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Friday evening Gala Jewelry & Jazz Celebration Fundraiser 4-7:30 p.m. Sale
Sat. April 25
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Sunday, April 26
Noon - 4 PM ACS Discovery Shop •
Sunday, April 26
Steinbeck Talk re: Western Flyer by Susan Shillinglaw Historical Society 2:00 PM Chautauqua Hall (on 16th Street at Central Avenue) PG $5 non-members •
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Hauks Honored - Page 10
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Ebola to Malaria Talk United Nations Association Free - 7 PM Irvine Auditorium 499 Pierce Street, Monterey •
Thurs. April 30
Book Talk The Missing Bohemian 5:30 PM Bookworks 667 Lighthouse •
Fri. May 1 and Sat. May 2 Battle of the Bands and Broadway on the Bay 835 Forest Ave (PG Middle School) $20 General $5 Stuents orfor both days $15 General $7 Students
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Low Vision Care & Assistive Technology Day 10:30 AM -2:30 PM Sally Griffin Center Speakers, box lunch, door prizes, exhibitions •
Sun. May 3
Spring Garden Party Robinson Jeffers Tor House Special Musical Performance Featuring Una Jeffers’ Restored Steinway $15 • 2 – 5 PM • Thurs. May 7 Sea Scribes Calligraphy Guild “Graphology” 7 PM Free Park Lane, Level A Art Room 200 Glenwood Circle, Monterey •
Sat. May 16
Chihuahua Pride Day PG Community Center 1-4 PM •
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Inside 100 Years Ago in Pacific Grove........... 6 Animal Tales & Other Random Thoughts............... 17 Book Review................................4 & 5 Cartoon.............................................. 2 Cop Log............................................. 5 Diggin’ It.......................................... 12 FYI................................................... 19 Homeless in Paradise....................... 13 Keepers of Our Culture.................... 14 Legal Notices................................... 16 Marriage Can Be Funny.................... 16 Otter Views...................................... 15 Rainfall.............................................. 2 Seniors.............................................. 9 Sports.............................................. 18 Weather............................................. 2
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Vol. VII, Issue 32
Two Projects Cause Excitement Downtown Holman Building Being Eyed as Condo Development
A consortium which includes popular local restauranteur Craig Bell and two of his long-time friends is seeking to purchase the rusting Holman Building at 542 Lighthouse Ave. and convert it into a combination of luxury condominiums and retail space and maybe a hotel. To do so, they need permission from the city of Pacific Grove to divide the parcel, which includes the entire block down to Central Ave., into two parcels. They would purchase and renovate the portion which includes the Holman Building. Owner Nader Agha would retain the other parcel, which includes the Grand Central Station Building. The project would consist of two luxury penthouse units, 16 three bedroom/two bathroom ocean view units, and seven two bedroom/two bathroom units. Another 25,000 square feet would become retail space. The developers indicate that there is some square footage on the second floor that could become community space, office needs, or possibly a “bed-and-breakfast hotel component,” according to their prospectus. The property is already zoned for a hotel and 25 condominiums/retail spaces. Unlike the previous effort where height changes were requested and was defeated by a popular vote, a zoning use change request is not expected. The “existing anchor tenant” will vacate in December, 2015 while the new owners would negotiate with the other tenants. They have indicated they would like to retain Jennini Kitchen as a tenant, possibly even giving
See HOLMAN Page 2
Nader Agha may get his boutique hotel after all
On May 6 at 11 a.m., neighbors may see some people with clipboards combing over the property downhill from the Holman Building. The property currently includes Back Porch Fabrics, Moore’s Martial Arts, Marita’s Men’s, the AFRP Treasure Shop, and Mando’s Mexican restaurant, plus a couple of vacancies and is called Grand Centra Station. Though no plans have been filed with the City concerning a potential project, it will likely be the members of the Architectural Review Board and designers from RRM Design Group going over what the applicant – Nader Agha – needs to do to get a small boutique hotel approved for the space. The City, said planner Mark Broduer, wants a contemporary interpretation of historical downtown. No chrome-and-steel sore thumb. And “they may not have enough water, but they’ll have to solve that themselves,” he added. Lot coverage and parking are additional issues The possibility is for a boutique hotel which would include ground floor retail, a parking structure, and 120140 rooms. Plus a pool. Public input is not sought during the pre-application outdoor meeting May 6, though the public may listen in. It will be an informal meeting and no minutes will be taken.
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Lacrosse: Breakers Continue Their Win Streak Project Released on Earth Day Baseball: Pacific Grove All Alone on Top of MTAL Behind Takasaki’s No-Hitte Ed Rickett’s Birthday: Tours of the Lab Reminder: Big Sur Marathon Traffic Delays on Hwy 1 April 26 Rebroadcast of 4/20 Panetta Institute Lecture on Race Relations Because you asked: Trotter’s Auction Connection Volunteers remove more than 3,300 pounds of pollution for Earth Day Four thousand kids ready for BSIM By the Bay 3K race at Lovers Poin Cone Zone Report April 19-26 Lacrosse: 4 Goals from Jason Leach Helps Pacific Grove Defeat York Softball: Carmel Hands Pacific Grove its Fourth Straight Loss Baseball: Fife and Boatman Lead Pacific Grove to Victory Over MTAL Unbeaten Soledad Major actions taken by the Council at its regular meeting on April 15, 2015
Moratorium on certain businesses will likely lead to a ban downtown In the case of benefit shops downtown, the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce thinks 12 is enough and asked for a 45-day moratorium on allowing any new ones. The City Council agreed – unanimously. The moratorium gives the planning commission enough time, allegedly, to study the matter and recommend a permanent ruling. It's not that they don't want thrift shops at all, and in fact the existing 12 thrift stores will be grandfathered in. It's that – “thrift tourism” aside – it's not the desirable mix from a lot of points of view, tax revenue not the least of them. Also on the list are pawn shops, auction houses, gold-and-silver exchanges, bail bondsmen, check cashing stores, tattoo and body piercing parlors, blood and plasma sale centers, e-cigarette sales and smoking parlors, storefront churches, 99-cent stores, tire sales and pet boarding establishments. Such businesses, in the opinion of the Chamber of Commerce board and the city council tend to downgrade the appearance of a downtown and don't add much to the tax coffers. The moratorium applies to the core downtown area and not necessarily to the entire city. The trigger for the “urgency” of the mor-
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• April 24, 2015
Draft EIR on Groundwater Replenishment Project Released on Earth Day
Joan Skillman
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The Pure Water Monterey Groundwater Replenishment Project Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) has been released and the public comment period begun. Pure Water Monterey is described as a multi-region, multi-benefit project of The Monterey Peninsula Water Management District (MPWMD) and the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency (MRWPCA). According to officials, it addresses the water supply needs of the Monterey Peninsula and the Salinas Valley by not only delivering purified water for replenishment of the Seaside Groundwater Basin, but also tertiarily treated water to the Salinas Valley for agricultural irrigation, thereby reducing groundwater pumping in that area. The DEIR can be found at www.purewatermonterey.org and the public is encouraged to review and comment on the document during the established 45-day period that opens on April 22, 2015 – Earth Day — and closes on June 5, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. These comments will then be addressed in the Final EIR. The public is also invited to two separate public information meetings, one on May 20 in Seaside and one on May 21 in Salinas. At the meeting, there will be a presentation about the project followed by a question and answer period. Spanish translation will be provided. Each location is ADA accessible. While it does not replace the need for potable water production to replace the current overdraft by Cal-Am Water from the Carmel River (see http://www.waterboards. ca.gov/waterrights/water_issues/programs/hearings/caw_cdo/), MRWPCA General Manager Keith Israel said, “Not only is it an environmentally responsible project, but it is projected to be online and delivering water by the fall of 2017. This is important as it shows the State Water Resources Control Board that Monterey County is serious about the future of our water.” The region faces a cease-and-desist order to replace the overdraft and it has been admitted by all parties that the deadline will be missed. All comments regarding the DEIR under the State of California’s CEQA process should be directed via mail, email or fax to: By Mail: Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency Administrative Office ATTN: Bob Holden, Principal Engineer5 Harris Ct. Bldg. D, MontereyBy Email: gwr@mrwpca.com By Fax: (831) 372-6178. When faxing comments, please also email or send a physical copy of the correspondence to the above address to ensure receipt. The Public Information Meetings will be held at the following locations where written comments regarding the Draft EIR will also be accepted: May 20, 2015 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m Oldemeyer Center, 986 Hilby Avenue, Seaside and May 21, 2015 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Hartnell College, Room B-208 (Student Services Building), 411 Central Avenue, Salinas. Pacific Grove’ Small Water Project, which will provide non potable water for city needs, is separate from this project and is proceeding under its own timetable.
PHOLMAN From Page 1
that restaurant “an ocean view.” Water, as always, is a consideration. But City planning and economic development chief Mark Brodeur said that, while no plan has been filed with the City as yet, he just received a letter from the Water Management District stating that there are 7.828 afy of water allotted to the property – more than enough for the property plans. It's all contingent on the lot split, which is technically a ministerial action by Brodeur, but which the parties have agreed should be done with more review. Brodeur advises that the question of a lot split cannot be decided based on what the development might become. The Planning Commission met on the question on March 19 and as the vote was tied at 3-3, the application was rejected. “Called up” to City Council in April, the item was pulled from the agenda by Mr. Agha as one of the councilmembers had indicated he would not be at the meeting. It is now scheduled for the May 20 meeting.
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Week ending 4-23-15 ......................... .04” Total for the season .......................... 19.01” To date last year (4-18-14) ................ 11.45” Historical average to this date ......... 17.89” Wettest year ....................................... 47.15” (during rain year 07-01-97 through 06-30-98)
Driest year ......................................... 4.13” (during rain year 07-01-12 through 06-30-13)* *stats from NWS Montereys
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Honor Flight Vets See That a Nation Appreciates Their Service Complimentary Flights to Washingon, DC are Privately Funded By Marge Ann Jameson Pacific Grove’s Bill Kaplan spent his tenure with the Army Air Corps during World War II on a tiny island called Biac, in the South Pacific. He was also in the Philippines, but none of his three and a half years was spent as a combatant. Instead, he was a vital cryptographic security officer, one of those secretive people, bent over printouts and cypher machines, working on decoding enemy correspondence. No medals for bravery, no scars to show. But earlier this month he learned that his work was deeply appreciated by his country and the folks back home. Kaplan was one of 26 veterans – 24 men and two women – who were sent on an all-expense paid trip to Washington, DC to visit memorials our nation has erected to veterans of various conflicts and from all branches of the service. The trip was courtesy of Honor Flights Bay Area, a non-profit organization that plans and fully funds trips to Washington, D.C. for American veterans so that they can see the memorials dedicated to them. They joined two other Honor Flight groups for the tour. It was a whirlwind adventure. The veterans and their “guardians” flew from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. and
were feted all the way, beginning on Thursday with bagpipes and drums at the San Francisco airport. Once there, on a Friday, they were taken on tours of the World War II Memorial, the Air Force Memorial, the Marine/Iwo Jima Memorial, the Women's Memorial, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial, the Martin Luther King Memorial, and the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. After dinner and what must have been an exhausted sleep in their hotel, they arose Saturday to see the Lincoln Memorial, the Vietnam War Memorial, the Korean War Memorial, the Air and Space Museum at the Smithsonian, and the Navy Memorial. Another dinner, and they were on their on their way back home. It was a feat of organization, worthy of any branch of the service. Half the veterans needed wheelchairs, and the other half were able-bodied, but necessarily getting up there in years. They trooped on and off the bus and in and out of the memorials, herded by their guardians. The oldest member of the group was one of the women. She was 96 years old and had served as a WAC. They wore red shirts and jackets so they could be tracked, and as Kaplan said “We didn't lose anyone or hurt anyone.” He applauded the organizational aspect, and said the guardians were “terrific.”
His own guardian was from Monterey, a man named Mike Dujbasak. Guardians are not paid for their service, and in fact each pays $1000 for the honor of escorting the veterans. They may also be sons or daughters of veterans or citizens who wish to participate. Those red jackets and shirts also served to distinguish them to other people who were visiting the memorials as well. They were often approached by tourists and school groups who wanted to thank them for their service, and to tell them they were appreciated. Kaplan recommends the trip to anyone eligible, and points out that they are urgently seeking World War II veterans, whose numbers are dwindling daily. Next on the preference list will be Korean War vets, and so on. His favorite memorial was the vast and impressive World War II installation. Next, the Korean War memorial with its life-sized statues of men in ponchos, trudging forward And Kaplan liked the Roosevelt memorial as well. The Women's Memorial salutes female veterans going back to the Revolution. On the last evening there was a “mail call.” Friends and relatives of the veterans had written “lovely, sentimental” letters of support, many of which were read aloud. Letters to Bill Kaplan weren't read aloud at his request, being
the sort of tongue-in-cheek humor one would expect from Kaplan himself. Kaplan spent his intervening civilian years as an attorney in the recording industry. At 91, he is active and sharp and proudly sports a cap be purchased that proclaims his veteran status.
For more information on Honor Flight Bay Area, contact: Carl StewartCAPT, SC, USN (Ret.)Honor Flight Bay Area Foundationcaptcarlusnr@ gmail.com831-801-3944www. honorflightbayarea.org
Bill Kaplan then (right) and now (below).
A comfortable tour bus and a phalanx of wheelchairs...Bill Kaplan says the tour was very well organized.
At the Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial, which was on Bill Kaplan’s list of favorites, a tourist passing by is shaking Kaplan’s hand. The group was often approached by civilians who congratulated them and thanked them.
At the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC The Bay Area Honor Flight Group poses in their red shirts and jackets. In the background can be seen the Lincoln Memorial.
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UNA Talk at MIIS
Progress and Challenges in the Fight Against Deadly Diseases
The United Nations Association, Monterey Bay Chapter and the MIIS Global Majority Club present a talk by Dr. Donald Francis and Christopher Helfrich entitled “Ebola to Malaria: Global Progress and Challenges in the Fight Against Deadly Diseases.” Dr. Francis is an epidemiologist with more than 30 years of experience in epidemic control and vaccine development. He worked for the CDC and the WHO on such diseases as measles, smallpox, hepatitis B, HIV/AIDS, and ebola. The book And the Band Played On, by Randy Shilts, was written about Francis's early efforts to call attention to the inadequate public health response to AIDS. It became an HBO movie in 1993. Christopher Helfrich is the director of the grassroots campaign “Nothing But Nets.” Insecticide-treated bed nets have proven to be tremendous assets in the fight against mosquito-borne malaria. The talk will be held on Tuesday, April 28 at 7 p.m. in the Irvine Auditorium on the MIIS campus, 499 Pierce Street in Monterey.
Marge Ann Jameson Book Review
Veni Vidi, Vici: I Came, I Saw, I Conquered [Your Heart]
Admit it. If you’re a “dog person,” there have been times when you spoke for your dog. You might even have referred to yourself as “Mom” or “Dad.” At a minimum, you wondered what your dog’s reaction was to a given situation, and what they would have said had they been able to talk to you. But what if your dog could write? What if all your dog’s friends could write back? Pam Jackson has trained several thousand dogs, and if anyone could put words it a dog’s mouth it’s this South County resident. She has been a professional Since 2007, the Monterey Peninsula College Printmakers have devoted the first trainer for the more 30 years. She trained Saturday in May to printmaking. What began as locally in the Monterey Bay Area of two different dogs that played “Sandy” in California has become a world wide event, with printmakers participating from over a productions of “Annie.” Her own standard dozen countries, on five continents. poodle, Charley, was cast as “Charley” in You are welcome to stop by Atmos Press / Studio at the Pacific Grove Art Center to John Steinbeck’s “Travels with Charley. participate in our projects. Make a face print! and who knows what else we will dig into? It’s her job to understand how dogs think. If you can’t join us in any of the local studios go make footprints in the sand.. A few of years ago, Pam bought http://printdayinmay.mpcprintmakers.org Veni, short for Venice, as a puppy while in Europe. Veni is a Pumi, a little-known herding breed originally from Hungary. About the size of a beagle, Pumis have poodle-like hair and the cutest ears ever. They have a whimsical expression on their furry faces, and are alert, vocal, and energetic. They’re bred to herd sheep, Foundation for the Performing Art Center presents B.O.B 2.0 — that’s Battle of cattle, hogs, and are easily trainable. So the Bands and Broadway on the Bay. In conjunction with Pacific Grove High School says the Internet. Veni may say differently. theater arts and Leadership Monterey Peninsula, FPAC presents the best young talents In Veni, Vidi, Vici/I Came, I Saw, I that the Monterey Peninsula has to offer. Two back to back evening performances to Conquered we meet Veni as a puppy, strugbring you a broad spectrum of musical talent and entertainment Friday, May 1 and Saturday, May 2 at FPAC Performing Arts Venue located at 835 Forest Ave., Pacific gling to learn English (she’s Hungarian, right?) and to adapt to a home with her Grove (PG Middle School) Battle of the Bands returns for its third installment for Monterey County students new adoptive parents and siblings, Levi to showcase their musical talents and compete for prizes. 1st, 2nd and 3rd place awards and Demi. Levi is another Pumi. Demi is will be presented for two categories best rock band, best duo/trio/soloist. Each perfor- a standard poodle and according to Veni, mance will consist of one original song and two covers to be judged by local musical not Veni’s best friend. Veni, on the other hand, does things artists, industry professionals and journalists. Info and tickets can be had at www. performingartscenterpg.org Broadway on the Bay: come experience this extravaganza of high school students singing the songs of Broadway from such plays as “Miss Saigon,” “Phantom of the Opera,” “Lion King” and many more. Win a great raffle prize or two, support arts in the schools and be awed by the talent on our peninsula. A perfect end to the awesome prelude of battle of the bands. Come see our art exhibition with art available for sale. All proceeds go to the fine arts performing center in Pacific Grove for the benefit of children and keeping art alive in our schools The mission of the Foundation for the Performing Arts Center of Pacific Grove(501-C) is to make the performing arts available to the community of Pacific Grove. Proceeds will be used to maintain and enhance the Performing Arts Center and to benefit the performing arts program for students.
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that puppies do – she chews, she chases, she brings in dead birds... “Mom leaves for Hawaii in two days. I want to go too, but she will not let me. She says she needs a break from me. My dad will be in charge of all of us. Dad and I had a plan. He let me in the closet yesterday morning while Mom was in bed. When she got up, she could not find one of the shoes she had out to wear on the plane. I chewed it. Dad and I are grounded. Love, Veni.” She becomes convinced at one point that she will be sent to Soledog Prison for Bad Dogs. She also relates her experience of being abducted by aliens in a space ship. She tells her email friends how she and Levi found the button that rolls the window down in the car and escaped to go check out some horses. It may become confusing at times to sort out who is a human and who is a dog and how they’re related (or not) to Veni, but it’s all fun. Divided into short letters, Veni, Vidi, Vici/I Came, I Saw, I Conquered is easy to pick it up and put it back down for later. Let’s hope Veni gets her own movie or TV serial and can lord it over the haughty Demi. But she’ll have to learn to behave for that to happen. Veni, Vidi, Vici I Came, I Saw, I Conquered By Pam Jackson ISBN: 978-1-4917-5605-8 (sc) ISBN: 978-1-4917-5607-2 (e) iUniverse (2015) 1663 Liberty Drive Bloomington, IN 47403 $15.95 www.pamjacksondogtraining.com
Gospel Concert Set for April 25
Monterey Peninsula Gospel Community Choir (MPGCC) invites you to our Spring concert on Saturday, April 25.from 5:30 -7:30 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Pacific Grove (246 Laurel Ave.) You won’t want to miss this special concert which will feature guest singers, saxophonist, and spoken word artists (Not to mention the M.P.G.C.C. choir under the direction of John L. Nash Jr.!) Community choir background: Founded in 2008, Monterey Peninsula Gospel Community Choir is a tax-exempt non-profit 501C corporation dedicated to promoting gospel training, education and entertainment. Their local concerts expose community audiences to the diversity of gospel music. MPGCC rehearses every second and fourth Saturday at MPC and accepts all adults willing to train and sing. You can follow upcoming MPGCC events or assist with tax-deductible sponsorship donations on the website www.mpgospelcc.org. (Special thanks to the Monterey County Arts Council for your support.) the Year Award PG Restaurant of Winner of the 2010
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Marge Ann Jameson Book Review
The Missing Bohemian Kathryn Gualtieri’s latest in the series about Nora Flanagan, cub Carmel Pine Cone reporter circa 1924, takes us to Prohibition Era Carmel, where the city fathers are grappling with issues around bootleggers, smugglers, and merchants who are being strong-armed as well as prohibitionist (and self-important) temperance ladies among the citizenry. They hire a Pinkerton’s detective from San Francisco, who turns out to be a woman, and she and Nora set out to do some undercover work in seedy speakeasies in Monterey and a protected cove where smugglers come ashore by moonlight. At the same time Nora investigates the 18 year-old murder of one of Carmel’s “Bohemians” and the disappearance of the prime suspect. Spoiler alert: There’s a surprise ending. This book in the series is enjoyable particularly for its historical references. Gualtieri is a member of Carmel’s Historic Resources Board and has also served as the State Historic Preservation Officer, so the book is well-researched. I wasn’t as thrilled with Gualtieri’s use of dialogue to give background, as sometimes it was distracting. There’s less of Nora Flanagan’s personal life written into this, the fourth book in the series, but readers who have followed the series may be able to sense a crisis coming, perhaps in book five. I look forward to it. Katheryn Gualtieri will give a book talk at Bookworks, 667 Lighthouse Ave. in Pacific Grove, where you can pick up the book. It will also doubtless be available at the Asilomar state park gift shop. The book talk will take place on Thursday, April 30 at 5:30 p.m. There will be an opportunity to ask questions afterward.
Carmel Valley Women’s Club will hear about Human Trafficking
Alternatives to Human Trafficking is the subject of the Carmel Valley Women’s Club’s May 6 luncheon, featuring award winning guest speaker, Carmel Jud, Founder and Director of Rising International. The luncheon will be at Rio Grill, 101 Crossroads Blvd, Carmel, at 11:30 a.m. Reserve by calling 831-659-0934 or at carmelvalleywomensclub.org. $35 per guest. Human trafficking is the fastest growing criminal industry in the world. Carmel Jud will share her knowledge about trafficking right here in our own backyard, and will teach us to identify suspicious behavior and what to do about it. She will speak on the problems of universal poverty and discrimination among society’s most vulnerable population — women. Rising International addresses education and social reforms, includes bold plans to eradicate female trafficking, and offers opportunities to impoverished women in third world countries to become wage earners in their own communities, and by association, become people of value. Introducing women’s hand-made crafts into mainstream America and countries around the world to be sold at market value brings solutions to some of the poorest places on earth, and provides a marketplace and audience for women who would not have this access otherwise. Carmel Jud will have a display of hand-created items from these women for guests to admire. All are invited to reserve their place for the Carmel Valley Women’s monthly luncheons and presentations.
Environmental Chemicals: Talk Set
Dr. Joanne Perron, MD, MPH, will present a lecture, “Environmental Chemicals and Your Health” on Wednesday, May 20, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m., in the Monterey Public Library Community Room. In this lecture Dr. Perron will discuss how exposure occurs through the food system, health problems associated with environmental chemicals and ways to reduce exposure to them. With over 20 year’s clinical experience in obstetrics and gynecology, Dr. Perron currently specializes in occupational and environmental medicine. This event is part of “The Next Chapter: Designing Your Ideal Life” lecture series sponsored by the Friends of the Library and the Monterey Public Library Endowment Committee. Adults are invited to attend. Admission is free, and reservations are required. Call (831) 646-5632 or email thongchu@monterey.org. The Monterey Public Library is located at 625 Pacific Street, Monterey.
Leaf Blower Ruckus
A number of complaints about gas leaf blowers have come to our attention. Thank you, Jane Flury, for researching the letter, dated February 5, 2005, from then-police chief Carl Miller to leaf blower owners or users The letter points out that Pacific Grove Municipal Code prohibits leaf blowers that produce noise higher than 56 dBA at 50 feet, and that no gas blower is capable of producing such low levels. Ergo, gas blowers are illegal. Electric blowers that can meet the requirement of 62 dBA are allowable. You may download the pdf of the letter from our website as ammunition if you are being harassed by loud leaf blowers. Or call the police.
PMORATORIUM From Page 1
moratorium was the possibility of a large thrift store moving into a sizable, newly-vacated space downtown. The prospective tenant was even willing to pay a year's rent in advance. There are now two such spaces coming up in the next few months. A similar tactic was taken when, a few years ago, a private citizen wanted to open a marijuana dispensary and City Hall realized they didn't have a firm foot on which to stand to deny the application. A moratorium was requested and granted and in the interregnum an ordinance was drafted and passed which put marijuana dispensaries on the no-go list. Back then, the vote was not unanimous, however.
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Shelby Birch Cop Log 4/10/15 – 4/17/15 Burglar Doin’ His Thing Burglar was located and arrested near Fountain Ave. Hit and Run, Hit and Went Non injury hit and run was investigated by police near Lighthouse Ave. Vehicle Taken Into Custody Car towed near Lighthouse Ave. and taken to car jail after it was parked illegally. DUI on Sunset Driver was stopped and evaluated on Sunset Ave. Driver was more than a little tipsy and therefore given a free trip downtown. Car Vandalized Car was vandalized on Gate St. Cell Phone Runs Away Ocean Avenue was the perfect place for an escape. Cell phone takes advantage and slips away. And The Winner… Box Truck A delivery box truck picked a fight with a fire hydrant on Lighthouse Ave. The fire hydrant was roughed up repairs are being made. Lost Child Becomes Found Child Good Samaritans brought an eight-year-old girl who had been separated from her parents to the police. Mother arrived there a short time later and the family was reunited. Thieves Strike the Festivities Jewelry was reported missing from the table of one of the vendors at our annual celebration. Minor Drinking is a Major Deal A minor was found to be in possession of alcohol on Lighthouse Ave. Just shy of 21 is still too young. Bad Parking Leads to Angry Neighbors Family renting a vacation home parks on sand dunes and plants. Neighbors more than a little irked. Still Not Legal Police seized a large amount of suspected marijuana on Arkwright Court. Suspect was cited and released. Absent Minded Parker Police arrived at Congress Ave. to help locate a missing car. After a short search, the car was found safe and sound. Backpacking On It Own? A backpack was found to be exploring PG on its own. The owner was called to share in the adventure. Both walked of into the sunset together. Suspicious Suspect Suspected A nurse and a resident on David Ave reported seeing someone trying to open the window of a room but never gaining access. Suspect not located but the search continues. A Rash of DUIs Officers responded to an accident where the driver was found to be over the limit. Arrested and taken downtown. Another Lost Phone Not so smart phone got lost at Good Old Days. Owner still looking. Doggy Birdman Officer located a dog running around the neighborhood. He tailed the dog home. With nobody home to secure the escape artist, Dogdinni was taken for a short visit to the pound. Owner arrived and posted bail, got a citation, and liberated the little jail breaker. Social Security Number Used A citizen reported that their social security number had been used to file a fraudulent tax claim. Dog Found and Unclaimed A large Golden Retriever was found on Evergreen Rd. No tags and owner unknown. Plates Stolen The license plated were stolen off of a car on Carmel Ave.
Denim Day: Show Your Support
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). The goal of SAAM is to raise public awareness about sexual violence and to educate the community about how to prevent it. During SAAM, the Monterey Rape Crisis Center will host Denim Day on Wednesday, April 29. Denim Day is a global response to a 1999 Italian Supreme Court decision to overturn a rape conviction because the victim was wearing jeans. Wearing jeans on this day is a symbol of resistance against counter-productive and harmful attitudes regarding sexual violence. The following agencies have confirmed their participation for Denim Day 2015: Gonzales PD, Soledad PD, CSUMB PD, and Pacific Grove PD. These police departments will show their support by allowing their officers to wear jean bracelets to work, as a symbol of denim. Rabobank in Monterey as well as Salinas PD will be participating by allowing their staff and officers to wear jeans to work. We ask that you support this event by wearing jeans to work on Wednesday April 29. If you have any questions in regard to Denim Day, please feel free to call our office at 831-771-0411.
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Book Talk for Lazy Losers
Monterey Public Library presents a book talk by Marie Bean on Tuesday, April 28, 6:30 - 7:45 p.m. in the Library Community Room. Marie Bean, from Down Under, will be talking about her new book Lazy Loser, a book to help people concerned about their health and weight. She is also the author of Lazy Runner. She has been a runner for 25 years and has coached runners for the past seven years. All ages are welcome and admission is free. No reservations are required. The Monterey Public Library is located at 625 Pacific Street, Monterey. For more information contact Victor Henry at 831-646-2091, or e-mail henry@monterey.org or visit www.monterey.org/library.
Jon Guthrie’s High Hats & Parasols
100 Years Ago in Pacific Grove Main lines Volcano erupts!
California’s Lassen Peak, also known as Mount Lassen, a volcanic mountain, has erupted, devastating the surrounding country and spreading ash for as much as 200 miles away.1 Located in the Shasta Cascade region of northern California, Lassen rises 2,000 feet above the nearby terrain. It was formerly the brother mountain to the volcano Tehama, which was blown away during an earlier eruption. Lassen is part of the Cascade Volcanic Arc which reaches from British Columbia to Northern California. Lassen is the tallest of the volcanoes which have recently erupted.2
Poem Written
St. Anselm’s Anglican Church Meets at 375 Lighthouse Ave. Sundays at 9:30 a.m. Fr. Michael Bowhay 831-920-1620 Bethlehem Lutheran Church Pastor Bart Rall 800 Cass St., Monterey (831) 373-1523 Forest Hill United Methodist Church 551 Gibson Ave., Services 9 AM Sundays Rev. Richard Bowman, 831-372-7956 Pacific Coast Church 522 Central Avenue, 831-372-1942 Peninsula Christian Center 520 Pine Avenue, 831-373-0431 First Baptist Church of Pacific Grove 246 Laurel Avenue, 831-373-0741 St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church Central Avenue & 12 tsp.h Street, 831-373-4441 Community Baptist Church Monterey & Pine Avenues, 831-375-4311 Peninsula Baptist Church 1116 Funston Avenue, 831-394-5712 St. Angela Merici Catholic Church
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A doctor involved in providing medical care to injured combatants in the European confrontation, John McCrae was mortified at the death of Lieutenant Alex Helmer. Helmer, a close friend of McCrae’s, had been killed during the Second Battle of Ypres. After the military funeral for Helmer, McCrae set out to honor his deceased friend by writing a poem. McCrae says the poem was written while he waiting—seated in an ambulance—for the arrival of more casualties of the war. The poem was then picked up by a literary companion, who sent it on to British and Canadian interests. These then shared with United States concerns by wire.3 The name of the poem is In Flanders Field. Although space precludes printing the entire poem herein, a snippet is hereby presented. To wit: We are the Dead! / Short days ago / we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow / loved and were loved / and now we lie in Flanders Field!
New king crowned
Portugal has a new king! After a continuation of disruptions, Portugal has named Teófilo Braga as its king. Braga—a poet rather than politician—is a man of tenacity and combative nature. Braga is known to have been disciplined during his time at his secondary school in Ponta Delgada (where his father was teaching) for making disparaging remarks directed at his teacher. At the end of secondary school, Teófilo had hoped for improving future prospects. Teófilo even informed his father of his intention to travel to the United States for a professional career (probably as a typographer). But his father suggested expanding his studies at the University of Coimbra. Therefore, Teófilo Braga, student, arrived in Coimbra in April 1861, with hopes of achieving a doctorate in Theology or Law. His first lodging would be at the home of Filipe de Quental, a paternal uncle of the author Antero de Quental. There, Teófilo began writing poetry. It is hoped that the presence of an intellect will strengthen Portugal’s affairs.
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Author’s notes …
1 Lassen was followed by the 1980 explosion of Mount Saint Helen’s, a major eruption that killed more than 50 people. 2 Mini-eruptions of Lassen had begun in 1914, nearly a year earlier. 3 The poem In Flanders Field would later be printed by the Review in its entirety. In 1918, John Phillip Sousa would write the music to accompany the poem.
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Programs at the PG Library
For more information call 648-5760 Wednesday, May 6 • 11:00 AM Pre-School stories at the Pacific Grove Library, ages 2-5. Wednesday, May 6 • 3:45 PM “Wacky Wednesday” after-school program: stories, science and crafts for all ages. Thursday, May 7 • 11:00 AM Stories for Babies and Toddlers at the Pacific Grove Library, ages birth-2. Thursday, May 7 • 3:00 PM “Tales to Tails”: Children can read out loud to certified therapy dogs in the children’s area of the Pacific Grove Library. For more information call 648-5760. Wednesday, May 13 • 11:00 am Stories and songs with MaryLee at the Pacific Grove Public Library, ages 2-5 Wednesday, May 13 • 3:45 pm “Wacky Wednesday” after-school program presents What If? Stories, science and crafts for all ages. Thursday, May 141 • 1:00 am Baby Time: Stories, songs and rhymes for babies from birth-24 months. Thursday, May 14 • 3:00 pm “Tales to Tails”: Children can read out loud to certified therapy dogs in the children’s area of the Pacific Grove Library For more information call 648-5760.
Rotary Will Hear About Hawaii
The Pacific Grove Rotary Club which meets at noon on Tuesdays at The Inn Spanish Bay, 2700 17 Mile Drive in Pebble Beach, will have as speakers on April 28, Karen and Jim Calandra, speaking on “Life in Hawaii.” Lunch is $20 and reservations may be made by calling Jane Roland at 649-0657.
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Pacific Grove Native Key Player in Panetta Lecture By Mike Clancy and Katie Shain Pacific Grove native and York School graduate, Ben Jealous, was a major force in the second lecture in the 2015 Leon Panetta Lecture Series, which took place Monday evening April 20 at the Monterey Convention Center with a focus on race relations. Jealous is a Rhodes scholar with a very impressive list of accomplishments, including service as the youngest ever president of the NAACP. Noting that he got his start in politics serving as a Page to Congressman Panetta, Jealous was quick to point out how pleased he was to be visiting the Monterey Peninsula again and participating in the event. The other two panelists were Ray Kelly, former Commissioner of the New York City Police Department; and Ken Salazar, former Attorney General for Colorado, U.S. Senator, and U.S. Secretary of the Interior. As usual, former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta moderated the panel discussion. Panetta Institute Co-Director Sylvia Panetta introduced the topic and the speakers, and asked whether we are making progress on race relations or regressing. She quoted some of Dr. Martin Luther King’s thoughts on leadership, and asked when we will again see the kind of leadership Dr. King demanded. In his opening remarks, Secretary Panetta noted that equal protection under the law is a fundamental part of our constitution, and that we are also a nation of laws that must be enforced. He reminded us that we are a land of immigrants and that our diversity is a strength, though it can become a weakness if we allow discrimination. Panetta acknowledged that progress has been made on race relations since the 1960s, noting our first black President and first black Attorney General, but deplored the numerous cases of unarmed black men dying at the hands of white police officers that have come into the national consciousness. He singled out the recent North Charleston case, captured so graphically on cellphone video, and asserted that it and other similar imagery have shaken confidence in the state of race relations in our country. Jealous spoke powerfully and eloquently of several cases where black men, and even black children, were wrongfully killed by white police officers, and asserted that “…you don’t see this happening to
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white men.” He further claimed “…bad police officers have lied for centuries in our country, but now they are being caught on video” and Salazar agreed. Jealous praised the New York City standards for police training and said that these standards should be implemented nationwide. Kelly said that there was lots of introspection going on in police departments around the country, but that there are no easy answers. He asserted that police today are better trained, better educated and more diverse than ever before, but that more needs to be done, particularly in the area of diversity. All of the panelists agreed that having the racial makeup of police departments reflect the communities they serve is very important, but Kelly said that this is often difficult and expensive to achieve. Kelly also called for psychological testing of police officers and the universal use of police body cameras. He felt that the police officer in the North Charleston case would have been deterred if he had been wearing a body cam. Panetta asked about the “stop-andfrisk” law in New York City, which was found by the courts to be unconstitutional. Kelly supported stop-and-frisk while Jealous strongly opposed it and called it a form of racial profiling. Jealous stated that about 90 percent stopped under this law were people of color and that about 90 percent of them were found to be innocent. He considered stop-and-frisk to be a massive distraction for police officers that failed to help keep the populace safe. When asked about the 2013 Supreme Court decision that effectively struck down the heart of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, allowing nine states, mostly in the South, to change their election laws without advance federal approval, Jealous saw this as an attack on the hard-fought gains of the civil rights era. He said that the Voting Rights Act made possible the election of many black officials, all the way up to the President of the United States. He further noted that in about 30 years we will no longer be a nation of a white majority and several minorities. Instead, no single racial or ethnic group will comprise more than 50 percent of the population. He asserted that this will be a good thing, but noted that many in the current majority, particularly in the South, are very worried about this demographic trend. Salazar concurred. As the discussion turned to the is-
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Panelists for the April 20 Panetta Lecture Series event on race relations. Leftto-right: Pacific Grove native and former President of the NAACP, Ben Jealous; former Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar; former Commissioner of the New York City Police Department, Ray Kelly; former Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta. Photo by Katie Shain.
sue of immigration, Salazar predicted that comprehensive immigration reform would happen, but not until after the 2016 presidential election. He claimed that resistance to immigration reform is rooted in racism, and noted the strong anti-immigrant leanings in Texas and Arizona. He stressed that immigration is a national issue and that it would be wrong for states, rather than the federal government, to have control over it. In wrapping up, Secretary Panetta said that these are fundamental issues that go to the very heart and soul or our country.
Reflecting back on his time as Secretary of Defense, he remembered seeing men and women of all different colors wearing the uniform and willing to fight and die for our country. We need to solve these problems for them, he said. The Leon Panetta Lecture Series will continue on Monday May 11 with another distinguished panel taking on a topic that is important to everyone: the economy. For more information, visit http://www.panettainstitute.org/programs/lecture-series/ or call 831-582-4200.
California State University Monterey Bay 2015 President’s Speaker Series
David Helvarg The Golden Shore – California, the Pacific and the Future of Our Coast and Ocean DaviD Helvarg is an author and Executive Director of Blue Frontier Campaign. In addition to his books, David is editor of the Ocean and Coastal Conservation Guide, organizer of the Peter Benchley Ocean Awards and Blue Vision Summits for ocean activists. He is the winner of Coastal Living Magazine’s 2005 Leadership Award and the 2007 Herman Melville Literary Award. Helvarg worked as a war correspondent in Northern Ireland and Central America, covered a range of issues from military science to the AIDS epidemic, and reported from every continent including Antarctica. An award-winning journalist, he has produced more than 40 documentaries for PBS, The Discovery Channel and others. His print work has appeared in publications including The New York Times, Smithsonian, Popular Science, and Sierra. David is a licensed Private Investigator, body-surfer and scuba diver.
April 27, 2015, 3:30 p.m. Free, World Theater.
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Gyrokinesis® Method Now Taught at Pacific Grove Adult Ed By Lance Wright
Gyrokinesis trainer.
Could you tell me what Gyrokinesis exercise is? Sure. It is one of the exercise classes offered by the Pacific Grove Adult School as part of their Active Older Adult fitness program. There are three sessions to choose from: Tuesday/ Thursday from 10:00-10:50 at the PG Adult School multipurpose room, Tuesday/Thursday from 4:30-5:20 at the PG Adult School multipurpose room, and Saturdays from 10:00-10:50 at the PG High School Dance Studio. You can call the PG Adult School at 831-646-6580 or see their brochure on their website: www.pgusd.org
Thanks for the history lesson, but you still haven’t told me what Gyrokinesis exercise is. You sit on a chair and do a lot of movements with your torso that move your spine in different directions, so it is pretty easy to do. Your arms move as well, but the torso movements are the most important as you stretch and expand in a dynamic way. And you are supposed to breath (inhale/exhale) in a way that compliments the movements. Then you sit on a mat on the floor and do more stuff. It’s a little complicated in the beginning, but you eventually learn the routine. After the first sessions, you feel energized and tranquil at the same time. And you have to adjust the rearview mirror in your car because you sit taller. I feel like I am restoring my fluidity and range of motion as well as improving my posture.
I didn’t want to know where it is, but what it is. Sorry. It is an exercise discipline that was invented by Juliu Horvath. He was a dancer who got injured and went to an island in the Caribbean and thought about how to fix his situation. I think he spend a lot of time watching ocean waves and cats. There is a lot of wavy stuff in Gyrokinesis exercise. He invented the Gyrotonic Expansion System®, which he originally called “Yoga for Dancers.” So now lots of people do the Gyrokinesis exercises with certified instructors. The instructor for the PG Adult School, Sherri Beck, is a certified
Your explanation is a little confusing to me. What do the other participants think about Gyrokinesis exercise? Here are some of the thoughts some of the people taking Sherri’s Gyrokinesis classes have shared with me: “After attending a class, I felt physically and mentally relaxed as if I had just gone to a retreat.” “I like it because during much of
MS Walk set for April 26 On April 26, 2015, the MS Walk will be held at Lover’s Point Park in Pacific Grove. Event registration opens at 8:00 a.m., and the walk starts at 9:00 a.m. The MS society mobilizes people and resources to drive research for a cure and to address the challenges of everyone affected by MS. To fulfill this mission, the Society funds cutting-edge research, drives change through advocacy, facilitates professional education, collaborates with MS organizations around the world, and provides programs and services designed to help people with MS and their families move their lives forward. To move us closer to creating a world free of MS, last year alone, the Society invested nearly $50 million to support more than 380 new and ongoing research projects around the world while providing program services to over one million people. Join the movement at www.nationalmssociety.org or for further information on the upcoming walk in Monterey, please call (415) 230-6678. The Monterey Firefighters Association will volunteer as standby Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT) during the walk.
Hootenanny Honors Hall of Fame Stars
The Hootenanny’s bi-monthly community singalong and open jam will be honoring the newest Music Hall of Fame stars and songs including Joan Baez, Bill Withers, and Tennessee Ernie Ford at Hootenanny CVI, Saturday, May 9, at Pacific Grove Art Center, 568 Lighthouse Ave. 7-9:30 p.m. This event is free with songbooks with words and chords provided. For information contact Vic Selby, 375-6141 or vselby@ sbcglobal.net.
the class you sit on a chair and move different parts of your body in rhythmic and circular motions. It strengthens your core area, increases flexibility, and helps you concentrate on breathing and proper posture. It feels like a group of friends enjoying dancing-like movement together and is easy to follow.” I had never heard of Gyrokinesis exercise, so I Googled it and viewed some YouTube videos. Sitting in a chair while exercising meant that my ankle wouldn’t be overstressed, so Gyrokinesis exercise looked like a perfect fit. Don’t be fooled by the videos that make Gyrokinesis exercise look easy. Done properly, the Gyrokinesis method can be quite a workout. It works your body from the bottom to top of the spine and the internal organs, head, arms, legs, and feet. Sherri Beck is our excellent instructor, and she has a pleasant voice; this is important to me because she gives us instructions about the steps in the series, the pace, and the breathing. When I first started, I could not do all of the exercises, but Sherri assured us that there was no judgment. If we couldn’t do a movement or had to modify it, it was all good. We were told to follow her movements to our best abilities. Because this class has more than met my expectations and I have become stronger and more flexible, I keep signing up for it.” Benefits: greater flexibility and balance, internal and external body parts exercised, attention to the spine through stretching and alternating “arch and curl” exercises, lengthening of the body through exercises which create space, and it is non-competitive. Sherri is a seasoned teacher with expert knowledge
of the body and a rich background of personal experience. Her techniques are very motivational. She gives lots of personal attention and inspires confidence in her students.” “…the rhythmical movements of Gyrokinesis exercise transform a heightened sense of energy to feelings of inner and outer awareness…I also perceive an interconnectedness with the others in the class…what I can describe as being tribal in nature…Do I recommend this class? Absolutely!! It's truly unlike anything I've experienced ….Cheers to a wonderful instructor, Sherri Beck, who is not only a delightful person...she is highly skilled and very much appreciated!! …I say, ‘thumbs up!’ I think I will just visit one of the classes and find out for myself. What should I wear? That’s a good idea. There is no fee to visit a class one time and the session fee is very reasonable for the 10-week session. Just wear comfortable clothes, but make sure that your socks are fresh and don’t have holes in them since you have to take your shoes off. Gyrotonic ®, Gyrotonic expansion System® and Gyrokenisis® are registered trademarks of Gyrotonic Sales Corp and are used with their permission. Lance Wright is retired. He began taking exercise classes at Pacific Grove Adult Ed and has become one of their strongest advocates.
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Active Upcoming Gentrain Programs
The Gentrain Society of Monterey Peninsula College is sponsoring these upcoming free lectures: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 Gentrain Society Lecture: The State of Monterey Print Media Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Free; MPC Parking $2.00 Information: www.gentrain.org ; conductor@gentrain.org Royal Calkins, former Editor of the Monterey Herald paper and current operator of the website “Monterey Partisan,” will discuss the state of local print media. The Herald was once the dominant local news provider, but lately others have made strides towards claiming that distinction. How does this affect news coverage? community affairs in general? The Herald may soon be under new ownership; Calkins will analyze the implications of this and other media changes. Wednesday, May 20, 2015 Gentrain Society Lecture: Wee Folk: Legends of the Little People Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Free; MPC Parking $2.00 Information: www.gentrain.org ; conductor@gentrain.org Legends of “Wee Folk” appear in cultures around the globe, describing small beings that may be generous, mischievous, or even sinister. Whether they come from “out of the woods” or “up the mountain” or elsewhere, the Little People continue to capture our imaginations. MPC Professor Laura Courtney Headley will explore their roles in folk legends, and their importance in our cultural history.
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What Does Your Signature Say About You?
The May Gathering of Sea Scribes Calligraphy Guild of Monterey Bay will take place on May 7, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. in the Park Lane Residence, 200 Glenwood Circle, Monterey, in Level A, Art Room. the meeting is free and open to the public. We meet monthly, the first Thursday of each month. May Program is: What Our Signatures Say About Us, presented by Linda Larson, Certified Graphologist and Vice President of The American Handwriting Analysis Foundation. Graphology is the study of personality as it is shown in handwriting. The practice of Graphology is known and used commonly in Europe, Asia, and South America. Whether cursive, print-script, or printing is involved, writing reveals a lot about each of us. Looking at a reasonable sample of handwriting can reveal information, such as: intelligence, style of thinking, self-esteem, and how one relates to others. Linda Larson has been a Certified Graphologist for the past 38 years. In 2014, she worked at the TED Talks in Vancouver, BC. On May 7, she will present a fascinating program for Sea Scribes. Linda will show handwriting samples of various well-known personalities. She will also be happy to look at the handwriting of any Sea Scribes member at this presentation who would like to find out some interesting information that their writing represents. Join us for this unique program. All you will need to bring is your pen, if you would like Linda to take a peek at your writing. Otherwise, come and learn about Graphology from an expert.
Low Vision Care and Assistive Technology Day
Is macular degeneration or a retinal disease affecting your life? Discover how healthy eyelids equal healthy eyes. Learn about low vision and how it can impact your independence and ability to read. Make the most of your remaining vision with hands-on demonstration with daily living aids, video magnification and speech technology. Vision Care and Assistive Technology Day, a free community event will be held Saturday, May 2 from 10:30 am. to 3:30 p.m. at Sally Griffin Senior Center, 700 Jewell Ave. in Pacific Grove. Guest Speakers will be: 11 a.m. – Carlo “Rob” Bernardino MD, FACS; 1:30 pm. Reza Iranmanesh MD. A complimentary box lunch will be served with reservation and registration, RSVP 649-3505. There will also be door prizes and exhibitions.
Salinas Californian political columnist to speak at 55+ luncheon
Salinas Californian columnist Jeff Mitchell will be guest speaker at Wednesday’s (May 13) meeting of the Double Nickels & Up Lunch Club at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church in Corral de Tierra. Mitchell’s column, “Under the Dome,” reports on local government and politics. A catered lunch will be served at noon in the church parish hall, 301 Corral de Tierra Road, followed by the program at 12:15 p.m. “Double Nickel Plus” is a regularly-scheduled activity for those 55 and older. Suggested donation is $5 but not required. For information call 484-2153 or visit goodshepherdcorral.org.
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• April 24, 2015
Welcome to the Steve and Nancy Hauk Gallery By Dixie Layne
It was a cool spring evening in Pacific Grove; a soft breeze rustled through the trees and made the flowers dance. Guests began to arrive at the Library minutes before the appointed hour. They seemed to just keep coming. Steve Hauk was inside welcoming everyone to the opening of the exhibit “Loving Watercolor, Paintings by Nancy Hauk.’’ The evening’s cool evening breeze had not made it inside the library’s glass entry doors. It was warm inside, like someone had given everyone a big hug – holding them close. Nearly 300 guests were in attendance when Nancy Hauk, who is fighting a neurological disease, arrived. Family and friends were “dressed as if the Queen would be in attendance,” commented one long time friend of the Hauks. In this casual seaside town, nary a pair of jeans were seen that night, at least on the ladies. Nancy, in a wheelchair, was accompanied into the library by her caregiver, Yolanda Campos, sister Polly Burtch and her partner Larry Gibbons, both of Missouri, Nancy’s native state. Her daughter Anne Hauk, husband Tom O’Connell and their two sons, Wyatt and Henry, waited for her in the crowd. Daughter Amy, her husband Scott and their son Victor were unable to make the trip from Ohio for the event. Steve made his way to Nancy’s side, just as he has done ever since they met in junior high school. He escorted her into the library. The sea of people awaiting her arrival parted and applauded, bringing a smile to Nancy’s face and a sparkle to her beautiful green eyes. She softly applauded her thanks to everyone. Susan Steele, president of Friends of the Library, welcomed Nancy and her admirers, then turned the formal announcement duties over to Mayor Bill Kampe. He announced the library’s new gallery is going to undergo a substantial restoration and remodel this summer and will reopen as The Steve and Nancy Hauk Gallery, an idea born of one of the Hauks’ dear friends and supplemented by donations from the same anonymous donor(s). Steve, visibly moved, stood silently taking it all in. Then regaining his composure, he promised his and Nancy’s continued support of the library. Oh, and by the way – he let everyone know that 100 percent of the proceeds form the giclée prints of Nancy’s work sold at the library would go to the library’s restoration fund. The wine flowed, the hors d’oeuvres were passed, pianist Bob Phillips played, Nancy’s art was admired, and personal Nancy-and-Steve stories recounted. We all basked in the evening’s glow – 300 friends, not a stranger in the crowd. It was magical. “Loving Watercolor, Paintings by Nancy Hauk’’ will hang through May 30. Donations to the library’s restoration project are welcome and can be made via The Friends of the Library, a 501(c)(3) organization. A ribbon cutting to officially open The Steve and Nancy Hauk Gallery is planned for this summer.
Nancy and Steve and their guests hear about the library’s gallery dedication. Photo by John McCleary
Nancy and Steve visit with Dr. Soe Aung. Nancy worked with him at CTB/McGraw Hill. Hauk friend Carolyn McConnell is behind them. Photo by Julianne
“A gallery in a library is a wonderful idea. I know some libraries have already done it, but it’s early enough Pacific Grove could help pioneer the concept. There are endless educational possibilities. Museums often tie literature in with the art they are exhibiting, there is no reason you can’t reverse it and tie art in with literature. “Think of some of the exhibits you could do that have strong connections with Pacific Grove and the coast – John Steinbeck, Ed Ricketts and marine biology, Gary Kildall and his creation of the software that opened the way to the popularity of the personal computer, E. Charlton Fortune and her powerful Impressionistic art, all of these had, at least in part, their roots in Pacific Grove … Illusration art for children’s books, all sorts of possibilities for exhibits that would appeal to kids, nature exhibitis of sea otters, gray whales … And of course art for art’s sake, painting, photography, children’s art, whatever … just a few of many more possibilities. “And a great thing about a gallery in a library is the traffic you will get. Libraries are almost always busy, much more, generally, than museums, so exhibits will be seen by a lot more people than they might in another venue. “Nancy and I are honored to have our names associated with the gallery, and are so appreciative of the family, friends and public who supported and came to the opening, the amazing work of the talented and dedicated library staff, and the support of the press. The exhibit is extremely fortunate to have the talents of curator Julianne Burton-Carvajal and installation artist Jewel Gentry. Couldn’t have been better.” - Steve Hauk
Dixie Layne and Carolyn Schenk both of Pacific Grove share “Nancy stories” with her French teacher Judy Doby. Photo by Polly Burtch.
Bob Phillips provided lovely music on a synthesizer for the event. Photo by Bill Kampe
Susan Miller of Carmel raises her glass to toast Nancy and Steve Hauk and their enduring love story of over 50 years. Photo by Dixie Layne
Anne Hauk joins her parents for a moment of rest from a wonderful evening. Photo by Dixie Layne
Nancy with her daughter Anne Hauk and grandsons Henry and Wyatt. Photo by Polly Burtch
Mayor Bill Kampe addresses the crowd to announce the naming of the library’s new gallery – The Steve and Nancy Hauk Gallery. Photo by Dixie Layne
Placing orders with Victor Agee are Emily Anne Santos of Mountain House, Paulynn Dorotheo of Fremont and John Cleary of Pacific Grove. Photo by
April 24, 2015 • CEDAR STREET
Anita Starr: A Century of Kindness By Al Saxe
If God ever stops to admire his work, Anita Starr would certainly merit one of those heavenly pauses. Now in her 100th year she still has the glow, the joy, and the enthusiasm of her youth. Amazingly the whack-a-mole of life has not curbed her indomitable spirit and her glass of life is still full! Anita Starr was born to a French mother and an English father. She has lived in Minnesota, New Zealand, New York City, Florida, Hollywood, and Pacific Grove. Throughout her life Anita was forced to navigate rough waters. She lost her mother when she was a baby, was sent to live with her grandmother in New Zealand, had to deal with the absences of her father who worked as a diplomat in Cairo, suffered the coolness shown her by a stepmother, and relationships that went awry. These bumps in the road were always met with Anita’s lifelong belief that one should be grateful for each day and to always let go of selfish thoughts and negative feelings. Thanks to her grandmother Anita was provided with good tutors and dance lessons. Her love of dancing would provide Anita comfort in difficult times and strengthen her belief in the love and joy of life. Wherever Anita lived a trip to a dance floor was first on her list. Many of Anita’s younger friends would smile when recounting Anita’s nonstop energy which always allowed her to be the last one off the floor. She was the Energizer Bunny of the dance crowd. Anita Starr excelled in whatever enterprise she attempted. She won many awards for her secretarial and stenographer Anita and Coco skills. Skills so proficient that they would lead to positions serving as secretary for vice presidents long friendships with actor, writer, composer and movie of a Swiss Company in New York City, executive assistant producer Jack Larson, and Director James Bridges. She at two Hollywood movie studios, executive assistant for also enjoyed acquaintances with Clark Gable, Walt Dis15 years to Tom Oliver of the Pebble Beach Company, ney, Joey Brown, Gene Kelly, James Dean, Jack Kelly, and manager of the Wharf Theatre and Opera house on Charles Colburn and other Hollywood notables. Anita’s 10 years of living in Hollywood’s fast lane would end after Monterey’s Cannery Row. Anita’s whirlwind decade in Hollywood led to life- accepting a weekend invitation from Carmel Highlands Inn Owner Jack Ramsey and his wife. Needless to say Anita became smitten with the area and especially so with Pacific Grove and the rest is history. Anita Starr had finally found her true home. Although Anita’s fame was widely known, it was her hostess position at the Fishwife Restaurant in Pacific Grove that made her well known locally. Once again Anita gave her best and was awarded twice as the best Hostess in Monterey County. She treated each diner at the restaurant as family and insured each patron was given a hug before and after dinner. Her fame led to visitors from out of town The Housing Authority of the County of Monestablishing lifelong friendships with her. Many of us terey wil1 be sponsoring a Rental Housing Summit often wondered whether Anita or the monarchs brought at Corral de Tierra Country Club from 5:30 p.m. to the most tourists to Pacific Grove! 7 p.m. on April 29, 2015 and is inviting local landAt 96 Anita retired from the Fishwife Restaurant. She lords, property management companies and apartment now delights in spending time with her beloved poodle managers in the hope of convincing them to rent a unit Coco, a dog so loved by Anita that a separation of minor home to a Housing Choice Voucher holder. Rental utes from Anita has Coco running to press the emergency housing availability and housing costs in the county button to the SPCA! Anita Starr continues to enrich the are infamously out of sync with income levels and for lives of all of us. She is not only a heavenly treasure but the working poor, veterans, elderly and disabled of our also a community one. Yes, God, You did well. county the problem is reaching proportions that are at
Rental Housing Summit in Salinas: Inviting Prospective Landlords
crisis level. “Many applicants on the rental housing waiting list have waited as long as seven years to receive their voucher to be assisted. Sadly, with the lack of affordable rental units, these same applicants are being forced to relinquish their long awaited voucher due to its expiration and must once again face the prospect of re-applying to the program resulting in another long wait,” said Joni Ruelaz, Housing Programs Manager for the Housing Authority. In 2014, an online financial database called WalletHub, stated that Salinas ranked 298th out of 300 cities nationwide for housing affordability. This is how grave the rental housing market has become in our local cities. Summit organizers have secured elected officials like City Councilman, Steve McShane and Monterey County Board of Supervisor, Simon Salinas, as speakers for this event. They will be addressing the issue of rental housing throughout the county. Also, on hand to provide information to attendees will be AMBAG with the Energy Watch Program and Central Coast Energy Services promoting the Water Assistance Program specifically for low income Monterey County residents. Prospective landlords, property management companies and apartment managers wishing to attend are encouraged to RSVP at leasingdept@hamonterey.org or call (831) 775-5040.
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“The 40th Anniversary of the Fall of Saigon: Disputed Memory”
Noted author, Professor David Anderson, Senior Lecturer of National Security Affairs at NPGS, and Professor of History Emeritus at CSUMB, will reflect on the disputed memories between Americans and Vietnamese, on the end of the Viet Nam War. For many Americans, the end of the War was 40 years ago in a painful memory of failure to sustain an ally of 20 years. For many Vietnamese, the memory is of a heroic victory of national revolution. Meeting date is Friday, April 24, 2015, at 11:30 a.m. at Rancho Canada Golf Club, Carmel Valley Road. Auditors (lecture only) free at 12:50 p.m. Luncheon $25 for members and $35 for non-members. MC/VISA ($2 extra) or Check; Vegetarian meal optional. RSVP (831) 643-1855. Wacmb.org
Ceiba Public Schools hosts “eARTh Matters! Sculpture Exhibit”
Watsonville’s Ceiba Public School will present “eARTh Matters! Sculpture Exhibit” in the school auditorium from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 pm. This event not only showcases Ceiba’s student artists and their work but also highlights Ceiba’s commitment to the greater Watsonville area. It is free and open to the public. Art teacher Ms. Collette Sanchez describes the student project: “For the past couple of months, in anticipation for Earth Day, students from grades 10-11 have been collecting plastic bottles, single-use plastics, like straws and lids, and other materials that would otherwise go to our landfill and oceans. So far Ceiba high school scholars have collected over 1,500 pieces of plastic to transform into earth appreciation sculptures. The amount of trash and recyclables they have brought in is incredible and their ability to transform these materials into art is truly inspirational.” Tenth grade Ceiba Scholar David Hernandez explains, “The beach is my second home and…I really don’t like that it’s so dirty… My friends and I learned in art class about the environment and ways to protect it, so we have been doing our own beach cleanups after school and on the weekends so that we can keep it clean and pretty for everyone. If we don’t clean it up, who will?” Select pieces of the collection will be auctioned off along with door and raffle prizes, and a video of the students’ time spent on the beaches will be featured. Donations and sponsorships are being accepted for classroom supplies and professional training. Ceiba Public Schools Foundation exists exclusively for the benefit of, to perform the functions of, and support the purposes of California public charter schools operated by Ceiba Public Schools, a California nonprofit public benefit corporation. For more information about this event, Ceiba Public Schools, or its Foundation, please contact Executive Director Christine McLemore at 831.740.8773 or christine@ceibafoundation.org.
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• April 24, 2015
Beeyond Beelief If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would have only four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man. — Albert Einstein Last week, my friend and neighbor Jan, who also happens to be a Master Gardener, stopped by with a panicked look on her face. She held out a plant tag and asked if I knew something about it. It read, “Braeburn Apple,” and I said, “Yes, I espalier apple trees” —a bit confused because Jan also grows fruit trees in her amazing garden. “No, no, turn it over,” Jan said. There in tiny white type on a green background, it said, “Treated with neonicotinoids. Protected from problematic mealy bugs, white flies, aphids, and beetles.” And even more disturbing: “Approved by the EPA.” That sounded ominous and what exactly does “protected” mean? If this stuff kills those insects, what other bugs are doomed? As it turns out, ladybugs, dragonflies, butterflies, and honeybees. “I’m taking it back before it infects my garden!” and Jan was gone. I’ve heard rumblings about ornamental plants that were treated with pesticides being sold at large chain stores, but since I don’t shop for plants there I conveniently chose to ignore them. After doing some research, I wish I had stayed in my ignorant bubble of bliss. Neonicotinoids Jean-Marc Bonmatin of the National Centre for Scientific Research in France has stated that, “Neonics are 5,000 to 10,000 times more toxic than DDT.” Neonicotinoids, or “neonics” as they are often referred to, are a fairly new class of systemic pesticides. Systemic means they are in every part of a plant, including the fruit. When ingested by insects (including honeybees) through pollen, sap, or nectar, it affects their central nervous system, resulting in paralysis or death. The chemical structure of neonicotinoids is similar to that of nicotine; but neonics are man-made synthetics by international corporate giants like Bayer, Monsanto, and Sygenta. Interestingly, these companies also produce food seeds collectively known as GMOs, which are resistant to the very pesticides they manufacture. The name “neonicotinoid” literally means “new nicotine-like insecticides,” and they are highly water-soluble. This makes large-scale application to the soil convenient for commercial farmers. Not only are neonicotinoids used on ornamental plants, they are widely used on soy, corn, wheat, and other non-organic, edible food crops. Research is showing that neonics may stay in the soil for up to 10 years. There are several chemicals that fall into this neonic category: acetamiprid, clothianidin, dinotefuran, imidacloprid, nitenpyram, thicloprid, and thiamethoxam. Most over-the-counter pesticides are a cocktail mix of several of these ingredients. Sounds like something from a horror novel. Even worse, Advantage® (Bayer) flea control, which I regularly use on my cats, falls into this category, too. While neonics target insects, I can’t help but wonder how they may have affected my pets and, by extension, me. Pollinators Most plants rely on some species of insect to reproduce. These insects (and some mammals), travel from one flower to another in search of food, inadvertently picking up the pollen from one flower and depositing it in another. Plant botany 101. Pollinators include honeybees, bumblebees, wasps, butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds, to name a few. Honeybees and other pollinators are responsible for pollinating an estimated
at Environment Canada and member of the Task Force on Systemic Pesticides. “Instead of wiping out the top of the food chain, killing hawks and eagles as DDT did, neonics are wiping out the bottom.” Neonic pesticides are affecting not only the honeybees, but also the creatures that eat them. Insect-eating birds and bats have also been on the decline in the past 10 years for similar reasons as the honeybees and Monarchs. Earthworms keep the soil healthy. They, too, are being affected by the systemic insecticides being applied to the soil. Runoffs from large and small applications of neonics are appearing in rivers, streams, and even the oceans. World Bans Some countries have banned neonicotinoids. In 1999, France banned an imidacloprid-based product that was used as a seed dressing for sunflowers, but France continues to use pesticides on other crops. Germany banned some neonics but allowed others. Italy and Slovenia have similar policies. In 2013, recognizing a potential catastrophe by the loss of honeybees, the European Commission banned three neonicotinoid insecticides. Much of their decision was based on the extensive report Late Lessons form Early Warnings (No. 1/2013). Except for self-imposed bans by organic farmers, I have yet to find any neonic banned by the EPA. However, earlier this month, Portland, Oregon City Council unanimously passed and ordinance to halt the use and purchase of neonicotinoids on city property! Way to go Portland! This has been a fascinating and yet horrifying column to research. Thank you, Jan, for our chance meeting, but it burst my happy little bubble and now I am beginning to see what is happening in dark world of neonicotinoids.
Dana Goforth
Diggin’ It
Risks of Pesticide Use
Top: Healthy bees -- for now. Below: Tag on a plant at a Monterey Bay area nursery/home improvement box store. 35 percent of the world’s food supply. Many high-value monoculture crops, like almonds and apples, are dependent on honeybee pollination for a successful harvest. Cheese, milk, and other dairy products are included in the figure because goats and cows eat the cover crops that are pollinated by both foraging insects and by open-pollination. This pollination system, designed by Mother Nature, is being perverted by large corporations. Corporate employed scientists engineer genetically modify seeds, which do not have the ability to reproduce, and often times need synthetic chemicals to stimulate production —not surprisingly, also provided by same corporations. The farmer is forced to purchase more seeds and chemicals every season. This increased cost is passed on to the consumer via rising produce prices, in everything from cheese to apples. Big bucks for the corporate stakeholders but a big downside for the farmer, the consumer, and the honeybees. Collapse of a Bee Colony In 2006, U.S. beekeepers nationwide raised the issue about the alarming decline of healthy bee colonies. The mass disappearance is called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), and it’s estimated that the U.S. has lost about one-third of its honeybees in fewer than 10 years. Scientists have
identified a number of causes including invasive parasitic mites, inadequate food supply, and most notably, pesticide exposure. Eerily, a dead colony has no adult bees or dead bee bodies lying around. The bees just vanish. In California, Cuties®, an easy-peel clementine mandarin orange, was introduced around 2005. It has become so profitable that several companies are still battling over the proprietary rights of not only the name but also the citrus producing trees. Originally from the Mediterranean area, this citrus tree naturally grows fruit with few or no seeds. If bees are around to cross-pollinate the trees, more seeds are produced, belying the marketability of a seedless clementine. According to their website, Cuties are not organic, non-GMO and, like many other fruits, coated with a plant-based wax. Have we truly become a nation that refuses to spit out seeds? Citrus growers have gone to great lengths to remove or destroy hives that are in their orchards, including flying over other areas to identify hive locations. Honeybees may forage up to five miles from their hive, returning in the evening with their goods. The horror novel continues. Upsetting the Balance “It’s the new DDT, but different,” says Ole Hendrickson, a former scientist
Within the last few decades, scientists have learned that some pesticides can leach through the soil and enter the groundwater below. While 50 percent of the nation depends upon groundwater for drinking water, almost 95 percent of the households in rural areas use groundwater as their primary source of drinking water. The impact of agricultural chemicals on surface and groundwater quality has become an issue of national importance. Each pesticide product has inherent risks associated with it. Potentially detrimental impacts of pesticides include: Acute poisoning from a single or short-term exposure can result in death. Chronic impacts of long-term exposure to pesticides, including pesticide residues in food, could also result in death. Natural resources can be degraded when pesticide residues in storm water runoff enter streams or leach into groundwater. Pesticides that drift from the site of application can harm or kill nontarget plants, birds, fish, or other wildlife. The mishandling of pesticides in storage facilities and in mixing and loading areas can contribute to soil and water contamination. The risk associated with a given pesticide or pesticide product depends on the toxicity of the compound and the probability of exposure. Source: www.epa.gov
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“The Boondoggler’s Bible” Book Sale Proceeds to benefit Seaside Salvation Army
Boondoggling pays, if you know how to play the Boondoggling Game to win. If not, you lose—whether you perpetrate a boondoggle or are its victim. I’ve been on both sides of boondogglery. I emerged on top by learning how to fight like city hall—to win. I got a large settlement after a long one-person stand against city hall nearly left me penniless, homeless and lifeless in an ongoing battle to get the city of Springfield, MO. to buy my stormwater/sewage-destroyed property. By using boondoggle tactics to cut through bureaucratic red tape, I survived to write the exposé and help the homeless. Consequently, The Boondoggler’s Bible reveals everything others need to survive when caught in boondogglery. You can’t avoid boondogglery if you’re between ages 2 and 120!
Wanda Sue Parrott
Homeless in Paradise What is a boondoggle? It’s a form of procrastination that differs from just dragging one’s own feet. You might know boondogglery as “trying to cut through bureaucratic red tape.” Boondogglery is a process of convoluted time-wasting energy that’s often so confusing it winds up, unresolved, back at the point where it began. This point of origin can be reached time after time, which is why it’s always called Square One. It’s a stall tactic used by government s, agencies, cities, businesses and private individuals to delay finalizing a deal or rendering a decision, often involving money or love. If you have ever said, “I’ll get back to you later” and then never did, you’ve boondoggled. If you’re still waiting for someone to get back to you, you’re being boondoggled. Boondogglers are like ants at a picnic—an everyday fact of life The City of Seaside is a good example of how boondoggling works. I recently gave Seaside a hypothetical 2015 Boondoggler of the Year Award, because—since June 2014—Pacific Grove’s invitation remained unanswered about participation in its matching funds project with other cities on the Monterey Peninsula that contributed funds to jointly address area-wide homelessness. At its March 19 meeting, Seaside City Council again delayed the vote,
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pending receipt of a report in May that details results of the 2015 Point-in-Time Homeless Census. Council split into a hope-for-action-soon faction versus those who sided with Mayor Ralph Rubio by favoring city funds be allocated only to agencies that serve the homeless within the City of Seaside. Since homelessness is on the rise in Seaside, I decided to help Mayor Rubio by employing a technique that worked in my own case known as Parrott vs. City of Springfield: do something unexpected. Breaking the Boondoggle Deadlock From now through May 31, proceeds from the sale of my Books for Beds 118-page softcover non-holy book, “The Boondoggler’s Bible”, will benefit The Salvation Army’s Monterey Peninsula Corps Housing Program. The Salvation Army, located at 1491 Contra Costa St., Seaside, is an international movement, an evangelical part of the universal Christian church. Its message is based on the Holy Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination.
The Salvation Army’s aim is for families to secure permanent housing and to become independent and self-sufficient members of the community. Two programs are offered: one, Frederiksen House, a 90day temporary shelter emergency housing program; two, Casa de Las Palmas and Phase II, transitional-housing programs for families, not to exceed 24 months. To qualify for both programs, applicants must be homeless or on the verge of becoming homeless due to eviction, foreclosure, loss of employment, domestic violence, or divorce; and, must be able to
provide proof of circumstances. Applicants must be 18 or older, legal residents of the United States, and able to actively look for and secure employment in the first 30-day period of the emergency housing program. Transitional housing program participants must be working a minimum of 32 hours per week for at least 30 days prior to entering the program. Boondogglers aren’t welcome! Boondogglers can work so hard at not working, they’re on the job day and night. The program provides basic needs and services to families caught in the cycle of homelessness and who are willing to commit to improving their lifestyle. Families accepted for the two programs must have children under the age of 18 currently living with them and have at minimum 50 percent shared legal/physical custody of children in care and be able to provide proof. Children must be registered and attend school. Home schooling will not be accepted. Both single parents and couples are eligible for Emergency Housing. Couples must be married to qualify for Transitional Housing. Parents must meet HUD low-income guidelines. Only adult family members admitted at intake may participate in the program; additional adult members will not be included once the family has entered the program. A few “musts” include: if attending school, must provide a copy of school schedule; must be willing to adhere to all program guidelines; must be willing to work closely with a case manager; must be highly self-motivated; and must have a “plan” in place prior to entering the program. A Baddoggle is simply a Boondoggle gone backward Participants must have been free of all alcohol and drug usage for at least 12 months, and be able to provide proof of sobriety and/or recovery program. Also, a criminal background check will be made by The Salvation Army and anyone convicted of a felony, violent offense or sexual offense, will not be allowed in the program. For details, contact transitional housing director Jennifer Miller at 831-8994911 or www.TSAMonterey.org . Each time you succeed in perpetrating a boondoggle, it gets easier. To help Seaside and learn the shortcuts to success as a boondoggler, you may purchase copies of The Boondoggler’s Bible ($14) from BookWorks, 667 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove, 831-372-2242, or order by mail by sending $17 (incl. postage) per copy to W. S. Parrott, P. O. Box 1821, Monterey, CA 93942. Contact amykitchenerfdn@hotmail.com or call 831-899-5887. Offer ends May 31.
Evening ESL Class Added to the Schedule at PG Adult School
The Pacific Grove Adult School offers classes in English as a Second Language four mornings a week. There are separate classes for beginning, intermediate, and advanced students every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Now, we have started an evening class for intermediate/advanced ESL students who can’t come in the morning. It meets Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6 to 7:30. So far, it is a small class, but we know there are other people out there who want to study English in the evenings. “Our students come from more than 30 different countries and speak more than 30 languages,” says Barbara Kraus, ESL teacher. ”They want to learn and practice English while they meet new friends and become comfortable with the American culture.” If you know someone who wants to improve their English, tell them about our classes. We teach life skills, grammar, reading, writing, and speaking/listening. If you would like to know more about our adult school, please contact the principal, Barbara Martinez, at 646-6580.
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• April 24, 2015
Tips for Making the Most of Your Later Years of Life: Part 2 By Jane Wold Headley About the author: Jane Wold Headley enjoyed a 37-year-long career as a counseling psychologist at UC Berkeley. Pacific Grove holds a special place in her heart because she and her husband, Bob, were married there in 1951, and she and her family have celebrated Thanksgiving there for the last 60 years. Jane and Bob raised four sons, and she now is the grandmother of seven. On April 30, 2015 Jane will celebrate her 91st birthday. Revisit • Anticipation • Pets • Read Last week, I offered some tips about how to lead a full, satisfying life in your later years. I talked about nurturing your interests and passions, keeping up friendships and family connections, enjoying three tasty meals a day, and maintaining an exercise regimen. Today I’ll pass on a few more ideas that I’ve found helpful in my own life. Revisit Favorite Spots: It is all well and good to travel the world if you have the time, money, and energy. But consider returning to a favorite, beautiful spot regularly. There’s a special satisfaction and enjoyment level in getting to know a lovely area in depth. I’ve spent time every summer for the last 51 years in the Grand Tetons, Wyoming, and each year I look forward to another great experience. When our four sons were growing up, Wyoming was a wonderful place to take them each summer. Hiking, climbing the mountains, floating in the rivers, and observing an amazing array of wild animals instilled in each of them a deep appreciation of nature. And the combination of amazing beauty, wild animals, culture, and world-class restaurants in Wyoming can’t be beat.
Patricia Hamilton and Joyce Krieg
Keepers of our Culture
Jane, on left, and her sister, Gayle, in Jackson Hole, July 2010. Also, for over 60 years, my family has gathered at Pacific Grove on the Monterey Peninsula to celebrate Thanksgiving. Nowadays, with all the grandchildren, there are often 20 of us together for the holiday. All of us cherish the memories that have accumulated over the decades. Beach football games,
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bike riding, and croquet all add up to fun for all ages. And the family dogs love these vacations. Always try to have something to look forward to. It can be simple, like a walk in a pretty place, a drive out to the countryside, lunch with a friend, or a game of bridge. Right now I’m looking forward to a brief trip to my hometown of Minneapolis. I love to visit old childhood haunts. It does my heart good to visit a dear cousin and my college friends. I enjoy so much driving around the lovely lakes that ring the town. But you don’t have to leave your hometown to find entertainment. Check out the cultural options available right where you live. Even though it takes some effort, try to attend concerts and plays. Keep participating in book clubs and social organizations. If you are a sports fan, continue attending football, basketball and baseball games. Live sports events are one of the few situations in which adults can let down their hair and scream and jump around like kids. If you have the energy, considering doing some volunteer work. Perhaps you’d enjoy tutoring children in reading and math, delivering Meals on Wheels to people who are housebound, or helping in a hospital at the information desk or gift shop.
Consider Owning a Dog or Cat: Especially if you live alone, there’s something comforting about having another live creature in the house. It always feels good to be welcomed home by a dog or even by a more outgoing cat. My cat, Rowdy, has eccentricities and naughty ways that provide me with lots of laughs. For instance, if I stay up past 11 p.m., she’ll bite my toes to get me to go to bed. She’s impatient for her bedtime treat. It’s a good feeling to be needed by her, especially now that I no longer have my husband or children to take care of. Walking a dog can be a most pleasant experience, especially when you have conversations with neighbors and strangers along the way. Often people will comment on the cuteness or charms of your pet. Many years ago, a dear friend and I regularly walked our baby boys in their strollers around the neighborhood, accompanied by my friend’s large, white Samoyed dog. We were amused when people on the street would compliment us on the handsome dog but offer not a word about our beautiful babies. The compliments people will offer about your dog often lead to further conversation about your pet’s breed and other matters. These encounters inevitably leave you with a warm feeling, especially in this day and age of coldness and paranoia. Keep Reading: One of the special pleasures of old age is more time to read. I subscribe to the New York Times daily, and reading it keeps me abreast of world developments. Try to keep a book or two going. My preference is nonfiction, especially biographies, history and politics. A couple of my friends are mystery addicts. When I was a child, my mother used to send me to the library saying, “Jane, try to get me a good romance.” Whatever genre you prefer, reading will enrich your life, especially in your later years when you have time to savor your favorite magazines and books. This concludes the second of three columns I’ve devoted to tips for better living in your later years. Next week, I’ll be back in this space with more suggestions in Part Three. PERSONAL HISTORIANS: Susan Milstein and Andi Reese Brady (Personal History Productions, Santa Rosa, California) helped Jane publish her life story and family memories as a legacy for her children and grandchildren and for future generations. Her son commissioned the work as a gift for Jane’s 88th birthday. Local PERSONAL HISTORIAN, Patricia Hamilton, will help you preserve your family legacy, photos, and other memories. Please call to schedule a free consult, via telephone or in person: 831-649-6640.
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Stippling Big Red Flowers McShane’s Nursery in Salinas hosted a painting session Saturday afternoon for which no experience was necessary. That qualified me eminently, so I joined 15 other would-be artists in a long, narrow, open-beamed classroom. Set beside the nursery’s wildly blooming display floor, the classroom itself summoned one’s inner Matisse. Walls paneled in re-purposed vintage lumber suggested some rustic country atelier. Afternoon sun beamed through skylights and clerestory windows, creating a playful dance of motes, brightness and shadows. I felt artistic just sitting there. Tabletop easels helped foster this impression. So did several finished paintings that had been placed around the room for inspiration. Portraits of soulful-looking dogs alternated with scenes of serape-clad villagers lounging in sunlit doorways in old Mexico. Boldly colored, vivid, inviting and expressive, the paintings seemed to say: “Yes, you too can do this!” Then the actual class began. Our vivacious instructor Corali Ramirez, who had painted the bright pictures around us, circled the room passing out brushes and setting canvases atop the 16 easels. Cups of water came next, followed by paper plate “palettes” dotted with glistening blobs of violet, crimson and scarlet. These would be our first three colors, Ramirez explained, setting atop a display easel that afternoon’s project. Sixteen heads swiveled toward a richly colored, sharply detailed painting of a monarch butterfly resting on the petals of a violet, crimson and scarlet flower. The picture was majestic, beautifully composed and quite intimidating. As a flutter of anticipatory excitement went around the room, my inner Matisse thought: “Fahgetabouddit!” Or however you say that in French. But Ramirez left little time for dismay or artistic selfdoubt. Within moments, we had taken up our broadest brushes, wetted them in the water cups, and dipped them into our scarlet blobs. “First outline the petals of your flowers,” she instructed, gesturing at the model canvas. “Then choose which petals you want in the foreground, and which ones will go behind. Use your violet color for the petals that will catch the most light; crimson for the others. We’ll pull in the darkest red later.” In addition to the model picture, we novices had another crutch as well. Ramirez said she and her husband had
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Otter Views stayed up late the previous night penciling onto the 16 canvases butterfly outlines and flower centers as reference points. These were meant to be identical, but as the hour grew later, the silhouettes became less uniform. This would lend individuality to our work. In my case, individuality proved to be no problem. In thrall to the siren song of the lustrous violet, I started off by painting all my petals violet, leaving none for the burgundy background. We had been advised not to compare with our neighbors, but a stroll around the studio confirmed that the other flowers all had more than one color. Returning to my easel, I lashed on belated streaks of crimson and scarlet. I did better with the stippling. Each flower had at its center a pair of concentric circles spaced somewhat like the iris and pupil of an eye. The outer circle would be a fairly straightforward band of yellow. But to do the inner circle, we were told to load our pointy little brushes with two blobs of color at once – the white and the ochre. “You’ll be stippling your inner circles like this,” Ramirez demonstrated, her darting brush peppering the display canvas with hundreds of tiny, bi-colored dots. Being rather slipshod about brush cleaning on various household jobs over the years, I had applied two colors to the same surface at the same time, but always accidentally. This was intentional! I felt a proud surge of joy, like the first time I rode a bicycle and stayed upright. “I’m stippling! I’m stippling!” I thought. I wanted to announce this out loud, but of course, the others were all stippling too. Alas, the stippling was soon complete. Then it was time to apply black, white, orange and brown to the densely patterned, intricately variegated and precisely dotted butterfly wings. Have you ever intently studied a monarch wing? Neither had I. But I can now state with some assurance that painting one is no picnic. Just keeping the four colors separate and making the white dots exact was crazy-making. I suddenly understood about Van Gogh. Three hours had by now elapsed, and long, sighing silences supplanted our earlier jocularity. Necks and backs began to ache as we bent over the punishing
Above: It was time for Tom to apply black, white, orange and brown to the densely patterned, intricately variegated and precisely dotted butterfly wings.
intricacies of the wing. Chairs scraped as painters stood up to stretch, pace and groan. I thought about how strong and stubborn real painters must be.
At last we posed with our completed canvases. Cameras blinked, we said goodbye, and now we pay much closer attention to monarch butterfly signage.
No Records This Year, But the Seal Pup News is Good By Thom Akeman The number of harbor seal pups on Pacific Grove beaches doubled this week with 48 healthy pups counted on one day, nearly twice the 26 seen on the same day a week before. More robust, healthy looking moms have been coming in to give birth in their familiar rookeries – the beach beside the recreation trail at Hopkins Marine Station and spillover beaches between 5th and 8th Streets. A Bay Net docent who knows dozens of the seals on sight had noticed many familiar moms missing in recent weeks. Now that they are coming in looking so well fed, it seems they went somewhere besides the food-short, warmer water causing hunger and starvation for small animals along the California coast. Many of the pups born this week are large, and most of the returned moms look like they might have enough milk to nurse them normally. There are still several pregnant
seals on the beaches – with two or three births a day right now – and more expected in the next few weeks. This seems to be the peak for this year, but there could be births for the next three or four weeks. While the news is good now, this won’t be the record year of 2014 when a total of 89 seal pups were seen on the PG beaches on a single day – May 2. The food shortage this year, resulting in new moms without any or enough milk for their babies, claimed more than 20 of the pups born in the first weeks of pupping. The exact number isn’t known because the limited number of docents has been spread to so many places this year no one has had the time to try to photograph all the seal pups as they have in past years. Regardless of records, now is the best time to stand behind the fences at Hopkins or the 5th Street Cove (immediately east of Berwick Park) and watch the baby seals nursing, napping and frolicking. Moms will keep increasing the time of the swimming lessons as the
pups grow, then leave them alone after they wean them. The nursing typically lasts three to four weeks before the moms are dry and hungry, and take off to start on next year’s pup. This is the best place to see that part of the natural world as almost every other place along Central California that has a significant number of harbor seals closes off the pupping areas to keep people from disturbing them. The Pacific Grove fences – a permanent one to protect the research areas at Hopkins and a temporary one the city erects at 5th – provide us perfect vantage points. Keep in mind there may be crying on the beaches right now. That doesn’t mean those cute little critters are in trouble. The older ones are weaned and on their own and tend not to like that at first, so cry for a few days in hopes mom will come back with more easy meals. The weaned pups will soon start grouping with each other and get on with their lives.
Seals on the Beach at 5th St. Below: Seal Pup #11, born at 5th St. Photos by Kim Worrell
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• April 24, 2015
Scene 74: Harry Needs to Take the License Renewal Test A: Now you’re beginning to sound like a curmudgeon.
Bernard Furman
H: Which is what?
Marriage Can Be Funny
H: Good one. I’ve been saving something comparable to call you at the appropriate occasion.
A: A cranky old man.
A: What’s that? H: A termagant.
Harry is seated in the Wilsons’ living room. Alice enters.
A: Which means….? H: A cranky old woman!
Alice: Why do you look so glum, Harry?
A: So we’re still a team, marching into old age together.
Harry: I received notice today that my driver’s license expires next month and to renew it I’ll have to pass a written test.
A: Nope.
A: That’s a pain in the neck.----What’s that you’re holding?
H: Doesn’t this togetherness thing ever end? H: You remind me of a joke I recently found.
H: It’s the DMV Driver Handbook that I used the last time I took the test, five years ago.
A: A joke? Quelle surprise! What is it?
A: Shouldn’t you get the current handbook? There may have been changes.
H: A wife is watching her husband go through old files. After noticing that he’s spent a lot of time with one particular piece of paper, she says, “What’s that you’re looking at so intently?” He says, “Our marriage certificate.” She says, “Why?” He says, “I want to see if there’s an expiration date.”
H: I will, but in the meantime I started browsing through the old one to see how much I remembered, since I’m sure there haven’t been many changes, if any. A: And? H: It’s clear I’ll have to do some serious studying, because I’m weak on specifics—like maximum speeds in various situations. A: If I recall correctly, they vary all over the place, from 10 miles per hour to 15, to 25, to 30, on and on. H: You’re right—and so much of it is useless to us. A: Like what? H: How many times in your life have you driven in an alley? A: Never. I don’t think I’ve ever seen an alley, much less driven in one. H: Well, just in case you ever find yourself in one, don’t drive faster than 15 miles per hour, because that’s the maximum legal speed. A: I’ll certainly put that at the top of my list of important things to remember. H: When was the last time you parked near a railroad track? A: I’ve never parked near a railroad track, and have no intention of ever doing so. H: Well, if you should ever have a sudden urge to do it, make sure you’re no closer than seven and a half feet. A: I’ll certainly keep that in mind. H: Don’t even think of parking on a freeway… A: Darn. H: …or on a railroad track. A: You’re no fun at all. H: If you find yourself in a blind intersection, don’t go faster than 15 miles per hour. A: What is a blind intersection? H: I have no idea. A: Is that where blind people congregate? H: I doubt it……The thing is you have to know that kind of stuff, because they actually ask questions about them, as I saw from looking at sample tests contained in the handbook. A: Just another example of what you call bureaucratic idiocy. H: You’d think that they would waive the test for drivers with clean records, but they don’t; and now I’ll have this hanging over my head. A: Don’t obsess about it. You’ll study the handbook, ace the test, and it will be behind you. H: But meanwhile I’ll worry and fret, and put off studying until the last minute, and feel like a schoolboy. It’s just a pain in the you-know-where.
Legal Notices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number 20150831 The following person is doing business as: THE IRON GATE GIFT SHOP, 162 15th St., Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950. ANITO AQUINO, 356 Reservation Road, Space 77, Marina, CA 93933. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Monterey County on April 15, 2015. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 09-01-14. Signed, Anita Aquino. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8/15
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20150686 The following person is doing business as ZUM JAPANESE BISTRO, 159 Central Avenue, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA. 93950. HOON'S BROTHER LLC, 355 Casa Verde Way, Unit 6, Monterey, CA 93940. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on March 26, 2015. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on N/A. Signed: Sung Moon Choi, President. This business is conducted by a limited liability company. Publication dates: 4/10, 4/17, 4/24, 5/1/15.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number 20150550 The following person is doing business as: WANDERLUST PHOTO CO., 1231 ½ Fifth St., Monterey, Monterey County, CA 93940. BRANDON SCOTT WEHMAN, 1231 ½ Fifth Street, Monterey, CA 93940. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Monterey County on 3/10/15. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 02/01/15. Signed, B. Wehman. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 03/20, 03/27, 04/03, 04/10/15
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number 20150714 The following person is doing business as: LIGHTHOUSE WINDOW CLEANING, 356 Reservation Road, Space 71, Marina, Monterey County, CA 93933. ROBERT B. HOLIFIELD, 356 Reservation Road, Space 71, Marina, CA 93933. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Monterey County on Mar 30, 2015. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 03-30-15. Signed, R. Holifield. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 4/17, 4/24, 5/1, 5/8/15
Veterans Job Fair Slated
Veterans need jobs – so local employers are heading to the Veterans Transition Center (VTC) on Wednesday, April 29 to offer their resources and hire veterans. The first VET+PREP Job Fair will take place from 9 a.m. to 12 noon in Martinez Hall, 220 12th St., located in Marina on the historic Fort Ord. VET+PREP stands for Veteran Preparation, Reintegration and Employment Program and is a new program offered by the Veterans Transition Center of Monterey. Approximately 1,200 veterans entered VTC doors last year for information, potential housing, food, clothing and other assistance. “There is no fee for job seekers or employers, and we encourage all veterans who need work to come to this fair.” said Xinia Whitler, VTC’s job development specialist. “We would love to show our veterans that there are people on their side, along with the community they belong to.” Firms attending to date include Pebble Beach Resorts, Manpower Inc., Hyatt Regency Monterey Hotel and Spa on Del Monte Golf Course, Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company and Executive Edge Private Security - with more to confirm as the week goes on, Whitler said. Additional employers who would like to register for a table are welcome to contact the VET+PREP office at 831-883-VETS (8387) ext .6. Veterans who require special accommodations may call the same number. “It’s going to take combined community efforts like this to assist our deserving Veterans who are trying to get back on track. We’re trying to help all Vets, and especially those at-risk or experiencing homelessness,” said Terry Bare, VTC executive director. Founded in 1998, VTC is turning the discarded Army homes at Ft. Ord into transitional housing for homeless vets and their families. For more information go to www.vtcmonterey.org.
Calling All Vendors – Booth Space Available Now for 2015 Monterey Bay SpringFest Arts & Crafts Faire
Pacific Repertory Theatre, is looking for artists and craftspersons for its annual Monterey Bay SpringFest Arts and Crafts Faire, which will be held on May 9 and 10 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the Monterey State Historic Parks Custom House Plaza, at the top of Fisherman’s Wharf, in downtown Monterey. Artisans are encouraged to apply now to reserve a space to show and sell their creative original crafts and unique individual artwork. Booth space fees for arts and crafts vendors are $195, and $275 for food vendors.Vendors can download the application at http://www.pacrep.org/ ArtsCraftsFaire, or call 831-622-0700 x106 for more information. Over the past 32 years, PacRep’s Arts and Crafts Faires have featured hundreds of artisans and crafts-makers presenting their original works. A wide variety of styles and mediums are represented including sculpture, painting, textiles, jewelry, glass, ceramics, precious metals, and many more hand-crafted treasures. Artists are on hand to describe their work processes. Some take special orders for custom and individualized gifts. PacRep sponsors five fairs per year at the waterfront location, with dates for 2015 announced for May 9/10, June 27/28, July 25/26, September 19/20 and October 24/25. Vendors are wanted for all dates and there is a five-fair discount. Only original works, made by the artist, will be considered. There is no imported or mass-produced work allowed.
Play and Learn Playgroups Begin
Spring Session Play and Learn playgroups for families with children under age 5 are starting this Saturday in Marina. Register online at www.bookeo.com/parenting. Fee waivers are available by emailing hello@parentingconnectionmc.org. Play and Learn Playgroups are the perfect place for families to spend quality time together while building important social connections. Playgroups increase the health and well being of children and families in our community. They promote protective factors including parental resilience, social connections, knowledge of parenting and child development, concrete support in times of need, and social and emotional competence of children. The mission of the Parenting Connection of Monterey County supports parents and caregivers in developing their ability to nurture young children. We have a vision that families in Monterey County thrive because children are parented well.
April 24, 2015 • CEDAR STREET The Game that Shook San Francisco Chris Scanlon People prognosticated defeat after a season of perverse downturns. Stentorian voices belittled their hopes of obtaining a Wild Card spot. No interloper stood in their way as the players entered the stadium. That pivotal night was October 16, 2014. It was the most beautiful night the city has ever seen— The Wild Card team playing the Division champion, Both teams hoping to play in the World Series once again. One team hoped to make a name for themselves; The other team hoped to add to their great legacy. With hope in their hearts the players ran onto the field. The momentum was against their hopes, when the Cardinals took the lead early on. The third inning was now upon them. Hope returned, Hope resurfaced, and Hope reverberated in their souls when they took the lead. With hope in their hearts, the players ran onto the field. The momentum had changed yet again; They took the lead back only half an inning later. The odds were against them for most of the game— Elusive hope slipping out of their gloves, Nebulous hope sliding away around the bases. With hope in their hearts, the game entered the eighth inning. Rife with despair at their lead, their bulwark of hope wavered. The momentum hung in the balance— Both teams watched the ball fly, an enigma soaring through the air. Hope was then resurrected in their hearts with the crack of the bat; An unknown hero brings profligate joy to our hearts, As his home run brings his teammates across home plate, Fulfilling their hopes and taking us back to the World Series.
Una’s Grand Piano is Back at Tor House: reception May 3
As Robin and Una Jeffers’ Tor House was being finished in 1920, a lone piano mover carried a Steinway Grand Piano through the front door and settled it in its new home. There the grand’s vibrant sound would entertain many guests, played not only by Una, but by local friends such as Noël Sullivan and Ansel Adams, and by world renowned musicians such as Vladimir Horowitz and George Gershwin. Notes from the piano, built in 1913, resounded throughout Tor House for many decades, finally falling silent upon Una’s death. Now, the piano has been fully restored and found its voice again, filling the small house built of sea-tossed granite with joy. You’re invited to the annual Tor House Garden Party, the first Sunday in May, and hear once again the beautiful sound of Una’s Grand Piano, brought back to its full resonate voice by the generous support of Paula Karman and the craftsmanship of Russell Brown. On the last day of tuning before the piano’s first public performance, Russell paused in his labors, gazing out the sea window, as had Robin and Una for many years, and witnessed a hawk alight on the garden pathway. The hawk, pausing to stare back through the Tor House window, seemed to nod in appreciation and perhaps a blessing, and flew off. We think Robin approved of the labor of love that has restored Una’s piano to its full glory. Tor House and the spring gardens will be also be filled with music. MaryClare Martin, a favorite over these many years, will be at the Steinway. Ed Jarvis will once again be the piper of Hawk Tower. Young musicians of the Sea Otter Quartet will also perform: Grace Padgett as 1st Violin, Jane Yang as 2nd Violin, Henry Loh on the Viola, and Jacob Hoadley on the Cello. Jane Yang, also an award-winning pianist, will take turns at the grand piano. In addition to the focus on music, there will be plein air painters, knowledgeable docents reciting poetry, and the opportunity to explore Tor House and Hawk Tower at your own pace. Photography is permitted only on this special day. Tea and refreshments are served in the garden and in the Tor House dining room. Admission to the event is $15 per person. Children must be at least age 10. Please, no pets of any age.
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The Light In the Window Jane Roland
Animal Tales and Other Random Thoughts This column is a compilation of memories that span many years, memories of our friends and neighbors... On Friday we lost our dear friend and neighbor, Sean Flavin. When I returned to the Monterey Peninsula in 1971, I started dating a man, John Roland, whom I met on visits to my mother. John had a mortgage banking business in the offices of Ehrman and Flavin. Ken and Jean Ehrman were two of his closest friends. When John asked me to marry him he sought approval from Jean. I, fortunately, passed her inspection and she had a small gathering to introduce me to the “community.” One of the guests was Sean. John had worked in the office with him for several years and had even assisted him as a receiver in a case which involved travel to Montana. They were very good friends and fellow members of the Pacheco Club. On January 8, 1972, John and I married at my mother’s home in Pebble Beach. It was Sean’s birthday and he celebrated by attending our nuptials. At the time I lived in a small house on Wellings Place in Monterey, with my two children from a previous marriage, a dog and couple of cats. John joined the group. The following October our daughter, Jennie was born and we acquired more pets. The tiny house was bursting at the seams, I stood in the hallway, laundry in my arms, no place to store. It was time to move into something a little larger and we started looking. Ideally we wanted to remain in the neighborhood, but nothing was available in our price range. One night Jean Ehrman called and said, “I just learned that the house next door to Sean is going on the market on Monday.” We looked, we saw and we bought. We became very close to our neighbor, sharing many festivities. In 1974 we had a gathering for Jennie. It was her second birthday and all of the guests were either our peers or significantly older. It was an excuse for a party... Sean appeared at the door with a woman on his arm. It was Becky Paul nee Smith, the daughter of Phil and Jesma Smith, and she brought the birthday girl a sock puppet, which is probably around somewhere... She was recently divorced and had relocated to the Peninsula with her two children, Kate and Phillip. Sean and Becky married and the new family settled in next door. Kate and Ellen who were the same age became fast friends, and were in the sixth grade at Monte Vista School. Sean had two sons, Chris and Collin but both were either away at college or embarking on professions. I have told Flavin stories over the years. We had so many similar interests. Reading was one and I invited Becky to join my book club. Animals were another and soon she became a board member of the SPCA Auxiliary, which we had founded a year or so earlier. Many of their stories have appeared in this column, including one I repeated not long ago about “Little Buttercup,” the cat from Japan. Another was the supposed loss of a kitty that had been sealed up in a wall; when the workman came and tore down the offending barrier, there was no cat, and he had been hiding under the house. Our black feline, Joe Montana, moved next door to escape a new kitty we had adopted, and, then, when unaccepted by the Flavin dog, possible Daphne, an Airedale, moved again across the street to the Clemons where he lived happily until his death. There was Shy Ann who was a Lab who loved to eat garbage and was saved by Dr. Bill Cleary, more than once. We shared a vet, some of the same doctors and, above all friends. We saw our children grow up and attended fund raising events, and musical performance. Sean was a runner, we saw him sprinting around town every day. He participated in marathons including Bay to Breakers. He had a large piece of property up in the Cachagua where the family retreated often during the summer. Part of it was sold to the Big Sur Land Trust a few years ago, but they entertained us all in the main house, a wonderful bungalow high above the river. I remember a Fathers’ Day luncheon in 1986, the guests were all people some of you will remember…Ann and Andy Simpson, Joyce and Peter Wright, Rod and Sue Dewar, Don and Lydia Criley, and Ben and Virginia Stone. It was at that gathering when Joyce decided we should all gather in Amador City, where they had a small family home. The first weekend of many took place in the fall and I still recall Sean and Peter cooking breakfast for us all. A few years ago Becky became ill and moved to Sunrise Senior Living. Sean was there every morning and evening to share meals with his wife. They came to us always for Easter and Thanksgiving for a number of years. Sean had a yearly party up at the Cachagua, occasionally two, Becky was always there. There are too many stories of our relationship when we were neighbors for 42 years and have so much in common.We have shared joy and tragedy, weddings and births. I look out the bedroom window at night and often saw Sean’s kitchen light on, it was a comfortable feeling. We had his ninety-first birthday dinner here. Not long thereafter he found that he was ill and had only months to live. At that point he decided to move to Sunrise with Becky. They came to our annual Easter party. Friday we learned he had died that morning. And the light went out. Jane Roland manages the AFRP Benefit Shop at 160 Fountain Avenue, Pacific Grove. gcr770@aol.com or 649.0657.
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• April 24, 2015
Pacific Grove
Sports
Ben Alexander
Lacrosse: Breakers Continue Their Win Streak
Golf Tips
Pacific Grove tacked on to their winning streak, by picking up their seventh straight victory against Harbor on Tuesday, defeating them 18-5. [04-21-15]Alex Villacres had a team high 6 goals in the Breakers victory, giving him 9 in their last two games combined. Austin Book led the team in assists, with 7, while also scoring 3 goals.Up next is a tough match-up at Stevenson. The Pirates, who lost in the MTAL Championship game last year to Carmel, are having another strong season. Stevenson, currently sits at an overall record of 8-2 and a league record of 7-1.The Breakers played Stevenson three times last year, losing all three by scores of 9-3, 8-6, and 10-2. This will be a tough game for the Breakers, but a game that they are capable of winning.The Breakers (11-2, 7-1) will next play at Stevenson (8-2, 7-1) on Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 3:30 p.m.
Baseball: Pacific Grove All Alone on Top of MTAL Behind Takasaki’s No-Hitter
Kacee Takasaki pitched a no-hitter for the Breakers in their 6-0 victory over Gonzales on Tuesday afternoon, walking 7 and striking out 5. [04-22-15]With Soledad and Carmel each grabbing a victory over each other last week, the Breakers now sit all alone on top of the Mission Trail Athletic League standings.On top of throwing a no hitter for the Breakers, Takasaki went 1 for 2 at plate with an RBI and scored a run. Chris Fife once again was a presence at the plate, going 2 for 4 with 2 RBI’s and scoring 2 runs. Pacific Grove (12-6, 8-1) will look to stay in front as they play at home against King City (13-6, 5-5) on Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 4:00 p.m.
Ben Alexander PGA PGA Teaching Professional, Pacific Grove Golf Links, Bayonet Golf Course PGA Teacher Of The Year, No Cal PGA 831-277-9001 www.benalexandergolf.com
Play it safe! We all just saw the Masters tournament. Many of the players tried to go for the green and hit it over water. Sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn’t. If you have a long shot over trouble, don’t try to make the hero shot. If you hit it perfect you’re a hero but if you miss it like a lot of weekend players will do then you’re in trouble. Here is a simple tip: When you have a lot of ground to hit over, lay the shot up with a shorter club to keep the ball in play. Play it safe and don’t hit into trouble. This will keep the higher scores to a minimum. Play smart golf for lower scores and more fun.
Box Score
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Runs Hits Errors
Gonzales
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0
0
1
Breaker of the Week
Pacific Grove
2 0 0 4 0 0 0
6
10
1
Lauren Murphy
Pitching
(W) Takasaki, K. 7.0 0
Batting
3 Years of Track Charity for San Francisco Firefighters Class of 2015
IP H R ER BB SO WP HB 0
0
7
5
0
0
AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SO SAC HP SB
Fife, C.
4
2
2
2
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
2
Coppla, A
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
Donlan, J.
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Boerner, E.
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Takasaki, K.
2
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
Harrington, D. 3
1
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Moses, N.
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
Steward, A.
2
1
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Ryan, N.
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Scanlon, C.
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Smith, J.
2
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
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It’s almost finals time, and our intrepid Breaker of the Week Reporter, Golnoush Pak, must concentrate on her studies. This is the last week for Breakers of the Week for this season! We’ll do a biography of her and thank her for weeks of faithful reporting next week.
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