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Kiosk MONARCH COUNT at Pacific Grove Sanctuary as of Sat., Oct. 22, 2016
6,875
Witness to History- Page 13
Art exhibit - Page 4
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The Butterfly Ball 6-10 p.m. PG Museum of Natural History 165 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove $100 nonmembers, $85 members Dinner, wine, cocktails, live & silent auctions. Music & dancing 831.648.5716 ext. 16 or go to pgmuseum.org. Proceeds support the Museum’s operations. http://www.pgmuseum.org/ museum-events/2016/11/5/the2016-butterfly-ball •
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7th annual Veterans Day Celebration Marina Equestrian Center Park, 5th Avenue at 9th Street, Marina 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Free Friends of the Fort Ord Warhorse 831-224-4534 • Dec. 5 & 6 2-Day Portrait Workshop with Warren Chang Pacific Grove Art Center, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. $350 PGAC members, $395 nonmembers Register at warrenchang@ sbcglobal.net or call 831-2778474
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Vol. IX, Issue 6
Backing up the Breakers at Shoe Game Race Weekend
The Power of Good Intentions 11:15AM-12:15PM Manjushri Dharma Center, 724 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove • Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016 MONTEREY PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP MEETING Potluck, bring a dish 3:00 pm Sally Griffin Center 700 Jewell Ave. Pacific Grove mpsg@montereyparkinsonssupport 372-7510 •
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Saturday, Nov. 5 will see the Pacific Grove Breakers (5-4) taking on Carmel Padres (9-0) in the annual Shoe Game, the decades-long rivalry between the two. the game will be played on Carmel’s home turf. Junior varsity plays at 11:30 and the varsity game behins at 2:00. Last week Carmel defeated Gonzales 58 - 6 victory, Carmel’s largest margin of victory so far this year. Pacific Grove goes into the Shoe Game having lost to Soledad by a decisive 35 - 20 score. The last time they met, Carmel beat Pacific Grove 34 - 14 and took home the Shoe. Over the years, they have been pretty even, but Pacific Grove wants the trophy back! Photo courtesy Linda Lyon, cheer coach
Seaside’s New Police Chief
Robert Jackson will be sworn in as the City of Seaside’s new Police Chief on Nov 3. Chief Jackson was selected following a national recruitment, which began with 34 applicants. The selection process included a written assignment, an interview panel with assessors from the community, the Police Officers’ Association, City staff, and local public safety officials, and a presentation on leadership
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Inside Animal Tales & Other Random Thoughts............... 11 Cartoon.............................................. 2 Crime................................................. 7 Homeless in Paradise........................ 18 Keepers of Our Culture..................... 24 Legal Notices.................................... 19 Obituaries.......................................... 5 Opinion...................................... 22, 23 Otter Views....................................... 15 Outside the Box................................ 23 Rain Gauge........................................ 2 Real Estate.............................. 7, 19, 28
Chief Robert Jackson
Cedar Street TiMES reminds you to fall back an hour this Sunday night as Daylight Savings Time ends at 2:00 a.m. The mornings will get lighter and the evenings darker earlier and those living in participating states of the United States had an extra hour in bed. This is where you pick up that hour you lost in March when Daylight Savings Time began for this year. Your smart phone will likely do it for you but it’s also the perfect reminder to check/replace the batteries in your alarm devices.
The Half Marathon on Monterey Bay weekend, November 12 and 13, will necessitate early morning street closures in the cities of Monterey and Pacific Grove. Additionally, construction on the Highway 68 Roundabout will force closure on the soutbound onramp all weekend long. The race begins at 6:50 a.m. on Del Monte Avenue at Camino El Estero, travels through downtown Monterey on Aguajito, Pearl, Alvarado, Franklin and Washington Streets, through the Lighthouse Tunnel, onto Cannery Row and along the Pacific Grove coastline with a loop through the downtown PG area. Runners return from Lovers Point along the Coastal Recreation Trail to the finish near Fisherman’s Wharf and Custom House Plaza. Pacific Grove Pacific Grove will be the location for three races – the Half Marathon on Monterey Bay, on Nov. 13, and the shorter Pacåific Grove Lighthouse 5K and By the Bay 3K, both on Saturday morning Nov. 12. On-street parking will be restricted from 4 a.m. to 11 a.m. both days. Saturday’s runs take place along the Pacific Grove coastline from Lovers Point with a turnaround at Point Pinos. Ocean View Blvd. between Lovers Point and Point Pinos will be closed from approximately 6 to 11 AM to accommodate the course set up and tear down. On Sunday, the entire coastline of Pacific Grove will be closed to vehicle traffic between 6 and 11 a.m. In addition, the Pacific Grove downtown area will be closed between 6 and 9:30 a.m. Construction of the Holman Highway 68 Roundabout will require the full closure of the southbound Highway 1 off-ramp to Holman Highway 68 over the Veterans Day weekend. The ramp will be closed starting on Thurs., Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. and reopen on Monday, Nov. 14 at 6 a.m. The Lighthouse Tunnel, both directions, will be closed from approximately 5:30 to 9:00 a.m. Access to New Monterey/Cannery Row/Pacific Grove will be via Hwy 68 (Holman Highway), though travelers from the north and east will need to allow extra time due to a detour for roundabout construction. Eastbound access to downtown Monterey from New Monterey/ Cannery Row/Pacific Grove will be open all morning via Lighthouse Avenue and the Pacific Street southbound extension. Monterey Parking in downtown Monterey and the Cannery Row/New Monterey areas will be impacted between 2:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 13. Many streets will be posted “No parking, tow away” in the event area. Starting at 3:00 a.m., many downtown city streets and the Monterey Bay Coastal Trail will be closed to facilitate the running of the half marathon. Traffic delays should be expected until 8:45 a.m. in the downtown area and until 11:00 a.m. in Cannery Row / New Monterey. All downtown city streets should be reopened by 9 a.m. The Cannery Row area from the Coast Guard/San Carlos Beach area beyond the Monterey Bay Aquarium will be reopened at 11 a.m.
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A text message alert service for the Holman Highway 68 Roundabout Project has been created. The text alert system will allow people to receive traffic alerts and updates directly on their cell phone or electronic device. You can also stay informed with weekly project updates throughout construction by signing up for Highway 68 Roundabout email notification: www.tamcmonterey.org/ programs/highway-projects/highway-68-roundabout/ The Holman Highway 68 Roundabout Project will relieve congestion at the intersection of Highway 68/Highway 1, and will improve access to the Community Hospital, Pacific Grove, Monterey and Pebble Beach. The project is a partnership between the City of Monterey, the City of Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach Company, the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, the County of Monterey, Caltrans, and the Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC). For more information about the Holman Highway 68 Roundabout, contact Grant Leonard at 831-775-0903 or grant@tamcmonterey.org or visit the TAMC website at: tamcmonterey.org
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A live construction camera has been installed for the Holman Highway 68 Roundabout Project. Members of the public can go online to view the construction in real time at: http://bit.ly/2dgnwXK . The project is the first major roundabout on a state highway in Monterey County. The Holman Highway 68 Roundabout Project is a public-private partnership between the City of Monterey, City of Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach Company, the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, the County of Monterey, Caltrans and TAMC is designed to relieve congestion near the Highway 68/Highway 1 intersection, and will greatly improve access to Community Hospital, Pacific Grove, Monterey and Pebble Beach. ASYLI CEDAR Ad.pdf 1 10/13/2016 10:44:18 AM
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Week ending 11-03-16 at 9:10 AM....... 1.41" Total for the season............................... 3.28" The historic average to this date is ........N/A" Wettest year.................................................. 47.15" During rain year 07-01-97 through 06-30-98 Driest year.................................................... 4.013" During rain year 07-01-12 through 06-30-13 RAINFALL SEASON BEGINS JULY 1 EACH YEAR
Near Lovers Point Data reported by John Munch at 18th St.
Week ending 11/02/16........................ 1.60" Total for the season (since 7/1/16)........ 3.60" Last week low temperature.................. N/A F Last week high temperature.................72.6 F Last year rain to date (7/1/15-11/02/15)....... 1.82”
November 4, 2016 • CEDAR STREET
1st Friday at Studio Silzer
Come visit Studio Silzer this Friday night, November 4, for our open house. Starting at 6:00 p.m., Tamas Marius will provide musical background for your gallery tour. Sandy Lake, our featured artist for November, is offering a new painting for the monthly drawing. We have a wide variety of new art available. As a non-commission gallery, we offer art at affordable prices. Come meet our artists and learn about their work. Nadine Cawthorne and Peter Silzer already have their Christmas cards for sale. Emiko Case will also have holiday cards soon. Our group of oil painters have dozens of local scenes available. Come see the new art by Wayne Adachi, Iris Asai, Suzanne Elliott, Daryl Hosick, Marie Massey, and Sydney Zentall. We have new jewelry by Kim Marie Pozar and Karin Salomon. Catherine Wilkinson continues to bring in jewelry to help Mercy Beyond Borders. There will be many more artists to meet Friday night. New photographs, watercolors, fused glass, acrylics, and more. Light refreshments provided. Painting by Sandy Lake
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PSEASIDE POLICE From Page 1
in law enforcement. Chief Jackson has twenty-eight years of law enforcement experience, including serving as the Chief of the Turlock Police Department for more than four years. He holds a Master’s Degree in Emergency Medical Service Administration and attended the Executive Leadership Program through Cornell University. Chief Jackson will replace Chief Vicki Myers, current police chief and once also shared chief with Pacific Grove. City Manager Craig Malin said “Chief Jackson’s experience, skill and leadership qualities made him the clear choice of the interview panel, and I look forward to his contributions here in Seaside.” City Manager Malin also thanked retiring Chief Vicki Myers, noting “I appreciate Chief Meyer’s professionalism in providing ample notice of her retirement, so a smooth transition could be achieved.” Myers will continue to serve the City until her retirement in May of 2017, working on special projects at the direction of City Manager Malin. Chief Jackson said “I am very excited to have been selected to lead the Seaside Police Department and become a member of such a wonderful community. My wife Melinda and I are looking forward to our transition into the area. Our police department’s direction for the future will be based on serving our community in a collaborative and professional manner. From the staff that I have already met with it is obvious we have a proud organization that truly cares about our citizens.” Chief Jackson’s starting salary will be $169,665.
Lecture: Prehistory of the Monterey Peninsula
‘Ballot Selfies’ will have to wait
It will be OK next year, but for this year, hold those ballot selfies. Calif. Scty. of State Alex Padilla issued this statement: “Across the country, “ballot selfies” posted on social media have become a new form of political expression used to showcase one’s civic pride and participation. Citing the First Amendment violations, the ACLU filed a lawsuit ... seeking to reverse the state’s 125-year-old ban barring voters from showing anyone their marked ballots. That’s why I supported AB 1494 – passed this year by the legislature and signed into law by the governor – allowing voters to take ballot selfies starting January 1, 2017.” “While sympathetic to efforts to accelerate the use of this new form of political expression for the November 2016 election, state law currently prohibits it and only a court of law can authorize such a change, especially one proposed on the eve of the election. In the meantime, voters can still take a selfie of their ‘I Voted’ sticker.”
Grand Avenue Flooring Rolls Out the Red Carpet
The Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce would like to thank Tony Gamecho, proprietor of Grand Avenue Flooring & Interiors in Pacific Grove for donating $1,800 worth of carpeting that was used as the red carpet at Lighthouse Cinemas during the Carmel International Film Festival over the weekend. Grand Avenue Flooring & Interiors is the peninsula's leading provider of quality carpet, area rugs, vinyl, hardwood, laminate, cork, blinds, shades, sheers, shutters, and draperies. Grand Avenue Flooring & Interiors is located at 314 Grand Avenue in Pacific Grove and is open weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.and Saturdays from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Dr. Gary Breschini with Trudy Haversat will speak about the archaeology and prehistory of Monterey County. The lecture will cover many of the findings Dr. Breschini and Ms. Haversat have made in the last four decades. The prehistory of the Monterey Peninsula was largely unknown 45 years ago when they started their research, but it is now known that the Peninsula was occupied at least 9,500 years ago—and perhaps as much as 15,000 years ago. Evidence points to an early coastal migration southward from Alaska. This was in addition to the inland migration that populated most of North and South America at a later date. The early coastal migration reached southern Chile by about 14,800 years ago, so it is possible that Monterey or Carmel bays were used or occupied at least that early. They will also illustrate their findings with pictures of Indian rock paintings, or pictographs. The mountainous interior of the county has a number of important rock art sites, including one of the finest in California. The talk will take place on Sunday, November 20 at 2:00-4:00 p.m. at Chautauqua Hall, 16th Street at Central Avenue in Pacific Grove. Heritage Society Members are admitted free, all others $5.00. For more information, call The Heritage Society at 831-372-2898 or visit www. heritagesociety.org or email info@pacificgroveheritage.org.
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Icons in Transformation: Unique international Art Exhibit
Great artists often use the Icon as a source of inspiration: Kandinsky, Klee, Mondrian, Matisse, Chagall, Giacometti, Modigliani, Warhol, Fontana, Flavin, Viola and now Ludmila Pawlowska. All Saint´s Episcopal Church, Carmel is hosting “Icons in Transformation,” a dramatic 130-piece major art exhibit featuring contemporary work of internationally acclaimed Russian-Swedish abstract expressionist Ludmila Pawlowska. This must-see exhibit will introduce her work to a broader audience and shed new light on this highly prolific and influential artist www.ludmilapawlowska.se It will be in Carmel through November 20, 2016.
Pawlowska’s unique technique includes painting, installation and sculpture using collage on wood panel. Her painting is described as abstract expressionism. Her art was designed with cathedrals in mind to explore church spaces; the works on view will also include 12 large sculptural pieces many of which will be showed in Riverside providing a stunning and dramatic visual impression. Other pieces will be on exhibit in the parish hall. The exhibit includes 15 traditional icons painted at the workshop of Vassilevsky Monastery in Suzdal, Russia. “Icons in Transformation” presents traditional Russian icons as a source of inspiration for contemporary art.
Marigene (Mary) Bleasdale
Obituary Marigene (Mari) Bleasdale passed away peacefully in Pacific Grove at the age of 85 on November 1, 2016 following a short illness. Mari was born on August 13, 1931 in Ross, California. She was the son of Joe and Perla Gomez. Raised in San Francisco and Ross, Mari attended St. Anselm’s Grammar School in San Anselmo, and graduated from San Anselm’s High School. Mari loved nature which was reflected in her prolific artwork, which she created throughout her life. She particularly loved the ocean and loved painting oceanscapes on canvas, pieces of driftwood and rocks she would find on the beach. Mari adored her beloved husband Gene Bleasdale, which whom she spent 36 years. During their time together, Mari and
The exhibit has toured the cathedrals of Europe and the U.S., including stops in Seattle, Indianapolis, Little Rock, St. Louis, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Chattanooga, Sarasota and Cincinnati. Trinity is the church to host the exhibit that is not a cathedral. Most of the pieces are for sale, and the public is invited to view the exhibit. Ludmila Pawlowska was born in 1964 in exile in Kazakhstan, a former Soviet Republic. Although she did not have a religious upbringing, she chose to be baptized into the Russian Orthodox Church when she was 18, an illegal act at the time. After the fall of the Soviet Union,
she moved to Sweden, where she ran Scandinavian Art Center together with her husband. She continues to develop her abstract expressionism style of painting and sculpture, characterized by using many layers of paint to produce highly textured art works. The exhibit features painting created by Pawlowska over a decade. She began creating the “icons” after the sudden death of her mother, finding comfort recalling the icons she had seen in a Russian monastery and worked through her grief through her own artwork. For more information on Pawlowska, visit www.ludmilapawlowska.se .
Mari is survived by her husband Gene Bleasdale, her daughter, Reggie Asbury (Charles), her sons Michael (Fran-
cine), Charles (Adoracion), Andy Peri, grandchildren Joshua, Jesse, Forest Peri, great grandchild Aristotle S. Peri and her brother Paul Gomez. She is also survived by Gene’s children, Eric Bleasdale, Sally Berry and their step children Kris and Kurt Hollmer and their families. She was predeceased by her second daughter Dominica Peri, by Gene’s daughter, Susan Pacheco, by her brother Robert Gomez, Richard Gomez, and Helen Gomez. Friends and family are invited to a celebration of Mari’s life at the Little Chapel by the Sea, 65 Asilomar Avenue on Saturday, November 12, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. Contact Reggie Asbury for further information: (916) 704-4335. We love you forever, sweet, loving, creative and kind Mom!!! The family prefers, in lieu of flowers, contributions be made to Surfrider’s Foundation- http://www.surfrider. org/support-surfrider.
Gene lived in several counties, with each move seeking to get closer to the ocean. Most recently Mari and Gene moved to the stunningly beautiful Pacific Grove, which had often been their vacation destination. Mari loved her children deeply, often perching herself by her door awaiting their arrival with pure loving enthusiasm each time they came with their families to visit. She frequently maintained contact via calls and texts with her grandchildren whom she so adored. Mari also maintained close and loving relationships with her nieces and nephews whom she loved so dearly. Mari love to be playful, take on personas of cowboys, robotic humans and small voiced animals. She remained playful to the end of her life, sending humorous texts and leaving funny voice mail messages with family members.
In Memoriam Jerry Williamson
Local artist and dear friend to many in our community, Jerry Williamson passed into the light on October 18 at Hospice House in Monterey. After a long career as a beauty consultant with Elizabeth Arden’s Salons in NewYork, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Europe, then his own shops on the Peninsula, he turned to his true love: Art. Turning a hobby into a fun filled life of color and splatters of love to all he touched, including his vast number of friends worldwide. In his search for a larger canvas that’s he’s now found... And a pot of rainbow colors he’s only dreamed of Fare well, dear friend till we meet again!
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ROBERT HUITT
PACIFIC GROVE CITY COUNCIL
I am grateful for all the support I’ve had in this campaign, and I’m honored to be endorsed by these friends and neighbors (partial list): Robin Aeschliman Thom Akeman Kim Akeman Jeannie Anton Judy Archibald Hank Armstrong Julie Armstrong Stephanie Atigh Linda Bailey Gary Bales Judy Bales Don Beals Joseph Bileci Linda Bileci Sean Boulware Pam Chrislock Regina Doyle Andres Durstenfeld Mary Dainton Heidi Feldman Morrie Fisher Mary Flaig
Richard Flaig Cyndi Fox Robert Frischmuth Denyse Frischmuth Steve Gorman Gary Grant Candy Grant Jane Haines Patricia Hamilton Charlie Higuera Ken Hinshaw Margie Honegger Candace Ingram Andy Johnson Barbara Kraus Don Kremer Brooks Leffler Char Lowery Mylo Lowery Wilda Northrop Lowell Northrop Tama Olver
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Programs at the Library
For more information call 648-5760. Tuesday, Nov.8 • 11:00 am Pre-School stories at the Pacific Grove Library, ages 2-5 Wednesday, Nov. 9 • 11:00 Music with MaryLee for all ages Wednesday, Nov.9 • 3:45 pm Wacky Wednesday Stories: stories, science and crafts for all ages
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. • 831-917-3969 www.khenpokarten.org • carmelkhenpo@gmail.com
Mayflower Presbyterian Church 141 14th St. • 831-373-4705
Peninsula Baptist Church
1116 Funston Ave. • 831-394-5712
Peninsula Christian Center 520 Pine Ave. • 831-373-0431
St. Angela Merici Catholic Church 146 8th St. • 831-655-4160
St. Anselm’s Anglican Church
Sundays 9:30 a.m. 375 Lighthouse Ave. • 831-920-1620 Fr. Michael Bowhay
St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church Central Avenue & 12 th St. • 831-373-4441
Seventh-Day Adventist Church of the Monterey Peninsula 375 Lighthouse Ave. • 831-372-7818
Shoreline Community Church
Sunday Service 10 a.m. Robert Down Elementary, 485 Pine Ave. • 831-655-0100 www.shorelinechurch.org
OUTSIDE PACIFIC GROVE Bethlehem Lutheran Church
800 Cass St., Monterey • 831-373-1523 Pastor Bart Rall
Congregation Beth Israel
5716 Carmel Valley Rd., Carmel • 831-624-2015
Monterey Center for Spiritual Living
Sunday Service 10:30 am 400 West Franklin St., Monterey • 831-372-7326 www.montereycsl.org
Thursday, Nov.10 • 11:00 am Baby Rhyme Time for babies birth - 24 months
Gentrain Society Lectures
The Gentrain Society of Monterey Peninsula College is sponsoring these free public lectures in November and December, 2016. For lengthier descriptions and illustrations for these talks please see the Gentrain website. Wednesday, November 16, 2016 Gentrain Society Lecture: Very Early Transatlantic Flights Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Free; MPC Parking $2.00 Information: www.gentrain.org ; info@gentrain.org ; 372-0895 Michael Adamson is fascinated with flight. His father was employed in the aviation industry and served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War; Adamson learned to fly at age 20. “There were six successful flights across the Atlantic before Lindbergh’s flight. The first serious but unsuccessful attempt was made in 1861; the first successful flight, which took 23 days and included six stops, was made by an American crew in May, 1919. The first nonstop flight took 15 hours, 57 minutes, and was made by the Royal Air Force pilots John Alcock and Arthur Whitten Brown, two weeks later in June, 1919.” Adamson’s lecture will present details of these and other transatlantic flights. Wednesday, December 7, 2016 Gentrain Society Lecture: Grant Voth’s Christmas Chestnuts Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Free; MPC Parking $2.00 Information: www.gentrain.org ; info@gentrain.org ; 372-0895 The chestnuts here aren’t the ones roasting on an open fire, but the stories and films that have become an integral part of the way we observe the Christmas season. Washington Irving and Charles Dickens created the first such chestnuts. MPC Professor Emeritus Grant Voth will take up some more recent ones: Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory” (which he said was the most perfect work he’d ever produced), “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” “A Christmas Story,” “It’s a Wonderful Life,” and perhaps even David Sedaris’s “SantaLand Diaries.” Dr. Voth will explore what these stories tell us about ourselves, and about our expectations for our biggest winter festival.
Chautauqua Hall Dance Club Chautauqua Hall Dance Club will not have a dance on Oct. 29, 2016. The Pacific Grove Rec Center has scheduled another event at the last minute. Recorded music with Rosa Saturday, November 5 • 6:00pm Merengue (fun!) with Metin • 7:00pm Recorded music with Metin There are more than 20,000 military veterans living in the Monterey County (US Census/Quick Facts). If you add the number of active duty military at Naval Postgraduate School and Defense Language Institute, you see a healthy population of military men and women in our county. We at Chautauqua Hall Dance Club want to thank our military family by inviting them to a Veterans Day Dance, Saturday, November 12, from 6-10PM. There will be a dance lesson (Foxtrot) at 6, followed by live music provided by the Thom Cuneo Jazz Band from 7-10 p.m. The band specializes in music for all dance styles from the 1940s to the present. Refreshments will be served all night, but no alcohol is permitted in the hall. Dress is business casual or party attire. Admission is free to anyone with a military ID, American Legion/VFW membership card or NPS/DLI student ID. For everyone else the admission is $10. 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. Chautauqua Hall was built in 1881 by the Pacific Grove Retreat Association. It was restored in 1988 and in 2005 after having been declared a State Historical Landmark. The hardwood floor of this historic ballroom is one of the finest in Northern California. Saturday, November 12 • 6:00pm Veteran’s Day Party (With the Thom Cuneo Jazz Band!) Vets: Free admission! Bring your best guy/gal for a fun night out! Watch for details! Our only live band in the year’s calendar.
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• November 4, 2016
Rudolph Tenenbaum
Lenore Genovese Perez
Poetry
Poetry
Feeling smaller and having less, Life being truly unknind. An then, surprisingly, happiness, Depression left behind.
Sonnet 4 Dedicated to: Tuesday Afternoon Writing Group @ The Sally Griffin Center PG CA.
Happiness may appear As a bridge almost crossed. Then it may look like her dear Beautiful leg that she lost.
Today I learned how to write sonnets You don’t even have to wear a bonnet A new hobby for a wordsmith oh joy I can reap some good confidence oh boy
Then as a user friendly Steel and aluminum limb, Then it may look like a treadmill, And a trampoline, and a swim. Pride, courage and patience, And now the final stage. A real challenge to nature: She is dancing! On stage! Feeling smaller and having less, Life being truly unknind. An then, surprisingly, happiness, Depression left behind. Happiness delivered in stages. Remarkably, all of them look Like the most exciting pages Of he mos profound book. The bridge that was almost crossed Retrospectively looks like a prize, The beautiful leg lost A blessing in disguise.
It is art I suppose like molding clay I want to twist scream and shout and yell yea Words flow through my pencil onto the page It makes my brain far more alert and quite sage I gazed at choppy white caps on the bay There was excitement all around today On this day my new peers book was published Its finished and ready for the public I’m so happy with my new writing group Thanks for having me be part of your troop Forevermore, Lenore Genovese Perez
This piece is an ode to a woman who lost her leg in the bombing at the Boston Marathon, yet became a contestant on “Dancing With the Stars.”
Monterey Museum of Art presents Family Day: Mini Masterpieces
The Monterey Museum of Art (MMA) invites families to explore, create and play in the galleries free of charge at Family Day: Mini Masterpieces on Saturday, November 12 from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm at MMA Pacific Street, 559 Pacific Street, Monterey. As part of MMA’s commitment to reaching children and families throughout Monterey County with accessible cultural experiences, the Museum offers a full slate of educational art activities for all ages designed for fun, learning and connecting with art and community. Admission is free. This Family Day is inspired by the current exhibition, Miniatures 2016. Art activities will be led by MMA Educators from 11:00 am - 4:00 pm, and the Ukulele Songbirds will perform at 12:00 and 1:00 pm. You may also enter to win a Keurig ™ K20 Coffee Maker, $1 raffle tickets will be available for sale. Raffle participants do not have to be present to win. Support for Family Day: Mini Masterpieces provided by Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. and Oriental Trading Company. Generous support for the Museum’s Education and Community Partnerships initiatives is provided by the Monterey Peninsula Foundation—host of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, the Pebble Beach Company Foundation, and through contributions by Museum Members and Donors.
Annual Asilomar Neighborhood
Arts and Crafts Fair Sat., Nov. 12 9 AM - 3 PM (Nov. 13 if it rains)
1150 Pico Ave., Pacific Grove
Bake Sale & Hot Cider Proceeds to Tailwaggers with a raffle basket donated by them
Poetry in the Grove
Learn techniques for learning poetry by heart with Poetry as a Companion
Laura Hooper has offered to share her passion and technique for learning poems by heart at the upcoming Poetry in the upcoming Grove gathering, Poetry as Companion, on Saturday, November 5, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at Jewell Park in Pacific Grove. With gentle guidance from Laura, you will be invited to dive into poetry for a deeper experience with a chosen poem in this interactive "playshop." Bring a poem that speaks to you or choose from poems provided at the event. We will start with short poems of one or two stanzas, or a short piece of a longer poem. We will listen to poems, journal and discover. If you leave the gathering with one meaningful line that has become part of you, you will have enriched your life. We have limited the number of participants for a rich interactive experience. If you wish to participate in Poetry as Companion, please RSVP to soosea@sbcglobal.net before 10/30. Please see attached flyer for more information. There is no charge for this event, donations for the Pacific Grove Public Library gratefully accepted.
PacRep Theatre Announces Young Adult Musical Auditions
Dreamwork’s ‘Madagascar A Musical Adventure’ and Disney’s ‘Jungle Book-Kids’
High School/Young Adult Musical Auditions for Dreamwork’s Pop/Rap Adaptation of “Madagascar A Musical Adventure,” directed by Stephen Moorer, will be held Monday and Tuesday , November 21 and 22 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. at the Golden Bough Playhouse, on Monte Verde between 8th and 9th in Carmel. Auditions will be limited to two minutes in total, consisting of one ‘rap’ or song excerpt and one monologue up to one minute each. Accompaniment will be provided. Please bring sheet music in appropriate key. Rehearsals for “Madagascar” will begin November 28, 2016, with performances at the Golden Bough Theatre from February 2 – 26, 2017. Children’s Musical Auditions for “Disney’s Jungle Book-Kids,” directed by Susanne Burns, will be held Saturday, December 3, 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., and Sunday, December 4, 9 a.m.-noon, at the Golden Bough Playhouse, on Monte Verde between 8th and 9th, in Carmel. Auditions will be limited to two minutes in total, consisting of one song excerpt and one monologue up to one minute each. Accompaniment will be provided. Please bring sheet music in appropriate key. Rehearsals for “Jungle Book-Kids” will begin January 16, 2017, with performances at the Golden Bough Theatre from March 17 - April 9, 2017. Auditions will take place by appointment at the Golden Bough Playhouse, Monte Verde between 8th and 9th in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Appointments can be made by calling Cindy Womack at (831) 622-0100 ext.100. Pictures and resumes may be submitted online at www.pacrep.org/ Auditions or mailed to PacRep Theatre PO Box 222035, Carmel, CA 93922.
City seeks volunteers evaluators
Review of Great Tide Pool Site trail system
The City has begun a very important project that will connect the Great Tide Pool Site trail system to the trail system just west of Esplanade Park. This project will require many conceptual design and alternatives to get the trail system to meander through the turnouts and along the coast safely for our pedestrians but also to ensure that ample parking remains. The City is seeking applications for interested persons to be part of a subcommittee to evaluate these conceptual designs and alternatives prior to presentation to the Coastal Commission. Applications will be due to the City Clerk by Monday November 7, 2016. The attached link is the application that needs to be completed. If interested, please access the following link: http://www.cityofpacificgrove.org/sites/default/files/forms/city-clerk/ application-app-boardscommissions-12-14-09_0.pdf
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Carmel Public Library Free Public Program
Carmel Public Library (Harrison Memorial Library) and the Carmel Public Library Foundation invite the public to a free program, Community Night at the Library: NASA Astronaut Capt. Daniel W. Bursch: The Space Shuttle. This event is set for Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. at the Sunset Center, Carpenter Hall, 9th and Mission, Carmel. The talk is free and open to the public. Seating available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Join Astronaut Daniel Bursch for a talk about space. Bursch had four space flights, the first three of which were Space Shuttle missions lasting 10 to 11 days each. His fourth and final spaceflight was a long-duration stay aboard the International Space Station as a crew member of Expedition 4, which lasted 196 days, setting a new record for the longest duration spaceflight for an American astronaut Library Background Carmel Public Library (Harrison Memorial Library)
has been a treasured resource on the Central Coast of California for over 111 years. Some 112,000 Library cardholders and visitors walk through the Library doors annually. The Carmel Public Library Foundation raises funds for the library’s collections, services, equipment, archives, and programs. For program details, questions about donations or sponsorship opportunities, contact Amy Donohue, Executive Director of the Carmel Public Library Foundation at 831-624-2811.
Friends of the Pacific Grove Library Meet the Author Series presents:
Mary Street Alinder
Mary Alinder, author of Group f. 64, will talk about Edward Weston, Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham and the community of artists who revolutionized American photography. . .
7:30 p.m., Thurs., Nov. 17 Pacific Grove Public Library 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 & J.R. Rouse, Sotheby’s International Realty. Doors open at 7:15 p.m.
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Monterey County Can’t Afford
Measure Z
“Oil production has taken place in Monterey County since 1947, with absolutely no negative impact on groundwater aquifers in the Salinas Valley. ” —Jeanne Byrne, Chair, Monterey Peninsula Water Management District
“Measure Z will create the biggest financial liability in county history - leaving Monterey County on the hook for as much as $1 billion in legal liability – putting the county in immediate jeopardy of bankruptcy.” —David Pendergrass, Mayor, Sand City
“Measure Z shuts down oil and gas production in Monterey County, meaning we would end up importing more oil from the Middle East and exporting our jobs and tax revenue to those countries.”
“Measure Z is an irresponsible and misleading measure that could devastate our county’s ability to fund basic services. Monterey County can’t afford Measure Z.”
—Terry Bare, Colonel (ret.) US Air Force
—David Ramon, Vice President Deputy Sheriff’s’ Association
Organizations and individuals across Monterey County
oppose Measure Z
Organizations
Individuals
Monterey County Mayors Association
Clint Eastwood, Past Mayor, Carmel Ken White, Past Mayor, Carmel Sue McCloud, Past Mayor, Carmel Steve Dallas, Mayor, Carmel Jerry Edelen, Mayor, City of Del Rey Oaks David Pendergrass, Mayor, Sand City Steve Bernal, Sheriff-Coroner, Monterey County Bruce Taylor, Founder, Taylor Farms Dan Mitchell, President, Monterey County Deputy Sheriffs’ Association Mitch Kastros, Fire Captain, Ret., City of Carmel-By-The-Sea Norm Groot, Executive Director, Monterey County Farm Bureau Abby Taylor-Silva, Vice President, Grower-Shipper Association David Gill, Farmer & Past Board Member of Grower-Shipper Association Catherine Reimer, Superintendent/Principal, San Ardo Union Elementary School District Kaeda Barrios, Board President, San Ardo Union Elementary School District
Monterey County Deputy Sheriffs’ Association Monterey Peninsula Taxpayers Association Monterey Peninsula Chamber of Commerce Monterey County Hospitality Association Monterey County Farm Bureau Grower-Shipper Association Central Coast Taxpayers Association Salinas Taxpayers Association Monterey County Business Council San Ardo Fire Protection Association San Ardo Union Elementary School District
NOonMeasureZ.com
Paid for by No on Measure Z – Stop the Oil and Gas Shutdown, with Major Funding from Aera Energy LLC and Chevron Corporation
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Marge Ann Jameson
Cop Log Stolencity property (not a fire truck) Vehicle theft of a city work truck. the vehicle was recovered, no suspect information. Tree root 1, Bicyclist 0 Bicyclist hit a tree root and fell off the bicycle. Transported to CHOMP. Attempted break-in on 8th st. Force was used to break a door and pry off a window screen. No suspect information. It certainly wasn’t Halloween Reporting party reports seeing a head at the door and hearing pounding. Reporting party yelled out police were being called and subject left. Forest Lodge Rd. not a good place to camp On the above date and time, officers were dispatched to a welfare check. Reporting party was concerned about a juvenile female sitting on a bench looking out of place. Officers arrived and found the female to be an adult from out of the area. She stated she had an argument with her boyfriend and was going to camp in the woods. Officers gave the female a courtesy transport back to her friend’s house where she retrieved her personal belongings. Officers advised her of the dangers of wandering in the woods at
night. Her mother was contacted and stated she would pay for a local hotel. The female refused the hotel and left the area on foot. Cat Bite: Unprovoked Reporting party called ACO to say the neighbor’s cat bit her in the leg as she was walking to her apartment. The cat attacked her withour cause or warning. Reporting party contacted cat owner and they had no information on vaccintions or controling the cat. Reporting party asked ACO to contact cat owner and get vaccination information and follow up with the cat bite. I went to apartment no one was home left a coar to contact me about the incident, further pending. Fake $20 Officers were dispatched to Ace Hardware store. Hispanic male walked into the store and tried to pay with a counterfeit $20 bill. Suspect’s vehicle was later found abandoned on Hwy 68 on a different case. Suspect info on file. Not a very good broker Officer responded to the station to speak with a citizen regarding the selling of her wedding rings. She said after her divorce was final, she gave her wedding rings to a friend to sell for her. she believes he sold the rings for more money then he is telling her. She requested the incident be documented for informational purposes.
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Vote Yes on Measure P
Both mayoral candidates agree that Pacific Grove needs more revenue.
In order not to further tax local homeowners and businesses, the best way to provide that revenue is through Measure P. Measure P will primarily tax visitors coming to events in Pacific Grove. This modest 5% tax will provide a consistent and reliable revenue source of up to $4 million per year. This money can be used to repair our crumbling roads and sidewalks, replace burned out streetlights, help us afford cleaner parks and provide YOU with more services. Isn’t that in your best interest? Don’t be misled by a large out of town entertainment corporation and “non-profits” that charge huge fees to attend their events. The legality of Admission Taxes have been upheld in multiple court cases, including: National Exhibition Co. v. City and County of San Francisco City of Berkeley v. Oakland Raiders Fox Bakersfield Theatre Corp. v. Bakersfield The opposition to this Measure is led primarily by groups from outside of Pacific Grove; such as a Sacramento Law Firm, the Big Sur Marathon, the Monterey aquarium foundation, a Santa Rosa entertainment conglomerate, and business owners who live in other communities. These people don’t care about the destruction their customers cause to our infrastructure. They also don’t care about your understaffed Police and Fire Department. They certainly won’t fix your roads, sidewalks, street lights or parks – or respond to your calls for Police or Fire services. Only the City of Pacific Grove will do that.
Don’t let outside interests tell you how to vote on Pacific Grove issues.
Admission Taxes are proven, effective, and fair.
The Choice is Yours… Your City, Your Services…
Paid for by Pacific Grove Residents for Fair Taxation Committee to Support Measure P, PO Box 475, Pacific Grove, CA 93950
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More Bits and Pieces
Andrew Kubica For Pacific Grove City Council
Jane Roland
Animal Tales and Other Random Thoughts Very often I know what I will write about, but when Sunday comes I have changed my mind. I was prepared to discuss parrots again after reading Phil Bowhay’s delightful column, but that will need to wait. Today it is bits and pieces, odds and ends if you wish. When you read, this Halloween will have come and gone and we will be gearing up for Christmas. Thanksgiving seems to have disappeared in the shuffle and the march to Black Friday. Folks give up their festive meal or leave it early to stand in line all night at Target, WalMart or Best Buy. I have long abandoned shopping in stores, I “let my fingers do the walking” online. We celebrate turkey or, if you prefer, tofurky day as we have all of our lives. While in Europe, Larry and I hosted the dinner for our friends. When we returned home and were stationed in Fargo, North Dakota during the winter, I prepared Thanksgiving dinner for the three of us (Jay was 16 months), I was totally unaware of football on Thanksgiving. We had a $25 TV to which my husband was glued, the turkey was cold and I remember little of the day other than I learned a lesson about these inveterate sports fans. I suppose future dinners when we lived in Miami were built around tackles and touchdowns. When John and I married we spent many of these holidays at Don and Lydia Criley’s. When they moved I became the mistress of the day, and most were/ are here. The numbers of guests have decreased over the years but we carry on and remember those missing with fondness. In the papers this morning there was a long article about the homeless problem in San Francisco. We haven’t been in the city for a number of years. The situation was becoming apparent even then. We would attend the opera to see men stretched out on the sidewalk, begging for a handout. Leaving the Marine’s Memorial there were a few beggars outside. Even then I recalled my years living in the City by the Bay, when one might see an occasional panhandler in North Beach, but it was rare. There were flop-house hotels, but I understand that there is now an epidemic which is growing more pronounced by the moment. My personal feeling is that we need to concentrate on the needs of our own people and, if there are resources left, donate to less fortunate countries, but I guess I am in the minority. I can’t bear the thought of these people sleeping outside or in cars, especially the children and pets, what has happened to our land of plenty. There is plenty for some and nothing for others... There was also a story about the proposed George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, which has been a victim of community opposition. The idea is that it will be built on Treasure Island if accepted by San Franciscans but there is a
possibility in Exposition Park in Los Angeles. There was a thought at one point of building it in Chicago. This brought to mind “Devil in a White City” by Eric Larson, one of my favorite writers. This tale had to do with the controversy surrounding the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893. There was significant political discord, but, in the background lingered a perfidious murderer. This will soon be a movie with Leonardo DiCaprio. Let us hope that none of this occurs when Lucas finally recognizes his dream. Tuesday we will head to the polls, at least those of us who have not voted. I have lived many years and have been involved in most elections one way or the other. There have been candidates for whom I had little affection but nonethe-less supported with a modicum of enthusiasm. The same cannot be said during this trying period. It is, in most cases, whom we dislike the least. Also in the papers this morning was the possibility that this election might not be determined by the voters, in which case it would go to the House of Representatives. Chaos will result. I suspect chaos will result under any circumstances. In the last debate the candidates were asked if they would support the winner of the election. Trump declined to answer, said it would be a surprise. Much was made of that but, oddly, not about the fact that Hillary also declined to answer instead talking about how deplorable was Trump. Quite true; however, whatever happens neither will be happy and I can’t imagine either one throwing his support behind the winner. Should Trump lose he will return to his businesses, should he win, I imagine Clinton will be out of politics for the moment. Were it not so terrifying it would be very interesting. Gone are the days when we were respected and loved by our allies. I must wonder “Is that all there is?” However, you must vote, if you chose not to pick a President, vote for the other candidates and propositions. If you don’t and your party or choices fail you have only yourself to blame, and you cannot carp about the results. So, life goes on. We all do our best and hope for a brighter tomorrow. I was once a Pollyanna (don’t know what that means? Google it)...but no more...I have a tendency now to be wary and hope I am wrong. I promise, next week, I will return to animals…at least they don’t let us down.J Remember The Treasure Shop will hold its Holiday Open House on November 11, 12 and 13. Please come, there will be some wonderful art pieces, jewelry, decorations, toys and anything else you might want for gifts. If you have time to help, we are looking for weekend help and Wednesday afternoons. Jane Roland – gcr770@aol.com or 649-0657…
Your lighthouse needs you
Become a volunteer docent at the historic Point Pinos Lighthouse, 80 Asilomar Blvd. in Pacific Grove. Training is arranged during lighthouse hours, Thursday through Monday, 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. If you are interested, please leave a message at831-648-3176.
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3 Advocate for increased efficiencies in city government
3 Support our local library, museum, and
butterfly sanctuary 3 Improve the infrastructure: paving roads, adding and fixing aging sidewalks, and improving streetlights 3 Support business development conducive to the residential nature of our home town
I have extensive real world experience in the business and engineering world. As a retired aerospace engineer, I know the value of careful planning, analysis, and collaboration. Thank you for your support. www.andrewkubica4pg.com Mail: Andrew Kubica P.O. Box 241, Pacific Grove, CA 93950 Email: andrewkubica4pg@gmail.com Paid for by Andrew Kubica for PG City Council- 2016
Re-Elect Mayor
Bill Kampe Please Vote! Pacific Grove has a strong record of voter turnout. We run about 8 to 10% higher than the whole of Monterey County. In the 2008 Presidential election, 90% of registered voters participated in the election! By our higher participation, we gain a greater than average voice in the affairs of our county. I urge all of our registered voters to vote in this election.
We have our local city council and mayor candidates plus a local ballot initiative. There are county ballot measures. Plus there are state offices and seventeen statewide ballot measures that can have an effect on all of us. So please consider the candidates who can truly serve to create a better future for the city of Pacific Grove. And look closely at the initiatives and what their consequences will be for our city and state.
Then join the local candidates for a joint End-of-Elections Celebration at the Masonic Lodge on the evening of November 8.
Bill Kampe
Facebook: www.facebook.com/KampeForMayor Email: bill@billkampe.org Website: www.billkampe.org Kampe for Mayor 2016, P.O. Box 12, Pacific Grove, CA 93950 Paid for by Kampe for Mayor 2016 — FPPC ID# 1368175
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Meet PGPD’s Newest Recruit
Kyle Baum joins the Pacific Grove Police Department as its latest Police Officer Recruit. Kyle is currently attending the police academy, and is expected to become a sworn police officer in January 2017. Kyle is welcomed to the team by Police Administrative Manager, Jocelyn Francis, left, and Police Chief Amy Christey, center.
Marge Ann Jameson
Cop Log Sentencing in case of obstruction of peace officer
Bryan Gronemeir, age 38, of Marina, was found guilty by jury of delaying, resisting, and obstructing a peace officer in the lawful performance of his duties within the former Fort Ord property. The case was heard by Monterey County Superior Court Judge Stephanie Hulsey. On March 13, 2016, at approximately 11:00 p.m., a Marina police officer was on patrol in the area of the former Fort Ord property when he observed a vehicle trespassing in the old barracks area at Fifth and Sixth Street. The officer performed a traffic stop on the vehicle which was driven by Gronemeier. Gronemeier immediately exited his vehicle after being told numerous times to remain inside for safety reasons. After 16 times of being told by the officer to get back into his vehicle, he complied. He then refused several other lawful commands of the officers at the scene and was then taken into custody. The defendant sentenced by Judge Hulsey to three years of probation and will serve 40 days in the county jail. The case was investigated by Officer Michael Ball of the Marina Police Department.
Man found guilty in drunk driving case
Erhard Lux, age 68, was found guilty by jury of driving under the influence of alcohol and driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.08 percent or more. The case was heard by Monterey County Superior Court Judge Vanessa Vallarta. On May 19, 2016, at approximately 9:14pm, a local innkeeper called the Carmel Police Department to report a man passed out behind the wheel of his car in the middle of Dolores Street in Carmel. Officers responded within two minutes and located Lux in the driver’s seat of his parked vehicle. Lux was in a highly intoxicated state. A chemical test revealed his blood alcohol to be 0.27 percent and 0.29 percent - nearly four times the legal limit. The defendant will be sentenced on November 10, 2016. He faces up to six months in the county jail. The case was investigated by Carmel Police Officer Jacob Clifford.
Members sought for trail design reviewer committee
The City has begun a very important project that will connect the Great Tide Pool Site trail system to the trail system just west of Esplanade Park. This project will require many conceptual design and alternatives to get the trail system to meander through the turnouts and along the coast safely for our pedestrians but also to ensure that ample parking remains. The City is seeking applications for interested persons to be part of a subcommittee to evaluate these conceptual designs and alternatives prior to presentation to the Coastal Commission. Applications will be due to the City Clerk by Monday November 7, 2016. The attached link is the application that needs to be completed. If interested, please access the following link: http://www.cityofpacificgrove. org/sites/default/files/forms/cityclerk/application-app-boardscommissions-12-14-09_0.pdf
Rotary will hear retired Brigadier General William J. Mullen and will celebrate VeteransDay
The Pacific Grove Rotary Club which meets at noon on Tuesdays at The Inn Spanish Bay, 2700 17 Mile Drive in Pebble Beach, will have as speaker November 8, Brigadier General, Retired, William J. Mullen III, and a celebration of Veteran’s Day. Lunch is $25 and reservations may be made with Jane Roland at 649-0657.
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Witness to history: John Proud By John J. Raspanti
In 1946, a year after World War II ended, Yeoman Third Class John Proud, who had enlisted in the U.S. Navy at 17, was asked to re-enlist, but not in the active Navy. “When I was ready to get out of the Navy, people told me that, because of my age, I could be drafted.” said the fit 89-year-old. “They told me I should sign up with the ‘Deep Six,’ a service that consists of six years in the Naval Reserve. I told them that sounds good to me.” Proud was soon en route to the Bikini Atoll, located in the Pacific’s Marshall Islands, to witness the testing of two atom bombs, one to be launched overhead, the other underwater. The tests were to assess the damage caused by nuclear weapons on warships. The Navy positioned 95 vessels in and around the Bikini Island lagoon. Proud and his fellow sailors boarded the USS Blue Ridge, located 10 nautical miles from the site, to watch the first bomb drop from a B-29 Superfortress, and detonate 520 feet above the battleship USS Nevada. “The target ship was painted orange,” said Proud, relating what he saw on July 1, 1946. “We had animals on board the ship to gauge the effects of the bomb. It was quite an explosion.” According to Navy records, there
were 57 guinea pigs,109 mice, 146 pigs, 176 goats, and 3,030 white rats positioned on the target ships. Ten percent of the animals died within several weeks after the tests. Six days after the bombing, Proud inspected the Nevada for damage. Coincidently, he had served aboard the same ship when he was commissioned in 1944. Three weeks later, the men gathered again on the deck of the USS Blue Ridge to observe the second test. “The officers wore dark glasses,” recalled Proud. “The enlisted men were told to go on the other side of the ship and hold our arms over our eyes, until they said it was over.” The second test was conducted 90 feet underwater. After an eerie silence, a massive surge of water burst through the ocean’s surface like a volcanic monster. The resulting spray rose and spread to 2000 feet. Proud, who grew up in the sleepy California town of Santa Margarita, was stunned at the sight. “It was so overwhelming,” recalled the soft-spoken Proud. “I thought of the damage they (the bombs) would cause. Years later, thinking about it, it’s terrifying, absolutely terrifying. The immensity of the explosion, and of course, the aftermath. A lot of people involved got cancer. Fortunately, I was one of the lucky ones” John Proud was born in Fargo,
The familiar mushroom cloud at Bikini
John Proud's ship, the USS Nevada, later used as a target during the bombing of Bikini Island in 1946
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Above: John Proud shows his decorations and campaign ribbons. Below, Judy and John Proud ready for the Honor flight to Washington, D C,
North Dakota. His family moved to California when he was 6. John was 14 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Proud enlisted in the Navy on February 19, 1945. After boot camp, Proud, who had taken a typing class in high school, was sent to store keeper school. Soon after, he was transferred to the USS Nevada, the only battleship to survive the Pearl Harbor attack. His clerical experience landed him a plumb assignment issuing liberty cards to fellow sailors, making him one of the most popular guys on the ship. “With the cooks and bakers,” says Proud, with a laugh. When the war ended on September 2, 1945, Yeoman Third Class Proud assumed his military career was over. Instead, he agreed to re-enlist in the Naval reserve to become one of those to witness the awesome power of the weapons that changed the course of history. Proud again returned to active duty during the Korean War in 1950, deployed to the Advanced Base Tactical Training Center in Port Hueneme, CA. He recently reflected on his long years of service after he and another Pacific Grove resident, Army Second Lieutenant Fran Cartier, traveled to Washington D.C. as guests of the Bay Area Chapter of Honor Flight, an organization that transports America’s military veterans to memorial sites dedicated to their honor and sacrifice. After his honorable discharge, Proud moved to Southern California where he attended junior college and worked for Lockheed Martin before taking the civil service exam. He was hired by the city of Los Angeles as secretary of public works in 1958. He liked his job, and did very well. He liked it even more when he found it led him to meet the woman he calls “the love of his life” in 1980.
“One day I saw this lady sitting way in the back of the boardroom at City Hall,” said Proud, admittedly smitten by the young woman. “Was it love at first sight? I think so…there was a connection for sure.” The “lady” was Judy Reynolds, a Los Angeles native who was working in the Bureau of Engineering when she met John. She, too, vividly remembers their first encounter. “Everything blurred out,” she said with a smile. “Here’s this little pasty guy who smoked too much. It really and truly was an instant feeling. We had dinner after the meeting and have been inseparable since.” “And,” she added, “After 36 years together, we still like each other.” Proud retired from the city of Los Angeles in 1982 after 33 years of service. His wife joined him in retirement. Tired of fighting the incessant traffic in Southern California, the couple moved north to Pacific Grove, where they would spend 10 years as owners of “Proud Partners,” an art and antiques shop. Judy Proud has volunteered at the Monterey Symphony for the past four years, currently serving as chairperson of the orchestra›s fundraising events. It was she who insisted her hesitant partner make the trip to Washington. He felt he was not deserving of the honor. “This is 70 years after I was in the military,” said Proud. “It’s what guys did.” As much as he plays down his experience as being one of the first to witness the incredible power of nuclear weapons, John Proud is very aware of the significance of what he saw. As a lover of history, he appreciates that on July 1, 1946, he became a part of it.
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CAA Presents Carol Chapman & Helene Goldstein Solo Shows
From November 3 through 29, the Carmel Art Association will feature the following exhibitions: “Cutting Up and Cutting Out” is the title of Carol Chapman’s new exhibit beginning at the CAA on November 3. Chapman takes a different direction from her usual oil on canvas paintings and will predominately show mixed media works using oil on aluminum or wood. Some of the paintings are cut out, such as “Bonjour
Big Sur,” which is cut into the shape of sunglass frames with the Big Sur coastline painted as if reflected in the lens. When asked what inspired her cut-out creations, Her colorful creations will be shown in the gallery’s Center Room. Helene Goldstein also presents a solo show, “Colors”—new paintings rendered in her signature style. Her imaginary large format flowers and rooftop paintings are created using oil paint from the tube
painted directly onto the canvas, giving her work a translucent, shimmering affect in brilliant color much like stained glass. The November Gallery Showcase features “On Birds”, works on paper (etchings, chine colle and collage) by Susan Giacometti and oil landscapes by Jeff Daniel Smith. An Opening Reception for the November shows will be held on Saturday, November 5, from 5 to 7 pm.
In addition to the exhibitions, CAA artist members will install the “Dia De Los Muertos” altar on November 1. The Carmel Art Association is located on Dolores Street between 5th and 6th in beautiful downtown Carmel. Hours are 10 to 5 daily. For more information please call 831-624-6176 or visit the CAA website at www.carmelart.org.
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History 165 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove Invites you to attend
The Butterfly Ball Saturday, November 5 6-10 p.m. $100 for nonmembers, $85 for members Enjoy dinner, wine, cocktails, live and silent auctions. Music and dancing will round out the evening. For sponsorship opportunities and advance ticket purchases, please call 831.648.5716 ext. 16 or go to pgmuseum.org. Proceeds support the Museum’s operations. http://www.pgmuseum.org/museum-events/2016/11/5/the-2016-butterfly-ball
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The Other Hillary’s Everest Tom Stevens
Otter Views A New York Times obituary last week commemorated Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei, who died recently at 77. She was the first woman to summit Asia’s Mount Everest and the loftiest peaks on every other continent. In her long career, she climbed the highest mountains of more than 70 nations. At age 35, the obit read, Tabei became the first woman and the 36th climber to summit Mount Everest. The 29,029-foot peak was first topped in 1953 by New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay. Following Hillary’s historic ascent route, Tabei in 1975 led a team of 14 women climbers and six Sherpas to the 20,000-foot level. There an avalanche buried their
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Junko Tabei climbed Mt. Everest camp and briefly knocked Tabei unconscious. Twelve days later, she left the others in high camp and made a solo push for the top. Packing bottled oxygen and Japan’s national flags, the 92-pound climber reached Everest’s lower south summit. From there she could see the true summit a few hundred yards distant along an ice ridge no wider than a roof peak. Below that knife-edge traverse, the terrain fell away 15,000 feet on either side. Crawling sideways with her body straddling the ridge, Tabei at length reached on hands and knees the “Roof of the World” where Hillary and Tenzing had stood 22 years earlier. It was a narrow ice platform she termed “smaller than a tatami mat.” Clambering to her feet, she set up a camera and photographed herself standing beside her wind-whipped flags. As the first woman to surmount “Hillary’s Step,” the summit traverse and Everest’s many other challenges, Tabei’s story put me in mind of that other Hillary and the mountain she’s been climbing. As Hillary Clinton nears her own Everest’s true peak, the icy ridge keeps narrowing, and the terrain grows ever steeper. Little more than a week before Election Day, the first woman with a real shot at the U.S. presidency has been driven to her hands and knees by the impact of successive e-mail revelations. The equivalent for Junko Tabei might have been to double her pack weight within sight of the summit. Admittedly, much of Clinton’s burden is self-imposed. Had she heeded advisors who discouraged her from using a private e-mail server while she was secretary of state, her pack would be much lighter now. But once that private server was acknowledged, her many adversaries declared open season on Clinton-related e-mails. Congress spent months holding hearings on the matter. Then, on the eve of her party’s convention, hackers broke into the Democratic National Committee’s server. Subsequent e-mail releases implied a DNC bias against Clinton primary election foe Senator Bernie Sanders. Those disclosures forced the resignation of then-DNC chairperson Debbie Wasserman Schultz. More recently, Wiki Leaks has released a weekly drip-drip-drip of e-mails hacked from the account of longtime Clinton aide and current campaign manager John Podesta. Among other things, these suggest unsavory “pay for play” financial links between the former Secretary of State and the Clinton family’s global charity foundation. As each new trove of stolen e-mails reaches the media, the Clinton campaign has sought to discredit the hackers while downplaying the content. Citing U.S. intelligence that the hackers are Russians affiliated with President Vladimir Putin, the campaign has charged Putin and Wiki Leaks with destabilizing the U.S. election process. That tactic worked until last Friday. In an “October Surprise” worthy of its name, FBI director James Comey notified Congress his agency is reviewing hundreds of thousands of e-mails sent and received by ex-New York congressman Anthony Weiner. Under investigation for allegedly “sexting” a 15-year-old girl, Weiner is the estranged husband of longtime Clinton aide Huma Abidin. Comey’s letter implied the Weiner e-mail trove may yield classified documents that went through the Clinton server. That suggestion was catnip to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and other GOP leaders seeking to prosecute Clinton for alleged national security breaches. Trump has promised to jail Clinton if he is elected, and the chant “Lock Her Up!” is a staple of his campaign rallies. “October Surprises” have swung close elections in the past (see Ronald Reagan vs. Jimmy Carter). We’ll know on Wednesday if this one denies the latter-day Hillary her own history-making summit bid. Like Junko Tabei on Everest, Clinton reached high altitude only to be knocked out (pneumonia) and buried in an avalanche (of e-mails). Tabei reached the world’s tallest summit and went on to climb dozens of other peaks. If Clinton wins the presidency, she will face an icy new range of mountains. House GOP committee chairs have already promised two more years of hearings into her e-mails. And GOP leaders in the Senate have vowed to refuse action on any Clinton-nominated Supreme Court prospects. Somewhere, Vladimir Putin is smiling.
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New Exhibits Opening at Pacific Grove Art Center The Pacific Art Gallery’s Gala opening reception of a new exhibit on Friday, Nov. 4 from 7 to 9 p.m. will feature a variety, from the “Atmospheric Light” of Bonnie Sailer’s landscapes to the “Mordant Forms” of Rachell Hester’s dinosaur bones. Open to the public, guests will be able to tour the art, nosh and sip, and rumba with the Jazz Cats. The reception is free, but donations to the nonprofit, community Art Center are welcome. The Gala reception also heralds the opening of the newly revamped Patrons’ Show, where every ticket holder is a winner – and the opening of a new gallery, “Art Within Reach,” featuring affordable art that can be purchased and taken home on the spot. The Patrons’ Show 2016, in the Gill Gallery, is one of the nonprofit Art Center’s largest annual fundraisers. The
exhibit features a wide range of artwork and media, all donated by patrons and local artists. This year the Center introduces three categories to suit all tastes and budgets: Master, Ascending, and Aspiring. Because PGAC matches the number of tickets sold to the exact number of donations, each ticket holder is guaranteed to win a piece of art. Warren Chang has created a Master category painting for the Patrons’ Show 2016. The new “cash and carry” area, in the Boyer Gallery, will allow purchasers to immediately take home something they love. The exhibit features a variety of media such as oil, pottery, block prints, and photography. Artists are chosen by invitation from past exhibitors and studio artists and the selected art is available and affordable, with prices ranging from $50.
to $600. “The first question we often get at the gallery when someone falls in love with an artwork,” says Elizabeth Stein, Gallery manager, “is, ‘When can I take it home?’ Part of the fun of buying art is being able to take it with you right then. This new gallery also will appeal to out-of-towners who can buy art and not have to bear the brunt of shipping costs, and to those who sometimes have eyed a painting months’ back, but waited too long to buy and it was gone. The works of past exhibitors are in the new gallery, so this may be your chance to nab something from the artist who got away.” The two featured artists in the Nov. 4 opening exhibit are: Bonnie Sailer -- Atmospheric Light, Dyke Gallery: Bonnie Sailer’s passion is capturing Atmospheric Light in her landscape paintings. She strives to immerse the viewer into the inspiring beauty of light that bathes the land and seascapes of morning Rachel Hester, “Sharp Right Turn” and evening. The viewer feels the illumination and the warmth, experiencing the air space among the tree dant Forms,” Hester says. “Mordant Forms tops, the swell of an ocean, the stillness of explores the mysterious past on earth that lily pads, and the drift of misty fog. is evidenced by the remaining fossils of Rachell Hester -- Mordant Forms, extinct life forms. I strive to capture the Annand Gallery: “Natural history and sculptural qualities these relics retain and anatomy have been interests of mine, and give them life and narratives of their own.” such is reflected in my recent work: Mor-
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As a member of the City Council, I will strive to keep Pacific Grove a desirable place to live, work, and visit. GOALS: • Maintain financial sustainability • Protect and enhance the quality of life for all residents • Repair and improve City infrastructure • Protect our environment and coastline • Preserve our local heritage • Promote business vitality EXPERIENCE: • Pacific Grove Planning Commission, 2014-Present • Former Deputy District Attorney, Santa Barbara County • California attorney for over 10 years, with significant experience working with cities and public agencies • J.D., UC Hastings College of the Law • B.A., with honors, Political Science, UC Santa Barbara
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This Land is Our Land
Special events at the library the week of November 4 This Land is Our Land, a three-month celebration of John Muir and the centennial of the National Parks Service continues with two special talks this week, in addition to the “This Land is Our Land” art exhibition showing in the Nancy and Steve Hauk Gallery. Friday, November 4 Painting Demonstration - “The Art of the Parks” with exhibit curator Christine Crozier - 5:30 to 7pm L ocation: Pacific Grove Public Library, 550 Central Ave., Pacific Grove Cost: Suggested $10 donation, free to Friends of the Pacific Grove Public Library members Description: Award-winning artist Christine Crozier has painted National Parks throughout the west and in the Pacific. She will demonstrate her painting techniques while she shares her experiences and insights about painting the Art of the Parks. Christine is a respected teacher who believes artists have a mission to foster the continual growth of the arts and an appreciation of beauty. Saturday, November 5 Asilomar Nature Walk with California State Parks Interpreter, Lisa Bradford – 10 to 11 am Location: Asilomar Conference Grounds, 800 Asilomar Avenue, Pacific Grove Cost: Free Description: Asilomar State Beach and Conference Grounds is participating in the Pacific Grove Public Library’s “This Land is Our Land” series by inviting Monterey Peninsula residents and visitors to participate in one of three monthly tours focused on environmental protection at Asilomar State Beach and Grounds. Meet at the Flag Pole north of the Phoebe Apperson Hearst Social Hall; wear comfortable shoes and layers are recommended for this easy stroll through the beautiful Asilomar Conference Grounds. Tours last approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes. No reservations needed. More information: 831-646-6443. Friday, November 11 Library Concert - “Songs to Celebrate Our Land” Sea Otter String Quartet - 5:30 to 7pm Location: Pacific Grove Public Library, 550 Central Avenue, Pacific Grove Cost: Suggested $10 donation, free to Friends of the Pacific Grove Public Library Description: These accomplished and talented high school students will play songs from their large repertoire, in celebration of our public lands and our country. Quartet coach is Rose Marie Dunsford and the Quartet is comprised of Grace Oadgett, 1st violin, junior at Stevenson; Jan Yang, 2nd violin, junior at PGHS; Henry Loh, viola, junior at PGHS; Jacob Hoadley, cello, junior at PGHS. Saturday, November 12 Kids’ Banner Painting Project - with Julie Heilman - 1 to 3pm Location: Pacific Grove Public Library, 550 Central Avenue, Pacific Grove Cost: Suggested $10 donation per child or $15 per family Description: With the guidance of local artist, Julie Heilman, children will create a banner with a National Park theme to hang in the Children’s Room of the library. This activity is geared toward children ages 5-11. Julie has a degree in Illustration from the Academy of Art in San Francisco, and enjoys sharing her love of art with children. For more information, visit the website at http://ourlandpg.weebly.com, or call the Pacific Grove Public Library at 831.648.5762. A complete listing of this series’ events can also be found on the website. Series sponsors include the Pacific Grove Public Library, the Friends of the Pacific Grove Library, the Pacific Grove Public Library Foundation, California State Parks and the Asilomar State Beach and Conference Grounds.
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Part Four Halloween-week haunted houseless beg for breakfast Whatever Happened to the Matching Funds Challenge?
Prognosticating the presidential-election outcome, Gross Domestic Pastime of the last two years, is expiring like a burned out Jack o’Lantern candle; whew! If you’d observed the same adult-costumed Halloween-week partygoers I saw, clad in Clinton and Trump masks, you’d have heard someone ask, “Which of us white-haired blonds will park our broom at the White House in January?” By this time next week, what we won’t know is the outcome of the homeless question that’s rising as Americans’ hopes are falling like Old Glory at half-mast: Will homelessness be on the agenda of the new white-haired blond/blonde president? Faith is flagging An e-mail from reader Yvonne Nunn, award-winning poet of Hermleigh, Tex., reflects in traditional iambic pentameter the sentiment of countless white-haired persons whose faith in non-traditional new America is severely shaken.
GOD SAVE THE USA The stars now slide from fields of cobalt blue as aged homeland bears the scars of time. Judean rules seem far from stripes on cloth; its history is sinking fast in time. This freedom we enjoy is in a brew. How can we stop the threats of bloody coup when leaders grab the gold to sell their soul and leave the common man without a home? She’s almost to the ground, this flag of ours. The stars now slide from fields of cobalt blue. Begging for breakfast Feds aside, homelessness must be handled by city, county and state governments, as well as local churches, social-service agencies and volunteers. This e-mail, from Myra M. of Marina, formerly of Hawaii, sums up an all-too-familiar haunted houseless scene on the peninsula during Halloween week. “Hi: Read the article on page 18 (Homeless in Paradise, 10/28/16). Very pertinent to MacDonalds in Monterey, MacD’s at Sand City, as I was accosted at both places by homeless people. Bought
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City Council agenda, so this column is evidence of the truth of the old cliché: You read about it here first!.Meanwhile, may America’s next President help heal
Homeless in Paradise breakfast for the woman; friend gave a dollar to the man. Thank you for sharing! Aloha, Myra.” Good news on the Monterey Peninsula The countdown-to-election day is not without good news! “We are moving in a positive direction,” Father Michael Reid announced at the Oct. 26 meeting of Friends of Homeless Women, outreach arm of the Fund for Homeless Women. “We have been able to determine that the programs we’ve supported facilitated housing for 43 women. It is 10 percent of the 400 women that were counted on the streets.” Grants for next year will be announced by the end of Dec. Although Monterey won’t have an emergency/warming shelter available when winter hits, Community Human Services, 590 Pearl St., Monterey, has announced its Safe Place Warming Shelter will be available overnight for young homeless individuals ages 18-24. Contact 831-373-4421 or visit www.chservices. org . Gathering for Women is planning a day center for women to open part-time early next year, along with their ongoing weekly luncheons at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Carmel that feed between 80 and 100 homeless women and children each Tues. Details to be announced. Pass the Word Ministry, sponsor of One Starfish Safe Parking Program, thanked contributors for helping raise around $19,000 at its Oct. 23 brunch. And the City of Monterey is prepared to announce beneficiaries for the 2016 Matching Funds Challenge grants. 2016 Matching Funds Challenge recipients At the Nov. 1 Monterey City Council meeting, Kim Bui-Burton, Director of Community Services, was scheduled to present a resolution to authorize transfer and appropriation of funds for the Monterey Homeless Challenge and Temporary Shelter Needs, as follows: From the total $55,881 contributed collectively by the cities of Monterey, Pacific Grove, Carmel-by-the-Sea, and Sand City, plus one private donor, an allocation of $50,083.20 for distribution and $5,797.80 as reserve for unforeseen winter shelter needs will be earmarked for distribution to these providers of services to local homeless people:
$5,000.00 to Interim, Inc. for motel room shelter $5,000.00 to Community Human Services for homeless young adult program support $14,000.00 to the Salvation Army Monterey Peninsula Corps for motel room shelter, bus passes, warm clothing
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$1,000.00 to Al Seikert and Friends for Sunday breakfast support. After a long meeting about leases on Fisherman’s Wharf, Mayor Clyde Roberson adjourned the meeting without the resolution’s presentation. I presume it will be continued to the Nov. 15 Monterey
Or , as my Ozarker daddy might say, “Under the dye, most old people’s hair is white” and Mother might add, “To which, remember, it’s just tints from different bottles.” Contact Wanda Sue Parrott at amykitchenerfdn@hotmail.com or leave a message with The Yodel Poet at 831-899-5887.
Interfaith Outreach Of Carmel (Ioc) Grant Application Opportunities
Deadline: Saturday, November 19th, 12:00 noon Interfaith Outreach of Carmel has opened its 2016 Fall Grant Application Opportunities. The 2016 Fall Grants will be offered at $1,000 to $5,000. Applicants will be vetted by our Vetting Committee Awards will be determined by December 16, 2016 and honored the following week. For application instructions, visit www.joininghandsbenefitshops.org and click on the ‘About’ tab. These 2016 Fall Grants are offered by Interfaith Outreach of Carmel, (IOC), the governing organization of our fundraising arm, the Joining Hands Benefit Shop located at 26358 Carmel Rancho Lane, Carmel CA To date, the IOC has given grants totaling $223,000.00 to vetted organizations who help homeless or near homeless persons and families. Interfaith Outreach of Carmel is an interfaith organization of sponsoring faith communities. Our Mission is to join faith communities together to address interfaith spiritual and practical needs in Monterey County, emphasizing grants to agencies that provide housing resources. By being outreach leaders within our community we will aid in creating solutions, stimulating public awareness, and raising funds to provide grants that fulfill our mission.
Pacific Grove’s VETERANS DAY EVENT
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Light Tank Single turret with 37mm gun. 757th Armor training at Fort Ord, California Circa 1942. Pat Hathaway Collection.
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Monterey to Discuss Emergency Shelters
Senate Bill 2 (2007) requires jurisdictions to identify areas where emergency shelters for the homeless would be permitted without requiring public notification. The City of Monterey is seeking community input on the best location to fulfill this requirement. The City’s Planning Commission will host this discussion on Tues., Nov. 29 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers – 580 Pacific St. For more information, please contact Elizabeth Caraker, Principal Planner, by phone at 831-646-1739 or by email at caraker@monterey.org, or visit the City of Monterey’s Community Housing Needs and Issues webpage.
Friday, November 11, 2016 10:30 am
Friday, November 11, 2016 At the Point Pinos Historic Lighthouse 10:30 a.m. (80 Asilomar Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA) For More Information, call (831) 648-3100
At the Point Pinos Historic Lighthouse (80 Asilomar Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA)
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California pending home sales rise in September
Scott Dick Monterey County Assoc. of Realtors
Market Matters California pending home sales improved from the previous month and year, however, overall market conditions appear to be slowing down and closed transactions plateauing, the Callifornia Association of Realtors® (C.A.R.) said. Cooling market conditions were reflected in C.A.R.’s September Market Pulse Survey, with most leading indicators showing a decline in growth and REALTORS® becoming less optimistic about market expectations and more concerned with lower housing affordability. Statewide pending home sales increased in September on a seasonally adjusted basis, with the Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI)* rising 5.3 percent from 121.3 in August to 127.7 in September, based on signed contracts. On an annual basis, California pending home sales were up 10.5 percent from the September 2015 index of 115.5 – the sixth consecutive year-to-year increase. At the regional level, for Southern California as a whole, pending sales
dropped 4.6 percent on a monthly basis, the third month-to-month decline. On an annual basis, pending sales were up 15.3 percent in the region. Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego counties posted healthy year-over-year increases of 15.9 percent, 13.3 percent, and 15.7 percent, respectively. For the Bay Area as a whole, pending sales were 2 percent higher than August and 8.6 percent higher than September 2015, driven by strong year-over-year pending sales gains of 20.2 percent in San Mateo County and 24.2 percent in Santa Clara County. In San Francisco County, pending sales inched up 1.9 percent. Overall pending sales in the Central Valley posted a 5 percent monthly increase and a 7.5 percent annual gain. One exception for the region was Kern County, where pending sales declined 4.5 percent from a year ago, due to a decline in oil prices and the economy’s reliance on the energy sector.
Monterey Peninsula Water Efficiency Standards Patrick Ryan
Local Real Estate The Monterey Peninsula Water Management District has specific water efficiency standards in relation to residential use. This can be quite confusing and intimidating to the out of town buyer. What follows is what is needed when a home has a change of ownership or receives a water permit for a change of use or expansion of use. High Efficiency or Ultra High Efficiency Toilets shall be installed (1.28 gallons per flush unless 1.6 gallons per flush were installed prior to 2013. 1.28 gallons per flush will be required effective January 1, 2017). Showerhead flow rates shall emit a maximum of 2.0 gallons per minute. Bathroom faucets shall have a flow rate max of 1.2 gallons per minute. Kitchen, utility, and bar sink faucet flow rate max of 1.8 gallons per minute. Rain sensors are required on automatic irrigation systems. Urinals, when installed, shall be designed to flush with no more than .125 gallons per flush. Remodels or relocations of water fixtures or appliances that involve hot water shall be encouraged to install an Instant
Access Hot Water System and insulate all new hot water pipes. Pre-rinse spray valves shall meet or exceed the District’s definition for Water Efficient Pre-Rinse Spray Valves. The Monterey Peninsula Water Management District has been, in my experience, easy to work with and they will help walk you through the process. They will come out to do an inspection and will let you know what, if anything needs to be done to meet the standards. The standards listed above were current as of August 4, 2016. Updates can and do happen. They can be contacted at 831-658-5601 with any questions. You can also visit their website at www.mpwmd.net. The water efficiency standards are unique to our Monterey Peninsula and the out of town buyer is usually quite confused when the subject is brought up during the home buying process. As always being an informed buyer is very important. Please feel free to contact me with any questions. Cheers. Patrick.ryan@sothebyshomes.com 831.238.8116
American Legion Post 512, Carmel-bythe-Sea set Veterans Day Ceremony, Friday, November 11
American Legion Post 512, in conjunction with the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea, will publically commemorate Veterans Day on Friday, November 11, 2016, at 11 a.m. in Devendorf Park, located at Ocean Avenue and Junipero Street. The ceremony, which will commence with the ringing of the World War I Memorial Bell, includes remarks by local dignitaries. The Color Guard will be from Monterey High Junior Navy ROTC Cadets program. A dedication of a new bell will take place, 12:15 p.m. – 1 p.m., on San Carlos Street and Ocean. Following the ceremony an Open House will be held at the American Legion Post 512, located on Dolores Street between 8th and 9th Avenues.
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Restaurant pros help local students get job-ready
FIT program helps students jumpstart careers to become chefs, and restaurant managers in the all-important hospitality industry in Monterey County. Bill Bender, California Restaurant Association Foundation board member, along with Tony Tollner, Downtown Dining Group (which includes Tarpy’s, Montrio Bistro and Rio Grill) and Laura Mahoney, a Pacific Grove High School alumna, from Cannery Row Co. which includes the Sardine Factory, were well-received by the students, who sat attentively during the three-hour presentation. Restaurant pros showed the high school students a path into their all-important first job during FIT Day, an event that brings the industry’s leaders together with the next generation of chefs, managers, executives and restaurant owners. FIT Day in Pacific Grove took place on October 25. Restaurant pros taught resume-writing, job-search etiquette, interview skills, positive attitude, teamwork and professionalism to students at Pacific Grove High School. This knowledge, critical in any industry, gives FIT students the confidence to put their eagerness to work right away. The library filled to hear the speakers. There were about 77 students, mostly male, with six females joining the seminar. Many indicated that they are already working in the hospitality industry, with some indicating a desire to go into hotel and restaurant management in the future. FIT (Force in Training) is now in its third year of connecting young people to their first job in the restaurant profession. As the industry’s veterans can attest, that first job is what leads to a long, productive career in any number of roles within a business. In addition to the training, the pros will share their personal experiences and advice. Nearly 50 schools around California take part. FIT Day is a program of the California Restaurant Association Foundation (CRAF,) a philanthropic organization whose work is made possible through the support of some of the country’s most well-known restaurant and food brands.
Because of CRAF’s work, high school students throughout the state are enrolled in ProStart, a program that trains them for careers in the culinary arts. In a report prepared for the Monterey County Convention and Visitor Bureau by Dean Runyan Associates, figures for 2015 showed that the $2709 travel spending broke down into earnings of $1,111, employment of 24,390 people and local tax revenue of $109 million. Pacific Grove saw $158 million in spending, $65 million in earnings, and employment totals of 1,425. Tax revenue was $6.4 million. Travel spending in Monterey County in 2015 was $2,709 million. This represents a 4.5 percent increase from 2014. Employment increased for the fifth consecutive year following the recession. Employment has increased by 4.5 percent per year since 2011. Local and state travel-generated state tax receipts increased by 7.4 percent and 2.6 percent, respectively. On the Monterey Peninsula, hospitality is the biggest industry, followed by agriculature. In the county as a whole, agriculture is bigger than hospitality but hospitality is still second. For more information about FIT, go to www.calrest.org/fit or contact Sharokina Shams at 916.431.2749.
Legal Notices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20162001 The following person is doing business as TBC COMMUNICATIONS & MEDIA, 177 17th Street, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950; THOMAS BRAND CONSULTING, LLC, 177 17th Street, Pacific Grove, CA 93950. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 09/27/16. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 09/12/16. Signed: Steve Thomas. This business is conducted by a limited liability company. Publication dates: 10/21, 10/28, 11/4, 11/11/16
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20162099 The following person is doing business as MOONRISE PSYCHOLOGY, 199 17th St. - Suite K, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950; MARY CATHERINE McGOVERN, 24620 Upper Trail, Carmel, CA 93923. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 10/11/16. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 03/01/15. Signed: M. Catherine McGovern. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/04/16 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20162210 The following person is doing business as BONNIE'S WRITING CENTER, 829 Grove Acre Ave., Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950; BONNIE MAUREEN BRIEN, 829 Gove Acre Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 10/26/16. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on N/A. Signed: Bonie Brien. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 11/4, 11/11, 11/18, 11/25/16
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20162023 The following person is doing business as CANBIANDO VIDA, 18614 Cleveland Ave., Salinas, Monterey County, CA 93906; PORFIRIO SANTOS-VILLA, 8614 Cleveland Ave., Salinas, CA 93906. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 10/05/16. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 10/05/16. Signed: Porfirio Santos-Villa. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 10/14, 10/21, 10/28, 11/04/16
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Mutual Admiration Society Becomes Annual Showcase Neighbors’ Craft Sale Benefits Tailwaggers
By Dennis Taylor A gaggle of neighbors in “America’s Last Hometown” have spent each autumn for the past eight years reviving the lost art of … well, being neighborly. The Neighborhood Arts Fair, scheduled 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Nov. 12, is the annual production of a group of artistic friends who live in close proximity to Jerry and Helen Beach, who host the event in their front yard at 1150 Pico Ave. It began as a sort of mutual admiration society -friends admiring the artistic gifts of other friends -- and morphed into annual day-long showcase where shoppers can find handmade creations such as jewelry, potted plants, calligraphy, watercolors, wreaths, greeting cards, hand-knitted people and pet wear, garden ornaments, mixed-media art, even a newly minted children’s book. Proceeds from a bake sale (with hot cider) benefit the Pacific Grove-based Tailwaggers animal welfare assistance group. “The genesis came eight years ago when a few of us neighbors were talking about how many people around our little neighborhood who were talented in arts and crafts, and somebody suggested that we should put together a little crafts fair,” said Jerry Beach, a retired butcher-turned-woodworker who became his wife’s sweetheart in 1954 as an eighth-grader at Pacific Grove Middle School. “So we put together the first one in 2009 and it just continued to grow as people found out about it.” Jerry specializes in boxes, stepstools and bowls, all made from repurposed wood from neighborhood trees that have fallen -- typically, Monterey pine -- and might otherwise be burned as firewood. Helen, a painter, decorates them with renditions of lighthouses, butterflies, waterscapes, and other inspirations. “Last year she added a giraffe with a butterfly on its nose to one of my stools,” Jerry said. “It sold in the very
first hour, but the buyer decided to pick it up later, so a lot of other people saw it. We probably could have sold that same stool four or five times.”
But Helen is hardly her husband’s support act. Her own booth at the fair includes original acrylic paintings, wreaths, pinecone ornaments, dough ornaments, and (new this year) purses and bags fashioned from recycled jeans. Marion Heebink, another member of the original cast, grows succulent plants in unusual pots, mothering them all year long, then refining them the week before the show using tweezers, chopsticks, and manicure scissors. “I really enjoy estate sales, looking for the pots -- anything colorful that might brighten up a spot in somebody’s home,” she said. Retired school teacher Marietta Larson, whose ancestors (the Dodge family) have been in the Watsonville area since just after the Civil War, delved into art by arranging flowers, which she later began drying and preserving. “I dry them in a microwave, put them into a press that squashes them, then I store them in old telephone books so they don’t lose their color,” she said. Larson then applies the flowers to handmade paper imported from Italy. “Having grown up on a ranch, everything I use is natural and has no acids in it that I know of,” she said. “Even the plastic sleeves I put them into are biodegradable. I try to do everything environmentally safe.” The talents of Jil Daneskiold include crafting jewelry and knitting cute clothes for four-legged pets and tiny humans.
“I’m a lawyer, so I deal with conflict every day. If I can bring beauty into the world, I knit … and it’s just complicated enough that it makes the world go away,”
she said. “And I’m a magpie -- I like sparkly things. I actually raided my mom’s jewelry box, because she was going to throw everything out, so I make jewelry using recycled materials.” One of Daneskiold’s knitting projects this year is a cap that will match a children’s book written by this year’s newest addition to the fair, educator Stephanie Turcott Edenham, author of “The Perfect Place” (illustrated by CSU-Monterey Bay graduate D.J. Jackson). The book, which tells the story of the monarch butterflies that migrate each year to Pacific Grove, was inspired by Edenham’s work as an educational docent at Pacific Grove Natural History Museum, where she
regularly speaks to students who come to the butterfly sanctuary on field trips. “It occurred to me that writing a children’s book would be an easy way for visitors to learn more about the migration of the monarchs,” said Edenham, who will sell the book at the fair. “One of the questions the kids always ask me is, ‘Well, why do they come here?’ And my answer to them is always the same: ‘Because it’s the perfect place.’” Cynthia Ricketts Wasley taught in London with her husband, Steve, for 33 years before coming to Pacific Grove. “One of our other teachers couldn’t get a visa, so all of a sudden they said, ‘Cynthia, you’re teaching calligraphy.’ I had two days to learn about calligraphy so I could teach the subject, and I was literally two days ahead of my students the whole time,” she said. Wasley used that experience (and similar ones with other subjects) to produce the artwork she sells today, which includes painting and printmaking. Like her colleagues, she uses all recycled materials. Additional neighborhood artists also will be featured at the event, which last year donated more than $700 to charity. In case of rain, the eighth annual Neighborhood Artists Fair will be rescheduled the following day, Nov. 13.
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Expanding Your Horizons: A Conference and Career Fair for Young Women
The Lyceum of Monterey Countywill host the annual Expanding Your Horizons Conference for 300 young women in grades 5-10 interested in math, science, technology, art, and engineering. Parents and teachers are invited as well. The classes are exciting opportunities to involve the girls in challenging, hands-on STEAM activities. The girls attend two workshops giving them opportunities to interact with the professional women leading the workshops and their peers. Workshops include: Ocean Acidification; Corals On Acid; Made With Code; Have You Lost Your Senses?; Using Virtual Reality to Study Geology; Market Squid Inside and Out; Carbon and Climate Change; Managing Endangered Species; Ocean Currents: Density and Circulation; Creating a Sierpinski Pyramid; All About the Planets; Agriculture, Microbes and More; Weather and Climate: Why is Our Drought so Awful?; Strawberry DNA Extraction; Beneficial Bats, and Wildlife Rehabilitation 101. The Career Fair participants include: US Department of Agriculture, MPC Nursing School, Naval Post-Graduate School, Central Coast College Veterinary Program, WTS - Women’s Transportation Seminar, APWA - American Public Works Association, Seed Central, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Hartnell College Biology and Chemistry Departments, Ventana Wilderness Society, Monterey Bay 99s International Organization of Women Pilots, Ocean Champions, and more. Our 9:00 a.m. keynote speaker will be Marina Ramon, PhD. Of the United States Department of Agriculture. At 10:00 a.m. Leah Tremblay of San Jose State University’s Green Ninja Program will Dr. Marina Ramon provide a workshop for teachers and parents, “Using Story Telling and Film in Science Classes” Leah Tremblay
At 1:30 p.m. Señorina Vazquez, PhD., Hartnell College Mathematics Professor, will hold a panel discussion with Hartnell students from the MESA (Math, Engineering, Science Academy) Program for parents and teachers, “Our Daughters and Math, in High School, College and Beyond” Dr. Señorina Vazquez All events will take place at the Main Campus of Hartnell College, 411 Central Avenue, Salinas, in and around the Student Center, Building C, on November 19th from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Contacts: Tom Nelson, Lyceum Executive Director and Conference Coordinator, tom@lyceum.org 831 277 0168 (Cell) or Career Fair Coordinator: Ellen Olack, ellen@ lyceum.org ,831 372 6098 Office
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West Coast Debut
Award Winning Play, ‘Terezin: Children of the Holocaust’ Carmel High Performing Arts Center 3:30 pm Sunday, November 13 Pacific Grove Middle School Performing Arts Center 1:15 p.m. Monday, November 14 plus three local middle and high school performances
The award-winning play, “Terezin: Children of the Holocaust,” will have its West Coast debut on Sunday, November 13, 2016 at 3:30 pm at the Carmel High Performing Arts Center located at 3600 Ocean Avenue, Carmel. The performance is being sponsored by Carmel Unified School District, the Catholic Diocese of Monterey, Congregation Beth Israel, Harmony at Home and the National Coalition Building Institute. In addition to the November 13 public performance in Carmel, The public is invited to join the Nov. 14 performance at Pacific Grove Middle School Performing Arts Center at 1:15 p.m. Performed by a cast of talented youth, the production is appropriate for ages 12 years and above, including adults. The play integrates topics such as bullying, hatred, intolerance, indifference and anti-Semitism. At the conclusion of the play, the cast will answer questions from the audience. For more information about the play, go to www.terezin.org. There will be several school performances, including Pacific Grove Middle School and Pacific Grove High School on November 14 and Santa Catalina School on November 15. In addition to the hosting schools, the following middle school aged students will also be attending
performances: Carmel Mission School, San Carlos School, All Saints, and York. Playwright and director Anna Smulowitz wrote “Terezin” more than 40 years ago to sustain the memory of the victims, including her own many family members who did not survive. Since its inception, “Terezin” has toured schools, colleges and theaters throughout the United States and internationally. The powerful play performed by six young people has been translated into several languages and performed for audiences in Scotland, Germany, at the Terezin (Therienstadt) concentration camp in the Czech Republic, Auschwitz in Poland as well as off-Broadway. “Terezin: Children of the Holocaust” achieved additional recognition by being honored with the American Children’s Television Drama Award in 1984. A limited number of tickets for the November 13 performance in Carmel will be available at the door. Free tickets will be made available in advance to CUSD middle and high school students, CBI youth, and sponsoring organizations. Students with free tickets must be seated by 3:00 in ensure a seat. Tickets to both the Nov. 13 and 14 performances will be $10 cash or check at the door. Advnce tickets are available at Congregation Beth Israel, 5716 Carmel Valley Road in Carmel.
World Affairs Council Discussion Group Meet
On Monday, Nov. 14 the World Affairs Council will talk about international and domestic immigration trends. Participants will discuss policy recommendations for both international and domestic immigration. Free to the public. At 4 p.m., MPC Room 101, Social Science Building, 980 Fremont Street, Monterey, CA 93940. Parking $2 in Lot D, permits for attendees. www.wacmb.org
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14 1:15 p.m. PACIFIC GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER TICKETS AT THE DOOR
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Your Letters
Opinion Measure P Requires a Good Read and a Yes vote Editor:
The voters of Pacific Grove have a big decision to make next week – to vote “yes” or “no” on Measure P. Even though a majority of the Council voted to put it on the ballot, the City itself can’t advocate for the measure. The mayor asked me to write up the argument in favor of the measure, which I did, and I became involved in pushing this much needed tax. But when I asked for some pictures of police vehicles or city buildings to use for advertising, the city could not give them to me. That would have been a part of advocating. So I had to form a committee and get others involved, get donations from Pacific Grove residents, get pictures, and develop ads and the mailers you received. And yet the Aquarium Foundation could immediately throw in $50,000 and dedicate significant staff time and effort at opposing the measure. They could line up organizations and use their out-of-town business contacts to raise more money and fight the measure. Why? I honestly don’t know. You may have noticed that they never said it would actually cost them anything. While true that they would be the biggest collector of such taxes; that is all they will do – collect the tax from those who attend their events. Other organizations will also do the same. Measure P could provide the city with substantial ongoing revenue to fix up our city. But if people don’t pass Measure P, the Council will just have to figure out what already existing tax to raise and what services or repairs we don’t take on. At the end of the day it is up to you - the voters. You have a chance to get our city into better shape – or let us keep struggling. You can decide if we are going to be allowed to be a taxing authority or if we are going to remain a supplicant to a large, multi-national, “non-profit,” hoping that they will occasionally bless us with some favor or other. What is more important to you – the city in which you live, or the aquarium and other out-of-town businesses that use your city’s services? Please vote carefully. Really read what you are voting on. Rudy Fischer Pacific Grove
No On Prop 57: Hold Politicians Accountable By Guest Contributor: Robert Masson Proposition 57 is not only dangerous for the residents of California, voting it into law would reinforce a precarious trend by our state’s highest elected officials to transfer their failings in the prison system to the law-abiding people of California. The popular debate regarding Proposition 57 seemingly hinges on the topic of paroling inmates and whether those inmates are violent or non-violent. Under Prop 57 guidelines, 7,000 inmates would be immediately released, according to the Associated Press, with thousands more to follow. It would release criminals who have committed domestic violence, human trafficking and sex with minors, among other deplorable crimes. But even more egregious than Prop 57 proponents trying to categorize the above offenses as “non-violent” is the deception and political bullying that has powered this ill-conceived proposition. The Prop 57 pushers are claiming the only opposition comes from state’s district attorneys who have ulterior motives. Once again, Brown and his politicos are trying to fool the general voting public with mistruths. Proposition 57 is opposed not only by district attorneys but by peace officers’ associations up and down the state. The California Police Chiefs Association opposes Prop 57 as well as several individual Sheriffs who have been strong enough to stand against the Governor, despite his notso-discreet intimidation tactics. The Southern California Alliance of Law Enforcement (SCALE) is also opposed to Proposition 57 because of its detrimental effect on public safety. The reasons to oppose this proposition are many. First, this proposition got on the ballot through the convenient bending of rules and deadlines normally required to define and submit a valid proposition. Proposition 57 was originally written to apply only to juveniles, in an attempt to have more flexibility in sentencing. In a sweeping move, Gov. Brown took a juvenile proposition and completely revamped it into legislation that would release thousands of violent adult criminals and alter the Constitution of the State of California. He vastly changed the scope and spirit without resubmitting a new proposition. Voters must understand the gravity of this deceit. Second, the disingenuously-named Proposition 57 misleads the public by claiming to be a “public safety” act intent to only affect “non-violent” criminals. However, the proposition does not define “non-violent” and the only effect it will have on “public safety” is a negative one. And finally we must oppose the practice of our elected officials to continuously push the ill-effects of their failures onto the hard-working people of this state. For the third time, state officials are attempting to transfer the state’s obligation to fix its prison system to local jurisdictions and communities. SCALE represents more than 35,000 law enforcement professionals in Southern California. We are the men and women who answer the daily calls for service. We are the men and women who leave our families each day in order to protect yours. And we share in your frustrations that there is very little we can do to protect you from repeat offenders who have gotten a free pass from AB109 and Prop 47. We, like you, are tired of elected officials forcing the burden of their ill-conceived legislation onto law-abiding Californians. We urge you to vote no on Proposition 57. Robert Masson is a Master Investigator with the Riverside County Sheriff ’s Department. He serves as the President for the Southern California Alliance of Law Enforcement, which represents more than 35,000 peace officers in the region.
Vicki Pearse
Guest Commentary Measure Z Protects Our Water and Climate
I’m worried. After the hottest summer on record, California is sweating out the fifth year of a devastating drought. And things will likely get worse: scientists have evidence that climate change is increasing our risk of water shortages, fires, and dangerous heat. The good news: we have a chance to do two important things at once by voting Yes on Measure Z. We can protect our water supply and slow further damage to the climate. We have an exceptionally dirty oilfield in our own backyard – one of America’s most concentrated sources of planet-warming pollution and a threat to our water in Monterey County. We can limit its expansion. Measure Z won’t shut down San Ardo’s existing oil wells. Oil extraction will continue; jobs will continue; and County revenue will continue. But no new wells at this field or elsewhere will be allowed. That’s critical for the climate. According to official state data analyzed by the nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity, crude from the San Ardo oilfield south of King City is more carbon-intensive and more climate-damaging than any other oil produced in California or imported into the state. This one dirty oilfield already generates more than 3 million metric tons of greenhouse gas every year. That’s roughly equivalent to driving a car 8 billion miles. Carbon-intensity is a measure of the greenhouse-gas pollution linked to crude production. San Ardo’s heavy crude is even worse for the climate, gallon for gallon, than the notoriously dirty oil from the Alberta tar sands in Canada. This gunk is so thick that conventional oil drilling doesn’t work. Instead, oil companies must use extreme techniques such as cyclic steaming that demand vast amounts of water and energy. Here’s where energy and water connect. Last year alone, oil companies used almost 2 billion gallons of water in cyclic-steam and steam-flood operations at San Ardo. It takes enormous energy to heat such a huge amount of water, and that’s one reason why this oilfield is so bad for the climate. And why these risky techniques are both expensive and inefficient. California’s Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources admitted last year that oil companies have been injecting waste-water into aquifers that should have been off limits and protected under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act. Regulators failed to stop them. Every day, millions of gallons of toxic waste are dumped down these injection wells, threatening water supplies. With water so short, “waste water” shouldn’t even be a concept! Yet the oil companies appear bent on expanding operations at San Ardo. They are actively pursuing “aquifer exemptions” that would strip federal protections for underground water sources around San Ardo. If approved by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, these would retroactively legalize dangerous injection wells. And they would give oil companies a green light to expand operations at San Ardo and drill even more wells to inject more waste. Measure Z will prevent expansion by banning new wastewater injection wells. It will also phase out ongoing wastewater injection and wastewater ponds, forcing the oil industry finally to take responsibility for cleaning up this toxic fluid. Do we want cancer-causing benzene in our ground waters? When oil prices rise, as is widely predicted, Measure Z will prevent an explosion of drilling and fracking across Monterey County. Climate change threatens our farming and tourism economies and our beautiful wild places. And our lives depend on clean water. We’ve got to fight back. Nothing drastic. No shut-down. But no new wells. Just easing us toward a safer, more sustainable world. Vote Yes on Z. Vicki Pearse Pacific Grove
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Opinion Monterey Bay Aquarium leadership is no friend to Pacific Grove
Public Restrooms are a Serious Need in Pacific Grove
Editor:
Editor,
It is high time for all Pacific Grove residents to see that, despite its sophisticated PR machinery and token support for our town, the Monterey Bay Aquarium leadership is no friend of Pacific Grove after all. Everyone should be offended by the heavy handed tactic it is using to divide city residents and defeat the city’s Admissions Tax initiative, Measure P. The Aquarium evidently found it fitting to insinuate, if not actually threaten, legal action against our town in the event the measure passes. Such tactics and threats are the thanks our small town gets in return for our unfailing goodwill toward the Aquarium to date? They are the thanks for the dedicated and high quality labor donated by PG residents volunteering at the Aquarium? And the thanks also for the city agreeing to a low $1 annual rent all these years for the lease of PG’s tidelands? When the Aquarium was getting built several decades ago, PG’s then Mayor Florus Williams and the City Council agreed to the $1 annual rent in order to help the Aquarium get on its feet. Years later, now that we have helped the Aquarium succeed beyond expectations, its leaders could have demonstrated enough social conscience to voluntarily add to the $1 annual rent and thus help PG in its time of need. Instead, the leaders arguably chose to use the rent savings toward a grand, over-the-top campaign against Measure P. Never before have I seen a political campaign of such scope in our small and understated town. To fellow residents still sitting on the fence regarding Measure P: The measure’s passing may cost you additional precious labor hours as a volunteer doing the extra financial accounting for your particular nonprofit event. But know that all PG residents, as well as visitors, would thank you from the bottom of their hearts for helping to ensure our city’s continued survival as we know it. On a personal note, I do not buy the notion that ticket sales would necessarily decline if Measure P passes. Key parts of PG’s downtown sidewalks are often dirty and uninviting, especially when compared with corresponding parts of Monterey or Carmel. If Measure P passes, I would gladly pay the 5 percent admission taxes if it means I could enjoy a meal, a movie, and other services in town more often via a cleaner and consistently maintained city infrastructure. As for tourists whose cars may have compromised tires or suspensions after going over the recent bone-jarring pothole on PG’s Lighthouse Avenue mere blocks from the Aquarium, many may choose not to come back any time soon. All businesses and non-profits should take a longer view and consider Measure P’s potential positive financial impact, rather than a negative one, before taking the measure at face value and advocating for its rejection at the polls. I urge all PG voters to vote thoughtfully and with courage on Measure P.
I’m writing to express my concern that Pacific Grove does not have enough public rooms to serve community and even visitors. It is important to note that Pacific Grove is a tourist city and is supposed to have enough public restrooms to accommodate the tourists. As a resident, I have answered the same question many times about where a public restroom is located. Sometimes they have to ask to use the restroom in restaurants in town which could bother customers and the owners. Furthermore, when we have special events especially to attract kids and families, our need is desperate. From my point of view, it seems that restrooms are a basic necessity. So, I encourage the city council to recognize our problem and find the solution to provide more public restrooms in Pacific Grove. It would definitely be beneficial for our community. Sincerely yours, Gina Juntaradarapun Pacific Grove
Sincerely yours, Soe Aung Pacific Grove
Wide, Bipartisan Support for Measure Y Editor:
Yes on Measure Y is endorsed by both the Monterey County Democratic Party and the Monterey County Republican Party. Rarely do they agree but on Measure Y both parties strongly recommend a “yes” vote. Measure Y is a commercial medical cannabis tax measure that requires majority voter approval on the November 8, 2016 General Election ballot. Passage of Measure Y will bring in an estimated over $20 million dollars in first year tax revenue to the county general fund and create over 1,000 jobs. Measure Y includes a strong regulatory ordinance for medical marijuana businesses. It requires each medical marijuana business to be under 24-hour security, have only indoor facilities, and be licensed to operate. These changes will help law enforcement, and are supported by the medical cannabis industry. Monterey County Democrats Support Yes on Y: “The Monterey County Democratic Party supports Y because it will create thousands of new jobs and generate millions in new tax revenue for Monterey County,” Sergio Sanchez, Past President of the Salinas Valley Democratic Club. Monterey County Republicans Support Yes on Y: “The Monterey County Republican Party supports Measure Y because it ensures the highest of safety and security standards for this new industry and has the backing of the Monterey County Deputy Sheriffs Association,” says Paul Bruno, Vice Chair of the Monterey County Republican Party. Monterey County Supervisors Support Yes on Y: “Measure Y creates a regulatory framework that allows limited cultivation of marijuana, which has become an important option for people living with cancer, chronic pain and other debilitating conditions,” Jane Parker, Monterey County Supervisor. Brandon Gesicki Salinas
His choices for PG voters Editor:
Well, as usual I agree with half of the Herald's endorsements and disagree with the other half. Bill Kampe is absolutely the right guy for the mayor's job - especially since Fischer withdrew. Nick Smith will also be a good addition to the council. I will vote for Andrew Kubica rather than Huitt. After more than 15 years on the council you have to wonder if he may not have been a part of the problems we are dealing with now. I want to keep at least one woman on there and will vote for Jenny McAdams. Jenny is very open and she and Smith will represent the families of the city. Garfield won't answer questions and is all over the board as far as how long she has actually lived in PG (1 to 16 years). If someone is evasive going in, how are you going to trust them later? Kampe, Smith, Kubica, and McAdams will make for a great City Council. Dan Hacker Pacific Grove
Vote on Facts not Threats Editor:
All right, this is getting ridiculous! The disappearing fire truck, the teacher who will have her classroom locked. The claims that the oil industry are making about Measure Z are simply falsehoods and bravado. Saying an industry that contributes 0.6 percent to a Monterey County budget will result in the sky falling for police, fire departments, and schools is simply not true. Saying that the County will be “forced to pay hundreds of millions of dollars” in legal bills means to me, that they are trying to intimidate, bravado. But with the threats of lawsuit and bullying seemingly a trend in this year’s election cycle, especially at the presidential level, I also won’t be giving in to it on the local level. I will be voting Yes on Measure Z. Will Gibson Pacific Grove
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Outside the Box When In Doubt, Vote No
Last week, I encouraged you to refrain from voting for candidates you don’t trust, even if that means not voting for either mainstream nominee. I suggested it’s better to abstain if your conscience tells you to. Otherwise, I’m pretty sure you’ll have regrets. This week, I’m encouraging you to do the same with all the measures, especially the local ones. Unless you feel certain that a measure will be good for us, and confident no one will be hurt by it, please vote no. Or at least don’t vote yes. Four of five local measures are pitching more taxes. Hang onto your wallet! The 5 percent admissions tax in PG is not only opposed by the Aquarium. Any small business or tiny non-profit that charges for an event will be forced to track, pay, and account for the new tax collection. Do you really think it’s wise or right to do that? TAMC wants to increase our sales tax to 9 percent to pay for transportation costs that our CA gas taxes once covered. Picture paying 9 percent extra for everything you buy across the Monterey Peninsula area. Won’t that hurt more than help? The Park District wants to keep tacking $25 (plus an annual cost of living increase) onto our ever-growing property tax bill for the indefinite future. Read the eye-opening rebuttal and ask yourself — do we need to pay this? The county wants to tax marijuana businesses at such an exorbitant rate (twice on the way to market plus an annual cost of living increase) that the gang-run trade will surely continue. Isn’t it self-defeating? Aren’t all these taxes self-defeating? That leaves Measure Z. I live amidst a cluster of Yes on Z signs. I’m sure these neighbors are sincere, but they’re listening to the wrong leaders. Are you really going to assume all the mayors who speak against it on TV and in the Voter Guide are lying? I hope not. Measure Z is 20 pages long, which is never a good idea, and so badly conceived that the County Counsel and County Auditor both suggest lawsuits are inevitable. Read their analyses yourself. The measure is misleading (fracking, really?). And by striving to punish oil companies, it hurts a lot of residents personally, and all of us fiscally. We should recognize that Measure Z’s characteristics — misleading, badly conceived and too long, punitive, harmful to people — make it a poster child for voting no. One thing I’m not saying is to stay home. Please go to the polls or mail in your ballot. There are so many measures that need to be voted down. And there are deserving, tough-minded candidates for our City Council who I think we need if we care about the financial survival of our city. I’m talking about Andrew Kubica, Nick Smith, and Alan Cohen. But whether you vote yes, no, or abstain on anything — be informed and vote your conscience.
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Taking a Walk on PG’s Wild Side Keepers of our Culture Guest Columnist Blanca McNatt Schield What better way to get to know Pacific Grove than to observe its wildlife, both animal and human. In this pair of charming vignettes, guest columnist Blanca McNatt Schield introduces us to PG’s natural wonders and to the human cavalcade. Lions and Orcas and Deer, Oh My! The Pacific Ocean is not quiet. Ten foot white waves lick the black rocks, spraying the air. Above, pelicans clip the blue seawater, scooping and filling their long bills with anchovies. On Ocean View Boulevard two life size breaching whales have been beautifully carved from old tree stumps and painted black and white. Humpback whales are very acrobatic, often breaching high out of the water, up to 30 seconds, to take a look around in a devil-may-care way. They can dive to depths of 500-to-700 feet for up to 30 minutes. Their flukes (tails) can be 18 feet wide, serrated and pointed at the top when they “sound” (go into a long, deep dive). The whales usually throw them upward. Their life span is 45-to-50 years and they are not carnivorous, eating one and a half ton of krill daily, unlike the orcas who sometime eat their babies, willy-nilly. Deer prowl the Municipal Golf Course in Pacific Grove nearby clipping the grass and my flowers. Last month my husband went on an errand and left the garage door open. My washer/driver is in this place and when I went to do the laundry I found seven deer sniffing around: two fawns, four does and one buck with light brown antlers. A crown of bone. They saw me, ignored me, and kept exploring the garage. Mountain lions are eternally hungry. Along Ocean View Boulevard they prey on baby otters. Since I live nearby at night I oftentimes imagine a lion softly padding on my front yard on its way to its dinner. Last year in the daytime a lion was spotted resting on a tree branch in downtown Pacific Grove. “Now, what’s for lunch?” he mused. Coyotes patrol neighborhoods chewing on fawns, cats and puppies. At the equestrian center in Pebble Beach, they chase horses, snapping at their hooves. A little boy across the street had a favorite cartoon about a lovable anaconda snake. He was hiking in the wilds of Carmel Valley and saw a rattlesnake lying flat, not coiled. He ran to pet it, crying, “Daddy there’s anaconda!” Butterfly Town USA has a wild side. PG’s Rollicking ‘King’s Highway’
I have an eagle’s eye view of Ocean View Boulevard, breezy with vivacious animation. This avenue has a walking path to run, bike or just sit on wooden benches and enjoy the view of sea otters, sail boats and fishing boats. Jumbo tour coaches flashing primary colors compete; their tourists gasping at the surrounding loveliness. Life on Ocean View Boulevard is in constant motion: November has the Big Sur Half Marathon. This scenic coastline is a showcase to those runners. The gently-rolling l3.1 mile course travels through historic Monterey, down Cannery Row, and along Ocean View Boulevard on the way to Asilomar and back. The annual Pacific Grove Auto Rally on Lighthouse Avenue popularizes old cars. These antique cars parade in late afternoon on Ocean View Boulevard, escorted by motorcycle police. The famous Aquarium at the far end of the Boulevard faces the open sea. The treasures within become a child’s revelation, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs multiplied by hundreds. Foreign languages echo through the giant tanks at feeding time of the white and leopard sharks, green sea turtles, green moray eels and tuna as they speed past sardines swarming in huge glittering schools. The Splash Zone penguins at ground level tickle the fancy of the children, raising smiles and laughter, remaining in the background, faint happy sounds from the corners of the Aquarium. Ocean View Boulevard is Pacific Grove’s Camino Real. Tell us about your life in Pacific Grove! “Keepers of Our Culture” is collecting stories for Life in the Grove, a collection of stories by and for Pacific Grove residents and visitors, to be published in 2017 by Park Place Publications to benefit the Pacific Grove Public Library. We invite you to participate in the FREE monthly memoir classes to assist you in writing your story. The next session is Thursday, November 17, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Little House in Jewell Park. For details, visit keepersofourculture@gmail.com. For professional memoir writing and other publishing services offered by Park Place Publications, and for a free consultation, contact Patricia Hamilton at 831/649-6640, publishingbiz@sbcglobal. net.
Pacific Grove Public Library Sends a Big THANK YOU to All the Sponsors of the Read-A-Thon
Dorothy Abeloe The Aeschliman Family The Allard Family Judy and Tom Archibald Hank and Judy Armstrong Sheila Baldridge Gary and Judy Bales The Ballerini Family Catherine Bazley Lois Bennett Book Lovers The Book Works Rome Brumfield Judy Cabral Carolyn Cain Pamela Cain Bob and Mary Ellen Carlin Nancy Carnathan-Cribbs Kyra and John Carswell Frank Casas Clair Cheer The Coen Family Jacqueline Colbert George Czechowski Donna Devincenzi-Coletti Barbara Dickinson Eleanor Estes Rudy Fischer Vivian and Cora Galer Jayne Gasperson Cindy and Bill Gates The Gaudette Family Helen Gehringer Diana Godwin Carol Greenstreet Grove Market Mr. and Mrs. J. Gutches Sue Hall Peggy Hansen Patricia Hamilton The Headley Family The Hein Family Blair Holland Joan and Wayne Hughes In Honor of My Husband Jamie and Brian Jameson Beverly Jarvis Margaret and Jim Jimenez Mrs. Johnson Rivers Johnson Anita and Bill Kaplan David and Terry Kelly Kylee Killian Doe and Steve King Mary E. Lindsay Camille and Michael Liscinsky Onnette McElroy Margie McLaughlin
Sean and Mackenzie Miller Jeanne Mills The Mills Family Monterey Whale Watching Marie and Donald Murphy Muses The Nances Nancy’s Attic Rawan Nemri Pacific Grove Cleaners Carolyn Palmer Ellen Gill Pastore Peaches Shirley and Bill Peake The Perkins Family Abby Pfeiffer Francesco + Marcello Premutati Randy and Debbie Reinstedt Robert H. Down Library The Rodolf Family Tom and Lori Rolander Ron Schenk Skip and Liz The Smallwood Family Sid and Joan Smith Ms. Spade Al and Robin Sparks Jean Stallings Tim and Kris Stejskal Jean Stumbo Lynn Swerrie Janet Taillon + Dave Whittick Bob Tancel Tori Thacher Bob and Rosemary Tintle Trotter Galleries, Inc. The Tuffs Family Leticia Valdez Vicky and John Mike and Anne Vucina Dena Weber Sienna Webster Welsh & Schmidt Law Firm Beverly and Gordon Williams The Verne Williams Family Alex Yuen, Ph.D. Marsha Zeitlin
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Annual Read-A-Thon Supports the Library with Lots of Fun
Photos by Wei Chang
Big Day at the Library
The library bustled with activity on October 29 with the ReadA-Thon for Kids presented by the Friends of the Pacific Grove Library. Over 80 eager readers, 130 generous sponsors, a sizzling performance of Room on the Broom by teachers at Robert Down School, 5 guest readers, 2 scary storytellers, 2 tables stacked with food, 25 volunteers, and 9 hours of fun = $10,000.00 raised to renovate the children's room! Thank you, Pacific Grove!
Mayor Bill Kampe read stories, parents joined in, teachers acted out “Room on the Broom” which was read by retired kindergarten teacher Gary Williams.
There was “Room on the Broom” for Everyone
Photos by Karen Levy
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Halloween Parade at Robert Down School
Scarecrows, parrots, wonder women and owls all joined to have a spooky time
Photos by Karen Levy
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Off ramp will be closed Veterans Day weekend
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Construction of the Holman Highway 68 Roundabout will require the full closure of the southbound Highway 1 off-ramp to Holman Highway 68 over the Veterans Day weekend. The ramp will be closed starting on Thurs., Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. and reopen on Monday, Nov. 14 at 6 a.m. Emergency vehicles will have full access at all times. The CHP will assist with the closure. Drivers going to Holman Highway 68 from southbound Highway 1 will be required to continue south and detour to Ocean Avenue. Motorists can expect delays of up to 20 minutes. The temporary closure is required for crews to reconstruct the off-ramp so that the ramp will conform to the design of the future roundabout. Sign up to receive text message alerts for the Holman highway 68 Roundabout by texting 68roundabout to 888777. Stay informed with weekly project updates throughout construction by signing up for Highway 68 Roundabout email notification: www.tamcmonterey. org/programs/highway-projects/highway-68-roundabout/ The Holman Highway 68 Roundabout Project will relieve congestion at the intersection of Highway 68/ Highway 1, and will improve access to the Community Hospital, Pacific Grove, Monterey and Pebble Beach. The project is a partnership between the City of Monterey, the City of Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach Company, the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District, the County of Monterey, Caltrans, and the Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC). For more information about the Holman Highway 68 Roundabout, contact Grant Leonard at 831-775-0903 or grant@tamcmonterey.org or visit the TAMC website at: tamcmonterey.org
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