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Kiosk • Parkinson’s Support Group MPSG meets the second Tuesday of every month except December, 3:00 at the Sally Griffin Center Pacific Grove Contact: 373-8202 http://www. montereyparkinsonssupport.com/ meetings.html •
Fridays
Pacific Groove Dance Jam Chautauqua Hall 8-10 PM •
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Dance at Chautauqua Hall
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• Sat. March 10
Shelley Phillips and Taelen Thomas at 4 pm The Lab, 3728 the Barnyard, suite G-23 (above Carmel Valley Roasters, across from Big Sur Restaurant) at the mouth of Carmel Valley Tickets online: the labarts.com Adults $15 in advance/ $20 at the door Children under 12: $8/ 10 •
Thursday, March 15
Monterey Peninsula Gospel Community Choir Schedules Spring / bon voyage / memorial concert 7 - 8 pm First Baptist Church 246 Laurel avenue Pacific Grove •
HAMLET
Matinee Saturday, March 10 • 7:30 PM Sunday, March 11 • 2:00 PM Matinee Thursday, March 15 • 7:30 PM Friday, March 16 • 7:30 PM Saturday, March 17 • 7:30 PM Sunday, March 18 • 2:00 PM Matinee and Closing Campus Parking is required for Thursday evening performances and is $3. All tickets to HAMLET are $10. Tickets are available from the MPC Box Office on the Monterey Peninsula College Campus at 980 Fremont St., Monterey. MPC Box Office (831-646-4213)
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Inside Other Random Thoughts................... 14 BaleyWik............................................ 4 Breaker of the Week........................... 3 Butterfly cartoon............................... 13 Cartoon.............................................. 2 FYI.................................................... 19 Homeless in Paradise........................ 18 Keepers of Our Culture..................... 18 Legal Notices.................................... 13 Living Healthy...............................Dark Opinion.........................................Dark Poetry............................................Dark Police Log.......................................... 7 Postcard from the Kitchen................. 12 Rain Gauge........................................ 2 Reasoning with God......................... 16 Sanctuary of the Soul........................ 17 Spotlight........................................Dark
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A Capella Showcase 7 PM Comm. Church 4590 Carmel Valley Rd. $20 adults $15 students & Seniors •
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Your Community NEWSpaper March 9-15, 2018
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City’s Housing Goal Will See Updates
Vol. X, Issue 23
In Like a Lion
By Wanda Sue Parrott and Marge Ann Jameson The Pacific Grove City Council took up the subject of updating its housing goal at the Wed., March 7 city council meeting. The existing housing goal, recently adopted, is supportive of additional low-income housing whether by rehabilitation of existing housing stock or construction of new edifices, to provide high quality housing choices for all income levels. According to the agenda report, the Community and Economic Development Director, Mark Brodeur, actively pursues development projects that may increase the housing stock in the City, even though there are very few opportunities for development in the City. Property owners are encouraged to consider all allowable development standards within the zoning district. The goal includes reduction of governmental constraints.
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March seems to be coming in like a lion, as evidenced by the waves at Lovers Point last Saturday. This photo by James Chang belies the beautiful days we’ve been enjoying here in Pacific Grove. There is a marked lack of rain, with the weather ‘bot telling us there have been 7.05 inches as of 3/8/18.
City designates a Cemetery Plot for Native American Ancestral remains
In the interest of preserving the cultural heritage of Pacific Grove and ancestral remains of Native American residents, the City of Pacific Grove has deeded a plot in the El Carmelo Cemebtery to the Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen Nation for re-burial of remains of OCEN ancestors, considering such remains were found in the City confines. It is likely that future public or private projects may uncover Native American ancestral remains. The City will address such future discoveries on a case-by-case basis and provide for sensitive treatment and disposition of any remains or items associated with burial. The OCEN will have an option to re-bury on-site if they so choose. The city of Monterey and the Department of the Army at the Presidio have already made such designations. Accordingly, the City has granted Ohlone/Costanoan-Esselen Nation (OCEN) a Certificate of Ownership for a City of Pacific Grove El Carmelo Cemetery plot (El Carmelo Plot). The El Carmelo Plot is delineated as 10 feet by 10 feet 20 feet from the northerly cemetery boundary and borders the east cemetery boundary plot. The El Carmelo Plot will be used solely for the re-burial of pre-contact and early historic Native American remains of OCEN ancestors discovered on public or private property within the City. No contemporary remains may be buried in the El Carmelo Plot. The City also agreed to waive the costs and fees associated with any re-burials. OCEN must comply with all current City rules and regulations governing El Carmelo Cemetery. Granting an El Carmelo plot demonstrates good faith and a City commitment to fostering a mutually-respectful relationship with OCEN. The designation was made as a good will measure at the The plot map indicates the area deeded to the OCEN and its Wed., March 7 City Council meeting after a series of meetings relationship to the entry to the cemetery.After the designation, with and among Planning, Finance, Cemetery and the City the City will be well-positioned to respond to the finding of any Manager on questions about finding ancestral remains at certain ancestral remains. excavations in the City.
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It was those governmental constraints, which he sees coming down from the state level, that propelled Robert Huitt to mention numbers coming down from that level and encourage his fellow councilmembers to act before it’s too late. Development of market-rate and work-force level housing is just as important as affordable housing given the overall statewide scarcity of housing. The adoption of the Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) Ordinance last year helped pave a new way for private property owners to add units to the City’s potential available housing stock. But staff and councilmembers, along with Mayor Bill Kampe, each acknowledged the fact that the City of Pacific Grove is “built out” with little or no land left for development; also affecting the housing inventory is the paucity of water. Along with lack of water is the need for money. The Council decided to establish an advisory committee and examine other tools so that they can provide staff and commissions with a goal about low-income housing. Councilmember Bill Peake says “We don’t have to just sit on our hands.” He and Councilmember Rudy Fischer, along with Community Development Director Mark Brodeur, will form the advisory committee hoping for assistance from Matt Huerta of the Monterey Bay Economic Partnership. Huerta had offered to assist them in running a housing forum as he had done in Seaside.’ The suggestion was made that private single-family homes that come up for sale could be bought and then rehabbed to accommodate a few guests, who rent bedrooms but share the bathroom, thus enabling use of the allotted water for that parcel. This would be along the line of turning a private home into a boarding house. If a zoning change or planning commission change requires a public hearing, the public will likely resist having anything built that building-permit plan change is higher than allowable in order to accommodate the units is required, the public outcry is so great that the developer/builder will likely opt out of the deal, as happened recently with the Goodie's property deal at 518 Lighthouse. The council voted unanimously to adopt Affordable Housing as an item for further discussion. In summary, affordable housing is now an official city council item, but nothing official has been done about it.
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Week ending 3/8/18- 9:00 AM.............. 1.34" Total for the season............................... 7.35" The historic average to this date is ........N/A" Wettest year.................................................. 47.15" During rain year 07-01-97 through 06-30-98 Driest year.................................................... 15.54" During rain year 07-01-12 through 06-30-13 RAINFALL SEASON BEGINS JULY 1 EACH YEAR
Near Lovers Point Data reported by John Munch at 18th St.
Week ending morning 3/8/18............. 1.71" Near Lovers Point Total for the 7/1/17). ....... 7.05" Dataseason reported by(since John Munch at 18th St. Last week low12/07/16.......................... temperature................ 39.4° Week ending .19"F Last week high temperature............... 67.4° Total for the season (since 7/1/16)........ 5.42"F Last year rain (07/01/16-1/24/17)............... 19.20F ” Last week low temperature..................41.5 Last week high temperature.................63.5 F
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Don Mothershead, Ed Isaac Selected to MPC Lobos Hall of Fame
Left: Don Mothershead, inducted into the Monterey Peninsula College Lobos Hall of Fame Photos by James Chang
Pacific Grove was well-represented at the Monterey Peninsula College Lobos Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Sat., March 3, 2018. Don Mothershead, current Recreation Supervisor/Coordinator of the city,was recognized for his feats on the football field at MPC, along with having been Grand Marshall of the Good Old Days Parade in 2013; Chamber of Commerce Employee of the Year, 2013; San Jose Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services 25-year Service Award in 2010; SANCRA Achievement Award, 2004; SANCRA Recognition Award in 207 and 2008; and Pacific Grove PRIDE Volunteer Recognition Award, 1989-1990. He was at MPC from 1971-1973. Ed Isaac, who played football at MPC in 1979 and 1980, was All Coast Conference linebacker those years. He was Pacific Grove Middle School Basketball Coach and a Judo teacher for the City. He has been a painting contractor for 40 years. Also recognized was the late Jennifer Hinton, Pacific Grove elementary school P.E. Teacher who died recently. She attended MPC from 1985-1986. She was a member of the MPC Coast Conference Softball championship team and played volleyball and basketball as well. She belonged to Delta Kappa Gamma professional women' society. At right, Lidon Schutzler (right) presents the award for Lobos Hall of Fame to Ed Isaac (left)
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Gary L. Page
Obituary
Gary L. Page April 23, 1951 - February 26, 2018 Gary L. Page passed away on February 26, 2018 at the age of 66. He was born in Ford Ord and spent his whole life on the Monterey Peninsula. He was a product of the Monterey School system graduating Monterey High in 1969. He then attended MPC, San Jose City and San Jose State colleges. Gary held a number of jobs including owning his own children's shoe store in the late 1980s in PG. The one job he enjoyed the most was working for the Carmel Post Office as a carrier and supervisor for 14 years. Gary was a past member of the Mission 200 Lions Club where he was President in 1993-1994. He was also a member of the Children of Survivors of Pearl Harbor. Gary was very passionate about sports specifically the San Francisco Giants and 49ers. Gary is survived by his wife Mary and children Peter Page and his wife Shelli, Tracy Travaille and her husband Ryan, and Trevor Page and his wife Terra, as well as his mother in law Gundy Dobransky all of PG. He was a very proud grandfather and "Poppi" to Tyler Travaille, Travis Travaille, Noah Travaille, Harper Page, and Carter Page. He is preceded in death by his mother Agnes in 1986 and his father Weldon in 2005. Private funeral arrangements are being handled by the Neptune Society. Any donations should be made to the Blind Center in PG.
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Breaker of the Week By Luke Herzog
Adrian Clark
Sophomore Adrian Clark is not afraid to take the spotlight. In fact, Adrian has enjoyed taking on characters in various plays since the 4th grade, and he has appeared in 14 productions since. More recently, the PGHS student has been attending rehearsals for the high school’s upcoming April production of “Shrek the Musical.” This summer, Adrian will join the casts of Paraphrase Productions’s two musicals -- “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” and “Sweeney Todd.” But Adrian’s forte isn’t just scripted shows, he’s also taken a foray into improvisational comedy as a founding member of PGHS’s budding improv troupe Wince & Repeat. During the course of last year’s “Beauty and the Beast,” Adrian discovered a love for singing. “I thought I couldn’t sing Freshman year,” he says, “but when I put myself out on the line and took a chance, I realized that people have many hidden talents.” In only his first full year as a bass/baritone in the school choir, Adrian auditioned for three honor choirs, making them all (including the Western Division Honor Choir). The performer is also the philanthropist, as Adrian will soon be taking a volunteer trip to Nicaragua with TASK 4 U & Me. There, he will aid orphans and help the community acquire clean water. For his confidence and altruism, Adrian Clark is our Breaker of the Week.
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Football Roulette – Worth the Gamble?
“Is Football Worth Gambling With High School and College Players’ Brains?” That’s the headline question posed by Tara Haelle in a Forbes July 26, 2017 article. In her story, she said that 99% of deceased NFL players shown to have the debilitating brain disease CTE should get people’s attention. But she goes on to say that the findings about high school and college players should be equally alarming. She reports that a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) showed 21 percent of high school and 91 percent of college players had evidence of CTE upon autopsy. All 202 high school and college deceased players whose brains were examined were donated to Boston University School of Medicine, so it is not a random sample of the population. Nevertheless, there are over a million high school and college football players in the country, and any percentage even approaching this range should be a call to action. CTE is a horrid disease that can fester in the brain unseen and unfelt for years only to emerge as violent behavior, increasing dementia, and suicide. Even mild cases of CTE can be calamitous. The JAMA study reported that a majority of mild cases of CTE among high school and college players had demonstrated: impulsivity, hopelessness, substance abuse, abusiveness, violence, and suicidal thoughts. Further, 85 percent had cognitive problems and 73 percent had executive function issues such as planning, organizing, time management, focus, memory, and self-control. Suicide was the most common cause of death among high school and college football players with mild CTE. If it’s so bad, why haven’t we seen it? The answer is that there is no blood test or any test at all for CTE other than
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sectioning the decedent’s brain and examining it under a microscope after death—a laborious and expensive procedure paid for by the requestor and not routinely done. Maybe we are seeing it but not recognizing it. Often symptoms don’t materialize until adulthood. Suicide is the second leading cause of death among people age 15 to 24. Part of that statistic could be CTE related. We just don’t know. The film “Concussion” starring Will Smith, is based on the real-life story of the discovery of CTE by Dr. Bennett Omalu. It is available on DVD at the Pacific Grove and Monterey libraries. It should be required viewing by all parents before
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signing up their kids for contact sports. The title is catchy but regrettable because concussions are not necessary to cause CTE—repeated hits to the head are to blame even absent signs of concussion. Football is America’s sport addiction. It will be hard to break that addiction. Until there is a definitive test for CTE before death, the naysayers will call for more and more research even though what we know now should be a call to action to change full-combat football or scrap it altogether for the sake of our children. We have clear evidence that non-concussive repeated hits to the head cause CTE among at least one in five football players, and more football hits equals more risk. It is not conclusive evidence that all football players will get CTE. But is it worth the gamble to our children’s brains? Shall we continue this Football Roulette?
SPCA Offers Low-Cost Vaccinations Including Flu Shots
The SPCA is now offering low-cost canine influenza vaccinations as well as other vaccinations important to cat and dog health. Vaccinations for dogs or cats are just $20 each. Appointments are not required, there are no additional office fees, and wait times are minimal. SPCA vaccination clinics are available Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. If you are interested in affordable canine influenza vaccinations, other vaccinations, microchips, flea control products, or spay/neuter surgeries, please call The SPCA at 831-264-5400, visit www.SPCAmc.org/vet-clinic, or visit one of our affordable walk-in vaccination clinics. The low-cost SPCA Veterinary Clinic is located at 1002 Monterey-Salinas Highway across from Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. The SPCA for Monterey County is your nonprofit, independent, donor-supported humane society that has been serving the animals and people of Monterey County since 1905. The SPCA is not a chapter of any other agency and does not have a parent organization. They shelter homeless, neglected and abused pets and livestock, and provide humane education and countless other services to the community. They are the local agency you call to investigate animal cruelty, rescue and rehabilitate injured wildlife, and aid domestic animals in distress. Online at www. SPCAmc.org.
Gull Abatement Plans go Forward In the spring of 2015 and 2017, the City of Pacific Grove launched a successful strategy to minimize the impact of gulls in the downtown area. It was recognized by the Business Improvement District that the proliferation of gulls in the downtown areas haa a negative impact on business. This spring, staff will continue to implement gull abatement strategies, including but not limited to: 1. Removal or minimizing access to unnatural food sources. Notifying businesses to keep dumpster lids closed and waste covered at all times. 2. Removal of nesting materials. Notifying building owners of gull abatement season and requesting their participation in removing nests from rooftops before eggs have been laid. 3. Introduce the presence and flying of raptors in and around downtown during the recognized 6- week nest-building season (April-May). 4. New this season, the City will use hawk-like kites in rotation at various locations to simulate natural predatory bird behavior. 5. Public education and outreach. Public Outreach will include the placing of Gull Abatement flyers in the Weekly City Summary utilizing the when, why, and, how educational format. For example: a. When: April through May. Trash containment, covering, and enforcement of Pacific Grove Municipal Code Chapter 1.19. “Any building owner who permits gulls to infiltrate trash containers associated with their building site may be subject to a citation for penalties and fines.” Why: To protect and preserve natural resources, improve visitor experience and community livability. How: Via a proven and successful mix of City resources, property owner, tenant, and citizen assistance. Unnatural food source removal, nest abatement, and falconry. b. Place Gull Abatement program flyers at City Hall. c. Work with Pacific Grove Unified School District and provide gull abatement strategy and timeline, ask them to include notice/updates into their circular and notify their maintenance department of the gull abatement three-prong approaches. Ask that they participate by covering trash, and removing nesting materials. d. Communicate with downtown businesses, have notices circulated via Chamber of Commerce and the Business Improvement District’s contact lists. 6.) Establish a goal for installation of BirdWire or bird deterrent spikes at 10 downtown locations that do not currently have any gull mitigation apparatus, with a similar goal for subsequent years. For best results, gull abatement infrastructure improvements need to be a business community and property owner coordinated effort, strongly recommended and encouraged by the City.
March 9, 2018 • CEDAR STREET Community Human Services Presents:
The 12th Annual All Women’s Ball A Fundraising Event To Benefit CHS’ Safe Place Program For Runaway And Homeless Youth
On Friday, March 23, from 7:30pm-11:00pm, Community Human Services will host the 12th Annual All Women’s Ball at the Monterey Elks Lodge, 150 Mar Vista Dr., Monterey. All proceeds will benefit Community Human Services’ Safe Place Runaway and Homeless Youth program. The event has a suggested donation of $30 and all WOMEN are welcome. Call Lenina Sanchez at 831.658.3811 for more information. To purchase tickets search “All Women’s Ball” on Eventbrite.com. The evening will feature desserts, fun, dancing, a silent auction, rock & roll and prizes for best outfit! Come in your best dress, worst dress, prom dress, or wedding dress! Guests can also learn about ways they can help Community Human Services fulfill our mission. All proceeds raised will benefit our community’s homeless youth. Safe Place is Monterey County’s only comprehensive program for homeless and runaway youth. Programs assist homeless youth in their efforts to achieve self-sufficiency and stability in their lives while meeting their immediate needs and providing a safe and supportive environment. Safe Place provides youth with everything from street outreach, survival aid, and temporary shelter to counseling, family reunification and aftercare. Since 1969, Community Human Services has provided professional, affordable mental health, substance abuse and homeless services to the residents of Monterey County. Services focus on the entire family and include programs for people of all ages. If you would like more information about Community Human Services, or want to schedule an interview with staff or clients, please call Communications Coordinator Lenina Sanchez at 831.658.3811 or email lsanchez@chservices.org. For information and to support Safe Place’ critical work to get homeless youth off the streets, visit www.chservices.org or follow Safe Place at http://www.facebook.com/chssafeplace.
Junior League of Monterey County Accepting Scholarship Applications Scholarship Awarded to a Female Applicant Pursuing a Degree that Impacts Women and Children The Junior League of Monterey County (JLMC) is pleased to accept applications for their Scholarship Program now through March 24, 2018. A scholarship of up to $1,000 is awarded to a female student with financial need pursuing higher education. She also must be working towards obtaining a degree that will help her impact women and children in our local community. The applicant must be currently enrolled (Spring 2018 semester) in a Monterey County institute of higher education, which means attending a Monterey County college, university or vocational school, or an online accredited program while living in Monterey County. Both undergraduate and graduate students may apply. Visit jlmontereycounty.org/scholarship to review additional application requirements and to submit an application. The Junior League of Monterey County is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable. To learn more about JLMC and their work throughout Monterey County, please visit jlmontereycounty.org.
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Tibetan Uprising Day protest
Last year’s uprising protest at Windows on the Bay Since the Chinese occupation in 1959, more than one million Tibetans have been killed. To fly a Tibetan flag, send an email abroad, or say the phrase “human rights,” is cause for imprisonment and torture. Ninety-nine percent of all Tibetan monasteries have been closed. Local Tibetan monk Khenpo Karten Rinpoche, teacher at the Manjushri Dharma Center in Pacific Grove, experienced multiple imprisonments before fleeing Tibet in 1996. Supporters of Rinpoche and the Tibetan community will be making their voices heard by joining a world-wide day of protests known as Tibetan Uprising Day. Lend your voice to peace, justice, and freedom: Support Tibet! Join us on Saturday, March 10, 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Windows on the Bay, corner of Del Monte and Camino El Estero. Signs provided. Please note: Protesters cannot step into the street or hand out leaflets to cars, as per a city safety mandate. Learn more: http://manjushridharmacenter.org/ Contact for questions: Rachel C. at rachelmdc2016@gmail.com or 831-901-3156.
Swing on By!
Free intro meetings for men
Many men want to be: better partners and better fathers, but don’t know where to start. Please come to a free introductory evening to learn more about the Breakthrough for Men Community. -- Meetings at the Breakthrough Center, 1069 Broadway, Seaside, will start at 6 p.m. on Thursdays March 1 and 15, and on Tuesdays April 10, 24 and May 9. -- Register on the Breakthrough website: http://www.breakthroughformen.org/ or call the office at 831-375-5441, Bring any friends who are interested. Meetings also are offered in Santa Cruz on March 8, 22 and 29. -- Many men struggle with relationship issues, self-worth, anger, addictions and isolation. Breakthrough works on the causes behind the challenges that affect all men. More than 2000 area men have participated since Breakthrough started in Monterey County in 1987. -- At an introductory meeting, you’ll have a chance to meet the group leaders and other interested men as well as having all your questions regarding content, schedules and finances addressed. Bring all your questions, curiosity, interest, hopes and doubts. -- After the introductory meeting, you will have the opportunity to sign up for Breakthrough I, as long as spaces are available. You are also encouraged to bring friends who are interested. -- Come experience what Breakthrough is all about. Let’s talk!
Monterey Peninsula Gospel Community Choir Schedules Spring / bon voyage / memorial concert
Thursday, March 15 * 7 - 8 pm * First Baptist Church 246 Laurel avenue Pacific Grove We’ve got lots to celebrate! Monterey Peninsula Gospel Community Choir is headed for South Africa to sing at the Woman of Today Conference at Faith Ministry Family Church in Johannesburg, South Africa. It’s also time for our Spring Concert, and we have a very special person to honor and remember. Come join us for the celebration, share the passion for gospel, help us rock the house, and send us off to South Africa! The concert is free, donations welcome.
The World Famous
Glenn Miller Orchestra Saturday, March 17 • 7:00 PM
Pacific Grove Performing Arts Center 835 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove
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Programs at the Library All programs at the Pacific Grove Library For more information call 648-5760.
Center for Spiritual Awakening 522 Central Ave. • 831-372-1942
Central Presbyterian Church of Pacific Grove 325 Central Ave. • 831-375-7207
Chabad of Monterey
620 Lighthouse Ave., Entrance on 18th • 831-643-2770
Christian Church Disciples of Christ of Pacific Grove
Tuesday, March 13 - 11:00 am Stories for PreSchool (ages 2-5) • Wednesday, March 14 - 11:00 am Music with MaryLee for all ages • Wednesday, March 14 - 3:45 pm Wacky Wednesday (stories, crafts, science for ages 5 and up) • Thursday, March 15 - 11:00 am Baby Rhyme Time for babies birth - 24 months
442 Central Ave. • 831-372-0363
Community Baptist Church
Monterey & Pine Avenues • 831-375-4311
First Baptist Church of Pacific Grove 246 Laurel Ave. • 831-373-0741
First Baptist Church of Monterey 600 Hawthorne St., Monterey Rev. Nate Rhen 831-373-3289 • First Church of God 1023 David Ave. • 831-372-5005
First United Methodist Church of Pacific Grove Worship: Sundays 10:00 a.m. 915 Sunset @ 17-Mile Dr. • 831-372-5875
Forest Hill United Methodist Church Services 9 a.m. Sundays 551 Gibson Ave. • 831-372-7956
Jehovah’s Witnesses of Pacific Grove 1100 Sunset Drive • 831-375-2138
Lighthouse Fellowship of Pacific Grove
PG Community Center, 515 Junipero Ave. • 831-333-0636
Manjushri Dharma Center
724 Forest Ave. • 831-901-3156 manjushridharmacenter.org • carmelkhenpo@gmail.com
Wellspring 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
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
Shoreline Community Church
2500 Garden Rd. Monterey 8:30 am 10 am & 11:30 am Sundays. 831-655-0100 www.shorelinechurch.org
St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church 698 Laine St, Monterey • Father Karas (831) 375-7200 Unitarian Universalist Church of the Monterey Peninsula 490 Aguajito Rd., Carmel • 831-624-7404 Sunday Service 9:30 a.m. and 1:15 a.m.
Chautauqua Hall Dance Club Saturdays
As of June 2017, the entry fee is a low-cost $5 for the first Sat. of the month for members and non-members alike! Annual membership fee is $10. Buy 2018 memberships for $10! Prices go up to $15 in January! Try us out! Chautauqua Hall, 16th St. at Central Ave Pacific Grove, CA 93950 Fee includes 55 min. dance lesson, DJ’d music for three hours and buffet of healthful snacks. Background: Chautauqua Hall Dance Club, a non-profit founded in 1926, is dedicated to making dance accessible to everyone. We offer dance classes in over 20 kinds of ballroom, nightclub and specialty dances so that everyone can share in the joy in partnered social dance. Additional info: No partner needed. Everyone welcome. Kids 13 and under free with an adult. For more information, go to: pgdance.org/index.html or Facebook at: https:// www.facebook.com/groups/PGDANCE/ Background: Chautauqua Hall Dance Club, a non-profit founded in 1926, is dedicated to making dance accessible to everyone. We offer dance classes in over 20 kinds of ballroom, nightclub and specialty dances so that everyone can share in the joy in partnered social dance. Additional info: No partner needed. Everyone welcome. Kids 13 and under free with an adult.
Gentrain Society Lectures The Gentrain Society of Monterey Peninsula College is sponsoring these free public lectures in February, 2018. For lengthier descriptions and illustrations for these talks please see the Gentrain website. Wednesday, March 21, 2018 Gentrain Society Lecture: The Jefferson Presidency; Insights for a #Nation Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Free; MPC Parking $3.00 Information: www.gentrain.org ; info@gentrain.org ; 372-0895
Dr. Richard Kezirian will discuss the lessons of Thomas Jefferson’s presidency, which have a singular relevance for our own fractious and troubled era. We are seeing how boorishness and vulgarity can pollute public life; for Jefferson, social and political actions demanded a reasonable and civil tone. He believed that courtesy and care were required to sustain a vibrant body politick and placed great faith in the power of words, carefully composed. That care combined with his generosity of spirit, his patience and moderation, and his strict attention to the inner workings of the federal government, offered an operable political harmony for his contemporaries and enduring insights for succeeding generations. Richard Kezirian is Professor Emeritus at MPC and The Panetta Institute for Public Policy. He is the 1986 recipient of the Allen Griffin Award for Excellence in Teaching and the 2014 MPC President’s Award. Dr. Kezirian earned his Ph.D. in the study of history from the University of California, Santa Barbara. • Wednesday, April 4, 2018 Gentrain Society Lecture: Stung, or How Beekeeping Saved the Life of an Office Drone Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Free; MPC Parking $3.00 Information: www.gentrain.org ; info@gentrain.org ; 372-0895
The Sting Pain Index, a system to rank the intensity and qualities of various insect stings, was created by entomologist Justin O. Schmidt. The sweat bee is a level one, “light, ephemeral, almost fruity;” the level-four bullet ant is “pure, intense, brilliant pain. Like fire-walking over flaming charcoal with a 3-inch rusty nail in your heel;” honey bees are level three, “like a match briefly burning on your skin.” As an inundated office worker, Liz MacDonald developed her own “Scale of Notification Pain.” Email is level two - it distracts from other tasks and generates yet more work. Voicemail is level four - you have to switch from computer to phone, and there’s often rambling you can’t skim over. The best cure she’s found for a bee sting is ice – it numbs the pain, reduces the swelling, and calms the itch. The best cure she’s found for office work is beekeeping. In this talk full of fascinating bee facts and quirky anecdotes MacDonald shares how, after a grueling workweek, she was looking for “a sign” when a swarm of bees appeared. After that, she took up beekeeping and its lessons provided the perspective necessary to endure her career in cubicle-land.
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Webster Slate All’s well that ends well Info in welfare check \ Hillcrest Ave. - r/p requested a welfare check on his friend who seemed upset & left the residence without speaking to anyone. The male was later found and provided with a courtesy transport back to the residence. This happens a lot here. Well done. Found property (info) \ Morse dr. - Personal property was found near the above location and was then brought to PGPD. Owner was called, and property was booked for safekeeping. If you lost property on Benito Avenue, the PGPD knows where it is. Lost property (info) \ Benito Ave. - Personal property was lost around the above address. Owner phoned PGPD to give contact info if anyone turns it in. Sounds like there was some fence mending needed Neighbor dispute regarding work to a fence. Please stop keeping property in your own or your work vehicle. Please see sidebar. Pc burglary \ Lighthouse Ave. - Window smashed and visible property from a local school taken from the vehicle. Thank you. Got any ammo to go with that? Info in firearm surrender \ Fountain Ave. - Firearm surrender May this thief ride their new bike straight into Hell! Pc theft \ Ocean View Blvd. - Theft of a bike. No leads at this time. Hope everyone is okay. Tc-public prop-injury / \ Forest Ave. - Injury collision. Things that go bump in the night. Might have been Harry the Hooligan. Info report in information report \ Short St. - A female reported two loud noises outside of her residence. No damage and nothing seen. Hope this thief meets up with previous thief and, rides straight into Hell. Theft \ Spruce Ave. - Theft of an unsecured bicycle. Circus music plays on… I hear a small squeaky horn too! Tc-public prop-tow away on David Ave. - Non injury collisions. Both vehicles towed. If you found something on Lighthouse, please call the PGPD. Lost property (info) \ Lighthouse Ave. at the above date and time personal property was lost in the above location. Owner left personal information so we can contact them if found. Find defrauders then, send them the bill; in jail. Info in Credit fraud \ 7th St. - Report of credit fraud. Teamwork probably saved her life. I am sure the lady is appreciative, too. Info in medical \ Briggs Ave. - R/p requested a welfare check on an elderly citizen. She had fallen in and was unable to get up. Transported to hospital. Stupid thief did not know how to operate dirt bike. 200 feet? More difficult than you thought? Scary? May you learn how to properly operate a motorcycle, in Hell. Grand theft: Crocker Ave. - Past tense theft of a dirt bike- found 200 feet from residence- no suspect information. Sinex Ave. - Injury accident-towed from scene. In cowboy culture this brings very bad luck to boot thief. May this boot thief wear them in Hell. Past tense theft of boots-no suspect. I can hear Jimmy tell the officer- “oh, is it after midnight already?” Rider: minor: possession /etc: Ocean View Blvd. - A male and a female were contacted on the beachfront after midnight. Both were under the age of 21 and had alcohol in their possession. The male was cited for the alcohol and both parties were picked up by sober drivers. No fun on Funston. Anybody see anything? Pc burglary \ Funston Ave. - Pt burglary. No leads at this time. This subject is about to get canceled. False checks. E. Alisal St. - Victim reported a subject passed a check which was later determined to be fraudulent and related to a previous burglary case. Alas, this is a common occurrence these days. This area with its perceived wealth attracts this kind of attention. However, it sounds to me like the victim has a plan. Good luck and go get 'em. 17 mile Dr. - Unknown suspect(s) used the victim’s identity to open multiple bank/ credit card accounts in her name. Victim requested a case number only for restoring credit and did not request further investigation. Slow down and while you are at it, put your damn cellphone away while you’re driving. I am glad no one was hurt. Lighthouse Ave. - Non-injury collision between a vehicle and a parked vehicle. Spending too much time in the boys’ room? vandalism \ Sunset Dr vandalism to bathroom stalls at PGHS Clearly there was something of value in the vehicle. Please see ad below, and stop leaving property in your cars…. Burglary on Fountain Ave. - A vehicle burglary occurred while the victim was at work No wonder police everywhere need to be so very careful when approaching each and every vehicle. I hope the judge enjoys a “one strike you are out policy.” Turn your gun in (Carry Concealed Weapon) in vehicle \ Ocean View Blvd. - Suspect Adrian Baker-07/28/94 - Subject cited for improperly storing a handgun in accordance with the penal code. Half an epic. What happened next? Melton Place - Concerned resident reported an open door to a neighbor’s residence. Good citizens abound around here. If you lost property on Ocean View, go get
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it. Found property (info) \ Ocean View Blvd - A woman came into the PGPD lobby to turn in property that she had found at the above location. No owner information known. Will be stored for safekeeping. Going to a rave. Dog at large \ David Ave. Dog found “Large 1200”- one of my many nom-de-plumes. Dog at large 1200 \ Forest Ave. Loud/unreasonable noise on 9th st Verbal dispute-information only Again, half an epic. Fire department personnel requested PGPD assist. Forced entry to residence to conduct welfare check due to co2 alarm sounding. We need some grace on Grace Street. Lost property Grace St. - A woman came to the PGPD lobby to report that she had lost a personal item from an unknown address in Pacific Grove. Nothing matching the description in our system. No further information. NEWS FLASH-This particular dog is an extraordinary dog. THIS DOG WENT HOME! Found dog (animal) \ Fountain Ave. - A dog was found at the location listed above. The dog was taken to PGPD city yard. Owner was contacted and notified. The owner picked up the dog.
AMP’s ‘A Gem of an Evening’ Thurs., March 22
The community is invited to AMP’s “A Gem of an Evening” – A Very Different Fundraiser event on Thursday, March 22 to benefit Access Monterey Peninsula. Don’t miss this fun opportunity to help “AMP” up Monterey County’s premier community media access organization at this special 2018 fundraiser! Thursday, March 22, 2018 from 6 to 9 pm The evening includes an exceptional dinner, wine, live music, dancing, and a no host bar. For the chance takers on the guest list, there will be 100 MYSTERY BOXES, 50% of which contain gifts valued between $50—$1800! This is definitely NOT your typical fundraiser! At Bayonet and Blackhorse Golf Course Restaurant, 1 McClure Way, Seaside, Tickets are available for purchase online on www.ampmedia.org Individual $75 * Couple $125
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Grab a pen and join us for this lively, inspiring class, where we’ll peek at today’s book business (including self-publishing), share ideas for connecting with agents and editors, suggest how writers can improve their craft, and wrap up with a few simple tips on promotion. Other highlights: Q&A; writing prompts to help stretch creativity; four-page handout; quick case study using “Tracking Gobi Grizzlies” to show how a rumor about the world’s rarest animal became an online article and then an award-winning work of nonfiction.
Everyone’s Nightmare
Dixie Layne rides the elevator to her apartment daily, sometimes multiple times a day. On Thursday, March1 the weather was stormy -- wet and windy -- and she got into the elevator, hoping to get to her warm quarters and get dry. It was not to be. A power cable which runs the elevator failed, trapping Dixie alone in the elevator for a number of hours. The fire department, hampered by the lack of a power cable, was able eventually to free her. Dixie says she is thankful for her cell phone, which kept her in touch with the outside world. She’s not looking for another apartment.
When: Thursday, March 22, 6–7 p.m. Where: The Lab, 3728 The Barnyard, Suite G-23, Carmel. Cost: $20 (reservations not needed; all walk-ins are welcome with cash or check). Presenter: Laurie Gibson, the professional editor with 400 books to her credit, including the writing of novelists Virginia Woolf and Alice Walker, musician Jimmy Buffett, former secretary of state George Shultz, and success guru Brian Tracy. For several years, Laurie also taught editing for the Extension programs of UCSD and UCLA. To learn more about “Book Publishing 1-2-3,” check out this 2017 article from the L.A. Times: http://www.latimes.com/socal/la-canada-valley-sun/news/tn-vsl-meworkshop-20170703-story.html or contact Laurie via email: wordworker1@earthlink. net or phone (831) 346-4662.
Photos by Dixie Layne
Firefighters are Your Friends
On February 23, 2018, Monterey Fire Department personnel at Station 14, 600 Pine Avenue, Pacific Grove, provided Public Education to the second group of children from the Pacific Grove Community Preschool. They talked about fire safety, not to be afraid of a firefighter in full gear, toured the fire station and learned about the tools used on the engine.
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Casting Call for Extras as ‘Big Little Lies’ returns for filming Open casting call for March 17
State and Local Perspectives on the State of California Education at DWMC Luncheon
The March 16 luncheon meeting of the Democratic Women of Monterey County takes an in-depth look at public education in the State with two knowledgeable and outspoken community and political leaders. The luncheon event takes place from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn, 1000 Aguajito Rd., Monterey. Tickets are $35 for DWMC members and $45 for non-members. The public is welcome to attend. Tony Thurmond is a State Assembly member who has served the people of California for 10 years in elected office. His top priority has been to fund and reform public education. He is a member of the Assembly Education Committee and chairs the Assembly Select Committee on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Education. Mr. Thurmond is a candidate for State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Deneen Guss is the Deputy Superintendent of the Monterey County Office of Education. She has served in district and site leadership positions for over 17 years. Prior to beginning her administrative duties she also taught at the elementary level for 10 years. Ms. Guss is dedicated to her community and serves on numerous local non-profit organizations. She is a Leadership Team member of Bright Futures, which is an alliance of businesses, educators, non-profits, government agencies, and parents engaged collaboratively to strengthen the Monterey County community by improving the educational success of young people. Ms. Guss is a candidate for County Superintendent. Luncheon reservations available online at dw-mc.org, or send your check ($35 for members, $45 non-members) to DWMC, P.O. Box 223003, Carmel, CA 93922. For information, call 831.200.DWMC, or visit www.dw-mc.org. Reservations must be received by Wednesday, March 14.
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The cast and crew of “Big Little Lies” will return to the Monterey Bay area to shoot season 2 of the HBO series and they’re looking for local extras. HBO will holding an open casting call on Saturday March 17, 2018. The crew is looking for males and females of all shapes, sizes, and ethnicities to be a part of the next season of the Emmy Award winning show. All local extras hired to work on set will be nonunion background extras and must be older than 6 years old. The casting call is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Ballroom D at the Embassy Suites in Seaside. Applicants are asked to bring a current 3X5 photograph of themselves and a pen. Karen Nordstrand with Monterey County Film Commission said the shooting of season 2 is more mysterious than season 1 because no second book was written. “We will all be surprised,” Nordstrand said. Original cast members Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Laura Dern, and Zoë Kravitz are just of the few big name celebrities expected to return for season 2. In addition to the returning all star ladies HBO announced Meryl Streep will be joining the cast. The Academy Award winning actor is coming to Monterey as Mary Louise Wright, the mother-in-law of Kidman’s character, Celeste Wright. No schedule for shooting has been released but according to Nordstrand the HBO cast and crew were
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Premier Concert: The Musical Journey of Turlough O’Carolan Harpist Shelley Phillips, “Santa Cruz County’s 2017 Artist of the year,” teams up with widely-known actor Taelen Thomas in two Celtic concerts celebrating the life and music of Turlough O’Carolan, Ireland’s most famous harper O'Carolan died 280 years ago on March 25, but we still dance to his lively jigs, waltz to his stately airs and listen to his music recorded by great musicians. His portrait graces the 50 pound Irish banknote. Back from a music tour of Australia, Phillip’s brilliant harp playing brings to life 28 of Turlough O’Carolan’s sparkling tunes. Thomas becomes Carolan and tells stories about the tunes and episodes from the life of the blind harper. Anne Downs has offered a script based on years of research and used her imagination to tell how, against all odds, the son of a poor tenant farmer became Ireland’s best-loved harper. Come celebrate Irish heritage and music and help keep traditional music alive. A portion of proceeds goes to benefit the non-profit Community Music School of Santa Cruz County. Saturday, March 10 at 7 pm Episcopal Church of St. John, 125 Canterbury Drive, Aptos phone 831 426 9155 (for reservations, directions or additional information) Tickets online: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3324488 Adults $15 in advance/ $20 at the door Children under 12: $8/ 10 and Sunday, March 11 at 4 pm The Lab, 3728 the Barnyard, suite G-23 (above Carmel Valley Roasters, across from Big Sur Restaurant) at the mouth of Carmel Valley Tickets online: the labarts.com Adults $15 in advance/ $20 at the door Children under 12: $8/ 10 Born into an Ireland in 1670 that was battered and broken by the English under Cromwell, Turlough O’Carolan was often battered but refused to be broken. How did this son of a poor tenant farmer become a star, with fans all over Ireland who were uplifted by his delightful tunes? This question led Anne Downs to write a play about a musician whose tunes she’s enjoyed playing for years. Carolan had enormous musical talent, but without the help of a strong compassionate Irish woman, Mary McDermott Roe, there would have been no music by him. Mary educated him with her own sons, and when he was blinded by smallpox at 18, provided him with a harp and a tutor, and a few years later, with a horse and guide so that he could travel throughout Ireland playing house concerts. Instead of being broken by blindness and the devastating Williamite War being fought a few miles from his home, he took the opportunity to master the harp. Carolan’s indomitable spirit and love of life are reflected by his words about losing his sight: “Now I see more with my ears than I ever did with my eyes.” In 1738, a huge wake was held for this musical genius—a kind of Irish Woodstock with thousands of fans camping in tents, mourning his death, playing his tunes, and drinking nonstop for four days. That was a party that our harper would have loved! More than 200 of his tunes have been handed down to us and are played by Celtic musicians from around the world. Shelley Phillips, who loves Carolan and has recorded many of his tunes, will bring his music to life with her brilliant harp playing. Phillips also shares her love of
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traditional music by running the Community Music School of Santa Cruz County and is donating her share of the concert proceeds to support this non-profit school which she founded. For more than 30 years, Taelen Thomas has portrayed many iconic figures such as Robert Burns, Dylan Thomas and Mark Twain. Now, he brings to life the complex spirit of Carolan—his humor and his humanity.
Community Singing Event: The Power of Song There is a renaissance of group singing across North America in response to the profound threats to civil rights, human rights, the planet, and social justice. The public is invited to experience an evening of community singing and the Power of Song at this event Inspirational songs of peace, hope, freedom, struggle, and change will be learned by oral tradition, led by song leaders from the Wholehearted Chorus, a local heart-led, joy-based community chorus in the Monterey Area and Big Sur. People of all skill levels are welcome. Songbooks will be provided and participants are encouraged to take them home to share with family and friends. Connecting song and the struggle for peace and social justice is nothing new. Countless singers, including Woody Guthrie, Odetta, Joan Baez, Dylan, Paul Robeson, and Pete Seeger, have used their music to raise awareness about the realities of war and injustice, inspiring generations of listeners to seek a better world. The neuroscience of singing shows that it makes individuals happier, healthier, smarter and more creative. When we sing with other people, the effects are amplified, benefitting the community in profound ways. The song leaders are members of Lisa G. Littlebird’s Wholehearted Chorus in Monterey/Big Sur, and graduates of her “Flight School” training for song leaders. Her mission is to see community singing integrated as a natural activity in the tapestry of homes and lives in our modern, Western culture. She holds a vision of a true singing revolution in which community singing has become as popular as yoga, found on every street corner. More information at http://thebirdsings.com/wholehearted/ ABOUT MPJC: The Mission of the Monterey Peace and Justice Center is to Inspire and Mobilize the people of Monterey County to Cultivate Peace, Social Justice, Nonviolence, Democracy, and Environmental Sustainability in our Community and the World through Education and Advocacy.
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Saturday, March 31, 2018 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Location: Monterey Peace and Justice Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd., Seaside CA 93955 Cost: Free. $5 suggested donation to benefit MPJC and Wholehearted Chorus scholarship fund RSVP: Seating is limited. Sign up in advance online at Eventbrite tinyurl. com/Power-of-Song-3-31-18-RSVP or phone (831) 915-7257 to reserve a seat. Event flyer: https://tinyurl.com/Power-of-Song-3-31-18-flyer
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Pacific Grove Library Renewal Project “Long overdue but well underway”
By Gary Baley Two months of leave was too much for a woman with libraries in her blood. After retiring in December from 10 years as director of the Monterey Library and four years as Director of Monterey Community services, this month Kim Bui-Burton was elected president of the Friends of the Pacific Grove Library, a non-profit group chartered to support the library through volunteerism and fundraising for capital projects. In partnership with the new library director Scott Bauer and the Pacific Grove Library Foundation, the Pacific Grove Library Renewal project is now her main focus. Kim noted “The project will proceed on three main tracks: to renovate timeworn areas in the library, to restore the core of the library to its original Carnegie design, and to upgrade the entire library for future generations of patrons.” Dozens of meetings over the past three years have solicited input from the community for the plan. Kim said “this project is long overdue but well underway” adding “Now everyone is telling me ‘let’s get this done’.” Renovations will include replacing carpets with modular elements that reflect the historic period, mending water-damaged walls and ceilings, and painting both the core and the addition half of the building. Restoration of the Carnegie core portion of the library will consist of removing the hanging ceiling to expose and refinish the original woodwork, replacing light fixtures with replicas of the original chandeliers but using efficient LEDs, concealing electrical conduit, and refinishing original exposed wooden beams. Upgrading involves improving connectivity and electrical infrastructure, replacing fluorescent lighting throughout with long-lasting eco-friendly LED fixtures, remodeling restrooms to be fully accessible and hygienic, reorienting book stacks to allow more natural lighting and better ADA access, positioning some stacks as face-outs for visual subject-matter location, repositioning the public-service desk for easier patron access, designing flexibility in multi-functional space usage, and constructing a secure central history room for irreplaceable archives.
Renovations will include replacing carpets with modular elements that reflect the historic period, mending water-damaged walls and ceilings, and painting both the core and the addition half of the building. “The renewal project will require closing the existing library building to the public for approximately six months” said Kim. But she noted that moving the
library’s holdings to a temporary site for public access during the renewal is being explored. When asked why she thought that Carnegie funded libraries across the nation, Kim replied, “Carnegie believed that people can pull themselves up by their bootstraps and libraries could help them.” She added, “I think Carnegie realized that libraries are economic engines in the community. They are the people’s university where immigrants can learn English, entrepreneurs can learn how to start up a business, authors can conduct research, and business owners can find out how to get licenses and permits.” She went on to say that libraries are places of lifelong learning and their presence in a community increases real estate values because a vibrant library is an important factor incoming residents consider in choosing where to live. San Francisco architect Karin Payson is preparing the design elements of the project. When finished, the final cost estimates can be made; but the preliminary estimate is $2.04 million according to Kim. However, Kim said that the fundraising goal is set at $2.5 million to allow for the inevitable contingencies for a project this size. Currently there is $1,234,000 donated or pledged towards the project. This includes: $584,000 from a Stewardship Fund of monies contributed for a Library expansion project from 2007 that did not materialize; $152,000 from previously donated funds for the Library held by the City; $187,000 in contributions in a Fund for the Future held by the Community Foundation for Monterey County; and $311,000 in pledges from the PG Library Friends, the PG Library Foundation and private donors. After funding is secured and the project is approved by City Council, Daniel Gho, Public Works Director, will be the project manager of the Library Renewal. Kim announced that on the 110th anniversary of the Library’s founding, Saturday afternoon May 12 in Jewell Park, Friends of the Pacific Grove Library will hold a kick-off fundraiser for the Library’s Renewal Project. She added that the project’s target start is January, 2019 with completion in summer of that year. Erected in 1908, Pacific Grove’s public library is one of 3,500 libraries in the United States built with construction grants from Scottish-American industrialist Andrew Carnegie.
After funding is secured and the project is approved by City Council, Daniel Gho, Public Works Director, will be the project manager of the Library Renewal. To make a donation or for more information check the Friends’ website at www.pglibraryfriends.org, call the library at 831-648-5760, or stop by the library on the first Saturday of every month at the Friends’ used-book sale.
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Sally Baho Post Cards from the Kitchen Sayulita, Mexico I think this is the last time I will write about mole, life has a way of bringing things into our lives over and over again, if we only listen. I was raving about the mole I had had in Mexico to a woman who works at my gym who happens to be Mexican. “You like mole?” She seemed surprised. “I didn’t think I did but this one I had was incredible!” “OK, I will bring you my mom’s mole. It takes her all day to make it, she roasts the pineapples and the apples and the whole thing.” …and the whole thing? I thought. That’s like when my mom says add cumin, “How much cumin, mama?” “Enough. Just put it in but don’t use too much because then it will make the dish bitter.” Lovely. I understand intuitive cooking but sometimes a little bit of direction is necessary, especially for a dish like mole that uses anywhere from 10-40 ingredients and I have not the slightest bit of idea where to begin. Anyhow, in appreciation for this woman’s kind gesture, I baked her a chocolate loaf. It’s not quite a cake and not quite bread. Think zucchini bread but no zucchini. And deep, dark chocolate. My trusted taste-tester friend recommends you enjoy this with mint chip ice cream. Enjoy! Dark Chocolate Loaf Ingredients 1 cup all-purpose flour ½ cup cocoa powder (I prefer Droste which can be found at Grove Market, it’s Dutch process cocoa which means it’s alkaline washed removing the acidity, regular cocoa has a pH of about 5 or 6 vice Dutch process, at 7) 2 tsp. baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt 1 cup sugar 1 cup plain yogurt 3 eggs, lightly beaten 1 tbsp. strong coffee ½ cup canola oil Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour an 8.5” x 3.5” loaf tin or dish. In a large bowl, sift the flour, cocoa, and baking powder. Stir in the salt and sugar. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs and add the oil, yogurt, and coffee. Mix until everything is homogenous. Add the dry ingredients and beat until everything is blended and smooth. Pour into the prepared loaf pan and bake for 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then remove and cool completely on a wire rack. Unless you can’t help it and want to eat it while it’s warm with ice cream.
Returning Champion Wins Spelling Bee, Will Represent Monterey County in Washington D.C. The 2018 Monterey Countywide Spelling Bee was a record-breaker with no c-o-n-t-r-o-v-e-r-s-y. The winning word, controversy, was spelled by champion Paul Hamrick after a record-breaking number of Monterey County students (61) competed during the longest Monterey Countywide Bee in its history. Paul, from Lambert Hamrick Homeschool, outlasted 23 rounds and out-spelled 60 other students from schools throughout Monterey County to win the Bee on March 4 at the Western Stage Theatre at Hartnell College. As champion, Paul will represent Monterey1 County at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in the Washington, D.C. area May 27 – June 1, 2018. Airfare, hotel and expenses for Paul and a parent are sponsored by community partners. Other prizes for the champion included the Merriam Webster Online Dictionary from Merriam Webster, a gift card from Northridge Mall, and a champion trophy. The top three finishers are as follows: In the 23rd round, Paul Hamrick was named champion after correctly spelling controversy. The 8th grade homeschooler also spelled inherent, obtuse, typify, punishment, radiation, declining, congress, adjectival, proverb, contenders, remedy, vorlage, cynosure, Anschluss, surveillance, Trepak, tertiary, synchronous, homogeneous, condolences, xylophone and purse. Second place went to Megan Sacyat, an 8th grader from Main Street Middle School. Megan correctly spelled parsonage, indentation, estimate, scriptural, processed, introduce, secrete, trodden, morality, infancy, nenuphar, menhaden, prosciutto, sachem, Fahrenheit, kirtle, ubiquitous, eulogy, acronym, hazard and craggy. Third place went to Samuel Low, a 7th grader from Washington Middle School, who correctly spelled scherzo, braggadocio, vaquero, mihrab, asthmogenic, garibaldi, wampum, regime, strategy, renovate and standoff.
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—The The Feast of Lanterns. Lanterns
As a board member you help us in the planning and execution of the annual events for the Feast of Lanterns. If you are interested in serving on this volunteer board, please contact Kaye Coleman for information at 831-800-1905 or email her at k.coleman@feast-of-lanterns.org. All of our board meetings are open to the public and we encourage you to attend a meeting if you are interested in serving with us. To be the best we can be we need your help, so please join us in becoming a board member. We welcome you!! Upcoming Board Meetings: February 13, 2018 March 13, 2018 Pacific Grove Visitors Center - 100 Central Ave. (Next to Il Vecchio) ** The Feast of Lanterns is also looking volunteers for all of the main events during Feast week July 20-28, 2018. If you are interested in helping us out please submit your information on our website. www.feast-oflanterns.org/volunteer
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Legal Notices CITY OF PACIFIC GROVE NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION & NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Wednesday, April 18, 2018 6:00 p.m. The City of Pacific Grove City Council will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. at the Pacific Grove City Hall Council Chambers, 300 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove, 93950 to consider the following: PROJECT TITLE: PG&E LED Streetlights Upgrade Project LEAD AGENCY: City of Pacific Grove OWNER/APPLICANT: PG&E PROJECT LOCATION: Public right-of-ways throughout city. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The proposed project is part of an energy efficiency incentive program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and the California Public Utilities Commission. The project would replace approximately 514 of the City’s existing High Pressure Sodium (HPS) streetlights with energy-efficient Light-Emitting Diode (LED) fixtures. The purpose of the project is to reduce energy consumption, which would also result in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants from non-renewable electrical generating facilities. Since LED fixtures use less energy and have a longer life, operational costs would also be reduced. LED technology also avoids the use of toxic substances, such as mercury and lead, which are contained in some other types of light fixtures. In addition, LED fixtures may be specifically aimed down to illuminate defined areas on the ground. The lights are also proposed to include shielding as needed in order to reduce glare on adjacent properties. No ground disturbance or new construction would occur because only the existing light fixtures will be retrofitted. No new light poles are proposed. PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD: March 7, 2018 through April 6, 2018, 5:00 p.m. Address Where Written Comments Should be Sent: Wendy Lao, Associate Planner City of Pacific Grove 300 Forest Ave. Pacific Grove, CA. 93950 Email: wlao@cityofpacificgrove.org Address Where Copy of Initial Study is Available for Public Review: City of Pacific Grove, City Hall Community Economic Development Dept. 300 Forest Ave. Pacific Grove, CA. 93950 Pacific Grove Public Library 550 Central Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA. 93950 City’s website at www.cityofpacificgrove.org/ceqa Staff Contact: Daniel Gho, Public Works Director, and Wendy Lao, Associate Planner MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION Notice is hereby given that the project described above has been reviewed in accordance with the State of California Public Resources Code, the California Environmental Quality Act, the Pacific Grove General Plan, and Title 23 (Zoning) of the Pacific Grove Municipal Code. Based on this review, a Proposed MITIGATED Negative Declaration is hereby made on this project. The reason for this determination is that, as mitigated, the project will not result in significant adverse impacts to the environment. The Proposed MITIGATED Negative Declaration including mitigation measures and Initial Study are on file at the Community Development Department, 300 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove, California, 93950.
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If you have any questions about this item, please call the staff contact listed above at the Community and Economic Development Department (831) 648-3190. Please note that Section 65009(b)(2) of the California Government Code provides that legal challenges to the City's action on this project may be limited to only those issues raised in testimony during the public hearing process. The City of Pacific Grove does not discriminate against persons with disabilities. The Pacific Grove Civic Center is an accessible facility. A limited number of devices are available to assist those who are hearing impaired. If you would like to use one of these devices, please contact the Community Development Department at (831) 648-3190.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20180266 The following person is doing business as TACTICAL FLOW METER, 405 Monterey Ave., Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950. TAKE 5 INC., 405 Monterey Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 02/02/2018. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 02/01/2018. Signed: David M. Korpi, President. This business is conducted by a corporation . Publication dates: 2/9, 2/16. 2/23, 3/2/18.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20180276 The following person is doing business as OAK & WILLOW/WHITE OAK FARMS, 1622 Monterey St., Soledad, Monterey County, CA 93960. ROBIN WORD, 1622 Monterey St., Soledad, CA 93960. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 2/18/2017. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 10/01/2017 Signed: Robin Word. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 2/9, 2/16, 2/23, 3/2/18.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20180305 The following person is doing business as JERRY'S ROLLING TOURS, 125 Ocean View Blvd. Sp. 120b, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950; 1130 Fremont Blvd., Ste. 105-243, Seaside, CA 93955. SEGWAY TOURS MONTEREY, 1130 Fremont Blvd., Ste. 105-243, Seaside, CA 93955. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 02/08/2018. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 01/29/2018. Signed: Jerry F. Hall, President. This business is conducted by a corporation . Publication dates: 2/23, 3/2, 3/9, 3/16/18
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 201800301 The following person is doing business as BRIDGE CULINARY PROGRAM, 3001 Salinas Highway, Monterey, Monterey County, CA 93940; P.O.Box 113 Pacific Grove, C 93950. BRIDGE RESTORATION MINISTRY, 3001 Salinas Highway, Monterey, CA 93940. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 02/08/2018. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 01/31/2018. Signed: Michael Casey, President. This business is conducted by a corporation . Publication dates: 2/23, 3/2, 3/9, 3/16/18
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20180199 The following person is doing business as COUNTER CULTURE, 565 Broadway Ave., Seaside, Monterey County, CA 93955; P.O. Box 5687, Carmel, CA 93921: BELGA LLC, 5th at Mission, Carmel, CA 93921. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 1/24/18. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on n/a. Signed, Max Georis, Manager. This business is conducted by a limited liability company. Publication dates: 2/16, 2/23, 3/2, 3/9/18. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20180476 The following person is doing business as LA CASA PACE CENTER, 909 B Blanco Circle, Salinas, Monterey County, CA 93901: mailing address P.O. Box 2282, Salinas, CA 93902; LA CASA ADULT HEALTH CENTER, INC., 909 B Blanco Circle, Salinas, CA 93901. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 03/05/2018. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on n/a. Signed: Mary L. Hagins, CEO. This business is conducted by a corporation. Publication dates: 3/9, 3/16, 3/23, 3/30/18
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20180404 The following person is doing business as ADVENTURES BY THE SEA, 685 Cannery Row, Monterey, Monterey County, CA 93940; P.O. Box 51987, Pacific Grove, CA 93950: MONTEREY BAY BY LAND & SEA, INC., 1691 Sunset Drive, Pacific Grove, CA 93950. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 02/23/18. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 0/23/18. Signed, Frank Knight, President. This business is conducted by a corporation. Publication dates: 3/2, 3/9, 3/16, 3/2318. FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20180476 The following person is doing business as LA CASA HOME HEALTH, 909 A Blanco Circle, Salinas, Monterey County, CA 93901: mailing address P.O. Box 2282, Salinas, CA 93902; LA CASA ADULT HEALTH CENTER, INC., 909 B Blanco Circle, Salinas, CA 93901. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 03/05/2018. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on n/a. Signed: Mary L. Hagins, CEO. This business is conducted by a corporation. Publication dates: 3/9, 3/16, 3/23, 3/30/18
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That’s Entertainment Jane Roland Animal Tales Other Random Thoughts Last night we were able to see “The Shape of Water” on television…We paid as much for it as if we had gone to the movie theater, but, as John pointed out we evaded the crowds and the previews. We are attending a small Oscar party at some friends’ house tonight and while there was no way we could see all the nominees we thought it would be fun to view one of the main contenders. I thoroughly enjoyed it and suspect it will be a classic. There are brief moments of disturbing brutality but, as in films of the past, evil was conquered. Our movie group attended “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri” last week and had viewed “Dunkirk,” “ The Post” and “The Darkest Hour” earlier. Of those I cannot possibly say what the best picture would be, they are so different. All were splendid. …”Water” is a fairy tale for adults. Billboards allegorical. The others exactly as advertised, films depicting actual events, perhaps fictionalized but the history is true. All were most entertaining. I am glad I don’t need to judge; although, I suspect it is so political that it really doesn’t matter. Speaking of politics, I am sure we are in for nastiness tonight. Why can’t we leave Me Too, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and their families alone for a bit and concentrate on the real issues of the world. I relish entertainment, a genetic attribute or flaw depending on how one views it. My father played the piano by ear and adored radio programs, he was a member of The Lambs Club in New York City which is a group of retired Theater people. In the days when we were stationed at Governor’s Island in New York Harbor, the members of the club were primarily Vaudeville affiliated folk. The Lambs is a social gathering place for entertainment industry and art professionals. Performers, directors, writers, artists and technicians of the entertainment industry gather to celebrate their commonality, in a place where they come to enjoy each other’s company, and to display and hone their crafts in an atmosphere of creativity and support, and to nurture creative endeavors. The Lambs is also a historical society preserving and promoting our remarkable history. It was founded in 1874. Our house rocked with music many nights as my parents loved to entertain and I met many of the luminaries of the recent past, but the only one I remember and saw in later years was Jack Norworth who wrote “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” and “Shine On Harvest Moon.” He performed with Nora Bayes on Broadway, and was my Uncle Jack. When my father was living I saw very little of my parents. I ate breakfast with “Daddy” when I was old enough, but Mother always had breakfast in bed and dinner was never with a child. However, when my father died of pneumonia in 1941, we moved to Tucson, 100 miles to the north of Ft. Huachuca where we were stationed. The financial circumstances dramatically changed, and Mother even had problems obtaining death benefits, although that was resolved in time. We lived in a tiny apartment and radio became an important companion. Remember, this was the early forties, no television. In fact, TV didn’t come to Tucson until the early ‘50’s because of the mountains…On Monday nights we would listen to Lux Radio Theatre and Lady Esther’s Screen Guild Theatre.The movies of the time would be broadcast, featuring, when possible, the actual stars (who were paid $5,000 an episode). There was a little theater in town and Mother took me to as many plays as were appropriate. The first one I remember was “Jr Miss;” although I cut my teeth on movies (Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Shirley Temple, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, etc.). I took acting lessons and minored in drama in college: Sadly I discovered that as much as I loved the theater I was a better audience than performer. San Francisco, where I moved upon graduation from the University of Arizona, was a wealth of theaters. Although, my friends and I lived in guest houses and had no money, we managed to scrape together a few shekels from time to time and afford “standing room only” at some plays and even the opera. Years passed, I married Larry who was a Northwestern graduate in journalism (also my major) and after the Army stint we moved to Miami, where he was employed by The Herald as Theatre Critic and we saw many, many plays. Often first run as Zev Buffman and Jerry Herman were there and launched the latter’s productions. When I met John the things that cemented our relationship were the love of reading and the theater. When we were able we went to plays in San Francisco and every so often Broadway and San Jose. We attended local productions. Older daughter, Ellen, was in the industry, son-In-law, Shawn has his master’s degree from ACT and appeared in several television commercials and series, Jay, well, you all know about him, he is heavily involved with Paper Wing, it simply runs in the family. John was (and is not) so much a love of movies, but kindly indulges me so we go once a month and often watch films on Television.
I started this column with no idea of writing about entertainment. But, as most writers understand, our fingers do the walking. I have been involved with the arts since arriving back on the Peninsula supporting with time rather than treasure. I am delighted to be raising funds for Pacific Repertory Theatre, with which I have been involved indirectly since its inception. Our shop is doing well, but, remember, we need volunteers, especially on the weekend and donations, right now furniture and good jewelry. What we had is flying out of the store. Thank you all for your support. It is deeply appreciated. A reminder: It is PacRep’s Neverland Benefit Shop in Forest Hill Plaza across from Safeway, down the sidewalk from Alberto’s, 1219 Forest Avenue – Suite D.Plenty of parking, loading zone Jane Roland manages The Neverland Shop and may be reached at 649-0657 or gcr770@aol.com
Chambered Nautilus
Wildlife Spotlight by Dan Bohrman
Nautilus pompilius
The Chambered Nautilus is a shelled cephalopod which inhabits deeper waters during the day and travels to shallower waters at night. It travels by expelling water through a siphon called a hiponome. Its shell, which is comprised of multiple chambers, provides buoyancy, allowing the nautilus to adjust and maintain its depth. It catches prey by with grooved tentacles rather than suckers like other cephalopods.
Annual Monarch Count Shows Butterfly Still Threatened
Migration Could Collapse as Population Remains Low
By Center for Biological Diverity
The yearly count of monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico, released today, shows a decrease from last year’s count and confirms the iconic orange and black butterfly is still very much at risk. Today’s count of 2.48 hectares of occupied winter habitat is down from 2.91 hectares last winter. Overall monarchs have declined by more than 80 percent over the past two decades. “We could lose the monarch butterfly if we don’t take immediate action to rein in pesticide use and curb global climate change,” said Tierra Curry, a senior scientist at the Center for Biological Diversity and co-author of the 2014 petition to protect monarchs under the Endangered Species Act. Roughly 99 percent of all North American monarchs migrate each winter to oyamel fir forests on 12 mountaintops in central Mexico. Scientists estimate the population size by measuring the area of trees turned orange by the clustering butterflies. That population has been dangerously low since 2008. In the mid-1990s the population was estimated at nearly one billion butterflies, but this year’s population is down to approximately 93 million butterflies. This year’s drop is attributed in part to unseasonal weather last year including late spring freezes that killed milkweed and caterpillars, and an unseasonably warm fall that kept late-season monarchs from migrating. “Another year, another reminder: Our government must do what the law and science demands, and protect monarchs under the ESA, before it’s too late,” said George Kimbrell, legal director at the Center for Food Safety. “The remaining question is whether the Trump administration wants to do Monsanto’s bidding or protect monarchs for future generations.” In 2014 conservationists led by the Center for Biological Diversity and the Center for Food Safety petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect the butterfly under the Endangered Species Act. Monarchs are threatened by a host of sources
Providing nectar plants is one way to help monarchs destroying their habitat and food, but studies have shown that a main source of their catastrophic demise decline has been genetically engineered crops, engineered with resistance to Monsanto’s Roundup pesticide, which has dramatically increased the pesticide use on their habitat. The Fish and Wildlife Service’s initial decision was that endangered species protection may be warranted, and pursuant to a court victory the Service agreed to make a final decision by June 2019. A 2016 study by the U.S. Geological Survey concluded that due to ongoing low population levels, there is between an 11 percent and 57 percent risk that the eastern monarch migration could collapse within the next 20 years. Scientists estimate the monarch population needs to reach 225 million butterflies to be out of the danger zone. Monarchs have lost an estimated 165 million acres of breeding habitat in the United States to herbicide spraying and development. The caterpillars only eat milkweed, but the plant has been devastated by increased herbicide spraying in conjunction with corn and soybean crops that have been genetically engineered to tolerate direct spraying with herbicides. In addition to glyphosate, monarchs are threatened by other herbicides including dicamba, Enlist Duo and by neonicotinoid insecticides that are toxic to young caterpillars. Monarch butterflies west of the Rocky Mountains overwinter on the central coast of California. Their numbers dropped to a five-year low of only 200,000 butterflies this year, down from 1.2 million two decades ago. A recent study found that if current trends continue, the western population has a 63 percent chance of extinction in 20 years and more than an 80 percent chance of extinction within 50 years.
Times • Page 15 Pending home sales tumble to a 3-year low as housing ‘crisis’ worsens March 9, 2018 • CEDAR STREET
Lisa Ledin presents documentary on Marian Anderson and Elaine Brown "Marian Anderson and Elaine Brown-- Breaking Barriers Through Song" combines documentary footage of African-American singer Marian Anderson's life and song with a presentation on Elaine Brown, founder, director and guiding spirit of Philadelphia’s Singing City inter-racial choir by Brown's niece Lisa Ledin. Ledin is host of KAZU FM radio’s Morning Edition on Friday and Saturday’s Weekend Edition. The presetation will be held on Sunday, March 11, 2-4 pm. It is sponsored by and held at the Monterey Peace and Justice Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd., Seaside. For information, please call 899-7322 or 372-5762. Marian Anderson was an African-American contralto and one of the most celebrated singers of the twentieth century. Music critic Alan Blyth said: "Her voice was a rich, vibrant contralto of intrinsic beauty."By the late 1930s, Anderson's voice had made her famous on both sides of the Atlantic. In the United States she was invited by President Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor to perform at the White House, the first African American ever to receive this honor. Much of Anderson's life would ultimately see her breaking down barriers for African-American performers. In 1955, for example, the gifted contralto singer became the first African American to perform as a member of the New York Metropolitan Opera. Elaine Brown was a pioneering choral conductor and founder of Singing City of Philadelphia in 1948. A fierce believer that the power of music is a force to break
down racial and religious barriers, she dedicated her life to create community through music In 1955, just one year after Brown vs. Board of Education, her integrated singers chose to use colored facilities as they toured the South, hoping that others would witness their strong dedication to the mission of equality and human respect. Singing City was made up of poor, rich, all colors and ethnic mixes, and all occupations. The common thread was that they all loved music. Brown remained director and guiding spirit of Singing City, touring the world with her well respected choir until her retirement in 1987. She died in 1997 at the age of 87, having received numerous awards and honors, from both musical and humanitarian organizations. Her legacy continues to live on and so does her choir, still active today. Lisa Ledin will give us an intimate glimpse of her aunt's career and passion, expressing how fresh her aunt's message is today. With over 30 years of radio experience, Lisa Ledin has specialized as a classical music announcer and producer. After receiving her bachelor's degree in journalism from UC Berkeley, she worked at KSNO in Aspen, Colorado; WGUC in Cincinnati, Ohio; and KBOQ in Monterey. Highlights of her career include two black history radio documentaries that culminated in the book, “Nelson Burton, My Life in Jazz.” She also created a weekly children's show on KBOQ called “Cabbages and Kings,” that exposed kids to classical music through original radio theater. She has interviewed such artists as Stan Getz, Julie Harris, Leonard Nimoy, Vitold K, and Jean Pierre Rampal.
Left: Elaine Brown Below: Elaine Brown greets Marian Anderson
Scott Dick Monterey County Assoc. of Realtors
Market Matters
Watch Pending home sales fell 4.7 percent to 104.6 in January, the National Association of Realtors said Wednesday. That’s the lowest reading since October 2014, after the biggest monthly decline since 2010, when the recovery was just getting started. The NAR’s index of pending home sales, which tracks real-estate transactions in which a contract has been signed, but the transaction hasn’t closed, had been grinding slowly higher. But December’s reading was revised down, and the index is now 3.8 percent below year-ago levels. The Econoday consensus was for a 0.3 percent increase. NAR called the lack of housing-market inventory a “crisis” when it reported on existing-home sales in January. Realtors are seeing lots of traffic, the industry group said, even as the number of available listings at the end of January was at an all-time low for the month and 9.5 percent lower than a year earlier. The NAR called the number “startling.” Contract signings precede sales by approximately 45 to 60 days, so the January figures don’t bode well for February sales data, nor the overall economy. Sales throughout 2017 were only 1.1 percent higher than in 2016, and the REALTORS® expect the recent tax-law changes affecting the deductibility of property taxes and mortgage interest to take a bite out of home sales in 2018.
Seaside Market Snapshot 2017 Patrick Ryan
Local Real Estate Update Along with Carmel and Monterey, Seaside is one of the more active residential real estate markets on the Monterey Peninsula. Seaside, along with Marina, is one of the more affordable cities on the Monterey Peninsula. Affordable is a relative term. What is affordable here would be consider luxury pricing in many areas of California and the United States. Let’s take a look at Seaside’s numbers.
increase. That is right in between the Carmel and Pacific Grove numbers when it comes to the amount of homes sold. Seaside saw the biggest gains in the overall in the average list price and the average sold price. The average list price went up 7.8% and the average sold price went up 8.0% which means that people were basically paying what the sellers were asking. Can anyone say “seller’s
Sold List Price Sold Price DOM Price per sq ft 2016 182 $494,458 $484,633 36 $381 2017 188 $533,213 $523,534 38 $403 % Change
Monterey Public Library announces March events for all ages
The Monterey Public Library Youth Services’ Department is pleased to announce a fun and exciting lineup of events happening throughout the month of March for all ages. Our monthly STEM Storytime will be hosted on Saturday, March 10 at 10:30 a.m. Come and explore the exciting world of STEM with a hands-on-storytime. This program is for ages 3-5. Creatures of the night will be descending upon the Monterey Public Library on Wednesday, March 14 as we welcome special guests NorCal Bats. Meet live bats and learn about the important role they play in our environment. This program begins at 6:00 p.m. and is open to all ages.
For quick reference to the table above, “sold” means the total number of single family homes that sold in 2016 and 2017. “List price” is what the home was listed for and sold price is what the home ultimately sold for. “DOM” stands for days on market, or how long it took the home to sell. Price per square foot is determined by dividing the final sales price by the square footage of the home, which can be useful when evaluating the asking price or determining the sales price of a home. If one examines at all the numbers in the above table, it seems that Seaside has been a “Steady Eddie” when comparing 2016 to 2017. All areas increased, but not one had a double-digit increase. It remained an active market with 182 homes selling in 2016 and 188 selling in 2017 which is a 3.3%
market?” Interestingly, the days on market and the price per square foot were both similar as well. The days on market increase by two days, which was a 5.5% increase and the price per square foot increase by $22 per square foot which is a 5.8% increase. Seaside had some nice price appreciation in the past year and the town is slowly remaking itself. Broadway is half way through a beautification process and homes that have been neglected are being given some much needed TLC. It is nice to see the improvements to the city and hopefully it will continue. Next week we look at Marina. Please feel free to contact me with any listing advice or to request a complimentary Comparative Market Analysis. Cheers Patrick.ryan@sothebyshomes.com Broker Associate 831-238-8116 www. pebblebeachabodes.com
Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for Neverland
The Pacific Repertory Theatre has opened a benefit shop in Pacific Grove at The Forest Hill Plaza, featuring upscale merchandise, clothing, antiques, jewelry, books, furniture and more. The proceeds will benefit PacRep's productions. A ribbon-cutting ceremony, hosted by Pacific Grove Chamber, welcoming the store to Pacific Grove will be on Wednesday, March 14, 5:00 - 6:30. There will be hors d'oeuvres, a raffle and an opportunity to meet theater principals and city council members.
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Carmel Foundation has advice on Identity Safety
Join Todd Sergot, an information technology professional and Director of Service for The Alvarez Technology Group, as he gives you the tools to protect your identity online. In addition, we will allow expanded time for questions and answers after the presentation. Wednesday, March 21, 2018, 2:30pm-4:00pm The Carmel Foundation’s Diment Hall - SE Corner 8th & Lincoln, Carmel This presentation is free and open to the public Space is limited to 100 For more information, please contact Leticia Garcia, Director of Support Services at 831.620.8705 or lgarcia@carmelfoundation.org. The Carmel Foundation hosts weekly Wednesday Programs- a lecture, entertainment, or educational presentation such as a Cooking Demo with Myra Goodman, Monterey’s La Merienda Celebration or a monthly Wellness Series with VNA & Hospice. About The Carmel Foundation The Carmel Foundation is an organization that serves members 55 and better in the Monterey County area and beyond. The Foundation is located in Carmel on the southeast Corner of 8th and Lincoln. The Carmel Foundation gives seniors an opportunity to live productive, enriching lives by offering a luncheon program, homebound meal delivery, free medical equipment loans, in-home services and respite grants, free lending library, Saturday movie, Technology Center, low-income housing, and more than 50 classes and activities each week. For more information, contact Kimberly Willison, Director of Development at kwillison@carmelfoundation.org, www.carmelfoundation.org, or 831.620.8701.
Regional Trail and Greenway Project will help connect communities FORTAG Environmental Review and Project Development Approved
The Transportation Agency’s Board of Directors approved the release of a request for proposals for environmental review and project development for the Fort Ord Regional Trail and Greenway project (FORTAG). FORTAG is the propose 24-mile paved bicycle and pedestrian trail that will connect FORTAG with the existing Monterey Bay Sanctuary Scenic Trail, California State University Monterey Bay and the Fort Ord National Monument. It’s part of a larger effort to connect communities in the former Fort Ord to each other and to education, employment, community and recreation centers. The trail is designated to accommodate people of all ages and abilities, and will have an open space buffer for most of the route. The process for the environmental review and project development will take place over the next year and a half. Once complete the proposed regional trail and greenway will be ready to compete for state, federal and private matching funds. FORTAG is included in the Measure X expenditure plan, with $20 million allocated to the project. The environmental review and project development is funded from SB1 gas tax and the local Transportation Development 2 Percent Program.
2016 Rotary
Good Old Days Official Parade Application Please print clearly
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What does God say about money? Bill Cohen
Reasoning With God Lk 16:13, “No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.” Either we choose to serve God, or the devil will deceive us into thinking money is God, Matt 13:22, “He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.” Once we choose to serve God, we realize everything He created belongs to Him and we no longer need to strive for money, Ps 24:1, “The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.” For when we seek His kingdom and His righteousness before all other things, God will provide for all of our needs, Matt 6:33, “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.” God teaches us to be content with what He gives us, as Paul explains in, Phil 4:11-13, “Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” God tells us we can be content in all situations, because He loves us and He will never forsake us, Heb 13:5, “Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” Money leads some to believe that they alone are responsible for creating the wealth they have accumulated, but God says our pride leads us to this false conclusion, Deut 8:17-18, “And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.” God gives us the power to accumulate wealth so that He is able to use us, and our wealth, to help complete His plan for an eternal family. When we love our treasures more than we love what God has planned for there use, we have allowed money to separate us from God’s love, Matt 6:21, “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.” This is the lesson Jesus was giving to the man who asked Him what he lacked, Matt 19:21, “Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me.” Jesus did not tell everyone to sell everything; for He had other uses for the wealth He had allowed them to accumulate. But, this man had a problem with money and Jesus gave him the solution. When we love the creation more than we love the creator, God asks us to consider, Mk 8:36, “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” The Pharisees thought they were the godliest people, but they let money come between them and Jesus, Lk 16:14, “ And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him.” They were not willing to give up their treasure and follow God’s way, which led them away from Jesus. When they tried to trap Jesus with one of Caesar’s coins, He used their trap to convict them of their covetous ways, Matt 22:21, “They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's.” God had already told the Pharisees to be righteous and they ignored Him, Prov 16:8, “Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right.” God had explained the vanity of wealth and they ignored Him, yet again, Eccl 5:10, “He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.” God uses Timothy to explain the results of the love of money to all of us, 1 Tim 6:9-10, “But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.” When we use the money God has allowed us to accumulate properly, we become cheerful givers, 2 Cor 9:7, “Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.” God never asks us to give more than He has provided for us to give, Deut 16:17, “Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord thy God which he hath given thee.” When we properly use His money we are honoring the Lord, Prov 3:9, “Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:” The wonderful thing is we can never out give the Lord, Lk 6:38, “Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.” Those who choose to ignore God and His generosity will come to want, Prov 22:16, “He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.” In this life and/or the next. Money is not evil. The proper use of money is part of God’s plan. Money only becomes evil when we put it before God’s kingdom and His righteousness. Comments, opposing opinions and suggestions for future topics are all welcome at bill@reasoningwithgod.com.
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Wellspring Church
“... a spring welling up to eternal life” John 4 Pacific Grove’s 127-year-old Mayflower Building at the corner of Central Ave and 14th street now hosts the Wellspring Church, a replant of the Mayflower Church. The Mayflower congregation felt the need to rename the church about six months ago when the Mayflower Church replant was underway. The new pastor, Tony Trabak, put up a large sheet of paper on the wall and asked the congregation to write down their ideas for a new name. Over several months of discussion and prayer, they settled on Wellspring Church. Paul Davis, one of the church elders who has been attending this church for 55 years said “What I like about the name is that it reinforces our need for Jesus—the living water, the abundant source and wellspring of life.” History: The original Mayflower Church was a congregational church organized in 1891with a membership of forty. The first Mayflower Building was constructed two years later, but a fire destroyed it only a few months afterwards. The present building was constructed in 1911, originally with twin towers fronting Central Avenue. Only one tower remains today. The church withdrew from the Organization of Congregational Churches in 1953 and became a self-supporting, self-governing, non-denominational church, known as Mayflower Church of Pacific Grove. A separate Sunday school annex was constructed in 1970. In 1989, the church become a part of the Presbyterian Church USA, and assumed the name Mayflower Presbyterian Church. The Church affiliated with the Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians or ECO, a conservative Presbyterian movement in 2015, and Wellspring maintains that affiliation today. The congregation now numbers about 150 with 35 children. More information is given in the Sanctuary of the Soul column in the Cedar Street Times December 15, 2017 issue page 16. Outreach: The Wellspring congregation believes that the church is a gift from God and should be an integral part of the daily life of the community—not just on Sundays. To that end the Wellspring Church is outreaching all of its abundant unused space to non-profit organizations in the community. The Mayflower building is 26,464 square feet. “It is huge, historic, and a gift that we want to serve to the community” said Trabak. Five non-profits currently use Wellspring space for meetings, offices and conferences: Monterey Peninsula Voices, a choir that sings under the auspices of the Monterey Peninsula Choral Society; Aria the newest choir dedicated to Women’s Music on the Monterey Peninsula; Community Builders, matching volunteers with organizations;
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Sanctuary of the Soul I-Help, Interfaith Emergency Lodging Program for homeless; Intervaristy, a college campus ministry; and NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness. The annex has several spacious rooms now available to the community that can be reserved for short or long term use, some carpeted and some with hardwood floors. One room is set up as a clubhouse with a Narnia-like wardrobe entrance. It is complete with a stage, curtains, props, a model castle, and a puppet-show platform. Another room, with a concrete floor can be used for art or grimy construction projects. Several other rooms are awaiting some community non-profit use. Services: Sunday 10:15 For more information: Call 831373-4705 or email office@wellspringchurchpg.org website https://www.
wellspringchurchpg.org, Wellspring Church, 141 14th St., Pacific Grove, CA 93950.
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Humpty Dumpty Housing—Part 3
Will Dreaming, Daring, Dodging or Dancing solve the crisis? Wanda Sue Parrott
Homeless in Paradise
Beating the impending housing crisis after World War Two required implementing a theretofore- untested dream: coupling government with private industry to set the nation on peacetime feet. If the plan succeeded, government-issued low-interest loans to GIs, along with privately built affordable housing, would create a win/win situation. It worked! Sacrificed to save society were, in lieu of people, vast agricultural acreage and groves that sliced up America’s purple-mountains majesty by tractizing the fruited plains at their feet. Homeless people weren’t strewn like old corn cobs across the landscape as is the case along rural trails, riverbanks and highways today. In cities like postwar Los Angeles, where I grew up, flop houses, fleabag hotels and soup kitchens served broken-down people—mostly men—sequestered on Skid Row, as opposed to the Main Streets and Lapis Roads across the US today. Monterey’s warming/homeless shelter issue has been kicked like a can and played like dodge ball since 2012. So?
Two postwar revolutions As America’s “Greatest Generation” settled into peacetime prosperity, mass home ownership gave rise through the Baby Boom to density, and density brought forth diversity. Then, two revolutions arose. First, civil revolution, evolved in the 1960s, with everything from equal rights to racial equality as issues, when the Children of the Greatest Generation took the helm of the Ship of State. In the essay “Children of the Greatest Generation,” Anonymous memorialized the offspring of the adults of World War Two: “The G.I. Bill gave returning veterans the means to get an education and spurred colleges to grow. VA loans fanned a housing boom. Pent-up demand coupled with new installment payment plans put factories to work. “New highways would bring jobs and mobility.” Today’s New Bedou, living in vehicles along highways like Lapis Road, reflect both the end of a dream that reversed and authority figures who are stymied. What’s next? Daring versus derring-do? County of Monterey’s District 4 Supervisor, Jane Parker, used the “daring” approach to tackle safe parking along county roads. Jane bravely persisted, despite initial resistance from the community and elected officials, in establishing a site where those who live in vehicles can safely, legally park overnight. The pilot safe parking project, which kicked off last Dec.22 and will last throughout
2018, allows 15 duly qualified vehicles to park from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. in the lot of the County Coastal Offices at 2616 First Ave., Marina. Conversely, “derring-do” (meaning brave action executed in a seemingly reckless manner) is how I interpret the bungled handling of campers’ vehicles as described in this excerpt from last week’s Monterey County Weekly in which Squid reveals Salinas Mayor Joe Gunter‘s recent address to a regional conference of mayors: “What Gunter is most fired up about is old RVs—which cost about $7,000 apiece to destroy, and of which city officials have recently destroyed 13. “’You ran them off, and they came to our city,’ Gunter told the Peninsula mayors. ‘They’re not registered, they’re not safe—how anyone could allow those to (be driven) down the highway should be ashamed of themselves.’ “(Worth noting: The ‘you’ is not in fact any city mayor, but county officials who have cracked down on RVs illegally parked on county roads.) What happened to those whose four-wheeled homes were destroyed? It isn’t hard to guess! Second revolution was full-blown entry into the cyber revolution in which, by the mid-1980s, robots and artificial intelligence began replacing the human work force. As members of the unemployed work force, with cost of housing sky high, these elder kids and grandchildren of the Greatest Generation face homelessness because not only is affordable housing needed, between 1000 and 5000 units of low income housing with monthly rents from$300-$500 are immediate requisites that should, but don’t, exist. It’s time to dance As illustrated in the nursery rhyme metaphor “Jack be nimble, Jack be quick/ Jack jump over the candlestick,” potential disaster can be averted through timely right action. Dodging won’t work. It’s time to dance!. Dancing is a metaphor for setting public and private action into motion to attain a goal. Public: Pacific Grove City Council members Rudy Fischer and Bill Peake started a new Affordable Housing dance at this week’s city council meeting. See page one. Private: The 12th annual All Women’s Ball will be Friday, March 23, 7:30 p.m., at the Elks Lodge, 150 Mar Vista Dr., Monterey. Proceeds from the event sponsored by Community Housing Solutions will benefit runaway and homeless youth, the great grandchildren of the Greatest Generation, through their Safe Place program in Monterey. Suggested donation is $30. Contact Lenina Sanchez at 831-658-3811, lsanchez@ chservices.org . Copyright 2018 by Wanda Sue Parrott Contact amykitchenerfdn@hotmail.com or call 831-899-5887
Lois Varner Awarded 2018 Woman of the Year by Assemblymember Stone Assemblymember Mark Stone (D-Monterey Bay) has awarded Seaside resident and community leader Ms. Lois Varner with the 2018 Woman of the Year designation for the 29th Assembly District. Ms. Varner has contributed to the communities where she has lived, has improved public health, and has helped educate the next generation of health professionals. “Ms. Varner has selflessly served our neediest community members for many years,” said Stone. “She has improved the lives of so many residents in the
Monterey Bay, and she richly deserves the designation as the Woman of the Year for this Assembly District.” In 2015, Ms. Varner founded the Fremont Street Mission for Elderly Women in Seaside. The Mission assists dozens of older homeless women in the Monterey Bay region with access to food, safe shelters, and job placements, and will eventually expand to include legal and financial counseling services and more permanent housing assistance. Ms. Varner has worked for over 50
years as a public health nurse in Michigan and California. She participated with designated rescue crews during the Detroit riot. While working with the Santa Clara County Health Department, she designed and directed the first Discharge Planning System for Valley Medical Center of San Jose. Additionally, she participated in two Health Department Senior Service projects for “hidden seniors,” both initially federally granted funds and then taken over under combined state and county funds. As Director of Nursing at Ave Maria
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P.G.’s Unique Style of Retail Therapy One of the many delights of Pacific Grove is our vibrant downtown business district. This week, we’re sharing stories by the owners of two of P.G.’s most unusual retail establishment: Nancy Holland of Reincarnation Vintage Clothing and Emily Owens of Tesutti Zoo Art Gallery and Gifts. Nancy’s story is on page 305 and Emily’s on page 294 of Life in Pacific Grove, the book of Pacific Grove tales published this past October by Park Place Publications. Nancy Holland: Nothing CookieCutter about P.G. I love so much about this town! I have been in business here since 1986—one of the longest running small businesses here. So just walking around town, I see so many friends. I was born in New Jersey, spent a couple of years in West Vancouver, BC, Canada, in my early teens, and have lived here since 1975. I’ve always loved fashion and when the opportunity arose I was lucky enough to be able to buy my store, Reincarnation Vintage Clothing, which was my favorite place to shop while I was in high school. I volunteer at the Animal Friends Rescue Project and often foster their dogs. I love to take my dogs to the far end of Asilomar where they can run off-leash, then head over to Goodies for a sandwich—the best way to spend an afternoon. I’m quite proud of the fact that I’ve been able to keep my shop thriving so long. I think people in this town like individuality and the fact that almost all businesses in town are small, owner-operated. Nothing cookie cutter about Pacific Grove! 17th Street must have been a blast in the ’70s! I have met many people over the years who come in the shop, point to a corner, and say, “I slept in that corner over there.” I guess it must have been a hippie flophouse of some kind. Another thing I love about this town
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Pacific Grove artist Keith Larson gives his impression of Reincarnation Vintage Clothing, a downtown retail destination for decades.
is how many people from around the world come here for a visit. This month alone I’ve met customers from Denmark, China, Italy, Germany, Holland, and Mexico. They tend to love the image of Elvis and 1950s rockabilly and fashion. My parents came here on vacation in the mid-’70s and decided to move here. My sisters moved away after high school, but I stayed put. Couldn’t imagine a better place to live! Emily Owens: Wild, Wonderful and Whimsical P.G. has so many wonderful places: Asilomar Beach, Feast of Lanterns, Grove Market, P.G. Hardware, Marita’s Boutique, Red House Cafe, Alpha Stationers, Holly’s Lighthouse Cafe, The P.G. Art Center, Max’s Grill, Peppers
Mexicali Cafe, Sprout Boutique, the P.G. Post Office, the colorful ice plant, all of the lovely inns, Lovers Point. Too many places and things to mention! I moved to the peninsula in 1980 from Topanga Canyon, and loved Pacific Grove from the start. We purchased our small P.G. home in 1985, raised our two girls and have lived here ever since. Thirty-seven years ago, when my husband Tom and I first took winding Holman Highway down into little foggy Pacific Grove, I knew I was home. The quiet, quaint town was the perfect place to start a family and create a life by the sea.
Keith Larson’s look at Tesutti Zoo Art Gallery and Gifts, all decked out for Feast of Lanterns.
Opening the doors at Tessuti Zoo for the past 21 years has been pure joy. Creating my one-of-a-kind dolls and creatures daily with buttons, bobbins and beads has been wild, wonderful, and whimsical! With twirling bolts of colorful fabric, neon threads, bright paints and imagination, I especially enjoy transforming found furniture into colorful artistic statements: that’s pretty normal around here. I almost always end my day at The Zoo by going to neighborhood Grove Market. It’s so pleasant being able to do my daily shopping here with the wonderful staff and visiting with fellow Pagrovians. From food, to clothing to hardware, I am blessed to call Pacific Grove home!
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