In This Issue
Kiosk Butterfly Population The Pacific Grove Natural History Museum reports 3,345 butterflies at the Monarch Sanctuary over the weekend of Oct. 27 Fridays
Pacific Groove Dance Jam Chautauqua Hall 8-10 PM •
Saturdays
Dance at Chautauqua Hall
• Sat. Nov. 4
Free throw results - Page 11
Wire...LESS - Page 20
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Book Sale In the arcade at the library 10-4 Emphasis on books veterans might enjoy •
Sat. Nov. 4
Butterfly Ball PG Museum 165 Frest’$199 members $120 nonmembers 6:00 PM http://www.pgmuseum.org/ butterfly-ball/ •
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Downtown Dressed for the Season
Sat. Nov. 4
Flavors of Pacific Grove 10+ Chefs at Asilomar $50/person advance Sells out! 373-3304 •
Sat. Nov. 4
Fundraiser Carmel Valley Village Dinner and Dance to Mike Beck & The Bohemian Saints See page 19
You may have noticed that downtown is dressed out for the autumn season, thanks to the Business Improvement District. Following close on the heels of a successful trick or treat event — when one merchant counted more than 2000 visitors to her gallery — are the annual Halloween Haystacks on Lighthouse Avenue, caught here in a glorious sunset. Next up: the Annual Holiday Open House Event, Saturday, November 18.
Thurs. Nov. 9
Free Film showing “Water & Power A Califrnia Heist” Lighthouse Cinema 525 Lighthouse Admission Free Public Water Now
• Tues. Nov. 14
Parkinson’s Support Group POTLUCK BRING A DISH TO SHARE Dance for Parkinson’s Disease 3:00 pm
• Thurs. Nov. 16
Meet the Author Event with Steve Hauk Pacific Grove Library Doors open at 7:20pm, Suggested Donation $10 •
Sat. Nov. 18
Downtown Holiday Open House •
Mon. Nov. 27
Santa Claus visits the Museum after Tree Lighting in Jewell Park 6:30-9 PM •
Wed. Nov. 30
Holiday Light Parade 6:30-9 PM Downtown Pacific Grove Call the Chamber for info 831-373-3304
Inside Other Random Thoughts................... 15 Breaker of the Week......................... 10 Cartoon.............................................. 2 FYI.................................................... 23 Homeless in Paradise........................ 22 Keepers of our Culture................... dark Legal Notices.................................... 23 Obituary............................................. 4 Otter Views....................................... 21 Postcard from the Kitchen................. 14 Rain Gauge........................................ 2 Real Estate.................................. 10, 24
Point Pinos Coastal Trail Project Progress By Lisa Ciani
The California Coastal Trail (CCT) is the vision of the California State Coastal Conservancy to create a continuous public route of travel for walkers, bicyclists, equestrians, wheelchair riders and others along the entire 1,200-milelong California coastline. Point Pinos is located at the tip of the Monterey peninsula on the California coast about halfway between the borders of Oregon and Mexico. The City of Pacific Grove received a $250,000 grant in 2015 to complete about a mile section of the CCT between Asilomar State Park and the Monterey Bay Sanctuary Trail. Improvements designed by Rana Creek Design consultants began this week at the Great Tide Pool section of the CCT. The City is in the final phase of the environmental review for the Point Pinos Coastal Trail portion designed by TrailPeople consultants, extending from the Great Tidepool to Coral Street beach. The design seeks to relocate existing informal pathways and parking areas inland of anticipated effects of potentially more frequent and severe winter storms and rising sea levels. It includes a 5-foot wide walking path made with decomposed granite, to be located inland of the 30-year “coastal retreat line” except where Ocean View Boulevard intervenes, such as at Crespi
Scenic Point Pinos Coastal Trail Pond. A full description of the project can be found in the Draft Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) on the City’s website (Living-C.E.D.-CEQA*), as well as at the Pacific Grove Public Library, 550 Central Avenue and the City’s Community Development Department, 300 Forest Avenue. The 30-day public review period
ends on November 9, 2017. The project will be considered by the City Council at its December 6, 2017 meeting at 6 pm, 300 Forest Avenue. *https://www.cityofpacificgrove.org/ living/community-economic-development/ planning/ceqa-california-environmental-quality-act
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• November 3, 2017
Joan Skillman
Legitimize it, Mon!
Skillshots
If the question of legalizing marijuana were based solely on how dangerous it was, it would have been legalized long ago. Marijuana is illegal, not because of medicinal risks or mental hazards; it is an economic, political and religious issue. First, all references to death by marijuana are bogus. Here are the most recent statistics on deaths by drugs, each year in America. (The News Tribune, Tacoma, WA) Tobacco: 435,000 Alcohol: 85,000 Secondhand smoke from tobacco: 50,000 Cocaine: 3,000 Heroin: 1,500 Aspirins: 500 Marijuana: 0 Sure, marijuana has its dangers; you could choke on the baggie. You could smoke so much that you might fall asleep at the wheel of your car. That is, if you could find your car. Bottom line, many indulgences can kill you or make you stupid. People eat themselves to death, starve themselves to death, drink to death, or jump out of airplanes with scraps of cloth on their backs. All of the arguments for or against legalizing marijuana can be reduced to a battle of conservative versus liberal ideology. Add the economic factor, and it becomes a conflict between businessmen and the working class. Introduce religion, and it deteriorates into a debate over what morality is. Most of the objections that I hear come from people who just want to control other people. It is often just a “family values” issue. I have no argument with family values; I just want to know whose family values we’re talking about. John Bassett McCleary, author of The Hippie Dictionary Published in The Hippie Dictionary, 2004
Paper Wing Theatre holds auditions
Audition for the 2018 season of Paper Wing Theatre. No experience is necessary and there will be roles for everyone of all ages. Auditions will be held Saturday, Nov. 4 at noon and Sunday, Nov. 5 at 11 a.m. Paper Wing Theatre is located at 320 Hoffman in Monterey. For more information call 831-905-5684.
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Cedar Street Times was established September 1, 2008 and was adjudicated a legal newspaper for Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California on July 16, 2010. It is published weekly at 306 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950. Press deadline is Wednesday, noon. The paper is distributed on Friday and is available at various locations throughout the county as well as by e-mail subscription. Editor/Publisher: Marge Ann Jameson Regular Contributors: Jan Austin • Gary Baley • Mei Bailey • Mike Clancy • Bill Cohen • Scott Dick • Ron Gaasch • Patricia Hamilton • Luke Herzog • Neil Jameson • Kyle Krasa • Dixie Layne • Peter Mounteer • Alec Murdock • Wanda Sue Parrott • Jean Prock • Jane Roland • Patrick Ryan • Katie Shain Peter Silzer •Joan Skillman • Tom Stevens Staff Magician: Dan Bohrman Distribution: Amado Gonzales Advertising and Motorsports Features: Webster Slate Cedar Street Irregulars Alex, Bella, Ben, Benjamin, Chianti, Coleman, Corbin, Dezi, Griffin, Holden, Jay, Jeremiah, Jesse, Judy, Megan M, Nate, Reid, Theo, Tom, Spencer
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Pacific Grove’s Rain Gauge Data reported at Canterbury Woods
Week ending 11/01/17- at 8:45 AM........ .02" Total for the season................................. .22" 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.................................................... 15.54" 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 morning 11/02/17........... .03" Near Lovers Point Total for the 7/1/17). ......... .44" Dataseason reported by(since John Munch at 18th St. Last week low12/07/16.......................... temperature..................48.4 Week ending .19"F Last week high temperature.................79.8 Total for the season (since 7/1/16)........ 5.42"F Last year rain to date (07/01/16-09/06/16)... 3.60F ” Last week low temperature..................41.5 Last week high temperature.................63.5 F
November 3, 2017 • CEDAR STREET
Santa Claus visits the Museum
Monday, November 27 • 6:30-9 p.m. Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, 165 Forest Avenue Free to everyone Santa Claus will pay a visit to the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural on Monday, November 27, following the lighting of the Christmas Tree in Jewell Park. The lighting festivities begin at approximately 5:30 p.m. Santa will visit following the lighting. Expect refreshments, crafts, and photos with Santa! http://www.pgmuseum.org/museum-events/2017/11/27/santa-claus-visits-the-museum for details
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Wildlife Spotlight Wildlife Spotlight by Dan Bohrman Larus occidentalis
Western Gulls are large seabirds commonly found around Monterey Bay. They are omnivorous, attempting to eat anything they can get their beaks on. Many picnics have been disturbed by marauding gulls looking for an easy meal. Western Gulls can live up to twenty-five years, and do not gain their signature white and gray plumage until four years after hatching.
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History’s
BUTTERFLY BALL Saturday, November 4th - 6p.m.
We invite you to our annual fundraising gala to benefit the Museum’s educational experience. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit our website at pgmuseum.org/butterfly-ball or call 831.648.5716
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Trudy Ann Santos May 26, 1944 - October 17, 2017 Monterey, Califonia Trudy Ann Santos passed away on Tuesday, October 17, 2017. She was a lifelong resident of the Monterey Peninsula, a graduate of Monterey High School and had attended Monterey Peninsula College. Having a natural talent for physical activities, Trudy spent several years of her life as a swimming instructor for children. Parents praised her for the self confidence that she was able to in instill in her pupils. Dancing was her favorite pastime. She retained the necessary balance, control, and coordination to perform a credible “Charleston” in the final year of her life.
Trudy Ann Santos In the early adult years she enjoyed experiences as a “pop” singer making the successful transition from “swing” to “rock”. On occasion she sang with “rock” organist Nick Santos, her husband, whose group played on Jack London Square in Oakland. Her talents extended to the arts and crafts where she deftly worked in the restoration of a large doll collection. After 20 years of service, she retired from the Pacific Bell Telephone Company. She made her home variously in Monterey and Carmel where she eventually bought her home. Being a single Mom, this was an accomplishment of which she was justly proud. Having a home for her daughter, Lisa, and herself had been a long term goal. The final fourteen years of her life were dedicated to helping others. Hers was the number to call when transport was needed to an important
appointment. Trudy was a friend in need. In her last years she provided around the clock care for her lifelong friend, Chrissy Stotler. They were constant companions and shared common interests until Chrissy became incapacitated. Trudy, a devout Roman Catholic, was a member of St. Angela Merici Catholic Church in Pacific Grove. She was twice married - first to Nicholas Santos and later Col. Roger Pierson, US Army Retired. She is survived by: one daughter, Lisa Santos; her mother Mez Benton; step-father Bruce Bradley; step brother, Eric Benton; step sister-in-law, Gail Benton; step sisters, Pat and Sheryl Benton; and step-brother-in-law, Ken Quatlander. A visitation and rosary will be on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at Mission Mortuary from 5:30-6:30 pm with rosary at 6:30 pm. A funeral mass will be on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at St. Angela Merici Catholic Church in Pacific Grove at 10 am, with burial to follow at El Carmelo Cemetery in Pacific Grove at 11 am. A Celebration of Life will take place later the same day in the lounge of Canterbury Woods Retirement Community, 651 Sinex Ave., Pacific Grove, CA at 2 pm. Contributions in Trudy’s memory are suggested to: Gateway Center of Monterey County, the St. Vincent de Paul’s Thrift Shop, or the SPCA. To offer online condolences visit - www.missionmortuary. com
SPCA Advises Caution When Driving to Avoid Deer During This Season The SPCA for Monterey County advises drivers to use extreme caution when driving to avoid hitting deer on area roadways this time of year. Fall is deer mating season on the central coast and deer are significantly more likely to be on the move near and across roadways. Specifically The SPCA advises: Be particularly careful at dawn and dusk when driving, especially where visibility is limited. Use of high beams when appropriate can provide a greater area of visibility. Slow down and use extreme caution when approaching a deer standing near the side of a road. Be prepared for the deer to enter the roadway in front of the vehicle. If necessary, honk your horn and flash your lights to try to scare the deer off of the roadway. Be alert for more deer than you may see at that moment. Where there’s one deer, there are always more nearby. Use extra caution in areas where deer crossing signs are posted. These are areas where deer are known to cross roadways. Be particularly cautious in wooded and agricultural areas. Call The SPCA immediately if you see any injured or orphaned wildlife. Locally, areas of greatest deer activity at night are Pebble Beach, Carmel Valley
Road, the Highway 68 corridor, Holman Highway, River Road, and Highway 1 from Seaside to south of Carmel. Since September first, the SPCA Wildlife Rescue Center has responded to 56 reports of injured deer. These include multiple fatalities and two that rescuers were able to release from entrapment in fences. This week, the SPCA Wildlife Center has been receiving at least two calls a day about injured deer. Currently, there are six known injured, yet ambulatory, deer in Monterey that are too mobile to safely capture. SPCA Wildlife rescuers are monitoring the situations and welcome all calls about the location of these deer. The deer may recover on their own, but the SPCA relies on our community reporting injured deer to help assess their situation. Unfortunately, attempting to capture or tranquilize these deer (after which a mobile deer can travel for miles) often causes more serious injuries to the deer and the community. In 2016 The SPCA responded to 104 reports, with almost all the deer involved either dead on arrival or needing to be humanely euthanized immediately. The average insurance claim for deer/vehicle collisions in the United States is $3,995 per incident.
“The Murder of Rasputin by Carol Marquart-A Staged Reading.”
Be a part of this story of the murder of Grigori Efimevich Rasputin on December 17, 1910. A simple Siberian peasant, Rasputin was many things to many people. To his daughter, Maria, he was a holy, but imperfect man. What was the source of Rasputin’s power, and why did his gruesome murder mark the beginning of the end of Tsarist Russia? This great staged reading is not only about a murder, but about the end of an empire! Wednesday, November 15, 2017, 2:30pm-4:00pm The Carmel Foundation’s Diment Hall - SE Corner 8th & Lincoln, Carmel This presentation is free and open to the public •Space is limited to 100 · For more information, please contact Leticia Bejarano, Director of Support Services at 831.620.8705 or lbejarano@carmelfoundation.org. Monterey County area and beyond. The Foundation is located in Carmel on the southeast Corner of 8th and Lincoln. The Carmel Foundation gives seniors an opportunity to live productive, enriching lives by offering a luncheon program, homebound meal delivery, free medical equipment loans, in-home services and respite grants, free lending library, Saturday movie, Technology Center, low-income housing, and more than 50 classes and activities each week. For more information, contact Kimberly Willison, Director of Development at kwillison@carmelfoundation.org, www.carmelfoundation.org, or 831.620.8701.
Poetry in The Grove Celebrates Day of the Dead/All Souls Day with Offerings of Poetry November 4, 2017, from 3:00 to 5:00 PM at El Carmelo Cemetery (Lighthouse and Asilomar Ave. in PG)
Trudy Ann Santos
Weather permitting, we will honor the dead by reading poems at grave sites. Bring poems by dead poets, poems by live poets about dead poets, and your poems about loved ones who have passed.
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
In case of inclement weather, we will meet at the Little House at Jewell Park, 578 Central Ave. in Pacific Grove.
Cosponsored by the Pacific Grove Poetry Collective and the Pacific Grove Public Library. This event is offered at no cost, donations for the PG Public Library gratefully accepted. www.facebook.com/PacificGrovePoetryCollective
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Monterey proclaims “No Straw November” to avoid environmental damage caused by plastic straws
The Monterey City Council has proclaimed November 2017 as “No Straw November” in the City of Monterey. Here are simple ways to participate in “No Straw November”: 1. Tell wait staff that you do not want a straw if they automatically provide one; 2. If you do want a straw, keep the same one if you are refilling your drink; 3. Businesses and other groups who provide straws are encouraged to only do so upon request and try to find compostable, biodegradable or reusable alternatives for the straws they do provide. Plastic straws often find their way into litter on our beaches. In addition to being harmful to the environment, they are also directly harmful to animal life that confuse them for food. Even if they are properly disposed of, like all plastic products, straws will sit in a landfill for decades without decomposing. “Five hundred million straws are used and consumed every day in the United States alone,” said City of Monterey Sustainability Coordinator Ted Terrasas in a press release. “That’s equivalent to 175 billion straws per year, which is enough straws to wrap around the Earth 2.5 times per day!” Straws cause an unnecessarily large negative impact on the environment. Like many things that are a threat to public health, safety and the environment, straws are something society is used to and something often thought of that is so small that it will not make a difference. Recently noted as using paper straws: Pt. Pinos Grill and Intercontinental Hotel. Paper straws are available at Passion Purveyors in Pacific Grove. Carolyn Swanson can be reached at the order line, 831.383.9215.
Science Saturday: Magnificent Monarchs
Public Water Now Benefit Showing
Thursday, November 9, 6:30pm Lighthouse Cinema 525 Lighthouse Avenue, Pacific Grove Discussion following the film led by PWN Director George Riley. Please be our guest....... Admission is Free. Donations will benefit Public Water Now. This 2017 National Geographic documentary examines how a handful of water barons gained control of the state’s most precious resource. Directed by Emmy Award winner Marina Zenovich and produced by Academy Award winner Alex Gibney.
This riveting documentary on the politics of water in California raises the possibility that a few corporations could gain control of our water. It’s a cautionary tale uncovering the ruthless exploits of those who profit off California's water supply while everyday citizens suffer. If you can’t attend you can donate online at https://publicwaternow.nationbuilder.com/ donate or by mail at Public Water Now, P.O. Box 1293, Monterey, CA 93942. RSVP here http://www.publicwaternow. org/events
Just Say ‘No Thank You’ to Plastic Straws
Americans ditch half a billion non-recyclable straws every day, littering streets and beaches and endangering aquatic life. Actor and director Tim Robbins narrates a colorful history of man’s obsession with using straws, while marine researchers, citizen activists and business owners discuss how they’re creating a sea change - one plastic straw at a time. Following the film, Jacki Nunez (The Last Plastic Straw), Shelby O’Neil (Junior Ocean Guardians), and Kera Abraham Panni (Monterey Bay Aquarium) will update us on the campaign to ban single-use plastic straws. Wednesday, November 8, 7 pm, Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, corner of Forest and Central in Pacific Grove. Hosted by Sustainable Pacific Grove, this event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.sustainablemontereycounty.org or call 831-643-0707
Sustainable Pacific Grove invites you to a free showing of the recently released documentary
“Straws” th
November 8 at 7 pm PG Museum of Natural History
SIMPLE TIPS TO HELP OUR OCEAN
• Dog doo on the streets can enter storm drains = unhealthy water •YUCK! One gram of dog doo =millions of bacteria. Accumulated amounts can lead to beach closures • Pick up dog doo (big or small) and dispose in trash. “Bag It and Bin It” =healthy communities
www.montereysea.org
dog doo 101
Saturday, November 25 • 10 AM to 3 PM Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History 165 Forest Avenue Free to everyone Celebrate the return of Pacific Grove’s monarch butterfly population during Magnificent Monarchs. View live butterflies up close, create an origami monarch, have your face painted like a monarch, and learn more about these amazing insects that return to Pacific Grove every year. Science Saturdays are free and open to everyone! http://www.pgmuseum.org/museum-events/2017/11/25/science-saturday-magnificent-monarchs
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Times • November 3, 2017 California Grant will help Webster Slate County with DUI offenders Page 6 • CEDAR STREET
Those arrested for DUI in Monterey County, especially repeat offenders and those involved in fatal or injury crashes, can expect to face a highly trained, specialized prosecutor, thanks to a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety. The $232,241 grant to the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office will fund a Vertical Prosecution Program that will work cases from arrest through conviction and sentencing. District Attorney Dean D. Flippo stated, “This grant funding will permit us to focus direct attention on the problem and bring those responsible to justice in a more efficient and effective manner.” Funding from this DUI Prosecution Grant will aid the District Attorney’s Office in handling cases throughout each step of the criminal process, prosecuting both alcohol and drug-impaired driving cases. In fatal and major injury DUI vehicle collisions, the specially trained prosecutor may respond to the crash scene to be part of the investigation. In the past year under the 2016-2017 OTS grant, the vertical prosecution team filed 229 felony and misdemeanor cases of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs. The District Attorney’s Office
filed a total of 1,435 DUI cases. The specially assigned DUI Vertical Prosecution Program prosecutor will work with members of the State’s Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutor Program to expand knowledge and resources in the office by obtaining and delivering specialized training, including training in the emerging problem of drug-impaired driving. Team members will share information with peers and law enforcement personnel throughout the county and across the state. The purpose of the program is to prevent impaired driving and reduce alcohol and drug-impaired traffic fatalities and injuries. In 2017, there were seven deaths and 52 serious injuries because of DUI crashes in Monterey County. “When there is a trained, seasoned and committed team working serious DUI cases, prosecutors get the positive results needed,” said OTS Director Rhonda L. Craft. “The Office of Traffic Safety and Monterey County District Attorney’s Office will be working together to help keep the streets and highways safe across Monterey County and the State.” Funding for the program comes from a grant by the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Guns Do Not Protect Your Family! Stop using that as an excuse for owning firearms By John McCleary The facts prove that you are actually putting your family at risk by owning a gun. Numbers show that, for every one criminal who is subdued by a household gun, there are literally hundreds of family members who are killed in gun accidents at home, not to mention all the thousands of friends and family members who are killed with household guns in fits of passion. This information should cause any rational person to dispose of his weapons. But then, we are not dealing with rational thought here, are we? Let’s face it; we are dealing with the male macho ego. Don’t use “the right to bear arms” excuse for your reasoning. Don’t dishonor the fathers of our country by saying that they meant citizens should own half a dozen assault rifles, Mac-10s and nine millimeter semi-automatics. Don’t offend the writers of the Second Amendment by thinking they intended it to be used to justify the indiscriminate sale of deadly weapons to just about anyone who could pull a trigger. Please, let’s start thinking with our heads rather than other parts of our anatomy. If you own guns, you should look deeply inside yourself to see why you really own them. Understand where this urge for weapons comes from. Could it be less to protect your family than to enhance your own image? Men use guns, cars, clothing, sports, bodybuilding, sex, power and money to enhance their image. It’s part of life, and most of those sublimations are relatively harmless. But guns are not. We have supposedly gone beyond the days of the Wild West. But some men are trying to drag us back into those times when men were measured by the size of their guns. Wake up! Having the bigger gun does not make you the bigger man. It makes you a weak man hiding behind a big gun. If you have such a fixation, seek help. Although most women don’t have such fixations, they often humor their men. Women, tell your men that you like them just as much, maybe even better, without that cold, steel rod. You may be saving the life of one of your family members. But, if your man must own a gun, urge him to do so with common sense. Keep
it locked up and unloaded. Teach every member of your family to treat every gun as if it were loaded, even though it isn’t. Never ever, ever point a gun at another person unless you wish them dead. Keep the gun and the ammunition in separate places. Put the ammunition someplace where anyone looking for it will have plenty of time to think about what they are doing and cool down, if need be. So you might get robbed, but the chances are greater that you will be saving the life of a family member. The gun lobbyists say, “If guns are outlawed, then only outlaws will have guns.” The truth of the matter is that most gun homicides are perpetrated by people who were law-abiding citizens until the moment when they shot someone. Most gun violence is a crime of opportunity. The availability of so many guns is what makes the criminal and causes the deaths. I think the NRA is misguided right now, not because they put guns into the hands of criminals, but because they put them into the hands of potential criminals. Remember, keeping one questionable freedom is foolish if it jeopardizes all of our other freedoms combined. Death ends all your freedom. When a danger to society is recognized, a rational society will place restrictions on that danger. We have automobile speed laws, which some people feel infringe on their rights, but these laws save lives. It’s about time we became civilized and started considering more stringent gun laws, too. It is as if some people in this society don’t want humankind to evolve and succeed. Often, making unpopular intellectual decisions is what human beings have to do to survive and/or to correct previous mistakes. I am ashamed of the shortsightedness of the Supreme Court Judges who voted to negate local handgun laws. With each decision like this we are slipping further back into the dog-eat-dog jungle and further away from the Garden of Eden. These are only my opinions. This is a free country, and I have the right to my opinions, as you have the right to yours. But please, use the gray matter that God gave you, and think about what I have said. Don’t let your macho ego kill someone you love.
Cop Log
Vandalism on Grove Acre Ave. Officer was dispatched to a local residence for a suspicious circumstance – vandalism. Don't fall asleep with an open container On Carmel Ave. In pg subject was contacted asleep in vehicle and found to have an open container inside of center console. Issued citation and released at scene. D.U.I. 0.08 or higher On Congress Ave., Reade Collins was found to be driving under the influence and in possession of a controlled substance. Stuff found on Lighthouse Ave. Personal property was found on Lighthouse Ave. Brought to the PGPD for safe keeping. False alarm Officers were dispatched to a report of a robbery alarm activation at 246 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove Vacuum business. Owner advised that the alarm activation was accidental. This is a dog park, not a transient camp Transient camp found in PG woods and told to clean up and move. Found phone Forest Ave. A cell phone was found and was turned into PGPD records. No owner information. Item was booked for safekeeping. Vehicle vs. Pedestrian On Lighthouse Ave. There was an injury accident between a vehicle and pedestrian. Pedestrian transported to Natividad as a precaution. Ammo turned in Ammo was turned into the PGPD lobby. Items will be held for safe keeping. Beer run: shoplifting on Forest Ave. Beer run- no suspect information. Webster was otherwise occupied so it wasn’t him. Hit and run to Animal Control truck Animal control officer reports she parked the animal control truck on the 300 blk of Forest and returned to the station. Upon return to the vehicle she noticed the driver side mirror was pushed outward and there were minor scratches and a small crack on the plastic. Now shooting blanks? Ammo was given to the PGPD for safe keeping. Not hairassment Reporting party reported possible harassment and extortion. Elements of crimes not met. Reporting party requesting documentation. Found stuff on Central Ave. Officer was dispatched to an address on Central on a report of found property outside of the reporting party’s residence. Reporting party was not on scene but requested that the items be removed. Items booked as found property. Found purses on Locust St. Two empty purses were found on the street corner. Unable to locate owner and property booked for safekeeping. More stuff found on Ocean View Blvd. Property found on the Rec Trail in the above location was turned in to PGPD records. No owner information, item booked for safekeeping. Fake email Subject living on 9th Street was the victim of email scam. Fight over a dog bite, not involving the dog Male subject was bit by a dog while he was out on the beach. Male subject got into a verbal altercation with the dog owner. Not his purse A male subject turned in a woman’s purse. The owner of the purse was contacted earlier via landline and notified about her purse being found and that the purse would be with PGPD records. Stuff abounds Found property on Congress Ave. Called in by reporting party. Property located and taken to city yard for storage. Must have been sizable.
Pacific Grove Police seek Pacific Grove Citizens for Police Academy session beginning in February
The Pacific Grove Police Department is proud to announce that a new session of the Citizen's Police Academy will begin on Tuesday, February 6, 2018. The academy will run every Tuesday night for 10 weeks, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. with graduation scheduled for April 10. The academy will offer insight into the role of your police department in the community. It will include information on the department itself and you will get to meet members of the department and their various assignments within the department. Included will be a tour of the facility and guest lecturers. Please go to our website and fill out an application. You will also have an opportunity to join the Pacific Grove Police Department Alumni Association, which has events during the year as well as helps assist in important city events such as the Feast of Lanterns and Good Old Days. https://www.cityofpacificgrove.org/sites/default/files/general-documents/ police/citizensacademy.pdf
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Programs at the Library
Center for Spiritual Awakening 522 Central Ave. • 831-372-1942
Central Presbyterian Church of Pacific Grove 325 Central Ave. • 831-375-7207
Chabad of Monterey
620 Lighthouse Ave., Entrance on 18th • 831-643-2770
Christian Church Disciples of Christ of Pacific Grove 442 Central Ave. • 831-372-0363
Church of Christ
176 Central Ave. • 831-375-3741
Community Baptist Church
Monterey & Pine Avenues • 831-375-4311
First Baptist Church of Pacific Grove 246 Laurel Ave. • 831-373-0741
First Church of God
1023 David Ave. • 831-372-5005
First United Methodist Church of Pacific Grove Worship: Sundays 10:00 a.m. 915 Sunset @ 17-Mile Dr. • 831-372-5875
Forest Hill United Methodist Church Services 9 a.m. Sundays 551 Gibson Ave. • 831-372-7956
Jehovah’s Witnesses of Pacific Grove 1100 Sunset Drive • 831-375-2138
Lighthouse Fellowship of Pacific Grove
PG Community Center, 515 Junipero Ave. • 831-333-0636
Manjushri Dharma Center
724 Forest Ave. • 831-901-3156 manjushridharmacenter.org • carmelkhenpo@gmail.com
Mayflower Presbyterian Church 141 14th St. • 831-373-4705
Peninsula Baptist Church
1116 Funston Ave. • 831-394-5712
Peninsula Christian Center 520 Pine Ave. • 831-373-0431
St. Angela Merici Catholic Church 146 8th St. • 831-655-4160
St. Anselm’s Anglican Church
Sundays 9:30 a.m. 375 Lighthouse Ave. • 831-920-1620 Fr. Michael Bowhay
St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church Central Avenue & 12 th St. • 831-373-4441
Seventh-Day Adventist Church of the Monterey Peninsula 375 Lighthouse Ave. • 831-372-7818
Shoreline Community Church
Sunday Service 10 a.m. Robert Down Elementary, 485 Pine Ave. • 831-655-0100 www.shorelinechurch.org
OUTSIDE PACIFIC GROVE Bethlehem Lutheran Church
800 Cass St., Monterey • 831-373-1523 Pastor Bart Rall
Congregation Beth Israel
5716 Carmel Valley Rd., Carmel • 831-624-2015
Monterey Center for Spiritual Living
Sunday Service 10:30 am 400 West Franklin St., Monterey • 831-372-7326 www.montereycsl.org Unitarian Universalist Church of the Monterey Peninsula 490 Aguajito Rd., Carmel • 831-624-7404 Sunday Service 9:30 a.m. and 1:15 a.m.
All programs at the Pacific Grove Library For more information call 648-5760. • Tuesday, Nov. 7 • 11:00 am Stories for PreSchool (ages 2-5) • Wednesday, Nov. 8 • 11:00 am Music with MaryLee, for all ages • Wednesday, Nov. 8 • 3:45 pm Wacky Wednesday (stories, crafts, science for ages 5 and up) • Thursday, Nov. 9 • 11:00 am Baby Rhyme Time for babies birth - 24 months For more information call 648-5760
Chautauqua Hall Dance Club Saturdays
As of June 2017, the entry fee is a low-cost $5 for the first Sat. of the month for members and non-members alike! Annual membership fee is $10. Try us out! Fee includes 55 min. dance lesson, DJ’d music for three hours and buffet of healthful snacks. For more information, go to: pgdance.org/index.html or Facebook at: https://www. facebook.com/groups/PGDANCE/ Background: Chautauqua Hall Dance Club, a non-profit founded in 1926, is dedicated to making dance accessible to everyone. We offer dance classes in over 20 kinds of ballroom, nightclub and specialty dances so that everyone can share in the joy in partnered social dance. Additional info: No partner needed. Everyone welcome. Kids 13 and under free with an adult.
9th Annual Asilomar Neighborhood Craft Fair
The Asilomar Neighborhood Craf Fair will take place on Saturday, November 11 (November 12 if it rains) from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at 1150 Pico Avenue in Pacific Grove. The sale, an annual event to benefit Peace of Mind Dog Rescue, includes all handmade crafts. There will be woodworking, jewelry, succulent pots, wreaths, pottery, garden treasures, watercolors, calligraphy, greeting cards, hand knit items for people and for pet wear and toys, table runners, mixed media art, and more.
Gentrain Society Lectures
The Gentrain Society of Monterey Peninsula College is sponsoring these free public lectures in November, 2017. For lengthier descriptions and illustrations for these talks please see the Gentrain website. Wednesday, November 15, 2017 Gentrain Society Lecture: The Other Rome Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Free; MPC Parking $3.00 Information: www.gentrain.org ; info@gentrain.org ; 372-0895 Jack Erickson is a prolific writer of mysteries, and an avid explorer of Italy; he spends his summers in Milan (the setting for his international thriller, “Thirteen Days in Milan”). While visitors to Rome are familiar with many popular tourist sites, Rome has many other historic attractions: Tarquinia, center of Etruscan civilization before Rome emerged, Ostia Antica, Rome’s ancient seaport; ancient catacombs that stretch for miles under the city and countryside, Doria Pamphilj museum with one of the most valuable private collections of paintings in the world; Cinecitta’, Hollywood on the Tiber where “Cleopatra,” “Ben Hur,” “La Dolce Vita,” “The Greatest Story Ever Told” and other classics were filmed. There will be just a single lecture in December, because of the holidays: The Gentrain Society of Monterey Peninsula College is sponsoring these free public lectures in December, 2017. For lengthier descriptions and illustrations for these talks please see the Gentrain website. Wednesday, December 1, 2017 Gentrain Society Lecture: Writing a Biography of Jo Mora Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Free; MPC Parking $3.00 Information: www.gentrain.org ; info@gentrain.org ; 372-0895 Discover what went into the creation of author Peter Hiller’s biography “Twenty-Five Hours in a Day” of local artist Joseph Jacinto “Jo” Mora (18761947). Mora’s legacy is readily apparent in Monterey County (if you know where to look), as many of his works remain available for public viewing. Peter Hiller is a retired art teacher and 36-year resident of the Peninsula, and is now Curator of the Jo Mora Trust Collection. He will share the many stories uncovered from the Jo Mora archives, and how the new biography came into being.
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New exhibit opens Nov. 3 at the Pacific Grove Art Center The public is invited to an art feast of new exhibits at the nonprofit Pacific Grove Art Center during a Gala opening reception on Friday, Nov. 3, from 7-9 p.m. “Small Town Flavor, Shared Seas and Lost Treasures” – does this capture your art imaginations? Then see art works by Monterey Peninsula College (MPC) Printmakers as they visually share how we all connect to the seas around the world, plus works by Monterey Plein Air Painters Signature Members, as they capture the flavor of small towns. The new show will continue until Dec. 14. View PG Art Center’s new cash and carry shop: “Art Within Reach,” that can immediately be taken home (think holiday gifts!), and the Center’s Lost Treasures will continue in the halls of the Boyer Gallery along with YAC (Youth Arts Collective) in the small halls. Established in 1969, the free Pacific Grove Art Center, 568 Lighthouse, is a unique, community-based nonprofit art venue. Regular hours are from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and from 1-4 p.m. on Sundays. Admission to the PGAC is made possible through donations. Please give generously! Art Within Reach, the Cash and Carry shop in the Gill Gallery, allows purchasers to immediately take home something they love; it also appeals to out-of-towners who can buy art and not bear the brunt of shipping costs. The new show features a variety of media and affordable art prices range from $50 to $600.
Work by the MPC Printmakers – Shared Seas, Dyke Gallery: To work on the oceans, play in the bays, be cooled by ocean breezes. Worldwide we are connected through the seas. Using contemporary printmaking techniques, the MPC Printmakers have added their voices to the international artistic project titled, “SHARED SEAS,” resulting in this timely and thoughtful exhibition. <Insert image/jpeg: Sue Gilchrist, Devonian Sea> MBPAPA Signature Member – Small Town Flavor, Annand Gallery: The Monterey Plein Air Painters have a sub-category in their membership called signature member. These painters undergo a rigorous peer review to be accepted. This year’s show “Small Town Flavor” showcases the signature members with their impressions of small towns.
Left, Top: Kate Martin, Daily Delivery Left, Bottom: Sue Gilchrist, Devonian Sea
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Friends of the Pacific Grove Library Meet the Author Series presents:
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Steve Hauk Steinbeck: the Untold Stories
“Steinbeck: the Untold Stories” is a collection of short stories dramatizing incidents in Steinbeck’s life — some real, some imagined — that take place over six decades, from the author’s childhood in Salinas, California to the years in New York. It is a study of the emotional price the author paid for what he was writing, but also a look at the artists, writers and friends who came to his assistance. Hauk will give a PowerPoint presentation showing book illustrations by C. Kline and letters and documents that support many of the stories. Suggested donation is $10 (non-members), refreshments included. Books available through The Bookworks. Sponsored by Friends of the PG Library with the support of Jan Pratt and J.R. Rouse, Sotheby’s International Realty. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
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Patrick Ryan
Local Real Estate Update Zoning is a subject most of us know a little about and that of which we know is probably half wrong anyway. In the spirit of continuing education, I hereby present a short primer on zoning for your elucidation. Zoning in the United States started on the Eastern Seaboard in the 1860s with a State Statute prohibiting commercial activities along the Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn. In 1916, New York City adopted the first zoning regulations. This lead to the Standard State Zoning Enabling Act that was issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce in 1924. This along with the Standard City Planning Enabling Act of 1927 established the foundation for control of land development in the United States. Zoning is basically the regulation of use of real property by local government. Zoning in coordination with a comprehensive General Plan, restricts the use of property to residential, industrial, commercial or other, such as mixed, uses. Zoning regulations also are used to provide space for schools, parks, open space or other public facilities. Properly applied, zoning regulations can be used to control population density, enhance the attractiveness of distinct areas,
and can help assure residents that neighborhoods will remain stable. Zoning can affect parking, building dimensions, the activities allowed on property and signage on property, among others. The ability of a local government to regulate zoning has been upheld by the courts as a legitimate use of the police power of the State to promote the general welfare of the populace. Zoning within a city is generally separated into residential, R zoning, commercial, C zoning and industrial or I zoning. Cities then separate each of the above into sub categories. An example in Pacific Grove is that R-1 is Single Family residential, R-2 is Duplex Residential and R-3 is Multi-Family Residential. A look at the City of Pacific Grove’s Zoning Map shows 23 different and distinct zones. Thirteen of those zones are residential or R zones. I am unsure if this is excessive or not, but I do believe that Pacific Grove, due to its location on the Monterey Bay and the historical nature of the town, lends to the numerous zones to properly address development. Please call or email with any comments or questions. Patrick.ryan@sothebyshomes.com 831-238-8116
Breaker of the Week By Mei Bailey
Felix Diaz-Contreras
Everyone knows Felix Diaz-Contreras is passionate about music. It’s not difficult to get him talking about his favorite jazz pieces and his love of “gigging.” For his age, the high school senior’s experience in the realm of music is impressive. Felix has played trombone for about eight years now. For the past four, he’s been a member of the Monterey Jazz Festival High School All-Star Band (for the last three years as lead trombonist). In addition, Felix became the first PG student to play in the San Francisco Jazz All-Stars -- a great achievement. He also has taken part in five tours (three to LA, one to D.C., and one around northern California). Felix is part of a groovy jazz combo, Blue Clay. And, of course, he regularly performs with the PGHS Band. Felix’s other interests include history and soccer (though he has not played recently). He’s a bass in the high school choir and a founding member of the school’s new barbershop quartet. In total, the senior has been selected to the CCS Honor Choir in each of the last seven years and the CCS Honor Band in each of the last six. For his musical achievements and dedication to his craft, Felix Diaz-Contreras is our Breaker of the Week.
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HUD offers disaster relief to fire victims Scott Dick Monterey County Assoc. of Realtors
Market Matters Source: Housing Wire The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced it will offer relief to disaster victims of the recent California wildfires, including foreclosure suspensions and other assistance to certain homeowners in the affected counties. The fires are being called the deadliest and most destructive in the state’s history. About 3,000 homes – 5 percent of its housing stock – were destroyed in Santa Rosa alone, and a disaster declaration was made for Butte, Lake, Mendocino, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Sonoma and Yuba counties. HUD also announced it would be sharing information with FEMA and the state on housing providers that could have available units in the impacted counties including public housing agencies and multifamily owners. Here are the programs HUD announced are available for homeowners in the declared disaster area: Immediate foreclosure relief: HUD
announced it will grant a 90-day moratorium on foreclosures for Federal Housing Administration-insured home mortgages. HUD explained there are tens of thousands of FHA-insured homeowners in the impacted areas. Forbearance and loan modification options: HUD is offering forbearance and loan modifications for FHA borrowers in the disaster areas. Making mortgage insurance available: HUD will provide FHA insurance to disaster victims who have lost their homes and must rebuild or buy another home. Borrowers are eligible for 100 percent financing, including closing costs from FHA approved lenders. Making insurance available for both mortgages and home rehabilitation: HUD’s Section 203 loan program enables homeowners who lost their home to finance the purchase or refinance of a house along with its repair through a single mortgage. It also allows homeowners who have damaged homes to finance its rehabilitation.
Big Sur Marathon is coming The word-renowned Big Sur Half Marathon is set for Sunday morning, November 12, beginning at 6:50 a.m. and ending at 11:00 a.m. The 13.1-mile race will feature 7,000 participants. It is a key economic driver for the Monterey Peninsula and is estimated to have an economic impact of $8 million as international publicity is focused on our area and money is raised for local charity groups.
The event takes place in downtown Monterey, Cannery Row, Pacific Grove and the Coastal Recreation Trail. The event means the temporary closure of several streets on race morning. Here’s how to travel into New Monterey, Cannery Row and Pacific Grove on race morning: Parking: Lighthouse Avenue in downtown Pacific Grove will be closed until 9 a.m. Cannery Row will be closed until 11 a.m.
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6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Join us for an evening of Exploration, Entertainment & Enjoyment!
PARTICIPANTS: Central Ave: Center for Spiritual Awakening 522 Grand Ave: Studio Silzer 170 Forest Ave: Tessuti Zoo 171 Sun Studios 208 Biba 211 Bookmark Music 307 Lighthouse Ave: Marina Patina 520 Pacific Grove Art Center 568 (Gallery Night *7-9pm) Variety 608 Phill’s Barber Shop 610 Artisana Gallery 612 Red House Cafe 662
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2017 Basketball Free Throw Contest
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Pacific Grove High School Girls Basketball Team Members provided assistance to Pacific Grove Recreation in holding the 2017 Elks Hoop Shoot Contest, helping boys and girls ages 8 to 16 compete. Photos by Robin Lewis
2017 Local Elks HOOP SHOOT Youth Basketball Free-Throw Contest Results of the Pacific Grove Recreation Department's Elks Hoop Shoot contest held at P.G. High on Saturday, October 28th. Top two contestants advance to the Peninsula Finals
Girls 1
Girls 1 2
8 - 10 yr olds Name Dylan Llantero
10 - 11 yr olds Name Gabby Paris Amber Hoffman
School
Robert Down
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Robert Down Robert Down
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Boys 1 2
Boys 1 2 3 4 5 6
8 - 10 yr olds Name
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Quin Russell Zayne Miller Wyatt Coe Archer Huss
Robert Down Forest Grove Robert Down Robert Down
10 - 11 yr olds Name
School
Mason Huss Gidean Llantero
Robert Down Robert Down
12 - 13 yr olds Name
School
Gerald Lin Dilbar Singh Dhaliwal Makai Hayes Ammar Buhoni Max Potter Sebastan Llantero
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Results of the 2017 Local Elk's HOTSHOT Youth Basketball Skills Contest, held on Saturday, November 14th at Pacific Grove High.
Award 1st 2nd
2017 Local Elks HOOP SHOOT Youth Basketball Free-Throw Contest Boys
2017-18 Local Elk's HOTSHOT Youth Basketball Skills Contest
Award 1st 2nd 2nd
Award 1st 2nd
Award 1st 2nd 2nd
Top two winners in each of the six categories will compete in the Peninsula Finals on Saturday, March 3, 2018 at P.G. High School.
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8 - 10 yr olds
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11 - 13 yr olds
Girls
14 - 16 yr olds
Boys
8 - 10 yr olds
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Dylan Llantero
Gabby Paris Amber Hoffman
Lyndsey Llantero Parker Llantero
Mason Huss Zayne Miller Archer Huss Quin Russell Wyatt Coe
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Max Potter Jack Giammanco Ammar Buhani Gideon Llantero Gerald Liu Sebastian Llantero Dilbar Singh Dhaliwal Makai Hayes
Boys
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Noah Potter
Robert Down
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Robert Down Robert Down
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Robert Down Forest Grove Robert Down Robert Down Robert Down
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Halloween Happenings at Robert Down School
Photos by Karen Levy
MPC Theatre Department 2017-18 Season continues with “Present Laughter”
by Noël Coward, directed by Laura Coté
November 2 – 12, 2017 Present Laughter Fresh off its Tony Award winning Broadway revival, comes this delicious drawing room comedy by Noël Coward! Actor Gary Essendine, an aging but debonair rake, still leaves the ladies weak in the knees. Preparing for a tour, the self-obsessed matinée idol must contend with his long-suffering secretary, his estranged wife, a crazed young playwright, numerous women trying to seduce him…and a looming mid-life crisis! Join the theatre’s favorite leading man, as he finds himself caught between fawning ingénues, secret trysts and unexpected twists, in this dizzyingly funny and Tony Award winning British farce that The Wall Street Journal called “Noël Coward’s funniest and most perfectly wrought comedy.”
Performance dates & times:
“Present Laughter” previews Thursday, November
2 at 7:30 PM and opens Friday, November 3 at 7:30 PM. Performances run for two weeks ONLY through Sunday, November 12. Show times are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 PM and Sundays at 2:00 PM. The full performance schedule is:
Thursday November 02 • 7:30 PM – Preview/Discount Thursday Friday November 03 • 7:30 PM – Opening night Saturday November 04 • 7:30 PM Sunday November 05 • 2:00 PM - Matinée Thursday November 09 • 7:30 PM – Discount Thursday Friday November 10 • 7:30 PM Saturday November 11 • 7:30 PM Sunday November 12 • 2:00 PM – Matinée & Final performance Ticket Prices: Tickets are $25 for Adults and $22 for Seniors at the door, $15 for Military and Young Adults (16-21)
and $10 for Children 15 and under. Group discounts are also available for parties of ten or more. Adults and Seniors can also purchase tickets 24 hours in advance for $20 each. Tickets to Thursday shows (Preview and Discount Thursday) are $12.50 each or $10 for children. “Present Laughter” is a live theatrical performance and recommended for those 10 years old and above. Please note that infants, babes-in-arms, and children in strollers or carriers are not permitted in the theater. Campus Parking is required for Thursday evening performances and is $3.00. Some parking kiosks take quarters and others take dollar bills. Tickets are available from the MPC Box Office on the Monterey Peninsula College Campus at 980 Fremont Street. The Box Office (831-646-4213) is open Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 3:00 – 7:00 PM, and two hours prior to performances. Tickets are also available online at www.mpctheatre.com
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“Trees of Monterey County”
New works in watercolor by Cheryl Kampe
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I am a local figurative painter who can teach you basic to advanced concepts of figurative drawing. I cover key concepts like the block in, anatomical landmarks, establishing values and can even get into more advanced concepts like rhythmic gestures and matrix pathways of the figure. I am able to do one on one sessions or group sessions if several people are interested in splitting fees. Call or text for more info and schedule a session today! Alejandro Santos (480) 478-5645 jando88.blogspot.com
Cheryl Kampe says that she has added eight new paintings to a series of paintings of trees that go back eight years These trees have always been an inspiration and a symbol of this beautiful area, she says. “As I try to capture the personality of each tree, they become part of me and who I am as an artist.” The paintings are on view at Venture Gallery 260 Alvarado St. Monterey November 1 - November 30 10 am - 6 pm Reception will be November 17 6 - 8 pm www.cherylkampe.com
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Buttermilk Scones by Request Sally Baho Post Cards from the Kitchen Lake Tahoe, CA
I went to Lake Tahoe with some friends this past weekend and found myself the house breakfast cook. It was perfect for me because I love breakfast foods and I tend to wake up before everybody else. We were in a big house and I was always the first to rise. I would make myself some tea, open all the blinds to let the sunrise in, and write in my journal before I began making coffee and breakfast for the rest of the gang. I love Tahoe in the fall. The summer is too crowded and the winter is lovely but a lot of work with all the snow. Although white winters are so worth it; there’s something magical about sitting in front of a fire with a bottomless pot of tea while watching the snow fall…or working up a sweat snowshoeing and trailblazing on freshly fallen snow. The spring is great, too, but I like the fall weather and really appreciate the increasingly shorter days. So, we went to the store and bought groceries for all the meals to enjoy over the three days we would be there. Although we were having eggs every morning for breakfast, for the second morning I got a request for my scones and on the evening of the second night, was told I had better make scones again. I guess they liked them! These scones are very easy and what I love about them is you can make them any “flavor” you want from dried fruit, to chocolate chunk, to nuts.
Buttermilk Scones Ingredients: 2 c. flour 1/3 c. sugar 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. baking soda 1/4 tsp. salt 6 tbsp. unsalted butter, chilled 1/2 c. buttermilk (if you don’t have/don’t want to buy, just add half a tablespoon of vinegar—white wine, or distilled—or lemon juice to fresh milk, mix it up and there you have buttermilk) 1 egg 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla 2/3 c. currants (or any dried fruit) coarse sugar for sprinkling on top before baking Preheat oven to 400˚F. In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Cut the butter into 1/2 inch cubes and distribute over flour mixture. With a pastry blender (or 2 knives) cut the butter into the flour until resembles coarse crumbs, think uniform. In a small bowl, stir together the buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla. Add to the flour mixture and mix well. The dough should form a sticky ball. Add currants and mix until uniformly incorporated. With lightly floured hands, pat dough into an 8-inch diameter circle on an ungreased baking sheet. With a serrated knife, cut most of the way through into 8 edges (4 cuts). Sprinkle coarse sugar on top and bake for 18-20 mins. Take them out when they are light brown around the edges and top. Remove and cool for 5 mins. The scones are best served with unsalted butter and jam of your preference. **You can use any “filling” not just currants, the recipe is very versatile. I have made it with apricots, almonds and almond extract (instead of vanilla), or dark chocolate chunks instead of currants. Also, I have made this recipe with whole wheat flour; if you find that when adding the liquid mixture to the flour/butter mix, the flour is not incorporating all the way, you may need to add an additional ¼ cup of milk. Feedback is welcome and encouraged, feel free to e-mail me at sallybaho@gmail.com with any comments you may have.
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A Gift of Time
Jane Roland
Animal Tales Other Random Thoughts
I have mentioned in the past that I grew up with a volunteer mentality. My mother was a Gray Lady on Governors Island where I spent the first few years of my life. Because of the rapid expansion of the Red Cross volunteer services during World War 1, they employed a color coding system for the uniforms and service pins. Although the hospital corps’ gray uniform with white collar and cuffs was not one of the more vibrant shades, the volunteers wearing it were affectionately known as the Gray Ladies to the wounded soldiers. The corps, composed primarily of women volunteers, acted as hostesses and provided recreational services to patients, many of whom were injured during World War I. Although their official name was changed to a more manageable Hospital and Recreation Corps in 1934, it was the Gray Lady moniker that resonated through the years and in 1947, after World War II, the name was officially changed to the Gray Lady service. Although the Gray Ladies provided non-medical care, they underwent a rigorous training process, provided by medical professionals and the Red Cross, which included hospital organization, ethics, psychiatry and occupational therapy. By the 1930s, the Gray Lady Service spread to other hospitals around the country, both military and civilian. Their services also extended to blood centers and aiding with disaster response. During World War II, the service reached its peak with almost 50,000 women serving as Gray Ladies in military and other hospitals throughout the United States. Mother also went into New York City to Bellevue Hospital to serve those who needed help. She changed sheets and emptied bedpans. She was a Bostonian “Lady” to the manor born but had a heart for those less fortunate. We were transferred to Ft. Huachuca in Southern Arizona where my father died in 1941. I don’t recall a time in her life, when Mother was not involved in “good works” which she adored. Even when she died at the age of 79 she was on the board of the Lyceum and volunteered with MPVS. In many of the endeavors when I was young and had no say in the matter she hauled me along. The indoctrination stuck, and, except for a few years, I have always worked with others to improve conditions. I became involved with benefit shops because I had run successful rummage sales and love animals. Lucy Reno in the SPCA Auxiliary with me and on the board of the SPCA suggested I manage their failing thrift shop. I said I would try it for a year or so. Twenty years later I was still there and with the help of devoted volunteers had turned it into a thriving benefit shop. Then we moved to AFRP and ran an extremely successful store for them. Let’s call it a “tour of duty” which came to an end in early May this year. The organization no longer needed me, or the volunteers. However, Pacific Repertory Theatre leaped at the opportunity to enlist our services for a shop of their own. That brings us to today. We have looked for months for a spot. In fact, had a great one lined up in PG, our first choice, but the city denied our request saying there was a moratorium on second hand shops. So, we are still looking, Stephen Moorer, about whom I cannot say enough about his creative ability and business acumen and the board are looking hard. Frank our wonderful window designer is raring to go
MAINTENANCE SERVICE
and most of the volunteers from the Treasure Shop are aboard. We have been given an estate. Ninety-nine percent of the contents of a magnificent Pebble Beach mansion. The sale of the goods will be held on November 10, 11, and 12. There is a notice in another spot in this paper. For several months we have been working up at the house. Lillian Griffiths is the chairman, while I will manage the shop, I am a “surf” in the estate sale and march to Lillian’s drum. How I love it. We would welcome help especially the days of the sale. Former Treasure Shop volunteers, Pacific Repertory Theater members, other friends and Annie are helping. Call me if you have any time. Lillian who retired not too long ago, with all of her “spare time” is directing a play at Pacific Grove High School. The show “Baklavia” is a comedy about a bakery in Greece that can’t afford to pay the outrageous taxes wanted by the government, so they declare themselves a separate country. It runs Nov. 1,2,4,8,9,10 and 11 at 7:00 pm. Place: the C Wing Theatre at Pacific Grove High. Adult tickets $12.00 at the door. Follow the signs from the front of the school.
Jesse Herzog, Isabelle Roundtree, Adrian Clark The 2017 TaylorMade Pebble Beach Invitational golf tournament will be played Thurs.-Sun., Nov. 16-19 at Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill and Spanish Bay golf courses. Two days of work entitle you to a thank you day of golf and/or a buffet luncheon at Del Monte Golf Course in January 2018. Shares of proceeds donated to AT&T Pebble Beach Junior Golf Association and Kiwanis Club of Monterey for scholarships and local charities. For information about volunteering please call Bill Golden, Director of Volunteers, goldilox127@ comcast.net or (831)277-3891. “Anthony and Cleopatra” at the Circle Theatre has one more week to run and has received fantastic reviews. Then you can don your dancing shoes for “Mamma Mia” which starts at the Golden Bough on Nov. 16 through Dec. 23. Pacific Repertory Theatre will also host the fund-raiser “Runway Revels” featuring local dignitaries walking the runway in various costumes. The event is in the Ballroom at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Nov. 4 with a multi-course dinner, excellent wines, wonderful auction items. For information call (831)622-0100. For the sale, which will open Friday morning, Nov. 10 at 8:00 AM, you must tell the gate you are going to 4058 Mora Lane…Incidentally a bit of incidental trivia. When the Dewars bought the house in 1973 they asked us to come to see it. We had had lunch with Jan and Ray Smith at the Country Club. As we walked up to the house Ray said “oh, look, John, it is your age and mine”. John was 40, Ray 58. So, I can never forget the house number. Jane Roland, 831-649-0657 or gcr770@aol.com
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OTC Cadets to create Sword Arch for Veterans’ Welcome Nov. 10 Cadets from the Junior Naval ROTC program at Monterey High will welcome Veterans with a sword arch at the annual American Night at Monterey Elks Lodge on Friday, Nov. 10. The patriotic program will begin promptly at 6 p.m, at the Lodge, 150 Mar Vista Dr. A carving station roast beef dinner will be served at 6:30. Dinner prices are $20 for any Veteran (Elk or non-Elk) and $25 for others (Elk or non-Elk), $10 for children 12 years and younger. Seating is limited to 200. Reservations may be made by calling the Elks Lodge office at 831-373-1285. An Honor Guard formation of cadets will be on both sides of the entry path into the dining room and will present a sword arch for Guests of Honor. Serving as Color Guard, the cadets will march in to present colors. “The Star-Spangled Banner” will be played
Pacific Grove’s VETERANS DAY Pacific Grove’s VETERANS DAY EVENT MUSTER
and the Pledge of Allegiance will be given. A group of cadets will then present the American flag on stage and fold the flag in front of the audience with brief narrations to show what each fold represents. The cadets, supervised by their Chief, Elk member John Mastrangelo, also will put the American flags out Friday on the Elks’ driveways and help with serving the dinner. “So long as there are veterans, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks will never forget them,” said Monterey Lodge PER Richard Ringler. “America’s fighting men and women sacrifice much to ensure that our great nation stays free. We owe a debt of gratitude to the soldiers that have paid the ultimate price for this cause, as well as for those who are blessed enough to return from the battlefield unscathed.”
At MPC everyday is VETERANS DAY! Welcome to MPC! We are here to help our Veterans achieve their educational goals. Our advisors will support you every step of the way along your academic journey.
Get started on a new mission — earn a college degree at MPC! MPC believes in helping Veterans move forward, and here are just a few ways we do that: • • • •
Friday, November 11, 2016 Saturday, November 11, 2016 10:30 am At the Point11:00 Pinos Historic Lighthouse a.m.
Boots to Books workshops Veterans Club outreach & events Veterans Recognition Ceremony Academic Supply Kit: things you will need for academic success • Veterans Resource Center for Vets and their dependents; academic counselors and staff always ready to help
(80 Asilomar Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA) For More Information, call (831) 648-3100
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Kirk “Cheef” Johnson Call or e-mail today. (831) 646-4025 veterans@mpc.edu www.mpc.edu
JAMESON’S CLASSIC
MOTORCYCLE MUSEUM
OPEN 12-5 WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS
Other Days By Appt. 305 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove
Call 831-331-3334
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See “Harry the Halloween Hooligan,” a 1930 Harley-Davidson
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The Center for Spiritual Awakening, Pacific Grove
“Ancient Wisdom in a Modern Way”, the motto of the Center for Spiritual Awakening, is emblazoned on the interior cornice in the Center’s lobby 522 Central Ave at the corner of Fountain Ave. in Pacific Grove. It is also found along with the Tai Chi symbol on almost every piece of collateral material printed or posted online. This motto advances the guiding principles of the Center, namely to coalesce the essential truths found in all religions with current scientific knowledge. The center’s spiritual director, Dr. Bill Little holds a PhD in Physics and is grounded in the spiritual traditions of Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, and Native American teachings. “How can I help you?” was his welcome as I stepped into his modest office and took a firm handshake. On the wall alongside his diplomas from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Religious Science International there was a portrait of Punjab Judge Thomas Troward whose works influenced the New Thought Movement which later inspired Ernest Holmes to found the Religious Science movement. I had expected a stuffy academic type, but Bill was pleasantly approachable. Lean and standing about 5’ 6” with short greying hair and wirerimmed glasses, his demeanor suggested an athlete rather than a math professor at Monterey Peninsula College. I asked him to talk about his teachings. “You find in Buddhism, Christianity, and Hinduism, we are meant to be the conduit of a Divine Mind” he explained. “Traditional religions are centered on an enlightened personage such as Buddha, Jesus, Krishna, and Mohammed; but the non-traditional approach to religion realizes that same state of enlightenment can exist within every individual.” “That is the process of spiritual awakening. That’s how we awaken from a finite experience into an infinite experience,” He said. I asked him to explain
Gary Baley
Sanctuary of the Soul
Dr. Bill Little infinite experience. He said “Through meditation we can drop through the
mind and sense a vast spaciousness”. Buddhist call it “the void”; Holmes “the infinite mind”; and physics “the unified field”. “Modern physics is drifting into the metaphysical, the universe is made of mind” he said. “The very act of thinking or observing brings about change” he explained. These truths are found in the words of Jesus “It is done to you as you believe” and in the passages of Buddhist text “what will happen to you is what you think – no more, no less.” Dr. Little has been the spiritual director at the Center for Spiritual Awakening for 40 years, and his congregation numbers about 150. Sunday Chanting – singing divine names – opens the heart in the Meditation Room from 9 to 9:30 am. Sunday services are from 10 to 11:30 am in the main chapel where “We gather either physically or online to celebrate the truth of who we really are. The individual is cosmic at the core and by repeatedly exploring this truth from many points of view, we come to accept it fully” Dr. Little explained. “The service is designed to provide a long period of uninterrupted spiritual awareness for all present. Music and prayer, as well as digital media, are used to amplify the talk. The overall effect is to quiet the rambling mind and access the deeper sense of ‘I’,” he said. Following the Sunday program, from 11:45 to 12:30 The Circle Group meets where “we look deeply at the topic of the day and how to integrate it into our own spiritual path. We discuss, without ego, ways in which each person might look at their lessons and what to do with that insight.” The Center conducts a children’s program Sundays from 10 to 11:30 am. Kids enjoy a variety of sharing in circles including singing, storytelling, reading, yoga, creative arts, and free play. The weekly focus may include: Communication, Self-Expression, Inspiration,
Confidence, Integrity, Intuition, and Imagination. The teachers want each child to feel that they are heard, to feel safe, and to acknowledge the importance of their own gift to the Universe. The Mindshop is a bookstore and gift shop where you can find an abundance of metaphysical books and “magical gifts for all”. It also provides a tranquil garden setting for quiet reflection, meditation, or reading. Weekly programs: On the first Wednesday of the month one Healing Alternative Choice is presented. It may include acupuncture, Ayuveda, Reiki, chiropractic, Rolfing, yoga, or hypnotherapy. The second Wednesday is Metaphysical Movie Night complete with popcorn, beverages and goodies followed by discussion. The third Wednesday explores and practices “The Work”, which is a process of inquiry that enables one to change thinking as to avoid suffering. The fourth Wednesday is a Candle Side Chat directed by Dr. Little, where spiritual questions are raised and discussed in a circle setting. The fifth Wednesday, if present, is a Spiritual Book Club meet. Educational Programs: The Center for Spiritual Awakening is dedicated to honoring the traditions of the Science of Mind Church, New Thought Churches, the Religious Science Church of Ernest Holmes and those who have contributed to the global awakening of our oneness in God. Numerous credential and degree educational programs are conducted over the course of the year including: Mindfulness Meditation, Path of the Body – Yoga, Taoism, The Higher Self, Thriving in the Heart of Wealth, Walking in this World, Practical Spirituality, Conversations with God, Timeless Earth Wisdom, and Feng Shui. A core group of classes takes students from basic metaphysical thought to the ministerial level in yearly increments. Credits assigned to every class and certificates are awarded to those who complete a specific curriculum. The Educational Committee is a group of five ministers and teachers who approve and schedule classes and workshops for each semester so that students may reach their educational goals as quickly as possible. Often members of the Center offer classes in their area of expertise which enriches the educational experience. The Committee also keeps records of credit hours taken by a student so they can track their progress toward a degree, or transfer credit to another center. Community Engagement: The Center for Spiritual Awakening hosts and participates in many community events and parties throughout the year including: concerts, Summer Solstice Party at the Hacienda, a Hacienda Gala with Bach Musicians, Point Lobos discovery walks, multi-media art classes, Christmas Candle Lighting program, and a New Year’s burning Bowl Ceremony (meditation to release resentment and worry of the year), to name a few. “We are a vibrant community that welcomes everyone. We explore the intersection of science and spirituality and the common threads of wisdom woven through the world’s major religions. On this path we are led to a spiritual awakening.” The CSA maintains a website at www.csa-pg.org, and you can reach them by phone at 831-372-1942 or by email at TheCSA.Info@gmail.com.
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From
‘The Illustrated Guide to Labrador Retrievers and Other Dogs’ by K. A. Warwick
Return of the Natives Community Events
Join return of the natives for our upcoming community events. Volunteers are invited to clean up trash from the park, trim bushes, and complete other restoration activities to ensure a safe and healthy park for all to enjoy. 11/12/17 Big Sur Half Marathon: Fisherman’s Wharf 11:30am to 4:30pm 11/18/17 Upper Carr Lake Clean up: 824 E Laurel Dr. 10am to 1pm *Volunteer groups of 10 or more please RSVP. * Everyone is welcome! A great family activity that is FREE. Tools, water, and snacks provided. Earn community service hours and mingle with like-minded servers. For more information go to our website: https://csumb.edu/ron or call/email Giovanni Ibarra @ (831) 582-3686 or gibarra@csumb.edu
Draft Measure X Senior and Disabled Transportation Grant Program Guidelines Released The Transportation Agency of Monterey County (TAMC) Board of Directors approved the release of the draft “Measure X Senior & Disabled Transportation Grant Program Guidelines” for public review. The purpose of the Measure X Senior and Disabled Transportation Program is to increase transportation services for seniors and persons with disabilities to support their ability to live independently in their homes and communities. In accordance with Measure X policies, this program is intended to fund non-profit transportation services to support seniors and persons with disabilities. This grant program is part of the measure’s regional safety, mobility and walkability program. The allocated $15 million over 30 years to this program (approximately $500,000 per year) from Measure X is intended to fund non-profit transportation services to support seniors and persons with disabilities. TAMC’s Board of Directors approved the implementation strategies developed by the Agency with the assistance of the Monterey-Salinas Transit Mobility Advisory Committee and their recommendation of a 3-year funding cycle for this initial period, covering fiscal years 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20. The next steps in the public review process of the program guidelines includes a presentation to the Measure X Citizens Oversight Committee, a call for projects by the TAMC Board of Directors in October and a deadline of December 1, 2017 to submit applications for the grant program. It’s anticipated that the TAMC Board will adopt program projects in January 2018. To review the draft Measure X Senior and Disabled Transportation Program Guidelines, click onto the TAMC website at http://www.tamcmonterey.org/measure-x/ programs-projects/senior-disabled-transportation-program. For more information about
9th Annual Asilomar Neighborhood
Arts and Crafts Fair Saturday, Nov. 11 9AM - 3PM (Nov. 12 if it rains)
1150 Pico Ave., Pacific Grove
Bake Sale & Hot Cider to benefit Peace of Mind Dog Rescue, with dogs on site for adoption.
Arts Council seeks volunteers November Needs... Artwork wrapping - (11/16) & (11/17) 9-3 pm Artwork installation - (11/20), (11/21), (11/22) 11-4 pm
Government Center Artist Reception - (12/5) 4:30-7:30 pm Looking towards the future... SAVE THE DATE FOR THE CHAMPIONS OF THE ARTS GALA February 3, 2018 Many hands are needed to support our gala, and celebrate the individuals and organizations that make our region the best in the world to live, work and play! Duties range from the prep work of acquiring donations, and mailings to day of the event coordination and execution! A more detailed Sign Up will come out soon, but feel free to contact me with an area or job you already know you would like! Or you can look below for some categories that are available! Email me at Austin austin@arts4mc.org or call @ 831-622-9060 ext. 105. Office Prep, Volunteer Coordination Assistance, Delivery/Loading & Unloading Items, Reception Area & Welcoming, Coat Check, Registration, Silent Auction Item Placement, Silent Auction Management, Live Auction Spotters and Assistance, Delivery/Loading and Unloading Items and Supplies, Signs and Display Placement and Collection, Check out Silent Auction, and Clean Up.
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What does God say about the Bible? Bill Cohen
Reasoning With God
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Here is a link that tells about the history of the Bible: https://creation.com/howdid-we-get-the-bible Jn 1:1, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Has His Word existed from the beginning? 2 Tim 3:16-17, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.” Does His Word provide us with all we need to live a good life? Heb 4:12, “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.” Is His Word more powerful than anything man can create? Rom 15:4, “For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.” Can His Word bring us the hope we need to endure all this life can bring? Do we need to have patience enough to read it with a desire to understand it? Jn 1:14, “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” Is Jesus God’s Word, which became flesh? Matt 4:4, “But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” Do we need the Word of God to live the life He has seen for us? How are our lives affected by the lack of His Word? 1 Thes 2:13, “For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.” Does the Word of God transform us from created beings into believers who will dwell with God for all eternity? Ps 119:9-10, “Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.” When we truly seek God will we be able to keep His commandments? How would this world be different if everyone followed His commandments? Josh 1:8, “This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.” Will good success follow when we are careful to do all He is asking us to do? Ps 119:105, “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” Does His Word provide a light that will lead us on the path to Him? Prov 4:26-27, “Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.” Has God not asked us to think about the path we have chosen, to make sure it is the one leading to Him? Matt 22:36-40, “Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.” What happens when we love God and our neighbors? Gal 5:14, “For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” Can all that God asks us to do be summed up in one word, love? Rev 22:18-19, “For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.” Does God not ask us to keep His Word pure? Deut 4:2, “Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.” Has he been asking us to keep His Word pure from the beginning, for our sakes not His? Why have some tried to change what God has told us? Comments, opposing opinions and suggestions for future topics are all welcome at: bill@reasoningwithgod.com.
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Seasoned triathlete gets first wireless nano pacemaker in Monterey County He did a 17 mile bike ride one week after surgery and back to the gym day 9
By Kathy and Butch Johnson Dwight “Butch” Johnson has been a long time resident of Pacific Grove, living here with his family since 1980. Butch has been a conditioned endurance athlete most of his life. Swimming throughout college and joining Masters swimming, competing until he was 40. Then in 1982, he took on a new sport, Triathlons. Butch participated in hundred of races over 20 plus years, winning his age group many times. In fact, he achieved All-American status twice, first time at the age of 50 which nationally ranked him at the top 10 percent in United States. Sadly, his successful triathlon career ended several years ago after he suffered a severe hamstring injury while waterskiing on Lake Tahoe. Ten years into retirement, at the young age of 67, he is still enjoying many outdoor activities making full use of everything the Monterey Peninsula has to offer. His usual weekly activities include kayaking Monterey Bay or Elkhorn Slough. Butch is a familiar figure seen around town riding his carbon fiber Kestrel racing bike in and around Pacific Grove and Pebble Beach hammering his favorite 20 mile loop. Additionally, he keeps himself fit going to the Marina Peninsula Wellness Center at least three times a week where each time there, he swims a mile, lifts weights and then quite often will finish off his workout routine mountain biking the Fort Ord National Monument trails before heading home. My husband is also a vintage scuba diver, certified since 1968 continuing this great activity exploring the cold waters of Monterey Bay and often brings home halibut for dinner he speared in the bay. Butch manages to also find time as a volunteer diver at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which he has done since 1991. Lastly, when the ocean conditions are great, you’ll see him paddling out on his custom made professional body board to join his son Bryan, surfing the big waves together off the rocks of Lovers Point or at his favorite place “the bone yards” just off the lighthouse point in Pacific Grove. By now you are asking yourself why on earth does this guy end up with a pacemaker?? Well, it Is very common for conditioned athletes like my husband to have a condition called sinus bradycardia. This means a low resting heart rate lower than 60 beats per minutes. A heart rate of 70 BPM is the average for most common people. A professional athlete in top condition will cut that number in half. Butch has been in the low 30- 40’s heart rate numbers for decades. Many amateur athletes wear their reduced heart rates as a competitive badge of honor, proof that they are really fit, it is a matter of pride to all of them. However, after considerable research on my part, I found it is quite common for lifelong aging athletes like my husband with exercise induced bradycardia, to end up needing pacemakers later in life much more often than the general population! Endurance training can actually lead to remodeling the heart itself. The low resting heart rate develops as a result of changes in an area of the heart called the sinoatrial (SA) node, the primary natural pacemaker electrical input site we all have within our hearts. These healthy strong athletic hearts end up having fewer channels to transmit current that controls the activity of the hearts cells that control its pacing rate. Compounding his bradycardia, it was discovered last year Butch also had developed an abnormal heart rhythm called Atrial Fibrillation or A Fib. Further
investigation into A Fib, we found out too late to throttle back and remember that endurance training is consistently “everything in moderation” may keep you associated with enlarging the left atrium inside the heart, which is one of the reasons that athletes are at increased risk of developing A Fib down the road. Subsequent monitoring tests showed that while sleeping, Butch was getting heart pauses anywhere from 2 to up to 7 seconds many times during the night. This is far more serious with someone with such low heart rates already so a pacemaker was the best solution. His cardiologist sent Butch to an electrophysiologist, an expert who implants pacemakers. We had a long talk with him about the procedure. We both left the office upset about what it involved such as 6 weeks of arm/shoulder restrictions, large opening into his chest for a pacemaker itself as well as the constant worry of breaking the wires that would connected the old style pacemaker to the inside of the heart. Not to mention possible infections from the pacemaker pocket itself, or possibility of tricuspid valve leakage or damage from a wire sitting in that heart valve 24/7. It seemed like a lot to handle for his active lifestyle, he was depressed. That evening, we began doing more research on pacemakers and accidentally came across an internet article about a groundbreaking leadless (wireless) pacemaker. It was called Micra Transcatheter Pacing System (TPS), newly approved by the FDA and Medicare and made by Medtronics. We were up till midnight finding out all we could about it. Big plus of this device is its size, only 1/10 of a traditional pacemaker. This vitamin sized nano pacemaker device is done with a minimally invasive procedure. The doctor uses a long catheter inserted into the groin area into the large femoral leg vein with Micra tucked inside. Using x-ray images ( fluoroscopy) for guidance, he determines it is securely attached directly to the inside heart wall, the catheter is then pulled out and Micra is left untethered, doing its job with no wires anywhere, pacing the heart, invisible to everyone except X-Ray. Luckily, we found another local electrophysiologist Dr. Harlan Grogin, with 30 plus years of experience and made the appointment to see him at Central Coast Cardiology. Turned out, only a handful have been done in California and no physician on the entire Monterey Peninsula had ever implanted this new revolutionary nano technology pacemaker. Butch gladly waited for Dr. Grogin to take his Medtronics training. Dr Grogin was pleased to have Butch be his first “Guinea pig” as he was so healthy and in such tip top shape. The outpatient procedure done at the outstanding Cath lab at Salinas Valley Memorial was completed in late September and gladly everything was flawless. He was home in time to see the sunset and sleep in his own bed that night. There were no complications whatsoever, no pain at all, and no exercise restrictions except to watch the tiny 1/2 groin incision for a week. The huge psychological benefit Butch says is “I do not see it or feel it, in fact I forget I even have this inside me.” He now has better mental clarity in the morning and feels reenergized and 10 years younger. It is hard to believe it has taken medical science 57 years to make this nano technology finally available to active patients like my husband. Keep in mind, there are 700,000 pacemaker put in worldwide annually and 250,000 of those are in United States. Ponder this article carefully. My advice to exercise crazies out there like my husband is that it is not
from outpacing your own heart as you approach your future golden years.
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A Visit to the Huntington
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Tom Stevens
Otter Views
An ongoing quest to explore this immense state swung the compass needle southward recently toward new experiences. It was a road trip our aged vehicles would not have survived, so we rented a car with only 26,000 miles on it. The impetus was a friend’s generous invitation to spend three nights gratis at his air B-and-B in Pasadena. That made it doubly appealing for me, as I had neither stayed in a B-and-B nor visited The City of Roses. I had long ago seen blimp’s-eye views of Pasadena during college football telecasts of UCLA home games in the Rose Bowl. Misspending my own college years in bleak, wintry northern Massachusetts afforded many opportunities for cognitive dissonance, but those UCLA telecasts were especially jarring. During the latter half of football season, the ghostly orb that passed for the sun in our part of New England vanished below the hills at 3:30 in the afternoon. After classes, I and other shirkers would huddle in our dorm’s beer-sticky basement TV room to torture ourselves watching college football from Southern California. It was cold, dark and dismal where we were. But in that faraway televised Pasadena, golden afternoon sun beamed down benevolently on green grass, stately palm trees, and well-tanned football fans clad in shorts and t-shirts. Our agony was exquisite. Nearly 50 years later, Pasadena lived up to its billing. The October sky was blue, the sunlight warm and golden, and everybody wore shorts. Santa Ana
winds had swept away the city’s notorious smog, so the nearby mountains seemed sharp and close. We found the air B-and-B in a quiet neighborhood of wide, tree-shaded streets. Happily, the cottage was within walking distance of the famed Huntington Library in San Marino, repository for one of the world’s first and finest printed books. For book lovers, beholding an intact Gutenberg Bible from the original 1450s press run is a bucket list check-off. As a bonus, the Huntington has one of only 12 surviving Gutenbergs worldwide that were printed on vellum, durable pages made from sheep hides. It seemed worth a look. As befits its priceless rarity, the Huntington Gutenberg resides in a softly lit, humidity-controlled, impact-resistant display cube. It lies open about midway, its handsome calligraphy and gilded illuminations still crisp and startling after five and a half centuries. I’d relate what biblical section lay revealed, but my Latin is dodgy. Like the Mona Lisa in Paris’ Louvre, the Gutenberg is the sole attraction for some Huntington visitors. But our host encouraged us to tour Henry Huntington’s adjoining fine arts galleries as well. Outsized neoclassical sculptures and oil portraits of haughty English martinets bespoke a California railroad baron yearning for aristocracy. As sometimes happens, the true aristocrats were the denizens of several landscaped gardens surrounding the library. I don’t know if the rose garden’s countless blooms gave Pasadena its nickname, but they were bountiful enough to perfume the autumn air. A little girl collected fallen petals in a paper cup, then strew them solemnly back onto the path as if rehearsing for a wedding. Other Huntington botanical standouts include every cactus you’ve never seen, dozens of tree species from Australia, a bamboo forest, and a hilly Japanese garden complex featuring an antique, fully restored tea house lately colonized by honey bees. Our host explained that Huntington left his estate to the people of California but did not fund future maintenance like bee removal. By year 2017, the costly upkeep of all his art treasures, buildings, gardens and grounds had exceeded Old Pasadena’s philanthropy. Seeking additional funding, the Huntington directors tapped the region’s newest and wealthiest cohort, real estate investors from China. Thus our tour ended with a circuit of a courtly Chinese compound ringing the shores of a man-made lake. But the lakeside restaurants, temples, terraces and gardens are just one increment of a much grander plan. When completed years from now, the Chinese exhibit will give the Huntington a virtual Forbidden Palace of its own. “The real money coming into Pasadena now is from mainland China,” our host said. “We even see it at our B-and-B. One lady client from China left her shopping bags and receipts behind in the unit. Just for fun, I totaled up the receipts. She’d spent $100,000 on fashions and cosmetics in a couple of days.” Curious to see where that money ended up, we drove to the biggest retail mall I’ve yet gotten lost in. So vast it had its own traffic lights and emergency services, the place was a teeming shop-tropolis of stores, banks, arcades, food courts and restaurants named after cheesecake. Seated amid the lofty Egyptian columns and faux statuary of the cheesecake place, I felt a pang for Henry Huntington. He may have died too soon.
The Henry Miller Library presents An Afternoon of Memoir, Poetry, and Song at the LAB
with William Minor (piano, vocals) Macucho (cajon), and Richard Rosen (harmonicas)
Sunday, Nov. 12 • 2:00
Henry Miller Library 3728 The Barnyard, Suite G-23, Carmel-By-The-Sea (831) 667-2574 An afternoon of songs from the era depicted in Bill’s book Going Solo: A Memoir 1953-1958, and poems from his Gypsy Wisdom: New and Selected Poems set to original music—performed by a trio guaranteed to surprise and delight.
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In their Own Words—Part I
Come, let us worship: tear down the walls! Realizing he was the son of a maverick inspired Jaime Olin Voltaire to share his painful struggle as the only American-born son of a Mexican mother who helped undocumented immigrants enter the U.S. If I’d known Jaime’s recent worship associate address at the Unitarian Universalist Church would be so touching, I’d have publicized his appearance. Instead, I asked Jaime--once a homeless teenager in Monterey--to share highlights in this new “In Their Own Words” series. Come, Let Us Worship By Jaime Olin Voltaire My mother, Elfega Ramos, was quite a maverick when it came to welcoming the stranger. People were always welcome in our home. She saved children from prisons and raised them as her own. We housed immigrants and complete strangers off the street. So much was given to them and, it seemed, very little to me. She was too busy to know what to do with me. I was too anxious, too rebellious, thought too grandiose, and I was gay. At 15, I boarded a bus and left my home in San Diego. I returned to my birth town, Monterey. Shamed the family by coming out gay I survived cold nights, hunger, loneliness and abandonment, but I pulled through. As soon as I started making ends meet, I began sending Mom part of my paycheck. Our relationship would remain loving, though distant. I admired her work. In March of this year I flew to Guadalajara, Mexico with the important task of burying my mother. She had herself recently travelled there, so that she could die amongst her family. I buried her in style. I was heartbroken, yet honored, to be given a task customarily given to an older sibling.
Wanda Sue Parrott
Homeless in Paradise
Jaime Olin Voltaire and his mother, Elfega Ramos
I had never felt part of, or welcomed by, this clan, by my family, nor by my Mom. I had shamed them by being the first ever to come out as gay. Too Mexican to be American. . . People always find it o.k. to ask me what part of Mexico I was born in, an unwelcome assumption. Being brown does not mean I was born outside of the U.S.
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So here I was, walking in front of my mom’s casket, in silence. I had been a stranger to these people, a stranger to my mother. Now I walked, knowing I had been a stranger to myself. I had clearly and completely missed something, and I was lost. Back home I began to hear from people close and dear to mom. Most gave me the same message. She had told most of them the same thing. “That son of mine is difficult, but he is precious, because he knows how to love others. He carries my passion and my compassion.” I realized my mother knew how to
welcome the stranger on her own terms; she helped the world out by giving of herself in what she knew best. Her pain and troubles had guided her life. She had allowed me to discover my own demons, my own pains. . . So that I could learn the true capacity of my own humanity. . . So that I could learn how to welcome the stranger within me. I got the message. Walls should not hold anyone back I decided to go on a long road trip and collect my thoughts. I dedicated this trip to my mom. I headed north to Canada, where I was always spoken to and not through. I felt loved, respected and truly honored. I felt free and completely safe, like never before. Back in America I greeted this lady. She personified my mother’s vision that walls should not hold anyone back from safety. In South Carolina, I was saved after a bad car accident by some of the most beautiful angels who. . . got out of their cars and helped me. True human compassion. . . At the Rio Grande bridge I was greeted by a beautiful soul. We hit it off right away. Love at first sight? Perhaps. Yes! In Monument Valley I was greeted by Willie, a Navajo elder, who. . . by just looking at me, said,” Why do you keep searching? Do you not realize that you are home?” Indeed, I am home. I have learned that I must make peace and welcome the stranger within me. I must also keep pace with his elusiveness in order to fully prepare myself to greet his brothers and sisters with true compassion. “Stop and listen,” said St. Benedict. “Namaste,” says the Buddhist. “Tear down the walls,” says my mother. Go out and look for more Jaimes, says I. Come, let us worship Copyright 2017 by Wanda Sue Parrott Contact Wanda Sue Parrott at 831899-5887 or amykitchenerfdn@hotmail. com
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