Opinion
Renwick Gymnasium Dear Editor Readers who enjoyed articles about Helen Renwick’s contributions to the Claremont Colleges may also want to know about her donations to construction of the old Renwick Gymnasium, in her husband’s name, as Judy Wright tells it in her priceless book, Claremont, A Pictorial History. The Renwick Gym was a favored place […]
by Mark von Wodtke, FASLA It is often said, “Be careful what you ask for, because you just might get it.” Claremont is considering a proposal by Metro Gold line for a raised rail through the city. If this were to happen, we could get something that would both politically and physically divide Claremont. The […]
Visit from a stranger Dear Editor: I was quite taken aback this week, and caught somewhat off-guard, to have a stranger arrive at my home, unannounced, to dispute my response published in the COURIER on July 1, to his letter published on June 17. He evidently found it important to have the “last word” in […]
By Reverend Jan Chase, Minister of Unity of Pomona: an Interfaith Community As the minister of Unity Church of Pomona, I find great joy in playing in the fields of the Lord. By that, I mean I love connecting with and learning from my brothers and sisters from different religious traditions. By engaging with […]
by Marcus Dowd This article is not really about my kids, it’s about some other people’s kids, but let’s start with mine. With our son just graduated and having secured employment on the East Coast, he suddenly found himself in need of a car. With an old junker on our side of the country, my […]
by John Pixley Ruth Bobo wasn’t like other English teachers. She really wasn’t like any other teachers. That’s what I thought right away when I started her American literature class at the high school nearly 40 years ago. We spent the first two or three days of the class listening to and analyzing a Moody […]
Ad hoc committees effective Dear Editor: Concerned citizens packed the City Council chambers to overflow for the June 23 meeting of Traffic and Transportation Commission. The subject of the meeting was Metrolink train horns and the federal requirements for establishing the corridor through Claremont as a quiet zone. In a quiet zone, trains are prohibited […]
by Debbie Carini The author Thomas Wolfe wrote an entire book entitled, You Can’t Go Home Again, which you would think parents would pay extra for to be required reading of all college seniors—even if they just looked at (and took to heart) the title. But there’s something sentimental about home, even just the […]
A win-win for police Dear Editor: The city of Claremont already owns the land on which to build the proposed new police station to replace the existing building on Bonita Avenue. With pre-existing access onto Arrow Highway, the plot of land to the south of Hibbard’s Chevrolet dealership on Indian Hill [COURIER, June 24] is […]
by John Neiuber Claremont has an inventory of historic buildings in excess of the city’s relative small size. This phenomenon is the result of several factors. First, the Colleges had respected architects that completed many projects. Secondly, the arts movement that flourished at mid-century, due to the influence of the Scripps College Art Department […]
by Jan Wheatcroft Why does one want or need to dance? What makes a person “dance high” or dizzy with the beat and sound and movement with dancing. These are questions I ask myself as I remember my past experiences of dancing as an untrained member of “A Joy Through Movement” spontaneous group. My […]
Claremont’s new chapter Dear Editor: Again. John Pixley is right, again. Every point he makes in his June 17 Observer column is right on target. Just to be absolutely sure that the most important point is made yet again, here is a quote from his insightful article: “…this change will add to Claremont’s grace and […]
City staff are the pacesetters Dear Editor: Peter Weinberger, the publisher of the COURIER, is misinformed as to the cause of slow pace, as he sees it, of the Mayor’s Police Facility Ad Hoc Committee. It is not my place to defend the committee, but the sand in the gears slowing the committee’s work is […]
by John Pixley Whew! That was a close one. We almost went back to the days when the “sidewalks rolled up at 5” in the Village. We almost went back to the days when Claremont went dead after the Colleges had their graduations and closed down for the summer. That’s what those who didn’t want […]
By Peter Weinberger While many of us were following the news of Pomona College’s bid to build a new museum of art and move the Renwick House, two groups were working hard on familiar bond measures for a Claremont vote. The looming issue now is whether one or both measures will be ready in […]
Come blow your horn Dear Editor: Here’s something for everyone to consider before the Gold Line starts rolling into Claremont, bringing with it, additional noise. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, there were 7,654 fatalities in automobile intersections in the United States in 2014. Conversely, Operation Lifesaver Inc. (oli.org) reports there were just […]