June 2011 Archives
AbilityFirst disabled youths learn more than clowning around
Posted: 06/23/2011 06:23:51 PM PDT
CLAREMONT - Handstands, hula hoops and hysterics were all part of AbilityFirst's after school program under the leadership of a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey clown.
"He was a good clown. He did tricks," said Tristin Bowyer, 10, of Pomona in reference to Billy Murray, 25, of Los Angeles.
Murray entertained and taught the youths how to juggle scarfs, perform tricks with a hula hoop and stretch while wearing multi-colored makeup with red nose and matching red outfit.
"Things went great today," Murray said after his close to an hour presentation. The youths were taught juggling, balancing, focusing and listening skills, Murray said.
Julie Martin, director of the AbilityFirst Claremont Center, said the program reinforces her center's programs.
"We're AbilityFirst. We put abilities first. We have them try," Martin said.
The program was part of CircusFit, a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey national youth and fitness program free for educators and group leaders who teach physical fitness using a combination of entertainment and circus skills.
The 16 youths at Thursday's event ranged in age from 5 to 22.
Martin said during the performance Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey would provide the children tickets to see their newest show "Fully Charged" which takes place Aug. 10 through Aug. 14 at the Citizens Business Bank Arena, 4000 Ontario Center Parkway.
Murray, who briefly talked about the show during his presentation, added there was an all access pre-show power up party where ticket holders who arrive an hour early can meet the performers, learn circus skills and try on costumes and more.Murray, who briefly talked
At 7 p.m. Aug. 12, the youths will be headed to a Rancho Cucamonga Quakes baseball game. AbilityFirst is selling some tickets to the game to sit with the group and support its programs for $15.
For more information on tickets, contact Julie Martin at 909-621-4727.
More information on AbilityFirst, which began as the Crippled Children's Society in 1926 and operates 24 facilities for people of all ages, can be found at www.abilityfirst.org.
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- Former mayor Karen Rosenthal will host Farmer's Market Fresh on how to cook simple and fresh food from the local farmer's market at 10 a.m. July 6 at the Joslyn Senior Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave.
- Trader Joe's officials will present Healthy and Simple about simple steps to cook and shop with healthy ingredients at 10 a.m. July 13 at the Joslyn Senior Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave.
- Ecoterra Claremont will give a green smoothie demonstration where a green smoothie with uncooked, dehydrated and sprouted food can help you live a longer life at 10 a.m. July 20 at the Joslyn Senior Center, 660 N. Mountain Ave.
For more information, contact the senior center at 909-399-5488.
The free informational presentation, This Full House - Seniors and Hoarding, takes place at 10 a.m. Aug. 3 at Joslyn Senior Center.
The workshop will discuss senior hoarding and its effects on family members who are concerned, according to a news release. Attendees will learn programs and tools that can help tackle the health and safety issues.
The center is at 660 N. Mountain Ave.
For more information, contact 909-399-5488 or www.claremontseniors.org.
The Young Chefs Academy, a cooking school for kids, with Studio Claremont and Science Lab will present Summer Camp 2011 which continues through Aug. 19 involving various themes.
The camp is for ages 6 to 14 and is from 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday.
Prices are $225 per week or $50 per day and if two or more campers are signed up there is a 5 percent savings on the total price. Also, sign up for two weeks and save 5 percent and sign up for three weeks and save 10 percent.
The week of June 27 through July 1 is Got Chocolate; the week of July 5 through 8 is Bon Appetit; the week of July 11 through 15 is Cucina Rustica; the week of July 18 through 22 is Digital Recipes; the week of July 25 through 29 is Top Secret Recipes; the week of Aug. 1 through 5 is Everything Bacon; the week of Aug. 8 through 12 is Trip Across USA; and the week of Aug. 15 through 19 is California Cool Treats.
Camps in July can be divided into two sessions at $125 per session. The sessions are from 9 to 10:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. to noon.
Young Chefs Academy is at 514 W. First Street.
For more information on the individual weeks, contact 909-625-7505 or uplandca@youngchefsacademy.com or www.youngchefsacademy.com.
The City of Claremont and the Kiwanis Club presents the free Summer Concerts in the Park from 7:30 to 9 p.m. from July 11 through Sept. 5 at Memorial Park.
The rock act Sgt. Peppers Beatles Tribute Band performs July 11; Country act The Silverados plays July 18; Doo-Wop and Motown group Kulayd plays July 25; Classic rock group The Ravelers performs Aug. 1; Reggae band Upstream plays Aug. 8; 1980's sounding act The Cords plays Aug. 15; Variety band Hodads performs Aug. 22; Dixieland jazz band Night Blooming Jazzmen perform Aug. 29; and Classic rock act The Dogs play Sept. 5.
Memorial Park is at 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd.
For more information, contact 909-399-5490 or www.ci.claremont.ca.us.
The city of Claremont and the Claremont Police Department will showcase Movies in Park starting at dusk July 12 and continuing through July 19.
The movie "Mega Mind" will take place July 12 at June Vail Park, at Grand Avenue and Bluefield Drive.
"Shrek Forever After" takes place July 13 at Wheeler Park, 626 Vista Dr.
"Alpha and Omega" occurs July 14 at Higginbotham Park at Mt. Carmel Drive in the northern part of the city along the Thompson Creek Trail and the entrance to Sycamore Canyon.
"Despicable Me" will be shown July 19 at Blaisdell Park, 440 S. College Ave.
For more information, contact 909-399-5490 or www.ci.claremont.ca.us.
The city of Claremont and Kiwanis Club present Music & Movie in the Park on Aug. 2 at Memorial Park.
The entertainment is act The Happy Crowd from 7 to 8 p.m. and the movie is "Tangled" which starts at dusk.
Memorial Park is at 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd.
For more information, contact 909-399-5490 or www.ci.claremont.ca.us.
The Claremont Kiwanis Club will serve a pancake Breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. just north of the band shell at Memorial Park, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd.
Besides the breakfast, fireworks tickets will also be sold from 7 to 10 a.m. If still available, tickets will be available at 10:30 a.m. at the informational booth on site.
Breakfast proceeds support community events and organizations like The Claremont American Red Cross, Concerts in the Park, Ability First which has services and programs to help children and adults with developmental and physical disabilities, Best B.E.T. (Business and Education Together) to develop classroom programs and other community and youth activities.
Breakfast tickets are $4 each and can be purchased on July 4.
At 10 a.m. is a flag raising ceremony to mark the start of the Independence Day Festival in Memorial Park.
The Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion assist the independence day committee with the event that includes a reading of Declaration of Independence excerpts and musical selections.
From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. is the T. Willard Hunter Speakers Corner where citizens can discuss anything to celebrate the First Amendment.
People from age 5 to 80 have spoken before and time slots are given on a first-come, first-served basis but must be prearranged.
Those interested persons should contact Karen Rosenthal at karen.kmr@verizon.net or Marty Amaro at jamaro8@roadrunner.com.
Selling, information and game booths will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. while food booths will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Children's games including a water inflatable jumper, a variety of rope and wood set ups such as balance beams and a rope bridge and a rock-climbing wall take place from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The 4th of July Parade starts at 4 p.m. at the corner of Indian Hill Boulevard and 10th Street and heads south to Harrison Avenue then west to Mountain Avenue before stopping at Larkin Park, 660 N. Mountain Ave.
There are about 90 entries in the parade including float,s novelty and musical groups, dignitaries and specialty vehicles.
Before the parade is a Bike Brigade for children and adults who wear helmets and decorate their bikes.
No flyers, candy or water will be thrown from the parade walk and soliciting must be from the sidewalk.
For more information, contact 909-399-5490 or head to http://www.ci.claremont.ca.us/ps.leisurerecreation.cfm?ID=1819.
The Claremont Independence Day Committee and Claremont High School Cross Country Team will present the Claremont Village Freedom 5000 the morning of July 4.
Registration for the race is at 6 a.m. with the 1K Kids Run at 7:30 a.m. and the 5K Run/Walk at 8 a.m. on the east side of Memorial Park, 840 N. Indian Hill Blvd.
Runners or walkers can pre-register by 5 p.m. July 1 through www.active.com; mail-in their registration by June 28 at the Alexander Hughes Community Center, 1700 Danbury Rd. Claremont, CA 91711; or pre-register in person by 5 p.m. July 1 at the Hughes center.
Adult race fee is $25 while those age 12 and under will pay $15.
The bib pick-up and regular registration can be obtained from 4 to 7 p.m. July 3 from Memorial Park with only cash or check accepted.
The July 4 bib pick-up and race day registration is from 6 to 7:15 a.m. with only cash or check.
The July 3 and race day registration fee is $30 for adults while the age 12 and under registration fee is $20.
Groups of 10 more more will receive $5 off per person but must send all registration forms together and supply one form of payment for all members via mail or in person. Deadline for the group registration is 9 p.m. June 28 at the Hughes center.
Medals will be given to the first three in each age division with free shoes given to male and female overall winners.
T-shirts are guaranteed for all pre-registrants.
Age divisions for the 5K Walk are: 24 and under; 25 to 34; 35 to 44; 45 to 54; 55 to 64; 65 to 69; 70 to 74; 75 to 79; 80 and up.
Age divisions for the 5K Run are: 10 and under; 11 to 14; 15 to 19; 20 to 24; 25 to 29; 30 to 34; 35 to 39; 40 to 44; 45 to 49; 50 to 54; 55 to 59; 60 to 64; 65 to 69; 70 to 74; 75 to 79; 80 and up.
Every youth age 12 who participates in the 1K run will get a medal.
For more information, call 909-399-5490 or http://www.ci.claremont.ca.us/ps.leisurerecreation.cfm?ID=1817.
The Claremont Public Library is holding a summer reading program for youths age 12 through 18 where they can win a laptop and other items.
The program, titled the You Are Here reading program, takes place from June 22 through Aug. 20 at the library, 208 N. Harvard Ave., according to the release.
Each time a youth reads a book they can enter a drawing to win prizes like the laptop after signing up at the adult reference desk.
Read five books and you can win a one of three Barnes & Noble gifts, according to the release.
The library is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and from 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays.
The library is closed Mondays.
For more information, call 909-621-4902 or http://www.colapublib.org or http://www.colapublib.org/libs/claremont/index.php
The Pilgrim Place campus wide open house will take place from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. June 15 at the retirement community.
There will be opening remarks at 3:45 p.m., at the Plaza at the end of Sixth Street and Mayflower Road. Afterward will be an informal, self-guided walking tour of the community. Refreshments will be served and the Pilgrim Pickers will perform.
"This is an exciting time for Pilgrim Place," said Bill Cunitz, President and CEO of the 32-acre senior community in a news release. "We have recently finished a $26.5 million construction project that gives us three buildings that will be LEED-certified."
LEED is an acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and is a national program with standards and guidelines for environmentally friendly design, according to the release.
According to the release, Pilgrim Place, at 625 Mayflower Rd., was founded in 1915 in Claremont and is a community for individuals who have been called to careers in charitable non-profit and religious organizations and are retired.
For information, contact 909-399-5511.or www.pilgrimplace.org/
The Claremont High School theatre renovation project has a new website at http://chstheatrerenovation.cusd.claremont.edu/index.html to help raise funds for the theatre's renovation. There is $1.5 million to go to meet the campaign's goal. According to the website, students use the 40-year-old theatre for international baccalaureate classes, technical theatre classes, acting classes, choir practice and theatre rehearsals daily. The 250 seat theatre, according to the site, is rarely empty during the school day and less after hours with rehearsals for musical or dramatic theatre, set and costume construction and choir performances.
In 2008, the high school successfully applied for state funding to renovate and expand the theatre but must raise a match of $1.5 million toward the total project cost of $3 million. The school has received a $1.5 million grant but a condition of the grant is to raise a match, and the project must be under contract by June 12, according to the website.
The Claremont Unified School District board selected three principals at its Thursday night meeting at the district offices.
-Julie Olesniewicz, who earned a bachelors degree in communication at Cal Poly Pomona, a master's degree in educational administration at Cal State San Bernardino and her doctorate of education at USC, was chosen for the Chaparral Elementary School.
Olesniewicz was most recently elementary principal at Rolling Ridge Elementary in the Chino
Valley Unified School District since 2008.
There were 63 applicants for the position and six were selected for an
interview.
-David Stewart, who earned a bachelor's of science degree in elementary science at Eastern Michigan University, a master of arts degree in public administration at the University of Michigan and a master's of arts degree in educational administration at Cal State San
Bernardino, was picked for Vista del Valle Elementary school.
Stewart was most recently an elementary principal at Mesquite Trails Elementary in the Hesperia Unified School District since 2006.
There were 65 applicants and 10 were selected for an interview.
-Scott Martinez, who earned a bachelor of arts degree in social science from Azusa Pacific University and a master of arts degree in educational administration also from APU, was
selected as principal for El Roble Intermediate School.
Martinez was most recently a middle school principal for South Pointe Middle School in the Walnut Valley Unified School District since 2009.
There were 51 applicants for the position and eight were selected for an interview.
The folk, roots and world music duo Round Mountain will perform June 18 at the Folk Music Center, 220 N. Yale Ave. The doors open at 7 p.m. and the all-ages show starts at 7:30 p.m.
According to a news release, brothers Char and Robby Rothschild will perform using a blend of Bulgarian zydeco, West African rhythms, trumpet, bagpipes, accordion, banjo, dobro and acoustic songs.
Tickets are $10. For more information, call 909-624-2928 or www.folkmusiccenter.com
Our Lady of the Assumption Church will celebrate Monsignor Peter O'Reilly of Pilgrim Place for his 50 years as a Roman Catholic priest.Mass will start at 11 a.m. Sunday with a reception following at the church. O'Reilly was ordained in June 1961 at All Hallows College Seminary in Dublin, Ireland, according to a news release.
He received a doctoral degree in Ministry at the Claremont School of Theology when he was assigned from 1976 to 1981 as an associate pastor at Our Lady of the Assumption Church. O'Reilly, who has served his entire career with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, retired in 2007 and returned to part-time ministry at OLA.
During his career, according the release, he also taught English Literature at St. John
Seminary in Camarillo after obtaining a master's degree in English Language and Literature from Loyola University in Los Angeles in the 1970's. OLA is at 435 Berkeley Ave.
For more information, head to www.olaclaremont.org or call 909-626-3596.
The city is facing a $2 million to $4 million deficit if expenditures and revenues remain unchanged so officials are holding workshops in various locations through July.
A workshop will be held from 7 to 9 tonight at Padua Hills Theater, 4467 Padua Ave.
Residents can learn what developments are planned with an interactive workshop format and give feedback in electronic surveys and a question and answer form on what commercial development they want.
The $2 to $4 million dollar figure is from the Mayor's Ad Hoc Committee on Economic Sustainability report, which was released in February and projects a $2.3 million deficit by fiscal year 2015-16 which would be increased to $4 million if the economic recovery is pedestrian.
Workshop dates are all from 7 to 9 p.m.
- June 13, Blaisdell Community Center, 660 Mountain Ave.
- July 11, City Hall, 207 Harvard Ave.
Special business focused brown bag lunch at noon
- June 23, City Hall, 207 Harvard Ave.
For more information, contact 909-399-5440 or www.ci.claremont.ca.us/update.cfm?resID=246301
The free Claremont Clarinet Festival, now in its sixth year, will take place June 17 and 18 at Pomona College.
The festival is a summer conference featuring worldwide clarinet soloists, according to a news release.
Clarinet Classics will take place at 8 p.m. June 17 in Lyman Hall, Thatcher Music Center with 14 clarinetists and Pomona faculty cellist Roger Lebow as assisting artist, according to a news release.
At 2:30 p.m. June 18 a "Clarinet Masterworks" will take place at the Mabel Bridges Hall of Music.
At 8 p.m. June 18 will be "New Music for Clarinet Ensembles" which features the full ensemble and clarinet quartets playing works by festival composer-in-residence Jonathan Russell and Japanese and American composers Kazuhiro Morita, Masanori Taruya, Mike Curtis and Michael Kibbe.
Margaret Thornhill is the festival's founder and artistic director.
Lyman Hall and Bridges Hall of Music are located on Fourth Street near College Avenue, on the Pomona College campus and both halls have wheelchair access.
For more information, call 310-464-7653 or www.claremontclarinetfestival.com.
Award-winning comedy duo Deven Green and Joel Bryant will perform at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Flappers Comedy Club.
The married duo have performed since 1998 and headlined from Las Vegas to the Arctic as well as the troops in the Middle East and Europe, according to a news release.
Green's cult comedy parodies and Betty Bowers' satires were named Top 10 by the New York Times and Top 20 by New York Magazine, according to the release.
Bryan is recognizable from film and TV shows including "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior," "The Heartbreak Kid" and "Monk."
Tickets are $15 and available at www.flapperscomedy.com. There is also a two-item minimum for the dry club.
Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and seating is first come first served.
The club is at the Packing House, 532 W. First Street, Unit 218.
Pomona College was named to the President's Higher Education Community Service 2010 Honor Roll, according to a news release.
The selection, according to the news release, honors institutions for their achievement in and dedication to community service. University's and colleges are chosen based on: to what extent the school offers academic service-learning courses; innovation and scope of service projects; the school's commitment to long-term campus-community partnerships; service incentives and student participation in service activity percentage.
"It's really wonderful for Pomona to be recognized this way," said Pomona College Vice President Miriam Feldblum in a news release. "Our students do so much in the community from mentoring and tutoring to working on school gardens, on the Women's Prison Library Project and dozens of individually-initiated projects in our community and around the world. It's great to see their work acknowledged."
The Corporation for National and Community Service oversees the Honor Roll in collaboration with the U.S. Departments of Education and Housing and Urban Development, the American Council on Education and Campus Compact, according to the release.
There were 641 universities and colleges named to the list for their impact on issues from neighborhood revitalization to supporting at-risk youth to literacy in 2010, according to the release.
The Friends of the Claremont Library will host a rare book sale with old and collectable books from 1 to 4 p.m. June 11 at the Claremont Public Library.
The sale will continue from 1 to 2 p.m. June 12 at the library with the friends hosting a meeting afterward.
Speaker Susan Allen is the director of the California Rare Book School at UCLA.
Allen was previously the head of special collections at Honnald before becoming chief librarian at the Getty Research Institute for the history of art and the humanities.
She will discuss "Your Old Books," which includes a talk about what makes a book rare involving its condition, how to keep books in great condition, differences between limited editions and first editions and take audience questions.
For more information, www.claremontlibrary.org
The Three Valleys Municipal Water District will host a public meeting tonight about imposing a water standby charge. The applied assessment rate is scheduled to increase from $15.55 in fiscal year 2010/11 to $18.54 in 2011/12, which is $2.99.
No action will be taken at the meeting, which will be held at 6 tonight.
The resolution from tonight's meeting will be considered at the district's 6 p.m. June 15 meeting.
The meeting will be held at the district offices, 1021 E. Miramar Avenue.
Three Valleys Municipal Water District is a public agency that supplements and enhances water supplies in a number of eastern Los Angeles County cities, including Claremont, Diamond Bar, La Verne, Pomona and San Dimas.
More information can be found at www.threevalleys.com
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