Memorial Day in Pleasanton Page 3 VOL. XX, NUMBER 18 • MAY 24, 2019 WWW.PLEASANTONWEEKLY.COM Workday opens its new office center in Pleasanton 2,200 employees start moving into city’s tallest building Page 12 5 NEWS Castlewood members oppose deal with Bay Club 5 NEWS Tennis courts now off the table for Amador parking 16 SPORTS Both schools with deep playoff runs on diamond ANNUAL PARKING LOT - WAREHOUSE LIQUIDATION Huge Savings Store Wide Up To 80% Off SALE MAY 25-26 • 9AM-5PM Great Bargains on Smokers, Gas BBQ’s, Charcoal Grills & Pellet Smokers. $ 00 Char Griller Pizza Stones All Patio Furniture 25 Akorn Kamado $ 00 % Free accessories $ 00 5 SALE OFF With Purchase SALE 50 199 (Limited Quantities) Reg. Online Price Huge Savings - Store Wide Discounts Up To 80% Off Pit Boss Pellet Smoker Wind Chimes All Patio Furniture Costco Furniture Leather Sectional $ 00 SALE % % % SALE 499 EXTRA 35OFF SALE 50OFF SALE 50OFF Rick’s Price! Reg. Online Price Reg. Online Price www.rickspicks.biz 719 Main Street, Pleasanton 925.426.SAVE (7283) Page 2 • May 24, 2019 • Pleasanton Weekly AROUND PLEASANTON BY JEB BING It’s Memorial Day weekend, fly the flag leasanton’s annual Memorial Day observance will be held Pstarting at 11 a.m. Monday in the garden area just south of the Pleasanton Senior Center on Sunol Boulevard. The Pleasanton Com- munity Concert Band, under the direction of Bob Williams, will play patriotic music before, during and after of the ceremony. The event will be hosted by the American Legion Pleasanton Post 237 with the assistance of the Veter- ans of Foreign Wars Pleasanton Post 6298. FENTON KREMER This year, the organizations also Local Navy veteran Rene Lavigne, will pay tribute to Navy veteran who died March 3, will be remembered at Memorial Day Rene Lavigne, a longtime member services Monday in a special poem of both groups who died March and during reading of Honor Roll 3. He was a fixture in the veter- of Silence. ans’ community. Rene and I both served in Korea and became good After a three-round gun salute to friends through veterans’ activities veterans, Nolan’s address will be fol- we shared in Pleasanton. He would lowed by the traditional reading of have turned 82 next Thursday. the Honor Roll of Silence. Rene often Rabbi Laurence Milder of Con- joined in these readings. This year, gregation Beth Emek in Pleasanton his name will be read along with a will open the ceremony with an in- poem written in his memory. vocation, followed by Legion Com- The Honor Roll honors the more mander Bill Danko and VFW Post than 500 veterans buried at Pioneer Commander David Caldwell who Cemetery, which was established will give welcoming addresses. Then early in the 1800s as Memorial Gar- the Legion colorguard will present dens and contains the remains of the colors, followed by the Pledge of many Pleasanton area pioneers and Allegiance. some who died much more recently Lt. Col. Jennifer Nolan, garrison that many of us knew. commander at Camp Parks in Dub- This will be followed by the play- lin, will be the keynote speaker. ing of Taps, the Laying of the Wreath, Most recently the chief of strategy for a bagpipe rendition of “Amazing the U.S. Southern Army Command Grace” and a benediction by Rabbi in Miami, she will address the sacri- Milder. fices the country’s military has made The ceremony will last approxi- through the years and will also talk mately 90 minutes. about the future of the military. Memorial Day, now observed as Nolan holds a degree in biology a holiday on the last Monday of from LaSalle University, a master’s May, honors the men and women degree in international business from who died while serving in the U.S. Trident University International and military. Known as Decoration Day a Master of Military Art and Science early on, it originated in the years from the School of Advanced Mili- following the Civil War and became tary Studies at Fort Leavenworth, an official federal holiday in 1971. Kansas. In Pleasanton, it has also become Nolan’s awards and decorations a day when many visit the adjoining include the Bronze Star, Meritori- Pioneer and St. Augustine’s cemeter- ous Service medal, Joint Service ies not far from the Senior Center COMING JUNE 7 Commendation medal, Army Com- and to pay special tribute to soldiers mendation medal, Joint Service buried there and see the Veterans inside your Pleasanton Weekly Achievement medal, Army Achieve- Memorial. Completed in 2016, the ment medal, Parachutist badge and memorial was developed as a part- a Humanitarian Service medal for nership between the city of Pleasan- Staying her work in responding to the El ton and the local posts of the VFW Salvador earthquake in 2001. and American Legion. Q Healthy About the Cover & Beautiful The first of 2,200 employees walk into Workday’s new multimillion-dollar headquarters in Pleasanton, which opened last week. The six-story office For advertising information building on Stoneridge Mall Road is the city’s tallest and brings new property and to reserve space, tax revenue to Pleasanton. The project also includes a new BART/Pleasanton police joint service center next door to boost law enforcement efforts on the contact your sales rep city’s north side. Photo by Mike Sedlak. Cover design by Paul Llewellyn. at 925.600.0840. Vol. XX, Number 18 Pleasanton Weekly • May 24, 2019 • Page 3 Streetwise ASKED AROUND TOWN Do you think the goals you set for yourself are reasonable and attainable? Doug Hagfeldt Construction Yes, although I have not quite attained them. But I am confident that I can and that ultimately, I will. Nothing that is worth anything ever happens overnight. Karl Foster General counsel Yes. My goals have evolved and changed as I’ve progressed through my career. I feel comfortable now that I am exactly where I should be. So I have accom- plished my goal and mission. Stanford pediatricians, now in your neighborhood at Bayside Medical Group Access to Excellence. Elizabeth Shearer genpeds.stanfordchildrens.org Receptionist I think I do. Honestly, I try to set the bar very low for myself. On the other hand, when it comes to what I expect of oth- ers, that’s another story. I think I have unreasonable goals in terms of how I expect others to treat me. 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POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Pleasanton Weekly, • Banquet Facilities Available 5506 Sunol Blvd., Suite 100, Pleasanton, CA 94566. ©2019 by Embarcadero Media. All rights reserved. Reproduction without permission is strictly prohibited. Page 4 • May 24, 2019 • Pleasanton Weekly Newsfront DIGEST Castlewood members vote against Antiques Faire Downtown Pleasanton is set to play host to the Spring Antiques pursuing deal with Bay Club & Collectibles Faire this Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Plans for future unconfirmed, though members supported extensive clubhouse remodel in March Dozens of dealers will fill up Main Street with a wide range BY TIM HUNT For the last few years, the club’s what can be offered. ADA improvements or ADA im- of collectibles and antiques, not embers of the Castle- Board of Directors and committee After a series of town hall meet- provements with major remodeling to mention downtown merchants wood Country Club in members have been analyzing how ings and its general membership to update the clubhouse. In that also participating in the event. “This is the place to shop for MPleasanton have rejected to address a number of challenges meeting in January, the board had March 5 vote, members voted 211- repurposed, upcycled, rustic, an- a proposal to negotiate a letter of facing the club.