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Your Local News Source Since 1963 SERVING DUBLIN • LIVERMORE • PLEASANTON • SUNOL THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014VOLUME LI, NUMBER 19

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Families were on hand to get a look at Passatempo Park, Dublin's newest park. Located at 3200 Palermo Way, it was officially opened last Saturday. The 5.1 acre park includes a playground for tots, a separate playground for older children, an interactive sundial, a small vineyard, a seasonal garden, a picnic area, grilling stations, restrooms, and a large, natural turf field surrounded by a walking path.

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Three candidates are on the ballot for the 15th Con-gressional District in the June 3 primary election. They are the Democratic incumbent, Eric Swalwell, Democratic state Senate Majority Leaders Ellen Cor-bett, and Republican Party county-vice chair Hugh Bussell.

The top two finishers in June will face each other in the November 2014 election regardless of party affili-ation..

All were asked the same questions on various issues.

The issues included im-migration law reform, voter identification requirements, priorities about the federal budget, and whether or not House members have too many paid staff members.

Another issue related to whether the Affordable Care Act needs changes and whether it has been successful so far. Candidate were also asked whether the federal government goes too far in spying on citizens, and

whether there is a need for tax reform.

The candidates’ underly-ing philosophy concerning foreign policy, and whether they have concerns about any particular foreign pol-icy issues right now were discussed. They also were asked whether the United States is turning out enough scientists and engineers. The candidates were allowed to raise any other subjects that were not included in the questions.

They could list up to five endorsers.

The candidates appear in alphabetical order by last name.

HUGH BUSSELLHugh Bussell lives in

Livermore, has a physics degree, and taught math and science at the high school level. He has worked at Cis-co Systems, and currently is employed at Workday in Pleasanton. He and his wife have three children. He has

(See CONGRESS, page 10)

Three Candidates in 15th District Race By Carol Graham

The lights went down, the music turned up. Techno beats filled the auditorium, the air electric with anticipa-tion. Abigail Huang glided down the runway, her eyes sparkling in the spotlights. She paused in front of the judges, gracefully lifted her hand to her lips, and blew glittering pixie dust into the air.

It was perfectly fitting. Abigail was dressed as a fairy, her gossamer wings made from reused plastic bags and discarded wire, her crown from a repurposed egg carton.

For three performances, Sunol Glen School held its 5th Annual Trashion Show on May 1 and 2.

"I loved the entire thing - the concept of educating the kids around earth week, planet consciousness, and making it fun," said Colleen Donlon, owner of Spatial Design Solutions, a com-pany that promotes reusing, recycling and repurposing. "The fashions were amaz-

(See TRASHIONS, page 8)

Trash Turned into Fashions

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May 14 Talk On U.S. Energy Picture

The Energy Group lead-er at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will discuss the current picture of energy use in the U.S. in an evening talk on May 14.

The event begins at 7 p.m. at Castlewood Country Club in Pleasanton. Reserva-tions and advance payment of $32 are required by Sat-urday, May 10, for dinner and the talk.

Speaker will be A.J. Si-mon, whose group publishes the highly informative flow charts showing sources, uses and waste of energy in the U.S.

The Laboratory began publishing the charts nearly four decades ago. Prior to that time, its charter had been focused on issues of nuclear defense and nuclear energy. Economic turmoil following the 1973 Middle East oil embargo led to a broadening of its mission to include non-nuclear en-ergy programs and energy analysis.

The flow charts, now widely used by analysts in government, industry and academia seeking to under-stand the broad picture of energy use, soon followed.

Simon’s talk is the fea-tured event at a regular monthly meeting of the Valley Study Group. To make arrangements, phone 447-8876 or send an email to VSGPresident@gmail.com.

The simple response on how to end homelessness is to provide homes.

The issue is more com-plicated, as speakers pointed out during the Mayor’s Sum-mit on Homelessness held last Wednesday in Liver-more. The event drew close to 300 people at the Rob-ert Livermore Community Center.

The importance of having a home was repeated over and over. Living on the street places the focus on simply surviving, finding a place to sleep and food to eat. A per-manent place allows people to deal with other issues they are facing, such as mental health and drug use. There is not enough affordable or appropriate housing in the community. Veterans return-ing from combat suffering from post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can be found among the homeless.

Issues such as substance abuse, mental health prob-lems, long waiting list for subsidized housing, illegal evictions, discrimination, and high rents are among the causes of homeless-ness. Other causes are low vacancy rates, reduced fed-eral funding for subsidized housing, and the inability of people to save the money needed to move into hous-ing.

In addition to a series of speakers, those attending broke into groups to discuss potential solutions to five topics: providing services to

By Ron McNicollValleyCare Health Sys-

tem will close its clinic at the Livermore WalMart store at the end of May in one of its cost-cutting mea-sures designed to eliminate the flow of red ink.

The non-profit health care system, founded by Valley residents in the

ValleyCare Will Close Livermore WalMart Clinic; Nursing Program to End

1960s, has lost money dur-ing the past four years, with $5.1 million its highest loss, in the most recent fiscal year, 2012-13.

Closing the WalMart clinic, which employs a nurse practitioner and a medical assistant, will save $250,000 annually, begin-ning in June, said ValleyCare

CEO Scott Gregerson. The medical assistant's position will be absorbed into the ValleyCare Foundation to fill a vacancy. The full-time nursing duties were being split by two half-time nurses. Those positions will not be replaced.

ValleyCare retains its acute care clinic and hospital

at its Livermore campus on Stanley Boulevard. It also operates an acute care clinic in Dublin and a clinic and hospital at its main campus in Pleasanton.

ValleyCare opened the WalMart clinic in 2011. A ValleyCare official then told The Independent that

(See VALLEYCARE, page 5)

By Jeff Garberson A 27-year employee

of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was appointed University of California Vice President for Laboratory Management last week.

Kimberly Budil, highly regarded for technical and managerial roles at the Lab-oratory and in Washington, D.C., replaces Glenn Mara, who retired after serving for nearly two years. Mara was

At A Challenging Time, A NewLab Manager is Named At UC

also an LLNL veteran.Budil is the first woman

to hold the position, which grew out of an office cre-ated in the early 1990s to take responsibility for UC’s increasingly challenging negotiations with the federal government over continued management of Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos National Laboratories.

While working at LLNL, Budil earned a PhD at “Tell-er Tech,” the on-site branch

of the UC Davis applied sci-ence department. Her under-graduate degree in physics came from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Budil’s appointment as Vice President for Labo-ratory Management also makes her a member of the executive committee of the Board of Governors of the two national defense labora-tories, Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos, according to UC President Janet Na-

politano.She will be responsible

for overseeing University management of those two laboratories and the Univer-sity’s non-defense national lab, Lawrence Berkeley, as well.

In announcing Budil’s appointment, UC President Janet Napolitano called her a “highly regarded scientist and program manager within the national and global secu-rity arenas.”

Her experience includes tours in Washington, D.C., as well as increasing respon-sibilities at the Laboratory. Most recently at LLNL, she served as manager of the Nuclear Counterterrorism Program in the Global Se-curity directorate. She has held positions in Weapons and Complex Integration, the National Ignition Facil-ity and elsewhere.

Her two assignments in (See LAB, page 5)

Dublin's 79% Yes Vote Extends School Parcel Tax

Dublin voters approved Measure B, a five-year ex-tension of its current parcel tax for schools, with 79 per-cent supporting the proposal.

Some 4858 people voted for the measure, and 1280 against it. Voter participation in the mail-only election was 26 percent.

The current parcel tax, $96 per parcel annually, regardless of size, was due to expire in June.

The tax has been rais-ing $1.2 million each year. As Dublin develops more parcels and the city's as-sessed valuation per parcel rises, the tax revenue could increase to as much as $1.5 million, or even $2 million annually by the end of the new five-year parcel tax period, said school superin-tendent Steve Hanke.

Hanke said before the election that If the parcel tax were to fail, the district would have to reduce $1.2 million from its budget. "Our focus (on education) would be the same, but we would not have the ability to do as much," said Hanke.

Now the district can con-tinue to focus on STEM (sci-ence, technology, engineery and math) classes, reading, writing and technical educa-tion. "We also want to grow our career academies in medicine, bio-tech, engi-neering, video production, culinary arts, and are looking to new ones," said Hanke.

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(See SUMMIT, page 4)

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The 2014 Dublin Community Car Show was held last Saturday at the Dublin Heritage Park & Museums. On display were classics, muscle, tuners, exotic, imports, customs, trucks and motorcycles.

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Good weather and a variety of activities for all ages attracted large crowds over the weekend at the Livermore Valley Wine Country Festival. A kids' area, wine and beer tasting, entertainment, arts and crafts booths, and other attractions were hosted by Livermore Downtown, Inc.

Stage 3 of the 2014 Am-gen Tour of California will go through Livermore on May 13.

.Stage 3 will start at Lake Cunningham Regional Park on the east side of San Jose to the summit of Mt. Hamil-ton. Once off of Mt Hamil-ton, it is a long rolling road over San Antonio Valley Rd. to Mines Rd.

The ride follows Mines Rd. to Tesla Rd., Patterson Pass Rd., Greenville Rd., north over the freeway to Livermore Ave., Manning Road, and Highland Rd. on to Camino Tassajara eventu-ally finishing at the top of Mount Diablo.

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Alameda County resi-dents are being asked to extend a half-cent sales tax that helps to fund a variety of medical programs.

A two-thirds vote is re-quired to pass the measure.

The measure, first ap-proved in 2004, brings in $120 million a year. The money is placed in a special fund where it can only be used for medical needs and capital projects. A citizens oversight committee re-views the expenditures each year to determine if they comply with the measure's provisions. The findings of the committee are posted on-line.

According to propo-nents, without Measure AA, county clinics serving over 100,000 low-income children and families will be at risk of closure; trauma and emergency services throughout the county will be reduced, psychiatric and mental health services will be cut. The funds support local hospitals: Highland, San Leandro, St. Rose and Alameda.

Bradley Cleveland, cam-paign manager for Measure AA, said the goal of the funding is to provide pri-mary and preventive care to keep people out of emer-gency rooms and hospitals. The funds finance accessible and affordable primary and preventative care to treat pa-tients before their illnesses become more serious and the cost of treatment more expensive.

The funding not only pro-vides safety net medical care for residents of the county, including trauma and emer-gency medical services, it also provides primary and

Measure AA Helps Fund Medical Programsmental health services to families and seniors.

In the Tri-Valley, Axis Community Health and the Senior Support Services re-ceive funding for programs that would not be available without it.

Valerie Jonas, Chief De-velopment Officer at Axis, declares, "Measure AA funds are absolutely critical to the county's safety net and to Axis's ability to meet the ever growing local health care needs."

Seventy-five percent of the money is earmarked to go directly to the Alameda County Medical System, which includes hospitals in other areas of the county. Jonas argues that keeping the hospitals functioning is of value to Axis, because the clinic refers patients to the county hospitals for spe-cialty and inpatient services that are not available locally.

The remaining twenty-five percent of the funds are divided among the county's human services providers, including Axis. Over the past decade, Axis has received approximately $400,000 in capital support, which has assisted in implementing electronic health records and improving the local clinics. Funds are also being used to plan a new clinic.

Marlene Peterson from the Senior Support Services talked about programs that receive Measure AA dollars. The senior injury prevention program includes going into the home and working one-on-one with the senior on exercises that help to pre-vent falls. The program also makes sure homes are safe for seniors to live in. There is no charge to the seniors.

Medication management is another program where a representative goes into the home to assess all of the medications, including over the counter. Findings are reported to the physician taking care of the senior.

In-home counseling is available through Senior Support Services using mon-ey provided by supervisors. Each County Supervisor is able to allocate a cer-tain amount of Measure AA money to specific needs, she explained. The in-home counseling helps to deal with issues resulting from isolation and loneliness that can result in depression and medical programs. The goal is to help seniors feel good about themselves. Interns from local colleges are used in the program, added Pe-terson.

The county's HealthPAC receives funds. The program covers those who are not covered by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). HealthPAC is not insurance and does not provide everything that insurance does. Services are available through one of the 9 community-based clinics that are part of the network or through Alameda Health System.

Cleveland notes, "There are large numbers who re-main uninsured in the coun-ty. The changing economy has resulted in a lot of part time work where health coverage is not provided. Some do not meet the ACA requirements; others find insurance too expensive. The emphasis is on man-aged health care to reduce emergency care and costs."

Jonas added, "Measure AA is about access. Axis is very dependent on Measure AA funding." The clinics see 14,000 patients each year.

Both Cleveland and Jo-nas stated that they believe the money has been used very well. "We are always looking at ways we could use it even better."

The Measure is supported by every medical association

and hospital in the county as well as doctors, nurses, the Alameda County Taxpayers Association, all five Alam-eda County Supervisors, business leaders, seniors and other residents of Alameda County.

One person signed the argument against the mea-sure. The argument states that California now has the highest sales tax rate in the nation, close to 10% in most counties. The argu-ment against declares that the hospitals and clinics won't close.

Amador Valley and Foot-hill High Schools in Pleas-anton are listed in the top 100 of the 503 California public high schools that were ranked in the annual U.S. News and World Re-port survey.

P leasanton Uni f ied School District Superin-tendent Parvin Ahmadi an-nounced the news April 30. Amador Valley is ranked 46th in California and 256th nationally among 19,411 re-viewed in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Foothill is 64th in the state, and 327th in the nation.

Amador principal Thom-as Drescher said, “This amazing accomplishment speaks directly to the col-lective commitment to ex-cellence by the students, teachers, staff, and parent community at Amador Val-ley.”

Foothill principal Jason Krolikowski said, "We are very proud of this recogni-tion. This is a testament to current and former students, teachers, parents and staff members. We will con-tinue to challenge ourselves

Amador, Foothill Listed in State's Top 100 Schools

through a lens of continuous learning and school con-nectedness where everyone is valued and appreciated.”

The rankings were calcu-lated by looking at student performance on state-man-dated standardized tests, evaluating how effectively schools educated black, Hispanic and economically disadvantaged students, and performance on Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exams to de-termine the degree to which schools prepare students for college-level work.

Livermore High School's ranking in the survey is 249th in the state and 1139th in the nation. Granada High School was ranked 345th in the state, and 1537th in the nation. Dublin High School is 237th in the state, and 1091st in the nation.

The top high school in the state was Oxford Acad-emy in the Anaheim Union High School District. The highest-ranked high school in the nation was the School for the Talented and Gifted in Dallas.

At a special meeting Monday, May 5, 2014, at 6:00 p.m., the Dublin San Ramon Services District Board of Directors took the following drought-related actions:

• Adopted Stage 3 short-age rates

• Adopted water use limi-tations, enforcements and penalties

• Approved a Wise Water User credit program

• Approved enhance-ments to rebate programs

“Th i s i s a s e r ious drought,” says Operations Manager Dan Gallagher and drought coordinator at DSRSD, “Six of the past seven years have been dry. The snowpack is 5% of nor-mal. These dry conditions

DSRSD Directors OK Stage 3 Rates

could persist even beyond this year, because multi-year droughts are common in California.

The bottom line is we must reduce our water use now or the demand will exceed the supply. That’s why our Board took all these actions.”

Dublin San Ramon Ser-vices District serves 157,000 people, providing potable and recycled water service to Dublin and the Dough-erty Valley area of San Ra-mon, wastewater collection and treatment to Dublin and south San Ramon, and wastewater treatment to Pleasanton (by contract). More information about the District can be obtained at www.dsrsd.com.

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Water from the South Bay Aqueduct continued to flow into Del Valle Regional Park last week, raising the lake level to higher-than-normal levels in preparation for severe summer drought.

Water agencies in the Tri-Valley, the Fremont-Newark area and the San Jose area depend on water stored in Lake Del Valle to meet cus-tomer needs.

This summer, the State expects to shut off pumps that supply water from the State Water Project, mean-ing that water drawn from Del Valle cannot be replaced until and unless rain returns in the fall.

The water level in Lake Del Valle is measured in feet above mean sea level. Three weeks ago, it reached 704 feet 6 inches, thought to be the maximum level that could be accommodated without interfering with park infrastructure.

Since then, park staff and the state Department of Water Resources conferred and decided that the level might be raised to 705 feet so long as more water was pumped in slowly and moni-tored carefully, according to a representative of East Bay Regional Park District, which operates and manages Del Valle for the state.

Lake Del Valle Rises,Summer Plans Unclear

That added half-foot, spread over the entire lake, means that millions of gal-lons more water will be available as an historically severe drought develops. The added water caused minor flooding to fisher-men’s trails but otherwise “is still a safe distance from the park infrastructure,” the park district representative wrote in an email.

Several decisions remain to be made based on Depart-ment of Water Resources judgments concerning the State Water Project and the amount of water that can be made available and when the pumps will be shut off, the representative added.

The decisions include how soon to allow Del Valle water levels to start declin-ing, whether water sports might have to be curtailed if levels get too low for safety, how far into the summer camping and picnic reser-vations can be made and whether the park may be forced to close entirely.

At present, camping and picnic reservations can be made through Fourth of July weekend. The most recent estimate of forced park closure was mid to late July, but some rain and snow fell in the mountains

in April, possibly leading to a revised schedule. Closure is not anticipated of other nearby parks such as Sunol, Brushy Peak and Pleasanton Ridge, although there might have to be exceptions in the case of extreme fire danger, the representative said.

At the consumer end of the water use cycle, mu-nicipalities and water agen-cies around the state are formulating conservation instructions as well as plans to respond in the event of greater than expected short-ages or non-compliance by water customers.

Livermore, for example, has moved to mandatory conservation measures fo-cusing on landscape wa-tering, since that is where most water is consumed. Measures include prohib-iting landscape watering more than two days a week; watering on an odd-even schedule according to street address and only between 5 p.m. and 9 a.m.; and higher water rates for heavier con-sumption.

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Element 117, first dis-covered by Lawrence Liver-more scientists and interna-tional collaborators in 2002, is one step closer to being named.

The existence of element 117 and its decay chain to elements 115 and 113 have been confirmed by a second international team led by scientists at GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Re-search, an accelerator labo-ratory located in Darmstadt, Germany. The research will appear in an upcoming is-sue of the journal, Physical Review Letters.

The next step is for the

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) to accept the con-firmation. After acceptance, IUPAC would determine which institution may pro-pose names.

In the German experi-ments, scientists bombarded a berkelium target with cal-cium ions until they collided and formed element 117. Element 117 then decayed into elements 115 and 113. Livermore researchers Na-rek Gharibyan and Dawn Shaughnessy and former postdoc Evgeny Tereshatov participated in the German experiment.

Lawrence Livermore teamed with the Joint Insti-tute for Nuclear Research in Russisa (JINR) in 2004 to discover elements 113 and 115. The LLNL/JINR team then jointly worked with re-searchers from the Research Institute for Advanced Reac-tors (Dimitrovgrad), Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Vanderbilt University and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, to discover ele-ment 117 in 2010.

Other elements discov-ered by a team from Russia and the Lab are 114 and 116, flerovium and livermorium.

Element 117 Close to Being Named

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Measure G: YesVoters living in the Livermore Valley Unified

School District are being asked to approve Measure G on June 3 to extend a $138 per parcel annually for another seven years.

A community where schools are supported benefits everyone. Chris Wenzel, Measure G Co-Chair, said it best, "Everyone who has a relationship with families, resides or does business in the City of Livermore benefits from a high level of education."

Among those benefits is an increase in property values.

All of the money raised through Measure G will remain in the control of the Livermore School District to benefit all of Livermore's public schools. The state cannot take any of the Measure G money.

Funds from the measure would be used for the following purposes: advanced academic programs including science, technology, engineering and math (STEM); saving programs in music, arts, and foreign languages; keeping schools safe and well-maintained; attracting and retaining highly qualified teachers; con-tinuing to provide K-5 science and technology special-ists; and providing up-to-date instructional materials and comprehensive curricular programs.

An independent citizens oversight committee reviews expenditures to ensure they follow the provi-sions of the measure. Seniors can apply for an exemp-tion to the parcel tax.

Taxes would not increase. Residents have been paying the fee since 2004.

Vote "yes" for education; vote "yes" on Measure G.

15th Congressional District: Eric Swalwell

Eric Swalwell has earned the right to represent the 15th Congressional District for another term.

Swalwell faces Democrat State Senator Ellen Cor-bett and Republican Hugh Bussell in the June 3, 2014 primary. The top two will face off on the November 2014 ballot.

Swalwell has done everything he said that he would do when he ran for office in 2012. He has been acces-sible, attending over 1100 events ranging from town hall meetings to marching in parades.

He pledged to work across party lines and has fulfilled that pledge by forming a bipartisan caucus to work with Republicans.

Among his actions in Congress are co-sponsorship of an assault weapons ban, introduction of a payroll tax deferral bill to help local businesses, and support of equal pay for women for equal work.

With two national laboratories in his district, Swalwell has advocated for funding for research and development as key to future economic development.

Given his record for his first two years in office, voters in the 15th Congressional District would be wise to keep Swalwell as their representative.

Measure AA: YesAlameda County residents are being asked to ap-

prove Measure AA on June 3. Approval would extend a half-cent sales tax that helps to fund a variety of medical programs.

A two-thirds vote is required to pass the measure. Measure AA represents an extension of the tax first approved by county voters in 2004.

The funds are used to keep local hospitals open and community clinics operating, providing afford-able primary and preventative care to treat patients before their illnesses become more serious and the cost of treatment more expensive. Funds also go to HealthPAC, a county program that covers those who are not covered by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). HealthPAC is not insurance and does not provide everything that insurance would.

In the Tri-Valley, Axis Community Health and the Senior Support Services receive funding for programs that would not be available without it. A spokesperson pointed out that Axis is very dependent on Measure AA funding to serve its 14,000 patients each year.

Measure AA is supported by every medical asso-ciation and hospital in the county as well as doctors, nurses, the Alameda County Taxpayers Association, all five Alameda County Supervisors, business lead-ers, seniors and other residents of Alameda County.

The Independent recommends a yes vote on Mea-sure AA.

Alameda County Superintendent of Schools: Jeff Bowser

Jeff Bowser would serve the area well as the next Alameda County Superintendent of Schools.

Five people are running for Alameda County Super-intendent of Schools to replace superintendent Sheila Jordan, who is retiring this year, after 16 years’ service.

If one candidate receives 50 percent of the vote plus one vote, he or she will be the winner in the June 3 primary. If the top candidate does not receive that many votes, he or she will be in a run-off in the November general election with the next highest vote-getter.

The five candidates are Jeff Bowser, Naomi Eason, Helen Foster, Karen Monroe, and Ursula Reed.

Bowser would bring a strong background in educa-tion to the post. He is currently a member of the Pleas-anton Unified School District Board of Education, and for 14 years worked as a credentialed teacher and administrator at the school, district and county levels.

Duties of the superintendent include fiscal oversight of $1.5 billion in tax dollars, and approval of collective bargaining agreements in school districts.

Bowser has said that he would build transparency with on-line publication of all budgets, contracts, public record requests and satisfaction surveys from the school districts.

On the Pleasanton School Board, he supported retaining small class sizes and returning programs in the arts, music and reading.

He has worked well with other board members. As the contact for all school districts in the county, that is an important attribute.

The Independent recommends a vote for Jeff Bowser.

chronically homeless, pre-venting at-risk persons from becoming or returning to homelessness, service gaps such as barriers to accessing homeless services, regional strategies for preventing and reducing homelessness, and critical gaps in local services.

The one idea, with varia-tions, that came out of each break-out session was the need for a one-stop location where those can find help for those who are homeless or about to become homeless. It could provide a variety of mental health and social services, a place to take a shower, mailboxes, and ac-cess to job counseling.

There is a need to educate landlords concerning the funding and programs to house the homeless. When it comes to shelters, a place for single men to stay has been neglected the most.

Speakers noted that the homeless are people - some-one’s sister, mother, brother or uncle. The fact that they are homeless should not define who they are, where they have come from or where they are going.

Speakers included Rev-erend John Bost from Holy Cross Lutheran Church; Alicia Anderson, Abode Services Community Health Services Manager; Marjorie Rocha, Director of ECHO Housing; Livermore Police Chief Michael Harris; Elaine du Coligny, Executive Di-rector of EveryOne Home, the organization leading the implementation of Alameda County's plan to end home-lessness; Robert Ratner, Housing Services Director for the Alameda County Health Care Services Agen-cy; Stacy Studebaker and Kate Butler, both licensed clinical social workers for the Veterans Administra-tion; and Eduardo Cabrera, regional coordinator on homelessness in HUD's San Francisco Regional Office.

Anderson talked about the Housing First program.

"It recognizes that housing is a basic right." Anderson pointed out that many pro-grams screen out people with problems. Housing First screens them in. There are no requirements to un-dergo or agree to treatment in order to gain housing. "The primary first step is to meet the need for housing. Once that has been dealt with, the homeless can move on to deal with issues such as drug use and mental health. There is a cost savings. When people are housed, they have less impact on emergency services.

She said, "On the streets, the act of surviving can be-come all consuming. Basic needs must be met before those living on the streets can look at a higher direc-tion."

Anderson said that the majority of the homeless in Livermore are from Liver-more. "They are classmates, peers, colleagues and neigh-bors. Access to services does not bring them here.

Chief Harris told the gathering that the depart-ment is partnering with Abode Services. Part of law enforcement responsibilities is to deal with crime preven-tion and quality of life for everyone. There is a need to educate the police force on the issues, to listen and learn. “Street outreach is vital to building a rapport with the homeless and offering ways out of their situations.” He plans to work to bring Adobe services to Livermore four days a week instead of the current 3 hours.

In addition, Harris said certain officers will have more freedom and ability to deal with the root causes of homelessness. He has iden-tified two officers who will be the primary responders when a call comes in. “You have my commitment to be a partner to prevent and reduce homelessness,” he declared.

The Reverend John Bost,

pastor at Holy Cross Lu-theran Church, said another summit could take on the goals to eradicate poverty in general and homelessness specifically. He hoped that one day, a poverty museum would be the only place where people could see what it was like to be homeless.

Bost said that expan-sion of temporary housing cannot be called a solution to the problem. "Managing homelessness is not the goal, but eliminating it. If housing is only temporary, it tends to keep people homeless in perpetuity".

Rocha said one of the tasks of ECHO is to work with landlords and tenants to resolve disputes. In the Tri-Valley particularly, housing is unavailable to low income people. Rocha said that she has heard that a group of local landlords has been raising rents to drive out low income residents. This impacts seniors on fixed incomes, large families, and those with low wage jobs. Rent stabilization is needed.

Elaine de Cologny, Ev-eryOne Home, said that people generally do not migrate from where they think is home to become homeless. One myth is that people want to be homeless, because when asked if they want to go to a shelter, they say “no.” It may be because they do not want to leave a per. Couples may not want to be split up or have to aban-don a teenage son. Choices we make in daily lives are taken away in order to have a place to sleep. They don’t want to lose their choices.”

de Cologny continued, “Personal failings do not cause homelessness. Public policy and lack of invest-ment cause homelessness. Housing solves homeless-ness.”

She noted there is an aversion to subsidized hous-ing. However, anyone who owns a home receives a federal subsidy in the form

of tax credits for interest paid on loans.

Ratner, M.D., Housing Director for Alameda Coun-ty Health Care Services, said he was shocked to see how many people were present. He said of his work that it has been found that when someone doesn’t have a home it’s challenging to stay healthy. There are 180,000 people in the county living below the poverty level. The need is to target housing for those who live on fixed incomes and the working poor. Too often, affordable projects are built for those at the median income, which is pretty high.

Veterans issues were ad-dressed by Studebaker, from the Livermore VA facility. She said barriers to housing veterans include ongoing violations of fair housing laws, the inability to bring animals or spouses and the nimby situation. "People don’t want these programs."

Another issue, she said, is the section 8 vouchers available to veterans. There are 60 in use in Alameda County, only two in Liver-more, where housing is unaf-fordable.

Mayor John Marchand suggested with the local VA hospital scheduled to be closed in the next five years, perhaps the site could become a state of the art facility to deal with post traumatic stress syndrome. "This would be a tremen-dous opportunity to provide treatment and transitional housing for homeless and returning veterans."

Marchand also spoke in support of Housing First. The cost is $20,000 per year to provide housing compared to the $100,000 per person to provide ser-vices and shelters for the homeless..

Genesis, an interfaith group that looks at public policy, plans a day of action on June 8 in Pleasanton start-ing at 4 p.m. at St. Clare’s Episcopal Church.

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Response to LetterDave Bewley and Morgan King, proponents of the Dublin Open Space Initia-tive of 2014

On April 18, 2014, for-mer Dublin Mayor Janet Lockhart wrote a letter to this paper to “clear up mis-statements of fact, mis-understandings or worse, outright untruths about the newly filed Let Dublin De-cide Initiative.” Janet is the official spokesperson for the developer-sponsored Decide initiative.

It is rather remarkable that while purporting to clear things up she would do all the things she accuses us of doing. We are the pro-ponents of the Dublin Open Space Initiative of 2014, which will protect rural Doolan Canyon from urban sprawl. We know Janet to be a person of integrity and are certain that her mis-statements are not deliber-ate falsehoods so much as misunderstandings about the two initiatives.

Contrary to Janet’s as-sertion that the Decide ini-tiative “does not speak to any future development of the land,” the developer’s initiative contains numerous provisions dealing specifi-cally with development of the land. For example, it sets an urban limit line outside the developer’s property in Doolan Canyon and requires the Dublin City Council to appoint a committee to oversee preparation of a Comprehensive Plan for the area as soon as a develop-ment application is submit-ted. More important, under

the Decide initiative, the Comprehensive Plan allows for 40% of the entire eastern study area to be developed at urban densities with only City Council approval, that is, with no vote of the people of Dublin required. Without question, the Decide initia-tive is about future develop-ment of the land. Why would developers sponsor anything else?

Janet states that the De-cide initiative “does not require a special election costing extra money.” Here is what the very first para-graph of the developer’s initiative actually says: “If this petition contains suf-ficient signatures to qualify for a special election, we petition that this measure be submitted to the voters at a special election, and we request that the special elec-tion be scheduled so that it occurs as soon as possible.” Our Open Space Initiative does not call for a special election, so it is a canard to suggest that the Decide ini-tiative calls for one only to be on the same special ballot as ours. A special election for the Decide initiative will cost Dublin $300,000. That is money our City surely can put to better use.

Finally, Janet claims that we “have spoken often of [our] distrust of Dublin elected officials and [our] distain for government in general.” This statement turns truth on its head. We were authors of Measure M, the western urban limit line initiative passed by the voters overwhelmingly in 2000, and we worked closely with city officials, including Janet, to make that possible. Such cooperation is rare indeed for voter initiatives. Morgan served for eight years on the Planning Com-mission and is now on the Dublin Heritage and Fine Arts Commission. Dave worked with the Dublin on the Bicycle Master Plan. We never would have been appointed or worked with these bodies if there were not mutual trust and respect be-tween city officials and our-selves. We have the highest

regard for our city officials and resent any insinuations to the contrary.

We hope the campaign going forward will be an honest and civil discussion about whether significantly more development should occur on the eastern side of Dublin as the developer’s Decide initiative would have it, or whether the voters of Dublin should make this decision as our Open Space initiative requires.

Response to EditorialDavid JohnsonPleasanton

The Independent’s edito-rial supporting Tim Sbran-ti reminds me of their ill thought out support for the likes of Pete Stark. As we all know, Pete Stark was soundly defeated as people learned more about him.

Their comment that Sbranti is pro-labor is sim-plifying the fact that he op-poses any transparency on any public-sector collective bargaining while also oppos-ing any reduction of future pension accruals in which local governments clearly are not able to afford. The BART fiasco only highlight-ed the fact that steps need to be taken to rein in the ability of BART workers to strike. However Sbranti supports the misguided belief that BART strikes are acceptable and it’s alright to bring the entire bay area economy to a halt.

In addition, if one wants to see just how much Sbranti is “owned” by unions, take a look on the California Sec-retary of State website and look at the contributions to

his campaign.When unions control our

representatives as they do with Sbranti, then all of us lose.

There are several other candidates running for the District 16 office that would serve us all better than the likes of Sbranti.

Yes on 41 and 42Barbara Hempill

Member League of Women Voters Livermore-Amador Valley

The League of Women Voters California recom-mends a "Yes" vote for Prop-ositions 41 and 42 that are on the June 3 election ballot.

Proposition 41 will make $600 million of existing Proposition 12 (Veterans Bond Act of 2008) bond funds available to expand housing options for veterans. It will allow homeless veter-ans, veterans and veterans' families who are at risk of homelessness, and veterans struggling with disabilities and unemployment to ac-cess safe, decent, afford-able places to live, as well as access to needed mental health, substance abuse, case management, and job train-ing services.

Proposition 42 makes access to public meetings and public records a con-stitutional requirement for local governments. It is a common sense measure that helps the electorate hold elected officials account-able for their actions. The League of Women Voters has long been a proponent of openness in government.

Vote with the League on June 3.

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WalMart had used the clinic model in other cities. Val-leyCare felt that the clinic offered more convenience to patients.

However, usage did not reach the fiscal break-even point, with an average of four patients per day, said Gregerson. The numbers varied greatly, with as many as 120 patients per month, he said.

"It was a great idea. WalMart was a great part-ner, but there was not the interest to sustain it," said Gregerson.

The $250,000 annualized saving from personnel and operations cost in closing the WalMart clinic adds to other cost reduction, bringing the range of estimated total sav-ings for the next fiscal year budget to $5 million to $5.5 million, said Gregerson.

The bulk of the savings has come from a layoff of 24 full-time equivalent po-sitions, and the elimination of two high-paying admin-istrative jobs, whose duties will be split by department heads.

The administrative jobs were Chief Operating Of-ficer and Chief Business Officer. The two positions

totaled $802,000 in salary. The departure of long-

time CEO Marcy Feit in February saved another $575,000 in salary, when Gregerson was voted by the board of directors to succeed her. Feit was paid $905,000, excluding benefits. Greger-son earns $330,000, after a pay reduction approved by the board for all administra-tors. Gregerson was hired in 2012 as vice-president of strategic partnerships, a job that is now vacant.

Other savings have come from no longer picking up the salaries of two full-time nurses at the Pleasanton school district. The district created the two positions several years ago in response to being below the national average for school nursing positions. The partnership with ValleyCare made the funding possible. Now the district will take over the $120,000 in salaries.

The school board ex-pressed its appreciation for ValleyCare's initiation of the positions, and said it now is able to fund the positions because of the increased school financing from Proposition 30.

One future saving will be

$400,000 for ValleyCare's nursing program, which will end in June, 2015. It is a two-year program. The current class will be finished at that time. No new class is being created for next year.

ValleyCare ran the pro-gram in conjunction with the Chabot-Las Positas Commu-nity College District.

More savings are on the way. Gregerson said that he has the administrative staff looking for more revenue sources and ways to cut expenses.

When the financial books close on June 30, 2014, they are expected to show a deficit of about $4.6 mil-lion. The deficit is still large for this fiscal year, because the cost-savings actions did not begin until the middle of February, leaving a little more than four months in the current fiscal year.

Two services that will be preserved are Valley-Care's operation of Meals on Wheels, and its coop-eration with AXIS Com-munity Health. AXIS serves low-income people, and is subsidized by state, county and federal grants, as well as other sources.

AXIS can help Valley-Care save money, because there are some redundant services between them, said Gregerson.

"Meals on Wheels is re-ally important to the com-munity. I think we can make it financially viable. It's too important to consider (drop-ping it)," said Gregerson.

Meanwhile, ValleyCare continues to think about how it might partner with another health care provider to im-prove its long-term outlook. However, even without a partnership, Gregerson ex-pects the ValleyCare books to be in black ink by the end of the next fiscal year.

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Washington include working the Office of Defense Sci-ence of the National Nuclear Security Administration and serving as a senior advisor to the Undersecretary for Sci-

ence of the U.S. Department of Energy.

In taking on the labora-tory management role, Budil will face a range of difficult challenges, particularly with

regard to the defense labora-tories at Livermore and Los Alamos.

One major and possibly insurmountable problem is that the federal agency for

which the two laboratories work, the National Nuclear Security Administration, is widely recognized as failing, if not failed.

In Congressional hear-ings and in review panels that continue their work today, national scientific leaders including past labo-ratory directors have blamed NNSA for stifling scientific creativity through obsessive bureaucracy and micro-management.

Given frequent gridlock in Washington even over seemingly simple budget priorities, it is not clear that a major federal agency can be reformed in the foreseeable future, according to several senior observers.

A second problem is that the laboratories have to deal with sharply higher overhead costs today be-cause they are operated by for-profit organizations that demand high management fees and have to pay millions of taxes every year. These costs come out of laboratory budgets that might otherwise go to research.

Layoffs have occurred at both laboratories. Sharp reductions in federal spend-ing make future support uncertain at best. Active and retired employees report commonly that morale is suffering at both institutions.

The increased overhead costs resulted in large part from a congressional deci-sion to remove UC as sole manager of the two defense laboratories. For decades, UC wanted and received no management fee for operat-ing the labs, even when it was offered. The Board of Regents, a patriotic group, insisted that its management role was a public service.

When the federal govern-ment insisted in the early 1990s that the University must accept a manage-ment fee, UC agreed only on condition that it would use the fee to pay off any fines or penalties that the government imposed. The remainder of the fee would be returned to the labora-tories to support research, continuing the University’s non-profit (and untaxed) status.

During that time, the government also began signaling its intention to evaluate the University’s

performance in managing the laboratories. It would award management fee ac-cording to performance. The University accepted that new demand only after insisting that there must be agreed-upon standards for the evaluation.

The office that Budil will now lead was responsible for those negotiations, as well as for subsequent efforts to protect the independence and high quality of research at the laboratories.

On the other hand, when a series of highly publicized security mishaps at Los Alamos from 1999 through 2003 resulted in FBI inves-tigations, national headlines and the resignation of a di-rector, that same office was blamed for exerting insuf-ficient management disci-pline. It was blamed in 2002 for the clumsy handling of the abortive appointment of a new director at Livermore, Ray Juzaitis.

The continuing furor encouraged University op-ponents and private sector proponents, leading to the termination of the historic UC role and the establish-

ment of competition for a new, for-profit management contract.

The University and its industrial partners won the competition, against the predictions of many. How-ever, by participating, UC abandoned its historic, proud claim, made clearly in the 1970s and 1980s, that it would never compete for the contract – that if the federal government no lon-ger asked it to continue the public service of managing the laboratories, it would walk away.

It is this complex his-tory that forms some of the background of the office that Budil now leads. The Uni-versity today plays an im-portant role in the function-ing of Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos national laboratories, but it is no longer the only player. Ac-cording to observers, nor is there any confidence locally or in Washington that its federal sponsor, the National Nuclear Security Adminis-tration, is well qualified to fund nationally important scientific work.

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Elite Taekwondo Academy of Livermore struck gold on April 26, 2014 in gyoroogi (sparring) at the UC Berkeley Taekwondo Championships. Coached by Master Jeff Avila (center), four Elite martial artists walked away with gold. UC Riverside bound Roger Aranador (top left) won gold in the junior black belt 15-17 yr. old division. Randell Aranador (top right) took gold in the junior black belt 14-15 yr. old division. Alex DeGuzman (front left) won gold in the red belt 10-11 yr. old division and added a second gold medal in poomsae forms. Allison DeGuzman earned gold in the green belt 8-9 yr. old division and added a silver medal in poomsae forms.The Livermore Fusion 00G Gold team defeated the Dublin

Strikers 3-0 on Sunday, May 4. The win is the latest in a four-game "clean sheet" winning streak that has moved the team into second place halfway through spring league play. The team members pictured are (back row, left to right) Christine Aredo, Kalea Bartolotto, Samantha Kwan, Katherine Lewis, Kaitlin Krakoski, Emily March, Lauren Meeker, Alaina Sekany, Abby Frasier, Coach Frank Vitale; (front row) Lauren Moore, Izzy Midgley, Kennedy Griffith, Sophia Gallardo, Lindsay Harnish, Cassidy Bates, Abby Harnish.

The Fusion SC U9 Boys Gold team had a successful outing last weekend in Manteca with the team recording a dominating victory against San Juan Soccer Club. Angel Murillo was on fire putting in a hat trick in the first half and getting his fourth goal late in the second. AJ Hattaway also scored a beauty helping Fusion to the 5-0 victory. The scoring always seemed to start with some stellar defensive play. Marco Wilde was an impenetrable wall on defense and was helped by great play from Mark Sorensen, Carson Kolte, and Nathan Negrete. The great team play continued with link up play from Basheer Khairie, Nate Lewis, Diego Chauca, and Zach Berg. It's hard to leave out some top saves by goalie Fernando Rodriguez. In the photo, Livermore Fusion SC Boys U9 Gold team player Marco Wilde on the ball, with Diego Chauca and Nate Lewis adding support.

Fusion 00 Girls Maroon midfielder Hailey Thompson works her way around her opponent. Thompson would go on to score a goal.

In Granada Little League T-Ball action, Brandon Hahn of the Orioles hits a hard shot against the Giants.

The Livermore Phantoms U15 lacrosse team traveled to Palo Alto last weekend to play the Tomahawks. Devin Furano made three goals and one assist, Shane Jenkins made four goals, Kai Berkey and Angus Stewart each had an assist. Goalie Matthew Tivey and long poles Kyle Conrad, Alex Witthoeft, Hayden Ferias, and Angus Stewart moved the ball down the field very well. Andrew Choumas, Hayden Ferias, and Matthew Tivey deserve a special shout out for stepping up for the team when they were really needed. Pictured are Jace Gersten and Alex Witthoeft.

West Coast Olympic Gymnastics Academy optional gymnast, Abigail McKeag, competed at the Region 1 Level 7 Championships, in Arizona on April 25, 2014. Abigail placed 9th on bars and 14th in the All-Around. Pictured is Abigail on uneven bars with her coach Mike Lynch looking on.

Fusion SoccerThe Fusion 00 Girls Maroon

team continued their winning ways with 2 big wins this past weekend to remain undefeated in league play. Fusion defeated Castro Valley 3-1 and Lamorinda 6-1. Both opponents are top premier teams in Norcal, Lamorinda placing in the top 8.

On Saturday, Fusion played one of their strongest games of the season. Assisted by Aly Silva, Nikki Trucco opened up the scoring with a beauti-fully placed shot. Kailee Haskins then got in the mix, setting up Aly Silva for the second goal of the game. Castro Valley attempted to fight back, scoring a goal, but it was not enough to hold off the Fusion team. Returning to the scoreboard again, Aly Silva brought up the ball on her own for Fusion's third goal.

On Sunday, Fusion took on the Norcal 8th place Lamorinda team. Again, their speed of play proved to be too much for their opponent. Lamorinda, surprised by the strength of the Fusion team, went down 3-0 in the first half and never recovered. Kailee Haskins started off the scoring frenzy for Fusion, with a well-placed ball off of Kamy Farro's corner. Then Nikki Trucco took her turn, intercept-ing a goal kick and scoring unassisted. Kamy Farro returned to the scoreboard, finishing a ball sent to her from Sarah Vlha. Lamorinda kept the pressure up and connected on a penalty kick but that did not change the pace for Fusion. Answering back, Kamy Farro made her second goal unassisted. Then, Sarah Baxter got into the action, sending a ball in to Hailey Thompson to finish for a 5th goal. Then, coming full circle, Kailee Haskins finished the game the same way she had started it, scoring Fusion's final goal.

West Coast SoccerThe West Coast Soccer Club Wave

battled to a hard fought victory against visiting San Ramon Azuri on Saturday at the Christensen Pitch, moving their record to 2-0-2. Tori “T-Bone” Trautewein got the scoring started with a perfect crossing pass from Leila Ganz for a goal. San Ramon tied it up in the second half, but the smother-ing offensive push was too much for Azuri to handle. After a perfect feed from new WCS player Hannah “The Bean” Kirkpatrick, Kaleigh Castillo was past the goalie and had a clear path to the go ahead goal. The goalie got her foot resulting in a penalty kick. Kaliegh pushed the ball just wide, but the goalie had been ruled to have moved forward in the box. Her second shot almost went through the back of the net. The defense led by Kaila Vasconez, Jessa Lyons(pictured), and

Goaltenders Jessica Zogaric (pictured) and Eliana Eme kept the Azuri at bay. The Wave’s next contest is Saturday May 10th at ACC Mavericks.

The West Coast Wolves U13 played a very exciting game against Impact on Saturday, May 3, 2014. Impact scored first, but very soon after, fouled Shelby Gutierrez at midfield to give the Wolves one of many free kicks. Douglas Wynne stepped up to take the kick and blasted the ball into the net to tie the game 1-1. A second foul by Impact gave Douglas yet another opportunity to hit the net, making the score 2-1 with West Coast ahead at half-time. Impact scored twice in the second half making the score 3-2. Their lead was not long lived as West Coast goalie Zachary Hollingshaus and the defense were able to stop all of Impact’s attempts to score any additional goals. A late in the game penalty was called on an Impact player resulting in a yellow card. Again, Douglas Wynne proved that if you give him a free kick, he will take it and make a goal; tying the game 3-3. Special mention goes to West Coast players Zachary Rittmann, Matthew Larson, Dylan Hill, Brad Rit-tmann and Dayton Cardone for their outstanding efforts in the game as well.

Livermore American LLLivermore American Little

League results:T-Ball: River Cats vs. Raptors

(5/3): It was an outstanding day for two River Cats' players. Lexi Gherghe went 3 for 3 hitting off of live pitching. Lexi also had a great game out in the field, encouraging both her players and the Raptors. Ashton TerKeurst played a strong defense and didn't let anything get by him in the field. He also had some nice swings at bat. Both Lexi and Ashton earned themselves the game ball for their All-Star performances.

MudCats vs. Bulls (5/3): The Mud-cats faced a tough well primed Bulls team. Both teams competed and played hard throughout the game. Alex Young, Graden Cardwell and Jericho Montez were leaders all day both infield and on defense. Joseph Tenca and Chasyn Haskins were leaders in encouraging teammates. Kaleb Estes and Noah Estes, playing for the Bulls, had some amazing hits and played outstanding.

A Division: Reds 8, Yankees 15 (5.3): Another great game between the Yankees and the Reds. Every player on the Yankees team hit the ball at least once. Yankees' Joey Bielski was on fire going 4 for 4, with 4 singles and 2 RBIs. He crossed home plate 3 times himself. Yankees' Henry Gleason hit a screamer straight up the 3rd base line, that just kept bouncing along in the grass for a double. Troy Rodriguez didn't disappoint with a double, a triple and 4 RBIs. The Yankees played some great defense as well. AJ Cook and

Troy Rodriguez stopped the advances in the 5th inning and kept the Reds from scoring. Henry Gleason finished the game with the 2nd and 3rd outs of the final inning, with his fancy footwork on first base. Reds' Sophia Gresham was one of the stars of the game. She went 3 for 3 with a double, 2 singles and 2 RBIs. Then she took the magic on to the field, with a fly ball catch for the last out of the 2nd inning. Reds' Griffin Sutton hit a triple and a double with 2 RBIs and then caught a fly ball for an out of his own. Reds' Jessy Hall was unstoppable at first base, in the 4th inning. She caught the grounder and beat the runner to the base twice for two separate outs.

AA Division: Orioles 12, Reds 13 (4/29): It was a battle of the bats. Every Oriole was able to make it on base. Connor Kenyon helped both de-fensively and offensively with 3 RBI's and a big infield catch for an out. Riley Durrant was on fire during this game working hard for a win. Riley missed hitting for the cycle, with no home run. The Reds rose to the challenge earning a well deserved victory. Credited with the game winning RBI in the bottom of the 6th, AJ Hattaway sent the ball deep to right-center for his third hit of the day. Overall he went 3 for 4 with a double, two singles and 5 RBIs. Josiah Pierce couldn't help but grin ear-to-ear as he came across the plate to break the tie and bring victory to the Reds in the bottom of the 6th.

Rangers vs. Pirates (5/3): The game today was suspended in the middle of the fourth inning after a Rangers' player was injured when he collided with the Pirates' first base-man as they reached the bag nearly simultaneously. Coach Curt made the wise decision to pull the player from the game as a precaution. Since this dropped the roster to eight players, the game could not continue and was suspended.

Orioles 4, Giants 16 (5/3): This was an upsetting loss for the Orioles. The team played hard and never gave up. Even with the loss the team came off the field with smiles on their faces and laughing with teammates. For the Orioles, Garret Montgomery pitched 2.5 innings strong; Jose Cardenas caught 2 innings and was involved in a collision at the plate. Early in the game Jose hit a double. The Giants secured their 1st place finish for the season. Adam started the day with the first RBI and continued to play well as the 1st baseman. In the 4th Inning, the boys really were on fire. Mason pitched a no hit inning, Joey hit a double, Alex brought in 2 runs; RBIs were provided by Ryan, Adam and Mason. In the 2nd Inning, Giants' Parker King threw the ball to Adam on 1st base to get the out. He continued to have a good game when he hit the ball for an RBI in the 3rd Inning giving the team a 2 run lead. Giants' Bobby Alvear hit a double in the 3rd Inning

and started to change the momentum of the game as the Giants were down by 2 runs. He continued to play a solid game with another amazing hit resulting in 2 runs in the 5th Inning.

AAA Division: Pirates 6, Cardi-nals 3 (5/3): The Pirates took on the Cardinals in an important matchup between two of the top AAA teams. The game was tied through five innings before the Pirates scored three in the top of the sixth to come out on top. For the Pirates, Michael Grant started off the sixth with a fine double and ultimately came around to score the go-ahead run. Christian Lopez added two singles and had the go-ahead RBI, while Kevin Collity had four hits and three RBIs.

Pleasanton Girls Softball

Pleasanton Girls Softball League results:

T-Ball: Active Family vs. Richert Lumber: Both Active Family and Richert Lumber had some solid hit-ting and fielding Monday night. Ava Vollgraf of Active Family threw out a baserunner at 1st and Lydia Frey showed off her switch hitting skills while she was at the bat. Top Players: Richert Lumber - Isabella Beatty, Lydia Frey, Katie Musil; Active Family - Hai-ley Morec, Abbey Palmer, Ava Vollgraf

Uncle Credit Union vs. 4LEAF, Inc.: Thea DeGroot hit down 3rd base line. Top Players: Uncle Credit Union - Rhianna Camara, Elah Case, Thea DeGroot

Micro Teal: Tim McGuire/Alain Pinel Realtors vs. Land Home Finan-cial: Aliyah Armendariz caught an out as pitcher and threw to Abby Harmon

at 1st for a double play. Tenaya Bar-rett hit to left field. Top Players: Tim McGuire/Alain Pinel Realtors - Aliyah Armendariz, Tanaya Barrett, Abby Harmon; Land Home Financial - Ella Green, Paige O'Brien, Sydney Stark

Mini Teal: Kids and Teens World 3, Sens Research 0: It was a scoreless thriller through the first three and a half innings with excellent pitching and fielding by both teams. In the bottom of the fourth inning the bats of Kids and Teens World came alive driving in three runs. Then in the top of the fourth, Kids and Teens World were able to closeout the game, keeping Sens Research scoreless. Top Play-ers: Kids and Teens World - Maddie Cheung (1 for 2 with a run scored and two great defensive plays for outs) Liz Danielson (2 for 2 at the plate with an RBI and strong defensive work at first base), Kara Fitzsimmons (A single in the third and the game ending catch in left center); Sens Research - Ava Choudhry (Amazing catch in the outfield), Kyleigh Leung (Struck out the side in the 2nd), Shayla Valenzuela (Amazing catch in foul territory)

Vagaro 2, Sens Research Foun-dation 1: Sens Research Foundation and Vagaro played tough in a game dominated by pitching and defense. Sens Research Foundation jumped out to an early lead, Vagaro tied and eventually won the game in their final at bat. Jordyn Scanlon pitched a great game for Sens Research Foundation and Caitlyn Sinclair caught a big fly ball to lead the defense. Morgan West-cott smacked a double and scored a run. Peyton Boone and Chloe Felbinger delivered heat from the mound and turned in great pitching performances for Vagaro, giving up only a single run between them for the entire game

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The Livermore Fusion Soccer Club U9 Boys Maroon team showed fantastic determination last weekend, rallying from a 0-2 deficit to win in their thrilling 3-2 victory over a very tough IR Academy Tornado team. Dylan Voelker had the pick of the goals with the game winner while Tyler Marta scored with his usual deft touch and Gabe Henninger got a goal on a terrific break away. Alistair Bealer was an octopus in goal stopping everything that came towards him while the always strong defense of Andrei Gran, Max Thompson, and Randy Pico literally shut down the opposition in the second half. The midfielders including Parker Warner, Mohammed Diah, and Jacob Johnson dominated the ball and adding crisp passes opened up all the offense attacks. Pictured are Livermore Fusion SC Boys U9 Maroon team player Max Thompson on the ball with teammates Gabe Henninger and Parker Warner in support.

Livermore Phantom Lacrosse U11 Black ended the season with a 13-8 victory over Folsom Red. The team finished in first place in the Northern California Junior Lacrosse Association rankings with a 15-1 record. Shown here, Jake Herweg and Kinsey Claudino go after a ground ball.

Pictured (from left, back) are members of the West Coast Wolves team Coach Stuart Rafferty, Luke Sorensen, Dayton Cardone, Brandon Page, Douglas Wynne, Zachary Hollingshaus, Dylan Hill, Brad Rittmann, Coach Dave Tinoco; (front) is: Reece Murphy, Zachary Rittmann, Matthew Larson, Emilio Martinez, Nate Miskella, Matteo Crivello, Yahya Diah, Shelby Gutierrez; no pictured Eddie Topete, Brian Miller and Emi Olmos.

The West Coast Wildfire U14G team easily handed crosstown rival, Pleasanton Rage, a 1-0 loss in spring league play. From the starting whistle, the Wildfire took control of game leaving Rage on their defensive heels and no options on offense. The Wildfire victory moved West Coast ahead of Pleasanton in Norcal NPL standings. Pictured is West Coast Mid-fielder, Sierra Martin, winning the ball and the advantage.

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. Natasha Hicks used her usual hustle to leg out a single and to anchor the defense in the outfield. Top Players: Vagaro - Peyton Boone, Chloe Fel-binger, Natasha Hicks; Sens Research Foundation - Jordyn Scanlon, Caitlyn Sinclair, Morgan Westcott

Vagaro 7, Leslie Wolf State Farm 1: Soha Ahmad hit two bombs to the outfield. Emily Simon was quick off the mound to field a tricky hop and made a good assist to Alexia Garcia for the putout at 1st. Top Players: Leslie Wolf State Farm - Soha Ahmad, Alexia Garcia, Emily Simon

Sens Research Foundation 8, Handles Gastropub 2: Sens Research Foundation and Handles Gastropub played an exciting game with some spectacular plays made by both teams. Sens Research Foundation were led by Samaan Beliakoff who pitched a great game. Megan Berschens hit two for two and scored twice. Morgan Wescott also went two for two with a single and double and scored two runs and played the full game behind the plate. Handles Gastropub had great hitting from Sydney Voorhees, Amya Menniti and Sanika Nenardkar. Sydney went three for three and scored a run, Amya went two for three and scored a run, and Sanika hit three for three. Great game girls. Top Players: Sens Research Foundation - Samaan Beliakoff, Megan Berschens, Morgan Wescott; Handles Gastropub - Amya Menniti, Sanika Nenardkar, Sydney Voorhees

Mini Black: California Business Technologies 10, Kota Networks 5: Sammie Madsen led California Busi-ness Technologies to a 10-5 victory over Kota Networks with two 2-run RBI hits, one a double and one a sacrifice. Haley Simons hit a nice fly over 2nd base and added a strong throw-out from shortstop to 1st. Ella Andrews topped it off with a slide into home to score the final run. For Kota Networks, Andrea Gregory pitched a fine game, hit a RBI single down the 3rd base line, and caught a hard-driven line drive at short. Alyssa Reiner had a nice 2-run RBI sacrifice, and Olivia Fragomeli had a great throw to 1st base to beat the runner for an out. Top Players: California Business Technologies - Ella Andrews, Sam-mie Madsen, Haley Simons; Kota Networks - Olivia Fragomeli, Andrea Gregory, Alyssa Reiner

California Business Technologies 11, RBP Consulting 10: California Business Technologies rallied for the close win behind Sammie Mad-sen (2-for-3, double, 2 runs), Kelly Fietz (2-run double), Ella Andrews (single, run) and Rachel Tanis (2 runs). RBP Consulting was led by Natalie O'Sullivan (single, 2 runs), Mack-ensey Klein (RBI single) and Mason Hekl (2 singles). Top Players: RBP Consulting - Mason Hekl, Mackensey Klein, Natalie O'Sullivan; California Business Technologies - Ella Andrews, Kelly Fietz, Sammie Madsen

Minor Teal: Trinity Lutheran Church 13, Association Management Solutions 3: Association Management Solutions played well with big hits from Eleanor. Cynthia pitched a great game with many strikeouts and made a hit for a RBI. Isabella had a great night with big hits for RBI's and caught 2 pop ups for outs. Trinity Lutheran Church played a super game with star players Kayla in defense, Maci with big hits, and Megan with great pitching. Top Players: Association Management Solutions - Cynthia Arriaga, Isabella Damaser, Eleanor McCarthy; Trinity Lutheran Church - Maci Briggs, Kayla Gonzaga, Megan Schuerlein

Association Management Solu-tions 11, Hyatt House Pleasanton 4: Hyatt House Pleasanton played well with big hitting from Emily and El-lie. Hannah pitched great with many strikeouts. Association Management Solutions also had big hitting. Luciana had hits to make 2 RBI's and Jacqueline had big hits for a RBI. Chloe had a big hit, stole a base and scored a run

at home. Top Players: Hyatt House Pleasanton - Emily Harmon, Hannah Loeffler, Ellie McElroy; Association Management Solutions - Luciana Gar-cia, Jacqueline Harris, Chloe Vancura

WomanInjuredAtWork.com 8, Kaelin Construction, Inc. 5: Wom-anInjuredAtWork.com played hard. Good defense by Sammie Gray and Andrea Harding and good pitching by Sophie Mansoor. Kaelin Construc-tion, Inc.’s Corey Timby had 1 RBI, Rebecca Stumbo played good defense and Aoife Kennedy went 1 for 2. Top Players: WomanInjuredAtWork.com - Sammie Gray, Andrea Harding, Sophie Mansoor; Kaelin Construction, Inc. - Aolife Kennedy, Rebecca Stumbo, Corey Timby

Minor Black: Hopyard Alehouse 8, Protein Simple 7: Emily Gossett was very disciplined in the box for Protein Simple. She got walked and was aggressive on the base path, stealing 2nd as soon as she saw her chance. Meghann Klein and Valeria Torres-Colon added runs to their team’s score with nice RBI singles. AJ Molina had a clutch hit in the bottom of the 4th inning, a line drive 2 RBI single, to tie the game at 7 runs a piece. Protein Simple’s defense stayed strong behind their pitchers Isabelle Restani, Amanda Mero and Meghann Klein. When she wasn’t pitching, Amanda Mero was playing centerfield and made a really nice catch for an out. Alejandra McElroy and Sydney Walsh were solid in the infield and worked together to get an out at 1st. Hopyard Alehouse also played great defense. Amanda Engle hustled behind the plate, catching a foul ball pop up for an out. Molly Perez showed a lot of hustle at 1st also catching a foul ball pop up for an out. Molly was also very strong offensively hitting a 2 RBI single. Caelin Cavanaugh also showed her offensive strength with base hits and great base running. These two teams played hard to the very end. Good job ladies. Top Players: Protein Simple – Emily Gossett, AJ Molina, Valeria Torres-Colon; Hopyard Ale-house – Caelin Cavanaugh, Amanda Engle, Molly Perez

Major Teal: Blueline 12, Central Painting 4: Jillian Witt made a great catch in centerfield. Jasmine Ramirez had 2 hits. Alyssa Crumrine did a great job pitching the entire game. Visitor - Kennedy Scoffield went 2 for 2 at the plate with 2 RBIs and scored 1 run. She also had a big inning-ending catch in left field on a well-hit ball in the 2nd inning. Carly Rose Recupero came in relief to pitch 2 solid innings after the starting pitcher had to leave due to an injury. She pitched out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the 2nd and only allowed 1 run. She was also 1 for 3 at the plate with an RBI single. Erika Marts went 2 for 2 at the plate, scored 2 runs, and made a big putout at shortstop in the last inning. Top Players: Central Painting - Alyssa Crumrine, Jasmine Ramirez, Jillian Witt; Blueline - Erika Marts, Carly Rose Recupero, Kennedy Scoffield

Major Black: Hopyard Alehouse 11, Baron's Jewelers 8: Courtney Beaudin drove in three runs on back-to-back doubles in Hopyard's win. Hannah Schott scored three runs for the winners and Claire Armstrong delivered a three-run double to seal the victory. Hopyard's Olivia McGee had two hits and pitched well in relief. Pacing Baron's were Nikki Thornton with three hits while Kirsten Sigua and Syd West each had two hits. Halle Uhl added a RBI double for Baron's. Top Players: Hopyard Alehouse - Claire Armstrong, Courtney Beaudin, Han-nah Schott; Baron’s Jewelers - Kirsten Sigua, Nikki Thornton, Syd West

Livermore National LLLivermore National Little League

results:Majors: LALL Reds 8, LNLL

Diamondbacks 6: The LALL Majors

Reds played a heated game against the LNLL Majors Diamondbacks The D’Backs showcased their bat-ting talent with two home run hitters. Marcos Mejia brought his skills to the plate hitting his first in the park home run of the season with a line drive to centerfield fence. Mejia pitched 4 excellent innings, made 1 unassisted out and 2 assisted outs. Seasoned home run hitter Mason Smith has another to add to his stats sailing the ball deep into centerfield. He also assisted with a double play. Logan Vinson singled with an RBI smashing the ball to left field. D’Backs, Bobby Farner took over the mound pitching 3 innings with 4 strike outs and no walks. Farner also had a base hit that led to him stealing home. Jake Blanchard of the Reds played a great offense & defense with an RBI, pitched 4 inning with 4 strike outs and made the final catch to end the game with a win for the Reds. For the Reds, Ryan Hanley hit a hard triple into center field to bring in two runners. Catcher Gavin Powers was instrumental in making 3rd out bottom of the second by a hard throw to 3rd baseman Jordan Canning. Jake Hutchinson (AKA Hutch) made an awesome catch at 2nd base. Justin Pestana also made an awesome catch and running to 3rd base for a double play. Jacob Dennett also hit a hard line drive down to center field.

AAA Division: Giants 9, Red Sox 6: For the Giants: Darren Jackson, Grady Harris and Jadiel Salgado all had great defensive games to help pull off the win. For the Red Sox: Anthony Molleson displayed his force on the pitcher’s mound striking out 8 batters. Thomas McKnight hit two impressive singles bringing in 2 RBI's. Thomas also made an outstanding catch in centerfield and threw it to second to make a double play. Christian Grenier demonstrated his speed stealing home in the 3rd. Tommy Wisely III made a skillful catch in centerfield. Giovany "Gio" Fuentes surmounted the sun and caught a pop-up in left field.

Yankees 12, Red Sox 7: For the Yankees: Ty Clappin was amazing on the pitchers mound. Ty pitched 12 first pitch strikes. Ryan Kelly showed his strength when he hit two doubles. Kyle Denton hit a impressive double bringing in an RBI. Garrett Gomes had two hits for 2 RBI's. For the Red Sox: Corey Stimpson had an outstanding day of hitting going 3 for 3 and defen-sively caught a pop up in centerfield. Christian Grenier had a lead off double in the 3rd and made amazing stops as catcher. Giovany "Gio" Fuentes hit a line drive double bringing in an RBI.

Giants 12, Yankees 5: Giants' highlights include; Michael Anolin's hit that went all the way to the cen-terfield fence resulting in an inside the park home run. Austin Statham played a great game defensively at first base and as catcher for 4 innings. James Foley pitched solid for 3 innings. Nick Perez made great contact for a base hit.

Pirates 14, A's 5: For the Pirates, Mike Ayler pitched for the first time this season and combined with additional outstanding pitching from Sebastian Krinard and Riley Scott to hold the A's to 5 runs. Kytler Green and Cam-eron Angotti played well defensively, securing several outs between the two of them. The Pirates hit well as a team, led by great hits from John Stangl and Tanner Griffith.

A Division: Giants vs. Yankees: Wednesday was a scorcher, but the Giants and the Yankees played a fan-tastic game, despite the heat. On the Giants, Gavin Nunes started off with a double for his first at bat and hit another double in the 4th. Jake Frazzitta had several base hits and brought in a run. Both Gavin and Jake also played great defense in an action-packed game.

Red Sox vs. Yankees: For the visit-ing Red Sox, Spencer Langowski was responsible for five of the first six outs of the game playing excellent at first base. In the outfield, Tyler Lahowe ran down two fly balls in left field and fired them to second base for the outs. At the plate, Kyler Wallace went 5 for 5 including two 2-run doubles hit hard into left field. Shane Patterson success-fully reached base hitting a single on each of his at bats. For the Yankees, Graham Shawler made a nice play in the outfield catching a high fly ball. Brandon Wallace also caught a pop fly and completed a double play at first base. Jayden Snowden had sev-eral solid hits in the game and Grant Vonheeder played well at second base turning a double play.

Pirates vs. Red Sox: The Red Sox and Pirates battled on Wednesday eve-ning with strong hitting and fielding. Tristan Weed held down the mound and made several strong plays at pitcher getting the Pirates out. Drew Olsen showed a great glove at first and retired many batters. Jake Nuti hit two hard hit balls down the third base line to secure a double and a single; scoring both times. Kyler Wallace showed strong defense as a third baseman, tagging two runners out and firing one to first for another out.

Red Sox vs. Giants: In an impres-sive battle of the bats, the Red Sox took on the Giants Saturday afternoon. In the third inning, Isaiah Vergara hit a lead-off double for the Red Sox followed by a hard hit double from Spencer Langowski that sailed into rightfield. In the field, Diego Valverde made an amazing diving catch at second base and fired it to first for a

double play. Gavin Day also fielded well at shortstop and made two tag outs. For the Giants, Orion Martinez knocked a high fly ball to the outfield for a double and later did a great job covering centerfield. Eric Guttierrez tagged a runner out at first in the second inning and showed strong hitting in all his at bats.

A’s vs. Giants: For the A’s, the player of the game was awarded to Mav Lanning for his awesome infield plays, and another strong day at the plate! On the Giants, Viliam Nowicki dominated the first inning for the defense by tag-ging out all three runners, one on his way to 1st and two runners trying for home. Dylan Williams had several base hits, and he also tagged a runner out in the 5th while playing second base.

A’s vs. Yankees: A's player of the game honors went to slugger Jace Whatley for his awesome 3 RBI triple and catching a pop up behind the plate. Fellow A's player Hayden Druba played amazing on defense throughout the field and caught a pop up at short stop. Yankees played hard and came out swingin.

T-Ball Division: Red Sox vs. Pirates: It was a breezy spring evening in Livermore as the Red Sox met up with the Pirates. Pappas on the Sox hit a single past the pitcher. Devereaux also got a solid single to. Martinez, at short stop, made a close play at first, but the tie went to the runner. For the Pirates, Terpstra hit a screaming liner up the middle to get on base. Williams hit a solid single up the middle.

Granada Little LeagueGranada Little League results:Farm: A's vs. Giants: Saturday's

game saw 5 innings of incredible play by both teams. The A's put out 18 Giants. Lane Curtin was responsible for 7 outs, including a long fly ball to center with an awesome sliding catch. Top defensive players (Diego Silva, Anthony Ponce, Lane Curtin received the game ball); 41 hits for the day including 7 doubles. Top offensive players (Marco Gozon, Tyler Kennedy, Carson Williams).

Minor A: A's vs. Rangers: Both teams played very strong defensive games. A’s player, Riley Winchell was the one big hit of the game for the A’s with a nice line drive out to centerfield in the bottom of the 2nd for a base hit. The top hitters for the Rangers were, Lucas Smith, who started it off in the 1st inning followed by two more great base hits from Ryan More and Joseph Vargus in the top of the 3rd. Colton Williams showed an impres-sive 1st inning pitching, striking out three players and putting a stop to the inning with the bases loaded. Jack Stephens had the heads up play of the day, running all the way up from third to cover a fantastic throw made by Joseph Sosa and stop the runner from advancing to second base. Pitcher Blake Sosine made a game saving stop in the 3rd Inning and also managed to strike out two players ending the inning. Top defensive players for the Rangers were, Payton Richards #11 at Pitcher who struck out two players in the bottom of the 1st as well as made a great play, hammering the ball to First Baseman, Lucas Smith #2 and ending the 2nd Inning. Lucas Smith also had a great inning at Pitcher, striking out 2 players and ending the 3rd Inning.

Red Sox vs. Cardinals: Red Sox player Drayden Curtis made his pitch-ing debut with a strikeout and Adam Greer hit a whopper to center field and was able to bring it home for a run. Pitcher Joshua Katz recorded a strikeout; Connor Rosales hit a double for an RBI bringing in the tying run at 5-5. Cardinals' player, Nathan Brown, collected the RBI for the first run and Natnael Leary hit a great single. Madi-son Perkins, for the Cardinals, closed the game pitching and did a great job. Final score Cardinals 7, Redsox 6.

Yankees vs. Red Sox: For the Red Sox, Luke Beasley was aggressive all day and executed a perfect play at the plate. John Ortiz took a fastball to his fist but got back in the box and cranked a double on the next pitch to put the Sox up by a run leading into the bottom half of the last inning. Josh Katz and Adam Greer pitched very accurately for the Red Sox. Down a run entering

the bottom of the 4th, Luke Schwarz led off with a deep double over the center fielder’s head. Jacob Freitas followed with a sharply hit single to the right side to score Schwarz, and Dylan Gray launched a booming double into left center for the walk-off hit, giving the Yankees a 4-3 victory. Hunter Allen made some noteworthy plays late in the game at first base to keep the Yankees within striking distance.

Cardinals vs. Yankees: Clutch hit-ting and good hustle on the base paths brought home Matt Newbould in the first inning and Jack Bell in the last for the Cardinals' only runs. On defense, Jack Bell robbed the Yankees of a hit with a diving catch at shortstop. Madi-son Perkins pitched two solid innings, while Roman Phillips and Nate Brown each came in for a scoreless inning of relief. For the Yankees, Liam Muir played superbly behind the plate and battled during his at bats. Ava Schwarz continued her hot hitting with an RBI single to score the Yankees’ first run. Dominic Franco was lights out on the pitching mound, as was Grady Phil-lips. Phillips also robbed Nate Brown of extra bases with a line drive stab moving to his left at 3rd base. Jacob Mascari played solid infield defense for two strong innings, and Luke Schwarz and Dylan Gray also caught fly ball outs. Final score, 2-2.

Minor AAA: Rangers 2, A's 5: Ian Silveira pitched the entire game for the A's allowing only 2 runs. He also had 2 hits. Kengo Suzuki had two 2 hits, 2 RBI's and scored a run for the A's. Gabriel Enfinger had two hits and an RBI for the Rangers.A great effort by Donavan Holmes for the Rangers with a great catch for an out in this game.

Rangers 2, Diamondbacks 8: Jake Fields had two hits and scored a run for the Rangers. Conner Perkins played third base and Giovanni Costello pitched the final two innings for the Rangers allowing zero runs. Peter Stor-johann pitched the final three innings for the Diamondbacks allowing zero runs and had a hit and a run scored. Kieran Campbell played a great game with 2 hits, an RBI and scored two runs for the Diamondbacks.

A's 5, Rangers 2: The A’s defense was on fire in their victory over the Rangers. Ian Silveira pitched a complete game with four strike outs. Second baseman Tyler Mutz connected with Landon Paden at first four times and Paden caught three pop-ups and a grounder at first for outs. Yash Hammond made a terrific throw from left field to Antonio Rivalie at home, preventing a run from scoring. Gavin Reynolds also made a nice throw from left to Cooper Meyer at short, tagging a runner at second. On offense, Kengo Suzuki had two RBI’s, Cooper Meyer and Antonio Rivalie both had RBI dou-bles and Ian Silveira hit two doubles.

A’s 10, Yankees 7: The A’s had another thrilling victory in their 10-7 win over the Yankees. Antonio Rivalie started the game for the A’s with four strikeouts, and Dylan MacDonald and Cooper Meyer closed out the game with two strikeouts each. Cooper Meyer at short connected with Landon Paden at first and Ian Silveira at third for a double play. Cooper Meyer also made a great throw from home plate to Tyler Mutz at second to pick off a runner trying to steal. Carson Tracey made a great catch in right field for an out. The A’s bats were hot with Cooper Meyer hitting a two run RBI, double and two singles, Gavin Reynolds hit an RBI and two singles, Landon

Paden with two RBI’s and a single and Antonio Rivalie and Yash Hammond both adding RBI’s.

Livermore Girls Softball

Livermore Girls Softball As-sociation:

T-Ball: Raspberry Rockets: Lilian Speckenheuer turned it on this week, with great fielding for the entire game, including an out at 1st base. On of-fense, she hit 3 singles and a double. Mia Geraci caught a pop fly and threw to 1st baseman Layla Sprayberry to complete the double play. Mia fol-lowed up her great defense with a fantastic hit out to left center and then sprinted around the bases to beat the ball to home plate. She finished her game with 2 more singles. Devyn George recorded an out at first base and hit four singles. The Rockets were on fire with their at bats; Layla Sprayberry had 2 singles and 2 doubles while Jocelyn Sosa earned 3 doubles and a single.

Fusion SC Fall SoccerRegistration is now open for the

Livermore Fusion SC Recreation and Select (Rec Plus) fall soccer programs. While registration for the recreation program is open until May 31st, the Select program registration will close on May 15th. Space is limited for the Select program so interested players should register as soon as possible. Both programs kick off in July and run until November.

The Recreation program starts at the U5 age group and the Select program starts at the U9 age group.

To register a child for either of the fall soccer programs, or for more in-formation, visit the Fusion SC website at www.fusionsc.org or call the office at 925-443-7570.

Fusion SC PremierLivermore Fusion Soccer Club

premier level tryouts are now in prog-ress throughout the month of April. These tryouts are for both boys and girls in the U15, U16, U17 and U18 age groups. Players of all skill levels are welcome to come and participate.

To register or for more informa-tion, visit the Fusion SC website at www.fusionsc.org and select the option for the premier program. Alternatively, call 925-443-7570 or visit the office at 1976 Fourth Street in Livermore.

Hike for HopeHope Hospice’s The Hike for Hope

2014 will be held on Saturday, May 10. Check-in time is from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. The event ends at noon.

The Hike for Hope is a memorial hike and fundraiser held at scenic Del Valle Regional Park in Livermore. Proceeds from the event assist Hope Hospice in providing services to patients and families – regardless of their ability to pay.

Two trail options are available for The Hike for Hope participants. One is an easy 2.6 mile roundtrip route (which is easily shortened) traveling along the lake, turning around at the Hetch Hetchy Group Camp. The other route is a 4.4 mile hike with a moderate

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incline. It follows along the Ridgeline and Hetch Hetchy trails, providing spectacular views of the valley, lake and surrounding hills.

Early registration fee for The Hike for Hope is $30 through April 24; and $40 on or after April 25. Hikers can easily sign up by going to TheHikeForHope.com or by calling Hope Hospice at 925-829-8770 for a printed registration form.

Hook and Ladder RunThe Livermore-Pleasanton Fire-

fighters Foundation will be hosting the 6th Annual Hook and Ladder Run, Sunday, June 1, 2014 at Wente Vineyards, located at 5050 Arroyo Rd. Livermore.

This event will include a 5K run/walk, 10K run, and a kids’ 1 mile fun run. The event benefits the Livermore-Pleasanton Firefighters Foundation, a non-profit 501 (c) 3 that supports, injured and fallen firefighters, the Burn Foundation and other local charities in the Tri-Valley.

Through April 30th, registration is $30.00 for the adult 5K or $35.00 for the 10K ($20 and $25 respectively for those 17 and under) and $10.00 for the kids’ 1 mile fun run. On May 1st, 5K and 10K registration fees increase by $10.00 and kids 1 mile fun run by $5.00. Registration closes May 23rd, or when sold out. Starting time for the 5K and 10K is 8:00 a.m., followed by the kids’ 1 mile fun run beginning at 9:30a.m.

On line registration can be filled out at http://www.active.com/liver-more-ca/running/distance-running-races/6th-annual-hook-and-ladder-run-2014

Event website: www.onyour-markevents.com.

Run to RememberThe California Peace Officers

Association (CPOA) invites everyone to participate in a very special event honoring those who’ve lost their lives in the line of duty, while making our lives safer. The 6th Annual Run to Remember 10K Run & 5K Run/Walk will be held on Saturday, May 10th, at Shadow Cliffs Regional Park, Pleasanton.

The Run’s 10K & 5K Walk & Run courses are made up of small rolling-hill trails that run throughout the scenic Shadow Cliffs Regional Park. The Kid’s 1-mile run is laid out through a portion of the park’s lawn area.

All proceeds from this fam-ily oriented event will go directly to the Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) (California Chapter), a non-profit organization whose sole mission is to assist with the rebuilding of lives of surviving family members and af-fected co-workers of law enforcement officers killed.

Trophies will go to the top 5K and 10K male and female finishers, with medals given three deep in designated age groups in the 5K and 10K runs for both male and female participants.

Special awards will also be given to all kids participating in the Kids’ Fun Run (ages 12 and under).

The entry fee for the 10K or 5K Walk/Run is $35.00 pre-registered or $40.00 race-day. The Kids’ Fun Run is $20.00 pre-registered, or $25.00 race-day.

Check-in and race-day registration will open at 7:30 a.m., 10K will start at 8:20 a.m. and the 5K will follow at 9:00 a.m. The Kid’s Mile will begin around 10:15 a.m. The post-race awards ceremony and barbeque are scheduled to start around 11:00 a.m.

For more CPOA’s A Run to Re-member information and/or an applica-tion, contact On Your Mark Events at 209-795-7832. To register participants download the event’s flyer and send with entry fee, or in with online, go to Active.com.

Vote ScheduledNotice is hereby given that

Pleasanton Phantom Girls Softball League will vote for its 2015 Executive Board of Directors on Saturday, May 10, 2014. Names of nominees will be presented to the current Board of Directors. Voting ballots will be avail-able on Saturday (5/10/14, 9am-5pm) at the Pleasanton Sportspark next to the Snack Bar by GSB 7. All adults 18 years of age and older who are as-sociated with the League (i.e. player parents, coaches, board members) are eligible to vote.

Water Polo SignupLARPD sponsors a USA Water

Polo team (USWP), the LAZERS, which encourages high standards of play and good sportsmanship. As a USWP club team, all practices and competitions will be sanctioned, re-quiring all participants to be registered with USWP. All experience levels are welcome, however athletes must be able to swim two laps (50 yards) without stopping.

To register, call LARPD at 925-373-5700, or visit www.larpd.dst.ca.us. For more information about the LARPD LAZERS, visit lazerswater-polo.weebly.com or e-mail lazerswp@gmail.com.

Summer session teams are avail-able for the following age groups: 15+ Girls, 15+ Boys, 14 & Under Co-ed Level 1 (Beginner) and Level 2 (Inter-mediate). Session begins the week of May 27, and all practices are at RLCC

Mavericks FastPitch The Mavericks FastPitch 12U

Livermore teams are looking for players to fill multiple open posi-tions for the 2014 summer season. Focus for this coming year is player development, play time and team growth as an A-team in a positive coaching atmosphere. To schedule a private tryout or to learn more about the Mavericks organization, email MavericksFastPitch@hotmail.com or visit www.mavericksfastpitch.com.

Photo - Doug Jorgensen

Livermore and Granada High Schools competed in a dual swim meet on May 2.

SPORTS(continued from page 7)

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By Carol GrahamMargaret Zhao has a mes-

sage for her younger self.“Do not worry, little one,

this pain you are suffering now will no longer be pain-ful soon. It will serve as inspiration to your grateful future."

In rural China in the 1950s, Zhao was born into a disenfranchised family that was unjustly branded an Enemy of the State. Young Margaret quickly learned her abject lot in life. Yet with grace and humor, Zhao not only persevered, but used her childhood adversity to become the woman she is today.

"Through surviving pov-erty, deprivation and dis-crimination, I have become a more compassionate person with a deep appreciation for a simple life, and a heart-felt concern for the dignity and humane treatment of people and animals," said Pleasanton's Zhao, a come-dienne, volunteer speaker and award-winning author.

On Sunday, May 18, Zhao will present her mem-oir, "Really Enough, a True Story of Tyranny, Courage and Humor" at the Liver-more Public Library. The event is free and open to all.

"Readers can hear about a true life story of tyranny and comedy. They can ask

me questions and hopefully enjoy an unforgettable and rewarding time, walking away with new appreciation and happiness for their own lives," said Zhao. "The gift I would like to give my read-ers is hope in the face of their personal life challenges, and determination to never give up their dreams in their own periods of darkness. Also, I would like them to embrace their power to find more happiness and more good fortune through courage and humor."

Really Enough charts Zhao's struggle for surviv-al, freedom and forbidden love during the tyrannical years of Chairman Mao's regime from 1949 until his death in 1976. With the communist party's policies

virtually hidden from the world's eyes, innocent, af-fluent families like the Zhaos were punished as capitalists and remnants of the feudal past. Stripped of their ances-tral home, land and factory, Zhao's hard-working, gener-ous family was banished to work the land in complete poverty.

Co-authored with Bay Area writer Kathleen Mar-tens, Really Enough won best biography/memoir of 2012 from Sharp Writ Book Awards.

"I was reluctant to share my oppressed life growing up under communist rule," said Zhao. "It was Kathleen who convinced me that read-ers would be uplifted by the story and the powerful role that humor and my comedy played in my survival and life."

One word of advice for readers: don't start the book at bedtime. The page-turner is such a lively and en-grossing read that it's nearly impossible to put down. From the first page, when the Zhao's peaceful home is invaded by an army of "shoes" as seen from young Margaret's hiding place, the story takes readers by the hand, leads them into another time and place, and introduces them to charac-ters who breathe life onto each page.

"Most readers say that they can't put the book down. One complaint I got on Facebook was that it was all my fault a reader lost her beauty sleep because she had to continue even though it was after midnight," said Zhao, adding how surpris-ing it's been to find out that readers "relate so intimately to my life even though it happened on the other side of the world in a time and place they knew little or nothing about."

Zhao's talk begins at 2 p.m. in the Civic Center library's Storytime Room. Pleasanton's Towne Center Books will have available for purchase copies of Re-ally Enough, which the au-thor will sign.

"After reading Marga-ret’s memoir, I gained a deeper understanding of the events that took place in China during that tumultu-ous period in history," said Livermore Public Services Librarian Paul Sevilla. "It's important for us to hear the stories of individuals who lived through tyranny and oppression. Listening and understanding what they went through inspires us to become better citizens, treat-ing all people - regardless of race, creed, religion, gender and class - with humanity and respect."

The talk is part of the library's "Friends, Authors and Arts Series," sponsored by the Friends of the Liver-more Library.

"I am truly grateful to the Friends for making it pos-sible to bring programs like this one to our community," said Sevilla. "Public librar-ies such as Livermore's have become popular venues to enjoy enriching, entertain-ing and informative pro-grams for free. Programs like Margaret's talk promote the vibrancy and diversity of its community. Whether someone's interested in live musical events, informative classes, or thought-provok-ing lectures and author talks, the library is the place to go."

For more information, visit reallyenough.com or the library page at cityofli-vermore.net.

Author to Speak at Librarying! I was quite fond of the youngster whose gorgeous full-length dress was made entirely from coffee bags. I also loved the cute little guy dressed as a robot, and the girl in tribal trashion with an eclectic array of spoons."

Donlon was one of four judges who attended two shows (a necessity to catch everything during the fast-paced, energetic show) be-fore voting. For judging, Sunol Glen's kindergar-ten through 8th grade par-ticipating students were divided into two groups, grades K-4 and 5-8. Each group was again divided into Kid-Created or Mentor-ship categories, and finally into subcategories of Most Creative, Most Wearable and Trashiest. In all, 12 trophies were awarded.

"Winners receive re-pur-posed trophies (of course!) that have been covered with plastic toys," said event or-ganizer and parent Cammie Clark. "These trophies have been created over the years by Sunol Girl Scout Troop 32866. They're admired by the whole student body and coveted by participants."

Clark has been involved with the Trashion Show since its debut in 2010. Past themes have included Ste-ampunk and The 80s. Next year's theme will be The Ocean (think surfer music and trash typically found on beaches).

First grader Roman Zua-nich, likely inspired by this year's Technology theme, walked the runway as a Star Wars-worthy robot, com-plete with reflectors, bicycle brake lights, dryer vent hose arms, hand-me-down snow-boarding boots, a cardboard wind-up key and a Staples Easy button.

"Sunol Glen does an awesome job year-round of keeping the kids aware of the environment and being green," said mom Claudia Zuanich. "This is a great

way to encourage kids to examine our waste and re-cyclables. Students are also learning creativity, confi-dence and teamwork. The creative process is fun and Roman had a lot of ideas that were incorporated. Seeing all the students and parents volunteering their time and

coming together for this event during Sunol Glen's Earth Week is fantastic."

The goal of the Trash-ion Show is to get students to think differently about waste, to create positive behavior changes, and to promote good environmen-tal stewardship.

"I hope students focus on their consumption and analyze packaging, thereby changing the things they purchase and the way they shop," said Clark. "For par-ticipants, it's even more than that because they get to incorporate their creative sides; the outcome can pack a visual one-two punch: something very beautiful can be created out of some-thing we typically just throw away. This really sends the message home big time. For months afterwards, students talk about how much more they notice packaging or trash that comes into and goes out of their homes."

For the 37 students who walked the runway, as well as the scores of students and spectators who enjoyed the show, the lesson will likely never be forgotten.

"Participating in the Trashion Show provides a fantastic opportunity for our students," said Principal Molleen Barnes. "They are encouraged to be creative, innovative and to think out-side of the box - or should I say, think USING the box! Another positive outcome for students is that they show their creations by walking down the catwalk in front of an audience. It's always amazing to see kids who are shy or introverted walk with such pride and confidence."

Next year, the Trash-ion Show will add a fourth category: Most Creative Material, as suggested by two-time judge Zipporah Ross, an upcycling designer for Zipporah Ross Designs & Ekso Bionics.

"I was a big fan of the in-crease of boys participating in the show," Ross said of the boys whose outfits included a Viking and Gladiator. "I've been thrifting, recycling and upcycling for over 30 years. I was thrilled to see thrifting and secondhand clothing go mainstream. Now this new upcycling movement is exploding. Good job, Sunol Glen School, for being the trendsetter!"

Parade of trashions in Sunol.

Photos - Doug Jorgensen

TRASHIONS(continued from page one)

The history of Hacienda Busines Park in Pleasanton is the focus of Museum on Main’s upcoming exhibit Thirty Years of Hacienda, which will run from May 7 through July 13.

The exhibit will survey the history of the site from the marshland and farms that occupied the site before de-velopment, to the intensive politics and extensive infra-structure work that preceded construction, to the changing face of the park as it has adapted to the Bay Area’s changing economy and the Tri-Valley’s changing needs, as well as examining Haci-enda’s role in the evolution of Pleasanton as a modern Bay Area city.

The centerpiece of the exhibit will be a seven-foot square architectural model of the park, a model which until recently graced the of-fices of the Hacienda Own-ers Association. In addition to the model, Thirty Years of Hacienda will feature objects and images from throughout the history of the site, both before and after the construction of the Hacienda development.

The exhibit will open with a public reception at the Museum on Wednesday, May 7, from 5-7 PM. Light refreshments will be served.

Museum on Main is lo-

cated at 603 Main Street, Pleasanton. Museum hours are Tuesday through Satur-day, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday, 1-4 p.m. There is no admission fee, but donations are always appreciated. For further information contact 925.462-2766 or curator@museumonmain.org .

Hacienda Subject of New Exhibit

Margaret Zhao

sas, the son of the late Wes-ley and Evelyn (Nelson) Gabrielson. He grew up in Lindsborg and went to Bethany College to earn a Bachelors of Science de-gree in mathematics. After serving in the U.S. Army, he then earned a Master of Science degree at Kansas State University.

In 1959, Verlan and his bride moved to Pleasanton, CA and joined the scientific team at Sandia Labs where he worked as a scientific programmer for more than 30 years. He was a mem-ber of several bridge clubs and enjoyed participating in bridge tournaments. He enjoyed playing golf, tennis and volunteering his carpen-try skills with Habitat for Humanity. He was a member of the Centerpointe Presby-terian Church for more than 50 years where he was an Elder and a Deacon.

Verlan is survived by his loving wife, Janet; devoted children Mark Gabrielson (Maria) of Franktown, CO; Anne Gabrielson (Marilynne Roscoe) of Newport, OR; and Paul Gabrielson (Laura) of Arroyo Grande, CA . He had three grandchildren: Da-vid, Rachelle, and Eric Ga-brielson. He is also survived by his brother, Kenneth Gabrielson of Wichita, KS, and sister, Carolyn Kimbrel (John), many nieces, neph-ews and cousins.

A memorial wil l be held June 7th at 1pm at the Centerpointe Presbyterian Church, 3410 Cornerstone Ct. Pleasanton. Interment will be in Kansas.

Donations should be made to Centerpointe Pres-byterian Church, Habitat for Humanity or Hope Hospice.

Arrangements by Gra-ham-Hitch Mortuary.

Gwendolyn June Linhart

Gwendolyn June Linhart passed away Apr. 28, 2014 in Livermore, CA. A Funeral Mass will take place Fri-

day, May 9, 2014 at St. Michael’s C a t h o l i c Church in Livermore at 3pm in the after-noon and a Rosary M a s s a t

3pm Thursday May 8, 2014 also at St. Michael’s.

Born Gwendolyn June Rost on Nov. 26, 1931 she grew up in Oakland, CA with her mother and five brothers and sisters. She at-tended Emery High School where she met her hus-band Frank Linhart, Jr. After school they married and had four children. She also worked for many years at Western Garden Nursery in Hayward. Later in life they moved to Pleasanton and she enjoyed spending time with family and singing in the choir at St. Augustine.

She is survived by her loving husband of 65 years Frank Linhart, Jr. of Pleas-anton; her children Frank Linhart (III), Jim Linhart, and Susan Bierwirth of Livermore and Kathy Lynch of Brentwood; as well as their families including 10 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren.

Helen passed away peacefully in her own apart-ment in Colorado Springs on April 24, 2014. She had enjoyed over three years of Colorado living with lots of time with her daughter Pat Duletsky.

During her years in Livermore, she played golf and tennis, volunteered at Valley Memorial Thrift Shop and the Senior Center, and loved her garden. She trav-eled extensively visiting all seven continents, and put her experience to use working at The Travel Bug in Liver-more. She will be missed by her family in England and Australia, and friends across the country.

Donations to the Al-zheimer’s Foundation would be appreciated in lieu of flowers.

Ina Kathrine TandyJune 8, 1926 – April 30, 2014Livermore

Ina Kathrine (Kay) Tandy passed away at the age of 87 on April 30, 2014 after a short illness.

Ina was born in Colum-bia, MO to Leslie Tharp and G l a d y s A d k i n s . She grad-u a t e d from high

school in San Diego in 1944 and married Robert K Tandy in Richmond in 1946. She obtained her CNA certificate in Livermore and worked in the medical field for several years. Ina was a member of the Asbury Methodist Church for 51 years and was also active in numerous fund raising organizations.

Ina is survived by her son Michael Tandy (Barbara) of Manteca and her daughter Jeanette Clark (John) of Turlock; 4 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her loving husband Robert K Tandy, son Patrick R Tandy and grandson Mark D Tandy. She will be dearly missed by her loving family and friends.

Graveside service will be held at Rolling Hills in Richmond. At her request, services will be private.

Kenneth N. TrentDec. 29, 1930-April 29, 2014

Ken Trent died peaceful-ly at home. H i s p r e -cious wife Nell of 58 y e a r s o f mar r i age a n d h i s two brave daughters, Beth and Pam, were

by his side. He is also sur-vived by his son-in-law Martin.

He will always be re-membered for his kind, com-passionate love for others. He will be missed by all who knew him.

A memorial service is pending. For information, contact Callaghan Mortuary at 447-2942.

Verlan Keith GabrielsonPleasanton resident Jan. 2, 1933 – April 23, 2014

Verlan, “Gabe” or “Vern” was born in Lindsborg, Kan-

band of 48 years, Robert S. Allen, and their blended family of Paul Cooney, Karen (Andrew) Chapin, Michele (Richard) Moreno, Jennifer, Elizabeth Kamae, and Ron (Janelle) Allen, plus 17 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Also three sisters, Mildred Burton and Alice Grow of Utah and Carol Kinkle of Willows.

Thelma was a woman of great faith, devoted to her family, her country, and her church. She lived a healthy and active life right up to her passing, and is remembered by her family as caring, loving, vivacious, forgiv-ing, and tenacious, with the most contagious laugh. Ever thoughtful of others, she kept the names of many on the prayer rolls at the LDS temples across the land and even overseas. She was true to her callings as a librar-ian, visiting teacher, and Young Women secretary in her church, but never to the exclusion of her family and a few very close friends.

Born in Salt Lake County, Utah, Thelma was brought up on a Utah farm by her parents, who passed away in her middle school years, then in foster homes in Utah, including some time in the famous Beehive House by the Salt Lake temple. From her first marriage came her oldest five children, and a series of moves to various locations in Utah, Idaho, and California’s East Bay. Since her marriage to Bob in 1966 she has lived continuously in their home in Livermore.

Memorial services will be Saturday, May 10, at 11:00 AM, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 950 Mocho Street, Livermore. Thelma has of-ten voiced her preference for seeds and potted plants over cut flowers, and the family requests friends to honor her desire.

Liena M. WasleyLiena M. Wasley (Boone

Bergman) March 3, 1934 to March 10, 2014. She was a resident of Livermore. She was born in Baileyville, Kansas to Edward and Rose Bergman. She grew up on the farm southwest of town. She helped on the farm until she left to work at Cappers Publications in Topeka.

She worked for four years in Topeka, Kansas, where she met Harold Boone at Forbes Air Force base. In 1956, they married and moved to Ca., and raised three children. She was employed at the Lawrence Livermore National Labo-ratory for 35 years. She retired in 1996. She enjoyed sewing, quilting, gardening, camping and traveling. For many years she enjoyed making quilts to give to the elderly. In 1992, she married Dr. Richard Was-ley. Mr. Boone and Mr. Wasley both preceded her in death.

Liena is survived by her three children Debby Clary of Pleasant Hill, Edward Boone and Diane Boone both of Livermore; three step-children: Richard J. Wasley of Laguna Hills, CA. Anne Wasley-Jones of Shingle Springs, CA. and Pamela Jetter of Pleasanton, CA.

Her sense of humor, posi-tive outlook, and caring ways will be missed by her family and many friends.

A private service was held on March 22, 2014.

Arrangements by Cal-laghan Mortuary, 447-2942.

Helen (Duletsky) HelzResident of Livermore 1968 to 2010

1946. She m a r r i e d T h o m a s Cardenas in 1950.

Bever-ly played the piano in her high s c h o o l m u s i c a l p r o d u c -

tions. She and Tom moved to Lake Tahoe in 1968. She worked at AAA insurance for several years. In 1984, Beverly and Tom moved to Livermore where they resided and were laid to rest. Beverly worked as an office manager for a dermatologist in Fremont before retiring in 1993. She had a huge love for all kinds of animals including many of her own. Most of all, Beverly loved her family more than any-thing in this world. She did everything for her family.

Beverly is survived by her daughter Laurie Pereira, son-in-law Elliot Pereira, two granddaughters Sar-ah and Lexi Pereira and great granddaughter Harper Pereira.

We love you more than words can express and miss you always.

Beverly’s beautiful ser-vice took place at 1 p.m. on Friday, April 18th, 2014 at Callaghan’s Mortuary in Livermore, California.

Lillian Mae Williford (1924-2014)

A gentle soul made her transition on April 29, 2014 in San Diego.

Lillian Mae Bestul was born in 1924 in the beau-

tiful little Southern O r e g o n t o w n o f G r a n t s Pass. Lil-l ian was t h e o l d -est of five daughters

to Juel and Estelle Bestul, who hailed from hard-work-ing Norwegian and Ger-man roots. Lillian met her husband, Leon Williford, at Oregon State in 1946 and they married later that year. In 1952 they moved to Livermore where Lillian spent almost 60 years.

She is survived by three sisters, children Vicki, Scott, and Steven, grandchildren Neil Claverie, Evan Clav-erie, Tanner Williford and Brooke Meeler, and twin great-granddaughters, Callie and Kamryn.

In lieu of flowers, please feel free to make a donation to First Presbyterian Church of Livermore in Lillian’s memory. (2020 Fifth Street, Livermore, CA 94550).

Thelma Mae AllenFeb. 9, 1930 - April 19, 2014

Mother, Wife, and Friend, passed away peacefully from

a stroke a t Va l -leyCare Hospital in Pleas-a n t o n , Califor-nia. She i s p r e -c e d e d in death b y h e r parents, Charles a n d E l i z a -b e t h Call, her brothers B i l l y , S h i r l , a n d Charles Call, her

daughter Patty Agellon, and grandson Stephen Chapin.

Surviving are her hus-

State of California.Membership affiliations

include the American Insti-tute of Architects; the Earth-quake Engineering Research Institute; past Director of the California Engineering Foundation; past President of the National Association of State Facilities Admin-istrators; professional as-sociations, honor societies, and boards including Board of Directors (Treasurer) of Livermore Valley Perform-ing Arts Center (LVPAC), a not-for-profit developer and operator of the Bank-head Theater and other arts facilities; and the St. Isidore Parish Council, and mem-ber of the Italian Catholic Federation. At LVPAC he chaired the architecture and construction committee, guiding the design and con-struction of the Bankhead Theater.

He became involved in Country Western dance which led Mike to meet his “special dance partner," and lovely wife, Janet. In the 21 years they have been to-gether they both became Im-presarios, producing grand opera in the Bay Area. He performed jazz piano on stage and in numerous ven-ues. They both shared the love of music.

Mike is survived by his wife and four sons, Michael, Mark, John and Christopher. He also leaves seven grand-children and three sisters.

A Memorial Mass will be held on Saturday, May 24, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Isidore Catholic Church, 440 La Gonda Way, Dan-ville, CA. A reception will follow at 12:00 at the Bank-head Theater, 2400 First St., Livermore, CA 94550

In lieu of flowers, dona-tions are suggested in Mike's name to the Livermore Val-ley Performing Arts Center, 2400 First St., Livermore, CA 94550, or the Italian Catholic Federation, 440 La Gonda Way, Danville, CA 94526.

Funeral arrangements are being made by Graham-Hitch Memorial Center, 125 Railroad Ave., Suite D, Danville, CA. 925-837-2500

Linda Kaye ReilleyLinda Kaye (Statham)

Reilley was born in Berkeley on Feb. 4, 1948 and found

e t e r n a l peace on April 23, 2014. She was pre-ceded in death by her moth-er and fa-ther, Bill and Neva

Penny P. Statham of San Leandro, and her husband of 40 years, Daniel Reilley of Livermore.

She leaves behind: sons Jeffrey Dean Reilley of Ri-pon and Kevin Gene Reilley of Stockton; grandchildren Alyssa, Olivia, Chelsea and Jeffrey Reilley; stepmother Shirley Statham of Lock-eford; and many beloved extended family members and lifelong friends.

Linda had a long ca-reer with Pacific Bell be-fore retiring to care for her grandchildren. In 2003 she relocated to Auburn and was employed for several years by Holiday Market in Meadow Vista before mov-ing to Ripon. Known for her sweet nature and generosity, Linda loved music, playing games, traveling and enjoy-ing the outdoors, especially Hawaii, Yosemite and the Northern California coast.

In lieu of flowers, dona-tions may be made in her name to Community Hos-pice in Modesto, or to the American Cancer Society.

Beverly Jane CardenasBeverly Jane Cardenas,

86, of Livermore, California passed away on Thursday, April 10th, 2014.

She was born in Oakland, California, on June 7th, 1928 to the late (Robery and Amy Bennett). Beverly gradu-ated from Washington High School in, Fremont, Ca in

Michael J. Bocchicchio Sr., A.I.A.

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Ramon and the o p e r a o f h i s l i f e e n d e d s u r -round-e d b y h i s family.

Michael J. Bocchicchio was an architect with sev-eral years of experience in private architectural prac-tice, managing major capital programs and hundreds of people in very complex organizational structures for large public, corporate, and institutional entities. He was an advisor to owners on mat-ters of development, design, and construction.

He was appointed by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court to the Court Facilities Working Group as an advi-sor to the California Court System.

Mr. Bocchicchio held the position of Associate Vice President—Capital Resourc-es Management for the Uni-versity of California System. In this capacity, he oversaw long-range development of facilities and provided policy direction, oversight and technical assistance for physical planning, de-sign, construction, facilities management, real estate, environmental protection, and sustainability. He also held the position of Assis-tant Vice President—Facili-ties Administration which further included oversight of Building Management, Home Loan Programs, and Auxiliaries.

Mr. Bocchicchio was twice appointed State Archi-tect of California by Gover-nor George Deukmejian and confirmed by the Senate. As chief executive of the Divi-sion of State Architects, he had overall responsibility for the design and construction of state facilities; devel-opment of building codes and standards; review and approval for seismic safety and accessibility of plans and inspection of all K-14 public schools and all hospi-tal construction in the State; management of toxic waste and hazardous materials; review and certification of public facilities for compli-ance with accessibility regu-lations; and joint administra-tion (with the California Arts Council) of the Art in Public buildings Program.

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attended Crosswinds Church for 21 years where he is an elder.

On immigration reform, Bussell said that some would like to see a fence built in some places where it could work (along the bor-der with Mexico), “which is where there is movement.” In this instance, a fence “is an outward expression of an inward commitment.” The goal would be to reduce the number of people coming in who have not gone through the process of either legal immigration or obtaining a green card (for employ-ment).

Asked about amnesty for undocumented immigrants, Bussell said, "Once you reduce the flow into the United States, it’s time to decide what to do with the people who are already here. Perhaps they pay a fine, and go to the back of the line.” People who were children when they came here de-serve more leniency since it was not their choice.

On requiring voter ID, Bussell cited an Atlanta newspaper report that stated that in Georgia an ID re-quirement did not seem to have any negative effect on turnout by minority voters. Participation among His-panic and African-American voters was at a higher rate than their rise in the overall population between 2006 and 2010.

“I lean toward having an ID for everyone. We can feel confident people are not voting more than once, and that they are registered,” said Bussell.

One way to have federal budget savings is to “stop adding new programs.” Business has incentives to save money, but the fed-eral government does not. “There are disciplines in business to look at the out-puts of a department, and reduce the work people do to make them more efficient,” said Bussell.

On the question about whether there are too many staff people for congressio-nal members, Bussell said he can’t say, since he is not in office.

The Affordable Care Act “promised that uninsured would be covered, and if you like your doctor, you can keep him.” However, many remain uninsured, and some people no longer can keep their doctors if the physi-cians are no longer taking part in the insurance plans. “Many people said it’s not worth all that. I agree there is far too much intrusion into the market place.”

Before the recent national discussion of the NSA’s downloading the cell phone number of millions, “I prob-ably would have said (the surveillance) looks OK. However, the revelations have made me wary. We need better oversight and privacy protection. We, as citizens, have ways to ac-complish it, for example, to encrypt messages to make sure an e-mail is safe.”

On tax reform, Bussell said that the tax code “is in-credibly complex.” It should be simplified, “the way it was in the 1980s.” He sup-ports tax deductions for charitable donations and the home mortgage interest deduction, so he would not pull those out.

On foreign policy, he said, “It's difficult for a pub-lic like ours to be involved in a sustained war. We got into war over 9/11. We invaded some countries. Over time, we got tired of that. We are not a warlike country.” But reducing military spending too much could give an ap-pearance of weakness.

On whether the United Status turns out enough scientists and engineers, Bussell said that it would be great to encourage more stu-dents to take STEM classes.

ELLEN CORBETT

Sen. Ellen Corbett, a Democrat, serves as the Majority Leader of the State Senate. Previously, she was a member of the Assembly, elected in 1998.

Corbett was born in the East Bay, educated at UC Davis and McGeorge School of Law. While an attorney in her family's law firm, she was elected to the San Le-andro City Council, the first woman elected mayor of that city. She has taught political science at Chabot and Las Positas colleges. She is the mother of a college-age son.

On immigration law, Cor-bett supports a pathway to citizenship. Policy should reunite families and meet

the economic, business and employment needs of the United States. "It should respond to people facing political persecution or hu-manitarian crises."

Corbett said that the nation should "modernize registration and voting pro-cesses. I oppose any barrier to voting."

The federa l budge t should be "reduced through selective cuts and increased revenue through a tax sys-tem that is broadened with progressive rates." Her bud-get priorities are "putting America back to work, pro-tecting worker and veterans retirement, and paying for these priorities with indi-vidual and corporate tax re-forms. "I support incentives for small businesses that create jobs. Deficit reduc-tion should not be achieved by reducing Social Security benefits."

Corbett said she knows how important it is to pro-vide constituent services. If elected to Congress, she would carefully assess the number of staff needed, "without abusing expendi-ture of taxpayer dollars."

Corbett would have pre-ferred a single-payer pro-gram for medical insurance reform. The ACA is "argu-ably the greatest health-care improvement since the passage of Medicaid and Medicare."

Corbett said she is con-cerned about the impact the ACA has had on small busi-ness and the high cost of co-payments and deductibles for some. She would focus her efforts on reforming those provisions in the ACA.

Corbett said that the fed-eral government is going too far in spying on Americans. "The FBI, the military, po-lice, and private companies are gathering personal in-formation about ordinary Americans that is being shared with Terrorism Task Forces and other institutions, and even public-private part-nerships. Such surveillance is occurring with little or no oversight by the courts, state governments or by the public.

"I oppose the vote on CISPA (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) taken by the House last April to allow for the federal government to collect data without a warrant.

"Throughout my legisla-tive career I have been a fierce advocate to protect privacy. I have authored several laws that strengthen privacy rights in California," said Corbett.

Peace and cooperation should be the hallmarks of foreign policy, said Corbett. There is a lack of trans-parency in the negotiation of treaties, and also in the relationship between the President and Congress dur-ing treaty negotiations.

A scientific workforce is essential for a 21st century economy. "We need scien-tists and engineers to address the many challenges we face as a nation: climate change, health care, international security, and environmental concerns. Even during the economic recession, Califor-nia’s exports were growing due to the global demand for green technology products."

One subject that Corbett raised is the environment. She ran for the San Leandro City Council to preserve Bay wetlands and block develop-ment of scenic areas near Lake Chabot.

As a freshman in the State Assembly, Corbett voted for the landmark greenhouse gas reduction legislation that led to federal clean air regu-lations that have changed the course of history.

Corbett said that she has been a leader in the poli-cymaking that has created the California renewable portfolio standards.

Five endorsers listed by Corbett are State Superin-tendent of Public Instruction Tom Torklakson, Califor-nia State Labor Federation, Livermore-Pleasanton Fire-fighters, East Bay Young Democrats, and the Castro Valley Democratic Club.

ERIC SWALWELL

Congressman Eric Swal-well grew up in Dublin, served on the city council there before running for Congress two years ago, defeating 20-term incum-bent Pete Stark, who is also a Democrat.

Swalwell is a member of the Dublin Lions Club, Hayward Rotary, Corner-stone Church in Livermore, and serves on the advisory council of Tri-Valley Con-

servancy.Swalwell favors compre-

hensive immigration reform. “That means making sure that undocumented immi-grants have earned a road map to citizenship. We also need to monitor our borders more effectively, knowing who comes in and goes out.”

Asked about voter ID, Swalwell said he supports laws already on the books. “I do not support a law whose purpose is to dis-suade people from going to the polls. People should be automatically registered to vote, when they obtain a driver’s license. We should not have to have a separate ID to vote.”

On federal budget re-ductions, reducing defense spending is a priority for Swalwell. Larger defense purchases, such as planes, tanks and carriers should be curbed.

Swalwell wants to make the wind turbine tax credits permanent. Investment in basic science and research should be increased. Low funding hinders innovation, and the tech transfer to the private marketplace, which creates jobs.

On the question about whether there are too many congressional staffers, Swal-well said that his staff has 15 or 16 members among three offices. They handle 50,000 pieces of mail, including such issues as straightening out Medicare claims.

Addressing changes to the Affordable Care Act, Swalwell said, “We have to continue to be open to changes that increase ac-cess and affordability. I’m not open to any changes that would undermine it. We can’t go back to where we were, when children could not be on their parents’ plans until age 26. I think it is a success.” Sign-ups exceeded expectations in California and across the country.

On government surveil-lance, the government has been using blanket coverage, and not seeking a warrant. Swalwell said that he voted “to rein it in.”

Swalwell said he sup-ports a tax code that ensures the wealthy pay their fair share. The gap between the middle class and the wealthy continues to grow. “It’s im-portant to have a global economy in which all have the chance to compete, and every kid can go to college if he or she wishes,” he said.

There are various places that have the nation’s atten-tion now in foreign policy. “In the Middle East, we hope we can bring the Palestinian people and Israel together with a two-state solution.”

“In Iran, we are worried about their getting nuclear weapons. We need to do all we can to stop it, or it will create an arms race in the Middle East.”

“In Syria, a ruthless dic-tator has used chemical weapons on his people. We need to make sure we take weapons away, and replace that leader. We are seeing Putin march deeper into Ukraine. That should not stand. It violates interna-tional agreements.”

“In all of these issues, we must learn from the past when we rushed into war, and had the ‘shoot first’ men-tality. We need to make sure that diplomacy leads, and work with our international allies.”

The nation does not turn out enough scientists and engineers. “We are way behind.” Instead of think-ing that the private sector will make investments in bio-tech and energy, there needs to be federal funding, or scientists will go to the nations that have done it better, such as China, Russia and those in Europe.

“When it comes to fu-sion, the Russians are mak-ing a big investment in it. We are shrinking the NIF budget every year to pare down federal science dollars.” He believes it is important to invest dollars in research.

On an issue not in the questions, Swalwell said that his bill to help cities that lost redevelopment money from the state allows cities to “hook into federal funds. It won’t cure every dollar taken by the state, but it can stop some of the bleeding. Economic development is my number one priority.”

Swalwell listed as his top endorsers the entire Livermore City Council, President Obama, the Cali-fornia Democratic Party, Supervisor Scott Haggerty, and Sen. Diane Feinstein.

CONGRESS(continued from page one)

By Laura NessThis year’s Bras for the

Cause honoree, Nancy Cota, is glad to be among the living: she’s already said goodbye to two of her col-leagues, one of whom was, Kim Brooks, last year’s honoree, who passed away in February. Cindy Omo La, passed away in November: Kim attended her funeral. All three of them worked together at Safeway. All three faced cancer together. All three of them walked together in last year’s Bras walk, which is held annually on the Saturday of Mother’s Day weekend in Downtown Pleasanton.

Nancy and Kim’s diag-noses were two weeks apart. “We had this gift,” says Nancy. “We were not on the journey alone.”

Cota gives Safeway a lot of credit for a steadfast financial support of cancer trials in search of a cure for this epidemic disease, and to help those on the journey. The Safeway Foundation has donated more than $125 million to Breast Cancer Research and detection, with just over $36M to efforts initiated by Dr. Laura Esser-man, of UCSF, on behalf of breast cancer research.

Cota has been part of Safeway’s growth, having spent 38 years with the com-pany, rising from grocery clerk and checker, to VP in the Consumer Brands area. In light of the pending sale, she remains optimistic, not-ing that the company has always made good business decisions that helped it sur-vive in the past. Besides, she says, “ You can’t stress over things you can’t control.”

That seems a fitting phi-losophy for someone who has seven children, four of them grown and out of the house, with three of them involved in a fashion busi-ness together. Still at home, are three 15 year olds, each from a different birth mother. All were adopted as new-borns, all within six weeks of one another. Clearly, Nancy Cota has an enviable kind of fortitude, and a whole lot to live for. She says when their youngest was about to leave the nest, they considered tak-ing in foster children, but her own kids told her to adopt newborns instead.

By her own admission, she likes to stay busy. “When I was really ill, I was praying to be back to normal. This is normal for me: I stay busy! I like a lot going on.”

Her perspective on cancer is that a lot of good things can come from a tragic di-agnosis: namely gratitude, faith and trust. “I learned you can come back. With the right attitude and a change to lifestyle, you can come back and live a stronger life. I appreciate every day. It’s a gift that you have another birthday!”

She’s now at the magic five-year mark that breast cancer survivors strive for: and she’s really hopeful that she’s on track to beat the monster. Speaking of tracks, Nancy was in Grand

Central Station, New York, on a business trip, when she received a call from her radi-ologist, following a routine mammogram that revealed something suspicious. He was calling with the results. She came back immediately to share the news with her family: she had two spots in her right breast. Her first thought was, “I don’t have time to have breast cancer!” The diagnosis didn’t look promising: so, to be safe, she decided to have a double mastectomy.

“I just wanted to live to see my grandchildren: I decided I would do what-ever I could do to live.” It turns out they ended up taking out more nodes than were necessary. But this, she says, proved to be a good thing. She did not have to do chemo or radiation. Instead, she has been on hormone in-hibitors for five years, a jour-ney she describes as “My toad’s wild ride!” which she chronicled in her blog, through the highest of the highs and the lowest of the lows. She went through all the reconstructive surgeries: way more invasive and time consuming than anyone ex-pects. “Nobody talks about this stuff!!” she exclaims.

She speaks fondly of her former colleagues Kim and Cindy, who started a group to nurture each other. They were all diagnosed within a short space of time, and all heavily relied on the team of experts at UCSF that are making great strides in treatments, and more impor-tantly, in diagnosis.

She points out that one in six women will face this dis-ease. She has three daugh-ters, so she’s extremely grateful that there are more and better tests available. Thanks to work that the Safeway Foundation is fund-ing, there will be more. She believes that in good part due to work of Doctor Laura Esserman of UCSF, they are getting close to a blood test that can detect cancer in the body. “Another reason I feel so good to work for this company!” she adds.

Cota’s advice is to get the BRC 1 & 2 tests, make

appointments with different doctors and always, always get a second opinion. “Ev-erybody’s breast cancer is different, and everyone’s path is different. Whatever you do, stay positive, and stay OFF the Internet! It scares you more than it helps you. Don’t self-diagnose. Work with a doctor you trust and ask questions. Attitude is everything. Trust your own path. Believe you are going to be fine and make changes to give you the best chance of making it. More exercise!! A good, healthy diet!” She adds that the lat-ter two are really critical. Eat more vegetables, get more exercise, reduce stress, and try not to get upset. Easier said than done. But done, it must be.

She adds, "Cancer is like a huge storm: wait for the rainbow afterwards.” And with an extra ray of hope, she says she thinks a cure for breast cancer will happen in our lifetime – perhaps even in her lifetime.

B R A S F O R T H E CAUSE: MAY 10

This year’s Bras for the Cause 10k walk, to be held Saturday, May 10, beginning at 5:30pm, will be even big-ger and bustier than ever. They are hoping for 500 walkers: 100 more than last year.

This year, Nancy will be part of the Safeway team in honor of Kim and Cindy.

Kim’s team last year raised $25k, and the team that honors them aims to raise $40k in 2014: they were at $24k as of press time, and there is still time to donate.

Every penny raised from the walk funds three im-portant causes, including UCSF’s Helen Dillard Fam-ily Care Cancer Center, Axis Community Health Center (which provides mammo-grams for local women who cannot afford them), HERS Breast Cancer Foundation and the Valley Care Health System.

You, too, can contribute by walking, donating or cheering on the walkers, and the survivors. Go to trival-leysocks.org.

Bras for The Cause: Join The Walk Against Breast Cancer

Nancy Cota with Cindy Omo La (right) and Kim Brooks (left).

The 2nd Annual Pleas-anton Run for Education, a fundraiser for the Pleasanton Partnerships in Education Foundation (PPIE), took place April 13, 2014, and by all measures, crossed the finish line as a resounding success.

The event raised $80,000 for the foundation that have already been allocated to the Giving Fund for the 2014-2015 school year, exceeding last year’s net proceeds by $22,000.

Sponsored in part by Title Sponsor ClubSport, and Workday and KKIQ, the races began and end-ed at the Alameda County Fairgrounds. With three races to choose from- a half marathon course, a 5K course, and the popular Kid’s Challenge- the event attracted over 2,700 regis-trants total- roughly 1,000 more than last year- with over 75% associated with the Pleasanton schools and a total of 418 children- three heats-worth- participating in the Kid’s Challenge.

"We had anticipated some growth for this year's event, but the substantial jump in

registrants far surpassed our expectations,” said Event Chair Kelly French. “We also had over 250 volun-teers, and more activities for the kids, including a fantas-tic flash mob that captured the amazing energy of race day.”

A number of Pleasanton teachers and students were among the winners of sev-eral races. Ann Cartwright, a science teacher and track coach at Pleasanton Middle School was the Female First Place winner of the half marathon and her 8th grade daughter, Kaitlin, won Fe-male First Place in the 5K. The Male First Place win-ner of the half marathon was Jason Oswalt, a math teacher and cross country/track coach at Amador Val-ley High School, and one of his students, track team member and sophomore Dylan Dantzig, won Male First Place in the 5K.

This was the second year Ann Cartwright had run the race. “It is a great com-munity event,” she said. “I try to promote the run to my PE students and it was listed as one of our events

on our track team's schedule. It was wonderful that there were such a large number of teachers and staff, as well as Pleasanton families, both running and volunteering.”

Event Co-Chair Bryan Gillette explored course design options for months. "Pleasanton has many great trails, friendly neighbor-hoods and a beautiful down-town which makes for an ideal running environment,” Gillette said. “Our goal was to incorporate as many of these elements as possible. For example, for our half marathon this year, we in-corporated the Marilyn Kane trail, which appeals to a variety of athletes.”

“PPIE is tremendously grateful for the overwhelm-ing community support and we’re looking forward to hosting the 3rd Annual Pleasanton Run for Educa-tion on April 12, 2015,” said French. Updates will be posted on the official Run website www.ppierun.com.

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FILE NO. 489865The following person(s) doing business as: Image Setters, 1528 Catalina Court, Liver-more, CA 94550, is hereby registered by the following owner(s):Computer Technology Spe-cialists, Inc., 1528 Catalina Court, Livermore, CA 94550This business is conducted by a CorporationThe registrant began to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above on 1984.Signature of Registrants:s/: Erin Soto, Corporation SecretaryThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda on April 2, 2014. Expires April 2, 2019.The Independent Legal No. 3630. Published April 24, May 1, 8, 15, 2014.

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FILE NO. 489486The following person(s) doing business as: CMD Consult-ing, 4228 Azores Ct, Liver-more, CA 94550, is hereby registered by the following owner(s):Cynthia Mendoza, 4228 Azores Ct, Livermore, CA 94550This business is conducted by an IndividualThe registrant has not yet begun to transact business using the fictitious business name listed above.Signature of Registrants:s/: Cynthia MendozaThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda on March 21, 2014. Expires March 21, 2019.The Independent Legal No. 3631. Published April 24, May 1, 8, 15, 2014.

STORAGE LIEN/PUBLIC AUCTION

Notice is hereby given that the following delinquent stor-age lot of personal property will be sold at Public Auc-tion on:Saturday May 17th, 2014 Time 10:00 AM and also to be held thereafter on such subsequent dates as may be announced orally at the said time and place @ Clark County Public Auction, 2512 Abels Lane, Las Vegas, NV 89115 702-399-1700. Lot #/Name Greenbee Inc/GreenBee Inc.Purchases must be paid for at the time of purchase. All purchased items sold as is and must be removed at the time of the sale. Advertiser reserves the right to bid. The Independent Legal No. 3632. Published May 1, 8, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 490530The following person(s) doing business as: Byous Enter-prises, 1673 Third Street, Livermore, CA 94550, is hereby registered by the following owner(s):Stephanie Byous, 1673 Third Street, Livermore, CA 94550This business is conducted by an IndividualThe registrant began to trans-act business under the ficti-

tious business name(s) listed above on April 10, 2014.Signature of Registrants:s/: Stephanie ByousThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda on April 17, 2014. Expires April 17, 2019.The Independent Legal No. 3633. Published May 1, 8, 15, 22, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 490519The following person(s) doing business as: Livermore Chi-ropractic & wellness Center, 4049 First Street #126, Liver-more, CA 94551, is hereby registered by the following owner(s):Adam C. Paiso, D.C., 918 Roosevelt Ave, Tracy, CA 95376This business is conducted by an IndividualThe registrant began to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed above in 1992.Signature of Registrants:s/: Adam C. Paiso, D.C.This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda on April 17, 2014. Expires April 17, 2019.The Independent Legal No. 3634. Published May 1, 8, 15, 22, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 490503The following person(s) do-ing business as: Skin and Body Renewal, 1952 Fourth Street, Livermore, CA 94550, is hereby registered by the following owner(s):Elizabeth Haywood, 4011 Regatta Drive, Discovery Bay, CA 94505This business is conducted by an IndividualThe registrant began to trans-act business under the ficti-tious business name(s) listed above on March 15, 2014.Signature of Registrants:s/: Elizabeth HaywoodThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda on April 17, 2014. Expires April 17, 2019.The Independent Legal No. 3635. Published May 1, 8, 15, 22, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 489946The following person(s) do-ing business as: Cafe Art of Livermore, 591 Kinglet Rd, Livermore, CA 94551, is hereby registered by the following owner(s):Live For More Ceramics, Inc., 591 Kinglet Rd, Livermore, CA 94551This business is conducted by a CorporationThe registrant has not yet begun to transact business using the fictitious business name listed above.Signature of Registrants:s/: Debra Salomone-Pierce, PresidentThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda on April 4, 2014. Expires April 4, 2019.The Independent Legal No. 3636. Published May 1, 8, 15, 22, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 490959The following person(s) doing business as: NetRain, 3740 Newton way, Pleasanton, CA 94588, is hereby registered

by the following owner(s):(1)Brian Arkin (2)Valerie Arkin, 3740 Newton way, Pleasanton, CA 94588This business is conducted by Married CoupleThe registrant has not yet begun to transact business using the fictitious business name listed above.Signature of Registrants:s/: Brian ArkinThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda on April 28, 2014. Expires April 28, 2019.The Independent Legal No. 3637. Published May 8, 15, 22, 29, 2014.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESSNAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 490042The following person(s) doing business as: Bless Threading N Beauty Spa, 2177 Las Positas Ct #D, Livermore, CA 94551, is hereby registered by the following owner(s):(1)Nira G. Tamang (2)Mohan Tamang, 4204 Gem Ave, Castro Valley, CA 94546This business is conducted by Married CoupleThe registrant has not yet begun to transact business using the fictitious business name listed above.Signature of Registrants:s/: Nira G. Tamang:s/: Mohan TamangThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Alameda on April 7, 2014. Expires April 7, 2019.The Independent Legal No. 3638. Published May 8, 15, 22, 29, 2014.

ANIMALS2) CATS/ DOGS

ADOPT A DOG OR CAT, for adoption information contact Valley Humane Society at (925)426-8656.

Adopt a new best friend: TVAR, the Tri-Valley Animal Rescue, offers animals for adoption every Saturday and Sunday, excluding most holidays. On Saturdays from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm, dogs are available at the Pleasanton Farmers Market at w. An-gela and First Streets. Two locations will showcase cats only: Petsmart in Dublin from 12:00 to 4:00 and the Pet Extreme in Livermore from 12:00 to 4:00. On Sundays, cats are available at Petsmart in Dublin from 1:00 to 4:00, and Pet Extreme in Livermore from 12:00 to 4:00. For more information, call Terry at (925)487-7279 or visit our website at www.tvar.org

FERAL CAT FOUNDATION Cat & kitten adoptions now at the new Livermore Petco on Saturdays from 10:00AM to 2:30PM. we have many adorable, tame kittens that have been tested for FIV & FELV, altered & vaccinated. we also have adult cats & ranch cats for adoption.

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First Principal VisitsJoe Malia and his son, Rich-

ard Malia came from Billings, Montana to visit Emma C. Smith Elementary School on April 18, where Joe was the first principal.

Joe Malia came to Liver-more in 1958 and was the assistant principal at East Av-enue School. Emma C. Smith Elementary School opened as portables in 1965 and he was the first principal. He moved into the new school in 1973 remaining there for 5 more years. He then took the helm at Joe Mitchell Elementary for 3 years, followed by Portola Elementary for 3 years. He finished his career as the adult education principal. He retired from the district in1985.

After retirement, he moved to Billings Montana, where he currently lives. Joe and his son visited with Tammy Rankin, the current principal and Kelly Bowers, Superintendent of Schools. Joe told stories and talked about the school site and remembered different people that he worked with. During his trip to California, Joe spent time with Leo Croce, former superintendent of schools in Livermore.

Computer ClassesLearn to use a computer or

need to brush up on skills dur-ing a free class at the Livermore Public Library in May 2014.

• Searching the Internet, Wednesday, May 14, 2:00 – 3:00 pm

• Introduction to Microsoft

Word, Wednesday, May 21, 2:00 – 3:00 pm

Classes are held in Com-munity Room B and are first come, first served. For more information call 373-5505.

Municipal Clerk WeekThe City of Livermore rec-

ognizes Municipal Clerk’s Week May 4-10. The City Clerk’s Office serves as the primary contact point for the public and City staff to access information. Official duties of the Office include conducting municipal elections, recording all official actions of the Council, maintain-ing official Council minutes, processing contracts and agree-ments, maintaining historical records, processing California Public Records Act requests and

serving as the point of access for all information about the City. The role of the Clerk’s Office has evolved with technology to give citizens 24-7 access to public records, ensuring that information is presented in a timely and transparent manner.

“Many people have the misconception of the City Clerk’s Office as a singular person taking minutes at Council meetings. In reality, it takes an entire office to ensure that the public is provided with complete information in a timely and accessible fashion,” said City Clerk Susan Neer.

First celebrated in 1969, Municipal Clerk’s Week is celebrated internationally to recognize the services per-formed by Clerk’s in serving local communities.

Nature ProgramsRiparian Birding Adventure

will be led by the Livermore Area Recreation and Park Dis-trict ranger staff on Sat., May 10. Meet Ranger Patti Cole at 8:30 a.m. at Murrieta Meadows on Daisyfield Drive across from Hagemann Park.

Enjoy birdwatching in a relatively unknown treasure of Livermore – Murrieta Mead-ows. Often spotted here are nesting woodpeckers, various warblers, raptors and other riparian-loving birds. This is an easy hike along a paved trail, appropriate for all ages and abilities.

The Sun., May 11 topic is Our Cold-Blooded Neighbors. Meet Ranger Claire Girling at

11 a.m. at Sycamore Grove Park, 1051 Wetmore Rd.

Sycamore Grove is home to a huge variety of critters, from large mammals such as deer to invertebrates such as mil-lipedes. In this program, learn about “herptiles” (reptiles and amphibians) that can be found in the park. Hear about the dif-ferences between reptiles and amphibians, what it means to be “cold-blooded” and have a chance to meet some native species up close.

There is a $5 per vehicle parking fee at either entrance to Sycamore Grove Park. A $3 donation is requested to help support the programs unless other fees are specified. Partici-pants may call 925-960-2400 for more information.

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Livermore Area Rec-reation and Park District Board (LARPD)of Directors approved a Negative Dec-laration of Environmental Impact for the Resource Management Plan for the Sycamore Grove Park Ex-tension.

LARPD prepared the Resource Management Plan for the former Bobba prop-erty as part of the conditions required by the Tri-Valley Conservancy for acquiring the 72.63-acre property as an addition to Sycamore Grove. The Conservancy raised $1.5 million to purchase the land.

In addition to creating more space for Sycamore Grove park, the extension will allow for a connection between the park, Camp Arroyo and Del Valle, pro-viding land for an eventual trail connection that would be overseen by the East Bay Regional Park District.

Laura Mercier, executive director of the Conservancy, told the board that the Dis-trict documents were thor-ough. She looked forward to transferring the property to the park district.

Division Manager Jill Kirk gave a presentation to the Board on the District’s Play to Learn preschool pro-gram. Play to Learn, funded through a grant from First 5 Alameda County, provides a free, bilingual early literacy and kindergarten readiness program for children and adults in Spanish-speaking

families. Kirk noted that the pro-

gram involves parents in their children's learning. Games are used to teach. There are currently two loca-tions for the program. Sixty families are enrolled.

Plans are to offer the first bilingual summer camp at May Nissen Park as part of the program.

In a survey, Kirk reported that 88 percent of the parents said they saw a difference in their children; 92 percent played more with their kids at home, and 100 percent noticed that their children were able to express their emotions in a more positive way.

The parents also said that they now read to their children more often, take them to the park to play and to the library, where they can check out books.

The Board honored ESS Coordinator Caren Fee on the occasion of her retire-ment from LARPD after 29 years of service. Her contri-butions have included the administration of a licensed child development center, development of creative and enriching curriculum activi-ties for children, provision of outstanding staff training and development, participa-tion in committees within the Youth Services unit and for the District and serving as a solid model of profes-sionalism and strong work ethic for staff and peers.

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A program on the City of Livermore’s water supply and ways to conserve water usage will the subject of a Sat., May 10 program at the Livermore Library.

The City’s two water retailers, City of Livermore Municipal Water and Cali-fornia Water Service Com-pany, will give the free pre-sentation starting at 2 p.m.

Darren Greenwood, City of Livermore Assistant Pub-lic Works Director, and Jade Williams, Conservation Co-ordinator at California Water Service, will present the hour-long program and pro-vide answers to questions

Voters living in the Liver-more Valley Joint Unified School District are being asked to extend the current $138 per year parcel tax for seven years.

Measure G, on the June 3, 2014 ballot, would require a two-thirds vote for approval.

Approval would not raise taxes. Residents will con-tinue to pay at the same rate as was first approved in 2004 and reauthorized in 2008. The current extension expires on June 30, 2015.

Seniors may apply for an exemption.

Money raised from the tax would be used to provide financial support to public school programs within the district, including the two charter schools run by the Tri-Valley Learning Corpo-ration in Livermore, Cali-fornia: Livermore Valley Charter School and Liver-more Valley Charter Prep High School. Funding going to the charter schools would be based on the number of Livermore residents attend-ing the schools.

Money is earmarked for the following uses:

Preserving advanced aca-demic programs including science, technology, engi-neering and math (STEM); saving programs in music, arts, and foreign languages; keeping schools safe and well-maintained; attract-ing and retaining highly qualified teachers; continu-ing to provide K-5 science and technology specialists; and providing up-to-date instructoinal materials and

Measure G Helps to Fill Funding Gaps for Livermore Schools

comprehensive curricular programs.

Craig Bueno, Measure G Co-Chair, declared, "As a Livermore resident and parent of three children who successfully graduated from Livermore schools to attend UC’s, I support the renewal of this parcel tax for current and future students. Your personal vote counts to make a positive impact for ALL Livermore students."

Chris Wenzel, Measure G Co-Chair, added, "As a 17-year resident with two chil-dren at Mendenhall middle school, I believe the strength of our community depends on a partnership with our school District. Everyone who has a relationship with families resides or does busi-ness in the City of Livermore benefits from a high level of education. Please vote yes on Measure G to continue providing educational op-portunities for our children."

Arguments in favor of extending the parcel tax were s igned by Steve Sweeney, Former Liver-more Police Chief; Jen-nifer Thaete, Chair, Cham-ber of Commerce, local Livermore Attorney; John Shirley, former Mayor and longtime Livermore Resi-dent; Shelly Fields, Teacher, Livermore Education As-sociation (LEA) President; Rich Zollinger, parent, Com-munity Leader, Co-chair of Livermore Community Service Council

They point out that for over a decade, Livermore children have benefited from

the stable local funding pro-vided by the modest school parcel tax. The money is locally controlled and makes schools less dependent on state funding. It cannot be taken away by the state.

Measure G would pro-vide nearly $4 million in an-nual funding for Livermore schools – 4% of the school district’s budget. This is equivalent to 54 full-time teachers. The signees write, "If Measure G fails, every classroom in Livermore will be impacted. Teachers will be laid off, class sizes will increase, and many in-structional programs will be eliminated."

They point out that Mea-sure G will keep class sizes manageable; preserve spe-cialists in elementary school science and technology; and keep instructional materials up-to-date.

For those who may not have children attending schools, those arguing in fa-vor of the measure note that good schools help protect Livermore property values. "Whether you have children in the schools or not, Mea-sure G is a sound investment in our community."

There were no arguments against Measure G.

Thaete, Livermore Attor-ney and current Chair of the Livermore Valley Chamber of Commerce. She states, “As an alum and resident/homeowner, I think strong competitive local schools

are imperative to a vibrant, thriving community.”

Kelly Bowers, Superin-tendent of Schools, stated, “For over a decade, the community of Livermore has shown strong support for Livermore schools and youth, by investing directly in public education and local schools. Thanks to the fore-sight and generosity of the citizens of Livermore, even during the most severe eco-nomic crisis of our time, we have joined together at the local level, to withstand the fiscal uncertainties and bud-get shortfalls of the State, and ensure stable funding for vital programs and services that we value and know our kids deserve."

She added that the district counts on the community to help us to continue pro-viding the highest quality 21st Century teaching and learning environment for the 12,500 plus youth en-trusted to us. Direct, local support via Measure G, in keeping with our commu-nity’s educational priorities and values, will provide a much-needed safety net of assurance to accomplish the district's education mission.

School Board President Kate Runyon noted, "Liver-more voters are great sup-porters of education. I think the voters want to keep the programs the parcel tax provides. I hope we all join together and vote Yes on G - for Great Schools."

asked. They will provide an update on the status of the local water resources and information about the City of Livermore’s water conservation measures.

This presentation will also discuss efforts by the City to conserve water and information on how Liver-more residents can do their part. Outreach materials will be provided to all those who attend.

To learn more about this program and other library events, call 925-373-5500 or visit www.livermoreli-brary.net.

The library is located at 1188 So. Livermore Avenue.

Program on Water at the Library

Hacienda Reports Good ActivityHacienda Business Park in Pleasanton reports a good

mix of activity during the first quarter of 2014. While occu-pancy varied somewhat across different sectors, several new tenants were added to the project and investment activity showed a marked increase.

“Hacienda saw slight decreases in occupancy in the office and flex sectors but saw an increase in occupancy in the retail sector” said James Paxson, Hacienda’s general manager. “Perhaps more importantly, during the first quarter, Hacienda saw a significant increase in investment activity with one sale completed at the beginning of the year and at least two more expected during the second quarter. These transactions are an important indicator of the continued value investors and users see in a Hacienda location.”

Several leasing transactions occurred during the First Quarter. Tenant commitments were made by companies in a variety of business segments, including: IC Engineering (engineering), Intero Real Estate Services (real estate), and Randstad Finance (staffing and recruiting).

THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014

THE INDEPENDENT • SECTION A

The Livermore Valley Opera presents an after-noon of comedy in two one-act classic comedies with a fresh East Bay twist with "Coffee and Seduc-tion" at 2 p.m. on Sat., May 24. These family friendly masterpieces, performed by professional opera singers, are expected to provide stunning music and tickle the funny bone with laughs. This special event will be held at the Firehouse Arts Center in downtown Pleasanton.

The “coffee” opera is Coffee Cantata by Johann Sabastian Bach, his ode to coffee is one to which all coffee drinkers can relate. When a father struggles to break his daughter’s ever-increasing caffeine habit, a coffee shop becomes a battleground in the quest for the perfect drink. Nar-rated by tenor Michael Desnoyers (a regular with San Francisco Opera Guild and Livermore Valley Op-era), tells the story of the daughter Liesgen sung by soprano Maya Kherani, an Indian-American Mechani-cal Engineer (summa cum laude from Princeton Uni-versity and praised for her sparkling voice and stage presence with Houston Grand Opera), and father Herr Schlendrian sung by bass-baritone Sergey Kha-likulov (currently staring with Portland Opera and San Francisco Conserva-tory of Music).

The “seduction” opera

Livermore Valley Opera Staging Classic Comedies of 'Coffee and Seduction' at the Firehouse

is La Serva Padrona (The Servant Mistress) by Giovanni Battista Per-golesi, and is the story of how a wealthy but grumpy bachelor’s life is turned up-side down when his crafty maid sets out to seduce him. Soprano Gabrielle Traub, (winner of the Lisa and Bernie Kalvelage Award and The Henry Holt West Bay Opera competition), performs the role of the maid Serpina, whose increasingly wacky schemes may win the heart

of the bachelor or lose his heart and her job. Ser-gey Khalikulov sings the role of Uberto the elderly bachelor, while tenor Alan Briones, (performed in La Bohème with Livermore Valley Opera and with New York City Opera), sings Vespone who is charged with finding Uberto a wife in order to rid himself of his pesky maid.

Both operas are led by Music Director Ben Mal-kevitch (Solano County

Arty award for best musi-cal direction in Pirates of Penzance), Stage Director Sarah Young, (her work has been called fresh and innovative), and accom-panied by Alex Katsman, Livermore Valley Opera Music & Artistic Director.

“Livermore Valley Op-era takes pride in providing a stage for opera singers to showcase their talents and passion, in this case, in the intimate setting of Pleasan-ton’s Firehouse Theater,” says Jim Schmidt, LVO

president. “The audience will also have a chance to talk to the artists at the reception that immediately follows the concert. It will be a lovely experience and one not to miss.”

Funding for this per-formance was provided in part by a generous grant from the City of Pleasanton Civic Arts Commission.

“LVO is very apprecia-tive of the support it has received from Pleasanton Civic Arts Commission,” adds Schmidt. “Because of the grant, LVO is able to bring opera to the com-munity in many different ways.”

The Firehouse Arts Cen-ter is located at 4444 Rail-road Avenue in downtown Pleasanton Tickets may be purchased at the box office, 931-4848, or online at www.firehousearts.org. For information, call 931-4850.

Tickets are $30-$35 for adults and $10 for children.

Immediately following performance, the audience is invited to a reception where they will have the opportunity to meet and talk with the artists and enjoy complimentary food and dessert items. Wine will be available for purchase.

Livermore Valley Opera is a regional opera company and a 501(c) 3 non-profit charitable arts organization. For more information, visit www.livermorevalleyopera.com.

The City of Livermore and Poet Laureate Kevin Gunn present the latest in a continuing series of Poetry at Ravenswood

Roy Mash and Julia B. Levine will be featured readers at the Sun., May 18 event. Featured read-ings begin at 2 p.m. An open mic follows after a short break.

Julia B. Levine has won numerous awards for her work, including the 2003 Tampa Re-view Prize, the 1998 Anhinga Poetry Prize, a bronze medal from Foreword magazine, and a Discovery/The Nation award. Her fourth po-etry col-lection, Small Disasters Seen in Sun-light (2014), inaugurates a new poetry series for Louisiana State University Press. Her work appears in an-thologies such as The Places That Inhabit Us, The Autumn House An-thology of Contemporary Ameri-can Poetry, and The Bloomsbury Anthol-ogy of Con-temporary Jewish American Poetry.

Roy Mash is a long-time board member of the Marin Poetry Cen-ter. His first full-length book, Buyer’s Remorse, was published by Cherry Grove Collections in 2014 to “wild acclaim in his head.” His work has ap-peared in the California Quarterly Review, The Atlanta Review, Spill-way, Sow’s Ear and The Dirty Napkin, as well as other publications, and in anthologies such as 99 Poems for the 99 Percent.

Ravenswood Historic Site is located at 2657 Ar-royo Road in Livermore. Admission is $5. Light re-freshments will be served.

Poetry Reading Set

Pictured (from top left, counter-clockwise) are Alan Briones, Gabrielle Traub, Michael Desnoyers, Maya Kherani, and Sergey Khalikulov.

2 THE INDEPENDENT • THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014

The Figurehead Gallery will present a "Retrospective" of the work of Oneida Stowe, long-time Livermore artist and educator who passed away in 2005. The exhibit will be on display from May 17 through June 14. The public is invited to attend the opening on Sat., May 17 from 6 to 9 p.m.

Oneida Stowe graduated from California College of Arts and Crafts (renamed California College of the Arts in 2003) with distinction. She also earned two teaching credentials from Sonoma State University. For many years Oneida taught watercolor classes at Las Positas College and she also conducted life drawing workshops in the Schenone Building as well as in her studio.

Oneida’s list of art awards includes Ford Foundation

Scholarships, the Andrews Portrait Award from Asilomar, and a first place from the Society of Western Artists. Her work appears in private and corporate collections such the Simi Winery, Beringer Vineyards, Retzlaff Vineyards, Union Partners Realty Group, the University of California at Davis, and the California College of the Arts. She is also listed in California Art Review and American Artists.

“I respect and am always in awe of the life that the water and watercolor paints have. To me, the water and paint on the paper is, for a moment, living and in motion and therefore expressing itself apart from me or my brush. I feel, to let the water run, flow, it speaks. Thus, my painting, if I can call it mine, takes on a different life than if I were to totally

Supporting youth music education has been an im-portant commitment for the Livermore-Amador Sym-phony (LAS) throughout its 51-year history. Currently the Symphony sponsors four youth programs: An-nual Awards for graduating high school seniors, the Livermore-Amador Sym-phony Youth Orchestra (LA-SYO), an annual Competi-tion for Young Musicians, and Fiddle Club. In addition, some high school musicians regularly play in Livermore-Amador Symphony concerts and receive mentoring from experienced musicians.

The Livermore-Amador Symphony administers four $300 student awards to rec-ognize high school seniors who have made significant contributions to school and community music activities during grades 9-12. At the

control the outcome.” – Oneida Stowe, August, 1990Figurehead Gallery is located at 2222 2nd St. Suite 21,

Livermore. Hours are Wed.-Sat. noon to 6 p.m. For further information contact Ken Ball, 925-353-0419,

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Symphony’s April 5th con-cert at the Bankhead Theater, Symphony Board President Alan Frank presented the 2013–2014 awards to four outstanding seniors. Two of the students have also been winners of the Livermore-Amador Symphony Compe-tition for Young Musicians.

The recipient of the John H. Green Memorial Award is clarinet player Robert Shi of Livermore High School, who performed at the LAS concert in February as a win-ner of the 2013–2014 Com-petition for Young Musi-cians. Shi has played clarinet in the LAS Youth Orchestra, the California All-State Hon-or Band, and the Stanford University Youth Orchestra. He also helped found the Livermore-Pleasanton Youth Outreach Symphony and the East Bay Association of Visiting Musicians. Shi will

attend Stanford this fall. He plans a career in the area of health policy.

Cello player and Liver-more High School student Andy Ly received the Bill King Memorial Award. A member of both Livermore-Amador Symphony and the LAS Youth Orchestra during his freshman through junior years, Ly has also played in his school orchestra for four years. He is principal cello of the Young People’s Symphony Orchestra and has an internship with the Berkeley Symphony. He intends to become a profes-sional musician; he will major in cello performance in college but will first take a year to participate in compe-titions and orchestral playing while continuing his studies with cello teacher Matthew Owens.

Naomi Chan, a student at

Amador Valley High School in Pleasanton who plays flute and piano, received the Symphony Association Award in memory of Patri-cia Stella. A past member of the Livermore-Amador Symphony Youth Orchestra, she is a student of Toni Chi-mienti (flute) and Deborah Choi (piano). Ms. Chan is a drum major for the Blue Devils B Drum and Bugle Corps, a Girl Scout, and a teacher of beginning piano students. Chan plans to play in the marching band and the community band ensemble at Vanderbilt University starting this fall. She will continue as a children’s piano teacher.

Christine Xu received the Symphony Association Award in memory of Albert Oliver, Jr. Xu, a pianist, was a winner of the 2011–2012 Livermore-Amador

Symphony Competition for Young Musicians. A stu-dent at Amador Valley High School, Xu played in the pit orchestras for several high school musical productions. Additional performances range from Ridgeview Com-mons Senior Center in Pleas-anton (with the Amador Val-ley High School Musicians Club) to Bowdoin College in Maine (at the Bowdoin International Music Festival) to Carnegie Hall in New York City (as a soloist at the American Fine Arts Festi-val). Xu hopes to continue to study piano in college while majoring in biomedi-cal engineering; she has not yet selected a college but intends to pursue a career in the health sector.

The Symphony has an-nounced that there will be a change in schedule for the 2014–2015 LAS Awards.

Applications will be avail-able on the Symphony web-site in late summer and will be due in early fall 2014 rather than in spring. The 2014–2015 awards will then be presented at the Sym-phony’s concert on Decem-ber 6, 2014. High school students who will graduate in 2015 and reside and/or attend school in the Liver-more, Pleasanton, Sunol, Dublin school districts, or in the City of San Ramon, California are eligible to apply for these awards. The awards are based on partici-pation in musical events and activities, and not on ability, or on plans to continue in music programs. Please con-sult the Livermore-Amador Symphony website’s Youth Page to learn more www.livermoreamadorsymphony.org/youth.html

Restrospective of Work by Oneida Stowe Planned

Livermore-Amador Symphony Awards Presented to Graduating High School Seniors

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The City of Dublin will host its 3rd Annual Spring Faire at the Dublin Heritage Park and Muse-ums on Saturday, May 10, from noon to 5:00 p.m. General admission to the event is free. Guests may purchase a wristband for $5.00, which includes activities such as wagon rides, arts and crafts, croquet, and a tour of the Kolb House Museums.

The Spring Faire will feature a Parisian flair. Visitors may stroll through the Parisian Marketplace in search of handmade soaps and lotions, antiques, jewelry, and delicious sweets. Entertainment will feature live music on the outdoor stage with Laura Wein-bach of Foxtails Brigade, from noon until 2:00 p.m., followed by the Left Bank / Rive Gauche trio, performing from 2:30 until 4:30 p.m. Roam-ing entertainment will be provided by mime and

Livermore Shakespeare Festival has added three new board members. The group also received its first large foundation grant.

Board Chair Beth Trut-ner, Esq. reported, “We are pleased to announce a new partnership with The Severns Foundation to pilot an educational program for school aged children and to increase the sustainability of the parent organization. We recently promoted Katie Marcel to full-time Man-aging Director and look forward to the results of the New Vision Committee that

stilt artist Peter Dragula, and Michel Michelis, play-ing the Orgue de Barbarie, anantique instrument from the 19th century, which he discovered in a shop in Paris.

In addition to French-inspired crafts, games, and entertainment, the event will also feature a French-inspired menu. Visitors will find items such as croque monsieur with pomme

frites (grilled sandwiches of ham with cheese and French-fried potatoes), traditional French dip sandwiches, and more. The dessert menu will include crepes or galette, plus French macarons, mad-eleines and palmiers.

Children’s activities will include wagon rides pulled by a vintage tractor, face painting, roaming enter-tainment, croquet play on

the lawn, and May Pole festivities. Arts and crafts activities will also be of-fered, as children will have the opportunity to create their own unique Mother’s Day gift. Visitors can say, “Fromage,” when taking photos in the photo booths or in front of a 20-foot tall Eiffel Tower replica.

The Kolb House will be open for tours. Visitors will have a chance to view the newly-planted Back Door Kitchen Garden. City His-torian Georgean VonHeeder Leopold will also be on hand for a question and answer period from 1:30 to 3:30 PM in the Murray Schoolhouse. Children’s Ballet performances will take place in the Sunday School Barn, and French cinema will be playing in Old St. Raymond’s Church.

The Spring Faire is a program of the City of Dublin’s Parks and Com-munity Services Depart-ment. For more informa-tion, call (925) 556-4500.

will be bringing us into a new venue in 2015.”

Lisa Tromovitch, Produc-ing Artistic Director and founder, added, “The grant from the Severns Family Foundation, whose mission is supporting education with a focus on early literacy, is an integral part of the first phase of development of the New Vision. This is a very exciting time for the company.”

New board members have been chosen with spe-cific skills in mind: Laura Batti of Metier Marketing Communications brings

strength in marketing, and on-line and social media branding strategies. Deborah Munro of Aurora Theater, and a former Livermore Shakes apprentice, offers development experience and also brings leadership from a younger demographic. Sue Schorr, of Accounting Solutions, is bringing her expertise in corporate and non-profit accounting.

“It’s important that we bring the right people to-gether on the board so that we are a highly functioning group,” stated Katie Marcel, “while the end product is a

profoundly entertaining per-formance, we operate like any professional business behind the scenes.” All three new members, Batti, Munro and Schorr have been long time supporters of the work of Shakespeare’s Associates, producers of Livermore Shakespeare Festival.

Livermore Shakes is in pre-production for Shake-speare’s Much Ado About Nothing and Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice, pro-duced outdoors at Concan-non Vineyard June 20 – July 21st, 2014. Tickets are on sale now: LivermoreShakes.org or 925-443-BARD.

Support Increases for Livermore Shakes

Dublin Spring Faire Features a French Flair - with Something for Everyone

Left Bank/Rive Gauche trio to perform during Spring Faire.

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Pleasanton’s 2nd Saturday Public Art Walk Features 2 New Art Pieces

This Saturday, May 10, “Pioneer Founders” mural and the new “Rock, Paper, Scissors” sculpture will be included on the Pleasanton’s 2nd Saturday Public Art Walk. Join Nancy and Gary Harrington, Harrington Art Partnership, on this free art walk. The 2-hour Walk and Talk begins at 8:30am, leaving from the Pleasanton Civic Center parking lot at 200 Old Bernal Ave. This North Walk includes the Pleasanton Downtown area north of Neal Street and the Firehouse Art Center.

The Harringtons lead walks showing existing public art and giving information about the art piece, artists and anecdotes regarding both. Learn about possible future public art (Pleasanton City Council approved), the Harrington Art Partnership, and how to participate in bringing more art sooner to Pleasanton.

Walkers will receive a city brochure “Pleasanton Art Walk," with locations of the art-work, name of art piece and its artist.

To learn more about the Harrington Art Partnership, visit the website Harrington Art Partnership (http://harringtonartpartnership.org/) or call Nancy and Gary at 925-846-9757.

The Art of the Truth-Compassion-Tolerance International Exhibit is is currently on display at the Livermore Civic Center Library. It details both an inner spiritual life and an outer human rights tragedy. After touring more than 40 countries and 200 cities worldwide, it has arrived at the Livermore Public Library, 1188 S. Livermore Ave.

This exhibition portrays the manifestation of good and evil in the context of a modern human atrocity: a 15-year brutal persecution by the Chinese Communist Party against Falun Dafa— a peaceful meditation practice which is rooted in tradi-tional Chinese culture. In China, Falun Dafa has been banned and its practitioners persecuted since 1999. This exhibit showcases realistic oil paintings and Chinese watercolors from renowned artists. The paintings feature themes symbolizing the ideals of goodness and courage that have inspired Falun Dafa practitioners to stand up to brutality while maintaining an unwavering commitment to non-violence, com-passion and forbearance in order to uphold justice, freedom, dignity and humanity.

This inspiring free exhibit will be on display through the month of May. The library is located at 1188 South Livermore Ave., Livermore.

Queen of Hearts Combo will again donate their mu-sical talents for Tea with TVH, an afternoon garden party on Sunday, May 18 from 2:00 to 4:00pm at the Tri-Valley Haven (TVH) Community Building in Livermore. Hosted by Tri-Valley Haven’s board of directors, the second annual Tea with TVH will offer hot and iced tea, wine and beer, cookies, cupcakes and other refreshments as well as face-painting and other activities for children. Flowered dress-es and hats are encouraged.

Queen of Hearts is com-prised of Kate Snyder and Dan Stewart, two local resi-dents who “acousticize” an eclectic range of cover songs made famous by everyone from U2 to Mel Torme using contemporary electronics and vocal harmonies. The two met through East Bay musician friends and have performed to acclaim at many local venues, includ-ing a recent beer-tasting event in Livermore.

Vocalist Kate also per-forms on harmonica and per-cussion. After retiring from a career as a facilities manager at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, she learned to

Queen of Hearts musicians Kate Snyder and Dan Stewart are donating their talents for Tea with TVH, a fundraiser at Tri-Valley Haven’s Community Building in Livermore on Sunday, May 18.

play the harmonica from a master player who recorded lessons on YouTube.

Dan began his lifelong affair with the guitar at an early age, buying his first instrument via Blue Chip Stamps. As an adolescent in the mid-sixties, he and his schoolmates formed many garage bands. Contemplat-ing a career in music, he studied classical guitar with renowned guitarist Michael Williams during college. Subsequently, Dan played briefly as a session guitarist for a small studio -- but a successful career in busi-ness kept him away from his musical aspirations. Now retired, he finds time to re-visit his love of the acoustic guitar.

Queen of Hearts is do-nating their performance to help Tri-Valley Haven raise funds -- and awareness -- for the many vital func-tions this non-profit agency performs in our area. TVH provides a homeless shelter and a domestic violence shelter; a food pantry; assis-tance for victims of rape and sexual assault, and legal and counseling services. It also operates the Buenas Vidas Thrift Shop as an inexpen-

sive source of clothing and household furnishings for needy local residents.

Georgi O’Keeffe, presi-dent of the Tri-Valley Haven board of directors, invites everyone to come to the garden behind Tri-Valley Haven’s offices at 3663 Pacific Avenue, Livermore to enjoy the tea while learn-ing about the Haven’s many services. Admission is $10 for adults, $5 for seniors; free for kids 12 and under. For further information, call the Haven at 925-449-5845, or visit http://www.trival-leyhaven.org.

Invitation Issued to Attend Tea with TVH

Art Exhibit at the Livermore Library

Walkers viewing the "Mosaic Pillars: Pleasanton Centennial" by artist Wagner Granizo.

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by Susan SteinbergA devas ta t ing fam-

ily curse, a permanently-endowed chorus of profes-sional bridesmaids, ancestral portraits that leave their frames to torment descen-dants for refusing to commit crimes. What kind of crazy world is this? Of course, it’s the topsy-turvy world of Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Ruddigore”, whose silly situations, witty satire and glorious music are delighting audiences at Danville’s Role Players Ensemble through May 10.

Along the way to the inevitable happy ending, we meet our heroine, “Sweet Rose Maybud," who is so-cially correct at all costs. In fact, having been left as a foundling with nothing but a book of etiquette, she considers it a “voice from the grave” and consults it at all times, with hilarious conse-quences. She is a cautionary example of ultra-scrupulous propriety carried too far. No wonder she is still unmar-ried!

Then there is the sturdy landowner calling himself Robin Oakapple. What a trusty, truly English yeoman-ly name. Could he really be hiding a terrible secret under his honest sober garments? His awkward attempts to make conversation with Rose indicate his warm inter-est, but also reveal a hesitant shyness he cannot overcome. A coy Sarah Sloan and bash-ful Charles Woodson Parker make their first duet a real delight, combining silliness with a realism to which we can all relate.

Rose’s guardian, Dame Hannah, is the formidable lady who once loved a fa-mous Bad Baronet of Rud-digore, but left him upon learning of his family curse, as she explains to the chorus of bridesmaids. They ask innocently, “But all Baronets are bad; was he any worse than the others?” Hannah, a lively-voiced Kate Kravets, promptly relates the hor-rifying story of Sir Rupert Murgatroyd: “His leisure and his riches he cheerfully employed in persecuting witches.”

But one day, an old hag being burned at the stake,

Review: “Ruddigore” – It’s Not a Borelaid a curse on all his line. Each Baronet would have to perform a crime a day, or die in agony. (If this plot-line sounds faintly familiar, re-member that the great comic duo was parodying Giuseppe Verdi’s wildly popular opera “Trovatore," including its title.)

Rose and Dame Hannah bemoan Robin’s hesitation to declare his affections. As a frustrated Rose remarks in annoyance,” Lo, it is hard to bring him to the point!” A solution appears in the form of Robin’s foster brother, a cocky seaman appropriately named Dick Dauntless of the ship “Tom Tit” (a hilari-ous laugh producer, like the previous G and S title “H. M. S. Pinafore”).

A brash ladies’ man, he regales the villagers with outrageous tales about en-countering a French warship, portraying the British sailors’ terrified flight as a heroic moral victory. James Ko-penen’s jaunty hornpipe and nimble gymnastics entrance his listeners and charm the theater audience as well.

A sympathetic Dick pit-ies Robin’s dilemma, and agrees to woo Rose for him. Upon seeing her beauty, however, he is love struck himself, and proposes to her, winning her consent if not her heart. A miser-able Robin, endorses Dick’s good qualities to Rose, but craftily describes some of his problems: womanizing, cussing, and an addiction to rum. As Rose wavers, he also “innocently” mentions his own considerable wealth and steady character. Regret-ting her hasty decision, Rose changes course and returns to Robin, explaining with sweet silliness that she has “a heart that does not know its mind.”

Enter a daffy disheveled character, rich-voiced Megan Stetson, commanding atten-tion with her wonderfully theatrical gestures and non-sequitor narrative, announc-ing herself as “Mad Mar-garet," jilted by the current Bad Baronet. She performs a perfect parody of such popular Bel Canto jilted

maiden mad scenes as “Lucia di Lammermoor” that brings down the house. Of course her moments of lucidity are equally funny; when Rose reminds her that she must use the accusative after the verb she soberly remarks, “True!” She also warns Rose that the crowd of villagers is mad. “How do you know?” asks Rose. “They sing choruses in public – that’s mad enough, I suppose.”

Soon the chorus is indeed singing on stage as Robin and Rose prepare to wed. But a desperate Dick has revealed that the groom is ac-tually the incognito Baronet of Ruddigore, long presumed dead. A grateful Sir Despard Murgatroyd, who had inher-ited the title and curse, now joyfully relinquishes that role to his older brother and cel-ebrates his new freedom to lead a blameless life. David Auerbach, in his debut role in Danville, is a real theatri-cal delight, capering giddily around the stage. A discour-aged Rose runs to embrace Despard as her substitute groom, but he tells her that now, as a reformed man, he must keep his vow to Mad Margaret. In desperation, Rose turns to Dick, because, as she explains, “he’s the only one who’s left," and the scene ends in a happy chorus for everyone but poor Robin. And that’s only the first act!

Act II opens in Ruddi-gore Castle, where Robin bemoans his fate and pleads with the portraits of his an-cestors to take pity on him. NO such luck! As thunder and lightning rage, the an-cient pictures step out of their frames to chastise his lack of zeal for vice. Timidly he lists his crimes of the week: “Tuesday, I filed a false income tax return.” “Oh, everyone does that," they respond to much laughter. “Wednesday I forged a will,” he offers. “Whose will?” “My own. A man can do what he wants with his own, I sup-pose”. The ancestors grumble as Robin adds, “Friday I forged a check” “Whose?” “Old Adam’s (his valet)." “But Old Adam doesn’t have

a banker.” “I didn’t say I forged his banker- I forged his check!” “Yesterday I disinherited my son.” “But you don’t have a son.” “I disinherited him in advance; he’ll be born disinherited. It saves time.” The quick and snappy dialogue hardly pro-vides time for taking a breath between bursts of laughter.

Enraged by Robin’s re-sponses, the Ancestors warn him, “We are foggy, but we don’t permit our fogginess to be presumed upon!” It’s one of my favorite lines, along with Robin’s sympathetic, “Alas, poor ghost”, (from “Hamlet”). The spectres are quick to correct his mis-placed pity as they sing the play’s hit tune, “When the Night Wind Howls”, de-scribing their ghostly revels with enthusiastic relish and ghastly cackles – a real show-stopper.

After a taste of the terrible tortures he might suffer, poor

Robin sadly agrees to a life of crime, but weakens his resolve when lectured by his reformed, now sober-suited brother Despard and his primly-dressed but still loony wife Margaret. Their comical poker-faced duet, “I Once Was a Very Abandoned Person” has to be seen to be believed. Funniest of all is Dame Hannah, abducted by Robin’s valet (stalwart Bruce Carleton), but ready to fight to the death to defend her honor. When Uncle Roderick steps out of his picture frame, she recognizes her former fiance´, dead these past 10 years, and they sing an in-congruous but truly touching romantic ballad.

Suddenly Robin rushes in with an incredible idea. He explains that the first Bar-onet, by refusing to commit his daily crime, was actually committing suicide, which is itself a crime. Therefore, he reasons cunningly, that Bar-

onet should not have died, and can actually be consid-ered to be nearly alive, along with all his successors. The delighted ancestors toddle off happily, except for one befuddled ghost who keeps muttering, ”Fallacy some-where, I fancy”.

These are just a few of the irresistibly funny mo-ments in “Ruddigore”, a personal favorite in the G and S canon. Go see what all the laughter is about in Dan-ville’s, Village Theater, 233 Front Street, just off Diablo Boulevard. Reservations are available at 925-314-3400 (weekdays 9 to 5) or www.RolePlayersEnsemble.com, through May 10.

Don’t forget to applaud inventive Director Eric Fraisher Hayes and impres-sive Orchestra Conductor Marianna Wolf with her great 13 piece ensemble. This reviewer will be re-turning for next weekend’s final performance. With a production this fine, once is definitely not enough!

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What is the most com-mon disease people might have never heard of? The guess would be Neuropa-thy. With over 6% of the population suffering with some form of symptoms, this disease having over 150 causes and no cure lives and walks with us every day of our lives.

National Neuropathy Awareness Week is May 12-May 16. Across the na-tion there will be activities and attention drawn to help bring the message to Ameri-cans of the need to fund re-search for better treatments and a cure.

The brain and the spinal cord constitute the Central Nervous System. Every other nerve in the body is “peripheral” to the brain and the spinal cord. Any disease or disorder in the Peripheral Nervous System is a type of neuropathy. Peripheral nerves control movement, sensory perception, and the autonomic system-those tasks the body performs without conscious control. At onset, neuropathy is sig-naled by feelings of tingling

Saturday, April 26, 2014, was the Annual Day of Ser-vice for the Rotary Clubs of Livermore and Livermore Valley.

Thirty-five volunteers gave their time to help 20 Livermore senior families with household chores and yard work throughout the Livermore community.

Rotarians worked along-side students from the Livermore High School Interact club (a service club sponsored by the Rotary Club of Livermore) and other community members to wash windows, flip mat-tresses, move furniture, wash floors, vacuum, pull

Livermore support group hosts at PCNA Conference. Pictured are Isabel Ozark and Sharon Myers.

and numbness, usually in the feet and/or hands. As the disease progresses, symp-toms may increase and pres-ent themselves as mobility, weakness, especially in the calves, and balance difficul-ties, all at varying degrees of severity. Stronger symptoms may also include, intense burning, stinging, stabbing pain, making daily routine challenging. Neuropathy may also cause digestive, sexual dysfunction and de-pression.

Diabetes is a common cause of neuropathy. About 70-80% of diabetic people who acquire neuropathy, will feel it first in their feet. Many non-diabetic people have one of over ten types of hereditary neuropathy. Tox-ins, like alcohol, nicotine, chemotherapy, cadmium, solvents and some medica-tions like statins or high dos-es of B6 have been known to cause neuropathy. Other lesser known causes may be tick bites, accidents, surger-ies, gluten intolerance, ane-mia, and lupus. Many other causes exist. There is no cure for neuropathy, but there is

help through medications and treatments, education, diet, physical activity, and support groups. New care options continue to develop.

Regionally, the Pacific Chapter of the Neuropathy Association,(PCNA) A 501 (c)(3) public benefit, non-profit, tax-exempt corpora-tion, since 1998 has worked to provide support, care, education, empowerment and fund raising for research and hopefully one day a cure. Major ongoing activi-

ties of the PCNA center on fund raising, education, establishing and assisting support groups throughout California, Oregon, and Nevada.

Locally, the Livermore Peripheral Neuropathy Sup-port Group is one of forty active support groups in the PCNA. This support group has a dedicated membership. The Librarian maintains a li-brary of informational pam-phlets, books, and DVD’s about neuropathy. The ma-

terials may be checked out for further learning at home. The support group offers guest speakers from the medical and health profes-sions to share information about neuropathy and relat-ed issues. Established over ten years ago, the Livermore support group meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month at Heritage Estates, 900 E. Stanley Avenue, at 10:00am in the third floor movie room. All those in-terested are welcome to at-tend. For more information about the location of other support group meetings in the East Bay, please call Sandra Grafrath, 925-443-6655, or send your e-mail inquiry to sandragrafrath@comcast.net.

In April of this year, and for the second year in a row, the Livermore Periph-eral Neuropathy Support Group proudly hosted the PCNA Annual Conference. This year it held was at the Shriner’s Event Center in Livermore.

In June, Sandra Grafrath, Livermore Support Group Leader and a director on the

PCNA Board of Directors, along with Bev Anderson, President and founder of PCNA, will again spend a week in the greater Los Angeles area to bring infor-mation to many neuropathy sufferers needing help and support for their neuropathy. Currently the greater Los Angeles area has no pe-ripheral neuropathy support groups. Bev and Sandra will endeavor to start support groups in the ten cities they are scheduled to visit.

May 18 is the PCNA An-nual Step up for Neuropathy Walk at Sierra College. 5000 Rocklin Rd, in Rocklin Ca just south of I-80. Registra-tion starts at 1:00PM and the Walk starts at 1:30PM. Donations are greatly appre-ciated. The mailing address for the walk is PCNA, P.O. box 276567, Sacramento, CA 95827-6567. Members of the Livermore Peripheral Neuropathy Support Group will attend and support the walk. In Livermore any-one interested to attend is welcome to call Sandra Grafrath, 925-443-6655 or e-mail to sandragrafrath@comcast.net.

Rotarians from Noon and Morning Livermore clubs, Interactors and community members gather to get ready to help seniors on Day of Service (from left, standing) Phil Dean, Manuel Perry, Paul Thompson, Don Seibel, Christian Chukwuma, Fred Quarterman, Peter Poulsen, Paul Szymd, Lori Souza, Beth Cassidy, Keith Beck, Maryann Rozsa, Milly Seibel, Laura Mercier, Alyssa Seibel, Ralph Sherman, Darren Seibel, Carolyn Siegfried, Bob Cowan, Jim Hannon, Anne Wilburn, Graham Scott, Kathy Coyle & Pat Coyle; (kneeling) Darren Dang, Claudia Bui, Thuyvi Pham, Cassidy Herro, Daniel Laronde, and Cheri Sheets.

weeds, trim bushes and other tasks that seniors find difficult to do.

“Performing these house-hold chores that are hard for our seniors to do is my way of giving back to my com-munity," said Milly Seibel, organizer of the service day and incoming presi-dent of the Rotary Club of Livermore. “While working around their homes, we get an opportunity to spend time with them.”

This is the sixth year the Rotary Club of Livermore has partnered with Senior Support Program of the Tri-Valley, who provides a variety of services to assist

seniors, allowing them to remain independent in their homes with a better quality of life.

Lorie Rohloff, volun-teer coordinator at Senior Support Program is always excited to help coordinate this project, since it provides services seniors cannot do on their own. Lorie received a call on Monday following the Day of Service from a participating senior stating, "not only were her windows shining, but she was smiling and shining too."

The Rotary Club and community members have contributed over 850 hours to date supporting this an-nual Day of Service.

Rotary Day of Service Assists Seniors

Help for Those with Peripheral Neuropathy

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Co-Authors of “The Lost Years,” Kristina Wandzilak and Constance Curry will be the guest speakers at an event to be held at 7 p.m. on Thurs., May 15 at Cross-winds Church, 6444 Sierra Ct. Dublin.

The book relates a mother and daughter’s story of tri-

The Pleasanton Community of Character Collabora-tive invites the public to attend this year’s Community of Character Celebration Luncheon on Wednesday, May 14, at the Ruby Hill Golf Club from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The event will honor the 2014 winners of the Juanita Haugen Community of Character Awards: Brad Hirst, Emily Scholz, Bob Williams, and volunteer organization of the year Lyn-newood United Methodist Church.

To make reservations, visit the Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce in person or online at www.pleasanton.org . Cost per person for this event is $40. Table sponsorships for 8 are available for $500. Deadline for reservations is May 9. The Pleasanton Community of Character Collaborative is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization. Proceeds from the luncheon help provide annual Juanita Haugen High School Commu-nity of Character Civic Engagement awards to graduating seniors from each of the local high schools.

The Juanita Haugen Community of Character Award is named in honor of long-time Pleasanton Unified School District Board Member Juanita Haugen, co-founder of the Community of Character program. It recognizes citizens and a non-profit organization exhibiting outstanding vol-unteer service within our community while displaying the community-accepted traits the Collaborative advocates: Responsibility, Compassion, Self-Discipline, Honesty, Respect and Integrity.

Brad Hirst: Since moving to Pleasanton in 1967, Hirst has been involved in thousands of hours of community service. He helped Pleasanton celebrate its 75th and 100th birthdays, and was instrumental in having several locations designated as historical sites, including the Pleasanton Hotel, the church on the corner of Second and Neal streets, the former train stations, and the bandstand in Lions Wayside Park.

Hirst was part of the General Plan review in 1968, served on the planning commission 1969-72, and on the economic development committee from 1992-2000. He was president of the Chamber of Commerce in 1976, when he established the Chamber of Commerce Foundation, and he has been active with the chamber’s leadership program.

He has been an active member of the Pleasanton Down-town Rotary Club for over 25 years and is chairing the year-long 50th anniversary celebration of Rotary in Pleasanton. In 1995, he was the recipient of the Mayor’s Award.

For more than two decades, Hirst was on the board of directors for the George A. Spiliotopoulos Invitational Tour-nament (GASIT), which provided scholarships for local high school graduates to go on to college. He also helped establish Pleasanton Youth, Inc., with Ray Young, and they provided the first safe teen clubhouse in the former city library (now

Gingerbread Pre-School). Hirst later provided a similar gathering spot when he owned the Game Station in town.

You may have seen Hirst marching down Main Street in a parade featuring the famous Balloon Platoon. Hirst has marched with the comical drill team in San Francisco and Washington, D.C., as well as in France, England, and Scotland.

Emily Scholz: Valley Humane Society has up to 400 vol-unteers, but none surpass the dedication shown by Scholz. In fact, many who visit the animal shelter mistakenly think that Scholz is a staff member because she devotes 6-10 hours per week in the office, despite having full-time employment elsewhere.

Scholz is described at the “go to” volunteer, helping staff, volunteers, and visitors. She is the one who trains all front-office volunteers. She is an adoption counselor, help-ing match up people with the pets that will become part of their family.

One specialty of Scholz’s is writing grants. Due to her efforts, Valley Humane society has been awarded over $50,000 this past year through a Maddie’s Fund Treatable Program Grant.

“Emily doesn’t do anything with minimal commitment,” wrote Melanie Sadek, CEO of Valley humane Society. “She sets her mind to perfection and then works to achieve it….Without the unwavering dedication Emily embodies, non-profits couldn’t exist, and, frankly, our community couldn’t survive.

“Anyone who speaks to Emily will learn quickly that she feels she gets more out of volunteering than she gives.”

Bob Williams: Bob Williams is Pleasanton’s own Music Man, having been a teacher, musician, and – most notably – conductor of the Pleasanton Community Concert Band for 32 of its 39 years.

In fact, Williams was one of the band’s original horn play-ers when the group was formed in 1975 for the 1976 United States Bicentennial Celebration. He took the conductor’s baton in 1978-82, then again in 1989 to the present time. The band performs 20 concerts each year for the public, free of charge. In addition, the all-volunteer group practices every Thursday at Pleasanton Middle School.

Williams’ home is the band’s office and library. He has personally invested in many of the 75 sets of sheet music for more than 5,000 pieces. These he stores on a series of movable shelves, each weighing 750 pounds. Williams is able to locate the perfect piece of music for just about any occasion. He uses his personal library of 200+ compact disks and 1,000 records to help educate band members on each new addition to their repertoire. At each concert, audience

members are treated to Williams’ fun and insightful com-ments on the program being presented.

For over a decade, Williams has created historically ap-propriate programs for “Celebrating Freedom and its Evolu-tion since the Revolution,” the community’s midday Fourth of July celebration held in Lions Wayside Park. Besides seasonal concerts at the Firehouse Arts Center, Williams conducts the band’s performances for Memorial Day and Veterans Day celebrations.

Williams began music lessons at age 5, continuing through college and his military service. He completed his doctorate at the prestigious Eastman School of Music, where he recently established a scholarship to help other aspiring musicians. Williams inspired students in his music classes for 22 years, mostly in Oakland. When budget cuts were eliminating music programs, he began a second, 17-year ca-reer at General Electric Vallecitos Nuclear Center. Williams has quietly donated to many local non-profit organizations over the years, with his gifts being doubled by Vallecitos with matching funds.

Lynnewood United Methodist Church: Operating on the belief that they should “accept and help all people,” members of Lynnewood United Methodist Church’s Outreach Com-mittee make monthly opportunities to do just that.

They helped found Open Heart Kitchen, which provides meals for the needy and the elderly. Recently when a church member had overloaded lemon and orange trees, a team of youth and adult church volunteers picked 300 pounds of the citrus fruit and delivered them to Open Heart Kitchen.

In partnership with Axis Community Health, church members create “Bundles of Joy,” supplies for newborns whose families are needy.

A recent project has been “Stop Hunger now,” which involved packaging 10,000 nutritious meals for hungry people around the world. Locally members have volunteered to sort food at the Alameda County Community Food Bank.

With other United Methodist churches, they worked together to renovate a Livermore thrift store to benefit Tri-Valley Haven. Church volunteers also have worked with Habitat for Humanity and the Greater Richmond Inter-Faith program. Each autumn they have collected backpacks and filled them with supplies to help students in need be better prepared for school.

The Ruby Hill Golf Club is located at 3400 W.Ruby Hill Drive in east Pleasanton.

For more information, contact Heather Haugen Rizzoli (925) 321-6449 or visit http://communityofcharacter.org or www.Pleasanton.org (click on Community of Character).

umph over adversity cov-ering a family’s recovery from addiction. The two will discuss the true life story of Kristina’s battle with alcohol and drugs while a star athlete and student at a Marin High school.

Now an alcohol and drug counsler and interventionist,

Kristina is the Executive Director and Founder of Full Circle Intervention.

Kristina and her mother Constance, will share their story about what can hap-pen to an “ordinary family." They will provide insights on how families can best insure that they do not suf-

fer through their own “lost years."

The event is presented by Mothers with a Purpose. The group was formed by local mom’s to offer sup-port to families affected by addiction.

Community support is provided by Pleasanton

Chief of Police Dave Spiller, Dublin Police Chief Tom McCarthy, Livermore Police Chief Michael Harris, and Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley.

Admission to the pre-sentation on May 15 is free. Preregistration is preferred, but not required.

Mothers With a Purpose meets the 2nd and 4th Thurs-days of the month at 7 p.m. in the Foothill High School Library.

For more information go to motherswithapurpose.org or http://thelostyears.eventbrite.com

Pleasanton Community of Character Award Winners Listed

Co-Authors Present Program on Addiction in 'The Lost Years'

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ART/PHOTO EXHIBITSCall to artist - Square Connections

Community CD Case Art Show, Those interested are invited to create art that fits into a CD case: use the case as its frame / medium is up to the artist. Take the finished art to the Downtown Art Studios during Second Thursday Open Studios May 8th, June 12th, July 10th, August 14th. The entries will be displayed in an art exhibition at Panama Red in October, just in time for ArtWalk on October 12th. A CD case art launch part will be held with DJ Arthur Barinque 6 to 8 p.m. on May 8 at Bothwell’s Downtown Art Studios, 62 So. L St., Livermore.

Entries Sought: The Town of Danville is now accepting applications for the Fourth Annual Juried Exhibition Every-day Beauty that runs June 27 through August 16. All media will be considered and all ages accepted. Please read the prospectus for complete details: www.villagetheatreartgallery.com. Juror Micaëla van Zwoll is an independent curator and consultant with strong ties to the contemporary fine arts com-munity in San Francisco. Entries must be at the Village Theatre Art Gallery by May 30 on or before 5:00 p.m. Any entries received after that date or that are incomplete will not be considered. Artist will be notified of the results by e-mail or phone, if requested, by June 4. For additional information, contact Visual Arts Coordinator, Amy Miller, at

(925) 314-3460 or amiller@danville.ca.gov.

Far and Near, a photography exhibit featuring the work of John Joh, Lee Tang Joh and Reece Wollard, is on display through June 6 at the office of Prudential California Realty, 1983 Second Street in downtown Livermore. The show can also be viewed during normal business hours, or by appoint-ment with Cher Wollard, 925-784-4679 or cherw@cherw.com.

Fresh Works: Firehouse Arts Center Harrington Gallery exhibit. New juried installation featuring 68 artists. Variety of media, including oil, watercolor, photography, drawing, sculpture, mixed media. May 3 through June 7. Adjudicated by Carrie Lederer, Curator of Exhibitions and Programs for the Bedford Gallery. For more info: 925-931-4849, or jfinegan@cityofpleasantonca.gov. Regular gallery hours: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday from 12:00-5:00 p.m.; Saturday 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. 4444 Railroad Avenue, Pleasanton. Donations always appreciated. Artful Bouquets, Response Event: floral arrangements created in response to selected works in the exhibit will be on display at the gallery during open hours May 9, 12:00-5:00 p.m. and May 10, 11:00-3:00 p.m. Live demonstrations by exhibiting artists will be held each Saturday from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Teen Art Showcase May 15-31, reception with artists May

15, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Julie Wright, photography. Wente

Vineyards Estate Winery, 5565 Tesla Rd., Livermore. Artist's reception May 10, 1 to 3 p.m. Public invited, no ad-mission charge. Work will be on display throughout the month of May.

The Big Draw, downtown Pleasanton, May 10, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in downtown Pleasanton. Chalk artists, perform-ers and painted pianos, community mural, special surprise exhibit at the Harrington Gallery, take a seat poetry chairs, etc. Proceeds Benefit the Arts in the Schools Grant Program. http://www.pleasantonarts.org/

Oneida Stowe retrospective, Figurehead Gallery, May 16-June 21. Opening reception 6 to 9 p.m. on May 17. 2222 2nd Street, Old Theater Mall, Livermore.

rt in the Vineyard, Livermore Art As-sociation show, May 25, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Live music, artwork displays, wine tasting (with purchas of glass). Free admission. Wente Vineyards, 5565 Tesla Rd., Livermore. www.livermoreartassociation.org.

MEETINGS/CLASSESGeneral meeting, Livermore Art Associa-

toin and Pleasanton Art League. 7:30 p.m. May 12, Cultural Arts Building, 4455 Black Ave., Pleasanton. Program on bead painting presented by Sola Aina. No charge to attend.

Classes at the Figurehead Gallery: Figure Open Studio: Long Pose, on the Third Saturday of the month 5/17, 6/21 with Jacob Hankinson, Ozell Hudson, or Carolyn Lord. 9 am –1 p.m. $30. Register at www.figureheadgallery.com/classes.html or call Ken Ball at 925-353-0419.

Show and Tell, Artists are invited to a monthly function at the Bothwell Arts Center, called “Show & Tell. 4th Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. at the Bothwell Arts Center, 2466 Eighth St., Livermore. Artists bring finished or unfinished work to show and if desired, receive a critique from the group. Refreshments are brought by the artists, and a donation of $5.00 is desired although not mandatory. Contact for this event is D’Anne Miller at danne_miller@att.net, or Linda Ryan at LRyan@Livermoreperform-ingarts.org

Figure Drawing Workshop, every Friday 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Artists bring their own materials and easels. Open to all artists. Professional artist models (nude). No instructor. Students under 18 need written parental permission to attend. Cost $20 per session. Bothwell Arts Center, 2466 8th St., Livermore. Coffee, tea and refreshments are avail-able. Call or e-mail Barbara Stanton for more info about the workshop, 925-373-9638 - microangelo@earthlink.net.

Preschool Art classes: Thursday morn-ings 9:45 – 10:45. Children aged 3-5 are welcome to join this class. Classes cover drawing, painting, print-making, sculpture and ceramics. For further in-

formation, contact Thomasin Dewhurst at (925) 216-7231 or thomasin_d@hotmail.com or visit http://children-sartclassesprojects.blogspot.com/

Ukulele Circle, Meetings held the 2nd and last Saturday from 12 noon-1 p.m. at Galina’s Music Studio located at 1756 First St., Livermore. Confirm participation by calling (925) 960-1194 or via the website at www.GalinasMusicStudio.com. Beginners are welcome. Bring some music to share with the group. Ukuleles are available for purchase. Small $5 fee to cover meeting costs.

Young Artists’ Studio has openings in its 2014 Summer Session. Artist Peggy Frank welcomes interested students ages 7 and older to sign up for a week or more of small group instruction in art. Projects include all kinds of drawing, painting, printmaking and sculpture. High school students working on advanced portfolios are welcome as are adults, if space allows. Peggy has been working with young artists in the Livermore Valley since 1980. For information about the sum-mer art program or weekly school year lessons contact her at (925) 443-8755 or email frank.a@comcast.net.

WINERY EVENTSWine Wednesdays, Livermore Valley

wineries will be hosting "Wine Wednesdays" each Wednesday through October. One featured winery will be open from 5 to 8 p.m. to help guests "wine-down" from the work week or just grab a taste of wine before going out to dinner in the Tri-Valley. May 14, Nottingham Cellars; May 21, Wente Vineyards Estate Winery; May 28, Crooked Vine Winery and Stony Ridge Winery. Check for the winery listings at www.lvwine.org.

Cedar Mountain Winery, wine tasting at Swirl on the Square, Thursdays, 5 to 10 p.m., 21 So. Livermore Ave., downtown Livermore. Offering flights, wine by the glass and wine by the bottle to comple-ment food and entertainment at Swirl. cedarmountainwinery.com, 373-6636.

The Winemaker's Pour House, Live music: 2241 First St., Livermore. www.winemakerspourhouse.com or 215-2656. Live music: May 6, 6-9 p.m., Glenn Osur at the piano; May 8, 6-9 p.m., Natalia Sings; May 9, 7-9 p.m., Better Days; May 10, 7-10 p.m., Bones-Quigley Band; May 11, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., The House; May 13, 6-9 p.m., Glenn Osur at the piano; May 15, 6-9 p.m., Natalia Sings; May 16, 7-10 p.m., Tumbledown House; May 17, 7-10 p.m., Frankie Bones & Fire Hazard; May 18, 4-7 p.m., Brian Cooper; May 20, 6-9 p.m., Glenn Osur at the Piano; May 22, 6-9 p.m., Natalia Sings; May 23, 7-10 p.m., Toucan Jam; May 24, 7-10 p.m., Better Days; May 25, 4-7 p.m., Steve Kritzer & Friends; May 27, 6-9 p.m., Glen Osur at the Piano; May 29, 6-9 p.m., Natalia Sings; May 30, 7-10 p.m., Timmy G & Dueling Guitars; May 31, 7-10 p.m., Georgi & the Rough Week; June 3, 6-9

p.m., Glenn Osur at the Piano; June 4, 4-7 p.m., Brian Cooper; June 5, 6-9 p.m., Natalia Sings.

Las Positas Vineyards, Saturday, May 10th from 6-9pm special Mother's Day Weekend Winemaker Dinner. On the Vine Catering's Chef and our Winemaker Brent Amos have designed a phenomenal 5 course wine and food pairing evening. Space is limited. More information please contact debbie@laspositasvineyards.com. Sunday, May 11th is " Sunday Funday " event. Spe-cial wine and chocolate pairing flight. $10 for club members $15 for non members. For more information please contact curt@laspositasvineyards.comLivermore Valley Wine Auction, May 10, 2014. Wente Vineyards. Information at www.LVWF.org for tickets and details.

Nottingham Cellars events, May 11, Roses and Rosé, Moms get a rose as well as a special taste of the new Grenache Rosé. Come by between 12-4:30pm. May 14, Wine Wednesday from 5-8pm. Live music and wine for sale by the glass or bottle. Stop by on the way to dinner to enjoy great company and fine wine. www.notting-hamcellars.com, 2245C South Vasco Rd, Livermore, (925) 294-8647

Wente Vineyards Winemaker’s Dinner hosted by Carolyn and Karl Wente, 6:30-9 p.m. Thurs., May 15. Cooking demonstration by two time cookbook author and Fourth Generation Wine-grower Carolyn Wente and Executive Catering Chef Jeff Farlow. Four course dinner paired with musical selections performed by Fifth Generation Wine-maker Karl Wente and Wente Vineyards Small Lot and The Nth Degree wines. $125 per guest including wine. $95 for Club Wente Members including wine. 925-456-2405 Reservations required, 5050 Arroyo Road, Livermore.

Murrieta's Well, Mother's Day festivi-ties, May 11, 11-3. 3005 Mines Rd., Livermore. Call 925-456-2395 for more information.

The Winemakers Studio at Wente Vine-yards, step into the studio and walk away a winemaker apprentice; behind-the-scenes look at seasonal grape growing, winemaking, wine and food pairing and wine tasting experiences. Grand opening May 23. 5565 Tesla Rd., Livermore. Thursday-Sunday 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. wentewinemakers.com

MUSIC/CONCERTSRobert Moses’ Kin, May 10, 8 p.m.

Dougherty Valley Performing Arts Center, 10550 Albion Rd., San Ramon. www.sanramonperformingarts.com or 973-3343.

Jazz Night Concert, Las Positas College instrumental and vocal jazz ensembles. May 10, 8 p.m. Barbara F. Mertes Center for the Arts, main stage. 3000 Campus Hill Dr., Livermore. Tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com or call 1-800-838-3006; information 424-1100.

Pacific Chamber Symphony, Totally Beethoven: Prometheus Op. 43; Sym-

phony No. 6 in F Major (Pastoral). 2 p.m. Sun., May 11, Bankhead Theater, 2400 First St., Livermore. www.bank-headtheater.org or 373-6800.

Orchestra and Wind Ensemble Concert, Las Positas College. May 15, 7:30 p.m. Barbara F. Mertes Center for the Arts, main stage. 3000 Campus Hill Dr., Livermore. Tickets at www.brownpap-ertickets.com or call 1-800-838-3006; information 424-1100.

Livermore-Amador Symphony, Five Dedicated Decades, two works by Barnes, Tchaikowsky. May 17, 8 p.m. Final concert for Dr. Arthur Barnes. Bankhead Theater, 2400 First St., Livermore. www.bankheadtheater.org or 373-6800.

Sex, Swagger and Swing! Frank Sinatra and Bobby Darin in the Concert That Never Was Starring Jonathan Poretz and his Mini Basie-Style Big Band. May 18, 3 p.m. Bankhead Theater, 2400 First St., Livermore. www.bank-headtheater.org or 373-6800.

Swingin’ Blues Stars of the USS Hornet, May 25, 2 p.m. Firehouse Arts Center, 4444 Railroad Ave., Pleasanton. www.firehousearts.org or 931-4848.

Starship featuring Mickey Thomas, May 31, 8 p.m. Amador Theater, 1155 Santa Rita Rd., Pleasanton. www.firehousearts.org or 931-4848.

ON THE STAGERuddigore, By Gilbert & Sullivan, April

18-May 10. Role Players Ensemble. Fri. and Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Village Theatre, 233 Front St., Danville. www.roleplayersensemble.com or 314-3400.

The Music Man: Pacific Coast Repertory Theatre presents a new production of the musical theater classic. Bay Area favorites David Judson and Amy Franklin Leonards headline as fast-talking con-man Harold Hill and his small-town sparring partner Marian the Librarian. Hill swoops into town posing as a boys’ band director, selling instru-ments (“Seventy-Six Trombones”) and uniforms to the naïve town-folk and planning on skipping town without delivering. Directed by Pat Parr and choreographed by Joy Sherratt, with Music Direction by Brett Strader. Fri-days and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., and Sundays at 2:00 p.m., May 2 through May 18 at the Firehouse Arts Center. Reserved seat tickets are $17-$38, and youth, senior, and group discounts are available. Purchase online at www.firehousearts.org, 925-931-4848, or at the center Box Office, 4444 Railroad Avenue, Pleasanton. SPECIAL EVENT, May 4 only: “Inside the Show” discus-sion with principal actors and director after the Sunday matinee performance. Admission is free with a ticket to the performance.

Youth Arts Month: May 2014. The Firehouse Arts Center in Pleasanton, in conjunction with several other area entities, has designated May as Youth Arts Month. Four diverse events slated: May 9 - ‘MAFIA-ESQUE’ Dinner Mystery Theater; May 15 - Teen Fine Art Show and Reception; May 20 -

The Livermore Art Association Gallery will be opening its new show titled “Our Artists’ Treasures." It showcases new art in the 3D area of the gallery and in the jewelry cases. 2D art, paintings and photography, will also feature all new art. The pieces represent these local artists’ feelings about the art they create. The show opens Saturday, May 10th at 11:30 and is free and open to the public. Come join LAA at 2155 Third St. in Livermore to celebrate art. The photo, Steel Sculpture and Silver Pendant, by Diana Carey.

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‘FRESHMAN YEAR!’ Workshop; May 23 - ‘JAMFEST’ live local teen bands concert. Visit www.FirehouseArts.org for detailed event information. Info also on facebook: www.facebook.com/CreaturesOfImpulse ; www.facebook.com/HarringtonGallery ; www.facebook.com/PleasantonPoetry

Ladybug Girl and the Bumblebee Boy, the Musical, May 10, 11, 17 and 18, 2 and 4:30 p.m. Front Row Theater, 17011 Bollinger Canyon Rd., San Ramon. www.sanramonperformingarts.com or 973-3343.

El Paso Blue, Sunday, May 18, 2:30 p.m. -- Octavio Solis’ contemporary play El Paso Blue, part of Eugene O’Neill’s Foundation, Tao House Playwrights’ Theatre series in the Old Barn at Eugene O’Neill National Historic Site in Danville. Directed by the playwright. El Paso Blue (1994), by one of this gen-erations finest Latino playwrights, is a “modern Western with music.” Tickets $25. Online at www.eugeneoneill.,org or (925) 820-1818. Transportation to site is by National Park Service shuttle from the Museum of the San Ramon Valley, 205 Railroad Avenue, Danville.

One Act Plays, Las Positas College Theater Department, May 21, 1 p.m. and May 23, 8 p.m. Barbara F. Mertes Center for the Arts, black box theater. 3000 Campus Hill Dr., Livermore. Tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com or call 1-800-838-3006; information 424-1100.

Livermore Shakespeare Festival pres-ents William Shakespeare’s beloved romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing, and one of the most cherished love stories in English literature; Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, adapted by Christina Calvit. The productions play June 19 – July 20 under the stars at Concannon Vineyard in Livermore Valley Wine Country. Tickets on sale at www.LivermoreShakes.org or (925) 443-BARD. For more information call (925) 443-BARD.

MOVIESOn May 24, the Town of Danville will

screen two films by legendary writer and director, John Hughes. The films will be shown at the Village Theatre and Art Gallery, located at 233 Front Street. The double feature will begin with Pretty in Pink and continue with Ferris Bueller's Day Off. These films may have mature themes and language; parental guidance is recom-mended. The first film starts at 2:00 p.m., with a 15-minute intermission between films. Tickets are now on sale for $5. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.villagetheatreshows.com or call (925) 314-3400.

Classic Films at the Pleasanton Library, 7 p.m. first Thursday of each month through June 5, 2014. Las Posi-tas College and the Pleasanton Public Library present "Make 'em Laugh" Series" Hosted by Candy Klaschus, film historian and Coordinator of the Humanities Program at Las Positas

College. A brief talk about each film is presented prior to the screening. Refreshments are served. For more information, call Penny Johnson, 925-931-3405. Admission is free. 400 Old Bernal Ave., Pleasanton.

DANCEDiavolo Dance Theater, Thurs., May

8, 7:30 p.m. and Fri., May 9, 8 p.m. Bankhead Theater, 2400 First St., Livermore. www.bankheadtheater.org or 373-6800.

Spring Rep, Valley Dance Theatre, May 31, 7 p.m. and June 1 at 2 p.m. Bankhead Theater, 2400 First St., Livermore. wwww.bankheadtheater.org or 373-6800.

AUDITIONS/COMPETITIONSTri-Valley Repertory Theatre, auditions

for: Avenue Q. Director: John Maio, Vocal/Musical Director: Greg Zema, Choreographer: Julia Etzel, Producer: Kathleen Breedveld Audition dates: May 8th at 7:30pm; Callbacks (by invitation only) on May17 at 10:30 am. Tri-Valley Repertory Theatre 1020 Ser-pentine Lane, Suite 101, Pleasanton. Production Dates: Oct 18th – Nov 2nd. Prepare 1 minute of a contemporary musical theatre song for the primary audition, and bring a second selection as a backup. Be prepared to work a Sesame Street Type puppet and to sing in a Sesame Street puppet voice as well (think Bert, Ernie & Miss Piggy). No appointment necessary. NON/AEA NOPAY. All roles open. For More Information including character breakdown and audition forms: http://www.johnjmaio.com/resources/docs/AVEQ_Audition_Characters.pdf

CHORAL Valley Concert Chorale with Las Positas

College Choir Concert, Foothill and Amador Valley high schools - A Morten Lauridsen Festival, May 18, 7:30 p.m. Amador Theater, 1155 Santa Rita Rd., Pleasanton. 424-1100.

OPERACoffee and Seduction, Livermore Valley

Opera, Sat., May 24, 2 p.m. includes food and wine reception. Firehouse Arts Center, 4444 Railroad Ave., Pleasanton. www.firehousearts.org or 931-4848.

MISCELLANEOUSStoried Nights: An Evening of Spoken

Word. 2nd Thursday of each month. Features local authors reading their work 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Peet's Coffee and Tea, 152 So. Livermore Ave., Liver-more. Sponsored by LVPAC and Peet's. Information go to http://facebook.com/StoriedNights

74th Annual Pleasanton Rose Show, Sat., May 10, Pleasanton Senior Center, 5353 Sunol Blvd., Pleasanton. Exhibitor registration 8 to 10 a.m. (anyone is invited to enter roses). Show open to public 2 to 5 p.m. Awards ceremony 2:30 p.m. Theme, "Days of Wine and Roses." Co-sponsored by the City of

Pleasanton and Alain Pinel Realtors. www.thepleasantonroseshow.com.

The Theory of Poetic Relative-ity, Harrington Gallery, May 8, 6:30 p.m. Firehouse Arts Center, 4444 Railroad Ave., Pleasanton. www.firehousearts.org or 931-4848.

Museum on Main, first “Family Night At The Museum,” Friday, May 9th from 6pm to 9pm. Families are invited to go back to the future at Pleasanton’s downtown museum at this 1980s inspired party with music, dancing, games, photo booth, and more. Costumes are encouraged. This first event will be a 1980s theme. Tickets are $5 per child, $10 per adult, or a $25 Family Pack (including two adults and two children).Tickets are available for purchase in person at Museum on Main during regular operating hours, by phone at 925-462-2766 or online at www.museumonmain.org. Snacks and drinks will be available for purchase at the event. Tickets will be available at the door subject to availability.

74th annual Pleasanton Rose Show, Sat., May 10, Pleasanton Senior Center, 5353 Sunol Blvd., Pleasanton. Exhibitor registration 8 a.m. to 10 a.m., show open 2 to 5 p.m., awards ceremony 2:30 p.m. Sponsored by Alain Pinel and the City of Pleasanton. Information, 251-1111 (Leslie, Joyce or Marti). www.The PleasantonRoseShow.com.

Spring Faire, Sat., May 10, noon to 5 p.m. Dublin Heritage Park & Museums, 6600 Donlon Way, Dublin. Live enter-tainment, food and beverages, arts and crafts, vendors, tractor rides, museum tours and more. Free admission. $5 wristband allows participation on all activities, Information,n 452-2100.

The Big Draw, citywide celebration of the arts benefitting arts in the schools. May 10, Pleasanton. Presented by Pleasanton Cultural Arts Council. www.pleasantonarts.org.

An Evening with Civil War Researcher

Ernie Manzo: Bay Area Civil War Batteries & Forts, May 13th, 7 p.m. Museum on Main 2014 Ed Kinney Speakers Series, Firehouse Arts Center, 4444 Railroad Avenue, Pleasanton. Tickets are $10 general admission, $7 seniors, $5 members, and $3 students/teachers with ID. Tickets may be purchased at Museum on Main during regular operating hours or by phoning the museum at (925) 462-2766. Tickets purchased by phone will be available for pick up at Will Call in the lobby of the Firehouse Arts Center on the evening of the event. Tickets may be available at the event subject to availability

Taste and Toast of Chile, Thursday, May 15 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Danville Senior Center located at 115 East Prospect Avenue. Stellar wines, tasty tidbits and entertain-ment from the culture of Chile will be featured. The cost is $5 residents, $6 for non-residents and $8 at the door. For more information or to register, call the Danville Senior Center at (925) 314-3490.

Speech Night Performance, Las Positas College speech department. May 16, 7 p.m. Barbara F. Mertes Center for the Arts, main stage. 3000 Campus Hill Dr., Livermore. Tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com or call 1-800-838-3006; information 424-1100.

Amplified, second annual teen poetry and open mic event, May 22, 5:30 p.m. Firehouse Arts Center, 4444 Railroad Ave., Pleasanton. www.firehousearts.org or 931-4848.

Livermore Heritage Guild annual auc-tion, Duarte Garage, corner of Portola and Livermore Ave., Livermore. May 24, preview 5 p.m., dinner at 6 p.m. (tickets $25) , auction begins at 7 p.m. Tickets will be available at the History Center (Old Carnegie Library building at 4th and K Streets) in May. Items include furniture, glassware, tools, old radios, all manner of cute collectibles

and objets d'art. Local wine and olive oil. Gift certificates for wine tastings. Hats. All sorts of odd things.

Antiques & Collectibles Faire, May 25,

8 a.m. to 4 p.m. downtown Pleasanton. Pleasanton Downtown Association www.pleasantondowntown.net

A Healthy Living Expo will be presented by Alameda County 4-H, Generations United and Livermore Senior Services.

It will be held May 10th, 10:00am to 2:00pm at the Robert Livermore Community Center, 4444 East Avenue, Livermore.

Topics include nutrition, exercise, safe driving and more. Exhibitors and informational booths will include give-

aways, door prizes, samples, exercise demos, blood pressure check, healthy necessity, Daisy Blue Naturals, Livermore Police Department, AARP safe driving, impact teen driving, Kiona's Farmacy, Boomers, New Leaf, Alden Lane Nursery, Van's Health Foods, Physical therapy specialties, Walmart, Sunrise Mountain Sports, Nob Hill, Natural Awakenings Magazine, Senior Support Program of the Tri-Valley, Pacific Coast Farmers Market Association, Bombay Nick's Chai Bar, Whole Foods, and more.

Visitors can try their luck in trying to win door prizes.

Let your fingers take a stroll on Hope Hospice’s online auction site and be a successful bidder for one or many of the items including a 6-night/7-day stay at a luxurious vacation villa in Rancho Mirage, wine tastings, tickets to a Giants baseball game, dining experiences, jewelry and more. The online auction is part of The Hike for Hope, a memorial hike and fundraiser that supports the vital work of Hope Hospice.

“We believe every end-of-life experience should be patient-centered, based on individual choice and lightened by hope, comfort and dignity,” says Victoria Emmons, Hope Hospice CEO. “Your donation and participation in The Hike for Hope on May 10 at Del Valle Regional Park or the event’s online auction supports this vision.”

The online auction runs until 1 p.m. on May 19, 2014. Visit the auction at HopeHospice.com/auction.

The Hike for Hope is set for Sat., May 10, 8:30 a.m. to noon at Del Valle Regional Park in Livermore. For informa-tion, go to TheHikeForHope.com

In conjunction with the current exhibition, The Story-book Makers which runs May 1 through June 14, the Town of Danville will host a special Art Chat on Wednesday, May 14, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the Village Theatre Art Gallery located at 233 Front Street in Danville.

This special two hour event will feature several artists from The Storybook Makers, including local illustrator and author Constance Anderson, Jim Averbeck, April Chu and Mira Reisberg. They will speak on a panel moderated by Michael Barnard, owner of Rakestraw Books. Topics will cover “Why Picture Books Matter” and the path to publish-ing a children’s book.

There is no registration required for this event and light refreshments will be served.

For more information about this Art Chat or the exhibi-tion, please contact Visual Arts Coordinator, Amy Miller at amiller@danville.ca.gov or (925) 314-3460.

Auction Benefits Hope Hospice

4-H to Host Healthy Living Expo in Livermore

Art Chat in Conjunction with Exhibit

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Livermore Amador Valley Garden Club will meet on Thursday, May 8, 7:00pm at Alisal School’s multipurpose room, 1454 Santa Rita Road, Pleasanton. Tom David, a volunteer docent and speaker for Filoli will provide an overview of Filoli. Visitors are welcome. For more information call Bev at 925 485 7812 or visit www.lavgc.org.

Free Diabetes Self-Management Classes, series of classes will teach how to manage diabetes with exercise, healthy eat-ing (including the foods you love) and medi-cations, and answer questions about living with diabetes. Thursdays, May 15 through July 3 5:30-7:30 pm at the Dublin Senior Center, and Wednesdays July 9 through Aug. 20, 9:30-11:30 am at the Robert Livermore Community Center, 4444 East Ave., Livermore. Class is open to adults of all ages (not just Seniors) with pre diabetes or type 2 diabetes. Call the Alameda County Diabetes Program at 510-383-5185 to register. For LARPD register online http://www.larpd.dst.ca.us/ Space is limited.

Valley Spokesmen Bicycle Touring Club, May 10, 52 miles Woodside to Tunitas Creek, meet 9 a.m. Woodside City Hall, Brahim Satoutah, 963-7024. May 11, 30 miles from Shannon Center to Sunol and Niles and Palomares Canyons, meet 9 a.m., Alberto Lanzas, 510-825-9581. Anyone planning to go on a ride is asked to contact the leader for details on where to meet and what to bring.

Tri-Valley Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind meets on Saturday, May 10, from 1 to 2:45 pm. in Cafeteria Room 2 at Valley Memorial Hospital in Livermore, 1111 East Stanley Blvd. Any visually impaired or interested person is urged to attend. Call, Carl, 449-9362 for more information.

Armchair Travelers, a monthly program, Livermore Public Library Civic Center Thurs., May 8, :20-2:30 p.m. Tour of Mount Diablo presented by Ken Lavin of the Mount Diablo Interpretive Association. This presentation will also take viewers on a journey through the history of Mount Diablo including anec-dotes about the adventures (and misadven-tures) of Diablo’s famous geologists. Mount Diablo Interpretive Association (MDIA) is a non-profit volunteer organization that assists the California Department of Parks and Recreation in maintaining and interpreting Mount Diablo State Park. Adults are invited to this free program on the second Thursday of each month in the Community Meeting Rooms of the Civic Center Library, 1188 S. Livermore Avenue, Livermore. For additional information, call 925 373-5500.

Tri-Valley Republican Women Feder-ated, presents Laer Pearce, speaker and author of “Crazifornia: Tales From the Tar-nished State." For 30 years, Mr. Pearce has been hacking away at California’s regulatory jungle for the businesses and municipal gov-ernments his public affairs firm represents. All are invited to attend Thursday, May 15, 6:30 p.m. at Cattlemen's Restaurant, 2882 Kitty Hawk Road, Livermore. Reservations required by May 12. $34 includes steak, salmon, or chicken dinner. Contact Rebecca Potts at rebecca.potts@comcast.net or phone 925-294-4013 after 6 p.m.

Free Blood Pressure Management Classes, four week series of classes will teach how to manage blood pressure with

exercise, healthy eating (including the foods you love) and medications, and answer questions about living with high blood pressure. Fridays July 18 through August 8, 10 am - 12 pm at the Pleasanton Senior Center. Class is open to adults of all ages (not just Seniors) with high blood pressure. Call the Alameda County Diabetes Program at 510-383-5185 to register.

Dress a Girl Around the World, an invitation to make simple dresses for girls in third world countries. Next Sew-Fest is Saturday, May 17 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at St. Augustine Hall, Pleasanton. Help is needed sewing, ironing, cutting. Bring sew-ing machine or serger, iron, ironing board, scissors, along with helping hands. (Those planning to stay all day should bring a bag lunch.) Always accepting cheerful cotton fabric donations. Those who can’t make the Sew-Fest but would like to sew, arrange for kits that can be sews at home. Questions? Suzanne Beck, 925-352-8447 or suzbeck@yahoo.com

Pleasantonians 4 Peace, candlelight Vigil in front of the Museum on Main, 603 Main Street, downtown Pleasanton, 7 p.m. Wed., May 14. Participants will reflect on the human and monetary costs of the war, honor veterans who have sacrificed, and visualize ways of moving beyond this conflict to a more peaceful world. Peaceful War Protest on the fourth Wednesday of the month, May 28, between 5 - 6 at the corners of First and Neal Streets. Questions?? Call Cathe Norman at (925) 462-7495; Matt Sullivan at mjs7882@gmail.com; or kdowding@pacbell.net. www.Pleasantonians4Peace.org

Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society has changed their meetings to the second Monday of each month at the Congregation Beth Emek in Pleasanton at 3400 Nevada Court. A Special speaker for Monday, May 12, 7:30 to 9pm will be Susan Goss Johnston, who will address “Writing Your Family History One Byte at a Time." Johnston is a co-editor of the recently published “Source Templates for The Master Genealogist.” Visitors are always welcome. Contact for more information e-mail: program@L-AGS.org.

Widowed Men and Women of Northern CA, May 3, 1 p.m. general meeting and birthday lunch in Pleasanton, RSVP by May 1 to Ruby, 462-9636. May 8, 11:30 a.m. lunch in Dublin, RSVP by May 5 to David, 833-7647. May 14, noon, lunch in Dublin, RSVP by May 11 to Bette, 510-357-7873. May 15, 5 p.m., happy hour in Pleasanton, RSVP by May 13 to Marge, 828-5124. May 18, 1 p.m. brunch in Livermore, RSVP by May 12 to Harriet, 447-8229. May 22, 11:30 a.m. Chinese lunch in San Ramon, RSVP by May 19 to David, 833-7647. May 24, 1 p.m. friendly bridge in Dublin, RSVP by May 17 to Marge, 828-5124. May 24, 5:30 p.m. family dinner at Colombo Club (Oakland), RSVP to Gino ASAP, 243-1282. May 28, 1 p.m. lunch in Fremont, RSVP by May 25 to Vickie, 510-656-1166. June 1, 2 p.m. Proof at Chanticleers Theater, Castro Valley, RSVP before May 10 to Ruby, 462-9636.

Operation:SAM “Supporting All Military” is a 501(c)3 non profit military support organization based in Livermore. S.A.M. has been in operation since January 2004. It is dedicated to the continued morale support of deployed troops. For information or donations, visit www.operationsam.org, email operationsam@comcast.net or call 925-443-7620.

ClutterLess (CL), a nonprofit, peer-based, self-help, support group for people with difficulty discarding unwanted pos-sessions. Meetings room 7 at 7 p.m. every Monday at the St Mary & St John Coptic Orthodox Church. Room 7, 4300 Mirador

Books for SchoolsWhen the members of Dublin 4-H Club heard that some of the Stockton Schools didn’t have books in their classrooms for recreational reading, they went to work. They contacted their friends, local schools, home school groups, and even FreeCycle. They bought bags of books at the Friends of the Library sale. They also went through their own home libraries and collected more books. Jeff Keller, former principal of Marylin Avenue School in Livermore, and currently Director of Educational Services in the Stockton Unified School District is looking for books. In these schools there are no books in the classroom, except text books. Keller feels that reading is the key to learning, and he feels that having resource books that kids can read at their own level will help them gain the ability to read at a higher level. And, that books are important in helping the kids increase their love of learning. This hit home for the members of Dublin 4-H who realize the importance of reading and having access to lots of books. They gathered more than 1900 books for the K-8 classrooms.

Livermore’s Boy Scout Troop 942 honored its latest Eagle Scouts at a Court of Honor held on March 2nd, 2014. The Eagle Scouts are Paul Ep-person, Drake Foote, Jona-than Wapman, and Max Hayes. They earned their Eagle Scout rank under the guidance of Scoutmaster Harry Hayes.

These four young men started out together as Tiger Cubs in Pack 939 and have stayed together through their Scouting career. Combined they earned a total of 104 merit badges, attended Wente summer camp for seven years, and went on many hikes culminating in a 106 mile hike through Philm-ont in New Mexico.

Paul, a senior at Liver-more Valley Charter Pre-paratory High School, is the son of Patrick and Leila Epperson. Paul’s Eagle Project was building four garden planters for the Livermore Valley Charter Preparatory School.

Drake, a senior at Livermore High School, is the son of Ken and Betsy Foote. His Eagle Project consisted of planning, or-ganizing, and planting 85 blue oak, valley oak and live oak seedlings near the LARPD ranger office in Sycamore Grove Park.

Jonathan, also a senior at Livermore High School, is the son of Derek and Kay Wapman. His Eagle Project involved building 20 protective netting struc-tures for Camp Arroyo’s vegetable grow boxes.

Max, a senior at Grana-da High School, is the son of Harry and Melinda Hayes. Max’s Eagle Proj-ect was the building of a shade structure and three planter boxes for the chil-dren at Trinity Day Care Learning Center at Trinity Church.

The eagle Scouts, pictured from left-to-right, are Paul epperson, Drake Foote, Jonathan Wapman, and Max Hayes.

Four Achieve Eagle Scout Rank

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Drive, Pleasanton. Just come or call our 925-525-3992 or 925-922-1467 or go to www.ClutterLess.org

Livermore Bridge Club meets Mondays and Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. (to about 2:15 p.m.) at the IOOF Hall, 2160 First Street. Information at livermorebridge.com. Each session is $5. The club plays duplicate bridge. The game is supervised by Unit 501 of the ACBL, which covers the Tri-Valley; Unit 501 is non-profit.

Operate Kidsafe, free child safety event, Sat., May 17, Livermore Ford Lincoln, 2266 Kitty Hawk Rd., Livermore. Photos and fingerprints printout provided to parents. No database or records of children are maintained. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., information 282-4660. Operation KidSafe information at 866-962-5487.

Tri-Valley Walk to Cure Arthritis, May 10, 2014 at LifestyleRX Pavilion in Liver-more. Participants will raise funds to help create programs, research and advocacy initiatives to remove the burden of this crippling disease both locally and across the country. To register for the Tri-Valley Walk to Cure Arthritis, visit www.trivalleyarthri-tiswalk.org. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. and Walk to Cure Arthritis starts at 9:00 a.m. LifeStyleRX, 1119 E. Stanley Blvd. Livermore. Information Erin Badillo, (415) 356-5484, ebadillo@arthritis.org

ValleyCare Health System Auxiliary, Adult volunteers are needed to staff Valley-Care Health System facilities in Pleasanton, Livermore and Dublin. The ValleyCare Auxiliary is committed to volunteering where needed for the purpose of providing an additional dimension of care and service to patients, hospital staff and the public. Positions are available in a number of areas at ValleyCare Health System, such as the reception desk, hospital floor services, surgery center, urgent care, Auxiliary office, ValleyCare Health Library, the Cancer Center, Thrift Shop and the Gift Shop. Training is provided and hours/days are flexible. For more information, visit www.valleycare.com/auxiliary, or call 925 734-3368.

Navy, Marines and Coast Guard Active and Retired: meeting on the first Friday of every month at 6:30 p.m. in the Veteran’s Hall, Livermore. Chartered organization that has a voice in Congress to address your concerns in support of the active duty and the retired veterans. Come and join us as we need your support. For a contact or for more information contact Roy Warner, Branch Secretary at (925) 449-6048 OR Loraine Maese, President of the Unit.

Pleasanton Lions Club, dinner meetings are held every second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. There is a fee of $10 for those who would like to have dinner. The Regalia House, 4133 Regalia Ct., Pleasanton. For more information, visit the website: http//pleasantonlionsclub.org

Tea Dance featuring The Mellotones Combo Jazz Band, presented by VFW Post 6298, 1 to 3:15 p.m. on May 21. Veterans Hall, 301 Main St., Pleasanton. Music from the American songbook played for listening and dancing for a variety of ballroom experiences.. Admission $10. Food and drink will be provided. Proceeds benefit needy veterans and their families. Information joephylb@att.net or 443-2224; bobol-ness2@gmail.com or 443-2245.

Birthright of Livermore, looking for a Friday office volunteer and a substitute office volunteer for most days. Also in need of board members, computer tech and website assistance, grant writing, publicity chairman, CPA to assist once a year and an administrative secretary. Office is open M-Tu-W-F, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. and Th. eve. 6-9 p.m. To discuss a variety of volunteer op-

portunities, call John M. Kupski evenings at 606-8230 (or Thursday evenings 6-9 p.m. at Birthright office 449-5887). Birthright offers free pregnancy tests, guidance, adoption and medical referrals, baby and maternity cloth-ing, and more. Those in need of services, visit the Livermore office at 1520 Catalina Ct., or call (925) 449-5887 during business hours. The 1-800-550-4900 Hotline number is staffed 24 hours a day. Go to www.birth-right.org for more information. All Birthright services are free and confidential.

Depression and Bipolar Support Alli-ance (DBSA) Pleasanton, meets Wednes-days 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. St. Clare's Episcopal Church, 3350 Hopyard Rd., Pleasanton (not affiliated with the church. Information at www.dbsalliance.org/pleasanton or contact chapter leader, Al Pereira, 462-6415.

Pain Support Group, 1st and 3rd Mon-days, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Asbury Methodist Church, 4743 East Ave., Livermore. Ques-tions, call the church at 447-1950.

Bereaved Mothers' Network of the Tri-Valley, offering support, understanding and compassion to mothers who have suf-fered the loss (past or present) of a precious child. Safe, confidential, non-judgmental environment. Monthly meeting held at 7 P.M. on the first Tuesday of the month. Livermore Civic Center Library in Community Room "B." Small voluntary donations to help with meeting and outreach costs are appreciated. For further information reach Katie Strube at katiestrube@comcast.net.

Pleasanton Newcomers Club, open to new and established residents of the Tri-Valley. Activities include a coffee the first Wednesday of the month, a luncheon on the second Wednesday of the month, Bunco, Mah Jongg, walking/hiking groups, family activities, and monthly adult socials. Information, call 925-215-8405 or visit www.PleasantonNewcomers.com

Community Resources for Indepen-dent Living (CRIL) offers services to help people with disabilities and supports them to live independently and participate in their community for as long as they are willing and able to do so. CRIL maintains offices in Hayward, Fremont and Livermore to provide information and referrals and provide community education at senior centers and affordable housing complexes to residents of Southern Alameda County. The Tri-Valley office is located at 3311 Pacific Avenue, Livermore 94550 and can be reached by phone at (925) 371-1531, by FAX at (925) 373-5034 or by e-mail at abril.tamayo@cril-online.org. All services are free.

Livermore Peripheral Neuropathy Support Group meets every fourth Tuesday of the month at 10 a.m. in the third floor movie room at Heritage Estates Retirement Community. The address is 900 E. Stanley Blvd., Livermore All are welcome. Contacts are: Sandra Grafrath 443-6655 or Lee Parlett 292-9280.

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness), Tri-Valley Parent Resource and Support Group is a twice-a-month parent support group for parents with children to age 18 diagnosed with or suspected of hav-ing bipolar or other mood disorders. It meets First and third Tuesdays of each month from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m at Pathways To Wellness, 5674 Stoneridge Dr., Suite #114, Pleasanton. The group is drop-in, no registration required and is free. Suzi Glorioso by phone: (925) 443-1797 or by e-mail: glorios4@comcast.net

Tri-Valley Haven is offering a sexual assault support group for survivors of sexual assault on Fridays at 1 pm at their Livermore community building. The group will help survivors gain further knowledge and understanding of the effects of sexual

assault and help them find support in a safe and confidential environment. This group aims to support each participant by creating an empowering atmosphere where participants can learn new coping skills. To sign up for the SA Group or for additional information, call Christine at Tri-Valley Haven: 925-667-2707.

DBE Daughters of the British Empire, John McLaren’s Roses of Britain Chapter in the Tri-Valley meets at 11:00 a.m. on the 3rd Thursday of every month at Castlewood Country Club. DBE was founded in 1909 and is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization made up of women of British or British Commonwealth heritage and ancestry with a focus on charity and fellowship. Contact Edith Caponigro at 925-998-3500 or Jenny Whitehouse at 925-484-1273 for additional information.

RELIGIONFirst Presbyterian Church, 2020 Fifth

Street, Livermore. 9:00 a.m. Contemplative Service in the Chapel, 10:30 Traditional Service in the Sanctuary and children’s program. For more information www.fpcl.us or 925-447-2078.

Tri-Valley Bible Church, 2346 Walnut St., Livermore, holds Sunday worship at 10 a.m. with Sunday school for all ages at 9 a.m. Children's classes during adult worship service. AWANA children's program Wednesdays at 6 p.m. 449-4403 or www.Tri-ValleyBibleChurch.com.

Unitarian Universalist, 1893 N. Vasco Rd., Livermore. 10:30 a.m. Sunday service. Information 447-8747 or www.uucil.org

Congregation Beth Emek, Center for Reform, Jewish Learning, Prayer and Com-munity in the Tri-Valley. 3400 Nevada Court, Pleasanton. Information 931-1055. Rabbi Dr. Lawrence Milder, www.bethemek.org.

Tri-Valley Cultural Jews, affiliated with the Congress of Secular Jewish Organiza-tions (csjo.org). Information, Rabbi Judith Seid, Tri-Valley Cultural Jews, 485-1049 or EastBaySecularJews.org.

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Livermore, services 10 a.m. every Sunday. Sunday School for students (ages 3-20) is held at 10 a.m. every Sunday. The church and reading room are located at Third and N Streets. The Reading Room, which is open to the public, features books, CDs and magazines for sale. For information, call (925) 447-2946.

Sunset Community Church, 2200 Arroyo Rd., Livermore. Sunday worship service at 9:30 a.m. Hispanic service starts at 2 p.m. Nursery and children's church provided. A "Night of Worship" first Sunday of each month at 6 p.m. Wednesday night program for all ages at 7 p.m. Information, call 447-6282.

Holy Cross Lutheran Church Sunday Service 9:30 a.m. 1020 Mocho St., Liver-more. Information, 447-8840.

Our Savior Lutheran Ministries, 1385 S. Livermore Avenue, Livermore. 9 a.m. wor-ship (semiformal); 10:30 a.m. adult Bible study/Sunday school. For information, call 925-447-1246.

Asbury United Methodist Church, 4743 East Avenue, Livermore. 9 a.m. Sunday worship. Information 447-1950.

Calvary Chapel Livermore, meetings Saturdays at 6 p.m. 5860 Las Positas Road, Livermore. (925) 447-4357 - www.calvarylivermore.org.

United Christian Church, celebrating 50 years in the Tri-Valley. 1886 College Ave. at M St., Livermore; worships on Sunday morning at 10:30 a.m. Children’s program on Sunday morning and first Fridays. The community is welcome. United CC is an Open and Affirming ministry. Call 449-6820 for more information.

Granada Baptist Church, 945 Concan-non Boulevard, Livermore. Services: Sunday school – 9:45 a.m.; worship service – 11 a.m. All are welcome. 1-888-805-7151.

Seventh-day Adventist Church, 243 Scott Street, Livermore. 925-447-5462, services on Saturday: Sabbath school 9:30 a.m., worship 11 a.m. www.livermoresda.org/ All are welcome.

Faith Chapel Assembly of God, 6656 Alisal St., Pleasanton, Sunday School for all ages 9:15 a.m., Worship 10:30 a.m., Children’s Church 11:15 a.m. Women's Bible study Wednesdays at 10 a.m. Intercessory prayer 1st and 3rd Wednesdays. Senior adult ministries meet every other month. Cffice at 846-8650 for more information.

Trinity, 557 Olivina Ave., Livermore. Sun-day worship at 8:30 and 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday school or Bible study for all ages at 9:45 a.m. Awana is Sunday at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday nights there is adult Bible study at 6:45 and NRG and Re.Gen for youth, and children's choir for kids. Child care during all events. 447-1848, www.trinitylivermore.org.

St. Charles Borromeo, 1315 Lomitas Ave., Livermore. Meditation groups following the John Main tradition, every Monday 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. For details, contact Claire La Scola at 447-9800.

St. Innocent Orthodox Church, 5860 Las Positas Rd., Livermore. Sunday Liturgy at 10 a.m. For details, go to www.stinnocent.net or call Fr. John Karcher at (831) 278-1916.

St. Clare’s Episcopal Church, 3350 Hopyard Road, Pleasanton, Services on Sunday, 8:00 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. Children’s Sunday School & Chapel at 10:15 a.m. All are most welcome to come and worship with us and to enjoy our hospitality. For more information call the church office 925-462-4802.

St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, 678 Enos Way, Livermore, (925) 447-3289. Sunday Services: Contemplative Eucharist 8:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:20 a.m. Choral

Eucharist with choir 10:30 a.m.; child care for children under 5 available at 10:30 service.

Tri-Valley Church of Christ at 4481 East Avenue, Livermore, worship service 10:30 to 11:45 a.m. Sundays, all are welcome. 925-447-4333 ( a.m. to 12:00 p.m.)

Little Brown Church, United Church of Christ 141 Kilkare Road, Sunol. 10:30 a.m. worship. All are welcome here. www.littlebrownchurchofsunol.org 925-862-2580

Pathway Community Church, 6533 Sierra Lane, Dublin. Contemporary Worship Service, Sunday 10:30 am. Children, youth, adult programs. Biblically based practical messages, nondenominational. All are welcomed. www.pathwaycommuntiychurch.org (925) 829-4793.

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 486 S. J Street, Livermore. 9:00 a.m. worship service. Bible Study/Sunday School 10:20. Bible Basics Class, which explores the main teachings of the Bible, meets at 7:00 Sunday night. Call 371-6200 or email pmjrmuel-ler@gmail.com for more info.

Tri-Valley Church of Christ, 4481 East Avenue, Livermore; 447-433.3 www.trivalleychurch.org. Update on classes for The Story 9 to 10:00 a.m.. Worship Service 10:15 to 11:30 a.m.

Bethel Family Christian Center, 501 North P Street, Livermore, Pastors are Don & Debra Qualls. Weekly ministries: Sunday 10 a.m. - Teaching Sessions; Sunday 10:25 a.m. - Holy Grounds Fellowship; Sunday Worship Service 10:45 a.m. - Elementary aged children go to Kid’s Church following worship, nursery available; Wednesday 7 p.m. - Back to the Point Bible Study; all ages; Friday 7 p.m. - Celebrate Recovery; in the dining hall; 925-449-4848.

Centerpointe Church, 3410 Cornerstone Court, Pleasanton. Services: 9 a.m. blended with choir and band. Childcare offered for infants through age 6 and children start in the worship service. 10:40 a.m. contempo-rary worship led by a band. Sunday school for children and middle-schoolers. www.centerpointechurch.org 925-846-4436.

Valley Bible Church, Pleasanton, 7106 Johnson Drive, Services at 9:00 and 11:00. Interpretation for the deaf at 9:00. 925-227-1301. www.thecrossing.org

Valley Bible Church, Livermore, Meeting at Altamont Creek Elementary School, 6500 Garraventa Ranch Road, Livermore. Services at 10:00 a.m.

Cedar Grove Community Church, 2021 College Ave., Livermore. Worship Services 9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. www.cedargrove.org or call 447-2351.

St. Francis of Assisi Anglican Church (1928 Book of Common Prayer), 193 Contractors Avenue, Livermore. Sunday services: 8:45 am (Low Mass) and 10 am (High Mass with Sunday School). Other Holy Days as announced. For information, call

msg. center at 925/906-9561.Chabad of the Tri-Valley, 784 Palomino

Dr., Pleasanton. 846-0700. www.jewishtri-valley.com. Rabbi Raleigh Resnick.

Well Community Outreach Center min-istry provides meats, canned and dry goods, toiletries, and school supplies (only avail-able prior to the start of the school year). Those with an immediate need or who would like to donate nonperishable food items, call the office at (925) 479-1414 to begin the process. Wednesday and Friday 10 a.m. - 3 p.m., and Thursday 4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Pick up by appointment only. The Outreach Center will be open every 4th Saturday to distribute bags from Fresh and Easy Market and Sprouts. This will be on a first come first serve basis between 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 2333 Nissen Drive, Livermore.

Lynnewood United Methodist, Worship services are 9:00 and 10:30 am with childcare at both times and Sunday school at 10:30 am. 4444 Black Ave., Pleasanton. Rev. Heather Leslie Hammer, pastor. 925 846-0221, www.lynnewood.org.

Grief Journey, Grieving people need time and space to honor their grief. Each person’s grief journey has its own path and its own time. Although there is no right or wrong path, there are stepping stones that are part of each grief journey and will be explored in a series of bi-monthly workshops at St. Elizabeth Seton Church, 4001 Stoneridge Drive, Pleasanton Second and fourth Thursday evenings at 7:30pm. May 22nd. June 12th and 26th. July 10th. and 24th. and August 14th. 2014. No per-registration is necessary. These sessions are open to all, regardless of religious affiliation. Call Mary Hagerty at 925-846-5377 for more information.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: 9050 Mocho St., Livermore. 3rd ward 9 a.m., 2nd ward 11 a.m., Mocho branch (Spanish) 2:10 p.m. 1501 Hillcrest Ave., Livermore: 1st ward, 9 a.m.; 4th ward 11 a.m., Springtown ward, 1 p.m.

“We Sell Travel InSurance”(925) 447-4300In Downtown livermore

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Pleasanton’s three Rotary clubs have announced plans for “50 Years of Rotary in Pleasanton,” a year-long event series celebrating their golden anniversary of com-munity service.

Events will combine on-going community service projects by some 170 cur-rent members of Rotary Club of Pleasanton, Rotary Club of Pleasanton North, and Tri-Valley Evening Ro-tary with the following spe-cial events:

• Historical exhibits from May 6 to August 2, 2015, at the Pleasanton Museum on Main;

• An oral history of the three Rotary clubs compiled by Pleasanton Museum on Main staff;

• Installation of a tradi-tional street clock at Main Street and Vervais Avenue in Pleasanton;

• And, the possible re-naming Main Street Green Park to Rotary Park or Rotary Plaza, a proposal pending approval by City of Pleasanton Parks and Recreation Commission and

City Council.A Texas Hold ’Em Poker

Tournament on May 9 at the Veteran’s Memorial Guild will kick off the 50-Year Anniversary celebration. (See www.pleasanton ro-tary.org or www.facebook.com/pleasantonrotary for details).

The celebration will be highlighted by a banquet at Castlewood Country Club on May 8, 2015. The gala evening will celebrate the original charter award for the Rotary Club of Pleas-anton also occurring at Castlewood Country Club in May 1965. Rotary Club of Pleasanton North, char-tered in 1987, and Tri-Valley Evening Rotary, chartered in 2002, will also be rec-ognized.

The three clubs are af-filiated with Rotary Interna-tional, a global community service organization with 1.2 million members in 166 countries and Rotary District 5170 in San Jose.

The 50-year anniversary events are intended to draw public attention to the local

Rotary clubs’ contributions to the quality of life in Pleas-anton and for thousands of people, both locally and globally, who have benefit-ted from its initiatives, said Brad Hirst, chair of the 50 Years of Rotary in Pleasan-ton Steering Committee.

“Rotary’s motto is ‘Ser-vice above Self’,” he said. “This is something we really believe in. We see our past as a prologue to future projects completed by current and new members who we hope will be inspired to join our clubs during of this year-long cerebration.”

Since 1965, Pleasanton three Rotary clubs are re-sponsible for millions of dollars of charitable giving in its home city and abroad,

made possible through Ro-tary International Founda-tion grants, personal giving, and fund-raising events, such as this year’s Rotary of Pleasanton’s Father’s Day Spirit Run on June 15, the Tri-Valley Evening Club’s Community Rummage Sale at Amador High School on July 19, and Pleasanton North Rotary’s “A Starry Night in the Caribbean” din-ner dance on September 20.

Pleasanton’s Rotary clubs have helped build affordable housing and schools, such as the School of Imagination and Happy Talkers in Dublin. They have distributed more than 10,000 wheel chairs to the needy in Latin America and paid for reconstructive facial surgery for hundreds of children with congenital deformities. They assisted a Mexican orphanage and installed modern medical equipment in a public hos-pital in Afghanistan.

They have also worked on countless local projects from charity picnics to help

The 2014 Alameda County exhibits, contests and competitions general entry deadline is May 21, 2014

Adult and youth exhibit divisions both offer a range of competitive categories such as Culinary Arts, Gar-den & Floral, Fiber Arts, Hand Crafts, Hobbies & Collections and Science & Technology. The Youth divi-sion also includes a School Projects category and Talent competition. Depending on the category, very young

cancer patients pay their medical expenses to routine household repairs on resi-dential housing for devel-opmentally disabled adults.

Hundreds of Pleasanton high school students have been awarded Rotary aca-demic scholarships support-ing their continued educa-tion and Rotary Youth Lead-ership Awards for summer leadership camps. Rotary Interact and Rotaract clubs have introduced many Pleas-anton students to community service opportunities.

Seniors receive support through financial grants and volunteer help to Open Heart Kitchen, annual senior holiday dinners, and home maintenance days. There are coat drives for the needy and annual summer barbeques for military veterans. The three clubs work together every other year to prepare Saturday dinner at the Al-ameda County Fairgrounds for hundreds of volunteers and participants of East Bay Stand Down, an inten-sive interventional program

that gives homeless U.S. military veterans a second chance at successful civil-ian lives.

“We believe the work of our former and current members over 50 years deserves a big celebration,” Hirst said. “We hope our neighbors join us, both at these events and possibly as new Rotary members to keep our Rotary clubs active and growing.”

Members of the public are encouraged to attend a meeting of any one of Pleas-anton’s three Rotary Clubs to see if they are right for you as an outlet for commu-nity service. Meeting times and locations are as follows: Rotary Club of Pleasan-ton. Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. Hap’s Original Steaks and Seafood, 122 W. Neal St., Pleasanton. Rotary of Pleasanton North. Fridays at 12:15 p.m. Hilton Hotel, 7050 Johnson Dr., Pleas-anton. Tri-Valley Evening Rotary Club. Thursdays at 6 p.m. Castlewood Country Club, 707 Country Club Circle, Pleasanton.

children through teens may participate in Youth division competitions. In addition, some categories in both Youth and Adult divisions are designated for physically and/or mentally challenged participants.

Exhibit sub-categories range from standards like pie baking, quilt making and rose growing, to more niche competitive areas such as Christmas Tree Decorat-ing, Pinterest Patriotic Art, Home Brew and Winemak-ing, Loom Bracelet Design,

Robotics, and more.Other popular categories

include Knitting/Crochet, Needlework, Scrapbooking, Ceramics, Stained Glass, Dolls, Woodworking, Cake/Cupcake Decorating, Home-made Jams/Salsas Photog-raphy, Sculptures, Poetry, Wool & Fleece Show, Video, Website, Metal Work, Jew-elry, Wood Carving, Scare-crow making, Pinewood Derby cars, Homemade and Commercial Wine, Flowers/Herbs, Floral Arrangements Garden Produce Small Ani-

mals and Livestock.For those who enjoy

competing in other ways, the Fair also offers a variety of fun, live contests for all ages such as the Diaper Derby, Hippity Hop Races, Golf Putting, Patriotic Nail Art, Kissing Contest, and Cooking and Pie-Eating Competitions.

For complete entry in-formation and rules, go to acfairexhibits.com. The deadline for general en-tries is Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Some competitions

are judged in advance of the Fair and require earlier entry deadlines.

The Amateur Winemak-ing contest, where any Cali-fornia resident, 21 and over can enter homemade wine, is an early-entry competi-tion that has already been completed. The winners are Best of Show White Wine, Chardonnay: Bryan Lucay, Brentwood; Best of Show Red Wine, Petite Sirah: Victoria & Damon Genetti, Livermore; and Best of Show Dessert Wine:

Tawny Port: Fred Watkins, Hayward.

The fair runs June 18 through July 6 Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily

The Alameda County Fair is operated by the non-profit Fair Association with-out any tax funding from the government. It is ranked one of the Top 50 North Ameri-can Fairs.

Vis i t www.Alamed-aCountyFair.com or call 925-426-7600.

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