VOLUME XLIX, NUMBER 5 Your Local News Source Since 1963 SERVING DUBLIN • LIVERMORE • PLEASANTON • SUNOL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2012 BART Would Provide Access to Jobs in Livermore Extend BART to Livermore portation projects in Alameda lion for the Livermore BART a majority of the population change the wording for a BART in order to transport people to County over a 30-year period if extension along I-580 to Isabel in the county and the Board of extension to Livermore, concern jobs there, a number of speakers voters were to approve a ballot Avenue, a bone of contention for Supervisors to qualify for the about the loss of funding for tran- argued. measure planned for the Novem- those who want the money spent November 2012 ballot. The cities sit oriented development (TOD), Many declared that fairness ber 2012 election. The measure elsewhere. and county must vote up or down and lack of specificity around should be honored, since Liver- would ask voters to increase the The measure is a one-time on the TEP. wording for a student bus pass. more residents have been paying sales tax from a half cent to a full chance to obtain the funding, Hearings on the TEP are The bus pass language was for BART for almost 50 years. cent. If approved, the tax would which for Livermore would be scheduled at the Livermore City changed from “potential” proj- Health issues provided another become permanent. seed money to obtain the total Council on Feb. 13, the Alam- ects to “successful” projects theme, since pollution caused Both a subcommittee and the estimated for the BART exten- eda County Board of Supervi- would be funded throughout the by traffic continues to impact the Alameda County Transportation sion. Special legislation allowed sors on March 27, Dublin City life of the measure. Find Out What's quality of life in the Tri-Valley. Commission Board of Directors the election for November 2012 Council on April 3, Pleasanton Several commissioners point- The comments were made approved the TEP. Twenty com- to add a half cent to the current City Council on April 17 and the ed out that funding for TOD Happening during two public hearings held missioners voted in favor of the half cent tax. If it were to pass, BART board on April 26. would be available through MTC last Thursday on a proposed plan, Supervisor Keith Carson the TEP list would be built out. The main talking points from as part of the One Bay Area Check out the Transportation Expenditure Plan was opposed. One commissioner The proposed measure will members of the public who plan. second section (TEP). The $7.7 billion TEP was absent. need to be supported by a ma- wanted the TEP revised during The final plan increases AC Section II is filled with infor- would guide spending on trans- The plan provides $400 mil- jority of the cities representing two hearings included a desire to (See BART, page 10) mation about arts, entertainment and special events. There are education stories, a variety of features, and the arts and enter- tainment and bulletin board. Dogs Who Detect Drugs Pleasanton, Will Be Police Reach Allowed on Tentative Campuses By Ron McNicoll Agreement Pleasanton school trustees have approved use of a drug- The City of Pleasanton and detecting dog in campus parking the Pleasanton Police Offi- lots and students’ locker areas. cers’ Association (PPOA) have The vote was 5-0 at the board reached a tentative agreement on meeting Jan. 24. On a separate a memorandum of understanding motion, trustees agreed to wait (MOU). until the district approves a Before becoming final, the change in its policy to include agreement needs to be ratified by how canines will be used. The members of PPOA and approved vote on that motion was 4-1, with by the city council. The council Jeff Bowser voting “no.” will vote on the proposal at its The board held a thorough Feb. 7 meeting. discussion on the item at its PPOA includes 83 sworn po- meeting Jan. 10. The intention lice employees, 61 police offiers is to use a dog from time to and 12 police sergeants. Under time, to sniff at cars and lockers. the new MOU, there will be no Police and school officials said pay increases. Union members the procedure is to discourage will begin picking up employee students from bringing drugs on retirement contributions, a two campus, not necessarily to make tier retirement program will be arrests. Caution would be taken implemented; and retirement to guarantee students’ procedural health benefits were changed. rights. The new agreement is is ex- Now that use of canines is ap- pected to save the city approxi- proved, trustees will add a section mately $2.4 million through the to the board’s policies to provide 2013-2014 budget. specifics on the use of the dogs. The current MOU expired Trustees will look at the draft May 31, 2011. Photo - Doug Jorgensen resolution on Feb. 14, with an The expiration date of the eye to voting final approval Feb. proposed MOU is May 31, 2014, Monday marked 23 years since the kidnapping of Ilene Misheloff from the streets of Dublin. To mark the day, Ilene’s family and friends participated in a Candlelight Walk and Ecumenical Prayer Service. 13 year-old Ilene Misheloff vanished while walking home 28. District officials said the text slightly over two years from the will be easy to add, using other date the document becomes op- from Wells Middle School in Dublin on January 30, 1989. The investigation into Ilene’s disappearance continues in an effort to return Ilene safely to her parents. There is currently a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the districts’ policies as a guide. erationally effective. This short- Bowser said that he voted er contract allows for greater person(s) responsible for Ilene’s disappearance. against the second motion be- flexibility to make adjustments cause “a sense of urgency trumps should the economic environ- the delay.” Especially “scary” is ment change significantly. Dublin Saw Advances in 2011 that if drugs were in a vehicle, The proposed contract does it could bring a DUI situation, not include any wage adjust- By Carol Graham advice for my team? As for the plan for the city cies rose, and new restaurants and When Dublin Mayor Tim said Bowser. He thought current ments. “That startled him a little bit. itself, Dublin has been playing parks were advanced. general policy covered the use of The cost to fund the CaIPERS Sbranti met President Barack He looked at me, kind of puzzled offense – with notable results. At “2011 was a banner year in Obama at the recent 80th Confer- at first, then said, ‘Play defense. the State of the City address and our city’s history,” said Sbranti. dogs on campus. pension program is comprised Trustee Jamie Hintzke ques- of two parts. The first is a vari- ence of Mayors in Washington Play good defense and everything luncheon held on Wednesday, “We enjoyed the distinction of DC, he decided to ask for some else on the court will take care of January 25 at the Shannon Com- being named an All-American tioned whether a policy might able employer rate which is create the impression that “we expressed as a percentage of advice. itself.’ As he was walking away, munity Center, Sbranti noted City – the only such award in “I know you’re a basketball shaking hands he turned back and Dublin’s striking achievements in California this year.” Designated don’t trust kids.” She thought salary for covered PPOA em- that statistics about expulsions ployees (in FY 2011/2012, this player,” Sbranti said. “I coach repeated, ‘Play good defense,’” 2011, recognizing that residential by the National Civic League high school basketball in the city Sbranti added, laughing. “We’ll development returned, retail va- to the top ten U.S. communi- over drugs might not justify rate is 24.1%). The second is a where I’m a mayor. Do you have fixed 9% contribution for which make sure we do that.” cancies were filled, office tenan- (See DUBLIN, page 8) (See DOGS, page 5) members are responsible. The City has been paying the 9% contribution on behalf of its (See AGREEMENT, page 9) Preparing For Lawsuit Over Layoffs, Former Employees Blast Lawrence Lab Five former employees de- in Oakland. They held a press Earlier this month, pre-trial nounced Lawrence Livermore conference last week to discuss legal actions appeared to under- National Laboratory last week the motivation for their suit. cut at least two of the complaints for the callous and allegedly il- They are among 130 who brought against the Laboratory. legal way it laid them off in 2008, filed formal complaints with One complaint was that there was shortly after a new contractor the California Department of no funding shortfall that would took over the facility with prom- Fair Employment and Housing, create the basis for the layoffs ises of improving efficiency. according to a fact sheet issued in the first place. The other The five are suing the Lab in a by their attorney, Gary Gwil- claimed evidence of blanket age collective action that is scheduled liam of Oakland. A total of 440 discrimination against all the to be heard on February 27 in employees were laid off by the plaintiffs. Superior Court Judge Alameda County Superior Court Laboratory. (See LAWSUIT, page 4) Livermore Downtown, Inc. Hands Out Awards Bob Coomber on one of his climbs. By Carol Graham Snedecor. “You can’t pay for that performed for the AI judges, Attendees of Livermore kind of exposure. I don’t know if prompting Steven Tyler to say, “I Coomber Selected to Fill Downtown Inc.’s Celebration we have any American Idol (AI) need to hear something else.” Rabbit Adoption and Awards Ceremony experi- fans here tonight?” The audience On the stage, Snedecor turned LARPD Board Vacancy My name is Zuzu. I’m a smart, enced a special treat at Monday at the Bankhead Theater cheered to the audience and asked, “Do young girl, and quite the little night’s event. loudly. “Then let’s watch a You- you want to hear something Bob Coomber was selected to Laureen Turner was elected to the Ninja bun. I’m 3½ months old, “Anytime TV cameras put Tube video of our local boy!” else?” as Hamlin came onstage fill the vacancy on the Livermore city council in November. Area Recreation and Park Dis- Three candidates were inter- extremely affectionate, and Livermore on the screen and it’s On the overhead screen, 24- to sing a rendition of “Folsom positive, we get very excited,” year-old Livermore golf-course Prison Blues” that was part trict (LARPD) board. viewed by the board during its litter box trained. To meet Zuzu, said Executive Director Rachael mechanic Jason “Wolf” Hamlin (See DOWNTOWN, page 8) The seat became vacant when (See LARPD, page 2) join us this Saturday from 12-3 pm at our Adoption Event at the Dublin Petco, 11976 Dublin PET OF THE WEEK Blvd. Anyone able to adopt, Inside Are you looking for a sweet kitten who loves volunteer or foster, East Bay snuggling? If so, look no further. Meet Mickey, a Rabbit Rescue can use the ten month old buff tabby who adores people. He help. 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PAGE 2 - The Independent, FEBRUARY 2, 2012 IMPROVING TREATMENT grinding northward push of the LARPD OF A DREAD DISEASE Indian subcontinent into Asia. (continued from page one) Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis The geologist is Marie-Luce is a cruel disease that usually Chevalier, who made frequent meeting last week. The two other appointed to the State of Califor- kills its victims within two to trips to Lawrence Livermore candidates were Barbara Kraybill nia Recreational Trails Program five years, although intensive National Laboratory from and Dale Wilkins. Advisory Board and in 2007 care and breathing-assist ma- 2002 to 2005, when she was a There were two votes taken. was inducted into the California chines can extend survival time. doctoral student in Paris, to use The first was 3 to 1 with Mary- Outdoors Hall of Fame. ALS is more commonly called one of its research facilities, the alice Faltings dissenting. She He says of the district, “LAR- Lou Gehrig’s disease after the Center for Accelerator Mass preferred Kraybill. The second PD reaches every corner of our Depression-era New York Yan- Spectrometry (CAMS). vote was unanimous. community. Parks, trails, kid’s kees baseball great whose career She did post-doctoral work Director Steve Goodman sports programs, senior programs it cut short. at Stanford from 2006 to 2009, continuing her association with the made the motion to appoint and so many other services all ALS afflicts about two of every 100,000 people worldwide. Bay Area and friends from Livermore. Coomber. He stated, “Selecting a are integral and vital pieces of Because it is both incurable and rare, not much scientifically valid In 2010, she moved to a Chinese research facility in Beijing, board member is one of the most Livermore’s social fabric. I be- information has accumulated on how well ALS treatments work in called the Institute of Geology-CAGS, where she works today. difficult decisions I have had to lieve I can enhance the board’s prolonging life. She and her Chinese colleagues study the faults and seismic make. I was very impressed with ability to cope with the financial That may be starting to change, in part because of efforts by a movements that are created by the monumental forces of the India- the candidates. Any one of them challenges presented to all spe- Livermore statistician working with a San Francisco neurologist. Asia collision, which is driving Tibet to the east at a rate of tens would be a tremendous asset to cial districts in today’s economic The statistician is Dan Moore, who was hired by Lawrence of millimeters per year and pushing the world’s tallest mountains the board. However, I am go- climate.” Livermore National Laboratory in the early 1970s to help interpret ever-higher. ing with Coomber. His passion Coomber works for Technolo- the large amounts of data that new analytical technologies were To understand these forces and the dramatic geologic landscape for the outdoors and trails is gy Credit Union as a loan adjust- just starting to collect in studies of human chromosomes. that they have created, the researchers work to establish where and something we continue to need ments manager. He previously Moore is retired now except for his efforts on behalf of research how the earth is fractured and create a detailed map of movement on the board. His perspective worked for Wells Fargo Bank and carried out by neurologist Robert Miller, director of the Forbes near the faults. from accessibility is something Transmouth Financial. Norris ALS Research Center for Sutter Health in San Francisco. Sometimes the earth creeps slowly, at a steady pace. Some- we haven’t looked at in the same Coomber was sworn in imme- Understanding patterns of longer or shorter ALS survival is not times it is frozen and unmoving, and geologists know pressures are way that he does.” diately after being appointed. He simple because there is so much variation in patient response by accumulating that will someday be released. Sometimes there is Director David Hutchin- will hold office until the Novem- age, health at diagnosis, and reaction to particular drugs, Moore hard evidence that the earth has leaped many meters in a fraction son added that he appreciated ber 2012 election when the seat says. of a second. Coomber’s assistance with dis- will be up for election and the After receiving a death sentence with the diagnosis, not many Chevalier’s specific research interests have been the Karakorum abled veterans. successful candidate will serve patients are disposed to participate in the sorts of trials with pla- and Altyn Tagh faults, which lie close to one another north of the Board President Beth Wilson the remainder of the term, which cebos and control groups that are available to doctors researching Himalayas and south of the Pamirs. She studied the Karakorum also felt that all of the candidates expires in December 2014. more common diseases with varied outcomes, like prostate cancer with colleagues from Livermore, China and Paris. More recently were outstanding. In supporting Prior to the Board meeting, or breast cancer. she has focused on the northern part of the Karakorum fault, in the Coomber, she stated, “Enthusi- about 20 citizens held a kick-off Today, a significant historical record exists in part because Chinese Pamir. asm along with knowledge and meeting for a community action Moore created it. He became aware in 1993 that ALS cases were A particular question is whether the Karakorum and Altyn Tagh integrity are the things I need to group composed of interested not being reported in the systematic way that cancers were under faults are independent or interconnected, and if they are intercon- look at.” residents who will explore bring- federal rules. nected, how. Faltings pointed out that each ing back a Fourth of July Cel- So he started a database himself. Although he had no way of For the past month, she has been back in the Bay Area with of the candidates had a strength. ebration for Livermore. People knowing what the future would bring, “I thought it was important hundreds of pounds of rock samples flown from the vicinity of the “My first choice is Ms. Kraybill. stepped up to take leadership to learn about factors that affect patient survival,” he recalls. Altyn Tagh. The rocks were processed and prepared at Stanford I have a concern about Coomber. roles and talked about keeping He and Robert Miller, the ALS center director, used historical before being sent across the Bay to CAMS, where a precise count I think his focus is a little narrow. the celebration at Robertson data from several clinical trials to measure the effects of riluzole, of beryllium-10 atoms will help determine their age much as We need someone who is familiar Park, with the goal of holding the only FDA-approved drug to date for ALS patients. counting carbon-14 atoms can help date fossils. with the district and would drop a 2012 event through the help The study showed that riluzole slows the progress of the disease Understanding the age of the rocks along the faults can help right into the board. Ms. Kraybill of fund-raising and volunteer without safety concerns. The drug is nothing like a cure, but the reveal when the faults last shifted, how often they shift and how knows the district inside and out. efforts. effort showed how the ALS community would be able to interpret powerful their movements might be in future. Mapping such Her knowledge of budgeting and Also, Ralph Sherman, presi- past clinical trials with scientific rigor. faults and accumulating detailed information about their dynamics of the district appeal to me.” dent of the LARPD Foundation, Miller is enthusiastic about Moore’s retrospective study and is slow and sometimes hazardous, but it advances understanding Kraybill worked for the dis- gave a presentation to the Board about recent clinical trials more broadly. In the past year alone, of one of the most complicated, dramatic and seismically active trict for 30 years, retiring in discussing fundraising efforts there have been five encouraging if preliminary studies that war- mountain regions on earth. 2007. in support of the District. The rant further efforts, he said. Over the years, Chevalier has made eight trips to the isolated, Coomber, who travels the public can support the LARPD One, to which Moore contributed, demonstrated a new approach sparsely populated region. In her student days at Stanford, she trails in a wheelchair, describes foundation through donations, to preventing the inflammation that accompanies and perhaps once suffered a dangerous attack of altitude sickness and had to be himself as a park user and fitness and access information on the exacerbates the disease. The researchers found that a drug labeled carried down to 13,000 feet for treatment at a “hospital” located in advocate. In 2010, Coomber was LARPD website. NP001 blocked cellular responses that produce the inflammation. a garage. Other studies in San Francisco and elsewhere are demonstrating “It was a scary experience,” she recalls. new drugs or combinations of drugs that appear in early tests to Because of her experiences in China as a post doctoral geolo- slow progression of the disease or to reduce some of the psycho- gist, adjustment to a different culture has been relatively smooth. logical problems that accompany it. She speaks Mandarin and goes out of her way to visit markets and Forbes Norris and other research institutions are now planning otherwise immerse herself in local activities. Institute of Geology the first stem cell trials for ALS therapy. Beyond drugs, a pace- colleagues are friendly and helpful. She holds the rank of profes- maker that stimulates breathing by sending an electrical signal to sor. They are proud to introduce her to visiting scientists. the diaphragm has shown promise in increasing survival time. Although the Institute has no other Europeans on staff, she Forbes Norris and other institutions have shown that combina- hopes that might change. Instructors at Belgian universities in tion treatments – drugs, nutritional supplements, physical therapy Brussels and Liege have asked her to make presentations to their and other approaches — can add up to improved quality of life and students the next time she visits in hopes of encouraging some of longer survival. them to consider working in China. ALS is still incurable, but some progress is better than none. “For the first time, hope is coming over the horizon,” Miller wrote CORRECTION recently. Last week’s column misstated one part of the expected perfor- mance of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, which is expected EARTHQUAKE FAULTS NEAR TIBET to see first light in the Chilean Andes in 2020. LSST is expected Field geologists often venture into difficult terrain, but a Bel- to reveal up to two million events per night that now go unseen, gian geologist with connections to Livermore has traveled farther changing phenomena like very distant exploding stars and moving and higher than most in her efforts to explore earthquake faults rocks that might threaten Earth. in western Tibet, an arid region being forced ever higher by the

Plastic Bag Ban Approved; New Recycling Rules Added

The Alameda County Waste wide. Recycled content paper or Management Authority (AC- reusable bags may be provided WMA) has adopted two ordi- but only if the retailer charges nances that are designed to help a minimum price of 10 cents the county achieve its long-term per bag. waste reduction goals. Frequently asked questions The first ordinance requires with detailed information on recycling of high market-value each of the proposed ordinances materials from larger businesses is available at www.stopwaste. and multi-family properties. org/news. The second ordinance pro- hibits free distribution of single- use bags at check out in stores that sell packaged food. Individual jurisdictions with- in the county are able to opt out of either ordinance by resolution of their governing board by March 2, 2012. Up to 1,500 local jobs are expected to be created as a result of the Alameda County manda- tory recycling ordinance. Recycling reduces green- house gas emissions signifi- cantly, which is why the State has adopted a mandatory recy- cling law to help implement its climate change initiative (AB 32). The State law requires larger businesses (four cubic yards of garbage service per week and above) and multi- family properties of five units or more to obtain recycling service. The mandatory recy- cling ordinance adopted for Alameda County builds on the State’s requirements by specify- ing which materials need to be recycled and by requiring that an adequate level of recycling service be obtained. The single-use bag ordinance will help reduce the number of bags going to landfill and decrease the problems caused by plastic bags at recycling processing centers and landfills. The ordinance bans single-use bags at check out at retailers selling packaged food county- The Independent, FEBRUARY 2, 2012 - PAGE 3 PAGE 4 - The Independent, FEBRUARY 2, 2012 Community Acceptance Is Crucial To EDITORIAL Nuclear Waste Disposal, Expert Says Celebrating Downtown By Jeff Garberson and seismic activity. She also in planning from the start, she obligation to avoid burdening Downtown Livermore was the focus of a celebration The most important single believes that waste containers says. future generations with the entire held Monday at the Bankhead Theater in Livermore. lesson from nearly two years of should be stored below the water The Blue Ribbon Commission task of finding a safe, permanent The occasion was the Livermore Downtown, Inc. work with a national commission table – not above, as at Yucca report has eight recommenda- solution for managing hazardous on nuclear waste disposal is so- Mountain — to minimize dete- tions in all. After developing nuclear materials they had no part board installation and awards ceremony. cial and political rather than tech- rioration from oxidation. community support, the second in creating,” it said. Much was made of the fact that the downtown has nical, according to a participant Her views, expressed in an is to create a new organiza- It is hard to predict how many become a place where people want to be. with ties to Livermore: Obtain interview with the Independent tion “dedicated solely to imple- of the recommended changes will community acceptance before in 2010, derive from careful menting the waste management be agreed to in Washington. The Mayor John Marchand declared, “The downtown is trying to decide on the location study. She wrote a book on Yucca program and empowered with Associated Press suggested that truly the heart and soul of a community. Our downtown of a waste repository. Mountain, Uncertainty Under- the authority and resources to one in particular would be “likely Allison MacFarlane, a ge- ground, published in 2006. succeed.” to stir opposition in Congress”: is where the communtiy comes together.” ologist by training and associ- MacFarlane’s professional A third is to make use of funds the proposal to channel the $25 The volunteer of the year, former councilmember ate professor at George Mason interest in Livermore comes from which are now being provided billion Nuclear Waste Fund into Jeff Williams, echoed those words. “In the last ten University in Fairfax, Va., was her past participation in National by nuclear utility ratepayers for long-term waste disposal solu- one of the technical experts on Academy of Sciences studies of waste management. A fourth is tions instead of using it to offset years, Livermore’s downtown has gone from four lanes the Blue Ribbon Commission on how to dispose of spent weapons to develop “one or more geologic the federal budge deficit. of gravel trucks going 35 miles an hour, to a fantastic America’s Nuclear Future. It was fuel. In the 1990s, she took a disposal facilities.” Utilities are paying into the place for people to gather and have a good time.” established by Energy Secretary particular interest in Lawrence The report and its arguments fund at a rate of about $750 mil- Stephen Chu in early 2010 at the Livermore National Lab’s ap- and recommendations are avail- lion per year. Congress will not The downtown was recognized as a cultural center, direction of President Obama. proach to immobilizing the waste able online at http://brc.gov/ give that up willingly, the AP and a place to celebrate the city’s history through The Commission was charged in a ceramic matrix, an approach Asked whether she thinks the article suggested. such events as the rodeo parade and the annual wine with recommending policies for that was discontinued under the recommendations are likely to be Another recommendation that storing, processing and disposing Bush Administration. followed, MacFarlane says she may find bureaucratic resistance country festival. of nuclear waste, particularly She has a personal attachment isn’t sure but hopes so. “Many is the proposal to create a new The theme of the evening said it all, “It is a place from power plants. to the city as well, having been of the changes we recommend organization, outside the U.S. where brilliance thrives.” The U.S. approach to nuclear married here and returning from can only be accomplished by a Department of Energy, with waste disposal is generally con- time to time to visit friends with legislative change. If not, then the authority and resources to sidered to be unsuccessful. It husband Hugh Gusterson, the we will remain mired with no carry out the waste management focused on disposal at Yucca anthropologist who has written solutions in sight.” program. Mountain, located some 90 miles extensively about the Lawrence The report warns strongly that For MacFarlane, publication northwest of Las Vegas in a state Lab. doing nothing is unacceptable. of the report is the culmination whose population and elected The first finding of the Blue “Tens of thousands of tons of of nearly two years of intense LAWSUIT representatives have risen up Ribbon Commission is that com- spent fuel (have accumulated) activity, including travel, brief- (continued from page one) in opposition to storing nuclear munity support is necessary at more than 70 nuclear power ings, discussions and debate. The waste there for the long term. for a successful waste disposal plant sites around this country” activity won’t end right away, Robert Freedman denied both husband died. claims, suggesting that there will President Obama effectively program. MacFarlane views the with no option beyond letting it however. She and other Commis- Others at the press confer- killed the Yucca Mountain plan, existing New Mexico site for continue to accumulate, accord- sion members will be presenting need to be trials on 130 individual ence had similar stories. Greg which cost about $15 billion but storing nuclear weapons waste ing to the report. briefings to interested groups cases. Olsen said he had worked there was never carried to comple- as something of a model for com- Many of the storage sites are for months. She gives a brief- The Laboratory took note of nearly 30 years with excellent tion. munity acceptance. in urban areas. Problems are ing to a Colorado energy group the pre-trial activity, stating, “The performance reviews and a spot- MacFarlane believes that The site is the Waste Isola- both practical and moral, the tomorrow, to the Platts Nuclear judge in this case has already less record. Yucca Mountain is not stable tion Pilot Plant, near Carlsbad. report indicated. “The need for Energy conference in Bethesda made the determination that the He was a supervisor when enough geologically for long Commission members found a new strategy is urgent, not just next week and to the American broad-brush allegations made he was laid off. “I was in shock term storage, meaning periods “overwhelming support” for to address these damages and Association for the Advancement by the plaintiffs alleging some that Thursday” when they told of 1 million years or more. The the project because the state costs but because this genera- of Science, meeting in Vancou- region is subject to volcanic and community were involved tion has a fundamental, ethical ver, later this month. scheme to get rid of older work- him, he said. He too felt sud- ers are without merit.” denly mistrusted, as if he were a The complaints have literally criminal and had done something hundreds of parts. Laboratory wrong. “Nobody thanked me for Obama, Brown Focus on Jobs, Education counsel has objected to most, if my years of service. That job was not all. Court papers show some so important to me.” The two top elected execu- ports in five years. That goal was Germany because we refuse to making education affordable, and tives, President Barak Obama met in four years, he said. make the same commitment here. keeping families in their homes, objections overruled and some Since then, he said, he has sustained in pre-trial activity. and Gov. Jerry Brown, summed One way to put people back We subsidized oil companies for we can build our communities struggled. He “had to see some up their views of the nation and and spur economic growth.” How they play out in specific to work is to provide them with a century. It’s time to end it, and doctors, get some medications.” state respectively, with an em- new skills quickly in the tech- create clean energy tax credits,” “We have done some good cases remains to be seen. He has applied for 75 job open- phasis on getting people working nology economy. “Tech has work, but there are still too In the meantime, apart from said Obama. ings, he said after the press con- again. twice as many openings as it has The political divisions in many folks struggling in today’s the impersonality of the legal ference, with no interviews. Obama spent some of his workers,” said Obama. The way Congress are too great to pass economy. We have much more to process, the five former employ- Several of the speakers re- speech time Jan. 24 talking about to fix that is to fund programs at “a comprehensive plan to fight do in the months to come,” said ees who spoke out last week ferred to the difficulty of finding how Congress can help recovery community colleges “to become climate change, but we can set McNerney. echoed the broad themes of bitter jobs because of the onset of by passing stricter regulations on community resource centers for the energy standard to create a Pete Stark, whose 13th Dis- complaints that circulated in the banks’ loans and by encouraging high-tech manufacture.” trict includes south Pleasanton recession. To Elaine Andrews, the growth of green energy. market for innovation,” he said. and Sunol, and next year will Livermore community during a 61-year-old administrator in Las Positas College already Obama said that he wants to the months following the 2008 One of Brown’s job genera- have the entire Valley, said that Human Resources at the time of tors is the state’s high-speed rail established partnerships with see enough new clean energy he “wholeheartedly supports (the layoffs. her layoff, “It was the beginning project, which has approximately the science labs and industry generated on public lands to President’s) call to strengthen The stories were individual stage of the biggest recession in doubled in cost estimate to over for training classes in a variety power 3 million homes. Further, the middle class, to make smart and anecdotal, but common mes- our lifetimes. I couldn’t even get $90 billion. Brown said that of technological fields, and is he wants the Department of infrastructure investments to put sages were these: The new, for- an interview, let alone a job.” when BART and other publicly always open to doing more, its Defense to “work with us” so America back to work, and to profit corporation treated loyal Andrews had worked at the financed transportation projects officials have said. that the military buys enough ensure our tax code is fair — not employees like criminals; those Lab for 29 years. She had pre- began, people said they were too Turning his attention to k-12 capacity to power 250,000 homes skewed toward the wealthy few. selected for layoff felt betrayed viously filed a sexual harass- expensive. History will prove education, Obama praised teach- per year. I urge the president to stay firmly by an organization they had today’s high-speed rail critics ers for their dedication, since they Further, through infrastructure committed to these causes in the ment suit against the Lab. Her wrong, too, he said. often “dig into their own pockets changes that would cost $100 bil- coming months.” trusted; older people were select- complaint claimed that this was ed for layoff in contradiction of In the State of the Union to buy materials, and work at lion in the next decade, the nation “I applaud the President’s call a cause of her being chosen speech, Obama noted that the modest pay.” can make energy use more effi- for putting an end to Republican the Lab’s own inverse seniority for layoff. (Judge Freedman government loans to General cient. “Send me a bill that creates obstructionism. If we want to policy; and this is a sign of how Obama said that he would agreed that this is an issue that Motors have been working, be- “offer schools a deal” by offering these jobs,” said Obama. move our country forward, we callously Lab employees would can be tried.) She was the only cause the automaker has risen them resources to “keep teachers Obama also called for a bill cannot allow Republicans to re- be treated from now on. career employee laid off in her again to be the world’s top ve- on the job, reward the best ones, that would “cut red tape” in con- peat the brinksmanship that that The five who spoke out last department and her duties were hicle seller. and grant the schools flexibility.” struction projects on highways. led us from one crisis to another week echoed many of these then taken over afterwards “by “We bet on U.S. workers and He said he wants to see teachers Providing middle class people throughout 2011,” said Stark. themes. They ranged in age from significantly younger and less- ingenuity, and tonight the U.S. who teach with passion, not “just a break on their houses that BROWN STILL COMMITS 52 to 61. Marian Barraza, who auto industry is back,” with are underwater, Obama said he TO HIGH-SPEED RAIL senior employees,” according to 160,000 jobs added. He observed helping kids learn.” would help them refinance, and A controversial topic in was laid off at age 56, said the a fact sheet issued at the press Obama did not offer any layoff process made her feel “like that Ford, which did not take “save $3000. “ A small fee on Brown’s State of the State mes- conference. government loans, contributed details about how he would set the largest financial institutions sage Jan. 18 was his continued a criminal.” The Laboratory responded to to the comeback. up the guidelines and funding to would pay for it. It would allow support of the high-speed rail She had gone to work at the the press conference last week It’s expensive now to conduct make that change in education. banks a chance to “repay a deficit project, which would connect Lab at 17 and met her husband with a statement that was in sharp business in China, so it’s an op- The President did say that he of trust.” San Francisco to Los Angeles there. They had two daughters. contrast to the mistrust encoun- portunity for the United States is proposing that all states require New regulations of Obama’s with trains that can travel up to In time, he died of a heart attack, tered by those laid off in 2008. to step in with tax code reforms, all students to stay in high school administration will “save $10 bil- 180 mph. but she stayed on. “The Lab has “A workforce restructure is including lowering the corporate until they graduate or become 18 lion over the next five years and Critics have said that since the been my life,” she said. the last thing this Laboratory tax rate for businesses that don’t years old. send funding to entrepreneurs, estimated cost has nearly doubled not to Wall Street. Although she had been a loyal wanted to undertake in 2008,” outsource their jobs to overseas In the Valley, that may be a to more than $90 million, it’s locations. moot point. The state already Near the end of his speech, doubtful that voters today would employee for nearly four decades, the statement reads. “LLNL she said she was escorted to the Companies providing high- requires school attendance until Obama proposed a Veterans approve the project. considers its employees its great- tech work should receive double Job Corps, which would enable However, Brown said that gate by guards and treated with graduation or age 18. Pleasanton est asset and exhausted all other the tax break, said Obama. “Send senior director of pupil services the hiring of returning veterans great infrastructure projects back suspicion. “All that was missing options to perform its important me those tax reforms, and I will as firefighters and police, “so in his first two terms as governor, was handcuffs,” she said. Kevin Johnson said that the work for the country (e.g., volun- sign them right away,” said district and other districts offer America is as strong as those who and his father’s two terms, had She teared up as she described tary separation program, attrition, Obama. many alternatives for those who defend her.” their skeptics, but have proven the shock of being laid off with- cost cuts to operations) before When Obama took office, he need help, including alternative RESPONSE FROM necessary, such as BART. The LOCAL CONGRESSMEN out warning, comparing it to proceeding with an involuntary set a goal of doubling U.S. ex- high schools and independent project will help deliver cleaner the darkness she felt when her separation.” All three congressmen in the air by taking planes out of the study. Valley are Democrats and sup- air and cars off the freeway, said Students sign a contract con- ported Obama’s speech, focusing Brown. Research Opens Door to New cerning attendance. If they don’t on various aspects of it. The Tri-Valley Regional Rail meet that obligation, the contract John Garamendi, whose dis- Working Group has kept an eye Medicines, Devices and Materials is filed with the district attorney, trict includes Livermore, said on the high-speed rail develop- who then decides what to do that he was pleased to hear the ments. If the train’s second route Lawrence Livermore Na- “X-rays give us a penetrating electrons to fall from higher to about accountability. tional Laboratory scientists and view into the world of atoms lower energy levels, releasing President talking about the same comes north toward Sacramento, On the energy front, Obama things he has outlined in a bill it could also feed over through international collaborators have and molecules,” said physicist a single color of light in the said, “Tonight, I will open 75 created the shortest, purest X- that he wrote. the Altamont to east Livermore, Nina Rohringer, a former LLNL process. However, until 2009, percent of our offshore gas and The bill, HR 613, says that and hook up with the ACE train, ray laser pulses ever achieved, postdoc, now a group leader at when LCLS turned on, no X-ray oil production.” He said produc- transit equipment used in Amer- and possibly the future BART to fulfilling a 45-year-old prediction Max Planck Society’s Advanced sources were powerful enough to tion is at its highest in eight years. ica should be made in America. Livermore, and ultimately opening the door Study Group. She collaborated create this type of laser. The nation is less dependent on Garamendi also is the author of Other comments in Brown’s to new medicines, devices and with researchers from SLAC, “This work presents a big foreign oil than it has been for the HR 487, which focuses on mak- speech included a few on educa- materials. LLNL and Colorado State Uni- advance in the quest for shorter past 16 years. ing renewable energy equipment tion that already have been re- The researchers, reporting versity. wavelength lasers,” London said. “However, we have only 2 in America. Garamendi liked ported. Among them is the idea of in the Jan. 26 edition of Nature, Livermore scientists include “In addition, the demonstration percent of the world’s oil re- Obama’s comments on shifting giving local school districts block aimed radiation from Linac Rich London, Felice Albert, Jim of the neon X-ray laser provides serves. There needs to be devel- away from oil subsidies and in- grants to be spent at a district’s Coherent Light Source (LCLS), Dunn, Alex Graf, Randy Hill and a very sensitive test of the physics opment of every available source stead rewarding clean energy. discretion. Brown provided no located at the Stanford Linear Stefan Hau-Riege. of intense X-ray interaction with of U.S. energy,” said Obama. The Obama’s comments on com- details. The key would be how Accelerator Center (SLAC), at a The new laser fulfills a 1967 atoms. By comparing theoretical audience gathered in the House munity colleges also drew praise much money would go into the cell containing neon gas, setting prediction, which proposed that modeling to the observed output of Representatives gave one of from Garamendi. Many tech jobs block grants. off an avalanche of X-ray emis- X-ray lasers could be made by signals, one can pin down the ba- its loudest standing ovations to don’t need a four-year degree, Local districts have long asked sions to create a new “atomic first removing inner electrons sic ultrafast processes occurring that remark. and economic support for com- for such discretionary funds, in- X-ray laser.” from atoms and then inducing in the region where the LCLS Public research dollars over munity colleges is vital, said stead of specific-category state beam interacts with the gas.” the past 30 years helped to ab- Garamendi. funds with strings attached to In the future, Rohringer says stract natural gas out of shale Jerry McNerney of Pleasan- how the money is spent. she will try to create even shorter- rock, said Obama, implying that ton said that Obama’s speech Brown’s intent is to keep more public money needs to be showed that he is in touch with several specific categories money Publisher: Joan Kinney Seppala pulse, higher-energy atomic X- the “everyday struggles of real intact, including special educa- Associate Publisher: David T. Lowell ray lasers using oxygen, nitrogen spent on energy research. (INLAND VALLEY PUBLISHING CO.) Editor: Janet Armantrout Despite private industry fail- people, and that he is committed tion, which is mandated by the or sulfur gases. to building the middle class and federal government. The research was funded by ures in the clean energy business, The Independent is published every Thursday by Inland Valley Publishing Company, 2250 First St., Liver- that must be pursued. “I won’t preserving the American dream Brown also mentioned his more, CA 94550; (925) 447-8700. Mailed at Periodical Postage Prices at the Livermore Post Office and LLNL’s Laboratory Research and for all people.” idea for weighted funding, with a additional entry office: Pleasanton, CA 94566-9998. The Independent is mailed upon request. Go to www. walk away from the promise of independentnews.com to sign up and for more information. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Development program. LDRD “Right now we have the op- higher proportion of funding go- Independent, 2250 First St., Livermore, CA 94550. is used to fund creative basic clean energy,” said Obama. portunity to build the middle ing to districts that have a higher Advertising rates and subscription rates may be obtained by calling (925) 447-8700 and applied research activities “I will not cede the wind, solar during regular business hours or by fax: (925) 447-0212. class and those trying to reach percentage of low-income and Editorial information may be submitted by [email protected]. in areas aligned with the Lab’s or batteries industry to China or it. With a focus on creating jobs, English language learners. principal missions. The Independent, FEBRUARY 2, 2012 - PAGE 5 DOGS (continued from page one) conducting the canine searches. talking about the issue. “That’s remaining shortfall, said assistant Movie Filming in downtown Pleasanton She wanted to hear more student half the battle. This is really de- superintendent Luz Cázares. Smera Productions announced wards schizophrenia as episodes what the film's about." feedback. signed as a deterrent, and part of If the state comes through that it will be filming scenes of hallucinations and paranoia The film will be shot in vari- Student trustee Shreya Gupta that is kids talking to each other, with enough revenue in the op- for their upcoming movie in complicate his life. ous locations over the next three said that there has been plenty asking each other, is this a prob- timistic scenario discussed by downtown Pleasanton on Friday, "It's funny how even the small- weeks throughout the Bay Area, of discussion about the canines lem or not? We have a dialogue Gov. Jerry Brown, the district’s February 3, 2012. Hari Mahesh's est decision can have such a great including Fremont, Pleasanton, among her fellow Amador Val- going,” said Grant. revenue would take a dip of only What If is a psychological thriller impact on an ending. What If..." Saratoga, Redwood City and ley High School students. Overall Board president Joan Laursen $350,000, which would be a spe- that follows Ed Baxter, a success- said director Mahesh. "That's Napa. they support the policy. However, said that she was “a little sur- cific state cut to school bus trans- ful psychiatrist, on his journey to- they do have concerns. prised” about her reaction to the portation. Pleasanton contracts One concern was whether or canine drug-detection issue. She with a bus company to carry not it violated their rights. “Se- was a libertarian in college for special education students. niors in civics classes are holding a short time. She thought she The state budget is still in flux. this discussion. They understand would be uncomfortable having That makes it difficult to plan for they have limited rights at school. canines on campus. it right now, said Cazares. The They felt it’s not that big a prob- “But after hearing Mothers district needs to approve its final lem for the most part,” she said. with a Purpose (at a district anti- budget by mid-June. The Legis- Amador Valley students also drug forum) and hearing the kids lature’s deadline is June 30. said that not all students should who went through recovery,” More important is that the dis- be penalized for the problem, and and their comments about the trict must also meet a deadline of “they do feel they are being pe- importance of keeping drugs off March 15 to send out preliminary nalized by the district.” Further, campus, “my reaction was not the layoff notices to teachers. Final it might make it look like drugs way I expected.” notices are sent in May, at the were a bigger problem than they Laursen said that the process time of the governor’s revised are,” said Gupta. of installing the canine use within budget, which will offer firmer One student who carpools a district policy is important, and numbers for the statewide school with others is worried that if he can happen relatively soon. picture. just gives a ride home to someone BOARD WILL LOOK AT With the potential prospect who smells of alcohol and that $2 MILLION IN CUTS of laying off teachers, the dis- odor is in the car, he will suffer District staff will bring the trict will follow its usual policy for it. board at its Feb. 14 meeting a of making cuts as far from the Senior director of pupil ser- list of proposed cuts to save $2 classroom as possible. However, vices Kevin Johnson said that any million in the next school year, in it was predicted that it will be dif- investigation of such an incident case the district has a $5.5 million ficult, if not impossible, to avoid would be thorough and would shortfall from state funding in a teacher layoffs in light of the goal try to ascertain the truth. Police worst-case scenario. of $2 million in cuts. More will Chief David Spiller agreed with The district can “dip into” its be known when the board sees Johnson, adding that the dogs are $3 million reserve if the state the proposed cuts Feb. 14. Adop- not trained to detect alcohol. budget makes it necessary, leav- tion of a list of cuts is expected at Trustee Chris Grant said that it ing $2 million in cuts to cover the the board’s Feb. 28 meeting. was good to hear that students are Hacienda Reporting Positive Inflow of Tenants Hacienda Business Park in Pacific Office Automation (office estate), Axis Community Health Pleasanton is reporting a net posi- products), Pure Red Creative (ad- (health), and Guerrilla Jiu-Jitsu tive inflow of tenants in 2011. vertising), MetLife Home Loan (fitness). Nearly 350,000 sf of activity oc- (finance), Re/Max Accord (real curred in Hacienda during 2011 with net absorption totaling ap- proximately 113,000 square feet. The park is the largest mixed-use development in Northern Cali- fornia. “Given the overall level of ac- tivity in the Tri-Valley in 2011, we see these numbers as a significant indication of Hacienda’s value” said James Paxson, Hacienda’s general manager. “Furthermore, we are seeing signs that 2012 will also be another year for positive absorption.” Major transactions in 2011 were seen by companies in a vari- ety of business segments, includ- ing Omron Network Products (fiber optics), IntegenX (DNA- related laboratory equipment), Aplegen (scientific instruments), PAGE 6 - The Independent, FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Pictured is West Coast Soccer's Melissa Ellis as she makes a move on a Juventus player on her way to goal. Melissa scored one of two goals in the Wild's win over Juventus.

Trent Trump from the Livermore Aquacowboys' Senior Group was selected to represent Pacific Swimming in the National Distance Training Camp held January 26 through January 29. Trent flew to the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs in order to participate in the camp for some of the best young distance swimmers in the country. He held meetings with some of the best coaches in the country and he was able to train at the Olympic Training Facility.

Photo - Doug Jorgensen Granada High School defeated Foothill High 41 to 37 in EBAL action last week. In the photo, Foothill's Nick Bussani (25) attempts to keep Devin DeBrum (23) from driving to the basket. Martial Arts of America Livermore presented its 2011 Grand Masters. Pictured (from left) are Emma Britton BBC1 division, Amalie Hittinger BBC2 division, Skylar Shapiro BB division, Timothy Blanton BBC2 division, and Noah Roe Tigers division. Robathan Harries 50.80 (1st) Seahawks Surge These students received the highest number of points for the Level 10: Ruben Padilla 63.60 (1st) The Pleasanton Seahawks (PLS) 2011 tournament season. had a very busy weekend Jan 21 and 22 competing at the Long Course Super Edge Gymnastics league Championships in Concord and the Edge Gymnastics team members com- C/B/A+ Meet in San Ramon. Many best peted in the 2012 National Gymnastics times and new cuts were in the making Level 6: Sabra Wilson 22.50 (2nd), Festival at Gymtowne Gymnastics in San Livermore Wrestling Lexi Carzoli 21.70 (3rd) Mateo on January 28. The level 8 team Livermore High School men’s wres- Level 7: Loren Couture 23.20 (1st), finished first. Results: tling team defeated San Ramon 63 to 12 David Davisson 22.70 (1st), Paige Chew Level 7: Younger: Brianna Londeree, in a meet held in Livermore. 21.80 (2nd), Megan Contarciego 21.60 2nd on floor (9.025); Middle: Julia Pfluger, The results: 108-Cortez (L) p Mitchell (3rd), Megan Hebert 21.30 (1st), Alex 1st all-around (36.1), 2nd bars (9.35), 2nd (SR) 3:56; 115-Macasocol (L) f; 122- Holland 20.60 (2nd) floor (9.45); Kimberly Smelley, 2nd all- Sanchez (L) d Stouffer (SR) 10-6; 128- Level 8: Kaitlyn Clevenger 52.20 around (35.875), 1st floor (9.475); Serena Disbrow (L) p Mostaghim (SR) 2:31134- (1st), Jeremy Pigford 50.60 (1st) Chan, 3rd all-around (35.725) ; Rhianne Pinto (SR) d Robles (L) 8-5; 140-Gunari Level 9: Delaney Foote 56.80 (2nd), Khweled, 1st beam (9.375) (SR) md Fabian (L) 14-4; 147-Roach Ruben Padilla 56.10 (1st), Robathan Level 8: Middle; Kelley Hebert, 1st (L) p Turbus (SR) 4:30; 154-Bohland Harries 52.20 (1st), Joshua Erickson all-around (38.0), 1st vault (9.5), 1st bars (L) p Roberts (SR) 2:35; 162-Rardon 52.10 (1st) (9.6), 1st beam (9.325), 1st floor (9.575); (L) p Labrie (SR) 2:46; 173-Morgan Double Mini Results: Marcela Matheus, 2nd all-around (36.5), (L) p Klapperich (SR) 2:36; 184-Flores Level 5: Miranda Harries 56.20 (1st), 2nd vault (9.15), 2nd bars (9.4). Older: The Hot Shots Girls U9 soccer team captured the Cabernet (SR) p McNaney (L) 5:49; 197-Ezerski Zoe Harries 55.60 (2nd), Nicholas Abrego Angelica Leporati, 1st vault (9.075), (L) f;222-Neale (L) p Thomas (SR) 4:45; 54.30 (1st) 1st beam (9.25); Kelsey Ferranti, 2nd Indoor U9 Championship. The team was undefeated all season. 287-Hernandez (L) f; Level 6: Lexi Carzoli 57.70 (1st), floor (9.275) They played two tough teams on Sunday. The final game was Page Chew 57.50 (2nd), Sabra Wilson Level 9: Older: Yasmine Yektaparast, down to the wire and the Hot Shots won as a team in the last 45 Trampoline Competition 57.30 (1st) 1st all-around (36.825), 1st beam (9.25), Livermore’s Springtime Tumbling and Level 7: Megan Hebert 58.10 (1st), 1st floor (9.45), 2nd vault (9.1); Stepha- seconds. Pictured are (back, left to right) Brooke Schaible, Coach Trampoline Team competed in the MEGA Alex Holland 58.10 (2nd), Megan nie Relova, 2nd beam (9.125), 3rd floor Kirk Murphy, Sohpia Anderson, Kayla Remund, Erin Murphy, TnT Competition in San Rafael on January Contarciego 57.50 (3rd), Loren Couture (9.075); Nicole Corkill, 2nd vault (9.25); 22nd. Athletes competed in Trampoline 57.20 (1st) Kendall Green, 3rd vault (8.925) Coach Brian Cox, Alana Cox, Corrina Bartolotto; (front) Maddie and Double Mini Trampoline. Level 8: Joshua Erickson 60.20 (1st), Level 10: All Ages: Kara Jones, 1st Riddle, Brooke Trevethan, Kelsey Brumm, Bridget Yocham, and Trampoline Results: David Davisson 59.00 (3rd), Kaitlyn all-around (35.425), 1st tie floor (8.825), Level 5: Miranda Harries 21.60 (2nd), Clevenger 58.30 (1st), Jeremy Pigford 2nd beam (9.3) Taylor Sprott. Nicholas Abrego 20.40 (2nd), Zoe Harries 58.10 (4th) 19.20 (2nd) Level 9: Delaney Foote 61.20 (1st), The Independent, FEBRUARY 2, 2012 - PAGE 7

The 16 Head First Gamers baseball team won the Twin Creeks Winter Blast Tournament on Sunday, January 22, 2012. The Gamers put together a complete team effort with timely hitting, great defense and excellent pitching to win the tournament. They only fielded 9 players for the tournament and everyone contributed. Garrett Hodos, Jordan Ott and Ryan Probst pitched complete game victories. Hodos pitched a gutsy 5 – 4 win in the opener. After giving up four runs in the first two innings, Hodos shut down the opposition over the next 5 innings for the victory. In the second game, Ott (pictured above right) threw a No Hitter with 11 strikeouts. Probst won the championship game with a 9 – 3 victory. Garrett Vaughn was named tournament MVP. Pictured are the team (from left) Coach Jesse Kingdon, Jordan Ott, Nick Adgar, Jared Cleto, Gabe Tramble, Trevor Greenley, Garrett Hodos, Ryan Probst, Garrett Vaughn, Coach Chuck Humphrey and Carlos Garcia kneeling.

baskebtall. Robyn Kammeier dropped one in at the end to push STOMP! ahead and grabbed 3 rebounds to shut her opponents off. Taylor Peterson also had 4 rebounds, 3 points, 2 blocked shots and 2 steals for the team while Shannon Meyer shut down the key down low with 4 rebounds, 2 steals, a blocked shot and caused 2 turn- overs. Madissen Taylor kept CCOP out Pictured is West Coast Olympic Gymnastics Academy Level 9 of the paint and off the scoreboard. Two gymnast Isabella Orecchia. attempts, 2 rebounds and 2 blocked shots helped earn her team the victory. • • • In their last game of the season, the SM/SC 6th grade Warriors faced the CCOP team they opened the season The first half was a tough welcome back ball kit does not guarantee a bocce ball against. The Warriors took the loss in from the holiday break. The rusty Wild court will be available. the first game. This time around they battled strong winds, a bumpy turf, and The Robert Livermore Commu- were hoping to earn a win to even up the a tough Everton team, even with second nity Center is located at 4444 East Ave., season matchups. The Warriors, a small half adjustments and cobwebs shed, the Livermore. Bothwell Park is located at team in comparison to the bigger CCOP Wild fell short, 0-2. 2466 Eighth St., Livermore. For more players, played pressure defense all four On the following day, the Wild played information, call 925-373-5700. quarters. They created numerous CCOP Juventus at home at Livermore’s Rob- turnovers at half court, but were not able ertson Park. They picked up on the mo- to convert them against the opposition’s High School Basketball mentum they started to build in Everton. Foothill at Livermore High School, equally impressive defense. On offense, Even with freezing rain coming down, the the Warriors’ had several opportunities the second of four basketball games to Wild battled a tough and extremely fast air on Tri-Valley Community TV, will to score in the perimeter and in the paint. Juventus team. As the game progressed, However, most of those attempts came be taped on Friday, February 3rd and air the Wild continued to grow stronger and the next day. Tri-Valley Sports Final per- up short, and were no match against the play with more intensity, speed, and ag- CCOP’s hot offensive. The victory went sonalities Ian Bartholomew and George gressiveness than their opponent. The “Dr. B” Baljevich will be providing to CCOP with a final score of 22-13. Wild’s Tori Nicolo, and Melissa Ellis Riley VanTrease led the Warriors with commentary. The 6th grade Flyers captured the CYO Basketball Division Championship, ending the season both scored goals in the second half to Tri-Valley TV30 will begin broadcast- 5 points, followed by Tyler Langowski give the girls a 2-0 win over Juventus. The with a 9-1 record after defeating St. Joan 27-14. Pictured (left to right) are Emily March, Coach with 4 points. Lukas Owen and Keaton ing the game on Comcast TV channel 30 entire team played well and contributed and AT&T U-verse via channel 99 on Lori, Katie Fournier, Aliyah Barone, Lauren Rodgers, Maddy "she's got moves like Jagger" Simoni contributed with 2 points each. to the win. Seth Davis reeled in 3 rebounds. Saturday, February 4th at 7:00 p.m. In Stewart, Emma Zika, Maddy Valone, Jessica Bennett, Kate Marcel, Katherine Gomez, Coach Tim addition, the game is scheduled to stream and Vanessa Barone. Community Day at A’s live and be available via Video on Demand WCOGA Gymnastics on the Tri-Valley TV website at www. West Coast Olympic Gymnastics Livermore community in support of Livermore Valley Joint Unified School trivalleytv.org. DVDs of the games may Academy optional gymnasts competed also be purchased via the website. at the Red Heart 10.0 Invitational at Bay District (LVJUSD) athletic programs including new team records. 100% best times – new B time 50 Breast times; Best Times: Michelle Wang (3), at the Oakland A’s vs. Cleveland Indi- Foothill at Livermore broadcast Super League Championships Aerials Gymnastics in Fremont, on Janu- schedule: Saturday, 7 p.m., Sunday at (1:04.50); Emily Tsai 2/3 BTs (25 Free, Sophia Barrera ( 4), Christopher Jhong ary 7-8, 2012, at the 2012 Flips Invitational ans game on Sunday April 22nd. 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BT 50 back, Alexa Bui 3 BTs, Susan Chen San Diego Classic/Nastia Invite 2012: available for rent to the public. shaving off 7 seconds (1:16.60) and did 2 BTs, Laurel Heckman improved her 500 the pace in 2nd quarter and took charge Bocce ball kits can be checked out for a The LAZERS team practices on well in 25/50 free and 25 fly; Dominick leaving the court at the half with a 6 point Level 7 gymnast Jessica Yen finished 3rd week at a time from the Robert Livermore Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from free, Christy Neufeld 100% BTs, Paulina place on bars with an 8.375 and 7th place Wonosaputra BTs 50 free/back, (57.35 Umansky 3 BTs, Emma Valentine 5 BTs, lead. However, Catholid Community of Community Center. The kits are available 4-5:30pm at the Robert Livermore Com- and 1:07.18 respectively) and did well Pleasanton (CCOP) tied it up in the 3rd. all-around. Level 7 gymnast Rebecca Yen at the front counter from 8 a.m. to 4:30 munity Center pool from February 27 Nja Zuniga 3 BTs, Paarsa Heidari 2 BTs, finished 8th place on floor with an 8.500 in 25 free, 50 breast. Alex Kuang 2 BTs, Matthew Neufeld 3 STOMP! continued to drop shots in a very p.m. Monday through Friday. through May 18 and costs $250. Parents Novice I Group: Sophia Stiles defensive game. Sinking 5 much needed and 10th place all-around. Rental for one week is $20, plus a are encouraged to attend an informative BTs, Ben Song 4 BTs, Ben Sproul 5 BTs, achieved a B time in 50 Breast and a Tim Yao 3 BTs, Matthew Li 3 BTs. points in the 4th, they took the lead by 3 $40 refundable deposit by credit card or parents’ meeting 2/27 at 4pm. All experi- lifetime best time (LBT) in 25 Free. Varsity/Pre Senior Goups: Special and held on till the final buzzer beating West Coast Soccer cash – a total of $60. The $40 deposit is ence levels are welcome. Andrew Li achieved LBTs in 50 Free congratulations to Samantha Howell who CCOP by a mere 12-9. LeRhae Sanders The West Coast Soccer Wild U14G refundable if equipment is returned in good To register, call 925-373-5751, or visit and 50 Breast. Niva Ranavat achieved broke two team records (100 Free 54.22, scored half the points, shooting 30% RAL kicked off the season with two tough condition. Kits are rented on a first-come, www.larpd.dst.ca.us. For more informa- an LBT in 50 Free. 200 Free 1:57.35) and swam 7 best times; from the field, with 3 steals, 2 rebounds, matches. The Wild traveled to Elk Grove first-served basis; reservations are not tion about the LAZERS, visit Novice II Group: Nikita Gautham Shawn Kim - new FW 50 Free and 2 best extreme hustle and playing fundamental to play the first game of the New Year. available in advance. Rental of a bocce

Mushroom Madness The Friends of the Livermore 925.462.2766 or email: educa- Alumni Association. niques of real estate. Mushroom Madness is the Sing, Ring, Listen, Paint Library. [email protected]. For Uppal recently completed Coldwell Banker Residential topic of the Livermore Area Rec- There will be a special Sing, For additional events check more information check the an intensive training program Brokerage in Livermore is locat- reation and Park District ranger Ring, Listen and Paint storytime the library’s website at www. museum website at www.museu- through Coldwell Banker Resi- ed at 2470 First Street #204 and program on Sun., Feb. 5. on Saturday, February 11, 2012 at livermorelibrary.net. monmain.org. dential Brokerage, which em- can be reached at 925.371.2100. Meet Ranger Amy Wolitzer at 10:30am at the Livermore Public phasizes the principles and tech- (continued on page 9) 1 p.m. at the reserved picnic area Library Civic Center, 1188 S. Valentine Theme Coldwell Banker at Sycamore Grove Park. Livermore Avenue. M.o.M.’s Reading Time this Coldwell Banker Residen- Ranger Amy and Debbie Veiss This will be a storytime about February theme for The Day it tial Brokerage has announced of the Bay Area Mycological bells, sing about bells, and ring Rained Hearts! The Museum on that Anil Uppal has joined the Society will lead the annual bells—and before you leave, Main invites preschoolers (ages company as a sales associate in mushroom hunt in Sycamore help paint large bells provided 2-5) and their families to join in its Livermore office. In his new Grove Park. Join this program to by Café Art which will be placed the monthly preschool pre-liter- position, Uppal will specialize crawl around under trees, wander on display in the Library. Bells acy program, M.o.M.’s Reading in residential sales in Dublin, through meadows and look at and take-home crafts provided Time. On Wednesday, February Pleasanton, Livermore, Sunol, rotting logs to see how many courtesy of Amelia Escutia and 8th from 10am-11am participants San Ramon, Danville and Black- different types of fungi can be Café Art. will enjoy The Day It Rained hawk. found. In 2011 there were more This program is part of Liver- Hearts with books and crafts in Prior to joining Coldwell than 25. Wear clothes that can more Reads Together, a com- honor of Valentine’s Day. Banker Residential Brokerage, get dirty. Please be aware that munity-wide reading program This program sponsored by Uppal had a successful career mushrooms may not be removed featuring John Hersey’s book A Target’s Early Childhood Read- for 36 years in the auto industry from the park – you can take lots Bell for Adano, which takes place ing Grant Program introduces where he served in various cor- of photos but the fungi needs to in Italy during World War II. The preschoolers to books and ac- porate and management positions remain in its habitat. Call 925- community of Livermore is en- tivities about the unique people, in India and London. 960-2400 for directions to the couraged to join their neighbors places, and events in the com- Uppal earned his degree in reserved picnic area. by participating in the Livermore munity. mechanical engineering from There is a $5 per vehicle Reads Together free events for Book reading begins at 10am Monereco (MNNIT) in Alla- parking fee at either entrance children and adults during the with theme crafts immediately habad, India. He is the founder to Sycamore Grove Park. A $2 month of February 2012. Copies following. Free admission. and president of the Monereco donation is requested to help sup- of books and event schedules are Donations are always appre- Alumni Association Delhi – NCR port the programs unless other available at all Livermore Public ciated. No Reservations are Chapter in India, and is an active fees are specified. Participants Library locations. Livermore required. Large groups or play- member of the Northern Cali- may call 925-960-2400 for more Reads Together is sponsored by groups please call in advance: fornia Chapter of the Monereco information. PAGE 8 - The Independent, FEBRUARY 2, 2012 No Hair Challenge Is Too Big for Her Secret By Patricia Koning tion that results in hair loss from Hair loss can be devastat- some or all parts of the body. She ing, especially for women. It’s lost her hair at age 11. “You can the most gratifying work I do.” also much more common than imagine how devastating that In addition to the custom wigs, you might think – diseases like was,” she says. “My mother had she provides hair extensions, alopecia, lupus, and trichotillo- a collection of wigs, so I starting which can be a hair replacement mania can cause hair loss, medi- cutting those up to fit into my solution as well as a way to add cations and medical treatment little bald spots.” volume or just change one’s style. like chemotherapy, along with She soon began receiving Her Secret also offers all regular damage from coloring, perms, professional instruction from a salon services like haircuts, styl- and straightening, and even the neighbor who made show wigs ing, perms, straightening, and natural aging process all cause for the entertainment industry. color. Helen will be styling KKIQ radio host Faith Alpher’s hair for hair loss. She started designing custom th For women in the Tri-Valley hairpieces and wigs for friends Livermore Valley Opera’s 20 facing hair challenges, there’s and family and word of her skills anniversary gala celebration on Her Secret, a one-of-a-kind hair quickly spread. By the time she Jan. 28. salon specializing in couture hair was 18, Helen had already landed Another of Helen’s special- extensions, hair weaving, and her first celebrity client – Izora ties is working with the hair of hair replacement. On Thursday, Armstead of the Weather Girls, biracial children. “The hair of Feb. 9, the Livermore Chamber an R&B group best known for the mixed race children can be dif- of Commerce will hold a ribbon- 1982 hit “It’s Raining Men.” ficult to work with because there cutting ceremony for Her Secret. One of her highest profile are so many different textures,” Since summer, the salon has been clients is Tony and Grammy she explains. “I have five brothers quietly operating at 2612 Old award winner Jennifer Holliday, who are all married to women of First Street, a location that’s both the original “Effie White” in different nationalities so through secluded and near downtown the Broadway hit “Dreamgirls.” my nieces and nephews, I’ve seen with plenty of parking. She’s also worked with profes- it all. I love it.” Owner Helen Owens moved sional runners Cryste Gaines, In- Labelle Agency of Dallas Photo - Doug Jorgensen recently named Helen a celebrity Her Secret to Livermore from ger Miller, and Florence Griffith Helen Owens (left) works with Jo Owens on a hairpiece. San Leandro after that location Joyner. hair stylist for the west coast. became too hectic. She owns “I love being able to help to eight weeks. The price ranges hair.” Or, she can completely with behavior modification and “This recognition is, for a hair another Her Secret salon in Tracy women overcome hair loss,” from $500 to $10,000. Her wigs transform a woman’s look. other medical care, is enough to stylist, the equivalent of winning and operates Classics Interna- says Helen. “My skills can make are a lifelong investment – they A different challenge is posed break the cycle.” an Academy Award,” she says. tional salons in New York City a huge difference in someone’s can last 15 or more years with by women suffering from tricho- She also provides these “I really enjoy the creativity of and Los Angeles. life.” regular maintenance. tillomania, the compulsive urge patients complete privacy or working on celebrities, but my It’s not much of an exaggera- She makes a dozen differ- When a client comes to her for to pull out one’s own hair. “I cre- schedules them only with other first love will always be helping tion to say that Helen has been ent hair units for women, all a wig, Helen first goes through a ate a special wig or hairpiece that trichotillomania patients to build women like myself, who suffer helping women deal with hair handmade using hair from India, consultation. “Often people bring is extremely durable and custom- a sense of community. “It doesn’t from hair loss.” loss for most of her life. Like which Helen says is the high- me a picture of how they used to ized to discourage pulling,” says work for everyone,” says Helen. For more information, visit her mother, Helen suffers from est quality available. Making a look,” she explains. “I can create Helen. “Sometimes, this along “When I succeed, this is some of www.hersecrethairextensions. alopecia areata, a medical condi- custom hair unit takes about six a wig that gives them back that com or call 510-910-4850.

DUBLIN (continued from page one) ties, All-American Cities must entering a similar phase in our cated to helping special-needs as we are watching them being enthusiasm for environmental man Needs Assessment, analyze demonstrate innovation, inclu- city’s history, where planning in youngsters get the support and completed.” efforts including partnering with service gaps, and find out how we siveness, civic engagement and 2012 will reap huge benefits for services they need), the Tri-val- The Façade Improvement schools to support waste man- can partner together to address cross-sector collaboration by Dublin’s future.” ley YMCA, Sprouts Farmers Program provides mini-grants, agement goals, the completion these issues. describing successful efforts to The city was able to balance Market, Sports Authority and matching fund opportunities, of a comprehensive energy audit “In the past 30 years, we’ve address local challenges. Job cre- its 2011-2012 fiscal year budget the downtown BART station, as and the free use of architectural along with immediate imple- accomplished much and we have ation, neighborhood revitaliza- without the use of reserves. Staff well as finishing the Downtown services allowing owners to envi- mentation of recommendations a lot to be proud of,” concluded tion, crime reduction, improving will be moving to a 2-year budget Specific Plan. The plan utilizes sion and enhance their properties such as using LED (light-emit- Sbranti. “With the work slated education and engaging youth are process, allowing more time for a market-driven approach that in the downtown area and along ting diode) lights in designated to take place in 2012, there’s no key to earning the All-American productive, forward-thinking encourages redevelopment of Dublin Boulevard between Vil- parks and along city streets, doubt that the next 30 years, and City title. pursuits as opposed to just un- existing spaces along with ad- lage Parkway and Dougherty developing a water conserva- beyond, will be even brighter.” Throughout 2012, ongoing dertaking budget exercises, said ditional incentives to develop Road. tion management element, and Economic Development Di- celebrations of this achievement Sbranti. vacant lots in order to densify the “I keep up with nearly every- protecting open space along the rector Linda Smith added, “The and the city’s 30th anniversary of Although the Tri-Valley had downtown area and make it more thing our city is planning,” said urban-growth boundary in east overall sentiment of the Mayor’s its incorporation will include a been hit hard during the reces- pedestrian-friendly. Angela Muetterties, a 17-year Dublin. remarks were extremely positive Saint Patrick’s Day Parade, a spe- sion, Sbranti pointed out that Robert Tucknott, CEO of Tuc- Dublin resident and Tri-Valley “We also have a vibrant faith and reflected a very bright future cial July event, and fireworks at Dublin’s sales tax numbers have knott Electric Co., said, “Dublin Realtor. “The one thing I am community,” added Sbranti. for the City of Dublin. The city the new Food and Wine Festival increased and property tax rev- has gone a great distance in the constantly impressed with is “We’re actively working on ad- continues to position itself as a in September. enue is positive. past year to build this city into a the elected officials’ and staff’s dressing needs within our city great place to do business.” “We know that one of the Recent noteworthy Dublin high-quality, desirable commu- level of professionalism and the and the entire Tri-valley. We’ll For more information, visit reasons for our success in 2011 developments include the open- nity in which to conduct business passion they show for the work be hosting a Pastor’s Summit in www.timsbranti.net/blog/ or was intense planning in 2009 and ing of the School of Imagination and to live. I’m excited about all they undertake.” the coming months to review the www.ci.dublin.ca.us/ 2010,” said Sbranti. “We are (a non-profit organization dedi- the new plans for various projects Sbranti spoke about the city’s recently released Tri-Valley Hu- DOWNTOWN (continued from page one)

Johnny Cash, part Elvis and is particularly special. It is where “You instantly feel the shop year’s recipients before swearing noted for its authentic, gourmet the past two years. “One thing pure Wolf. brilliance thrives.” welcome you.” in the new board members. Mexican and Central Ameri- I’m really proud of is bringing “Every bar downtown with Haggerty said that the great Since 1986, Livermore Down- The first award of the night can cuisine. (“With a French green practices to downtown. a TV screen will be tuned in to thing is that Livermore has been town Inc. has been a Certified went to Volunteer of the Year, infusion,” added Mayor John Our business was just certified watch Hamlin perform during able to hold onto the past while National Trust for Historic Pres- Jeff Williams, who served as Marchand.) Property owner Rick a green business, which is a Hollywood week,” said Snede- looking toward the future to ervation’s Main Street Program LDI’s liaison during his four-year Corbett said, “A few people have tremendous achievement,” said cor. “Downtown is the place for build a vibrant downtown that which is geared toward revital- term as city councilmember. “In asked about the purple accent Witherspoon. us to gather as a community and is enhanced by the Bankhead izing downtowns nationwide the last ten years, Livermore’s color on the outside. I asked my Partner of the Year was award- as a region, to celebrate anything Theater. through a four-point approach: downtown has gone from four granddaughter what her favorite ed to the Public Works Street that happens in our community. Following their speeches, 13 organization - establishing co- lanes of gravel trucks going 35 color was this month, and she Team. Handling everything from Having Wolf here tonight to year old Kylie Miller, whose operation and collaboration; pro- miles an hour to a fantastic place said purple. The good news is, potholes to signs to traffic control share with us really does fit right mother and aunt own Woop- motion – rekindling community for people to gather, have a good the month before, it was pink.” during special events and pooper- in with what a vibrant downtown sieDaisy Toy Shop at 154 S. J pride and economic confidence; time, and do some shopping,” Hero of the Year went to scooping after the rodeo parade, is all about.” Street, took the stage to read an design – creating an inviting, safe noted Williams. commercial realtor Sherry Nigg, the team makes sure the down- Livermore Mayor John essay she was assigned in her environment and appealing atmo- Business of the Year went to who, along with her contractor town is always photo-ready. Marchand and Alameda County 8th grade honors core class to sphere; and economic restruc- Artistic Edge. Located in his- husband Dan, does everything Board members are president Supervisor Scott Haggerty of- capture an important memory. turing – strengthening existing toric Blacksmith Square at 21 S. possible to fill the spaces and Elizabeth Fields, vice president fered comments. She chose to write about grow- economic assets while converting Livermore Avenue, Artistic Edge make sure tenants are long-term. Ivy Faught, secretary Crystal Marchand declared, “The ing up in the shop. Her words under-used commercial space offers one-of-a-kind gifts from “To us, they’re family.” Burke, treasurer Dennis Swan- downtown is truly the heart capture the charm of shopping in into productive properties. local and regional artists. Board Member of the Year son, immediate past president and soul of a community. Our downtown Livermore: “As you Combining these four points Historic Building Rehab was was given to First Street Ale- Brook Pavich, and board of direc- downtown is where the com- walk through the screen door, with its tagline “Where Brilliance awarded to El Sacromonte Res- house owner Brook Witherspoon tors, Anthony McPeake, Nickie muntiy comes together. Call me you hear the delightful creak of Thrives!,” LDI honored this taurant and Bar, 2062 First Street, who served as board president for Branco, Nancy Mueller, Robert biased, but I think our downtown squeaky hinges,” Kylie wrote. Gundrey, and Bryan Fangues.

County Looks at New Airport Land Use Policy Alameda County’s Airport about ensuring that the rules man Road site, which the church the area, which is already under change in proposed land use in plan has many categories that re- Land Use Commission (ALUC) will not prevent any problems in wants to sell to a developer. construction, is the Paragon density (how many people on late to airport safety. One of them is revising its airport land use building the new church. Nielsen told The Independent Outlet Center. The county has the land), intensity (e.g., com- is wildlife. If new development compatibility plan, which last The new Crosswinds church that the property owners in the not said officially that it would mercial is used more often than creates a pond or other wildlife was updated in 1986. would be on Freisman Road, whole vicinity near El Charro be grandfathered in, because the warehousing), and proposed land sanctuary that might attract birds, The commission met for a which runs easterly from El Road worked for years with the plan has not been adopted. Riley use changes. deer or other animals, that can work session Jan. 26 at the Charro Road to a dead end near city on the El Charro Specific is confident that there won’t be ALUC’s draft has the city pose a danger to takeoffs, land- county public works building in the church property, which is east Plan, which has been approved any problem. All airport issues referring other changes, such as ings and flights. Any proposal Dublin to hear public comments of the golf driving range. by the city. They all want to make were resolved before Paragon engineering of projects. Liver- has to be examined, and perhaps about its proposed text changes. The church is switching its sure that the county honors the construction started, said Riley. more feels that is not necessary, banned, depending on its location Two people spoke from the development plans to a 36-acre land uses permitted by the plan. “Based on the definition in said Riley. in relation to the airport. audience. Livermore principal parcel from a smaller one it ac- The city has the same interest the draft plan, it appears the El County senior transportation Horvath also said that the land planner Steve Riley talked about quired also on Freisman Road. It about the El Charro plan zon- Charro development would meet planner Cindy Horvath said that use plan will do nothing at all that various points that Livermore currently is housed in Dublin. ing, Riley told The Independent. it. There is not disagreement. It’s the comment period on the study would make any changes to the wants to make certain the plan is The church wants to make The city wants the county to a matter of communicating that,” will end on Feb. 6. airport itself. recognizing. sure that the county will still grandfather in any development said Riley. Horvath noted that the ALUC Dave Nielsen, project manager allow the kinds of land uses it that has vested rights, such as an Riley said that the city also for a new church under construc- currently does both at the new approved map. wants ALUC to be notified by tion in the airport zone, talked location and at the smaller Freis- The major development in Livermore only when there is a The Independent, FEBRUARY 2, 2012 - PAGE 9 AGREEMENT (continued from page one) (continued from page 7) Mortgage Advisor Russ Bar- the Total Lending Resource. 5 at 10:30 a.m. He will lead wor- PPOA employees based on an will realize substantial savings Uppal may be reached directly at to’s, 3rd year with the Tri-Cities ship and then lecture on his newly agreement reached in previous over the long term for the City 925.895.1153 and via e-mail at chapter of WCR, will be as Bud- Agent Training published book, Universalists years in lieu of the employees once all employees are on the [email protected]. get and Finance board member David Bonvicin, Farmers and Unitarians in America: A receiving salary adjustments. In less costly retirement program. for 2012. Insurance agent in Pleasanton, People’s History. the current contract discussions, In addition, it allows the Police Mortgage Advisors Corinne has completed the Career Agents Buehrens led the liberal agreement was reached for the Department to remain competi- Landmark Mortgage PPOA employees to pay the full tive in attracting and retaining Landmark Mortgage Group Andrews and Laurie Christeson Course at the University of Farm- religious denomination from were elected to the Real Estate ers training facility in Agoura 1993-2001. Since that time, he 9% member contribution over a high quality candidates. announces the affiliation of many span of a year and a half. Currently, police personnel of its Advisors serving key roles Alliance of Livermore (REAL) Hills, California. has pastored the First Parish in board. Andrews will serve as Me- The course gives an agent Needham. He is an activist for Once the contract has been who retire receive medical plan in 2012 for local real estate or- ratified and approved, employees benefits for the employee and ganizations. dia Communications Officer and the ability to learn how to suc- progressive causes. Today he sits Christeson as Tour Coordinator. cessfully understand the needs on the national board of Freedom will pay 3%, followed by 6% in spouse calculated on a percent- Mortgage Advisor and Man- July 2012 and 9% in July 2013. age based on years of service aging Partner, Rick Benitez was Also, Mortgage Advisor Todd of Farmers’ customers and help to Marry, an organization com- Utikal, is on the board for 2012, them choose the right insurance mitted to marriage equality. Police personnel currently with the City. The new agree- elected Affiliate Director for participate in a CaIPERS risk ment reached modifies the benefit Bay East Association of realtors in the capacity of Public Rela- to meet their needs. The Unitarian Universalist tions Officer with the Pleasanton Church in Livermore is located sharing pool for agencies with from two parties to employee (BEAR) for 2012-2013. less than 100 active members, only, and terminates when the Mortgage Advisor and Branch Rotary Club. Unitarian Guest at 1893 North Vasco Road in In their roles for these organi- Livermore. Sunday services and have the 3% at 50 formula employee becomes Medicare Manager, Linda LoGrasso will John Buehrens, former Presi- pension program. The agreement eligible, which is currently age serve as the Education and Pro- zations, our Mortgage Advisors dent of the Unitarian Universalist begin at 10:30 a.m. The church will strengthen Landmark Mort- is accessible to people with dis- reached implements a 3% at 55 65. Over the long-term, this will gram Chairperson for Women’s Association, is coming to the program, with the retirement cal- significantly reduce the cost of Council of Realtors (WCR) Delta gage Group’s leadership in the Unitarian Universalist Church in abilities and welcomes children community and continue to be of all ages. culation based on the three high- the retiree medical program for chapter. Livermore on Sunday, February est years’ earnings. This program the City.

Betty Jane Steele Geneva Garrett of Livermore his employees. He never ended a the Korean conflict, 1951-53. Rehab. twenty years. She was his second May 12, 1924 - Dec. 5, 2011 and many grandchildren, great meeting without thanking every- After being honorably dis- Lee loved to travel with her mother. He’s now free of all his After a valiant battle with grandchildren and extended fam- one for their hard work. charged, he returned to Okla- family and friends. She enjoyed physical ailments and deserves bladder cancer, Betty Jane Steele ily members. Mr. Walch was an avid Golfer homa and eventually settled in dancing, dining and laughing. his place in heaven. Let his spirit passed away at home. She was A Celebration of her Life was and a member of Castlewood California working for Caterpil- She loved the military and her be a guide for all of us who were surrounded held Jan. 30 in Tracy. She was Country Club in Pleasanton for lar Tractor, retiring in 1986. He boys at the Salvation Army. She a part of his life. by her lov- laid to rest with her husband John over 40 years. He was a great has resided in Livermore since is survived by her three children: Memorial Donations can be ing family. at Tracy Public Cemetery. In lieu outdoorsman and enjoyed hunt- 1995 and has spent the years Gregory Morrison Baker, his made in his name to East Bay Born in of flowers memorial contribu- ing and fishing. He also enjoyed since his retirement enjoying and wife Marilyn; Steven Kent Baker Innovations, 303 W. Joaquin D u n b a r , tions can be made in her name entertaining and good meals. loving his two grandsons who his wife Jen; Susan Marie Horne, Ave., Suite 110, San Leandro, Virginia, to Kaiser Permanente Post-Acute Mr. Walch was married to filled his life with joy. her husband Lee; brother Tom CA 94577 or to Hope Hospice, she is the Care Center (KPPACC) 1400 Janet O’Neil in 1948. She was Bob is survived by Marilyn, Kelly; and grandchildren: Jared, 6377 Clark Avenue, Suite #100, daughter of – 168th Avenue, San Leandro, the love of his life and they had his wife; his daughters Janet Erin and Reese Baker. Dublin, CA 94568. James and CA 94578. many great years and adventures Malski and Barbara Nunez; and A Celebration of Life Service A Celebration of Peter’s life G o l d e n An on-line guest book is also together. Mr. Walch was also two grandsons Patrick Malski will be held on February 2, 2012 will be held on Saturday, Feb. G r i ff i t h . available at www.frymemorial- blessed with three Children; and Christopher Malski. He at 5:30 p.m. at the Salvation 18, 2012 at 11Am at Holy Cross Betty led chapel.com for condolences and Jim, Tom and Heidi, two Grand- is also survived by sisters Sue Army, 601 Webster St., Oakland, Lutheran Church, 1020 Mocho a rich and special messages to the family. children Tom Jr. and Debbie Samuel, Virginia Miles, and California. St., Livermore, CA. rewarding life with reading be- Woodbeck and two great-grand- Mary McKinley, his brother-in- Arrangements by Callaghan Arrangements by Callaghan ing her passion, especially books Lynn J. Walch children, Ron Woodbeck Jr., and law, Don McKinley, and nieces Mortuary. Mortuary. about WWII. She was a govern- Lynn J. Walch passed away Chrissy Woodbeck. Over the and nephews. ment employee in Washington, peacefully at his home in Alamo, years Mr. Walch and his family Final resting place is at Lone Peter Timmer Thomas F. Jones D.C. during the war in support California on January 21, 2012. would go on a number of trips, Tree Cemetery in Hayward, CA Resident of Livermore April 9, 1925-Jan. 21, 2012 of her brother Paul, who was Mr. Walch was 93 years old. Fishing, Golfing, Traveling and Arrangements by Callaghan Jan. 11, 1964 to Jan. 28, 2012 Livermore resident lost at sea serving aboard the A pioneer of the modern just enjoying each other’s com- Mortuary. Peter Timmer was the first born Tom died Saturday evening Mt. Hood. aviation re- pany. son, of David and Maria Timmer. Jan. 21, 2012 with family nearby. Betty leaves behind a family pair busi- Mr. Walch was a very gener- Leone Marie Kelly Baker He was a lifelong resident of Growing up in Omaha, Nebraska, who loved her very much. Her ness, Mr. ous man. No credible charities Former Resident of Pleasanton Livermore, a fifth generation he joined the Navy and served in husband Wayne Steele prede- Wa l c h ’ s were ever turned away with an Lee Baker to her friends; native. WWII. ceased her in 2005. Her daughters life reads empty hand. No one can count Grandma Baker to everyone He is H e Melissa Griffith and Camille like a great the number of times Mr. Walch else passed away at Lake Park preceded s e r v e d Meyer, sister Anna Rawls and novel. uttered the phrase “let’s send Retirement in Oakland Ca. on in death i n a c - family, brother George Griffith He was them something” any time a January 23, 2012. She was 87 b y h i s tive and and family, survive her. In ad- born Au- worthy charity would call. years old. beloved reserves dition to stepdaughter Dianne g u s t 2 4 , Mr. Walch had an infectious Born November 16, 1924 in f a t h e r , i n t h e Lowe, Betty has seven grandchil- 1 9 1 8 i n laugh and a great sense of humor. Muskegon, Mi. to Patrick and D a v i d . Navy for dren, Jeffrey, Tracy, Eric Kihl, Goodrich, Like all great men, he was hum- Leone Kelly; brothers Tom, P e t e i s 32 years. Adam, Daniel and John, eight North Da- ble to the core and his ability to John and Jim; and sisters Peg, survived W h i l e great grandchildren, Cynthia, kota. The laugh at himself spoke volumes Pat and Joann. She graduated b y h i s s t a - Alexes, Brandi, Britney, David, son of farmers, Mr. Walch was about his character. from Grant Hospital School of l o v i n g tioned in Jaaron, Kolton and Tyler, all the youngest of five children; When Mr. Walch began to Nursing with RN in 1949 and brothers, Corpus survive her. brothers Lawrance and Oly, sister have health issues and no lon- worked as a “Courier Nurse” Brendan Christi, Betty was an inspiration to her Deena and brother Wyatt. ger felt he could drive, he was aboard the Santa Fe Railroads and Pat- Texas, in 1944, he met and mar- family, teaching all of them the In his life he rode the rails to granted the gift of a couple of “El Capitan.” rick, and his sister-in-law, Susan. ried his wife, Modene. They had importance of family values. Her Idaho and eventually California living angels; Mary Kulu and In 1948 Lee met Leo M. Baker His relatives were always an 67 years together. In 1957 they memory and her beautiful smile where he was helped out by ho- Nick Lewis, as his home care at the Aragon Ballroom in Chica- important part of his life. His moved from San Diego and Tom will be with her family forever in bos, who fed and watched out for technicians. Mary and Nick go, Ill. Leo was in medical school cousins, aunts and uncles were joined Sandia National Labora- their hearts. him on the way. He worked for were quickly enamored with Mr. after finishing four years in the very special to him. They always tories working there until 1984 A celebration of Betty’s life the 3 C’s (Civilian Conservation Walch’s contagious good spirit Navy. Lee married Leo M. Baker included him in their lives. They when he retired. Ham radio had was held at her home in Liver- Corp) in Idaho and Standard Oil and to them Mr. Walch became June 28, 1949. After helping her kept in touch from Livermore to been his main hobby since his more, where she lived for 56 refinery in Concord, Ca and was family. With Mary and Nick’s husband through medical school Dayton, Ohio. teens. His call sign was K6TS. As years. A graveside service was taken in by the Conover family of help, Mr. Walch was able to con- the couple moved to a small town Peter was educated in the a member of LARK and FOC ra- held December 28, 2011, at Walnut Creek. Mr. Walch never tinue to come to work. All who in Eastern Colorado. Here they Livermore School system, and dio clubs, he made friends around Memory Gardens Cemetery by forgot the kindness and generos- knew Mr. Walch are grateful to did numerous baby deliveries in attended Granada High School, the world. Tom had many friends her family to pay tribute to her ity of the people he met during Mary and Nick for allowing him the homes of ranchers and farm- Class of 1985. He was an avid and valued them very much. He wonderful life. this time and his own kind and to keep his freedom during his ers, along with taking care of Giants and Sharks fan. His bed- was a member of Trinity Baptist Arrangements by Callaghan giving nature was a testament final years. other farm related injuries. While room was a showcase for both Church. Mortuary. to that. The hearts of all who knew in Colorado the Bakers adopted teams. He wore the Giants and Tom is survived by his wife, In 1942 Mr. Walch joined the him are heavy with sadness. To three beautiful babies. In 1961 Sharks jackets with pride. Pete Modene; daughters Lynda Mess- Alpha “Jackie” P. Amaral Army Air Force. He Captained say Mr. Walch was a great man Lee and her family moved to loved to bowl, play Bocce Ball, ier (husband Hervie), Patricia June 18, 1922 – January 24, 2012 a Martin B26 Marauder in the scratches not the surface of truth. Jefferson City, Missouri, where shop, go to dances, attend 4-H Morrow (husband Brett) and Alpha P. Amaral, better known 319th Bombardment Group dur- He will be missed as a boss, as a Leo started working for the Mis- meetings and work at his jobs. grandson Steven Cheeseman. as “Jackie,” passed away peace- ing WWII. Although he had some friend and as an example of how souri State Prison as the Medical He was employed at Johnson He was preceded in death by his fully surrounded by her fam- close calls, Mr. Walch’s steady life should be lived. Director and Lee was a stay at Controls, Target and Navlet’s daughter Mickey Jones in 2008. ily in San hand brought his crew home In keeping with Mr. Walch’s home mother. Nursery. He was a hard worker. A private burial was held Leandro, safely from 52 missions. He had wishes, there will be no public Lee started volunteering with Pete also volunteered at The January 26, 2012. C A o n great respect and high praise for service. In lieu of flowers, please the Red Cross and teaching nurs- Friendship Center and Buena J a n u a r y his crew and fellow pilots. As for send donations to the Alzheimer’s ing aid to inmates at the prison. Vista Thrift Store. He was Mr. 24, 2012 his own skills he was much more Association of America. In 1966 the family undertook a Organizer. In spite of his physi- at the age humble, attributing his success medical missionary trip around cal and mental handicaps, he of 89. A to luck; as he put it “there were Bobby Gene Philbin the world, staying in Nepal for gave 110% of himself. Pete resident better pilots than me that didn’t Bobby Gene Philbin passed six weeks. Lee and her family taught all of us a lot about life. of Liver- make it back”. away on Tuesday, January 24, moved to Jackson, Michigan in The simple things of life mattered more for After the war, Mr. Walch 2012 at the age of 81 years. He 1973 when her husband took a to him. He wrote many Thank nearly 55 worked for several aviation was a Livermore resident. job with Jackson State Prison. You notes. He loved his fam- years she companies and in 1952 he set Bob was the youngest of Lee continued to volunteer with ily, friends, caregivers, church was born out on his own, creating the L.J. 6 children born in Tecumseh, the Red Cross and teaching in friends, and Miss Kitty. He will June 18, Walch Company. Mr. Walch lead Oklahoma in 1930 to Edward and the prison. In 1975 Lee and Leo be missed by many. 1922 in Henryetta, Oklahoma. the company to great success as G e o r g i a moved to Lompoc, California to His East Bay Innovations At the gates of Heaven she was an FAA repair station. As the P h i l b i n . work at the Federal prison. While support workers were certainly reunited with her parents and company gained a reputation for His family in Lompoc, Lee and Leo started a part of the reason Pete was able beloved husband of 42 years, quality and reliability it outgrew moved to free clinic for the Hispanic com- to participate in his community. John Amaral and parents Hardy several locations until Mr. Walch California, munity. Around 1980 Lee and His social workers from Re- and Laura Henley. and Company made the decision h e w e n t Leo moved to Pleasanton, Cali- gional Center were also part of Mrs. Amaral will always to relocate to a custom built fa- to school fornia, where Lee volunteered his support team. This team of be remembered as an amazing cility in Livermore in 1999. The in Alam- at the Pleasanton Police Depart- support workers loved him and woman who touched the life of Livermore location has allowed eda. They ment and with the Red Cross. kept him safe and confident. In everyone who met her and she the company to grow to new r e t u r n e d After Leo passed in 2002, Lee fact, Rosée Llamado was a huge will forever live in the hearts of heights performing repair work to Tecum- moved to Oakland, California, part of his life, helping him for her family and friends. for customers around the world seh and he where she began to volunteer Jackie leaves behind her five and continuing to be an innova- graduated at St. Vincent de Paul, Oak- devoted children, Rhonda Brazil tor in the industry. Dedication from Te- land Police Department, Amtrak and husband, Donald of Liver- to quality is a virtue that Mr. cumseh High School and worked Railways, Red Cross, Oakland more; Larry Walling and wife Walch stressed to all employees. locally until he was drafted into Airport, Marines’ Memorial Club Kelley of Nevada City; Brenda Following his lead, it continues the Army in 1951. He served in & Hotel, Lake Park Retirement Turpin of Livermore, Jeanie Ho- to be the driving force of the the front lines in the Army during and the Salvation Army Drug henwarter of Escalon; and Pam company’s success 60 years Goulart and husband Al of Tracy. later. As a boss, Mr. Walch led She is also survived by her sister by example and was loved by all PAGE 10 - The Independent, FEBRUARY 2, 2012 BART Meet the New Kid On the Block: (continued from page one) transportation operations from process that would study the The main opposition came 17.3 to 18.8 percent of the fund- various options. from people who favored differ- Charlie Kidd of Las Positas ing. Maintenance for BART was Greg Harper, AC Transit di- ent wording for BART to Liver- by Laura Ness included. A minimum of 15% of rector, said that wording for the more. Dave Campbell, East Bay Young Charlie Kidd has the local streets and roads funding is BART to Livermore extension Bicycle Coalition, voiced what fire: you can see it in his bright to be spent on bicycle/pedestrian tied the hands of BART directors others said, that changing some blue, slightly scrutinizing eyes. elements. by being too specific. There is a wording would make the TEP You can tell he’s been around a Supervisor Carson wanted need to look at all alternatives. better. Wording should address few blocks in zip codes far, far different wording for the BART “I fear that if funding BART to connecting with BART, not the from Livermore. He’s originally extension. He was joined in his Livermore is tied to a particular specifics of a project. They would from Chico, schooled at Cal Poly, request to redefine the BART alignment and station, you are then be able to support it. where he studied Crop Science to Livermore project by the predetermining the outcome of Jeff Hobson of Transform and grew lots of things like al- Community Vision Platform studies,” he stated. said the TEP is an opportunity falfa, onions, corn, broccoli and advocacy group, which includes Those supporting a change in to conduct a study of BART to pumpkins. Then, he discovered Transform, Greenbelt Alliance Livermore to make sure it re- he preferred growing grapes, and wording want to reduce the cost got totally into vineyard design and Urban Habitat. for BART to Livermore with a mains the most affordable and and management, designing No changes were made in the cheaper alternative such as buses reliable project available. He and developing 13 vineyards in wording for the BART to Liver- or rail. urged a change in wording to places you may have heard of more extension. Supervisor Scott Haggerty avoid a predetermined outcome like Templeton and Paso Robles. Union members were pleased commented. “We aren’t trying of the EIR. He also managed 20 different with the projects that would to fix everything. It is not our Michele Jordan of Genesis vineyards and performed pest provide jobs, including BART job to fully fund or restore ev- said there is not enough money control on 20 more. He began to Livermore. A representative of erything or to let the state and in the measure for existing transit making wine in San Luis Obispo the California Alliance for Jobs federal government off the hook. and for roads. at Wild Wood Winery in 2001, called the TEP incredibly bal- In talking about BART, it is time Jonathan Bair of Walk Oak- starting his own label, John Alan, anced. “It would adds thousands for the Livermore extension to land Bike Oakland was the most in 2003. of jobs.” be part of the measure. I don’t outspoken in opposing BART to However, it was his stretch Andreas Cluver of the Con- view it as something Livermore Livermore. “Sending an ironclad as a winemaker at Flat Creek struction Trades Council sup- residents deserve. It is a health mandate to BART is a grave Winery in the hill country of ported the plan because it takes issue. The pollution caused by mistake without a study to de- Texas that really drew out the into account the interest of all traffic impacts the quality of termine the best technology. renegade in him and at the same constituents. Shifting funds from life. I guarantee you, if BART to Livermore does not have the time, turned him into a rigid dis- TOD hurts members of the trades Livermore is not in the measure, I votes in a countywide measure to ciplinarian. There’s just enough Charle Kidd is the new winemaker. council. “However, in the interest won’t support it. I have moved as demand this. Choosing an align- redneck sympatico still left to of compromise, we are willing to ment not approved by BART is make him a fit for the old west far as I can on the language.” meddling.” support the TEP,” he stated. Haggerty stated later that if part of Livermore, as he can don much as they already love the nillo, Petite Sirah and Barbera, Jobs were also on the mind of Bob Franklin, BART board, the cowboy boots and fit right gorgeous setting. the juice of which is captured less specificity is applied to the said that the language in the TEP others who spoke Livermore to BART, then all in at a bar. Yet, there’s no doubt So, what about the wines? through the slats of the sorter. Buck Koonce, senior adviser regarding BART to Livermore he’s the kind of control freak you projects should be less descrip- Well, the 2011 vintage for Las This wine is gorgeous, with to assist with the management could be a legal problem. He want in a winemaker, especially Positas is off to a promising start. lively strawberry, raspberry and tive. That would require mas- suggested wording be changed to one tasked with cleaning up with of the Livermore Valley Open sive changes in the wording in Charlie crushed enough fruit to cranberry flavors, and a gorgeous Campus at Lawrence Livermore state that the extension would be the foibles of the past. color, structure and texture. the plan. built near the 580 corridor. make about 2500 cases. The win- National Laboratory, advocated Discipline is immediately ery is set up to handle 9k cases, We also barrel-sampled some The wording for BART to County Legal Counsel said evident upon walking into his lab. so he has much room to grow. 2011 Barbera, very chewy with for BART to Livermore. He ex- Livermore reads as follows: studies can clearly look at what- He gets chemistry, he gets vine- We sampled three wines out of good acid, cherry skins, nice plained that the new Open Cam- project funds the first phase of ever alternatives they want for yards, he really gets how to make tank, including a Pinot Grigio and varietal earthiness and an overall pus is working on partnerships a BART Extension within the the extension. BART would be vibrant wine. We tank-sampled Pinot Blanc from Buttner, plus a impression of a cherry turnover. with academia and industry in I-580 Corridor freeway align- well advised to study significant three of his fave 2011s, and they rose made from all the red wines This should be a beauty. The an effort to leverage technologies ment to the vicinity of the I-580/ alternatives. If an alternative show cool-handed skill, intense they crushed this past harvest and 2011 Cabernet underwent ex- developed at the Lab for use in Isabel Avenue interchange using were selected that does not match flavors and bright promise. This all I can say is, bring it on. tensive cold soaking and pump manufacturing, biomed, energy the most effective and efficient the TEP language, the language is a find for Lisa and Lothar. He Here’s the inside skinny: overs, extracting every ounce and others. “It will be vitally im- technology. Funds for construc- can be amended. It takes a two/ hit the ground running flat out in Charlie really worked some- of color and texture from the portant to make plans for access. tion for any element of this first thirds vote of the ACTC board Livermore right after the Texas thing crazy-magic with the 2011 fruit. The result is a gorgeous We are in negotiations with sev- phase project shall not be used and 45 days notice. It was pointed harvest, which wrapped up in Buttner Pinot Grigio. It was hue, pointing towards a sturdy, eral 100 Fortune Companies and until full funding commitments out the same rule applies for any July (you don’t want to know), picked at rather high brix, under- stout beverage laden with roasted an international university. The changes made to the TEP, once it and had to expand the crush- chiles and beets, quite savory. It are identified and approved, and is approved by voters. went a 51-day fermentation, with lack of BART will negatively a project-specific environmen- pad area, order new hoses and no malolactic. Yikes! this thing will develop in 40% new French, impact those negotiations.” Livermore Mayor John fermenting equipment, barrels is a tropical fruit hurricane: you Hungarian and American oak. tal clearance is obtained. The Marchand commented, “I rep- Joyce Starosciak ACTC board project-specific environmental and fermenting supplies, all the cannot escape it, and frankly, you We’ll be excited to see what member from San Leandro called resent 83,000 people that you process will include a detailed while checking on the vineyards. wouldn’t want to! It’s so beguil- Charlie can do with the 20 acres the TEP a jobs bill. “It will create consider irrelevant. Some have alternative assessment of all Installing all the new wine pro- ing, this one will blaze through of Chardonnay that are under immediate work. That means ev- expressed concern about paying fundable and feasible alterna- cessing infrastructure was a top the sales registers as soon as it’s lease to Wente until 2013. He erything in this economy. BART taxes for something they don’t tives, and be consistent with priority. He’s done a masterful released. plans to try four processing meth- to Livermore will make sure have. Livermore residents have job. The place is now outfitted mandates, policies and guidance What about that Pinot Blanc ods, including 100% French oak people will have transit to jobs been paying for BART. I don’t with gorgeous, custom-made from Buttner? This is elegant barrel fermented with total malo, of federal, state, and regional want to get nuanced out of this. Slovenian tanks that allow you there,” she stated. She pointed stuff, with a lush texture and stainless with malo, stainless out that Livermore is becoming agencies that have jurisdiction A connection could mean a bus. to automate your pump over pro- with no malo and a combo of bar- We’ve been paying for BART.” moderate alcohol at 13.9%: only a jobs hub. over the environmental and proj- gram in any way you want. Say, half went through malolactic. rel and stainless with no malo. ect development process. Supervisor Keith Carson said every two hours for the first few He favors banana flavors in Pi- He’s also planning a Super Livermore resident Don Mila- he realizes that Livermore has nese suggested that the Isabel The public weighed in with its days, then maybe down to four not Blanc, and uses a yeast that Tuscan blend of Sangiovese, comments. paid into BART for 50 years. times a day etc. It’s geekiness in pushes the fermentation towards Tempranillo, Petite Sirah, Caber- station would provide better However, it should be possible access to Las Positas College. Livermore resident and Lab a land of history. the tropics. Still, there is huge net and Malbec. Mmmm… employee, Lynn Seppala pre- to look at all the options. “We The event room is being totally minerality here, with lovely There’s a new bottling line He pointed out that Livermore should be able to come to an is set to become a high tech job sented what he called a 5-5-5 redone as well, in the Territorial crisp, ripe pear and a hint of ready to rock n’ roll as soon as plan. “We are asking for a share agreement that Livermore will style that graces the rest of the unsalted cashews, followed by a the steam unit arrives for ster- center. People will be traveling to connect to BART in Livermore facility. Charlie is excited about Livermore to work. BART would that equals 5 percent of BART’s hugely long Meyer lemon finish. ilization. To be bottled are the fare revenue. Five percent of by rail. The most efficient, cost the opportunity to be involved This is a wine you could drink all 2010 Chardonnay (which Charlie provide the access. effective rail option should be in rebuilding this beautiful place day, but then, you really should rescued from a not so pretty fate), During the board comment Alameda County residents are considered.” from the inside out, and is look- set aside some time to savor the the 2009 Tempranillo and Cab- period, ACTC Board Chairman asking to share 5 percent of the Haggerty said that the pro- ing forward to providing brides rose, which sports 4 clones of ernet, plus those delicious 2011 Mark Green, Union City mayor, revenues to extend BART’s track jected $1.2 billion cost to extend with wines that they’ll love as Cabernet, Petit Verdot, Tempra- whites and rose. Can’t wait! said of the TEP, “The plan funds length by 5 percent.” BART to Livermore includes a spectrum of transportation im- Bob Baltzer, Friends of Liver- soft costs. The pricetag can be provements. There is something more, emphasized that the mea- reduced to $800 million by re- for everyone.” He suggested that sure requires two-thirds majority moving the cost of a maintenance Sheep Shearing Planned at Concannon anyone attending the meeting to pass. “If there were significant yard and the purchase of addi- Sheep shearing will take place would be foolish not to support changes in the BART to Liver- tional cars. He declared, “I have at Concannon Vineyard at 10 the proposal. The consequences more language, it wouldn’t pass. no BART station. You (Berkeley) a.m. on Sat., Feb. 4 in block 9. of not supporting it would be Then no one would receive have three. It’s not fair.” The shearing prepares these that millions of dollars won’t be anything.” The TEP includes pass- Mini Weed Munchers for their available. “I think we have the Linda Jeffery Sailors said through funding to local juris- March lambs. Sheep will be right plan. A survey conducted that 8,300 Livermore voters dictions for local streets and road gathered, vaccinated, sheared, three months ago showed 79 had signed an initiative to keep maintenance and bike and pedes- and feet trimmed. percent approval. That may go up BART on 580. This project has trian projects. It also includes The mini sheep are replac- or down or stay the same.” been worked on for a long time. funding for specific capital proj- ing chemicals and tractors in the Supervisor Nate Miley said There have been at least five ects, including $132 million for organic vines for weed control. the plan represented a consensus studies. Rather than conduct an Route 84 widening to I-680, $28 They cut down on air and noise document. “The measure has to million for I-580 interchange additional study, it would be a improvements, and $5 million for pollution as well as the use of work for everyone. I think we better use of money to look at fossil fuels and chemicals. have hit the nail on the head. We widening Greenville Road. the old studies. Chairman Mark Green said Vaccinating sheep one month keep giving and giving and giv- Ron Geren pointed out that before giving birth protects the ing. People keep asking for more there has been all kinds of talk BART would provide relief about changes in wording for sheep and the newborn lamb and more and more. We’ve given for one of the most congested from disease. Lambs are given enough when it comes to making BART to Livermore. “Some are freeway systems. He said that it political; some talk about it being another booster shot one month changes. If you want to oppose would not be possible to sell the later along with an ear tag to this, let’s get it on. If you defeat the right thing to do. The project idea of increasing taxes in Liver- is needed and will be needed. identify the lamb for record Miniature sheep help keep weeds out of the vineyard. it, woe on you. To say there needs more if residents would receive keeping. Yes, it is a lot of money. With a to be a few more little changes is no benefit. two-thirds requirement, we need Shearing sheep before lamb- trimmed at least once a year. It’s your opinion. Game over.” Olive Green, a Livermore ing helps with spotting who Sheep Shearer, Russ Duguid will something that will pass across almost like a “spa day” sheep demonstrate his finesse in the fine Tom Blalock, the BART rep- resident, said she was BTW the county. It is time to get off is getting close and also helps style. resentative on the board, said (BART tax weary). She hoped the the newborn find the “faucets.” art of “turning sheep.” the soap box and get with us at Crane Ridge 4-H Sheep For more information, call there is no need to tweak the measure would move forward as the ballot box.” Sheep in the vineyard don’t wear Group will be on hand to help recommended by staff. their hooves down like sheep in Allison Batteate at 925-455-5755 wording for the Livermore ex- with the work and answer ques- or email her Allison@BatteateR- tension. There will be an EIR the wild, so their feet need to be tions about sheep care. Local anch.com

LEGAL NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS ing business as: (1) NDura owner(s): The registrant began to trans- Signature of Registrants:s/: pires December 30, 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS more, CA 94551, is hereby NAME STATEMENT - Corp (2) Changiio.com, Douglas Brenzel, 2487 act business under the ficti- DiAnne C. Jones, Partner The Independent Legal No. NAME STATEMENT registered by the following FOR INFORMATION FILE NO. 459503 3028 Gardella Plaza, Liver- Wellingham Dr., Livermore, tious business name(s) listed This statement was filed with 3163. Published January 19, FILE NO. 460031 owner(s): PLACING LEGAL The following person(s) doing more, CA 94551, is hereby CA 94551 above on 12/28/11. the County Clerk of Alameda 26, February 2, 9, 2012. The following person(s) doing Mohammed Akram Tokhi, NOTICES registered by the following business as: Fire Stations 4 This business is conducted by Signature of Registrants:s/: on January 5, 2012. Expires FICTITIOUS BUSINESS business as: The Good Earth 1318 N. 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Ex- The following person(s) doing following owner(s): Husband and wife Signature of Registrants:s/: The Independent Legal No. NAME STATEMENT S. Livermore Ave., Liver- pires December 13, 2016. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS business as: D. B. Services, Lukas Swift, 856 Olivina Ave, The registrant began to trans- Kimberly King, DDS 3164. Published January 19, FILE NO. 460010 more, CA 94550, is hereby The Independent Legal No. NAME STATEMENT 2487 Wellingham Dr., Liver- Livermore, CA 94551 act business under the ficti- This statement was filed with 26, February 2, 9, 2012. The following person(s) doing registered by the following 3155. Published January 12, FILE NO. 460015-16 more, CA 94551, is hereby This business is conducted by tious business name(s) listed the County Clerk of Alameda business as: Smoker Friendly, owner(s): 19, 26, February 2, 2012. The following person(s) do- registered by the following an Individual above on 01/01/1999. on December 30, 2011. Ex- 1318 N. Vasco Road, Liver- Nicholas Boer, 454 Stanford The Independent, FEBRUARY 2, 2012 - PAGE 11

Ct., Livermore, CA 94550 Hayward Hall of Justice 56) ADULT CARE requires that contractors in- Act of 1964, and state law including race, color, religion, This business is conducted by 3.a. A copy of this Order To clude their license numbers prohibit advertisements for sex, handicap, familial status an Individual Show Cause shall be pub- Independent Contractors on all advertising. Check your Wanted, Senior Home housing and employment or national origin. IVPC does The registrant began to trans- lished at least once each contractor’s status at www. that contain any preference, not knowingly accept any act business under the ficti- week Health Care. Must have ex- cslb.ca.gov or perience. Senior Solutions, limitation or discrimination advertisements that are in tious business name(s) listed for four successive weeks 800-321-CSLB (2752). Un- based on protected classes, violation of the law. above on N/A. prior Inc 925-443-3101 licensed persons taking jobs Signature of Registrants:s/: to the date set for hearing on 160) BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY less than $500 must state Nicholas Boer, Owner the petition in the following BE WARY of out of area in their advertisements that This statement was filed with newspaper of general circu- companies. Check with the they are not licensed by the To Place Your the County Clerk of Alameda lation, printed in this county. local Better Business Bureau Contractors State License on January 12, 2012. Expires The Independent before you send money or Board.” Advertisement in January 12, 2017. Dated: January 23, 2012 fees. Read and understand REAL ESTATE The Independent The Independent Legal No. /s/: Winifred Y. Smith any contracts before you sign. Inland Valley Publishing 3167. Judge of the Superior Court Shop around for rates. Classifieds go to www. Published January 26, Febru- The Independent Legal No. Co. ary 2, 9, 16, 2012. 3172. TO PLACE A Client Code:04126-00001 independentnews.com Published February 2, 9, 16, CLASSIFIED AD Re: Legal Notice for FICTITIOUS BUSINESS call 925-243-8000 Classified Ads or call 243-8000 NAME STATEMENT 23, 2012. MERCHANDISE The Federal Fair Housing Act, FILE NO. 460506 NOTICE OF APPLICATION Title VII of the Civil Rights Don’t Become a Victim of a The following person(s) doing TO YAMAHA PIANO business as: Bay Area Code, SELL ALCOHOLIC (Disklavier) Walnut Finish. 551 Summertree Drive, Liver- BEVERAGES Excellent Condition. Like Mortgage Modification Scam more, CA 94551, is hereby Date of Filing Application: new. Asking $4,250. By Kelly DeYoreo registered by the following January 19, 2012 (925) 875-0886 The California Association of Realtors is warning struggling owner(s): To Whom It May Concern: (1)John Hardin Norris, 551 The Names(s) of the 127) LOST/ FOUND homeowners not to fall victim to unscrupulous con artists trying to Summertree Drive, Liver- Applicant(s) is/are: LOST take advantage of unknowing, financially troubled home owners. more, CA 94551 (2)Joseph Manjinder Kaur Red Poinsettia These scammers usually promise mortgage loan modifications Paul Krick, 2175 Ramish The Applicants listed above Clip Earring or reduced monthly payments in exchange for upfront fees. In Drive, San Jose, CA 95131 are applying to the Depart- Lost downtown Livermore, This business is conducted by ment of Alcoholic Beverage Friday 12/16. most cases, charging upfront fees or payments for these services a General partnership Control to sell alcoholic bev- If found, please call is illegal. The registrant began to trans- erages at: (925)447-1762 According to the Federal Trade Commission, these offenders act business under the ficti- 1536 N. VASCO RD. NOTICES/ANNOUNCEMENTS tious business name(s) listed LIVERMORE, CA 94551- review foreclosure notices in newspapers, the internet and public above on N/A. 9217 155) NOTICES records to identify potential victims. Signature of Registrants: Type of license(s) Applied “NOTICE TO READERS: Scammers who place ads online, on television or radio, and s/: John Norris - General for: California law requires that in newspapers claiming to “stop foreclosure now” and offering Partner 41 - On-Sale Beer And Wine contractors taking jobs that This statement was filed with - Eating Place total $500 or more (labor “guaranteed loan modifications” or “money back guarantees” the County Clerk of Alameda Department of Alcoholic and/or materials) be licensed should be reviewed cautiously by the homeowner, and the ho- on January 20, 2012. Expires Beverage Control by the Contractors State Li- meowner should be extremely careful about paying anyone an January 20, 2017. 1515 Clay St. Ste 2208 cense Board. State law also The Independent Legal No. Oakland, Ca 94612 upfront fee. 3169. Published January 26, (510) 622-4970 “The real unfortunate aspect of the foreclosure rescue scams is February 2, 9, 16, 2012. The Independent Legal No. that it makes an already stressful and tough situation more stress- NOTICE of INVITING BIDS 3173. Publish February 2, 9, 16, 2012. ful and more difficult,” says Josh Fuhrman, director of counseling NOTICE is hereby given that for the Homeownership Preservation Foundation, which works sealed competitive bids will be FICTITIOUS BUSINESS accepted in the office of the NAME STATEMENT with credit counseling agencies to educate and counsel at-risk GSA-Purchasing Department, FILE NO. 459236 homeowners. County of Alameda, 1401 The following person(s) doing Many scammers represent themselves as being affiliated with Lakeside Drive, Suite 907, business as: North First BR, Oakland, CA 94612 NET- 4323 N. 1st St., Livermore, CA the government, when that is not the case. WORKING/NORTH COUNTY 94551, is hereby registered by In one typical example, scammers use a letterhead that BIDDERS CONFERENCE the following owner(s): supposedly indicates the correspondence is from the Obama RFP #900973 for Operation Ramanjit Singh Kailey, 201 administration’s Making Home Affordable plan. and Maintenance Services of E. Grant Line Rd. #46, Tracy, Sewer and Water Systems in CA 95376 “Scammers will use deceptive marketing practices that con- the Alameda County Service This business is conducted by vince consumers into believing they are contacting reputable Area (CSA) R-1967-1 Castle- an Individual organizations,” Fuhrman says. wood, Wednesday, February The registrant began to trans- 15, 2012, 10:00 a.m. – Gen- act business under the ficti- Unfortunately, such tactics are widespread. eral Services Agency, Room tious business name(s) listed “Almost every homeowner who calls me and is behind on his 1107, 11th Floor, 1401 Lake- above on N/A. mortgage tells me that he has been approached by someone offer- side Drive, Oakland, CA NET- Signature of Registrants:s/: WORKING/SOUTH COUNTY Ramanjit Singh Kailey ing loan modifications for upfront payments of around $2,500 and BIDDERS CONFERENCE This statement was filed with $3,000,” says Kimberly Allman, a certified housing counselor. RFP #900973 for Operation the County Clerk of Alameda The desperate homeowner pays the upfront fee, and usually and Maintenance Services of on December 13, 2011. Ex- gets very little, or nothing, in return. Sewer and Water Systems in pires December 13, 2016. the Alameda County Service The Independent Legal No. “What happens for that fee is that the scam company does Area (CSA) R-1967-1 Castle- 3174. Published February little more than call the phone number on the homeowner’s wood, Thursday, February 2, 9, 16, 23, 2012. mortgage statement and ask that the homeowner’s loan be modi- 16, 2012, 2:00 p.m. – Public FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Works Agency, Room #230A, fied,” Allman says. “Or, the company writes a letter asking for NAME STATEMENT the same thing, and that’s all they do. One phone call or letter, 951 Turner Ct., Hayward, CA FILE NO. 460900 Response Due by 2:00 p.m. The following person(s) do- and that’s it.” on March 21, 2012 County ing business as: Riesling Scammers sometimes try to encourage homeowners to turn Contact: Evelyn Benzon Realty, 820 Cherokee Dr., over the ownership, or title, of their home. In one popular scheme, (510) 208-9622 or via email: Livermore, CA 94551, is [email protected] hereby registered by the fol- an organization promises to buy an at-risk homeowner’s home Attendance at Networking lowing owner(s): and agrees to let the former homeowner rent it out. Conference is Non-manda- Andrea Sousa, 820 Cherokee Scammers sell these programs by suggesting that giving the tory. Information regarding Dr., Livermore, CA 94551 the above may be obtained at This business is conducted by title to a new borrower with a better credit rating will help secure the Alameda County Current an Individual financing, and prevent foreclosure of the home. Contracting Opportunities The registrant began to trans- Internet website at www. Supposedly, the homeowner is allowed to live at the residence act business under the ficti- as a renter with the option of buying it back later. acgov.org. tious business name(s) listed 2/2/12 above on N/A. “Ultimately the organization has no intentions of selling the CNS-2252306# Signature of Registrants: home back to the consumer,” Fuhrman says. THE INDEPENDENT Legal s/: Andrea Sousa, Owner/ In some cases, the scammer sells the home to someone else. No. 3170 Broker FICTITIOUS BUSINESS This statement was filed with Or the con artist takes the homeowner’s title, any equity in the NAME STATEMENT the County Clerk of Alameda home and additional processing fees before disappearing and FILE NO. 460501 on January 30, 2012. Expires leaving the home to default, Fuhrman says. The following person(s) doing January 30, 2017. In short, run away from people who ask you to transfer your business as: Ultra Property The Independent Legal No. Development, 2662 Decker 3175. Published February property deed or title to their name. Lane, Livermore, CA 94550, 2, 9, 16, 23, 2012. So how can homeowners ensure they are talking to a legitimate is hereby registered by the ANIMALS source of help? following owner(s): Chris Patterson, 2662 Decker 2) CATS/ DOGS The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Depart- Lane, Livermore, CA 94550 ADOPT A DOG OR CAT, for ment of the Treasury make the following recommendations: This business is conducted by adoption information contact • You can apply to the federal Home Affordable Modification an Individual Valley Humane Society at Program (HAMP) on your own, or with free help from a hous- The registrant began to trans- 925 426-8656. act business under the ficti- ing counselor approved by the U.S. Department of Housing and tious business name(s) listed Adopt a new best friend: Urban Development. Applying to the program is always free. above on N/A. TVAR, the Tri-Valley Animal Rescue, offers animals for For more information on how to apply, call 1-888-995-HOPE or Signature of Registrants:s/: adoption every Saturday and visit www.makinghomeaffordable.gov. Christopher Patterson Sunday, excluding most holi- This statement was filed with days. Saturdays from 9:30 • Only your mortgage servicer (the company you make the County Clerk of Alameda am to 1:00 pm, dogs and cats your payments to) has the power and discretion to grant a loan on January 20, 2012. Expires are available atthe Pleasan- modification. Therefore, no third party can guarantee or pre-ap- January 20, 2017. ton Farmers Market at W. The Independent Legal No. Angela and First Streets. prove your HAMP mortgage loan modification application in 3171. Two locations will showcase advance. Published February 2, 9, 16, cats only: Petsmart in Dub- • Beware of anyone seeking to charge you money in advance 23, 2012. lin noon to 4 and the Pet Food Express in Livermore for mortgage modification services. In most cases, charging fees ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 1 to 4. Sundays, cats are at in advance for a mortgage modification is illegal. FOR CHANGE OF NAME Petsmart in Dublin 1 to 4, and Case No. 12613770 PetCo in San Ramon 11 to 3. • Paying a third party to assist with your HAMP application SUPERIOR COURT OF TVAR at (925) 803-7043 does not necessarily improve your chances of receiving a loan CALIFORNIA, website at www.tvar.org COUNTY OF ALAMEDA modification. Accordingly, beware of individuals or companies TO ALL INTERESTED EMPLOYMENT that ask you for payment and tout success rates or claim to be PERSONS: 65) HELP WANTED “experts” in HAMP mortgage modifications. 1.Petitioner: JANITOR / FLOOR TECH • If an individual or company claims to be affiliated with Paul Seungyop Kwak filed Evening Shift. Must have a petition HAMP, and displays a seal or logo representing a government own transportation and with this court for a decree clean driving record. agency in correspondence on online, you should call the Hom- changing names as follows: (925)245-0595 eowners Hotline at 1-888-995-HOPE to double check. Present Name: Paul Seungyop Kwak • Beware of individuals or companies who offer a money-back Proposed Name: NETWORK SYSTEMS guarantee. Paul Seungyop Kwauk ENGINEER: MS in Comp. • Beware of individuals or companies who advise you as a 2.THE COURT ORDERS Sci. (or foreign equiv) homeowner to stop making your mortgage payments or to not that OR BS in Comp. Sci. (or all persons interested in this foreign equiv) + 5 yrs of contact your mortgage servicer. matter appear before this prog. exp. Jobsite: Liver- • Don’t send your mortgage payments to anyone other than court more, CA 94551. Mail re- your mortgage servicer. at the hearing indicated be- sume to: 3S Network Inc. low Attn: HR, 26000 Town • Financially troubled homeowners can protect themselves and to show cause, if any, why Center Dr. #230, Foothill avoid scams by working with a HUD-approved housing counselor the Ranch, CA 92610. to understand their options and apply for help. Assistance from petition for change of name should not be granted. Any HUD-approved counselors is free, and homeowners can reach person objecting to the them by calling the hotline at 1-888-995-HOPE or by visiting name www.makinghomeaffordable.gov. changes described above There are many honest professionals who legitimately and must file a written objection that includes the reasons for diligently assist struggling homeowners every day. In addition to the objection at least two certified housing counselors, a number of reputable local Realtors court and lending professionals are also very experienced in assisting days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and homeowners in distress, and can help you understand your options must appear at the hear- when you face a hardship. ing to A knowledgeable Realtor or loan broker will provide valuable show cause why the petition assistance in helping you determine whether a loan modification, should not be granted. If no written objection is timely refinance, short sale, or deed in lieu of foreclosure might be the filed, best option for you, and won’t charge you an upfront fee for the the court may grant the peti- advice. tion without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING Kelly DeYoreo is a Realtor with a. Date: 03/23/2012 Prudential California Realty, Livermore Time: 8:45 AM Dept: 504 b. The address of the court is: 24405 Amador Street, Hayward, CA 94544 PAGE 12 - The Independent, FEBRUARY 2, 2012 Spanish Speaking Parent Project Meetings Planned on Tuesdays Horizons Youth & Family four law enforcement agencies, support groups, family counsel- Services, through the Livermore as well as the four school dis- ing, and the education, preven- Police Department, will be offer- tricts, Valley Community Health tion and treatment of drug and ing The Spanish Speaking Parent Center, and Livermore Area Rec- alcohol abuse. Project on Tuesday nights start- reation and Park District. For more information, ing March 13, 2012 at the Del This partnership resulted in a please contact Horizons Family Valle Continuation High School Comprehensive Youth Services Counseling at (925)371-4747 in Livermore. funding that led to alternatives or contact Horizons Family This 11 week program is to suspension, educational advo- Counseling at http://www. specifically designed for parents cacy, and attendance monitoring. cityoflivermore.net/citygov/ho- with at-risk youth and juveniles Other benefits include violence rizons/services/default.asp involved in gangs, drugs, sexual prevention, parenting skills and activity or who are incorrigible. The goals of the program are to motivate a child towards academic success, as well as pre- vent or improve problems with alcohol, drug abuse and gang involvement. Participants will also have City of Pleasanton Naturalist Eric Nicholson will conduct hikes on the Pleasanton Ridge as part the opportunity to form support of the popular Ridge Runners Nature Day Camps offered in the summer. groups with parents in similar situations. Originally designed as a “youth outreach” program with recreational activities and infor- City of Pleasanton Unveils More than 40 mational counseling, Horizons has evolved into a profession- Summer Day Camps for Kids and Teens ally staffed family counseling Hike along the Pleasanton to 18. These include the fol- and cooking, campers will go on program effectively addressing ridge and hear a mini-course on lowing: a field trip each week to destina- serious issues. local history, explore the Bay Ar- Summer Seekers is a camp tions such as the Chabot Space In order to create a service ea’s premier science museums, specially designed for students & Science Center, Marine World, plan for the entire Tri-Valley, or explore the world of robotics. entering 1st through 3rd grades. and more. Horizons brought together the These are just a few of the many It includes eight weeks of themed All three camps run from June activities on tap in more than fun with such themes as Under 20 through August 12 at the Ama- 40 summer day camps offered the Sea week, a talent show, Pi- dor Recreation Center. Campers through the City of Pleasanton’s rate Adventures and Wild About should plan to bring a snack and Community Services Depart- Art. Campers will take part in a lunch from home each day. In ad- ment. Registration for summer variety of activities such as arts dition to adult staff supervision, camps and spring classes and and crafts, cooperative games, well trained and mature college programs began Feb. 1. camp songs, theater arts, outdoor counselors conduct the camps. Pleasanton residents can reg- play, swimming, and a special Space is limited and early regis- ister for a wide array of activi- event or field trip each week. tration is encouraged. ties and programs offered in the Summer Explorers is another A wide sampling of specialty spring 2012 Activities Guide. camp option where kids entering camps is also planned, including Please disregard the registration grades 4 to 6 can participate in art camps focused on painting, date on the cover of the summer up to eight themed weeks of fun drawing and sculpture, chess camp insert; the date that online such as arts and crafts, games, camp, science camps, computer registration begins is February theater arts, outdoor play, swim- and Lego camps, nature camps, 1, 2012. ming, and one field trip or special drama camps, and dozens of Pick up a copy at the Pleas- event each week to destinations sports camps. Gingerbread Pre- anton Public Library or at the such as the Lawrence Hall of Sci- school will also host summer Community Services offices at ence, Boomers, and others. camps for the youngest residents the City campus at 200 Old Ber- Middle school students seek- ages 2 to 6. nal Avenue, or view it online at ing to have some fun this summer For more information about www.cityofpleasantonca.gov. A should consider P-Town Teens any of the summer camps, full-color center insert features Camp for participants entering please call (925) 931-5340, or, 15 pages of summer day camp grades 7 to 9. In addition to register online at www.cityof- options for youth from ages 2 swimming, games, art projects, pleasantonca.gov/services/rec- reation. THE INDEPENDENT • SECTION II THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2012 Art, Community, & Education

Pleasanton’s Teen Improv Troupe Invited to Participate In Chicago’s 2012 Teen Comedy Festival

The 2011-12 Creatures of Pleasanton’s highly acclaimed In addition to performing their than $15,000 to fund the trip checks payable to the City of Impulse teen improv troupe Teen Improv troupe, Creatures improvised teen musical, "Tri-Val- through a number of shows, dona- Pleasanton (please put COI to from Pleasanton has been of Impulse, has been invited to ley High: The Musical," Creatures tions, and improv workshops for Chicago 2012 on the memo line). invited to perform in the perform in the Teen Comedy Fes- of Impulse will attend perfor- teens and adults. All of the funds Checks can be sent to: Creatures nationally recognized Teen tival in Chicago in May. Twelve mances and workshops facilitated raised will be applied to festival of Impulse, Firehouse Arts Cen- members of the 20-member troupe industry professionals in stand-up fees, lodging, airfare, and various ter, P.O. Box 520, Pleasanton, CA Comedy Festival held in will attend the festival, which takes comedy, theatrical improvisation, administrative costs associated 94566. Chicago in May. Photo by Aaron place on Saturday, May 12 at the sketch comedy, and more. with the trip. Those interested in Several benefit performances Zwiefel Photography Athenaeum Theatre. The troupe hopes to raise more donating to the troupe can send (continued on page 6) 2 THE INDEPENDENT • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2012 Art & Entertainment

Naresh Michael Cabaret Series Presents 'An Evening in Roma' Wylie Gustafson (Photo - Bill Watts) Pleasanton’s Firehouse Arts Center Cabaret Series continues with “An Evening in Roma," on February 18 at 8 p.m. Featured will be singer/musician Naresh Michael. The Firehouse Arts Center is located at 4444 Railroad Avenue Evening Features Songs, Music and in downtown Pleasanton. Michael presents his distinctive tango-influenced international Poetry of the American West repertoire in a program including opera, jazz, popular standards, Latin music and contemporary “popera." Called “the Andrea The national tour of “Don’t drumming, “Don’t Fence Me In” popular western entertainers, Wy- Bocelli of tango," Michael sings a romantic style of music in- Fence Me In,” a variety show is designed to appeal to audiences lie Gustafson still gets up every spired by music legends Mario Lanza and Placido Domingo and style evening with the country’s of all ages. day to tend the livestock. He combined with the modern flavor of Josh Groban and Michael finest Western artists, arrives at Tales of the American West makes sure that whatever the song Buble. From Bocelli’s smash hit Con Te Partiro (“Time to Say the Bankhead Theater on February have captured the imagination of he’s writing, “a real cowboy will be Goodbye”) to Dean Martin’s An Evening in Roma, his show is 23, 2012. The evening includes a listeners across the country for a able to relate to it somehow.” The sophisticated and uplifting. celebration of the songs, music more than a century. “Don’t Fence son of a rural Montana veterinarian Accompanied by piano and violin, Michael sings in several and poetry of the American West. Me In” showcases the unique char- and rancher, Gustafson’s ranch is different languages including Italian, Spanish and German, as The five groups include Wylie acter of the region using authentic just down the road from where he well as English, and plays guitar and bandoneón throughout his and The Wild West, The Quebe music and oral tradition to tell the grew up. He is an accomplished performance. The bandoneón, one of his trademarks, resembles Sisters Band, Los Teximaniacs, stories of the range, ranch and res- cutting horse enthusiast and the an accordion, but is actually a type of concertina. The instrument North Bear, and rodeo poet Paul ervation, from the valley of the Rio 2005 NCHA Western National is particularly popular in Argentina and Uruguay and plays an Zarskyski. Grande to the Bitteroot Mountains. Finals Champion. Nearly everyone essential role in the orquesta típica, or tango orchestra. Part of the LVPAC Presents A wide slice of the American West has heard Wylie Gustafson yodel; Tickets to An Evening in Roma are adult: $15, $20 and $25; expanded Country/Western Series, is represented by the five groups, his “Ya-hoo-ooo!” was featured child: $12; senior: $20. They may be purchased online at www. the show evokes the pioneering each of whom performs separately in the original Yahoo! advertising firehousearts.org up to three hours prior to the performance, by spirit of the American West and and also appears with others. campaign. phone at (925) 931-4848, or in person at the Firehouse Arts Center echoes Livermore’s own west- With their cowboy songs and As The Quebe Sisters Band, Box Office. Box Office hours are Wednesday-Friday, 12 noon- ern roots. With something for high plains yodeling, Wylie & The Hulda, Sophia and Grace Quebe 6:00 p.m., Saturday 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., and for two hours prior everyone, from cowboy songs Wild West have traveled the world (pronounced KWAY-bee), ages 19, to the performance. The entrance to free parking is on Spring and poetry, high plains yodeling, over and appeared at the Grand Ole 22 and 24, bring a fresh youthful Street near First Street. and western swing fiddle, to Tex Opry more than 50 times. Despite energy to the rich musical tradi- Mex polkas and Northern Plains a career as one of America’s most (continued on page 6) Art & Entertainment THE INDEPENDENT • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2012 3 'Love Letters' First Production at Dublin's Black Box Theatre Just in time for Valentine’s its success relies on simple tone co-star Barbara Eden. The play is directed by Brian may be purchased in person at the Day, the City of Dublin will host of voice, facial expressions, and The local cast for Dublin’s Olkowski and produced by Tri- Shannon Community Center lo- its first theatrical production,Love personal nuances to get their char- production features Bob Stratton Valley Young Performers Acad- cated at 11600 Shannon Avenue, or Letters, at the Sunday School acters across. and Ali Lane. Bob Stratton has emy. online at www.DublinRecGuide. Barn black box theatre located Since the first production of appeared in numerous East Bay The production will run for com. For more information, please in Heritage Park, located at 6600 this work in 1988, it has been an productions such as Guys and two weekends, Friday to Sunday, call (925) 556-4500. After the Donlon Way. attraction for busy actors since Dolls, The Producers, Man of La February 3-5, and February 10-12. show, enjoy dinner next door at The Pulitzer Prize nominated little preparation is required with Mancha, Ragtime, Annie, Hair and Performance times are Fridays and Frankie, Johnnie and Luigi Too. Love Letters, by A.R. Gurney, is regard to memorization of lines. in All Shook Up! Ali Lane, a gradu- Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., and Sun- All audience members will receive a compelling story of a 50-year It has been performed by big ate of UCLA, was one of the first days at 2:00 p.m. Admission is $12 a 15% discount coupon at the event romance carried on through love screen luminaries such as Eliza- female mariachi performers in Los for adults, $7 for youth 6-12 and (not valid for parties of 6 or more. letters. The production unfolds as beth Taylor and James Earl Jones, Angeles and spent several years $5 for children 5 and under. Tickets Offer expires February 13). simple reading of letters between Kathleen Turner and Christopher touring Canada, Mexico and Japan two characters, Andrew Make- Walken. It has also reunited fa- with her own Latin specialty show, peace Ladd and Melissa Gardner, vorite television couples. Family Las Gauchas. Locally, Ali has also from their first correspondence Ties’ Michael Gross and Meredith been featured in numerous East in elementary school through a Baxter reunited in this play. Larry Bay productions including Nine, lifetime of both mundane and Hagman has performed two tours Gypsy, Thoroughly Modern Mil- eventful occurrences. As simple of this production; one with his lie, and All Shook Up! where she as the production is, the play is a Dallas co-star Linda Gray, and a played opposite her Love Letters compelling piece for actors since second with his I Dream of Jeannie cast mate, Bob Stratton. endless variety, Art Happens in Downtown exciting entertainment

Livermore on February 9 FINAL WEEKEND! Art Happens in Livermore’s Annie Cultural Arts District once more Feb 3–5 on February 9, with exhibits and activities in several sites from Fri/Sat/Sun at 8/8/2pm 5:30-8:00pm. Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre Art Happens is a new monthly art event, with meet the artists, THE open studios, receptions and hands- on arts projects in several loca- ed Zeppelin tions downtown. Art Happens is L Concert Experience produced by the Bothwell Arts Feb 10 at 8pm Center with significant support Starring ‘Heartbreaker’ from Livermore Performing Arts Center. The newly published Art Hap- pens Tour Guide is now available omething for in many downtown shops, and includes a map of the Art Happens S Everyone event as well as a listing of the Feb 11 at 8pm many other places that feature art Livermore-Amador Symphony exhibits in the downtown area. The Bothwell’s Downtown Art Studios featured studio artist for the month is Joanna Crawshaw. ribute to Glenn Miller She shows her colorful and play- ful works in her exhibition titled T and Tex Beneke “Journeys." When asked about her Feb 12 at 2pm Featuring the Tex Beneke Orchestra work, Crawshaw says, “Though 'Sunny - 09' by Joanna Crawshaw. each of us follow a different path, we seem to have similar experi- step up the stairs. a Jewelry Trunk Show. Several ences along the way. Life is full of Another upstairs venue is the Blacksmith Square shops show lover and Hansen heartache, sorrow and anger, but it brand new Figurehead Art Gallery, local and regional art on their walls is also full of happiness, love and upstairs at the Old Theater Mall. as well. G Piano Duo peace. Many of us focus on the end With an upscale remodeling and art During Art Happens, Art Glass Feb 18 at 8pm result, but I feel the journey is the presentation, Figurehead will be Studios and Café Art offer hands- Del Valle Fine Arts most important part.” exhibiting works by multiple gal- on experience with glass art and Housed upstairs in the Old lery artists including found object, ceramic projects and technique in Firehouse building, the Firehouse pottery, art jewelry, photography, their creative studios. Art Studios will also be open to paintings and more. Art Happens every second ! REE the public. This group of accom- The Wild Vine Wine Bar & Thursday of the month. For a full F BUY TICKETS 925.373.6800 plished artists show work from Lounge will host a reception for calendar of offerings through June, PARKING abstract to realism in the longest- artist Casey Haven from 6:00 to pick up a map or download one www.bankheadtheater.org operating art studio in the area. 7:30. At Blacksmith Square, al- online at www.bothwellartscenter. 2400 FIRST STREET | Downtown Livermore Visitors are treated to art with each ways art-filled Artistic Edge holds org. 4 THE INDEPENDENT • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2012 Community 'Secret of Santa Vittoria' to Screen at Vine

Livermore’s Vine Cinema, 1722 Set during World War II in First Street in Livermore, will pres- Italy, The Secret of Santa Vittoria ent a special showing of the movie tells the story of Italo Bombolini, The Secret of Santa Vittoria as part the mayor of the winemaking hill of the Livermore Public Library’s town of Santa Vittoria, as he learns Livermore Reads Together series. that the German occupation forces The movie will be shown at noon want to take all of Santa Vittoria’s on Saturday, February 11, 2012. wine with them. The townspeople Admission for this event is free. frantically hide a million bottles Nominated for 2 Academy before the arrival of a German Awards and winner of a Golden army commander and his detach- Globe for comedy, The Secret of ment. The Germans are given a few Santa Vittoria (1969) is classic thousand bottles, but know there is comedy starring Anthony Quinn a lot more. The two very different World War II gun. as the mayor of Santa Vittoria. The men engage in a battle of wits. movie, shot in Italy, was produced This program is part of Liver- by Stanley Kramer, and is based on more Reads Together, a commu- a book by Robert Crichton. nity-wide reading program featur- Talk at Library to Focus ing John Hersey’s book A Bell for Adano, which takes place in Italy on the Legacy of WWII during World War II. For additional events check the in the Bay Area library’s website at www.livermo- Spend an Evening with relibrary.net. The Legacy of WWII in the Bay the journal of the National Mari- Area will be presented at 7 p.m. time Museum Association. He has President Roosevelt on Thursday, February 9, 2012 been principal investigator for at the Livermore Public Library World War II oral history projects This February, Civic Center, 1188 S. Livermore at the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial spend An Evening Avenue. National Historic Site in Hawaii with President Roos- Not only did the Bay Area and at the War in the Pacific Na- evelt, a man of many make a huge contribution to the tional Historic Site on Guam. His achievements as a war effort, it may well have the recent work assignments include naturalist, explorer, nation’s finest surviving collection project-managing and co-author- author, soldier, and of historic sites, ships and land- ing the Seacoast Fortification a politician. The scapes from the era for us to visit Preservation Manual for Golden Museum on Main’s today. Join National Park historian Gate National Recreation Area, annual Ed Kinney Stephen Haller for a discussion of which received the California Lecture Series pro- the Bay Area during World War II Preservation Foundation’s 2000 grams “An Evening and a virtual tour of great places Design Award, managing the With…” welcomes to visit that will bring you back three-year project that resulted the 26th President in time and evoke the history and in the administrative history of of the United States, feeling of the period. Golden Gate National Recreation Teddy Roosevelt, Stephen A. Haller is the Park Area—The Park That Makes Its portrayed by Fred Historian and Branch Chief for Own Weather, and managing the Rutledge (pictured Cultural Resources at Golden preservation of the most extensive at right) on Tuesday, Gate National Recreation Area. network of seacoast fortifications February 7 at 7 p.m. A special Armchair Travelers Formerly the Curator of Historic in the National Park System. The event is spon- program, Sicily and the Amalfi Documents for the San Francisco There is no charge for this sored by Rebecca Coast will be presented by Dale Maritime National Historical Park, event. Bruner. Schauer on Thursday, February 9, he has also been an interpreter at This program is part of Liver- “An Evening 2012 at 1:30 p.m. at the Livermore a number of historic sites in the more Reads Together, a commu- With…” is a speak- Public Library Civic Center, 1188 San Francisco Bay Area, including nity-wide reading program featur- ers series where audiences come face to face with people making S. Livermore Avenue. There is Alcatraz, Fort Point and the Mari- ing John Hersey’s book A Bell for history today as well as actors who look and sound as if they have no charge for this event. The time Museum. His academic back- Adano, which takes place in Italy stepped out from the pages of history books. presentation will feature highlights ground is in nineteenth century during World War II. The commu- The speakers series takes place monthly January through Octo- of Sicily, a land that has been American history and he has spe- nity of Livermore is encouraged ber at the Firehouse Arts Center, 4444 Railroad Avenue, Pleasanton, shaped by the Greeks, the Romans cialized in the study of shipwrecks, to join their neighbors by par- CA 94566. Tickets may be reserved in advance at http://www. and the Arabs from nearby Africa naval and military history. ticipating in the Livermore Reads museumonmain.org/ed-kinney-lecture-series.html or by calling before the Normans drove out the He is the author of Post and Together free events for children the Museum on Main at (925) 462-2766. All tickets are paid at Arabs and formed the kingdom Park, an illustrated history of the and adults during the month of the door. Ticket prices: $10 General Admission, $5 Members & of Sicily. The presentation then Presidio of San Francisco, The Last February 2012. Copies of books Seniors, $3 Students/Teachers with ID. All tickets are paid at the moves on to the scenic Amalfi coast Word in Airfields, a special history and event schedules are available door. Cash, check, Visa and MasterCard accepted. All tickets are south of Naples and visits ruins of study of Crissy Army Airfield (at at all Livermore Public Library lo- open seating and after 6:45pm any unclaimed reserved tickets will the Greek and Roman civilization. the Presidio), co-author of The cations. Livermore Reads Together be released for sale. This program is part of Livermore Last Missile Site: An Operational is sponsored by The Friends of the For more information on the Ed Kinney Lecture Series visit Reads Together, a community-wide and Physical History of Nike Site Livermore Library. www.museumonmain.org or call Museum on Main at (925) 462- reading program featuring John SF-88 at Fort Barry, California, For additional events check the 2766. Hersey’s book A Bell for Adano. and Shipwrecks at the Golden Gate library’s website at www.livermo- and was editor of the Sea Letter, relibrary.net.

Community THE INDEPENDENT • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2012 5 Science on Saturday Begins with a Talk about Mercury Messenger Lawrence Livermore National science presented by leading Lab • Feb. 18: “Space Junk: Traffic Laboratory’s lecture series, “Sci- researchers joined by master high Cops in Space,” by LLNL scientist ence on Saturday,” returns Feb- school science teachers. John Henderson, and teacher Tom ruary 4 and runs through March Kicking off the series of four Shefler. 3. This year’s talks cover a wide Saturday sessions is: “The Gam- • March 3: “Restoring Sight to range of current topics including ma-Ray Spectrometer at Mercury: the Blind: Bridging the Medical the Lab’s work on the Mercury A Seven Year Journey to the Inner- Gap with Technology,” by LLNL Messenger; effects of earthquakes; most Planet,” by LLNL scientist scientist Sat Pannu, and teacher space junk; and restoring sight to Morgan Burks, and teacher Dan Kirk Brown. the blind. Burns. Lectures and demonstrations The lectures are free of charge. This lecture will discuss are targeted to middle and high They are held in the Bankhead NASA’s MESSENGER mission school students. The lectures are Theater located at 2400 First St. with a focus on the gamma-ray sponsored by LLNL’s Science in Livermore. Two presentations spectrometer and the importance Education Program. Seating is on are offered at 9:30 a.m. and 11:15 of gamma-ray science in helping a first-come basis. There is no pre- a.m. This year the Lab is expand- to understand the planet Mercury. registration. ing the availability of the talks by This talk also discusses the science For more information about streaming them live via the LLNL and engineering that allowed for Science on Saturday, directions Facebook page. the spectrometer to work at cryo- and a map, go to the Web at http:// “This is an excellent way to genic temperatures in one of the education.llnl.gov/sos/ or contact reach out to students not matter hottest places in the solar system. Richard Farnsworth at (925) 422- where they live,” Richard Farn- Lecture series: 5059, email at farnsworth1@llnl. sworth, manager of the Lab’s Sci- • Feb. 4: “The Gamma-Ray Messenger at Mercury. gov. ence Education Program said. Spectrometer at Mercury: A Seven To access the talks on Face- Each lecture highlights cut- Year Journey to the Innermost • Feb. 11: “Sleuthing Seismic Nuclear Explosions,” by LLNL book, go to www.facebook.com/ ting-edge Lawrence Livermore Planet,” by LLNL scientist Morgan Signals: Understanding Earth- scientist Sean Ford, and teacher livermore.lab. National Laboratory (LLNL) Burks and teacher Dan Burns. quake Hazard and Monitoring Ken Wedel.

How many of you out there Harry is grinning from ear to ear have family photos without any and conducting the impromptu identification? You have no idea concert with a conductor’s wand. who those intriguing people are. Harry served the Alameda Great-aunt Martha? Great-grand- County Resource Conservation father Wells? District for 23 years as a direc- About a month ago, April tor, and then for 15 years as its Beam sent me an e-mail after president until his death in 1978. reading my columns on the In Harry’s memory, the Resource Livermore oil wells. She and Conservation District dedicated her husband had a collection of Harry Lefever and Family Photos the Plant Materials Center—120 family photographs that included acres against the creek at the on sax, and Neil Rasmussen on some of the oil wells. I drove to The next photo, in chrono- workers. Harry’s portrait shows Rose Avenue gate entrance into trombone. Harry is not playing, their house to look them over. logical order, shows Harry all him with a soft cap and a smiling the fairgrounds. A photo of but I’ll bet he was near by. The Her husband, Jerod, and I went dressed up in a handsome tweed face. He is wearing a jeans jacket Harry is on the front cover of the 1929 high school yearbook lists through them. He said that I overcoat, tie and white shirt, and and an open collar shirt. dedication program, showing him Harry as a member of the dance could take some to make cop- a soft cap at about age twelve. He Harry had an amazing gift. stooped down, touching plants on orchestra playing the oboe. ies for the Livermore Heritage has socks and high laced leather He could play music by ear. the ground. The plant center was Another photo is of Harry and Guild. Several weeks later, Mary shoes. A jacket is just visible There is a group of small photos; a place where researchers from Irene Raymond on their wedding Rasmussen invited me, Don under the neck of the coat, but no each one shows his playing on a the Soil Conservation Service day, probably in 1939. Harry is Rasmussen, and Marion Alexan- pants are in sight, so he must be different instrument: the drums, grew plants—some natives, dressed in a dark-colored suit der to her home to look over the wearing short pants. the guitar, the piano, the clarinet, others they had determined were with a perfect crease in the pants, photos and identify more of the Another photo shows Harry the violin, and the accordion. A good for growing in our area. a white shirt and tie. Irene has on people standing around oil wells, in long light-colored pants and 5 x 8 photo has a combo consist- Unfortunately, the Center has a fancy hat topped with flowers participating in rodeo parades, a white long-sleeved shirt. He ing of Diane Brown on piano, been taken over by the Fair- (I wish I could see the colors, bit or dressed up for weddings. We is carrying some books and the Ray Brown Sr. on saxophone, grounds and is no longer used as it is black and white) that is tilted had a good time thinking back background has trees in it, so per- Neil Rasmussen on drums, and planned. to her right. She is wearing a on the old days. haps he is on his way to or from Harry on the accordion playing This photo collection illus- light-colored suit with a long top One of the people who kept high school—he looks about 17 at the May School graduation trates the life of Harry Lefe- gathered at the waist with a scarf. recurring in the photos was Har- or 18 years old. He graduated ceremony in 1951. Harry’s large ver— a kind, good-humored, The skirt is a soft A-line. They ry Lefever. The earliest photo of from Livermore High in 1929. accordion is beautiful and has his talented man. What are you lived at 355 North K Street. him was at the old Independence By 1930 he had started to name on the top. The gathering doing with your old photos? Are Harry and Bill Ralph were oil well site about 1917 when work for Kaiser Sand and Gravel; at Mary Rasmussen’s house told they in a box in the basement? instrumental in gathering the investors had decided to redrill he became an engineer who oper- me that Harry and his friends Perhaps it is time to resurrect collection of antique farm equip- the well to a deeper level. Harry ated one of the giant dredging had a group called the Northern them and identify them with the ment at the Alameda County is in the photo with his uncle machines, the Walking Mo- Addition Hotshots that played help of friends and relatives. The Fairgrounds. Two of the photos Percy Lefever, the well dresser, nighan, at the Radum plant along for dances and other events. One Heritage Guild down at the old show Harry in a barn at the and his father Howard Lefever, Stanley Boulevard. The collec- of my favorites in the photo col- Carnegie Building would love to fairground with the collection. the well driller. Harry is named tion of photos shows one from lection is of a trio taking a break have copies to add to their collec- In one of them, Ray Brown Sr. is as the mascot; he looks about the Herald printed with an article from work. Sitting in a mountain tion about our community. playing a sax made of some sort seven years old. He was born in in 1953, when Kaiser held a of gravel are Bob Livermore (Readers can reach me at of metal piping and a metal bowl. 1909. special celebration for long-time playing trumpet, Ray Brown [email protected].) 6 THE INDEPENDENT • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2012 Art & Entertainment WESTERN EVENING (continued from page 2) Celtic Music and Dance at the Bankhead tions of the Lone Star State. All pursue his twin passions for poetry Some of the world’s finest Celtic three are Texas State Champion and bareback bronc riding. After artists arrive at the Bankhead The- fiddlers who not only fiddle, but a dozen years on the circuit, both ater on February 8th in a showcase sing in three-part harmony, ac- amateur and professional, a bad of expert dancing and musician- companied by expert fiddle teacher back ended his rodeo career and ship. “Celtic Nights – Journey of Joey McKenzie on the rhythm he turned to making his living with Hope and Promise” tells the epic guitar and Drew Phelps on bass. In words. Unlike most rodeo poets story of a proud and passionate addition to appearing at the Grand who use traditional rhymed verse, people who dared to leave their Ole Opry and in venues across Zarzyski prefers free verse, al- beloved homeland, determined to North America, the Quebe sisters though his nine poetry collections find a better life in America. The appeared at the 2010 Berkshire- feature both styles, ably expressing program includes Celtic ballads, Hathaway Shareholders’ Meeting, the spirit of Western life. His rodeo fiddle playing and traditional step where even the “Oracle of Omaha” poems, All This Way for the Short dancing. Tickets for the single (and ukulele player) Warren Buf- Ride, won The Western Heritage performance of “Celtic Nights” on fet couldn’t resist joining in on Award from The National Cowboy Wednesday evening, February 8, the familiar western ballad, “Red Hall of Fame in 1997. 2012 are already selling quickly River Valley.” “Don’t Fence Me In” is pro- and range from $39 to $62 for Winners of the 2010 Grammy duced by the National Council adults and $14 for students. Award for “Best Tejano Album," for the Traditional Arts, the oldest In 1845, a widespread fungus Los Texmaniacs puts their own traditional arts organization in the among potato crops ruined the stamp on musical traditions that country. Founded in 1933, NCTA livelihood of farmers across Ireland Celtic Nights run deep in their families and in is dedicated to preservation and leaving them destitute and desper- south Texas communities, melding presentation of a wide range of ate for survival. With emigration with short vignettes, songs and passion of Ireland’s rich culture classic conjunto sounds – ranch- American arts by traditional artists, their only hope, millions left the dances that range in sprit from joy- through the drama of its music eras, polkas, waltzes, cumbias, who share their deep and multicul- country and headed to America. ful laughter to wistful melancholy. and dance. Their past productions, huapangos and schottishes – with tural roots in live tours, festivals, While starvation was a poor al- Direct from Ireland, singers, danc- which also include “Irish Nights” Texas rock, blues and R&B. Born broadcast programs, films and ternative, leaving was not an easy ers and musicians take audiences and “On Eagles Wing,” have per- in the valley of the Rio Grande recordings. choice knowing they were unlikely on the immigrant’s journey, filling formed for sold-out crowds around and rooted in the lively accordion The show will be at the Bank- to see their homeland again. Arrival the theater with Celtic music, the the world. dance tunes of the area’s European head Theater for one night only on did not guarantee a future as few foot-tapping percussive sounds “Celtic Nights” appears at the immigrants, conjunto (“group” Thursday evening, February 23, had the resources to establish busi- of jigs, reels, and polkas, and en- Bankhead Theater as part of the in Spanish) had emerged by the 2012 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range nesses or farms, but rapid growth couraging audiences to join in on LVPAC Presents 2011-2012 World 1930’s as a boisterous and distinc- from $29 to $51 with $14 student in America offered opportunities songs such as “Danny Boy,” “Isle Music Series. Coming next in the tive Tex-Mex fusion. In Los Tex- tickets available. that were reaped by hard work and of Hope,” “May We Never Have World Music Series on Thursday, maniacs, founder Max Baca’s use The national tour of “Don’t perseverance. As the immigrants to Say Goodbye,” and “My Love March 1, 2012, Luna Negra Dance of the traditional 12-stringed bajo Fence Me In” will be followed by found their way in this new world, is in America.” Theater will bring its distinctive sexto blends with the accordion of the three-part bluegrass harmonies the familiar stories, music and “Celtic Nights” was developed and engaging style of contempo- David Farias, Lorenzo Martinez on of Red Molly on March 2, 2012. dances of the old country kept them by the talented artistic team, led by rary Latino dance to the Bankhead. drums, and Oscar Garcia on bass To celebrate Livermore’s West- connected, eventually taking root in producer Michael Durkan, whose They will be followed by Mexico’s guitar, to achieve a contemporary ern Heritage Month and the 94th American music where traces of the stunning show “Gaelforce Dance” premier Mariachi group, Mariachi conjunto sound. Annual Livermore Rodeo, the Irish homeland can still be heard in was named winner of the 2010 IQ Sol de Mexico, on Friday evening, One of the newest groups in Bankhead Theater will host a full the bluegrass, country and western Magazine Best Dance Spectacular April 27th at 8:00 p.m. Northern Plains drum and song, week of country music beginning music of today. Award over other productions The Bankhead Theater is lo- North Bear has gained national with the familiar country-rock of “Celtic Nights” is a showcase including the well-known “River- cated at 2400 First Street in Down- recognition as a foremost example Pure Prairie League on May 28th. not only of the Irish immigrants’ dance” and “Lord of the Dance.” town Livermore.To purchase of “straight” or traditional North- West Coast contemporary country rich heritage but of the America The group is dedicated to estab- tickets call 925-373-6800 or visit ern Plains singing. This distinctive band Buffalo Rome opens rodeo they found, a new and welcoming lishing the Gaelic voice as a global www.bankheadtheater.org style employs falsetto and nonword weekend with a concert on Friday homeland. The evening is filled treasure, expressing the power and musical syllables called “vocables” evening, June 8th, followed by the that increase in volume and tempo return of local favorite, Grammy Award-winning western swing IMPROV as the song progresses. Founded (continued from front page) in 2003 by brothers Jermaine and band Asleep at the Wheel on Satur- Luke Bell of the Northern Arapaho day evening, June 9th. Tickets for are also scheduled in the coming February 10 at 7:30pm. Then, Veterans Memorial Building stage tribe, North Bear’s members rep- all shows in the LVPAC Presents months to fund the trip to Chicago on Friday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m., at 7:30 p.m. to present The Im- resent tribes from across the Great Country/Western Series can be featuring new original teen improv Creatures of Impulse will perform puls-ible Film Project, a revival Plains including the Oglala Lakota, purchased at the Bankhead Theater formats. The next in this series of The Tribe, a teen long-form improv of a format made popular by the Cheyenne and Paiute. While firmly box office. original formats is Mafia-esque, an show based on the long-running Un-Scripted Theater Company rooted in North Plains tradition, The Bankhead Theater is lo- improvised teen murder mystery reality show Survivor. Tickets for in San Francisco. Three teams of North Bear is also at the center of cated at 2400 First Street in Down- based on a popular camp circle both shows are $5 per person and improvisers will take to the streets a resurgence of interest in the hand town Livermore. To purchase game. are available at the door. of Pleasanton to shoot three im- drum, used to accompany songs tickets call 925-373-6800 or visit Mafia-esque plays at the Veter- On Saturday, April 23, Crea- provised short films based on your with improvised, often humorous www.bankheadtheater.org ans Memorial building on Friday, tures of Impulse return to the suggestion. Tickets are also $5 per lyrics, akin to rap. person, and all tickets are available Montana’s rodeo poet laureate at the door. and recipient of the 2005 Gover- Black History Month Concert at Dublin Library Creatures of Impulse support- nor’s Arts Award for Literature, ers can soon contribute to the teen Paul Zarzyski (rhymes with “whis- The Dublin Library will host a incorporates music, mime, and Storytelling Festival in Jonesbor- improv troupe online at the Kick- key”) has been “spurring the words free concert with performer Kirk singing. ough, Tennessee. starter.com. website by searching wild across the open range of the Waller on Feb. 4 at 3 p.m. Kirk has performed at festivals, This program is suitable for either “Creatures of Impulse” or page,” as he puts it, for 35 years. For Black History Month, schools, libraries, churches and families with children ages 6 and “Tri-Valley High: The Musical” Zarzyski left his small hometown Kirk tells stories from Henry Box special events in the San Francisco up. on Kickstarter.com. For more in northern Wisconsin and headed Brown to John Henry and his Bay Area and across our nation. This program is funded by the information, please call Mark Dun- to Montana at the age of 22 to mighty hammer. The program Last fall he told at the National Friends of the Dublin Library. canson at (925) 931-4828. Art & Entertainment THE INDEPENDENT • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2012 7 'Little Mermaid' Takes Students into the Blue Waters of Imagination

them in the right direction onstage. poise, a bouquet of flounders was But we want to make sure they do delivered, and, naturally, big girls their absolute best so they leave don’t koi. with the best possible feeling. All of MCT’s shows are origi- “The actors were really ner- nal adaptations of children’s stories vous,” she added, “but we told and fairytales, with twists on the them it was okay to channel the classic stories children know and nervous energy into performance love. With the theme of appreci- energy.” ating what one already has, The “Before, my heart beat really Little Mermaid concluded with fast and hard, and I almost started Celia noting, “I’ve learned that shaking,” said Dianca. “But then everything I’ve ever wanted is it was fun because I got used to the right here.” audience.” While many of the young stu- The production included songs, dents consider pursuing their many with audience members in- acting dreams further, at least one structed to sing-along by following was looking forward to enjoying the bouncing barracuda; a prince that classic Broadway tradition: (who “got a degree in Charming the wrap party. “The best part was from Princeton, of course”) and that my whole family came,” said many puns on the underwater Ariel. “Everyone’s coming to my theme: things were done on por- house afterward for a party.” Cast members of 'Little Mermaid' pose for a photo.

By Carol Graham and choreography before the two the group here. Sue was really “Come into the cold blue wa- Saturday performances. the point person – the person that ters of your imagination,” called “To put this presentation on brought everything together.” Professor Thumperdumper at the in just a week? I thought it was “We cobbled the funding to- start of Marylin Avenue Elemen- incredibly amazing,” said Prin- gether through grants, donations tary School’s original adaptation cipal Jeff Keller. “Parents were and volunteers,” said Carling not- of The Little Mermaid presented supportive, interested, and very ing support from the Livermore on Saturday, January 28 in the appreciative for their children to Valley Education Foundation, school auditorium. have this opportunity.” Livermore Rotary, First Presbyte- With that, sea creatures and Katie Maiello, 22, a tour actor rian Church, and her friend Mary seasiders brought the stage to life who played the parts of Mrs. Mer- Burnham who provided piano ac- as 53 students told the story of man and Starfish, said, “Marylin companiment for the performance. Celia, a mermaid who lives for students were fantastic! They “Mary loved it; she was glad I music and awaits her chance to picked up everything quickly, and asked,” said Carling. visit the World Above on her 16th were very studious.” “It felt really good when the birthday. MCT’s mission is to help stu- audience sang and clapped along,” “At first I had butterflies,” said dents develop life skills like goal said fifth-grader Dianca Tanod, Ariel Williams, who played Celia. achievement, creativity and self- who played a town crier. “The “But it was really fun when I saw confidence through the performing best part was being onstage with all the people who came here to arts. Teacher Noah King, said, all my friends and expressing my see us.” “We can’t praise them highly feelings.” Missoula Children’s Theatre, a enough. They’ve been so profes- Maiello, who was onstage near- nation-wide touring company that sional, so positive and such a great ly the entire time, said, “As a tour schedules week-long residencies inspiration for the kids.” actor, we try to help the children, at schools to star students in full- Last year, after hearing a radio which sometimes includes guiding scale productions, hosted the pre- story about MCT, teacher Sue sentation - supplying everything Carling and King saw “Treasure from a script, director, scenery, Island” in Danville. “We were costumes and props. Cast audi- both completely enchanted with Free Registration tions were held Monday, January what they accomplished,” said with this Ad 23, followed by four days of inten- King. “We made a pitch to our Call or sign-up online! Exp. 03/02/12 sive rehearsal to learn lines, songs, leadership team about bringing Lessons in Piano, Voice, Guitar & Ukulele All Ages & Levels Welcome! Individual • Group Lessons (925) 960-1194 GalinasMusicStudio.com

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on handmade paper, canvas, and other WINERY EVENTS selling Vino Tinto Barato at the open house. Theater, 2400 First St., Livermore. www. surfaces, for example. It will also include Port and Chocolate Weekends, Tamás Bring a clean bottle, we will fill, cork and bankheadtheater.org or 373-6800. a small collection of marble sculptures Estates, 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore, each label it for $6.00 per bottle. Use our bottle Sunol Repertory Theatre Melodrama, made by Maj-Britt Hilstrom. www.fire- weekend throughout February, 11 a.m. to for $6.50; or may bottle, label and cork it "Rogue of the Railway," Fri. and Sat., 8 p.m. housearts.org. 4:30 p.m. Sample Tamás Estates Barbera yourself. Available only on Feb 18. Limit of March 9-24. Sunol Glen School, 11601 Main Scenes of Yosemite, exhibit of paintings by Port with a specially selected chocolate six bottles per person. St., Sunol. Tickets by mail go to sunol.net/srt Charlotte Severin and Larry Gipson and truffle. Barrel Tasting Weekend, March 31, 2012 or call 925.862.0664 photographs by Mark Davis. The exhibit will 5th Annual Cuda Ridge Wines, Vines, and – April 1, 2012 at over 35 Wineries through- be on view through February 15 at the Fire- Valentines on Sat and Sun, Feb 11-12, 12:00 out Livermore Valley, noon to 4:30 p.m. ON THE STAGE house Arts Center, 4444 Railroad Avenue, - 4:30. Treat your Valentine to wine releases, Chance to taste wines before they have Laura by Vera Caspary and George Sklar, Pleasanton. Gallery hours are Wed.-Fri. noon Live Music, Andy’s Candy’s and good times! been bottled, getting a behind the scenes January 13 - February 4, Role Players to 5 p.m., Sat. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and one hour Wines to be released include 2009 S&M and look into the winemaking process. Meet Ensemble, 8 p.m. Th., Fri., Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. prior to theater performances. 2009 Malbec. The S&M is a unique blend winemakers, bottle your own wines, enjoy Village Theatre, 233 Front St. Danville, www. Expressionist painter Marco Rosales Shaw of Sangiovese and Malbec. The S&M is a food pairings, and other activities that vary ci.danville.ca.us works are on display at Prudential Califor- very limited lot and won’t last long. Also by winery. Tickets are $30 advance ($35 Annie, Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre produc- nia Realty through March 15. Prudential be tasting the 2007 Cuda Amis Port style event day) and include 2 days of barrel tast- tion, weekends Jan. 21 to Feb. 3. Bankhead California Realty is located at 1790 First wine, a perfect wine for your Valentine. ing, exclusive discounts, keepsake glass, and Theater, 2400 First St., Livermore. www. Street, Livermore. The show is open for There are two tasting flights, Cupid and special activities at each winery. For a list bankheadtheater.org or 373-6800. viewing during regular business hours or Desire, each flight is $5.00. There are special of activities, participating wineries, and to Moon Over Buffalo, by Ken Ludwig (of Lend by appointment. Contact Cher Wollard at wine discounts which include 10% discount purchase tickets, visit www.LVwine.org Me a Tenor fame), is a wild and wacky back- 925 824-4824 or [email protected] for of 6 bottles or more, and 15% discount stage farce ably helmed by award winning information. for case purchases. Andy's Candy's will MUSIC/CONCERTS director Jim Colgan. Chanticleers Theatre’s Judy Rice Exhibit, January and February sample toffees both days and the toffee is Patsy Cline Tribute with Joni Morris, 2 p.m. first show of the 2012 season, Feb. 24 to 2012, Garre Winery Restaurant, 7986 Tesla available for purchase. Livermore's Roger Sat., Feb. 5. Firehouse Arts Center, 4444 March 18, 8 p.m. Fri. and Sat., 2 p.m. Sundays. “Blushing Rose," watercolor on paper Rd., Livermore. Watercolor landscape and Kardinal, will serenade visitors on Sunday, Railroad Ave., Pleasanton. www.firehouse- Chanticleers Theatre, 3683 Quail Ave., Cas- by Barbara Viola flower paintings at this exhibit. The restau- Feb 12. Cuda Ridge Wines is located at arts.org. tro Valley. General admission $18, seniors, rant is open Monday through Friday from 5385 East Avenue in Livermore, for more Celtic Nights, Feb. 8, 7:30 p.m. LVPAC Presents, students, military $15. Tickets www.chan- 11:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and Saturday and information go to www.CudaRidgeWines. Bankhead Theater, 2400 First St., Livermore. ticleers.org, [email protected] Student Exhibition Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., and com or call 510-304-0914. www.bankheadtheater.org or 373-6800. or 510-SEE-LIVE (510-733-5483) for some dinners. 925-371-8200. Valentine Port and Chocolate Affaire Led Zeppelin Experience starring "Heart- Love Letters – Valentines Production, at the Community Art Happens at Figurehead, Feb. 9 Figure- at Charles R Vineyards, Saturday, Febru- breaker," Friday, February 10, 8 p.m. Bank- Friday to Sunday, Feb. 3 to 5 and 10 to head Art Gallery will participate in Art Hap- ary 11, noon to 4:30 p.m. Old-fashioned head Theater, 2400 First St., Livermore. www. 12, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Center Gallery pens with an exhibition of works by Angela Valentine Day with Bonnie's Port Fudge bankheadtheater.org or 373-6800. Sunday. Dublin Heritage Park and Muse- The students of Thomasin De- Johal, Erin Kathleen Donohue, Suzanne and Decadent Chocolate Cake. Pairing the Ravi Coltrane, Grammy-Nominated Saxo- ums, Donlon Way, Dublin. First theatrical Lovejoy Johnson, David Johnson, Goran chocolate treats with Vino de Amor (Port), phonist, Fri., Feb. 10, 8 p.m. Firehouse Arts production in the new Kolb Barn Theatre whurst Fine Art will be holding Konjevod, Josh Latkin, Carolyn Lord, Gerald chilled and room temperature, and a Dad's Center, 4444 Railroad Ave., Pleasanton. by Tri-Valley Performers, Love Letters by A. their first art exhibition at the Ratto, Linda Ryan, Barbara Stanton, Deborah special port tasting for Club Members. www.firehousearts.org. R. Gurney, for two consecutive weekends. Robert Livermore Community Thackrey, and Tom Thackrey. Drawing and Ask how to become a Club Member. 8195 Legally Blonde, Diablo Theatre Company, www.ci.dublin.ca.us. Paper Folding (Origami) Classes at the Crane Ridge Rd., Livermore. 454-3040. www. The Musical performs at the Lesher Center Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Civic Center Gallery located at 4444 Figurehead Gallery are starting in February charlesrvineyards.com. for the Arts in Walnut Creek, February 10 Arts Stage Company, Feb. 24, 25 and March East Avenue. with Carolyn Lord and Goran Konjevod, Cedar Mountain Winery, Port and Choco- - March 3, 2012. For tickets call (925) 943- 2 and 3 at 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 25 and 26 and Work from students aged 5 to check www.figureheadgallery.com for late Tasting February 11, from 12-4 p.m. in SHOW or purchase online. March 3 and 4 at 2 p.m. Firehouse Arts more information, go to Facebook, or stop the Winemaker’s Art Gallery. Late Bottled Livermore Amador Symphony, concert Sat., Center, 4444 Railroad Ave., Pleasanton. 92 will be exhibited. On display by the gallery at 2222 Second St. Stes. 20 and Vintage Port, Tortuga Royale, Luana Inu, and Feb. 11, 8 p.m. featuring two winners of the www.firehousearts.org. will be acrylic paintings, water- 21 (the Old Theater Mall), Livermore. Chardonnay del Sol. The LBVP will be paired annual Competition for Young Musicians. Douglas Morrisson Theatre presents color paintings, oil paintings, Art Happens Downtown Livermore every with Live-For-More-Fudge made with our Program features Something for Everyone. "Dividing the Estate" by Horton Foote, a collages, prints and drawings in second Thursday of the month with exhibits port! This locally made fudge will be avail- Bankhead Theater, 2400 First St., Livermore. darkly comic portrait of a family divided. and activities in several sites from 5:30- able for purchase. Chocolate and port gift www.bankheadtheater.org or 373-6800. Directed by Susan E. Evans. Thursday, Feb- charcoal and conte pencil. The 8:00pm. Art Happens is a new monthly art packs at special pricing. Tasting $10 (non- Tribute to Glenn Miller, Feb. 12, 2 p.m. LVPAC ruary 23, 2012 preview 8:00 p.m.; opening pieces are colorful, bold and imagi- event, with meet the artists, open studios, refundable on a bottle of wine). 7000 Tesla Presents, Bankhead Theater, 2400 First St., reception Feb. 24; performances through native expressions of the creative receptions and hands-on arts projects in Road, Livermore; (925) 373-6636. Livermore. www.bankheadtheater.org or March 18. Douglas Morrisson Theatre, several locations downtown, produced by Amor de Les Chenes, Sat., Feb. 11 and Sun., 373-6800. 22311 N. Third St., Hayward. Post-play exploration, careful observation the Bothwell Arts Center with support from Feb. 12, noon to 4:30 p.m. Les Chenes Estate Cypress String Quartet, 3 p.m. Feb. 12, discussion March 10 matinee. Tickets $10 and problem-solving skills. LVPAC. The Bothwell's Downtown Art Stu- Vineyards, 5562 Victoria Lane, Livermore. Firehouse Arts Center, 4444 Railroad Ave., preview, $20 Sat. matinee; $28 evening The students come from Liver- dio artists will open their working spaces. Famous Jacqueline Kennedy Chocolate Pleasanton. www.firehousearts.org. performances and Sunday matinee. (510) Featured studio artist Joanna Crawshaw Souffle paired with our new Petite Sirah Music of ABBA, winter gala, Feb. 16, 7:30 p.m. 881-6777; www.dmtonline.org. more, Pleasanton, San Ramon will display her "Journey" exhibition at 62 Port. $5 fee. www.leschenesvine.com LVPAC Presents, Bankhead Theater, 2400 Play On!, a comedy by Rick Abbot. March and Danville, and have worked So. L Street. Details about this and upcom- Chocolate Fondue paired with McGrail First St., Livermore. www.bankheadtheater. 10-11, 16-17, 2012. Friday-Saturday 8 p.m. in art classes held by Thomasin ing Art Happens are available on the new Cabernet Sauvignon, Sun., Feb. 12, noon org or 373-6800. Sunday 2 p.m. Doors open 20 minutes tour guides, found at the studios and many to 4 p.m. Taste award winning Cabernet Hanson and Glover Piano Duet (four hands, before show time. Tickets $10. General Dewhurst at various locations in downtown locations, or downloadable at Sauvignons with delicate desserts dipped one piano), Feb. 18, 8 p.m. Del Valle Fine admission. Buy online at www.asburylive- Livermore and Pleasanton, includ- www.bothwellartscenter.org. in chocolate fondue. McGrail Vineyards and Arts Concert, Bankhead Theater, 2400 First presents.com or at the door. Asbury Players, ing the Robert Livermore Com- Open Studios at the Old Firehouse, Winery, 5600 Greenville Road, Livermore. St., Livermore. www.bankheadtheater.org Asbury United Methodist Church, 4743 East 5:30-8:30 on February 9, upstairs in the $25. www.mcgrailvineyards.com or 373-6800. Ave, Livermore. (925) 447-8699. munity Center, Croce Elementary historic old Firehouse at the corner of First Romance Wine and Chocolate, Feb. 12, 1 An Evening in Roma with Naresh Michael, School, Hearst Elementary School & McLeod Streets (directly across from the p.m. and 4 p.m. sessions, Wente Vineyards. Feb. 18, 8 p.m. Firehouse Arts Center, 4444 COMEDY and at the instructor’s own Art Bankhead Theater). Firehouse Art Studios Five decadent chocolate dessert and wine Railroad Ave., Pleasanton. www.firehouse- Creatures of Impulse Improv Face-Off, Feb. Studio. will hold an open studios during Art Hap- pairings, learn fun facts and trivia about the arts.org. 2, 3 and 4, 7:30 p.m. Firehouse Arts Center, pens. Artists Linda Beach, Lynne Shephard, Valentine’s Day Holiday, love and romance. Don't Fence Me In, country and western, 4444 Railroad Ave., Pleasanton. www. The exhibition be on view Claudia Willis, Valerie Daft, Regina Leyva and Wine Club and Nth Degree Club Members Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m. LVPAC Presents, Bankhead firehousearts.org. through February 29 2012. It is Martha Eddleman will be on hand, with a $30, all other guests, $35. Call the Vineyard Theater, 2400 First St., Livermore. www. Comedy @ Firehouse Arts with Andrew open to the public during the busi- wide range of art exhibited from paintings, Tasting Room at 925-456-2405 to purchase bankheadtheater.org or 373-6800. Norelli, Thurs., Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m. Firehouse found object, and watercolor to encaustics, tickets. Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks, Feb. 24, 8 p.m. Arts Center, 4444 Railroad Ave., Pleasanton. ness hours of the Robert Livermore in traditional to contemporary styles. Eagle Ridge Vineyard is celebrating LVPAC Presents, Bankhead Theater, 2400 www.firehousearts.org. Community Center: 8a.m. - 6 p.m. [email protected] for more info or find Valentine's Day with "Love is in the Air," First St., Livermore. www.bankheadtheater. M-Th; 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Friday; 9 and like us on Facebook! www.facebook. Special vendors with gift items; sample the org or 373-6800. DANCE com/www.firehouseartstudio.org imported chocolate fountain with special San Ramon Symphonic Band, Feb. 24, 7:30 Moscow Festival Ballet Presents Sleeping a.m. - noon Saturday. goodies. Spend the day in Livermore Wine p.m. "Latin Spirit," Dougherty Valley Per- Beauty, Feb. 19, 4 p.m. Dougherty Valley For further information, please MEETINGS/CLASSES Country at Eagle Ridge Vineyard. 10017 forming Arts Center, 10550 Albion Rd., San Performing Arts Center, 10550 Albion Rd., contact Thomasin Dewhurst (925) Everything Poetry (in two parts), Second Tesla Road, Livermore; (925) 447-4328. Ramon. www.sanramon.ca.gov San Ramon. www.sanramon.ca.gov Saturday Soup-workshops 2nd Saturday eagleridgevineyard.com Pacific Chamber Symphony, a profes- 216-7231 or thomasin_d@ho- of every month, 10 a.m.-12 noon Firehouse Cedar Mountain Winery, Barrel Tasting sional symphony orchestra, concert 8 AUDITIONS/COMPETITIONS tmail.com or visit the website: Arts Center, 4444 Railroad Avenue, Pleasan- February 18, 19, and 20th from 12:00-4:00 p.m. Feb. 25, Bankhead Theater, 2400 First Open Auditions, for Tri-Valley Haven’s Annual http://childrensartclassesprojects. ton; Third Tuesday Trope- poetry critiques p.m. Included will be samples of 2009 Syrah St., Livermore. Program: Bach to Brahms - Production of The Vagina Monologues, to 3rd Tuesday of every month, 7 p.m.-9 p.m. and 2005 Souzao Port. Regular tasting fees Brandenburg Concerto #6 for woodwinds, be performed at the Bankhead Theater in blogspot.com/ Towne Center Books, 555 Main Street, apply. 7000 Tesla Road, Livermore. Mozart Serenade #12, Brahms Serenade April 2012, will be held on Saturday, Febru- Pleasanton. Contact Cynthia Bryant at Thomas Coyne Winery Winter Open House, #2. $39/$34/$29 $7 students. www.bank- ary 4 from 3:30 – 6:30 pm at the Ygnacio [email protected]. Feb. 18, 19 and 20, noon to 5 p.m. at the headtheater.org Valley Library, 2661 Oak Grove Road in ART/PHOTO EXHIBITS Make It and Take It, Thursday nights, with historical tasting room at 51 E. Vallecitos Ho'olaule'a o Mana'olana: A Celebration Walnut Creek No appointment necessary. Blue Bay Press: Eloquence in Printmaking, guest artists and demos: January is "Fused Road Livermore. Four new wines will be of Hope, Feb. 25, 7 p.m. Dougherty Valley Experienced and inexperienced actresses Harrington Gallery, Firehouse Arts Center, Birthday Plate" only $15. Art Glass Studio, released: Reserve Quest, Sweet Emillie, Petit Performing Arts Center. 10550 Albion Rd., of all ages and ethnic backgrounds are wel- 4444 Railroad Ave., Pleasanton. January 174 South L St., Livermore. For more infor- Verdot, Vino Tinto Reserva. A selection of San Ramon. www.sanramon.ca.gov come (women only please)! Please bring a 19 - February 18, 2012. Exhibit will include mation contact Roberta Jones at: 925-447- fine fruits and cheeses will be served. Bring Salute to the Rat Pack, Sun, Feb. 26, 2 p.m. current photo and prepare a 1 – 2 minute several styles of printmaking —etching, 1962 www.artglassstudio.weebly.com a picnic and enjoy sweeping views of the A Swingin’ Tribute to Frank, Dean, Sammy monologue to present to the Director. For monotype, chine colle, and woodblock, Livermore Valley. "Bottle Your Own Wine," and The Legends of Las Vegas. Bankhead more information, please contact Carolyn Art & Entertainment THE INDEPENDENT • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2012 9

Staehle at [email protected] or Professor of Media Studies at Las Positas Broadcast from the Met, Dublin Regal February 11 at 6 pm. Gourmet dinner paired more unless indicated otherwise): Feb. 3, 7 (925) 667-2712. College. Klaschus offers a brief talk about Hacienda Cinema. Gotterdammerung, Feb. with fine wines or beers, live auction and to 9 p.m. The Barn, 3131 Pacific Ave., USO Auditions - Shout! the Mod Musical, each film prior to the screening. The three 11; Ernani, Feb. 25 and March 14; Manon, popular two-bit auction. $80 per person. Dance, Music of the 1940s by the Royal Soci- Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre production great film directors featured in this year’s April 7 and 25; Turandot, April 14, May 2. Tickets are for purchase at Museum on ety Jazz Orchestra; Feb. 4, 10:30 a.m. The Joy directed by Min Kahng. Feb. 13, 7:30 p.m. series are Howard Hawkes, John Ford and First date is a morning showing, second Main, 603 Main Street, Pleasanton, or by of Handbells featuring the Alleluia Ringers; with callbacks Wed., Feb. 15, 7:30 p.m. 1048 Alfred Hitchcock. Refreshments are served. date afternoon. Check for exact curtain phone at 925-462-2766. Cash, checks, Visa Feb. 7, 7 p.m. Viola Buitoni presents program Serpentine Lane, #309, Pleasanton. Co-Cre- A complete list of the ‘Three Great Direc- time. 560-0900. or MasterCard accepted. on the Italian Heart of a California Cook; Feb. ator Phillip George and David Lowenstein, tors” films is available at the Pleasanton Science on Saturday, February 11, 9:30 9, 1:30 p.m. Armchair Travelers: Sicily and Continuity Peter Charles Morris Rated PG. Public Library. Movies will be shown the first MISCELLANEOUS and 11:45 a.m, Sleuthing Seismic Signals: the Amalfi Coast with Dale Schauer; Feb. 9, Please bring 32 bars up tempo 60’s Pop. Thursday of each month through June 7, Museum on Main, preschool pre-literacy Understanding Earthquake Hazard and 7 p.m. National Park history Stephen Haller Accompanist provided. No a capella or 2012. No registration required. The library is program, M.o.M.’s Reading Time. For ages Monitoring Nuclear Explosions; Presenter: will discuss the legacy of World War II in tapes allowed. Be dressed for and prepared located at 400 Old Bernal Ave., Pleasanton. 2 to 5 and families, free reading program, Sean Ford, Teacher: Ken Wedel. Lawrence the Bay Area; Feb. 11, 10:30 p.m., children's to dance. All roles open, ages 18 and older, For more information, call Penny Johnson, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Reading at 10 a.m. with Livermore National Laboratory's lecture program sing, ring, listen and paint; Feb. 11, no pay. Rehearsals begin on February 27. 931-3405. theme crafts following. Donations ap- series for middle and high school students, noon, Vine Cinema, 1722 First St., screening Information at www.trivalleyrep.org. preciated. No reservations required. Large Bankhead Theater, 2400 First St., Livermore. of movie, The Secret of Santa Vittoria; Feb. Auditions, The Odd Couple, San Ramon CHORAL groups or playgroups please phone in No admission charge. www.bankhead- 12, 2 p.m. panel of veterans will provide their Community Theater production, auditions Cantabella Children’s Chorus is presenting advance: 925.462.2766 or email: educa- theater.org perspectives on war, moderated by Jim Ott, February 7, 2012 at 7 p.m. with call-backs an evening of good food, entertainment, [email protected]. 2012 M.o.M.’s Science on Saturday, February 18, 9:30 veterans are John Shirley, John Sarboraria, on February 9, 2012 at 7 p.m. 6 men and dancing and auctions at the Veterans’ Reading Time Dates and Themes: February and 11:45 a.m, Space Junk: Traffic Cops in Doug Bell and Joe Cook. Feb, 14, 7 p.m. 2 women from ages 20 to 60. Rehearsals Memorial Hall, 522 South L Street, Liver- 8, The Day it Rained Hearts; March 14, The Space; Presenter: John Henderson, Teacher: Sicily Now and Then: A traveler's journey begin in February with performances for 3 more, 6:30 p.m. Friday, February 10, 2012. End of the Rainbow; April 11, Art Smart; Tom Shefler. Lawrence Livermore National presented by Jo and George Caporaso; Feb. weekends beginning April 27, 2012. Audi- The event is a fundraiser to help send the May 9, Please and Thank You; June 13, Flag Laboratory's lecture series for middle and 16, 7 p.m. The Swingin' Blue Stars of the USS tions and call-backs are at the Front Row Honors Choir to the World Choir Games in Day; July 11, We All Scream for Ice Cream; high school students, Bankhead Theater, Hornet sings music of the 1940s; Feb. 23, 7 Theater in San Ramon, 17011 Bollinger Cincinnati, OH, in July, where over 20,000 August 8, It’s A Circus; September 12, Fiesta; 2400 First St., Livermore. No admission p.m. everyday life and everyday resistance Canyon Rd., San Ramon (located inside the choristers representing more than 70 October 10, Creepy Critters; November charge. www.bankheadtheater.org in Southern Italy during WWII presented Dougherty Station Community Center). nations will gather together. The cruise- 14, Thank You, Veterans; and, December Paul Alan Cox, Director of the Institute for by Laura Ruberto; Feb. 26, 2 p.m. dramatic www.sanramoncommunitytheater.org or themed evening promises lots of fun with 12, Light Up the Seasons. The Museum on EthnoMedicine, Wed., Feb. 22, 7:30 p.m. ready from A Bell for Adano by readers from call (925) 389-7529 entertainment by individuals and groups Main is located at 603 Main Street in historic Bankhead Theater, 2400 First St., Livermore. Shakespeare’s Associates. Livermore Reads Acoustic Night, San Ramon Parks and Com- of singers, dancing, and treats available downtown Pleasanton. LLNL Presents The Rae Dorough Speakers Together 2012 is sponsored by Friends munity Services Department is hosting during the auctions. All are invited to “book Science on Saturday, Feb. 4, 9:30 and 11:15 Series: Something in the Water? www. of the Livermore Library. For additional Acoustic Night for high school students passage” on the “Cantabella Cruise Line” a.m, The Gamma-Ray Spectrometer at Mer- bankheadtheater.org or 373-6800. events check the library’s website at www. on Friday, March 30 at the Loft, in the at Cantabella.org, or call 925-292-2663 for cury: A Seven Year Journey to the Innermost Livermore Reads Together, A Bell for Adano, livermorelibrary.net. Dougherty Station Community Center more information. Planet; Presenter: Morgan Burks, Teacher: events (Civic Center Library, 1188 So. Liver- (17011 Bollinger Canyon Road). The event Dan Burns. Lawrence Livermore National starts at 7:30 pm and costs $5 to attend. OPERA Laboratory's lecture series for middle and The Department is looking for talented Opera San José continues its 28th season high school students, Bankhead Theater, musicians to perform during this event. with the romantic tragedy La Traviata, 2400 First St., Livermore. No admission The Acoustic Night is open to all high Verdi’s heartbreaking tale of love and sac- charge. www.bankheadtheater.org school students. Interested performers rifice, overflowing with some of the most Ed Kinney Lecture Series, 7 p.m. An Evening should contact Jennifer Gault at 973-3375 unforgettable music in all of opera. Eight with President Roosevelt, Tues., Feb. 7. Fire- or email [email protected]. Visit performances are scheduled February 11 house Arts Center, 4444 Railroad Avenue, www.SRTeen.org. through 26 at the California Theatre, 345 Pleasanton. $10 General Admission, $5 South First Street in downtown San José. Members and Seniors, $3 Students/Teach- MOVIES Tickets are on sale at the Opera San José Box ers with ID. All tickets are paid at the door. All Classic films at the Pleasanton Library, Las Office, by phone at (408) 437-4450 or online tickets are open seating. Information www. Positas College and the Pleasanton Public at www.operasj.org. La traviata is sponsored museumonmain.org or (925) 462-2766. Library present the series. Theme this year by the Applied Materials Foundation and Casks, Kegs and Cupids, Museum on Main’s is ‘Three Great Directors." Admission is free. made possible, in part, by a Cultural Affairs Valentine fund-raising dinner. Handles Gas- The series is hosted by Candace Klaschus, Grant from the City of San José. tropub in the Pleasanton Hotel on Saturday, Break Dance Competition at the Bothwell AS 1 MOVEMENT will be located at 2466 8th Street, a few Children 10 years of age and under holding its 2nd Annual breakdanc- blocks from Downtown Liver- are free. For more information and ing competition and celebration more. Tickets can be purchased at the non-food item list, visit the AS on Saturday, February 11, 2012 the door the day of the event for 1 MOVEMENT Facebook page from 3pm – 8pm at the Bothwell $10 or $7 with a non-food item at www.facebook.com/as1move- Arts Center. Last year’s event fea- donation to Tri- Valley Haven. ment tured many talented breakdancers from all over the Bay Area. This Sam Stone views 'The Cage.' year appears to be even greater in numbers and talent, with well established groups and big named Sculpture Donated to individuals showing up. The event is part breakdanc- the Livermore Library ing competition, part Hip Hop Livermore resident Sam Stone has donated a new art piece to be celebration, and part community permanently displayed at the Livermore Civic Center Library. Located outreach. Attendees are asked to in the Reference area of the Civic Center Library, adjacent to the public bring non-food item donations computers, the new sculpture piece is titled “The Cage." It was created to be donated to the Tri-Valley by local artist Don Homan. Haven. Vendors at the event will Carved out of basswood, “The Cage” depicts three men of retirement also be donating a percentage of age seated in vigorous conversation. They seem unaware they are com- their sales that day to Tri-Valley pletely enclosed in a large wooden cage of unfinished dowels. Each is Haven. 1/5 life size and is shown in exaggerated realism, almost in caricature. There will also be an LVCP The figures are positioned on a floor of unfinished pine. The understated art exhibition, an artist free wall, setting showcases the exaggerated realism of the three figures. and live painting. After the event, Homan sculpts in wood and marble. His subjects range from small attendees can head to Downtown caricatures to abstract forms in many sizes. He is known for his Peace Livermore, show their wristband Monument on the Civic Center grounds in Livermore, his sculpture at of entry and receive special deals the Robert Livermore Community Center, as well as works at the lab at participating business loca- Photo by Cody Pa and in private collections. Homan also builds much-prized violins and tions. plays in Alasdair Fraser’s San Francisco Scottish Fiddlers. The Bothwell Arts Center is The Civic Center Library is located at 1188 So. Livermore Avenue.

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Defense Employees Recognized The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Defense Programs announced the recipients of the Defense Programs’ Employee of the Quarter Awards. Recipients of the awards are recognized for going beyond the call of duty in supporting the mission of NNSA’s Defense Programs. The selection of the recipients is determined at each site following its own specific criteria. The recipients are as follows: Among them are the following: Amber Laigo, Alyssa Lichtenburger, Donald W. Roberts, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and HollyAnn Duffy (from left) (LLNL), is recognized for leading a multidisciplinary, international team benefit from scholarships. in the first-ever Insensitive High Explosive velocimetry pin hydrotest in LLNL’s Contained Firing Facility at Site 300. Andrew Tai, Livermore Site Office (LSO), is recognized for pro- viding valuable contributions to the complex-wide cyber security risk management framework, and continuous monitoring initiatives that Transfer Students Benefit from contributed significantly to greater efficiency and effectiveness in LSO security operations. Sara Pecak, Sandia National Laboratories, is recognized for her work Pedrozzi Scholarships as the Product Realization Team lead for the B61 Life Extension Program By Patricia Koning HollyAnn Duffy, a 2009 gradu- Schools’ Urban Education Leaders capacitive discharge unit firing set at Sandia. Over the past three years, the ate of Vineyard High School, trans- Internship Program, and works at Mario Pedrozzi Scholarship Foun- ferred to San Jose State University a mentoring/tutoring program for dation has given over $1 million in last fall from Las Positas College. court-involved DC youth. scholarships and helped hundreds The recipient of a $2,000 com- Last summer Lichtenburger Music Time Academy Expands of students attend vocational munity college scholarship and a studied in Florence, Italy at the school, community college, four- $4,000 undergraduate scholarship, Villa Le Balze, which is owned Music Time Academy has been a part of the Livermore community year universities, and graduate she said the Pedrozzi Foundation by Georgetown University. “In forover half a decade. It announced its expansion into 2155 Las Positas school. Now the Pedrozzi Founda- is helping her achieve her goal Europe, I further developed my Ct, Suite U as of February 1st, 2012. This expansion will double the size tion is helping community college of graduating from college debt- love of art, an interest that began of the studio, allowing space for not only more private music lessons students make the challenging free. with my first art history class at and retail items, but also for group music lessons, full band rehearsals, transition to four-year universi- “I’m majoring in community Las Positas. I saw famous works recordings, and summer camps. ties. health because many of the major throughout Europe that I never After taking ownership of the studio in July of 2008, Bay Area native “We feel strongly that commu- causes of death in America are life- thought I’d have the opportunity and professional drummmer, Anna Cucciardo has seen a steady growth nity college students need financial style diseases that can be prevented to see,” she said. “This was a once in the business. Since 2008, the studio went from only four instructors support just as much as students with behavior changes,” Duffy in a lifetime experience that the teaching about 30 students, to ten instructors teaching nearly 150 stu- who attend traditional colleges explained. “College is a stressful Pedrozzi Foundation’s financial dents. Music Time has also hosted several recitals in the community, and universities,” said Board time of transition and responsibil- assistance allowed me to partake with their latest recital at the Bothwell Arts Center featuring over 40 member Paula Orrell. She notes ity. The Pedrozzi Foundation has in.” performances by students and teachers. Due to space restrictions, the that more students are turning to lessened the stress by helping me The Pedrozzi Foundation is studio has focused mainly on private music instruction, however now the community college system to pay for college.” now accepting applications for with more space and more instructors, Music Time is ready to launch a keep education costs down and Amber Laigo, a 2008 graduate scholarships; the deadline is March variety of new programs in 2012. ease the transition to a four-year of Granada High School, said her 1. Pedrozzi Scholarships are avail- These would include such things as group lessons on guitar and uku- university. Pedrozzi community college schol- able to any student of any age lele, preschool music programs, and summer rock band camps. “Whatever the reason might be arship helped motivate her to earn who graduated from a high school Cucciardo is not only the director of Music Time Academy, but also that a student chooses to attend good grades at Las Positas, which in Livermore and graduates of the studio’s primary drum instructor. The instructors at Music Time Acad- community college, the Pedrozzi in turn enabled her to transfer to Alameda County high schools at- emy are all local, professional musicians who can be seen performing Foundation feels it is extremely San Jose State University last fall. tending St. Patrick’s Seminary & different genres of music around the world with their various groups. important to provide financial aid She’s studying psychology with University in Menlo Park. to as many of those students as we a minor in child and adolescent Scholarships are available for possibly can,” said Orrell. development. community college, vocational “I’m very grateful to the Pedro- school, undergraduate, and gradu- zzi Foundation for all their help ate school. “The Foundation is throughout my college career,” passionate about supporting all she said. “The $4,000 undergradu- forms of secondary education. ate scholarship has helped defray We realize that today’s students a lot of the high costs of college, are being squeezed from every TRAVEL 2133A Las Positas Ct, Livermore allowing me to focus more on my direction, with fewer scholarship (located off of N. Livermore Ave.) education and less on the stress of dollars available and increased BUG paying for school.” costs for all forms of education,” Furniture, Jewelry Another undergraduate scholar- said Orrell. Located in ship recipient is Alyssa Lichten- Currently, awards range from & Household Items burger, a 2008 graduate of Liver- $500 to $20,000 with some Downtown Livermore more High School. She started at spanning multiple years. Award 2269 Third Street Nifty Gifts & More Monday thru Friday 9am-4pm Las Positas College and is now a amounts and terms are determined 925.454.3449 senior at Georgetown University by the Board of Directors and can (925) 447-4300 A Thrift Store ~ Now Open! www.futures-explored.org in Washington, DC. She is major- change from year to year. www.travelbuglivermore.com ing in government, participates in For more information, visit the District of Columbia Public www.pedrozzifoundation.org. Community THE INDEPENDENT • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2012 11

Livermore Native Dalton Kotz Named a Navy Recruiter of the Year By Patricia Koning est this area of the Navy. With “It’s been a very eye-opening Steel Worker Second Class many great high schools and great experience,” he said. “The Navy (SW2) Dalton Kotz, a 2003 gradu- athletes, the Thousand Oaks area provided me the chance to help ate of Granada High School, is a good place to find potential people change their lives. This recently was named the Navy candidates.” opportunity has made me who I Region West Naval Special Op- Inspired by his uncle who re- am today.” erations/Naval Special Warfare counted fond memories of his time These positive experiences only (NSO/NSW) Recruiter of the Year. in the Navy, Kotz was attracted to ignited a stronger passion for the Although he’s been in the Navy the opportunity to travel the world Navy, inspiring him to become a for seven years, he’s only been and build the necessary skills to recruiter. Looking for a challeng- working as a recruiter for about advance a career in the field of con- ing assignment, Kotz has enjoyed 18 months. struction as a steelworker. Since the opportunity to not only shape “I love recruiting,” said Kotz. graduating from Granada, he has the future of the Navy by recruit- Dalton Kotz receives award. “I really enjoy helping young men visited various countries includ- ing well-rounded Sailors, but also and women have the chance to ing Japan, Philippines, Kuwait, to help individuals as they embark the award at the local, district, and a very short amount of time he’s serve their country.” Afghanistan, and Guam. on their journeys. regional level and was a runner shown himself to be one of our He is based in Thousand Oaks, His first duty station was Naval The Navy’s Recruiter of the up for national Naval Recruiter of ‘go-to’ Sailors.” in southern California, an area Construction Battalion Five. Kotz Year Award program recognizes the Year. Kotz now hopes to become a that Kotz declared is ideal for was deployed to Forward Operat- the most accomplished and suc- “Petty Officer Kotz just gets career Naval recruiter. “The Navy finding candidates for NSO/NSW ing Base Sharana in Afghanistan cessful recruiters across the coun- the job done,” said Navy Recruit- is a global force for good that I – an elite group that includes the in 2009. As part of a Construction try, who recruit the best men and ing District Los Angeles Assistant am proud to be a part of,” he said. Navy Seals. “Special ops are in Battalion, SW2 Kotz has helped women for America’s Navy to Operations Officer, Lieut. Jason “Being in the Navy allows me to high demand right now,” he said. build schools and hospitals for the fulfill today’s missions and meet Martin. “He’s an asset to this com- give back to my country and all “There is a high level of inter- Navy’s humanitarian efforts. tomorrow’s challenges. Kotz won mand and an asset to the Navy. In over the world.”

Edwards Selected as American Physical Society Fellow John Edwards, associate program director for inertial confinement fusion (ICF) and high energy density (HED) science at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, has been selected as a 2011 American Physical Society (APS) fellow. Edwards was cited in the plasma physics category for fundamental contributions to hydrodynamics in HED physics and for his leadership in the National Ignition Campaign (NIC) on LLNL’s National Ignition Facility. He joined LLNL in 1998, and over the course of his first five years, played a leading role in developing much of the foundation for the HED laser program in place today. Edwards has since turned his focus almost entirely to ICF, leading groups in target physics, serving as the ignition team leader and, in his Members of the Tri-Valley chapter of DBE (Daughters of the British Empire) happily ended the 2011 year of latest role, defining the direction of NIC experiments. fundraising efforts by presenting donation checks to Axis Community Health Director Sue Compton, and Keystone “Working on the National Ignition Campaign has been the highlight Adult Learning Center Director, Nancy Brum. The group also donated approximately thirty toys to the local of my career,” Edwards said. “I feel privileged to work on a program Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department’s Toys for Tots drive, sponsored a family in need through the Salvation as important and challenging as this, on the premier laser facility in the Army’s holiday drive, and donated funds to the British Home for Senior Citizens in Sierra Madre, California. The world with a truly remarkable team. It’s hard not to be excited about DBE organization, founded in 1909, is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization in the USA made up of women with a that.” common bond of British or British Commonwealth heritage and ancestry. While enjoying many social activities, APS fellowships are awarded after extensive review and are con- members focus on philanthropy and fellowship by contributing significantly to local charities and supporting sidered a distinct honor because the evaluation process, conducted by four retirement homes established by the organization in California, Illinois, New York, and Texas. This local the fellowship committees of individual divisions, topical groups and chapter of DBE meets at 11:00 a.m. on the third Thursday of every month at Castlewood Country Club and forums, relies on nomination and recommendation by one's professional encourages ladies with similar interests and ancestry to join their group, help with fundraising activities, enjoy peers. Election to APS fellowship is limited to no more than one half of social interaction, and form long-lasting friendships. For additional information about DBE in the Tri-Valley area 1 percent of APS' membership for a given year. Nearly 250 members please contact Edith Caponigro at 925-998-3500 or Jenny Whitehouse at 925-484-1273. were elected 2011 APS fellows. 12 THE INDEPENDENT • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2012 Community

(Organizations wishing to run notices Tuesday Bingo game at The Bingo Ranch. visualize ways of moving beyond this conflict Livermore Adult Community Educa- p.m. to 9 p.m. in St. Michael Parish Hall located in Bulletin Board, send information to PO Citizenship Process, The Hindu Com- to a more peaceful world. Peaceful War Pro- tion is celebrating 88 years serving the on the 300 Block of Maple Street, Livermore, Box 1198, Livermore, CA 94551, in care munity and Cultural Center, of Livermore test on the fourth Wednesday of the month, Livermore Valley’s Adult Learners. The follow- California. Admission is free. Learn what of Bulletin Board or email information to (Shiva Vishnu Temple) will be conducting a February 22, between 5 - 6 at the corners of ing classes coming up: Microsoft Office 2010, Catholics believe and why. Discover the full [email protected]. Include name free Citizenship Process and Related Issues First and Neal Streets. Questions?? Call Cathe QuickBooks, English as a Second Language, meaning of the faith. For additional infor- of organization, meeting date, time, place presentation on Sat., March 10, 2 to 3:30 p.m. Norman at (925) 462-7495; Matt Sullivan at Adult High School Diploma, GED, Yoga and mation on Father Barron's series visit www. and theme or subject. Phone number and This presentation is open to all. Shiva-Vishnu [email protected]; or kdowding@pacbell. Art. Call 925-606-4722 or visit www.liver- catholicismseries.com. St. Michael Parish, 458 contact person should also be included. Temple Assembly Hall, 1232 Arrowhead net. www.Pleasantonians4Peace.org moreadulted.org for information. Maple Street, Livermore, 925-447-1585. Deadline is 5 p.m. Friday.) Ave, Livermore . This will be a presenta- Eighth Annual Bringing Back the Operation: S.A.M. "Supporting All Mili- Centerpointe Church, 3410 Cornerstone Livermore Amador Valley Garden Club tion/talk by Aruna Venkidu ESQ on how to Natives Garden Tour: Registration for the tary" is a 501(c)3 non profit military support Court, Pleasanton. Services: 9 a.m. blended- will meet on Thursday, February 9, 7pm at obtain US Citizenship and related issues. For Eighth Annual Bringing Back the Natives organization based in Livermore. S.A.M. has style with choir and band, family worship. Alisal School's multipurpose room, 1454 more information contact Suman Jain at Garden Tour, which will take place on Sunday, been in operation since January 2004. It 10:30 a.m. contemporary led by band, Santa Rita Road, Pleasanton. The speaker [email protected] or call the temple May 6, 2012 from 10 to 5, is now open. This is dedicated to the continued support of Sunday School for children and middle- will be Dennis Murray, topic: garden design. 925-449-6255. free, award-winning tour features 45 Alam- deployed troops. Preparation of comfort schoolers. www.centerpointechurch.org; Visitors are welcome. For more informa- GNON (Girls Night Out Network- eda and Contra Costa county gardens that packages takes place every other week 925-846-4436. tion call Bev at 925-485-7812 or visit www. ing) Mixer At Dogtopia, Tues., Feb. 7, 5 to are pesticide-free, conserve water, provide - all year long. Providing morale support for St. Charles/St. Michael's Bible Study, lavgc.org. 8 p.m. Join Debbie Hudgens of Dogtopia habitat for wildlife, and contain 60% or more those deployed. All information provided is beginning Monday, January 9 and running Bingo, Thurs., Feb. 9, Livermore High for fun, prizes, and a chance to make new native plants. This self-drive tour showcases a confidential and is not shared for security though February 20, St. Charles Borromeo School boys' volleyball fundraiser; door friends. Dogtopia (7132 Johnson Dr. Ste. D, variety of gardens, from large parcels in the purposes. To submit a name and address, Catholic Community at 1315 Lomitas Ave., prizes and free snacks through the night. Pleasanton). $10/pp for members, $15/pp hills to small lots in the flats. Native plant sales inquire about donations or helping, please Livermore; 7:30-9:00 p.m. in the Pope Room. Cost for the first pack is $9 for regular session for non-members RSVP to gnoners@gmail. and talks are offered at select gardens. Space visit www.operationsam.org, email opera- The topic for this session is Jesus and the games. Visit www.livermorehs.schoolloop. com by February. Information, visit www. is limited and registration is required. This [email protected] or call 925 443-7620 Gospels. All are welcome, beginners to the com/Bingo for more information and a cou- gnontrivalley.com. tour will fill; register early to ensure a place. for more information and the calendar of experienced. For more information about pon for a free pack. All proceeds benefit LHS Beginning German Conversation at Volunteers are needed. Please register or events. this even contact Julie at 925-447-4549 ext Boy's Volleyball. Bingo Ranch, 3070 Pacific Las Positas College Community Education volunteer at www.bringingbackthenatives. Daughters of the American Revolution 114 or at [email protected]. Ave, Livermore. Doors open 5pm, Warm-up (Courses not for college credit): Thursdays net/ A companion event, the Native Plant (DAR), Josefa Higuera Livermore Chapter, St. Innocent Orthodox Church, 1040 games 6:30, Regular Session Games starts at 7-9 pm 2/09/12 to 3/29/12 (8 sessions). Sale Extravaganza, will take place throughout meets 9:30 a.m. first Saturday of the month Florence Rd., Livermore. Sunday service at 7pm. Must be 18 or older to play. Begin to communicate in everyday German the weekend of April 30 and May 1. from September to May at Asbury United 10 a.m. For details please see our website Medicare, The Hindu Community and situations. Develop listening, speaking, read- San Ramon Valley Newcomers Club, Methodist Church, 4743 East Ave., Livermore. at www.stinnocent.net or call Fr. Leo Arrow- Cultural Center, of Livermore (Shiva Vishnu ing and cultural understanding skills in an invites new & longtime residents to its DAR is a women's service organization. smith at 456-0845. Temple) will be conducting a free presen- active supportive environment. Call (925) monthly luncheon on February 16 at Crow Members are descended from a patriot of Join in conversation about “The Shack” tation/talk about overview of Medicare 424-1467 for more information or to register. Canyon Country Club, 711 Silver Lake Dr., the American Revolution and are dedicated Wednesday evenings at 7:30 and Thursday by HICAP. This presentation is open to all. Online registration at www.laspositascollege. Danville. 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.; cost is $21.00. to patriotism, preservation of American his- mornings at 10:30. Pastor Chuck Johnstone Saturday February 11, 2012 from 2:00 to edu/communityed The speaker will be author Shiela Bali. She tory, and securing America's future through will be hosting a discussion group on the 4:00 P.M. Shiva-Vishnu Temple Assembly Jungle of Jewels, The American Cancer will speak on her family's escape from the education. Contact Maris at 443-3087 or most impactful Christian writing of our time. Hall, 1232 Arrowhead Ave, Livermore. For Society Discovery Shop in Pleasanton is re- Hungarian Revolution. Call Grace, 925-828- [email protected]. “The Shack” has sold over 15 million copies more information contact Suman Jain at questing donations of costume or precious 8554, for reservations & information. D.A.R. Daughters of the American and tackles questions about God’s role in [email protected] or call the temple jewelry for its annual jewelry event, “Jungle Bingo Bash, Italian Catholic Federation, Revolution, Jose Maria Amador Chapter, human tragedy and how guilt, shame and 925-449-6255. of Jewels” on March 9, 10 and 11, 2012. Dona- Branch #285 is holding its annual "Bingo Pleasanton. Meetings first Saturday of the issues of God’s judgment shape our views Ohlone Audubon will meet on February tions are accepted at the shop during open Bash," a fund-raiser to aide the Cooley's Ane- month at 10 a.m. Group is comprised of de- about God. Drop-in participants welcome. 7 at the San Leandro Library, Karp Room, hours: Monday to Friday 10-6, Saturday 10-5, mia research at Children's Hospital-Oakland scendants of Patriots of the American Revolu- Location: 4743 East Avenue, Livermore, for 300 Estudillo Ave, 94577. The presenter is Sunday 12-5. The Discovery Shop is located in and the college scholarship fund. The event tion. It is a service organization that provides more information contact the church at 925- Glen Tepke a photographer. His presentation the Mission Plaza Shopping Center at 1987-A will be held Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012 at 7:00 contests, awards and scholarships and events 447-1950. Copies of the book available at the will chronicle a two week birding mara- Santa Rita Road, Pleasanton. Contact Monda p.m. at St. Michael's Parish Hall, 372 Maple celebrating American history. For members, class. Asbury United Methodist Church, 4743 thon across Alaska. No admission charge. Wiseman, Mgr. at (925) 462-7374 for more St., Livermore. Ten games of bingo; dance to prospective members, and information on East Avenue in Livermore. Refreshment served. For more information information. All proceeds benefit the Ameri- the music of DJ Joe Buonsante, a raffle and a meeting location, contact Ann 510-507-5509 Adult Inquirer's Class, St. Clare’s Episco- call 925-447-8843 or go to web site www. can Cancer Society’s programs of research, dance exhibition by Grace & Bryan Bandong. or [email protected]. pal Church, 3350 Hopyard Road, Pleasanton, ohloneaudubon.org education, service and advocacy. $10.00 per person. Beverages, pizza and Community Resources for Indepen- adult inquirer's class, Sunday mornings Tri-Valley Republican Women Feder- Toastmasters - Livermore Lunch snacks available for purchase. Reservation dent Living (CRIL) offers services to help January and February. Learn about the Epis- ated dinner and special evening with Janie Bunch meets Mondays at noon, conference deadline: Feb. 13. Call Rose S. 925-846-4227 people with disabilities and supports them copalian faith. Rev. Carol Cook will be the Johnson, author of “Don’t take my lemonade room, 2157 First St., Livermore. Learn to de- or Elaine M. 925-846-0897. If unable to at- to live independently and participate in their guide. For more information call the church stand, an American Philosophy”, and “Obama velop communication and leadership skills tend, a donation would be appreciated. Mail community for as long as they are willing office 925-462-4802. Sign up on the church 2012 Slogans Rewritten." Janie will discuss in a supportive environment that fosters donations to ICF c/o E. Meier, 6597 Lansing and able to do so. CRIL maintains offices in kiosk or on the web site: www.stclarespleas- her prescription for preserving the Republic self-confidence and personal growth. www. Ct., Pleasanton, Ca. 94566. Hayward, Fremont and Livermore to pro- anton.org. foundation of our country. Event info: Thurs- livermoretoastmasters.org. Tri-Valley Democratic Club monthly vide information and referrals and provide Tri-Valley Cultural Jews will be hosting day, February 9, 2012, 6:30 p.m., Cattlemen's Livermore-Amador Genealogical So- meeting, Mon., Feb. 20, 7 p.m. doors open, community education at senior centers and Tu B'Shvat at the Hayward Shoreline Interpre- Restaurant, 2882 Kitty Hawk Road, Livermore. ciety, meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.14, 7:30 p.m. meeting. This will be a meet the affordable housing complexes to residents tive Center. Tu B'Shvat Seder in honor of the $30 guests, $26 members. For reservations 2012 at Congregation Beth Emek, 3400 candidates night. Q&A will follow brief state- of Southern Alameda County. The Tri-Valley New Year of the Trees and taste the seven or information: [email protected] Nevada Ct., Pleasanton. The speaker is Lisa ments by the candidates. Refreshments. IBEW office is located at 3311 Pacific Avenue, Liver- species of fruits in Israel; learn about the or 925-462-4931. www.trivalleyrepublican- B. Lee, Professional Genealogist, who will Hall, 6250 Village Pkwy, Dublin. more 94550 and can be reached by phone shoreline area and pick up litter in the area. women.org for information on other TVRWF discuss how to access the NEHGS website Annual Rummage Sale, First Presbyte- at (925) 371-1531, by FAX at (925) 373-5034 All necessities will be provided. 10:30-12:30. activities. for digital images, recorded seminars, ar- rian Church, 451 So. K Street, Livermore. Fri. or by e-mail at [email protected]. February 5, 2012. A donation of $5 per non- Valley Spokesmen Bicycle Touring ticles, and researching data bases for New and Sat., Feb. 3 and 4, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on All services are free. member over 13. This is a child and adult Club, Sat., Feb. 4, 25 or 38 miles Cinderella England, Canada, and the British Isles. www. Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday. friendly event. Any questions, please call training rides, 9 a.m. start at Park and Ride L-AGS.org/maps/Pls-BethEmek.html. Contact Tri-Valley Animal Rescue (TVAR), Claws RELIGION Jamie Ireland at 510-888-1404. on Sycamore Ave., Teresa Thieben, 330-5265. Cheryl Palmer, email: [email protected] for Paws , Saturday, February 4, 2012, from St. Matthew's Baptist Church, 1239 What Christians Should Know about Sun., Feb. 5, 55 miles from San Ramon to Widowed Men and Women of North- 6-10 p.m. This fund-raising event will serve North Livermore Ave., Livermore. Services on Other Faiths, Feb. 9, 7 p.m. Father Thomas Livermore, meet 9:30 a.m. at Bollinger Park ern CA., Lunch and optional shopping in up all-you-can-eat Crab, Caesar Salad, Pasta, Sunday at 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. Adult Sunday Bonacci will share his expertise from his & Ride, Alberto Lanzas, 510-825-9581. Wed., Danville, Feb. 8, 11:30 a.m., RSVP by Feb. 5 Rolls, Dessert and Coffee/Tea. Raffle baskets; school 9:30 a.m., Children's Sunday school extensive work in the interfaith community. Feb. 8, 38 miles Pleasanton Ridge Park out to Marsha, 830-8483. General meeting and no-host bar (beer and wine). The event is at 9:30 a.m. Prayer each Wednesday at 7 Lynnewood United Methodist Church, 4444 Calaveras, meet 10 a.m. Gail Blanco, 892-1001. Birthday luncheon, Feb. 11, 1 p.m. Emil Villa's being held at the Shrine Event Center, 170 p.m. followed by Bible study at 7:30 p.m. Black Ave., Pleasanton. www.lynnewood. Anyone planning to go on a ride is asked to Hickory Pit, RSVP by Feb. 8 to Janet, 443-3317. Lindbergh Avenue, Livermore. Tickets are $50. 449-3824. org call the leader for details on where to meet Happy hour in Pleasanton, Feb. 16, 5 p.m. Order tickets on-line at www.tvar.org, or mail Faith Chapel Assembly of God, 6656 St. Clare’s Episcopal Church, 3350 Hop- and what to bring. RSVP by Feb. 14 to Kathy, 398-8005. Friendly a check to TVAR, PO Box 11143, Pleasanton, Alisal St., Pleasanton, Sunday School for all yard Road, Pleasanton. Services on Sunday, Interviewing Skills Workshop, for vet- bridge, lunch Pleasanton, Feb. 18, 1 p.m. RSVP CA 94588. Please include e-mail address so ages 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Children’s 8:00 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. All are welcome erans, Tuesday February 7, 2012 4:00 PM to by Feb. 14 to Ruby, 462-9636. Brunch/lunch in ticket confirmation can be sent electroni- Church 11:15 a.m. Women's Bible study and worship, whether or not you feel called 6:00 PM. Las Positas College, 3000 Campus Pleasanton, Feb. 19, 11:30 p.m., RSVP by Feb. cally to save on mailing costs. For more in- Wednesdays at 10 a.m. Intercessory prayer to participate in any other way in the com- Hill Dr., Livermore. LPC Veterans Resource 16 to Marsha, 830-8483. Lunch in Pleasanton, formation, please contact Susan Ruxton at 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Please call office at munity. For more information call the church Center building 1000. Presented by Pleasan- Feb. 26, 1 p.m. RSVP by Feb. 23 to Athene, [email protected] or 925-337-4946. 846-8650 for weekly programs. office 925-462-4802. ton VFW Post 6298 and American Legion Post 846-0111. Lunch and optional movie in 4th annual "Ragin Cajun" Mardi Gras Trinity, 557 Olivina Ave., Livermore. Community HU* Chant is the theme of a 237. Please e-mail Bill Oliver [email protected] Dublin, Feb. 29, 11:30 a.m., RSVP by Feb. 26 themed dinner and dance, silent and live Sunday worship at 8:30 and 11 a.m. and 6 non-denominational prayer activity Saturday by Fri., Feb. 3 with name and phone number to Marge, 828-5124. auction fund-raiser for the Sandra J. Wing p.m. Sunday school or Bible study for all ages February 4 at 1:15 PM. The Community HU is if attending and please indicate if a parking E-reader download class, Pleasanton Healing Therapies Foundation (SJWHTF), on at 9:45 a.m. Awana is Sunday at 3:30 p.m. held once a month each 1st Saturday at The pass is needed. This provides me with a mail- Public Library is offering a series of free one- Friday, March 2, at 6:30 p.m. at the Palm Event Wednesday nights there is adult Bible study Parkview, 100 Valley Avenue, Pleasanton. ing list to keep you posted on any changes time classes in February to teach patrons Center in Pleasanton. Tickets are $85 per at 6:45 and NRG and Re.Gen for youth, and Please contact http://eck-ca.org/ by com- that may arise. It will be on a first registered how to download free electronic books, au- person. The event will be hosted by Jessica children's choir for kids. Child care during all puter, or call (925) 944-0118. basis. If we have more than 20 registrants, diobooks and music to an E-Reader. Classes Aguirre and Mike Inouye. Bring your dancing events. 447-1848, www.trinitylivermore.org. "Mormonism" is the topic of February's there will be a second set of workshops. For teach those with a Kindle, Kindle Fire, Nook, shoes, beads and masks to the event. Help St. Charles Borromeo, 1315 Lomitas St. Charles' adult lifelong learning session those who send a confirmation a parking or tablet how to download material from the us, help cancer patients. Last year's event Ave., Livermore. Meditation groups following on Tuesday, February 7th from 7:30-9:00 pm pass will be sent via email. library. Classes begin on Tuesday, February 7 sold out, purchase tickets early. Visit www. the John Main tradition, every Monday 5:30 in Borromeo Hall. James Bennett, associate Bingo in Livermore has a new night and are scheduled at 7:00 p.m. Participants healingtherapiesfoundation.org or call (866) p.m. and 7 p.m. For details, contact Claire La professor of Religious Studies at Santa Clara with a Progressive Jackpot game. Tuesday must have a current Pleasanton library card 862-7270. Scola at 447-9800. University, is the presenter. Dr. Bennett will Night Bingo has come to The Bingo Ranch at to download e-materials. Registration is Crab Feed, Sat., Feb. 11, Aahmes Event Catholicism, St. Michael Catholic Church tell of the roots of Mormonism beginning in 3070 Pacific Avenue Livermore . Cash prizes required, please call the Reference Desk at Center, Livermore. 6 p.m. doors open, 7 p.m. in Livermore will screen all ten episodes 1830 in upstate New York and why this new from $175 to $1199. Doors open at 4:30pm 925.931.3400, extension 7. dinner, 8 p.m. dancing to "Country Flavor of Father Robert Barron's groundbreaking religion became so successful first in the and games begin at 7:00pm. Follow us on Pleasantonians 4 Peace, sponsoring a Band." Menu of crab and prime rib, pasta, "Catholicism" series, followed by a question United State. All are welcome. St. Charles is Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/85lyedm. As a candlelight Vigil 7 p.m. Wed., Feb. 8 in front salad, French bread and dessert. No host and answer session led by Suzanne Slupesky, located at 1315 Lomitas Ave., Livermore. For reaction to the state education budget and of the Museum on Main, 603 Main Street, bar. Silent auction. Fund-raising for Shrine Catholic theology scholar. One episode will more information contact Julie at upcatho- funding, schools have resorted to creative downtown Pleasanton. Participants will re- nonprofit. Tickets $40 per person, table of ten be featured per night for 10 consecutive [email protected] or 925-447-4549 ext 114. A $5 fundraising in order to keep programs afloat. flect on the human and monetary costs of the $375. Contact the Shrine Event Center Office Mondays through March 12, 2012, from 6 donation for the presenter is appreciated. LVCP High School is hosting the weekly war, honor veterans who have sacrificed, and at 373-4880 for tickets and/or information.