Opinion
Mistaken and totally wrong Dear Editor: This is in response to the person responsible for sending an anonymous letter to my wife, Claremont Park Ranger Pamela Stevenson, and I. We received the anonymous letter in the mail on Monday, September 23. The letter was critical of another Pam Stevenson, who has published letters in the […]
by John Pixley “I’m not shy.” Gloria Allred didn’t have to say it again. She didn’t have to say it at all. It was perfectly clear that Gloria Allred isn’t shy. Not that she needed to make it clear. It was no doubt a big part of why the lawyer, perhaps the most famous one […]
by Jan Wheatcroft I love traveling to Sweden to visit my friends up near Uppsala, which is about an hour north of Stockholm by car. They live out in the country with horses and cows, farmers and bee keepers, and open fields and forests all around. They aren’t near anything but nature. It is very […]
by Mellissa Martinez The city of San Juan Capistrano recently imposed an ordinance against the wearing of flip-flops in some public parks. Baffled council members and local residents of the southern California beach town are scratching their heads wondering who is responsible for the flip-flop block. As it turns out, the new rule was recommended […]
Walter’s celebration Dear Editor: On behalf of the Claremont Community Foundation, I want to thank everyone who attended the celebration of Nangy and Fahima Ghafarshad’s 40 years as owners of Walter’s Restaurant and, more importantly, members of the Claremont community. Nangy and Fahima were most generous to contribute the proceeds of the event’s ticket sales […]
by Peter Weinberger I was having a long, rough day out on the links. The word “mulligan” and “slice” continued to crop up in our conversation. But then again, I was only 15 years old and didn’t know any better. When I walked up to the eighth hole, I was in a mood to just […]
The Consortium’s bottom line Dear Editor: I was stunned to read Friday’s COURIER reporting of the Consortium’s decision to close the Claremont Golf Course. The only printable word I’ll use is shame! Here we have a corporation looking only at their bottom line and seemingly caring very little for the community they operate in. Consortium, […]
by John Pixley John Wise. I wondered. Could it be that this guy, an environmental biologist for the state of Maine being interviewed during a segment about water purity on the PBS NewsHour earlier this year, was the same John Wise who was a student and assisted me while I spent a quarter and the […]
by Debbie Carini One of my husband’s favorite expressions is “get a job.” He often utilizes it in response to simple questions such as “what should I do this weekend?” When I mentioned this to him, he claimed that it wasn’t so; but I liken it to me, telling my son, “I don’t snore,” when […]
Connie and Dicks Dear Editor: Sarah Torribio’s interesting article in the August 30 COURIER about Connie and Dicks venerable auto service at 150 Olive Street and the good work done by Cindy Brown’s establishment since 1990, 23 years ago, is most welcome. The article begins, “For nearly 53 years, Connie and Dicks Auto Service Center […]
Keep it safe near schools Dear Editor: Okay, Claremont parents, now that school has started, let’s review some traffic rules for you to keep in mind as you drop off your children in the mornings. We are fortunate that Claremont is a safe community, which makes people feel safe enough to exercise by running and […]
by John Pixley I wrote last year about a friend from Los Angeles who commented that the stop lights in Claremont seem to take longer. Another friend, who lives in Pomona, says that she knows right away that she has driven into Claremont because the streets are so much smoother. Until recently, when Bonita Avenue […]
by Rev. Jan Chase of Unity Church of Pomona, member of the Claremont Interfaith Council When Linda arrived at the community laundry room of her mobile home park, her friends were standing along the street holding their baskets of dirty clothes. When she asked why they weren’t already in the room, they answered, “You’ll see!” […]
The soundtrack of our lives Dear Editor: I was proud to have been a part of Anne Carlson’s article, “The Soundtrack of Our Lives,” in the new COURIER Almanac, which speaks to the vitality of the music scene here in Claremont. There has been a long tradition of a vibrant and interactive musical family that […]
by John Pixley “Someone in the bowels of the bureaucracy made certain assumptions and decisions—I’m not saying they weren’t made in good faith,” said Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky. “The decisions made apparently suggested they did not have the authority….” Or, as Mark Ridley-Thomas, the chairman of the board of supervisors, put it, “We […]
National Recreation Area, good or bad? Dear Editor: Congressmember Judy Chu is traveling the 27th Congressional District in an effort to bring attention to her proposed legislation for the National Recreation Area (NRA). What is the NRA? It’s the expansion of our national recreation area which covers more than 1000 square miles of LA County […]