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Kiosk • Parkinson’s Support Group MPSG meets the second Tuesday of every month except December, 3:00 at the Sally Griffin Center Pacific Grove Contact: 373-8202 http://www. montereyparkinsonssupport.com/ meetings.html •

NO DANCE AT CHAUTAUQUA THIS WEEK -GOOD OLD DAYSFridays

Making Memories- Page 14

Language Festival - Page 8

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Pacific Groove Dance Jam Chautauqua Hall 8-10 PM •

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Dance at Chautauqua Hall •

April 14-15 Good Old Days Downtown Pick up a program

Friday, April 6 through Saturday June 16 Built for Books Celebration PG Public Library See Calendar Page 2 •

Thurs. April 19

90th Anniversary Mixer& Tour St. Angela Merici Catholic Church 5:00pm – 630pm 362 Lighthouse Ave. Pacific Grove

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Wed., April 25

Dine Out with Friends Petra Restaurant 477 Lighthouse Ave., PG 11:00 am – 9:00 pm.

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May 4-June 29

Patrons’ Show fundraiser Pacific Grove Art Center 568 Lighthouse in PG

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Saturday, May 5

Monterey Bay Christian School Spring Carnival 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

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Inside Other Random Thoughts................... 18 The Ark Lady...................................... 4 BaleyWik.......................................... 17 Breaker of the Week......................Dark Butterfly Cartoon................................ 7 Cartoon.............................................. 2 FYI.................................................... 23 Gray Eminence..............................Dark Homeless in Paradise........................ 22 Keepers of Our Culture..................... 21 Legal Notices.................................... 19 Obituary........................................... 12 Opinion............................................ 11 Poetry............................................... 21 Police Log.......................................... 5 Postcard from the Kitchen................. 18 Puzzle.............................................. 16 Rain Gauge........................................ 2 Reasoning with God......................... 20 Sanctuary of the Soul.....................Dark Sports......................................... 10, 13 Spotlight............................................. 6

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Your Community NEWSpaper

Vol. X, Issue 27

STR Proponents File Suit Against Mayor and City Council An unincorporated association of Pacific Grove property owners who operate short-term rentals have retained an attorney who filed a writ of mandate in Superior Court of the County of Monterey against the City of Pacific Grove, the mayor, and the members of the City Council.

Calling themselves STRONGpg (Short Term Rental Owners and Neighborhood Group of Pacific Grove), the group issued a statement about their stance: “After a very civilized democratic process, our City Council approved an ordinance in December, 2017, that tightened up the rules on short-term rentals while allowing existing STR owners in good standing to continue operating.” They believed, they go on the state, they had a solution to housing thousands of visitors to Pacific Grove and at the same

time provide millions of dollars in Transient Occupancy Tax. Then according to the group, the City Council popped up with a lottery which is “based on complicated criteria that do not correlate with verified complaints lodged against STRs.” As a consequence, they decided to retain an attorney, David Lanferman of Rutan & Tucker LLP of Palo Alto who filed the writ.

It asks for the City Council’s decision to be reversed and that there be a permanent injunction to prevent any STR lottery, and that the City be required to pay reasonable litigation expenses, costs and attorney’s fees plus any other relief the court might deem just and proper. The complaint also asks that no action be taken to “impair, suspend, terminate, or non-renew any transient use license currently in effect.”

Please see STR SUIT Page 2

‘Big Little Lies’ film set goes up at Lovers Point At its April 4, 2018 meeting, the Pacific Grove city council approved a “location film permit” for Lovers Point Park for a temporary and limited length of time.

The applicant, Blue Blues Productions, LLC had requested a permit for episodic television filming at Lovers Point Park, including exclusive use of a 1200 square foot portion of the park plus parking lot use over a 12-day period, to give them time for set-up, filming, and take-down of the structure.

Blue Blues Productions, LLC, is connected with HBO who are beginning the filming of Season 2 of “Big Little Lies,” the television serial which was partly set in Pacific Grove and aired recently. Big Little Lies will be in town for four weeks and then back around June.

According to the Monterey County Film Commission, the first season brought in roughly $2.5 million to Monterey County. That was between the hotel stays, local purchases, rentals and permit fees for filming. Similar spending is expected for the second season. The second season will air sometime in 2019.

Park use fees include: Park rental fee @ $2,111.00/day at 12 days $25,332.00 Park use fee @ $2.10/sq. ft. $30,240.00 Parking spaces in Lot A @ 35 x $21 for 3 days $2,205 Parking spaces in Lot B @ 11 x $21.00 for 3 days $693.00 Estimated total $58,770.00 Less 25% credit on City costs $14,692.50 Revised estimated amount $44,077.50

The fees will not include personnel charges such as police officer and public works employees, which will be reimbursed directly to the City by Blue Blues Productions, LLC separately from the park use fees. Environmental documents are not required and the Coastal Commission has advised that the activity is exempt from a Coastal Development Permit because it is a temporary event.

Blue Blues Productions wasted no time beginning their project. As soon as the ink was dry on the permit, a crew showed up to begin construction of what appear to be a gazebo and deck.

The gazebo and deck will play a coffee stand in the upcoming season.

“Big Little Lies” will be in town for four weeks and then return some time in June.

Please see FILM SET Page 2

Reese Witherspoon, carrying a pink purse, approaches the “coffee gazebo” as Nicole Kidman passes by.

Photo by Peter Mounteer on April 11.

First steps. Photo by Bob Pacelli

The gazebo and pergolas are installed. Photo by Bob Pacelli

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Joan Skillman

Skillshots

PSTR SUIT From Page 1

Members of STRONGpg who have joined the effort include Joy Colangelo, Kevin Delaney, William B. Harder, Alka Joshi, Kathryn Kranen and Spencer Tall.

“People are concerned, not just for restrictions placed on the future use of their own properties, but for neighbors and friends who will lose out in the lottery,” they said in their statement.

A hearing is set for August 7, 2018.

A group which opposes short term rentals and states, “Pacific Grove residents concerned about vacation rentals disrupting their neighborhoods have proposed a ballot initiative to keep the commercial operations out of their residential zones,” is circulating a petition to put a ballot measure on the docket for the upcoming election believe that such a ballot measure – by making the voters decide -- will put an end to the never-ending short-term rental saga. The petition is being circulated by a group calling themselves PG Neighbors United and they can be reached at https://pgneighbors.com/

PFILM SET From Page 1

According to the Monterey County Film Commission, the first season brought in roughly $2.2 million to Monterey County. That was between the hotel stays, local purchases, rentals and permit fees for filming. Similar spending is expected for the second season. The second season will air sometime in 2019.

It is reported that HBO has offered the gazebo to the City of Pacific Grove. To accept it would require permits from the Coastal Commission,

Vets meet to remember the Tet Offensive

Alex Holodiloff will be traveling with his wife April 16-23 to Washington D.C., to meet with other veterans (from across the USA), who all served together in the same Infantry unit, 1968-1969, in Vietnam. All these men served in combat, and were also exposed to high levels of Agent Orange.

As members of the 2nd Platoon, D Co, 1/8 Cav, 1st (Airmobile) Division, they will meet in Washington D.C. to commemorate 50 years since the 1968 Tet offensive, in which many were wounded, and in which others gave with their lives.

St. Angela’s to Celebrate 90 Years in Pacific Grove

Join Fr. Seamus O’Brien, pastor of St. Angela Merici Catholic Church and the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce for a mixer and tour of the church building in celebration of 90 years of parish life in Pacific Grove.

Learn about St. Angela’s association with famous California artist E. Charlton Fortune, the church’s historic stained-glass windows and their link to the doomed ocean liner Andrea Doria.

90th Anniversary Mixer and Tour St. Angela Merici Catholic Church Thursday, April 19 from 5:00pm – 630pm 362 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove

Art Center Seeks Items for Annual Patrons Show Fund-Raiser

Did your mom...or maybe Uncle Vince ... leave you some art work... that really isn’t YOUR kind of art? Then PLEASE donate it to the PGAC for their annual Patrons’ Show! It just might really appeal to someone else...and make some important dollars for a community nonprofit.

-- And… your donation is tax-deductible; you decide what it is worth! Anything is acceptable: oils, sculpture, watercolors, photography … framed or unframed… known or unknown artists, local or elsewhere… Artwork that is fresh and original is fine!

-- But PLEASE bring your donations in soon…the Patrons’ Show fundraiser will run May 4 to June 29, and it is SO important to keeping the PGAC doors open. Regular hours at the community, nonprofit Art Center, 568 Lighthouse in PG, are from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday.

Pacific Grove’s Rain Gauge Data reported at Canterbury Woods

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Week ending 4/12/18- 1:30 PM............ 1.27" Total for the season............................. 12.18" The historic average to this date is ........N/A" Wettest year.................................................. 47.15" During rain year 07-01-97 through 06-30-98 Driest year.................................................... 15.54" During rain year 07-01-12 through 06-30-13 RAINFALL SEASON BEGINS JULY 1 EACH YEAR

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

Week ending morning 3/29/18...........

1.05" Near Lovers Point Total for the 7/1/17). ..... 11.27" Dataseason reported by(since John Munch at 18th St. Last week low12/07/16.......................... temperature................ 48.6° Week ending .19"F Last week high temperature...............

75.8° Total for the season (since 7/1/16)........

5.42"F Last year rain (07/01/16-1/24/17)...............

21.32F ” Last week low temperature..................41.5 Last week high temperature.................63.5 F

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Preventing Animal Bites: Know How to do it Diana L. Guerrero

Ask ARK Lady Animal bites are a consistent problem and it is especially important to help people understand how to prevent dog bites. Dog bite prevention is something that every pet owner and every pet lover should become savvy about.

If you own a dog, certain activities will help to ensure that you live safely with canines. The main efforts to succeed at this task involve socialization to both dogs and humans. This can be accomplished by participation in both socialization classes and obedience training.

However, the constant supervision of family dogs both at home and when out in public is equally critical to safety. This can be crucial during visits to the homes of friends and family. Don’t forget to learn about local dog laws and ordinances so that you comply.

But during those to day-to- day interactions, just how do you avoid dog bites?

When it comes to you and your family: Avoid approaching any strange dog.

Do not pet a dog without asking permission.

Study the body language of dogs and learn to identify typical dog behavior and postures or indicators that warn of potential problems.

Learn appropriate human-dog interactions.

Be safe by being conservative around all animals.

When it comes to the neighborhood and community: Avoid dogs that run loose.

Report aggressive dogs.

Be wary of tethered or chained dogs.

Report any and all dog bites.

Additional steps to avoid dog bites include making sure that you safely confine and house your pet when it is not under direct supervision. Also, be sure to obey the leash laws in public places and remain alert to your surroundings where dog encounters are likely to occur.

Pet owners should always be prepared to handle anyone who approaches your pet unexpectedly—especially children. Studies have shown that children under the age of 14 have the highest risk of being bitten by a dog. This means that it is especially important to teach children to treat dogs with care, consideration, and respect.

Although you can teach children about how to be safe around dogs, it isn’t a guarantee that they will remember or adhere to those rules. And so, it is always best to supervise children and animals when they are interacting. This means that it is important to not leave any child unattended with an animal because even a few unsupervised seconds can result in a bite or scratch.

Now, if you own an animal that has bitten a human you might not be aware of all your liabilities. These usually include medical treatment for humans or veterinary medical treatment for other animals. In many cases you will also be responsible for any law enforcement citations, animal services fines, emergency aid, ambulance transportation and animal quarantine fees.

Finally, check your home owner’s insurance policy coverage since some restrict what types of dogs they will cover. You might end up paying higher insurance premiums or find that your home owner’s insurance does not cover any pet liability issues should an incident occur on your property.

Ask ARKlady Diana L Guerrero Questions? Call (831) 291-3355 | Email Ask@TheArkLady.com | Visit ARKlady.com Diana L Guerrero (aka ARKlady) helps animal lovers who are not only passionate about animals but that also want to make a difference in their lives and in the world in which they live.

Is that you? Then consider this an invitation to join a new type of animal adventure--one designed to change animal lives and to change yours in the process.

About ARKlady Diana L Guerrero (aka ARKlady) lives on the Central Coast of California by the sea. An author, animal whisperer and wildlife interpreter, her first word was “fish.”

She is a friend of the furred, feathered and finned. With a goal of enriching the lives of animals (both wild and tame) and empowering the humans who love them, she shares a lifetime of professional experience and specialty training with animal lovers--who are not only passionate about animals but that want to make a difference in their lives and in the world in which they live.

If that is you, consider this an invitation to join her on a new types of animal adventure--those designed to change animal lives and to change yours in the process.

Senior Outreach Event

Murphy posing in the PG poppies. If you write a question to the ARK Lady, please include a photo of your pet.

The Adventures of

The senior population is one of the most vulnerable populations in the United States. Rates of dementia, injuries due to falling, and various forms of abuse have been reported to increase once a person reaches the age of 65. Statistics show that one out of every 10 seniors will experience some type of abuse and neglect, and yet only one in 14 will report these cases. These issues will become increasingly prevalent as the average age of adults increases in the United States. It is estimated that in the United States overall, the number of senior citizens will climb from 46 million to 98 million by 2060. Here in Pacific Grove, there is an especially high population of seniors. The senior population in Pacific Grove accounts for about 21.6 percent of the entire population, which is relatively high compared to the county-wide average of 10.7 percent.

This means there is a higher need for programs and program awareness in the area.

As the senior population continues to increase, community efforts should ensure that seniors are obtaining the support and services they need. On May 3rd, Wellspring Church will be hosting an outreach event coordinated by the City of Pacific Grove Housing Division designed to connect seniors with local resources. Agencies based in or near Pacific Grove invited to participate in the event include: the Housing Division, Monterey-Salinas Transit, Sally Griffin Senior Center, Alliance on Aging, Gateway Center, and more. These agencies offer a variety of services depending on the program, ranging from housing assistance to discounts on transportation. The event will be held from 10:00am to 12:00pm in the recreation room of the church. Wellspring Church is located at 141 14th Street. Come learn about local resources, as well as ways to volunteer in the community. Questions can be directed to the City Housing Division: 831-648-3199 Mariah Barry-City of Pacific Grove

Don’t mess with our harbor seals

By Michele L. Vacca

Swashbuckling Family Fun!

April 26 - May 6

www.mpctheatre.com - 831-646-4213

If anyone wasn’t sure how popular our harbor seals are, there was a clear demonstration over the weekend.

Four young people went around the temporary fencing at the bottom of 8th Street, at the side of Berwick Park, on Friday and were hanging out on the rocks there when a volunteer spotted them and pointed out the fence and many signs explaining the area is closed to protect harbor seal pupping. Three of the intruders came back around to the proper side of the fence but the fourth flipped off the volunteer, cursed her in foul language, and stayed in the rocks. The volunteer called police and the abusive intruder left before officers arrived.

Pictures of the intruder standing behind the fence -- “bird” flying from one hand, abalone shell dangling from the other -- were posted on a Facebook page, “Harbor seals of Pacific Grove,” as were pictures of the other three walking away and two seal moms and pups that came up on the beach shortly after the humans left.

By Saturday afternoon, 61,387 people looked at that Facebook post and 652 replied with comments, some providing identification of the four trespassers.

The identifying information was passed along to Pacific Grove police. Then the overall post was taken down so the volunteer sorting through the overwhelming number of responses could get back to the seals on our beaches.

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Webster Slate

Cop Log

What would Betty Crocker do? Do that and get over it. you live in paradise, together as neighbors.

Crocker Ave. - Neighbor dispute, ongoing issue.

Help wanted Made contact with a subject who could not tell officer when the last time he ate was. Subject is supposed to be the primary caregiver for another dependent adult.

Subject was placed on a 5150 hold. APS was contacted and stated they would follow up with dependent adult for additional care as needed.

I guess he got hungry.

Ocean View Blvd. - A male was reported missing. Later returned home.

Spooky.

Grand Ave. - Report of interior motion alarm at above location. Building was secure, no sign of damage to exterior of building. Confirmed alarm was registered, left alarm card.

Wow! Here is a stunning turn of events never before seen. Guess they didn’t see the fancy PGPD public service flyer about don’t leave stuff in your car and; while you’re at it: go ahead and lock your car, that I’ve been publishing for the last month or so. So next week, I’m going to go full Arlo and include the fancy PGPD flyer and enhance it with circles and arrows; to help explain the various fancy paragraphs of common sense, nay wisdom.

Sunset Dr. - Personal property was stolen from a locked vehicle.

Glen Lake Dr. - Past tense theft from an unlocked vehicle-no suspect information Montecito Ave. - Theft of a drone from a locked vehicle Okay, this happens every week. Which is okay with me because I am never bored working for this fancy newspaper and I am easily entertained by the circus music I almost constantly now hear in my head. And I thank everyone involved. From the grandeur of my new satellite office at PGPW (which I call Webster Del Mar) I keenly observe at least 12 city vehicles every day that return from duty damaged. Granted, by noon I’m so far gone behind massive amounts of gin, despair and milking my Colorado River Toads for their poison (which I smoke with who knows what else) I quite miraculously see multiple realities, in odd numbers. You, the normal citizen, see double on a good toot; I see 33. Everything spinning like some sort of pinwheel that seems to settle my many, internal and spiritual gyroscopes. An untrained observer could not be chastised if they thought I was driving all the hundreds of thousands of city vehicles that are put into service every day. Well, rest easy ever sense my Colorado River Toad embrace, I only ride a motorcycle.

Suspect should be expecting a visit from PGPD real soon.

Forest Ave. - Hit and run accident with no injuries. Suspect is known. Investigation continuing.

Calls well that ends well.

Sunset Dr. - On the above date, our heroic reporting party brought in a cellphone she had found in the above area.

Televisions and coffee pot too!

Lighthouse Ave. - Theft of services and televisions from business I personally have woken up damaged before, then had to piece together recollections of the last week or so.

Lighthouse Ave. - Door damaged at unknown time.

They don’t let you text from jail Case: Suspicious Circumstances-Suspect \ Willow St. - Possible concerning messages from adult to juvenile.

Their favorite TV show is “Brawl in the Family” Battery on person \ 3rd St. - A family dispute occurred. Minor injuries between siblings and a parent. No charges requested at this time. All parties present declined medical.

Hot air balloons Grand Ave. - Interior alarm activation. Building secure, no sign of forced entry or Damaged property. Possible cause: balloons alongside of building moving when heat turns on. Alarm card left.

Almost 70 and still raising hell.

Del Monte Blvd. – Suspect, Michael Potter: 08/21/50 - Officers responded to a welfare check and determined the subject was in possession of cocaine. Suspect was cited and released at the scene.

82 years old and still raising hell.

Bench Warrant: fta: mi \ Jewell Ave. - Suspect Marilyn Bell - 05/08/36- A female was cited for a warrant.

Probably not so transient now.

Sunset Dr. - Transient contacted by School Resource Officer, walking on school campus. Transient found to be in possession of drug paraphernalia and weapon.

Jimmy, there you go again.

Forest Ave. - Student found at PG Middle School in possession of marijuana for sale.

Sometimes I hear an Arlo Guthrie-esque cadence, a lot. Here are just a few examples that hear the master singing and playing.

Ocean View Blvd. - On the above date and time, a citizen found property from the above location. The citizen brought in the property to PGPD. The property will be held for safekeeping.

Ocean View Blvd. - The reporting party came in to drop off property found in the above location. The reporting party had possible owner information that was provided to the property and evidence technician for follow up.

Case lost property (info) \ unknown where. On the above date and time, a citizen came into the fancy Police department building to report he had lost his wallet, from somewhere in Pacific Grove/Monterey area. His information was documented.

Case found property (info) \ David Ave. - Officer was dispatched to David Ave-

nue for a report of found property. Upon arrival, officer met with the reporting party, who stated he found the purse in the middle of the roadway. I collected the property and brought it to the station for safekeeping. There was no wallet. The property was processed and placed in to an evidence locker in Webster’s fancy jungle room themed new office for safekeeping.

Case found wallet (info) \ Pine Ave - At the above date and time a woman dropped off a wallet to the station. Owner was contacted and the wallet will be returned. No further information.

Case found dog (info) \ Cedar St. - Officers were dispatched to reports of a found dog. Dog had been microchipped and returned to owner. No further information.

Bonfires of the vanity, thug style. A new Low-ery.

Ocean view Blvd. – Suspect, Garrett Lowery: 04/06/78 Warrant arrest-subject contacted after starting a bonfire was found to have Warrants -- transported to county jail for housing. 1000 Case 261(a)(2) pc rape by force/fear/e \ Forest Ave. Report of past tense rape-Booked-Garrett Daniel Lowery - 04/06/78 Dogs need to be walked regularly Eardley Ave. - Barking dog complaint Hopefully they’re fall was cushioned by a certain rival publication, which frequents the gutter.

Lighthouse Ave. - Medical issue caused a fall on the sidewalk- subject refused medical 3rd St. - Subject fell while getting out of a vehicle It’s all right to have a good time, but please be quiet after 10 PM Del Monte Blvd. - Officers dispatched to a noise complaint at address. Location was determined to be a short-term rental property. Officers contacted guests staying at the residence and they were asked to keep the noise level down.

Oh no! Is it #31? Here we go again. This will not stand!

Lighthouse Ave - Advised of vandalized garbage can on Lighthouse I always wonder if it’s distracted driving Jewell Ave. - Non injury accident Forest Ave - Non injury accident Accident \ Forest Ave. - Info exchange.

Central Ave. - Non injury accident This shows a lack of character.

Forest Ave. - Hit and run accident-no suspect information Someone’s going to Hell.

Forgery \ 12th St. - Local church was defrauded of some money.

Hope there is room in Hell for this master criminal.

Lighthouse Ave. - Attempted credit card fraud-no suspect information.

Time to kiss and make up Arkwright Ct. - Domestic dispute between a husband and wife Mind if I play through?

Accident TC- Hit and Run-Public property-tow away / \ Del Monte Blvd - Abandoned car found crashed on golf course One man’s epic journey “From Briggs to the Brig.”

Briggs Ave. – Suspect, Billy Johnson-11/15/83-Male arrested for warrant and fresh charges of drunk in public. Transported to County Jail.

Booked: Billy, Dante Johnson-1/15/83 Before the bullets fly. Less is more. Let’s keep this going!

Case ammo for destruction (info) \ Pine Ave. - Ammo was brought into the Police Department for destruction.

Case ammo for destruction (info) \ Pine Ave. - Strip loads were brought in for destruction. Items are being held for safe keeping till they can be destroyed.

Please feel free to contact the PGPD to turn in any unwanted or unused weapons or ammo. As always, they are very professional and happy to help. 831 648 3143.

It’s all right to have a good time, just don’t be an idiot.

Ocean View Blvd. – Suspect, Daniel Carrico Lynn- 11/15/83 - A male was arrested for public intoxication and possession of an open container of alcohol in a public place.

This week Arkwright has been Ark-wrong Arkwright Ct. - Female subject received threatening phone calls. Possible suspect information.

Arkwright Ct. - Subject reported being battered by a house guest For the love of all things decent, please throw both of these spoiled people in jail.

Then maybe the police can put their attention where it is supposed to be. I guarantee you the police had more important things to do than mediate this selfish nonsense.

At the very least please impound their phones. And I thought this kind of stuff only happens in Carmel.

Cedar St. – Reporting Party, reports his girlfriend is upset and will not give him back his phone.

She came in through the bathroom window?

Case 602 pc trespassing \ Grove St. - Reporting Party reports: ex came to apt and tried to enter through a window.

Reform school candidate.

17 mile Dr. - Report of a battery between an adult victim and a juvenile suspect.

Victim requested Charges be filed.

And for this week’s finale… Circus music!

Case info in tree fell on car \ Sunset Dr. - Tree fell on truck, causing damage.

Private property.

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Wildlife Spotlight

Scalloped Hammerhead

by Dan Bohrman

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

Sphyrna lewini

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

Chabad of Monterey

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

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

Community Baptist Church

Monterey & Pine Avenues • 831-375-4311

First Baptist Church of Pacific Grove 246 Laurel Ave. • 831-373-0741

The Scalloped Hammerhead is a distinctive shark found in costal waters. It averages from six to eight feet long, but its most prominent feature is its elongated head structure. This protrusion, called a cephalofoil, is thought to increase the shark’s field of vision and assist in locating prey. Hammerheads feed on a wide variety of creatures, including fish, squid, crustaceans, and stingrays.

First Baptist Church of Monterey

600 Hawthorne St., Monterey • Rev. Nate Rhen 831-373-3289

First Church of God

1023 David Ave. • 831-372-5005

First United Methodist Church of Pacific Grove Worship: Sundays 10:00 a.m.

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

Forest Hill United Methodist Church Services 9 a.m. Sundays 551 Gibson Ave. • 831-372-7956

Jehovah’s Witnesses of Pacific Grove 1100 Sunset Drive • 831-375-2138

Lighthouse Fellowship of Pacific Grove

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

Manjushri Dharma Center

Programs at the Library All programs at the Pacific Grove Library For more information call 648-5760.

Tuesday, April 17 • 11:00 am Stories for PreSchool (ages 2-5) • Wednesday, April 18 • 3:45 pm Wacky Wednesday (stories, crafts, science for ages 5 and up) • Thursday, April 19 • 11:00 am Baby Rhyme Time for babies birth - 24 months

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

Wellspring Church

141 14th St. • 831-373-4705

Peninsula Baptist Church

1116 Funston Ave. • 831-394-5712

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

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

St. Anselm’s Anglican Church

Sundays 9:30 a.m.

375 Lighthouse Ave. • 831-920-1620 Fr. James Short

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

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

OUTSIDE PACIFIC GROVE Bethlehem Lutheran Church

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

Congregation Beth Israel

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

Monterey Center for Spiritual Living

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

Shoreline Community Church

2500 Garden Rd. Monterey 8:30 am 10 am & 11:30 am Sundays.

831-655-0100 • www.shorelinechurch.org

St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church 698 Laine St, Monterey • Father Karas (831) 375-7200​ Unitarian Universalist Church of the Monterey Peninsula 490 Aguajito Rd., Carmel • 831-624-7404 Sunday Service 9:30 a.m. and 1:15 a.m.

Church in the Forest Erdman Chapel at Stevenson School 3152 Forest Lake Rd, Pebble Beach 831-624-1374

Chautauqua Hall Dance Club Saturdays

As of June 2017, the entry fee is a low-cost $5 for the first Sat. of the month for members and non-members alike! Annual membership fee is $10. Buy 2018 memberships for $10! Prices go up to $15 in January! Try us out!

Chautauqua Hall, 16th St. at Central Ave Pacific Grove, CA 93950 Fee includes 55 min. dance lesson, DJ’d music for three hours and buffet of healthful snacks.

Background: Chautauqua Hall Dance Club, a non-profit founded in 1926, is dedicated to making dance accessible to everyone. We offer dance classes in over 20 kinds of ballroom, nightclub and specialty dances so that everyone can share in the joy in partnered social dance.

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

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

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

Gentrain Society Lectures

The Gentrain Society of Monterey Peninsula College is sponsoring these free public lectures in February, 2018. For lengthier descriptions and illustrations for these talks please see the Gentrain website.

•• Wednesday, April 18, 2018 Gentrain Society Lecture: Preparing for a Genealogy Road Trip Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Free; MPC Parking $3.00 Information: www.gentrain.org ; info@gentrain.org ; 372-0895 Kathy Nielsen, Reference and California History Librarian at the Monterey Public Library, shares the delights and pitfalls of organizing a genealogy road trip. Travel with her overseas and to locations in the United States and Canada. She has suggestions on how to begin planning, whom to contact, and what to see. Much depends on your goals. Are you planning a serious research trip? Or a chance to get an overview of the land from which your ancestors came? Who are your travel companions (genealogists? friends? family?). Kathy combines her skills as an historian, a storyteller, and a librarian with her love for travel and her search for her family’s history. Join Kathy as she walks you through the process, and shares both her successes and her challenges.

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Potential Candidates Invited to Elections Seminar April 21

Those interested in running for office in the November 6, 2018 General Election are invited to attend a candidate seminar presented by Monterey County Elections.

The seminar will take place on Saturday, April 21, 2018, at 10 a.m. at the Government Center at Schilling, Cayenne Room at 1441 Schilling Place - North Building, Salinas.

This seminar will provide an overview of: Requirements for office Nomination documents Important filing dates Candidate Statements estimated costs Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) guidelines New campaign disclosure statements electronic filing ordinance NetFile filing system There is no cost to attend. Interested candidates should RSVP via email at CandidateServices@co.monterey.ca.us or call Elections at (831) 796-1499.

For more information visit www.MontereyCountyElections.us.

Listening Place Readers Theater presents ‘The Skin of Our Teeth’

A wall of ice is moving down from Canada! Atlantic City is hit by a massive flood!

There is a war to end all wars. Dinosaurs and Wooly Mammoths run around on the front lawn. How will the intrepid Antrobus family cope with all this? While inventing the wheel, the alphabet and the lever, George Antrobus and his family, along with their maid Lily Sabina, do their level best and escape it all by “The Skin of Our Teeth.”

The Pulitzer Prize winning play by Thorton Wilder takes us on the journey of humankind with all its ups and downs, good and evil, and in the end great thinking. A sensation when it first appeared on Broadway, it is a timeless epic of survival.

Directed by Michael Bond and directed by Linda Hancock.

Featuring Michael Lojkovic, Anne Mitchell, Richard Boynton, Susan Keenan, Carl Twisselman, Andrea McDonald, Lydia Lyons and guests!

Performance Dates: TWO SUNDAYS: April 15 & 22 at 1:30 pm Monterey Museum of Art 559 Pacific Street, Monterey Free to MMA Members, Free to general public with $10 museum admission ONE SATURDAY, April 21 at 2pm The National Steinbeck Center, Performing Arts Series #1 (ONE) Main Street, Salinas, CA $7 for NSC Members. $10 for general public For more information call Linda Hancock at 831-424-6645 or NSC at 831-775-4721 The Listening Place Readers Theater creates read-aloud performances of plays by the great playwrights. Read by Monterey County›s finest actors, these plays come to life as stories, with character voices, gestures and deep emotion. From comedy to drama, The Listening Place Readers Theater creates a totally entertaining theatrical experience.

Linda Hancock , Producer • 831-424-6645 • thelisteningplacert@gmail.com

Temporary Closure of Red Barn Flea Market

Effective April 15, 2018, the Red Barn Flea Market will be closed pending a hearing on Monterey County’s application for an appointment of a receiver, a neutral third party, to operate the flea market and bring the property into compliance with state law and County code. A hearing on that application is scheduled for April 27, 2018.

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office, in conjunction with the CHP, will be on site to ensure the closure of the facility and minimize any traffic impacts.

The County has made every effort to avoid the closure of the flea market and continues to do so by actively pursuing measures in court to allow for the reopening the operation as soon as possible.

This closure action being taken is due to refusal of the current operator of the flea market to comply with requirements of county code and state law, particularly as to the lack of proper toilet and hand washing facilities necessary to accommodate the number of food and alcohol vendors at the site.

The County’s goal is for the Red Barn to operate under safe health conditions, which the vendors and community deserve.

Red Barn, is located at 1000 US-101, Aromas. Those currently in charge of operations at the Red Barn have been notified of this action so that vendors may be informed of the temporary closure as soon as possible.

BUTTERFLY TOWN

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S.T.A.R. Foundation Performing Arts Scholarship Awards Application deadline April 30, 2018

The S.T.A.R. Foundation of Monterey County (Support The Arts Regionally) Scholarship program exists to help graduating Monterey County high school seniors pursue their interest in the performing arts beyond the secondary school setting. Scholarship awards are available for students having an interest in acting, musical theater, vocal and/or instrumental music, related technical skills, playwriting, performing arts management in a college or in an extracurricular program. Generally, and depending on available funds, students attending a two-year college will receive $500.00 each year.

Students attending a four-year college will receive $1000.00 per year. The awards will be announced at the end of the 2017-18 academic school year.

HOW TO APPLY: interested students must submit the following by April 30, 2018.

1) A completed S.T.A.R. Foundation Scholarship application (on our website: www.starfoundationmc.org) 2) An essay of no less than 200, nor more than 400, words explaining your interests and experience in the performing arts.

3) Two letters of recommendation: one from your high school arts teacher and, if applicable, one from a mentor/director in participation outside of school. If there is no one outside of school then ask someone who knows you well and can vouch for your talent and ability. Please make sure that the contact information of those submitting a recommendation on your behalf is included on your application.

4) Submit via email to susanne@starfoundationmc.org HOW IT WORKS: Once chosen to receive the scholarship students must submit: Proof of registration as a full-time college student in a two or four-year program.

Proof of participation in performing arts-related course OR a letter from an extracurricular program.

This is renewable for each of the four years of undergraduate education by submitting the same proof of participation each year and providing the student maintains a C average.

4th Annual Arts Education Summit

Join Us for the 4th Annual Arts Education Summit “Arts and Healing: Model Programs & Practices” Saturday, April 28, 2018 8:30am-1:30pm Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County 1332 La Salle, Seaside, CA 93955 There is so much happening in the Arts & Healing community! On Saturday, April 28, we’re convening at the 4th Annual Arts Education Summit to learn and dialogue about model arts & healing programs and practices across Monterey County.

We’ve added the following change makers to our Summit Program: Michael Lisman, Deputy Director, Monterey County Health Care Department Robin Ledford, Executive Director, YWCA of Monterey County Summit Program

8:30am-9:00am Registration & Networking Breakfast 9:00am-10:30am: Panel Discussion - Arts & Healing: Multiple Approaches in Multiple Settings (moderated by Rosemary Soto, Gang Violence Prevention Coordinator at County of Monterey) 10:30am-10:45am: Break 10:45am-11:30am: Back by Popular Demand! - 5 Minutes of Fame 11:30am-12:15pm: Keynote Address 12:15pm-1:30pm: Lunch and Table Top Talks - Join Summit Speakers and Your Colleagues at Focused Roundtable Discussions Register Now: $40 includes Continental Breakfast & Lunch. Registration Deadline April 20.

Keith Larson

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Language Capital of the World Cultural® Festival will Celebrate with Performances, Food, Crafts, and Exhibits (For Free) Held in the heart of historic Old Monterey, adjacent to Downtown Monterey and Monterey’s Old Fisherman’s Wharf, the 4th Annual “Language Capital of the World® Cultural Festival” highlights Monterey’s rich language, culture, and international affairs capabilities, as well as its Sister City relationships. Fun for all ages, the free festival will feature hundreds of performers of dances and authentic music from a variety of international cultures that represent many different languages. The performances will be coordinated by Crystal Chang of the Defense Language Institute. The Festival will offer an array of ethnic crafts, interactive exhibits from the flagship foreign language and culture institutions of higher learning, as well as many language and culture mini-lessons. There will be delicious international food offered by many vendors from around the world.

International Performers Attendees will be treated to an array of fabulous international dances, music and colorful costumes. Performances this year will include: · Russian Folk Group Kalinka (Russian) · Om Shanti Om Indian Bollywood Dane Group (Indian) · Dragon Dance (Chinese) · Korean Monsori Samulnori Band (Korean) · Fil-Am Community Cultural Dancers (Philippine) · Viet Entertainment Group (Vietnamese) · MBCA Chinese Folk Dance Group (Chinese) · Afghan Bacha Khani (Afghane) · Azahar Flamenco de Monterey (Spain) · Chinese Day Camp at TheLyceum.org (Chinese) · Korean Fan Dance Group (Korean) · Monterey Bay Healing Tao Taiji Qigong (Chinese) Mini-Language Lessons Understanding other languages is important in today’s global marketplace. Festival attendees can take a mini-language lesson in Arabic, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin, Mizteco, and Spanish (and more).

Cultural Exhibits There will be an array of fascinating international cultural and informational exhibits provided by Middlebury Institute of International Studies, CSUMB, EF Education First Educational Programs and Travel Abroad, AFS – USA (American Field Service), International Language and Culture Foundation, Alliance Française and more.

International Food Tasty international ethnic food will be available for sale, including Big Bite (International Variety), Gus 57 of Monterey (Greek and American), Little Red Barn (American), Maha’s Lebanese Cuisine (Lebanese), Mix of Flavors (International Variety), Monterey Bay Calamari (Italian) and Tacos Diana (Mexican).

Festival Sponsors A special thanks to our valued sponsors which include the City of Monterey, Arts Council for Monterey County, California State Parks, Rotary Club of Monterey, Fisherman’s Wharf Association, Language Line Solutions, Monterey County Business Council, MediaLocate, Old Monterey Foundation, Kiwanis Club of Monterey, Campbell Language Consultants, Nick Papadakis, Hellenic Cultural Association, International Language and Culture Foundation, Alvarado Street Brewery, The Wecker Group, Monterey Signs and Sunstar Media.

Media sponsors include KSBW-TV, Monterey County Weekly, Foolish Times and KAZU 90.3 FM. Festival Significance Many Monterey County organizations play an important role in providing translation (written word) and interpretation (spoken) services around the globe such as Language Line Services and MediaLocate among others. Organizations such as the Defense Language Institute at the Presidio of Monterey, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, Monterey Peninsula College, CSUMB and other local entities provide instruction in many languages. The Naval Postgraduate School has hosted students from more than 100 nations and provides professional, service-oriented educational programs for the U.S. armed forces and international militaries. Monterey County is also a very popular destination from visitors throughout the world, and Monterey’s languages and cultural diversity is reflected in its Native American, Chinese, Filipino, Italian, Japanese, Mexican, Portuguese, Spanish and Vietnamese roots.

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Monterey Bay Christian School to Host Neighborhood Spring Festival - May 5, 2018 Monterey Bay Christian School is excited to celebrate the local community by hosting a Spring Carnival on May 5, 2018 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. as a day of food, fun, and fundraising open to the entire community with a Cinco De Mayo flair!

Admission to the event is free. Come and enjoy the family atmosphere, entertainment, and community information. All booth activities, games, services, and sale items will be available for purchase through carnival-style tickets collected at each booth. Besides being a great entertainment source for the neighborhood, the Spring Festival is Monterey Bay Christian School’s major fundraiser of 2018 and its success is dependent on parent, community, and local business support.

Our goal this year is to raise $10,000. These funds will be used to benefit every student at Monterey Bay Christian School and help our school remain current with ever-changing and evolving technology and curriculum. These funds will allow MBCS to keep our campus thriving, developing, and educationally excellent into the future.

Help support our dynamic and beautiful Christian elementary school community as we look forward to many more years of serving the communities on the Monterey peninsula. The festival, open to the public, is set for Saturday May 5 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and will include food, light refreshments, inflatables, game booths, activities, a silent auction and much more.

MBCS Now Taking Booth/Vendor Applications & Donations We are looking to partner with businesses, organizations, and entertainers in the Monterey Peninsula who are interested in setting up a booth or activity for the Spring Festival. This comes at no cost to you and all MBCS asks is that you create some form of entertainment/activity for visitors to engage with. Activities should have a value of $1 per visitor (such as bean bag toss, spin-a-wheel, arts and crafts, etc.). All vendors should consider this free venue as a chance for community exposure and contribution. We are also welcoming donations for our silent auction and raffle as well as food items and cash donations. If interested in contributing to this event please fill out our booth application here: http://mbcsonline.org/eagle-life/ spring-festival About Monterey Bay Christian School Monterey Bay Christian School was founded in 1980 based upon a strong desire to provide a quality educational choice for families living on and around the peninsula that centered on quality academics with a sound, biblical foundation.

Since that time, MBCS has provided hundreds of students with a vibrant atmosphere that is well-grounded in biblical values and focused on the child as an individual. The result has been a truly wonderful environment where students learn to believe in themselves and advance according to their God-given abilities.

For more information, visit http://mbcsonline.org/ or email: info@mbcsonline. org

Lots to Celebrate

Anita Starr, popular former hostess at the Fishwife, just celebrated her 103rd birthday. Photo by Al Saxe

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Pacific Grove

Sports

Pacific Grove JV Baseball takes its lead from Varsity, downs Scotts Valley 8-7

All ’Round Athlete Breaks

By Brian “Woodie” Wood While the PG High School Varsity baseball team was beating host Scotts Valley 8-7, an hour south the Breaker JV team had a walk-off win of the same score in extra innings.

Scotts Valley got off to a quick 4-0 lead in the first inning and added another two runs in the fourth. Meanwhile PG managed only a single and two walks in the first five innings. The Breakers finally got on the board in the sixth when JJ Courtney, Aidan Borman, and Chianti Carter all received base on balls with Courtney scoring the run.

Pitcher Courtney blanked the Junior Falcons in the fifth, sixth, seventh innings.

Down 6-1 going into the bottom of the seven, that is when PG’s magic started. Mario Bonelli led off with a single. After a fielder’s choice put Jay McMahon on first with one out, Sean Powell was hit by a pitch, and Courtney walked to load the bases. Borman ran the count to 3-2 before receiving another free pass driving in J.McMahon (PG trailed 6-2). Zach Malone then singled bringing home a run; PG now down 6-3. Carter then cleared the bases with a double driving to tie the game at six. After Charlie McMahon was hit by a pitch, Clint Cargile walked to load the bases. However, Scotts Valley escaped further damage and the game went to extra innings..

In the top of the eighth, the Falcons scraped out a run on a single a walk and two fielder’s choices to take a 7-6 lead. The Rally Caps for the Breakers remained on in their half of the inning, however, as J.McMahon and Powell led off with singles. Courtney loaded the bases when he reached on a dropped third strike. Desi Green walked to force in J.McMahon with the tying run and keep the bases loaded. Powell scored the winning run on a wild pitch, giving PG an 8-7 victory.

PG JV (6-5) hosts Soquel JV at 4pm on Thursday, April 12.

Rosas is “Grand” in PG win over Trinity

After 12 years the women’s pole vault record was broken by senior Mary Grebing at the track meet held at Pacific Grove High School on Thursday April 5, 2018. An all time high for this senior who also swims on the high school team and plays middle for the U18 Central Coast Volleyball travel team. She also won the triple jump in the meet last Thursday. Accepted to SDSU in the fall this senior is leaving PGHS on a high.

Help send our team to the World Championships

BreakerBots: The Journey to Houston via Fresno

By Brian “Woodie” Wood

Pacific Grove’s bats and pitching were too much for the visiting Trinity Warriors on Wednesday (Apr 11). Led by left-handed starting pitcher Hunter Hanes and the bat of designated hitter Daniel Rosas, the Breakers overwhelmed Trinity 13-2. Hanes pitched six innings, allowing just two runs and five hits, while striking out seven. Rosas banged out a double and his first career home run, one of the grand slam variety, for a total of five runs batted in.

PG pushed four across the plate in the first inning off of an error and five walks. In the third, River Watts led off with a double over the left fielder’s head. Nathan Wood followed with a “duck-snort” (a softly hit ball that goes over the infielders and lands in the outfield for a hit) into right field advancing Watts to third. With one out Colby Burnell knocked in Watts when he singled to left field and a 5-0 lead.

Trinity put up a two spot in the fourth when first baseman Chris Wright knocked a two-run shot over the right field fence drawing the Warriors to within three. The Breakers answered with two runs of their own. Justin Heyn walked, stole second base and was singled home by Hanes who scored all the way from first on a long double to left-center field by Rosas.

The Breakers' big inning came in the fifth. Two walks (Connor Marshall and J.Heyn) and a Trinity error loaded the bases. With two outs Rosas stepped to the plate. The Trinity catcher gives the sign. Pitcher comes set...and the pitch. Rosas swings and crushes the ball deep to left field, it is going, going, gone!!! A grand slam. To channel the late Dave Niehaus, hall-of-fame announcer for the Seattle Mariners, "Get out the rye bread and mustard, Grandma, it is grand salami time!" Rosas’ first career home run was one to remember! PG added two more on a walk to Kevahn Ebron and a well-hit ball (three-base error) to right field by Anthony Allioti (who scored on a wild pitch).

Hanes appeared to be at his strongest in the sixth, fanning two Warrior batters.

Dylan Graham came on in relief in the seventh inning striking out the side to end the game for a 13-2 PG victory.

Pacific Grove (7-8) faces Trinity in a return match on Friday (Apr 13), 4pm at Pacific Grove High School. However, it will be played as a home game for Trinity. PG currently resides in third place with a 6-3 league record, 1 ½ games behind Soledad, 1 game behind Carmel, and tied with King City.

By Mitali Chowdhury The first Robotics Competition’s 2018 season is about to reach its peak at the World Championships in Texas and Michigan—and Pacific Grove’s own BreakerBots will be in Houston to participate in this action-packed, inspiring event.

Their journey to the world championships began in January when this year’s game, Power Up, was announced. The nearly 300 teams who will be competing at Houston, including the BreakerBots, designed, built, and programmed a robot that could move cubes into switches and a scale, drive autonomously, and lift itself up to earn points at competition. A strong performance in the qualification matches of a regional competition allows a team to compete in the elimination play-offs, where the winning alliance gets a ticket to the world championship.

This is exactly what the BreakerBots hoped to achieve at the Central Valley Regional in Fresno this past weekend. With hard work and dedication both before and during the preparation period at the competition on Friday, the BreakerBots passed inspection and jumped into the practice rounds. This time on the field set them up for a strong start in the qualifications Saturday morning. Despite some small difficulties and breakdowns in between matches, the pit crew worked quickly to get their robot, Athena, back on the field.

When the time came to form alliances for the finals, the captains of the second seeded alliance selected the BreakerBots as one of two teams to compete with them.

An exciting afternoon of intense matches lead to the finals, where the BreakerBots and their alliance faced the first seed alliance. Although the games were close, the first seed alliance prevailed as the winner.

However, since two of the three teams on the victorious alliance had previously qualified for the world championship, the BreakerBots were awarded a wildcard ticket to Houston. The team is extremely thrilled to be attending the tournament for a second year, and they have an action-packed ten days ahead of them to prepare for the event.

In addition to the regular costs of competition such as meals and rooms, the team must find ways to finance the costs of shipping Athena, paying the registration fee, and buying last minute plane tickets to Houston. If you would like to help the BreakerBots succeed at the championships, please visit the following link to donate: https://pacificgrove. ed.co/breakerbots.

Thank you for your support, and best of luck to the BreakerBots at the World Championships!

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The Pacific Grove Citizens’ Police Academy: An Inside Perspective

New graduates and alumni of the Pacific Grove Citizens’ Police Academy, along with officers, show the love April 10, 2018 graduation. They’re posed in front of the department’s new patrol car - as yet unpainted. Photo by Webster Slate.

By Jill Kleiss I can’t remember not being afraid of the police. Whenever a police car would pass, my neck hair stood straight up. Before I attended the Pacific Grove Citizens’ Police Academy, I started my own reprogramming. First, I opted for friendly instead of fearful: I raised a hand off the steering wheel; I usually got a hand back.

I enrolled in the Citizens’ Police Academy after an invitation from Officer Moore, who took my police report from a random incident. Moore must have sensed my frustration, and he gave me a brief overview of the Academy. Moore said I’d learn about the police department. I said, “Yes, sign me up.” I had no idea what to expect.

On February 6, 16 students gathered for the first Academy in six years. We would gather on the next nine Tuesdays at the Pacific Grove police station from 6 to 9 p.m.

Chief Amy Christey cut the introductory ribbon. We would learn the inner workings of the Pacific Grove police department, the equipment, and ancillary agencies. Guest speakers would address search and seizure techniques, narcotics, K-9 assist, animal and parking control, and identity theft. We’d hear informative lectures from both sides of the legal fence: the District Attorney’s and the Public Defender’s. Week 10: Graduation for the 12 who completed the Academy.

The first meeting’s casualness surprised me. Both Chief Amy Christey and Commander Rory Lakind gave us “permission” to call them by their titles or even by their first names. The other students opted for causal more quickly than I did. It was mid-Academy before I could address Lakind as “Rory.” We had just completed our field trip to the Monterey County Jail and the Coroner’s office in Salinas where my takeaway was learning how hard the part-time coroner works: she does 1,500 autopsies a year; 700 are labeled as suspicious deaths. Note to self: Vote “Yes” on police bond measures. While walking back to our cars, I learned Lakind’s wife and my dad shared the same birthday. Camaraderie deepened as the group finished the day with a meal at In-and-Out. I thanked Rory and wished him a good night.

Week 6 brought me even further along. That night, Lakind sat opposite the guest lecturer, Officer Chris Salopek and his K-9 assist “Sarik.” I noticed that Lakind was eyeing Sarik with an unfamiliar nervous look. Sarik, on the other hand, was eyeing Lakind like he was steak dinner. During a demonstration, Salopek gave a command and Sarik bullet-charged for Lakind’s padded arm. Salopek told Lakind, “Let him

have the arm.” Lakind, relieved, gladly obliged. Salopek told us that play, food, and attention were K-9 rewards. Lakind had just served dinner. The entire class laughed and I made a video, both on my phone and in long-term memory.

Each night deepened my understanding of what it means to be a police officer and the importance of the rule book they follow. Previous police incidents that were unclear made sense to me now. Protocol was being followed.

More Takeaways DUI info: A driver alone in a vehicle is capped at a .08 blood alcohol level; a driver with even one passenger is capped at .04.

Four gangs (the Crips, Sureños, Norteños, and Oriental Boys) are active on the Monterey Peninsula.

Discussion with identity theft expert, Officer Steve Guidi, garnered these tips: Opting for credit rather than debit on your ATM card gives you some anti-fraud protection.

Help local vendors by using cash so they don’t have to pay the credit card fee.

Monitor your credit reports for unfamiliar charges on accounts.

Think smart: install a porch camera and hide the video box. The first place burglars look is by the TV. Also rethink placing jewelry in the top dresser drawer.

Top five intersections for traffic collisions: Lighthouse & Eardley; Forest & Prescott; Forest & David; Forest & Pine and Lighthouse& Forest.

In Pacific Grove, a 20-minute spot is always a 20-minute spot unless otherwise noted.

Peppers parking lot mystery answered: Half the lot is available for 90-minute parking (the section close to 16th St.); the other half is reserved parking until 6 p.m.

There are many reasons to sign up for Pacific Grove’s next Police Academy, such as the opportunity to volunteer at local events. Academy member Broeck Oder commented on his favorite aspect. “It’s great to see the ‘inside baseball’ aspects and learn about the real people ‘behind the badge.’ Their dedication to service is inspiring.”

Ditto for me. When I see Sarik and ask permission, I look forward to that friendly dog lick. Next time I pass a police car I will give an actual wave, and when Reserve Officer Mark Young peddles by, I will toss in a smile. Then, too, maybe, just maybe, on graduation day I’ll get a police sticker to put on my car’s bumper. And my fear, it’s still there—a little, but I’m working on it. The Academy is helping.

Your letters

Opinion Letter: Are story poles really unfeasible?

Editor: The City of Pacific Grove has a story pole policy enacted by a resolution of the City Council in 2006, and again in 2009. Story poles let the general public know about potential large new projects, and they provide decision-makers, staff, and the public with an opportunity to visualize the real-life effects of the height, mass, and bulk of a project to assist in making an informed decision about compatibility with the surroundings. The City’s policy states that “in rare cases”, story poles and netting may be “infeasible” and alternatives such as “photomontages” may suffice. However, in 2018, a claim of “infeasibility” of story poles is the norm for large commercial buildings.

Pacific Grove’s Building Official apparently finds story poles “potentially

unsafe” for multiple-story buildings on busy streets. So, the public is being “protected” from having story poles provided for the proposed 4-story Hotel Durell (157 Grand Avenue) across the street from the Library, the Museum, and Jewell Park and immediately adjacent to the Holman Building. Do you remember the story poles/balloons for the last hotel proposed for the Holman Block in 2012?

They were very informative. Licensed, bonded, and insured story pole engineers and contractors throughout the state provide safe story poles for all sorts of large projects such as hotels, and I believe that should be good enough for Pagrovians to feel safe. A quick Google search turned up plenty of accidents involving power poles, but not involving story poles.

There was a similar determination

not to use story poles for the proposed 49-foot high building at 522 Lighthouse Avenue across the street from the theater, covering the Goodie’s block between Fountain Avenue and 15th Street (currently postponed “until the applicant is ready….”). In that case, the architect reported to the Architectural Review Board that the Building Official said the only way to brace poles on that property is by “cabling across the street.” If that were the case, which is questionable, it may be hazardous. But staff did not present evidence of that determination. And did a story pole engineer or contractor get to bid on it and verify that finding? Will all of the massive, bulky, multiple-story projects proposed in Pacific Grove be determined to be “rare cases” that qualify to be exempted from the story pole requirement

for the public’s safety?

Perhaps it’s time to ask City Council to have an independent and objective third party look into the situation regarding the infeasibility or hazardous conditions of story pole installation in other cities.

You can look for photomontages provided by the Hotel Durell architect in the windows and on the walls of the existing building at 157 Grand, and you can view the plans at the Community and Economic Development Department at City Hall when the office is open, and express your opinion about the project to the City. The Hotel Durell project is being heard by the Planning Commission next week, continued from the April 5 meeting, on Thursday, April 19, at 6:00 pm.

Lisa Ciani

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Monterey Bay Village. VNA & Hospice Present “Spine and Joint Health” at Carmel Foundation

Dennis Trason

Obituary

Dennis Trason

October 24, 1926 – March 31, 2018

Dennis Trason, 91, a 64 year resident of Pacific Grove, made his peaceful transition on March 31, 2018 at Stanford University Hospital, in the loving arms of his significant sweetheart of 25 years, Deane Ramoni.

He will be greatly missed by all his friends and relatives in the Czech Republic, Germany, Canada and the U.S.A. He was a shining star that let his vigor, enthusiasm and intelligence light up a room full of people.

Dennis was born in Czechoslovakia on October 24, 1926. He was the cherished and adored son of Frantisek Trason and Anezka Zelinkova Trason. From an early age, Dennis excelled in soccer, ice hockey, tennis, swimming and skiing. He had an affinity for languages as well.

By a stroke of good luck, he was able to study and become proficient in the English language which served him well throughout his whole life.

While attending the Charles University in Prague, during the time that the German occupation years were now being taken over by the Russian communists, Dennis met an American of Czech descent who told him that if he could escape and somehow get to Berkeley, California, that he would help him. Dennis with his bravery and determination did just that. He escaped into Germany and because he could speak both German and English landed his first teaching job at a displaced children’s camp. While waiting to immigrate to the United States, Dennis also worked for Radio Free Europe.

Dennis’ voyage to the U.S. occurred in April of 1952. He entered through Ellis Island. By May of 1952, Dennis had arrived at Berkeley, CA and true to his promise George Kreshka helped Dennis get acclimated and enrolled at Cal Berkeley. While at Berkeley, Dennis became the assistant Soccer coach.

In 1954, while still studying at Berkeley, Dennis became a Czech instructor at the Army Language School in Monterey (now referred to as DLI).

Dennis completed his Masters degree from CAL in 1955.

Dennis went on to become a beloved educator at El Cerrito High School, Monterey High School and Seaside High School.

While residing in Pacific Grove for the past 64 years, Dennis became passionate about the game of golf. At the time of his passing, he was the oldest member of The Pacific Grove Golf Links. A cypress tree will be planted on the 1st tee in Dennis’ honor. A special Thank You for making this happen goes to Jerry Robertson.

Dennis Trason is survived by his daughter Ann B. Trason and son John Z. Trason, three grandchildren Jonathan, Sarah (Mike) Sipal, Bradley and great-grandson Carter Sipal, his life partner for the last 25 years, Deane Ramoni, her daughter Angelique (Rich) Reyes, granddaughter Brandi, grandson Justin, and great-grandson Lukas. His wife Winona Bethune Trason predeceased him in 1991.

Dennis’ family would like to thank all the doctors and staff at CHOMP’s Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit, Michele Balsimo, Jynae and Jeremy Clapper, Ethan Howe, Dr. Michael Davis, Dr. Salar Deldar, Dr.Reb Close, Dr. Shahid Khan, Dr. Susan Kim Dr. Gerard Issvoran, Dr. Alejandro Centurion, Dr. Larry Berte, Dr. Lloyd Garren, Dr. David Dansky, Mary Welschmeyer,RN and Stanford University Hospital ICU nurses Jonathan and Chi Mai. VNA visiting nurse association & hospice Fatima, Diana Vernon, Deborah Zuniga and Renate.

Last but not least, my heartfelt thanks goes out to my relief caregiver Julianna Cespedes. Over the last several months Julianna showered Dennis with her loving kindnesses. He became the pampered prince of Pacific Grove.

Memorial donations may be made to the Dennis Trason Foundation which will bring a better quality of life to our local area issues.

Visitation will be at the Paul Mortuary 390 Lighthouse Ave.,Pacific Grove on April 20,2018 from 4:00-7:00PM. A celebration of life is planned for April 21, 2018.

For further information, please contact Deane Ramoni at 831-372-8957 or

Deane.ramoni@sothebyshomes.com

Vaya con dios, my darling. I’ll be seeing you on the 1 tee at P.G. Golf Links. st

Join Dr. Ryan Wong, DC of Doorbell Chiropractic, Monterey Peninsula’s House Call Chiropractor, to learn more about treatment and home remedies for common neck, back, shoulder, hip, and knee problems.

Details: · Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 2:30pm-4:00pm · The Carmel Foundation’s Diment Hall - SE Corner 8th & Lincoln, Carmel · This presentation is free and open to the public · Space is limited to 100 For more information, contact Kristine Ware, Director of Monterey Bay Village at 620.8717 or kware@carmelfoundation.org.

The Carmel Foundation hosts weekly Wednesday Programs- a lecture, entertainment, or educational presentation such as a Cooking Demo with Myra Goodman, Monterey’s La Merienda Celebration or a monthly Wellness Series with VNA & Hospice.

About The Carmel Foundation The Carmel Foundation is an organization that serves members 55 and better in the Monterey County area and beyond. The Foundation is located in Carmel on the southeast Corner of 8th and Lincoln. The Carmel Foundation gives seniors an opportunity to live productive, enriching lives by offering a luncheon program, homebound meal delivery, free medical equipment loans, in-home services and respite grants, free lending library, Saturday movie, Technology Center, low-income housing, and more than 60 classes and activities each week. For more information, contact Kimberly Willison, Director of Development at kwillison@carmelfoundation.org, www.carmelfoundation.org, or 831.620.8701.

Friends of the Pacific Grove Library Meet the Author Series Presents Kim Steinhardt

Join environmental writer, marine wildlife photographer and long-time Monterey Bay resident Kim Steinhardt as he discusses his book “The Edge: The Pressured Past and Precarious Future of California’s Coast.” Date/Time: Thursday, April 19. Doors open at 7:20pm with the event to begin at 7:30 p.m.

Peace of Mind Dog Rescue sets volunteer orientation

Peace of Mind Dog Rescue (POMDR) will hold an orientation event for anyone interested in learning more about the organization and current volunteer openings.

Opportunities available include fostering senior dogs, working at adoption events, and transporting dogs to veterinary appointments. POMDR, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, was founded in October 2009 to provide peace of mind to dog guardians.

The organization is a resource and advocate for senior dogs and senior people on the Central Coast. They find loving homes for dogs whose guardians can no longer care for them and for senior dogs in shelters and provide assistance for senior people so they can keep their pets.

Peace of Mind Dog Rescue Volunteer Orientation and Foster Care Overview POMDR Bauer Center, 615 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove Wednesday April 25, 5:30pm to 7:30pm Please visit our website at http://www.peaceofminddogrescue.org 831-718-9122 or email us info@peaceofminddogrescue.org

Free meals for military at Good Old Days

The Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce is pleased to provide free meals for active duty military at the 61st Annual Good Old Days. The program provides a free meal at the Chamber’s hotdog and hamburger booth to any active duty military service member with current military I.D. for both days during the festival. The booth is made possible by the generous sponsorship of Steve Gorman, of Gorman Real Estate, and the Pacific Grove Police Officers Association.

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Annual Rotary Invitational Track Meet The Pacific Grove Rotary Invitational Track Meet was born in 1967, when Pacific Grove High School Coach Richard Chamberlain was asked to organize the event on behalf of the Rotary Club.

It has been held every year since. Richard Chamberlain died in 2007 and will always be remembered as an integral part of the meet.

This year, some 20 schools participated. Results may be available when Spring Break is over.

Photos by Gary Baley

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Linguiça Party: A Big Day in a Portuguese Family Almost everyone has attended some kind of party at some point in life, whether a birthday, graduation, housewarming, or something else. However, you have probably never attended or heard of a “Linguiça Party.”

Some people must think we are a bit peculiar, and maybe so, but for us this is an old tradition—a good excuse to get our families together to make some good old fashioned linguiça. (“A moda de São Jorge,” or Azores style.) We have been gathering this way at my son’s house every year or two for 13 years now.

When our oldest grandson, Reis, was just a little boy, he watched everyone flowing into his house with dishes of prepared food for the festivities. He observed with excitement, “Today is our linguiça party!” Ever since, this is what we call it. The party is a two-day affair with lots of work, but we enjoy the get together and everyone gets involved, even the grandchildren.

This tradition comes from the butchering of the pig (“matança do porco”) which was about the biggest family event of the year in most Azorean villages back in the 20th century and even before. Now it is very different in the islands. My husband and I started visiting more often in early 2000, after being away for many years. We were amazed when young people there said they had never attended a matança or knew much about this tradition. Apparently it started fading out in the 1970s, and only happens here and there. Here in America, we have every food you could imagine at our fingertips, but we choose to do this for fun as it feels good to go back to our roots once in a while.

We start out with a large quantity of pork shoulder—about 100 pounds this last time. (We usually purchase it from Costco . . . if only we had had Costco back on the island! Our elders would

Judy Avila

Making Memories

1. Above, left to right, Melissa, Leonor, Judy, Juju, and Dora 2. At left: Grandson Rey at age 4, proudly showing his work 3. Below: the finished linguiças as they smoke

be amazed.) We cut it into little cubes, which takes a few hours according to how many people are cutting—more or less 8-12 people. We all get to share lots of chit-chat around the table on the latest happenings in our lives while we work.

Once the meat is all cut, it goes into a marinade (“vinho-de-ailhos”) of wine, garlic, salt and spices and sits overnight.

When the work is done, it’s time to relax. We clean off the tables we’ve been working at, throw on a tablecloth, and sit down for a good meal, good wine, and some old fashioned Portuguese specialties that we all love.

The next day after a late breakfast, the stuffing begins. No machines are used; everything again is done by hand.

This takes several hours. It’s an art, because the sausage casings (“tripas”) are easily broken. Nothing is more frustrating than having one tear right when you are almost finished.

Our sister Leonor is Queen Bee of this production, as she had already acquired this skill before she left the old country. We all know the process more or less, but we look to her for the exact details. My niece, Melissa, pays close attention so she can learn the process.

It’s so rewarding when one of the second generation children wants to master these old-world traditions.

After the stuffing is done and all ends are tied with string (by a person who has been designated for this job . . . it requires clean hands!) the linguiça is ready for the smoke pit at Leonor’s. All the strips will hang for a couple of days, until the desired texture is reached. After that, they are ready to be wrapped up and every family takes a portion. Needless to say, our linguiça is a treat most of us love. We end the weekend with another great meal and more wine in the garage, which will smell like garlic for days after!

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Scandinavian fiddle at St. Mary’s

The Vikings are invading, but they come in peace — their only weapons, blazing fiddles that will entice you with the brilliant haunting sound of Scandinavia and The Shetland Islands. You are guaranteed to love these world class musicians who are setting the trad scene on fire. Come experience the Scandinavian obsession.

On Sunday, April 22, 2018, 3 p.m., doors open at 2:30 p.m.

St. Mary’s By-The-Sea is located at 146 12th Street and Central Ave., Pacific Grove, CA. Advance tickets available at www.celticsociety.com; $20 in advance, $22 at the door, St. Mary’s honors Celtic Society discounts, special kids’ pricing is available. St. Mary’s bistro offers libations and treats, in support of St. Mary’s Celtic music program and the community food pantry.

Learn more at www.thenordicfiddlersbloc.com. Get your tickets today!

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The Monterey Public Library Endowment Committee and Friends of the Library in Partnership with The Financial Awareness Foundation present

Mustache Competition Returns to Good Old Days.

The 61st Annual Pacific Grove Good Old Days will include a Mustache Competition as part of the event. The competition has moved to a new home this year, the Monarch Pub Stage at the former 17th Street Grille. The competition will be held at 5:00p.m., Saturday April 14 following the last musical act on that stage. This will be the third iteration of the Mustache Competition at Good Old Days, held previously at the Rabobank Courtyard beer garden.

Judging the mustache competition this year will be Phill Benson, of Phill’s Barber Shop. Serving the Monterey Peninsula Since 1904 with Genuine Traditional Barber Shop Service, Products, Haircuts, Shaves & Beard Trims. Phill has organized and coordinated prior mustache competitions to great success during Good Old Days events of years past.

For information on the Mustache Competition, contact Phill’s Barber Shop at (831) 334-0698 or stop by Phill’s Barber Shop at 610 Lighthouse Avenue

PLANNING

Quilt Show

FUTURE

A SPECIAL GIFT TO THE COMMUNITY Supporting the Financial Awareness and Financial Literacy Movement April is National Financial Literacy Month

Building Blocks to Successful Financial Planning

Tuesday, April 24th • 6:00–8:00pm

Building Blocks to Successful

SAVE THE DATE Mustache Competition Saturday April 14 at 5:00p.m.

Monarch Pub & Grille Stage – 17th & Lighthouse Avenue Part of the Pacific Grove 61st Annual Good Old Days

Monterey Peninsula Quilters Guild

for the

Estate & Gift Planning

Tuesday, May 1st • 6:00–8:00pm Monterey Public Library Community Room Adults are invited to attend. Admission is free.

Reservations required. Hors d’oeuvres will be served.

Call (831) 646-5632 or email thongchu@monterey.org Sponsored by the Communities Advancing the Arts Fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County

W

April 13, 14 & 15

e want to motivate, educate, and empower you to improve your future financial lifestyle by providing you with the essential principles to smart personal financial management and an easy-to-use, systematic approach to personal financial management.

Chatauqua Hall

Expert Speakers

Friday & Saturday 10-5 / Sunday 10-4 16th Street at Central Avenue in PG

200 Quilts • Quilt Raffles Garage Sale • Boutique Viewers Choice Adult Admission: $7 (entry all 3 days) 18 and under free with adult

Allison Barrientos CPA, CFP®, Partner Integris Wealth Management, LLC

Carmine Lepiane, CPA Vanderbilt CPAs PC

Greg Finn, MBA Trust Relationship Mgr. Fremont Bank Trust Department

Travis H. Long, CPA Travis H. Long CPA, Inc.

Cynthia Healy, CPA, CFE, CSA, President GoGrey.com and Security Financial Advisors, Inc.

Kevin Mahoney CFP®, Partner Integris Wealth Management, LLC

Kyle Krasa, Attorney Certified Legal Specialist in Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Krasa Law, Inc.

Kris Toscano CPA, Partner Hayashi Wayland

All attendees will receive a complimentary set of 2018 publications with new tax laws.

This powerful resource gives you and your loved ones the ‘gift of personal financial knowledge’ to help make your dreams a reality.

Come visit us during the Good Old Days!

Monterey Public Library • 625 Pacific Street • Monterey, CA 93940 monterey.org/library The Financial Awareness Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit thefinancialawarenessfoundation.org

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When prose is poetry

Though I didn’t know him when I lived in Waukesha, Wisconsin more than 50 years ago, I found Terrence Amerson writing about monarch butterflies on Twitter. As he visits Pacific Grove often, we struck up a friendship. He is a wine affecionado, a nature buff, and even his prose sounds like poetry.

“... a beautiful red fox just slowly, silently and gracefully trotted thru my prairie. On this nice sunny but cool afternoon, I wasn’t camera ready.

I was ready only, to be spellbound.”

Celebrate Spring at the 49th Annual Carmel Valley Garden Show

Professionally judged flower and photography shows, plant sales, vendors, live music, food & drink, children’s garden, silent auction/raffle The Carmel Valley Garden Club presents its 49th Annual Garden Show Saturday and Sunday May 5 & 6, 2018 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at Hidden Valley Music Seminars, 104 W. Carmel Valley Road (at Ford Road), Carmel Valley. Admission to the show is free with parking for $1.

The weekend’s signature event, The Flower and Plant Exhibition, brings gardeners and flower arrangers who compete for professionally-judged flower arrangement and cut flower prizes.

New this year: An exclusive show and sale of ceramic garden art from local artist Judy Tschirgi presented as part of the silent auction. Lead sponsor for the event is Dr.Jordan Shahnam of Carmel Valley Dental.

Returning popular annual events include; the Photography Show judged by two local professional photographers; local wines and delicious food by Jerome of Carmel Valley Market at the Garden Café, with a comfortable, relaxed style perfect for spending time with friends while enjoying live music performed by local musicians; the Children’s Garden, delighting our youngest visitors with special activities and music for preschoolers to upper elementary; Saturday evening Gala Garden Party in the midst of all the

flowers from 6 to 8:00 pm. Food, wine and entertainment provided by Hidden Valley Music Seminars. Tickets are $25 per person, available at the door.

The Marketplace will feature the Plant Corral filled with a lovely variety of plants grown by Garden Club members along with 19 other vendors. Proceeds from plant sales, silent auction and raffle will benefit Carmel Valley nonprofit groups.

Additional funding is provided by Carmel Valley Family Dental.

Proceeds from the Garden Show allow CVGC to donate funds fulfilling the Club’s mission to help educate students and residents about gardening and contribute to the beauty of the area. Over the past 11 years $70,000 plus has been donated. Past recipients have included Friends of Carmel Valley Library, CV Civic Improvement Committee, Hidden Valley Music Seminars, Carmel Valley Community Youth Center, Tularcitos Children’s Garden, Carmel Valley Historic Society and MEarth.

Schedule of events, competitive flower and plant exhibition rules and categories and photography contest rules may be found on the website: www.cvgardenclub. org. or at Carmel Valley Library.

“Lighthouse Party”

by Peter Silzer Solution on page 23

Across 1 Some entries in the 42-across 20-across 5 Some sodas 10 One kind of credit card 14 One Egyptian deity 15 One place to put something 16 Correct typos, for example 17 Distribute 18 Slumber 19 Nary a one 20 Saturday morning feature of 42-across (3 wds) 23 Fire sign?

24 Formal dance on Rotuman 28 Beverage made from orchids 32 Northern suburb of Chicago 33 ___ Vegas 36 Children’s feature of 42-across (3 wds) 39 Without exception 40 Eye or head suffix 41 Language suffix 42 Annual April festival in 57-across (3 wds) 46 Their, in Paris 47 Join a contest 48 Wrongful firing?

50 Cuts with a scalpel 53 More recently hired 57 Host of 42-across for 61 years (2 wds) 61 Stood up 64 “Rookie Blue” actress Okuma 65 Hawaiian strings 66 Astonishes 67 Largest city in Africa 68 Bad impression?

69 Tidy partner?

70 Detroit NFL squad lions 71 Unwelcome picnic guests

Down 1 Pendleton and Lejeune 2 Mr. T’s TV group 3 One type of rocket 4 Special previews 5 Job for Holmes or Poirot 6 Christiania, today 7 Property claim 8 Accomplished 9 Early photo finish 10 Miss Burney, who named the planet Pluto 11 Bachelor’s last words?

12 Envy, pride, or greed 13 Had a meal 21 Like The Who’s Tommy 22 Ethnic group of NE Viet Nam 25 Pre-Mayan civilization 26 Christmas gifts on the 6th day 27 Beasts of burden 29 Hiatus 30 Actress Diana Rigg’s birth name 31 World Wildlife Fund symbol 33 One draft choice 34 Solo 35 Change places?

37 Approach 38 Prohibition promoters 43 Most profound 44 Ocean predator 45 “Yesterday” or “Tomorrow” 49 Chilean poet Pablo 51 Infection fighter 52 Where Moses got the Word 54 No longer asleep 55 Happening 56 Musical pauses 58 Latin: “I chase away” 59 Big name in copiers 60 Mama Elliot 61 Sought an office 62 Be behind 63 Red, Black, or Yellow

Paid Work Experience Program Now Accepting Applications

As part of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), the One-Stop Career Center in Monterey County is offering paid work experience to local Monterey County residents who are out of school, between the ages of 18-24.

The One-Stop Career Center is seeking to place as many as 40 young adults into a work experience opportunity to gain valuable, hands-on experience with a diverse range of local private, non-profit and government-sector employers.

The work experience program will be filled on a first come, first served basis. If you’re interested in gaining valuable and paid work experience call, email or stop by the One-Stop Career Center today!

Employers who are interested in becoming worksites to provide meaningful employment opportunities to full and part-time young adults, are encouraged to participate!

The local WIOA program will pay the employment wages and provide workers compensation coverage to the young adults who qualify. If you have meaningful employment to offer a local young adult, contact the One-Stop Career Center today.

The One-Stop Career Center is a partner of the America’s Job Centers of California.

Visit this website http://mcdss.co.monterey.ca.us/press/download/WE_Flyer-App. pdf to view and download a copy of the application.

For more information, contact Patricia Vega at (831) 796-3338 or Maria Castillo at (831) 796-3390 or email vegap@co.monterey.ca.us or castillom@co.monterey.ca.us.

Republican Women to hold Candidates’ Forum

The Monterey Peninsula Republican Women Federated will host a Candidates' Forum on Thursday, April 12 at Rancho Canada, 4860 Carmel Valley Road, Carmel Valley. Social begins at 11:30 a.m. Lunch is at 12:00 noon. Cost is $25 for members and $28 for guests (lunch is included). Men are always welcome to attend. RSVP 831-484-1104 or info@mprwf.org.

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March for Science

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Affordable beauty

Gary Baley

BaleyWik SCIENCE On Saturday April 14, 2018 hundreds of thousands of people including scientists, educators, and politicians are expected to join the annual March for Science. Last year the march drew over 1 million supporters in over 600 marches worldwide.

The goal of the nonpartisan march is to “energize science advocates from multiple spheres to create tangible change and call for greater accountability of public officials to enact evidence-based policy that serves all communities”.

The March partners with many organizations including: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). American Association of Physics Teachers, American Association of University Professors (AAUP), American Neurological Association, American Neurological Association, and over 200 other educational or professional associations.

More information can be found on their website www.marchforscience.com.

MEDICINE Prostate Cancer Tumor-suppressor genes p53 and PTEN are part of the cell’s repertoire of agents to prevent formation of malignant cells. These two genes are turned off in cells of the most deadly form of incurable prostate cancer.

Scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA have discovered that two natural insecticides called deguelin and rotenone can kill these cells 500 times more effectively than normal cells when dosing was timed with low glucose levels.

Deguelin and rotenone are natural insecticide compounds found in certain legumes including the genus tephrosia which has been used by indigenous peoples as fish toxins.

Their study was conducted on a mouse model of human prostate cancer and was reported in the journal Cell Reports, April 2018. Human trials are now being designed.

The American Cancer Society Discovery Shop in Pacific Grove received a generous donation of 180 brand-new prom/bridal dresses, just in time for the upcoming prom season! The retail price of these dresses ranged from $150 - $650, however The Discovery Shop are selling them each for $25 so they are affordable for all. They are also offering 10 percent off all prom accessories for students when they show an PG High student ID. On Thursday afternoon, April 6, the Pacific Grove High School joined forces with the Discovery Shop and had a fashion show and pop-up store with the dresses.

The five students who offered to model were Kulaea Tuluea, Nicole Popino, Megan Grebing, Kelsey Mitchell, and Parker Llanterio. It was coordinated by Aliya Chroman and was a fun event for all involved.

Please come by The Discovery Shop and check them out. After prom, they would also be great as costumes for theater events.

For more information, please contact Jeanie Gould or Mark Ragan at the PG Discovery Shop at 198 Country Club Gate, next to Lucky’s. 831 372-0866

Projects of Interest on the Planning Department Horizon

To learn more about the proposed Car Auction at the Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Course near Crespi Pond, the proposed restroom at the Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary, and the proposed Hotel Durell at 157 Grand Avenue, across the street from the Library and the Museum, you can view the environmental review documents at the City’s CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) webpage: https://www.cityofpacificgrove.org/living/community-economic-development/ planning/ceqa-california-environmental-quality-act The Environmental Review documents may also be available at the Pacific Grove Public Library, or you can request that they get a copy.

​Tephrosia SPACE The Secure World Foundation(SWF) has published an April 2018 study on Global Counterspace Capabilities which elucidates the development of offensive and defensive space weaponry by countries including The USA, China, The Russian Federation, Islamic Republic of Iran, Republic of Korea, and India. The 148-page report states “The growing use of, and reliance on, space for national security has also led more countries to look at developing their own counterspace capabilities that can be used to deceive, disrupt, deny, degrade, or destroy space systems…that could have repercussions well beyond the military.”

More on this in subsequent issues.

Sustainable Seaside Earth Day Celebration

7th Annual Seaside Earth Day Celebration Date: Sunday, April 22, 2018 Time: 2pm – 4pm Location: Seaside City Hall Lawn, 440 Harcourt Avenue, Seaside, CA 93955 Free, family-friendly, zero-waste event.

Sustainable Seaside, Friends of Seaside Parks Association, and the City of Seaside invite the community to gather at Seaside City Hall Lawn on Earth Day to celebrate the planet’s wonders and the city’s green initiatives. The focus will be on providing information and activities that promote environmental stewardship and demonstrate environmentally friendly practices for residents and visitors. The event will feature children’s activities and a free raffle of earth-friendly prizes donated by local merchants. Local organizations will host information tables and demonstrations.

Live music performances include Palenke Arts youth artists singing and dancing hip hop,

Auto Auctions at Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Course The proposed project is a concession agreement for a series of five annual collector car auctions (one per year) to be conducted at the Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Course, as well as improvements to pathways, and leveling and resodding of the project area.

Draft Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration Public Review Period: April 2, 2018 - May 2, 2018, 4:00 p.m.

Contact: Mark Brodeur, Director of Community & Economic Development Department, mbrodeur@cityofpacificgrove.org Pacific Grove Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Sanitary Improvements Project The City of Pacific Grove Public Works Department is proposing the Pacific Grove Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Sanitary Improvements Project, which includes installing a new prefabricated restroom facility on the upper portion of the 3-acre Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary.

Draft Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration Public Review Period: April 6, 2018 - May 7, 2018 Contact: Daniel Gho, Public Works Director, dgho@cityofpacificgrove.org Hotel Durell Project The proposed project would demolish the existing commercial building and construct a four-story, 125-room hotel covering almost the entire lot adjacent to the Holman Building. (Story poles have not been provided.) The hotel would also accommodate an exercise room, meeting rooms, and a restaurant with outdoor seating. (The plan for a swimming pool may be abandoned, as stated at the last Planning Commission meeting on April 5.) The project would employ a total of 19 staff. Revised plans should be available for review at the Community and Economic Development Department at City Hall, 300 Forest Avenue. The Planning Commission is currently scheduled to continue its hearing of the proposed project on Thursday, April 19, at 6:00 pm, in the City Council Chambers at City Hall.

If you wish to be notified of any changes in schedule, call the Community and Economic Development Department well in advance to see if you can be put on a list of interested persons.

The Planning Commission’s April 5, 2018 Agenda Report for Hotel Durell, including the Final EIR, can be reviewed at: https://www.cityofpacificgrove.org/sites/default/files/planning-commission/2018/4-5-2018/planning-commission-4-5-2018-8a-157-grand-hotel-durell.pdf Contact: Laurel O’Halloran, Associate Planner, lohalloran@cityofpacificgrove. org

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A Shining City Jane Roland Animal Tales Other Random Thoughts When I graduated from college in 1953 my mother decided to move to the Monterey Peninsula where she had family and had spent many happy days in her youth. She was a Bostonian and married a childhood friend when she left Wellesley and he Harvard.

The marriage lasted less than a year. In those days (1915) divorce was unacceptable, women were called “grass widows” and, often, shunned. California (what a surprise) was much more liberal even then. Mother’s brother lived in Pebble Beach, Aunt Rosa in Westwood in Los Angeles. Mother and her sister bought a little house and entertained many of the stars. Cecil B. DeMille, had been a friend, perhaps of their older brother, and introduced them to some of the luminaries of the time. Gordon (Did) Greene who roomed with my cousin, Sam, in San Francisco would go down to some of the parties.

He told me he met Cary Grant at Mother’s house. I am sure he met Archibald Leach and only later did the connection sink in. In any event Mother moved to the Peninsula to a nice little house on the River Ranch my uncle made available. There she lived with more dogs than I can remember, probably six or seven. Four came with us from Arizona, in a car, driving at night across the desert, three were brought into her home from cages on the ranch and there were always one or two strays that found her.

I was going to San Francisco to study business, such mundane things as more typing, shorthand and business machines. It seemed that a degree in journalism with a theater minor got me nowhere and I decided advertising was the best route, but through the back door as a secretary. My older daughter, Ellen, watched “Mad Men” voraciously as she saw me in my early days (I hope it was the Christine Hendricks role, but I was never that well-endowed, pretty I was told, and certainly young, but not buxom). In those days most women were naïve, at least those of us who grew up in Tucson. I knew very little about life. During the summer I had been introduced to a very attractive man, Carlos Carmona (I later learned that this was not his name – it was Charles something). He was in his early thirties, tall, handsome, articulate, a lover of the arts and reading. I liked him very much, as a friend. We had been introduced when he was visiting someone on the Peninsula and when I arrived in the City (San Francisco), he called me at once. He said that it was his mission to introduce me to the most glorious place on earth. I must say that, in those days, it was glorious, clean, sparkling and exciting. The first date with Carlos I was taken first to Vesuvius, the famous watering hold across the ally from The City Lights Bookstore, one of the most famous or infamous in the world. It was the home of the Beat Generation’s Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, Neal Cassady, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti who founded the bookstore.

We went across the street and through a bar called Tommy’s Place. It was filled with women. I said “Oh, Carlos, they are all looking at you.” “No, my dear, they are looking at you”. This was my first introduction to the homosexual community. It didn’t take long for me to meet many. In college in theater my best friends were gay, I simply gave it little thought. This period in the City was prior to the huge AIDS epidemic publicity, long before “Tales of the City.” The people I knew accepted those whom they knew with no thought of sexuality.

When we went through the bar there was a flight of stairs which led to Frank’s Place. It was across the street on Broadway, from Finocchio’s, the famous nightclub that featured entertainers in drag. It was a wonderful spot which, sadly, closed a few years ago because of a rent increase.

Frank’s Place was a local hang out, a typical small-town bar where “everybody knew your name.” Frank was probably in his fifties and, occasionally, was assisted by his wife. People could run tabs, cash checks, and, I suspect, not pay at all. Most customers lived in the neighborhood, in cheap hotels around the area. However, we young college folk loved the place. Even women could go unescorted and know they would be safe. It became our home away from home.

Next door was The Jazz Workshop. In those days, jazz was big, and we were exposed to Brubeck, Shearing, Chet Baker, Stan Getz, The MJQ… they were all there, at the Workshop or Black Hawk. San Francisco was easy. We could get across town in a short time. There were restaurants where the most expensive meal was $2.00. They were Basque, Asian, and even one, The Iron Kettle, with waiters in red jackets that served steak dinners for $1.00. Of course, there were also the fine establishments: Albert’s, Ernie’s, The Blue Fox, Matador and many in Sausalito, but we hadn’t the funds or really the desire to venture out of our familiar haunts.

My friend, Carlos, showed me the City, took me to plays, to the opera, museums, symphonies, the finer entertainment (I lived in a guest house and had little money). I liked him, but no more than that. Later, I learned that he was a gigolo – in fact I met (and don’t recall how that happened) his older female supporter. He said he didn’t live with her, and he relationship was purely platonic. I really didn’t care but was uncomfortable and so declined his future invitations. Years later he called me, I did not see him.

I didn’t condone his life style, but in retrospect must thank him for the great exposure to the city by the bay, probably financed by his “lady of the time.”

Jane Roland manages Pac Rep’s Neverland Benefit Shop at 1219 Forest Avenue.

Across from Safeway parking lot in Forest Hill Plaza with Alberto’s, Mike’s Appliances and Bechler’s…Stop by, we welcome donations and volunteers…gcr770@aol.com. shop number 831-641-7199… We have loved seeing so many of you…keep on coming.

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​ ombauer Chardonnay at R Pebble Beach Food and Wine Sally Baho Post Cards from the Kitchen Monterey

I attended a seminar at Pebble Beach Food and Wine this past weekend, “Rombauer Chardonnay—an American icon.”

It was an incredibly informative and enjoyable event. The set up was as follows: six rows of tables seating 10 people, each with a place setting of eight half ounce pours of white wine. The last two darker than the others, dessert wines, as they were. On stage sat a panel: the facilitator, master sommelier David Keck, two master sommeliers—Jason Smith and Fred Dane—and next to them, K.R. Rombauer, and Richie Allen—the head winemaker of Rombauer who is a brilliant Aussie molecular biologist. To give a little background, a sommelier, pronounced “suh-mel-yay,” is simply defined as a wine steward…but it’s not that simple, a sommelier’s role is to pair food to wine. Generally, one has to take pretty extensive training to earn this title. A “master sommelier” holds a diploma from The Court of Master Sommeliers (established in 1977), and is a title reserved to only 249 in the world. Fred Dane, one of the gentlemen on this panel, was the first American to pass all three parts of the Master Sommelier Diploma exam in one year and his nose and palate are incredible, he can identify a wine by tasting, right down to the year.

If you would like to learn more about the sommelier world, I’ve heard the movies “Somm,” give great insight into the world of wine. Two have been made and a third will be released later this year.

But back to the actual wine, as the title suggests, this seminar was about Rombauer winery of St. Helena in Napa Valley. We were given a brief history of the winery and its inception—full with a PowerPoint presentation of the charming Rombauer story. The family name may sound familiar as Irma Rombauer the author of the iconic “Joy of Cooking: is the great aunt to Koerner Rombauer, the owner. We tasted the wines while each member of the panel gave his opinion or shared an anecdote about the wine or their history. The Chardonnays we tasted were: two vintages of the Carneros, 2010 and 2016; Buchli Station Vineyard 2016; Home Ranch 2016; two vintages of the Proprietor Selection, again 2010 and 2016; and the dessert wines, Joy Late Harvest, 2005 and 2015. It was fascinating to see what changes occur in the bottle of seemingly the same wine, over the course of 10 years.

The most interesting thing I learned from winemaker Richie Allen was that Chardonnays are best if consumed within the first five years or after eight! Between years five and eight the wine goes through a chemical transition that makes the taste flat and disagreeable, but let the wine sit another year or two and you have a complex, wonderful flavor. I certainly tasted the difference, in fact I didn’t care for the 2016 wines nearly as much as the 2010s.

Another fun fact cited by Mr. Dame was that 90 percent of wines purchased in the US are consumed within 24 hours of purchase. Most Americans don’t have the tradition—or space—to store and age wine. Maybe some of us can relate to that.

Our very own Everest Liquors on Grand Ave. sells Rombauer, both their Carneros Chardonnay and their Zinfandel. Stop by and pick up a bottle or two and maybe enjoy some momos! As K.R. Rombauer put it, “drink wine, live fine.”

Cheers!

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Legal Notices CITY OF PACIFIC GROVE NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION & NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Wednesday, May 2, 2018 6:00 p.m.

The City of Pacific Grove City Council is tentatively scheduled to hold a public hearing on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. at the Pacific Grove City Hall Council Chambers, 300 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove, 93950 to consider the following:

PROJECT TITLE: Auto Auctions at Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Course LEAD AGENCY: City of Pacific Grove OWNER/APPLICANT: Worldwide Auctioneers PROJECT LOCATION: Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Course, 77 Asilomar Ave., Pacific Grove, CA PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The proposed project is a concession agreement for a series of five annual collector car auctions (one per year) to be conducted at the Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Course as well as minor improvements to pathways, and leveling and resodding of the project area. The agreement would allow a total of five events during 2018 – 2022 with the first event occurring in August 2018. Each event would be a 1-day auction with viewing of the vehicles for approximately two days prior to each auction. Event set-up and tear-down would occur immediately prior to and after the events. Approximately 500 guests would be expected to attend each event, with approximately 80 vehicles and/or motorcycles offered for auction. The auctions would occur inside two tents placed along Asilomar Avenue near the intersections with Surf Avenue and Shell Avenue.

Complimentary valet parking would be provided for event attendees at the Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Links Clubhouse and the 16th fairway, on-street parking along Asilomar Avenue near the Golf Club, as well as the Point Pinos Lighthouse parking area. Parking spaces on Asilomar Avenue would be marked off as reserved for the event. Additionally, the Chamber of Commerce would provide shuttle busses during the day of the event between the auction site and downtown hotels and parking garages. Signage and/or temporary barriers are proposed to inform attendees that event parking is not permitted in the coastal pull-outs, along Ocean View Boulevard, or in residential areas. City Police Department staff would provide traffic and parking on event days.

Temporary nighttime lighting would be provided for safety in the event area and positioned so as not to shine directly toward the residences to the east of Asilomar Avenue or toward Crespi Pond on the golf course property to the west.

Prior to the first event in August 2018, a new pedestrian pathway along Asilomar Avenue and a realigned pathway on the golf course are proposed to be installed.

PUBLIC REVIEW: Ends May 2, 2018, 4:00 p.m.

Address Where Written Comments Should be Sent:

Mark Brodeur, CEDD Director City of Pacific Grove 300 Forest Ave. Pacific Grove, CA. 93950 Email: mbrodeur@cityofpacificgrove.org

Address Where Copy of Initial Study is Available for Public Review: City of Pacific Grove, City Hall Community Economic Development Dept.

300 Forest Ave. Pacific Grove, CA. 93950 Pacific Grove Public Library 550 Central Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA. 93950 City’s website at www.cityofpacificgrove.org/ceqa Staff Contact: Daniel Gho, Public Works Director, and Mark Brodeur, Director of Community & Economic Development Dept.

MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION Notice is hereby given that the project described above has been reviewed in accordance with the State of California Public Resources Code, the California Environmental Quality Act, the Pacific Grove General Plan, and Title 23 (Zoning) of the Pacific Grove Municipal Code. Based on this review, a Proposed MITIGATED Negative Declaration is hereby made on this project. The reason for this determination is that, as mitigated, the project will not result in significant adverse impacts to the environment. The Proposed MITIGATED Negative Declaration including mitigation measures and Initial Study are on file at the Community Development Department, 300 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove, California, 93950.

If you have any questions about this item, please call the staff contact listed above at the Community and Economic Development Department (831) 648-3190. Please note that Section 65009(b)(2) of the California Government Code provides that legal challenges to the City’s action on this project may be limited to only those issues raised in testimony during the public hearing process. The City of Pacific Grove does not discriminate against persons with disabilities. The Pacific Grove Civic Center is an accessible facility. A limited number of devices are available to assist those who are hearing impaired. If you would like to use one of these devices, please contact the Community Development Department at (831) 648-3190.

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Editor: A perimeter fence will not improve school safety. While understandable that staff and parents want to “do something” following Parkland and the copy cat threatening notes at Pacific Grove’s school, a fence at either location would not have prevented the shooting, or the notes. Fortunately the multiple efforts to find the note writer may have prevented a shooting, although no one has been charged with the threat. Causing that great effort may have been the note writer’s point, to have a furor with no result. Sadly, someone in the community is willing to cause a great upset, and others may know who did so, but are not willing to come forward. A fence will not change the attitudes and mentality that led to the notes. The poor English spelling and grammar of the notes may also be a racist, anti-immigrant attempt to frame a stereotype of persons disliked by the note writer. A fence will not resolve hatred.

With due respect to the police, minimizing pedestrian access by making the school prison-like will not prevent, under current laws, access to guns or keep threatening notes “off campus”.

If money could be found for a fence, let us instead think if more constructive uses could be found for that money. First, let’s make sure every single student, and their families, have enough to eat, every day of the year, and have safe housing. Attitudes tend to improve when people are not in “nothing to lose” situations. Second, if students at the school actually wrote the threatening notes, the school needs more resources to improve student skills, perhaps through intense one-on-one tutoring. Again, people need a chance at better paying jobs that improved language skills make possible; a fence would not improve job opportunities, while tutoring could. And better job chances would, again, give each student more of a stake in their own lives and this community.

Yes, something more needs to be done to improve student safety. I respectfully ask, though, that the school board think about means with direct effect on aiding student involvement, and not merely focus on a fence. Encircling the school will not prevent or resolve threats.

Pam Rolph Pacific Grove resident

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This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 03/30/18. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 01/01/18. Signed, Irvin Steven Siglin III. This business is conducted by a, individual. Publication dates: 4/13, 4/20, 4/27, 5/11/18.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20180662 th The following person is doing business as CHURCH MOUSE THRIFT SHOP, 1204 17 Street, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950: FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF PACIFIC GROVE, 915 Sunset Drive, Pacific Grove, CA 93950. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 03/27/18. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 3/27/18.

Signed, Patrick Taylor, Secretary. This business is conducted by a corporation. Publication dates: 4/6, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27/18.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20180604 The following person is doing business as BEST DEALS and MONTEREY COUNTY BEST DEALS, 1011 Cass Street Suite 104, Monterey, Monterey County, CA 93940: LISA GOLCHENE RADSERESHT, 1011 Cass Street Suite 104, Monterey, CA 93940. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 03/19/18. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on N/A. Signed, Lisa Radseresht. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 4/6, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27/18.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20180604 The following person is doing business as BEST DEALS and MONTEREY COUNTY BEST DEALS, 1011 Cass Street Suite 104, Monterey, Monterey County, CA 93940: LISA GOLCHENE RADSERESHT, 1011 Cass Street Suite 104, Monterey, CA 93940. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 03/19/18. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on N/A. Signed, Lisa Radseresht. This business is conducted by an individual.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20180607 The following person is doing business as THE GARDEN SONG and ELKHORN GARDENS, 225 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950 or P.O. Box 1149, Carmel, Monterey County, CA 93921: JIM GOFF and COLLEEN GOFF, 14581 Tumbleweed Ln., Pacific Grove, CA 93950. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 03/20/18. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on N/A. Signed: Colleen Goff. This business is conducted by a married couple. Publication dates: 3/30, 4/6, 4/13, 4/20/18 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20180557 The following person is doing business as PACIFIC GROVE BOTTLE SHOP, 1112 Forest Ave. , Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950: MJ VENTURES, 1112 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950.

This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 03/13/2018. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 01/04/17. Signed: Patrick Stafford, President. This business is conducted by a corporation. Publication dates: 3/23, 3/30, 4/6, 4/13/18 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20180641 The following person is doing business as STILLWATER LANDSCAPING and NATURAL SOLUTIONS PEST CONTROL, 2022 Sunset Drive, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950: Mailing address: P.O.Box 508, Pacific Grove, CA 93950: CHARLES HENRY PHILLIPS, 2022 Sunset Drive, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, INC., 1691 Sunset Drive, Pacific Grove, CA 93950. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 03/26/18.

Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 01/01/1989. Signed, Charles Phillips. This business is conducted by a corporation. Publication dates: 3/30, 4/6, 4/13, 4/20/18.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20180662 The following person is doing business as CHURCH MOUSE THRIFT SHOP, 1204 17th Street, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950: FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF PACIFIC GROVE, 915 Sunset Drive, Pacific Grove, CA 93950. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 03/27/18. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 3/27/18. Signed, Patrick Taylor, Secretary. This business is conducted by a corporation. Publication dates: 4/6, 4/13, 4/20, 4/27/18.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20180564 The following person is doing business as MONTEREY 76, 398 Fremont St., Monterey, Monterey County, CA 93940: SPLAL, INC., 398Fremont St., Monterey, CA 93940. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 03/14/2018.

Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 03/14/18. Signed: Gurdish Kumar, President. This business is conducted by a corporation. Publication dates: 3/23, 3/30, 4/6, 4/13/18

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20180475 The following person is doing business as LA CASA HOME HEALTH, 909 A Blanco Circle, Salinas, Monterey County, CA 93901: mailing address P.O. Box 2282, Salinas, CA 93902; LA CASA ADULT HEALTH CENTER, INC., 909 B Blanco Circle, Salinas, CA 93901. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 03/05/2018. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on n/a. Signed: Mary L. Hagins, CEO. This business is conducted by a corporation. Publication dates: 3/9, 3/16, 3/23, 3/30/18 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20180476 The following person is doing business as LA CASA PACE CENTER, 909 B Blanco Circle, Salinas, Monterey County, CA 93901: mailing address P.O. Box 2282, Salinas, CA 93902; LA CASA ADULT HEALTH CENTER, INC., 909 B Blanco Circle, Salinas, CA 93901. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 03/05/2018. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on n/a. Signed: Mary L. Hagins, CEO. This business is conducted by a corporation. Publication dates: 3/9, 3/16, 3/23, 3/30/18

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• April 13, 2018

What does God say about free speech?

Bill Cohen

Reasoning With God God asks us to reason before we use the freedom of speech He has given us, Eccl 5:2, “Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.” He wants us to choose our words carefully, so His light is shared with as many as possible, Eph 6:20, “For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.” When we spew out our first thoughts before we reason with them, we are more likely to spread the evil we have heard, than the truth of God’s Word, Prov 29:20, “Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him.” A reasoned response, seasoned with the common sense of God’s Word is always the best, Col 4:6, “Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.”

When we truly hear all sides of an issue and reason with them, the truth stands out, 1 Thes 5:21, “Test all things; hold fast what is good.” There are only two ways we are kept from the truth, someone prevents us from hearing it or we refuse to reason with it. The first way is why we should always defend everyone’s right to free speech, as Evelyn Beatrice Hall did when she wrote in “The Friends of Voltaire,” “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”

Once we hear the truth we are left with the choice God intended, either we reason with it until we accept it or we decide to go our own way, Prov 14:12, “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” Of course, God would prefer we follow His way, rather than choosing to go our own way to its final conclusion, Eze 18:32, “For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.”

God does not want us to use the freedoms He has provided evilly, 1 Pet 2:15-16, “For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.” As servants of God we are to live by the fruit of the Spirit, Gal 5:22-23, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness,

goodness, faith, Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law.” God wants us to use the freedom of speech He has given us to spread His light, Matt 5:16, “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” Free speech is not a license for foolishness any more than are any of the freedoms He has allowed us, Prov 15:2, “The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.”

He allows us these freedoms so that we might have both sides of all issues before we make our final decisions.

God asks us to allow our neighbors unbridled free speech so that everyone can make their own decisions about eternity, Jam 3:2-3, “For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. Behold, we put bits in the horses’ mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.” When we attempt to bridle the free speech of others, we are only trying to bend them and others who might hear what they have to say, to our beliefs, against their will. God knows our free speech will define us to be either sheep or goats. When we finally accept the truth, it sets us free, Jn 8:32, “And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

Free to hear the opinions of others without the fear they might control us and free to speak the truth without shame, for we are all part of His eternal family, if we choose to be, Eph 4:25, “Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.”

God asks us to spread His truth by living it, Zech 8:16, “These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:” But, only after we have reasoned with God to verify it is the truth, Is 1:18, “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” After reasoning comes discernment, which decides our eternal future, Matt 12:37, “For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.” The hypocrite is not interested in the truth, nor in his neighbor’s well being, Prov 11:9, “An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.”

Freedom of speech does not guarantee everything said will be pleasant, or truthful.

However, it does mean Christians will be allowed to spread God’s truth and thus many will hear who would not otherwise have had that opportunity, Eph 4:15, “But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:” Isn’t everyone entitled to hear all sides of an issue before they are required to decide what they will believe? Only free speech provides this opportunity. Does God not give us all the freedom to hear and see what evil promotes, so that we may have all sides of the issue before we decide our eternal future? Can we do less?

Comments, opposing opinions and suggestions for future topics are all welcome at bill@reasoningwithgod.com.

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In His Heart, P.G. Will Always Be “The Last Hometown”

Keepers of our Culture Guest Columnist Alex Hulanicki

We at “Keepers of Our Culture” believe strongly that “these are the good old days,” just like Carly Simon told us in her hit song, “Anticipation.” In last year’s Life in Pacific Grove, and the forthcoming second volume, Life in Pacific Grove: Deeper Connections, we encourage you to write about your life “in the now.” But we also recognize that it’s fun to occasionally look back, and what better weekend than Good Old Days to do just that? This week’s guest columnist is Alex Hulanicki, former reporter and editor at the Monterey County Herald, now an adjunct instructor in English and Journalism at Monterey Peninsula College. Read his full story on page 155 of Life in Pacific Grove.

A Kid of the Streets in the 1960s Oh, how The Last Hometown has changed yet retained its image since 60 years ago, when the children of parents who came here from around the world in the post-WWII era and at the height of the Cold War to teach Russian, Polish, German and Chinese at the Army Language School (now the Defense Language Institute), following instructions in their parents’ native languages at home and learning to be American on the streets and alleys of Pacific Grove. Goals on the streets: speak English without an accent, try not to pick a fight when other kids tease you with the Polish nickname (Aleshka) they hear Mama call at dinner time, and try not to cry when the fight happens anyway.

We were kids of the streets—not flower children—of the 1960s. Our “Rec Trail” was the bayside railroad track on which the freight train chugged twice a day to and from the sand plants in Del Monte Forest (now the Inn and Links at Spanish Bay), and sometimes we put a shiny penny on the rail to be flattened for our amusement.

The rocky shoreline was our walkway to Lovers Point. In the summer, every weekday at the Plunge we had swimming lessons led by the indefatigable Mrs. Baker (her daughters Larise and Laverne also became swim teachers) in saltwater pumped in from the cove; eventually, the pump house pipes disintegrated and the huge pool was filled with sand to become today’s volleyball court.

We were too young for the Summer of Love, but we were old enough to wander the streets, play in the abandoned canneries of New Monterey, venture farther across the Peninsula on our bikes to Seaside and stare at Hell’s Angels and their Harleys outside a bar where In-n-Out Burger now resides. We didn’t tarry, fearing that we would catch hell from the Angels.

A Play Date? What’s That?

We didn’t have play dates. “Go out and play and be home for dinner at five-thirty” was the only contact we had with our moms after school. We learned how to block errant throws on our makeshift baseball diamond bounded by the gutters on hilly Carmel Avenue so we wouldn’t have to chase the ball across Central. The oak tree-filled “empty lot” on Lighthouse was our construction site—forts made with cardboard boxes we salvaged from nearby McMahan’s Furniture (now Hambook’s Auction Center)—until modernity came to our Retreat ’hood with the construction of two apartment houses.

Nobody dropped us off at the theater, the ball park, and school. We walked, we rode, and by high school, got rides from friends. By that time, Roger had a Bultaco motorcycle and I hung onto his back. Sadly, Roger died at 22 in a solo motorcycle accident. Sadly, other high school classmates died in the Vietnam War. Sadly, as I walk through the old neighborhood, no children argue over fair or foul balls; the small Victorian cottages have been renovated and expanded into multimillion-dollar mansions, but some families linger. Mrs. Cabral is tending to her junipers. Her son lives next door. Her daughter has moved on, as have most of us, to make our homes in other towns. But first and, in our hearts, Pacific Grove is our last hometown.

Denise Locke’s photo turned up on Alex Hulanicki’s Facebook page. Can anyone pick Alex out of the group of friends from the Last Hometown? With Roger Locke, Eleni Hulanicki, Ray Ramarize, Rosie Rodgers and Jerry Locke. Alex says the photo was taken on what was High Street back then, and is now Ed Ricketts Lane.

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Life in Pacific Grove, Part II, is Coming!

Read more stories about favorite P.G. places, people and events in Life in Pacific Grove, available for purchase at the Pacific Grove Public Library and at Bookworks.

Better yet, join your friends and neighbors in contributing a story to the second edition of Life in Pacific Grove. For details, go to lifeinpacificgrove.com and click on “2nd Edition” for story ideas and instructions on how to submit. The second edition will include longer essays with deeper connections by local authors, such as Randy Reinstedt, Gary Karnes, Joyce Krieg, Diane Tyrrel, Chris Swainson, Jeff Whitmore, Joyce Meuse, Rebecca Riddell, Rudy Fischer, William Neish and others. Topics range from city politics, hippie days, hootenanny, tai chi, social activism, the writing life, strong women and more.

Pacific Grove’s train station was always a fun place for a kid to visit back in the days when the Del Monte Express made its twice-daily trips to the sand plant where the Spanish Bay resort now stands.

Above: Summers in Pacific Grove for children of yesteryear always included swimming lessons at the salt water Plunge at Lovers Point.

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• April 13, 2018

Humpty Dumpty Housing—Part 8

Might Osage-style stealth resolve Monterey’s housing crisis?

Wanda Sue Parrott

Homeless in Paradise “Circling the housing crisis with stealth like Osage hunters trapping prey” was my take on COPA’S April 5 House Meeting at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Seaside.

If you aren’t familiar with COPA, it’s an acronym for “Communities Organized for Relational Power in Action.”

Tim McManus, Lead Organizer, opened with, “Housing is a very local issue. Our purpose is to come up with a COPA plan for Monterey County. The issue hits a broad spectrum of the community. A lot of it has to do with policy decisions that humans make that create the situation we are in.”

Jan Lindenthal-Cox of Unity Church in Monterey was leader of COPA’s House Meeting.

My nutshell version of COPA’s website description is:

COPA is a 15-year old regional nonprofit organization spanning Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties. Instead of being a coalition of individual persons, its members are organizations that serve or benefit the public. Based in Watsonville, COPA’s membership is made up of churches, synagogues, public schools, labor organizations and nonprofits that represent thousands of persons from the congregations and/or communities represented.

COPA’s power lies in its trained leaders like Jan who learn to engage Democracy through COPA’s 6-step Cycle of Organizing that resembles Native American tribal approach to hunting and trapping: they set their sights on a goal and then go for it as a unified body.

Cycle of Organizing in brief

Step 1: Relational Meetings. People share real stories and concerns, and leaders begin forming public relationships with one another to identify a topic of concern, such as the housing issue in Monterey County.

Step 2: House Meetings. Leaders dig deeper into their institutions in small meetings in which attendees share personal stories, new leaders emerge, and potential for actionable issues unfold.

Step 3: Research Actions. As issues arise, leaders build their expertise and develop a course of action to take about an issue by talking with key political, academic, business, non-profit, educational and civic figures.

Step 4: Civic Academies. Classes are held within leaders’ respective organizations to teach others about the issue at hand, while also hearing new stories and concerns; mobilizing others into action begins.

Step 5: Public Action. COPA leaders meet with political, business or other officials to find allies among those who will work with them on the agenda that has been developed through the preceding steps.

Step 6: Reflection and Evaluation. These are primary tools by which leadership is developed, COPA leaders fine-tune their skills for public life, and make their voices more effective.

The house meeting I attended was Step 2 in the Cycle of Organizing. Highlights follow.

A Sneak Peek into the House Meeting

Jan Lindenthal-Cox led the circle of about 20 people in introducing themselves. The majority were women from churches; one man represented a union; I represented Cedar Street Times.

We formed two circles and individuals gave personal testimonials of struggles to stay sheltered. I abstained from reporting their stories to protect their privacy and COPA’s plans.

However, freelance writer/editor CeliaSue Hecht’s story typifies housing hardships in Monterey.

She is visiting the Monterey Peninsula, after an absence of 18 months, and granted permission to publish portions of e-mail shared the day of the House Meeting.

CeliaSue needs an old chaise longue

“Although I have been working now for 18 months. . . am sleeping in car again. . . . legs are all swollen again from sleeping upright. . .am looking for a chaise lounge/ sofa / recliner to put in van so that I can at least sleep

“They moved in small uniform steps, with great energy. . . They formed a tight cell in which I was trapped by interlinking arms at shoulders and hunching over while standing erect. Their knees were bent but their backs were straight.

This formed a cage in which they transported me. It seemed as easy to move me as it would have been to transport a feather.” Note by Wanda Sue Parrott, 10/17/2005

and elevate my legs. . . was diagnosed with congestive heart failure a few months ago. . . sleeping in car is not good for me. “. . .wish they would focus on housing, housing, housing here. . . but no one, no one, no one seems interested in housing. . .”

No one, that is, until COPA came along and is getting ready to doing something about it! A few doable actions came from the House Meeting. To find out more, or get involved, contact: Jan Lindenthal-Cox at janmlinco@comcast.net Website : http://copa-iaf.org/contact/ Phone: 831-728-3210 E-mail: info@copa-iaf.org/who-we-are/ If you have a chaise longue or long lawn chair for Celia Sue Hecht, try these contacts: Phone: 702-225-8206 E-mail: cshechtwriter@gmail.com Website : http://cshechtwriter.journoportfolio.com My true Osage dream This sketch was made in Springfield, Mo. in 2005 after I dreamed of five Native Americans whirling me to a spot nearby, then sinking into the earth.

Next day I went to the site and found evidence I needed to win a legal matter and save my life. The grounds turned out to be an old Osage hunting ground and burial site.

COPA possesses the same kind of power to get things done.

Cultural anthropologist Margaret Mead could have been talking about COPA when she said: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”

Copyright 2018 by Wanda Sue Parrott Contact amykitchenerfdn@hotmail.com or call 831-899-5887

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Feast of Lanterns Royal Court Celebrates 60th Anniversary Royal Court will be at Good Old Days

“Lighthouse Party”

By Peter Silzer Puzzle and Clues on page 16

In Pacific Grove the arrival of spring is marked by seal pups on Hopkins Beach, the Magic Carpet blooming along the coastline, and the introduction of the Royal Court.

The 2018 Feast of Lanterns Royal Court was introduced to the public at Canterbury Woods, and this weekend will participate in their first event, the Good Old Days parade, where they will ride in vintage cars and later meet the public at the street faire.

The 2018 Royal Court, wearing their new brocade costumes made by Iva Heitz, was presented to the public Tuesday afternoon, April 3 at Canterbury Woods. The 2018 Royal Court is Queen Topaz Serena Paci, Scholar Chang Elias Yevdash, Princess Amethyst Caroline Coen, Princess Tourmaline Siena Fisk, Princess Emerald Cali Knoop, and Princess Turquoise Parker Llantero.

Queen Topaz and the Princesses look resplendent in their new costumes and crowns of butterfly brocades made by Iva Heritz,. For this, the 60th anniversary of the Royal Court, Heritz made new formal brocade costumes and crowns in colors that match their gemstone names. To mark the Royal Court’s 60th anniversary, Heritz made the Queen a new gold topaz crown, a new blue topaz crown and a diamond crown each with a matching cape. A diamond crown was first worn by Sylvia Junkin Yap, Queen Diamond in 1980, when she served alongside her twin sister, Queen Topaz Wendy Junkin Yap. For less formal events Heritz also made jackets and purses for the Princesses in their gemstone colored butterfly brocades.

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