ers. Some of the drivers that were present last year included Jack Beckman, Jeff Arend, John Force, Cortney Force, and Ashley Force.

We hope to see them again and more to celebrate the Fanfest this year! There are also interactive displays by NHRA and its major

sponsors, the NHRA “Mobile Vi-sion” video display, a business and vendor expo, children’s activities, delicious food offerings, commu-nity performances, and live clas-sic rock being performed by the very popular group “The Ravel-ers.” For more information on the event please contact the City of La Verne at (909) 596-8706. For business expo information please contact the La Verne Chamber of Commerce at 593-5265.

The third annual Fanfest will be taking place in Old Town La Verne in conjunction with the up-coming Automobile Club of South-

ern California NHRA Finals. The Fanfest will be held on the streets of La Verne Saturday, November 2nd, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00

p.m. at D Street and Third Street in Old Town La Verne and admis-sion is free to the public. The Au-tomobile Club of Southern Califor-nia NHRA Finals are scheduled for November 7-10, 2013 at the Auto Club Raceway at the Fair-plex in Pomona. The NHRA Fan-fest will include a variety of Funny Cars and Top Fuel Dragsters, clas-sic “Cackle Fest” historic racecars, Q & A’s and Autograph Session with top NHRA Funny Car driv-

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University Of La Verne Announces Passing Of Sports Information Director William E. Darity

William E. Darity

La Verne — William E. Dar-ity, Sports Information Director for the University of La Verne, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 18, after suffering a major heart attack. He was 43.

Darity served as a staff mem-ber at La Verne for 18 years, dur-ing which time he also earned his master’s degree from the Univer-sity. The unexpected news of his passing stunned the university community.

“This is a tremendous loss to the University of La Verne com-munity and to all who knew Will. I am deeply saddened and my heart goes out to his entire family,” University President Devorah Li-eberman said. “Will was not only a dedicated and hard-working staff member serving in his role as our Sports Information Director, but he was greatly admired by all who knew him.”

Jim Paschal, longtime La Verne professor and former Leopards coach and director of Athletics, said, “Will came to the University at a young age with personal and professional dreams and expectations. He was begin-ning to achieve and accomplish those goals when his time was cut

too short.” La Verne Athletics Director

Julie Kline added, “This is a dev-astating loss for our Leopard fam-ily. Will Darity was a longtime colleague and friend to so many of us in our department and at the University. Will was passion-ate about Leopard Athletics, the University of La Verne and serv-ing our students in everything he did every day. He will be greatly missed by all of us.”

Darity attended T.C. Roberson High School in Asheville, North Carolina. A lover of sports from an early age, he landed an intern-ship working with the U.S. Olym-pic Committee in 1993 – the same year he earned his bachelor’s de-gree in journalism and mass com-munication from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

From 1994 to 1995, Darity was the sports information assistant at California State University, Northridge, before he joined the University of La Verne as assis-tant coach for Track & Field and Cross Country. It was during this time in 1995 that he pursued a master’s degree in education with a focus in athletics management at La Verne, graduating in 1997.

From 1998 through 2002 he worked as an admissions coun-selor, academic advisor for CAPA and assistant track coach before assuming the role of sports infor-mation director.

Darity was instrumental in helping La Verne’s track & field program win four Southern Cali-fornia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) champion-ships and guiding some of the Uni-versity’s top athletes to the NCAA Division III Championships.

Amid all of Darity’s responsibil-ities at La Verne, he found time to

cover high school sporting events and write stories for the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin in Ontario.

Darity touched the lives of many La Verne students, not all involved in intercollegiate ath-letics. In fact, throughout his ca-reer at La Verne, Will frequently taught a course in the College of Arts & Sciences, The Human Condition (CORE 320).

He was known as someone who genuinely cared about oth-ers, especially his students and colleagues.

La Verne baseball coach Scott Winterburn said, “There just isn’t a person who loved being a (Uni-versity of La Verne) Leo more than Will. We have lost a person who is so valuable to us. Will was my friend and I will miss him dearly.”

“La Verne Athletics is a close-knit community of students, coaches, staff and alumni,” said Provost Greg Dewey. “Today we lost one of our own. Will Darity contributed to this community in so many different ways through-out his life. Losing Will is losing a part of us.”

Paul Alvarez, director of the Athletic Training Education Pro-gram, said, “Will Darity was com-pletely dedicated to Leopard Ath-letics, spending countless hours above and beyond his duties. He will be missed as a friend and col-league.”

Pat Widolff, professor of Move-ment & Sports Sciences and Leop-ards track & field coach, added, “Will was very supportive of the track and field program in many ways. He was one of the few people who really understood the sport. More importantly, he was always there to encourage me in a personal way.”

NHRA Fanfest On Saturday, November 2, 2013 In Old Town La Verne

U.S. News & World Report Ranks Scripps College High in “Best Liberal Arts Colleges”Claremont — Scripps Col-

lege is #25 on the U.S. News & World Report annual rankings of America’s best liberal arts colleges for 2014. The College earned top honors for low student debt, hav-

ing an ethnically and economi-cally diverse student body and being named a top pick by high school guidance counselors. The College was also recognized as a best value.

“I am delighted that this report highlights important areas to the College, such as academic excel-lence, strengthening our campus through greater economic and ethnic diversity and keeping stu-dent debt low,” Scripps College President Lori Bettison-Varga said. “To be recognized as a top pick by high school counselors re-flects our strong relationship with those guiding young people in the important college choice decision-making process. We appreciate their vote of confidence.”

The College earned its top-tier placement from an assessment by U.S. News & World Report that

measures key factors, such as aca-demic reputation, selectivity and faculty resources. Data from sev-eral national liberal arts colleges are gathered from each college and used as indicators of academic ex-cellence. Each factor is assigned a weight that reflects the judgment of U.S. News & World Report on the importance of each measure. The colleges in each category are then ranked against their peers, based on their composite weight-ed score. For more information, go to usnews.com.

Scripps College was founded in 1926 by Ellen Browning Scripps, a pioneering philanthropist and

influential figure in the worlds of education, publishing, and wom-en’s rights. Today, Scripps is a nationally top-ranked liberal arts college and women’s college with approximately 950 students, and is a member of The Claremont Colleges in Southern California. The mission of Scripps College is to educate women to develop their intellects and talents through ac-tive participation in a community of scholars, so that as graduates they may contribute to society through public and private lives of leadership, service, integrity, and creativity.

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2001 American Flags Wave at the Annual “Field of Valor” Display

Covina Rotary will host the second annual Field of Valor at Sierra Vista Middle School from November 9 through November 17, 2013. Two thousand and one full-size American flags will grace the athletic field at the corner of Grand and Puente Avenues. This patriotic tribute honoring all Vet-erans and Active Duty Military is free of charge and open to the public. The spectacular event will begin on November 9th with a flag procession and will conclude with the striking of the Field on November 17. A Pentagon ap-

proved fly-over has been applied for. Sierra Vista is located at 777 E. Puente Avenue, Covina.

You may adopt a flag for $35.00 or become an Event Sponsor. All proceeds benefit those that have served us so valiantly, and those that continue to serve our great nation.

Become a part of the Field of Valor this year. For more infor-mation visit our website at www.covinafieldofvalor.org, or call Lin-da Logan or Andrew McIntyre at 626-332-2978.

OFFICIALS, SPONSORS UNVEIL NEW ‘SERENITY GARDEN’ FOR KIDS AT LE-ROY HAYNES CENTER IN LA VERNE -- Members of the La Verne City Council and representa-tives of the La Verne Chamber of Commerce joined LeRoy Haynes

Serenity Garden Unveiled at LeRoy Haynes Children Center

8th ANNUAL “RACE FOR THE RESCUES” 5K, 10K Run/Walk, Kid’s Fun Run and Adoption Celebration Hosted by Jane Lynch

Los Angeles — Jane Lynch of “Glee” is helping The Rescue Train’s 8th Annual 5K, 10K, 1K Dog Walk, Kids Fun Run and Virtual Race,at the renowned Rose Bowl in Pasadena on Sun-day, October 6th, 2013. This day of fun with Hollywood flair will raise funds for 15 nonprofit, no-kill, animal welfare organizations, all non-profit 501c3, who together help save thousands of animals’ lives. Other animal lovers join-ing in the fun this year are Maile Flanagan of “Lab Rats,” Regan Burns and Beth Littleford of “Dog With A Blog,” and singer Temera Melek. Registration begins at 7:00 a.m. and the race promptly kicks off at 8:30 a.m.

This is Los Angeles’s premier animal-related fundraising event benefiting the following non-profit rescue organizations: Angel City

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Center staff and board members on Thursday, Sept. 5 to unveil a new “serenity garden” at the Le-Roy Haynes Center campus in La Verne. The garden, designed to pro-vide kids a quiet place in the shade to read or catch up on homework, was designed, constructed and

planted six months ago by the kids themselves with the help of the or-ganization “enactus” at the Univer-sity of La Verne and sponsored by Lowe’s Upland, Campbell’s Soup, The Gas Company and SCE. The garden includes everything from a bird house and bird bath to a lily pond. The garden was the idea of resident Ruben, 17 (last name with-held because of court-ordered confi-dentiality requirements), who told the group “the garden speaks for itself” and is a place to “chill.” Pic-tured cutting the ribbon to dedicate the new garden, from left, are La Verne Mayor Don Kendrick, LeRoy Haynes Center Board member Bob Mason, president of R.H. Mason In-surance Managers, Lowe’s Upland Assistant Manager Suzanna Rodri-guez, La Verne City Councilmem-bers Robin Carder and Charlie Rosales, Lowe’s garden center spe-cialist Lino Mejico, LeRoy Haynes Center President and CEO Dan Maydeck, and La Verne Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Brian McNerney.

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Cultural Arts Society Announces Gala Opening with the Los Angeles Doctors Symphony, Sunday, October 27, 3 PM

City of La VernePublic Safety Open House

La Verne residents have children fingerprinted at community event

Kids can enjoy rides on the US Air Force Mini Jets

21st Annual Pumpkin Festival Offer Activites for Whole Family

The Cal Poly Pomona Farm Store will host its twenty-first an-nual Pumpkin Festival on Saturday, October 19th and Sunday, October 20th from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event will provide activities for the whole family, including a petting zoo, horse rides, a corn maze, live entertain-ment, and food and craft vendors. You may want to bring a wagon to haul your pumpkins and wear com-fortable shoes as you search through the patch for the perfect pumpkin.

Enjoy a stack of pancakes and some delicious Cal Poly Pomona or-ange juice at our Pancake Breakfast from 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. Adults are $5 and children 12 and under are $4. If you miss the pancake break-fast there will be plenty of other food choices such as pizza, subs, hot dogs, tacos, barbeque, and much more.

Admission and parking is free, but prices vary for certain activi-ties once inside. The Farm Store is located at 4102 S. University Drive, Pomona, CA 91768. For more in-formation, please call the Pumpkin Festival Hotline at (909) 869-2215 or visit our website at www.csupo-mona.edu/farmstore.

If you like bugs, visit the Insect Fair at the Bronco Student Cen-ter from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. View over 500,000 live and preserved insects, and for those brave enough, some may even be handled such as the Mediterranean Hissing Cockroach. Admission is $6.00 for adults, $4.00 for children 3-12 years old, and free for children under two.

The Cultural Arts Society of La Verne is delighted to announce the highly acclaimed Los Angeles Doc-tors Symphony will be returning to La Verne to open The CASoLV 2013-14 Season. The opening champagne gala and concert will be Sunday, October 27, 3 p.m. at The Meeting House at Hillcrest, 2705 Mountain View Drive, La Verne. Tickets are available on line at www.livingathillcrest.org, or in the lobby at The Meeting House. General Admission is $25 and chil-dren are $15.

Under the baton of Music Direc-tor, Ivan Shulman, the extremely popular LA Doctors Symphony will bring a program of short works, many of which are very familiar to audiences, and which will help to answer the question “What is the name of that one…?” Favorite selections from Mozart, Donizetti, Mussorgsky, Puccini and Wagner are on the program with a few more to be added. Also featured are two principal players from the orchestra, each doing short and beautiful solo works which may or may not be known to you, but which will leave you wanting to hear it again.

Dr. Shulman became the Music Director to the Los Angeles Doctors Symphony Orchestra in 1990 and is an award-winning conductor, teacher, clinician, and virtuoso per-former. He is on the music faculty of California State University at Long Beach, and the Music Advi-sory Board of the Young Musicians Foundation. As a physician, he

had a very busy surgical practice for a large medical group. In 2006, he took a leave of surgery on a full-time basis, and participated in a number of surgical mission to Af-rica, Latin America, Oceania, the Philippines, and Mongolia. He reg-ularly serves as a judge for scholar-ship and musical competitions of the Young Musicians Foundation, the Westside Music Foundation, and the Music Teachers’ Associa-tion of California.

Season ticket holders have been invited by the Cultural Arts Soci-ety to a private reception with Dr. Shulman prior to the concert. This will be an opportunity to discuss with him the process that creates a concert and the selections that will be performed.

Season tickets for the 2013-14 CASoLV performances can be pur-chased until October 27, either on-line or at the reception desk at The Meeting House. Price for a season ticket is $80 ($10 savings) and in-cludes four performances: The LA Doctors Symphony; The Lindy Sis-ters on Saturday, November 16, 7 p.m. presenting a musical tribute to “The Greatest Generation” in the style of the Andrew Sisters; the Interfaith Festival on Satur-day, February 1, 2014, 7 p.m. an inspiring evening of faith music from many origins in our own com-munity; and on Saturday, April 5, 2014, 7 p.m., the Funny Nun will bring her brand new hilarious Eas-ter catechism, “Will My Bunny go to Heaven?” Join us!

The La Verne Police and Fire Department will be hosting an “Open House and

Community Event” on Octo-ber 5, 2013, from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. This free event will include tours of the safety building which houses

the Police and Fire Depart-ment at 2061 Third Street, as well as lots of activities and displays for everyone to en-joy.

“We would like to reach out to the community and let them know what services and safety resources are avail-able to them,“ said Captain Nick Paz of the La Verne Po-lice Department. “With all of these safety resources in one place, residents can come out, bring the entire family, learn something and have fun at the same time.”

People can expect to see a variety of educational and entertaining activities in one place. For those who have wanted to see all the equip-ment on a police helicopter, one will land and be on dis-play in the parking lot of the police department. Parents can learn child safety seat instructions in person from the California Highway Pa-trol (CHP). “Maverick,” the drug sniffing police dog, will be demonstrating his skills and the kids can also enjoy for free a rock climbing wall, a king size jump house, and rides on the U.S. Air Force Mini Jets.

The La Verne Fire Depart-ment will also have their earthquake shake house open to the public and pro-vide information for surviv-

ing an earthquake and oth-er natural disasters. Kids will be able to participate in

“Drop and Roll” demonstra-tions and also be allowed to shoot water out of a fire hose. There will be many other in-teractive displays for all ages.

“We really try to reach out to the community and let them know about the servic-es we provide and this event will allow us to invite people in and give them a glimpse into the inner workings of a Fire Department,” said Fire Chief Pete Jankowski.

The La Verne Police Of-ficers’ Association will bar-beque hamburgers and hot dogs and provide them at a reasonable price. This event is open to all members of the community so bring the kids and enjoy the day.

Mt. SAC Art Gallery Opens Season with “Sense & Sensibility I”By Mike Taylor

Walnut — The Mt. San Anto-nio College Art Gallery kicks off its 2013-14 season with the first of a two-part exhibit, featuring the works of noted art profes-sionals, “Sense & Sensibility I.” This month-long exhibit will run through Oct. 17 at the campus Art Gallery and is free and open to the public.

A long time in the making, “Sense & Sensibility I” will show-case the work of curators, critics, dealers, consultants, exhibition designers, teachers, and others employed in the local art indus-try. Participating artists are Carl Berg, Kimberly Brooks, Scott Canty, Seth Curcio, Shana Nys Dambrot, Amir Fallah, Peter Frank, Julie Henson, Margaret

Lazzari, David Michael Lee, Mat-thew May, Michael Miller, Chris-topher Pate, Kathryn Poindexter, Max Presneill, John Seed, and H.K. Zamani.

Sense & Sensibility II will open Nov. 7 and run through Dec. 12.

For more information, call the Art Gallery at (909) 274-4328 or visit the gallery’s website at www.mtsac.edu/artgallery.

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News from the Bonita Unified School DistrictSuperintendent’s Message

Dr. Gary Rapkin

The Dawn of a New School Year….Era

“Intelligence is not enough. Intel-ligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.”

—Martin Luther King, Jr.

The opening of the 21st Cen-tury has brought numerous and diverse national and interna-tional challenges before us as Americans. The complexity of these issues will require that we impart to our students the skills to gain a deep understanding of the nature of the challenges. We must teach them to employ criti-cal, analytical and creative think-ing skills to resolve these issues. The ability to read for meaning, to communicate using a wide variety of media, and to be able to express thoughts in a cogent, succinct and insightful manner are commensurate with the re-sponsibility of being a thought-ful, engaged citizen.

The types of political, social, and economic issues before our country will require that our educational system not only teach the needed intellectual acumen—it will also be impera-tive to produce students with a strong character and a clear moral compass. Indeed, the dawning of this new school year brings a level of excitement, and along with that, opportunities to develop the intellectual skills and character traits to become

insightful, empathetic, compas-sionate individuals knowledge-able of our varied national and international challenges, and engaged in problem solving and discourse.

The Pakistani youth, Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban for promoting girls’ edu-cation is an excellent example of an insightful teenager driven by her character. Speaking be-fore the United Nations she said, “The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: Weakness, fear, and hopeless-ness died. Strength, power, and courage was born…Let us pick up our books and our pens. They are our most powerful weapons. One child, one teacher, one pen, and one book can change the world.”

Harvard professor and child psychiatrist, Robert Coles, pre-sented it well when he said, “In this life we prepare for things, for moments and events and situations…we worry about wrongs, think about injustices, read what Tolstoy or Ruskin…has to say…then, all of a sud-den, the issue is not whether we agree with what we heard and read and studied…the issue is us, and what we have become.”

Never let us underestimate the tremendous influence and significance of the important work that takes place in class-rooms on a daily basis. As Abra-ham Lincoln said, “The philoso-phy of the school room in one generation will be the philoso-phy of government in the next.” As educators, we have a tre-mendous opportunity, on a daily basis, to positively impact and influence, not just the minds, but the hearts of our students as well—an influence that will hopefully stay with them long after they leave our classrooms and campuses. Gary J. Rapkin, PhDSuperintendent

Instructional Technology Innovation

Chemistry Teacher Ruth Luevand a Finalist for County Teacher of the Year

At the end of the 2012-2013 school year, Ruth Luevand was named San Dimas High School’s Teacher of the Year for her suc-cess with students in the sciences. She then was named the Bonita Unified District Certificated Em-ployee of the Year. Now she is one of 16 finalists for Los Angeles County Teacher of the Year.

With an authentic love for sci-ence, Luevand creates a dynamic learning environment in which students conduct hands-on kin-esthetic activities that strength-en student content knowledge and interpersonal skills. “I often tell my classes, ‘There is noth-ing wrong with being wrong. It is through our mistakes that we learn the greatest lessons,’” Lu-evand wrote in her application for the county award.

She backs up her claim with a series of “Hope Strategies” that allow students to learn from their mistakes and grow from their experiences. With the classroom motto “Redo, Retake, and Re-write,” Luevand gives students the opportunity to successfully learn material even after a chal-lenging experience, like a low grade on a quiz or test.

One of Luevand’s preparation strategies is a data management system that helps her to identify which questions on standardized tests are attached to a specific standard students may be strug-gling with, and which questions students may be highly successful in understanding. Based on the students’ past English and math scores, she shapes lesson plans for optimal learning.

In addition to teaching, Lu-evand serves the student body by advising the San Dimas Chapter of the National Honor Society and the Volunteering Society. She leads the Science Roadshow, which is a hands-on, student cen-tered, traveling science expo that allows elementary and middle school students to experience a variety of chemistry and physics demonstrations. She coaches Lit-tle League T-Ball and AYSO soc-cer, recruiting current and former chemistry students to help her.

At the high school, she serves on School Site Council, the Class Size Committee, and as a Focus on Learning Leader for the West-ern Association of School & Col-leges (WASC). She also runs the after-school tutoring program and represents her peers with the Bo-nita Unified Teachers Association.

The Los Angeles County Of-fice of Education will announce the Teacher of the Year in early October.

Focus on Safety: Text-a-Tip Working Well at BHS

BINGO Supports San Dimas High School Projects for More Than 26 Years

Over the past 26 years, a parent-led BINGO game has raised over $12 million to sup-port facilities construction and other major purchases for San Dimas High School. Items of note include the original foot-ball stadium and field house, the covered lunch area, a school van, athletic equipment and uniforms, fans to help cool the gym, and the blue wrought iron fence that is nearly complete around the campus.

“The contribution to the school has been phenomenal,” Principal Michael Kelly said. “Recent contributions have

made such a difference—the lunch structure provides an outdoor eating area sheltered from sun and rain, and the fence contributes to a park-like atmosphere that is superior to the chain-link fence.”

If you would like to join in the fun, BINGO occurs every Saturday night at 6:30 p.m. at Lone Hill Middle School, taking only two weeks off around the Christmas holidays. The group plays about 26 games per night. Early birds can play a few games for $6 each, and regular play is $20 per game.

Classrooms throughout the Bonita Unified School District continue to improve and increase their use of technology to meet academic objectives in a digital world and to prepare for assess-ments related to the Common Core State Standards.

In line with the California De-partment of Education’s adoption of the Common Core State Stan-dards, Bonita Unified has begun to transition curriculum and as-sessment from the current state standards to the new Common Core standards. Last year, eight Bonita Unified schools piloted the District’s use of the new standard-ized assessments, which were written by the Smarter Balance Assessment Consortium in con-junction with the Common Core Standards. Unlike the California Standards Tests, the Smarter Bal-ance Assessments are delivered online through digital devices.

“We learned during this pilot program that our students need more experience creating content on the devices they will be tested on and more exposure to technol-ogy in general,” Director of Edu-cational Technology Kris Bone-man said. “Although students are using technology all the time, having students use technology to support an educational process is new to many of them. The transi-tion from a paper centered class-room to a digital classroom is new for students and teachers. If we assess them digitally, we need to teach them digitally, too.”

To accomplish this goal, each school site will create a vision for what digital learning will look like with their students, what devices are necessary to meet that vision, and which students will work with the devices first.

Gladstone Elementary School was the first campus to bring together a plan to make use of State funds earmarked to support

technological needs associated with Common Core Standards. Fourth grade teachers Kristina Vitale and Adrian Wong will lead the way in one-to-one iPad class-rooms. Fourth grade students will use the iPads to create and receive curriculum content.

Even before the State funds for technology were available, schools throughout the District have been working toward an effective use of technology for instruction. Bonita High School has expanded their use of iPads to a second math-ematics classroom. A Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) approach is working well in English and his-tory classes. In all three BYOD classes, students participate with devices they bring from home including laptops, tablets, and Smartphones.

The San Dimas High School Math Department is using an ap-plication called Nearpod, which turns each student device into a personal whiteboard that reports to the teacher. It allows teachers to share content by managing the students screen as well as report-ing students’ responses back to teachers in real time. This appli-cation can be used with iPads and laptops allowing for the expansion of BYOD.

At Roynon Elementary School and Ramona Middle School, teachers are piloting a technolo-gy-enhanced version of the Lan-guage! program called Language! Live. The program is a hybrid of student-centered online founda-tional skills and teacher-led group instruction. Designed specifically to meet the high expectations of the Common Core State Stan-dards, Language! Live is a com-prehensive literacy solution that combines teacher-directed learn-ing with personalized, adaptive instruction in an online social en-vironment.

Bonita High School is piloting a program that provides a new way for students to report suspicious behavior or dangerous situations to school administration. The pro-gram, called Text-a-Tip, allows students to send a tip via text to a phone number established by the school.

The number is actually a Google account that receives the text, then immediately forwards it to multiple school administrators and the School Resource Officer. This allows school administration to become aware of an issue in real time, and respond immediately if needed. It also allows students a low-profile way to get information to the administration.

Though low-profile and confi-dential, the Text-a-Tip line is not anonymous, since the program includes the phone number from which the text originates. This al-

lows the administration to follow up if needed to gather more infor-mation.

So far, 14 tips have come in through this new system. Reports have been received about bully-ing incidents, a suspicious person near the school, and reports ex-pressing concern over depression or suicidal thoughts. In every case, school administration and/or the School Resource Officer were able to follow up with appropriate actions.

In addition to Text-a-Tip, safe-ty measures have continued to be a District priority. Local Law Enforcement has continued to be an excellent partner this year, starting with an increased pres-ence around schools during the opening week of classes. Adminis-trators will continue to collaborate with law enforcement to ensure

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News from the Bonita Unified School DistrictSCHOOLS IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Allen Avenue Elementary School

Allen Avenue Elementary has started an incentive program for reaching Accelerated Reader goals—a t-shirt with a quote about

reading on the back. Each grade level has a different color. This shirt is lime green and sports a quote from Dr. Seuss: “The more you read,

the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.”

Annual Pride Stride Funds PTA Purchases

The PTA’s annual Pride-Stride fundraiser occurred September 25. Following last year’s record breaking event, the PTA set its sights high, hoping to raise more than $42,000 in funds to directly benefit the Gladstone campus, though the figure was unknown at the time of this printing. Over the years, funds raised by the PTA have been used to purchase SmartBoards and audio technol-ogy for classrooms, a lunch shel-ter, and a dozen concrete picnic tables. They have also funded countless assemblies and awards for the Griffins.

New Patio Enhances Lunch ShelterThis summer, Gladstone’s

lunch area got a facelift! More than 12 tons of concrete were laid to make a new patio area next to the lunch shelter. The patio hosts students for lunch every day and has been the sight of multiple parent meetings already this year. In the coming months, the school hopes to add more concrete tables to make this area a favor-ite meeting place for all Griffins.

Gladstone Elementary 4th graders are benefiting from a new 1:1 mobile technology initiative. Each student in the fourth grade will use

an iPad for learning new information and creating work based on their learning.

iPads for 4th GradersGladstone is excited to begin

a new 1:1 mobile technology ini-tiative this year. With the help of State funding, Gladstone has purchased 70 new iPads for use in 4th grade classrooms, where every student will have an iPad to use this year. Students will use the devices to research informa-tion, create multi-media presen-

tations, take Accelerated Reader quizzes, and more. Mr. Adrian Wong and Mrs. Kristina Vitale are developing new curriculum for their classes that incorporates the use of these new educational tools. While not a replacement for teacher instruction, the iPads en-hance learning through the use of technology.

Grace Miller Elementary School

Grace Miller Elementary Students who read 6-7 nights per week all summer were rewarded with a ride on the Grace Miller float in the LA

County Fair Community Days Parade.

student safety and conduct drills led by both the District and law enforcement officers.

Each school regularly updates

Accelerated Reading Program: Front and Center

With last year’s reading suc-cess at Allen Avenue, the staff wanted to continue promoting growth in student independent reading. Making the incentive to meet Accelerated Reader (AR) goals more visual, the staff cre-ated a t-shirt design to be worn by both students and staff on specific days. The shirt showcases both student achievement in AR and the importance of reading. Each grade level AR shirt is a different color and has an inspiring quote about reading on the back.

Every student has the oppor-tunity to earn a shirt by reach-ing an independent reading goal. Since this incentive program is in its beginning stages, the staff is considering additional recogni-

tions to add to students’ shirts for accomplishments achieved dur-ing the year. Many teachers have implemented positive incentives in their classrooms to help the stu-dents achieve high expectations for all students, Kindergarten -5th grade.

“We want our students to be successful, and we want to rec-ognize their individual accom-plishments and goals, which look different for every one of our stu-dents,” Principal Debbie Grenier said. “We have already seen the increase in our circulation of books in our library grow to 1,604 books. This is almost double, since this time last year, the circulation was 812 books.”

Gladstone Elementary School

School might not be in session in the summer, but students at Grace Miller Elementary still took the opportunity to read for the Summer Reading Olympics. Before school was out, students received a calendar to log their reading time. To assist them with access to books, the elemen-tary school libraries throughout the District alternated days open during the week. Twelve stu-dents visited every library in the district at least once.

Eighteen students who read four nights per week received a Bronze Award; seven students who read five nights per week received the Silver Award; and 25 students who read six or sev-en nights per week received the Gold Award.

The 25 Gold Award winners were invited to ride on the Grace Miller float in the LA County Fair Community Days parade on La Verne Day, September 12. Teacher Matt Miller, a member of the LA County Fair Commu-nity Board, coordinated the float-riding event, and teachers Sue Johnson and Bonnie Crum, along with Principal Deanne Spencer rode with the students to smile and wave to the crowd.

Focus on Safety Cont. from page 4their school safety and disaster response plans, and the Facilities Department is in the final stages of reviewing the recommenda-

tions from the security visits per-formed this spring. The next step will be to implement high priority projects at the schools.

Holden’s Legislation to Expand Opportunities for Start-up Technology Heads to the Governor- AB 250

Sacramento – Assemblymem-ber Chris Holden’s (D-Pasadena) bill to expand on the state’s iHub innovation network by creating economic opportunities for pio-neering start-up companies has been approved by the state Legis-lature and now goes to the Gover-nor for signature.

“We want to put California in a position to cultivate and incubate young companies that are devel-oping new technologies that will promote conservation and other public policy goals,” explained As-semblymember Holden. “Estab-lishing the iHub Accelerator Fund will allow the state to compete for grant funding from the federal government, private sector and foundations to encourage innova-tion.”

AB 250:• Establishes the California In-novation Hub (iHub) Program into law. • Creates the iHub Accelerator Fund in the state treasury to ac-cept private sector funding to op-erate the program.

AB 250 will expand the devel-opment of iHubs across California and develop more economic oppor-tunities for start-up companies, promoting greater collaboration between innovators and venture capital investment within the state.

AB 250 was passed with over-whelming, bi-partisan support in both the Senate and Assembly last week. Governor Brown now has 30 days to sign the measure.

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Ron Ingels Appointed to the La Verne City Council

Ron Ingels, former La Verne Police Chief, was appointed to fill the vacant City Council position on Monday, August 26, 2013. In July, following the passing of long-time Council Member Robert Rodriguez, the Council decided to invite residents to submit let-ters of interest for consideration for appointment to the remainder of Rodriguez’s term. A total of 18 letters of interest were received by the August 7th deadline. All 18 candidates were invited to make a presentation at a public meet-ing on August 26, 2013. After the presentations, the Council voted unanimously to appoint Ron In-gels for the remainder of the term ending March 2015.

“It’s wonderful to see so many people who care about this com-munity and who are willing to make this big of a commitment to the La Verne community,” stated Mayor Don Kendrick. “This is why La Verne is a special place; we have so many dedicated and involved residents who truly care.”

Ron Ingels has been a La Verne resident for more than 50 years. He graduated from Bonita High School and the University of La Verne. Ron served 34 years on the La Verne Police Depart-ment, the last 13 years as Police Chief. He is currently appointed as the Law Enforcement Liaison for the Los Angeles County Dis-trict Attorney, Jackie Lacey. Ron also volunteers on the Board of Directors for the Inland Valley Humane Society. In his presenta-tion to the City Council, Ron dis-cussed his priorities for his term are public safety as it relates to the State public safety realign-ment, maintaining a balanced budget, and addressing ongoing revenue needs. Ron stressed the importance of maintaining a safe community and how lucky we are to have not only an outstanding police department, but also an exceptional fire department and paramedic service.

“I believe Ron Ingels will do an excellent job,” stated Mayor Pro Tem Charlie Rosales. “He has demonstrated his commitment to this City and has the relevant experience to address the major issues of concern facing La Verne.”

Energy Savings Programs for La Verne Residents

Saving money in a heat wave? Now that’s cool! Is the late-season heat wave causing your electric bill to spike along with the tem-peratures? To help ease the strain on your future energy budget, the City of La Verne, Southern Cali-fornia Edison and the Southern California Gas Company offer a variety of money-saving energy ef-ficiency programs:

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La Verne City Newsthese programs, call the City of La Verne Planning Department at (909) 596-8706.

Veterans Day CeremonyOnce again, the La Verne/San

Dimas Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 12034 Band of Brothers and the City of La Verne will have a special ceremony On Veterans Day, Monday, November 11, 2013, at 11:00 a.m. This tradition-al ceremony will feature music, speakers, and military tributes. The event will take place at the La Verne Veterans Memorial located on the corner of Bonita Ave and Magnolia (just east of Wheeler).

Bricks are still available for dedication at the La Verne Vet-erans Memorial. All bricks pur-chased between February and September 2013, will be inscribed at the Memorial prior to Veterans Day. Bricks purchased after Sep-tember will be inscribed before Memorial Day. For more infor-mation about purchasing a brick, visit www.laverneveterans.org or call 909-596-8700.

Free October E-Waste Collection

Bonita High School is hosting a free, one-day electronic waste collection event on Saturday, Oc-tober 12th from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. This event will be held at Bonita High School located at 3102 “D” Street (small adminis-tration parking lot) and will help residents dispose of old electronic equipment the right way. For the last several years it has been ille-gal to dispose of electronics in the trash. Proper disposal prevents hazardous components utilized to make electronic items from harm-ing our environment. Residents and businesses can discard their electronic wastes, such as televi-sions, computer CPU’s, monitors, keyboards, printers, cell phones, etc.

Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) items such as old paints, batteries, and chemicals will not be collected. However, residents will have the opportunity to safely dispose of HHW at a Countrywide Roundup at Brackett Field in De-cember. Many common house-hold products pose a hazard to the environment if disposed of im-properly. Materials such as used motor oil, paint, turpentine, pesti-cides, and garden herbicides can

damage the environment is tossed in the trash, or poured down the storm drain. It’s easy to partici-pate in either of these programs. The entire process only takes a few minutes and you never have to leave your car. La Verne resi-dents also have the option of uti-lizing Waste management to pick up electronic waste. Waste Man-agement will accept electronic waste (televisions, monitors, etc.) as part of their regular bulky item pick-up program. There is no charge; however, it counts as one of the free bulky pickups residents receive each year.

For more information on household hazardous waste or up-coming electronic waste collection events, call La Verne Customer Service at (909) 596-8744.

$750 Grant Available for La Verne Teachers

The City of La Verne in part-nership with the Water Educa-tion Water Awareness Committee (WEWAC) is providing $750 in grant funding for teachers seeking to do creative classroom projects that increase student awareness on the importance of water. Proj-ects must focus on drinking water issues and may involve sources of water, environmental issues, water treatment, water quality, water conservation, political or government issues.

Applications can be found at www.wewac.org and should brief-ly describe the project, including supportive activities, objectives, and the benefit to students. All K-12 teachers in the WEWAC ser-vice area are eligible and partner-ships are encouraged. Grant ap-plications must be postmarked by Friday, November 15, 2013. For more information or for questions about the EduGrant program, please contact JR Ranells at (909) 596-8741.

FREE K-12 Teacher Workshop

The Water Education Water Awareness Committee is sponsor-ing a free Project WET workshop for La Verne teachers on Tuesday, October 22, 2013, 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Project WET (Water Edu-cation for Teachers) is an award-winning, nonprofit water educa-tion program and publisher. The program facilitates and promotes

awareness, appreciation, knowl-edge and stewardship of water resources through the dissemina-tion of classroom-ready teaching aids and the establishment of internationally sponsored Project WET programs.

La Verne teachers can even have their substitute teacher costs for the day reimbursed, but en-rollment is limited. To register, and find additional information, please visit www.UseWaterWise-ly.com. If you have any questions please contact Alison Loukeh at 909-291-2935 or at aloukeh@ci.upland.ca.us

Landscape & Water Conservation Fair

On Saturday, October 19th from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., the Chino Basin Water Conservation District (CBWCD) will host the 7th annual Landscape and Water Conservation Fair at CBWCD’s facility at 4594 San Bernardino in Montclair.

This FREE fair is fun for the entire family. Adults will receive water conserving give-aways, participate in raffles and enjoy various opportunities to learn about water wise landscaping. Kids will enjoy the entertaining performances, a petting zoo and pumpkin patch, giant slide, face-painting, and numerous exhibits.

Since outdoor water use ac-counts for approximately two-thirds of a typical home’s water consumption, the fair will focus on outdoor water conservation with information provided by ven-dors on water wise landscaping, efficient irrigation practices and rebate programs. After learning about water wise landscaping, at-tendees will be motivated to buy the beautiful, drought tolerant plants available for sale at the fair. Information on ways to re-duce indoor consumption will also be demonstrated.

For more information on this free, fun and environmentally beneficial fair, please call CBWCD at 909-626-2711 or email at lveen-ema@cbwcd.org.

La Verne’s Spooktacular October Events

The month of October is filled with family friendly, safe events to celebrate Halloween in La Verne. Please join us for any of these

events:• Heritage Harvest Pumpkin Patch opens Saturday, October 5th through Wednesday, October 30th at Heritage Park. Pumpkins, hayrides, farm animals, and photo opportunities. For more informa-tion visit www.laverneheritage.org. • A Halloween Coloring Contest co-sponsored by the Old Town Merchant’s Association will run from October 1st thru October 10th. Coloring Contest Forms are available at the La Verne Com-munity Services Department or through the public schools in Bonita Unified School District. Prizes will be donated by the Old Town Merchants to winning en-tries and will be awarded at Old Town Trick-or-Treating at 4:00 p.m., Thursday, October 31st.• Halloween Hop Dance for In-dividuals with Special Needs will be hosted by the City of La Verne at the La Verne Community Cen-ter on Friday, October 25th from 6:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. Tickets are $3 presale and available for purchase at the Community Services De-partment starting Oct. 1st. Vol-unteers provide refreshments and snacks while participants show off their ghoulish costumes and enjoy music from a live D.J.• The 33rd Annual Children’s Halloween Parade co-sponsored by the CVS Shopping Center Merchants’ Association will begin at 10 a.m. SHARP on Saturday, October 26th for children ages 12 and under at the CVS Shop-ping Center, corner of Foothill & Wheeler Ave. This is a free event with safe trick-or-treating, raffle prizes, live music, and per-formances by La Verne Mustang Cheer and the City’s Gymnastics Demo Team. The random prize drawing will be held at 11 a.m. and you must register to be eligi-ble to win. Entry blanks are avail-able ONLY at the CVS Shopping Center on the day of the parade. Winners must be present at the time of the drawing. • 11th Annual Pumpkin Patch Car Show will be taking place at Heritage Park from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., also on October 26th. Enjoy the cars, music, prizes, 50/50 drawing, food, and see the car show judging to be done by the Shortimers Club. If interested in showing your pre-1975 car or

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Assemblymember Holden and Legislative Black Caucus Honor Mrs. Rachel Robinson The widow of baseball legend Jackie Robinson visits the State Capitol

Sacramento – Assemblymem-ber Chris Holden (Pasadena) and members of the California Legis-lative Black Caucus honored Mrs. Rachel Robinson, the widow of for-mer Hall of Fame baseball player Jackie Robinson, in the state As-sembly and Senate.

“The legacy of Jackie Robinson

means so much to the citizens of my district. Jackie Robinson was raised in Pasadena, played ball at Pasadena City College before transferring to UCLA,” said As-semblymember Holden. “He was not only a pioneering black base-ball player, but was a civil rights leader. His widow Rachel Robin-son carries on his legacy through the Jackie Robinson Foundation. I am privileged to join in recogniz-ing Rachel Robinson for her spirit and her efforts to champion civil rights.”

Holden joined members of the CLBC in voting for House Reso-lution 24 (Bradford) which urges the county of Los Angeles and several South LA cities to rename Manchester Boulevard (formerly State Route 42) after Dodger baseball great Jackie Robinson. 42 was Robinson’s jersey number when he played for the Dodgers.

Assemblymember Chris Holden and Mrs. Rachel Robinson at the

California Capitol

truck, please call (909) 593-2862 or visit out website at www.la-verneheritage.org. • Halloween Trick-or-Treating in Old Town La Verne for children ages 12 and under on Thursday, October 31st from 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.. Every year local merchants in Old Town La Verne host a safe, family oriented, trick-or-treat

La Verne’s Spooktacular cont. from page 6

candy walk for children on the af-ternoon of Halloween on October 31. In addition, the University of La Verne regularly hosts a cable television variety show at Main-iero Square where children are invited to appear in costume and be a part of the Halloween fun. For more information contact La Verne City Hall at (909) 596-8706.

Westwood College Serving a Diverse Student Body

Westwood College-Inland Em-pire campus is located at 20 West 7th Street in Upland where Euclid Blvd. meets the 10 freeway. The college opened its doors in May 2001 and offers career-focused curriculums at the undergradu-ate and graduate levels. West-wood College proudly services a richly diverse population of over 1000 students ranging from 18 to 50 plus years in age, and almost 50/50 demographic representa-tion of male and female popula-tion. While we serve students from much of the San Gabriel Val-ley, our convenient location near freeways also supports commuter populations from Riverside, San Bernardino and the High Des-ert areas. The college fosters a respectful learning environment where student’s background and experience are valued and incor-porated when possible into the learning community. We promote a business-like environment that

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donations are down 40%. This means less dogs, cats and horses can be saved. Because of foreclo-sures, the city shelters are in crisis and flooded with animals - which, in turn, has dramatically in-creased the euthanasia rate. The

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Lisa goes on to say, “It is our mission to bring the community together to help us save as many of these precious lives as we can. Participants can join either as in-dividuals or start a team. We hope

that more attendees will find it in their hearts to provide a new home for one of the rescue animals at the event, and adopt.” Spon-sors that are helping to make this event possible include: Southwest Airlines, Dropcam, Longo Toyota, Union Bank, Healthy Spot, Jax and Bones, Bank Of America to name a few.

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8th ANNUAL “RACE FOR THE RESCUES” Continued from page 2Pit Bulls, Angeldogs Foundation, Auction Horse Rescue, Cat Posse, Downtown Dog Rescue, Heaven On Earth Animal Society, K9 Connection, Mercy For Animals, Molly’s Mutts & Meows, New Life K-9 Rescue, Too Many Bun-

nies Rabbit Rescue, United Pega-sus Foundation, Sante D’Or and The Rescue Train. The Rescue Train applauds these nonprofit, 501c3, rescue groups and animal welfare organizations. Each year these groups save and find loving homes for thousands of dogs, cats,

horses. They are also dedicated to rehabilitating wild life, preventing cruelty to farmed animals, pro-viding veterinary care for pets of low-income families and free spay/neuter clinics. They are solely run on tax-deductible donations. Be-cause of their tireless devotion, our world is kinder place.

Lisa Young, Director of The Rescue Train, explains the added significance to this year’s event, “Due to the economic crisis our

of all ages, community organi-zations, schools, even corporate teams, for a day of fun and fund-raising for our furry friends!

In addition to the 5K, 10K, 1K Dog Walk and Kids Fun Run, Race for the Rescues will also fea-ture: • 1 K non-competitive Kids Fun Run. Every child gets a medal!• Pet Adoption Event & Fash-ion Show - After showing off their fashion-forward best, the pets from the Pasadena Humane So-ciety/SPCA and Los Angeles Ani-mal Services will be available for adoption! • A Silent Auction, Kids’Face Pai• nting, Pet Psychic, Hula For The Hounds, and Best Dog Cos-tume judged by Celebrities and more!• Food Trucks courtesy Food Truck Army.• Incentive Prizes for Fundrais-ers and Top Racers• For full details on Race for the Rescues please go www.raceforth-erescues.org or MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from “r20.rs6.net” claiming to be www.therescuetrain.org.

La Verne Police Department & Fire Department Open House

This Community Event will be held on Sat., October 5 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the La Verne Pub-lic Safety Facility located at 2061 Third Street in La Verne. Third Street will be shut down between C Street and D Street to accommo-date all the events planned. There will be tours of both the Police and the Fire Departments, Police and Fire vehicles and equipment to see including a Police Helicopter. Barbecued food, a Rock Climb, a Bounce House, and Jets for kids to ride are some of the activities offered. All kinds of displays and safety information will be avail-able Other activities include a Fire Engine squirting water, and K-9 demonstrations. The Humane Society will have displays and even some pets available for adoption.

The Open House is free and plans to be a fun-filled day for the entire family. Come out and meet some of the proud Police Officers and Firemen who keep you safe.

World-Class Orchestra Announces Next Year’s Exciting Summer Line-Up Beginning June 28, 2014

It was a Cal Phil weekend full of awe-inspiring performances, music magic and a string of stand-ing ovations that marked the con-clusion of another successful sum-mer season for the world-class orchestra and the building excite-ment for next year’s series.

The spectacular season finale, Les Miz and Bernstein, attract-ed record numbers at both Festi-val on the Green at Santa Anita Race Track on Saturday ,August 24, 2013 and at Walt Disney Con-cert Hall on Sunday ,August 25. Randal Keith and Melissa Lyons Caldretti, stars of Les Miserables on Broadway and the National Tour, along with the Cal Phil Cho-rale, joined the acclaimed orches-tra in an inspired selection of high-lights from Les Miz, songs from Leonard Bernstein’s classics Can-dide and Wonderful Town and the stirring orchestral Symphonic Dances from West Side Story.

Commanding the podium with his singular style, an emotional Maestro Victor Vener expressed his gratitude to orchestra mem-bers, special guests and the audi-ence for making this season such a resounding success and hinted of what to look forward to during Cal Phil’s 2014 summer season.

As always, the 2014 series will take place every other weekend, Saturday evenings at Festival on the Green at Santa Anita race Track and Sunday afternoons at Walt Disney Concert Hall.

The buzz is already building for

Cal Phil’s 2014 summer season:

June 28, 2014 and June 29, 2014John Williams and Friends1812 Overture, Carmina Burana, Star Wars, E.T., Jaws, Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan, Juras-sic Park

July 12, 2014 and July 14, 2014Cowboys and CopelandThe Cowboy’s Overture, The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, The Mag-nificent Seven, How The West Was Won, Billy The Kid, El Salon Mexico

July 26, 2014 and July 27, 2014Magic, Fantasy and AdventureThe Lion King, Beauty and The Beast, The Little Mermaid, Sor-cerer’s Apprentice, Firebird Suite

August 9, 2014 and August 10, 2014Movie MasterpiecesPirates Of The Caribbean, Star Trek, The Red Violin, Titanic, Game Of Thrones, Brahms’ 1st Symphony, from Die Hard, Saint-Saens’ Organ Symphony from Babe

August 23, 2014 and August 24, 2014Broadway and Bolero Chicago, Evita, Cats, Bolero, Es-pana, Concierto de Aranjuez

For more information and pur-chase tickets, please visit www.calphil.org.

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Sunday October 20thGallery Open — 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Planet Rehab — 10:15 - 11:15 a.m.Clay Workshop — Noon - 1:00 p.m.

High School Drama Chub - 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.Student Art Awards - 3:00 p.m.

Artists Pictures Raf1e - 3:30 p.m.Show Closes — 4:00 p.m.

“Living Wild 2013” comes to San Dimas Saturday and Sun-day October 19th & 20th. The 17th Annual Wildlife Art Show & Sale is joined by Landscape Art this year in the new ‘“Lving Wild 2013” 19 professional artists will have their art on display and will he in attendance to speak with you and answer questions. See wild animals come to life in the form of paintings and wood and bronze sculptures. Imagine your-self standing amid the landscape of flowered fields or looking at tow-ering mountain peaks.

Held in the San Dimas Com-munity Building, the Art Show is sponsored by the San Dimes Fes-tival of Arts. There is no admis-sion charge and is family friendly.

A number of events will take place during the weekend - see

Schedule of Events for the times. Planet Rehab will be available to answer questions for an hour Saturday and Sunday mornings. Their main goals are to give envi-ronmental education along with habitat protection and species propagation.

Featured Artist Carol Heiman-Greene will conduct an art semi-nar. A well—known artist, Carol participates in exhibitions across the country. Her paintings are in corporate and private collections throughout the world. Interna-tionally known sculptor Richard Myer will conduct a Clay work-shop demonstrating how he starts with clay to form a figure or item that later becomes a bronze sculp-ture. You have a chance to form your own clay sculpture.

The High School Drama

Club will give a presentation. K through 8th grade will have their art on display in City Hall all weekend. Their work will be judged by professional artists and awards given.

Raffle tickets to win original art pieces will be sold during the event filled weekend. Artisans will be on the patio. The Premier Opening Reception and Awards Dinner will be Friday the 18th. Reservations are required and the cost is $25.00.

“Living Wild 2013” will be held at the Civic Center Plaza, 245 E. Bonita Ave., San Dimas. The Gallery will be in the Com-munity Building. For more infor-mation and dinner reservations: (909)599-5374; thefestival@sandi-masarts.org; www.sandimasarts.org. COME ENJOY!

Avoid 6 Costly Errors When Moving to a Larger Home and Save Thousands

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NORAM Downhill extreme gravity sports competition will take place at Bonelli Park in San Dimas during the week-end of October 19th and 20th. Street luge, gravity bike, and skateboarding competitors come from all over the world to compete at speeds of up to 50 mph on the 0.6 mile track.

The sponsoring Internation-al Gravity Sports Association sanctions gravity sports events (downhill coasting) on five con-tinents with athletes from more than 40 countries.

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Bonelli, interact with athletes in the pit area, have access to the race course, visit sponsor and vendor booths, and enjoy a weekend of wild gravity sports. Racers include men and wom-en as well as junior categories for ages 8-13 and ages 14-17.

Event promoter Bob “The Wizard” Ozman pointed out that spectator tickets are FREE; the only cost is the $10 per car entry fee for Bonelli Park. Puddingstone Lake Man-ager Jim Hughes reminded vis-itors to use the west entrance to the park off Via Verde Drive.

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The Hillcrest Business Associates Committee to Host a Panel Discussion on: “The Future Reliability of Essential Utilities: Power, Water and Gas”

The Hillcrest Business Associ-ates Committee is pleased to host a panel of experts to discuss “The Future Reliability of Essential Utilities: Power, Water and Gas”. Prominent panelists representing the area’s major utility companies will discuss issues that may im-pact the future supply, delivery and reliability of the utilities that are vital to our region. Prior to investing, companies require as-surances that regional utilities such as gas, power and water will be available, cost effective and re-liable for years to come. Join us for breakfast as we hear regional managers discuss current and future challenges associated with essential utilities.

The panel discussion will take place Thursday, October 24th from 7:30 – 9:00 a.m. at The Meet-

ing House at Hillcrest (2705 Mt. View Drive, La Verne). Compli-mentary breakfast will be served. Please RSVP your attendance by Thursday, October 17th by calling (909) 392-4309 or by email: mwil-liams@livingathillcrest.org

The panel will feature: Mr. Gilbert Ivey, Assistant General Manager/Chief Administrative Officer of the Metropolitan Wa-ter District of Southern Califor-nia; Mr. Charles Wilson, Direc-tor of Public Affairs for Southern California Edison; and Mr. Ron Kent, Technology Development Manager- Major Demonstrations, Sempra Energy Utilities. Togeth-er they will discuss the question: Do we currently and will we have enough gas, power and water to sustain our economy and quality of life?

La Verne Novelist Lois D. Carlson Publishes A Tale of Our Times, Street LadyWill sign books at annual Festival of Authors on Oct. 5 in Duarte

La Verne — She could be any-one’s mother, sister, aunt, friend. What’s happened to her could hap-pen to any of us.

Her husband of many decades died leaving her with little or no re-sources to continue living without him. Her home is gone, as is her sav-ings. She’s on the street scrambling to make it on her own.

She’s Ella Martin, the protagonist of a new novel by La Verne resident and author Lois D. Carlson, “Street Lady” (Martin Sisters Publishing, ISBN: 978-62553-035-6, available on Amazon, and Barnes & Noble $16.95).

On Oct. 5, Carlson will share Ella’s story at the 11th Festival of Authors in Duarte. Taking place at Westminster Gardens, 1040 Santo Domingo Ave., from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., the festival features more than 50 authors at book-signings, panels and talks.

“This is a ‘coming of age’ story even though the protagonist, Ella Martin, is advanced in years and has experienced many of life’s highs and lows,” writes Holly G. Miller, a contributing editor of The Saturday Evening Post and author of 14 books, including “Feature and Magazine Writing” (Wiley, 2013). “Only when she is tested by obstacles all too com-mon today does she come to recog-nize and celebrate her inner strength and resourcefulness.”

“If I was in my 80s I’m not sure I could do what Ella has,” Carlson con-fesses. “But I know it could happen to me or someone else.”

Having spent many years as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, pro-viding counseling in health care and private practice, Carlson now works on a part-time basis in the field at San Antonio Community Hospital in Upland.

Carlson encountered a women like Ella in her career that was par-

ticularly memorable.“She had a senior membership

at the local community college, she would use the gym showers, she would rent a room when she had the cash, but otherwise slept on the street,” Carlson recalled.

That woman’s resourcefulness is reflected in Ella’s journey. Living on the street and having to find a way to survive, she confronts her fears and draws upon her inner resources. Chance encounters along the way bring new hope and unexpected out-comes for her seemingly impossible dilemma.

This is Carlson’s second book. Her first novel, “Shadows of the Past” in 2009, was inspired by a news story about a 2-year-old girl torn from the home of her adoptive parents to be returned to her biological parents. Carlson’s social services training and subsequent career helped her to un-derstand the effects such a traumat-ic experience can have on a child as well as adults in that situation.

For more information about the 11th annual Festival of Authors, a benefit event presented by the Friends of the Duarte Library, call (626) 372-0540 or visit www.friendsoftheduartelibrary.com.

promotes consistent attendance, a responsible attitude, and respon-sible behavior. Students are regu-larly encouraged to get involved in campus and community events.

Westwood College Upland cur-rently offers programs of study in the School of Business, School of Design, School of Justice, School of Technology and the School of Healthcare. Degrees are offered at the Associate, Bachelor and Masters level, some of which can be taken partially or exclusively on-line. Not all programs offer all degree levels. The Upland Cam-pus is a proud and participating member of the Inland Empire community. The college staff and faculty volunteer and or par-ticipate in many area events. For more information about West-wood contact Tina Miller, Cam-pus President at 909-296-3322 or tmiller2@westwood.edu

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Glendora Genealogy Group

The Glendora Genealogical Group will hold their monthly meet-ing on Tuesday, October 22, 2013 in the Elm Room at the La Fetra Cen-ter, 333 East Foothill Blvd, Glendora. There will be a workshop led by Pat Chavarria at 6 p.m. We will have our business meeting at 7 p.m. fol-lowed by our speaker. Our speaker for this month will be Nancy Huebot-ter. Nancy will present “World War II Records: What is Available, What is Not, How to Find Them, and What They Reveal.” Rumor has it that World War II military records were lost when the St. Louis Military Re-cords Center was destroyed by fire. Learn what is available and how to access the information. In addition, discover what websites are available for the researcher interested in mili-tary history and military ancestors.

Nancy Huebotter, a nationally recognized lecturer on various gene-alogy topics, has spent over 36 years researching her family history. Along with her parents, Nancy researched, wrote, and published a family history book entitled, Ancestors and Descen-dants of Thomas Carroll and Ellis Miller (1620-2005), a 395 year history of her mother’s lines. She is currently writing her father’s biography, Not for a Nickel, especially highlighting his military service and subsequent im-prisonment in a German POW camp during World War II.

Nancy is a principal technical writer and an instructor for Raytheon, where she has been employed for more than 36 years. She spends her free time engaged in family history research, volunteering at St. Jude Medical Center, reading, knit-ting or crocheting, or pursuing her dream of becoming a novelist.

Westwood

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Claremont McKenna students Lend Helping Hand to “Sowing Seeds for Life”

Brown said during Saturday’s ses-sion. “The work they are doing is invaluable in helping us put on our twice-a-month food pantries and other charitable activities. And to be

connected with such a prestigious institution as Claremont McKenna College means so much.”

Sowing Seeds for Life, created by Brown in 2007, provides food, water, personal care items and services to some 6,000 people in need per month. A food pantry is held the first and third Wednesday of every month at DPI Labs, 1350 Arrow Highway. Brown is also CEO of DPI Labs.

More information about the char-ity and its upcoming celebrity golf

tournament can be found at www.sowingseedsforlife.org.

Here is a roster of the Claremont McKenna students who pitched in to help Sowing Seeds on Saturday:

Freshmen: Kevin Castro, Red-wood City; Renee Lundgren, Dubai; Alicia Fraustro, Anaheim; John Sey-lar, Minneapolis; Kennedy Holland, Vancover; Max Urman, Denver; Fra-nesca Hidalgo, Cedar Rapids, Iowa ; Emily McKinnon, Yarmouth, Me., Jessica Azerad, White Plains, N.Y.; Tamara Skinner, Phoenix; Kimaya de Silva, Sri Lanka; Kanika Vaish, India; Taylor Allen, Chicago; Erik Anderson, Palo Alto; Nitin Kuppan-da, Corona; Tim Plummer, Upland; Emily Morse, Mercer Island, Wash.; Lindsay Slocum, San Francisco; Hen-ry Wei, Saratoga, Ca.

Advisors: Caitlin Highland, Atlan-ta; Kelsey Gohn, Lancaster; Lindsey Betts, Aliso Viejo; Moe Adbul-Rahim, Amman, Jordan.

The La Verne-based charity Sow-ing Seeds for Life (SSFL) continues to grow. Evidence of that is the recent involvement of students from Cla-remont McKenna College as volun-

teers.On Saturday morning, Aug. 31,

19 first-year students and 4 upper-class advisors showed up at Sowing Seeds’ headquarters at DPI Labs in La Verne prepared to go to work. They were there as part of the col-lege’s Orientation prior to beginning classes on Tuesday, Sept 4.

Claremont McKenna includes a community service project as part of incoming students’ Orientation. Amy Bibbens, the director of the school’s

Center for Civic Engagement, said this is the 21st year such a program has been in place.

Sowing Seeds for Life was one of the nine sites that hosted some 200 Claremont McKenna students, who were bussed to the various locations.

Vicki Brown, the founder and CEO of Sowing Seeds for Life, along with SSFL volunteers Pam Ar-chibald and Jan Inger, were on hand to supervise the students chosen for that charity. They had plenty of work for the students, who divided up in groups to sort and organize boxes and boxes of food and personal care items that had been donated.

Students from the University of La Verne and several area high schools, including Damien and St. Lucy’s, have been doing periodic volunteer work for SSFL in recent years. Now Claremont McKenna is on board.

“These young people are great,”

LA VERNE CHAMBER CHATTER

Top 10 Reasons To Think Local, Buy Local, Be Local

better understanding of the prod-ucts they are selling and take more time to get to know custom-ers.7. Invest in community: Local businesses are owned by people who live in this community, are less likely to leave, and are more invested in the community’s fu-ture.8. Put your taxes to good use: Local businesses in town centers require comparatively little infra-structure investment and make more efficient use of public ser-vices as compared to nationally owned stores entering the com-munity.9. Buy what you want, not what someone wants you to buy: A mar-ketplace of tens of thousands of small businesses is the best way to ensure innovation and low prices over the long-term. A multitude of small businesses, each selecting products based not on a national sales plan but on their own inter-ests and the needs of their local customers, guarantees a much broader range of product choices.10. Encourage local prosperity: A growing body of economic re-search shows that in an increas-ingly homogenized world, entre-preneurs and skilled workers are more likely to invest and settle in communities that preserve their one-of-a-kind businesses and dis-tinctive character.Think local first + Buy local when you can = Being a local!

Micky RehmMicky’s Jewelry Studio2210 Foothill Blvd. La Verne, Ca. 91750(909)593-0748

La Verne Chamber of Commerce

1. Buy Local—Support yourself: Several studies have shown that when you buy from an indepen-dent, locally owned business, rather than a nationally owned businesses, significantly more of your money is used to make pur-chases from other local business-es, service providers and farms—continuing to strengthen the economic base of the community. These include case studies show-ing that locally-owned businesses generate a premium in enhanced economic impact to the commu-nity and our tax base.2. Support community groups: Non-profit organizations receive an average 250% more support from smaller business owners than they do from large business-es.3. Keep our community unique: Where we shop, where we eat and have fun—all of it makes our com-munity home. Our one-of-a-kind businesses are an integral part of the distinctive character of this place. Our tourism businesses also benefit. 4. Reduce environmental im-pact: Locally owned businesses can make more local purchases requiring less transportation and generally set up shop in town or city centers as opposed to develop-ing on the fringe. This generally means contributing less to sprawl, congestion, habitat loss and pollu-tion.5. Create more good jobs: Small local businesses are the largest employer nationally and in our community, provide the most jobs to residents.6. Get better service: Local busi-nesses often hire people with a

Almost everyone knows that La Verne has a great selection of restaurants, bars, and unique hang out spots. But not everyone has been able to have a taste of all these fabulous offerings. That’s why the La Verne Chamber is proud to present the 13th annual Taste of La Verne. On November 5, 2013 over 30 of La Verne’s eat-eries and watering holes will come together at the Sheraton Fairplex conference center to provide a Taste of La Verne.

For the bargain price of $35 per ticket (pre-sale price), attendees will experience an array of culi-nary tastes.

Samples from all around town will include tasty bites from places like Chase’s, Café X2O, and Po-mona Mining Co. Wash down all the delicious foods with various samples of beer and wine, which will also be available. In addition to the great samplings, attendees will have an opportunity to win a Dell XPS 10-inch tablet, courtesy of Ken Armour with System Reso-lutions Inc.

The Taste is the Chamber’s

largest fundraiser and money raised goes to supporting the busi-ness operations of the La Verne Chamber of Commerce. Sponsors such as San Dimas Community Hospital, Hillcrest, Foothill Credit Union, Lone Hill Collision Center and Express Cash have all con-tributed to make this event pos-sible.

The Taste grows larger each year, and being at the Sheraton Fairplex Conference Center this year, attendance is expected to in-crease even more. Be sure to pur-chase tickets before October 15 to take advantage of the $35 price. After the 15th, the tickets will be $40 each. Tickets may be pur-chased online at www.TasteofLa-Verne.com, or at: Vons (La Verne), Palace Pet Salon, Express Cash, Micky’s Jewelry Studio, City Hall (Darlene), or at the chamber office.

If you would like more informa-tion on any of the Chamber events or membership, please feel free to contact the La Verne Chamber of-fice at (909)593-5265 or visit the Chamber site at www.laverne-chamber.org.

Happy (Healthy) Halloween! Tina L. Kerrigan MS, RD

When we think of Halloween evening we visualize groups of happy, ghoulishly dressed chil-

dren scouring our neighbor-hoods look-ing for sweet “treats”. Since there is sel-dom justi-fication for “tricks”, most

parents find themselves dealing with mounds (literally and figura-tively) of high sugar candy, both in bags and, unfortunately, a lot that has already been gobbled down during the nights festivities.

How can parents allow their children to enjoy a fun Halloween evening and still have some con-trol over excessive consumption of sweets?

Make sure to have dinner be-fore the trick or treating begins. A typical meal of lean meat, grains and vegetables will limit the sweet cravings and avoid over in-dulgence.

Before the evening begins also set up some bargains. If your child wants a particular toy, agree to trade an amount of candy for the toy. He or she can keep a certain amount of their loot but, if they want this item, they have to part with whatever amount of candy has been agreed upon (Always make sure to sort through any-thing brought home to weed out suspicious items).

It is also important to set lim-its ahead of time for how much candy is allowed to be eaten on Halloween. When looking over what has been brought home, al-low a few favorite items and put the rest away. The old adage, “out of sight, out of mind” is applicable here. Put the remainder of the candy away. You can take it to work, dole it out over time in small quantities or discard it, but, if it is around the house and visible, it will more than likely be eaten.

The other side of this is what to offer when the “trick or treaters” show up at your door.

Sure, we are all going to of-fer some sweets, but also include some non candy items. Experts recommend small inexpensive toys, crayons, stickers, book-marks, whistles, pencils, erasers or other school supplies.

And, remember to eat seven to nine servings of fruits and vegeta-bles every day!

Tina Kerrigan is the own-er of Corner Office Health-care Consultants of San Di-mas. She can be reached at 909.599.3354 or fiberqueen@earthlink.net for questions, comments or ideas for future columns.

Tina Kerrigan

October 2013 La Verne Community News Page 13

City of La Verne’s Military MembersWho are Currently Serving as of September 12, 2013

ARMY **In Memory of Cory F. Hiltz-Army****In Memory of Jose O. Belmontes-Army**

Steve P. Acuff Jr.Christopher T. AllanBrent ApodacaDennis M. AscencioBrett E. BabbMichael C. BadetJared A. BehounekAndrew D. BissellJoseph R. BockDaniel BoutCody A. BoardmanJames BunsoldDavid M. CabotAaron B. CastroJason CheneyDonovan CobleFrancisco CruzAllen T. Dade Jr.Stephanie Daly LongRose Anne DelacerdaJoseph C. DunkenSean M. EllingsonJordan FankhauserBrandon T. FloresLuis M. Gamboa Jr.Leonard GarciaNick J. GarryIan T. GoetzRemberto GutierrezJennifer HaskellDaniel J. HeadPatrick J. HeskettAlan J. HoffmanDerek C. Houston-BrownAlex I. JamsaChristen H. JamsaScott P. JeffersonJake S. KausenRobert KirklandBenjamin J. KnightAlexander KurdoghlianKarl KurtzMichael LiscanoJordan J. LongChristopher R. LopezThomas MadridMichael MagdalenoAmber M. McIntireLoran McClungAndrew McKindleyCharlene M. MoralesBrent R. MorenoMichael S. MorenoJared S. NelsonTrisha M. NewtonJohn A. OliverRichard G. PalafoxErik R. PereyraRobert PerezMichael PorrasRobert QuinnRicky RickordsKelly R. RojasMariah M. RojasErnie SanchezAlexander B. SandonaKyle J. SandovalRyan SinclairMichael StitelerMarco StogsdillDavid A. TaylorTimothy P. TimminsBenjamin A. TiradoJulian J. Torres-PalominoJoshua M. TroutMark A. VinciLouis N. WerrickJoe WilliamsStephen V. Williams IIBrent A. WilsonChristopher A. Woods

MARINESRonald M. Alberca

Joshua M. AlbertMichael Arballo Jr.David A. BarreraJohn BeaucarRobert BellevilleMario BlancasMichael E. BoggsRyan J. BurkovichSteven Bustillos Jr.Jonathon CardinalChristopher CassinelliJoshua CastanedaRyon J. ClarkJoseph E. Davis IVBrian DrechslerMatthew R. DumaisGerard M. FillionDavid R. FlickingerKevin R. FlickingerGeorge L. Frey Jr.Kenneth V. FuquaDaniel D. GabaldonAnthony M. GodinezFrank P. GonzalesDaniel J. GrantJustin W. GrimmDonald J. HaddenAmede HansonDane HansonDiana M. HernandezBrian Higeons DewhurstMichael R. JacobellisJason LauBrian LinkMichael LopezAnthony J. MagallanesFernando E. MirandaAndrew MoralesMichael D. MoralesJered M. MundtChristopher L. NegretteJustin J. PelotBrandon M. PeraltaAlfred PerchezNick H. RhoadesXavier C. RiesPatrick A. RomeroRyann SartorTimothy W. SchendelAaron Joseph SernaAndrew D. SerranoMatt ShauppIsaiah M. TelnasRyan M. TorrezRyan A. ValenzuelaAlexander W. VanceDaniel D. VargasEric J. WagnerDarin H. WestMichael L. Yslas

AIR FORCENathan V. AndersonBrent A. BakerJeffrey W. BakerEric R. BarriosPhilip BartooLaural E. BernardBradford C. BrooksChristopher BuckleyJoel CarreraGustavo F. CastilloScott ChalmersCole M. ConnorsDerek DreyfussEric C. FleuryAnthony L. Fox IIEdmundo Gamiao PenaScott GarciaMichael A. GomezMaria Gomez-McKinneyCourtney X. HawkinsSamantha HeggAaron Matthew HunterMichelle C. LaymanBrian A. LeonRobert A. LeybaJimmy LopezKimberly A. LueraRyan P. McKeeWesley J. Moore

Kassidy MorikawaMichael L. NarmoreSean V. OrmeDylan M. OrnelasBrian PetersJoshua S. PettusArdi B. PribadiEarle L. RojasJacquelyn RuffinoChad J. RyanAndrew J. SaldanaBranden N. ShepperdHeath L. ShepperdDaniel J. SullivanGarrett R. TolleAllison N. Ziolkowski

NAVYJoseph A. AldanaChristian A. ArteagaBrett A. AugartenRonald D. Ballenger IILuz C. BautistaRay A. BernalTiana BrownerMichael S. BuckhannonVenessa V. BurgosKristopher E. CervantesSteven I. DavisMarquis K. DawsonGary L. DealScott D. DennisChristy A. DismukesMatthew F. EspinaPaul A. EspinozaRobert R. EspinozaDan FarnsworthChristopher J. FinchTravis M. GarciaKimberley GlaeserDavid C. HalbergShawn HardenMark D. HellerWesley T. KnudsonCurtis L. LaceyPeter A. LazosCameron LinkJesse Loera IIIChristopher D. LuceroChristopher C. LuptonDavid A. ManuelRenee M. MartinezSamuel A. MartinezShelby A. McWilliamsAriana J. MedinaDean NusbaumMichael J. OrtegaDavid E. PalfreyBruce PetersonNitesh R. PymagamEthan M. ReiferNathan S. RhodesPeter RodriguezCameron RosenQasim ShakirSam ShwetzDerek StogsdillJonathan L. StremelJames L. TiffieJulie R. TorresAndrew TouchieJohn V. TrapaniErik N. UrsuloKenneth ValmonteLouis O. Velarde III

COAST GUARDDaniel R. AlmadaNathaniel M. BatoonSean T. DawsonAustin M. KingAaron M. LeeKevin A. MorrisDan E. Miller

Hillcrest’s Annual Country FairHillcrest residents invite the

community to attend their An-nual Country Fair on Saturday, October 26th, 2013 at Hillcrest located 2705 Mt. View Drive, La Verne. The festivities will run from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

The Hillcrest Country Fair is a fun, family friendly event that has become known for its hand-made crafts, delicious homemade baked goods, and bargains galore. Whether it is in Hillcrest’s Gift Shop, Hillcrest’s Thrift Shop, the jewelry or craft booth, the wood-working booth, or the “collections” booth, those in attendance have numerous opportunities to find the perfect one-of-a-kind gift or treasure.

The Bubble Rollers™, the hit of the Fair last year, will be return-ing. These giant inflatable balls allow kids, and some adventurous

adults, the opportunity to “walk on water” in Hillcrest’s indoor pool. Children will also be able to play in the bounce house, make crafts, and have their face painted.

Visitors will be able to listen to live entertainment and have the opportunity to enter a raffle for a chance to win several prizes, including: tickets to theme parks, concerts, dinner theatre; restau-rant gift cards and hotel stays.

Hillcrest is a not-for-profit re-tirement community that has been serving its residents for over 65 years. All proceeds from the Country Fair are used to provide assistance for residents who out-live their financial resources and are no longer able to cover the cost of their own healthcare. For more information, please call (909) 593-4917 or visit www.LivingatHill-crest.org.

Ansel Adams Museum SetAcquired by Scripps College

MacNaughton, director of the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery.

Visitors will have the opportunity to see some of this Museum Set in the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery’s upcoming exhibition, “Focus on Photog-raphy: Building a Collection at Scripps,” which runs from Oct. 26 through Dec. 15. Opening day will feature a panel discussion among collectors who helped build the collection. That event will take place at the Clark Humanities Mu-seum on the Scripps College campus on Oct. 26 from 4 to 5 p.m. Live music and light refreshments follow at the gallery from 7 to 9 p.m. The events are free of

charge and open to the public.The Ruth Chandler Williamson

Gallery is located at Eleventh Street and Columbia Avenue. During exhibi-tions, the gallery is open to the public, free of charge, Wednesday through Sunday, from 1 to 5 p.m. For more in-formation, please contact the gallery at (909) 607-3397 or visit the website at rcwg.scrippscollege.edu.

Scripps College was founded in 1926 by Ellen Browning Scripps, a pioneer-ing philanthropist and influential figure in the worlds of education, publishing, and women’s rights. Today, Scripps is a nationally top-ranked liberal arts col-lege and women’s college with approxi-mately 950 students, and is a member of The Claremont Colleges in Southern California. The mission of Scripps Col-lege is to educate women to develop their intellects and talents through active par-ticipation in a community of scholars, so that as graduates they may contribute to society through public and private lives of leadership, service, integrity, and cre-ativity.

Ansel Adams, Winter Sunrise, The Sierra Nevada, from Lone Pine, California, 1944, silver gelatin print, 24 x 28 in., Scripps College,

Claremont, CA, Gift of the Virginia Adams Charitable Trust.

Claremont — A spectacular group-ing of Ansel Adams photographs now enhances the Scripps College art col-lections. The “Museum Set” was pre-sented to Scripps directly by the trust created by Adams’s wife, Virginia Best Adams, and thus, each photo in the gift is in absolutely pristine condition. Through the generosity of the Virginia Adams Charitable Trust, the College owns 21 Ansel Adams works, which demonstrate his love of the drama and grandeur of the natural world via im-ages of Yosemite, Yellowstone, Sequoia, Death Valley, the Smoky Mountains and Mount Rainier. While nature pre-

dominates, the set also contains exam-ples of his other photographic interests, such as architectural studies and por-traits, including one of the great Mexi-can muralist, Jose Clemente Orozco.

Between 1978 and his death in 1984, Ansel Adams created a special inventory of photographic prints of the pieces he considered to be his finest and most iconic. His goal with these prints was to make his work available to a wide range of institutions for public dis-play and educational purposes. These sets of fine prints became known as the Ansel Adams Museum Sets.

Institutions that have received gifts of Museum Set prints include The Na-tional Gallery of Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Wilderness Society, the Stanford Art Museum, the de Young Museum, the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Cornell University, and Princeton University. “The Mu-seum Set now gives students at Scripps and The Claremont Colleges the oppor-tunity to see firsthand Ansel Adams’s extraordinary artistry,” notes Mary

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When Can You Start Tapping Into Sources of Retirement Income?

and, hopefully, watch it continue to have the potential to grow. But you will have to start taking with-drawals when you reach 70-1/2, if you haven’t already done so.

• IRA - As is the case with your 401(k), you will, in most cases, have to pay a 10 percent tax pen-alty if you take distributions from your IRA before age 59-1/2. And you must begin taking required minimum distributions from a Traditional IRA once you reach 70-1/2. If you have a Roth IRA, you face no mandatory distribu-tion rules, so you never have to touch the money, which means it can potentially grow tax-free for years.

• Social Security - You can start taking Social Security when you reach 62, but your monthly payments will only be about 70 percent to 75 percent - the exact amount depends on your age - of your payments if you waited un-til your reached “full” retirement age, which is probably 66 or 67. (Social Security determines your full retirement age by your year of birth.)

To most effectively incorporate your 401(k) and IRA withdraw-als, and your Social Security pay-ments, into your retirement in-come, you’ll need to consult with your financial advisor. Also, to make sure you’re not adversely affecting your tax situation when you start taking these withdraw-als and payments, talk to your tax advisor. But don’t wait until you’re almost retired to start plan-ning for it. Your decisions on when to start taking withdrawals from your various retirement accounts are usually irrevocable - so you’ll want to get them right the first time.

By Yu Chen, L.Ac.

Most opeople will experience at least one backache if not more in their life. While such pain or dis-comfort can happen anywhere in your back, the most common area affected is your lower back. It is because the lower back supports most of your upper body weight. Believe it or not lower back pain is the #2 reason that Americans see a doctor -- second only to colds and flues. Many back-related inju-

ries happen at work.

A patient visited my clinic a couple or weeks ago. He twisted his back while

working in the yard over the weekend. Often time, we put ourselves in a pro-longed incorrect posture doing yard work. It is very common to get a back injury with such a pos-ture. I told him that he would be OK before the coming weekend. As I had anticipated, his back was 90% healed after the third treat-ment. He was very happy that he would be completely healed and ready for his normal routines in just a couple more days.

A young college girl visited my clinic recently for neck and shoul-der pain. She suffered from the pain for years. She now feels 80%

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Submitted by Cindy Bollinger, Edward Jones Advisor

When you retire, it would be convenient if all your expenses were to “retire” as well. But they won’t. In fact, you’ll likely need be-tween 80 percent and 100 percent of your pre-retirement income to maintain your standard of living in retirement. And you may even need more, depending on what you plan to do during your retire-ment years. So, well before you retire, ask yourself a couple of key questions: Where will the money come from? And when can I get at it?

Let’s take a look at some of your likely retirement income “pools,” along with the rules governing withdrawals from these sources.• 401(k) plan - If you have a 401(k) plan at work, take full ad-vantage of it. Your earnings have the potential to grow on a tax-deferred basis and you typically contribute pre-tax dollars, so the more you put in, the lower your adjusted annual taxable income. Generally, you have to be at least 59-1/2 to withdraw money from your 401(k) without incurring a penalty of 10 percent of the tax-able amount of your withdrawal. However, you can avoid this pen-alty under the following circum-stances:

1. You leave your employer when you are at least 55 or you become disabled.

2. You take a series of equal periodic payments, made at least annually, for your life or life expec-tancy.

3. You “roll over” your 401(k) withdrawals into an IRA. Of course, you may not want, or need, to tap into your 401(k) at either age 55 or 59-1/2. If that’s the case, you can leave your account alone

healed after two weeks of acu-puncture treatments. She hap-pily resumed all of her activities and started to enjoy her college life. Most of my patients enjoy a happy life after just a couple of weeks of treatments at my clinic.

I Ching Acupuncture has been used to treat back pain, sports in-jury, headache, heel pain and a lot of difficult diseases for more than 40 years. My father, Dr. Chao Chen, developed the theory. In our clinic, more than 60% of my patients suffered from back pain. 80-90% of them experienced great relief after 8-12 treatments on average. The clinic result shows the patient’s age and cooperation play important roles in this pro-cedure. It is a lot easier to treat pain caused by trauma compared to a chronic condition. Even when the pain is caused from surgery, I Ching Acupuncture shows an out-standing healing record.

Don’t worry if you have back pain, knee pain, shoulder pain or any sports injury, I can relieve it in days or weeks.40 years Sports Injury & Back Pain SpecialistContact Yu Chen L.Ac. at:412 W Carroll Ave. #205Glendora CA 91741(626)852-0688 or (626)852-0988www.IChingMedicine.com

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Citrus College Reaches 100 Percent Of its Transfer Degree GoalThe college is one of only five community colleges in the state to achieve its transfer degree goal.

As California’s community colleges work to enhance trans-fer rates and formalize students’ courses of study, Citrus College is one of only five community colleg-es statewide that successfully met its target in developing new trans-fer degrees to the California State Universities (CSU). Citrus not only met its goal of 13, it exceeded it by creating a 14th degree.

Citrus College, along with the other 111 California community colleges statewide, began to de-velop new transfer degrees after the Student Transfer Achieve-ment Reform Act was signed into law in 2010. The law simplifies the transfer process so that stu-dents who complete an associate degree designated for transfer are guaranteed admission to the CSU system with junior status and will be given priority consideration when applying to their local CSU campus.

Students have enthusiastically responded to the opportunity to

receive an Associate in Arts for Transfer (AA-T) or an Associate in Science for Transfer (AS-T), and the number of Citrus College graduates receiving a transfer de-gree has increased dramatically. The first Citrus College graduat-ing class to receive associate de-grees for transfer was the Class of 2012, in which 42 students re-ceived AA-T and AS-T degrees. In 2013, that number blossomed to 258 students and, for the first time, the AA-T in psychology was one of the college’s top 10 majors.

“I am so proud of Citrus Col-lege for being at the forefront of this new statewide initiative, said Mrs. Susan M. Keith, president of the Citrus Community College District Board of Trustees. “I am most grateful for the hard work and dedication of our faculty and staff in achieving this impressive goal. I also thank Dr. Perri and the entire college community who work so diligently to provide our students with the resources they

need to succeed.” Citrus College developed and

now offers associate degrees for transfer in 14 programs of study: administration of justice, business administration, communication studies, early childhood education, elementary education, English, history, kinesiology, mathematics, physics, political science, psychol-ogy, sociology, and theater arts.

“Exceeding our target goal for implementing transfer degree programs is an outstanding ac-complishment for Citrus College,” said college Superintendent/Presi-dent Dr. Geraldine M. Perri. “The faculty and staff have worked tirelessly to develop these compre-hensive programs of study that provide a viable pathway to col-lege completion.”

Through July 26, 2013, only five institutions, including Cit-rus College, have succeeded in reaching 100 percent of their tar-get numbers of transfer degrees, while only eight colleges in the

California Community College (CCC) system have reached 80 percent of their target numbers.

While the CCC and CSU sys-tems continue to work together to increase transfer opportunities, increasing the number of transfer degrees available to community college students is central to this effort.

“Although the college has al-

ready exceeded 100 percent of its associate degree for transfer tar-get, we have the option of develop-ing and adding additional transfer degrees,” Dr. Perri explained. “As a ‘College of Completion,’ Citrus College is committed to providing opportunities for students to earn an associate degree, prepare for a career, or transfer to a four-year college or university. The college’s Curriculum Committee and the Academic Senate will continue to be very focused in developing ad-ditional new programs of study.”

The LEO Revolution to Be Held at Palomares ParkFREE EVENT, Come to our inaugural LEO Revolution (Loving Each One), hosted by Claremont Generations Group of Aglow Internation-al. A Community Outreach and Surrounding Cities are all invited. There will be Live Entertainment, Celebrity Rappers, Skateboard Exhibi-tion, bouncers, face painting,

beauty makeovers, healing pavilion, Word Production, Free groceries, clothing dis-tribution, and much much more....!It will be held on October 5, 2013, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at Palomares Park, 499 East Arrow Hwy, Pomona, CA 91768.

2013 La Verne Heritage Pumpkin PatchWith Petting Zoo!

The 1½ acre rural atmosphere

makes the La Verne Heritage Foundation Harvest Pumpkin Patch a wonderful place to pick out your pumpkin. There are many activities on hand includ-

ing tractor rides, baby chicks to hold, pumpkins of every size and this year a PETTING ZOO! This is the 23rd year for the Harvest Pumpkin Patch to offer your fam-ily a spot in the country along with a little history of La Verne to enjoy. The Pumpkin Patch is open to the public Saturday, Oc-tober 5th through Tuesday, Oc-tober 30th at Heritage Park in La Verne; weekends from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM, and weekdays from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM. School tours begin weekday mornings, October 8th through October 30th. If your school is interested, please call for reservations. (909) 293-9005.

Also, don’t miss out on the 11th Annual Pumpkin Patch Car Show on Sat October 26th from 10 AM

to 3 PM. On display will be classic cars and trucks pre-1975. Awards will be given along with music, food, tours of the historic Weber House and of course the pump-kin patch! If you are interested in showing your classic car or for more information, please visit the La Verne Heritage Foundation website at www.laverneheritage.org or call (909) 293-9005.

Seminars and Screenings

SAN DIMAS — The City of San Dimas Senior Citizen/Community Center offers free monthly blood pressure screenings sponsored by the American Red Cross. The next screening will be on Wednesday, October 9, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. No appointment is necessary.

If you are age 50 or older and would like to refresh your driving skills as well as possibly receive a dis-count on auto insurance, you can reg-ister now for an AARP Driver Safety Course. This two-day course will be offered on Monday, October 14 and Wednesday, October 16, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cost is $12 for AARP mem-bers or $14 for non-members.call (909) 394-6290,

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The Prestigious Hay-on-Wye Festival of Literature & the Arts Draws Visitor from Around the WorldStory & Photos By Stan Wawer

Once our bus cleared the city limits of Cardiff, Wales, it rumbled toward Hay-on-Wye, the land-

scape skim-ming by on either side. We passed pasto-ral rolling hills each parceled by hedgerows

and blanketed with grazing sheep. Mid Wales is sheep heaven in a country of more than 10 million sheep.

Hay-on-Wye lies on the Welsh side of the Welsh/English border, about 58 miles from the Welsh

capital of Cardiff. It is a charming hamlet on the River Wye, with a population of about 1,900 and a mountain of books. In fact, it is known as the “town of books.”

A gentleman named Richard George William Pitt Booth, the self-proclaimed “King of Hay,” came striding along in 1961 and put Hay-on-Wye on the map. Good old Mr. Booth was solely re-sponsible for all the books in town. So, he decided it might be a good idea to open a secondhand book-shop in the old firehouse. Ameri-can libraries were rapidly closing, which inspired Booth to take off across the pond to purchase books and then ship them back to Hay-on-Wye in containers.

It is no wonder that today the town has become the world’s larg-est secondhand and antiquarian book center. There are about 30 major bookshops in Hay-on-Wye. The larger bookshops are open

363 days a year and during the summer, stay open late into the night.

Since 1988, Hay-on-Wye has

been the venue for the prestigious Hay Festival of Literature & the Arts (www.hayfestival.org), a 10-day literary festival at the end of

May and beginning of June that attracts more than 85,000 biblio-phile visitors who purchase books, attend book launches and mingle with major literary names from around the world. Former Presi-dent Bill Clinton has been a visi-tor to the book fair.

Hay-on-Wye, a short distance to Brecon Beacons National Park, has a Victorian Gothic clock tower

that was built by architect J.C. Haddon in 1881.

Hay-on-Wye has a history of coaching inns and pubs because of its important place in the region. Its food and lodging is among the best in Wales.

Accommodations at festival time are generally booked well in advance, with many people book-ing their place before they leave

A quaint Bed & Breakfast in Hay-on-Wye.

Books on the corner.

.Books on the corner.

The Kilverts Hotel.

The beautiful clock tower built in 1881.

The Bookshop in downtown Hay-on-Wye.

Stan Wawer

the previous year. However, Hay-on-Wye has a number of well-priced B&Bs and five-star hotels.

If You GoDelta, KLM and Air France

have the best daily prices from LAX to Cardiff, Wales. Check with TripAdvisor at www.TripAd-visor.com.

All information is accurate at the time of publication but prices, dates and other details are all sub-ject to change. Confirm all infor-

mation before making any travel arrangements.

Travel Editor Stan Wawer is a La Verne resident, a member of the Society of American Travel Writers and editor of his own travel blog, www.travelwithstan.blogspot.com. Address all travel-related questions to his blog.

Soroptimist International of San Dimas/LaVerne has another successful Bonita’s Children’s Back to School Shopping Day

On Tuesday September 10th, volunteers working with Sorop-timist’s local club members were paired up with one of 75 children from the Bonita Unified elemen-tary schools to help them find clothes and shoes at Target in San Dimas. This marked Soroptimist

International of San Dimas/La-Verne’s 19th year of helping coor-dinate and gathering and funding of the clothes for the kids to help give them a head start in their 2013 & 2014 school year.

Jody Padfield, the event chair for the first year and mentored

by Sandi Snyder who had chaired the event in many past years, was happy to even be able to get shoes for one of the children who was not able to attend the shopping-spree on Tuesday, but had come to school with his father’s shoes on.

“I was glad so many of my fellow club members were there helping and agreed with me to make the on the spot decisions that needed to be made. I was working with some great volunteers. Many from the Knights of Columbus, Retired Senior Volunteer Patrol

of the LaVerne PD, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and Los Angeles County firefighters from Div 2 took time out of their busy morning to take children and we had a lot of smiles from the kids”.

Bonita’s Children is one of Soroptimist Inter-national of San Dimas/LaVerne’s service projects that the club starts their year with each September. The monies have been raised in the prior year with dif-ferent fundraising events of the club and by generous donations from dif-ferent groups such as the Knights of Columbus. “Our next major fund-raiser will be in March” Jody said. “We’re looking for-ward to another fun year of plan-ning”.

Any questions about Soropti-mist International San Dimas La Verne can be answered by finding them on Facebook or calling their membership chair, Cheri Panzer at 909-989-1092.

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Go Hard or Go HomeJordan Nichols, CSCS

There is a perceived miscon-ception out there that there is only one way to work out and that

is training so hard that by the end of the session your head is in a trash can throwing up your break-fast. High

Intensity training is all the craze these days. This type of “give me 1 more horrible rep” or “jump up and down to complete exhaus-tion” work out routines are a train wreck approach. I would chal-lenge anyone to find an educated, experienced, fitness specialist who would agree with this model as a long-term approach to increase one’s fitness. When you take a sedentary person and train that person hard for 2-3 months, of course, they are going to get good results but by no means does that mean they would not yield good results training at lower intensi-ties, which also would reduce the risk of injury and burnout. High Intensity is not a bad thing. The problem is it is being used way too often by uneducated trainers and facilities. It is also the number one factor behind a client hitting a plateau and not progressing in their fitness program. True high intensity training takes place at 95-100 % maximum effort/heart rate. You need your body to per-

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form maximal efforts in order to drive your heart rate up that high. These types of efforts take a full 72 hours to recover from and there lies the problem. With most high intensity training programs these efforts are done day in and day out! Your body never fully re-covers. You end up not giving your best effort and constantly work-ing out at 80% heart rate or what I like to call the path to nowhere zone. When you train with your heart rate between 80-90% you’re not training your high threshold fibers. You’re not developing your nervous system and you’re cer-tainly not producing maximum force. Rather you are just going to become fatigued which will lead to poor results.

There are really only two train-ing zones the average person should be focused on, training at above 95 % or below 75% intensity (active recovery). What I’m seeing on a grand scale is that people are taking their fitness classes that are deemed high intensity 4-5 days a week. It is physiologically impossible to train more than twice a week at intensity levels above 95%. By doing so, the av-erage person never fully recovers and ends up training at intensity levels that will not allow them to improve their overall fitness. Yes, short term you will see better re-sults but eventually there will come a point where your body will not take on more high intensity training and you will hit a plateau or over train.

Another misconception is that somehow training at high inten-sities will improve one’s endur-ance. This misconception leads

you to believe that by doing less at higher intensities, you will improve your overall endurance which is wrong. Every endurance coach will agree less is not more, but rather more is more. The hu-man body is going to respond to what you do to it. It is a fact that the fastest twitch fibers (the one’s you train with high intensity) have horrible endurance. If you do a lot of speed work or Olympic lifts and your goal is maximum force and strength you don’t want to do endurance work because you’re throwing completely differ-ent stimulus on the opposite end of the spectrum. The body will just say, I’m not going to do anything because it makes no sense to ask for maximal strength, power and maximum endurance. Strength/power and endurance are two dif-

ferent things. Endurance is about being as economical as possible; using the least amount of muscle fiber as you can, using fat as a fuel source. High Intensity condition-ing or Olympic lifting is the most uneconomical way of building endurance. You’re teaching your body to burn sugar instead of fat, using your high threshold fibers teaches your body to become as less efficient as possible. Lastly, there is a direct relationship to muscle size and VO2 max (maxi-mum aerobic capacity), the big-ger the muscle the more energy it takes to contract which means horrible endurance because the human body can only produce so much energy. I know people like to do hard stuff but the right hard stuff at the right time is what im-proves performance and decreas-

es injury. Lastly, the number one goal in any respectable program should be to take away one’s pain and not deliver it on a daily basis.

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