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Will Bullas Exhibit Marjorie Evans Gallery Snset Center 9AM - 5 PM

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Burham as Burgoyne 5:30 Little House in Jewell Park

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Relocation Celebration Butterfly Gift Shop 623 A Lighthouse 6-9 PM with first Friday •

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Fri. July 3

First Friday Downtown Pacific Grove Free •

4th of July

Hometown Celebration at Caledonia Park • Free •

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Annual St. Mary’s Antique Show Lawn: Free $8 admission $12 Lunch Music, Silent Auction, Food, Demos, Tours, Plants 831-373-4441 •

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View from Lighthouse Avenue at Fountain Avenue.

ISO Likes Consolidation, Raises Area Rankings

Fashions of the Feast Boutique + Vintage Feast of Lanterns Fashions Asilomar Noon $25

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Inside 100 Years Ago in Pacific Grove........... 5 Animal Tales & Other Random Thoughts............... 11 Cartoon.............................................. 2 Cop Log............................................. 5 Financial.......................................... 15 Homeless in Paradise....................... 14 Keepers of Our Culture.................... 12 Legal Notices................................... 16 Opinion........................................... 22 Otter Views...................................... 11 Peeps............................................... 10 Rainfall.............................................. 2 Real Estate......................... 3, 4, 12, 20 Sports.............................................. 14

“OK, it’s not going to be yellow and blue,” said David Gash, one of the soon-to-be owners of the Holman Building in downtown Pacific Grove, as he unveiled concept drawings to the public.

A “Good Morning, Pacific Grove” meeting, sponsored by PG&E at the behest of the Chamber of Commerce was held Wed., June 24 in the former Kelly-Moore site in the basement of the Holman Building. Gash, along with partners Craig Bell and Matt Tanzi, have hung large renderings and plans for the Holman project on the walls of the space. They invite the public to go look and to offer comments.

Current plans call for parking under the building along with retail space or a restaurant where the paint store was once located.

They’re seeking separate APN numbers so

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• Sat. July 18

• Wed. July 22

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Public Gets a Peek at Preliminary Concept Drawings

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Feast of Lanterns Opening Ceremonies + Happy Birthday PG Cautauqua Hall Noon Free

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Aerial view from Fountain Avenue at Central Avenue.

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The Insurance Services Office (ISO), which ranks fire protection services of American communities for insurance companies, has raised the ratings for areas served by the Monterey Fire Department. Improved ratings may lead to lower insurance rates for customers in a community because of reduced risks.

ISO sets ratings classes for fire services on a scale of 1-10, with 1 being the highest ratings class. ISO ratings improved for all 5 areas served by the Monterey Fire Department as follows: • Monterey - improved from 3 to 2 • Carmel - improved from 4 to 2 • Sand City - improved from 4 to 2 • Airport - improved from 4 to 2 • Pacific Grove - improved from 3 to 2 Nationwide, approximately 2 percent of fire departments receive ratings of 2 or higher.

Pacific Grove City Manager Tom Frutchey thanked Chief Panholzer for his efforts on behalf of the Pacific Grove City Council and community. “As a direct result of the Chief’s efforts, our residents and commercial property owners will be able to request reduced property insurance costs from their insurers,” said Frutchey. “Experience has shown that a typical property should be able to receive roughly a 5 percent decrease.

For an annual insurance premium of $1,000, that can represent a $50 savings each year.”

Frutchey said the ISO report on it

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• June 26, 2015

Joan Skillman

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that retail condominiums can be sold on the first floor, either to owner/operators or as investments to be leased to retail operations.

Gash described “Walls of History” where site-specific as well as area history can be told to people walking into the first floor on a marble floor.

The mezzanine level is envisioned to hold offices, three condos, and a meeting room. The third and fourth floors will hold nine units each, eight of which will have ocean views.

“But the views from anywhere, even if it’s not an ocean view, will be spectacular,” said Gash.

Decks on the Fountain Avenue side will be divided off for the units on the third and fourth floors.

On the roof, as show in the concept drawing, there will be four penthouse condominiums.

Gash expained that Power USA has a 30-year ownership interest in the portion of the roof which holds the cell towers. The cell towers which currently exist will be moved to the front of the rooftop and artfully screened behind walls.

“We are going to do this first class,” he said.

Questions fro the audience included water availability (they have been advised by the Water Management District that they have plenty for the existing plans). Someone asked it the plans for a Hilton Garden Inn on the portion of the parcel where owner/ seller Nader Agha envisions a 135-room hotel will impact the view from the condos.

Yes, perhaps, for the mezzanine-level units was the answer. And the question on the minds of most in Pacific Grove: “When?” Mark Brodeur, chief of planning for the city, said he thought that once the plans went through Architectural Review Board and the Historic Resources Committee and then to Planning, there could be permits in December 2015. “And shovels in the ground” in January 2016.

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Casey Lucius to Address Republican Women’s Luncheon

The monthly luncheon meeting of Monterey Peninsula Republican Women Federated will be held on Thursday, July 9, at Rancho Canada Golf Club, 4860 Carmel Valley Road, Carmel Valley. The Speaker will be Casey Lucius, Pacific Grove councilwoman, and candidate for California's 20th district in the U.S. House of Representatives. Casey will speak about her candidacy and the top three issues she will campaign on. Social is at 11:30, Lunch is at noon. $22.00 for members, $25.00 for non-members. Men are always welcome to attend. RSVP by July 6, Sylvia at 484-1104 or Cindy at mcrp. cin@gmail.com.

Monterey Facing Potential Fish Die-Off at Its Harbor

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Monterey Marina is experiencing huge numbers of mackerel and sardines in the harbor and officials are concerned about the potential of a fish die-off as occurred in 1996.

That year, so many fish came into the harbor and stayed that they literally suffocated as all the oxygen in the water was used up. The smell of an estimated 1000 tons of dead, oily fish was disgusting and could be smelled for miles. Seabirds were affected as well.

Officials have set out 15 aerators under the water to stir it up and create bubbles. The hope is that enough air will be added to the water that the fish will not run out of oxygen.

It is not known whether the fish came in because they were driven by predators or because there is a large red tide in the Bay, or some other reason.

A video of the hordes of fish is provided by the City of Monterey and can be viewed on our website at wwwcedarstreettimes.com

Rainfall Year is Officially Over But hopefully not the Rain Itself

The end of June is the end of the rain season fiscal year. The total rainfall for the year at Canterbury Woods was 19.49” which is .57” over the historic cumulative average. This was due to the two heavy storms last December. Most of the rain in these two storms ran off and did not seep down into the soil, noted Jack Beigle, who records rainfall for us at Canterbury Woods. We recorded very low rainfall for the balance of the year.

Pacific Grove’s Rain Gauge Data reported by Jack Beigle from Canterbury Woods Week ending 6-4-15.............................0. 00” Total for the season.............................19.49” To date last year..................................11.58” The historic average to this date is .....18.92”

Wettest year..................................................47.15” During rain year 07-01-7 through 06-30-98 Driest year....................................................4.013” During rain year 07-01-12 through 06-30-13

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Ron Fenstermaker has a thorough understanding of the complexities of buying or selling a home in Pacific Grove.

Number of Cities in Each Ranking

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MST Seeks Input

Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) would like to hear from seniors, people with disabilities, veterans, and their advocates about their transportation needs.

MST is developing a Measure Q 15-year Plan to protect existing programs and services as well as guide new investments in programs and services. A survey has been developed to gather input from seniors, veterans, people with disabilities, and their advocates on how this money should be spent. The survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete and is available in English and Spanish through a link on MST’s website homepage, www. mst.org, or directly at the following links: English: https://www.surveymonkey. com/r/MSTMeasQEnglish Spanish: https://www.surveymonkey. com/r/MSTMedidaQ On November 4, 2014, the voters of Monterey County approved Measure Q, a new countywide 1/8 cent sales tax measure for public transit to be used solely for transportation programs that serve veterans, seniors, and persons with disabilities.

Beginning in July 2015, Measure Q will raise approximately $7 million per year for 15 years.

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findings credited modernization in the region’s water system – hydrants and main lines –for part of the rating improvement.

Another factor is upgrades in local building codes, e.g. requirements for sprinkler systems in buildings of more than 5900 square feet. Consolidation is another factor, he says.

Monterey Fire Chief Gaudenz Panholzer also attributes the improvements to regional fire consolidations with surrounding communities that provide a greater depth of resources, and the dedication of Monterey Fire personnel in providing excellent service.

“The new ISO ratings are good news for the communities served by Monterey Fire,” said Chief Panholzer. “With some work, we were able to improve the ratings of all the communities in our service area to a 2.” As a result of a meeting between Chief Panholzer and ISO, Pacific Grove, Sand City, and the Airport were raised to a 2.

ISO does not evaluate fire protection services for military communities.

The Monterey Fire Department serves the communities of Monterey, Pacific Grove, Carmel-by-the-Sea, Sand City, Presidio of Monterey, Naval Postgraduate School, La Mesa Village and the Monterey Regional Airport.

Despite improving risks, Pacific Grove Fire, which normally sees one building fire per year, has seen four in the past month, including one Saturday night which occurred behind a home at Devisadero Street and Prescott Lane.

The fire was contained to a detached shed and a deck. Four engines, a truck, and a division chief went out plus a truck from Pebble Beach.

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Pacific Grove Rotary Club Presents

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• June 26, 2015

Keith Israel Retires, Paul Sciuto Takes Reins at MRWPCA

All Stars Washington-Bound

Meet the Monterey County High School All-Star Band featuring five PGHS students...George Haugen, Tyler Beron, Jeremiah Greenberg, David Twohig and Felix Diaz. This group will be performing on July 4 at the Kennedy Center in DC. It will be streamed live at kennedy-center.org. 6 pm Eastern, 3 pm Pacific.

Where Are The Missing Plaques?

Did we have an alien invasion?

Recently the Heritage Society of Pacific Grove had the help of a CSUMB intern to compile a list of all the houses in PG that have been awarded a plaque designating the historic importance of the house. It came to our attention that about 100 houses do not have their plaque on display. Where did they go? Could they be in the kitchen drawer?

Are they sitting on the mantle?

Historical importance plaque We would like to encourage all plaque owners to proudly display them so townspeople and visitors alike can fully appreciate all the homes that have been recognized.

We should mention that a considerable amount of time goes in to the making of these plaques, from the volunteers who provide and cut the redwood, do the lettering, to the volunteer who does the routering, to the person we pay to do the painting.

So this is a shout out to all of you to please display your green plaques. If your plaque is in need of replacement, or if you need assistance in displaying it, please contact us at 372-2898.

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Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency (MRWPCA) Board of Directors announced the retirement of General Manager Keith Israel and has named Paul A. Sciuto as the new General Manager.

Israel, who has served as the Agency’s General Manager for the past 27 years, will be retiring on June 19. MRWPCA’s Board Chair, Gloria De La Rosa, presented Israel with a Resolution of Appreciation at the June 8, 2015 Board of Directors meeting.

The resolution highlighted many of the Agency’s accomplishments during Israel’s tenure. De La Rosa also stated, “Keith is a very dedicated employee and his contributions to the advancement of the Agency are very much appreciated. We want to thank him for his service and wish Keith and his family the best as he enters this new chapter in his life.”

Entering the General Manager posi- Paul Sciuto tion is Paul Sciuto. With more than 26 years of experience in the water/wastewater/recycled water industries, Sciuto has been serving as the Deputy General Manager for MRWPCA since August 2014. Prior to his arrival at MRWPCA, Sciuto was the Assistant General Manager and Legislative Advocacy representative at South Tahoe Public Utility District for 11 years. In addition to his role at South Tahoe, Sciuto has served as a private consultant for two San Francisco Bay Area companies as well as an Assistant Engineer with Central Contra Costa Sanitary District.

Sciuto is registered as a Professional Engineer with the State of California, has a B.S. in civil engineering from U.C. Davis, an M.S. from Pepperdine University, and an MBA from California State University – Hayward. Sciuto and his family reside in Carmel.

MRWPCA Board Chair, Gloria De La Rosa says, “The Board was unanimous in their support and selection of Sciuto as the next General Manager for the Agency.”

Outgoing General Manager Keith Israel says, “Paul has come in and done a great job of working with the staff, and understanding the issues that face the Board. He understands what steps need to be taken in the future. The Agency is in very capable hands.”

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Pair sought in Holman robbery Two suspects allegedly robbed Holman Antiques and stole a pair of diamond earrings and a men’s and women’s Rolex watch.

The robbery happened at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 19. The suspects stole the merchandise while the clerk was distracted, and the earrings and watches were not discovered missing until closing time.

One of the suspects was described as a heavy-set black male between 40 and 50 years old. He was wearing a black hat, blue shirt and dark pants.

The other suspect was described as a black female of medium build, between the age of 40 and 50 years old. She was wearing a blue headband, white rimmed glasses, a blue shirt that said “Curry,” and black pants.

Sergeant Jeff Fenton of the Pacific Grove police department said the women’s watch is estimated to be worth $4,500, the men’s watch to be worth between $30,000 and $37,000, and the earrings to be worth $12,500.

Fenton said their investigation indicates that the same suspects were seen in Carmel that same day.

Surveillance video of suspects sought in robbery at Holman’s

Man Who Assaulted Landlady Convicted: Says He ‘Snapped’

Monterey County District Attorney Dean D. Flippo announced that Marc Cross, age 64 and a Carmel resident, pled guilty to felony assault and admitted that he personally inflicted great bodily injury.

On January 24, 2015, Cross engaged in a heated argument with the victim who was his landlord. He hit the victim in the head area three times. The victim, who had a shunt placed in her head from a previous unrelated head injury she incurred, fell to the ground and received numerous lacerations to her head area. Also, the force of the blows caused damage to the shunt. She was transported to the Natividad Medical Center where she was treated for her injuries and had the shunt repaired.

Monterey County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived at the landlord’s home and immediately arrested Cross. He stated that he “snapped” and was “sorry” for hurting the victim. Deputies did a thorough search of the home and adjoining properties and did not recover any possible weapons.

Cross will be sentenced by the Honorable Pamela Butler on September 23, 2015, and faces a maximum of 7 years in state prison.

Carmel sets workshop on new waste collection company, GreenWaste

The City of Carmel-by-the-Sea will hold a public workshop on Monday, June 22, in Carpenter Hall at the Sunset Center on the local operations of GreenWaste Recovery, soon to become the new waste hauler for all city residences and businesses. The workshop will begin at 5 p.m. Representatives of the city and GreenWaste Recovery will be present to explain the service and to answer questions.

Following a competitive bid process for garbage and recycling services, the City Council awarded GreenWaste the contract. The hauler assumes its role on Wednesday, July 1. Waste Management has the city contract through June 30.

Carmel seeks public input on public parking program at two meetings

The City of Carmel-by-the-Sea will hold a pair of public meetings this month on the pilot paid parking program in the downtown commercial district that began in early December.

The first meeting will be on Wednesday, June 24, at 4:30 p.m. at the Carmel Woman’s Club on San Carlos Street and 9th Avenue. At that meeting Director of Public Safety Mike Calhoun and Steffen Turoff of Walker Parking Consultants will present information and data about the six-month program and answer questions from the public.

At a second public meeting, on Tuesday, June 30, at 4:30 p.m., also at the Carmel Woman’s Club, there will be general discussion about the program. The City Council will discuss the issue at an upcoming meeting. That date has not yet been set.

The downtown paid parking area is on both sides of a five-block stretch of Ocean Avenue from Junipero Avenue to Monte Verde Street. There is one multi-space parking kiosk on each side of Ocean Avenue in that area.

“We want businesspeople and residents to share their thoughts with us,” said Calhoun. “This is the end of the six-month trial program and feedback from the public will help the City determine where we go from here to further improve parking for our downtown visitors and residents.”

Prior to the program’s inception, the City held public workshops in April and October of 2014 and February of 2015. Chief Calhoun also met with businesspeople, Carmel Chamber of Commerce CEO Monta Potter, the Carmel Residents Association board members and others.

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Marge Ann Jameson Cop Log Cop Log 6/13/15 – 6/19/15 Fit over Water Bill Officers were sent to an address on Funston where neighbors heard loud yelling. The man who had been yelling said that he’d received a $600 water bill and blamed his roommate and the roommate’s girlfriend who used large amounts of water and that he was stuck with the bill.

Lost and found A wallet was lost Ocean View Blvd.

Yet another wallet was lost Ocean View Blvd.

Yet another wallet was lost but this time on Arkwright Ct. No kidding, yet another wallet was lost but this time on Central.

A wallet was found on Central and turned in. Owner came and got it.

A wallet was lost on Central. Probably not the one mentioned above.

Fish Retrieved Reporting party saw two white male adults dumping fish into the storm drain and thought maybe they were trying to poison raccoons. Three fish were retrieved by officers and the fish were examined. No trace of poison was found.

Officers put the fish in a plastic bag and put them in the city’s dumpster. The raccoons will live another day. The fish not so much.

Car door and Trunk Ajar Party reported finding their neighbor’s car door and trunk open. It appeared it had been rummaged.

Thefts From...Wait...Unlocked Vehicles!

Theft from unlocked vehicle on Presidio.

Theft of tools from unlocked vehicle on Presidio.

Theft of tools from unlocked vehicle on Fountain.

Theft from unlocked vehicle on Benito.

Bicycle vs. Bush A bicyclist turned to look behind him and wound up in the bushes. He was transported to the hospital and his employer picked up the bike.

Vehicle vs. Tree; Driver DUI Paiea Natto was arrested, booked, cited and released after driving his car into a tree. He was released to medical staff. No word on the condition of the tree or the car.

Citizen Assist An elderly man went out for a walk and got lost. Officer took him home.

In another case, a disabled elderly man called police six times in a week because he needed help getting around his house and performing simple tasks.

Facebook to the Rescue A California drivers license was found at CVS in Monterey. Finder reached the owner via Facebook and dropped the license off at the police station.

Drunk Man in the Middle of the Road A man was lying unresponsive in the roadway on Ocean View Blvd. The officer eventually roused him and had him transported to CHOMP due to his highly intoxicated state.

Vehicle Thefts Down for the Second Year in California

California vehicle thefts decreased in 2014 by almost 7 percent from 2013. This marks the second year in a row that vehicle thefts have declined, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) reports.

In 2012, 174,457 vehicles were stolen in California, which was an 11.26 percent increase from 2011. Vehicle thefts decreased by 2 percent in 2013, to 171,036. Thefts continued to decrease in 2014, dropping to 159,271, a decrease of 6.9 percent from 2013.

“While the continuing decline in theft is good news,” CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow said, “people need to remember that vehicle theft is a crime of opportunity. Simple deterrents such as locking vehicle doors, parking in a secure or highly visible location, and not leaving the car running unattended can make all the difference.”

The estimated total value of the stolen vehicles is approximately $900 million.

Almost 90 percent of the vehicles were successfully recovered. Of the vehicles recovered statewide, 65 percent were recovered intact and in drivable condition. Less than 4 percent were missing major components, 12 percent were stripped of minor parts, and 18.9 percent were intentionally burned or wrecked. Additionally, in 2014, 65 of the recovered vehicles, or 0.1 percent, were cargo theft only – the products in a commercial vehicle were stolen, but the vehicle and trailer were not stolen.

The most popular cars for thieves are the 1996, 1994, and 1997 Honda Accord.

The 2007 Suzuki was the most-stolen motorcycle and the 1988 Toyota pickup was the most-stolen personal truck. Toyota pickups have been the most frequently stolen pickup truck since 1984, attributed to its resale value, interchangeable parts, and availability.

Almost half of vehicle thefts occurred in the five Southern California counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego, which constitute 54 percent of California’s population. The five Bay Area counties of Alameda, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara accounted for approximately 20 percent of all vehicle thefts.

The CHP offers drivers additional anti-theft tips: Always make sure you receive an ownership certificate when purchasing a used vehicle.

Never hide a spare ignition key on the vehicle.

Take extra precautions against theft if you drive one of the vehicles that is popular with thieves.

Be aware of your surroundings prior to leaving your vehicle.

Report possible vehicle theft activity by calling 1-800-TELL-CHP (1-800-8355247).

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• June 26, 2015

Jon Guthrie’s High Hats & Parasols

100 Years Ago in Pacific Grove Main line Railroad from Fresno coming

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

Chabad of Monterey

2707 David Ave. • 831-643-2770

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

Church of Christ

176 Central Ave. • 831-375-3741

Community Baptist Church

Monterey & Pine Avenues • 831-375-4311

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

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 Rev. Richard Bowman

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. • 831-917-3969 www.khenpokarten.org carmelkhenpo@gmail.com

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

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

Peninsula Baptist Church

1116 Funston Ave. • 831-394-5712

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

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

St. Anselm’s Anglican Church

Sundays 9:30 a.m.

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

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

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

Shoreline Community Church

Sunday Service 10 a.m.

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

OUTSIDE PACIFIC GROVE Bethlehem Lutheran Church

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

Congregation Beth Israel

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

Monterey Church of Religious Science

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

Rest assured that the enormous growth of Fresno and the development of the surrounding area, rich with fruit orchards and alfalfa fields, positively guarantees putting in a railroad clear to Pacific Grove on the California coast. Just 40 years ago, Fresno was a sheep camp stuck in the middle of a desert. Today, Fresno boasts a population of more than 40,000 people, with all the required personal commerce in attendance. Fresno is a city of splendid stores, beautiful homes, spacious warehouses, and active packing sheds. Fresno is the center of California’s dried fruit and raisins business. Fresno has no oil wells, but her manufacturing and wholesale enterprises are developing in great strides. Fresno enjoys plenty of fresh water, brought to her by the great Church Kings River system. Only a few acres of land are still available, and the price per acre is booming.

Fresno invites all to come by auto mobile for a visit and to talk things over. One night’s free lodging, a guided tour, and free brochures are in the offing. While there, you can plug the building of a new railroad line clear to the Grove. Then you won’t need an auto mobile, you can travel by train.

1915 Maxwells are here!

The Culp Brother’s Garage is proud to announce that it has obtained a pair of 1915 Maxwell’s to hold for exhibition. The Six 40 model can be purchased for $1,750. The Six 54 model is priced at $2,250. Either can be ordered for you with 10% paid down and the balance in easy terms. The Culp Brothers explained that both vehicles are roomier than last year’s, with the Six 40 being a trimmed down model of the Six 54. Each comes in a variety of attractive coloring. Left-hand controls are standard. So are running boards. Excellent braking system. Maxwell is considered the top auto mobile in the Grove area. Connect your phone with Lilac 854, and make an appointment for a test drive. 1

“Profitable Daily Tithing” on sale at Review office

This little book is enjoying the largest circulation of its kind, and is conceded by Christians everywhere to have the most positive impact on their lives outside of the Bible. If Christians permit the rush and crush of daily living to deprive them of their portion of heaven-sent food, Christians must not be surprised to see themselves turning leaner and leaner day by day. And if Christians allow the peace of God within their hearts to be replaced by meanness, Christians will find themselves enjoying the bounty of our era less and less. Surely, the little “Profitable Daily Tithing” can aid all who own and read it daily to enjoy a richer life which is lived not for profit but for the glory of God.

There’s more, too. The autographs and birthdates section is a convenience which allows the owners to gather important data. Opposite a space for the birthdate falls a blank line upon which your friends and family can sign their names. This makes the little book more valuable every day. In ten years or so, you would not sell your book even for ten dollars. There is also space for birth, baptism, marriage, and death records.

Printed on writing-quality paper and bound in fine cloth, this little book is available to anyone. Get your copy from the Review office for 50¢. Extend your subscription for one year or purchase a new, one-year subscription, and you will receive the little book entirely free, courtesy of the Pacific Grove Review. 2

New organization replaces Knights

Property of the now defunct Knights of the Royal Arch is being distributed.

Funds in the treasury plus the fifty dollars emergency fund have been turned over to the national office. Properties are being given to area non-profits and to Father Flannery’s Children. Former Knights intend to form a new group called the Retail Liquor Sellers Association. 3

Tidbits from here and there

• Mr. A. J. Hennessey announces himself a candidate for the Monterey County Superintendent of Schools in the upcoming special election.

• Mr. and Mrs. Hart of Stockton are visiting friends in the Grove. The couple plans on staying about two weeks.

• Captain F. S. Hicks, 12th Infantry, Presidio, has been ordered to prepare for transfer because of the crisis in Mexico.

• Mrs. Roy Brisbin, neé Edith Telford, is in town renewing old friendships.

• Mrs. Batches’ son and daughter are home on holiday from school in San Francisco.

• Mrs. F. A. Dodge is in San Francisco selecting the fall millinery to feature in her shop.

And the cost is …

• Kellogg’s Ant Paste will solve one of your summer’s problems for only 25¢. Purchase from your local drug store or grocer. Kellogg’s makes ants disappear!

• House cleaning made easy! The Review is making available a $12 hand-pumped, vacuum cleaner at a price of only $5.45. This offer again accompanies each oneyear subscription or a one-year extension of a subscription for the Review. See these powerful cleaning machines at the Review office.

• Use a Remington typewriter for three months for just $5. Then rent-to-own from Remington Typewriter Company, San Jose.

• Just $23.10 will purchase you a scenic trip to Yosemite, and return. Ride in comfort! This is our lowest excursion rate ever! Contact your P. G. Agent Estabrook for more information, free brochures, or to purchase tickets.

Notes from the author …

1 Maxwell fine cars were manufactured in the United States from 1904 to 1925.

Mechanical design problems caused release delays in 1915. Chrysler Group succeeded the Maxwell Company.

2 This book enjoyed fabulous distribution in the early 1900s. A copy could also be ordered for 50¢ (plus 10¢ P&H) by writing the Libby and Tract Society, 17 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, NY.

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‘Cute’ Octopus News Goes Viral Only one of the recent deep-sea discoveries by MBARI

By Emily Branan Photos of a “cute” Pokemon-like octopus have gone viral on the Internet and in social media recently, but it’s been known for decades.

Monterey Bay Research Institute is in the process of classifying and naming a new species of octopus, affectionately called “adorabilis,” that is similar to Opisthoteuthis californiana, the flapjack octopus.

“Adorabilis” is a tiny deep-sea dwelling octopus with big eyes. It has a web that connects each of its arms, which it uses as more of a parachute to move.

Kim Fulton-Bennett, MBARI public information specialist, said this member of the Opisthoteuthis genus has not yet been described by science, but the flapjack octopus and “adorabilis” have been known for over 50 years when it was realized these were separate species.

Stephanie Bush, a post-doctoral researcher at MBARI, received the right to name the species and has been studying it extensively.

“As someone that is describing the species, you get to pick what the specific name is. One of the thoughts I had was making it Opisthoteuthis adorabilis because they are really cute,” Bush said to Science Friday in an interview.

Fulton-Bennett said robotic submarines take trips between two and three times per week, and see animals they cannot identify a few times a month. She said they see more organisms than they can name.

She said most of their work is done in the Monterey Canyon, inside the Monterey Bay, but they also study creatures spanning from the Vancouver Islands down to Southern California and Mexico. They also work with researchers around the world.

According to Fulton-Bennett, finding and naming species is just a small part of what MBARI does. Their research includes projects such as seafloor mapping or studying the ocean’s biogeochemistry.

“If people look at the animal and get excited, maybe they will look at our other work and get excited,” Fulton-Bennett said.

Fulton-Bennett said the naming process for “adorabilis” might take anywhere from six months to a year.

Image: OpisthoteuthisD577-2cc.jpg Credit: (c) 2013 MBARI This flapjack octopus in the genus Opisthoteuthis was photographed a robotic submersible 330 meters (about 1,080 feet) below the surface in Monterey Bay. Flapjack octopus can swim by moving their fins, pulsing their webbed arms, pushing water through their funnel for jet propulsion, or all three at once. They often swim up off the bottom and hover a bit just above the seafloor, looking for small crustaceans, worms, and other food. MBARI researchers are working with aquarists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium to learn more about flapjack octopuses.

Annual Open House at MBARI

On Saturday, July 18, MBARI will hold its once-a-year open house. It’s a great time for kids and adults to see videos of deepsea animals, talk to engineers about our underwater robots, make their own remotely operated vehicles, and much more. Here’s a link with info about the open house: http:// www.mbari.org/about/ openhouse.html

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Extraordinary Puppet Show

The Carmel Puppetry Institute presents Dr. Mecurio’s Mythical Marvel and Bestiary In its inaugural production, The Carmel Puppetry Institute is pleased to announce the extraordinary puppet show, Dr. Mecurio’s Mythical Marvels and Bestiary, for a limited run July 9 through July 19, at the Golden Bough Theatre in Carmel by the Sea. Written by award-winning puppetry artist Ricki Vincent, this original production is a family friendly feast for the senses, featuring life-size puppets and shadow performance art, telling the fantastical tale of the adventures of Dr. Elphias Mecurio, and his motley crew of steampunk pirates, as they search for the last four remaining Dragons in existence.

Dr. Mecurio’s Mythical Marvels and Bestiary, runs Thursday through Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m., July 9 – 19 at the Golden Bough Theatre in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Ticket prices range from $8 to $20, and can be purchased online at PacRep.org or through the Golden Bough box office at 831-622-0100. The Golden Bough Playhouse is located on Monte Verde St., between 8th & 9th Aves, in Carmel-by-the-Sea.

Hootenanny celebrates BB King, Ronnie Gilbert

Our bi-monthly community singalong and open jam will be honoring the late B.B. King and Ronnie Gilbert at Hootenanny CVII, Sat. July 11, Pacific Grove Art Center, 568 Lighthouse Ave. 7-9:30 p.m. The event is free with songbooks with words and chords provided. For info. contact Vic Selby, 375-6141 or vselby@sbcglobal.net.

PACIFIC GROVE COMMUNITY CENTER PRESCHOOL Start Your 3-yr-old Out With Us!

Social Skills

Art/Science/Music

Story Time

With Cathy Roche-Tyndall & Josie Cameron

Tues/Thurs • 9-11:30am • 3 years old • Potty Trained $120/resident • $135/non

For more information: Pacific Grove City Hall • (831) 648-3100

515 JUNIPERO AVE. • PG • (831) 648-5733

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Volunteers Needed for 4th of July Event

Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce needs volunteers for the Fourth of July celebration that will take place at Caledonia Park, Tommy Stillwell Court (behind the Post Office) on Saturday, July 4, 2015 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Please consider volunteering during set up, food service, or clean up. For more information, contact Rita at (831) 373-3304 or rita@pacificgrove.org.

Storewide Sale!

25% OFF All Inventory July 1st & 3rd only. 11–3.

Chalice Closet Benefit Shop 120 Carmel Ave. • Pacific Grove regular hours: Mon., Wed. & Fri. • 11–3 Operated by the Christian Church of Pacific Grove

Upcoming Gentrain Programs

The Gentrain Society of Monterey Peninsula College is sponsoring these upcoming free lectures: Wednesday, July 1, 2015 Gentrain Society Lecture: Catholic Sisters in the Post-War Caribbean Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Free; MPC Parking $2.00 Information: www.gentrain.org; conductor@gentrain.org In 1945 a group of three Catholic sisters from Michigan arrived in the Dominican Republic to build a school for girls in the capitol city. Throughout the 1950s and ’60s the Sisters ran the school while struggling to balance the competing demands of U.S. officials, the Dominican Republic education system, the congregation’s director, and the notorious dictator Rafael Trujillo who ran the Dominican Republic until the 1960s. Dr. Elizabeth Mullins, Professor of History and Gender & Women’s Studies at MPC and former History Instructor for the Gentrain Program, has researched the complex interactions reflected in this project.

July 15, 2015 Gentrain Society Lecture: Seeking Oedipus: The Paradox of the Sphinx Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Free; MPC Parking $2.00 Information: www.gentrain.org ; conductor@gentrain.org The legendary Sphinx riddled all men who dared to enter the ancient Greek city of Thebes, then devoured those who failed to solve the riddle. The triumph of Oedipus over the Sphinx and his subsequent tragic downfall has gripped the imagination of thinkers for thousands of years. Francis Bacon portrayed the Sphinx as Nature and Oedipus as the Scientist who gains sovereignty over her.

Today, many are less convinced that the riddles of Nature can be solved, as every “solution” reveals yet more riddles. Arleen Tarantino, who teaches writing and critical thinking at MPC and literature at the Older Adult Program, explores Oedipus in this new light.

Car Show Will Benefit Monterey County Food Bank

Gold Coast Rods will sponsor a car show called “Back in Time” at the Wharf Marketplace, set for July 11, 2015. The show will benefit the Monterey County Food Bank. Fifty trophies will be awarded, judged by Gold Coast Rods members. On hand will be a DeLorean and a special guest.

Entry fee per vehicle is $50 and includes a T-shirt and a ditty bag, The show is free for the public to attend, and there will be DJ music and food for sale. There will be a special raffle for a 50-inch TV, with tickets priced at $5 each or 30 for $20. A separate raffle will be held as well, with interesting prizes.

“Our goal is to raise $5,000 for the Monterey Food Bank, which suffered a devastating arson fire this year,” said Otis, the chairman of the show. He added that the event will be held rain or shine.

The group is planning for 150 entries and day-of-event entries will be accepted.

Entrants and donors can reach Gold Coast Rods at www.goldcoastrods.org or P.O. Box 2672 Monterey, 93940. Otis can be reached at 831-899-2766. Gold Coast Rods is a 501(c)3 club.

Programs at the PG Library

For more information call 648-5760 Starting Monday, June 1 - July 22 “Read to the Rhythm” Sign up for the Summer Reading Program at the Pacific Grove Library, 550 Central Avenue, Pacific Grove 93950. Read all summer long, earn prizes, and come to the special events every week. For more information call 648-5760.

Wednesday, July 1 • 11:00 am Pre-School stories at the Pacific Grove Library, ages 2-5.

Wednesday, July 1 • 2:00 pm “Stories with Miss Lisa”: Storyteller, Lisa Maddalena will present interactive stories for children of all ages.

Thursday, July 2 • 11:00 Baby Rhyme Time: Stories, songs, and rhymes for babies birth-24 months.

Dine Out with Friends

These restaurants have chosen dates when you can dine out and they’ll share a portion of the dinner check with Friends of the Library. Dine with friends and help the Friends!

Fishwife -- July 22, Dos Amigos -- August 26

Feast of Lanterns Seeks Volunteers

Feast of Lanterns is set for Saturday, July 25, 2015 at Lovers Point Park from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Volunteers do not have to remain the entire time. Volunteers will receive a thank-you T-shirt and a snack.

Help is needed at traffic barricades, directing pedestrian traffic, all-day trash pick-up and more.

We also need drivers to pick up restaurant donations on Thursday, July 23 at 10:30 a.m. for Feast of Flavors.

For more information, contact Dixie at (831) 373-3304 or volunteers@ feastoflanterns.org.

Save The Whales Gives HOPE to the Oceans June 22, 2015 Page 2 of 2

Save The Whales Gives HOPE to the Oceans

Hope Services has applied over 320 decals in Santa Cruz County and over 280 decals in the cities of Seaside, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Marina and Carmel-by-the-Sea. Through these efforts, the goal is to raise awareness about ocean pollution and protect the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Save The Whales, in partnership with Hope Services, has applied over 600 storm drain markers in the Monterey Bay region.

Save The Whales, in partnership with Hope Services, has applied over 600 storm drain markers in the Monterey Bay region.

Save The Whales has educated over 300,000 school children with hands-on educational programs about watersheds, otters, whales, marine mammals and endangered species. They travel Save The Whales is partnering with from the Monterey Regional Storm Water throughout Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties to bring these innovative presentations to schools.

Hope Services located in Seaside, Monte- Management Program for Hope Services They are seeking funding to support all their innovative programs.

rey County to help protect the oceans and to assist them with their stenciling efforts raise awareness. Storm drain pollution required through their National Pollution Forone more Save Whales at www.savethewhales.org.

Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) is of information the leading visit causes ofThe ocean pol- online lution and is caused by antifreeze, motor permit requirements. oil, litter, dog doo, soap from washing ### “Employing people with disabilities cars in the street or driveways, fertilizers to help label the storm drains that flow to and pesticides that get washed into streets the ocean helps the planet by reminding and into storm drains which flow into the people to be good stewards of the enviMonterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. ronment, provides an employment opFunding from the Monterey Gives portunity for people with developmental campaign, the Monterey Regional Storm disabilities and betters the Central Coast Water Management Program providing community at no cost. The partnership materials, maps, and supplies, and Save between Save the Whales and Hope SerThe Whales members are supporting vices is all about helping our community HOPE disadvantaged adults to engage be a better place for all it members.” Greg in positive community outreach efforts. Dinsmore, Hope Services Manager Hope Services has applied over 320 This program assists cash-strapped cities and counties with marking their storm decals in Santa Cruz County and over 280 drains, and the HOPE adults learn that decals in the cities of Seaside, Monterey, human actions on land can pollute water Pacific Grove, Marina and Carmel-by-thedraining to the ocean. They pick up Sea. Through these efforts, the goal is trash while they apply a bright, colorful to raise awareness about ocean pollution decal with a dolphin reminding citizens and protect the Monterey Bay National (in English and Spanish) “No Dumping Marine Sanctuary.

Save The Whales has educated over Flows To Bay.” Maris Sidenstecker, Save The Whales 300,000 school children with hands-on co-founder and a marine biologist, is educational programs about watersheds, thrilled with the program and that it is otters, whales, marine mammals and enable to continue due to the collaboration dangered species. They travel throughout of partners and the support from the com- Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties to munity. She met with the Seaside Hope bring these innovative presentations to Services office to brainstorm the idea schools. They are seeking funding to supshe had to engage a valuable, and often port all their innovative programs.

For additional information visit Save overlooked audience of developmentally disabled adults to help protect the oceans. The Whales online at www.savetheShe then proceeded to seek approval whales.org.

Annual Art in the Pasture of Heaven Art Show & Silent Auction Benefits Church of the Good Shepherd Mission and Outreach

The eighth annual Art in the Pastures of Heaven art show will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11, at Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 301 Corral de Tierra Road, Corral de Tierra.

This favorite local event features over 100 original works of art by local artists including paintings, photographs, glass and wood work, textiles and jewelry. Enjoy wine tasting from local wineries, Hors d’oeuvres plus a chance to win four exciting raffle prize packages. This year a photograph by local artist, Suzanne Woodard Dorrance, will be auctioned live. All other art is sold via silent auction.

Proceeds from art and raffle ticket sales benefits Church of the Good Shepherd’s mission and outreach programs. Raffle tickets $5 for one, 6 for $25.

Admission is $35. For more information contact cogsartshow@gmail.com The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd is an Episcopal parish of the Diocese of El Camino Real, of the National Episcopal Church, USA, which is a member of the Anglican Communion. We use the book of Common Prayer, 1979 for Sunday worship and daily personal worship. For more information, visit http://goodshepherdcorral.org www.facebook.com/GoodShepherdEpiscopal www.facebook.com/ArtinthePasturesofHeaven

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Your Achievements

Peeps Savannah Jankosky Makes the Spring 2015 Dean’s List at Pratt Institute

Savannah Jankosky, Carmel Valley resident and a student at the prestigious Pratt Institute, was among more than 900 students who made the Dean’s List in the Spring 2015 semester.

Founded in 1887, Pratt Institute is a global leader in higher education dedicated to preparing its 4,700 undergraduate and graduate students for successful careers in art, design, architecture, information and library science, and liberal arts and sciences.

Located in the cultural hub of New York City with historic campuses in Brooklyn and Manhattan, Pratt is a living lab of craft and creativity with esteemed professors and scholars who challenge their talented students to transform their passion into meaningful expression.

Under the leadership of President Thomas F. Schutte, the curricula and reputations of Pratt’s five professional schools, which include 22 undergraduate and 25 graduate degree-granting programs, are recognized internationally and perennially listed among the best in top-tier rankings from U.S. News & World Report, Princeton Review, DesignIntelligence, and others.

City Honors Everyone’s Harvest in Proclamation

Whereas June 2015 is National Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Month, and Whereas the City of Pacific benefits from being surrounded by a most prolific abundance of fresh fruits and vegetables, available at our pleasure year round, and Whereas since 2008, a non-profit organization, Everyone’s Harvest, has provided a Monday Farmers Market in the City of Pacific Grove, and Whereas this market enhances the quality of our lives and the vibrancy of our town center by bringing hundreds of people, residents and visitors alike, to enjoy weekly all that Pacific Grove offers, Now therefore be it resolved that in declaring this proclamation the City of Pacific Grove would like to honor local farmers and appreciate Everyone’s Harvest for its weekly Certified Farmers’ Market and for its ongoing community programs that bring people and healthy food together and enable a healthier lifestyle in our community.

Safe Place Program Marked for Pebble Beach Grant

Community Human Services is proud to announce that we received a $5,000 grant from the Pebble Beach Company Foundation in support of our Safe Place program for runaway and homeless youth.

Since 1969, Community Human Services has provided professional, affordable mental health and substance abuse counseling and recovery services to the residents of Monterey County. These services focus on the entire family and include programs for people of all ages.

Anyone wishing to support Community Human Services’ work to provide mental health, substance abuse, and homeless services to Monterey County residents should visit www.chservices.org.

If you would like more information about Community Human Services please call (831) 658-3811 or email rmccrae@chservices.org.

Burnham as Burgoyne: Celebrate American Independence

Howard Burnham will reprise his role as General Burgoyne who led the redcoats at Saratoga in New York.

If you have the time and interest, please anticipate Independence Day by visiting with General “Gentleman Johnny” Burgoyne as he tells the story of his colorful life and ruefully reviews the Saratoga Campaign that ultimately led to America’s Independence, secured at Yorktown four years later.

This Saturday, June 27 at 5:30 at The Little House in Jewel Park (Central and Grand) Pacific Grove. Admission is $10 and the event is co-sponsored by the City of Pacific Grove Recreation Department.

Huzza!

CORRECTION

Last week on this page we identified the Pacific Grove Police 1940 patrol car as a Ford. It is in fact a Chevy. We will never hear the end of it.

Sense Of

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June 26, 2015 • CEDAR STREET

Just Another “Whacked-Out Kid”?

Tom Stevens

Otter Views As recent news events migrated from the simply bizarre to the truly grotesque, I reshuffled my lineup of States I’m Least Inclined to Visit.

Arizona and Texas usually top the list, although Alaska edged them both when Sarah Palin was hunting wolves from helicopters.

My usual number one, Arizona, boasts the country’s most paranoid anti-immigrant laws and its most hard-case sheriff. It saw its own U.S. representative gunned down in a Phoenix shopping mall. And it fostered the far-right Goldwater Wing, since metastasized into the nationwide Tea Party movement. Thank you, Arizona.

Texas recently made news by forcing most of its abortion clinics to close, by hosting a murderous motorcycle gang shoot-out, and by allowing residents to carry firearms onto university campuses. It also dispatched gun-waving cops to quell teenage swimmers at a suburban pool party.

But that’s all in a day’s lunacy for the Lone Star State, which periodically seeks to secede from the Union.

But last week, even trigger-happy Texas had to play backup to the state that first seceded from the Union, South Carolina. In a state where the Confederate battle flag still flies proudly over its capitol grounds, a young white supremacist named Dylann Roof coldly shot to death nine black worshippers in a Charleston church.

In the aftermath, South Carolina reportedly lowered to half-mast its state flag and the Stars and Stripes out of respect for those slain. But the Confederate flag remained aloft in Columbia, even as images circulated on-line of the flag’s prominence in Roof’s racist iconography.

In fairness, at this time in our gun-friendly nation, the Charleston massacre could have happened anywhere. In sad fact, it already has. From Connecticut to Virginia to Colorado to San Diego and all points between, no one is safe from an armed and committed lunatic.

No place is safe either. In recent years, we’ve seen mass shootings in colleges, high schools and an elementary school; in shopping malls and fast-food restaurants, at a movie theater, on an Army base, and now in a prominent big city church.

Even amid this carnage, many pro-gun states have passed or are considering “open carry” and “stand your ground” laws supported by the firearms industry. Many also have loosened strictures on automatic weapons, hollow-point bullets and magazine sizes. But those efforts seem moot. To date, no U.S. shooter has lacked for weapons, ammunition or targets of opportunity.

To me, what elevates the Charleston shootings above generic “massacre of the month” status has been the allegedly racist motive and the craven response from leading state officials. The latter are the latest in a long line of governors, mayors and legislators who have since 1961 resisted efforts to remove the Confederate battle flag from the state capitol grounds.

But there’s more. Commenting on the Charleston church massacre, U.S. Senator Lindsay Graham of South Carolina reportedly told CNN the shooter was just “one of those whacked-out kids. I don’t think it’s anything broader than that. It’s about a young man who is obviously twisted.

It’s him . . . not the flag.”

If Graham were simply another whacked-out South Carolina politico like the former governor who ran off to Argentina with his mistress, that “boys will be boys” variant would barely move the needle. But Graham is a declared candidate for the U.S. presidency, so his first response is both worrisome and emblematic. (He later amended his remarks to acknowledge a possible racist motive).

Coming in the wake of numerous white police killings of black men nationwide, to ignore or wish away the racial content of the Charleston massacre is delusional at best. And the state shares some culpability. In continuing to fly a banner that glorifies a secessionist, pro-slavery, white supremacist past, South Carolina sends a supportive message to armed young crazies like Dylann Roof.

And so, the state vaults over Texas and Arizona into first place on my “Least Inclined to Visit” list, and Senator Graham ascends on the “least likely to vote for” list. If there were a list for scariest comment on the Charleston shootings, it would include this one from a spokesman for the Sons of Confederate Veterans, South Carolina chapter.

“It’s a shame that those people were killed, and we all greatly regret that incident,” the SCV spokesman told The New York Times, “and we were upset that anyone would try to tie people who are proud of their heritage to an act like that.”

And therein lies the rub. In failing to recognize that South Carolina’s “heritage” – and by extension America’s - includes white supremacy, slavery, institutional racism, lynchings and ongoing anti-black violence, the nation is every bit as delusional as the Sons of Confederate Veterans.

The Charleston massacre was not an “incident.” It’s a pattern.

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Jane Roland

Animal Tales and Other Random Thoughts SHE SKATED INTO HIS LIFE 1/25/2015

In January I wrote about our dear friends, Shirley and Phillips Wylly. What I did not mention at the time is that Shirley was battling cancer and had fought for five years. She never seemed to lose her good humor and was as courageous and valiant in this as she had with other obstacles she faced in life. By her side as he had been for so many years was Phil. They came into the shop a few weeks ago and we talked of a dinner we would have when she completed the latest round of treatments. She lost this war and is now skating on the rinks of heaven. Shirley and Phil fought hard for a skating facility on the Monterey Peninsula. Perhaps someone else will now take up the banner. God bless you, Shirley, You will be missed.

I first met the Wyllys many years ago when they would bring donations to the shop or simply come to visit their good friend and neighbor, Grace Bemis. We started chatting and I made a comment about how much I liked them. That was when I learned that Phil was a writer, a director and producer and Shirley a famous ice skating star. Who would have known? It is often those who have accomplished much who are modest.

We remained friends after Grace left us to be with her beloved animals who had gone before. She was a plucky, delightful woman and someday I will write about her, but this is not the time. We learned that Phil had been involved with “Life Goes On” which featured Chris Burke who had Down Syndrome. It had been one of our favorite television programs. When I asked them if I could do a column about them Phil furnished me with a biography and I feel that I can do no better than use his words: Shirley Winter was born in Winnipeg, Canada and grew up in what she calls “the coldest spot on the North American continent.” She decided as a child that she wanted to be an ice skater. “Little did she know at the time that skating would become a lifetime career,” he said. She learned to skate at the very exclusive Winnipeg Winter Club and soon learned that she enjoyed performing for the public. The Winter Club Closed in 1942. In World War II, the Navy took over the facility and the club’s skating coach, Rupert Whitehad, began teaching at the outdoor rink.

“The rest is history. In 1947 she was offered a contract as a line skater and principal understudy with the Ice Capades. Her parents were not in favor but the Capades was going to London and Shirley persuaded them that the chance might never come again.

She promised to quit after a year and go to University of Manitoba which they had desired. It was not to be. Before the year was up, the directors recognized her talents and made her a principal skater. Shirley became an international skating star of the Ice Capades then Holiday on Ice, appearing in England, Mexico, and South America and extensively in Canada and the US. After ten years she settled in Southern California and became a successful skating coach and Skating Director for one of the Capades skating rink.”

Phillips Wylly was born on Staten Island, New York. In 1947 he began work as an Assistant Film Editor for NBC Television News. The industry was in its infancy and opportunities abounded. During his fifteen years with NBC he was a Film Editor, then Director and Producer traveling extensively in Japan, Europe and all over the US and Canada filming events where “live TV” could not yet go.

In 1963 he switched careers to become Production Executive for the Ice Capades and after eight years with Capades he joined David Wolper’s company where he was Production Manager for the history making “ROOTS” miniseries. After four years with the Wolper organization he went free-lance as a Production Manager and Producer.

Over the next 30 years his credits for theatrical and TV Movies included Gore Vidal’s “Billy the Kid,” “The Grace Kelly Story,” “Disaster on the Coast Liner,” “Lucas,” and about two dozen more. His television credits include, “Palmerstown, USA”, “Models Inc.,” Angie Dickenson’s “Cassie and Company,” and perhaps, best of all the afore mentioned, “Life Goes On”.

In the years since film production Phil has turned to writing. He has published three novels: “Staten Island,” Hollywood’s Best,” and “Final Assignment.” His autobiography, “Memories of a Lucky Man” will soon be published and all books are available on Amazon.

He and Shirley met during their tenure with the Ice Capades. They were married in Pebble Beach in 1988 and have owned and operated the Secret Garden and The Cypress Gallery, both in Carmel. From previous marriages they have four children, one for Shirley, three for Phil and five grandchildren We were honored not long ago to be included at a small birthday party in Shirley’s honor. We cherish their friendship and have learned that it is never too late to let new people in one’s lives. This is a true love story. There isn’t much I can say in a limited amount of time; however, Google them as I did and watch Shirley skate on YouTube.

She will take your breath away

The Wyllys

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• June 26, 2015

A Good Lesson in Telling Our Stories

Snapshot of the Market Patrick Ryan

Betty Auchard - Guest

Keepers of our Culture This week’s “Keeper of Our Culture” is written by Betty Auchard, who deftly demonstrates how to use humor and specific examples to access memories and tell our life stories. Betty is the author of the IPPY Award winning Dancing in my Nightgown: The Rhythms of Widowhood, endorsed by celebrity widows Jayne Meadows and Rosemarie Stack, and The Home for the Friendless, the story of an unconventional family making its way through the Great Depression. In addition to writing, she enjoys presenting to audiences and narrating her own audio books. Her stories and essays have been published in the San Jose Mercury News, Today’s Senior, and Chocolate for a Woman’s Soul series. Betty lives and writes in Los Gatos, California, and blogs at bettyauchard.com.

In 1943, eighth grade English was one of my favorite classes. I liked everything about it: grammar, reading, and, especially, the writing assignments.

Miss Polanski announced one day, “Students, next week submit a story about an exciting event that happened in your life.” The kids all groaned. “Well, then—if your life was that boring, invent something. But it had better be good.”

I couldn’t wait to dazzle my teacher with a good tale. I started early by making a list of hair-raising events in my life: When my brother fell out of a second story window When I caught my sister’s lip in a zipper When a charging bull ruined our picnic When my brother almost cremated us in our corn stalk teepee When my uncle put me in the washing machine To me, my topics sounded common, so I decided to invent a story that was way better than anything on that list. I worked on my creation all week long and let my imagination run wild, inserting a little bit of action and lots of big words so it would sound sophisticated. I was terribly impressed with the results, and I knew Miss Polanski would be, too.

A Promising Future as a Writer

I was certain if there were a Pulitzer Prize for eighth grade students, I would win it. I pictured the teacher’s note after the “A” I would get: “Elizabeth, see me after class to discuss your promising future as a writer.”

When our assignments were due a week later, my best friend and I were eating a “gourmet” lunch in the school cafeteria. Suddenly, Shirley interrupted her chewing, slapped her forehead, and said, “OH, NO! I forgot to write my story!”

Half-eaten fish sticks muffled her words, but I got the gist of it and jumped to her rescue. “Shirley, I’ll write your story. We’ve got a whole half hour before the class starts.”

She finished chewing, swallowed hard, and accepted my offer.

There wasn’t time to weigh my choices. “From my head, I grabbed the bull-ruining-our-picnic story and slammed it onto paper. I felt exhilarated after belting out words that had rescued my best friend, and we laughed all through the day about our noontime writing frenzy. On the way home from school, Shirley joked, “Lizzie, wouldn’t it be funny if I got a better grade than you?”

“No, I don’t think that would be funny at all.” And we exploded into fits of laughter.

Local Real Estate At A Glance I thought it might be interesting to gain a little perspective on the Pacific Grove residential real estate market by coming the numbers of May 2014 to the numbers of May 2015. While a couple of months is not statistically significant, it does give us a picture of a moment in time.

The average sales price for a residential home in Pacific Grove in May 2014 was $839,017 while in May 2015 it was $952,888 . The median price, meaning half sold for above the amount and half below in May 2014 was $702,500 and in May 2015 it was $845,000. In May of 2015 there were 17 homes sold and 21 new listings while in May of 2014 there were 14 closed sales and 13 new listings. The average days on market for May 2014 was 96 days and the average days on market for May 2015 was 35.

So what do these numbers tell us if anything?

We already know that the market in Pacific Grove is hot with a low inventory and increased demand. The law of supply and demand is in full effect. Let’s take a look at the new listings. In May 2014 there were 13 new listings and in May of 2015 there were 21 new listings. Does that mean residents are reacting to the seller’s market and putting their homes on the market? If that keeps up, will supply meet demand and will the market normalize? Interesting questions to be sure. Once we have the numbers of the 2nd quarter for 2015, we may have a better understanding of where it is going. Until next time… www.patrickandkatieryan.com , 831-238-8116 patrick.ryan@sothebyshomes. com, BRE#01957809

Musical Offices at PG Schools This Fall

There will be some old faces in new places this fall when schools open. Buck Roggeman goes from PGMS Principal, (replaces retiree Craig Beller) to Forest Grove Elementary Principal; Sean Roach, from PGMS Assistant Principal, to PGMS Principal, (replaces Buck Roggeman’s change of assignment); Jason Tavani becomes PGMS Assistant Principal.

Joey D’Amico, from PGHS 1.0 FTE Math Teacher to PGHS 0.80 FTE Math Teacher and 0.40 FTE District Math Curriculum Coach (replaces Nan Lemmon who resigned); DoraLisa Rosenbaum, PGHS Assistant Swim Coach, (replaces Katie Selfridge who resigned).

RETIREMENT: Lillian Griffiths, PGHS, Social Science/Drama Teacher, retires after 35 years of successful employment with the Pacific Grove Unified School District.

RESIGNATIONS: Elizabeth Olney, PGAS, Program Coordinator/Teacher (Parent’s Place Dept.), resigns effective March 27, 2015 after 10 years of successful employment with the Pacific Grove Unified School District; Bernadette Villarreal, PGHS, JV Volleyball, resigns effective February 12, 2015.

When a Bad Joke Comes True

The next week I could hardly wait for our stories to be returned. I anticipated being asked to read mine to the class, but it didn’t happen. Shirley’s bad joke came true: she got the better grade. I was numb.

I had dashed her story off in thirty minutes and it got an “A.” I got a C+.

The worst part was the note below my friend’s “A”: “Shirley, have you ever considered writing as a career?”

I almost screamed, “YES, MISS POLANSKI — I HAVE!” I wanted to confess Betty Auchard that I was the author of Shirley’s adventure story. My best friend said, “Lizzie, I know how you feel, but think about this: we’ll BOTH get a failing grade if you tell.”

I was as gloomy as an eighth grade girl could be and despondent all day long. Even so, I learned more from that experience than from any teacher. I learned never to do another person’s job if they can do it for themselves. I also discovered that grueling, hard work might be good … but fast is sometimes better.

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New Tutorial Program shows Promise at Elementary Schools

On Monday, June 1, 30 students who are heading into the first and second grades from Robert Down and Forest Grove Elementary Schools in Pacific Grove joined with four teaching credential candidates from CalState TEACH, headquartered at CSUMB, to be part of a unique summer tutorial endeavor at Forest Grove Summer School.

The students were referred by their classroom teachers to potentially take part in the program, usually because they were falling behind in the classroom.

Roger Dahl, designer of the program, reminds us that a child’s reading level in the second and third grade, as well as their math level at fifth grade, is a good indication of how they will succeed in the rest of their school years and thus on into life. Many of the students entering the program are English learners, too, which is a big factor in their reading success.

During the first two days, the aspiring teachers administered a battery of tests from CalState TEACH’s Literacy Case Study that helped them learn where the students are strong and where they could use additional help. Instruction was then designed to address any gaps. “We teach to their weaknesses to bring them up to speed,” Dahl says.

The children participating are receiving 1-on-1 or 1-on-2 support in reading and language arts, whereas in the classroom during the school year, the ratio might be closer to 25-to-1. Students are in the classroom from day one. And Dahl says they have not had a student need a repetition of the four-week program. “These little guys are just bubbling under the guidance of the credential candidates,” he added.

The student teachers have been guided and mentored by experienced literacy practitioners from the area, along with the significant expertise and assistance of Principal Linda Williams. Credential applicants this year include Allison Bautista, Anna Spade, Chris Evans, Holly Lopez and Tasia Rosas. They have learned not only the best strategies and practices, but have been able to receive immediate feedback and suggestions from professionals with proven track records in working with students.

There is no cost to anyone – teachers, students, or credential candidates – except for supplies, many of which came from Williams’ supplies at Robert Down School.

The Pacific Grove Rotary Club has generously donated $500 to help defray the costs of the Lab. In the past, the program also received financial support from Yellow Brick Road. Credentialed teachers such as Dahl, Susan Villa and Linda Williams who work with the program are unpaid.

The Summer Literacy Lab model, which was developed through a partnership of CalState TEACH and Monterey Peninsula Unified School District, is now in its sixth year. This is the first year it has been instituted in Pacific Grove. Results in previous summers have been phenomenal, Dahl says, with students in many cases making progress equal to what they achieved during the school year, in only four weeks of focused instruction.

The Summer Literacy Lab will continue through Friday, June 26.

For further details, or should you have any questions, please call Roger Dahl @ (831)277-6769, or email rdahl@csumb.edu.

Pacific Grove High School Honor Roll, Spring 2015 HIGHEST HONORS 4.00 and above

Nicholas Armas, Richard Alves, Hannah Azerang, Nicole Azerang, Mei Bailey, Richard Barakat, Megumi Barata, Vanessa Barragan, Veronique Benard, Reem Benny, Emma Bergon,, Jack Bergon, Rachel Biggio, Sarah Bitter, Jason Buckley, Colby Burnell, Guadalupe Cabrera-Barrios, Minhee Cho, Sebin Cho, YoungHyun Choi, Rebecca Cooper, Ashley Costa, Hannah Cox, Noah Cryns, Eric Cuellar, Isabel Cushman, Emmanuel Defensor, Julian Donnelly, Douglas Dow, Zelda Elisco, Kayla Flores, Tyler Gelzleichter, Benjamin Getreu, Zachary Goodwin, Mary Grebing, Caroline Gruber, Catherine Gruber, Cassandra Guderski, Cristina Marie Harber, Wesley Hardin, Christina Hashimoto, George Haugen, Rachel House, Christopher Housel, Hugh Hudson, Arielle Isack, Angus Jansen, Daniel Jiang, Rawan Karaki, Anna Klein, Luca Lauritzen, Esther Lee, Henry Loh, Victoria Lopez, Ashley Lyon, Lakyn Marciano, Zeus Marquez, Laura Merchak, Zachary Miller, Jordan Modisette, Sara Moller, Catherine Sue Nader, Nadi Michael Nader, Golnoush Pak, Rebecca Phillips, Maya Puar, Emma Puckett, Brennen Rhoades, Taylor Rhoades, Alexandra Rohrer, Genevieve Ryan, Yasha Salman, Jackson Schoolmeester, Camden Smithtro, Maya Sritharan, Erica Sy, Carlyn Tagg, Coleman Taormina, Emma Teering, Noah Thanos, Levi Thompson, Anika Tonnesen, Vanya Truong, David Tuffs, Chip Wagner, Junchen Wang, Michelle Watkins, River Watts, Nicole Weber, Alexa White, Cameron Whiteside, Robert Wilkerson, Grace Woods, Jane Yang, Jeremiah Ybarra-Greenberg, Julius Yevdash

HIGH HONORS ~ 3.5 – 3.99

Chris Evans’ students work with tablets.

Anna Spade works with a student

Allison Bautista tutors two learners.

Calfornia Coast Amateur Photo Contest Opens: Entry is Free

The 2015 California Ocean and Coastal Amateur Photography Contest, sponsored by the California Coastal Commission, is now open. Upload up to five photos depicting the scenic coast and Pacific Ocean off California, native ocean and coastal wildlife, or people and the California coast, and then invite your friends to vote for you. Entry is free and great donated prizes consist of overnight stays at Fairmont hotels or dinner, cocktails, and a show in San Francisco. Deadline to enter is July 17, 2015 and online voting runs through July 31. To enter your photos or vote for others, visit http://mycoastalphoto.com. Sponsored by the California Coastal Commission, Thank You Ocean Campaign, and Fairmont Hotels & Resorts of California.

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Lila Afifi, Austin Book, Konner Coleman, Julyana Covarrubias, Noah Dalhamer, Morgan Gamecho, Jacob Hoadley, Kaelene Jensen, Kamonthip Kaewrawang, Paz Kerchner, Jackson Klarsfeld, Jason Leach, Reynolds Lembo, Rachel Lo, Sophie Lowell, Brendan MacLaren, Savana McDowell, Mark Michael, Everett Millette, Jessica Natale, Devin Niebler-Hawkins, Parker Olney, Christian Olsen, Benjamin Peakes, Dominique Perez-Coleman, Lorenzo Pimentel, Tyler Poppino, Tatiana Rolph, Bradford Sendell, Catherine Strang, Alex Thibeau, Kulaea Tulua, Alfredo Vargas, Jada Ware, Hudson Chou, Evan Christianson, Vada Courtney, Felix Diaz, Eli Elisco, Kip Johnson, Miles Lewis, Apollo Madison Marquez, Lilyan Montori, Isabella Nielson, Neal O’Brien, Danielle Pasquariello, Kinza Pervaiz, Lauren Pick, Hannah Renner-Bennett, Ashley Aguilera, Megan Backs, Kendra Lis, Troy Lundquist, Matthew Lynberg, Monika Massey, Michaela McCloud, Mark Ryan, Monika Worcester, Lilliana Brown, Olivia Cain, Jack Chambliss, Rachel Consiglio, Elena Doss, Daniel Harrington, Diana Hughes, Da Hyun Lee, Elizabeth Loh, Colton Moore, Hayley Oliver, Eli Swanson, Selene Talbot, Grant Taylor, Noa Umbaugh, Hannah Dorney, Avery Doss, Luke Hiserman, Natalia Justiniano Kaufman, Pragnesh Kalyandrug, May Khalil, Kylie Koestner, Margaux Leivenberg, India Maaske, Connor Marshall, Alexandria Patton, Nicholas Tillotson, Sam Balali, Daniel Bursch, Cameron Cuellar, Liam Cunningham, Emily Czaplak, Leilani Doneux, Christopher Fife,

Malcolm Gingras, Marshall Goldman, Tyler Hallock, Victoria Harris, Simon Mourgues, Michael Pettis, Joaquin Romero Cortes, Autumn Waznis, Mayuko Woods, Nicolas Boatman, Tianna Del Pozzo, Olivia Jamison, Megan Johnson, Muhammad Salaar Khan, Jinhyun Kim, Maggie Lindenthal-Cox, Jake Merenda, Lauren Murphy, Brittany Shaver, Courtney Smith, Andrew Steward, Mario Villacres, Madeleine White, Henry Albert, Seryna Bonacorso, Emiline Doll, Samuel Fenstermaker, Andrea Kelley, Myles Kerchner, Katrina Kitayama, Creighton Lee, Jon Marchiolo, Claire Momberger, Christina Morris, Eric Orozco Viscarra, Jennifer Porzig, WooChan Shim, Cedar Singer-Low, Erin Smith, Calvin Stickler, Nami Suzuki, Gone Tawdrouse Raffi Aghajanian, Morgan Bilyeu, Abigail Burnell, Kate Crompton, Garima Gurung, Michele Haugen, Reece O’Hagan,Michael Paff, Paula Rueda-Villamil, David Twohig, Jane Weichert

HONORS ~ 3.0 – 3.49

Alexander Allen, Enrique Arroyo, Ian Asher, Muhammad Taha Awan, Sofia Baker, Natali Baratashvili, Ty Barrett, Mohammad Nouman Baryal, Mackenzie Bell, Kathryn Bitter, Claudia Bodem, Eric Boerner, Analee Bonanno, Cathrina Bonelli, Claire Borges, Elliot Bradford-Chesebrough, Canon Bukhari, Charles Bursch, Hong Tuey Burshtein, John Buttrey, Jorge Cabrera, Keenan Calagno-Selbicky, Andrea Canto, Allan Christopher, Aliya Chroman, Anthony Coppla, Nicholas Coppla, Samantha Crowley, Esra Dalmis, Anthony DiPretoro, James Donlon, Helice Eitelgeorge, Gavin Eldridge, Caroline Evans, Petur Fahem, Anthony Field, Kayla Fife, Takoda Fletcher, Kayla Flores, Kolby Foster, Joshua Fuller, Shey Gibson, Robert Grate, Jade Greathouse, Gaurav Gurung, Tyler Harris, Folauhola Hautau, Oliva Hautau, Tyler Hawes, Liam Headley, Ally Herrera, John Hewitt, Luke Holsworth, Nolan Hook, Thomas Hudson, Alexandra Hughes, Amber Hughes, Benjamin Jankowski, Ian Jeffers, Jeremy Jenanyan, Weichen Ji, Angela Jones, Kyra Kennedy, Shira Kershner, Wyatt King, Helena Kurocik, Hera Lee, Gianne Leoncio, Marissa Leoncio, Christina Lucido, Nicholas Mah, Tiera Maxwell, Michael McMurtry, Bernardo Michel-Luhrs, Lucas Milar, Kane Miller, Elise Momberger, Gregory Moore, Trevor Moore, Karen Morales Martinez, Renzon Morata, Joslyn Morgan, Nathan Moses, Emily Muller-Foster, Kelsi Nieves, Mattea Nieves, Raymond O’Brien, Caitlin O’Donnell, Benjawmon Olsen, Nicholas Orbanosky, Jennifer Osborne, Lluvia Perez-Rick, Matthew Perlstein, Zoya Pervaiz, Jadon Phillip, Benjamin Phillips, Mariano Pimentel, Mariah Powell, Edward Powley, Joshua Quarles-Zamovskis, Melissa Radler, Cameron Reeves, Scotlyn Rhyne, Khyle Rivera, Evan Robel, Fernando Roman, Iliana Ruiz, Isaac Ruiz, Rex Russell, Jenna Russo, Madison Rutberg, Maxwell Rutberg, Noah Ryan, Robert Sanders, Bryan Sands, Levi Sanks, Joseph Santos, Emanuel Saunders, Sophia Schwirzke, Kalani Shen, Emmett Small, Erica Smith, Tiffani Smith, Julia Spears, Rutger Sperry, Parker Staples, Arabella Sterwerf, Kacee Takasaki, Jack Taylor, Victoria Teskey, Michael Cody Thames, Jonah Thomason, Lorenzo Trinidad, Albert Trombetta, Yvan Vucina, Jon Watkins, Destinee Wavrin, Hallie Williams, Savannah Williams, Hayley Yukihiro

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• June 26, 2015

Pacific Grove

Sports JUST RUN Reaches New Milestones

Ben Alexander

Golf Tips

Students log more than 500,000 miles in single year

Ben Alexander PGA PGA Teaching Professional, Pacific Grove Golf Links, Bayonet Golf Course PGA Teacher Of The Year, No Cal PGA 831-277-9001 www.benalexandergolf.com

We just finished a beginner class yesterday and it was so much fun to get some new players into the game with the basic fundamentals. We started off with the pre shop. Grip, stance, ball position. With your irons, the ball position should be in the center of the stance. With most of your irons 5 iron through sand wedge, stance should be shoulder width.

Start off with the basic set up. The grip for right hander players: Grip the club with your left hand in the fingers, have your left thumb off to the right of the grip, grip the club with your right hand, have your right thumb off to the left make sure your hands face each other. These are basics to get started.

JUST RUN, the award-winning youth fitness program developed by the Big Sur International Marathon, has hit its highest marks ever. As the 2015 academic school year comes to a close, more than 18,000 children, representing 167 schools in 19 states, have logged over a half million miles.

JUST RUN began with only 450 participants in 2005 when the program was first developed and implemented in just eight schools in Monterey County, home base of the Big Sur International Marathon. Participation and miles accumulated have steadily increased over the years, with overall mileage reaching a collective two million miles run by spring of 2014. This year’s total of 502,298 miles is a 30 percent increase over last year and a 390 percent increase since the program’s first full year.

“This phenomenal growth is a testament to the positive impact and reputation of quality of JUST RUN,” stated Susan Love, JUST RUN director. “Since the program can be implemented in any locale by any leader, we’re also able to grow beyond our geographical limits. It’s rewarding and motivating to be able to offer schools and youth organizations an appealing, multifaceted program since fitness and the amount of time spent on physical activity are continuing to decline in our children and youth.”

On August 1 of each year the accumulated names and mileage totals are cleared to make way for new participating classes and schools starting the academic year.

The majority of the schools renew their involvement and additional new programs are implemented throughout the year.

JUST RUN is a free, website-based program where teachers and leaders can sign up and receive a wealth of information on training, running tips and fitness activities for kids, supplementary materials such as mile markers, mileage certificates and more. A key component to the program is “Run Across the USA” which tracks students’ mileage as their class virtually runs from Monterey to Boston. Students can receive incentives as they surpass mileage goals of 5, 10, 15, etc. miles run. A focus on healthy eating through Just Taste, and on good citizenship through Just Deeds are also features of JUST RUN. In 2015 JUST RUN received the National Youth Program of the Year from Running USA. It has also received numerous awards and accolades during its 11 year history.

Hope and Help for Homeless Runaways Life on the streets is no easy game to play Wanda Sue Parrott

Homeless in Paradise

Kicking life on the streets isn’t like kicking the can—it’s not an easy game like we played when I was a child and the streets were mostly safe.

If street life were easy, there wouldn’t be kids like Freddy, 17, who cries in “Sometimes God Has a Kid’s Face” (Covenant House, 2010) by Sister Mary Rose McGeady: “It’s in my blood. . . I was a born an addict. There’s nothing you can do to help me!” Oh, yeah?

Freddy landed at Covenant House after a year on the streets. Like many other runaways, he left home to avoid weekly beatings, but started boozing with his parents at 10. Drugs came after he fled home to find peace on the streets. “Instead, Freddy found what all kids find—the aloneness, hunger, fatigue and darkness of an unforgiving world on the street,” the book states.

Covenant House began in 1972 in Times Square, and became the most powerful human rights movement for children in the world. According to their statistics, “Simply stated, the number of street kids is growing. This year 1 million kids will end up on America’s streets.”

Monterey County’s Street Kids Here in Monterey County, the estimated number of homeless children ranges from 400 to 4,000, depending on whether statistics are county, state, or federal. Unknowns include percentages of “homeless” children who couch surf versus “travelers” moving through the area, panhandling but often sleeping in motels.

Others unaccounted for are college students who camp out, or runaways living on the streets. How many are involved in prostitution, drug trafficking, and use? Or are runaways?

Many kids fantasize running away, especially teens. Those who try it usually return within 48 hours. It happened to me in less than eight hours in August 1945 when I was only ten.

Running away then versus now I flung bleach at a pesky boy named Bobby Forrester, whom I feared I’d blinded, so I ran away with my piggy bank full of dimes, a pillow, and a Nancy Drew mystery novel. Three blocks away, I sneaked into my friend Virginia Varney’s backyard greenhouse.

Bored, I took a nap among potted tropical plants on the plank table, and awakened after dark to shadowy longnecked giraffes staring down on me in the jungle. They turned out to be harmless orchids.

Thirsty, hungry and alone for the first time in my life, I walked to a local

grocery store for snacks and a drink, and was headed back to the greenhouse when police spotlights blinded me. Minutes later, I faced very irate parents.

Mother ordered me to my room.

Dad followed. I dived under the bed. He pulled me out by both ankles and gave me a farm-style swat with his belt. (Mother’s leg-stinging switches hurt more.) Dad never hit me again. My episode had historic meaning. The bleach bomb missed Bobby, and a week later World War Two ended. The streets were full of victory celebrants like those seen in this Clip Art picture. Homelessness, runaways and unsafe streets came decades later.

The Sophisticated Sex Industry Today, according to Covenant House, the number of new kids pouring onto our streets is increasing, and criminals who buy and sell vulnerable young people are sophisticated. organized and ruthless. In 1972, when Covenant House was born, teen prostitutes roamed the streets to ply their trade, so it was easier for them to find help at shelter doors, and easier to be documented, but things have, indeed, changed.

According to Kevin M. Ryan, President of Covenant House, “Now, however, most sexual liaisons are planned via cell phones or over the internet, so the whole gruesome process is conducted behind closed doors. Out of sight. And, in far too many instances, out of our reach.

“Here in the United States, as many as 20,000 kids are trafficked within our borders each year. . . . Last year Covenant House served more than 70,000 homeless kids in 16 cities, and many of them had been solicited on the streets or muscled into the sex trade.”

Hope—Help—Here in Monterey Community Human Services (CHS) is Monterey County’s equivalent of the much larger Covenant House (CH). CHS is a Joint Powers Authority whose motto is: Hope. Help. Here. Although no statistics were available to me, a representative of CHS said there probably are local kids who have been victimized in the sex trade and CHS is there to help. Their mission statement is: Addiction, mental illness and homelessness destroy lives and weaken families; therefore, Community Human Services provides people of all ages with the tools and support to overcome these challenges and create lasting change in their lives.

Safe Passage in Monterey provides transitional supportive housing for six homeless youth between the ages of 18 and 21 who work and/or go to school.

According to Program Officer Shirley Millilo, “Some of these kids are brilliant.

They’re articulate, bright and have had a bad rap because they are homeless.” For information about Safe Passage, call 831717-4126.

Safe Place in Monterey offers counseling services for runaway and homeless youths and their families; anger management counseling for youth; and, substance abuse education and intervention for

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Court Comedy Planning for Each Generation

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Back to Basics Part XVII Form 4562 - Depreciation and Amortization Travis H. Long, CPA

As an English major, I have always enjoyed a good play on words. Sometimes, a play on words is the result of clever wit. Often, a play on words is an unintentional consequence of the idiosyncrasies of the English language. Below are real quotes from witnesses and lawyers in courtrooms across the country. These quotes and more can be found in Disorder in the Court by Charles M. Sevilla.

ATTORNEY: What is your date of birth?

WITNESS: July 18th.

ATTORNEY: What year?

WITNESS: Every year. ______________________________________ ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?

WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks. ______________________________________ ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?

WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory?

WITNESS: I forget.

ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot? _____________________________________ ATTORNEY: How old is your son, the one living with you?

WITNESS: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can’t remember which.

ATTORNEY: How long has he lived with you?

WITNESS: Forty-five years. _____________________________________ ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?

WITNESS: He said, “Where am I, Cathy?”

ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?

WITNESS: My name is Susan. ______________________________________ ATTORNEY: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo?

WITNESS: We both do.

ATTORNEY: Voodoo?

WITNESS: We do.

ATTORNEY: You do?

WITNESS: Yes, voodoo. ______________________________________ ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn’t it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn’t know about it until the next morning?

WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam? ______________________________________

Travis on Taxes If you want to take a relatively simple concept and complicate it to the nth degree, then you will fall in love with depreciation expense! I am sure there have been numerous doctoral candidates in the accounting field that have written their dissertations on the topic of depreciation. There are so many angles - matching the expense of an asset with the revenues it generates, shifting economic policies, grandfathering of legacy rules, and of course politics and lobbyists. Today we will be talking about Form 4562 - Depreciation and Amortization. If you would like to catch up on our Back to Basics series on personal tax returns, prior articles are republished on my website at www.tlongcpa.com/blog .

At its core, the concept of depreciation expense is rooted in what accountants call the "matching principle." You are trying to spread out the cost of purchasing an asset for your business or investment activity over the years that it is useful to you thus allocating the expense to the periods of revenue that result from the asset. Take a pencil for example. You purchase the pencil at the beginning of the year. You use it to write notes, draft reports, and fill out forms, which lead to revenue throughout the year. By the end of the year you are left with a short stub, riddled with bite marks and a half-used blue pencil top eraser with a split down the side...so you throw it away. On your tax returns you have a $50,000 of revenue, offset by a $0.25 deduction for the pencil that helped generate the revenue. Clearly, the revenue and the expense were matched in the same period.

But what about the stapler that you also bought at the same time as the pencil?

You bought a quality, metal stapler for $25. It could be sitting on your desk until you retire, and then get passed on to your successor! Let us assume it helps you earn revenue for 25 years before becoming the victim of a careless office prank. The matching principle would say you take the $25 and spread it out over the 25 years of its useful life, taking a $1 of expense each year against the revenue it helped you earn all those years. You would of course have to track the stapler on a schedule and each year update it for the depreciation expense taken. It would be helpful to have a column for the accumulated total of depreciation you had taken over the years so you know what is left to deduct as well.

That is depreciation expense in its simplest form. Unfortunately, the tax code is anything but simple - sometimes for good reasons, and sometimes for not so good reasons. A full explanation of depreciation rules would require thousands of pages of text. Here are some of the key concepts to help you swim with depreciation. It is important to note that depreciation is not a choice. There are choices within the depreciation laws, but you cannot just say - I do not want to participate.

Depreciation vs. Amortization - essentially a matter of semantics. Depreciation is the word used in association with tangible assets purchased; amortization is the word used in association with intangible assets purchased, such as goodwill, patents, and copyrights.

Depreciation Policy - it would be impractical to track every asset you buy that has a useful life of more than a year (like the stapler!), so depreciation policies are

See LONG Page 18

See KRASA Page 17

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Letters

Opinion Please consider the effect of taking down trees in Area D Editor:

To the Planning Department, Monterey County At the ends of our streets in Del Monte Park on David Avenue, Lincoln Avenue, and twp or three more ends of parallel streets, exists a pristine wooded area. In the morning, neighbors and their dogs meander down there to walk and start the day. In the evening, neighbors and I, again walk to the ends of these streets to visit that wooded area. My children, grand children and dogs have loved this area for 36 years.

It is one of five areas where the Monterey Pine grows, among many other trees and bushes. It is home to hawks, deer, other birds and animals. It is visited by children, allowed to play in this safe area, sometimes unescorted by their parents. It is a source of beauty, pleasure and oxygen creation.

Pebble Beach Corporation recently completed a cement parking lot, adjacent to the Spanish Bay resort entrance. Many trees were felled. If the Area D plan is to take down about 1000 trees, then this newer parking lot took down, probably three times that amount. From what I count, 40 trees were planted in their place, surrounded by cement, and preventing reseeding because of cement surroundings.

This estimate of the loss of approximately 1000 trees for the proposed construction is a great underestimate, as it does not take into consideration all of the seedlings and non-mature trees.

For this exquisite piece of forest to be replaced by apartments, parking, lighting, and a blocking fencing at the end of our streets would be a great loss for the citizens and for the environment. Pebble Beach Corporation is summarily downing “our” forest in what once it named as a protected area.

Building without downing invaluable forest land is possible and preferable. Please consider this plea as this proposal comes before you and consider the destruction that will take place in its execution.

Noelle Nichols Pacific Grove

City should require gopher abatement Dear City Officials:

I am writing to you regarding my concerns as a long time Pacific Grove resident in dealing with a very destructive invasion of gophers on to my property as well as others at no fault of my own.

I have written a letter to the owner of the property where the gophers originate [picture below]. I am also attaching an estimate from the Clark Pest Control to control or eliminate the problem which I have sent to the owner of the rental property on Del Monte Avenue.

I believe it is necessary to make an amendment to the animal control ordinance by adding a section regarding a need for homeowners to abate large infestations of gophers on private property. Gophers are not only a public nuisance, but can be most detrimental to the plants and overall landscaping of the neighborhood in general.

Jim Willoughby Pacific Grove

Looking for Transparency Mayor Kampe,

When you first decided to run for mayor of PG, you sat in my living room and stated, “My government will be transparent.” “Transparency” apparently left as, for any question I asked, you refused to answer them. When you knocked at my door as you ran for a second term, I mentioned that issue and you turned and walked away without comment.

I believe that the Freedom of Information Act and the Right to Know Act require that citizens have the right to have answers to any and all reasonable questions, such as: Why does a city the size of PG need two attorneys?

What is the salary and all other benefits of the City Manager? What is the severance package if the city manager retires, is fired, or resigns, including lifetime benefits?

When you voted to keep Cal Am, did you and the business people, such as motels, receive special benefits, including NO restrictions on water usage and water rates, which homeowners did not receive?

I certainly feel that public answers are necessary in order to restore faith and trust in our elected government.

M.D. Reitz Pacific Grove

Legal Notices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20151209 The following person is doing business as COASTAL PLUMBING, 837 El Camino Real N., Salinas, CA 93907: FRESNO PLUMBING & HEATING, INC., 2585 N. Larkin, Fresno, CA 93927. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on August 23, 2010. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 2001. Signed: Gary L. Kumpe, President. This business is conducted by a California Corporation.

Publication dates: 6/26, 7/3, 7/10, 7/17/15 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number 20151251 The following person is doing business as: GLOBAL STAR ACCESSORIES, 460 Combs Ct., Marina, Monterey County, CA 93933. VIVEK BHATTI, 460 Combs Ct., Marina, CA 93933. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Monterey County on June 12, 2015. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signed, Vivek Bhatti. This business is conducted by an individual.

Publication dates: 6/19, 6/26, 7/0, 7/10/15 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number 20151173 The following person is doing business as: IMAGINE ART SUPPLIES, 309A Forest Ave., Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950. GERMAIN MARTIQUE HATCHER, 309A Forest Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Monterey County on june 03, 2015. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 6/3/2015.

Signed, Germain M. Hatcher. This business is conducted by an individual.

Publication dates: 6/5, 6/12, 6/19, 6/26/15 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number 20151125 The following person is doing business as: RELIABLE ROOFING, THE RELIABLE ROOFING GROUP, J.I ROOFING, 422 Exeter Pl., Marina, Monterey County, CA 93933. JOHN INDUSTRIES, INC., 422 Exeter Pl., Marina, CA 93933. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Monterey County on May 27, 2015.

Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a.

Signed, Cameron John, President. This business is conducted by a corporation.

Publication dates: 6/12, 6/19, 6/26, 7/03/15

Call 831-324-4742 about placing legal notices

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number 20151075 The following person is doing business as: RYJAH, 660 Parcel St., Monterey, Monterey County, CA 93940.

JENNIFER HALLOCK, 660 Parcel St., Monterey, CA 93940. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Monterey County on May 19, 2015. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. Signed, Jennifer Hallock. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 6/12, 6/19, 6/26, 7/03/15 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number 20151175 The following person is doing business as: LOS PINOS NURSERY PLANTS, 22745 Full Lane, Salinas, Monterey County, CA 93908. JOSE JESUS PEREZ, 323 Front St. #208, Salinas, CA 93901 and ISIDRO PEREZ, 323 Front St. #208, Salinas, CA 93901. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Monterey County on June 03, 2015. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 01/01/15. Signed, Jose Jesus Perez Yañez. This business is conducted by co-partners.

Publication dates: 6/19, 6/26, 7/0, 7/10/15

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number 20151291 The following person is doing business as: ORO VERDE SOLUTIONS, 1253 Los Olivos Dr. #36, Salinas, Monterey County, CA 93901. ANTONIO OJEDA, 1253 Los Olivos Dr. #36, Salinas, CA 93901.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Monterey County on June 17, 2015. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signed, Antonio Ojeda. This business is conducted by an individual.

Publication dates: 6/19, 6/26, 7/0, 7/10/15

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number 20151166 The following person is doing business as: VICTORIAN CORNER RESTAURANT, 541 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950. DOMENIC P. ALIOTTI, 3043 Sloat Rd., Pebble Beach, CA 93953 and MARY ALIOTTI, 3043 Sloat Rd., Pebble Beach, CA 93953. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Monterey County on June 02, 2015.

Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a.

Signed, Domenic Aliotti. This business is conducted by a married couple.

Publication dates: 6/5, 6/12, 6/19, 6/26/15 STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME File No. 20102554 The following person(s) have abandoned the use of the fictitious name(s) listed: VICTORIAN CORNER, 541 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950. The fictitious business name was filed in Monterey County on 12/8/10, File Number 20102554. Registered Owner: PAUL PETER ALIOTTI, 1071 Trappers Trl., Pebble Beach, CA 93953; SANDY ALIOTTI, 1071 Trappers Trl., Pebble Beach, CA 93953. Business was conducted by: an individual. Signed: Paul P. Aliotti This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Monterey County on June 02, 2015. Publication dates: 6/5, 6/12, 6/19, 6/26/15

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number 20151233 The following person is doing business as: ERIC MILLER INTERIORS, 211 Hoffman Avenue, Monterey, Monterey County, CA 93940. ERIC MILLER ARCHITECTS, INC., 4211 Hoffman Avenue, Monterey, CA 93940. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Monterey County on June 10, 2015.

Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a.

Signed, Eric Miller, President. This business is conducted by a corporation.

Publication dates: 6/12, 6/19, 6/26, 7/03/15 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number 20150949 The following person is doing business as: MONTEREY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, CARMEL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, SALINAS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, 24545 Amador St. #1, Hayward, Alameda County, CA 94544. MATTHEW HERZ, 24545 Amador St. #1, Hayward, CA 94544.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Monterey County on April 30, 2015. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 04/02/2015.

Signed, Matthew Herz. This business is conducted by an individual.

Publication dates: 5/29, 6/5, 6/12, 6/19/15

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Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County seek Matching Funds for Summer Program

PKRASA From Page 18 ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?

WITNESS: Uh, he’s twenty-one. ______________________________________

‘Summer Learning Loss’ is greater for low-income children

ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?

WITNESS: Would you repeat the question? ______________________________________ ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?

WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?

WITNESS: Uh. ______________________________________ ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?

WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: How many were boys?

WITNESS: None.

ATTORNEY: Were there any girls? ______________________________________ ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?

WITNESS: By death.

ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated? ______________________________________ ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?

WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female? ______________________________________ ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?

WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work. ______________________________________ ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?

WITNESS: All my autopsies are performed on dead people ______________________________________ ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?

WITNESS: Oral. ______________________________________

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On June 8 the Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County (BGCMC) kicked off its Summer Program which will benefit nearly 2,000 children. To help fund the all-day, 8-week program offered in Seaside and Salinas, the Clubs seek the investment of the local community to sponsor a child’s summer.

“Our unfunded need is just over $600 per child,” explains BGCMC’s CEO/ President Donna Ferraro. “Investing in this need is a real opportunity to make a difference in the life of a child.” Currently, Wells Fargo and the Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation have committed challenge grants totaling $35,000 to match contributions to the Club’s Summer Campaign – to date, more than $29,000 has been raised for the match.

Research shows that summer has long-lasting effects on a child’s education, documented as “Summer Learning Loss.” The average student, regardless of their family’s economic status, will lose two months of math skills during the summer months. Low-income students face the additional loss of nearly three months of reading skills. The cumulative effect of these losses over time can be staggering to a child’s education and their likelihood to maintain on-time grade progression and graduate from high school.

For many low income youth, the summer months also impose the challenges of hunger or inadequate nutrition, and fewer opportunities for physical activity. And, with many youth left home without adult supervision, the summer break is also a high risk for crime, violence and risky behaviors.

The Clubs’ summer program is intentionally designed to address all these factors by focusing on preventing summer learning loss, providing physical recreation, and serving breakfast, lunch and snacks every day. Children in the program participate in classes that include science, technology, engineering, arts, math and literacy for every age group. “The program uses field trips, group projects, creativity, movement, and active participation so kids are learning while also having fun,” explains Ferraro.

The 8-week program will serve an average of 500-600 children a day and requires a significant financial commitment of the Club. “Over 20percent of our annual budget is invested in the summer months,” shares Ferraro. “And it’s our leanest time of year for donations, so it’s difficult to balance with the demand. The funds from this campaign are essential to helping us serve children during the summer.”

To contribute to the campaign, visit www.bgcmc.org/summer. For more information call 831-394-5171.

ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?

WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.

ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?

WITNESS: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy on him! _______________________________________ ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?

WITNESS: No. ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?

WITNESS: No. ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?

WITNESS: No. ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?

WITNESS: No. ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?

WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.

ATTORNEY: But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?

WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.

PHOMELESS From Page 14 youth. Call Safe Place at 831-373-4421.

Elm House in Seaside offers supportive housing for single homeless women in recovery. Call Elm House at 831-920-1078.

Genesis House in Seaside offers residential drug treatment care for adults, with special treatment program for pregnant and parenting women. Call Genesis House at 831-899-2436.

Other CHS services include the The Family Service Centers in both Seaside (831) 394-4622 and Salinas (831) 757-7915; Drug and Alcohol Intervention for Youth (DAISY) in Salinas (831) 233-9029; and Off Main Clinic in Salinas, offering opioid-dependent adults detoxification treatment and methadone maintenance (831)-424-4828.

Services are mostly bilingual, payable on a sliding scale based on ability to pay, or are free.

For information about referral or enrollment, call 831-658-3811, and for details about making donations visit www.chservices.org .

As to how Freddy (the runaway kid who claimed he was a born addict) fared, or to learn how to obtain “Sometimes God Has a Kid’s Face” containing an excellent Family Survival section for those whose children or grandchildren are at risk of becoming runaways, contact Covenant House, P. O. Box 96708, Washington, DC 20090-6708, 1-800-388-3888, www.covenant house.org . Make donation checks payable to Covenant House and specify how many copies you want.

See 2013 Homeless Census data at (http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/06/25/18738965.php.)

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PLONG From Page 15 developed in accordance with limits established by law. For instance, everything over $500 will be depreciated, and everything below that will just be expensed in the year it is purchased.

Asset Classes - the IRS has pre-determined the periods and methodology for depreciating the vast majority of assets. The Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS) is the system used for depreciation today.

Inside that there is the general depreciation system and the alternative depreciation system (ADS) (ADS is mainly used for assets held outside the U.S.). Inside the more common general depreciation system there are 3-year, 5-year, 7-year, 10-year, 15-year, etc. on up to 50-year asset classes. For instance, off-the-shelf computer software is 3-year property; machinery, equipment, and computers in a business are 5-year property; and land improvements are 15-year property.

So you do not just pick the expected useful life in your opinion - you use what the IRS says, instead. Of course there are always strange nuances - such as furniture in a business is 7-year property but furniture in a residential rental is 5-year property. Or the fact that the residential rental house you own is 27.5-year property, but an entire "motorsports entertainment complex" is only 7-year property (think NASCAR lobbyists). These classes are generally "accelerated" as well, meaning you do not simply divide the cost by the number of years and depreciate it ratably. That would be "straight-line depreciation." Instead there are methods such as 200 percent Declining Balance and 150 percent Declining Balance that front-load the depreciation expense in the early years, resulting in less in the later year.

There are also "conventions" depending on the asset class and date it is placed in service during the year when you first acquire it. These include "half-year," mid-quarter," and "mid-month," and determine how you calculate the depreciation in the first year. To make matters more complicated, the tax laws have changed over the years, but the system that was in place when you placed the asset in service governs it for life. MACRS was established in 1986. Prior to that, there were several other systems with their own sets of rules: the Accelerated Cost Recovery System (ACRS) was used from 1981-1985, and prior to that, the Asset Depreciation Range (ADR) system was used. It is still possible to have assets under ADR, ACRS, and MACRS! To say that software is necessary is an understatement. It certainly works wonders with the calculations, but you still have to understand the laws and options to make the right selections and decisions.

Section 179 Deduction - from year-to-year the political and economic environments dictate an incredibly powerful deduction under IRS Code Section 179. This code section is kind of like an override that allows you to elect to expense assets in their entirety in the year purchased rather than spreading the deduction out over a period of years. The code section was created in 1958 when it had a $2,000 cap. The amounts were slowly raised up to $25,000 by 2003. Since then, each year Congress has made huge overrides to the codified $25,000 amount jumping it to $100,000, $125,000, $250,000, and even $500,000 where it has been for the last five years, but it generally defaults back to the $25,000 figure where it currently sits for 2015, unless Congress "saves the day" again. Many business owners have come to rely on this for large purchases, but it is good to remember, it may not be there. Certain assets do not get 179 treatment or there are modified rules. Vehicles for instance are not eligible unless it is a vehicle with a gross weight rating of over 6,000 pounds. Even then, the depreciation amount has been capped at $25,000 in recent years on those particular vehicles. For assets you want to elect to claim the 179 treatment, you still must go through the formal process of setting them up on a depreciation schedule and reporting them on the Form 4562.

Bonus Depreciation/Special Depreciation - these are additional concepts that Congress has created over the years allowing more depreciation in certain circumstances. One of the concepts with special depreciation has been that the assets must be brand new (not purchased in used condition). This was certainly a policy implemented to try to stir the economy.

Other Rules - there are a host of other rules, such as how to handle assets that you exchange for other ones (like trading in a vehicle), what do you do if you convert the asset to personal use, or use assets for both business and personal use, what do you do when you sell assets, etc. And there are lots of very pointed rules that clearly address certain industry desires such as "qualified second generation biofuel plant property," which apparently was important enough to the masses to warrant half a column among the sea of information that could have been presented in the condensed 22 pages of instructions to the Form 4562!

The Form 4562 itself is two pages long. The first section deals with reporting any assets for which you are electing to take a Section 179 deduction. The next section deals with Special Depreciation. The third section deals with reporting assets under the regular MACRS depreciation asset classes, but you only have to list the assets on the form during the first-year they are placed in service - not every year. Your separately maintained depreciation schedules will track them for all years. Depreciation schedules need not be submitted to the IRS with your returns, but should be maintained for reference and in the event of an audit. The fourth section is a summary. The majority of the second page deals with automobiles and listed property, which are required to be reported each year, since they have special limiting rules. Listed property includes certain types of property that often have mixed personal and business use, so the IRS wants to monitor these more closely. The final section is for amortizable assets. As with depreciable assets, you only have to list amortizable assets in the first year they are placed in service.

Keep in mind that besides the regular depreciation schedules, you also typically have to maintain separate state depreciation schedules, which can have their own rules. California, for instance, does not conform to Section 179 deductions among many other things. In addition, you should track Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) versions of the federal and state schedules as they can differ as well, should you be impacted by AMT. Travis H. Long, CPA is located at 706-B Forest Avenue, PG, 93950 and focuses on trust, estate, individual, and business taxation. He can be reached at 831-333-1041.

Museum’s New Exhibit: Strange and Useful Animals

The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History is pleased to announce one of its quirkiest exhibits to date. “Strange and Useful Animals: Shown in Figures from Nature 1780-1786,” is on display now through Sunday, August 30.

This wonderful exhibit features art taken from an 18th century series of 10 volumes, written by G.H. Borowski and J.F.W. Herbst, and printed between 1780 and 1786. These volumes, created before photography and the Internet, depicts creatures drawn from animal skins and descriptions provided by naturalists returning from various expeditions outside of Europe - and not from actual observations of animals. Drawing an animal “from nature” meant, variously, that the artist drew from a stuffed and mounted skin, from a pinned insect specimen, or even from only a written description.

This often led to rather odd representations.

During that period of time, naturalists shared their discoveries through published descriptions and illustrations, and science began to emerge as a recognizable discipline as a result. Illustrations for this whimsical 10 volume series were engraved

by D. Glassbach and made after the drawings of German artist Daniel Sotzman. The book plates ultimately were removed from their bindings, sold as fine art prints, and donated to the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History in the 1980s.

Exhibitions Curator Annie Holdren said art has played an instrumental role in the sciences for centuries.

“Working in the 1780’s, the artist had never seen any of these animals himself, yet he was responsible for illustrations to accompany an encyclopedic work by German naturalists,” Holdren said.

For more information, visit the Museum’s website at http://www.pgmuseum.org/exhibitions/#exhibitionsstrangeanimals.

Courtesy Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History/Canada Porcupine (Hystrix Dorasata Linn.) Classified today as Erethizon dorsatum, from Vol. 1, Natürliche Abbildungen der merkwürdigsten Säugenden oder Vierfüssigen Thiere nach ihren Geschlechtern (1780).

‘Tiny Treasures’ plus New Exhibit on Hand at Art Center Gala Jenini Kitchen will donate a Percentage of your July 3 Tab to Art Center

Over 100 “tiny treasures” of art will be displayed at the Pacific Grove Art Center’s Gala opening of new exhibits from 7-9 p.m. Friday, July 3, at 568 Lighthouse Ave. A “taste of the Mediterranean” dinner before the gala at Jeninni’s Kitchen and Wine Bar, 542 Lighthouse, will donate10 percent of dinner proceeds to the nonprofit Art Center.

Exhibiting will be members of the Monterey Peninsula Art Foundation and members of ImageMakers, a coalition of fine art photographers from in and around the Monterey peninsula. Also shown will be block prints by Linda Zupcic Exhibiting artists will be in their galleries to greet guests during the gala and there will be music, light refreshments and beverages during the evening. The exhibits continue through Aug. 27 “Tiny Treasures,” PGAC’s annual miniature’s fundraiser, showcases an array of museum-quality, 7 x 9 inch donated artworks. Mediums include acrylic, watercolor, oil, pastel, pen and ink, monotype, collage, colored pencil, and many more. Participating artists

donate their art to support the Art Center’s mission of “building community through creativity.” Raffle tickets will be available at the July 3 opening, $4.00 each or 6 for $20.00. Winning tickets will be drawn after Aug. 28.

Additional information about the artists opening their PGAC exhibits July 3 are: “Bustin’ Loose,” is the yearly All Members Show by the Monterey Peninsula Art Foundation (M.P.A.F.) The work of these artists is as diverse as the group itself. Conceived in the late 1970s in Dick Crispo’s living room, the Monterey Peninsula Art Foundation brings member artists together for fellowship, the exchange of ideas, and educational events. The group organizes workshops and lectures, funds a scholarship, and supports public art work and activities.

“IM Ashleigh” – ImageMakers (IM) is a coalition of fine art photographers from in and around the Monterey peninsula. Seven member photographers with diverse backgrounds and photographic experience

have joined together to offer their unique perspective on a single subject: to capture the personality and emotion of an aspiring young dancer named Ashleigh.

“City Life Never Suited Me” - block prints by Linda Zupcic “Mammoth sunflower heads and the scent of lavender don’t fit in with urban edginess,” states Zupcic as she struggles to reconcile the textured grittiness of city life with remembered beauty and “the vast changing landscape that I choose to lose myself in.” Wary of glib explanations, Zupcic lays the “mingled heat and sweat of city life” against an emerging work that comes from “all the places I have been . . . and especially the place where I live, find calmness and serenity, open-heartedness and acceptance, a place that can inspire me and still, after all, give me a sense of wonder.”

The nonprofit Pacific Grove Art Center, at 568 Lighthouse Ave, Pacific Grove, is always free and open to the public. Regular hours are from noon to 5 p.m.

Wed.- Sat. and from 1-4 p.m. on Sundays. For more information, call 831-375-2208.

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www.edmondsconstruction.com 3-D CAD drawings - Lic. 349605

GardenLandscapeMaintenance Planting - Fertilizing - Mulching - Weed Control Insect Control - Edging and Cultivating - Staking - Winter Protection - Rototilling - Sod Sprinkler Installation - Drip Systems

Roberto Damian 831-241-4402 GATES

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831.655.3821

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KITCHEN & BATH REMODELING

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LANDSCAPING • Residential and Commercial Landscape and Maintenance • Irrigation and Drainage • Installation and Renovation • Landscape Design • Horticulture Consultation Free estimate and consultation in most cases!

HANDYMAN FAVALORO CONSTRUCTION Is your home ready for winter?

I can help, call Joseph

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UPHOLSTERY

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MORTUARY

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CA Lic #900218

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INC.

Gilberto Manzo

Reasonable Rates Mike Torre 831-372-2500/Msg. 831-915-5950

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WINDOW CLEANING

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PETS

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Lic. 988217

YARD MAINTENANCE

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PEBBLE BEACH | $2,000,000 Filtered ocean views in Pebble Beach’s estate area above The Lodge. Beautiful 1.5 acre estate lot backing into a forested open space.

PEBBLE BEACH | 1,725,000 This lot offers it all on the covered 17 Mile Drive with filtered ocean views. Directly across the street from the 7th tee of The Links at Spanish Bay.

PACIFIC GROVE | 302 Lighthouse Avenue The Abalone House. Immaculate 3BR/2BA 1891 restored Victorian masterpiece. Ideally located with peeks of the bay. $1,500,000

Paul Riddolls 831.293.4496

Paul Riddolls 831.293.4496

Bill Bluhm 831.277.2782

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PACIFIC GROVE | 368 Sinex Avenue It’s all in the details at this charming Pacific Grove 2 story home. Includes 4BR/2.5BA. Gated front yard and beautiful backyard oasis. $1,249,000

MONTEREY | 640 Devisadero Street Built new in 2003, this 3BR/3BA home features a wraparound patio on 2nd floor & oversized detached garage. $943,000

PACIFIC GROVE | 1005 Benito Avenue Beautiful 3BR/2BA richly renovated home.

Downstairs master suite, beamed ceilings, Corian counters, cherry wood cabinets, $775,000

Debby Beck 831.915.9710

J.R. Rouse 831.277.3464

Deane Ramoni 831.917.6080

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PACIFIC GROVE | 304 Spruce Avenue Right in the middle of town lies this cute 3BR/1.5BA home on a corner lot only 3 blocks to downtown Pacific Grove. $659,900

MONTEREY | 2203 Golden Oaks Lane Serene and Relaxing. Well cared 2BR/1BA. Close to Pool and Clubhouse. Near Shopping Center. Easy access to freeway. $358,000

MONTEREY | $325,000 This charming 2BR/1.5BA cottage was remodeled in 2002 with all new systems, plumbing, electrical, heating and appliances. A Perfect starter home.

Annette Boggs 831.601.5800

Yvonne Han 831.622.4868

Annette Boggs 831.601.5800

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