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Pacific Groove Dance Jam Chautauqua Hall 8-10 PM Dance to DJs Adults $10/Teens $5 Youth Free • 1st Time Free info@dancejampg.org •

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Dance at Chautauqua Hall •

Sat. Oct. 15

Annual Rummage Sale 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Little White Victorian on the Corner 442 Central Ave. & Carmel Ave., Pacific Grove www.PacificGroveChurch.org •

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Being One with the One Workshop 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Center for Spiritual Awakening 522 Central Ave. & Fountain Ave., Pacific Grove •

Saturday, Oct. 15

Kids ages 5-11 paint murals to benefit the P.G. Library Library Arcade $10./per child; $15./per family 1:00-3:00 •

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Soberanes Moon

Sun. Oct. 23

Wed. Oct. 26

Dine Out With Friends Passionfish Dinner from 5:00pm 701 Lighthouse Avenue Pacific Grove 655-3311 •

Sat. Oct. 29

Science Saturday: Bats, Spiders and Snakes 10-3 p.m. The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, 165 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove Free •

Sat. Oct. 29

Sat. Nov. 5

The Butterfly Ball 6-10 p.m. PG Museum of Natural History 165 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove $100 nonmembers, $85 members Dinner, wine, cocktails, live & silent auctions. Music & dancing 831.648.5716 ext. 16 or go to pgmuseum.org. Proceeds support the Museum’s operations. http://www.pgmuseum.org/ museum-events/2016/11/5/the2016-butterfly-ball •

Fri. Nov. 11

Veterans Day Muster Pt. Pinos Lighthouse

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Inside Animal Tales & Other Random Thoughts................. 8 Cartoon.............................................. 2 Crime................................................. 5 Finance.............................................. 7 Giants Update.................................. 21 Homeless in Paradise........................ 22 Keepers of Our Culture..................... 16 Legal Notices.............................. 18, 19 Opinion...................................... 18, 19 Otter Views....................................... 12 Rain Gauge........................................ 2 Real Estate................................ 5, 7, 24

Vol. VIX, Issue 2

The Butterflies are Back!

Fifty of Pacific Grove’s namesakes have come to Butterfly Town, USA to spend the winter, soon to be joined by thousands more. Were they drawn by the city’s annual Butterfly Parade or by the Blessing of the Sanctuary by Native American representatives, or was it the faith of the citizens and the diligence of the Public Works and Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History who have stewardship of the Sanctuary? We may never know why the Monarch butterflies come here each autumn, and have done so for, presumably, millenia. Each Saturday, Nick Stong of the Museum and volunteers will count the butterflies which cluster in the trees at the Sanctuary in hopes the numbers will grow despite dire predictions concerning decimation of the migrating insects’ numbers caused by insecticide and habitat destruction in other areas, as well as loss of milkweed in the migration path. Milkweed is vital to the butterflies’ life cycle as it is only on those plants that the eggs are laid and the caterpillars hatched, then feed on

Harvest for Hope Brunch 10:30 to 2:00 Tickets: $25.00 Elks Lodge 150 Mar Vista Dr. Monterey Benefits One Starfish program •

Read-A-Thon for Kids Sign up at the Library or show up. Read and enjoy snacks and guest readers. P.G. Library 12 noon - 9:00 pm. •

End of the Season - Page 21

Cameron Douglas photographed the full moon of August 18, 2016 through a filter of smoke and haze which rendered the moon a brilliant orange. Please enjoy a lovely poem written by Susan K. Arlson, about the Soberanes Fire, which is on page 22. Early in the evening of October 12, both the Soberanes fire and the Loma Fire were declared 100 percent contained. The Soberanes Fire, which was started on July 22, 2016 by an illegal campfire, has consumed 132,127 acres of land in the Big Sur area. While the fire is 100 percent contained, fire officials caution that this does not mean the fire is 100 percent controlled. It remains contained within its current perimeter and has not grown in size for several days. The Monterey Ranger District of the Los Padres National Forest remains closed to public access. The only recreation sites that remain open are Plaskett Creek and Kirk Creek Campgrounds, Pfeiffer Beach, Sand Dollar Beach and Willow Creek Day Use areas. All trails are closed within the Ventana and Silver Peak Wilderness Areas. The Loma Fire began on September 26 and the cause has not yet been determined. It destroyed 12 single residences and 16 outbuildings, plus a single residence damaged. It consumed 4,474 acres in Santa Clara County, Fire crews remain throughout the fire perimeter to provide fire suppression repair, remove firefighting equipment, mop up and patrol. All evacuation orders have been lifted for the Loma Fire.

Police department will ask City Council for ‘body-worn cams’ At the upcoming City Council meeting, there will be a request to fund body-worn cameras for Pacific Grove police officers. The request comes on the heels of a Monterey County grand jury report suggesting the devices be worn by police officers in the county. The cameras have been worn by Pacific Grove officers under a pilot program, funded by the risk management company the city uses. Monterey already uses them, and other

Pacific Grove police officer Dan Deis wore a body-worncam at the department’s recent National Night Out event. It is about the size of his microphone and can be seen on the pocket of his uniform near his badge.

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Monarchs clustering for safety and protection in the Monarch Sanctuary the leaves of the plants which makes them unsavory to predators. Juan Govea encourages citizens to plant nectar plants in Pacific Grove so that the butterflies will have something to eat while they wait out their own timetable to

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Joan Skillman

PMONARCHS From Page 1 begin the mating process and head for their summer grounds. To that end, the Museum offers free packets of nectar seeds which will turn into flowers needed by all pollinators. They are donated to the Museum, and they’re easy to grow. The Museum cautions against planting milkweed, however, if one lives closer than 10 miles from the Sanctuary for fear the milkweed will confuse the butterflies when it comes time to lay their eggs. No one knows how the Monarchs find their way to their summer homes, let alone how they know to come back to Pacific Grove and other overwintering grounds generations after overwintering here in the first place. As in years past, this newspaper is happy to print the population counts for our Sanctuary until February or so when the Monarchs go away.

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Free seeds beneficial to Monarchs are available at the Museum of Natural History. In addition to nectar plant seeds and milkweed seeds, there is a mix for the Central Valley which is a source of many of our local tourists. The Museum Gift Shop has many Monarch-related items, from stickers to puppets to books and more.

PCAMERAS From Page 1 agencies are looking at them. The devices cost in the area of $700 to $1200 per unit, depending on the manufacturer and the storage available. The cameras are meant to be downloaded of their retorded voice and image data and the data stored offsite.

Night Shift Movie Night Apply to Hogwart’s by Oct. 31

On Saturday, November 12, from 3:00 p.m to 8 p.m. Pacific Grove Police Officers will hold a free community outreach with a Harry Potter theme, for young Pacific Grove residents who apply to attend Hogwart’s before Halloween, October 31. The free event will feature “Harry Potter and the The Sorcerer’s Stone” at 5:00 and lots of exciting wizard-themed activities. Upon arrival, youth will be “sorted” by the “Sorting Hat” and divided into “houses.” “Houses” will gain points for activities such as: Harry Potter Trivia Harry Potter Bingo Quidditch Tournament (elimination) Best dressed Each team (house) will score points and at the end there will be some fun door prizes. To be held at the Pacific Grove Youth Center 302 16th St. (near City Hall)

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Families and wizard students invited: 200 capacity! Apply soon! Send your application to Pacific Grove Police Department Records at PGPDRecords@cityofpacificgrove.org by email, and you will receive an acceptance letter by Friday, November 4. No owls needed! Indicate the age and/or grade of every potential Hogwart’s student in your family. The new Harry Potter movie will come out the following week! Practice your Defense Against The DarkArts now! For further information, email operez@cityofpacificgrove.org. If Pacific Grove businesses would like to contribute door prizes, please email Sgt. Perez.

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Week ending 09-08-16 at 8:35 AM....... 0.00" Total for the season................................. .35" 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.................................................... 4.013" During rain year 07-01-12 through 06-30-13 RAINFALL SEASON BEGINS JULY 1 EACH YEAR

Near Lovers Point Data reported by John Munch at 18th St.

Week ending 10/12/16........................ 0.02" Total for the season (since 7/1/16)........ 0.30" Last week low temperature..................48.0 F Last week high temperature.................78.6 F Last year rain to date (7/1/15-10/12/15)....... 0.44”

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Roundabout Cam is now Online

A live construction camera has been installed for the Holman Highway 68 Roundabout Project. Members of the public can go online to view the construction in real time at: http://bit.ly/2dgnwXK . The project is the first major roundabout on a state highway in Monterey County. The Holman Highway 68 Roundabout Project is a public-private partnership between the City of Monterey, City of Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach Company, the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, the County of Monterey, Caltrans and TAMC is designed to relieve congestion near the Highway 68/Highway 1 intersection, and will greatly improve access to Community Hospital, Pacific Grove, Monterey and Pebble Beach.

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Teen Art classes Begin Oct. 18

Tuesday Teen Art Focus with Dante Rondo: new 8-week sessions begin Oct. 18 at the Pacific Grove Art Center, 568 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove. Classes meet from 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. Cost is $180 for PGAC members, $200 non-members (8 classes punch card) For more information and to register, call the Pacific Grove Art Center at 831-375-2208. Maximum class size is eight so register early.

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Remembering John Denver

D.A. Warns of ‘Disaster Scammers’

California has been hit hard this year by wildfires causing millions of dollars in property damage. Monterey County District Attorney Dean D. Flippo is urging people who have suffered losses due to the Sobranes and Chimney fires to be vigilant of those who will try and take advantage of the misfortune of others. In a time of disaster while people are vulnerable and trying to cope with these natural disasters, they are at high risk of becoming targets of various scams such as violations of contractors’ license laws, inflated prices for repair work, insurance scams, charity fraud and other offenses. As an example, county businesses have received fraudulent invoices for inspecting fire extinguishers. The person involved has been arrested by Santa Barbara County authorities. For information on how to avoid becoming a victim of post disaster scams and for important phone numbers for victims, please download our “Post Disaster Awareness” brochure by visiting our website (www.co.monterey.ca.us/da ). Brochures are also available at public libraries, chamber of commerce locations, and County Building and Planning Departments. If you have concerns or questions regarding the services you are seeking or offered, please contact the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office at 831-647-7770 or your local law enforcement agency.

Strong-Arm Robbery Lands Five from Salinas in Custody

John Denver died on Oct. 12, 1997 in a plane crash off the coast near Pacific Grove. This image of a memorial to the singer-songwriter was taken on October 8, 2016 and is available on Big Stock Images. Search “John Denver” and click on to the image. The image is in Giants Update writer Bob Silverman’s “hastingimages collection.” Have a look at Bob Silverman’s 257 and growing collection under the name “hastingimages.”

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Just after midnight on Monday, Oct. 3, Pacific Grove Police officers were called to the scene of an armed robbery at the Otter Point turnout on Ocean View, located between Shell and Beach. Suspects had already fled the crime scene within moments of dispatch. Officers requested assistance from other agencies. Monterey Police officers contacted the suspects in the 2400 block of Fremont in Monterey. Detectives from PRVNT and Salinas Police Department also assisted in the investigation. Five suspects were arrested for armed robbery and were also confirmed as being involved in two earlier robberies in Salinas on Sunday evening. Arrested were Rodrigo Rodrigues, 19, Salinas; Brian Romo-Campos, 23, Salinas; Daniel Avila, 20, Salinas; Augustin Castillo, 19, Salinas, and a 16-year-old juvenile who was booked at Juvenile Hall. According to Pacific Grove Police Commander Lakind, the suspects had approached the victims, who were parked at the turnout, and threatened them with a weapon. The weapon, which was recovered, turned out to be an air gun. Stolen were some small items and keys, most of which were recovered. There did not appear to be any connection between the victims and the suspects.

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Marge Ann Jameson Lost and found A drivers license was lost by a woman A cell phone ws found and turned in to the police station. A wallet was lost on 10/1/16. A driver’s license was found near Juice N Java on Lighthouse. A set of keys was lost and the owner requested close patrol of her home and vehicle. So didn’t the psychic know they’d be reported? A man came in to the police station with a letter he’d received from a psychic in New York. The letter said that the man had received a psychic reading and owed some money, and that if he didn’t pay it, he’d be turned over to collections. The man said he’d never had a psychic reading. The interaction was documented. Probably a scam. They had to stand during the parade Two stools that had been set out on the Butterfly Parade route were stolen. Free polishing with WD-40 A man went into a business on Lighthouse and sprayed what the victim believed was WD-40 on stainless steel in the business and proceeded to wipe it down as if polishing it. He said he has seen the man doing this before and was concerned. Non-injury collisions Country Club Gate. On Lighthouse. On Central.

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On 15th St., a woman flagged down an officer to report she hsd accidently collided with another vehicle. Information exchanged. A City vehicle was forced to drive too close to a parked car by an oncoming vehicle that crossed the double yellow line. The City vehicle’s mirror connected with the mirror of a parked car. A woman said she was driving a little too fast and misjudged her turn, whacking a stop sign on Central. Recidivist dog now a relinquished dog A dog at large was captured and taken to doggie jail. The owner decided shed had to bail the dog out too many times nd relinquished ownership. False alarms 4th St. Spruce Ave. Lighthouse Ave. Bishop Ave. Spruce Ave. Del Monte Ave. Forcible entry Someone broke a vehicle window on Oean View Blvd. and stole personal items.

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Programs at the Library

Center for Spiritual Awakening

For more information call 648-5760. Tuesday, Oct 18• 11:00 am Pre-School stories at the Pacific Grove Library, 550 Central Avenue, Pacific Grove 93950, ages 2-5 • Wednesday, Oct. 19 • 3:45 pm Wacky Wednesday Stories: stories, science and crafts for all ages • Thursday, Oct. 20 • 11:00 am Baby Rhyme Time for babies birth - 24 months

522 Central Ave. • 831-372-1942

Central Presbyterian Church of Pacific Grove 325 Central Ave. • 831-375-7207

Chabad of Monterey

620 Lighthouse Ave., Entrance on 18th • 831-643-2770

Christian Church Disciples of Christ of Pacific Grove 442 Central Ave. • 831-372-0363

Church of Christ

176 Central Ave. • 831-375-3741

Community Baptist Church

Monterey & Pine Avenues • 831-375-4311

First Baptist Church of Pacific Grove 246 Laurel Ave. • 831-373-0741

First Church of God

1023 David Ave. • 831-372-5005

First United Methodist Church of Pacific Grove Worship: Sundays 10:00 a.m. 915 Sunset @ 17-Mile Dr. • 831-372-5875

Forest Hill United Methodist Church Services 9 a.m. Sundays 551 Gibson Ave. • 831-372-7956

Gentrain Society Lectures

The Gentrain Society of Monterey Peninsula College is sponsoring these free public lectures in September and October, 2016. For lengthier descriptions and illustrations for these talks please see the Gentrain website. Wednesday, October 19, 2016 Gentrain Society Lecture: Robert Louis Stevenson’s Monterey 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  Actor and playwright Keith Decker will present “Robert Louis Stevenson’s Monterey,” a slide-illustrated talk on the celebrated author’s time in Monterey during an historically pivotal moment. Chris Quist (Monterey Historic State Parks) has recently discovered images from turn-of-the-century Monterey, which Decker plans to show along with some interjected essays and related materials from Stevenson’s three months in Monterey. Decker is an avid Stevenson aficionado and past president of the RLS Club of Monterey. Decker states of Stevenson, “His time here was so brief, yet this time figured prominently in his career and memory.”

Chautauqua Hall Dance Club

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Saturday, October 22 Dance lesson by Sally Gardiner: Argentine Tango • 6:00pm Hallween Dance! $10 for non-members, $5 for members. Annual membership fee is $10. Contact: 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. No partner needed. Everyone welcome. Kids 13 and under free with an adult.

Peninsula Christian Center

Chautauqua Hall Dance Club will not have a dance on Oct. 29, 2016. The Pacific Grove Rec Center has scheduled another event at the last minute.

Jehovah’s Witnesses of Pacific Grove 1100 Sunset Drive • 831-375-2138

Lighthouse Fellowship of Pacific Grove

PG Community Center, 515 Junipero Ave. • 831-333-0636

Manjushri Dharma Center

724 Forest Ave. • 831-917-3969 www.khenpokarten.org • carmelkhenpo@gmail.com

Mayflower Presbyterian Church 141 14th St. • 831-373-4705

1116 Funston Ave. • 831-394-5712 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

Recorded music with Rosa Saturday, November 5 • 6:00pm Merengue (fun!) with Metin • 7:00pm Recorded music with Metin Saturday, November 12 • 6:00pm Veteran’s Day Party (With the Thom Cuneo Jazz Band!) Vets: Free admission! Bring your best guy/gal for a fun night out! Watch for details! Our only live band in the year’s calendar.

Central Avenue & 12 th St. • 831-373-4441

Seventh-Day Adventist Church of the Monterey Peninsula

Poetry in the Grove

Shoreline Community Church

Learn techniques for learning poetry by heart with Poetry as a Companion

375 Lighthouse Ave. • 831-372-7818

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

Laura Hooper has offered to share her passion and technique for learning poems by heart at the upcoming Poetry in the upcoming Grove gathering, Poetry as Companion, on Saturday, November 5, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at Jewell Park in Pacific Grove. With gentle guidance from Laura, you will be invited to dive into poetry for a deeper experience with a chosen poem in this interactive "playshop". Bring a poem that speaks to you or choose from poems provided at the event. We will start with short poems of one or two stanzas, or a short piece of a longer poem. We will listen to poems, journal and discover. If you leave the gathering with one meaningful line that has become part of you, you will have enriched your life. We have limited the number of participants for a rich interactive experience. If you wish to participate in Poetry as Companion, please RSVP to soosea@sbcglobal.net before 10/30. Please see attached flyer for more information. There is no charge for this event, donations for the Pacific Grove Public Library gratefully accepted.

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Annual foreclosure inventory drops nearly 30 percent Scott Dick Monterey County Assoc. of Realtors

Market Matters Foreclosure inventory declined by 29.6 percent nationwide, and completed foreclosures declined by 42.4 percent compared with August 2015, according to CoreLogic’s August 2016 National Foreclosure Report. The number of completed foreclosures decreased year over year from 64,000 in August 2015 to 37,000 in August 2016, representing a decrease of 69 percent from the peak of 118,221 in September 2010. The foreclosure inventory represents the number of homes at some stage of the foreclosure process and completed foreclosures reflect the total number of homes lost to foreclosure. Since the financial crisis began in September 2008, there have been approximately 6.4 million completed foreclosures nationally, and since homeownership rates peaked in the second quarter of 2004, there have been approximately 8.5 million homes lost to foreclosure. “Foreclosure inventory fell by 30 percent from the previous year, the largest year-over-year decline since January 2015,” said Dr. Frank Nothaft,

chief economist for CoreLogic. “The large decline in the distressed inventory has been one of the drivers of steady home price growth which helps Americans increase their home equity to support increased spending or cushion future economic risk.” As of August 2016, the national foreclosure inventory included approximately 351,000, or 0.9 percent, of all homes with a mortgage compared with 499,000 homes, or 1.3 percent, in August 2015. The August 2016 foreclosure inventory rate is the lowest it’s been since July 2007. CoreLogic also reports that the number of mortgages in serious delinquency (defined as 90 days or more past due including loans in foreclosure or REO) declined by 20.6 percent from August 2015 to August 2016, with 1.1 million mortgages, or 2.8 percent, the lowest level since September 2007. The decline was geographically broad with decreases in serious delinquency in 48 states and the District of Columbia.

So You Want to Buy a Home Part One

Patrick Ryan

Local Real Estate After much thought and contemplation you have decided to take the plunge and buy a home. Now what? What are the next steps? How do you start? Where do you start? What the heck are you doing? If these sentences sound familiar, they are. They are the same questions from last week’s column about selling your home. The answers are just a bit different. Once you have made the decision to buy a home, the first step is to get pre-qualified by a lender (unless you are paying cash). This will help you determine what you can afford, give you an idea of your down payment, and help you determine your budget. Also, you will need a pre-qualification letter from your lender when you make an offer. If you don’t have a lender you already work with, ask around for a referral from people you trust. Once you know what you can afford then sit down and write a list of what is important to you. Is it walkability of the neighborhood? Ocean views? School district? Privacy? Close to the action? The answers to these questions and your budget will help you determine the neighborhoods to start exploring. The Monterey Peninsula has as many “micro-neighborhoods” as it does “micro-climates”. Travel just a couple of blocks in any direction and you may enter a neighborhood with a completely different feel and/or weather. Go out and drive neighborhoods at different

times of the day to get a good feel for them. I would suggest making a list of the things that you want and the things that you need, meaning those that are non-negotiable. When you have a good idea of what you are looking for then it makes the search much more productive and less frustrating. The internet makes the process of searching for a home much easier than it used to be and there are numerous websites where you can search. Be careful as accuracy can be an issue with many internet sites. Zillow stated that one of my listings had a garage, which it didn’t and had another for sale 3 weeks after it sold. Here is where your Realtor will come in handy as well with their knowledge about the market. Once you know what you are looking for your Realtor can search the Multiple Listing Service, announce it as a “buyer need” at an office meeting, send letters to residents in the neighborhood you are looking at, and just keep his/her proverbial ear to the ground. Once you have found the home you want is when your Realtor really can help save you time, money and frustration. Once you have found the home you want, the next step is to make an offer. This is where you Realtor earns his or her keep. Next week we will walk through the offer process. Cheers Patrick.ryan@sothebyshomes.com 831.238.8116

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Don’t Let It Go Away Kyle A. Krasa, Esq.

Planning for Each Generation Last Saturday I was at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California participating in one of my absolute favorite activities: attending a Gwen Stefani concert. Gwen, the “Queen of Awesome,” not only has the best music but she is also the best live performer bar none. I often (half) joke that I wish my whole life could simply be attending one continuous never-ending Gwen Stefani concert. During the concert last week, as I sensed that the encore was imminent, I was reminded of the first time my wife and I took our son to Chuck E. Cheese. My son was about three years old. We purchased some tokens for the various games and we warned him that when he ran out of tokens, it would be time to leave. After he spent his final token, he refused to leave. He momentarily prevented his extraction from his newly discovered dreamland by lying on his back on the scuzzy arcade floor screaming: “No! I don’t want to leave! More games! More games!” Each time I see Gwen Stefani perform live, at the conclusion of her show, I get the same urge to lie on the floor in protest screaming: “More songs! More songs!” Truthfully, it’s emotionally difficult to have a surreal, dream-come-true experience like playing games at Chuck E. Cheese for the first time or seeing Gwen perform live to abruptly end and then be expected to return to ordinary life. NASA had the sense to give the astronauts who landed on the moon counseling to help them transition back to Earth figuratively as well as literally. Sometimes we need the same measures. A few years ago my wife and I were fortunate to attend a fundraiser at Gwen Stefani’s house in Beverly Hills. We had a grand buffet lunch in her backyard surrounded by celebrities. The invitation, which noted that the suggested attire was “garden party casual,” stated the start time to be 11:00 am but did not list an end time. I dared to dream that perhaps there wouldn’t be an end time; perhaps we’d end up being permanent houseguests. But alas, the soiree ended promptly at 3:00 pm. Reality soon set in. After leaving the Stefani estate, we hit the road for Monterey and we stopped for dinner at Anderson’s Pea Soup in Buellton, California. As I picked at my soup that was served in an old bowl full of scratch marks and I looked around the drab room, I thought about the fact that just hours earlier I was having lunch at Gwen Stefani’s house and now I was having dinner at the most “regular” restaurant imaginable! From ordinary to extraordinary and back to ordinary in one short day. Facing the ephemeral nature of the world can be difficult. We want to hold on to certain experiences but we also know that everything must come to an end. The British Romantic poets often wrote about this difficulty. Gwen even sings about this phenomenon: “Don’t let it go away / This feeling has got to stay.” This is the essence of estate planning. Whether it is the family home, sentimental tangible personal property, or certain values and “life lessons,” estate planning is an effort to be remembered and to remember in the face of a temporary physical reality. While we can’t hold on to experiences forever, we can keep the memories with our loved ones alive for generations into the future by addressing important planning decisions. KRASA LAW, Inc. is located at 704-D 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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Second Hand Dreams Chapter Six

Jane Roland

Animal Tales and Other Random Thoughts In 2006 I left the SPCA Benefit Shop. Or it left me when it moved to Carmel. It was July and we were gearing up for John’s family reunion in Pacific Grove. I was without a job so was able to spend the necessary time organizing the event. We chose The Lighthouse Lodge as our headquarters and lined up Marine Biologists, Milos Radakovich and Dave Shonman, for beach walks with our family most of whom were located in the Middle West or eastern shore. People went kayaking, visited the Aquarium, and son, Jay, organized a play day at Jewell Park, we partied in the evening at the big house at The Lodge. The three-day get-together was a great success. At that time a couple of things occurred in my life. Lee Yarborough had been after me to write a column for his newspaper, I demurred due to lack of time; however, now I was free and agreed to pen something every week. Then I received a call from Carie Broecker from AFRP. I had told Carie and Monica Rua about the site on the corner of Grand and Lighthouse. It had been considered by SPCA and declined. AFRP leapt at the chance to be on the main drag, but still had the facility on 17th Street. I was asked to run the spot as a “rummage sale” for three months until the lease expired and offered a nice little salary. I made a counter offer. We would set it up as a benefit shop for the period and see how it went. I would volunteer my time, but should it succeed and the organization decide to continue I would accept the position as Manager. Many of the good folk with whom I had worked came aboard as did volunteers from AFRP. We had two rooms with which to work. The enterprise exceeded even my expectations. In February a new lease was signed, another room acquired and over the next couple of years we expanded again. The rest is history, we moved from 17th to the corner of Central and Fountain, and, two years later to our current location. Quite a few of the original “staff” are still with us, some who came with me from the Forest Avenue store and others who started with the new shop. I still think back on the crazy things that happened in my previous employment. We had a volunteer, Ellen Burgess, who came in one day and wanted desperately to help. She was in her late nineties and deaf as a post. You remember Joe Young, about whom I wrote previously. He would go insane as Ellen would stand at the back sorting table chortling to herself, her hearing aid whistling away. However, she did a great job, loved animals and needed the companionship. She would invite us for tea at her Ocean View flat and many of us accepted; although, it was a bit of a chore. She had a young companion who often brought her, but, if this was not possible, Ellen drove her old car over and parked by the bank. One day I heard a holler and ran out. Roy, the barber, had been walking behind the car, Ellen backed up, he shouted at her, but, of course, she didn’t hear him. Fortunately, no bones were broken and Roy is still with us. Sadly, Ellen died during that period and many of us attended the little party in her honor at her beautiful home. Then there was the woman who was a wonderful customer and donor. One day she asked if I could use her services. “Of course,” I said, and was delighted. Little did I know that this gentle, dignified “lady” was a closet alcoholic. It soon became apparent and if she came to work reeking of “Charlie” we knew she had been into the sauce. Why did I keep her? She adored animals, was a good supporter of the organization, was always neat and did a fantastic job sorting linens, sober or not, she was quiet and never offended anyone. Sadly one day she decided she must get up on a ladder to grab something from a higher shelf. I had to stop her and said at the time that I could not allow her to come in if she had been drinking. Of course she denied having been involved with “Demon Rum” and sadly left. Later I learned that she suffered from terminal cancer and I guess the liquor was a means to dull the pain, physical and mental. I was very fond of her and sad to see her go from the shop and later the world. I was at the counter one day when a woman came rushing in. We had a beautiful little Persian rug in the window which was worth several hundred dollars. She had been after me for weeks to mark it down for her, way down. I declined and told her that we would need to wait until it had been there a bit. The display area was readily accessible, she ran in, grabbed the carpet and rushed out to her car. I didn’t even think, I sprinted after her. As her car pulled out, I was right beside it and grabbed the door handle. Fortunately she slowed, I opened the door and grabbed the rug. “Well,” she screamed “I will never shop at your store again.” And off she went. Charlie Higuera and Maury Fisher were standing on the corner, chatting. Needless to say they were greatly amused by the marathon. There are a few more tales which may creep into future columns, tales of old and tales that are recent, but it is time to return to my first love animal tails.

Annual Rummage Sale Set

Local women raised funds in 1894 to build the little white Victorian on the corner. Now the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of Pacific Grove raises funds to help local families in need, feed the homeless and contribute basic items to survivors of domestic violence. We are a spiritual sanctuary for the thinking Christian where faith meets reason. We open our doors and our hearts to those who seek a welcoming congregation who seem like family. Our members volunteer to help those less fortunate or who struggle with temporary challenges in today’s ever-growing economic changes. We are also the location for the Blue Theology Mission Station where we honor ocean stewardship as a spiritual commitment. Member volunteers teach and coordinate ocean stewardship activities on the Monterey Bay with local oceanic partners. For more information, visit our website at www.BlueTheology.com. Our Annual Rummage Sale this year is on Saturday, October 15 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Your purchases of our clean, rummage-sale items, food, drinks and baked goods help our members contribute to families in need. Items this year include small appliances & gadgets, kitchen items, glassware, linens, tools, seasonal decorations, toys, lots of children’s books, games, books, records, tapes, videos, office supplies, picture frames and so much more. The Chalice Closet Thrift Store that is also located at the church will also be open offering items at a 50 percent discount during the Annual Rummage Sale. The Chalice Closet sells additional items, such as colorful scarves, professional women’s outfits in excellent condition, silverware serving sets, etc. For more details, please visit us at www.PacificGroveChurch.org or at the little white Victorian on the corner.

Monterey Library presents Bruce Ariss Display

On exhibit at the Monterey Public Library now until November 30, is “Bruce Ariss Was Here,” a display about the iconic artist, writer, editor, muralist, movie set designer, cartoonist and fascinating free-spirit who arrived on the Monterey Peninsula in 1935 and remained until his death in 1994 at age 83. The exhibit includes text describing Ariss’ rich and colorful life, his multi-faceted creative endeavors, his friendship with Ed Ricketts and John Steinbeck, as well as copies of his paintings, drawings and sketches. The Library is located at 625 Pacific Street, Monterey. For information visit www. monterey.org/library.

Book Publishing 1-2-3 Writers workshop with editor Laurie Gibson Features provocative prompts; ideas for improving craft; tips on finding agents and marketing books; resource-rich handouts; Q&A; guest speaker Anne Janzer, author of “The Writer’s Process.”

Sat., Oct. 22, 10–11am The Steinbeck House (132 Central Ave., Salinas) $20; no RSVP needed. (831) 646-4507

Jane Roland manages the AFRP Treasure Shop at 160 Fountain Avenue. Donations and volunteers always welcome…gcr770@aol.com

Treasure Shop Plans Holiday Open House

I will be “writing in”

Clint Eastwood for President

The AFRP Treasure Shop at 160 Fountain Ave. in Pacific Grove will hold the 11th annual Holiday Open House on November 11 from 4:30 - 7:00, November 12 from 10:00 - 4:30, and November 13 from 11:00 - 4:00. Friday Preview features wine and appetizers. Live music by guitarist Alan Souza. Get started on holiday shopping and help the animals at the same time. For information call Jane at 333-0491. A Paid Political Advertisement

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City of Monterey seeks citzens to serve on Committees and commissions

The Monterey City Council is encouraging Monterey residents to apply to serve on the following commissions or committees: The Architectural Review Committee (ARC), the Colton Hall Museum & Cultural Arts Commission (CHMCAC), the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC), and the Parks and Recreation Commission (PRC). Each serves as an advisory capacity to the City Council. The ARC reviews and makes decisions on design issues, and is responsible for ensuring orderly and harmonious development. The CHMCAC works on matters affecting operation of Colton Hall Museum and on matters pertaining to Monterey history and cultural arts. The HPC’s purpose relates to matters pertaining to the promotion, restoration, and protection of Monterey’s historic buildings, sites, artifacts, and related items. The PRC handles matters pertaining to the maintenance and development of City parks and recreation programs. Volunteer positions are two-year appointments unless an unscheduled vacancy is open; then the appointment lasts the rest of the term of that vacancy. “Serving on a board is a great way to get involved with your city,” said Mayor Clyde Roberson. “You learn so much and you’re contributing to a more vibrant community.” Monterey residents can pick up an application at the 580 Pacific Street, City Clerk’s Office, Room 6, or online at http:// bit.ly/bcc-app. Applications for these appointments will be accepted until close of business October 24, 2016. For more information, call 646-3935. New on the Monterey Channel - The ARC, HPC and PRC meetings are now broadcast on the Monterey Channel cable television and on Video-on-Demand, along with the City Council, Planning Commission and NIP meetings. Visit Monterey.org/tv for schedules and the link to the live stream.

Rotary will Listen to the Radio

The Pacific Grove Rotary Club which meets at noon on Tuesdays at The Inn Spanish Bay, 2700 17 Mile Drive in Pebble Beach, will have as speaker October 18, Jeff White, General Manager of KRML,.Lunch is $25.00 and reservations may be made with Jane Roland at 649-0657

Join the Read-AThon for Kids

On Saturday, October 29, the Friends of the Pacific Grove Library will host the ever-popular Read-A-Thon for children of our community. From 12:00 noon until 9:00 pm, children are invited to find a comfy spot in the Library and read, or be read to. Readers will earn $1.00 for the Library every minute they read! The money earned will go toward renovating the children’s room. Readers may sign up with the sheet they got at school, or sign up at the ReadA-Thon display in the Library, or simply show up on the 29th. Sponsors may buy as many segments of time as they wish in one hour increments. Each hour costs $60.00. Sponsor sign- up sheets also are at the Read-A-Thon display. Downtown Pacific Grove businesses will welcome trick or treaters on October 29, so children are encouraged to wear their costumes during the Read-A-Thon. Throughout the day, there will be yummy snacks and guest readers.

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Learn About The Power of Good Intentions One of the most practical ways to apply Buddha’s teachings to daily life is through the setting of good intentions and checking our intentions throughout the day. Are we wishing others well in this moment? Do we wish to do no harm, have no enemy, and hold compassion in this moment? The practice does not involve being hard on oneself, nor is it meant to control externalities. It is a gentle yet profound self-reflective practice. We can gradually and gently train our mind to hold positive intentions at all times, even in times of mental distress, which has immense benefits for both ourselves and others. Presented on Saturday, November 5 from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., this teaching is part of a series given by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche based on his booklet “Heartfelt Advice of Dharma Nectar.” It follows the Saturday meditation session

(which runs from 10-11) and is appropriate for anyone interested in practical ways to apply Dharma teachings to busy western life. No registration required. Suggested donation of $10.00, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. We hope

you join us! More information: http://manjushridharmacenter.org/heart-advice/ For questions contact: Rachel Christopherson, rachelmdc2016@gmail.com or 831-901-3156.

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Sign of the Times: Frank Pierce Repairing Pacific Grove Street Signs By Jan Austin Some people see a need and step up to fill it. Long-time Pacific Grove resident Frank Pierce is one of them. With the city’s permission, and without compensation, Pierce has taken on the project of restoring our old wooden street signs. Starting with the sign on his own street, Hillcrest Avenue, he has been taking them down, one by one, cleaning and repainting them, then with his ladder and orange safety cone in place, reinstalling each sign. “People were always stopping here on Hillcrest and trying to read the sign,” he said. “So I decided to clean and paint it. It was fun, so I moved down the block to Petra Lane, then Hillcrest Court and 19th Street.” Over many years, the wooden signs have become faded, dirty, moss-covered and nearly illegible. No one seems quite sure when the original signs went up. “I’m an archeologist and I have a degree in history,” he said. “I believe it’s important when you have things that are hand-made to keep them instead of throwing them away and putting up metal signs.” In his 84th year, the retired agricultural engineer likes to keep himself busy. Not only is he refurbishing the signs, he’s keeping detailed records and spreadsheets documenting his work and including before and after photos of each sign. He also maintains maps showing the locations of all the signs he working on. Pierce provides regular update to the city of his progress. As of October 5, Pierce has completed 133 signs. He finished the Pine and 7th Street sign on that day. Pierce estimates that each one takes 3-4 hours of labor to complete. “Sometimes a little longer, sometimes less,” he said. Averaging one sign per day, Pierce began his project a few months ago and plans to keep going until all the Pacific Grove street signs are in good condition. “The primary reason I’ve done these signs is the historic importance that I feel they have,” he said. “Each one of these was made by hand.” After brushing and cleaning each sign, Pierce sprays the background black, then gets his white paint for the street names. In his meticulous records, he notes “wood signs in good condition” for the ones that don’t need to be re-painted. “Some that I couldn’t get down, the city took them down and delivered them to me,” he said. “And they put them back up.” In addition to breathing new life into our street signs, Pierce is also providing the city with GPS coordinates of every memorial bench in town and documenting the names on the benches. While growing up in the Imperial Valley, Pierce had Lou Costello (of Abbott and Costello) as his Boy Scout camp counselor. “He taught us boys to be loose and goofy and then life would go smoothly,” he said. Throughout his adventurous life, Pierce has maintained his humor and outgoing personality. He started working in engineering in 1948 and holds a number of patents. In addition to serving on many committees, Pierce is involved with several local boards and task forces. The father of five has been married to his wife Carol for 40 years. They’ve made their home in Pacific Grove throughout those four decades.

WWSS? - What Would Steinbeck (and Ricketts) Say About Climate Change?

Enjoy a challenging talk by Dr. Steve Webster. Steve helped to found the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and worked there as Senior Marine Biologist until his retirement in 2004. He is now active with the Citizens Climate Lobby, a group that lobbies for fee-and-dividend on fossil fuels. So what would Steinbeck (and Ricketts) say about climate change? You can find out on Sunday, October 23, between 3-4:30 p.m. at The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, 165 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove. $5 admission and free for Museum members. h t t p : / / w w w. p g m u s e u m . o rg / m u s e um-events/2016/10/23/lecture-wwss-what-would-steinbeck-and-ricketts-say-about-climate-change

Safety Fair and Open House at Monterey Firehouse

On Saturday, October 22 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monterey Station #1 at 600 Pacific Street in Monterey will host a Safety Fair and Open House with plenty of educational safety exhibits, live auto extrication and Urban Search and Rescue demonstrations, refreshments, and fun for all. This will be a collaborative effort with participation from American Medical Response, American Red Cross, City of Monterey Library, Police and Recreation, Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), County of Monterey Emergency Communications, Monterey County SPCA, Pacific Gas & Electric, Presidio of Monterey Fire & Emergency Services, Sheriff’s Emergency Assistance Team, United States Coast Guard and the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary. This is a great opportunity to get to know your Fire Department, learn important safety information, and enjoy free refreshments and fun! If you would like further information, please call 831.646.3900.

Fall in Love at AFRP

Animal Friends Rescue Project invites you to Fall in Love with your new best friend during the month of October. Adoption fees are only $50 for all cats older than four months and if you can, add a second cat that is black or black and white for only $25. All cats are spayed/neutered, have age appropriate vaccines, dewormed, flea treatment, microchip, and Felv/FIV tested. We have lots of colors and ages to choose from so if you have been thinking of adopting a new cat or kitten now is the time! Our Fall in Love special is good till October 28. Visit our adoptable cats our main adoption center at 560 Lighthouse Ave in Pacific Grove, Petco in Del Monte Center or Pet Food Express in the Carmel Crossroads. More information is available at www. animalfriendsrescue.org.

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Pacific Grove student gets batty with Bat Squad

PGMS Student on Team that takes bat conservation message across the US

In November, 2015 we were omtrpduced to Team Chiropterra, an after-school club meeting at Pacific Grove Middle School, comprising studnts who study bats. Oscar Scholin was part of the team when they made a presentation at a bat symposium held at the North American Bat Research Symposium in Monterey October, 2015. they were the only youth presenters among a large field of adults. Are there more bats in big or small forested areas? This is the question this dedicated group of eighth graders at had been studying for a year. By recording bats echolocating, by observation, and by carefully trapping bats and weighing them, the young scientists determined that bats do, in fact, prefer larger wooded areas to other types of environments. This year Oscar Scholin will celebrate Bat Week, Oct 24-31, by reaching schools across North America with his bat conservation message. Eight students from across America are proving that you don’t need to be an adult to help our bats. These kids are members of the “Bat Squad!,” a group of young people who will be introduced to schools across the USA and Canada in a four-part live webcast series to be launched online at BatWeek.org during the third annual Bat Week, held this year from October 24-31. “My favorite bat is the bumblebee bat which is the smallest mammal in the world! It’s just so crazy that it’s so small and it can still echolocate and eat bugs,” says 14-year-old Oscar Scholin, this year a member of the “Bat Squad!” from Pacific Grove. Oscar was one of eight students selected from across the USA to be featured in the series which will dive into student efforts to educate others on the benefits of bats, their habitats, the threats they face, and how they’re getting more people involved in conservation. Bat Week is a growing initiative that seeks to raise greater awareness of

Photo credits Eden Rue

the importance of bats and what is being done to help them worldwide. The “Bat Squad!” webcasts are a major highlight of this year’s event airing on BatWeek.org at 1pm ET from Tuesday, October 25 – Friday October 28. Each video is accompanied by a live Q&A session, where classrooms can ask questions of the Bat Squad! members. The batty fun continues offline as well, with educational materials provided for teachers and parents, geared towards Next Generation Science Standards, on the BatWeek.org website. Oscar has been a part of Team Chiroptera, a school club at Pacific Grove Middle School, since he was in 7th grade in 2014. Led by science teacher, Terry Kelly, the club embarks on their own research projects to learn about bats in their area “Team Chiroptera is really fun because it gets kids engaged in something that only older people might be doing like going out and doing field research or learning about new things. It’s not like sitting in some stuffy classroom listening

Science Saturday: Bats, Spiders and Snakes Saturday, October 29 10-3 p.m. Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History 165 Forest Avenue Pacific Grove Free

Join us on Saturday, October 29, as we slither into the magical world of spiders, snakes and bats. Learn about these amazing animals as you visit fun and educational stations throughout the Museum. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet a live animal up close, take home a creepy craft and more! Science Saturdays are free and open to all. http://www.pgmuseum.org/museum-events/2016/10/29/science-saturday-batsspiders-and-snakes

Public’s Help Sought in Investigation of Failure of Pinnacle Workforce Solutions

The failure of Pinnacle Workforce Solutions is actively being investigated by the Monterey Police Department in partnership with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office. The investigation is in its earliest stages and the detailed reasons for Pinnacle’s collapse are still unclear. In order to fully understand the nature and scope of the matter, the investigating agencies are seeking some preliminary information from Pinnacle’s former clients. Companies which may be the victim of fraud have been contacted, and some may have received an email from FBI Special Agent Wynar, requesting additional information which is imperative to the investigation. Recipients of the email are urged to respond and provide the requested information. Anyone who may have been affected by the failure of Pinnacle Workforce Solutions or who may have information regarding this investigation is asked to contact FBI Special Agent Wynar at roahn.wynar@ic.fbi.gov.

to some boring guy lecturing on and on. It’s just about going out and enjoying the world and science,” explains Oscar. Oscar was one of eight students selected from across the USA to be featured in the series which will dive into student efforts to educate others on the benefits of bats, their habitats, the threats they face, and how they’re getting more people involved in conservation. “We have eight amazing kids from across the country that have been doing inspiring things for bat conservation,” says Micaela Jemison, a Bat Week coordinator and BCI’s Director of Communications and Public Engagement. “These kids have been conducting bat research, investigating threats to bats and teaching others about the importance

of these amazing creatures. We encourage schools across the country to tune in during Bat Week to meet these amazing kids and learn more about bats!” The Bat Squad! kids hail from far and wide – from Texas, Virginia, California, Oregon, Michigan, Tennessee and Indiana – and are excited to share with other kids what they have learned about bats. These free online educational webcasts are a Bat Week initiative led by Bat Conservation International along partners from the U.S. Forest Service, National Geographic’s Animal Jam and the National Conservation Training Center. Major funding for this initiative was supplied by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service.

Re-Elect Mayor

Bill Kampe Photo credits Eden Rue

Infrastructure for the Future Our quality of life and the livability of our city depend on the condition of our roads, coastline, sewers, and city buildings. The city capital improvement plan itemizes the priorities well.

Our sewer system is now properly funded with a good 10 year maintenance plan. You are seeing extensive work this year as part of the that plan. It’s disruptive work, but essential.

Over the past 4 years we have done more to maintain our roads that in previous years. We have resurfaced many streets and completed the new entryway into Pacific Grove along Central Ave, giving both aesthetic and pedestrian safety benefits. Yet much remains to be done. We also have an ongoing challenge for coastline maintenance and looming requirements for storm water management.

Funding these infrastructure needs will be a critical challenge for the new council. I ask your support, and your vote, so that we may find the best possible approaches to these needs.

Bill Kampe

Facebook: www.facebook.com/KampeForMayor Email: bill@billkampe.org Website: www.billkampe.org Kampe for Mayor 2016, P.O. Box 12, Pacific Grove, CA 93950 Paid for by Kampe for Mayor 2016 — FPPC ID# 1368175

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C is for Couch

Tom Stevens

Otter Views

My brother Mike moved to Pacific Grove recently and rented a near-windowless ground-floor apartment he quickly dubbed “The Crypt.” Surrounded by tall fences and nearby buildings, the place gets about two slivers of sunlight a day. It would make a great bat roost. But even a crypt needs furnishings. With the baseball playoffs and Halloween coming on, we joked about décor themes. Mike had brought from his previous life a recliner and an oversize TV, so the “man cave” was one option. We also considered a “Young Frankenstein” motif but weren’t sure we could find a suitably sparky Tesla coil. Having taught “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” to middle schoolers, I felt PG’s maritime setting favored a Captain Nemo steam punk look. I envisioned aqua blue lighting, brass nautical instruments, framed depth charts, roped pulleys and languidly blooping lava lamps. “You could have a big glass tank with a live octopus here in the front room,” I suggested. “Nemo had one on the Nautilus.” “If I want to see an octopus, I can go to the Monterey Aquarium,” Mike replied. That torpedoed the steam punk submarine. As siblings will, we disagreed about lighting, end tables, art placement, chair styles, house plants, even accent pillows. Our one area of agreement, albeit grudging, was the couch. “You’ll want a couch in here somewhere,” I proposed, sweeping an arm grandly about the carpeted living room. Mike’s recliner and TV aside, the apartment was mostly empty at that point. “You could put it along that wall there by the window, where it could be seen.” “Crypts have no couches,” he replied sternly. “Caskets, skull candles, conjuring aids, yes. But no comfy seating.” “But what if you have company?” I asked. “You can’t just have your guests sit on the floor.” “They can use the accent pillows,” he said. I played my final card. “But what if I want to come over? I’m too old and creaky to get down on the floor. I’ll cramp up. Tell you what,” I proposed. “I’ll pay half for a couch so I’ll have somewhere to sit.” As it happened, a very serviceable blue couch showed up at the Discovery Shop the following week. Mike and I bought it, and it now occupies a wall near a window in The Crypt’s zone of visibility. I have sat upon the couch several times and find it very comfortable. The couch also extends a family legacy of sorts, because our late father was a psychiatrist who always kept a couch in his office. When I was a kid, I believed the couch was for my dad’s patients. But now, having reached 70 myself, I think it was probably for him. My brothers aside, I haven’t met many psychiatrists’ kids in my life, but I imagine we’re sort of like ministers’ kids, morticians’ kids or seamstresses’ kids. Growing up, we all got used to odd household furnishings: sermon lecterns, the occasional silk-lined casket, full-figured draping dummies. If psychiatrists’ kids ever got together, they could probably talk about couches. Our dad’s couch, like nearly everything I can recall seeing in his office, was a rich chocolate brown. He had brown carpeting, brown armchairs, brown pictures on the walls. On many days, he wore brown suits to work, even a brown fedora. He smoked brown briar pipes. “Brown is a soothing color,” he explained to my brothers and me, on one of our rare visits to his inner sanctum. “It calms the patients down.” “Also, your father is color blind,” his longtime secretary put in. The centerpiece of the office was the brown leather couch, a long, plain, low-slung unit without armrests or accent pillows. It was not a sitting couch, but one designed for patients to recline upon, gaze up at the ceiling, and presumably unburden themselves of life’s hardships. In size, shape and function, the brown couch shared the furniture DNA of the “fainting couches” of an earlier age. We brothers were not admitted, of course, to the actual sessions, but we imagined them. We envisioned our father muttering Rogerian questions through pungent twists of pipe smoke. At intervals we pictured him knocking the pipe into an ashtray, as he did at home, then repacking it from the tobacco jar that stood on his pipe stand. Once Dad left his office, the soothing décor theme continued in his “den” at home. This space was too compact for a couch, but it did house a brown desk and swivel chair, a brown coffee table, a beige carpet, a brown wastebasket and two matching brown recliners where our parents would sit side-by-side and soothe themselves with martinis. Both have passed away, but they probably would have approved of The Crypt’s blue couch.

“What a Relief!”

Downtown Monterey traffic and parking will be impacted by sewer work happening as follows: October 17 – 26 (8 AM to 5 PM): Alvarado St. – the 300 block between Franklin and Del Monte will be closed Thursday, Friday, Monday and Wednesday Tyler St. – Between Munras and Pearl St. will be closed Monday through Wednesday Impacts may include traffic, road closures, detours and parking restrictions. Motorists should prepare to take alternate routes. The Tuesday Farmer’s Market on Alvarado Street will not be impacted. The “What a Relief” Sewer Rehabilitation Project has six packages worth a total of $16.8 million in capital investment. Packages 1, 2 and 4 are 100 percent complete. Packages 3, 5, 6 are over half complete. The overall program is close to 75 percent complete, with full completion expected by summer 2017. With most of the neighborhood sections finished, the project has shifted to more congested business districts. The City of Monterey thanks the community for their continued patience and understanding during this important infrastructure improvement project. The work schedule is subject to change. Details and updates will be posted under “Construction this Week” at monterey. org/fixingsewers.

Pacific Grove Veterans Day Muster Set

The annual Veterans Day Muster is set for Friday, Nov, 11 at the Point Pinos Lighthouse. The program will begin at 10:30 and work up to “the 11th hour of the 11th day” in honor of all veterans The program will include the Coast Guard colog guard, the Pacific Grove Middle School Choir, an invocation, the pedge of allegiance to our flag, a welcome by the Maor and remembrance by a member of the Coast Guard. There will be a benedictio and singing of the national anthem, All re welcome to come to the Lighthouse and join in the remembrance.

“Welcome Home” will be theme of Veterans Day celebration in Marina

“Boonie Rats and Brothers: Welcome Home” will be the theme of the annual Veterans Day celebration on Saturday, Nov. 12 at Marina Equestrian Center Park, 5th Avenue at 9th Street in Marina.The 7th annual public event is free, sponsored by Friends of the Fort Ord Warhorse in partnership with Veterans Transition Center of Monterey County and the City of Marina. Official 50th Anniversary commemorative pins will be awarded to Vietnam-era veterans present at the 10:30 ceremony, following a brief talk reflecting on the Vietnam War. The 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. celebration will feature horse therapy demonstrations, music, vintage vehicles, a mini-horse, lunch trucks, and other activities There is no fee to participate.

Carmel-By-TheSea Beginning Six Weeks of Road Work

The City of Carmel-by-the-Sea began work October 3 on an approximately sixweek project that will include repaving, road repairs and drainage improvement to several road segments, necessitating some detours and temporary road closures. The work, under a contract with Monterey Peninsula Engineering, is expected to conclude by November 18. The project includes the following road segments: • Santa Rita Street between Ocean and Mountain View avenues • 8th Avenue between Junipero and Mountain View avenues • Crespi Avenue, Flanders Drive and Vizcaino Avenue • Mission Street between 6th and Ocean avenues • 5th Avenue between Junipero Avenue and Mission Street • 13th Avenue between Scenic Road and Carmelo Street • Forest Road between Ocean and 7th avenues • Santa Fe Street from 8th Avenue south to dead end • San Antonio Avenue between Santa Lucia and 11th avenues All work will be done between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on weekdays. Individual notices will be provided to affected residences at least seven days prior to construction and detour signs will be posted as necessary. Vehicular access will be allowed to local traffic only in affected areas, except on days of paving and during the reconstruction of Santa Rita Street, when full closures of the work areas may be required on a temporary basis. Any questions should be addressed to Carmel-by-the-Sea Public Works Superintendent Rob Culver at 831-620-2074.

MBARI Open House October 15

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) invites the Bay Area and local community to its annual open house. This event is FREE and open to the public. The date is Saturday, October 15, 2016 from 12:00 to 5:00 p.m. at Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, 7700 Sandholdt Road, Moss Landing. MBARI’s open house highlights the cutting-edge science and technology that have made MBARI one of the country’s leading oceanographic research institutions. MBARI staff, scientists, and engineers will share their excitement about ocean research and discovery. Visitors can talk with marine researchers and engineers, learn about the latest discoveries in marine science, see amazing underwater videos, and get close-up views of deep-sea robots and oceanographic research vessels. Kids will enjoy hands-on science activities, crafts, and building ROVs (underwater robots). The Monterey Bay Aquarium’s (MBARI’s sister institution) gift store will have selected items available. For more information, maps, and directions see: http://www.mbari.org/about/ openhouse.html or call 831-775-1700.

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This Land is Our Land

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series events for the week of October 15 This Land is Our Land is a three-month celebration of John Muir and the centennial of the National Parks Service with a series of special events scheduled

through December 2016.

The following is a list of this weeek’s special events: Friday, October 14 Library Talk - “From Drum Solo to Symphony: A history of our national park system” with Pinnacles National Park Lead Park Interpretive Ranger PT Lathrop 5:30 to 7 p.m. Location: Pacific Grove Public Library 550 Central Avenue, Pacific Grove Cost: Suggested $10 donation Free to Friends of the Pacific Grove Public Library Description: Today your National Park Service honors and protects America›s collective heritage in 413 sites that together tell the story of American values.

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Organizations Arthritis Foundation Central Coast Big Sur International Marathon Cannery Row Foundation Friends of the Pacific Grove Library Gateway Center Lighthouse Cinemas Meals on Wheels Monterey Bay Aquarium Monterey County Democratic Party Monterey County Rape Crisis Center Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Nonprofit Alliance of Monterey County Pacific Grove Art Center

Newspapers Saturday, October 15 Kids’ Banner Painting Project - with Julie Heilman 1 to 3 p.m. Location: Pacific Grove Public Library 550 Central Avenue, Pacific Grove Cost: Suggested $10 donation per child or $15 per family Description: With the guidance of local artist, Julie Heilman, children will create a banner with a National Park theme to hang in the Children’s Room of the library. This activity is geared toward children ages 5-11. Friday, October 21 Library Talk - “Ansel Adams: A Son’s Perspective” with Michael Adams 5:30 to 7pm Location: Pacific Grove Public Library 550 Central Avenue Cost: Suggested $10 donation Free to Friends of the Pacific Grove Public Library Description: Michael was born in Yosemite Valley in 1933 to Ansel Adams and Virginia Best Adams. He will share his experiences growing up with photographer and environmentalist, Ansel Adams. A listing of events can be seen below. For more information visit the website at http://ourlandpg.weebly.com, or call the Pacific Grove Public Library at 831.648.5762. Series sponsors include the Pacific Grove Public Library, the Friends of the Pacific Grove Library, the Pacific Grove Public Library Foundation, California State Parks and the Asilomar State Beach and Conference Grounds.

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Carmel Foundation Presents

City of Pacific Grove Annual Notice of Vacancies BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES The City of Pacific Grove is seeking applications for the following Boards, Commissions and Committees for vacancies that currently exist and/or terms that expire January/February 2017. For a complete description of the purposes and meeting schedule of each of the available Boards, Commissions, and Committees, please visit the City’s website at http://www.cityofpacificgrove.org/boards Administrative Enforcement Hearing Officer Panel (2) · Architectural Review Board (3) · Beautification and Natural Resources Committee (3) · Economic Development Commission –Downtown (2) General Business Owners (2); Citizens at large (2) ·

Golf Links Advisory Commission (2-At Large (1) Hospitality) · Historic Resources Committee (2) · Library Board (2) · Planning Commission (2) · Recreation Board(1) · Traffic Safety Commission (2) ·

Appointees must be registered Pacific Grove voters, except for the Economic Development Commission. Applications for these vacancies will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. on Friday, December 30, 2017. Interested persons may pick up an application at the City Clerk’s Office, 300 Forest Avenue or a copy may be downloaded from the City’s website at: http://www.cityofpacificgrove.org/sites/default/files/forms/city-clerk/ application-app-boards-commissions-12-14-09_0.pdf Further information may also be obtained by contacting the City Clerk at (831) 648-3181 or by emailing cityclerk@cityofpacificgrove.org

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For Tickets or More Information Call (831) 582-4580 Visit www.csumb.edu/worldtheater E-mail worldtheater@csumb.edu For disability accommodations, please contact the World Theater Box Office. All shows and dates are subject to change.

“Music Shall Never Die.” Wednesday, October 19, 2:30pm, at the Carmel Foundation’s Diment Hall, join “Duo Nostalgia” Ella Bekker, Soloist and Natalia Tsyvinskaya, Pianist, as they perform some of their best classical songs emceed by Harriet Lynn, Producer/Artistic Director of Heritage Theater. Don’t miss out on this one of a kind musical performance by this duet! Natalia holds a master’s in music, plays piano, and vocals; and Ella is a voice phenomenon, a student of choral music, who also studied with Maestro Sal Ferrantelli at Monterey Peninsula College. This presentation is free and open to the public. “History of Samuel FB Morse.” Wednesday, October 26, 2:30pm, at the Carmel Foundation’s Diment Hall hear the story of Samuel F. B. Morse. Sam Morse came to the Hotel Del Monte in 1915 as the owner’s representative with instructions to sell everything. He did… to himself! He built and owned the first water company, the first airport, and the finest golf course in the U.S. He partied with cowboys, aristocrats, artists, and politicians…want to hear more? Come hear this presentation by Charles Osborne, Chairman of Osborne Partners Capital Management, as he gives you a brief biography from the family’s point of view of the man that became known as the Duke of Del Monte. This presentation is free and open to the public. The Carmel Foundation is located on the SE corner of 8th & Lincoln. For more information, please contact Leticia Bejarano, Director of Support Services at 831.620.8705 or lbejarano@carmelfoundation.org. About The Carmel Foundation The Carmel Foundation is an organization that serves members 55 and better in the Monterey County area and beyond. www.carmelfoundation.org, or 831.620.8701.

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Prints: 101 Offered at PG Art Center

Are you an art professional - docent, gallery owner, curator, instructor, collector, or artist who has limited experience with prints? Or are you just curious? Learn how to distinguish one process from another during a relaxed afternoon of looking at works on paper. What is an etching? A block print? A lithography? Barbara Furbush will present Prints: 101 at the Pacific Grove Art Center on Saturday, October 15 from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Participants will be handling prints, tools, and materials of the four basic processes to gain a broad understanding of prints. During this ‘show & tell’ you will get up close and personal with the blocks, plates, screens, stones, and implements used to create the prints. Class size is limited, the registration fee for this session is $15 members/ $20 general public. Contact Barbara at 310-562-3155 <tel:310-562-3155> or send an email to bfurbush11@gmail.com to register or for further information. Barbara Furbush received an MFA in printmaking at CSULB in 1985. Her works have been exhibited regularly in Los Angeles. She opened Atmos Print studio in the Pacific Grove Art Center in 2012. She offers workshops, and individual session on an appointment basis.

PRINTS: 101

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The Love of Dancing

Attending an amazing performance, being completely overjoyed, and going back for a voyage in time, is what happened to me on Saturday, September 17, at the Portuguese F.D.E.S. hall grounds. It all started when one of our members brought up at one of the meetings that the Portuguese Folklore Festival Groups were looking for a venue to hold their annual presentation. They were hoping Monterey would accommodate them, as they expected around 350 people to attend. We agreed to their proposals and the entertainment was free for all. There were eleven groups from various parts of California—Chino, Turlock, Artesia, Hilmar, Fremont, San Jose, and more. The presentation started at 2 pm sharp and it continued on until past 6 pm. Each group had something different that separated them from the others. Women’s costumes included bright red wool decorated skirts, linen blouses of various styles, bandanas, some aprons, and galochas (wooden shoes). The men also dressed in costume: wool pants, vests, hats, suits, and sandals, according to the era. Folklore dancing is a very old tradition of the Portuguese culture. It goes back two to three hundred years, especially in Portugal. It was also popular in the islands of Madeira and Azores, but at some point it had phased out. In the middle of the 20th century, when I was growing up back in the Azores, on the island of São Jorge we didn’t hear much about the “Folclórico.” At least I had never learned how to dance it. We grew up learning how to do other dances such as the “chamirrita” and “bailes de roda,”which are like square dances. Dancing was our most popular type of entertainment. Any special occasion could turn into a dance.

Judy Avila

Memories

As my husband and I sat there watching these people dance with their hearts and with their souls, I drifted back in time and I am young again, back in the ’60s. We had been married for about a year and gotten acquainted with a large family that had recently arrived on the peninsula from São Jorge. They were quite talented; most of them could sing, dance, and play instruments. Soon they approached us to ask if we would like to be in a dancing group with them, as they needed at least eight couples. We agreed, and for the next two years or so we would practice almost every weekend. Soon the word got out about our dancing group, and we were invited to perform around the peninsula at different events. One time we got a call from Hanford, CA to dance for a radio club fund raiser. We all drove in a caravan three and half hours just to go dancing. We were treat-

ed like royalty and had a great time. By this time we all had become great friends and always looked forward to getting together. After a while we all went on with our lives, did some traveling, and started our families, but always enjoyed a night of dancing. In our Portuguese culture dancing is for everyone, whether you are young, middle aged, or older: it is a family affair. I would like to THANK all of dancers on behalf of the Monterey Portuguese community, for being such great entertainers—for sharing your talent, your hard work, and your wonderful dancing hearts and souls so graciously, just for the love of dancing. Judy Avila judyravila@gmail.com

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Her Heart Pulled Her to Pacific Grove

In this week’s “Keepers of Our Culture” column, we’re introducing Stefanie Tyler, a student at CSUMB and an intern for Park Place Publications. Stefanie will be helping us gather stories for Life in the Grove, a collection of stories by and for those who love Butterfly Town USA. Here’s Stefanie’s tale of how she discovered Pacific Grove. Pacific Grove Helped Me See the Wonder in the World When I first came to Pacific Grove I was too young to remember anything. It was only when I became an adult that I found solace here. I guess you could say Pacific Grove opened my eyes and helped me see the wonder in the world again. Forgive me if this all sounds a bit cliché, but it’s the truth. It helped me to see that something was missing from my life. I thought my passion for writing was missing, but I’ve come to realize that is only half-true. After growing up in Cameron Park and Placerville in the Mother Lode foothills east of Sacramento, I knew I wanted to attend college in California, close to home. My area of interest is creative writing, but not many colleges offer majors in that field. I knew my dream of being a creative writer was a long-shot and I might not even find a college that would have what I was looking for. I was even prepared to give up on the dream and do something else with my life that would, no question, be unfulfilling. That is, until I found California State University of Monterey Bay. Of all the CSU campuses I researched, Monterey Bay was the only one that offered exactly what I was looking for! I chose to major in Human Communications with a concentration in Creative Writing and Social Action because it offers experience in both communication and various styles of writing, not just my own. If I hadn’t come to CSUMB I wouldn’t have been hired on as an intern at Park Place Publications in Pacific Grove to further my writing career. I’ve even been given the responsibility of assisting with PPP’s newest project, Life in the Grove, a book of local stories to be published in 2017 to benefit the Pacific Grove Public Library. Before all of this happened, though, I felt an emptiness in me. The only time I never felt that emptiness was whenever I

Keepers of our Culture Guest Columnist Stefanie Tyler

Life in the Grove, featuring stories by residents and visitors to Pacific Grove, will be published in 2017 by Park Place Publications to benefit the Pacific Grove Public Library.

Stefanie Tyler at the site that started her grandmother’s love affair with Pacific Grove. came to Pacific Grove. I couldn’t explain it then, but something about this place kept drawing me nearer. Almost as if my heart were pulling me here, trying to tell me something. ‘… the Ocean Serving as the Perfect Backdrop …’ Maybe it was the beauty and charm of old-fashioned shops and Victorian houses lining the streets, the tall and majestic eucalyptus trees that decorate the landscape, the romantically quaint gazebo in the park next to the public library, and the ocean serving as the perfect backdrop of our quaint little town. I learned recently from my mom that her mother, my grandma, used to visit Pacific Grove all the time. She brought my mom here a few times too. But when I asked about it, my mom said, “I don’t remember it that well … I mostly remem-

Not Your Grandma’s Cotillion R-E-S-P-E-C-T. Voters miss it; employers need it. Employers seek young workers with the maturity to demonstrate respect and consideration for others. Back in the day, cotillions trained children in the art of communication and courtesies in the context of ballroom dance, table manners, and formal etiquette. With the growing informality of society, these skills are fading, much to the chagrin of employers. Employers demand a strong capacity to communicate, interact with coworkers and clients/customers, and represent the organization at a social function (including a formal meal). Demonstrating respect is the foundation of the curriculum at Carmel Cotillions, LLC. “We teach students to use a respect filter, so that they ask themselves if their behavior demonstrates respect and courtesy for the other person,” says Mrs. Mayer, Chair of the cotillions. Proper introductions of self and others, initiating,

maintaining, and terminating conversation, elements of a proper thank you, and opening doors for others are some of the skills taught. The effect of learning these skills in a party atmosphere is that the dancing and punch make a positive association with demonstrating respect towards others, helping the students remember the professional skills with a smile. Students in grades 3-7 enjoy six cotillion parties during the season, which begins November 15 in Carmel. Leader training is available for students in grades 8-12. Leaders receive cotillion training plus additional training for the lunch interview, professional receptions, and awards ceremonies, including table etiquette and interacting with wait staff at events. For information, visit www.carmelcotillionsllc.weebly.com, carmelcotillionsllc@comcast.net, or phone (949) 838-5896.

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ber Pacific Grove when I visited with you last year.” My grandma loved the ocean, and the tranquil environment of Pacific Grove. The cliffs overlooking the ocean near Lover’s Point that she stood on were the very same cliffs I stood upon just a year ago. My mom told me, “She loved Pacific Grove … it was her favorite place.” My mom also said, “Nine years ago, Monterey was the last trip I took with her before she passed away.” I learned that this visit took place the first weekend of October—this exact time of year. I finally understand why I feel so connected to Pacific Grove, and it’s because I am feeling my grandma’s presence the whole time. At least, I’d like to think so. Writing is not my only passion; family is too. And it means so much to me that Pacific Grove has reunited me with both.

What else can I say to a place that has always been home without my ever knowing it, except, “Thank you, and I look forward to sharing more stories with all of you!” Donate Your Stories for the PG Library Stefanie has already met several members of the local community at the recent Pacific Grove Business Expo, including Mayor Bill Kampe and Councilmembers Ken Cuneo and Rudy Fischer, all of whom are thrilled to contribute a story to Life in the Grove. You, too, can be a part of this exciting project! We invite you to participate in the FREE monthly memoir classes sponsored by Park Place Publications and the Pacific Grove Public Library. The next session is this coming Thursday, Oct. 20, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Little House in Jewell Park. You’re welcome to also contribute your stories to the book even if you cannot attend the classes. Please send a Word doc of 100 to 500 words (per story), and a high-resolution photo to: keepersofourculture@gmail.com. For professional memoir writing and other publishing services offered by Park Place Publications, and for a free consultation, contact Patricia Hamilton at 831/649-6640, publishingbiz@sbcglobal. net.

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Sole Remaining Member of Ricketts ‘Lab Members’ to be honored Oct. 22

On the wall of Ed Rickett’s Lab in Cannery Row, a plaque lists seven “owners and Lab members” of the Lab as of “6-26-07.” Two more of them died this month, leaving only one, according to records of the Cannery Row Foundation. Doc Etienne died Sept. 10 and Jim Niebel died Sept. 13, leaving only Frank N. Wright among those who bought the Lab from Harlan Watkins in 1958. Wright, 97—who knew Ed Ricketts during the 1940’s at the Presidio and was a frequent visitor to Ed’s Lab—lives in Carmel. Niebel’s obit said “He loved parties and women and Steinbeck’s well-known Doc’s Lab on Cannery Row. He was one of the last three remaining members of the men’s club that had bought it as a bohemian hangout in the 1958.” Gus Arreola, Morgan Stock, Ted Hooker and Bill Stewart are among those to pass away in recent years. Wright, the remaining Lab member, will be the honored guest at the Cannery Row Foundation’s Lab Tours on Saturday, Oct. 22, said Michael Hemp, Foundation president. “This is a very special part of the Old Row history, so vital to be experienced and preserved,” Frank Wright, From Carmel Magazine Hemp said. Tours of the seldom-opened Lab will begin on-the-hour, beginning at 9 a.m. with the last tour starting at 4 p.m. A donation of $15 per person is requested which supports educational and special events such as Lab Tours and annual Cannery Row Symposiums. Each tour is limited to 15 persons. Reservations are strongly recommended; walk-ins welcome only if space is available. E-mail tours@canneryrow.org, stating your preferred tour time and number of persons in your party. Your reservation will be confirmed by return e-mail. “Traditionally in October,” Hemp said, “Ed Ricketts fans from all over the Monterey Peninsula and beyond gather at the Lab on Cannery Row to honor and celebrate the private men’s club that preserved the Lab and sold it to the City of Monterey to be preserved as an internationally famous historic, literary, and ecological site-- open to the public on such special occasions as our October 22 tours.” Additional information about the 33-year-old Cannery Row Foundation may be found at: www.canneryrow.org. Other recent Old Row deaths have been Thom Steinbeck (August 11, 2016) writer, eldest son of John Steinbeck and decades-long friend of the Cannery Row Foundation, and Jesse Corsaut (July 23, 2106) Cannery Row’s renowned artist, sculptor of the Ed Ricketts Memorial, Cannery Diver’s Memorial at San Carlos Beach Park, the Kalisa Moore “Queen of Cannery Row” Memorial across from Doc’s Lab, and the Fisherman’s Memorial at Fisherman’s Wharf.

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Option “A” Recyclers for California Redemption Value

Below is an up to date list of all the beverage retailers in Carmel, Monterey, Pacific Grove, and Marina that have returned Option A affidavits. These retailers will redeem CRV containers in the store during the hours they are open. PACIFIC GROVE Forest Hill Shell 201 Forest Ave Cork N Bottle 1112 Forest Ave Grove Market 242 Forest Ave Trader Joe’s Market 1170 Forest Ave PG 76 Smog and Auto Repair 1140 Forest Ave Forest Hill Gas Station & Food 1152 Forest Ave CARMEL The Cheese Shop Ocean Ave & Junipero Ave Chevron 3645 Rio Rd Unocal 76 Svc Station 544 Carmel Rancho Blvd MARINA El Rancho Market 346 Reservation Rd Food Corral 298 Carmel Ave Dollar Tree 215 Reservation Rd Hongs Oriental Market 302 Carmel Ave

Penny Saver Market 267 Carmel Ave MONTEREY Troias Market 350 Pacific St 7-Eleven 381 David Ave Trader Joes Market 570 Munras Ave Bottles N Bins Liquors & Deli 898 Lighthouse Ave International Market & Deli 580 Lighthouse Ave Daney's Mini Mart 701 Lighthouse Ave Valero 700 Lighthouse Ave 7-Eleven 2301 Fremont St Rite Aid Pharmacies 1301 Munras Ave Chevron Food Mart 351 Fremont St Corner Store Co 398 Lighthouse Ave Walgreens Drug Store 416 Alvarado St

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Your Letters

Opinion Why a bullet-resistant wall?

Measure X Presents a Viable Alternative to Measure P

Editor:

The Monterey Herald and Monterey County Weekly have now both come out in opposition to Measure P, the admissions tax measure, for similar reasons. Specifically, the measure is legally flawed and unnecessarily impacts not-for-profit organizations. Arguments in favor of Measure P have consistently mentioned the need to maintain roads and sidewalks used by people who attend the Monterey Bay Aquarium and events such as the Big Sur Marathon. For roads and sidewalks, Measure X provides a real alternative to Measure P. Measure X calls for a 3/8 of a cent sales tax over 30 years and would bring $10 million for Holman Highway improvements and $410 thousand annually to Pacific Grove for road and sidewalk maintenance. Pacific Grove’s financial challenges include unfunded pension obligations and cannot be completely addressed by Measure X. The full solution will take other sources of revenue. At the same time, a vote for Measure X directly addresses a significant financial need in a more legally sound and fairer way than Measure P. Vote yes on X and no on P for a rational solution to road and sidewalk maintenance.

Retaurateur Asks: Vote No on Z

Tama Olver Pacific Grove

Editor,

Voters have a lot of important decisions to make in November. Those of us in Monterey County will vote on a transportation tax, medical marijuana and school bonds. We will also vote whether or not to ban oil production in Monterey County. Oil production has been an important part of our economy in Monterey for 70 years. It has been drilled responsibly by companies that employ nearly 1,000 people and pay millions of dollars in taxes to the county. There’s no way around our need for oil, jobs and tax revenue. Please vote no on Measure Z and protect a tradition of oil production that has served our community well for more than half a century.

Vote en contra de la Medida Z

Jose Ceballos Greenfield

Estimado Editor,

Los votantes tienen que tomar muchas decisiones importantes en noviembre. Los que vivimos en el Condado de Monterey estaremos votando por un impuesto al transporte, la marihuana medicinal y bonos para las escuelas. También votaremos a favor o en contra de prohibir la producción de petróleo en el Condado de Monterey. La producción de petróleo ha sido una parte importante de la economía en Monterey durante 70 años. Compañías que emplean a más de 1,000 personas han perforado en forma responsable y pagan al condado millones de dólares en impuestos. No podemos negar nuestra necesidad de petróleo, trabajos e ingresos por impuestos. Por favor vote en contra de la Medida Z y proteja una tradición de producción de petróleo que ha servido bien a nuestra comunidad durante más de medio siglo. Jose Ceballos Greenfield

Oil Revenues Pay for Vital Services Editor:

Like many residents of unincorporated areas, I rely upon the County for my police, fire protection and ambulance services. Measure Z would take away millions of dollars in revenue given to these services if passed. Our county has had issues in the past and we need protection like everyone else. I do not want to see the Sheriff, South County Fire Protection District as well as our AMR Ambulance Service lose funding from their already tight budget. Monterey County voters should not take away funding for these vital programs. The entire county is affected if Measure Z passed, not just San Ardo. I urge everyone to join me and vote NO on Measure Z. Roy Ethridge San Ardo

Letters to the Editor

Cedar Street Times welcomes your letters on subjects of interest to the citizens of Pacific Grove as well as our readers elsewhere. We prefer that letters be on local topics. At present we have not set limits on length though we do reserve the right to edit letters for space constraints, so please be concise. We will contact you to verify authenticity so your email address and/or telephone number must be included as well as your name and city of residence. We will not publish unsigned letters or letters which defame, slander or libel. Cedar Street Times is an adjudicated newspaper published weekly at 306 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950. Press deadline is Wednesday, noon. Marge Ann Jameson, Editor/Publisher Phone 831-324-4742 Fax 831-324-4745 editor@cedarstreettimes.com

What in the world is Pacific Grove City Hall afraid of? Staff has just informed citizenry in its weekly summary that Total Security Solutions Co. will be installing level 1 bullet-resistant acrylic on walls to the customer service counter in the Finance Department, as well as a “full vision door to close off the customer service area to create a secure environment.” Our city council members keep telling us we are the safest city on the Monterey Peninsula and our moniker is still The Last Hometown. How strange a way to foster a sense of community! I wonder how much this is costing taxpayers? Maybe they are afraid of disgruntled residents in this election year? Please, someone, come steal our debt before it’s too late! Inge Lorentzen Daumer Pacific Grove [Editor’s note: The item to which you refer was in the FY 2016-17 budget, page 15, item 15. It was approved by the council back then as a capital improvement project. According to the Finance staff, that gateway receives large amounts of cash daily from various sources, including the parking meter proceeds. It was requested by the finance department to help ensure the safety of employees in a spot where a guard is not feasible. Patti Maitland, Finance Director, refers us to the following link: http://www.cityofpacificgrove.org/sites/default/files/general-documents/budgets/ fy-2016-17-adopted-budget-book.pdf]

Community Panel and Discussion on Prison Reform Propositions on the November 8, 2016 Ballot

Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm (doors open 4:00 pm) Monterey Peace and Justice Center 1364 Fremont Blvd., Seaside About the Event: Join the conversation to get informed about 2016 California Propositions 57, 62 and 66. Learn how you can take action to bring about meaningful change to systems that are outdated, ineffective, uncivilized in theory and unfair and inequitable in practice. Panelists: Taina Vargas-Edmond will discuss Proposition 57—the Public Safety and Rehabilitation Act of 2016. Panelists: Mark Kimber, with the Death Penalty Focus, will discuss Proposition 62 - Repeal of the Death Penalty, and the competing Proposition 66, the “Death Penalty Reform and Savings" Initiative. Moderator: MacGregor Eddy, with the Civil Rights Coalition for Jail Reform – Monterey County The public is invited. Suggested donation, $5-$10. No one turned away for lack of funds. Event Flyer: https://peacecentral.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/nov-2016-ballot-props-community-panel-flyer-10-15-20161.pdf For more information, contact Monterey Peace and Justice Center at (831) 3941915 or email montereypeaceandjustice@gmail.com Sponsored by: Initiate Justice: https://www.facebook.com/initiatejustice1/ Monterey Peace and Justice Center (MPJC): https://peacecentral.wordpress.com/ Civil Rights Coalition for Jail Reform - Monterey County (CRCJR-MC): https:// www.facebook.com/jailreformmonterey/ Death Penalty Focus: https://www.facebook.com/deathpenaltyfocus/ About Taina Vargas-Edmond State Campaigner with the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights (based in Oakland). Co-founder of the Coalition for Jail Reform in Monterey County. Worked for the California State Assembly, where she helped draft legislation aimed at helping state prisoners earn time off of their sentences while reducing their chances of returning to prison. About Mark Kimber Death Penalty Focus Executive Committee Secretary, local business owner, and a long time social activist working to abolish the death penalty.

Legal Notices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20162099 The following person is doing business as MOONRISE PSYCHOLOGY, 199 17th St. - Suite K, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950; MARY CATHERINE McGOVERN, 24620 Upper Trail, Carmel, CA 93923. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 10/11/16. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 03/01/15. Signed: M. Catherine McGovern. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/04/16

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Opinion Dem. Women endorse six candidates

State Ballot Propositions, Nov 2016, PROGRESSIVE VIEW From: George T. Riley, Monterey CA, georgetriley@gmail.com Summary of Recommendations P51 Yes P54 Yes P57 Yes

P60 No

P63 Yes

P66 No

P52 Yes

P55 Yes

P58 Yes

P61 Yes

P64 Yes

P67 Yes

P53 No

P56 Yes

P59 Yes

P62 Yes

P65 No

OVERVIEW There are 17 propositions. The state voter guide is 222 pages. The LWV summary is 34 pages. The Secretary of State short summary is 15 pages. Mine is 7 pages, and more interesting. My progressive view depends on who’s paying, who benefits, and is there a long range progressive purpose. Three things to notice: A. There are several pet projects financed by these millionaires. Tom Steyer: Hedge fund manager (Farallon Capital). Favors progressive causes in P56 (cigarette tax), P59 (overturn Citizens United), P62 (repeal death penalty) and P67 (preserve plastic ban). He is also expected to run for governor in 2018. Charles Munger Jr.: Son of Berkshire Hathaway billionaire Charlie Thomas Munger, partner of Warren Buffett. Favors GOP. Has funded P54 (print bills 72 hours before voting). Sean Parker: Founded Napster, first President of Facebook. Focuses on life sciences, civic engagement and “challenging issues” in P63 (gun control) and P64 (recreational marijuana). Dean Cortopassi: Self-made agri-businessman from Stockton. Opposes Gov Brown and state water decisions he feels impacts his world, which caused his P53 (require vote on state projects costing $2 billion and up) B. Dueling propositions: Death penalty in P62 and P66 Plastic grocery bags in P65 and P67 C. P65 is the champion of misleading and deceptive intent. Warning: Try to ignore TV ads. They all want you to put a Yes or No on a Prop number, based on emotional and visual shorthand. It’s sound bite influence. Know how you want to vote, not how you remember a number.

RECOMMENDATIONS The full text of George

Riley’s Progressive View on State

YES on Prop 51. School Construction Bond, $9 Billion. For K-12 and community colleges. Ballot Propositions can be found on our website www. Unfortunately special interests (construction, finance, realty) can all too easily finance aat campaign for public bonds that provide a public good and benefit a select range of business interests. But schools cedarstreettimes.com have suffered, need help, and this provides financing that is easier than individual school district bond measures. P51 will likely favor the more affluent school districts because they have the staff to pursue these funds. On the other hand, lower income school districts may not likely pass a local bond issue. Provides matching $$$ for local districts.

The Democratic Women of Monterey County has endorsed six candidates for mayoral and city council posts: Marina City Council: Gail Morton (re-election) Monterey City Council: Elizabeth Downey (re-election) Pacific Grove City Council: Cynthia Garfield Seaside Mayor: Kay Cline Seaside City Council: Kayla Jones Seaside City Council: David Pacheco (re-election)

Monterey Library a Ballot Drop-Off Site

The Monterey Public Library, in cooperation with the Monterey County Registrar of Voters, is a designated Ballot Drop-Off location for this year’s national presidential election. The box will be available to voters from Monday, October 10 through Friday, November 4. Libraries support citizens by providing unbiased access to information to help voters make informed decisions - key to a democratic society. As blogger Maria Popova wrote, “When a library is open, no matter its size or shape, democracy is open, too.” Monterey Public Library is open 7 days a week. The Library also carries voter registration forms. The last day to register in the November election is October 24. For Library open hours and other information visit www.monterey.org/library or call (831) 646-3933. The Monterey Public Library is located at 625 Pacific Street, Monterey.

Legal Notices

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME:

Support: $8 million,Petition mainly from SUZANNE special LEHNHARD interests, wide support, polls are high to pass. of NOELLE Case No. 16CV002873 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT Oppose: $0, some media editorials. Filed September 15, 2016. To all interested persons: Petitioner NOELLE SUZANNE LEHNHARD filed a petiFile No. 20162046 tion with this court for a decree changing name as follows: present name NOELLE SUZANNE LEHNHARD to proposed name JOEY NOELLE SCOTT. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of hearing date: November 18, 2016. Time: 9:00 a.m., Dept. 15. The address of the court is: Superior Court of California, County of Monterey, 1200 Aguajito Road, Monterey, CA 93940. A copy of this Order To Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four consecutive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: CEDAR STREET TIMES. DATE: Sep. 15, 2013 Judge of the Superior Court: Thomas W. Wills. Publication dates: 09/23. 09/30, 10/07, 10/14/16

The following person is doing business as THE LITTLE MUSTARD SEED, 361 Main St., Salinas, Monterey County, CA 93901 Mailing Address 16091 Sharon Lane, Salinas, CA 93908; GINA MANE TEGENKAMP, 16091 Sharon Lane, Salinas, CA 93908 and RICHARD TEGENKAMP, 16091 Sharon Lane, Salinas, CA 93908. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 10/03/16. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above in 09/27/16. Signed: Gina M. Tegenkamp. This business is conducted by a married couple. Publication dates: 10/07, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28/16

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20161810 The following person is doing business as HELPS2, HIGHER AIM INCORPORATED, HELPS2 MEDIA, 19180 Locarno Way, Salinas, Monterey County, CA 93906; GABRIELLA M. WILLIAMS, 19180 Locarno Way, Salinas, CA 93906. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 08/31/16. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on n/a. Signed: Gabriella Williams. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 9/23, 9/30, 10/07, 10/14/16

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20161840 The following person is doing business as LAVENDER AND GREY EVENTS, 157 Ford Rd., Carmel Valley, Monterey County, CA 93924; SARAH C. BARNUM, 157Ford Rd., Carmel Valley, CA 93924, SELENA M PEREZ, 157 Ford Rd., Carmel Valley, CA 93924. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 09/06/16. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on N/A. Signed: Selena Perez. This business is conducted by a general partnership. Publication dates: 9/30, 10/07, 10/14, 10/21/16

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20161988 The following person is doing business as STAY WAGGIN HOME, 1301 Junipero Way, Salinas, Monterey County, CA 93901; SAMMANTHA SWOPE, 1301 Junipero Way, Salinas, CA 93901. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 09/26/16. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on n/a. Signed: Sammantha Swope. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 10/07, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28/16

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20161900 The following person is doing business as ATMOS PRESS/STUDIO, 568 Lighthouse Avenue #7, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950; mailing 661 McClellan #2, Monterey, CA 93940; BARBARA L. FURBUSH, 661 McClellan #2, Monterey, CA 93940. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 09/13/16. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 09/09/16. Signed: Barbara L. Furbush. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 9/23, 9/30, 10/07, 10/14/16

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20161984 The following person is doing business as WINNING WHEELS BICYCLE SHOP, 318 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove, Monterey Co sunty, CA 93950; WINNING WHEELS, INC., 318 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 09/26/16. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above in Jan. 1986. Signed: Hector L. Chavez, Secretary. This business is conducted by a corporation. Publication dates: 10/07, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28/16

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20162023 The following person is doing business as LIFESCAPE FENG SHUI, 572 Lighthouse Ave. Suite C, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950 Mailing Address P.O.Box 191, Pacific Grove, CA 93950; LINDA LEA HARDENSTEIN, 850 Marino Pines, Pacific Grove, CA 93950. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 09/29/16. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above in 09/23/16. Signed: Linda Hardenstein. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 10/07, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28/16

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20162053 The following person is doing business as SIRET VINEYARD, 8 Trampa Canyon, Carmel Valley, Monterey County, CA 93924; NICOLAY GONTARYUK, 8 Trampa Canyon, Carmel Valley, CA 93924. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 10/04/16. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above in 10/04/16. Signed: Nikolay Gontaryuk. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 10/07, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28/16 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20161957 The following person is doing business as INNOVATION CREATIVE STUDIOS, 972 N. Main St. Suite 15A, Salinas, Monterey County, CA 93906; SOTO GARCIA FRANCISCO JAVIER, 833 Howe Dr., Salinas, CA 93907. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 09/21/16. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 09/12/16. Signed: Francisco Soto. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 9/30, 10/07, 10/14, 10/21/16 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20161956 The following person is doing business as MONTEREY GOLD & COIN EXCHANGE, 303 #1 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950; DAVID NEWELL JOHNSON, 217 Lobos Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 09/21/16. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on n/a. Signed: David Johnson. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 9/23, 9/30, 10/07, 10/14/16

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Santa Catalina School Presents “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”

(left to right) Taylor Moises (Deputy), Bailey Brewer (Durdles), Fila Oen (Rosa Bud), Madigan Webb (John Jasper), Cayleigh Capaldi (Edwin Drood), Juliana Tarallo (Chairman William Cartwright), McCall Brinskele (Princess Puffer), Jessica Almos (Reverend Mr. Chrisparkle), Anna Baricevic (Helena Landless), Ana Leon-Nunez (Neville Landless), Annarose Hunt (Bazzard) Based on Charles Dickens’ unfinished novel of the same name, “The Mystery of Edwin Drood” is a hilarious, interactive whodunit mystery musical that allows the audience to enter the action and become the ultimate detectives. In Chesterham, England, the young and charming Edwin Drood has been mysteriously murdered. But by whom? His leering romantic rival, John Jasper? The infamous purveyor of vice, Princess Puffer? The mysterious Landless twins, newly arrived from Ceylon? Or someone else even more dastardly and villainous? Dickens passed away before he was able to reveal the culprit. Rupert Holmes’ award-winning musical solves this predicament by asking the audience to choose which character is the killer by putting it to a vote. This charming and inventive musical is sure to intrigue and entertain any musical or mystery lover. Santa Catalina School “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”

Stevenson School Named a National Blue Ribbon School U.S. Secretary of Education, John B. King, Jr., recently announced that Stevenson School (Elementary and Middle Divisions) has been named a 2016 National Blue Ribbon School. Stevenson is one among 279 public and 50 private schools receiving this honor. “Congratulations to all of the teachers, administrators, staff and students at Stevenson School on this remarkable honor. I’ve always believed that a good education sets a foundation for success. I’m really pleased to support the Department of Education in Congress and I’m thrilled to see Stevenson School recognized as a 2016 National Blue Ribbon School,” said Congressman Sam Farr (D-California). Schools are nominated for the award by the state department of education, and then complete a comprehensive application about school practices. Schools may apply for status as Exemplary High Performing—among the top schools in a state—or Exemplary Achievement Gap Closing— schools making the fastest progress in the their state in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups. “At Stevenson, we believe that how we teach is equally as important as what we teach,” said Molly Bozzo, head of the elementary and middle divisions. “For example, our teachers work together to consider each student’s strengths and learning needs to design meaningful work that discovers what students understand. This award recognizes the commitment of our entire staff and faculty to their craft and to their students, and we are honored to be among the recipients.” Stevenson’s mission includes three aims: to prepare students for continued academic success, to kindle their delight in learning, and to help them shape a joyful life. Balanced between inquiry based academics and explicit differentiated instruction, distinctive features of the elementary and middle divisions include a common social emotional curriculum, STEM programs, fine arts, performing arts, digital citizenship, computer science, Mandarin Chinese, service learning, community outreach, electives that include cooking, archery, and woodshop, and an array of faculty-led after-school offerings that range from athletics to robotics. Molly Bozzo, head of the elementary and middle divisions, and Erica Herro, director of curriculum and instruction, will represent Stevenson at a two-day awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., to celebrate the School’s hard-won achievements. For more information about the National Blue Ribbon Schools program, please visit http://nationalblueribbonschools.ed.gov/

Friday, October 21 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, October 22 at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, October 23 at 2:00 p.m. Friday, October 28 at 12:45 p.m.

Santa Catalina School Performing Arts Center 1500 Mark Thomas Drive, Monterey For tickets, call the box office at (831) 655-9340 or reserve tickets online at www. santacatalina.org. Advanced reservations recommended. General admission - $12.00 Senior, student, military - $10.00 Children (12 and under) - $8.00

Call for group rates. For more information please contact the Box Office at (831) 655-9340.

SDSU Welcomes Alec Smith to the Lavin Entrepreneur Program

San Diego State University is thrilled to welcome the new cohort of students in the Lavin VentureStart program -- a group of junior year students enrolled in business, communication, public Health and Japanese programs who have demonstrated a true commitment to entrepreneurship. Carmel native Alec Smith, who studies business administration, is one of 31 students selected for the 2016-18 Lavin VentureStart program. The students were selected based on their strong entrepreneurial drive and talents. Graduates of the two-year program will be able to identify and evaluate new business opportunities, understand the roles and responsibilities of an entrepreneur and arrange and deploy resources in order to launch new ventures. As part of the Lavin VentureStart program, Smith was paired with a mentor from the San Diego business community. The duo will work together for the next two years.

‘Blithe Spirit” to haunt stages

The Listening Place Readers Theater is pleased to announce the opening of their ninth season with Noel Coward’s delicious play, “Blithe Spirit.” This smash comedy hit of the London and Broadway stage, offers up fussy, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine, remarried but haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late wife, the clever and insistent Elvira, who is “called up” by a visiting “medium,” one Madame Arcati. Worldly and unworldly personalities clash over the hapless and haunted Charles. Victimized by his own clever schemes, he yearns to return to his normal, and self-centered, life. “Blithe Spirit” is considered by many critics to be Mr. Coward’s best play. Performed by: Maryann Rousseau, Rosemary Luke, Richard Boynton, Anne Mitchell, Susan Keenan, Kalyn Shubnell and Robert Colter. Directed by Linda Hancock Two Sundays, Oct. 16 and 23 at The Monterey Museum of Art, 559 Pacific Street, Monterey at 1:30 pm. Free to MMA members and free to general public with $10 museum admission. Also one Saturday, Oct. 22 at office of The Salinas Californian, 123 Alisal Street, Salinas at 2:00 p.m. Ticket price: $10. Call for Oct. 22 reservations: (831) 754-4167

PacRep Theatre Announces 2017 Children and High School/ Young Adult Musical Auditions Dreamwork’s ‘Madagascar A Musical Adventure’ and Disney’s ‘Jungle Book-Kids’

High School/Young Adult Musical Auditions for Dreamwork’s Pop/Rap Adaptation of “Madagascar A Musical Adventure,” directed by Stephen Moorer, will be held Monday and Tuesday , November 21 and 22 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. at the Golden Bough Playhouse, on Monte Verde between 8th and 9th in Carmel. Auditions will be limited to two minutes in total, consisting of one ‘rap’ or song excerpt and one monologue up to one minute each. Accompaniment will be provided. Please bring sheet music in appropriate key. Rehearsals for “Madagascar” will begin November 28, 2016, with performances at the Golden Bough Theatre from February 2 – 26, 2017. Children’s Musical Auditions for “Disney’s Jungle Book-Kids,” directed by Susanne Burns, will be held Saturday, December 3, 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., and Sunday, December 4, 9 a.m.-noon, at the Golden Bough Playhouse, on Monte Verde between 8th and 9th, in Carmel. Auditions will be limited to two minutes in total, consisting of one song excerpt and one monologue up to one minute each. Accompaniment will be provided. Please bring sheet music in appropriate key. Rehearsals for “Jungle Book-Kids” will begin January 16, 2017, with performances at the Golden Bough Theatre from March 17 - April 9, 2017.

Auditions will take place by appointment at the Golden Bough Playhouse, Monte Verde between 8th and 9th in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Appointments can be made by calling Cindy Womack at (831) 622-0100 ext.100. Pictures and resumes may be submitted online at www.pacrep.org/ Auditions or mailed to PacRep Theatre PO Box 222035, Carmel, CA 93922.

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Vote Yes on Measure P

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Final Update for the 2016 Season

Meltdown in Bull Pen Ends Giants’ Post-Season Opportunity

Bob Silverman

San Francisco Giants Updates

Measure P will primarily tax visitors coming to events in our city. This modest 5% tax will, however, provide a consistent and reliable revenue sources of up to $4 million per year to provide the city with additional revenue. This can be used to repair roads and sidewalks, replace burned out streetlights, help us afford cleaner parks and provide other recreational activities (such as youth and adult softball). This Measure would give us the money to finally fix our crumbling infrastructure.

The opposition to this Measure is led primarily by groups from outside of Pacific Grove; such as a Sacramento law firm, the Big Sur Marathon, the Monterey Aquarium Foundation, and business owners who live in Carmel Valley and Santa Rosa. These people won’t fix your roads, sidewalks, street lights or parks – or respond to your calls for Police or Fire services. Only the City of Pacific Grove will do that. Don’t let outside interests tell you how to vote on Pacific Grove issues. It’s your choice, not theirs. Admission Taxes are proven, effective, and fair. Vote YES on Measure P.

Connor Gillaspie Connects In The Eighth On October 10 (©2016 S.F. Giants) The Giants had the lead in late game action on Oct.11 and looked like a team ready to play game number 5 in Chicago until Derek Law was called in. After just a few pitches Law was replaced by closer Sergio Romo and Chicago quickly took the lead and ended the Giants’ 2016 Post Season Play. The next big news for the Giants will be who makes it to 2017 Spring Training. Watch for news on Romo, Angel Pagan, and Javier Lopez and others. The loss of game four was a hard one for Giants’ fans to endure. The Giants had won 10 post season consecutive post season elimination games until the tragic loss on October 11. Starting pitcher Matt Moore struck out ten Cub batters. Moore also recored a fourth inning RBI. One of the outstanding players in 2016 post season play was Connor Gillaspie. The Giants announced in a post season press release that Gillaspie “Went four for four at the plate.” Brandon Crawford was charged with two post season errors. Angel Pagan was unable to play because of back spasm and dependable Gregor Blanco took over in left field, The 27-year-old Matt Moore made his third career post season start and had the game won until the Cubs exploded against the Giants’ bull pen relievers. The Giants win on October 10 was one of their best. The game was won by a Joe Panik double that gave theGiants the win needed to keep their play off post season hopes alive. Buster Posey hit post season RBI number 22. Gillaspie drove in five of the Giants’ 11 post season runs in 2016. The final score on October 10 was 6 - 5 in favor of the Giants. The winning Giants’ pitcher was Ty Blach. The starter Madison Bumgarner went only five innings. Blach won the game for the Giants after pitching 2 innings. Bumgarner threw 101 pitches including 66 strikes. Blach threw 28 pitches including 16 strikes. There were 43, 571 fans on hand to enjoy the 13 inning game. The Los Angeles Dodgers will play game five against the Washington Nations managed by former Giants’ Manager the Great Dusty Baker. The Cubs will soon know who their next post season opponent will be. The Giants made an outstanding second half rebound to make it to post season in 2016. The additions to the starting and relief pitching staff almost got the Giants to go all the way in 2016. Stay tuned for Giants player news between now and the start of 2017 Spring Training in Arizona. -Bob Silverman

Your City, Your Services… Paid for by Pacific Grove Residents for Fair Taxation Committee to Support Measure P • PO Box 475 Pacific Grove, CA 93950

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Part One: Beyond Kick-the-Can Politics

Whatever Happened to the Matching Funds Challenge? During the Seaside mayoral debate last Monday, homelessness came up. “If elected, how would you handle homelessness?”was the first question asked by a youth during Q&A at the Press Club in Seaside. The debate featured the four candidates for Seaside Mayor: Incumbent Ralph Rubio; Felix Bachofner, former planning commission member who held the mayoral post from 2010 through 2012; Kay Cline, Sustainable Seaside activist and political senior; Gertrude Smith, founder of local Black Lives Matter and political freshman. Q&A answers were mere snippets, but a substantive response about a peninsula-wide Matching Funds Challenge question was addressed by Mayor Rubio during the debate itself. Kick the Can Politics revisited You might remember that I gave the City of Seaside a hypothetical “Boondoggler of the Year” Award on March 27, 2015 in this column headlined “Kick the Can Politics: Homelessness versus diplomacy on Seaside City Council.” Refresher excerpts include: Q. “What’s a boondoggler?” A. “A time waster. A person who delays making decisions. Cities and politicians are boondogglers.” Also, hearkening back to the March 19, 2015 Seaside City Council meeting: “When new Seaside City Councilman Jason Campbell moved the city contribute $16,500 to Pacific Grove’s matching challenge fund, an issue that had dragged on for nine months and was expected to be resolved that night, Mayor Ralph Rubio countered Campbell’s action by stating no motion or vote could take place because the issue was listed in the agenda as a business item, not a consent calendar item.” Rubio’s answer caught Dave Pacheco off guard. “Councilman Dave Pacheco,

Wanda Sue Parrott

Fischer says Monterey has now received applications from seven services providers and “will soon gather representatives from all of the contributing cities to evaluate those applications. The city will disburse the funds to the providers selected around the end of October or early disbursed the money from the Pacific in November.” The C-3 zone that abuts the Seaside Grove Challenge Grant we held about city limit on NW Del Monte Ave. is $8,000 aside for emergencies. Our expected to be approved by Monterey original grant was during the very cold, City Council later this month as location wet winter three years ago, and all of the recommended by the Planning Dept for an City Managers and Council people who emergency/warming shelter site. participated feared we might have to pay Will non-contributory Seaside receive for emergency shelter or activate our own participatory benefits from such an evencity’s shelters. As a result, we wanted tual shelter regardless of how it is funded to make sure we had money on hand to by Monterey? quickly do those things. During the Oct. 10 debate sponsored “Since we didn’t have to spend that by Monterey County Weekly and moderated by interim editor Sara Rubin, Mayor Rubio said Seaside did not contribute to the original matching-funds challenge grant because “other cities sent their homeless to Seaside” so money was Rudy Fischer gives checks to Kim Bui-Burton for Homeless used for helping Challenge homeless veterans within the City money then, however, we felt it was time of Seaside get housing. to disburse it for the current Homeless Who won the debate? We’ll know Challenge. The cities of Monterey, Pacific after the election! Grove, and Carmel raised $47,423, and (Next week: Matching Funds Chalthis allocation from the unneeded emerlenge continued.) gency fund brought the total to $55,435. Contact Wanda Sue Parrott at amy “As a result, I gave Kim two kitchenerfdn@hotmail.com or leave a checks; one from the city of Pacific Grove, message with and a personal check from me (for $65) to The Yodel Poet at 831-899-5887. bring the total raised to an even $55,500.”

Homeless in Paradise who served as council’s homeless liaison for more than a year, reacted with such heartfelt passion his voice shook. Pacheco said, “‘We’ve been kicking the can down this road for the last 18 months. . .’ Pacific Grove’s council member Rudy Fischer had first invited Seaside to participate in the challenge grant on June 19, 2014 and, after numerous deferrals, a response to Fischer’s invitation was expected to be made at the March 19, 2015 meeting. By then, Monterey, Carmel, and Sand City had joined PG in contributing approximately $1 per resident to the fund which, if all cities on the peninsula had participated, should have raised around $100,000 to be shared jointly in providing homeless services. The $16,500 proposed by councilmember Campbell amounted to only 50 cents per Seaside resident. The issue was tabled for 90 days, thus inspiring me to nominate Seaside for Boondoggler of the Year Award. Meanwhile, what happened to the Matching Funds Challenge? Rudy Fischer, “founding father” of the fund, filled me in about the ongoing project now administered by the City of Monterey. Monterey is now Matching Funds Manager In this photo, Rudy Fischer, Pacific Grove councilmember, hands two checks to Kim Bui-Burton, City of Monterey’s Community Services Director for their Homeless Challenge Grant, which management was assumed by Monterey this year. Fischer says, “When we originally

A Poem for the Firefighters

I wrote the following becuse I wanted to do something for the firefighters. They’re working so hard on the Soberanes Fire. I want them to know they are heroes. - Susan K. Arlson © 9/2016

It started wth a campfire illegally set and left alone. the match that started it caused a massive fire to roam!

They struggle all during the day and on throughout the night. Never giving in to the heat, Never giving up their fight.

The fear now is rain coming that we’ve needed for some time But with the rain there will be flooding and possibilities of many slides.

It’s bured one hundred thousand acrew and threatens to burn more. The firefighters are hard at work, this fire is their war!

This fire has done much more than burn the countryside. It’s consumed many cherished homes where once loving families did reside.

So it’s not just this fire, as evastating as it’s been, that causes us such trauma. It’s more, we are out to win!

The parameters change constantly. The The smoke lingers in the air. yet every day they are fighting back seeking the end of this nightmare.

The countryside can grow again as time will only tell, When the Soberames fire dies and all is finally well.

One campfire was the cause of this set and left to burn. I wonder if those who set it have now a lesson learned.

The terrain is steep and rugged, inaccessible at best. Trying to contain the beast puts their knowledge to the test. It’s the Soberanes fire which started in July and continues to burn rapidly. Now we are asking “Why?” Why was that campfire left alone? Why did they set it at all? Were they unaware of the drought we face? A major time with no rainfall? It’s too late to get the answers though they weigh heavy on our minds. What matters now is how to end this beast which is so unkind!

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