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Even with the rain, business was brisk on Sunday at the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden’s Grow

Native Nursery, featuring thousands of water-wise plants and scrubs. Sustainable Claremont and the

city of Claremont hosted a Low-Water Landscape Expo to help residents plan their water-wise gardens.

All this was part of the opening of the fall planting season. RSABG is located at 1500 N. College Ave.

For information, call (909) 625-8767 or visit www.rsabg.org.through the botanic garden

It’s a win forCHS waterpolo

A weekend stroll

CHS varsity waterpolo coach Kristin

Rodriguez reviewsplays for the teambefore the fourthquarter during theirvictory againstBonita on Tuesday.


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Plan B for the police stationDear Editor:

If the voters of Claremont do not ap-prove Measure PS, is there a plan B? I amin support of a new police station, how-ever, I do not believe that Claremontshould support a replacement that is five

times the size of the current station withthe accompanying hefty price tag of $50million.

The new proposed police station is tooexpensive, too ambitious, and it appearsthat neither the colleges nor the businesseswill not be paying their fair share - thatClaremont residents will be stuck pickingup most of the tab.

I recently toured the current ClaremontPolice station during the KGNH StreetFair on September 19, and while it con-vinced me that a new station is definitelyneeded, I also was convinced that the newproposal exceeds the needs of our city.

Chief Cooper and his staff have done anoutstanding job of utilizing the space they

have, however, it seems unlikely that thiscommunity needs a facility as large as theone proposed. Claremont is largely built-out and I don’t think anyone is expectinga dramatic surge in population that wouldwarrant such a massive expansion.

I propose that we consider funding theproject through a commercial loan thatwould require paying back the debtthrough collected city taxes. If we con-sider this option, we might be looking at amore acceptable, more modest proposalthat would still meet our public’s needs.

Kurt BumillerClaremont

Ghost Walk thanksDear Editor:

When spirits come together for a com-mon goal, “ghoul” things happen! For thethird straight year, the Claremont VillageGhost Walk has been a sell-out and suc-cess. But staging an event like this doesn’thappen without encouragement and sup-port of others in our community.

Our thanks must first go to Joan Bunte,who not only believes in ghosts but be-lieves in our scout trooop’s ability to bringtogether a family-friendly evening of telling fortunes and leading a nighttimeevent regaling guests with Claremont’shaunted history.

Additional thanks of support go to theVillage Marketing Group for sponsoring

and promoting the event and to Bert &Rocky’s Cream Co. for selling tickets.

The talents of so many others make theVillage Ghost Walk possible. Our grati-tude to storytellers Gina Capaldi, MichelleReinhardt, Chuck Ketter and LondonLeones; guest docents Peter and VickyRaus and Brian D’Ambrosia-Donner; for-tune teller Maureen Reinig; the eeriechamber music of Ernest Moreno and hisstring and brass quartet; cinematic supportfrom Margaret Aichele at the dA Museum,and from the Candlelight Pavilion; andClaremont Village Ghost Walk web-de-signer Mindy Meader.

Lastly, for all of you who joined us thisyear, thank you for coming out to share an

evening of ghostly yarns and good old-fashioned entertainment. For those who

missed it, we hope to spirit you away nextyear.

The Girl Scout of Troop 1094Claremont

A tree falls in ClaremontDear Editor:

I was disappointed to read the captionaccompanying the photo on page 3 of theOctober 2 edition of the COURIER, inwhich it was stated that “A replacementtree is currently being selected by citystaff.”

While the red ironbark eucalyptus treewhich had to be removed provided apleasant sight for many years, I believe the“open look” remaining now that it is goneis actually preferable, offering a splendidand superior vista of city hall.

Hoping the city staff's considerationsregarding a replacement tree will includethe idea that the best idea may be no re-placement at all. Don Fisher

Claremont

Done with the Wilderness ParkDear Editor:

As a longtime resident and businessowner in Claremont, I no longer go forwalks in the Wilderness Park.

Coming down or going up the moun-tain, I am saddened by the exhaust pollu-tion from so many cars, the noise and thetraffic. I often hold my breath for as long asI can so I don’t breathe so much exhaust.

If I feel this way, how do the trees,plants, insects, birds and animals feel? Dothey hold their breath as car exhaust trav-els up? Do they cover their ears from thenoise? Do they hide perpetually to gain se-curity and peace?

What sort of stress and trauma are theyexperiencing daily from dusk to dawn aswe invade their habitat in huge numbers?

Can they thrive, and not merely surviveand have shortened lives because we havenot left them any space and peace to livetheir lives?

I see and feel the erosion on the moun-tain compared to 10 and 20 years ago. Iguess for my own peace of mind, I cannotbear to see how we humans have takenover the mountain and are destroyingwhat is not ours to destroy.

By not going there anymore, I will beone body that relieves the stress on themountain, so the mountain’s natural in-habitants can live.

As an educated, open-minded and well-intentioned community, what would hap-pen if we looked after and thought of thewilderness park for its native life and putour political agendas aside?

We started with vast oceans that peoplethought were endless resources. We havelearned how limited all resources are.Let’s use that knowledge to reduce trafficto the park before the park is destroyed.

Only in hindsight will we know whenthe park has been destroyed by our care-lessness.

Regardless of who is visiting thewilderness park and where they reside,how about if we make the natural life onthe mountain the priority and not our-

selves?I would to like to offer a suggestion that

we reduce traffic by a factor of up to 10 tpreserve and strengthen the wildlife thour own lives depend on inherently, anyet we seem to forget on a daily basis.

Will anyone join me in writing letteto the editor in support of protecting ouwilderness? Tony Husso

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GOVERNING

OURSELVES

Tuesday, October 13City CouncilCouncil Chamber, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, October 14Teen Committee

Youth Activity Center, 3:15 p.m.Architectural CommissionCouncil Chamber, 7 p.m.

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A note from the editorSummer is behind us, an election

looms and, once again, Claremont ishopping. The result is an abundance of letters on my desk. I’ll publish every-thing, but you may have to be patient.If your letter isn’t here today, it will benext time.

As a friendly reminder, I’m prettyliberal with the readers’ commentsbut, in an effort to get it all printed,we’ll need to enforce our 250-wordguideline. So, please write shorter orI’ll be forced to wield my editor’s penand cut it to fit.

As always, thank you so much forwriting. Keep the comments coming.

Kathryn DunnEditor


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Claremont COURIER/Friday, October 9, 2015CITY NEWS

Claremonters Jessie and Tina Ro-driguez are flipping their way tothe small screen with a new televi-

sion show.The Rodriguezes, who live and work in the City of

Trees, are in the middle of filming the first season of their new reality show, Vintage Flip. Mr. and Ms. Ro-driguez, who have been in the real estate business foryears, are overjoyed with the new opportunity.

The couple found a passion for house-flipping dur-ing the infamous 2008 recession, when Mr. Ro-driguez’s real estate company, Cal-American Homes,worked with the banks to turn over foreclosed homes.Conducting routine maintenance on the homes andselling them for the banks inspired Mr. Rodriguez totry it on his own, buying a house in Riverside on thecheap in 2009.

“We went in there, updated the carpet and put innew kitchen cabinets and paint, and put it back up forsale,” Mr. Rodriguez said. “We made a few thousanddollars out if it and we kind of got the bug at thatpoint.”

Over time, the number of homes Mr. and Ms. Ro-driguez bought and flipped steadily rose, from onlytwo in 2009 to seven in 2010 to 23 in 2014. In 2015,Cal-American Homes is on track to flip 37 houses,according to Mr. Rodriguez.

This, of course, piqued the attention of HGTV, whogave Mr. and Ms. Rodriguez a guest spot in anepisode of another house-flipping show, Flip or Flop.

“The production company liked us and said, ‘Doyou want to do a spin-off?’ And here we are on ourown show,” Mr. Rodriguez said.

Mr. and Ms. Rodriguez quickly filmed a pilotepisode for the network. The episode, which focusedon a sturdy Tudor home in Santa Ana, aired threetimes in different time slots this past May, which al-lowed producers to see how well the show performed.

According to Mr. Rodriguez, the show averagedaround 700,000 viewers per showing.

“About two weeks later, they called and said theywere picking us up for an eight-episode season.” MrRodriguez said.

Now, Mr. and Ms. Rodriguez are deep in the throeof filming. They are juggling five houses at the same

time—residences in Downtown Upland, Long Beach

Claremont couple flips over reselling restored homes

Claremonters

Jessie and

Tina Rodrigue

rehab and re-

sell olderhomes. They

will appear on

the television

series “Vintag

Flip,” which

was recently

picked up by

HGTV.

COURIER photos/Peter WeinbergeThis is the view when walking in the front door of a home at 262 W. 12th St. The owners , Jessie and Tina Rdriguez, rehab older homes. And although they have a for-profit business, they also want to restore older hometo keep neighborhoods strong.

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Claremont COURIER/Friday, October 9, 2015CITY NEWS

Wednesday, September 30According to Lieutenant Mike Ciszek,

an unidentified vandal slashed the tiresof three cars in the parking lot of the

United Church of Christ, located on the200 block of Harrison Avenue. The inci-dent occurred sometime between 7:30p.m. and 9 p.m. while the owners wereinside having an Alcoholics Anonymousmeeting. It is currently unknown why thetires were slashed, and the victims do notthink they were targeted for any specificreason. Anyone with information on theincident is urged to call the ClaremontPolice Department at (909) 399-5411.

Thursday, October 1Some people have to learn the hard

way, since most of us know to alwayslock your car when away from it. Justafter midnight on the 500 block of West

San Jose Avenue, a thief broke into thetrunk of an unlocked black BMW, steal-

ing an audio speakerbox and a black am-plifier. The thief also gained entry intothe cab and tried unsuccessfully to takethe radio. The value of the stolen items

topped $1400. No suspects have beennamed or apprehended.

* * *You know you’ve had too much to

drink when bouncers at the bar refuse toeven let you in. This is what happened to38-year-old Joshua St. Martin of Encini-tas in front of The Press on the 100 blockof Harvard Avenue. Mr. St. Martin wasenjoying a particularly wild night out inthe Village when he attempted to enterthe Press to continue his inebriated run.The doorman refused, but Mr. St. Mar-tin kept trying. Eventually, the doormancalled the police. After arriving, the po-lice asked him how much he had todrink. He replied, “I don’t know how

much I’ve had to drink, but I’ve had alot. Do you want to know what year I

was born? I was born in 2015. I do notsee what the problem is. I’m okay.” Thisstatement was enough to convince offi-cers to arrest Mr. St. Martin for public in-toxication. He spent the night in thedrunk tank and was later released.

Sunday, October 3

A vehicle smashed into the front gateto the Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Gar-dens sometime during Saturday night orSunday morning. Claremont police re-sponded to the location to find the gateheavily damaged with no leads on sus-pects. The damage is estimated to bearound $10,000.

Monday, October 4A quiet Claremont intersection turned

into a scene right out of a bad action film.At approximately 5:45 p.m., a red Ca-maro collided with a white ToyotaTacoma at the intersection of ArrowHighway and Elder Avenue. The driverof the Camaro, identified as 22-year-oldSteven Tinajero of Pomona, attempted to

flee the scene without stopping to checkon the welfare of the occupants in the

Tacoma. Mr. Tinajero apparently madebig show of his exit, driving up on lawnand into oncoming traffic, according tLt. Ciszek. At one point, a gray tructried to block the path of the fleeing Cmaro as its driver tried to speed awayClaremont police officers eventuallcaught up to Mr. Tinajero near the inte

section of Moreno and Mills Avenues Montclair, where it was determined hwas under the influence of alcohol. MTinajero was arrested and booked CPD jail on suspicion of a DUI causininjury.

* * *An unidentified burglar attempted t

break into the Western Dental office othe 700 block of Indian Hill Boulevarearly Sunday morning. At approximate2:32 a.m., someone used an unknowobject to break a glass panel to gain entrinto the dental office. A burglary alarmthen went off, which apparently scarethe suspect(s) into fleeing the premiseNo property was reported stolen, and thsuspect remains at large.

—Matthew Bramle

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POLICE BLOTTER

There’s a vibrant schedule of eventsoffered by the Claremont Collegesthis month, including talks, per-

formances and events of every ilk. Thefollowing is a sample of upcoming hap-

penings that you may want to mark onyour calendar. Each of these is free of charge unless otherwise noted.

On Friday, October 9 at 8 p.m., the Pomona Col-lege Theater Department will perform By the Way, Meet Vera Stark in the Allen Theatre at PomonaCollege, 333 N. College Way. The play follows thelife of Vera Stark, an aspiring African American ac-tress, and her relationship to her white “Hollywoodstarlet” friend and boss, Goria Mitchell, throughoutthe 1930s.

Through playwright Lynn Nottage’s playful and in-sightful storytelling, the audience is invited to bearwitness to the complexity of the American psyche, theracial stereotypes of Hollywood’s past and presentand the universal desire to follow a dream against all

odds. Entry to the play is $11 general admission and$5 for students and seniors. Performances will also

be held on Saturday, October 10 at 2 and 8 p.m. andon Sunday, October 11 at 2 p.m.

On Tuesday, October 13, Kyle Thiermann will dis-cuss “Surfing for Change” from 6:45 to 8 p.m. atCMC’s Athenaeum, located at 385 E. 8th Street. Mr.Thiermann, a pro surfer and environmental activist,founded the nonprofit organization Surfing for

Change at age 18.Since then, he has travelled the world making shortdocumentaries about the pressing environmental andsocial issues like ocean pollution and the dangers of genetically modified food. Mr. Thiermann—who fo-cuses on the power we have to create a better worldthrough everyday actions—has garnered nearly 45million views for his brief TED talk.

Kris Perry and Sandy Stier, lead plaintiffs in thelandmark Supreme Court case Hollingsworth v.Perry—the federal challenge to California’s ban onsame-sex marriage—will speak at CMC’s Athenaeumon Wednesday, October 14 from 6:45 to 8 p.m.

Ms. Perry and Ms. Stier first tried to wed in 2004when the city of San Francisco began issuing mar-riage licenses to gay couples, but had that marriagerevoked under court order. They were married at San

Francisco City Hall in 2013. Their talk, “The Fall of Prop. 8—Marriage Equality at the US Supreme

Court,” will cover their legal and personal journal towards marriage equality.

On Thursday, October 15 from 5 to 11 p.m., thePomona College Museum of Art will present“R.S.V.P. Los Angeles” with artist Aydinaneth Ortizin conversation with Josephine Bump. The event isfree and open to the public. R.S.V.P. Los Angeles:

The Project Series at Pomona, which will be onviewthrough December 19, will feature work byJustin Cole, Michael Decker, Naotaka Hiro, WakanaKimura, Aydinaneth Ortiz, Michael Parker and NikkPressley.

On Thursday, October 22, Anne Fausto-Sterling, thNancy Duke Lewis Professor Emerita of Biology andGender Studies in the department of molecular and cebiology and biochemistry and former director of thescience and technology studies program at Brown Unversity, will discuss “Gender Is a Process, Not a Trait”at the CMC Athenaeum from 6:45 to 8 p.m.

She participates actively in the field of sexologyand has written extensively about the biology of gender, sexual identity, gender identity and gender rolesMs. Fausto-Sterling is the author of several acclaimebooks that are referenced widely in feminist and sci-

entific inquiry, as well as scientific publications in developmental genetics and developmental biology.

Colleges invite residents to enjoy noted speakers, performers

The League of Women Voters of theClaremont Area recently presented theRuth Ordway Award to Freeman Allenof Sustainable Claremont. The Ruth Or-dway Award is presented annually to alocal resident who has contributed out-standing service to the community.

Beginning in 1954, Mr. Allen spent40 years teaching in the chemistry de-partment at Pomona College, doing re-search and pursuing his passion for asustainable future. When he first arrivedin Claremont, he observed the hazy, dis-colored condition of the air. Air pollu-tion became a central concern for him.He became a member and later chair of the South Coast Air Quality Manage-ment District (AQMD) Advisory Boardwhere he was involved in air testing and

drafting regulations to reduce pollution.He served on air quality committees

and task forces for the California AirResources Board and the US Environ-mental Protection Agency. The areacontinues to benefit from his work. Hebecame a member of the local Leagueof Women Voters and their SouthernCalifornia Environmental Action Com-mittee (EnAct).

After his retirement in 1994, headded water as a primary interest. He

joined in leading the local LWV WaterTask Force that produced the report,Water Issues in the City of Claremont,2005, and continues to advocate for apublicly-owned water company for thecity.

In his many active post-retirement

years, he has worked continually for re-source conservation and changinghuman behavior to sustain life on earth.As Sustainability Director on the LocalLeague Board, he authored a chapter onair quality in the 2007 League publica-tion, A Sustainability Guide for Clare-mont Residents. He was on the taskforce that developed the City of Clare-mont’s Sustainability Plan and he be-came one of the founders of the localnonprofit organization, SustainableClaremont. He served as co-presidentand continues still as an active boardmember.

One of his many contributions to thecommunity—and the region—was de-veloping the monthly Sustainability Di-alogues in cooperation with Pomona

College. The 60th dialog just tookplace, translating into a five-year recorof dedication, persistence and resourcefulness. Mr. Allen is also a co-founderof the Claremont Home Energy RetrofProject (CHERP), which started as aSustainable Claremont Action Groupand promotes reduction of fossil fuelenergy use in local homes.

He worked to help Claremont takesecond place in the Cool CaliforniaCompetition, which rewarded cities fotheir citizens’ reduction in energy use.Mr. Allen is currently involved in theGeorgetown Energy Competition (lo-cally the Claremont Energy Challengewhich offers cities a reward for reduc-ing energy use throughout the commu-nity.

Freeman Allen honored by the League of Women Voters


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Claremont COURIER/Friday, October 9, 2015EDUCATION

Math is many things tomany people: achore, a nightmare, a

useful tool, a satisfying chal-lenge.

For Harvey Mudd professor ArthurBenjamin, however, it’s something farmore enchanting. He sees math as anendlessly surprising and elegant pur-suit, and he wants you to see it thesame way.

He will go to any length to spreadthe gospel of numbers, performinglighting-fast mental calculations, crack-ing jokes and solving seemingly unre-lated equations in which he guesseseach audience member’s answer, re-gardless of the digits, because they areall the same.

He dazzles classrooms and crowds aswell as digital audiences. More thanseven million people have tuned in to

Mr. Benjamin’s 2005 TED talk, “A per-formance of Mathemagic.”

Last month, he released a bookcalled The Magic of Math: Solvingfor x and Figuring out Why.

“I’m happy to say people like it sofar,” Mr. Benjamin said.

The book includes equations that canbe seen as parlor tricks or epiphanies,depending on your mindset, as well asexplorations of areas of math that are avirtual playground for mathematicians.These include things like Fibonaccinumbers and numerals like 9, whichsound quite ordinary, but have remark-able properties.

“If math is taught right, it’s beautiful,

it’s fun, it’s magical. That’s what I’vetried to write about in the book,” Mr.Benjamin said. “With all the emphasison testing these days and the focus on asmaller body of material, what oftengets cut out are the fun topics.”

The Magic of Math is aimed at apretty wide demographic.

“My target audience for this book isanyone who will someday need to takea math course, is currently taking amath course, or is finished taking mathcourses,” Mr. Benjamin writes in theintroduction. “I want this book to beenjoyed by everyone, from math-pho-bics to math-lovers.”

Clearly, Mr. Benjamin falls in the lat-

ter category. He fell in love with mathe-matics as well as the art of sleight-of-hand early on. Done well, hesays, both pursuits engender a sense of wonder. “A magician wants the audi-ence to go ‘Ooh!’ and ‘Ah!’ A mathe-matician wants the audience to say‘Cool!’ and Why?”

Mr. Benjamin, who grew up in Ohio,has enjoyed playing with numbers foras long as he can remember. In fourthgrade, he came across a book by MartinGardner, a longtime contributor to Sci-entific American and author of some200 books, many on the subject of recreational math. He was entranced.

“He was the original mathemagi-

cian,” Mr. Benjamin said. “He hasprobably influenced more mathemati-

cians than anyone else in the 21st cen-tury.”

Mr. Gardner would one day write apositive review for Mr. Benjamin’s2006 book Secrets of Mental Math,calling it “The clearest, simplest, mostentertaining, and best book yet on theart of calculating in your head.”

Secrets of Mental Math has the en-dorsement of the reading public, havingsold more than 200,000 copies. Still,getting the stamp of approval from Mr.Gardner represents one of the penulti-mate moments of Mr. Benjamin’s career.“He’s been an idol and mentor of mine.It was a dream come true that Martinwould review and enjoy my book.”

Life wasn’t all equations for Mr.

Benjamin. As “a hyperactive kid wholiked to show off,” he found an interestin magic. In high school, he performedmagic shows at kids’ birthday partiesunder the moniker “The Great Ben-

jamini.”As he began doing shows for older

crowds, his dad suggested he show off his calculating prowess, putting somemath problems into the show. He got apositive reaction and things took off from there.

In 1989, Mr. Benjamin moved toCalifornia to teach at Harvey MuddCollege. He is currently teaching aclass on probability and another on themathematics of games and puzzles. Theknowledge he imparts has myriad real-life applications, including calculatingthe optimal strategy for a game of black

jack.“My course does not endorse gam-

bling, but if you do gamble, you may aswell be smart about it,” he says.

If you’re an ambitious magician,there’s one place you gravitate to—theelite Los Angeles venue The MagicCastle. Mr. Benjamin auditioned there,earned a spot and has performed thereevery year since. In fact, he and hiswife Deena were married at The MagicCastle in 1993. The couple has twodaughters, Laurel, 16, and Ariel, 13,who attends El Roble.

During a recent interview, Mr. Ben- jamin took a moment to impress theCOURIER with some of his mentalmachinations. He asked for a randombirthday—July 17, 1974—and deter-mined in seconds that the date fell on aWednesday. It checked out.

Things have changed a lot aHarvey Mudd since Mr. Ben-

jamin first began to teachthere. When he started, the

ratio of men to women “wasmore than three to one—itwas something like pi to one,he said.

“The girls used to have anexpression when it came tofinding a guy: The odds aregood, but the goods are odd,”he joked.

Today, the student body at HarveyMudd is almost 50 percent female andeven the school’s president, MariaKlawe, is a woman. The student bodyis also more ethnically diverse as morestudents heed the call for an increased

emphasis on STEM, subjects like sci-ence, technology, engineering andmath.

There is a place for those who mastthem.

“We import a lot of people fromother countries to fill our STEM jobs,and these are high-paying jobs,” Mr.Benjamin said.

He believes it’s time for math-phobto drop their baggage and embrace theopportunities, and his books are a greastart.

“If you can show how math canapply to the real world, and that it canbe simple and beautiful, the lightbulbgoes off,” he said. “Seeing why some-

thing works is a great feeling.”—Sarah [email protected]

Harvey Mudd professor brings magic touch to math

COURIER photo/Steven Felschundne

Claremont resident and Harvey Mudd professor Art Benjamin’s new book The Magic of Math has become the number-on

best-seller in its category on Amazon.


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Inever met a garage sale I didn’t like—I once stopped at one on my way to a

friend’s wedding in Hollywood andbought a vanity for my daughter’s bed-room. I had to valet park with said pieceof 1930s vintage furniture half-hangingout of the back of our SUV, ala the Bev-erly Hillbillies.

A couple of weeks ago, I was quite excited to look outmy front window and see a bunch of cars parked on thestreet. It could only mean one thing: garage sale! My momarrived for our daily morning walk and we eagerly set outto see if someone else’s unwanted stuff could be some-

thing that one of us might actually need, and hopefully itwould cost less than a dollar.

At first sight, I thought my neighbors were selling atanning bed. “On its way to the appliance bone-yard,” Isupposed to myself—like the bread-making machine Ionly ever made one loaf of bread in (the loaf was morelike a brick, so I might have been better off storing thatsmall electronic in the garage next to a bag of cement), orthe deep fryer I mistakenly thought would make health-

ier fried foods but only ended up making my house smelike MacDonald’s, which in turn led me to pull out malso near-useless electronic shake-maker.

As we drew nearer, the item came into chilling focus—it was a coffin. A real, this-is-going-to-cost-most-of-thmoney-you-get-from-the-life-insurance-policy coffin. was stately gray with silver trim and, hopefully, gentlyused.

There is almost nothing that makes you consider youmortality more than the sight of a coffin. I started thinking about the ham, egg and cheese sandwich I’d just consumed for breakfast. “Probably should start cutting bacon the carbs and cholesterol,” I reflected. When you’re 5years old, you’ve got to figure that more than half of yolife is behind you and unless there are going to be somdramatic advances in science—like kale suddenly tastlike candy—the truth is, one of these boxes is somewhenearer than farther in your future.

And then I started thinking, “who is the customer fthis?” I looked around. I did not see Barnabas Collins

Count Dracula, or even Count Chocula for that matte“Is this even legal?” I said to my mom, who also seemeto be in deep contemplation over the mysteries of life.

Later that day, as I continued to mull the incongruitof seeing funeral furniture sold next to used bikes anempty frames, my daughter reminded me that those samneighbors had long-ago staged lavish haunted houses fHalloween on their property, so that was probably—hopfully—the source of the casket.

Several days passed, and my husband and I were on aevening stroll when we saw our neighbor still packinaway the detritus of the yard sale. I prodded my better hato inquire about the final-resting-place box. “Oh, we soit for $150,” the homeowner said. “The people are gointo use it as a Halloween decoration!”

So, here’s your fair warning: as you happily trick-otreat your way through the neighborhood later this mont

just remember...there’s a coffin out there that just gotnew lease on life.

Claremont COURIER/Friday, October 9, 20 15

Ghoulish garage saleby Debbie Carini

Standing on historic ground by Wlliam E. Lesher

On September 11, I had the privi-lege of standing at a podium inthe Fullerton Auditorium of the

Art Institute of Chicago on the 122nd an-niversary of the very day and in the veryplace where Swami Vivekananda madehis famous greeting at the first Parlia-

ment of the World’s Religions. Many his-torians claim this event launched themodern Interreligious Movement.

“Sisters and brothers of America,” theSwami began, and with those words, “thehandsome monk in the orange robes” as hesoon became known, was welcomed withan ovation that lasted several minutes.

The occasion was the annual conferenceof the Foundation on Integrating Spiritu-ality and Organizational Leadership. Theorganizers and most of the participantswere from India. I was asked to speak onthe influence of their hero, SwamiVivekananda on this first Parliament of the World’s Religions, held in conjunctionwith the Columbian Exposition, and the

subsequent development of the Interrel-gious Movement.

I began my presentation by defining arevolution as “an activity or a movementthat effects fundamental changes in humansociety.” I went on to say that in my judge-ment, this is an accurate description of what began in this room and what is ac-celerating throughout the world today.

The first Parliament in 1893 set in mo-tion a major reshaping of the religious pil-grimage of humankind, and Swami

Vivekananda is a key mover. For the 17days of the Parliament, in daily lecturesand conversions, the Swami taught theGospel of tolerance, inclusivity andequality of all the world's religious andspiritual traditions. Speaking about hisHindu belief, the Swami said, “We be-lieve not only in universal toleration, butwe accept all religions as true.”

Today, most historians agree that theParliament of 1893 did give birth to themodern Interreligious Movement. Fur-ther, it was a catalyst to the developmentof the academic study of comparative re-ligions and, thanks to the presence andeloquence of Swami Vivekananda, theperception of eastern religions was

changed in the minds of many. The firstParliament just happened to be a 100years ahead of its time.

Fast forward to 1993. A CentennialParliament Celebration was held, again inChicago, where 8,000 people came from80 religious traditions and from all cor-ners of the world. The Dalai Lama came.Joseph Cardinal Bernadine, the interfaith-

minded Archbishop of the city threw hisfull weight behind the event. The Swisstheologian Hans Kung with input from

religious leaders around the world, pre-pared a document called “A GlobalEthic,” which was an initial attempt tospell out what the religions could say to-gether about the ethical life.

The document has been signed bythousands of people, translated into manylanguages and circulated around theworld. It was obvious that by 1993, in-terreligious engagement was an ideawhose time had come.

Three International Parliament eventshave followed at five-year intervals.

In Cape Town, South Africa in 1999,the end of Apartheid was celebrated andNelson Mandela announced, “I wouldnot be here tonight if it were not for the

religions of Africa and the world thatkept my memory alive for the 27 years of my imprisonment.”

In Barcelona in 2004, the first Parlia-ment after a wave of terrorist attacks inthe US and Europe, participants agreedthat the minimal interrelgious commit-ment we have to each other is to protectone another from abuse, slander and vi-

olence of any kind and to support eaother when it does happen.

In Melbourne, Australia in 2009, treligions reflected with secular leaders a wide range of issues facing the humcommunity today. The press took notiand for the first time reported extensive

on Parliament proceedings.Now, a fifth Parliament will convene Salt Lake City on October 15. Hundreof people are registered from Californ26 from our area. A group organizthrough the Claremont Interfaith Counwill present a workshop entitled, “InlanValley Interfaith Network: Many FaithMany Interfaith Groups, One Commnity.” The workshop will trace the evlution of interfaith involvement in oarea from a host of independent intefaith service groups into a growing community of caring partnerships.

On September 11 at the Art Institute Chicago, I had the strong sense thatwas standing on historic ground at the s

of the first Parliament.I anticipate that all who attend the sixParliament in Salt Lake City will havekeen sense of history as well, as eacParliament is a concrete expression the interrelgious revolution that is fundmentally changing the way the religioof the world relate to one another.

Inter-Faithfully SPEAKING


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The Colleges’ big footprintDear Editor:

In his article supporting building thePomona College Museum of Art whereRenwick House now is, John Pixley mis-takenly says that the Colleges didn’t “digin their heels” and use “clout and lever-age” in the fight to build the Keck Grad-uate Institute on the Bernard FieldStation. That lasted four years, from1997 when the land planning process

began until the settlement in 2001 of thelawsuit brought by the Friends of theBernard Biological Field Station.

The Colleges used everything in theirpower to get city approval for KGI to bebuilt on the field station, and they suc-ceeded. It was only when opponentsgathered the thousands of signaturesneeded to call for a referendum on thatapproval that the Colleges withdrew theirplan. That the Colleges failed was notdue to a lack of effort on their part butbecause the enormous opposition fromindividuals of the community and theColleges lasted long enough to put fund-ing for KGI in jeopardy.

The Keck Graduate Institute is doing

very well at its current location, so wellin fact that it is asking permission fornew buildings. I would suggest that, likeKGI, the museum would do just as wellin the alternative location suggested bythose who would like to preserve somedistinction between residential and insti-tutional parts of the city.

And as for not digging in their heels,rather than acknowledge the BernardField Station for the irreplaceable re-source that it is, the Colleges changedtheir rules to allow existing institutionsto buy parts of it. Now all but the center“Temporarily Restricted Property” havebeen sold to Harvey Mudd College,Scripps College, Claremont Graduate

University and Pitzer College (seefbbfs.org for a map). The only collegeexpressing any intention of preservingtheir part of this natural laboratory forcontinued teaching and research is Pitzer.

Claremont University Consortium an-nounced in 2011 that the TemporarilyRestricted Property would be perma-nently preserved upon the sale of theeastern portion of the BFS, but so far thispromise has not been kept.

While the Colleges are an importantpart of Claremont, their desire to increasetheir footprint and prestige is sometimesin opposition to the good of the commu-nity, and even to their own longtermgood.

Mr. Pixley says the Colleges have a lotinvested in the community and asks“Would they really mess it up?” The an-swer is yes, sometimes they would.

Susan Schenk

Claremont

A rational city planning processDear Editor:

As Claremonters prepare to vote onMeasure PS to adopt the council-recom-mended funding ordinance for a newpublic safety facility, we can all be highly

confident in the thorough, professionalplanning and decision-making that hasoccurred over many years in developingthe best plan.

We write based on our combined ca-reer experience as a professional archi-tect and a professional civil engineer.Together we have accrued over 60 yearsof experience in the successful planning,programming, financing, design andconstruction of major built facilities,much of that for public agencies in Cal-ifornia and other states.

We can attest that the city process forand the outcomes of the advance plan-ning of the needed public safety facilityare rational, reliable and convincing. Vot-

ers can rely on the validity and the valueto Claremont of adopting Measure PS, aspecial parcel tax for our new facility.

The need for a new public safety fa-cility for Claremont has been discussed,

analyzed and debated in the public forumfor the last 14 years. The planningprocess has been thorough, transparentand professional in every aspect. Overmore than 10 years commencing in2002, several police commission studieshad been formulated and presented to thepublic.

In 2012, the Mayor’s Ad Hoc PoliceFacility Feasibility & Site AnalysisCommittee was created to consolidate allof this information into a valid strategyfor implementing the funding and con-struction of a new police facility.

In order to learn from and be informedby prior discussions within the commu-nity, the mayor’s committee studied theeight separate previous city council dis-cussions of the deficient condition, thesignificant inadequacies and the untenablefuture of the 570 W. Bonita facilities.

Based on nine months of researchingprevious studies, needs assessments andsite analyses generated by professionalarchitectural and engineering firms, themayor’s committee submitted a compre-hensive 53-page report that concludedwith three key findings and recommen-dations. Based on the report and on com-ments by the public, the city councilvoted unanimously on March 10, 2015to place a ballot measure on the Novem-ber 3 city election asking Claremont vot-ers to approve a special parcel tax to funda new public safety facility.

To ensure that findings of the mayor’scommittee report of September 2013 re-mained relevant and valid, the report rec-ommended that the city immediatelyengage professional architectural, engi-neering and geotechnical consultants toprepare a construction project plan andcost forecast sufficient for the city coun-cil to identify a final project budget andseek voter approval at the next publicelection.

During the city council’s annual prior-

ities workshop on February 7, 2015, thpublic safety facility need was brougforward for public debate and inclusioin the city’s 2015 priority action itemAfter further review and public discusion, the city council decided unanmously that it was time to place thadoption of a special parcel tax to funthe new safety facility on the next publelection ballot.

The council’s decision was careful

analyzed by the city finance directowho prepared an analysis comparing thcosts and benefits of the parcel tax anthe general obligation bond methodThe primary reason a parcel tax was slected is the fact that law enforcemeservices provide an equal benefit to acategories of property owners in Clarmont, including residents, for-profit busness, not-for-profit organizations aneducational institutions such as thClaremont Colleges.

It is our professional judgment thvoting for Measure PS is supported boverwhelming, real, rational and profesional judgments. Combined with covincing support at a variety of Claremo

public venues and multiple unanimouvotes of several city councils, our community has all the evidence needed to aprove Measure PS on November 3. Wlook forward to your support at the pol

Michael She

Bob Ten

Claremo


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A beloved and admired “priestly pil-grim,” Thomas E. Ambrogi died peace-fully on September 12, 2015 after a longillness at his home at Pilgrim Place inClaremont, surrounded by his wifeDonna, family and friends. He was 85.

He had been an active Jesuit priestuntil the age of 39, when he resigned hisecclesiastical ministry. Together with hislawyer wife, he became a global servantof peace and justice causes.

He was born in Philadelphia on Janu-ary 11, 1930, the third in a family of fivechildren, with grandparents from Irelandand Italy. He entered the Jesuit Novitiatein Wernersville, Pennsylvania in 1947,beginning a 15-year course of studiesleading to ordination. His father had diedof a heart attack when Tom was 16, andhis mother of breast cancer two yearslater. He looked back to those early en-counters with death as among the mostformative experiences of his life.

He earned a Master of Arts in classicsfrom Fordham University, followed by athree-year stint teaching classical lan-guages at Georgetown University. In thesummer of 1957, he was sent by hisorder to the University of Innsbruck inAustria for four years of Jesuit theologystudies. There his major professor andmentor was Karl Rahner, leadingCatholic theologian and later advisor atVatican II.

In 1960, Tom was ordained a priest. Inthe next five years he briefly served as achaplain to the US military inEurope, taught philosophy at George-town, led an Operation CrossroadsAfrica work camp in the Ivory Coast

and completed his doctoral dissertationin ecumenical studies, focusing on theLutheran Church Missouri Synod. In1965, he received a Doctor of ReligiousScience degree from the University of Strasbourg in France.

He then became professor of theologyand ecumenical studies at WoodstockCollege in Maryland. At a 1966 confer-ence at the University of Notre Damewhere he served as translator for Karl

Rahner, he met Donna Myers, a laywoman teaching at Alma College, theJesuit School of Theology in Los Gatos,

California—perhaps the first womanever to teach at a Jesuit seminary.Mr. Ambrogi’s difficult decision to

leave his ecclesiastical ministry cameafter three years of service as a RomanCatholic member of official national dia-logues between Catholic and Lutheranand Catholic and Anglican theologiansseeking Christian unity. At a dialoguemeeting in San Francisco, he again metMs. Myers, then in ecumenical campusministry at Stanford.

In 1969, the couple was married inPalo Alto by Barbara Troxell, aMethodist minister who remains a dearfriend and neighbor at Pilgrim Place. Mr.Ambrogi taught for eight years in reli-

gious studies at University of the Pacificin Stockton, California. During a sabbat-ical semester in Jerusalem in 1973, theAmbrogis experienced firsthand theYom Kippur war, which sharpened theirunderstanding of Israeli-Palestinian jus-tice issues.

After Donna graduated from StanfordLaw School in 1977, the couple lived inSan Francisco where Tom moved intoleadership of various justice and peaceorganizations. In 1980 he became direc-

tor of the Commission on Social Justicefor the Archdiocese of San Francisco,where he played a major role in the for-mulation of the US Catholic bishops’ na-tional pastoral letter, “The Challenge of Peace.”

Mr. Ambrogi led a small delegation toEl Salvador, successfully obtaining therelease of a prominent political prisoner.San Francisco Mayor Diane Feinsteinappointed Mr. Ambrogi to the city’sHuman Relations Committee. He alsohelped organize church support for thenuclear freeze movement in California,and was fired by the Archbishop for sup-porting publication of a report on LGBTrights in the Archdiocese.

In 1985-86, Mr. Ambrogi founded theNational Sanctuary Defense Fund, rais-ing funds for the legal defense of churchworkers indicted for assisting CentralAmerican refugees entering the UnitedStates. He then spent a challenging year

as interim dean of the Chapel at Stan-ford. From 1987 until 1990, he focusedon hunger issues as director of the Insti-tute for Food and Development Policy(Food First). For over 10 years, he andDonna hosted a monthly gathering of so-cial activists for deep personal sharing.

Tom served four times as interim re-gional director for the American FriendsService Committee in different areas of the United States. During 1993 and1994—the intense period surroundingthe election of Nelson Mandela—Mr.and Mrs. Ambrogi volunteered in anti-apartheid programs in Cape Town,South Africa. This was a major experi-ence of their lives, supported by contri-

butions from friends and a Fulbrightgrant for Donna.

In 1996 the Ambrogis moved to Pil-grim Place in Claremont, an intentionalcommunity of 350 elders who hadworked for religious or humanitarian or-ganizations. It became their “belovedcommunity.” Mr. Ambrogi continued hispriestly pastoral ministry as a volunteerchaplain at Pilgrim Place’s Health Serv-ices Center. He also actively promoted

the Jubilee 2000 movement to cancel thdebts of the world’s most impoverishednations, marched often against the warin Iraq and went on a speaking tour toschools and churches to “bring thetroops home now.” He served several

years on the Board of Progressive Christians Uniting in Southern California.

After attending the World Council ofChurches Assembly in 2006 in Brazil,Tom and Donna visited Argentina andParaguay. While there he was bitten by poisonous insect and developed a life-threatening infection that kept himbedridden for most of a year. Weakenedbut with a strong spirit of activism, Mr.Ambrogi continued support of peace an

justice causes through All Saints Episcopal Church in Pasadena and in the Clarmont area. In 2014, at the age of 84, MrAmbrogi published his book, SeekingGood Work: Memoirs of a PriestlyPilgrim.

His mantra around Pilgrim Place waalways, “It’s going to be all right!” Ameaningful and happy chore for Tomduring many annual Pilgrim Place Festvals was to stamp a red “OK” on thehands of little participants in Glue-in arprojects. He then told the youngsters, adressing them by name, “You are OK,and don’t ever let anyone say you arenot!” He called these his “liturgicalblessings.” As Tom was dying, a Glue-leader stamped his hands with the red“OK.”

He is survived by his wife of 46 yearDonna Ambrogi, and by his extendedfamily and many dear friends.

A memorial service for Mr. Ambrogi

will be held on Saturday, October 31 atp.m. in Decker Hall at Pilgrim Place, located at 665 Avery Road in Claremont.Contributions in Tom’s memory may bsent to Pilgrim Place, 625 MayflowerRoad; to Crossroads, Inc., 1269 HarvarAve.; or to Uncommon Good, 211 WFoothill Blvd.—all in Claremont, CA91711; or to Inland Valley Hope Part-ners, 1753 N Park Ave., Pomona, CA91768.


OBITUARIEThomas AmbrogiSocial justice activist, man of faith


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James Maynard, a longtime Clare-mont resident, died of kidney failure onSeptember 21, 2015 with his lovingdaughter by his side. He was 87 yearsold.

He was born on May 24, 1928 in

Elmira, New York to Helen and Kings-ley Maynard, MD. Growing up, Jimloved the outdoors and enjoyed anyathletic activity including skiing, hik-ing, bicycling and, most especially,swimming and canoeing at his family’scabin on Ondawa Lake in Pennsylva-nia.

For most of his youth, it was just Jimand his brother Robert, who was twoyears older. That changed when heturned 15 and his younger sisterDorothy was born. In high school, hewas on the yearbook staff and playedsoftball and varsity football—the teamwon only one game his senior year,which was also the only game in which

they scored any points! He graduatedhigh school in 1946, missing the draftfor World War II by seven days.

Mr. Maynard attended Elmira Col-lege then transferred to Carlton Collegein Minnesota, where he received a de-gree in education in 1950. At Carltonhe was a cheerleader, discovered dance,was involved in the choir and dramaand was on the ski team, including ski

jumping. For those of you who remem-ber Wide World of Sports and theshow’s opening with the “thrill of vic-tory and the agony of defeat,” theagony of defeat was a poor ski jumperfalling off the bottom of the ski jump

ramp and smashing to the ground; Jimhad a similar experience, but it didn’tslow him down much.

After college, Mr. Maynard workedfor a church as a youth activities direc-tor before being drafted for the KoreanWar in 1953 just as the war was ending.He was assigned to the US Counter In-telligence Corp in Korea, where helearned to pick locks and drink alcoholwithout getting drunk. He continued topursue his education after being dis-charged in 1955, attending George

Williams College in Illinois, receiving amaster’s degree in group work educa-tion and exploring the teachings of Edgar Casey, a Christian mystic andpsychic.

He went to Watertown, New York to

work for the Presbyterian Church andthere met Ruth Walker, whom he mar-ried in 1960. The couple moved to Ash-land, Wisconsin where Mr. Maynardtaught religion for two years at North-land College and they welcomed theirdaughter Sharon. From Ashland, theMaynards moved to Claremont for Jimto pursue a degree in religion. They re-mained in Claremont until 2011 whenthey moved to Oregon to be closer toSharon.

Mr. Maynard taught elementaryschool in Pomona for 28 years, teach-ing first sixth and then the fourthgrades. He loved music and was pas-sionate about dance. He was in a per-

forming folk dance group in the 1970s

and taught folk dance from 1963 untilhe moved to Oregon. Each fall, Jimtook his school class to perform folkdance at the Los Angeles County Fairin Pomona, the largest county fair in thUnited States. When he retired from

teaching school, he continued to teachdance at the local senior center andtook his senior students to the LACounty Fair to perform.

For many years, Mr. Maynard wasthe director of the liturgical dance choat the Claremont Methodist Churchwhere he had been a member sincemoving to Claremont. Jim was a verykind man who had a great sense of humor, particularly about himself. Hewas a talented writer and told a greatstory. He will be deeply missed.

He is survived by his wife RuthMaynard, daughter Sharon Maynard(Larry Smith), sister Dorothy Maynardgrand-dogs Reilly and Fiona and gran

horse Hermiston.

OBITUARIEJames Elliott MaynardSchoolteacher, dance enthusiast

Mary YoungMary Louise Pabst Young, a long-

time Claremont resident, died onSeptember 28, 2015. She was 92.

A funeral service will be held onFriday, October 9 at 2 p.m. at OurLady of the Assumption Church, 435Berkley Ave. in Claremont.

In lieu of flowers, donations canbe made in memory of Mary P.Young to the USC Norris Compre-hensive Cancer Center, 1441 East-lake Ave., Room 8302, Los Angeles,CA 90033. For information, call 323-865-0700.

Donald AngelDonald L. Angel, a 57-year Clare-

mont resident, died on September 26,2015 at the age of 85.

A Celebration of Life will be heldon Tuesday, October 13 at 10: 30

a.m. at Claremont United Church of Christ, 233 Harrison Ave. in Clare-mont. A full account of Mr. Angel’slife will be included in a future edi-tion of the COURIER.


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Harry Edwin Williams Jr., a longtimeHarvey Mudd professor, died suddenlyat Pomona Valley Hospital on Septem-ber 23, 2015 of complications from astroke. He was 85.

He was born in Pasadena on March

11, 1930 to Elizabeth Dylan Williamsfrom Palmer, Massachusetts and HarryEdwin Williams Sr. from New YorkCity. Harry Jr. grew up in Pasadena inthe house they built on Winston Avenueand spent weekends and summers inthe Cape Cod-style cottage they builton Balboa Island. As teenagers, he andhis brother David Williams loved sail-ing and racing their Albatross 28around Newport Beach.

He attended Cathedral High Schoolin Los Angeles and received his degreein mathematical engineering fromSanta Clara University in 1951. Mr.Williams was an avid athlete, and waspassionate about swimming and soccer.

He played soccer in college and at Cal-tech, where he went on to earn his mas-ter’s degree in 1952 and then a PhD in1956.

He met Jane Helen Johnson, the loveof his life, at Caltech and they weremarried in Pasadena in 1955. Jane wasfrom Seattle, Washington. In 1956 hereceived a Fulbright Fellowship andspent a year at the University of Man-chester, England where they lived until1957. Mrs. Williams became pregnantand returned to California while Harrydrove his brand-new original Volkswa-gen Bug from Germany to Californiavia New York, where he and his fatherdrove across the country together.

Mr. Williams joined Harvey MuddCollege in 1960 as a professor with JetPropulsion Laboratory colleague JackAlford. Initially he was in the physicsdepartment, but he helped to build theengineering department and taughtthere for 40 years. In addition to teach-ing he was a regular contributor to thetop journals in applied mechanics, pub-

lishing numerous articles over theyears. He also worked as a consultantand researcher for the US Navy, JPL,General Dynamics, Aerojet and Boeing

Aerospace.Mr. Williams fell in love with Eng-

land in 1956 and returned many timesduring his life, including two years hespent there with his family on sabbati-

cal. This amazing opportunity providedan invaluable experience for his family.Just when he was embracing retire-ment, Harry lost his wife Jane in 1999to cancer. Sadly, Harry suffered anothergreat loss in 2013 with the death his

youngest daughter Devon Jane Bishop.Mr. Williams retired in 2000 but re-

mained an active part of the HarveyMudd College community as a profes-sor emeritus, maintaining an office andcontinuing to publish collaborativeworks. To quote John Molinder, “Need-less to say, [Harry’s] faculty colleaguesand generations of students have bene-fited greatly from his insistence on andexample of excellence.”

Mr. Williams was a true scholar andnever stopped pursuing things that in-terested him. He loved his life at Har-vey Mudd College, brainstorming withhis colleagues and enjoying riding hisbicycle there every day to have lunch

and a swim with his friends until thevery end.

Harry cherished his many lifelongfriendships, which he valued greatlyuntil he died, each one holding a spe-

cial place in his heart. His greatestpleasure was to spend time with hisfamily, especially if it involved thebeach. He was a dedicated, generousand loving father and grandfather. Hewas a constant guiding light in all thei

lives and his presence will be sorelymissed.

He is survived by his daughters,Robin Williams and her husbandChristopher Rooke, Kim Williams Littlefield and her husband Les Littlefieldand Bryn Williams Caisse and her husband Eric Caisse. He also leaves DevoWilliams Bishop’s husband JohnBishop and granddaughters AustynElizabeth Caisse, Hannah Jane CaisseHayden Kathryn Rooke, Fiona RoseBishop and Ivy Elizabeth Bishop.

A service will be held on Saturday,October 24 at 11 a.m. at Balch Hall atScripps College, located at 1030 Co-lumbia Ave. in Claremont. A reception

will follow, held across the street at thMcAlister Center.

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OBITUARIE

Dayle Littlefield, a longtime Clare-mont resident, lost her battle with can-cer on September 25, 2015.

She graduated from UC Riversidewith a degree in music. She was an ac-

complished pianist who performed allover the world as well as locally atvenues like the Big Bear Inn and vari-ous concerts in the park. Ms. Little-field, who at one point taught music atlocal schools, loved classical music.Among Dayle’s memorabilia is a CDrecording of herself playing Rachmani-noff’s complex, lyrical and melancholyConcerto No. 2 on a grand piano.

When she had time, Ms. Littlefieldloved to visit the mountains, with BigBear being one of her favorite spots.Whether in Big Bear or Mammoth, sheloved to ski. She was a teacher, an

artist, a lover of animals and a success-ful businesswoman.“Dayle will greatly missed by those

who knew and loved her. She will al-ways have a special place in ourhearts,” friends shared.

She is survived by her son Derek of Claremont and her brother Eric Olson.Memorial services will be private.

Dayle Marie Littlefield Accomplished pianist, lover of art

Harry Edwin Williams Jr.Dedicated engineer and professor, beach-lover


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Herbert “Herb” Charles Macy, alongtime Claremont resident, died onTuesday, September 29, 2015 at hishome in Prescott, Arizona after a longbattle with COPD. He was 90.

He was born on August 12, 1925 in

Lynnville, Iowa to Dole Sylvester Macyand Lydia Ethel Renaud, who diedshortly after his birth. Dole was remar-ried to Hazel Norris, a professor andcolleague at Penn Central College.

Herb was raised by his grandparents,William and Hettie Almeda Macy,along with his great-aunts, Dole’s sistersVera, Aletha and Ruth. Vera’s daughtersMacy Jane and Jane were closer to sib-lings than first cousins. He grew up at-tending the Lynnville Iowa FriendsChurch and Sunday school and Lyn-nville Elementary, graduating from Lyn-nville High School on May 12, 1943.

He enlisted in the US Army AirCorps on July 10, 1943 and was called

to active duty on January 15, 1944.After basic training at Jefferson Bar-racks, Missouri, he attended radioschool at Scott Field, Illinois and gun-nery school at Fort Myers, Florida. Hewas put with a crew at Lincoln, Ne-braska and then assigned to RemoteTerminal Unit training with a crew atClovis, New Mexico.

Staff Sergeant Herbert Charles Macywas deployed in May 1945 as part of aB-29 replacement crew and spent sevenmonths overseas. He participated in 22missions that included strategic strikesagainst Japanese mainland targets andmining of the Shimonoseki Straits, twoprisoner-of-war missions and two

search missions for a downed B-29. No-tably and historically, he participated inthe over-flight of the USS Missouri bat-tleship in Tokyo Bay during the signingof the Japanese surrender on September

2, 1945. He was 20 years old.Sgt. Macy was awarded a Distin-

guished Flying Cross, an Air Medal

with two bronze oak leaf clusters and anAsiatic-Pacific Campaign Ribbon withtwo battle stars, one for the air offensiveof Japan and one for service on theEastern Mandates, better known as theMarshall Islands. He returned statesideon November 29, 1945 and was dis-charged at Fort Leavenworth, Kansason January 29, 1946. He was a memberof 20th Air Force, 9th Bomb Group,313th Wing and 99th Squadron basedon Tinian Island in the Marianas. Hemaintained a lifelong connection withmembers of this group.

After serving in the military, Mr.Macy graduated from University of Iowa on December 20, 1950 with a

Bachelor of Science in mechanical en-gineering. He obtained continuing edu-cation credits in Lean Six Sigma atGeorge Washington University. He mar-ried his first wife, Joan Marie Holm, on

August 13, 1950 in Oskaloosa, Iowa.She put him through college and theyhad two children, Lynne and Brian.After Joan’s tragic passing from cancerin 1989, Herb married Mary Lee Boveeon July 28, 1990 in California.

Mr. Macy was an engineer at GeneralDynamics in Pomona for 30 years andspent his working life in Claremont. Hewas very good at keeping his defensework secret. In later years, the familylearned that he worked on the develop-ment of the Redeye man-portable sur-face-to-air missile system that usedinfrared homing to track its target.

Herb loved radios from the time hewas a small boy and built one of hisfirst radios by hand. His hobby was fix-ing things, including old cars and ra-dios. As a HAM operator (W6VJA), helearned Morse code and used it all of hislife. In Claremont, a tall tower and atransmitter the size of a small suitcase

kept him in contact with Australia andother faraway places while his kids lis-tened in on many a CQ, CQ call. Mr.Macy continued to attend roll calls andlisten to his shortwave radios into hislast years.

“Herb was well known for the twin-kle in his eyes, sneaky smile and uniquesense of humor,” his family shared. “We

are grateful for his long life and the timwe spent with him.”

He is survived by his wife, Mary LeeBovee Macy of Prescott, Arizona; hisdaughter and son-in-law, Lynne andChristopher Olson of Ellsworth, Wis-

consin; his son and daughter-in-law,Brian and Marilyn Macy of Santa YnezCalifornia; and his grandchildren,Megan Slovyan, Erin Eakes, BradenMacy, Macy Olson and Tyler Olson. Halso leaves his great-grandson TylerSlovyan; nieces and nephews MacyJane and Warren Jontz of Newton,Iowa, Jane and Doug Finch of LincolnCalifornia and Jody (Jontz) McCoy of Minnetonka, Minnesota as well as hisspecial friend and high school classmatJohn Andrew Gertsma. Herb was pre-ceded in death by his first wife JoanMarie Macy on December 7, 1989.

A Time of Remembrance and the in-terment for Herbert will be held on Sat

urday, October 10 at 11 a.m. at theLynnville Friends Cemetery, followedby lunch and a period of fellowship atthe Lynville Friends Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials have been desig-nated in Herb’s name; the Pence-ReeseFuneral Home in Newton has been en-trusted with the arrangements.

OBITUARIEHerbert Charles MacyDistinguished veteran, HAM radio enthusiast


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Echo Park, Monrovia and a cute craftsman bungalowright in the heart of the Claremont Village.

The house, located on Twelfth Street and built in1912, epitomizes the concept of a “fixer-upper,”which has proven to be a challenge for Mr. and Ms.Rodriguez.

“When you walked inside the house, it smelled likeeveryone had potty-trained their child in that house,”Ms. Rodriguez said. “It just smelled like urine andsmoke—it’s almost unbelievable that people hadlived there. There was a rat that had been dead in thekitchen so long that it had become the color of thelinoleum, we found a family of opossums that hadbeen in the attic and had died there. So just the smellwas disgusting.”

What’s more, the home was almost completely cov-ered in shrubbery, blocking any view of the housefrom the street. Broken-down cars, motorcycles andeven a boat were strewn about the back and side yards.

But making dilapidated old homes beautiful again iswhat the Rodriguezes do best. They shaved the frontshrubbery, towed the cars away (Mr. Rodriguez de-cided to keep a couple of the motorcycles) and com-pletely gutted the inside of the house. The couple muststrike a balance, keeping the majesty of the home’soriginal era while updating the residence for today’sfamilies, something the couple takes very seriously.

“The architecture of each home is so unique, and

we’re trying to keep to the heritage of that,” Ms. Ro-driguez said. “So we’re doing tons of research onwhether it’s a Spanish colonial or a Craftsman andtrying to make sure that we’re honoring the style of the home, while trying to make it a little bit modernas well.”

The house is an empty shell as of press time, butwhen it’s completed by November 15, it will be abeautiful Craftsman charmer, complete with an up-dated kitchen, a brand-new and roomier master suiteand a gray-blue outside paint job that will perfectlycomplement the neighborhood.

Mr. Rodriguez estimates that the finished housecould sell for somewhere in the high $800,000s.

When one factors in the initial cost of the home(around the high $400,000s, according to Mr. Ro-driguez) and roughly $150,000 in remodeling put intoit, the couple is standing to make a hefty profit.

Although they’re flipping homes across southern

California for the show, Mr. and Ms. Rodriguez havea deep love for Claremont. They hope to feature thecity as often as they can during the first season and,hopefully, in subsequent seasons.

“The city is so important to us,” Mr. Rodriguezsaid. “We’re so in love with this crazy little commu-nity we live in, and I think it’s cool that if we can getwo or three or four seasons out of this show, everyepisode will start out in Claremont, California.”

The City of Trees also holds a particularly senti-mental place in the couple’s heart.

“We had our first date in the Village in 2000,” MsRodriguez added. “We got Starbucks and we walkedthrough all the pretty houses, and now we’re able to

give back to the community where we fell in love anit’s really cool.”

Vintage Flip is set to air on HGTV in mid-April2016. —Matthew Bramle

[email protected]

VINTAGE FLIP/ continued from page 3

COURIER photo/Peter WeinbergJessie Rodriguez explains some of the plans for the back yard at a Twelfth Street home he and his wife Tin

are rehabbing for a new television series featuring the couple.


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Claremont COURIER/Friday, October 9, 2015 1SPORTS

The Claremont HighSchool water poloteam had an easy win

over Bonita on Tuesday, 18-6. After getting off to a com-manding lead in the first half of the game, the Wolfpackcontinued to put constant

pressure on the Bearcats nomatter who was in the pool.

Top scorers included Bruno Snowand Mat Turk with four goals each.

CHS goalie Kellen Grant wasclearly a presence with seven saves.Claremont (3-5) played at Ayala inChino Hills Thursday. Look for re-sults of that match in next week’ssports round-up.

—Peter Weinberger

Once the pass isreceived, with thesame motion hecatches andthrows at the goal.

Once the goal is inthe net, there’s notime to celebrate asSnow must quicklyreturn to defense.

Claremont went onto beat Bonita 18-6after getting off to abig lead. BrunoSnow went on toscore four goals.

What better way to il-

lustrate the anatomy

of a goal than by

showing how star

CHS water polo player

Bruno Snow scored a

goal against BonitaTuesday?

First, he must try to

get an open position

near the front of the

net. What the specta-

tor will see is a lot of

churning water be-

tween Snow and his

defender. We really

don’t want to know

what goes on under

the water.

Going,

going,gone...


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To many people, a great smile goesa long way. To Claremont's home-less population, it means a lot

more.This is the ethos behind the dental program estab-

lished by the Claremont Homeless Advocacy Pro-gram (CHAP). Starting earlier this year, the nonprofitadvocacy group partnered with local dentist Dr. HarryBrown to fix the teeth of a select number of homelesspeople in town.

“[The program] provides a pathway for these peo-ple to really get back to feeling like they’re caring forthemselves and in good health,” Dr. Brown said.“Most of these people have had a lot of health issuesonly because they have fallen off the grid a little bit.”

The goal of the program is to give homeless Clare-monters the opportunity to receive dental care theyotherwise couldn’t afford. One patient, who only gavehis first name of Charles, discussed the difficulties of getting his teeth fixed while homeless and living inhis car behind the Doubletree Hotel.

“Iwent to a local dental place andit was $495 a quadrant and $500

just to look at it,” Charles said.“So [Dr. Brown] is a king in my book.”

Dr. Brown, who serves as a dental consultant forCasa Colina and Mt. San Antonio Gardens, is nostranger to helping out the underprivileged. Heworked with the homeless at the Foothill FamilyShelter and even opened a dental clinic in Senegal.When it comes to humanitarian work, CHAP foundthe right guy.

In all, nine men have been through Dr. Brown's of-fice to receive dental treatment, with procedures rang-ing from a simple cleaning to being fitted fordentures. The pro-bono work conducted by Dr.

Brown and his staff has totaled $24,000 so far.“Our youngest client was 30,” Dr. Brown said. “Hehad broken-off stubs of his front teeth. Imagine being30 years old and having two little black broken stubsfor front teeth. So now he has white front teeth and hecan smile a bit. It makes a huge difference.”

One patient, Paul Atchley, had a brand-new bridgeput in after years of not having any front teeth. Hesays the new procedures changed him for the better.

“I wasn't as open and friendly, and I didn't smile asnormally as I would,” Mr. Atchley said. “So it's kindof like it altered my character, how I reacted to peo-ple.”

Another patient, who elected to only give his firstname of Martin, had to get full dentures from Dr.Brown’s office. He talked to the COURIER about thekindness the dentist and his staff have shown him and

others stuck in his situation.“He's a great guy. He's a pleasure to be around,”

Martin said. “He take the stress out of going to a den-tist, because dentists just have that air about them. Heputs you at ease—the stress leaves.”

According to CHAP volunteer Marjorie Heady, thedental program is planning on expanding its reach,enlisting more dentists and oral surgeons in the Clare-mont area to work on the city’s most struggling popu-lation.

But the ultimate plan, according to Dr. Brown, is toget to a point where the homeless patients don’t needextensive dental care.

“The idea is to get all these people healthy so oncethey get reinstated into their general life, they’re notgoing to need us anymore,” Dr. Brown said. “The

idea would be to have a zero homeless population.But the next best thing is to keep it a manageable size

and to take care of our own and to helpthese people reintegrate.”

Dr. Brown’s patients are deeply appre-ciative of what he has done for them, in-cluding Martin.

“He just can't stand any taller in mybook,” he said. “He's been giving me

what I've been looking for for a long time.I can't tell you how grateful I am.”

—Matthew [email protected]


Claremont dentist gives homeless winning smiles

COURIER photo/Peter WeinbergerClaremont dentist Dr. Harry Brown hasbeen donating his services to people un-able to pay for dental care.


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POETRY READING & ART SHOWClaremont Graduate University hosts itsfourth annual poetry reading and art show.Featured readings by 2015 Kingsley TuftsPoetry Award-winner Angie Estes and Foothill poets Brett Salsbury, AJ Urquidi andJose Hernandez. The event will also featurea first-year MFA student group show and anexhibit by Foothill -featured artist LaraSalmon. 6 p.m. Free and open to the public.Refreshments provided, and books from theauthors will be on sale. Peggy Phelps andEast Galleries, 251 E. 10th St., Claremont.MINGLE & MUNCH Join in for a funFriday evening with refreshments, livemusic and conversation where age 50 andolder individuals and couples can ex-

plore new friendships. 6 to 8 p.m. atthe Garner House, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd.Admission is $10. Live music will be pro-vided by guitarists Michael Ryan and KenSoderlund. RSVP to (909) 399-5488.

PICKLING 101 View a refrigerator pick-ling demo and taste samples. 9 to 11 a.m.$25 per person. Reservation required. Call(909) 399-0256. Vom Fass, 101 N. IndianHill Blvd. C2-100, Claremont.WALKING TOURHistoric Route 66 Mod-ern Institutional and Commercial Architecture.Includes Millard Sheets, Richard Neutra,Edward Durell Stone, Criley & McDowell,Pereira & Luckman. Tour is approximately1.5 miles. Starts outside the Platt Center onthe campus of Harvey Mudd College. 1 to 3

p.m. $25 for general admission or $20 for members. Tickets can be purchased at thetour. Visit claremontheritage.org.

WALK FOR THE HUNGRY Inland Val-ley Hope Partners, a nonprofit agency ded-icated to serving the hunger and housingneeds of the residents of the Inland Valley,

invites the community to participate in theorganization’s 42nd annual Walk for theHungry at the Claremont Consortium. Thisyear’s event will see hundreds of walkersset out on a 5K path around and throughthe Claremont Colleges to raise money tohelp feed the nearly 4,000 hungry childrenand families who visit Inland Valley HopePartners’ local food pantries eachmonth. Registration begins at noon andthe 5K walk kicks off at 1 p.m. Regis-tration fee and no minimum pledge isrequired. Online registration is nowopen at InlandValleyHopePartners.org.Walk participants may also register on-site at noon the day of the event. 101 NMills Ave, Claremont.MISSION TO MODERN Residentialarchitecture 1900 through 1940s that in-fluenced Modernism. Six exceptional his-toric Claremont homes on the 33rd annualHome Tour. Advance tickets are $35 or

$30 members. Day of the event, tickets are$40 or $35 for members. All the homesare within five to six blocks of Garner House. You can drive or walk at your own

pace. Required check-in at Garner Houseto receive your ticket and souvenir

brochure. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 840 N. IndianHill Blvd., Claremont. Call (909) 621-0848 or visit claremontheritage.org.

SHAKESPEARE Vanessa Wilkie of theHuntington Library will speak on “WilliamShakespeare: The Man in his Time” atthe Pomona Valley Shakespeare Club from

2 to 4 p.m. Joslyn Center Dining Room, 660Mountain Ave., Claremont.

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PET CARE The speaker is Dr. DominiquGriffon, College of Veterinary MedicinWestern University of Health Sciences. ThUniversity Club meets Tuesdays at 11:3a.m. at the Hughes Community Cente1700 Danbury Rd., Claremont. $13 meetinfee includes buffet lunch.POETRY READING Poet Anne Boyeauthor of Garments Against Women, wread from her work. 4:15 p.m. PomonCollege Crookshank Hall, Room 10140 W. Sixth St., Claremont. [email protected], (909) 607-221COMPUTER CLUB CTAP, informatioon California Telephone Access ProgramThe Claremont Senior Computer Club meeon Tuesday evenings at the Hughes Commu

nity Center at 1700 Danbury Road. Meetin begin at 7:30 p.m., with social time at 7 p.mFor more information, visit cscclub.org.

LUNCHEON & LECTURE The FinArts Foundation will host a luncheon anlecture at Scripps College in the HamptoRoom of Malott Commons, 1030 Colum

bia Ave., Claremont. Harold B. Nelson wspeak on “Little Dreams in Glass and MetScripps College and the Art of Enamelinin Southern California.” The noon luncheois $25 with reservations. Additional seatinis available for the free program beginnin

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Baldy Mountain Jazz Bandto perform at The Press.

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Performing arts‘A Night of Music From Film’ annualmusical showcase at Citrus College.

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at 1:15 p.m. Hal Nelson, curator of AmericanDecorative Arts at The Huntington Library,and his partner Bernard Jazzar are leading au-thorities on the history of enameling in thiscountry. They have curated an exhibition and

produced a book Little Dreams in Glassand Metal coming to the Craft & Folk ArtMuseum in Los Angeles next year. To makea luncheon reservation, send a check for $25

by October 9 to Scripps College (with FAFin the memo), Box 1236, 1030 ColumbiaAve., Claremont CA 91711. Call (909)626-1386 or email [email protected] FACULTY

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