Writers Archives: Hailey Helms

A pair of pilots take a 1952 Harvard MK IV fixed wing single-engine plane for a spin Tuesday at Brackett Field in La Verne. The aircraft, a training plane, can go 205 mph at 5,000 feet. The airport hosts an aircraft and classic car display on the third Sunday of every month. Parts of the event were canceled last Sunday because of inclement weather./ photo by Natasha Brennan

Aircraft show goes on despite rain

By Hailey Helms, Natasha Brennan on May 25, 2018 in Community News, LV Life

About 10 people from the La Verne community and many pilots gathered Sunday at Brackett Airport for an aircraft show and barbecue.

Pomona Mayor Tim Sandoval packs up cleaning supplies in a trash-filled truck at the 12th annual Pomona Beautification Day Saturday. Hundreds of residents and volunteers from the community worked together at 33 project sites from 8 a.m. to noon. Volunteers picked up trash, planted trees, helped start community gardens and created what is soon to be Pomona’s first wilderness trail.

Thousands join in Pomona clean-up

By Hailey Helms, Natasha Brennan on May 18, 2018 in Community News, LV Life

Around 2,000 members of the Pomona community participated in the 12th Annual City-wide Pomona Beautification Day to engage in volunteer work Saturday.

Battle of the acapella welcomes Greek newbies

By Hailey Helms on May 4, 2018 in Greek Life, LV Life

Over 100 students came together to meet the newly initiated members of the La Verne Greek community at Greek Perfect, Wednesday night in Morgan Auditorium.

Earth Day honored

By Hailey Helms on April 27, 2018 in Community News, LV Life

Claremont hosted its annual Earth Day Celebration Sunday in the Claremont Village.

Dynamite Dawson rocks Leo Lineup

By Hailey Helms on April 20, 2018 in Arts, Etc., Music

About 10 students and members of the La Verne community popped in and out of the first floor of the Campus Center Wednesday night for the Leo Lineup to enjoy music from the band Dynamite Dawson.

Artists sell pieces to feed mind, body and soul

By Hailey Helms on April 13, 2018 in Arts, Etc., Fine Art

Artists of various media gathered at the Claremont Art Walk to showcase their work to the community Saturday in the Claremont Village. The monthly event gives guests the opportunity to eat, visit art galleries and purchase work from local artists.

Spring Celebration event features egg hunt

By Hailey Helms on April 6, 2018 in Community News, LV Life

Families came together for a traditional Spring Celebration Saturday at Claremont’s Memorial Park.

Tatiana Tatarinova, Fletcher Jones Endowed Chair in computational biology, explains the significance of digging graves to discover ancient bodies’ countries of origin to an audience of 37. She presented the lecture, “Bioinformatics for Fun, for History, and Everything else,” Tuesday in the President’s Dining Room. She talked about the Khazarian puzzle, or the idea that Khazars were converted to Judaism and subsequently diluted their culture. Tatarinova has found Khazar DNA in remains from eastern European countries.

Lecture digs into evolution of DNA

By Hailey Helms, Tyler Evains on March 30, 2018 in News

Roughly 40 students and faculty gathered in the President’s Dining Room for Tuesday’s faculty lecture, “Bioinformatics for Fun, for History, and Everything else,” by Tatiana Tatarinova, professor of computational biology, and one of two new Fletcher Jones endowed chairs in the department.

Dickinson senior second baseman Brendan Pell throws out La Verne junior second baseman Rudy Casarez III at second base to end a four-run fifth inning for La Verne. Despite a three-run first inning rally from Dickinson, the Leopards exorcised the Red Devils with a strong offensive performance, 11-6, Monday at Ben Hines Field.

Leopards bedevil Dickinson, 11-6

By Hailey Helms, Spencer Croce on March 16, 2018 in Baseball, Feature Slider, Sports

The baseball team exploded for nine extra-base hits Monday to defeat Dickinson at Ben Hines Field, 11-6.

Nha Le is the manager at Ding Tea, a boba shop that opened Jan. 15. Ding Tea sells not only tea, but also milk tea, coffee and fruit juice. Customers may choose to add boba or any other toppings, including golden boba, coffee jelly, egg pudding, mousse and rainbow jelly. / photo by Maydeen Merino

Tea shop brews fun, unique tastes

By Hailey Helms, Maydeen Merino on March 9, 2018 in Dining, LV Life

Ding Tea opened its doors in La Verne Jan. 15 and offers a wide variety of teas, boba, hot drinks, coffee, and other sweets to its customers.

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