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Kiosk MONARCH COUNT at Pacific Grove Sanctuary as of Sat., Oct. 22, 2016

5,095

Sorting out the hoses - Page 4

Fridays

Wizards’ World - Pages 8-9

Pacific Grove’s

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

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Dance at Chautauqua Hall •

Tues., Nov 22

Interfaith thanksgiving Congregation Beth Sinai 5716 Carmel Valley Rd. Carmel Donate canned goods 7:00 PM •

Nov. 18-24, 2016

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In Appreciation

Mon. Nov. 28

Christmas Tree Lighting 4:30 PM Jewell Park at the Museum Singing and Santa • Christmas at the Inns 6 PM - 9 PM Chamber of Commerce 373-3304 for tickets •

Wed. Nov. 30

Dine Out with Friends Los Amigos Restaurant 1184 Forest Ave. Pacific Grove (831) 646-8888 Hours 11-9 Benefits Friends of the Pacific Grove Public Library •

Thur. Dec. 1

Parade of Lights Downtown PG 6 PM Free Call the Chamber 373-3304 for info •

Sat. Dec. 3

Stillwell’s Fun in the Park Caledonia Park behind the post office 10 AM - 4 PM Free •

Sat. Dec, 3

Sun. Dec. 4

A Christmas Variety Show Pacific Grove Art Center 7-9 PM $10 members, $15 non-members Tickets now on sale at the Art Center or call 242-555-0177 •

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Inside Animal Tales & Other Random Thoughts............... 10 Cartoon.............................................. 2 Crime............................................. 4, 5 Homeless in Paradise........................ 20 Keepers of Our Culture..................... 22 Legal Notices.................................... 23 Opinion...................................... 22, 23 Otter Views....................................... 10 Outside the Box................................ 23 Rain Gauge........................................ 2

Vol. IX, Issue 8

City of Pacific Grove Tree Lighting Ceremony Monday, November 28, 2016 Festivities begin at 4:30 p.m. on the steps of the Pacific Grove Museum

Tues. & Wed. Nov. 29 & 30

Friends of the P. G. Library Book Sale Pacific Grove Library porch Plenty of bargains in all genres!

10:00 - 4:00 •

HonoringVets - Page - 13-14

A reflective Veterans Day wasenjoyed by many in Pacific Grove on November 11. A large group gathered at the Lighthouse for what has become an annual event, and the cemetery was decorated with flags like this one, photographed

by Linda Pagnella.

Update: Local Election Results While the final, certifiable count is not yet available and will not be fof a few weeks, an update was issued by Monterey County Elections and another is slated for Friday, Nov. 18.

Following a national trend for embarassingly poor turnout, only a few more than 46 percent of voters have decided the course of the city for at least two more years.

Another election in 2018 will replace half the city council, barring any special elections for measures.

There have been, so far, no changes in the ultimate result. As votes are counted, the numbers go up but the winners are the same.

Measure Z - Bans fracking in County of Monterey Vote Count Percent YES 46,959 55.24% NO 38,046 44.76% Total 85,005 100.00%

See VOTE Page 2

The City of Pacific Grove will welcome the holiday season with an old-fashioned hometown tradition. The Pacific Grove Annual Holiday Tree Lighting program will begin at 4:30 pm with music and dance performances by local youth along the steps of the P.G. Museum, followed by the Tree Lighting at 6:00 pm in Jewell Park (located at Forest & Central Avenues), and concluding with a visit from Santa.

Musical and dance presentations by students of the Dance Center will begin at 4:40 pm, followed by dancers of the DiFranco Dance Project at 5:10 pm, and followed by our Elementary School Choir performing at 5:40 p.m.

The Mayor and City Council will turn on the lights of the City’s official Holiday Tree at 6:00 p.m., followed by the arrival of Santa Claus (with the help of the Monterey Fire Department).

Santa will then lead the children inside the Museum to sit and listen to their wishes (think photo opp). Refreshments (courtesy of the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce) will also be served.

Special thanks to Santa’s Elves from the amazing DiFranco Dance Project Team and their director, Dianne Lyle. Also, thanks to Tia Brown of the Dance Center, Jared Masar from the Pacific Grove Unified School District and our special man, Neil Jameson.

The Public Is Invited To Join In and Share The Spirit Of The Holiday Season

Public Art Policy now in the Works

Public affection, if there ever was any, took a bad turn when the new whale sculpture in Berwick Park was painted, turning a once-graceful representation of breaching whales into what some describe as kitsch. One man, speaking at the city council meeting Wed., Nov. 16, said he would be willing to pay to have it torn down and shipped out of the country. Additionally, concern was expressed that it was an attractive nuisance which might cause children to hurt themselves climbing on it.

City Attorney Dave Laredo pointed out that there is national and California legal precedent which says that the artist(s) have a large stake in public art and it can't simply be removed without consulting them. The council has therefore directed City Manager Ben Harvey and Director of Community and Economic Development Mark Brodeur approach the artist for suggestions, then begin work on a policy for public art to take to the council in January or February of 2017.

The sculpture was made from two dead cypress trees that had been cut down to only snags. The city council approved the con-

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• November 18, 2016

PVOTE UPDATE From Page 1

Joan Skillman

Measure P - City of Pacific Grove Admissions Tax 7/7 100.00%

Vote Count Percent YES 1,338 23.34% NO 4,394 76.66% Total 5,732 100.00%

City of Pacific Grove, City Council 7/7 100.00% Vote Count Percent - CYNTHIA GARFIELD

,832 22.35% - ROBERT HUITT

2,714 21.42% - NICK SMITH Measure X - TAMC tax -- is still hanging on 2,422 19.12% by a thread. It requires 66 percent to pass. - ANDREW KUBICA 195/195 100.00%

1,790 14.13%

Vote Count Percent - JENNY MCADAMS YES 56,162 67.00%

1,520 12.00% NO 27,660 33.00% - ALAN COHEN Total 83,822 100.00%

1,391 10.98% Total 12,669 100.00% City of Pacific Grove, Mayor

Vote Count Percent - BILL KAMPE 3,714 69.64% - DAN MILLER 1,619 30.36% Total 5,333 100.00% Pacific Grove’s lawbooks set the date for swearing in the next council as the first regularly-scheduled city council meeting after the votes are certified. That will likely be Dec. 7 this year.

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PWHALES From Page 1

cept and it was financed with a gift from the Rotary Club. The artists turned the dead wood into a pair of whales, and added fins. But as they carved into the wood, it was discovered that there was serious rot and they determined that painting was needed to preserve it. The rest, so to speak, is art history.

Pacific Grove once had a Cultural Arts Commission, responsible for such issues, such as murals, and which oversaw the rehabilitation of the Poet's Perch and the establishment and maintenance of the Poet in Residence. The commission was abolished under the administration of then-mayor Carmelita Garcia and City Manager Tom Frutchey, as a cost-saving measure, even though it was the only commission which actually brought income to the city in the form of rental of the Poet's Perch.

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Week ending 11-17-16 at 8:30 AM......... .03" Total for the season............................... 3.32" 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

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Week ending 11/16/16.......................... .06" Total for the season (since 7/1/16)........ 3.71" Last week low temperature..................49.2 F Last week high temperature.................73.5 F Last year rain to date (7/1/15-11/02/15)....... 2.96”

Dear Neighbor,

Do yourself and your neighbors a favor!

Shop Pacific Grove first.

It will be good for you and good for your community.

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Shop Pacific Grove first.

There are many reasons to shop locally. Save drive time and gas by staying closer to home. Avoid the hassle of impersonal crowds and long lines at big box stores. Park closer in your business neighborhood or walk and enjoy the shopping experience.

Shop Pacific Grove first.

Shopping in Pacific Grove keeps your sales taxes here where they can help the tightening city budget and keep up all the things you love about Pacific Grove including: • The coastal trails • City parks & playgrounds • Police & Fire Departments • The Library and Museum • Pacific Grove Youth Center

• Skip the crowds and enjoy a personalized shopping experience you won’t get at a big box retailer.

• Find unique, one-of-a-kind items you cannot find online.

• Avoid the uncertainty and wait times that come with online shopping.

• Monarch Sanctuary & Lighthouse

Thank you for your consideration and

Happy Holidays.

The sales tax on goods that you buy are an important source of City financing that pays for these services.

Sincerely, Mayor Bill Kampe City of Pacific Grove Funded by: City of Pacific Grove Economic Development Commission

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• November 18, 2016

Practice MakesPerfect

Monterey Fire has held a couple of training drills at the Holman Building in recent days, brushing up on high rise procedures such as pumping water up a stand pipe to upper floors using the fire engine Top left: Darren Jones was one of a dozen crew members on hand for the training.

Top center: Engineer Ken Hutchinson checks the connection of the hose before charging the line to the stand pipe. Without this procedure, they’d be standing in the street trying to aim water at the upper floors with a firehose.

Top right: Matt Harris, Engineer, pointed out that training is the second most important thing that firefighters do, right after rescuing the public. He and Div, Chief Max Colello put the training together. He expressed gratitude to the owners of the Holman Building who allowed the fire department to use the structure for training while the project is still in the demolition phase. That won’t be for much longer.

Left: On the Fountain Avenue side of the Holman Building, a stand pipe reaches to the upper floors so that water can be pumped up.

Pacific Grove Man Attempts to Evade Arrest by Stealing a Boat New Photo Exhibit at the Museum Deafening and Silent, Destructive and Restorative

Local artist Robin Ward learned to fly a drone during the 2015 El Nino season, braving both the sea and the sky. Her equipment, including a 35mm camera that captured both stills and video, traveled along the California Central Coast in search of the ocean’s inspiring power. The memorable experience, which she called “exhilarating and daunting,” helped Ward explore her love, and fear, of the sea - and resulted in her latest exhibit entitled “Above the Sea.” “The dual nature of being – deafening and silent, destruction and restoration – are reflected in the resulting abstract wave vignettes,” Ward wrote in her artist statement.

Above the Sea will be on display at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History beginning Saturday, November 19, and running through Monday, January 2. A public reception for the new exhibit will be held Sat., Nov. 19, from 5-7 p.m.

On November 12 at 3:23 PM, Monterey Police Officers located 26 year old Adrian Chronister of Pacific Grove on the Recreation Trail between Wharf 1 and the Coast Guard Pier. Chronister was on felony probation and suspected of several commerical burglaries on the Monterey Peninsula. Chronister had also evaded police earlier in the week after leading officers on a foot pursuit in Downtown Monterey.

Upon contact, Chronister fled from officers on a bicycle. Monterey Police Officers continued to pursue Chronister until he fled into the harbor. Chronister swam to a nearby moored vessel and attempted to row away. The U.S. Coast Guard assisted the Monterey Police Department with the apprehension of Chronister after he re-entered the ocean in an effort to evade Coast Guard personnel.

Chronister was booked at the Monterey Police Department on charges of obstructing/resisting an officer, possession of drug paraphernalia, attempted theft of a vessel, probation violation, as well as three commercial burglaries (one in Pacific Grove and two in Monterey). The investigation into Chronister’s involvement in several local burglaries is being conducted jointly by the Pacific Grove and Monterey Police Departments, as well as the Peninsula Regional Violence and Narcotics Team (PRVNT).

Guilty Verdict in Illegal Crab Traps Case

Ward’s work has been featured in numerous galleries and museums, including the Triton Museum of Art and the Museum of Monterey. Her work has been recognized by the International Photography Awards and the Black and White Spider Awards. She is also a member of Salon Jane, Image Makers of Monterey, and San Diego Made.

On November 11, Gerard Wetle, Jr., age 41, was found guilty by jury of 25 counts of setting baited crab traps in the Soquel Canyon State Marine Conservation Area and three counts of deploying baited crab traps without destruction devices. Judge Vanessa W. Vallarta presided.

On April 2, 2016, wardens with the Department of Fish and Wildlife found the defendant’s 25 baited crab traps, which were intentionally set half a mile into the highly protected marine sanctuary. The following day, wardens located an additional string of the defendant’s traps just outside of the protected area, three of which did not have required destruction devices. Every trap belonged to the defendant. The wardens removed all 28 traps from the Monterey Bay, and returned 214 live Dungeness and rock crab to the ocean.

The Monterey Bay is one of the most diverse and delicate ecosystems in the world. Environmental regulations - such as those prohibiting fishing in protected waters or requiring that traps self-destruct to prevent unchecked killing of animals - ensure that it will stay that way. Those who violate the law will be held strictly liable.

The defendant will be sentenced on December 7, 2016.

The case was investigated by Warden Justin Cisneros and Lieutenant Joseph Ames of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

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Marge Ann Jameson

Cop Log The whole laundry?

Burglary of laundry facility. No suspect information What was lost has now been found Report of found property. Officer recovered the found property and information identifying thepossible owner of the property and contacted the individual who confirmed he was the owner of the property which had been stolen from his residence the week prior. He confirmed the theft had been reported to his local agency. The property was booked for safekeeping. Information only.

An epidemic of Vehicle Thefts Caledonia St. Theft of a vehicle in the above area. Vehicle later located in the 800 block of Forest Avenue.

Junipero Ave Report of a stolen vehicle in the above area.

11th St. Vehicle stolen sometime during the night.

Watching out Business on Lighthouse was burglarized and a television was taken. No suspect information.

Did she fly back to say she’d found it?

A female informed the Pacific Grove Police Dept. that she had lost her wallet that contained her Texas drivers license, somewhere in Pacific Grove between 11-02-2016 and 11-07-2016. Please accept this report in lieu of her DL for plane boarding purposes. Her DL has been confirmed as valid until 01-29- 2018. (Owner returned to PGPD on 11-08-2016 to say that she had found her wallet.)

Racist Remarks on Workman Pl. R/p reported that his wife had a verbal dispute a couple of weeks ago. Said neighbor made racial remarks to his wife about being Hispanic. Said the meighbor constantly plays loud. He was advised to contact the police if his neighbor plays loud music. He said he only wanted documention in case his neighbor approached him or his

wife. Information only, per the reporting party.

Egan Av Elderly man was scammed out of $2,000 dollars under threat of his grandson being placed under arrest.

No suspect info.

Lighthouse Ave. window was shattered with an unknown object. No suspect information.

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Report a white male adult in 30-40's wearing a white hat, blue sweater, and blue jeans urinating at George Washington Park. Attempts to locate the subject were met with negative results.

Lost & found Lost money on Ocean View Blvd.

Found cell phone at Spanish Bay. Found something on Lighthouse that had been there for about a month. That’s wht the report says.

Property left at Marita's was turned in.

Cell phone found on Congress.

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Kiwanis Christmas Toy Drive is Under Way

During the months of November and December, the Pacific Grove Kiwanis Club is proud to be working with the local fire departments to provide toys to boys and girls.

We are seeking your assistance in bringing the Christmas spirit to the less fortunate!

The donated toys will be delivered to children by the Monterey/Pacific Grove/Carmel Fire Department.

Toys must be brand new and unwrapped.

Toy collection barrels may be found at the following locations: Robert H. Down Elementary School Forest Grove Elementary School Pacific Grove Middle School Pacific Grove High School Pacific Grove Adult School Pacific Grove Travel Pacific Grove Tourist Information Center Carmel Fire Station Monterey Fire Stations 1, 2, 3 Pebble Beach Community Service District First Awakenings Paul’s Drapery Grand Avenue Flooring

The Kiwanis Club of Pacific Grove meets the First and Third Wednesdays at 7:30 a.m. in the Point Pinos Grill at the Pacific Grove Golf Links. Visitors and volunteers are always welcome. The Kiwanis Club of Pacific Grove is a private, charitable organization, dedicated to improving the lives of children, and their communities, in the Pacific Grove California Area of Kiwanis International.

Receive Text Message Alerts For the Holman Highway 68 Roundabout Project

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

Lecture: Prehistory of the Monterey Peninsula

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.

Monterey Museum of Art presents a Fall Lecture Series Lectures presented at lunchtime with free admission The Monterey Museum of Art (MMA) presents a Fall Lecture Series about the diverse art history of the Central Coast. Local experts will explore various topics, and visitors are welcome to bring their own food and drinks during this lunchtime lecture series at the Monterey Museum of Art–Pacific Street, 559 Pacific Street, Monterey. The lectures are free and open to the public, and no RSVP is required.

November 21, 1:00 - 2:00 pm – Domesticana: The Art of Chicanas, Amalia Mesa-Bains Amalia Mesa-Bains, Professor Emerita in the Visual and Public Art Department at CSUMB, examines the historical and biographical frameworks of Chicana female artists and the broader Chicana aesthetic production, highlighting the cultural traditions of the Day of the Dead, domestic home altars and other vernacular practices.

November 28, 1:00 - 2:00 pm –Truth and Beauty in Art: Whose?, Dr. Lila

Staples Dr. Lila Staples, recently retired Chair of the Visual and Public Art Department and Professor of Art History and Museum Studies at CSUMB, explores the ideas of truth and beauty in art, looking at their various interpretations through the ages and in different cultures.

December 5, 1:00 - 2:00 pm –The Legacy of West Coast Photography, Brian Taylor Brian Taylor, Executive Director of the Center for Photographic Art, will present a lively, illustrated overview of the rich photographic history of the Monterey Peninsula.

December 12, 1:00 - 2:00 pm – Experiencing Art in Healthcare, Amy Essick Amy Essick, Art Curator of the Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, will speak about experiencing art in a healthcare setting.

Visit montereyart.org for more information about the Museum’s exhibitions, events, and programming.

2016 US election results: California Propositions 100% Reporting • Updated Nov 10, 2016 6:33 AM PST

Proposition 51 · $9 Billion Bond for modernizing K-12, charter, vocational schools and community colleges Yes 54%

5,825,093 No 46% 3,981,402

Proposition 52 · Extends existing fee on hospitals to fund coverage for Medi-Cal, uninsured patients, and children's health Yes 69.8%

7,448,838 No 30.02% 3,220,581 Proposition 53 · Requires statewide voter approval for bonds over $2 billion Votes 100% reporting Yes 48.8% 5,106,533 No 51.2%

5,353,792

Proposition 54 · Stops the legislature from passing any bill unless it's published on the Internet for 72 hours Yes 64.9%

6,778,782 No 35.1% 3.671.466

Proposition 55 · Extends existing income tax on earnings over $250,000 to fund schools and healthcare Yes 62.5%

6,750,210 No 37.5% 4,403,154 Proposition 56 · Increases taxes on tobacco and e-cigarettes to increase funding for health care for low-income Californians Yes 63.5%

7,006,736 No 36.5% 4,019,867

Proposition 57 · Allows parole consideration for nonviolent felons and allows juvenile court judges to decide whether juveniles will be prosecuted as adults Yes 63.7%

6.878,411 No 36.3% 3,923,903 Proposition 58 · Allows schools to establish non English-only education programs Yes 72.7%

7,827,298 No 27.3% 2,940,725

Proposition 59 · Recommends California propose an amendment to overturn Citizens United decision, which removed some limits for corporate and union campaign spending Yes 52.8%

5,393,522 No 47.2% 4,830,228 Proposition 60 · Requires adult film performers to use condoms when filming, and other health regulations Yes 45.8% 4,820,869 No 54.2%

5,711,695

Proposition 61 · Prohibits California from buying prescription drugs at a higher price than paid by the US Department of Veterans Affairs Yes 46% 4,871,704 No 54%

5,727,604

Proposition 62 · Repeals the death penalty and replaces it with life imprisonment without possibility of parole Yes 46.9% 4,974,187 No 53.8%

5,786,445

Proposition 63 · Requires background checks for purchasing ammunition and prohibits possession of large capacity magazines Yes 62.6%

6,805,460 No 37.4% 4,067,696

Proposition 64 · Legalizes marijuana for use by adults 21 and over Yes 56.2%

6,216,482 No 43.8% 4,835,857

Proposition 65 · Requires plastic bag fees be directed toward specified environmental projects Yes 45% 4,813,551 No 55%

5,887,553 Proposition 66 · Changes procedures governing state court challenges to death sentences Yes 51.3% 5,316,774 No 48.7% 5,045,124

Proposition 67 · Bans single-use plastic and paper bags Yes 52.5%

5,650,139 No 47.5% 5,113,050

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Programs at the Library

For more information call 648-5760.

No programs during week of Thanksgiving Programs November 29-December 1: Tuesday, Nov.29 • 11:00 am Pre-School stories at the Pacific Grove Library, ages 2-5 • Wednesday, Nov.30 • 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, Dec 1 • 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, 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

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.

Carmel's Annual Homecrafters Marketplace Fair set for Nov. 19

The City of Carmel-by-the-Sea will hold its 46th annual Homecrafters’ Marketplace craft fair, featuring handmade arts and crafts from about 90 vendors, on Saturday, November 19, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The popular craft fair will be located in the Sunset Center north parking lot on 8th Avenue between San Carlos and Mission streets.

Merchandise for sale will include jewelry, soaps and lotions, textiles, art, wreathes and plants, ceramics, crafts, birdhouses, wood items and glass items. Food will be available for purchase. Admission is free.

Parking is available in the Sunset Center parking lots located on San Carlos Street between 9th and 10th avenues. The event will be held rain or shine.

Christmas Variety Show at Pacific Grove Art Center

Get into the season with Monkey Man Productions and the Pacific Art Center — great music, lots of laughs, bake sale and cash bar! Enjoy such talent as Mark Stevens, Tina Daly Family, Michael Martinez, Scott and Cassidy, Trent Babb and Mark Hughes. A great evening of support for the nonprofit, community Art Center.

Saturday, Dec. 3 • 7-9 PM A Christmas Variety Show Pacific Grove Art Center 568 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove $10 PGAC members, $15 non-members

Tickets are now on sale at the Art Center or call 242-555-0177

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*An Area Protection Spell learned at Hogwart’s

They came from all over Pacific Grove to find the Youth Center transformed into Hogwart’s School of Witchcraft and Wizardry by off-duty officers of Pacific Grove Police Department.

Sorted into “houses,” they played games and competed for points, dodged dementors and generally had a ball.

PGPD officers who put on the party included the night shift’s Sgt. Orlando Perez, Cpl. Eva Rasul, plus Cdr. Rory Lakind, Chief Amy Christey, Jan and Melanie Kunoa Photos by Neil Jameson

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Where else but in Pacific Grove would the chief of police wear a wizard’s hat and make friends with the youngest of citizens? PGPD staff who put the event on for the children include Sgt. Orlando Perez, Macee Hunt, Cpl. Eva Rasul, plus helpers Jocelyn Francis and Chief Amy Christey and others.

The courtyard was transformed into a ground-bound quidditch field, and while the younger students searched for snitches in the bushes next door, the older children tried to get the ball through the hoops.

Eventually, everyone settled down to watch “Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone” and get prizes based on how many points their houses had earned.

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A Week of Ups and Downs Jane Roland

Animal Tales and Other Random Thoughts At Pacific Grove Rotary last week we had an interesting talk. Bill Mullen (Brig.

General William J. III, ret.) a highly decorated Vietnam vet, an honored West Point Graduate and life time military man, spoke to us about some of the effects of battle.

He explained that some soldiers come home relatively unscathed while others suffer PTSD to the degree that their lives are forever altered, and, in some tragic cases, ended. I was fascinated but due to intense activity in my life, listened and filed the information in my mind’s drawers for later perusal. Last night as I was falling asleep I revisited his talk. One of our volunteers is a clinical psychologist who has a practice in Monterey. I had told her about Bill’s talk and we discussed the matter -- the difference between brain disorders created by stress and the misconceptions about PTSD, which some believe to be a sham.

My friend has a patient who had difficulty obtaining support for his malady. She defended him in court and won. How is it not a real problem, how is it that there are not more cases, how can humans who witness and experience the horrors of war come home and live a normal life? We are hearing more and more about brain injuries suffered as a result of contact sports. We who live normal, mundane lives often lose sleep, have stomach disorders and nightmares as a result of a complication in our activities. Imagine how we would react to the pressure of war. I see the people who are on the streets with no place to go and think “there but for the grace of God, go I.”

Last week was traumatic for this country. It was stressful for those who voted for Hillary Clinton and for many who did not. It was a mandate for change, and not all perpetrated by “deplorable or red necks” Many who voted for Trump or voted for no President are well educated middle- and highly-educated folk who did not like the direction we have been going. Right or wrong, we will find out. However, Donald Trump has been elected and I believe it is important that he is supported at least until it is seen what he will do. People who did not vote have no say in the matter, in my humble opinion. All right, now I am off my soapbox and back to other issues.

We have been preparing for our shop Open House for weeks, storing holiday items and gifts for months. Everyone has rallied around working very hard. I have come home from the store pretty tired, looking forward to a good night’s sleep.

Even at my advanced age, I am resilient and with sufficient rest feel raring to go in this morning. Sammy, the Siamese, about whom I have written often had other thoughts emboldened by his buddy, Toby, our polydactyl Marmalade kitty. I made the mistake some months ago of feeling sorry for Sam. He would run around the house after a night in the family room and jump into bed with me. Toby and Annie received morning treats from John. It didn’t seem fair so I started having goodies for Sammy in the bedroom, soon Toby caught on and I made some available for him as well. One night Sam escaped as we were going to bed, he made a bee line for the bedroom window and disappeared into the night. I went to bed, started to sleep and he returned. Back to the family room he went. Back to bed went I. The next thing I knew both cats were in our bedroom. I thought I had neglected to close the doors to the kitchen. We were able to corral the beasts and put them to bed again…This time I locked the dining room door. Later I heard the high shrieks of an angry Siamese, but managed to sleep off and on. I staggered to work and made it through the day.

The next night was a repetition of the previous one and John figured out that they had somehow opened the sliding door and come out (could the strength be in the six toes on Toby’s front feet?) – Perhaps looking for those good treats in the bedroom. I removed the food in the morning and that night John put magazines under the door.

They didn’t get it open but there were torn up papers all over the place. John is putting a lock on that door, so they are effectively trapped, but that, my friends, created a stressful week, and sleepless night and it wasn’t even war in the true sense.

The Open House was wonderful. Alan Souza played his guitar, the food and wine was well appreciated. Cy Coburn, a volunteer, helped set up the repast. Son, Jay poured wine, and volunteers worked liked beavers. Frank Quilentang, our fantastic window decorator was presented with a cake and feted, as it is his birthday weekend.

Kelly Leherian, AFRP’s Executive Director, had helped set up daily and was there at the party greeting people (and shopping) I hope we will see many of you in the weeks to come. We have had a donation of fantastic art and beautiful jewelry for you collectors. Think of all the animals you help while stocking up for the holidays. Just don’t bring your cats. Or at least Siamese or six-toed. They are feline non-gratis.

The Picture of Innocence…

Comes The Hard Part Tom Stevens

Otter Views Now that the tearing of hair and rending of garments has given way to stupefied exhaustion, it seems timely to offer some post-election insights. I know, I’m sick of it too. But still.

Motoring back to PG on Monday after a few days’ work in the Sierra, I absorbed hours of drive-time radio. Like the “horse of a different color” in “The Wizard of Oz,” programming changed with the terrain: country-western in the mountains; evangelism and Tex-Mex across the valley; rock and rap near the cities.

The one constant was National Public Radio, which seems to have a toehold in each demographic. On Monday, NPR broadcast commentary about president-elect Trump’s first two staff picks. President Obama’s “transition” press conference also earned air time, as did the sad news of TV journalist Gwen Ifill’s passing. I’ll take them in reverse order.

Long a mainstay of NPR’s video sibling, the Public Broadcasting System, Ifill was the first African-American woman to anchor a national network news show. Her death of cancer at age 61 robbed the country of one of its most diligent, devoted and objective TV journalists.

Had she lived a little longer, Ifill doubtless would have covered Monday’s press conference with the nation’s first African-American president. As it was, her departure from this life coincided with Barack Obama’s departure for Greece and Peru, the final overseas trips of his 8-year presidency.

Obama used the press conference to issue a rear-view valedictory on his tenure and to report on his initial transition meeting with president-elect Donald Trump. Circumspect as ever, the president said he’ll reassure European allies that his successor will not, as vowed during the campaign, renege on America’s longtime commitment to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Obama also shared some impressions from his first transition meeting with Trump, a man who made his political bones impugning the sitting president’s birth place, religion, nationality and citizenship. Speaking with admirable restraint, Obama said Trump struck him in person as more “pragmatic” and “gregarious” than the trash-talking, far-right ideologue of the campaign.

But whether born in Kenya or Hawaii, the President wasn’t born yesterday. Asked if their meeting had softened his oft-stated view that Trump is temperamentally unsuited for the presidency, Obama did what all practiced politicians do: he sidestepped the question.

Instead of psychoanalyzing his successor, Obama reflected upon the presidency itself, widely considered one of the world’s most demanding jobs. “It wakes you up in a hurry,” he said. “Things come at you very fast.” He said he had urged Trump to assemble a top-flight White House team that could hit the ground running. Obama also said he had promised to facilitate a smooth and thorough transition.

Hoping to reassure his own shell-shocked partisans, Obama pictured the federal government as a massive, well-entrenched, inertia-prone entity not susceptible to the whiplash course reversals Trump has so glibly promised. Reflecting on his own experience, the president said, “You win an election. Now comes the hard part.”

It’s an easy promise to “tear up” treaties and trade pacts, Obama continued, as well as “unwinding” domestic health care legislation, immigration policy and civil rights law.

Those all make good sound bites. But in practice, even the humblest course corrections can take years. “The government is not a speed boat,” he said. “It’s a cruise ship.”

If that’s the case, president-elect Trump this week named two first mates to steer his cruise ship of state. Former Republican National Committee chair Reince Priebus of Wisconsin becomes White House chief of staff. “Alt-right” digital media mogul Stephen Bannon, a Trump campaign manager, will serve as senior policy guru.

Down-the-middle as mandated, NPR on Monday sought feedback from both conservative and progressive commentators. The former said the dual appointments validate Trump’s sagacity in “balancing” the roles of the GOP’s establishment (Priebus) and populist (Bannon) wings.

As a GOP factotum and longtime friend of House Speaker Paul Ryan, the conservative pundit said, Priebus is best positioned to push Trump’s policy mandates on Capitol Hill. Breitbart News chairman Bannon’s appointment, meanwhile, assures the party’s “alt right” white nationalist wing that Trump will carry out their anti-immigrant agenda.

The progressive pundit was a mixed-race citizen troubled by Bannon’s and Trump’s incessant drumbeat of anti-immigrant, anti-minority, anti-female campaign vitriol. The GOP strategy worked to perfection, he admitted, but the nation will be the worse for it.

I’m of the latter persuasion. Spin-doctoring aside, Trump’s zero-sum worldview requires “winners” and “losers.” We know who the winners are. They’re righteous, well organized, fact-averse and heavily armed.

The losers? Democrats, immigrants, Muslims, Afro-Americans, LGBT people, climate scientists, Medicare and Social Security recipients, poor people needing health care, and women generally.

Finally, add three favorite GOP targets. Goodbye, First Amendment. Goodbye, NPR. Goodbye, PBS. Sorry Gwen.

A meme from the Internet, artist unknown: Dr. Who’s weeping angel

Jane Roland is the Manager of the AFRP Treasure Shop at 160 Fountain Avenue. Gcr770@aol.com

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This Land is Our Land

Special events at the library the week of November 18

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 18: Going Out and Going In with John Muir - with Linda and David Mullally - 5:30 to 7pm ​L ocation: Pacific Grove Public Library, 550 Central Avenue, Pacific Grove Cost: Suggested $10.00 donation, free to Friends of the Pacific Grove Public Library Description: Linda and David will share their hiking adventures in the Sierra Nevada John Muir loved and helped preserve. They will take you along stretches of the John Muir Trail and into the John Muir Wilderness in the Sierra, and the John Muir Way in Scotland, including a visit to John Muir’s home in Martinez, California.

“Delicious, radiant, fiendishly inventive!”

– San Francisco Chronicle

WES TON KRUKOW | PHOTO: DAVID ALLEN

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THE CHRISTMAS BALLET

Friday, December 2: Photographic Presentation and Talk - “Winter in Yellowstone” with Monterey Peninsula resident Doug Steakley - 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: Every winter, Doug takes a small group to Yellowstone Park for a photography tour.

During this presentation, he’ll share his photography and experiences from these winter tours. “Winter is a very special time to visit Yellowstone—there are far fewer people than in the busy summer months and the winter environment is quiet and intimate. We visit the wide open Lamar Valley, which has been called the Serengeti of the American west, and is home to several wolf packs, coyotes, elk and bison. We then move south to the Old Faithful area, visiting many hot springs and geysers along the way. Winter is also the time when the bison gather around the hot springs and are covered with frost in the cold early morning hours. Bald eagles are easy to spot among the trees along the Firehole and Madison rivers and there are always unexpected opportunities.” Doug’s upcoming “Winter in Yellowstone” 2017 tour for January 16-22 is full, but he is making a waiting list for his 2018 tour.

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Saturday, December 3: Asilomar nature walk and talk 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 Conference Grounds. Walks will include readings from the works of John Muir.

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.

 Create solutions that respect our city’s traditions  Make decisions based on solid information  Evaluate results to be sure we reach our goals  Celebrate our city’s successes and achievements I ask for your vote and thank you for your support. www.CynthiaGarfield.net  CynthiaGarfield93950@gmail.com  Elect Cynthia Garfield PO Box 581 Pacific Grove, CA 93950 Paid for by Elect Cynthia Garfield for PG Council – 2016 FPPC # 1386924

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Personalizing Veterans Day at Robert H. Down School

Students at Robert Down brought their own personal veterans to be honored at a school-wide assembly, where they read statements and introduced their

Photos by Karen Levy

veterans to the crowd. A warm reception met the program as proud children paraded moms, dads, and others before the assembly.

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Pacific Grove Honors Veterans at the Lighthouse

A small committee of stalwarts decorated the El Camelo Cemetery with flags placed on veterans’ gravesites in a tradition begun years ago by Bud Giles.

Photo by Linda Pagnella.

Below, top left, Mayor Bill Kampe gave an address to an assembled crowd at Pt. Pinos Lighthouse. He is flanked by Lt. Mark Magrino, USCG, who also gave an address. Photo by Will Bryson.

The Coast Guard presented the colors, and Chaplain First Lt. Heather Mendoza, USAF, offered the invocation and benediction. On hand also were serice members from DLI and the Presidio of Monterey. A sunny day began, but soon a breeze and wispy fog came in and made the Pacific Grove Middle School Chorus, under the direction of Jared Masar, shiver.

The chorus led the celbrants in singing patriotic songs. Master of Ceremonies was Mike Milliorn. The ceremony was closed in honor and memory of Ken Riley.

On hand were members of the planning committee, including Richard O’Mara, SMSgt Julie Cantwell, USAF, Nancy McDowell of the Lighthouse volunteers, and councilmembers Rudy Fischer and Ken Cuneo. Tours were offered of the lighthouse. Refreshments were provided by Mary Nina Hill and the Paul Mortuary. Photos by Neil Jameson.

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Attempted Child Abduction Update: Claims Unfounded On November 14, 2016 at 1:32 PM, Monterey Police Officers investigated a report understanding the severity of their allegations. of an attempted child abduction at the Monterey Library, 625 Pacific Street.

MPD would like to remind parents and the public to educate their children on the MPD Investigators conducted follow up on this case and determined the incident severity of reporting a false crime. was unfounded and did not occur. The juvenile victims had fabricated the story without If you have any questions or inquiries, please contact Detective Sergeant Ron Blair with the MPD Investigations Division at 831-646-3814.

115th Hootenanny Sat. Nov, 19 at P.G. Art Center

Our 115th Hoot will recognize and celebrate the connection of gospel music to the emergence of the blues, R&B, Motown, and rock music. With the opening of the new African American Museum in Washington, we have to be reminded of Mahalia Jackson’s amazing, performance on an August afternoon in 1963. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was outside the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. ready to give the speech of his life. After that historic speech, the crowd joined arms and sang “We Shall Overcome,” an update of the old gospel song “I’ll Overcome.”

From the early 1900’s this powerful force in music paved the way for Sam Cooke, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, and of course Elvis to change pop music forever.

As usual we will also be singing some favorites from our 230 page songbook, including country, folk, and ’50s to ’70s rock. This free event has been

going strong for over 19 years and hosts from 40-70 singers and players. So drop in to Hootenanny CXV, Sat., Nov 19 and sing like Mahalia, the Staple Singers, and Clarence Fountain and Five Blind Boys from Alabama.

Come share in some chocolate-chip

cookies, and meet some new friends as we celebrate our 19th anniversary. It’s a hoot for the whole family.

This is a free event—but donations are appreciated. Contact Vic Selby at (831) 375-6141 or vselby@sbcglobal.net for details.

Food for Fines at the Monterey Library

The Monterey Public Library will celebrate the holiday season by forgiving library fines in exchange for donations of non-perishable, unopened food. All food collected will be given to the Monterey County Food Bank, which is in great need of replenishing supplies at this time of the year. This is a win-win program that encourages the return of long-overdue library materials. The Food for Fines program will be under way from December 1 through December 31. The Library is located at 625 Pacific Street, Monterey. For more information, call (831) 646-3933.

Aquarium offers free admission to tri-county residents

If you’re free, the aquarium is too!

The Monterey Bay Aquarium is offering free admission to all residents of Monterey, Santa Cruz and San BenitoCounties between December 3 and 11.

The “Community Week” celebration is a thank you to local residents for their support of the non-profit aquarium.

For free admission, present proof of current local residence, college ID, Monterey-Salinas transit monthly bus pass or utility bill at the main entrance.

Out-of-town guests will be asked to pay full admission.

For more information, call (831) 648-4800.

Poetry in the Grove will explore the works of Elizabeth Bishop

Elizabeth Bishop published a precious 101 poems in her lifetime, carefully crafting and polishing each to perfection. Join us from 3:00 to 5:00 pm on Saturday, December 5, for an informal discussion of the work of this winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1956.

I am in Need of Music

by Elizabeth Bishop Over my bitter-tainted, trembling lips, With melody, deep, clear, and liquid-slow.

Oh, for the healing swaying, old and low, Of some song sung to rest the tired dead, A song to fall like water on my head, And over quivering limbs, dream flushed to glow!

There is a magic made by melody: A spell of rest, and quiet breath, and cool Heart, that sinks through fading colors deep To the subaqueous stillness of the sea, And floats forever in a moon-green pool, Held in the arms of rhythm and of sleep

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Times • November 18, 2016 Men Win Equalizer Bonus at Half Marathon on Monterey Bay

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Crashing ocean waves, bright sunshine and an exciting elite competition were among the many highlights in the 14th annual Half Marathon on Monterey Bay. A ‘battle of the sexes’ challenge provided a thrilling end to the 13.1 mile race held along the water’s edge in the coastal towns of Monterey and Pacific Grove, California. Sixteen female elite and seeded runners started the race nine minutes ahead of the 26 top male runners whose 4:52 pace was planned to catch the lead females in sight of the finish line.

A tight group of three females – Sara Pagano of Brighton, MA, Becky Wade of Louisville, CA and Lauren Jimison of El Dorado Hills, CA stayed together for much of the race, while another three men slowly

Photos by Peter Mounteer

gained on the women. At mile 12.3, Aaron Braun of Flagstaff, AZ, passed Pagano to take the finish at 1:03:32 and win the $5,000 ‘equalizer’ bonus intended for the first person to cross the finish line.

Pagano called the gender competition “awesome,” and praised the beauty of the course. Both she and men’s winner Braun were first-timers at the Half Marathon on Monterey Bay. Daniel Tapia, the 2010 winner of the Big Sur International Marathon from nearby Prunedale, CA, battled hard for the top spot and finished just four seconds behind Braun. Martin Hehir of Flagstaff, AZ finished 9 seconds later at 1:03:46, followed

by Pagano whose finish time was 1:13:04, but with the 9 minute head start crossed the tape as the fourth runner. Becky Wade

followed four seconds behind Pagano at 1:13:08 to take second place female, with Jimison coming in the third female spot at 1:13:13.

The elite competition which carried a potential $32,000 in prize money made this year’s Half Marathon on Monterey Bay the country’s fourth largest prize purse event. Braun took home a total of $9,000 for his win, Pagano $4,000 for first place.

A sold out field of 8,000 runners enjoyed the beauty of the course. Runners from 12 to 88 enjoyed the scenic highlights of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary as well as visitor attractions such as running through historic Monterey, along Cannery Row, past the Monterey Bay Aquarium and through the quaint town of Pacific Grove.

“Today couldn’t have gone any better,” said race director Doug Thurston. “It was an exciting elite finish and a beautiful day with many runners getting PR’s (personal records).”

The November Half Marathon on Monterey Bay is one of four events in the Big Sur Marathon ‘family of events.’ The flagship race is the Big Sur International Marathon in April. Others include Run in the Name of Love 5K and 2K in June and the Salinas Valley Half Marathon in August. A ‘Waves to Wine’ challenge was added this year with medals being given to runners completing three of the four Big Sur organization races.

The 15th Half Marathon on Monterey Bay will be held November 12, 2017.

- Julie Armstrong

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VTCneeds food for the holidays

The Veterans Transition Center needs turkeys, hams, sweet potatoes, desserts and soft drinks for the 200+ veterans, many of them homeless, who VTC will feed on Thanksgiving and again at Christmas at the Marina American Legion.

VTC also has invited homeless students from three local colleges to join in the meals. “Food gifts are requested as soon as possible to the VTC office in Martinez Hall, just off the Imjin Parkway,” said Tom Griffin, VTC board chair. “We have freezers! Or mail your monetary donations to VTC at 220 12th St., Marina, 93933.

Additional information about the nonprofit VTC can be obtained at www.vtcmonterey.org.

Community Thanksgiving

Interfaith Outreach of Carmel presents the 8th Annual Community Thanksgiving Service. This “National Day of Gratitude” is hosted by Congregation Beth Israel on Tues., Nov. 22, 2016 at 7:00 p.m.

Congregation Beth Israel is located at 5716 Carmel Valley Road, Carmel.

Begin the Thanksgiving holiday with this special opportunity to share with others of many faith traditions the spirit of gratitude. The evening will feature special prayers, readings and traditions from local faith communities. Glorious music will be offered by the Monterey Peninsula Gospel Community Choir.

While there is no cost, we will be collecting canned goods to offer to the Food Bank. A dessert reception will follow in the adjacent hall. For more information, please contact Anne Albano at apalbano@att.net .

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Volunteers Take Part in Making Christmas a Reality for 12 Million Children in Need

Through Nov. 21: National Collection Week for Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Gifts Pacific Grove residents are on a mission to make a lasting impact on children in need. They are looking beyond their own wish lists and donating gift-filled shoeboxes for boys and girls around the world—for many, it will be the first gift they have ever received.

Through Nov. 21, Pacific Grove and surrounding cities residents will transform more than 7,300 empty shoeboxes into gifts of hope filled with school supplies, hygiene items, notes of encouragement and fun toys.

Operation Christmas Child, a project of Samaritan’s Purse, will deliver these shoebox gifts to children overseas living in extreme poverty or affected by war, disease and natural disaster.

Several Pacific Grove-area sites will serve as drop-off locations for shoebox gift donations open all week.

For a complete list of all drop-off locations, searchable by ZIP code, visit samaritanspurse.org/occ.

“This week the community is focused on making a difference in the lives of children facing difficult circumstances,” said Nathan Bates, West Coast Regional Director for Operation Christmas Child. “There is no joy quite like that of giving, and it is an honor to use our resources to let children around the world know they are loved and not forgotten.”

Pacific Grove residents participating are not alone in their effort to help children around the world. More than 150,000 volunteers including families, churches and other groups are linking arms across the country to contribute to the world’s largest Christmas project of its kind. In 2016, Operation Christmas Child hopes to collect enough shoebox gifts to reach 12 million children, with more than 7,300 coming from Pacific Grove and surrounding cities.

For more information on how to participate in Operation Christmas Child, call or visit samaritanspurse.org/ occ. By going online to give the suggested donation of $7 per shoebox gift, participants can follow their box to discover where in the world it will be delivered. They can also pack a shoebox gift online and even upload a photo and note of encouragement.

Operation Christmas Child is a project of Samaritan’s Purse, an international Christian relief and evangelism organization. Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has collected and delivered more than 135 million gift-filled shoeboxes to children in more than 150 countries and territories.

Monterey - Trinity Christian High School 680 Belden Street Monterey, CA 93940 Fri Nov 18 2016: 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Sat Nov 19 2016: 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Sun Nov 20 2016: 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Mon Nov 21 2016: 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

Monterey - Shoreline Community Church 2500 Garden Road Monterey, CA 93940 Fri Nov 18 2016: 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.

Sat Nov 19 2016: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Sun Nov 20 2016: 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.

Mon Nov 21 2016: 8 a.m. - 10 a.m.

Seaside - Lighthouse Full Gospel Church 1153 Hamilton Avenue Seaside, CA 93955 Fri Nov 18 2016: 3 p.m. - 6 p.m.

Sat Nov 19 2016: 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Sun Nov 20 2016: 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.

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Pacific Grove

Sports

2016 Local Elk’s Hoop Shoot Youth Basketball Free-Throw Contest Held on Saturday, Nov 12 at Pacific Grove High School. These winners will compete in the Peninsula Finals on Saturday, Dec. 3 in Seaside. This is the first step of the National Competition sponsored by the Elks Lodge. The Pacific Grove Girls Basketball Team proved invaluable assisting therecreation dept. in overseeing the event.

Girls

10-11 Years Ava Marshall

School PGMS

Girls

12-13 Years Emma Dobrosulski

PGMS

Boys

8-9 Years Gideon Llantero

Robert Down

Boys 10-11 Years DilbarDhaliwal PGMS

Marshall Pearman Robert Down Boys

12-13 Years Noah Capili Noah Potter

PGMS PGMS

Photos by Robin Lewis

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Patrick Ryan

Local Real Estate

Home Staging Tips You have made the decision to sell your home. You found a Realtor, signed the contract and listed it for sale. There are a few things that you can do to make your home more appealing to the buyers out there that are simple and cost very little, if anything at all. Here are some tips for staging your home once it is on the market.

Depersonalize your home. Basically this means to remove the family photos that you have hanging on the wall, on the mantle, and on the counter tops. This can be emotionally difficult to do especially as family photos are part of your life story. These are your memories and mark important moments in your life. However, buyers don’t care about that. When a buyer sees all your family photos on the wall what they see is you living there. You want them to see themselves living there.

When it comes to furniture, less is more. All of us seem to accumulate stuff over the years and it can slowly build up in the house to the point when it can make your home seem small inside. Since we are living in it every day we don’t really notice it. However, a buyer will notice that the home feels cramped and small inside. If you can remove some of the furniture you will

create space and a sense that the home is roomy and not cramped. Decluttering will make it easier when you move as well.

Give the inside and outside, if it needs it, a fresh paint job. This is not very expensive and can brighten up your home. Over time paint gets dinged, chipped, scraped, and dirty and you may not even notice. A quick new coat of paint will make your home shine inside and out. Along with this, I recommend giving your front door a fresh coat of paint as well. Red seems to get the best reaction out of buyers. This is simple and easy to do and buyers will notice.

Lastly take a look at your house from the street and see if it has good curb appeal. I have seen buyers drive by a home and not go in just due to how the front yard looks. This is an easy fix. Trim the trees or bushes that are overgrown. Get rid of any weeds and go to the nursery and buy some flowers to plant in the yard. You want the buyers to stop, get out and go inside. A front yard that looks nice is the easiest way to achieve this. As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Cheers Patrick.ryan@sothebyshomes.com 831.238.8116

Scott Dick Monterey County Assoc. of Realtors

Market Matters Millennials make housing compromises Source: Builder America’s millennials – those aged 18-34 – have had to delay or rethink traditional ideas of the “American Dream” of homeownership, according to NHP Foundation, a not-for-profit provider of service-enriched affordable housing.

More than three-fourths of millennials have made compromises in order to find affordable housing. Seventy-six percent of respondents said that they have made housing compromises in order to find something affordable.

Of those who admit compromises, 46 percent say they live with parents or family; 43 percent say they have put off saving for the future; 41 percent say they live with a roommate; while 36 percent say they have had to move further away from school or work to find something affordable. Thirty percent have said they have put off home ownership entirely.

Sixty-nine percent of millennials are “cost-burdened.” Affordable housing is housing for which occupants pay no more than 30 percent of their income. Those who spend more than that on rent or a mortgage are considered “cost-burdened,” and over 69 percent of

Your Letters No Parent Input

What I love about The Last Hometown is the great parks that are scattered around Pacific Grove! Having raised our kids in the George Washington Park area, we are now doing the same with our grandkids. It was with great excitement when they replaced the old playground equipment there with a new structure this month. Walking down to the park, my grandkids were all giddy with excitement over the new slide and tunnel that we observed being built. Much to my surprise the “board” that planned this geared the new equipment for “older” kids aged 5 to 12 instead of taking into consideration parents with kids under the age of 5 who are the majority in this area or the three day cares who rely on this park for their outdoor activities. Try to explain to a 3-year-old they can’t use the slide because I couldn’t even lift him him high enough to reach it!

At this writing I have been told that the city is putting in a “baby” slide and bouncy toy but it’s not enough for kids who want to climb. Why didn’t the city reach out to the neighborhood parents or the day cares who utilize the park for their input? Because this wouldn’t have happened if they had.

Since this is getting long I won’t even bring up the fact that this new structure isn’t even disability accessible. Like a friend said today: The board who planned this was probably old men who wanted to relive their childhood.

Gary L Page Monterey

Impressed by Veterans Day Ceremony Editor:

The [Veterans Day] Ceremony Friday was wonderful - what a setting! - as was the flag-adorned cemetery across the street. The volunteers to a one made all feel welcome on this sunny morning, providing everything from seats to sweets, and a crisp-wind and approaching fog didn’t deter the ‘full house’...but kept us all ‘alert.’ And the middle school choir was delightful (but shivered between numbers). Speakers were brief but on-point, focusing on why were there.

Seemingly missing perhaps, from our sea-coast and Coast Guard heritage ceremony, was the tolling of ‘six-bells’ (11 o-clock), on the 11th day of the 11th month when today’s ceremony promptly ended at 11:00am. Maybe next year.

And where else but P.G. could you go down the street later in your ‘Vet’ ball cap, and have a stranger walk up, stop, and shake your hand and say ‘thanks for your service?’ Hopefully, ‘everywhere’ else.

Thanks to the volunteers who worked so hard to put this event on (and advertise it so well).

Win Bryson Pacific Grove

millennials put themselves in that category. Of those who describe themselves as “cost-burdened,” 67 percent say they are saving for the future purchase of a home; 20 percent say they are delaying getting married or having children; and 17 percent are putting off paying for preventative healthcare.

Nearly one-third plan to continue renting and/or living at home, and 50 percent prefer renting to ownership. Sixteen percent said they plan to continue renting and 12 percent say they plan to continue living with their parents or family. Of the respondents who said they plan to continue renting, 57 percent said they will continue to do so because the “expenses of home ownership are too great.”

Despite some renters forced to do so by high costs, some respondents prefer renting to ownership. Fifty-one percent said they will continue to rent because of the location of their rental and 31 percent said that their “mobile professional life” (defined as “frequent moves necessitated by climbing the career ladder”) was more conducive to being a renter.

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Alec Murdock

Opinion

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Times • Page 19

Outside the Box Up and Running

Now that the election is over and you’ve had a chance to get acquainted with this column, we’ll be commencing regular bi-weekly appearances. And it’s about time I introduce myself: I have been in and out of journalism for 30 years, and have lived in Pacific Grove for 14 of them. My association with Marge Ann Jameson began in late 2007 when, as editor of the Hometown Bulletin, she hired me to be the news reporter. Little more than six months later, the paper was sold and we both left.

With the Cedar Street Times, I’ve contributed occasional Letters to the Editor and individual Commentaries. But until now, I resisted the temptation to offer ongoing commentaries in a regular column because, frankly, I don’t believe that any of us want or need more opinions for opinions’ sake. By themselves, they are often upsetting, rarely uplifting, and generally no more helpful than “cats, yes; dogs, no.” I think we all would have gotten sick of it pretty damn fast. By the way, I love cats and dogs equally. Just sayin’.

Then why should I do this opinion column, especially about PG politics and predilections? Well, I realized it could have some value if it manages to be bigger than opinions and comes from contexts or angles that are at least unusual, hopefully interesting. My goal is to offer up thought-provoking ways to look at issues. It’s always better to challenge our beliefs and assumptions than to surround them with moats and cannons, don’t you think? Did I read this somewhere — that the biggest obstacle to finding the truth is being sure we’ve already found it?

Okay, I’m getting carried away — already. This column might be nothing more than a bi-weekly diversion for you. In any case, we’re going to give it a whirl for a year. As each new one is published, I invite you to email me at AlecOTB@ arrowkite.com, and let me know your thoughts and reactions. Please try to be constructive. Every so often, I’ll include some of your comments in a column.

Especially as it relates to politics, I think most of us have low regard for misleading media that calls itself news, and for misleading political advertising (national and local), and for misleading columns. So I want you to know I have no hidden agenda, no interest in holding office, I’m not a surrogate or partisan, and in fact, I think we pay a heavy price for our two-party system. As you’ll see, I’m independent-minded and open-minded. I consider it part of my job, even in a column like this that is not news, to distinguish between facts and opinion, to never try to disguise one as the other, and to do my very best to form opinions that flow from accurate observations and common sense, and to make the route clear.

Together, I hope we’ll reach higher and keep thinking outside the box!

You may email comments about this column to AlecOTB@arrowkite.com.

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Times

• November 18, 2016

Part One: Sell the Sizzle not the Steak

Rekindling hallelujah lights on the Monterey Peninsula Streaming news almost obscured the world’s loss of two shining lights in the wake of the Nov. 8 presidential hoopla.

If one term praises both exalted decedents (Jewish poet/singer/songwriter Leonard Cohen, 82,on Nov. 10, and black reporter/ presidential-debate moderator Gwen Ifill, 61, on Nov. 13) it’s the word “Hallelujah.”

As to president-elect Donald J. Trump, who extolled “hyperbole” as a grand marketing strategy, let’s pray his seemingly narcissistic bombast was as vapid as hot air.

Let’s also hope Americans aren’t the hate-filled racists, bigots and misogynists their votes intimated they still are.

What intangibles drove this election?

Monterey storyteller Phil Hawthorne cites a marketing strategy I think Trump probably used for purveying political intangibles: Sell the sizzle, not the steak.

As one who doesn’t eat beef: I prefer lighter fare, so invite you to join in a banquet of spirit by sharing this reflection.

The day after the election, a haggard gray-faced President Barack Obama looked like the light had evaporated out of him. And, momentarily, it had. It’s a phenomenon mystics call “wandering in the darkness of despair.” Why? It seemed a despot would destroy Obamacare, his legacy of healthcare for America’s workers, her poor, her homeless.

Despair can afflict anyone. When it affects a sitting President, visibly palpable dimness descends over the White House.

I witnessed such despair in DC in 1992.

I was on a Greyhound Bus on Sun., Nov. 15, traveling from a convention in Virginia Beach, Va. to the bus terminal on Massachusetts Ave., Washington, DC. President George H. W. Bush had lost

Wanda Sue Parrott

Homeless in Paradise

his bid for reelection to Bill Clinton 12 days earlier. It was past dusk when the bus rolled around a corner and I glimpsed of the White House. Illuminated by external lighting, its inner glow was flat.

The White House appeared to me like a candlelit coffin draped in gray scrim of disappointment, hearbreak and despair. Or a zombie, alive but spiritless with grief.

Within moments, the bus turned onto a side-street where a portable soup kitchen was serving a line of men and a few women who shuffled and huddled like silent shadow figures in the Founding Fathers’ footsteps.

Hallelujah!

Presidents Bush and Obama revived as their inner lights rekindled. Can we say the same about the almost-invisible street people of the nation’s capitol? Or here on our own beautiful Monterey Peninsula?

As President Bush Senior often said, “Make no mistake about it…” to which I add “there are homeless living like shadows from the untamed undergrowth of Carmel to the sandy strand of Lapis Road near Marina.”

We the People have the power to do something about it, rather than cross our fingers and hope the new administration

Annual Miniatures Art Show and Holiday Bazaar: Calling All Artists and Art Donors Date: Time: Location:

Phone:

Wednesdays and Saturdays in November, 2016 Noon to 4:00 p.m Monterey Peace and Justice Center (MPJC), 1364 Fremont Boulevard, Seaside 831-899-7322

In the first two weeks of December of 2016, the Monterey Peace and Justice Center will hold its Annual Miniatures Show fundraiser. Small works of donated art will be shown at the Center beginning December 1, and people will have a chance to win their favorite piece.

A person purchases a ticket, and then places it in a box next to a piece of art of their choice. On December 11, one ticket will be randomly pulled from the box, and the owner of the ticket is the winner. Join us for fun and festivities at that time!

Meanwhile, we welcome contributions of art to the Miniatures Show!

Please bring the art to the Monterey Peace and Justice Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd, Seaside on any Wednesday or Saturday in November of 2016, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. The phone number is 831/899-7322.

Please fill out the Art Show Agreement in the clear plastic container on the desk. Tax Forms will be available, as well. The size limit for the art is 11” X 14”. It may be art, ceramics, home furnishings, photography, and/or sculpture.

Miniatures Art Show and Holiday Bazaar Flyer: https://peacecentral.files. wordpress.com/2016/11/miniartshow2016flyer.pdf

does it for us.

CeliaSue Hecht, homeless freelance writer/editor who has been quoted in this column before, says, “My slogan is, as it has always been: HOUSE PEOPLE NOW. She urges readers to join in her quest.

What can you do?

Light the candle of hope through city hall Remember the media’s homeless-blitz that started last June? The long, contentious election upstaged it, but it didn’t fizzle and die.

This column is rekindling the local blitz by inviting you to help do for the Monterey Peninsula what soup kitchen volunteers were doing near the White House — filling a void.

Learn how city government works by participating in the democratic process.

Start by urging your mayor and city

council to join the 2017 Matching Funds Challenge grant program which benefits the peninsula’s homeless population that’s becoming more visible as its numbers increase.

This election was a turning point for America. Thus far in US history, the lights have always come back on. Will they stay on this time?

It’s up to us, because we are those lights.

Next week we’ll take a mini-tour of city hall. Join us if you don’t favor elderly homeless women sipping soup on the streets of Paradise. If we don’t act, such women could become tomorrow’s tourist attractions.

For now, may Leonard Cohen’s musical light rekindle your post-election hope, whether you prefer steak or veggies, or simply love the sizzle of intangible promise.

HALLELUJAH You say I took the name in vain I don’t even know the name But if I did, well really, what’s it to you?

There’s a blaze of light In every word It doesn’t matter which you heard The holy or the broken Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah. .

Leonard Cohen (1934-2016) You can read the whole song at http:// www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/leonardcohen/ hallelujah.html Or listen to K. D. Lang sing it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_ NpxTWbovE Contact Wanda Sue Parrott at amykitchenerfdn@hotmail.com or leave a message with The Yodel Poet at 831-899-5887.

Poetry In The Grove The Poetry of Elizabeth Bishop is the topic on Saturday, December 3, 2016, from 3-5 pm at the Little House in Jewell Park.

"Lose something every day.

Accept the fluster of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.

The art of losing isn’t hard to master.

Then practice losing farther, losing faster: places, and names, and where it was you meant to travel.

None of these will bring disaster."

Poetry In The Grove meets on the first Saturday of every month from 3:00-5:00 pm at the Little House in Jewell Park, 578 Central Ave, Pacific Grove. The work of a different poet is read and discussed each month.

Come to read and join the discussion, or just come to listen.

Cosponsored by the Pacific Grove Poetry Collective, and the Pacific Grove Public Library www.facebook.com/PacificGrovePoetryCollective This event is offered at no cost, donations for the PG Public Library gratefully accepted.

November 18, 2016 • CEDAR STREET

Times • Page 21

‘Ghost Maven’ and Pacific Grove

By Tony Lee Moral, Author

In my mystery and suspense novel “Ghost Maven,” I dive straight into the action with a kayaking trip in jeopardy in Monterey Bay, which quickly puts the central character in peril.

The main character is 16 year old Alice Parker, who has just moved to Pacific Grove with her father and little sister, Sophie, after her mother’s passing. Deathly afraid of the water, Alice is determined to conquer her fear by getting involved with her high school kayaking team. During one particular outing, a strange fog rolls in and Alice becomes disoriented and eventually thrown from her kayak. Struggling to reach the surface, Alice begins to drown when a mysterious stranger, Henry, rescues her. Against all rules, they begin to see each other.

While working in Monterey, as a television producer for National Geographic, I was inspired by the natural beauty of the Bay area. The fog would inexplicably roll in, making it perpetually cloudy, whereas if you drove just five minutes inland, the sun would shine. The unpredictable weather was all part of the shrouded secrecy and charm of the region, with its rich folklore in the supernatural.

Having lived in Monterey and Pacific Grove for two years, this story is incredibly personal to me. I walked the coastal paths Alice walked, taking in the blues and greens of Monterey Bay. I kayaked over the underwater kelp forests, marvelled at the diaphanous moon jellies in the Aquarium, and smelt the salty sea breeze during many long strolls along Carmel’s sandy beach. It’s a magical place to live, and one where I feel very at home with nature.

I start the novel with a quick succession of chapters, using famous landmarks around Monterey Bay, such as the Aquarium, Point Pinos Lighthouse, Point Lobos forest, Big Sur and Cannery Row. These are places rich in history and literature, from John Steinbeck to Jack Kerouac, as well as shrouded in mystery. Some are even linked to the supernatural. Point Pinos Lighthouse, for example, is said to be guarded by a spirit, a plot device

I use during the thrilling denouement of the novel.

I often wonder why I felt so creative while living in Monterey. Indeed, I now envy the creative thought processes and insights I had at the time. Maybe it was the fresh sea breeze, the stretch of the Pacific, and the cool forests to hike in, all of which supplied a rush of oxygen to my head?

Recently I was researching another science television program for the Discovery Channel about genius and creativity, which helped shed light on my supercharged bursts of activity. I was fortunate to be able to interview John Kounios of Drexel University, Philadelphia who wrote “The Eureka Factor.” He shared some very useful tips on creativity, which I can apply to my writing process, and help me become more insightful.

Outdoors colors like blue and green have been shown to enhance insight. Not surprisingly this is where the phrase “blue sky thinking” may have originated. Certainly the possibilities seem endless, when I stand at the end of Lovers Point and look out at the vast Pacific stretching in front of me. Big open spaces can enhance creativity and broaden your visual attention, which is why Monterey and the Big Sur became a tonic and a mecca for many artists and writers, from John Steinbeck to Jack Kerouac.

The sudden switches of location in the book are very important to keep the reader entertained. Never use a setting simply as background. When writing my locations, I also thought how they could be used dramatically. When Alice climbs the Point Pinos Lighthouse, it twice becomes the setting for her attempted murder. Heather, the high school prom queen’s disappearance becomes the MacGuffin, a plot device that Alfred Hitchcock often used, which is the engine of the story that drives the characters in the second half of the book.

Location is also used to create atmosphere. The past, Henry’s world, is evoked in the old canneries lining Cannery Row, made famous by John Steinbeck’s novel; in the tall, skeletal cypress forests of Point Lobos State Reserve, the ramshackle cabins of Big Sur and the Victorian clapboard houses of Pacific Grove. I actually lived in

136 Forest Avenue, the very same address where Alice and her family moved, just a few blocks from the romantically named Lover’s Point.

Both Alice and Henry have a shared appreciation of nature, and see tremendous beauty in the ocean, but also realize its power and danger. I was sure to choose locations to help form the setting for the development of their relationship. When they go to the Monterey Aquarium, they marvel at the moon jellies, and go searching among the Asilomar rock pools for sea creatures during low tide. Subliminally they also have other things in common, including favorite colors like purple and the same tastes in mid 19th Century literature.

When Henry writes Alice a love letter it is on old-fashioned scented lilac paper. They embark on a romantic courtship, involving ballroom dances, first kisses, coffee dates, writing love letters, walks along the beach, and having picnics.

The Monterey Peninsula is also rich in supernatural folklore. As well as my own personal experiences of the bay’s beauty, I was lucky to have a built in backdrop of ghosts and strange sightings to draw upon. Point Pinos is also the oldest oper-

ating lighthouse on the West Coast, and is actually thought to be haunted. It seemed the perfect place for the novel’s climax and for pivotal scenes in the book.

The novel is also partly inspired by the British playwright J.M. Barrie who wrote “Mary Rose” in 1920. The whimsical and nostalgic play is about a woman who disappears on a mysterious island and reappears unaged 20 years later. I first read the play when I was researching my books on Alfred Hitchcock, as it was his favorite play and a film he wanted to make all his life. He thought about how he could create Mary Rose as a ghost. So Henry is my version of Mary Rose – someone who never grows old, and is tied to a mysterious island.

Tony Lee Moral’s book is published

by Saturn’s Moon Press and is available in both paperback and kindle. h t t p s : / / w w w. a m a z o n . c o m / G h o s t - M a v e n - To n y - L e e - M o r a l / dp/0997536357/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1474236894&sr=8-2&keywords=ghost+maven

And check out his new website for the book at www.ghostmaven.com

Montage Medical Group, part of the Parent Company of CHOMP, Adds New Specialists

Specialists in endocrinology/diabetes and lung care have joined the growing practice of Montage Medical Group.

Dr. Resmi Premji is an endocrinologist and internist who graduated from Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and completed a fellowship in endocrinology at George Washington University in Washington, DC. She holds medicine and surgery degrees from Amrita School of Medicine in India and practiced at High Range Hospital in India.

Dr. Leonard Sanders, an endocrinologist with 44 years of experience, is board certified in endocrinology and metabolism, internal medicine, and nephrology, and certified in high blood pressure, diabetes, cholesterol, and lipids. He graduated from University of California San Francisco School of Medicine and serves on the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators.

All four doctors work at Montage Medical Group in Marina, 2930 2nd Avenue, Suite 200. They are accepting new patients and take most insurance. For appointments, call (831) 582-2100.

Montage Medical Group, formerly Peninsula Primary Care, is

Dr. Shinkai Hakimi specializes in pulmonology, which focuses on the respiratory system, including lungs, upper airways, and chest. She graduated from the University of Iowa College of Medicine and practiced in Tacoma, Washington.

She divides her time between Montage Medical Group and the intensive care unit at Community Hospital.

Dr. Nupur Sinha is a pulmonary and critical care specialist. She is a graduate of Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College in India and completed her internal medicine residency and pulmonary fellowship at Bronx-Lebanon Medical Center, affiliated with Albert Einstein School of Medicine, in New York and is board certified in internal medicine. She completed her critical care fellowship training at Montefiore Medical Center in New York.

part of Montage Health, parent company of Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. It has four offices, in Monterey, Carmel, and Marina, with more than 40 primary care doctors and specialists. Find more information at montagemedicalgroup.org.

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Times

• November 18, 2016

Writing Your Memoir is an Unselfish Thing to Do

If you wanted to improve your golf game or learn ballroom dancing, you’d probably sign up for a class or two.

Maybe you’d even hire a pro for some one-on-one instruction. So why not apply the same logic to writing your life story?

Our community offers a variety of free or low cost writing classes at places like OLLI at CSUMB, the Sally Griffin Center and the Carmel Foundation, as well as the free monthly memoir classes that Patricia Hamilton is offering in partnership with the Pacific Grove Public Library.

And we’ve got a writing coach in our midst—meet Nina Solomita, the latest member of the “Keepers of Our Culture” team. Nina offers a personalized, customized service to help you access memories, organize them and get them on paper so they will be preserved for future generations.

Who Are Your Readers, and What Is Your Message?

Typically, Nina’s process will start by asking a client to describe for whom they are writing the memoir, and what message they would like to leave for their readers.

Some people are interested in reviewing and recording the important events of their lives, while others are inspired to share the lessons they’ve learned from life.

To get the creative gears going, Nina suggests collecting objects that have played a significant part in your life and see what sort of stories they evoke. One client found that an old Bible with her mother’s name in it prompted a flood of memories.

Another helpful technique is to review the major news and cultural events that have occurred in your lifetime, recall where you were at the time, and reflect on the impact the event had on your life. As

Keepers of our Culture Guest Columnist Keith Larson

Nina Solomita offers coaching services to help you write your memoir. one might expect, many of Nina’s clients are from the “Greatest Generation,” with vivid memories of the Depression and World War II, remembering exactly where they were when they heard the news about Pearl Harbor. “Everybody of a certain age

remembers the ice man bringing a block of ice to the house,” she says.

Letting the Story Come Out Many of us are intimidated by the whole process of writing, an aversion often tracing back to well-meaning but strict teachers who attempted to instill rigid standards about “good writing.” Nina encourages budding memoirists to simply tell their stories as if they were talking to friend, and to forget the “rules” about writing an essay that we all learned in eighth grade. “Let it come out as a story and let it come out the way it wants to come out,” she advises.

In addition to helping with the actual writing process, Nina assists her clients in organizing what is often a lifetime’s worth of material: cards, letters, journals, important documents, and photographs.

Each project is unique, but will typically include giving the client a transcription of the stories and recollections for their review and revision. For some, just one printed copy is all they desire. Others turn the project into books to be presented to family and friends, or even offered for sale in bookstores and online.

Nina brings 20-plus years of professional writing experience to “Keepers of Our Culture.” She holds a Masters of Fine Arts from Goddard College and has taught playwriting and other courses

at Pacific Repertory Theatre’s School of Dramatic Arts in Carmel, where she was also the Dean of the Adult Program.

More recently she’s designed and offered writing workshops in Marin County. Nina has taught a variety of courses at the college level, including at CSUMB and at Osher Lifelong Learning Centers (OLLIs) at Berkeley, Dominican University, and California State University of the East Bay. Her special love is playwriting, and The Listening Place Readers Theater of Monterey presented her play, Every Spreading Moonbeam (now entitled Fania), at La Mirada Museum.

Nina may be reached at nsolomita@ sbcglobal.net, 831/402-0224.

Whether you hire a coach like Nina, take a memoir class, or write on your own, the important thing is to keep going and finish the project. “It’s the story only you can tell,” Nina says. “Writing your memoir is an unselfish thing to do. It’s your gift to the world, and to the generations to come.”

Tell Your Story in ‘Life in the Grove’!

“Keepers of Our Culture” is gathering 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, December 15, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Little House in Jewell Park. For details, visit keepersofourculture.com.

For professional memoir writing and other services offered by Park Place Publications, and for a free consultation, contact Patricia Hamilton at 831/649-6640, publishingbiz@sbcglobal.net.

CVB Says: ’Tis the Season

Make Your Holidays Merry And Bright In Monterey County With winter quickly approaching, are you dreaming of a bright Christmas with sunshine, mild weather and postcard-worthy scenery? Leave the snow shovels at home and escape with your family this holiday season to Monterey County. From traditional tree lightings to yuletide carols to a twinkling boat parade, the destination boasts celebrations and festivities for residents and visitors alike, creating unforgettable holiday moments.

“The holidays are such a special time in Monterey County as communities put up incredible light displays and plan creative events to celebrate the season,” says Tammy Blount, President and CEO of the Monterey County Convention and Visitors Bureau. “Bring your children, loved ones and even your four-legged friends and join us in making holiday memories that will last a lifetime.”

Tree Lighting Ceremonies For many communities, the ceremonial lighting of a Christmas tree is a long-time tradition and marks the official start of the holiday season. Monterey kicks the season off on Friday, November 25, with Christmas carolers, Santa’s reindeer and the 22nd Annual Cannery Row Holiday Tree Lighting. The entire family is invited to join Santa on Steinbeck Plaza.

The quaint City of Pacific Grove flips the switch on Monday, November 28 at 5:30, with an old-fashioned Christmas Tree Christmas Tree Lighting Mon Nov, 28 Lighting and Santa’s Christmas Party at at Jewell Park and the Museum the Museum. As jolly old St. Nick is busy making appearances, don’t miss him as he is delivered by the Monterey Fire Department at the City Holiday Tree Lighting and Carmel Plaza Holiday Party on Friday, December 2 in charming Carmel-by-theSea. Before the main event, toast the beginning of the holiday season at the Sunset Center with a celebration in the theater library including free portraits in front of their Christmas tree. Also, happening that Friday evening is Historic Downtown Monterey’s Traditional Christmas Tree Lighting on Colton Hall Lawn featuring carols, candles, cookies and cheer.

Historical Holiday Celebrations Monterey County is rich in history stretching back to 1850. Folks can take a step back in time and visit bed and breakfast inns dressed in Victorian-era splendor at Christmas at the Inns in Pacific Grove. The innkeepers open the doors for two evenings – November 29 and 30 – offering live music and tasty treats. Stroll through Historic Downtown Monterey for Christmas in the Adobes on December 9 and 10. The annual event includes exploring 19th Century adobes for fandango dance lessons, bagpipes, games and more with proceeds benefiting the Monterey State Historic Park children’s educational programs. The Carmel Heritage Society works to preserve and promote the history of Carmel-by-the-Sea; and every holiday season, the non-profit group hosts the Inns of Distinction Tour. On Sunday, December 4, participants will have the opportunity

to tour the inns including Doris Day’s Cypress Inn which has been a landmark since 1929. And if you’re looking for a Christmas Eve celebration, The Peninsula Harmony Company choir will be caroling around the lobby at Hyatt Carmel Highlands in their Victorian attire. The community and visitors are invited to join as the carolers spread Christmas cheer on the night before Santa arrives.

Parades and Lights Strike up the band for the Holiday Parade of Lights in Salinas.

Marching bands, floats, classic cars and more travel through Oldtown Salinas to the National Steinbeck Center for this lighted event on Sunday, November 27. Santa and Mrs. Claus travel all the way from the North Pole to celebrate the 15th Annual Holiday Parade of Lights on Lighthouse Avenue in Pacific Grove. The parade will be held on Pacific Grove’s vintage fire truck in the the first of December and includes local marching bands, floats and annual Parade of Lights, Dec. 1 downtown equestrian groups. We mustn’t forget the traditional Brighten the Harbor Lighted Boat Parade, sponsored by the Monterey Peninsula Yacht Club. Taking place Sunday, December 4, decorated illuminated boats cruise Monterey Bay, competing for “Best Decorated Boat.”

Gingerbread Houses for a Cause Icing, candy canes and swirly twirly gum drops! My Museum’s Gingerbread Extravaganza Weekend is sure to be a sweet treat and raises funds for the museum.

The extravaganza kicks off on Thursday, December 1 with adults getting in on the fun by decorating their own gingerbread houses followed by the kid-friendly gingerbread house event on Sunday. Hofsas House in Carmel-by-the-Sea also hosts a Gingerbread Making Fundraiser for families to enjoy on Saturday, December 3. The 5th annual benefit supports the Carmel Public Library Foundation.

You Won’t Want to Miss …

With a festive spirit in the air, Santa arrives a little early in Carmel Valley. Instead of a sleigh and reindeer, Kris Kringle and the Mrs. make a grand entrance by helicopter and are greeted by excitement and joy. The 58th Annual Carmel Valley Santa’s FlyIn is happening on Saturday, December 10th, at Carmel Valley Airfield. You can also catch Santa as he joins the Snowman and Snow Queen at the 23rd Annual Stillwell’s Fun in the Park event in Pacific Grove, featuring complimentary rides, bounce houses and a petting zoo.

From holiday traditions to unique events, unwrap the secrets of the season and family fun in Monterey County! Hotel properties and restaurants throughout the destination are also offering special holiday deals and meals. For a list of events and specials, please visit SeeMonterey.com. From our family to yours, we wish you a happy and healthy holiday season!

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Holiday Giving 2016 Kicks Off to Benefit Local Food Banks

The state’s economy may be doing well, but the prosperity hasn’t touched everyone. According to the California Association of Food Banks, an average of one in eight residents still doesn’t know where his or her next meal will come from. Out of those 5.4 million experiencing food insecurity in our state, nearly half are children.

To help boost donations to local food banks during the holiday season, Lucky Supermarkets will once again hold the annual Holiday Give. Share.

CARE! Drive, making it easier for shoppers to donate. At check-out, customers can tear off a coupon and hand it to the cashier. $2 feeds one person breakfast $3 feeds one person lunch $5 feeds one person dinner The coupon shoppers choose will be added to their grocery bill, and the tax deductible contribution will be noted on their receipt. 100 percent of all donations go to the local food bank assigned to each store.

Last year, the Holiday Giving campaign brought in more than $240,000 collectively from our 200+ stores for about 30 food banks throughout California and Northern Nevada. Donations at checkout begin November 14 and will end December 27.

We’re encouraging donors to talk about the help they’re providing on social media by using the hashtag: #LuckyGiving.

Friends of Monterey Library Giant Used Book Sale

The Friends of the Monterey Public Library will hold their Giant Used Book Sale on Saturday, December 3, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. A preview sale for Friends members only is on Friday, December 2, 3 - 5 p.m. Non-members can join at the door.

There will be bargain prices on top quality, gently used books, CDs, DVDs and children’s books, as well as a large inventory of rare and collectible books. All proceeds benefit the Monterey Public Library. The Library is located at 625 Pacific Street, Monterey. For more information visit mplfriends.com.

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