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Water Quality is Factor for Trees, Plants in Drought Find Out What's By Ron McNicoll the tree trunk out to the edge be created by putting a small shampoo. potable water. Saving trees takes some of the branches' canopy. Us- berm of dirt around it. Some homeowners are The saltier water can Happening care and attention. However, ing a hose faucet timer, sold Other tips include adding picking up recycled water have a negative impact on it can be accomplished in a at most hardware stores, can six inches of mulch, which at the Dublin San Ramon salt-sensitive trees such as Check Out Section A drought with relatively little prevent overwatering, ac- helps soil retain moisture. Services District (DSRSD) redwoods, said Pleasanton Section A is filled with information about arts, water. cording to Save Our Water, Do not over-prune trees and Livermore plants, and arborist Michael Santos. He people, entertainment and The best way to water a a non-profit. during a drought; it stress- using it on their gardens. also named beech, birch, special events. There are mature tree is to use once Young trees need five es trees. Water saved in a Residents should be aware and Japanese maples, and education stories, a variety or twice a month a soaker gallons of water two to four bucket can be used to water that it contains 150 to 200 the shrubs azalea, photinia, of features, and the arts and hose or a drip system snaked times per week. A small trees, as long as it is free of parts per million more of rhododendron and camellia. entertainment and bulletin around in a spiral away from watering basin for a tree may non-biodegradable soaps of total dissolved salts than board. (See WATER, page 4)

Dublin Vallecitos School Acreage Trustee Planned Resigns For Sale GE-Hitachi Nuclear En- Trustee Sean Kenney ergy would like to sell 610 has resigned from the Dub- acres of its 1,600 Vallecitos lin Unified School District site southwest of Livermore. board effective July 31, The property is located 2015. where General Electric op- In a letter to the Board of erated four small boiling- Trustees, district Superin- water reactors starting in the tendent Stephen Hanke and 1950s, pioneering industrial Alameda County Superin- uses of atomic energy, such tendent L. Karen Monroe, as the manufacture of medi- cal radioisotopes and the first Kenney cited personal and nuclear contributions to the employment reasons for nation’s electrical grid. his decision. He served as Today, the entire site is a Trustee for the district operated under the watchful from December 2010 to eye of the Nuclear Regula- July 2015. tory Commission, which Kenney said: “After five governs commercial nuclear years in office, I am step- energy in the U.S. and which ping down from the DUSD has approval authority re- Board of Trustees. My work garding the proposed sale. commitments have been Before making a decision, escalating over the last year, the NRC is asking for pub- and I have not been able to lic comment not later than keep up with everything October 5. that needs to be taken care Only one of the reactors of as a Trustee. I am proud Photo - Doug Jorgensen remains in operation and of my record on helping all A signpost at Max Baer Park lists the locations where teams playing in the Intermediate Little League World Series only a “few hundred acres” students in my approach to come from. For more photos, go to page 6. are needed for nuclear opera- every issue we debated as a tions, according to Christo- Board. I will miss working pher White, a spokesperson with the staff, students and for GE-Hitachi Nuclear En- ergy. leadership of the district and Software Development Offers The rest of the land is un- wish them the best as they used or is leased to ranchers work on behalf of public for cattle grazing. There is education.” Huge Opportunities for the Future no need for the company to Kenney was elected to the own it all, he said. Board in November 2010. The development of soft- tion, health care, oil and gas to accommodate what was of the Tri-Valley. GE-Hitachi is a 2007 He served as Board Presi- ware provides a huge oppor- exploration and transporta- referred to as the "internet During the introductions, joint venture of General dent in 2014 and was re- tunity for the future as the tion, among others. of things." Security will be Pleasanton Director of Eco- Electric and Hitachi, the elected to his seat in Novem- connectivity between hu- An excess of data will be one of the issues. nomic Development Pamela Japanese industrial giant. ber 2014. During his time on mans and machines grows. required to train a machine. Those were just some of Ott pointed out that Pleas- About 100 GE-Hitachi the Board, he completed his One example already mak- Software innovation will the observations made last anton saw $1.7 billion in employees work at the Val- lecitos site, half of them Masters in Governance from ing news involves self-driv- be needed to prepare the Thursday during the annual venture capital investment recently moved from leased the California School Board ing cars. It is predicted that data to drive a machine. It Innovation Tri-Valley lun- over the last year with more Association (CSBA). similar software innovations offices in San Jose. Cur- was also predicted that in cheon held at the Casa Real than 25% going to software. rent efforts include provid- The Board of Trustees will ignite the next industrial the future computers would at Ruby Hill Winery. The Two panels, moderated ing radiography services will immediately begin the revolution involving avia- be built differently in order theme was Software Stars process of replacing Ken- (See SOFTWARE, page 4) ney. (See VALLECITOS, page 2)

Wind Turbine Ends Sick Frogs Stymie Fish Golden Eagle's Saga Ladder Project By Carol Graham Her wing had been struck For 86 days, she soared and badly damaged by a Two species of frogs in over the Livermore Valley, wind turbine. The workers Sunol Regional Park's Little her seven-foot wingspan a took her to Lindsay Wildlife Yosemite canyon are sup- deep golden brown against Experience in Walnut Creek posed to leave their homes blue summer skies. for treatment. in and around Alameda A satellite telemetry de- "They had seen her try- Creek to make way for a fish vice, #7833, tracked her ing to fly, and flopping on ladder. The ladder will help travels from Mount Diablo the ground," said Lindsay's steelhead migrate upstream to Sunol and the Pleasanton Executive Director Norma for spawning. Ridge to the Altamont Pass. Bishop. "Our veterinarians The federally listed red- But on July 25, the reha- described her wing as shred- legged frog and the yellow- bilitated golden eagle's life ded - bones were broken and legged frog, a candidate came to a heartbreaking, missing. Once they realized for listing, are the affected premature end. how badly she was injured species. She was found on the and that any attempt to save The frogs have to leave ground by two power work- her would be futile, only what will become a noisy, ers at an older wind turbine prolonging her suffering, disturbed site where work- farm in the Altamont Pass they euthanized her." ers will alter the stream Wind Resource Area. She The news devastated bed's rocks and pools. The was alive, but unable to fly. changes will enable the (See EAGLE, page 12) The eagle is held by Marcia Metzler during examination at Lindsay Wildlife Hospital. steelhead to gain better le- verage to make their jumps, and eventually move up- stream beyond the park. Inside PET OF THE WEEK However, the frogs are The sun will always rise with Apollo by your side! sick with a fungus infection. This four-year-old Flame Point Siamese Mix will Environmentalists are afraid SECTION A Editorial...... 4 soak up your attention and make you beam with moving the frogs to another Art & Entertainment...... 8 Mailbox...... 4 pride. Bask in the warmth of his love, and adopt environment would affect Bulletin Board...... 10 Roundup...... 2 Apollo at Valley Humane Society, 3670 Nevada amphibians there. Street in Pleasanton, Tuesday through Saturday The plan to move them Milestones ...... 11 & 12 Short Notes...... 9 from 10am – 4pm. For more information, please visit has been appealed by the MAIN SECTION Sports...... 6 valleyhumane.org or call (925) 426-8656. Photo - Valley Humane Society/E. Palange (See FROGS, page 2) Classifieds...... 11 Obituaries...... 9

PAGE 2 - The Independent, AUGUST 6, 2015 VALLECITOS Partnership to Build Bridge Over Arroyo (continued from page one) ing amphitheater. It will be tor Laura Mercier said adjustment in salary; and and generating industrial posed sale should be made The Livermore Area Rec- reation and Park District moved just a little to the that TVC's directors were other adjustments in line radioisotopes, particularly by October 5. They may (LARPD) will partner with north. in unanimous support of with the already-approved cobalt-60 for tumor therapy be sent by mail to Cindy the Tri-Valley Conservancy The next step in the pro- theproject. "The request for compensation package for and sterilization of medical Bladey, Office of Adminis- (TVC) for the construction cess will involve additional proposals is ready to go out." managers. instruments. tration, Mail Stop OWFN- of a new bridge in Sycamore field investigation of the In other action, the Direc- The new Human Re- GE-Hitachi also leases H08, Nuclear Regulatory Grove Park. preferred site to determine tors approved the Eleventh sources Manager Denise laboratory space at Valleci- Commission, Washington The LARPD board of if building a bridge there is Amendment to the Employ- Deprato was introduced. She tos to another high tech firm, DC 20555-0001; or by email directors authorized the gen- feasible. Once a final site ment Agreement between comes to LARPD from the Schafer Corp. to Carol.Gallagher@nrc. eral manager to enter into has been selected, the final LARPD and the General City of Sacramento Human Comments on the pro- gov. the agreement at last week's design work will be under- Manager Tim Barry. The Resources Department. She meeting. The bridge is nec- taken. modifications include ex- has a master’s degree in essary to provide year-round TVC will take the lead tending the terms of the public administration and passage over the Arroyo Del in managing the project and agreement through June 17, a bachelor’s degree in busi- Valle. The bridge also com- will take on the responsibil- 2018; a 3.5 percent cost- ness from Bellevue Univer- pletes a major connection ity of developing the final of-living increase to sal- sity, Nebraska. She has also of the Shadow Cliffs to Del design, obtaining funding ary; a 10 percent market served in the U.S. Air Force. Bill Introduced Valle Regional Trail. and completing construc- U.S. Representatives Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Rich- A feasibility study and tion. LARPD will approve ard Hudson (R-NC), and Elise Stefanik (R-NY) have conceptual design, funded the final design and provide introduced H.R. 3280, the bipartisan Widening Internet by TVC and the East Bay $100,000 toward the proj- Readiness for Employment Development (WIRED) Act Regional Park District, was ect, with TVC committed to help students, veterans, the unemployed, and the un- completed in February. It to obtaining the remaining amount, estimated to be deremployed in their job search. identified the best location for the bridge, as well as $500,000. This bill directs the Department of Labor (DOL) to TVC Executive Direc- create guidelines for One-Stop Career Center websites to an access trail to the exist- dramatically improve their design and offer job-seeking services virtually. “You can’t train and assist a 21st century workforce FROGS (continued from page one) with 20th century tools. In 2015, a job-seeker should not up that commitment, said have to walk into a One-Stop Career Center to get resume international organization Tim Ramirez, the SFPUC or cover letter assistance when the tools exist to provide Save the Frogs, and the Al- division manager for natural these services on a standard website,” explained Swalwell. ameda Creek Alliance. resources and lands manage- “This bipartisan legislation makes a commonsense fix to The project's sponsor, the ment. The agency intends to help job-searchers more easily access the skills and prepa- San Francisco Public Utili- complete its obligation in a ration they need to find a job.” ties Commission (SFPUC), timely way, said Ramirez. There are over 3,000 Department of Labor (DOL) One- owns Calaveras Dam and SFPUC will not delay for a Stop Career Centers across the country. The WIRED Act Caribbean Night reservoir, is improving the long time. Caribbean Fare would direct the Department of Labor to create quality Jeff Miller, director of Wine: Wood Family Vineyards standards for local One-Stop location websites and require dam, and has agreed to build these centers to offer certain job seeking services virtually. the fish ladder. the Alameda Creek Alliance, SFPUC wants to com- objects to moving the frogs plete its projects on time, because it would infect other WineLand Banjo Band Anniversary of Bombings populations. Further, he said Daniel Ellsberg, A-bomb Survivor Takashi Tanemori, and is in talks with the Na- Nostalgic songs of Yesterday Country Joe McDonald will take part in the 70th Anni- tional Marine Fisheries Ser- he is not sure that the project Southern Style Fare versary Hiroshima Commemoration, Protest & Nonvio- vice (NMFS) and other would even be needed, since Wine: Cedar Mountain Winery lent Direct Action at the Lawrence Livermore National agencies to try to resolve the it's not clear to him that the Laboratory. new problem of sick frogs. ladder would help trout to Northern California peace advocates will mark the However, SFPUC says that migrate at low flows. The San Francisco Plan- I Got You Babe historic 70th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of there definitely is a commit- Favorites from jazz, rock, country Hiroshima and Nagasaki. ment to build the fish lad- ning Department is in charge Prime Rib and Pasta The event will take place Thurs., August 6, 2015. A der. 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At PG&E, our customers are our neighbors. The communities we serve See the FActS as PG&E employees are where we live and work too. IN the BAy AreA That’s why we’re investing $5 billion this year to enhance pipeline safety Replaced more than 30 miles and strengthen our gas and electric infrastructure across northern and of gas transmission pipeline central California. It’s why we’re helping people and businesses gain energy efficiencies to help reduce their bills. It’s why we’re focused on Invested more than $2.1 billion developing the next generation of clean, renewable energy systems. into electrical improvements Together, we are working to enhance pipeline safety and strengthen Connected more than 65,000 our gas and electric infrastructure—for your family and ours. rooftop solar installations PAGE 4 - The Independent, AUGUST 6, 2015 SOFTWARE (continued from page one) EDITORIAL by Peter Burrows from searchers are able to relax said of the announcement, is made for a virtual visit. Bloomberg News, were and think and are not pres- "This is the first time in over Surak, noted that four Councilman Gary Scornful comprised of representa- sured to deliver a product a decade that there has been years ago GE software em- tives from businesses, both tomorrow." an effort to make high per- ployed ten people. The goal Of Speakers at Meeting large and small, as well as Streitz agreed. "That's formance computers avail- was to ignite the next indus- When Livermore City Councilmember the national laboratories. how we compete. The Lab able to all segments. It think trial revolution through the Stewart Gary feels that he is not prevailing on The first panel dealt work environment is one we will see a big impact on use of the internet, produc- an important issue, he scorns those with whom with the topic Software where work is conducted funding." ing smarter machines that - Partnerships Key to an to solve problems that re- Streitz commented that connect with people. he disagrees. He attacks them personally, not Innovative Energy. Panel searchers can't touch any- in the future computers that Beard predicted the just their arguments. members included Jackie where else on earth. The now fill a room will be able "mother of all tech waves," In the matter before the council last May 18 Chen, Sandia National Tri-Valley is a great place to fit in our kids' pockets. would involve digitizing the involving the expansion of off-highway vehicle Laboratories; Roy Neely with a community oriented "Privacy is an issue. With physical world. The volume use into a previously unused 3000 acre site, he and Fred Streitz, Lawrence environment. We exploit the merger of computation will be unbelievable; a lot Livermore National Labo- those factors." and simulation, computers of it is not secure. He told suggested that his fellow council members had ratory; and Rob Sadow Cabral said there is com- are becoming harder to use. the story of hiring a hacker colluded prior to the meeting. He encouraged from Scoop, a start-up petition for talent. The The nation, as a whole,needs to hack into a drug infusion citizens to use the Public Records Act to have company. effort on the part of his to become more computer pump. The person was able their emails searched. Collusion of the three The second group fo- company has been to differ- literate. to impact the level of mor- council members would have been a serious cused on Tri-Valley Soft- entiate between those who At one point, he de- phine being administered to ware Driving the World. would live and work in the scribed how computation a patient by going in through violation of the Brown Act. The investigation Panelists included Marty Tri-Valley rather than get and simulation have made a wifi connection. found that his supposition was totally false. Beard, Blackberry; Tim on BART. "We want them it possible to model a human Surak, said he could re- At the last City Council meeting on July 27, Cabral, Veeva Systems; to stay in Pleasanton. It is heart as it is beating. The late similar scary stories he targeted speakers addressing the council on Ray O'Connor, Topcon; a struggle every day to find resolution achieved makes with regard to cybersecurity. what they would like to see included as uses in Rahul Parikh, the Perma- the people." it possible to distinguish "If a product isn't secure, it nente Medical Group; and GE software made the between hearts. doesn't matter how good it a request for proposal (RFP) for two downtown Brad Surak, GE Software. decision to locate in San Beard, COO of Black- is." He saw a growth at GE sites belonging to the City of Livermore. Find- Chen, a combustion Ramon because of the tal- berry, noted that the focus of in creating its own software. ing himself on the defensive, he portrayed the scientist, is involved in ent pool on hand, looking the company is developing We can't afford to wait for a speakers as children looking for gifts unaware combustion simulation in for those with 15 to 20 security software. vendor to bring the answers of the City's financial responsibilities. an effort to produce more years of experience. The Cabral described his because data is so important fuel efficient combustors. work force has grown from company, Veeva System, as to operations and power Those providing input on the RFP included Neely deals with de- 10 people to 1200 in 3.5 working to use cloud solu- generation. GE is building a Bill Goldstein, Director of the Lawrence veloping applications that years. Quality of life of- tions to get life saving drugs platform that has access to Livermore National Laboratory; John Sen- drive the high speed com- fered here and meaningful to market and once in the data as a machine is running siba, Chair of Innovation Tri-Valley; Chris puters at the Lab. problems for people to market, help to get the word and has the ability to deter- Chandler, Executive Director of Livermore Sadow's start-up fo- solve have made it possible out about the product. mine how much power can cuses on trip sharing as to attract those employees. Topcon's O'Connor noted be generated. "It's an issue Valley Winegrowers Association; and Barbara a way to save money, as However, as the business that the automation of indus- of profitability." Steinfeld, CEO of Visit Tri-Valley, as well as well as reduce the impact is up to scale, there is dif- try, including agriculture and Beard said there is a need numerous arts community leaders, businesses of commuting on the en- ficulty in attracting young construction machines, have for employees to be creative and interested citizens. vironment. The goal is to talent. been the driving principle in in how the dots are connect- Many specifically opposed extensive condo have the majority of com- O'Connor said that Top- the company's growth. ed, they need to see patterns muters share rides to work. con markets the Tri-Valley Parikh, said that an ob- someone else may miss. development in the center of the downtown. A He said that he focused by talking about cutting session about delivering care Some of these come from large number of the speakers stated that a hotel/ on Pleasanton as a place down on commutes result- at Kaiser drives innovation. liberal arts backgrounds. conference center would be beneficial to the for his start-up because ing in more family life. The Privacy is an issue in provid- Cabral said they do look city. Statistics were cited showing the current there are forward thinking issues Topcon faces involve ing care over the internet. for STEM graduates, but 88% occupancy rate at Tri-Valley hotels as companies in the forefront the cost of living and the He noted that virtual visits take into account other fac- of solving issues for their huge salaries paid by busi- in 2008 were at 8 million a tors. For example, they look a basis for believing an upscale, full service employees located there. nesses such as Google and year; now Kaiser is getting at people who who when destination hotel/conference center would Streitz, director of the Apple. closer to 10 million a year. they were kids built their be viable. Bookings over 70%are considered high performance com- O'Connor stated that The goal is to attain high own projects. He advised excess demand. Citizens noted that those at- puting center at the Lab, the "internet of things" is quality care and the access students to be active, round tending conferences would help to boost the noted that a work force happening, meaning that desired by patients. Custom- themselves out. There is a would be needed to exploit machines are connected. It er behavior will drive what need to be practical while economy. Livermore is losing conference the capabilities of the high is possible to know where happens. One issue to be still engaging in critical business to nearby cities. performance computers machines are and to see the determined is how payment thinking. In response, Gary stated, "I kind of feel like that would allow industry machines work in real time. Santa Claus. You know, all the kids just came to take advantage of the Asked about the com- and sat on the lap and said, ‘This is what we innovations that result. puting initiative introduced Throughout the presen- by the Department of En- want.’” Hello. Of all the speakers tonight how tations, the issue of finding ergy, Neely said that this many people understand how a municipal the necessary talent to is the first time there has WATER budget works? How do you understand how develop innovative ideas, been a statement from the (continued from page one) we pay for public services? There’s only 8 as well as to advance ideas federal government that already in the works, came high performance capacity Santos said that recycled acres out there. Only 8 acres. It's the last, best water used on salt-sensitive up over and over. It's not is important to an innova- will be used in Central Park. plants could lead to leaf burn income producing general government revenue just about computation. tion initiative. Water for the Fahey and at the edge of leaves, leaf acreage we have." The future includes ground He referred to the cre- Athan parks comes from drop, stunted growth, branch breaking work that will ation of a national stra- the DERWA project, a joint Gary noted, that this downtown develop- dieback and death. production of DSRSD and include interdisciplinary tegic computing initia- ment has to turn a profit. "The last thing this Using recycled water EBMUD. Before the parks teams involving math, sci- tive announced recently councilmember is going to want to do is to put is a complex topic, said were irrigated, EBMUD ence, engineering and the by the President. The Santos. It's important to use conducted a soils study; a council chambers and some conference space liberal arts. goal is to maximize recycled water for the land- then followed up a few years downtown that doesn’t turn a nickel.” Neely stated, "It's a benefits of high-perfor- scapes that tolerate it, but later with another study. said big challenge. We are in a Looking back, he said that ten years ago, the mance computing (HPC) for a large number of plants McNamara. city put housing on some of the dirt, because growth period at the Lab research, development, and trees, critical levels of There are studies for both property taxes on condo units pay more than and are trying to do a lot of and deployment. In his salt tolerance has yet to be the soil condition before and hiring. Supply and demand announcement,President empty conference space. established. after a few years of usage. is the problem. There are Obama said that maximiz- For people motivated to In the "after" study, "the At another point in the discussion, he stated, not enough graduates with ing the benefits of HPC in read about salt tolerance salt content (in both parks) “We understand the economics up here." computation skills. Sal- the coming decades will for various trees and plants, was off the charts," said At the very end of his extended comments, ary pressures and housing require an effective na- Santos said that an excellent McNamara. Gary appeared to tip his hat to the speakers by prices impact the Lab's tional response to increas- source is "Abiotic Disorders Asked whether any red- ability to hire workers." ing demands for computing saying that the RFP should be “ramped up." of Landscape Plants." woods are in danger, McNa- He added that the Lab power, emerging techno- It was published in 2003 mara said, "We can see that Gary chose to ignore the depth of the infor- is still considered to be an logical challenges and op- by University of California they are declined, and seem mation respectfully provided by the public. attractive place to work. portunities, and growing Agriculture and Natural to be getting a little worse Because Livermore is a destination, an upscale, "The weather is good. It is economic dependency on Resources, (Publication No. each year." full-service hotel/conference center would a happening place." and competition with other 3420). DSRSD general manager Chen said it is difficult nations. In San Ramon, two city Bert Michalczyk said that it be well filled. It would pay room taxes, and to attract scientists with Neely said that there parks with redwood trees may be true that in a normal increase sales and property taxes in the sur- expertise in combustion. are not enough people with have been using recycled rain year, recycled water rounding area. It would meet the needs of the However, Sandia has been needed skills in university water. The city has found may easily be leached down labs, wineries, corporations, Premium Outlets, using post-docs. In addi- pipelines to drive innova- problems with redwoods in into the soil, and not give a those two parks -- Richard arts organizations, downtown businesses and tion, the Department of tion. HFC will keep the redwood's shorter area roots Energy has funded work- US at the forefront of high Fahey Park and Byron Athan a salt problem. However, the residents more than a small hotel and six acres force development pro- performance computing ca- Downs. A third park with drought has prevented any of downtown condos. After all, residential grams. In general, software pability. However, China, redwoods, Central Park, such cleansing, he said. development needs expensive services, such and data talent are hard Russia and India are nip- uses potable water, and also Also of concern is that as schools. to fund. The fact that the ping at our heels. water from a well on loca- the Delta, which brings most tion, and has not had prob- of the Valley's potable wa- Gary faced a roomful of community leaders laboratories offer a dif- He predicted a big data ferent environment is one explosion, with a synergy lems, said public services ter, becomes saltier in the and residents who gave information, even sta- area that allows Sandia to involving high speed com- director Karen McNamara. drought. That can be a con- tistics, regarding their ability to fill an upscale compete. She stated, "Re- puting and simulation. He Eventually, recycled water tributor, too, he stated. hotel/conference center. To downplay their statements, he discredits them by comparing them to children sitting on his lap, as if he were Santa Claus. His condescending attitude ill befits a councilmember. (Opinions voiced in let- Downtown Livermore parking included. Council follow through with ters published in Mailbox Ileyne Moore Parking is a major issue! all the downtown redevelop- are those of the author and Livemore What are your plans? I came ment plans they have then do not necessarily reflect A few suggestions for up with a sensible one! say goodbye to finding park- the opinion of The Inde- the Downtown Livermore Let's say "NO" to more ing and being able to get into pendent. 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As many Tri Valley hik- ers, horseback riders and picnickers have observed this summer, a remarkable profusion of red growths are covering the leaves of many local oak trees, par- ticularly the blue oaks at Del Valle, Sunol and other parks. Some park visitors have Alameda County Fire Department Engineer Jim compared the look to that of Derickson is pictured with Supervisor Scott Haggerty. holly berries at Christmas. The growths are oak galls, which have been part of the California ecosystem for thousands of years. According to experts at the UC-Berkeley’s Essig Museum of Entomology, the galls are triggered by insects – stingless wasps, which lay Cystalline oak galls cover the leaves of many blue oak trees their eggs in or on oak leaves with a chemical that takes entire underside of a leaf. the Tri-Valley in lands man- ergy and resources, which over the leaf’s local chemis- Small red growths that look aged by East Bay Regional might otherwise be going try and stimulates the growth like sea urchins are pro- Park District, including the to strengthen the roots and of a protective shell for the duced by urchin gall wasps. blue oaks now experiencing other structures that are larvae that will follow. Tiny galls that look like red the heavy gall infestations. crucial to the tree’s survival, There are many hundreds chocolate kisses come from Gall wasps have a are instead being diverted to of varieties of these gall the red cone gall wasp. strange, two-part life cycle, generate tissue that protects wasps, more than entomolo- To a passerby, the red with an all-female popula- thousands upon thousands of gists have been able to iden- galls give the impression of tion producing both males wasp larvae. tify, according to the experts. temporary decorations, odd and females, which gener- Michelle Hammond, a It is clear, however, that the if striking intruders in the ate a new population of fe- botanist who works at East wasps are highly particular canopy of the oak. Many males only, according to US Bay Regional Park District in choosing leaves to lay other galls are too small or Department of Agriculture as well as at UC-Berkeley, their eggs on. dull in color to be noticed. guide to diseases and insects agrees that the galls may be Livermore Police Chief Mike Harris accepting award for found in California oak. further weakening drought- Sgt. Briggs from Supervisor Scott Haggerty. The look and size of the All of them are, however, galls vary greatly with the an integral and lasting part Online publications as stricken trees. “Probably specific wasp and its leaf. of the complex ecosystem well as sources at Berkeley climate change and drought The red galls that are made possible by the oak suggest that in a normal trump everything,” she said. Supervisor so visible this summer are and its canopy, an ecosystem year, the galls cause little if Still, even during years found on blue oaks, typically that includes visible inhabit- any harm to the oaks. This with normal weather pat- from one of three tiny wasps ants like birds and squirrels. year, however, the story may terns, “there can be cycles” Recognizes Two called cynipids, according to According to a 2009 arti- be different because they are of larger insect populations Katherine Schick, a research cle in Bay Nature magazine, adding to the stress brought followed by fewer, rich specialist at the Essig. California ’s 22 species of on by the extreme drought, acorn years followed by lean First Responders Galls that look like red oak tree support more than according to Essig Museum years. That’s not all bad, she fuzzy caterpillars come from 200 species of cynipid gall supervisor and collections said. “Galls are beneficial to Alameda County Supervisor Scott Haggerty recognized crystalline gall wasps, she wasps. Half of those oak manager Peter Oboyski. other life, like a chickadee a police officer from the Livermore Police Department and a said. These can cover the species are found in or near A weakened tree’s en- sitting in an oak, picking off member of the Alameda County Fire Department as the re- the wasps as they come out.” cipients of the 2015 Law Enforcement Officer and the 2015 Fire Fighter of the Year Awards at Haggerty’s 19th annual barbecue held at the Fairgrounds in Pleasanton last week. “I am pleased to honor public safety personnel with this award,” said Haggerty. “The sacrifices and contributions Hope Hospice Recognizes Volunteer of our firefighters and law enforcement officers are not taken for granted and this is a small but special gesture to JoAnne Revelli, a resi- highlight these heroes.” dent of Livermore, was re- Receiving the 2015 Law Enforcement Officer of the cently named Hope Hospice Year, Sergeant Elaine Briggs of the Livermore Police De- Volunteer of the Quarter. partment. Sergeant Briggs has served 15 years in the LPD, She began volunteering at rising through the ranks of patrol officer, Field Training Hope Hospice in 2008 for Officer, and Detective before her promotion as sergeant. the Children’s Bereavement While serving in the Criminal Investigations Bureau, Group, and has volunteered Sergeant Briggs became one of the most tenured detectives 128 hours. in the history of the Livermore Police Department. Sergeant “Being a volunteer for Briggs earned an outstanding reputation solving an array of Hope Hospice has been a cases ranging from robberies to financial crimes. The most most rewarding and satis- recent case involved an employee of a local bank forging fying experience for me,” the signature of an elderly customer, draining his bank ac- says Revelli. “Whether I’m count of his life savings. Even after his death, the man’s working with children who daughter encountered continued resistance from the bank in have suffered a loss or co- investigating the suspected crime, until Sergeant Briggs was ordinating donations for assigned the case. Her involvement resulted in the arrest The Hike for Hope event, of the perpetrator and after months of court appearances, it brings me tremendous the defendant accepted a guilty plea to three felony counts amount of satisfaction to including grand theft and elder abuse. know that I’m able to give “Sergeant Briggs demonstrated not only professionalism back to the community and dedication to solving this case but also empathy towards through a wonderful orga- the victim and his family,” said Haggerty. “With a growing nization – Hope Hospice.“ population of aging adults many of which are vulnerable Revelli explains, “Six to such crimes, the public is well served by officers such years ago, I got involved JoAnne Revelli with her Hope Hospice teammates. as Sergeant Briggs.” with The Hike for Hope – Engineer Jim Derickson of the Alameda County Fire first as a volunteer on the raising spirit of the event, that had a collective value others such as wine tastings, Department is recognized with the 2015 Firefighter of the day of the event, then later JoAnne formed Revelli of more than $5,000. Some jewelry, and local dining Year award. Derickson has been with ACFD since Febru- on the planning committee. Team Hope, raising $2,325 of the items were used as were part of the raffle that ary 1993. Originally hired by the Eden Consolidated Fire Knowing that the annual with her group of hikers refreshments for hikers, and hikers were able to enjoy. Protection District, five months later the Alameda County hike was one of Hope Hos- and capturing the award for Board of Supervisors established the district as the Alameda pice’s major fundraising Second Place Team Captain. County Fire Department. In March 1999 Jim was promoted campaigns, I have continued Individually, Joanne raised to Fire Engineer responsible for ensuring fire equipment to serve on the committee $1,030 and received the is well-maintained, functioning and readily available for to help with the future suc- distinction of being named Castro Valley firefighting activities. Jim’s mechanical aptitude earned cess of this very important First Place Individual Hiker. him the respect of fellow firefighters and a well-deserved event.” The Hike for Hope Adding to that, JoAnne Greek Fest reputation throughout the organization for the care and is one of Hope Hospice’s knocked on the doors of reliability of its life-saving equipment. In addition to his major fundraising events. businesses in the Tri-Valley August 21-23, 2015 routine duties, Derickson has taken on the challenge of Getting into the fund- to solicit in-kind donations restoring the ACFD’s 1915 Seagrave Fire Engine and 1935 Fri 5-10; Sat 12-10; Sun 12-7 Ford Fire Engine, beautiful relics of the ACFD firefighting Authentic Greek Cuisine Resurrection heritage. Jim Derickson, himself is of firefighter heritage • Roasted Lamb • Gyros • Tiropita (Cheese Pie) NEW ON THE MARKET Greek Orthodox • Dolmades • Spanakopita (Spinach Pie) • Roasted with his father having served in the City of Berkeley Fire Church Chicken • Pork Souvlaki • Calamari • Greek Meatballs Department, his brother also an ACFD firefighter serving 20104 Center Street, • Pastichio & Halloumi plus • Homemade Greek the City of Newark and the newest member joining the Castro Valley Pastries (Baklava & Loukoumades) & Kafenion ACFD firefighter family this year, his son Brian. (510) 581-8950 for info. 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The game featuring East against District 57 was won by the East, 9 70 7.

Action in the game that saw Minnesota defeat Hawaii, 9 to 5.

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Livermore welcomed eleven Little League teams from all over the world to the city with a parade down First Street last Saturday. The teams are in town to take part in the Online Calendar! Intermediate Little League World Series. Following the parade, teams were introduced and team members were presented with special medals. Five are international teams, six represent regions of the United States. The action got underway on Sunday with a game between the Central Region (Minnesota) and the West Region (Hawaii). Minnesota won by a 9 to 5 score. The host District 57 Little League representative from Danville was edged by the Eastern Region team from New York, 8 to 7, in the second game of the day. On Monday, South Korea, from the Asia Pacific Region, shutout the Czech Republic (Euro-Africa), 17 to 0. Another shutout followed with Texas from the Southwest Region defeating Minnesota 3 to 0. The Southeast Region team from Florida shutout the New York team 8 to 0. Tuesday's action got underway with the U.S. Virgin Islands, representing Latin America taking on Quebec, the team from Canada, with the VIrgin Islands winning 9 to 2. The day continued with a game between Minnesota and Danville, ending with a New York- Hawaii matchup. Games are played at Max Baer Park in Livermore, 1310 Murdell Lane. Admission to the games is free. There are food trucks, food booths and the snack bar will be in operation. The International and US champions will play for the title at 6 p.m. on Saturday, August 8. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN. The Challenger game will take place on Friday, Aug. 7 at 10:30 am. A team from CA District 8 (Stockton) will play the team from CA District 67 (Tracy). The brackets and all other items, such as game time, scores and updates, can be found at www.lliws.org site.

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The Livermore Fusion U13 Girl’s Maroon Team took home the championship trophy from the Suntan Classic tournament held in Sacramento over the weekend. Livermore’s stellar defensive team of Emily Krakoski, Granada Little League 2015 11 year old Black Team took Sarah Lopez-Quintana and goalie Kelsey Hoopes first place in the Tassajara Valley Turf & Dirt Tournament allowed only one score in four games. Livermore won Pleasanton Rage U10 White won all four of its matches in Danville this past week, ending their 4th and final the title in the closing seconds when Danielle Castro to take first place in the Rage College Showcase tournament for July. Pictured are (bottom) Andrew passed to Lily Redell who popped it in seconds before Tournament. They repeated the accomplishment at the Berg, Jordan Fritz, Jake Fields, Darren Dangler; (second the whistle for the 1-0 win over El Dorado. It was an Mustang Stampede tournament this past weekend, row) Alex Clouser, Hayden Willlams, Neil Shah, Mathieu all out effort by every single player in 90 plus degree winning all four matches to take the championship. Rocheleau, Aiden Ott, Colin Pearce, Aidan Buenrostro, temperatures and smoke-filled skies. Pictured is the Coached by Nick Mangiardi and Dave Shaw, the team Mason Newbould; (last row) Coaches: Steve Fields, Mike winning Fusion team coached by Alec Taylor, (bottom includes Avalon Kenitzer (Ava, Brooklyn Still, Ellie Fritz, Dany Rocheleau, and Eric Berg. row, from left) Erin Murphy, Lindsey Sutton, Shae Hill, White, Julia Lindstrom, Lauren Grgurina, Layla Armas, Danielle Castro, Brooke Eddy, Kylie Neubauer, Lily MacKenzie Wright, Savanna Warner, Savannah Battaion, Redell; (top row) Jessica Vasquez, Nina Fillari, Kendall Siena Hunter, Siena Queirolo, and Sienna Flores. Sutton, Kelsey Hoopes, Kayla Galo, Emily Krakoski and Sarah Lopez-Quintana.

Guardian Knights Wrestling Club participants in Fargo, North Dakota Nationals Wrestling Tournament were Jack Kilner, Ahmet Gueye, Conner Bartlik, Anthony Martinez, The Pleasanton Rage U11 Orange team won the 2015 Dustin Dukleth, Jerrod DeLaTorre, Logan Atchinson, Santa Cruz Breakers Cup – Premier Division. The team, Justin Phillips, and Briar Edwards. Not pictured Jonah coached by Darin Preszler, went undefeated to win the Perez. The Pleasanton Rage U9 Orange captured the 2015 championship. Together with her tremendous defenders, Pleasanton Rage Showcase. The team, coached by goalkeeper Elizabeth Fineberg did not allow a single Axel Thibodeau, went undefeated (4-0) to win the goal in four games. On the offensive side of the field, championship. Following the Spring season, where the Mia Corpuz, Emma Fuller, Alura Hagan Kaitlin Lemus, girls played up at U10, this was their first time playing at Alana Owens, Shiranika Rajsekar, and Kiana Tahmassebi their age group level. They beat Santa Rosa, Clovis, and were tenacious in their possession of the ball, passing Mustang Mercury before heading into the championship and communication. The defenders, Casey Currie, Ava game against Mustang's #1 team, Xplosion. Led on Hofstede, Paige Morgan, Kelly Queen, and Elizabeth offense by Giana Owens, Giana Guerrero, Riley Horn Williams, were relentless in keeping the ball on the and Aishwarya Anburaja - the girls went ahead early opponents’ side of the field and pressuring the other with two quick goals. Alden Hofstede, Ava Haviley and team to turn the ball over. In pool play, RAGE outscored Aleka Mandava held down the midfield; while Abby Mai, their opponents 7-0 with goals by Emma Fuller, Alura Eva Torrico, Presley Cash and Reese Gotchall's stellar Hagan, Alana Owens, and Kiana Tahmassebi. The team defense limited Mustang's scoring opportunities. At won the championship game against Davis Legacy 1-0 full time the game was 3-1, Orange on top and riding with seamless defense and a second half goal by Emma momentum into the Fall season. Fuller. Winning the tournament was a tremendous team effort, and all the girls were instrumental in winning the CYO Cross Country vidual or as a foursome. Sponsorships trophy. St. Michael CYO cross country at four different levels are available. team will begin practices for the fall For more info and to register, go to season on Sunday, August 16. Meets www.healingtherapiesfoundation.org. watching their children play and have begin September 18 and go through Top Soccer fun while learning a skill. October 16. The team is open to all Adult Basketball Fusion Soccer Club is launching For more information go to www. children from kindergarten through Registration is underway for the its 2nd year of Top Soccer, a soccer fusionsc.org eighth grade who live in Livermore Livermore Area Recreation and Park program for young athletes with or attend St. Michael. All levels of District Fall 2015 Adult Basketball disabilites. running ability and experience are League. Every week, the players improved Thunder Sox Tryouts Dustin Dukleth and Joey Lestochi from the Guardian welcome. Go to www.smisctrack.org Games begin on Sept. 20. High on skill, focus and team bonding. The Thunder Sox baseball team will for more information or contact Tracy and low divisions are offered. Fee vision of this program was to first al- hold fall team tryouts, 9U-14U on Knights Wrestling Club are heading to Bulgaria to low all children, regardless of ability, Vogler at [email protected] or is $495 per team (based on 6-team Sun., Aug. 16 and Sun., Aug. 23, 9:30 endure international wrestling competition. 925-980-2159. leagues, 10 games plus playoffs for to play the game of soccer. Secondly, a.m. to noon at Bill Payne Fields, Pat- the top four teams). Fusion SC wanted the parents to have terson Pass Road, Livermore. www. Registration will be taken through an opportunity to relax and enjoy tsoxbaseball.com Fall Softball dept. 10, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Robert Livermore Girls Softball Associa- Livermore Community Center Gym, tion is now accepting registration for 4444 East Ave., Livermore. Com- thunder sox the Fall Recreational season. This pleted roster, waiver and fees must be season starts in September and ends completed at registration. Granada Rider Competes in baseball club in early November. No prior experi- For information, contact Kacy ence necessary. To learn more, visit Silva, [email protected] or 373-5733. LivermoreGirlsSoftball.org or email North American Championships Fall Team Tryouts [email protected]. Mavericks Fastpitch Granada High School senior Shelby Rocereto and her Mavericks Fastpitch is a youth horse traveled to Lexington, Kentucky to compete in the 9U –14U Golf Tournament Fastpitch travel ball organization Pro-Amigos Golf Tournament based out of Livermore. It is currently North American Junior and Young Rider Championships Sun., Aug. 16th & Sun., Aug. 23rd will be held at the Sunol Golf Course, scheduling tryouts for players born in held July 14 – 19, 2015. Considered the “Olympics” of horse August 14, 2015. 11a.m. Check-in. 2002 & 2003 for this upcoming Fall 9:30 a.m. - Noon The public is invited to participate. season. The program includes both riding for young riders, Shelby had to qualify in previous Proceeds will be used to provide indoor training and field training regional equestrian competitions to be invited to this re- Bill Payne Fields humanitarian services to depressed throughout the year. The organization nowned event, where she competed at an international level. communities in and around Puerto supports ASA, USSSA, NSA and PGF Patterson Pass Road, Livermore Penasco, Mexico. Primary support is tournaments. To schedule a tryout Shelby Rocereto competed in the Dressage division. to a women's clinic, an elderly center, send email to mavssoftball121@ She earned a silver medal in the junior team championship. • Professional Coaching • Player Development • Tournament & League Play and a home for children with special gmail.com needs. Scramble format, putting “We are thrilled with Shelby’s accomplishments both in Visit Our Website to Register for Tryouts contest , and longest drive contest. the classroom and field,” said Superintendent Kelly Bowers. $125.00 entry fee. Dinner as well as Softball Tryouts “Her dedication to maintain a 4.1 GPA while competing at www.TsoxBaseball.com silent and live auctions follow. $40.00 The Bears Softball Association for dinner only. Tee sponsors needed is conducting tryouts for all teams a national level exemplifies how a well balanced student (510) 909-6718 at $100.00 per tee. For information (12U, 14U, 16U, and 18Gold) for its can thrive in multiple settings.” contact Antonio at 925-413-1890 or Fall Season. Tryouts will be held on visit: www.proamigos.org. Saturday and Sunday, August 15 & The North American Junior and Young Rider Champion- 16, at Diablo Valley College, 321 Golf ships (NAJYRC) is a prestigious equestrian competition for Club Road in Pleasant Hill. 12U/14U Golf Tournament tryouts from 9am – noon; 16U/18G horse riders ages 14 to 21 years old. Following the rules of Join Sandra J. Wing Healing tryouts 1-4pm both days. Visit www. the Federation Equestre Internationale (FEI), the interna- Therapies Foundation on the links at bears-softball.com for required forms. Castlewood Country Club on Monday, tional governing body for equestrian sport, this is the only September 21 for their 3rd Annual FEI championship held in North America. Many of North Golf Tournament. Registration begins Adult Softball America’s best equestrians who compete in the Olympics at 10:30 a.m. and the shotgun start is Looking for Adult Softball Players at 12:00 p.m. Awards, appetizers and ages 18 and up (Men & Women) and international championships first started their career at cocktails are at 5:00 p.m. Castlewood Levels ranging from lower com- the North American Junior and Young Rider Championship. Country Club is located at 707 Coun- petitive coed to competitive men’s. try Club Circle in Pleasanton. Season runs until mid-October For more information about the North American Junior Participation will help make a dif- on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and and Young Rider Championships please visit www.youn- ference in the lives of cancer patients Friday nights. griders.org. in the Tri-Valley. Registration includes If interested, contact: Michael a round of 18 holes, awards, cocktails Garza at [email protected] or 925- and appetizers. Register as an indi- 373-5731 PAGE 8 - The Independent, AUGUST 6, 2015 Livermore Rotary Music Scholarship Benefit Concert Set The Livermore Rotary Club welcomes back world-class solo guitarist Muriel Anderson for a Rotary Music Schol- arship Benefit Concert to be held at Our Savior Lutheran Ministries, located at 1385 South Livermore Ave, 4:00PM Sunday August 16th. Admission is $15.00. Refreshments will be served. Muriel Anderson is the first woman to have won the National Fingerstyle Guitar Championship. Muriel’s unique approach to the instrument virtually transforms the guitar into a lyrical choir, then a marching band, then a Japanese koto, then a Bluegrass band, one minute launching into a Beatles’ tune and the next, Rodrigo’s Concerto de Aranjuez. Muriel’s gentle sense of humor and her ability to cross over multiple genres of music is revered by guitarists worldwide. She has recorded and performed with legends Chet Atkins, Tommy Emmanuel, Victor Wooten, Les Paul, and the Nashville Chamber Orchestra among others. Her 10-award-winning CD Nightlight-Daylight is a culmina- tion of her creative spirit, and is the first CD in history to incorporate interactive fiber optics. Muriel has agreed to donate 30% of all of her CD and DVD sales the night of the concert. The proceeds of the Livermore Rotary Music Scholar- ship Benefit Concert go directly into a fund that provides financial assistance to those qualified and disadvantaged Livermore music students interested in pursuing a career in music. Over the past decade, Livermore Rotary's music Muriel Anderson to play in concert. scholarship has provided tens of thousands of dollars to Livermore students for music camps, private lessons, travel expenses and financial assistance to repair or replace their Music Scholarship Concert are $15:00 and can be purchased regarding Livermore Rotary’s Music Scholarship program musical instruments. Grants to students range from $200. in advance at The Travel Bug, 2269 Third Street and Baugh- or additional information about the August 16th benefit to $1000. depending on their grade level and specific needs. man’s Western Outfitters, 2029 First Street in Livermore, concert featuring Muriel Anderson, contact Michael Ferrucci Tickets for the Muriel Anderson Livermore Rotary or at the door. Doors open at 3:30 PM. For information at [email protected] Changes at Cedar Mountain, Crooked Vine, Cuda Ridge by Laura Ness expression of the inher- of “en primeur,” the French August is always a time of ent quality and individual- term for buying futures out of profound change, as grapes ity of the greatest Cabernet the barrel. The Futures Club go from possibility to reality vineyards in the Livermore began 25 years ago. Now, the and winemakers furiously Valley, available in 2, 4, 6 Quarterly Club offers mem- work to empty barrels for or 12 bottle allocations. $65 bers the choice of 6 bottles the impending harvest. The per bottle, less club member at 20% or 3 bottles at 15%, recent heat wave hastened the allowance. Four Releases on a quarterly basis. Case process of veraison among per year, January, March, discounts are offered at 20% the red varietals, bringing September, November off. Members can pickup the harvest ever closer. The Premier, Cabernet wines at the quarterly release Among the significant Sauvignon, Livermore Val- parties or have them shipped. changes in Livermore Valley ley: This wine is The Steven Contact the winery to sign up Wine Country include the Kent Winery’s finest and pur- or for further information. much anticipated and long- est expression of Cabernet It’s a wise winery that awaited opening of Cedar Sauvignon, available in 2, knows how to treat their Club Mountain Winery & Port 4, 6 or 12 bottle allocations. members like royalty. Works out at its brand new $100 per bottle, less club and beautiful home on Reuss member allowance. Road, out past Purple Orchid. McGrail Vineyards also They’ll be holding their has a new “Club Only” space Grand Opening this week- in their barrel room, which end, Friday – Sunday, August features tables and chairs 7 through 9, from 12 - 4. They where members can enjoy plan to be open two weekends Photo - Doug Jorgensen seated tastings and avoid Comedy Uncorked per month, the first and the Earl Ault, Cindy Burnett and Linda Ault relax on the front porch at Cedar Mountain. the crowds. It is open on Saturday, August 8th third, through the end of the weekends, and is a huge hit. Benefiting Open Heart Kitchen year. Check out their website Vaughn-Bowen's footsteps, The new "Connoisseur" of- designated and specialty Retzlaff Estate Vineyards Check details online at: for the schedule, and yes, a friend who put the notion fering provides quarterly re- wines bottled exclusively also recently announced a www.retzlaffwinery.com they will be open for Harvest of winemaking in my head leases, with three bottles per for Legacy Club members. Quarterly Wine Club for Wine Celebration, Sunday, and championed the future release. Wine discounts for Because these wines are the first time in its history. (925) 447-8941 September 6, from 12 – 5, of my career. So far, it seems "Connoisseur" members will rare and extremely limited Retzlaff was the first winery 1356 S. Livermore Ave. with special guest, Cheese that I have a dedicated, fo- be 20% on bottle purchases in availability, memberships in California to offer pre- Open 7 Days a week 12-4:30 Therapy. In fact, they’ll cused group of people that and 25% on case purchases. are limited as well. release wines in the spirit be open the entire Labor I will be working with and Cuda Ridge also rolled out At Steven Kent Winery, Day weekend, September 4 for, and that is immensely the new "Connoisseur" Re- the focus of their wine clubs through 7, from 12 – 4. important to a winery's (and serve series, which includes is now primarily on Bor- Two years and some four winemaker's) success. I have a snappy white label and a deaux varieties. They now months ago, after selling the also tasted Chris's wines, and larger higher shoulder bottle have enough of the Single original Cedar Mountain site I think that the public will be topped off with a purple wax Vineyard Series Cabernets to Darcie and David Kent, quite happy with the vintages seal. The handsome new to do 4 releases yearly. It is Earl and Linda bought a to come." format easily distinguishes one of the following clubs lovely home out on Reuss We’re sure Dale is 100% the Reserve wines from the now available: Road. Their neighbors are behind the move and cheer- non-Reserve wines. With BDX Collection: An vineyards (Ghielmetti) and ing Meredith on all the way. past vintages, the Reserve exploration of Bordeaux livestock. It suits them fine. Further in the Department wines were identified with varieties and their inherent Grand Opening Weekend GM Cindy Burnett has of Change, Larry and Marge the word "Reserve" on the excellence, available in 2, overseen the winery and Dino of Cuda Ridge, who bottom of the Cuda Ridge 4, 6 or 12 bottle allocations. August 7th, 8th and 9th tasting room construction, won the Judge’s Best Award purple label. $42-$50 per bottle, less club soldiering through the pro- for the pairing of the Cuda Concannon Vineyard in- member allowance. Six 12:00 - 4:00 p.m. cess with the patience of Ridge Malbec with Posada’s troduced its “Legacy” Club releases per year, February, Job. Visitors will appreciate excellent lamb cheeks on last year to immediate suc- April, June, August, October, Our winery will only be open two weekends per month. the modern tasting room, rice cake dish at the 2015 cess, and has just a few more December. Check our website for dates and times we will be open. the beautiful barrel furniture Taste Our Terroir, recently openings for wine lovers to Single Vineyard Series custom-made for outdoor announced a new wine club, gain access to the winery’s Cabernet Sauvignon: An www.cedarmountainwinery.com enjoyment and the pastoral called Cuda Cadre "Connois- historic Wine Library. The views. It’s a sweet spot, seur." This provides access Legacy Club, a premium indeed. to the Cuda Ridge Small Lot addition to a Gatekeeper’s Over at Crooked Vine and and Reserve wines, which Guild membership, offers Stony Ridge, Chris Sorensen are made in one or two bar- access to the finest of Con- has departed as consulting rel lots, or 25 and 50 cases, cannon’s limited produc- winemaker, turning over the respectively. tion estate wines. Members reins to the capable hands of "The Cuda Cadre wine receive three releases each Meredith Miles Saboraria, club has grown to the point year in February, July and who previously earned her where we do not have enough November. These two-bottle, spurs at Fenestra Winery of the Reserve wines to in- red wine releases include rare before taking on the role clude in the release packs," selections from the Wine Li- of Viticulture Technician said winemaker, Larry Dino. brary, Heritage wines, block- at TerrAvion. Sorensen and his wife, Courtney, just cel- ebrated the birth of their son, Livermore Cinemas Kip Tyler. They’ll continue to fantastic four (2015) (pg13)-CC 11:30 12:30 2:00 3:10 4:35 make wine under the Caddis 5:50 7:10 8:40 9:40 label. ricki and the flash (pg13) 1:35 4:15 6:55 9:35 It’s a bit of sweet nostalgia shaun the sheep (pg) 11:45 2:05 4:25 6:45 9:05 to have Meredith join the mission impossible 5 (pg13) 1:10 4:10 7:10 10:00 team at Crooked Vine/Stony (pg13)-dbox 11:20 2:10 5:10 8:10 Ridge: after all, she greatly vacation (r) 11:25 2:00 4:35 7:10 9:45 admired former owner/wine- minions (PG) 12:10 2:30 4:50 7:10 9:30 maker, Dale Vaughn Bowen. ant man (PG13) 12:50 3:50 6:50 9:50 Said Meredith of her new trainwreck (r) 12:50 3:50 6:50 9:50 appointment, "I'm excited southpaw (r) 1:10 4:05 7:00 9:55 to be back in the Livermore pixels (pg13) 1:25 4:15 7:05 9:40 Valley winemaking scene, INSIDE OUT (PG) 11:25 2:00 4:40 7:15 9:50 working at the winery that started it all for me! I'm hon- ** $1 Summer Matinee Series, 10am Every Monday and Wednesday** preview AUGUST 13: ored to be walking in Dale man FROM UNCLE (pg13) 7:00 9:45 The Independent, AUGUST 6, 2015 - PAGE 9

Stuff the Cruiser more information. fashion blogger Brittany collecting gently used back- Police Department, where 8/14/2015. The Livermore Police Hart ( http://www.brittany- packs and school supplies they will be distributed to Any questions regarding Citizens Academy Alumni Medical Needs hart.com) at their Livermore office families in need for the the backpack and School and the Livermore Police A fund-raiser will be located on 2020 4th Street. 2015-2016 school year. supply drive, or to make Department will be collect- hosted by Team Jafar on Backpack Donations Items such as backpacks, Gene Morgan Insurance arrangements to drop some- ing school supplies during Sat., Aug. 8 starting at 11 Local insurance agency, pencils, notebook paper, cal- is open Monday – Friday thing off, please contact the annual Stuff the Cruiser a.m. at the Mountain House Gene Morgan Insurance, is culators, gluesticks rulers, from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Michelle Morgan at 925- event. Bar and Grill, 16784 W. gearing up for the back to erasers, three ring binders, and closed daily from 12:00 4472565 ext. 218 or Mi- Police cruisers will be Grant Line Road. school season by hosting a crayons markers and high- pm – 1:00 pm for lunch. chelle@genemorganinsur- located at Wal-Mart, Big The goal is to raise backpack and school supply lighters will be collected They will be accepting dona- ance.com Lots, Office Max and CVS $500,000 to help pay for drive for Tri-Valley children and donated to the Tri-Valley tions during regular business Drop-ins are also wel- (downtown) on August 8 and medical needs of a spe- in need. The agency is Haven, and the Livermore hours. The drive will end on come. 9 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to cial needs/medically fragile collect school supplies for child. local students in need. The event will include Suggested donations in- fun, tattoos and more, along clude backpacks, binders, with a craft-vendor show, Changes Made to Wheels Bus Routes food, live music, and more. pencils, pens, erasers, note- The Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority For information, go to In conjunction with or addition to the above changes, books, crayons, calculators, (LAVTA) is making minor changes to several of its regular www.GoFundMe.com/ schedule adjustments have been made to routes 3, 10, 12, etc. and school-focused Wheels bus routes effective Saturday, 54, 70X, 501, 502, 503, 603, 607, 609, and 610. Wheels TeamJafar or email teamja- August 22, 2015. The route and schedule changes are as riders are advised to review these schedules for any changes Cattail Pond Hike [email protected], Facebook follows: that may affect their regular travel itineraries. There will be a Cattail teamjafar15. Route 10 – The timing of the 2:25pm westbound trip The updated Wheels bus book is now available on the Pond Hike led by the Liver- has been adjusted, beginning at the Neal/First time point, in Wheels website, www.wheelsbus.com and will be avail- more Area Recreation and Grand Opening order to better accommodate the main end time for classes able shortly at key locations in the Tri-Valley including the Between Thursday, Au- Park District ranger staff on at Amador Valley High School. It is now scheduled to ar- Livermore Transit Center, as well as onboard the buses. gust 13th through Sunday, Sat., Aug. 8. Meet Ranger rive at East Dublin/Pleasanton BART station at 3:23pm. Wheels riders can also get information on the service August 16th, Byer Cali- Danny Haberman at 7 p.m. Route 12/12X – Certain trips of the 12X and of trips change by calling the Wheels Customer Service line at fornia will be celebrating at Sycamore Grove Park, that begin at the Airway Park-n-Ride have been re-arranged (925) 455-7500. the opening of its first Bay within the schedule. 1051 Wetmore Road. Area brick & mortar store at Route 54 – The previously operated 5:36am trip has Ranger Danny will lead the San Francisco Premium been discontinued. the hike on the newly com- Sizzling Saturdays, Sunday Outlets, 1040 Livermore Route 70X – The route has been modified to bypass Wal- pleted “Cattail Pond Loop Outlets Drive, Livermore. nut Creek in the general non-commute direction in order to Fundays Planned in Pleasanton Trail.” See what’s out and To celebrate Byer Cali- improve travel times and on-time performance. The service about at the Cattail Pond, Sizzling Saturdays Return and Sunday Fundays Debut fornia as a new go-to SF will now operate directly from Dublin to Pleasant Hill in then hike to one of the high- in Downtown Pleasanton shopping destination, this the AM, and directly from Pleasant Hill to Dublin in the est spots in the park to watch Hot summer nights can be celebrated in downtown Pleas- American fashion brand is PM. It will not serve the Walnut Creek BART station twice. anton with Sizzling Saturdays every Saturday in August and the sun set. The hike will offering lots of fun opportu- The stop at Walnut Creek will be operated as currently in September along with the all new Sunday Fundays every return after dark, so dressing the general commute direction. One-way holiday service nities for the public to take Sunday in August. warmly is recommended. trips, including those of the 70XV, will not be affected by part in all four days such as: Sizzling Saturdays combines live music and entertain- The hike will be about four this change. Also, all trips will continue to serve the Dublin • Special hourly draw- ment on Main Street as you enjoy special promotions from miles round-trip. Civic Center stop. ings for major discounts and downtown businesses and restaurants. Sizzling Saturdays There is a $5 per vehicle Route 501 – A second, later departure has been added giveaways, including daily is 6-9 p.m. every Saturday in August and September. parking fee at either en- in the PM to accommodate the after-school program at $100 gift certificates Sunday Fundays combine family friendly entertainment trance to Sycamore Grove Dublin High School. • Chances to enter @ with special promotions from downtown businesses and Park, and a $3 donation is Route 503 – Due to bell time changes, the PM schedule ByerCalifornia Instagram restaurants from 1-4 p.m. in August. requested to help support the has been re-arranged to accommodate Wells Middle School Special entertainment from 2pm-3:30pm will be offered contests to win pieces from programs unless other fees and Dublin High School with separate trips. Also, the previ- at the Museum on Main Street front lawn, 603 Main Street. their new collection are specified. Participants ously operated 5:30pm trip has been moved to 5:00pm in For information, contact the Pleasanton Downtown As- • Styling tips and tricks may call 925-960-2400 for order to accommodate the after-school program at Dublin sociation (925) 484-2199, www.pleasantondowntown.net. from celebrity stylist and High School.

Janel Louise Meredith Andy Struempf and brother, grandchildren Jacob and her grandson, Patrick 1980's. Mary loved spend- were the cause of his death. Resident of Livermore Thomas O’Grady. All will Danielle (O’Shana) By- Pitrowski (2002) and her ing time with her family, Oliver was born in Oak- We sadly announce the miss her dearly. rne, Addam Byrne, Amanda brother Jimmy (1983). She is friends and looked forward land, CA, and graduated passing of Janel Louise Mer- Visitation will start Goody, and Andrew Goody. survived by her three loving to every chance she could at from Fremont High. He was edith. She was welcomed at 2:00PM with vigil at A memorial service daughters Kathleen Allen the Casino. drafted into the U. S. Army into God's Kingdom on Sun- 3:00PM on Wednesday, 8/5 will be held on Friday, Au- (Fred) of Livermore, Col- Mary belonged to the during WWII where he was day, July at St. Michael church, 458 gust 7th, 11:00 AM at St. leen McGoff Dean (Geoff) Eagles auxiliary, Sirettes and stationed at Brize Norton 26, 2015. Maple St., Livermore. Mass Bartholomew’s Episcopal of Surrey, British Colum- Las Damas. in England and served as a Janel was will be on Thursday, 8/6 at Church, 678 Enos Way, bia, and Bonnie McDonald She is survived by son Corporal. England is also born Sep- 1:00PM. Burial to follow at Livermore California. In (Jim) of Livermore; three Stan Salbeck (Karen), where he met his bride of 54 tember St. Michael cemetery. lieu of flowers, the family grandchildren Casey Allen daughters Ellen Foss (Gary), years, Joan. Joan came back 26, 1972 requests donations to Fisher Holy Angels FD1974, (Anastasia) of Oakland, Alli- and Carla Fagundes (David). with Oliver and they settled in Walnut Center for Alzheimer's Re- (925) 455-9696 son Pitrowski (fiance Robbie She is also survived by 11 in Castro Valley where they Creek, search Foundation. (https:// Malm) of Lodi, and Sierra grandchildren and 15 great lived until her passing in CA, to www.alzinfo.org/donate/) Dean; and one great grand- Terry Kenneth Gilman Byrne son, Alexander Allen. Her grand children. 2006. Kenneth Gilman Byrne and Lin- generous spirit has been a Services will be held at Oliver worked for the was born October 18th, Shirley Jane McGoff da Ber- Resident of Livermore model for all who knew her. Callaghans Mortuary, Thurs- United States Postal Service 1933 in Butte, Montana, to sie. She lived in Livermore Sept. 22, 1922 - July 31, 2015 Her funeral service was day, August 6th. Visitation is for 41 years after his stint in William and Pauline Byrne. where she worked tirelessly Shirley Jane McGoff held Wednesday, August from 10:00 am to 11:00 am. the army and was still able to He attended Pomona High as mother and team member (nee Petersen) passed away 5, at Callaghan Mortuary, Service is at 11:00 am enjoy 28 years of retirement. School, graduating in June at Trader Joe's. Janel will be peacefully early Friday 3833 East Avenue, Liver- In lieu of flowers please Oliver and Joan liked to of 1953. remembered as a devoted, morning after a stroke the more. Burial to follow. Do- donate to Brighthaven, Hu- travel, mostly on the west It was loving, cheerful mother, previous Tuesday night. nations to Hope Hospice mane Society, SPCA, or any coast. Lake Tahoe, Hawaii, there that daughter, sister, and friend She touched many people (6377 Clark Ave., Suite 100, animal Shelter or rescue of Monterey, San Diego were he met over her long life with her Dublin, CA, 94568-0868) your choice, Hospice care by all lives she touched. She Ruby their favorites. Oliver loved welcom- are appreciated in lieu of or any other charity of your will be deeply missed by all. Lawson jazz music and continued ing gen- flowers. choice. Janel is survived by her whom he to listen up until his death, three children, Ryan, Tyler, erosity enjoying all the greats. He married towards and Holly, her father and Decem- Mary Louise Salbeck Oliver “Ted” Sale was an avid reader, mostly stepmother Terry and Joan her fam- Nov. 2, 1928 - July 31, 2015 Resident of Livermore non-fiction and became a ber 26th, ily and Bersie, and her mother Linda Resident of Livermore, CA Oliver Sale passed away “Niner” fan late in life. He 1954, their peacefully July 30, 2015. Bersie. She is also survived enjoying many was looking forward to foot- by brothers Damon and He was 91. He lived a good ball returning this month. 53 years friends, long life Chris, and grandparents Mel He is survived by his of happy and her devel- and Marie Schubert. marriage until she passed friends, neighbors and col- daughter, Julie and son-in- Friends and family are oping away of cancer in February leagues. Her philosophy chronic law Larry, both of Liver- invited to a Celebration of of 2008. was, "you can always throw more. Life for Janel on Friday, vascular Ken attended the Univer- another potato in the pot," issues in In lieu of flowers, dona- August 7, 2015, at 1:00 pm sity of Washington, where he to make room for whoever tions may be made to Tri- at Cornerstone Fellowship, just the graduated in June of 1957 happened to show up at din- Mary passed away peace- last few Valley Animal Rescue or 348 N. Canyons Parkway, with a Bachelor of Science ner time. Valley Humane Society. Livermore, CA 94551. fully in her home with her years, in Mechanical Engineer- Shirley was born and family by her side. Mary which ing. He went to work for grew up in Oakland, gradu- was born in Detroit Michi- Patricia M. Werner Sandia National Laborato- ated from University High March 25, 1928 – Aug. 1, 2015 ries in Albuquerque New gan, later moved to India- Resident of Pleasanton School in 1940 and spent a napolis, Indiana where she Mexico, transferring to the year at UC Berkeley with an Patricia celebrated 65 Livermore, California facil- met and married Raymond years of marriage with her interest in journalism. How- Edward Salbeck. They had ity in 1958. He worked at ever, she met her husband, husband on June 17th. They Sandia for 33 years until he three children. In July of Obituary/ were blessed with 6 chil- Casey, in 1942 while he was 1960 they moved to Liver- retired in January of 1990 to in the Navy and stationed in dren, 35 more, California. Mary begin traveling. He traveled Alameda. They got married Memoriam Policies grandchil- all over the world seeing worked in the retail business dren and in 1944 when Casey had places such as Australia, a three-day pass, and they in Livermore and Dublin 30 great New Zealand, Germany, before she retired in the mid Obituaries are published in grandchil- remained married for 51 England, Ireland, and most years until Casey's passing dren. of the United States includ- The Independent at no charge. They in 1995. They lived in Hay- ing Alaska, and Hawaii. ward from 1952 - 1964, and There is a small charge for photographs met in high Ken was fortunate to school and from then on, in Livermore. reconnect with longtime Shirley worked as a school in the obituaries. were mar- friend, Pat Morrison, whom ried at St. secretary in the Hayward Memoriam ads can also be placed in he married on May 21, 2011. Unified School District for Viator Catholic Church in He spent the rest of his life The Independent when families Chicago, Illinois. Pat taught 25 years. During that time, with her in loving compan- she was active with PTA and Faith Formation at St. Mi- ionship and passed away want to honor the memories of chael’s Church in Liver- the district and state school peacefully while on a cruise secretary's association. In their loved ones. more for many years and in Canadian waters on July was instrumental in starting addition, Shirley supported 20, 2015. He is survived by Casey in his leadership with There is a charge for memoriam Scripture Safari. his wife Pat, sister Pauline the area's Boy Scouts, show- Pat is survived by her ads,based on the size of the ad. Byrne, son and daughter-in- ing many scouts and scout husband, Ray, and her law Joe and Annette Byrne leaders the warm hospital- daughters, Cathy Struempf, of Ceres CA, daughter and ity that she was so good Maddi (Deryl) Sturdevant, son-in-law Carla and Ed- at. Many an Eagle Scout Ramona (Steve) Silva, Patty ward Goody of Peoria AZ, had one of her cakes at his Please send an email to (Joe) Rosa, Mary (Ken) son and daughter-in-law ceremony. Dayton, and son, Ray (Lisa) [email protected] Glenn and Vickie Byrne Shirley is predeceased by Werner. She was preced- of Livermore CA, and his her husband, Casey (1995), ed in death by son-in-law, PAGE 10 - The Independent, AUGUST 6, 2015

Pictured (left to right) are Craig Bueno, Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District Board Trustee with TV30 campers Rachel Griggs and Alexi Pacholuki.

A fire at Parks Reserve Forces Training Area consumed about 30 acres of brush and grass on July 29. The fire was the second blaze extinguished on Camp Parks last week. The first fire was reported around 11:30 a.m. on July 28 (photo shows smoke seen from Hacienda Drive). It was contained at around 250 acres. Tassajara Road was closed between Quarry Lane and Fallon Road because of the fire. Cal Fire, the Alameda County Fire Department and the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District were among those assisting U.S. military firefighters on the base. The cause of the fire is under investigation. A drone spotted on Tassajara hampered efforts to fight the fire.

New Executive Director Chosen for Las Positas College Foundation

At its recent meeting, the "The LPC Foundation has Chabot-Las Positas Commu- done incredible work in at- nity College District Board tracting resources in support of Trustees named Kenneth of student success, innova- Livermore-Pleasanton Deputy Fire Chief Jeff Peters is shonw being interviewed by G. Cooper the new Execu- tion and excellence, and I TV30 campers Kole Boyd and Holden Curtis. tive Director of the Las look forward to serving this Positas College Foundation. dynamic College and Foun- Following an in-depth dation Board." national search, Cooper Prior to his work at CRC, emerged as the final can- he served the Sacramento Camp Teaches Kids the Skills to didate. "I am very excited City Unified School District about the depth of experi- as a specialist and healthy Create a Television Program ence that Mr. Cooper has start coordinator. He has in raising funds for com- also served as a site director Working Airing Now munity colleges, said Dr. and education director for Barry Russell, Las Positas Kenneth Cooper the Boys and Girls Clubs of Tri-Valley Youth View, 15th. Twelve campers for the program. College President. "He is Greater Sacramento. a 30-minute special TV from all over the Tri-Val- Guests on this episode the perfect person and will foundation net assets, and Cooper is a member of program produced by ley participated in the five of Tri-Valley Youth View quickly become an integral established new scholarship the Network of California middle and high school day camp. This episode include Dublin City Man- member of the campus and endowments and increased Community College Foun- students who attended of Tri-Valley Youth View ager Chris Foss; Livermore the community." investments in existing en- dations, the Council for the Valley Joint Unified School Cooper has eight years dowments. He was also the TV30 Summer Camp, represents the work of Advancement and Support is currently airing on students who attended the District Trustee Craig Bue- experience in community responsible for successful of Education (CASE), and no; Pleasanton Police Chief college fundraising as di- stewardship of $1 million, TV30 and on the station’s first camp. is a Senior Fellow, American Dave Spiller; Zone 7 Water rector of advancement and the largest donation ever to website at tv30.org. For "The first set of Sum- Leadership Forum, Moun- Agency Board of Director executive director of the CRC as part of a comprehen- tain Valley Chapter. the seventh summer Tri- mer Campers this year Jim McGrail; Eric Payne, Cosumnes River College sive capital campaign. Cooper has a bachelor Valley Community TV is were very serious about (CRC) Foundation in Sac- "I'm very excited about of arts degree in African offering two sessions of learning all aspects of TV founder of Livermore Val- ramento. During his time joining the Las Positas Col- American and African Stud- this unique TV Summer production", said Melissa ley Wine App founder Eric at CRC, he increased the lege Family. The campus ies from the University of Camp. Tench-Stevens, Executive Payne; Lee Jouthas, Dublin annual fund participation and the Tri-Valley area are California, Davis. He will The first camp took Director Tri-Valley TV. Library Branch Manager; rate by 24%, was respon- hubs for innovation and begin his role at Las Positas place the week of June "We all appreciate the and Deputy Chief Jeff sible for a 58% growth in excellence," said Cooper. College on August 10. time community leaders Peters from the Livermore- give to come to the studio Pleasanton Fire District. to be interviewed by the Chief Peters brought a students. They inspire the fire truck with him to the Livermore to Present Google Workshops students and it appears interview. the students inspire them The program is avail- with Goal to Put 'Livermore on the Map' too by demonstrating their able anytime via video dedication to producing a on demand at tv30.org The City of Livermore aims to help small businesses gust 22 and September 26 -- at the Livermore Civic Center quality TV program." by clicking on the ban- grow their online presence with two Google-sponsored, Library, 1188 S. Livermore Avenue from 2:00 pm to 3:30 The hands-on TV Camp ner at the top of the page. interactive “Let’s Put Livermore on the Map” workshops. pm. There is no fee, but registration is required. Participants provides an introduction It is also broadcasting on The first workshop will discuss growing a business online, who attend both workshops will receive a “Certificate of to the technical and talent Comcast TV30 and AT&T website content development, and small business resources Completion” along with a Google giveaway bag. aspects of studio and field U-Verse. available at the Livermore Public Library. Participants will “Let’s Put Livermore on the Map” is part of Google’s For complete schedule also be given assignments to help them develop content, production. Tri-Valley Get Your Business Online program. Visit www.gybo.com of air dates and times, visit logos, and graphics for their website. for more details about this Google program. Youth View was written the Tri-Valley TV website The second workshop offers a hands-on training activity For more information, contact Theresa De La Vega, and produced by students focused on actual website creation and placing participating Livermore Economic Development Specialist, at (925) from grades six to twelve. tv30.org. In addition, Tri- Livermore businesses on the Google map. Participants are 960-4049 or visit the City of Livermore’s website at www. Campers researched and Valley Youth View may be encouraged to bring their laptops or tablets to this second cityoflivermore.net. Register for the August 22 workshop wrote questions, acted as viewed streaming live and workshop. A limited number of laptops are also available at https://livermorebusinessworkshops.eventbrite.com. crew for all the production via Video on Demand on on a first-come, first-served basis. Register for the September 26 workshop at https://liver- positions and were talent the website at tv30.org. The workshops will be hosted on two Saturdays- Au- morebusinessworkshops2.eventbrite.com.

Photos - Doug Jorgensen Visitors were treated to a taste of Downtown Livermore last Sunday as Livermore Valley wines along with culinary treats were served up by local business. There were free horsedrawn carriage rides as well as live entertainment. Among the treats were assorted slices of pizza, Mini French Dips, Rigatoni Bolognese, Victorine Olive Oil & S'Mores Gelato, and a Variety of Flatbreads. Pictured are scenes from Dimitri's and the Winemaker's Pourhouse.

The Independent, AUGUST 6, 2015 - PAGE 11

The registrant began to by the following owner(s): FERAL CAT FOUNDATION than $500 must state in their 127) LOST/ FOUND Inland Valley LEGAL NOTICES transact business using the Altamont Automotive Inc, Cat & kitten adoptions now MERCHANDISE advertisements that they are Publishing Co. FOR INFORMATION fictitious business name(s) 4037 First Street, Suite #6 , at the new Livermore Petco 115) ESTATE/ GARAGE/ FOUND EXOTIC BIRD not licensed by the Contrac- Client Code:04126-00001 ON PLACING LEGAL listed above on 6/15/1982. Livermore, CA 94551 on Saturdays from 10:00AM YARD SALES (Parrot family) tors State License Board.” Re: Legal Notice for NOTICES IN Signature of Registrants This business is conducted to 2:30PM. We have many Talks alot HUGE REAL ESTATE Classified Ads THE INDEPENDENT :s/: Rick C. Perry by a Corporation adorable, tame kittens that Found on Guilford Avenue PARKING LOT SALE The Federal Fair Housing Call 925-243-8000 This statement was filed with The registrant has not yet have been tested for FIV & Livermore HOME FOR SALE Act, Title VII of the Civil FICTITIOUS BUSINESS the County Clerk of Alameda begun to transact business FELV, altered & vaccinated. Please call COMPARE! This Saturday 8/8 !! Rights Act of 1964, and NAME STATEMENT on July 13, 2015. Expires July using the fictitious business We also have adult cats & (408)506-8928 Live better for thousands of 8am-2pm state law prohibit adver- FILE NO. 507076-77 13, 2020. name listed above. ranch cats for adoption. dollars less by driving a few 35 Fenton St. tisements for housing and The following person(s) doing The Independent Legal No. Signature of Registrants more miles. EMPLOYMENT Livermore ANNOUNCEMENTS employment that contain business as: (1)Norcal Con- 3831. Published July 23, 30, :s/: Jason Faw, President Fall in love with this beauti- any preference, limitation struction & Development (2) August 6, 13, 2015. This statement was filed with 65) HELP WANTED 155) NOTICES ful 2,500 sq ft 5-bedroom All types of Furniture an- or discrimination based on Norcal Construction, Devel- the County Clerk of Alameda “NOTICE TO READERS: home with solar heated FICTITIOUS BUSINESS TO CONDUCT tiques and household items protected classes, including opment & Consulting, 5607 on July 20, 2015. Expires July VISION SCREENING California law requires that pool. NAME STATEMENT Many extras! race, color, religion, sex, Firestone Rd, Livermore, CA 20, 2020. in pre-school setting. contractors taking jobs that FILE NO. 507392 ALL Payments are a TAX Must see to appreciate! handicap, familial status or 94551, is hereby registered The Independent Legal No. FT total $500 or more (labor The following person(s) do- Deductible donation to $495,000 national origin. IVPC does by the following owner(s): 3833. Published August 6, Salaried $29,330+ / year and/or materials) be licensed ing business as: MUAHZEE, Watermark for Kids OPEN HOUSE not knowingly accept any Jobert G. Verceles, 5607 13, 20, 27, 2015. EXC benefits by the Contractors State 4644 Pamela Common, Saturday 8/8 & advertisements that are in Firestone Rd, Livermore, Comp car License Board. State law Livermore, CA 94550, is ANIMALS 118) FREE SECTION Sunday 8/9 violation of the law. CA 94551 hereby registered by the Exp w/ pre-school child also requires that contractors 2) CATS/ DOGS 10:00AM - 4:00PM TO PLACE This business is conducted following owner(s): AA degree FREE MAGAZINES include their license numbers 2087 Vivian Court A CLASSIFIED AD by an Individual (1)Jacqueline C. Cocking ADOPT A DOG OR CAT, for Resides in National Geographic on all advertising. Check your Tracy, CA OR LEGAL NOTICE The registrant began to trans- (2) Christopher W. Cock- adoption information contact Alameda County, CA Smithsonian contractor’s status at www. OR IN THE act business using the ficti- ing, 4644 Pamela Common, Valley Humane Society at FAX resume Livermore cslb.ca.gov or (800)321- Call (209)815-8200 or email INDEPENDENT, tious business name(s) listed Livermore, CA 94550 (925)426-8656. (209)755-2885 (408)897-3156 CSLB (2752). Unlicensed above on 7/13/2015. [email protected] Call (925)243-8000 This business is conducted Adopt a new best friend: persons taking jobs less Signature of Registrants for private showing. by Married Couple TVAR, the Tri-Valley Animal Senior Business :s/: Jobert G. Verceles The registrant has not yet Rescue, offers animals for Intelligence Developer This statement was filed with begun to transact business adoption every Saturday at Livermore, CA: the County Clerk of Alameda using the fictitious business and Sunday, excluding most on July 13, 2015. Expires July name listed above. holidays. 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Now partners in the Tri-Valley Stanford Health Care and ValleyCare have partnered. Stanford Health Care – ValleyCare is proud to serve Now, shared expertise and collaboration puts the the Tri-Valley. best patient-centered care, right here in our community. You and your family will have access Discover more at Stanfordhealthcare.org/ValleyCare to specialists in every field and advanced treatments and technology. It’s a partnership that underscores our commitment to giving patients the best care available, close to home. THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2015 THE INDEPENDENT • SECTION A Concerts, Plays, Films, and Musical Theater Highlight Firehouse Arts Center's Season 6

Grammy winners, Rock Noting the expanded Guest Services Coordina- ‘n Roll legends, award- variety of program offer- tor, added, “Our intimate, winning Bay Area theater ings, Firehouse Theater two-floor, 220-seat theater productions, comedy hi- Supervisor Rob Vogt says, setting is unique in the jinks, world music icons, “Our underlying theme is Tri-Valley, and the new- a brand-new indie film ‘something different,’ or est of its type in the Bay series, cutting-edge music ‘covering new ground.’ I Area, making it a dream groups, and #1 Billboard like the idea of ‘divergent’ for performers, who often recording artists are all part for our approach to this mention after a show here of the 2015-2016 season sixth season.” what an energizing experi- line-up at the Firehouse Jane Onojafe, Firehouse ence it was to feel such Arts Center in Pleasanton. Arts Center Publicist and (continued on page 6)

Pictured are Larkin Poe (left) and Julian Lage (right). 2 THE INDEPENDENT • THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2015 Youth Orchestra to Present a Concert of Varied Works

The Livermore-Amador Symphony Youth Orchestra will be performing their annual concert on Saturday night, August 8th, at 7 :30 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Livermore, located on the corner of 4th and S. L St. The Livermore-Amador Symphony Youth Orchestra will be playing under the direction of Goran Berg, director of Sycamore Strings Academy in Livermore and Kathy Boster, music teacher at Livermore's East Avenue Middle School. Among the pieces being performed are Funeral March of a Marionette by Charles Gounoud, more familiar to audiences as the theme from "Alfred Hitchcock Presents;" the third movement of J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G major; Irish Tune from County Derry by Percy Grainger, recognized as the tune of Irish folk song Danny Boy; and the world premiere of Changing of the Seasons, composed and conducted by Peter Chatterjee, a Granada High School and LAS Youth Orchestra Alum. Chatterjee, Livermore-Amador a student of composition at Boston's Berklee College of Symphony Youth Music, composed the piece during the harsh winter of Orchestra in rehearsal. 2014, hoping it would encourage spring to arrive soon. Admission to the concert is free.

Touring Group Leads A Romp Through Aesop's Fables For the second year in a wagon. The Peripatetic 2500 years as instructional “beware the wolf in sheep’s historical Aesop, who is that name may never have row, the eccentric fictional Players greet the audience stories for both children clothing.” Aesop’s Fables believed to have lived in existed, and most scholars travelling troupe “The while they unfold Flux- and adults. They often first appeared in English in Ancient Greece around believe that the fables we Samuel Peaches Peripa- Wagon to reveal a stage feature talking animals 1484. the sixth century BCE. ascribe to him come from tetic Players” will bring a complete with simple but or personified inanimate Little is known of the A singular story-teller by varied sources. family-friendly stage adap- ingenious mechanical objects, perhaps as a way tation of beloved stories to scenery and props that the of teaching lessons without Bay Area parks and public players use throughout laying blame on any par- spaces. their lighthearted staging. ticular sort of person. The The group will appear Founded in 2013 by stories themselves are very in Pleasanton on Sun., Aug. Rebecca Longworth and brief, with simple plots 16 at 5 p.m. at Centennial Joan Howard, Idiot String offering little in the way of Park, 5353 Sunol Blvd., also hosts the Physical The- descriptive detail or char- next to the Senior Center. atre Salon at Main Street acter development. Despite This year the Peri- Theatre, an occasional their simplicity, Aesop’s patetic Players present gathering of Bay Area Fables have a centuries-old Aesop Amuck, a 60-minute performers and theatremak- tradition of being collected, romp through more than a ers. The Peripatetic Players translated, adapted into dozen of Aesop’s fables, were also featured in Idiot verse, and dramatized. presenting many well- String’s 2014 touring pro- Aesop’s Fables did not known stories such as The duction, O Best Beloved , originally include mor- Tortoise and the Hare as an adaptation of Rudyard als, as their lessons were well as some that are rarely Kipling stories. O Best thought to be self-evident. remembered, like The Beloved premiered at the Written morals have been Frogs and the Ox, in which 2013 San Francisco Fringe added to many of the a frog's attempts to become Festival, where it was fables by later collectors as large as an ox meet with voted a “Best of Fringe" and translators and have disaster. and stood out for its wildly since become familiar Aesop Amuck travels infectious energy, eliciting adages, such as “don’t with its own mobile stage, laughter from young and count your chickens before a folding contraption called old alike. they hatch,” “might makes FluxWagon that looks like Aesop's Fables have right,” “necessity is the Members of the eccentric itinerant performance troupe, Samuel Peaches’s Peripatetic a brightly painted gypsy been used for more than mother of invention,” and Players, perform a scene from their 2014 production, O Best Beloved. Photo by Serena Morelli

THE INDEPENDENT • THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2015 3 Shadowlands Explores West Coast Blues with a Texas Twist on Tap the Mysteries of Returning to the stage luminaries such as Etta allacevega.com. Listen to Absolutely No Alcohol for Evenings on the Green James, Buddy Guy, Bobby several cuts at https://sites. Will Be Allowed outside on Tuesday, August 11 is Murray and many others, google.com/site/allenacev- of the permitted restaurant Love and Death Allen Vega, playing West playing venues such as ega/listen. areas because the Liver- C.S. Lewis had a comfortable existence as a respected Coast Blues with a Texas Antone’s, House of Blues, This eclectic twelve- more Police Department Oxford professor when Joy Gresham first came to take tea Twist. B. B. King’s and Monterey concert series is also is now strictly enforcing with him in his bachelor digs. She was a brash American Each Tuesday through Bay Blues Festival. funded by Shea Homes, the ordinance on public poet, towing a young son and looking to escape a failed August 25 at 6:45 pm, the In late 1997 Vega left Sanctuary Ultra Lounge alcohol possession and marriage in America. Livermore Cultural Arts the Frankie Lee Band to Restaurant, Catering and consumption through its She changed his life, says Joyce Parry Moore, who Council (LCAC) and the develop his own music Events; Winemakers Pour- alcohol safety and aware- will play Joy in an August 14 staged reading of “Shadow- Livermore Valley Perform- as singer, songwriter and house Beer Garden; Sauced ness program. lands” at St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church in Liver- ing Arts Center (LVPAC) guitarist. Allen and his wife BBQ and Spirits; Uncle Concert-goers are more, where she is rector. The play, by William Nicholson bring family-friendly free now have settled in Liver- Yu’s and The Independent. encouraged to eat at or pick and biographical in spirit, chronicles Lewis’s startling entertainment to the Liver- more to raise their family. The remaining concert up dinner to-go from these real-life transformation from an emotionally remote man more Plaza adjacent to the After teaming up with Big schedule can be found in sponsoring Downtown with all the answers to a humbler, more loving human Bankhead Theater. Cat Tolefree and perform- Section A. Livermore restaurants. being. Vega has a rich bay area ing in venues throughout Lewis had argued that human pain and suffering serve history as he first played California, he now has as “God’s megaphone,” a tool God uses to get our atten- for Jack Rudy & The Blues formed a powerful cast of tion. After Joy became terminally ill, “that didn’t hold Voodoos, then formed musicians sharing Allen’s up so well,” Moore remarked. The play explores how he Smokin’ Gun in 1987 and excitement for the Blues, dealt with his grief. joined with Little Frankie bringing back tunes that Local teacher and actor Patrick Moore, Joyce Parry Lee, a noted SF Bay Area have not been played for The mission of LVPAC is to offer a broad range Moore’s real-life husband, will play Lewis, a Christian soul and blues artist, in years. He recently released of arts opportunities and experiences to 1993. While with Lee, his first album “Rough theologian and celebrated author, best known for the chil- engage our diverse community. dren’s classic “The Chronicles of Narnia.” Vega shared the bill with Cut” available at www. “Shadowlands” was popular in British and American movie versions as well as in its Broadway run in 1990 and other venues since. It is the adult part of Arts at Bart’s Allen Vega summer camp. In addition, a fully staged production of Lewis’s best-known Narnia tale, “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” will be performed August 22 and 23 at the church. For more information about that play go to www. saintbartslivermore.com. The Moores and a cast of local actors will present “Shadowlands” at 7:30 pm Friday, August 14 at the church, 687 Enos Way, Livermore, between Junction and Portola avenues. Parking in the church lot and on nearby streets will be available. There is no admission charge; Jazz All Star Quintet Featuring dick hyman donations will be gratefully accepted. harry aLLen ken PePLOWSki Concerts at Wente to Benefit Sun aug 9 3pm Programs for Students Two Saturdays of wine and music by Karl Wente Pres- ents will benefit the Wente Foundation for Arts Education and Livermore Valley Education Foundation. Teen's Film about the Book On Saturday, August 15, Wolf Hamlin & The Front Porch Drifters, Bacchus Brothers and Peppermints will Business to Premiere Aug. 11 perform. A film created by Pleasanton teen Nishaad Trivedi On Saturday, August 22 - the line-up includes Wolf about Towne Center Books in Pleasanton will premiere at Hamlin & The Front Porch Drifters, Crawdad Republic the store on August 11 at 7 p.m. and Left of Right. Towne Center described Nishaad Trivedi as a budding Admission is $25 at the door, which includes glass and wine tasting at the Wente Vineyards Estate Winery & documentarian who filmed a short work that celebrates Tasting Room and The Winemakers Studio; $10 non- the book business. tasting ticket.a According to Trivedi, the film captures the history of a Raffle ticket proceeds will benefit Wente Foundation local institution, along with multiple perspectives. for Arts Education and Livermore Valley Education Foun- Towne Center Books is a locally owned general book- ceLtic rOOtS TheOF great Celts american muSic dation; $5 from every tasting ticket purchased will benefit store, located at 555 Main Street in Downtown Pleasan- Fri aug 14 8pm Livermore Valley Education Foundation. ton. Sections include fiction, mystery, personal growth, Wente Vineyards Estate Winery & Tasting Room is lo- and children's books. The store is used as a community buy TickeTs cated at 5565 Tesla Road, Livermore. The winery is open gathering place. It offers book clubs, author luncheons 925.373.6800 and writing workshops. call from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. with music to start at 2 p.m. click bankheadtheater.org Tickets will be available at the door. No outside food All are invited to attend the premiere. For information 2400 First Street, Livermore or alcohol allowed. For event information, call 456-2305. Towne Center, go to www.townecenterbooks.com come by

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Wildlife Associates to Present Program at the Library The Livermore Public Library will present Wild- life Associates on Wednes- day, August 12, 2015 at 10:30am at the Civic Center Library, located at Sisters on Boat 1188 S. Livermore Ave., Livermore. Wildlife As- sociates’ “Bay Area Wild” show is one of a variety of free performances offered Two Exhibits Open at during the library’s 2015 Summer Reading Program. Museum on Main A variety of wildlife live in the fields and forests Women & Spirit: Catholic Sisters in surrounding our cities and California and School Days: suburbs. From the gray fox to the red-tailed hawk, Amador Valley High School 1924-1969 Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, West-Midwest community audience members will gain an insight into the lives of these intelligent and ecologically-important Featuring detailed nar- on these struggles. to stop at salving social until 1968 when she left of a changing Pleasanton animals. ratives about women from Women & Spirit wounds—they also worked the Order and moved to through the students that This free performance, just after the Gold Rush features photos, videos, to correct the source of Boston. Her art reflects walked the halls of Amador sponsored by the Friends to the present, Women & creative artwork and a rich these ills by participating her spirituality, her com- Valley High School, from of the Library, will be held Spirit: Catholic Sisters in selection of historical arti- in the struggle for social mitment to social justice, its completion in 1924 outside, with the audi- California will be at Mu- facts, most of which have justice, and continue to do her hope of peace and her to its demolition to make ence to be seated on tarps. seum on Main from August never been seen by the so today with widespread delight in the world. room for a larger, more Attendees are encour- 5 to October 11. The trav- general public. These ele- partnerships and collabora- Women & Spirit: Catho- modern building in 1969. aged to arrive early for eling exhibition explores ments tell the story of the tions. lic Sisters in California Meet the teens who lived best parking and viewing the impact Catholic Sisters Sisters’ attempt to provide The Museum on Main is a traveling exhibition in Pleasanton through opportunities and to bring made on the formation social stability during Cali- is augmenting the ex- originated by the Leader- the Roaring Twenties, appropriate sun gear. Sum- of church and society in fornia’s chaotic founding hibit with items from its ship Conference of Women the Great Depression, the mer Reading Programs California. It tells the story years by creating a “safety own collection as well as Religious Region 14, Second World War, and the are geared toward children of groups of strong women net”—childcare centers, objects from local religious currently sponsored by the postwar boom that helped ages 4 and older. who worked to build com- hospitals, schools, orphan- orders. In addition, the Sisters of the Holy Fam- turn a small farm town into The Livermore Public Library’s Summer Read- munities on the edge of ages, homes for the elderly Museum has borrowed ily and toured by Exhibit a prosperous Bay Area sub- ing Program is a free the frontier by providing and working girls, and several prints and associat- Envoy. Exhibit Envoy pro- urb. This exhibit will also program featuring special care and services to others, countless other institutions ed objects from the Corita vides traveling exhibitions run until October 11. events and prizes for all actively participating in the of charity. On top of this, Art Center. The Art Center and professional services The Museum on Main is ages. Scheduled programs fight for social justice and the exhibition explains, the is a gallery and archive to museums throughout located at 603 Main Street throughout the summer creating inspired art based sisters were not content dedicated to preserving California. Their mission is in historic downtown include storytimes, crafts, and promoting the work to build new perspectives Pleasanton. It is open to music concerts, puppetry, and spirit of artist, activist among Californians, create the public Tuesday through storytellers and a wildlife and educator, Corita Kent, innovative exhibitions and Saturday from 10:00 a.m. presentation. also known as Sister Mary solutions, and advance in- to 4:00 p.m. and Sunday For further information, Corita. Sister Mary gained stitutions in service to their from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. For pick up a 2015 Summer international fame for her communities. more information about Reading Program calen- vibrant serigraphs during The second exhibit that current exhibits and pro- dar of events at any of the the 1960s and 1970s. A the Museum is opening is grams, visit the Museum’s library’s three locations, Sister of the Immaculate called School Days: Ama- web site at www.museu- check online at www. Heart of Mary, she ran dor High from 1924-1969. monmain.org or phone livermorelibrary.net, or call the art department at Im- Guest curator Beverly 925.462.2776. 925-373-5504. maculate Heart College Ales shows us the faces THE INDEPENDENT • THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2015 5 Dublin Idols Announced Sister City Group to Host Annual BBQ The City of Dublin announced the winners of its third Pleasanton-Tulancingo annual “Dublin Idol” competition. They are 5th to 8th Grade Winner: Rohan Fonseka; 9th Sister City Association to 12th Grade Winner: Amber Knezevic will be hosting its annual The winners were crowned at the Dublin Farmers’ BBQ fundraiser on Sat. Market event on Thursday, July 30, at Emerald Glen Park. Aug. 22. at the Pleasanton Hosted by KKIQ Radio’s Steve Fox, the competition Senior Center. Proceeds began with a Preliminary Round, involving 24 singers, on helps fund othe student July 16. The competition was broken down into two age youth exchange, the visit group categories – 5th through 8th grade students, and from Tulancingo delegates, 9th through 12th graders. In the first round, singers were Cinco de Mayo celebration allowed to sing a song of their choice, a cappella, for one and the Posada in Decem- minute. Fourteen singers were chosen to move on to the ber. final round of competition. It is a fun community In the final round on July 30, the singers sang a event for all. The menu complete version of their chosen song, with musical features Tony Macchiano's accompaniment. The judges for the final round, Dublin famous "Lickity Spit" BBQ councilmember Doreen Wehrenberg, and local performers dinner. There will be live Kathy Blackburn and Bob Campbell, judged the singers and silent auctions and on voice quality and control, and overall stage presence. dancing to Phil the DJ and Pictured are (left to right) from Tulancingo, outgoing President Gerardo Hernandez, Rohan Fonseka sang Queen’s “Love of My Life.” He more. Advanced purchase President-elect Dr. Arturo Gomez and wife Abril, former sister city President David will soon be an 8th grader at Fallon Middle School in recommended. Negrete, Sylvia and Jorge Victoria, Pleasanton President Dublin. Amber Knezevic performed “Because of You” Tickets are $40 per per- by Kelly Clarkson. Amber will be a sophomore at Dublin High School. son, $45 at the door-limited KKIQ Radio awarded cash prizes to the top three availability; $320 for a re- finishers in each category. The first place winners each served table for eight with received a trophy and a $300 check from KKIQ Radio. sponsor sign. Pay online at The second place winners, Kaitlynn Miguel (8th grader www.ptsca.org at Fallon Middle School) and Anne Xavier (a Dublin For information, contact resident who will be an 11th grader at San Ramon Valley Jorge Victoria at 925-989- High School), each received $200; and the third place 6882; to make payments by winners, Nimisha Shivaprasad (a 6th grader at Fallon phone, call 925-846-4134 Middle School) and Alicia Tran (a recent graduate of after 7:00 p.m. Dublin High), received $100 each. The Pleasanton Senior The “Dublin Idol” winners will be recognized at an Center is located at 5353 upcoming City Council meeting. Sunol Blvd., Pleasanton.

Rainbow of Songs Planned at Springtown Branch . The Livermore Pub- This free performance, presentation. lic Library will present sponsored by the Friends For further information, “A Rainbow of Songs” of the Library, will be held pick up a 2015 Summer with Juan L. Sánchez on outside, with the audi- Reading Program calen- Tuesday, August 11, 2015 ence to be seated on tarps. dar of events at any of the at 6pm at the Springtown Attendees are encour- library’s three locations, Branch Library, located at aged to arrive early for check online at www. 998 Bluebell Dr., Liver- best parking and viewing livermorelibrary.net, or call more. The show is one of opportunities and to bring 925-373-5504. a variety of free perfor- appropriate sun gear. Sum- mances offered during the mer Reading Programs library’s 2015 Summer are geared toward children TRAVEL Reading Program. ages 4 and older. Juan L. Sánchez The Livermore Public BUG performs “A Rainbow of Library’s Summer Read- Songs,” a fun, interactive, ing Program is a free Cruise from multilingual musical show program featuring special for the whole family. Sing events and prizes for all San francisco along to the great songs, ages. Scheduled programs (925) 447-4300 as Juan plays instruments throughout the summer In Downtown Livermore such as the guitar, violin, include storytimes, crafts, 2269 Third Street kena, cajón and charango. music concerts, puppetry, www.travelbuglivermore.com storytellers and a wildlife

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familiar “back by popular acapella phenomenon Theatre (www.bactheatre. demand” shows, including M-PACT, named “Best org) CASC shows: Tales of bluegrass powerhouse Spe- in the Country” (NBC Olympus Jr., Elf Jr. (Bay cial Consensus; Jeff Bordes Today Show); edgy sisters Area premiere!), A Mid- & Friends “A Jazzy Christ- “roots rock” duo Larkin summer Night’s Dream. mas;” JOEL featuring Kyle Poe; Jayme Stone’s Lomax Rounding out the rich the- Martin in his tribute to Project (folk); and “An ater programming is City piano man Billy Joel; and Afternoon with Groucho.” of Pleasanton’s award-win- A Cash Country Christmas. The Firehouse has a ning teen improv troupe Special nod goes to the Film Series this season Creatures of Impulse, with return of December People, with the theme “Thrill hugely popular long and the family-friendly rock ‘n Rides,” featuring four short-form improv shows. roll holiday blow-out con- classic indie thrillers. Show The Firehouse experi- cert. New for the holidays times: various Wednesdays ence includes viewing the look for the comic genius at 7:30 p.m. (check season current exhibitions at the of Will Durst & Friends brochure or website: Harrington Gallery, open and their Big Fat Year-End www.firehousearts.org/ to ticket holders an hour Kiss-Off. filmseries.) Popcorn, before show time and at Stand-out concerts later beverages, and snacks will intermissions. Housed in in the season include Am- be available at the lobby the historically preserved brosia; Heart by Heart rock concessions bay. Pleasanton Firehouse #1 concert featuring original Pacific Coast Repertory exhibition bay, the Har- band members; all-male Theatre, the award-win- rington Gallery is host to ning professional musical a wide variety of expertly theatre company, kicks off curated fine art installations their season in November throughout the year. a great connection with Unauthorized Rolling rafters with big band Cu- with South Pacific. Jan- Pleasanton’s own Cellar the audience. Plus 99% of Stones will strut and rock ban sounds to close out the uary-February: a Disney Door Wine Bar offers a the time the performers the house down; inter- month. All October shows classic involving undersea variety of wine and beer, will come out to the lobby national award-winning are new to the Firehouse creatures, a King, a Witch, chocolates, and other after the show to chat with illusionist Alex Ramon in stage, except the kick-off a Princess (they’ve started noshes served at the lobby patrons, which is possible his new “close-up magic” show October 3, which casting, but it’s still a concessions bay before because of the size of our show; Pleasanton-born features blues harmonica secret!). April-May: marks shows and during intermis- venue.” Tony Furtado with his master Mark Hummel, this the world premiere of sions. All refreshments Opening concert, Sep- Americana amalgam of time filling up the stage Enchanted April! purchased can be enjoyed tember 5, features “rock- bluegrass, folk, blues, with his Golden State Lon- Civic Arts Stage Com- in the theater. In addition, string quartet” Darlingside country, and R&B roots estar Revue. pany is the City of Pleas- Cellar Door gives a 20% from Massachusetts. With music; and Tito Y Su Son By design, November Season includes series of anton’s children’s theater discount off the tab at their their playful vocals and De Cuba will shake the and December have a lot of thriller films. program in collaboration neighborhood location retro instrumentations, this with Bay Area Children’s across the street from the hip young group should Firehouse with proof of be a great launch for the Darlingside ticket on the day of the season. performance. Among the notable The Firehouse continues concerts “that don’t fit the to offer Theater Member- ‘traditional’ programming ship, with benefits includ- mold” according to Vogt ing ticket discounts and is Julian Lage, October priority ticketing, drink 4. “Jazz guitarist Lage vouchers, invitation only is someone I’ve always events, and other perks. wanted to present here,” he Tickets and member- says, “and he’s giving us a ship information online at rare solo concert.” Lage is www.firehousearts.org, by also famous as the subject calling 925-931-4848, and of the Oscar-nominated in person at the Firehouse film “Jules at Eight.” Arts Center Box Office, Vogt continues, “Octo- 4444 Railroad Avenue, ber turned into the concert Pleasanton. Box Office month at the Firehouse.” hours are Wednesday - In October, look for Ed- Friday 12:00 noon-6:00pm mar Castaneda, the fiery and Saturdays 10:00am- Columbian harpist turning 4:00pm, and 2 hours prior heads in New York City; to performances. THE INDEPENDENT • THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2015 7

Review General Secretary of the National Council of Las Positas College's Double Hits Churches at Two Events Jim Winkler, General Secretary of the National Coun- By Susan Steinberg that evokes audience appreciation of something much cil of Churches, will preach Sunday, August 9, 2015 at A perennial audience favorite has just made its deeper than the surface comedy. Lines like “You’re Lynnewood United Methodist Church, 4444 Black Ave., debut at Las Positas College (LPC), inaugurating vegetable unless you’re FREE,” and “It’s the essence Pleasanton, at 9:30 a.m. He will also be the guest speaker the brand new state-of-the-art outdoor amphitheater, of DEMOCRACY,” testify to earnest yearnings that at a luncheon for area churches and other faith communities conveniently located next to the Barbara Mertes still resonate in contemporary society and scream from August 9 in Wesley Center at San Ramon Valley United Theater Building. A great performance space, it has today’s newspaper headlines. Methodist Church, 902 Danville Blvd, Alamo, at noon. His comfortably-tiered levels, ADA accessibility, and full Putting his heart into those words and then master- luncheon topic is “San Francisco East Bay: What does the sight-lines from all locations. Professional lighting minding convoluted schemes to accomplish this goal Lord require of you?” and audio improve the quality of outdoor production, by hoodwinking everyone was the energetic main- Winkler meets with faith leaders of all world religions and cleverly-designed backstage areas combine to spring of the play, the slave Pseudolus. His ability to and speaks with a progressive Christian voice on issues of enhance the theatrical experience for actors and audi- fill the demanding role was the make-or-break element peace and justice around the world. The National Council of ence alike. of the production, and James Koponen was, as always, Churches is “a community of communions called by Christ The inaugural performance, ”A Funny Thing Hap- a master performer. Wildly inventive, distracting, to visible unity and sent forth in the Spirit to promote God’s pened On The Way To The Forum” proved as big a winning, zany, conniving, and ever ready for a sudden justice, peace, and the healing of the world.” Some of the 37 member communions include: African Methodist Episcopal hit as the new venue itself. As created by professional change of demeanor, he was a quicksilver delight to Church, The Episcopal Church (USA), Evangelical Lu- funny men Larry Gelbart (“Mash”, the Sid Caesar watch as he animated each scene with an endless rep- theran Church in America, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Show, and “Tootsie”), and Burt Shevelove, it’s a ertoire of different dramatic tricks and tics. America, Korean Presbyterian Church Abroad, Presbyterian wacky plot, based on the famous comedies of the His fellow-slave Hysterium is just that, and made Church (USA), United Church of Christ, and The United Roman playwright Plautus. The timeless stereotypes the most of his jangled nerves with the hysterical Methodist Church. Winkler has been President and General he created, including the Braggart Soldier and the song “I’m Calm.” Trevor March embodied both his Secretary of the National Council of Churches for one year. wily servant outwitting his masters have come down ridiculous groveling to his mistress and the terrified Before that he headed the General Board of Church and through the ages from Elizabethan and Restoration hyperventilation that left him unconscious on the floor. Society of The United Methodist Church. theater, French classical comedies, the Figaro operas, A parade of tantalizing courtesans adds to the show’s The public is welcome to attend worship and hear and parodies of modern army life in films and on audience appeal, and LPC produced a fine bevy of Winkler preach at Lynnewood UMC and/or to attend the TV. Of course the lecherous old man panting after beauties, each doing a routine inspired by her name: luncheon at San Ramon Valley UMC. Please send reser- hot young women has been a staple of comedy for Gymnasia, Panacea, Vibrata, and Tintinabula,as a vations for the luncheon to Rev. Heather Leslie Hammer, centuries, right down to such real-life characters as stunned Pseudolus sighs, “Haven’t you got something [email protected], or call 925 846-0221. A donation Hugh Heffner. a little less noisy?" of $5 is asked at the door. People of all faith backgrounds Other familiar comic types include the dim-witted Lively staging, lovely voices, and physical comedy are welcome. blonde and the domineering shrewish wife, the hen- straight out of vaudeville made the show a sure-fire Lynnewood UMC is located across from the aquatic pecked husband, and the endearingly naïve young winner with appreciative audiences on opening week- center on Black Ave., and there is ample parking behind couple discovering first love. There is an ingenious end. Sadly, this hit was not scheduled for successive the church. combination of parody and sympathy for all, plus dates, despite the impressive sets mounted for the brief a marvelous score by a young Steven Sondheim. run by the college’s technical crew and imaginative Already a master of word-play in “Gypsy” and” West costumes. Mark Dietrich directed the energetic orches- Religion Chat Set for August 12 Side Story," he was finally called upon to marry his tra, while everyone on stage braved the chilly winds to The August Religion Chat will be held at Congregation clever lyrics with his own infectious rhythms and give a carefree performance. Beth Emek, 3400 Nevada Court, Pleasanton on August 12, tender ballads. The result was a smash hit, both on Ken Ross, long-time head of the LPC theater pro- at 5:00 to 6:00 PM Broadway and in a star-studded film. gram, and still teaching classes, acted as Dramaturg The topic will be "In Your faith whom would you con- Even years later, the show has always wowed for the production, also appearing as the befuddled sider to be a holy person--one held in high regard? What audiences (this reviewer looks forward to every re- old Erronious, and evoking the biggest ovation of the attributes do they have? vival). Helmed by Director Wesley Morgan, this stag- evening. His every appearance was a show-stopper. Rabbi Lawrence Milder, from Congregation Beth Emek, ing had a fast pace, frenetic action sequences, double Audiences also applauded Titian Lish, the new Per- will talk on the Jewish point-of-view and Ustad Ali Ataie, entendres, and pratfalls that had audiences respond- forming Arts Coordinator for her meticulous attention professor at St. Mary's College, will teach us about the ing with hilarious laughter. The humor was broad, to detail on this “shake-down” voyage of the new facil- Muslim perspective. sometimes a bit naughty, but never in bad taste, even ity, and her thoughtful provision of free lap-blankets This event is free of charge. Interested people are wel- with the complimentary(?) line, “Lycus, you are a for audience members. The Sweet and Mellow food come. gentleman and a procurer.” A personal favorite occurs truck was extremely popular for its hot beverages as Religion Chat is a monthly interfaith forum held on the when the ditsy blonde refuses to drink an important well as its yummy snacks, although many theater-goers second Wednesday of the month at one of Interfaith Inter- goblet of wine because the religion of her homeland had packed ample picnic baskets and coolers. connect's sixteen participating congregations in Livermore Crete prohibits alcohol. In frustration the narrator Congratulations to the planners and follow-through and Pleasanton. The group's mission statement reads, "To laments, “He HAD to go marry a religious Cretan.” workers who have gifted the Valley with such an en- enrich, educate, and inform ourselves and others about the (Repeat until the humor sinks in.) joyable new performance venue! great diversity of faiths and cultures in our Valley. In order A serious note is the passionate desire of scheming to accomplish our mission, a variety of events are held slave Pseudolus to be “FREE,” expressed in a song each year. To contact the group, e-mail Interfaith.interconnect@ gmail.com. They are also on Facebook. 8 THE INDEPENDENT • THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2015

ART/PHOTO EXHIBITS Harrington Gallery at the Firehouse marketing your work. ACC members Livermore. Festival of Lights, Indian p.m. Bankhead Theater, 2400 First St., Livermore Art Association Gallery, Arts Center in Pleasanton, 4444 currently working on exhibiting theme WINE & SPIRITS cuisine, Aug. 16, 11-2 925.456.2405 Livermore. www.bankheadtheater.org located in the Carnegie Building, offers Railroad Avenue. Donations always works, under the Inspiration of "The McGrail Vineyards and Winery special or www.wentevineyards.com or 373-6800. art classes, unusual gifts, painting appreciated. Artist's Edge /The Edge of Art & Chosen events: Tapas, Tasting, and Tunes​ Wood Family Vineyards, 12th annual Start-Up Band Summer Concert, Aug. rentals, art exhibits and information Special Art Exhibits. Firehouse Arts Cen- Pathways." Meets and Critiques Friday every other Friday July 3-Sept. 11, release party, Sat. and Sun., Aug. 8 and 29, 8 p.m. Firehouse Arts Center, 4444 pertaining to the art field, 2155 Third ter public spaces will host two unique mornings in Pleasanton. PoetryOnCan- 6 to 9 p.m. wines and a delicious 9. Paired with gourmet cheeses. Live Railroad Avenue, Pleasanton. www. St., Livermore. The gallery has been exhibits through the end of summer: [email protected] mixture of sweet, savory, and a bit of music by 'Patty and Abigail.' $10 per firehousearts.org, 931-4850. open since 1974 and is run as a co-op the dense oils of William Rushton Figure Drawing Workshop, every Friday spicy flavors from the acclaimed chef, person and keep the Wood Family Wine Pleasanton Ukulele Band ‘A Taste of by local artists. Hours are Wed.-Sun. and the atmospheric landscapes of 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Artists bring Eduardo Posada, of Posada Restaurant Glass; no charge for "extended Family" Hawaii’, Aug. 30, 2 p.m. Firehouse 11:30-4 p.m. For information call Victoria Veedell. Both artists use their own materials and easels. Open and Catering. Summer Yoga and Wine club members. 7702 Cedar Mountain Arts Center, 4444 Railroad Ave., 449-9927. vibrant color palettes in very different to all artists. Professional artist models Sunset Series with Natalie Shapiro Rd. Livermore. www.woodfamilyvine- Pleasanton. www.firehousearts.org or Art on the Green, Bankhead Plaza ways. Rushton’s pieces will be located (nude). No instructor. Students under - July 30th, and August 13th 6-8PM. yards.com 931-4848. Green, 2400 First St., Livermore, third in the Grand Atrium Lobby from July 18 need written parental permission to Ticket includes hour long yoga instruc- Discover The Garden at Wente The Front Porch Music Festival, Sat., Saturday of the month June-Septem- 23 through August 26. Veedell’s work attend. Cost $20 per session. Bothwell tion on the front lawn followed by Vineyards, exclusive tour of The Sept. 5, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Wente ber. Sponsored by the Bothwell Arts is in the main floor Hallway Gallery Arts Center, 2466 8th St., Livermore. wine tasting. Register online at www. Restaurant’s ½ acre organic produc- Vineyards Estate Winery & Tasting Center and Livermore Valley Performing July 22 through September 5. Both Coffee, tea and refreshments are avail- mcgrailvineyards.com or call (925) tion garden followed by a special two Room, 5565 Tesla Rd., Livermore. Arts Center. Event open to all artists artists will be on hand during the able. Call or e-mail Barbara Stanton 215-0717 for more information. $30/ course lunch utilizing ingredients from Features nationally acclaimed artists displaying artist-only products. All art next Artist’s Reception on August 5 for more info about the workshop, person per class the garden. Space is very limited. Price from around the country. Sip world must be family acceptable. $20 fee, from 7:00-9:00 p.m. The reception is 925-373-9638 - microangelo@ Las Positas Vineyards, Fridays, August per guest, per session: $45 public, class wines from Wente Vineyards information contact Anne Giancola at free and open to the public, with light earthlink.net. 7 & 21st, "Evening in the Vineyards" $39 Club (Plus tax and 18% service and The Winemakers Studio. Purchase agiancola@livermoreperformingarts. refreshments being served. The public PPL/Pleasanton Poetry League, now concerts from 6-9pm featuring Music charge). All events are 10:30 a.m. wine from our tasting rooms, beer from org to RSVP. is invited to explore and enjoy the meeting the 1st Thursday and 3rd Lore on the 7th and Joey T & Friends to 1:30 p.m.; dates are August 12, Eight Bridges Brewing and food from Livermore Art Association Gallery two exhibits during Firehouse Arts Center Wednesday of each month 7:00 at The on the 21st. Wine, non-alcoholic Sept. 9, Oct. 14. 5050 Arroyo Road, Ken's Pizza & The Wood Fire Kitchen by featured artists for July and August, open hours. Wednesday, Thursday, Corner Bakery Cafe in Pleasanton. Join beverages along with Artisan pizza's Livermore; wentevineyards.com Wente Vineyards. Advanced tickets only Diana Carey and Kerry KcGehee. Carey, Friday from 12:00-5:00 p.m.; Saturday us as we challenge ourselves to poeti- handcrafted by On the Vine Catering Retzlaff Vineyards, Wine Wednesday $35, 12 years old & under $10. Tickets a Livermore resident for many years, 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. 4444 Railroad cally relay our thoughts, emotions and available for purchase ( sorry no at Retzlaff, 5 to 8 p.m. Aug. 26. The at the door will be $45. No outside food is a sculptress and jewelry artist. Kerry Avenue, Pleasanton. Donations always experiences through poetry. Become a outside food or beverages permitted) To winery and grounds will be open late or alcohol allowed. 925.456.2305 or McGehee is a photographer. The LAA appreciated. For more information, member & share your work - Contact purchase tickets, visit www.lasposi- for visitors to wind down with a glass wentevineyards.com Gallery is located in Carnegie Park at contact Gallery Director: JFinegan@ [email protected] for more tasvineyards.com. Space is limited so after work. This is a Livermore Valley Spencer Day ‘The Look of Love,’ 8 p.m., 2155 Third St between J and K streets. cityofpleasantonca.gov, or call the info on Theme Challenges, Membership please visit our website to reserve your wide event with a different winery Sept. 12, Firehouse Arts Center, 4444 Hours are 11:30 am to 4:00 pm, gallery: 925-931-4849. & Opportunities. seat. Sun., Aug. 9, "Sunday Funday," participating each week. Evening Railroad Avenue, Pleasanton. www. Wednesday through Sunday. Admission Absolutely Abstract Art Show, Livermore Ukulele Circle, Meetings held the last 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., newest wine wine specials available by the glass firehousearts.org, 931-4850. is free. Library, 1188 S. Livermore Ave., from Saturday from 12 noon-1 p.m. at and cheese pairing flight. For more or bottle. 1356 S. Livermore Ave, Blue Sky Riders. Grammy winning legend Monoprints and Collagraphs of Edmee Sept. 1-30. Only show dedicated to Galina’s Music Studio located at 1756 information, email curt@laspositas- Livermore. 925-447-89341. Kenny Loggins, Songwriter of the Year Acuna Keele will be on display August abstract art in the Tri-Valley. No admis- First St., Livermore. Confirm participa- vineyards.com Gary Burr, and Georgia Middleman, 1st thru August 31 at Wente Vineyards sion charge. tion by calling (925) 960-1194 or via Music on the Patio at Nottingham MUSIC/CONCERTS Sept. 18, 8 p.m. Bankhead Theater, Estate Winery, 5556 Tesla Road, Liver- Pleasanton Art League Fall Members’ the website at www.GalinasMusicStu- Cellars: performances are 1 to 4 Keiko Matsui, Japanese-born pianist and 2400 First St., Livermore. www.bank- more. Edmee usually prints at the Fort Exhibit, Firehouse Arts Center, 4444 dio.com. Beginners are welcome. Bring p.m.: August 8 Chris LeBel will be composer. Aug. 7, 8 p.m. Bankhead headtheater.org or 373-6800. Mason Studios in San Francisco and Railroad Ave., Pleasanton. Sept. 24- some music to share with the group. rocking it; August 15 Eric Eckstein Theater, 2400 First St., Livermore. Annual Piano Recital, Saturday, belongs to the Fort Mason Printmakers Oct. 24. Reception and awards Sept. Ukuleles are available for purchase. will return and provide an entertaining www.bankheadtheater.org or 373- September 19, 2015, 7:30 p.m. at group. She shows her work with the 29, 6 to 8 p.m. Information, www.PAL- Small $10 fee to cover meeting costs. afternoon; August 22 Dave Land back 6800. Asbury United Methodist Church, 4743 group in the San Francisco Open ART.com or www.firehousearts.org. Young Artists' Studio 2015 Summer on the patio; August 29 The energetic Summer Music Night 2015 at Firehouse East Avenue, Livermore. Annual piano Studios. Art, An open studio experience for Kylle Thomasson is returning to get Arts Center. Celebrate live and local recital co-sponsored by the Alameda Artists at Work Nights, Bothwell MEETINGS/CLASSES students ages 7 through high school the patio singing along. • August musicians from the Bay Area featuring County East Branch of the Music Downtown Art Studios, 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. Watercolor class: Nancy Saltsman with projects in drawing, painting, 21, 6-9pm When in Rhone Wine and singer/songwriter Emily Zisman and Teachers’ Association of California 13: artists at work night; Sept. 10: returns to teaching with a four-day printmaking and sculpture. Adults are Food Pairing with Posada Posada will her band The Day is Done, plus special (MTAC) and Asbury. San Ramon resi- Joanna Cranshaw and Jonathon Miller; workshop providing an in-depth study welcome to join the class as space be creating some tasty pairings with guest performances by Pleasanton's dent Misha Galant, MTAC Young Artist Nov. 12: artists at work night. 62 South of the properties of watercolor paints, permits. Peggy Frank is a painter and 5 of the Vasco Urbano award winning own Maddy Hudson (vocalist) and Guild member and Livermore-Amador L Street, Livermore. www.bothwel- materials and techniques. Acquire has been teaching art to young people wines. RSVP Required. Limited Shanth Gopalswamy (guitar). Satur- Symphony performer will present lartscenter.org. a thorough knowledge of color theory in Livermore for over thirty years. Ses- Seating. $55 Club/$65 Non Club. day, August 8, 8:00 p.m. General seat- timeless music masterpieces by J. S. Art Exhibit Showcases Veterans Admin- and interactive color relationships to sions: Aug. 3-7. After Aug. 7 individual Contact daved@nottinghamcellars. ing tickets are $15.00; Student tickets Bach, William Bolcom, Franz Liszt and istration Hospital Residents, “View be able to create brilliant, luminous lessons available. Contact Peggy Frank com or 925.294.8647 for tickets. • $10.00. Purchase online at www. Sergei Rachmaninoff. The community from the Hill,” on display through Aug. paintings. All levels welcome. Some for more information about the summer August 27, 11:30am-4:30pm Cabernet firehousearts.org, 925-931-4848, or is invited to attend. No charge for ad- 21 at the office of Berkshire Hathaway experience recommended Saturdays, sessions for 2015 and school year Sauvignon Day Wine Trail 2015 Not- at the center Box Office, 4444 Railroad mission; refreshments served. Further HomeServices, Drysdale Properties, August 8, 15, 22, 29; 9am-12pm; classes, including times and fees, tingham Cellars is one of the stops Avenue, Pleasanton. information: 925 443-2514 accoll@ 1983 Second Street in downtown $130 at the Bothwell Arts Center, at (925) 443- 8755 or frank.a@ on the Livermore Valley Wine Trolley Jazz All Star Quintet brings together comcast.net Livermore. The show can be viewed 2466 8th Street. Contact agiancola@ comcast.net celebrating CAB DAY. Let the trolley do legendary pianist and band leader House Rent Party with Rick Estrin during normal business hours, or by livermoreperformingarts.org for info or New Drawing Class- "Basic Drawing: the driving while making the rounds Dick Hyman, award-winning tenor and The Nightcats, Sept. 26, 8 p.m. appointment with Cher Wollard, 925- registration. Focus on Nature" This class is for between Concannon Vineyard, The saxophonist Harry Allen, and arguably Bothwell Arts Center, tickets www. 784-4679 or [email protected]. Artists at Work, a new monthly event, beginners and the artist who want to Steven Kent Winery, McGrail Vineyards the greatest living jazz clarinetist, Ken bankheadtheater.org or 373-6800. Inside and Out: Plein Air and Studio the second Thursday of each month improve drawing techniques. Classes and Nottingham Cellars. Each winery Peplowski. Aug. 9, 3 p.m. Bankhead Works. Announcing the newest instal- features a new artist and artists at start with the basics and quickly will have special offerings for trolley Theater, 2400 First St., Livermore. ON THE STAGE lation at the Harrington Gallery at the work at the Livermore Downtown Art focuses on nature drawing. Included- riders. Purchase wristbands www. www.bankheadtheater.org or 373- Firehouse Arts Center Season 6: Firehouse Arts Center in Pleasanton. Studios, 62 So. L St., Livermore. instruction on site techniques, three LivermoreWineTrolley.com/Reserva- 6800. Tickets now on sale both online Featuring recent works by seven Bay Show and Tell, Artists are invited to dimensional development, and compo- tions or call 925.989.1559. • August Pamela Rose Presents Wild Women of and at the box office. Three theater Area artists who paint together for a monthly function at the Bothwell sition. Starts Wed., Sept 16th 12:30-3 27, 6-9pm Music in the Orchard at Song, Red-Legged Frog Productions, companies and diverse concert and inspiration and challenge. The pieces Arts Center, called “Show & Tell. 4th PM for 5 weeks or Thurs., Sept 17th The Purple Orchid Georgi and the Aug. 9., 2 p.m. Firehouse Arts Center, show offerings, with cabaret, pop/rock, are begun out of doors and completed Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at 12:30-3 PM for 5 weeks. Maryann Rough Week will be headlining the third 4444 Railroad Ave., Pleasanton. www. indie, country, folk, blues, jazz, world in studio. Open to the public August 5 the Bothwell Arts Center, 2466 Eighth has a certificate in nature illustration concert of the series benefitting the firehousearts.org or 931-4848. music, films, holiday, magic, classical, through September 12. Free public St., Livermore. Artists bring finished or from the Tucson Desert Museum, Art Pedrozzi Foundation.Join Nottingham Celtic Roots of Great American Music and tribute shows all on the schedule. opening artist reception will be held unfinished work to show and if desired, Institute. Sign up at Way Up Art and Cellars, Altamont Beerworks and Ken’s celebrating American music’s rich Darlingside (season kick-off Sept 5), on Wednesday, August 5, from 7:00 – receive a critique from the group. Frame 1912 2nd St Livermore 925- Woodfired Pizza for an evening of food, Irish and Scottish heritage. Aug. 14, 8 Julian Lage (of the Oscar nominated 9:00 p.m. at the gallery. The public is Refreshments are brought by some of 443-3388 libations and a relaxing evening in the p.m. Bankhead Theater, 2400 First St., film “Jules at Eight”), Ambrosia, m- invited to explore the works and chat the artists, and a donation of $5.00 Colored Pencil - Basics and Beyond orchard. No outside food or beverage. Livermore. www.bankheadtheater.org pact, Heart by Heart, Alex Ramon, with the artists. Light refreshments is desired although not mandatory. - Classes are for beginners and Tickets available online at www.pur- or 373-6800. Jayme Stone’s Lomax Project, the will be served. Young @ Art Event: Contact for this event is D’Anne Miller intermediate students. Classes start pleorchid.com and in our tasting room. Mad’s Men: Featuring Mads Tolling, Unauthorized Rolling Stones, Tito Y Su “Art in the Park,” Thursday, August 6, at [email protected], or Linda Mon., ​Sept 14th 9: ​30 to noon for five $10 presale/$15 at the door. Aug. 22, 8 p.m. Firehouse Arts Center, Son de Cuba, Comedy Kiss-Off, Larkin 4:30-5:45 p.m. Ages 5-11. Register at Ryan at LRyan@Livermoreperform- weeks and Tues., ​Sept 15th 6:30 to 9 Wente Vineyards, Sundays in the 4444 Railroad Ave., Pleasanton. www. Poe, and the big return of December www.pleasantonfun.com, code 60160. ingarts.org PM for five weeks. Instructor Maryann Round, three new food experiences firehousearts.org or 931-4848. People. South Pacific, Enchanted April Regular gallery hours: Wednesday, ACC/Art Critique & Coffee, Discuss and Kot, Location, Bothwell Art Center 2466 paired with Wente Vineyards wines . Rockapella rocks the house with just (world premiere!), Elf the Musical (Bay Thursday, Friday from 12:00-5:00 share work with Professional Artists 8th St. Livermore. Sign up, Way Up Art $60 club members, $65 non-club, per one instrument – their voices – but an Area premiere!), Tales of Olympus, p.m.; Saturday 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. in sketching, painting, exhibiting and and Frame 925-443-3388 guest, per experience. 5050 Arroyo Rd., astonishing full-band sound. Aug. 28, 8 A Midsummer Night’s Dream. New THE INDEPENDENT • THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2015 9

Firehouse Film Series features 4 clas- Railroad Avenue, Pleasanton. www. screening. Additional information at 9:00 a.m. Parade of Champions begins a garden tour are part of the event. presented by the Altamont Cruisers, sic independent film thrillers. Become firehousearts.org, 931-4850. www.livermoreamadorsymphony.org or at 3:30 p.m. www.altamontcruisers.org Featured artist Freddy Moran; guest September 27 in downtown Livermore. a Theater Member! Enjoy ticket contact the competition chairperson at A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee artist Sally Collins. Alden Lane Nursery, Featuring muscle cars, street rods, discounts and priority ticketing, drink COMEDY (925) 447-1947. Williams, Role Players Ensemble 981 Alden Lane, Livermore. Information custom and classic cars. Opening vouchers, ‘invitation only’ events, and Retzlaff Vineyards, Comedy Uncorked, production, Sept. 4-19. Tickets and about activities go to www.aldenlane. ceremonies begin at 9:00 a.m. Parade other perks. Ticket and membership 6 to 10 p.m. Aug. 8, 1356 S. Livermore MISCELLANEOUS Information at www.RolePlayersEn- com or www.inbetweenstitches.com of Champions begins at 3:30 p.m. info now at www.firehousearts.org, and Ave, Livermore. 925-447-89341. Go Political Issues Book Club meets the semble.com. The Village Theatre, 233 26th annual Nostalgia Day Car Show, www.altamontcruisers.org in person at the Firehouse Box Office: to www.comedyuncorked.com for 4th Tuesday of each month, and reads Front Street, Danville. 4444 Railroad Avenue, Pleasanton, or updates. books about issues and trends that Darlingside, Sept. 5, 8 p.m. Firehouse 925-931-4848. Hours: Wednesday Retzlaff Vineyards, Comedy Uncorked, are driving current affairs in both the Arts Center, 4444 Railroad Avenue, - Friday 12:00 noon-6:00pm and 6 to 10 p.m. Sept. 19, 1356 S. Liver- national and international arenas. Pleasanton. www.firehousearts.org, Saturdays 10:00am-4:00pm, and 2 more Ave, Livermore. 925-447-89341. Topics that have been covered include 931-4850. Encore Players Group hours prior to performances. Go to www.comedyuncorked.com for politics, governance, economics, mili- 149th Scottish Highland Gathering & Aesop Amuck, adapted by Rebecca Long- updates. tary affairs, history, sociology, science, Games presented by the Caledonian Announces Auditions; along worth and the ensemble from Aesop’s The 40th Annual San Francisco the climate, and religion. Contact Rich Club of San Francisco, Labor Day Fables; Directed by Rebecca Long- Comedy Competition, Sept. 25, 8 at 872-7923, for further questions Weekend September 5-6, 2015 at the with Plans for the Coming Year worth; Performed by Sam Bertken, p.m. Bankhead Theater, 2400 First St., We’re Talkin’ Books! Club is a member- Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleas- Paul Eric Collins, Joan Howard, Casey Livermore. www.bankheadtheater.org centered book group led by a small anton. Includes Irish dancing, Highland Robbins and Marlene Yarosh; Designed or 373-6800. group of book club veterans, with dancing, piping and drumming, sports, Auditions: The Encore Players, the Livermore theater by Joan Howard, Megan Hillard and reading selections based on member music, etc. www.caledonian.org/ Viviana Matsuda; Musical direction MOVIES recommendations and consensus. 34th Annual Harvest Wine Celebration, company for older actors, has announced open auditions by Casey Robbins. Sunday August 16 Movies in the Park, Amador Valley No homework required– share your Sun., Sept. 6, noon to 6 p.m. Over for A.R. Gurney’s hit comedy “The Cocktail Hour.” The at 5pm - Centennial Park, 5353 Sunol Community Park, 4455 Black Avenue, insights or just listen in! Contact Susan 40 wineries featuring wine tasting, auditions will be held from 7-9 pm Monday, August 17, Blvd, Pleasanton, sponsored by the Pleasanton. Free. Movies begin at at 337-1282 regarding the We’re entertainment, and arts and crafts. City of Pleasanton. No charge. dusk. All are PG. August 6, Back to Talkin’ Books! Club. Presented by the Livermore Valley and 7-9 pm Friday, August 21, at the West End Theater of HMS Pinafore, Lamplighters Music The- the Future; August 13, Into the Woods. Storied Nights: An Evening of Spoken Winegrowers Association. Tickets and the Bothwell Arts Center, Eighth and H streets, Liver- atre production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s http://cityofpleasantonca.gov, or Word. 2nd Thursday of each month. information at www.lvwine.org satire. Aug. 22, 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. and 931-4826. Features local authors reading their The Museum on Main 2015 Ed Kinney more. Actors will be asked to read from the script. The Aug. 23 at 2 p.m. Bankhead Theater, Picnic Flix, Emerald Glen Park,, Dublin. work 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Peet's Coffee Speaker Series An Evening With… play, directed by longtime actor/director Connie Duke, 2400 First St., Livermore. www.bank- Food, beverages, snacks available and Tea, 152 So. Livermore Ave., Liver- The Harringtons & The Pleasanton Art will be presented at the Bothwell Arts Center at 8 pm headtheater.org or 373-6800. for purchase 7 p.m.; movies begin at more. Sponsored by LVPAC and Peet's. Partnership Tuesday, September 8th, By the Way, Meet Vera Stark by Lynn approximately 8:30 p.m. Free. All are Information go to http://facebook.com/ 7 pm: Gary and Nancy Harrington, Friday-Sunday, October 23-25. Nottage, directed by Dawn Monique PG. August 21, Big Hero 6. 556-4500 StoriedNights benefactors of public art in Pleasanton, Roles include a long-married, well-off, conventional Williams, a biting new comedy about for more information. Little League Intermediate World Se- to discuss the many artworks in the couple and their adult children, a son and daughter who racial stereotyping in Hollywood. Dou- ries in 2015 from Sunday, August 2nd community. The Harringtons will share blas Morrisson Theatre, Aug. 27-Sept. DANCE to Saturday, August 8th at Max Baer the stories behind many public art have markedly different values from their parents. The 20. Fri. & Sat. 8 p.m. Sat., Sept. 12, 2 Square dancing for all ages 8 years Park, Livermore. intermediateworld- pieces around the city and the artists, cracks in their relationships have become even more ap- and 8 p.m.; Sundays, 2 p.m. Douglas and up, Thursdays from 7:00-8:30pm series.org. Welcome parade Aug. 1, 3 including those in the Harrington Art Morrisson Theatre, 22311 N. Third at Del Valle High, 2253 5th Street, p.m. in downtown Livermore. www. Partnership, a 10-year public art parent in the culture clashes of the 1970s, when the play St., Hayward. (510) 881-6777; www. Livermore. Families and friends livermoredowntown.com acquisition and installation program. is set. dmtonline.org welcome. September classes are free Old-Fashioned Ice Cream Social, Aug. Firehouse Arts Center, 4444 Railroad No appointment is needed for the auditions. For more 16th Annual Eugene O’Neill Festival, to new dancers. Questions? Margaret 9, noon to 4 p.m. Ravenswood Historic Avenue, Pleasanton. Tickets may be Danville. September 4-22. Presented 925-447-6980. Site, 2647 Arroyo Rd., Livermore. No purchased online at www.museumon- information about the auditions or the play, contact Con- by the Eugene O’Neill Foundation, admission charge. Games, music, main.org, at Museum on Main during nie Duke at 846-8420, [email protected]; or Kathy Streeter Tao House, in partnership with the AUDITIONS/COMPETITIONS historical demonstrations, tours and regular operating hours or by phoning at 447-8924, [email protected]. National Park Service and Role Players 5th annual Freeze Frame! Photo more. 443-0238. the museum at (925) 462-2766. Ensemble. Events take place at the Competition, during the month of The Museum on Main 2015 Ed Kinney Lobster Clambake at Wente, Sat., Sept. Three Viewings: Completing its 2015 -2016 season, Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site July, Tri-Valley Conservancy (TVC) will Speaker Series An Evening With… An- 12, 5:30 p.m. Wente Vineyards, www. Encore Players have chosen Jeffrey Hatcher’s “Three in Danville or in locations in downtown be hosting the competition. TVC is drew Carnegie, Tuesday, August 11th, bankheadtheater.org or 373-6800. Danville. Shows will include Desire looking for striking images of nature 7 pm: A rags-to-riches story, Scottish- Children’s Fair, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat., Viewings” to be presented in March. The play consists Under the Elms and A Streetcar Named highlighting the diversity of life in the born Andrew Carnegie, emigrated with Sept. 12 Robert Livermore Community of three funny, poignant scenes set in the same funeral Desire. Other events are planned. Free Tri-Valley - looking for photos of all his poor family to the United States Center, 4444 East Ave., Livermore. parlor. Three individuals tell their stories, both comic and previews of the 16th Annual Eugene types of agriculture, scenic rural areas, in 1848 and by 1901 Carnegie sold Entertainment, make it and take it O’Neill Festival will be hosted at three and recreational uses or activities in his steel company for $480 million. booths, food booths, and more. No tragic but always revelatory, of their crisscrossing ties to area libraries in August: Thursday, the parks and recreational areas within The steel mogul is portrayed by actor admission charge. Hosted by Livermore this Midwest community and its people. Notice of audi- August 13 at 7:00 p.m. at the Danville TVC’s locale, which includes Dublin, and professor Doug Mishler. Firehouse Area Recreation and Park District. tions will be publicized after the first of the year. Library, 400 Front Street;Thursday, Livermore, Pleasanton, San Ramon Arts Center, 4444 Railroad Avenue, 373-5700. August 20 at 7:00 p.m. at the Lafayette and Sunol. For contest rules and Pleasanton. Tickets may be purchased Applefest 2015, Sept. 13, 1 to 3 p.m. Keep abreast of the company’s activities by joining its Library & Learning Center, 3491 Mt. registration instructions, go to www.tri- online at www.museumonmain.org, at Ravenswood Historic Site, 2647 Arroyo mailing list by emailing [email protected]. Diablo Blvd.; and Saturday, August 22 valleyconservancy.org, email a request Museum on Main during regular oper- Rd., Livermore. Tour the orchards and at 2:00 p.m. at the Pleasanton Library, to freezeframe@trivalleyconservancy. ating hours or by phoning the museum taste antique apple varietals. Make Improvs at the Bothwell: In addition, the Encore Play- 400 Old Bernal Avenue. Tickets for org or call 925-449-8706. at (925) 462-2766. cider, play old-fashioned games. ers will sponsor a second session of its class in Improvi- Desire Under the Elms and A Streetcar Livermore-Amador Symphony Associa- Livermore Valley Chamber of Com- Orchard tour at 1:15 p.m. $2 donation sation for the Theater and for Life, with popular instructor Named Desire and for other Festival tion's 43rd Competition for Young merce Annual Wine Country Summer requested. 960-2400. events, are available online through Musicians, application deadline is Series, August 27, 11:30 a.m.-1:00 Splatter, Sept. 19, Emerald Glen Park, Gary Grossman. The class, geared to individuals over 50, the Town of Danville Box Office a www. Sunday, September 27, 2015. (Ap- p.m. at Concannon Vineyard, 4590 Dublin. Arts and culinary marketplace, will be held from 1-4 pm August 29 and September 5, 12 villagetheatreshows.com, or (925) plications will be accepted starting on Tesla Road. Speaker TBA. Tickets and wine tasting, interactive art experi- and 19 at the Bothwell Center. Fee for the four classes is 314-3400. General information about 9/18.) Open to instrumentalists and information at Livermore Chamber of ences, music by Double Funk Crunch. the Eugene O’Neill Foundation is avail- vocalists who reside or attend school in Commerce, www.livermorechamber.org No admission charge. Presented by $100. Participants are limited to 15, and registration is able at www.eugeneoneill.org, or by Livermore, Sunol, Pleasanton, Dublin, Paws in the Park, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. City of Dublin. www.dublinsplatter.com on a first-come first-served basis. For a registration form, calling (925) 820-1818. or San Ramon. Students are eligible Sun., Sept. 27, Amador Valley Commu- Livermore Valley Chamber of The Ray Charles Project, Sept. 5, 8 p.m. through grade 12. If not enrolled in nity Park, Pleasanton. Valley Humane Commerce Annual Wine Country contact Kathy Streeter at [email protected], 925 Bankhead Theater, 2400 First St., high school, the maximum age is 17. Society a dog walk and animal festival Summer Series, September 24, 11:30 447-8924. Livermore. www.bankheadtheater.org All instruments will be considered. benefiting animal rescue and commu- a.m.-1:00 p.m., Wente Vineyards, 5050 The session can accommodate both new and return- or 373-6800. The purpose is to select two young nity programs. Walk with or without a Arroyo Road, Livermore, Speaker TBD. Circus and Acrobats of China, Sept. 13, musicians who will perform as soloists dog, form a “dog pack” with family and Tickets and information at Livermore ing participants. Grossman will conduct a short review of 2 p.m. Bankhead Theater, 2400 First with the symphony on February 20, friends. www.valleyhumane.org Chamber of Commerce, www.liver- beginning level improvisation at the start of the first class, St., Livermore. www.bankheadtheater. 2016. Each winner/soloist will be 26th Annual Nostalgia Day Car Show, morechamber.org and then the focus will shift to longer-form exercises. org or 373-6800. awarded $500. Applications must be Altamont Cruisers Car Club, Sun., Sept. Quilting in the Garden, Sept. 26 and 27, Civic Arts Stage Co Presents Tales of accompanied by an $8.00 application 7, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Downtown Liver- 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Quilts hung from tree Come and discover how to improve your listening and Olympus Jr., 2 and 7:30 p.m., Sept. fee and a recording for preliminary more. Opening ceremonies begin at to tree; several classes, lectures and storytelling skills onstage and off! 18-27, Firehouse Arts Center, 4444 10 THE INDEPENDENT • THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2015

(Organizations wishing to run notices visited several areas, including Pretoria, in Bulletin Board, send information to PO home of the Voortrekker Monument; the Box 1198, Livermore, CA 94551, in care Eastern Free State; the Golden Gate; the of Bulletin Board or email information Valley of Desolation; the Eastern Cape; to [email protected]. Include Mossel Bay; Pinnacle Point; Meirings name of organization, meeting date, Poort; Kirstenbosch; the Western Cape; Community College Board Secretary Honored for Work time, place and theme or subject. Phone Great Karroo; Kruger National Park, and number and contact person should also Clanwilliam, which is famous for flowers The Association of Com- ing education activities as as, “…an excellent writer, a be included. Deadline is 5 p.m. Friday.) and rooibos tea. Adults are invited to this Amador Valley Quilters, meeting free program on the second Thursday of munity College Trustees well as demonstrate overall leader among her peers and will be held August 8 at 1:30 pm at each month in the Community Meeting (ACCT) recently announced outstanding performance in [she] displays the traits we Pleasanton Middle School, 5001 Case Rooms of the Civic Center Library, 1188 recipients of the annual the position. wish for all our employees.” Ave Pleasanton. Denise Oyama Miller will S. Livermore Avenue, Livermore. For ad- Bailey has worked with Board of Trustees’ President share works that show her joy in the use ditional information, call 925 373-5500. ACCT Professional Board of fabric, her skill with color and design, Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social Staff Member Award. the Chabot-Las Positas Donald L. “Dobie” Gelles and her artist's eye. Contact Lorraine on August 9, 2015 from 12 noon to 4:00 Beverly “Bev” Bailey, Community College Dis- wrote in the nomination ap- 989-6923 for more information. p.m. at Ravenswood Historic Site. Free Secretary to the Chabot-Las trict in a number of positions plication, “Bev is a person Widowed Men and Women of admission. There will be ice cream and Northern CA, Aug. 11, 1 p.m., lunch in hot dogs for sale. There will be games, Positas Community College since 1975. She began her that goes beyond the word Pleasanton, RSVP by Aug. 8 to Gloria, music, historic demonstrations and District Board of Trustees service at Chabot College in service… she is a jewel.” 846-8320. Aug. 15, 1 p.m., friendly more. The event features Pleasanton was named the 2015 recipi- Hayward in the Office of In- Bailey was previously rec- bridge,RSVP by Aug. 8 to Dolores, 833- Community Concert Bank, Valley Banjos, ent of this prestigious award struction, excelled over the ognized by the Chabot-Las 1908. Aug. 16, 1 p.m., general meeting/ Petting Zoo and Pony Rides, Doll Display, birthday lunch in San Ramon, RSVP by Wood Carving Club, Face Painting and for the Pacific Region. years, and was hired as the Positas Community College Aug. 9 to Marsha, 830-8483. Aug. 18, 1 Livermore Heritage Guild Historymobile. Applicants are nomi- Executive Assistant to the District as having received p.m. lunch in Pleasanton, RSVP by Aug. Ravenswood has a gift store, selling Chancellor and the Board the Chancellor’s Award 15 to Barbara. 426-8876. Aug. 20, 5 unique items and crafts. 2647 Arroyo Rd., nated through a process Beverly “Bev” Bailey (Photo - that requires a summary of Trustees in 1993. She re- three times during her forty- p.m., happy hour in Pleasanton, RSVP by Livermore. Mary Lauffer). Aug. 18 to Mary, 705-7337. Aug. 24, 1 RPEA (Retired Public Employees of achievements, demon- mained in the position until year tenure. Recipients of p.m., lunch in Livermore, RSVP by Aug. Associations), meets Thurs., Aug. 6 at strated service leadership, her retirement in 2009. In she prepares Board agendas, the Chancellor’s Award are 22 to Janet, 443-3317. Aug. 26, 1 p.m., Villa's Hickory Pit & Grill, 3054 Pacific and evidence of support January 2010, Ms. Bailey re- takes meeting minutes, and nominated by their peers. lunch in Pleasanton, RSVP by Aug. 24 to Ave., Livermore, at 10:45 p.m. Frank posts Board materials to the Gloria, 846-8320. Aug. 30, noon, brunch Vallejo from California Water Service will to the Board and the CEO turned to the District to serve She is a graduate of in Livermore, RSVP by Aug. 28 to Ruby, talk about the drought situation and bill- team. Applicants must have as the Executive Secretary/ District website. Hayward High School and 462-9636. ing process. All retired public employees participated in professional Administrative Assistant to Bailey was described by Chabot College and resides Dress a Girl Around the World, an under the Calpers retirement program are Chancellor Jannett Jackson in Alameda. invitation to make simple dresses for girls invited to attend. For more information development and continu- the Board of Trustees where in third world countries. Next Sew-Fest or to RSVP, contact Muriel Springer at is Saturday, August 29 from 9 a.m. to 447-1920 or [email protected] 2 p.m. at St. Michael's Convent, across or Val Olson, secretary, at 449-5807 or street from the hall, Livermore. Help is [email protected] Darlington Joins Board of Livermore Valley Education Foundation needed sewing, ironing, cutting. Bring Livermore-Amador Genealogical sewing machine or serger, iron, ironing Society meeting 7:30 p.m. Mon., Aug. The Livermore Valley Education Foundation (LVEF) has board, scissors, along with helping hands. 10. Guest speaker Gene Block will talk (Those planning to stay all day should about Four Main Reasons Why We Hit added David Darlington to its Board of Directors. bring a bag lunch.) Always accepting Brick Walls in Our Research, when the Darlington has been extremely active in community and cheerful cotton fabric donations. Those records are available. Gene realized when civic affairs since moving to Livermore in 1984. He served who can’t make the Sew-Fest but would he began researching, that for the first like to sew, arrange for kits that can be time that not only did he not know the eight years on the City of Livermore's Environment and sews at home. Questions? Suzanne Beck, countries where his ancestors were born, Energy Committee, one year on the General Plan Update 925-352-8447 or [email protected] he did not even know the names of any Committee, and two terms on the City Council's Growth Tri-Valley Communities Against of his great grandparents. Over many Review Board. For 17 years he provided environmental a Radioactive Environment (Tri- subsequent years Gene observed that Valley CAREs) was founded in 1983 in genealogists hit Brick Walls even when education services to Livermore public and private schools. Livermore, by concerned neighbors living the needed records are available. In his He presently serves as the Livermore School District's around the Lawrence Livermore National presentation Gene will discuss the four Conservation Consultant. He has volunteered with the Boy Laboratory. Tri-Valley CAREs monitors main reasons why this occurs. Congrega- nuclear weapons and environmental tion Bath Emek at 3400 North Court, Scouts for 15 years, including serving as Eagle Scout Advi- clean-up activities throughout the US Pleasanton. All are welcome and there is sor. His two sons attended Rancho Las Positas Elementary nuclear weapons complex, with a special no charge. For further information contact School. focus on Livermore Lab and the surround- the program chairs at program@L-ags. Darlington says he is passionate about the importance of ing communities. All are welcome at org. our monthly meeting at the Livermore The 50th reunion of the Livermore education and looks forward to serving on the LVEF Board Civic Center Library Thursday, August High class of 1965 is coming up soon to put that passion to work. "Education is the bedrock of 20th from 7:30pm to 9pm. For more Friday, October 2. A number of activities civilization," says Darlington. " All great strides in human information call Tri-Valley CAREs at (925) are planned for the first weekend in 443-7148 or visit our website at http:// October. A cocktail hour, dinner/dance endeavor begin with education." trivalleycares.org and general reminiscing set for Fri., Oct. Other LVEF Board members are Founder Bill Dunlop, 26th Annual Nostalgia Day Car 2 from 5:30-10:30 p.m. at the Bella Rosa Sally Dunlop, Treasurer Sally Esser, Dave Haberman, Karen Show, Altamont Cruisers Car Club, Sun., Center. LHS graduates from the class of Hutchinson, President David Jonas, Jamie Mason, Joe Sept. 7, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Downtown '65 era are invited to attend the party. Livermore. Opening ceremonies begin at Registration form is available at www. Romagna, Past President Vicki Schellenberger, Secretary 9:00 a.m. Parade of Champions begins at livermorehighclassof1965.blogspot.com. Charity Shehtanian, and Jon Williams. 3:30 p.m. www.altamontcruisers.org Detailed information aobut other planned For more information visit www.lvef.org. Armchair Travelers, a monthly activities is also listed on the blog. Send program, will take place at the Livermore question to livermoreclassof1965@ Public Library Civic Center on Thurs., Aug. gmail.com. 13 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Bettie and Vineyard Alternative Elementary/ David Goosman will show photographs Middle School, a Livermore School Pictured at right is of their automobile tour of South Africa, District run independent study program David Darlington. Bettie’s native country. Bettie and David for grades 1-8, now accepting enrollment THE INDEPENDENT • THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2015 11

for the 2015-2016 school year. A Parent ogy. The Tri-Valley Branch serves men liv- family activities, and monthly adult Wednesday night program for all ages at of Christ 141 Kilkare Road, Sunol. 10:30 Lynnewood United Methodist Orientation Meeting is scheduled for ing in Pleasanton, Dublin, Livermore, and socials. Information, call 925-215-8405 7 p.m. Information, call 447-6282. a.m. worship. All are welcome here. www. Church at 4444 Black Ave. offers a Wednesday, August 19, 2015 at 10:00 San Ramon. The group meets for lunch on or visit www.PleasantonNewcomers.com Holy Cross Lutheran Church Sun- littlebrownchurchofsunol.org 925-862- friendly congregation where all are wel- A.M. in room 8 at Vineyard School. the first Thursday of each month at the Community Resources for Inde- day Service 9:30 a.m. 1020 Mocho St., 2580 come. One service at 9:30 a.m. Childcare This voluntary program is designed to San Ramon Golf Club, 9430 Fircrest Lane, pendent Living (CRIL) offers services to Livermore. Information, 447-8840. Pathway Community Church, 6533 provided. Contact Rev. Heather Hammer assist parents who wish to instruct their San Ramon. Please read more about the help people with disabilities and supports Our Savior Lutheran Ministries, Sierra Lane, Dublin. Contemporary Wor- at 846-0221, send an email to office@ children at home. The program provides, Tri-Valley SIR at http://sirs34.org/ and them to live independently and participate 1385 S. Livermore Avenue, Livermore. 9 ship Service, Sunday 10:30 am. Children, lynnewood.org or visit our website at at no cost, educational materials that the Statewide SIR at www.sirinc.org/. For in their community for as long as they are a.m. worship (semiformal); 10:30 a.m. youth, adult programs. Biblically based www.lynnewood.org . meet the district and state framework information or to attend a meeting, call willing and able to do so. CRIL maintains adult Bible study/Sunday school. For practical messages, nondenominational. The Church of Jesus Christ of guidelines. For more information, call Rich Osborne 925-785-3549. offices in Hayward, Fremont and Liver- information, call 925-447-1246. All are welcomed. www.pathwaycom- Latter-day Saints: 9050 Mocho St., (925) 606-4722 or visit www.vineyard. NAMI Tri-Valley Parent Resource more to provide information and referrals Asbury United Methodist Church, muntiychurch.org (925) 829-4793. Livermore. 3rd ward 9 a.m., 2nd ward 11 schoolloop.com & Support Group meets monthly for and provide community education at 4743 East Avenue, Livermore. 9 a.m. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, a.m., Mocho branch (Spanish) 2:10 p.m. Birthright Pregnancy Support parents/caretakers of children ages senior centers and affordable housing Sunday worship. Information 447-1950. 486 S. J Street, Livermore. 9:00 a.m. wor- 1501 Hillcrest Ave., Livermore: 1st ward, Center, has moved to 1010 Murrieta 5-17 years with (or suspected of having) complexes to residents of Southern Alam- Calvary Chapel Livermore, ship service. Bible Study/Sunday School 9 a.m.; 4th ward 11 a.m., Springtown Blvd., Suite B, Livermore, located directly emotional/ psychiatric disorders. It meets eda County. The Tri-Valley office is located meetings Sundays at 10 a.m. Robert 10:20. Bible Basics Class, which explores ward, 1 p.m. behind the blue bus stop near the corner the third Tuesday of the month from at 3311 Pacific Avenue, Livermore 94550 Livermore Community Center, 4444 East the main teachings of the Bible, meets The Church of Jesus Christ of of Fenton St., and next to Stanford/Valley- 7-9pm at Pathways to Wellness, 5674 and can be reached by phone at (925) Ave., Livermore. (925) 447-4357 - www. at 7:00 Sunday night. Call 371-6200 Latter-Day Saints: Pleasanton 1st Ward: Care Hospital. Volunteers are sought in- Stoneridge Dr., Suite 114, Pleasanton. The 371-1531, by FAX at (925) 373-5034 or calvarylivermore.org. or email [email protected] for Sunday at 1 p.m., 6100 Paseo Santa cluding an immediate need for a Tuesday group is drop-in and free. Contact person by e-mail at abril.tamayo@cril-online. United Christian Church, www. more info. Cruz. Pleasanton 2nd Ward: Sunday 1 (10am-2pm) office volunteer, also Thurs- is Marsha McInnis at 925-980-5331. org. All services are free. uccliv.org, a gay-welcoming congrega- Tri-Valley Church of Christ, 4481 p.m. at 3574 Vineyard Ave. Pleasanton days (12-4 pm), and substitutes for all Sons in Retirement (SIR) is a group DBE Daughters of the British tion offering community and spiritual East Avenue, Livermore; worship service 3rd Ward: Sunday 9:30 a.m., 3574 Vine- days, Administrative Secretary (proficient for retired men who seek activities to en- Empire, John McLaren’s Roses of Britain encouragement for questioners, seekers 10:15 a.m. Sundays. www.trivalley- yard Ave. Pleasanton 4th Ward: Sunday with Microsoft Word, Excel), social media hance their retirement. Monthly meetings Chapter in the Tri-Valley meets at 11:00 and risk-takers. Worships on Sunday church.org. 9:30 a.m., 6100 Paseo Santa Cruz. Dublin and website assistance, and more. If feature lunch and an interesting speaker. a.m. on the 3rd Thursday of every month morning at 10:30 a.m. All are welcome. Bethel Family Christian Center, 1st Ward: Sunday 9:30 a.m., 8203 Village interested, call Erika Ratto at (925) 518- Men have the opportunity to learn about at Castlewood Country Club. DBE was 1886 College Ave. at M St., Livermore; 501 North P Street, Livermore, Pastors Parkway. 9616, or our office at (925) 449-5887. and join activities such as hiking, bridge, founded in 1909 and is a nonprofit 501(c) call 449-6820 for more information. are Don & Debra Qualls. Weekly minis- John Knox Presbyterian Church, Birthright's free and confidential services investment, bowling, bocce ball and wood (3) organization made up of women of Granada Baptist Church, 945 Con- tries: Sunday 10 a.m. - Teaching Ses- 7421 Amarillo Rd., Dublin. Sunday wor- include - - free pregnancy tests, caring carving. There is also a neat group of British or British Commonwealth heritage cannon Boulevard, Livermore. Services: sions; Sunday 10:25 a.m. - Holy Grounds ship service at 9:30 a.m. Sunday school guidance, adoption and medical referrals, guys to get to know. SIR Branch #121 and ancestry with a focus on charity and Sunday school – 9:45 a.m.; worship Fellowship; Sunday Worship Service for ages 3-18 during worship. Adult baby and maternity clothing, and more. meets on the 4th Tuesday of each month fellowship. Those interested in helping service – 11 a.m. All are welcome. 10:45 a.m. - Elementary aged children go education Sundays at 11:00 a.m. Jr. High (925) 449-5887 for an appointment. Our at the DoubleTree Hotel, Las Flores Road with “the cause," enjoying social activi- 1-888-805-7151. to Kid’s Church following worship, nursery youth group Sundays 4:00-6:10 p.m. High office hours are: Mon., Tues., Wed., 10-2; (near Bluebell Drive), Livermore, at ties, and forming long-lasting friendships, Seventh-day Adventist Church, available; Wednesday 7 p.m. - Back to school youth group Sundays 5:50-8:00 Thurs. 12-4; 1st, 2nd & 4th Saturdays 11:30. Any retired man is welcome to contact Edith Caponigro at 925-998-3500 243 Scott Street, Livermore. 925-447- the Point Bible Study; all ages; Friday 7 p.m. www.jkpcdublin.org (925)828-1846. 10-1. 1-800-550-4900 Helpline is staffed drop by to learn about your opportunities. or Jenny Whitehouse at 925-484-1273 for 5462, services on Saturday: Sabbath p.m. - Celebrate Recovery; in the dining Livermore Quakers: Unprogrammed 24/7. www.birthright.org/Livermore for For more information check our website: additional information. school 9:30 a.m., worship 11 a.m. www. hall; 925-449-4848. worship, Mondays at 7pm, 1886 College more information on Birthright's services. branch121.sirinc2.org or email Neal livermoresda.org/ All are welcome. Centerpointe Church, During the Ave. (United Christian Church). More Celebrating 125 years of Cavanaugh at [email protected] RELIGION Faith Chapel Assembly of God, summer months, Centerpointe Church information: LivermoreQuakers@gmail. Livermore High School: Livermore (put “SIR” in the subject line). First Presbyterian Church, 2020 6656 Alisal St., Pleasanton, Sunday will hold a single worship service at com or (925) 315-7170. High School & the Livermore High School ClutterLess Self Help Support Fifth Street, Livermore. 8:30 a.m. School 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., 10 a.m. in the worship center, 3410 Unity of Tri-Valley, 7567 Amador Alumni Association are beginning to Group, nonprofit, peer-based, self-help, Contemplative Service in the Chapel Children’s Church 11:15 a.m. Women's Cornerstone Court.The summer schedule Valley Blvd., Suite 108, Dublin. 10:00 organize interested, committed volunteers support group for people with difficulty and 10:00 a.m. Traditional Service in Bible study Wednesdays at 10 a.m. Inter- will run throughout July and August. Two Sunday service. All are welcome. to work/head the various committees to discarding unwanted possessions. Clut- the Sanctuary and children’s program cessory prayer 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. worship services will resume on August Ongoing classes, groups, and activities. organize & plan celebratory events. The tering is a psychological issue, not an For more information www.fpcl.us or Senior adult ministries meet every other 23. Sunday school and a full range of Rev. Karen Epps, minister. http://www. goal is for events to follow through the organizing issue. New meeting location: 925-447-2078. month. Call the office at 846-8650 for youth programs will be held each Sunday. unityoftrivalley.org/ 925.829-2733. 2016 school year in honor of 125 years Parkview,100 Valley Avenue (main Tri-Valley Bible Church, 2346 more information. For more information, please see www. St. Francis of Assisi, 193 Contrac- and not be limited to one day. Interested? entrance), 2nd Floor Activity Room, Walnut St., Livermore, holds Sunday wor- Trinity Church, 557 Olivina Ave. centerpointechurch.org or call (925) tors St., Livermore. .Sunday School (all Call: Susan C. 925-447-6071 or Email: Pleasanton. Mondays except some ship at 10 a.m. with Sunday school for all Livermore. Sunday worship at 8:30 and 846-4436. ages) – 8:30 AM. Communion – 9:30 AM. Susan: [email protected] or holidays 7:00 to 8:30 pm. Come or call ages at 9 a.m. Children's classes during 11:00 a.m., and Sunday School and Bible Valley Bible Church, Pleasanton, 925-906-9561 stfrancisanglican.church. Cheryl: [email protected]. a volunteer at 925)289-5356 or 925- adult worship service. AWANA children's study for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Awana is 7106 Johnson Drive, Services at 9:00 and Center for Spiritual Living Volunteer drivers are needed for 922-1467. More information at: www. program Wednesdays at 6 p.m. 449-4403 Sunday at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday night 11:00. Interpretation for the deaf at 9:00. Livermore Valley - People from all faith Pleasanton and Dublin routes. Donate clutterlesseastbay.org or www.Tri-ValleyBibleChurch.com. there is adult Bible study, youth activities 925-227-1301. www.thecrossing.org traditions, cultures, races and sexual a couple of hours weekly or every other Pleasanton Lions Club- welcomes Unitarian Universalist, 1893 N. and children's choir at 6:30 p.m. Child Valley Bible Church, Livermore, orientations welcome. Sunday service week to help end senior hunger. Call 925- visitors to come experience a great time Vasco Rd., Livermore. 10:30 a.m. Sunday care during all events. 447-1848, www. Meeting at Altamont Creek Elementary at 10:00 a.m. Youth and teen programs 931-5385 for details. while making a difference in our commu- service. Information 447-8747 or www. trinitylivermore.org School, 6500 Garaventa Ranch Road, offered as well. All are welcome. Meeting Earth friendly demonstration nity & beyond. Dinner meetings every 2nd uucil.org St. Charles Borromeo, 1315 Lomi- Livermore. Services at 10:00 a.m. place 1617 2nd St., 2nd Floor, Livermore. garden, 3575 Greenville Rd., Livermore. & 4th Tuesday of each month at 6:30pm. Congregation Beth Emek, Center tas Ave., Livermore. Meditation groups Cedar Grove Community Church, For more information contact revhar- Alameda County Master Gardeners The Regalia House, 4133 Regalia Ct., for Reform, Jewish Learning, Prayer and following the John Main tradition, every 2021 College Ave., Livermore. Worship [email protected] or visit us at http:// present talks on a variety of topics., Pleasanton. www.pleasantonlionsclub.org Community in the Tri-Valley. 3400 Nevada Monday 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. For details, Services 9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. www. csllvlighthouse.org. 10 to 11 a.m. Aug. 8: ABC's of garden Operation: SAM “Supporting All Court, Pleasanton. Information 931- contact Claire La Scola at 447-9800. cedargrove.org or call 447-2351. Dealing with death, Those dealing design; Sept. 12: bulbs: the best drought Military” is a 501(c)3 non profit military 1055. Rabbi Dr. Lawrence Milder, www. St. Innocent Orthodox Church, Chabad of the Tri-Valley, 784 with grief due to a death are invited to resistant garden color; Oct. 10: multiply support organization based in Livermore. bethemek.org. 5860 Las Positas Rd., Livermore. Sunday Palomino Dr., Pleasanton. 846-0700. attend bi-monthly meetings. St. Elizabeth and divide perennials; Nov. 14: roses - S.A.M. has been in operation since Janu- Tri-Valley Cultural Jews, affiliated Liturgy at 10 a.m. For details, go to www. www.jewishtrivalley.com. Rabbi Raleigh Church, 4001 Stoneridge Dr. Pleasanton. selecting, planting and pruning. Gardening ary 2004. It is dedicated to the continued with the Congress of Secular Jewish stinnocent.net or call Fr. John Karcher at Resnick. Bi-monthly meetings will be held at St. advice and guided tours 2nd Saturday of morale support of deployed troops. For Organizations (csjo.org). Information, (831) 278-1916. Well Community Outreach Center Elizabeth Church, 4001 Stoneridge Dr. each month. Garden open to public every information or donations, visit www. Rabbi Judith Seid, Tri-Valley Cultural Jews, St. Clare’s Episcopal Church, 3350 ministry provides meats, canned and Pleasanton. Second and fourth Thursday day during daylight hours. No admission operationsam.org, email operationsam@ 485-1049 or EastBaySecularJews.org. Hopyard Road, Pleasanton, Services dry goods, toiletries, and school supplies evenings at 7:30pm. August 13th. charge. comcast.net or call 925-443-7620. First Church of Christ, Scientist, on Sunday, 8:00 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. (only available prior to the start of the And27th 2015. No per-registration is Tri-Valley Stargazers Astronomy Depression and Bipolar Support Livermore, services 10 a.m. every Children’s Sunday School & Chapel at school year). Those with an immedi- necessary. These sessions are open to Club. Feed your wonder about the Night Alliance (DBSA) Pleasanton, meets Sunday. Sunday School for students (ages 10:15 a.m. All are most welcome to come ate need or who would like to donate all, regardless of religious affiliation. Call Sky and the Cosmos by joining us on Wednesdays 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. St. Clare's 3-20) is held at 10 a.m. every Sunday. and worship with us and to enjoy our nonperishable food items, call the office Mary Hagerty at 925-846-5377 for more the 3rd Friday of the Month for our club Episcopal Church, 3350 Hopyard Rd., The church and reading room are located hospitality. For more information call the at (925) 479-1414 to begin the process. information. meeting. Unitarian Universalist Church, Pleasanton (not affiliated with the church. at Third and N Streets. The Reading church office 925-462-4802. Wednesday and Friday 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., St. Matthews Baptist Church, 851 1893 N. Vasco Rd., Livermore. Doors Information at www.dbsalliance.org/ Room, which is open to the public, fea- St. Bartholomew's Episcopal and Thursday 4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Pick up Rincon Ave., Livermore. www, smbclive. open at 7:00 p.m. talk starts at 7:30 pm. pleasanton or contact chapter leader, Al tures books, CDs and magazines for sale. Church. 678 Enos Way, Livermore. by appointment only. The Outreach Center com or 443.3686. Dr. Allen S. Turner. For more info visit us @ http://www. Pereira, 462-6415. For information, call (925) 447-2946. Summer Sunday services with Rev. Joyce will be open every 4th Saturday to distrib- Worship services 8 and 11 a.m., Sunday trivalleystargazers.org/ Pleasanton Newcomers Club, open Sunset Community Church, 2200 Parry-Moore, Rector: 9:30 am Eucharist ute bags from Fresh and Easy Market and family Bible school, 9:30 p.m., Bible Sons in Retirement (SIR) is a social to new and established residents of the Arroyo Rd., Livermore. Sunday worship with music (child care for children 5 and Sprouts. This will be on a first come first study and youth ministry, Wednesday 7 group of retired men who join together to Tri-Valley. Activities include a coffee the service at 9:30 a.m. Hispanic service under provided). The two service sched- serve basis between 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Feed the homeless, Saturday 11 better enjoy their leisure time. Activities first Wednesday of the month, a luncheon starts at 2 p.m. Nursery and children's ule, Godly Play and Youth Group programs p.m. 2333 Nissen Drive, Livermore. a.m. Prayer, 6 p.m. weekdays. include golf, bridge, photography, travel, on the second Wednesday of the month, church provided. A "Night of Worship" will resume on September 8. fishing, biking, wine tasting, and technol- Bunco, Mah Jongg, walking/hiking groups, first Sunday of each month at 6 p.m. Little Brown Church, United Church 12 THE INDEPENDENT • THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2015

Room to Grow Recognized

Room to Grow, located at 678 Enos Way in Liver- more, California has earned national certification as a Nature Explore Classroom from Dimensions Educa- tional Research Foundation and the Arbor Day Founda- tion. Room to Grow, joins a growing network of organi- zations and institutions that have created effective na- ture-based outdoor learning Dublin Unified added to its outstanding leadership team at a special Board of Trustees environments for children. meeting with a handful of new appointments to significant positions. Joyce Gibson More information on Room was named the new principal of Kolb Elementary School. Gibson has served as an to Grow may be found at elementary and middle school principal, most recently in the Antioch Unified School http://natureexplore.org/ District. Ean Ainsworth, PhD, was named the new principal at Wells Middle School. classrooms/certified/CA/ Ainsworth was most recently the principal at Valley View Middle School in Pleasant Livermore_RoomtoGrow. Hill. Paul Faris, who has long served as an assistant principal at Fallon Middle School php was named Assistant Principal at Dublin High School. Sarah Breed, PhD, was named “Room to Grow has the Director of Educational Services. Dr. Breed most recently worked in the Oakland shown tremendous leader- Unified School District. ship in growing the next generation of environmental stewards,” said Susie Wirth, Nature Explore Outreach Di- rector. “Their commitment to providing research-based and nature-rich learning of- fers a wonderful example to educators throughout the country.” Nature Explore Class- rooms are part of the Nature Explore program, a collab- orative project of the Arbor Nellie Ludolph celebrated her 100th birthday. She was Day Foundation and Dimen- born July 21, 1915. She was born and raised in California sions Educational Research Foundation developed in where she spent all of her life. Nellie never married response to the growing or had any children, so she spent much of her time disconnect between children traveling all over the world. She also was a proud shop and nature. Certified Nature owner for many years until she retired. Nellie has lived Explore Classrooms help through and witnessed a great part of history, including fill the void by integrat- the Great Depression, World Wars I & II, etc. Nellie is ing research-based outdoor now a resident of Pleasanton, living at Sunol creek The Amador Valley High School Cheer Program went to CAL Berkeley for UCA camp. learning opportunities into memory care enjoying the rest of her life doing some They are Winners of multiple awards for Game Day, Extreme Routine, and Sideline children’s daily lives. of her favorite things like watching CNN, Stock market, Cheers Evaluations. The girls won the Camp Top Banana, three Superior Squad The classrooms are be- cooking shows. Her favorite time of year is Christmas. Awards and recipient of the Traditions Award for the 2nd year in a row. Each of the ing developed across the three squads also earned their spirit stick to bring home to AVHS. country.