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Claremont’s annual Memorial Day service begins at 11 a.m. Monday, May 25 at Oak Park Cemetery, 410 Sycamore Ave.
Claremont Little Leaguer Addie Smith was one of just 96 girls from the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico invited to Little League International’s inaugural Maria Pepe Legacy Series June 7-9 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Congratulations to Ben Castro, who was chosen at random among the 17 readers who correctly identified last week’s “Where Am I?” photo as the majestic rooster atop Donahoo’s Chicken, everyone’s favorite local fried chicken mecca on Garey Avenue in Pomona. So “Where Am I” this week? Courier photo/Tom Smith
by Steve Harrison Change comes, invited or not; aging forces our familiarity. Steve Lopez, in a recent LA Times column, suggests aging is all about managing decline. Some people are lucky and their decline is minimal, but the strongest, most fit among us have to acknowledge a certain loss, a certain change that comes with […]
The Claremont Village Marketing Group’s 2024 Craft Beer Walk begins at 3:30 p.m. this Saturday, June 22. The event runs through 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $50 and include 12 stops, a commemorative glass, and a map. Designated driver tickets are $25. Visit claremontvillage.com for tickets or more info. Courier file photo
More than 500 students from Claremont and San Antonio high schools and Claremont Adult School strode proudly across the stage on the CHS football field Thursday evening during Claremont Unified School District’s class of 2024 commencement ceremony, including Alaina Fionn Manalad Ulgado, pictured celebrating after receiving her Claremont High School diploma. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
“Aging has made a few things clear. The most useful realization has been the past is gone, the future is unwritten (thanks, Joe Strummer), and all we truly have is now. I strive to keep this front of mind these days. I don’t always succeed; I get trapped in the twin loops of life bustle and replaying past mistakes and lose it in the disorienting fog of everyday struggle. Ruminating on my failures is a self-defeating dead end. Work, politics, striving for approval, these things are not who I am. Being present in the moment and fully engaged with my family and actual life, that’s where it’s at. That’s the sweet spot.”
Tickets for the City of Claremont’s Fourth of July fireworks show, $10 for ages 4 and older, are on sale now at the Alexander Hughes Community Center, 1700 Danbury Rd.; city hall, 207 Harvard Ave.; and Vons, 550 E. Base Line Rd.
Well, for the second week running, not one reader correctly identified last week’s “Where Am I?” photo. We at the Courier hear you loud and clear: “Stop with the obscurities!” For the record, last week’s mystery photo was Douglas O. McGoon III’s 2003 untitled fountain sculpture right outside our lovely new offices at the Garner House in Memorial Park, Claremont.
A few weeks ago, Claremont resident Nancy Mintie received an alarming piece of mail. It was from Golden State Water Company, the city’s water supplier, outlining its plans to apply for three rate increases. “People are outraged,” said Mintie. “It’s an innocuous looking little folded piece of paper with tiny print that looks like some kind of gobbledygook legal notice. I think for many people they would look at it and say, ‘This is some kind of irrelevant technical legal notice, I don’t need to pay attention to it.’” But, she said, they should, especially to five key words: “This will increase your bill.” Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
By Lisa Butterworth | Special to the Courier Suffragists, a pie contest, and the pandemic might seem to have little in common, but they’re all part of the origin story of Revolutionary Bites Bakery, the newest kiosk addition to Claremont’s Packing House. Gennie Truelock, baker and proprietor, isn’t just serving tasty treats with inspired flavors, […]
CUSD Superintendent Jim Elsasser greets Claremont High students Angelique Wisher, left, and Katie Ray, at Tuesday’s Claremont Unified School District Board of Education meeting. The students were recognized for their award-winning entries in the 2024 Directing Change film contest. Courier photo/Andrew Alonzo
Claremont Graduate University recently welcomed Tim Kirley as its interim president. Kirley served as chair of the CGU’s Board of Trustees for the previous six years and succeeds Len Jessup, who announced his resignation in March after six years at the helm. Kirley’s first day on the job was June 2, three weeks after CGU’s 97th commencement, and followed a vote of confidence from the board of trustees in May.
More than 100 were on hand to witness Connor Gale, Nathan McDermott and Camden being promoted to the rank of Eagle Scout last week at Claremont United Church of Christ. Just 4% percent of Boy Scouts are promoted to Eagle Scouts. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger
Crossroads, Inc., a reentry program for formerly incarcerated women, celebrated their 50th Anniversary Gala, held Thursday, June 6th at the Padua Hills Theatre. The Gala brought together a group of philanthropic sponsors, guests, alumni, current residents and elected officials. The event also raised funds to support a reentry program for formerly incarcerated women. The major […]
The Rocket Ducks rocketry team of young cadets from La Verne’s Civil Air Patrol Squadron 64, finished 12th out of 100 teams from across the country at the May 19 national finals of the American Rocketry Challenge, the world’s largest student rocketry competition.
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