A string of grassfires alongthe Cardinet Trail in Claytonearlier this month were deliber-ately set, says Vic Massenkoff,fire investigator for the ContraCosta Fire Protection District.

The first started in the lateafternoon on July 7 in the grassyarea across the creek from Safe-way. The fire burned to within100 feet of the apartments onConcord Boulevard.

Two days later, on July 9 ataround 1 p.m., firefightersresponded to another fire nearthe same location between theWestwood open space and Safe-way. About 5 p.m. that same day,five more fires were set alongthe creek near the Lydia Lanepark.

The fires were small, burninga total of no more than twoacres. No homes were damaged,although several backing up tothe Cardinet Trail were filledwith smoke. Neighbors near the

On a recent Wednesdaynight, families gathered at theIslamic Center of Contra Costain Concord for iftar and evening

prayers. In separate rooms, menand women gathered to pray,commune and break their faststogether.

The women’s side of theConcord center was awash incolor, with congregants wearinga rainbow of brightly patternedscarves as they grouped arounda buffet table. They shared dish-es filled with dates (a traditionalfood for breaking the fast),homemade soups and savorycombinations of meats and rice.

During the 30 days ofRamadan, Muslims eat justbefore sunrise. Then theyeschew food, drink, tobacco andsinful behaviors such as cursinguntil iftar, a meal that beginsafter sundown.

The annual fasting com-memorates the 30-day period in

which the prophet Mohammedreceived the Quran, their holybook, from Allah. Ramadanchanges dates every year accord-ing to a lunar cycle. Followingthe fasting, Muslims enjoy athree-day celebration called Eid.

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Like at most events, thegroup quickly separated by age.After helping older members getsettled, teenage girls joinedtogether to talk about school,sports and what they werewatching on their families’DVRs.

Setarah Jahid, who worebright colors and a hijab scarfdraped gracefully over her hair,Nine Contra Costa cities

faced off Iron Chef-style lastThursday at the 5th AnnualMayors Healthy Cook inTodos Santos Park.

Mayors and reps from theparticipating cities teamed upwith a chef of their choice andsous chefs from the Mt. Dia-blo High School culinary artsprogram. Each team startedwith the same box containingchicken breasts and an array offruits and vegetables chosenthat afternoon from the Farm-ers Market. They were chal-lenged to design and prepare afull menu in an hour and a halfusing only what they weregiven.

The chefs could use herbsand spices from their owncache and they did not have to

Along with many colleaguesin the region, I voted to adoptPlan Bay Area last Thursdayevening.

The plan is the Bay Area'sanswer to SB375 requirementsto plan for the growth anticipat-ed in the region by the year2040, while reducing per-capitagreenhouse gas emissions to1990 levels.

A state-mandated jointeffort of the MetropolitanTransportation Commission(MTC) and the Association ofBay Area Governments(ABAG), the Bay Area’s regionaltransportation and land use

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TEMPERATURES NEARING TRIPLE DIGITS AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS MADE IT TOUGH GOING FOR FIREFIGHTERS in a string of fires set during atwo-day arson spree along the Cardinet Trail earlier this month. Police and fire officials are asking the public for assistance inthe investigation.

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HABIB JACIFI (LEFT) FROM BRAVO BISTRO, took Concord to first placein the Mayors Healthy Cook-off Challenge with a menu thatincluded quinoa, a relative newcomer to mainstream kitchens.Above, Clayton City Councilman Howard Geller looks on asOakhurst Country Club Executive Chef John Evans plates the fruitsalad that went a long way toward garnering the award for Tasteand Presentation. Assisting are sous chefs Diana and Fatima fromthe Mt. Diablo High School culinary arts program.

CHARITY TOWARDS THE POOR, OR ZAKAT, seems to be the over-arching focus of the observance by Muslim families ofRamadan. That kindness was expressed recently by the youngwomen of the Islamic Center of Contra Costa one evening intheir welcoming of a newcomer to their communal meal.(From Left) Simine Froz, Salwa Saleh, Satarah Jahid, BushraSaleh, Sadaf Shekib, Sarah Jahid, and Marwah Ahmadi.

Concord and Clayton score big at Cook-off

Ramadan brings togetherlocal Muslims to break fast

Swim season ends with a busy July, August

Clayton’s biggest meet ofthe season was the 19thannual Devil MountainPentathlon earlier thismonth. Dana Hills SwimTeam hosted the event with14 other Contra Costateams taking part. Otters’12-year-old swimmers,from left, Niklas Weigelt,Jackson Trimble, AnthonyTrimble and Teddy Congerwere all smiles after thePentathlon.

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Longtime Clayton residentsBill and Yvonne Billo will cele-brate their 70th weddinganniversary Aug. 5, surroundedby their children, grandchildrenand great-grand children.

They were engaged duringthe war in 1942, while Bill wasserving in the Army Air Corp

(the early Air Force). A weddingwas planned in their hometownof Detroit; however, Bill’s leavewas canceled due to events ofWWII. Yvonne traveled by trainto where Bill was stationed andthey were married in a smallchurch in Hobbs, N.M., on Aug.5, 1943.

Bill served in the Air Forcefor 23 years and received thePurple Heart for injuries sus-tained during his service.

They had five children andtraveled extensively while beingstationed in locations through-out the world. When Bill retired,they settled in Concord.

They lived in Concord untilthe development of OakhurstCountry Club. They then movedto beautiful Clayton, finding ahouse with a view of theirbeloved Mt. Diablo.

The Billos joined St.Bonaventure’s Church in 1964and have been active parish-ioners for almost 50 years.

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WILLIAM MCDEVITT III AND RUTH MICHAELEmma Wilcox and Madelyn Vines have been

planning for months to make a double donation

to Locks of Love.The non-profit organization takes hair dona-

tions to makes wigs for cancer patients, especial-ly children. Donated hair must be braided and aminimum of 10 inches. The girls have beengrowing theirs for two years.

Friends since pre-school, the 11-year-old girlswill start sixth grade in the fall. Emma loves soc-cer and theater. Madelyn enjoys gymnastics andcrafts. Long-time friend Stacy Frost cut both girlshair for them.

For more information, visit locksoflove.org.

William J. McDevitt III mar-ried Ruth Elizabeth Michael onJuly 4 at the nostalgic Hair’s thePlace barber shop in Claytonwhere they met and fell in lovenine years ago. A reception fol-lowed at their home. The couplehoneymooned in Maui and live

in Concord with the youngest offive sons, Deven. Their othersons are Billy, Tommy, Tim andAndrew. Shop owner NancyLewis-Becerra and her husbandare close friends of the newly-weds. The wedding is a first forHair’s the Place.

From now on, when wethink of middle-America, we’llthink of Lebanon, Kansas. Herewe are at the Geographic Centerof the lower 48 states with DanaLeong, Robert Nevins, LeslieLeong, Emma Leong, ShaneBarrows, Ethan Barrows,Alexander Leong, Sean Bar-rows, Ashley Barrows andCarolyn Nevins.

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In June, we went back toschool with Sonja Wilkin for her55th class reunion at CornellUniversity in Ithaca, New York.

Twelve of her Chi Gammasorority sisters were on hand forthe reunion, all of whom wereat Sonja’s wedding when shemarried her husband on gradua-tion day in 1958. Kim and Dustin Waraner of

Waraner Tree Experts wel-comed their first child a fewmonths ago. Wesley MathewWaraner was born in WalnutCreek on Feb. 24.

A new leaffalls from theWaraner tree

Bill and Yvonne Billo to mark70th wedding anniversary

Friends chop off locks to help others

Local barbershop is ‘The Place’for more than just a haircut

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City Manager Gary Napperpresented the 2013-14 citybudgets to the City Council atthe regular meeting on July 16.The Council is expected toadopt the budgets at a specialmeeting on July 30. The budg-ets are normally approvedbefore the June 30 fiscal yearend, but were delayed bymonths of operational issuesthat are now nearing resolu-tion, explained Napper.

The total city budget is$12,609,167 and covers theGeneral Fund, CapitalImprovements, the successoragency to the RedevelopmentAgency and all restricted andearmarked funds for the land-scape district and other specif-ic uses.

The budget is balanced asrequired by law, but Nappercautioned it is “conditional” onlabor concessions staying at astatus quo.

GENERAL FUND

General Fund revenues areprojected to exceed expensesby $24,000, largely due to the

uptick in the real estate marketand an increase in the propertytax revenues that used to go to

the Redevelopment Agency butnow come directly to theGeneral Fund.

Staff labor concessionscontinue to keep the budget incontrol, said Napper. Over the

last four years, the staff hasseen a double digit decrease inreal take-home pay after 11unpaid furlough days, no wageor salary increases andincreased payroll deductionsfor their benefit plans. With 70percent of the overall $3.6 mil-lion General Fund budgetgoing to personnel service,Napper says it is “remarkable”that the city has seen no cut inpublic services as a result.

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The city continues to chipaway at its unfunded pensionliability. Adoption of a threetier CalPERS plan with newcity employees coming underthe least expensive of theplans reduced last year’s pen-sion costs by $107,000.According to CalPERS data,Clayton’s unfunded liability inJune of 2012 stood at$1,218,118. Most of the debtwill be retired in 5-7 years,according to Napper.

The budget will be up for publiccomment and approval at a specialCity Council meeting on July 30 at7 p.m. in Hoyer Hall at the ClaytonLibrary.

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Saturdays6 to 8:30 p.m.

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Set up chairs and blanketson the lawn after 4 p.m.

Concerts

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August 3Live by the GrooveEnjoy the sounds of yourfavorite music from the

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August 17Flashback

Six-piece band featuringhits from big band/swing,

early rock 'n' roll,Motown/soul, R&B/funk,

classic rock, disco andcountry.

August 31The Chicago Tribute

AuthorityThis upbeat tribute band

plays the music of thegreatest hit bands of the

last 45 years.

Sept. 14East Bay Mudd

This 10-piece cover danceband with a powerful 4-

man horn section, willkeep you on your feet

asking for more.

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after 4 p.m. on concert days.

Thursday Night Concerts

In the Grove7 – 8:30 p.m.

Aug. 8 Crossman Country(Country)

Aug. 22 My Evergreen(Contemporary)

Sep. 5 Mamaluke(Pop/Rock)

Sep. 19 PHDs(R&B/Rock)

New budget shows little change from last year

use everything in the box.The teams bring all their

own cooking grills, pots, platesand decorations.

Team Concord, headed byHabib Jacifi of Bravo Bistrowalked away with top honorsfor a menu starring chicken

breasts in a saffron sauce, aMoroccan style quinoa couscous and grilled eggplant withmushrooms.

Clayton was not to be com-pletely outdone, however. Ledby Oakhurst Executive ChefJohn Evans, Team Clayton’s

Marinated chicken with garlicand herbs and a saffroninfused quinoa with corn suc-cotash took the top honor forTaste and Presentation.

Second Place went toAntioch (Lone Tree Restau-rant) and third went to the cityof Pittsburg (La Veranda).

The Wellness City Chal-lenge was founded by CindyGershen who, after a long bat-

tle with her own weight, foundthat “changing food, changeseverything.

The goal of the WellnessChallenge, says Pamela Singh,Executive Director, is to part-ner with schools and cities, tochange the focus of food frommicrowave quick foods tofresh, homemade cooking.

“It’s great that the cities areparticipating,” says Singh.

“And, it’s working in theschools.”

“Kids are now going homewith new ideas about healthyeating and educating the par-ents.”

For more information on theWellness City Challenge, go to well-nesscitychallenge.org.

Cookoff, from page 1

TAMARA STEINER

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Revenues - Total Budget2013-14

General Fund Revenue Budget2013-14 – $3,673,442

Expenditures - Total Budget2013-14

General Fund Operating Budget2013-14 – $3,649,122

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Thanks to a global grant ofnearly $47,000, the Clayton Val-ley/Concord Sunrise RotaryClub and a Ugandan Rotary Clubwill “Adopt a Village” in ruralUganda, providing clean water,education and health services.

The $46,680 matching grantawarded by The Rotary Founda-tion is the second given to helpthe village called Nsawo in centralUganda.

The grant is the second phaseof a project that is designed toprovide clean water, vocationaleducation for village youth,maternal and infant health, andimprove and sustain agricultureproduction.

In announcing details of thegrant, the club’s InternationalService Director Larry Hutch-ings said, “The Adopt-a-Villageconcept’s integrated approach willprovide more than 2,000 resi-dents of Nsawo Village with anew water borehole, 10 sewingmachines, a brick-makingmachine, youth training on themachines, catering equipment fora women’s cooperative, 400‘Mama kits’ to assist expectantmothers give birth, 2,000 bananaplants, 10 pigs and 20 sheep for

rearing and breeding.”The first Rotary grant of

$38,000 was implemented twoyears ago in the same village. That

grant provided mosquito nets toprevent malaria, hand washingstations and toilets in publicschools and improved nutritionby providing better breeds ofbeans and maize seeds; and bysupplying piglets, chicks and feedfor poultry farms. Over the lasttwo years, malaria has droppeddramatically, and nutrition andincomes from farming and breed-ing have improved. The localcouncil in charge has also createda micro-bank, and has designateda community center that willhouse the vocational equipment.

The project will be overseenjointly by the local village counciland members of the NansanaRotary Club, near Kampala.

CLAYTON VALLEY ROTARY RECENTLY RECEIVED a grant of $47,000 tocontinue their work with the “Adopt a Village” program in ruralUganda. Last year, the village of Nsawo received maize seeds tohelp combat hunger and improve nutrition.

Rotary grant to aid Uganda village

The Clayton Business andCommunity Association wouldlike you to take a seat. At leastthat’s the theme of recent meet-ings, as last month the associa-tion voted to help fund chairs forthe Clayton Library. This monthit’s a gift of benches to seniors atDiamond Terrace.

In appreciation for DiamondTerrace’s ongoing donation of itsconference room for monthlyCBCA board meetings and itsdining room for the annual Vol-unteer Appreciation Dinner, theassociation voted at its June 27meeting to fund the purchase offour teak, all-weather benches to

be placed outside for the use oftheir residents and guests.

At the meeting, the associationalso voted to support the Thurs-day Night Concert in the GroveSeries again this year. The series isorganized by Jim Diaz and willrun on alternate weeks from theSaturday night concert series.

The first concert was July 11.Coming dates are, August 8 and22, and September 5 and 19.Thursday concerts begin at 7p.m. and will end promptly at8:30.

All shows will focus on localtalent. The series has the sup-port of a number of downtownbusinesses.

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CBCA supports seatsand songs this summer

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Patricia “Patti” Acuña died at home on July 5after a valiant battle against cancer. She is survivedby husband of 43 years, Albert (Al), two sonsMatthew and Michael; brother Raymond Heim-bach of Florida and her faithful dog, Gus.

A California native, Patti was born in Auburn

and was raised in Weimar, where she attendedlocal schools and was valedictorian of her highschool class. She graduated from the University ofCalifornia, Davis. She moved to the SF Bay Areain 1967 and worked at Lawrence Berkeley Radia-tion Lab at UC Berkeley.

Patti and Al met when they were introduced bymutual friends. They were married in December,1969. They lived in Richmond, Moraga and Pitts-burg before settling in Clayton where they raisedtheir family.

Patti worked for Dr. William Morfeld in Pitts-burg, as office manager for 19 years and at ContraCosta Community College District as administra-tive assistant for the teacher’s union. She was anavid 49ers and San Francisco Giants fan. She lovedto go camping in her travel trailer, enjoyed cruis-ing, traveling, beaches in Mexico and Hawaii andcooking for her family.

Obituaries

Patricia Ann AcuñaJune 25, 1946 – July 5, 2013

Anuradha “Anu” Ray lovedknitting and stitching. Still, herfamily was surprised when, afterthe Clayton woman passed awayMay 31, they found, in herOakhurst home, closets full ofwool that she had bought atconventions and shows.

“She loved to make gifts forrelatives and friends,” said herhusband, Dr. Sanjay Ray. “Infact, she made two weddingdresses even though she neverhad done anything like that. Anusaid, ‘I’ll take a crack at it.’ Whenwe found all the wool we real-ized she was thinking she hadmuch more time and more giftsto make.”

The Rays moved from a two-bedroom apartment in Antiochto Clayton after son Shan wasborn in 1979. But after youngestson Sammy was born, “we real-ized Clayton was a great place tolive and we never left,” Dr. Raysaid. The family, including theboys’ paternal grandparents,moved to Oakhurst in 2000.

The Rays were each bornand raised in India. Anu got her

bachelor’s degree at St. Xavier’sCollege and masters in physicsat Jadavpur University. After shemarried Sanjay (“It was a semi-arranged marriage,” he says,while agreeing with a smile thatit seemed to work out prettywell), she came to the Bay Areawhile he was finishing up hiscardiology residency at UCSF.

Dr. Ray said that Anu hadplanned to get her Ph.D., butonce the boys were born itseemed like too much time awayfrom the family. She becamevery involved in school and

community activities.After Sam was in school Anu

began running her husband’sAntioch Heart Care office anddid that for 17 years, doingeverything from keeping thebooks to greeting and counsel-ing patients. “The patients lovedher,” Dr. Ray said. “She had aknack for it. They loved talkingto her since she had such a sym-pathetic way.”

Diagnosed with cancer twoyears ago, her husband says shewas “able to tolerate chemo andthe disease without pain” andthe couple traveled twice toIndia as well as Europe andMexico.

The Rays were married 35years. Besides her husband andtwo sons, she leaves daughter-in-law Erin, granddaughterLiam, sister Kaphakali Choud-hury of Toronto and belovednephews, nieces, cousins andfriends. Funeral services wereheld in Antioch. The familyrequests any donations in hername be made to the AmericanCancer Society at www.acs.org.

Anuradha RayAugust 22, 1954 – May 31, 2013

Grover “Pete” Peterson, alongtime resident of Claytonand fourth generation Californ-ian, was born in Oakland, CA,

on May 9, 1918 to Grover F.Peterson and Madalene Thom-son Peterson.

He attended Oakland publicschools and Piedmont HighSchool, and graduated from UCBerkeley in 1940. He served inthe U.S. Army Air Corps from1941 to 1945, stationed in theAleutian Islands.

On his return to civilian life,he met and married Jane Hinkle,moved to Contra Costa County,and began his long employmentat U.S. Steel in Pittsburg.

Pete and Jane enjoyed manyyears of travel, plays and opera.Pete loved hiking on Mt. Diabloand later on the streets of Clay-ton. A voracious reader, he vol-

unteered at the Clayton libraryuntil he was 90. He loved hisfamily, the San Francisco Giants,the San Francisco 49ers and theCal Bears.

Pete is survived by Jane, hiswife of 64 years. He is also sur-vived by sons Robert, Andrewand Samuel; daughter Ellen, sixgrandchildren; sister-in-lawJune; many nieces and nephews;and foreign exchange studentsRicardo and Susie. His brotherJames and sister Jeanne prede-ceased him, as did foreignexchange student Gill.Memorial donations can bemade to Save Mount Diablo orto the Hospice of the East Bay.

Grover PetersonMay 9, 1918 – June 22, 2013

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It is that time of year again– time to get out and walk forRelay For Life, the signatureevent for the American CancerSociety. This is Clayton’s thirdyear of participating. The com-mittee and teams are gearing upfor a wonderful day celebratingcancer survivors, rememberingthose lost to the disease and

fighting back against cancer bymaking positive health changes.

The event runs from 10 a.m.on Saturday, Aug. 3 to 10 a.m.on Sunday, Aug. 4. at ClaytonCommunity Park.

Relay For Life is differentfrom some other fundraisers inthat it is a 24-hour event. Can-cer does not sleep and neither

do the walkers. Teams areformed and money is raised tofund research and to offermuch needed programs to can-cer victims and their families.

To date, 16 teams haveraised over $36,000 for Clay-ton’s event. There is still time tosign up to walk and raisemoney. Walkers can even jointhe day of the event. Spectatorsare welcome as well.

Some of the activities forthe day include two special cer-emonies. The first ceremony,Celebrate, opens the event at 10a.m. to celebrate cancer sur-vivors. They are encouraged toattend and walk the openinglap. At dusk, the LuminariaCeremony lines the field withglowing luminarias decorated inremembrance of loved oneswho have passed as well as tohonor those who have survivedcancer. A Fight Back Ceremo-ny closes the event at 9:45 a.m.on Sunday morning.

Teams set up booths andhave individual fundraiserssuch as selling baked goods andcold drinks. Raffle tickets areon sale for amazing prizes,including both A’s and Giant’sgift baskets with tickets to agame and team accessories. Around of golf for four atOakhurst Country Club, a fabu-lous gift basket from The RoyalRooster, jewelry and gift cardsto local eateries are being raf-fled off, too.

The relay event is at ClaytonCommunity Park, Ball Field 1,Marsh Creek Road and RegencyDrive, Clayton. For more informa-tion, go to relayforlife.org/claytoncaor like them on facebook.

GRATEFUL MOM SAYS

‘THANKS’

On June 27, my son Nickcrashed on his skateboard onMarsh Creek Road. It was a pret-ty bad fall. I want to thank thefabulous, wonderful person orpersons who stopped and helpedhim and brought him home. Hedidn’t know you and you didn’tknow him and he was prettybloody but you did it anyway.Thank you, thank you, thankyou! Not many people wouldhave brought him home orhelped for that matter. You trulymake be believe in people again.I just hope that one day I will beable to thank you in person.

- Lisa Bazan

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BART and other publicpay/pension systems are boundto fail if they aren’t adjustedNOW to what regular citizensearn and receive. Just as regularcitizens do, governmentemployees should all be payingat least 50/50 with their employ-er for retirement benefits.

In the real world, to plan fora $50,000 annual income inretirement, at today’s 10-yeartreasury two percent return, youwould have to set aside $2.5 mil-lion dollars. Even at the ridicu-lous 7.5 percent return that thepublic employees’ union uses intheir calculations, for each retir-ing government employee toreceive $50,000, there wouldhave to be a half million dollarsset aside. And many are retiringat more than $100,000, plusbenefits and free medical!

However, tax paying citizensand business owners retiring at65 are lucky to have a paid offhouse, a little savings and aSocial Security stipend thatthey’ve paid half for. They defi-nitely should not also be saddledby corrupt union-bought politi-cians with making ANY, muchless almost all governmentemployees into instant million-aires. And that’s with retiring atonly 55.

- Pete Laurence

KUDOS TO CITY

It occurred to me while I waswalking on one of our fabuloustrails that someone needs to bethanked for all the “mowing” ofthe weeds etc. that need con-stant maintenance. I was watch-ing the guys who were trimmingthe trees along Clayton Roadand wondering if they ever getthe thanks they deserve. And abig shout-out to the people whodrive the street sweepers andpick up our garbage! Thanks toall of you who make Clayton thebest place in the world to live!You are appreciated!

- Alexandria Lafferty

Adopt-a-Village was createdby Sebastopol Rotarians Frankand Kathie Mayhew, who in theirtravels to Uganda identified anumber of villages and workedwith local leaders to customizeprograms for each village, follow-ing the precepts that sick andhungry children can’t learn; thatwater borne diseases account for

90 percent of childhood illness;and that parents can improvetheir children’s nutrition if provid-ed the tools to improve theirfarming.

The goal and motto ofAdopt-a-Village is “EndingPoverty – One Village at a Time.”

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Steffan Smith ConstructionTHE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY’S RELAY FOR LIFE kicks off eachyear with parade of purple-clad survivors. Last year’sSurvivor’s Lap included Clayton Pioneer photographer, MikeDunn, who lost his battle on Christmas Eve 2012. Dunn, alongwith hundreds of others, will be remembered throughout theevent.

Clayton walks to celebrate,remember and fight back

Local Korean war veterans,their friends and families willmark the 60th anniversary ofthe Korean War Armistice at acelebration on Saturday, July 27at the Korean War Memorial inConcord’s Hillcrest Park.

At the anniversary com-memoration, U.S. allies whofought alongside Americantroops – especially South Korea– will also be honored.

Local dignitaries, military

officials and veterans will be onhand to give speeches, laywreaths, and reminisce aboutthe war and its aftermath. Freefood will follow the ceremony.

The event begins at 11 a.m.,at the corner of Olivera Roadand Grant Street, and is spon-sored by the Korean War Veter-ans Association of Mt. Diablo,Chapter 264.

For more information, call 925-899-2015 or 925-998-8071.

Armistice celebrationset for Korean War vets

The Contra Costa Mosquito& Vector Control Districtannounced last week that threedead birds and two groups ofmosquitoes tested positive forthe virus.

Two of the birds, bothAmerican crows, were foundnear Marsh Creek Road andByron Highway, and BalfourRoad and Walnut Boulevard inBrentwood. The third bird, alsoan American crow, was foundnear Concord Boulevard andBailey Road in Concord. Bothgroups of mosquitoes weretrapped near Bixler Road andPoint of Timber Road in Dis-covery Bay.

“Partnering with the publicis crucial to protecting theirhealth,” said Deborah Bass,public affairs manager for the

district. “Their dead bird reportscoupled with our mosquito sur-veillance help us understandwhere the virus is active in thecounty and where we shouldconcentrate our control efforts.”

Bass warns everyone toguard against mosquito bites,not just the people in theseareas. Here are some tips:• Wear mosquito repellent

when mosquitoes are present.• Dump or drain any standing

water to prevent mosquitoesfrom having a place to laytheir eggs.

• Report neglected swimmingpools. One pool can producemore than one million mos-quitoes that can affect peopleup to five miles away. The dis-trict accepts anonymousreports of water sources

where mosquitoes may bedeveloping.

• Report dead birds. The Con-tra Costa Mosquito & VectorControl website (below) has avideo demonstrating how toreport dead bird sightings.

Since 2005, 42 people inContra Costa County have beendiagnosed with West Nile virus.In 2006, two people died fromthe disease. Recent studies haveshown that the majority ofcases are not diagnosed andgrossly under reported.

For more information, to reportdead birds or mosquito problems, or toreceive automatic emails when the dis-trict fogs for adult mosquitoes, visitcontracostamosquito.com or call 925-771-6195.

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Are you taking care of your“digital assets”? If you die with-out addressing these assets inyour estate plan, your lovedones or other representativesmay not be able to access themwithout going to court – orworse yet, not even know theyexist.

Digital assets may includeonline bank and brokerageaccounts, digital music, bookcollections and photo galleries.If you own a business, yourcompany’s website, domainname, client and other databas-es, and electronic invoices areconsidered digital assets.

Traditionally, when a lovedone dies, family members gothrough his or her home to lookfor personal and business docu-ments. Today, however, many ofthese items may not exist in

“hard copy” form. Unless yourestate plan addresses these digi-tal assets, how will your familyknow where to find them orhow to gain access?

Suppose, for example, thatyou opened a brokerage accountonline and elected to receive allof your statements electronical-ly. If something were to happento you, would your family orexecutor know that this accountexists? Perhaps you save all ofyour statements and correspon-dence related to the account onyour computer. But would yourrepresentatives know where tolook? And if your computer ispassword protected, how wouldthey get in?

Even if your family knowsabout a digital asset, they’ll alsoneed to know the username andpassword to access it. If theydon’t have that information,they’ll have to get a court orderto access the asset, which can bea time-consuming process – anddelays can cause irreparabledamage, particularly when abusiness is involved. If yourrepresentatives lack access toyour business e-mail account,for example, important requestsfrom customers might beignored, resulting in lost busi-ness.

REVEALING YOUR

DIGITAL ASSETS

The first step in accountingfor digital assets is to conduct aninventory, including any comput-ers, servers, handheld devices,websites or other places wherethese assets are stored. Next, talkwith your estate planning advisorabout strategies for ensuring thatyour representatives have imme-diate access to these assets in theevent something happens to you.

Although you might want toprovide in your will for the dis-position of certain digital assets,a will isn’t the place to list pass-words or other confidentialinformation. For one thing, a willis a public document. For anoth-er, amending the will each timeyou change a password would beexpensive and time consuming.

One solution is writing aninformal letter to your executoror personal representative thatlists important accounts, website

addresses, usernames and pass-words. The letter can be stored ina safe deposit box, with a trustedadvisor or in some other secureplace. However, the problemwith this approach is that you’llneed to update the list each timeyou open or close an account orchange your password, a processthat’s cumbersome and easilyneglected.

A better solution is to estab-lish a master password that givesthe representative access to a listof passwords for all your impor-tant accounts, either on yourcomputer or through a Web-based “password vault.”

Even though you can’t physi-cally touch digital assets, they’rejust as important to include inyour estate plan as your materialassets.

hopes to study political scienceat UC Berkeley after graduatingfrom Concord High. Jahid nor-mally doesn’t wear her hijaboutside the mosque. Her class-mates wouldn’t have knownher family is Muslim had shenot spoken up in class once tocorrect a misconception aboutIslam.

“I feel like that was so 40years ago,” she said of thestrict limitations on whatwomen are and are not allowedto do.

“That’s not because of reli-gion,” agreed fellow teen SalwaSaleh. “Our dads are telling us,“You need to go to school,learn to live independently.’ ”

At the gathering, Salehserved as an ambassador to

newcomers. That’s no surprisesince her father is the localimam, or prayer leader.

Saleh enthusiasticallyrecounted a recent pilgrimagewith her family to Mecca andher plans to attend UC Davisnext year as a math major. Shehopes to work toward a careerin ophthalmic surgery.

Moms and grandmotherssat in a group nearby, somespeaking in English, others inFarsi or Dari. They comparedrecipes, told stories about theirfamilies’ summer adventuresand shared news of their com-munity. On the other side ofthe wall, their husbands andsons sat together as well - nodoubt having similar discus-sions and the same meal.

A GROWING POPULATION

More than 2 million Ameri-cans surveyed in 2012 identi-fied themselves as Muslim.According to the Pew Institute,“if current trends continue, theMuslim population in the Unit-ed States is projected to morethan double in the next 20years, from 2.6 million in 2010to 6.2 million in 2030.”

The Clayton Valley boastsan extensive Muslim communi-ty, with many immigrants hail-ing from Afghanistan and Iran.A number of local stores offersuch delights as fresh-bakednaan bread and baklava, adessert made with layers ofphyllo dough, nuts and honey.

Nabi Amini runs the popu-lar local business Arya Alter-ations on Clayton Road. Heemigrated 23 years ago fromKabul, Afghanistan. His father

worked as a shoemaker, andfollowing in his footsteps, so tospeak, Amini is now a well-regarded tailor.

Just down the road from hisshop is the Zenith Food Mart,where Amini’s friend, Shah WaliPayanda, patiently explained thecorrect gift to bring when visit-ing a family during Ramadan.(Dates are best.)

“Your eyes fast, your mouthfasts, your heart fasts,” Payandasaid, describing the introspec-tion and enlightenment soughtby the tradition. “All should befasting with you.”

Back at the mosque, mealtime had finished. With voicesquieting, the women gatheredinto lines marked into the car-pet to face Mecca. Their voicesrose along with that of theimam, as together they recitedprayers into the night.

RICHARD LITTORNO

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For many students, summeris a refuge from the everydaystresses of the classroom. Noschool, pleasant weather andlong sought-after vacations pro-vide kids and teens with contin-uous days of relaxation and fun.Among students, it is commonto hear the expression, “youknow you’re having a great sum-mer when you don’t even knowthe date.”

In contrast, there are numer-ous teenagers spending theirsummer days working part-timeto earn some personal spendingcash or gas money. But even ifyou don’t get paid, volunteerand community service can beeven as valuable.

Working non-profit is notonly a great way to give back tothe community, it provides stu-dents with extra benefits. Forthose who wish to attend a col-lege with low acceptance rates

and find themselves matchingnumerous others in academicperformance, volunteer workand community service mighttip the scales in their favor. Agrowing number of universitiesare even requiring a form ofcommunity service.

Typically, the stress of theschool year alone is enough formost students, leaving no freetime to help out in the commu-nity. This is why many college-bound students choose to vol-unteer during summer vacation– and it is apparent that manyteens in our community aredoing just that.

One recent example was atthe recent Clayton Family Fair,held on June 29. There, familiesgathered to participate in a vari-ety of activities and games.Booths arranged around theGrove and along Main Streetoffered amusements for chil-

dren like bubble blowing, hula-hoop contests, face painting andballoon animals. There wereeven free CPR and AED train-ing available to anyone, thanksto Clayton CommunityResponse Team.

While not only being a suc-cessful replacement for the city’sfamily New Year’s Eve celebra-tion, the event was entirely runby volunteers. They donatedtheir time and withstood triple-digit temperatures in order tokeep their commitment and ben-efit the community. What’s more,many of the volunteers were stu-dents from local schools. In fact,Emma Hall, who coordinatedand organized the entire event, isa Clayton Valley Charter HighSchool student.

While the students whospent their Saturday eveningdowntown worked withoutimmediate pay, they will reap the

benefit later in life. Fortunately,the Clayton community is brim-ming with young adults who arenot only helping the city, butalso properly equipping them-selves for the future.

For all the other teens whoare passively watching theirsummer go by, they are missingthe perfect opportunity to gainan advantage on the growingcollege competition – not tomention doing something goodin their town.

“Perfect Chemistry” bySimone Elkeles – the first bookin a three-book series – is simi-lar to “Romeo and Juliet” byShakespeare. If you’re intoupbeat, stay-up-at-night lovestories, “Perfect Chemistry” isthe answer.

When head cheerleaderBrittany Ellis and troublemakerAlex Fuentes start their senioryear at Fairfield High School,they soon figure out that theyhave to sit next to each other all

year in chemistry. They can’tstand each other. But when theyare told that they have to do animportant assignment together,they decide to put all of theirdifferences aside and get it overwith. But the more time theyspend with each other, the morethey’re bonding.

Alex is a bad boy and heknows it. So when he makes abet with all of his friends to lureBrittany into his life, he doesn’tthink anything of it. But soon

Alex realizes Brittany is a realperson with actual problems,and suddenly the foolish bet hemade turns into somethingmuch more. In this wistful story,will the young couple be able toovercome the stereotypes andbarriers that stand in their wayof being happy together?

Summer volunteers reapbenefits year-round

Sparks fly in upbeat teen love story

Emily York is a freshman atCVCHS. She loves to read andhopes her reviews will keep teens read-ing through the summer.

EMILY YORK

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Robbie Parker is a junior atClayton Valley Charter HighSchool. Send comments toRobbie@claytonpioneer.com

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When manager BrianCohen’s Clayton Valley LittleLeague Junior Softball All-Starsstarted the Northern Californiatournament in Martinez bywinning their opening roundgame 21-6 over Rio Linda theyprobably never dreamed theywould go through the rest ofround-robin play scoring onlyone run in three games.

That’s what happenedthough for the local girls andthey were eventually eliminatedin the semi-finals 12-8 last Sun-day by undefeated Gilroy.

Following that opening winover Rio Linda, which endedup winless in the tourney,Clayton Valley lost a tough 2-0decision to Marysville, whicheventually made it to the Nor-Cal championship game lastMonday against Gilroy by win-ning its semi game 8-2 overChico.

Chico defeated the CVLLStars 5-0 and Gilroy won 15-1against Clayton in rest ofround-robin play.

The NorCal championmoves on to the WesternRegionals Aug. 1 in Arizonaagainst the Oregon champ.Washington, Montana andUtah state champions also arein Regionals Bracket B. Thisyear’s Junior Softball LittleWorld Series is in Kirkland, WAfrom Aug. 11-17.

To reach NorCal the CVLLJunior (13-14 ages) All-Stars

won the District 4 tournamenton their home field at ClaytonValley Charter High Schoolwith back-to-back victoriesover Martinez LL 10-8 andthen 18-2.

CV Blue was a senior divi-sion team (ages 13-16) duringthe regular season when theywere undefeated, includingwinning the mid-season Mar-tinez Senior Classic in earlyMay. They capped the seasonwith three consecutive wins atthe District 4 Tournament ofChampions. The Blue openedwith a 10-6 win over homes-tanding Pittsburg followed by a14-3 decision over East County.In the finals at Hercules, CVBlue defeated Antioch 11-1 in agame shortened by the 10-runrule.

After the Senior DivisionTOC the team managed byCohen with coaches MikeLigon and Amy O’Connell hadto drop their only overage play-er, Sophie Enders, to competein the Junior (13-14 ages) All-Star division.

The CVLL Junior 13-14Softball All-Stars were KylieAlberts, Madison Briscoe, CamiCohen, Haley Crookes, LaurynDouglas, Nicole Mason, LaurenNess, Savannah O’Connell,Sophia Scott, Sierra Sprague,Chasey Tooker and MelissaWilliams.

CVLL has more softballsuccess in the pipeline based onthe results of the Minor (9-10)All-Stars who took third in theDistrict 4 Tournament. The

All-Stars managed by ToddKeys played five games in sixhot days but couldn’t find a waypast Pinole-Hercules, whichtwice beat Clayton Valley. The

local girls showed offensivemuscle as they defeated Pitts-burg 14-8, East County 12-10and Antioch 18-7 in their othergames.

Clayton Valley Little Leaguecelebrated its 50th season in2013 ending with this NorCalappearance by the Junior Soft-ball All-Stars. It started at the

opening ceremonies when thefamily of founder Merrill“Mack” McCarty was on handfor the re-dedication of themajor division field in his name.

The recreation swim seasonclimaxes over the next threeweekends with league, city andcounty meets coming one ontop of another for Clayton andConcord teams. Coaches lookfor swimmers to post their besttimes of the year at these finalmeets as a way of concludingmonths’ of practices and com-petitions on a positive note.

For Dana Hills Swim Team,new head coach John Tsubotawill have the Otters seekingtheir 21st Concord City Cham-pionship in 22 years at ConcordCommunity Pool Aug. 2-4 andthen vying for a high finish atthe 53rd annual Contra CostaCounty Meet Aug. 10-11 atAcalanes High in Lafayette.Oakhurst Orcas, Walnut Coun-try Stingrays and SpringwoodSprinters are busy this weekendbefore sending their squads tothe city and county meets.

The City Meet, as the three-day Concord championships isnow called, has expanded inrecent years to add Pleasant Hillteams to those from Concordand Clayton. This will be the47th year of the meet and thesecond with new seeding andscoring policies in place.

Many local teams tuned upfor the end-of-season logjam ofmeets by taking part in the 19thannual Devil Mountain Pen-tathlon hosted in Clayton byDana Hills. The unique formathas each athlete swimming fiveevents with their cumulativetime determining award winnersin A and B divisions.

10 OTTERS WIN GOLD

Dana Hills always has the

largest contingent of swimmersat its own Pentathlon and does-n’t take part in the team scoringwhich saw Sycamore Stingraysof Danville finish first, Sun Val-ley Rays of Lafayette secondand Pleasant Hill Dolfins third.The top local team was YgnacioWood in fifth.

The Otters end up with fiveswimmers winning A Divisionmedals and a like number earn-ing B titles. The team had twoswimmers in all but one agegroup take first place. CoachTsubota will be especiallypleased with the depth shown inmany age groups where multipleOtters were in the top 10, fore-shadowing strong relays for thecity and county meets wherethose events score doublepoints.

Molly Boland (6 and under),Sara Abele (15-18), Diego Cas-taneda (6 and under), PaigeLandstrom (9-10) and AnthonyTrimble (11-12) won A divisiontop honors for DHST. Finishingsecond were Alex Brown (11-12), Erica DuLong (13-14), AbieKubota (15-18), Jackson Trim-ble (11-12) and Sean Thomas(13-14).

Also winning medals withthird-place finishes were RyanneBoland (9-10), Shawn Boland (6and under), Zoe Lahanas (6 andunder), Joe Snyder (13-14) andNiklas Weigelt (11-12).

DHST ribbon winners bytaking 4th through 8th placeswere Libby Celentano, CamilleCline, Kayla Conger, TeddyConger, Joshua Ewert, AnthonyFreidman, Caela Hetherton,Jason Woodling, Alina Weigelt,Logan Sherman, ColtonSeastrand, Clayton Seastrand,Nikki Palmer, Gabi Mancini,Yoshiye Longley and ToshioLongley.

B Division champs fromDana Hills were Ethan Cline (7-8), Ella Habermeyer (7-8),Alyssa Liberman (9-10), TylerLlacuna (13-14) and ConnorMcMurdo (15-18) while NickBazan (2nd 15-18) and AveryD’Arcy (3rd 6 and under) alsogarnered medals. Other B place-ments for the hosts were by JakeDern (5th 7-8), MadisonMacpherson (4th 7-8), MasonBamberger (8th 9-10) and StellaSheridan (8th 6 and under).

ORCAS POST BEST TIMES

Head coach Jasmine Millansaid of her Oakhurst Orcas atthe Pentathlon, “It was a greatweekend with lots of seasonbest times.” Orca swimmers col-lecting awards at the meet wereLaine Moraes (2nd place 7-8 B),Nolan Degener (5th 9-10 A),Terrell Hopson (4th 9-10 A),

Georgia Moraes (4th 11-12 B),Taylor Silva (6th 13-14 B) andCarolyn Silva (3rd 15-18 B).

The team will have its annu-al Green vs. White meet thisSaturday and then get ready forcity and county meet action toconclude the season.

WALNUT COUNTRY EYES

LEAGUE

Walnut Country Swim Teamracked up five places at the Pen-tathlon with Troy Beckson (7th13-14 A), Sarah Kindorf (3rd 7-8 B), Ian Wright (6th 9-10 B),Alyssa Montany (4th 13-14 B)and Eric Taboada (3rd 13-14).

The Stingrays are in the Dia-blo Community Swim Leaguechampionships at College ParkHigh School pool this Saturdayalong with fellow Concord teamSpringwood.

Clayton Valley High baseballhas a long and illustrious recordof successful teams and stand-out players and Adam Elliot,who graduated in 2002, wouldbe on any list of the top playersthe school has produced. Elliot,a Sacramento resident, died sud-denly in his sleep June 25 whileon a business trip.

Elliot starred for ClaytonValley baseball from 2000-2002,capped when he helped theEagles reach their first-everNorth Coast Section champi-onship game at the OaklandColiseum in his senior year.Right out of CVHS the right-handed pitcher was drafted byand signed a contract with theNew York Mets.

His head coach at ClaytonValley, Bob Ralston, says,

“Besides being one of my all-time favorites, a great person andteammate, Adam stands out asone of the best baseball playersto ever come out of the CVbaseball program. He was draft-ed by the Mets in the sixth roundout of high school as a pitcher.We are all heartbroken forAdam’s family and friends. Wehave experienced a tragic loss.”

He was a three-year starterfor the Eagles and was the 2002Player of the Year in the EastBay and Bay Valley AthleticLeague when the Eagles went allthe way to the NCS finals beforefalling to Newark Memorial.Elliot’s pitching exploits landedhim on the first all-BVAL teamtwice. As a junior the teamreached the NCS quarterfinalsand he was an all-East Baypitcher.

He was twice the schoolbaseball MVP and earned thesame honor in the summer of2001 at the CABA High SchoolWorld Series.

Current CVCHS baseballcoach Casey Coakley was anassistant during Elliot’s time atthe school. “On the field Adamwas a five-tool player that hadthe ability to dominate in everyphase of the game. Off the fieldAdam was a caring, compas-sionate person that was able toget along with all kinds of peo-ple. He will be greatly missed.”

After signing with the Metshe played on three rookie teamsduring 2002 as an 18-year-old,including in South Carolina,Tennessee and Brooklyn. Thefollowing year he was injuredand played only five games forKingsport, TN.

His dream of returning to

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CV Junior softball all-stars out in NorCal semis

Photo courtesy Clayton Valley Little League

SECOND BASEMAN HALEY CROOKES SLID HOME with a run in the District 4 Tournament of Champions senior division championshipgame as CV Blue defeated Antioch 11-1 for the title. CVLL then entered international Little League all-star competition in thejunior division and again won the D4 title. They played in the NorCal tournament over the past two weeks.

Swim season wraps up with busyschedule of league, city, county meets

Photo courtesy USSSA

Former Clayton Valley Highstandout Adam Elliot (left)turned to slow pitch softballafter his professional base-ball career was cut short byinjury. He was awarded theDefensive MVP at ConferenceUSSSA Nationals in 2010.

Former Clayton ValleyHigh baseball standoutdies suddenly at age 29

Ted Conger photo courtesy Dana Hills Swim Team

SWIM SEASON IN SUMMER SUN IS A PART OF CLAYTON LIFE. SmilingDana Hills Swim Team members, from left, Erica duLong (13),Sydney Skow (12), Mackenzie Curtis (13), Jenna Ewert (13)and Madison Gundlach (11) enjoyed the recent Devil Moun-tain Pentathlon along with nearly 1200 other young boys andgirls swimmers.

Assemblywoman Susan A.Bonilla is partnering with thewomen’s semi-pro soccer teamCalifornia Storm to host thethird annual Taking the Worldby Storm soccer clinic for girlson Saturday, Aug. 3, in Concord.

The free event for girls 9 to18 will be held 8 a.m.-1 p.m. atthe Tesoro Soccer Fields offArnold Industrial Way.

According to Bonilla, theclinic promotes self-confidenceand leadership skills. TheAssemblywoman started theclinic in 2011 in cooperationwith the Storm and TesoroGolden Eagle Refinery. A freeHealthy Living Fair is new thisyear.

Advance signups are strong-ly encouraged. The first 200 reg-istrants will receive a free clinicT-shirt. All participants get agoody bag and lunch.

The clinic will open with aperformance of the nationalanthem by 2013 American Idolcontestant Briana Oakley. Localbusinessman Mike Calamusa iscoordinating two sports medi-

cine workshops for parents dur-ing the clinic.

Drs. Earle Paynton andRobert Fife of STARS Rehabwill speak on training, stretchingand ACL injuries. Dr. AndrewNash and his team at 1-To-1

Pediatrics will discuss concussioncare and prevention. Becausewomen’s soccer is the No. 1 inci-dence of sports concussion inAmerica, Nash will speak aboutImPACT testing (ImmediatePost-Concussion Assessment

and Cognitive Testing).In addition to host Tesoro,

the clinic is co-sponsored byDiablo FC, SportStars magazineand Concord Disposal.

To register, visit asmdc.org/members/a14/sc.

After a fantastic 2012-2013season, where the Golden StateWarriors had 47 wins and 35

losses in the regular season, it’ssafe to say that fans have highexpectations for the upcomingbasketball season. Not only didmany of the young stars on theteam show growth and maturityin their game, but they alsoshowed a bond that grewbetween the team as they con-tinued to win with the help of

Mark Jackson’s coaching.The biggest question for the

Warriors this offseason waswhether or not they could win achampionship with the playersthey had, and so far, by theactions of their front office, it’sclear that moves must be madeto make the Warriors a champi-onship-caliber team.

The biggest signing of theoff-season for the Warriors wassmall forward Andre Iguodala.In a three-team deal with theUtah Jazz and Denver Nuggets,the Warriors traded centerAndris Biedrins, small forwardRichard Jefferson and powerforward Brandon Rush to theJazz. The Jazz soaked up theremaining $24 million of theirsalaries, and sent over RandyFoye to the Nuggets. The Jazzalso received two first-roundpicks and two second-roundpicks in the deal.

Overall the trade works outamazingly for the Warriors.

In the trade for Iguodala theWarriors got a borderline super-star, and in the process dumpedthree players who were merelytaking up cap space. Iguodalaaveraged 13 points, five assists,and five rebounds a game. He isthe type of player who can driveto the basket successfully almostanytime he wants, and with thisgreat slashing ability he is also agreat facilitator of the basket-ball. He also does a lot of thingsthat don’t show up on the scoresheet, like setting up greatscreens, and he is also a premierlock-down defender, especiallyon the perimeter.

Iguodala has been by far theWarriors biggest signing of the2013 off-season, but they havealso made a few other niceacquisitions. They signed centerJermaine O’Neal and pointguard Toney Douglas. Thesetwo signing are very importantbecause O’Neal and Douglaswill fill the holes left by JarrettJack and Carl Laundry, whoboth left the Warriors via freeagency this offseason. O’Neal isa veteran center who’s been inthe league for a long time, andhe will be able to back up start-ing center Andrew Bogut nicely.Douglas played for the Sacra-mento Kings last year, and isknown more as a defensive play-er than offensive, and he will bethe third guard for the Warriors.

The Warriors have made itclear through their actions thisoff-season that they want tocompete for a championship.Their roster is now stacked withtalent and the scary thing is, theyare going to get even better.Their three young stars StephenCurry, Clay Thompson and Har-rison Barnes will all continue toimprove, and play their heartsout to bring back an NBAchampionship to the Bay Area.

When he was junior at Clay-ton Valley High School about 20years ago Anthony Munch tookpart in a two-mile run during PEclass. His performance was sogood his teacher told him heshould join the cross countryteam. Munch’s response,“What’s cross country?”

Well he now knows theanswer as he was just named hisalma mater’s new cross countrycoach and immediately beganworking out with his athlete’sfor their summer conditioning.

It’s been an eventful severalmonths for Munch. He taughtand coached for six years in theOroville Union High SchoolDistrict but the district experi-enced declining enrollment andMunch, lacking seniority, foundhimself getting new assign-ments every year. Last Decem-ber he decided to move back toConcord, where his parents stilllive, seeking a more stable worksituation.

He picked up substituteteaching jobs and also wasadded to the track and fieldcoaching staff at Clayton ValleyCharter where he worked withlong distance coach DeborahOsteen, coaching many of thesame boys and girls he’ll be incharge of this fall.

Head track coach DarrenNewell says of Munch, a “verytalented coach, very technicallyversed in training and develop-ing distance runners. He workedwith Deb Osteen last season.Together they built a great foun-dation for a strong distance andcross country program for years

to come.”Munch had been focused on

helping his family and workingduring his first three years ofhigh school in the early 1990s.He took the advice of his PEteacher and joined the crosscountry team as a senior. “I waslucky to have two incrediblecoaches in Ron Silveira and JohnMillar.” He joined a 1994 Eaglesteam that was so good it wasinducted into the Clayton ValleyAthletic Hall of Fame this pastspring. He was named all-leaguefor the undefeated leaguechamps, who were second atNorth Coast Section and fifth atState meet.

Before graduating in 1995 hewas also all-league track thatspring in the 800 meters. Hewent on to run at Diablo ValleyCollege and then Chico State.He was all-league in the steeple-chase for both colleges.

He coached cross countryand track at Oroville HighSchool from 2007 through2012. “We won two cross coun-try Northern Section champi-onships in a row at Orovillewith the girls team (2009 and2010) and one championshipwith the boys (2009). I was thehead distance coach for track allfive years and was the team’shead coach in 2010 and 2011.”

His predecessor as CVCHScross country coach, Greg Fis-ter, has moved into the dean ofstudents position. Fister says,“Clayton Valley is very excitedto have Anthony Munch leadingthe cross country program asour new varsity head coach.Anthony is an outstanding run-ner, excellent coach and relateswell with the team. It should be

an outstanding year for CVCHScross country.”

The 35-year-old will be asubstitute social studies teacherthis fall looking for a vacancy onthe CVCHS faculty to assume afull-time position.

Munch still “races occasion-ally. Last fall I was second in theCatalina Island Eco-TrailMarathon (my first marathon),first in the Folsom LakeDuathlon (run, bike, run) andfinished between first and thirdin a variety of other runs includ-ing 5K and 10K mud runs in theSacramento area.”

The Eagle harriers will haveto be in tip top shape to keep upwith their coach.

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ANTHONY MUNCH enjoyed aJune vacation in Canyon-lands National Park in Utahshortly before he landed thejob as head cross countrycoach at his alma mater ofClayton Valley Charter HighSchool. He will be coachingthe Eagles boys and girlsteams starting this fall.

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Warriors’ state their casewith off-season moves

Tyler Lehman is a sophomore atDiablo Valley College and a 2012CVHS graduate. He plans to majorin journalism and wants to be a sportswriter. Email your comments or ques-tions to Tyler@claytonpioneer.com.

SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES SUMMER SOCCER CAMPS IN CONCORD

Boatwright Youth Sports Complex in Concord has two weeks ofSan Jose Earthquakes summer soccer camps planned. The sessionsare July 29-Aug. 2 and Aug. 5-9 for girls and boys ages 4-14 from 9a.m. - noon. Beginner through elite players are invited to participatein the camps. Visit diablofc.org to register.

ST. BONAVENTURE CYO CROSS COUNTRY

STARTS TRAINING AUG. 21St Bonaventure CYO cross country begins its third season with

training Aug. 21. The program is open to boys and girls in 2nd-8thgrades in the St. Bonaventure attendance area. Cross country is ashort, family-oriented season with practices Monday, Wednesday andFriday at 5:30 p.m. Parents are highly encouraged to run too. Meetsbegin in late September on Friday evenings with the Oakland Dio-cese meet in mid-October. The team meets at Newhall Park by thebig oak tree. Signups will be taken at practice.

AYSO SUMMER SOCCER CAMP AUG. 5-9UK International Soccer Camp instructors will be hosted by

MDSA at Boatwright Sports Complex for pre-season summer campsession Aug. 5-9 in Concord. Boys and girls 5-14 years of age cantake the camp in a half day (9 a.m. - 12 noon) or full day (9 a.m.-3:30p.m.) format in order to hone their skills for fall league play. Formore information or to register visit mdsoccer.org.

CV FALL YOUTH BASEBALL PROGRAM STARTS SEPT. 10Clayton Valley Charter High School baseball coaching staff and

players are offering a fall instructional program Sept. 10-Nov. 14.The 10-week, 30-hour program focuses on the skills necessary to be

a successful player including batting, fielding, pitching, catching andbase running. Sessions are held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4-5:30p.m. at the Clayton Valley Varsity Baseball Facility for boys and girlsages 5–13. Contact Eaagles head coach Casey Coakley at casey.coak-ley@claytonvalley.org or (925) 285-9417 with questions.

FALL YOUTH, ADULT PROGRAMS COMING TO CLAYTON GYM

Fall leagues are taking signups now for All Out Sports Leagueprograms through Clayton Community Gym. Adult softball (ages 18and older) and leagues for youth volleyball (8-16 years-old), rec bas-ketball (4-16 year-olds) and Blaze AAU-style basketball will all beoffered. There are different Aug. and Sept. deadlines for each pro-gram. For complete information, visit alloutsportsleague.com.

CVCHS GIRLS VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL CLINICS,CAMPS OFFERED

Clayton Valley Charter High School coaches will be offering girlsbasketball and volleyball camps this summer. Volleyball coach DaveHobson (davehobson98@yahoo.com) will have anintermediate/advanced team drills clinic July 29-Aug. 1. New basket-ball coach Paul Kommer (pkommer@aol.com) is hosting a skillscamp for middle school players July 29-Aug. 1. Contact the coachesfor more information on the clinics and camp.

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The San Jose Earthquakes of Major League Soccer are holdingtheir Regional Development School fall session at Boatwright Fieldsin Concord on Fridays from Sept. 13 through Nov. 1. Girls and boys5-10 years of age are eligible for the school which brings profession-al coaching experience and guidance to youth soccer players of allskill levels. Brazilian World Cup and Olympic player Tafa heads theteaching staff. For more information visit the Earthquakes YouthAlliance Partner’s website at diablofc.org.

Kristian Ipsen was excited toqualify for the one-meter spring-board competition at the WorldSwimming Championships whenhe easily won the US WorldChampionships Trials in May byover 50 points. What started asthe realization of a dream turnedinto a nightmare when Ipsenmissed several dives and failed toqualify for the finals in Barcelonalast Saturday.

This Thursday and Friday thepride of Clayton will be lookingto challenge for a medal in the3M, an event he has more inter-national experience in, both as asolo and synchro diver. The 15thFINA World Swimming Cham-pionships run through Aug. 4 inBarcelona.

In the 1M preliminaries Ipsenwas third among 43 divers fol-lowing the first dive. Defendingchampion Shixin Li of Chinatook the lead in that round andended up with the gold medal onMonday. Ipsen scored all 7s and8s on the first dive but then bare-ly got a score as high as 6 over hisnext four efforts as he droppedas low as 23rd in the competitionwith none of those dives higherthan 20th best.

Ipsen rallied in his last dive toscore the third highest mark ofthe round, which jumped him upto his final placing of 17th. Heclosed out his list with 70 pointson a reverse 1½ with 3 twists, themost difficult dive done by anydiver in the contest.

Only the top 12 divers quali-fied for Monday’s finals. USteammate Harrison Jones wasthe second alternate in the 1Mafter finishing three places aboveIpsen.

Ipsen is competing on histhird senior World Champi-onships team, although it is hisfirst time on the 1-meter and alsothe first FINA finals where heisn’t on a synchro team. “Prelimsare always tough. I tried to fightmy way back, but it wasn’tenough. I still have 3-meterthough,” said Ipsen after the 1M.

In the 3M there are 49 diversentered with Ipsen diving 44th inthe order. The London Olympic3M gold, silver and bronzemedalists as well as the fourth-place finisher are all entered atWorlds.

The Stanford diver got hisfirst taste of senior World Cham-pionship competition in 2009 atRome when he and partner TroyDumais burst onto the interna-

tional scene with a silver medalafter only working together for afew months in the three-meter

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fourth-place finish at the WorldChampionships in Shanghai.Ipsen missed two dives in thethree-meter springboard andplummeted from fourth to 31st,missing out on the finals.

Ipsen is a three-time FINAWorld Junior champion, so he’shad success individually on theworld stage against age groupcompetition.

Regardless of how well hedoes in the 3M Ipsen can lookforward to a European vacationplanned by his family followingthe World Championships. He’llget some well-earned R&Rbefore coming back for his jun-ior year at Stanford, where he’swon three NCAA titles in hisfirst two years.

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major league parks like the Coli-seum as a player evaporated afteran injury cut short his profes-sional career when he was just20. He pitched in one game formanager (and former MLB star)Brett Butler and the Gulf CoastLeague Mets in Florida that yearbefore shutting it down.

Elliot didn’t get completelyaway from the diamond. Hebecame a slow pitch softballplayer, competing nationally atthe highest level in USSSA Con-ference. He was the DefensiveMVP as a member of Famousin the 2010 Conference USSSAChampionships.

After retiring from pro base-ball in 2005, he worked in theconstruction field and wasengaged to marry Catia Saraiva.

His family reported that“besides baseball and softball,he loved to fish, play golf, theshooting range, loved his dogs,dice with buddies and basicallyany game you put in front ofhim. Adam was the ultimategamer with an ‘it’s all good, I gotthis’ attitude.

“Adam often spent timecoaching and encouragingyoung players. He had a gener-ous, giving and loving nature.Adam was jovial with an infec-

tious personality. His charminggrin and golden heart had adultsadopting him as their son andchildren holding him up as theirrole model. There is no questionthat, like some of our heroeswho were taken from us tooearly, Adam has left his mark.”

A memorial softball tourna-ment is likely to be planned.

Elliot is survived by hismother Mary Lou Elliot, fatherDavid Elliot Orlinsky, brotherMichael Orlinsky, half sister LiatOrlinsky, grandparents Dan andMary Lou Helix and Rina Orlin-sky, his fiancé, as well as godpar-ents, uncles, cousins and manyfriends.

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After finishing third in theLondon Olympics the Americanwomen’s quadruple sculls boatfigured to challenge for a medalat World Cup #3 earlier thismonth in Lucerne, Switzerland.Clayton’s Kara Kohler was theonly holdover from the bronzemedal crew but the team hadplaced second in its preliminaryrow and then won therepechage to earn lane two inthe six-boat finals.

Olympic silver medalistsGermany were favored andthey were on the starboard sideof the Americans in the finalwhile the “boat of the future”Australia was on the port side.

The US was fourth andmoving up on third-placeAustralia in the final 300

meters of the race when arower’s worst nightmare hap-pened and Stesha Carle in thebow-seat broke her port oar inhalf, effectively ending therace for the Americans. Theincident is known as “catchinga crab” in rowing jargon.

Esther Lofgren (NewportBeach), Susan Francia(Abington, Pa.), Kohler andCarle (Long Beach) stoppedrowing for several seconds,falling immediately into sixthplace before crossing the fin-ish line more than a minutebehind the fifth-place Belaruscrew. Germany won gold in6:18.97 with Poland secondand Australia third.

Kohler is among six womencompeting for spots in the

American quad for the WorldChampionships which areAug. 25-Sept. 1 in Chungju,South Korea.

Kohler will return for hersenior year at Cal Berkeley inthe fall. She earned her thirdAll-America nod in three sea-sons of competition after help-ing guide the Golden Bearsvarsity 8 to an NCAA title inJune in Indianapolis. Kohler,who redshirted the 2012 sea-son while preparing for theLondon Olympic Games at theUS Rowing Training Center,was also named a first teamAll-America in 2011 and washonored as a second-teamAll-America in her 2010 fresh-man year. The Clayton ValleyHigh School grad was thefour-seat in the Golden Bears’varsity 8 that captured the2013 NCAA crown.

Kohler’s World Cup ends with a crab

Everyone loves a heart-warming tale of an underdogpersevering to overcome obsta-cles, and helping such an animalachieve their fairy-tale ending iseasier than you might think.

Even when our hearts are inthe right place, a pet labeled“special-needs” can appearintimidating. Keep in mind that

caring for a special needs petdoes not always require majorexpense or adjustment. Often,what these animals need most isa little extra patience, time andlove.

Special-needs encompasses awide variety of conditions, andmerely indicates that the ani-mal’s care requires a little some-

thing “extra.” Animals withphysical disabilities are consid-ered special-needs, as are thosewith chronic illness, thoserecovering from serious injuries,or those with behavior issuesrequiring some extra training ormanagement.

When deciding if a special-needs animal is right for you,consider your lifestyle. Forexample, working with a hear-ing-impaired animal requirespatience and persistence and anunderstanding of dog’s commu-nication via body language.Something as simple as learninghand signals can be immenselyhelpful to creating a healthy andunderstanding relationship withyour hearing challenged pet.

Certain conditions may ben-efit greatly from having anothercompanion animal at home.Animals requiring a special dietor medication might require abit of extra time, or a specialschedule. Take inventory ofyour needs and the needs ofyour family – it may be easierthan you’d think to provide for aspecial pet’s needs.

As with any animal, takingtime to get to know and under-stand your special-needs pet willlead to a tighter bond. Once youhave a full understanding ofhow your pet’s challenges mightimpact his life, you’ll be lookingfor ways to help him adjust andovercome. Knowing that you’reproviding a treatment plan and asafe, loving home to an animalthat might have otherwise beenoverlooked is deeply gratifying.

The next time you and yourfamily begin the important dis-cussion about bringing home afurry new family member, con-sider a special-needs animal.Though caring for one meansbeing aware of your pet’s condi-tion and paying more attentionto his comfort, any additionaltime or energy you’ll spend ismore than worth the invest-ment. No special need candiminish his capacity to love.

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The Bay Area can expectnearly 2 million more residentsover the next 27 years; most ofthem will be our baby-boomerseniors, our children and grand-children. Whether we havechoices of affordable homes,good jobs with reasonable com-mutes, added transportationoptions, clean air and openspaces to enjoy will largelydepend on whether local citycouncils choose to implementthe plan and its goals. Withoutlocal action, it’s simply a nicevision.

Plan Bay Area has been con-troversial. Elected by the con-

ference of mayors to representthe cities of Contra Costa, I cur-rently serve as vice president ofABAG. This affords me a ring-side seat at these animated dis-cussions. The plan has beencalled a communist plot, asocialist scheme to take awaypersonal property rights and aconspiracy of the UnitedNations Agenda 21. It’s none ofthose.

The plan concentratesabout 70 percent of futurehousing and job growth inlocally self-nominated areasnear existing transit, whileencouraging all communitiesthroughout the region to planthoughtfully and collaborativelyfor future generations.

Downtown Concord, theMonument Corridor, ConcordNaval Weapons Station andBART station areas region-wideare anticipated to graduallydevelop, with additional housing

choices for all ages, job centersand educational opportunitiesfor the region. Those changeswon’t happen overnight, andthey will only occur as our localcommunities want them to -with extensive opportunities forresidents to shape the plans.

The plan incorporates ourvision for growth in the Claytoncommunity. Our Clayton Gen-eral Plan and Town Center Spe-cific Plan call for a compact,walkable, vibrant downtown ofsmall shops and services with avariety of housing optionsincorporated within and nearby.Because most of the growth inthe plan is focused on the moreurban cities, growth pressuresare actually reduced in cities likeours - where access to publictransit is limited. Indeed, exist-ing single-family neighborhoodsthroughout the Bay Area willremain just as they are today.

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ting still and 10 is a full-tiltsprint, should be about 6 or 7)

• Find a hill or some steps– orset your treadmill to a four-to-six percent incline – and walkuphill quickly for two minutes.

• Walk downhill to recover, or ifyou’re on a treadmill, walk at azero percent incline for twominutes.

• Aim to maintain your speed orgo faster so that you can speakjust a few words at a time(RPE: 8). Only one set ofstairs? Walk up and down for 4minutes.

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STEADY-PACE WALK

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AAuugg.. 33GGeeooccaacchhiinnggIntroduction to geocaching basics, then a short hike up MitchellCanyon to find geocache treasures. 9 a.m. Meet at Mitchell CanyonVisitor Center.

AAuugg.. 1177MMoouunntt DDiiaabblloo bbyy MMoooonnlliigghhttAn evening nature hike in the Mitchell Canyon area. 6:30 – 9:30p.m. Meet at Mitchell Canyon Visitor Center. Reservations required.

AAuugg.. 2244TTaarraannttuullaa HHuunnttJoin Helene Cahill with her pet tarantula to learn about the life of thehairy spiders and then hike at a slow pace to see if you can find thenative tarantulas. 4:30 – 7:30 p.m. Meet at Mitchell Canyon VisitorCenter. Reservations required.

Save Mount Diablo programs listed are free unless otherwise noted.Go to savemountdiablo.org and click on Activities/Guided Hikes formore information. 947-3535.

AAuugg.. 1100NNaattiivvee GGaarrddeenniinngg oonn MMaarrsshh CCrreeeekkJoin the Diablo Restoration Team for a fun morning restoring native

habitat along Marsh Creek by watering, expanding native vegetationand removing non-native weeds. 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Respond toGeorge at 947-3535 or gphillips@savemoutndiablo.org.

EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENTJJuullyy 2266SSuummmmeerr CCoonncceerrttMariachi San Miguel performs. 6:30 p.m. Montecito, 4756 ClaytonRoad, Concord. Free. Response required. Call Michaela at 692-5838.

JJuullyy 2266 –– 2288““TThhee MMaann iinn tthhee BBooxx””Reading of a play in two acts. Cue Productions Live, 1835 Colfax St.,Concord. $12-$18. b8company.com.

JJuullyy 2266 –– AAuugg.. 44““LLeeggaallllyy BBlloonnddee,, TThhee MMuussiiccaall””Feel good musical comedy based on the hit movie and performed byDiablo Theatre Company. Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Dr.,Walnut Creek. $30-$53. lesherartscenter.org. 943-7469.

JJuullyy 2277MMiirraannddaa SSiinnggssHilariously bad singing; dishing out laughs and life lessons. 8 p.m.Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Dr., Walnut Creek. $37.lesherartscenter.org. 943-7469.

JJuullyy 2299,, AAuugg.. 2266MMiinnii MMoonnddaayyssChildren aged 2-5 discover the natural world around them. Childrenmust be accompanied by adult. 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Lindsay WildlifeMuseum, 1931 First Ave., Walnut Creek. $15. wildlife-museum.org.935-1978.

AAuugg.. 22 -- 44““IIoollaanntthhee””Illogical love story about what happens when a band of fairies takeover Parliament. Performed by Lamplighters Music Theatre. LesherCenter for the Arts, 1601 Civic Dr., Walnut Creek. $25-$54. lesher-artscenter.org. 943-7469.

AAuugg.. 22 –– 44““QQuuaaddrriillllee””Reading of a romantic play. Cue Productions Live, 1835 Colfax St.,Concord. $12-$18. b8company.com.

AAuugg.. 33,, 1100,, 1177,, 2244JJaazzzzJazz in Walnut Creek comes out swinging in August. Aug.3, pianistCyrus Chestnut; Aug. 10, singer Stacey Kent; Aug. 17, singer/pianistEliane Elias; Aug. 24, Stride Piano Summit. 5 and 8 p.m. LesherCenter for the Arts, 1601 Civic Dr., Walnut Creek. $25-$40. lesher-artscenter.org. 943-7469.

AAuugg.. 77 –– 99““WWiillllyy WWoonnkkaa aanndd tthhee CChhooccoollaattee FFaaccttoorryy,, JJrr..””Performance by Poison Apple Productions. Lesher Center for the Arts,1601 Civic Dr., Walnut Creek. $12-$14.75. lesherartscenter.org. 943-7469.

AAuugg.. 1111PPeerrcceeppttiioonnssThis is the ultimate audience participation show regarding the power ofmentalism with Tony Jones. 6:15 p.m. Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601Civic Dr., Walnut Creek. $14.75. lesherartscenter.org. 943-7469.

AAuugg.. 1166RReedd && NNaavvyy iinn CCoonncceerrttLive rock music. Support new artists. 7:30 p.m. Lesher Center for theArts, 1601 Civic Dr., Walnut Creek. $8-$10. lesherartscenter.org.943-7469.

AAuugg.. 1166YYuurrii LLiibbeerrzzoonnClassical guitarist. 7:15 p.m. Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 CivicDr., Walnut Creek. $25. lesherartscenter.org. 943-7469.

AAuugg.. 1177VVooiidd WWhheerree IInnhhiibbiitteeddImprovised interaction between actors and audience presented byReady or Not Improv. 8:15 p.m. Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601Civic Dr., Walnut Creek. $13. lesherartscenter.org. 943-7469.

AAuugg.. 2233 –– SSeepptt.. 11OOMMGG,, II LLoovvee TThhaatt SShhooww PPrroodduuccttiioonn ((ttiittllee TTBBAA))Musical comedy that documents its own creation from idea toBroadway opening. Lesher Center for the Arts, 1601 Civic Dr.,Walnut Creek. $30-$35. lesherartscenter.org. 943-7469.

CHURCHAAuugg.. 22BBaahhaa’’ii,, interaction, fellowship and discussion. Topic: Nobility,Benevolence and Connectedness: Converging on a new view ofhuman nature. Speaker: Dr. Alim J. Beveridge, Ph.D in OrganizationalBehavior. 7:30 p.m. Free. For directions, call 672-6686.

FUNDRAISERSAAuugg.. 1188JJooeell:: ““TThhee BBaanndd””A tribute to the songs of Billy Joel to raise money for the Relay ForLife fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. 3 p.m. El CampanilTheatre, 602 W. Second St., Antioch. $15-$33.elcampaniltheatre.com.

AT THE LIBRARYThe Clayton Library is at 6125 Clayton Road. Programs are freeunless otherwise noted. claytonlibrary.org or 673-0659.

TThhrroouugghh AAuugg.. 1133PPaattttyy CCaakkeessStory time for babies to 3-year-olds. Child attends with caregiver.Drop-in 11 a.m. Tuesdays.

WWeeddnneessddaayyssBBooookk BBuuddddiieessA volunteer will read stories for children 3 and older. 1-2 p.m. Callin advance.

TThhrroouugghh AAuugg.. 1155PPiiccttuurree BBooookk TTiimmeeStory time for 3- to 5-year-olds. Child may attend without caregiver.Drop-in 11 a.m. Thursdays.

JJuullyy 3300JJuuiiccyy BBooookkss aanndd CCrraaffttssEnjoy some stories and crafts. Children 5 – 9. 4 – 5 p.m. Registrationrequired.

JJuullyy 3311CCooooll CCrraaffttFun for teenagers. 4 – 5 p.m. Registration required.

AAuugg.. 88CCllaayyttoonn TToowwnn HHaallll MMeeeettiinnggContribute visions and ideas to shape a new strategic plan for thelibrary. 7 – 8:30 p.m. Register at tinyurl.com/claytontownhall or 673-0659.

AAuugg.. 1122RReeaaddiinngg RReeccoommmmeennddaattiioonnss ffoorr BBooookk LLoovveerrssPresented by the entertaining and engaging Ron Shoop, RandomHouse. 7 p.m.

AAuugg.. 1144SSuummmmeerr RReeaaddiinngg FFeessttiivvaallFor teenagers. 4 – 5 p.m. Registration required.

The Concord Library is at 2900 Salvio St. ccclib.org or 646-5455.

JJuullyy 2299HHiijjiinnkkss!!Jugging with Thomas John for all ages. 7 p.m.

AAuugg.. 1122IIccee CCrreeaamm PPaarrttyyCelebrate the end of the Summer Reading Festival with a cool treat.7 p.m. Registration required.

SCHOOLSJJuullyy 2277 -- 2288CCVVHHSS CCllaassss ooff 11996633 RReeuunniioonnThe two-day event begins with a 3 p.m. tour of Clayton Valley HighSchool, 1101 Alberta Way, Concord, on July 27, followed by a no-host pizza party at 5 p.m. at Skipolini’s, 1033 Diablo St., Clayton.On July 28, there will be picnic 10 a.m.-7 p.m. at ClaytonCommunity Park, 7411 Marsh Creek Road. Contact Linda AmosShelton at lincas@pacbell.net.

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11sstt aanndd 33rrdd TTuueessddaayyssCCllaayyttoonn CCiittyy CCoouunncciill7 p.m. Hoyer Hall, Clayton Library, 6125 Clayton Road. 673-7304or ci.clayton.ca.us.

22nndd aanndd 44tthh TTuueessddaayyssCCllaayyttoonn PPllaannnniinngg CCoommmmiissssiioonn7 p.m., Hoyer Hall, Clayton Library, 6125 Clayton Road. 673-7304or ci.clayton.ca.us.

11sstt,, 22nndd aanndd 44tthh TTuueessddaayyssCCoonnccoorrdd CCiittyy CCoouunncciill6:30 p.m., Council Chamber, Concord Civic Center, 1950 Parkside Dr.

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“Seeing is believing” is anidiom first recorded in 1639 thatmeans “only physical or concreteevidence is convincing,” accord-ing to Wikipedia. That is especial-ly true when we are talking withpeople, and in these modern days,Skype makes that possible even ifyou are on different continents.

Skype is video telephone net-work software that works on yourPC, laptop, tablet or smartphone.It is free to download and use.Your calls are free when callingsite-to-site, which means that callsfrom your computer to anotherperson’s computer are free overthe Internet with a user name. If,however, one uses Skype to call a“real” phone number, then youneed a paid telephone network.

All you need to get startedcommunicating with friends, fam-ily, co-workers or clients is a com-puter, any monitor, a web camera,good clear speakers and Skypesoftware. You probably owneverything you need to get start-ed, but if you don’t, here are sometips:

Your computer, laptop ortablet should be at least a Pentium4 (or compatible AMD CPU)running at 1.8GHz or faster, witha minimum of 2GB of RAM ormore. Most experts recommend4GB. If you’re short of RAM,upgrade it. Cost will be about $50.

Get a good web camera. Ifyours is old and not 720 pixel res-olution or better, get a new one.They’re simple to install. Cost isabout $40. By the way, if you’reusing a notebook, laptop, tablet orsmartphone, your web cam isalready built-in and ready to use.Smartphones don’t have the sameprerequisites as using a PC orcompatible computer. Mostsmartphones are fully configuredto run Skype right out of the box.

Speakers are a great feature;remember you are talking on aphone device and you need tohear the caller clearly. Get speak-ers that are clear, clean and ampli-fied (they plug into the wall sock-et for power). Cost is about $30.

Since Skype is free to down-load and use site-to-site, videocalls from your computer toanother computer are free. Skypeis simple to set up and it supportsmost operating systems(Windows, Chrome, Apple). Nomajor challenges here.

But be careful from whichwebsite you download Skype. If

you Google Skype, the resultsfrom the search are likely danger-ous. Here’s the problem: thesefree download sites add applica-tions to the download. So youwind up with Skype, and applica-tions you don’t want like a down-load manager, a video player,some software for “special”games, virus, malware and annoy-ing browser redirects to weirdwebsites and the like. Basicallythey load you up with stuff youdon’t need, want or care about.

The point I am making is thatit is best to download Skype fromthe Microsoft web site. Microsoftowns it. Go tomicrosoft.com/downloads (go tobottom of page) then chooseSkype to download and followsimple directions. Technologynever looked so good.

William Claney is an independenttech writer and former owner ofComputers USA in the ClaytonStation. Email questions or commentsto will@claytonpioneer.com.

From Laurie R. King, one ofthe Bay Area’s favorite mysterywriters, comes another excellentstand-alone mystery.

King has recreated the Parisof the late 1920s, including theoverflow of American ex-patri-ots writing, dancing, singing,drinking, painting, photograph-ing and loving their way throughthe city’s heart.

While the title’s “Bones ofParis” are real, they’re not theinfamous bones of thoseencrypted or buried in massgraves after one ancient plagueor another. They are much morerecent and the mystery ofwhose bones they are, and howthey got that clean, falls to thesleuthing prowess of not only aParisian detective in charge ofmissing persons, but a hot-tem-pered American private eyehired by the uncle of a younglady recently gone missing.

This is a crowded tale ofFrench history, misbehavingAmericans, all things modern,Brits still recovering from the

horrors of the War to End AllWars, an aristocratic Frenchcount, damaged and eccentric,and two detectives: Doucet,from the Préfecture De Police,and Stuyvesant, the private eyeoriginally from the States.Female characters include PipCrosby, the missing niece;Nancy Bergen, Pip’s roommate;and Sarah Grey, Stuyvesant’slost love and current fiancée of– no, that would be a spoiler.

If you’ve never read aboutall those artistic types who leftAmerica to hone their creativetalents in the City of Lights, thisis your chance. King peoples hernovel with familiar Americannames – Hemingway, the sure-fisted writer; Man Ray, the icon-ic photographer; Fitzgerald ofGatsby fame; Stein, who stillcan’t be explained; and book-store/salon muse Beach.

There are enough othersthat the uninitiated reader maywonder if they were really allthere. While improbable, it’strue that so many of America’s

greatest creative minds treatedParis like a revolving door inthe early part of the 20th cen-tury. King’s treatment of themis more imaginative than strict-ly factual, but it works to enliv-en the mystery.

Initially, Stuyvesant believeshe is looking for a youngAmerican who has gone miss-ing. But as her trail begins tofade, he is forced to face the facthe is looking for a body.

The missing American iseventually included in a bizarrelist of missing persons, Frenchand otherwise. Stuyvesant andDoucet begin to cross eachother’s paths with increasingregularity, becoming dangerous-ly confrontational on both per-sonal and professional levels.The appearance of beautifulbones, artistically presented,lead both men to a scary littleartist connected to the aristo-cratic count, who not only keepscompany with a famousAmerican photographer but isSarah Grey’s employer.

The ancient and the modernconverge with a vengeance;almost nothing is left to chanceand every second counts.

The twists and turns increaseto the point that the last quarterof the book is read in one greatgulp. It’s not a particularly gas-tronomical feast but it is com-pletely satisfying to a King fan.

Ziggy the zebra can nolonger be seen gambolingaround the Seeno hill with theresident emus, llamas anddonkeys.

After an intensive journalis-tic investigation (drivingaround the hill, then asking thestaff for the skinny on thestripes), it was revealed thatZiggy has found a new home.Seeno property managerAnthony Parcesepe described itas “summer camp.”

Boarding school is more likeit.

In a trend familiar to manyparents of teenage boys, Ziggyreached puberty. With the onset

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evidence, reports say Ziggymade amorous advances on adonkey. In a trend familiar tomany teenage boys, the girlwas entirely disinterested inhis affections.

Rather than risk injuries tothe other animals, Seeno’steam decided to move Ziggyto a less stimulating home.Ziggy now resides on a Seenoproperty in the hills nearPittsburg that is out of sightof the public.

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Wine makes every meal an occa-sion, every table more elegant, everyday more civilized. – AndreSimon, French-born wine mer-chant, gourmet, and prolificwine writer.

A wine cellar of any size is alovely luxury. If you like todrink wine, and more impor-tantly, like to collect what youdrink, you need somewhere tostore your precious finds. Somecellars are wonderfully over-the-top with custom racks, tumbledstone flooring, wrought-ironlight fixtures, with comfortableseating arrangements where youare able to taste your vintage ofchoice in a civilized setting.

Some cellars are in the formof a built-in beverage cooler inyour kitchen or living room wetbar, where the temperature isperfectly set, and the bottles areclose at hand. And some, well,some cellars are a little morerough around the edges; anentry coat closet, under theguest bedroom bed, or any-where else in your home whereit’s cool and tucked away.

True wine enthusiasts knowthat the storage of wine is notto be taken lightly. Constanttemperature, appropriatehumidity levels, and a relativelydark environment are all veryimportant storage factors forwine to age gracefully. A truewine cellar is quite the work of

art from an architectural stand-point, but if you’re looking toincorporate a “cellar” some-where in your home, less thehefty price tag of an excavationto add a basement to yourhome, here are a few decorativesuggestions:

EXISTING CABINETRY

Consider transforming oneor two existing cabinets in yourkitchen, dining or living roominto a functional storage spacefor wine. Many online retailerssell various sizes of prefabricat-ed or custom built wine racks tofit just about any space to keepyour wine organized, and safeand sound.

LOOK INSIDE YOUR WALLS

My husband and I just tookon a wine cellar project, turningunused space under our stair-case into something quite func-tional for our modest collectionof wine. Our contractor created

a cellar box, where we slid inprefabricated wine racks. A little

bit of dry wall work wasrequired, some decorative trimadded, new cabinet doors withseeded glass panelsinstalled…and voila! Not quitea “Design on a Dime” project,but also not a project that tookmonths and months to com-plete. The idea here is not nec-essarily to create a space underyour stairs, but rather to findunused space and create some-thing custom and functionalthat works with the layout ofyour home.

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Wine cellars don’t have to be“built-in” to be effective.

It’s a sure sign of summer isin full swing when melonsappear at your farmers’ market.Big watermelons, fragrant can-taloupe and honeydew and avariety of exotic melons likePersian, casaba, canary, andCrenshaw are available. Eachhas a distinctive sweet flavor andeach is a must-try this season.Just chill and enjoy! Melons arein the same gourd family assquashes and cucumbers. Mostmelons have similar structure towinter squash with thick fleshand an inner seed-filled mid-sec-tion. So what’s the differencebetween melons and squashes?It’s the way they’re used.Squashes are considered vegeta-bles, while melons are known asfruits with sweet and juicy fla-vor.

Here are some interestingnew varieties to watch for:

Crenshaw: Salmon-pinkflesh yields a sweet, rich tasteand slightly spicy aroma. Thesemelons are large, weighing up to10 pounds. Peak season: Augustthrough September.

Galia: The light-green fleshinside this melon is sweeter thanthat of the American can-taloupe; it’s often reserved fordessert. Peak season: Maythrough August.

Sprite: This grapefruit-sizedmelon has sweet, crisp ivoryflesh, the taste of which con-tains hints of watermelon, hon-eydew and pear – but muchsweeter. Peak season: June andJuly.

Orange-fleshed Honey-dew: This is a luscious crossbetween cantaloupe and honey-dew, with a slightly creamy fla-vor. Look for a smooth, whitishrind with a waxy texture. Peakseason: May through August.

Pick up some sweet can-taloupe from J&M Farms at theClayton Farmers’ Market and trythis great summer melon recipe:

SAVORY CANTALOUPE SALAD

One 3-pound cantaloupe, cutinto one inch cubes

Salt and freshly ground blackpepper

2 tsp. extra virgin olive oil2 tsp. white wine vinegar2 slices sopprassata salami, cut

into thin strips1 tablespoon snipped fresh

chives1/2 pound goat cheese6 slices country bread

Put the melon cubes in largebowl and season with salt andblack pepper. Add the oil andtoss gently and then add thevinegar. Garnish with the sop-pressata and chives. Spread thecheese evenly on each piece ofbread and serve with the salad.

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How would you like to starta hike at one of, if not the high-est, trailhead in California?

At an elevation of 10,200feet, the Little Lakes Valley,located in the Inyo NationalForest in the Sierras, is absolute-ly breathtaking. The easy accessto this beautiful chain of lakesmake Little Lakes Valley popularfor fishing, day hikes and begin-ning backpackers. Glacierscarved this extensive chain oflakes, both large and small.Wildflowers bloom in the highelevation framed by the spectac-ular 13,000-foot peaks of BearCreek Spire, Mt. Dade, Mt.Abbot and Mt. Mills.

Even if you are a casual hikeryou can take your time, picnicand take photographs to enjoythe views of the mountain peakssurrounding you. The incredible

lakes, streams, wildflowers, ripar-ian meadows, and, of course,wildlife offer something for hik-ers of all ages. But if you want totest your cardio, you can hike toMono Pass at 12,040 feet, GemLake at 10,800 feet and MorganPass at 11,080 feet.

An added bonus to the beau-tiful scenery is the fishing inmany of the streams and lakesalong the way. Mostly smallbrook trout can be caught, butsome three- to five-poundbrowns are caught every sum-mer. Some streams even havewild trout. Personally, I hadgood luck at Gem Lake withsmall trout. The round-trip toGem is seven miles. I fishedLong Lake but with snow still

on the lake the fish just weren’tbiting – but there were some bigones jumping right out of thewater, teasing me.

There are also lakes andstreams for swimming, if it is awarm day. Try taking a swim atBox or Chickenfoot, but bewarned that the water at thatelevation can be chilly.

Little Lakes Valley is also agreat base camp for short back-packing trips, specifically up toChickenfoot and Gem. MorganLakes is barren but a spot couldbe found if you don’t mindbeing exposed to the high-coun-try elements. The mileage to allof these lakes is within fivemiles, making it a short trip.Remember to get appropriatebackpacking permits. Yes, parkrangers really will issue tickets ifyou fail to meet the guidelinesfor back country rules.

The Mono Pass hike fromthe trailhead is a bit more diffi-cult. It is drier and the air thin-ner at 12,040 feet on top, but theviews are fantastic. Trailheads tomore lakes such as Hilton andDavis are off of Rock CreekRoad on your way to MosquitoFlats. I had really good luck fish-ing at Davis Lake, a four-and-a-half mile hike.

There are endless lakes andcreeks in this section of theJohn Muir Wilderness area. Irecommend it in June, early July,mid-September and October.Remember, this is high-eleva-tion and even in June the highertrails may still have snow. Butoff-season is truly the best. Ihiked Mono Pass on the firstsnow of the season in Octoberand this area was spectacularwith all the fall color.

To reach Little Lakes Valley,drive up Tioga Pass – Highway120 – and you can stop manytimes to take a hike in YosemiteNational Park. Head south onthe 395 past the MammothLakes exit for about 20 milesand take the Tom’s Place exitwhich will put you on RockCreek Road. It takes you 10miles to the end, just past RockCreek Lake to the MosquitoFlats trailhead. Parking can getfull so get there early.

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If you look at Daffodil Hillthis month, you’ll see pops oforange flowers emerging fromthe Lion’s Tail shrubs.

These shrubs, seen in thelandscape at the corner ofMarsh Creek and Clayton roads,are exceptionally hardy in anyweather our Clayton Valley cli-mate has to offer. Sun, frost, youname it, Lion’s Tail can take it.

Leonotis leonurus is a supe-rior selection of the Leonotisfamily. Leonotis leonurus cangrow from 3-5 feet tall andalmost as wide. This sturdyperennial shrub will begin tobloom in July and often flowersthrough most of fall.

Lion’s Tail gets its namefrom the shape of the flowers.Whirls of orange, two-lip flow-ers stack onto the Lion’s Tail’sstrong stems. The whirls looklike the tufted end of a lion’s tail.

BIRD-FRIENDLY PLANTING

Hummingbirds are drawn tothe flowers. The two-lip shapemakes for perfect access to theshrub’s sweet nectar.

Keep the expired flowers onthe shrub during winter, so thebirds throughout our ClaytonValley neighborhood can enjoythe seed heads for months. InMarch, remove all of last year’swoody branches to make wayfor the new, more productivestems.

Leonotis leonurus is usefulin a Clayton Valley landscape or

garden. It is showy enough to bein a focal setting of a landscape,clean enough to be used in apoolscape and interestingenough to stand in the back-ground of a perennial garden.

In a landscape, combine itwith ornamental dwarf bamboo,fancy-colored Phormium orflowering Kangaroo Paw. If youwant to add Lion’s Tail to apoolscape, use between QueenPalm trees or as a floweringaccent to Leucadendron shrubs.

The hot orange color of theLeonotis leonurus will contrastwith other perennials in a sunnybed. Install near Salvia MysticSpires and New Gold Lantana.

SUMMER PLANTING

NOT A PROBLEM

Gardeners can find Leonotisleonurus at nursery and gardencenters now. Planting during thesummer months isn’t risky ifyou know what to do.Preparation and hydration iseverything.

Always dig a hole wider thandeep in our clay soil. Use a soilconditioner without fertilizerwhen planting. Mix the condi-tioner 50-50 with the native clay.

Make sure your plant orshrub is well-watered and showsno signs of stress beforeinstalling. Once planted, water atthe root immediately. Don’t relyon drip or sprinkler irrigation towater a new installation in thesummer.

Make it a point to visit yournew planting daily the first weekand give additional water. Thesecond week after installation,give additional water every otherday. The third week, skip threedays between waterings. Thisway, you’ll build up the watertable and be able to spot anytrouble before it becomes aproblem.

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