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MHHS Graduates First 4-Year Class

Mountain House, CA – The Rotary Club of Mountain House welcomed Ms. Veronica Vargas, the Vice Chair for the Tri-Valley - San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority, as their special guest speaker for the June 8, 2018 meeting. Vargas, who is also the Mayor Pro Tem of The City of Tracy, photo highlights page 2 brought her enthusiasm for this May 24, 2018 Mountain House High School graduation was the first four-year graduating class in its brief history new mega-region project to share with the group. The relatively new Joint Powers Authority is tasked with completing a feasibility study to move toward creating a connector rail system from the western San Joaquin Valley to the Tri-valley area, and BART. The goal and mission of the JPA is to complete their feasibility study on time, by July 1, 2019, and be “shovel-ready”. Ms. Vargas’ passion for this project is clear. It was she who, together with Alameda County Supervisor, Scott Haggerty, first formed a work group to

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7 Summer Swim Program Approved to Start June 25th

8 Livewire Lights-Up June 16th Music In The Park

9 Janice Hom - Undisputed“Ironman” Mountain House Resident

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Regional Rail System Named CSD Passes 2018-’19 Budget “Valley Link” at June JPA meeting

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Tracy, CA – The Tri-Valley/San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority held their sixth monthly meeting at the Tracy Transit Station building Wednesday, June 13, 2018. A very full agenda for the two-hour meeting included the decision on a name for the system. Following a

By Bryan Harrison

presentation of the name ideas previously bandied about, and a little bit more brainstorming, “Valley Link”, or “V-Link” was voted in as the official name of the project. The board also discussed everything from the BART decision not to move forward with the planned expansion to continued page 4

Mountain House, CA – Following several public budget workshops, strategic planning sessions, and lengthy discussion at the June 13, 2018 Board meeting, the Mountain House Community Services District Board voted to approve their 2018-2019 fiscal year budget. The annual question of whether to raise the Master Plan-recommended “Special Assessment Funds” was a topic of extensive discussion. The primary source for a majority of regular district funding, these taxes go a long way toward providing for the level of quality of life enjoyed by residents here. Ultimately, in a narrow vote of 3-2, the Board elected to implement a moderate 2% increase on each of the four Special Taxes. That will

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MHHS First 4-year Graduating Class

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Mountain House High School celebrated its first complete four-year graduating class May 24, 2018. 267 cohorts crossed the stage to receive their diploma, as principal Ben Fobert, and the entire LUSD Board of Trustees, and school Superintendent Dr. Kirk Nicholas all beamed with pride. Having opened five years ago, this was the first group that began as freshmen and went all through their high school years at MHHS. Congratulations to all.

LUSD Trustees Colin Clements, Matt Balzarini, Supt. Dr. Kirk Nicholas, Trustee Anne Goodrich, Clerk Sharon Lampel, Pres. David Pombo, and MHHS Principal Ben Fobert

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discuss what could be done to help alleviate traffic congestion over the Altamont along the I-580 corridor. She explained to the group of Rotarians and guests that it was when she and Haggerty were able to help facilitate a bipartisan coming-together to create State Assembly Bill 758, authored by Assembly members Susan Talamontes Eggman and Katherine Baker, that the dream began to take shape into reality. AB 758 created the Joint Powers Authority, and mandates their mission to complete the feasibility study for this “Mega-Region” issue. The Regional Rail Authority consists of leaders from 15 affected municipalities and organizations, including the Community Services District of Mountain House. Ms. Vargas included in her presentation the list of the representative members of the new board, as shown in the adjacent chart. A big take-away from Ms. Vargas’ address was that her board just accepted and added to the feasibility study a proposal by Mountain House CSD, as presented by MHCSD staff Engineer Anthony Docto, to consider the possibility of including a rail station just off of I-580 at Grant Line Rd, near Altamont Rd. Docto made the case in Public Comments at the March JPA meeting that this location would make for a great opportunity for easy access off the freeway, while also providing an optimum location for the growing commuter town that is Mountain House. While there is no guarantee that this station will make the final cut, having enough support from the board to allow it to be added to the list of station locations being considered was a big accomplishment.

MH Rotary President, Bryan Harrison, thanked Veronica Vargas for speaking at the June 8th meeting

Ms. Vargas also spoke briefly about the BART Board’s vote May 24th not to expand their service to Livermore. They had just voted to certify the long-awaited environmental impact report necessary before the extension project could be decided upon, a significant step. A very close 5-4 decision defeated a motion to accept the BART expansion to Isabel Ave in Livermore (a proposed $1.6 billion project). Those opposed deferred to concerns for the need to use available resources to maintain and update the system on the whole, along with preference by some who preferred to go with a Bus Rapid Transit alternative. A follow-up motion saw the BRT defeated as well. Immediately following those votes, board members acknowledged the mandate of the new Regional Rail Authority to address the much larger megaregion issue, and that similar funding to what it would cost to expand BART would effectively be spread over a much more expansive landscape, versus a 5 mile stretch along I-580. Ms. Vargas addressed some questions from the crowd, and her enthusiasm for the project was infectious.

Valley Link Rail Authority meeting

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Livermore, diverting the responsibility for a system in the area to fall to the V-Link project. Also, it was announced that the project was awarded a CalTrans Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant in the amount of $750,000. Chairman Scott Haggerty and Vice Chair Veronica Vargas ran the meeting Vice Chair Veronica Vargas, Chair Scott Haggerty, and Exec Dir Michael Tree of 15 representative agencies on the board. Their ambitious goal of completing a feasiA common thread for Haggerty is to make this bility study and being “shovel-ready” by July new system completely independent of the 2019 includes, among numerous other things: Union Pacific Railroad lines, as limitations identifying station locations, train types, and associated with running on the Union Pacific perhaps most daunting, completing an Envitracks stalled progress being attempted earlier ronmental Impact Report. by the ACE Train system (Altamont Corridor Vice Chair Vargas stated the strong hope that Express). ACE had planned to expand service they will be able to utilize the BART EIR that from four trains daily to ten. Sharing U.P. was certified at the May 24th meeting, as well tracks makes that untenable. as the EIR recently produced by Ace-Forward, The V-Link JPA committee was reported to for a significant jump-start to completing the be right on schedule at this time, with Phase I V-Link EIR. “We would basically have to connect the dots with the rest of the system.” being nearly complete.

Martin Ritter, of Stadler Rail, addresses the Regional Rail Authority

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V-Link Rail

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The June 13th meeting also featured a presentation by Martin Ritter, of global train builder, Stadler Rail. Ritter ran through options and scenarios of types of trains, versatility possibilities to consider, passenger loads and more. He outlined an extremely flexible transferable power train system, with options including DMU (diesel), EMU(electric), hybrid systems or even bio fuel. His projection was that within 28-30 months they could have the first train set built and be up and running. He stated, further, that they would need about two years to build the customized train sets. Vargas asked about any refurbished train sets that might be available to expedite getting trains on the tracks quicker. Ritter indicated that might actually be a possibility. The “Flirt 3” train system he was proposing is currently being built for their San Bernardino County project and, while there are other options to consider, this system has much to offer.

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15 Members of the New Rail Authority 1. Town of Danville 2. City of San Ramon 3. City of Dublin 4. City of Pleasanton 5. City of Livermore 6. City of Tracy 7. City of Lathrop 8. City of Manteca 9. City of Stockton 10. Mountain House Community Services District 11. County of Alameda 12. County of San Joaquin 13. BART 14. San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission 15. LAV TA - Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority

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I am sure, our generation will make us proud. Turmoil and calamities can be cured if we reflect within ourselves. This is what Ramadan teaches Muslims. It’s the month of fasting. From dawn to sunset, people who follow the Islamic faith abstain themselves from eating anything or drinking any type of liquid. They wake up pre-dawn to eat. We sometimes get together and visit the iHop because that’s the only place open 24x7. But most of the time we do pre-dawn meal at home with family. This pre-dawn meal we call it “Sahoor”. Then we go and do our daily chores and jobs and, then, at sunset we again get together and break our fast, also known as Iftar. This cycle goes for 29 or 30 days, because the Islamic Calendar, also known as Hijri calendar, is a lunar-based calendar. Ramadan is like a hulk-smash on thought patterns our ego grows in us, like a weed, such as greed, apathy, hatred, selfishness, bigotry and animosity. Fasting helps us get trained mentally and physically to understand the pain and setbacks of the less-fortunate around us. It gives us a Captain America’s shield against those negative thought patterns. We then end this month by celebrating the event known as Eid al-Fitr. Which literally translated into “Happy new beginning”. Why? Because in this month fasting teaches you to reflect within, and it helps to cleanses oneself from the inside out, spiritually. That inner-aspect of one person is the realistic one. Thats the only reality. All the rest of the things with our body is fiction, because it decays. Whereas the inner-self is the one that always shines and remain intact. That’s kind of like a new beginning, hence, the greetings “happy new beginning”. I would like to extend my greetings to you, and want to say Eid Mubarak to all our Mountain House residents. We shall stay strong, and always take care of each other in thick and thin. Your friendly neighbor, Mudassir Azeemi www.mazeemi.com

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ILLEGAL DUMPING

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We are asking for assistance from the community to help with illegal dumping. If you come across items that were dumped on the side of the The Board of Directors approved a 5 Year plan for water and wastewater road please contact West Valley Disposal for a pickup. operating and maintenance (O & M) rates in June, 2017. Fiscal year 20182019 represents the 2nd year of implementation of the 5 year plan. The R E P O R T I N G CO N C E R N S For residents new to Mountain House, or if you haven’t had the O & M rates for stormwater were not increased as part of the rate study. opportunity to view the Mountain House CSD page, we would like The debt service components of the bill (for water, wastewater and to share with you a very quick and easy button to report a concern stormwater) are increased each year by the change in the construction cost index published by the Engineering News Record. in Mountain House. Go to the mountainhousecsd.org or mhcsd.com, on the front page The following table shows the rates that will be effect for the billing period you will see the button that is shown below. When you click on the starting in July, 2018. button, it will take you to a page where you can choose to enter in Medium Density your information or not and you can report a problem. Please do not Rate effective Increase report emergency items here those July, 2018 should be called in to the appropriate departments but for all other items $0.7587/unit * $0.099 you can enter in the location of Water charge $16.51 $2.16 the problem and it will be sent to Water base a staff member to address. You will Wastewater base 30.62 1.87 receive updates on the status of the report. Stormwater base 7.84 0.00 For residents that live in Questa and Hansen. We will forward any Debt service: reported issues to the developer since these villages have not been Water 40.09 1.47 annexed to the CSD. Wastewater 34.64 1.29 If you have questions please feel free to email or message Angel Lamb Stormwater 11.67 0.45 at alamb@sjgov.org.

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Although we have had another rainy year we still need to continue to conserve water. The community is still only authorized to three days per week outdoor irrigation between the hours of 9pm to 6am Please follow the schedule outlined below. If you have any questions please contact staff 209.831.2300 Location Watering Day Wicklund Village Monday, Wednesday, Friday Bethany Village Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Altamont Village Monday, Wednesday, Friday Questa Village Monday, Wednesday, Friday Hansen Village Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday

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SCHEDULE OF MHCSD EVENTS

Board meetings and committee meetings are held in the Michael Forbes McGrew Board Room at the CSD office. For class and event locations please see below. If you would like additional information on the classes or events please contact Angel Lamb at alamb@sjgov.org. Please subscribe to the Google Calendar.

Announcing... MH Summer Swim Program Mountain House High School Aquatic Center

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10am-12pm: Swim lessons, adult lap swimming, possibly aerobic swim class 12pm-6pm: Open Swim register: https://secure.rec1.com/CA/mountain-house-communityservices-district/catalog

Date: Sundays - SUMMER HOURS! Location: Wicklund Park

Youth Action Clean-up Campaign Date: Saturday, June 23, 2018

11:00am - 2:00 pm

Location: Altamont Park For more information please contact Director Tingle at btingle@sjgov.org

Annual Independence Day Parade and Celebration Wednesday, July 4, 2018

10:00a - 3:00p

Location: Central Parkway and Central Park For more information please email Angel Lamb at alamb@sjgov.org

Youth Action Committee Meeting Date: Tuesday, July 10, 2018

For more information please contact Director Tingle at btingle@sjgov.org

7:00 pm

Assemblyperson Susan Eggman’s Office Hours Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2018 Location: CSD Boardroom

10:00a-11:00a

MHCSD Board of Directors Meeting Date: Wednesday, July 11, 2018

7:00pm

Location: CSD Boardroom

Youth Action Clean-up Campaign Date: Saturday, July 21, 2018

11:00am - 2:00 pm

Location: Questa School For more information please contact Director Tingle at btingle@sjgov.org

Music in the Park

Date: Saturday, July 21, 2018 Increase

8:00am - 1:00pm

Location: Central Community Park

5:00pm - 8:00pm

For more information please email Angel Lamb at alamb@sjgov.org

UPCOMING ACTIVITIES & EVENTS

$0.7587/unit * $21.93 36.44 7.84

$0.099 $2.86 2.23 0.00

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S T O R A G E C O N TA I N E R S Pod Containers or Storage Units used by Homeowners or Residents (regardless of size, whether for moving or plain storage) should not be left out for more than 14 days on the street or in a driveway. These and any other similar type units, should be returned or stored at a commercially zoned-facility. All requests outside of this limit must be approved by MHCSD.

If your group has an activity open to the community in Mountain Houseplease send that information to Angel Lamb no later than the 10th of the month to be included in the newsletter.

Mountain House Rotary Meeting Date: July 13 2018 - 2nd Friday of the Month

8:30am – 10:00am

For more info please contact Sachin Pingle at mountainhouserotary@gmail.com

Family Fit MH Club

Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 6:00am and 9:00am Saturdays 8:00am Location: Wicklund Park For more information please contact Jaime Montenegro at sscjaime@yahoo.com

I N T E R A C T I V E W AT E R F O U N TA I N The interactive water fountain opened April 1st. Seasonal times will be as follows:

April 1 – Memorial Day.........Noon to 5 p.m. Daily Memorial Day – Labor Day...10a.m. to 7 p.m. Daily Labor Day – October 31........Noon to 5 p.m. Daily November 1 – March 31........Fountain is off for the winter season.

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mean a projected additional $189,000 to the District, for a total of approximately $9,782,000 in annual Special Assessments. The revenues will be divided up between the following headings: Roads; Public Safety; Public Works; and Parks. The Mountain House Master Plan recommends up to 4% annual increases on the four separate tax headings. After three consecutive years of voting to forgo raising those taxes at all, the three directors opting in favor for fiscal year 2018-’19 indicated they viewed this as a responsible action. “It’s important for us to remain financially sustainable,” stated President Manuel Moreno. Board Director Brian Lucid began the discussion, suggesting they consider basing any increase on the Consumer Price Index. General Manager, Ed Pattison, stated that the CPI is at 2.8% currently. Vice President, Bernice King-Tingle stated that, while she would prefer no tax increase, she might consider up to 2%. She ultimately voted against the tax increase. Director Dan Harrison agreed with Tingle’s notion of limiting an increase to 2%, before Lucid made the motion. Director Andy Su remained consistent in his opposition to Special Taxes over the years, making a strong case for going another year without the increase. With the growth the community is experiencing, revenues across the board are greater, he argued. His major point, however, was that, at some point, “if we continue to raise taxes, Mountain House will become a much less desirable choice for people here”. Measured largely by property lot size, the actual tax amounts will vary household to household but, on average, the 2% increase equates to approximately $38 per household for the year, or just over $3/month. However, that does bring overall special taxes close to $1,900 per year each, on average, or close to $160/month per household.

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CSD & LUSD Establish Community Summer Swim Program Starting June 25 By Bryan Harrison

The approved budget included a somewhat controversial park improvement project that received a good deal of discussion, as well. A planned remodel of the Altamont neighborhood park was presented with a greater degree of investment being proposed than initially planned. Staff’s recommendation to go with a Special Needs and ADA compliant design format pushed budget estimates to the $250,000 range. By comparison, the new play structures upgrade in Wicklund park last year reportedly came in under $190k in total. The board ultimately chose to keep the park plan in place. They agreed to split the costs of the park into the next two fiscal year budgets, with the majority of the expenditure amounts being pushed onto next year’s budget. In the end, the overall budget passed by a 4-1 vote, with only Director Su voting against.

Choppy waters have given way to the go-ahead for a Summer Swim Program right here in town! The Lammersville Unified School District and Mountain House Community Services District were ultimately successful in coming together to iron-out an equitable agreement to provide the community with access to the new MH High School Aquatic Center this Summer, through a CSD run Summer Swim program. Both districts held special board meetings Monday, June 18, 2018 to finalize and sign-off on the agreement so they can get feet in the water asap. The pilot program, which will be run with LUSD’s blessing by the MHCSD, will be in operation Monday through Saturday each week from June 25th through July 31st, with July 4th being the only exception. Program hours will depend on availability of lifeguards. The expected hours of operation are as follows: Swimming lessons, adult lap swimming, and possibly water aerobic classes will be held daily from 10am until noon, followed by Open Swim from noon until 6pm.

Cost for general admission for open swim will be $3 per person per day, or $50 for an individual season pass. There are no plans for the handling of cash at the site, but swimmers can sign-up and pay online, through the CSD’s “Rec-1” system, at: https://secure.rec1.com/CA/mountain-house-communityservices-district/catalog. Alternatively, admission may be purchased at the CSD office with cash or check. “We are very pleased to have this program come together for the community,” stated LUSD Board President, David Pombo. “This has been a lot of work , but it will all be worth it when we have the community enjoying the pool.” MHCSD will operate the summer pool program under the following guidelines:

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Janice Hom - Undisputed “Ironman” MH Resident By Bryan Harrison

A wide and distinctive smile lives consistently on the lovely face of Mountain House resident, Janice Hom. That warm smile, and the sparkling personality that goes with it, exudes a vibrancy for life from within her that is no doubt a necessary component for the challenges she takes-on. A resident of Mountain House since 2010, when she and her husband, Rich, purchased their home in the Bethany Village, Janice has seen her life grow in ways she never expected, as she has become a fierce physical competitor. Now, as a bona-fide “Ironman” medal recipient, life for the unassuming wife and mother of two has shifted to new levels of focus and achievement. Mountain House Matters sat down with Janice Hom to discuss her most recent accomplishment, competing in the Ironman Santa Rosa triathlon race event, held May 12, 2018. “This was my first Ironman competition,” she stated excitedly. “It was such an amazing experience!” Not ever particularly competitive growing up, she said, Janice first became an avid bicyclist about five years ago, really as a means of getting back in shape after the birth of her two kids. Born and raised in the Boston area, Janice moved to California at the age of 29, to get away from the New England cold, she said. She had decided to inquire with the clothing company she was working for at the time about a potential transfer. “They had branches in Hawaii and San Francisco,” she said. She was offered a position in San Francisco almost immediately, and she jumped at the chance to make the move. “Although my whole family still lives back East,” she affirmed, “I love being here”. Soon after her move, she met Rich Hom in The City. Things moved along pretty quickly,

and the two soon became a couple. He was living at the time in the East Bay town of Hercules. “I had no idea at first where that even was,” she said with her notorious smile. The two were married 13 years ago, and not too long thereafter started a family. “We made the move to Mountain House for the schools,” Janice explained. “My husband and I had decided we wanted our two kids to be close in age, so we had them both within 13 months of each other,” she said. Now 10 and 11 years old, Dakota and Danny are thriving at Bethany School. After the second baby, Dakota, was born, Janice said, dropping her weight back down was not happening. “I weighed 210 pounds and just wasn’t losing it.” She joined a gym and began a Step Class, she said. She soon discovered some members were cycling, and she was intrigued. She began cycling and soon found the added weight was dropping off. She continued biking and, ultimately, canceled her gym membership in favor of her own training regimen. An avid bicyclist now these past five years or so, Janice took her training to an all new level a couple of years ago. She began running on a regular basis, as well, with her friend and fellow cub scout mom, Karen De Castro. Running with Karen, she said, started as more of a social thing, while helping Karen with her race training. It grew into more of a passion, as she began competing in 5k, 10k, then half marathon races. She ran her first full marathon in Las Vegas in early 2017. That was followed by another

a couple of months later, then another and another. What started as one, became a very impressive run of five marathon races in a 13 month time frame. After going as a spectator to support a friend in the Santa Rosa Ironman competition in July 2017, Janice was inspired. She added swimming to her training regimen and made the leap to pursuing the “Iron Man” competition herself, achieving that goal at her first such event May 12, 2018, also in Santa Rosa. The Ironman Triathlon consists of a three-part race, going back-to-backto-back, all in a one day event. The competition includes a 2.4 mile swim, followed by a 112 mile bike ride, and then a 26.2 mile full-marathon run. Janice completed the entire race beating her goal. “My goal was to come in under 15 hours. I started in the water at 7:05 am and crossed the fincontinued page 10

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2018 Mountain House Kite Run/Kite Fest Highlights By Bryan Harrison

It was a beautiful morning for the annual Mountain House Kite Run 5k/10k Tristan Chabot handled MC duties beautifully for the race Saturday, June 2, 2018. The early first time at the 2018 Kite Run morning was warm and with almost no A complete photo gallery may be found on the wind. Fortunately, the wind kicked up MH Matters Facebook page: nicely before noon, to the delight of www.facebook.com/MountainHouseMatters/ kite fest-goers. Taking the helm of Kite Run for the first time, on behalf of the MH Flag Football League board were Tristan Chabot and Stephanie Olsen. Working with their crew of volunteers, the duo put together a race day that some more than 200 participants join-in. Each racer who crossed the finish line received a customized Kite Run medal, Jordan Meneses Reyes, 33, of Walnut Creek, took first place in the 10k with trophies for first place, men and division, coming in at 36:25 women, from both the 5k and 10k race participants. Jordan Meneses Reyes, 33, of Walnut Creek, took first place in the 10k division, coming in at 36:25. Mountain House's own Brenna Ridge, 29, took the women's 10k victory, with a time of 45:59. 5k winners were: 15 year old Calvin Richey, of Brentwood, who crossed the line at 18:01; and 12 year old Mason Harsch, of Livermore, who came in at 25:45. Complete race results are posted at: https://runsignup.com/race/results/ ?raceId=62520#resultSetId-118519. The Kite Run was followed later the same morning by the annual Mountain House Kite Festival, which turned out to be a nice breezy day, despite temperatures reaching near the century mark. Kite Run’s Co-Chair, Tristan Chabot stated that she hopes to move the event to May 4th next year, likely going with a Starwarsbased theme. The Kite Festival followed, running from 10am to 3pm. The day heated up to near 100 degree temps, but a nice breeze kicked in to not only provide for some great kite flying, but also kept the day from feeling too extremely hot.

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The Month of May 2018, our French Camp McKinley Fire District and our Mountain House Fire Department personnel were thrilled about the number of opportunities they had with the members of the communities of Mountain House Community Services District. • 5-3-2018: Your Mountain House firefighters were able to help participate in California Highway Patrol’s “Every 15 Minutes” program at Mountain House High School. We worked alongside CHP, San Joaquin County Sheriff, AMR and DLA to help show the dangers associated with drunk driving and poor decision making. The “Every 15 Minutes program” is a two-day program focusing on high school juniors and seniors, which challenges them to think about drinking, driving, personal safety, the responsibility of making mature decisions and the impact their decisions have on family, friends, their community, and many others. We are proud to serve this community! • 5-4-2018: Mountain House Fire Department on-duty crew visited Fourth Graders at Questa Elementary School. • 5-10-2018: MHFD personnel were able to provide a fire extinguisher class for staff working at the Waste Water Treatment Plant. • 5-11-2018: The Mountain House Fire Department on-duty crew visited another Fourth-Grade class at Questa Elementary School. • 5-16-2018: MHFD on-duty crew attended the Safety Meeting at the Lammersville School District Office Board Room. • 5-16-2018: On this day, we were remembering Firefighter Marcos Ruiz’s last alarm on 05/16/2016. He was a member of the AMR, French Camp, and Mountain House Fire family. Always family to us. Rest Easy brother! • 5-23-2018: Mountain House Fire Department on-duty crew visited a Kindergarten Class at Questa Elementary School. • 5-25-2018: The MHFD on-duty personnel attended the “School’s Out Celebration” and had a fun experience with the children there. Everyone enjoyed seeing the fire apparatuses and equipment on the engines.

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Mountain House’s Own Lady Ironman continued from page 9

ish line at 9:35pm. 14 hours and 30 minutes! I did it!” she exclaimed. “All my time and hard work was paid off at that very moment,” she stated in her post-race report.* Intensive training for such an epic race was mandatory. Putting in the time was crucial. “Training went great!” Janice exclaimed. “For 30 weeks I swam, biked and ran, religiously. To be exact, I ran 800 miles, biked 3,500 miles, and swam 104 miles during that time,” she explained. “I followed a book called Be Iron Fit.” The book offers three levels of training. Janice chose the most aggressive and intense of the three. “This (program) had weeks that went up to 20 hours of training. I had the most wonderful training partner, Kathryn, and together we signed up for cycling events, did a crazy hard ‘triple brick’ and went up to Santa Rosa a few times to ride and swim the course,” she explained. “I stayed on target and put in all the work asked even when on vacation,” she said. Because she felt her swimming ability was weak, she doubled up her efforts there. “I made sure to do a lot of open water swims in several different lakes, over 20 times in the several months of training. Sometimes in freezing cold temperatures of 56 degrees. I got used to the 2.4 distance by doing it at least 10 times.” During the course of our interview, she stated again how all her training really paid off, almost amazed that she didn’t feel nearly as exhausted or depleted at the end of the race as she had expected. During the marathon run portion of the race, an 8.7 mile course runners had to circle three times, Janice couldn’t understand why no

one from her family was there to cheer her on. Slightly disheartened, she carried on. It wasn’t until the very end that she came to realize that her family had all volunteered to help at the finish line. “The best part...,” she said, with that familiar warm smile, “I crossed the blown up arch and timing mat and I see this tiny girl in a bright fluorescent T-shirt down past her knees holding a medal. What?? How can this be?,” she queried. “My 10 year old daughter was there waiting to put the medal around me. Along with my 11 year old son with water, my husband with my finisher’s hat, and Karen with a space blanket.” Janice was blown away. “My son recorded it all on my GoPro for me.” Janice stated numerous times just how supportive and inspiring her husband has been. He makes it possible for her to spend the extended hours training, and pushes her to do even more. “My husband encouraged me to sign-up for the next available Ironman November 18th in Arizona,” she said with a grin. Within six days of completing this first one, in Santa Rosa, Janice registered for the Arizona event. And, she’s already talking about repeating the Santa Rosa race again next year.

Avoiding A Chaotic Dystopia

June 2018

By Rajvee Patel

Whether it’s a sci-fi novel or a page-turning thriller, many of us have a close connection to a book (or books) in some sort of way. We’ve had them read to us ever since we were toddlers and continue to use them as we grow up. Books, if you think about it, are quite essential to a person’s life. People read in order to gain knowledge about specific topics. Some read to experience the excitement of suspense, many also read because it’s a part of their religion. Math, science, and many other books are used in school systems to teach students. Novels, short stories, and other forms of writing are ways writers can express themselves through words. Some religious books are known to be the words of God and some are an important part of the faith, which is why believers read them. Now, I’d like you to imagine a world where books are banned because the government believes they are nonsense. A world where if a citizen were to be found reading, all the books he/she possessed would be burned right in front of them. A place where the people, whose jobs are to go around burning books, are known as fireman. Instead of putting out fires, they start them. A nation where technology has taken full control. This was

the exact dystopian future Ray Bradbury depicted in his novel, Fahrenheit 451. Recently, I got the chance to read this book in my English class. What I realized was the more I discussed the themes and central ideas of the novel with my fellow classmates, the more and more it seemed like our world today. Now, I don’t mean that literally since books haven’t been banned. Yet. But, what if they will be? This fear is slowly starting to sink in because the chances of something like this happening are possible. I believe that Ray Bradbury predicted the future in the sense that many people would be controlled by technology, which would later lead them to stop doing things the old way, like reading a book. The fact that all of this is slowly starting to happen to our world today is devastating. We want to preserve our past, not destroy it. We want to educate generations in the traditional way, through textbooks. I’m sure none of us would want a future where children would have to go to museums to see what a book looked like. So, next time you feel too caught up in the world’s tornado of advancing technology, stop. Grab a book, curl up by the window, and read. It just might change your life.

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Clearly on the edge of diving in deep, Janice expressed that things could go either way for her at this moment. “There is a ‘legacy’ program if you do 12!!!” she laughed. The November 18, 2018 Ironman Arizona event is a benefit for “Smile Train Foundation”, which serves to help heal children with cleft palates on an international scale. As part of Janice’s entry, in addition to a $250 registration fee, she is pledging to raise $3,000 toward the cause. That can come through sponsorships and/or straight-up donations. For more, go to: https://my.smiletrain.org/fundraiser/ janicehomironmanarizona20181878640295 *Read Janice’s Post-Race Report at:www. facebook.com/notes/janice-hom/race-report-forironman-santa-rosa-may-12-2018-warning-thisis-long/10216220161834508/

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Mountain House Matters! is brought to you courtesy of your Mountain House neighbors at Association News Network, Inc., a small and locally-owned publishing firm. The community newspaper, MH Matters, is mailed monthly to every address in the 95391 zip code. As of the January 2018 issue, Mountain House Matters has crossed the epic benchmark of reaching 5,000 rooftops. The paper is now delivered by mail to 5,089 mailboxes, reaching some 17,000 people. In addition, 200-300 copies of each issue continue to be distributed to nearby drop-off locations.

The views and comments expressed within the articles herein are intended to bring current neighborhood village and community information to your door. Publisher assumes no responsibility for any opinions and/or statements offered by contributing authors to the publication, claims or statements made by advertisers, or for any errors or omissions in the paper. Please check with individual groups for further information as events schedules do sometimes change. Acceptance of advertising material does not constitute endorsement of the products or services offered. A.N.N., Inc. reserves the right to reject any advertising copy or placement.

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New to Mountain House? Maybe been here awhile and are ready to get more involved in the community? Here are some contacts, resources and groups that will hopefully help you plug in and turn on! To have your local group added to this list, please email your information to info@mhmatters.net, or call 209-597-8157

LOCAL GOVERNMENT & CIVIC RESOURCES MH Community Services District: www.mountainhousecsd.org - 209-831-2300 230 S. Sterling Drive, Suite 100 MH Sheriff Services: Emergency - 911 • Non-Emergency - (209) 468-4400 MH Fire Services: Emergency - 911 • Non-Emergency - (209) 407-2990 MH Master Restrictions Enforcement - (209) 831-5606, or chathorn@sjgov.org or report online: www.mountainhousecsd.org/resident-services/report-a-concern MH Library: www.ssjcpl.org/locations/county/mhouse.html - 250 Main Street

Mountain House Matters: www.MHMatters.net - 209-597-8157 Mailing Address: 2455 Naglee Rd #263, Tracy, CA 95304 MH Facebook Group: facebook.com/groups/MountainHouse San Joaquin County Animal Services: (209) 953-6070 MH Welcome Center: 955 Prosperity Street @ Mustang Way - (209) 221-6317 MH Online Forum: www.MHvillages.com MH Wiki: http://wiki.mhvillages.com/

COMMUNITY GROUPS & CLUBS

ICAN of the Delta Valley: search ICAN of the Delta Valley on Facebook MH Autism Awareness: search Mountain House Autism Awareness on Facebook MH Auto Club: www.facebook.com/groups/mhautoclub MH BNI Power Partners: search BNI Mountain House on Facebook MH Beaver Group: www.facebook.com/groups/MHBeavers/ MH Cancer Support Group: search "Mountain House Cancer Support Group" on Facebook

To List your local group, please email your information to bryan@mhmatters.net, or call 209-597-8157

Deadline for the next issue is June 30

Mountain House Cricket Club and Youth Club: mhcricketclub@googlegroups.com MH Cub Scout Pack 511: www.mhpack511.com MH Dog Club: www.MHdogclub.com MH Feral Cat Rescue: www.MountainHouseCats.com - 209-597-8150 MH Filipino-American Society: www.facebook.com/groups/MHFILAMS/ MH Flag Football, Inc.: www.mhflagfootball.com (including: MH Tennis, Youth Cheer, Golf Club, & Kite Run) MH Game Club: Search Mountain House Game Club on Facebook MH Gardeners Facebook Group: Search Mountain House Gardeners on FB MH Kindness Club: contact Hari Kattana: hkattana@yahoo.com

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MH La Leche League: www.lllnorcal.org/groups/LivermoreCA.html MH LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual & Transgender) Group: www.facebook.com/groups/mhlgbt/

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Comedy Show Raises Funds for Case For Kids By Bryan Harrison

The Central Valley Fil-Am Association, in conjunction with the Rotary Club of Mountain House, presented The 6ix - A Comedy Show fund-raiser to benefit Case For Kids, at the Grant Bar & Lounge Friday, May 18, 2018. The show featured six comics, both local and more national, for an evening of mostly clean comedy, all in an effort to raise money for a very worthy charity. “We are excited to be able to bring some great comedic talent to our community, while helping a wonderful cause at the same time,” said Leilani Alfonso, a key promoter of the event. Ms. Alfonso is a member of both sponsoring groups, Fil-Am Association and the MH Rotary. On-hand was Case For Kids Founder, Lori Souza, who expressed her delight at the turnout, and such helpful enthusiasm to assist with her cause. Case For Kids provides dignity to children entering the foster care system. Souza, a Social Worker in neighboring Stanislaus County by day, created her non-profit in Tracy as a result of the tragic scenes she has witnessed with children going into the foster care system.

“They tend to gather up their worldly possessions and throw everything in a big garbage bag,” Ms. Souza said. “This becomes what they think they are, or all they deserve.” Case For Kids provides each child with the necessities for moving, including toiletries, clothing, sheets, and more all put together in a nice travel crate that becomes their own. “We try to do all we can to keep families together,” she explained. “When we can’t, we at least want the children to travel with some dignity.” For more, go to: http://caseforkids.org. The night of comedy featured nationally recognized headliner, Dennis Gaxiola, along with regional and local talent that included Mountain House’s own, Joe Hughes. Hosted by Yvette Fernandez, the evening featured lots of laughs, as well as door prizes and a 50/50 Raffle. Ms. Souza expressed her gratitude to the crowd during a quick interview with Fernandez in between acts. Estimated fund-raising on the night was more than $1,800.

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“We share in the pain,” Veronica told the intimate crowd. “This memorial will continue for them, and will help our students remember them. Ms. Paul explained the level of work required to be able to create this garden space. The Environmental Club raised $500 with the help of iKids Academy, as proceeds and donations from their Earth Day art contest and celebration. Local crafts business, Camp Sew & Sew, also contributed to the effort, she said.

For her part, Veronica Paul leaves the MHHS Environmental Club in good standing, and in good hands. While she takes her next step, entering the College of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences at UC Berkeley, incoming MHHS Senior and Environmental Club President-Elect, Michelle Dean, will take the helm. Veronica’s brother, , also serves on the Environmental Club. So, the family legacy will no doubt continue.

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Mustangs Track Finishes Strong MH Wolverines Win Jam On It Tourney

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By Levinia Woods, MHHS Athletic Dir. VARSITY TRACK Mustangs Stampede Through Events at the TVL Track and Field Championships Congratulations to several members of the Track and Field team who competed May 11, 2018 at the TVL Championships. Freshman Maya Gormon had a personal best in the Long Jump, earning her 1st place. Maya Gormon

Nkem Ikechiuku finished in 3rd place in the Girls 100 meter, followed by Nikki Piazza in 4th place. Gormon, Piazza, Ikechiuku and Isabel Arrizano took first place in the 4×100 realy, as did our Boys team consisting of Chris Adrian, Anakin Zimmermann, Quincy Butler and Justin Yadao. The boys team also dominated the open 100 meter dash. Chris Adrian took first place; Justin Yadao, 2nd place; Anakin Zimmermann in 3rd place; and Quincy Butler took 4th. Chris Adrian also took first place in the 200 Meter Dash. Tristan Ambriz finished 2nd in the 400 meter, and Quincy took first place in the Long Jump and in the High Jump.

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The May 20, 2018 Mountain House Golf Club monthly tournament was held at Diablo Grande Golf Club in Patterson. An 8:30 am shotgun start got things going. Winner for the day was Dano Burton, with Mitch Crossley taking Closest to the Pin honors. The fun continues June 24th with one of season “major” tournaments, held this time at Hiddenbrooke Golf Club in Vallejo. It’s an 8am shotgun start.

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All dates and events subject to change. Check with your respective groups to verify

To submit your community-oriented event for consideration on the Mountain House Matters monthly calendar, please email event info, date, time, and location to: bryan@mhmatters.net

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LUSD Governing Board Meeting

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Sand Bucket Decorating (3-6 yr. olds) MH Firehouse - 11:30am - 1pm - 3pm

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Thursdays at MH Bar & Grill

Taco Thursday - 5-8pm - All ages Weekly

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Easy Chapter Book Readers Book Club Musical Robot! - 11am - 2pm and 3:15pm Preschool Storytime - 11:15am

MH Summer Swim Program Opens

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Monday through Saturday through July 31 10am-12pm: Swim lessons, adult lap swimming, possibly aerobic swim class 12pm-6pm: Open Swim - see page 7

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Thursdays at MH Bar & Grill

Taco Thursday - 5-8pm - All ages Weekly

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 MH Summer Swim Program JULY 2018 MH Independence Day PARADE!

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Sundays MH Farmers’ Market

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Mountain House High School Aquatic Center Monday through Saturday June 25 - July 31 10am-12pm: Swim lessons, adult lap swimming, possibly aerobic swim class 12pm-6pm: Open Swim - see page 7

Thursdays at MH Bar & Grill

Taco Thursday - 5-8pm - All ages Weekly

Sundays MH Farmers’ Market

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Puppet Art Theater: Tommy’s Rockin’ Train Troubles - 5:30pm

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