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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 •
Saturdays
Dance at Chautauqua Hall •
Fri. March 3
7th Anniversary First Friday Downtown Pacific Grove Free Event
Winners - Page 13
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Pacific Grove’s
• Sat. March 4
Monthly Book Sale 10:00am – 4:00pmPacific Grove Library Many treasures! •
Sat. March 4
Poetry in the Grove Billy Collins Little house in Jewell Park 3-5 PM Free
• Sat. March 4
Harp music and storytelling Pam Scholz and TaelenThomas Pacific Grove Art Center 568 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove 7-8:30 PM Cost will be $10 PGAC members $12 non-members Call PGAC to purchase tickets in advance 831-375-2208 •
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) •
Sat. March 11
Hootenanny CXVII 7-9:30 PM PG Art Center Free event •
Sat. March 18
Dickens Fellowship Meeting Potluck + discussion 514 Park St., Pacific Grove
Inside Animal Tales & Other Random Thoughts............... 17 Cartoon.............................................. 2 Crime................................................. 4 Financial.......................................... 15 Homeless in Paradise........................ 18 Keepers of Our Culture..................... 16 Legal Notices.................................... 19 Obituary........................................... 12 Otter Views....................................... 17 Rain Gauge........................................ 2 Real Estate.............................. 4, 16, 20 Sports......................................... 10, 11
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Monterey Declares Itself a ‘Welcoming County’
Vol. IX, Issue 23
Sailing Weather...At Last
By Marge Ann Jameson
On February 14, 2017, the Monterey County Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution, number 17-042, resolving to designate Monterey County a “Welcoming County” for immigrants and refugees and to maintain trust and safety for local immigrants. The measure was sponsored by Supervisor Luis Alejo, seconded by Supervisor Salinas, and approved by Supervisors Jane Parker and Mary Adams. Only Supervisor Phillips voted against it. The resolution includes language recognizing that foreign-born residents make up more than 30 percent of Monterey County’s total population, and that immigrants refugees, and other newcomers represent nearly 17 percent of the U.S. labor force and more than 33.4 percent of business owners in California, with an expected net growth rate of 85 percent over the next 20 years. The resolution states that “the building of a welcoming community is fundamental to a vibrant and inclusive Monterey County, assuring immigrants, refugees, and other newcomers opportunities for economic security, empowerment, civic engagement, safety and freedom from discrimination, oppression and violence.” Many Monterey County residents along the length and breadth of the county have deep concerns about the potential policies and actions by the new federal administration, including how they will affect our major industries – agriculture and hospitality. There is also concern that trust in local law enforcement, schools and hospitals will be threatened or lost if local agencies become involved in immigration enforcement. The resolution states that the Board of Superviors: “1. Declares and affirms that Monterey County is a Welcoming County; and declares itself a place of trust and safety and urges that no County resources be used to assist in the enforcement of federal immi-
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Michael Polkabla is the local Monterey Shields fleet captain, having purchased his Shields class sailboat “Yankee,” which had belonged to Bob Furney, last year. Last Sunday, Feb. 26, was the Bob Furney Memorial Shields Race and as they passed close to Lovers Point heading east on the return, we waved at them and got this shot of “Yankee’s” colorful spinnaker. The fleet began in Monterey and raced along the shoreline past Cannery Row and Lovers Point up to Point Pinos buoy. They rounded the buoy and headed back along the shoreline with the colorful spinnakers. As the Monterey Shields Fleet captain, Polkabla says he knew Bob Furney and sailed with him and competed against him often. “I was always impressed with how much [Bob Furney] gave of his time and effort to promote sailing in the Monterey Peninsula and to bring new sailors into our local Monterey Peninsula Yacht Club.” May there be many such perfect days for sailing.
LCAP Trudges Forward at City Council The painstaking work of two years by staff and citizens was brought to the Pacific Grove City Council at the March 2, 2017 for an evaluation before it is sent to the California Coastal Commission. Once the plan is certified there, authority to review and approve coastal development permits within the city will revert
to the City. But changes and clarifications are yet to come. Over 23 meetings, such policy issues as sea level rise, coastal access, and the question of armoring the coast or retreating from rising sea levels were discussed, along with definitions of “development” and re-
development,” crucial to property owners in the coastal zone. In addition, the questions of parking in that zone and provisos for lowcost visitor-service accommodation were discussed and outlined.
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gration law or to gather or disseminate information regarding the immigration status of individuals or any other such personal information unless such assistance is required by Federal or State statute, regulation or court decision; and “2. Urges that no department or employee initiate inquiry or enforcement action based solely on a person’s actual or suspected immigration status, national origin, race, ethnicity and/or English proficiency; and “3. Commends the Sheriff’s Department for its commitment to not inquire about immigration status when carrying out its duties, to generally not participate in any immigration enforcement raids and to building trust with all communities the department serves; and “4. Directs County departments to review their confidentiality policies to ensure that eligible individuals are not deterred from seeking services or engaging with county services based on immigration status; and “5. Urges, that with regards to juveniles, that all departments respect juvenile confidentiality for all minors regardless of immigration status, pursuant to the recently enacted California Welfare & Institutions Code, Section 831. “6. Commends the District Attorney’s Office, which has since 2012 instructed and trained prosecutors pursuant to the Supreme Court case of Padilla v Kentucky to consider the avoidance of adverse immigration consequences in the plea negotiations process as one factor in an effort to reach a just resolution in the case of non-citizen defendants, which has now been codified in California Penal Code, Section 1016.3; and “7. Encourages the Public Defender’s Office to continue to provide effective assistance to immigrants facing criminal charges as required by California Penal Code, Section 1016.2; and “8. Supports that all departments continue to support immigrant crime victims and witnesses, and encourages them to come forward to report crime by providing certification of their cooperation (which is needed to obtain humanitarian visas known as the “U Visa”) in a fair and timely manner; and “9. Promotes the value among all residents of advancing efforts for integrating immigrant and refugee communities, recognizing that a community is strongest when everyone feels welcomed; and “10. Supports efforts to bring immigrants, refugees, newcomers and the broader community together to develop policies, programs, and initiatives that build welcoming communities and provide all residents with the knowledge and tools to thrive and full participate in their communities; and “11. Commits to continuing dialogue with all stakeholder in Monterey County concerning any potential inequities in the justice system and commends the work of our local institutions, organizations and individuals who join in building a climate of trust and support for our immigrant community.” Pacific Grove, being a Charter City, has a police force and a City Council and no jail or court system of its own. “We don’t collect that kind of information,” said Police Chief Amy Christey of the possibility that immigration status information could be used against a violator of the law here in the city. Recently the Pacific Grove Unified School District passed resolution to be a “safe school” for immigrants and resolved that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will not be allowed to enter school sites or district facilities without express written permission from the Superintendent and will not have access to school records that might be used to ascertain legal status of students. Superintendent Ralph Gomez Porras reiterated that the district is in the business of education, not immigration enforcement. Salinas City Council voted against a “safe city” resolution recently, 4-3. Seaside City Council will take up the matter soon.
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The density of hotel/motel units, subdivision of parcels, the height of allowable buildings, fencing and outdoor living paces (patios, eg.) – particularly in the Asilomar Dunes neighborhood – were discussed at length, with a good number of public comments heard by the council. Straw votes were taken by the council as to whether or not to leave the draft as presented or to change any particular item. The council thus agreed to have staff revise the Land Use Plan and Implementation Plan and bring it before the council again at the April 4, 2017 meeting before submitting it to the Coast Commission for approval. The Local Coastal Program Update, with maps and appendices, can be found at http://www.cityofpacificgrove.org/living/community-economic-development/planning/local-coastal-program
Pacific Grove’s Rain Gauge Data reported at Canterbury Woods
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Week ending 03-03-17- at 8:30 AM........ .23" Total for the season............................. 20.65" 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 03/02/16........... .18" Data reported by John Munch at 18th St. Total for the season (since 7/1/16)...... 18.73" Week ending .19" Last week low 12/07/16.......................... temperature..................39.5 F Totalweek for the season (since 7/1/16)........ 5.42" Last high temperature.................63.0 F Lastyear week temperature..................41.5 Last rainlow to date (7/1/15-12/16/16)..... 11.97”F Last week high temperature.................63.5 F
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Grand opening celebration of Artworks at Pacific Grove
Affordable Studio Space and Gallery for Local Monterey County Artists The Arts Council for Monterey County is pleased to announce the Grand Opening of “ArtWorks @PacificGrove” from 5:00-8:00 p.m. on Friday, March 10, 2017. This is an opportunity for the community to tour our artist studio space and gallery at the American Tin Cannery, 125 Oceanview Blvd., Suite 209-210, Pacific Grove. The musical group “Persistence” will perform and refreshments will be provided. Admission is free. “Artworks” is similar to a “co-working” space, which encourages collaboration and community, and fills the need of studio space for Monterey County artists. The studios will be open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays from noon to 4:00 p.m. ArtWorks is currently leasing studio space to 15 Monterey County artists in the visual arts arena including painting, sculpture, mixed media, design, photography and jewelry, This art studio space became a reality due to the generosity of Foursome Development, Cannery Row Company and Hayward Lumber who donated construction materials and Richard Matthews Construction for updating the classroom
space. “We are excited to provide this great opportunity to our local art community,” stated Paulette Lynch, Executive Director of the Arts Council for Monterey County. “These artists now have a safe, affordable place to cultivate their talent and grow their business.” About the Arts Council for Monterey County Founded in 1982, the mission of the Arts Council for Monterey County is to improve the quality of life for everyone in our region through the arts. The Arts Council provides arts education to thousands of students each year thanks to support from local PTAs, foundations, businesses and individuals. We provide promotional, technical and financial support to more than 50 arts organizations thanks to funding from the Monterey County Board of Supervisors and grants from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. We are very passionate about our work and dedicated to making Monterey County the very best place to live, work and visit.
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at London Bridge Pub with Dave Holodiloff
All are welcome to attend this “no cover” event with the Dave Holodiloff Irish Band at the London Bridge Pub on St. Patrick’s Day 2017!. Dave Holodiloff Irish Band St. Patrick’s Day Celebration London Bridge Pub 256 Figueroa St. Monterey (Wharf #2) Friday March 17 7-10pm Phone: 831-372-0581 Website: www.daveholodiloff.com The Dave Holodiloff Band is returning to Monterey’s London Bridge Pub for another St. Patrick’s Day celebration of music and merriment! Performing a fun mix of Celtic classics, Irish ballads, reels, jigs, and contemporary Irish folk/pop, the Dave Holodiloff Band brings the party every time. Situated at the start of Wharf #2 overlooking beautiful Monterey Bay, the London Bridge Pub is the perfect place to celebrate with food, drink, music, and dancing this St. Patrick’s Day. Additionally, Dave Holodiloff will be offering a St. Patrick’s Day special on his “Beloved Songs of Ireland” CD at the event.
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Sea Scribes to Hold Field Trip for 29th Anniversary Sea Scribes Monterey Bay Calligraphy Guild’s upcoming monthly program is set for Thursday, March 9. Please note that this meeting is on the second Thursday of the month, not the usual first Thursday of the month meeting and it’s a field trip to a different venue from the regular monthly location. We have something special for our 29th Sea Scribes Anniversary gathering. A field trip! We will be meeting at Open Ground Studios on March 9, the second week in March. Debra has talked with Denese Sanders who is founder and Director of Open Ground Studios. Denese has graciously opened her studio for us to have a presentation and tour of the studios.
We will also be having a demo and hands on book-making project for us to do. That’s not all! There is a full kitchen on site. Debra says we can have our cake and eat it, too. Come celebrate Sea Scribes 29th Anniversary in a fun way.
Date: March 9 Time: 7:00pm Location: Open Ground Studios 1230 Fremont Blvd., Seaside (Please note - this venue is only for our March meeting. Our April meeting will return to our usual venue, The Park Lane in Monterey) The Program is free for all to attend and open to the public.
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SPCA Offers $1,000 Reward in Horse Abandonment-and-Neglect Case
Marge Ann Jameson
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Wrong number? Officer responded for a vehicle that was stuck on a small embankment located inside a private parking lot. Driver said he might have been using his cell phone. He appeared slightly confused. R/P said she noticed driver using his cell phone and driving down the embankment. Officers have made several contact with this particular driver on past vehicle collisions. Errant Min Pinn Responded to above location for a dog at large. Picked up a small female min pinn with blue harness. Dog held pending owner contact. Dog owner came into the station to claim her dog. Fees paid warning citation issued. Free ride to the drunk tank Dispatched to same subject bothering employees of two different businesses. Male found in public lot of shopping center intoxicated and unable to care for himself. He was arrested for being drunk in public. Man was transported for sobering cell observation and later released on written promise to appear. Didn’t learn the first time Officer was dispatched to Country Club Gate on report of trespassing. R/P stated a white male adult subject was inside of the business and refusing to leave. PGPD officers had responded earlier in the day for the same issue. The subject was contacted and asked to leave. He was also provided with a trespass admonishment and told not to return to the business. Subject left without further incident. This report is for information only. Turn your lights on when it’s dark and when it’s raining. Even if you’re drunk. Gregory Pio was stopped for having no headlights turned on at night and in inclement weather. Result was a DUI arrest. Someone cut her tree...but who? On the above date and time, R/P reported a neighbor cut some branches off one of her trees. She said she was not able to prove which one of her neighbors did it.
The SPCA for Monterey County is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who abandoned a horse in Salinas. The horse was found on February 12, 2017, loose on Natividad Road near Old Natividad Road. The horse, a paint stallion approximately 5 years old, had to be humanely euthanized on the recommendation of equine veterinarians to end his painful suffering from long-term neglect. He was suffering from an old fracture in his left hind leg, and likely had been for multiple years. If you have any information about this case or can identify the horse, please contact the SPCA at 831-373-2631. All calls are confidential. To donate to help abused and neglected animals, please call the SPCA at 831-264-5421 or donate online at www. SPCAmc.org. If caught, the owners could potentially be charged with the following offenses: California Penal Code Sections 597.1 (Permitting Animals to go Without Veterinary Care), Penal Code 597 (Animal Cruelty), Penal Code 597(b) (Deprivation of Food, Water, and Shelter), and Penal Code 597s (Abandonment). The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) for Monterey County is your nonprofit, independent, donor-supported humane society that has been serving the animals and people of Monterey County since 1905.
Offender in assault case sentenced
An investigation into a sexual assault in Yosemite National Park has concluded with a prison sentence. Jerry Wayne Pfeiffer, age 64, one-time track coach at PGHS, was recently ordered to serve 15 months in prison followed by a year of supervised release. Court documents show that Pfeiffer sexually assaulted a woman while she was intoxicated and incapacitated in October 2014. US Park Rangers, ISB Special Agents, and an ISB “detailer” responded to the scene. Their investigation led them to take Pfeiffer into custody for the assault. Pfeiffer was also ordered to pay restitution of $2,600, submit his DNA, and undergo drug and alcohol counseling. Additionally, he must register as a sex offender. Once he is released he will reside in Pacific Grove with his wife.
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Programs at the Library For more information call 648-5760. •
Center for Spiritual Awakening 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
Tuesday, March 7 • 11:00 am Pre-School stories at the Pacific Grove Library, ages 2-5 • Wednesday, March 9 • 11:00 am Music with MaryLee: music and songs for all ages • Wednesday, March 9 • 3:45 pm Wacky Wednesday Stories: stories, science and craft projects • Thursday, March 10 • 11:00 am Baby Rhyme Time for babies birth - 24 months
Chautauqua Hall Dance Club Teacher Dance March 4 Rosa Rosa March 11 Metin & Masha Metin March 18 Bob Heather March 25 Metin & Masha Metin
DJ Bachata I Samba Foxtrot Waltz
Where: Chautauqua Hall, 16th St. at Central Ave Pacific Grove, Cost: $15 for non-members, $10 for members. Annual membership fee is $15. Fee includes 55 min. dance lesson, DJ music for 3 hours and buffet of healthful snacks.
Sera Hirasuna, 831-262-0653
For more information, go to: pgdance.org/index.html or Facebook at: https:// www.facebook.com/groups/PGDANCE/ Background: 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. Additional info: No partner needed. Everyone welcome. Kids 13 and under free with an adult.
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
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 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. Wednesday, April 19, 2017 Gentrain Society Lecture: Opera Garnier and 19th Century French Society 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 During France’s Second Empire, the Emperor Napoleon III undertook to transform Paris into a new, modern post-industrial city. A major project was an opulent new Opera House. The young architect Charles Garnier led the construction, which took 15 years before opening in 1873. Garnier’s genius and determination created a theater on a magnificent scale. This lecture will provide a portrait of 19th Century France, of Napoleon III and Eugenie Montijo (his beautiful wife, often compared to Marie-Antoinette), and the Opera’s reflections of the proper etiquette for French society of the time. After a nine-year-career as a Certified Parisian Tour Guide Céline Glon has presented many lectures about the culture and history of her France. Since 2015, Céline has run her own tour business “Et Voila Paris LLC”.
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Poetry in the Grove will play with Billy Collins
The playful poetry of Billy Collins is the topic when Poetry in the Grove meets from 3:00 - 5:00 pm on Saturday, 3/4/17, at the Little House at Jewell Park, 578 Central Ave. in Pacific Grove. Learn why the New York Times has dubbed this former U.S. and New York Poet Laureate, “The Most Popular Poet in America”. Collin’s skillful use of humor opens his readers to receive what is often a deeper message glimmering within. Bring your favorite Billy Collins poems to share, or just come to listen and talk about the work of one of the best known poets of our time. Poetry In The Grove meets from 3:00-5:00 on the first Saturday of each month at Jewell Park, next to the library in Pacific Grove, to read
favorite poems and be exposed to poetry that is new to us. Introduction to Poetry by Billy Collins I ask them to take a poem and hold it up to the light like a color slide or press an ear against its hive. I say drop a mouse into a poem and watch him probe his way out, or walk inside the poem’s room and feel the walls for a light switch. I want them to waterski across the surface of a poem waving at the author’s name on the shore. But all they want to do is tie the poem to a chair with rope and torture a confession out of it. They begin beating it with a hose to find out what it really means. 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
Monterey Peninsula Dickens Fellowship Meets March 18 in Pacific Grove
The Monterey Peninsula Dickens Fellowship will hold its next meeting Saturday, March 18, at the home of Beth Penney, 514 Park Street in Pacific Grove. The meeting includes a potluck dinner and a discussion of Chapters 32-40 of David Copperfield, the group’s selected Dickens novel for the year. Prospective members are welcome. The Monterey Peninsula Dickens Fellowship, a branch of the international Dickens Fellowship, was founded in February of 1991. It was chartered by London headquarters in April of 1992. With approximately 30 members, it is one of more than 50 branches worldwide. From September through May, the Fellowship holds monthly book-discussion meetings at members’ homes, which include potluck meals and discussions of a selected novel each year. It also sponsors several yearly events, including the traditional Birthday Dinner in February; a fund-raising Jumble Sale in May; and a Victorian Christmas Party in December. Prospective members are always welcome at monthly meetings and will receive the group’s monthly newsletter, The Mutual Friend, for three months. If they decide to join, yearly dues are $25. The Fellowship welcomes members of all ages. For more information about the Monterey Peninsula Dickens Fellowship, including information about the March meeting, e-mail bpenney@sonic.net or call 831-372-7625.
SEV EN T H A N N UA L
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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After 30 Years, Charlie Klimas is Hanging up his Letter Carrier Bag
He has served the citizens of Pacific Grove for 30 years, cheerfully delivering mail as a “swing carrier” on five various routes. But on Wed., March 1, Charlie Klimas said goodbye to his co-workers at Pacific Grove Post Office and the regular customers on his routes, and went home to Marina to pack. He’s retiring and moving to Indiana, where his kids and grandkids live and where he has already bought a home. He worked five or six days a week, walking eight to 10 miles a day over those 30 years. A little basic math tells us he walked 78,000 or so miles. He said he went through a pair of shoes every four months. Charlie claims he’s the same weight now as he was when he started, despite custmers who gave him cookies. “I’m just a little older and slower.” He plans to keep on walking when he gets to Indiana, and do a little fishing besides. He said he served five different routes across the city, and said that the people in Pacific Grove are much more friendly than the barking dogs. He said he has “only” been bitten twice by dogs, one of which he described as a chihuahua with an alligator mouth. He liked his co-workers, and said they are some of the hardest workers he has ever known. “They’re really busy!” he said. Christmas season, of course, is the busiest and he said Christmas 2016 was especially busy. He’s looking forward to enjoying the season without delivering cards and packages. Charlie’s cheerful face and accurate delivery will be missed, and we’re sure that his regular customers and his co-workers will miss him as well.
Charlie Klimas
Silzer’s Final First Friday at 178 Grand
The popular Studio Silzer will close their gallery space at 178 Grand Ave. and mve back to the “Arcade” at 178B Grand Ave.It’s an economy move. Says Peter Silzer, wner, “Thank you all for supporting the local artists at Studio Silzer Art Gallery these past 12 months. We will be closing the group gallery at the end of March, but we invite you to one final Open House at 178 Grand Avenue. Come this Friday night, March 3, starting at 6:00 p.m., to visit us and to take home works by your artistic neighbors. Be sure to buy the things you
need before March 28. We will be vacating the gallery space the last week in March, so we would all appreciate your patronage during these final few weeks. Studio Silzer will return to the “Artcade” at 170B Grand, back to the working studio hallway with Fusion Confusion, A Touch of Glass, Planet Trout, and Crack Pot Studio. Meanwhile, all Silzer paintings and photographs on canvas are reduced by 25 percent through the end of March. Come in to see paintings by Iris Asai, Lyn Burghall, Janine Cawthorne, Elliott Diggs, Suzanne
World Affairs Council MPC Discussion Group “Great Decisions: Latin America’s Political Pendulum”
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Irish Story Telling and Music About Turlough O’Carolan…An Irish Legend On Saturday, March 4, come to the Pacific Grove Art Center, 568 Lighthouse Avenue, Pacific Grove from 7-8:30 p.m. and hear harp music and storytelling about Turlough O’Carolan. Turlough O’Carolan was a blind musical genius who brought much-need light and happiness by playing his harp during a very dark period of history for the Irish. His original compositions are a unique blend of ancient Celtic tunes with Italian Baroque. With his golden voice and powerful stage presence Taelen Thomas captures the complexity of Turlough O’Carolan as he grows from a boy into a man. Accompanying Taelen is master harpist Pamela Scholz who brings his music to life. The script was written by Anne Downs and she captures his adventures and overcoming of all adversity to become Ireland’s bestloved harper. Cost will be $10 PGAC members, $12 non-members Call the PGAC to purchase tickets in advance 831-375-2208 Far Right: Pamela Scholz, harpist Right: Taelen Thomas, master storyteller
Sparking Creativity Workshop Teaching Teachers and Parents how to Teach Art One-Day Workshop by Dana Goforth
Whether in the classroom or at home, kids love to draw. As with anything else, they need instruction. But where to start if you’re not an artist yourself? In this workshop, you will learn tips to get kids motivated and think outside the box, how to teach an art project from a fine art perspective, and the importance of the process rather than the product. Two, hands-on drawing projects will be taught with easy, step-by-step visuals to comfortably walk you through the process of creating a picture. Both lessons feature an artist from a Latin American country, a brief bio, and a sample of their work. The goal is for you to teach the projects again and again with confidence. Included: • how to create a comfortable environment for students & ways to spark creative genius • 2 drawing projects with step-by-step illustrations and instructions (meets state standards) which can be simplified for younger kids • reference guidelines for teaching the lessons • art ‘lingo’ definitions • a 30 page workbook that includes how to teach art, a list of fine art materials and suggested resources, and more! Saturday March 11 or March 25, 1:30 – 3:30, Pacific Grove Art Center. Workshop limited to 10 people. Cost is $45 for PGAC members, $50 for non-members. Advance reservation recommended. Questions? Contact Dana at danagoforth@gmail.com Material List: Pencil & eraser, set of colorful fat marker, set of colorful thin markers, black Sharpie pen (materials may be purchased at Imagine Art Supply, 309 Forest Ave. in Pacific Grove at a 10 percent discount)
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
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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Bagel Kitchen Promises “Good Bagels Only”
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Pacific Pacific Grove Grove World World Class Class Dining Dining
Mary Aliotti Mary Aliotti
Aliotti’s Victorian Corner Restaurant Aliotti’s Victorian Corner Restaurant 541 Lighthouse Ave. | (831) 372-4641 541 Lighthouse Ave. | (831) 372-4641
Cho and Suiwa Lui have brought new life to the old Bagel Bakery location at 1132 Forest Ave. Selling the same staple, bagels, but with a fresh young energy that brightens your spirits as soon as you walk in. Clean white marble-esque tables, reclaimed wood accents and a bright pink neon sign that reads “good bagels only” set the tone for your bagel-enjoying experience. Cho and Suiwa made wonderful decisions when it came to the remodel of the location, adding an open concept window to the bagel kettle boiler, where you can see them making hand-rolled, bagels in small batches daily. The bagels are great, when toasted they have a nice crunch on the outside with a soft doughy middle. The reason for these great bagels? Suiwa went to New York and brought an old-fashioned bagel recipe back home to the West Coast. It is a family affair at the Bagel Kitchen, as the neighboring business is Cho’s family Laundromat. It is not uncommon to see the families bounce back and forth between the two storefronts cooing over Cho and Suiwa’s new baby boy. The two gained their culinary background simply through experience. Cho states she worked in various restaurants since the age of 14. Combining many years of experience with a love for HGTV, the Bagel Kitchen was born. This new home for old fashioned bagels brings a breath of fresh air to Pacific Grove. Not only does the Bagel Kitchen play host to “good bagels only” but their large menu boasts homemade soups, hot waffles, ice cream and many other treats. And it doesn't stop there; the couple also added an espresso machine that brews local Acme coffee. The coffee isn't the only thing that is local either, Bagel Kitchen sources their ingredients locally. Local is a big theme with Cho, as she is a Pacific Grove native that went through Pacific Grove schools. The Bagel Kitchen is sponsoring a local basketball team and has set out to give back to local public schools through their success. Head over to the Bagel Kitchen, open seven days a week, and see for yourself all they have to offer. To see the full menu visit www.bagelkitchen.com Follow the fun at @bagel.kitchen on Instagram. Writer’s pick: toasted salt bagel with cream cheese and jalepeño. Cho’s pick: all-seed bagel, vegetarian sandwich style, with added bacon. -Alli Mayorga
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Orphans of the Storm: SPCA Rescues Three Puppies in Salinas
Last week, The SPCA for Monterey County received a call about puppies trapped under a portable classroom at Gavilan View Middle School in Salinas. Teachers and students at the school heard crying under the classroom for at least two days, starting when the students returned on Tuesday from a school vacation. A custodian and a teacher managed to dig and reach under the building and pull the puppies to safety while the school secretary kept the rescued puppies warm. SPCA humane officers rushed the tiny puppies back to the shelter for immediate veterinary care. Three puppies survived. Sadly, two more were found to have recently died. The three tiny puppies, now named Gilligan, Skipper, and Mary Ann, were just two weeks old, cold, and dehydrated. They spent their first night with the SPCA in the care of a dedicated foster who bottle fed them and kept them warm. Adding a shocking twist to the story: a lactating adult female dog had been trapped at the school and sent to a different shelter five days before the puppies’ rescue. The Friday the mother was trapped, February 17, was also the same day the major storm hit our community. The SPCA picked her up the next morning to see if she could be the puppies’ mother. If so, SPCA staff wondered how puppies just two weeks old could have possibly survived five days, in storm conditions, without her. The mother dog immediately and lovingly took the puppies into her care without hesitation and began nursing them. While it’s possible they have a different mother, we don’t know where she is. The school has not seen another lactating dog on campus and no dog has tried to come back to find the puppies. The SPCA thanks Gavilan View Middle School, their teachers, staff, and students for caring about and rescuing the puppies. To help pets like Gilligan, Skipper, and Mary Ann, please donate: www.SPCAmc.org/donate. Everything we do is only made possible by you. If you know these puppies or have seen a lactating adult female dog in the area, please contact us at 831-373-2631. The puppies will be raised in a loving foster home until they are ready to be adopted in approximately two months. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) for Monterey County is your nonprofit, independent, donor-supported humane society that has been serving the animals and people of Monterey County since 1905. They are the local agency you call to investigate animal cruelty, rescue and rehabilitate injured wildlife, and aid domestic animals in distress. Online at www.SPCAmc.org.
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Breaker Basketball Breakers Squeak past King’s Academy 42-40 in quarterfinals
Breakers LaCrosse Team starts season with a win
Breakers LaCrosse over York 16-2 on a cold, cold night. Coaches, scorekeepers and fans frozen! At least the players kept moving! Eight different players had goals or assists, including freshmen Caleb Torres, Parker McAnaly and Dylen MacLaren. Goalie Chase Podell had 5 saves. Next up for the Breakers is a game vs Gunn on Thursday 5:00pm at PG.
In the Central Coast Section Division IV quarterfinals, the Pacific Grove Breakers (21-4, 13-1) opened their playoff run with the King’s Academy Knights (16-11, 8-6), defeating them 42-40 in a heart pounding competition. Pacific Grove took the early lead with the help of their three point success championed by Gaurav Gurung, with 3, and Jalen Killian, with 2. Leading by only three points after one quarter, the Breakers found success in driving the lane for layups. The Knights found their offense curtailed, as they scored just seven points in the second quarter and trailed 27-17 at the half. King’s Academy, determined to dig themselves out of their halftime deficit, began the third quarter with an 8-0 run, and outscored PG 14-6 by the end of the quarter thanks, in part, to the Knight’s success in limiting the Breakers offensive rebounds. However, Pacific Grove clung to the lead with 19 defensive rebounds, led by Zack Miller (6) and Brad Sendell (5), and 5 steals, with Brad Sendell and Jalen Killian having 2 apiece. Jalen Killian’s defensive rebound with 6 seconds remaining and the Breakers clinging to a 1 point lead, may have been the biggest defensive rebound of the game. Pacific Grove’s ability to out hustle their opponents in the tightest of situations allowed the Breakers to hold on to the lead throughout the contest. The Breakers’ defense was responsible for holding the Knight’s to 14 points under their season average of 54 points per game. The leading scorers for the Breakers were Brad Sendell (18), Gaurav Gurung (9), and Jalen Killian (8).
Menlo Knights end Breakers’ Central Coast Section title hopes
The Pacific Grove Breakers (21-5, 13-1) squared off against the Menlo Knights (18-7, 13-1) in the Division IV CCS semifinal round Tuesday night at Hartnell College. The Breakers, looking for a second consecutive CCS title, fell to the Knights 54-23. Menlo’s tough defense limited PG to 1 outside field goal per half and achieved 30 defensive rebounds, preventing the Breakers from second chance opportunities necessary for them to get back in the game. PG had 10 defensive rebounds and 7 offensive. Emmett Small was the leading rebounder for the Pacific Grove, having 4 of the team’s 7 offensive rebounds and 5 total rebounds. Ian Sinclair-Fox was the second leading rebounder with 2 offensive and defensive rebounds accounting for 4 of the Breaker’s 17 rebounds. PG limited Menlo’s 3 point success, as the Knights scored only 1 of their 11 attempted three point baskets. However, Menlo shot 71 percent from 2-point range and converted 17 of 20 free throws (85 percent) while obtaining 6 offensive rebounds. The leading scorers for the Breakers were Brad Sendell (12), Emmett Small (4), and Ian Sinclair-Fox (4). This loss ends Pacific Grove’s season. However, despite suffering a disappointing loss, the Breakers had a fantastic and exciting season that would make any school and community proud. Pacific Grove went 21-5, defeating strong teams such as Santa Cruz, who also progressed to the semifinals of the Division IV tournament, and Hillmar who earned a spot in the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs. PG swept their rival Carmel in league and finished with an impressive 13-1 league record. Pacific Grove earned their fourth straight MTAL title, which is the second time in Head Coach Dan Powers’ career as coach of the Breakers. PG also finished above the national average in all categories except steals and blocks. The Breakers lose 7 seniors: Brad Sendell (who averaged 18.5 points per game and 4.2 assists per game, and had 480 total points), Gaurav Gurung (with an average of 3.8 points per game and a total of 100 points), Zack Miller (averaging 9.9 points per game, 8.2 rebounds per game, 248 total points, and 7 double doubles), Emmett Small ( averaging 3.3 points per game, and totaled 83 points), Miles Lewis ( averaging 1.2 points per game), Charlie Bursch ( averaging 1.8 points per game and 1.7 rebounds per game), and Evan Christianson (averaged 2.8 points per game). As a group, the seniors were responsible for 1,022 points of the team’s 1,524 total points, or 67 percent of the Breaker’s points on the season. Congratulations to the Pacific Grove Boys Basketball team on their amazing season!
Coach Fran O’Hagan talks it over with the team, including #17 Kane Miller and #7, Reece O’Hagan. Game photos by Josh Vernon.
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Breaker Boys’ Soccer Claims First Winning Season Since 2013 By Zach Goodwin Looking up at the championship banners in the Pacific Grove High School gym, one can see a long tradition of athletic dominance. Programs like cross country, basketball, and football enjoy unparalleled success, years without titles becoming the exception instead of the norm. But looking up at the banner for boys’ soccer, there lies just a single year printed in black ink, surrounded by a sea of blank space. That year is 2008 - the sole boys soccer title in the high school’s century long history. In the mid-2000s, the Breakers enjoyed moderate success, stringing together a series of winning seasons and title challenges. But recent seasons provide only memories of painful losses and humiliating blowouts. Between 2013 and 2016, PG won just three league games. This past year, however, the Breaker Soccer program experienced a rejuvenation. Head Coach Nicholas Lackey - who inherited a program wracked by problems after a disastrous 2013-2014 season - guided the team to its first winning season since taking over, claiming a 6-3-1 record and second place in the Mission Trail Coastal Division, finishing just behind champions Oakwood. The season was not without difficulties. The Breakers endured a rough preseason and a humiliating non-league loss to rivals Carmel, while also having to deal with several injuries. But in the end, the Breakers performed when it mattered, scoring thirty league goals and conceding just twelve. The season culminated in a senior night upset over then-league leaders Pacific Collegiate and an exhilarating away win against the Anzar Hawks. Next year the Breakers look to claim a second league title for the program, as both the team’s leading scorer, Jake Haney, and the team’s assist leader, Caelum Kim-Sanders, are set to return as juniors next season. The Breakers, however, will be losing a large part of their team. Seven seniors striker Chris Crandell, winger Zach Goodwin, midfielders Eric Santos and Nadi Nader, defenders Lucas Melac and Myles Kerchner, and goalkeeper Thomas Pontarolo - are set to graduate in June. The team’s eight juniors – Diederik Bakker, Immad Burhani, Jackson Schoolmeester, Matt Perlstein, Nico Mah, Nolan Hook, Pragnesh Kalyandrug and Shey Gibson - will look to pick up the slack next year as the team’s senior members. They will be joined by this past season’s sophomores - Caelum Kim-Sanders, Carlos Michel-Luhrs, and Jake Haney - as well as the six freshmen who just completed their first season on varsity - Bogdan Grots, Josue Sanchez, Parker McAnally, Robertson Rice, Sergi Rodas-Mendoza, and Yonatan Chajmovic.
From left to right... Standing: Head Coach Nicholas Lackey, Nolan Hook, Caelum Kim-Sanders, Nico Mah, Immad Burhani, Jake Haney, Jackson Schoolmeester, Sergi Rodas-Mendoza, Assistant Coach Marc Afifi. Kneeling: Yonatan Chajmovic, Matt Perlstein, Myles Kerchner, Chris Crandell, Nadi Nader, Zach Goodwin, Lucas Melac, Josue Sanchez, Parker McAnally, Thomas Pontarolo. Sitting: Shey Gibson, Carlos Michel-Luhrs, Robertson Rice, Bogdan Grots, Eric Santos, Pragnesh Kalyandrug Not pictured: Diederik Bakker.
Season Stats
PGHS Golden Boot - Jake Haney (Soph), ST, 6 goals*
PGHS Golden Boot - Jake Haney (Soph), ST, 6 goals* Other Goal Scorers FIVE Goal Club
FOUR Goal Club THREE Goal Club TWO Goal Club ONE Goal Club
Eric Santos (Sr), CM Lucas Melac (Sr), RB Zach Goodwin (Sr)*, Wing Jackson Schoolmeester (Jr), Wing Robertson Rice (Fr), Wing Shey Gibson (Jr), Wing Matt Perlstein (Jr), Wing Sergi Rodas-Mendoza (Fr), CB Parker McAnally (Fr), LB Nadi Nader (Sr), CDM Myles Kerchner (Sr), CB Immad Burhani (Jr), Wing
PGHS Assist Leader - Caelum Kim-Sanders (Soph), CAM, 7 assists* Other Assist Contributors** FOUR Assist Club THREE Assist Club TWO Assist Club ONE Assist Club
Robertson Rice (Fr), Wing Zach Goodwin (Sr)*, Wing Shey Gibson (Jr), Wing Jake Haney (So), ST Nadi Nader (Sr), CDM Eric Santos (Sr), CM Jackson Schoolmeester (Jr), Wing Matt Perlstein (Jr), Wing Lucas Melac (Sr), RB Carlos Michel-Luhrs (So), CM Myles Kerchner (Sr)*, CB
PGHS Defensive MVPs - Nadi Nader (Sr), CDM, Myles Kerchner (Sr), CB PGHS Golden Glove - Thomas Pontarolo (Sr), GK, 4 clean sheets * one such goal or assist came in the preseason ** two goals were unassisted Regular Season Results Summary Preseason Goals - Haney, Goodwin, Burhani 01/10/17 - @ Oakwood, L 0-6 01/12/17 - @ Pacific Collegiate, L 0-2 01/19/17 - vs. Trinity Christian, W 7-1 Melac (2), Santos (2), Rice, Perlstein, Gibson 01/24/17 - vs. York, W 4-0 Haney, Santos, Rice, Schoolmeester 01/27/17 - vs. Anzar, T 1-1 Gibson 02/01/17 - vs. Oakwood, L 0-1 02/06/17 - vs. Pacific Collegiate, W 1-0 Haney 02/08/17 - vs. Trinity Christian, W 10-0 Goodwin (3), Santos, Schoolmeester, Haney, Rodas-Mendoza, Nader, Kerchner, McAnally 02/13/17 - @ York, W 4-0 Haney (2), Santos, Melac 02/14/17 - @ Anzar, W 3-1 Schoolmeester, Melac, Rice Final Record: 6-3-1
Graduating seniors after the 1-0 senior night win against Pacific Collegiate. From left to right - Zach Goodwin, Lucas Melac, Thomas Pontarolo, Nadi Nader, Myles Kerchner, Chris Crandell, Eric Santos.
After the last game of the season, a 3-1 away win at Anzar.
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‘Life in Pacific Grove’ -- How Nancy chose PG
Here’s an easy jumping-off point for those of you who would like to contribute a story to “Life in Pacific Grove,” but aren’t sure how to begin. Tell us how you—or your ancestors—made the decision to live in PG. This week’s guest columnist, Nancy Swing, shares her tale of choosing PG from among all the possibilities in the world. Nancy is the author of “Malice on the Mekong,” a mystery set in Laos. Find out more at nancyswing.com “Life in Pacific Grove” is the collection of stories by and for residents and the other one remained in Italy, caring for visitors of PG that we’re publishing to house, dog, two cats and an olive grove. benefit the Friends of the Pacific Grove ‘How Perfect This Is’ Public Library. I remember walking around the AsiHow Did a Girl from West Virginia lomar neighborhood and thinking, “How End Up in Pacific Grove? perfect this is.” Close to shore, close to Via Kazakhstan. And Guyana, Tanza- town, lots of places to amble, from the nia and Laos. And lots of other countries. old railway right-of-way through streets After spending most of our adult lives of quaint cottages to the natural forest working in the Third World, my husband of George Washington Park. And I felt and I’ve retired and returned to the States. healthy, freed from the almost daily miBut it wasn’t a straight shot. In the graines that had been crippling my life late nineties, we bought and renovated an in Italy. old farmhouse in Italy, expecting to retire Those short-term stays sealed the and die there. But I developed an extreme deal. We packed up and moved within sensitivity to sunlight, with doctors rec- a matter of weeks, never looking back. ommending we leave Umbria and find a There were more delights to come. The cloudy, foggy climate. longer we’ve lived here, the more we’ve We began our search in Portland realized that PG has much more to offer and drove south, rejecting each potential nest. Finally we reached Pacific Grove, and it just felt right. We’d appreciated the small-town atmosphere of our Italian community, and we found it again in PG. Strangers saying hello as they passed. Locally-owned shops downtown, with welcoming, friendly staff. Ditto the restaurants, and the food was really good! Interesting architecture, lovingly preserved. Yet we wanted to be sure. After all, this was a big move, from Central Italy to Central California, not just in distance, but in ambiance. And we only knew one family in the area, from long-ago days when we’d all lived in Sacramento. We decided to try an experiment. We Nancy Swing, author of “Malice on the took turns living here in a rented, furnished Mekong,” shares her tale of how she apartment for three months. Meanwhile chose to live in Pacific Grove.
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than we’d first appreciated. Yes, there’re the cloudy and foggy days I need. But we also get sparkling days of sun when the light bounces off the sea foam and fills the air with glittering effervescence. Those times when the fog drifts across the dunes and slips through the trees bring a bonus—hair and skin agleam with unexpected vitality. Wandering Around the World, Coming Home to PG So many more gifts: Neighbors who truly treat us like family. Celebrations of heritage, from annual renovation awards to Good Old Days every April. Fourth
of July in Caledonia Park, sharing food and dancing to live music. The family of deer living in our backyard, bringing forth fawns every spring. The Monarch Sanctuary in winter, when rising sun caresses sleeping butterflies, and thousands of orange-and-black wings lift into the sky. Early morning walks on Asilomar Beach, dogs scampering in the surf while their humans stop to pass the time of day with strangers. In fact, we’re not strangers. Not even from the first day. After wandering the world, we’ve come home. 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.
Obituary Eleanor Odella Mallory Eleanor Odella Mallory July 31, 1922 – February 20, 2017
Eleanor Mallory passed peacefully at her home in Pacific Grove on Monday, February 20, with her daughter Kathleen at her side. Eleanor was preceded in death by her parents, Oscar and Magnild (Ginger) Thronson, her loving husband Gerald Mallory, and sister Avis Baldwin of Wisconsin. She is survived by her sister LaVon Peffer of Fresno, her children, Terry Mallory and wife Susan of Oakhurst, Kathleen Marechal of Pacific Grove and Maureen Roddick of Carmel, four grandchildren, a great grandchild and extended family. Eleanor and Gerald were childhood sweethearts and married in 1942, just before he was sent to the South Pacific in World War II. Eleanor and Gerald were stationed overseas in Japan, Italy and Germany and various posts in the United States during his 30 year career in the US Army. After Gerald’s retirement, Eleanor started a 20 year career with Rapid Blueprint in Monterey. A private memorial service will be held at Golden Gate National Cemetery at San Bruno where Eleanor will be buried next to her husband. In lieu of flowers, her family kindly requests that contributions be made in Eleanor’s name to Central Coast VNA & Hospice, Development Department, P O Box 2480, Monterey, CA 93942.
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Sixty Middle School spellers face off this Sunday County’s best compete for a chance at the Scripps National Spelling Bee
Turn off your autocorrect, pull out the dictionary, and prepare for an intense afternoon of spelling this Sunday. The Countywide Spelling Bee, sponsored by the Monterey County Office of Education and community partners, will begin at 1:30 p.m. at Hartnell College. Sixty students – all winners of spelling bees at their individual schools – are scheduled to compete. These students, the best middle school spellers in the county, will gather for an afternoon of competitive spelling, attempting to spell their way to the grand prize of a trip to National Harbor, Maryland, to compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 28 – June 4, 2017. The National Spelling Bee is the nation’s largest and longest-running educational promotion, and is administered on a not-for-profit basis by the E.W. Scripps Company and local spelling bee sponsors in the United States, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Department of Defense Schools in Europe; also, the Bahamas, Canada, Ghana, Jamaica, Japan and South Korea. The purpose is to help students improve their spelling, increase their vocabularies, learn concepts and develop correct English language usage that will help them all their lives. Sunday’s Countywide Spelling Bee is admission-free and the public is invited to attend. Free parking is available on the Hartnell campus. Participating spellers are: Serenity Alarcon, Laurel Wood Elementary. Guadalupe Alvarez, Echo Valley Elementary Selsela Arsala, Los Arboles Middle School Rena Babb, San Antonio Elementary School Giovanna Bautista, Alisal Community School James Beck, Monterey Co. Home Charter School Gustavo Blas, Bardin Elementary School Dagny Brej, San Carlos School Leo Burks, York School Sergio Cabrera, Roosevelt Elementary School Uriel Cardenas, Frank Ledesma Elementary School Maddlyn Cardoso, Mission Park School Anna Michelle Chassion, Buena Vista Middle School Dominic Chavez, Rose Ferrero Elementary School Jayden Cox, Elkhorn Elementary School Ryan Delosreyes, Colton Middle School Kristen Diaz, University Park School Alison Eng, Pacific Grove Middle School Cadence Eskue, Loma Vista Elementary School Felix Espinosa, Kammann Elementary School Garrett Fernandez, Junipero Serra School Maritza Garcia, Sherwood Elementary School Osvaldo Garcia, Chualar Elementary School Rigo Garcia, Dual Language Academy, Mo. Peninsula Aaliyah Gonzalez, San Vicente Elementary School Rylee Guthrie, John Steinbeck School Jose Guzman, Frank Paul Elementary School Paul Hamrick, Lambert Hamrick Homeschool Heidi Hansch, All Saints’ Episcopal Day School Colin Hunt, Santa Catalina School Sean Lapitan, Natividad Elementary School Ayanna Lee, Gavilan Elementary School Genesis Lopez, La Paz Middle School Samuel Low, Mission Park Elementary School Lawson Marshall, Lagunita School Kevin Martinez, Palma School Angelina Mendoza, Chalone Peaks Middle School Jahaziel Mendoza, Dr. Martin Luther King Academy Nayeli Mendoza, Main Street Middle School Jasmynne Oliva, Prunedale Elementary School Sophia Oliva, Fairview Middle School Barbara Ramirez, Boronda Meadows School Dayana Ramirez, Fremont Elementary School Daphne Renteria, Jack Franscioni Elementary Jennifer Rios, Vista Verde Middle School Edwin Rodriguez, Harden Middle School. Elizabeth Rojas, Virginia Rocca Barton School Peyton Ross, San Benancio Middle School Daijia Marie Sanchez, Lincoln Elementary School Mia Sanchez, El Sausal Middle School Stephanie Sanchez, Monte Bella Elementary School Anthony Santa Ana, Washington Middle School Julian Santiago, Creekside Elementary School Hugo Sinay, Oscar F. Loya Elementary School Joshua Torres, Seaside Middle School Jaime Velasquez, San Lucas Elementary School Angelina Velazquez, Los Padres Elementary School Grace Wang, Carmel Middle School Ethan Willis, No. Monterey Co. Middle School Bella Young, Stevenson School
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kiteboarding, affected, overwhelm, exquisite, hysterical, metamorphic, gargantuan
Tommy Ducker Wins the Monterey County Spelling Bee
Fifth grader Tommy Ducker outlasted 67 other spellers to win the Lyceum of Monterey County Spelling Bee. Tommy and Evan Conneau represented Robert Down School in the competition for all elementary schools in the county. Tommy spelled all of the following words successfully: kiteboarding, affected, overwhelm, exquisite, hysterical, metamorphic, gargantuan. Tommy and the second place winner, Henrik Mills of Washington Union School, have the opportunity to advance to the California State Bee on May 13, thanks to arrangements which have been made by Pacific Grove resident, Dave Riddle, who was the caller for the Robert Down Spelling Bee Round 3 and for the final county-wide spelling bee. Third place went to Briana Romo of Washington Union School. Fourth place went to Gia Panetta of Tularcitos School. Tommy wishes to thank all of his teachers, from kindergarten to fifth grade, for helping him be such a terrific speller and for teaching him how to work hard and persevere: Kindergarten- Mrs. Eloise Guidara, 1st Grade- Mrs. Jacqueline Perkins, 2nd Grade- Mrs. Denise Johnson, 3rd Grade- Mrs. Stephanie Perlstein, 4th Grade- Mrs. Karen Levy, and 5th Grade- Mrs. Stefanie Pechan. And thank you to Michelle Ford. She was instrumental in making all things Spelling Bee happen. (Below: Written by Ashley Gora and Ellen Olack ) Nearly 5,000 students competed over the past month for the chance to represent their schools at the Lyceum’s 33rd Annual Monterey County Spelling Bee, held at San Benancio Middle School February 25. Thirty-six schools participated in the competition, each sending two finalists and two alternates to the county bee. Among these finalists and alternates were the 62 students who each took their turn spelling words for the hundreds of parents, teachers, siblings, principals, and grandparents who eagerly supported the spelling whizzes. Most touching was Angel Diaz’s family, who held up a bumblebee with an angel halo to support the student from Martin Luther King Elementary School. Henrik wowed the crowd with his rapid-fire spelling of words like investigation, roughhouse, possessor, Hawaiian, and medieval. Thomas proved his mettle by spelling affected, overwhelm, exquisite, hysterical, and metamorphic. It was the tricky missing silent “h” when Henrik spelled posthumous that gave Thomas the opportunity to correctly spell gargantuan and clinch the title of Monterey County Spelling Bee Winner 2017. Briana Romo, a fifth grader from Washington Union Elementary School, put up a valiant fight against Henrik and Thomas, coming in third place with words including estimate, pistachio, tamale, and picturesque. Gia Panetta, a fifth grader from Tularcitos Elementary School, secured her spot in fourth place by correctly spelling words including generous, knapsack, excruciating, and experiment. Judging the event were Christine Westbrook and Wayne Cruzan. Our word caller was David Riddle, Adult Spelling Bee Champion. Many of the students that competed stated that their favorite moment of the entire Spelling Bee process was discovering that they had made it to the county-level competition, whether as a finalist or an alternate. One student said that they enjoyed getting to be onstage spelling words that they had not been exposed to before.
Front row, L_R: Thomas Ducker (Robert Down Elementary), Henrik Mills (Washington Union Elementary), Briana Romo (Washington Union Elementary), Gia Panetta (Tularcitos Elementary)
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Treasures Among Treasures: Pacific Grove Thrift Stores By Alli Mayorga Church Mouse, Tail Waggers, AFRP Treasure shop, just to name a few, are the hidden gems of our little beach town. Within the Pacific Grove city limits, our town boasts a good handful of thrift stores; you could spend and entire day scouring through treasures unknown. To start your treasure tour head to AFRP Treasure Shop (160 Fountain Ave, 333-0491) where they truly have a wonderful blend of everything. They are known to have fine jewelry in their cabinet as well as perfectly packed bookshelves. Be sure to check out their extravagant seasonal window displays. From the AFRP Treasure Shop, go up Fountain Ave. and head down Lighthouse Ave. where you will find Spirals Consignment and Benefit (570 Lighthouse Ave., 383-5030), known to have a large selection of fine fashion, jewelry and accessories. St. Vincent de Paul (214 Forest Ave, 642-9387) in the heart of downtown, is packed to the brim with home goods, clothing, jewelry, and mass amounts of beautiful glassware. Take a stroll on 17th St. where you will find two great thrift stores side by side. Tail Waggers Animal Welfare Benefit Shop (206 17th St., 372-1650) is home to a large selection of pet paraphernalia, even custom pet tags. Tail Waggers also hosts a nice selection of vintage books. Just one door down is the Church Mouse (204 17th St., 3750838) where you will find an eclectic array of knick-knacks galore. Head up the hill to Country Club Gate Shopping center where you will find The American Cancer Society Discovery Shop, (198 Country Club Gate, 372-0866) home to a lovely collection of fine furniture and art. Be sure to check out their special sales and upcoming events. Back down near the sea shore, St. Mary’s by-the-sea Church Thrift Shop (146 12th St., 373-4441) has two rooms to sort through for great finds. Be sure to keep an eye out for their Antique and Collectables Show which is usually held in July. Continue down Central Ave to find The Bridge Second Chance Thrift Store (105 Central Ave., 717-4479) where there is always a smiling face and a helping hand. This store always seems to have a huge selection of furniture. Sales change weekly, so you are sure to catch a deal. Not only do you find wonderful goods to bring home, but also enjoy the thrill of the hunt while exploring our local thrift shops. Give new life to something once forgotten and discarded. May your new found treasure be one less item in our landfill. Supporting our local treasure shops means you are living green by buying used. Finally, feel good about your purchases from these shops because you are also supporting some wonderful organizations as all of the above shops benefit unique non-profits. Whether it’s Pyrex or picture frames you seek, visit one of Pacific Grove’s many treasure shops and you are sure to find something you didn’t even know you need!
Banners welcome buyers outside the AFRP Treasure Shop at 160 Fountain Ave.
Harpist to Perform at
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Monterey Library
Monterey Public Library presents Stories for Adults “Celtic Harp & Story” featuring Patrick Ball, on Tuesday, March 14, 7 p.m., in the Library Community Room. Ball will perform an original piece entitled, “Come Dance with Me in Ireland; Stories of W.B. Yeats.” Ages 16-up are invited to attend, and tickets must be obtained in advance at the Help Desk. Tickets are $15 or 1 free with your valid MPL card. No tickets at the door. The Library is located at 625 Pacific Street, Monterey. For more information call (831) 646-3949.
Join us for a dance and silent auction benefitting Community Human Services' Safe Place Program for Runaway and homeless youth. suggested donation $25 per person. 21 and over.
Friday, March 10th, 2017, 8 - 11pm. Monterey ELKS LODGE 150 MAR VISTA DR. mONTEREY, ca
Prizes for best/worst dressed!
For more information or to purchase pre-sale tickets, please contact lenina sanchez at : 831.658.3811.
Patrick Ball
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A General Overview of Trustee Fees
One of the first issues you must examine when closing a Trust Administraiton is how much the trustee should take in compensation. Often the trustee will ask you for counsel in this area. The trustee assumes a great deal of responsibility and liability and thus should be justly compensated for his or her work. At the same time, it is important that the trustee not take a fee that is too high or that will raise questions from the beneficiaries on whether or not the fee was justified. As a result, counseling the trustee on the proper fee is critical. In determining a proper fee, you first should examine the trust itself. California Probate Code Section 15680 states that “if the trust instrument provides for the trustee’s compensation, the trustee is entitled to be compensated in accordance with the instrument.” If the trust sets a fee that you and the trustee feel is reasonable, that might be the end of the discussion. However, keep in mind that Section 15680 does allow a procedure for the court to adjust the fee higher or lower given factors such as whether the trustee’s duties were different than contemplated or whether the set fee is unreasonably high or low. If the set fee does not seem appropriate given the circumstances, you might consider taking a lower fee (if the set fee appears too high) or petitioning the court for a higher fee (if the set fee appears too low). While there are trusts that set a spe-
Kyle A. Krasa, Esq.
Planning for Each Generation cific fee for trust compenstaion, more commonly trusts state that the trustee is entitled to “reasonable compensation.” In fact, California Probate Code Section 15681 states that “If the trust instrument does not specify the trustee’s compensation, the trustee is entitled to reasonable compensation under the circumstances.” The difficulty is that “reasonable compensation” is not a defined term. If the trust refers to “reasonable compensation” or is silent on the issue of trustee compensation, it becomes a judgment call as far as how much the trustee should take as a fee. The trustee will likely have no idea how to determine “reasonable compensation” and will rely upon you for the answer. Fortunately, there is some guidance. In general when California courts determine “reasonable compensation,” they look at specific factors in accordance
League of Women Voters Lunch & Learn
The League of Women Voters of Monterey County (LWVMC) invites the public to attend the next Lunch & Learn, set for Wednesday, March 8. General Member Meeting “What’s Up At FORA (Fort Ord Reuse Authority)?” Presented by guest speaker Gail Morton, Marina City Councilwoman Wednesday, 8 March 2017 Lunch: Noon ($17/person; provided by Café Athena) Presentation: 12:30p-1:30p (free and open to the public) The Lunch & Learn luncheon and later talk will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 490 Aguajito Road, Carmel. Please RSVP if you’re attending the luncheon portion by Saturday, March 4. RSVPs must be sent to Lorita Fisher who can be reached via email (GLFisher@redshift.com) or phone (831-375-8301). Payment for lunch can be made in cash or check and is payable upon arrival. Further questions about the upcoming presentation? Please contact Janet Brennan with specific questions at JanetB@MontereyBay.com.
NAACP Sets Annual Banquet
The Monterey County’s Branch of the NAACP is “Celebrating 85 Years of Civil Rights Advocacy - The Struggle Continues.” Mark your calendar for the annual Freedom Fund Life Membership Banquet to be held on Saturday, April 1 at 6:00 PM at the Hyatt in Monterey. Hilary Shelton, Senior Vice President for Advocacy and Policy, will be speaking on the continued struggle for equality for all. NAACP Annual Freedom Fund Life Membership Banquet Saturday, April 1 at 6:00 PM Hyatt in Monterey,1 Old Golf Course Rd, Monterey For more information, call Ms. Robinson at (831) 578-1491 or by email at naacpbanquetinfo@gmail.com
Sustainable Pacific Grove focuses on pesticides use in Monterey County
Sustainable Pacific Grove, meeting on Wednesday, March 8 from 7-8:30 p.m., will focus on the current use of pesticides in Monterey County and the threat this use poses to public health, especially children's health. Because of the agricultural nature of out county, most of the information offered at this meeting will pertain to agricultural pesticides and their use near public schools. Beginning with an overview of what regulations and programs exist at the state and county levels regarding pesticide use near schools, we will explore the role Monterey Bay community members have had in shaping these policies. In conclusion, we will look at what the coming year might bring in terms of advocacy around control of pesticides in our community. Our presenter, Lucia Calderon, a Salinas resident, is a UC-Santa Cruz alumna formally trained in biology and sustainable development. He leads Safe Ad Safe Schools, a coalition of Monterey Bay community members advocating for policy that protects children and families from the health hazards of pesticides. All are welcome. There is no cost for the talk.
with California Rules of Court Section 7.776 which are: The gross income of the trust; The success or failure of the trustee’s administration, as measured, e.g., by the growth in value of the investments; Any unusual skill, expertise, or experience that the trustee has brought to the position, e.g., investment management expertise; The “fidelity” or “disloyalty” shown by the trustee, The amount of risk and responsibility assumed by the trustee, as measured, e.g., by negotiation of oil leases or management of a large office building; The time that the trustee spent performing trust duties; The custom in the community, including the compensation allowed to trustees by settlors or courts and the fees charged by corporate trustees; and Whether the work was routine or required more than ordinary skill and judgment. Another source for determining an appropriate trustee fee is the fee schedules for corporate trustees in the local community. Corporate trustee fees on the first $1 million of market value of trust assets tend to range from 1.0 to 1.3 percent and fees on the second $1 million tend to range from 0.70 to 1.25 percent per year. In practice, most non-professional trustees use corporate trustee fee schedules as an upper limit on their own fees. These fee schedules are not legal standards but they may suggest benchmarks for what constitutes “reasonable compensation.” A key aspect of determining an appropriate fee is to decide whether trustee compensation should be calculated upon a percentage of the estate or upon an hourly
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basis. Although most corporate trustee fees are calculated upon a percentage, your local court might have a practice of allowing a specified hourly rate. Furthermore, some private professional fiduciaries in your community might determine their compensation based upon a specified hourly rate and that can give you guidance as to what an appropriate hourly fee is for your trustee. Often the best practice is to “test” your proposed fee under both methods. Once you have figured out an appropriate percentage and an appropriate hourly rate using the process described above, calculate the trustee fee under both methods. If they are close, the trustee is likely justified in taking either fee. If they are far apart, try to determine whether one fee appears more “reasonable’ under the circumstances than the other fee. You might ultimately decide to “split the difference.” However you arrive at the trustee’s fee, the key is to make sure that you can demonstrate thoughtfulness and a reasoned approach to calculating a fee. Be prepared to defend or explain how the fee was calculated to the beneficiaries or to a court. In the end, as long as you can make a good faith argument in support of the trustee’s chosen fee, it is more likely that the beneficiaries or a court will agree that the trustee’s fee is “reasonable.” Keep in mind the fact that trustee compensation is taxable income to the trustee. This factor might play in to how much the trustee decides that he or she wants to take as compensation. If the trustee is also a significant beneficiary of the estate, it might be advantageous to take a smaller trustee fee as the receipt of the inheritance is not considered income to the beneficiary. KRASA LAW, Inc. is located at 704D Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove, California and Kyle may be reached at 831-920-0205. Disclaimer: This article is for general information only. Reading this article does not establish an attorney/client relationship. Before acting on any of the information presented in this article, you should consult a competent attorney who is licensed to practice law in your community.
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Photos Are Online Curb Appeal Will One of Our Local Companies Play a Major Role Patrick Ryan in Building Trump’s Wall? Editor:
On Friday, U.S Customs and Border Protection announces it plans to start awarding contracts to build President Trump’s supposed border wall, between “us” and “them,” “them” of course being our Mexican neighbors to the south. A handful of potential high bidders fighting to be awarded the job includes our own Granite Construction Inc., a national business with its headquarters in Watsonville; ironically being a city predominately inhabited by Latin American immigrants. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it will request bids in early March and that applying companies would be narrowed by March 20. The company’s CEO, James Roberts, gave an interview to Bloomberg News stating Granite Construction would build Trump’s wall if chosen. Roberts told Bloomberg News “If we were asked to help build the wall, we would do so.” However, according to the information released, Trump is asking for applicants, and Granite Construction Inc. is actively pursuing Trump’s call. Trump has also stated that construction will start “very soon” and is “way, way, way ahead of schedule.” Will Granite Construction Inc. follow through with their bid and literally be the hand that builds this proposed wall, and if so how will this affect our very “blue” bubble here on the Central Coast? Granite Construction Inc. boasts of their nine-pillared “code of conduct” on their company website. Number 6 is ‘Consideration of Others’ and states “Practice the principle of the Golden Rule. Respect the dignity, rights, safety, and personal property of others. Be open to the ideas and the opinions of others.” Will the execution and building of Trump’s 2,000 foot long border wall, dividing millions of families and loved ones, provoking fear in those on both sides, help hold the 6th pillar of Granite Construction’s so-called “code of conduct?” Or perhaps, will they have to let their conduct stand upon eight pillars instead of nine? And finally, or maybe ironically, their claim to ‘citizenship,’ in which they state; they work to “cultivate an organization that actively encourages us to be the best of who we are.” Is building a dividing wall what they meant when they said they will “continuously strive to make a difference in our communities and the world”? Alli Mayorga Pacific Grove
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 percent of the population was uninsured in 2013, that figure had dropped to 19 percent 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
Celebrating California Agriculture By Senator Bill Monning
Every spring, communities across the state come together to recognize the contributions of California’s agricultural industry on California Ag Day. This year, Ag Day will be celebrated on March 22 and it provides Californians with the opportunity to reflect on the contributions that farmers, ranchers, and farmworkers make in providing accessible and affordable foods. With more than 400 agricultural commodities produced in our state, there is no denying that California feeds the nation. There are farming families in every California county who work tirelessly each day to produce nearly two-thirds of the nation’s fruits and nuts, and over a third of the country’s vegetables. Agriculture is the backbone of California’s economy and accounts for over $46 billion in sales, all while helping to employ more than 3 million people in jobs ranging from veterinary services to agricultural engineers. It is estimated that each American farmer produces enough food to feed 144 people. Yet today, most Americans have lost a true understanding of the process and the people it takes to bring healthful foods from the fields to their dinner tables. There are countless Californians who work thanklessly to grow, harvest, transport, distribute, package, and prepare the products that feed and nourish our families. Celebrations like Ag Day create an awareness of the work these Californians do and foster a greater understanding of the role that the agricultural industry plays to guarantee that all Californians have access to safe, reliable, and healthful foods. Climate change, labor shortages, and historic drought conditions represent just a few of the natural and man-made barriers California farmers face in growing fresh and affordable crops. California must continue to support growers and ranchers through the conservation of farm lands, smart investment in water resources, continued support for agricultural research at California’s public universities, and ensuring safe working conditions for farm-workers. We must also continue to invest in needed infrastructure and trade corridor improvements to ensure that this vital segment of our economy can continue to flourish. I encourage everyone to take part in celebrating California’s agricultural industry by proudly supporting California grown fruits, vegetables, nuts, wines, and dairy products. For more information about California agriculture, visit the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s website at www.cdfa.ca.gov.
Local Real Estate Update
When one decides to sell their home, there are countless decisions to be made before the home can come on the market. Picking a Realtor, deciding on a list price, catching up on deferred maintenance, updating any parts of the home that are dated, and determining showing instructions for the home, amongst others. One decision often overlooked is the issue of photos. The internet has drastically changed the way buyers shop for everything in our society and that includes home shopping. According to a 2012 National Association of Realtors study, 90 percent of shoppers used the internet to search for a home during the buying process. A full 100 percent used the Internet to do a specific search of an individual home. Even more specific, 89 percent of home buyers used a mobile device to search the Internet during the home buying process. Gone are the days of looking in the newspaper, circling ALL the homes you might be interested in and spending your Saturdays and Sundays going to open house after open house. All done in the hope of finding one that fits your wants and needs. If you were unsuccessful, then you would do the same thing the next weekend. Now, you go to your computer or phone and click on the listings online. Along with the pertinent
information about the home, the main thing buyers are looking at online are the photos. Photos are the online equivalent of curb appeal. It does not matter how nice a home is inside, if the front yard is a junkyard then buyers will just keep on driving. The same goes with online photos. If the pictures posted online are of poor quality, then the buyer will just keep on clicking and move onto a different house. I remember going to a home for a listing appointment that I thought, due to the pictures, was a home with narrow hallways, no view and dark and gloomy inside. When we got there, the home was light filled, large and expansive and had breathtaking views. The previous agent took pictures with his cell phone and it showed. It also showed that the home did not sell. So when listing your home for sale, please do not ignore the photos that will be taken. Do not, repeat do not let your agent take pictures with his/her cell phone and post them on the MLS. Proper pictures, preferably taken by a professional photographer are what we call “Best Practices.” In today’s online world, pictures are more important than ever. Make sure your home has good “online” curb appeal. Please contact me with any questions. 831-238-8116 patrick.ryan@ sothebyshomes.com
California Housing Market Kicks Off Year Higher in January Scott Dick Monterey County Assoc. of Realtors
Market Matters Source: CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® California’s housing market started the year on a high note, following up on December’s strong showing with higher sales both on a monthly and yearly basis in January, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) said. Closed escrow sales of existing, single-family detached homes in California totaled a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 420,100 units in January, according to information collected by C.A.R. from more than 90 local REALTOR® associations and MLSs statewide. The statewide sales figure represents what would be the total number of homes sold during 2017 if sales maintained the January pace throughout the year. It is adjusted to account for seasonal factors that typically influence home sales. The January figure was up 2.1 percent from the 411,430 level in December, and up 4.4 percent compared with home sales in January 2016 of a revised 402,220. The month-to-month gain was the first December-to-January increase since 2012, which is an encouraging sign. “California’s housing market continues to be defined by the higher-priced, coastal markets and the less expensive, inland areas that still offer access to major employment centers,” said C.A.R. President Geoff McIntosh. “For example, eroding affordability and tight housing inventory are pushing buyers away
from the core Bay Area markets of San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara and into less expensive bedroom communities, such as Contra Costa, Napa, and Solano. In Southern California, an influx of buyers from coastal employment areas into the Inland Empire drove healthy year-over-year sales in Riverside and San Bernardino.” The median price of an existing, single-family detached California home fell below the $500,000 mark for the first time since March 2016, but home prices remain seasonably strong. The median price was down 3.8 percent from a revised $508,870 in December to $489,580 in January. The median sales price is the point at which half of homes sold for more and half sold for less; it is influenced by the types of homes selling, as well as a general change in values. January’s median price was up 4.8 percent from the revised $467,160 recorded in January 2016, a slightly slower pace than the 5.6 percent increase averaged last year. Since 2011, price declines from December to January have usually ranged from -11.7 percent to as little as -4.6 percent, but January’s 3.8 percent monthly smaller price decline suggests that price pressure remains relatively robust and could translate into additional price growth as the spring and summer home-buying seasons near.
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Stupendous Horses Tom Stevens
Otter Views The year I turned eight, my younger brother Mike and I flew from Oahu to Kauai on an old DC-3 propeller plane, the kind where you chewed little squares of Chiclets gum to pressurize your ears. Our widowed dad had just gotten remarried. He and our new stepmother had been on Kauai for a week already, “honeymooning,” whatever that was. Then they sent for us. Mike and I were excited to go to Kauai, because we didn’t get to eat Chiclets very often. Right before takeoff, the stewardess distributed two Chiclets to every passenger. “Can I have one of yours?” I asked Mike. “No.” He and I were also excited because the Kauai trip was to include a kids-only horseback ride, courtesy of some country cousins who lived over there. We were city kids. The only horses we saw were at the Saturday matinee. We didn’t know the cousins yet, but they supposedly had extra horses. Mike and I discussed this as we chewed our Chiclets and the plane lumbered gloriously into the air. “We’re riding real horses, right?” he asked. “That’s what Dad said.” “Wow. Real ones.” Mike and I had previously ridden only the shaggy Shetland ponies that clopped sadly around a sawdust ring at our school carnival. Now that we were getting bigger, the stumpy ponies had lost their melancholy allure. We were ready for the real thing. As our DC-3 droned toward Kauai, I closed my eyes and saw how it would be: a mighty black stallion with a lightning bolt on his chest, snorting, prancing and rearing while my powerful gloved hand gripped the reins. Real horses turned out different than the ones Mike and I imagined. One difference was in size. We noticed this when we first saw the country cousins off in the distance, cantering their horses and ours up the sandy lane toward the Kauai honeymoon cottage. “Wow, our cousins are really small,” I told my new stepmother. “How can we play with them?” “They’re bigger than you are!” she laughed. As the cousins rode into the yard and dismounted, I could see she was right. They were bigger than we were, but still normal-sized. The horses, on the other hand, were stupendous. Mike and I could have walked under them without knocking off our Stetsons, if we’d had Stetsons. Perhaps sensing hesitancy, our dad knelt to grip each of us by the shoulder and look us in the eye. “Remember, boys,” he said sternly. “You’ve gotta be the boss up there! Be strong! Pull the reins hard! The horse will go where you want.” Craning my skinny suburban neck and shading my eyes, I gazed up at the huge brown horse flank that curved away into sunlit clouds. “How do we get on?” “The right side, or the left. I forget which,” our dad said helpfully. “On one side they let you mount, but if you try the wrong side, they go into an absolute frenzy of bucking and whirling. Your cousins will know the right side. “I can tell you boys one thing, though,” he continued. “Never, ever, walk up stealthily behind a horse.” “Why not?” I asked. “They’re big, but they’re skittish. Surprise a horse, Tommy, and he’ll kick you to atoms! Just look at those razor hooves! If you ever do find yourself facing a horse’s butt, just back away slowly, then lie down and play dead.” “Thanks, Dad.” I must have repressed details of the ride itself, because I only remember the dismount. Early on, I realized that the reins were attached to a “bit” that looked like it hurt the horse’s tender mouth, possibly even “bit” into it. As a kindly suburban kid, I didn’t want to hurt my horse by savagely jerking his head this way and that. The horse evidently had no such compunctions about me. Feeling slackness in the reins, he located a thorn tree under which only he could pass. By making three, ever-tighter, circuits of this tree, he successfully scraped me off, much to the mirth of the cousins. I didn’t ride again in childhood, but my father’s admonition about sneaking up behind a horse surfaced at a parade decades later. I was on foot, waiting for the parade to start. The unit ahead of ours was mounted, and suddenly the horses started backing up. Soon there were horse butts to the left; horse butts to the right. Horse butts all around. And they were crowding closer! I could see the glint of razor hooves. In desperation, I remembered Dad’s advice. Backing away slowly, I sank to the ground and played dead. It worked. The horses turned and clopped toward me, soft muzzles extended. “Easy, big fellas!” I whispered. “Here, have some Chiclets.”
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Molly Malone - Alive, Alive Oh Jane Roland
Animal Tales and Other Random Thoughts I hope you will bear with me one more time. If you recall the movie “Four Weddings and a Funeral.” This has been our period for weddings and funerals. Although the later events are now called Celebrations of Life. .. There have been other challenges which necessitate my repeating a few columns. Herb Cain did it, so I imagine I might be forgiven. I receive requests for animal tales, so have picked one of my favorites: We called her Molly Malone. She wasn’t from Dublin and didn’t sell cockles and mussels (alive, alive oh). At the time we had three dogs and a couple of kitties... When our children begged “Oh, please, please, can’t we keep her?” we replied “No, she looks well fed, is very friendly, so must have a home, DO NOT FEED HER!” Of course, our orders were ignored and bites were handed out. It didn’t take long to learn that she had been abandoned by a family that was relocating. They were sure that she would find a home. We took in this sweet, black and white, gentle creature. Our vet, Ted Hollister, determined that she was not much more than a year old. She slipped into our lives and those of our other animals as if she had always been there. She went out in the morning and lazed around the yard. If someone walked near her, she would jump up and rub against a leg, purring softly... She had, taken little trips next door to visit Dinah and Dick Rice who provided Ms. Malone with fish heads when Dick went fishing and other attractive morsels when he did not. Dinah died as did the wife of our neighbor across the street. Molly would leave the yard at around 2:00 PM and return close to dark. It was so routine that we knew what time it was. At 4:00 PM she would cross the street to visit Bruce; there she would have a bowl of milk while he had his evening drink and watched the news. At around 5:00 PM she bid a fond goodnight to her friend and slipped across the street to visit Dick. There she was treated to a little bit to eat and a warm lap while Commander Rice had his cocktail. After her social hour, she returned home. This continued for a number of years. She was about 15 when she started losing weight and developing rough hair. Dr. Hollister did a blood workup and Molly spent the night at Peninsula Animal Hospital. The next day I received a call from Ted “Hi, Jane, I have some good news, Molly is really in excellent shape.” “Excellent shape”, I exclaimed “she looks so dreadful” “Yes, she does” answered Ted “she needs a thyroidectomy, she would be healthy , but it isn’t inexpensive and, for a cat that age, you might not want to…..” the words trailed off. When Ted told me the cost {around $700 and this was years ago) I said I would talk to John about it and call him back. We talked, my husband and I, and grieved but it just seemed judicious to let Molly walk the streets of heaven. Then, John said “you know what? My father is sick, would we tell him we can’t afford to let him have an operation because of the cost?” That was all we needed, sentimentality and love over practicality, and Molly had surgery. She came home and recuperated. The daily visits started again, much to the delight of her gentlemen friends, and continued for two or three more years. One day Dick called and said “I think Molly has taken her last nap, she is ‘asleep’ in my window box.” Our daughter took her over to the animal shelter who did cremations and returned home with a little wooden box. “I thought you would leave her there.” I said, “Oh, no” they wanted to do a mass cremation and we can’t have Molly mixed in with all of the others.” A simple procedure became an expensive one. She is still with us, in our hearts, in the art of our daughter and in our yard under a tree that blooms a little brighter because she is there. People who do not care for cats haven’t a clue about the love some of us develop for felines. Recently an old friend, George, came to visit the Peninsula from the Deep South. He makes the trek a few times a year and, when possible, brings his best friend, Chester. I have forgotten the specific breed, but imagine a Maine Coon Cat, three times larger. George always brings Chester in to say hello to us and to his old stomping grounds, as he was adopted from Posh Pets almost 10 years ago. I hope you will drop by AFRP Adoption Center on Lighthouse and Grand. There are many kitties looking for a home. Incidentally; although my Sammy never came home, Toby, John’s cat, a marmalade, now lies on my lap when he is not on his “dad’s.” Jane Roland manages the AFRP Treasure Shop at 160 Fountain Avenue in Pacific Grove….Let her know if you have any animal tales Molly Malone
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Hear Our Voice: Part Five
Women in Red will Reveal Who’s “The Boss”
Dressing in red and taking the day off is the latest Action supported by the Women’s March on Washington to celebrate International Women’s Day, Wed., March 8. If President Donald J. Trump dismissed the January 21 Pink Pussyhat revolution as insignificant, whoa! As my dad might say, “Hold your horses, son, because this race is speeding up, starting with two S words!” The first S word is “Strike,” an act to impact the socio-economy by impeding consumer spending. Women—both homeless and sheltered—will strike on Wed., March 5. En masse, the ladies will prove to Washington which sex is really in power. “A Day without A Woman” Strike If you’re female and want to participate, it’s this easy: DO: Wear something red, either a whole outfit or accessories, then go somewhere others see you and flash your flair! DO: Treat yourself to a day for relaxation. DO NOT report for work, if you are paid, or volunteer to perform tasks, if you are unpaid (unless someone’s life or health depends on it). DO something special, like go on a picnic, read a book, attend a free concert, browse garage sales, or stroll around town and befriend every cat and dog you meet. . DO spend what you can afford on contributions to local organizations that help homeless and less-fortunate men and women, and/or shop at businesses owned by women or minorities. DO NOT spend money at mega-corporation chain shops, gas stations, department stores or other big businesses operations if you can get by without them. DO NOT forget the point you are making: The Power of Pulchritude shows the men who run the economy that women control it by managing the purse strings of the masses. Why strike? As author/educator bell hooks, Ph.D., said in her keynote address to the Third International Women’s Convocation hosted by the Unitarian Universalist Association at Asilomar from Feb. 16-19: “. . . if we really want to undo imperialist, white supremacist, capitalist patriarchy—we have to study. We have to learn. We have to utilize new forms of knowledge, and allow those forms of
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Homeless in Paradise knowledge to change us.” Change through Sanctuary Cities and Churches The second S word is Sanctuary,” a condition or space affecting the well-being of those who seek it. From New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco, “Sanctuary City” is a hash
tag meaning a place providing safety and shelter to those in danger. Currently, sanctuaries represent safe havens to immigrants who fear deportation, potential victims of religious hate crimes, and those at risk of persecution from sexual, racial and gender-based prejudice and violence.
Above: Cindy Storrs, Gathering for Women, accepts check from Kathy Whilden and Michael Reid, co-founders of the Fund for Homeless Women.
What We See: Photographs by Women Without Shelter
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.
Programs like Interfaith Homeless Emergency Lodging Program (I-HELP) for Men and Women, and One Starfish Safe Parking Program for Women are also sanctuaries. At its Feb. 16 meeting, Seaside city council slated a study session for March 2, with public input and council discussion of possible local and federal impacts if Seaside should become a Sanctuary City; the item will be agendized at the March 16 Seaside City Council meeting. “Sanctuary Churches” are also emerging as refuges. Four Unitarian Universalist churches in Southern California have already committed to being sanctuary churches, and other UU congregations around the state are contemplating joining them. Hot Haps around Town At its Feb. 28 meeting, Monterey Planning Commission recommended City Council amend City Code Section 38-11 Definitions: “Add Article 16B to create a new Emergency Shelter Overlay Zoning District to permit emergency shelters meeting specific operational and management requirements by right; and apply the Overlay Zone to all properties designated for Commercial and Industrial uses.” If council adopts the recommendation, several sites, rather than just one, can be designated for future emergency shelter(s) location(s) rather than the formerly proposed one area. No actual emergency shelter is planned. Great news for homeless women: Gathering for Women, recipient of generous 2016 grants from Monterey County Gives and the Fund for Homeless Women (see photo), opened its Service Center at 187 Eldorado St., Monterey on Wed., March 1 to provide resources, clothing, personal care items, and limited emergency assistance on Mon., Wed. and Fri., 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The site will serve as interim quarters until GFW purchases its own commercial building in Monterey. Anyone with a 5,000 minimum sq. ft. structure for sale should contact Leslie Fry Sonné, 831-277-3638, lesliefsonne@gmail.com . Finally, the All Women’s Ball benefitting Community Human Services’ Safe Place Program for Runaways and Homeless Youth, is coming on March 10. Mark your calendar and wear something red. For details, contact lsanchez@chservices.org . For strike and other Women’s March details, see www.womensmarch.com . To contact Wanda Sue Parrott, e-mail amykitchenerfdn@hotmail.com or call 831-899-5887.
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