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TRESER OSGOOD, STEFFEN, LLANUSA ENDORSED BY COURIER /PAGE 3

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COURIER photos/Steven FelschundnefGiancarlo DeLuca and his son Enzo are the center of attention dressed as characters from Disneys Monsters Inc. on Saturday dur-ing the Village Venture costume parade. Mr. DeLucas wife Erika and daughter Mia Bella also dressed as characters from the filmin elaborate costumes that took 60 hours to make. We were working on them until 3 in the morning, Mr. De Luca said. The pa-rade served as a good kick-off to the Village Venture fair, which lasted all day in the streets of Claremont. More photos on page 29

Pack falls to St. Lucys in close match, 25-23/PAGE 14

Chet andEileen Jaegerdiscuss music,teaching and a

life-long lovePAGE 5

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riting COURIER endorsements forpolitical candidates is serious business.

Its where a community newspaper(and website) can have an impact in selectingcommunity leadership.

Our previous publisher, Martin Weinberger, was a politicalactivist who made sure all voices were heard during the elec-tion process. He went on to not only endorse local candidatesbut those running for state and national positions, plus proposi-tions, all the way to the presidency. When there were numerousraces and issues to vote on, it was not uncommon to see Clare-monters carrying the COURIER to the voting booth.

Martin was also very particular about doing his research onpeople running for office and, for local elections, was less con-cerned about party affiliation, focusing more on the right peo-ple for the job.

That approach and philosophy continues today as theCOURIER staff endorses three candidates for the November 5school board election.

The process is quite simple, yet we try to take the extra step.It began with in-depth interviews by Sarah Torribio, educationreporter, in early October. The feature series is meant to intro-duce candidates to the public, but it also serves as the first stepin making our endorsement. Next up was the Active Claremontforum, where staff got its first peek at the candidates perform-ances in public. Through discussion with locals by email, tele-phone and at city events, the COURIER staff was able to get afeel for what residents were looking for in their candidates.Then, on October 22, the editorial staff set up interviews withall five candidates. We settled on three key questions thatwould be asked of each candidate, with two additional ques-tions tailored for each individual.

Posing the same questions to five people in one day can re-ally be an eye-opener, and is great for making comparisons.Each person answers questions differently, even when giving a

similar answer. This makes it easier to get a sense of how theycarry themselves, the passion in their beliefs, how their life experiences will help them excel and, quite frankly, whether theyare educated on the issues.

After the sessions were over, we reviewed our notes and discussed if there was agreement on who to endorse. This yearwas particularly difficult because all candidates offered some-thing unique, while clearly being committed to helping Clare-mont schools. The real question is, how will the five worktogether and will they get things accomplished? Looking at thboard as a whole is the key to making a sound endorsement.

The next day, before making any final decisions, we at-tended one of the candidate forums. This gave us a second op-portunity to see how the candidates dealt with the public, andeach other. It was important to see how they interact as a grousince 60 percent of the future school board sat in front of us.

There were no fireworks but, again, we left impressed withthe entire group.

Loaded with all this information, from one-on-one to a public group setting, the COURIER staff arrived at endorsementchoices.

The process of writing an endorsement can be tedious sinceit goes through so many edits. We want the wording to be justright, with a focus on the positive.

We think this was accomplished.The good news for city residents is that whoever wins the

race for school board on Tuesday will excel at representingClaremont.

by Peter Weinberger

Claremont COURIER/Friday, November 1, 2013

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Elect Treser Osgood, Steffen and Llanusa to the school board

Nancy Treser Osgood

School board candidate Nancy TreserOsgood will bring two valuable per-spectives to the Claremont Unified

School District Board of Education: thatof a longtime CUSD parent and booster

and that of a college administrator.Her position as director of alumni rela-tions at Pomona College, and her post aschair of the Southwest United States forthe Council for the Advancement andSupport of Education, matters. Her expe-rience has fueled her commitment tostrengthen ties between CUSD and theClaremont Colleges, a connection we feelhas been waning in recent years.

Ms. Treser Osgood has the drive andinfluence to help Claremont schools gaingreater access to Colleges resources, fromcultural displays and events to student in-terns ready to volunteer skills such as tu-toring and mentoring. She has expressed adesire to build strong bridges between

Claremont schools and other local institu-tions of higher learning such as Citrus

College, which welcomes more CUSD

graduates than any other school.Ms. Treser Osgoods involvement withthe Claremont Educational Foundation isalso a boon. Her position as secretary andprevious involvement shows that, whileshe looks to the future of district students,she is acutely aware of their current needs.

Another compelling argument for Ms.Treser Osgoods election to the ClaremontSchool Board is an achievement that is re-quired for anyones success, whether it bein the school room or the board room: Shehas done her homework.

Ms. Treser Osgood has attended nearlyevery school board meeting in the last 18months to prepare for her candidacy. Sherecently audited a class at Pomona Col-

lege on politics and policy in education,and made efforts to meet with and askquestions of numerous district staff andpersonnel who can shed light on the mostpressing issues facing CUSD today.

The district will soon be coming intomillions of dollars from the sale of twosurplus properties and will likely see moreprofit once the old La Puerta IntermediateSchool site is sold. Ms. Treser Osgood,whose campaign emphasizes communi-cation and collaboration, has vowed to in-clude district stakeholders such as staff,students and residents in the decision-making process leading up to spendingthose funds. It is the right outlook for acommunity that values transparency, onethat will foster greater buy-in.

Ms. Treser Osgood speaks quickly. Herwords, however, are invariably informedby research and deliberation, while theirpace is indicative of a formidable intellect.

Ms. Treser Osgood has the passion, in-sight and commitment to help move an al-ready strong district toward greaterheights. She has earned the COURIERsendorsement.

Paul SteffenPaul Steffen has a knack for business.

His experience in running a successfulreal estate and property managementcompany along with his deep roots in thecommunity have earned him the

COURIER endorsement.As a native Claremonter, Mr. Steffen

understands Claremont and the nuances

of the citys processes. His nuts-and-boltsapproach to business and volunteerismwill serve the district well as it works torectify an estimated $100 million in de-ferred maintenance at school sites. Withdecades of professional experience inbuildings and facilities, Mr. Steffen willsucceed in prioritizing projects to ensurethe most critical needs are met first.

Through his real estate business, Mr.Steffen has gained a practical knowledgeof long-term and short-term borrowing, aswell as budgeting. He understands how toschedule projects to make things work.Mr. Steffen will add diversity to the board.Because his career and experience is inbusiness, not education, his presence will

add a unique perspective to help the boardsolve problems.Despite the challenges faced by the dis-

trict, Mr. Steffens outlook is positive.Hes a manager, but doesnt hesitate to rollup his sleeves to get the job done.Through his volunteer work with the Ro-tary Club of Claremont and the ClaremontCommunity Foundation, Mr. Steffen hasproven that when he sees a need, he willwork to fulfill it. He doesnt complain orwait for others but, instead, looks to createsolutions.

Mr. Steffen is approachable. His acces-sibility will provide a much-needed re-source to the school board. In aninterview, Mr. Steffen likened his role on

the board to serving as a relief valve, ex-plaining that sometimes the buck getsstuck somewhere and people are left feel-ing disenfranchised. He has expressedhis commitment to ironing out clashes thatmay exist and vowed to ring the bell ifthe issues arent addressed.

His civic involvement is extensive. Mr.Steffen attends and volunteers at numer-ous events, mingling at happenings likethe Taste of Claremont, the ClaremontCommunity Foundations Party Parade,the Village Venture and suiting up at theClaremont Educational Foundations an-nual dodge ball fundraiser, to name a few.In short, Mr. Steffen happily participatesin the community. We like it.

Paul Steffen has a good relationshipwith the community. His optimism and

barebones approach to problem-solvin

will be of great benefit to the schools anthe district. Mr. Steffen has our vote fthe CUSD school board.

Steven LlanusaSteven Llanusa has shown himself

be a thoughtful and valuable board member. He brings eight years of experienand activism to the table and has earneour endorsement.

Mr. Llanusa is known for posing nmerous questions to fellow board members and district staff but, over the courof the last term, his queries have generalserved to clarify, rather than disrupt, thprogress of a district in a building patterHe has a vast knowledge of how the boa

operates and has shown an excelleworking relationship with current CUSSuperintendent Jim Elsasser.

Last spring, Mr. Llanusas willingneto question served him especially wewhen he was the only board member vote against completely dismissing fomer Sumner principal Frank DEmilfrom the district.

Mr. Llanusas lone support of MDEmilio, who is now serving as a teachat a Claremont elementary schooshowed that he understands the impotance of loyaltyof acknowledging thvalue of an otherwise exemplary decadelong career. It showed he embraces compassion over the pre-emptive leg

defense, and that he understands the community. His vote will not be forgotten.Mr. Llanusa has a strong spirit of vo

unteerism, which shows itself in particpation with groups like Kiwanis Club Claremonts Youth Services Committand CHS athletics and theater. He is aways out and about, which makes hiamong the most accessible members the current board.

And his professional experience, sering as technology coordinator at a scienand technology magnet school, will be asset to Claremont schools as the distritransitions to the Common Core form assessment and associated curriculum.

A vote for Steven Llanusa will ensu

the school board continues to be a stronteam focused on the issues.

Nancy Treser Osgood Paul Steffen Steven Llanusa

When the staff of theCOURIER set outto do endorsements

of school board candidates forthe Tuesday, November 5 local

and municipal election, we werefaced with a conundrum.It is the same dilemma that will be

faced by voters: five candidates, eachuniquely qualified to help guide the Clare-mont Unified School District towardgreatness, but only three open seats.

We put our stamp of approval on in-cumbent Steven Llanusa, as well as onnewcomers Nancy Treser Osgood andPaul Steffen, a trio we believe will bringcontinuity, collaboration and businessacumen to the district.

We would like to salute the civic-mind-edness and excellence of the two remain-ing candidates, Joseph Salas and DaveNemer.

Mr. Salas has brought many ideas tohis campaign, from helping makeCUSD more energy-efficient to makingClaremont schools draw more equalamounts of intra-district transfersthrough enrichment programs such assecond-language immersion. Far frombeing pie-in-the-sky pipe dreams, thesegoals are based on conversations withdistrict personnel and deliberation.Wehope that the district embraces this kindof visionary spirit as it moves forward.

At the crux of Dave Nemers bid forelection is the desire that the board worksmoothly as a group, communicating cor-dially even in times of disagreement. Be-tween his years serving on a myriad of

district committees and running an elegantcampaign, we have no doubt that reachingan amicable consensus is one of Mr.Nemers strong points. We hope that eachmember of the new board is equally mo-tivated to maintain a healthy rapport, evenwhile hashing out diverging views.

This being said, every ballot requiresdecisions, and here are ours:


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Wednesday, October 23A college student claims a hungry

swindler has been making himself athome in her Sixth Street apartment. Thestudent filed a police report, alleging thatseveral itemsincluding $22 worth ofpeanut butter, jelly, bagels, brownies andcookie doughhave mysteriously dis-

appeared from the pantry in her lockedapartment over the past several months.Her roommates deny involvement.

Saturday, October 26A resident may still be reeling from

what appears to have been a costly mis-take. Thousands of dollars worth of elec-tronicsgame consoles, computers, aflat screen televisionwere taken froma residence in the 500 block of West SanJose sometime Saturday afternoon. Po-lice believe the crook gained entrancethrough a rear sliding door. It appears thedoor had been left unlocked. There areno suspects.

Sunday, October 27It was a different day, but the same

story at the Thompson Creek Trail. Ahiker set off for the trail around 3:45 p.m.from the 2000 block of North Indian HillBoulevard. Unfortunately, the woman lefther purse in plain sight inside her lockedvehicle, according to a police report. Bythe time she returned an hour later, her carwindow was smashed and her purse was

nowhere to be seen. A report was taken,but there were no witnesses.

Monday, October 28A group of dinner guests didnt quite

receive the greeting they expected whenthey arrived at a friends home in the 300block of Pomello Monday night. Aneighbor welcomed the visitors by ask-ing them to put their hands up in the air,rather than to get the party started.

Hector Mercado, 33, of Costa Mesa,told the group he had a gun as he yelledout demands and slurs, according to Lt.Ciszek, who says the police had receivedprevious calls about Mr. Mercados be-havior that evening. When police arrived

he was stumbling on and off a nearby re-taining wall. His evening rant was put to

an end when police arrested him for pub-lic drunkenness.

Tuesday, October 29Tuesday ended on a sour note when

two opportunistic crooks made off withthe store iPod at The Green Gypsy, lo-cated at 526 W. First St. in the ClaremontPacking House.

The thieves were described as a maleand female, both Hispanic with brownhair and brown eyes. The man was about5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 200pounds. The female was 5 feet 4 inchestall and 150 pounds.

Any information should be reported the police department at 399-5411.

* * * *The Tuesday morning commute b

came slightly longer for some aftertwo-car collision at Base Line Road anForbes Avenue. The crash occurreslightly before 8 a.m., when a car traveing west on Base Line was hit by anothmaking a right turn from Forbes. Bodrivers were transported to the hospitaone for complaint of back pain and thother for lacerations.


POLICE BLOTTER

CITY NEWS

An Upland-based lawfirm used by Clare-mont police during the

most recent contract negotia-tions is ceasing operations afterallegations of fraudulent billingpractices and controversy overits aggressive tactics.

Lackie, Dammeier, McGill & Ethir,one of the largest firms representing po-lice unions in southern California, willbe winding down and eventually close,stated managing partner DieterDammeier in a letter first obtained byThe Daily Pilot. A time schedule for thefirms closure is unknown. Law officeofficials have not responded to requestsfor comment at this time.

The firm reported a mass exodusof attorneys caused by recent turmoilleading to the decision to close. In Sep-tember, the Peace Officers Research

Association of California (PORAC), alaw enforcement political lobbyinggroup, voted to remove the law firmfrom its Legal Defense Fund list of ap-proved attorneys. The decision wasbased on alleged unethical behaviordiscovered through a certified fraud ex-aminers report.

Recently the Legal Defense Board ofTrustees found that the former penal lawfirm Lackie, Dammeier, McGill & Ethirhas committed serious acts of miscon-duct regarding their billing practices,said Ron Cottingham, president ofPORAC, in a letter dated September 10.As a result, Lackie, Dammeier, McGill& Ethir has been removed from the

Legal Defense Fund panel of approvedproviders.

Allegations include overbilling the

Legal Defense fundwhich provideslegal service benefits to more than99,000 public safety personnel acrossthe countryand submitting billingforms for business trips that never tookplace, according to Mr. Cottinghamsletter. A continued analysis and investi-gation to more precisely quantify the

losses is currently taking place, Mr.Cottingham stated further. Earlier thismonth, Orange County district attorneyinvestigators served a search warrant atthe law firms office and at Mr.Dammeiers Rancho Cucamonga home.They were reportedly seen leaving theoffice with boxes of documents.

Mr. Dammeier and his law firm repre-sented the Claremont Police OfficersAssociation (CPOA) during the 2011contract negotiations, a process riddledwith controversy including several law-suits. Under Mr. Dammeiers guidance,the CPOA filed charges against the cityof Claremont and the Claremont Cham-ber of Commerce in January 2012. Both

suits were eventually dropped.The CPOA ended its partnership with

Mr. Dammeier several months ago, after

rumors began circulating about thePORAC audit. Claremont Detective RickVarney says the association has sincecontracted with a firm in Santa Monica.

We were using Dieter Dammeier forseveral years and had limited success,Det. Varney said. We have since sev-ered our ties, but wish them the best.

Fraud issues werent the only prob-

lems plaguing the local law firm. Thefirm has been at the center of a yearlongcontroversy over its aggressive, hardball

tactics. Government officialsincludintwo Orange County politicians who suethe firm for harassment in August2012have complained that the firmbullies politicians. In fact, Lackie,Dammeier, McGill & Ethir published aplaybook for hardball tactics in contracnegotiations. The playbook, printed on

the firms website, suggested targetingindividual politicians opposed to salaryraises by using embarrassment or intimdation. The playbook has since been removed from the website.

In 2012, during an impasse in negotitions between the city and the CPOA,Councilmember Corey Calaycay re-ceived one such letter from the Commitee of Police & Fire AssociationsInspiring Responsible Elections (COP-FIRE), of which Mr. Dammeier was aboard member. The letter accused Mr.Calaycay of not making public safety priority and insisted the organizationwould actively oppose him in any future elections.

Despite Lackie, Dammeier, McGill &Ethirs history in successfully representing public safety unions, Det. Varneysaid he was skeptical of Mr. Dammeieraggressive negotiation tactics and theway he handled the 2011 contract negotiations. The excessive lawsuits werepart of the reason Det. Varney decided resume his role as CPOA president in2012. His first order of business was toput an end to the litigation.

Dieters way of negotiating was toput a lawsuit against you to get you tonegotiate, Det. Varney said. That wasnot what we wanted.

With the firms collapse, Mr.Dammeier has stated that he will con-

tinue to represent select union groups.Beth Hartne

[email protected]

Former police union law firm closes due to allegations of fraud

Prank at CHS taken too far, causes $5000 damag

COURIER photo/Steven FelschundneffAttorney Dieter Dammeier representedthe local police union in 2011. The lawfirm Lackie, Dammeier, McGill and Ethir,where Mr. Dammeier is a partner, will beclosing down soon amid allegations ofbilling fraud and aggressive tactics.

On Thursday, October 24 apranksters joke did not have ClaremontHigh School administrators or local po-lice laughing. What might have been in-tended as a prank has caused anestimated $5000 in damages at the localschool.

The day before a rival football gameat CHS, pitting the Claremont Wolfpackagainst the Damien Spartans, school

staff found the high schools senior park-ing lot splashed with fluorescent greenpaint. The impromptu paint job defaced

the concrete, spilling over hours of worby Claremont seniors who had been alowed to decorate their parking spots. large green D was found painted nethe football stadium.

In addition to the paint, several people reported having their tires damagefrom nails strategically placed about thparking lot, according to Lt. Ciszek. Plice are working to identify suspects

this crime, but none had been identifieas of press time.

Dieters way of negotiating was

to put a lawsuit against you to

get you to negotiate. That was

not what we wanted.Detective Rick Varney

President, Claremont PoliceOfficers Association


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EDUCATIONClaremont COURIER/Friday, November 1, 20 13

There are some who areunder the impressionthat life ends with retire-

ment. Those people are clearlynot acquainted with Claremon-

ter Chet Jaeger, a former teacherwhose post-retirement life hasincluded travel, recognition andfun, all in the name of jazz.

Mr. Jaeger served as a mathematics in-structor at Chaffey High School in On-tario for 33 years. Long before he bidgoodbye to the classroom, however, hewas leading a double life. An accom-plished cornet player, Mr. Jaeger is thelongstanding leader of the Night Bloom-ing Jazzmen, an eight-member ensembledevoted to keeping traditional jazz orDixieland alive and swinging.

His band is a perennial favorite duringClaremonts summertime Concerts in the

Park, but the Night Blooming Jazzmen(NBJ) are not just a local act. They havemade appearances across the UnitedStates, including Hawaii and Alaska, andplay regularly at the jazz-drenchedSacramento Music Festival. In fact, Mr.Jaeger, 88, has been crowned Emperor ofthe 2014 Sacramento Music Festival, anhonor given each year to someone whohas made a lasting and significant con-tribution to the preservation of traditional

jazz.The NBJ have also traversed the globe

on international cruises and land trips,bringing their brand of Hot Jazz toChina, Japan, Australia, New Zealand,the Caribbean, the Panama Canal, the

Amazon and the Mediterranean, amongother European locales.Mr. Jaeger came by his teaching acu-

men honestly. His father was a professorwho taught at the University of Missouriand at Tulane University in New Orleansbefore being asked to become head ofthe Pomona College mathematics de-partment in 1931.After his family movedto Claremont, Mr. Jaeger attended theClaremont Elementary School (nowSycamore) followed by Claremont HighSchool, then taught in the Old SchoolHouse.

Music was also a huge part of Mr.Jaegers upbringing. His dad and UncleRoy had been a vaudeville team. While

World War I put an end to their act, theelder Mr. Jaeger continued to play banjoand piano. Mr. Jaegers mother was alsoa fine pianist, who taught at variousschools in the region and would continuegiving piano lessons until she was 92.She insisted that her son take lessons,too, but the piano just wasnt his instru-ment. Luckily, fate intervened.

One day, when young Chet was play-ing amid Claremonts citrus groves, heand some friends found a bugle. Theother kids had little luck with the instru-ment, but Mr. Jaeger was able to coaxthree notes from it. Convinced he was anatural, his parents let him take up thetrumpet. By 1937, he was primarily play-

ing the cornet and had begun a lifelonglove affair with jazz. He participated inhigh school bands and was a particular

fan of the Dixieland sound of MuggsySpanier, a Chicago-based cornet andtrumpet player who lead his RagtimeBand to great heights.

Mr. Jaeger graduated from ClaremontHigh School in 1942 and joined theArmy Air Corps in February of 1943. Hespent his first year being trained at

Pomona College. Then, after brief stintsas a weather station observer at air basesin Idaho and Washington, he was sent toAsheville, North Carolina for threemonths, learning to encode weather dataand transmit it via Morse code. Mr.Jaeger was at a USO hall, playing hishorn with an impromptu jazz trio, whenhe met a pretty USO hostess namedEileen. A week later, they were engaged.

Eileen waited for Mr. Jaeger while hewas deployed overseas for 14 months,serving at a wilderness weather station inChina for 10 months and briefly at aweather station in India. His job entailedstudying the clouds and thermometersand transmitting the conditions to a

nearby air base. Much of his time wasspent blowing his horn, Mr. Jaeger ad-mitted.

I played for hours and hours, justmaking up tunes, and the other two guyswere so bored, they would just sit and lis-ten, he recalled.

After a treacherous, month-long cross-ing of the Atlantic, Mr. Jaeger returnedto North Carolina where he and Eileenwere married in January of 1946.

Weve been married 67, almost 68years. We think its going to work out,he joked.

The newlyweds bought an old wreckof a car and spent their honeymoondriving back west from North Carolina.

With the help of the GI bill, Mr. Jaegerearned a math degree from Pomona Col-

lege, during which time he played in acouple of jazz bands featuring facultyand students from the college.

After earning a masters degree fromthe Claremont Graduate School, Mr.Jaeger took his first job teaching at Cit-rus High School, which consisted of 10ththrough 12th grades plus two years of

junior college, all taught at what is nowCitrus Community College. That posi-tion was followed by a move to ChaffeyHigh School, from which he retired in1985.

With the help of a loan through theCalifornia Veterans Association, theJaegers moved to Green Street in Clare-

mont and had five children in eight yearWhen their youngest child went kindergarten, Mrs. Jaeger went back school, to earn her teaching credentiaShe took a job teaching at MountaView Elementary School in Claremonstaying there for 24 years before retirinin 1986.

Around 1952, Mr. Jaeger was playincornet with a pretty good jazz outfit, acompanied by a drummer, clarinet playand pianist. The musicians were at thpiano players house, leaving for a giwhen they were hit by a pungent aromWhen they asked about the source of th

COURIER photo/Steven FelschundneLongtime Claremont residents Chet and Eileen Jaeger are also retired teachers. Mr. Jaeger taught math for 33 years at Chafey High School and his wife worked for 24 years at Mountain View Elementary School here in Claremont.

Friday, November 1Sean McElvy and Johnnie

Dominguez will host a Day of the DeadTired happy hour event for Steven

Llanusa from 5 to 6 p.m. at El RancheroRestaurant, 984 W. Foothill Blvd.

Saturday, November 2Ed Leavell and Maggie Mendoza will

host Choices and Voices with StevenLlanusa at 3 p.m. at 21 Choices, 817 W.Foothill Blvd.

Tuesday, November 5Election Day. Polls are open from 7

a.m. to 8 p.m. Claremont polling stationsinclude Sunrise Senior Living (2053 N.Towne Ave.), a residence (2091 Sil-vertree Rd.), the Hughes Center (1700Danbury Rd.), Claremont Fire Station#62 (3701 Mills Ave.), Chaparral Ele-mentary School (451 Chaparral Dr.),

Pomona Colleges Edmunds Ballroom(170 Sixth St.), the Joslyn Centers ac-

tivity room (660 N. Mountain Ave.)Vista Elementary School (550 Vista Dr.and the Claremont Center for SpirituaLivings Holmes Hall (509 S. College

Ave.) Check your voters guide or visiwww.lavote.net to search for youpolling place by address.

Join Nancy Treser Osgood for anelection night party at 8 p.m. hosted byCris and Jeff Stark, 245 W. 10th St.Claremont.

Supporters of Dave Nemers cam-paign are invited to celebrate the elec-tion results beginning at 8 p.mRefreshments will be provided. Theevent is hosted by Linda Saeta, 2611King Way, Claremont.

An election night party with Joe Salaswill be held from 7:30 to 10 p.m. at the

home of Betty and Jesse Salas, 469 WEleventh St.

CANDIDATES CORNER

Chet Jaeger is still making sweet music with his Jazzmen

SWEET MUSIC/continues on page 1


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Claremonts water futureby Freeman Allen and Marilee Scaff

Claremont City Council invites allresidents to a Town Hall meetingat Taylor Hall on Wednesday, No-

vember 6 at 6 p.m. to hear and discuss

their report and negotiations on acquiringthe local water system now owned andoperated by Golden State Water Com-pany. A brochure folded into this editionof the Claremont COURIER, and this De-mystifying Sustainability column, providebackground for that meeting.

Should Claremont buy its water system to gainlocal control over our water deliveries and rates?Why?

In 1929 Southern California Water Company ac-quired Claremonts local water system, while all ourneighboring cities own their water companies andtheir rates are much lower than ours. La Verne, for ex-ample, has owned their water utility since the 1920s.

A comparison of their rates and their operating sys-tem with Claremonts is quite informative. Why isthere a difference? There are several reasons.

City-owned water companies, such as the one in LaVerne, set their own water rates, but rates for privateutilities must be approved by the California PublicUtilities Commission (CPUC) and the profitability ofthe company is assured. In 1998, Golden State (at thattime Southern California Water) initiated legal pro-ceedings to adjudicate the Six Basins Aquifer thatsupplies Claremonts well water and was allowed topump and sell 34.7 percent of the safe yield ofwater from the aquifer. Then, in 1999, the CPUC al-lowed Golden State to establish regional rates.

Golden State, now a wholly-owned subsidiary ofAmerican States Water Company, sells water to anumber of cities in the Southland. They established a

regional rate structure that includes Claremont, solocal rates are no longer based on local costs butrather reflect costs across Region 3 that includescities from the coastal area to the desert. This regionalsystem does not work to Claremonts advantage. Forexample, with CPUC approval, the water usage ratesin Claremont have more than doubled over five years,while the rates in La Verne rose less than 25 percent.

Water bills in La Verne, for the typical water user,are now about $50 per month lower than in Clare-mont for the same amount of water usage, althoughLa Verne is similar to Claremont in population, loca-tion, water quality, service and age of the system. Ac-tually, one might expect La Verne rates to be higher,not lower, since they have less access to inexpensivelocal well water and depend more heavily on expen-sive imported water.

Golden State encourages customers to conservewater. But, again with the approval of the CPUC,Golden State is assured profits for water they dontsell! As water is conserved, the cost of water is in-creased for everyone through a Water Rate Adjust-ment Mechanism (WRAM) that increases usagerates on every water bill. The Claremont Outragecampaign, advocating local control, is a communityresponse to these high rates.

Responding in part to this outrage, the ClaremontCity Council met in closed session on January 10,2012, to begin discussions on taking over the watersystem. Subsequently, they voted unanimously to ap-prove a study of potential acquisition, and enteredinto negotiations with Golden State. The results willbe presented at the Town Hall meeting.

The cost of acquisition, and whether Claremont can

afford it, are major concerns. The system was recentlappraised at $55 million by a state-approved ap-praiser, but Golden State contends that valuation ismuch too low, and they will not be a willing seller.Golden State piles on all the costs they can, ignorespotential savings, then tells the city it cannot afford t

buy the system without increasing taxes and waterrates.

Fact is, it seems they have shown that Claremontcannot afford not to buy the system. In comparisonwith La Verne, considering differences in water billsand financial benefits to the city, Claremont and itswater users now pay about $8 million more each yeathan they would under a city-owned system. If thatamount were used instead to purchase the system, itcould buy a 30-year revenue bond worth much morethan $55 million.

While water rates are important, in the long runlocal control of this vital resource is critical. Clare-mont faces possible disruption of water supplies fromnorthern California, likely water shortages withdrought and climate change, and increased demandwith projected population growth. Water is a resourc

we cannot do without. There is no substitute. It is important that Claremont have local control to be able tplan effectively for its future water needs and responto challenges in ways that put the public good first.

The brochure, Claremonts Water Future, includedin todays COURIER, highlights well-researchedfacts we hope you will find useful. Bring it to theTown Hall meeting, and share it with others whomight like to see it.

Demystifying Sustainability is a project of Sustainable Claremont (sustainableclaremont.org), email address [email protected], or follow theon Facebook at: facebook.com/sustainableclaremoand on Twitter #GreenClaremont.

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Vote SteffenDear Editor:

Claremont schools need a problem-solver like Paul Steffen. His many yearsin property management and real estatewill be a valuable asset.

Paul is a numbers guy, making surethat we set aside the right amounts forthe critical upkeep of our assets. His ex-perience with dealing with diverse prop-

erty owners, coupled with his leadershipand volunteerism, makes him an idealchoice for a position on the school board.

Paul and Maureen WheelerClaremont

Support Treser OsgoodDear Editor:

I am a teacher at Chaparral Elemen-tary School and I enthusiastically supportNancy Treser Osgood for the Claremontschool board. I have known Nancy as aChaparral volunteer and a member of theClaremont Educational Foundation.

Though I was not fortunate to havetaught her two children, I have alwaysfound Nancy to be approachable, easy to

talk with and a dedicated volunteer. Herexperience as a board member of bothCEF and CASE (Council for the Ad-vancement and Support of Education)exhibit her commitment to education.

Without reservation, I support NancyTreser Osgood for the Claremont schoolboard.

Anne DiekenClaremont

Steffen for school boardDear Editor:

There are some excellent candidatesvying for the three open positions on theschool board. Paul Steffen gives us anopportunity to have a balance amongboard members. Most candidates have arich educational background whereasPauls experience is primarily in busi-ness.

Over the years, he has demonstratedstrong analytical skills and has garnereda wealth of experience in the fields of fa-cilities management, accounting andstrategic planning. These strengths willbe critical in the near future as the boardmakes decisions concerning the alloca-tion of state and property sale funds toupgrade our school physical plants andto address the needs of teachers and stu-dents. Our teachers and students deserveto have facilities that are safe and con-ducive to learning.

In addition, Paul has demonstrated hisability to provide leadership in his busi-nesses and in nonprofit organizations.Currently, he serves as chair of the Clare-mont Community Foundation and re-cently was president of the Rotary Clubof Claremont. In these roles, as well asin several other groups, he has proven tobe a collaborative problem-solver and aforward-thinking person. Paul knowshow to get things done through his per-sonal dedication and through others.

I encourage you to vote for Paul onNovember 5. He will be an excellentmember of the Claremont UnifiedSchool District Board of Education.

Dennis J. SmithClaremont

Nemer is dedicatedDear Editor:

My name is Barbara Bilderback, and Iam a teacher at Claremont High School,a parent of two children (one at CHS andone in college) and a Claremont resident.

Ive known Dave Nemer for sevenyears as a colleague at Claremont HighSchool and as a community member inClaremont. It is without hesitation that Iendorse Dave as a school board memberfor Claremont Unified School District.

Dave has been a committed Clare-mont teacher for more than 20 years andeducated countless students at San Anto-nio High School, Claremont HighSchool and, most recently, as a substituteteacher. His lifes work has been the chil-dren of Claremont and his dedication toeducation in our community has pre-pared him to continue to serve as an out-standing school board member.

I hope that you join me in voting forDave Nemer on Tuesday, November 5.

Barbara BilderbackClaremont

Vote Steffen and LlanusaDear Editor:

Well, Ive finally begun looking at theslate of candidates for Claremonts up-coming November 5 school board elec-tion. The primary criteria I use inevaluating the candidates are (1) will-ingness to question and challenge the sta-tus quo, and (2) breadth of perspective,from a wider societal standpoint, theywould be able to bring to the supervisionof our school district.

Too often, in my opinion, the Clare-mont school board gets filled with peo-

ple who are already professionallyinvolved in the education field. Now,dont misunderstand, its fine to be pro-fessionally involved in the educationfield but, to be properly balanced, ourschool board members need to bring agreater variety of experiences and per-spectives to the governance of our localschools than just being an education in-sider.

So, my assessment is shaping upsomething like this. I believe that StevenLlanusa, through his own demonstratedwillingness to question and challenge thestatus quo, has earned re-election.

As for the rest of the field, it consistsof two teachers, one college official and

one private businessman. So, for me,based upon my criteria, theres reallyonly one other candidate that attracts myinterest, and that is Paul Steffen. His ex-perience as a local businessman offersthe possibility of a private business-ori-ented as well as an education-con-sumers perspective on the board,knowledge and experience that would bea valuable asset.

Therefore, Im voting for Llanusa andSteffen, only. Douglas Lyon

Claremont

Support for Salas and NemerDear Editor:

This year Joe Salas and Dave Nemer

are two of my three picks for schoolboard.

I have known Dave Nemer as a friend,the teaching assistant for my statisticsclass at the graduate school, an invest-ment advisor and as an active contributorto the Claremont education scene fornearly four decades. Dave could havekept his career in the private sector but

gave it up in favor of his passion forteaching math to the students at the SanAntonio continuation high school andlater at Claremont High. Dave knows theschool district inside outwhat makesour kids tick, what makes a school work,what teachers need to be effective. Weneed his sharp, analytical mind on theboard, his caring for students from allbackgrounds, and his good sense aboutwhat works and what does not.

Joe Salas will bring energy and enthu-siasm to the school board. A graduate ofClaremont schools and a teacher himself,Joe will have a good feeling for how topreserve the things we love about ourschools. Like Dave, Joe is an inquisitive

and deep thinker who will push for in-novations that could help students com-pete in this new world.

Ten years ago, there was a great dealof excitement about the potential for de-voting at least one elementary school toforeign language immersiona schoolwhere roles would switch and Englishlanguage learners would become the ex-perts while everyone would gain thecommunication skills we need to thrivein a global economy. Tight money andother priorities got in the way. Maybesomeone with Joes drive and commit-ment to innovate could help us get there.

Please join me in voting for DaveNemer and Joe Salas for the Claremont

board of education this Tuesday, No-vember 5. Jack Mills

Claremont

Vote Nemer on TuesdayDear Editor:

The foundation of a strong democracyis an informed electorate; thus, a robustpublic educational system is vital to oursociety. Having said that, I cant imagewhy anyone who has already given hisor her life to teaching would then volun-tarily submit to becoming a school boardmemberone of the most thankless, ar-duous and contentious jobs imaginable.Thankfully, however, Dave Nemer hasconsented to do it for us.

Dave is one of the good guys! Whilehis yard signs in my neighborhoodcharacteristically modest and accuratecite his traits as experience, integrity, andcommitment, Id like to add three more.On the basis of teaching side-by-sidewith Dave in difficult circumstances andwatching him champion the schools in avariety of community contexts for over30 years, I would suggest judgement,fairness and effectiveness.

Judgement: Dave knows the districtand its issues well and brings insight andperceptiveness to his decisions. He issavvy enough to see through politicalmaneuvering and facile leadership.

Fairness: He strives to take everyones

needs, concerns and circumstances intoaccount when determining actions. As a

math teacher, Dave is big on basics; onbasic includes always asking, Is it rigfor all involved?

Effectiveness: Dave consistently worktoward building consensus and in doinso builds sustainability. He knows anavoids the damage that can be done bnarrow thinking and simplistic posturin

As one who is similarly dedicated tohealthy public educational system Claremont, I strongly support Dav

Nemer for school board membershiknowing that our children and our futuwill be in good hands!

Kendall JohnsoPhD, N.B.P.T.

Claremo

We need LlanusaDear Editor:

During this election period for thCUSD school board, I have heard untrustatements about Steven Llanusa. Andfeel that I must correct any belief that his contentious and controversial.

Often elected officials go along to galong when they realize that they wbe the lone dissenting vote. Steve

though, speaks up for what he believis right. He has been outspoken on twpast issues, going against the boardoriginal stance. Thank goodness for aof us that he did. In each instance, turned out that Steven had reached thcorrect choice, to which the board eventually agreed.

Also, Stevens plans to discuss neigborhood school boundaries will nmake less freedom of choice as MaMerritt wrongly stated in his Octoberletter. This plan will save some distriresources by eliminating the processinof paperwork parents currently completo send their children to the school cloest to their homes. More importantl

parents will not have to suffer the annuworry that their children wont be able attend the school that they can walk to

Steven continues to be falsely dscribed as an obstructionist despite a colaborative atmosphere since the hiring Dr. Jim Elsasser as superintendent. Bdont just take my word for it. The InlanValley Daily Bulletin endorsed Stevefor his cooperative methods. When hwon his seat four years ago, that was nthe case. This new endorsement statethings have changed for the better wiSteven serving the past four yeaadding, he is still one to ask many quetions, but the controversial aspect hdisappeared.

The teachers of Claremont have alendorsed Steven. They realize that as aincumbent, Stevens presence on thboard is crucial. All of the principals our schools are relatively new. With a sperintendent who is also coming off hrookie year, it is extremely important ththe majority of the board have experence. As the only incumbent, Steven hthat voice and he uses it in a cooperativmanner. Board member Sam Mowbalso stated that, over the past two yearthe tensions have passed.

Every city should have someone likSteven Llanusa serve on its school boarHis is the valuable, cooperative voice experience.

Amy Crousho

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The city of Claremont has deniedGolden State Water Companys re-quest to give a presentation at the

upcoming town hall on water acquisition,taking place on Wednesday, November 6at 6 p.m. at Taylor Hall.

After a years lull, Claremont officials broke theirsilence on the waterfront, reporting they had pre-sented the publicly-owned water company with a sec-ond offer of $55 million for the purchase ofClaremonts water system. The citys previous pro-posal, made last November, was $54 million. GoldenState has denied both bids.

In late September, City Manager Tony Ramos an-nounced the city would host a town hall meeting todiscuss information on the citys potential water sys-tem purchase. To date, the Claremont City Counciland city administrators have remained tight-lipped onthe water acquisition, with documents regarding theWater Acquisition Feasibility Study kept under wraps.

The purpose of the November 6 meeting is to up-date Claremont residents about the future of the cityswater system, according Mr. Ramos. Though denyingthe water companys request for a presentation at themeeting, Mr. Ramos encourages Golden State offi-cials to speak during the nights public comment.

All members of the public, includingGolden State Water, will be given an equalopportunity to provide their input, Mr.Ramos said. We cannot grant specialtreatment to Golden State Water. The fu-ture of Claremonts water system is criti-cal to our community and every memberof the public will be afforded the same op-portunity to have their voices heard.

In a statement, Denise Kruger, Golden StateWaters senior vice president of regulated utilities, ex-pressed her disappointment with Mr. Ramos decisionto not make an accommodation to give residents theopportunity to hear all perspectives at a four-hourcommunity meeting.

We hoped that the city would be reasonable by

providing us with the opportunity to participate, andwe were eager to engage in a thoughtful discussionabout the water system, she expressed.

Ms. Kruger says the water company will host itsown customer meeting at a later date.

The back-and-forth battle between the city ofClaremont and Golden State water began in 2011when the water company requested a more than 24percent water rate increase in 2013 with smaller in-creases in 2014 and 2015 for the companys Region 3,which includes Claremont. Last spring, the CaliforniaPublic Utilities Commission approved a 16 percentincrease. Many residents have come forward, includ-ing those with the League of Women Voters andClaremonters Against Outrageous Water Rates, hop-ing to effectively put an end to the increases by advo-cating for local water system ownership.

Local control is exceedingly important, to the city,to the residents, to the people who need water here,said Marilee Scaff in a previous interview with theCOURIER. We should never have let the water getout of our hands, but at the time when we started[considering purchasing the water system], the littlesouthern California water company headquartered inSan Dimas seemed like just a friendly neighbor. It hasturned into a big national company listed on the NewYork stock exchange, much more concerned abouttheir benefits to stockholders.

Despite the public backlash, Ms. Kruger maintainsher pride in the service Golden State Water providesto the Claremont community.

The city cannot match our 24-hour service, waterquality professionals or ongoing maintenance of the

drinking water system. Claremont does not have awater department, the capability or resources neces-sary to meet the ongoing demands of the communityMs. Kruger said.

Moreover, independent analysis by Rodney T.Smith, PhD, a Claremont-based nationally-acclaimewater expert, proved that a city effort to acquire thewater system for $54 million will result in water rateof at least 30 percent higher than they are today, shecontinued. The citys second offer to purchase thewater system for $55 million is unrealistic and wouldonly cover a fraction of the value of the system.

Mr. Ramos has asserted that city officials will dis-cuss these and other details surrounding potentialwater city ownership at Wednesdays town hall meeting. The gathering will take place at Taylor Hall, lo-cated at 1775 N. Indian Hill Blvd. in Claremont. Itwill also be streamed live on the citys website forthose unable to attend in person. The COURIER wilhave updates as news develops.

Beth Hartne

[email protected]


Golden State gets no special treatment at water meeting

WHAT: Town Hall on water acquisition

WHEN: Wednesday, November 6 at 6 p.m.

WHERE: Taylor Hall, 1775 N. Indian Hill Blvd.

INFO: www.ci.claremont.ca.us

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From the mouths of babesDear Editor:

Before Claremont got its present-dayhustle, the college kids referred to it assleepy Clareville. My 4-year-old great-grandsons miscue fits the town better, Ithink: Clevermont.

Harrison StephensClaremont

Claremont isnt WalmartDear Editor:Following the lead of some private

employers who value money more thanpeople, on October 22, our city councilvoted for the recommendations by theAssistant City Manager Colin Tudor, tocut the hours of part-time city employ-ees in order to exclude them from grouphealth insurance. Also included in hisrecommendation was the hiring of a con-sultant to further study the issue at amaximum cost of $40,000!

During the Village Venture, we con-fronted Councilman Larry Schroederabout this. He said that most of the af-fected employees dont need city insur-

ance anyway, because they have itthrough a family member. If thats so, itwas unnecessary to cut their hours. Howabout the remaining few who do need it?It was unkind to deny them.

This action cannot avoid having a neg-ative effect on the morale, loyalty andwork quality of city employees, boththose affected and the rest who saw itand now question the citys loyalty tothem. In addition, the cost of resultinghigh turnover will add to city costs in thelong run. Thats not the best way to serveClaremonts residents nor its employees.

We call upon the council to reconsider,and to do either of the following:

1. Restore the employees hours andthereby their eligibility for group healthinsurance.

2. Ensure that the consultant includesactual costs of those employees who willuse city insurance and exclude estimatedcosts of those who will select to use theinsurance coverage provided by theirspouse. The consultant must also addlong-range costs to the city resultingfrom expected turnovers.

3. If the city doesnt need all of thehours anyway for other reasons, offergroup health insurance to these employ-ees even though it isnt mandated by law.We all want our workers to be healthyand the best way to keep them healthy isto provide them health insurance.

Claremont isnt Walmart. It shouldnttreat its employees the way Walmartdoes. That doesnt reflect the values ofmost Claremont residents and, frankly, itis the right thing to do.

Bob Gerecke, Sandy HesterClaremont

Nothing substandard aboutCUSD schoolsDear Editor:

I find it necessary to respond to theReader Comment submitted by JackSultze (October 18, 2013). Mr. Sultze

states that We have elementary schoolsin the Claremont school district that aresubstandard. Everybody knows it.

I would disagree with this statement. Inthe past eight years, test scores at all sevenof Claremonts elementary schools haveshown incredible growth. The lowest Ac-ademic Performance Index (API) scorefor an elementary school in 2005-06 was691 and the highest that year was 881.The scores for 2012-13 that were recentlypublished have shown that all elementaryschools scored between 858 and 932, wellabove the states target score of 800.

These scores are determined by the De-partment of Education, based on the re-sults of the STAR tests that all students in

grades 2-11 take each spring. Test scoresmeasuring academic performance do notincrease if children are attending sub-standard schools. Children in Claremontare fortunate to have highly-qualified, de-voted teachers and staff who go above andbeyond in meeting the needs of all of ourstudents.

The substandard school attitude is amyth that needs to be dispelled. There wasa time when certain schools did not per-form as well as others. However, recenthistory has shown that all of our elemen-tary schools prepare our students for thechallenges and rigor of secondary educa-tion.

Each school prepares a Single Plan for

Student Achievement that addresses thedistricts goal of closing the achievementgap. Student data and performance is an-alyzed on an ongoing basis and studentsthat are faced with academic challengesare provided opportunities for interven-tion to ensure we are meeting the needs ofall students. The most recent data forClaremont students reflects a high schoolgraduation rate of 97.6 percent. Many ofour students are enrolling in prestigiousfour-year colleges, having been equippedacademically, prepared socially and em-powered to participate and thrive in achallenging, diverse world.

Claremont residents can be proud of allour schools. The district has worked very

hard, through some challenging economictimes, to provide a quality education thathas focused our goals on improving per-formance and ensuring the success of allof our students at all of our schools.

As a retiring school board member and

current president of the school board, I ap-preciate the work being done in ourschools. When I travel and interact withboard members from other communities,both in California and beyond, I learnhow fortunate we are to have teachers,

staff and administrators whose first prior-ities are always focused on the safety andeducation of all students.

I am grateful that all the children ofClaremont Unified School District attendschools that challenge them academicallyand nurture them to be ready for their nextsteps upon graduation, whether that be ca-reer or college.

Mary Caenepeel, PresidentClaremont Unified School District Board

of Education

Perception is not realityDear Editor:

This letter is written in response toJack Sultze. I understand your claim that

families within the Claremont SchoolDistrict feel that some elementaryschools are superior to others, usingwhatever measuring stick to determinethis supposed superiority. Usually themost widely used criteria for assessingsuccess is the annual state benchmark.For example, Vista Elementary Schoolnow has the third best API score in thedistrict with an 889. With like schoolcomparisons, Vista rates 8 out of 10.Credit for raising these test scores can begiven to the entire Vista community. (i.e.Mr. Stewart: teachers, staff, parents andthe learners). However, parents and edu-cators know test scores are not the onlymeasure of a quality education.

Rigorous instruction, relevant curricu-lum, engaging programs and nurturingenvironments are better barometers formeasuring a quality education. ManyClaremont families choose our two mostnorthern schools.

Chaparral and Condit schools are thelargest elementary schools in the CUSD.Chaparral has 646 learners and Condithas 624 learners. These campuses prob-ably cannot grow anymore. More modu-lar classrooms at these schools mean lessspace for outside learning and fewerplaces for play.

Mr. Sultze is correct that we need ahigher discourse in this election. Candi-dates need to have a plan so parents have

more choices for their children. One ex-ample of this was the proposal for Oak-mont Elementary to become an OutdoorScience School. This thematic-educa-tional focus helped attract other parentsfrom around the district. Parents have agreater sense of ownership because they

choose a specific elementary with unique program.

I believe that there are other ideas thwill complement the already great woClaremont elementary schools are doinThere are so many educational programhappening outside the district whicmerit consideration for adoption inClaremont Schools.

1. Claremont should adopt a dual-immersion language program at one or sev

eral elementary schools. A SpanisEnglish program might be most benefcial. If the program succeeds, then Mandarin-English program could be istituted. The entire school does not havto be a language school. Parents wouchoose for their child to learn in a kindegarten class where instruction is given a foreign language for a certain percenage of the day.

2. We need to extend the InternationBaccalaureate (IB) program to selecteelementary schools and El Roble. Asfamilies who have enrolled their studenin IB program at CHS, it has been game-changer for CHS, and it did ndramatically change the high school.

complimented the good work alreaddone by the school. IB gave learnersnew perspective on how to comprehenthe world and provided a new path to creers and college.

3. Finally, Claremont needs to adoan early college education program conjunction with Citrus College. Theare about 200 of these programs in thUnited States. Duarte Unified createthis program several years ago and it hbeen a positive experience for over 15students who have earned up to 37 creits to enter college. An ambitious learnearned 56 semester credits. This allowethe graduate to enter into UCLA as a junior. If this was a private institution suc

as USC, if would have saved a fami$130,000.

Also, participants do not pay any tuition for the early college program. Thprogram is also another way for a learnto start a path towards a career. Matriculated students would also have access Citrus Colleges award-winning autmotive, theatre and cosmetology programs. Students do not have to be at thmercy of for-profit schools, which somtimes do not have accredited programand saddle graduates with unnecessadebt.

Todays ideas can become tomorrowreality. The seeds for making a gooschool district great have fertile soil

Claremont. Claremont has the best gadeners (our fine Claremont teachers anstaff) to help nurture these seeds.

Joe SalaClaremo

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Kale, chard and pumpkintheplant, not the piearent wordstypically included in a childs vo-

cabulary. They will be soon if the Clare-mont Forum, organizer of the local Farmers

Market, has anything to say about it.With the recent introduction of the Earths Childreneducation booth as part of the ever-expanding weekly ar-tisans bazaar, Forum members are getting Claremontkids involved in the organic food craze one craft at atime.

The markets latest offering, made possible by a $1,000grant from the city of Claremont and financial supportfrom community groups, gives children the chance to gethands-on with market fare. With the communitys finan-cial contributions, the Forum will be able to provide ayears worth of educational booth activities that invitekids to touch, taste and learn about fresh foods as theirparents shop for the products their children are discover-ing on their own. Market produce serves as the platformfor a sensory learning experience that includes arts andcrafts and lessons on gardening and composting.

Kids are losing touch with where their food comesfrom, said Jenna Lee, who oversees the childrensbooth. We want to get them interested and involved inwhat they eat.

The kids counter is the Forums latest effort to expandthe popular weekly outdoor market. What began in 1996with 10 vendors operating out of the Rhino Recordsparking lot has grown into a block-long outdoor shop-ping center featuring more than 60 local merchants. Asthe market space has grown, the selection of traditionalfruit and vegetable stands has expanded to include arange of locally-made products, from produce to farm-fresh meats, artisan cheeses, handcrafted olive oils, jamsand even duck eggs.

Ms. Lee, a member of the Claremont Forums board

of trustees, has long used the local marketplace as hergo-to grocery-shopping destination. Her weekly mealsare centered on the seasonal offerings. She hopes toarouse the same excitement in the children who visit herbooth. With the obesity epidemic, she feels the programcouldnt be timelier.

Making healthy decisions about food starts when yoare young, she said. Its important to give kids thchance to participate and get excited about fresh markproduce.

At a time when a slice of pizza counts as a serving


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Kids keep in touch with homegrown food at Farmers Market

COURIER photo/Steven FelschundneTeacher Amy Braden works with Esther and Rafael Corona on Sunday at the Claremont Farmers Markets nechildrens booth. The booth offers fun activities to educate children about tasty and healthy food available the market.


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vegetables in a school cafeteria, scienceteacher Amy Barden has dedicated her ca-reer to promote healthy living for ouryouth. During the week, Ms. Bardenteaches 5th and 6th graders at an outdoorscience school in Yucaipa. Thanks to afortuitous meeting with Ms. Lee at theForum bookstore, Ms. Barden now alsoleads the educational component of theeducational booth.

Ms. Barden blends her lesson planswith glitter and glue in an attempt to makethe impromptu education course palatablefor the kids who visit her outdoor class-room. Last Sunday, children learned aboutpumpkins by gluing seeds, beans andfeathers to miniature orange gourds.

I love getting kids hands-on with nat-ural materials, said Ms. Barden, who gotcrafty herself by decorating the booth witha string of pinecones and acorns. Gettingcreative with nature is a great way topique their interest.

It worked well with 9-year-old RafaelCorona, eyes glued on his work. Nonovice to arts and crafts, Rafael workednimbly at piling feathers and other good-ies on his gourd to create an effective

pumpkin helicopter.I love making things, Rafael shared.In addition to crafting, Rafael enjoys

accompanying his mother, Maria Corona,to the weekly fair, where she sells itemsfor Atkins Farm. After her vendor duties,the mother-son duo stroll the stands and,if Rafael is lucky, they collect ingredientsfor his favorite vegetable soup. He mayleave the cooking duties to his mom, butRafael is keen on taking part in the eating.

Vegetables make you strong, he said.Ms. Corona is pleased to see her son

enthusiastic about fruits and vegetablesand their ability to keep him healthy.

Im aware of problems with child obe-sity and diabetes, which is why Im inter-ested in teaching my child about fruits andvegetables, she said. This booth is veryentertaining, but is also very important inhelping children stay healthy.

Kids will learn how to thrive with theForums help this year. As seasonal selec-tions change, so will booth activities. Thefocus on pumpkins will soon subside asbooth-goers learn about cornucopias andhow to prepare fresh Thanksgiving feastsusing market ingredients. Ms. Lee hopes

that participants will become gardeners,

applying what they learn to grow theirown fresh harvests.

We want to give them the foundationthey need to see food in a different way,Ms. Lee said.

The Earths Children education booth

can be found adjacent to the Claremont

Forum stand, next to The Diamond Center on Second Street.

The Claremont Farmers Market takplace every Sunday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.mVisit www.claremontforum.org for infomation.


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smell, the pianist said, Thats my night blooming jas-mine.

The drummer said, Man, what a great name for aband, Mr. Jaeger recalled.

Mr. Jaeger has used the name for all of his musicgroups ever since.

In 1964, the Jaegers bought a half-acre on AlamosaDrive in Claremont where they built the home in whichthey still live today. Mr. Jaeger did the wiring and plumb-ing and they hired a contractor from Indiana who waswell versed in concrete and framing, paying him on thecheap and by the hour because he was still getting hisCalifornia license in order.

In 1960, Mr. Jaeger became one of he founding mem-bers of the San Gabriel Valley-based Society for thePreservation of Dixieland Jazz (SPDJ). In 1976, Mr.Jaeger put together an ad hoc band to represent the SPDJat the fledgling Sacramento Music Festival. Naturally,the group was called the Night Blooming Jazzmen. The

makeup of the band has changed over the years; Mr.Jaeger is the only member of the original Sacramentodelegation still alive. What hasnt changed is the groupsdedication.

Were all just trying to preserve the music, Mr.Jaeger said. Lord knows were not getting rich. Werenot getting paid as much as someone with a guitarscreaming obscenities.

Mr. Jaeger retired at age 60. He would have hung ona bit longer had all of his classes been upper-level courseslike calculus and trigonometry. Mr. Jaeger remembersthe day he decided it was time to get out of teaching. Hewas helming a remedial-level class and wrote a problemon the board, complete with its answer, announcing that

it would be on the next days test. Eighty percent of thestudents just sat there, not writing down the problem.Naturally, only 20 percent of the kids got the problemright on the test.

Mr. Jaeger said he had an absolute ball during the first10 years of retirement. Accompanied by his beloved

Eileen, he toured the world with his Night BloominJazzmen, including 25 cruises and four or five land trip

Its been a great ride, but were tapering off, said MJaeger who, along with his wife, now boasts 14 granchildren and seven great-grandchildren, with another othe way.

His idea of slowing down is a little different from thof your average retiree. Mr. Jaeger now performs 75 o80 days a year with his Night Blooming Jazzmen.

It keeps us off the streets, he quipped.For information on Mr. Jaeger and his Night Bloom

ing Jazzmen, visit www.nightbloomingjazzmen.com.The above profile was written in honor of Retire

Teachers Week, which runs November 3 through 9. Th

commemoration is being celebrated by the CalifornRetired Teachers Association, of which Mr. Jaeger ismember, as well as by education boosters everywhere

Sarah [email protected]

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Lucian Louis Marchio died on Octo-ber 18, 2013 from pulmonary and heartdisease. He was 75.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday,November 5 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.at Todd Memorial Chapel, 570 Garey

Ave. in Pomona, and a service will beheld at 11:30 a.m. A reception will beheld at the clubhouse at Twin Oaks,3800 Bradford St. in La Verne; all areinvited.

Always proud of his Italian descent,he was born on August 15, 1938 inMartins Ferry, Ohio to Alfonso andSara Marchio. Mr. Marchio worked forthe East Ohio Gas Company and forfive years at OPARC and retired fromPomona Valley Workshop, where he

was executive director for 29 years.He was involved in many organiza-

tions, including the Soroptimists, theElks for 42 years, the Kiwanis of Mont-clair and Ontario, the Montclair Cham-ber of Commerce and the YMCA of

Ontario. He loved National Geo-graphic, war stories, playing pokerespecially Texas holdemand OhioState football games.

Mr. Marchio leaves behind his wife,five children and their spouses, sevengrandchildren and six great-grandchil-dren. He is also survived by one auntand two sisters from Ohio, plus manynieces and nephews.

The family will always rememberhis kindness, respect and that big smile.

In lieu of flowers, the family sug-gests that donations be made in LucianMarchios honor to the American HeaAssociation.

Lucian Louis (Lou) MarchioLoving husband, father, grandfather, Papa and Poppie


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Claremont COURIER/Friday, November 1, 20 13 1

Marilyn Bosson SkidmoreLoving mother, gifted decorator, dog lover

Marilyn Bosson Skidmore, who grewup in Claremont and most recently livedin Upland, died on October 18, 2013 athome with her children at her side after abattle with cancer. She was 56.

Born on February 19, 1957 to Jeanette

and David Bosson, Ms. Skidmore at-tended Claremont schools and graduatedfrom Claremont High School in 1975.After high school, she lived in Maui,Hawaii, Missoula, Montana, San LuisObispo and San Diego. She married,moved to Orange County and raised adaughter, Jennifer, and son, Craig. Ms.Skidmore lived in Orange County for 30years before returning to Upland in 2012.

Along with a successful career in cor-porate sales and marketing, Ms. Skid-more also had a passion for home dcorand home restoration. She had just fin-ished remodeling her house, a 1970s-erahome she gutted and turned into a stun-ning showplace. Ms. Skidmore did all the

work herself, from painting to laying tileto installing hardwood floors. Sheshowed incredible creativity, finding joyin discovering bargains from Habitat for

Humanity and recycling them intounique, functional, classy dcor in herhome.

However, she often said that the ac-complishments that were most importantto her and that she was most proud of

were the deep, loving relationships sheshared with her children and the Bossonfamily relationships that span many gen-erations including four great-nieces andone great-nephew, each of with whomshe forged a unique friendship. Ms. Skid-more was often the instigator of im-promptu family gatherings. She was theconsummate mother, aunt, sister, daugh-ter and friend.

She is survived by her daughter Jen-nifer Skidmore of Los Angeles; son CraigSkidmore of Carlsbad; mother JeanetteBosson of Yucaipa; sister Beth Robinson(Sid Robinson) of Upland; brothers SteveBosson of Miami, Ross Bosson (TinaBosson) of Yucaipa and Dave Bosson

(Patti Eckert) of Claremont; nieces,nephews and in-laws Brian and FelissaBosson, Jeff and Jaclyn Bosson, DavidBosson, Christine Van Hyning, Chele

Van Hyning, Kyle Bosson, Colt BossoCharlie Bosson, Leslie Bosson, TomBosson, Lauren Bosson, Chloe BossoScott Bosson, Brent Bosson, KevBosson, Sid Robinson and Sam Robinson; her former husband Kent Skidmor

and his wife Shari; and the family dogMiko, Myiagi, Tina, Pete and Ronald.

She was preceded in death by her father David Bosson and brother BrenBosson.

An outdoor memorial service for MSkidmore will be held on Friday, November 8 at 11:30 a.m. at the Padua HilTheatre, located at 4467 Padua Ave. iClaremont. Guests are asked to begin ariving at 11 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggesthat donations be made to one of two oganizations close to Ms. Skidmoreheart: the Be Perfect Foundation, 720 Indigo Ct., Pomona, CA 91767 (beperfecfoundation.com) or COTA in honor o

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The Claremont girls tennisteam ended the regularseason with a 12.5-5.5

win against St. Lucys on Tues-day, and is primed to make a

deep run in the postseason.The Wolfpack are currently compet-ing at the Sierra League prelims, andhave chosen to send six athletes to com-pete against the leagues best.

Claremont will be sending juniorMegan Huang and freshman EvelynKennedy as singles players, while juniorHailey Kayatta, sophomore Nikki Rivaland sophomores Katie Chen andDorothy Kang will compete in doublesplay.

Head coach Lilibeth Katigbak is proudof the way her team has progressed in at-titude and teamwork since they first setfoot on the court. It has really helpedthem reach their goal of making a play-

off run.Ive definitely seen improvement andgrowth in the level of sportsmanship andlove of the collective team since the be-ginning of the season, coach Katigbaksaid. Each player makes an effort tocome out to practice to play hard andhave fun.

Water polo team continues strong playPending yesterdays results against

Damien, the Claremont boys water poloteam sits at 14-5 and is in good shapegoing into the home stretch of the regu-lar season. The Wolfpack have an im-portant tournament on Saturday andSunday and two league matches againstChino Hills and Charter Oak before they

gear up for CIF in two weeks. In its lat-est contest on Oct. 24, Claremont de-feated Ayala 15-5 to earn itsconference-best fourth Sierra Leaguevictory of the season.

Volleyball team hopes togain momentum

Pending Thursdays match againstChino Hills, Claremont was at 4-4 in theSierra League and trailed only St. Lucys

and Chino Hills in the standings. On Oct.25, the Wolfpack came out focused andon their game, sweeping South Hills onthe road, 3-0. Claremont edged SouthHills 25-23 in sets one and two, and woncomfortably in set three, 25-17. With the

regular season finale against Charter Oaklooming, Claremont will look to gainmomentum against the struggling Charg-ers heading into the postseason.

Wolfpack football fails to hold offDamien in close loss

Rivalry games tend to bring out thebest in both teams, and Claremontsgame against league rival Damien onFriday night can attest to that. The Wolf-

pack (1-7, 0-3) lost a heartbreaker 28-27to the Spartans, in a back-and-forth bat-tle between two teams fighting to gainground in the Sierra League.

Senior quarterback Craig Myers threwfor 267 yards and four touchdowns, but

it was not enough to lift the Wolfpack totheir second league victory of the season.Myers finished 18 of 22 and failed toturnover the ball, finishing the game withan impressive quarterback rating of 160.

Damien led 13-0 after the first quarter,but Claremont answered back in the sec-ond with 14 unanswered points to go upone heading into the half. The Wolfpackdefense carried its strong performancefrom the first half over to the second, and

held the Spartans to just three points the third quarter. Claremont tacked oseven more in the third quarter on Myerthird touchdown of the night, and clunto a 21-16 lead over Damien headininto the fourth.

Neither team was able to maintainlead for longer than 15 minutes, and thtrend continued into the fourth quartewith Damien outscoring Claremont 16. The Spartans gained solid contributions from senior quarterback BrendaCallen and sophomore running bacDylan Thigpen en route to a 28-27 witheir fourth victory, and second leaguvictory, of the year.


SPORTS/continues on the next pag

CHS tennis, water polo, volleyball lead charge to postseason

SPORTS

COURIER photo/Steven FelschundneClaremont High School freshman Simone Bliss is frustrated by a missed shot on Tuesday during the Wolfpacks game againSt. Lucys. The girls fought hard but werent able to grab a win, losing 3-0 to the Regents for the second time this year.


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Fall back on SaturdayClaremont residents get a post-Hal-

loween treat this weekend thanks to theend of Daylight Savings Time on Sun-day, November 3. Before heading to bedon Saturday, set your clocks back onehour and enjoy an extra hour of sleep.

Local Sierra Club will

host screening of JohnMuir Trail documentaryThe local Sierra Club, the Los Serra-

nos Group, has arranged for the ac-claimed documentary Mile...Mile & AHalf to be shown at the Laemmle The-ater on Thursday, November 14 at 7:30p.m. Admission is $11.

In order for the screening to takeplace, the club must meet the thresholdfor reserved tickets by Sunday, Novem-ber 10. To make your reservation, visitwww.tugg.com/events/5884.

The film follows a group of artistswho, in an epic snow year, leave theirdaily lives behind to hike and record thehistoric John Muir Trail. They travelfrom Yosemite to Mt. Whitney, 219miles in 25 days. Along the way, they arejoined by musicians, painters, teachersand other adventure-seekers. In the midstof the grandeur and daily grind, they dis-cover what matters most is the opportu-nity to seek inspir

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