The Padua Hills Theatre Community Use Committee is accepting applications for events that take place between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2014, according to a city of Claremont website news release.
The city of Claremont’s Padua Hills Theatre Community Use Program, according to the release, reserves dates each year for local non-profit organizations intersted in hosting community events at lower rates.
The community use committee reviews and approves the applications.
Those agencies awarded a community use date will receive a more than $5,550 event rental package.
Currently, there are nine community use days available throughout the year to accommodate weekday and weekend events.
The applications must be submitted to the Alexander Hughes Community Center, 1700 Danbury Rd., Claremont by 5 p.m. March 18 for priority consideration.
An optional meeting will be held at the Padua Hills Theatre at 11 a.m. March 5 to tour the site and answer questions.
To RSVP for the event, contact management analyst Lauren Marshall at 909-399-5356 or lmarshall@ci.claremont.ca.us.
Photos of the facility are available for viewing at the Chantrelles Catering website at www.chantrellescatering.com.
For more information, or an application, head to www.ci.claremont.ca.us/update.cfm?resID=250450
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CLAREMONT – Active Claremont and the League of Women Voters of the Claremont Area are hosting a Claremont City Council candidates forum on Feb. 23, according to a news release.
The forum will start at 11:30 a.m. and be held inside the Padua room at the Alexander Hughes Community Center, 1700 Danbury Rd.
For more information, contact 909-624-4796.
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Southern California Edison is warning its Claremont customers of a telephone scam, according to the city’s website.
The scam demands immediate payment on bills past due or have their electric service disconnected and callers request payment be made through a PayPal, Green Dot or other prepaid cash card.
The Claremont Public Library is holding a variety of programs in January, according to a library news release.
The library is at 208 N. Harvard Ave.
- Dinosaur program
Outreach Director of the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology Kathy Sanders will present a free program from 2 to 2:45 p.m. Saturday<NO1>Jan.19<NO> at the library.
The program is for school-aged youths and their families and end with a touch table of dinosaur fossils.
- Peace Corps volunteering
A Peace Corps informational session will take place for adults from 10:30 a.m. to noon Jan. 26 at the library.
Attendees will learn about the application process, what it’s like to volunteer, service benefits and how to make one a competitive candidate.
A Los Angeles office recruiter will be at the event to answer questions.
- Poetry at the Claremont Library
The Friends of the Claremont Library are presenting poets Linda Dove and Seth Michelson who will hold readings at 2 p.m. Jan. 27 at the library.
Dove won a Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Award in 2009 for her work “In Defense of Objects” a Eudaimonia Poetry Review Chapbook Prize in 2011 for “O Dear Deer.”
The Pasadena resident recently taught at Yavapai College in Arizona where she directed the creative writing program.
Michelson’s work includes 2012’s “Eyes Like Broken Windows” in Press 53 and a translation of the book of poetry “El ghetto” by Argentine poet Tamara Kamenszain titled “El Ghetto/The Ghetto: A Bilingual Edition” in 2011.
He also wrote poetry chapbooks “House in a Hurricane” in 2010 and “Kaddish for My Unborn Son” in 2009.
His website is sethmichelson.com
- Preschool storytime
Preschool story time runs from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. every Friday through Feb. 15.
Children ages 3 to 5 and their caregivers can enjoy stories, play, rhymes and songs.
- Toddler storytime
Toddler storytime runs from 11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. every Wednesday through Feb. 13.
Children ages 15 months to 3 years and their caregivers can enjoy stories, songs, play and rhymes.
For more information, contact the library at 909-621-4902 or www.colapublib.org.
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The 32nd annual city of Claremont Architectural Commission Excellence in Design Awards is accepting nominations through Feb. 4.
The awards, according to a news release, celebrates recently completed Claremont building projects that best display the city’s design standards.
Categories include sustainable development, new construction, signs, restoration, landscaping and more.
The project must be in Claremont and is recommended to have been completed before Dec. 31, 2012 but projects completed before 2012 are also eligible according to the release.
Interior alterations only projects will not be considered for an award.
Anyone can nominate a project and forms are available at Claremont City Hall, 207 N. Harvard Ave. or at www.ci.claremont.ca.us.
Any questions, contact the city’s planning division at 909-399-5470.
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The Los Angeles County Fire Department will conduct active shooter training on Jan. 16, 17 and 18 at Scripps College.
The fire department, in coordination with the Claremont Police Department, will hold the training between 7 a.m. to 11 a.m., according to the city manager’s weekly update.
Training will include personnel from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Special Enforcement Bureau, several local Los Angeles County Fire Stations and the Claremont Police Department.
Included in the training will be the use of fire department and sheriff’s department helicopters, role-players and local ambulances.
The reason for the training is for the fire department’s handling, treatment and removal of casualties from an active shooter scene, according to the weekly update.
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The city’s code enforcement and community improvement division is reminding residents they can report or submit work order requests to Caltrans for conditions that need attention or damage along freeway property within the city.
Residents can submit their requests to http://www.dot.ca.gov under the “Contact us/maintenance service request” link, according to the city manager’s weekly update.
The form, located at the link, asks for location details and the nature of the request including landscaping conditions, graffiti and damaged signs, according to the update.
For further questions or help in reporting a problem, contact The city’s code enforcement and community improvement division at 909-399-5467.
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Rounds Premium Burgers is scheduled to open Jan. 27 at 885 S. Indian Blvd., according to city manager Ramos’ weekly update.
The location is the old Hollywood Video location on Auto Center Drive.
The restaurant will allow people to use meats, toppings and cheeses to create a hamburger or order a signature burger, according to the update.
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Claremont city staff members will host a free educational session on how use various transportation forms in the city at 10 a.m. Jan. 8.
The sessions will be held at the Joslyn Senior Center, 660 Mountain Ave.
Sessions, according to city manager Tony Ramos’ Dec. 27 weekly update, will explain transportation forms in Claremont and the most cost effective ways to use them.
For questions, contact the Pomona Valley Transportation Authority offices at 909-596-7664 or Claremont’s Cari Sneed at 909-399-5306.
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