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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 •

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Pacific Groove Dance Jam Chautauqua Hall 8-10 PM • Dance at Chautauqua Hall •

New Mural Under Way- Page 9

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Fri. April 6

First Friday Downtown Pacific Grove 6-0 PM Free •

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

Sat. April 7

Book Sale PG Public Library in the arcade area 10-4 PM •

Sat. April 7

50th Annual Rotary Invitational Track Meet PG High School Tack 10 AM •

Thurs. April 19

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

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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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PWN collects nearly double the names required for ballot initiative

Over the past six months, a stalwart force of 125 volunteer signature collectors obtained 11,405 signatures on a petition to place an initiative on the November, 2018 ballot. The number required was 6,200.

“Our successful petition drive was carried out over the last six months by a volunteer force of 125 signature collectors who braved weather, the flu, and Cal Am “blockers” stalking them,” says George Riley, director of Public Water Now. No signature collectors were paid by PWN. This was a selfless effort done in the spirit of community.”

The final two weeks of the petition drive saw a substantial increase of as many as 2,500 signatures. Cal Am had launched a mailing/calling campaign, asking voters to un-sign our petition, but it appeared to have had the opposite effect. Many who had not signed the petition suddenly wanted to know where they could sign it, according to Public Water Now officials.

The initiative – soon to be a ballot measure – requires that the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District conduct a feasibility study of the cost to achieve affordable, sustainable water for the Monterey Peninsula including acquiring Cal Am's local assets.

“If, and only if, it is found to be feasible and in the public interest would MPWMD proceed to purchase Cal Am. The study will provide the facts on whether corporate-owned water or community-owned water are the best choice for the Peninsula,” said Melodie Chrislock, Communications Director for Public Water Now. According to Food & Water Watch, the Monterey Peninsula has the most expensive water in the country. Rates have increased 68 percent over the past two years and more increases are scheduled. Chrislock has point-

Above and right: George Riley, director of Public Water Now, announces to volunteers and media that the petition drive was a major success for the feasibility study ballot measure. ed out publicly that her own water bill topped out recently at $750 for one month.

Ratepayers expressed outrage that, though they conserved water at a better rate than ever, Cal Am charged $64 million for unused water to make up for their own lost revenue.

Cal-Am says they are not for sale. As such, an eminent domain action could be undertaken, which would force the company to sell.

For more information visit publicwaternow.org.

Built for Books Celebration Launches April 6 Built for Books, a four-month celebration of libraries, learning and philanthropy, honoring the 110th anniversary of the founding of the Pacific Grove Public Library in 1908, opens with a juried art exhibit and reception on Friday, April 6, 2018, at the Pacific Grove Public Library.

Special events throughout April, May, June and July include monthly architecture walks and talks at Asilomar State Beach and Conference Grounds, a community poetry creation event with noted poet and Herald columnist Patrice Vecchione, a lecture by Asilomar historian Aubrie Morlet and a birthday celebration for all ages at Jewell Park on the date of the Library’s grand opening in May. “Books are our best, our wisest and most faithful companions.

They instruct, they entertain and console us…they are the bridges that span the centuries” proclaimed Horace Platt at the dedication ceremony to begin construction of the Pacific Grove Public Library.

The citizens of Pacific Grove have greatly benefitted from philanthropy, in legacies lasting more than a century, contributed by Andrew Carnegie to found a free public library and Phoebe Hearst

to found Asilomar, and supported by many citizen donors and volunteers over the years. A Pacific Grove Library Renewal Project is underway, with contributions from a public-private partnership being raised to renew, renovate and restore the historic Carnegie library.

A recent partnership at Asilomar has restored historic features and the return of the original Julia Morgan outdoor deck design to the Phoebe Hearst Social Hall.

“We are looking back with appreciation and forward with anticipation,” explained series co-creator Cathleen Gable. “We are celebrating our history, heritage, and a renewed commitment to continue these legacies at the Library and Asilomar.”

Series sponsors are the Pacific Grove Public Library, the Friends of the Pacific Grove Public Library, the Pacific Grove Public Library Foundation, California State Parks and the Asilomar State Beach and Conference Grounds.

Please see LIBRARY SCHEDULE Page 2

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PLIBRARY SCHEDULE From Page 1

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Friday, April 6, 5:30 to 7:30 pm Artist Reception Pacific Grove Public Library, 550 Central Ave. Pacific Grove Free, opening reception for juried art show. Refreshments and Award Ceremony.

Juried art work provides multi-dimensional, unique visions of creativity inspired by books and words.

Saturday, April 21, 10 to 11 a.m.

Asilomar Architecture Walk and Talk with California State Parks Interpreter Lisa Bradford Asilomar Conference Grounds, 800 Asilomar Ave. Pacific Grove Free. Meet at the flagpole.

One of three monthly tours focused on the lasting legacy of learning and architecture at Asilomar State Beach and Conference Grounds.

Friday, April 27, 5:30 to 7 p.m.

A Poem in Your Pocket with Patrice Vecchione Pacific Grove Public Library. 550 Central Ave. Pacific Grove Free to Friends of the Pacific Grove Library members/$10 charge to non-member Celebrate National Poetry month before it’s gone with poet, nonfiction author and teacher Patrice Vecchione. Patrice will perform a selection of poems from around the world and chat about the value of poetry in our lives. You’ll leave the evening with poems to carry you through your joys and challenges. And you, too, can be a poet! Patrice will lead the group in the writing of a group poem to celebrate the library.

Saturday, May 12, 1 to 3 pm Library 110th Birthday Bash in Jewell Park in Pacific Grove Central Avenue, next to the Pacific Grove Public Library, 550 Central Ave. Pacific Grove Celebrate the 110th anniversary of the Pacific Grove Public Library with birthday cake and lemonade, art projects and fun events for all ages. Meet Architect Karin Payson, of Karin Payson architecture + design, who is overseeing the Library Renewal Project. Tour the Library and hear about plans for the renewal of the historic Carnegie rotunda, renovation of public spaces and restrooms to ensure ADA compliance, improve accessibility and usability.

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Saturday, May 19, 10 to 11 am Asilomar Architecture Walk and Talk with California State Parks Interpreter Lisa Bradford Asilomar Conference Grounds, 800 Asilomar Ave. Pacific Grove Free. Meet at the flagpole.

One of three monthly tours focused on the lasting legacy of learning and architecture at Asilomar State Beach and Conference Grounds.

Friday, June 15, 5:30 to 7 pm Founded by Philanthropy Library Lecture Program by Aubrie Morlet, Historian Pacific Grove Public Library, 550 Central Ave. Pacific Grove Free to Friends of the Pacific Grove Library members/$10 charge to non-member.

Learn about Asilomar’s history of architecture and philanthropy from Asilomar’s historian and resource manager.

Saturday, June 16, 10 am to 11 am Asilomar Architecture Walk and Talk with California State Parks Interpreter Lisa Bradford Asilomar Conference Grounds, 800 Asilomar Ave. Pacific Grove Free. Meet at the flagpole.

One of three monthly tours focused on the lasting legacy of learning and architecture at Asilomar State Beach and Conference Grounds.

Friday, July 6, 5:30 to 7:30 pm Closing Reception Pacific Grove Public Library, 550 Central Ave. Pacific Grove Free, closing reception for juried art show. Refreshments and music.

Pacific Grove’s Rain Gauge Data reported at Canterbury Woods

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Week ending 3/29/18- 1:30 PM............ 0.00" Total for the season............................. 10.91" 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...........

0.00" Near Lovers Point Total for the 7/1/17). ..... 10.22" Dataseason reported by(since John Munch at 18th St. Last week low12/07/16.......................... temperature................ 49.2° Week ending .19"F Last week high temperature...............

79.4° Total for the season (since 7/1/16)........

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

20.86F ” Last week low temperature..................41.5 Last week high temperature.................63.5 F

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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.

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Feast of Lanterns 2018 Royal Court – Celebrating 60 years of the Royal Court -were announced recently at a reception at Canterbury Woods. They are L-R Princess Amethyst, Caroline Coen; Princess Tourmaline, Siena Fisk; Queen Topaz, Serena Paci; Scholar Chang, Elias Yevdash; Princess Turquoise, Parker Llantero; and Princess Emerald Cali Knoop

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

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Wildlife Spotlight

Harbor Seal California Sea Lion

by Dan Bohrman

Phoca vitulina Zalophus californianus

Harbor Seals (Above) and Sea Lions (Below) are both marine mammals found throughout Monterey County that are often mistaken for each other. There are several key differences that can help you easily tell them apart.

First, there is sound. Sea lions make a loud barking sound, often heard at the Fisherman’s Wharf in Monterey.

Harbor seals are quiet for the most part, only making a grunt or wheezing sound. Next, sea lions tend to have dark brown fur, while harbor seals can sport a wide range of colors and patterns, from dark gray to slate blue.

Finally, sea lions have longer flippers with “elbows,” which allow them to walk on dry land, while harbor seals have short flippers and are restricted to inching along on their bellies when on land.

Rainbow Speakers invitation to microaggression discussion

Rainbow Speakers and Friends invite you to our monthly evening of friendship and support on Monday, April 9, 2018, at 7:00 p.m.

This month’s discussion will be an addendum to last month’s discussion of a few of the microaggressions LGBTQ+ individuals face within the community.

This month the discussion will be led by a CSUMB UROQ scholar who has dedicated their time and senior project to delivering speeches throughout the country in various conferences. By having discussions like these we hope to increase awareness of this issue that we are all a part of consciously or unconsciously.

Sincere thanks to Fr. Jon Perez for providing a space for our gatherings at the Epiphany Lutheran and Episcopal Church, 425 Carmel Avenue, Marina (corner of Carmel and California Avenues).

Retired teachers to gather

The bi-monthly luncheon hosted by the California Retired Teachers Association of Monterey County, Division 29 will be held on Wednesday, April 19 from 11 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Rancho Canada Golf Club, 4860 Carmel Valley Road in Carmel.

For reservations at $25 per person (including tax and tip) contact Diane at 831-449-7031 before April 11. Payment must accompany reservation. The luncheon includes a social (11:00) and business meeting followed by lunch and special musical entertainment. All members, recently retired certificated educators and friends are cordially invited to attend.

Sgt. Viray will Marshal Good Old Days Parade

Sgt. Roxane Viray is a 19 year veteran with the Pacific Grove Police Department. Her many important duties include supervising patrol officers, coordinating city special events and assisting with in-house and POST (Police Officer Standard Training) activities.

In addition, Sgt.Viray works double duty as one of the owners of Miss Trawick’s Home and Garden Shop located in downtown Pacific Grove. She always dreamed of owning a small business and when the opportunity arose she thought it was a great idea.

She loves meeting people and giving back to her community. She feels very fortunate and blessed to be able to live, work and own a home and business in her home town.

Although, she is quite busy, she enjoys traveling and spending time with friends, family and her two Pekingese pups LiWu and Yang.

Seals see ‘baby boom’ as pupping season is in full swing Harbor seal pupping headed into full swing the middle of the week with a “baby boom” that added five new seal pups in a 24-hour period. Most seemed to be doing quite well – nursing, napping and swimming in the main birthing area at Hopkins Marine Station.

That boom brought to 11 the number of seal births on that beach in what seemed to be a fairly slow season. The pupping may have seemed subdued because there are notably fewer seals than usual gathered on the beach, but the number of births in the first two weeks is right on track with past years. The beach just isn’t as crowded as it has been in earlier pupping seasons, rarely with more than 100 seals on it.

There have been more and more pregnant seals showing up recently. Some have given birth right away but others have been scared off the beach. One report this week said three of the seals on the beach were showing signs of labor when a jackass in a kayak paddled into the cove and the seals fled. Whether they delivered their pups elsewhere, had miscarriages or will be back to try again remains to be seen.

Bay Net docents know of no births so far in the 5th Street area that serves as a spillover for the Hopkins rookery, but there have been pups and moms there for some of their swimming and diving lessons.

On average, 80 percent of the pups each year are born on the Hopkins beach, 20 percent on the pocket beaches and seagrasses of the 5th Street Cove. Both are alongside the busy rec trail, making it very easy for people to see and watch the natural show.

This is the 21st year of pupping on the Hopkins beach, the 13th in the spillover area at the bottom of 5th Street.

The pupping should go on for another six weeks or so, providing plenty of oooohs and aaaahs for spectators. The frolicking pups at Hopkins have already started the annual process for us.

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Webster Slate Why doesn’t it taste like chicken then?

What did you do with my favorite pair of sneakers?

Moreland Ave - A verbal domestic disturbance.

The band starts to warm up in hope of even more epic vehicular tomfoolery.

Ocean View Blvd - A non-injury collision.

And the band played on Sunset Dr. - Two vehicles collided while operating on a public roadway. No injuries were reported and the vehicles were able to drive away from the collision.

Sometimes I hear the 1812 Overture too!

Lovers Point Park - Vehicle sustained damage when contacted curb.

Que ginormous crash symbols and ginormous tympani drums!

Forest Ave. - Non injury collision. Info exchange only.

Ready for the re-match 9th St. - Non-injury Accident (nia) - vehicle vs parked vehicle Forest Ave. - Non-Injury Accident. Vehicle towed from scene.

Please refrain from driving into all stationary objects.

Eardley Ave. - Vehicle versus parked vehicle. Driver sustained injuries and was transported to hospital. Vehicle towed from scene at driver’s request.

At least they had a nice "Bay View" while they waited for the tow truck, "Bay Watch-Out!" Bayview Ave. - A non-injury accident. Insurance Information was exchanged.

Let me guess. Suspect "fishtailed" into two parked cars, or; "fishtail on Mermaid."

Mermaid Ave - A hit and run collision occurred involving two parked vehicles and an unknown suspect vehicle.

Sounds like the suspect didn’t get to run that far.

Park Pl. - Hit and run accident. The suspect was identified at the scene and later admitted to the hit and run. Report sent to District Attorney for their review and prosecution.

Somehow, I am sure the owner knew payments were six months late David Ave. On the date and time above, a vehicle was repossessed from the above location. Information was taken. The owner was unaware of the repossession.

I contacted dispatch and gave them the information.

"Come on people now, smile on your brother. Everybody get together.

Try to love one another, right now" Buena Vista Ave. - A neighbor dispute that is an ongoing issue.

Cop Log

Fancy self-service, self-contained, self-conscious (in a good way) resolution.

"You say you want a resolution, well you know, we all want to change… “ The reporting party reported he lost his wallet, possibly in the above area. Our heroic reporting party later called back to report he found the wallet.

The dog days of spring start in earnest.

Forest Ave. - Report of past tense barking dogs. Ongoing issue.

Ocean View Blvd. - A female reported her son was the victim of a dog bite.

Benito Ave. - Barking dog complaint This loser can turn into a winner, with a little help from my friends Ocean View Blvd. - Property was found from stated location. The property was brought to PGPD to be held for safekeeping.

Go get'em PGPD Ocean View Blvd. - Subject reported he was robbed by four men Things that go bump in the night Lighthouse Ave. - Audible alarm Even more public now.

Eardley Ave. - Fight/etc. in public Hangry Welfare check- verbal argument over finances. A.P.S. will be contacted due to a lack of food in the residence.

Is this the party to whom I'm speaking?

Balboa Ave. - Telephone scam loss of $300.00- No suspect information.

Sometimes, happiness is not in your own backyard.

Grove St. - Fight in public place - Verbal dispute--ongoing issue with transients living in back yard/garage of a local business.

Mom Always Liked You Best 1500 415(1) Pc fight/etc. in public \ Adobe Ln. - Fight/etc. in public. Verbal dispute over civil issues- on going between siblings Broken fingernail.

Medical call - Subject found to be having a mental breakdown and living in unsanitary conditions.

Calling Mars one calling Mars one. Can you hear us?

Lighthouse Ave. - a wallet was found. The owner was unable to be contacted, and the wallet was held for safe keeping.

April Is Distracted Driving Awareness Month

California marks 10 years of hands-free law

Drivers are using their cell phones less often while driving, but distracted driving remains a serious safety challenge in California. Observing April as Distracted Driving Awareness Month and the first week in April as California Teen Safe Driving Week, traffic safety advocates will focus on education and enforcement efforts statewide as California marks 10 years of the hands-free laws.

In an effort to address the issue, the California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS), and Impact Teen Drivers (ITD) have planned events throughout the state during the month of April to educate people on the dangers of distracted driving.

"California’s distracted driving laws have been saving lives for a decade now,” said former State Senator Joe Simitian, who authored the state’s hands-free and no-texting laws. “Every day, somewhere in California, someone is sitting down to dinner with their family who wouldn't have made it through the day without these laws on the books. That’s tremendously gratifying.”

“However, there’s more work to be done. Public education, meaningful penalties, and rigorous enforcement are all essential. Most importantly, all of us who are out on the road have to remember: it can wait," Simitian said.

Senate Bill 1613, the hands-free cell phone law, and Senate Bill 28, the no-texting law, were enacted in July 2008.

Data collected by the CHP shows decreases in the number of citations issued for distracted driving and in the number of inattention collisions since that time, but the problem persists. Last year, the CHP issued more than 97,000 citations for violations of the handheld

cell phone laws. In 2009, the first full year of the hands-free law, the CHP issued more than 148,000 comparable citations.

Preliminary 2017 data from the CHP’s Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System indicates nearly 22,000 drivers were involved in distracted driving collisions in California, a decline from the more than 33,000 drivers involved in distracted driving collisions in 2007, before the hands-free law went into effect.

“Cell phones are everywhere in our lives. Tweeting, texting, and posting on social media are hard habits to break,” CHP Commissioner Warren Stanley said.

“However, they have potentially deadly consequences if you are driving. Any use of a cell phone or other distraction while operating a vehicle significantly impairs your driving ability. Changing those dangerous habits will help make our roadways safer for everyone.”

Since 2011, OTS has conducted an observational study of handheld cell phone use every year. “This year’s study on the use of handheld cell phones and texting shows a decrease over past years; however, more work needs to be done to target those who were observed to still be breaking the law,” said OTS Director Rhonda Craft.

“The best way to put an end to distracted driving is to educate all Californians about the danger it poses. We will do this through enforcement and education efforts like our new advertising campaign “Just Drive,” reminding drivers to put down their phones and focus on the road.”

In an attempt to drive the message home with the state’s newest motorists, Impact Teen Drivers partners with California’s traffic safety organizations to deliver an educational program that confronts the dangers and consequences of reckless and

distracted driving.

“We lose 11 teens every day to preventable car crashes in the U.S. In California alone, we lose the equivalent of eight large yellow school buses each year to this deadly epidemic,” said Dr. Kelly Browning, Executive Director of ITD. “It’s time to stop the number one killer of teens in California. It’s time we put two hands on the wheel, two eyes on the road, and most important, keep our minds focused on our driving. It will take a strong combination of education and enforcement to prevent distracted driving.”

Although the traffic safety campaign will continue throughout the month, April 5 and 13 have been designated as statewide enforcement dates. On these two dates, the CHP and other law enforcement agencies throughout California will conduct education and zero-tolerance enforcement efforts to discourage distracted driving.

The California Highway Patrol and Office of Traffic Safety remind drivers in California that the law prohibits them from having a cell phone in their hands while operating a motor vehicle.

Monterey County joins National Commemoration of 2018 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week “Expand the Circle: Reach all Victims”

During the week of April 8 through April 14, 2018, crime victims and survivors and those who serve them, will join together across America to promote victims’ rights and services, and to educate our communities about the devastating impact of crime on victims, neighborhoods, schools, and our nation as a whole.

Since 1978, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office Victims of Crime Unit has worked diligently with the victims of crime to ensure that they are aware of victim assistance and compensation programs that can help them cope with the aftermath of crime. In 2017, the unit provided over 17,450 mandated services to 2,289 new crime victims in Monterey County.

The 2018 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week not only honors the victims of crime, but the many agencies that assist them as well.

Please join members of our community in honoring victims of crime at the Monterey County Government Center, Board of Supervisors’ Chambers, located at 168 W. Alisal Street, Salinas. The event will feature the family of Sandra McGee Steppuhn as the Inspirational Speakers. Sandra was murdered by Alfred Powell in 1982, additionally there will be a video presentation in honor of those murdered in Monterey County and an invitation to survivors of homicide to announce the name of their loved one and the release of doves in memory of all victims of crime.

For additional information, please contact Victim Witness Program Manager Pamela Patterson at (831) 755-5072.

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

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

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

Chabad of Monterey

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

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

Community Baptist Church

Tuesday, April 10 • 11:00 am Stories for PreSchool (ages 2-5) • Wednesday, April 11 • 11:00 am Music with MaryLee, for all ages • Wednesday, April 4 • 3:45 pm Wacky Wednesday (stories, crafts, science for ages 5 and up • Thursday, April 5 • 11:00 am Baby Rhyme Time for babies birth - 24 months

Monterey & Pine Avenues • 831-375-4311

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

First Baptist Church of Monterey

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

First Church of God

1023 David Ave. • 831-372-5005

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

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

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

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

Lighthouse Fellowship of Pacific Grove

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

Manjushri Dharma Center

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

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.

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 St. • 831-373-4441 th

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

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.

Democratic Women’s Luncheon Highlights Betty Yee

The Friday, April 20 luncheon meeting of the Democratic Women of Monterey County highlights the efforts of State Controller Betty T. Yee. The luncheon takes place from 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. at the Hilton Garden Inn, 1000 Aguajito Rd., Monterey.

Tickets are $35 for DWMC members and $45 for non-members. The public is welcome to attend. A courageous fighter for the rights of the under-represented, Controller Betty Yee has spoken out and written on a host of progressive issues. She has advocated for oil refineries to pay their fair share of property taxes, for marriage equality, for increased construction of affordable housing, for immigrant rights, and for a higher minimum wage.

She has been passionate about environmental stewardship in the face of global warming.

Ms. Yee has been a lifelong Democratic activist with many candidate and issue campaigns under her belt. Quoting Bill Moyers at the 2014 Democratic Convention in Los Angeles, she said, “The only answer to organized money, is organized people.” Ms. Yee demonstrated this truth in her historic statewide grassroots campaign to become California’s 32nd Controller.

Luncheon reservations available online at dw-mc.org or send your check ($35 for members, $45 non-members) to DWMC, P.O. Box 223003, Carmel, CA 93922.

For information, call 831.200.DWMC, or visit www.dw-mc.org.Reservations must be received by Wednesday, April 18.

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Celebrate The Remarkable Contributions Of Those Who Have Chosen To Make America Home In Brad Herzog’s Newest Book

W Is For Welcome: A Celebration Of America’s Diversity

Sleeping Bear Press is proud to introduce W is for Welcome: A Celebration of America’s Diversity. In our traditional alphabet format; poetry, art, and expository text celebrates America’s diverse population while showcasing the achievements and contributions that have come from the incredible people who have chosen to make our country their home.

A great opportunity to read and review exactly who and what it is that has made America great, topics include well-known landmarks and institutions (the Statue of Liberty and the White House, our national parks system) and famous citizens whose talents helped make the United States a world leader in science, technology, industry, the arts, and global affairs (Albert Einstein and Madeleine Albright).

Brad Herzog is the author of dozens of books for children and adults. This is his eighteenth book for Sleeping Bear Press, a list that includes “H is for Home Run: A Baseball Alphabet;” “S is for Save the Planet: A How-to-Be-Green Alphabet;” and his 2017 hit, “Murphy’s Ticket: The Goofy Start and Glorious End of the Chicago Cubs Billy Goat Curse.” Brad lives Pacific Grove with his wife and his two sons. He visits schools around the country as a guest author inspiring students with what he calls “education disguised as entertainment.” Learn more at www.bradherzog.com This book has been illustrated by over 15 artists each bringing their unique, creative perspective to the book.

A free downloadable Teacher’s Guide with activities that can be used at home or in school is available on our website.

“W is for Welcome: A Celebration of America’s Diversity” (Jacketed HC) 978-1-58536-402-2 | $17.99 Ages 6-10 / eBook available/32 pages / 11 x 9 inches www.sleepingbearpress.com

An alphabet book in rhyme... right on time... celebrating a nation of immigrants

Float Spa therapy is just what this old body needs

By Neil Jameson

Thirty-plus years of firefighting, hanging onto the engine, running charged hoses and hefting around victims -- some weighing in the area of 300 pounds -- plus 50 years of riding and wrestling motorcycles has taken its toll on my poor old body.

When Duke Kelso told me he had opened a float therapy spa with his wife, I figured that was just what I needed.

Sometimes you don't particularly want massage, but laying in a warm pool of epsom salts, knowing you won't sink to the bottom, might be just the thing.

It was like a personalized Dead Sea or Great Salt Lake, without the brine shrimp and tourists.

Theta Float Spa is a beautiful facility. Personnel were exceptional – helpful and informative for a first-time visitor.

It was clean and tidy and soundproof.

There's the all tile, beautiful shower with all the amenities (you're going to shower before you get into the spa). It reminded me of some of the wonderful showers I experienced in Africa, with large spaces and lots of water. Even the parking was wonderful.

It takes a good half hour to fully relax. They call it sensory deprivation, but there was lovely music and a heater if I had needed it. I didn't. My initial impression had a lot to do with boredom until I finally relaxed. Think of it as an hour vacation for your senses.

There's an after-the-float massage,

too. I didn't partake, but I may next time.

All this is in the middle of Pacific Grove at 505 Central Ave., Suite 201.

Call them at 831-884-5245 to ask questions or make an appointment, and check it all out on their website at https://www. thetafloatspa.info. It's just what your body needs, to recuperate or just to relax. Good health effects, notated on their

website, include immune system support , anxiety attacks athletic recovery, pregnancy, cardiac health, depression, general well-being, headache, high blood pressure, preparation for hypnosis, anger management, insomnia, pain management, relaxation, stress management, addiction treatment, nightmare disorder, PTSD, ADHD, ADD.

Breaker of the Week

By Luke Herzog

Jake Haney Jake Haney is a jake of all trades.

As an athlete, the junior has played on the PGHS football, soccer, and lacrosse varsity teams since freshman year. Last fall, he led the varsity football team in receiving yards. In the winter, playing soccer, he led CCS in goals and was named firstteam all-league. When it comes to pastimes, he looks to the outdoors. “I like to take advantage of the area we live in,” says Jake. “We’re surrounded by natural beauty.” Indeed, he lives this credo by taking Big Sur backpacking trips, playing frisbee at the beach, and shredding some gnarly waves.

Jake’s friends know that he can deliver jokes like he delivers on the field. His sharp sense of humor is always a welcome addition to any gathering. The student has also honed his drawing skills and emerged as a master doodler, filling notebooks with the brilliant and the bizarre.

Jake, who takes several advanced placement and honors classes, has been a member of the National Honor Society since his first year of high school. For his impressive achievements and positive attitude, Jake Haney is Breaker of the Week.

Sponsored by:

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

Poetry in the Grove to discuss Rita Dove

Poetry in the Grove invites you to human pleasures. As she writes in the join us to talk about Rita Dove’s poetry poem “Rusks,” The S.T.A.R. Foundation of Monterey County (Support The Arts Regionally) on Saturday, April 7 at the Little House As my mama always said: half a happiness is better Scholarship program exists to help graduating Monterey County high school seniors in Jewell Park, Pacific Grove, from 3:00 than none at goddam all. pursue their interest in the performing arts beyond the secondary school setting. Schol- to 5:00 p.m. Please bring Dove’s poetry Much of Dove’s poetry is subterarship awards are available for students having an interest in acting, musical theater, to share and join in the discussion circle vocal and/or instrumental music, related technical skills, playwriting, performing arts or just come to listen. There is no charge ranean, as though it has its roots in the soil of history and old language, and management in a college or in an extracurricular program. Generally, and depending on for this event.

Rita Dove became the second Afri- constantly draws from those sources. She 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 can-American to receive the Pulitzer Prize writes about subjects near at hand — her for Poetry for “Thomas and Beulah,” a family’s past, her own experiences of love 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. collection based on the lives of her mater- and motherhood. Yet the harshest facts and 1) A completed S.T.A.R. Foundation Scholarship application (on our website: nal grandparents. In addition to the Pu- joys — of African Americans’ struggles, litzer Prize, Dove has received numerous as well as all human struggles — are evwww.starfoundationmc.org) 2) An essay of no less than 200, nor more than 400, words explaining your interests honors and awards for her work, including er-present beneath and between her lines, the National Medal of Arts from President as in the poem “Canary,” and experience in the performing arts.

3) Two letters of recommendation: one from your high school arts teacher and, Barack Obama. She is the Commonwealth Billie Holiday’s burned voice if applicable, one from a mentor/director in participation outside of school. If there is Professor of English at the University of had as many shadows as lights, a mournful candelabra against a sleek no one outside of school then ask someone who knows you well and can vouch for your Virginia.

Dove’s poems have earthiness, origpiano talent and ability. Please make sure that the contact information of those submitting a inality and range. Her central themes are the gardenia her signature under that recommendation on your behalf is included on your application. despair and loss and the hunt for bedrock ruined face.

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 subThose interested in running for office in the November 6, 2018 General Election mitting the same proof of participation each year and providing the student maintains are invited to attend a candidate seminar presented by Monterey County Elections. a C average.

The seminar will take place on Saturday, April 21, 2018, at 10 a.m. at the Gov-

Potential Candidates Invited to Elections Seminar April 21

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

ernment 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.

HALF PRICE SALE! APR 6 - 8

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Congressman Panetta Announces Mobile Office Hours

Congressman Jimmy Panetta today announced dates and locations for staff mobile office hours for the month of April. Congressional staff members will be available in Watsonville, Hollister, and Soledad to assist with issues concerning Social Security, Medicare, federal employee retirement, immigration services, veterans’ services, passports, searching for military records, and any other federal matters. Mobile office hours are an opportunity for members of the community to meet with Congressional staff, and are offered in addition to meetings in the Salinas and Santa Cruz Congressional offices. To schedule a meeting, please call Congressman Panetta’s Salinas office at 831-424-2229.

When and Where: Wednesday, April 11 – Watsonville Watsonville Public Library 275 Main Street, Suite 100 Watsonville, CA 95076 Time: 10:00am-1:00pm Thursday, April 12 – Hollister Veteran’s Memorial Building 649 San Benito Street Hollister, CA 95023 Time: 10:00am-1:00pm Wednesday, April 18 – Soledad Soledad City Hall 485 Main Street Soledad, CA 93960 Time: 10:00am-1:00pm

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The Way it Used to Be

Jerry Boyajian, noted muralist and sign painter, is painting a new mural on the wall of Mum’s, corner Laurel and Forest. He is working from an old photo of a view of Forest Ave. Jerry is known for his realistic murals including one on Cannery Row dedicated to fishermen.

Monterey Bay Defense Alliance set to promote value of military to Monterey Bay area

By Gary Baley The Monterey Bay Area is home to 15 Department of Defense organizations, collectively called Team Monterey. The name was originally coined by former Congressman Sam Farr who wanted to assemble all local military commanders together in one place to have a two-way communication about military needs and goings-on in Washington. Team Monterey represents over 15,000 workers with an annual payroll of $1.4 billion and an economic impact exceeding $2 billion.

Along with agriculture, tourism and education, Team Monterey is considered as one of the four pillars of the Monterey Bay economy.

Team Monterey diversifies the local culture and economy by funneling a constant stream of highly skilled military personnel and their families through the community and providing a wide range of professional civilian jobs and career paths.

The Monterey Bay Defense Alliance (MBDA) is a volunteer group organized by the city of Monterey with the goal of protecting, enhancing and growing the national security assets in the Monterey Bay Area—specifically Team Monterey.

Its kickoff breakfast in November 2017 featured guest speaker Congressman Jimmy Panetta.

Last Friday MBDA held a breakfast meeting at the newly-opened Monterey Conference Center with about 50 attendees. Hans Uslar, Monterey Interim City Manager, opened the meeting. Vice Admiral Dan Oliver, USN (Ret.) and chair of MBDA introduced speakers. Oliver described the Central Coast as a hub of national security activity.

Pacific Grove resident Vice Admiral Ron Route, USN (Ret) and President of the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) addressed the meeting and described the mission of the school. His career included President of the Naval War College and Commander of the Navy Warfare Development Command as well as two flag officer assignments. The NPS serves about 1,500 students from all branches of the military plus some civilians and foreign militaries. The community workforce numbers roughly 3,000. Route reported that the school has graduated

over 50,000 students from the USA and over 100 countries.

Colonel Phillip Deppert, USA, and Commandant of the Defense Language Institute (DLI) since 2015, presented an update on the DLI which serves 3,500 students and has a community workforce of about 8,500. Class size is from six to eight. Contrary to popular perception, DLI does not engage in espionage on campus.

Rather it prepares its students to communicate effectively in a foreign language. He described their evaluation as a one-to-five rating in three areas listening, reading, and speaking. “A 2-2-2 score enables students to discuss tanks and road blocks on the battlefield” Deppert said as an example.

“Increasing scores show increased nuance in language ability.” Ninety-five percent of instructors at DLI are native-language speakers, but he said “None have ever achieved a 5-5-5 on a test.” Deppert noted that the DLI has graduated over 200,000 from the school since its inception in 1941 during WWII when the Army bought $2,000 worth of Japanese language textbooks in Japan-town San Francisco and set up shop in an unused hanger to teach the language. DLI moved to Monterey in 1946.

Deppert said that on any day there are about 2,300 in the school and another 500 in other locales, but he expects that number to increase by about another 1,000 in the coming year. He said “It takes about two years to make a military linguist, and it costs about $500,000.” He estimates that there are about 56,000 linguists on active duty today.

MBDA Strategic Plan The MBDA Draft Strategic Plan seeks to strengthen Team Monterey by identifying it as a subset of the larger Monterey Bay National Security Cluster, which includes relevant local non-DoD organizations.

MBDA Action List The City of Monterey hired contractors to visit each Team Monterey organization in 2015 and produce a Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) Report. From that a Call-to-Action report was prepared listing 75 actions.

MBDA prioritized the Top 5 Actions each for Team Monterey, the City of Monterey, Monterey County and the State of California.

The Monterey Bay National Security Cluster - Team Monterey in white and non-DoD in blue.

The Draft Strategic Plan identifies three key goals: define the network of national security assets that make up the Monterey Bay National Security Cluster; expand and deepen relationships within the network to increase National Security competencies; and increase “values” of quantitative and qualitative measures of National Security value.

Hans Uslar, Monterey’s Interim City Manager

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Sports

If it’s Baseball Season, It Must Be the Breakers!

By Brian “Woodie” Wood

PG Trevor Heyn, ss -Nathan Wood, ph/2b Justin Heyn, 2b, ss -Charlie McMahon, ph Hunter Hanes, cf Kevahn Ebron, 1b Daniel Rosas, 3b -Josh Mares, ph/3b River Watts, dh -Freddie Albert, ph/dh Ben Minik, rf -Connor Marshall, ph/rf Colby Burnell, lf Connor Synsteby, c

Monday-game

Pacific Grove Varsity late inning rally falls short in windy King City. JV take their tilt 6-5.

On Monday (March 26) PG and King City played their second set of make-up games due to last week’s inclement weather. In a game that seemed very similar to last Friday’s match up, King City got off to an early lead with three runs in the first inning off of two walks, two hits, and two errors. However, starter Connor Marshall settled in and shutdown the Mustang attack for the next two innings.

PG had a hopeful beginning as Trevor Heyn led off with a walk and Justin Heyn earned a free 90 feet after he was hit by a pitch. King City starter Clay Barbaree then retired the next 13 batters in a row, striking out seven of them. Pinch hitter Kevahn Ebron broke up the no-hitter in the fourth with a two-out seeing eye single to right field. The Mustangs added three more runs in the fourth off of two hits, two hit batters, and two Breakers errors for a 6-0 lead.

However, the Pacific Grove bats came alive in the top of the sixth. Pinch hitter Daniel Rosas clubbed a lead off double to left centerfield. With one out, Justin Heyn walked and Hunter Hanes drove in Rosas with a double to left center of his own. First baseman River Watts greeted the new King City pitcher with a base knock over the third baseman’s head driving in Heyn. With two outs, Colby Burnell walked bringing up new pitcher Ebron hit up an apparent inning ending pop up to the infield. However, the swirling King City winds (16 mph) made it a tough play for the Mustangs shortstop who dropped the ball with two Breakers scoring to bring the game to 6-4.

King City added an insurance run in the bottom of the six to make it 7-4. PG’s designated doubler, Daniel Rosas hit another two-bagger, this time down the left field line to start the seventh. Justin Heyn reached base safely for the third time with a walk. Both runners advanced on a fielder’s choice. River Watts then hit a sharp single to left to drive in Rosas. Ben Minik then rapped a hard grounder to the third baseman who thought about various options but decided too late to throw to first after Minik had beaten the throw. Unfortunately the Breakers rally died there with the tying run at second as they fell to King City 7-5..

PG had several fine defensive plays highlighted by right fielder Ben Minik’s running catch of a fly ball into foul territory. Catcher Nathan Wood made two tag out of runners at the plate one from a throw from third baseman Josh Mares and another from a throw from centerfielder Hunter Hanes. The Breakers also avoided trouble by turning two double plays, a 6-4-3 variety (T.Heyn-J.Heyn-Watts) and a fly ball to T.Heyn who doubled off the runner at second with J.Heyn.

PG Varsity (2-5) traveled to Marina on Tuesday for a 4:00 p.m. showdown with the 0-6 Mariners.

On the JV side of the house, PG overcame a two-run deficit in the last inning to beat the junior Mustangs 6-5. Catcher Chianti Carter led the way reaching base safely four times with a triple, double, hit by pitch, and walk. After Carter tripled in the second, JJ Courtney brought him in with a grounder to short. Carter’s double in the fifth was followed by walks to both Courtney and Clint Cargile. Jay McMahon hit to right field to bring in Carter. Chad Ventimiglia singled in the sixth and scored.

Zach Malone had his second single of the game that inning.

In the critical seventh inning, McMahon led off with a single followed by a walk to Jordan Booker and a single by Dezi Green. All three eventually scored to give PG a 6-5 lead which would be the final score. As with the Varsity, the JV bats came alive late tallying six of their eight hits in the last three innings of the game.

PG pitching was led by McMahon, Courtney, and Jackson Destefano.

The JV squad (4-2) hosts the Carmel Freshmen team on Tuesday, March 27, at 4pm.

Tuesday game

Bell’s no-hitter leads PG over Marina, Carmel late comeback beats JV

Colton “Ice Colt” Bell pitched Pacific Grove Varsity to a win over Marina on Tuesday (March 27) at the Mariners field. Bell struck out eight in five innings (including the last four in a row) while allowing just three base runners, all via base on balls. The no-hitter was only threatened once when Marina’s second batter in the first inning hit a sinking line drive to center. Breakers center fielder Hunter Hanes made a sliding catch for the out. Catcher Conor Synsteby threw out a Mariners runner attempting to steal second, also in the first.

The Breakers bats which had come to life in the last half of Monday’s game in King City continued to be heard througout this game. Everyone contributed to the offensive onslaught. Highlighting the accomplishments might best be shown via a standard box score:

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.

AB 3 2 4 1 6 6 3 3 1 3 3 3 6 4 47

Colton Bell, p (W)

IP 5

H 0

R 3 1 5

3 4 2 2 1 3 2 2 2 2 32

H 2 2 2

3 4 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 25 R 0

ER 0

BI 1 2 2

4 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 3 1 24 BB 3

bb, sb 2b-2 2b, sb, hp-2 sb 2b, 3b 2b hp hp 3b 3b hp SO 8

Here’s hoping that the bats stay hot when the Varsity (3-5) travels to Salinas on Wednesday (Mar 28, 4pm) and then host Marina in a rematch on Thursday.

The Junior Varsity lost a the Carmel Freshmen 5-1 on Tuesday (March 27). PG took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third. Jordan Booker drew a one out walk and stole second base. Dezi Green then singled him home. Other offensive highlights: Chianti Carter reached base safely twice (hit by pitch and walk), single by Jackson Destefano, and a walk to Clint Cargile.

PG’s pitching was led by starter Zach Malone pitched 4 2/3 innings allowing just one run.

The JV team hosted Salinas JV on Wednesday at 4:00 p.m..

Wednesday game

PG battles Salinas in two hard fought games, comes up short in both

Pacific Grove (3-6) ended up one run short in a game against Salinas High School (4-5) at Washington Middle School on Wednesday March 28). PG and Salinas traded runs in the first inning, both without the benefit of a base hit. For PG, Justin Heyn walked, was advanced to third via a balk and error. He was driven home by Kevahn Ebron’s infield grounder.

In the third inning, the Breakers mounted a three-run rally. Trevor Heyn led off with a single. Brother Justin sacraficed him to second and was safe at first on an error.

Hunter Hanes singled home T.Heyn while he and J.Heyn both scored on throwing errors. PG now led 4-1.

Starting pither Hanes allowed just two runs in 4 2/1 innings striking out five.

Salinas tied the game with two runs in the bottom of the sixth off of a walk, hit batter, error, and single. The Cowboys had the go-ahead run on third, plus another on second.

T.Heyn came on in relief and despite not having any time to warm up in the bullpen, he quelled the Salinas rally by striking out the next batter.

PG had an excellent opportunity in the top of the sixth when they strung together three consecutive singles by River Watts, Ben Minik, and Colby Burnell to load the bases. Connor Marshall then hit a sinking line drive to centerfield that was tracked down by the Salinas CF for the final out.

Pacific Grove started a two-out rally in the top of the seventh when Hanes walked.

Nathan Wood came to the plate and delivered a two-strike triple down the right field line scoring Hanes from first. PG now led 5-4.

Unfortunately, PG was unable to hold off Salinas as they rallied for two runs in the bottom of the seventh to come out victorious 6-5.

The Varsity team hosted Marina (0-6) on Thursday (March 29) at 4pm.

PG Junior Varsity hosted Salinas JV in Pacific Grove. They came ended up on the losing end of a 3-0 score. Both the Varsity and JV teams travel to St. Francis in Watsonville on Tuesday, April 3.

Thursday game

Breakers Varsity Baseball finishes a busy week with a win!

Pacific Grove’s Varsity baseball team played their fourth game in four days on Thursday (March 29) and ended with with a victory over the visiting Marina Mariners.

As with the first game against Marina this week, PG sported excellent pitching combined with blazing bats. Starting pitcher Ben Minik and reliever Connor Synsteby, both

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making their first pitching appearance of the season, combined for five innings of 1-hit shut out ball, and struck out ten. They allowed just four baserunners (the single, one who reached via an error, plus two hit batters). One runner was erased on a strike ‘em out-throw ‘em out double play. After one batter struck out, Breakers catcher Nathan Wood back-picked a runner at second base who had wandered too far off the bag and then took off for third base. Shortstop Trevor Heyn took Wood’s throw and threw to third baseman Josh Mares who applied the tag for the out.

Once again, the offensive explosion for the Breakers was a team effort. Highlights included triples by T.Heyn and Daniel Rosas, a double by Colby Burnell, and a two run single by Wood. The box score for the team is below.

The JV team was not in action on Thursday.

This week PG faces St Francis on Tuesday (April 3) at 4:00 p.m. (Varsity at St Francis in Watsonville, JV at home) and Palma on Friday, April 6 at 4:00 p.m. (Varsity at home, JV at Palma in Salinas).

Pacific Grove and St. Francis split pair of walk-off wins on Tuesday

By Brian “Woodie” Wood PGHS and St Francis played a home and away set of games on Tuesday (April 3) both resulting in walk-off wins for the home team.

Pacific Grove JV hosted St. Francis and got on the board in the first after putting together four singles by Jordan Booker, Zach Malone, Chad Ventimiglia, and Chianti Carter for a 1-0 lead. Starting pitcher Booker kept St. Francis off the board through three innings with eight strike outs on the day.

The Junior Sharks took the lead, however, with a 2-spot in the fourth inning and three in the fifth for a 5-1 lead. In the home half of the sixth PG drew within one after a double by Malone, single by Ventimiglia, and triple by Carter (his third hit of the day). Reliever JJ Courtney (who had a single himself during the game) shutdown St. Francis for the final 2 2/3 innings striking out four.

In the bottom of the seventh, with one out, and PG trailing 5-4, right fielder Clint Cargile singled and Booker moved him to third with a double. Malone came to the plate with two outs and the winning run on second and singled up the middle scoring Booker to give the Breakers a 6-5 walk-off victory.

Unfortunately, PG was on the losing end of a 5-4 score against the St. Francis varsity in a game played in Watsonville. The Breakers were led in the early going by starting pitcher Hunter Haines who shut down the opposing side for five innings, striking out seven, and allowing just one hit.

After three scoreless innings, PG tallied the first run in the fourth. Designated Hitter Nathan Wood led off with a walk. Right fielder Dylan Graham (hit by pitch) and Hanes (error by the left fielder) proceeded to load the bases. Walks to River Watts and left fielder Colby Burnell scored Wood and Graham to give PG a 2-0 lead.

In the fifth, third baseman Josh Mares led off with a single up the middle. Wood then laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt up the first baseline to move Mares to second.

A walk to shortstop Trevor Heyn and a single by Hanes to left loaded the bases (for the fourth time in five innings). Catcher Daniel Rosas stepped to the plate and delivered a two-run single to right field driving in two runs for a 4-0 lead.

In the bottom of the inning, a St. Francis rally was quelled with the help of two fine defensive plays. Rosas gunned down a runner attempting to steal second; Heyn applying the tag. With runners on first and second and two outs the Sharks batter hit a hard grounder to the right of first baseman Watts who speared it and tossed to pitcher Hanes who beat the runner to first by a half-step.

St. Francis bats came alive in the sixth inning scoring two runs and an additional two more in the seventh to send the game into extra innings. The score remained tied going into the bottom of the ninth as sunset approached. With runners on first and second and no outs the St. Francis batter hit a grounder to second baseman Connor Marshall who tossed it to the shortstop for the force out. Unfortunately the relay to first could not be handled and the error allowed the runner advancing to third to continue home with the winning run. St. Francis is now 5-3 on the season.

PG’s offense was marked by missed opportunities. They left 14 runners on base during the game including 11 in scoring position.

Both PG teams face Palma on Friday (April 6) at 4pm. The Varsity (4-7) play host while the JVs (5-4) travel to Salinas.

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50th Annual Pacific Grove Rotary Invitational Track Meet to be held at the High School on April 7, 2018 The Rotary Club of Pacific Grove organized the first invitational track meet at Pacific Grove High School in 1968. This event, that has become a tradition in the regional student athletic community, continues with the 50th competition on Saturday April 7, 2018 at 10:00AM. Approximately 20 schools from across the region will participate with medals awarded to top finishers in a full schedule of track and field events.

Pacific Grove track coach, Steve Watkins describes the meet as “A great opportunity for athletes to meet students from area schools, compete against a strong field of athletes, and have a good time.”

Rotarian Richard Gray, who is chairman of the event this year, will coordinate the efforts of Rotarians and other volunteers to manage the schedule of numerous track races, from 100 to 3200 meters, and field events including the shot put, discus, pole vault and high jumps.

The public is invited to view the full day’s events at the Richard Chamberlin Track at the high school campus on Sunset Drive at Congress Avenue, Pacific Grove beginning at 10:00AM. Fiftieth anniversary commemorative hats will be available for purchase at the meet.

Monterey Bay Half Marathon Registration is Now Open Scenic and fast course along the Monterey Peninsula offers special recognition for locals, military The 16th presentation of the Monterey Bay Half Marathon, produced by the Big Sur Marathon Foundation, is now open for registration. The November 11, 2018 race takes place on the Monterey Peninsula, a picturesque gem located on California’s Central Coast. Nine thousand slots are available for the event.

The loop course begins in Monterey and runs through the historic downtown before meeting up with the rocky shoreline of neighboring Pacific Grove. Just before mile 11, the course turns onto a paved recreation trail, exits near the Monterey Bay Aquarium for a return run through storied Cannery Row, and reenters the recreation trail to the finish at Monterey’s Fisherman’s Wharf.

Special limited-time discounts are now offered for locals and early registrants.

Monterey County residents are offered a “locals only” opening price of $99 for the half marathon through April 16, while general registration is $109 for the first 1,000 entrants. For the second year in a row, runners also have the opportunity to sign up for the Ocean View Challenge. An early bird registration fee of $125 secures a runner entry into the Pacific Grove Lighthouse 5K on Saturday, November 10 and the Monterey Bay Half Marathon on Sunday, November 11.

Because this year’s Monterey Bay Half Marathon is on Veterans Day, veterans and active military are invited to participate in a military-only start wave. Veterans and active military who opt-in will be given a unique race bib and invited to start the race together so that they may be recognized before setting out on course. The Big Sur Marathon Foundation is eager to show its appreciation to our service members, both local and abroad.

The Monterey Bay Half Marathon continues to attract a competitive field of the nation’s best elite athletes. A total prize purse of $30,000 plus bonuses is offered including an exciting “Equalizer Bonus” for the first three male or female runners to cross the finish line. The Monterey Bay Half Marathon is also the final race of the annual “Waves to Wine Challenge,” a program of the Big Sur Marathon Foundation.

Runners who complete the Monterey Bay Half in November and Salinas Valley Half in August, along with one additional race in the organization’s family of events, will receive a special medallion and be eligible for additional prizes. To learn more and register, visit montereybayhalfmarathon.org.

About the Big Sur Marathon Foundation The Big Sur Marathon Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to create beautiful running events that promote health and benefit the community. Under the brand are four individual races: Big Sur International Marathon in April, Run in the Name of Love 5K and 2K in June, Salinas Valley Half Marathon and 5K in August, and the Monterey Bay Half Marathon, 5K and 3K in November. In addition, the Foundation oversees the award-winning JUST RUN® youth fitness program. www. bsim.org #bsimevents

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• April 6, 2018

Tuition Program for At-Risk Youth Employees at MacDonald’s is an Inspiration for Us All

Webster Slate

The Gray Eminence Safe Place Spring is here and I am glad to be enjoying it here in Pacific Grove. All too recently a nice story arrived on my desk from my editor. It was affixed to a brick with a rubber band, before it was subtly thrown across the newsroom and hit me on my left shoulder.

Community Health Services in Monterey has a program named Safe Passage. This program is set up to help young, under privileged people come off the streets or the often awful circumstances they inhabit. Simply put, when an individual enters the program, they are nurtured and counseled in a manner that is kind and productive. I can only imagine that many times the starting point for these remarkable youth has left them with little to show other than dread and despair.

What attracted me to this story is that I am always delighted to hear when the human spirit prevails over the human condition. What follows is my privilege to share.

Once entered in the Safe Passage program the recipients live in a small, wonderfully kept, unremarkable home on Pearl St. that surely must seem like a mansion to some of them. This is where Ali Garcia runs the program. This writer’s estimation is that Mr. Garcia is an extraordinary example of the

human spirit prevailing. Thus he became motivated to dedicate his efforts to help others. This he does. Ali starts his work with new entrants at the beginning.

Alas, many are light on life skills. I’ll guess subjects like personal hygiene and manners come into vogue quickly as so many other skills are both learned and observed. Ali and the program he administers is remarkably successful. Good program, well implemented. How he got there is as remarkable as the program itself.

One day, Ali had just a moment of time and thought he’d treat himself to a dollar menu sundae just down the street at the local McDonald’s. While there he saw a table with a sign that read something like “National Hiring Day.” There was a man sitting at the empty table – James Fernandez. Mr. Fernandez is the manager of the whole place. Ali went and got his dollar menu sundae and went and sat at the table with James.

It turns out that James Fernandez is remarkable too. What are the odds?

Together with the help of Community Human Services’ Safe Passage and the direct supervision of James Fernandez, and with complete support from McDonald's franchise owners Suzette and Landon Hoffman, they have entered more than a few of these young people into a scholarship program that McDonald’s offers employees: After only 60 days of employment and working a minimum of only 15 hours a week; any crew member may receive $750 in college tuition. This kind of money can go a long way at Monterey Peninsula College or Hartnell.

Peninsula's community.

The Hoffmans are very proud of their combined community service with CMS Safe Place, McDonald’s, James, and of course Ali. In closing, it’s already 2 o’clock on Thursday and I’ve got to go. I hope to write more about this soon. Wouldn’t it be great if we could figure out a way to enable these precious young people to enjoy college all year? If just a few out there in newspaper reader land would match the McDonald’s scholarship, it could happen. It’s small group of people in the program.

Please share your thoughts with me personally – websterslate@cedarstreettimes.com. – I would love to help this outfit. This is how I can.

James Fernandez So with the direct participation of Ali and James, at-risk and under-privileged youth have been made safe and productive by Safe place’s emphasis on work and school and It’s working.

I asked James about his life to see if I could glean what brought him to his work with these youths. James’s responded, “I’ve had a good life. Not particularly hard, I suppose. I saw the need, that’s all. I saw I could help.”

How many has he helped? James says it doesn't matter. “If you help one person, it’s all worth it.”

There are now young happy functioning people working and enjoying college, in the nurturing safety of our

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For the Love of Lola Jane Roland Animal Tales Other Random Thoughts Last week was the birthday of Doris Day who has lived locally for many years.

I thought of this story I wrote, initially, about 13 years ago and felt it most appropriate for this time. I hope you enjoy it: This is a story about a friend. Charles LaGreca is a chef who works for a family in Pebble Beach. Our relationship developed because of (what else) our mutual love of animals. He had stopped by the benefit shop looking for a crate for a new puppy he was acquiring, our short business visit evolved into a long conversation and, now, over a year later, I thought it appropriate to pen some of the warm wonderful tales he told. One of these was about our local treasure, Doris Day, who has become the angel for many homeless and unwanted beasts.

I will quote his words as they mean more coming from him: “When Ms. Day lost her only son, Terry Melcher about two years ago shortly before Christmas, I was profoundly moved at the effect it had on me. A voice kept telling me to write a letter of condolence, but I thought “why me, what can I say?”

He thought about it for a time and finally found the commonality between himself and Ms. Day. “The love and loss of the two leggers and four leggers,” her words from a 1990s television interview about her life.

He began his letter: “Dear Ms. Day, this may seem totally inappropriate coming from someone you have never met, but as a young boy, seeing you in “Pillow Talk,” you have been a beautiful part of my life. I feel so bad hearing about the passing of your beloved son. I have lost both two leggers and four leggers in my life.” He went on to tell her about the most recent, wrenching departure, that of his beloved Blizzard, a Samoyed who had been his buddy for 14 years. He enclosed snapshots of Blizzard at six weeks and shortly before she died.

He had moved to the Monterey Peninsula where he had visited from Southern California from time to time. Reading that Doris Day did her own marketing at Safeway he and Blizzard camped out for a couple of hours, hoping to catch a glimpse of her. “I said that she might not care about seeing me, but knew she would have greeted the pup as she was the quintessential platinum Doris Day/Dietrich canine.”

Charles was disturbed because a week after losing her son, the media had ambushed her at the market, mercilessly snapping her picture which appeared on the cover of National Enquirer. He closed with hope that she could feel the love, respect and prayers from people around the world, people who knew or simply loved Ms. Day for the pleasure she had given everyone and the kindness she had demonstrated over the years.

March 7; three months later, was a bittersweet day; it was his mother’s birthday and the anniversary of Blizzard’s passing. When he picked up his mail there was a letter that caught his eye. On the back of the envelope was a note written in red ink, “sorry I missed you both at the market…” He pondered before opening the letter…” now, who did I miss at the market?” Inside was a card with a beautiful photo of Doris Day and her best friend “Biggest.” Her message was kind and tender, comforting him about the loss of his “Blizzard Angel.” The sadness dissipated, and Charles realized that it was time to find a new four-legged companion.

That is where this story began. He came by the shop for a crate (which I loaned him) a week later he returned with an adorable ball of fur. Lola Rosie, a Samoyed puppy. Charles told me the story not in any sense to exploit Doris Day, but to confirm that no matter the station in life, despite fame and fortune we are alike. Simple, good folk are always good, if it is their nature.

Doris Day has always been a favorite of mine. I have seen her several times going about her business quietly in her community. I admire, in fact, adore, her for her tireless battle to end the suffering of animals, even providing a hotel where they can stay and/or have tea... I swooned at her movies when I was young watching her with Rock Hudson and cried through “Love Me or Leave Me.” She is a tremendous singer, actress and humanitarian. I am grateful that she touched the heart of my friend who, because he received her letter, which offered him solace after his loss, the light came through, and inspired him to try again. Now Lola has a pal and we have them both... Lola trots into the shop and helps herself to tennis balls, toys and pillows, she is beautiful and, mischievous, very reminiscent of a blond “girl” singer in the forties who captured everyone’s heart and still does.

Jane Roland manages PacRep’s Neverland Benefit Shop at 1219 Forest Hill Plaza – Suite D..across from Safeway Parking lot…gcr770@aol.com or 649-0657

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​All good things come in twos: Captain Stoker Sally Baho Post Cards from the Kitchen Monterey

Peter & Wendy Conway and their two daughters on a tandem bike on their farm with some furry friends

Hop on your bike—better yet, grab your honey and get on a tandem—and ride on the beautiful bike path over to Captain Stoker, the new coffee shop in Monterey on Franklin and Adams St., directly across from the entrance to the Monterey Sports Center. You may be wondering what Captain Stoker means: the Captain is the person who sits in the front position on a tandem bike and has control of shifting while the Stoker is the person who sits in the back seat and has control of everything else.

A name for a coffee shop whose philosophy encourages tandem living and biking.

The owners, Peterson and Wendy Conway did not intend to open a public coffee shop but several parts came together to make it the perfect addition to our little community here.

“We are a native Carmel Valley family. My daughters sit in the same classroom that my father was in. The same classroom I was in,” Peterson told me over a flat white (smaller than a latte with espresso and milk microfoam—the middle layer that forms when milk is frothed with a steam wand, properly). I cupped the handle-less ceramic coffee mug, made by a local artist and sold at the café.

The Conways live on a farm out in Carmel Valley, the old Egg Ranch, and produce all their own food—dairy, berries, produce, meat, avocadoes, you name it.

Their two daughters operate an organic farm stand at school. Here’s puzzle piece number one, they had surplus food they wanted to share. A couple years ago, while on vacation, the couple decided to buy a 2.5 ton coffee roaster, puzzle piece number two…The retail space became available for rent and was the perfect place for a 2.5 ton coffee roaster, puzzle piece number 3! Peterson began the project and admits that after three months it stalled out. But as the adage goes, if you want something done, give it to a busy lady. So Wendy took over the project and within two months the coffee shop had opened its doors. And puzzle piece four, just like that talent came out of the wood work; two Q graders (trained and certified coffee graders) brought the team up to speed on coffee roasting and the baker from Tassajara who helps with the bread baking.

“In a world in which we’re over connected, we’re also very lonely. Peterson told me about their life pre-café and the philosophy behind opening the coffee shop.

Tandem is a very strong metaphor...this became a creative expression of needing each other. Living on a farm, when you can produce your own food, can lead you to a pretty reclusive life and the Conways felt they were headed in that direction.

So Captain Stoker is an outlet for the Conway farm—the avocado toast is killer and you can’t beat the coffee, a way to touch the neighbors, and in true tandem nature, a way to reach out to the community and publicly say, we need you.

“People are really glad to come through these doors. They’re happy to see a locally owned place.” He was right, as we chatted, I watched people come in and out of the café smiling, the general manager joking with the Katie of Katie’s Coldpress who sells her juice at Captain Stoker. As a super bike-friendly establishment, there is a bike pump on the floor next to the condiment counter and there seem to always be several bikes parked both in and outside the always-open garage door on Adams St. A very philosophical and self-reflective man, Peterson explained the metaphor of the tandem bike to me, “it has been a way to reaffirm our marriage. It’s our marriage therapy.”

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• April 6, 2018

Reading the Tea Leaves Patrick Ryan

Gary Baley

Local Real Estate Update Over much trial and error, I have finally learned that one secret to a happy life is to live in the moment. Do not live in the past as there is nothing you can do about. Do not live in the future as there is nothing you can do about that either.

This has helped reduce worry and anxiety as I used to run the past over in my head and I also used to worry about the future. That being said, it’s important to learn from the past and to try to properly anticipate the future.

About a year ago, I wrote an article about “Reading the Tea Leaves” where I tried to give some type of prediction of the future regarding the local real estate market. At the time, these were the numbers of active inventory (homes for sale) in each town in 2017: Carmel 127, Pebble Beach 77, Pacific Grove 22, Monterey 47, Seaside 21, and Marina 18. Here are the numbers as of today: Carmel 122, Pebble Beach 57, Pacific Grove 32, Monterey 55, Seaside 11, and Marina 17.

Except for Monterey and Pacific Grove, all the inventory numbers (homes for sale) in each community is down.

Especially so in Seaside and Pebble Beach. Monterey and Pacific Grove each have more homes for sale, but the inventory is still low. This is probably the major complaint of all real estate agents locally and statewide. It is also a major issue for buyers, especially those with specific needs.

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Last year I predicted that the inventory of homes for sale will probably increase, the demand will stay steady and that properly priced homes in the right condition will sell fast. Well, I got the demand portion and the part about properly priced homes in the right condition selling fast correct, but not about the inventory of homes. There just is not enough supply to meet the continued demand. I also said last year that buyers might back off a bit if prices get too high. Well, it looks like prices have not gotten too high yet as buyers are still buying.

Do I even attempt to make a prediction for this year’s residential real estate market on the Monterey Peninsula? Right now, I just can’t see anything that will magically create an increase of homes for sale. If buyers stop buying and homes stop selling, then inventory will pick up and prices may steady.

However, we still have many active buyers that are seriously wanting to buy a home on the Peninsula. There are just not enough sellers to match the buyers out there. So, I think my prediction will remain the same as last year, except that I don’t see any significant increase of homes for sale. If you are looking for listing advice or pricing advice please feel free to contact me at 831-238-8116 patrick.ryan@sothebyshomes.com. www.pebblebeachabodes.com

BaleyWik CTE is Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, a neurodegenerative disease caused by repeated hits to the head with or without concussion. In the Journal of the American Medical Association JAMA Neurology “Rates of disease have been found to be about 30 percent among those with a history of multiple head injuries.” Players of contact sports are particularly vulnerable to this disease.

Beginning in 2002, the forensic pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu who discovered CTE, found it in the brains of football players Mike Webster, Terry Long, Andre Waters, Justin Strzelczyk, and Tom McHale. Omalu, is now co-founder of the Brain Injury Research Institute.

Of all the brains of deceased NFL football players examined to date, 99 percent had CTE—that’s 110 of 111 dead NFL players’ brains. For high schoolers the rate is 21 percent and for college and semi-pro players it’s 91 percent. Before they died, most suffered episodes of depression, confusion, violence, disassociation and horror.

Dr. Ann McKee, Professor of Neurology and Pathology at Boston University School of Medicine is a leading authority on CTE and has testified before the U.S. House Judiciary Committee.

The Boston Globe reports: “In charting the arc of football as our national obsession, there’s a good chance 2017

will mark the start of its irreversible decline. For her skill and relentlessness in pursuing research that is forcing us to confront hard truths most of us would rather avoid, McKee is our Bostonian of the Year.”

But the band plays on.

This March, the NFL is proposing a new rule in professional football. Playing Rule Article 8: It is a foul if a player lowers his head to initiate and make contact with his helmet against an opponent.

The player may be disqualified. Applies to any player anywhere on the field. The player may be disqualified.

Roger Goodell, NFL Commissioner said. “We’re going to get it [the helmet] back to where it’s a protective device as opposed to something that can be used as a weapon.”

Interesting that he’d admit the helmet has been a “weapon” in the sport all along. But that does nothing to stop a player’s head from striking the ground after a violent tackle or being hit by a shoulder pad, an elbow, or a knee.

On Goodell’s stand on the controversy surrounding CTE, USA Today reports “He’s been obstinate when it comes to head trauma and its long-term consequences.”

Commentary: With 21 percent of high school football players having CTE found at autopsy, it makes one wonder how many more brains of dead children do we need to see before we act to end

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The Day the Rain Came and Came and Came

By Sue Arlson (aka Susie Robertson) I believe it was a month ago, that day it rained and never stopped, or never seemed to. It’s hard to imagine it was actually a month because the ground around the town is still wet. On nice sunny days our townspeople have to wear galoshes and some old timers carry raincoats and umbrellas around with them. When I asked one old man why he carried his raincoat and umbrella, his answer was simply, “Be prepared, young lady, just be prepared.”

It started out to be a nice sunny April day. Children were playing in a park, old timers were laughing over “the good old days” and the younger generation were busy doing “their thing.”

Suddenly an old creaking noise was heard throughout the town. Hands shot up to cover ears, little children began to cry. The creaking noise was so loud and high-pitched, many beautiful windows were broken.

The townspeople began to walk toward the creaking noise, which seemed to be coming from the main street in the town. One by one, people reached the street, and as each one arrived, mouths dropped open, eyes widened. Everyone was in a state of awe, for a few feet down the street from Penny’s Drug Store stood an ugly, black wagon. The creaking was still present, but no one knew where it was coming from.

A few brave citizens, who happened to be running for mayor in the next election, approached the wagon. They crept along with extreme care, hands over their ears, yet ever alert for what was to come.

The noise grew louder and louder with each step they took. Just as they were in reaching distance, the noise stopped. There wasn’t a sound anywhere. It was so quiet, the silence hurt. Troubles were over, or so we thought.

With the creaking noise gone, we all

walked back to our activities. The three men who had been brave enough to inspect the wagon were now a little uneasy. They still were not satisfied with the sudden stop of the awful noise. “Where had it come from?” “Whose wagon is this?” “Does this wagon have something to do with the noise?” These were the questions that lurked in the minds of those men. Still not satisfied, they went one step closer to the wagon. When your curiosity is aroused you must satisfy it or never get any rest.

This is one time it would have paid to live with the unrest, for the simple step set the town on the track which led us to what we are today. . . wet!

As soon as the men stepped forward, it began to rain. This was no ordinary rain either. It was raining harder than cats and dogs! What was worse yet was there wasn’t a cloud in the sky and the sun was still shining. One of the men spotted three raincoats in the wagon and they all took one and put it on. That would prove to be their second mistake.

After each man had his raincoat on, they had an undeniable urge to get in the wagon, which they did. There were no horses, donkeys or any animal to pull the wagon, yet as soon as they climbed into the wagon, it moved! Soon the men were speeding through the town, the rain still hurtling down.

Our town is built in a circular shape, with the main street in town making a complete circle in the center of town. This is where the action took place as the rain came tumbling down harder than ever.

The faster the wagon with the three me in it sped around Carson Street, the main street, the harder the rain fell. It was as if some magical force caused the wagon to speed to make the rain fall harder.

The action made an awful racket. The men were yelling, the wagon was cracking

Mustache Competition Returns to Good Old Days Saturday, April 14 at 5:00p.m.

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

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

(again) and the rain was thundering down.

Just as the wagon was making the circle for the fifth time, one of the men jumped out, and, strangely enough, the rain let up just a little. This gave the two men an idea. They figured if one man jumped out and the rain let up a little, they could jump out and the rain would stop. So, when the wagon made its seventh circle, another man jumped out and on the eighth time around, the third man jumped out. The rain stopped and the wagon went back to its original place.

To this day, no one knows whose wagon it is, or why it is there. No one dares to touch it and no one dares to try to discover why it still creaks. Every day at one o’clock in the afternoon, the creaking begins, and it doesn’t stop until five o’clock. You see, that’s how long the rain lasted on that rainy day and the wagon keeps us well informed of its power. A day I’ll never forget is when the rain came and came and came.

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Legal Notices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20180662 The following person is doing business as CHURCH th 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.

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Legal Notices 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. 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. 20180433 The following person is doing business as THE CLEANING MACHINE, 1464 Withers Ave., Monterey, Monterey County, CA 93940: CLEANING MACHINE THE INC., 1464 Withers Ave., Monterey, CA 93940. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 02/27/2018. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 01/04/96.

Signed: Stephen M. Williams, President. This business is conducted by a corporation. Publication dates: 3/16, 3/23, 3/30, 4/6/18

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. 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. 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. 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. 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

ICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20180403 The following person is doing business as UNITED POWER SERVICE, 301 Watson Street, Ste A. , Monterey, Monterey County, CA 93940: Coherent Innovations, LLC, 301 Watson St., Ste. A, 301 Watson St., Ste. A, Monterey, CA 93940. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 02/23/2018.

Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 01/21/10. Signed: Daniel Naranjo, President. This business is conducted by a corporation. Publication dates: 3/23, 3/30, 4/6, 4/13/18

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• April 6, 2018

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.

Carmel Valley Garden Club is committed to maintaining, improving, and beautifying the Carmel Valley area while educating its members. Membership is open to anyone, not just residents of Carmel Valley.

Annual Easter Egg Hunt: Fair for all, big and small Editor:

I want to give a big “Thank You” to CourseCo for holding their second annual Easter egg hunt for Pacific Grove children last weekend. I loved hearing the woman who, seeing thousands of colored eggs lying around, asked, “who colored them all?”

This year there was one area for kids under 6 and one for those over that age. This ensured that the older kids didn’t get all of the eggs; leaving the little ones with only a few prizes.

With 6.000 eggs spread out on both the golf course and the grounds around the Lighthouse, kids both small and tall had a great time hunting and filling their baskets.

Of course, it took them less than three minutes to collect them all – but everybody got something!

Thank you CourseCo for being such a good Pacific Grove business and looking out for our children! Both the kids and the parents had a great time. The breakfast at the Point Pinos Grill afterward was nice too.

Rudy Fischer Pacific Grove

BUTTERFLY TOWN

Monterey Peace and Justice Center presents ‘VA: The Human Cost of War,’ Documentary Screening

Date: Friday, April 13, 2018 Time: 1:30 pm--2:30 pm Doors open 1:00 pm Film runtime: 60 min.

2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Discussion about the film 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm – VFP Chapter 46 regular chapter meeting – this is an open public meeting; the public is invited to attend.

Location: Monterey Peace and Justice Center 1364 Fremont Blvd., Seaside Cost: Free event. $5 suggested donation appreciated, but no one turned away.

Sponsors: Sponsored by the Veterans for Peace, Chapter 46, and Monterey Peace and Justice Center “VA: The Human Cost Of War” examines the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, exploring its successes, its healthcare role in America and its massive failures in properly caring for post-war veterans. It bares the need for major reform of a system that suffers from corruption, flawed policies and deficient funding. This one-hour, indepth film presents, often in wrenching detail, the workings of this vital but at times beleaguered institution. It was produced in 2017 as part of a PBS series focusing on the experiences of U.S. military veterans.

Told through a series of personal stories from veterans and intertwined with deep historical and political analysis from leading scholars and elected officials, the film illustrates the key ways in which the VA, and we as a society, fail our veterans, who, according to Department of Veterans Affairs research, continue to commit suicide at the harrowing rate of 20 veterans per day.

The program features interviews with key figures such as: Dr. David J. Shulkin, U.S. Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Beto O’Rourke, U.S. Representative, Texas’ 16th District, Member of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs; Paul Rieckhoff, First Lieutenant U.S. Army, Ret., Founder & CEO of IAVA; Seth Moulton, Officer Marine Corps, Ret. U.S. Representative, Massachusetts’ 6th District; Linda J. Bilmes, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard University; and Jean and Howard Somers, the parents of Daniel Somers, a retired Army Intelligence Officer who served during Operation Iraqi Freedom and committed suicide on June 10, 2013.

Produced by LP Life Productions and Steeplechase Films, directed by six-time Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Ric Burns and executive produced by Lois Pope. The documentary was produced in 2017 as part of a PBS series, Stories of Service, focusing on the stories and experiences of U.S. military veterans. More info at PBS: http:// www.pbs.org/show/va-human-cost-war/

About the Sponsors:

Veterans For Peace is a global organization of Military Veterans and allies whose collective efforts focus on building a culture of peace by using their experiences and voices to inform the public of the true causes of war and the enormous costs of wars, with an obligation to heal the wounds of wars.

Email:Justin Loza, Justinloza@vfp46.com Website: https://veteransforpeacech46.wordpress.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnSteinbeckIV/ MPJC: The Monterey Peace and Justice Center’s mission is to inspire and mobilize the people of Monterey County to cultivate peace, social justice, nonviolence, democracy, and environmental sustainability in our community and the world through education and advocacy.

Email: Catherine Crockett, monterypeaceandjustice@gmail.com We b s i t e : h t t p s : / / p e a c e c e n t r a l . w o r d p r e s s . c o m / Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/montereypeaceandjusticecenter/

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.

Keith Larson

April 6, 2018 • CEDAR STREET

Church in the Forest “To change the world we must change our hearts.”

The only church in Pebble Beach, The Church in the Forest, began in the Erdman Chapel at Robert Louis Stevenson School on September 13, 1987. The chapel was designed by San Francisco architect John Lyon Reid. It can seat 235, but the balcony, originally seating about 50, is now devoted to a baroque Greg Harrold pipe organ built and installed in 1992. The church leases the chapel from Stevenson School but also remains supportive of school events and during weekdays.

The church building is modern in design. Its ceiling and walls are supported by 14 massive wooden pillars—seven to a side. A modest stone-walled office is attached to the side of the main structure. The interior is appointed with 20 dark wooden 10-foot pews with royal purple cushions. A floor-to-ceiling glass wall behind the altar imbues the chapel with daylight and accords a view of the surrounding forest and sky.

The Church was conceived by Joseph Wandke, President of the Stevenson School. The founding minister was Episcopal priest L. Lamont Wiltsee, assisted by Stevenson School Chaplains Dr. Paul Woudenberg, a Methodist minister, and Clifford “Coach” Wilson.

Rev. Joanne M. Swenson, Th.D. began her ministry at the Church in the Woods in August of 2016. Two years earlier, she founded the Twelve Foundation, a nonprofit committed to small

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Folk with guest artists twice a month from other cities around the country and locally including the “Monterey String Quartet.”

Demographics Pastor Swenson describes the demographics of her congregation as “reflective of the surrounding community, mostly empty-nesters, seniors, and white.” memorial services for anyone including Theology non-members. She also noted that the The Church in the Forest describes church has a congregation of about 400 itself as non-denominational, but Chriswith about 140 attending on a typical tian multi-denominational is perhaps a Sunday. better appellation. Its worship draws on She sees her biggest challenge as the challenge of today’s Church: how to the Christian traditions of its members and clergy. Prayers and Holy Communion reach the mostly young New Atheists services are taken from the Episcopal who reject religion and embrace newage ideas such as yoga, dieting, chanting Book of Common Prayer, hymns from the and the like to achieve “spirituality.” She Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian traditions, and sermons from broad scholarship believes they have only a casual underand contemporary concerns. standing of the story of Christ, adding The church is open to all. Rev Sw“After any loss or suffering, you hear the enson said “Although I have not yet perChristian story in a different way.” formed a same-sex marriage, I’d certainly Music is an important element of do one.” worship at the Church in the Forest.

The church acquired a Steinway Model Outreach B Grand Piano in 1995 to complement Fellowship gatherings such as Twelfth its music program. Melinda Coffey Night burning of the greens on the beach, Armstead, pianist, is music director pre-Lenten hors d’oeuvres fest, Spring of the church. She has recorded over Breakfast and a Fall Anniversary Party 60 recitals for the CBC and on CD for comprise the church’s outreach programs.

Waterlily Records, Toronto and Meridian Services Records, London. She has also recorded Sunday Bible study at 8:30 am. Sunthree CDs of solo piano pieces: “Seaday Music Concertino at 9:15 am. Sunday son of Dreams” (meditative pieces and Services at 9:30 am. lullabies), “Beyond Words” (romantic showpieces) and “Christmas ReflecFor more information: Call 831-624tions” (contemporary arrangements of 1374, email admin@churchintheforest. traditional carols.) org, website www.churchintheforest.

Melinda produces about 52 org, or visit Church in the Forest, Erdman mini-concerts at the church annually.

Chapel at Stevenson School, 3152 Forest Her repertoire is mostly classical, but Lake Road, Pebble Beach, CA 93953. also includes Dixieland, jazz, Celtic and

Sanctuary of the Soul group ministries—covenants of spiritual friends deepening their Christian community through personal sharing, scripture, and prayer. She has brought that ministry into the Church in the Forest with eight small-group fellowships that meet every week or two in different members’ homes.

Rev. Swenson obtained a BA in political theology from St. Olaf College, Minnesota in 1977 and Doctorate of Theology from Harvard University in 1993.

She was the youngest of four whose father was a Presbyterian and mother a Lutheran in a small North Dakota town where the most learned people were ministers who were mentors and father figures. She became ordained in the United Church of Christ in 1983, but left that denomination. “The church should be more about faith and less about politics” she said. “I’ve seen so many who are successful but broken” she added.

“To change the world we must change our hearts.”

She describes the Church in the Forest as “a simple church by design, we have no committees, no Sunday school, no night services” she said. “We unapologetically serve adult faith development—the empty-nesters.”

Rev. Swenson explained that the church performs about two weddings per month and conducts baptisms and

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• April 6, 2018

Humpty Dumpty Housing—Part 7

Rekindling the belief that with Good all things are possible. . .

Dashing through last Monday’s afternoon rush hour traffic to get my blood pressure tested before Doctors on Duty closed, I cut through La Tierra’s parking lot in Seaside.

If time hadn’t been tight, I’d have circled back for a double take at the scene by the green dumpster behind the Mexican mercado. A lopsided little body I recognized was slumped in a big office chair by a pile of black trash bags.

“I’ll check it out later,” I said.

Wrong!

On Tuesday morning I remembered glimpsing the surreal scene like something from “Jesus Christ Superstar” (which I watched on TV on Easter Sunday night).

“Was she dead from suicide?”

Strange thought, except this week marks the third anniversary since a guest in the granny unit of my house committed suicide from what he described as being “homeless in the heart.”

Holy Week for the Homeless “This is Holy Week for the Homeless,” Innner Muse said.

“What?”

The internal dialogue revved up.

“Easter Sunday was the first day of this week. Easter egg hunts are metaphors for questing for miracles. Passover started last Friday and is continuing. Consider the homeless woman as a Paschal Lamb.”

“Are you kidding?”

“Miracles still happen.”

“That’s what the Salvation Army says.”

“It’s true.”

“So?” “Help people find proof.”

“How?” “Start with a few miracle workers who rekindle the belief that with Good all things are possible.”

The voice faded after reminding me, “A miracle is a beneficent thought translated into wondrous, even divine, daily life.”

“Sounds like unconditional love.”

“Exactly!”

The Miracle Workers at Gathering for Women I contacted Carol Greenwald, founding light behind The Gathering Place, who knows how to turn ideas into actions that work wonders. The name changed to Gathering for Women with incorporation as a 501 C-3 non-profit two years after the Tuesday morning program at San Carlos Cathedral was launched to feed, clothe and provide assistance to unsheltered women of the Monterey Peninsula.

I attended their first luncheon back in 2014. Eighteen homeless women turned

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Timothy Barrett, Monterey City Councilmember, is named Honorary “Monterey Miracle Worker” Award recipient out for lasagna and salad.

Today, Gathering for Women serves as many as 80-100 homeless women every Tuesday at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 490 Aguajito Rd., Carmel, operates a day center in Monterey, and is hoping soon to serve daily lunch on its own premises.

Carol confirmed GFW’s fourth anniversary was Easter Sunday and said Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, Montage Health, is sponsoring a 2018 Community Breakfast Inaugural “Open Your Heart” fundraiser to open the doors of their day center. The event is Thursday, April 24, 7:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. in the Ferrantes Bayview Ballroom, Marriott Monterey Hotel, 350 Calle Principal, Monterey.

The $35 tickets are available from www.gatheringforwomen.org/2018-community-breakfast/ Contact Jennifer Dalton, executive director, 831-241-6154.

The Miracle Workers of the Fremont Street Mission for Elderly Women Lois Varner, retired public health nurse, was named by California Assemblyman Mark Stone as “Woman of the Year” last month for helping homeless women of Seaside through her Monday morning Fremont Street Mission for Elderly Women at Burger King.

Lois and her partner in the ministry, Judy Peiken, are being honored as a team in the United Way Monterey County LIVE UNITED Awards, Tuesday, April 24, 5:30 p.m., Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa, 400 Cannery Row, Monterey. For details, contact Lynda Patrick at 831-372-8026 or lyndapatrick@unitedwaymcca.org .

The Miracle Worker of Monterey Miracle Workers honor the divine essence of people like the woman on the swivel chair who appeared dead beside the overflowing dumpster, as if she had flopped, murmured, “Lord, take me,” and

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I knew only that she probably had a peaches-and-cream complexion six decades earlier. Now, her bloated suncracked face looked like maroon dyed saddle leather.

Our paths had crossed previously at Kentucky Fried Chicken, where she dug through trash while I ordered takeout. I tried speaking to her, but she vanished into the bushes. Her chalky white feet were bare and black.

On Tuesday morning I returned to the parking lot to see if she was still there. The dumpster was empty, the chair was across the lot behind a building, and no one living or dead was visible. No mention was made online of a dead woman like her.

The incident was reminiscent of Monterey City Councilmember Timothy Barrett’s recent Facebook post stating he’d just seen a dead homeless man clad in a thin shirt on a bus bench.

Timothy said he’d rather see the man in a shelter “in my own backyard” than on a bench in the cold.

Soon after, Timothy followed up his post by announcing the man had survived.

He’d apparently been dead--dead drunk.

And Timothy, who saw the divine aspect of the man’s being, and expressed his sincere care, earns one of two honorary Homeless in Paradise Column’s awards for “Miracle Worker of Monterey.”

The other goes to The Salvation Army.

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Times • Page 19 P.G. to Alamos, Mexico—Nine What does God say about Generations of Separation the doors in our lives?

April 6, 2018 • CEDAR STREET

Keepers of our Culture Patricia Hamilton and Joyce Krieg

We’re all familiar with six degrees of separation—the idea that there are just six “friend of a friend” connections separating us from every other person on the planet—but how about the concept of nine generations? That’s roughly the number of genealogical connections separating long-time Monterey peninsula families from the Spanish conquistadors, and what separates Pacific Grove from Alamos, Mexico.

Alamos, a town in northwestern Mexico in the state of Sonora, is one of the “Silver Cities,” so-named for the abundant silver mines in the region. The wealthy silver mining families of the Alamos region funded the early overland explorations of Alta California.

All of us who studied California history in fourth grade know about the Portola and DeAnza expeditions that led to the founding of the Presidio of Monterey, but we may not be aware that nearly half of the expeditions’ members came from Alamos.

Tracing Her Roots Down the Royal Road Pacific Grove resident Diana Dennett is a ninth-generation descendant of those early Spanish colonists who traces her roots back down the Royal Road, El Camino Real, to Alamos. In her book, “Tell Me More Ancestor Stories,” Grandma (Park Place Publications, 1992), she describes great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather Pablo Antonio Cota, whose records as a padrino (godfather) in 1771 and 1774 are preserved in the Carmel mission.

But that’s not the only connection between Pacific Grove and Alamos. Patricia Hamilton, one-half of the “Keepers of Our Culture” column, is a frequent member of the American ex-pat community in Alamos, and has just returned to P.G. with a new project: to create a book of Alamos stories. She envisions this volume to be similar to “Life in Pacific Grove,” the collection of true tales by and for residents and visitors to our town that she published last year. The book will be called Life in Alamos, Sonora, Mexico and is planned as the first in a “Stories of Mexico” series, similar to the “Stories of America” series that is growing out of Life in Pacific Grove.

Patricia says, “These books are designed to promote cultural awareness and community spirit through the power of story. I believe strongly in the power of stories to bring communities together, helping different peoples to understand each other and coexist peacefully. Plus, writing down your life experiences and sharing them with others is a powerful, proven way to build confidence and compassion for yourself.”

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.

The mission bells are a familiar sight along California’s section of El Camino Real, the “royal road” that runs all the way to Alamos, Mexico, connecting two cultures and nearly 250 years of history.

Bill Cohen

Reasoning With God Jn 10:7, “Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.” All who choose to become sheep will find their way to the open door, Jn 14:6, “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me” and an eternal life with God the Father, Rev 3:8, “I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.” God sends His servants into this world looking for His lost sheep, even for those who deny His name, Mk 16:15, “And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.” He is always ready to do whatever it takes to save every last one of them, Matt 18:12, “How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray?” Some of us shut the door to our hearts and never know about the open door to salvation. But, God continues to knock at the door of our hearts; wishing we would open it and let Him tell us about salvation, Rev 3:20-21, “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.”

Our lives are filled with many doors, some we should go through and some we should not, and everyone one of them changes our lives forever. God knows the doors we should go through. When we open the door of our hearts and let Him in, He leads us to the doors of a more enjoyable abundant life, Matt 7:7-8, “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.” We need His guidance to find the correct doors, Prov 3:5-6, “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.”

When we accept Jesus as our savior we will clearly see the doors He has opened for us. Patience and faith are required as we look for these doors, for God’s timing is better than our timing, Ps 27:14, “Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord.” and Eccl 3:1, “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:” and Is 40:31, “But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”

Sometimes God allows doors to remain closed for our own good, Prov 16:9, “A man’s heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps.” If we were to open those doors, they would lead us away from God and His plan. So, He steps in and keeps those doors closed. We need not dwell on the closed door, for God has seen the future and knows what needs to happen for His plan to be completed, Rom 8:28, “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.” Our faith allows us to wait on the Lord’s timing and it also sustains us during tribulations, Rom 5:3-5, “And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.” So, the next time we are passed up for a promotion, or a person who attracts us is not attracted to us, we can accept the closed door and move on knowing God has something better planned for us. Our response should be joyful prayer and service to others in expectation of the exciting things God has planned for us, 1 Pet 4:10, “As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.” When we do these things God is faithful to complete a good work in us, Phil 1:6, “Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:” There are times we face doors that seem closed because of some adversity but are really part of God’s plan, as did Noah, Joseph, Moses, Mary, and Jesus. Noah did not let the 120 years of criticism stop him from building the Ark. Joseph did not let his brothers selling him into slavery stop him from rising to the second highest position of authority in Egypt. Moses did not let the 40 years of his people’s complaining stop him from leading them to the Promised Land. Mary did not let the stigma of an immaculate conception stop her from marrying Joseph and raising Jesus. Jesus did not let the suffering and death He faced stop Him from accepting the cross and offering salvation to all of us. All were parts of God’s plan and those doors were open but the doorways were not easily crossed. The key to knowing whether a door is truly closed is in the Word of God. He never leads us to an open door that requires us to defy His Word.

Our patience and willingness to open the door of our hearts lead us to Him, Jn 10:2-3, “But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out.” God has sent many out into this world to speak the mystery of Christ, so that every last one of us has a chance to accept His offer of salvation, Col 4:3, “Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds:” Amen!

The DeAnza expedition, which resulted in the founding of the Presidio of Monterey, was funded by wealthy silver mining families in Alamos, Mexico. Many of the members of the exploratory party were from Alamos. Today, descendants of those early Spanish colonists are living in our community.

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

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