001) and Amelie (2001). Tuesday, November 12: King Trivia Night. Answer trivia questions for a chance to win beer. 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, November 13: Half-off Wine
Wednesday. 11 a.m. to closing. Joe Atman performs at 9:30 p.m. Thursday, November 14: Coleslaw. 10 p.m. Friday, November 15: Dont Kick Jimmy. 10 p.m. Saturday, November 16: Sugar Mountain Mama Serenade. 10 p.m. PIANO PIANO: 555 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont. Live dueling piano show times: Wednesday and Thursday, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.; Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. 21+. $5 cover charge on Fridays and Saturdays after 8 p.m. (no cover charge with student ID). 547-4266. Tuesdays: Taco Tuesday with $1 tacos, $2 Coronas and $3 margaritas. Rock the mic or jam with the band. Wednesdays: Rockstar Karaoke. Rock the mic or jam with the band. $2 Bud Lights and $4 Vodka Rockstars. 9 p.m. WALTERS RESTAURANT: 310 Yale Ave., Claremont. VIP and fire pit lounge open from 7 to 10 p.m. Happy hour specials are only valid in the bar and lounge areas. 767-2255. Margarita Mondays: $2 house margaritas, $3 house wine, $3 delirium tremens and $3 bolawnies. Tequila Tuesdays: $2 house tequila, $3 house wine, $3 Coronas and $3 nachos. Whiskey Wednesdays: $2 house scotch or bourbon, $3 house wine, $3 Stella and $3 bruschetta. Thirsty Thursdays: Half-off all drinks and appetizers all evening. Finest Fridays: $2 house vodka, $3 Pomona Queen, Green Flash and Hanger 24. Plus $3 house wine, $4 nachos and $6 classic burger and fries all evening. Kimera performs Gypsy Kings-style music. Saturdays and Sundays: $3 Bloody Marys, mimosas and Afghan fries from opening to closing. Live jazz music is performed on weekends.
Jenelle Rensch covers the calendar, arts and entertainment. Deadline: Thursday at 5 p.m., one week before publication. Include date, time, address, a contact phone number and fee for admission (if applicable). Email: calendar@claremont-courier.com. Phone: 621-4761. Fax: 621-4072. Address: 1420 N. Claremont Blvd., Suite 205-B, Claremont, CA 91711. There is NO guarantee that items submitted will be published.
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AMOCA MUSEUM: 399 N. Garey Ave., Pomona. 865-3146. Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. www.amoca.org. 865-3146. Through December 29: Icheon: Reviving the Korean Ceramics Tradition, an exhibition organized by Icheon, South Korea. Icheon has a history of ceramic culture that began over 5000 years ago and has a reputation for its internationally-renowned ceramics cultural events. Now, Icheon has reached out to an American institution for the very first time. In the premiere exhibition of its kind in the United States, Icheon will present over 230 objects never before seen on American soil that exemplify the revival of the ceramics tradition in Korea, from antique techniques to contemporary innovations. BUDDHAMOUSE EMPORIUM: 134 Yale Ave., Claremont. Open daily from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. www.buddhamouse.com. 626-3322. Through November 30: Artist Vinita Voogd exhibits works on paper featuring original fine art prints. Ms. Voogd was born in New Delhi, India, and studied fine art at the College of Art, University of Delhi. After moving to California, she studied printmaking at UCI. Artist reception: Saturday, November 9 from 6 to 8 p.m. CLAREMONT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ART GALLERY: 205 Yale Ave., Claremont Chamber of Commerce. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 398-1060. Through November 29: Pomona Valley
Image courtesy of Scripps College Ansel Adams Winter Sunrise, a 1944 silver gelatin print of a photo taken in Sierra Nevada, is on display at Scripps Colleges Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery in Claremont through December 15.
Art Association Art Exhibition & Sale. THE COLONY AT LOFT 204: 532 W. First St., #204, Claremont Packing House. Open Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Extended hours on the first Friday of the month for Claremont Art Walk until 9 p.m., with live music at 8 p.m. Visit www.loft204.com. Email info@loft204.com for information about purchasing monthly wall space for artwork display or to inquire about event rental of gallery space. Call Vicki at 626-224-7915 or 626-963-4238 for one-on-one art instruction for junior high and high school age students. Tuesdays: Yoga class for all levels.
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Instructor Jasmin Iskandar has over 400 hours of teacher training in Hatha and Vinyasa Yoga. She was first trained in the Krishnamacharya lineage by Shiva Rea at Exhale Center for Sacred Movement in Venice Beach. Later, Ms. Iskandar traveled to India to study the Sri Sivananda Saraswati lineage of Hatha yoga. Her classes offer the dynamism of Vinyasa with the science of Hatha. Visit www.levitatela.com to learn more about Ms. Iskandar. 7 to 8 p.m. $10. Wednesdays: Belly dance class for all
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levels. Instructor Adina Dane performs at many locations in the area including Mediterranean restaurants and community events. Learn basic upper and lower body isolations, footwork and important stretching techniques. Wear comfortable clothes. Bring a yoga mat and water bottle. 7 to 8 p.m. $10. Through November 30: Film photography by Rico J. Coria. dA CENTER FOR THE ARTS: 252 S. Main St., Pomona Arts Colony. Wednesday through Saturday, noon to 5 p.m.; Thursday, noon to 9 p.m. 397-9716. Through November 16: Aztlan, the Next Decade: Con Safos, honoring filmmaker Jess Salvador Trevio. FIRST STREET GALLERY ART CENTER: 250 W. First St., Suite 120, Claremont. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 626-5455. Through November 15: Tile Show 2013, featuring Nathan Murri. Mr. Murri appropriates characters from animated feature films to explore narrative and character development in unique works. The annual tile show is a community event where artists from the public join First Street Gallery clients and staff in creating and exhibiting unique ceramic tiles. Every tile in the show is donated to the exhibition and all sales benefit the programs and artists of First Street Gallery. Select tiles will be sold during the opening reception in a silent auction. All other tiles are purchased on a first come, first served basis. GALERIA DE PROLAS: 532 W. First St. #211, Claremont Packing House. Open by appointment. Mondays: Mindful Beauty Meditation Gathering. Connect, listen, share, create, be, meditate and love. Meditation sessions every Monday evening from 8 to 9:30 p.m. $5 suggested donation. Space is limited to 10 people per session. Contact Nichoel Ann at nichoel.ann@gmail.com or visit www.face book.com/mindful.beauty. Tuesdays: Tribe Tuesday, an open studio session for artists to share the space and work on their pieces. Open to artists of all levels from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Space is limited to 10 people per session. Call 236-1562 or visit www.facebook.com/galeriadeperolas. LENZNER FAMILY ART GALLERY: First floor of Atherton Hall on the Pitzer College campus, 1050 N. Mills Ave., Claremont. Free admission. Tuesday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m., or by appointment throughout the year. 607-8797. Through December 6: Emerging Artist Series #8: Danielle AdairOn the Rocks, in the Land. This documentary-performance-video installation analyzes the role of the tourist-observer within contemporary conflict zones, and questions how a tourist perceives and experiences sites of historic and contemporary political significance. Artist lecture: Danielle Adair, Thursday, December 5 from 2:45 to 4 p.m. in the Lenzner Family Art Gallery. MAIN STREET GALLERY: 252-C S. Main St., Pomona. Open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 868-2979. Through November 30: George Cuttress fine art. MALOOF FOUNDATION FOR ARTS & CRAFTS: 5131 Carnelian St., Alta Loma. 980-0412, info@malooffoundation.org or www.malooffound ation.org. Tours: Docent-led tours are offered on Thursdays and Saturdays at 1, 2 and 3 p.m. and feature Sam Maloofs handmade home, furniture and the extensive Maloof collection of arts and crafts. Due to limited capacity, advance reservations are strongly recommended for all tours. Admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and $5 for students. The Discovery Garden is open to visitors on Thursdays and Saturdays between noon and 4 p.m. at no charge. Check in at the Foundation Bookstore. The garden features drought-tolerant plants native to California and other parts of the world. NICHOLS GALLERY: First floor of the Broad Cen-
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ter on the Pitzer College campus, 1050 N. Mills Ave., Claremont. Tuesday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m., or by appointment throughout the year. 607-8797. Through December 5: Glyphs: Acts of Inscription builds on the premise that identities are constituted through acts of inscriptionreal or imaginedinto the visual archives that constitute history, popular iconographies and artistic canons. The exhibition explores the consequences of such acts on the poetic and political dimensions of representation, difference and visibility. Working in photography, moving image and mixed-media, the artists cannibalize and query such archives to create new image repertoires that point to the lacunae the silences, absences and erasurescontained within prevalent visual-historical renderings. PEGGY PHELPS & EAST GALLERY: Claremont Graduate University, 251 E. Tenth St., Claremont. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 621-8071. November 11 through 22: Show #1: 2013 CGU Art First year Group Show. Opening reception: Tuesday, November 12 from 6 to 9 p.m. Through November 8: Sneek Peak: 2013 CGU Art Second Year Group Show. PETTERSON MUSEUM OF INTERCULTURAL ART: 730 Plymouth Road, Pilgrim Place. Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 2 to 4 p.m. Contains collections of international fine art, folk art and material culture from 10,000 BCE to the present, contributed by Pilgrim Place residents and community friends, covering every continent. 399-5544. Through November 25: Stepping Out in Style, an exhibition exploring the countless ways human beings have designed and worn footwear all over the planet. Over 100 historic and contemporary shoes, boots, sandals, slippers and stockingsmany from the Pettersons significant collection of historic Chinese costumeswill be on display. POMONA COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART: 333 N. College Ave., Claremont. Open Tuesday through Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Art After Hours on Thursday, 5 to 11 p.m. Open September 5 though December 5; closed Thanksgiving day. For more information, visit www.pomona.edu/museum. Contact Pomona College Museum of Art by email at museuminfo@pomona.edu or call 621-8283. Through December 22: David Michalek: Figure Studies. Mr. Michaleks work applies the technology of high-speed HD video to the recording of
human movement. Through December 22: John Divola: As Far As I Could Get. This exhibition is a collaborative project led by Santa Barbara Museum of Art and shown simultaneously at SBMA, LACMA and the Pomona College Museum of Art. Through December 22: Resonant Minds: Abstraction and Perception. The exhibition includes a range of abstract art, from pivotal works of early European Modernism to key examples of Minimalism in the United States. Through December 22: Project Series: Krysten Cunningham: Ret, Scutch, Heckle. The 47th installment of the Pomona College Museum of Arts Project Series will present sculpture and drawings by Los Angeles-based artist Krysten Cunningham. RAYMOND M. ALF MUSEUM: 1175 W. Base Line Road, Webb Schools campus. Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturdays, 1 to 4 p.m. Admission: $6 per person, 4 and under free. The paleontology museum features fossils of dinosaurs and mammals. 624-2798 or www.alfmuseum.org. Saturday, November 9: Family Science Discover Day featuring ancient sea life. Learn about ancient animals that lived in our oceans, make your own ancient sea life craft and more. Special admission fee: $3 per person. Ages four and under may attend for free. 1 to 4 p.m. RUTH CHANDLER WILLIAMSON GALLERY: 1030 Columbia Ave., at 11th and Columbia Streets on the Scripps College campus. Wednesday through Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. during exhibitions. Free admission. 6073397 or www.scrippscollege.edu/williamson-gallery/. Through December 15: Focus on Photographs: Building Photograph Collections at Scripps features fine photographs and books, including donations by Virginia Adams, C. Jane Hurley Wilson and Michael G. Wilson, Sharon and Michael Blasgen and Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin. On view will be works by Ansel Adams, Diane Arbus, Julia Margaret Cameron, Graciela Iturbide, Edward Weston and many others. SQUARE i GALLERY: 110 Harvard Ave., Claremont. Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., or by appointment. Square i is an annex of the Artist Trait Gallery. Exhibits rotate approximately every six weeks. Call 621-9091 or e-mail info@squareigallery.com. Through November 30: Georgette Unis exhibits a series of paintings, which evolve from images of trees.
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BALCH AUDITORIUM: 1030 Columbia Ave., Claremont. 607-2671. Friday, November 8: Friday, Noon Concert featuring Jonathan Wright (violin), Roger Lebow (cello) and Stephan Moss (piano). Music by Beethoven and Faur. Free admission. 12:15 p.m. Friday, November 15: Friday, Noon Concert featuring Trio Lykos with music by Schubert. Free admission. 12:15 p.m. Friday, December 6: Friday, Noon Concert featuring Quartet Euphoria with music by Beethoven. Free admission. 12:15 p.m. BRIDGES AUDITORIUM: 450 N. College Way, Pomona College. Box-office hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 607-1139. Tickets may be purchased online; you can easily choose seats at www.pomona.edu/bridges. Saturday, November 16: OLIVER! Music and lyrics by Lionel Bart, based on the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Tickets are $22 and $18. 2 p.m. Friday, November 22: SCAMFestThe annual Southern California A Capella Music Festival. Tickets are $10. 7:30 p.m. December 7 through 15: Inland Pacific Ballet presents The Nutcracker. Shows on December 7 and 8 include a live orchestra. Show times are December 7 and 14 at 1 and 7 p.m., and December 8 and 15 at 1 p.m. Sunday, December 22: Christmas in Ireland, one special performance this holiday season. $25. Discounts available for children, seniors and military. 2 p.m. Sunday, January 19: New Shanghai Circus. Fearless performers with boundless energy bring you more than 2000 years of Chinese circus traditions. $25. Discounts available for children, seniors and military. 2 p.m. BRIDGES HALL OF MUSIC: Pomona College, 150 E. Fourth St., Claremont. 607-2671. Friday and Sunday, November 22 at 8 p.m. and November 24 at 3 p.m.: Pomona College Band conducted by Graydon Beeks with music by Ives, Shepherd and others. Free admission. CANDLELIGHT PAVILION: 455 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont. Thursday, Friday and Saturday evening shows: dinner at 6 p.m., performance at 8:15 p.m.; Sunday evening shows: dinner at 5 p.m., performance at 7:15 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday matinees: lunch at 11 a.m., performance at 12:45 p.m. 626-1254, ext.1 or www.candle lightpavilion.com. Through November 24: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. November 30 through December 28: Because its Christmas. DRINKWARD RECITAL HALL: 320 E. Foothill Blvd., Claremont at Harvey Mudd College. Saturday, November 16: Quartertone Incandescence featuring Los Angeles pianists Vicki Ray and Aron Kallay bends ears with virtuosic works for retuned keyboards. 8 p.m. Saturday, November 23: Electronic and Visual Music, new abstract computer videos show with music performed on electronic keyboards, guitars, gongs and other instruments. 8 p.m. LYMAN HALL: Thatcher Music Building, 340 N. College Ave., Claremont. Saturday, November 23: Pomona College Jazz Ensemble directed by Barb Catlin. 8 p.m. Monday, December 2: Pomona College AfroCuban Drumming Ensemble directed by Joe Addington. 8 p.m. Wednesday, December 4: Pomona College Sea Chanty and Maritime Music Ensemble directed by Gibb Schreffler with songs and chanties from the Age of Sailing Ships. 8 p.m.
Haugh Performing Arts Center to present Paul Reiser Up Close and Personal
tand-up comedian, actor and writer Paul Reiser reemerges on the comedy scene with his quick wit and comedic talent. Comedy patrons across the country are said to be in for a treat when Mr. Reiser hits the stage and unleashes his hilarious insights about the absurdities of modern life.
As a seasoned entertainer, Mr. Reiser continues to add to his ever expanding list of accomplishments: In addition to co-creating and starring in the critically-acclaimed NBC series, Mad About You, which garnered him Emmy, Golden Globe, American Comedy Award and Screen Actors Guild nominations, his successes also include his most recent book, Familyhood, the long awaited follow-up to Babyhood and Couplehood, his first book, which sold over two million copies and reached the num-
ber-one spot on The New York Times bestseller list. Mr. Reiser just rapped filming Life After Beth with John C. Reilly and Aubrey Plaza. Next, he will begin shooting Whiplash with Miles Teller and JK. Simmons. Mr. Reiser was cast alongside Michael Douglas and Matt Damon in the Emmy-nominated HBO film Behind the Candelabra, based on the life of Liberace. Perhaps lesser known are Mr. Reisers musical talents. He wrote the Mad About You theme song (with Grammy-winning producer Don Was) The Final Frontier, which has the distinction of having been broadcast on Mars. (It was chosen by NASA mission directors as the wake up call for the Sojourner Rover there.) Mr. Reisers most recent music project was releasing Unusual Suspects, an album of original songs he wrote with celebrated British singer/songwriter Julia Fordham, on which Mr. Reiser also arranged and played piano. From his first appearance on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, through his success on television and film, Mr. Reiser has spent most of his life making people laugh. Dont miss this rare opportunity to see him at his grassroots, performing live, up close and personal. See Mr. Reiser at the Haugh Performing Arts Center at Citrus College, located at 1000 W. Foothill Blvd., Glendora on Saturday, November 16 at 8 p.m. Tickets are $36 or $34 for students or seniors. Call 626-963-9411 or visit www.haughpac.com.
Pomona Public Library Foundation presents event with special guest David Ono
he Pomona Public Library Foundation, as part of the Pomona Librarys Together We Read program, will present KABC7 news anchor David Ono, who will show and discuss his special report titled, Witness: The Legacy of Heart Mountain, which appeared on Channel 7.
The program will take place on Saturday, November 16 at 9 a.m. in the Trendle Auditorium at Western University of Health Sciences Wineberg Center. A light breakfast will be provided to guests. General admission is $15, $5 for students. In addition to Mr. Onos special report, the Foundation will present selected readings from the Pomona Librarys Penley Letters collection by students from Pomona Unified School District. Pomona Librarys Special Collections includes many items from the Japanese Internment, especially items related to the Assembly Center at the Pomona Fairgrounds. Among those items are a collection of the Assembly Center newsletter, which was published by the internees during their stay in Pomona. Also included in the collection is the Levina Penley Letters. Ms. Penley had been a librarian at Mt. SAC, Emerson Middle School and the Pomona Public Library. When Ms. Penley was a school librarian at Emerson Middle School (then through 10th grade), she befriended several of her Japanese
students and their families who were then living in Pomona. When they were moved to the Assembly Center at the Pomona Fairgrounds, starting in May of 1942, she visited them and began corresponding with them. The librarys collection contains nearly a hundred of these letters to Mrs. Penley and selections from several of them will be read during the program. After leaving the Fairgrounds Assembly Center, most of the internees were sent to the Internment Camp at Heart Mountain, Wyoming (near Cody) where they remained until the end of the war in 1945. In addition to Mr. Ono, the program will feature a guest panel including Patti Hirahawa, who was featured in the Ono special reports and whose father and grandfather took over 1,000 photographs of the Heart Mountain camp, and Mike Hachimonji, who was interned at Heart Mountain as a teenager after being transported from the Pomona Assembly Center. Inland Valley Daily Bulletin history columnist Joe Blackstock will serve as the master of ceremonies. Other guests are expected, but have not confirmed at this time. Coffee, tea and light breakfast items will be served beginning at 9 a.m. The program with David Ono will begin at 10 a.m. Tickets may be purchased online at www.pomonalibraryfounda tion.org. Additional tickets will be available at the door; however, seating is limited. Parking is available behind the Wiseberg Center just off of First Street and Gibbs. Contributions may be made to Pomona Public Library Foundation by mail, by phone at 3742050, by email at info@pomonalibraryfounda tion.org, or by using the donate button at www.pomonalibraryfoundation.org. Checks should be made out to Pomona Public Library Foundation and can be sent to: Pomona Public Library Foundation, 101 West Mission Blvd., Suite 101-219, Pomona, CA 91766. Contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Donors should consult their tax advisor.
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Help fill a Hope Basket for charity
Thanksgiving Hope Baskets will be given to needy families in Montclair, Claremont, Pomona, Ontario and Rancho Cucamonga. Needed donations are turkeys, boxed stuffing, potatoes, canned green beans, dinner rolls, cranberry sauce and pumpkin pies. Deliver items to KidCare C.A.R.E. Center at 9014 Benson Ave., Montclair; Charity Thrift Store at 675 E. Foothill Blvd., Pomona; Granite Creek Church at 1580 N. Claremont Blvd., Claremont; Claremont Chamber of Commerce at 205 Yale Ave., Claremont or Laser Island at 207 E. Foothill Blvd., Upland. Donations may also be taken online. Ten dollars buys a turkey (or grocery store gift card) and $25 fills a Hope Basket. For more information, call 624-6101. Donations will be accepted until Friday, November 22.
This ceremony honors veterans of all wars including living, deceased, killed in combat, prisoners of war and missing in action. Siarah Barnum, a 16-year-old junior at Claremont High School will debut at this event singing her tribute song, The Wind Is You, written by her father Robert Barnum.
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Pre-kindergarten students are exposed to weekly enrichments that include conversational Spanish, yoga, Hebrew through Movement, music with Cantor Paul Buch and stories with Rabbi Jonathan Kupetz. These enrichment activities are incorporated into the early childhood program at no extra charge. For more information, call 626-6937 or visit their website at www.temple bethisraelpreschool.org.
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AMERICAN and European antiques, furnishings, home and garden decor. New shipment weekly! The Ivy House. 214 W. Foothill Blvd. 621-6628.
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Estate Sale 452 W. 10th St., Claremont Friday and Saturday, November 8-9 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Furniture, glassware, collectibles, LOTS OF ARTWORK, jewelry, yard tools, pottery, vintage record cabinet, large mirror, working Petaphone, Drammotone, Columbia record cabinet, working Edison victrola, lots of records, skis and poles and much, much more. Hope to see you there.
Donations
DONATE your car. Fast, free towing, 24-hour response. Tax deduction. United Breast Cancer Foundation. Providing free mammograms and breast cancer information. 888-792-1675. (Cal-SCAN)
Financial
WANTED: Tax practice/bookkeeping service. West end of San Bernardino County to the east end of LA County. Established buyer EA, 25 years at this location. Full service, year-round, seasoned staff. Branch site or merger ok. Principals only, cash/carry, asking one year guarantee. Call 593-7431, ask for Bernie. CUT your student loan payments in half or more, even if late or in default. Get relief fast, much lower payments. Call Student Hotline, 855589-8607. (Cal-SCAN) GUARANTEED income for your retirement. Avoid market risk and get guaranteed income in retirement! Call for a free copy of our safe money guide plus annuity quotes from A-rated companies! 800375-8607. (Cal-SCAN)
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Garage Sales
SATURDAY, November 9, 2805 N. Mountain (Claraboya), 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kitchenwares, furniture, kids car seats, extensive limited edition Norman Rockwell collectibles. All good quality.
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THIRTY-EIGHT acre wilderness ranch, $193 monthly. Prime 38-acre cabin site atop evergreen wooded ridge, overlooking wilderness valley, on secluded north Arizona ranch. Plentiful groundwater, good soil, beautiful rock formations, 6200-foot elevation. Borders 640 acres of State Trust Land. $19,900, $1990 down, $193 monthly. Order brochure, 800-966-6690, 1st United-Woodland Valley Ranch #32. www.woodland valleyranchsale.com. (CalSCAN) DID you know that 10 million adults tweeted in the past month, while 164 million read a newspaper in print or online in the past week? Advertise in 240 California newspapers for one low cost. Your 25 word classified ad will reach over six million plus Californians. For brochure, call Elizabeth, 916-288-6019. (Cal-SCAN)
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WANTED: Pre-1975 superhero comic books, sports, non-sports cards, toys, original art, movies and celebrity memorabilia especially 1960s. Collector/investor, paying cash. Call Mike, 800-273-0312. (Cal-SCAN)
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A BARN and house full of antiques, furniture and smalls. Refinishing too! 593-1846. La Verne. Kensoldenoddities.com.
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SAMEDAY-HAULAWAY
Free estimates. Senior discount! WE HAUL IT ALL CHARLIE! 909-382-1210 sameday-haulaway.com
THOR McAndrew Construction. Drywall repair and installation. Interior plaster repair. Free estimates. CA Lic.742776. Please call 909-816-8467. ThorDrywall.com.
Electrician
ASA ELECTRIC Any and all electrical needs Residential and Commercial Low price/Craftsman quality Service panel upgrades, etc. Call for free estimate. Claremont resident. 951-283-9531 Lic.860606 CALL Lou. Flush lights, service changes, repairs, service calls, outdoor lighting and room additions. Lic.258436. Call 909-2417671, 909-949-8230. SPARKS ELECTRIC Local electrician for all your electrician needs! 626-890-8887 or 909-251-2013. Lic.922000
Fictitious Name
A FICTITIOUS Name Statement (D.B.A.) is required if youre in business. You are required to file and publish a DBA in the local newspaper. You must renew every five (5) years. You must republish if any changes have been made to your business. If your business is in LA COUNTY, The Courier will provide the legal form, file it with the L.A. County Clerk, publish the Statement and provide you with proof of publication. Only $95.00 to publish plus a $26 county fee. Claremont Courier: 1420 N. Claremont Blvd, Suite 205B Claremont. Call Vickie, 621-4761.
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House Cleaning
Shirley's Cleaning Service 28 years in business. Office/residential No job too small. Free estimates. We do spring cleaning! 909-730-8564 EXPERIENCED cleaning lady will clean offices, homes, apartments. Great worker with references! Free estimates. 909-618-5402. ROSIE'S Spic Span Cleaning Service. Residential, commercial, vacant homes, apartments, offices. Free estimate. Licensed. 909-986-8009. TRUSTWORTHY woman will clean your home. Excellent references. 15 years experience. Eva, 909-753-6517. CAROUSEL Quality Cleaning. Family owned for 20 years. Licensed. Bonded. Senior rates. Trained professional services including: baseboards, ovens, windows. Fire/water damage. Hauling. Move in/out. 10 percent discount to Claremont College staff and faculty. Robyn, 621-3929. ROSIES House Cleaning. 12 years experience, references. House, offices, apartments. Senior discount. 24hour service. 909-983-5834. 20 YEARS experience. Free estimates. Excellent references. Tailored to your individual needs. Senior care, day or night. Call Lupe, 909-452-1086.
Concrete
SAME DAY SERVICE Free service call with repair. Only $49.50 diagnostic fee without repair. All repairsAll brands Edison and Gas Company rebates. Great prices. Friendly service. We're local. 909-398-1208 www.novellcustom.com Lic.958830
TOP notch care. Errands, pet and house sitting. Bonded, experienced, reliable. References. Call Colleen 909-489-1862. IM here to help! Housekeeping, shopping, errands. Pet, plant, house sitting. Jenny Jones, 909-626-0027, anytime!
Furniture Restoration
KEN'S Olden Oddities.com. Taking the time to care for Courier readers complete restoration needs since 1965. La Verne. Call 909-593-1846. DOT Will Do It! A full-service errand business. Dorothy "Dot" Sheehy. www.dotwilldoit.com. 909-621-9115 or 909-782-2885.
Contractor
PPS General Contractor. Kitchen and bathroom remodeling. Flooring, windows, electrical and plumbing. Serving Claremont for 25 years. Lic.846995. 951-237-1547. Custom Construction Kitchen and bathroom remodeling, room additions and more! Lic.630203. 1072 W. Ninth St. Suite C, Upland. 909-996-2981 909-946-2924 WENGER Construction. 25 years experience. Cabinetry, doors, electrical, drywall, crown molding. Lic.707381. Competitive pricing! 951640-6616.
Bathroom Remodeling
A Bath-Brite authorized dealer. Bathtubs and sinks. Showers, tile, countertops. Refinish - Reglaze - Restore Porcelain, ceramic, fiberglass. Quick and affordable. Please call 945-7775. www.bath-brite.com
MOR ELECTRIC & HANDYMAN SERVICES Free estimates and senior discounts. 909-989-3454 Residential * Industrial * Commercial. We do it all. No job too big or small! 24/7 emergency services. Reasonable and reliable. Lic.400-990 30 years experience.
Garage Doors
Handyman
SMALL repair jobs, fencing, gates, brick block, concrete cutting, breaking and repair. 25 years in Claremont. Paul, 909-753-5360.
SERVICE * REPAIR * INSTALL Doors, Openers, Gates Same Day 24/7 Emergency Service 909-596-3300 accessdoorsco.com
Gardening
EXPERIENCE our award winning maintenance! We create a customized maintenance program for your property and lifestyle needs. Sprinkler repairs and low voltage lighting. Call Alan Cantrall, 909-224-3327. Lic.861685 and insured.
Irrigation
SPRINKLER SYSTEMS
INSTALLATIONS EXPERT REPAIRS DRIP SYSTEM SPECIALISTS C.F.PRIVETT, LIC.557151
Carpentry
SEMI-RETIRED rough to finish remodeler. Kitchens, porches, doors, decks, fences, painting. Lots more! Paul, 909-919-3315.
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Serving Claremont for 30 years! Lic.323243
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Irrigation
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Painting
KPW PAINTING
Older couple painting, 40 years experience! Competitive rates. Small repairs. No job too small. References available. We work our own jobs. Carrie or Ron 909-615-4858 Lic.778506 COLLINS Painting & Construction Company, LLC. Interior, exterior. Residential and commercial. Contractors Lic.384597. 985-8484.
Roofing
DOMINICS Roofing. Residential roofing and repairs. Free estimates. Lic.732789. Call Dominic, 951-212-9384.
Tree Care
Johnny's Tree Service Tree trimming and demolition. Certified arborist. Lic.270275, insured. Please call: 909-946-1123 951-522-0992
Eco-friendly landscaping. We will get you a $3000 grant to remove your lawn! Why mow when you can grow? From the creators of The Pomona College Organic Farm. Specializing in native and edible landscapes. 909-398-1235 www.naturalearthla.com Lic.919825 *$1.50 sq. ft. rebate*
Plumbing
STEVES PLUMBING 24-hour service* Low cost! Free estimates. All plumbing repairs. Complete drain cleaning, leak detection, water heaters. Your local plumber for over 25 years. Senior discounts. Insured, Lic.744873. * 909-985-5254 * Since 1978 Bonded * Insured NO JOB TOO BIG OR SMALL! 24-hour emergency service.
BAUER TREE CARE 40 plus years in Claremont. Ornamental pruning available for your perennials. 909-624-8238.
Tutoring
USC graduate. Tutoring K12 English, math, SAT in the convenience of your home. Experienced, references. $20 hourly. cdelabeg@usc.edu. 909-983-5834. CLASSROOM teacher, formerly of Lindamood-Bell, available to tutor all subjects, K-8. Specializing in literacy for those with learning issues. Upland, Claremont, surrounding areas. Gina 510-301-6004.
Landscape Lighting
ENJOY your yard after dark! We offer expert design installation and repair of low voltage lighting. Alan Cantrall Landscaping. 909-224-3327. Contractor Lic.861685.
Landscaping
SEMIRETIRED landscaper will work by the hour. Charles Landscape and Sprinkler Service. 909-217-9722. DLS Landscaping and Design. Claremont native specializing in drought tolerant landscaping, drip systems and lighting. Artistic solutions for the future. Over 35 years experience. Call: 909225-8855, 909-982-5965. Lic.585007.
Learn Japanese
AFFORDABLE. Traditional or green options. Custom work. No job too big or too small. 20 years of Claremont resident referrals. Free estimates. Lic.721041. 909-922-8042. www.vjpaint.com.
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* Senior discount * Lic.359145 RENES Plumbing and AC. All types residential repairs, HVAC, new installation, repairs. Prices to fit the working familys budget. Lic.454443. Insured professional service. 909-593-1175.
Upholstery
EXCEL PLUMBING
Family owned and operated. 30 plus years experience. Expert plumbing repairs and drain cleaning. Water heaters, faucets, sinks, toilets, disposals, under slab lead detection, sewer video inspection. Licensed, bonded and insured. Lic.673558. 909-945-1995
Tile
PINK UPHOLSTERY 48 years of experience. Up to 30 percent discount on fabric. Free pickup and delivery. Please call 909-597-6613.
TAUGHT by Sumi Ohtani at the Claremont Forum in the Packing House. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons and evenings, for different levels. Tutoring available. Information: 909626-3066.
Weed Abatement
Regrout, clean, seal, color grout. 909-880-9719, 1-888764-7688. MASTER tile layer. Quick and clean. Stone and granite work. Residential, commercial. Lic.830249. Ray, 731-3511.
Painting
ACE SEVIER PAINTING Interior/Exterior BONDED and INSURED Many references. Claremont resident. 35 years experience. Lic.315050 Please call: 624-5080, 596-4095. D&D Custom Painting. Bonded. Lic.423346. Residential, commercial. Interior or exterior. Free estimates. 909-982-8024.
Power Washing
D&L Services FROM ROOFTOP TO SIDEWALK Hot or cold exterior washing. Owner operated for 25 years. Free estimates. 909-262-5790
Personal Driver
PERSONAL driver. I can drive you to the airport, a doctors appointment, or to visit family anywhere within California. 909-205-3247.
Tree Care
Dale's Tree Service
Certified arborist. Pruning and removals. Landscaping, corrective and restoration trimming and yard clean up. 909-982-5794 Lic#753381 MGT Professional Tree Care. Providing prompt, dependable service for all your tree care needs. Certified arborist. Matt Gray-Trask. Call 946-7444. TOM Day Tree Service. Fine pruning of all trees since 1974. Free estimate. 909629-6960.
Rain Gutters
INLAND Empire Sheet Metal, Rain Gutters, Down Spouts. Clean, repair, installation. Senior discount. 909-600-4874. 760-902-2556.
Pet Sitting
Roofing
RESIDENTIAL/Commercial. Quality work at reasonable prices. Free estimates. Lic.541469. 909-622-7994. OFFERING free one month minimum sabbatical coverage to Claremont residents. Experienced, responsible pet sitters. claremontpets@hotmail.com. GORDON Perry Roofing. Reroofing, repairs of all types. Free estimates. Quality work. Lic.C39588976. 909-944-3884.
Window Washing
NACHOS Window Cleaning. For window washing, call Nacho, 909-816-2435. Free estimates, satisfaction guaranteed. Resident of Claremont.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 2013 226178 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as AARON HOME, 2816 Marco Court, La Verne, CA 91750. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1542, Upland, CA 91785-1542. Registrant(s): ZARAHEMLA INCORPORATED, 2816 Marco Court, La Verne, CA 91750. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed above on March 14, 1988. /s/ Jill Criscione Title: Treasurer This statement was filed with the RegistrarRecorder/County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 10/31/13. NOTICE- In Accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five (5) years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). PUBLISH: November 8, 15, 22 and 29, 2013
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 2013 218215 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as ABS TRADING CO, 1078 Longview Dr., Diamond Bar, CA 91765. Registrant(s): Ali Qureshi, 1078 Longview Dr., Diamond Bar, CA 91765. This business is conducted by an Individual. Registrant has not yet commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/ Ali Qureshi This statement was filed with the RegistrarRecorder/County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 10/18/13. NOTICE- In Accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five (5) years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). PUBLISH: October 25, November 1, 8 and 15, 2013
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 2013 218573 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Claremont Purchasing, Vidmax 3D, 224 West Foothill Boulevard, Claremont, CA 91711. Registrant(s): George Walter Moore, III, 871 Providence Place, Claremont, CA 91711. This business is conducted by an Individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed above on 9/15/2013. /s/ George Walter Moore, III This statement was filed with the RegistrarRecorder/County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 10/21/13. NOTICE- In Accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five (5) years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). PUBLISH: October 25, November 1, 8 and 15, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 2013206342 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as PREMIER TELECOM, 1068 Trevecca Place, Claremont, CA 91711. Registrant(s): Dennis Poco, 1068 Trevecca Place, Claremont, CA 91711. This business is conducted by an Individual. Registrant has not yet commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/ Dennis Poco This statement was filed with the RegistrarRecorder/County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 10/02/13. NOTICE- In Accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five (5) years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). PUBLISH: October 25, November 1, 8 and 15, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 2013 225011 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as La Bella Spa, 410 Auto Center Dr., Claremont, CA 91711. Registrant(s): Liu Xiuzhen, 1539 S. Abbot Ave., Apt. C, San Gabriel, CA 91776. This business is conducted by an Individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed above on 09/28/2013. /s/ Xiu Zhen Liu This statement was filed with the RegistrarRecorder/County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 10/30/13. NOTICE- In Accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five (5) years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). PUBLISH: November 8, 15, 22 and 29, 2013
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 2013 209875 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as National Scientific Technologies, Golden Gate Bioscience, 250 York Place, Claremont, CA 91711. Registrant(s): National Scientific Supply Company, Inc., 250 York Place, Claremont, CA 91711. This business is conducted by Corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed above on 08/01/2013. /s/ Stanley W. V. de Greeve Title: President This statement was filed with the RegistrarRecorder/County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 10/08/13. NOTICE- In Accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five (5) years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). PUBLISH: October 18, 25, November 1 and 8, 2013 T.S. No.: 11-41714 TSG Order No.: 33-80191585 A.P.N.: 8734-022-016 ATTENTION RECORDER: THE FOLLOWING REFERENCE TO AN ATTACHED SUMMARY IS APPLICABLE TO THE NOTICE PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR ONLY PURSUANT TO CA CIVIL CODE 2923.3 NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED : NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA INFORMACIN DE ESTE DOCUMENTO TALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG IMPORMASYON SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA NAKALAKIP LU : KM THEO Y L BN TRNH BY TM LC V THNG TIN TRONG TI LIU NY NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/27/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 11/15/2013 at 9:00 AM, Old Republic Default Management Services, a Division of Old Republic National Title Insurance Company as duly appointed Trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trust, Recorded 11/3/2006 as Instrument No. 2006-2445258 in book --, page -- of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, executed by: SALVADOR RUIZ, A SINGLE MAN, as Trustor, ARGENT MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC. as Beneficiary. WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH (payable in full at time of sale by cash, a cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state). Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza Pomona, CA all right, title and interest conveyed to and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in the property situated in said County and state, and as more fully described in the above referenced Deed of Trust. The street address and other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 518 AVENIDA PRESIDIO, WALNUT, CA 91789 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale will be made in an AS IS condition, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, if any, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust, to-wit: $669,061.02 (Estimated). Accrued interest and additional advances, if any, will increase this figure prior to sale. It is possible that at the time of sale the opening bid may be less than the total indebtedness due. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder's office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (714) 573-1965 or visit this Internet Web site www.priorityposting.com, using the file number assigned to this case 11-41714. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The Declaration pursuant to California Civil Code, Section 2923.5(a) was fulfilled when the Notice of Default was recorded on 2/7/2011 Date: 10/16/2013 Old Republic Default Management Services, A Division of Old Republic National Title Insurance Company, as Trustee 500 City Parkway West, Suite 200, Orange, CA 92868-2913 (866) 263-5802 For Sale Information Contact: Priority Posting & Publishing (714) 5731965 Heather Marsh, Assistant Secretary "We are attempting to collect a debt, and any information we obtain will be used for that purpose."P1066395 10/25, 11/1, 11/08/2013
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 2013 216577 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Aloe Loan Services, 412 Auto Center Dr., Claremont, CA 91711. Registrant(s): EZ CASH LLC, 1123 N. Mountain Ave., Ontario, CA 91762. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed above on 8/20/13. /s/ Witowski Title: CEO This statement was filed with the RegistrarRecorder/County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 10/17/13. NOTICE- In Accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five (5) years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). PUBLISH: October 25, November 1, 8 and 15, 2013 T.S. No.: 2011-17114 Loan No.: 7090265450 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE PURSUANT TO CIVIL CODE 2923.3(a), THE SUMMARY OF INFORMATION REFERRED TO BELOW IS NOT ATTACHED TO THE RECORDED COPY OF THIS DOCUMENT BUT ONLY TO THE COPIES PROVIDED TO THE TRUSTOR. NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED : NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA INFORMACIN DE ESTE DOCUMENTO TALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG IMPORMASYON SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA NAKALAKIP LU : KM THEO Y L BN TRNH BY TM LC V THNG TIN TRONG TI LIU NY YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 6/22/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: EDGAR P PARUNGAO AND MYLYNN MOLINA, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS Duly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLC Recorded 7/1/2005 as Instrument No. 05 1561644 in book ---, page --- and rerecorded on --- as --- of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale: 11/20/2013 at 11:00 AM Place of Sale: By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $312,945.77 Street Address or other common designation of real property: 551 WAYLAND CT,, CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA 91711-5001 A.P.N.: 8314-013-011 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. Pursuant to California Civil Code 2923.54 the undersigned, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or authorized agent, declares as follows: The beneficiary or servicing agent declares that it has obtained from the Commissioner of Corporation a final or temporary order of exemption pursuant to California Civil Code Section 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date the Notice of Sale is filed and/or the timeframe for giving Notice of Sale Specified in subdivision (s) of California Civil Code Section 2923.52 applies and has been provided or the loan is exempt from the requirements. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorders office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender my hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on this property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call (866)-960-8299 or visit this Internet Web site http://altisource.com/resware/TrusteeServicesSearch.aspx using the file number assigned to this case 2011-17114. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale Date: 10/8/2013 Western Progressive, LLC, as Trustee c/o 18377 Beach Blvd., Suite 210 Huntington Beach, California 962648 Automated Sale Information Line: (866) 960-8299 http://altisource.com/resware/TrusteeServicesSearch.aspx ForNon-Automated Sale Information, call: (866) 240-3530 __________________________________ Trustee Sale Assistant Publish: 10/25/13, 11/1/13, 11/8/13 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: KS017459 Petition Of Ray D. Griffin II, For Change of Name and Gender TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: RAY DELL GRIFFIN II Has filed a petition with this court for a decree changing petitioners name to (Proposed Name): RAE JADIS GRIFFIN THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition should not be granted. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: November 25, 2013 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept.: G Room: 302 Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: CLAREMONT COURIER, 1420 N. Claremont Blvd., Suite 205B Claremont, CA 91711 /s/ Brian M. Hoffstadt Dated: October 4, 2013 Judge of the Superior Court Petitioner: Ray D. Griffin II 236 N. Mills Ave. Claremont, CA 91711 Tel.: 909-289-1104 PUBLISH: 10/25/13, 11/01/13, 11/08/13, 11/15/13 ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME FILE NO: 2013 029117 Current file no. : 2013 216153 The following person has/have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name La Bella Spa, located at 410 Auto Center Dr., Claremont, CA 91711. The fictitious business name referred to above was filed on 02/11/2013 in the County of Los Angeles. Registrant Owner(s) are: Yu Ming Bai, 117 W. Garvey Ave. Apt. 275, Monterey Park, CA 91754. Hongmei Li, 1316 Gladys Ave., San Gabriel, CA 91776. The business is conducted by a General Partnership. This statement was filed with the RegistrarRecorder/County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 10/16/13. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true information, which he or she knows to be false, is guilty of a crime.) /s/ Yu Ming Bai Publish: October 25, November 1, 8 and 15, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 2013 217631 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Glorious Treasure LLC, 206 W. Bonita Ave., Unit M-2, Claremont, CA 91711. Registrant(s): Glorious Treasure LLC, 2481 Forman St., Upland, CA 91784. This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed above on 9/25/2013. /s/ Donna M. Gunn Title: CEO This statement was filed with the RegistrarRecorder/County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 10/18/13. NOTICE- In Accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five (5) years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). PUBLISH: October 25, November 1, 8 and 15, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 2013 216138 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Industrial Technical Solutions, ITS, 1074 Scripps, Claremont, CA 91711. Registrant(s): Timothy J. McClure, 1074 Scripps, Claremont, CA 91711. This business is conducted by an Individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed above on 9/30/2013. /s/Tim McClure This statement was filed with the RegistrarRecorder/County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 10/16/13. NOTICE- In Accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five (5) years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). PUBLISH: October 25, November 1, 8 and 15, 2013
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pires at the end of five (5) years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). PUBLISH: November 1, 8, 15 and 22, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 2013222447 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as SALON COUTURE AND DAY SPA, 3847 Emerald Ave, La Verne, CA 91750. Registrant(s): Annette Largent, 1064 Rosemary Ln, Los Angeles, CA 91750. This business is conducted by an Individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed above on 10/25/2013. /s/ Annette Largent This statement was filed with the RegistrarRecorder/County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 10/25/13. NOTICE- In Accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five (5) years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). PUBLISH: November 1, 8, 15 and 22, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 2013222810 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as TITLEMAX OF CALIFORNIA INC, 5130 Florence Ave, Bell, CA 90201. Registrant(s): TITLEMAX OF CALIFORNIA INC, 5130 Florence Ave, Bell, CA 90201. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed above on 10/25/2013. /s/ Michael Kelleher Title: Assistant Secretary of Titlemax of California INC This statement was filed with the RegistrarRecorder/County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 10/25/13. NOTICE- In Accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five (5) years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). PUBLISH: November 1, 8, 15 and 22, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 2013218061 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as GYPSY TRAILS GALLERY, 3945 Bradford St. 88, La Verne, CA 91750. Registrant(s): Hayley Marie Colston, 3945 Bradford St. 88, La Verne, CA 91750. This business is conducted by an Individual. Registrant has not yet commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/ Hayley Marie Colston This statement was filed with the RegistrarRecorder/County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 10/18/13. NOTICE- In Accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five (5) years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). PUBLISH: November 1, 8, 15 and 22, 2013 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 2013 226577 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as Wayne M. Kimbrough Electric Heating A/C Ref., WMK Electric HVAC, WMK Companies, 645 Saint Paul Street, Pomona, CA 91767. Registrant(s): Wayne Martin Kimbrough, 645 St. Paul Street, Pomona, CA 91767. This business is conducted by an Individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed above in January, 1979. /s/ Wayne M. Kimbrough Title: GM This statement was filed with the RegistrarRecorder/County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 11/01/13. NOTICE- In Accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five (5) years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). PUBLISH: November 8, 15, 22 and 29, 2013
LEGAL TENDER
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING AND BID NOTICE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC OF THE INTENTION TO SELL CERTAIN PROPERTY OF THE CLAREMONT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT (Property located at 2475 North Forbes Avenue, Claremont, California 91711) Pursuant to the provisions of Education Code section 17469, you are hereby notified that the Claremont Unified School District has adopted a resolution indicating its intention to sell its interest in certain property at 2475 North Forbes Avenue, Claremont, California 91711, known generally as the Districts former La Puerta Property (the Property). Pursuant to Education Code section 17469, the Claremont Unified School District offers to sell the Property to the general public at a minimum bid of TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS ($12,000,000), at a public bid to be held on November 19, 2013 beginning at 11:00 a.m. in the Board Room at the District Office, located at 170 W. San Jose Ave., Claremont, California 91711. Interested bidders for the purchase of the Property shall submit a bid proposal on a form supplied by the Claremont Unified School District to Sue Brannon, Purchasing Coordinator at the Districts Business Office, located at 170 W. San Jose Ave., Claremont, California 91711 by 11:00 a.m. on November 19, 2013. All inquiries should be directed to: TIERRA DEVELOPMENT ADVISORS 901 Dove Street, Suite 140 Newport Beach, CA 92660 (949) 379-5263 Attention: Brandon Johnson ex. 266 PUBLISH: November 1, 8 and 15, 2013 T.S. No.: 13-0143 Loan No.: *******219 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE NOTE: THERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT ATTACHED : NOTA: SE ADJUNTA UN RESUMEN DE LA INFORMACIN DE ESTE DOCUMENTO TALA: MAYROONG BUOD NG IMPORMASYON SA DOKUMENTONG ITO NA NAKALAKIP LU : KM THEO Y L BN TRNH BY TM LC V THNG TIN TRONG TI LIU NYYOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 4/13/2006 AND MORE FULLY DESCRIBED BELOW. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check payable at the time of sale in lawful money of the United States (payable to Attorney Lender Services, Inc.) will be held by the duly appointed Trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust described below. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: JOEL S. GASCA A MARRIED MAN AS HIS SOLE AND SEPRATE PROPERTY Trustee: ATTORNEY LENDER SERVICES, INC. Recorded: Recorded on 4/21/2006 as Instrument No. 06-0874360 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, California, Date of Sale: 11/22/2013 at 09:00 AM Place of Sale: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $484,169.90 The purported property address is: 24023 Meadow Falls Drive , Diamond Bar, CA 91765 A.P.N.: 8281-027-001 The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county wherein the real property is located and more than three (3) months have elapsed since such recordation. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability tor any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Trustees SaIe. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county
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recorders office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 714-5731965 for information regarding the trustees sale or visit this Internet Web site www.priorityposting.com for information regarding the sale of this property, using the file number assigned to this case, 13-0143. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. Date: 10/29/2013 ATTORNEY LENDER SERVICES, INC. Diane Weifenbach, Trustee Sale Officer 5120 E. LaPalma Avenue, #206 Anaheim CA 92807 Telephone: 714-695-6637 Sales Line: 714-573-1965 Sales Website: www.priorityposting.com THIS OFFICE IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. P1068665 11/1, 11/8, 11/15/2013 Trustee Sale No. 459450CA Loan No. 0015251168 Title Order No. 130056362 NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 01-24-2007. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 11-222013 at 9:00 AM, CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 01-31-2007, Book NA, Page NA, Instrument 20070205376, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, executed by: ANDREA HILLIER, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, as Trustor, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (MERS) ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR LENDER, COURTESY MORTGAGE COMPANY ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS., as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashiers check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashiers check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Place of Sale: BEHIND THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED IN CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, 400 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, POMONA, CA Legal Description: LOT 75 OF TRACT NO. 22678, IN THE CITY OF CLAREMONT, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 602, PAGES 62 TO 65 INCLUSIVE OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $402,667.53 (estimated) Street address and other common designation of the real property: 610 SILVERDALE DRIVE CLAREMONT, CA 91711 APN Number: 8367-008-016 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the following methods: by telephone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DATE: 10-24-2013 CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, as Trustee FRED RESTREPO, ASSISTANT SECRETARY California Reconveyance Company 9200 Oakdale Avenue Mail Stop: CA2-4379 Chatsworth, CA 91311 800-8926902 CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. For Sales Information: www.lpsasap.com or 1-714-730-2727 www.priorityposting.com or 1-714573-1965 www.auction.com or 1-800-280-2832 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorders office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, this information can be obtained from one of the following three companies: LPS Agency Sales & Posting at (714) 730-2727, or visit the Internet Web site www.lpsasap.com (Registration required to search for sale information) or Priority Posting & Publishing at (714) 573-1965 or visit the Internet Web site www.priorityposting.com (Click on the link for Advanced Search to search for sale information), or auction.com at 1-800-280-2832 or visit the Internet Web site www.auction.com, using the Trustee Sale No. shown above. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. P1067847 11/1, 11/8, 11/15/2013 Trustee Sale No. 257772CA Loan No. 3061898742 Title Order No. 1116951 NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 04-04-2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. On 11-22-2013 at 9:00 AM, CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY as the duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded 04-11-2006, Book N/A, Page N/A, Instrument 06 0785685, of official records in the Office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California, executed by: RAMESHCHANDRA K. NATHA AND PURNIMABEN NATHA, HUSAND AND WIFE AS JOINT TENANTS, as Trustor, WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA, as Beneficiary, will sell at public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn by a state or national bank, a cashiers check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a cashiers check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state. Sale will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyed to and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter described property under and pursuant to the Deed of Trust. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, estimated fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Place of Sale: BEHIND THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED IN CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, 400 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, POMONA, CA Legal Description: LOT 11 OF TRACT NO. 27355, IN THE CITY OF WALNUT, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 858 PAGES 57 TO 60 INCLUSIVE OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY. Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $524,694.57 (estimated) Street address and other common designation of the real property: 19650 CHALINA DR. WALNUT, CA 91789 APN Number: 8734-011009 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. The property heretofore described is being sold "as is". In compliance with California Civil Code 2923.5(c) the mortgagee, trustee, beneficiary, or authorized agent declares: that it has contacted the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure; or that it has made efforts to contact the borrower(s) to assess their financial situation and to explore options to avoid foreclosure by one of the following methods: by telephone; by United States mail; either 1st class or certified; by overnight delivery; by personal delivery; by e-mail; by face to face meeting. DATE: 10-28-2013 CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY, as Trustee RIKKI JACOBS, ASSISTANT SECRETARY California Reconveyance Company 9200 Oakdale Avenue Mail Stop: CA2-4379 Chatsworth, CA 91311 800-892-6902 For Sales Information: www.lpsasap.com or 1-714-730-2727 www.priorityposting.com or 1-714-573-1965 www.auction.com or 1-800-280-2832 CALIFORNIA RECONVEYANCE COMPANY IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying
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are available for examination in the file kept by the court. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act . (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: 11/26/13 at 8:30AM in Dept. 5 located at 111 N. HILL ST., LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for Petitioner JOHN B. PALLEY MEISSNER, JOSEPH & PALLEY 1555 RIVER PARK DR #108 SACRAMENTO CA 95815 11/8, 11/15, 11/22/13 CNS-2553537# CLAREMONT COURIER FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 2013 225079 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as ARTIST TRAIT, SQUARE I GALLERY, 110 Harvard, Claremont, CA 91711. Registrant(s): ETANA INC, 5050 Arrow Hwy, Montclair, CA 91763. This business is conducted by a Corporation. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious name or names listed above on 10/09/08. /s/ Walter Ebrahimzadeh Title: CEO This statement was filed with the RegistrarRecorder/County Clerk of Los Angeles County on 10/30/13. NOTICE- In Accordance with subdivision (a) of section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five (5) years from the date on which it was filed in the office of the County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). PUBLISH: November 8, 15, 22 and 29, 2013 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME CASE NUMBER: KS017519 TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner: AMELIA R. RABINO Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: Present name: ROBERT ANDREW ZUNIGA to Proposed name: BOBBY ANDREW TRUJILLO THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Date: December 11, 2013 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept.: J Room: 418, 4th Floor Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 East Judicial District A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: CLAREMONT COURIER, 1420 N. Claremont Blvd., Suite 205B Claremont, CA 91711 /s/ Dan T. Oki, Dated: October 24, 2013 Judge of the Superior Court Petitioner: Amelia R. Rabino, In Pro Per 6907 Oriole Street La Verne, CA 91750 Tel.: 951-255-2174 PUBLISH: 11/08/13, 11/15/13, 11/22/13, 11/29/13
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It was a relatively calm month for Claremont home sales in October. New inventory is often slow to hit the market this time of year, which can result in a lower number of home purchases. Compared to October 2012, the average number of days homes are on the market is still less, as they continue to sell more quickly and for higher prices. Sellers will find the biggest sales impact is marketing and competitive pricing. But due to lack of inventory choices for buyers and attractive low interest rates, the overall Claremont housing market remains strong.
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