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City news/Stories on page 3
• State demands a massive redevelopment payment
• State suspends Brown Act provisions
• First steps taken for approval of major developments
Exit exam waivers ensure diplomas for all CHS studentsStory on page 4
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COURIER photo/Steven FelschundneffSome of the participants in the Claremont School of Theatre Arts include, from left, Johan Evans, Dylan Dillard, Riley Evans, Olivia Parker (director), David Cump-ston, Seth Johnson, Katherine Arboleda, Kelly McGarry, Sophie Willard-Van Sistine and Greg McGoon (assistant director).
Acting outStory on page 5
Snakes alive!Claremont teen shares her unique collectionStory on page 12
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Aproposed 50-foot live/work building in VillageWest is back for final ap-
proval Tuesday, July 24. The Claremont City Council will review
the proposed project, set to take over the nowvacant Rich Product building on the cornerof Oberlin Avenue and First Street. The 4-story structure with internal parking garageand adjacent 30-foot building gained unani-mous approval from the planning commis-sion late last month.
Tentatively titled “The Village Lofts,” theproject is geared at fitting the “urban envi-ronment” called for in the Village West ex-pansion plan. The 1.66-acre parcel includesretail and live/work spaces on the first 2floors, with residential apartments on the 2floors above and a rooftop pool. A restaurantis proposed for the corner space on the firstfloor. A parking garage with 140 spaces willalso be included, 61 of which will be reservedfor residents of the building. The adjacent 30-foot structure will contain 5 two-storylive/work spaces, similar to those in ThePacking House.
Despite the development’s initial approvalby the commission, many residents came for-ward in opposition. Reasons cited include in-creased traffic as well as the building’s heightand zoning, both of which are not in compli-
ance with city code. The city is proposing thatcode changes be made to accommodate theproject.
The council will review a proposal tochange the maximum height of buildingstypically allowed in the city’s commercialmixed-use zones. The development’s designexceeds the 3 story or 40-foot maximum. Anadditional 10 feet was added to accommo-date the last level of the building’s design, ac-cording to Chris Veirs, senior planner for thecity. The zone change is proposed given thatit is the last parcel available for developmentin Village West.
Planning commissioners lent their ap-proval to both changes as well as to the proj-ect as a whole.
“This is an attempt to make a viable cityreemerge in a time when densities are in-creasing,” said Commissioner MartinMcLeod. “We are trying to manage thosedensities intelligently, and the flexibility thatthis project is proposing is wonderful.”
The council will review a proposed Multi-Family Rental Housing Ordinance, callingfor an annual review of such facilities to en-sure proper maintenance and code enforce-ment. The city hopes the review will helpreduce crime rates sometimes associated withsuch complexes. A request to award the con-tract for the new parking meters at the Clare-mont Hills Wilderness Park will also beexamined.
The regular meeting of the ClaremontCity Council begins at 6:30 p.m. at the CityCouncil Chamber, 225 W. Second St. Thefull agenda is available at www.ci.clare-mont.ca.us.
—Beth [email protected]
GOVERNINGOURSELVES
Monday, July 23Sustainability Committee Citrus Room, City Hall, 4 p.m.Tree Committee Community Services Department1616 Monte Vista Ave., 6 p.m.
Tuesday, July 24City Council Council Chamber, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 25Committee On Aging Retreat Claremont University Consortium101 S. Mills Ave., 3 p.m.Architectural Commission Council Chamber, 7 p.m.
Agendas for city meetings are avail-able at www.ci.claremont.ca.us
Council’s last step in makingexpansion plan a reality
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Claremont COURIER/Saturday, July 21, 2012 3CITY NEWS
City foots the bill for redevelopment after AB 1484
State suspends Brown Act requirement for posting agendas
Last month, the California State Leg-islature suspended a Brown Actmandate requiring local govern-
ments to post public meeting agendas 72hours before a meeting. However, the sus-pension of the Brown Act requirement willnot affect the way Claremont conducts busi-ness, according to Mayor Larry Schroeder.
Claremont City Council and Commission agendaswill still be available to the public despite a recentstandstill within the Brown Act.
“The city council believes in the public’s right to ac-cess information regarding city business and participatein the legislative process,” Mr. Schroeder said. “We willcontinue in this tradition.”
This isn’t the first time the mandate has been sus-pended. It has happened twice since 1986 with littleconsequence to local government procedure, accordingto a recent article published by Californians Aware.
“They knew the public would notice and react heat-
edly and…the procedural routines have been so woveninto how meetings are prepared and documented thatbureaucratic inertia guarantees their continuity,” the ar-
ticle states. “Even though the lawmight not hold public officials ac-countable for no longer posting agen-
das or providing adequate descriptions of items on them,angry voters would hold them accountable, and politicalexposure has always been a far more powerful motiva-tor of Brown Act compliance than legal exposure.”
The mandate suspension stems from an issue of bur-densome reimbursement costs to the state for the print-ing of city agendas. In previous years, localgovernments have been compensated for agenda print-ing costs. However, the loose format of reimbursementforms caused issues.
“The total claims have accumulated at the rate ofmore than $20 million per year, with about $63 million‘due and payable’ to non-education agencies alone by2012,” according to the Legislative Analyst’s Office, aspublished by Californians Aware.
Because of the accumulated costs, the state decided
to forego any plan to pay this amount, as outlined in re-cent state budget action. As a result of this decision, “theBrown Act cannot be enforced by court action becausethe mandate to comply has been switched off by oper-ation of constitutional law.”
A constitutional amendment was introduced by Sen-ator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo) in Jan-uary 2011 to make the posting of agendas able to beupheld in court regardless of mandate suspensions.Though the proposal received bipartisan support, theamendment was suspended in the Assembly Appropri-ations Committee in August because of its impact onthe state estimated at $50,000 or more. If not removedfrom the file soon, the bill will die. To find out moreabout what can be done, visit www.calaware.word-press.com.
Despite the outcome, Claremont will continue tomake agendas available to the public and post video ofits city council meetings on the city’s website.
“Reimbursement costs have never been the impetusfor our compliance,” Mr. Schroeder said.
—Beth [email protected]
BROWNACT
While cities through-out the state arescrambling to make
last-minute obligation paymentsresulting from the passage ofAssembly Bill 1484, the city ofClaremont has already mailedoff its check to the state of Cal-ifornia.
AB 1484, signed by Governor JerryBrown late last month, aims to set furtherrestrictions on local governments throughthe collection of unused redevelopmentmoney. The Los Angeles Auditor-Con-troller recently sent out collection lettersto cities throughout the county, with pay-ments due by July 12. Late fees for non-payment run $10,000 per day.
Claremont received its bill, totaling$949,498, on July 9, according to a citynews release. This amount represented therepayment of the $1.67 million receivedfrom the county in December 2011 andJanuary 2012, less the $720,151 in ap-proved enforceable obligations for Janu-ary through June 2012. As the outcry setin and agencies struggled to find the re-sources, the city of Claremont had its billpaid in full.
“We prepared for this,” said Clare-mont’s Director of Finance Adam Pirrie.“We have had the funds in an account,ready to go back to the county.”
Governor Jerry Brown approved 2 as-sembly bills last June calling for the im-
mediate suspension of theredevelopment agency’spower with the exception of
existing contractual obligations. In late 2011, the Supreme Court issued
a hold on AB26—which would eliminateredevelopment agencies—in order to de-termine if the bill was constitutional.AB26 was questioned because of a possi-ble violation of measures put in place toprevent the state from raiding local funds.
During this hold, the state was requiredto continue its normal practice of sendingfunds to municipalities for redevelop-ment. In December, the Supreme Courtruled that AB26 was indeed constitu-tional, thus ending the hold and in Febru-ary cities throughout southern Californiawere forced to close down redevelopmentoperations.
The state is now asking for the moneydivvied out during the hold to be returned.
In anticipation of this request, the cityof Claremont prepared by scaling back onany expenditures unrelated to its redevel-opment obligation payments, except for
those required, like bond repayment.moving administrative costs previouslyfunded through the RDA to the GeneralFund, according to Mr. Pirrie.
“The state has looked to redevelopmentto balance its budget in the past, and wehave prepared for continued raids on re-development funds by shifting costs awayknowing redevelopment funds could goaway,” he said. “It’s crippled some cities,but we’re fortunate.”
Cities that are unable to pay the bill byJuly 12 will run the risk of having theirsales tax payments suspended by theBoard of Equalization, effective July 18.
Further, AB 1484 gives the Depart-ment of Finance the right to impose$10,000-per-day fines for late payments,according to the League of CaliforniaCities (LCC), an organization that deemsthe bill “unconstitutional.”
The California Constitution mandatesthat the state may not take or redistributetaxes collected by cities when the fundsare budgeted for city use. The LCC deemsthat AB 1484 does just that. Additionally,the LCC maintains that reallocating cityproperty taxes to fund school districts—as Governor Brown has stated will bedone—is not permitted without a two-thirds vote as required by the state Con-stitution.
The collection of funds by the state alsoincludes real property owned by the now-defunct redevelopment agencies, whichfor Claremont includes a piece of prop-erty located behind the Richard HibbardAuto Dealership.
“Eventually [the property] will be sold,and we need authority and direction fromthe oversight board on how they want usto dispose of the property,” Mr. Pirrie ex-plained.
Although well-prepared, city staff hasfound the dismantling of the redevelop-ment agency to be a complicated process.
“The legislature comes up with a billthat’s confusing and we don’t get any di-rection from the state or the county onhow to deal with it,” Mr. Pirrie said. “Thelast 6 months have been a real headacheand continuing to comply with AB 26 willlikely present more challenges as we com-plete the wind down of the redevelopmentagency.”
The city’s press release states that suf-ficient funds remain to continue to makepayments on the former redevelopmentagency’s future obligations.
—Beth [email protected]
RDA
Proposed developmentat the StrawberryPatch on Base Line
The Planning Commission conducteda preliminary review of a proposed newdevelopment on the 6.2-acre site at thesoutheast corner of Towne Avenue andBase Line Road, which includes “TheStrawberry Patch.” The project is beingproposed by a private development com-pany, City Ventures Homebuilding, LLC.
City Ventures is currently working onplans for the new mixed-use residentialcommunity, which would consist of atotal of 98 townhomes and 3 live-work
townhomes. The final design of the proj-ect is not yet complete.
The developer is refining the proposalto address environmental impacts, plan-ning standards and design concerns.
The Planning Commission will reviewthe proposed uses and conceptual plansand provide initial direction to the appli-cant regarding the project.
When the formal project plans are sub-mitted to the city, environmental reviewand future public hearings before the Ar-chitectural Commission, Traffic andTransportation Commission, PlanningCommission and the City Council will beconducted.
Preliminary review ofOlson Project at Vistaand Indian Hill
The Planning Commission reviewed aproposal for a new housing developmenton Indian Hill Boulevard and Vista Drive,according to the city manager’s report.
Residents addressed the commission atits July 17 meeting with concerns andquestions about the project, which in-cluded oppositin to proposed changes inzoning to allow for additional units, con-cerns relating to design and how it con-nects with the existing neighborhood,issues relating to detached garages, con-
cerns about the aeshetic value of a pro-posed solid wall on Indian Hill Boule-vard, and questions about future parkingon Vista Drive in the inlet just north of theproposed development.
Representatives from the Olson Com-pany reportedly received a lot of goodcomments from both the neighbors andthe commissioners on how to proceedwith the project. Olson representatives as-sured the neighbors that the project wasonly in the very preliminary stages andthat the group would be scheduling sev-eral neighborhood meetings to receive ad-ditional input as the project movesforward.
Claremont High School has an ex-emplary graduation rate, says Bon-nie Bell, assistant superintendent of
educational services for the local schooldistrict.
The number of CHS students graduating with a reg-ular diploma, 99.9 percent, extends to those with dis-abilities, Ms. Bell notes.
The fact that virtually every student graduates is par-ticularly impressive because, since 2005-2006, therehas been an additional academic hurtle for those aimingfor a diploma.
It’s called the California High School Exit Exam orthe CAHSEE, and was created by the California De-partment of Education to improve the academic per-formance of high school students in the state. Teens gettheir first shot at taking the test their sophomore year. Ifthey fail to pass one or both of the 2 test sections, theyget up to 8 further test opportunities before the end oftheir senior year.
For some students with physical or learning disabil-ities, passing the CAHSEE exam can be a challenge.And yet, most people would agree that this subgroupof the population shiould be awarded a diploma given
that they have strived for 4 years to complete a thor-ough course of high school study.
For a student struggling with a significant impair-ment, getting through classes alone requires a momen-tous effort.
“Most students with disabilities work harder than theaverage student, just in everyday functions,” notes Erin,a college psychology major with cerebral palsy and hy-drocephalus in her blog, which she has titled “Healthy,Unwealthy and Becoming Wise.”
With this in mind, high schools across the countryare required to provide testing accommodations ormodifications for disabled students who have an indi-vidual education plan (IEP). This includes the CAH-SEE along with various other assessments.
An accommodation might including administeringthe CAHSEE in a smaller group of students, or allottingmore time for a student to complete the test than wasgiven to the general student population.
For other students, more help is required. Their IEPteam works together to come up with appropriate mod-ifications, which might include allowing a student touse a calculator for the math section of the CAHSEE.Students may need to have the English Language as-pect of the test read aloud, or communicated through
manually-coded English or sign language, Ms. Bell ex-plained.
When a student passes the exit exam with modifica-tions, state regulations require their school district boardof education to authorize a waiver for the CAHSEE.The students then are granted a diploma.
At the July 12 meeting of the Claremont UnifiedSchool District board, members voted to authorizeCAHSEE waivers for 8 CHS students.
“It’s pretty routine,” Ms. Bell noted. “We’ve donethe waiver every year since the CAHSEE has been inplace.”
The Department of Education had hoped to providea modified version of the CAHSEE by the 2009-2010school year, aimed at making the exam more accessiblefor disabled students.
“The exemption was put in place because it neverhappened,” Ms. Bell said.
The school board didn’t pipe in “Pomp and Circum-stance”—the traditional musical send-off for highschool graduates—as they OK’d the waivers.
Nonetheless, their actions ensured a local group ofhardworking students will receive a hard-won diploma.
—Sarah Torribio [email protected]
Claremont COURIER/Saturday, July 21, 2012 4EDUCATION
Sunday, July 15A resident in the 3000 block of
Swarthmore Court was able to thinkquickly under pressure and prevent acrime early Sunday evening. After hear-ing a knock at the door, the residentpeered out the window to see an 18-year-old female in the driveway and 3 mengetting out of a gray 4-door and makingtheir way toward the side gate. The resi-dent acted quickly, banging on a windownear the side gate. When the men saw theresident, they ran back to the car andsped off. The men and woman were de-scribed as being African American andaround 18 years old.
Monday, July 16A midnight meal earned 2 Claremont
diners jail time on Monday. The menfeasted on T-bone steak and filet mignonat Norms, racking up a bill of $25.63,which they refused to pay. One of themen left the restaurant, arousing the sus-picion of management, who stopped thesecond man before he was able to dine--and-ditch, as well. Police arrested Gre-gory Switzer, 32, before later arrestingDavid Merritt, 34, in the Village. The
District Attorney has decided to file bur-glary charges against both men.
* * * *An Indian Hill family took a substan-
tial financial blow after a break-in Mon-day afternoon. Sometime between 12:35p.m. and 4 p.m., the burglar entered thehome in the 2000 block of North IndianHill Boulevard by breaking a pane ofglass on a rear door with an unknowntool and unlocking the door. The thieftook a computer, cash and jewelry val-ued at $15,000.
* * * *Claremont is not Ontario, a confused
42-year-old man discovered Mondaynight. Police were driving down IndianHill when they spotted Jude Barron lean-ing against a light pole at the intersectionof Indian Hill and Foothill Boulevards.Mr. Barron said that he had been drink-ing bourbon in San Dimas and was try-ing to walk home to Ontario. Whenasked where he was currently, Mr. Bar-ron insisted that he was already in On-tario. Mr. Barron was arrested and helduntil he sobered up.
* * * *A young man sneaking into a seem-
ingly empty dorm room at ClaremontMcKenna College was the start of abizarre police report taken Mondaynight.
A campus officer approached the man,who was wearing a CMC sweatshirt,after seeing him enter a dorm roomthrough an unlocked window. The manquickly grabbed a pillow and clothesbundle from the closet, got into aChrysler Sebring convertible parkednearby and fled. The man’s connectionto The Colleges is unknown. A trespassreport was filed.
Tuesday, July 17Police are investigating a lead on a
major copper theft at the Claremont Col-leges. Sometime during the night, sur-veillance footage shows that 2 men stole$7500 worth in copper spools used forconstruction. The spools were takenfrom a plant just east of the Metrolink lot.The men were able to take off with thecopper despite the presence of a privatesecurity guard. Police are investigating.
—Beth [email protected]
POLICE BLOTTEROn Thursday, July 12 a suspicious man
familiar to Claremont Police is prompt-ing officers into a follow-up investigationafter a strange occurrence late Thursdayafternoon. A resident in the 2000 block ofGrand Avenue was working in the frontyard when approached by the man, whowas driving a black Chevrolet Caprice.He claimed he wanted to fix the dents ona car seen in the resident’s driveway. Theresident was walking toward the back-yard to question the car owner when heremembered the garage door had beenleft open. When the resident returned to
close the garage door the man was seenrummaging in the garage. He ran fromthe garage into his car and sped off. Noth-ing was taken. Police have connected thecar and the man with a previous incidentmade in March.
Witnesses had reported seeing thesame man cruising the Stater Bros. park-ing lot, where he said he was merelysearching for dents in cars. Police believethat he may have followed the residenthome. Investigation into the matter con-tinues. The man is described as approxi-mately 30 years of age and Hispanic.
Man saying he fixes cars, makes second suspicious appearance
Exit exam waivers ensure diplomas for all CHS students
In keeping with the Kindergarten Readiness Act of2012, the Claremont Unified School District willoffer a transitional kindergarten class this fall.
Transitional kindergarten is the first year of a 2-yearkindergarten program that employs “a modified kinder-garten curriculum that is age and developmentally ap-propriate,” according to the California Department ofEducation.
It’s being phased in slowly. This year, transitionalkindergarten must be available to children who havetheir fifth birthdays between November 2 and Decem-ber 2. In the 2013-14 school year, the program will beexpanded to include kids who turn 5 between October2 and December 2. The following year, transitional
kindergarten will cover all children who turn 5 betweenSeptember 2 and December 2.
The purpose of transitional kindergarten is to provideyoungsters with an early foundation for school success.
So far, the families of about 4 children born betweenNovember 2 and December 2 have expressed an inter-est in the local transitional kindergarten program.CUSD staff encourages anyone else with children ofthe qualifying age who is interested to contact the dis-trict.
The district has not yet determined what school sitewill host the transitional kindergarten program, whichis expected to grow as the qualifying age expands andas people learn about the program, according to Mike
Bateman, CUSD assistant superintendent. The district is currently discussing whether there will
be a separate transitional kindergarten class, or whetherchildren in this category will be grouped with otherkindergartners.
“It’s all in the planning stage,” Mr. Bateman said.“We’ll know more in the beginning of August when wesee what the numbers look like and who is still inter-ested.”
For more information on transitional kindergarten,call 398-0609, ext.75002
—Sarah [email protected]
Something new: District to offer transitional kindergarten this fall
Claremont COURIER/Saturday, July 21, 2012 5
At any given time, the 32 students ofthe Claremont School of TheatreArts can be found laughing, danc-
ing, improvising and generally having ablast. And if you could harness the energyof these fledgling thespians, ranging fromsixth to ninth grade and headquartered atPomona College, you could power a smallcity.
Instead, their high spirits are being channeled intoMary Fengar Gail’s Tales of the Windship, a playthey’ll perform at the college’s Allen Theater from July26-29.
The Claremont School of Theatre Arts (CSTA) hasprovided a safe and sacred place for creativity since itwas founded in 1994 by Curtain Raisers of the Clare-mont Colleges and Pomona College’s Department ofTheatre and Dance. The 5-week summer program aims“to expose young minds to the wonderful world of the-ater, teaching them problem-solving skills, sparkingimaginations and nurturing creativity.”
Participants take classes in acting, movement, im-provisation and costuming from 1 to 3:45 p.m. After aquick snack break, they head to the cool, black-paintedand black-curtained theater to rehearse.
“I think it’s the best program for children that thereis, as far as theater goes. Period. It’s brilliant,” saidCSTA artistic director Olivia Parker.
Ms. Parker, who teaches theater at San BernardinoHigh School, is not just speaking from a professionalperspective. Her mother, an active Curtain Raiser, wasone of the founders of CSTA, so she attended the pro-gram’s inaugural session at age 11.
Between her experiences with CSTA and her time inKrista Elhai’s theater classes at Claremont High School,Ms. Parker became hooked on acting.
“I think it’s really neat to be able to be comfortableon stage pretending to be someone else. It’s kind of likeHalloween every day—I always liked that,” Ms. Parker
said. “Even if you’re just watching theater, it’s fun tosit and forget about everything else for a little bit and getinvolved with something artistic in front of you.”
The spirit of theatrical escape is epitomized by 13-year-old Kelly McGarry, who plays one of 4 “Whiffin-puffs,” sprite-like characters who narrate the 7 sketchesthat make up Tales of the Windship. Of her charac-ter’s personality, which is that of a “ditzy airhead,” shejokes, “I can do it easily.”
Kelly, a previously homeschooled Claremonter whowill attend St. Dorothy’s School in Glendora this fall,has rave reviews for the CSTA.
“I love acting, and I love Olivia and I love all theteachers and interns,” she said. “I love being with theother actors, too. You kind of become a family.”
But it’s a lot of hard work. Along with memorizing their lines, these theater-
minded youths will learn how to work with lighting,props and costuming. “They do absolutely everything,”Ms. Parker said.
Lucía—who in the course of Tales of the Windshipplays a milkmaid, a wheat field and Siofra, an Irish girl
Programgives stagestruck students ataste oftheater
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Director Olivia Parker helps herstudent actors set up a scenein the play “Tales of the Wind-ship” on Thursday during theannual Claremont School ofTheater Arts summer programat Pomona College.
Katherine Arboleda and Dylan Dillard rehearse a scene from the play “Tales of the Windship” at the Clare-mont School of Theatre Arts in Pomona College. The afternoon workshop for young people provides anopportunity to work with theater professionals in a repertory style setting.
CSTA/continues on page 14
At some point in elementary school,we encounter the very sneakysilent letter. We learn that although
‘knight’ sounds identical to ‘night,’ it actu-ally begins with a ‘k.’ The same goes for‘knob,’ ‘know’ and ‘knife.’ Teachers ex-plain that ‘doubt’ and ‘comb’ have a hid-den ‘b,’ while ‘hour’ and ‘honor’ start with‘h.’ The curious kid who seeks an explana-tion is often faced with the following an-swer: That’s just the way it’s spelled.
It doesn’t take long to realize that those hidden b’sand k’s are just the tip of the iceberg. As adults, we mustcontend with the likes of ‘condemn,’ ‘rhubarb,’ and‘apropos.’ Consider ‘wrestle,’ where only 4 of the 7 let-ters are actually pronounced, and what about ‘pneu-monia’ and ‘pterodactyl’? Where do these silentstumpers come from?
The answer lies in history. In the 5th century AD,when Germans settled in Celtic-speaking England, theywere headed for a lot of turmoil. The emerging lan-guage, English, would be influenced by close contactwith other languages for many centuries to follow. Eng-lish speakers endured invasion by Latin-speaking Ro-mans, followed by Norse-speaking Vikings andeventually the French. In fact, there was a time whenFrench was deemed the official language of England.Thus, it’s no surprise that English is a hodgepodge ofGerman, Norse, Celtic, Latin and French borrowings.
Many silent letters came directly from French orLatin, where they were already silent. French gave usthe silent ‘h’ of ‘hour,’ ‘heir,’ and ‘honest’ and ‘s’ of‘apropos,’ ‘debris,’ ‘bourgeois’ and even ‘Illinois.’ This1809 territory was named for the Algonquian peoplewho called themselves Ilinouek, meaning ‘ordinaryspeaker.’ In the 17th century, the French spelling, ‘Illi-nois,’ was imposed, initially pronounced Ilnwe. Latingave us silent letters in words like ‘pneumonia,’
‘psalm,’ ‘rhubarb,’ and ‘pterodactyl.’ These combina-tions of ‘pn,’ ‘pt,’ and ‘rh’ came from Ancient Greekwhere such consonant clusters are commonplace. Theywere pronounced so faintly in Latin that they were per-ceived as silent to the English adopter.
Others among our silent letters were not silent whenthey came into English. In Old English, all words thatbegan with kn-, such as ‘knight,’ ‘knife,’ ‘knead,’‘knee,’ ‘knit,’ ‘knock,’ ‘knot,’ ‘know’ and ‘knuckle,’were originally pronounced k’n, as in k’nee, k’nit, andk’nock. This pronunciation is still common in languageslike German, Dutch and Swedish. Consider ModernGerman knie, ‘knee,’ pronounced “k’nee.” This soundcombination can also be heard in the Hebrew wordKnesset, the Israeli Parliament, which is derived fromHebrew kanas, ‘he gathered.’
As English evolved, the existing sounds of our lan-guage shaped the way that people pronounced bor-rowed words. In the 17th century, English-speakers nolonger felt comfortable pronouncing the hard k’n com-bination. It didn’t exist in other English words, so whyshould it exist in k’night and k’nife? Slowly, speakersphased out the ‘k.’ The spelling remained, but the sounddidn’t, leaving us with a silent letter. The same thinghappened with the ‘l’ of ‘half,’ ‘calf,’ ‘balm,’ ‘palm,’‘folk’ and ‘yolk.’ Even today, as language evolves, onecan note certain letters becoming silent. Consider the‘d’ in compound nouns ‘handsome’ and ‘landscape.’Many people ignore them altogether. Eventually, the ‘d’will fall into the category of silent letter, much as it has
in ‘Wednesday,’ from Old English Wodnesdæg.All languages build their words from a finite set of
sound units. Each language has constraints on howthese sounds can be arranged to form syllables. Lin-guists call these permissible sounds phonotactic con-straints. There are no words in English, for example,that begin with ‘bm’ or ‘dn.’ We are also more likely tohave clusters of ‘pla’ or ‘fni’ rather than ‘lpa’ or ‘nfi.’ Itis awkward for us to pronounce ‘kn,’ ‘gn,’ ‘hl,’ ‘hr,’ and‘hw.’ If a word is borrowed from a language that hasthese sounds, we slowly transform the word to fit oursound system.
An example of this phenomenon can be seen inJapanese with English loanwords. The constraints inJapanese specify that all consonant sounds must be sep-arated by a vowel sound. When the word ‘Christmas’was borrowed, speakers transformed the word to fittheir system. The Japanese pronunciation, kurisumasu,is unrecognizable in English.
Some silent letters emerged with the invention of theprinting press. Before this time, it wasn’t necessary foreveryone to agree on absolute spellings of words. Con-sider this line from Canterbury Tales, written in the14th century, where Chaucer spells ‘busy’ two differentways: “Nowher so besy a man as he…And het he semedbisier than he was.” When books went to print, spellingdecisions were largely left up to the people running thepress. Given that many did not speak English as a firstlanguage, they often relied on the rules of their own lan-guage. It is believed, for example, that the word ‘ghost’was originally spelled ‘gost.’ The Dutch added the ‘h’because of the ‘h’ in Dutch.
As if we didn’t have enough silent letters, some wereadded arbitrarily in the 18th century, in an effort tospruce up our language. Scholars believed we had be-come lazy by leaving out the letters that tied words totheir Latin origins, so b’s were added to dette, doute andsutill, giving a nod to their classical origins, debitum,dubitum and subtilis. No doubt, we owe a debt of grat-itude for these subtle changes imposed by the word po-lice of yesteryear. With this in mind, I’ll sign off with asigh.
Claremont COURIER/Saturday, July 21, 2012 6
LEXCITYIN THE
Why so silent?by Mellissa Martinez
I’m reading an article about poet T.S. Eliot’s collected letters and looking up the meaning of eschatology in the dictionary. Is the game on yet?
Facts and figures on waterDear Editor:
In John Moylan’s letter in the July 18edition of the COURIER regarding a po-tential purchase of the water company, hearrives at an approximately $30 millionvalue for the Claremont portion of thecompany. ($777 million market capital-ization times the fraction of 10,000 cus-tomers in Claremont divided by 256,000total customers).
It should be noted, however, that thiscalculation only reflects the share of totalequity that is attributable to its Claremontcustomer base. It does not include a cor-responding share of the parent company’sdebt that would also be relevant in deter-mining the total value of the water com-pany serving Claremont.
In the company’s most recent 10-Q fil-ing dated May 7, 2012, a total of $341million of long-term debt is listed on theparent company’s balance sheet. Underthe same methodology used to determinethe value of the total equity attributable toits Claremont customer base, the Clare-mont share of long-term debt would be$13.3 million.
Adding the equity and debt portions to-gether, the total enterprise value of the
parent company attributable to its Clare-mont customer base becomes $43.3 mil-lion.
How this $43.3 million share of totalenterprise value actually relates to the cur-rent fair market value of the water com-pany’s assets serving Claremont isanybody’s guess – that is the purpose ofthe appraisal process.
Marc D. SelznickClaremont
Council urged to stay neutral onreligious events Dear Editor:
Americans United for Separation ofChurch and State asked the ClaremontCity Council to stop promoting religion atgovernment-sponsored events, the thirdtime this request has been made of thecouncil in the last 6 weeks.
“It is extremely troubling that the coun-cil seems to be missing the message of ourletters,” said the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, ex-ecutive director of Americans United.“Governments should never be in the
business of sponsoring religion.”On June 1, Americans United warned
the city council that its sponsorship of anevent called “Sitting in the Park,” whichincluded a procession from the SacredHeart historical site prefaced by “a specialblessing” and a mass conducted by OurLady of the Assumption CatholicChurch—violated the First Amendmentto the US Constitution.
After the city received the letter, theevent’s organizers withdrew their requestfor official sponsorship.
On June 26, Americans United againwrote to the city, urging the rejection of aproposed written policy that would haveallowed invocations and benedictions atcity-sponsored events. AU said in its letterthat the Constitution prohibits the inclu-sion of even non-denominational prayersat government-sponsored events otherthan legislative sessions.
Americans United’s latest letter, datedJuly 17, notes that even though the cityhas declined to adopt a written policy au-thorizing prayer at city-sponsored events,it appears that the council continues tosponsor events that feature prayers. Amer-icans United received a complaint thatprayer was included in the city’s JulyFourth celebration, the letter says.
“Whether or not such prayers are for-mally authorized by a written city policy,however, the Establishment Clause pro-hibits the city from including prayers at itsevents,” the letter explains.
The letter notes that if the council con-tinues to sponsor or otherwise includeprayers at city events, AU will be forced toconsider other options, including a law-suit. Such litigation is very expensive andtime-consuming, the letter warns. The let-ter requests a response within 30 days.
Ayesha N. KhanLegal Director
Claremont COURIER/Saturday, July 21, 2012 7
READERS’ COMMENTS
Gregory M. Lipper Senior Litigation
Counsel
Ian SmithStaff Attorney
Americans United
The COURIER staff has a favoritesaying about Claremont’s commu-nity newspaper. “Though life may
steer you away, it always finds a way ofleading you back.”
The COURIER has a tendency to keep its employ-ees. Whether they’ve left for an extended hiatus, or sim-ply chosen another career path, the small-town charmof the newspaper has a draw that sticks.
Sarah Torribio, the newly-dubbed education andobituary reporter, can assure this adage is true. Ms. Tor-ribio returned to the realm of Claremont communityjournalism, her words immortalized in ink once againnearly 9 years after her byline first found its way ontoCOURIER newsprint.
“I feel my old passion, even mania, for journalismcoming back,” Ms. Torribio said. “Each new story is achallenge, and I like challenges.”
She began the journey back to the COURIER lastJanuary, looking for a way to “shake up her energy”and dabble back into the world of reporting. Her offerto volunteer as a copyeditor was accepted, and Ms. Tor-ribio quips she became the newspaper’s “oldest andmost experienced intern.”
Though joking, demonstating a characteristic a senseof spirit and spunk, Ms. Torribio brings with her a seri-ous knowledge base. In addition to her previous edito-rial work for the COURIER—which included workingas managing editor alongside former publisher MartinWeinberger—her portfolio includes work for the LAWeekly, the Los Angeles Times and the Inland ValleyVoice among others. And she is no stranger to the worldof education. Ms. Torribio has been helping as theCOURIER’s interim reporter since March. She taughtat Citrus College under the auspices of the communi-cations program until 2009, also serving as the instruc-tor for the community college’s literary magazineLitrus.
Ms. Torribio knew the makings of a writer were in
her blood from a very young age. Her talents and shortstories continued to flourish with encouragement by herfamily, who recognized her strength. Ms. Torribio firstsaw her hobby as something more serious after a field-trip to The LA Times building in Downtown LA at theage of 7.
“There’s a certain energy when you see a newsroomon deadline. I was drawn by the atmosphere of excite-ment and challenge,” Ms. Torribio said. “I made apromise to myself then and there that I would one daywork for The Los Angeles Times.”
Moved by her new ambition and fueled by the furyof the newsroom—terrifying to some, an adrenalinerush for her—Ms. Torribio went on to write for her jun-ior high school newscast, the Covina High School Car-dinal and White, the Citrus College Clarion and CalPoly Pomona’s Poly Post. While at Cal Poly, Ms. Tor-ribio was awarded a grant by the California Newspa-per Publishers’ Association for her reporting. The
$2000 grant helped fund a 3-month internship she pro-cured at the San Fernando Valley edition of The LATimes.
“So to some extent, my LA Times dream did cometrue,” she noted.
She credits her Citrus College journalism instructorMeg O’Neil for helping her to hone her craft and forencouraging her inquisitive nature.
“She emphasizes honesty, accuracy, hard work andpersistence in journalism,” Ms. Torribio said.
Though a reporter by trade, Ms. Torribio remainsdedicated to the craft of pen and paper regardless ofform. She is currently working on her second screen-play, and when not writing is often lost in the words ofher favorite authors (she loves a good memoir).
The only thing that can draw her away from herbooks and writing is her dimple-faced son, Alex. Beinga mother is a role she has taken on with pride over thepast 3-and-a-half years alongside her significant other,Brian Hall, and has been a welcome learning experi-ence. Ms. Torribio hopes her gusto and drive in all are-nas of her life will serve as a model to him now and inthe future.
“If I can demonstrate to him that life is worth livingand worth living with enthusiasm, I will have done myjob,” she said.
—Beth [email protected]
Claremont COURIER/Saturday, July 21, 2012 8
Love of writing brings our (new?) reporter back to newsroom
COURIER photo/Steven FelschundneffThe COURIER welcomes Sarah Torribio as its new,full-time—and permanent—education and obituariesreporter.
Friday NightsLive series continuesthrough August
The Claremont Chamber of Commerce FridayNights Live music series continues throughout Augustwith the following bands scheduled to perform:
July 27 PP Seth Greenberg (Jazz) CCC Ray Mac Namara Band (Steel band)
August 3 PP Carl Schafer (Jazz)CCC Slinker (Indie / Powerpop / Rock)CH Minus One Reality (Rock/ Indie)
August 10 PP Dynamite Dawson (Soft Rock)CCC Los Whateveros
(Original Americana/Roots Rock)CH Back in Time (Oldies)August 17 PP Give Up the Junk
(old and new tunes; funky, jazzy) CCC John Bodie (Rock/Country)CH Drum Sync Academy
August 24 PP MP3's (Rock/ Easy listening)CCC Rhythm Generators & Blues Casters
(Blues) CH SYC Kids (Rock and Oldies)
August 31 PP The Dogs (Soft rock) CCC Woodrock (Acoustic rock) CH Dos Caminos (Flamenco)
PP: Public Plaza, 101 N. Indian Hill Blvd.CCC: Chamber of Commerce, 205 Yale Ave.CH: South Side of City Hall on Second/Harvard.
When new COURIER Classified SalesManager Jessica Gustin says she lovesClaremont, she knows what she’s talkingabout. As the daughter of a career navyman, she has shopped around, living allover the globe during the course of her 23years.
Ms. Gustin, who was born in Virginia,earned her communications degree atSonoma State University amid the lushCalifornia wine country. Before that, shelived in Ventura for a decade, the longestshe’s stayed in one place.
California is just the beginning of her ge-ographic history.
From age 6 to 9, Ms. Gustin lived in At-sugi, Japan, a 40-minute drive from Tokyo,where her father was stationed at the NavalAir Facility. From there, the newspaper’slatest hire relocated to Hawaii for a 3-yearstretch on the island of Oahu, where her fa-ther was stationed at Kaneohe Bay.
Ms. Gustin, who came to roll with thepunches, attributes her adapitlity to hermother Anne, who she says can make thebest of any situation.
Being a “military brat”—a lifestyle thatrequires going from place to place, regu-larly changing schools and cultures—canhave one of 2 effects, Ms. Gustin said. Youcan become embittered, or you can be-come “a super-extroverted person whomakes friends easily.”
Ms. Gustin, who impressed COURIERpublisher Peter Weinberger and managing
editor Kathryn Dunn with her sunny dis-position as well as her obvious smarts,falls into the latter category.
“I love it,” she says of her nomadicyouth. “You only get one chance to makethat impression, to make friends andmake people like you. I think it made mevery outgoing and very vocal.”
Once again in a new locale, this time thenewspaper office on Claremont Boulevardjust north of the Claremont Colleges, Ms.Gustin’s sociability will come in handy.Her job entails constant communication asshe helps people place classified ads, so-licits new advertisers and assists the officemanager in fielding phone calls during themany days the COURIER phone is ringingoff the hook.
It’s a busy job, but Ms. Gustin, whodreams of an eventual career crafting ad-vertising campaigns, sees the COURIERas a great next step.
“It’s the foot in the door I’ve been look-ing for,” she said.
Before this job, Ms. Gustin, an avidswimmer, spent 7 years in aquatics, start-ing as a lifeguard. Most recently, she servedas the aquatics director at the CovinaYMCA. Ms. Gustin’s boyfriend, ZacharyPfahler, who she met at Sonoma State, stillworks at the Covina Y.
He was an art history major, and as-pires to work as a museum curator. She mi-nored in art, which means the coupleshares arty interests like visiting museums.
He’s into modern art, things that have“boxes and lines,” while her taste runs tothe Renaissance and Rococo periods.
Their differences, she said, “ruined mydream of living in Italy near the Vatican.”
From such aesthetic divergences to achildhood with a Texas-born, career mili-tary father, Ms. Gustin is used to negotiat-ing different opinions. As a result, she’s nottoo apprehensive about the inevitable frus-trated customer. For the most part, how-ever, Ms. Gustin, who describes Clare-mont as “this little Sonoma-type, SanFrancisco-style town within the desert,”can expect a warm welcome.
“It’s really comfortable and inviting. It
feels like a family,” she said of the close-knit COURIER office.
It’s undeniable: the COURIER work-day has been known to devolve into animpromptu chat session. Newsroom em-ployees can look forward to hearingabout Ms. Gustin’s hobbies: crafty pur-suits like jewelry-making and stamping.Ms. Gustin has also acquired a veritabletreasure trove of anecdotes from her far-flying upbringing.
She experienced the very real phenom-enon of “rock fever” while living in Oahu,an island that can be traversed during anhour’s drive. Of her time in Japan, shenotes that her experiences were both met-ropolitan (riding the crowded, lightning-fast Tokyo subways) and bucolic (feedingsquirrels at a Buddhist temple and visitinga mountain village whose entire populationcrafts remarkable wooden toys.)
“It was just amazing,” she said of hertime in the Land of the Rising Sun.
This well-traveled new addition has con-tinued her tradition of making good firstimpressions. The general consensus is thatshe will be a delightful addition to theCOURIER staff.
Ms. Gustin is equally optimistic.“I’ll have a lot of room to grow here,”
she said —Sarah Torribio
Claremont COURIER/Saturday, July 21, 2012 9
Globe-trotting ad specialist settles at the COURIER, turns on the charm
COURIER photo/Steven FelschundneffClaremont resident Jessica Gustin joinsthe COURIER team this week as theclassified sales manager.
Claremont COURIER/Saturday, July 21, 2012 10
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Claremont COURIER/Saturday, July 21, 2012 11Temporary closure of drivewayat Sprouts
The drive approach on the west side of Mountain Av-enue, just north of Foothill Boulevard, that serves theSprouts shopping center at the northwest corner ofFoothill Boulevard and Mountain Avenue, is scheduledto be closed beginning Monday, July 23 through Mon-day, July 30, according to the city manager’s report. Theclosure is necessary to accommodate reconstruction ofthe driveway to provide improved access into the cen-ter, as well as to complete utility upgrades.
Drivers may access the shopping center on FoothillBoulevard during construction. All businesses in theshopping center have been notified of the closure.
Final Dial-A-Ride community meeting
The Community and Human Services Commissionappointed an ad hoc committee to review Claremont’sDial-a-Ride program and to formulate recommendations.The final meeting to receive public input is this Monday,July 23, at 9 a.m. at the Joslyn Center.
To submit comments by mail, write to: Dial-A-RideAd Hoc Committee, 1616 Monte Vista Ave., Claremont,CA 91711; by email: [email protected]. For
more information, contact Cari Sneed, management an-alyst, at 399-5306.
Karousel Kids to perform WillyWonka at Lewis Playhouse
Claremont’s Karousel Kids, Inc. will present WillyWonka opening Saturday, July 28 at 7:30 p.m., with per-formances Sunday, July 29 at 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
This is Karousel Kids 35th year of providing fun-filledproductions, showcasing the talents of young people age3 to 25 from Claremont and surrounding areas.
Performances will continue Thursday, August 2 at7:30 p.m. and again the weekend of Friday, August 3 at7:30 p.m. and Saturday, August 4 at 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.All performances will be at The Lewis Family Playhouselocated at Victoria Garden in Rancho Cucamonga.
Tickets are available for purchase from cast membersor by calling The Lewis Family Playhouse Box Officeat 477-2752. Tickets are $19 each in advance or $22 atthe door. For information please call 626-KIDS (5437) orvisit www.karouselkids.org.
Goal!: AYSO team takes national honors
The Claremont Boys U16 American Youth Soccer Or-ganization (AYSO) team were finalists in their divisionat the National Games, held in Knoxville, Tennessee onJuly 1-8. The team played 10 games total, amid temper-atures that Coach Robert Bunker noted reached 95 de-grees, with high humidity. Claremont Toyota and thelocal Rotary Club are sponsors of the team, which in-cludes 14 talented local youngsters: Cain Macias, WyattAnderson, Kaden Bunker, Josh Corona, Adrian Campos-Morales, Avery Hernandez, Isaias Patino, Brian Don-ahue, Andrew Darney-Lane, Stefan Flores, Joseph Blash,Ryan O’Connor, Carson Leathers and Troy Cowgill.
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Like many other 17-year-old girls, Claremonter Melissa Meyeris obsessed with Lady Gaga. She spends countless hours brush-ing up on her facts and adding items to her “Gaga collection.”
Her family goes so far as to say she is an expert in the topic. Unlikeother 17-year-olds, however, her Lady Gaga is a 13-foot albinoBurmese Python.
In a phase teen girls are usually more focused on boys than books, Melissa has devotedherself to the care of Lady Gaga and many other slithery and scaly friends. Forty-one oth-ers to be exact. Though not yet old enough to vote, Melissa is Claremont’s resident rep-tilian expert, a title she wears with pride.
“I just love the animals, honestly, and the chance to be with them every day,” Melissashared. “You open a cage and it’s something new.”
The teen is a walking almanac of reptiles and amphibians. When not at school, Melissadevotes her time to poring over books on the subject, watching shows on Discovery Chan-nel and maintaining her pets. It’s what she loves to do above all else.
“She’d research all their habitats, what they eat and what they need to survive. She’dkeep logs of all the information, and detailed notes,” said her father Ed. “She truly is awalking encyclopedia!”
Melissa can often be found walking the trails of the Wilderness Park, sharing her critterknowledge with others. She has even been known to teach a lesson if the right creaturecomes by, a passing tarantula in one case. Melissa hopes to dispel common misconceptionsand fear by spreading facts about California’s native reptiles and insects.
“People just assume they are all out there to get you, but they’re not,” Melissa said.“They are just like cats and dogs, they know who their owners are. Stanley [her Argen-
COURIER photos/Steven FelschundneffClaremont resident Melissa Meyer, 17, has developed a true love for reptiles filling her north Claremont bedroom with many exotic species. Her interest startedwhen her brother brought home a gofer snake but since then her collection has grown to 42 animals.
Reptiles rejoice! This teen oversees your homeaway from home
Melissa Meyer raises worms to feed her menagerie of reptiles, including this rather un-usual-looking blue-tongued skink.
tine Tegu, an omnivorous lizard] even responds to hisname.”
Melissa’s passion for reptiles began like the seem-ingly tomboyish interests of many other little girls witholder brothers: she didn’t have a choice. Her brotherswould bring home creatures on a regular basis much toher squeamish delight; a pet snake or lizard was a sta-ple in the Meyer household. Though she enjoyed thecreepy-crawlies, she was initially more hesitant.
“She was too scared to reach in the cage herself, soshe would have me hand them to her,” her mother Tarinarecalled.
You would never know that now. Her room is tidilylined with cages and aquariums acquired throughout theyears with varying types of reptiles and amphibians,much cleaner than typically expected from a teen’s bed-room. Melissa quickly learned to adapt and conquer herfear, becoming just as eager, if not more, than her oldersiblings. She began her own pet collection at age 6 withthe rescue of a Rosy Boa, aptly named Rose. Melissaand her brothers found Rose maimed on the side of aMt. Baldy Trail. She brought her home and nursed herback to health. She continues to thrive today underMelissa’s constant care.
One of Melissa’s favorite things about her pets is theircolorful and varying personalities. There’s Kaizer theBearded Dragon, a recognized social butterfly, and stub-born Stanley, who has been known to walk off with Mr.Meyer’s shoes.
Her hobby turned into more of a lifestyle as Melissagrew ever hungrier to learn more about her pets. Tooyoung for employment, Melissa took a volunteer posi-tion at a pet shop in Chino Hills.
“I just needed to be with the animals,” she explained.“I figured I would learn a lot more by being there withthem all the time.”
It was a bottom of the barrel job, but Melissa didn’t
care. She was an eager learner, soaking up any and everybit of knowledge storeowners and customers wouldshare.
She was filled with fearless ambition, the first to vol-unteer helping with even the most temperamental ofcreatures, which has earned her countless bites and scarsalong the way. Thirteen stitches along her finger are areminder of a run-in she had with an angry Argus mon-itor, a lizard typically found in Australia and NewGuinea. But the battle wounds have only pushed her tocontinue the journey.
“It’s just part of it, you know you will be bit at somepoint,” Melissa said, “but if you really love the animals,it doesn’t matter.”
Six months into her volunteership, Melissa began herown little pet shop. Her first animal gifted to her wasLady Gaga, then a 12-inch baby python in need of ahome. Over the years the collection grew with additionslike a pair of bearded dragons, named Master Chief andPancake, and a silly and skittish frilled dragon, who stillawaits a name. Her nieces and nephews lend their helpto the naming process.
Her room is so masterfully cleaned it would take adouble, maybe even triple-take, to realize her assortmentof pets. It’s a source of pride for both her parents.
“I haven’t had to invest a dime or tell her to clean atall. She has amassed this little zoo of hers all on herown,” Mr. Meyer said. “I am just blown away by herenthusiasm and real love for them. She cares about themlike nobody’s business.”
She takes the time every day to make sure each hasthe correct amount of light, moisture and food, as wellas a clean cage. Though the costs to feed her reptiles canrun up to $60 a week, she has taken to breeding many ofher own worms and insects to help cut on costs. She con-siders herself lucky to be able to care for her pets in atime when many others are unable to do so.
“It’s an expensive hobby and especially right nowwith the economy, many people aren’t able to do it,” shesaid.
As long as fortune follows her, Melissa plans to con-tinue fostering her reptilian friends, and one day hopesto turn it into a profession.
“I’d love to open my own private breeding facility,”she said. “I just love the opportunity to be with themeveryday and continue to learn more about them.”
—Beth [email protected]
Melissa Meyer keeps her collection of reptiles in a series of cages and aquariumsin her parentʼs north Claremont home.
Melissa Meyer holds a leopard gecko recently at thenorth Claremont home she shares with her family. Herfather, Ed Meyer, says that she is very good with all ofher pets and gives each one attention every day.
Melissa Meyerʼs largest 2-bearded dragons, Kaizer and Gina, have a look around herroom recently in north Claremont. Ms. Meyer has started to breed several species,including the bearded dragon.
AT LEFT: One of Melissa Meyerʼs most unusual reptiles is her albino Burmesepython, named Lady Gaga, who was born without eyes. Blindness does not slowthe snake down when capturing prey, according to Ms. Meyer.
who runs away—has enjoyed the costuming aspect. Forher role as Siofra, she will wear a pretty green dress thatlooks a bit ragged from the runaway’s slightly creepyadventure. For her other part as a wheat field, shepainted wheat on a grocery bag¸ cut holes for her headand arms, and added shiny embellishments.
Rehearsals for the family-friendly play are goingwell, said assistant director Greg McGoon, who firstcame to CSTA as a participant 16 years ago. As a 6thgrader, he had a great time in a play called Flying Col-ors. After CSTA, he moved onto Krista Elhai’s theatertroupe. The acting bug never went away.
After graduating with a degree in psychology fromthe University of San Diego, Mr. McGoon moved toNew York, where he performs off-Broadway produc-tions and various original works. He returns to CSTA,where he is currently serving as a movement and actingteacher, each summer. It’s about giving back.
“I feel like this program allows students going intohigh school to have a well-rounded approach to theater—the technical as well as the performance side,” he said.
Students really benefit from the collaborative natureof the performances, Mr. McGoon noted.
“The program allows students to give input into theircharacter development. It’s not just teachers telling thestudents what to do,” he said. “It becomes a group ef-fort in order to allow everyone’s voice to comethrough.”
From taking the stage to taking a stand, CSTA par-ticipants gain greater self-confidence along with theknowledge of what it takes to put on a show. The pro-gram is also a great place to make lifelong friends.
CHS sophomore Riley Evans, who attended CSTAfrom 6th to 8th grade, has fond memories of her firstproduction, Canterbury Tales.
“I played the Grim Reaper, my favorite part,” shesaid.
Riley, who is in Krista Elhai’s theater classes, is help-ing out as a CSTA intern this year. It’s the friendly at-mosphere that keeps her coming back.
“Theater kids have a lot of energy. They’re com-pletely different from everybody else, but they’re thesame as each other,” she said. “They’re all weird andquirky, and that’s me, so that’s where I belong.”
CSTA will present Tales of the Windship at 7 p.m.on July 26-28 and 2 p.m. on July 28-29. The $10 ad-mission ($8 for kids ages 2-12) helps support the pro-gram, which this year offered 4 scholarships tolower-income students.
The Allen Theater is located on the Pomona Collegecampus at 300 E. Bonita Ave. For information, call 607-4396. —Sarah Torribio
Claremont COURIER/Saturday, July 21, 2012 14CSTAcontinued from page 5
COURIER photo/Steven FelschundneffSophie Willard-Van Sistine, left, Kelly McGarry, Greg McGoon and Jonah Evans rehearse a “Bollywood”scene from their production of “Tales of the Windship” on Thursday in Claremont. BELOW: Kelly McGarrywatches her colleagues rehearse during the Claremont School of Theater Arts summer youth acting pro-gram at Pomona College. During the workshop, the students produce a full theatrical play including live per-formances in front of an audience.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMEFile No. 2012 125030
The following person(s) is (are) doing business asRazzle Dazzle Frozen Yogurt, 452 Auto CenterDrive, Claremont, CA 91711. Mailing address:1370 No. Vallejo Way, Upland, CA 91786. DennisR. Merrick, 1370 No. Vallejo Way, Upland, CA91786. Nancy L. Merrick, 1370 No. Vallejo Way,Upland, CA 91786.This business is conducted by a Husband and Wife.Registrant has not yet commenced to transact busi-ness under the fictitious business name or nameslisted herein./s/ Dennis R. MerrickThis statement was filed with the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk of Los Angeles County on06/21/12.NOTICE- In Accordance with subdivision (a) ofsection 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement gener-ally expires at the end of five (5) years from the dateon which it was filed in the office of the CountyClerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of sec-tion 17920, where it expires 40 days after anychange in the facts set forth in the statement pur-suant to section 17913 other than a change in theresidence address of a registered owner. A new Fic-titious Business Name Statement must be filed be-fore the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself au-thorize the use in this state of a Fictitious BusinessName in violation of the rights of another under fed-eral, state, or common law (see Section 14411 etseq., Business and Professions Code).PUBLISH: June 30, July 7, 14 and 21, 2012.T.S. No.: 2011-11937 Loan No.: 705753457
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALEYOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OFTRUST DATED 7/20/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKEACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, ITMAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOUNEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OFTHE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOUSHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER.A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash,cashier's check drawn on a state or national bank, checkdrawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawnby a state or federal savings and loan association, or sav-ings association, or savings bank specified in Section5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do busi-ness in this state will be held by the duly appointed trusteeas shown below, of all right, title, and interest conveyedto and now held by the trustee in the hereinafter describedproperty under and pursuant to a Deed of Trust describedbelow. The sale will be made, but without covenant orwarranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, posses-sion, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principalsum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with in-terest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s),advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interestthereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for thetotal amount (at the time of the initial publication of theNotice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forthbelow. The amount may be greater on the day of sale.Trustor: WILLIAM TSUI, A SINGLE MANDuly Appointed Trustee: Western Progressive, LLCRecorded 7/29/2005 as Instrument No. 05 1800364 inbook ---, page --- and rerecorded on --- as --- of OfficialRecords in the office of the Recorder of Los AngelesCounty, California, Date of Sale: 7/31/2012 at 9:30 AMPlace of Sale: By the fountain located at 400 CivicCenter Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766Amount of unpaid balance and other charges:$629,197.61Street Address or other common designation of realproperty: 2540 KING WY, CLAREMONT, CALI-FORNIA 91711A.P.N.: 8670-033-018The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for anyincorrectness of the street address or other common des-ignation, if any, shown above. If no street address orother common designation is shown, directions to thelocation of the property may be obtained by sending awritten request to the beneficiary within 10 days of thedate of first publication of this Notice of Sale.Pursuant to California Civil Code §2923.54 the under-signed, on behalf of the beneficiary, loan servicer or au-thorized agent, declares as follows: The beneficiary orservicing agent declares that it has obtained from theCommissioner of Corporation a final or temporaryorder of exemption pursuant to California Civil CodeSection 2923.53 that is current and valid on the date theNotice of Sale is filed and/or the timeframe for givingNotice of Sale Specified in subdivision (s) of CaliforniaCivil Code Section 2923.52 applies and has been pro-vided or the loan is exempt from the requirements.NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you areconsidering bidding on this property lien, you should
understand that there are risks involved in bidding at atrustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on theproperty itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auc-tion does not automatically entitle you to free and clearownership of the property. You should also be awarethat the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. Ifyou are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or maybe responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lienbeing auctioned off, before you can receive clear title tothe property. You are encouraged to investigate the ex-istence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that mayexist on this property by contacting the countyrecorder’s office or a title insurance company, either ofwhich may charge you a fee for this information. If youconsult either of these resources, you should be awarethat the same lender my hold more than one mortgageor deed of trust on this property.NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale dateshown on this notice of sale may be postponed one ormore times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or acourt, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California CivilCode. The law requires that information about trusteesale postponements be made available to you and to thepublic, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. Ifyou wish to learn whether your sale date has been post-poned, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and datefor the sale of this property, you may call (866)-960-8299 or visit this Internet Web site http://www.alti-source.com/MortgageServices/DefaultManagement/TrusteeServices.aspx, using the file number assigned tothis case 2011-11937. Information about postpone-ments that are very short in duration or that occur closein time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be re-flected in the telephone information or on the InternetWeb site. The best way to verify postponement infor-mation is to attend the scheduled saleDate: 6/22/2012Western Progressive, LLC, as Trusteec/o 18377 Beach Blvd., Suite 210 Huntington Beach, California 92648 Automated Sale Information Line: (866) 960-8299http://www.altisource.com/MortgageServices/De-faultManagement/TrusteeServices.aspxFor Non-Automated Sale Information, call: (866)240-3530 __________________________________Tunisha Jennings, Trustee Sale AssistantPUBLISH: 7/7/12, 7/14/12, 7/21/12NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S. NoCA1200053883 Loan No 0652671331 Insurer No.583149871 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER ADEED OF TRUST DATED 09/19/2001. UNLESSYOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IFYOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NA-TURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU,YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A publicauction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier'scheck drawn on a state or national bank check drawn bya state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by astate or federal savings and loan association, or savingsassociation, or savings bank specified in Section 5102of the Financial Code and authorized to do business inthis state, will be held by the duly appointed trustee. Thesale will be made; but without covenant or warranty,expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or en-cumbrances, to satisfy the obligation secured by saidDeed of Trust. The undersigned Trustee disclaims anyliability for any incorrectness of the property address orother common designation, if any, shown herein.TRUSTOR: KAZUMASA KIKUNAGA AND CORAS KIKUNAGA, HUSBAND AND WIFE AS JOINTTENANTS Recorded 10/09/2001 as Instrument No. 011909239 in Book XX, page XX of Official Records inthe office of the Recorder of Los Angeles County, Cal-ifornia Date of Sale: 08/01/2012 at 11:00 A.M. Place ofSale: By the fountain located at 400 Civic Center Plaza,Pomona, CA 91766 Property Address is purported tobe: 1633 LYNOAK DRIVE CLAREMONT, CA91711 APN#: 8304-010-010 The total amount securedby said instrument as of the time of initial publication ofthis notice is $90,929.38, which includes the totalamount of the unpaid balance (including accrued andunpaid interest) and reasonable estimated costs, ex-penses, and advances at the time of initial publication ofthis notice. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: Ifyou are considering bidding on this property lien, youshould understand that there are risks involved in bid-ding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien,not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at atrustee auction does not automatically entitle you to freeand clear ownership of the property. You should also beaware that the lien being auctioned off may be a juniorlien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you areor may be responsible for paying off all liens senior tothe lien being auctioned off, before you can receiveclear title to the property. You are encouraged to inves-tigate the existence, priority, and size of outstandingliens that may exist on this property by contacting thecounty recorder's office or a title insurance company,either of which may charge you a fee for this informa-tion. If you consult either of these resources, you
should be aware that the same lender may hold morethan one mortgage or deed of trust on the property.NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale dateshown on this notice of sale may be postponed one ormore times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or acourt, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California CivilCode. The law requires that information about trusteesale postponements be made available to you and tothe public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale.If you wish to learn whether your sale date has beenpostponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time anddate for the sale of this property, you may call 714-730-2727 or visit this Internet Web site address www.lp-sasap.com for information regarding the sale of thisproperty, using the file number assigned to this casefile number CA1200053883. Information about post-ponements that are very short in duration or that occurclose in time to the scheduled sale may not immedi-ately be reflected in the telephone information or onthe Internet Web site. The best way to verify post-ponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.Date: 07/03/2012 Executive Trustee Services, LLC dbaETS Services, LLC 2255 North Ontario Street, Suite400 Burbank, CA 91504-3120 Sale Line: 714-730-2727 Omar Solorzano, TRUSTEE SALE OFFICERA-4262167 07/07/2012, 07/14/2012, 07/21/2012NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE TS No. 12-0013662Doc ID #0001587992942005N Title Order No. 12-0023309 Investor/Insurer No. 158799294 APN No.8673-035-015 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER ADEED OF TRUST, DATED 03/27/2007. UNLESSYOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IFYOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NA-TURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU,YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. Notice ishereby given that RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A.,as duly appointed trustee pursuant to the Deed of Trustexecuted by REBECCA B GRAVETT, AND AL-BERT KENT GRAVETT, HUSBAND AND WIFE,dated 03/27/2007 and recorded 5/14/2007, as Instru-ment No. 20071155338, in Book , Page , of OfficialRecords in the office of the County Recorder of LosAngeles County, State of California, will sell on07/30/2012 at 11:00AM, By the fountain located at 400Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766 at public auc-tion, to the highest bidder for cash or check as de-scribed below, payable in full at time of sale, all right,title, and interest conveyed to and now held by it undersaid Deed of Trust, in the property situated in saidCounty and State and as more fully described in theabove referenced Deed of Trust. The street address andother common designation, if any, of the real propertydescribed above is purported to be: 925 DEEPSPRINGS DR, CLAREMONT, CA, 917111402. Theundersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any in-correctness of the street address and other commondesignation, if any, shown herein. The total amount ofthe unpaid balance with interest thereon of the obliga-tion secured by the property to be sold plus reasonableestimated costs, expenses and advances at the time ofthe initial publication of the Notice of Sale is$922,887.62. It is possible that at the time of sale theopening bid may be less than the total indebtednessdue. In addition to cash, the Trustee will acceptcashier's checks drawn on a state or national bank, acheck drawn by a state or federal credit union, or acheck drawn by a state or federal savings and loan as-sociation, savings association, or savings bank speci-fied in Section 5102 of the Financial Code andauthorized to do business in this state. Said sale will bemade, in an ''AS IS'' condition, but without covenantor warranty, express or implied, regarding title, pos-session or encumbrances, to satisfy the indebtednesssecured by said Deed of Trust, advances thereunder,with interest as provided, and the unpaid principal ofthe Note secured by said Deed of Trust with interestthereon as provided in said Note, plus fees, charges andexpenses of the Trustee and of the trusts created by saidDeed of Trust. If required by the provisions of section2923.5 of the California Civil Code, the declarationfrom the mortgagee, beneficiary or authorized agent isattached to the Notice of Trustee's Sale duly recordedwith the appropriate County Recorder's Office. NO-TICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS If you are consid-ering bidding on this property lien, you shouldunderstand that there are risks involved in bidding at atrustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on aproperty itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auc-tion does not automatically entitle you to free and clearownership of the property. You should also be awarethat the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien.If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are ormay be responsible for paying off all liens senior to thelien being auctioned off, before you can receive cleartitle to the property. You are encouraged to investigatethe existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens thatmay exist on this property by contacting the countyrecorder's office or a title insurance company, either ofwhich may charge you a fee for this information. If youconsult either of these resources, you should be awarethat the lender may hold more than one mortgage ordeed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROP-ERTY OWNER The sale date shown on this notice ofsale may be postponed one or more times by the mort-gagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Sec-tion 2924g of the California Civil Code. The lawrequires that information about trustee sale postpone-ments be made available to you and to the public, as acourtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish tolearn whether your sale date has been postponed, and,if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the saleof this property, you may call 1-800-281-8219 or visitthis Internet Web site www.recontrustco.com, using thefile number assigned to this case TS No. 12-0013662.Information about postponements that are very shortin duration or that occur close in time to the scheduledsale may not immediately be reflected in the telephoneinformation or on the Internet Web site. The best wayto verify postponement information is to attend thescheduled sale. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A.1800 Tapo Canyon Rd., CA6-914-01-94 SIMI VAL-LEY, CA 93063 Phone: (800) 281 8219, Sale Infor-mation (626) 927-4399 By: Trustee's Sale OfficerRECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A. is a debt collectorattempting to collect a debt. Any information obtainedwill be used for that purpose. A-4263718 07/07/2012,07/14/2012, 07/21/2012NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE T.S. No: F535931CA Unit Code: F Loan No: 0999845738/MOON In-vestor No: 172310108 AP #1: 8304-012-003 T.D.SERVICE COMPANY, as duly appointed Trusteeunder the following described Deed of Trust WILLSELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHESTBIDDER FOR CASH (in the forms which are lawfultender in the United States) and/or the cashier's, certi-fied or other checks specified in Civil Code Section2924h (payable in full at the time of sale to T.D. Serv-ice Company) all right, title and interest conveyed to
and now held by it under said Deed of Trust in theproperty hereinafter described: Trustor: WOO KIMOON Recorded November 17, 2005 as Instr. No.05 2794165 in Book --- Page --- of Official Recordsin the office of the Recorder of LOS ANGELESCounty; CALIFORNIA , pursuant to the Notice of De-fault and Election to Sell thereunder recorded March23, 2012 as Instr. No. 2012-0449521 in Book ---Page --- of Official Records in the office of theRecorder of LOS ANGELES County CALIFORNIA.YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OFTRUST DATED SEPTEMBER 14, 2005. UNLESSYOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROP-ERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IFYOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NA-TURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU,YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. 1515MURAL DRIVE, CLAREMONT, CA 91711 "(If astreet address or common designation of property isshown above, no warranty is given as to its complete-ness or correctness)." Said Sale of property will bemade in "as is" condition without covenant or warranty,express or implied, regarding title possession, or en-cumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of thenote(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with interest asin said note provided, advances, if any, under the termsof said Deed of Trust, fees, charges and expenses of theTrustee and of the trusts created by said Deed of Trust.Said sale will be held on: JULY 27, 2012, AT 10:30A.M. *NEAR THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED AT 400CIVIC CENTER PLAZA POMONA, CA 91766 Atthe time of the initial publication of this notice, the totalamount of the unpaid balance of the obligation securedby the above described Deed of Trust and estimatedcosts, expenses, and advances is $228,981.64. It ispossible that at the time of sale the opening bid may beless than the total indebtedness due. NOTICE TO PO-TENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering biddingon this property lien, you should understand that thereare risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. Youwill be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself.Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not au-tomatically entitle you to free and clear ownership ofthe property. You should also be aware that the lienbeing auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are thehighest bidder at the auction, you are or may be re-sponsible for paying off all liens senior to the lienbeing auctioned off, before you can receive clear titleto the property. You are encouraged to investigate theexistence, priority, and size of outstanding liens thatmay exist on this property by contacting the countyrecorder's office or a title insurance company, either ofwhich may charge you a fee for this information. Ifyou consult either of these resources, you should beaware that the same lender may hold more than onemortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICETO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown onthis notice of sale may be postponed one or more timesby the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pur-suant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code.The law requires that information about trustee salepostponements be made available to you and to thepublic, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. Ifyou wish to learn whether your sale date has beenpostponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time anddate for the sale of this property, you may call (714)480-5690 or (800) 843-0260 ext 5690 or visit this In-ternet Web site: http://www.tacforeclosures.com/sales,using the file number assigned to this case F535931 F.Information about postponements that are very shortin duration or that occur close in time to the scheduledsale may not immediately be reflected in the telephoneinformation or on the Internet Web site. The best wayto verify postponement information is to attend thescheduled sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey titlefor any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclu-sive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to theTrustee and the successful bidder shall have no furtherrecourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Pur-chaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return ofthe monies paid. The Purchaser shall have no furtherrecourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or theMortgagee's attorney. Date: June 29, 2012 T.D.SERVICE COMPANY as said Trustee, T.D. ServiceCompany Agent for the Trustee and as AuthorizedAgent for the Beneficiary CINDY GASPAROVIC,ASSISTANT SECRETARY T.D. SERVICE COM-PANY 4000 W. Metropolitan Drive, Suite 400 Or-ange, CA 92868-0000 The Beneficiary may beattempting to collect a debt and any information ob-tained may be used for that purpose. If available , theexpected opening bid and/or postponement informa-tion may be obtained by calling the following tele-phone number(s) on the day before the sale: (714)480-5690 or (800) 843-0260 ext 5690 or you may ac-cess sales information at http://www.tacforeclo-sures.com/sales. TAC# 957870 PUB: 07/07/12,07/14/12, 07/21/12
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMEFile No. 2012 126064
The following person(s) is (are) doing businessas S.D.E.C. Logistics, S.D.E.C., 299 E. FoothillBlvd., San Dimas, CA 91773. Michael A.Meredith, 299 E. Foothill Blvd., San Dimas, CA91773. This business is conducted by an Individual.Registrant commenced to transact businessunder the fictitious name or names listed aboveon 06/11/12./s/ Michael A. MeredithThis statement was filed with the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk of Los Angeles Countyon 06/22/12.NOTICE- In Accordance with subdivision (a) ofsection 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement gen-erally expires at the end of five (5) years fromthe date on which it was filed in the office of theCounty Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision(b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 daysafter any change in the facts set forth in the state-ment pursuant to section 17913 other than achange in the residence address of a registeredowner. A new Fictitious Business Name State-ment must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself au-thorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Busi-ness Name in violation of the rights of anotherunder federal, state, or common law (see Section14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).PUBLISH: June 30, July 7, 14 and 21, 2012.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMEFile No. 2012 122316
The following person(s) is (are) doing businessas the polish bar, 319-A W. First Street, Clare-mont, CA 91711. Mailing address: 407 E. FStreet, Ontario, Ca 91764. Lupe Ramos, 407 E.F Street, Ontario, CA 91764.
This business is conducted by an Individual.Registrant has not yet commenced to transactbusiness under the fictitious business name ornames listed herein./s/ Lupe RamosThis statement was filed with the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk of Los Angeles Countyon 06/19/12.NOTICE- In Accordance with subdivision (a) ofsection 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement gen-erally expires at the end of five (5) years fromthe date on which it was filed in the office of theCounty Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision(b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 daysafter any change in the facts set forth in the state-ment pursuant to section 17913 other than achange in the residence address of a registeredowner. A new Fictitious Business Name State-ment must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself au-thorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Busi-ness Name in violation of the rights of anotherunder federal, state, or common law (see Section14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).PUBLISH: June 30, July 7, 14 and 21, 2012.
SUMMARIES OF ORDINANCESINTRODUCED AT THE REGULAR
CLAREMONT CITY COUNCIL MEETING OFJULY 10, 2012
(Full text of this ordinance is on file in the office of the City Clerk)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OFTHE CITY OF CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA,APPROVING CHANGES OF ZONE FORPROPERTIES LOCATED AT 520 AND 540SIXTH STREET AND 555 BROOKS AVENUE.(FILE #10-Z01)The Ordinance changes the zoning designation fromIE (Institutional Educational) to AV2 (Arbol Verde 2)of a portion the property located at 520 Sixth Street,and the zoning designation from AV2 to IE of theproperties located at 540 Sixth Street and 555 BrooksAvenue. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OFTHE CITY OF CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA,AMENDING CHAPTERS 16.019 AND 16.333 OFTITLE 16 OF THE CLAREMONT MUNICIPALCODE PERTAINING TO DEVELOPMENT INTHE AV ARBOL VERDE SINGLE-FAMILYRESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. (FILE #10-CA02) The Ordinance amends the Claremont Municipal CodeChapters 16.019 and 16.333 pertaining to developmentin the AV Districts. The changes include the following: • Modification to the requirements for demolition of adwelling unit to require a Conditional Use Permit onlyfor demolitions in the AV1 (Arbol Verde 1) District, asall dwelling units in the AV2 (Arbol Verde 2) Districthave been approved for demolition and/or relocationas part of the approved Master Plan Project;• New provision to allow sports field lighting with lightstandards with a maximum height of 80 feet in the AV2(Arbol Verde 2) District subject to approval of aConditional Use Permit and specific performancestandards; • Modification to the criteria for approval of new de-velopment in the AV2 District removing required find-ing that as many residential structures as feasible havebeen retained as part of the project and remove re-quirement for a Condition Use Permit for removal astructure in the AV2 (Arbol Verde 2) District; • Expanded permitted hours of operation for amplify-ing speakers for recreation facilities in the AV2 (ArbolVerde) District; • New provision to allow sports field fencing in re-quired setbacks of the AV2 (Arbol Verde 2) Districtprovided such fencing is set back a minimum offive feet from the public right-of-way and 20 feetfrom properties with residential uses, and the fenc-ing is constructed to allow the transmission of light,air and vision;• Changes to the parking setback requirements for theinstitutional uses in the AV2 (Arbol Verde 2) District torequire a 20-foot setback from residential uses andstreet rights-of-way right if such parking has straightvehicular access from street. • Revision to parking supply requirements for institu-tional uses in the AV2 (Arbol Verde 2) District to makeconsistent with the parking requirements of the Insti-tutional District. • Expanded criteria for approval of a demolition of astructure to include if a structure is not compatibleand/or has a detrimental visual impact to the characterof the AV1 District; and• Removal of the owner occupancy requirement for anaccessory second unit, and a change in the require-ments for accessory second units to be metered sepa-rately from the primary units. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OFTHE CITY OF CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA,APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING EXECU-TION OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT#10-DA01 TO AMEND AND RESTATE EXIST-ING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT #92-DA001BY AND BETWEEN THE CITY OF CLARE-MONT, AND CLAREMONT MCKENNACOLLEGE (FILE #10-DA01)The Ordinance approves a Development Agreementbetween Claremont McKenna College and the City,and authorizes the Mayor to execute the DevelopmentAgreement on behalf of the City. The DevelopmentAgreement amends and restates an existing Develop-ment Agreement between Claremont McKenna Col-lege and the City, approved by the City Council onMarch 24, 1992, which provided for ClaremontMcKenna College’s phased development of athleticfields in the AV2 District over 33 years, ensured pro-tection for the Arbol Verde neighborhood beyond whatwas included in the City’s Zoning Code, gave Clare-mont McKenna College security that it would be al-lowed to complete its long-term development plan inthe AV (Arbol Verde) Districts without regulatorychanges, and guaranteed that public facilities would beprovided to the City. The new Development Agree-ment provides for the phased development of the ap-proved Claremont McKenna College Master PlanProject, the provision of public benefits associated withimplementation of the Master Plan Project, and com-pliance with the required mitigation measures and con-ditions of approval of the Master Plan Project. Publish: July 21, 2012
[email protected] 909.621.4761LEGAL TENDER
NOTICE OF SPECIAL EVENT PERMITNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to the Municipal Code of the City of Claremont, that Clare-mont High School has petitioned for approval of the Annual Homecoming Parade (File #12-SEP08),scheduled for Friday, October 19, 2012. The parade will begin at 3:30 p.m., at Memorial Park, and endat approximately 4:30 p.m., at the Joslyn Senior Center parking lot. The parade route will start at theintersection of Tenth Street and Yale Avenue, proceed east to Harvard Avenue, go south to Bonita Av-
enue, west to Yale Avenue, north to Har-rison Avenue, and then west, terminatingat Mountain Avenue. All street segmentsalong the parade route will be temporarilyclosed during the procession, and will re-open as the parade proceeds. In addition,Tenth Street, between Indian Hill Boule-vard and Yale Avenue, and Yale Avenue,between Eighth and Eleventh Streets, willbe fully closed between 2:30 p.m. and3:45 p.m. for preparation of the event.The event is scheduled to move in a rea-sonable and timely fashion such that ac-cess to the Village and normal traffic willnot be unreasonably interrupted or de-layed during the event.The public review period will commenceSaturday, July 21, 2012, and continueuntil Monday, July 30, 2012. Any inter-ested person is directed to contact Associ-ate Planner Joanne Hwang at (909)399-5353, or send written comments to P.O. Box 880, Claremont, CA 91711-0880.
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Painting
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ACE SEVIER Painting
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Many references. Claremont resident.
35 years experience.Lic. #315050.
Please Call: 624-5080,
596-4095.
KPW PAINTING
Older couple painting
40 years experience!
Competitive rates. Small re-
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We work our own jobs.
Carrie or Ron 909-615-4858.
HELP you paint. We will pur-chase primer, spackle, plas-ter, tape, putty knife, sandpaper, brushes, rollers, buck-ets and paint. We will deliverto your home or office. Wecan recommend a painter.Bob Dexter Painting. 240-
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Patio & Decks
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New, Refurbished & Repair,
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CELL: 626-428-1691
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Plumbing
Steve’s Plumbing.
24 HR Service * Low Cost!Free Estimates
All plumbing repairsComplete drain cleaning
Leak detectionWater heaters
Your local plumberfor over 25 years.Senior discounts.
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Drain work starting at $50repairs and remodels.
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Senior discount always. 909-626-0028
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Roofing
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Free estimates. Call Dominic
951-212-9384. Lic# 732789.
GORDEN Perry Roofing.Reroofing, repairs of alltypes. Free estimates. Qual-ity work. Lic #C39588976.909-944-3884.
Sprinklers & Repair
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repair, automate. Since 1982.
Free Estimates. License
#540042. Call 982-1604.
WASTING WATERPoor coverage?
SPRINKLER REPAIRInstallations and ModificationsC.F. Privett. Lic. #557151.
909-621-5388
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Veteran, Mt. Sac, Cal Poly
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Stone Work
DISCOUNT FLAGSTONE &
Landscape Boulders. 10419
Mills Ave, Montclair. Open
Monday to Saturday, 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Jim: 909-641-3165.
Tile
REGROUT, clean, seal, color
grout. 909-880-9719. 1-888-
764-7688.
Tree Care
BAUER TREE Care.
30+ in Claremont Orna-
mental Pruning Specialist
of your perennials.
909-624-8238.
TOM DAY Tree Service. Fine
pruning of all trees since 1974.
Free estimate. 629-6960.
MGT PROFESSIONAL Tree
Care. Providing prompt, de-
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tree care needs. Certified ar-
borist. Matt Gray-Trask. Call
946-7444. Lic# 836027.
Upholstery
PINK UPHOLSTERY 46Years of experience. Up to30% discount on fabric. Freepickup and delivery. Pleasecall 909-597-6613.
Web Design
Website Creation.Logo Design/Restoration.
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877-596-2469.
Weed Abatement
TIRED OF DEALING withweed problems on your lotor field? Help control theproblem in an environmen-tally safe manner. To receiveloads of quality wood chips.Please call 909-214-6773.Tom Day Tree Service.
JOHNNYS TREE SERVICEWeed Abatement and LandClearing, Disking and Mow-ing, Tree Trimming & Demo-lition. Certified Arborist.Please call 909-946-1123 or951-522-0992. Lic #270275.
ADVANCED DON DAVIESVeteran
Weed Eating, Mowing, Trac-tor Fields, Manual Slopes,
Hauling. 909-599-9530CELL: 626-428-1691
Window Washing
NACHOS WINDOW CLEAN-ING. For window washing callNacho 909-816-2435. Free es-timates, satisfaction guaran-teed. Resident of Claremont.
Yoga
RESTORATIVE YOGA Classes and workshops. Su-san Perry 32 year Yoga practi-tioner. Weekly classes held atMusubi Dojo. Call 909-624-7770. [email protected].
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573 Baughman Ave., ClaremontThree bedroom, 1.75 bathroom homewith high beamed ceiling, opening to cov-ered patio and spacious back yard. Re-cently upgraded with newer forced airand heat, paint inside and out, upgradedelectrical, new carpeting and tile floors,stainless steel kitchen appliances, gran-ite counters, flagstone hearth, finishedand insulated garage. Great Village loca-tion. $552,900. (B573)
1132 N. Cambridge Ave., ClaremontLocated in old Claremont Village on lovelytree lined street. Hardwood floors and ateak wood ceiling. Fireplace, built-in book-cases, dual pane windows, ceiling fans,remodeled kitchen with granite counters,recessed lighting and tile flooring. Interiorlaundry closet has stacking washer anddryer unit. The guest bedroom doubles asan office with a built-in desk and a deluxeMurphy bed. Large covered patio withbrick paving plus courtyard BBQ area. NoHOA fees. $579,000. (C1132)
1760 N. 2nd Ave., Upland Listing agent: Carol WieseThis 4 bedroom home has many up-grades including new paint inside andout, dual pane windows, shutters,French doors, ceiling fans, copperplumbing and interior laundry room.Gourmet kitchen, formal dining, beau-tiful wood flooring, wainscoting andcrown molding. Family room overlooksrear yard with salt water pool and pa-tio. New Price: $509,000. (S1760)
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GEOFF T. HAMILLGEOFF IS #1 IN CLAREMONT SALES & LISTINGS SINCE 1988BROKER ASSOCIATE, ABR, CRS, E-PRO, GRI, SRES
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HISTORIC CLAREMONT VILLAGE FOUR SQUARE CRAFTSMAN. $798,000
Custom built for Edwin Norton (Original Dean ofPomona College) circa 1922. Magnificent streetscapeamong canopy of majestic trees! Great early Americancurb appeal with covered front porch and multi-light pic-ture windows. Versatile floor plan with 4 bedrooms plusden and 3 bathrooms. Enjoy extensive built-ins, oakhardwood floors and architectural elements throughout!Kitchen with separate eating nook. Living room with fire-place, formal dining room. Central air and heat, boltedfoundation, sleeping porch and partial basement. Spa-cious lot, nearly ¼ acre, with tall mature shade trees andin-ground spa. Prime locale close to Colleges, Memori-al Park, Metrolink and downtown Village shopping. Arare find that seldom becomes available for sale!www.GeoffHamill.com. 909.621.0500. (S169)
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NORTH UPLAND MOUNTAIN VIEW PARK. $425,000
Coveted Peppertree Elementary school lo-cale. 3 bedrooms plus den/office, 2.5 baths,approx. 2200 sq. ft. Formal living room withfireplace and high ceilings. Lovely master bed-room suite with walk-in closet. Kitchen opensto dining room area. Enjoy dual paned win-dows, French doors, plantation shutters, cen-tral air and heat. Spanish tile roof. Nice yardwith block wall fencing. Community tenniscourts and swimming pools, volleyball andbasketball courts, and BBQ. To see it is to loveit! Standard sale. www.GeoffHamill.com.909.621.0500. (M1455)
BLAISDELL RANCH ARCHITECTURAL EXCELLENCE. Absolutely gorgeous home in prime north Claremontneighborhood near the foothills. Favorite one-story floorplan with second floor guest quarters. Quality custombuilt by Allan Horowitz, features 5 bedrooms plus li-brary/office, 5.5 baths, nearly 5500 sq. ft. of living spaceon over 1/2 acre. Formal entry foyer with fountain, formalliving and dining room with fireplace. Large kitchen withcenter isle, walk-in pantry, eating area, plus breakfastcounter. Massive great room family room with dramatichigh ceilings, fireplace and extensive built-ins. Mastersuite includes sitting area, fireplace as well as a luxuri-ous master bath with spa jetted tub, separate walk-inshower and walk-in closets. Picturesque park-likegrounds features pool, spa and multiple patio areas.Gated driveway leads to over-sized 3 car garage withwork shop area. www.GeoffHamill.com. 909.621.0500.
2+ ACRE TUSCAN VIEW ESTATE. $2,500,000 Panoramic views in gated La Verne Oaks. 5 bedrooms, 7baths, den/office in nearly 10,000 sq. ft. Built in 2001, thishome boasts high ceilings, iron work, extensive granite andmarble. Entry foyer features dramatic curving staircase. Gour-met kitchen includes 2 islands, eating area, butler and walk-inpantry. Formal living room with fireplace and inlaid wood floors.Formal dining room with distinctive ceiling. Separate familyroom with fireplace, wet bar and built-in entertainment center.Game room, gym, theater and music studio. Master bedroomwith a wet bar, fireplace and sitting area. Master bath featuressteam rain forest shower, jetted tub, sauna, plus 2 walk-inclosets. Third level bonus room. 4 central air and heaters,central vacuum, 4 car garage. Grounds feature lawns, pooland spa, covered patio area with BBQ, sports court, play-ground, water features, dog run and RV/boat parking. Eques-trian zoned. www.GeoffHamill.com. 909.621.0500. (C5212)
GATED GRISWOLDS COMMUNITY CLOSE TO CLAREMONT VILLAGE. $450,000
Choice locale within gated community, on an inte-rior street. Attractive Spanish Mediterranean ar-chitecture. Prime end unit PUD with mountainviews! Immaculate condition with 3 bedrooms and3 baths, approx. 2300 sq. ft. Enjoy a light and airyfloor plan boasting vaulted ceilings, updatedkitchen opens to family room with fireplace, diningroom, indoor laundry room, newer central air andheat. Private covered and tiled patio, yard area,attached 2 car garage with built-ins and drivewayparking. Community pool with 2 spas. North ofFoothill, close to the Colleges and Village!www.GeoffHamill.com. 909-621-0500. (W442)
429 Miramar Avenue, Claremont. $625,000. PRIME NORTH/EAST CLAREMONT LOCALE. Seldom available, newer built, one-story home in cov-eted Meadowood neighborhood. Extra large lot, near-ly 1/3 acre, with picturesque mountain views! Amazingbackyard setting with private pool, spa, grassy yard ar-eas, built-in BBQ area and block wall fencing. Brightand airy open floor plan enjoys tasteful neutral decor.Original owner but recently renovated and expanded!Entry foyer leads to travertine flooring and highsmooth ceilings. Formal living room with fireplace plusformal dining room. Granite counter kitchen withbreakfast counter and separate eating area opens tofamily great room with fireplace. RV/Boat parking. Ad-ditional community park areas, pool/spa and 2 tenniscourts! Close to Claremont foothills and trails.www.GeoffHamill.com. 909.621.0500. (M429)
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TRAILS END RANCH 50 ACRE ESTATE PROPERTY. $2,795,000
Gated and secluded. Three homes in this wondrous re-treat, high above Claremont and Webb Canyon withpanoramic views of the San Gabriel Mountains. ThisMother Nature masterpiece features everything from ahistorical and updated main lodge to a guest house andground keeper's home. Lush and fenced horse pas-tures, black-tailed deer peacefully grazing, red-tailedhawks circling the sky, over 100 birds species alongwith a lovely winding road and stream, miles of hikingand horse trails right out of your back door. It is a set-ting that attracts nature lovers, equestrians, artists, writ-ers, spiritualists, anyone with a great appreciation forthe rare and unique. Swimming pool, tennis court.www.GeoffHamill.com. 909.621.0500. (W4972)
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RIVIERA RESIDENCEExperience your very own “Under the Tuscan Sun” moments every day in this Padua EstatesFine Homes Collection in north Claremont. Enter through iron and glass double doors to afoyer set in European style travertine, showcasing multiple archways that beckon you to ex-perience spectacular living spaces for your relaxation and entertaining ease. Create sump-tuous feasts in the gourmet kitchen boasting double islands, Viking appliances and separatecatererʼs kitchen. Exceptional features include theater, wine cellar, private courtyard and fullguest casita. Extensive grounds encompass mature trees, vivid vines and shrubs, and poolPavilion. The four car garages flanks a circular drive motor court with a porte cochere. Pleasecall for your own private tour. $2,995,000. 909-398-1810. (S1027)
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THE MANIOR RESIDENCEImmerse yourself in this stylish new estate that is perfectly situated in northeast Clare-mont on over one acre of land. Reminiscent of a classic, Brittany styled French Chateauwith architectural and upscale details that surprise and delight. Embrace the wood andtravertine flooring, elevator, game room, teen loft and more! Be the ultimate chef in thekitchen that Julia Child would have adored. Hand laid stone façade is the first blush of theexotic grounds which includes a pool pavilion and a guest casita. This is an exceptionallyappealing residence with distinctive character that enjoys the proximity of downtown Clare-mont. Please call today for your appointment. $3,195,000. 909-398-1810. (S1015)
ONE OF A KIND MASTERPIECEStately and resplendent property in northeastClaremont features custom appointments andamenities. Enter through iron and glass doorsto find a sweeping staircase and gleaminghardwood flooring. Delightful first floor mastersuite is splendid with 2 fireplaces. Gourmetkitchen overlooks the garden and the yard isa dream come true with pool, spa, firepit, cov-ered patio and complete outdoor kitchenboasting granite counters. $2,580,000. 909-398-1810. (B808)
CLAREMONT VILLAGE HOMEThe nostalgia of yesteryear is yours in thisfine homeʼs original and distinctive designand graced with custom and unique ap-pointments. A treasure for a new owner whowould love to live near the Colleges or owna piece of history. Main downstairs unit isspacious with 3 bedrooms and study/read-ing area. Upstairs living space currentlyused as a rental, but can be opened up aspart of the main living space. $635,000.909-398-1810. (T140)
ENJOY THE OUTDOORSFrom this beautiful single story home withlots of windows that let the outdoors fill thehome with light, to the spacious lot outfit-ted with covered patio, to the access to theThompson Creek Trail. Open floor planboasts new flooring and cheery kitchenwith gleaming granite countertops. Desirednorth Claremont neighborhood. $459,900.909-398-1810. (M214)
HANDSOME TUDOREnvelope yourself in the ambiance of thisone-of-a-kind estate fit for a king. No ex-pense was spared in the luxurious hand-crafted appointments including decoratorflooring, beveled glass detailing in windowsand paneled wine cellar door, and customwood cabinetry and paneling. Lush groundsfeature custom finished pool and spa.$1,695,000. 909-398-1810. (E2248)
NORTH CLAREMONT LIVINGEntertaining in this home is a delight, witha floorplan that offers plenty of space foryour guests. Hear the soft laughter of fam-ily and friends as they mingle around thewarmth of a crackling fire. Large backyardboasts swimming pool and large grassyareas. Donʼt miss out, call today. $530,000.909-398-1810. (N2296)
AWARD WINNING SCHOOLSCherish this fabulous home situated on alarge lot boasting a tree lined street in anestablished neighborhood. Highly desiredClaremont Condit Elementary is nearby.You will make many cherished memories.Donʼt wait, call today! $455,000. 909-398-1810. (W1429)
SPRAWLING SINGLE STORYSpacious home boasts lots of room indoors andout! Your family and friends enjoy the formal liv-ing and dining rooms, and then continue min-gling in the cozy family room and outside underthe covered patio in the large backyard. Cheerykitchen with lots of cabinet space has nice eat-ing area, and the master suite boasts Frenchdoors. $419,000. 909-398-1810. (S1100)
ONCE IN A BLUE MOONTruly one of a kind estate with hand scrapedwalnut flooring, custom designed fireplacesand exceptional living spaces including; aclub room and full outdoor kitchen boastingpizza oven. No expense was spared insideor outside, with the infinity pool, private put-ting green and outdoor fireplace. A piece ofart! $1,199,000. 909-398-1810. (E2117)
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