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Article: Claremont Community Foundation celebrates 20 years
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- Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
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- September 20, 2009
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CLAREMONT - Despite the heat, about 100 people turned out Sunday
to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Claremont Community
Foundation at the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden.
The sounds of a classical string and flute duo drifted through
the air as donors and organization members mingled over cocktails
and hors d'oevres.
The event not only marked the 20th anniversary of the
organization, it was also a commemoration of the choice of the
Sticky Monkey Flower (Mimulus Aurantiacus) as the official Claremont
city flower.
The flower is a shrub native to Oregon and most of California
that blooms in various colors.
Board member Angela Bekzadian-Avila made a brief presentation on
how the flower was ...