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Kiosk Fridays
Pacific Groove Dance Jam Chautauqua Hall 8-10 PM Dance to DJs Adults $10/Teens $5 Youth Free • 1st Time Free info@dancejampg.org •
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Dance at Chautauqua Hall
• All Month Long
Throughout February. Go Red Tree Lighting at CHOMP To honor women and promote the prevention of heart disease all month long. Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula front entrance, 23625 Holman Highway,
1st Fri. Art Gala - Page 9
Mexican vacation - Page 11
Pacific Grove’s
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• Sat. Feb. 25
Youth Baseball & Softball Card Collecting Event 11 AM - 2 PM Downtown Pacific Grove
• Saturday, Feb. 25
2-hour tours of Ed Rickett’s Lab; limited spaces 500 Cannery Row, Monterey 10 a.m., 12 noon and 2 p.m. $15 donation requested, cash or check at door Contact: The nonprofit Cannery Row Foundation; register at tours@canneryrow.org •
Open Mic - Page 14
Feb. 24-March 2, 2017
Your Community NEWSpaper
The End of the Rainbow is on the 12th Green
Fri. March 3
7th Anniversary Frist Friday Downtown Pacific Grove Free Event
• Sat. March 4
Monthly Book Sale 10:00am – 4:00pmPacific Grove Library Many treasures!
• Tues. March 7
“American Umpire” Film on Foreign Intervention 6PM - 8PM. MIIS Irvine Auditorium, McCone Building, 499 Pierce Street, Monterey Free - no RSVP needed WWW.WACMB.ORG •
Thurs. March 9
Sea Scribes Calligraphy Guild Open Ground Studios 1230 Fremont Blvd Seaside 7 PM •
Fri. March 10
Grand Opening “ArtWorks @PacificGrove” 5:008:00PM American Tin Cannery •
Sat., March 11
Learn to Draw Birds at the Lyceum 3:00 – 5:00 PM Ages: 8 - 12 Limited to 8 students Instructor: Julie Heilman Fee: $35.00 (includes materials) •
Inside Animal Tales & Other Random Thoughts............... 17 Cartoon.............................................. 2 Crime................................................. 4 Homeless in Paradise........................ 18 Keepers of Our Culture..................... 16 Legal Notices.............................. 18, 19 Obituary....................................... 6, 13 Otter Views....................................... 17 Outside the Box................................ 16 Rain Gauge........................................ 2 Real Estate.............................. 4, 16, 20 Sports............................................... 10
Lots of people chased the rainbow on Tuesday, but it was PGPD Sgt. Jeff Fenton who found the end of it, and said it’s on the 12th green. Our new favorite motto for the Visitors’ Center!
Vol. IX, Issue 22
The State of our Favorite City Reviewing what will be his final term of office as mayor of Pacific Grove, Bill Kampe addressed a large, receptive crowd of citizens, staff and officials on the current state of the city. He proudly pointed to accomplishments made in the past two years, since the City Council met to establish its top priorities – something they are currently doing in a series of meetings meant to set an agenda for the next two years. The City Council at that time adopted three top priorities: Infrastructure for the future, financial sustainability, and effective public engagement. How did the City do it meeting these priorities? Infrastructure, including streets, sidewalks, water, storm and sewer drains In addition to many projects around the city, Pubic Works responded to 796 work orders in the past year, ranging from trees falling, storm flooding and more, mostly requests by Pacific Grove residents. Kampe says that the city's sewer system program is adequately funded and is no longer crisis-driven. When he touched on the spill from the pump station at 15th Street, which occurred a little more than a year ago, he pointed out that the problems there were not of the city's making, a fact which was reaffirmed by the Civil Grand Jury. He expressed pride at the city's “very thorough plans” and solid funding now in place to upgrade the sewer system on a regular basis citywide. A Continuous Deflection System (CDS) has been installed in the Greenwood Park area. The CDS will remove solid materials from the stormwater and further protect the Bay. A similar project is underway in the area of 14th and Sinex and for the Lovers Point watershed. A project steady in the making is the Local Water Project, of which Kampe can
See STATE OF THE CITY page 2
Butterfly season at the Pacific Grove Monarch Sanctuary has officially ended
Per a February 4 count, approximately 1,268 monarchs were observed by volunteers and staff with the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History around the Pacific Grove landmark. At the height of the season in November, approximately 17,000 monarch butterflies were observed at the site. Following their mating season, monarchs typically begin their migratory cycle in mid to late February and do not return to the area until around mid-October. Museum Education Manager Nick Stong said this year’s peak is higher than last season, which peaked at approximately 11,000. “Due to the protocols used to count monarchs at California overwintering sites, our November count of 17,000 refects an actual number of anywhere from 13,500-20,400 (about a 20 percent margin of error),” Stong said. “Taking that into account, as well as
the dynamic nature of monarch overwintering behavior, it would be difficult to draw any conclusions regarding the overall population of Western monarchs by simply looking at these numbers. It was great to see so many monarchs at the Sanctuary this year, and we hope the number goes up next season.” Each year, volunteers and Museum staff engage in the annual Thanksgiving Count, observing monarchs from a number of overwintering sites scattered throughout Monterey County. Results from the counts are reported to the nonprofit Xerces Society. According to this year’s Monterey County numbers, a large number of monarchs were observed overwintering at a private location in Big Sur,
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• February 24, 2017
PSTATE OF THE CITY From Page 1
Joan Skillman
be rightfully proud, along with the former city manager, regional water officials, and Pubic Works. The official ground-breaking was held in December and work progresses to provide recycled water for use in irrigating the cemetery and golf course, both city properties which are expensive to irrigate with potable water as is currently being done. The city looks forward to escaping future drought restrictions on this source of income, and to helping the region-wide effort to mitigate the cease and desist order under which the Peninsula is laboring. While many streets in the city limits are still in sore need of repair and improvement, Mayor Kampe enumerated that 4.1 miles of roadway in Del Monte Park have been rehabilitated, and that five more solar streetlights have been added in Candy Cane Lane to bring the total to 12. He also pointed to the traffic calming efforts in the Central Avenue entryway to the city. Financial Sustainability After downsizing staff, shortening service hours, and outsourcing some city functions, the city has, for the ninth straight year, achieved an operating surplus and has built reserves, allowing for a major infrastructure effort for the current fiscal year. Other factors contributing to the stronger fiscal picture include the Measure U sales tax measure and income from the short term rental program, which produces some $1 million per year for city coffers. Some service fees have also been raised to more fully recover costs. Kampe pointed out that the city is strongly dependent on grants for special projects, being about $1.4 million short of what we need to maintain the status quo in terms of the maintenance budget. He lauded the voters' approval of the transportation sales tax measure passed in the November election, a measure which will provide much needed funding for street and sidewalks, but he said that despite the tax and a review of the city's master fee schedule, there will likely be a shortfall in the near term. CalPERS, that old problem Kampe admits that we have not made much progress in meeting the CalPERS challenge. And he admits that there's not a lot the city can do on its own. He warned that we must plan for an increase, and that CalPERS is not being very helpful in this regard. He said that CalPERS is merely “kicking the can down the road.” The CalPERS issue, one in which we are not alone, needs state-level action from the legislature or the courts. Community Development A draft Local Coastal Plan will come before the City Council in March. From there it will go before the Coastal Commission, and once approved there the City can process and act on development applications in the Coastal Zone without the necessity of going to the Coastal Commission separately. The mayor pointed to a series of projects underway or soon to be underway: the Holman building which has met with some challenges but is still moving ahead; a mixed-use concept including higher density housing for the block with the Lighthouse Cinema; an application for a 125-room hotel on the lower Holman Building block; a mixed-use development for the block that includes everyone's favorite, Goodie's; and hotel usage a the American Tin Cannery site, which Kampe said he feels is much better use of the property than its current usage or even the reason for which it was originally built – a cannery. It’s been a busy year for Community Development, he said: 624 building permits issued; 1100 planning permits; 428 tree permits. Engaging with the public is important to Mayor Kampe, as well as to the rest of
Skillshots
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PMONARCHS From Page 1
with 39,753 monarchs counted at the height of the season. Last year, just over 5,000 monarchs were observed at the same site. “In 2014, volunteers counted more than 32,000 monarchs at one of the Big Sur overwintering sites,” Stong said. “The Soberanes fire and a few very cold weeks are only a couple of the many factors that may have influenced the movements of the monarchs this year.” The Sanctuary is located at 250 Ridge Road and is free to enter. Visit the Museum’s monarch page at pgmuseum.org/monarch-viewing.
Pacific Grove’s Rain Gauge Data reported at Canterbury Woods
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Week ending 02-23-17- at 7:40 AM...... 3.54" Total for the season............................. 20.42" The historic average to this date is ........N/A" Wettest year.................................................. 47.15" During rain year 07-01-97 through 06-30-98 Driest year...................................................... 6.36" During rain year 07-01-12 through 06-30-13 .....................................................................15.54” RAINFALL SEASON BEGINS JULY 1 EACH YEAR
Near Lovers Point Data reported by John Munch at 18th St.
Near Lovers Point Week ending morning 02/09/16......... 3.05" Data reported by John Munch at 18th St. Total for the season (since 7/1/16)...... 18.55" Week ending .19" Last week low 12/07/16.......................... temperature..................46.9 F Total for the season (since 7/1/16). . ...... 5.42" Last week high temperature.................67.8 F Lastyear week temperature..................41.5 Last rainlow to date (7/1/15-12/16/16)..... 11.93”F Last week high temperature.................63.5 F
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the City Council and the staff. The first goal is to make sure public information about our government and our activities is accessible our residents and staff in a timely, reliable, and accurate manner,” he said, pointing out that a software package called OpenGov has been added to the City website. OpenGov makes it easier to see the city budget and expenses online. He praised city staff for the great care they take to see that agenda postings, agenda packages, and the meetings of boards, commissions, and council meet the requirements and the spirit of the Brown Act, which seeks to ensure public participation in open meetings of legislative bodies. The City Clerk’s office has responded to more than 150 Public Records Act Requests in the past year. “We seek reliable and reasonable results,” in serving the public, he said, striving to make interactions professional, pleasing, and productive. Mayor Kampe does like alliteration. The police department was tops on his list for public outreach programs. He mentioned National Night Out, an opportunity to picnic with the officers and get to know them, but he didn’t bring up the Harry Potter event held last fall. The police department has also begun using social media – notably Facebook and Twitter – to reach out to the public and to keep the public apprised of news as well as safety issues. A new labor agreement has been reached with the POA which restores healthcare benefits, and hopefully will help recruiting and retention. Ten new public safety employees have been hired, and Pacific Grove is the safest city on the Peninsula. The rest of the story Before touching on a number of questions place by the public, Mayor Kampe did talk about subjects on the minds of many: Short Term Rentals and Water. He pointed out tat a new ordinance update has been enacted which includes a cap on the number of short term rentals, limits on the density of STR’s in each are of the city, and a commitment to enhanced code enforcement. He promised even more adjustments if needed. Mayor Kampe, who serves on the Mayors’ water authority board, was pleased to report that a key permit has been issued by the CPUC, a permit which will allow the Pure Water Monterey project concerning groundwater replenishment to go forward. The project will do advanced treatment of wastewater and inject the water into the Seaside Aquifer for storage Later the purified wate will provide additional supplemental potable water to the area. He said that the draft EIR for the desal project, a key component of the portfolio to provide reliable drinking water to the Peninsula, was issued in January and is available for comment. We all look forward to the results of the City Council’s planning workshops, the first held Jan. 28 and a followup held Feb. 22. These workshops are meant to set goals and plans for the coming 22 months. The workshops will look at historical, cultural and structural heritage, environmental stewardship, and more. It was a year of which the mayor and city council can be justly proud. And there’s more to come.
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Del Monte Kennel Club Donates to Peace of Mind Dog Rescue
Del Monte Kennel Club presents a total of $500 to Peace of Mind Dog Rescue in donations from individual club members. Left to right: Allison Souza (POM), Jackson, Suzanne Hill (DMKC), Angela Preston (POM), Ellen Mitchell (DMKC) holding Zeta.
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Cop Log Shoplifting On Forest Ave., officer was dispatched to a possible shoplifting No further information available Special event no parking is serious stuff Vehicle towed from 800 block of Oceanview as owner could not be located. Vehicle was parked on special event run route. IPod stolen from unlocked SUV On Grove St., past tense theft of an ipod out of an unlocked suv. No suspect information. Lost and Found, mostly lost On the above date and time, R/P reported he lost a wallet in the area of Central Ave.. Drunk and arguing on Lighthouse Ave. Officer was flagged down by citizen for an individual who was yelling in front of a business. Arrived on scene, met with three individuals who where intoxicated and arguing about a family member who was ill. A cab was called for one of the individuals. AMR was notified for second individual who had a difficult time standing on her own and had a hard time breathing. Second individual was released to her husband. Third individual was picked up by his roommate. Ride in Patrol Car for a Birthday Present Officer was dispatched to check the welfare of an elderly woman who knocked on a resident’s door and seemed lost. Officer located the woman who was using a walker in the 800 block of Forest. Dispatch advised the woman was expected back to a local senior living facility nearby. The female was unable to communicate well due to a medical condition which also affected her ability to move easily. Officer assisted the woman into the patrol car, and transported her and her property back to the residential care home. The woman’s adult daughter was waiting for her and told the officer the female was celebrating her 92nd birthday today. The daughter requested a photograph for her mother as a keepsake which i assisted with. The female was home safe. Information only. Don’t lend your tools out R/P is an out-of-jurisdiction resident who came to our city for assistance during a power outage. The R/P reported her friend borrowed a charger and battery for a saw about 4 months ago. The R/P said that he has borrowed things without permission in the past, but she has never had a problem with it. The R/P asked him for her things back today. He told her he needed to clean them up first. The R/P did not appreciate his answer & requested police assistance. The R/P did not have contact info for the subject, But said she may be able to locate it. Officer told her that this is a civil issue, but officer would call her friend and request for him to return her items when she provides the phone number.
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Programs at the Library For more information call 648-5760. •
Center for Spiritual Awakening
Tuesday, Feb. 28 • 11:00 am Pre-School stories at the Pacific Grove Library, 550 Central Avenue, ages 2-5 • Wednesday, March 1 • 3:45 pm Wacky Wednesday Stories: stories, science and craft projects 5-6:30 pm “Lego” My Library: Lego fun for all ages. • Thursday, March 2 • 11:00 am Baby Rhyme Time for babies birth - 24 months
522 Central Ave. • 831-372-1942
Central Presbyterian Church of Pacific Grove 325 Central Ave. • 831-375-7207
Chabad of Monterey
620 Lighthouse Ave., Entrance on 18th • 831-643-2770
Christian Church Disciples of Christ of Pacific Grove 442 Central Ave. • 831-372-0363
Church of Christ
176 Central Ave. • 831-375-3741
Community Baptist Church
Monterey & Pine Avenues • 831-375-4311
First Baptist Church of Pacific Grove 246 Laurel Ave. • 831-373-0741
First Church of God
1023 David Ave. • 831-372-5005
First United Methodist Church of Pacific Grove Worship: Sundays 10:00 a.m. 915 Sunset @ 17-Mile Dr. • 831-372-5875
Forest Hill United Methodist Church Services 9 a.m. Sundays 551 Gibson Ave. • 831-372-7956
Jehovah’s Witnesses of Pacific Grove 1100 Sunset Drive • 831-375-2138
Lighthouse Fellowship of Pacific Grove
PG Community Center, 515 Junipero Ave. • 831-333-0636
Manjushri Dharma Center
724 Forest Ave. • 831-917-3969 www.khenpokarten.org • carmelkhenpo@gmail.com
Mayflower Presbyterian Church 141 14th St. • 831-373-4705
Peninsula Baptist Church
1116 Funston Ave. • 831-394-5712
Peninsula Christian Center 520 Pine Ave. • 831-373-0431
St. Angela Merici Catholic Church 146 8th St. • 831-655-4160
St. Anselm’s Anglican Church
Sundays 9:30 a.m. 375 Lighthouse Ave. • 831-920-1620 Fr. Michael Bowhay
St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church Central Avenue & 12 th St. • 831-373-4441
Seventh-Day Adventist Church of the Monterey Peninsula 375 Lighthouse Ave. • 831-372-7818
Shoreline Community Church
Sunday Service 10 a.m. Robert Down Elementary, 485 Pine Ave. • 831-655-0100 www.shorelinechurch.org
OUTSIDE PACIFIC GROVE Bethlehem Lutheran Church
800 Cass St., Monterey • 831-373-1523 Pastor Bart Rall
Congregation Beth Israel
5716 Carmel Valley Rd., Carmel • 831-624-2015
Monterey Center for Spiritual Living
Sunday Service 10:30 am 400 West Franklin St., Monterey • 831-372-7326 www.montereycsl.org
Chautauqua Hall Dance Club February
Note: all fees will go up by $5 in the New Year (starting Jan 1): annual membership will be $15, with members paying $10 for admission thereafter. All drop-ins will be $15. Fee includes 55 min. dance lesson, DJ’d music for 3 hours and buffet of healthful snacks. Chautauqua Hall, 16th St. at Central Ave Pacific Grove, Cost: $15 for non-members, $10 for members. Annual membership fee is $15. Fee incl. 55 min. dance lesson, DJ’d music for 3 hours, buffet of healthful snacks. Chautauqua Hall Dance Club, a non-profit founded in 1926, is dedicated to making dance accessible to everyone. We offer dance classes in over 20 kinds of ballroom, nightclub and specialty dances so that everyone can share in the joy in partnered social dance. No partner needed. Everyone welcome. Kids 13 and under free with an adult. Contact: Sera Hirasuna, 831-262-0653 Sat., Feb 25, 2017, 6-10PM $15 for non-members, $10 for members. Annual membership fee is $15. Fee includes 55 min. dance lesson, DJ’d music for 3 hours and buffet of healthful snacks. Contact: Sera Hirasuna, 831-262-0653
Gentrain Society Lectures
The Gentrain Society of Monterey Peninsula College is sponsoring these free public lectures in March and April, 2017. For lengthier descriptions and illustrations for these talks please see the Gentrain website. Wednesday, March 1, 2017 Gentrain Society Lecture: Alexander Hamilton: From Pluribus to Unum Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Free; MPC Parking $2.00 Information: www.gentrain.org ; info@gentrain.org ; 372-0895 Of all our country’s Founders, Alexander Hamilton has been least admired by succeeding generations of Americans. Yet his life reveals unparalleled accomplishment and dramatic intensity: Orphaned at 13, he became an aide-de-camp to General George Washington, he was an ardent and persuasive advocate for the Constitution, and finally, was appointed Secretary of the Treasury by the age of 34. Hamilton’s life and importance will be reviewed by Richard Kezirian, PhD, Professor Emeritus from Monterey Peninsula College and the Panetta Institute. Wednesday, March 15, 2017 Gentrain Society Lecture: Travels In Mali Burkina Faso Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Free; MPC Parking $2.00 Information: www.gentrain.org ; info@gentrain.org ; 372-0895 Sandy and Gail Cohen have been traveling to exotic locations for the past 15 years. Come with them on this trip to Burkina Faso and Mali in West Africa: encounter the nomadic Fulani with their colorful jewelry and tattooed faces, mingle with the Dogon who live on the sides of an escarpment in Mali, cruise down the Niger River to the legendary city of Timbuktu, and end with visits to the Great Mosque in Djenne and the capital, Bamako. Wednesday, April 5, 2017 Gentrain Society Lecture: One Brain’s Life Story Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Free; MPC Parking $2.00 Information: www.gentrain.org ; info@gentrain.org ; 372-0895 Chris Hasegawa, PhD will provide a non-technical look at what happens in your brain through life. He’ll look briefly at normal brain functioning, and then delve into the mathematics, sensory, and biochemistry of the brain. We’ll talk our way through “sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll,” an introduction to brain scans, and will end with the newest thinking about what happens when dementia or Alzheimer’s disease strikes. Dr. Hasegawa retired as Dean of Extended Education and International Programs at CSU Monterey Bay. He did biochemical research on the brain tissue of drug addicted rats before teaching education, technology and science courses at CSUMB. He has renewed his interest in the biochemistry of the brain as his mother progressed through her own journey through dementia.
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Beloved Pacific Grove teacher, Virginia Woodward Stone, will be remembered by many of her students Obituary
Virginia Woodward Stone Virginia W. Stone (Ginny) passed away in her Carmel home November 17, 2016. She was a remarkable woman. Born in Portland, Oregon to Donald L. and Lillian Baker Woodward on February 1, 1927, she grew up in the family home she shared with her parents and two younger brothers. She attended schools in Portland and was given her life-long love of English by a high school English teacher, a profession she pursued with great success after graduating from the University of Oregon. After her first marriage she moved to the San Francisco Bay area where she worked in sales and eventually became a buyer for the iconic I. Magnin’s on Union square. Once, on leaving work, she shared the service elevator with Marilyn Monroe! Eventually she moved with her two small children to Moss Landing and then to Carmel where she lived with her mother Lillian Woodward, known for her column “Moss Landing Footnotes, a column Virginia later took over when her mother’s eyesight failed. Virginia turned to teaching first in Aromas and
Watsonville High School, then to Pacific Grove Middle School and finally to Pacific Grove High School. She touched many students’ lives. She instituted the first Advanced Placement class (English) in the 1970s, and created the popular honors English/ history class with Bob Russell in 1980. She established herself as an expert in Steinbeck. Her love of the local writer inspired many young students and her classes became the most popular at PGHS where she was known by students as “Mrs. Hummel.” During this time she found time to earn her master’s degree in English from San Jose College and teach part time at Monterey Peninsula College. There she developed a class called Steinbeck Country. She gave many lectures and classes in Doc Ricketts’s Lab and came to know several of Steinbeck’s personal friends. In 1978, she took a year long position at the American School in London. On her return she met the love of her life, Ben Stone, whom she married in 1983. They spent 25 glorious years together living in Carmel, traveling extensively to Europe,
especially her beloved England, Africa and South America where Ben pursued his passion for fly fishing and Virginia for history and family genealogy. Both were involved in numerous community groups many of which Virginia continued after Ben’s death. These included her years at Tor House, her volunteer work for La Mirada, The Monterey Museum of Art, the Monterey County Symphony Society, Democratic Women of Monterey County, Carmel Public Library Association and La Casa. One of her major causes was OLAF, the Odello Land Acquisition Fund. She was an avid follower of politics and sports, especially her beloved Giants and 49ers. She was in several book clubs, writing and poetry groups. She will be missed for her grace,
intelligence and insight. She in predeceased by her two brothers Donald and Richard Woodward, her parents and husband. She is survived by her son Chip Hummel, daughter Chris Carpenter- Franken, son-in-law Evan Franken, his son and daughter and grandson, her sister- in laws Jackie Woodward of Carmel and Lynn Woodward of San Francisco, as well as her beloved cousins. She is also survived by stepsons Ben Stone, Jr. and Larry Stone, stepdaughter Mary Holford, as well as numerous nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers memorial donations should be made in her honor to the charity of your choice. She was an elegant lady and she will be missed.
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MARCH 4-19, 2017 SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 7:30 PM CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL, CARMEL
ON THE MAP Q&A: DIRECTOR DANI MENKIN
SUNDAY, MARCH 5, 4 PM GOLDEN BOUGH PLAYHOUSE, CARMEL
ROCK IN THE RED ZONE Q&A: DIRECTOR LAURA BIALIS MUSIC: AVI VAKNIN
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 7 PM LIGHTHOUSE CINEMAS, PACIFIC GROVE
FEVER AT DAWN
SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 7 PM CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL, CARMEL
LABYRINTH OF LIES
SUNDAY, MARCH 12, 3:30 PM LIGHTHOUSE CINEMAS, PACIFIC GROVE
ONCE IN A LIFETIME Q&A: RACHEL DEBLINGER, UC-SANTA CRUZ
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 7 PM LIGHTHOUSE CINEMAS, PACIFIC GROVE
SABENA HIJACKING: MY VERSION
SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 7 PM MIIS, IRVINE AUDITORIUM, MONTEREY
ROSENWALD SPEAKER: DUMISANI WASHINGTON
SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 7 PM CONGREGATION BETH ISRAEL, CARMEL
FRANK VS. GOD PANEL: RABBI BRUCE GREENBAUM, FATHER ROBERT FISHER, REV. MARK PEAKE
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How California Got Modern: Richard Neutra Tom Stevens
Like a braided silk cord, a beautiful line runs from 17th century Japan to modern California. The line looped through northern Europe, circled the American Midwest, and revisited Asia on its way here. But California was its true destination. An Austrian-American architect named Richard Neutra saw to that. As part of its resident speaker series, PG’s Canterbury Woods recently hosted a fast-paced lecture and slide show by the architect’s youngest son, Dr. Raymond Neutra. Sponsored by the Alliance of Monterey Area Preservationists (AMAP), the talk drew an audience of 100-plus to the Canterbury auditorium. As Dr. Neutra’s listeners strolled toward his lecture along indoor-outdoor corridors and past garden courts, few realized they were moving through a space whose template Richard Neutra had helped fashion. But after the talk, they saw with new eyes, recognizing in their surroundings the design style called California Modern. Inspired by Shogun-era Japanese houses whose sliding panels opened onto garden courtyards, California Modern extends its buildings out into nature, visually and structurally. It also brings the outdoors in. Strong horizontals and airy natural lighting enable this, Dr. Neutra explained, as do flat roofs, overhanging eves, sun louvers, sliding doors, colonnaded walkways and patio gardens. The look is so widespread now it’s hard to imagine a time when California was not “modern.” Throughout the state and its desert neighbors, horizontal orientation and indoor-outdoor fusion inform buildings of all types and sizes. Any western public school built since World War Two shows California Modern lines. So do hospitals, courthouses, bus depots, airports, apartment buildings, shopping malls and countless suburban homes. Yet in Dr. Neutra’s telling, this near-ubiquitous style arose from a few far-flung collaborators, his father prominent among them. A well-educated Austrian who came of age amid the intellectual ferment of post-World War I Europe, Richard Neutra shared the progressive ideals of Viennese architect Adolf Loos, Swiss cubist Le Corbusier, and German-born designer Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. These visionaries favored a clean, “unadorned” architectural style antithetical to the neo-classical pomp of previous eras. Along with their fellow revolutionaries in dance, painting, sculpture, music, drama, film and fashion, they earned a radical new descriptor: they were “modern.”
Dr. Raymond Neutra Underpinning the “modern” movement was a socialist idea: what had been good for the few could be made good for the many. Arts long intended for Europe’s titled elite suddenly found a new clientele: the rising industrial classes. In architecture, this manifested in well-lit, well-ventilated, pre-fabricated buildings easy to replicate. Instead of showy mansions for the rich, Europe’s cutting-edge architects were designing simple, spare, “48-hour houses” for workers. When he migrated to America in 1923, Richard Neutra brought these “internationalist” ideas with him. The U.S. then trailed Europe in progressive design, with the notable exception of Frank Lloyd Wright, a Midwesterner whose “Prairie School” pioneered many concepts California Modern would later adapt. Wisconsin was Wright’s terrain; Los Angeles would be Neutra’s. Turning his back on the “Victorian, dark, overstuffed environment he grew up in,” Dr. Neutra explained, his father saw California’s spacious, open horizons as an ideal beta test site for Wright’s ideas. “My father’s work is a continuation of early ‘prairie house’ design,” Dr. Neutra said. “It’s a style of architecture where everything fits together organically.” A voracious researcher, Richard Neutra studied Wright’s early work and its stylistic cousins in Holland, where socialist architects were designing open-air public schools, sun-roof topped houses and “the world’s healthiest factories.” In 1930, Neutra traveled across America, sailed to Japan, then backtracked through Egypt’s Suez Canal to Europe, gleaning design ideas all the way. Inspired by the assembly-line democratic socialism of Henry Ford (“a car in every garage”), Neutra had written the book “How America Builds.” In Holland in 1930, he befriended Kees van der
Leeuw, a Dutch millionaire and design aficionado who had been impressed by the book. The Dutchman was eager to show off his modern house to Neutra. A few months later, van der Leeuw traveled to Los Angeles to see the celebrity spiritualist Krishnamurti, known to his theosophist devotees as “the second coming of Christ.” When the Dutchman arrived, he contacted Nuetra and asked to see his home. “I just rent a bungalow here,” the abashed architect said. With the cluelessness of the entitled, van der Leeuw asked: “Why don’t you build your own house?” “I can’t afford it,” Neutra replied. With that, Dr. Neutra said, the millionaire produced his checkbook, asked Richard Neutra how much he needed, and wrote out a check for $8,000, big bucks back then. “No bank would lend money at that time to build the kind of experimental house my father wanted to do,” Dr. Neutra said, calling van der Leeuw the “Dutch Uncle” of the California Modern movement. As Richard Neutra bent over his blueprints, an ingenious $8,000 dwelling rose on a 60-by-70 foot lot around him. Built for about half what a medium-priced L.A. home cost at the time, the Neutra house melded Frank Lloyd Wright’s clean prairie lines, Japanese indoor-outdoor aesthetics, and Dutch modernist practicality. It had a rooftop sun patio and “cooling pond,” sliding doors, even a “sleeping porch.” To these elements, Richard Neutra added his own features, ideas today as widespread as patio furniture. Among these were crank-operated awnings, transparent doors, mirrored panels to enlarge interior space, and the use of low-cost industrial materials like masonite. He also pioneered something so standard today it’s hard to believe it ever had to be thought up: outdoor landscape lighting. “My father was fascinated by what happened through the windows at night,” Dr. Neutra said, “so he mounted strip lighting under the eaves that bathed
the foliage outdoors.” Eureka! Functioning as both a three-family residence and Richard Neutra’s design studio, the multi-level building had 12 exits so “its many functions would not interrupt one another,” the younger Neutra said. As his dad’s business prospered and bank loans became available, the original 1932 house underwent remodels in 1940 and again in 1966. “In one place, you can see 40 years of a career take shape,” said Dr. Neutra, whose boyhood job was to escort through the house “architects from all over the world” and show them its innovations. “It was a unique kind of childhood,” he said. “Most boys don’t know what their father does for a living. I’d eavesdrop on client meetings, watch the draftsmen with their T-squares, and get dragged along on site inspections.” Those sites proliferated as Richard Neutra earned design commissions near and far: gem-like private homes in L.A.; secondary schools in California and Puerto Rico; public housing in Dallas; a village complex in Germany; a national park visitor center in Arizona. Locally, Neutra houses arose at Jack’s Peak and Pebble Beach. As Richard Neutra’s buildings peppered the landscape and appeared in magazines like Sunset, his ideas sent ripples worldwide. “His impact can be seen in Germany, Algeria, Scandinavia, South Africa, Finland, Greece, India, Bhutan, Mexico, Casablanca and Brazil,” Dr. Neutra said. As testimony to their lasting significance, a number of Neutra buildings today bear “national historic monument” status. But the architect’s influence reached beyond his structures. “Even my own career in public health was shaped by my father’s concern for social justice and for the impact of the environment on people’s well-being,” said Dr. Neutra, a Harvard-trained epidemiologist who has published widely on environmental and public health challenges. “My father was a spreader of ideas,” he concluded. “And it all started with that checkbook from our Dutch Uncle.”
First Friday Pacific Grove 7TH Anniversary Celebration!
. . .green for GO!
Join us for an evening of: ent ration Explo Entertainm joyment! & En
MAR. 3RD, 2017
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM PARTICIPANTS: Grand Ave: A Touch of Glass 170 Studio Silzer 178 Forest Ave: Bookmark Music 307 Lighthouse Ave: Marina Patina 520 Pacific Grove Art Center 568 (4 Gala Openings *7-9pm) Variety 608 Phill's Barber Shop 610 Artisana Gallery 612 Craddock~Butterfield Gallery 661 (Upstairs) Red House Cafe 662 Many more participants and lots of LIVE Music, Art Openings, Sales and a few Surprises!
Sponsored in part by the P.G. Chamber of Commerce, P.G. Economic Development Commission & Business Improvement District.
Dr. Neutra lectured at Canterbury before a screen portrait of his father
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Small Town Service
• February 24, 2017
Photo Exhibit Celebrates Active Senior Patrons at Sally Griffin Senior Center
The Sally Griffin Senior Center/Meals on Wheels exhibit entitled “Listening to My Elders” is now open and continues through March. The collection of 15 ‘Conversational Portraits’ is the product of local photographer and Padre Trails Camera Club member Shelley Nemeth, who created this exhibit for the Pacific Grove Library, where it was on display in 2016. The exhibit celebrates selected local citizens who are in their advanced years - most in their 80s and 90s - and make the Library a regular part of their lives, using it to stay bright and active as they grow older. Many of the subjects regularly frequent the Sally Griffin Center as well. Ms. Nemeth has had the opportunity to interact frequently with her subjects in her job at the Library’s front desk and chose to honor their involvement in life and the Library by creating candid, conversational portraits of each one.
What We See: Photographs by Women Without Shelter Adrianne Jonson
Artisana Gallery 612 Lighthouse Ave. | (831) 655-9775
The Monterey Museum of Art (MMA) is pleased to present What We See: Photographs by Women Without Shelter, from March 16 - September 4, 2017 at the Monterey Museum of Art–Pacific Street, 559 Pacific Street in Monterey. The opening reception is Thursday, March 16 from 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Admission is $10, and free for Museum Members. Over 500 women on the Monterey Peninsula are without adequate shelter. Their powerful voices and unique vision often goes unnoticed and ignored. “What We See: Photographs by Women Without Shelter” features photographs taken by 11 of these women. As artists, their photography is bold and captivating, gritty and uplifting. What visitors will see through these women’s photographs, are images of optimism, faith, and reality. Along with these photographs, this exhibition presents poignant testimonials from the artists along with reflective and interactive activities for all visitors. This Community Gallery exhibition is in collaboration with the Monterey Museum of Art, Fund for Homeless Women, guests of Gathering for Women, and freelance curator Deborah Silguero, working with students from the CSUMB Fall 2016 Visual and Public Arts Museum Studies class. Visit montereyart.org for additional information on the Museum's exhibitions, programming and events.
PacRep Theatre heats up with ‘Cabaretby-the-Sea’ classes
Rosemary Valuch
Carried Away Boutique 606 Lighthouse Ave. | (831) 656-9063
For the first time since the reopening of the Forest Theater, PacRep Theatre’s School of Dramatic Arts (SoDA) is offering an adult class, Cabaretby-the-Sea, “The Art of Cabaret” with Barbara Brussell at the Indoor Forest Theater. Barbara began coaching, acting and cabaret singing by personal request. She says, “My favorite thing is to sing and express myself. My second, I found, is to assist others to do the same!” She has assisted at HB Studio classes in NYC, and presented master classes for colleges when performing on the road. She teaches privately, and even teaches long distance. Happily returning to the Monterey Peninsula after 35 years, she made her “Cabaret-by-the-Sea” debut at The Carl Cherry Center for the Arts in Carmel, in November 2016. She says she is honored to be able to present her class under the auspices of PacRep’s SoDA. The 8-week course consists of singing, overcoming shyness and the concern of being judged while singing in public. The class provides a safe and nurturing atmosphere for students to express themselves, by using the art of cabaret, to sing great songs and tell their story. Acting, singing and personal expressions are all part of the song interpretation techniques covered in the 8-week session. The class will finish up with a staged performance for invited guest and friends. “The Art of Cabaret” will run March 26 - May 21 with a one-week break for the Easter Holiday on April 16. The class will be held from 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. at the Indoor Forest Theater, Mountain View and Santa Rita, Carmel. The cost of the class is $240 for the 8-week session. To register, contact PacRep Theatre’s School of Dramatic Arts at (831) 622-9175 or www. schoolofdramaticarts.org. PacRep is supported by ticket sales, individual donations, special events, and many generous grants.
Threshhold Choir Offers Song Baths Emily Owens
Tessuti Zoo Colorful Creations 171 Forest Ave. | (831) 648-1725
Pacific Grove chamber of commerce (831) 373-3304 | www.PacificGrove.orG
Carmel Foundation Presents “Copper Canyon/Canyon del Cobre”
On Wednesday, March 1, 2017, at 2:30 p.m., at The Carmel Foundation’s Diment Hal, join Dan Presser of Four Winds Travel as he takes you on an adventure that’s not so far away…Mexico’s enchanting Copper Canyon. Getting to the Canyon is a mere train ride away. All aboard! This presentation is free and open to the public. The Carmel Foundation is located on the SE corner of 8th & Lincoln. For more information, please contact Leticia Bejarano, Director of Support Services at 831.620.8705 or lbejarano@ carmelfoundation.org. About The Carmel Foundation The Carmel Foundation is an organization that serves members 55 and better in the Monterey County area and beyond. It gives seniors an opportunity to live productive, enriching lives by offering a luncheon program, homebound meal delivery, free medical equipment loans, in-home services and respite grants, free lending library, Saturday movie, Technology Center, low-income housing, and more than 50 classes and activities each week.
Lions Club Meeting
Join us at our Pacific Grove Monarch Lion’s Club in support of the Blind and Visually Impaired Center. Members are working on projects to make the club active in the local community. They will be collecting glasses for Eyes Across California on March 19. You are welcome to visit our meeting at 3 p.m., 225 Laurel in Pacific Grove. If you would like more information about the club contact the Blind Center, carousel21@ hotmail.com, or 831688-3356.
The Threshold Choir of Pacific Grove invites weary community members to join us for a rejuvenating Song Bath, offered on the last Tuesday of each month. Take a break from your troubles and be soothed and supported by gentle song as singers gather around you to sing nourishing songs, lullaby style, from the repertoire of original Threshold Choir music. The Threshold Choir of Pacific Grove has been honoring the ancient tradition of singing at bedsides in our community since 2010, and added singing for Hospice patients to our service in 2012. As part of the larger Threshold Choir organization of 2,000 singers in communities around the world (www.thresholdchoir.org), we believe that music has the ability to bypass the chatter of the mind, ease our burdens, and touch us in a profound way. Although we do not sing religious music, we consider our songs to be more of a prayer than a performance. Our small Pacific Grove choir is seeking new members to help us expand our service singing in homes, hospitals, convalescent homes, at memorials and at community gatherings. If you are interested in singing with us, receiving a song bath is a lovely introduction to what we do. We began offering Song Bath Tuesday last month as outreach to community members who, for whatever reason, may wish to experience the healing effect of being bathed in song. There is no charge for the 20 minute song baths offered in a choir member’s home in Pacific Grove. In February, Song Bath Tuesday is on 2/28/17 from 8:00 to 9:00 pm. Please call me for the location and to reserve a time slot. Susie Joyce, 707-815-0745.
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Gaze, sip, and discuss your art findings, while enjoying jazzy R&B improv at the PG Art Center
Metal animals, “splatters with abandon,” memories of Flamenco, and student art challenges all weave into the next exhibits at the nonprofit Pacific Grove Art Center, which begins with a Gala Art Opening from 7-9 p.m. Friday, March 3, at 568 Lighthouse. The public is invited to gaze, sip, and discuss their art findings, while enjoying the jazzy R&B improv of The Ben Anderson Trio. The exhibit continues until April 27. Established in 1969, the Pacific Grove Art Center is a unique, community-based nonprofit art venue. Regular hours are from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and from 1-4 p.m. on Sundays. There is no charge, but donations are suggested and welcomed. In the Gill Gallery will be the Central Coast Art Association (CCAA) All-Members juried show. The nonprofit CCAA has had a presence on the Monterey peninsula for almost 50 years with a colorful history of artists, of all levels, actively involved in the arts of the central coast. Cherie Stock displays her “Intuitive Acts of Art in the Dyke Gallery. “Variety, experimentation, intuition and an openness to discovery are the hallmarks of my art. Wearing a lab coat and gloves, I paint on flat tables because it’s more conducive to accidents and experimentation with liquid mediums like alcohol inks. I need to splatter, splash and create with abandon,” she says. In the Annand Gallery will be one of a kind metal animals by Jose Santana and the late Ben Benson. After years of sharing a studio space, the exhibition shows oneof-a-kind land and sea species made with different metal-smithing techniques and materials. All of these pieces are one of a kind. Two upcoming dance events will add to the authenticity, integrity, and often whimsy, that permeate the art pieces by Elizabeth “Betty” Orrett (1920-2015) in the Boyer Gallery. Her serious devotion to making art was based on keen observation and perception, and the pursuit of her beloved Flamenco Dance. The public is invited to a Memorial Tea from 2-4 p.m. on March 4, the day after the Gala opening, and to an Aditi Dance performance on the First Friday Gallery Night from 7-9 p.m. on April 7. Also on exhibit will be Pacific Grove Community High School students’ photos and artwork that reflect thematic interpretations during a 9-week challenge. Established in 1969, the FREE Pacific Grove Art Center, 568 Lighthouse, is a unique, community-based nonprofit art venue. Regular hours are from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and from 1-4 p.m. on Sundays. It’s a community nonprofit worth supporting! There is no charge, but donations are suggested and welcomed.
Above: Cherie Stock displays her “Intuitive Acts of Art” in the Dyke Gallery.
Giraffe
Above: Elizabeth Orrett: classical Indian Dancer
Poetry In The Grove Explores the poetry of Billy Collins on March 4, 2017, from 3:00 to 5:00 PM at Jewel Park in Pacific Grove.
“...the trouble with poetry is that it encourages the writing of more poetry...” Billy Collins
LeftL metal animals by Jose Santana and the late Ben Benson will be on dispay in the Annand Gallery
Bring your favorite Billy Collins poetry to share, or just come to listen and be delighted by the accessible humor and wisdom contained in his poems. Poetry In The Grove meets from 3:00-5:00 on the first Saturday of each month at the Little House in Jewell Park, 578 Central Ave, Pacific Grove. Cosponsored by the Pacific Grove Poetry Collective and the Pacific Grove Public Library. This event is offered at no cost, donations for the PG Public Library gratefully accepted. www.facebook.com/PacificGrovePoetryCollective
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• February 24, 2017
Luke Hiserman
Breaker Basketball
Breakers Senior Night brings a final season win
The Pacific Grove Breakers (20-4, 13-1) hosted Gonzalez (3-19, 1-12) for senior night and the last regular season game on Friday night. The seniors led the way for the Breakers as they defeated the Spartans, 73-27. Pacific Grove had a great night shooting as they shot 52 percent from the field. Leading the Breakers scoring parade were seniors Charlie Bursch (16), Evan Christianson (11), and Zack Miller (10). Miller also led PG in rebounding, pulling down 12 of the Breakers 38 rebounds, earning himself another double double. The Breakers had 20 assists in the contest.This effort was led by senior Brad Sendell who handed out 8 assists. PG played its usual tough defense holding the Spartans under 10 points three of the four quarters, as Gonzalez scored 4 in the first quarter, 4 in the second, 11 in the third, and 8 in the fourth quarter. In their last game of the season, the junior varsity defeated the Gonzales Spartans 57-34. The juniors on the team started in their last game as members of the junior varsity and led the team to victory. The leading scorers were Ben Olsen (20), Connor Marshall (11), and Edward Powley (10). The four time MTAL champion, Pacific Grove Breakers, open defense of their CCS Division IV title this Saturday at Hartnell College. The number two seed Breakers are led by seniors Brad Sandell (18.8 points and 4.4 assists per game) and Zack Miller (10.1 points and 8.3 rebounds per game). They seek to improve their impressive regular season record of 20-4. The Breakers will play the winner of Soquel and King's Academy who played Thursday night. The time of the game is still to be determined and will not be released until Friday, the 24th. In addition to the second seeded Breakers, the top four seeds will compete at Hartnell on Saturday, the 25th.
Breakers now MTAL League Champion in Wrestling
PACIFIC GROVE HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL FALL SEMESTER 2016/17 HIGHEST HONORS ~ 4.00 and above
Brielle Ambrosia, Max Afifi, Raffi Aghajanian, Reis Avila, Mei Bailey, Kyle Baney, Richard Barakat, Megumi Barata, Vanessa Barragan, Francis Clyde Belocura, Katya Benard, Noor Benny, Reem Benny, Jonah Beranek, Ashley Bilyeu, Sarah Bitter, Jason Buckley, Jewel Capili, Clint Cargile, Sofia Chang, Joshua Cho, Sebin Cho, Evan Clark, Jacqueline Cox, Andrew Crannell, Kate Crompton, Noah Cryns, Eric Cuellar, Isabel Cushman, Annabel Davis,Emmanuel Defensor, Tristan Detrait, Noah Dirks, Nadine El-Kheshen, Maya El-Lababidi, Sierra Gamage, Zachary Goodwin, Mika Gordon, Mary Grebing, Katherine Hansen, Grace Hardin, Christina Hashimoto, Delson Hays, Alana Henden, Jesse Herzog, Luke Herzog, Kai Hoadley, Natasha Hunt, Mariam Ibrahim, Gazel Isik, Kismet Isik, Gavin James, Jake Jansen, Joely Kaatz, Pragnesh Kalyandrug, Michaela Keller, Myles Kerchner, Bianka Kern, Elaine Kim, Caelum Kim-Sanders, Katrina Kitayama, Kira Kitayama, Seth Knoop, Leo Lauritzen, Luca Lauritzen, Creighton Lee, Elizabeth Lee, Esther Lee, Michelle Lee, Gena Leivenberg, Marina Lieberman, Parker Llantero, Henry Loh, Ashley Lyon, Michael Marlar, Zeus Marquez, Christopher Matthews, Parker McAnally, Savana McDowell, Matthew Mendez, Carlos Michel-Luhrs, Sydney Miller, Zachary Miller, Jordan Modisette, Bryce Montgomery, Christina Morris, Catherine Sue Nader, Nadi Michael Nader, Raghad Osman, Michael Paff, Alexandria Patton, Dominique Perez-Coleman, Juliet Perlstein, Rebecca Phillips, Lauren Pick, Brennen Rhoades, Chanpreet Riarh, Wendye Roach, Bryan Rodriguez, Alexandra Rohrer, Daniel Rosas, Yasha Salman, Zoha Salman, Aine Schlining, Oscar Scholin, Mackenzie Sherrod, WooChan Shim, Rachael Sizemore, Camden Smithtro, Tyler Smithtro, Madison Snow, Anna Stefanou, William Stefanou, Benjamen Sterwerf, Calvin Stickler, Nami Suzuki, Yuri Suzuki, Daisy Swanson, Nathan Taormina, Elijah Taurke, Francesca Taurke, Nicholas Tillotson, Delbert Truong, Vanya Truong, David Tuffs, Sofia Vandersluis, Natalie Von Giese, Tanya Von Giese, River Watts, Nicole Weber, Jane Weichert, Claire Weyant, Gavin Whiteside, Camryn Wood, Grace Woods, Jane Yang, Keziah Yoo HIGH HONORS ~ 3.5 – 3.99
Davi David Von Giese, Noubar Aghajanian, Frederick Albert, Henry Albert, Domenic Aliotti, Alexander Allen, Matthew Alvarado, Hannah Bennett, Taylor Biondi, Cathrina Bonelli, Jordan Booker, Milo Borer, Garrett Bourez, Connor Brophy, Lindsay Bryan, Canon Bukhari, Sheza Bukhari, Colby Burnell, Emily Canales, YoungHyun Choi, Nicholas Coppla, Julyana Covarrubias, Lorenz Cushman, Kellen Damron, Batuhan Demir,Selly Diallo, Mariam Esber, Emma Evans, Siena Fisk, Jeah Anna Lee Flores, Ethan Franklin, Nicholas Franklin, Joshua Fuller, Elena Gamecho, Isaac Garcia, Robert Grate, Dezi Green, Catherine Gruber, Garima Gurung, Julius Paolo Gutierrez, Michael Hahn, Juliana Heritage, Luke Hiserman, Rachel House, Diana Hughes, Ian Jeffers, Yousstena Kamel, Reina Karaki, Shira Kershner, Jason Kim, Anna Klein, Kylie Koestner, Sophia Levy, Miles Lewis, Matthew Lo, Stanley Lozinski, India Maaske, Sarah Makki, Elizabeth McLaren, Michael McMurtry, Mark Michael, Bernardo Michel-Luhrs, Lucas Milar, Megan Miller, Benjamin Minik, Nathan Mosqueda, Neal O’Brien, Raymond O’Brien, Reece O’Hagan, Sydney Overstreet, Serena Paci, Kaysa Paulsen, Jesse Pegis, Kinza Pervaiz, Tyler Poppino, Mariah Powell, Danielle Quarles-Zamovskis, Zoya Raja, Rebecca Raschulewski, Gurshan Riarh, Robertson Rice, Evan Robel, Sergi Rodas-Mendoza, Isabella Rohrer, Isabella Rowntree-Smith, Iliana Ruiz, Maxwell Rutberg, Jackson Schoolmeester, Beckett Sebok, Bradford Sendell, Nusheen Sheikhabadi, Camden Shell, Sierra Smith, Hayden Staples, Parker Staples, Miles Steelman, Chloe Stickler, Jacob Stokes, Ashly Sy, Peter Tang, Coleman Taormina, Tiago Tavares, Agostini, Jonah Thomason, Lorenzo Trinidad, Kulaea Tulua, Jacob Wren, Ulises Yu, Jacob Zeidberg HONORS ~ 3.0 – 3.49
Pacific Grove shared the MTAL wrestling championship title with undefeated Gonzales, becoming the fourth team in school history to become MTAL League Champions. Pacific Grove had 10 finalists, five first-place champions, five 2nd Placers, one 3rd Placer, and 2 fourth place finishers. With five first place champions, Pacific Grove tied the record for most league champions in a season. Per the Monterey County Herald, The Breakers put 10 individuals into the finals, with Gavin Whiteside (140 pounds), Neal O’Brien (147), Thomas Melnick (154), Fernando Roman (162) and Foster Smith (197) all winning titles. Evan Gutfeld (128), Jason Roman (172), Garrett Hyink (184), Henry Albert (222) and Luis Jeronimo (287) all finished second for Pacific Grove, which has won or shared three of the last four MTAL team titles.
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Sammy Abdo, Richard Aliotti, Jacob Alt, David Alves, Eric Arias, Ian Asher, Christian Ayers, Diederik Bakker, Ray Birkett, Samuel Bishop, Kathryn Bitter, Anika Bomberg, Analee Bonanno, Mario Bonelli, Isaiah Boulware, Cassandra Brown, Lilliana Brown, Charles Bursch, Estefany Castillo, Evan Christianson, Nicholas Christianson, Tyler Christianson, Aliya Chroman, Adrian Clark, Matthew Clifton, Simon Colburn, John Coleman, Rachel Consiglio, Lauren Coppla, Vada Courtney, Joshua Cryns, Melisa Dalmis, Anthony DaSilva, Gabriella DaSilva, David Demian, Felix Diaz Contreras, Gavin Eldridge, Ben Elisco, Eli Elisco, Om Dev Elzafon, Caroline Evans, Jaslyn Fenton, Leticia Ferreira, Kayla Fife, Salvatore Flores, Morgan Gamecho, Kyle Groben, Taylor Grohar, Bogdan Grots, Gabriel Guertin, Evan Gutfeld, Seth Haid, Sterling Halberstadt, Hunter Hanes, Jakob Haney, Thomas Henderson, Ally Herrera, Jacob Hoadley, Nolan Hook, Dieter Humpfle, Maria Humpfle, Danny Huynh, Garrett Hyink, Najat Ismail, Thomas Jameson, Harin Jeong, Luis Jeronimo Arango, Gabriel Johnson, Min Kang, Mustafa Karzai, Joseph Kavanaugh, Cullen Knight, Savannah Kosier, Helena Kurocik, Christine Lee, Danielle Lis, Hannah Lopez, Melina Macias-Perez, Dylan MacLaren, Nicholas Mah, Jon Marchiolo, Cameron Marshall, Connor Marshall, Michael McMahon, Noah Mead, Lucas Melac, Kane Miller, Emma Millette, Everett Millette, Blake Moore, Joshua Moore, Miles Moore, Sofia Moore, Trevor Moore, Andrew Morales, Jessica Natale, Mattea Nieves, Parker Olney, Amr Omar, Ganna Omar, Sofia Paci, Tristan Parker-Lusseau, Matthew Perlstein, Zoya Pervaiz, Cody Pinheiro, Thomas Pontarolo, Stephanie Procive, Joshua Quarles-Zamovskis, Hannah Renner-Bennett, Khyle Rivera, Aeden Roland, Fernando Roman, Isaac Ruiz, Tristin Sahlie, Fabio Saouma, Jackson Sendell, Jayla Settnek-Ellis, Rhapsody Shaoul-Clark, Cameryn Shoemaker, Sean Silveira, Emmett Small, Foster Smith, Tiffani Smith, Gabryel Sohle, Angel Soto, Skylar Stamey, Arabella Sterwerf, Leah Stewart, Alexander Tang, Caleb Torres, Anna Tullius, Kaitlyn Van Lone, Madison Van Tassel, Chad Ventimiglia, Zaynab Wafa, Bavley Wahba, Junchen Wang, Zoe Washington, Michelle Wilkerson, Lukas Worcester, Jeremiah Yanez, Jared Yoder
February 24, 2017 • CEDAR STREET
Lyceum to Hold Annual County Spelling Bee
Fifty-four fourth and fifth grade finalists from 36 Monterey County private and public schools will compete. The Spelling Bee will be held on Sat., Feb. 25 at San Benancio Middle School, 43 San Benancio Road, just off Highway 68. 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. For information: See. lyceum.org/events/spelling.php. Phone 372 6098 Contacts: Ashley Gora: ashley@ lyceum.org Tom Nelson, tom@ lyceum.org Cell 277 0168
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A Beautiful Day for a Ribbon Cutting on Grand Ave.
The rains held off and the sun peeked out, giving life to a beautiful rainbow as Pacific Grove welcomed Everest Deli on Feb. 21, on the corner of Laurel and Grand. Everest Liquor & Deli is under new ownership. The neighborhood convenience store stocks a wide range of items, from news papers and groceries to tobacco products and alcohol, not to mention their vast liquor selection. Everest houses a fantastic selection of fine wines, beers, gins, whiskies, and single malt scotches. If beer is what you are after they offer over 200 to choose from. You can also find an ATM as well as Lottery tickets and scratchers. Check out their wonderful deli and cafe serving fresh organic foods for dine-in or carry-out, with on-sale beverages for dining in. They also offer hot teas and coffee. Open 7 days a week, 7 a.m. - 11 p.m. Everest Liquor & Deli, 229 Grand Avenue , Pacific Grove (831) 375-7474 -Alli Mayorga
Darker Whales Turn up in Mexico Janice Dyer recently went to Mexico and sent us photos of the darker variety of humpback whales which are common there. Some had questioned the coloration of our whale sculptures when they were installed, but here they are, or at least their southern cousins, in the flesh. With soggy weather not many tourists have been out to see them in recent weeks, but that will change soon. Tony Gamecho took a snapshot of his grandchildren hanging out with the whales recently. Have you taken a picture at our newest tourist attraction? Would you like to share it with the world? Send the electronic version to editor@cedarstreettims.com and tell us when you took it...and who ou are!
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• February 24, 2017
Three Different Stories, One Special Town
A sense of kinship, the frosting on the cake, and a favorite spot for movies—all this and more as the stories continue to pour in for “Life in Pacific Grove,” the collection of tales by and for residents and visitors of PG that we’re publishing to benefit the Friends of the Pacific Grove Public Library. Three guest columnists share a trio of personal tales of the good life in Butterfly Town, USA. Phyllis Edwards Develops a Sense of Kinship While I was eager to undertake writing for “Life in Pacific Grove,” I wondered what the experience would be like for me, a relative newcomer to town. As I started writing, however, I began to savor several unforeseen benefits: For one thing, I walk all over town to garner details for my writing, so I pay more attention to my surroundings than when I am less focused. For another, because my writing is about the contents of the town, rather than my experience of it, I am gaining greater understanding of the layout of the town and the various moods, charms, and idiosyncrasies of its neighborhoods. And finally, I have met many interesting people who contribute to my writing and enrich my personal life as well. In sum, writing for “Life in Pacific Grove” is developing within me a feeling of true kinship with my home town. Shelley Nemeth Finds the Frosting on the Cake When I was in my twenties, I dreamed of working in a bookstore or a library, but my ‘career’ life had already headed in other directions. Several decades later, with a variety of acquired skills under my belt and retirement benefits to support me, I headed right to the library and signed up as a volunteer shelver. It was like being a kid in a candy store! Soon thereafter, I became a grandma, with the added benefit of access to books to walk our family through that process. Eventually, a part time job opened up and I was lucky enough to be hired. In
Keepers of our Culture Phylls Edwards Shelley Nemeth Jintanen Forinash
When public notices reach the public, everyone benefits.
my post-retirement career, I have found the satisfaction of my dreams from early adulthood! But the frosting on the cake is to be a part of this community, getting to know folks of all ages, and the feelings of providing treasure! Two of Jintanen Forinash’s Favorite Spots in PG Even though PG is a very small town, it can still boast its Lighthouse 4 movie theater as one of the best on the Peninsula. I love their comfy rocking chairs and the location. On Tuesdays all day, you get a discount of one dollar off, so you pay $6.00 for a selected movie. PG offers the best spot to admire the beauty of the setting sun at Asilomar on a clear day. Visitors or tourists should take this opportunity. While you are there, you will see a lot of pelicans and other kinds of birds flying in line above the water; they head in the direction of Pebble Beach to retire at Bird Rock and Seal Rock. I love to look at the turquoise blue water along the beach between Asilomar and PG. And Now It’s Your Turn! We want to include your story in “Life in Pacific Grove.” Just go to our website, lifeinpacificgrove.com, and follow the easy directions and submit right on the site. Patricia Hamilton is available to give a presentation about contributing to “Life in Pacific Grove” to your group, book club, service organization, friends and family, and also to lead a writing session to gather stories. Contact her at lifeinpacificgrove@ gmail.com to set up a date and time.
One of the images by local artist Keith Larsen in our very own PG coloring book, “Welcome to Pacific Grove,” that will be free with each purchase of “Life in Pacific Grove,” at the book launch at the PG Library during “Chautauqua Days Celebration” October 2017.
Some officials want to move notices from newspapers to government-run websites, where they may not be easily found.
This is like putting the fox in charge of the hen house.
Join us for our Art Affaire, offering an eclectic variety of artwork, including local artists. Enjoy our unique collection of creative expressions. Every birthday is a gift. Every purchase and donation supports the American Cancer Society’s efforts to save lives and create a world wth less cancer and more birthdays.
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Rose Orlando, Widow of Shoe Store Owner, Dies at 101 On a beautiful sunny morning on February 15, 2017, in her own home my mother, Rose Orlando, left this world peacefully into the waiting arms of her loving God. She had a full life and wanted to join her husband, her parents, and her siblings who had gone before her. Rose had six sisters and one brother. A native of San Jose, California, Rose was 101 years of age. In 1938, Rose married the love of her life, Peter Orlando, and they settled in Pacific Grove, where Peter opened a shoe repair shop in 1941 and Rose and Peter worked side by side. A few years later, he added new shoes to the business. The store remained in the family until their daughter, Marlene, retired in 2009. Rose is survived by her two sisters, Marie and Dorothy; her daughter Marlene Orlando (Clarence) Kellogg; her three grandchildren, Kellene (Michael), Michael (Ann), and Christina (Cassady); her eight
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great-grandchildren, Bryce, Nathan, Mary Clare, Andrew, Anthony, Bernadette, Grace, and Benton and her two great-great-grandchildren, Aubrey and Leo. Rose’s favorite places were working in her shoe store until she was 89 years old and her kitchen where she visited and cooked for her family and friends. It was the family gathering place where many enjoyed her dinners and her smiling, grandmotherly ways. Rose was a member of St. Angela Merici Catholic parish where she belonged to the Italian Catholic Federation (ICF). Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at St. Angela Merici, Thursday, February 23. Memorials in Rose’s memory are suggested to St. Angela Merici Church, 146 – 8th St., Pacific Grove, CA, 93950 or the St. Anthony Foundation, 150 Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco, CA, 94102 or to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN, 38105. Please visit www. thepaulmortuary.com to sign Rose’s guestbook and leave messages for her family.
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MONTEREY COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH FESTIVAL 2 SCHOOLS AND THE MONTEREY COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD ASSOCIATION
Unifying To End Cyber Bullying: A Forum To Empower Students To Create A Positive School Culture
“A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story” A documentary following the inspiring journey of 26 year-old 58-pound Lizzie from Cyber-Bullying victim to Anti-Bullying Activist.
EVENT INFORMATION Facilitated by:
Carmel Performing Arts Center
Michael Pritchard
Carmel High School 3600 Ocean Ave Carmel, CA
Nationally Acclaimed Award Winner
Join us and help create “Up-stander” citizens in our schools and communities
March 1, 2017 6:15 p.m.
Collaboration of the Peninsula School Districts
Carmel Union School District Monterey Peninsula Unified School District Pacific Grove Unified School District Monterey County Office of Education | 831.755.0300 | 901 Blanco Circle, Salinas, CA 93901
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Next Hootenanny will be Sat., March 11 Hootenanny CXVII is set for Saturday, March 11 from 7-9:30 pm at Pacific Grove Art Center, 568 Lighthouse Ave, Pacific Grove.
We will be singing and playing “The Classics” from our 230 page songbook and paying respect to the great composers of the last 70 years. We will be singing and playing Folk, Blues, Country, Motown, and Rock classics as we remember the words of Al Jarreau: “I grew up in Milwaukee and I took it all in. I want it all. Don’t cut me off at the pass and say I can’t listen
to Muddy Waters because I’m a jazzer. Or I can’t listen to Garth Brooks because I’m a jazzer. Get out of here.” Indeed, Hootenanny tries to mix it up as Ray Charles did. We will be paying tribute to Leonard Cohen, Persy Mayfield, Butch Trucks of the Allman Brothers Band, as well as Mr. Jarreau.
Pacific Grove Open Mic is Back
This is a free event – but donations are appreciated! Contact Vic Selby at (831) 375-6141 or vselby@sbcglobal. net for details.
Peace of Mind Dog Rescue Hosting Spring Adoption Fair and Open House
The public is invited to attend the Peace of Mind Dog Rescue (POMDR) spring adoption fair and open house on Sunday, March 26 from 11:00am-2:00pm at the POMDR Bauer Center located at 615 Forest Avenue in Pacific Grove. Light refreshments will be served and adoptable dogs will be on site. Spring Adoption Fair and Open House POMDR Bauer Center , 615 Forest Ave, Pacific Grove Sunday, March 26, 11:00am-2:00pm COST: FREE
Home Town on the Big Screen: ‘Big Little Lies’ Premiered on HBO
Impressive Tap Dancer takes the stage and captivates the audience.
“When you look at the ocean, what's out there?” “Life, dreams, mystery…” “Monsters?” “Who knows what lies out there beneath the surface.” Grey skies, green hills and angry blue seas set the stage for HBO’s new seven-part miniseries. The drama is based on Liane Moriarty’s best-selling novel “Big Little Lies.” Although the book takes place in Australia, show writers took creative initiative and set and filmed the show in our very own Monterey Peninsula. The series premiere, “Somebody Died,” follows a murder mystery with an emphasis on dramatic relationships. Through flashbacks, flash forwards and scenic narrative, we can catch glimpses of Big Sur, The Monterey Bay Aquarium and various points of coastline. As a local viewer it was both entertaining and challenging to try to identify different locations. The show called upon local extras when crews started filming. Many answered the call or simply tried to sneak a peak at some big name actors while filming. The show holds juicy roles for a big league cast which includes Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Alexander Skarsgård, Laura Dern, Adam Scott and Zoë Kravitz, just to name a few. The first episode taunts us with the classic story line; “who’s dead and who done it?” but what keeps us watching is the inner-workings of this Monterey ‘mom club,’ intriguing class divide conflicts, and let’s be honest, we are all watching to see our home on the big screen. Big Little Lies on HBO Sundays nights at 9 p.m. - Alli Mayorga
UC Extension offers Master Gardener Classes for all Demo Garden Class- Chix in the City- Hens in the Hood Date: March 25, 2017 Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Contact: Tina at tina.heitzman@gmail.com Sponsor: UC Master Gardeners of Monterey Bay Location: UC Cooperative Extension, 1430 Freedom Blvd. Watsonville Event Details UC Master Gardener Candice McLaren teaches her “Chix in the City, Hens in the Hood “ class. Come learn about the joys of keeping chickens without annoying your neighbors. Find out what the best breed is for you and your family, the beautiful options there are for your birds and eggs, and if raising chicks or rescuing from Animal Services is right for you. You’ll also get great ideas about how to design and place a chicken coop and how to transition baby chicks to the coop.
Demo Garden Class- Soil Prep for Your Vegetable Garden Date: April 25, 2017 Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Contact: Tina at tina.heitzman@gmail.com Sponsor: UC Master Gardeners of Monterey Bay Location: UC Cooperative Extension, 1430 Freedom Blvd. Watsonville Event Details UC Master Gardener Delise Weir will discuss the importance of soil as the starting point for your seasonal garden in the Monterey Bay region. We’ll begin with a little soil science to explain why organic matter, pH and soil structure are important to soil health. Then we’ll talk about fertility and soil nutrition. We’ll end with practical techniques for converting hard or sandy untouched dirt into fertile, rich garden beds. Then, we’ll move out the demo garden and put our skills and knowledge into action. Things to bring: A sample of your soil ~1 cup in a mason jar with a lid. Bring garden gloves if you plan to help with preparing beds in the demo garden. Hat, sunscreen, layered clothing for the outdoor portion
Pacific Grove comes alive Friday nights at PG’s Juice n’ Java. Tommy Pieper hosts Open Mic Nights weekly at the local coffee hub. The show is mainly music predominant, yet the stage has also seen acts from monologue to spoken word, and even interpretive tap dance! Tommy says he encourages more forms of art take place on the stage. Currently, Juice n’ Java is the only place to host open mic in Pacific Grove. Open mic here goes way back and was originally hosted by a colorful character who goes by Rama-P-Jama, but the show saw a hiatus. It started back up again and Tommy took over as host in July of 2016. He is as equally colorful in character as he is in dry wit. Tommy also performs each week, playing heartfelt original songs on his electric Stratocaster. It is a labor of love for Tommy; he states that he had fond memories of coming to open mic here as a kid and that it was the first place that he ever played music live. Friday Night open mic sees a steady crowd and participants weekly, but with the added foot traffic on Pacific Grove’s First Friday nights, the coffee house can host a full house. Sign ups begin around 5 and the show starts between 6:30 and 7:00. Look out for more events to be held at Juice n’ Java. Juice n’ Java located at 599 Lighthouse Ave, Pacific Grove. Call (831) 373-8652 for more information. - Alli Mayorga
The Salisbury Cathedral Choir coming to Carmel Hear the angelic voices of this internationally renowned choir, on tour from historic Salisbury Cathedral, Wiltshire, England. The group of 19 students, 1013 years old, plus accompanying adults will sing a fully choral Evensong on Saturday, March 18, 5:00 p.m., at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, Dolores & 9th, Select members of The Salisbury Cathedral Choir have been providing music at the Cathedral since the consecration of the cathedral in 1258. In addition to singing for Services at Salisbury daily, their other regular commitments include BBC broadcasts, concerts, CD recordings, and the annual Southern Cathedrals Festival. The nave of All Saints’ is known for its great acoustical design, making it an excellent performance venue for The Salisbury Cathedral Choir, Monterey Symphony, and The Carmel Bach Festival. All Saints’ also recently hosted an extraordinary eight- week art exhibit by Russian artist Ludmila Pawlowska, and is pleased to give back to the Carmel-by-the Sea community again by providing this exciting opportunity! For event information, contact the church office at 831-624-3883, or the website, www.allsaintscarmel. org
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“All the dayes of my lyfe”: An audience with
King James VI & I The First British King of America
Written and performed by Howard Burnham I shall offer for the first time on the West Coast my characterization of “Wee Jamie”, King James VI & I. Originally created to a commission from the Jamestowne Foundation of Virginia in 2007 to mark Anglo-America’s 400th birthday, memorably I performed this when President George W. Bush and Queen Elizabeth II were present. Not that they saw my presentation! But I had my make-up mirror confiscation by security…”this could be shivered and used as an offensive weapon!” I was told. James was arguably the most intelligent of British rulers, “the Solomon of the latter age”, who successfully ruled both Scotland and England, putting an end to centuries of hostility between the two ancient kingdoms. He has had a bad press because of his ‘Scottishness’, his pedantic schoolmasterly utterances, his dislike of military adventure and his belief in the divinity of kings. His formidable predecessor, Elizabeth I, believed in it too, but she had the sense not to write books about it! Modern historians have generally been more sympathetic to James. At the end of his reign, the old king revokes the Jamestowne Virginia Company’s charter and makes it a crown colony, the start of the British monarchy’s connection with America that was to end near two hundred years later just twenty miles away at Yorktown!
at The Little House in Jewel Park (Central & Grand, PG) Saturday, February 25 at 5:30 $10 at the door
Sponsored by Pacific Grove Recreation Department
Lighthouse Entry Donation Goes Up The suggested entry donation for the Pacific Grove Lighthouse effective March 1 will be $4 for adults; $2 for youth 6 - 17; children 5 and under are free. The requested donation increase is the first in more than 20 years. It was approved by City Council for the 2016-17 fiscal year budget but is now just being implemented. The new rate is still inexpensive considering that the Preservation Crew is going into its seventh year. Upgrades to the lighthouse building have been significant, landscape is almost completed (waiting for water from new recycle plant) and the interior exhibits have been completely and professionally redone. Still a bargain for the Peninsula visitor.
Foreign Intervention
Are we our brothers’ keeper?
Co-hosted by the World Affairs Council of the Monterey Bay Area (WACMB) and the Middlebury Institute (MIIS) Veterans Organization. “American Umpire” is a 56-minute documentary that examines why the United States became the world’s policeman and asks how long we must play this role. Narrated by renowned journalist Jim Lehrer, the film explores the historical foundation of American foreign intervention from George Washington to Barack Obama. The film will be followed by a discussion with producer and writer, Texas A&M Professor Elizabeth Cobbs, and Research Fellow, Stanford Hoover Institution and Directory James Shelley. The Discussion will be moderated by Glenn Robinson. Free - no RSVP needed. Tuesday, March 7, 2017, 6PM - 8PM. MIIS Irvine Auditorium, McCone Building, 499 Pierce Street, Monterey, CA 93940. WWW.WACMB.ORG
Letters to the Editor Cedar Street Times welcomes your letters on subjects of interest to the citizens of Pacific Grove as well as our readers elsewhere. We prefer that letters be on local topics. At present we have not set limits on length though we do reserve the right to edit letters for space constraints, so please be concise. We will contact you to verify authenticity so your email address and/or telephone number must be included as well as your name and city of residence. We will not publish unsigned letters or letters which defame, slander or libel. Cedar Street Times is an adjudicated newspaper published weekly at 306 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950. Press deadline is Wednesday, noon. Marge Ann Jameson, Editor/Publisher Phone 831-324-4742 • Fax 831-324-4745 editor@cedarstreettimes.com
Berwick Park Whales
NOTE: Given the weather recently, we don’t have any new whale pictures to show you. But rest assured that there were tourists in town and that they probably wished they could get out of the car and pose in front of the whale sculptures!
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Aging Well at Carmel Foundation
On Wednesday, March 8, 2017, at 2:30 p.m., the Carmel Foundation will present “Aging Well: Feeling Good Never Grows Old” at the Carmel Foundation’s Diment Hall What role do our psychological, emotional, and social lives play in how we age? Join local psychotherapist Manfred Melcher, MSW, LCSW as he leads a lively and informative discussion on “Aging Well and Thriving” no matter your age, health concerns, life circumstances, or concerns. Want to know what aspects in your life influence you positively? How you can strengthen your brain in different aspects of aging? What qualities contribute to your healthy aging? Mr. Melcher will discuss current research findings and recommendations focusing on the psychological, emotional, and social aspects of our lives. This presentation is free and open to the public. The Carmel Foundation is located on the SE corner of 8th & Lincoln. For more information, please contact Leticia Bejarano, Director of Support Services at 831.620.8705 or lbejarano@carmelfoundation.org. The Carmel Foundation is an organization that serves members 55 and better in the Monterey County area and beyond. The Foundation is located in Carmel on the southeast Corner of 8th and Lincoln. The Carmel Foundation gives seniors an opportunity to live productive, enriching lives by offering a luncheon program, homebound meal delivery, free medical equipment loans, in-home services and respite grants, free lending library, Saturday movie, Technology Center, low-income housing, and more than 50 classes and activities each week. For more information, contact Kimberly Willison, Director of Development at kwillison@carmelfoundation.org, www.carmelfoundation.org, or 831.620.8701.
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I Changed My Mind
Reading the Tea Leaves
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Patrick Ryan
Alec Murdock
Outside the Box
Luckily, I’m not a politician. They don’t get to change their minds. For the rest of us, it can be messy, but it’s the only way to improve on the mistakes we make. When short-term rentals first became a reality in PG, I was unreservedly for them. If we can have long-term rentals, we should be able to have short-term rentals, I thought. And I had reason to believe that complaints were mostly generated by a kneejerk desire to block change. Plus, STRs are a huge source of much-needed income for city hall as well as for some of our entrepreneurs. Then one sunny day, it dawned on me. Short-term rentals are profoundly different than long-term rentals. Duh. If not, then the city wouldn’t have profoundly different and separate rules governing them. The business model of STRs is much closer to hotels, motels, and B&Bs than to apartment rentals, which provide residents with essential alternatives to home ownership. Renters become a part of PG, whereas tourists come and go with no ties to the community. Again — duh. I further realized that complaints about STRs are based on more than intoxication or noise issues. To some extent, STRs deprive residents of the traditional qualities of a neighborhood. Familiar neighbors are replaced by strangers constantly packing and unpacking their cars. Inevitably, tourists behave like someone paying to have a good time rather than someone paying to have a good home. I’m still in favor of STRs, but now
it seems forehead-smacking obvious that they should only be permitted where zoning allows offices, motels, or other commercial businesses. That’s because STRs are businesses, not homes — and that is the bottom line. It means STRs in R-1 and R-2 should be phased out because the original, indispensable purpose of zoning is to provide reliable sanctuary for residents, not to use homes to expand the tourist trade. Other cities notwithstanding, PG may be breaking the law by ignoring or changing its zoning without citizen approval. And businesses need to join together and demonstrate their desire to defend PG’s living standards as vigorously as everyone else — if they want residents to trust the business community. Now, some exceptions might make sense. STRs could be allowed in R-1 B-4, the dunes section where the lots are large, houses are well-separated, and everyone who moved there knew that tourists would be part of the view. Another exception could be houses adjacent to existing B&B’s. And STRs could remain just as lucrative for city hall, yet become much more palatable for residents if Type A and Type B licenses are combined into one type that allow unlimited numbers of STRs, but only in limited areas. It’s embarrassing, but admitting a mistake is better than continuing to support policy that’s wrong or doesn’t work. I recommend changing your mind every so often. You’ll feel better for it.
You may email comments about this column to AlecOTB@arrowkite.com
Affordable and Accessible Health Care is a Public Good
The Republican Party has voted numerous times to kill the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), and is gearing up to do so again. Whether you believe repealing it will help or hurt you depends on what you currently pay for health care, and whether you believe the ACA helps or hurts your family. Obviously, the better access you have to health care and the more affordable it is, the healthier you are. What you might not realize is that the health of those around you also affects yours. Consider the people you come in contact with in a normal day, with multiple opportunities for spreading communicable diseases. The ACA has made health care more accessible. In Monterey County, while 27% of the population was uninsured in 2013, that figure had dropped to 19% by 2016. But insurance costs have jumped. Is the problem the ACA? Or is it the fact that the ACA is tied up with profit-seeking industries? The health insurance industry currently is booming. Since 2009, for example, WellCare’s stock value jumped by 1410 percent. We are not only paying health care providers, but also insurers, which drives up costs. Nonetheless, we urge our legislators to reject repealing the ACA; expanding access to health care is in the public interest. It’s good for all of our health. Christine Sleeter Indivisible Monterey Bay Monterey
Letters to the Editor Cedar Street Times welcomes your letters on subjects of interest to the citizens of Pacific Grove as well as our readers elsewhere. We prefer that letters be on local topics. At present we have not set limits on length though we do reserve the right to edit letters for space constraints, so please be concise. We will contact you to verify authenticity so your email address and/or telephone number must be included as well as your name and city of residence. We will not publish unsigned letters or letters which defame, slander or libel. Cedar Street Times is an adjudicated newspaper published weekly at 306 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950. Press deadline is Wednesday, noon. Marge Ann Jameson, Editor/Publisher Phone 831-324-4742 • Fax 831-324-4745 editor@cedarstreettimes.com
Local Real Estate Update As a Realtor®, one of the things you quickly learn is that everybody loves to talk about real estate. Be it what the neighbor’s house sold for, what their own house is worth, how crazy prices are, or how long can things last. The number one question I get is, what do you see happening in the future in regards to real estate on the Monterey Peninsula? Sometimes, the question refers nationwide, but the question is always about the future and what do I see. If I had the correct answer to this question, well let’s just say that I would be writing this article from a beach in Bali. There is no correct answer to the question and if you ever meet someone who says that they know, run like hell. It is like trying to time the stock market, it is an easy way to make a fool of yourself. That being said, one can make an educated guess by examining both micro and macro economic factors to come to a somewhat solid conclusion. Realize that I said, guess and somewhat in the same sentence. So take a gander at these numbers: Monterey 47, Pacific Grove 22, Pebble Beach 77, Seaside 21, Marina 18 and Carmel 127. That is the number of active listings as of this morning, February 20, 2017. The inventory is very low. It is hard to be a buyer and easy to be a seller. Properly priced homes in the right condition are selling within a day to a week at
the most. There are some areas that are more in demand than others, but selling a home is not that hard. The inventory partially helps answer the question of what the future is going to look like. This is the micro-economic view, meaning more local conditions. If the inventory stays low and the demand stays high then the future will be more of the same. What is more unknown is the macro-economic factors, meaning nation and worldwide. Look for disturbances that affect consumer confidence nationwide first and worldwide secondarily. Consumer unease can definitely affect our local market and most of the homes bought here are wants not needs. Political upheaval, terrorist attacks, oil market price shocks, and numerous other factors come into play. So, if you want to have an answer to the question, here comes my best educated guess. I predict that the inventory of homes for sale will increase, demand will stay steady and properly priced homes in the right condition will sell fast. The market may even out a bit with buyers staying on the sidelines if prices get a bit too high. People continue to want to live here and continue to have the money to do so. I just don’t see that changing in the near future. Please contact me with any questions. 831-238-8116 patrick.ryan@ sothebyshomes.com
Housing Starts Begin Year Slightly Lower Scott Dick Monterey County Assoc. of Realtors
Market Matters Source: Reuters U.S. homebuilding fell in January as the construction of multi-family housing projects dropped, but upward revisions to the prior month’s data and a jump in permits to a one-year high suggested the housing recovery remained on track. Other reports also offered a fairly upbeat assessment of the economy early in the first quarter. Factory activity in the mid-Atlantic region vaulted to a 33-year high in February and the number of new applications for unemployment benefits was less than expected last week. “There is not much to complain about the economy as housing and manufacturing are improving and the labor market remains tight. The economy is getting stronger,” said Joel Naroff, chief economist at Naroff Economic Advisors in Holland, Penn. Housing starts fell 2.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.25 million units last month, the Commerce Department said. The drop in homebuilding also may have resulted from unusually wet weather in California after years of drought. December’s starts were revised up to a rate of 1.28 million units from the previously reported pace of 1.23 million units. Homebuilding was up 10.5 percent compared to January 2016. Permits for future construction jumped 4.6 percent in January to a rate of 1.29 million units, the highest level since
November 2015. With overall permits now outpacing starts, homebuilding is likely to rebound in the coming months. Economists had forecast groundbreaking activity slipping to a rate of 1.22 million units last month and building permits rising to a 1.23 million pace.
JAMESON’S CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM 305 Forest Ave. • Pacific Grove Across the street from City Hall But a lot more fun!
OPEN 12-5 WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS Other Days By Appt. Call 831-331-3335
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President’s Day Career Change Tom Stevens
Otter Views The run-up to President’s Day 2017 was punishing for America’s widely reviled “mainstream media,” to which even this humble publication strives to belong. Currently outpolling only Congress, Satan, and the bubonic plague in national popularity, the media absorbed yet another haymaker on Friday. Celebrating his first President’s Weekend in office, President Trump tweeted that the media are not only demented liars and disgusting purveyors of fake news, as he has pointed out repeatedly, but are in fact “the enemy of the American people.” Ouch! The president’s blast overshadowed an earlier but equally biting slapdown from U.S. Representative Lamar Smith of Texas. Speaking on the House floor, Smith said the media had so misrepresented Trump’s presidency that the national press has now lost what little credibility it ever had. “Better to get your news directly from the president,” Smith advised the American people. “In fact, it might be the only way to get the unvarnished truth.” Another signal last week that America’s “fourth estate” may have outlived its charter was the release of an administration budget draft defunding the Public Broadcasting System (PBS). It all prompted me to weigh a President’s Day career change. But change to what? Two things were clear: I would need to step away from journalism – even the fake journalism this column shamelessly peddles - and I would need to become a Republican. Luckily, I have some experience with that. One year, a passing resemblance to Abe Lincoln in height and eyebrows led to a summons from the local Republican Party chairman. “We need you to play Lincoln for our President’s Day dinner,” he said. “I can’t go to a Republican dinner,” I replied. “I’m a union man.” “The union can spare you for one night,” he said reasonably. “It will be a more perfect union without you.” I couldn’t argue with that, and I was curious to see if I could pass for America’s 16th president. I, too, was craggy, world-weary and stoop-shouldered, though I lacked the requisite beard. “Oh, I’ll take care of that,” the chairman promised. We agreed to meet on President’s Day at the local country club. “Wear black,” he instructed. “And use the service entrance.” Dressed in funereal hues, I walked up to the country club like a peasant nearing the tsar’s palace. I half expected security guards to unleash snarling borzois upon me, but the chairman answered the service bell without incident. Ushering me into the kitchen, he motioned toward a tall stool. “Sit on that, and I’ll fix you right up,” he said jovially. Soon he was pinning black cloth onto my coat hem to lengthen it. Then he screwed a tall stovepipe hat onto my head and clipped a string tie to my shirt collar. “Now, close your eyes,” he directed. I felt something cool and gluey slurping onto my face. “Hey! Cut that out!” I yelled, un-presidentially. “Relax,” he said. “It’s just the rubber cement for your beard. Here, hold this.” He handed me a shrunken head. Not a real shrunken head, like that young Rockefeller who vanished in New Guinea, but a lurid, plastic, glowin-the-dark voodoo skull. Dangling the head from its ropy black hair, I regarded it tragically. “Alas, poor Yorick, I knew him . . . .” “Lincoln,” the chairman prompted. “You’re Lincoln, not Hamlet!” “Sorry, it must be all these black clothes.” I swung the shrunken head toward him. “So if I’m Lincoln, is this Douglas? Are we supposed to debate?” “That’s your beard, Abe. Now, hold the skull steady while I trim off its hair and stick it to your face. You can practice your speech while the cement dries.” A few minutes later, I strode off to the President’s Day dinner in my black frock coat and stovepipe hat, the voodoo skull’s hair glued to my cheeks with crusting slime. I tried to look as grim and sorrowful as Lincoln, which wasn’t hard to do at that point. “Hello citizens!” I intoned, raising my Lincolnesque voice to compete with the clash of cutlery. “We cannot escape history!” I remembered to thrust my arm out on cue, but I forgot to duck. The doorframe knocked my stovepipe hat to the floor, where it risked compaction from my sturdy rail-splitter boots. “The fiery trial through which we pass! ” I continued, groping for the hat. As I bent over, the gummy beard hairs flopped into my eyes, blinding me painfully. Regaining my feet, I felt a firm hand grip my elbow and pull me back into the kitchen. “Nice job, Abe,” the chairman said, adjusting my coat and hat. “Once you can see again, we’ll start the photo ops.” Other presidents have not yet sought my counsel. If one did, I’d say: “remember to duck.”
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Take Us Out to the Ball Game Jane Roland
Animal Tales and Other Random Thoughts I wrote this column last summer. Yesterday I had the great pleasure to meet Mike Krukow, the godfather of the groom at a gorgeous wedding we attended. I cannot resist publishing it again in his honor and for your enjoyment as you anticipate our boys of summer returning in a few days: When most of us think of “The Boys of Summer” during this Olympic season and the success of “The Boys in the Boat” then a Ken Burns special we visualize the nine boys from Washington who pulled a miraculous win in 1936. But I think of the Giants. Our boys of summer who win or lose us still love them. Perhaps this is not true of those who plunk down big stakes on the outcome. However, I can equate with our own children. We are happy when they do well but forgive if they do not and wait for the next challenge (obviously I am speaking of the normal parent, not the fanatics who push their youngsters to be the best and rant if they are not). The San Francisco Giants came into my life in the fifties when Willie McCovey became a star and my baseball friends were enthralled. But I must confess I wasn’t hooked until sometime in the seventies when it was either watch or read. Now I do a little of both depending on the games. I truly adore them, warts and all, as it were. I have grieved over the transformation of Brian Wilson and the perfidy of The Panda. We thrilled over the pitching of “Woody.” Schmidt, Nen, Lincecum, Cain and now Bumgarner. I won’t go into other team members except the two Brandons, Pagan, Pence, Panik and of course Posey – whose photo hangs in my office. I know I have forgotten many favorites but write them in. There is one constant with the Giants, one that we adore and that is the broadcasting team of Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow (Jon Miller and Dave Flemming are not too shabby either but Kruk and Kuip are our boys). Both were stars on the field prior to their turn behind the mike and in front of the podium. They are also heroic in their personal story “After his playing career, Krukow became a radio and television sportscaster. He began broadcasting as an occasional color analyst for KNBR radio in 1990 and became a full-time broadcaster in 1994. He is a seven-time Emmy award winner. “Kruk,” who was named as the starting right-handed pitcher to the 1980s Giants All- Decade Team in a vote by Bay Area media in 1999, is noted for his deep knowledge of the game and tremendous sense of humor. He is known for his detailed scouting reports on umpires’ strike zones. is often teased by his broadcasting colleagues throughout the major leagues for having “majestic hair”.[Part of the San Francisco Giants broadcasting team, Krukow is half of the duo dubbed “Kruk and Kuip,” (pronounced “Kruke” and “Kipe”) along with partner Duane Kuiper, a former Giants teammate. Krukow and Kuiper tape a game-day commentary (“Kruk and Kuip on baseball”) for KNBR radio as part of the Giants’ pregame radio coverage. Notably, although Kruk was a pitcher and Kuiper was a position player, Kruk has five career home runs, four more than Kuip (who managed only one in his career despite having over 3,000 at-bats). Krukow has a few “Kruktionary” catchphrases, including: “Grab some pine, meat”; “Just another, ha ha ha ha, laugher!” (After a nail-biter win); “gamer babes”; and repeating “I wanna get that!” the last of which is associated with a product endorsement. In his spare time he enjoys reading, bicycling, golfing and drinking Coronas on the beach. He is good friends with Duane Kuiper. In July 2014, He revealed he was suffering from inclusion body myositis (IBM). His condition was known to the Giants and many of his fellow broadcasters, but he kept the condition a secret from the general public until then. Krukow first noticed that he was having problems about 10 years earlier, when he had lost about 100 yards (90 m) off his golf drive According to sportswriter Steve Fainaru, Krukow “blew it off... for years”, but “secretly feared he had ALS, Lou Gehrig’s disease”. Finally, in 2011, he was diagnosed with IBM. The disease, which mainly affects the quadriceps and hand muscles, is not life-threatening, but now requires him to use a cane; eventually, Krukow will have to use a walker and/or a scooter. Because of increasing hand weakness that limits his ability to play stringed instruments, he has recently taken up the drums, which require a different set of muscular movements Krukow plans to continue broadcasting for the foreseeable future. After retiring from baseball, Duane Kuiper provided commentary for the Giants from 1987 to 1992 before leaving for a one-year stint with the Colorado Rockies in 1993. Kuiper returned to broadcast for the Giants in 1994, where he has remained since. His call of Bonds’ 715th home run to pass Babe Ruth is considered the historic call for that home run, as radio announcer Dave Flemming’s microphone cut out at the exact moment the ball was hit: Kuiper made the TV call for Barry Bonds’ historic 756th home run which broke Hank Aaron’s record (although the historic call is that of KNBR radio announcer Jon Miller). Kuiper is noted for his distinctive calls beginning and ending each game: after the result of the first batter of the game, he says, “And that’s how this game gets started”; when the ball game is over, Kuiper says, “And that’s the ball game!” When Kuiper states the pitch count on a batter, he often calls “nothing” in lieu of calling “a ball” and the current number of strikes when the count is “no balls”. Kuiper often uses the phrase “Got ‘em!” when an out is recorded. His trademark home run call is “He hits it high... hits it deep... it is (or this baby is) OUTTA HERE!” or “HIGH DRIVE... LEFT (or RIGHT) FIELD... IT IS (sometimes: THIS BABY IS) OUTTA HERE!” Another popular home run saying, “THAT ONE’S BELTED DEEP, AND GONE!! A HOME RUN!!” Kruk and Kuip are also famous for their line, “Grab some pine, meat!” when a batter strikes out. In April 2010, Kuiper coined a new slogan from a fan’s sign for the SF Giants club: “Giants baseball. Torture!” This slogan is used generally if the games are either tense, tight, or very close, in which the Giants have later won by a small margin. The two men are great friends. Duane guards his buddy, walking behind him in case of a fall, having a ramp built for him in the broadcasting booth. They are considered by many to be the best broadcasting team going. We have no quarrel with that. And should you wonder how this fits in with “Animal Tales,” wonder no more. We had a panda, we have a baby giraffe, our mascot is Lou Seal and many animals at the zoo and homes are named after many of the boys of summer. Jane Roland gcr770@aol.com
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Hear Our Voice: Part Four
Huddling for Men Who Hang Out on Park Benches
Continuing our coverage of the Hear Our Voice movement that evolved from the Pink Pussyhat Women’s March on Jan. 21, the third Action proposed for the first 100 days of the month-old Trump administration’s “Honeymoon Period” is Protest. If you recall, a follow-up 10-Actions series is captioned “First we march, then we huddle.” So, choose a protest about which to huddle? Or, “Think before you act!” Every protest starts with a huddle. Huddling means sharing ideas, so choose an aspect of social-injustice that moves you to protest: racial and religious prejudice; gender discrimination; need for a minimum wage or affordable housing; unjust incarceration; universal healthcare; women’s reproductive rights. How about homelessness? Once you know your protest topic, join a pre-existent protest group of like-minded persons, start your own local protest movement, or simply express yourself through art, entertainment or literature as Sue Arlson of Monterey did. Sue poeticized homelessness after spotting two elderly gents outside the classroom where she was line dancing.
Two Men in the Park
by Sue Arlson, Monterey Looking out the window while dancing in line, I chanced to see two older men seeming to be enjoying some time.
They sat together on a bench, each bundled to beat the cold. My curiosity was piqued as to what stories they may have told. The bench where they sat, at the edge of the park, was a gathering place for them. I surmised that fact as I continued to watch, for they seemed to be such good friends. Then one man stood up and strolled to the place where the trash was collected all day. He searched for a bit, but nothing found he, with empty hands he walked away. “Could they be homeless?” I thought to myself, “or just two friends shooting the breeze?” “What does homeless look like?” I queried,
Wanda Sue Parrott
Homeless in Paradise then answered, “Just like you and me!” Are we too quick to judge people who don’t follow our “status quo?” These folks may not have asked to be homeless! Their stories we do not know! Homelessness is an epidemic throughout many cities and states. It could happen to any one of us, yet we still sit with food on our plates. So, looking at these two older men sitting together on the bench in the park, then realizing that both may be homeless just tugs at the strings of my heart. We live in America, the land of the free. yet homelessness is rampant across the country! If we were to walk one day in their shoes, do you think we would understand, “It’s not what they choose?”
The shelters do provide some relief, but too often run out of room. The food banks attempt to quench hunger, Yet that hunger continues to bloom. Isn’t there something we can do to make their lives a little better? Like random acts of kindness to these, our sisters and brothers? I, for one, would love to see homelessness start to decline, then, one day, be a thing of the past, a culture then left behind. If huddling for men doesn’t move you, how about huddling for unsheltered women of Interfaith Homeless Emergency Lodging Program (I-HELP) for Women? Or, One Starfish women who sleep in their cars? Prior huddlers helped convince City of Monterey to revise its Municipal Code
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O P E N SAT UR DAY & S UN DAY 1 -3 Pacific Grove | 1258 Shell Avenue | $1,895,000 David Bindel 831.238.6152
PEBBLE BEACH 1252 Padre Lane | $6,595,000 Mike, Jessica & Nic Canning 831.238.5535
MONTEREY 0 Monterra Ranch Lot 1 | $3,500,000 Mike Jashinski 831.236.8913
M O N T E RE Y 845 Wave Street | $3,090,000 Kyle Morrison 831.236.8909
OPEN SU NDAY 1-3 Monterey | 22690 Gallant Fox Road | $1,245,000 Maureen Mason 831.901.5575
PAC IFIC G ROVE 735 Mermaid Avenue | $1,070,000 Whiz Lindsey 831.277.1868
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