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Kiosk Sept 20 Meet-The-Author Event 7:30pm (doors open at 7:20pm) Pacific Grove Library, 550 Central Free to Friends of the Library $10 for non-members •

September 26 Dine Out with Friends

Celebrating Bunnies - Page 4

Mystery Solved - Page 9

Pacific Grove’s

Pacific Thai Cuisine • September 29 Blessing of the Butterfly Sanctuary •

October 6 First Saturday Book Sale Library Arcade •

October 5 - 7 Butterfly Days Mostly Downtown

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Inside Animal Tales....................................... 3 The Ark Lady...................................... 4 Cartoon.......................................... 2, 6 FYI.................................................... 23 Legal Notices...................................... 5 Police Log.......................................... 5 Death Notice................................ 9, 18 Opinion............................................ 12 Reasoning with God......................... 11 Homeless in Paradise........................ 10 Outside the Box................................ 13 Postcards from the Kitchen................. 9 Rain Gauge...................................... 10 Real Estate........................................ 24

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Vol. XI, Issue 1

Packed House at Candidate Forum

An estimated 250 people turned out for Tuesday night’s Candidate Forum at the Community Center. Participating in the forum were all the candidates who will be on the ballot for Pacific Grove Mayor and for three seats on the City Council.

Starting at 5:30pm, the incoming crowd picked up brochures about candidates and measures as they greeted and chatted with friends for about half an hour. Some wore support buttons. Seen amongst the attendees were at least two past mayors, Dan Cort and Carmelita Garcia, one past councilmember, Lisa Bennett, and several current councilmembers. The mood of the room was upbeat throughout the evening.

As candidates arrived, they made themselves available for one-on-one conversations before the formal portion of the event began. By then, it was standing room only.

The forum was sponsored by the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce. Its longtime President, Moe Ammar, began the proceedings with thank-yous, recognition of soon-to-retire Recreation Coordinator Don Mothershead, and an introduction of Beverly Bean of The League of Women Voters of Monterey County. Ms. Bean took to the podium and set the ground rules including time limits for answers, order of speakers, and the fact that candidates would address the audience, not each other debate-style. Ms. Bean served as moderator, reading questions that were submitted by audience members and selected by LWV volunteers for clarity and to avoid duplication.

The event ran efficiently and smoothly. The only exception was a long Chamber banner that slowly began peeling away from the rear wall during a comment by Dionne Ybarra. The audience tittered. It finally fell to the floor as Rudy Fischer spoke.

He quipped that as Mayor, he would keep signs on the walls.

The three mayoral candidates, Bill Peake, Mr. Fischer, and Ms. Ybarra, answered a variety of questions from the audience, including some tough ones about short-term rentals, the grand jury report on Project Bella, and the city’s hostility to its citizens.

Seven candidates are vying for three seats on the City Council. They were Recreation Board member Joe Amelio, past councilmember Dan Miller, past candidate Andy Kubica, Planning Commission member Steven Lilley, past candidate Jenny McAdams, Museum Board member Tama Olver, and Navy combat veteran Amy Tomlinson. In answering questions, they demonstrat-

Mayoral candidates (L-R) Bill Peake, Rudy Fischer and Yvonne Ybarra. Photo by Peter Mounteer

Candidates for City Council. Photo by Peter Mounteer ed a wide variety of personalities, experience, and skillsets, plus a healthy diversity of views on Pacific Grove issues.

Ms. Bean stated that video of the forum would soon be available at cityofpacificgrove.org.

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This was a very interesting week in Pacific Grove as we held our candidate forum on Tuesday and saw that we have some very good people running for three City Council seats. Then on Wednesday morning I flew to Long Beach with Councilmembers Garfield and Smith to join the mayor and other city leaders from throughout California to discuss the best ways to manage our communities.

Tama Olver

I must reflect that we have done a fairly good job in PG over the last few years. We have: Built our own Local Water Project, taking our golf course off Cal Am’s system and freeing 125-acre feet of potable water for other uses.

Approved a downtown hotel which will bring in more visitors and customers for our downtown businesses.

Approved two mixed use buildings which will add more restaurant and shopping space, as well as 19 apartments and condominiums downtown.

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Rudy Fischer for Mayor

Started a major program to fix up our streets around the city.

Started a ten-year effort to fill in the gaps in our city’s sidewalk network.

Fully staffed our police department for the first time in my memory.

At the forum someone spoke about the city living within its means. We have done that also by not spending more than we take in and building up a healthy reserve.

But leadership is also about looking at the future. If we really want a vibrant downtown going forward, a candidate can’t oppose every hotel and mixed-use project that is proposed. It will be important to have the leadership in our city to push forward and approve those projects which will both improve the city and bring in the revenue which will pay the bills in future years.

To that end, I ask for your vote to become our city’s next Mayor on November 6.

Experience, vision, and a proven record.

Paid for by Rudy Fischer for Mayor in 2018, P.O. Box 475, Pacific Grove, CA 93950. FPPC # 1406773 Dan Miller

Limit Short-Term Vacation Rentals In Our Neighborhoods Measure ‘M’ is NOT a “Ban!”

Despite the claims being made in political ads purchased by anonymous STR owners, and even a few of our own elected officials, Measure ‘M’ is NOT a “vacation rental ban.”

Measure ‘M’ limits Short-Term Vacation Rentals (STRs) to the Coastal Zone and Pacific Grove’s commercial districts—that is all it does! Measure ‘M’ continues to allow Home Shares, Seasonal Rentals and House Swaps throughout the entire city.

Joe Amelio

• Short-Term Vacation Rentals (STRs): Houses repeatedly rented for short terms (less than 30 days), frequently overnight, just like motels.

The owner/ resident/manager does not have to be present.

• Home Shares: Single family homes that rent a bedroom on a shortterm basis while the property owner/ long-term tenant also is present.

It’s similar to having a paying houseguest that is supervised.

• Seasonal Rentals: Homes rented for intermediate terms, typically 3090 days.

• House Swaps: An owner/family trades houses with another owner/ family, typically for a vacation but without exchanging money.

Don’t Be Fooled....Read the Initiative at: www.pgneighbors.com Or contact the city clerk (648-3181) for a copy, then,

Vote YES on M To Protect Pacific Grove’s Residential Character

PAID FOR BY PACIFIC GROVE NEIGHBORS UNITED FPPC ID 1401331

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International Rabbit Day

Diana L. Guerrero

Ask ARK Lady International Rabbit Day started in the United Kingdom in 2000. Organized by The Rabbit Charity, today it is celebrated throughout the world in September. Bunny lovers need to know about Adopt-A-Rescued-Rabbit Month (February) and Rabbit Awareness Week (May) too!

Today pet rabbits have moved into the top ten list of the most popular household pets. Even so, they are still seriously misunderstood. Rabbits previously spent their lives in outside hutches but today they enjoy lagomorph lives of luxury in homes where they have supervised freedom with specialty beds, litter boxes, and premium diets. Passionate bunny lovers, rabbit rescue groups, humane societies and other groups enthusiastically teach people the necessary skills for creating the best environments for pet bunnies everywhere.

It is more complex than people think!

Whether you are a veteran bunny hugger, or are looking forward to becoming a new bunny owner, there are a variety of resources and groups you can find both in the virtual world and out in your neighborhood. Check out Drollery Press because they specialize in bun specific topics and offer a variety of books and

DVDs on the care and maintenance of pet rabbits. They also have the distinction of having started the House Rabbit Society and are very active in rabbit rescue and all aspects of pet bunny care and education.

Bunnies can have big personalities and come in a variety of sizes, shapes and colors. Wonder just how many domestic bunny breeds exist? The American Rabbit Breeders lists 49 distinct breeds of domesticated rabbits. You might find it interesting to know that the origin of the pet rabbit goes back to Spain and a common ancestor known as the European wild rabbit.

But good bunny care requires unique preparation and education for new owners. One of the super important tasks is to find a veterinarian that is familiar with rabbit specific care. He or she should be versed in the spaying or neutering of bunnies, know which antibiotics are dangerous to them (most “cillin” drugs), be able to tell you how to prevent hairballs, and know that rabbits should never be fasted--even before surgery.

Around the home it is important to keep in mind that pet rabbits are chewers. This means you should be alert to

dangers such as electrical cords, cables and toxic plants or cleaning products. Hopping around your heels is great, but for optimum safety these critters should be tucked away safely at night.

These furry friends love attention and enjoy stroking and scratching but need to be taught to accept restraint and to accept being held. They are likely to kick and bite if they feel threatened, if they get defensive, or want to escape. You’ll be happy to know that you can integrate a pet rabbit with dogs, cats, and birds but use caution and get professional help so you do it safely.

Finally, a busy bunny is a happy bunny! Remember that they need play toys, space to run, and things they can chew.

About ARKlady: Diana L Guerrero (aka ARKlady) lives on the Central Coast of California by the sea. An author, animal whisperer and wildlife interpreter, her first word was “fish.” Known locally as “DGinPG,” she is a friend of the furred, feathered and finned. With a goal of enriching the lives of animals (both wild and tame) and empowering the humans that love them, she shares a lifetime of professional experience and specialty training with animal lovers--who are not only passionate about animals but that want to make a difference in their lives and in the world in which they live.

Questions? Call (831) 291-3355 | Email Ask@TheArkLady.com | Visit ARKlady.com Questions should be community oriented, personal pet behavior issues are best tackled in a virtual or in-person behavior consultation. Need help? Book a consultation here =>https:// arklady.as.me/virtual-consultation

Legal Notices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20181679 The following person is doing business as LEGACY ANTIQUES and CARMEL DOLL SHOP, 213 FOREST AVENUE, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950: DAVID EUGENE, 426 Alcalde ave., Monterey Ca. 93940. MICHEAL JOSEPH CANADAS, 426 Alcalde ave., Monterey Ca. 93940.

This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 08/25/18. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 10/15/85. Signed: David E. Robinson. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 9/7, 9/14, 9/21, 9/28/18.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20181679 The following person is doing business as KONA KAVA COFFEE COMPANY, 749 Bayview Ave., Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950: JONATHAN PETER O’BERGIN, 749 Bayview Ave., Pacific Grove Ca. 93950. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 09/04/18.

Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 9/04/18. Signed: Johnathan Peter O’Brien. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 9/7, 9/14, 9/21, 9/28/18.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20181720 The following person is doing business as EARTH LADY BOTANICALS, 58 Carlton Dr.,, Monterey, Monterey County, CA 93940: SUSAN ALICE RAGSDALE-CRONIN, 58 Carlton Dr.,, Monterey, CA 93940. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 06/29/18. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 6/16/2018. Signed: Susan Ragsdale-Cronin. This business is conducted by a corporation. Publication dates: 9/14, 9/21, 9/28, 10/5/18.

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Oh I missed the circus music.

How does this happen on the widest street anywhere?

Pine Ave. - Vehicle-1 collided with Vehicle-2 in the intersection. There were no injuries.

Here is a first Moreland Ave. – There was a verbal argument between brothers.

Wow, another first. What are the odds?

Presidio Blvd. – There was a verbal argument between sisters.

CAT BITES WOMAN # PUSSY GALORE # PULITZER Sinex Ave. - A female reported that a cat attacked her while she was walking a dog.

And the Chicken Sh&t of the Week award goes to….

Lighthouse Ave. – There was a theft of bicycles from carport-no suspect information.

Cop Log

Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy; in my day we were caught drinking and smoking: before we were let go. Oh yeah Jimmy, what really pisses me off is that you were behind “a business.” We spent more than a million dollars to make sure we all can enjoy the amazing forests and a destination beaches, together; each and every day. However, you hang out “behind a business” like trash. Unlike you Jimmy, the people in the business are a lot like me; while you were misbehaving: we were working. It’s a good thing that, the people in the business and the potential arresting officers survived their own children’s teenage years.

Jimmy, when you were all about to get busted, did all your friends hand over/ force their weed to you, and then try to scatter? Leaving you as the victim? In this hysteria did you stash most of it? Son, human nature will disappoint you most times.

Let’s go back and get the rest of it. We need to destroy the evidence, one bong hit at a time. It’s still there safe and sound. Good job by the way.

Lighthouse Ave. - The suspect juvenile -0+/%0/0# - A group of juveniles were contacted behind a business. One of the juveniles was in possession of marijuana.

Looking for Jimmy in all the wrong places 10th Street. - I was dispatched to suspicious circumstances. I located contraband.

The subject was cited.

Jimmy’s Dad drops a dime Info in suspicious circumstances \ Pacific Grove Lane. -Suspicious circumstances in regards to reporting party's son.

What if the contents of the backpack were valueless? This all sounds foolish and expensive.

Ocean View Blvd. - A vehicle’s rear right window broken. Then a back pack was taken.

Isn’t love grand? Or, just ask Jeff.

Asilomar Ave. – A female living with home owner. The home owner no longer wants her there.

Wow, another first. What are the odds?

Presidio Blvd. – There was a verbal argument between sisters.

Home of the official press day Pizza of CST. Thank you PGPD. Forest Ave. - On 9/4/18 at about 6:55 AMR responded to Mountain Mike’s pizza for an alarm. It was determined the alarm was set off due to an employee error.

Handbags at dawn Fight in public place \ Lighthouse Ave. - Documentation only.

Big yawn Probably a Pollack Case unfounded \ Victim reporting the theft of a painting.

The STR YARD SIGN BANDIT STRIKES AGAIN Ocean View Blvd. – The reporting party reported his property was vandalized.

Cue Circus Music Way to go female. Re setting the bar lower, for woman drivers everywhere.

Central Ave. - A female reported a traffic collision that occurred between her vehicle and a parked vehicle.

Forest Ave. – The reporting party reported a non injury collision.

Accident \fight in public place \ Central Ave. – Verbal 415. Documentation only.

Eardley Ave. – There was a non-injury accident involving personal property This may not sound scary, it is.

Thank you for the day in and day out bravery from our PGPD. I would have loved to hear the conversation when the door was not able to be locked, on the way out.

Audible alarm \ Central Ave. - Interior alarm - door found open - interior checked.

Unable to lock door. Voicemail left for owner advising of alarm

Condor shooting under investigation

Reward Offered for Information

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the shooting of an endangered California condor found on a remote private property in Kern County in July 2018.

The condor was found shot and missing several tail feathers on private property on Hudson Ranch Road, approximately five miles southeast of the Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge. The Service’s Wildlife Forensics Laboratory conducted a necropsy 1and determined the cause of death to be trauma from a gunshot wound.

Anyone with information regarding the shooting of this condor is asked to contact the Service’s Office of Law Enforcement in Sacramento, California at 916-569-8476.

Callers with information may remain anonymous. The Service is offering a reward up to $5,000 for information leading to the conviction of the person or persons responsible for the shooting of this condor.

California condors were listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act in 1967. In the 1980s, condor numbers reached a low of only 23 individuals worldwide. Intensive recovery and reintroduction efforts over the past three decades have brought the California condor population up to approximately 400 individuals.

California condors are protected by the Endangered Species Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Taking, shooting, injuring, or killing a condor are violations of these acts. The maximum penalty for a criminal violation of the Endangered Species Act is one year in jail and a $100,000 fine per individual (or $200,000 per organization).

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act carries maximum penalties ranging from six months to one year in jail and fines up to $250,000 per individual, depending on whether an individual is convicted of a misdemeanor or a felony.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service works with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. For more information about our work and the people who make it happen, visit https://www.fws.gov/cno/ or connect with us via Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr.

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Peninsula

Sports

PONY and Softball plan fund-raiser Pacific Grove PONY Baseball and Softball is proud to announce a special fundraising event featuring the nationally-ranked CSUMB Women’s Softball team in an inter-squad scrimmage. The game will take place on September 23, 2018 starting at 3pm and will be played at the Pacific GrovPONYe Municipal Ballpark located at 230 17-Mile Drive in Pacific Grove. The cost is $5.00 for adults and free for kids and students.

“This is a great opportunity for the team to showcase its talents and reach out to the community.” said Andrea Kenney, the CSUMB Softball Head Coach. “Our players get the chance to play on a natural field and we are thrilled to partner with PG

PONY on this event.

“Coach Kenney and her team have been nothing short of amazing in their support of our league,” commented PG PONY President Steve Thomas. “The genuine caring exhibited by the staff and players is incredible. To have this caliber of softball played on the Monterey Peninsula is a wonderful thing.”

What: CSUMB Women’s Softball Inner-Squad Scrimmage When: Sunday, August 23rd at 3pm Where: Pacific Grove Municipal Ballpark, 230 17 Mile Drive, Pacific Grove, CA 93950 Cost: Adults: 5.00 - Kids and Students Free - Full Snack Bar Available

Stevenson Girls Golf

Sunny but windy day at Spyglass. Greens were rolling fast, and the rough was thick-- tough conditions. Here are the final scores:

Breakers Football: A Homecoming Preview

By Peter E Cox The Pacific Grove High football team will host the Robert Louis Stevenson High Pirates on Friday, September 14th, at 7:30 P.M (JV at 5:00), for the Breaker’s homecoming game. After a 1-1 start followed by a bye week, the Breakers are rested and anxious to put another notch in the win column.

Breakers head coach Chris Morgan said, “A bye weak always helps” in preparation for a challenging game. Stevenson promises to provide just that. “Just like many RLS teams [in previous years], they have a lot of great athletes, but depth is an issue.”

Because RLS starts later than the public schools, Morgan indicated that it can take longer for the Pirates to work out their team chemistry.

This may give an advantage to a Breakers team that has had two weeks to prepare while considering some of the late-game mistakes against Gonzelez High that resulted in a heartbreaking 34-23 loss for the Breakers on August 31st. PG led at the start of the fourth quarter, but Gonzalez recovered a PG fumble, recovered an onside kick, and intercepted a PG pass in rapid succession to turn the tide against the Breakers.

Still, Morgan is encouraged by “real promise and good indications” from his players’ efforts throughout the game. One such effort came from running back Anthony DaSilva, whose 2 rushing touchdowns and 95 yards on 14 carries led the Breakers offense. John Kerick added a 55 yard receiving touchdown on a breakaway run, and Sergi Mendoza kicked a 32 yard field goal.

“Anthony had a great game, and put forth a great effort,” Morgan said, praising Kerick’s TD as well. “We’re still a pretty young team, but the players have a positive attitude and all our mistakes [from the last game] are fixable.”

That article is just under 300 words. If you have the space, you might include: With the stakes high and the homecoming court watching, the Breakers hope to sink the Pirates this Friday night.

Stevenson 18 Notre Dame 5 Stevenson scoring B. Carminati 2 T. Franscioni 3 A. Yacoel 2 K. Morgan 7 Notre Dame scoring L. Vetter 4 J. Johnson 9 saves

Steveson varsity girls beat Monterey High School 7-0.

Our highlight today was #4 singles player Anastasia Zolotova vs Angela Tan. The score does not depict how long their rallies were. Anastasia won 6-0,6-1.

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EMPTY NESTERS: Mistakes that Could Cost You Thousands When Selling Your Pacific Grove Home

Pacific Grove - Are you an “Empty Nester” who needs a home for the future? Is it time to downsize or to move into another home more suitable for your glorious retirement years?

Like thousands of residents in our area, you may be discovering that after years of non-stop child traffic in and out of your doors, toys on the floor, music floating throughout, suddenly you can hear a pin drop over the quiet hum of the refrigerator. Your rooms are filled with pictures and memories of this wonderful time of your life, but there are many empty rooms gathering dust now that your children have moved on. The freer years ahead are exciting ones to look forward to, and it’s time for you to move on as well.

If you find yourself in this situation, you’re in vast and good company. And what that means is that there are many wonderful opportunities for you to create this new chapter in your life...

if you know what it takes to get the most out of the equity you’ve built up in your current home.

To help you understand the issues involved in making such a move, and how to avoid the 9 most common costly mistakes most Empty Nesters make, a new report called “Empty Nester: How to Sell the Place You Call Home” has been prepared which identifies these issues, and shows you how to steer clear of the mistakes that could cost you literally thousands of dollars.

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This report is courtesy of Monterey Bay Home Info. Not intended to solicit buyers or sellers currently under contract. Copyright © 2018

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Detective Work at the Pacifc Grove Library Restores Pages torn from library books more than 50 years ago

By David Laws Hayes Perkins, who single-handedly created the waterfront garden and walk west of Lover’s Point, worked his way around the world eight times as a manual laborer before settling in Pacific Grove in 1938. On leaving home at age 15, he had hopped freight trains and worked in fields, mills, mines, plantations, and ranches across the country before setting off to explore the globe by crewing on sailing ships, mining for diamonds in the Congo, and logging the forests of New Guinea for more than 45 years.

Unusually for someone of his humble origins, he was an avid reader and kept a detailed diary of his travels. A friend, Frank Preston of Butler, Pennsylvania, arranged for them to be typed in 1961. Five carbon paper copies of over 2,000 pages each were hard-cover bound under the title “Here and There.” One is held by the Royal Geographical Society, London. Perkins gave his to the Pacific Grove Library in 1962.

Perkins’s longest assignments were on William Randolph Hearst’s properties in California.

He worked on the construction of both Hearst Castle and the family compound, Wyntoon, near Dunsmuir in the early 1930s. At both locations he came into frequent contact with Hearst, his employees, and the constant stream of visitors from the worlds of politics, business, and entertainment, particularly Hollywood.

His diary entries at this time become more autobiographical in style., They offer unique insights from the perspective of an hourly laborer into the people, politics, and setting of the extraordinary world being created on “La Cuesta Encantada” (The Enchanted Hill). Although he abhorred Hearst’s infatuation with fascist dictators, particularly Mussolini, Perkins describes him as a fair, even a benevolent, employer.

However, Perkins spares no kind words for the legions of sycophants and corrupt managers who ruled the roost in Hearst’s absence. He even faults architect Miss [Julia] Morgan for favoring a loud-mouthed foreman over others who were more competent. His descriptions of the debauchery of visiting Hollywood figures and their ravishing of young women invited to party on the hill make Harvey Weinstein look like an amateur. A non-drinker, Perkins was especially troubled by late-night beach landings to replenish the castle liquor cellars during Prohibition.

The Coast Guard ignored his whistle blowing for fear of reprisal by Hearst.

I write on gardens for several publications, including Pacific Horticulture and Eden, the Journal of the California Garden Landscape History Society. I came across the story of Mr. Perkins while trying to understand why the City of Pacific Grove had allowed its most unique and universally admired civic asset, Perkins Park, fall into such disarray.

I discovered that Frank Preston’s copy of “Here and There,” together with hundreds of pages of correspondence, had been donated to the Special Collections and Archives at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Amongst the many letters between Preston and Perkins, I came

Pacific Grove Honors Hayes Perkins with a plaque. Perkins is third from left with the mayor and other civic officers, September 22, 1950. Credit: Heritage Society of Pacific Grove [IMG_0467a] across one dated April 1, 1963 from Preston that asked “I wish you to go to the library and get your diary and cut out the three pages of the “Forward”[sic] which I wrote and send it to me.” Noting the date, at first, I wondered if this request was intended as a joke. But apparently not. Preston had been advised by his attorney that much of the content in the book about people could be considered libelous and he might be subject to lawsuits because of his involvement with the publication. He even asked Perkins to remove the name of the book binder so he could not be tracked down that way. Filed together with the letter were the three pages that Perkins had removed from the library and returned as requested.

On my return, I met with Pacific Grove Library director Scott Bauer. We looked at the library copy of “Here and There” (it is bound into three fat tomes and is kept locked in the reference section) and sure enough the location where the pages had been removed showed ragged edges of torn paper.

Scott was pleased to see copies of the three pages that had been missing for 55 years returned to their original home.

David Laws 9.7.18.

Hayes Perkins donated his set of Here and There to the Pacific Grove Public Library in 1962. Credit: David Laws [Book_IMG_1411] Below: Ech spring, neighbors and Pacific Grove Public Works people clean weeds from the area which will become (left) our famous Magic Carpet. Public Works’ Kent Speed works on it daily.

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

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

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Written by Joseph Hayes Directed by Laura Coté

Chabad of Monterey

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

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

Community Baptist Church

Monterey & Pine Avenues • 831-375-4311

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

October 4 - October 14 mpctheatre.com • 831-646-4213

First Baptist Church of Monterey

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

First Church of God

1023 David Ave. • 831-372-5005

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

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

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

Monterey Peninsula Society of Friends (Quakers)

10 a.m, Sundays Carl Cherry Center 4th & Gudalupe, Carmel • 915-8691 or 372-5762 montereyquakers@gmail.com

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

Lighthouse Fellowship of Pacific Grove

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

Manjushri Dharma Center

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

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

Tuesday, Sept 18 11:00 am Stories for PreSchool (ages 2-5) Wednesday, Sept. 19 3:45 pm Wacky Wednesday (science, crafts, stories for ages 5 and up) Thursday, Sept. 20 11:00 am Baby Rhyme Time (for babies birth - 24 months) For more information call 648-5760

Wellspring Church

141 14th St. • 831-373-4705

Peninsula Baptist Church

1116 Funston Ave. • 831-394-5712

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

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

St. Anselm’s Anglican Church

Sundays 9:30 a.m.

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

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

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

OUTSIDE PACIFIC GROVE Bethlehem Lutheran Church

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

Congregation Beth Israel

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

Monterey Center for Spiritual Living

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

Shoreline Community Church

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

831-655-0100 • www.shorelinechurch.org

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

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

Celebration of Life Phyllis Edwards was a local author and major contributor to the Life in Pacific Grove books (in Vol 1 she contributed the very long walk to identify the Little Free Libraries in town. In Vol 2 she contributed a walking tour of sites that John Steinbeck mentions in Cannery Row. Unfortunately, she died unexpectedly last week following surgery.

She was active in the Sierra Club, the Bach Festival, PG Community Garden, and a retired school principal and teacher in Monterey County.

A Celebration of the Life of Phyllis Edwards, writer, singer, educator, gardener, traveler, and Pacific Grove resident, will be September 23, at 2 p.m. at the Church 1n the Forest, 3152 Lake Forest Rd, Pebble Beach. Please come.

There is also a memorial fund set up: https://www.teamsierra.org/memorial/phyllisedwards

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Your letters

Opinion

Year-round residents make for more complaints than STRs

MST Board of Directors states opposition to November ballot’s Proposition 6

Editor,

Proponents of Measure M claim that short-term rentals generate more nuisances than other residential uses, while quite the opposite is true. Complaints against longterm neighbors about barking dogs, loud parties, trash cans left on the street, and too many cars per residence number in the hundreds every year.

Here’s what Pacific Grove learned from its STR Complaint Hotline: Noise complaints are less likely at STRs. Weddings and loud parties are strictly prohibited, and a 2-bedroom STR can never have more than seven adults at any gathering. That is the law. Long-term renters can legally throw a party for 50 guests every night if they like.

Construction workers and gardeners at STRs are admonished not to disturb guests, because nobody wants a bad review. Most STRs don’t allow dogs, so complaints about dogs barking - or defecating - is certainly lower than with full-time residences.

Pacific Grove’s STR program also requires any owner with more than one complaint about trash cans left on the street to pay Greenwaste extra to have the garbage men do it. Most STR owners opt for this valet service without being told.

How many STRs have yards full of weeds or strewn with junk? Zero! Rundown houses do not attract visitors.

Parking in neighborhoods like the Retreat has always been tight. But long-term rentals typically have two or more cars. Visitors generally arrive in one car, so they have less impact. PG’s vacation rental law requires any property with off-street parking to make it available for their guests. How many garages at long-term rentals are used for storage instead of cars?

As an STR owner who tries always to be a good neighbor, I’ve had only one complaint in five years, delivered by my neighbor, whose tenant drives a wheelchair-equipped van and prefers to park in front of his house. I immediately created a placard directing my guests to leave that spot open. Problem solved. No hotline needed.

Sincerely, Kathryn Kranen Pacific Grove

Let’s define ‘oversight’ with regard to STRs Editor:

Good grief, how many parallel universes can we have at the same time? A letter writer last week (Sept. 7 issue) tried to tell us Short-Term Vacation Rentals (STRs) make a better community than long-term neighbors. Maybe that depends on how “community” is defined, but it seems absurd to me.

The letter writer is an STR owner who was also trying to tell us our city ordinance regulates them effectively. She clearly profits from her STRs in PG but doesn’t live around them. Very few of the owners do, as do very few of the city officials who have allowed them. I live around several STRs – five right now, even more in previous years – and I know the city regulations are weak, ignored and poorly enforced.

But what I found most intriguing about this letter is that while the writer was promoting the city regulations in her newspaper letter, she didn’t mention that she is one of the STR owners challenging them in court. That seems to me to be at least an oversight, but then maybe it depends on how “oversight” is defined.

Thom Akeman Pacific Grove

At their meeting on Monday, September 10, the Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) Board of Directors took an official position to oppose California Proposition 6 (Prop 6), a November 6, 2018, ballot measure that would repeal the Road Repair and Accountability Act, also known as Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) or “the gas tax”.

With the aim of repairing roads and bridges, improving traffic safety, and expanding public transit systems across the state, SB 1 passed in April 2017 by an overwhelming majority in both the California State Senate and State Assembly. SB 1 invests $5.4 billion annually in California’s transportation systems.

“We urge voters to vote ‘no’ on Prop 6,” said MST Board Chair Mike LeBarre. “All Californians deserve well-maintained roads, safe bridges, and public transit systems like MST that are a lifeline for seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities.”

Repeal of SB 1 would have a sig-

nificant impact on the service MST will be able to provide. A draft list of service reductions and proposed fare increases is at https://mst.org/wp-content/media/ ServiceReductions_draft2018sept.pdf.

This list is part of MST’s draft Emergency Service Reduction Plan, which would take effect if Prop 6 is passed by the voters in November 2018. MST has scheduled four public hearings to further explain the emergency service reductions and possible fare increase and to solicit community input.

The MST Board’s opposition to Prop 6 is in accordance with its 2017 State Legislative Program which states MST is to “encourage the state to restore, preserve, and augment transportation and transit funding.”

Joining the MST Board’s opposition to Prop 6 are over 400 organizations and groups including local governments, labor, business, public safety, and transportation advocates.

City should refund appeal fee Editor:

References are made to the minute marker of the recorded 9/5/18 Council meeting. https://videoplayer.telvue.com/player/m_3HX6961GRMsvkqSCdwmGeJ8rwpRZrR/media/379347?autostart=false&showtabssearch=true Councilmember Fischer’s motion clearly stated to “return the appeal fee based on the newness of the situation.” 3:15:40 Councilmember Cuneo stated that he would vote against Councilmember Fischer’s motion because he opposed the appeal fee refund. Mayor Kampe replied that “we don’t have a motion on the appeal fee at this point but (sic) so we can separate that out as a separate topic if someone wants to pursue it.” 3:20-3:21 There were three amendments to the motion none of which addressed the appeal fee.

Fact 5 in the resolution needed to amend the shot clock extention date to September 28th, 3:17 Fact 6 was to be eliminated because the tower location would be in a right-of-way rather than a district 3:19 And, the 19-A wording was to reference monitoring done at specific increments with a subsequent report to City staff and the schools. 3:28 The motion passed 5 to 2 Following that, Councilmember Fischer offered a second motion to return the appeal fee. It was not seconded. 3:28:40 The refund was already approved in the initial motion thus making the second motion unwarranted.

Therefore, the City is obliged to return the appeal fee.

Sally Moore Pacific Grove

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STR Controversy Makes for some Hot Air PG Renters Displaced by STR’s Editor,

Editor:

There seems to be a lot of hot air about STRs. If one looks to see who supports the STRs ban: 1) Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce Mission is to promote the prosperity of local businesses.

The first business at the top of their web page is – you guessed it: “Hotels and Inns”.

So the chamber of commerce is supporting the hotel industry against locals rights to rent their house to whom ever they wish for as long as they wish.

This is not in line with a true capitalist economic system.

More like a monopoly government controlled system of economics Joseph Bileci Jr. believes that there are no hotels in residential neighborhoods in Pacific Grove.

What rubbish look around the hotels and inns around Asilomar...lots of residential properties.

2) Monterey Peninsula Renters United.

Lets face it renters always believe they are paying too much rent. This may be true but not having STRs in no way guarantees low rents.

The banks still want there mortgage money regardless of rent It is an illusion to think that rents will fall if there are no STRs. Apparently price leadership has not be a consideration. If all landlords raise rents together where are you then?

3) Pacific Grove Neighbors United.

Just the way to make friends with your neighbors tell them they can’t do something on their own property.

4) You as city council members will loose the right to change the ban...Do you really want to loose some of your elected power.

It is written into the initiative that the city government can not remove the ban if it goes into effect.

What next will you lose?

You or your heirs may want to join the STR program at a later date.

The whole initiative is just a money grab by the hotel and inn keepers.

As a short term rental participant I have noted if guests stay 2-4 days they eat out.

How do I know...The kitchen is clean.

There is already a restriction on the number of hotel rooms PG..

Vote No on M or phone 911 and get a fireman with a watering can on a bicycle.

A cop on foot.

Dirty streets.

Pot holes.

By the way the best kept houses are STRs. Why? Because they have the money to repair them and of course guests want a nice place to stay..

A recent letter to the Herald from a single mom explained that she can now afford rent in Pacific Grove after starting her own business as a house cleaner for mostly short term rentals (STR’s). The letter suggested that this was a good reason to support STR’s by voting No on Measure M. I admire the letter writer’s work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit, and I’m happy that she can now afford rent in Pacific Grove. Unfortunately, I cannot help but wonder how many long term Pacific Grove renters, including single moms, have been evicted or otherwise displaced to make room for the 250+ STR’s in Pacific Grove. The documented fact that long term renters have been displaced by STR’s has been largely ignored by the council majority, who place a higher priority on Transient Occupancy Tax from tourists. Personally, I would rather have more long term renters in our neighborhoods.

Voting Yes on M will help keep Pacific Grove neighborhoods for neighbors, and Pacific Grove motels in motel zones.

Joseph Bileci Jr. Pacific Grove Resident

Best Regards, Rory Merry

Local Resident Weighs in on STRs Editor:

I am living the affordable housing crisis. I’m a self-employed actress and performer who makes ends meet by caring for an elderly lady part time and driving ~100 Lyft/Uber rides per week. I always chat up my passengers, and often we talk about Short-Term Rentals. Here’s what I’ve learned: Residents have some legitimate complaints. Some locals have complained about rude tourists who slam car doors or play loud music. Residents seem to get madder when visitors do those things, but just shrug their shoulders when the rude person is their next-door neighbor.

Banning STRs won’t create affordable housing. STR owners tell me they use their vacation homes for family visits, and won’t rent them long term. Generous military housing stipends help our soldiers pay high rents, which drives up prices.

Pacific Grove already caps the number of STRs at 250 out of 8,300 residences, so that tiny number isn’t to blame for unaffordability.

STR guests won’t stay in hotels if STRs are banned. Families will find houses to rent elsewhere, because it’s too expensive to rent multiple hotel rooms. Groups want to hang out together in a house. One woman here for a girls’ getaway said, “What could we do in a hotel, sit on the end of someone’s bed and watch TV?” STRs operate “underground” in cities that ban them. I pick up tons of riders from STRs in Monterey and Carmel — despite bans — and they don’t pay taxes!

STRs have become scapegoats. I get it. It’s tempting to blame STRs for rising rents and crowded streets. But the truth is: we live off tourism here. The City of PG needs the millions paid by STRs. And the raging STR debate is blowing everything out of proportion.

I’d like to sign my name, but chose not to due to the vitriol on social media.

Concerned Citizen Pacific Grove

A Sensible Compromise Editor:

If I recall correctly one out of every three dollars that it takes to keep Pacific Grove the splendid place that it is comes from people who don’t even live here. Because of the Transient Occupancy Tax contributions and sales taxes that visitors pay, a part of the cost of maintaining our home town is paid with other people’s money. I like that and appreciate that the fees and taxes derived from lodgings, including short term rentals, are an important source of city funding. I understand Short Term Rentals account for an estimated over $1,300,000 in city revenue and that with the exception of license fees, it is money not taken from resident’s pockets.

The thought of using more of other people’s money appeals to me, particularly in light of looming pension obligations the city must deal with . It could be tempting to lift all restriction on short term rentals, but too transient a population could change the character our town. I have seen that happen elsewhere. In fact our desire to preserve our home town character makes me appreciate friends and neighbors, who would like to significantly reduce short term rentals.

(Think Measure M.) But then I realize the wisdom of our well thought out current policy. It sets limit at 250 short term rentals or just 3% of the census reported 8,000 housing units. Put another way it is one STR for every 32 dwellings that are not permitted. And it is not as if they are rented all the time. The policy also addresses the block density issue by limiting STR licenses to no more than 15% of any given block.

We live next door to a house, whose owners lived in another state and rented the house on a short term basis. We seldom saw any the occupants, who doubtlessly spent their days exploring and shopping and their evenings enjoying dinner in one our restaurants. ( However we did meet one lovely couple, who invited us over to share a nice bottle of wine.) I realize that we are a sample of one and that some have been disturbed by short time occupants, so I am pleased that licenses can be revoked if renters disturb the neighbors. ( That is a situation that is not so easy to deal with when offenders are more permanent. ) Further, I really like that PG provides Home Sharing licenses to those owner occupied dwellings that rent out a room to help with expenses. I appreciate that it can be a big help in this polarized economy. The STR policy is a compromise. ( Something we don’t see much of at higher levels of government. ) Like most compromises it leaves some dissatisfaction, but I view it as largely a win/win and I applaud our Town Council for enacting it. It helps us preserve “Our Last Great Home Town” with other people’s money.

Very Respectfully, Terrence Coen Jewell Ave

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• September 14, 2018

What does God say about euthanasia?

Bill Cohen

Reasoning With God Merriam-Webster defines euthanasia as: “the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy.” Who can argue with mercy? Who can be against relieving pain? Or, maybe, it isn’t as simple as it sounds?

God tells us that death is an enemy and that it will be the last enemy we will ever face, for He will destroy it, 1 Cor 15:26, “The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.” The eternal life He promises us will be free from pain and death, Rev 21:4, “And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.” So, why do we have to face these things in this life?

The answer to that question can only be understood in the light of the plan God is using to create His eternal family; a plan where love is the driving force and true love only comes through free will. We cannot force people to love us and God is not forcing us to love Him. God does not create the pain and suffering we see in this world, however, it is a byproduct of the free will God has allowed us. It is the only way we are able to freely choose to accept God’s love and the eternity He has promised those who do. This free will, which He has given us, clearly demonstrates that evil leads to pain and suffering; and God’s love leads us to His eternal joy. Hopefully, we are reasoning with what we see in this world and that it leads us to Him, this is why He has given us free will.

Euthanasia, assisted suicide, mercy killing, death with dignity, or whatever we choose to call it, requires a decision; we can hasten death, prolong life or allow death to take its natural course. God created us with the instinct for survival and that is why we normally fight all attempts to end our lives. However, death is one of the enemies we all face in this life, Ps 89:48, “What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave?

Selah.”

The world we live in is fascinated with death and all of its components; that is why we watch movies about “the walking dead,” “werewolves,” “Dracula,” and ghosts in all forms. We are torn between the love and hate portrayed in these movies; thus giving us conflicting issues to defend. We want to accept abortion, we attack the death penalty; we want to accept euthanasia, we attack terrorism; some are calling for infanticide, some attack child abuse; we could go on, however, the point is these issues are confusing to us because we have not used the same source to guide us to the answers we seek. But, God tells us, Eccl 3:1-2, “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;” God created man, Gen 2:7, “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” Then, He came to taste death for Himself, Heb 2:9, “But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.” Jesus felt death’s

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cold breathe and He asked His Father to take away the cup, if He was willing, Matt 26:39, “And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.” However, shortly thereafter, He willingly accepted God’s timing, Matt 26:42, “He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.”

Was this a lesson for those of us who think we understand all the complexities of death?

Is this life not a gift? And, can we ever truly know when to end it? Should man or God have the final say on this issue? What will man choose to use as a guide when deciding to end a person’s life, and should another person have authority over our death? We do not have a God who has never suffered. He was spurned, beaten, tortured, nailed to a cross and died at the hands of men who believed they had the right to end His life.

God knows about the suffering, which comes before death. Just as God, also knows, some of us will recover after man has pronounced us terminal. Yes, pain and suffering are part of this life, as is death. But, who is wise enough to decide the day of death, other than God? How are we to balance the extraordinary means being used to prolong life against the active decisions being made to end it? Is the natural process the most humane way in the end?

Our time on this earth is very short when compared to the eternity God has planned for us. So, when viewed from the joy and happiness of eternity, will we look back, or even care about ten years, more or less? God wants us to know He feels our pain, Jn 16:33, “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” When we, or our loved ones, are in pain this message is a difficult one to swallow, 2 Cor 12:9, “And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” Paul and Timothy experienced great suffering in their lives, are they trying to tell us they felt the power of Christ resting on them during these times? Are they sharing this with us, so that we might face our infirmities with the grace God has given us? Phil 4:11, 13, 19, “Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content…I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me…But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” God Himself told us He is with us, even when we are walking in the valley of the shadow of death, Ps 23:4, “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”

God has given us one example of assisted suicide in the Bible, as an Amalekite killed Saul, at Saul’s request. King David’s response was to rent his clothes and order the killing of the Amalekite for murdering Saul. So, is assisted suicide truly murder? We read about this incident in, 2 Sam 1:1-17. Is this one example all God has to say on the subject?

God suffered pain as we do, Heb 2:9-10, “But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.” He stands by us when we are suffering and in pain, if we would only see Him standing next to us in the fire of this life, Dan 3:24-25, “Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.” When we endure the pains of this life, remaining faithful to His calling, we can face death because of the hope we have in Jesus. When that day comes, He is joyful that another soul will have passed through the crucible that is this life, Zech 13:9, “And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God” thus, adding another soul to His eternal family, Ps 116:15, “Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.”

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

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Cedar Street Summit —Part 7 Kayla cockadoodledos council at Seaside City Hall Wanda Sue Parrott

Homeless in Paradise Considering the fact our human brain is believed to keep growing until age 25, did Seaside’s only female city council member suddenly attain the maturity of a young adult by publicly castigating her all-male peers?

If the young mother were 52 instead

of 25, would stunned witnesses have reacted by asking: What was her September 6 outburst about? A personal “# Me Too” sort of poke in the guts of the good old guys, or a warlike move designed to win votes from fringe-group voters from the LGBTQI+

community to homeless women in need of Seaside’s rumored future tiny-homes village?

Kayla Jones is running against gentle-giant activist and former councilmember Ian Oglesby, whose seat she captured two years ago at age 23—still just a

“youth” (aka chick) by legal definition.

Now, she and Oglesby are competing for Seaside’s top council chair as Mayor Ralph Rubio is retiring.

So, what happened?

Like an unwanted house guest…

A long hearing was winding down about SROs (special resource police officers) on school campuses. As 11:30 p.m. loomed, a councilman’s comment evoked a salvo from Jones: “You should be ashamed of yourself!”

Mayor Rubio snapped, “Please do not make value judgments!”

“It was my time to speak!” Kayla clucked.

Rubio cut her off. “We will reconvene at a later date.

I was stunned. “What happened?

Did Mayor Rubio slap Kayla verbally by crowing louder than she cackled?”

Did candidate crow like a hen or cackle like a cock at city council meeting?

Or vice versa? My limited knowledge of Kayla’s amazing progress is primarily that she spearheaded formation of the committee on homelessness.

During Council Reports, the councilmembers highlighted their activities over the prior two weeks as Kayla sat with quiet decorum until her turn, and then the metaphorical feathers flew as she ripped into the men with vocal power like talons of a fighting cock going for blood!

“Since being on this council for almost two years,” she began, “I have had sexual harassment… members of this board say I’m out of order…” She counted ways she was discriminated against: “I am young.” “I am the only woman on the council.” “I am black.”

Then, she declared, “This is unacceptable and I personally am going to start making noise whenever this happens!”

Start? She’d just squawked loud and clear!

To Kayla’s threat of war, Mayor Rubio murmured weakly, “Thank you” and councilmember Jason Campbell gulped, “I feel like that unwanted houseguest you finally get to say goodbye to.”

So what?

Without trying, Kayla Jones had just invoked Article 7 of the United Nations’ “Universal Declaration of Human Rights” which says: “All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law.

All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.”

America’s future rests with emerging leaders from today’s Summiteers like Kayla Jones. Did she drop anti- discrimination bomb or lay an egg? Time will tell.

Just three days before her public transformation from chick to full-fledged hen, Kayla posted: Things I’m thinking about on #LaborDay:

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• September 14, 2018 Also, a rising problem with homelessness among students at both California State University at Monterey Bay (CSUMB) and Monterey Peninsula College (MPC) will be explored at the monthly Friends of Homeless Women meeting on Wed., Sept. 26, 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., St. Mary’s by the Sea Episcopal Church, 126 12th St., Pacific Grove.

Panelists discussing “Homelessness and Housing Insecutity for Studentsin Higher Education” will be: Joanna Snawder-Manzo, Care Manager, Dean of Students Office, CSUMB; LaKisha Bradley, director, Student Services and Equity, MPC; Josh Walberg, Program and Scholarships Officer, Community Foundation for Monterey County.

Friends of Homeless Women is the outreach arm of the Fund for Homeless Women, a field fund of the Community Foundation for Monterey County. http://fundforhomelesswomen.org Meanwhile, Summiteer C. Jonathan Shoemaker of Carmel offers this advice for surviving attack: Chinese to Go

By C. Jonathan Shoemaker

I was there to get Chinese to go.

He sat in a chair nearby.

His skin was dark mahogany.

I saw a sadness in his eye.

As our eyes met, I smiled at him.

The sadness seemed to melt.

His teeth flashed white against his skin.

I paid my bill and left.

As I walked home in the chilly air, a happy warmth came over me, remembering the stranger’s smile and how it made me feel.

I wondered: why do people hate,

why do people fear,

and why do they feel insecure?

What weakness do they feel?

What makes them feel defensive with people different from them?

Why can’t they smile at strangers and share the warmth within?

And then I realized just why— when training us in combat skills—

they made us roar like lions

when lunging for the kill.

If we greet others with a smile, and look into the other’s eye, we feel the warmth of brotherhood, and no one feels like killing.

And no one has to die!

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PHOMELESS From Page 12 “So many of my Seaside residents are living paycheck to paycheck. Residents, often seniors, are being priced out of this community and forced to move away from what they’ve called home for so long. . .

I’ve advocated for: higher minimum wage; financial literacy programs; expanding our affordable housing ordinances; first-time homebuyer programs; expanding on union apprenticeship programs; hiring locals first; adding to our affordable housing fund (due to my efforts and the efforts of my colleague Dave Pacheco, we are projected to add up to $40k/year due to short-term

rental taxes); asked that the City look into what ‘affordable housing’ means for this area and how we can incorporate that into developer contracts... and more. …I understand the needs of this community because they are also MY needs.

We are in this together.”

Coming attractions Craig Malin, Seaside’s City Manager, has accepted my invitation to serve as a Summiteer. He will tell us about the rumored tiny-homes village proposed for Seaside.

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Mags’s Wedding & The Girl and the Fig

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Sally Baho Post Cards from the Kitchen

Sonoma, CA

Sonoma in late summer/fall is amazing.

While we anxiously anticipate Indian Summer in Pacific Grove, it's nice to know we can drive northeast for three hours and be in (another form of) paradise.

I went to Sonoma this past weekend for a friend’s wedding. My friend Magda and I met while we were studying abroad in college. I was at UCSD and she was at Davis and we both chose the same “language and culture” program the fall semester of our junior year to spend in Córdoba, in the south of Spain. Back then, Mags was a tomboy and incredibly athletic (she still is very athletic). She was opinionated and a ball of energy. She concluded after orientation that she didn’t like me because I was too happy.

Last I checked this was no reason to dislike someone but nobody ever asked a 20-year old to rationally justify their feelings. At the time, we all lived with old Spanish ladies.

They were responsible for housing us and feeding us three meals a day. My señora got me snacks to take with me to school, like little individually packaged chocolate-stuffed croissants. I didn’t care for them so I would always bring them to school and share with my classmates, namely Mags who, much to her disappointment sat next to me in the front row of Spanish class. We were both overachievers.

Every day I showed up, happy to be in Spain, happy to be in class, excited about something I had seen or learned, and to sit next to Mags who had her arms folded over her chest and was slouched in her chair. She would roll her eyes at me when my hand would dart up at the “What is something you learned that you would like to share with the class” prompt. But every day at break I would lean

over and ask her how she was getting by and if she wanted some snacks. Mags was a bottomless pit and always wanted my snacks but she was always leery of my sharing them.

When we eventually became friends, which was not long after orientation day, she confessed that she hated my optimism and didn’t understand why I shared my food with her when I could eat it all myself. I was dumbfounded. I remember telling her that food tastes better when shared with other people and I couldn’t eat in front of someone else and not offer what I was eating, it wasn’t how I was brought up. Over the next four months we traveled together to Lisbon, Paris, Zurich, and several towns in both Spain and Morocco. We ran a miserable marathon in San Sebastian and went sky diving over the Alps in Switzerland. By the end of our adventure we were sad to part and promised each other we would have a lifelong friendship. My attendance at her wedding this past weekend is a testament to this wonderful friendship.

The day after the wedding a (different) friend and I went to have brunch just off the Sonoma Plaza at the Girl and the Fig, a Sonoma tradition. Due to the restaurant’s popularity, we sat at the bar and enjoyed an amazing brunch, sans-mimosas on account of our needing to drive home to Monterey. The little old lady sitting next to me ordered the Quiche Lorraine (ham and Swiss cheese)--which was an enormous slice of quiche that looked more like a soufflé than anything--and she said it was the best thing she had had in her life. Well already by the look and smell of it I was leaning towards ordering it but with that recommendation, I had to. It came with

Quiche Lorrane from The Girl and the Fig in Sonoma both a small salad and shoe string fries and it was indeed, delicious. The sides were seared so after cutting the slice of soufflé from the pie dish the chefs must sear each side, adding a caramelized, slightly crisp and charred taste to the already amazing egg flavor. The shoe string fries were good although fries aren’t my favorite but they did make an excellent vehicle for gobs of

the garlic aioli, which was amazing. The salad was nice: frisée, baby chard, quinoa, marcona almonds, and cranberries with a light vinaigrette. But the quiche was the star of the show.

Next time you find yourself in Sonoma, be sure to check out the Girl and the Fig. Heads up, you are better off with a reservation ahead of time to avoid the wait, especially on the weekend.

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Gossip & Fiddly Bits

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Heard While Waiting in the ER

There should be a Best Acronym Ever award for this name!

Spay Neuter Imperative Project California (SNIP) has purchased a 26-foot mobile, spay/neuter clinic to provide low-cost services in Salinas, Prunedale, King City, Soledad, with plans to expand to other areas most in need.

The nonprofit organization is committed to ending the suffering and death of unwanted animals due to overpopulation. Five clinics have been scheduled in September and six clinics were already completed in August where 129 dogs and cats were ‘snipped.’ While supplies last, SNIP will also offer vaccination & microchip services provided

by Animal Friends Rescue Project and FoCAS (Friends of Community Animal Services). There is currently a 600-person waiting list for SNIP Monterey County’s services, but funding is needed to add additional dates.

SNIP has provided $25 spay/neuter services to over 6,700 dogs and cats since its inception. SNIP’s founder, Melanie Scherer was motivated to purchase a new mobile clinic after seeing a local news story reporting that two Monterey County municipal shelters euthanized 70 percent of cats admitted to the shelters.

Pet owners only pay $25 per animal for spay/neuter, a single clinic costs about $2,500 to alter between 2632 animals. SNIP is 100% community funded through generous donors.

• I’m told that in Florida, land of STRs, property owners who live out of state pay a different (higher) property tax rate than those who live in Florida. And they couldn’t even vote on it.

• For some, the smell of isopropyl alchohol can lessen or even halt nausea.

• The expression “throw your hat in the ring” comes from the early day of boxing as a sport, when if one wanted to fight the winner, one threw one’s hat into the boxing ring.

• September 14, 2018

Jane Roland Animal Tales Other Random Thoughts A MOTHER’S LOVE 9/6/2018 There was an article in the paper and all over the inter-net about a mother Orca whose baby died of mal- nourishment. In her grief she pushed the infant’s body along with her nose for sixteen days, surrounded by females of her kind. Orcas are highly sociable and are on the brink of extinction. As most of you know Cetaceans have the largest brains, biologically identical to man’s but seven times its weight. In their own way they are far more intelligent than man. Yet, we spent thousands of years hunting and killing whales, a deplorable practice that continues in some countries to this day. Many years ago, my darling friend, Joyce Wright, recommended a book Sounding by Hank Searls. It is the story of a massive, aging sperm whale whose compassion, fear, and anger at man’s attack on his kind made him wary. A young sonar officer of an accidentally sunken Russian spy submarine teetering on a rocky seamount off New York prepares to die with his shipmates. All hope is lost, and they hear the whales sounding above. The sperm whale who is the protagonist remembers seeing “man” rescue beached Cetaceans and ultimately saves Peter Rostov and his mates. It is a lovely, heart-breaking, and heart-warming story beautifully told.

Man has hunted and destroyed animals since the beginning of time. Because I believe in the survival of the fittest I can understand the need for clothing and food. Even vegans must admit that there was a time when killing of a beast meant survival. Then it became a game and thirst for wealth. It is much like the desire for the Rhinoceros horn, which allegedly increases male potency. I find it impossible to understand man’s inhumanity to beasts. Yes, I suppose there is some thinning out that needs to be done and man, being in charge, is destined to do the thinning. However, many people hunt for the sheer pleasure. I recall, years ago, when John and I served on a board, I will not mention which one for obvious reasons. There was a couple in the group who hosted a party in their home, it was a lovely house, beautifully decorated but on every wall was at least one and, generally more than one, head staring down at us…everything from deer, to tigers, lions and bears. I recall no elephants but if they could kill the others why not the gentle pachyderms. Yes, you say, but people need to kill animals for food. In the wild, in the old days I suppose that is true, but somehow blowing out the brains of rabbits, deer, duck and other members of the feathered creatures is simply blood thirsty.

Flavors of Pacific Grove volunteers needed in November

Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce is seeking volunteers for Flavors of Pacific Grove, A Celebration of Great Chefs. The event will take place at the Pacific Grove Golf Links Club House, 79 Asilomar Avenue, on Saturday, November 17, 2018 from 5:30 to 8:30 pm. Flavors of Pacific Grove will showcase Monterey Peninsula’s finest chefs and wineries serving hors d’oeuvres and tastings to the guests. Please consider volunteering during set up, silent auction, live auction, food service and check out. For more information, contact Rita at (831) 373-3304 or rita@pacificgrove.org.

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Last night we watched the story of Koko, a female western lowland gorilla known for having learned American Sign Language “ Koko, the gorilla who mastered sign language, has died. The Gorilla Foundation says the 46-year-old western lowland gorilla died in her sleep at the foundation’s preserve in California’s Santa Cruz mountains on Tuesday. Koko was born at the San Francisco Zoo in 1971, and Dr. Francine Patterson began teaching the gorilla sign language that became part of a Stanford University project in 1974.The foundation says Koko’s capacity for language and empathy opened the minds and hearts of millions.

Koko appeared in many documentaries and twice in National Geographic. The gorilla’s 1978 cover featured a photo that the animal had taken of itself in a mirror. The foundation says it will honor Koko’s legacy with a sign language application featuring Koko for the benefit of gorillas and children, as well as other projects.”

Koko got her first kitten in 1983 when she was about 12 years old. After years of having dolls and plush animals, she finally convinced her trainers that she was ready to take care of a real kitten. Unfortunately, the tail-less gray kitten that Koko named ALL Ball was hit by a car on a logging road after living with Koko only six months. Koko grieved for All Ball, signing Cry, Frown, Sad, Trouble when she first learned what had happened.

To the day she died she was sad when she saw a photo of another kitten who reminded her of her first kitten. It took her a while before she was ready to adopt her new kitty, a little red tabby, she named LIPS LIPSTICK. The developed a close bond. More feline pets for Koko followed through the years. I must confess the story made me sad. Sad to know that these intelligent animals are caged, often for their own safety as they, also, have been hunted to close extinction.

If you have an opportunity read The Secret of the CONDE Hermanos by Clarissa Bell, a Nom de Plume for one of our local treasures. It is a compelling collection of “stories” that are linked by music, cats and the California coast…especially the Monterey Peninsula. I loved it, as I am sure you will. Another little book that was given to me is The Fairy Door – by Jean Laws. It is about Fairies in your garden and a wonderful read for young children.

Yesterday we saw Million Dollar Quartette at the Golden Bough Theatre directed by Stephen Moorer for PacRep. We adored it and everyone in it…there was no bad performance and the audience went wild over the singing, the dancing and the music. If you have a chance, go to the Forest Theatre to see The Little Mermaid. I say it repeatedly, you needn’t leave the Peninsula (well you might drive over to Salinas to Western Stage), for good theater. We have the best. There was a time we went to San Francisco and, even, Broadway. We can no longer do that. Thank goodness it isn’t necessary. We can get a theatre fix right here every weekend. I am thrilled to now be a part of raising funds for PacRep. I have come full circle since I went to the theater as a child and became hooked.

Jane Roland manages PacRep’s Neverland Benefit Shop in Forest Hill Plaze..1219 Forest Suite D – come by and say hello…gcr770@aol.com

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• September 14, 2018

Twenty Years Later

An inheritance comes to life Judy Avila

Making Memories

The Avila family gathers at an inherited property in the Azores.

A property in Portugal inherited by Guilherme vils becomes the focal point of a family gathering.

Memorial Notice Joan Ann Nattress 8-15-1934 - 7-14-2018 Please join us as we celebrate this amazing woman, September 21, 3:305:30 pm at Sally Griffin Center, 700 Jewel Ave, Pacific Grove. In her honor bring a favorite pie to share with others and a Joanie story to tell. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in her memory to Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula of Pacific Grove, Adult Education, 1025 Lighthouse Ave, Pacific Grove and help keep her life long work of helping others continue on.

And…please take a minute to honor her by purposefully bringing a smile to someone today and remember...exercise is the new medicine. So take a daily dose, Joan said.

Early during the first year of the new century, our oldest son and his wife, newlyweds of a year and a half, announced to us that they would be taking a cruise to Europe and their plan was to stop first in the Azores Islands for one week. They asked if we wanted to meet them there for that leg of their trip.

Of course I was very excited. My husband, Guilherme, was not sure if he wanted to take the trip. The last time he had been back to the islands was in 1980, when our boys were just 13 and 7 years old. It had been a great trip for the four of us. Our children met their grandparents for the first time along with a lot of aunts, uncles, and cousins.

But 20 years had passed. Both sets of parents were gone, along with a couple of sisters on his side of the of the family.

He was very undecided. To make matters worse, the house he grew up in with four sisters and two brothers was now empty.

I had taken two short trips in these 20 years, but I hadn’t been able to convince him to go with me for those. But, this time around we had the encouragement of our sons. Soon our younger son and his girlfriend (now his wife) decided they’d like to come along, too.

After much soul searching, Gil and I made the decision to go for three months.

I left my job of 15 years (he had already retired). This way we had plenty of time to spend with my two sisters, nieces and extended family on the island of São Jorge, and with Gil’s brother and sisters on the neighboring island of Pico, and with many more family members and friends.

The plan was in place; we would leave in early July and come back end of September. The kids would all be there for the last week. The preparations started and all of us were excited. It was fun to shop for gifts to take and for other necessities. The list was long but fun. I prayed silently for this trip to go as planned.

All of the relatives were excited that we would all be there together.

The day came and we flew from San Francisco to the island of Terceira: a 9-hour flight—then on to Pico. It was a long day, but all went well. As we landed in Pico we could not believe the number of relatives that were at the airport to meet us. This was true joy for my husband especially, after 20 years of not being with his loved ones.

The next day, all of the family gathered at the home of his brother José, for more celebration of our arrival and

to share memories over dinner. Many tears were shed and also lots of laughter and just pure joy of being on the island once again with his loved ones. There were trips to the cemetery, to the empty childhood home, and to the church where he was baptized. All of this difficult, but healing.

My husband had inherited from his parents a small summer house, known as an “adega,” which traditionally includes a wine cellar where the family made their wine every summer and stored it all year.

This place was not worth much money, but to him it was priceless. It consisted of one large room with two small beds, a table, a couple of benches and a little stove. There were a few shelves with some kitchen utensils and a kerosene lamp. Downstairs was the cellar. It happened to be in a picturesque quaint little neighborhood called Manhenha, with a view of the lighthouse and the Atlantic Ocean only a short stroll away.

The adega stood closed up for many years with loads of memories stored within. It was one of stops we needed to make, but for Gil it was not an easy task.

One day, my sisters-in-law and I told my husband that we needed to go inside the adega to clean it and he needed to come along. His brother had handed him the key. He stood a long time before he could open that gate and then turn the key in the door to go inside. Things had stood still for 20 years and there were a lot of reminders of the past. More tears were shed.

After we cleaned everything the family decided we should spend the night just for old time sake. We agreed, and even with very few conveniences, it was fun. Later that night the rest of the family dropped in with drinks and goodies to celebrate.

It was wonderful!

The time went by so fast, and soon it was time for the kids to arrive. We were in São Jorge at the time and my family were all anxious to meet boys and girls for the first time. It all went according to plan, and the only issue was that three or four days on each island was not enough.

We tried to pack in as much as we could, and after three days we said good bye to São Jorge and took the ferry cruiser back to Pico.

We could not wait to show the kids the adega. Their papa needed the kids’ feedback as to what to do with this.

Should we remodel and enlarge it? Were they at all interested? They did fall in love with that tiny place and agreed we should indeed remodel. That will be yet another story.

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Emergncy Response Volunteers benefit from Volunteer Fire Association Donation

Sara Hinds for CUSD Board -From Carmel, For Carmel’s Kids Sara Hinds, honored Carmel Unified School district volunteer, running for

The Pacific Grove Volunteer Fire Department Association recently donated $1,000 to fund new communication equipment and supplies needed for Pacific Grove CERT Container. This donation will be channeled thru CERV of the Monterey Peninsula.

The donation will be combined with other donations for the much-needed equipment improvements and supplies to support the Pacific Grove CERT Team.

For your information: The Pacific Grove Volunteer Fire Department Association is a 501 (c) (3) Organization Mission of CERV: The mission of the Community Emergency Response Volunteers of the Monterey Peninsula (CERV) is to promote and sustain preparedness, readiness and response for emergencies and critical events by (1) supporting local Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) programs to maintain, at full readiness status, the personnel, basic tools, equipment, and supplies needed to function when activated, (2) helping to build public awareness of the importance of planning/preparing for disasters, (3) promoting individual and community capacity to respond to natural or man-made disasters and emergencies.

Welcome to the family, Sandra!

Sara Hinds, a past PTA President who was honored by the Carmel Unified School District Board as the district’s Volunteer of the Year in 2016 for her “Exceptional and Distinguished Service,” has entered the CUSD board race in the November 6 election.

A Carmel native, Mrs. Hinds, who has twin sons who attend Carmel Middle School, not only knows the school district as a longtime volunteer, but she also attended CUSD schools.

“I was so fortunate to grow up here and to attend Carmel’s schools. As PTA president, I gained firsthand knowledge about the specific issues that affect our schools,” says Mrs. Hinds. “While our district continues to innovate and excel, I have no doubt that new energy, leadership and a spirit of collaboration can ignite our community’s educational potential. I am running for CUSD Board because I am from Carmel and for Carmel’s kids.”

While her sons were at Carmel River School, where they graduated in June, Mrs. Hinds was a classroom volunteer and Room Parent. Mrs. Hinds served as the school’s PTA president for two years and its vice-president for one. She was also a member of the school site council for the past three years. Mrs. Hinds, 41, is a member of the district’s Community Advisory Council that meets regularly throughout the school year to discuss school issues under the leadership of CUSD Superintendent Barb Dill-Varga.

“I want to give back to my community as a board member, leveraging my professional expertise, school involvement, district understanding and collaborative style to deliver solutions to CUSD challenges,” says Mrs. Hinds.

Mrs. Hinds, whose mother, Linda Frye, taught for 30 years at Monterey High, earned a Bachelor’s degree in media and communications from Chico State and then worked in public relations in the Silicon Valley for 15 years before returning home to Carmel. In addition to their twin sons, Mrs. Hinds and her husband, Chad, have a 1-year-old daughter.

“Growing up in a family where education was highly valued, I know that education is paramount to giving our children what they need to succeed in life,” Mrs. Hinds says. “We want ALL of our students to be college and career ready, and I am committed to raising college readiness and reviving and exploring vocational programs in our schools.”

Mrs. Hinds understands the vital role schools play, both locally and nationally.

“Excellent schools form the foundation of society and require strong stewardship,” she says. “I am not afraid of making tough decisions, so all students gain the knowledge and skills for the best possible start in life.”

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P.G.: Technically the State’s Largest Hippie Commune Keepers of our Culture John McCleary

Our guest columnist this week is John McCleary, one of the original Pacific Grove hippies from the early 1970s. John’s memories of those trippy years will be included in Life in Pacific Grove, Volume II: Deeper Connections, to be released on October 13 as part of the P.G. “Indie Author Day” celebration. John is the author of several books about the counter-culture, including The Hippie Dictionary.

‘The Johnny Appleseed of the Hippie Businesses’ During the years between 1967 and the mid-1980s, Pacific Grove could have been, technically, the largest hippie commune in California. We had our own coffee houses; our own radio station, KAZU; an organic grocery store, The Granary; the P.G. Art Center; a recycling center; and nude beaches. And if you counted the number of people living as hippies, albeit in separate and revolving houses and relationships, we would have constituted the largest population of the counterculture in the smallest space!

It can be argued that the ecology movement started here, and that the recycle logo was created here. Gil Tortolani is credited with creating it. He started a recycling center, Tillie Gort’s and The Granary.

He was the Johnny Appleseed of hippie businesses on the Monterey Peninsula.

The Monterey International Pop Music Festival itself was enough to make Monterey a center of hippie rock and roll.

Joan Baez and Bob Dylan wrote songs in Sancho Panza coffee house in Monterey, and they lived together in the Carmel Highlands.

Tillie’s, as we all called it, had the most beautiful waitresses, and so diverse, that any retail shop could boast. Margot, Jan, Rosie, Barbara, Blair, Candice, Jill and Mindy, to name a few. Guys came to Tillie Gort’s to sit and drink a cup of coffee for hours while they watched and flirted with their favorite hippie waitresses.

Cooks and waitresses were often dating. On a slow Sunday with no customers, my girlfriend and I disappeared into the back for a while. As we came back into the coffee shop, straightening ourselves up, two tables full of customers, wide-eyed, waited to be tended to. A girlfriend and I were working a Saturday night; we were tired of the same ol’ food we had cooked and served for months, so we ordered pizza. The guy came in with our pizza and an odd look on his face. The customers looked up with shocked expressions. We just smiled and said, “Over here, how much will that be?”

I posted a hand-written sign in Tillie Gort’s only bathroom, a one-hole affair for employees and customers. The sign read, “Limit: 20 People!”

We actually believed that the old world had become a new world. A place where people were people, not numbers, not just “yes people,” not resigned to mediocrity and a minimum wage life.

Tillie’s served food as well as coffee, and in the early 1970s the menu was a mixture of vegetarian fare and roast beef, turkey or tuna melts in Arabic pocket, pita bread.

To answer the question before it comes up, as it did hundreds of time while I worked there: where did the name come from? Tillie Gort’s was a take-off on an old nickname of the owner, Gil Tortolani.

In high school, the kids called him “Gillie Tort,” so when he opened the coffee house, he mixed that up and named it Tillie Gort’s. I would love to have been there when that name was thought up. It must have been a real stony evening.

When I first walked into the place, I knew I had found a home. You had to have been there in the late 1960s and early 70s to know how comforting, and also stimulating, a good coffee house could be. You could sit there and be yourself alone. Or sit there and be yourself in the company of strangers, soon to be friends. Or friends, soon to be lovers. Or you could sit there and be somebody else alone.

Indie Author Day 2018 Celebrates P.G. and Writers!

Life in Pacific Grove Vol.1, featuring true tales by residents and visitors, is available for purchase at the Pacific Grove Public Library and at Bookworks.

The second edition, to be launched October 13 at Indie Author Day—a national event hosted locally by the Pacific Grove Public Library—will include longer essays with deeper connections to our town, such as city politics, hippie days, hootenanny, tai chi, the writing life, strong women and more. If you are an author and would like to sell your books at Indie Author Day, contact Nancy Swing, sunswing44@gmail.com. If you are an author and would like to submit a query to publish your book about Pacific Grove, please contact Patricia Hamilton at publishingbiz@sbcblobal.net. We’re looking for stories that entertain, educate and inspire. Life in Pacific Grove books are published by Keepers of Our Culture, an imprint of Park Place Publications, www.parkplacepublications.com. ### Photo Captions: Guest columnist John McCleary at Tillie Gort’s in the early 1970s.

Party at Ellen Brownstein’s house, circa 1974-76. John McCleary writes, “These people were the foundation of a family, a commune, a human element that cannot be classified.”

Residents of a 19th Street hippie flophouse known as Tortilla Flats in the 1970s. One can only marvel at how affordable those old Victorians were some 40-plus years ago, and what this house would sell for today. John McCleary identifies the young man at the right as J.B. Rose, “our most popular local rock ‘n’ roll star for years, who played and sang at the Halfway House and other bars on Lighthouse Avenue in New Monterey.”

The original staff of Tillie Gort’s restaurant in 1973.

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“What Goes Where?”

New Recycling App Has the Answer

Is Styrofoam recyclable? What do you do with the cap from a plastic bottle? What should you do with plastic bags?

Lots of people want to recycle but find themselves stumped by questions like these. But now, easy answers are readily available with the launch of a new, free app for mobile devices and the web.

Called What Goes Where, the app is being launched this week by the Monterey Regional Waste Management District (MRWMD), in collaboration with Salinas Valley Recycles, for Android and IOS devices. MRWMD is the organization that processes the hundreds of recycling generated in Monterey County each day.

A companion website, featuring a web version of the app, is available at whatgoeswhere.info.

Users simply enter a question about recycling and get an immediate response, drawn from a database of hundreds of answers to common and not-so-common questions.

“We want to make it as easy as possible for people to recycle, and it’s more important than ever that we do so,” said Jeff Lindenthal, Director of Communications and Sustainability.

“Much of the recycling from the US goes overseas for processing and those markets are becoming more selective about what they will accept. So, we all need to know what goes where — hence the name of the app.”

The app was built by ReCollect Systems with guidance from MRWMD. The website was built by Seaside-based Boots Road Group. The District plans a communications plan to get the word out about the app and website, and to increase awareness and understanding of how to protect our shared environment by getting recycling right.

“With the recent opening of the Materials Recycling Facility, we are working toward a target of 75% diversion from the landfill but to get there, people really need to understand what goes in the recycling bin — and what doesn’t,” said Lindenthal. “To achieve this, it’s critically important that we all work as partners and this county-wide resource is a great example.”

So, what are the answers to those questions we asked earlier?

1. Is Styrofoam recyclable? Unfortunately, no, styrofoam needs to go into the trash. A better solution is to avoid using Styrofoam-packaged products in the first place, whenever possible.

2. What do you do with the cap from a plastic bottle? It’s best to crush the bottle to save space and put the cap back on — otherwise, it may just fall through processing machinery.

3. What should you do with plastic bags? Plastic bags can no longer go into household recycling because processors in China no longer accept them. The good news is that you can still drop them off at many grocery stores. And, of course, it’s best to use reusable shopping bags.

Please recycle this newspaper which is made of recycled components

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Forage and Fermentation at the Natural History Museum

Throughout the evening, local foraging and fermentation experts will be sharing their tips and secrets as you stroll about the Museum.

Education partners include: California Native Plant Society of Monterey Bay, Fungus Federation of Santa Cruz, Big Sur Foragers Festival, and Happy Girl Kitchen.

The Museum will also be displaying a selection of items from our basement collection including botanical paintings by Sophie M. Fauntleroy, specimens of local flora from our herbarium, as well as a variety of eating and drinking vessels from around the world.

Custom foraged or fermented cocktails will excite your taste buds!

Local wines from Flywheel Wines and District 7, and beer from Alvarado Brewing Company will also be available.

Live music with Lillie Lemon inside and Linda Arceo in the garden, plus a few surprises!

Come hungry because we will have Poke Lab Food Truck parked right in front of the museum, with tables outside to enjoy the late summer evening.

Ticket prices: $10 advanced member, $12 advanced not yet member, $15 door.

Special thanks to Glenn Gobel and Pixels for their partnership.

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