Opinion
Golden State property on Mills [Editor’s note: The following letter was sent to Golden State Water Company customer service with a copy forwarded to the COURIER for publication. —KD] Dear Golden State Water: Today, Wednesday, June 18, you hired out or employed an individual to tend to the removal of weeds grown on the property […]
by Debbie Carini I think I just gave my son the best-ever ride to school. It involved fast food, soda, candy, unlimited control of music selection and free Continental breakfast! And, at the end of the ride, he got to keep the car. Unlike the daily jaunts to his grammar school that used to involve […]
Lukkarila an inspiring teacher Dear Editor: We are dismayed by the story about the potential dismissal of Claremont High School teacher Dave Lukkarila in the June 6 COURIER. It reads as though his conflict with the Claremont Unified School District, initiated with his complaint of serious mold in the school, has escalated into a variety […]
By John Pixley “Hey, guess who retired?” “Marcia.” “Yeah, Marcia! And they didn’t even give her a send-off! She just left…” He had told me last year that Marcia was about to retire. I had known Marcia when I was a student at UC Riverside, from which I graduated in 1985, and she was in […]
City compensation surveys Dear Editor: Compensation surveys for job classifications have proven over the decades to be the most proficient and reliable way to determine the going, fair-market rate for all workers. Private enterprise and government institutions alike have universally adopted this recruitment method in order to guarantee attracting the most qualified personnel for existing […]
A huge thank-you The annual Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day is a wonderful tradition and successful community event organized by Sunrise Rotary. Proceeds from last year’s Turkey Trot were presented to Claremont youth sports organizations on Tuesday, May 20 by Sunrise Rotary members Chuck Freitas and Tim Tipping. Claremont AYSO soccer, Claremont Girls Fast Pitch, […]
By Mellissa Martinez Last month, I started a class at The Claremont Club called Bikini Boot Camp. Yes, as grueling as it sounds, a group of dedicated women suffer through 45 minutes of sit-ups, weight lifting and various unimaginable exercises in order to get in shape for summer. Back in the 1970s, it seemed less […]
by Sandra Grady With the coming of Memorial Day, I’m reminded of my father, Lawrence Wesley Grady, a man who deserves to be remembered. As a child, I remember him driving our car as I sat behind him in the back seat. From there I could lean forward and touch with fascination the two dime-size […]
Crossing paths [Editor’s note:?The following letter was forwarded by Marcus Dowd on behalf of the author, his wife Elin Dowd, in the hopes that it might inspire a bit of kindness in Claremont. —KD] Dear Editor: Hug. Last night, I set out for my run. I use “run” in the very loosest of terms, as […]
by Jennifer Scheetz In order to understand the environmental issues of California, you must have intimate knowledge of CEQA. The first time I heard this, I wondered who she was. But she’s not a she. She’s the highly-maligned California Environmental Quality Act of 1970, signed into law by Governor Ronald Reagan. (Whose next environmental foray […]
By John Pixley It wasn’t there—the building. It wasn’t there anymore. The building had been there a few days earlier or was it the day before? Now, suddenly, there was only a wall or two and a huge pile of rubble. It looked like there had been a catastrophic earthquake right at that spot. Or […]
Wilderness park master plan Dear Editor: This year, the city of Claremont has embarked on a study to develop a master-plan that will guide the management of the Claremont Hills Wilderness Park. Over the past months during public meetings on the master plan, several voices from the city council, the Technical Advisory Committee and neighbors […]
Even as the publishing industry continues to evolve and in some cases downsize, your Claremont community newspaper and website continues to be quite popular on a variety of fronts. The latest example is the COURIER’s unique approach to managing our Facebook page. The key difference between our account and that from just about any other […]
by Karl Hilgert When my wife Judy and I moved from northern California to Pilgrim Place in Claremont in August of 2012, we were not quite sure how we would fare in getting to know our 324 new neighbors. We got a bit of an inkling, however, when I wheeled the rental moving truck up […]
by Mark von Wodtke, FASLA, and Ben Wise, PhD Trees. In addition to beauty and enhancing the value of property, trees are essential for a comfortable and healthy habitat. Properly feeding our urban forest helps sustain well-being, not just for us but for all living creatures. When we spread poisons on soil and trees we […]
by Jim Elsasser, superintendent of the Claremont Unified School District It is an exciting time for Claremont Unified School District. CUSD has had a long standing tradition of excellence in academics, the arts, athletics and extracurricular and co-curricular activities. As the 2013-2014 school year comes to an end, I would like to highlight several of […]