Opinion
Safe passage on Towne [Editor’s note:?The following letter was addressed to the Claremont City Council and City Manager Tony Ramos with a copy forwarded for publication. —KD] Dear Editor: With the recent onslaught of high-density housing on Base Line Road being approved, it seems the perfect opportunity to address safe passage traveling north and south […]
The best things in life are free, or at least inexpensive. When I was a kid, my mom was adept at creating fun on the cheap. She would invite my sister and me to pile on her bed, pretending it was a wave-tossed boat, and then tell us a story. We had a couple yarns […]
Our place in the community Dear Editor: Of the Claremont COURIER’s several unique features, Inter-Faithfully Speaking was an especially informative and inviting one for me in the February 14 edition. The Rev. George Silides, rector of St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, gave us a lesson in economics and community values we would do well to cultivate. […]
By Mellissa Martinez There is no denying that gold, silver and bronze are both metals and medals, and they do reward those with mettle, but are they meddlesome? Perhaps. The winning or losing of an Olympic medal can certainly mix things up in the lives of athletes. To clear any confusion, ‘medal’ refers to the […]
By John Pixley Last Friday was February 14. That meant it was Valentine’s Day. It meant a day of celebrating love and romance. It meant long-stemmed roses and romantic dinners for two, red and pink cards and secret, and not-so-secret, admirers. The day was about sweet candies and sweet nothings. The day was also about […]
by Fr. George Silides, St. Ambrose Episcopal Church Prior to becoming the lead pastor at St. Ambrose Episcopal Church in Claremont, I was fortunate to have the great privilege of pastoring in Alaska for 13 years, along the Yukon River above the Arctic Circle in Fairbanks and, finally, in the state capital, Juneau. As inspiration […]
By Debbie Carini There is a famous comic strip named “Love Is …” that was created by New Zealander Kim Casali. It features a girl and a boy—two amorphous little masses really—who, for example, are drawn in a situation, like standing in a field of daisies, with a caption beneath that reads: “Love is enjoying […]
O’Connell’s interest is a mystery Dear Editor: The city’s purchase of the water system may be up for debate. The excellent partnership between the city council and the school board is not. Ex-State Superintendent Jack O’Connell may appear as if he is speaking for the school board or trying to portray himself as knowing what […]
by John Neiuber Long before Bobby Troup wrote (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66, and immortalized the Mother Road, and long before the Rolling Stones 1965 tour when they agreed to play Swing Auditorium at the Orange Show Fairgrounds, because San Bernardino was mentioned in the famous song they covered, there was a dirt path, […]
The drought and the city Dear Editor: Thank god Governor Brown declared the drought. Now Golden State has a “legitimate” reason to raise our rates. Mark Schoeman Claremont A PhD for the trees Dear Editor: I am a relative newcomer to Claremont, one of those retired PhDs who is here largely because of the […]
By John Pixley Karl Hilgert, Mary Cooper and Andrew Mohr knew that what they were doing wouldn’t be easy. When they got together with others from Pilgrim Place and the Claremont Quaker meeting last year, inspired by Occupy Claremont, to not just talk about the homeless in Claremont but to actually assist them, they knew […]
By Mellissa Martinez Dwight D. Eisenhower famously said, “Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.” Although he certainly had a valid point, most of us are hard pressed to admit it—in all divisive issues, liberals and conservatives see things differently. According to liberals, they unite, while conservatives […]
Growth for the sake of growth Dear Editor: I am a resident of Claremont (have been for 30 years now), and I am writing to give my two cents about this proposed housing project on Mills Avenue. Just as an added side note, I teach AP Environmental Science at Walnut High School, and I consider […]
by Karen Hanna-Towne Claremont is in the process of placing zoning overlays on parcels in order to comply with the state-mandated allocation of lands for low-income housing. The Southern California Association of Governments has given Claremont a goal of 157 low-income units, and the city has been engaged in deliberations for over a year. Many […]
by Jan Wheatcroft Arriving in Nigeria in the early 1960s, I stayed with a woman from New York City who was the head of all women’s prisons in Nigeria. She had a large flat in the then-fancy area of Ikoiye, where the English had established themselves. She had a houseboy/driver who lived in the back. […]
Changing Claremont Dear Editor: I went to the open house at the first of the new Base Line housing developments. So, how many expected units will be ingressing and egressing on Base Line in two years? How many 2-car garages will be emptying and filling? How many new signals will be needed on Base Line? […]