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Kiosk PG Museum of Natural History Monarch Butterfly Count at the Butterfly Sanctuary as of 11/25/15 is 11,423 Fri. Dec. 4
First Friday Gallery Night Pacific Grove Art Center 568 Lighthouse Ave. 7-9PM Art exhibits, Celtic Christmas Concert holiday boutique Silent Butterfly Auction music, and tales 831-375-2208 or at www.pgartcenter.org •
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It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas in Pacific Grove Folks began decorating their homes on the weekend after Thanksgiving.
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The City of Pacific Grove’s Christmas tree in Jewell Park was lit amid much pomp and circumstance...well, at least amid a lot of singing, dancing, and happy people. Santa arrived, there was cider todrink, and everyone had a wonderful time.
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Poetry in the Grove Discusses Kay Ryan 3-5 PM Little House in Jewell Park Free •
Here, combined Robert Down Elementary and Forest Grove Elementary school dire director Jared Maser directs young voices. More pictures are on page 16
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Monarch Film Festival Lighthouse Cinema Military Block 12 Local Filmmakers Discount and block tickets available Official Schedule: www.www.monarchfilmfestival. com/festival-info •
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Petition for Ballot Measure Turned in for Verification Completed petitions were turned in to City Hall for verification so that the measure could be placed on the city ballot this fall. The measure would aim to amend the Pacific Grove Municipal Code to allow for a hotel to be built on the American Tin Cannery site and extend existing commercial-visitor zoning regulations to include the Tin Cannery, which is currently only zoned for commercial use. In August of this month, Domaine Hotels, a luxury hotel and resort developer, announced it had negotiated a 99 year lease of the property on which it will develop a 160 room upscale hotel in an effort it calls Project Bella. The petition to change the law received over 1300 signatures and the measure, which does not currently have a name, will be written and put on the ballot by March or April of next year. Crocker is president of the Friends of Project Bella, a volunteer group of about 24 core members that came together to oversee the collection of signatures to get the zoning measure change on the ballot. All the signatures require verification before the initiative will be placed on the ballot, an effort that will be completed jointly by the city clerk and county registrar of voters. - Peter Mounteer
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Inside Animal Tales & Other Random Thoughts............... 10 Breaker of the Week......................... 14 Cartoon.............................................. 2 Cop Log.............................................. 7 Homeless in Paradise........................ 22 In the Shadow ogf the Sequoias........ 21 Keepers of Our Culture..................... 21 Legal Notices.................................... 22 Natural Healing.................................. 8 Otter Views....................................... 10 Real Estate.................................. 18, 24 Service Directory.............................. 23 Sports..................................... 9, 14, 15 Young Writers’ Club............................ 8
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Renee Crocker hands over a stack of petitions to place a measure which would change local zoning law at the American Tin Cannery to allow for a hotel to be built on the site to outgoing City Manager Tom Frutchey on Wednesday.
Butterflies Pull A Fast One on Scientists
Turning Up Where They’d Not Been Recorded Before By Marge Ann Jameson You can’t be from Pacific Grove and not know about monarch butterflies, which gather by the thousands and roost in trees here throughout their overwintering season as they have done, likely before recorded history. In another time, they congregated in pine trees in George Washington Park. Over the past few decades, they have been roosting the eucalyptus in what we have named the Monarch Sanctuary They arrive in October, and they leave
in February or so. Usually the only variance in their activities is the numbers, which have been dropping over a few years. No one knows the definitive reason, but it may be pesticides in use in their territories or lack of habitat in the summer months. It may be lack of milkweed, on which they lay their eggs. It might be the drought in California. Monarch scientists, reeling from the severe drop in monarch numbers over the past few years, got a big surprise this week. Monarchs are clustering in areas where they have not ever been recorded before. Butterflies west of the Rockies have
traditionally migrated to California’s Central Coast — most notably to Pacific Grove, Natural Bridges State Park in Santa Cruz and the North Beach Campground in Pismo Beach. Locally, there are also sites in Big Sur and on private property where scientists make regular counts. The butterflies tend to congregate in eucalyptus trees for their nectar, because the trees, introduced from Australia, flower in winter. But that’s just a perk, according to Mia Monroe from the Xerces Society, the keepers of monarch
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records, and not the reason they choose eucalyptus. In fact, says Monroe, given a choice monarchs prefer native pine, cypress, and redwood. “Topographic features, not the trees themselves, seem to be more important,” she added. In Aquatic Park, in Berkeley, more than a thousand monarchs are roosting in Oregon ash trees near a golf course. On Mare Island, near Vallejo, they chose redwoods, as they did at a new site near Lake Merritt in Oakland. And there are several more new sites. “We didn’t see this coming at all,” says Monroe. “Are they resting before moving on to larger sites? Winter storms may tell.” She said a new bunch of monarchs in Stinson Beach, numbering 1350, have completely moved to another grove in Stinson Beach from where they were a week ago. In Pacific Grove this year, the monarch season officially began on October 10, according to the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History. Two weeks ago they counted 8,600 butterflies in the Sanctuary. As of November 25, a total of 11,423 monarchs were observed at the Sanctuary during what is known in the butterfly world as the Thanksgiving Count. All in all, things are looking up a bit for Central Coast monarchs. People are wondering how they can help. Encouraging friends and others in the Central Valley to plant milkweed helps, according to Xerces Society, but don’t plant them here in Pacific Grove. “Not only does it promote a higher rate of disease, it confuses the butterflies,” they state, adding that the thing to plant near places where the butterflies cluster and breed is nectar-bearing plants. Butterfly food. Monroe said people hoping to help the monarchs need to “mimic what used to happen.” Milkweed didn’t used to grow here. “2015 has been the biggest monarch year in northern and central California in at least a decade,” says Distinguished Professor Arthur M. Shapiro from the department of evolution and ecology at UC Davis. “And,” he adds, “the pattern of breeding returned to the historic one seen in the 1970s-80s.” Time will tell.
Monterey Fire Department Begins Toy Drive
Pacific Grove’s Rain Gauge Data reported by Jack Beigle from Canterbury Woods Week ending 12-3-15..............................0.0” Total for the season...............................2.97” To date last year....................................9.56” The historic average to this date is .......3.78”
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
The Monterey Fireman’s Association, a nonprofit organization comprised of members of Monterey Fire Department, is now accepting donations of unwrapped NEW toys for its annual Toy Drive to assist families in need. Donations will be accepted in marked barrels at all five fire station locations: Fire Station 1 – 600 Pacific Street, Monterey (corner of Pacific & Madison Streets) Fire Station 2 – 582 Hawthorne Street, Monterey Fire Station 3 – 401 Dela Vina Street, Monterey Fire Station 4 – 600 Pine Avenue, Pacific Grove Fire Station 5 – 6th & San Carlos Streets, Carmel-by-the-Sea
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Embedded War Reporter Presents Documentaries at Monarch Film Festival in ‘Military Event Block’ War reporter and documentary filmmaker Alex Quade covers U.S. Special Operations Forces on combat missions. Embedded with these elite, secretive units in Iraq and Afghanistan, one might expect a rough-edged, battle-hardened, he-man sort. But prepare yourself: this is Alex Quade.
Alex Quade “When I’m downrange, I have no makeup artist and hair dresser though the troops I cover probably wish that I would have. Because I look and sweat and smell like a dude when I’m downrange,” she says. “Lipstick and makeup melts in 125-degree temperatures in Iraq,” she adds. She’s the only reporter ever embedded long-term with these units downrange. And she is the recipient of two national RTDNA Edward R. Murrow Awards, as well as the Congressional Medal Of Honor Society’s Excellence In Journalism Award, for her war reportage. The Medal of Honor recipients present the award to individuals who, through their life’s work, have distinguished themselves by service or unbiased coverage of the United States Military through journalism. Quade says that she “schleps” her own gear and tries not to be a burden on the teams she’s with. “I just do what female soldiers have been doing throughout history,” she says. But instead of carrying a weapon, she carries a video camera and a notebook. She sleeps on the ground in body armor. Alex Quade says about her films: “I try to show the American audience what combat looks like up close… what it sounds like… what it feels like… I want to make it understandable for the families back home. I try to put the stories of their soldiers into context. “ Extreme storytelling and silent risk-taking lie at the heart of what Alex Quade does. And she will share it with
viewers at the Monarch Film Festival Friday, Dec. 10 and in an encore performance Saturday, Dec. 11. Quade will present three documentary shorts at the film festival. Spec Ops Combat Controllers Avoiding fratricide and civilian casualties during air strikes is the goal of a small team of Special Operations Forces few people have ever heard of: Air Force Combat Controllers. War reporter Alex Quade exclusively embedded with them in Afghanistan and brings the viewer along on a mission. Witness battles unfold and the meticulous decision-making process the Operators go through calling in close air support and advising Coalition partners. Quade’s film is relevant right now, because this same Special Operations Forces’ advising process continues, despite troop draw-downs in Afghanistan, and is the same advising process in Iraq. Alex Quade’s film documents the Combat Controllers’ decision-making process under fire, which still currently serves as a template/example of close air support and the important lessons Special Operations units have drawn over the last dozen years of war fighting. Danger Close: Special Forces Airstrikes War Reporter Alex Quade embedded with Special Forces Operational Detachment A-Teams in Diyala Province, Iraq, as they went after high value terrorist targets and called in airstrikes with A-10s and F-16s during combat missions. Quade tracked down those same aircraft, to bring the audience on ridealongs to explain their close air support role with the Special Forces A-Teams on the ground. Quade also witnessed the elite Green Berets advising as many as 1400-Iraqis on these battle operations. She is able to release this exclusive film now, because special operations taking place and the process for calling in airstrikes for the current Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq have changed. Per Special Operations Command, in Quade’s film: no full names, aircraft tail numbers or locations are released; nor full facial footage of Operators revealed. She received special permission from the Operators to show more of their faces, and share their stories with the audience. 9/11 Generation Rangers Service, Sacrifice, Patriotism: Alex Quade, gives viewers a unique, inside look at elite Army Special Operators that many have never seen. Go along on a once in lifetime experience with elite Army Rangers in Alex Quade’s documentary short: “9/11 Generation Rangers.” These battle-hardened, Tier 1 warriors, rarely seen on camera, talk candidly with Alex, before deploying back to Afghanistan. President Obama praised these 9/11 Generation warriors at the D-Day anniversary in Normandy,
after the first Gulf War. There, with her then-husband, also in the news business, she was there to help evacuate him out when he was wounded. She also reported covered the tsunami in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
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“To me, it’s a huge responsibility to do justice to the stories of the men and women serving our country… and it’s a huge responsibility to get it right, for their families who deserve to know the truth,” says Quade. “Their children and grandchildren ought to know about some of the amazing things that their soldier went through. History needs to be documented… or else people forget.”
France, comparing their call to serve, to that of the “Greatest Generation” from World War Two. The President singled out young Army Rangers, whom he’d met during his previous D-Day visit. War reporter Alex Quade was exclusively embedded with these Rangers, and brings you behind the scenes for their adventures. Among them are Sgt. 1st Class Cory Remsburg who was nationally recognized in the President’s State of The Union address, and Ranger Chaplain Jeff Struecker, of the Black Hawk Down Alex Quade, listening. And recording. mission in Somalia. Alex Quade embedded with many of these same Rangers, as well as 160th SOAR There will be a documentary feature (Special Operations Aviation Regiment) on Alex Quade’s time embedded with at another location, where she witnessed Special Forces in combat. It is being them fast-roping from helicopters and produced by Strong Eagle Media and is calling in AC-130 Spectre Gunship set for relase, fully funded, in 2016. Joe support. Walsh of the Eagles is doing the music for it. Look for “Danger Close: The Quade was a White House intern Alex Quade Story.” She is also working during the first Gulf War, and says that’s on another documentary on Col. Roger what sparked her interest in working Donlon, the first Special forces soldier to with the troops. Her first war-zone receive the Medal of Honor. experience was in the Balkans, not long Alex Quade says that the Monarch Film Festival in Pacific Grove is one of her favorite places as a filmmaker to visit. She says Pacific Grove’s community members “are always great about asking questions” and that she loves engaging with local veterans and military members, as well as Pacific Grove film buffs. There will be a question-and-answer opportunity at the film festival, and she looks forward to discussing her films and her experiences. Ask her about being Alex Quadein a pilot’s helmet traded for goats in Iraq.
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Monterey’s Lighted Boat Parade
Monterey’s annual lighted boat parade will be held this Sunday, December 6. Known as the only boat parade to leave “protected waters” and thereby afford the best opportunity for spectators. Passing just off the ends of Montereys wharves 1 and 2, passing the Big Fish Grill, out past the breakwater and along Cannery Row. Boaters will gather just off the Coast Guard pier beginning at 5:15. The boats will parade along Cannery Row up to just off the Aquarium, then turn back toward the harbor just off Cannery Row, parade past the judging station at Massaro & Santo’s restaurant. Great viewing in past years have been spectacular from locations along Cannery Row such as Taste of Monterey and the Clement, which both host parties. Many Cannery Row restaurants will afford great viewing and dining for this one of a kind event. Outdoor viewing is great from the Coast Guard pier, as crowds gather and celebrate with Christmas cheer. This year’s guest judges will be KSBW’s own Dennis Lehnen and longtime meteorologist, Jim Vanderzwaan. Boaters are rewarded with warm drinks and prizes for all their hard work afterward at the Monterey Peninsula Yacht Club. For more information call Monterey Pennisula Yacht Club at 372-9686
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Screening of “A Daring Journey: From Immigration to Education” is set for Thursday, December 10, at 6:05 p.m. at the 2015 International Monarch Film Festival to be held at 525 Lighthouse Ave, Pacific Grove. Writer/producer Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning filmmaker Dorothy Fadiman will be present at the screening. The film “A Daring Journey” documents the life of three people – Ruben Sr., Luis and Sergio – who risked their lives to cross the border from Mexico, to fulfill their dreams. This film begins with each immigrant giving a vivid description of his journey coming here, then describing their struggles to earn a living in the shadows of our immigration system. Each of them goes on to pursue education, Luis and Sergio for themselves and Ruben Sr. and his wife Janet for their son. They all share the goal of wanting to make a contribution to their new country. Oscar-nominated Emmy-winning filmmaker Dorothy Fadiman was inspired to make this film while shopping for groceries in Ruben Sr.’s market. One day he greeted her with this news, “My son is going to college!” She asked, “Where is he going?” Ruben answered, “Vassar.” Dorothy said “What a small world, our daughter graduated from Vassar!” She knew then and there that this family’s story would make an interesting documentary. Ruben Sr. and his wife, Janet, had arrived with no education, and now their son was off to college. Over the next five years, Dorothy documented Ruben Jr.’s educational journey from Eastside College Preparatory, a prep school for under-represented populations in East Palo Alto, through his college graduation. While filming she met the other two interviewees: Luis, who works full-time as a waiter while getting a Master’s degree from San Francisco State, and Sergio, who became the first undocumented person to be licensed to practice the law in the United States. What impressed her about all of these people was that they share an appreciation for the importance of education in building a better life. Why is this film important There are approximately 12 million undocumented people living in the United States. Half of these individuals are Mexican. These three stories present a microcosm of the realities that many immigrants experience once they arrive in the United States: of working hard to survive without legal status and going on to pursue education so they and their children are able to address the challenges in their futures with better tools and more options. For more information contact Dixie Lopez (info@concentric.org), phone 650568-4340 A trailer can be viewed at https://vimeo.com/129826787 Concentric Media is an independent media production company. Their films document stories of individuals and communities working toward social justice, human rights, and personal growth. All of their films can be viewed and downloaded free of charge.
Pacific Grove Museum Presents: The Drunken Monkey
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Why do we drink and abuse alcohol? In this talk, “The Drunken Monkey,” biologist and author Robert Dudley will provide an interdisciplinary perspective on today’s patterns of alcohol consumption and abuse. Follow the link between the fruit-eating behavior of arboreal primates and the evolution of the sensory skills required to identify ripe and fermented fruits that contain sugar and low levels of alcohol. In addition to introducing this new theory, Dudley will touch on the medical and social impacts of alcoholism. The talk will be given Saturday, December 5, 3-4:30 p.m. at The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, 165 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove. Cost is $5 and free to Museum members.
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Safe Place needs YOU Thursday night dinners at Dennis the Menace Park needs sponsors. Donate and serve a hot meal once a month to the homeless and at risk youth. A hot dinner means so much to those who are out in the cold. This is a time when comradeship and a full stomach can make a difference Please spread the word to your friends and organizations Call us and join in the giving. Safe Place 831-373-4421 or email sos@chservices.org
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Wharf Walk Saturday Dec. 5: ‘Holiday and other Historic Special Celebrations on Monterey’s Old Fisherman’s Wharf’ The Monterey Fisherman's Wharf Association teams up with noted Monterey Bay Fisheries Historian and author, Tim Thomas, to offer monthly Wharf Walks -Walking Tours at Monterey's Old Fisherman's Wharf (www.montereywharf. com) on the first Saturday of every month from 10:00 am. - Noon. The Wharf Walk set for Saturday, December 5 will focus on "Holiday and Other Historic Special Celebrations on Monterey's Old Fisherman's Wharf." Tours meet at the head of Old Fisherman'sWharf (near the pink "Harbor House" store, #1 Old Fisherman's Wharf, Monterey. Advance reservations are required by calling Tim Thomas at (831) 521-3304 or via email timsardine@yahoo.com. The tour is for ages 10-adult only and the cost is $20 for adults and kids are $15 (10-15 years). Group rates are also available. About Wharf Walks For thousands of years people have made their living fishing the Monterey Bay, beginning with the Rumsien Ohlone, the Native People of the Monterey area. From abalone to rockfish, everything was fished and utilized and the Monterey Bay was a multi-cultural stew, made up of whalers from the Azores, squid fishermen from China, salmon fishermen and abalone divers from Japan, and Sicilians fishing sardines in the "dark of the moon." This entertaining tour of Old Fisherman's Wharf and the waterfront will take us back in time to explore the history of the MontereyWharf, early history of the Monterey waterfront, The Rumsien/Ohlone People--Monterey's first fishermen, the abalone industry, whaling the bay and of course, the legendary sardine industry. Discover some of the people and cultures of Monterey's colorful past and hear fascinating stories about Old Fisherman's Wharf and those who worked and walked
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Celebrating the end of a successful Salmon season, c. 1909. Tom Fordham collection, Monterey Library.
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Hartnell Community Choir Offers Winter Concert on Carmel
The Hartnell Community Choir will hold their winter concert at 3:00 pm Sunday, December 6 at the Church of the Wayfarer, Lincoln and 7th, Carmel. The choir is conducted by Robin McKee Williams.Originally affiliated with Hartnell Community College and now an independent organization, they have performed at Avery Fisher Hall, Steinbeck Center, Hartnell College and local churches. In January 2016, members of the Hartnell Community Choir will perform at Carnegie Hall as part of the Distinguished Concert Singers International. The program for the December 6 concert consists entirely of music written by living composers, with wunderkind composer Dan Forrest’s “Requiem for the Living” forming the cornerstone. Published in 2013, this stunning piece has already been performed extensively by choirs around the world. Equally wunderkind composer Eric Whitacre will also be represented, with the choir performing his “Five Hebrew Love Songs.” Written originally as a set of troubadour songs for piano, violin, and soprano, the piece has been adapted for a chorus. The music of several other superstar choral composers will also be performed, including “The Awakening” by Joseph Martin, Kyrie by Mark Hayes, and “Sure on this Shining Night” by Morten Lauridsen. Another highlight of the program will be the premiere of two pieces written expressly for the Hartnell Community Choir. The first piece, “For,” was written by Jennifer Tibbetts, a New York City-based composer, conductor, and singer. The second piece, “Breathturn,” was written by Michael Adelson, a conductor for the New York Philharmonic, whom McKee Williams met through her participation in the Distinguished Concerts International New York mentoring program for conducting. The choir will be accompanied by Monterey Strings, a string quartet plus bass led by well-known local violinist and conductor David Dally. Libby Kardontchik, a gifted accompanist from the Bay Area, will be the pianist, and local harpist Pamela Scholz will also be a featured performer. Vocal solos will be performed by soprano Cora Franz, a recent graduate of the UC-Santa Cruz music program. There is a suggested donation of $20. For more information, call 831-649-0992.
Poetry Reading and Book Signing at Monterey Library
Monterey Public Library will host a Poetry Reading and book signing from his new book, "What They Wanted" by Victor Henry, on Sunday, December 13, 2 - 3 p.m. Victor's narrative poems offer a journey into a war he was drafted to fight, in a strange country, for political reasons he knew nothing about. Following the reading, copies of "What They Wanted" will be available for purchase and signing. For adults. Admission is free. For information call (831) 646-3949 or email mccombs@monterey.org. Monterey Public Library is located at 625 Pacific Street, Monterey.
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Central Presbyterian Church of Pacific Grove 325 Central Ave. • 831-375-7207 Chabad of Monterey 2707 David Ave. • 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 Rev. Richard Bowman
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
Here is the list of folks who will be participating in our Dec. 4 First Friday. This is our Grand Finale for 2015. We will be having Gallery Night at PG Art Center and live music all over the place and many new participants! Also, if you know of neighboring businesses that would like to participate please let them know to contact Adrianne Jonson at firstfridaypg@gmail. com or at Artisana Gallery. First Friday continues in 2016 with our kick-off event Feb. 5, during the AT&T Pro-Am Golf weekend. Confirmed: PG Art Center (Gallery Night) Artisana Gallery Strouse & Strouse Studio-Gallery Bookmark Music Vinyl Revolution Iron Gate Silzer Studio
Red House Café Tessuti Zoo Fusion Confusion Planet Trout Studio Nouveau Taft & Teak Crack Pot Studio Butterfly By The Sea Butterfly Botanicals Letters From Home Photography TailWaggers Benefit Shop The Puzzle Lady habitat Nancy’s Attic Marshall Studio Phill’s Barbershop New Participants Tesla Motors A Touch of Glass Pacific Grove Rentals Artist: Chloe Wilson
Return of the Natives Planting and Habitat Restoration with Live Music December 2015 thru March 2016 Most Saturdays 10 AM – 1 PM Join Return of the Natives Restoration Education Project at upcoming community planting events. Volunteers are invited to come and enjoy the scenery, plant native plants, and help restore local habitats at a variety of sites in Seaside and Marina. Each event will be accompanied by LIVE music!
Local Coastal Planning meeting available on video The second of two Local Coastal Program Workshops is coming up on Friday, November 20. The joint October 27, 2015 Pacific Grove Monterey Planning Commission meeting with Coastal Commission staff is posted in video format for those that were not able to attend. Monterey’s Planning Commission videos all meetings.
12/5/15 – CSUMB Oak Woodland Restoration - Heath Proskin, bassist 12/12/15 – Marina Dunes Preserve – Tiny Drifters, bluegrass 1/16/16 – Monterey State Beach – Aaron Sacks, jazz trio 1/23/16 – Fort Ord Dunes – Tiny Drifters, bluegrass 1/30/16 – Fort Ord National Monument – Salvador Alamillo, jazz 2/6/16 – Marina Dunes Preserve – Heartstrings, Celtic 2/13/16 – Fort Ord National Monument – Harpin Jonny, blues 2/20/16 – Monterey State Beach – Upbeats 2/27/16 – Fort Ord national Monument – David Norris, traditional jazz Everyone is welcome! A great family activity that is FREE. Tools, water, and snacks provided. Earn community service hours and mingle with like-minded servers. For more information go to our website: https://csumb.edu/ron or call/email Lauren Krohmer @ (831)582-3686 or lkrohmer@csumb.edu.
Learn About Prints at the Art Center
Prints 101 - a talk by Barbara Furbush will be offered on Saturdy, Dec. 5 from 1-4 p.m. at the Pacific Grove Art Center, 568 Lighthouse Ave, Pacific Grove What exactly is a print? Etchings? Lithographs? Wood blocks? This is an introductory talk to get up close and personal with the blocks, plates, screens, stones and tools used to create the prints. The talk will provide an excellent overview for collectors, curators, artists and those who are just curious. It is offered in conjunction with the MPC Printmakers “Of Ink and Poetry” exhibit now at the PG Art Center. Fee is $15 for PGAC members; $20 general. To register contact Barbara Furbush at 310-562-3155 or bfurbush11@gmail.com
Monterey State Historic Park Celebrates 31st Christmas in the Adobes
Monterey’s unique historic adobes are decorated for the holidays and softly lit with traditional luminarias. Period music, living history portrayers, and festive spirit are featured during this year’s 31st annual celebration. Twenty-two adobes located throughout Monterey’s historic downtown will open their doors for the festivities from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. on December 11 and 12. Tickets are on sale now at the Cooper Museum Store located at 525 Polk Street at the corner of Polk, Munras, and Alvarado in Downtown Monterey. Phone: (831) 649-7111. Or, buy tickets online at www.mshpa.org<http://www.mshpa.org> through PayPal. Tickets may also be purchased on the nights of the event at Pacific House Museum (located on Custom House Plaza near Fisherman’s Wharf) and the Cooper Store. Adult ticket price is $25. For youth ages 6-17 tickets are $2 (accompanied by a paying adult). Children age 5 and under are admitted free. U.S. Military who show their I.D at the Cooper Museum Store receive the discount price on the adult one-night ticket. For those who wish to see it all, a two-night Gold Pass is $40. The event is sponsored by the Monterey State Historic Park Association. Proceeds support Monterey State Historic Park School History Programs.
December 4, 2015 • CEDAR STREET
Toy Drive is on at Monterey Regional Fire Stations and Kinship Center
The Monterey County Regional Fire District will hold its twelfth annual Holiday Toy Drive benefiting children in Kinship Center programs. New, unwrapped toys are being collected at Monterey Fire District stations through Thursday December 24, 2015. Toys collected will be distributed to children in Monterey County through Kinship Center’s “Family Ties” Relative Caregiver Support Program. Kinship Center, a Member of Seneca family of Agencies, a nonprofit agency, is dedicated to the creation, preservation and support of foster, adoptive and relative families for children who need them. Since 2004, Monterey County Regional Fire District firefighters has partnered with Kinship Center’s Family Ties program to ensure that children receiving these family support services are given new, age-appropriate toys during the holiday season. Collection barrels are at Monterey County Regional Fire District stations at the following locations: Toro Station – 19900 Portola Drive – Salinas ; Carmel Valley Village – 26 Via Contenta, Carmel Valley Village; Mid Valley – 8455 Carmel Valley Road - Carmel Valley ; Laureles – 31 Laureles Grade Rd. at Hwy 68 ; Chualar – 24281 Washington St. – Chualar ; Kinship Center – 124 River Road, Salinas. Additional information regarding the Kinship Center and the “Family Ties” Relative Caregiver Support Program is available at www.kinshipcenter.org. Questions regarding the 2015 Holiday Toy Drive may be directed to Firefighter Justin Reyes, at (831) 214-3256 or jreyes@mcrfd.org or Camille Whipple, at (831) 455-4713 or cwhipple@kinshipcenter.org
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Marge Ann Jameson Cop Log
Cop Log 11/20/15 to 11/27/15
Bark, Bark, Yikes! Report A raccoon came out of a sewer grate on Jewell Ave. and attacked a woman’s dogs. They werent injured, but now they’re scared, according to their person. Lost and Found ID cards and other cards found behind a store on Ricketts Row. A person called to say they’d lost their cell phone on Sunset. No indication how they did that if they’d lost their phone. A cell phone was reported lost on the bus to Robert Down Elementary. A woman reported she was walking to her friend’s house and lost two guest passes. The report does not indiate what the passes would have gotten them in to had they not been lost. A woman lost her drivers license on the bike path. A man lost his wallet on Forest Avenue. A ring was lost in the area of the high school stadium. A woman lost her wallet on Pine Ave.. A man came into the station to report he had accidentally thrown away his passport, and needed to report it so he could get another. The case of the disappearing daughter A man reported that his 11-year-old daughter had been riding ahead of him on the rec Trail and disappeared. Later he called to say she was back at their hotel, safe and sound. He doesn’t want to be in the movies Neighbors complaining of a man who speeds in their neighborhood said they were going yo video him in hopes of preventing an accident. Officer contacted him (maybe to tell him to wear nice clothes for the movie?) and he agreed to slow down. Arguments Two employees got into it about working conditions in their office. They eventually calmed down. A couple is seeking to not be a couple. They got into it at the library when one half said the other half bought bread with sesame seeds and that it was done just to annoy her, because she’s allergic to sesame seeds. A bunch of people who had been to a wedding and got drunk then starting pounding on each other in their hotel room on Asilomar. They were separated for the night. Vaping after curfew Two juveniles were “hot boxing” in a car after curfew. Their parents took possession of them. Man Down HBD A man was discovered apparently sleeping on the ground at Sunset and Congress. He had been drinking. An ambulance was called, but he refused treatment. Instead, the officer took him back to his hotel room. Vandalism To a skateboard on Gibson. To the glass at a bus shelter on Sinex. Involving human excrement and a commercial building on Piedmont. Suspicious Circumstances, Suspicious Reporting Party A woman tried to access her bank account and was told her balance was “not available.” The bank said the website was down for maintenance. She thinks someone is trying to manipulate her bank information, and told officers that her car alarm was being jammed by the government. Later her account was found to be restored to proper balances. Scams A person answered a Craigslist ad for a vacation home on David Ave. in Pacific Grove. The party communicated by email and sent a cashier’s check to a third party. When they arrived at the rental they found out it was a scam. On Forest Avenue, a person reported their checking account had been fraudulently accessed. There was another report of a Craigslist scam involving a property on 18th St. A woman on Forest Hill Blvd. reported that her elderly father had been the victim of a phone scam. There is suspect information. I’m melting! Smoke coming from a residence on Pine Avenue. Monterey Fire responded and discovered a melted coffee pot. She got her purse back but... A woman left her purse in a shopping cart at Country Club Gate when she went back to get it, she found it but a credit card and some cash that had been in it was gone. Ill-gotten gains Lottery scratchers were stolen on Lighthouse. Lottery officials were notified. Not your trash receptacle A person on Grand reported that someone from the multi-unit next door was putting stuff like cigarette butts, food scraps, and dirty diapers that attract raccoons. He’s going to install a camera to find out who it is.
Bumps and Grinds at Forest and David Next Week
A two-day, daytime grind and pave operation at the intersection of Forest and David Streets in Pacific Grove will take place on Thursday, Dec. 10 and Friday, Dec. 11, Caltrans officials have announced. Roadwork details are as follows: In Pacific Grove, along westbound Hwy. 68 at the intersection of Forest and David Streets, the southeast corner where the soldier pile wall was just completed. Closure of the #2 (right) lane on westbound Hwy. 68 — the lanes should be completely open by the end of the shift each day. Work hours are from 7 am to 3:30 pm each day. Motorists can expect delays not to exceed 10 minutes. For more information on this project and for traffic updates on other Caltrans projects in Monterey County, residents can call the District 5 toll free number at 1-831-3720862 or can visit our website at: http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist05/paffairs/release.htm#mon
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• December 4, 2015
Welcome back, Forest Theater Guild! Benefit Holiday Evening at Affina
The New Forest Theater Guild teams up with Affina Food and Wine and Big Sur Vineyards to present their Holiday Evening at Affina. It will be held December 16 from 7-10 p.m. at Affina, 6th Ave. & San Carlos St., Carmel. Affina’s Chef James will prepare a seasonal 3-course dinner paired with Big Sur Vineyard’s award winning wines and will host a silent auction. A portion of the proceeds benefits the Guild as they prepare to open the Forest Theater’s first musical since its closure in 2014. The Borrowers-The Musical is based on the famous family novels by British author Mary Norton. It was written (script and lyrics) by Walt deFaria and it features music by Stephen Tosh. DeFaria is also directing the play. Guild members can’t wait to flood the stage with the blazing lights of their dedication, devotion and determination. The wvening promises great food and wine and a festive atmosphere. The cost to enjoy is only $65 for reservations made before Dec. 10 and $75 for reservations made after Dec. 10. Please Rsvp to Affina at (831) 250-7744. About The New Forest Theater Guild: The Forest Theater Guild is a local non-profit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to promoting the performing arts in our community. With support from foundation grants, the City of Carmel, local citizens and businesses, and visitors, the Guild plays a pivotal role in a magical collaboration that keeps the vision of its early founders alive today. Please visit foresttheaterguild.org and follow us at #thenewforesttheaterguild
Film looks at Social Media
“A Social Life” looks at the ways people – young women in particular – use social media to create false perceptions and personal “branding.” The film asks the timely question “Are you living the life that you post?” In its brief festival run “A Social Life” has been doing exceptionally well, winning Best International Actor at the Canberra Short Film Festival last month in Australia, and, more recently, the “Ladies First” category at the Lady Filmmaker Festival. Kerith is also a Bay Area native and graduate of UCB. The film is screening as part of the shorts program at the Monarch Film Festival <http://www.monarchfilmfestival. com/a-social-life> on the 10th of December. See the trailer: http://www.indiewire.com/article/watch-a-girl-is-obsessed-with-living-theperfect-life-online-in-exclusive-a-social-life-trailer-20151020 <http://www.indiewire.com/article/watch-a-girl-is-obsessed-with-living-theperfect-life-online-in-exclusive-a-social-life-trailer-20151020>
Natural Healing and Natural Therapies
Young Writers’ Club Pacific Grove High School Mother by Liam Headley Today, not the clouds alone, but the sky itself hung low dimming the sun and the earth to a cool, contented grey. My soul ached for a field of tall, dry grass under the sky nurtured humbly by loose, dark soil which would radiate its warmth as if to assume the task of warming in the sun’s absence. In this field, I would lie prone and turn my palms to embrace the earth so she might in turn embrace me with me with her warm, heavy arms and envelop me in a place before time before breath that she might bear me new this time, perhaps, as another warm, yellow face among the wildflowers turning skyward to drink the Old Sol and admire him. But I was born only yesterday and there are untold miles left in my bones before they grind to dust. I need not remember her warm, inviting arms while I still have time and breath.
Dr. Jacquelyn van Deusen-Byrd, DAOM, LAc
Natural Healing on the Monterey Peninsula Hello and welcome to Natural Healing on the Monterey Peninsula. Regardless of where you reside in the United States, the top health concerns are generally the same - unless there is a local health warning such as influenza. Awareness and prevention can decrease the likelihood of becoming a health statistic. Simultaneously, addressing current health issues can offset the effects of disease and improve our quality of life. Let’s see where we fit. Lifestyle and environment are reflected in the state of our wellness, particularly as we get older and the regenerative processes slow down. Health concerns vary by age, and frequently overlap for men and women. The major concerns for both include heart disease, cancer, lung disorders, arthritis, diabetes, weight management, and depression. Of particular concern to women, are breast cancer, autoimmune diseases (e.g. lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, celiac), functional infertility, osteoporosis (loss of bone mass, bone fragility), and the effects of menopause (insomnia, hot flashes, stress). For men prostate cancer and erectile dysfunction are concerns, as well as a higher incidence rate of cardiovascular disease. Multiple factors affect health, in both youth and adults. Common self-induced factors include smoking, inactivity, poor diet, alcohol and substance abuse, and chronic stress. Heredity contributes to our constitutional strength, while the environment (weather, air quality, water purity) can have daily and long term effects. How do we take a more natural approach to our wellness and healing, particularly for the holidays? Fresh foods and ingredients, pesticide-free produce, and hormone-free meats can make a dramatic difference in how we feel. At minimum, we are not ingesting contaminants that increase inflammation and disease. Sometimes, natural healing is about avoidance of packaged food products and additives, and adding in those fresh organic ingredients. Exercise, yes during the holidays, is a wonderful approach to achieving wellness. A brief walk after eating helps our metabolism kick-in, improving digestion and is naturally anti-diabetes. Learn more about this topic and others. Be sure to tune in to AMP, Monterey Public Access Television (AMP1, www.ampmedia.org, to view my show called “In Search of Natural Healing” with Dr. Jacquelyn van Deusen-Byrd”), or visit my website www.pacificgroveacupuncture.com. Dr. Jacquelyn van Deusen-Byrd is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine, and Californialicensed acupuncturist and master herbalist. She is also a Professor of Herbology at Five Branches University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, San Jose, CA. You can reach Dr. Jacquelyn at Pacific Grove Acupuncture (831) 393-4876.
Poetry In The Grove Meet the Poetry of Kay Ryan on Saturday, December 5, 2015, from 3-5 pm at the Little House in Jewell Park. The former US Poet Laureate is known for writing quiet little poems packed with big ideas. According to Ryan, a poem is "an empty suitcase that you can never quit emptying." In fact, "It's a clown suitcase: the clown flips open the suitcase and pulls out a ton of stuff."
Join us as we flip open the pages to see what insights emerge. Poetry In The Grove meets on the first Saturday 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. Cosponsored by the Pacific Grove Poetry Collective, and the Pacific Grove Public Librarywww.facebook.com/PacificGrovePoetryCollective
This event is offered at no cost, donations for the PG Public Library gratefully accepted.
December 4, 2015 • CEDAR STREET
Crum Rubber Turf: Boon or Bane?
By Peter Mounteer
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Sheriff’s Officers Begin Annual Teddy Bear Drive Toys With More Than One Purpose
The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office kicked off their annual Teddy Bear Drive and is now accepting donations of newly purchased teddy bears and stuffed animals. Donations can be dropped off at the following locations: COASTAL STATION-MONTEREY 1200 Aguajito Road, Suite 103, Monterey, phone 831-647-7702 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CENTRAL STATION-SALINAS 1414 Natividad Road, Salinas, phone 831-755-3700 8:00 am to 5:00 p.m. SOUTH COUNTY STATION-KING CITY 250 Franciscan Way King City, phone 831-385-8312 8:00 a. m. to 4:30 p.m. The Teddy Bear Program was originally established over 21 years ago. They were provided to Patrol Deputies to be used throughout the year to give to children in need they encountered when they were responding to calls. Often times, children were present in a home deputies were responding to where domestic violence or other such traumatic incident had occurred. These situations are very scary for a child. The teddy bears gave the children something Officers and Sheriff’s canines kicked warm and cuddly to hang on to and thus off the annual Teddy Bear Drive at Pet calm their fears a bit. Through the years the program has Smart in Montrey County. expanded based on the various needs for them. The Detective Division has utilized teddy bears when they are interviewing young victims of sexual/ physical assault and domestic violence cases. The Coroner’s Office has them on hand for those situations when they are making a death notification and a child may be present. Bears are also provided to the Bailiffs for Adoption Court. They are presented to the adoptee at the time their adoption is finalized by the judge as a way to commemorate their special day. During the holiday season, bears are also provided to the many agencies the Sheriff’s Office works with. These agencies frequently deal with children who are victims of various forms of violence, and those who have a less fortunate home life, etc. The bears are also given out at special holiday events for children who may not otherwise receive a gift for the holidays.
Here’s a disconcerting thought for parents: crumb rubber, the sort of grainy black chunks of tire you’ll find on the football field at Pacific Grove High School’s Howard Cowen Breaker stadium, has been linked to cases of lymphoma and cancer according to a number of concerned parents who lost their children to lymphoma. Some of these parents place the blame on the synthetic turf rubber present in the athletic fields their children played on. These parents allege that their children’s playing soccer and other sports on artificial turf exposed them to carcinogens present in the crumbled tires that make up the cushioned part of artificial turf fields. Synthetic turf is a popular material for playing fields at high schools around the country for its ease of maintenance and affordability, particularly in terms of water use compared to a traditional grass turf field. Pacific Grove High School, which installed the artificial turf in 2009 for its football stadium, is the only school in the city with an artificial turf field. NBC ran a number of stories on the allegations in 2014, with KSBW running a brief look at the allegations last week. On the heels of media coverage comes the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) which announced at the end of October that it would conduct a study on the health effects associated with recreation on synthetic turf sports fields utilizing crumb rubber. That study will examine the health effects of exposure to chemicals released from crumb rubber and will also include an effort to identify and analyze such chemicals, among other focus areas. The study is expected to take three years to complete. According to OEHHA spokesman Sam Delson, the current study’s raison d’etre is multifaceted but one big factor was all the attention the concern has received in recent years, particularly in national media. “Legislation was introduced to require a study. Though the legislation was not passed we decided to be proactive,” Delson said. Delson also mentioned that some data gaps in two previous OEHHA studies on health effects of synthetic turf would be addressed in the study announced last month. The OEHHA last examined the relationship between health and crumb rubber in sep- Cash donations are also accepted. Funds received will be used to purchase new teddy arate studies in 2007 and 2010. bears. Assistant Superintendent Rick Miller of the Pacific Grove Unified School District, Please make checks payable to: Sheriff’s Advisory Council and note “Teddy who came to PGUSD after the new stadium was installed, said Field Turf was installed Bears” in the memo portion of the check at several fields in his former district at Liberty Union in Sacramento and noted the lack Mail to: Donna Galletti Sheriff’s Office-Coastal Station, 1200 Aguajito Road, Suite of discussion that such turfing was unsafe or cancer-related. 103, Monterey, CA 93940 “The only discussion was the impact of the turf on knees, feet, and ankles compared If you have questions please call: 831-647-7909 to that of grass,” Miller said. The 2007 OEHHA study evaluated the risk of one-time exposure to carcinogens in crumb rubber and found such chemicals were released at such low levels that the risk of cancer was less than 4 in one hundred million, considerably low and well below established thresholds for cancer risk. Non cancer health risks associated with accidentally ingesting crumb rubber were also found to be very low. The 2010 study, which sampled several artificial turf fields, noted that exposures to lead and other heavy metals in artificial turf fields were either undetectable or similar to that which would be present at traditional grass fields and did not identify any public health concern resulting from their findings. The district does not currently have any plans to install artificial turf at any of its other fields, meaning for now the high school’s football stadium will remain the only artificial turf athletic field in the district. Pacific Grove High School Athletic Director Todd Buller said while he’s heard of the concerns from some parents elsewhere, no parents or students in the district have raised concerns regarding the alleged association between cancer and crumb rubber turf. “There’s been no spike in kids being injured, it’s just a nice, level playing surface. It has good cushion when you land on it,” Buller said. “We’ve not had any injuries specifically related to the new field.” The district cleans the football field three times a year, once before every new sports season and conducts sanitation of the field twice a year. Superintendent Ralph Porras could not be reached for comment. ar Award staurant of the Ye Re PG 10 20 e th of Winner
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Flip-Back Mittens Tom Stevens
Otter Views Monday was when I should have gone Christmas shopping. Black Friday had spent itself, the weekend shoppers were back at school or work, and I had the whole day off. So I watched the surf. A big north swell boomed in on a very high tide, creating optimal surf-watching conditions. From Point Pinos to Point Joe, immense walls of water marched in from the horizon to send geysers of foam exploding over headlands and pinnacles. At Asilomar the white sand under water and a diffuse gray light overhead gave incoming waves a sea-glass beauty that belied their size and power. As each wave rose up, feathered and thundered over, an offshore wind sent a mane of spray seaward, evoking Robinson Jeffers. He called big November waves “smoking mountains.” After admiring the surf at Asilomar, Spanish Bay, Point Joe, “Boneyards” and points between, I realized the Christmas shopping day had passed me by. If the surf doesn’t let up soon, this might be the year everyone on my list gets the same thing: “flip-back mittens.” My attention was first drawn to these mittens in a catalog I received the year I turned 55. The catalog was from “Dr. Leonard’s Discount Healthcare.” I’m guessing the good doctor got my address from some back channel source in the Social Security Administration. The catalog offered hearing aids, adjustable folding canes, bedside support rails, incontinence briefs, support hose, toenail softeners, and unisex Tummy Trimmer girdles that “eliminate stomach bulge.” At the time, still thinking I was young and immutable, I scoffed at the very idea of these products. Now I know better. Anyway, as I flipped past denture whiteners, arch lifts, toe straighteners and tinnitus tablets for temporary relief from “ringing, buzzing and roaring in your ears,” I spotted something I could really use. It was there on Page 8, sandwiched between the “magnifying pill cutter” and the 240-cap jar of glucosamine. “Convertible gloves provide fingertip control,” the ad boasted. The companion graphic showed soft-looking woolly gloves with the fingertips cut out, Ratso Ritso-style. A “flip-back” mitten top Velcro’d to the back of the glove could be snugged down over the bare fingertips when the going got too frosty. “These handy gloves,” the ad stated without apparent irony, “free your fingertips so you can grab keys, pick up change, button your coat, etc.” The “etc.” is discreetly left to the imagination of catalog readers well acquainted with Dr. Leonard’s other geriatric merchandise. Grab your rotary nose hair clipper? Button your thigh-high varicosity stockings? Pick up the Revocable Living Trust Kit? You can do it all with the flip-back mitten! Actually, I have enough history with those mittens to recommend them to anyone – even those who have not yet attained seniority. In 1986, years before receiving Dr. Leonard’s catalog, I lived for a winter in Scotts Valley. In exchange for rent, I cleared an acre of blackberry bushes from property ringed by mighty redwood trees. Unfortunately, the shack where I stayed was also ringed by redwoods. My room was a dank, low-ceilinged enclosure that would have made an excellent root cellar. From its tiny windows, I could gaze up into the dark, lofty redwood grove that kept the room in perpetual shade. At first, I thought the redwoods very noble and majestic, even soulful. “O great forest titans,” I invoked, head tipped back, my arms spread wide. “Shelter me with thy arching boughs, thy mighty trunks, thy dense needles, and thy impenetrable canopies.” But living directly beneath the redwoods proved less poetic than invoking them. The trees held so much moisture and admitted so little sunlight they were like gigantic cold storage lockers around the shack. Day and night, a chill, faintly fuming vapor seeped down the board walls of my room like liquid nitrogen. One morning I awoke to find that a thin layer of ice had formed on the inside of my windows. This turned out to be the ideal climate for the “flip-back” mittens I had bought at a Santa Cruz camping store. With the fingertip pouch flipped back, I could don layers of sweat clothes, stuff two sleeping bags together, and strap a “miner’s light” camping flashlight over my forehead. This light could cut through faintly fuming vapor to reveal the pages of an upheld book. What was I reading then? Lots of self-help books. “Investing Wisely for a CareFree Future.” “Teach and Grow Rich.” And “What You Should Know About Tinnitus.” Now that I actually have tinnitus (was that the surf roaring, or my ears?), I pay more attention to these things. And because I’ve used flip-back mittens all along, my fingertips are still supple enough to turn the pages of Dr. Leonard’s latest catalog. Hmm. These look good. “Non-Slip Terry Grip Loungers.”
Her Name Was Lola Jane Roland
Animal Tales and Other Random Thoughts For some reason I was thinking about my friend and his touching story about Doris Day, so now I will tell it to you. Charles left the area, but I notice that he is on Facebook so I might connect again: This is a story about a friend. Charles LaGreca was a chef who worked for a family in Pebble Beach. Our relationship developed because of (what else) our mutual love of animals. He had stopped by the benefit shop looking for a crate for a new puppy he was acquiring, our short business visit evolved into a long conversation and, now, many years later, I thought it appropriate to pen some of the warm wonderful tales he told. One of these was about our local treasure, Doris Day, who has become the angel for many homeless and unwanted beasts. I will quote his words as they mean more coming from him: “When Ms. Day lost her only son, Terry Melcher about two years ago shortly before Christmas, I was profoundly moved at the effect it had on me. A voice kept telling me to write a letter of condolence, but I thought “why me, what can I say?” He thought about it for a time and finally found the commonality between himself and Ms. Day. “The love and loss of the two leggers and four leggers,” her words from a 1990s television interview about her life. He began his letter: “Dear Ms. Day, this may seem totally inappropriate coming from someone you have never met, but as a young boy, seeing you in “Pillow Talk,” you have been a beautiful part of my life. I feel so bad hearing about the passing of your beloved son. I have lost both two leggers and four leggers in my life.” He went on to tell her about the most recent, wrenching departure, that of his beloved Blizzard, a Samoyed who had been his buddy for 14 years. He enclosed snapshots of Blizzard at six weeks and shortly before she died. He had moved to the Monterey Peninsula where he had visited from Southern California from time to time... Reading that Doris Day did her own marketing at Safeway he and Blizzard camped out for a couple of hours, hoping to catch a glimpse of her. “I said that she might not care about seeing me, but knew she would have greeted the pup as she was the quintessential platinum Doris Day/Dietrich canine.” Charles was disturbed because a week after losing her son, the media had ambushed her at the market, mercilessly snapping her picture which appeared on the cover of National Enquirer. He closed with hope that she could feel the love, respect and prayers from people around the world, people who knew or simply loved Ms. Day for the pleasure she had given everyone and the kindness she had demonstrated over the years. March 7; three months later, was a bittersweet day, it was his mother’s birthday and the anniversary of Blizzard’s passing. When he picked up his mail there was a letter that caught his eye. On the back of the envelope was a note written in red ink, “sorry I missed you both at the market.” He pondered before opening the letter...“Now, who did I miss at the market?” Inside was a card with a beautiful photo of Doris Day and her best friend “Biggest.” Her message was kind and tender, comforting him about the loss of his “Blizzard Angel.” The sadness dissipated and Charles realized that it was time to find a new four legged companion. Doris Day has always been a favorite of mine. I have seen her number of times going about her business quietly in her community. I admire, in fact, adore, her for her tireless battle to end the suffering of animals, even providing a hotel where they can stay and/or have tea... I swooned at her movies when I was young watching her with Rock Hudson and cried through “Love Me or Leave Me.” She is a tremendous singer, actress and humanitarian. I am grateful that she touched the heart of my friend who, because he received her letter, which offered him solace after his loss, the light came through, and inspired him to try again. Charles and Lola moved away some years ago, but I will never forget them. The story began when he came by the shop for a crate (which I loaned him) a week later he returned with an adorable ball of fur, Lola Rosie, a Samoyed puppy. They visited often. Lola would trot into the shop and help herself to tennis balls, toys and pillows, she was beautiful and, mischievous, very reminiscent of a blond “girl” singer in the forties who captured everyone’s heart and still does... Charles told me the story not in any sense to exploit Doris Day, but to confirm that no matter the station in life, despite fame and fortune we are all alike. Simple, good folk are always good, if it is their nature... Jane Roland is the manager of the AFRP Treasure Shop at 160 Fountain Avenue and a member of Pacific Grove Rotary Club, she lives in Monterey with her best friends, her husband, John, Annie and Toby and Sammy, the cats. Please let her know if you have animal “tails” you would like shared with the public. Gcr770@aol.com . Lola
Toeless socks with matching toenail polish. Perfect for when you need to pick up dropped reading glasses, but they lack the flip-back feature. Better to wait until Dr. Leonard develops such a model.
Doris and Friend
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PGPONY Baseball and Softball opens Registration for Spring 2016 Season The Pacific Grove PONY Baseball & Softball League registration for the Spring 2016 Baseball and Softball Seasons is now open via www.pgpony.org. Teams begin at Shetland T-Ball level for girls and boys, ages 4-6. Divisions for baseball include: Pinto ages 7-8; Mustang ages 9-10; Bronco ages 11-12; and Pony ages 13-14. Softball age divisions include: Pre-Rookie ages 7-8; Rookie ages 9-10; Minor ages 11-12; and Major ages 13-14. Registration will close the third week of January 2016.
William Souder, Rachel Carson Biographer, will Speak Dec. 4 at the PG Library
William Souder, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for biography, will speak at the Paicific Grove Public Library on Friday, December 4, at 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. Souder was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in 2005 for his biography of artist John James Audubon, “Under a Wild Sky: John James Audubon and the Making of `The Birds of America.’ ’’ He is also the author of the 2012 biography of environmentalist writer Rachel Carson, “On a Farther Shore: The Life and Legacy of Rachel Carson.’’ The New York Times called the book “engrossing’’ and wrote, “Souder writes vividly and with great empathy for his subject and her (Carson’s) cause.’’ Souder’s appearance will be in conjunction with the library’s Carson inspired art exhibition, “Edge of the Sea,’’ in the library’s new art gallery. Souder lives and works in Grant, Minnesota, and is researching a new biography of Nobel Prize author John Steinbeck, who did much of his writing in Pacific Grove. A donation of $10 to the Pacific Grove Public Library; free to members of Friends of the Library.
In addition, PG PONY is looking for volunteers, coaches and sponsors. 2016 Season Team Sponsorships are now available for $375 per team and every sponsorship is tax deductible, more information is available via www.pgpony.org. It is our mission to instill, in the youth of the community, ideals of good sportsmanship, honesty, loyalty, courage, and respect for themselves and others. This objective will be met by providing supervised competitive games and practices. Board Members, League Officials, Coaches, Umpires and Parents alike shall bear in mind that the winning of games is secondary to improved skill level and to the development of stronger and happier youth who will grow through League play to become healthy, well-adjusted adults. PG PONY offers skill development, as well as Spring & Fall ball teams for boys and girls in our community ranging from the ages of 4 through 14. Pacific Grove PONY Baseball & Softball is 100 percent volunteer-run organization. Board Meetings are typically held the third Thursday of each month at the Robert Down School Library are open to the public, for meeting times and any updates, visit www.pgpony.org.
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Annual Winterfest at Co-Op Preschools
Join the fun at the 35th annual Children's Winterfest sponsored by the Pacific Grove Adult School Co-Op Preschools. This wonderful event takes place on Saturday, December 5 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and features a Children's Store where kids can shop and buy handmade gifts for family and friends. All items are priced reasonably at $3 or less. While children check off their shopping lists, adults can browse the General Store for gifts and unique handcrafted items. Children can participate in activities like face painting, a lollipop tree, "ice fishing" and other amusing games. Come enjoy lunch or snack at the Snow Cafe, and have a sweet treat at the Bake Sale, or enter the raffle for a chance to win terrific prizes from local businesses. Tickets on sale now! All tickets are $1 each, and 100 percent of the proceeds will benefit to Co-Op Preschools. This year we will have many fabulous prizes. You do not need to be present to win. Contact your favorite preschooler’s family to purchase tickets — or send a message on Facebook. Here’s a sampling of our wonderful prizes: $100 Mum’s Place gift certificate, $50 The Juicery gift certificate Monterey Fire Department kids shirt, A dollhouse A gorgeous scarf donated by The Farm Hen, And many more items! We will post a full list soon. All proceeds benefit the pre-schools. Winterfest will be held at the Sally Griffin Senior Center in Pacific Grove at 700 Jewell Avenue across from Caledonia Park. Admission is free! Don't miss this charming, fun, adorable event!
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Three New Artisan Events Launching at The American Tin Cannery for the Holiday Season
• Saturday, December 5, 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Includes limited edition serigraph giveaway to first 200 attendees. • Holiday Craft Fair at the American Tin Cannery, Saturday and Sunday, December 5 and 6, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. The non-profit Regional Artisans Association is launching three new community holiday activities at the American Tin Cannery, as it continues its efforts to build new local and art-related venues and activities at this historic shopping center. California Artisan Foods is a one-month pop up featuring handcrafted artisan foods by Northern California small-scale and cottage food makers. Featured products include: Big Paw Olive Oils, Sinful Salts, Pacific Cookie Company, Zena’s Sass sauces, Fabulous Fixin’s soups and dips, Twins Kitchen Artisan Jams, San Benito Tea Co., Las Lomas Lavender & Honey, Mutari Gourmet Hot Chocolate, and more. Customers will be able to build their own gift baskets, which will be wrapped by our volunteers. The Monterey Herald is our signature sponsor for this holiday pop-up. The Opening Reception of the month-long Monterey Bay Artisans 12 x 12 Open Invitational exhibit happens on Saturday, December 5, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the American Tin Cannery. The exhibit features almost 200 original works of art in three categories: painting/mixed media, photography, and 3D (which includes sculpture and jewelry). Cash prizes will be awarded at the reception to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in each category. The exhibit will be displayed throughout the American Tin Cannery for the month of December. Each work of art will be for sale to the public for $200, with half of the proceeds going to the artist. The other half of the proceeds will be donated to the non-profit Regional Artisans Association to support future programming. The reception is free to the public, and the first 200 people at this event will receive a free 35” x 45” signed, numbered limited edition serigraph by local artist Laurie Zeszut. Local blues band Olde Blue will be playing live, and 37th Parallel Winery will be pouring. China House Restaurant will provide hors d’oeuvres.The Monterey Herald is the signature sponsor for the reception and for the month-long exhibit. A two-day Holiday Craft Fair will take place throughout the American Tin Cannery on Saturday and Sunday, December 5 and 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Local artisans will be on hand with holiday ornaments, wreaths, and cards, as well as handmade jewelry, soaps, and other gifts for the whole family. The Regional Artisans Association (RAA) and its non-profit local art gallery, Monterey Bay Artisans, are working to help revitalize the American Tin Cannery by providing opportunities for local artists and artisans to work, exhibit, and sell throughout this historic building. In 2016, RAA will work to continue and expand these activities. RAA was just awarded a grant by the Arts Council of Monterey County to help fund our upcoming American Tin Cannery Artist in Residence program, slated to begin in spring of 2016. This program will offer local artists working and exhibition studio space in the American Tin Cannery for a nominal monthly fee. This is one of many new local arts activities on tap for the American Tin Cannery in 2016.
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Independent Photographers Meet
We invite anyone interested in photography to join us at our upcoming monthly meeting which will be held on Monday, December 14 from 7-9pm at the Outcalt Chapel of the Community Church of the Monterey Peninsula, 4590 Carmel Valley Road. Our meetings include all levels of photographers who share prints and ideas with an informative critique available if a photographer chooses. This is a free event for both beginning and experienced photographers. There is ample free parking available. Info: (831) 915-0037.
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Painting on the Edge
Plein Air Painting at PG Library
On Friday, Dec. 11 the Friends of the Pacific Grove Library will present a lecture and demonstration: “Painting on the Edge.” The talk will be held at the Pacific Grove Public Library, 550 Central Avenue from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Suggested $10 donation, free to Friends of the Library. Sibyl Johnson and Christine Crozier are plein-air artists who live and paint on the Monterey Peninsula. These award-winning artists will demonstrate their painting techniques while they share their experiences and insights about painting at the Edge of the Sea.
Free Concert by PG Pops Orchestra
On Saturday, December 5 at 2:00 p.m., at the Performing Arts Center of Pacific Grove, 835 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove. The concert will feature “The Christmas Song,” “Sleigh Ride,” and music from: Beethoven’s “Seventh Symphony,” “The Polar Express,” and “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.” and the Monterey French Horn Ensemble. Please join us for the first concert of our third season. The Pacific Grove Pops Orchestra is a non profit organization funded by its musician members. Donations made at this free concert will be gratefully appreciated.
Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito County residents are invited to visit the Aquarium for FREE during our Community Open House from Saturday, December 5 through Sunday, December 13, 2015.
MontereyBayAquarium Photo ID and proof of residence required. Proof-of-residence options: student ID from university or community college in the tri-county area, utility bill, or MST/Santa Cruz Metro/San Benito County Express monthly bus pass. For more information, including hours, please call 648-4800. montereybayaquarium.org
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Pacific Grove
Sports
For the second time in three years, Pacific Grove will play for a CCS Championship “Everybody did such a great job. I’m so proud of everybody on this team and all 35 guys who contribute every day in practice,” Pacific Grove head coach Chris Morgan said in victory. Jon Charron Running back, quarterback, defensive back – call him what you will, but Noah Cryns led the Breakers with 3 touchdowns and 101 yards on the ground Friday night in their CCS Semi-Finals victory over Scotts Valley, 37-35. [11-27-15]. After receiving the opening kickoff, Cryns marched out as the teams’ starting quarterback. On the third play of the game, Cryns had a costly mistake and threw an interception. The visiting Falcons would then finish off a 21-yard scoring drive with a 6-yard touchdown pass from Nick Reyes. The Breakers then abandoned the pass on their next series and marched it to the Falcons 19-yard line on seven straight running plays. Facing a 4th and 6, and Colton Moore now at the helm, Moore fired an incomplete pass giving the ball right back to Scotts Valley. Less than 40 seconds later, Reyes connected with Timothy Wagner on a quick slant for a 79-yard touchdown and a 14-0 lead over the Breakers midway through the first quarter. After giving up two touchdowns on the Falcons first two possessions, the Breakers defense finally clamped down and forced a punt. Starting at their own 20-yard line, the Breakers moved down to the Falcons’ 6, with the help from two big Colton Moore pass completions. However, as Moore attempted a pass into the endzone, Tannor Gilton picked off the second pass of the game for Scotts Valley. Chase McKinney, who had two fumble recoveries last week against Capuchino, gave the Breakers back some momentum when he fell on a loose ball in the backfield. Four plays later, Cryns took it in from 3-yards out to put the Breakers on the board. Facing a 4th and 3 at their own 46-yard line, Scotts Valley decided to go for it, but the Breakers defense proved up for the challenge and gave the ball right back to the offense with 3:22 left in the first half. Cryns and the Breakers took advantage, with Cryns hitting Nick Coppla and Kolby Foster on back to back pass plays. He then kept the ball on four of the next five plays, culminating in a 5-yard touchdown run that brought the game to an even 14-14 draw at the half. With Scotts Valley controlling the first quarter and Pacific Grove controlling the second, the third quarter turned into a back and forth affair. The Falcons opened the second half with a 65-yard scoring drive to go up 21-14. The Breakers quickly followed suit, capping off a 72-yard scoring drive with a Nick Coppla 28-yard rushing touchdown. After recovering an onside kick, Pacific Grove was going for the lead, but two plays later, Colton Moore threw his second interception of the game. Scotts Valley took advantage and went 54-yards for another touchdown. With the ball on their own 11-yard line and down 7, senior Uche Ebo, took the handoff from Moore and raced 71-yards before finally being drug down at the Falcons 18-yard line. Five plays later, Ebo finished off the drive with a 5-yard rushing touchdown. Scotts Valley took over at the Breaker 44-yard line with 4:36 left in the game and the score knotted at 28-28. The Falcons took a trick out of the Breakers playbook, and ran the hook and ladder – a play that Pacific Grove used to perfection in the playoffs last year – and scored, giving them a 35-28 lead with just under four minutes remaining. Starting at their own 31-yard line, Pacific Grove started moving the ball down the field. Moore connected with Donlan for 9-yards, followed by three straight running plays. With the ball on the Falcons 37-yard line, Moore backed up to pass and found a streaking Kane Miller wide open down the field. Miller’s first catch of the game was a big one, as it brought the Breakers 3-yards from the game tying touchdown. On the very next play, Cryns scored his third rushing touchdown of the game and brought Pacific Grove within 1 point. Only 1:16 remained on the clock and coach Morgan made a pivotal call to go for the 2-point conversion and the win. Moore took the snap and rushed to right, but was tackled just short of the endzone, giving the Falcons the most likely victory. After a failed onside kick, the Falcons took over at the Breakers’ 44-yard line, only needing one first down to end the game. The Breakers’ defense held strong and having three timeouts left helped, as they forced a punt with only :50 seconds remaining in the game. Eerily, Pacific Grove found themselves in a very familiar situation. Last year at home against Monte Vista Christian, the Breakers fell 21-14, only losing on the last play of game. An interception in the endzone. “We really didn’t talk about last year to much,” Morgan explained. “You get to this point, its different teams, different players, and different situations. We knew we had a tough game and let’s just go out and play football and try to win.” Pacific Grove took over at their own 29-yard line, with no timeouts left. Moore connected with Kane Miller for a 12-yard pickup. After hitting Cryns for no gain, Moore hit Ebo on a dump off, for an 8-yard pickup. With a 3rd and short, Ebo took the draw and picked up the first, stopping the clock. Miller then caught a 20-yard strike from Moore, setting up the Breakers at the 25-yard line. After a short 1-yard reception from Miller, the Breakers were facing a big decision. They held the ball at the Falcons 24-yard line, with no timeouts and only :08 seconds remaining. Moore would drop back to pass and find Miller in middle of the field for a big catch. Miller would get tackled at the 4-yard line with less than :02 seconds remaining in the game. Morgan sent out Noah Ryan to attempt the game winning field goal. “I felt it,” Moore said, referring to the pressure of holding the game winning field goal attempt. “I had confidence in him, but I just had to set it up and let him kick it.”
Ryan’s kick sailed through the uprights, giving the Breakers a 37-35 victory over the Falcons. Through the first 44:23 of the game Colton Moore was 2 of 5 for 76 yards, but had 2 interceptions. In the last 3:37 however, Moore went 8 of 8 for 105 yards. “We were doing a lot of wildcat stuff and then [Moore] comes in and we ask him to do some things and he responded well down the stretch,” coach Morgan said. “There were a couple of plays where he had to make some good reads and make some great throws and he responded like a senior in that situation.” “We’re still just playing football,” Breakers head coach Chris Morgan said about whether or not he thought his team was now officially – The Team – in the MTAL. “We’ve had a good three year run, three 10 win seasons in a row. Our guys are playing tough, physical football and our coaches are doing a great job of preparing the kids. We just want to look at it from the point of view – on to the next game.” While the two interceptions early in the game, sort of put a shadow on Moore’s night, he actually had really good numbers. 10 of 13 for 181 yards in the game as a whole. “I was struggling early in the beginning,” Moore said. “But I looked at my teammates and knew that I had to do it for them. I had to step up and make plays, and everyone performed great and we clicked on that last drive.” On their chances against Half Moon Bay come next Saturday, Moore said that “were going to watch film a lot and our offense needs to click and will see what we can do.” Stats – 1st Scotts Valley Pacific Grove
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Passing – Moore, C. 10-13-181-2INT; Cryns, N. 2-6-23-1INT Rushing – Cryns, N. 22-101-3TD; Ebo, U. 11-107-1TD; Coppla, N. 7-44-1TD; Foster, K. 13-59 Receiving – Miller, K. 5-88; Donlan, J. 2-61; Ebo, U. 2-32; Foster, K. 1-23. Defensive/Special Teams – McKinney, C. 1fmble rec; Ryan, N. 1-1-22yds FG, 4-4 PAT. #1 Seed Pacific Grove (10-2, 6-1) will now face #2 Seed Half Moon Bay (10-2, 4-1) on Saturday, December 05, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. at Independence High School. Follow on Twitter @jonwaynecharron For more videos of the Breakers over the last year, Follow on Tout @jonwaynecharron
Breaker of the Week Noah Ryan Ryan’s last second field goal versus Scotts Valley pushed Pacific Grove into the CCS Division V Football Championship this weekend. After going 4 for 4 on extra points, the senior kicker made his only field goal try just a minute after his onside kick attempt fell short of the 10-yard minimum requirement. Ryan and the rest of the Breakers will take on Half Moon Bay for the Division V Championship this Saturday at Independence High School in San Jose. Breaker of the Week is produced by Eli Swanson
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The Scoreboard Says it All: PG Over SV in the Final Seconds
Photos by Peter Nichols
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Community Christmas Tree Lighting
With Mayor Bill Kampe leading the countdown, the audience anxiously awaited the lighting of Pacific Grove’s Christmas tree at Jewell Park. There was music by the combined choir from Robert Down Elementary and Forest Grove Elementary with Jared Masar, Choir Director.
Barbara Priest’s Pacific Grove Middle School Holiday Ensemble, in blue, performed on their various instruments. Dianne Lyle’s dance troupe was there, along with (pictured) Tia Brown’s group from The Dance Center in Carmel.
Photos by Peter Mounteer
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It’s Back!
Winter Boutique at Carmel Visual Arts, The Barnyard
Showings Begin Dec. 10
Coincides with The Barnyard Tree Lighting The Winter Boutique at Carmel Visual Art is set for Saturday, December 5 from 10:00am – 5:00 p.m and Sunday, December 6 for the same hours. The Barnyard Tree lighting is set for on Saturday, Dec. 5, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Carmel Visual Arts, is located at 3728 The Barnyard, Studio G23, Carmel. This is a great opportunity to support the talented artisans from our area. FotoSága is a group of talented women passionate about photography led by Carol Henry! This visionary group has used the idea of mini-portfolios in small boxes to created 40 unique gift items! Inside of each special small box, selected by the artist, is a portfolio they have photographed and assembled for you! Please come see these treasures that are all under $75. A unique prized gift for someone on your list! Some of the local participants are Jeanne Marino, Dixie Dixon, Silke Laetz, Nadereh Liaghati, Christine Holding, Debbie Achen and Dida Kutz. “We are excited to share the handstitched works with you of Barb Frances, our featured quilter from Aromas, California,” said a spokesperson. She uses earth-friendly materials to create her quilts and takes her inspiration from plant forms and kelp. Margaret Hunt is a featured potter from Carmel Highlands. Her graceful forms are hand-made pinch pots from the earth’s pure clay. Rich Brimer, director of Carmel Visual Arts, will exhibit many of his local landscape and seacape paintings that capture the grandeur and light of this
beautiful region. Each of these talented artists hope you will come out for a cup of warm cider and kick off the holiday season by supporting the local talent Go to www.carmelvisualarts.com for registration and other class information.
‘The Producers’ Opens soon at The Western Stage Dates: Fri (12/4, 12/11) @ 7:30p | Sat (12/5, 12/12) @ 7:30p | Sun 12/6 @ 2p Location: The Western Stage at Hartnell College - Mainstage Theater 411 Central Ave., Salinas. Cost: Adult: $26, Senior: $24, Children: $12 Contact Info: Call the box office at 831-755-6816 or visit http://westernstage. com/ Mel Brooks’s 1968 movie was a hoot, so he turned it into a hit Broadway musical. Twelve Tony Awards and thousands of performances later, it keeps making audiences roar. http://westernstage.com/season/2015-season/the-producers/
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Starting December 10 at 4:15 p.m. and continuing for two nights, the Monarch Film Festival at the Lighthouse cinema in Pacific Grove will feature 12 original works from local filmmakers as well as 24 films from all over the world. The Award Ceremony and Second Screening featuring the winning selections with the local films will be the following day, December 11 at 5:00 p.m. An all day pass is $25.00. Individual screening tickets available online or at-the-door for only $10 general admission (Feature or Full Length Documentary) and special package price (Short Narratives/Local Shorts/ Student Narratives & Shorts/ Documentary Short and a Military Block featuring three documentaries by award winning war journalist, Alex Quade). $5 for individual shorts. Individual shorts can be purchased at the theater. All day, general and package tickets can be purchased online at: http:// monarchfilmfestival2015.bpt.me or at the door. 25% off Discounted Tickets (students/military/seniors) are available and can be purchased at the theater. Official schedule can be found online at www.www.monarchfilmfestival.com/festival-info Monarch Film Festival Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/MonarchFilmFestival/ Monarch Film Festival Twitter: https://twitter.com/MonarchFilmFest For more information email: info@monarchfilmfestival.com or visit www.monarchfilmfestival.com
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Holiday Grand Finale 2015
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6:00 - 9:00 PM PARTICIPANTS: 15th St. Iron Gate Gift Shop 162 From December 1 through January 1, a wreath will be hung at the Seaside Fire Department located at 1635 Broadway Ave. in Seaside, and will be illuminated by a string of red lights. Whenever a fire occurs that is a result of holiday decorations, a white bulb will replace a red bulb on the wreath. "Keep the Wreath Red" serves as a visual reminder to all residents of Seaside to take additional safety precautions during the holiday season. The most important thing that residents can do is to have a working smoke alarm and carbon monoxide detector and test them regularly. The following are some precautions to help make this holiday season a safe one: Christmas Trees • When displaying a live tree, cut about two inches off the trunk, then mount it in a sturdy stand with wide spread legs. Make sure there is enough room around the trunk so you can fill it with water. For large trees, use thin wire or fishing line to fasten it to a wall or the ceiling to prevent it from toppling over. • Keep your tree away from fireplaces, radiators or other heat sources. See that it is out of the way of traffic, does not block doorways and is kept watered. • Get rid of your tree after Christmas or when it is dry.
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California pending home sales bounce back in October, C.A.R. reports Source: C.A.R.
Scott Dick Monterey County Association of Realtors
Money Matters Pending home sales bounced back from the previous month at the statewide level in October, according to the California Association of Realtors® (C.A.R.). Pending sales were also significantly higher on an annual basis, portending higher closed escrows in the next couple of months. Statewide pending home sales increased in October, with the Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) rising 2.5 percent from a revised 110.7 in September to 113.4 in October, based on signed contracts. The month-to-month gain was better than the average increase of 0.9 percent from September to October observed in the last seven years. On an annual basis, statewide pending home sales were up 13.9 percent from the revised 99.5 index recorded in October 2014. Pending sales have been increasing on a year-over-year basis since November 2014 and have seen double-digit increases for nine straight months. At the regional level, pending sales
were higher on a year-over-year basis in all areas, with Southern California and Central Valley both increasing at a double-digit rate compared to last October. The share of equity sales – or non-distressed property sales – dipped in October but remained at the highest levels since the fall of 2007. Equity sales now make up 93.7 percent of all sales, up from 91.5 percent a year ago. The combined share of all distressed property sales (REOs and short sales) edged up in October to 6.3 percent of total sales, but was down from 8.5 percent a year ago. More than one in four homes (27 percent) closed above asking price in October, and nearly half (47 percent) closed below asking price. One-fourth (25 percent) closed at asking price. About two-thirds (64 percent) of properties received multiple offers in October, indicating the market remains competitive. Fifty-one percent of properties received multiple offers in October 2014.
Happy Tails at Twilight AFRP’s 18th Annual Holiday Party, Happy Tails at Twilight, is set for Saturday, December 12 from 6:00 – 10:00 p.m. at Quail Lodge and Golf Resort, 8000 Valley Greens Dr, Carmel Valley. Join us for a spectacular evening of food, wine, live music, comedy and fun. Starting at 6 p.m. stroll the silent auction while sipping on Carmel Road wines, enjoy a delicious buffet dinner, music by amazing guitarist John Sherry, and to top the evening off, laugh to the comedy of Tim Lee. Tim, originally from the Monterey Peninsula, has been described as what would happen if you crossed your high school chem teacher with George Carlin. Tickets are $115 and are all inclusive. “Happy Tails at Twilight” will be a night to remember, and best of all, the proceeds go to help animals in need within your community. Donations toward the silent auction are still being accepted and are needed - to help call 831-333-0722x7. To make reservations visit www.animalfriendsrescue.org or call the reservation line at 831-623-5616 – this will be a sold out event so don’t delay.
Monterey Library: ‘Giant Used Book Sale’
The Friends of the Monterey Public Library will hold their annual Giant Used Book Sale on Saturday, December 5, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., in the Library Community Room. High quality books at bargain prices - no library discards! Friends members are welcome to the preview sale on Friday, December 4, 3 - 5 p.m. to get the best selection. Non-members may join at the door. All proceeds benefit the Monterey Public Library. The Library is located at 625 Pacific Street, Monterey. For more information go to www.mplfriends.com or call (831) 646-3745.
The Mistery Machine in “Christmastime is Here!”
Get ready for the Holidays with this sometimes hilarious and sometimes heartfelt collection of songs that will get you in the spirit and laughing all the way-ha ha ha. A perfect thing to do with your visiting holiday guests. The Mistery Machine will be performing 6 performances only (Fridays and Saturdays for 3 weeks), so don’t miss it. Special guests include Emma and Ella DiFranco in some of the “cutest” numbers of the night. Tickets available by clicking the link below. $25 general and $20 for Students/ Military/Seniors. Show is at 7:30 PM Fri and Sat Nov 27-Dec 12. Doors open at 7 p.m . Family entertainment.
Free Community Carol Sing in Pacific Grove
Mayflower Church, with its nearly 100 year old pipe organ, will present a free Community Christmas Carol sing-along on Sunday, December 13 at 2 p.m. Everyone – local residents, visitors and families are invited to attend the festive gathering where familiar holiday hymns will be led by organist Tom DeLay. A dessert reception will follow in Mayflower’s Fellowship Hall. Mayflower Church is located on the corner of 14th and Central Avenues in Pacific Grove. For more information, contact 373-4705 or office@mayflowerpres.org.
Gallery Night at Pacific Grove Art Center Friday Dec. 4
Let your holiday season take flight from 7-9 p.m. on Dec. 4 during the First Friday Gallery Night at the nonprofit Pacific Grove Art Center, 568 Lighthouse Ave. The evening will feature art exhibits, a Celtic Christmas Concert, a holiday boutique and decorated butterflies to bid on. The Silent Butterfly Auction is currently open during regular Art Center hours, from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday and from 1-4 p.m. on Sundays, so visitors can now browse the handmade gift items in the Holiday Boutique in between checking the bids on their favorite butterfly. The bidding will close at the Dec. 4 event. A Celtic Christmas Concert also will occur at the Dec, 4 event, in addition to the art exhibits, Holiday Boutique and Silent Auction. Guests can celebrate the holidays with a rousing and spirited performance of seasonal songs, music, and tales featuring virtuoso Celtic harpist Maestra Amelia Krupski, the red-headed, Irish-blooded, natural-born Celtic songbird Shannon Warto, and Taelen Thomas, renowned bard and storyteller of Carmel Bay. Taelen will perform selections from Dylan Thomas’s masterpiece, A Child’s Christmas in Wales, along with stirring tellings of the stories behind other holiday classics. Amelia and Shannon will delight audiences with beautiful Celtic music and songs of the season. Admission to the concert is $15.00 for members and $20.00 non-members. For information and reservations, call 831-375-2208 or contact chroberts@ hotmail.com As always, many of the 17 resident studio artists will open their doors so guests can catch a glimpse of how painters,
printmakers, watercolorists, fabric artists and sculptors work in their private spaces. The Pacific Grove Art Center is always free and open to the public from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and from 1-4 p.m. on Sundays. For more information, call the Center, 831-375-2208, or at www.pgartcenter.org Artists currently on exhibit include: Linda Fillhardt’s work is inspired by the color and texture of the southwest and the western landscapes—the southwest canyons, and rivers that flow all the way to the sea. Fillhardt uses 30 or more layers of encaustic, pigmented beeswax to transform her sketches into this very graphic and colorful series, Land, River, Sea. Of Ink and Poetry is an ambitious exhibit of original contemporary fine art prints by fifty members of the MPC Printmakers. Each artwork is paired with the poem or prose that inspired its creation. Artworks include etchings, woodcuts, screenprints, monotypes, monoprints, and mixed media prints. Jennifer L. Anderson -- “My work explores thoughts and ideas around the experience of raising my family and my goals as a woman. The icons that appear and reappear in my work indicate that I am not yet done, with mothering or with imagery. We all have a unique sense of self and sense of belonging to our ‘place’ and our ‘story.’ My pieces tell my story. They reflect my personal narrative, my journey of motherhood and connect my identity with the powerful role of being a woman.” Julie Heilman’s Youth Art and ArtSmart Exhibit – Samples from 40 drawings by third graders exploring color, value, and texture. PGAC and donors provide the tools and the young artists explore their abilities. Come see the results!
Printmaking 101 at PG Art Center Prints 101 - a talk by Barbara Furbush will be offered on Saturday, Dec. 5 from 1-4 p.m. at the Pacific Grove Art Center, 568 Lighthouse Ave, Pacific Grove What exactly is a print? Etchings? Lithographs? Wood blocks? This is an introductory talk to get up close and personal with the blocks, plates, screens, stones and tools used to create the prints. The talk will provide an excellent overview for collectors, curators, artists and those who are just curious. It is offered in conjunction with the MPC Printmakers “Of Ink and Poetry” exhibit now at the PG Art Center. Fee is $15 for PGAC members; $20 general. To register contact Barbara Furbush at 310-562-3155 or bfurbush11@gmail.com
Team Up for Jingle Bell Run
Join us to kick off the 2015 Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis! It’s time to kick off the Jingle Bell Run season! Gather your team members, friends and family (registered or not!) and join us at the Jingle Bell Run/Walk Team Kickoff. There will be great food and great fun. Kick Off Wednesday, October 14, 2015 • 6:00pm-8:00pm Il Fornaio at Pine Inn Hotel, Carmel Ocean Ave between Lincoln & Monte Verde Call or write Alexandra Fallon at afallon@arthritis.org or 831-620-1699 Your Jingle Bell Run/Walk Team P.S. Forward this information to your friends and family who have not yet registered – everyone is invited! Special Thanks to our Local Sponsors Presenting Sponsor • Monterey Spine & Joint The Orthopedic Center at Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula Aspire | Victory Dealership | DePuy Synthes | Treadmill Central Coast Senior Services | VNA & Hospice | Amgen Gorman Real Estate | Springer Construction | Pebble Beach Company Genentech | In Shape | Janssen | Volunteers of America | Cedar Street Times | Monterey Penninsula Volunteer Services | Novartis | Monterey County Herald
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Monterey Peninsula Voices Presents Annual Holiday Concert December 12-13 Monterey Peninsula Voices will present its annual holiday concert, “Yuletide Carols,” December 12 and 13 at Santa Catalina’s Performing Arts Center. The 100-person local choir led by conductor Sean Boulware will open with a lively set of familiar holiday tunes such as “White Christmas” “Silver Bells,” “We Need a Little Christmas,” “Joy to the World” and many others, accompanied by a sixpiece jazz ensemble. The second act features John Rutter’s “Magnificat,” a Biblical canticle sung primarily in Latin and accompanied by a 22-piece orchestra. The composition, completed in 1990, includes seven movements and will feature soprano soloist Alyssa Stoffer. Two performances will be held
at Santa Catalina School, Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday afternoon at 4:30 p.m. A parking shuttle will be offered. Online prices are $20 for adults, $15 for seniors and students, and $10 for children under 12 ($5 higher at the concert). To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.mpvoices.org. Monterey Peninsula Voices is a community choir consisting of nearly 100 residents from throughout Monterey County, including 20 from Pacific Grove, 18 from Monterey, 13 from Seaside and Marina, 16 from Carmel, 24 from Salinas, 6 from Hollister and Watsonville and others from the unincorporated regions throughout the county. The group performs an annual holiday concert in December and a themed spring concert each May.
Christmas-Themed Lectures at Gentrain
The Gentrain Society of Monterey Peninsula College is sponsoring two free, Christmas-themed lectures in December; for additional detail please see the Gentrain website. Wednesday, December 2, 2015 Gentrain Society Lecture: The Making of Christmas Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Free; MPC Parking $2.00 Information: www.gentrain.org; info@gentrain.org ; 372-0895 Dr. Grant Voth explores the making of our modern Christmas holiday. Beginning with ancient solstice festivals, through the early Church’s transformation to a Christian celebration and the Puritan effort to suppress it, to the influence of writers Washington Irving and Charles Dickens, the lecture will trace the origins of our customs and rituals. Grant Voth was for almost three decades the Coordinator for the Gentrain Program. • Wednesday, December 16, 2015 Gentrain Society Lecture: Historical Perspectives on Christmas Music Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Free; MPC Parking $2.00 Information: www.gentrain.org; info@gentrain.org ; 372-0895 The sacred music of Christmas is more familiar to Americans than anything else in the Christian calendar, even among non-church goers. But where did these beloved tunes come from, and why do they endure? Answers are provided in a delightful tour through their musical history by Dr. Todd Samra, Director of Music at St. James Episcopal Church and resident musicologist for the Monterey Symphony.
Peace of Mind Dog Rescue to Host Annual Holiday Open House
The public is invited to stop by the Peace of Mind Dog Rescue Bauer Center at 615 Forest Ave, Pacific Grove for some holiday refreshments and good cheer at the annual holiday open house. You can play Santa for the dogs by bringing a gift to place under the tree. Items in need include beds, harnesses, collars, high quality food and treats, a donation toward medical care, or a gift certificate to one of your favorite pet supply stores. The Holiday open house will be held on Sunday, December 13 from 4:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. The open house is free. RSVP to POMDR at 831-718-9122 or email us info@ peaceofminddogrescue.org Peace of Mind Dog Rescue is a resource and advocate for senior dogs and senior people on California’s Central Coast. We find loving homes for dogs whose guardians can no longer care for them and for senior dogs in shelters. For more information about volunteering, adopting, or making a donation visit www.peaceofminddogrescue. org or call 831-718-9122.
Irish Balladeer at Monterey Library
Monterey Public Library presents “Raised on Songs & Stories” with Irish Balladeer Paul Carroll on Tuesday, December 15, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., in the Community Room. Paul grew up in Dublin during the ballad boom of the ‘60s where the pubs were packed with folk singers and ballad groups. During his time in Melbourne, Australia he was the founding member of the Celtic band, Poteen, who were Australia’s premiere Celtic band, sharing the stage with icons like Eric Bogle, The Dubliners, The Fureys and The Boys of the Lough. Paul has made his home in New Hampshire, USA, for nearly 25 years. His latest CD is called “The Road You Take.” Admission is free, and no reservations are required. Call 831.646.2091 or e-mail henry@monterey. org for more information.
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Monterey County Regional Fire District and Kinship Center Combine Efforts in 2015 Holiday Toy Drive The Monterey County Regional Fire District will hold its twelfth annual Holiday Toy Drive benefiting children in Kinship Center programs. New, unwrapped toys are being collected at Monterey Fire District stations from Friday, November 27 through Thursday December 24, 2015. Toys collected will be distributed to children in Monterey County through Kinship Center’s “Family Ties” Relative Caregiver Support Program. Kinship Center, a Member of Seneca family of Agencies, a California nonprofit agency, is dedicated to the creation, preservation and support of foster, adoptive and relative families for children who need them. Since 2004, Monterey County Regional Fire District firefighters has partnered with Kinship Center’s Family Ties program to ensure that children receiving these family support services are given new, age-appropriate toys during the holiday season. This year, collection barrels
have been placed at Monterey County Regional Fire District stations at the following locations: Toro Station – 19900 Portola Drive – Salinas Carmel Valley Village – 26 Via Contenta, Carmel Valley Village Mid Valley – 8455 Carmel Valley Road Carmel Valley Laureles – 31 Laureles Grade Rd. at Hwy 68 Chualar – 24281 Washington St. – Chualar Kinship Center – 124 River Road, Salinas –Additional information regarding the Kinship Center and the “Family Ties” Relative Caregiver Support Program is available at www.kinshipcenter.org. Questions regarding the 2015 Holiday Toy Drive may be directed to Firefighter Justin Reyes, at (831) 214-3256 or jreyes@ mcrfd.org or Camille Whipple, at (831) 455-4713 or cwhipple@kinshipcenter.org
Holmes for the Holidays World Premiere at Carl Cherry Center Local director, actress and playwright Cindy Womack will present a fully produced world premiere of “Holmes for the Holidays.” Her brand new Sherlock Holmes adaptation will be performed for two weekends only: at 7:30 p.m. Fridays Dec. 4 and 11, and Saturdays Dec. 5 and 12, as well as at 2:00 p.m. Sundays December 6 and 13 at Cherry Hall Theater, 4th and Guadalupe, Carmel. Info available (831) 624-7491; info@carlcherrycenter. org;HolmesOneAct@gmail.comor twitter @HolmesOneAct/. Purchase tickets for $15.00 at http://carlcherrycenter.org/ events/ or by calling 831-624-7491. The recent final lapse of copyright on
the Sherlock Holmes stories and characters has freed artists from Hollywood to Carmel to adapt and to compose new adventures and Ms. Womack is joining the resulting celebration of Sherlockiana. Her “Holmes for the Holidays,” which she is also directing, consists of two of the world’s only consulting detective’s most famous cases. Each story can be presented separately as a one-act, or they can be paired for dramatic effect as in this production. Running time will be less than two hours. Admission is first come first served and the house is small so theatre-goers are encouraged to purchase tickets in advance at the Carl Cherry Center website.
Get Your Heart Warmed
The Listening Place Stories Celebrate the Season
The Monterey Museum of Art is pleased to host The Listening Place, Readers Theater as they present Yuletide Jewels, a collection of stories that joyfully celebrate the spirit of the holiday season on Sunday, December 6 and Sunday, December 13, 2015 at 1:30 pm at the Monterey Museum of Art—Pacific Street. Please join us for a heartwarming afternoon of old fashioned storytelling and song celebrating the season. A few of the pieces include: “Papa Panov's Special Christmas” by Leo Tolstoy,
“Holiday Song” by Paddy Chayefsky, and “A Christmas Memory” by Truman Capote. The cast includes Philip Pearce, Susan Keenan, Robert Colter, Kalyn Shubnell, and Anne Mitchell with special guests Rosemary Luke, Peter Reynolds, and John Newkirk. Yuletide Jewels is directed by Linda Hancock. Location: The Monterey Museum of Art—Pacific Street, 559 Pacific Street, Monterey. Admission is free. Donations welcome for The Listening Place, Readers Theater.
‘Winterdance’ set for Dec. 18
The 10th annual Winterdance is slated for Friday, Dec. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s By-The-Sea, 146 12th Street and Central Ave., Pacific Grove. Molly’s Revenge and special guest vocalist Christa Burch with the Rosemary Turco Irish Dancers will present an evening of music, song and dance associated with the festive season.The performance will include Christmas songs both old and new, all played with a Celtic twist, and something new for our regulars. Molly’s Revenge, whose lineup includes bagpipes, fiddle, whistle, guitar, mandola, and bodhran, have toured extensively in the USA as well as Australia, China and Scotland. The band is known for its unique and infectious on-stage enthusiasm. Their arrangements of traditional jigs and reels bring these dance tunes up to date with a driving, hard-edged accent that leaves audiences shouting for more. The California-based group has toured since 2000 as a four and five-piece
acoustic band, releasing eleven CDs along the way. Just last year, Molly’s Revenge and Christa Burch recorded a collection of Celtic Christmas and winter-themed music at a remote windswept retreat in the redwoods of the Mendocino coast. This beautiful holiday album will be available at the shows. Guest vocalist Christa Burch possesses a singular voice: warm, supple, expressive, intimate, and instantly recognizable. Part of a vibrant new generation of American folk singers, Christa deftly marries intuitive musicianship and storytelling through song. To balance the gentle beauty of Christa’s songs, the Irish dancers will bring a percussive, joyful, and colorful exuberance to the stage. Tickets, at $24, $10 kids 13 and under are available online www.brownpapertickets.com or at Bookworks, 307 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove, CA. For information, call or text 831-224-3819 or email fiddlejamjp@gmail.com.
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Book Launch: ‘Ed Ricketts from Cannery Row to Sitka, Alaska’ Includes New Essay
Mr. Charles Dickens performs
‘A Christmas Carol’ The Christmas Classic performed by Howard Burnham in the manner of Dickens’ 1867 tour of the USA
Ed Ricketts Joseph Campbell and Calvin’s wife Sasha Kashevaroff Calvin on Jack Calvin’s 33 foot boat the MV Grampus in Alaska August 1932, photo taken by Jack Calvin. Courtesy Pat Hathaway California Views 99-026-0005 Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History is hosting a special event to launch the new book, “Ed Ricketts from Cannery Row to Sitka, Alaska,” Thursday, December 10, at 7:00 p.m. The event is open to the public. The book is an illustrated collection that includes an essay titled, “Wave Shock Essay”, written by Ed Ricketts about his 10-week voyage along the Pacific Coast to Sitka, Alaska. This essay was made available for publication by Nancy Ricketts, 91, daughter of Ed Ricketts – acclaimed marine biologist and John Steinbeck’s friend. The essay will be paired with family photos from Nancy’s private collection, photos from Pat Hathaway’s California Views collection, and accompanied by Nancy’s own remembrances of her father and their trip to Alaska. Other essay contributors to the book are by noted researchers and scientists that include; Janice Straley, John Pearse, Katherine Rodger, Colleen Mondor, Melissa Miner, David Lohse, Peter Raimondi, and John Straley. Nancy Ricketts was born in Pacific Grove and fell in love with Sitka when she made the trip to Alaska with her father. Years later, she and her late husband were offered the opportunity to live and work in Alaska; Nancy remembered Sitka and suggested to her husband that is where they should settle. She has lived there since 1974 and is a retired librarian and archivist. The Museum is located at 165 Forest Avenue Pacific Grove.For additional information, contact the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History at (813) 6485716 or visit their website at http://www. pgmuseum.org
Nancy Ricketts age 91 at home in Sitka Alaska, August 2015. Photo by Pat Hathaway. Nancy is standing next to photo of her father Ed Rickets taken in 1932 by Jack Calvin
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Vintage Objects Help Us Unlock the Past
Sometimes all it takes is a glimpse at a vintage object to bring back a flood of memories. Those of us young enough to have grown up in the era of “no iron” sheets and drip-dry shirts may very well not even know what a mangle is, but it was a common household item in the 1940s and 50s—as well as inspiration for this week’s guest columnist. Looking for a way to jump-start your own memoir or family history? Take a look at photos of now-forgotten vintage objects from the years when you were a child and a teen and see what sort of memories and stories come to mind. These images are readily available on websites like Pinterest. You could even theme an entire series of essays around your experiences with items like a 45rpm record player, skate keys, Tupperware, and TV rabbit ears. Guest columnist Ann Todd Jealous of Pacific Grove describes herself as a mother, grandmother, retired therapist, board chair of The Village Project, Inc., and a human rights activist. A Feminist Protest in 1950 A memory of my Aunt Dickie and her ironing strike returned when I heard a song sung at a luncheon celebrating triumphs of the Department of Women Studies at U.C. Santa Cruz. The song, a very amusing piece of music, was called “Bring Back the Mangle.” A mangle is a large piece of machinery that allows the user to press
A typical mangle from the late 1940s
Guest Columnist Ann Todd Jealous Patricia Hamilton and Joyce Krieg laundry by passing the laundry through heated rollers. It was the year 1950. I was 10 years old; mangles were new and polyester was not yet in fashion. In addition to herself and her daughter, Frederica (Aunt Dickie’s “real name”) had a husband, a daughter and two sons to care for. All three males wore cotton shirts, a clean one every day. When those shirts were added to cotton sheets and pillowcases and all the other clothes and household cottons, there was quite a lot of ironing to do. Frederica wanted a mangle. Her husband (my uncle) said it was a waste of money. Frederica went on strike. After three weeks of no ironing (and therefore, no shirts), he brought home a mangle. I remember being absolutely fascinated by the machine—and also enough afraid of it to give it wide berth. Eventually, Frederica’s family had “drip dry” shirts and the mangle disappeared. It was fun to have the memories return and to think of one more way that the women in my family taught me to ask for what I needed and, if that didn’t work, there would probably be another way that did.
Ann Todd Jealous
Ann Todd Jealous at age 11, around the time the mangle arrived at her aunt’s house.
Ann Todd Jealous and Patricia Hamilton will be participating in a celebration of cultural heritage on Saturday evening. “Culture Share” is sponsored by the Monterey chapter of the National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI) from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 490 Aguajito Road in Carmel. Culture Share is an opportunity to share one’s own cultural heritage as well as learning about the culture of others through shared food, music, stories, photographs, dance, demonstrations and more. Participants are urged to bring a potluck dish representing their cultural heritage. This event has been described by one of the participants, Fred Jealous, as “a rich opportunity for everyone to explore their heritage and identify something from that heritage that gives them pride, that touches their heart.” The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact NCBI Monterey County at 831/594-4235, michaelsfredericksen@gmail.com, or jtigerm@comcast.net.
“Aunt Dickie” and her husband, Levi
Observations From a Fire Camp in Yosemite I arrived back at Badger Pass Ski Resort on aTuesday afternoon. I was there for the El Portal Fire in early August and it was nice to return. The Forest Service rents these grounds for Fire Camp, or as it is known in “Fire Speak,” for the ICP (incident command post). The actual fire location for the Meadow Fire was southeast of Dome Rock, not far from an area known as Little Yosemite. Not familiar with this area, I didn’t realize the Merced River doesn’t run the full length of the Yosemite Valley. In fact, it flows northwest through Little Yosemite, and enters the big valley floor over Nevada Falls. When I first began following this fire, I learned they were trying to keep it north of the Merced River. I made the mistaken assumption that meant the fire was on the north side of the bottom of the Yosemite Valley, and would be burning both east and north out of the canyon. But the fire had burned inside the national park in a remote, roadless wilderness area roughly southeast of Half Dome. The only way to get firefighters on the fire was to either hike them in from the Yosemite Valley floor, or fly them in by helicopter. And some of both has been done. As this was written I was sitting in Fire Camp, resting under the my E-Z-Up
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mountain-top where the helicopters are able to land. The last run I made that Monday was to pick up a tired and very dirty Hotshot team member, then spend the next five hours following him first to the Happy Isles Parking Lot, then following him to the Crane Flat Heliport. Once he parked a vehicle we’d return to Happy Isles for IAPs (incident action plans) are also part another. He and his team had driven to the upper end of Yosemite Valley then of the load to Mariposa. One day shortly after I arrived, I hiked in to the fire from there. He was got the nod to take some supplies out to the first one out from the fire and it was the Pack Station in Tuolumne Meadows, his job, and mine ultimately, to shuttle all someplace I’d never seen. The supplies the equipment to the heliport where they were scheduled to be sent out to the fire would be flown the next day. This was not the most exciting run, line folks by pack train the next morning. What a beautiful trip. The trip to the high but it did result in a total of 163 miles country meadow, at roughly 8,500 altitude driving for my last day. By the time you surrounded by huge rock monoliths and read this I will have been released (demob’d) and will have been home since tall pines, is absolutely magnificent. Two other destinations for us on this midday Tuesday. The comfort of a real fire are the El Portal Warehouse, and the bed, rather than a sleeping bag in the bed Crane Flat Helipad. Travel to any of these of my pickup, would at least partly offset destinations requires a trip from the Ski the beauty of a ceiling of twinkling stars Resort, thru the intersection at Chinquapin, with towering pines for my bed-posts. Driving home on that Tuesday, redown through the tunnel lookout, and onto the Yosemite Valley floor. To get to El membering my time on the El Portal Fire, Portal, you continue down the canyon, but and now the Meadow Fire, I had to chuckle to go to the Crane Flat Heliport we turn up as a conversation starter came to mind: “So, what did you do get to do for toward the Tioga Pass Road and climb up out of the canyon. At the intersection we your vacation this summer?” “I spent sixteen days driving in and continue on down Highway 120 a short way, then crawl up a 1.5 mile road to the around Yosemite National Park.”
In The Shadow of The Sequoias tent in my comfortable chair, starting my seventh day on this fire. The sun was barely above the tops of the tall pines east of us, but was streaming in on my hands. The warmth felt nice, for the overnight low was around 54 degrees. Snug in my sleeping bag in the bed of my truck, I had been snoozing comfortably when my alarm went off at 5:00 am. The process of turning my pickup bed from a bedroom to a pickup takes only about 15 minutes. After a walk to the shower trailer, a nice hot shower and a shave, and I get back in Ground Support, ready to start the day at 6:00 am. Some days are busier than others, depending on the needs of the fire. Lunches, bottled water, Gator-Aide, and ice are sent here and there as needed. Twice I got the nod for an early trip out to Mariposa to the airport there, taking the above items to the folks working on the big Sky Crane helicopters based there. Maps of the fire, showing which portions are still hot and which are cold and controlled, along with
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(Weather forecasts predict the Monterey Peninsula will be hard hit by El Niño conditions this winter, with potential flooding and frigid temperatures that could be deadly for unsheltered persons. What is being done to provide shelter and service if dire predictions materialize? This series explores foul-weather aid for everyone.) Preparing for the worst, hoping for the best Monterey’s new emergency Storm Center website has been up and running 24/7 since last week and will be upgraded as information changes. Because no one or any thing is exempt from storms predicted to hit the Central California coastline within the next few weeks, preparedness is vital regardless of weather severity or whether you are houseless, a homeowner or somewhere in between. Be philosophical: Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
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Homeless in Paradise Emergency Operations Center (EOC) According to the Storm Center website: “When a major emergency happens within city limits, the City of Monterey will likely open its Emergency Operations Center . The EOC is located in a secure facility where City departments can work closely together to coordinate the emergency response, allocate resources, and support management of the incident. If the EOC is activated, the latest information on the situation will be posted on the City website at www.monterey.org as soon as it is available. The City will also use the media,
Legal Notices ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: Petition of VACLAV JAN BEZUCHA *Amended* Case No. 15CV000281 Filed NOVEMBER 4, 2015. To all interested persons: Petitioner VACLAV JAN BEZUCHA filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: present name VACLAV JAN BEZUCHA to proposed name JAN VACLAV BEZUCHA. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of hearing date: JNUARY 8, 2016 Time: 9:00 AM Dept. 15. The address of the court is: Superior Court of California, County of Monterey, 1200 Aguajito Road, Monterey, CA 93940. A copy of this Order To Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four consecutive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: CEDAR STREET TIMES. DATE: November 4, 2015 Judge of the Superior Court: Thomas W. Wills. Publication dates: 11/13, 11/20, 11/27, 12/4/15 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number 20152179 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Kindred Hospital Rehabilitation Services, 1441 Constitution Blvd., Salinas, CA 93912, County of Monterey. Full name of Registrant: RehabCare Group Management Services, Inc. - Delaware, 680 South Fourth Street, Louisville, KY 40202 This business is conducted by: a corporation Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. I declare that all information in this statement is true and correct. (A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the registrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). SIGNATURE OF REGISTRANT: Joseph L. Landenwich, Co-General Counsel & Corporate Secretary This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Monterey County on October 30, 2015. Notice - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally expires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered owner. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this statement does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law (See Section 14411 et seq., Business and Professions Code). CERTIFICATION: I hereby certify that the foregoing is a correct copy of the original on file in my office. STEPHEN L. VAGNINI, MONTEREY COUNTY CLERK BY: Deputy Publication dates: 11/13, 11/20, 11/27, 12/4/15
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: Petition of JEE UN CHONG Case No. 15CV000277 Filed NOVEMBER 17, 2015. To all interested persons: Petitioner JEE UN CHONG filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: present name MARCUS LAMONT BERLINSKY to proposed name MARCUS LAMONT HEWITT. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of hearing date: JANUARY 8, 2016 Time: 9:00 AM Dept. 15. The address of the court is: Superior Court of California, County of Monterey, 1200 Aguajito Road, Monterey, CA 93940. A copy of this Order To Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four consecutive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: CEDAR STREET TIMES. DATE: November 17, 2015 Judge of the Superior Court: Thomas W. Wills. Publication dates: 11/27, 12/4, 12/11, 12/18/15 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20152185 The following person is doing business as EARTH CORE CONSTRUCTION, 8340 Dolan Rd., Castroville, Monterey County, CA 95012: JACOB FRANCO, 8340 Dolan Rd., Castroville, CA 95012. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on November 2, 2015. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signed: Jacob Franco. Publication dates: 11/20, 11/27, 12/4, 12/11/15
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20152217 The following person is doing business as MAVWth ERX LASER SERVICES, 157 17 Street, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950: MAVWERX, th INC., 172 16 St., Pacific Grove, CA 93950. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on November 5, 2015. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signed: Tony Campbell, President. This business is conducted by a corporation. Publication dates: 11/13, 11/20, 11/27, 12/4/15
Alert! Monterey County, Twitter and other methods to get information out quickly to the public. Certified Emergency Response Team (CERT) Stations According to Monterey’s assistant city manager Hans Uslar, who responded to our recent questionnaire, also answered by Pacific Grove’s mayor Bill Kampe, there are 10 Certified Emergency Response Team (CERT) Containers located throughout the city of Monterey (see sidebar for list of locations). He says, “Throughout our City we have deployed 20-feet large containers which we call CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) boxes. They contain emergency supplies, tools, batteries, lights, etc. They are used/staffed by Monterey’s CERT team.’’ CERT’s website states: The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program educates people about disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area and trains them in basic disaster response skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations.” Website for CERT is http://montereycert.org/.” Neighbors helping neighbors Uslar explains, “Using the training learned in the classroom and during exercises, CERT members can assist others in their neighborhood or workplace following an event when professional responders are not immediately available to help.” Volunteers receive 24 hours of training over two weekends. Uslar adds, “The CERTs will be a primary resource for our city in time of emergencies…Our Neighborhood Improvement Project (NIP) program paid for the containers; our neighbors are responsible for stocking and equipping them.” A NIP project is any public improvement (not on private property) that improves streets, storm drains, sewers, sidewalks, walkways, lighting, traffic control devices, landscaping and beautification, parks, recreational facilities and other public building improvements. For further information about CERT, call 831-646-3416 or e-mail montereycert@hotmail.com. Bad Weather: An Equal Opportunity Destroyer Torrential downpours that cause floods do not discriminate between brushand-debris shelters at the foot of a hill and elegant homes high above them. Flood and mud can destroy them both. Both homeless and homeowners/renters are advised by the City of Monterey to “make a plan, make a kit, be informed.” In essence, know where you can go for help before the need arises to go there. Making your plan Hans Uslar says about Monterey’s multitude of options to provide care and shelter during a large scale emergency operation, “One of our key assets is the Sport Center, which can be used as an emergency care shelter.” “However during time of need and emergencies our Community Centers will be also used as Temporary Assistance Centers. We presently operate four Community Centers All centers are equipped with various levels of emergency power ranging from small mobile units to a large scale fixed generator in the Casanova Oak Knoll Park Center. “The Red Cross will be the agency
calling the shots in identifying additional shelters throughout our City. These can include assets owned by Monterey Peninsula School District (schools) and County (Fairgrounds).” The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) will also be involved with rescue and care of homeless pets. Addresses and emergency contact information for Monterey North Monterey: Casanova Oak Knoll Park Center—735 Ramona Ave., Monterey, 831646-5665 South (Lower New) Monterey: Scholze Community Center—280 Dickman Ave., New Monterey, 831-6463878 East (Upper New)Monterey: Hilltop Park Center—871 Jessie St., Monterey, 831-646-3975 West (Central) Monterey: Monterey Sports Center—301 E. Franklin St., Monterey, 831-646-3730 Monterey Youth Center—777 Pearl St., Monterey, 831-646-3873 Areawide: Red Cross (Monterey Branch)—550 Lighthouse Ave., Monterey, 831-375-5730 SPCA, 1002 Monterey-Salinas Highway, Salinas, 831-373-2631. Other emergency information According to Hans Uslar, “Our emergency radio station at 1610 AM will broadcast where we have emergency shelters, who to contact and provide also regular updates.” He says that — like Pacific Grove— Monterey has created a fund for economic uncertainty. “These funds will be typically used to restore/rebuild city infrastructure and not private homes. Presently we have around $9 million in this fund, but, again, these funds are meant to help the City to recover from a major disaster and to allow rebuilding of City owned infrastructure.” Monterey’s emergency center operations are overseen by City Manager Michael McCarthy. Website of the new Monterey Storm Center is www.monterey. org/stormcenter. “The shelters will be left opened on an as-needed basis,” Ulsar concludes. “We also will have all the supplies which Mayor Kampe mentions, plus hot chocolate and hot cider :-)” (Next week: Seaside’s storm report with 72-hour survival kit instructions.) Contact Wanda Sue Parrott at amykitchenerfdn@hotmail.com or leave a message at The Yodel Lady at 831-899-5887.
Locations of CERT Containers in Monterey 1. Aguajito Oaks, Deer/Fishermans Flats: Foothill School, 1500 Via Casoli 2. Monterey Peninsula College: near dance building, up hill from theater 3. CONA: 735 Ramona Ave. 4. Fire Station #3: 401 Dela Vina Ave. 5. Del Monte Beach: Spray Avenue Tot Lot 6. Monterey Vista: Monte Vista School Park, 251 Soledad Drive 7. Old Town: behind City Hall on Van Buren St. 8. Huckleberry/Skyline: Skyline Drive at Huckleberry 9. New Monterey: Hilltop Park Center, 871 Jessie St. 10. Lower New Monterey: Hoffman Park (secondary box)
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Life is a Bumpy Road…And Then You Read Tony Albano’s New Book Il Fornaio restaurant Maitre d’ tells stories Get ready to smile! Has your life gone smoothly – or have you hit a bump (or 10) along the way? Then you’ll enjoy Tony AIbano’s life tales! In 28 short stories about his road, Tony will make you smile – even laugh – and certainly give you pause…to think about those bumps that make life interesting. Get “Life Is A Bumpy Road - smoothed out by the people and dogs you meet along the way” at: http://tinyurl.com/nqxd7yj It’s a book you can pick up and read a short story, then put it down to pick up and enjoy later. A great gift for someone who could use a smile or two! The 28 stories are short, with lots of humanity... i.e. Tony remembers a teenage girl sitting on his bike’s handlebars, with her hair blowing into his face... “but sometimes, when I close my eyes, I can still smell the shampoo in her hair.” And there are a number of very touching dog stories... “he looked at me... right into my soul” Tony has been a New York hippie, a musician, a deli owner, a Mets lover, and a lover of women. He loves ani-
mals, too, especially dogs. Then he hit a real bump. He lost a leg, just like his grandfather had. And just like Brie, the lovable canine who is now one of his best California friends. In addition to being a good writer, Tony is a highly entertaining storyteller. People who hear his stories come away with a truly richer sense of their own lives. Tony Albano was born in Brooklyn – New York, if you didn’t know – and grew up in the Projects before his family moved to Long Island. From his earliest years, he’s known he has entertaining in his blood, though the bumpy road that has been his life has produced some diversions. He started writing songs as a teenager, but at age 23, he wound up owning a delicatessen. Few years later, he sold the deli, and with wife, Patricia, drove across country in their ‘64 Dodge, visiting friends and family along the way to their final destination...the Monterey Peninsula. Monterey-Carmel has been their home for the past 30 years, and Tony’s meandering path has included hosting
his own radio talk show and becoming a professional storyteller. A natural multi-tasker, he’s also been a visible and valued fixture in the Peninsula hospitality scene. He takes great pleasure in presenting his “true life stories” to the people he meets as a waiter-host-maître d’; for 20 years at the Il Fornaio restaurant in Carmel, and as the sparkling entertainer he has shown himself to be at private parties and other events. When he lacks a human audience, he revels in his many hours spent with his canine companion, Brie. You may see them together going hither and yon, and you’ll recognize them — since they are both missing a leg. Tag someone you think would enjoy this book!
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