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Kiosk Fri., Sept. 2

Art Exhibit – opening GALA Pacific Grove Art Center, 568 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove 7 – 9 PM • Free 831-375-2208 or www. pgartcenter.org.

Sat. September 3

Friends of the P. G. Library Book Sale Pacific Grove Library porch Plenty of bargains Expanded children’s and YA sections 10:00 - 4:00

• Thurs. Sept. 8

Moving Mattresses - Page 8

Making Memories - Page 12

Pacific Grove’s

Candidates’ Forum PG Community Center 5:30-8:15

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• Starting Sept. 8 Thursdays 4:30-6:30

8-beginner Easybridge! lessons FREE at Bridge Center of Monterey at Ford Ord Contact Doug Halleen 917-2502 or Doug@DougHalleen.com to register or for more info.

• Sat. Sept. 10

Sept, 2-8, 2016

Your Community NEWSpaper

The American flag was displayed at the top of the ladder at the firehouse during National Night Out. It reminded us of how lucky we are to live here, in so many ways.

Labor Day is observed in the U.S. on every first Monday in September as a day to recognize the contributions of workers of all industries to the U.S. economy. It is also meant to give workers a well-earned day off to relax at home or to get out for recreation.

The first U.S. Labor Day celebrations took place in New York City in 1882 at the behest of local labor unions, who wanted to put the fruits of their industries on public display. In 1887, Oregon instituted a state-level Labor Day holiday, and 29 other states followed suit before Labor Day finally became a federal holiday in 1894. Photo by Neil Jameson

Sun. Sept. 11

Open House & Adoption Fair Peace of Mind Dog Rescue 615 Forest Ave. Free • 12-2

• Sat. Sept. 17

Film: “Faith Against Fracking” Incl. Film Interview w/ Anthony Ingraffea Robert Down Elementary Free • 7-9 PM •

Fridays

Saturdays

Dance at Chautauqua Hall June 18 6PM •

Sat. Sept. 24

12-3pm Public is invited to an Open House Gateway Center of Monterey County 850 Congress Ave Pacific Grove

• Wed. Sept. 28

Dine Out with Friends Benefit Friends of the PG Library Pacific Thai Cuisine 663 Lighthouse Ave Pacific Grove 646-8424 11:00-2:30 and 4:30-8:30

For more live music events try www.kikiwow.com

Inside Animal Tales & Other Random Thoughts................. 7 Cartoon.............................................. 2 Cop Log.............................................. 5 Finance.............................................. 9 Giants Update ................................. 18 Homeless in Paradise........................ 14 Keepers of Our Culture..................... 13 Legal Notices.................................... 18 Opinion............................................ 16 Otter Views......................................... 9 Puzzle................................................ 9 Rain Gauges....................................... 2 Real Estate.................................. 15, 20 Teen Talk.......................................... 17 Wine Wanderings............................. 19

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Have a Safe and Happy Labor Day

Mothers & Fathers Walk to Protect our Children’s Water Ban Fracking • 9:00 AM Lovers Pt. to Monterey Wharf #1 hellernan@gmail.com •

Pacific Groove Dance Jam Chautauqua Hall 8-10 PM Dance to DJs Adults $10/Teens $5 Youth Free • 1st Time Free info@dancejampg.org •

Open House - Pages 17

Revenues are Up, Enrollment Static at PGUSD

Property taxes, upon which the revenue for the Pacific Grove Unitied School District depends, show an increase of $1,226,089 to $22,231,404 for the fiscal year 2015-16. Officials are projecting a 5 percent increase in property taxes for 2016-17 and are budgeting for $23,342,974.

This is the fifth year in a row that property taxes have shown an increase in the district.

Property tax revenues come in throughout the year. The largest

portions, 56 percent, are received in December wth April running about 41 percent. The remaining 3 percent are received in various amounts throughout the year.

The Board of Trustees is taking a cautious stance as of the meeting on August 25, 2016 as a report was also offered which pointed to a “bumper crop” of kindergarteners and thus a bulge in student

See ENROLLMENT Page 2

Limb falling on power line sparks brush fire It started as a power outage at a few minutes after 4:00 Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 30. A call to PG&E resulted in assurances that there was a crew on its way and they'd assess the situation and “let us know.”

Next thing people in Pacific Grove knew, there were sirens and helicopters...and smoke in the sky. It turned out to be a small brush fire located off Highway 68 near the Skyline Crest neighborhood, near S.F.B. Morse Drive.

Monterey Fire personnel responded to Cal Fire mutual aid (Pebble Beach) call for assistance. Ground and air support in the form of airplanes amd helicopters assisted in fighting the fire, which was knocked down in less than an hour and burned less than an acre.

The fire was ignited by a tree limb that fell into power lines causing an arc which sparked the fire as well as causing power outages to more than 6,000 PG&E customers. People in areas of Pacific Grove did not lose power, but those who did hurriedly began sending messages from battery-operated devices, reassuring each other on social media and by email that it was a small fire and was under control. There was no need to compare it to Soberanes Fire, though there was a voluntary evacuation of some residences in the immediate area The possibility of the power pole falling as well as the need to keep the highway open for emergency vehicles resulted in the closure of Highway 68 in both directions for several hours until the lines could be secured. By 7:00 the “all clear” was sounded.

A firefighting helicopter such as this one dropped water on the brush fire on Tuesday evening at Skyline, helping to douse the flames

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• September 2, 2016

Joan Skillman

PENROLLMENT From Page 1

enrollment which may be coming through. At present, the first day of school count showed an actual decrease in total enrollment of students. Total District enrollment is 2,082. Forest Grove Elementary has 474 students enrolled, the same as last year, while Robert Down has added three students after last year for 482 students. Middle School enrollment is down 12 to 495. The high school has 612 students and Community High School has 19 students.

Due to the number of young parents coming into the district, some through Naval Postgraduate School, it may be that solutions will be needed to keep class sizes low.

Suggestions have included increasing the number of aides, increasing the number of teachers, and finding a classroom and hiring a teacher for next year. Reconfiguration even raised its head but was quickly discounted by those present. It is still a matter for discussion as final figures are not in, pending the usual settling of numbers which commonly occurs in the second and third weeks of school.

Skillshots

In Case You Missed it in the City Newsletter: No more Chalk Marks

(But probably lots more tickets)

The Pacific Grove Police Department implemented a new parking software program, to include a new parking citation processing vendor (TurboData), and new handheld ticketing devices. The new handhelds are actually smart phones that allow enforcement officers to take photographs, add notations, set reminders for timed route areas, connect to a wireless printer, and instantly sync to the new web-based software program. In addition, citizens can pay tickets online, as well as request administrative reviews at: www.pticket.com/pg.

Apparently, so can tourists, even if they’re not citizens! We hope you can work, shop, and dine in two-hour stretches.

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

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

Editor/Publisher: Marge Ann Jameson Regular Contributors: Jan Austin • Mike Clancy • Scott Dick • Rabia Erduman • Ron Gaasch • Ivan Garcia • Kyle Krasa • Dixie Layne • Travis Long • Jim Moser • Peter Mounteer • Wanda Sue Parrott • Jean Prock • Jane Roland • Katie Shain • Bob Silverman • Peter Silzer • Joan Skillman • Tom Stevens Intern: Ryan Nelson • Ella Foster Distribution: Debbie Birch, Amado Gonzales Cedar Street Irregulars Bella G, Ben, Benjamin, Coleman, Dezi, Elijah, Francesca, Jesse, John, Kai, Kyle, Jacob, Josh, Josh, Leo, Luca, Maddelena, Nathan, Tom

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Week ending 09-01-16 at 8:30 AM....... 0.02" Total for the season................................. .34" The historic average to this date is ........N/A" Wettest year.................................................. 47.15" During rain year 07-01-97 through 06-30-98 Driest year.................................................... 4.013" During rain year 07-01-12 through 06-30-13 RAINFALL SEASON BEGINS JULY 1 EACH YEAR

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

Week ending 08/31/16........................ 0.00" Total for the season (since 7/1/16)........ 0.20" Last week low temperature..................55.7 F Last week high temperature.................69.6 F Last year rain to date (7/1/15-8/31/15)......... 0.28”

September 2, 2016 • CEDAR STREET

City of Pacific Grove Seeks Community Input on Urban Greening

The City of Pacific Grove is drafting an Urban Greening Plan that will recommend projects, policies, and programs the City can implement to achieve numerous environmental and community benefits. For example, green spaces can help to reduce flooding and improve stomwater quality, provide wildlife habitat, help maintain air quality, reduce urban heat islands, and provide green space for neighborhood socializing and community building. The City seeks community input on the Urban Greening Plan goals and objectives, and identifying priority projects for design. Projects under consideration focus on improving the quality of stormwater entering the

Monterey Bay and include projects at strategic locations along the Recreation Trail. All members of the Pacific Grove community are encouraged to attend a Public Workshop at the Community Center on the morning of Friday September 16 at 10am to provide feedback to the City on the Urban Greening Plan approach and proposed projects. The Community Center is located on 515 Junipero Ave, Pacific Grove, CA. For more information, please visit www. cityofpacificgrove.org or contact Daniel Gho at dgho@cityofpacificgrove.org or by phone at 831-648-5722.

First Flush Training Set for Volunteers

Citizen scientists! Training for First Flush on Thurs. Sept 8 from 6:00 -7:30 PM at the Monterey Bay National Marine

Peace of Mind Dog Rescue Hosts Fall Adoption Fair and Open House

An open house and adoption fair will take place at the Peace of Mind Dog Rescue (POMDR) Bauer Center, 515 Forest Avenue in Pacific Grove on Sunday, September 11 from 11am-2pm. Light refreshments will be served and dogs will be available for adoption.

RSVP to: POMDR at 831-718-9122 or email us info@peaceofminddogrescue. org About POMDR: POMDR is a resource and advocate for senior dogs and senior people on California’s Central Coast. We find loving homes for dogs whose guardians can no longer care for them and for senior dogs in shelters. For more information about volunteering, adopting, or making a donation visit www.peaceofminddogrescue. org or call 831-718-9122.

CITY OF PACIFIC GROVE NOMINEES FOR PUBLIC OFFICE Notice is hereby given that the following persons have been nominated for the offices mentioned below to be filled at the general municipal election to be held in the City of Pacific Grove on the 8th day of November 2016: Mayor 1.

Bill Kampe 2.

Dan Miller City Council 1.

Alan Cohen 2.

Cynthia Garfield 3.

Robert Huitt 4.

Andrew Kubica 5.

Jenny McAdams 6.

Nicholas Smith Sandra Ann Kandell City Clerk/Elections Official Dated: September 1, 2016 Publication Date 9/2/16

Sanctuary, 99 Pacific St, Bldg. 455, Monterey.

And attend the Dry Run, on Sat. Sept. 10 from 9 a.m. until noon, also at the MBNMS. Training will include instruction on how to use field equipment, collecting lab samples, site location and safety. Teams of volunteers are needed to collect samples from storm drain outfalls during the first major rainfall of the fall season. Field measurements for pH, temperature, conductivity, and water clarity are taken. Water samples are collected for further lab testing of metals, nutrients and bacteria.

Visit montereybay.noaa.gov or email Lisa.

Emanuelson@noaa.gov or 831-647-4227 for more information.

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• September 2, 2016

Preschool still has space for new students this fall

By Jan Austin

Pacific Grove Unified School District’s State Preschool is open for enrollment for children 3 or 4 years old, as well as Transitional Kindergarten children. The school offers morning and afternoon sessions, with a play-based curriculum and emphasis on hands-on learning. There are art, music, dramatic play, writing practice, outdoor classroom, block building, story time, circle time and more in the curriculum. These are experiences which will prepare children for kindergarten.

Classes are offered Monday through Friday.

The school honors the family culture and home language of each child.

The preschool is located at 1004 David Avenue in Pacific Grove Please call 6466547 if interested. Classes can be free with eligibility determined by family size and gross monthly income.

Harrison Memorial Library 5th Annual Teen Photo Contest

The theme of this year’s Teen Photo Contest is “Celebrate Carmel’s 100th birthday with Historic images of Carmel.” Teens between the ages of 13 and 18, attending school in Monterey County, may submit one original photo by September 21, 2016.

Photos can either be dropped off as an unmatted 8” x10” print at the Reference Desk at the Main Library on Ocean & Lincoln, or emailed as a jpeg or tif with a minimum of 900 x 720 pixels to: hml.reference@gmail.com All entered photos will be displayed at the Carmel’s Main Library. Winners will be announced in late October. The People’s Choice Award will win a $50 Del Monte Center Gift Card and the Judge’s prize winner will receive a $100 Del Monte Center Gift Card.

Any questions? Call Harrison Memorial Library (831) 624-4629 or www. hm-lib.org

Poetry in the Grove discusses Derek Wolcott

Please join us at the little house in Jewell Park from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Sat., Sept 3 for a discussion of the work of the 1992 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Derek Wolcott. His poems about the people of the Caribbean, and what he has learned about life and love will educate and move you.

Poetry in the Grove meets at Jewell Park on the first Saturday of each month to read and discuss a different poet each month. Participants decide what poets to explore and have input on how the time should be spent. Stayed tuned for the date of an upcoming meeting when we will be introduced to the process of memorizing poems.

Bring some Derek Wolcott poetry to share or just come to listen. Hope to see you September 3.

Hope, Horses and Kids Hope, Horses and Kids will hold their second annual celebration and barbecue on Saturday, September 17, from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Carmel Valley Trail and Saddle Club.

Hope, Horses and Kids is a youth development program that works with youth with special needs and those who are at risk.

Founded in 2010, the non-profit offers support and new experiences to those with physical disabilities, emotional disabilities, cognitive, behavioral and other challenges.

Hazel, Duncan, Rocky, Haro and Ping Pong, the equine assistants, help children build confidence and reach personal developmental milestones. Each of these horses was rescued from a neglectful situation or retired from a job they could no longer perform.

“The nice thing about the horses is that they are always in the present,” said Executive Director Lori Tuttle. “They show up and they’re there for you. They don’t lie. For the kids who haven’t had a lot of good experiences with relationships or communication, they can communicate with the horses because the horses are real.”

Tuttle has been involved in equine therapy for the past 19 years and formerly ran the horse program at Rancho Cielo.

Located at the SPCA Stables at Indian Springs, Hope, Horses and Kids works with special education classes, SPCA summer camps, First Tee and Peacock Acres, a foster youth program.

“We teach functional life skills, things as basic as buckling and unbuckling a halter and grooming a horse,” said Tuttle.

“Grooming addresses large muscle groups.

Buckling addresses fine motor skills.”

Since its inception, the lives of more than 400 local children and young adults have been touched by this organization.

“There’s a lot that goes on neurologically when somebody is on a horse,” said Tuttle. “I’m sure there are studies that can verify that, but we just see what we see and we know it works. I’m so blessed to be able to do this.”

Hope, Horses and Ribs is a fundraiser and a celebration of the work of Hope, Horses and Kids.

The public is invited to come out for tasty barbecued ribs, chicken and hot dogs.

Live local music, student demonstrations with the horses, a Kiddie Corral for youngsters and silent and live auctions are planned for the day.

Auction items include: Burns Saddlery, Spirit of the West adventure trip in the Red Rocks of Utah, and an amazing barn tour of private equestrian venues.

“It will be a lot of fun,” said Tuttle.

“Last year’s event was great. And it’s at a beautiful venue in Carmel Valley.”

Tuttle also invites the public to come out to the SPCA Stables at Indian Springs to observe what they do.

Tickets for the event ar $25 for adults and $15 for children. The barbecue includes barbecue ribs, chicken and hot dogs; wine, beer, and soft drinks.

The Kiddie Corral is also included.

Free event parking is available at Carmel Valley Trail and Saddle Club, 85 E. Garzas Rd., Carmel Valley.

Attire is ranch/cowboy style – have some fun! Come ready to bid on the silent and live auctions.

RSVP by September 5, 2016. To order tickets, order online at HopeHorsesKids. org or call Lori Tuttle, at 831 596-6693

Mothers and Fathers Walk to Protect our Children’s Water Sat. Sept 10 9:00 am Lovers Point, PG to Monterey Wharf #1

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League of Women Voters presents free forum on anti-fracking measure

The League of Women Voters of Monterey County (LWVMC) invites you to attend our next Lunch & Learn. The program will be: Pros & Cons Forum for Measure Z on November Ballot: "Protect Our Water: Ban Fracking & Limit Risky Oil Operations" Pros & Cons presenters (TBA) will have equal time to speak, followed by an audience question and answer session.

Lunch and Learn is set for Wednesday, 14 September. Doors Open/Social time: 11:30 a.m. Lunch is at noon ($17/person; provided by Café Athena) and the presentation is at 12:30 p.m. (free and open to the public) at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 490 Aguajito Road in Carmel.

Please RSVP by Saturday, September 4 to Lorita Fisher via email (GLFisher@ redshift.com) or phone (831-375-8301). Payment for lunch can be either cash or check and is payable upon arrival. If you have further questions about the program please contact George Riley at georgetriley@gmail.com.

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Marge Ann Jameson

Cop Log Suspect is likely a young father Two subjects were reported to have rapidly fled the Lucky store, carrying lots of expensive diapers. When confronted, they became combative and dropped two of the boxes but escaped with two boxes.

Expired power drinks A male transient was observed going through the garbage at the stadium. Several cases of soda and power water were found. they were expires. The charity group that allegedly owned them confirmed that they had thrown them away and they weren’t stolen.

Vacationers running amok Someone complained of loud voices and subjects running in the streets from a vacation rental on Surf. They were contacted in the back yard where there was a party going on and advised of the city noise ordinance The tourists were all cooperative and went inside.

Soap stolen from laundry Reporting party says someone took his laundry detergent from the laundry room of his complex on Forest.

Well, it could have been a blackboard Reporting party said someone entered her residence and ground their nales over paned glass. Nothing was taken.

College Essay Workshop at Harrison Memorial Library

Join us for a free College Essay Workshop on Tuesday, Sept. 20 from 6-7 p.m. at the Harrison Memorial Library on Ocean and Lincoln in Carmel. Many great kids write average college essays—essays about “life lessons learned from football” or “how my trip to Europe broadened my cultural horizons.” Better tales are there for the writing.

This workshop will show you what admissions officers really look for in great college essays, and offer suggestions for finding and sharing your best stories. Marisela Gomez from Collegwise will also discuss how to approach the new UC insight questions.

Veteran’s Connect Friday, September 2, 11am to 3pm, Monterey County Fair Veterans Connect Resource Fair, held on Military & Veteran Appreciation Day, Friday September 2, at the Monterey County Fair connects Veterans and Retirees with direct access to 30+ programs, services, consumer protection agencies and opportunities for learning, volunteering.

Attendees enjoy complimentary coffee and snacks. Live entertainment on the patio featuring local classic rock band “No Worries” Some of the providers for the Resource Fair include: VNA & Hospice, The Carmel Foundation, Alliance on Aging, Legal Services for Seniors, Central Coast Senior Services, Inc., Central Coast Energy Bill Assistance Programs, Valley Hearing, California Department of Business Oversight Financial Services Consumer Protection, CHP Older Driver Program and the DMV Senior Ombudsman Program, Loaves and Fishes computer and technical support, Keep Your Home California mortgage assistance and support, Kernes Memorial Pool, ITNMonterey County and MST offer transportation alternatives, Monterey County Aging and Adult Services, Health Projects Center, Monterey Regional Waste, Monterey City Recreation Department, Meals on Wheels Monterey & Salinas Valley, Peace of Mind Dog Rescue, CSUMB Osher Life Long Learning, Gonzales Adult School and Windsor Gardens.

Complimentary coffee and snacks with music from local classic rock favorite “No Worries” playing on the Turf Club’s patio.

Veteran’s Connect Resource Fair offers the rare opportunity for veterans to directly connect with a cross collaboration of services and programs from the military, Veteran’s Administration, Non-Profit Community Programs and Professional Services. The convenience of direct access and cross collaboration will result in more timely engagement of services and possibly better outcomes as community services and military related services work together to meet needs.

Why: This event offers Veterans the unusual opportunity to explore Veteran specific programs and services in Monterey County’s services and programs in one convenient location, with the opportunity to connect directly with program representatives. Many veterans are unaware of community services available, VETERAN’S CONNECT RESOURCE FAIR brings many of those services and programs together.

What: Veteran’s Connect Resource Fair – Free fairgrounds entry for Vveterans and Active Duty 11:00 am to 3:00 pm When: Friday, September 2nd from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Where: The Turf Club, Monterey County Fairgrounds, 2004 Fairgrounds Road, Main Gate 5 Info to tlove@centralcoastseniorservices. com or call (831) 649-3363

Veteran’s Connect Resource Fair identifies health & wellness resources for seniors to promote healthy living, consumer protection, legal advocacy, adult education, transportation alternatives and volunteering opportunities.

Central Coast Senior Services, Inc.: Celebrating twenty years of providing aging in place homecare services, geriatric care management and referral services to seniors and families of Monterey County.

For more information, visit the Veteran’s Connect Facebook page: https:// www.facebook.com/veteransconnect or call (831) 649-3363.

About Monterey County Fair Built in 1936, the Monterey County Fair & Event Center has been home to many popular events including the annual Monterey County Fair, world renowned Monterey Jazz Festival and 1967 Monterey International Pop Music Festival to name a few. Today, the staff at MCFEC continues to work with the best promoters to offer a full calendar of events each year.

For more information, go to www. montereycountyfair.com.

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• September 2, 2016

Programs at the Library

For more information call 648-5760.

Tuesday, Sept. 6 • 11:00 am Pre-School stories at the Pacific Grove Library, ages 2-5 • Wednesday, Sept. 7 • 3:45 pm Wacky Wednesday Stories: stories, science and crafts for all ages • Wednesday, Sept. 7 • 5-6:30 pm “Lego My Library” Club for all ages

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

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

Chabad of Monterey

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

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

Church of Christ

176 Central Ave. • 831-375-3741

Community Baptist Church

Monterey & Pine Avenues • 831-375-4311

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

First Church of God

1023 David Ave. • 831-372-5005

Chautauqua Hall Dance Club • Sat., Sept. 3, 2016, 6PM Dance lesson by Metin & Masha – Viennese Waltz Chautauqua Hall, 16th St At Central Ave Pacific Grove, CA 93950 $10 for non-members, 5 for members. Annual membership fee is $10.

Sat., Sept. 10, 6 PM Dance lesson by Sera & Richard: Ballroom Tango, Part 3 Chautauqua Hall, 16th St At Central Ave Pacific Grove, CA 93950 Cost: $10 for non-members, $5 for members. Annual membership fee is $10.

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

No partner needed.

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

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

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

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

Lighthouse Fellowship of Pacific Grove

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

Manjushri Dharma Center

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

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

Peninsula Baptist Church

1116 Funston Ave. • 831-394-5712

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

Free Community Safety Saturday Set for Septembr 10

The 4th Annual CIG Insurance Community Safety Saturday event is coming up soon on September 10. With all of our fires during this “summer of smoke” and other incidents, we hope that the community will take the time to stop by the event and learn how to better protect themselves and their families for a wide array of potential emergencies and disasters.

This free community event during September’s National Preparedness Month will feature over 30 agencies and non-profits with interactive safety displays and demonstrations. It will be held on September 10, 2016 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the Monterey County Fair & Event Center, 2004 Fairground Road in Monterey. Community Safety Saturday will provide valuable safety information and activities for the whole family, including important fire prevention tips and how to deal with emergencies.

In addition, the first 100 attendees will receive a free 10-year battery-operated First Alarm Smoke Detector, courtesy of Orchard Supply Hardware. The event is free, fun and engaging with lots of interactive displays for all ages plus there are many great drawing prizes, too. It will be held from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the Monterey County Fair & Event Center, 2004 Fairground Road in Monterey. Community Safety Saturday will provide valuable safety information and activities for the whole family, including important fire prevention tips and how to deal with emergencies.

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

St. Anselm’s Anglican Church

Sundays 9:30 a.m.

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

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

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

Shoreline Community Church

Sunday Service 10 a.m.

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

OUTSIDE PACIFIC GROVE Bethlehem Lutheran Church

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

Congregation Beth Israel

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

Monterey Center for Spiritual Living

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

Gentrain Society Lectures

The Gentrain Society of Monterey Peninsula College is sponsoring these free public lectures in September and October, 2016. For lengthier descriptions and illustrations for these talks please see the Gentrain website.

Wednesday, September 7, 2016 Gentrain Society Lecture: Leadership On and Off the NFL Field Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Free; MPC Parking $2.00 Information: www.gentrain.org ; info@gentrain.org ; 372-0895 Dr. Jim Tunney, former MPC Trustee (12 years), educator and author of eleven books, is best known for his 31 years as an NFL referee. His new book “Another 101 Best of Tunney Side of Sports” uses issues from the sports world to illustrate messages for better living. He will discuss the issues facing each of us in today’s world (and some of the concerns about professional football) in a presentation with a positive, uplifting mood.

Wednesday, September 21, 2016 Gentrain Society Lecture: Monterey Area Architectural Resources Archive Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Free; MPC Parking $2.00 Information: www.gentrain.org ; info@gentrain.org ; 372-0895 Rick Janick and Kent Seavey are working to preserve the Monterey Peninsula’s significant design heritage and architectural history. They are gathering architects’ drawings, photographs, blueprints and correspondence for a local archive now in its early inception, and called the Monterey Area Architectural Resources Archive (MAARA).

The Archive also houses audio tapes, personal papers, business records, furniture, art, and artifacts. With nearly 100 collections, MAARA provides primary source material for scholarly research, teaching support, architectural uses, preservation, publications, exhibitions, and public service. Art and architecture historian and former MPC instructor Rick Janick was instrumental in the early days of the MPC Gentrain lifelong learning classes. Kent Seavey, former curator of the California Historical Society and former director of the Carmel Museum of Art, is now a historic preservation consultant.

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God Bless America Jane Roland

Animal Tales and Other Random Thoughts

Our youngest daughter, Jennie, and her daughters, Cora, 9, and Lydia, 6, visited us from Denver. We had not seen them for over a year, as I mentioned in a previous column…It was a delightful visit but too short. After they left I thought of many things we could have done, but there is never enough time. We went to The American Tin Cannery for shoes for the girls and, naturally, had to peruse the candy store, the likes of which I have never seen. Every type of confection one can imagine, and the girls went out with large bags of sweets. Lydia broke the law, but was not apprehended.

There was a door suggesting $1.00 to open. Lydia opened it about 20 times and was greeted by a laughing pirate. There was no one there to observe so we left scot free.

There was a visit to Book Works and, my friend, Tom Stevens who suggested reading material for both girls. We saw “Pete’s Dragon,” a delight for old and young. Perhaps it is just me, but Robert Redford still looks very good and Elliot, the dragon could be my pet any day. The visit culminated with dinner at Massaro and Santos restaurant on the Coast Guard Pier. This is one of our favorites and our guests agreed. Now they are back in Denver, Lydia starting first grade, Cora fourth. They are good students as well as being involved in sports and the arts (what a surprise). Jennie and I are still attempting to market our book, Tuesdayswithgene.com (for those who might want to view it) and, should you want to see her exceptional art work, visit magpiepainting. com This has been an interesting week. I went back to work after almost 10 days away from the shop. It was good to be there. I enjoy working with the volunteers, most of whom are good friends, but I truly love the cause which ensures security to animals in need of “forever” homes. People come in constantly with companions whom they have adopted, even cats, and once a bunny. They like to share with us their friends and the friends enjoy the treats. We hear the wonderful stories and share the grief when there is a loss. Pups come into the office to visit me, or seek me out in the work room, knowing that, more often or not there are biscuits hidden on my person.

Friday we finally found time to go to our favorite theater, Lighthouse, in Pacific Grove and see “Florence Foster Jenkins.” The reviews have been mixed. Everyone applauds the acting, especially Meryl Streep (another nomination?), Hugh Grant and Simon Helberg (“The Big Bang Theory”). Our little movie group was profoundly moved.

Florence Foster Jenkins was born into a wealthy Pennsylvania family in 1868. She was always interested in music. After a brief early marriage she enjoyed the life of a socialite in New York, living in a Manhattan hotel where she conducted the life of a patroness of the arts encouraged by an English actor, St. Clair Bayfield, with whom she entered into what the couple described as a “secret marriage.” Nothing would stop her from singing and the well-heeled New Yorkers loved her. “They loved her elaborate, ridiculous costumes; they loved her overdramatic gestures. They presented her with bouquet after bouquet as well as expensive jeweled trinkets. But she couldn’t sing.

She was gloriously, spectacularly, irredeemably out of tune. She once observed that although some people said she couldn’t sing, they could never say she didn’t sing.

When it came to recordings, she tackled these in a single take, apparently believing the excoriating results were incomparably good.” Darryl W. Bullock covers all of this in his biography “FLORENCE! FOSTER!! JENKINS!!! The Life of the World’s Worst Opera Singer.” She got away with it he says because “She was loved, she was magnanimous, and she brought happiness and laughter to those fortunate enough to get tickets to her concert.” This is a delightful movie full of humor but also pathos and it is one I could easily see again. I will now read the biography. It is about good people in bad times, 1944. Florence died in 1944, a month following a successful concert in Carnegie Hall. The following morning’s newspapers were filled with scathing, sarcastic reviews that devastated Jenkins, according to Bayfield “[Mrs. Jenkins] has a great voice,” wrote the New York Sun critic. “In fact, she can sing everything except notes.” She was a good woman and those with whom she associated were good people who supported and protected her.

John bought his 49er tickets in 1955. We had four seats until a couple of years prior to the close of Candlestick Park and were enthusiastic fans, supporting the team even when they were at the bottom of the heap. Things have changed over the years.

Our enthusiasm has waned. Not because they play badly (well, there is that). But it is no longer our team, it has become a corporate entity which cares more about the bottom line than the fans. I have never cared for Colin Kaepernick and am not unhappy that he will not be the starting quarterback. However, his latest demonstration of bad taste (in my opinion) was exemplified when he refused to stand for “The Star Spangled Banner.” “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,” Kaepernick said. If he feels that way Mr. Kaepernick should give up his enormous salary and move to a country in which he would be more comfortable.

Jane Roland manages the AFRP Treasure Shop at 160 Fountain Avenue, PG and is a proud member of The Rotary Club of Pacific Grove…gcr770@aol.com

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College Essay Workshop at Harrison Memorial Library

Join us for a free College Essay Workshop on Tuesday, Sept. 20 from 6-7 p.m. at the Harrison Memorial Library on Ocean and Lincoln in Carmel. Many great kids write average college essays—essays about “life lessons learned from football” or “how my trip to Europe broadened my cultural horizons.” Better tales are there for the writing. This workshop will show you what admissions officers really look for in great college essays, and offer suggestions for finding and sharing your best stories. Marisela Gomez from Collegwise will also discuss how to approach the new UC insight questions.

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Revitalizing Pacific Grove Lions Club

Mattress-Wrangling Years Tom Stevens

Otter Views

Aiko Matsuyama, Zone Chairwoman; Barbara Chamberlain District Governor; and Becky Stewart, Cabinet Secretary, are working to revive/re-establish a Lion's Club in Pacific Grove to support the Blind and Visually Impaired Center and other local community projects. Interested? They'll hold an informational meeting soon. Email Barbara at carousel2@hotmail.com

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4th Annual Great Conversations 10 Tables. 10 Topics.

One evening of Great Conversations.

Join us for an evening of roundtable discussions.

Each table will include seven guests and a Middlebury Institute faculty expert.

Thursday, September 8, 2016 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

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To purchase tickets and see discussion topics and experts, visit: go.miis.edu/conversations2016. Contact: 831-647-4151 or email: rsvp@miis.edu.

It’s always tough to admit you’ve reached the end of some cherished life activity phase, be it beach volleyball, wilderness backpacking, marathon running or whatever.

During a recent moving project in Mill Valley, I realized my mattress-wrangling years were drawing to a close.

As a test of human strength and stamina, mattress-wrangling cedes pride of place only to alligator wrestling, steer mugging and Special Forces survival training. But it’s close.

Buffed, well-drilled athletes take on those sterner challenges. We in the workaday world of fluorescent lights and padded cubicles tend to be punier. For us, mattress wrangling is a near-Olympic event, on a par with piano moving and major appliance cartage.

To heave and carry a mattress is a true test of manliness or womanliness. Thus, when it became clear the Mill Valley-to-Pacific Grove moving project might include a queen bed, I felt confident I could contribute.

“I’ve moved several queen beds,” I boasted. “Or maybe it was one queen bed several times? Anyway, I’m very experienced. You don’t need to hire movers. We’ll just flop that bed up onto my truck, tarp it, and drive it to PG.” What I failed to mention, or even acknowledge, was that those prodigious bed-moving feats had taken place many years before, when I was younger, stronger, and stubborner. I hadn’t then learned the wisdom of owning nothing you cannot carry with one hand. Judging by the bed that sits behind me now, I have yet to attain that wisdom.

This current bed is a deluxe queen set I purchased in 2011 at the Sand City Costco.

It replaced a smaller, sadder “reconditioned” bed from the Goodwill Store in New Monterey. Not knowing then that old beds can be taken to the county disposal site, I drove the Goodwill set around at night looking for an unwatched construction dumpster.

Once the guilt from that illicit disposal faded, I was excited to own a new queen bed wrapped in aqua plastic. I remember wheeling the bed proudly out of the Costco store and pushing the box springs and then the heavy mattress up onto my truck.

I knew the bed would be serviceable because I had bought the same model from the Maui Costco some years earlier. I had fought that bed up three flights of stairs by myself. I figured I could easily wrangle this one up a single flight onto the porch and then drag it down the hall to my new Grand Avenue apartment.

Alas the years, as they tend to do, had marched on. I got the box springs into the place, but the mattress overwhelmed me. Buckling and wobbling like some gigantic sumo waffle, it foiled all my efforts to heave it up the steps. Seeing my futility, a young PG surfer pulled his car over and lent a hand. I was grateful and humbled.

That Grand Avenue house sold four years later, so I had to move the bed to the apartment I live in now. A young friend helped me muscle it up two flights of stairs and across the floor to the bedroom, where it thumped down with enough force to set off seismometers in Fresno.

Why must mattresses be so heavy? Why must they always be moved up and down steep flights of stairs? These questions didn’t occur to me when I was young and strong, but they flashed like neon two weeks ago when I reached the Mill Valley move-out site.

The queen bed to be moved squatted downstairs in a very funky 80-year-old house clinging feebly to a hillside. Three sets of slippery, rickety steps stood between it and the fog-slick roadside where my pickup truck waited.

“Do you really need to bring your bed?” I asked. “Can’t you just buy another one when you get to PG?” “I just bought this one five years ago from Costco. I paid hundreds for it, and it’s practically new. Of course I want to take it.” As it happened, the bed’s owner was in no shape to move it himself, so the job fell to me and his best friend. Once we had filled my truck with bags and boxes, I clapped the friend on the shoulder. “Okay,” I panted. “We’re down to the queen bed. You ready to suck it up and go for the gold?”

“I’ve got a better idea,” he said cryptically. “It’s at Bed, Bath and Beyond. Wait here.”

Ninety minutes later, he reappeared carrying a big cardboard box. It contained a full-size queen bed made of some durable miracle plastic. You simply plug it in and inflate it to your desired firmness. And, you can carry it in one hand.

It was no contest. We left the old mattress where it was.

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Off the Record: Trust-Based Plans and Privacy Kyle A. Krasa, Esq.

Planning for Each Generation Whenever a celebrity dies, there is great public interest in how the estate will be distributed. The details can be fascinating, especially when the celebrity fails to properly address his or her estate planning. For example, reports indicate that Prince did not have an estate plan because he did not trust attorneys. Not only will the settlement of his estate unnecessarily incur extremely expensive attorney fees and executor fees, but there is controversy regarding the proper heirs of his estate.

Celebrities make estate planning mistakes so often that there seem to be unlimited stories warning about the consequences of failing to properly address estate planning. In fact, I have several posters in my office describing the many blunders of the rich and famous and the lessons to be drawn from these examples.

Part of the reason why we are able to understand the details of these estate planning mistakes is because poor estate planning often leads to court procedures such as probate which is a public process. Indeed, the details of the decedent’s assets, the values of each asset, the beneficiaries, and the names and addresses of each beneficiary become public record. However, there are times when celebrities seem to do their estate planning correctly. In those instances, the details of their affairs are private, despite the desperate attempt of the media to create a story. One example appears to be that of legendary college basketball coach Pat Summit.

Pat Summit died earlier this year at the age of 64 after a battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Recently, a newspaper obtained a copy of her will after it was filed with the court and wrote an article implying that the will revealed substantive details about the distribution of her estate. The article included comments that the will “did not spread [her] assets around” and that it left her “tangible personal property” to her only son. Upon further examination, Summit’s will is a “pour-over will,” a type of will that is used in conjunction with a revocable living trust.

Most comprehensive and properly drafted estate plans center upon a revocable living trust. It is the trust that provides the details of the distribution of the majority of the estate. The trust remains private after the trust-maker’s death and the media is shut out of the details. One requirement of a revocable living trust is to re-title the vast majority of the decedent’s assets to the trust. In the event that the decedent forgot to title some assets to the trust, the estate plan will also include a “pour-over will” which simply names the trust as the beneficiary of any assets that were accidentally left out of the trust prior to the decedent’s death. The details of the trust, including the assets that were titled to it before the decedent’s death and the distribution of those assets, remain private.

Sometimes the “pour-over will” distributes the tangible personal property, such as jewelry, clothing, furniture, and other household items. Summit’s will included such a clause. However, beyond the tangible personal property, the will did not

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reveal any details of how Summit’s estate is to be distributed. For greater privacy, the estate plan could be structured in a way where the tangible personal property is assigned to the trust during the decedent’s lifetime and the distribution of those assets are private as well.

The comment in the newspaper article that her will “did not spread [her] assets around” is misleading due to the fact that it is unknown how her trust was structured.

It is quite possible that she left all her real property, cash, and investments to her son but it is also possible that she made gifts to other family members, friends, and charities. The public will likely never know because of the privacy that a trust-based plan affords.

Privacy is just one of the many benefits of a properly drafted estate plan that centers upon a revocable living trust.

KRASA LAW, Inc. is located at 704-D Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove, California 93950 and Kyle may be reached at 831-920-0205.

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

“Eye of the Beholder” by Peter Silzer Solution on page 15

Across 1 Containers 5 Harbor 9 High-carb entree 14 Chicago circle?

15 Space 16 Nonliteral phrase 17 Create art on metal or stone 18 Decade part 19 Maui porch 20 *Many artworks on paper 23 Promotions 24 Common fertilizer compound 25 Early settler Myles 27 Side-by-side 30 Born as 31 Computer connection 32 Ansel Adams forte 38 Strike 40 Bested 41 Popular boot brand 42 *Rembrandt, Degas, and others 47 Pollution police?

48 Most populous country, for short 49 Intones 51 Evening TV update 56 Desire 57 Unprocessed mineral 58 *Someone you can meet on 1st Fridays 62 Mediterranean island 64 Latin love?

65 Raise 66 Religion of Sunnis and Shiites 67 Give for a time 68 Nordic city 69 Greek moralist 70 Small work measurements 71 “Let it be,” says the editor

Down 1 Botched 2 Tiny amount 3 Like bats and owls 4 Orb 5 One way to buy art 6 Cookie of choice for many 7 Old Spanish coins 8 Ominous cards?

9 Light lager 10 Toothpaste promoter, abbrev.

11 Middle East peninsula 12 Frog cousins 13 Plain folk back East 21 Harvest 22 Telephoned 26 Unable to hear 27 Besides 28 Island east of Java 29 “America’s Last Home____” 33 Tyke 34 Unique person 35 Most attractive 36 Oratorical spin 37 Favorable votes 39 Latest note on a note 43 Searchlight light 44 U.N. flight org.

45 Bounties 46 Wound reminder 50 Prelims 51 A nymph of ancient Greece 52 Obliterate 53 Water sources for some 54 Place to weigh in 55 More docile 59 Pine (for) 60 Shopper’s and seller’s hope 61 Easy gait 63 Eastern principle

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Hootenanny Celebrates 1966

The 1966 final live tour of The Beatles -- plus Dylan and Zappa – will be featured at the 114th Hootenanny on Sat., Sept. 10, from 7-9:30 p.m. at the nonprofit Pacific Grove Art Center. Enjoy this free evening of music, and sing -- surrounded by beautiful art works.

Gospel music combined with jazz sounds gave birth to the blues and morphed into “Rock n Roll” as Little Richard, Elvis, Buddy Holly, and Aretha Franklin led the way. Some say that 60 years ago the 1956 version of “St. Louis Blues” by Big Joe Turner was a defining moment in the rock movement.

We will be singing our usual folk and blues favorites, but we will focus on the 50th anniversary of The Beatles performing their last live tour in 1966. That year produced not only the great “Revolver” album, but also Dylan’s expansive double album “Blonde on Blonde,” and the anarchic, boundary-bending of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention’s “Freak Out!.”

“I always say the ’60s, but they didn’t start until ’65, and they ended after ’67,” said drummer John Densmore, founding member of the Doors, which recorded its debut album in 1966.

“Before ’65, it was the end of the ’50s; by ’68, pop music was going to cocaine and heroin and burnout and the dream was getting a little ragged.”

The Rolling Stones also stretched their creative wings in their 1966 album “Aftermath,” moving beyond their core sound of guitar, bass and drums in such future Stones standards as “Paint It, Black,” “Under My Thumb,” “Lady Jane” and “Stupid Girl.” Among the Stones’ 1966 hits were “19th Nervous Breakdown” and “Mother’s Little Helper,” both exploring dysfunction and anomie lurking beneath the surface of carefully polished middle-class veneers!

“So return with us to those amazing years, help make the rhythms and harmonies, share in some chocolate-chip cookies, and meet some new friends as we celebrate our 19th anniversary,” said an organizer.

This is a free event—but donations are appreciated. Contact Vic Selby at (831) 375-6141 or vselby@sbcglobal.net for details.

Judy Avila

Memories For some people weddings are a thing of the past, not so much in style anymore.

However, I still believe weddings bring people a lot of joy and are a great opportunity to bring family and friends together to celebrate a joyous occasion and to bestow their best wishes.

Our niece, Juju Sousa exchanged weddings vows on the 6th of August with Jeff Pennoni at Our Lady Of The Mount Catholic Church in Carmel Valley. This was a huge milestone for Jeff and Juju as they have longed to find that special person to share life with. Juju, now 44, came to the U.S. from Săo Jorge, Azores, over 22 years ago to pursue an education in health care. She earned a degree as a laboratory technician in 2002. She continued to study at CSUMB while working at Community Hospital in order to receive permanent residency (a “Green Card”) from the Immigration Office, which was endless bureaucracy and hurdles of paper work.

Her dream came true in 2011 when she received her green card. Now she works at North Monterey County Unified School District.

A couple of years ago, Juju was introduced to Jeff Pennoni by a mutual friend. Jeff, being at the turning point of the big 5-0, was open to meeting the love of his life. He had had a great job with Monterey County for over 29 years and was well established in his beautiful gated house in Salinas with his two cats. Now, Juju, being an animal lover, had a cat of her own and it was very easy for the two individuals to find they had so much in common – especially the kitties.

A year later, Jeff popped the question.

Juju was about to take a trip to visit her

PGAC is calling for artists to donate original framed artworks or sculpture for the nonprofit Art Center’s revamped Patrons’ Show Fundraiser, which will run Nov.4 to Dec. 10 in the Gill Gallery.

Needed is fresh and original quality artwork, so please put your best foot forward to make this important fundraiser a success. PGAC cannot, however, accept damaged, tired, or previously submitted patron show donations.

The Art Center will be accepting donations from now util October 27.

Bring art to PGAC, 568 Lighthouse Avenue, Pacific Grove between noon and 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and 1-4 p.m. Sundays.

For more information, call the Center at 831-375-2208 or visit www. pgartcenter.org

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mother and sisters back in the Azores. Jeff asked her to deliver a letter to her mother that asked permission to marry her daughter. When Juju asked if this was a proposal, he said YES—it was.

The wedding was set for a year later after Juju returned from her trip and the wheels have been turning ever since.

Now, Juju’s big wish was for her mother, her sisters and their families to be able to join her on her wedding day. Guess what?

That wish came true for all of us. Fourteen people flew from Portugal and the Azores to be with them. Her mother, Angelina, and her aunt Dora Coelho, with whom she lived for many years here on the peninsula, walked Juju down the aisle. (Juju’s father, Guilherme, and her uncle Gabriel Coelho are deceased.) Her three sisters, brothers-in-law, nieces, nephews, aunts, and cousins were all present. As for the proud groom, Jeff’s mom, Nadine, flew in from Texas; his brother and wife from North Carolina; and his sisters and their families from Indiana.

The reception was at our Portuguese Hall in Monterey for a festive afternoon of food and fun for more than a hundred guests, joining in the dance music, which everyone seemed to enjoy.

As for me, to see our family together once again after so many years apart gave me tears of joy, endless blessings, and a sense of peace in my heart.

Our congratulations to Jeff and Juju for pulling such a lovely day together very well, and we wish you a lifetime of happiness.

Judy Avila judyravila@gmail.com

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‘Our Children Would Truly Know Their Dad’

“Keepers of Our Culture” has been urging readers to record their stories as a gift to future generations. But how, exactly do you get those stories down on paper, organize them, and turn them into a book? This week’s guest columnist, Robin Aeschliman, gives us the inside story as to how she made it happen.

I wrote a book …

It wasn’t something I planned to do.

It just sort of wrote itself. There we were at the camp table at the Lake-of-Memories—a summer outing for the last 42 years—my husband across from me, chin resting on his chest. No internet. No phone. No kids. June, 2015. The drought heavy upon us, the lake low. Too old to walk way-way-way down to the diminished lake’s edge. And, oh dear, too hot to try. We needed a break from doing nothing. A distraction from the heat.

I don’t know where the words came from. “Tell me the story of walking on trees.”

And he did. iPad and keyboard in hand, my fingers whirred and the story unfolded and when it ended and the memory was fresh I corrected the typos and filled in the blanks and asked him to tell me another story.

And he did.

I didn’t ‘know’ Greg when we married; we were kids. I grew to know him through the stories of his youth. A youth at polar opposites from mine. How did he survive? And the children came along and the houses and the careers and a year on a dairy farm and the children grew and then there was the business and then, oops! Another child and more PTA, and a career, and athletic events and college and, and, and …

I always knew the stories had to be captured before he died. And I knew I had to wait until the generation before him was gone. It was through those stories our children would truly know their dad.

And only the mostly good stories because the bad ones were painful and made him cry. Even when he was younger and didn’t have the ease of tears that arrived with his dotage.

Returning Home, Typing Like Mad

Keepers of our Culture

By Patricia Hamilton and Joyce Kreig Guest Columnist Robin Aeschliman Greg and Robin, April of 1960 The cover of Robin’s finished product, the story of her husband’s life, a gift for her children and grandchildren.

The rest of our week at the lake was spent listening and writing and I knew a couple stories into it that those stories had to be in his syntax. Imperfect. Once we returned home the effort continued apace. Typing like mad (thank you Rosetta Smith, typing teacher, Monterey High 1959), correcting typos … tasks joined by revisiting old papers and photo albums to better understand year, age, location, the many father figures, the many schools that were his.

Along the way the project took over and ‘told me’ that it needed to be a book—a real one—and that book, as did the children it was written for, began directing me.

And then, what to do? How to do it?

I didn’t want to promote it to a publisher or to the world. I just wanted a book. I asked about and followed some unproductive paths and then read a column in Pacific Grove’s Cedar Street Times—an article about a genealogist. Family history researchers. DNA experts. Which is what

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I’ve really become in the last three years as I’ve backed off from my professional world. At the column’s end I found the name of a local publisher. Emailed her.

“I’ve written a little book and I don’t want to sell it and I don’t want to take it the local copy place; I just want a book.

Can you help?”

She could.

Organizing the ‘Happies’ and ‘Bads’ We were on our way. I met with her, returned home, worked out the design, organized the stories. Again. You see, some of those stories were difficult.

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Heart-wrenching. Some were funny. And there could be no ‘order’. ‘Order’ wasn’t a part of Greg’s childhood. ‘Jumble’ is more apt. I spread the stories out on the table.

Put a smiley face on the ‘happies,’ a sad face on the ‘bads,’ and a so-what face on those that didn’t fit either category. Then I put them together in a random order of sad, happy, so-so, long, short. And we had a messy little stack of papers waiting to be a book.

Since it was to be for the children and the grandchildren, it needed a tucked-away section I called ‘MORE’. They needed to know how many places their dad/Papa actually lived, and when he was with which dad, which mother figure, and how many schools he actually attended. All before he was in junior high. And then I figured I needed to add what I knew about his mom’s childhood, a back-story, so to speak, and dug out the notes I’d taken during an interview with his maternal uncle in the 1980s and for Greg’s earliest year, 1939, another few bits gleaned during conversations in the 1990s with an aunt on his paternal side—an aunt he didn’t know or meet until he was in his fifties.

And there it was: A Boy’s Story.…

It turns out, there’s a message—not the intent and decidedly subtle: A message presented among the ‘happies’ and the frightening, both told and written without judgment, for those who have been neglected, for those who cope with dyslexia, for those who have been abandoned.

We’re quite grateful for Park Place Publications right here in downtown Pacific Grove. Maybe we’ll do another. The man is full of stories.

To learn more about the writing and publishing services offered by Park Place Publications, and for a free consultation, contact Patricia Hamilton at 831/6496640, publishingbiz@sbcglobal.net.

Annual Gospel Concert planned

National Gospel Heritage Month is September and it's coming soon. In honor of National Gospel Heritage month, Monterey Peninsula Gospel Community Choir (directed by John L. Nash Jr.) will present our FREE annual concert at Greater Victory Temple Church in Seaside from 5-7:30 on Saturday, September 24.

This year's confirmed guests include: Oakland Interfaith Gospel Community Choir (directed by Terrance Kelly); Peace United Church of Christ choir (directed by Dr. Cheryl Anderson); Monte Vista High School choir (directed by Dr. David Dehner); Ms. Tammie Brown (Recording artist); Robin J. Williams & Peace (Recording artist); Other surprise guests may appear. Hope to see you there.

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Monterey Workshop addresses affordable housing solutions

Welcome to the nouveau poor

Browsing through real estate ads last month was a shocker.

If I hadn’t already known housing prices are out of sight, I might have fainted dead away when the first home I ever owned winked sassily at me from an attractive ad.

As the only New Monterey listing, the asking price was $875,000 among mostly seven-figure properties.

“Only $875,000?” I gasped, wishing I could buy it back.

The sandstone-hued home smiled warmly. “Welcome to the nouveau poor!”

I then realized what CeliaSue Hecht and other homeless women mean by referring to themselves as newly poor middle-class women who can neither afford to live nor die. How can this be?

Revelations along memory lane Back in 1964, my husband and I bought the house off Prescott Ave. in New Monterey for its asking price, $14,000!

Since then, we’ve aged 52 years. Unlike me, the house soared in value $861,000 or about $16,558 per year. My present annual income sagged to $10,956, meaning the house’s average value per year is $5,602 more than my current worth on Social Security.

True, we have both been remodeled, but realistically speaking, it seems skewy or screwy that old homes are worth more than old folks.

This is America. That’s not supposed to happen here, is it?

My husband’s monthly income at

Wanda Sue Parrott

Homeless in Paradise the time of purchase was $600, enough to support us both and our infant son back in 1964.

Today, my Social Security net income is $898, up by only $298 per month in a market where average cost to rent a studio apartment is around $1,500 and a 1-bedroom apartment ranges from $1,600 to $2,500 per month.

In essence, I am now earning roughly 30 percent more than we earned as a family back in 1964, so technically cannot afford to live here.

Based on comparative rise in price of 30 percent over the same years, I could now afford to pay $18,667 for the house that once cost $14,000, not the $856,333 rise in relative cost that can only mean one thing: I am more than nouveau poor—the Great American Dream of Home Ownership for Everyone, and possibly even the Middle Class itself, is deader than a proverbial door nail.

Ironically, We the People of the Poverty Class, however, are still alive. Why?

Remembering the Good Old Jazz Festival Days?

It was hard to find housing when I arrived in Monterey from Southern

house in Southern California, and continued the buy-sell-and-buy-a-better-house routine until housing prices skyrocketed and our marriage dissolved.

After we divorced, my husband returned to the Monterey Peninsula and bought a single-family residence in an area that allowed granny units. After his death, our son and his wife inherited the home where I have lived since 2009. Were it not for their generosity, I could be both homeless and nouveau poor at 81.

Granny Units for Grannies and Grandpas Ten years ago, approximately 2/3 of Monterey’s single-family home occupants were owners; today, only about 1/3 own their own homes. If this trend continues, by 2026 almost 100 percent of Monterey’s single-family residents could be tenants of profit-oriented businesslords.

Granny and junior units could leave home ownership in the hands of those who cherish what is left of the American dream of residential community. Will it happen?

As advocate for granny units for grannies and grandpas, I will report the outcome of the Housing Workshop in next week’s column. If in doubt, double check my math, which was not my strong point in school. Or, contact Elizabeth Caraker, principal planner, 831-646-1739.

California in 1962 and rented a two-room shack behind an Italian fisherman’s home on Van Buren St. the weekend of the Monterey Jazz Festival. I must have found the only vacant room on the whole Peninsula.

I learned why when I opened the cupboard to store the coffee pot and pans I’d used while living out of my car: the unfinished floor was dirt and slugs were my roommates.

Office jobs were impossible to find because wives of servicemen at Fort Ord were willing to work for low wages. I was down to my last dollar when Dick O’Kane hired me as the first “Untouchable” to serve pizza and beer, and play tambourine and harmonica, in his new speakeasy, Al Capone’s Warehouse, on Cannery Row. Money afforded moving to a bright apartment on Noche Buena, then a treelined ridge running above Seaside. I met a wonderful man, sailed out to sea aboard a yacht, and wed.

The threatened Great American Dream Back in 1964, when our baby son was nearly a year old, we bought the house in Contact Wanda Sue Parrott at amyNew Monterey for $1,000 down.

Five years later, we sold it for $19,000, kitchenerfdn@hotmail.com or leave a used the profit as down payment on a message with The Yodel Poet at 831899-5887.

HOMELESS ADVOCACY FORUM Tuesday, September 6, 2016, 6 – 8 p.m.

UUCMP Sanctuary, 490 Aguajito Road, Carmel Presented by the ACLU of the Monterey Peninsula and the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Monterey Peninsula Social Justice Committee

Dispatches from the War Zone author Mike Rhodes will speak about his book and about what can be done to defend homeless people’s human and civil rights.

Following the presentation there will be a Q&A and panel discussion featuring Dr. Tia Sukin, director of the One Starfish Safe Parking Program in Monterey County, and Rev.Michael Reid, leader of the Fund for Homeless Women and former associate minister at St. Mary’s by the Sea Episcopal Church in Pacific Grove.

Free and open to the public, light refreshments Contact mibsmccarthy@comcast.net for more information

Rotary Will Hear Sheriff Bernal this Tuesday The Pacific Grove Rotary Club which meets at noon on Tuesdays at The Inn Spanish Bay, 2700 17 Mile Drive in Pebble Beach, will have Sheriff Steve Bernal as speaker September 6. Lunch is $25.00 and reservations may be made with Jane Roland at 649-0657

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Little House in Jewell Park *Participants will write and share stories about their life in Pacific Grove, using the Guided Autobiography Method for Memoir.

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San Francisco’s Classical KDFC Now Operating in the Monterey Peninsula

KBOQ 103.9 now KDFG Classical Classical music programming from San Francisco’s Classical KDFC began airing Monday, Aug. 29 in Monterey and Carmel, Calif., after the FCC approved transfering the radio license of local station KBOQ (103.9 FM) to USC Radio Group.

The station format changed to classical music from classic hits. It now also has new call letters, which are KDFG. The frequency stays the same.

USC Radio Group also has been approved by the FCC to receive the licenses of a classical station serving Big Sur. That station, at 95.9 FM, will begin 0airing the San Francisco station’s classical programming in the coming weeks.

The Big Sur station was donated by Saul Levine, owner of Mt. Wilson Broadcasters, Inc., of Los Angeles, which also owned the Monterey/Carmel station. The transactions were brokered by the investment bank MVP Capital.

Classical KDFC is the only classical music service in the Bay Area, broadcasting on 90.3 FM in San Francisco, Berkeley and Oakland; 89.9 FM in Napa and Sonoma; 92.5 FM in Ukiah and Lakeport; and 104.9 FM in the South Bay and Peninsula.

The station has close partnerships with arts organizations throughout the Bay Area, reporting on their news and airing live broadcasts.

“Eye of the Beholder” by Peter Silzer Puzzle on page 9

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Monterey County Fair Will Honor First Responders

The Monterey County Fair is privileged to announce First Responders Day on Monday, September 5, 2016. All law enforcement and fire personnel will be admitted to the fair free with valid ID and/ or badge. This event was promoted due to the impact that the Soberanes Fire has had on the community.

Kelly Violini, MCF CEO, said“The board and staff wanted to thank the many men and women who not only fought the Soberanes Fire, but protect our county on a daily basis. Our solution was to honor them on Labor Day with free admission and bring awareness to the community on how they can help those affected by this tragedy.”

The The Community Foundation for Monterey County (CFMC) has set up a fund that will provide both immediate relief and support rebuilding and recovery efforts in the aftermath of the fire. Donations can be made directly https://www. cfmco.org/give-now/?fund=6642) or more information can be found by calling 831375-9712. All donations to the Soberanes Fire Fund are tax deductible. Tax ID # 94-1615897.

The Monterey County Fair will run from Wednesday, August 31 – Monday, September 5, 2016 and Celebrate 80 Years of Fair Fun. For further information, please refer to www.montereycountyfair.com or call the main office at (831) 372-5863.

WAC Announces 2016 WaterWise Landscape Design Competition Winners The Water Awareness Committee of Monterey County, Inc. is pleased to announce the winners of the 12th Annual Water-Wise Landscape Design Competition as judged at the Monterey County Fairgrounds Aug. 30, 2016.

The staff from California American Water Company took home the first-place award with their outstanding low water use garden display that includes both visual and written tips and advice about many water conservation topics including; rain water harvesting, use of drip irrigation, mulching, limiting lawn area, and installing plants appropriate for Monterey County’s climate. Each plant species used in the garden display was clearly labeled.

Awarded second place was the landscape display created by the water conservation staff at The Monterey Peninsula Water Management District. Their well-crafted display shows fairgoers how to save water by diverting laundry rinse

water to landscape trees and shrubs. Their display also showed fairgoers how to replace lawn by the popular sheet mulching method.

The third place award went to the Hilltown 4-H Club members. They created a relaxing, colorful display highlighting a variety of attractive, low water use landscape plant species appropriate for the local region.

The Water Awareness Committee of Monterey County, Inc., presents awards each year for the Water-Wise Landscape Design Competition. Prizes for this year’s competition were generously donated by Ewing Irrigation Products in Monterey, Martin’s Irrigation Supply in Seaside, and McShane’s Nursery and Landscape Supply in Salinas.

All the garden displays can be viewed at the Monterey County Fair through September 5.

California pending home sales post fourth straight annual increase in July Scott Dick Monterey County Assoc. of Realtors

Market Matters

Legal Notices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20161580 The following person is doing business as C.L.C CONSTRUCTION, 1145 Buena Vista Ave., Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950; CHRISTOPHER LEE CULLEN, 1145 Buena Viista Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 08/02/16. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 07/28/16.

Signed: Christopher L. Cullen. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 8/19, 8/26, 9/2, 9/9/16

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20161676 The following person is doing business as TOTALLED GAMING, 3131 Bayer Street Apt. #5, Marina, Monterey County, CA 93933; JOSHUA JOHN SHALLOW, 229 1st St. #8, Pacific Grove, CA 93950; MIGUEL LOZOYA BURCIAGA, 3131 Bayer St. #5, Marina Ca 93933; MATTHEWTHOMAS JOHNSON, 25 Grove Acre Ave. #13, Pacific Grove, CA 93950; BRIAN DOUGLAS ZIMMERMAN, 7500 Parkway Dr. #207, La Mesa, CA 91942.

This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 08/15/16. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 08/15/16. Signed: Joshua Shallow. This business is conducted by a general partnership. Publication dates: 8/19, 8/26, 9/2, 9/9/16

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20161798 The following person is doing business as B. TUCKER, ARTIST, 568 Lighthouse Ave., Studio #1, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950; BONNIE L. TUCKER, 2131 Pembroke Dr., Ft. Worth, TX 76110.

This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 08/31/16. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on N/A. Signed: Bonnie L. Tucker. This business is conducted by an individual.

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Led by the Southern California region, California statewide pending home sales continued to build momentum in July, posting an increase from both the previous month and year, said the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.).

Despite an increase in pending sales, California’s housing market showed signs of cooling competition with fewer buyers overbidding on homes, as reflected in C.A.R.’s July Market Pulse Survey. The survey results indicate a decrease in the premium paid over asking price and the percentage paid below asking price reaching its high level.

Statewide pending home sales rose in July on a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, with the Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) increasing 3.5 percent from 118.4 in July 2015 to 122.5 in July 2016, based on signed contracts. Pending sales have been on a rising trend for the past couple of months, which should translate into an increase in closed transactions in the fall.

On a month-to-month basis, California pending home sales were up 3.0 percent from June’s index of 119.0.

At the regional level, Southern Cal-

ifornia pulled up the market with a yearover-year increase in pending home sales, while the San Francisco Bay Area reversed its gain last month. Pending sales in the Central Valley were essentially flat.

Pending home sales in Southern California as a whole rose 1.6 percent from July 2015, thanks primarily to yearover-year pending sales increases of 7.8 percent in Orange County and 7.5 percent in San Diego County. Compared to June 2016, pending home sales were down 1.8 percent.

For the Bay Area as a whole, pending sales were down 3.5 percent from July 2015 and down 3.8 percent from June, despite year-to-year increases in pending sales in San Francisco (20.6 percent) and San Mateo (3.6 percent) counties. Low affordability and limited housing supply has been plaguing the region, however, an improvement in inventory in recent months should alleviate low housing stock in the upcoming months.

Pending sales in Central Valley were essentially flat, down just 0.1 percent from the previous year but up 1.9 percent on a month-to-month basis.

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Letters

Opinion

Alleged Shutdown of Oil and Gas Production is Patently Bogus

Big Oil is Telling Big Lies

Editor:

Editor: Oh boy! Big Oil is taking the Big Lie approach (remember the Nazi leader Goebbels?), and now we see a flood of letters spouting the same false message: Measure Z will “shut down” the San Ardo oil fields costing thousands of jobs and millions in tax revenue. Repeated enough, the Big Lie is believed. Don’t be fooled! The fact is, Measure Z means Zero job-loss, Zero revenue-loss, because it does NOT shut down operations in San Ardo. No fracking occurs there, and Measure Z makes sure no fracking will occur anywhere the Monterey Shale formation presents opportunities for it in our County.

More important, what Measure Z also does is stop the injection of toxic wastewater into Monterey’s aquifers. The oil companies have the technology and already clean up a third of their wastewater. Measure Z simply says, clean up all of it so it can be used! Yes, cleaning up the rest will cut into profits, but Big Oil can still make a big bundle and create more jobs doing so. It’s we who take all the risk if the aquifers are contaminated. See for yourself: http://www.protectmontereycounty.org/risks_to_jobs/.

Protect Our Water: VOTE YES ON MEASURE Z John Pearse Pacific Grove

Opinions Are Not Necessarily Facts Editor:

Sadly, we live in times when opinions parade themselves in public as facts.

Dorothy Errea’s recent letter in opposition to Measure Z – the proposition on the November ballot aimed at prohibiting the most damaging kinds of oil production in the southern Salinas Valley- is a pretty good example of this. I don’t know Ms. Errea’s professional background, but I worked in the oil industry for years - from the drill floor to the mud logging hut, Here’s why I think Measure Z- an initiative that bans fracking in Monterey County- is a good idea, and why her letter is very heavy on personal opinion and almost weightless on the facts.

She asserted that the geology of the San Ardo deposits are unsuitable for fracking, so why worry? Wrong. Geologically speaking, the San Ardo oil fields in the southern Salinas Valley are exactly the type of oil-bearing formation where fracking can boost production. It’s characterized by heavy oil (hard to move), relatively horizontal strata and porous rock. Fracking is just one form of “enhanced recovery”, and enhanced recovery techniques have already been used in Monterey when the oil companies flooded wells with steam and fire. But saying “fracking does not work here” is almost right. Just not the way Dorothy suggested in her letter.

Fracking doesn’t work here because the very low price of crude can’t support the costs. Fracking doesn’t work here because it puts our large and very important agricultural sector at risk. And it doesn’t work here because of the inevitable spills, failed well casings polluting groundwater and a new city’s worth of draw down from an aquifer that’s already spoken for and dropping fast.

And don’t look to government regulations to stop it. Oil companies play the game of “catch me if you can.” Meanwhile, the pressure to produce oil by whatever means necessary is 24/7. I know from firsthand experience here in California that when oil companies can get away with skirting — or violating — the law, they will.

Oh, and if “fracking doesn’t work here” Dorothy, what exactly would all those new workers the oil companies are promising to hire (as they shut down other wells and fire thousands of people) do all day?

I do not doubt there would be a small, temporary bump in tax revenues, and as we all know government loves its taxes. But here’s the thing: tax revenues come and go.

Temporary jobs come and go. But the problems the oil companies will leave behind when they shut the wells in and go someplace else – poisoned drinking water, leaking waste ponds and aquifer drawdown- are forever.

We’re better than this “slash and burn” approach to harvesting energy.

Or are we?

Robin White Pacific Grove

The Solution: vote for Measure P

Editor:

If you had a very wealthy tenant by the name of the Monterey Bay Aquarium occupying 20 percent of your property and paying only $1.00 a month rent; if YOU were the property owner, and your property needs upgrading, wouldn’t it cross your mind that it might be time to raise the rent? But the wealthy tenant says, “No, no.

This violates my freedom of speech. This is inappropriate because we are a nonprofit, and we give out a lot of free stuff to needy people. Plus we are teaching people about conservation of the ocean.”

“Yes,” you say, “but my property, which you are partly occupying, is trying to conserve itself as well. We have streets, a museum and library, parks and recreation, city services and pension obligations, and we are short of revenue. Besides,” I add, “You get a lot of benefits from us, even though we are a very small town. Think how many of us in this town volunteer for you, or are employees and members of the Monterey Bay Aquarium.”

“Well,” says the wealthy tenant, “We appreciate everything you do for us, and just to show our appreciation, we are going to advertise your town on our social media page,plus we are going to improve the signage on the recreation trail. We at the Monterey Bay Aquarium feel it would be a shame to see such a nice little town like yours go to seed. Perhaps you can build a hotel or two to generate more income. But here is a word of warning. If you pass Measure P, The Admission and Membership Tax on the Monterey Bay Aquarium, we will sue you. We have the bucks and the lawyers. You don’t.”

So what should the citizens of our little town do? VOTE FOR MEASURE P IN NOVEMBER! Carol Marquart Pacific Grove

As was anticipated, Measure Z proponents are encountering phony and outlandish claims such as was illustrated in the Cedar Street Times letter by Dorothy Errea last week (8/26/16). While making absurd assertions that Measure Z is deceptive and contains “lies,” Errea seems to be using the Trumpian method of proclamation that purports “if I say it, it must be true.” But, of course, she doesn’t present one single example in Measure Z to justify her lengthy list of red herrings. She does however urge voters to analyze Measure Z (which she has apparently NOT done) and we happily urge voters to do just that.The Measure can be viewed at www.protectmontereycounty.org And, among other things that shoot holes in her industry-inspired arguments, you’ll find that Measure Z clearly states that the Initiative “does not affect oil and gas wells drilled prior to the Effective Date.” Therefore, in reality, the alleged shutdown of oil & gas (O&G) operations in Monterey County is patently bogus. Current operations will continue, and the few jobs that now exist (perhaps 200) will not be lost. In fact, if the legalized Measure is obeyed - jobs will be created because of increased purification requirements.

Errea does seem to have read the industry report submitted to Monterey County (a truly Herculean piece of fiction) and taken it to heart in near religious fashion. In addition to pre-conditioning gullible skeptics, that report also confesses that the O&G industry in Monterey County used nearly13,792,000 gallons of water PER DAY in 2015, which measures out to over 42 acre feet/day. They call it “produced” water, but by “produced” they mean polluted water. Water contaminated with a plethora of undisclosed chemicals. They do clean about one third of that water and use it on crops, but farmers are finding that the “produced” water is not totally pure and is actually destroying some crops. And the toxic remainder is either placed in holding ponds or re-injected into protected aquifers - obviously an illegal action. That’s a lot of wasted water - does anyone think Monterey County can afford that kind of waste? Are aquifers the preferred place for disposal? I think not.

So, for the record, the Initiative would do essentially three things: (1) prohibit the use of hydraulic fracturing (fracking), acidizing, and other defined “well stimulation treatments” (which do not include the current methods of steam flooding, water flooding, or cyclic steaming), (2) prohibit the storage and injection of oil and gas wastewater on the surface or underground, and (3) prohibit the drilling of new wells in the unincorporated areas of the County. And again, It does not contain any ban on oil and gas production in Monterey County.

Sometime around September 7, Measure Z proponents (Protect Monterey County) will be releasing a rebuttal to the industry report. The rebuttal, written by Ph.D. economist Jannette M. Barth, in addition to debunking the many myths and industry-generated misinformation, and unlike the industry report which is profound in its absence of peer reviewed studies, Barth does cite numerous studies, and one that folks should really think about, is this: “Headwaters Economics [2] concluded that counties that were not focused on fossil fuel extraction as an economic development strategy experienced higher economic growth rates, more diverse economies, higher educational attainment of their populations, fewer disparities between high - and low income households and more retirement and investment income.”

So, the choice is clear - a NO vote is all about perpetuating petroleum profits. A YES on Z vote is all about cleaning and protecting Monterey County’s most precious resource - WATER. What’s your priority?

Larry Parrish Carmel Valley

Wildlife in the Oil Fields Spells Safety

Editor:

There seems to be great concern on how the oil fields in San Ardo impacts the water supply above and below in the Salinas Valley.

No where else in county is there more diverse wildlife than in the oil fields.

Within the San Ardo Oil Field itself- from an eagle-eye view one would see beaver ponds stretching from one side to the other, abundance of deer, badgers, bobcats, wild pigs and other smaller animals. Twice a year migratory ducks and geese, of different species, use this area as resting stop. They use the ponds where the water has gone thru the oil field reverse osmosis plant and resulted in cleaner water than when it was drilled.

Bald Eagles also migrate to this area and stay for the duration of winter and spring.

Wildlife to me is a telltale indication how the San Ardo Oil Field impacts our environment. The local agriculture industry has operated successfully in San Ardo for hundreds of years and worked together with the oil industry. The Farm Bureau and Cattleman’s Association both support NO on MEASURE Z. Please join us in voting ‘NO on MEASURE Z” in November.

Editor:

Debra Demaree San Councilman Rudy Fischer of Pacific Grove wrote in favor of Proposition P, Ardo a tax on admissions and memberships to the Monterey Aquarium and other-not-for-profit organizations in Pacific Grove.

Fischer makes the point that people who come to the Aquarium use services in Pacific Grove, such as the recreation trail, and should pay for upkeep. I walk the trail nearly every day. I find it very hard to believe that even half of the approximately two million people who attend the aquarium each year walk the trail or venture very far into Pacific Grove. Taxing a lot of people who get little or no benefit is wrong in principle. Taxing people who support a not-for-profit educational institution is possibly the beginning of a slippery slope.

Rather than implement a new, flawed tax, let’s focus on becoming a destination for Aquarium visitors in support of our businesses.

I agree with Fischer that the aquarium and Pacific Grove should be working together rather than fighting each other. I disagree that an admissions tax is the right way to do so. I will vote “NO” on Proposition P. Tama H. Olver Pacific Grove

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Why I Am A Vegetarian

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Oops: Car was Mis-Labeled

Ellah Foster

Teen Talk “I’m a vegetarian” is a sentence that I’ve said probably millions of times in my life. In return, I get lots of questions, most of which require a long speech by yours truly explaining just what exactly vegetarianism is. Most of the time, people are just curious and trying to spark up a conversation but sometimes they’re amazed or even combative. Surprisingly enough, a lot of teens my age think that I only eat vegetables, which guides us into a long conversation about why I choose not to eat meat. Technically, I’m a pescatarian, which means that I eat seafood and fish, but not meat (cows, chicken, pigs, etc). But normally I just stick to the general term of vegetarianism, for simplicity’s sake.

Let’s start with the basics; why am I a vegetarian? Well first off, I was raised without consuming meat for the entirety of my life, so I never really had to make the change to vegetarianism. When I was younger, it just seemed natural, most of my family was vegetarian as well. However, as I got older, I really started seeing how different I was, especially when so many people kept reminding me. Even now, I can only name a few teens that I have this lifestyle in common with.

Something that might surprise a lot of people is that it really isn’t the actual meat that I have a problem with eating. Although bacon or a burger doesn’t sound too appealing, I still eat seafood which was, at one point, a living animal. As someone once said to me I’m not just doing this to save chickens.

The main reason why I’m a vegetarian is because of the way in which the animals are killed in the factory farms. The living conditions are unbelievably poor.

I can’t even watch footage of inside the slaughterhouses without feeling sick.

Sparing the gruesome details, animals are crammed into cages or pens where they can’t even turn around let alone walk freely. They are fed antibiotics, so that they won’t get sick from their horrible living conditions. They’re injected with hormones so that they grow unnaturally large in a short period of time, all to maximize profit. That’s all before the actual slaughter of whatever animal it may be.

In all ways it is inhumane and unnatural. If you want to go hunting, shoot an animal and eat it, that’s your choice and I respect that. But that’s a lot different than eating McDonalds. Consuming meat and consuming factory-farmed meat are two separate things in my opinion.

When you research the connection between climate change and food production, you can start to see a glimpse of why I don’t take part. To produce one pound of beef, the process takes thousands of gallons of water. Putting aside the amount of water used in factory farms, the methane from cows has even been compared to the pollution of cars in its contribution to global warming.

I figure I cut way down on my carbon footprint just by avoiding meat.

Now, on a much lighter note, the reactions I’ve gotten by stating that I don’t eat meat have been a little over-dramatic. Most of them go along the lines of “You’ve never had bacon! How do you live?! It’s the best thing ever!” Other times they might dare me to try some, or even shove it in my face.

Obviously, throughout my life I’ve been curious and tried meat a couple of times. On accident, I’m sure I’ve had bites of meat, in some unknown recipes. I would definitely not put myself into the category of a super strict vegetarian. Who knows, maybe I will grow up and choose to not be a vegetarian! A lot of people are shocked by that, how could I call myself a true pescatarian if meat has touched my lips. Personally, I think it’s more about being ethical about it, rather than the actual act of eating meat. Although I haven’t really liked any meat that I’ve tried so far, it’s still important for me to make my own decisions about what I put in my body.

Just like anything in life, perspectives change. One of the main reasons I consume seafood is for the protein that I don’t get from red meat. But the same things happen with factory farmed fish, so my family is careful with the brands we buy. Always wild caught and preferably local too. By no means do I think that everyone should eat exactly like I do. But I believe there are many steps that people can take to live healthier lives and make less of an impact on our planet. If everyone was more thoughtful about their eating habits the world would be a healthier place.

In our coverage of the Quail Motorsports Gathering, we mis-labeled this beautiful car and we wanted to be sure you knew what it really is. It’s a 2016 Randall Grubb Falconer Dodici. Not like hundreds of people called to correct us... Most have never seen one. (Bob Silverman photo)

Open House This Friday

The artists at Studio Silzer Art Gallery at 178 Grand Avenue invite you to an open house this Friday evening, September 2, starting at 6:00 pm. Look around the gallery while you enjoy the music of Glenn Bell and his fellow guitarist Erik. Meet Elliott Diggs, our featured artist of the month. Light refreshments provided.

New works available by our painters, including Wayne Adachi, Charlsie Kelly, Sandy Lake, Serajuddin Seraj, Ron Silzer, Rose Sloan, Jerry Williamson, Sydney Zentall, and many others. Steve Simmons has a variety of butterflies in his pastel styling. Emiko Case’s exciting calligraphy collection now includes cards that highlight her Japanese heritage. Darcy Russak and Karin Salomon both have new fused glass work. Karin and Kim Marie Pozar have jewelry in a variety of styles. Photographs available by PJ Keplinger, Peter Mounteer, and Peter Silzer. Steve Clark’s popular pen and ink prints make great gifts. Don DeNevi’s intricate mixed-media renditions of the Carmel Mission are also available, as are paintings by Marie Massey, who offers a variety of local scenes.

Bring your friends and family for a great evening of art and music.

Studio Silzer Art Gallery is also open from noon to five every afternoon except Wednesday. The artists take turns in the gallery and several artists work on their new projects while they are in the gallery.

Painting of the space shuttle landing by Lucian

Oil painting by Sydney Zentall

Letters to the Editor Cedar Street Times welcomes your letters on subjects of interest to the citizens of Pacific Grove as well as our readers elsewhere. We prefer that letters be on local topics. At present we have not set limits on length though we do reserve the right to edit letters for space constraints, so please be concise. We will contact you to verify authenticity so your email address and/or telephone number must be included as well as your name and city of residence.

We will not publish unsigned letters or letters which defame, slander or libel.

Cedar Street Times is an adjudicated newspaper published weekly at 306 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950. Press deadline is Wednesday, noon.

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Our featured musicians, Glenn Bell and Erik

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Football Update 49ers Win One, Lose Two In Preseason

The San Francisco 49ers are nearing a decision on the final cut before the regular season start upon Sept. 12 against the Rams, followed by the Panthers on September 18, and the Seahawks on September 25. The pre season started with 24 to 13 loss to Texas on August 14 and followed by a 31 to 24 win over Denver on Aug. 20. The Packers came out on top on Aug.26 with a 21 - 10 win. The preseason comes to an end on Sept 1 in San Diego and the main question will be the final roster for the regular season and who will be the starting QB. Stay tuned.

Giants Win Second in a Row Since the All Star Break Bob Silverman

San Francisco Giants Updates

Pacific Grove Defeats Watsonville By 46 to 42 in non-league game

The Pacific Grove High School Varsity won a stunning victory over Watsonville by a score of 46 to 42. It all came down to the final play in the last quarter when the Breakers had to overcome not only their opponent but a late game power failure.

In a post game comment Coach Chris Morgan said “ The boys showed great resiliency to overcome the deficit that they faced. I am so proud of the character that they showed.

To start the year outing this fashion is exciting but like all non-league games, it is an opportunity for us to grow and learn and our team learned a valuable lesson about never giving up.

Obviously a great game for Nick Coppia, and Noah Cryns , but also guys like Henry Albert and Kane Miller who played every down in the game and were key to our victory along with everyone else. We must continue to grow as it is a long season and league will be tough.”

Bob Silverman

Japanese Symbols in Lyceum Class

Japanese symbols and designs lend themselves to working with Sharpie marker on Bristol paper. After looking at examples, we will use circle grids, rulers and French curves to create our own symbols. Black and white construction paper will also lend an aspect of training the eye to the wonders of working with positive and negative images.

Date: Saturday, Sept 10, 2016 Hours: 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Ages: 8 - 12 Size: Limited to 8 students Instructor: Julie Heilman Fee: $25.00 (includes materials) We hope to see you there! Questions? Call us at 831-372-6098 or email general@ lyceum.org.

Mothers and Fathers Walk to support Yes on Measure Z

Protect Monterey County, whose goal is to protect our water supply by banning oil well fracking in the county, is sponsoring a walk to raise awareness and support for Yes on Measure Z. Measure Z is the initiative which is on the November ballot. The measure, if passes, will ban any future fracking and limit risky oil well operations. It will phase out existing waste water injection wells which are a threat to the Salinas River Aquifer. In 2015 DOGGR and the EPA acknowledged that 34 out of the 44 existing waste water injection wells in Monterey County put our aquifers at risk.

The public is invited to walk from Lovers Point to Monterey Fisherman’s Wharf to show support for this initiative.The walk starts at 9:00 a.m. at Lovers Point on Saturday, September 10.

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Benjamin Delbick to serve as College of Business Representative of SDSU Associated Students

San Diego State University welcomes the new class of Associated Students representatives — 58 students who will advocate for student interests, provide leadership and participate in shared governance on behalf of SDSU’s 35,000 students.

Benjamin Delbick of Carmel Valley, a student studying Business Administration, will serve Associated Students as College of Business Representative.

To support the mission of San Diego State University, Associated Students creates, promotes and funds social, recreational, cultural and educational programs and facilities — both on campus and in the community.

Associated Students is an independent student-directed corporation that is one of the largest student governance organizations in the California State University system, managing an annual budget of more than $20 million.

The representatives were chosen by their peers to serve throughout the 2016/17 academic year.

About San Diego State University San Diego State University is a major public research institution that provides transformative experiences, both inside and outside of the classroom, for its 35,000 students. The university offers bachelor’s degrees in 91 areas, master’s degrees in 76 areas and doctorates in 23 areas. Students participate in research, international experiences, sustainability and entrepreneurship initiatives, and a broad range of student life and leadership opportunities. The university’s rich campus life features opportunities for students to participate in, and engage with, the creative and performing arts, a Division I athletics program and the vibrant cultural life of the San Diego region. For more information, visit www.sdsu.edu.

Jeff Samardzija on the mound in major win against Atlanta on August 26. (©2016 S.F. Giants) The Giants’ pitching and offense picked up as the Giants won their second series since the All Star Break. The winning pitcher on August 26 was starter Jeff Samardzija. The Giants won by a score of 7-0 at AT&T Park before 41, 283 fans.

The Giants scored three runs in the first inning, two in the second, one in the fourth and the final run in the fifth. Samardzija threw 107 pitches including 77 strikes.

Reliever Hunter Strickland threw 15 pitches including nine strikes and finally Cory Gearrin threw seven pitches including five strikes. Atlanta had a total of seven hits and no runs. The Giants had 10 hits and seven runs. Angel Pagan helped his team along with a timely home run. By the end of the game on August 26 the team announced that “Giants’ pitchers have not allowed a run in 22 straight innings.”

The Giants won again on August 28 with a crushing 13-4 win over the Braves.

The winning pitcher was Madison Bumgarner. Bumgarner threw 106 pitches in seven innings pitched including 66 strikes. Eight of the Giants’ runs were scored in the eighth inning. 41, 675 fans enjoyed a major Giants’ win. Denard Span hit his ninth home run of the season. Joe Panik hit his ninth and tenth home runs of the season.

Brandon Crawford hit career 21st triple at AT&T Park.

The Sacramento River Cats announced on August 28 that Jarrett Parker was recalled by the Giants. Going into the August 28 game pitcher Madison Bumgarner owned a 2016 season record of 12 wins and eight losses and a 2.44 ERA. The Giants start their next series against Arizona.

The San Jose Giants play in the California League. The Bakersfield Blaze who also play in the California League announced on August 23 that this would be their last season. They now have played their last home game and will finish their last season on the road. The Blaze announced that “By now you’ve heard the news. MLB is shutting us down after this season.” The Blaze had been an important minor league team for 75 years. Monterey County lost the Salinas Packers and the Monterey Sox in the recent past.

-Bob Silverman

Angel Pagan hits a home run against Atlanta on August 26. (©2016 S.F. Giants)

September 2, 2016 • CEDAR STREET As the smoke from the Soberanes Fire subsides, Carmel Valley is returning back to normal and the tasting rooms are the place to go to enjoy the delicious wines of the area. With its recent relocation, the Georis Winery tasting room has new digs across the street from their old tasting room. Celebrating their 35th year of growing grapes, the Georis winery offers a plethora of wonderful wines for the discriminating palate.

Unlike most tasting rooms, the experience at Georis is self-guided. I chose the Grand flight of four amazing red wines.

After finding a cozy table in the sun, four tasting glasses of wine were brought out to me along with a small plate of cheese and bread. The accompanying tasting menu told me what each wine was and what order they should be tasted. Most of the time, I prefer a guide to not only answer my questions, but to help me appreciate the nuances of the wines.

My first taste was the 2013 Georis Cabernet France. With a rich garnet color and aromas of dark fruit, this may have been the best wine of the flight, but it was too early to pass out awards. A nicely balanced wine like this should be drunk with a rich meat or pasta dish to highlight its depth. The second gem was the 2012 Georis Merlot. This is one of the varietals that brought the Georis Winery to the forefront of the local wine scene. French varietals are the strength of their wines and this merlot has an elegance that demands a lighter dish with chicken or an oily fish like salmon. This may be the only wine of the tasting that you should consider

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Wine Wanderings drinking sans cuisine in order to enjoy all of the flavors from the bottle.

The second half came on strong with the 2012 Georis Cabernet Sauvignon.

While Carmel Valley often struggles with the cabernet grape, the Georis version has enough weight to hold its own. While you would not confuse it with a Napa cab, you will certainly find it fruity and serious at the same time. With balanced acidity and dark fruit flavors, this would be a nice holiday wine the next time you stuff a turkey.

The final quarter ended with the 2012 La Chapelle. This is Georis winery’s version of a Bordeaux blend. Many wines of this type would be too tannic to drink at this young age, but the La Chapelle offers a smooth mouth feel with an earthiness that makes this a wine for wild game or a large pot of stew. Think rustic fare served in iron pots along with this fantastic wine. There are three tasting menus at Georis Wines.

Each menu showcases the strengths of their wine families. The Grand tasting is the richest of the three and shows off what Georis wine oenophiles have known for a long time. Go to www.georiswine.com to learn more about what they have to offer.

The Campaign for the Preservation of Mission Antonio will host a Gala Event on October 1, 2016 at the Allegretto Vineyard Resort in Paso Robles to raise funds for the earthquake retrofit and restoration of Mission San Antonio. The event includes a cocktail reception, dinner, music and a live auction.

RSVP is required and limited to 200 tickets. All proceeds from this event will benefit the earthquake retrofit and restoration project currently in progress.

Tickets are $150 per person. To RSVP mail a check to P.O. Box 450, King City, CA 93930. The check should be made payable to “The Campaign for the Preservation of Mission San Antonio de Padua”.

Allegretto Vineyard Resort offers special room rates for event attendees. For more information about the event or the earthquake retrofit and restoration project call 831.386.0599 or visit: www.preservemissionsanantonio.org

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