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Harbor Seal pups at Hopkins Beach • Fridays

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

Saturdays

From Russia with Love - Page 7

Quail- Page 8

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Dance at Chautauqua Hall •

Sat. April 29

Rotary Invitational Track Meet 10:00AM Breaker Stadium Free to watch •

Sun. April 30

Monterey County Composers’ Forum “Garden of Song” at Hidden Valley Music Seminars, 88 West Carmel Valley Road $10 suggested donation 3:00 pm •

Thur. May 4

‘A Table Affair’ Inn at Spanish Bay 2-6 PM Free/Donation Table Setting Dispays Benefit Service Dogs

• Thurs. May 4

Genealogy Society ‘Genealogy Road Trip’ 7 PM LDS Church 1024 Noche Buena Seaside •

Sat. May 6

Monthly Book Sale 10:00am – 4:00pm Pacific Grove Library Many treasures!

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May 6 & 7

48th Annual Garden Show Hidden Valley Music Seminars 104 W. Carmel Valley Road Carmel Valley 831 659-9247 or 831 236-7322 •

Sun. May 7

Tor House Spring Garden Party 2-5 p.m. at Tor House 26304 Ocean View Ave, Carmel 831-624-1813

• Tues. May 9

MONTEREY PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP Meeting Osiris Salgado, Case Manager CCQLP“Quality of Life Services for Individuals and Families Living with Parkinson’s” Time: 3:00 pm Sally Griffin Center 700 Jewell Ave., PG Contact: 373-8202 http://www. montereyparkinsonssupport.com/ meetings.html

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Animal Tales & Other Random Thoughts............... 17 Cartoon.............................................. 2 Crime................................................. 5 Financial.......................................... 16 Homeless in Paradise........................ 18 Keepers of Our Culture..................... 17 Legal Notices.................................... 19 Otter Views....................................... 17 Poetry Link......................................... 3 Pupdate............................................ 17 Rain Gauge........................................ 2 Real Estate............................ 16, 18, 20 Whales............................................. 8q

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Vol. IX, Issue 31

Traffic Delays Expected On California Highway 1

For Big Sur International Marathon This Weekend The 32nd annual Big Sur International Marathon is Sunday, April 30. The 26.2mile foot race, a major sporting event on California’s Central Coast, necessitates the temporary closure of California Highway 1 from south of Carmel to Big Sur for a half day. Highway 1 traffic throughout the Monterey Peninsula north of Rio Road will not be affected.

Though Highway 1 is closed to through traffic south of Big Sur, residents needing to access their homes and travelers wishing to view the coastline and village of Big Sur are able to do so only in CHP-escorted caravans at designated times between 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Sunday, April 30. The highway will be re-opened to through traffic at 1 p.m.

Thousands of runners and walkers from 49 states and 35 countries will be traveling north on a point-to-point course along Highway 1 from Big Sur toward the finish line at Rio Road in Carmel. The inland lane of Highway 1 will be used for emergency vehicles and the car caravans between 7 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Southbound traffic along Highway 1 to Big Sur will be restricted south of the Carmel Highlands beginning at 4 a.m., though

travel to the Carmel Highlands is open until 7 a.m. For Monterey Peninsula residents and tourists needing to head south after this time, CHP-escorted convoys

will leave from the Crossroads Shopping Village in Carmel at 8:45 a.m. and at 11:00

See MARATHON page 2

Pacific Grove Tribute Catalog to be announced When he first came to Pacific Grove as Economic Development Director almost three years ago, Mark Brodeur surveyed he city and made notes about the good, the bad, and the needs improvement.

One thing he noticed was the Memorial Bench Program which, while he thought was laudable in its concept, needed some improvements.

The program was topped off at 160 benches and people had been on the waiting list since 1995. Maintenance was sketchy. “Surely we could do better,” he thought. When he delved into what other cities were doing, he found “Other cities have park benches, picnic tables, tree grates, adopt-a-tree, bike racks...”

Brodeur set out by working with the Business Improvement District, the Economic Development Commission, and the Beautification and Natural Resources Commission to develop a catalogue of potential commemorative tribute products the City could use to satisfy what they saw as a pent-up demand for memorials and tributes among individuals, businesses, or groups. This program would also fund needed community benches, bike racks, tree grates, and paving for the coastal trail boardwalk while offering a lasting commemoration tribute.

The City Council will be asked, likely

at its next meeting, to add the cost of raw materials to its Capital Improvement Plan budget.

The fees would cover the cost of the item and its maintenance for a number of years. At the end of the useful life of the item, donors would be asked to sign up again, or it would be offered to someone else on the potential waiting list.

The current benches will continue to be offered and renewed.

Coming to the top of the list were five new product offerings.

1.) Teak Garden Bench with 8”x4” bronze plaque ($4,950) While pricier than any of the other products, the teak garden bench, made of sustainable teak wood, is strikingly attractive. With no maintenance, it would be expected to last 1015 years, but with regular applications of tung oil it could last much longer. The purchaser of the commemoration could be encouraged to apply the tung oil. The cost of the teak garden bench would include a secure concrete bed.

2.) Metal Bike Rack with 10”x 6” steel Similar to the one pictured, the teak garden bench is top of the line.

plaque, set in concrete ($1,950) There are many styles of bike racks available. The preferred version chosen by committee members would last about 20-25 years and service two bicycles. It would resemble the one pictured, providing space for a disc-shaped plaque. Being set in concrete it would be unlikely to be stolen or defaced.

This model bike rack is popular in New York City with both bicyclists and the public.

3.) Tree Grate, size and pattern to be determined ($595) The pervious cast iron tree grate can A cast iron tree grate is both sturdy and allows rainwater and drainage whie protecting the tree

See TRIBUTE CATALOG page 2

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PMARATHON From Page 1

Joan Skillman

Skillshots

a.m. Northbound traffic from Big Sur will be closed at Pfeiffer-Big Sur State Park at 3 a.m. All others traveling north from Big Sur Village must leave by 6 a.m. or enter into a northbound caravan leaving from Big Sur at 7:20 a.m., from Pt. Sur at 9:50 a.m. or from Palo Colorado at 11:55 a.m. All times are approximate and subject to delays.

Race spectators wishing to enjoy the excitement of at the Marathon finish line can travel from Highway 1 onto Carmel Valley Road and south on Carmel Rancho Blvd. to nearby public parking areas. The finish line can be best viewed from the west (ocean) side of Highway 1 just south of Rio Road. Runners and spectators can also gather in the “Marathon Finish Village,” the location of participant service tents offering food, massage, merchandise, entertainment, awards and more.

The Big Sur Marathon’s By-the-Bay 3K taking place on Saturday morning, April 29, will also result in minor short-term street closures and delays in the city of Pacific Grove. The By-the-Bay 3K for local school children and their families will take place along Ocean View Blvd. heading west from Lovers Point to Coral Street beginning at 8 a.m. Ocean View Blvd will be closed beginning at 6 a.m. between Fountain and Coral to accommodate the gathering of 5,000 children and adults registered for the race.

Post-race festivities in Lovers Point Park will conclude by 11 a.m.

For a copy of the car caravan schedule or questions on access and travel delays, please contact the Big Sur International Marathon office, 831-625-6226 or info@ bsim.org.

PTRIBUTE CATALOG From Page 1

promote healthy city trees by offering air and rainwater a path to the roots, while giving a flat pedestrian surface compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). They can help manage stormwater and maintain neat, orderly and safe sidewalks. Cast-iron tree grates are made to last 25-50 years and adapt to trees as they grow.

4.) Engraved Basalt Paver to edge the Coastal Trail or perhaps sidewalks near Lovers Point. $495 Black basalt pavers can be engraved with a tribute. They are very heavy. The pavers

Weighty and durable, black basalt paver can be engraved with a tribute. Virtually maintenance-free, they’re expected to last as long as 200 years.

1095

$

can be set along a sidewalk to edge it, or even as part of a walking path, or at the pending Julia Platt Plaza. Of all the tribute products, the basalt paver is the longest-lived, with a lifespan of at least 100-200 years.

5.) Engraved plank in the coastal boardwalk trail ($195) The tribute would be engraved in a plank to be used as part of the Coastal Trail Boardwalk. Its life span would be about 10-15 years.

Currently, locations offered include Asilomar, Berwick Park, Caledonia Park, Esplanade Park Lighthouse Avenue, the Coastal Trail, the Central Avenue District, and Jewell Park. Pending City Council approval and funding of raw materials, the program will likely begin some time after July 1, 2017. the Planning Department will handle the details.

Pacific Grove’s Rain Gauge Data reported at Canterbury Woods

Times

Cedar Street Times was established September 1, 2008 and was adjudicated a legal newspaper for Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California on July 16, 2010. It is published weekly at 306 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950.

Press deadline is Wednesday, noon. The paper is distributed on Friday and is available at various locations throughout the county as well as by e-mail subscription.

Editor/Publisher: Marge Ann Jameson Regular Contributors: Jan Austin • Mike Clancy • Scott Dick • Ron Gaasch • Zach Goodwin • Luke Hiserman • Kyle Krasa • Dixie Layne • Alli Mayorga • Peter Mounteer • Alec Murdock • Wanda Sue Parrott • Jean Prock • Jane Roland • Patrick Ryan • Bob Silverman • Peter Silzer • Joan Skillman • Tom Stevens Distribution: Amado Gonzales Cedar Street Irregulars Bella, Ben, Benjamin, Coleman, Corbin, Dezi, Emma, Griffin, Holden, Jesse, John, Jacob, Leo, Luca, Manny, Megan G, Megan M, Nate, Ryan, Tom, Spencer

831.324.4742 Voice 831.324.4745 Fax

editor@cedarstreettimes.com Calendar items to: cedarstreettimes@gmail.com website: www.cedarstreetimes.com

Week ending 04-27-17- at 8:30 AM........ .00" Total for the season............................. 24.54" The historic average to this date is ........N/A" Wettest year.................................................. 47.15" During rain year 07-01-97 through 06-30-98 Driest year...................................................... 6.36" During rain year 07-01-12 through 06-30-13 .....................................................................15.54” RAINFALL SEASON BEGINS JULY 1 EACH YEAR

Near Lovers Point Data reported by John Munch at 18th St.

Near Lovers Point Week ending morning 04/19/17........... .02" Data reported by John Munch at 18th St. Total for the season (since 7/1/16)...... 22.45" Week ending .19" Last week low 12/07/16.......................... temperature..................48.9 F Totalweek for the season (since 7/1/16)........ 5.42" Last high temperature.................67.8 F Lastyear week temperature..................41.5 Last rainlow to date (7/1/15-4/13/16)....... 17.32”F Last week high temperature.................63.5 F

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Walk of Remembrance of Chinese Fishing Village

Walk of Remembrance begins at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History at 1:00 p.m. with entertainment by the Monterey Bay Lion Dance Team.

The annual Walk of Remembrance plays an important role in preserving Pacific Grove’s rich cultural past, particularly when it comes to remembering the Chinese fishing village that once inhabited the area where the Stanford Hopkins Marine Station and the recreation trail can be found today.

This year’s Walk, scheduled from 1-3 p.m., will begin with introductions at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History and include light refreshments. Pacific Grove Mayor Bill Kampe and Museum Executive Director Jeanette Kihs will greet visitors to the Museum at 1 p.m. Gerry Low-Sabado, a 5th generation descendent of Pacific Grove’s Chinese Fishing Village, will speak about her family’s pioneering history and a recently found connection between her family and local icon Ed Ricketts. At 2 p.m., The Monterey Bay Lion Dance Team will lead the walk to Lovers Point, then along the bike trail, to the site where the village once stood. Comfortable walking shoes are recommended for the half-mile trek.

Walk of Remembrance is made possible by a partnership between The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, The City of Pacific Grove, The Heritage Society of Pacific Grove, The Monterey Bay Lion Dance Team, The National Coalition Building Institute – Monterey Chapter, and The American Civil Liberties Union – Monterey Chapter.

For more information, visit the Museum’s Chinese Fishing Village exhibit, which tells the story of the residents of the Point Alones Chinese Fishing Village. Historic photographs from the Museum’s Collection tell their story. For more information, visit the Museum online at http://www.pgmuseum.org/

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Ordinances on loud leaf blowers Editor:

Little did I know but that gas-powered leaf blowers are, in effect, banned in Pacific Grove. The city passed an ordinance (11.92.020 (d) PGMC) in 2005 prohibiting them above a decibel rating of 56dBA. Almost all gas-powered leaf blowers then and now are rated above that number, and thus subject to enforcement. The police told me they will respond on a complaint basis only. A more organized approach would be better.

I told the city council at their last meeting that something needed to be done to better enforce the ordinance, educate the public and protect landscape workers and residents from the hideous noise and polluting fumes. It is also prohibited to just blow debris into the street. All commercial landscape operators are required to have a PG business license as well. PG can meet our greenhouse gas reduction targets by banning gas-powered leaf blowers and other landscape maintenance equipment while protecting the health of workers and residents alike.

This item should be on the council’s agenda soon. Stay tuned and contact our council members and city staff with our concerns. Thank you.

Gary Karnes Pacific Grove

Bill Minor pens (and composes) an ode to Pacific Grove

I have posted two work-in-progress portions of a song I wrote (words and music) that has now reached a state of completion (I hope) as a YouTube video. The song is called “Pacific Grove,� and it’s a celebration of the town my wife Betty and I (and formerly our sons, Tim and Steve) have inhabited for 46 years—since 1971, when we came to the Monterey Bay area so I could teach at Monterey Peninsula College (which I did for twenty-five years; and now enjoy “retirement,� just writing and composing and playing music—which I love doing). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-8Nvjn_sUo&feature=share Read his entire letter including the lyrics at http://www.cedarstreettimes.com/ bil-minor-pens-and-composes-an-ode-to-pacific-grove/

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Recycling mixer for hospitality businesses

On Wednesday, May 3 Monterey Regional Waste Management District (MRWMD) and The Offset Project will host an informational mixer for local food service and hospitality businesses to spread awareness about the mandatory organics recycling requirement of AB1826 and how businesses can participate in the Organics to Energy compost program.

Waste and recycling haulers will be on hand to discuss how businesses can maximize recycling diversion and minimize cost. Successful waste reduction programs implemented by Asilomar, CHOMP, Basil Seasonal Dining, and CSUMB will be featured. A tour of the Clement Hotel food scrap diversion program will be available.Businesses interested in attending should RSVP to abbie@ theoffsetproject.org.

4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

The Clement Hotel , Ocean Terrace Ballroom , 750 Cannery Row , Monterey Organics to Energy is a program of MRWMD. The program started in 1990 and expanded to include source separated food scraps in 2008.In 2013, MRWMD commissioned California’s first SmartFerm dry fermentation anaerobic digester that allows the energy value of organic materials to be harvested to produce renewable electricity prior to composting. More information is available at organicstoenergy.org For additional information on the event please contact MRWMD’s Director of Sustainability and Communications, Jeffrey Lindenthal at (831)901-6931 or jlindenthal@ mrwmd.org.

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Have A Table Affair

Emberlight Productions to Bring Thriller Feature Film “Die, My Dear” to Pacific Grove

The 14th annual "A Table Affair" will take place on Thursday, May 4 between 2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. at the Inn at Spanish Join this special one- time screenBay, Pebble Beach. ing of a film that explores the five Each year a different stages of grief in the most uncomfortnon-profit organization is able and ironic of ways. selected as the beneficiary Emberlight Productions will be of the event. In 2017 the hosting a onetime screening of the fund beneficiaries will be thriller-horror, “Die, My Dear” at service dog organizations, Lighthouse Cinemas on May 13th, including Canine Com2017 at 3:00PM. panions for Independence, “Die, My Dear” is the story of Monterey Bay Search Victor and Miranda who attempt Dogs, National Disaster Search Dog Foundation, and Operation Freedom Paws. to resolve the conflicts within their Each is a non-profit, and they've banded together in a Salute To Service Dogs. failing marriage over the course of No reservations are required and there is no admission charge. Donations are a final dinner date. After failing to respectfully re1quested for the beneficiary and will be received at the event. Donasalvage their relationship, they reveal tions are tax deductible. their sinister true motivations for the This year the Sponsors of “A Table Affair-2017” are Cmdr. (U.S. Navy, Ret.) meeting; to murder the other. Having and Mrs. Randy L. Wight and Canine Companions Service Dog, Neo. Pebble Beach both successfully poisoned the other Company has again graciously provided support for the event. The administration during the meal, the pair face off costs of staging the event are covered by private donations so that 100 percent of against the inevitability of their unmonies raised at "A Table Affair" are received by the charities. Since its inception expected and untimely fates, as they "A Table Affair" has raised $120,000 for local charities. square their shoulders toward a poison There will be nearly 50 imaginatively designed tables on display. The table whose symptoms were customized to creators are either individuals or representatives of local organizations or businesses be as brutal and painful for its intended who give of their time and experience to participate in a colorful, fun affair. This target as possible. newspaper is proud to present a table designed around the old riddle, “What's Black This film features talent from all and White and Red All Over?” We look forward to participating. over Monterey Peninsula. Die, My Dear is directed by local film festival owner, MatComplimentary refreshments and a no-host bar are provided. thew Kalamane and stars local celebrities from the stage, Thomas Burks and Deirdre Plan to attend, bring friends and enjoy a delightful afternoon in addition to McCauley. supporting a truly worthy and timely cause.

View the Trailer for the film at: https://youtu.be/tPPQuTtP2tE For further information please contact Averil Nero at (831) 644-0833 or by Tickets can be purchased at: http://diemydear.bpt.me/ e-mail: acnero@comcast.net Website: www.diemydear.com

Pacific Grove Relay Rally The Pacific Grove Rally is the end point of a 5-mile walk which will start in Monterey at the Dela Vina firehouse. At Breaker Stadium, we’ll cheer on the Relay team as they walk in!

Come join the Pacific Grove Community and the non-profit Carry the Load® in raising awareness of our fallen first responders and miliary members. The rally is a great opportunity to bring your family out and meet your local police, firfighters, and our miliary members as well as other members of the Pacific Grove community.

Join the fun!

To help raise awareness and donations, we will have: • BBQ and Refreshments for purchase • Silent Auctions • First Responder Vehicles • Games and Activities • Pacific Grove Information

Event schedule:

11:00 - 2:00 5-mile walk will meet at the Monterey fire house station #13, 401 Dela Vina Ave., and end at Breaker stadium in Pacific Grove 11:00 - 3:00 PG Rally will be at Pacific Grove Highool Breakers Stadium where we will have a barbecue and help cheer the Relay team as they walk in.

Carry The Load is a non-profit dedicated to providing active, meaningful ways to honor and celebrate the sacrifices made by our nation’s heroes — military, law enforcement, firefighters and first responders.

What started as a mission to restore the true meaning of Memorial Day has broadened to include more than just our military heroes and more than just the one holiday. Carry The Load works to bring all Americans together to participate in honoring our nation’s heroes every day.

Want to join in? Email Ofcr. Billy Hawkins at pgrelay@gmail.com Carry The Load is a registered IRS 501(c)3, Tax ID # 27-4568835 - See more at: http://www.carrytheload.org/site/PageServer?pagename=home#sthash.wsvzaeYa.dpuf

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Ludwig van Beethoven: Innovation with Attitude!

Robert Greenberg, world-renowned speaker and musicologist will speak at All Saints’ Church, Carmel, Sunday, May 7, at 3:00 p.m. at Seccombe Hall, Lower Level, presenting Herr Beethoven in a way you have never heard before! Admission is $25, and includes a chance to meet Dr. Greenberg and a reception in the garden following the talk.

Beethoven’s views on creativity and personal expression were revolutionary, even heretical for his day. He was also a composer with a progressive hearing disability living at a time of violent and rapid change. He said, “Art demands of us that we never stand still.” And stand still Beethoven did not!

Greenberg, a speaker, composer, author, historian, and professor, is the renowned classical music lecturer for the Great Courses and currently the Music Historian-in-Residence with San Francisco Performances. Pairing scholarship with a marvelous sense of humor, Dr. Greenberg is an articulate and highly entertaining speaker – not to be missed!

Presented by the Chamber Music

Monterey Bay, 831-625-2212. Please mail your check for $25 to CMMB, P.O. Box 221458, Carmel, CA 93922 or purchase your seat on the website www.chambermusicmontereybay.org

Parents and Grads: Celebrate a Safe and Sober Graduation As graduation approaches it is traditional to hold graduation parties to celebrate with family and friends. Often however these celebrations turn tragic as alcohol is served and bad things happen. Looking at both newspapers and television we see terrible auto collisions with major injuries and even death. As residents we can prevent the drinking and driving by underage people. In fact as parents we are obligated to protect our children. Why should we not serve alcohol to underage people?

First of all it is against California State Law to serve alcohol to a minor (under 21 years of age). It doesn’t matter if the alcohol is served in your home; it is still illegal and you can be subject to a hefty penalty and fine even if you are not at home. If you permit a party with alcohol on your premises even without your presence it could still put you in trouble.

Simply do not do it; serve non-alcoholic beverages instead.

Second, the City of Pacific Grove is one of a few cities that has a social hosting ordinance. So what is this and what does it mean for you? A social hosting ordinance places a strict responsibility upon all adults to not serve alcohol to

those under 21. The consequences are heavy and the penalties can be steep.

If the Pacific Grove police are called to your home and property because of loud noise and revelry with alcohol and underage minors are drinking, the social hosting ordinance kicks in and you the adult will be responsible to reimburse the Pacific Grove Police Department, the Fire Department, and EMT for all the time they spend at your home breaking up the party. This also includes waiting outside the home until a responsible adult shows up to pick up any inebriated minors and take them home. Adults and parents, this can be a hefty expense!

Then there can also be a lawyer’s bill on top of it all. Insurance rates also if there is a collision. Remember you, and not the City of Pacific Grove, eats these bills. Wow! So is serving alcohol to minors really worth it after reading the above?

Can’t you have a great party without alcohol? Think this out and speak to your children. A graduation deserves a happy celebration; it does not deserve a bad outcome. Be Wise and Be Safe - Ken Cuneo

Community Volunteers Deserve Our Gratitude Editor: April 23 to April 29 is National Volunteer Week, and that reminds me of the many volunteers in Pacific Grove and elsewhere who give of themselves to help others. People like Al Siekert, who raises money all week and cooks a nutritious breakfast for the homeless on Sundays.

People like our friend Jeff who volunteers for The Blind and Visually Impaired Center to drive people to doctors’ appointments.

Then there are the countless people who volunteer at Point Pinos lighthouse, serve on our city’s boards and commissions, and who work with education groups like Monterey Reads. Through I-Help we have Rotary volunteers. Ron Schenk, and countless others at several of the churches in the city that provide meals, shelter, and some comfort to the homeless.

Marge Ann Jameson

Cop Log Errant 4 Year-Old 4 year-old child was found wandering around the city. Parents were located, child was returned to his family.

Thefts from unlocked vehicles Patterson Ln.: Past tense theft of an acoustic guitar from an unlocked vehicle.

Funston Ave.: Past tense theft of personal property from an unlocked vehicle. No suspect information.

9th St.: The victim had his bicycle stolen off of his vehicle Parrot doing fine, thank you. Did it say so?

SPCA humane investigators called and asked ACO to do a welfare check on a bird at the above location. An anonymous R/P called the SPCA to report a macaw in a small cage. ACO contacted bird owner to do a welfare check. The bird had a good size cage and spends most of its time out of the cage while bird owner is home. ACO reported back to the SPCA the lack of merit to this complaint. Nothing further at this time.

Lost & found A woman came into the PGPD lobby to turn in found property. Upon a records check, contact information for the owner was found. Owner was notified and will pick up property when they return from vacation.

A woman came into PGPD to turn in found property from Ocean View Blvd. The property was mailed to owner on April 19, 2017.

A cell phone was found in Rip van Winkle Park and turned in as found property.

Item returned to owner.

On Hillcrest Ave., property was found on the sidewalk next to the middle school.

Brought to the police department for safe keeping.

Not very secure storage On Grove Acre Ave., a storage unit within a carport was burglarized. Personal items were taken. No suspect information.

Magic trick?

Officer was dispatched to a vehicle accident near a local church on Central Ave., but upon arrival found the call was about a male who broke a window to a residence.

Marijuana strikes again Ocean View Blvd., subject cited for posession of a controlled substance.

ABC underage drinking operation nabs three with purchase decoy

On April 13, 2017, the Monterey Police Department in conjunction with the Alcohol Beverage Control conducted a Minor Decoy Operation. The operation targeted ABC licensed businesses and individuals who furnished alcohol to minors. The goal of the operation was to reduce youth access to alcohol and resultant alcohol related crimes.

An underage decoy, who worked under direct supervision of Monterey Police Officers, went to eight random ABC licensed businesses. The majority

of the businesses refused to sell alcohol to the minor decoy with the exception of three businesses. The three employees associated with the businesses were cited for 25658(a) B&P, furnishing alcohol to people under the age of 21.

This project is part of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control’s Education and Teen Alcohol Enforcement Program Grant, funded by the California Office of Traffic Safety through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Inaugural Cannery Row Banquet May 5 brings Western Flyer information Features Congressman Jimmy Panetta as Keynote Speaker

In John Steinbeck’s 1945 novel, Cannery Row, one character observes, “There ain't nobody likes a party better than Doc.” The First Annual Cannery Row Banquet on Friday, May 5 at 7 p.m. at the InterContinental-The Clement Monterey will honor that spirit, and tickets are now available at www.steinbeck.org.

The National Steinbeck Center and the Cannery Row Foundation are sponsoring the benefit, which supports National A few months ago I went on a tour of the Steinbeck Center educational programs Meals on Wheels facility in Pacific Grove and the Cannery Row Foundation’s new and was amazed at the number of people mission—to highlight Cannery Row’s who, early in the morning, were stuffing diverse cultural legacy.

The Banquet includes Steinbeck-era boxes with milk, sandwiches, apples, and other items. Others were sealing meals songs and scenes, with Taelen Thomas to be delivered to people by drivers who and guitarist Steve Mortensen. Between make deliveries to homebound indi- courses, John Gregg, owner of the Western viduals from Carmel Valley to Marina. Flyer—the purse seiner that Steinbeck and This week is our opportunity to recognize Ricketts chartered to the Sea of Cortez in and thank these wonderful people. So if 1940--will discuss plans for the Flyer’s you know of someone who volunteers; future.

The event closes with Congressman thank them. And if you aren’t volunteering, well, please think about it. Just go to Jimmy Panetta, touching on the imporhttps://www.volunteermatch.org and find tance of the Festival’s 2017 theme, “Mian organization which appeals to you. grations.”

“We promise an evening of both And to all you volunteers out there – ‘hoopdedoodle’ and ‘nonteleological THANK YOU! Rudy Fischer thinking’—a perfect mix for a Steinbeck/ Pacific Grove

National Volunteer Week

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Ricketts party,” noted the NSC Director, Susan Shillinglaw.

President of the Cannery Row Foundation, Greg Cailliet added: “It will be wonderful for our non-profit organization to be celebrating the rich cultural and literary history of Cannery Row and the Monterey Peninsula with the NSC.” The Cannery Row Banquet is part of the National Steinbeck Center’s annual Steinbeck Festival, which highlights Steinbeck’s legacy and relevance today.

Other Festival events are held in Salinas at the National Steinbeck Center, including a Saturday lunchtime showing of “East of Salinas,” a celebrated PBS documentary; a Saturday 6 pm staged reading of the T.V. pilot, “Back on Cannery Row” and a free memorial concert to Carol Robles on Sunday at 2pm, featuring Big Mama Sue, Goofy Gary and Fast Eddie trio.

Both Banquet and Festival tickets are available via the National Steinbeck Center’s Eventbrite page. Banquet tickets $95 and $125 VIP, which includes a Clement reception at 6:15 pm. VIP tables of eight are $1,000.For more information, visit www.steinbeck.org or call the National Steinbeck Center museum at (831) 7754721.

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Buddha’s Birthday Celebration

Center for Spiritual Awakening 522 Central Ave. • 831-372-1942

Central Presbyterian Church of Pacific Grove 325 Central Ave. • 831-375-7207

Chabad of Monterey

Carmel Sambosa Buddhist Temple and Meditation Center invites all to join on May 7 at 10:30 a.m. for chanting, Bathing Buddha, flower dedication. And at 11:00 a.m. there will be performances: Korean Traditional Drums Janni Littlepage Rain Taiko Ensemble 12:00 p.m. is lunch and at 1:30 p.m. a lotus lantern workshop.

Carmel Sambosa Buddhist Temple 28110 Robinson Canyon Rd Carmel www.carmelsambosa.org

620 Lighthouse Ave., Entrance on 18th • 831-643-2770

Programs at the Library

Christian Church Disciples of Christ of Pacific Grove 442 Central Ave. • 831-372-0363

For more information • call 648-5760.

Church of Christ

Tuesday, May 2 • 11:00 am Pre-School stories at the Pacific Grove Library, ages 2-5 Wednesday, May 3 • 3:45 pm Wacky Wednesday Stories: stories, science and craft projects

176 Central Ave. • 831-375-3741

Community Baptist Church

Monterey & Pine Avenues • 831-375-4311

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First Baptist Church of Pacific Grove

Wednesday, May 3 • 5:00 - 6:30 pm “Lego” My Library: Lego fun for all ages

246 Laurel Ave. • 831-373-0741

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First Church of God

Thursday, May 4 • 11:00 am Baby Rhyme Time for babies birth - 24 months

1023 David Ave. • 831-372-5005

First United Methodist Church of Pacific Grove

Chautauqua Hall Dance Club

Worship: Sundays 10:00 a.m.

915 Sunset @ 17-Mile Dr. • 831-372-5875

Forest Hill United Methodist Church

Teacher April 29

Jehovah’s Witnesses of Pacific Grove

Where: Chautauqua Hall, 16th St. at Central Ave Pacific Grove, Cost: $15 for non-members, $10 for members. Annual membership fee is $15.

Fee includes 55 min. dance lesson, DJ music for 3 hours and buffet of healthful snacks.

Services 9 a.m. Sundays 551 Gibson Ave. • 831-372-7956

1100 Sunset Drive • 831-375-2138

Lighthouse Fellowship of Pacific Grove

PG Community Center, 515 Junipero Ave. • 831-333-0636

Manjushri Dharma Center

724 Forest Ave. • 831-901-3156 manjushridharmacenter.org • carmelkhenpo@gmail.com

Mayflower Presbyterian Church 141 14th St. • 831-373-4705

Peninsula Baptist Church

1116 Funston Ave. • 831-394-5712

Peninsula Christian Center 520 Pine Ave. • 831-373-0431

St. Angela Merici Catholic Church 146 8th St. • 831-655-4160

St. Anselm’s Anglican Church

Sundays 9:30 a.m.

375 Lighthouse Ave. • 831-920-1620 Fr. Michael Bowhay

St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church Central Avenue & 12 th St. • 831-373-4441

Seventh-Day Adventist Church of the Monterey Peninsula 375 Lighthouse Ave. • 831-372-7818

Shoreline Community Church

Sunday Service 10 a.m.

Robert Down Elementary, 485 Pine Ave. • 831-655-0100 www.shorelinechurch.org

OUTSIDE PACIFIC GROVE Bethlehem Lutheran Church

800 Cass St., Monterey • 831-373-1523 Pastor Bart Rall

Congregation Beth Israel

5716 Carmel Valley Rd., Carmel • 831-624-2015

Monterey Center for Spiritual Living

Sunday Service 10:30 am 400 West Franklin St., Monterey • 831-372-7326 www.montereycsl.org

Dance DJ Metin & Masha Merengue Bob

Sera Hirasuna, 831-262-0653

For more information, go to: pgdance.org/index.html or Facebook at: https:// www.facebook.com/groups/PGDANCE/ Background: Chautauqua Hall Dance Club, a non-profit founded in 1926, is dedicated to making dance accessible to everyone. We offer dance classes in over 20 kinds of ballroom, nightclub and specialty dances so that everyone can share in the joy in partnered social dance.

Additional info: No partner needed. Everyone welcome. Kids 13 and under free with an adult.

Gentrain Society Lectures

The Gentrain Society of Monterey Peninsula College is sponsoring these free public lectures in March and April, 2017. For lengthier descriptions and illustrations for these talks please see the Gentrain website.

Wednesday, May 3, 2017 Gentrain Society Lecture: What We Can Learn About Leadership from Shakespeare Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Free; MPC Parking $2.00 Information: www.gentrain.org ; info@gentrain.org ; 372-0895 Not much has changed in human behavior in the 400 years since William Shakespeare explored the themes of power and leadership in his plays. That he did so with equal genius in his comedies, histories, and tragedies is in itself a singular achievement. What can we learn from the Bard about leadership? Antoni Cimolina (Artistic Director, Stratford/Ontario Festival) observes that “Leadership is largely about the exercise of power-and power is a central theme in Shakespeare.” His works are replete with insights that speak to modern audiences as clearly as they did 400 years ago. Plays to be discussed include “Coriolanus,” “King Lear” and “Richard II.” Dr. Allston James taught literature and Humanities at MPC for over 30 years. He currently lectures on Shakespeare at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at CSUMB, and is the author of numerous works for the stage.

Wednesday, May 17, 2017 Gentrain Society Lecture: Ansel Adams: Photographer and Conservationist Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Free; MPC Parking $2.00 Information: www.gentrain.org ; info@gentrain.org ; 372-0895 Michael Adams, M.D. will tell of his father Ansel Adams’ remarkable life: early years in San Francisco, hopes for a career as a pianist, his first 1916 trip to Yosemite, and his subsequent career as photographer, teacher and author. On a 1927 hike in Yosemite, Adams first developed his unique photographic style: clear, sharp focus, with the use of filters to darken the sky for dramatic effect. Many of his wellknown photographs will illustrate the presentation. Michael Adams is Chairman of the Board of the Ansel Adams Gallery, now in its 114th year of operation in Yosemite Valley. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UC San Francisco Medical School. Michael has been an advisor to the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona,Tucson, (home to the Ansel Adams photographic archive).

He is a Council member of the Yosemite Conservancy.

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New exhibit opens May 5 with free reception at Pacific Grove Art Center From Russia with Love: The nonprofit Pacific Grove Art Center goes international at its Gala Art Opening Friday evening May 5, as Russian artists Vladimir and Olga Muhin, together with artist son Fedor, present their exuberant family show, “Joie de Vivre.”

The family that paints together...

The Muhin family has made their home in Pacific Grove over the past year. Each member of the family has their preferred field of endeavor within the art world.

Vladimir Muhin is already widely known in Europe and in the world of Russian artists. He had aspired to be a portrait artist from early in his life and his delicious, vibrant portraits even hang on Vladimir Putin’s walls. He studied at the oldest art school in Russia, he did his thing while doing his military service.

And then he became a favorite student of the Academy of Painting in Moscow.

The rest is art history.

Said a biographer, “You can most certainly call him ‘academist-idealist,’ or you can call him ‘neo-romanticist,’ A ‘symbolist’ would also fit him, but the painter just lives in the world of color and light, amongst plenteous fantasies... amazingly juicy and exotic in appearance.”

Now in his 40s, his works can be found in galleries and private collections in Russia, USA, Canada, France, China and Australia.

Muhin’s wife Olga paints and is a designer. She has delved into furniture and interior design.

Fedor, their son, defines himself as an artist. He also paints and does drawings and printing. “Art is everywhere,” he says, “so you can do what you want.

He has even begun experimenting in tattoos. At times, he works en plein air, doing beachscapes, landscapes, Big Sur, the weather...

Some of his large painting will be on display beginning on May 5, as will works by his wife and son.

The opening is free, but donations to the Art Center are encouraged.

Join Pacific Grove’s At Center at 568 Lighthouse on Friday, May 5 from 7–9 p.m. for the Muhin exhibit, along with the lyrical, transformative landscapes of Ed Penniman, the eclectic mixed media of Zoya Scholis and Vera Tchikovani -- and for instant gratification, enjoy the “take-it-home-today, affordable sales art exhibit,” Art within Reach.

Regular hours at Pacific Grove Art

“Dreamer,” Zoya Scholis

Fedor Muhin “Gypsy Wedding,” Vladimir Muhin Center are from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and from 1-4 p.m. on Sundays. There is no entrance charge, but donations are suggested and welcomed. Admission to the PGAC is made possible through your donations at http://www.pgartcenter.org/ On exhibit from May 5 through June 29 will be: Muhin family artists – Joie de Vivre, Gill Gallery: Considered by many critics to be the best representative of contemporary Russian art, Vladimir Muhin joins his wife Olga and son Fedor to present an art exhibit bursting with the joy of life. Olga and Vladimir both graduated from the Penza Savitsky’s Art School; Vladimir continued his studies at the Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, and is the recipient of numerous awards. Vladimir, Olga, and Fedor invite you into a Russian world full of lyricism, pouring light, fascinating theatricality, irony, and energy. Their bright positive colors, elegant outlines, and unexpected interpretations bring the viewer into a new reality of lost harmony and picturesque space.

Ed Penniman – Untouched: Contemporary Landscape Paintings of the Central Coast, Dyke Gallery: “I want to preserve and reflect my emotional response to the untouched natural places of beauty,” Penniman says. “I hope to foster environmental stewardship and

“Schwan Lagoon,” Ed Penniman

“Medusa” by Vladimir Muhin share my appreciation of these locations.

Outdoor painting is essential to capturing the light and my feelings. As I paint there is mystery in how memories and sensations emerge as tangible images.

Only I know when I create a unique interpretative expression—it is where my effort begins and ends.”

Zoya Scholis and Vera Tchikovani – In the Mix, Annand Gallery: Zoya Scholis and Vera Tchikovani explore the daring possibilities of mixed media in over thirty original works. Both have exhibited in San Francisco for over ten years and have received multiple awards for collage, mixed media and assemblage work. Tchikovani blends acrylic, paper, mark making and dry media into her abstract work. Often about death, Scholis’ found-object sculpture is grounded in narrative with figures and dwellings. Both artists use expressionism and Color Field painting techniques.

Zoya Scholis received a BA in Studio Arts from CSUMB in 1993 and has furthered her art studies at Stanford University. Vera Tchikovani received a MA from UC Berkeley and has studied for many years under expressionist artist, Glen Moriwaki. For more information please see Zoyart.com and vvtart.com

bring it home. PGAC’s cash and carry gallery, Art Within Reach, lets buyers immediately take home something they love; it also appeals to out-of- towners who can buy art and not bear the brunt of shipping costs. The exhibit features a variety of media such as oil, pottery, block prints, and photography. Artists are chosen by invitation from past exhibitors. The selected art is available and affordable, with prices ranging from $50 to $500. Enjoy this new art—and if you see something you love, you can take it home, immediately.

Art within Reach – “Instant gratification - Love it, buy it, take it home!” – Boyer Gallery: Part of the fun of buying art is the moment you can

“Hopscotch,” Vera Tchikovani

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9th Annual The Quail Motorcycle Gathering Presented by GEICO Motorcycles

With more than 350 motorcycles on display, and over 2,500 guests in attendance, The Quail Motorcycle Gathering, presented by GEICO Motorcycles, features one of the world’s finest and rarest collections of vintage and modern motorcycles sponsored by leading motorcycle manufacturers and top lifestyle, retail, and beverage companies ─ all hosted on the stunning green grasses of Quail Lodge & Golf Club in Carmel, California.

Youth Museum will provide its popular Wheelie Mobilee, an interactive imagination station that consists of a paint cart, solar gears, super structs, moon sand and more! The event will feature a silent auction where all proceeds will directly benefit this amazing community-based 501(c)3 non-profit. Bid for a chance to win an array of amazing prizes, including: accommodations and golf at Quail

Boasting a signature beverage pavilion, dedicated kid’s area provided by the Monterey Youth Museum, and live performance by Delaney Ann and J.J. Hawg on the KPIG Radio stage, The Quail Motorcycle Gathering truly has something for everyone! Entry is inclusive of a mouthwatering southern picnic lunch featuring fried chicken, parking, and gear valet service for those riding a motorcycle to the event!

9th Annual The Quail Motorcycle Gathering, presented by GEICO Motorcycles Saturday, May 6, 2017 | 10:00 am ‒ 4:00 pm Quail Lodge & Golf Club | Carmel, California Adult: $75 Military/Student: $60 *With valid identification Teen: $60 Children: $15 Children 2 and under: FREE Prices increase to $95 at the gate!

The Quail Motorcycle Gathering 2017 celebrates displays from the following categories: American, British, Italian, Other European, Japanese, Competition On and Off Road, Antique, Custom/Modified, and Extraordinary Bicycles and Scooters. An additional category will celebrate the milestone of 50 Years of the Norton Commando!

Regarded as one of the nation’s most prestigious motorcycle concours, The Quail Motorcycle Gathering honors Best of Show with a Tiffany & Co trophy and a rare jeroboam 3 liter of Cristal, a wine that was created in 1876 by Louis Roederer for the Tsar Alexander II with a customized brass plate affixed on the inside cover of its wooden box.

The Quail Motorcycle Gathering is excited to announce its continuation of the acclaimed “Legend of the Sport” series, two-time AMA Grand National Champion and three-time World 500 Grand Prix Champion Kenny Roberts. With a racing career spanning 13 years, multiple championships, and dozens of race wins, Kenny Roberts has left an indelible mark on the sport of motorcycle racing in the United States and around the world. Roberts has been inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America, the International Motorsports Hall of Fame, the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame and was named an FIM Grand Prix Legend.

The Quail Motorcycle Gathering is also proud to be a family-friendly event where kids can share in the love of motorcycles! For the third year in a row, the Monterey

Lodge; accommodations at The Peninsula Chicago and The Peninsula New York; a Land Rover Off-Road Driving Experience; custom artwork by Eric Herrmann Studios; custom clothing by Gigi Montrose Moto Couture, and an array of other amazing prizes!

Don’t miss your chance to bring the family out to Quail Lodge & Golf Club to participate in one of the year’s most exciting motorcycle events!

The Sun’s Back and so are the Visitors to the Whales at Berwick Park

With beautiful spring weather come the visitors.

Last weekend, they were clustered at the fence to view the seal pups and take pictures, and they were posing once again at the whale sculptures in Berwick Park, a little farther along on Ocean View Blvd.

A couple from Fremont imitated the way the whales are posed (below).

To purchase tickets to The Quail Motorcycle Gathering, please visit www.quaillodgetickets.com or call 831.620.8879.

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Got Jewelry?

Tor House Spring Garden Party

Sunday, May 7, 2-5 p.m. at Tor House 26304 Ocean View Ave, Carmel 831-624-1813 Vibrant Spring has arrived at Tor House and that means that the Annual Spring Garden Party is just around the corner. Our annual open house is a special time for Jeffers’ fans to tour, relax, and refresh in the gardens, home, and amazing Hawk Tower perched over the Pacific at Carmel Point.

During the Garden Party at Tor House the blooming spring gardens will be filled with art, poetry and, especially music. And, of course, Ed Jarvis will return. His Hawk Tower performance on the bagpipes is always one of the highlights of the Garden Party.

Beside music, there will be plein air painters, knowledgeable docents answering questions and reading poems, and the opportunity to explore Tor House and Hawk Tower at your own pace. Tea, punch, and homemade nibbles will be served in the garden and in the Jeffers’ dining room.

Photography in Tor House and Hawk Tower is permitted only on this special day.

Admission to the event is $15 per person. You can buy tickets online ahead of time at https://buy.acmeticketing.com/events/211/list or the day of the party at the gate with cash or check.

Children must be over the age of 10. Please, no pets of any age. Sensible shoes recommended.

Weather is changeable this time of year so be prepared for bright sun, foggy breezes, or ocean mists.

Possibly all three.

A Mystery Man held court for a while earlier on Saturday, then disappeared. Was he stolen or rescued?

No one’s talking.

Now Until May 11 The American Cancer Society Discovery Shop in Pacific Grove is requesting donations of costume and fine jewelry, purses, shoes, and accessories … now until May 11…in time for our biggest event of the year. Peek into your jewelry box, round up your rings, pearls, pendants, bracelets, etc. Donations can be dropped off at The Pacific Grove Discovery Shop at 198 Country Club Gate Shopping Center. All donations are tax deductible. The proceeds go towards cancer research, education, advocacy, and service.

Our Jewelry Fundraiser will be held Friday evening, May 12 from 4-7 p.m. and Saturday, May 13 from 10-5:30 p.m.

Remember, Mothers Day is May 14.

For more information, call the Discovery Shop at (831) 372-0866.

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533 Earth Day Volunteers Keep Central Coast Beaches Clean

Asilomar State Beach, Pacific Groove, Gavilan College Group (user submitted: Sanctuary Steward Karen Gunby) On Earth Day, April 22, Save Our Shores held 11 cleanups that removed 1,165 pounds of trash.

The California Central Coast’s largest Earth Day cleanup effort had one of its most successful turnouts this Saturday. 533 volunteers from across Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties celebrated Earth Day with community action at 11 Save Our Shores cleanup sites run by Sanctuary Stewards, Adopt-a-Beach groups and SOS staff. This year, the 39 year-old Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary based marine conservation nonprofit prevented 1,165 pounds of litter from entering the ocean. Much of the collected litter came in the form of plastic pieces and plastic food wrappers… The small stuff matters the most.

Volunteer leader Carey Pico captured the feeling of the day, “People from all walks of life came out to the beach today to make a difference in their community and for the environment. Kaiser Permanente employees, students from the U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps, and a crew of local neighbors and students descended on the beach for a common cause, take care of the earth as a community!”

Save Our Shores removed 921 pounds of waste from 7 cleanup locations in Santa Cruz County including: Panther State Beach, Natural Bridges State Beach, Cowell and Main Beach, San Lorenzo River, supported by the City of Santa Cruz (Measure E), Sunny Cove Beach and Hidden Beach.

244 pounds of waste was removed from 4 cleanup locations in Monterey County including: Del Monte City Beach, Asilomar State Beach, Carmel River State Beach and Rancho Moro Cojo Park (Elkhorn Slough).

Items ranged from large household appliances and

auto parts to small plastic products and pre-production nurdles. By far, the most common item collected was cigarette butts and plastic water-bottle caps. More than 750 cigarette butts were collected along the San Lorenzo River Walk in downtown Santa Cruz alone.

In other news, Save Our Shores continued their #SaveOurSand campaign to end coastal illegal sand mining in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. The nonprofit positioned letter writing campaign stations at multiple cleanups sites, amassing nearly 600 signed letters addressed to the California Coastal Commission and the State Lands Commission, asking the agencies to enforce their jurisdiction. Each letter addresses the CEMEX Sand Mine in Marina, and the ≈700 million pounds of public trust sand the operation removes from the state beach every year. Save Our Shores particularly appreciates the support of the Santa Cruz Earth Day Festival and the Middlebury Institute of International Studies Earth Day Festival in Monterey for hosting their sand mine stations. The events helped educate hundreds about the largest anthropogenic impact along the entire California coast, causing nearly 14 acres of shoreline to disappear annually.

Save Our Shores thanks all of its Earth Day supporting partners and sponsors, in conjunction with the CA State Parks Foundation’s 19th Earth Day Restoration and Cleanup: The County of Santa Cruz Public Works Department, the City of Santa Cruz (Measure E), Elkhorn Slough Foundation, Green Waste, Rio Del Mar Improvement Association Adopt-a-Beach, North Monterey County Regional Parks District, 4th Surf City Scouts Adopt-a-Beach and the Middlebury Institute of International Studies

Remains of a motorcycle found at Sunny Cove Beach, Santa Cruz (user submitted: Sanctuary Steward Mary Scheller)

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Salinas Valley Landowners Win Critical Points in Water Rights and Assessments Litigation

By Nancy Isakson The Salinas Valley Water Coalition (SVWC) filed a lawsuit on January 13th against Monterey County Water Resources Agency (Agency) and the County of Monterey. The SVWC felt it necessary to bring a lawsuit to compel the Agency to keep its promises – to manage and operate the reservoirs consistent with the Salinas Valley Water Project (its EIR and Biological Opinion), to stop its unlawful diversion to storage, and to respect landowners’ overlying and riparian water rights.

The Agency promised the voters it would build and operate the SVWP to provide special water supply benefits, which the voters agreed to pay for and are in fact continuing to pay for these special benefits, but the Agency has failed to perform as promised. This failure has created harm to agricultural landowners in the assessment area called Zone 2C. Zone 2C ratepayers continue to pay for benefits they are not receiving while their water rights are being harmed by the Agency’s withholding of water the landowners are legally entitled to.

The SVWC has tried for the past 18 months to work with the Agency to resolve these issues; however, they remain unresolved today and so SVWC is left with one remedy, which is to ask the court to compel the Agency to act accordingly.

The coalition recently won critical arguments in a hearing in Monterey County Superior Court.

Judge Lydia Villarreal ruled April 12 that the SVWC can move forward on claims for reduced water rights and financial damages that were experienced because Monterey County officials have not operated Nacimiento Reservoir and the Marina diversion facility properly to recharge valley aquifers and provide adequate river flow for steelhead fish migration.

Judge Villarreal ruled that the SVWC can continue the lawsuit as a representative action as none of the claims require the court to differentiate water rights of individual property owners.

“This is a significant finding for the SVWC as one of our primary purposes as a coalition is to protect our members’ water rights along with holding our governing agencies accountable for their actions,” said Keith Roberts, chair of the water coalition.

Growers in the Salinas River Basin rely on wells to irrigate row crops and vineyards.

Interestingly, the water resources agency took the position that its Board of Directors is an advisory body only and that its Board of Supervisors has the ultimate decision making authority. Although the judge agreed, the question becomes whether reservoir operations, which had been solely discussed and decided at the director level, must now go before the Board of Supervisors under a process that has yet to be developed.

Judge Villarreal also found that the coalition could go ahead in legal arguments that the county’s operation of the SVWP, which the coalition supported to gain 85 percent approval of the assessed valuation in a Proposition 218 proceeding in 2003, has not been as promised, failing to operate Nacimiento and San Antonio reservoirs to release and divert water for aquifer recharge and fish flows.

Roger Moitoso, vice-chair of the water coalition, said he was pleased with the findings because the court recognized the coalition’s mission to protect water resources of the Salinas River consistent with “fairness and equity to all landowners within the basin, while accommodating and protecting our fishery resources.”

“We are only asking that the reservoirs be operated in the manner that is stated in the SVWP’s Engineers’ Report, its EIR and Biological Opinion,” Moitoso said.

Submitted by: Nancy Isakson, President, Salinas Valley Water Coalition

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Aquarium will celebrate its volunteers May 13

Mary Martha Waltz, Volunteer

Dylan Williams, youth volunteer

The Monterey Bay Aquarium kicks off National Volunteer week by announcing the exceptional volunteers who earned the 2017 Lucile S. Packard Memorial Award and Youth Volunteer Awards. The aquarium celebrates Carmel resident Mary Martha Waltz, and student volunteers Dylan Williams, from San Juan Bautista, and Yazmin Ochoa, of Salinas, as individuals “whose dedication and service exemplify Mrs. Packard’s lifelong commitment to volunteerism.” The awards will be officially presented at the annual volunteer gala on Saturday, May 13.

Yazmin Ochoa, youth volunteer

. . .green for GO! Join us for an evening of: Exploration Entertainment & Enjoyment!

MAY. 5TH, 2017

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM PARTICIPANTS: Grand Ave: Studio Silzer 170 B Forest Ave: Bookmark Music 307 Lighthouse Ave: Marina Patina 520 Pacific Grove Art Center 568 (4 Gala Openings *7-9pm) Holly's Lighthouse Cafe 602 Variety 608 Phill's Barber Shop 610 Artisana Gallery 612 Craddock~Butterfield Gallery 661 (Upstairs)

Jewelry Event Friday Evening & Saturday, May 12-13 Jazz yourself up with some new jewelry!

Featuring glitz, glamour & sparkles! Jewelry galore, clothing, handbags, shoes, accessories, silver & crystal items. All of this while helping those whose lives have been touched by cancer.

Friday Evening 4-7pm Pacific Grove Discovery Shop

Saturday 10-5:30pm 831 372-0866

Red House Cafe 662 Many more participants and lots of LIVE Music, Art Openings, Sales and a few Surprises!

cancer.org/discovery Sponsored in part by the P.G. Chamber of Commerce, P.G. Economic Development Commission & Business Improvement District.

COMMUNITY • ART • ENTERTAINMENT

Cancer Information: cancer.org | 1.800.227.2345

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UC Master Gardeners Offer Free Gardening Class On Sunday, May 7, from 10 am to 12 pm, the UC Master Gardeners of Monterey Bay will present a FREE class on “Soil Prep for Your Vegetable Garden“ at the their Demonstration Garden in Watsonville.

UC Master Gardener Delise Weir will discuss the basics of soil science and why it’s important to the success of your vegetable garden. She will cover what soil is made of, what makes some soils different from others, and how organic matter affects the availability of water and nutrients to your plants.

This class is intended for home gardeners who garden in the ground or raised beds, not pots, and no science background is required. Plenty of practical tips will be given on how to improve any soil with resource lists to source local organic materials. Bring a cup of your own garden soil in a mason jar with a lid to participate in the soil texture exercise.

For further information and advance reservation, visit the UCMBMG website

at www.mgmb.ucanr.edu. The UCMG Demonstration Garden is located next to the rear parking lot at 1430 Freedom Blvd in Watsonville.

This class is part of a series of free monthly gardening workshops at the UC Master Gardeners’ Watsonville demonstration garden. Upcoming topics include growing vegetables, and integrated pest management.

About UC Master Gardeners of Monterey Bay: UC Master Gardeners of Monterey Bay is a volunteer organization affiliated with UC Cooperative Extension’s Master Gardener Program. Our mission is: To extend research based knowledge and information on home horticulture, pest management, and sustainable landscape practices to California residents.

UC Master Gardener programs include a gardening hotline, speakers bureau, information booths, demonstration gardens, events, and special projects.

Central Coast Writers Announce Youth Story ContestWinners Ninety-four Monterey County high school juniors and seniors submitted entries in Central Coast Writers 2017 Short Story Contest for Monterey County High School Juniors and Seniors. Congratulations to these winners!

First Place ($300): “Cart Cascade”

by Anna Gumberg, Carmel High School, teacher Mike Palshaw Second Place ($200): “Vanilla Cake”

by Bessie Nicolaides, Everett Alvarez High School, teacher Jordana Henry

Third Place ($100): “Winter Alone”

by Wenke Huang, Stevenson School, teacher Dr. Karen Hiles Honorable Mentions ($50 each) “Apparent Wind” by Anna Hayden, Stevenson School, teacher Bain Smith Jr. “One Picture Says It All by Tara Mann”, Santa Catalina School, teacher Dr. Nancy Hunt “The Man and His Rocks” by Eli Elisco, Pacific Grove High School, teacher Jenna Hall

MONTEREY MUSEUM OF ART

SUMMER ART CAMPS

for kids

The Monterey Museum of Art offers 13 Summer Art Camps June 5 – August 4 Creative learning experiences offered for ages 5 to 16:  LEGO® Camps  Where the Wild Things Are  Art Through the Ages  Teen Camp: Drawing from the Unconscious  E[ART]H Camp at La Mirada  Around the World

Early registration is recommended!

Register at montereyart.org/summercamps

559 Pacific Street, Monterey California 93940 montereyart.org

Gatsby in the Garden Party Jazz, refreshments, and a garden tour

Join us for a Gatsby-themed party at Forest Hill to celebrate the new garden on our grounds. Our luxuriously remodeled Forest Hill Hotel hails from the Jazz Age, and serves as the perfect backdrop. Enjoy light refreshments and a jazz trio just like Daisy might have at one of Jay Gatsby’s lavish events. Then, tour the new garden and walking paths, and learn about what it’s like to live at Forest Hill. If you feel inspired to dress the part or to simply add some flapper flair to your outfit, we’d love that.

Forest Hill 551 Gibson Avenue Pacific Grove May 10 at 2:00 p.m.

Seating is limited and reservations are required. RSVP today by calling 831-6466489 or visiting us at www.foresthillretirement.org/events.

About Forest Hill Set in Pacific Grove on the Monterey Peninsula, Forest Hill is a nonprofit, full service retirement community housed in an elegantly renovated historic hotel.

Forest Hill is owned and operated by California-Nevada Methodist Homes and welcomes seniors of all faiths into our community. Residents enjoy breathtaking views of Monterey Bay in a variety of apartments and cottages. This spectacular setting is matched with the highest caliber of care. For more information visit www. foresthillretirement.org.

Head Start Program Recruiting Students for 2017-18 School Year Monterey County Office of Education Head Start Program is currently recruiting for preschool children for the 2017-2018 program year. Families with children of ages 0 to 5 are encouraged to apply. Children with special needs or disabilities are also welcome. Head Start Preschool classes will begin in August 2017. Early Head Start Home based services for children ages 0-3 will begin in July 2017.

Head Start offers part-day and fullday opportunities for children and families throughout Monterey County. Additional full-day offerings are being added for the 2017-2018 school year. Head Start provides an education program for pre-

school children ages 3-5 years. Every child enrolled in Head Start is involved in a variety of learning experiences which fosters intellectual, social, and emotional growth. Such experiences include: • Large Group Activities • Small Group Activities • Outdoor Play for physical development • Breakfast, family style lunches and/or snack In Head Start, children learn to: • Become socially and personally confident.

• Become successful learners in early literacy, writing and math.

• Develop self-confidence and initiative.

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Annual Pacific Grove Rotary Invitational Track Meet scheduled for April 29, 2017 Fifty years ago members of the local Rotary club met to organize an event that has become a tradition in the regional student athletic community. Pacific Grove High School held the first Pacific Grove Rotary Invitational track meet the following year and continues with the 49th competition on Saturday April 29, 2017 at 10:00AM. In 1967, President Elect Wilfred Schofield called a meeting of the board of directors of the Rotary Club of Pacific Grove at the Roof Garden restaurant at Lovers Point (The Old Bath House). He proposed that the club sponsor and fund an annual track meet with Pacific Grove High School as a service to the youth of the community.

Working together with Coach Richard Chamberlin, Mr.Schofield organized the first Pacific Grove Rotary Invitational track meet in 1968. Twenty-five schools from across the region participated with medals awarded to the five top finishers in a full schedule of track and field events; a tradition that continues today.

This year Pacific Grove High School Head Coach Steve Watkins has sent

Can We Find a Pathway to Peace?

Will Guns Help Get us There? A Conversation with Don King, M.D. Gun control is an increasingly polarizing issue, with the majority of Americans expressing either “very liberal” or “very conservative” positions, according to a Pew Research study. Dr. Don King’s talk will avoid the partisan debate that dooms most discussions around gun control and will instead offer a public health approach, as Mothers Against Drunk Driving changed the social acceptability of DWI and other groups educated about the importance of using child safety seats dramatically reducing the number of child passenger deaths. He will lead a discussion towards understanding both sides of the gun control issue and finding a pathway to peace in our current political climate.

Date: Saturday, April 29, 2017 Time:4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Location: Monterey Peace and Justice Center, 1364 Fremont Blvd., Seaside About the Speaker: Dr. King was a pediatrician in Salinas for over 30 years and is an active member of Physicians for Social Responsibility. King has focused on the issue of gun violence for over 25 years and offers his insights on how a unified voice for peace can change a community.

Suggested donation $5. No one will be turned away for lack of funds. Light refreshments will be provided Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1128867357256984/ For more information, contact Catherine at (831) 394-1915 or email monterypeaceandjustice@gmail.com Sponsored by: Monterey Peace and Justice Center as part of MPJC’s 2017 Series on Gun Violence About MPJC: The misson of the Monterey Peace and Justice Center is to Inspire and Mobilize the people of Monterey County to Cultivate Peace, Social Justice, Nonviolence, Democracy, and Environmental Sustainability in our Community and the World through Education and Advocacy.

invitations to schools from San Mateo County in the north to southern Monterey County. Teams participate in more than 20 individual and team track and field events in Varsity Boys and Girls or Frosh/Soph Boys and Girls divisions.

Steve Watkins said “This meet is a great opportunity for athletes to meet students from area schools, compete against a strong field of athletes, and have a good time.”

Rotarian Michael Krokower took over from Ted Voigt as chairman of the meet in 1992. He is again coordinating the efforts of Rotarians and other volunteers to manage the schedule of numerous track races, from 100 to 3200 meters, and field events including the shot put, discus, pole vault and jumps.

The public is welcome to view the full day’s events at the Richard Chamberlin Track on Sunset Drive at Congress Avenue, Pacific Grove beginning at 10:00AM. Rotary Club of Pacific Grove, P.O. Box 51, Pacific Grove, California 93950

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Free Community Preparedness gathering set for May 11 A community emergency preparedness gathering is scheduled for Thursday, May 11, at Rancho Cañada (former golf course) in the Fiesta Room Club House from 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM in Carmel Valley.

The three main introductory speakers are Supervisor Mary Adams, Monterey County Sheriff Steve Bernal and a representative from Congressman Jimmy Panetta’s office. There will be nine panelists who will discuss what to do in the event of wild fire, earthquake, flood or tsunami.

Special attention will be focused on the upkeep of firebreaks and fuelbreaks, to prevent wildfires from entering Carmel Valley proper, which almost occurred during last summer fires. The representative from Panetta’s office, and Lorin Letendre and Joe Rawitzer from the Carmel River Watershed Conservancy, will focus on what citizens can do to help ensure annual maintenance of fuelbreaks.

These subjects are of interest in any area where wildfire may break out.

Other panelists include Fire Chief Michael Urquides from Monterey County Regional Fire District; Gerry Malais from Office of Emergency Services; Chief Brennan Blue or Jonathan Pangburn from Cal-Fire; Patsy H. Gasca from the Red Cross; Rosanna Leighton from the SPCA; and Lorin Letendre from the Carmel River Watershed Conservancy.

Sponsors include: The G16 Coalition, Monterey County Sheriff’s Office, the Carmel River Watershed Conservancy, and the Monterey County Association of Realtors (MCAR).

This event is free to the public. For more information call 831-238-5058 or go to www.g16coalition.com

Times • April 28, 2017 ‘Finding Amelia’: Lynsey Howell’s Inspiring new book is ‘a perfect accident’ Page 14 • CEDAR STREET

By Alli Mayorga Lynsey Howell while pregnant with her daughter, Sierra, vowed to give her daughter the gift of a mother that followed through on her projects. Thus, after her story sat on her desk for nearly 10 years, Lynsey finally completed her first children’s book, “Finding Amelia.”

Lynsey had no prior writing experience and describes the success of her book as a “perfect accident.”

Lynsey says she has always had a strong desire to inspire girls about aviation, and had always done so rather actively, through volunteer work and public speaking. As a female pilot herself, she knows all too well the lack of representation of women in aviation. It is said that this lack of female pilots is because of the lack of female role models in the field, but Lynsey seems to think otherwise. She says children’s books are kids’ first exposure to gender barriers and she wanted to break down that wall. And she does so very well.

What is so great about “Finding Amelia” is despite the fact this book’s prime motive is to inspire and spark interest in aviation for young girls, Lynsey does so in a very gender-neutral way, making the book very

accessible for little boys and girls alike.

She hopes that children, especially young girls, see the possibilities in her book saying “I want to show girls that there is so much more out there.” She hopes to open young minds to all possibilities.

It is also worth noting the vibrant, bold, and magical watercolors that add so much to this imaginative children’s book. Lynsey commissioned an artist from across the world in the Ukraine to partner with on her project. Vitaliia Kalmutska is an art student and single mom with 3 kids living in the Ukraine. The two moms quickly formed a bond via email and were fast pen-pal friends. Lynsey notes that their relationship was probably the best part of the whole experience. They have continued to stay in touch.

Although Lynsey was inspired to finish this project from reading a book about passion projects, touching on the fact that it doesn’t matter if the end result is perfect, it just matters if it is complete.

Lynsey’s book, “Finding Amelia,” is both complete and comes pretty darned close to perfection.

You can order Lynsey’s book at www. girlsgoflying.com. Upon purchase she will sign and dedicate books.

Lynsey Howell and Sierra open a box of recently shipped copies of her inaugural effort, “Finding Amelia.”

Full of electrifying watercolor illustrations, the book seeks to inspire interest in aviation for young girls but does it in a gender-neutral way so as to open young minds to all possibilities.

2017 California Gold Ribbon Schools include Pacific Grove High School State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson has announced that 275 middle schools and high schools are being honored under the Gold Ribbon Schools Awards Program.

“These terrific schools are leading the way in embracing our new rigorous academic standards and showing others how to help students succeed on their way to 21st century careers and college,” Torlakson said. “I look forward to travelling the state to honor these schools and to help share the programs, methods, and techniques that are working.”

The California Gold Ribbon Schools Award was created to honor schools in place of the California Distinguished Schools Program, which is on hiatus while California creates new assessment, accountability, and continuous improvement systems. 477 middle schools and high schools applied this year.

Schools applied for the award based on a model program or practice their school has adopted that includes standards-based activities, projects, strategies, and practices that can be replicated by other local educational agencies. The award acknowledged elementary schools last year.

The Gold Ribbon Awards recognize California schools that have made gains in implementing the academic content and performance standards adopted by the State Board of Education.

These include the California Standards for English Language Arts and Mathematics, California English Language Development Standards, and Next Generation Science Standards.

These schools represent examples of not just excellent teaching, learning, and collaborating, but also highly successful school climate efforts, ranging from real time conflict resolution to positive behavior intervention.

Additionally, Gold Ribbon awardees that are also Title I schools were recognized as Academic Achieving Schools and are identified as such on the list.

This additional recognition is given only to schools receiving federal Title I funds that assist in meeting the educational needs of students living at or below the poverty line.

The 2017 Gold Ribbon Schools as well as the 2017 Exemplary Program recipients, Title I Academic Achieving Award Schools, 2017 Green Ribbon Schools, 2017 Civic Learning Award Schools, and the National Blue Ribbon Schools from 2016, will be honored in May during regional ceremonies held in Costa Mesa, Santa Clara, Los Angeles, Visalia, and Sacramento.

The Gold Ribbon Schools being recognized for Exemplary Programs in Arts Education and Physical Education and Nutrition will be announced soon.

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A Visit to the Castle

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Water for Dino Jane Roland

Tom Stevens

Otter Views Now that the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge is rubble, carefree motor transit of the entire Big Sur coast will remain a memory for the next year or so. Lest we at the northern end forget what lies at Big Sur’s southern terminus, this space recalls a 2009 stop at one of America’s premier roadside attractions.

On previous Central Coast drives over the decades, the prospect of touring William Randolph Hearst’s hilltop “castle” had never broken into the top five on my itinerary. There was always too much else to do, or too little time.

If the elephant seals were ashore, a hike through their noisy rookery in the sand dunes of Año Nuevo was mandatory. Further down the coast, the Santa Cruz wharf, surfing museum and roller coaster could be counted on to claim a couple of hours.

Once the Monterey Bay Aquarium got built, I had to check out its spacey jellyfish display and cruising sharks. If the monarch butterflies were flocking, a side trip to Pacific Grove was added. If not, the 17-Mile Drive would consume an envious hour.

No trip along the Big Sur coast could proceed without a stop at The River Inn to sit in the Adirondack chairs and cool one’s feet in the stream. Also beckoning was Nepenthe, the cliff-top roadhouse of choice for generations of Bohemians and Bohemian wanna-be’s. I always pulled over there for a glass of red wine and a toast to Henry Miller and Joan Baez.

Then there’s the Big Sur itself. As a periodic visitor from Hawaii, I found it impossible to drive that serpentine stretch of Highway 1 without numerous pullouts to admire foggy headlands, migrating whales and booming surf. If I got behind schedule, the 600-foot vertical drops discouraged speeding.

What with one roadside distraction or another, I had managed to bypass Hearst Castle on a dozen Central Coast road trips over 40 years. On a visit from Maui in October, 2009, I finally stopped. Or my brother did, since he was driving at that time.

It was sunset, and we were near Cambria.

“Let’s get a room here tonight,” he suggested. “We can take the castle tour in the morning.”

But it was “Oktoberfest” weekend in Cambria. Saddlebag-slung Harleys stood kickstand-to-kickstand across every motel parking lot, circled by gray-bearded, beer-drinking men and heavily tattooed women. We drove back up the coast a few miles before sighting a vacancy sign.

The next morning we continued to San Simeon and bought a pair of $24 tickets for the “A tour” of the castle. This would take us through one of the estate’s three guest houses and into the main building itself. To view the library, Heart’s own private quarters and other attractions, you had to take the B or C tour. The D tour only happened at night.

Soon we and 40 Chinese honeymooners were grinding up the twisting, five-mile road in a state park bus. It was a clear, cool, sunny blue October morning, the kind that shows hilltop castles to best advantage. As the bus negotiated the road’s steep switchbacks, the distant castle vanished and reappeared like a set from “Brigadoon.”

The Chinese have long been accustomed to castles and palaces, but a true castle is an oddity in America. Aside from the movie mansions of Beverly Hills, the oil mansions of Houston, and the baronial East Coast estates of “The 400” families, America is largely castle-free. Hawaii boasts two modest “palaces,” but it also had legitimate monarchs who dwelt therein.

As the sole inheritor of a vast silver mining and ranching fortune, William Randolph Hearst was as close as California has come to having its own homegrown royalty. But his obscene wealth and his role in fomenting the illegal Spanish-American War (“Remember the Maine!”) made me uneasy about patronizing his palace. It was like honoring some despotic tsar or Sun King, or so I told my brother.

“Oh, get over that,” he said. “Just think of it as a state park that badly needs your 24 dollars.”

Seen from that perspective, the handsome castle with its priceless art collection, dazzling water features and manicured grounds truly was magnificent. My inner socialist was pleased that my brother and 38 million other Californians were the castle’s owners of record, though I wondered if that might go to their heads.

“Thanks for letting us tour your castle,” I told my brother as the guides harried us back onto the bus.

He waved a hand airily. “It was the least I could do for you and for these, my loyal subjects,” he declared nobly. “As one of them, you are now allowed to show your gratitude.”

“And that would be by . . . ?”

“Driving us through L.A.”

Animal Tales and Other Random Thoughts This morning I read an excellent article written by Rudy Fischer, reminding us that this is National Volunteer Month…As I am fortunate to have a staff of people donating their services I felt that I must say something about those who so selflessly give their time.

I researched the word and found that it comes from the Latin and French between 1590 and 1600 AD. I suspect that back in the beginning of time when the cave man was drawing history on his walls, there was someone feeding his mammoth elephant or fetching water for the pot. Many years ago, when I was doing research for Foster and Kleiser Advertising Company in San Francisco, I was challenged to find the origin of the wheel. I can’t remember why; although it had something to do with an automobile ad we were pitching. I worked with the librarian downtown. We found that historically wheels were square (I don’t find this fact on the inter-net) but let’s pretend it is true…

Can you imagine a corps of volontaires rounding wheels for the use in some charitable endeavor.

In any event the volunteers who work in the shop at 160 Fountain are, without exception, dedicated, devoted, knowledgeable and committed to the mission of Animal Friends Rescue Project. I think back to the days when the SPCA moved its store from Forest Avenue to the Barn Yard. After 20 years I was out of a job as were individuals who had served the organization without remuneration for so many years. No one wanted to go to Carmel. I had pointed out the availability of the site where the Adoption Center is located to Carie Broeker and Monica Ruiz of AFRP. A decision had to be made at once so those in charge rented the spot, hoping to get out of their lease on 17th Street. That was not to be and Carie asked if we (the volunteers and I) would turn the site into a three month “rummage sale” until February when the lease formally ended. We were thrilled and jumped in with the help of some of the regular AFRP Adoption Center volunteers.

We set up, had a big open house and made a good bit of money for the animals. I was asked to start a permanent shop. We moved within the site, expanding three times.

Then to the corner of Central and Fountain and a few years ago to our current location.

I don’t know how I fell into the profession of Benefit Shop Manager. As a journalist and executive it was not my forte. perhaps because I started one for my church in Florida and ran several rummage sales for other organizations. I was president of the Symphony Guild and a political group. However, at the request of the SPCA Board I became the first paid manager for SPCA. During that time, we remodeled the store and had an amazing volunteer staff.

Many of those people came aboard for AFRP. A few, sadly, died. Grace Bemis and Irene Harlan stayed at the shop until physically they could no longer; they tried, tried until it was impossible. Others are still with us, Cy Coburn, Olive and Lillian Griffiths, Frank Quilantang, John Roland, Lois Sawyer, Gabriele Swanson and Judy Weaver. Steve Hauk kindly advises us on art values, Chase Weaver on books. There are those -- Martha Wilcox, Sigrid Stokes, Michele Tubman and Susan Steele, who came when the shop was set up almost 12 years ago. Mike Sheffer started with us; his wife, Karen took his slot. Those who came later have remained. It is rare that anyone leaves unless it is a physical necessity, and, often, they return.

“Why do they do this?” you ask. They do it because their passion is animals. Many tried volunteering at the Adoption Center but found the temptation to adopt too compelling. I must say that most of us have adopted and/or fostered dogs and cats. We are advocates for the organization and steer people to the corner of Grand and Lighthouse to see the pets waiting for forever homes.

Several of the volunteers also give their services to other groups. I have found that it is rare for a volunteer to say “no” if extra services are needed. The customers and donors love them and many regulars, even if they cannot purchase, come in to visit.

People who could donate closer to home make a point of bringing to the shop. It is all a matter of one’s perspective. Those who have only a certain number of hours to give choose to have the animals benefit.

What could be more rewarding than knowing one has fed or made well an animal who needs help? Martha and Walter Wilcox drove to King City to rescue a dog about to be euthanized. Now, 10 years later, Freckles lives with them.

David’s little dog, Bootsie, was found with broken legs. He was her walker and the two bonded; she became his forever “child.” When he first brought her in to volunteer years ago, she was terrified of everyone. Now she is an incorrigible flirt.

Clementine, Susan Steele’s lab, was a foster, but every time they took her back and someone adopted her, she was returned because of her bad manners, now she belongs to Susan and helps us out on Tuesdays. Our Annie, was found in a field where she had been dumped and came to us when we had lost our dogs.

These folk, these unsung heroes, keep the shop going and do it selflessly. They fill in when needed, donate thousands of dollars of goods or cause them to be donated.

What is more they help each other when needed. I am so proud to be working with them.

It is a team effort and we care for each other. We have a weekend manager, Deborah Ferguson, who is looking for some help. Stop by and see her.

Many of you know that Kelly Lehrian, one of the founders of the organization, and Executive Director for eight years, has retired. She is a devoted animal person and, if we needed advice about our pets, she generally had the answer. I heard that there were times when she learned about an animal in need she would get out of bed at midnight and go to help. Brian Contreras, the former Executive Director and founder of Second Chance Family and Youth Service., has taken the reins, I know he will bring to our organization the same qualities he has demonstrated in the past.

Jane Roland…gcr770@aol.com Kelly Brian

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• April 28, 2017

Trusts as IRA Beneficiaries: Part II Kyle A. Krasa, Esq.

Planning for Each Generation In my last article I discussed the fact that while IRA’s should not be re-titled to your trust during your lifetime, you might want to consider naming a trust as a beneficiary of your IRA upon your death under certain conditions. I also discussed the paramount importance of making sure that a trust that is to be named as a beneficiary of an IRA is structured in such a way as to qualify as a “Designated Beneficiary” under the IRS rules which will allow the trust beneficiaries to stretch Required Minimum Distributions (“RMDs”) over the oldest trust beneficiary’s life expectancy.

The rule requiring that the oldest trust beneficiary’s life expectancy be used to calculate RMD’s creates two further issues: (1) How is the “oldest trust beneficiary” determined? (2) Can anything be done to prevent the younger beneficiaries from having to use the oldest trust beneficiary’s life expectancy?

(1) How is the “Oldest Trust Beneficiary” Determined?

Assume that the Pop Star Trust is named as the 100% beneficiary of an IRA. The Pop Star Trust names three beneficiaries to inherit the IRA in equal shares: Gwen, Kelly, and Meghan. Gwen is 47; Kelly is 35; and Meghan is 23. Assume further that the trust provides that if Gwen dies while still leaving a portion of her IRA, then the remaining balance of her share shall be distributed to Bing who is 74.

In legal terms, Gwen, Kelly, and Meghan are considered “current beneficiaries” while Bing is considered a “contingent” beneficiary. Who is the “oldest” trust beneficiary? Is it Gwen, the oldest current beneficiary, or is it Bing? This is a critical question because Gwen’s longer life expectancy would allow more tax deferred growth and tax savings than Bing’s shorter life expectancy. Fortunately the IRS has some guidance on this issue.

If the Pop Star Trust is designed as a

“conduit trust,” meaning that the RMD’s must be distributed out of the trust and to the individual beneficiaries, then you only need to consider the ages of the current beneficiaries and not the contingent beneficiaries. With regard to a “conduit trust,” Gwen would be considered the oldest trust beneficiary and not Bing.

Although the conduit provisions make it much easier to determine the “oldest” beneficiary, it could be less than ideal to force the RMD’s out of the trust and to the individual beneficiaries. You might have concern about the beneficiary’s ability to manage his or her inheritance or the beneficiary might have special needs and the receipt of the RMD’s might make the beneficiary ineligible for public benefits.

As a result, an “accumulation” trust might be preferred.

If the trust is designed as an “accumulation trust,” then the trustee is not forced to distribute RMD’s out of the trust and to the beneficiary directly. The RMD’s that are taken out of the IRA can therefore “accumulate” in the trust and be distributed over a much longer timeframe at the discretion of the trustee. However, if the trust is structured as an “accumulation trust,” then contingent beneficiaries must be considered when determining who is the “oldest” trust beneficiary. With regard to an “accumulation trust,” Bing would be considered the oldest trust beneficiary and not Gwen.

One way to draft around this problem would be to make sure that in no case can a beneficiary older than Gwen be considered a beneficiary of the trust. Even if you do not name a specific beneficiary who is older than Gwen, it is likely that you will name trust-maker’s natural heirs as remote contingent beneficiaries. Depending upon the circumstances, it is possible that a natural heir could end up being younger than Gwen. To be safe, specific language should be included to state that anybody

who was born before Gwen shall be considered to be deceased for purposes of the trust, ensuring that Gwen – and not a contingent beneficiary – should be considered the oldest trust beneficiary.

(2) Can anything be done to prevent the younger beneficiaries from having to use the oldest trust beneficiary’s life expectancy?

If the Pop Star Trust is named as the beneficiary of an IRA and is structured as a “conduit trust,” or is structured as an “accumulation trust” but has specific language that eliminates any contingent beneficiary who was born before the oldest current beneficiary, then Gwen’s life expectancy will be used to calculate RMD’s for all of the trust beneficiaries. While this is better than using Bing’s life expectancy, it is still a great disadvantage to Meghan and Kelly who are both considerably younger than Gwen.

The ideal situation would be to allow for “separate share treatment”: each beneficiary calculating her RMD’s for her share of the IRA to be based on her own life expectancy.

To achieve this result, instead of

naming the Pop Star Trust as the 100 percent beneficiary on the IRA beneficiary designation form and allowing the trust to divide the IRA into three separate shares, each separate share should be listed directly on the IRA form as follows: 33.4% to the Gwen Trust established under the Pop Star Trust; 33.3% to the Kelly Trust established under the Pop Star Trust; and 33.3% to the Meghan Trust established under the Pop Star Trust. Although there is rarely enough room on a standard IRA beneficiary designation form to fit in so much text, naming each share separately is critical in order to maximize the tax benefits for each beneficiary.

KRASA LAW, Inc. is located at 704D Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove, California 93950 and Kyle may be reached at 831920-0205.

Disclaimer: This article is for general information only. Reading this article does not establish an attorney-client relationship. Before acting upon any of the information presented in this article, you should consult a competent attorney who is licensed to practice law in your community.

Foundation of Hope Patrick Ryan

Local Real Estate Update As you know, the majority of time in this column my articles are based on and about all things real estate. Sometimes it is very locally oriented and sometimes it is a more general theme. You may have also noticed that some of my columns have nothing to do with real estate and are on a variety of subjects…History of Caddies and Gratitude are a couple of examples.

Well this is one of those columns.

Recent events in our greater world and closer to home have reminded me how hard it can be sometimes to make it through this world we live in. I am not speaking in a physical nature so much, but more from an emotional and spiritual perspective. Although, they are all intertwined. The daily stress of just getting through the day can sometimes be overwhelming. We have all had those days where nothing seems to go right and we have that “Why me?” moment. It is part of life.

It is how we deal with it that is the key. Life would be a boring without the ups and downs. We certainly would have less appreciation for the ups of life if we did not experience and downs. I don’t know about you, but I have certainly learned more from the rough patches of life rather when everything was great. I would not want to go back to re-experience those bad times, but I would not change them as they have made me who

I am and have given me much strength.

Recently I have been studying the importance of hope and its role in helping deal with life. Hope itself is just a positive word and precursor to success. Just think of the opposite, No Hope! How does it feel just reading those two words. It doesn’t feel good does it. No hope brings up feelings of loss and despair. Hope is the opposite of that. Hope motivates, hope heals, and hope supplies our inner self with the fortitude to take that next step no matter how hard. Hope also can seem a simplistic thought, especially when many of the problems of life are quite complex.

However, sometimes it is the simpler things in life that are the most important.

A foundation of hope is critical and vital to a fulfilling life. It supplies us with the daily armor to make it through this crazy world with live. It allows us to see the beauty and joy of life and not get stuck in the swamp of sorrows. Just like a muscle, hope has to be exercised to be effective. Left unused it will not contribute much to our life. However, when properly utilized it can help bring abundant joy and just plain help one get through the day. So, whatever you do, find your own way of bringing and keeping hope alive in your life. You will definitely appreciate it.

Patrick.ryan@sothebyshomes.com 831.238.8116

Youth Music Monterey County presents: Dances of the World

On Sunday, April 30 at 3:00 o.m. at Sunset Center in Carmel.

Featuring YMMC’s 2017 Concerto Competition Winners Kim Kistler and Hannah Shu and featuring guest musicians from Orchestra in the Schools with

Music Director Farkhad Khudyev directing the Junior Youth and Honors Orchestras including YMMC’s ensemble groups: The Chamber Players, The Woodwind Ensemble, The Brass Ensemble and South County Strings.

Musical Highlights Include: Alexander Borodin- Polovetsian Dances, Béla Bartók - Romanian Folk Dances, Edvard Grieg - Norwegian Dances, Antonín Dvořák - Slavonic Dance No. 7, Johannes Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 2, Camille Saint-Saëns - Cello Concerto No.1, Op.33, I. Allegro non troppo and more…

Tickets: $4.99 student musicians; $9.99 seniors; $19.99 general admission; $29.99 dress circle at www.youthmusicmonterey.org and available at the door “Dances of the World” is Youth Music Monterey County’s final concert of the 2016-2017 season. Under the leadership of Music Director Farkhad Khudyev, the Junior Youth Orchestra, Honors Orchestras and YMMC’s Ensembles, will explore delightful dances from around the world. With the tunes from Norwegian dances to Polovetsian dances, the YMMC orchestras will evoke the spirit of exotic and colorful traditions.

Additionally, guest artists from Orchestra in the Schools will play alongside YMMC’s Junior Youth Orchestra musicians.

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Pacific Grove’s Shopping Rivals Carmel’s

“For me Pacific Grove is like a magnet. I don’t live there. But I visit all the time. I buy take out food at Grove Market. I stand in line at Pavel’s and talk with strangers. I visit Germain Hatcher at her lovely Imagine Art Supplies. I shop at Pacific Grove Hardware with their outstanding service. I pick up my cleaning at Pacific Grove Cleaners while chatting with Randy. I go to Joe or Laura for my travel needs at Pacific Grove Travel. I watch the musical, “Beauty and the Beast,” at PG High. I walk at Lovers Point. I talk to Dave Laredo at the Good Old Days’ Pancake Breakfast. In short I feel I am part of the community. Although I am not. Wherever I go I breathe PG’s love and laughter.

Children. Adults. Strollers. Dogs. I may not live there. But someday I might.” Hans Lehmann, long time Carmel resident.

That Hometown Feeling Here are a few of our recent experiences as we invite our local businesses, churches, and nonprofits to submit stories for “Life in Pacific Grove,” the 444-page book to benefit our beloved PG Library— stories that weave their personal and business lives in P.G. At Back Porch Fabrics, owner Gail has taken her love of textiles and quilting far beyond utilitarian pioneer bedding and into a high art form for aprons, clothing, wall hangings, tote bags, potholders, and more.

Stefanna at Crack Pot Studio, surrounded by quilt-like ceramic pieces of her own making, wants to submit a purely

Keepers of our Culture Patricia Hamilton personal story—and that’s okay by us too!

To Tell—or Not to Tell?

Piper, a Realtor at Sotheby’s and a retired teacher from PG High, said he had plenty of stories but wasn’t sure he should write them. “Those are the ones we want!” we assured him.

Barbara at Tessuti Zoo said owner Emily knows about the book, thinks it’s a wonderful project for the PG Library, and will definitely write about herself as a PG businesswoman.

Nancy at Nancy’s Attic loves Pacific Grove and will write her story about moving here and opening this shop—five years ago! How time flies.

At the PG Art Center, we found Elizabeth as she was adjusting a poster on the door. She took our flyer and said she would ask the director, Theresa, to write a story about the art center. “We want your story too!” we urged her.

Educate and Entertain Daniel Ericksen at the Animal Friends Rescue Project has a deep love and understanding of animals. The work

this nonprofit does is invaluable to our animal-loving community. In P.G. it’s fashionable to adopt rather than buy your “Best Friend.” Daniel is concerned about the over breeding of AKC breeds, which often results in genetic weaknesses. “Boxers could be great dogs if they were bred with just one other type of dog,” Daniel said, “but people who buy from breeders don’t want to hear things like that.” “We do!” we replied. “Please put such facts into your story—it’s important to educate as well as entertain.”

Stories of Then and Now In a consignment shop on Grand between Lighthouse and Central, an elderly lady heard us telling the clerk about our project and began talking about her

family’s 100-plus years in Pacific Grove, starting with the fishing industry. She said she couldn’t wait to get started writing her story.

At Marina Patina, a customer began telling us about a male relative who was pictured in a book written several decades ago about the Butterfly Parade and whose children are attending the same PG schools and learning from the same PG teachers who taught him so many years ago. She’s going to encourage the now-adult boy from the butterfly book to write a contribution to “Life in Pacific Grove.”

Leave Your Mark on History Businesses may pick up a fill-in-theblank form at the Chamber office or download it from our website lifeinpacificgrove. com. Don’t miss out—the June 1 deadline to submit personal and business stories will arrive before you know it! Our website also features a form and simple directions for submitting your story. For more information, contact Patricia Hamilton, lifeinpacificgrove@gmail.com.

Columnists Patricia Hamilton and Joyce Krieg offer professional book editing and publishing services through Park Place Publications in downtown Pacific

Despite some tragedies, Pacific Grove’s seal pups are doing well this year

By Thom Akeman The harbor seal pupping on Pacific Grove beaches is winding down after another boom of five births last Saturday, then none for a couple of days. There’s plenty left to see with several more pregnant seals on the beaches and most of this year’s moms in the nursing stage for the next few weeks. The adorable swimming lessons will continue through the nursing stage.

The spell-binding phenomenon is easy to see from our coastal recreation trail, and thousands of people do each year. The beach beside the buildings at Hopkins Marine Station is the main rookery for our marine mammal residents and a spillover area near the bottom of 5th Street has had at least 11 successful births this year.

While docents watch as carefully as possible, it’s impossible to get exact numbers of births and pups at any given time. For example, docents know of 56 births so far this year but have never seen that many pups at any one time. Some pups would have been out swimming or checking other beaches during the counts.

Unfortunately, some are known to be dead already.

Five of this year’s pups have been killed by other wild animals, their mauled carcasses left on the beach until the next high tide washes them away. Four of those attacks certainly looked like the work of a mountain lion, though experts won’t confirm that because fresh carcasses can’t be recovered for close examination and paw prints left on the beaches can’t be precisely measured. The fifth looks more like a shark bite, but that can’t be confirmed either.

We know a mountain lion or mountain lions are sometimes in that area because lion-killed deer carcasses have been found in the vicinity. As for sharks, Monterey Bay now has resident white sharks but we wonder if they could attack in the shallower water where the harbor seal pups swim.

These things are very unpleasant to see but such risks and losses are part of the hard, exposed lives of wildlife. This pupping season overall is better than last when a food shortage wiped out most of the newborns and a lot of the adults.

We’ve seen healthier, better-fed seals this year giving birth to healthy, robust pups that are good swimmers and/or climbers from their very first day. We can enjoy watching the successes.

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Hear Our Voice!: Part Thirteen

Where have all the homeless children gone?

Continuing last week’s seventh Pink Pussyhat Action column, “Getting children in resistance to Trump’s bullyhoo,” I ask: “If kids are homeless, how can they be recruited?”

Inner Buddha says: “Find them first.”

“Okay, so where do I start?”

“Begin where grass roots grow.

Where would homeless children be welcome and most likely found?”

I imagine an illegal immigrant, and a real estate agent, wondering: “What signs indicate places that offer impermanent housing?”

Answer: sanctuary streets and shortterm rental rows because both are in single-family-residential neighborhoods that provide temporary sleeping quarters.

Sanctuary Streets versus Short-term Rental Rows An online search for Seaside reveals few short-term rentals in a city rife with unadvertised sanctuary streets.

In Monterey and Pacific Grove, short-term rentals abound to the exclusion of sanctuary streets.

Children in sanctuary settings are likely to attend the same schools even if their addresses change, but kids in shortterm-rentals usually live elsewhere in permanent homes Parking may be on the premises, but is usually greatest at curbside.

In Seaside, Monterey and Pacific Grove, disgruntled residents often complain to City Council, “I walk halfway across town to get home because there’s no place to park!”

However, Seasiders do not complain like Montereyans or Pagrovians, “People party and make noise all night. I don’t like it!”0 In Seaside’s uncounted Hispanic and Latino community, fear of Trump’s threat of deportation prevails, so streets where musical family-style fiestas with colorful piñatas were a loud-and-lively way of life are now graveyard still.

The rare sight of children in Seaside includes a half dozen boys skateboarding at the Salvation Army at dusk. Kids who once walked home are now whisked

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Homeless in Paradise

away by frightened parents when they get off the school bus.

In Seaside, vehicles park in and across private driveways of houses in which doubled-up families sleep on mattresses shared in shifts to fit their work schedules.

Because of the transient nature of “doubling up” in sanctuary homes, the generic family term “Oaxaca” is used to describe their place of origin in Mexico, whether true or not, if asked, “De dónde es Usted?”

The cars kids’ parents drive Kinds of vehicles broadcast neighborhood types.

Seaside’s streets are lined with trucks, vans, SUVs and other rented or leased late-model heavy-duty vehicles capable of hosting a family.

How much revenue such dealer-owned transportation generates is unknown.

Vacationers staying in short-term rentals might also be driving late-model vehicles, more likely high-end luxury

Has homeownership improved since the fair housing act of 1968?

Scott Dick Monterey County Assoc. of Realtors

Market Matters Source: Trulia Blog Nearly 50 years after the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968, racial and ethnic minorities still face fewer housing opportunities than all other households: they own homes at a lower rate, spend more of their income on rent and continue to contend with residential segregation.

The Great Recession disproportionately impacted black and Latino households as gains in these housing opportunities before 2000 were largely erased in the last 10 years. Locally, however, some metros bucked national trends to emerge as areas where housing prospects for black and Latino households improved.

Nationally, the homeownership gap between all households and black and Latino households has changed little since 1970.

The share of households that are rent burdened—spend 30 percent of their income or more on rent—increased after the housing crisis. More than 55 percent of black and Latino households are rent

burdened compared to 47 percent of all households.

Homeownership increased the most for black households in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic from 1990 to 2015, increasing the most in Washington, D.C. (9.6 percentage points), Peabody, Mass.

(9.3 points) and Fairfield County, Conn.

(9.3 points).

Rust Belt cities like Troy, Mich.

(-13.1 points), Grand Rapids, Mich. (-10.1 points) and Akron, Ohio (-9.4 points) topped the list of metros where homeownership decreased the most for black households.

Latino households saw double-digit increases in homeownership in Chicago (13.0 points), Hartford, Conn. (11.7 points) and Houston (11.7 points).

Residential black-white segregation decreased in 94 of the largest 100 metros from 1980 to 2015, improving the most in in the Florida metros of Fort Lauderdale, Sarasota and Cape Coral.

cars or old autos they’ve restored. They sleep in beds with fluffed pillows and bedspreads, not on bare mattresses lined up on floors of host houses.

Where are the hard-to-capture homeless children?

Some pre-schoolers enjoy safe sanctuary among loving caregivers at The Salvation Army campus in Seaside, but the overall search for homeless children old enough to be recruited as Pink Pussyhat resistors should begin in the public schools.

Data from the 2015 Monterey County Point-in-Time Homeless Census and Surveys reveal: “There were 117 total families with 343 individual persons experiencing homelessness in Monterey County in 2015, representing just under 15 percent of the total homeless population. The majority of these families were sheltered; only 2 families including 7 individuals were unsheltered. . . .

“There were 50 unaccompanied

children living on the streets of Monterey County and 220 transition-age youth (18-24) living on the streets or just under 12 percent of the total homeless population.”

According to the 2009 Monterey County Point in Time Homeless Census and Survey: “. . . One interviewee explained that worry and fear keeps homeless families hidden and prevent them from accessing the services they need. She stated, ‘Overall, homeless families are hiding the fact that they’re homeless or a family in transition because they don’t want to advertise it and they’re concerned about the welfare of themselves and their children.’”

In the 2009 Homeless Census and Survey, Monterey County’s Public Schools revealed the primary nighttime residences for homeless students on the Monterey Peninsula as: Double-ups (couch surfers), 139; Shelters, 26; Hotels, 3; Unsheltered, 26.

The true estimate was higher since homeless Hispanic/Latinos aren’t visible.

Current figures will be updated when the 2017 Homeless Census is released in May or June.

Pending receipt of Action Eight, as Trump’s first 100 days end this weekend, this column will delve into foster care/adoption of homeless children, The series will end after all ten Actions are covered..

I’ll turn recruiting juvenile protestors over to parents and teachers, and selling/renting properties to realtors, but invite you to follow Buddha’s suggestion to ask yourself: “If I were a child whose parents are terrified of being deported, would I stand up against the man who is threatening them?”

Meanwhile, check the Pink Pussycat Movement’s progress at http://www. womensmarch.com/webelongtogether Contact Wanda Sue Parrott, e-mail amykitchenerfdn@hotmail.com or call 831-899-5887.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20170550 The following person is doing business as THE CARMEL GUILD, 840 Cedar St., Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950, mailing address: P.O.Box 961, Carmel, CA 93921: JAMES HOWARD JOHNSTON, 840 Cedar St., Pacific Grove, Cal 93950. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 03/14//17. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 5/5/04. Signed: James H. Johnston. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 4/14, 4/21, 4/28, 05/05//17.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20170795 The following person is doing business as BUNCHA BOOKS, 1327 Miles Avenue, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950: MARIE OLIVEIRA FAILE, 1327 Miles Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA 93950. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 04/14/17. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on N/A. Signed: Marie O. Faile. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 4/21, 4/28, 05/05, 05/12/17.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20170742 The following person is doing business as GLAM LOUNGE, 157 17th St., Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950: DICKSON, SUNNIE DAWNN, 405 Chestnut St., Pacific Grove, CA 939500. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 04/07/17. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on N/A. Signed: Sunnie Dickson. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 04/14, 4/21, 4/28, 05/05/17.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 201708 The following person is doing business as LASHES

BY RACHELLE, 550Lighthouse Suite C, Monterey, Monterey County, CA 93940: DUCKWORTH LAURIE RACHELLE, 1141 Santa Ana, Seaside, CA 93942. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 03/30//17. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on N/A. Signed: Rachelle Duckworth. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 4/21, 4/28, 05/05, 05/12/17.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20170596 The following person is doing business as JERSEY'S ORIGINAL SUBS and JERSEY SUBS, 832 Playa Avenue, Sand City, Monterey County, CA 93955: BILL W. KEARNS, 1317 Lincoln Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA 93950. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 03/17/17. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on September 27, 2002.

Signed: Bill Kearns. This business is conducted by a married couple. Publication dates: 04/07, 04/14, 4/21, 4/28/17.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20170745 The following person is doing business as SUNSET INN, 133 Asilomar Boulevard, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950: KIRTIBA, LLC, 133 Asilomar Boulevard, Pacific Grove, CA 93950. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 04/07/17. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on N/A. Signed: Shivam Devdhara, Member.

This business is conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Publication dates: 04/14, 4/21, 4/28, 05/05/17.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20170836 The following person is doing business as BLAZE – INTERACTIVE FIELD TRIPS AND TOURS, 1773 Havana St., Seaside, CA 93955; Mailing P.O. Box 526, Seaside, CA 93955, Monterey, Monterey County, CA 93940: DANIEL HERBER, 1773 Havana St., Seaside, CA 93955. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 04/17/17. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on April 18, 2017. Signed: Daniel Herber. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 04/14, 4/21, 4/28, 05/0517.

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Ages: 8-12 Date: Saturday, May 20, 2017 Hours: 10 a.m. - Noon Location: The Lyceum Instructor: Lisa Handley Size: Up to 8 students Fee: $35

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