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Fridays

Pacific Groove Dance Jam Chautauqua Hall 8-10 PM •

Saturdays

Dance at Chautauqua Hall •

Fri. June 9

Sunset Music Series Andrea’s Fault Duo Asilomar • 6:30-9:00 PM Eat, Drink, Enjoy Phone 831-642-4222 •

Fri. June 9

Saca Dawa, a full moon celebration, honoring Buddha Sakyamini’s birth, enlightenment, and death.

Manjushri Dharma Center 724 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove

Traditions - Page 9

Memories - Page 11

Pacific Grove’s

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• Tues. June 13

MONTEREY PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP “Think LOUD! Speech and Swallowing changes with Parkinsons” With speech therapist Katie Pietsch, MA, CCC-SLP, CBIS 3:00 pm Sally Griffin Center 700 Jewell Ave, Pacific Grove •

June 9-15, 2017

Your Community NEWSpaper

Sentries

Fri. June 16

Leash-free hours remain the same at George Washington Park in PG

Thurs. June 22

Meet The Author Susan Sherman 7:30 p.m.

Pacific Grove Public Library Suggested donation $10 (nonmembers) •

Fri. June 23

Sunset Music Series Out of the Blue Asilomar • 6:30-9:00 PM Eat, Drink, Enjoy Phone 831-642-4222 •

Sun. June 25

Feast of Lanterns Kick-Off Brunch & Auction Fundraiser Noon The Beach House Adv. tickets $50 PG Travel 831-373-0631

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Fri. June 30

Sunset Music Series The Bolero Bros.

Asilomar • 6:30-9:00 PM Eat, Drink, Enjoy Phone 831-642-4222 •

Sun. July 9

Sat. July 29

Feast Day Feast of Lanterns Pageant at Lovers Point Yoga 11:15 am Entertainment 12:30 pm Pageant 8:00 pm

Inside

And Other Random Thoughts........... 16 Cartoon.............................................. 2 Crime................................................. 6 Financial............................................ 6 Homeless in Paradise........................ 18 Keepers of Our Culture..................... 14 Legal Notices.................................... 19 Otter Views....................................... 15 Old Car Corner................................. 12 Opinion........................................ 5, 16 Postcards from the Kitchen............... 13 Rain Gauge........................................ 2 Real Estate.............................. 4, 16, 20

Vol. IX, Issue 37

Let slip the dogs of love

Sunset Music Series Mark Banks Asilomar • 6:30-9:00 PM Eat, Drink, Enjoy Phone 831-642-4222 •

Obon Festival Buddhist Temple 155 Noche Buena, Seaside Japanese food offered Entertainment, games, bonsai, ikebana, Taiko Free •

Stolen - Page 18

Silhouetted against a setting sun, four bucks stand guard over their domain at Asilomar. Photo by Brooke Meer.

Public Water Now sets out to bring public ownership of water utility back to the ballot by initiative

Though water use now is on a par with 1960 levels thanks to conservation, population has doubled. And water bills have tripled in the past few months as the current utility claims they are not selling enough water to stay afloat. The Public Utilities Commission agreed and allowed the rate increases. As ratepayers all over the Peninsula face those shocking triple water bills, a growing group of citizens seeks to raise the issue on the ballot again. The group successfully brought Measure O to voters, though the ill-fated measure to require a study did not succeed, being out-spent by California-American Water to the tune of millions of dollars.

The group believes water customer rates would be lower if the California-American Water company were kicked out of power and a public utility, likely the Water Management District, took over water supplies and management.

Organizers brought the mayor and city manager of Missoula, MT to town this week to brainstorm how that city used eminent domain to take water ownership back to the people. At three informational sessions, including a casual meeting at Pt. Pinos

See WATER page 2

No one could remember how a curtailment of leash-free hours for dogs at George Washington Park came to be part of the list of revisions to Pacific Grove’s animal ordinance, and no one turned up at the City Council meeting Wed., June 7 to defend it. But dozens of people came out to testify how such a limitation would alter an entire way of life for some in the city.

It started out as an effort to rein in the sorts of animals which may be kept within the city limits, restricting the keeping and harboring of “non-household animals” such as cows, horses, mules, donkeys, sheep, goats, chickens or even bees without a permit, and spelling out out the responsibilities of pet owners to avoid causing a detriment to property values or public or private nuisance -- read: clean up after your animals.

The revisions set out to limit the number of animals which can be kept without a permit, mainly to prevent hoarding behavior.

It’s still against city code to feed wildlife on streets, parks, or public property (such as the proverbial little old lady scattering seed for the pigeons while sitting on a park bench) or to feed wildlife on private property, except in a bird feeder. As lately as the morning of press for this newspaper, a coyote was seen on Congress Ave. They are not to be encouraged, either.

But that wasn’t the issue at the city council meeting. In the end, the lawmakers struck out the portion of the proposed revision concerning off-leash hours, and it remains “from sunrise to 9 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to sunset.”

PCA Rates Rise as of July 1

Residential rates for sewage and sewage maintenance will increase to $46.46 per month in the city of Pacific Grove effective July 1, 2017. At a Prop.

218 hearing this week, attendees were told that their bi-monthly $88.34 bill would now be $92.92, of which the city uses $58.12 for maintenance of the sewer system up to the point where sewage is delivered to the Pollution Control Agency pump stations at either Coral Street or Fountain Avenue.

Thus far, according to Board chairman Rudy Fischer, the Prop. 218 notice has only rsulted in 66 protests and the deadline for protests has passed.

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Joan Skillman

PWATER From Page 1

Skillshots

Grill, the Montanans and their attorneys described their battle and offered advice.

“It was a three-year battle, “ said Missoula Mayor John Engen, including two appearances in the Montana Supreme Court.

The Montana group had tried to buy the utility outright, as has been done in hundreds of other cases, but the utility wouldn’t agree on a reasonable selling price so the city commenced eminent domain proceedings, citing a huge leakage and deferred maintenance problems. They won. And they have been able to finance the entire operation and provide water to the public with no rate increases whatsoever.

The Missoula group brought with them reresentatives from their legal firm who offered advice on law matters. The firm has expertise battling American Water, and said that the Cal-Am tactic will be to outwait or starve out takeover efforts.

The mayor quipped that it appears Cal-Am and the California PUC are “taking a shower together.”

At that meeting, retired Congressman Sam Farr also offered opinions and advice.

He recommended reading “River in Ruin” by Ray March, the story of the Carmel River. Public Water Now only needs 7,000 signatures to get on the ballot and will begin that effort shortly.

There will be a showing of “Water and Power: A California Heist,” a documentary on the politics of California water, on Saturday, June 17 at 7;00 p.m. and Thurs., June 29 at 6:00 p.m., both at the Marina library in Marina, 190 Seaside Circle. The film showings are free.

More information about the efforts can be found at www.publicwaternow.org.

Art Center Appeals for Funds and Anticipates Sale of Property

The Pacific Grove Art Center is a non-profit which provides art classes, yoga and tai chi classes, studio rentals, art exhibits, ballet school, musical and cultural events over the past 48 years. Recently, the owner of the building in which the Art Center is housed at 568 Lighthouse Ave. raised rents. And now the Art Center is facing another unknown as the building has sold and they do not know what the new owner intends to do.

Escrow will not close, likely, for another month or more according to the new, Denver, CO-based owner. They have not made plans yet, nor contacted tenants, pending closing of escrow. Continuing to operate as they are is certainly an option, they say, and they will likely also seek to improve some parts that have needed improvement for a long time.

The Bratty building portion of that particular block of Lighthouse recently sold as well, bringing $1.4 million. The building which houses the Art Center also includes, on the Lighthouse side, Nancy’s Attic, Spirals, Glen Gobel Custom Picture Framing, and the AFRP rescue center. On Forest, Tessuti Zoo is located in the building as well as some vacant upstairs suites.

The Art Center’s appeal points out that grants are no longer being funded each year and that donations have decreased. The Art Center says they are creating more programs to generate revenue: more classes, concerts and workshops as well as greater community utreach.

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

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

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

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Week ending 06-08-17- at 8:15 AM........ .00" Total for the season............................. 24.59" The historic average to this date is ........N/A" Wettest year.................................................. 47.15" During rain year 07-01-97 through 06-30-98 Driest year.................................................... 15.54" During rain year 07-01-12 through 06-30-13 RAINFALL SEASON BEGINS JULY 1 EACH YEAR

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

Week ending morning 06-08/17........... .00" Near Lovers Point Total for the 7/1/16). ..... 22.55" Dataseason reported by(since John Munch at 18th St. Last week low12/07/16.......................... temperature..................50.4 Week ending .19"F Last week high temperature.................64.4 Total for the season (since 7/1/16)........ 5.42"F Last year rain to date (7/1/15-4/13/16)....... 17.54F ” Last week low temperature..................41.5 Last week high temperature.................63.5 F

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On Wednesday, May 24, Randy Anderson of The Trail People gave a presentation on the Pt. Pinos Coastal Trail Project, including draft maps for trail expansion plus plans for future consideration. Plans are for creating a 5 foot wide continuous walking trail of decomposed granite that will extend from the Asilomar trail to the present trail at Esplanade. The funding for planning has been provided by the Coastal Conservancy and the City of Pacific Grove. Once all planning requirements have been met, including Coastal Commission approval, the City will be seeking grants for the building of the trail.

Several committee meetings have been held, involving local volunteers, city council members, and city staff members.

This presentation provided a chance for the public to review the plans, ask questions,

and provide input.

The trail plan includes reconfiguring the current parking areas to provide better organization including ADA areas, designated RV parking areas, and taking into consideration the 30-year retreat line plus sensitivity to various cultural resource areas. The well-used trail has been affected by erosion, rodent activity, wave action, and issues of safety in the parking areas and along the road.

The plan also includes restoration of the natural habitat.

Interested persons can access the trail plan by visiting the City of Pacific Grove website at: http://www.cityofpacificgrove.org/ sites/default/files/Draft%20Report%20 Pacific%20Grove%2005102017%20 with%20appendices.pdf

SIMPLE TIPS TO HELP OUR OCEAN

• Dog doo on the streets can enter storm drains = unhealthy water •YUCK! One gram of dog doo =millions of bacteria. Accumulated amounts can lead to beach closures • Pick up dog doo (big or small) and dispose in trash. “Bag It and Bin It” =healthy communities

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council meeting in Cambria NOAA’s Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary will hold a public meeting in Cambria on Friday, June 16th, 2017. The Sanctuary Advisory Council will receive a series of presentations and updates on various topics connected to the sanctuary including: a Management Plan Review update on wildlife disturbance outreach, a presentation on updated recommendations from the wildlife disturbance - acoustic working group, and a summary of the recreational fishing summit.

The meeting is set for Friday, June 16 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Coast Unified School District Auditorium, 1350 Main Street, Cambria.

The Monterey Bay Sanctuary Advi-

sory Council was established in 1994 to assure continuous public participation in the management of the sanctuary. The volunteer council’s twenty voting members and seven ex-officio members represent a variety of local user groups, the general public, and state and federal governmental jurisdictions. Specifically, the council’s role is to provide the sanctuary superintendent with advice on the sanctuary’s resource protection, research, education and outreach programs.

For more information, contact Nichole Rodriguez at (831) 647-4206, Nichole.Rodriguez@noaa.gov or view the sanctuary’s council webpage at http:// montereybay.noaa.gov/sac/advisory.html

Meals on Wheels at Rotary Lunch

The Pacific Grove Rotary Club which meets at noon on Tuesdays at the Inn at Spanish Bay at 2700 17 Mile Drive in Pebble Beach will have as speakers June 13 Viveca Lohr and Regina Gage of Meals on Wheels Monterey Peninsula and Salinas respectively Lunch is $25 and reservations can be made through Jane Roland 649-0657

Previous editions of Cedar Street Times can be found at www.cedarstreettimes.com Back issues are located under the tab “Past Issues”

For Sale Burial Plot El Carmelo Cemetery

Pacific Grove Double Plot $3000 Contact Owner for Further Details 831-277-0160

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dog doo 101

Pt. Pinos Coastal Trail Project Public Workshop makes plans

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Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District

18th Annual Summer Wildflower Show Saturday, June 10 - Sunday, June 11 10 AM- 4 PM 10 am-4 pm - Wildflower Display & Identification 10:30 am and 1 pm - Wildflower Walks To register for the free walks, visit mprpd.org

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Monterey Jazz Festival Announces Next Generation Jazz Orchestra Members for 2017

Out of School and Into Art and Nature Art Summer Camp for children entering the 3rd, 4th or 5th grade with professional artists

Attend a free open house on Friday, June 9, 3 - 6 p.m. to find out what this new art campe will be like for grade schoolers. We invite you to our studio to explore what an art camp in an artist’s studio will be like - fun, hands-on projects, nature walks. We are art educators with over 40 years combined experience. There is a limit of 16 children per week - adult to child ratio 1 to 8. Instructors: Sue Ann Hillyer – Wild4Art – Art Director, Community Partnership for Youth and Jennifer Colby, Ph. D. – Partners for the Advancement of Teaching - CSUMB Monterey Jazz Festival announces the 2017 members of its flagship student ensem- Faculty ble, the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra, the Festival’s internationally-renowned high Arts Works @ Pacific Grove at the american Tin Cannery, 125 Oceanview, Pacific school all-star big band, featuring the best high school jazz musicians in the country.

Grove.A project of three separate weeks, 5 days a week 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Cost is Twenty of the nation’s most talented high school musicians from eight states $300 per week,* or: comprise the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra, including California, Colorado, ☐ Week 1 – Integrated art, music and science camp.

Florida, Missouri, New York, Texas, Virginia, and Washington State. California June 26 - 30 – special music guest – create your own instruments musicians include students from Alameda, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Mateo, Register by June 15 ($250) and save $50. and Solano counties. ☐ Week 2 – Oceans camp.

Five members of the orchestra are returning for their third year, including trom- July 17 - 21 – special visit to Monterey Aquarium – oceans art bonist Jasim Perales (Berkeley High School, Berkeley, CA); and trumpeter Carlos Register by June 30 ($250) save $50.

Ramos (Downey High School, Downey, CA). Two-time members include trumpeter ☐ Week 3 – Creativity camp.

Geoffrey Gallante (West Potomac High School, Alexandria, VA); bass trombonist July 24 – 28 – creativity and nature projects Joshua Hernandez (J.M. Hanks High School, El Paso, TX); and pianist Luca Men- Register by July 7 ($250) save $50. doza (Crossroads School, Santa Monica, CA). *SPECIAL: Register for all three weeks by June 15 for $650 per child The 2017 orchestra will travel to New York city on June 23 to prepare for their For information: 831-623-ARTE or 831-521-4494 jcolby@csumb.edu tour, which includes the Orpheum Film and Performing Arts Center (Tannersville, Register by sending a check to Wind Productions, P.O Box 264, Aromas, CA 95004 New York June 24); Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center (New York Cancellations up to one week ahead refund 75% City, June 25); the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (Rochester, N.Y., June 27); TD Toronto Jazz Festival (Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 28); and the Montreal Jazz Festival (Montreal, Quebec, Canada, June 29). The orchestra will return to Monterey to perform at the Garden Stage on the Monterey County Fairgrounds (Monterey, Calif., Sept. 14) with an evening performance at MJF’s Jazz Legends Gala at the Inn at Spanish Bay honoring Herbie Hancock (Pebble Beach, Calif.). In addition to other festival appearances, the Orchestra will perform with MJF60 Artists-in-Residence John Clayton, Jeff Hamilton and Gerald Clayton on the Arena’s Jimmy Lyons Stage on Sunday, September 17.

Created in 1971 as a part of Monterey Jazz Festival’s continuing commitment to jazz education, members of the orchestra are selected through an application and audition process during the Festival’s Next Generation Jazz Festival each spring. Former members of the orchestra include professional musicians such as pianists Benny Green and Patrice Rushen, bassist Larry Grenadier, drummer Chad Wackerman, saxophonists Joshua Redman, Donny McCaslin, Eric Marienthal, Ted Nash, Mark Turner, and Dave Koz; flutist Elena Ayodele Pinderhughes, trombonist Andy Martin, trumpeters Gilbert Castellanos, and Ambrose Akinmusire, and big band leader Gordon Goodwin to name a few. In the past, the band has been under the leadership of Ladd McIntosh,Don Schamber, Benny Golson, and Bill Berry.

Monterey Jazz Festival’s Education Director, Paul Contos, the renowned saxophonist and flutist, has served as the director of the orchestra 2003, and presents the ensemble with some of the most challenging big band repertoire available.

Monterey Jazz Festival invests more than $750,000 annually in its education program which includes jazz clinics in schools, a Summer Jazz Camp, the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra, and more.

Tickets for the 60th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, September 15-17 are available by phone at 888.248.6499 and online at montereyjazzfestival.org.

About Monterey Jazz Festival The Monterey Jazz Festival celebrates the legacy of jazz, expands its boundaries, and provides opportunities to experience jazz through the creative production of performances and educational programs.

The Center for Photographic Art Photography Lecture presents prominent San Francisco-based photographer John Chiara on Saturday evening, June 24 from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. in Carpenter Hall, at the Sunset Center in Carmel. His presentation will be followed by a reception in the CPA gallery.

D SOL Contemporary photographer John Chiara is renowned for the massive, “camera obscura” style camera he designed and built himself, and which requires a large flatbed truck to transport. Chiara literally climbs inside his camera to make a photograph. As he describes it, “…basically I’m printing and shooting at the same time.” To develop his exposures, which can be as large as 50 x 80 inches, he uses an immense PVC pipe filled with the necessary chemicals. Chiara tows his camera into residential neighborhoods, metropolitan city centers, and rural parklands to photograph subjects 252 Via Gayuba, Monterey 565 Harcourt, Seaside that range from monumental to mundane. Yet, whether he depicts a New York City Beautifully remodeled Craftsman in Charming and beautiful. Single level skyscraper or a simple family dwelling, he creates innovative prints that are one-ofcoveted Monterey neighborhood, 3 bed, 2 bath home, completely rea-kind works of art. with 4 bedrooms/2 bathrooms, modeled. Granite counters, custom 2,428 sq. ft. Hardwood floors, cabinets, hardwood floors, new roof, Chiara has been widely lauded for his innovative work. He is one of only seven stone kitchen counters, 2-car double pane windows, 1 car garage. photographers chosen for inclusion in the defining 2015 exhibition, Paper, Print, garage. City and Bay views.

Process: Reinventing Photography, at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. The Sale price $585,000 prestigious Pilara Foundation in San Francisco commissioned him to photograph both $975,000 The Golden Gate and Bay Bridges in for its Pier 24 exhibition venue, and his work Lic. #01147233 has been included in several exhibitions in that venue. In addition, Chiara has recently created photogravures from his prints at the famed Crown Point Press in San Francis­ co. He has exhibited widely, both nationally and internationally, recently in Carmel’s own Center for Photographic Art exhibition Low Fidelity: The Action of Light. Chiara’s work is included in the permanant collections of major institutions, including the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Jacquie DePetris, LCSW, CCM, LPF Los Angeles, the J. Paul Getty Museum of Art, Los Angeles, the Fine Arts Museums Vicki Lyftogt, CLPF of San Francisco, and the Elton John Collection.

• Licensed Professional Fiduciary Please join the Center for Photographic Art’s Photography Lecture Series with • Certified Care Manager John Chiara for a lecture and slide pre­sentation, followed by a reception with the • Conservatorships artist. To learn more about John and his work, here are a few short videos: https:// • Special Needs Trusts www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_ErOZcJcm4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xY• Health Care Agent WehyfFcMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw6ZLhT8Qi8 • Professional Organizing ABOUT CENTER FOR PHOTOGRAPHIC ART Tracing our roots back to the Friends of Photography founded in 1967, the Center for Photographic Art (CPA) remains the second oldest members’ photography gallery 2100 Garden Road, Suite C • Monterey space in the country. A short walk from Ocean Avenue in Carmel, CA brings you to jkd@ElderFocus.com • Vicki@ElderFocus.com the historic gallery launched by iconic artists Ansel Adams, Cole Weston, and Wynn Bullock. Today, CPA continues to serve as a valuable asset to its members, the community and the greater world of the photographic arts.

NGJO Summer Tour Includes Jazz at Lincoln Center, Rochester, Toronto, and Montreal International Jazz Festivals

Lecture by John Chiara at Center for Photographic Art

Care Management & Fiduciary Services

www.ElderFocus.com

Ph: 831-643-2457 • Fax: 831-643-2094

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Friends of the Pacific Grove Library Meet The Author Series Present: Susan Sherman author of

If You Are There

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

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

Chabad of Monterey

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

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

Church of Christ

176 Central Ave. • 831-375-3741

Community Baptist Church

Physicists Marie and Pierre Curie are known for their work on radioactivity, but they also investigated the paranormal. Sherman will discuss the entanglement of scientific inquiry and spiritualism in the late 19th century as it relates to the Curies and other characters in her historical novel, If You Are There.

Thurs., June 22 at 7:30 p.m.

Pacific Grove Public Library Suggested donation $10 (non-members) Refreshments included

Books available through the Bookworks Sponsored by Friends of the Library with the support of Jan Pratt & J.R.Rouse, Sotheby's International Realty.

Doors open at 7:20 p.m.

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

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

Programs at the Library For more information call 648-5760.

• Tuesday, June 13 • 11:00 am Pre-School stories at the Pacific Grove Library, ages 2-5 • Wednesday, June 14 • 2:00 pm Fratello Marionette Show • Thursday, June 15 • 11:00 am Baby Rhyme Time for babies birth - 24 months º

Lighthouse Fellowship of Pacific Grove

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

Manjushri Dharma Center

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

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

Peninsula Baptist Church

1116 Funston Ave. • 831-394-5712

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

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

St. Anselm’s Anglican Church

Sundays 9:30 a.m.

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

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

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

Shoreline Community Church

Sunday Service 10 a.m.

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

Chautauqua Hall Dance Club Saturdays

Sat., June 10, 2017, 6-10PM Dance lesson by Metin & Masha: Salsa at 6PM Sat., June 17, 2017, 6-10PM Dance lesson by Rosa: Nightclub Two-Step at 6 PM DJ for the night is: Rosa Sat., June 24, 2017, 6-10PM Dance lesson by Sandy Gardner: Argentine Tango at 6 PM DJ for the night is: Masha Where: Chautauqua Hall, 16th St. at Central Ave Pacific Grove, CA 93950 Cost: $15 for non-members, $10 for members. Annual membership fee is $15.

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

Contact: Sera Hirasuna, 831-262-0653 For more information, go to: pgdance.org/index.html or Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PGDANCE/ Sera Hirasuna, 831-262-0653 For more information, go to: pgdance.org/index.html or Facebook at: https:// www.facebook.com/groups/PGDANCE/ Background: Chautauqua Hall Dance Club, a non-profit founded in 1926, is dedicated to making dance accessible to everyone. We offer dance classes in over 20 kinds of ballroom, nightclub and specialty dances so that everyone can share in the joy in partnered social dance.

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

OUTSIDE PACIFIC GROVE Bethlehem Lutheran Church

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

Congregation Beth Israel

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

Monterey Center for Spiritual Living

Sunday Service 10:30 am 400 West Franklin St., Monterey • 831-372-7326 www.montereycsl.org Unitarian Universalist Church of the Monterey Peninsula 490 Aquajito Rd., Carmel • 831-624-7404 Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.

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

Wednesday, June 21, 2017 Gentrain Society Lecture: Historic Glimpses of Point Lobos Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Free; MPC Parking $2.00 Information: www.gentrain.org ; info@gentrain.org ; 372-0895 Point Lobos has been home to native peoples, to early colonists and immigrants, to cattlemen and whalers, to dairy farmers and fishermen, to miners and rum runners and smugglers and artists. Learn the history of this magical place from a 45-year-resident: Monica Hudson, retired State Park Ranger, historian, author and tour leader. Her presentation will be illustrated by images from her collection of hundreds of historical photographs.

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Marge Ann Jameson

Cop Log

5/28/17 - 6/3/17 Bark bark bark report Dog found on Forest Ave. and brought in to PGPD lobby. No owner information available.

Dogs damaged the gazebo at the park on Central.

Report of an animal attack at an apartment. Dog injured.

Lost & Found A wallet was found in Carmel Valley.

Drivers license foind on Ocean View Blvd.

Personal property found by Public Works employee and turned in.

Citizen found property and turned it in.

Man reported having lost something.

String of rearranging the furniture claims A woman went on her brother’s property on Lighthouse Ave. and moved around plants and lawn furniture. There was no damage but a trespassing admonishment was given.

A man on Presidio Blvd. requested documentation regarding possible movement of his property at a shared residence.

Theft from...wait...you guessed it, unlocked vehicle A woman left her window down whie shopping at Country Club Gate and her laptop ws stolen.

Vehicle collisions Four-car collision on David Ave. Non-injury collision on Ocean View.

Hit and run on Ocean View Blvd.

Hit and run on Forest Ave. Two-car collision on Central Ave. Reporting party damaged a rented RV while trying to park on Ocean View.

Nepenthe, Landmark Big Sur Restaurant, Named Senate District 17 Small Business of the Year

Senator Bill Monning (D-Carmel) has recognized the Big Sur restaurant Nepenthe as his 2017 Small Business of the Year. The restaurant’s owner, Kirk Gafill, was honored at the California Small Business Day Luncheon at the Sheraton Hotel in Sacramento.

“Nepenthe has been a landmark in the Big Sur community for 68 years,” said Senator Monning. “This year Mr. Gafill and his staff have gone above and beyond by playing a leadership role in aiding the community after the unexpected closure of the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge. They worked tirelessly to helped locals stay informed about the situation and worked to find solutions. In addition, they donated 10 percent of their profits to community services organizations. It is my honor to recognize Nepenthe as the Senate District 17 2017 Small Business of the Year.”

Since its establishment in 1947 along the coast of Highway One, Nepenthe has been family-owned-and-operated, and has been a draw to artists, locals, and tourists alike.

When the Pfeiffer Canyon Bridge was suddenly closed this past February, Nepenthe worked closely with the Coast Property Owners’ Association to airlift food into Big Sur for over 450 stranded residents; coordinated distribution and storage of one ton of donated non-perishable food, including diapers and soap; and provided material support for a satellite school for 40 children who could not attend school due to the road closure.

Additionally, Nepenthe established a Carmel office staffed by its senior management team to maintain regular communications with its 120 displaced employees, assisting them in filing for unemployment insurance benefits, helping them to secure new jobs for the interim period, and using its social media network to provide daily updates on road closures, weather conditions, and critical information for locals and potential visitors.

Obon Festival offers a taste of Japan with food, entertainent, exhibits The Buddhist Temple of the Monterey Peninsula hosts the 71st annual Obon Festival, Sunday, July 9, 2017. The Festival will take place at the Temple, 1155 Noche Buena Street in Seaside. Hours are noon – 5:00 p.m.

Enjoy delicious Japanese foods, entertainment, games, bonsai and ikebana exhibits, and Japanese goods and crafts for sale. Food choices include tempura prepared by chefs from local Japanese restaurants, sushi, beef teriyaki, udon (noodles in broth), kushi katsu (fried pork), gyoza (steamed dumpling with ground pork and vegetables), strawberry shortcake and ice cream. Gluten-free chicken karaage (fried chicken) will be available this year.

Day-long entertainment features Taiko drumming, martial arts demonstrations, and Japanese tea ceremony. Everyone is invited to dance during the bon odori, or community Japanese folk dancing. Over 100 raffle prizes will be awarded throughout the day, ending the festival with the $2,000 grand prize drawing. This is a free

event, donations accepted.

Please visit the Temple’s website for a schedule of events and more information: http://www.montereybuddhist.org or call 831-372-8181. Questions/comments can be emailed to obonfest@gmail.com.

The Obon festival is a Buddhist tradition to celebrate, remember and express gratitude to all family members who have died. The Obon festival has been celebrated in Japan since 657 AD. The first Obon in the United States was held in Hawaii in 1910; festivals on the mainland began about 20 years later. 2016 marked the 70th year of the Obon Festival on the Monterey Peninsula.

The first Monterey Obon was held on August 25, 1947 at the JACL Hall in Monterey. The event was moved to the Monterey County Fairgrounds in 1963 where it was held for 30 years. The Obon Festival returned to the Temple in 1993.

3,000 to 5,000 people from across the Monterey Peninsula and beyond attend each year.

Sentimental Value Kyle A. Krasa, Esq.

Planning for Each Generation As the credits roll in the Clint Eastwood film, “Gran Torino,” the young man who befriended Clint’s character is seen driving the beloved Ford down a coastal road with the deceased protagonist’s dog by his side. Because the car symbolized an unspoken love and respect, the scene is emotive - even for this Chevy guy (though I think the movie would have been even better if it had been entitled, “Bel Air”).

Items of tangible personal property, such as a Ford Gran Torino, a Chevy Bel Air, or smaller things such as jewelry and knickknacks, can have extreme significance for loved ones. Many clients often want to include specific gifts of tangible personal property to specific persons in their Estate Planning. However, clients often are not ready to finalize their wishes with regard to tangible personal property when it is time to sign their Estate Plans. Furthermore, clients frequently change their minds about such sentimental items and thus are hesitant to include specific provisions in their wills or trusts, thinking that it would require additional expense and effort to update such provisions.

To accommodate a frequent change-of-heart with regard to tangible personal property, many people create lists after signing their wills or trusts designating who receives what tangible item. This practice was outlawed in California for many years for fear of fraud. However, the practice was so popular that a few years ago the legislature enacted Probate Code §6132 which allows the enforcement of designations of tangible personal property in lists created after a will under limited circumstances. First, the item must be tangible personal property, not cash or real estate. Second, each item must have a value of $5,000 or less. Third, the total value of all assets transferred in this manner must not exceed $25,000.

Although a similar Probate Code section does not exist for trusts, many trusts will include a paragraph allowing the distribution of tangible personal property by a separate writing. I always include a provision in the trusts that I draft that states if such a list cannot be incorporated by reference, the list shall act as an amendment. California law allows the amendment or modification of a Revocable Trust by a writing signed by the trust creator and thus such a list should suffice as a proper trust amendment under the Probate Code.

By legalizing this method, clients can change their minds about distributions of personal property without having to amend their wills or trusts. However, because of these strict conditions and because values of items can change over time, it is important to be cautious when applying this method as the strict, stagnant rules can inadvertently invalidate constantly updated lists of items with values in flux. Even if a separate writing designating beneficiaries of tangible personal property violates the strict rules of California Probate Code §6132, the fact that a client took the time and effort to create such a list carries strong moral weight.

Because of the fact that such strict rules can be easily accidentally violated, I normally advise my clients to reserve this method only for small items of sentimental value and to be mindful that if they believe there may be a disagreement over who receives a specific item, it might nevertheless be best to include such a designation in the body of the will or trust itself. Case in point: it appears that Clint Eastwood’s character included the gift of the Gran Torino in the body of his will rather than in a separate writing created after the will.

KRASA LAW, Inc. is located at 704-D Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove, California and Kyle may be reached at 831-920-0205.

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

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Journey Of Hope: The Ability Experience at Gateway Center

By Jan Austin On the foggy Tuesday morning of June 6, a group of eight young men arrived in Pacific Grove to share a barbecue lunch and some time with the staff and clients of Gateway Center.

These members of Pi Kappa Phi fraternity have gathered from colleges across the nation for a fundraising event called the Journey For Hope.

A bike ride with a purpose, Journey of Hope is a cross country bicycle trek that starts with a group each in San Francisco, Seattle and Long Beach and culminates when the three groups arrive in Washington D.C. on August 12th.

While on their journey, the young men are spreading a message of acceptance and understanding for people with disabilities and raising awareness and funds for adults with disabilities across the nation. Members of the cycling teams will be stopping at various non-profits that support adults with disabilities, such as Gateway. They will be visiting with residents, sharing meals with them, playing basketball with them and maybe entertaining them with a song or a puppet show.

“They do great work for all disabled adults across the county,” said Lynne Chahwan, Executive Assistant/HR Administrator at Gateway Center. “For the past few years, they have chosen Gateway as one of their stops in this area and we are honored to have them visit with us.”

The Ability Experience was birthed in 1987 with one young man’s dream of riding his bicycle across the United States. The following year, The Ability Experience became the largest fraternal fundraising and awareness event of its kind, the Journey of Hope. Today the Journey of Hope covers 32 states, with cyclists covering more than 12,000 combined miles. It is solely comprised of members of Pi Kappa Phi. The inaugural team of 21 members raised $20,000. The Journey of Hope now consists of three teams of 35 Pi Kappa Phis each and annually raises more than $500,000. One team departs from Seattle and takes a trans-America route; one departs from San Francisco and follows a northern route; one departs from Long Beach across a southern route.

The gentlemen who visited Gateway Center are on the crew for the southern route’s team. Their 30 cyclists will cover a total of 3,745 miles on their journey.

“This is our first friendship visit so far and I’m excited to meet and interact

Members of the cycling crew play catch with a client at Gateway Center. Photo

by Jan Austin

with people from all over the U.S.,” said Paul Glaza, who attends the University of Toledo. “It’s going to be a good summer.”

Logan Atkinson hails from Omaha, Nebraska, and attends the University of Denver.

“I decided to do this journey to give back to a community that deserves support and recognition,” he said. “I thought this was a great chance to get involved.”

The cyclists will spend 4-6 hours a day peddling and will cover 50-100 miles per day. Their longest day will cover 130 miles.

“My passion is working with people,” said Christian Nopper who also attends the University of Toledo. “I’ve always wanted to do something like this. My major is disability studies so I’m learning and grasping a lot. I love giving back to individuals. It’s an amazing experience to come here and see the smiles.”

“We’re so lucky to have organizations like Journey of Hope to come and support us and all of the organizations like ours,” said Chahwan. “These guys are incredible doing what they do. We appreciate all the support that we get. We’re lucky that they chose Gateway to come and say hello.”

The average age of the cyclists is 18-23.

Along the way, they’ll be staying at churches and high schools with enough space to accommodate their large groups.

“As the crew, we’ll be taking care of them, keeping them hydrated and keeping them safe,” said Joey Smith from Kirksville, MO, who is attending Truman State University. “We stop in facilities like this every day, meet a lot of great people and

hear a lot of great stories along the way.”

This is Smith’s third year with Journey Of Hope.

Gateway Center is a private, non-profit community-based organization that provides a range of services, including residential care, developmental training, and activity programs for adults with intellectual disabilities.

Their mission is to create a caring and stimulating environment where adults with intellectual disabilities can assimilate into the community and be in surroundings that allow them to live and work at the highest level possible.

Encompassing both a residential component and a day program, Gateway enables their clients to develop skills and abilities within a caring and accepting environment. These include skills for daily living, social interaction, volunteer opportunities and community activities.

“We participate in a lot of community activities,” said Christina Hunt, Associate Director, who has been with Gateway for 32 years. “With our residents, we do as much as we can to give back to the community.We’re involved with Meals on Wheels and the Salvation Army. We also have an adult Girl Scout Troop and we make lunches for homeless women.”

For further info about The Ability Experience: http://www.abilityexperience.org/ journeyofhope.aspx

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198 Country Club Gate, Pacific Grove The eight members of the Journey of Hope crew at Gateway Center in Pacific Grove.

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Famous Persons Pay a Visit to Robert H. Down

Charles Schultz Abraham Lincoln

Jane Goodall

Mother Teresa

Steve Nash might have been back in Canada when the rest of Mr. Ibrahim’s class was published! But here is is now.

Mrs. Hober’s Class

Dr. Martin Luther King Jane Goodall Amelia Earhart tells her story to Councilmember Bill Peake

Amelia Earhart and Rosa Parks

Jeff Kinney

Queen Hatshepsut

Standouts in literature, the sciences, human rights, sports and American history, even ancient history are here.

Steph Curry

Bethany Hamilton

Steve Jobs

Students researched their character and prepared a report, then were ready to give a talk to interested parents and other visitors

Ed Ricketts John F. Kennedy and Councilmember Robert Huitt

Bruce Lee

Thomas Edison

Harriet Tubman Buffalo Bill Cody

John Muir

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As 4th Grade Students Learn About Their Lives

Albert Einstein

Charles Babbage

Amelia Earhart Dr. Helen Taussig

Helen Keller

Hillary Clinton

Marquis de Lafayette

Steve Jobs

Pele

Walt Disney

Ricky Henderson

Arthur Ashe

Amelia Earhart, Julia Child, Jane Goodall and Helen Keller hanging out together Jacques Cousteau Stan Lee

Babe Ruth

Leonardo Da Vinci

Winston Churchill greets Councilmember Robert Huitt

Sally Ride

Ms. Levy’s Class

Benjamin Smith

Elon Musk and Dr. Ralph Porras, Superintendent of Schools. Oh, and a Tesla

Jane Goodall

From obscure names to people in today’s headlines, they were -- and are -role models for a new generation.

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PGHSAA Awards $20,000 in Scholarships On Wednesday, May 24, the Pacific Grove High School Alumni Association awarded $20,000 in scholarships to 16 P.G. High students at the PGHS Senior Awards Night. This year’s scholarship committee, which consisted of Joanie Hyler ’68 and Lillian Griffiths ’70, had a tough task— PGHS is graduating some pretty impressive young people this year, as was evident in the long list of awards and prominent schools, among them Harvard and Yale, that have accepted the grads.

President Beth Penney ‘73, Recording Secretary Patty Fifer Kieffer ’60, and Membership Chair Joanie Hyler ‘68 were on hand at the Awards Night to represent PGHSAA. They were joined by Patty’s husband Charlie, who served as official photographer, and PGHSAA member Velma Peña Cummins ’73 and her husband Mike, who drove down from San Carlos to present the Cynthia Alma Peña ’75 Scholarship award.

The evening was charged with excitement and positivity, and the Clarence A. Higgins Library at the high school was decorated with a variety of potted plants provided by the Pebble Beach Company and pennants and copies of the students’ letters of acceptance from various colleges and universities taped to the library windows. The PTA provided a huge red-andgold sheet cake and punch, as well as other refreshments, after the ceremony.

The school asks the students to write their own biographies to be read at the awards ceremony. Those biographies are what follows. The PGHSAA presenters were impressed both with the students’ accomplishments and with the number of scholarships made possible by the generosity of the membership of this organization.

2017 PGHSAA scholarship award winners are as follows: The Richard Reynolds Class of ’57 Science and Technology Scholarship and the Class of ’52 Remembers Scholarship, both to Rachel Choi. Rachel was enrolled in AP classes exclusively this year, earning a 4.30 GPA. She played on the PGHS Golf Team and was its captain this year. She also put in more than 300 hours of community service. In addition to the PGHS awards, Rachel received the Quail Lodge Golf Association Scholarship and the Alan and Rita Shugart Scholarship. She will attend the University of the Pacific with the goal of becoming a dentist.

The Tommy Stillwell Class of ’74 Scholarship, to Sebin Cho. Sebin, who was unable to attend the awards ceremony, is a National Merit Scholarship Commended Student. She has been an honors/AP student for four years at PGHS. During those four years, she volunteered at Community Hospital, swam on the varsity swim team, and played flute and saxophone in the school band.

The Beverly Wilson Stillwell Class of ’49 Scholarship to Wyatt King, an honor roll student who also received the First United Methodist Church of Pacific Grove Scholarship and the Pacific Grove Masonic Lodge #331 Scholarship. Wyatt

Photo Caption: Calvin Stickler, recipient of the Cynthia Alma Peña ‘75 scholarship, poses with Cynthia’s sister Velma Peña Cummins ’73 after the ceremony. Photo by Beth Penney.

2017 PGHS scholarship awardees pose during the May 24 Awards Night ceremony with PGHSAA President Beth Penney, left of center, and PGHSAA Membership Chair Joanie Hyler, far left. Missing: Sebin Cho. Photo by Charlie Kieffer. was active in honors and AP classes. He was an active member of the My Strength Club, a club committed to helping young men combat sexual violence by solving systemic issues. He was also involved with the Sierra Service Project, a faith organization dedicated to serving low-income areas in Native American reservations across the Western United States and inner cities such as Stockton, Los Angeles, and San Diego, through construction projects. Wyatt also volunteered for the Pacific Grove Masonic Lodge and Congregation Beth Israel in their efforts to improve their communities.

He will attend MPC and then Millsaps College in Jackson, MS, to major in cultural anthropology. He ultimately plans to earn a doctorate and pursue a career in museum curation.

The Cynthia Alma Peña Class of ’75 Scholarship, to Calvin Stickler. Calvin played football and lacrosse at PGHS for four years. He studiously maintained honor roll status throughout his high school career and completed extensive community service projects, including his Eagle Scout project. Next year, Calvin plans to attend U.C. Santa Cruz to study computer engineering. He may transfer after two years to a university that offers mechanical engineering. His plans consist of designing and optimizing a variety of mechanical systems.

The Bob Hoag Class of ’45 Athletic Scholarship to Savana McDowell. Savanah has attended Pacific Grove schools since the fifth grade. She was on the PGHS varsity tennis team and was team captain for three years, leading the team to MTAL championships and being named MTAL Women’s Tennis Player of the year both her junior and senior year. In her senior year, she was also nominated for the MTAL Sportsmanship Award. Next year, she will play tennis and study psychology at U.C. Santa Cruz. Her plans include working in the field of developmental or sports psychology.

The Don Harlan Class of ’42 Vocational Scholarship to Camden Smithtro.

Camden, the senior class Valedictorian, was a member of the Mock Trial Team for four years and served as captain her senior year. She was also editor of the school newspaper and a National Merit Scholarship Program Commended Student.

Last year, she wrote her first play, Code 79, which was performed in the C-Wing Theater. Camden will attend Yale University in the fall to study computer science and cinema. She also received the Robert Balles Math Scholar Award and a Pacific Grove Teachers Association scholarship.

The Bill Hyler Class of ’39 Scholarship to Lucas Milar. Lucas says he had a very successful and memorable four years at PGHS. He was the secretary of the Aquaponics Club, and he enjoys hunting and the outdoors. He plans to study history next fall at CSU Chico, and he hopes to teach the subject someday.

The Maude Marian Smith Educational Scholarship to Arabella Sterwerf.

Arabella was in the PGHS choir for four years and sang the National Anthem a capella at her graduation, which was one of the highest points of her life. She also participated in the high school musicals Les Misérables and Beauty and the Beast.

She participated in the Close-Up trip to Washington, DC, in November. Arabella will attend Humboldt State University this fall. She also received the Pacific Grove Teachers’ Association Future Teacher Scholarship.

The Ada Eleanor Smith Educational Scholarship to Olivia Cain. Olivia participated in both the drama program and the choir at PGHS and gained recognition for turning the after-school choir activity back into a for-credit class. She also served as a coordinator for plays and musicals in the drama department. She will attend the University of Oregon to major in elementary education and minor in American Sign Language, and she hopes to return to Pacific Grove to teach. Olivia also received the Hellenic Cultural Society Scholarship, a Feast of Lanterns scholarship for serving on the Royal Court, a PGHS PTA scholarship, and the Cabrillo Civic Clubs Scholarship Award.

The PGHSAA Musical Scholarship Award to Lauren Pick. Lauren was a performer and cheerleader during her time at PGHS, performing in plays and musicals all four years and serving with Olivia Cain as co-president of the PGHS Choir. She was also a cheerleader for three years and served as captain her senior year. Lauren will attend CSU Fullerton to study musical theater. She also received one of the new Don Luce Memorial Scholarships.

Pacific Grove High School Scholarship Awards also went to the following students: Zach Goodwin, a National Merit Scholarship Program Commended Student, was actively involved in both PGHS and the greater Pacific Grove community throughout his high school career. He participated in a sport all 12 seasons, splitting his time among cross-country, soccer, and track, and was part of the varsity cross-country team that traveled to the State Championship last fall. He received the senior class Scholar Musician Award for his four-year participation in the PGHS Marching/Concern Band and his active involvement in other music activities, including the P.G. Pops Community Orchestra and the CCS Honor Band. He also writes for the online PGHS Newsbreaker and the local Cedar Street Times. He traveled to Nicaragua as part of the Rotary-sponsored service trip, has volunteered at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and has been an active member of his church’s youth group. He will attend Occidental College, where he has received a President’s Scholar Award, to study diplomacy and world affairs. He hopes to

work for the U.S. Foreign Service or with an internationally focused NGO. Zach also received the Yellow Brick Road Benefit Shop Scholarship.

Luke Hiserman played varsity tennis all four years and served as co-captain his junior year and captain his senior year. He volunteered for four years at the Monterey Bay Aquarium through Teen Conservation Leaders and interned at Hopkins Marine Station, where he assisted researchers in the Tuna Research and Conservation Center with their studies of Pacific blue fin and yellow fin tuna. In his senior year, he was hired to cover boys’ basketball for the Cedar Street Times. Luke will attend Willamette University, where he has been awarded a Dean’s Scholarship, to study environmental science. He hopes to pursue a career in environmental policy. He also received a Pacific Grove Teachers’ Association scholarship and a PGHS PTA scholarship.

May Khalil was a cheerleader all four years of high school. She was active in the Spanish Club and the Model UN, and she volunteered more than 150 hours of community service at Community Hospital. She also worked at Chipotle and earned enough money to purchase a car. She plans to attend CSU Long Beach as a biology major, with a career goal of becoming a doctor.

Nadi Nader was involved in soccer for three years and lacrosse for two years at PGHS. He also has taken karate for seven years outside of school. He was a member of the high school band all four years. Nadi took multiple AP classes and honors courses, and he has been in the academic “top ten” throughout high school.

He plans to attend UC Irvine as an engineering major, with hopes of becoming a structural engineer.

Cathy Nader maintained a rigorous academic schedule at PGHS. She’s been in the academic “top ten” all four years and has been a member of various clubs, including the National Honor Society. She has also been a member of the Breaker Band for four years and has volunteered in a number of places, including Community Hospital. Cathy participated in both karate and sports and completed an internship while she was at PGHS. She will attend UC Davis, majoring in biological sciences, in hopes of becoming a clinical laboratory scientist.

Iliana Ruiz moved to Pacific Grove during 7th grade, having to adapt to a new lifestyle. She says she is blessed to have new friends and have attended a school with dedicated teachers. Iliana will attend San Francisco State to receive a bachelor’s degree in nursing. Once she becomes a nurse, she plans to either go into the military as a nurse, become a mortician, or work side-by-side with an anethesiologist.

Iliana also received the Jacqueline Phillips Memorial Scholarship.

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Memory Walk 2017

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Encouraging grade school students to stay in school so they, too, can wear a snazzy red robe Led by high school principal Matt Bell and vice principal Sean Keller, high school graduating class members were bussed over to Robert H. Down School to be greeted by former teachers and elementary school students. The purpose of the visit is to encourage the younger students to stay in school.

All members of the graduating class were invited to make the trip, and once they left Robert H. Down School, they headed for Forest Grove.

Photos by Karen Levy Next week, look for photos of the Spring Dance at Robert H. Down and photos of the graduation ceremony at Pacific Grove High School.

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‘Sam The Morning Man’ offers his memoir Free book signing

This Volvo P1800 was spotted on Junipero recently.

Radio remembrances from Las Vegas to the Monterey Peninsula fill the new book

by Sam Salerno - and he’ll be signing the first copies of “Sam the Morning Man” on Saturday, June 17 from 2-4 p.m. at Old Capitol Books, 559 Tyler St., (across from the bus triangle in downtown Monterey.)

The public is invited to come and enjoy.

Sam’s book covers his life in radio, broadcasting, music, entertainment, golf and writing. He has been broadcasting since not long after Marconi invented the radio, interviewing some of the world’s great celebrities of film and song. Few people have lived a life as rich as Sam Salerno, and as he completes his 90th year, he’s still going strong.

Sam Salerno owned KRML-1410 for nine years (1968-1977). The broadcast studio and surrounding area appeared in the 1971 motion picture. “Play Misty for Me.” KRML is the radio station where Dave (Clint Eastwood) is a DJ harassed by a caller who wants him to play "Misty" for her.

Before Carmel, Sam was “Sam The Morning Man” in Las Vegas, a Larry King-style interview show on which he

interviewed some of the biggest stars in show business.

Also a renowned columnist, Sam has given his readers an up-close-and-personal front row look at the stars on the Las Vegas strip. Plus he has reported on some of the top sports personalities who have made headlines over the past half-century. His historic accounts are captured here in his engaging life story.

Sam continues to co-host “The Shagbag Show” with David Marzetti - the only radio show on the Monterey Peninsula that broadcasts from a golf course every week. This fast-paced weekly show comes from The Grille at the historic Del Monte Golf Course in Monterey. Travel, music, movies, food and wine, cars, real estate, finances, cigars, local events, happenings, of course golf and much more are featured on The Shagbag every week. Join the listeners on Saturday mornings from 9am to 10am on POWERTALK 1460 & 101 FM. Don't miss this rare opportunity to meet with Sam, learn about the stories in his book, SAM, THE MORNING MAN... and enjoy his presence! (A signed copy would make a GREAT Father's Day gift!)

Graduates of University of San Diego named

The following students graduated from the University of San Diego on May 28: Paige Hill of Carmel. Hill earned a bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies. Hill completed the requirements for graduation in January of this year.

Jake Robinson of Carmel. Robinson earned a bachelor’s degree in Marketing.

The University of San Diego sets the standard for an engaged, contemporary Catholic university where innovative Changemakers confront humanity’s urgent challenges. With more than 8,000 students from 75 countries and 44 states, USD is the youngest independent institution on the U.S. News & World Report list of top 100 universities in the United States.

USD’s eight academic divisions include the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Business, the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering, the School of Law, the School of Leadership and Education Sciences, the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science, the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies, and the Division of Professional and Continuing Education.

In February 2016, USD launched the public phase of Leading Change: The Campaign for USD, which represents the most ambitious fundraising effort in the history of the university and builds upon the strong philanthropic momentum achieved by USD in recent years. In September 2016, USD introduced Envisioning 2024, a strategic plan that capitalizes on the university’s recent progress and aligns new strategic goals with current strengths to help shape a vision for the future as the university looks ahead to its 75th anniversary in the year 2024.

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Sunday Picnic & Pétanque at George Washington Park – with a spinach salad and balsamic vinaigrette recipe Sally Baho Post Cards from the Kitchen This week’s postcard comes to you from no farther away than George Washington Park in Pacific Grove! I know it is not technically summer but this past weekend’s weather was certainly a welcome treat so some friends and I decided to take advantage of this charming local park. We met at midday on Sunday with goodies from all of our refrigerators, local markets, or had whipped up that morning. I stopped at Grove Market and asked one of the butchers for a recommendation. There was one piece of marinated tri-tip left and he said it would be great on the grill…and he was right!

One friend brought empanadas, both lamb and spinach. Another friend provided the meat and corn that we would grill. I brought the tri-tip and made a spinach salad with balsamic vinaigrette (recipe to follow).

After our leisurely lunch, we played a Sally studies pétanque round of pétanque.

If you have never played pétanque: it is a French game where the goal is to roll hollow steel balls as close as possible to a small wooden cochonnet (piggy/piglet). Luckily I had well-versed pétanque players with me to show me the ropes. We even learned that there is a dedicated pétanque boulodrome (area for playing pétanque) in Pacific Grove down by the water. I have to go find it!!

We chased off scavenging squirrels a couple times until we decided we should put the food away entirely. In the whole afternoon, we only saw six people; we had the park to ourselves…which worked out beautifully for our migrating pétanque game. After our round of pétanque in the sun, we were worn out and ready to go home. As I packed up my backpack, I noticed the unsightly image of cooked spinach on the picnic table... I opened my (unzipped) backpack and found that the squirrel had taken the spinach empanadas that I had packaged in foil to take home. But the pesky bugger only wanted the buttery, doughy outside and left the spinach fillings spread all over the table.

Spinach Salad I’m of the school of thought that anything can be salad. This particular day I tossed In a small jar (I used a 4 oz. mason jar but you could spinach, strawberries, avocados, almonds, and use anything that seals tightly), add all of the ingredients Humboldt fog cheese in a bowl with balsamic and shake vigorously. Or go for a bumpy bike ride as I vinaigrette. did. Note, this is all to taste so if you prefer a thinner, more tart dressing, use more balsamic; if you’re like me Balsamic Vinaigrette and like thicker dressings that could also be used as a glaze or to dip vegetables, increase the amount of olive 1 tbsp. Dijon mustard oil and mustard. Have fun! Get creative! ¼ cup olive oil 1/3 cup balsamic vinegar Salt and pepper to taste

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Ground Zero for Animal Rescue

I am pleased to announce that we have met our goal of the number of personal PG stories necessary to fill the 444 pages of “Life in Pacific Grove,” our new—and first—Community Book.

The staggering depth and breadth of stories is eye-opening and mind-blowing. I am committed to print them all – including late entries that arrive between now and June 25.

You will be treated to a sampling of these PG stories in this column—right up to the book launch planned for October 6, when the Monarchs return.

Susan Steele, our guest columnist this week, is the president of the Friends of the Pacific Grove Library and a member of the Library Foundation. The PGPL is the beneficiary of all book sales. Thank you, Susan, for contributing.

Anxious Lab With three non-profit organizations and three secondhand stores devoted to saving animals at risk, Pacific Grove is ground zero for animal rescue. My three cats and two dogs testify to my having drunk the local Kool-Aid®. It’s important to remember, though, when you fall for a rescue animal, you take on their history.

The black Lab, Clementine, has separation anxiety. There may be good reason for her affliction, since she was found as a nine-month-old puppy wandering the streets of Hayward. In any case, when I work on the computer, Clementine is at my feet. When I sit on the patio, Clementine is next to me. When I fix something to eat, Clementine follows me to the kitchen. The three cats and the other dog find her neediness a little silly, but Clementine doesn’t care. She can’t help it.

Chow Territory The Lab-chow mix, Lola, is independent to a fault. She is also territorial.

Again, she may have acquired this trait by necessity when she had to fend for herself

Keepers of our Culture Guest Columnist: Susan Steele

Clementine’s soulful “please don’t leave me” look.

in Stanislaus County. Whatever the reason, nobody walks by our house or steps on our porch without Lola letting them know that they are on her turf. She especially dislikes people wearing hats.

Dog, Dormer and Danger One day, I was working in the garden, tracked from the window by a very unhappy pair of brown eyes. After a time, the eyes disappeared and I thought Clementine had adjusted to the distance between us.

How much I had misjudged the situation became clear when a neighbor appeared, shouting, ‘There’s a dog on your roof!’

Clementine had climbed through an open dormer window and out onto the roof.

I looked up at Clementine; Clementine looked down at me. Clementine’s tongue was hanging out. Her eyes were very big. I ran upstairs to try to coax her back inside, but by the time I got to the offending window, Clementine had jumped from the roof of the house to the slightly lower—and much steeper—roof of an outbuilding. She couldn’t go back and as she scrambled to keep from falling, Clementine’s eyes got bigger and her tongue hung out even more.

Lola Goes to Work I put a ladder against the shed and climbed up. But I wasn’t strong enough to carry 60-lb Clementine down the ladder. The ladder started to shake. Another neighbor, working in his garden, offered his help and I enthusiastically accepted.

I forgot about Lola. When this neighbor tried to enter the back yard, Lola was on the job, defending me and her territory.

Finally, in desperation, I grabbed Clementine’s collar and lowered her as far as I could. She slipped out of her collar and fell the last few feet to the ground. But she wasn’t hurt. She was very happy to be off the roof. I was very happy to be off the ladder. And Lola was very happy that she had done her job.

—Susan Steele, Retired Academic Patricia Hamilton is the owner and publisher of Park Place Publications, 591 Lighthouse Avenue, Pacific Grove, 831-649-6640, publishingbiz@sbcglobal.net. Contact Patricia for a free book publishing consultation—and for more information about contributing to “Life in Pacific Grove,” also online at lifeinpacificgrove.com

Trevor Michael Lin, Recipient of the Prestigious Hornaday Badge, is Promoted to Eagle Scout

Scouts spend years preparing for this important interview, which will determine their promotion to Eagle Scout. The final leg of the journey is a community project, whereby the eligible scout is required to identify and design a project that will benefit his community.

Among other characteristics the project must demonstrate leadership.

On May 25, 2017, Dave Randall Central Coast Eagle Scout Board of Review Chairperson convened the board members Former Mayor Carmelita Garcia and Jas Barbe to consider a promotion.

Congratulations to Trevor Michael Lin of Troop 131 (Monterey).

Trevor is a sophomore at Carmel High School and carries a 4.4 GPA, taking AP statistics and AP history.

His immediate plans after high school include attending college and perhaps majoring in statistics with a long-term goal to get a job as a sports statistician.

He is very active in sports playing tennis in the spring and soccer in the fall.

Trevor has played the clarinet for seven years and has been in the honor band for four years. His strong desire to help people led him to a volunteer position at the Fountain Court Café at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula.

Trevor states that his life purpose is to contribute, help others, and improve society hopefully leaving it better for future generations.

The project that Trevor organized required coordinating with MEarth in Carmel Valley who provides classes to middle school students to learn about Monarch butterflies, other animals and insects that reside in the habitat, native

plants and the surrounding ecosystem.

Trevor’s project included sheet mulching a new Monarch butterfly garden outdoor classroom and making nature trails in the area. A biodegradable barrier, like cardboard, is used to remove unwanted vegetation due to the loss of sunlight. After stripping cardboard of tape and any non-decomposable items, wet overlapping cardboard was placed in designated areas. Sheet mulching is used to kill weeds, but the weed matter decays beneath the barrier and the cardboard will also decompose which adds nutrients to the soil. It also generates a healthy ecosystem without using pesticides.

Scouts earn a variety of merit badges over the course of several years with each badge having a special meaning.

One particular badge, the Hornaday, is a prestigious badge and one not easily earned. Since 1917, about 1,100 Hornaday medals have been awarded. Dr. William T. Hornaday, an ardent conservationist, established this award to recognize Scouts who undertook and completed truly exceptional conservation projects. Earning one is hard work—it is supposed to be—but it’s worth it. Upon the completion of earning the following badges: Soil and Water Conservation, Forestry, Environmental Science, Pup and Paper, Geology, and the Mammal Studies badge, Trevor is very proud to be among the few to have earned the Hornaday Badge.

For more information about scouting, contact Dave Randall, Santa Lucia Scouting District Chairperson, 831-2418871, email daverandall.realtor@gmail. com

During the interview Trevor was accompanied by Unit Committee Member Scott Lund (right) and then joined by his mother Murial Lin for the announcement of promotion to Eagle Scout. (above).

June 9, 2017 • CEDAR STREET

Nostalgia Overload?

WHAT WERE YOU DOING DURING THE SUMMER OF LOVE 1967?

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Tom Stevens

Otter Views Every year is the 50th anniversary of something, but a recent spate of backward-looking media treatments suggests 2017 may raise the bar for rear-view longing.

I’m thinking specifically of the Monterey Pop Festival, San Francisco’s fabled “Summer of Love,” and the release of the Beatles’ “Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” As musical and cultural events, this 1967 trifecta was transformative enough in its day to merit 50th anniversary recognition now.

Recognition, certainly. Commemoration, surely. But what we’re seeing instead is a weird sort of yearning that borders on veneration. It’s been tough to pass a day recently without hearing “For the Benefit of Mr. Kite” or seeing grainy black-and-white photos of sleep-deprived concert crowds and the bygone greats who entertained them.

Admittedly, these three 1967 events were iconic, if not epochal. Monterey’s talent-packed pop festival set a template for rock concerts to follow, just as Sergeant Pepper prefigured “studio concept albums.” The Summer of Love birthed some memorable music and a brief but high-profile lifestyle experiment whose ideas outlived it.

But 1967 was a lonnnng time ago, Bunky. All but a few of those concert headliners have passed away, as have many of the fans in those grainy photos. While some “Sergeant Pepper” themes feel timeless, the music itself can be grating. And though the 1967 summer stamped San Francisco as a “left coast” Xanadu of druggy, self-absorbed hedonism, the city hasn’t resembled that cartoon in decades, if it ever did.

Yet saturation coverage of these bygone happenings continues apace, with book, film and music releases; commemorative magazines and special sections; public lectures and interviews of those who were actually there. This outsize publicity gush suggests that 1967 truly was an earth-shaking year . . . or that not much has happened since.

I’d offer a third possibility. Reversing the binoculars, you could ascribe all this longing less to 1967’s greatness than to 2017’s desperation. In short, more may be at play here than the mere passage of time, even 50 years of time.

I pondered this while perusing two special advertising sections The Monterey Herald published last week. Both extolled Pacific Grove’s safe, caring, neighborly, “last hometown” character; honored its exemplary citizens and unique traditions; highlighted its scenic beauty and venerable architecture.

It was the familiar, comforting story any town tells about itself, but its context cast the narrative in an eerie light. In pitch after pitch, the real estate firms behind the supplements portrayed the town as a sort of time machine that could carry home buyers back to an era of security, serenity and old-time family values.

It was nostalgia for sale, at $880,000 (median home price) a pop. Having seen this movie before, I can foresee future, glossier supplements evoking ever-rosier nostalgia at ever-rising cost (the supplement reported PG’s home sale prices have soared nearly 10 percent in the past year). In a time when uncertainty, turmoil and terrorism roil the globe, the past gains a golden luster.

It wasn’t much of a reach thereafter to reflect on other events of 2017, the year the entire nation U-turned from confronting the promises and challenges of its future to reliving an imagined version of its past. For if anything, the Trump presidency and its captive Congress embody nostalgia on a truly epic scale.

By staffing nearly every agency with balding white men; by slashing services for the poor, elderly and needy; by undoing decades of environmental, scientific and social progress; and by lining the pockets of the extremely wealthy, Washington is restoring America’s “Gilded Age” of robber barons and bread lines.

By denying climate change and promoting fossil fuels; by demonizing immigrants and minorities; by embracing “America First” isolationism; by coddling misogynists and racial supremacists; and by rolling back voting rights, women’s rights, and civil rights, Washington in 2017 pines for some warped iteration of the 1950s.

It’s nostalgia overload, and I fear it will be with us for years to come. While controversial, President Trump’s recent decision to pull the U.S. from the Paris climate accord was brilliant politics. At one stroke, it locked in his white, nationalist voting base; re-energized Republican majorities in state houses nationwide; and virtually guaranteed his 2020 reelection.

Equally brilliant has been Washington’s rebranding of the mainstream media as malevolent purveyors of “fake news.” Of all the notables who passed in 2017, none may prove as influential as Fox News founder Roger Ailes. He subverted the mainstream by creating a vision of American greatness steeped in nostalgia for a misremembered past.

Ailes has left the console, but the corrosive nostalgia he stoked continues to thrive.

As Washington increasingly reverts to the past, we may again see smoggy air, ruinous wars and burning inner cities.

It could feel like 1967 all over again.

Uložil(a) Jess Toly Navštíviť

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Your Letters The loss of a star

Opinion

Editor:

Yes, indeed the animal kingdom lost a star this past month whose main interest was the safety and welfare of homeless dogs and cats.

This wonderful person’s name is Jane Roland who managed The Treasure Shop in Pacific Grove for Animal Friends Rescue Project until she was terminated in a very unkind manner by the new executive director. Having been a volunteer for Jane for 11 years, I do not understand this Apparently the person who terminated Jane felt that he knew more about managing a very successful store whose purpose was to raise money for the care, shelter and adoption of dogs and cats needing homes.

The new manager has decided, apparently, to remodel the store. He is spending a large amount of money and needless to say loses money while the remodeling is done. It has now been closed for a month and will probably be closed another month, losing more income for the care of the animals.

The whole situation has been very distressing not only to the animals, but to the volunteers (many resigning), as well as the very thoughtful donors. Needless to say, Jane is very distressed.

At any rate, I feel there has indeed been a terrible loss to our animal friends.

The sky is indeed dark without this star.

May the dogs and cats not suffer too much without Jane.

Martha Wilcox Pebble Beach

Never going to Treasure Shop again Editor:

Open Letter to Brian@animafriendsrescue.org This is truly an unconscionable act...to fire a woman who has done so much good for AFRP, the Treasure Shop and animals is absolutely terrible. Over the years I have donated thousands of dollars to the Treasure Shop and so many of the wonderful pieces in my family’s home went automatically there and only because of Jane. She has always been a hard and conscientious worker and cares deeply for the animals on the Peninsula, which you clearly do not.

The shop was unfailingly an uplifting place to go and the volunteers were incredible, again because of Jane.

And I am sure you could not care less, but I will never go there again, either to browse and shop or to donate anything. I fear you will end up regretting your action...she will be sorely missed.

Suzanne Mattmiller Carmel Valley

What were they thinking?

Editor:

It was Thursday May 4, 2017 when Jane Roland went to the AFRP Treasure Shop, for what she thought was a meeting to discuss the new plans and desires for the Treasure Shop. In less than two minutes Brian bluntly fired her, asked for the keys and handed Jane her final paycheck. No explanations, no thank you for 11 years of dedicated service. Jane started the Treasure Shop and in the beginning took no pay. Jane was thrown out like a bag of garbage. Jane couldn't even collect her personal stuff. Her husband John, had to go to the shop the next day to get her stuff.

On Friday I went down to work my usual shift and the locks were changed and a note on the door said the shop would reopen the next day. That night I received an email from Brian the director telling all of us, the volunteers, about his past jobs and volunteer work. And then goes on to tell us we, the volunteers, do an awesome job and a passionate staff. That the volunteers are the backbone of the Treasure Shop. I would like everybody to know that Jane was the person who was the backbone.

Jane is passionate about all animals and stood by the mission of the AFRP that every animal on earth deserves a good loving forever home. All of us, the volunteers, learned so much from Jane. She is a very loving and caring person and opened her own home to us for special occasions to celebrate our hard work.

Now on to the volunteers. Brian was hired on after Kelly retired on March 1.

Not once had he come down to even meet with any of us. Most of the volunteers don't even know what he looks like. But Brian had plenty to say about how inept we are and how some of us took stuff from the shop that he felt belonged to the store.

So I guess we are stupid and thieves now. Brian said the volunteers give back to the community. Well, all he has done is take away from our community. I for one cannot support this organization when you have treated someone -- Jane -- so badly and with such disregard for a fellow human being. This world has enough hatred in it.

Yes, I am angry, mad, and hurt to the core that Jane got the treatment she did after 11 years. And then the way the volunteers were treated. All I have heard from Brian is excuse after excuse and there is none that counts. Brian's actions are what counts. An apology letter to Jane and the volunteers is a good start.

I will continue to support the mission that the AFRP stands for to help our helpless animals, but my volunteer work will go to another organization. In closing I have one question to the person who hired Brian: What were you thinking?

L. Randolph Pacific Grove Volunteer for six years

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• June 9, 2017

The Appraisal Part Two

And were very glad we came

Patrick Ryan

Jane Roland

Local Real Estate Update

Other Random Thoughts We moved from the corner of Central and Lighthouse in March of 2011.

It was in a sense more difficult than the transition from 17th Street because we carried items from one store to another, but we were set-up and ready to go in less than two days. Pizza was ordered and volunteers came in to eat and organize I cannot describe everything that has happened over the years. It has been a happy time. Home away from home, as it were, people looked forward to their shifts and missed days only if sick or away. One young man, Barry Achtenberg, who works at Turn 12, came in around 7:30 and stayed until around 11:00 a.m. getting items processed, priced and out.

Dave Winter and his little pal, Bootsie, arrived before 9:00 to vacuum. Doug Lovell would get up at 5:00 a.m., go to his day job at the cleaners and, at 1:00 on Tuesdays, arrive to cover his shift. Every person who donated time did so for the animals and most of them shared their homes with rescue pets.

We had more than 30 people helping and they never left because they were happy. I wish I could name everyone but there isn’t space. Ronda Copeland who has a counselling service often came over on her lunch break; Sheila Keifetz came from Salinas; Sofia Sandoval, San Juan Bautista; Michele Tubman, high in the mountains of Carmel.

Doc was around in the early days. He and Frank collaborated on the window (which won several prizes), Frank did the design and he and Doc the heavy lifting. One Halloween Doc installed pully wheels up above to which he affixed ghosts with lights that came on, the window was full of color and at night the ghosts flew around the room. We received coverage in a San Francisco newspaper and a mention on one of the radio stations. It was featured on KSBW. We received many estates, and were networking constantly. I was shameless in my requests to friends and Rotarians and it paid off. Not only did we receive fantastic antiques, jewelry and collectibles, as well as wonderful clothing and furniture, but AFRP was mentioned in the estates of customers and volunteers. Our drawbacks were lack of foot traffic and work space. When Doc left his position as maintenance “inspector” all the items stored up in his areas had to be brought down to the store area and we never had enough man power to get things organized although many people put in much extra time to expedite matters. There was a large cage by the display window. Customers and donors brought us concrete or plush animals for display as it had been the cat cage for Posh Pets. Frank, who is the head flower arranger (and more) for Pebble Beach Company, spent many nights (often all night) working in the displays and the results were phenomenal.

Masiah Johnson, assisted by Bob Tintle started delivering bread which was donated by Nob Hill. They brought it in each morning, we asked a $1.00 donation and, not only did we collect over $100 a week for animals, people remained to shop.

Chase Weavor and Michele Tubman kept the book section stocked, Chase is an archivest and Michele a devotee of literature. Their section was one of the most productive. They had stepped in when John and Esther Dolan moved away and it was a smooth transition. Our customers and donors were also family: They rarely came in when they didn’t stop and visit, share some tales and bits of humor (and tragedy at times). We heard about their pets and met many of them. We were on the path for most of these folk; it was a place to go daily.

The shop was a little tired, the rugs were worn and tiles chipped, we made do with what we had for display purposes because we didn’t want to take funds away from the animals. We were a wonderful advocacy group for the Adoption Center as they did not open until noon, so we took messages and passed them along. We also sent people up to visit the critters that were at the center. Everyone worked hard at the shop and took items home to clean. Lillian Griffiths dealt with jewelry, hours a week, Susan Steele polished silver. Others washed and ironed, all for the love of animals and, yes, a love of the shop and the comaraderie.

We had Christmas parties with donated goodies and entertainment. My Rotary Club, with Jane Durant Jones and me as chairmen, put on Fiesta del Perro, a day of animal exhibits and trials. Don Livermore, assisted by Lorna Randolph, two die-hard volunteers, had food booths. Will Bullas, my longtime friend, donated art work for posters and glasses, and served on the committee. People came from all over the country to visit our little shop. Every week or whenever possible, the Thursday morning team went next door for lunch at Mando’s where they were happily greeted by server Antonio Cruz and Mando himself.

Volunteers who had not known each other became close friends. Each Easter John and I included these good people in an Easter celebration at our home. And, speaking of John, he was, in truth, an unpaid assistant manager, as he filled in whenever needed, did much of the shopping and anything else that was needed. He and Lilah came to volunteer twice a week (or more), when Lilah died, Annie, an AFRP pup came to live with us and assumed the volunteer duties, so we had three doggie greeters, Annie, Bootsie and Clementine, our ABC girls. It was the best of times that became the worst of times.

On May 4, it all ended. There was a determination by the AFRP board and new Executive Director that the store could do even better. The current staff will be replaced and the shop will reopen soon, remodeled and updated.

I am sure it won’t lose the flavor -- everyone knows that benefit shops are not retail establishments. They truly are places where everybody knows your name and are very glad you came. We hope the changes work, for the critters. We will miss our associations, and want only what is best for the cats and dogs.

Jane Roland – 649-0659 or gcr770@aol.com

We last wrote in general terms about what an appraisal is in relation to buying a home. Today let’s delve a bit more into the details of the process to obtain a deeper understanding of the appraisal and what the appraiser actually does.

Once you enter into a contract to buy a home and apply for a mortgage, the appraisal process starts. Your Realtor should be in contact with your mortgage broker or lender to let them know you are in contract to buy a home and that they should order an appraisal. It is important to have this done as soon as possible in order to meet the 17-day appraisal contingency period in the purchase contract.

Once ordered, the appraiser will schedule a time to go to the home and perform the actual appraisal itself. There are two types of appraisals, one is the sales comparison method and the other is the cost approach. The comparison method entails the appraiser comparing the home with 3 or 4 previous sales in the area that are similar in size, condition, age and amenities such as garage, fireplace, and/or does the home have an ocean view. The cost approach is used for a new property and is based on the reproduction cost to rebuild the home if it was destroyed.

Here in Monterey County the vast majority of appraisals are the sales comparison method. You will often hear agents speak of “comps” or “what were the comps?” This is referring to the previous sales of homes that are good comparisons.

When the appraiser examines the home, he or she will measure it inside and out, will look for certain safety features such as smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors and if the water heater is safely strapped and braced. They will also look for any serious structural concerns regarding the property that would make it unsafe to live in or too much of a risk for the lender to put a loan on it.

Once the appraiser inspection is done, they will create a report of their findings that is then submitted to the underwriter at the lender. The report describes the size and condition of the home along with pictures that were taken during the appraisal visit. The report will also list the comparison sales that are used to help determine the value of the home in question. The appraiser has to justify his or her findings to the lender in determining the value of the home. If the home appraises at the purchase price then the lender will feel confident that the home is worth the sales price. If the home does not appraise at value, then the lender will not want to loan money on the home and the buyer and seller may have to renegotiate a new price or the buyer may have to come up with more cash. Either way, the appraisal can be called a rate limiting step in the whole process. I hope this helps shed some light on what can be a confusing topic. Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Patrick.ryan@sothebyshomes.com 831.238.8661

LA, Orange County home sellers pay the 2nd most in hidden costs to sell Scott Dick Monterey County Assoc. of Realtors

Market Matters

Source: Orange County Register Nationally, U.S. homeowners spend $15,190 on average in extra or hidden costs associated with selling their home, according to a new analysis from Zillow® and Thumbtack. Since most of today’s sellers have never sold a home before, some of these costs could come as a surprise. Some of the most common, but often overlooked, seller expenses include sales taxes and agent commissions, as well as optional home prep projects.

San Francisco metro area sellers paid the most in hidden costs to sell at $55,105, while home sellers in the Los Angeles and Orange County metro region paid $40,808 to sell their homes.

The two largest closing costs are real estate agent commissions and in most states, sales or transfer taxes. Sellers also must pay for various other closing costs, including title insurance and escrow fees.

Eight out of 10 home sellers make improvements to their properties before selling, Zillow said. In addition to washing the carpets and landscaping, popular prep projects include staging, painting interiors and general house cleaning.

About two-thirds of sellers, mostly first-time sellers, said they unaware of the hidden costs.

Sellers in Indianapolis paid the least ($8,238) as home values are lower and the state has no transfer tax.

Your Letters Thanks to conservation, bills have tripled Editor:

All our Electeds, except some in Marina, have been no-shows on water, particularly for residents. Monning’s time should go to public water.

I just read Sen. Bill Monning’s letter encouraging Monterey county residents to conserve water. The senator must be aware that Monterey County led the state in water conservation last year, According to numerous news sources, our county was the model for all others to follow for residential, business, industrial, and agriculture water reduction. I am now one of thousands who have now seen our water bills almost triple in the last three months due to that conservation. I urge Bill to put as much thought, time and energy into helping his constituents benefit from a public water company, as he did penning that letter. (More, actually). Sticking with Cal Am is “A Risk We Cannot Afford” to borrow from the “No on O” folks.

Stan Wyman Seaside

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Panetta Lecture Focuses on Foreign Policy and National Security Mike Clancy The fourth and final event in the 2017 Leon Panetta Lecture Series took place Monday June 5 at Sunset Center in Carmel, addressing the topic of “The World – Terrorism, Russia, China, Populism and Cyber”. This forum, like the other lectures in this year’s series, was under the overall theme of “The Trump Presidency and the Future of America”.

Joining Secretary Panetta on stage were Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State during President George W. Bush’s second term, and Ash Carter, Secretary of Defense during the last two years of the Obama Administration. As usual, Secretary Panetta moderated the event.

Secretary Panetta opened the forum by noting the sobering list of national security threats facing our country from all over the world, and wondered aloud if we will deal with these threats alone or with the support of allies. Turning to the panelists, Panetta asked how they would define the Trump foreign policy. Secretary Rice said that it was still evolving and that his foreign policy team was very competent. Secretary Carter said that “clarity and consistency over time in foreign policy is very important,” and noted that lack of this clarity and consistency is the most frequent criticism of the Trump Presidency he hears from foreign leaders.

Asked about the consequences of the President’s decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord, Rice noted the differences between the Paris Accord, which she supports, and the Kyoto Accord of the last decade, which she counseled President Bush to abandon. Although she was disappointed that Trump pulled out of Paris, she rejected the idea that this would result in the loss of American leadership on environmental issues. She said that the thought of China leading on climate is laughable, asking “Have you tried breathing the air in Beijing lately?”

Panetta noted that the recently released Trump budget adds money to the Defense Department but cuts the State Department, and asked for reactions. The former Head of the State Department, Rice, said that it could use some reorganizing and noted that approximately 15,000 personnel were added to the Department since she was there about 10 years ago.

She claimed that the current Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, could do a lot to streamline the Department. However, she also strongly endorsed the work of the State Department in supporting democracies around the world, saying “The more democracies the better. Democracies don’t fight each other or send children off to war.” The former Secretary of Defense, Carter, seconded the importance of having a robust and effective State Department, capable of wielding soft power around

the world.

Panetta spoke of the Arab Spring revolutions, which began in Tunisia in 2010 and spread quickly to Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Syria and Iraq, and asked why these attempts to overthrow autocratic governments resulted mostly in failed states. Rice said that it is hard to create a democracy from an autocratic state because dictators don’t allow institutions to form that will support it, and these institutions need to be in place before the revolution begins.

Carter said, “It’s easy to make an omelet out of an egg, but not so easy to put the egg back together”, an analogy to the difficulty of putting a society back together once it has been fractured by revolution and war.

Panetta asked about the impact of the President’s incessant use of Twitter, and Carter came immediately back to the lack of consistency and clarity in the policies coming out of the White House. He noted the problems caused by discrepancies between what the President’s staff says on any particular issue and what the President subsequently tweets about it. This prompted Panetta, recently named as one of the two best Presidential Chiefs of Staff of all time in the book The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency, to claim, “I think we can all agree that he needs a strong Chief of Staff”, to much applause and laughter from the audience.

Asked, “What the hell is Putin up to?”, Rice recounted some of her experiences with the Russian leader and said, “You’ve got to stand up to Putin because he only respects strength.” Carter said, “It’s going to be pretty hard to forge a relationship with Putin because he defines Russia’s success as our failure.”

On the issue of North Korea and its nuclear weapons program, Carter was pessimistic about China helping us solve the problem peacefully. He said we must increase our reliance on missile defense and deterrence. Rice called North Korea “the most dangerous situation in the world today.” She went on to say that “our hand will be forced in the next 3-4 years” because we cannot tolerate a North Korea capable of delivering a nuclear weapon to the United States.

Secretary Rice, who drew much applause from the audience throughout the evening, closed by saying that the single thing she worries the most about is that America will not have the energy and confidence to be the “glue” that holds the world together in the future. She noted the extraordinary peace and prosperity in the world that American leadership has helped create since the end of World War II, and said that without this leadership the world would become a very ugly place for our interests and our values.

Finally, as he often does, Secretary Panetta wrapped up the discussion on an optimistic note, telling the audience,

“Obviously there are a lot of challenges we’re facing in the world and a lot of concerns about how we face those challenges. But I remain supremely confident about the ability of the United States to survive, and not because of Washington alone. I’m more convinced than ever that the resilience and common sense of the American people, and your dedication to doing what’s right, is what will drive our

democracy and our future.”

The 21st year of the Panetta Lecture Series will begin sometime in early 2018 with a theme that is yet to be determined.

But two things are for sure: Secretary Panetta will certainly assemble an all-star cast of speakers and, given the state of our country and the world, they will have plenty of substantive things to talk about.

Stay tuned.

Participants in the June 5th Panetta Lecture. Left-to-right, Leon Panetta, Ash Carter and Condoleezza Rice. Photo by Mike Clancy.

“Pilates & Yoga at the Park” at Lower Presidio Historic Park

The community is invited to “Pilates & Yoga at the Park” at the Lower Presidio Historic Park in Monterey, CA. This special free event will be sponsored by the Old Monterey Foundation on Saturday, June 10, 2017 from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. to continue to raise awareness for this beautiful park. “From Pilates to Yoga at the Park” will feature Pilates and Yoga demonstrations and classes. There will be a 30 minute yoga class by Lindsay Wetterau, owner of Om Studios and a 30 minute Pilates class led by Trudy McCrone, a certified Pilates instructor. The event will feature delicious food for purchase from the popular Spice It Up Catering. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own mat for Pilates and Yoga, towel or folding chair for watching the demos and participating in the mat classes. There will also be many free prize drawings at the event. Om Studios will donate a 5-class card, 3-class reformer package and Om water bottles, Lululemon will donate a Yoga mat and several reusable water bottles, and Trudy McCrone, PMA certified Pilates instructor, will donate 3 private sessions ($270 value). A representative from Old Monterey Foundation will be available to talk briefly about their organization and its work on the Lower Presidio Historic Park project.

Event Schedule - Saturday, June 10, 2017 11:30 a.m. - Noon Welcome and Introductions Noon – 12:30 p.m. A 30 minute all levels mat Pilates class 12:30 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. Break for lunch. Purchase food from the Spice It Up Food Truck 12:45 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. - 30 minute all levels Yoga Flow class 1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. – Prize Drawings For more information, go to www.oldmontereyfoundation.org or call (831) 521-2313.

Directions to the Lower Presidio Historic Park and Presidio of Monterey Museum: From Monterey, take Pacific Street past the Monterey Conference Center and the First Theater to the end of Pacific where it forks, take the Curious about campus life and the community around Monterey Peninsula College? left fork;, turn left onto Artillery Road, turn right on Corporal Ewing Road Eager to learn about mass communication, the changing world of journalism on and follow it to the Presidio of Monterey Museum in the center of the multiple platforms? Want to hear from expert guest speakers and apply modern-day Park against the hill; from Pacific Grove, take Lighthouse Avenue in New news writing and reporting? Just plain wordy and snoopy?

Monterey, turn right on Private Bolio Road, quickly turn left on Corporal Ewing Road and follow it to the Presidio of Monterey Museum. http:// Communication 7 News Writing Workshop www.monterey.org/museums/Home/Map-and-Directions/2 is made for you.

Old Monterey Foundation recently installed a monument sign on Pacific Meets 3:40 p.m. to 6:20 p.m. Wednesdays Street to make it even easier to find the park. in HU-203.

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And, if you don’t want to take the class, there is the option of joining El Yanqui Journalism Club, which produces the “news in your pocket” on Facebook, Twitter, and medium.com. And, it produces a print newspaper.

For more information, write to mpcyanqui@gmail.com, or contact instructor Alex Huanicki at hulanicki@yahoo.com

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• June 9, 2017

The NIMBY Syndrome: Part Four

Who Left Peter Cottontail Lying on the Homeless Trail?

Finding Peter Cottontail lying on the Homeless Trail on Thurs., May 25 moved me to tears.

If Aroara French and I hadn’t been scoping out houseless cats and people, we’d have missed the Easter Bunny .

“Look, it’s got jellybean toes!” Aroara exclaimed as I drove up Canyon Del Rey toward Fremont Ave. near Safeway.

The white plush toy was atop black trash bag/suitcases in which the owner’s possessions had been dragged and dropped.

Aroara was acting as my eyes and ears for investigation into locations for a potential “Tourist’s Guide to Homeless Sites on the Monterey Peninsula.”

The fabled feral felines of Seaside Aroara’s challenge was to count Seaside’s fabled feral felines.

According to local animal control last year, homeless cats lived on every block in Seaside, and about three people fed each of them.

We began before dusk on streets behind Kentucky Fried Chicken where herds of cats were reputed to have roamed recently, but Aroara spotted only two shorthaired felines in driveways, one friendly alley cat and a passionate Persian that tried to attach itself to her jeans.

Under the Eucalyptus trees It was burning sundown as we headed for the Seaside section of Laguna Grande Park’s Eucalyptus Area.

Besides the ravines near Del Monte Shopping Center in Monterey and the dunes all along the beach, Laguna Grande Park is a known gathering spot for homeless campers who move from the park out to the area surrounding Seaside Highlands and back.

Loners with or without dogs also sleep around libraries, under or behind buildings on Cannery Row, and in shopping centers.

Aroara noted the park people assembling. “There was a blanket laid out and clothes were everywhere. They were women’s clothes—a lot of tee-shirts—and people with bikes and blankets laid out by the trees. And they all seemed to be talking. There were about nine of them, both men and women. Some looked like they were in their 20s and early 30s, and others looked like they were 40. None looked old.”

She also observed, “A woman and her daughter by their car looked like they were getting upset with each other. Three men came by and started talking and propping up their bikes. They were at the picnic area, but weren’t eating.”

Wanda Sue Parrott

Homeless in Paradise Big White Bunny on the Bridge We had exited the Eucalyptus Area onto Canyon Del Rey and were turning right onto Fremont Ave. when Aroara spotted the cuddly white rabbit on the bridge where the homeless enter Laguna Grande Park via the native plants garden. Aroara said: “I also saw some trash heaps and bags down the little area.”

We turned right on the Monterey side of Laguna Grande Park and passed Laguna Grande Court off English Ave. “I didn’t see anyone, but I heard a man and woman yelling in Spanish behind the No Dumping sign,” Aroara said. “They couldn’t have been more than 100 yards away.

People in the houses could hear it.”

When we retraced our drive over the bridge, the white rabbit was gone. So was the sun. We went home.

Something must be done Aroara was concerned about the girl she heard yelling. “I worry about things a lot,” she said. “I would try to look into it on my own.”

A day after Aroara’s observation, a post appeared on Next Door Sand City online neighborhood watch network from a resident who confirmed Aroara’s report.

On June 6, AS of Seaside posted on Next Door Sand City: “I’m not ok with the homeless hanging/parading around. I’ve been yelled at and harassed and at times have felt pretty nervous. I think it’s a HUGE issue . . . WE need to do something and not tolerate this. I pay taxes and work two jobs and I should be able to feel safe.”

EM of Del Monte Grove Laguna Grande posted recently: “Monterey City Council is working on the idea of putting together a committee to address this ongoing issue specifically. . . There will be a variety of non-city staff on it as well that are involved in this issue already. . . I’ve suggested they must have a separate way of dealing with the vagrants who give the truly homeless looking to raise themselves out of it a bad rap.”

Laura Lockett Watercolor on view at Joe Rombi’s

Pacific Grove watercolorist, Laura Lockett has a current display of local scenes painted in plein air at Joe Rombi’s La Piccola Casa, 212 17th St., Pacific Grove .

Paintings are currently viewable 6:30 a.m.-9:00 p.m. Wed.-Sun. until July 31.

For more information: joerombi. com 373-0129 or Laura Lockett 3730631 or laura@pgtravel.com

Fountain Stolen from Miss Trawick’s Home and Garden Shop on Lighthouse

If you saw anything, please call Miss Trawick's at 375-4605 or PGPD at 646-3143 or even Cedar St. at 324-4742

Pt. Pinos View

Memory Garden, Old Monterey

Is a regional solution the answer?

I spoke with Supervisor Jane Parker on May 21. She said the supervisors and city managers from throughout Monterey County are forming a regional coalition to address the problem of shelter and affordable housing for the homeless.

May they provide safe shelter so the huggable white bunny’s owner and others like her can rest in peace!

So with apologies to my Inner Buddha, I say no thanks to producing a tour map of homeless sites in Monterey, as must Aroara, 12, who lives safely in Strafford, MO. Therefore, entrepreneurs, take it away!

Contact Wanda Sue Parrott, e-mail amykitchenerfdn@hotmail.com or call 831-899-5887.

Be on the Lookout

This fountain was stolen from Miss Trawick's in the night of June 5-6. The fountain is quite heavy so thieves would likely have had a truck in order to move it off premises.

Blue Vase Bouquet

Jellybean Toes Rabbit from Aroara French

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Legal Notices NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF STEPHEN MICHAEL PONSIANO CASE NUMBER 17PR000225

To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of:

Stephen Michael Ponsiano

A Petition for Probate has been filed by (name of petitioner): Joseph F. Ponsiano in the Superior Court of California, County of (specify): Monterey The Petition for Probate requests that (name): Joseph F. Ponsiano be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent.

The petition requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority.

A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows:

Date: July 26, 2017 Time: 9:00 am Dept:Probate Room: 13 Address of court: SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF Monterey Street address: 1200 Aguajito Road Mailing address: 1200 Aguajito Road City and ZIP code: Monterey, 93940 Branch name: Monterey

If you object to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

If you are a creditor or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code.

Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

You may examine the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk.

Attorney for petitioner (name): Kyle A. Krasa, Esq. (Address): 704-D Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA 93950 (Telephone): (831)920-0205 Publication dates: 06/02/17, 06/09/17, 06/16/17

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Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 1/6/99. Signed: Teri L. Hunsdorfer, Vice President. This business is conducted by a corporation. Publication dates: 05/26, 06/02, 06/09, 06/16/17

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