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Farewell, Pilgrim
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Bill Cunitz is just a few short weeks away from retirement as CEO of Pilgrim Place. He has led the retirement community for more than 17 years, uring which time they have seen some significant growth while
maintaining their inclusive spirit. Story on page 12.
Syrian refugees
find local
acceptance,
assistance/ PAGE 3
Cause of abandoned
warehouse fire still under
investigation/PAGE 4
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BLOTTER/ PAGE 4
LETTERS/ PAGE 2
OBITS/ PAGE 8, 9
CALENDAR/ PAGE 12
Nutcracker/PAGE 15
Syrian refugees Mostafa Kanjou, left, and Fouad Wawieh, seen here with their
families, have settled into permanent housing in Pomona. Congresswoman
Norma Torres held a news conference to thank local multi-denominational
faith groups for providing assistance to the families.
Claremont COURIER/Friday, December 4, 2015
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Dear Editor:
The search for a brick-and-mortar location by this business enterprise, which includes university in its business name,
has focused on land in an established neighborhood of the city.
This is a pleasant place of homes and
park and walking/biking trails that happens
to also include excess land that the school
district wants to sell. The proprietors of this
outfit have lots of money and propose to
upend the whole neigborhood to satisfy
their vision of an ideal place for their business to set-up shop.
That vision includes our park being
moved to provide the business a better view
of the mountains. Their plan ignores the obvious. Dirt, mess, construction noise, traffic of heavy machinery and vehicles for
months on end and a ruined neighborhood.
My fellow resident Tony Nelipovich says
it all in detail better than I do, but the point
is that a lunatic proposal is at the door. The
ADVENTURES
city should be ashamed to even consider

such a mess, and the school district needs
to rethink its sales efforts.
The residents can see this elephant in
the room for what it is: a nut-case with
money on the loose. Put a stop to it.
Ted Nall
Claremont
To the Messiah singalong

Dear Conductor:
Every year, no matter who you are, you
add another choral number to the usual
Messiah program. All you conductors announce that you want to push the usual
Messiah just a bit, then inform us which
number we are to sing.
I, too, would like to enlarge my Messiah
repertoire, but I could do it so much better
if I knew beforehand which number you
had in mind so I could learn my part.
Couldnt you announce your selection in
the COURIER or something? Yours for 24
years,
Karen Greenbaum-Maya
Claremont
IN HAIKU
Changeable weather
Cold nights, cool mornings, warm days.
We dress in layers.
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CITY NEWS
Claremont community opens door to Syrian refugees
ostafa Kanjou says

he enjoys the quietness of his new
home in Pomona.
The Syrian refugee and his family,
who were on hand during an interfaith
meeting at the Islamic Center of Claremont in Pomona on November 25,
went through a lot before arriving in the
United States on September 2.
Congresswoman Norma Torres was
also at the event, meeting privately with
the Kanjou family and the Wawieh
family, who also fled the war-torn nation and waited over a year to arrive in
America. In her speech, Ms. Torres
compared the plight of the families to
her own experiences fleeing Guatemala
as a child.
That little girl that came to the US
would have never imagined herself as a
member of the US House of Representatives, Ms. Torres said. That is the
America that I stand to defend today in
Congressthe America that does not
turn its back on the most vulnerable
communities around the world.
Mr. Kanjou and his family are originally from Homs, a Syrian city that has
been almost completely destroyed by
violence in the country. According to
Mahmoud Tarifi, a spokesperson for
the Islamic Center, Mr. Kanjou was
thrown in prison for 45 days after participating in demonstrations. He fled to
Jordan, where his family joined him
months later.
The Kanjou family arrived in the
United States in just over two months
ago. Mr. Kanjou said through a translator that his children are adapting well to
their new home.
They are okay, they love this place,
Mr. Kanjou said of his two daughters,
one of whom, Mays, is attending Harrison Elementary.
Fouad Wawieh and his family are
originally from Douma, a suburb of
Damascus. He escaped the country by
first going to Lebanon and then settling
for a time in Egypt, where he worked
as a butcher. His family is still living in
a motel in Pomona, but will receive
housing soon through the Claremont
Interfaith Council (CIC).
The families are settling in locally.
They are currently enrolled in ESL
classes at the Claremont Adult School.
Mr. Wawiehs children attend Claremont HIgh School and Mountain View
Elementary. And Mr. Kanjou has already found work in Fontana as a carpenter, which was his profession in
Homs before he fled.
Leaders and representatives from
early every faith in the area were present at the center in support of the
refugees.
This is really something that we
cherish a lot, as part of this community,
to have the support and the level of encouragement from all faiths in support
of the new families, said ICC President Bassam Badwan.
Jerry Fenning of the CIC said many
local leaders donated good and services

The daughters of Mostafa Kanjou and Fouad Wawieh play in a corner of the Islamic Center during Congresswoman Norma
Torres news conference.
The Islamic Center of Claremont had a

full house for Ms. Torres meeting.
Congresswoman Norma Torres greets the children of Syrian refugee Fouad Wawieh just before a news conference last Wednesday at the Islamic Center of Claremont. The Wawieh family ended up finding an apartment in the city of Pomona.
to the refugees within 24 hours of receiving their wish list.

We want to say welcome to your
new home in America, Mr. Fenning
said. We will live in peace together.
Other local leaders stressed the importance of coming together as a community to help those who are escaping
war-torn countries.
It gets the word out that peace is the
only answer, said Kelligrace Kurtz,
who is a priest at St. Johns Episcopal

Church in La Verne. Peaceful people
are a lot quieter than agitated people, so
we have a lot of work to do.
Paul Buch, the cantor at Temple Beth
Israel, compared the plight of the Syrian refugees to Jewish people fleeing
the rise of Hitlers Nazi regime.
We as a community can reflect back
not too long ago when the refugees
from Europe were fleeing Nazism, and
were turned away from almost every

country in the world, including the
US, Mr. Buch said. When we have an
opportunity to do something and see
something thats being done to people
who, through no fault of their own, are
forced to flee their homes in fear and
terror, we know exactly where theyre
coming from.
Ms. Torres recently voted against a
bill that would impose stricter background checks on Syrian refugees entering the country, a bill she says was
lacking in that American integrity.
Those are politics, Ms. Torres said.
This is reality herea community that
embraces people when they want to
come to the US. They want to participate in our culture and they want to live
in peace just like the rest of us.
Matthew Bramlett
CITY NEWS
No injuries in twoalarm Pomona fire

on Harrison Avenue
fire engulfed an abandoned

building in Pomona on Monday, November 30, sending
smoke into the sky that could be seen
throughout the region.
The two-alarm fire was first reported at 3:52
p.m. on the 700 block of Harrison Avenue, according to Humberto Agurcia of the LA County
Fire Department.
Fire trucks could be seen along the perimeter of the building shooting water cannons into
the east, north and west sides of the structure.
Mr. Agurcia told the COURIER that firefighters were on defensive attack until they could get
the fire under control.
We did have a little bit of a partial roof collapse, Mr. Agurcia said.
More than 70 firefighters were at the scene
battling the blaze, which was knocked down
about two hours after the fire started.
Residents in the area claimed the building
had been empty for over two years. Danny
Cruz, who lives nearby, told the COURIER
the structure was first used as a college, then as
an office building before becoming vacant.
An investigation is currently under way as to
the cause of the fire.
Matthew Bramlett
COURIER photos/
ABOVE: Firefighters use multiple aerial platform trucks to
battle a stubborn fire in an
abandoned commercial building on Monday in Pomona. The
blaze began just after 4 p.m. in
the 700 block of Harrison Avenue near Towne Avenue, just
outside of the city limit.
AT LEFT: LA County firefighters

exit through a main entrance of
the building after attempting to
knock down the fire from inside
the doorway. Initially firefighters were inside the structure,
but they retreated when the
roof collapsed.
The fire off Harrison Avenue drew a large

crowd of onlookers many of whom took pictures with camera and phones.
POLICE BLOTTER
Wednesday, November 25
A Claremont woman caught two men
breaking into her boyfriends truck in the
middle of the day. The incident happened
on the 500 block of North Mills Avenue
at approximately 12:28 p.m., according
to Lt. Mike Ciszek of the Claremont Police Department. The woman noticed
two unidentified men entering the black
Chevrolet Silverado through an open
back window and called out to them,
causing the intruders to flee. The woman
tried to go after them, but they escaped,
and were last seen running southbound
on Brooks Avenue near Harvard Place.
The thieves made off with a Dell laptop
computer valued at $600 and some medication.
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A 25-year-old Covina resident was arrested for loitering in front of Dennys
Restaurant after being told to leave.
Angel Lopez was allegedly banned in the
past from entering the diner. When officers made contact with him in front of
the business, Mr. Lopez contested the

ban, telling officers, No, thats not true.
Ive never been told to leave. That statement did not match up with that of
Dennys management and Mr. Lopez,
who also had a warrant out of San
Bernardino County, was arrested and released without a citation.
Thursday, November 26
An unknown vandal with an apparent
grudge against dentists heaved a rock at
the north window of the Claremont Dental Institute on the 600 block of east
Foothill Boulevard. The rock, said to be
the size of a tennis ball, was located near
the shattered 4x5 front window. After a
check of the interior, there was no evidence of anyone entering the business,
nor was anything stolen. Anyone with information about the rock-thrower should
call Claremont police at (909) 399-5411.
Friday, November 27
A massive credit card fraud operation
was unearthed at the Knights Inn on the

corner of Indian Hill Boulevard and San
Jose Avenue. Claremont police arrested
41-year-old transient Jeffrey Oliveros
and 28-year-old Adilene de la Rosa of
San Dimas after a check of their motel
room revealed a sizeable cache of illegal
itemsa credit card embossing machine, 54 fraudulent and altered credit,
debit and gift cards and a spreadsheet
containing the personal information of
over 10,000 people across the globe.
Methamphetamine, as well as a pipe,
was also located in the motel room. Mr.
Oliveros and Ms. de la Rosa were arrested and charged with a laundry list of
offenses, including possession of a
forged access card, theft and use of an
access card, possession of credit card
readers, possession of narcotic paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance.
Sunday, November 29
Claremont police arrested a Pomona
woman after she rolled her car while
driving drunk. Sarah Barton, 20, was apprehended after she fled the scene and
tried to hide at a friends house, according to Lt. Ciszek. Witnesses saw Ms.
Bartons silver Chevy Malibu overturned
on the downhill slope near the corner of
College Way and Garey Avenue near
Piedmont Mesa. When Ms. Barton was
found by police, she admitted wrecking
the Malibu and fleeing the scene. She
was also driving without a license. Ms.
Barton failed several field sobriety tests
and was arrested and transported to the
Claremont jail.
Monday, November 30
An unknown number of people tried
to ransack Star Drug but were scared off
by the burglary alarm. The incident happened just after midnight, when the
thieves used an unknown tool to break
the front glass door of the business on the
800 block of West Foothill Boulevard.
Once inside, the burglary alarm and motion detectors immediately sounded,
scaring the would-be robbers and causing them to flee. Nothing inside the business was stolen.
Matthew Bramlett
Board member says goodbye, receives thanks for service
here was a packed

house as Sam Mowbray
bid adieu to his spot on
the Claremont Unified School
District Board of Education at
the November 16 school board
meeting. Having concluded a
four-year stint on the board, he
has opted not to return for another term.
It was not the first time hes been

saluted for his service. Mr. Mowbray
a retired professor and a scientist who
managed the environmental sciences
laboratory with the Orange County Sanitation Districtserved three terms on
the board from 1993 until 2005. He returned to the board in 2011. In all, he
has helped guide the affairs of Claremont schools for 16 years.
There to salute Mr. Mowbray were
his fellow board members as well as Superintendent Jim Elsasser and area dignitaries like Claremont Mayor Corey
Calaycay. All spoke to Mr. Mowbrays
unceasing dedication to students and his
insistence on following his conscience.
His term has been marked by the antithesis of groupthink. Mr. Mowbray has
always shown a willingness to ask probing questions and offer dissenting opinions or a qualified agreement.
Also present to applaud Mr. Mowbray was his family, including his wife
Barbara and his son and daughter-inlaw, Andrew and Sheila Mowbray. The
younger Ms. Mowbray happens to be a
third grade teacher at Mountain View
CUSD board member Sam Mowbray attended his final meeting on November 16.
Beth Bingham will replace Mr. Mowbray and board member Hilary LaConte will resume her post. No election was held due to the absence of candidates.
Elementary School. His three grandchildren, who are students at Condit Elementary, were also in the audience.
They include Drew, 12, Carson, 10, and
Alexa, who turns 8 in February.
Mr. Mowbray insists hell remain an
active force in local education. He said
he welcomes conversations with members of the current board of education
and joked that hell dispense advice
whether its asked for or not.
Speaking after the meeting, his wife
reiterated his statement. Our schools
have always been a big concern to
Sam, Barbara said. Even after he retires, he will still be involved in some
ways.
Community service is second nature
to the outgoing board member.
Mr. Mowbray serves on the board of
CLASP (Claremont After-school Programs), a nonprofit organization providing homework help and mentorship to
at-risk students. Hes also a member of
Claremont Rotary, and is in the midst of
coordinating the organizations holiday
Adopt-a-Family Program. In cooperation with Inland Valley Hope Partners,
the Rotarians have selected five underprivileged families to whom they will
provide Christmas presents.
Mr. Mowbray sent out a challenge to
the young people of the community,
suggesting they answer the call to public service, be it running for school
board or another office, working on one
of the many committees in the City of
Trees or volunteering.
After the accolades, Mr. Mowbray
and board meeting attendees were serenaded by members of the Claremont
High School Chamber Singers, who
sang jazzy versions of classic songs like
Route 66 and New York, New
York. The board then adjourned for a
short cake and coffee reception before
returning to business as usual.
Beth Bingham, senior minister at Pilgrim Congregational Church, who
served on the board previously from
2007 to 2010, will replace Mr. Mowbray. In preparation for her term, which
is effective in December, she has attended each of this years school board
meetings.
As has become his custom, board
member Steven Llanusa paid tribute to
the outgoing board member with a limerick: Tonight we all honor Sam Mowbray. When told he would leave, we
said, No, stay. Although were bereft,
at least we get Beth, so everything still
will be okay.
Hilary LaContes most recent term on
the school board also expired this year.
She opted to run again for the office and
since she and Ms. Bingham were the
only community members who expressed an interest in a board seattwo
candidates for two open spotsno election was held this November. Ms. LaConte was also rendered kudos at the
meeting for a successful tenure as
board president.
Sarah Torribio
storribio@claremont-courier.com
CHS theater
department
tackles heavy
topic in The
Laramie Project

Sam Mowbray hugs his grandson Drew Mowbray, while younger brother Carson looks on, just before Mr. Mowbray took the
oath of office in 2011.
The Laramie Project will be performed on December 4, 5, 10, 11 and

12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Claremont
High School Freuchte Theatre.
Moiss Kaufman and members of
the Tectonic Theater Project wrote
the play. It recounts the reaction of
the community of Laramie, Wyoming
after Matthew Shepard, a gay University of Wyoming student, was murdered in 1998. The slaying was later
denounced as a hate crime.
Tickets for the show are $9, and
may be purchased in advance at
http://chstheatre.cusd.claremont.edu
or at the theater box office.
Refreshments will be available for
purchase.
Not so easy to get out of the mold

by John Pixley
omeone said that the woman was

making them uncomfortable. It was
an uncomfortable moment. To say
the least, it was an awkward situation.
Andrea Ritchie gave a trigger warning before her
talk last month at Garrison Theater, saying that her
presentation, Policing Gender, Policing Sex, Policing Race, would be graphic and disturbing and that
she would understand if people felt they had to leave.
Indeed, what the lawyer and activist and author of
Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT
People in the United States was talking abouthow
black women and gay and transgender people are frequently victims of police brutality that we do not hear
about (in contrast to the instances involving black
men that we have been hearing much about)was
quite disturbing. It was upsetting and even enraging.
But it appeared no one was prepared for the first
question that was asked when Ms. Ritchie was finished speaking. The woman said that she was appalled at what Ms. Ritchie had said and shown. But
she wasnt appalled at the injustices that Ms. Ritchie
laid out; she was upset that the police were shown in a
bad light and, noting that the police keep us safe unlike in such countries as Iraq and Syria, asked how
Ms. Ritchie could brainwash the many students that
were there.
It immediately became apparent that this first question asked was the last question expected. More than
that, it was clear that the woman was the last person
expected at this talk. In the tension-filled silence that
ensued, the comment about being made uncomfortable was made, most likely by a student.
Ms. Ritchie was certainly aware of the awkwardness. After all, she had been put on the spot with the
question that no one was expecting. When she answered, she did so in a calm, reasoned, empathetic
manner. She explained that she doesnt really like giving this talk, and that she wrestles with whether she
should give it at all, but that she was simply citing examples of the incidents that happen. She said that
there were hours worth, even days worth, of examples, stacks of files, that she could talk about.
Later, in answering other questions on how to talk
about this injustice and how to work together to take
observer
action against it, Ms. Ritchie had to say, If the
woman was still here, I would say to her... Thats because the woman wasnt there, and Ms. Ritchie couldnt say anymore to her. Unfortunately, the woman left
during Ms. Ritchies response to her comment and
question.
It may not have been unfortunate to most of the audience, which was made up mostly of students. When
the woman left, handing out literature along the way,
there was lots of giggling and whispering. The tension
was gone and you could hear what felt like a general
sigh of relief.
It was clear that the womans comments and question didnt fit the mold. It was easier, less uncomfortable, with her not there, not disturbing the mold.
But did the students really mean that they didnt
want to deal with someone who didnt fit the mold?
After all, even as Ms. Ritchie was speaking, Claremont McKenna College was thrust into the national
spotlight over a comment about students who dont
fit our CMC mold. The demonstration at CMC
joined the University of Missouri, Yale University,
Occidental and others, with headlines and live TV reports on student protesting the lack diversity of on
campus. The mold comment was made by the Dean
of Students Mary Spellman, and it not only was a
poor choice of words, it cost her her job. She resigned
within hours of the protests. She wrote it in an email,
saying she would work to assist students who dont
fit our CMC mold, in response to an article in the
student newspaper. The article had been written by a
Latina student describing times when she didnt feel
comfortable or welcome at campus activities.
This was more or less the last straw. Yes, the dean
said she wanted to help but said it in a condescending,
patronizing way, implying that there are students who
are different but are allowed and tolerated on campus.
In the days before, there were flyers posted on
campus, outlining different instances in which black,
female, gay or other minority students were made to

feel like they didnt belong in a class or a party. All
said This is not an isolated incident and that there
had been no changes to remedy the situation despite
promises from school officials. It was feared that Ms.
Spellmans offer was, in addition to its noblesseoblige tone, yet another empty promise.
One could be cynical and say that the students were
getting on the college protest bandwagon, complete
with a hunger strike (albeit one lasting barely a day).
Although there may have been rumblings on the other
campuses here, it isnt insignificant that this most
pointed protest took place at CMC which, after all,
was once Claremont Mens College and is still widely
considered the most conservative of the Claremont
Colleges. More than just a cool statement, the protesting students are out to change the schools culture
or perceived culture. This is more heavy lifting than
at, say, Scripps or (especially) Pitzer.
Yes, the CMC Athenaeum has a remarkable number of feminist, gay and other minority speakers
some quite provocativein its line-up. The protesting
students are demanding more than interesting speakers coming to campus for a few hours to give a sample of their different lives and views. They want these
different lives and views to exist on campus, to be
part of the campus, just as the protest, and not just an
interesting, provocative statement like other statements being made.
But the lifting is definitely heavier, perhaps more
so than the students, and not just at CMC. It is understandable (more than that, its commendable) that the
students want more than interesting statements on
campus. Yet, as seen at the talk on police brutality and
gender and sexuality, following and living a statement
is considerably harder than simply making a statement. Saying everyone is welcome is much easier
than everyone being welcome.
It is a shame that the woman attending the talk left
before her comment and questions were fully responded to. But in a situation resulting in no chance
of dialogue and mutual understanding, it is also a
shame that she was made to feel like she didnt belong there, like her question was the last one expected.
The Claremont Inn, 1906 to 1968

by John Neiuber
t is Christmas in 1906, and

most people are enjoying
dinner at home with family
and friends. However, you
have recently arrived to Claremont, and are facing a new
year filled with immense
promise in this little town that
is just one year away from incorporation as a city.
Perhaps you are a Pomona College
student away from home for the holidays or a professor who has just joined
the faculty. Maybe you came to Claremont to open a new business in the
bustling Village or have just purchased
a tract of lemon groves in the stillgrowing and burgeoning citrus industry.
You are settled in, but without family
and friends, and Christmas dinner is
just not the same.
Fortunately, the Claremont Inn had
opened in the fall and you head there
for Christmas dinner. At the Inn, you
find other students, faculty and townspeople, like yourself, coming together
to enjoy the holiday fare. For just 75
cents, you enjoy the Christmas menu
that will not change much over the next
60 years:
Bouillon
Sweet pickles, celery, mission olives
SaladLettuce with mayonnaise
Roast turkey with walnut dressing
Cranberry sauce
Roast loin of pork with applesauce
Mashed potatoes
Browned sweet potatoes
French peas
Mince pie
Pumpkin pie
Ice cream and cake
In 1903, after three years of discussion, development, revisions and

amendments, an exact procedure for the
Town Meeting form of government was
adopted. Procedures were now in place
to expedite the work of committees
such as water supply, library, streets
and sidewalks, hotel, finance, street
trees, sanitation and cemetery. The
Town Regulations of Claremont put in
place the impetus to move forward with
many projects and spurred the citizenry
toward incorporation.
At a town meeting in 1905, the citizens approved the Hotel Committees
plan to build a venue that would serve
both the college and the city. Much had
changed since 1889, when the first
hotel in Claremont sat empty after the
land boom and bust of the mid-1880s.
The Hotel Claremont and the surrounding acreage was given to Pomona
College and was the colleges first
building, becoming Claremont Hall,
and later Sumner Hall. In just 15 years,
the town now needed a center and hotel
for visitors, and the college was in need
of a dining hall. The Town Meeting and
Board of Trustees of Pomona College
entered into a joint venture to build The
Claremont Inn.
The Claremont Inn Company built a
beautiful, wooden Craftsman-style inn
with 12 guest rooms at the northwest
corner of College Avenue and Bonita.
Wide steps flanked by rock cheek walls
The Claremont Inn at Harvard and

Bonita Avenues offered accommodations for up to 40 guests and a dining
room, where locals and Pomona College faculty could gather to break bread
together.
led to the large covered porch and the

entrance. The porch had rockers and
benches that allowed visitors to sit and
look out across to Pomona College.
Above the porch was a terrace that
wrapped around the north end of the
building. The apex of the hip of the roof
was rounded, as were the dormers, giving a nod to the English Craftsman
movement.
In 1907, the Claremont Inn Company,
unable to operate at a profit, turned over
the operation of the Inn to Pomona College. After incorporation in 1907, the
city maintained partial ownership until
1910, when the college became the sole
owner. The inn became the center of the
community, thus cementing a close relationship between residents and the college in the early days.
In 1912, a wing of rooms was added,
giving the inn accommodations for 40
overnight guests, and included a guest
dining room and club room. The dining
facilities could serve up to 250 people.
College students who were not boarding
in town were required to eat at the inn.
The inn was a very popular and convenient hotel for both residents and the
college given its location, a sort of
bridge between the Village and the college. Brochures described it as a
friendly family inn and a quiet hotel
of the New England type. Pomona students were hired to wait tables and
meals were reasonable. In 1940, the
menu advertised rice croquettes with
chipped beef for just 40 cents. And, if
one really had gourmet tastes, a rack of
lamb would set one back 75 cents. In
the 34 years since the inn opened, the
Christmas dinner had increased to only
$1.25. Smoking was not permitted at
the inn when it opened but, by the
1930s, guests and diners alike were allowed to enjoy a pipe or cigar.
The inns guest quarters were closed
Courtesy of Claremont Heritage

Local kids play outside the old Claremont Inn as workers tear down the
structure in 1968.
in 1965, after it was determined to be a

fire hazard, but dining continued until
1968. Pomona College conducted a feasibility study that indicated renovation
to be an impractical option, and the dining room closed on June 30, 1968.
Many civic and fraternal groups had
begun efforts to restore or preserve the
building, but all failed. Other feasibility
options were explored, but none came
to fruition. In July of 1968, Pomona
College demolished the Claremont Inn
that had served the community and the
college for 62 years.
The demolition of the Claremont Inn
and the Claremont Library, among
other lost structures, prompted the beginning of the preservation movement
in Claremont. Active citizens began
work to establish the first historic district in Claremont in 1971. These
events also spurred the founding of
Claremont Heritage, through whose efforts the first historic resources survey
was conducted.
We now know that it is possible to
save and restore historic buildings and
that wood structures can be fire
proofed. We now know that it is possible to restore, adaptively reuse and
maintain historic buildings that might
be leveled otherwise.
Judy Wright wrote, people were
worried about the health of the Village
during this period, because without the
inn it was felt that people would no
longer gather and stop in the Village.
We now know that it took 40 years
before there was another inn in the Village and a public plaza for citizens to
gather.
Neal Thomas
OBITUARIES
Aeronautical engineer, veteran

Longtime Claremont resident Neal
Thomas died on June 20, 2014 at
Pomona Valley Hospital. He was 95.
He was born in Marion, Indiana on
October 2, 1918. His family moved to
California where he attended Los Angeles elementary and secondary
schools. He enrolled in the California
Institute of Technology in 1935 where
he studied engineering.
After Cal Tech, prior to Americas
entry into World War II, Mr. Thomas
served as a civilian in support of the
Royal Air Force as an aeronautical engineer based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. In Belfast, he met and married
local girl Isobel Christie.
After Pearl Harbor, he returned with
his bride to the United States to serve in
the United States Navy. Following the

war, the couple moved to Long Island,
New York where their four children
were born.
In 1967, the family moved to Claremont where Mr. Thomas lived for more
than 45 years.
Mr. Thomas had a long career as an
aeronautical engineer serving Lockheeds Aircraft Service in New York (as
chief engineer), Ontario and Burbank
as well as in exotic locales such as
Brazil, Venezuela and Iceland.
After retirement from Lockheed, Mr.
Thomas continued an active engineering practice well beyond his 90th year
as an FAA Designated Engineering
Representative. This work provided opportunities for frequent overseas travel
including to Europe, Canada, Australia,

New Zealand and the Fiji Islands.
Throughout his life, Mr. Thomas was
an enthusiastic golfer, boasting two
lifetime holes-in-one, and was a member of Red Hill Country Club in Rancho Cucamonga.
Mr. Thomas is survived by his
daughters Janet C.T. Howe and Jillian
E. Thomas and his sons Neal L.
Thomas and Ronald G. Thomas.
He is also survived by his grandchildren Jennifer J. Naylor, Evan A. T.
Howe, Jack P. Thomas, Douglas C.
Thomas, Garrett C. Thomas, Grant C.
Thomas, Lauren C. Thomas and Sean
T. Kneeland, and his great-grandchildren Kyle T. Naylor and Beckett E.
Thomas.
Edla Becker
OBITUARIES
Loving mother and grandmother

Edla Becker, a longtime Claremont
resident, died on Friday, November 20,
2015 at Mt. San Antonio Gardens. She
was 77.
She was born Edla Schultz on September 9, 1938 in Latvia, just as the
Baltic nation was entering a period of
considerable tumult. With the onset of
World War II, the country was seized
by the Soviet Union in 1940. It was occupied by Nazi Germany in 1941 and
then reoccupied by the Soviets from
1944 until gaining its independence in
1991.
Edlas family immigrated to the
United States in the 1950s. Being ethnic Germans, the Bavarian-style dining
and dancing at Anaheims Phoenix
Club provided a welcome touch of
home. It was there that she met a German immigrant named Norbert Becker.
The couple was married in 1965 at Pilgrim Congregational Church in
Pomona and soon welcomed their first
child, a son named Eric, followed by
twins Aaron and Gerrit.
The family settled in Claremont
where the kids attended Chaparral, El
Roble and Claremont High School. The
three boys all grew to be well over six
feet tall. A family joke attributed their
size to the fact that they ate red meat
every night, given that Mr. Becker

owned the East Side Meat Company.
The enterprise, which he operated from
their home, provided choice cuts of
meat to clients like Wolfes Market.
Mrs. Becker worked at Pomona First
Federal, followed by posts at the admission office at El Roble Intermediate
and the career center at Claremont High
School. After she retired, she served as
a German interpreter for the court system. Throughout her working years,
she also busied herself with family ac-
tivities. She was active in the Pomona

Valley Mothers of Twins Club, volunteered with the PTAs at her sons
schools, chauffeured her boys to various sports practices and rallied the family for church service at Pilgrim
Congregational each Sunday. She liked
to entertain at home and cherished the
opportunity to host her extended family
at Christmas.
While at home, Mrs. Beckers German roots were everywhere apparent.
The children grew up with German as
their first language and eating their
mothers home-cooked German food.
Sptzle, a dish of egg noodles served
with a savory sauce, was among her
specialties. When the children were in
their teens, the Beckers traveled to Germany and were able to visit Kerzenheim, where Norbert grew up. They
were charmed by the old-fashioned
town, which had cobblestone streets
still traversed via horse and carriage.
After Mr. Becker died in 1991, Edla
remained active. She eventually retired
to Mt. San Antonio Gardens and became part of a group that meets monthly
to practice German, honing their fluency by reading excerpts of German
books aloud. She was prodigious with
needlepointembellishing pillows and
creating scenes that she framedand

won a number of awards at the LA
County Fair for her handiwork. She was
an avid reader and theater-goer who for
many years held season tickets to the
Candlelight Pavilion dinner theater. She
also enjoyed traveling, returning to Germany several times and embarking on
cruises to destinations like Mexico,
Hawaii and Alaska. Mrs. Becker also
enjoyed the company of her many
friends and of her three grandchildren,
on whom she doted.
Edla was an orderly person who was
strict but sweet and always sought to
ensure that her loved ones were heading down the right path. Upon learning
of her death, Chris Thoits, a longtime
friend of the Becker sons, said, Sorry
to hear about your loss, but heaven just
got a little bit more organized.
Mrs. Becker is survived by her children Eric, Aaron and his wife Alina and
Gerrit and his wife Charlene. She also
leaves three grandchildren, Hannah,
Morgan and Braiden, and her brothers,
Rdiger Schultz of Tucson, Arizona
and Horst Schultz of Ontario.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, December 12 at 1 p.m. at the Pilgrim Congregational Church, 600 N.
Garey Ave. in Pomona.
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OBITUARIES
Teacher, traveler, doting grandmother

Claremont resident Carol Ellen Miller
died peacefully at her home on November 28, 2015. She was 72.
She was born on March 23, 1943 to
Matthew and Mary Grieshaber in Trenton, New Jersey. Carol and her older sister Judie were raised in the San Gabriel
Valley. After graduating from Mission
High School, she earned her bachelors
degree in sociology from San Jose State
University followed by a masters in education from Claremont Graduate
School.
She met her husband-to-be Roger
Miller in the late 60s when he was a finance professor at Cal State LA. They
were married in August of 1970 and
soon welcomed two sons, Kenneth and
Matthew, both of whom were born at
Pomona Valley Hospital.
The young family moved to Flagstaff,
Arizona where Mrs. Miller earned a second masters degree in anthropology
from Northern Arizona University.
While in graduate school there, she
taught elementary school on the Hopi

Indian reservation.
Mrs. Millers life, both personal and
professional, was dedicated to helping
others. As a teacher at Larkin High

School in Elgin, Illinois, she taught students with special educational needs. Always a champion for the underdog, her
career at the high school was marked by
her exuberant teaching style and her tireless dedication to her students and her
department. She also treasured her time
as head coach of a conference-winning
girls swim team.
After retiring, Mr. and Mrs. Miller
moved back to Claremont and have
lived here for more than two decades.
She spent these years travelling the
globe. It seemed that no sooner had she
returned from one trip that she was planning the next. Some of her favorite destinations were Peru, Morocco and
Nicaragua. One of her few regrets was
that she never made it to Burma.
Carol had always dreamed of having a
house on the beach. Prices of beachfront
property being what they are, she figured out another way to get one. She and
Roger bought a piece of property with
nothing more than a concrete slab. She

designed and built a beachfront oasis in
Mulege, Baja California. The Mexico
House has been a source of tranquility
and joy for Carol and her family for
years.
Mrs. Miller enjoyed hiking, reading,
scuba diving and driving fast, but family
was always her greatest love. Her later
years have been dedicated to spending
time with her grandchildren here in
Claremont. She often commented that
they were the sunshine of her life; she
raised them like they were her own children.
She was preceded in death by her sister Judie. She is survived by her husband
Roger, her sons Kenneth and Matthew
and her grandchildren Aria, Damien, Isabel and Gabriel.
A memorial service will be held on
Sunday, December 6 at 2 p.m. at Monte
Vista Unitarian Universalist Congregation, located at 9185 Monte Vista Ave. in
Montclair.
with favorite trips including journeys to

England, Scotland, Ireland and the
Mediterranean. He didnt like arranged
tours, preferring to organize these globetrotting events himself. He would
study the language, read National Geographic articles and visit the auto club
and public library for books and travel
advice, determined to not use computers and the Internet for his research.
They would rent apartments for longer
visits and bed and breakfasts for shorter
visits and did a lot of camping during
their kids formative years.
They had car accidents in more than
one country and it always made life
seem sweeter and the adventure more
daring when he would recount the tale,
always detailing their escapades with a
daily journal. Wherever they would
travel they would collect a flag. Dr.
Stiles was an avid photographer and
would produce slide shows after trips
to share with friends and loved ones.
He loved to garden, both vegetables
and flowers, and family can remember
the elaborate lengths he went to in
Claraboya to keep the wildlife away
from his vegetables. More than one
person got a shock trying to get into
that garden. Gerald was also an avid
sports fan. He loved the Los Angeles
Dodgers and had season tickets for

many years.
Gerald was preceded in death by his
loving wife Shirley Marguerite Briggs
Stiles, with whom he was united in
marriage and service for 62 years, and
by his sister Marion Lillian Stiles
Stackhouse of Vancouver, Canada. He
is survived by his daughters and sonsin-law, Heather Ann Stiles Boehner and
Bill Boehner and Leslie Louise Stiles
Baker and Joseph Baker, and his son
and daughter-in-law, Michael Craig
Stiles and Stephanie Johnson Stiles. He
also leaves six grandchildren, Jeremiah
Stiles Boehner, Patrick Stiles Boehner,
Bethany Baker Broughton (Nathanial
Broughton), Andrew Baker, Genevieve
Stiles and Johnson Stiles as well as two
great-grandchildren, Lincoln and Juliet
Broughton.
There will be a gathering of friends,
family, co-workers and caregivers to
honor Dr. Stiles life on Wednesday,
December 9 from 4 to 7 p.m. in Pilgrim
Hall at Pilgrim Congregational Church,
located at 600 N. Garey Ave. in
Pomona. You are invited to join his
children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren in remembrance, fellowship and celebration. Bring your stories
to share.
Gerald Bruce Stiles

Singing surgeon, Dodger fan
Dr. Gerald Bruce Stiles, a longtime
Claremont resident and local surgeon,
died on November 27, 2015. He was
88.
Canadian by birth and American by
choice, Dr. Stiles became a naturalized
American citizen in 1969. He was born
in February 1927 to Gertrude Lillian
Jones Stiles and Bruce Silas Stiles in
Moncton, New Brunswick where he
was raised. Young Gerry worked summers on the Canadian railway to earn
money for college. He graduated from
Acadia University in Nova Scotia in
1948 and from Dalhousie University
Faculty of Medicine in Halifax in 1953.
He did his residencies in Detroit,
Michigan, North Bay, Ontario, Canada
and Berkeley, California.
He met his future wife, Shirley
Briggs, at a summer church service on
the lawn in Moncton. The couple married and lived in Canada for a few
years before moving to Pomona in
1964, where Dr. Stiles undertook his
first position as a thoracic surgeon at
Fischer Hauk Medical Clinic in
Pomona. He practiced surgery at
Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center for 28 years, serving as chief of surgery for a time. In 1964, Gerald and
Shirley relocated to Claremont where
they raised their family, including twin

girls Heather and Leslie and their son
Michael. Dr. and Mrs. Stiles lived in
Claremont for the rest of their lives.
Dr. Stiles was a fan of tunes from the
big band era, and was known to play
music and sing during surgery. The
story has been recounted by a dear doctor friend of his of a patient waking
after surgery and thinking they were in
heaven after hearing him sing. Gerald
and his wife loved to travel the world,
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Rosemary Adam: The world inside the word

by Heather Altfeld, Claremont High School Class of 1988
have a box of photographs from

1987, my junior year at Claremont
High School, shot with the Pentax K1000 I bought for my photography class.
A group of these photos were taken in
Rosemary Adams classroom and were
developed in the CHS darkroom.
The beautiful chaos of her room is evident: the assignment on the board for Creative Writing (When I
was a child); posters of Ray Bradbury who she
took me to meet at a small bookstore that no longer exists in South Pomona (the word on the street was that
they had dated briefly); a photograph of her at the
podium, reading an ode to her daughter Cindy; shelves
and shelves of books and, in the center of the room, an
unkempt pile of poetry.
One of her most wonderful weekly activities was to
have us anonymously submit our poems in the pile.
She, too, submitted a poem for the week, and she ran a
little game, including the unmarked and lesser-known
verse of a famous poet.
We were to each take a small handful of these works
and subject them to our emerging review skills. Students would remark, Learn some grammar, on a
poem by e.e. cummings or add such thoughtful observations as Who are these people? on Gwendolyn
Brooks We Real Cool. We were both laughed at and
revered in a spirit of camaraderie after the authors were
revealed at the end of class. But we were writers, all of
us. It taught me how important a community of writers
really is.
Rosemary Adam, or Madame Adam as she liked to
be called, was one of the many teachers at Claremont
High whose class was not just a period in the day, but
an experience. Among the things I remember most
about her teaching was her deeply-held view on the importance of creativity and the imagination. Not as codified, corporatized educational jargon for an amorphous
ideal, but as the way to live, breathe and write. She believed in the power of the word to navigate the world,
and it edified what I had known about myself since I
was five, that I was meant to be a writer.
Ms. Adam encouraged (read: shoved) me to take my
first poema satirical anti-development piece on
North Claremont inspired in part by Dottie Shamahs
class reading of Thoreaus Waldento Charles Chase,
who found it both amusing and amenable to the mission of Folk Music Center and posted it on the Poets
Post outside the store.
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She continued to support my writing endeavors long

after high school, encouraging me to submit poems and
stories for national publication. I last saw her about a
decade ago, when I took one of my daughters, an
emerging poet, to meet her. She was still who I remembered her to bebossy, breathy and beautiful.
The death of Rosemary Adam represents something
much greater than the loss of my first poetry teacher,
and more significant than our loss of her as a community member. Teachers like her, and Dottie Shamah,
Jack Knapp, Waldemar Vaskis, Johanna Grey, Ann
Copple, Penny Herman, Bob Shamah and Marilyn
Penn (to name a few) are indeed a dying breed. They
represent a generation of teachers who, unhindered by
standardization and the terror of lawsuits from parents
for the egregious offence of saying something, anything, wrong, believed deeply in freedom of thought
and action and taught us accordingly.
These teachers worked in a nearly-pre-Proposition
13, pre-standardization era that allowed for true diversity of mind and curriculum. Ask a student who attended Claremont High School in the 1970s through
the late 1980s to describe their experiences, and you
will be treated to an hours worth of reminisces about
an expansive education, where the memorization of
Thanatopsis or a week-long discussion of Didions
Slouching Toward Bethlehem were only a part of the
genuinely human interactions required of one another.
We learned to be citizens of our classrooms, and
thus, of the world. We were respected and revered, not
out of fear of parental complaints or administrative dictation, but out of love.
A cohort of teachers who comprised the faculty during that era founded the legacy course Family of
Mana comprehensive, interdisciplinary, multifaceted approach not only to learning, but to living.
Family of Man was built on a harmony of text, conversation, engagement and games, with a deep emphasis
on philosophy, reading, and writing. A great deal of our
learning at that time was founded on play.
During my years at CHS, it was possible to take as
many as 35 different English classes, from Short Story
and Poetry to Advanced Composition and Advanced
Creative Writing, from Fantasy and Sci-Fi literature to
Biblical Liturgy to Drama, from Newspaper Writing to
Literary Publication. It was nearly impossible, therefore, to not enjoy reading and writing with such an
array of interesting choices taught by faculty who were

truly invested and engaged in our ideas and our voices.
By the early 1990s when I went back to CHS as a
TA for Dottie Shamahs classes, the selection had been
narrowed to English 9, English 10, English 11 and
English 12, with a handful of AP courses for the
golden students. Advanced Creative Writing, a formative course for so many of us, no longer existed.
The Claremont High teachers of my day knew what
our system has forgottenthat literature teaches us
how to live, and how to live with each other. We were
more tolerated and commended for our differences and
our uniquenesses at CHS than I have ever been in my
life, even at the university level. We talk a lot about diversity these days, which represents our desired actions
toward expression with respect to gender and race. But
we speak very little of intellectual diversity, artistic diversity or freedom in our classrooms.
We now ask little of young people in terms of divergent thought. We expose them to limited, finite
amounts of literature. We standardize what teachers
can and cannot say about this literature and then, as a
society, we expect diversity to live alongside this confinement.
would argue that our classrooms, the

place where thinking ought to be
most encouraged, are some of the
least free and most homogenized places in
the nation. Teachers are often the most
chained, not only to standards but to a
confining artifice of education as a container rather than a window.
Approximately 85 percent of current Common Core
instruction is required to be information-based reading for the 12 years our students spend in the system,
leaving little room for literature or creative writing,
which are key to understanding how to live. In her fortitude, Ms. Adam would likely not have bowed to this
trend. I imagine that were she in her teaching infancy
now, the strength of her beliefs about the significance
of literature, writing and free speech in the classroom
would spin a few administrators on their heads.
Like economics and biology, education is rife with a
notion of progress and evolution, as though the improvements proposed year after year are the fleeting
mutations moving us toward the beautiful democracy
idealized by philosophers such as John Dewey. It is
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hard to gauge the exact successes that have come about

since Rosemarys reign with respect to education. Most
are likely in the realm of STEM education.
But when I ask my university students, who arrive in
their freshman year bored and jaded by their high
school experiences, to describe what their education in
high school looked like, and then, as a thought experi-
ment, what it should look like, the answers reveal a sad

lack of scope. They wish for coveted minutae: pencils,
lockers, more sports equipmentmaterial essences.
Some students will note that they wish their teachers
had been more passionate. But I find it deeply troubling that the experience of learning to be human, of
learning to create, of learning as pleasure, are not
among their wishes. They do not, in other words, know
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what they are missing. Neither do many of their teachers who came up through the grim system themselves,
without their own Rosemary Adam to guide them.
There is no YouTube video of Family of Man or of
Rosemary reading poems to our class while we lay on
our desks, eyes closed, so we could hear the rhythms
before we even saw the words. There is no footage of
Claremont Highs America and the World class trial
of the dropping on the bomb on Hiroshimaa semester-long, rigorous multi-subject research and writing
excursion that made pacifists of even the most rugged
class conservatives.
Once lost, some things cannot wholly be replaced or
retrieved or re-enacted with exactitude. We can chronicle them, write about them and long for them, but the
image of an experience, no matter how artfully rendered, is not the same as the actual experience.
The beautiful Rosemary influenced me so greatly
that I actually became a poet and a teacher, although I
feel merely a shadow of who she was. I have attempted
to fashion my teaching persona in her image: brash,
funny, warm. I learned more about how to teach from
my faculty at CHS than I did in graduate school by a
long shot.
I always imagined giving back to public high school
in the many ways she and the others at CHS did. But
my fight will be have to quieter. I cannot stomach the
grind of overfilled classrooms and the cuts to English
courses and the idea that some texts are too inflammatory for the tender ears of the young.
Rosemary, and the others of her era, believed in us.
They fortified us. They changed our lives. They sent us
forth to rock the world with poems and art and storms
of song. They made us see who we really could become.
Heather Altfeld, Claremont High School Class of 1988, lives,
writes and teaches in Chico. Her first book, The Disappearing Theatre, won the Poets at Work Book Prize selected by
Stephen Dunn, and is forthcoming in January of 2016. Her
poems and essays appear in Narrative Magazine, ZYZZYVA,
Poetry Northwest and North American Review. She is the winner of the 2015 Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry and is a lifetime member of the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley.
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Pilgrim Place CEO leaves longstanding legacy
ill Cunitz is retiring as

the CEO of Pilgrim
Place on December 28,
but you wouldnt know it
based on how he talks about
the storied Claremont retirement community.
The longtime director is stepping
down after 17 years. Pilgrim Place,
which houses retired missionaries and
religious leaders, is renowned across the
country for its neighborhood-style approach to retirement, something Mr. Cunitz takes great pride in.
Theres a very different sort of culture here, he said. Its broadened my
understanding of what it means to be in
this stage in life.
Mr. Cunitz timed his retirement with
the communitys 100-year anniversary
in Claremont. Pilgrim Place was established in 1915 on the current grounds of
Scripps College, originally as a temporary home for missionaries returning
stateside from overseas.
It seemed to me like a great opportunity to sort of switch horses, to bring in
new leadership and allow someone to
come in and take over for the next 100
years, Mr. Cunitz said.
The Boston-raised Mr. Cunitz, an ordained minister, first came to Pilgrim
Place in 1998, trading the frigid Massachusetts winters for a mild and comfortable southern California climate. He initially agreed to the job interview just to
take a break from a particularly harsh
Boston winter. A free trip to California
wasnt bad, either.
I remember getting back on the
plane, hoping I got the job. Mr. Cunitz
said. He did, and Pilgrim Place hasnt
been the same since.
Mr. Cunitz isnt one to revel in the
spotlight, even when pressed on the
legacy he will leave behind at Pilgrim
Place. Instead, he points to the numerous
amenities the community has that have
revolutionized the way elderly residents
live out their lives, especially when the
number of seniors in the United States
has dramatically risen.
But when asked what he is most
proud of, Mr. Cunitz points to the construction of the new LEED-certified administration building and the revitalization of the communitys nursing home
into a facility that prides itself on individuality and putting day-to-day care in
the hands of residents.
Our nursing home was a very typical
hospital-model. Youd walk in, and there
would be old folks in wheelchairs lined
up across from the nurses station, just
sitting there with their head down, he
said. I think thats one of the things I
look back on, just the different life people have had in the nursing home because of changes we went through to deinstitutionalize the hospital setting to
make it more home-like.
In the end, Mr. Cunitz cherishes the
subtle moments, like seamless daily operations and the charming peacefulness
of Pilgrim Place.

Bill Cunitz left a job in Boston to be the CEO at Pilgrim Place in 1998. He considered returning to the east coast after retirement but decided on Portland, Oregon instead because of the less severe winter weather.
Mr. Cunitz presents Barbara Bishoff

with her Ambassador of the Year award
at the Chambers annual luncheon in
2012. Mr. Cunitz was a regular fixture at
Chamber events over his 17-year career with Pilgrim Place.
Mr. Cunitz, far right, chats with Pilgrims Byron Light, Pat Light and Luverne Tengbom, while enjoying a warm afternoon at the 2013 Pilgrim Place Festival.
ometimes the quietest moments are

the most meaningful. Not the big splashy public
events, he said.
Mr. Cunitz plans to move to Portland,
Oregon in retirement, spending time
away from Claremont as he settles into
his own post-career life. Hes been offered a couple of positions, but will embrace retirement on the banks of the
Willamette River.
As the outgoing CEO of Pilgrim
Place, Mr. Cunitz finds himself in an interesting positionretiring as the head
of a retirement community. Does his job
give him insight into the process?

Perhaps, he said, adding that he has
seen residents come to Pilgrim Place unsure of what to do in retirement because
their lives have revolved around their
roles, be it work or otherwise.
If nothing else, my awareness of that
challenge hopefully will shape how I approach my own retirement, he said.
In the meantime, Mr. Cunitz is hard at
work tying up all loose ends between
now and December 28, when the moving vans arrive. He still regularly meets
with residents who have concerns, and
his goal is to make as smooth of a transition as possible for incoming CEO Anne
Schiff, who arrives in January.
Were trying hard to make sure that
we dont leave anything untouched, Mr.

Cunitz said. Just saying goodbye to
people and letting them say goodbye to
you is sometimes a challenge.
But the community isnt done with
him just yet. On Saturday, December 5
at 4 p.m., there will be a centennial celebration honoring Mr. Cunitz. He has
been kept in the dark on most of the details, but a strong turnout is expected.
Im probably going to get one of
those certificates from the city, which
Ive wanted to get for a long time, he
said with a smile.
But his final days as the head of Pilgrim Place have allowed Mr. Cunitz to
reflect back on over 17 years of providing top-of-the-line care to the communitys residents.
I just feel really fortunate to have
been here and to grow and meet really
great people, he said. Its been a great
community. Ill miss it a great deal.
Matthew Bramlett
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Holiday season brings classic ballet to Claremont
he Inland Pacific Ballet is set to return to the Bridges Auditorium this

weekend for their annual performance of Tchaikovskys classic, The Nutcracker.
The IPB has delighted audiences across the inland

region for the past 21 years. The Nutcracker is a
yearly holiday staple that thrills Claremont audiences,
according to Ballet Mistress Jill Voznick.
The cast is almost entirely comprised of locals from
throughout the Inland Empire, including 25 Claremonters. Artistic director/co-founder Victoria Koenig, who
is spearheading the play, is also from Claremont.
[Bridges Auditorium] is the first theater where we
developed the company, Ms. Koenig said. Its really our home base and the place where the company
grew into a professional organization
Most of the Claremont residents in the play are
children who will be portraying bon-bons, angels and
candy canes, as well as soldiers, mice and orphans.
During a dress rehearsal Wednesday evening, ballerinas clad in beautiful ensembles pirouetted across
the stage in one of the final opportunities to fine-tune
their performances. Ms. Voznick, seated in the nearly
empty Auditorium, heaped praise and advice through
a hand-held microphone.
The dancers have been training hard for the performances. Adults started rehearsals on November 1
while children started practicing a month earlier, according to Ms. Voznick.
Youre going to expect a spectacular show, Ms.
Koenig said. Its just a marvelous show, with great
entertainment and world-class ballet dancing.
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The Inland Pacific Ballet was at Bridges Autorium Wednesday night going through a dress rehearsal to prepare of their three show December 5 and 6 in Claremont. Here, director Victoria Koenig talks about the finer
points of the performance with the cast.
There will be three performances throughout the

weekend at Bridgesa matinee at 2 p.m. and an
evening performance at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 5 and a 2 p.m. matinee performance on Sun-
Reflections of Peace exhibit at Hillcrest features elaborate paper crane display

The Cultural Arts Society of La Verne and The
Gallery at Hillcrest invite the community to experience
a special exhibit for the holidays, Reflections on
Peace an interfaith art experience.
A reception for artists and faith communities will be
held on Thursday, December 17 from 4 to 6 p.m. to
share in fellowship and to hear the stories and the significance of the art submitted.
Gallery visitors will be welcomed to the exhibit by
over 1,000 multi-colored origami cranes flying in
random formation overhead.
Hours of paper-folding by many hands of residents,
employees, interns and families have made this display possibleeach crane representing a prayer for
peace.
According to Japanese legend, the crane is considered one of the mystical or holy creatures and is said to
live for 1,000 years. That is why 1000 cranes are made,
one for each year. It is believed that anyone who folds
a thousand origami cranes (senbazuru) will be granted
a wish. Several temples, including some in Tokyo and
Hiroshima, have eternal flames for world peace. At
these temples, school groups or individuals often donate senbazuru to add to the prayer for peace.
In the Hillcrest gallery, individuals and faith communities have come together to share their interpretations of peace in many art forms. Text panels have
been installed with the art to indicate the faith community from which it comes, the story behind the art
piece, a short biography and passages from sacred texts
and faith communities.
The exhibit will be on display through December 30
in The Gallery at Hillcrest, 2705 Mountain View Dr.,
La Verne.
day, December 6.
Tickets are available on the IPBs website at
www.ipballet.org.
Matthew Bramlett
Menorah lighting
set at Claremont
City Hall
or the first time, Claremont will

host a Chanukah festival at city hall
on Wednesday, December 9, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
The evening will include a Menorah lighting, an

appearance by Mayor Corey Calaycay, music, latkes
and sufganiyah, holiday crafts, dreidels and
Chanukah gifts for children. The celebration is free
and open to the public.
For information, contact Rabbi Sholom Harlig at
Chabad of the Inland Empire at (909) 949-4553 or
visit www.ChabadInlandEmpire.com.
Friday, December 4 through Saturday, December 12
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YOUR WEEK IN 9 DAYS
December
Friday
HOLIDAY PROMENADE The Claremont Village will transform into a holiday

wonderland at the annual Tree Lighting
Ceremony from 5 to 8 p.m. City staff invite everyone to an evening filled with live
music, festive storefronts, a magnificent
tree lighting ceremony and more. Parents
are encouraged to bring a camera to snap
a photo of their little ones with Santa and
Mrs. Claus in front of city hall from 5 to 6
p.m. and again from 7 to 8 p.m. The actual
tree lighting will take place at 6 p.m. at The
Depot. The Holiday Promenade will include live entertainment from the Swing
Cats Big Band, Moultrie Academy, 210
Sax Quartet and holiday carolers strolling
the Village streets. Be sure to visit the
Packing House for hot cocoa and enjoy a
variety of entertainment and activities
from 5 to 9 p.m. For more information,
visit ci.claremont.ca.us.
CHS THEATRE The Laramie Project is
a play by Moises Kaufman and the Tectonic
Theatre Project. On November 14, 1998,
they traveled to Laramie, Wyoming and
conducted hundreds of interviews with
Laramie residents. The play is edited from

those interviews, as well as from journal entries by members of the company. The
show is about the town of Laramie, its citizens and their reaction to the murder of a
21-year-old gay man named Matthew
Shepard. This production is not recommended for young audiences, particularly
children under the age of 13. Shows are
December 4, 5, 10, 11 and 12 at 7:30 p.m.
at Claremont High Schools Don F.
Fruechte Theatre for the Performing Arts,
1601 N. Indian Hill Blvd., Claremont. Refreshments will be available for purchase.
December
Saturday
OVER THE EDGE Community Senior

Services goes Over the Edge to celebrate their 40th anniversary. Participants
will rappel down the 10-story Ontario Airport Hotel to raise money for the local
nonprofit. Event starts at 9 a.m. Located at
the Ontario Airport Hotel, 700 N. Haven
Ave., Ontario.
ANTIQUARIAN BOOK SALE Valuable and rare books will be available
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Claremont
Public Library, 108 Harvard Ave. Residents are invited to shop for books published by specialty printers, some rare
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and very valuable, as well as older and

newer childrens books with beautiful illustrations and collections of early and
later classics in the fields of history, sociology, biology, botany, psychology and
religion. There are first editions and fine
reprints of significant and classic works
of literature, both fiction and non-fiction
and a number of works have been autographed by the authors or illustrators.
Cash, checks and credit cards accepted.
FOCL members receive a 10 percent discount on all purchases. Memberships
will be available at the sale.
FESTIVE SOUNDS Nick Casillas
and Friends at Village Square Public
Plaza from noon to 2:30 p.m. and CHS
Band from 3 to 5 p.m.; Cool Yuel Band
from 1 to 4 p.m. at Claremont Chamber Patio.
REMBRANDT CLUB The 35th annual holiday tea, bake sale and gift boutique at the beautifully decorated Seaver
House with music, wassail and syllabub,
a childrens party and a visit from Santa
at 1 p.m. for photos. Proceeds support
the clubs Junior Art Student Summer
Research Grant. Noon to 2:30 p.m.
Seaver House, Pomona College, 305 N.
College Ave., Claremont. $7 at the door;
$20 for four purchased in advance. Children 5 and under are free. (909) 981-7245.
CLAREMONT ART WALK Visit

Claremont galleries between 6 and 9
p.m. for exhibit opening receptions.
Visit claremontartwalk.com for details.
CONCERT The Claremont Chorale opens
its 48th season with a Christmas concert
built around Ottorino Respighis Laud to
the Nativity, a cantata, accompanied by a
small orchestra and select soloists. The piece
depicts the biblical Christmas story from the
viewpoint of the shepherds. The central cantata is accompanied by festive traditional
and contemporary holiday music. Saturday,
December 5 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. and Sunday, December 6 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. $10
per person for advance purchase and $15 at
door. Tickets can be purchased online at
claremontchorale.org/buy-tickets or in
person at Rio de Ojas and Mail Depot of
Upland. The event takes place at Claremont United Church of Christ, 233 Harrison Ave., Claremont.
December
Sunday
COMIC BOOK SHOW Art dealers

from around southern California with
new and vintage comic books, graphic
novels, original art, prints, action figures,
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games and collectibles. Live music by

West Coast Avengers. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Claremont Packing House, 532 W. First
St., Claremont.
HOLIDAY FLEA MARKET Join
Claremont Heritage for another exciting
presentation of vintage and collectible
items just in time for your holiday shopping. Find a unique gift for a friend, loved
one or yourself. Over 20 vendor booths
and a myriad of styles will be represented,
from arts and crafts and Country French to
Mid-century Modern. Furniture, artwork,
jewelry, clothing, accessories and
more. Also look for citrus industry memorabilia including original crate labels and
artwork. 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Garner House
Courtyard, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd. in Memorial Park. Free and open to the public.
December
Monday
SUSTAINABILITY DIALOGUE Learn

about, discuss and join Claremonts creative campaigns in energy conservation
through the $100,000 Cool California
Challenge, the $5,000,000 Claremont Energy Challenge and Energy Upgrade California. Devon Hartman and Freeman
Allen will present from 7 to 8 p.m. Hahn
Building, Rm. 101, Pomona College, 420
N. Harvard Ave., Claremont.
GIRI KUSUMA Pomona Colleges
Gamelan Ensemble and guests, under the
music direction of Nyoman Wenten and
dance direction of Nanik Wenten, offers

a program of traditional and contemporary Balinese music and dance. This program includes Telek, Semaradana
and Topeng Munyer. 8 p.m. Free admission. Bridges Hall of Music, 150 E.
Fourth St., Claremont.
December
Tuesday
HOLIDAY MUSIC FROM AROUND

THE WORLD Performed by Joel Wilson and the CHS Choral Singers. The University Club meets Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m.
at the Hughes Community Center, 1700
Danbury Rd., Claremont. $13 meeting fee
includes buffet lunch.
JAZZ PIANO DUO International performers Stephanie Trick and Paolo
Alderighi perform ragtime, stride and
swing at 7 p.m. Claremont Womens Club,
343 W. Twelfth St., Claremont. $25 to $30
at door or $15 for students and groups of
10 or more. Contact Louise Webber at
(909) 214-2992 for reservations.
December
Wednesday
FROM GENESIS TO BETHLEHEM

Valimar Jansen, popular Christian singer,
will be joined by Dolores Gomez for a
bilingual evening of reflection in Spanish
and English at 7 p.m. at Our Lady of the
Assumption Church, 435 Berkeley Ave.,
Claremont. (909) 626-3596. Event is free
to the public.
December
Thursday
December
10 Saturday
FOOD TRUCK THURSDAYS Put the

frying pan away and join in for dinner.
Enjoy a variety of the regions most popular food trucks at Food Truck Thursdays
at Fairplex. Food trucks roll in every
Thursday from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the
lower admin parking lot next to the
NHRA Museum, bringing the trendiest
dishes on four wheels. Stop by and stay
or grab a bite to take home. Dont forget
to pick up some fresh produce at the
Farmers Market. Free parking and free
admission. Lower Administration Lot on
McKinley Ave. Gate 1.
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Friday
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MORE THE MERRIER Shop Claremont and win. Shop any business in
Claremont from November 9 through
December 20 and bring receipts to the
Claremont Chamber office, The Bath
Workshop or Vom Fass Claremont for the
receipt totals to be calculated. For every
$50, participants will receive a raffle
ticket. Raffle tickets will be entered for a
chance to win gift cards, gift baskets and
the grand prize of an iPad. Drawing will
be held on Monday, December 21 at
noon. For more information, contact the
Clarmeont Chamber at (909) 624-1681 or
visit claremontchamber.org.
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FESTIVE SOUNDS Moultrie Academy

of Music, Voice and Dance from 1 to 3
p.m. at Village Square Public Plaza and
CHS Band from 3 to 5 p.m. and Claremont Cellos from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at
Claremont Chamber Patio.
BIOCHAR DEMONSTRATION The
Tree Action Group (TAG) of Sustainable
Claremont, together with RSABG, is
hosting a biochar demonstration as part
of an International Biochar Initiative.
Learn how biochar sequesters carbon
from trees, reduces the need to water
them and increases soil fertility to make
trees healthier. See displays of biochar
products available to use as a soil amendment and demonstrations of how to produce biochar using kilns of various sizes.
Presented by Michael Wittman of
Bluesky Biochar. Improve the soil in your
own garden and invite those who manage
our urban forest to participateso residences, institutions and the city can adopt
these beneficial practices to regenerate
Claremonts urban forest. 1 to 4 p.m.
Lenz Horticultural Complex, Rancho
Santa Ana Botanic Garden, 1500 N College Ave., Claremont.
CONCERT Gospel Christmas, diverse
gospel arrangements and holiday favorites
conducted by John St. Marie. Saturday,
December 12 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday,
December 13 at 3:30 p.m. First Christian
Church, 1751 N. Park Ave., Pomona.
GALLERIES
1 AUGIES COFFEE HOUSE/ LA

MINUTE: 536 W. First St., Claremont
Packing House. Open daily. (909) 7982255.
Through December 31: Owen Klass,
surreal landscapes. Visit fiendishthingies.com for more information about the
artist.
2 BUDDHAMOUSE EMPORIUM:
134 Yale Ave., Claremont. Open daily
from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. buddhamouse.com. (909) 626-3322.
Through December 31: In Tibetan
Buddhist Thanka art, sacred geometry
underlies the structure of the Thanka
painting. It is believed that this sacred
art creates a portal to spiritual reality
through form and color. The Thanka art
is a combination of a cotton canvas
painting sewn into a silk brocade frame
with wooden dowels at the top and bottom. The paintings are various Buddhist ritual symbols such as ornate
mandalas and Buddha and Tara images.
All works are hand-painted and handstitched by Tibetan monks and artisans
living in Nepal. Opening reception:
Saturday, December 5 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Refreshments will be provided.
BUNNY GUNNER GALLERY:

254 W. Bonita Ave., Claremont. Monday
through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (909) 624-7238.
Through December 31: Artwork by
Dan Van Clapp and his students. Opening reception: Saturday, December 5 from
6 to 9 p.m. Catered by Cheese Cave.
4 CLAREMONT COMMUNITY
FOUNDATION ART GALLERY: 205
Yale Ave., Claremont Chamber of
Commerce. Monday through Friday, 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. (909) 398-1060.
Through January 29: Galaxies?
Starfish? Movie stars? Who knows!
The Claremont Community Foundation Art Gallery left it up to the artists
interpretations. Come and see what
theyve done with their superpowers in
STARS! The Art Exhibit. Opening
reception: Saturday, December 5 from
6 to 9 p.m.
5 CLAREMONT FORUM BOOKSHOP & GALLERY: 586 W. First St.,
Claremont Packing House. Sunday
through Thursday, noon to 7 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, noon to 9 p.m. (909)
626-3066.
Through December 31: Painters of
Pilgrim Place art show and sale. Opening reception: Saturday, December 5
from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
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6 THE COLONY AT LOFT 204:

532 W. First St., #204, Claremont Packing House. Open Wednesday through
Saturday, 2 to 7 p.m. Extended hours
on weekends. Visit loft204.com.
Email info@loft204.com for information about purchasing monthly wall
space for artwork display or to inquire
about event rental of gallery space.
Through January 30: Paintings by
Jeanne Steffan: I paint deer for their elegance, beauty and resilience. They are
one with nature, which can sustain or destroy them at any second. It is often my
wish to paint something I cannot own or
control. Visit jeannesteffan.com for
more information. Opening reception:
Meet the artist and enjoy complementary
refreshments.
7 FIRST STREET GALLERY ART
CENTER: 250 W. First St., Suite 120,
Claremont. Monday through Friday, 9
a.m. to 5 p.m. (909) 626-5455.
Through January 15: Danial Padilla:
New Work and The Holiday Show.
The premier solo exhibition of captivating paintings by emerging First Street
Gallery artist Daniel Padilla. Daniel
Padilla: New Work will feature recent

explorations in color, line and figurative
representation by this uniquely talented
artist. Mr. Padilla uses bold contour lines,
which resemble the meandering yet
strong fluidity of tree branches. Combined with the painterly fields of color
and subtle black-to-white gradations,
these powerful portraits are both open
and decisive. Also on display in the Main
Gallery will be the annual Holiday
Show. This First Street Gallery tradition
will present work from each of the 49
artists. Works purchased from The Holiday Show will be available to take home
immediately. Opening reception: Saturday, December 5 from 6 to 8 p.m. Sponsored by Vom Fass Claremont and
Spaggis Restaurant.
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Claremont Art Walk:
Saturday, December 5
Foothill Blvd.
Fourth Street
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(Eighth Street)
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Second Street
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Harvard Avenue
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Yale Avenue
8 GINGER ELLIOTT EXHIBITION CENTER: 840 N. Indian Hill

Blvd., Claremont in the Garner House
at Memorial Park. Open Monday
through Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. or
by appointment. Claremont Heritage,
(909) 621-0848.
Saturday, December 5: Claremont
Heritage presents photography by Chris
Darrow with a collection titled Vanishing West. Mr. Darrow, a multifaceted and gifted local musician, has
for decades been augmenting his auditory accomplishments with a keen visual documentation of the world around
him. This selection of images represents
a segment of an impressive body of
work that he has compiled while touring across the country. Curated by
Claremont Heritage Executive Director
David Shearer, this exhibition visually
documents our past and the relics of our
culture that are often lost in the progress
of time. The large format works will be
available for sale. Artist reception: Saturday, December 5 from 6 to 9 p.m.
9 HILLSIDE FINE ART: 445 W.
Foothill Blvd. Suite 101, Claremont. Open
Wednesday through Saturday noon to 5
p.m. hillsidefineart.com (909) 268-4526.
Through December 31: Holiday
Show. Opening reception: Saturday,
November 7 from 4 to 7 p.m.
10 LAST DROP CAF: 119 Harvard

Ave., Claremont. Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturday, 7 a.m. to
6 p.m. and Sunday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. thelastdropcafe.com. (909) 482-1870.
Through December 31: Solitude by
Emily Beierle-OBrien. Opening reception:
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CUISINE: 248 W. Second St., Claremont. 909-624-3340.
Through December 31: Marilynn
Waters is an award-winning fine art
photographer and native Californian.
She studied photography at Pomona
College and resides in Claremont. Ms.
Waters has been the recipient of several
artist grants and recognized in many
national and international gallery exhibits. While studying photography,
her work focused on documentary photography observing cultures displaced
by environmental, social, economic
and political causes, such as Californias undocumented farm workers and
Tijuanas maquiladoras. She currently
focuses on fine art landscapes, portraits
and environnemental portraits. The
photographs on display feature three
recent works from Oahu, Hawaii and
a favorite from Mazatln, Mexico. Reception: Saturday, December 5 from 6
to 9 p.m.
Indian Hill Blvd.
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Claremont Art Walk takes place on the first Saturday of the month between 6 and 9
p.m. as well as an arts festival featuring live music plus vendor and information booths,
which takes place at the Claremont Packing House, 532 W. First St., Claremont.
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Ave., Claremont. Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., or by appointment.
Square i is an annex of the Artist Trait
Gallery. Exhibits rotate approximately
every six weeks. Call (909) 621-9091 or
email info@squareigallery.com.
Through December 31: 11x11 Sixth
Annual Christmas Open Invitational.
Opening reception: Saturday, December
5 from 5 to 9 p.m.
NIGHTLIFE
EUREKA CLAREMONT: 580 W. First St., Claremont

Packing House. Open from 11 a.m. to midnight, Sunday
through Thursday; closes at 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday.
Hoppy Hour daily from 2 to 6 p.m. (909) 445-8875.
Tuesdays: Half-off wine by the glass.
Wednesdays: Steal-the-Glass craft beer of the week.
Thursdays: Live Music.
FLAPPERS COMEDY: 540 W. First St., Claremont
Packing House. 18 and over. Show times: Friday at 8 and
10 p.m., Saturday at 7 and 9:30 p.m. and Sunday at 7 p.m.
Tickets can be purchased online or at the door.
Friday, December 4: Andy Haynes for Conan at 8
p.m. and 10 p.m.
Saturday, December 5: Andy Haynes for Conan at 7
p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Sunday, December 6: Sean Grant from Jimmy Kimmel Live & Friends at 7 p.m.
Friday, December 11: Shared Holiday Party with
Dan Cummins at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Saturday, December 12: Shared Holiday Party with
Dan Cummins at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
Sunday, December 13: Carlos Loma at 7 p.m.
THE GLASS HOUSE: 200 W. Second St., Pomona.
(909) 865-3802.
Saturday, December 5: North American Co-headlining Tour featuring Act of Defiance and Allegaeon.
Doors open at 7 p.m. Show at 8 p.m. General admission
is $15-$17.
THE PRESS RESTAURANT: 129 Harvard Ave.,
Claremont Village. Thursday through Saturday until 2
a.m. Live DJ every Thursday at 11 p.m. 21 and over after
9 p.m. Standing room only after 9:30 p.m. (909) 6254808.
Friday, December 4: Mick Rhodes and The Hard Eight
(rock n roll). 10 p.m.
Saturday, December 5: Funkd Martini (soul/funk/pop).
10 p.m.
Sunday, December 6: Gina Roode (solo guitar) at 6
p.m. followed by Super Awesome Open Mic Night with
Josh at 9:30 p.m.
Tuesday, December 8: King Trivia Night. 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, December 9: Teryn Re Duo (jazz). 9:30
p.m.
Thursday, December 10: The Lounge Trio with
Cougar Estrada (jazz) at 8:30 p.m. followed by Party
Vomit with DJ Lisbomb at 11 p.m.
Friday, December 11: Carnival of Futility
COURIER CROSSWORD
20
RESTAURANT ROW
Answers to last weeks puzzle #343
(punk/folk/indie) followed by Eva and the Vagabond

Tails (folk/western). 10 p.m.
Saturday, December 12: Shoeface followed by Wckr
Spgt (indie). 10 p.m.
Sunday, December 13: Sunday Piano with Amy Rowe
at 6 p.m. followed by Press Karaoke with Samantha at
9:30 p.m.
PIANO PIANO: 555 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont. Live
dueling piano show times: Wednesday and Thursday, 9
p.m. to 1 a.m.; Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. 21
and over. $5 cover charge on Fridays and Saturdays after
8 p.m. (no cover charge with student ID). (909) 5474266.
Tuesdays: Taco Tuesday with $1 tacos, $2 Coronas and
$3 margaritas. Rock the mic or jam with the band.
Wednesdays: Rockstar Karaoke. Rock the mic or
jam with the band. $2 Bud Lights and $4 Vodka Rockstars. 9 p.m.
Crossword by Myles Mellor. Puzzle #344

Across
1. Italian treats
5. Fancy-schmancy
9. Imitative
14. Freebie
15. Away from the wind
16. The time being, in
Shakespeare
17. Genesis brother
18. Shoot down
19. Certain sculptures
20. Sandwich cookie
21. Waterproof covers
23. The Humanities
25. Skirt fold
26. CHS head football coach
31. Plasterwork backing
34. Hospital directive
35. Pork portion
39. Malt beverage
40. Persian gulf port
42. Musical gift
43. Ball of thread
45. Thug
46. "Do ___ others as..."
47. Lasting 8 years
51. Isaac's mother
53. Cool guy
56. CHS cross-country coach

61. Denim name
63. "Study" in French
64. Puerto __
65. Like some fans
66. Blunts
67. Pasty-faced
68. Register
69. Neuters
70. ___ time limit
71. "Nothing ___ Matters"
(Metallica song)
Down
1. Aviation agency, abbr.
2. Flat necked snake
3. Islamic bigwig
4. Stain
5. Earlier years
6. Water pot
7. Cauterize
8. Fiber for sacking
9. Rings
10. French composer Francis
11. Soul singer Arie
12. Trail for a hound
13. Dame Myra ___, English
pianist
22. Abbr. in car ads

24. Like ___
27. Ride
28. Inedible orange
29. Singer Mraz
30. Cooking bib
31. Rain tree derivative
32. Everything
33. Golf start locale
36. Farmyard bird
37. Breakfast grain
38. Wizard, in the NBA
41. Young Vader, to friends
44. Of this earth
46. Howl
48. Nice touch
49. Article in constant use
50. Promo
51. Exercise unit
52. Bird's abnormal wing
54. Pitchfork wielder
55. The lesser of two ___
56. Hospital facilities
57. Periods
58. Workbench attachment
59. Genuine, in Germany
60. Tofu component
62. Lay off
SPORTS
21
CHS cross country team finishes hot season at state finals
laremont High School cross country completed their very successful

season with double fourth-place
finishes in the California State Championships on Saturday in Fresno.
Claremont was expected to do well; after sweeping
the Palomares League they went fullSPORTING
force into the post-season meets, culLIFE
minating in a third place for the girls
and fifth for the boys at the CIF Southern Section finals.
It was hot and windy for the CIF Finals at Mt. Sac so
few runners posted good times. But the girls podium appearance was an improvement of four places from last
year. The boys found themselves in a very competitive
field, with only 16 points separating the Pack from second place and a single point kept them out of fourth.
Kiana Cavanaugh had the top girls time at 19:01,
while the top boys time was Tab Backman at 16:01.
The Packs strong showing earned both teams a trip
to the state finals at Woodward Park where the conditions were more favorable to top times. The course was
a mixture of grass and pavement with some rolling hills
and temperatures were in the 50s, an ideal situation, according to Coach Bill Reeves.
The girls got a school record on the course and every
boy got a personal record, he said.
The girls race was so close that it came down to a tiebreaker. We had the best season in Claremont cross
country history, said Coach Reeves. Coming in one
spot off the podium [at the state meet] gives us something to shoot for.
The accolades continued Wednesday when the girls
earned Team of the Year at the San Gabriel Valley Cross
Country Awards. Coach Reeves was named Girls Coach
of the Year, and all seven varsity girls and four boys were
named to the San Gabriel Valley First Team.
Next season looks to be another great one for Claremont, with several key runners returning. Junior Ryan
Renken will undoubtedly be one of the top-ranked boys
as he consistently ran mere seconds behind older runners
this year. Almost the entire girls team will be returning,
including juniors Annie Boos and Janelle Baeskens as
well as sophomores Alyssa Cantrell and Tess Rounds.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Claremont won their non-conference away game
against Pomona on Tuesday, 48-41. No stats were available. The Pack is on a bit of an early winning streak,
also defeating Jurupa Hills, 58-33, on Saturday and Sultana, 51-42, on Friday. Their record is now 5-1.
GIRLS WATER POLO

Claremont lost their season opener to Etiwanda, 158, on Tuesday in Rancho Cucamonga.
FOOTBALL
COURIER photo/Steven Felschundneff

Kiana Cavanaugh, seen here training last year with her
teammates, had the top girls time for CHS at the California State Championships in Fresno last weekend.
CHS WEEKLY ROUNDUP

BOYS BASKETBALL
Claremont High School boys basketball won their
non-conference game against Canyon Springs, 80-54,
on Tuesday in Moreno Valley.
Junior Tyler Fraser scored a game-high 23 points, including four three-point plays. Senior Harlan Maass
had 18 points including six three-pointers, while Kyle
Scalmanini had 12 points.
On Saturday, the Pack defeated Northview, 79-35 in
another non-conference matchup. Scalmanini had 22
points and an amazing 90 percent field goal percentage.
Maass had 14 points, junior Davis Haley had 10 and junior Sammy Yagoda had nine. Claremonts record is 2-0.
Claremont offensive lineman Conner Tolliver has

been named to the US Under-18 NationalTeamand
will compete against Canada in the 2015 International
Bowl at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys.
Tolliver is one of 56athletes to be selected for this
honor to representTeamUSAin the sports greatest annual international competition, according to a news release from USA Football.
The 2016InternationalBowlis a collaboration of the
sports national governing bodies in each country
USA Football and Football Canadafeaturing top student-athletes.
909.621.4761
Claremont COURIER Classifieds
Friday 12-04-15
CLASSIFIEDS
rentals........22
Rentals
legals..........23
Apartment for rent
services......25
real estate....27
22
CONTACT US
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EMPLOYMENT
MARKETPLACE
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pool. 909-624-9958.
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Central air. 24x25 family
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THREE bedroom, two bathroom house near Condit
School. $2,400 monthly. Ready
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AUTO
House for rent

FOUR bedrooms, 1.75 bathrooms with detached studio.
Upgraded kitchen with granite and stainless steel appliances. Shared laundry. Rent
includes water, gas, electric,
Internet. $2,700 monthly.
WSPM, 909-621-5941.
THREE bedrooms, one bathroom plus a detached studio.
Fresh paint, new carpet and
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landscape. $2,500 monthly.
WSPM, 909-621-5941.
EXCEPTIONAL! Four bedroom, two bathroom, two-story
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Office space for rent

GREAT Village location. Medical/professional space. Approximately 650 sq. ft. Waiting
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Townhome for rent

THREE bedrooms, two-anda-half bathrooms, 1900 sq. ft.
Two-car garage, central heat
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WSPM, 909-621-5941.
CLAREMONT Club: Three
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bathrooms, two-car attached
garage. $1,900 monthly, for
lease. Zia, 949-677-4456.
Want to rent
BEDROOM with bathroom
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to freeway. Claremont or adjacent. 909-335-1783.
Its a Zoe TeBeau Estate Sale!

December 5 - Saturday only
8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
FOR sale: Blue 2001 Prius. Two owners. 140,000 miles. 44
mpg. Heater/AC, all power, radio. Clean, well-maintained,
all service records available. New tires. Brakes good. Main
battery changed February 2015. $3,500. Call 909-921-8552.
2434 San Antonio Crescent West

Upland, CA 91784
Marketplace
Beautiful Mid-Century estate filled with lovely

furnishings and decorative accessories. Antiques,
rugs, linen, Christmas decorations, paintings, iron
patio furniture, plants, garden and yard tools,
clocks, china and lots of fun dcor.
House for sale
Antiques
View pictures at EstateSales.NET:

EstateSales.NET/CA/Upland/91784/1064787
RARE Claremont fix and flip.

First time on market. 1784
sq. ft. house sits on big
10,234 sq. ft. lot with three
bedrooms and two bathrooms, real hardwood floors,
central ac/heat, tree-lined
street and mountain views.
Nearby schools. Walking
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A BARN and house full of antiques, furniture and smalls.

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La Verne.
Real Estate
Employment
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Help wanted
Garage sale
LVN needed for reading and

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SATURDAY, December 5.
Multi-family. 600 block Bluefield Drive. Gift basket supplies, dresses, patio set, pet
items.
LOOKOUT
Gypsy Sisters Winter Camp
At Claremont UCC Church
December 11-13
NEEDSGOODHOMEBig Boy a four year old,

male, Great Pyrenees is looking for a loving home. This
gentle giant has all of his shots but is not fixed. Not good
with other male dogs, females okay. 760-243-6890.
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME
File No. 2015296140
The following person(s) is (are) doing business
as 1.) OHANA EARTH, 2.) RENEWABLE
TONER, 1468 W. Holt Ave., Pomona, CA 91768.
Registrant(s): 1.) Sarena Fuller, 1737 N. Redding
Way, Upland, CA 91784. 2.) Alan Fuller, 1737 N.
Redding Way, Upland, CA 91784.
This business is conducted by a General Partnership.
Registrant has not yet commenced to transact
business under the fictitious business name or
names listed herein.
I declare that all information in this statement is
true and correct.
/s/ Sarena Fuller Title: Partner
This statement was filed with the RegistrarRecorder/County Clerk of Los Angeles County
on 11/20/15.
NOTICE- In Accordance with subdivision (a) of
section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five (5) years from the
date on which it was filed in the office of the
County Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision
(b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days
after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a
change in the residence address of a registered
owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. Effective January 1, 2014, the Fictitious Business
Name Statement must be accompanied by the Affidavit Of Identity Form.
The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another
under federal, state, or common law (see Section
14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code).
PUBLISH: Nov. 27, Dec. 4, 11 and 18, 2015
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File No. 2015293505
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as
RODEWAY INN & SUITES, 3327 N. Del Mar
Ave., Rosemead, CA 91770. Registrant(s): VIRGINIA MOTEL LLC, 3327 N. Del Mar Ave.,
Rosemead, CA 91770.
This business is conducted by a Limited Liability
Company.
Registrant commenced to transact business under
the fictitious name or names listed above on
12/03/2009.
I declare that all information in this statement is true
and correct.
/s/ Govind Patel Title: President
This statement was filed with the RegistrarRecorder/County Clerk of Los Angeles County on
11/18/15.
section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five (5) years from the date
on which it was filed in the office of the County
Clerk, except, as provided in subdivision (b) of section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any
change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to section 17913 other than a change in the
residence address of a registered owner. A new Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. Effective January 1, 2014, the
Fictitious Business Name Statement must be accompanied by the Affidavit Of Identity Form.
The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights of another under
federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411
et seq., Business and Professions Code).
CITY OF CLAREMONT
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
PROPOSED MEDICAL MARIJUANA
ORDINANCE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the
Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to consider amendments to the Claremont
Municipal Code (CMC) banning the retail
sale, cultivation, and mobile delivery of medical marijuana in the City of Claremont. The
hearing will be held on Tuesday, December
15, 2015, at 7 p.m., in the City Council
Chamber, 225 W. Second Street, at which
time all interested persons are invited to appear and be heard.
Currently, Section 9.72.010 of the CMC bans
the sale or distribution of a medical marijuana
on any property or in any building or structure in any zone throughout the City, with the
exception of residential zones, unless the person or entity selling or distributing the controlled substance has all applicable State and
Federal pharmaceutical licenses. While existing City regulations address medical marijuana dispensaries, cultivation and mobile
delivery of medical marijuana are left unaddressed. The California Legislature recently
passed a series of bills that together comprise
the Medical Marijuana Regulation and Safety
Act (MMRSA) establishing a comprehensive
regulatory framework for Californias medical marijuana industry. Under MMRSA, municipalities can either ban or regulate
cultivation, manufacturing, dispensaries, dis-
tribution and transporters of medical marijuana, confirming what the courts have held
regarding local municipalities power to regulate or ban activities related to the sale and
distribution of medical marijuana. Should a
city fail to adopt land use regulations or ordinances that prohibit medical marijuana dispensaries, the cultivation of medical
marijuana and/or the mobile delivery of medical marijuana prior to March 1, 2016,
MMRSA regulations, standards, and requirements, which are less restrictive than those
found in CMC Section 9.72.010, shall become applicable. Under MMRSA, city land
use regulations pertaining to medical marijuana uses may be stricter than what is mandated by State law. The proposed ordinance
to amend CMC Chapter 9.72 prior to March
16, 2016, would enact and enforce a ban on
all cannabis dispensaries, cannabis manufacturers, cultivation, and cannabis delivery
originating or terminating within the City
limits. The City intends to further study land
use issues pertaining to medical marijuana in
2016 and to craft a new ordinance that will
be brought forward for consideration later in
the year.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, the Director of Community Development has determined that this matter is not subject to
California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c)(3) because this activity is not
a project as defined by Section 15378 of the
CEQA Guidelines, California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Chapter 3, and pursuant to
CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) because it can be seen with certainty that it will
not have a significant effect or physical
change to the environment. Therefore, no further environmental review is necessary.
A copy of the proposed ordinance is available
for review on the Citys website, or by contacting Assistant Planner Nikola Hlady at
nhlady@ci.claremont.ca.us. If you would
also like to be notified electronically about
this matter in the future, please provide your
email address to Mr. Hlady at the aforementioned email address, or by contacting Mr.
Hlady directly at (909) 399-5353, and your
email will be added to the project file. Future
notices regarding this matter will be provided
to you electronically, as well as by mail.
Copies of this information are also available
at the City Hall public counter, the Claremont
Public Library, Alexander Hughes Community Center, and the Youth Activity Center.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, any person with a disability who requires a modification or
accommodation in order to participate in a
City meeting should contact the City Clerk at
909/399 5461 VOICE or 1-800/735-2929
TT/TTY at least three (3) working days
prior to the meeting, if possible.
PLANNING COMMISSION
CITY OF CLAREMONT
Publish: December 4, 2015
LEGAL TENDER
File No. 2015279559
The following person(s) is (are) doing business as
GRANITE CREEK FAMILY MEDICINE, 1601
Monte Vista Avenue, Suite 260, Claremont, CA
91711. Registrant(s): JENNIFER R. BOOZER,
D.O., INC, 1601 Monte Vista Avenue, Suite 260,
Claremont, CA 91711.
This business is conducted by a Corporation.
01/04/2010.
true and correct.
/s/ Jennifer R. Boozer Title: President
on 11/03/15.
PUBLISH: November 13, 20, 27 and December 4, 2015
File No. 2015279443
as 1.) VBAC FACTS, 2.) JENNIFER KAMEL,
2763 Via Sinaloa, Claremont, CA 91711. Mailing
address: 310 Indian Hill Blvd., #116, Claremont,
CA 91711. Registrant(s): Jennifer K. Blek, 2763
Via Sinaloa, Claremont, CA 91711.
This business is conducted by an Individual.
11/27/2007.
true and correct.
/s/ Jennifer K. Blek Title: Owner
on 11/03/15.
PUBLISH: November 13, 20, 27 and December 4, 2015
Trustee Sale No. : 20120015001935 Title Order

No.: 120154549 FHA/VA/PMI No.: NOTICE OF
TRUSTEE'S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT
UNDER A DEED OF TRUST, DATED
12/20/2005. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO
PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE
SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN
EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE
PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU
SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. NDEx West,
L.L.C., as duly appointed Trustee under and pursuant to Deed of Trust Recorded on 12/30/2005 as
Instrument No. 05 3228503 of official records in the
office of the County Recorder of LOS ANGELES
County, State of CALIFORNIA. EXECUTED
BY: JOHN W TULAC AND ELIZABETH
TULAC, WILL SELL AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO
HIGHEST BIDDER FOR CASH, CASHIER'S
CHECK/CASH EQUIVALENT or other form of
payment authorized by California Civil Code
2924h(b), (payable at time of sale in lawful money
of the United States). DATE OF SALE: 12/10/2015
TIME OF SALE: 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE:
BEHIND THE FOUNTAIN LOCATED IN
CIVIC CENTER PLAZA, 400 CIVIC CENTER
PLAZA, POMONA CA. STREET ADDRESS and
other common designation, if any, of the real property described above is purported to be: 706 N INDIAN
HILL
BLVD,
CLAREMONT,
CALIFORNIA 91711 APN#: 8309-021-011 The
undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any
incorrectness of the street address and other common designation, if any, shown herein. Said sale
will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or
encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum
of the note(s) secured by said Deed of Trust, with
interest thereon, as provided in said note(s), advances, under the terms of said Deed of Trust, fees,
charges and expenses of the Trustee and of the
trusts created by said Deed of Trust. The total
amount of the unpaid balance of the obligation secured by the property to be sold and reasonable estimated costs, expenses and advances at the time of
the initial publication of the Notice of Sale is
$761,321.64. The beneficiary under said Deed of
Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and
Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice
of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the
county where the real property is located. NOTICE
TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a
trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on
legalads@claremont-courier.com 909.621.4761
the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a
trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to
free and clear ownership of the property. You should
also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may
be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the
auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off
all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You
are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority,
and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this
property by contacting the county recorder's office
or a title insurance company, either of which may
charge you a fee for this information. If you consult
either of these resources, you should be aware that
the same lender may hold more than one mortgage
or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO
PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this
notice of sale may be postponed one or more times
by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court,
pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil
Code. The law requires that information about
trustee sale postponements be made available to you
and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present
at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale
date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the
rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 916-939-0772 for information regarding the trustee's sale or visit this Internet Web
site www.nationwideposting.com for information
regarding the sale of this property, using the file
number assigned to this case 20120015001935. Information about postponements that are very short
in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the
telephone information or on the Internet Web site.
The best way to verify postponement information
is to attend the scheduled sale. FOR TRUSTEE
SALE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL: NATIONWIDE POSTING & PUBLICATION A DIVISION OF FIRST AMERICAN TITLE
INSURANCE COMPANY 1180 IRON POINT
ROAD, SUITE 100 FOLSOM, CA 95630 916939-0772 www.nationwideposting.com NDEx
West, L.L.C. MAY BE ACTING AS A DEBT
COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A
DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED
WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. NDEx
West, L.L.C. as Trustee Dated: 11/02/2015
NPP0262990 To: CLAREMONT COURIER
11/20/2015, 11/27/2015, 12/04/2015
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR
CHANGE OF NAME
CASE NUMBER: KS019473
TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS:
Petitioner: ALAN BROOKMAN AND HUA
WANG for ANNIKA DELPHINE WANG
Filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows:
Present name:
ANNIKA DELPHINE WANG
to Proposed name:
ANNIKA DELPHINE BROOKMAN
THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested
in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the
petition for change of name should not be granted.
Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two
court days before the matter is scheduled to be
heard and must appear at the hearing to show
cause why the petition should not be granted. If no
written objection is timely filed, the court may
grant the petition without a hearing.
NOTICE OF HEARING
Date: January 11, 2016 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept.: J
Room:
Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona, CA 91766
Pomona Courthouse
A copy of this Order to Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four successive
weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county:
CLAREMONT COURIER,
1420 N. Claremont Blvd., Suite 205B
Claremont, CA 91711
/s/ Dan T. Oki, Dated: November 16, 2015
Judge of the Superior Court
Petitioner: Alan Brookman and Hua Wang for Annika Delphine Wang
200 S. Vista Bonita Ave., Glendora, CA 91741
Ph.#626-405-0721
File No. 2015289124
as 1.) EARNEST CONTRACTING, 2.) MEDE
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, 4123 N. Garey
Ave., Claremont, CA 91711. Mailing address:
P.O. Box 7382, La Verne, CA 91750.Registrant(s): 1.) Deborah Cooney, 4123 N. Garey
Ave., Claremont, CA 91711. 2.) Nasser F. Ghotbi,
4123 N. Garey Ave., Claremont, CA 91711.
This business is conducted by a Married Couple.
Registrant has not yet commenced to transact business
under the fictitious business name or names listed herein.
true and correct.
/s/ Nasser F Ghotbi Title: Husband
on 11/12/15.
The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business
Name in violation of the rights of another under federal, state, or common law (see Section 14411 et
seq., Business and Professions Code).
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE TS No. CA15-661189-CL Order No.: 150044876-CA-VOI

YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED
OF TRUST DATED 2/3/1987. UNLESS YOU
TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR
PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE
PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU
SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public
auction sale to the highest bidder for cash,
cashiers check drawn on a state or national bank,
check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a
check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan
association, or savings association, or savings
bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial
Code and authorized to do business in this state,
will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale
will be made, but without covenant or warranty,
expressed or implied, regarding title, possession,
or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal
sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust,
with interest and late charges thereon, as provided
in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the
Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and
expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at
the time of the initial publication of the Notice of
Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below.
The amount may be greater on the day of sale.
BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS
THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE.
Trustor(s): JOHN PEREZ AND MARY
PEREZ, HUSBAND AND WIFE AND ANDREW PEREZ, A SINGLE MAN Recorded:
2/13/1987 as Instrument No. 87 225740 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of LOS
ANGELES County, California; Date of Sale:
12/18/2015 at 10:00 AM Place of Sale: Behind
the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, located at 400 Civic Center Plaza, Pomona CA
91766 Amount of unpaid balance and other
charges: $33,402.53 The purported property address is: 1252 REIMS STREET, CLAREMONT, CA 91711 Assessors Parcel No.:
8304-013-031 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL
BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this
property lien, you should understand that there are
risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You
will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction
does not automatically entitle you to free and
clear ownership of the property. You should also
be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be
a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the
auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned
off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that
may exist on this property by contacting the
county recorders office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for
this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender
may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust
on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY
OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of
sale may be postponed one or more times by the
mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil
Code. The law requires that information about
trustee sale postponements be made available to
you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not
present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether
your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale
of this property, you may call 916.939.0772 for
information regarding the trustees sale or visit
this Internet Web site http://www.qualityloan.com , using the file number assigned to this
foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-15-661189-CL .
Information about postponements that are very
short in duration or that occur close in time to
the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify
postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any
liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any,
shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by
sending a written request to the beneficiary
within 10 days of the date of first publication of
this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to
convey title for any reason, the successful bidders sole and exclusive remedy shall be the
return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the
successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason,
the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only
to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser
shall have no further recourse against the
Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagees Attorney. If you have previously been
discharged through bankruptcy, you may have
been released of personal liability for this loan in
which case this letter is intended to exercise the
note holders rights against the real property
only. As required by law, you are hereby notified
that a negative credit report reflecting on your
credit record may be submitted to a credit report
agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your
credit obligations. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED
FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: Quality Loan
Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street San Diego,
CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 916.939.0772 Or
Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318
Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-15661189-CL IDSPub #0096189 11/27/2015
12/4/2015 12/11/2015
NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER

ESTATE OF ELEANOR MARIE GEORGE
Case No. BP168442
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors,
contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both,
of ELEANOR MARIE GEORGE
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has
been filed by Wilani George in the Superior Court
of California, County of LOS ANGELES.
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE
requests that Wilani George be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the
decedent.
THE PETITION requests authority
to administer the estate under the Independent
Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will
allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before
taking certain very important actions, however,
the personal representative will be required to
give notice to interested persons unless they have
waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority
will be granted unless an interested person files
an objection to the petition and shows good cause
why the court should not grant the authority.
A HEARING on the petition will be
held on Dec. 10, 2015 at 8:30 AM in Dept. No.
79 located at 111 N. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA
90012.
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of
the petition, you should appear at the hearing and
state your objections or file written objections
with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a
contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file
your claim with the court and mail a copy to the
personal representative appointed by the court
within the later of either (1) four months from the
date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b)
of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days
from the date of mailing or personal delivery to
you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.
Other California statutes and legal
authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You
may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept
by the court. If you are a person interested in the
estate, you may file with the court a Request for
Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an
inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any
petition or account as provided in Probate Code
section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form
is available from the court clerk.
Attorney for petitioner:
DELILAH KNOX RIOS ESQ
DELILAH KNOX RIOS APLC
414 S PROSPECTORS RD
STE G
DIAMOND BAR CA 91765
CN917899
Publish: November 20, 27 and December 4, 2015
NOTICE OF PETITION TO
ADMINISTER
ESTATE OF FLORENCE S. ROSE
CASE NO. BP168550
To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested
in the will or estate, or both, of FLORENCE S.
ROSE:
A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by
JEFFREY J. ROSE & ERICA S. ROSE in the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles,
THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that JEFFREY J. ROSE & ERICA S. ROSE be appointed as
personal representative to administer the estate of the
decedent.
The PETITION requests authority to administer the
estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining
court approval. Before taking certain very important
actions, however, the personal representative will be
required to give notice to interested persons unless
they have waived notice or consented to the proposed
action.) The independent administration authority will
be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the
court should not grant the authority.
A HEARING ON THE PETITION WILL BE
HELD IN THIS COURT AS FOLLOWS:
Date: December 17, 2015 Time: 8:30 A.M. in Dept.:
67 Room: located at:
Superior Court Of California,
County Of Los Angeles,
111 North Hill Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Central District
IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you
should appear at the hearing and state your objections
or file written objections with the court before the
hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by
your attorney.
IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a CONTINGENT
CREDITOR OF THE DECEDENT, you must file
your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the
later of either (1) four months from the date of first
issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58 (b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or
personal delivery to you of a notice under section
9052 of the California Probate Code.
Other California statutes and legal authority may
affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to
consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.
YOU MAY EXAMINE THE FILE KEPT BY THE
COURT. If you are a person interested in the estate,
you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and
appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account
as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request
for Special Notice form is available from the court
clerk.
Attorney for Petitioner:
Howard R. Hawkins SBN: 100875
Attorney at Law
2146 Bonita Avenue,
La Verne, California 91750
(909) 593-1388
Publish: November 20, 27 and December 4, 2015
24
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE TS No. CA15-662101-RY Order No.: 150055892-CA-VOI

YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF
TRUST DATED 10/10/2006. UNLESS YOU
TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC
SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION
OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING
AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A
LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest
bidder for cash, cashier's check drawn on a state or
national bank, check drawn by state or federal
credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal
savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to
the Financial Code and authorized to do business in
this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee.
The sale will be made, but without covenant or
warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title,
possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining
principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed
of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as
provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms
of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges
and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at
the time of the initial publication of the Notice of
Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below.
The amount may be greater on the day of sale.
BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS
THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor
(s): TIMOTHY MOSLEY, A MARRIED MAN,
AS HIS SOLE AND SEPARATE PROPERTY
Recorded: 10/24/2006 as Instrument No. 06
2358268 of Official Records in the office of the
Recorder of LOS ANGELES County, California;
Date of Sale: 12/28/2015 at 10:00 AM Place of
Sale: Behind the fountain located in Civic Center Plaza, located at 400 Civic Center Plaza,
Pomona CA 91766 Amount of unpaid balance and
other charges: $497,253.29 The purported property
address is: 618 MCKENNA STREET, CLAREMONT, CA 91711 Legal Description: Please be
advised that the legal description set forth on
the Deed of Trust is in error. The legal description of the property secured by the Deed of
Trust is more properly set forth and made part
of Exhibit A as attached hereto. Assessors
Parcel No.: 8313-010-038 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand
that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee
auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the
property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee
auction does not automatically entitle you to free
and clear ownership of the property. You should
also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may
be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the
auction, you are or may be responsible for paying
off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off,
before you can receive clear title to the property.
You are encouraged to investigate the existence,
priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist
on this property by contacting the county
recorders office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources,
you should be aware that the same lender may hold
more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the
property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER:
The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be
postponed one or more times by the mortgagee,
beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section
2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the
public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale.
If you wish to learn whether your sale date has
been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled
time and date for the sale of this property, you may
call 916.939.0772 for information regarding the
trustees sale or visit this Internet Web site
http://www.qualityloan.com , using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA15-662101-RY . Information about postponements
that are very short in duration or that occur close in
time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be
reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale.
The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for
any incorrectness of the property address or other
common designation, if any, shown herein. If no
street address or other common designation is
shown, directions to the location of the property
may be obtained by sending a written request to
the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first
publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is
unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder's sole and exclusive remedy shall
be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and
the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the
Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a
return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall
have no further recourse against the Mortgagor,
the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagees Attorney. If
you have previously been discharged through
bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter
is intended to exercise the note holders rights
against the real property only. As required by law,
you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill
the terms of your credit obligations. QUALITY
MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR
ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND
ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE
USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: Quality
Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street San
Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON
SALE information only Sale Line:
916.939.0772 Or Login to: http://www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711
Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.:
CA-15-662101-RY IDSPub #0095697 12/4/2015
12/11/2015 12/18/2015
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pet, house sitting. Jenny Jones,
909-626-0027, anytime!
SPARKS ELECTRIC
Local electrician for all your
electrician needs!
909-946-8887
Lic.922000
REX ROMANO
BUILDERS
Lic.763385
Hauling
* Senior Discount *
Lic.359145
Serving Claremont
for 30 years!
Lic.323243
Excellence in building
and customer satisfaction.
Kitchen and bath.
Remodel.
Best of Houzz 2015.
Fictitious Name
Serving Claremont
Since 1995. Residential,
Commercial.
Recessed lighting and
design, breaker replacement,
service panel upgrades,
ceiling fans, troubleshooting,
landscape lighting, rewires
and LED lighting. Free
estimates. 24-hours emergency service. References.
Handyman
Claremont
Handyman Service
Carpentry, repairs,
gates, lighting,
small painting projects.
Odd jobs welcome!
Free consultations.
909-921-6334
HOME Repair by Ken. Electrical, plumbing, lighting, irrigation, tankless maintenance.
Local and experienced. 12
years. 909-374-0373.
909-900-8930
909-626-2242
Lic.806149
A-HANDYMAN
New and Repairs
Inside, outside, small,
large, home, garage, yard.
ONE CALL DOES IT ALL!
909-599-9530
Cell: 626-428-1691
Lic.323243
30 years experience!
Claremont area.
Fences & Gates
Hauling
ADVANCED
DON DAVIES
SAMEDAY-HAULAWAY
Veteran
New, repairs.
ONE CALL DOES IT ALL!
909-599-9530
Cell: 626-428-1691
Lic.323243
Free estimates.
Senior discount!
WE HAUL IT ALL CHARLIE!
909-382-1210
626-383-1442
sameday-haulaway.com
Same Day
One call does it all!
Garage, yard, home,
moving!
20 YEARS experience. Free

estimates. Excellent references. Tailored to your individual needs. Senior care, day or
night. Call Lupe, 909-236-2236.
TERESA'S House Cleaning.
Honest, reliable, experienced, deep cleaning. References available. Free estimates. 909-762-3198.
ROSIE'S Spic Span Cleaning
Service. Residential, commercial, vacant homes, apartments, offices. Free estimate.
Licensed. 909-277-4215.
Shirley's Cleaning Service
28 years in business.
Office/residential.
No job too small.
Free estimates.
We do spring cleaning!
909-730-8564
GREENWOOD
LANDSCAPING CO.
Landscaping contractor for
complete landscaping,
irrigation, drainage,
designing and gardening.
Lic.520496
909-621-7770
DLS Landscaping and Design. Claremont native specializing in drought tolerant
landscaping, drip systems and
lighting. Artistic solutions for
the future. Over 35 years experience. Call: 909-225-8855,
909-982-5965. Lic.585007.
Dale's Tree &

Landscape Services
Drought tolerant planting
and design. Drip irrigation.
Maintenance specials.
Over 30 years experience.
909-982-5794
Lic#753381
DANS GARDENING
SERVICE
CAROUSEL Quality Cleaning. Family owned for 26

years. Licensed, insured.
Senior rates. Professional
services including: cleaning,
windows, senior care, fire
damage, move in/out, closet
organization. 10 percent discount to Claremont College
faculty. Check us out on
Angies List. Robyn, 909621-3929.
Sprinklers/drip installed, repaired.
Established, upbeat,
licensed house cleaning
service. Organic
cleaning supplies used.
26 years of experience.
Jeanette 909-224-1180,
909-803-0074.
Zero emission maintenance

QWEL-Certified personal
specialized drip irrigation
Native plant specialists
Artistic hardscapes
Award-winning landscapes
From the creators of the
Pomona College Organic Farm
Irrigation
SPRINKLER SYSTEMS
INSTALLATIONS
EXPERT REPAIRS
DRIP SYSTEM
SPECIALISTS
C.F.PRIVETT, LIC.557151
909-621-5388
ADVANCED
DON DAVIES
Veteran, Mt. Sac, Cal Poly
New, repairs. Professional.
All sprinkler repairs.
Call 909-599-9530 Now
Cell: 626-428-1691

Since 1978
Bonded * Insured
24-hour emergency
service.
909-982-8910
* Senior discount *
Lic.359145
Lawn removal. Cleanup,

hauling. Drought landscapes,
planting, sod, lighting,
drainage. Insured.
References. Since 1977.
Lic.508671.
Sustainable Landscape
& Design
909-398-1235
www.naturalearthla.com
Lic.919825
Your Ideas +
Our Artistic Designs=
Exquisite Landscapes!
dt at Taylor Landscape
909-519-4027
Lic#541078
Drought tolerant and
California native design.
Water conserving irrigation.
Lighting and maintenance.
Allen Cantrall Landscape
909-224-3327
Lic.861685
Serving the area
since 1983.
ADVANCED DON DAVIES
Mt. Sac, Cal Poly
New, refurbish or repair.
Design, drainage, concrete,
slate, flagstone, lighting, irrigation, decomposed granite.
909-599-9530
Cell: 626-428-1691
Claremont area 30 years!
Lic.323243
Landscaping
Painting
Sunset Gardens Landscaping
C-27Lic.#373833.
John Cook-Specializing in
Desert Landscaping.
Designed
Installed
Maintained
909-231-8305
Learn Japanese
COLLINS Painting & Construction Company, LLC. Interior, exterior. Residential and commercial. Contractors Lic.384597.
909-985-8484.
STEVE LOPEZ
PAINTING
Extensive preparation.
Indoor, outdoor, cabinets.
Offering odorless green
solution. 33-year master.
Lic.542552
TAUGHT by Sumi Ohtani at

the Claremont Forum in the
Packing House. Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday afternoons/evenings. All levels welcome. Excellent brain exercise
for seniors! 909-626-3066.
Please call
909-989-9786
Music Lessons
Piano/Voice/Flute/Guitar
Lessons
Half-Price on First Months

Classes. Learn to play your
favorite songs!
www.coolpianosongs.com
Call 310-529-7587
Painting
KPW PAINTING
Older couple painting,
40 years experience!
Competitive rates.
Small repairs.
No job too small.
References available.
We work our own jobs.
Carrie or Ron
909-615-4858
Lic.778506
RESIDENTIAL/Commercial.
Quality work at reasonable
prices. Free estimates.
Lic.541469. 909-622-7994.
Patio & Decks

ADVANCED DON DAVIES
New, refurbish and repair.
Concrete, masonry, lighting,
planters and retaining walls.
909-599-9530
Cell: 626-428-1691
Claremont area 30 years!
Lic.323243
Pet Services
Rain Gutters
Tile
CERTIFIED vet assistant.

Pet sitting, dog walking, all
basic pet needs. References available. Clegg 909908-0507.
INLAND Empire Sheet Metal,

Rain Gutters, Down Spouts.
Clean, repair, installation.
Senior discount. 909-6008815. 909-205-2519.
MASTER tile layer. Quick

and clean. Stone and granite work. Residential, commercial. Lic.830249. Ray,
909-731-3511.
Plastering & Stucco
Roofing
Tree Care
PLASTERING by Thomas.
Stucco and drywall repair
specialist. Licensed home
improvement. Contractor
Lic.614648. 909-984-6161.
www.wall-doctor.com.
Custom Construction
Reroof Specialist
All types of roofing.
Dry rot, flat roof,
tile repairs.
Insured and bonded.
Lic.630203.
Johnny's Tree Service

Tree trimming
and demolition.
Certified arborist.
Lic.270275, insured.
Please call:
909-946-1123
951-522-0992
Plumbing
EXCEL PLUMBING
Family owned and operated.
30 plus years experience.
Expert plumbing repairs and
drain cleaning. Water
heaters, faucets, sinks,
toilets, disposals,
under slab lead detection,
sewer video inspection.
Licensed, bonded and
insured. Lic.917874.
909-945-1995
RENES Plumbing and AC. All
types residential repairs,
HVAC, new installation, repairs. Prices to fit the working
familys budget. Lic.454443.
Insured professional service.
909-593-1175.

Since 1978
Bonded * Insured
NO JOB TOO BIG OR
SMALL!
24-hour emergency service.
909-982-8910
* Senior discount *
Lic.359145
D&D Custom Painting.

Bonded. Lic.423346. Residential, commercial. Interior
or exterior. Free estimates.
909-982-8024.
ACE SEVIER PAINTING
Interior/Exterior
BONDED and INSURED
Many references.
Claremont resident.
35 years experience.
Lic.315050
Please call: 909-624-5080,
909-596-4095.
Pet Services
Professional, Local,
Affordable!
Holiday Pet Sitting, Overnight
Care, Dog Walking and more!
909-451-8211
PetServiceSolutions.com
info@PSSpets.com
STEVES PLUMBING
24-hour service * Low cost!
Free estimates. All plumbing
repairs. Complete drain
cleaning, leak detection,
water heaters.Your local
plumber for over 25 years.
Senior discounts. Insured,
Lic.744873.
* 909-985-5254 *
Mark 909-996-2981
GORDON Perry Roofing.
Reroofing, repairs of all
types. Free estimates. Quality work. Lic.C39588976.
909-944-3884.
Sprinklers & Repair

DURUSSEL Sprinklers. Install,
repair, automate. Since 1982.
Free estimates. Lic.540042.
Call 909-982-1604.
WASTING WATER?
Poor Coverage?
Sprinkler repair.
Installations
and modifications.
C.F. Privett
909-621-5388
Lic.557151
ADVANCED
DON DAVIES
Veteran,
Mt. Sac, Cal Poly
New, repairs.
Professional.
All sprinkler repairs.
Call 909-599-9530 now

Cell: 626-428-1691
Wallpaper
MANUELS Garden Service. General cleanup. Lawn

maintenance, bush trimming, general maintenance, tree trimming and
removal. Low prices and
free estimates. Please call
909-239-3979.
Dale's Tree Service
Certified arborist.
Pruning and removals.
Drought tolerant planting
and design. Maintenance
specials. Over 30 years
experience.
909-982-5794
Lic#753381
TOM Day Tree Service. Fine
pruning of all trees since
1974. Free estimate. 909629-6960.
MGT Professional Tree Care.
Providing prompt, dependable service for all your tree
care needs. Certified arborist.
Lic.836027. Matt Gray-Trask.
Call 909-946-7444.
WALLPAPER hanging and

removal by Andrea. Environmentally friendly. 30
years local experience. Free
estimates. Lic.844375. 951990-1053.
Weed Abatement
JOHNNY'S Tree Service.
Weed abatement/land clearing. Disking and mowing.
Please call 909-946-1123,
951-522-0992. Lic.270275.
TIRED of dealing with weed
problems on your lot or field?
Help control the problem in
an environmentally safe
manner. To receive loads of
quality wood chips. Please
call 909-214-6773. Tom Day
Tree Service.
ADVANCED DON DAVIES

Veteran
Weed eating, mowing,
tractor fields,
manual slopes, hauling.
909-599-9530
Cell: 626-428-1691
Window Washing
NACHOS Window Cleaning.
For window washing, call nacho, 909-816-2435. Free estimates, satisfaction guaranteed.
Number one in LA County.
SUNLIGHT Unlimited. Window and solar panel cleaning
team. Since 1979. Mike and
Greg 909-753-9832.
Tile
REGROUT, clean, seal, color

grout. 909-880-9719, 1-888764-7688.
909-621-5626
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and professional staff provides affordable non-medical home care service, tailored care for our elderly clients, including personal hygiene,
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New
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884 Kent Drive, Claremont

Claremont Four Bedroom Single-Story $600,000. Well maintained home. 1,883
sq. ft. on a nearly 10,000-sq. ft. lot with spa.
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909.447.7707 909.447.7708
New
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4165 Tenango Road, Claremont
Mid-Century Custom by D.W. Henderson
- $715,000. Beautifully remodeled kitchen
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Classic Tudor Estate in

Blaisdell Ranch - $1,148,000
Wide open floor plan custom home. Four
bedrooms plus a loft, three bathrooms and
approximately 4,563 sq. ft. Pool and spa.
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ryan@rrzimmerman.com - 909.447.7707
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North Claremont - $650,000

Four bedroom with stunning grounds.
Open floor plan over 2,000 sq. ft.
Highly desirable north Claremont location.
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Turnkey Claremont
Single-Story - $550,000
Updated kitchen and bathrooms.Tasteful,
high-quality upgrades throughout.
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Sold!
Four Bedroom in Great

Location - $475,000
Sold in less than one week on the market.
The recent sale of our Claremont home presented some very

unique challenges. Carlos and Pat handled my former home
as if it were their own. They kept me informed,
responded with professionalism and reassurance, and made
sure that as their customers, my ex-husband and I were their
top priority. The house ended up selling for higher than
asking price. I recommend Carlos and Pat Samuelson with
complete confidence and a heart full of gratitude.
Janet Price, Claremont
Ryan Zimmerman
ryan@rrzimmerman.com - 909.447.7707
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PAT, 909-214-1002
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MALKA RINDE
Broker - Owner
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Fax: 909-621-2842
www.malkarinde.com
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12-3 p.m. 4625 N. Live Oak Canyon Rd., La Verne.
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1-4 p.m. 1906 Cloverdale Drive, Pomona.
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1-4 p.m. 2381 Bradley Ave., Claremont.
Wheeler Steffen Sothebys International Realty.
1-4 p.m. 102 Smith Drive, Claremont. Realty One Group.
2-4 p.m. 884 Kent Drive, Claremont.
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Mason Prophet, Voted Top Local Realtor
4625 N. Live Oak Canyon Rd, La Verne - $1,089,000
in the COURIERs Best of the Best Contest
ecluded and private gated

estate located in prestigious
Live Oak Canyon. Custom
built Redwood contemporarystyle home with 3,478 sq. ft. on
an approximately one-acre lot
(39,336 sq. ft.) with breathtaking
views of the foothills, canyons
and city lights. Surrounded by
mature park-like grounds of oak
trees, gardens and lush lawn area.
A rock walkway leads you to a
formal entry with beautiful glass
front door, formal foyer and stepdown formal living room with rock and redwood fireplace with lots of natural light. Remodeled open kitchen with granite counters and stainless appliances. Dining area and
cozy family room with slider door to outside entertaining area. Three good sized downstairs bedrooms and two downstairs bathrooms, including one bedroom/bathroom with
separate entry that could be used as a mother-in-law suite. Large private master suite
with fireplace, large Roman tub and dual-sink vanity. An upstairs loft is perfect for a childrens playroom or man cave. Enjoy a gorgeous outside oasis with lush
landscaping, oak trees and a beautiful deck complete with gazebo and
built-in BBQ for your daytime and evening entertaining. Property is
zoned for horses. Highly desired Claremont School District. Oversized three-car attached garage and ample parking complete this picturesque estate.
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Broker Associate, CRS, GRI, ABR, e-PRO, SRES
909.447.7708 Mason@MasonProphet.com
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REAL ESTATE
(909) 626-1261
www.curtisrealestate.com
Visit www.curtisrealestate.com for MLS, community info and more!
1906 CLOVERDALE DRIVE, POMONA
Listing Agent: Carol Wiese

Two bedroom home with refinished hardwood floors, FA/CA,
dual-pane windows and remodeled kitchen with granite counters. Freshly painted interior,
drought-tolerant
landscaping
and covered back patio on a
spacious lot. $329,000. (C1906)
Your trusted resource as you transition

through the new stage in your life...
Pamela Bergman-Swartz
REALTOR, Transition Living Consultant,
Seniors Real Estate & Certified Probate Specialist
833 TRINITY LANE, CLAREMONT

Enjoy Claremont's elegant casual
lifestyle at an affordable price in this 3
bedroom, 3 bathroom condo in the
prestigious Claremont Terrace complex. There is one bedroom/office
downstairs and two upstairs each with
their own bathroom, all in over 1800
sq. ft. Vaulted ceilings with high windows allow the downstairs to fill with
light. The patio opens to the greenbelt
leading to the sparkling pool and spa.
This is a great value you do not want
to miss. $447,000. (T833)
573 WAYLAND COURT, CLAREMONT

Enjoy Claremont living in this affordable
Claremont PUD. This home has 2 master suites, one with a walk-in closet and
half bathroom downstairs. Open floor
plan, vaulted ceilings and a cozy rock
fireplace. Living area leads to a patio
with small yard. Newer carpet and
paint. Two-car attached garage with direct access. This complex has only 35
units and has been recently renovated
on the exterior. Walking distance to
Claremont Village, Colleges, MetroLink
and pooch park. Now $325,000. (W573)
Carol Curtis, Broker
Sales Associates: Irene Argandona, Craig Beauvais, Maureen Mills,

Nancy & Bob Schreiber, Patricia Simmons, Corinna Soiles, Carol Wiese
Continuing the family tradition in the Claremont Village since 1947
107 N. Harvard, Claremont CA 91711
(909) 626-1261 www.curtisrealestate.com
8311 Haven Ave. Suite #180, Rancho Cucamonga

pamelabergman@ymail.com
(909) 636-2744
BRE#01899295
GEOFF T. HAMILL
Tell a Friend...
Broker Associate, ABR, CRS, e-PRO, GREEN, GRI, SFR, SRES
GEOFF IS #1 IN CLAREMONT SALES & LISTINGS SINCE 1988
Celebrating over 25 years of service 1988-2015
"Best Possible
Price Achieved,
Every Time!"
OPEN HOUSE SUN 1 - 4 PM
New
Listing!
COMING SOON:
Claremont Village Heritage
House - $1,100,000
Northeast Claremont Pride of
Ownership - $750,000
La Verne Hillside View Lots - $650,000
Charming Cottage Near Village - $495,000
FOR LEASE:
2381 BRADLEY AVE., CLAREMONT

QUALITY BUILT LUSK HOME NEAR
CLAREMONT FOOTHILLS - $725,000
Coveted Condit School district above Baseline near
Claremont Foothills and Thompson Creek Trail. A traditional four bedroom contemporary home perfect for
friendly entertaining and comfortable family living.
Bright and sunny upgraded designer kitchen boasting
a spacious eating area and granite countertops opening to family room with built-ins around a fireplace.
Nearly 1/3-acre, over-sized, sweeping lot with swimming pool and spa among beautiful grounds. Threecar garage and RV/boat parking. (B2381)
North Claremont Condit School

District - $2,400 monthly
Just
Sold!
CLAREMONT VILLAGE CRAFTSMAN

Two-story residence in a picturesque setting.
Quality custom built and designed for first owners, Oliver and Francis DuVall, circa 1912. Warm
and inviting wrap-around front porch. Three bedrooms, a study, office plus a den. Formal entry
foyer accented with beautiful staircase. Unique
architectural elements throughout. Beautiful oak
hardwood flooring, multiple built-ins, sliding
pocket doors and more. Central air and heat. 10year new roof. Two-car garage. Large lot approximately acre with tall trees and spa in a tranquil
setting. (S256)
Just
Sold!
HISTORIC CLAREMONT VILLAGE

NINE-UNIT INCOME PROPERTY
Prime locale in the heart of the village; convenient to shopping, Colleges and fine schools. Twostory main house building boasts eight corner
units plus large basement and third-story storage
attic. Newer exterior paint. Separate cottage with
high vaulted ceilings also on-site. Built circa
1912. Spacious nearly 1/3-acre lot boasts tall
shade trees, shed garage, easy-care landscape
and plenty of parking. A rare find seldom offered
for sale on the open market. (S252)
Sale
Pending!
Sale
Pending!
SELLERS:
I have motivated and qualified buyers
looking for a Claremont home.
Please contact me today for a FREE
complimentary market analysis of your
property. Thank you!
909.621.0500
Geoff@GeoffHamill.com
D.R.E. #00997900
LIVE OAK HILLSIDE VACANT LOT - $275,000

Secluded, wooded, private, one-of-a-kind lot.
1.21 gross acre horse property. Picturesque
setting among majestic tall oak trees and
native landscape. There is a gradual level pad
to build on with lots of potential. Private driveway starts at the northeast side of lot on Live
Oak Canyon Road. Adjacent home also for sale
at 4625 Live Oak Canyon Road shares driveway easement. Brush clearance completed
April 2015. One water share goes with the purchase of the land. (LOlot)
NORTH CLAREMONT CUSTOM HOME IN

COVETED NEIGHBORHOOD - $1,150,000
OLD CLAREMONT VILLAGE

RANCH-STYLE - $665,000
Quality built by Mike Gallo featuring a Nick Gula

inspired one-story open floor plan design. Mediterranean-style curb appeal on an elevated nearly oneacre cul-de-sac lot in prestigious northeast Claremont locale. Warm and inviting feel boasting rich
woodwork throughout. Kitchen upgraded with granite
counters and island opening to family great room
includes vaulted beamed ceilings, refreshment center and game room. Enjoy park-like lush grounds
with pool and spa, gazebo, multiple pond areas plus
panoramic mountain views! (B635)
Custom built home recently remodeled boasts

redone kitchen with newer wood cabinets, granite
counters and eating area. Three potential bedrooms,
two bathrooms and approximately 1850 sq. ft. Third
bedroom used as office/den (missing an entry door)
with wood paneled walls and bookshelves. Oak
hardwood floors plus tile floors in kitchen and bathrooms. Central air and heat. Two-car garage plus
carport. Approximately 1/4-acre lot with grassy yard
areas, tall mature trees and an attractive field stone
wall. (T683)
For more information, photos and virtual tours, please visit www.GeoffHamill.com or call 909.621.0500
Local Expertise with a Global Reach
TUSCAN ESTATE
Magnificent Tuscan-like estate tucked away behind landscaping that is a horticulturist's delight! You will find a rare combination of old-world charm and impressive architectural features like the multiple sets of balconies that expand the living space of the property.
Designed for multi-family, generational living while also being an intimate and family-friendly
home with its full guest house and another separate living area with limitless options. Understated charm is evident from the crown molding and gleaming hardwood flooring to the
splendid chef's kitchen. Enjoy the rare and magical environment as you discover an excess of 15 mature fruit trees including the much coveted Juju Bee tree. There are two outbuildings, energy-saving solar, a fire pit, outdoor BBQ fitted with a clay oven, serene koi
pond and patio canopied with mature wisteria. $1,525,000. (M615)
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ELEGANT VICTORIAN ESTATE

The Charles E. Harwood house was constructed in 1890 in the Victorian shingle-style tradition for the father of Upland, Charles E. Harwood. A grand lawn with circular drive gives
the residence an impressive approach from prestigious Euclid Avenue. Magnificent rich
woodwork and period architectural detailing have been lovingly maintained in this unique,
beautiful residence. Find the spacious parlor entry graced with a handsome staircase and
fireplace. There are several fireplaces throughout including one in the dining room, living
room and master suite. A family room is located at the top of the stairs and an adjacent library overlooks the front garden. The back garden and patio are accessible through the
den/office. The manicured grounds include a newer saltwater pool and spa, gazebo, mature trees and a shared north/south tennis court. $1,695,000. (E1509)
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PADUA HILLS
Padua Hills, originally designated as an artists
colony, has grown and developed to encompass so much more. This property has been
lovingly maintained and enjoyed by one family
for over 40 years. Lovely appointments include
wood beamed ceilings in multiple rooms and
two custom fireplaces. The open yard features
a sparking pool and spa and beautiful views!
$729,000. (V4122)
REFLECT YOUR SUCCESS

Dont you deserve a home that reflects your
achievements? Find it in this gorgeous four
bedroom in a beautiful Upland neighborhood off North Mountain Avenue. Entertain
guests from the newly renovated kitchen
with gleaming counters and stainless steel
appliances. Remodeled home with spacious
indoor and outdoor areas on a quiet cul-desac. $635,000. (M1254)
COMPLETELY REMODELED
This home will impress with its open and
bright floor plan enhanced by decorator
laminate flooring, and state-of-the-art
kitchen boasting glazed cabinetry, granite
counters and stainless steel appliances.
Huge great room features dual-sided fireplace and spacious master features relaxing jetted tub. $399,000. (T1476)
ABSOLUTELY STUNNING
Reflect your achievements in this beautifully maintained home with sweeping staircase, high ceilings and an abundance of
windows allowing in natural light. Remodeled kitchen and spacious interior. The
backyard is a private oasis with its
sparkling pool and spa. Don't miss out, call
today! $649,000. (N1343)
BLAISDELL RANCH
Reminiscent of a French country home,
there are soaring, artist designed ceilings
and many versatile indoor and outdoor
spaces that make this home perfect for both
memorable family moments and entertaining. Secluded gated outdoor area and luxurious yard with pool and spa makes you feel
that you have entered into a charming
French courtyard. $1,175,000. (D871)
GARNET MODEL
Immaculate and beautifully maintained by
one owner, now available! The spacious
dining room and living room both make
the perfect place to entertain family and
friends. Cheery kitchen with nook boasts
newer appliances. Fabulous Claremont
location on a quiet cul-de-sac close to
Thompson Creek Trail. $679,000.
(W2735)
PARK-LIKE GROUNDS
Enjoy mountain views and peek-a-boo city
lights, surrounded by beautiful landscaping
and multiple patios. Entertain guests around
the amazing outdoor kitchen, BBQ and granite counter/bar area on the stamped concrete
patio. Find high ceilings, curved walls, arched
doorways, kitchen, separate guest room,
four-car garage and RV parking on a cul-desac location. $949,788. (W10195)
GULA BUILT HOME

Combine location, amazing mountain
views and custom-built appointments of
Nick Gula to get a spectacular residence.
The lovely flow carries you from room to
room while you enjoy the designer fireplace, unique wet bar, arched doorways,
spacious covered patio, refreshing pool
and so much more! $910,000. (T1756)

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BOARDMEMBER SAM MOWBRAY RETIRES, BETH BINGHAM TAKES SEAT/PAGE 5

COURIER photos/Steven Felschundneff

Let there be lights...on the city tree!

Claremont COURIER/Friday, December 4, 2015

Claremont Lincoln at La Puerta

city should be ashamed to even consider

To the Messiah singalong

one hundred and seventh year, number 49

Claremont COURIER/Friday, December 4, 2015

Claremont community opens door to Syrian refugees

ostafa Kanjou says

COURIER photos/Steven Felschundneff

The Islamic Center of Claremont had a

to the refugees within 24 hours of receiving their wish list.

who is a priest at St. Johns Episcopal

were turned away from almost every

Claremont COURIER/Friday, December 4, 2015

No injuries in twoalarm Pomona fire

fire engulfed an abandoned

AT LEFT: LA County firefighters

The fire off Harrison Avenue drew a large

the business, Mr. Lopez contested the

was unearthed at the Knights Inn on the

Claremont COURIER/Friday, December 4, 2015

Board member says goodbye, receives thanks for service

here was a packed

It was not the first time hes been

COURIER photos/Steven Felschundneff

The Laramie Project will be performed on December 4, 5, 10, 11 and

Claremont COURIER/Friday, December 4, 2015

Not so easy to get out of the mold

omeone said that the woman was

female, gay or other minority students were made to

Claremont COURIER/Friday, December 4, 2015

The Claremont Inn, 1906 to 1968

t is Christmas in 1906, and

In 1903, after three years of discussion, development, revisions and

The Claremont Inn at Harvard and

led to the large covered porch and the

Courtesy of Claremont Heritage

in 1965, after it was determined to be a

Claremont COURIER/Friday, December 4, 2015

Aeronautical engineer, veteran

the United States Navy. Following the

including to Europe, Canada, Australia,

Claremont COURIER/Friday, December 4, 2015

Loving mother and grandmother

every night, given that Mr. Becker

tivities. She was active in the Pomona

creating scenes that she framedand

Every Friday in print. Every day online.

Claremont COURIER/Friday, December 4, 2015

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