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Ophelia’s Jump’s “The Legend of Georgia McBride” opens at 8 p.m. Friday, June 5 at 2009 Porterfield Way, Suite H, Upland, running at various times Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays through June 28.
“Aging can give us a broader perspective or a rigid, narrowed view, based on our experience. I certainly feel more secure in my skin than I ever have at 68, but there is much less that that skin wants to do. I envy artists, thinkers, and writers who are able to consider views not necessarily comfortable or immediately advantageous to their popularity or bank account. Most of us are too busy worrying about navigating our day or the grocery store parking lot to think big thoughts.”
“This house is like a relative to me,” a still shaken David Mix said just 48 hours after his family home of nearly 50 years was lost in the Bridge Fire on September 10. “I can’t really explain. Every corner of that house has my fingerprints on it.” Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
“So much of what we’re facing is what higher education is facing: changing demographics … changing modalities, requirements for greater investment in technology. But the historical context was just to have people understand how long ago it was that we had a stable environment with a revenue stream other than tuition revenue. And that’s really the key. That’s what we need to decrease our dependence upon is tuition revenue.” Photo/courtesy of CGU
Unfortunately, our printer’s presses broke down Thursday night and did not finish printing the newspaper until Friday morning. Our mailing crew is working today, Friday, to ensure the Courier print edition will be delivered Saturday, September 21. In the meantime, all this week’s stories are posted online and in our PDF edition at: https://claremont-courier.com/print_editions/claremont-courier-september-20-2024. Thank you. —PW
Last November, longtime Claremont resident Lou Berrio was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, a type of cancer that tricks one’s bone marrow into making large amounts of abnormal blood cells. Now, he waits for a lifesaving blood stem cell donor match. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Condit Elementary School and San Antonio High School were recently named Apple Distinguished Schools. San Antonio High was the only continuation high school in the United States to earn the distinction. Photo/courtesy of CUSD
Congratulations to Jill Grigsby, who was chosen at random among the 11 readers who correctly identified last week’s “Where Am I?” as the charmingly vintage concrete frog at Larkin Park, a photo submitted by reader Mike O’Brien. Jill is now entered into the year-end drawing to receive a copy of the Courier’s new coffee table book of photography, “Timeless Claremont.” So “Where Am I” this week? Courier photo/Tom Smith
On Thursday, September 26, Claremont Chamber of Commerce hosts a 1 p.m. City Council candidate forum at the DoubleTree by Hilton, 555 W. Foothill Blvd., Claremont. Registration and more info is at business.claremontchamber.org/events. Later that evening, Active Claremont hosts a free and open to the public 7 p.m. town hall meeting with CUSD Trustee Area 5 candidate Cheryl Fiello at Alexander Hughes Community Center’s Grove Room, 1700 Danbury Rd., Claremont.
Lifelong Claremont resident Rachel Forester, 44, is the sole challenger looking to end Mayor Pro Tem Corey Calaycay’s longtime hold on Claremont City Council’s District 1 seat. “I want to have this seat because we need leadership that is forward-looking,” Forester said. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Incumbent Mayor Pro Tem Corey Calaycay, 54, is aiming to hold onto his Claremont City Council District 1 seat on November 5, when he will be challenged by Rachel Forester. A veteran of Claremont politics, Calaycay has spent five terms in office, starting in March 2005. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
“Our free and open to the public ‘Sip and Socialize’ open house at Garner House takes place from 5 to 7 p.m. next Friday, September 27. It will include beverages, snacks, a book signing of ‘Timeless Claremont,’ raffles, and a community ribbon cutting with an aerial photo of everyone at the party we will publish on our front page on October 4. Have a story idea, complaint, compliment, or question? The entire Courier staff will be on hand at this event to hear you out. We hope to see you there!”
Fire crews remain in Mt. Baldy Village perched along Baldy Road, while helicopters could be heard overhead. It’s also clear Bridge Fire conditions to the east — Baldy area — are far better than the west, including Wrightwood. Check out the latest photos. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
South Korean monk Venerable Pomnyun Sunim, winner of the Ramon Magsaysay Award and Niwano Peace Prize for his advocacy in North Korea and sustainable development work in economically impoverished regions, will give a free and open to the public talk at 7 p.m. Friday, September 20 at Claremont McKenna College’s Bauer Center Pickford Auditorium. Photo/courtesy of Richard Ha
“I awoke Thursday to a chill in the air for what seemed the first time in weeks. It was 55 degrees when I stepped out onto my front porch before sunrise and took my first sip of coffee. And I thought about the perils of living up against the wilderness. These horrific wildfires are increasing, both in frequency and size. What does the future hold for folks like us who live adjacent to their source of fuel?”
At press time Thursday, more than 400 firefighters on the ground and in the air had mercifully begun to slow the massive Bridge Fire’s advance, saving most of Mt. Baldy Village and keeping the blaze from making its way into the southern foothill communities, including Claremont. The fast moving fire burned into Mt. Baldy Village late Tuesday afternoon. Fire crews scrambled to the area but were unable to save the 20 homes that burned there. Photo/by David Mix
The City of San Dimas’ 2024 Runnin’ Scared 5K, one-mile, and toddler trot will take place at San Dimas City Hall, 245 E. Bonita Ave., on Saturday, September 28. Registration and check-in opens at 6:30 a.m. on race day. Pre-check runs from noon to 4 p.m. Friday, September 27 at city hall.
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