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Kiosk Extended Hours at Pacific Grove Library 2-7PM Mondays Fri. Sept. 20

Hourbank Monterey County Potluck 6PM - 7:30PM Oldemeyer Center Seaside Room 986 Hilby Avenue, Seaside •

Fri., Sep. 20

“Missions of Monterey” PG Performing Arts Ctr. 7 PM, $10/$15 372-2898 •

Otter Goes Visiting - Page 12

Triathlon - Pages 16-17

Everyone’s Favorite Rodent - Page 19

Pacific Grove’s

Sun., Sep. 22

College Day st 1 Baptist Church 10 AM-2 PM, Free 373-0741 •

Times

Mon., Sep. 23

Elkhorn Slough Otter Talk 7 PM, CSUMB, Free (571)235-0075 •

Mon., Sep. 23

Gluten Discussion Monterey Library 6-7:30 PM, Free 646-5632 •

Tue., Sep. 24

Sea Otters: Sentinels or Victims?

Monterey Aquarium 7 PM, Free (571)235-0075 •

Tue., Sep. 24

Lunch at the Train Station Salinas Train Station 11 AM-2 PM, Free 658-3811 •

Wed., Sep. 25

Luncheon Lecture World Affairs Council Rancho Canada 11:30 AM-2 PM, $35/$25 643-1855 •

Thurs. Sept. 26

Meet Author Jana McBurney-Lin Pacific Grove Library 550 Central Ave., PG. 7:30 PM • Donation benefits PG Library $10 FriendsPGLibrary@yahoo.com •

Thu., Sep. 26

Sexy Otter Discussion Seymour Audit., UC Santa Cruz 7 PM, Free (571)235-0075 •

Fri. Sep. 27

Otter Conservation Talk Monterey Aquarium 7 PM, Free (571)235-0075 •

Sat., Sep. 28

Fiesta del Perro Robert Down Sch. 11 AM-4 PM, Free 649-0657 •

Sat. Sept. 28

Photographer Richard Garrod PG Art Center 568 Lighthouse Ave. 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

Free •

Sat., Sep. 28

Big Gospel Concert 1st Presbyterian Church Salinas, 5-7:30 PM Free www.mpgospelcc.org

Inside Animal Tales & Random Thoughts..... 12 Ben Alexander Golf.......................... 13 Finance.............................................. 9 Legal Notices...................................... 8 Marriage Can Be Funny.................... 10 Otter Views....................................... 12 Peeps.................................................. 8 Performance Review........................... 3 Seniors............................................. 11 Skillshots Cartoon............................... 2

Sept. 20-26, 2013

Your Community NEWSpaper

Vol. VI, Issue 1

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Common Core Comes To Pacific Grove

By Marge Ann Jameson Common Core State Standards have come to Pacific Grove Unified School District. Teachers and administrators are embracing CCSS and are looking forward to its implementation in 2014, and the anticipated results, in a big way as they attend a set of workshops scheduled before implementation of the standards in 2014-15.

Common Core is a set of expectations that set out what students should be learning in language arts and mathematics at each grade level from kindergarten through the senior year in high school. It was developed by a group of educators and experts (not by the federal government) who studied standards from the world’s highest-performing countries. Its aim is to ensure that all American students are prepared for college or the workplace after graduation. Common Core provides a single set of standards that will offer students across the nation equal access to the same academic content, regardless of their family income level or ethnicity.

Common Core teaches critical thinking and problem-solving and invites students to become active learners rather than passive students. They will no longer be rote learners, but will be required to reason out the answers on exams rather than memorizing a “correct” answer.

“While memorization of math facts is still important, more emphasis will be placed on true comprehension,” according to the Aspen Institute. “To demonstrate their depth of understanding, students will be required to explain in writing how they solved a math problem.”

“Show your work” in hyperdrive.

CCSS does not offer set standards for the balance of the spectrum of education, such as history, social studies, science and technical subjects, but the Common Core Standard will be applied to teach those subjects.

Nor is there a clear-cut answer to questions about students who learn differently from the mainstream, whether learning disabled or autistic, or even English learners.

Guidelines are offered, but it will be up to individual schools to decide how to implement the standards for their own student population, a factor taken into consideration in Pacific Grove where there is a high percentage of English learners. Voluntary primary language assessments and special assessments for students with severe dis-

See COMMON CORE Page 2

Setting up for a pass, Breaker quarterback Luke Lowell contributes to the team’s victory over Watsonville. Photo Courtesy MontereyBaySportsPhotos.com

Schools Measure G Offers Voters a New Type of Bond

By Marge Ann Jameson

Imagine a school technology bond which does not outlive the equipment it's meant to purchase. Voters will be asked on Nov. 5, 2013 to approve an assessment to issue a series of short-term bonds with a finance term of three to five years, meaning

that the term of each financing will match the expected useful life of the technology. At the current breakneck speed of technological innovation, it's an important distinction.

Short-term financing will significantly reduce borrowing costs in that more than 90

See MEASURE G Page 2

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pCOMMON CORE From Page 1 abilities will remain in place for California as well.

CCSS offers an advantage to mobile populations like military dependents in its consistency across state lines. To date, 45 states and the District of Columbia plus three territories have adopted the standards. Indiana, however, is having second thoughts and Minnesota has only adopted the English standard but not the math ones. Other states which have declined as of this date are Texas, Alaska, Virginia and Nebraska.

It is not clear, either, how student progress will be measured. STAR testing, that rite of passage dreaded by millions of students, will soon go the way of the dinosaur – at least in mathematics and English language arts. “It’s simply wrong to expect schools to prepare our students for the future while continuing o ask them to use tests that are products of the past,” said State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson, who on Sept. 4 introduced amendments to pending legislation around testing. A set of new assessments called the Measurement of Academic Performance and Progress (MAPP) will permanently replace STAR testing in the 2014-15 school year. As of now, the plans is for science tests to remain in place.

Tests which will be administered, says Ani Silva, Curriculum and Special Projects Director for the Pacific Grove Unified School District, are expected to initially show lower scores until everyone – students, teachers, administrators and parents – is on the same page.

There will be bumps on the road to complete implementation, according to PGUSD faculty and staff, but there is clearly a need, say experts, for today’s students to be able to develop critical thinking skills and learn to evaluate and apply the infinite amount of (and daily-changing) information available to them. The standards will offer relevance to the real world. Students, says the California Department of Education, need to have access to a world-class education regardless of other factors, such as their ZIP code.

In 2012, a study called “College Remediation: a Review of the Causes and Consequences (M. Kurlaender and J. Howell) found that 25 percent of today’s high school graduates have to take remedial classes to enroll in college classes. It’s a trend that the California State University system has long decried, pointing out that the cost of remedial education is something they no longer wish to bear. It remains to be seen whether Common Core will be the answer, but local educators are hopeful.

pMEASURE G From Page 1

Rod Herndon, former school board member, dead at 63 Rod Herndon, a member of the Pacific Grove Unified School District Board of Trustees from 1995-2001 and a popular figure with staff, parents and community members, died of a heart attack Monday while doing a job he loved — working on the track at Pacific Grove High School.

Herndon was a Marine veteran of the Vietnam War. He was married to his wife Elaine for 33 years, and they had one son, Andrew, who is a police officer in Hobbs, N.M. There will be a viewing at Paul Mortuary on Monday, Sept. 23 from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. Paul Mortuary is at 390 Lighthouse Avenue in Pacific Grove. Services are scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 1:00 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Monterey, 501 El Dorado Street. Interment will be at San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery.

The Avoid the 20 law enforcement effort reports its first and only county alcohol-related fatality at 3:25 a.m. on Mon., Sept. 2 when a 26-year-old Salinas man died in a rollover crash, said Officer Jaime Rios of the Monterey office. The driver, Salinas resident Catherine Veronica Lee, age 21, suffered moderate injuries and was arrested on

11th Annual

Artists in Chautauqua Sunday, October 6, 2013

percent of each tax dollar will go toward technology improvements for Pacific Grove Unified School District students. Only as much as will be needed will, in turn, be borrowed. The district will be able to decide when to issue the bonds, based on what the technology needs of the schools are at the time of any given budget cycle.

The bond funds may only be used for technology equipment and software, technology testing and learning requirements, classroom security, and data center wiring. More than $500 per student will be allotted without cutting into other classroom programs, whereas the current budget only allows $12.50 per student for technology. No bond money can be used for teacher or administrative salaries, though there is a provision for upgrading teachers' training for the technology portion of the curriculum. A citizens' oversight committee will be set up to ensure that the funds are properly spent, similar to the committee which oversees Measure D (facilities) spending.

The tax rate per property is estimated at $30 per $100,000 of assessed valuation, or about $2.50 per month per property, depending upon what the district may deem necessary in any given budget cycle. Measure X, a $35 parcel tax, sunsets this year.

Measure D, which was a 25-year facilities bond, saw seven different draw-downs and

10am-4pm

This event hosts fine local arts & crafts, food, silent auction and live music.

Historic Chautauqua Hall Corner of Central Ave. & 16th St., Pacific Grove

Pacific Grove Weekend Forecast

Friday

Saturday

20th

21st

Mostly Sunny

71° 59°

Chance of Rain

0% WIND: W at 10 mph

AM Clouds

69° 54°

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Rod Herndon

Sunday

22nd

Sunny

67° 55°

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20% WIND: WNW at 11 mph

Monday

23rd

For more info: (831) 655-9775

This festival is sponsored by The Heritage Society of Pacific Grove and Artisana Gallery Sunny

70°

Chance of Rain

54°

Pacific Grove’s Rain Gauge Data reported by Jack Beigle at Canterbury Woods

Week ending 08-22913................................. .03 Total for the season....................................... .34 To date last year (04-20-12)....................... 10.86 Historical average to this date..................... .35 Wettest year............................................................ 47.15 during rain year 07-01-97 through 06-30-98 Driest year................................................................. 9.87 during rain year 07-01-75 through 06-30-76

0% WIND W at 9 mph

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.

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PG&E Grant Awarded to Fire Dept. For Emergency Food

Monterey Fire Department was awarded a $2,000 grant from Pacific Gas & Electric to replenish the Fire Department’s stock of “Meals Ready to Eat” (MRE). The current cache of MREs was dated May 2000 and expired past their five to six-year shelf life over eight years ago. These meals are mission-critical because they are packaged as a food source that can be easily transported to and prepared at emergency incidents.

A variety of new MREs will be purchased with the PG&E funding and stored at every one of the five fire stations currently served by the City of Monterey, including fire stations in Pacific Grove and Carmel-by-the-Sea.

Multi-Vehicle Accident Snarls Traffic

On September 16, 2013 at 9:07 AM, Monterey Officers were dispatched to a multi-vehicle accident at Lighthouse and Irving. While enroute to the scene, they were advised of two other accidents in the vicinity.

Eventually, they determined that a Buick, driven by a 73-year-old woman from Monterey, was northbound in the 400 block of Lighthouse when it sideswiped a Federal Express truck parked along the right curb. The Buick continued northbound on Lighthouse and ran the red light at McClellan, hitting a utility truck. The Buick continued northbound on Lighthouse and ran into the rear of a Lexus SUV, which was pushed into a small bus that had six passengers. The Buick ended up flipping on its side and came to rest facing southbound.

The driver of the Buick was transported to a local hospital with unknown injuries.

One other driver complained of pain, but will seek own aid. There were no other injuries.

Traffic was detoured around the accident scene for part of the morning.

Cal Am says rates will ‘only’ rise 40 percent Customer rate impact estimates for Cal-Am Water customers told

California American Water has updated its estimate of bill impacts for customers on the Monterey Peninsula. The company announced Fri., Sept. 13 that as a result of the proposed Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project and all other rate changes proposed between now and 2018, a typical customer should expect an approximate 40 percent increase in their bill between 2013 and the end of 2018. The increase is expected to be phased in over the next five years.

The estimates reflect a major recent 16-party settlement agreement that was reached on the Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project application, which is currently pending before the California Public Utilities Commission. Among the various issues settled in the agreement was a public funding contribution that could reduce the overall cost of the project. The public funding aspect was a condition of the Mayors’ JPA and is expected to cut Cal Am’s equity by as much as a half.

It also includes a desalination plant in North Marina, the size of which could also affect rates. There are components for water storage and recycled water as well.

The company estimates a monthly bill increase “from about $75 to about $106 or about an additional dollar per day,” the company

indicated. “This is based on a typical customer who uses 74 units of water per month (10 cubic feet per unit, or about 5,600 gallons per month).

Customers with different water consumption levels, both higher and lower, will be affected differently.

“California American Water conducted an analysis of how infrastructure investment over the next five years, including those anticipated in the settlement agreement, will impact the typical customer,” said a spokesperson. “The methodology assumes CPUC approval of California American Water’s full request to fund infrastructure improvements and expenses for 2015, 2016 and 2017. The following monthly bill estimate is what a typical customer can expect to pay between now and the end of 2018.”

2013 $75.74 2014 $79.86 2015 $88.40 2016 $97.27 2017 $97.30 2018 $106.73 There was no indication in Cal-Am’s correpondence as to how commercial customers will be affected.

California American Water advises these numbers are provided as estimates based on current conditions and are subject to change based on actual costs and other factors.

Gospel Community Choir featured in free concert

The Monterey Peninsula Gospel Community Choir will perform in concert on Saturday, September 28 at the First Presbyterian Church at 1044 S. Main Street in Salinas. The doors will open at 4:30 p.m. with live instrumental music. The choir will be directed by founder John L. Nash Jr. The vocal program will be offered between 5-7:30 p.m. and will also feature several other performers, including the Edwin Hawkins Community in Praise Choir, Terrance Kelly and the Oakland Interfaith Choir, composer John Wineglass and saxophonist Patt Casion.

General admission is free with priority seating for ticketed donors.

The concert is an observation of National Gospel Heritage Month, and is presented with support from the Monterey County Board of Supervisors Arts Council and the Yellow Brick Road Benefit Shop.

For more information visit www.mpgospelcc.org.

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Laura Emerson

Cop log 09/07/13 – 09/13/13

Auto

Subject parked his vehicle on Arkwright Ct. and discovered it missing the following day.

Drivers under the influence arrested

Following a vehicular accident, Clarice Masini was found to be driving under the influence and booked for DUI. A car ran a stop sign and collided with a large bush and small brick wall, causing moderate damage. Witnesses detained the driver pending the arrival of officers. Upon investigation it was determined that Victoria Pemberton was driving while under the influence of alcohol. She was booked, cited and released.

Lost and found

Found in a gutter near the golf course: a pouch containing a Sanyo cell phone, charger and other personal property, all items soaking wet.

Driver license found on Pine Ave. and successfully returned to owner.

Cell phone found in the grass near the Gazebo in Jewell Park and successfully returned to owner.

Cell phone found at SaveMart; unable to power up so owner can’t be located.

Party reported losing an iPod on Pine Ave. – six days ago.

Party reported losing their credit card wallet which also contains their driver license.

Party reported losing her cell phone, possibly in front of her business on Lighthouse.

Did you hear the one about the business owner, a customer and their sonin-law?

The customer’s car did not pass its smog inspection. The business owner/ mechanic charged the customer for the failed diagnostic and advised the customer on what parts should be purchased so the car would pass inspection. A short time later, the customer’s son-in-law came to the business, complaining that the business “took money from an old lady” and he was reporting him to the business bureau. The business owner/mechanic wanted the incident documented. The son-in-law was contacted and apologized for the situation.

Stolen property

The front license plate was stolen from a vehicle parked on Moreland Ave.

Fraud

Reporting party received a phone call from a collection agency stating she owed $1,400 on a credit card, except she never opened a credit card account.

Party reported that fraudulent money orders were sent to her in response to an Internet advertisement for mystery shoppers.

Party reported their online account had been hacked and credit card information was used fraudulently.

Parking

Investigation of a suspicious vehicle parked in the lot of a business on Country Club Gate revealed a juvenile male in possession of marijuana and marijuana smoking devices. Juvenile cited and released; marijuana confiscated and taken for destruction.

Bark ………

Barking dog complaint on 19th St.; owner advised of several ways to keep the dog from barking.

Distressed deer

It was reported that a deer had been sighted with an 8’ long pole stuck in its antlers. The deer was successful in evading police officers and the SPCA as they attempted to assist the animal. Dispatch and the State Fish & Game were advised.

Just when is it a good time to be a blacksmith?

Reporting party on Locust St. stated that his neighbor starts yelling at him when he’s doing his blacksmith work in the backyard. He is only able to work between 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. and believes this is a reasonable time frame.

Police agreed and advised him to contact them if the problem persists.

The locks worked

Report of an attempted burglary at a commercial building on Forest Ave. Someone had pried the front doors but wasn’t successful in opening them.

Why is this still happening?

Another report of another fraudulent credit card charge. On the same day he used his credit card to purchase gas at a station on Forest Ave., the card number was used to purchase $750 worth of gas in the Los Angeles area.

Hopefully the parked car owner understands

Subject tried to avoid hitting the deer than ran across 17 Mile Dr. and instead hit a parked car.

Open mail boxes are no longer secure

Victim placed three checks in her mailbox on Stuart Ave., ready for pick-up the next day and later discovered the checks had been taken from her mailbox.

Reporting party on 18th St. had opened a checking account and was waiting for her printed checks to arrive in the mail, except that it was later learned that someone stole the checks from her mailbox and cashed two of them.

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Jon Guthrie High Hats & Parasols Please bear in mind that historical articles such as “High Hats & Parasols” present our history — good and bad — in the language and terminology used at the time. The writings contained in are quoted from Pacific Grove/Monterey publications from 100 years in the past. Please also note that any items listed for sale in “High Hats” are “done deals,” and while we would all love to see those prices again, people also worked for a dollar a day back then. Thanks for your understanding.

Main line

Manatees are big Professor J. T. Olinger, who traveled to Florida for a summer of study, has written to advise Grovians of a most wondrous phenomenon: the manatee.

This odd creature, which can weigh up to 1,200 pounds, lives in water, either salt or fresh, but is mammal and not fish or reptile. Olinger says that the creature once lived on land, but took up a watery habitat at least 50 million years ago, an event which you are unlikely to remember. Although a ponderous animal, looking something like a glob of gray butter, the manatee has no blubber, such as do most northern sea-dwelling creatures, and as a result cannot survive in cold water. That makes Florida a perfect home site. However, even with these utopian living conditions the manatees are rapidly dwindling and may soon become extinct. That would be a shame claims Olinger as these are friendly creatures who enjoy swimming with people and will come right up and stare you in the eye before accepting a kiss. Olinger has joined a “save the manatee” project and he encourages Grovians to give a donation to this program. Just bring your contribution to the Review office and we will see that it gets safely to Florida. 1 Slaying a ghost The mystery of a haunted house has been at last, supposedly, explained. This is a large, rambling structure from which odd noises are alleged to emit from time to time.

Brave folks who have attempted sleeping within report having been awakened by the strong sense that someone was present in the room with them. Others said they could not sleep at all because of heavy feelings of oppression. Several reported hearing the sounds of someone walking the hallways. All were convinced that one or more supernatural beings occupied the residence, but several investigations have turned up empty handed. Then someone observed that all occurrences of noises followed rainy days.

They also discovered that the basement contained quite a bit of sulfur and a number of unused pipes. These pragmatists explain that rain seepage, mixing with sulfurs, caused noises that were magnified by the pipes.

As the house is up for sale, its specific location cannot be revealed. Most know of it, however, and some are interested in finding an explanation for the unreal presences. Got your blankets ready?

Mrs. Hearst to build in grove Most know that this year’s Y.W.C.A.’s Conference of California Students will be held in Pacific Grove. Most are very supportive of the Y.MW.C.A. … as is Mrs. Phoebe Hearst. During a recent interview, Mrs. Hearst said that she planned to support the Y.W.C.A. to the fullest. That help, she said, will include construction in the Grove for benefit of the conference. Mrs. Hearst also said she was not yet ready to release details of the building plan. 1 Exposition commissioner named Secretary of State Bryan yesterday announced the appointment of former congressman W. B. Lamar as the United States Exposition Commissioner. Mr. Lamar will soon move west in order to represent the government in the affairs of the Panama-Pacific Exposition to be held in San Francisco in 1915.

Chauffeur wins Now that auto mobiles are here, people with money must have a chauffeur to show off their wealth. Sometimes, alas, those chauffeurs are involved in mishaps. Such was the case with Mr. Sam Sanborn. Yesterday, Mr. Sanborn was backing his employer’s auto mobile, a touring car, into the street to prepare for a drive to Monterey to run an errand. Unknown to the chauffeur, the vehicle almost backed into a passing horse, scaring the animal so badly that it bolted, tangled itself in the reins, fell, and broke its leg. The owner, outraged, filed suit against the chauffeur. Sanborn testified that he had not hit the horse, just frightened it, and had not known of the mishap until he returned home and discovered a crowd in the area. The judge believed the story and found in favor of Sanborn.

Shocking sounds In the earth are sometimes heard shocking sounds which prove to be warnings of some natural calamity such as an earthquake. The earth is very kind in this respect. That dull pain in your back is also a warning … this time of trouble with your kidneys. The kidneys need attention if you would escape this dreadful malady. That is also true of diabetes, dropsy, and Bright’s disease. Pretend that you have heard the earth rumble, and take Electric Bitters at once. Otherwise, your failings will return and increase.

“For all your kidney and bladder problems,” writes Mr. Peter Bundy, “Electric Bitters is a great medicine.” Get Electric Bitters at your drug store for 55₵ a bottle. Try it and you will feel much better in hours.

Side track (tidbits from here and there)

• We have hot stuff for your stove, grate, or furnace and we will deliver. Rocky Mountain coal from the Pacific Improvement Company.

• Mrs. Martha Head of Oakland is in the Grove to spend a few weeks visiting friends before summer ends. Mrs. Head attended high school here.

• Mrs. Fanny Hagan will deliver a piano recital this Sunday at 7 p.m. in St. Mary’s church.

And the cost is...

• Rexall foot powder relieves tired, aching, or swollen feet. Price, 35₵, at any drug store.

• Do you want the best for the least money? May we show you? We’d like to. Our

new men’s suits are well worth seeing. We will relieve your suit anxiety in short order. $18.

• Mr. J. R. Rampart of Oklahoma City has a five bedroom home in that city he wishes to trade for property in the Grove. Estimated value, $2,700.

Author’s notes...

• Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, San Francisco, was the mother of William Randolph Hearst.

• Efforts to “save the manatee” continue today. Donations to the program are gratefully accepted.

Sons of Norway to discuss Norwegian woodcarving Valerie England will speak on Norwegian woodcarving at the Sons of Norway meeting on Saturday, September 28 at 2 p.m. at the Monterey Public Library. The meeting is free and open to the public. Coffee and cookies will be served.

England was a student of master carver Alex Zeller and holds a master’s degree in fine arts and sculpture. Call 373-8316 for more information.

Forest Hill United Methodist Church 551 Gibson Ave., Services 9 AM Sundays Rev. Richard Bowman, 831-372-7956 Pacific Coast Church 522 Central Avenue, 831-372-1942 Peninsula Christian Center 520 Pine Avenue, 831-373-0431 First Baptist Church of Pacific Grove 246 Laurel Avenue, 831-373-0741 St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church Central Avenue & 12 tsp.h Street, 831-373-4441 Community Baptist Church Monterey & Pine Avenues, 831-375-4311 Peninsula Baptist Church 1116 Funston Avenue, 831-394-5712 St. Angela Merici Catholic Church

146 8th Street, 831-655-4160

Christian Church Disciples of Christ of Pacific Grove 442 Central Avenue, 831-372-0363 First Church of God 1023 David Avenue, 831-372-5005 Jehovah’s Witnesses of Pacific Grove 1100 Sunset Drive, 831-375-2138 Church of Christ 176 Central Avenue, 831-375-3741 Lighthouse Fellowship of Pacific Grove PG Community Center, 515 Junipero Ave., 831-333-0636 Mayflower Presbyterian Church 141 14th Street, 831-373-4705 Central Presbyterian Church of Pacific Grove 325 Central Avenue, 831-375-7207 Seventh-Day Adventist Church of the Monterey Peninsula 375 Lighthouse Avenue, 831-372-7818 First United Methodist Church of Pacific Grove

915 Sunset @ 17-Mile Dr., Pacific Grove - (831) 372-5875 Worship: Sundays @ 10:00 a.m.

Congregation Beth Israel 5716 Carmel Valley Rd., Carmel (831) 624-2015 Chabad of Monterey 2707 David Avenue, Pacific Grove (831) 643-2770

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Arts & Events

Up and Coming Carmel Visual Arts to open first exhibit

Meet the Author Event at PG Library

The premier exhibition at newly formed Carmel Visual Arts is a photography exhibit titled, “Nude Figure in Landscape.” The opening reception is Saturday, October 26 from 6-8 p.m.. The exhibit is juried by Carol Henry, CVA photo director and Meg Partridge of the Imogen Cunningham Trust.

This exhibition explores the fascination, history and meaning of the unclothed figure in the outdoor environment used as creative photographic expression. The exhibit runs October 26-November 22.

Hours are Wednesdays through Saturdays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday noon-4 p.m..

Carmel Visual Arts is located at 3278 The Barnyard, Carmel in the former home

Jana McBurney-Lin, an author who spent much of her working life in Asia, is coming to the Pacific Grove Library 7:30 p.m.,Thursday, Sept. 26 to talk about her work. She has written and edited stories about China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam. Her two novels are set in China and Korea.

Her first novel, My Half of the Sky, is the story of a Chinese woman who wants to be modern, but is held back by the traditions of her village. Reconciling tradition with the modern momentum of our world is a theme that runs through this work. Her most recent work, Blossoms & Bayonets is set in Korea during WWII. The three main characters want to have a normal family life and are constantly being thrust into chaos by changes in leadership and the war.

This event is hosted by Friends of the

of Carmel Art Institute. Call 620.2955 for more information.

Lee Brady offers Writing Workshop

The Creative Writing Workshop, a six-week course taught by SF playwright/critic/ actor Lee Brady, welcomes new and experienced writers of fiction, non fiction, poetry and playwriting ) at the Sally Griffin Center (700 Jewell, Pacific Grove). The workshop runs from Oct. 10 to Nov. 14, 2013.

This six week workshop will include exercises in fiction, non-fiction, poetry and playwriting and writers will share their readings and receive critical responses from the instructor and from their fellow students.

Beginning and experienced writers are welcome.

Contact freshleebrady@gmail.com (831 869-0860) or Kathryn Kress at MPC’s Older Adult program kkress@mpc.edu (831 646-4058) with questions.

The workshop is free for all ages.

4th Annual

Louise Ramirez, tribal chairwoman of the Ohlone-Castanoan-Esselen Nation of the Central Coast and Khenpo Karten Rinpoche

will bless the Pacific Grove Monarch Sanctuary and lead prayers for the safe return of the monarch butterflies this fall.

Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. the autumnal equinox at the Sanctuary Ridge Road between Lighthouse Avenue and Short Street

The public is invited to join and add personal blessings for the regrowth of the trees and the return of the Monarchs.

The event is free of charge.

Khenpo Kharten Rinpoche

Louise Ramirez, Tribal Chairwoman

Jan McBurney-Lin PG Library and is a “Meet the Author Series” event. Suggested donation to benefit the library is $10.

Collage Classics class begins Oct. 1

Catie O’Leary will present Collage Classics on Tuesdays, from October 1-November 5, at 1-3 p.m. The program is a series of creative projects using images from magazines, books and miscellaneous papers, odd juxtapositions with

the familiar but unexpected. It is open to all levels. The group will meet at Scholze Park Center at 280 Dickman Avenue in Monterey. The cost is $50 for residents and $65 for non-residents. Call 646-3878 for more information.

Awards Offered for Place-Based Paintings

The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History announces six place-based awards to be given to artists juried into the exhibition “Central Coast Landscapes: Celebrating Nature in Painting.” The exhibition opens Nov 9, 2013 and closes April 5, 2014.

Artists from Monterey, San Benito, Santa Cruz, and San Luis Obispo Counties are invited to submit landscape paintings for the exhibition at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History. Paintings must depict an actual, natural landscape from one of the four counties.

Along with first, second, and third-places, awards will be given for paintings that best represent the locations chosen by sponsoring organizations. Jurors will select all winners. Sponsoring organizations for the awards include Aramark, Big Sur Land Trust, Bureau of Land Management, California State Parks Monterey District, California State Parks Foundation, Elkhorn Slough Foundation, Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary—NOAA, and the Point Lobos Foundation.

Awards will be announced at the Opening Reception on Nov. 9, 2013. Information for both artists and attendees is available at www.pgmuseum.org/exhibits.

Art classes to begin in Carmel Valley

Art classes taught by Deborah Russell will begin soon at Peridot Fine Art in Carmel Valley Village. Watercolor lessons will be taught at two different times: Tuesdays starting September 17 and going until October 29, with no class on October 22; or Thursdays starting on September 19 and going till October 31, with no class on September 26.

Cost of either class is $125 for six lessons. Classes are held from 9:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Peridot Fine Art is located at 9 Del Fino Place.

Abstract acrylic/collage classes will be presented on Wednesdays from October 2-30 from 1-4 p.m. The cost is $125 for four classes.

A supply list is available on request. Drop-ins are welcome. Call 920-8130 for more information or email divadeba@gmail.com.

Heritage Society sets Lighthouse tour

The Heritage Society of Pacific Grove will host the Pt. Pinos Lighthouse Fundraiser and Tour on Sunday, October 6 in conjunction with the 11th Annual Artists in Chautauqua event at Chautauqua Hall. Proceeds will benefit the Heritage Society and their efforts to restore the Pt. Pinos Lighthouse..

The tour will last from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. and will cost $20. Children 12 and under are free.

The tour includes Pt. Pinos Lighthouse and grounds with the chance to see recent interior and exterior renovations and new outbuildings now under construction, visit with other Lighthouse-related organizations and displays, a tour of the historic portion of the El Carmelo Cemetery, an open house at the Little Chapel-by-the-Sea, and a silent auction at Pt. Pinos Grill from noon-3 p.m. The Lighthouse is located at 90 Asilomar Boulevard.

For $15 more, tour ticket holders are invited to the “Lighthouse Luncheon” at the grill from noon-3 p.m. The lunch cost will be paid directly to Pt. Pinos Grill. Diners must present their tour tickets. Call 372-7251 or 646-8841 for more information.

The 11th Annual Artists in Chautauqua will be held in Chautauqua Hall from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. that day. Admission is free to this event, which transforms one of Pacific Grove’s most historic structures into a venue showcasing fine local arts and crafts. Also offered will be a silent auction, live music and refreshments. The event is sponsored by the Heritage Society of Pacific Grove and Artisana Gallery. For information call 655-9775.

Tour tickets can be purchased at pacificgroveheritage.org, at the Heritage Society Barn at 605 Laurel Avenue on Saturdays from 1-4 p.m., at the downtown Farmer’s Market on Mondays from 5-7 p.m., by phone at 238-9820, or the day of the event at the Lighthouse.

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SPCA’s Wild Celebration benefits Wildlife Center

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The SPCA for Monterey County will hold its 20th annual Wild Celebration on Sunday, October 6 from 2 to 5:30 p.m. at Holman Ranch located at 60 Holman Road just east of Carmel Valley Village. Gourmet food, fine wine and a wide variety of silent and live auction items will be featured, all to support The SPCA’s Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center, the only center of its kind in Monterey County.

The event features the dramatic release of rehabilitated great horned owls rescued as orphaned nestlings earlier this year by the SPCA Wildlife Center. The winning bidder receives the once in a lifetime chance to release the rescued owl for its first flight into freedom. Everyone wins as the entire audience gets to witness this heartwarming event.

Event admission is $75 per person in advance and $85 per person at the door.

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ets or pre-bid on many auction items. For more information, please call 264-5403.

All proceeds support the ongoing injured and orphaned wildlife rescue and rehabilitation services provided by the SPCA. The SPCA for Monterey County is a nonprofit, independent, donor-supported humane society that has been serving the animals and people of Monterey County since 1905. It is not a chapter of any other agency and does not have a parent organization. It shelters homeless, neglected and abused pets and livestock, and provides humane education services to the community.

The SPCA Wildlife Center’s professional staff operates under permits from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the US Fish and Wildlife Service and rescues over 2,600 wild animals every year.

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She will read from her newest books at Pacific Grove Public Library on Wednesday afternoon, October 2. She will also be visiting Pacific Grove’s elementary schools to talk about reading and writing. Deborah lives in Walnut Creek.

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Woodshop offered again at Pacific Grove Adult School

Pacific Grove Adult Education began in 1932 as a single woodshop class. In recent years, the school used the woodshop at the high school until remodeling, under Measure D, forced the classes to be suspended.

Craig Beller, principal, is please to announce that the school has restarted their woodworking program, under the direction of Bill Martin, who recently retired here from the Bay Area. Bill teaches on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.

“We will also feature his class(es) on a Comcast Spotlight piece in the nottoo-distant future,” said Beller. For more information, contact Pacific Grove Adult Education, 1025 Lighthouse Avenue, Pacific Grove, phone 831/646-6580.

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On Sat., Sept. 28 from 1:00 p.m. until 3:30 p.m. and Sun., Sept. 29 from 10:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon there will be a celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the Church of Christ at Pacific Grove. In addition to the celebration, there will be singing and stories of when the church was young in Northern California. The speaker will be Jerry Rushford, church historian from Pepperdine University.

The event is open to the public and free of charge. It will be held at 176 Central Avenue, Pacific Grove. Call 375-8052 for further info.

Book club to discuss Kingsolver novel

The Monterey Public Library’s Literary Circle will discuss “Flight Behavior” by Barbara Kingsolver, on Monday, September 30 at 6:30 p.m. in the Library Community Room. Adults are invited to attend and admission is free. Newcomers are always welcome.

The library is located at 625 Pacific Street in Monterey. For more information call 646-3949 or email mccombs@monterey.org.

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Seaside High School Class of 1973 will hold its 40th reunion party on October 5, 2013 at the Monterey Marriott Hotel in the San Carlos Ballroom. Festivities will include a no-host cocktail hour, followed by dinner and dancing. Contact Seasidehigh73@gmail.com Mary (Gonsalves) Francis 408-672-0803 To make reservations: $75 per person .

‘Worship in Action’ Sunday Will Deadline Nears for PGHSAA Reunion Reservations see 1,000 Hours of Service

On Sunday, September 29, members of Carmel Presbyterian Church, Greater Victory Temple Church of Seaside, Sanctuary Bible Church of Carmel Valley, and Cachagua Bible Church won't be sitting in the pews listening to a sermon. Instead, they will put their worship into action in a service day that will log approximately 1,000 hours of community service in a single Sunday morning. Dressed in bright gold t-shirts reading,"The Church at Monterey Bay," the congregation members will perform a variety of tasks for agencies and people in need in Jesus' name. Service projects will include:

• Cleaning and gardening at the Gateway Center of Pacific Grove • Maintenance and gardening projects at Pacific Grove High School • Baking and delivering cookies to Carmel and Seaside Police and Fire stations • Picking up trash on local beaches • Cleaning and gardening at Carmel High

School • Providing a hot breakfast and informal worship for our homeless in Monterey • Cleaning and beautifying Salvation Army’s transitional housing unit in Seaside • Creating gift bags for the Compassion Pregnancy Center in Monterey These are just some of the many acts of loving kindness that will be done the morning of September 29. At noon all who serve in the morning will gather at Laguna Grande Park in Seaside to celebrate with a wonderful feast, worship music, and sharing of stories from our morning of serving. "The hope is that this 'Worship in Action' Sunday will lead to an ongoing and ever-expanding culture of service that will make God's love real to the people of our area," says Associate Pastor Mike Harbert of Carmel Presbyterian Church.

Hula’s announces new GM

Hula’s Island Grill and Tiki Room, at 622 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey, announces their new General Manager, Brittney Van Dueck. Brittney is a recent Honors Graduate from the University of California, San Diego. She has cultivated a thorough understanding of the hospitality business and Hula’s representatives say they are excited to have Brittney leading the team as the new General Manager.

MPC Alumni set Homecoming Reunion Celebration for Sept. 21

The Monterey Peninsula College Alumni Committee will hold its annual Homecoming Reunion Celebration on Sat., Sept. 21. MPC Alumni, friends, and the public are invited to attend. The program begins at 3:00 p.m., and includes a social reception, barbecue dinner catered by Henry’s BBQ, and ceremony honoring members of MPC’s 1978 championship football team, coached by Luke Phillips, and the 1978-79 and 1979-1980 championship basketball teams, coached by Sal Cardinale. The Reunion will be held at the former Armory Building next to the MPC Stadium so that attendees will also be able to watch the 6:00 p.m. kick-off and football game between MPC and Foothill College.

“Thanks to generous contributions from loyal supporters, the Alumni Committee has raised close to $60,000 from donations and sponsorships since 2009,” notes Renee Kezirian, Alumni Committee Co-Chair. “This generosity has enabled the Alumni Committee to provide more than 30 scholarships to deserving students at MPC,” added Lee Gutierrez, also an Alumni Committee Co-Chair.

Tickets to the dinner are $30 and include the game ticket. Children under 12 pay $10.

To purchase tickets or for information regarding sponsorship opportunities, please contact the MPC Foundation office at (831) 655-5507 or visit www.mpc.edu/foundation.

The deadline to reserve a space at the Pacific Grove High School Alumni Association’s annual reunion dinner and dance is Thurs., Sept. 26. The all-school reunion will be held Sat., Oct. 5, with the classes of 1963, 1968, 1973, and 1993 holding individual events on the preceding Friday evening. The Sunday brunch at the high school is sold out, but PGHSAA members and their guests are invited to download a registration form for the dinner and dance from the Association’s web site. Those who attended Pacific Grove schools and are not already PGHSAA members can join the association in order to be able to attend.

The Del Monte Beach House is at 285 Figueroa Street, and the cost for the dinner and dance is $55 per person. A nohost bar opens at 6:00, and dinner will be served at 7:00. Yearly PGHSAA dues are

$20 per person or married couple if both are alumni. Registration forms, membership forms, and more information about the reunion weekend, including contact information for individual class events, can be found on the PGHSAA web site, http://www.pgusd.org/alumni.

The Pacific Grove High School Alumni Association, Inc., a 501(c)(3) corporation, was founded in 1899 and reactivated in 1962. This is its 53rd annual reunion.

PGHSAA supports the high school, its students, and its projects with money from donations made by its members. The Association’s Board of Directors meets seven times a year to plan events and to approve requests for disbursements. For more information about PGHSAA or about the upcoming reunion, visit the Association’s web site, http://www.pgusd.org/alumni.

Ensemble Monterey Presents Soprano Lori Schulman and Pianist Elizabeth Neff in a Free Recital Ensemble Monterey presents noted local soprano, Lori Schulman, and pianist Elizabeth Neff in recital on Sun., Sept. 29 at 2 p.m. The location is Carmel’s beautiful Church of the Wayfarer at the corner of Lincoln and 7th Streets. Ms. Schulman recently starred as“Cossette” in MPC’s hit production of Les Miserables, and has numerous other opera, stage and recital credits. The program will include a variety of light classics and popular favorites as well as several solos by the brilliant pianist, Elizabeth Neff.

Admission is free and includes desserts served during intermission. The purpose is to introduce the 2013-2014 concert season of the Ensemble Monterey Chamber Orchestra, which critics have called “the Peninsula’s unique musical treasure.”Donations will be accepted (commensurate with enjoyment and appetite) and concert season tickets will be available.

For more information call 333-1283 or visit www.ensemblemonterey.org.

Above, right: Pianist Elizabeth Neff and Soprano Lori Schulman (below, right) will appear in concert Sept. 29 in Carmel

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Health Reform Notice to Employees by Sept. 30 Travis H. Long, CPA

Travis on Taxes Change is challenging, and the current health reform laws are no exception. And it is exceptionally challenging when the laws are constantly changing, vague, impossible to follow, or impossible to enforce! In light of that commentary, I would like to enlighten business owners that they are supposed to notify employees of health care coverage options and the Health Insurance Marketplace by September 30, even if they do not have or intend to provide health insurance.

The United States Department of Labor website contains two model notices that you can easily adapt and provide to your employees. One of the notices is designed for employers that have a health insurance plan. The other notice is designed for employers that do not have a health insurance plan and do not intend to provide health insurance.

If you go to http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/healthreform/ and look in the section titled "Notice to Employees of Coverage Options," you will see the two notices and can even download the one you need as an editable Microsoft Word Document. You can then fill out the section that provides contact information for the person in your company that can handle questions. If you pick the notice for employers that have health insurance, then there is also a section to fill out about your health insurance plan. Then you simply give them to your employees.

The notices essentially make people aware that the new law requires people, in most circumstances, to carry health insurance starting January 1, 2014, with an open enrollment period beginning October 1, 2013. It also makes them aware they should be able to purchase health insurance through a Health Insurance Marketplace if their employers do not offer affordable coverage that meet certain standards. The notices also try to explain there could be some tax benefits to assist with paying premiums depending on income levels.

It would be nearly impossible to enforce and unfair to penalize for noncompliance regarding this notice to employees given the mess the country is in trying to implement the Affordable Care Act. Fortunately, the government recognizes this as well, and is saying they will not penalize businesses for failure to notice, even though the businesses should provide notification.

For people who fail to obtain health insurance, a self-imposed penalty is supposed to be reported on your 2014 tax return equal to the greater of two calculations. The first calculation is one percent of the difference between your Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) and the minimum AGI required to file your tax return. The second calculation is $95 for yourself and each of your dependents ($47.50 per person under 18) up to a maximum of $285. Most people will therefore be looking at the one percent penalty.

In order to enforce this law, the IRS will be looking for statements from employers reporting details of employee coverages in company plans. This reporting will be voluntary for 2014, which means many businesses will not report, and it will be very difficult for the IRS to enforce the penalty short of discovering it through an audit process. In 2015 and 2016, the penalty is expected to rise substantially.

Prior articles are republished on my website at www.tlongcpa.com/blog.

IRS Circular 230 Notice: To the extent this article concerns tax matters, it is not intended to be used and cannot be used by a taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed by law.

Travis H. Long, CPA is located at 706-B Forest Avenue, PG, 93950 and focuses on trust, estate, individual, and business taxation. He can be reached at 831-333-1041.

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Putting Your Eggs in the Basket Kyle A. Krasa, Esq.

Planning for Each Generation Most comprehensive estate plans center around a revocable living trust.

A key aspect of a trust is to make sure your assets are titled to the trust. If your assets are not properly titled to your trust, your entire estate planning can be in jeopardy, subjecting your estate to unnecessary tax, delay, expense, exposure to your beneficiaries’ creditors or divorcing spouses, and in some cases, even transferring your estate to unintended beneficiaries. Picture your trust as an empty basket and all of your assets as eggs. Creating an empty basket without taking the extra step of transferring your eggs into the basket can undermine your entire estate plan.

Below are some general comments about how to put your eggs in your basket.

Titling Your Assets With a few key exceptions, generally you should title all of your currently owned and newly acquired assets in the name of your trust. For example, instead of holding title as, “Bing Crosby,” title should be changed to, “Bing Crosby, Trustee of the Bing Crosby Living Trust, dated January 1, 2013.”

Social Security Number For basic revocable living trusts, while you are living, the tax identification number for your trust is your Social Security Number. In general, because you have complete control over your trust, the IRS does not recognize the existence of your trust for tax purposes.

As a result, you will continue to file your tax returns on your 1040 and your 540 under your Social Security Number as you always have.

Upon your death, your trust will become irrevocable and at that point will require its own tax identification number.

Cash Accounts You should sign new signature and ownership cards to retitle all bank accounts or cash equivalents, including

treasury bills, money market accounts, and certificates of deposit, to name yourself as trustee of those accounts.

Before you retitle your certificates of deposit, consult with a bank officer to make sure that the institution does not consider the change in account name to be an early withdrawal that incurs a penalty. Generally, this should not be a problem because your tax identification number for the account will remain the same.

Instruct your financial institution by letter or in person to change the title to your trust. The tax identification number (your Social Security number) on the account for withholding and reporting purposes will remain the same.

Retitling the account records should have no effect on the name you wish to have printed on your checks. There is no reason to have the name of your trust on your printed checks. Ask your bank to continue to print your individual name on the checks.

Investment Accounts If you hold publicly traded stocks and bonds that are already in brokerage or investment accounts, contact your brokers or custodians and direct them to change the title of the accounts to the name of your trust. The procedure for doing so is the same as the procedure for retitling cash accounts explained above.

Stocks and Bonds Not Held in Investment Accounts If you possess original stock or bond certificates, there are two ways to transfer the certificates to your trust.

Open a brokerage or investment account in the name of your revocable living trust and deposit your original certificates in the account.

Work directly with the transfer agent for the stock or bond and direct the agent to reissue your stock with your

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Harry Overdoes It Harry and Alice Wilson are seated in the living room of their Pacific Grove home, on a Saturday morning.

Harry: Do you happen to know offhand the telephone number of our attorney, Lou Castor?

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Alice: No, but I can easily get it for you. Why do you want to call him?

H: I’d like to find out if it’s permissible for one spouse to sue the other.

A: During marriage or after divorce?

H: During marriage.

A: That’s unusual. Why do you want to know?

A: That was thirty years ago, Harry, and you were in good shape and exercised on a regular basis! You can’t expect to start off at full speed, using muscles that have been on an extended vacation since then, without having repercussions such as you described.

H: At the time, it didn’t seem as if I was overdoing it.

H: Because if allowed to, I intend to start a lawsuit against you.

A: But now you know better.

A: May I ask for what?

H: I guess so.

H: For undue harassment leading to mental exhaustion causing ill-advised agreement to go to the gym to exercise, culminating in acute stress and physical discomfort and pain, for which I should be entitled to very significant compensatory damages.

A: And how am I guilty of all that?

H: Don’t act innocent—you know very well how. Not long ago, I was well and happy, enjoying life to the fullest. Then you began your campaign to get me to exercise, which in a moment of delirium I committed to do, leading to three days at the gym last week, as the result of which I’m now a physical wreck. My back hurts, I have cramps in my arms and legs, and aches and pains throughout my body, including parts thereof I didn’t even know I had.

A: Before your first workout, did you have the manager prepare a schedule of exercises for you?

A: What you need is a trainer.

H: What for? I never used one in the past.

A: You keep going back to that, Harry! Forget the past and deal with the present, in which you have a middle-aged body that has not experienced real exertion for many years.

A trainer would know what exercises, machines, weights and repetitions to start you off with that were appropriate for your age and current physical condition, and would bring you along slowly so as to make sure that you did not strain or sprain anything.

H: They’re expensive, aren’t they?

A: Not from what I’ve heard. I’m sure we could afford it, especially considering how much your health would benefit.

H: I wouldn’t know who to call.

A: Marge told me she has a trainer who she thinks is wonderful.

H: No, I didn’t think I needed it.

H: How much does he charge?

A: So what did you do on each of the three days you were at the gym last week?

A: I don’t know, but I could easily find out. And it’s a she, not a he—a pretty woman in her mid-twenties.

H: I was on the treadmill for 30 minutes at a speed of 4 miles per hour at a moderate incline; spent the same amount of time on the Stairmaster; did 3 sets at 50 pounds on the biceps curl machine, 10 reps each; and 3 sets at 125 pounds on the shoulder pull-down machine, 10 reps each.

A: No wonder you’ve had after-effects! You’re lucky you didn’t end up in the hospital or have a heart attack.

H: Why do you say that? I used to do a lot more when I worked out at the gym in college.

A: Well, obviously there are.

H: When you work with a trainer, doesn’t he or she have to manipulate your body while demonstrating how to do exercises, and hold your legs down while you do sit-ups, and so on?

A: From what I’ve seen at the gym when I worked out, I would say so.

H: I don’t know that I’d be comfortable with a woman doing that.

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A: Don’t be silly. Wouldn’t you go to a female doctor who was a specialist in something for which you needed to be treated?

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This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on Sept. 10, 2013. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 01/23/2004. Signed: Julie K. Burbank, President. This business is conducted by a limited liability corporation. Publication dates: 9/20, 9/27, 10/4, 10/11/13.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20131697 The following person is doing business as LUXEASE, 214 Hillcrest Ave. Unit A Monterey, Monterey County, CA 93933. Sophie Angela Hernandez, 214 Hillcrest Ave. Unit A Monterey, CA 93933. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on Sept. 10, 2013. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 09/01/13. Signed: Sophie Hernandez. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 9/20, 9/27, 10/4, 10/11/13.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number 20131597 The following person is doing business as: KHESHEN ENTERPRIZE AND P.G. DELI, 229 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950. HANAN C. KHESHEN, 1042 Forest Ave. #23, Pacific Grove, CA 93950. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on August 27, 2013. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 08-27-13. Signed Hanan Kheshen.

Publication dates 9/6, 9/13, 9/20, 9/27/13

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File Number 20131721 The following person is doing business as: JobTown Resumes, 500 Glenwood Cir. #126, Monterey, Monterey County, CA 93940. Sandra Ann Jackson, 4500 Glenwood Cir. #126, Monterey, CA 93940. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on September 12, 2013. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name listed above on 9/2/2013. Signed Sandra Ann Jackson. Publication dates 9/20, 9/27, 10/4, 10/11/13

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20131649 The following person is doing business as COOKIE MONSTER BAKERY, 729 Palma Drive, Salinas, Monterey County, CA 93901. Laurie Suzanne M. Martin, 729 Palma Drive, Salinas, CA 93901. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on Sept. 3, 2013. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on n/a. Signed: Laurie Martin. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 9/6, 9/13, 9/20, 9/27/13.

H: I didn’t know that there are female trainers.

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20131616 The following person is doing business as FOOLISH TIMES, 437 Figueroa St. 201-A, Monterey, Monterey County, CA 93901. STEPHEN PRODES, 301 Ocean Ave. #5, Monterey, CA 93940. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on Aug. 28, 2013. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 8/28/13. Signed: Stephen Prodes. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 8/30, 9/6, 9/13, 9/20/13.

H: I suppose so.

A: Marge says that her trainer is not only excellent, but is an inspiration because of her appearance. No doubt because of all the exercising she does she’s in wonderful shape, with the body of a young goddess.

H: Get me her telephone number.

pKRASA From Page 1 revocable living trust named as the new owner.

Mortgage, Notes, and Other Receivables If you have loaned money to anyone, you should assign your interest as lender to your revocable living trust by a written document and notify your debtor of the assignment.

Real Property Transferring your real property to your trust will require attention to ownership and tax issues based on the nature of the current title to the property. Ultimately, the transfer will require preparing, executing, and recording new deeds for each property.

Personal Effects Tangible personal property such as furniture, works of art, jewelry, clothing, tools, artifacts related to your hobbies, and electronics are transferred to your trust by a written document stating your intent to hold such assets in your trust.

Non-Trust Assets Three categories of assets are generally not transferred to your trust while you are living but instead are controlled by separate beneficiary designations with the financial institution. These categories include (1) Retirement Plans, (2) Life Insurance, and (3) Annuities. It is important to make sure that the benefi-

ciary designations on such assets are coordinated with your overall estate plan.

In many circumstances, it might make sense to name your trust as the designated beneficiary, though special care is required when it comes to retirement plans and certain annuities. In general, the trust must have special provisions to help navigate tricky tax issues and the beneficiary designations must be written in a very specific way. Naming a trust as a beneficiary of retirement plans or annuities should NEVER be done without the guidance of a qualified attorney.

Conclusion Putting your eggs in the basket is essential to proper trust-based estate planning. While many attorneys leave this critical part of the estate plan to their clients to complete, the task can be overwhelming and can easily lead to major mistakes with devastating consequences.

The best procedure is for your attorney to help guide you through this onerous process.

KRASA LAW is located at 704-D Forest Avenue, PG, and Kyle can be reached at 831-920-0205.

This article is for general information only. Reading this article does not create an attorney/client relationship. You should consult a qualified attorney licensed to practice law in your community before acting on any of the information presented in this article.

September 20, 2013 • CEDAR STREET

Times • Page 11

Make This a Golden Age Blessing of the Butterfly Sanctuary This Sunday at 1:00 p.m.

The public is invited to the fourth annual Blessing of the Monarch Sanctuary.

Louise Ramirez, tribal chairwoman of the Ohlone-Castanoan-Esselen Nation of the Central Coast and Khenpo Karten Rinpoche will bless the Pacific Grove Monarch Sanctuary and lead prayers for the safe return of the monarch butterflies this fall. The ceremony will take place on Sun., Sept. 22, 2013 at 1:00 p.m., the autumnal equinox, at the Sanctuary, which is located on Ridge Road between Lighthouse Avenue and Short Street. The public is invited to join and add personal blessings for the regrowth of the trees and the return of the monarchs. The event is free of charge.

Seniors

The Challenges of Medical Advocacy With the rapid changes in healthcare we hear more about the need for “patient advocacy,” which can be broadly defined as any activity that benefits a patient. Formal patient advocates typically include individuals with a medical background such as doctors and nurses as well as social workers. The most common advocate for an older adult, however, is a member of their family.

John O’Brien, Central Coast Seniors

Aging Gracefully

A typical challenge for the family advocate is that they have not had an in depth discussion with their loved one concerning their wishes, choices, options or parameters of care and how they want the family advocate to act on their behalf.

When advocating for another during a time of crisis, it’s vital to know the level of “heroic” measures and life sustaining treatments, if any, are desired. Equally important are the quality of life decisions such as: Where to live out your days — at home or a skilled nursing facility? Advocates also need to have formal authorization to speak on your behalf. Without the appropriate advance directives, advocates are limited in how they can represent their family member.

While a well-prepared family advocate can help us when we can no longer speak for ourselves, there is no substitute for self-advocacy. Knowing what questions to ask doctors, pharmacists or medical providers will give us the information we need to make informed decisions that ultimately will result in better care and better outcomes for us.

Our monthly speaker series “Health & Vitality” welcomes Pacific Grove attorney, Kyle Krasa as he addresses this topic of “Medical Advocacy.” Feel free to join this free community educational event held at The Park Lane’s Vista Lounge, on Tuesday September 24 from 2:00 to 3:30 pm.

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Pacific Grove in the Good Old Days … What Steinbeck Left Out Phil Bowhay Phil Bowhay, Monterey Herald columnist, grew up in Pacific Grove in the 1930s and 1940s and likes to talk about what he remembers of those good old days, and some not so good. The canneries, Fort Ord, and Del Monte, not to mention the “summer kids” who escaped from the Valley heat, were all part of the fabric which became not just the last home town, but the best home town. Phil points out that memory is a flawed reference, but works just fine with encouragement from a shrinking peer group. “The military presence was everywhere, and through the fog came the thunder of artillery, rattle of machine guns, the roar of Navy planes, and the Presidio bugles. It was a glorious time, and those who grew up and left couldn’t find any place better and drift back whenever they can. Gone are the sand dunes, the Del Monte Express, Holman’s, and the sardines, but look at all these people! What’s next?” says Phil.

Phil was born in Bakersfield but he spent most of his youth in Pacific Grove, where his mother grew up. His family moved permanently into the old family home in PG in 1940 where he finished grammar school and high school, graduating in 1947. After college and the Navy, he lived with his wife and three kids in Piedmont. He retired in 1994 and moved to Carmel. His wife, Susie, died, and he now lives happily with another Susie, who he refers to as Sweetie. He writes for fun, likes to talk and wait to be awarded some special prize which might include money.

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Times • September 20, 2013 An Excellent Adventure

Page 12 • CEDAR STREET

Lassitude at Lassen

Jane Roland

Tom Stevens

Animal Tales and Other Random Thoughts

Otter Views

The year was 1995; Jennie graduated from UC Santa Barbara, Ellen and Shawn were marrying in September and John’s niece, Tracy, tying the knot in New Jersey.

We were attending the nuptials in June and decided to combine it with a graduation trip for our youngest.

Early in the year we perused activities in New York City during that period. New Yorker magazine provided a wealth of information. Sunset Boulevard with Glenn Close had opened, Miss Saigon was still running. There was a wonderful package that included meals at places such as The Russian Tea Room. Our friend, Suzi Mattmiller, a travel agent, found a reasonable hotel across the street from The Waldorf. We ordered our tickets for Miss Saigon and asked Jerry (John’s brother, Tracy’s father) to pick up good seats for us for the other. We packed carefully for many events, I placed all of our tickets in my tote bag and off we went. When we reached The Big Apple we took a limo into the city and settled into The Beverly Hotel. After a time we decided to embark for dinner at a nice little home style Italian restaurant recommended by Ann and Andy Simpson. I looked for my tote bag, and then I looked again. Everyone looked; it was not to be found. John called the airport. It was an unavailable telephone number (except for ticketing) he was directed to a hub which had no human. When it became apparent that we were accomplishing nothing, we started out for the restaurant in a taxi. After we passed St. Patrick’s four times, it was obvious that our driver either didn’t know where he was going or was scamming hapless tourists. It was finally made clear that we were not happy and, eventually, were dropped at our destination.

As the place didn’t accept reservations (we would have been late anyway) we sat in the bar for a time, then at a table where we enjoyed a wonderful meal. We ate more than usual, as we had left San Francisco early in the day and had not eaten since the morning. Replete, we asked for the check. They did not accept credit cards. This was a semi-disaster, the traveler checks had been in my bag and none of us had much money. We managed to scrape enough together to pay the bill and leave a little tip.

We were tapped out; no one had a dime, so we walked. It was one of those nights in New York, light rain and lightening flashing between the buildings followed by the gentle roar of thunder. About three blocks from the hotel we spotted a quaint little bar across the street and hurried to take refuge and assuage our despair. The minutes tuned into a few hours. We made many friends and by the time we went “home”, our sorrows were greatly diminished.

The next morning, John started calling the airlines. He had no success. Jennie and I decided to leave him the problem and hit a couple of Museums. I was happy to introduce her to Monet’s Waterlillies at MoMA and marvel at Calder’s mobiles. When we returned to the hotel, John was not there, we waited, wondering what we were going to do. That night we had a six o’clock reservation at Sardi’s and the play across the street at 8:00 p.m. My husband rushed in and said he was awaiting a call. When the call came through, it was a United agent in San Francisco. John had gone to The Broadway Theatre to see about replacing our tickets, no such luck. On the way back to the Beverly he stopped at a United office and told them our plight. The young woman was most sympathetic and said she would see what could be done. She followed through and our bag was in San Francisco; it had flown back to “the city” and found by maintenance people who turned it in. “Can you be at the Newark Airport at 4:30; our Mr. Lindsay will be flying in and can bring your bag which you can pick up at lost and found.” Needless to say we promised to be there.

Jennie declined to accompany us so we rushed off to Port Authority, zipping past the seamy part of Times Square that existed in those days. When we reached Newark, we waited and waited and waited some more. The plane was delayed. Jennie was going to Sardi’s at 5:30, it was nearing 5:00 and there he was, our savior. We rushed to Lost and Found, he handed us the bag “What may I give you?” asked John. “Not a thing, it was my pleasure” and he disappeared, an angel in the mist.

We made it back to Times Square and ran to Sardi’s. John, fortunately, was dressed for the city and looked natty in his dark blazer and tie. His wife, on the other hand had worn summer clothing for early morning touristing in the dead of summer, an off-theshoulder, flowered (gasp) sun dress and sandals. I sat there in the restaurant wanting to hide under the table as I viewed the smart women in their black dresses, proper heels and jewelry. Jennie, also beautiful in black, on the other hand, was on the top of the world. During her hiatus while awaiting us she had charmed the waiters and maitre d’ and been treated to a tour of the fabled eatery. We saw the musical, enjoyed it not so much. We topped off the evening with a nightcap at Sardi’s.

The next day, Jennie and I were treated to a “ladies” luncheon, hosted by Tracy and her mother, Ann, at The Tavern on the Green in Central Park. That night was our dinner at The Russian Tea Room. Thursday we had lunch with our friend, John Gingrich, near his offices off Columbus Circle.

John is a theatrical agent for classical music performers. On our way to meet John, our taxi driver kept leaning forward as if he were falling asleep. It was alarming to say the least. That night was Miss Saigon which we liked so much that we saw it again when it came to San Francisco.

John Gingrich made arrangements for a fellow parishioner to drive us over to New Jersey and to the Marriott where we were staying. He was a darling man, but as unfamiliar with the area as we. We drove along the turnpike passing the hotel many times. We arrived finally and met with the rest of the Roland clan. There was a dinner that night for the wedding party and Jerry and Ann’s siblings. The wedding the next day was beautiful, Tracy was a gorgeous bride. The next morning a breakfast at Jerry and Ann’s and took a long cab ride back to JFK and home... We can call the trip “Jennie, John and Jane’s Excellent Adventure”.

If all goes well, travel vacations have a blissful “apogee.” In astronomy, that’s the farthest an orbiter gets from the body it’s circling before mother gravity pulls it back.

In holiday parlance, it’s when the vacationing self achieves the greatest spiritual and emotional distance from the workaday self. A friend once called this state of mind “the end point of desire.”

I’m told enlightened people experience this all the time, but I seem to have to drive long distances to get there. Even then, vacation satori is hit or miss. Sometimes luck trumps intention.

My original intention was to find in the wilderness a clean, clear, sparkly body of fresh water to row across, swim in and camp beside. Ideally, I would also be able to drink the water after filtering it through a clever hand-pump unit purchased from REI. Hoping Ahjumawi Lava Springs would be this pristine body of water, I drove to Shasta County only to discover it wasn’t so. The Springs may have been pristine in pre-contact times, but now surrounding cattle ranches and rice farms decant enough waste into them to deter swimming and foul the REI pump.

Then there is the steady tattoo of gunfire. After a relatively sleepless night camping at The Springs, I rowed back to the mainland, loaded up the truck, and stopped for gas at a garage in McArthur. “What hunting season are we in?” I asked the owner. “Ducks? Elk? Tourists?

I heard shooting all night.”

“Those are propane cannons,” he grinned.

“S’posed to scare black birds out of the rice.”

Relieved, I breakfasted next door at Myrtle’s Chit Chat beneath the solemn gaze of a huge longhorn. “Tex was a mighty fine steer,” read the accompanying ode. “To Albert’s heart he was dear. He stood on a hill on the road to Pittville, and lived ‘til his twentieth year. Now he overlooks the food being cooked . . . today at Myrtle’s Café.”

Comforted that the region values poetic sentiment along with firearms and secession bids, I leafed through that week’s Mountain Echo. An article about the upcoming 95th annual Intermountain Fair suggested what sort of mettle longtime residents possess.

The fair’s 2013 Destruction Derby would mark the 30th consecutive race appearance of Charles “Skeeter” Bethel, who set a high bar for personal grittiness. “One year Skeeter severed two fingers just a week before the Derby,” reported the Echo. “Surgeons reattached the fingers, and, with duct tape securing his injured hand to his chest, Bethel kept his string of driving in Derbies intact.”

My own, far less noteworthy, driving took me next to the stream side town of Adin, which trumped even Myrtle’s Cafe in the mounted animal derby. Adin Supply, the big general store there, featured a dozen trophy heads and an entire stuffed bear. I bought a ball cap so I’d remember that place.

Also memorable was the Modoc County Historical Museum in Alturas. A small and excellent repository of that region’s cultures, settlers and industries, the museum boasted a coal-fired locomotive outside and a prodigious gun collection inside. There was also an antique telephone switchboard, but it didn’t dial 911.

My quest for a mountain swim led at length to Lassen County and Lake Almanor. But alas, its tributaries drain many cattle ranches, and the wind was kicking up whitecaps. Discouraged, I parked beside a bike shop in the amiably-named town of Chester.

“Any swimmable lakes near here?” I asked the burly proprietor. “How long you got?” he squinted.

Rummaging beneath a counter, he produced a curious, Bingo-type grid card with seven rows of squares across and seven down. “I host a game for lake swimmers,” he explained. “There’s 49 lakes within a day’s drive of here. If you log them all, you win a tie-dyed tee-shirt.”

“I just need one lake,” I said. “I’m nearing the apogee of my vacation, and I haven’t found the end point of desire.”

He nodded. “Right fork as you head out of town. Eight miles on pavement, six more on gravel will take you to Juniper Lake. It’s coming up on Labor Day, though. You’d better get out there.”

Reaching Juniper Lake in mid-afternoon, I was lucky to claim a campsite.

I promptly pitched my tent, donned my swim gear and inflated my row boat. Feeling like some latter day Vasco da Gama, I circumnavigated the lake. Its waters were deep, clear, sparkly, pellucid, sun-spangled, luminous, gem-like . . . words fail me. And at the top of the lake was a shallow, sandy swimming channel.

After a night blessedly free from propane cannons, I hiked the next morning to the even clearer, cleaner, warmer “Crystal Lake.” That was the end point of desire, and this is, therefore, the end.

September 20, 2013 • CEDAR STREET

Times • Page 13

Pacific Grove

Sports and Leisure “Zoot Suit” is a Historical “Must See”

Ben Alexander

Golf Tips

Katie Shain and Mike Clancy

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

Performance Review The Western Stage and Hartnell College have collaborated to produce the nostalgic Broadway musical “Zoot Suit,” originally written and produced, for Broadway and cinema (1981) by local, esteemed author Luis Valdez. We were stunned to find his production of “Zoot Suit” to be more than minimum, simple college level “mandatory viewing” entertainment for all citizens of California, at least.

“Zoot Suit” made its debut on Broadway in 1979.

The storyline remains as relevant and provocative today as it was when The LA Times and The Washington Post published their tense and incite filled accounts of the “Pachuco” in early 1942.

Based on real-life events of the Sleepy Lagoon murder trial, “Zoot Suit” embodies the historical evolution of the early fascination that many American youth found in the world of jazz music as it developed, independent of social tensions. Jazz has always been a unique, eclectic, kind of a cult of its own; evidence of this fact remains today. Jazz music offers a window into personal expressive style, well equipped with its own joyous nature, intriguing various enthusiasts to come together in celebration, on and off the dance floor.

The Zoot Suit fashion came to popularity during a time when unwritten social rules still demanded people of color remain rather “unseen and unheard.” The Zoot Suit with its broad, oversized shoulders, narrow waist and tailored ballooned pant legs, became an easy target to single out, label, associate with criminality and “gangster-ism” by the Los Angeles authorities in order to persecute, and in this case, prosecute.

1939 to 1945 was an era of war for America. “Angelenos” saw themselves defending the West Coast from attack against Japan and legally uprooting and forcing Japanese citizens to relocate their families and homes into camps. Fortified servicemen in numbers as great as 50,000 were said to have taken leave of duty on any given weekend. Civilian patrols were established throughout the city of Los Angeles. Beaches were fortified with anti-aircraft guns because of the key military location. Consequently, walking with style and swagger as a young, confident Mexican American man or woman proved to be an especially particular demographic easily singled out and subsequently unjustly persecuted by the United States Justified Court System. As a result the “Pachucos,” Chicano (Latina / Latino) youth, having adopted their original style of dress for attending social dances in Zoot Suit attire, and in all likelihood asserting little more than personal identity, found themselves wrongly charged with crimes they did not commit. “Dirty but legal.” Sadly, this is just the beginning of the story.

Wonderfully well-staged, Hartnell’s production of “Zoot Suit” depicting the “Zoot Suit Riots,” transports us into family dynamics and neighborhood nuance, to a disheartening peek at our social justice system. Most of the characters are formulated around the lives of the actual individuals whose lives were altered forever by the events. All parts are played with dedication, true heart and grit, laced with sweet moments of humor.

Starring character Henry Reyna is adeptly played by David Zubiria, portraying the life of Sleepy Lagoon murder trail defendant, Henry Leyvas. Masterfully, majestically and magically supported with fine distinctive narration and vocals, “El Pachuco” is performed by Michail Uribes (who appears through the courtesy of the Actors Equity Association).

While each cast member and their deserving accolades do not appear here, there are no “small parts” in this production. It is easy in many cases to let it slip the mind that this a college production allowing students and community members the opportunity to further their personal acting skills in an appropriate, supportive, learning environment, and to afford them the opportunity to work with skilled professionals working in their field.

The choreography holds splendid and surprising moments of perfectly synchronized and elegantly executed improvisation. Learning to “follow spot” is an art and there is plenty of opportunity to perfect the skill in this show. The fights were frighteningly well executed, and the costumes, hair and makeup are period and fun.

Live and tight orchestration directed by Dave Dally, and set upon the hydraulically raised and lowered stage truss, hugely enhanced the infectious Latin ambience and mood with original music and lyrics by Luis Valdez, Daniel Valdez and Lalo Guererro.

Though this is a tough subject to ‘enjoy,’ it is a most enjoyable learning tool. Our kudos go out to directors Jon Selover and Lorenzo Aragon, and to Hartnell faculty, staff, crew and administration for taking the risk in getting this important theatrical production again to the stage.

“Zoot Suit” is a triumph for Luis Valdez, who has been a steady San Juan Bautista resident for over 40 years. He is considered by many to be the “father of Chicano theater in the U.S.” Valdez is also widely known for his 1987 film “La Bamba” and for establishing, 25 years ago, his creation El Teatro Campesino. Currently presenting his newest play, “Valley of the Heart, A Kabuki Corrido” a love story, Valdez remains a founding faculty member and former director for the California State University Monterey Bay (CSUMB) Teledramatic Arts and Technology Department.

“Zoot Suit” runs September through 28, 2013 A FREE ticket for Hartnell Students with CatCard Visit westernstage.com for more information or call 831 755-6816

In the rough

We all hit the ball into the rough a lot. I know I do! The golf course workers who take care of the golf course adjust the rough with thickness and height all the time. Sometimes they will make the fairways very small in width and adjust the layout of the course to give the golfer a different test of your skills. When your ball is in the rough which is deep thick grass, one point to remember is to always get the ball out first and foremost. Many of the weekend players will have a fair amount of distance to hit the shot, maybe 130 yards say, and they pull out the 8 iron which is their 130 yard club. But the reality is they will have a tough shot because the ball in the deep grass and it’s tough to advance the ball. So the best shot to get the ball out would be using your sand wedge to advance you ball maybe 20 yards, just get it out first ... and move on.

PG Adult School schedules golf lessons

Ben Alexander will teach golf lessons togolfers of all abilities, from beginners on up, at Pacific Grove Adult School.

Classes are scheduled for Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 24 and 26, and October 1, 3, 8 and 10. Instruction will be held from 500-6:30 p.m. at the Pacific Grove Golf Links.

No clubs are necessary. If you don’t have clubs, they will be provided. Cost is $150 for all six sessions. Space is limited. Sign up in advance through the Pro Shop at the Pacific Grove Golf Links.

Girls’ Golf is popular this season

Pacific Grove High School’s girl’s golf squad has 12 girls going out for the team, the largest of any public school team in the league.

While Santa Catalina defeated Pacific Grove 261-280 at Del Monte Golf Course in Monterey in their recent match, Coach Marcia Waitt expects great things from the team. Pacific Grove’s Lauren Molin, a senior, led the Breakers with a 44, while Ashley Augilera shot a 55. Lauren Molin will pursue college golf in Pennsylvania next fall.

Breaker Varsity Football Season to date 9/20/13 FRIDAY 09/06 Watsonville (Watsonville) At Pacific Grove High School Box Score: 47 - 6 Win FRIDAY 09/13 Monte Vista Christian (Watsonville) At Pacific Grove High School Box Score: 36 - 3 Win FRIDAY 09/20/13 7:30 p.m.

At Monterey (Monterey, CA) Location: Monterey High School Go Breakers!

v. Watsonville

Photo Courtesy MontereyBaySportsPhotos.com

v. Monte Vista Christian

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Times • September 20, 2013

Tree House Café Richard Oh

Oh, have a taste!

The Tree House Café, which opened August 5, 2013, is a great addition to Carmel!This restaurant offers a wide range of palette pleasing entrées. It truly is an international affair. They offer dishes from Greece, Italy, Thailand and Mexico, as well as American cuisine. Everything is prepared on a daily basis and made to order.

The pasta is created next door each day so you know it’s fresh.

They offer dining on their beautiful heated deck, replete with red umbrellas and it’s a very nice way to dine.

The Tree House is open daily for lunch and dinner. Please visit them soon; you’ll thank me for it. It’sn the South West side on San Carlos St. between 7th and 8th, 831626-1111.

The owners

Fadi and Pam Nimri along with Bob Zernicke are proud owners of the Tree House Café. Fadi is also the managing partner who hosts, cooks, waits tables, and runs food.

His wife Pam also waits tables, cooks, and is an all-around support system. Bob is mainly in the background and has contributed in the décor, layout, and takes care of the financial well-being of the restaurant.

Fadi first got his restaurant experience at Ocean Sushi back in the late ’90s. He then continued in the business at his brothers Faris and Faisal’s restaurant, International Cuisine, located in Pacific Grove. He worked as a server and also helped in the kitchen.

Fadi had wanted to open his own restaurant someday so in 2009 an opportunity came up and he jumped at it. It was a sushi bar in Downtown Monterey called Sakana. It was a good start for being on his own but it wasn’t the perfect spot for Fadi. So he then opened Athena in Carmel Valley and operated it successfully until it was sold in 2012.

However, his pursuit for the perfect location led him to Carmel-by-the-sea. He is dedicated to making a difference in the way you dine. I’m glad he brought his talents to Carmel. The restaurant is decorated nicely and offers outside seating on its dogfriendly deck.

The salad

There were many items I wanted to feature from the diverse menu. I chose the arugula salad with grilled prawns and I did so because of the wine. This salad is light and delicious. The dressing is house made with olive oil, cumin, garlic, cilantro, and parsley. It’s a nice meal any time of the year, but especially on a warm day sipping on a cold Pinot Gris. I love how all the flavors collided in my mouth.

The wine

Manzoni 2012 Pinot Gris, Santa Lucia Highlands. SLH is a perfect region for growing Pinot Gris grapes. The warm afternoons give way to breeze and cool nights with foggy mornings. This allows the grapes to have a longer hang-time which intensifies the flavors without compromising the sugar. The Manzoni Pinot Gris has enchanting aromas of mandarin oranges and apples. It has a nice mouth feel and I like how it flows from start to finish. It is light, with apples and pear notes, and bright crisp acid.

It’s drinking very nicely right now. It will pair well with seafood, light chicken dishes and creamy sauces. You can visit their tasting room on San Carlos and 7th in Carmel.

Quintet performs to benefit jazz education programs

Trumpeter and composer Dave Douglas and his quintet will perform a benefit concert at the Glen Deven Ranch Center for Nature, Art and Inspiration in Big Sur on Wednesday, September 18 at 6:30 p.m.

Benefiting Monterey Jazz Festival’s jazz education programs and the Big Sur Land Trust youth camps, the event is $100 per person and includes a pre-concert reception with offerings from the Carmel Cheese Shop paired with a variety of Scheid Vineyards wine; the concert in the barn; and a full moon hike with the band to The Point overlooking the ocean. The hike is an easy-to-moderate three-mile round trip.

This concert is part of Dave Douglas’s 50th birthday celebration and his DD50 Project, wherein Douglas will perform music in all 50 states—in unlikely locations for audiences who might not have the same kind of access to live, improvised music.

DD50 has already journeyed through 13 states, including Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Montana, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Texas, Vermont and Wyoming, mostly with Douglas’ newly minted Quintet, supporting their two recent releases, “Be Still” and “Time Travel.” “There are wonderful communities of jazz and creative music all across this country,” Douglas notes, “and it is inspiring and humbling to get to visit them.”

Dave Douglas, the 2013 Monterey Jazz Festival Showcase Artist, is widely regarded as the most prolific and original trumpeter-composer of his generation. He has released more than 30 recordings since 1993. His unique contributions to improvised music have earned prestigious awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship, Aaron Copland Award, two GRAMMY nominations, and trumpeter, composer and Jazz Artist of the Year Awards from the Jazz Journalists Association, DownBeat and JazzTimes.

Tickets for this benefit dinner are available through brownpapertickets.com/ event/413296 or by calling the Big Sur Land Trust at 625-5523, ext. 103. Due to the nature of the event, there are a limited number of tickets. ADA seating is available.

Church sponsors free college day and tailgate party

The First Baptist Church of Pacific Grove will host a college day and tailgate party on Sunday, September 22 at the church at 246 Laurel Avenue. The church service begins at 10 a.m. and the tailgate party begins at 11:30 a.m. College and graduate students and alumni are welcomed to the free event.

Everyone is encouraged to wear school colors or fraternity/sorority gear. The party will feature a barbecue cookout with chicken and ribs, NFL football games on big screen TVs, scholarship tips, raffles and giveaways. Parents and high school students are invited to visit booths with various local colleges and institutes.

The church is sponsoring the event to encourage college students to do their best this year and to find a fun place to hang out. Call 373-0741 for more information.

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Happy Birthday, Sylvia Plath! Celebrate Sylvia Plath’s birthday at the Little House in Jewell Park in Pacific Grove with international Sylvia Plath scholar, PG’s own Poet in Residence Dr. Barbara Mossberg. “A Maker for Our Times/ The Immediate and Immortal Comedy of Sylvia Plath.” “— a talk about her ‘divine comedy’— the happy ending as a poet, and the boisterous zest she gave to her energized poems as a drama queen. Yes, she cut her life short. She ripened and ended still green. Yet she was no shrinking violet. . .

You are invited to bring her poems to share. Seating limited, call 831-647-9307 to reserve.

The event is part of the ongoing Poetry in the Grove discussions about poets held on the first Saturday of each month at Jewell Park, 578 Central Ave, in Pacific Grove.

On Nov. 2 we will celebrate Dead Poets, bring a dead poet’s poem to share. Poetry in the Grove is a production of the PG Poetry Collective/Poet in Residence Program, www.facebook.com/PacificGrovePoetryCollective

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The Monterey Regional Waste Management District is offering a free basic home composting workshop, Sat., Sept. 28, 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Learn how to prepare your soil for growing, by turning your food scraps and yard trimmings into homemade compost; a free beneficial soil amendment. The compost presentation and demonstration will provide information on creating and maintaining a successful composting system and on harvesting and using the finished compost.

Composting yard and kitchen waste reduces the amount of waste going into landfills by as much as 33 percent and at the same time a free, nutrient rich soil amendment is produced for plants, gardens, and landscapes.

Compost bins and supplies can be purchased at the MRWMD’s reuse store —The Last Chance Mercantile.

Registration is free. Due to limited space, advance registration is recommended.

To register or for more information about future workshops visit www.mrwmd.org or call 831-384-5313.

The event will be hosted at the Monterey Regional Waste Management District’s Facilities located at 14201 Del Monte Blvd., two miles north of Marina. (Exit 412)

The city of Pacific Grove general nation filing period will be extended municipal election will be held on until 5:00 p.m. on wednesday, AuThe Fourth Annual for the Rescues will 15, be held on Sun., Oct. 13 from November 6, 2012 forDance the following gust 2012.

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- 5 p.m .at the Custom House Monterey Historic State Park in offices: mayor (one two-year, full- Plaza -To date, the following have taken Monterey. of more than 1,000 supporters is expected to fill the plaza. term office)A crowd and council member out the papers for the November will be food, arts and crafts, pet-related products and fitness/health (three There four-year, full-term offices). election: vendors at the event.

Rescue groups such as AFRP, POMDR, Greyhound Friends candidates may obtain nominafor Life, Operation Freedom Paws, Valley View Equine RescueMayor and Pet Friends tion forms from the Pacific Grove Bill Kampe and to Rescue will be available to share information about their organizations city clerk’s Office, 300 Forest Avshowcase some of their adoptable animals. carmelita Garcia enue, Pacific Grove, cA 93950, Ambassadors will beforms Zumba dancing to earn the pledges they col(831) Dance 648-3181. completed lectedbeover thewith weeksthe leading to the event. Proceeds from the fundraiser must filed city up clerk’s City Council benefit of Mind Dog Rescue (POMDR) and Animal Friends Rescue Project office byPeace no later than 5:00 p.m. on (AFRP).

This event is free an open to the public. robert Huitt Friday, August 10, 2012, unless an First Annual Dance thefor Rescues took place on Oct. 10, 2010. On eligibleThe incumbent does notforfile casey Lucius Oct. 4, 2011 the Monterey County Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution to re-election, in which case the nomiDan Miller declare the second Sunday of every October as “Animal Rescue Day.” Dance for the Rescues has taken place on Animal Rescue Day ever since the adoption of in pebble this resolution. This“The year, Bench” the City ofopening Pacific Grove joined theBeach County in declar6 a new The Bench, the 18th green, ingOn theAugust second Sunday ofrestaurant, October as Animal Rescue overlooking Day.

will debut at the Lodge in Pebble Beach. It will be noted for its internationalFor styles Asian about to Italian to Middle east, featuring more from information volunteering or making a donationincredible visit www. techniques of wood roasting and open-flame cooking. The Bench occupies dancefortherescues.org. the space formerly known as club 19.

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Fiesta del Perro to benefit local non-profits

The second Fiesta del Perro will be held from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. at Robert Down School on Saturday, September 28. The fiesta is a Pacific Grove Rotary event to benefit such activities as Smiles for Life, IHELP dinners, Polio Plus, Peace of Mind Dog Rescue and Animal Friends Rescue Project.

There will be a children’s art show, “fun” dog judging, a pet parade, demonstrations of agility, food, entertainment by The Wharf Rats, booths and a silent auction.

Original art work for the event is now on display in the window at The AFRP Treasure Shop at 160 Fountain in Pacific Grove. It was created by famed local artist, Will Bullas. Raffle tickets are available for a donation of $5 each or five for $20. The drawing will be the day of the Fiesta but the winner need not be present.

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Taking place locally at nearly 80 cleanup sites throughout Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties, from Waddell Creek in the north to Big Sur in the south, Save Our Shores expects around 5,000 community volunteers to participate.

Statewide, the event will take place at more than 850 locations, and globally, volunteers in more than 100 countries around the world will participate in Annual Coastal Cleanup Day, which may be the single largest volunteer event on the planet.

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Squirrel power

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By Cameron Douglas They’re cute, lively and downright entertaining: chattering between each other, scampering across tree branches, darting along the ground, and occasionally testing your reflexes behind the wheel. Squirrels are the quintessential lovable rodent, endearing themselves to humans with just a twitch of their tails.

Squirrels are part of the family Sciuridae, a large group that includes tree squirrels, ground squirrels, chipmunks (including woodchucks), flying squirrels, and prairie dogs. The earliest squirrels go back to the Eocene Period, and are most closely related to the mountain beaver and dormouse. More than 200 species of squirrels live in every continent on Earth with the exceptions of Australia and Antarctica.

The word “squirrel” was first specified in 1327. It came from the Anglo-Norman esquirel from the Old French escurel. Going farther back, the Latin word sciurus was borrowed from the ancient Greek sciouros, meaning “shadow-tailed,” a

reference to the species’ characteristic appendage.

Ground and tree squirrels are diurnal, while most flying squirrels are nocturnal.

Ground squirrels are social while tree squirrels are more the loner type, interacting mostly with mates. The eastern gray squirrel is one of few mammals that can descend a tree head first. They do this by turning the rear paws to face backward — the same way raccoons do. All squirrels have claws that are well suited to climbing and clinging to branches. The tail acts as a rudder to hold course or swerve as needed.

Tree squirrels typically live in the hollows of trees, or in nests they construct of leaves, twigs and grass that are laid into the crooks of tree branches. The occupants may remain in their homes for several days during cold weather.

Squirrels breed once or twice a year, birthing from two to eight offspring. Babies are born naked, toothless and blind.

The mother will generally care for them, weaning after six to ten weeks. A squirrel lives five to ten years. Most urban squirrels

Monterey Bay Aquarium receives recognition for conservation and education

The Monterey Bay Aquarium earned two achievement awards on Wednesday, September 11 for its sea otter research and conservation and teen education programs from the national Association of Zoos and Aquariums. The awards were announced during AZA’s annual conference in Kansas City.

“These programs are making significant contributions to ocean conservation overall,” said aquarium Executive Director Julie Packard. “The long-term goal of these programs is to ensure that future generations can enjoy the beauty and bounty of the oceans.”

The aquarium earned an award in the North American Conservation Award category for its pioneering sea otter research and conservation program. The aquarium is the only institution in the country that routinely rescues and cares for stranded, ill or injured southern sea otters with the goal of release back into the wild.

For the past 30 years, the sea otter program has played a key role in research and recovery efforts for this iconic marine mammal. It works to ensure their continued survival and recovery through rescue, rehabilitation and release of sea otter pups and adults; collaborative scientific research on the myriad threats that have slowed their recovery; and advocacy for policies that will support population recovery.

The aquarium’s Watsonville Area Teens Conserving Habitats program also earned an award in the Angela Peterson Excellence in Diversity Award category, which recognizes “the most significant innovative, productive, far-reaching, program to promote diversity at AZA member institutions.”

WATCH is a community-based program offered to students enrolled in Pajaro Valley High School and Watsonville High School in Santa Cruz County. The year-long program begins in summer and extends throughout the school year, providing students with an opportunity to engage in an in-depth exploration of ecosystems in their community. It integrates academic learning, youth development and community-based conservation projects in a way that connects students with their community and the oceans. Students earn community service hours needed for graduation and are eligible for college scholarships from the aquarium.

Founded in 1924, AZA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the advancement of zoos and aquariums in the areas of conservation, education, science and recreation.

AZA-accredited members are leaders in global wildlife conservation, and the public’s link to helping animals in their native habitats.

Science Saturday: Sea Otter Awareness Week

Celebrate Sea Otter Awareness Week Sept. 28, 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History. Find out if you’d rather have otter fur or blubber, see what it's like to eat like a sea otter, examine real otter fur, make a craft to take home, and more. Discover just how important otters are to Monterey Bay as you dive into their amazing world at September’s free family event! This is a free event, so drop in anytime between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. to join in on all the activities.

This Museum is located at 165 Forest Ave. in Pacific Grove.

American red squirrel perched on a fence on 19th Street in Pacific Grove.

Photo by Cameron Douglas.

never see their first birthday, due to their inexperience and poor judgment regarding the speed of oncoming automobiles. Nevertheless, squirrel populations are robust.

Squirrels are unable to digest cellulose. Because of this, they mostly depend on a diet of protein, carbohydrates and fats. Nuts are, of course, a favorite squirrel snack. In temperate zones, springtime is difficult for squirrels because buried nuts begin to sprout and therefore are not available for eating, while new food sources aren’t ready yet. During these times, squirrels may depend on the buds of trees. Their diet also includes seeds, conifer cones, fruit, fungi, and some green vegetation. Faced with hunger, squirrels will consume meat from various sources.

The thirteen-lined ground squirrel will actually hunt. In the 1920s, a researcher named Bailey observed a 13-lined squirrel preying on a chicken. Others have been seen consuming freshly killed snakes.

Birds, lizards and smaller rodents are occasionally at risk from a marauding squirrel.

Squirrels themselves are prey to a wide variety of predators, with little in the way of defenses other than flight. Groups of ground squirrels sometimes warn each other of danger with a whistling call.

Like other rodents, squirrels have four front teeth that never stop growing. This works well because squirrels never stop gnawing on things. Their chisel-shaped front teeth can cut into the shells of nuts.

Holding the nut in its front paws, the squirrel either gnaws the nut or, keeping its jaws still, twirls the nut against its teeth.

Any wild animal can carry infectious diseases. Last July, part of the Table Mountain campground in the Angeles

National Forest closed after a squirrel that had been trapped tested positive for the plague (usually referred to as bubonic plague). There were no reports of human infection. Human cases of the plague are rare and treatable with antibiotics.

Here at home, Pacific Grove Animal Control Officer Liz Conti-Yeo reports some of our local squirrels have had mild diseases in the past such as mange, but the population currently appears healthy.

Squirrels face another danger that has a subsequent impact on human existence — they can cause electrical power outages. It happens when a hapless squirrel touches an energized component, such as the cylindrical transformer at the top of a pole, and a grounded piece of equipment.

The ensuing squirrel flambé can knock out power for a few seconds or several hours. Electrical grids are usually able to handle a brief short-circuit like this if the poor creature is thrown clear. If not, then it’s lights out. Last April in Tampa, a “squirrelectrocution” cut service to 700 people. Jon Mooallem, a New York Times columnist, has tracked these events and counts 24 such instances since Memorial Day. Fifteen hundred people went without power in Mason City, Iowa; another 1,500 lost electricity in Roanoke, Virginia. Also 5,000 customers in Clackamas County, Oregon. And a total of 10,000 Kentuckians in two instances just a few days apart.

Mooallem adds that in 1987 a squirrel shut down the NASDAQ for 82 minutes.

As with any wild animal, if you observe a squirrel in distress, contact the SPCA or your local animal control officer.

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Market SnapShot (as of Sept 17, 2013) Pacific Grove Single Family

Number of Properties

Median Price

Current Inventory

44

$872,000 $1,131,040

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Properties in Escrow

27

$729,000

$903,937

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Closed Sales September

5

$773,000

$743,000

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Closed Sales Year to Date 2013

120

$677,500

$728,626

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