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Sea Scribes Calligraphy Guild 7-9 PM Art room, Level A Park Lane 200 Glenwood Circle, Monterey 831-224-3276
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First Friday and Art Walk Downtown Pacific Grove 5-9 PM They don’t happen together often! Free, fun, filled with surprise
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Triathlon Watch all 3 events! See page 17
• Sat. Sept. 8
Free Screenings CHOMP 8:45 - 12:45 PM 649-7232
• Sun., Sept. 9, 2 PM or Wed. Sept. 12, 5:30 PM Monarch docent orientation PGMuseum 648-5716 x. 20
• Sat. Sept. 15
Spruce-Up Day at the Library Bring tools and a bag lunch! Info: Karin 372-0146 •
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Beach Cleanup Day 9 AM - noon See Save Our Shores www.saveourshores.org •
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Holman Hotel Forum PG Community Center 515 Junipero •
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11 AM - 5 PM Open Artists’ Studios Call PG Art Center 375-2208 •
Inside Animal Tales ..........................9 Cop Log.................................3 Food ....................................17 Green Page ..........................23 Health & Well-Being ...........19 High Hats & Parasols .............4 The Homeless Stories...........20 Legal Notices.......................10 Opinion...............................10 Otter Scene .........................10 Peeps .................................8, 9 Seniors ................................18 Sports & Leisure.............13, 14 Up & Coming ................5, 6, 7
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Incorporating the Pacific Grove Hometown Bulletin Aug. 24-30, 2012
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State’s pension reform act could save cities billions The pension reform act hammered out at the state level could, over the next three decades, save taxpayers billions by capping benefits, increasing the retirement age, stopping abusive practices, and requiring new state employees to pay to least half of their pension costs. The agreement, expected to pass the state legislature on Fri., Sept. 1, would also eliminate restrictions currently in place that keep local employers from having their employees to contribute more toward their pension liabilities. The “3 at 50” clause (three percent of their highest salary per year earned at age 50) for local fire and police employees is changed to 2.7 percent at age 57 for all new hires. All new public employees will see the retirement age increased by two years or more: Local miscellaneous employees’ benefits will become 2 percent at 62 with a maximum of 2.5 percent at age 67. “3 at 50” is the current standard for police officers and firefighters in Pacific Grove under a memorandum of understanding worked out in 2001 and renegotiated last year for firefighters now working for Monterey. Three percent formulas are eliminated going forward. Minimum retirement age will become 52 under the new plan, with full retirement age at 67. The annual benefit would be computed at a rate of 2.5 percent, which is higher than current law allows. But savings would be found as employees work longer. “This gives us greater flexibility with current employees, too,” said Pacific Grove City Manager Tom Frutchey, who served on one of the committees advising state legislators on the matter. “It moves us in a direction at the state level toward a system that’s sustainable,” he said. Frutchey says that more costs can now be assumed by current employees, including a greater portion of unfunded liabilities, whereas before the city bore the cost alone. “The intent,” he said, “is to share the risk.” Other reforms under the new plan: • Pensionable salaries would be capped at $110,100 (the cap for Social Security contribution) • New state employees will pay at least half of normal retirement costs with a similar target for current employees, subject to bargaining. • Savings would be directed to help pay for the state’s unfunded liability. • Work-arounds and loopholes, which have been termed abuses, will end, in that: • Benefits will be based on regular, recurring pay which ends “spiking” for all new employees. • Post-retirement employment is ended for all employees. • Convicted felons will forfeit pension benefits.
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Vol. IV, Issue 49
Summer’s last hurrah
Eucalyptus Ficifolia Red Flowering Gum. What?! That’s a mouthful to be sure. It’s also the tree pictured above in front of our office at 306 Grand Ave. in Pacific Grove. This time of year, the showy red-orange blossoms attract butterflies, hummingbirds, bees...and people. The tree is in the same genus as the towering eucalyptus trees along Highway 68 near the Defense Language Institute. The tree is not native to North America but grows best on the Western coast of the United States according to Edward Gilman and Dennis Watson of the University of Florida. Differences in aroma signal the age of the tree, and originating not from the flowers, but from the leaves. These trees are evergreens and do not change color in the fall. Flowers are red, pink salmon, magenta or white, and are very showy (as you can see!) The species can tolerate various soils including clay, sand, loam, acidic, slightly alkaline and well drained soils. The tree is perennial, and flowers in early summer. The tree we have in front of the office and those bigger specimens along Grand Avenue are fully mature trees, and can live up to 70 years or older.
Runaway teens ‘ditch’ school, cause statewide alert
A statewide bulletin was issued Tuesday, Aug. 28 for two teenage Pacific Grove girls who ran away with a teenage Seaside boy. Phone alerts, faxes and flyers were among the methods used by Pacific Grove Police to locate the three, all of whom were found safe on Tuesday afternoon. The two girls are: Shannon Sands, 13, and Victoria Torre, 14. The girls were found hiding at a relative’s house on Pine Avenue in Pacific Grove. The Seaside boy, Justin Clark, was found by his mother, Pacific Grove police Cmdr. John Nyunt said. The girls had been missing since Monday when, at 2:17 p.m., Pacific Grove Middle School administrators called police and reported that the two girls had walked off campus. One of the girls, Shannon Sands, was reported to be upset about problems at school and had previously threatened to harm herself, police reports said. Both girls had a history of skipping school, according to police. The alert was cancelled later Tuesday afternoon.
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As a Navy veteran with 35 years in private industry, plus 4 years on our city council, I bring the experience, open‐ minded outlook, and leadership to move PG forward. I ask your support in the important November 6 election.
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• Retroactive pension increases are ended for all employees. • “Pension holidays” and purchase of service credit (such as using unused sick time or vacation time in trade for increased benefits) will be prohibited. Governor Brown said at a news conference on Tues., Aug. 28 that the revisions would save state and local governments at least $18 billion over the next 30 years. The reform measure does not address health care benefits.
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Pacific Grove Police warn public of money wire and phone scams
The Pacific Grove Police Department reminds the community to be vigilant and to take precautions against scams occurring in the area. Scams commonly involve requests to transfer money to another country, or requests for personal information. The following are examples of the most common scams targeting our community, some of which have been reported in our weekly police records log. • The resident receives a phone call advising that a family member is in jail in another country and needs money to get out of jail. The suspect directs the potential victim to send money via Western Union. • The resident receives a phone call in which the caller claims to be with a bill collection company in New York. The caller asks the resident to verify Social Security numbers and personal information. If the resident hesitates or refuses, the caller becomes verbally aggressive and threatens incarceration if the resident does not cooperate. • The resident receives a telephone call from a person claiming to be in a foreign country. The caller asks for money in order to get an injured family member out of jail. The caller than asks the potential victim to wire money via Western Union. While specific details vary, the scams are similar in that they are using the telephone to initiate contact and are requesting money or information. To make the claim seem more believable, the caller may use personal information, such as the first name of the person answering the phone, or the caller may use the name of a family member. The personal information is often obtained through social networking sites or through bogus emails “phishing” for information. The police department asks citizens to help them help the citizens. “Never give out personal information to an unsolicited phone caller or via e-mail,” advises Cdr. John Nyunt. “Never send checks, money orders, or items of value to persons or businesses you do not know. Contact another family member to confirm the relative needs your assistance before taking any action.” If you are the victim of a crime, report it immediately to the police department. You can also report scams online to the National Consumers League Fraud Center at www.fraud.org. The national Consumers League Fraud Center maintains a national repository of information and will ensure your information is forwarded to the proper authorities.
Boat rescue offshore
Saturday morning, Aug. 25 at 6:00 a skip jack boat struck the rocks near Ocean View Blvd. and Lighthouse Ave., off Pt. Pinos. Four people were rescued and all aboard were accounted for. All four were transported to Community Hospital with a variety of injuries. Monterey County Health Department and NOAA both responded and advised there was minimal hazard to the environment from boat debris and leaked fuel. The remains of the boat were walvaged. The boat had left the docks in Monterey at 4:15 a.m. to go fishing. During the journey, the boat operator realized that the GPS was broken and decided to turn back to port. It was too dark to see, and they thought they were far enough away from the rocks – but they weren’t.
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Marge Ann Jameson
Cop log Un-neighborly events Loud music or crabby neighbor?
A man called police to report loud music coming from a home on Shafter Avenue. When police arrived, there was music, but it wasn’t loud enough to be heard farther away than 5-7 feet. The resident said the neighbor calls his landlord constantly to complain about him, even calling the police when he is in the yard after dark. The neighbor said he would be willing to sign a complaint. Later the same day, the reporting party called to say the resident next door yelled at him, but that there had been no additional yelling or loud music.
Landscaping or trash?
A woman who lives on Presidio Boulevard came to the police station to report that her neighbor had placed a piece of broken concrete on her side of the fence. Not only that, he had moved her landscape rocks without her permission. She didn’t want the officer to call the neighbor. The officer suggested that she get a surveillance camera, but she didn’t want to do that either. She said that the police department gets free cameras from the Justice Department so they should lend her a web cam so she could catch the neighbor in the act. Not gonna happen.
Yelling neighbor
A woman living in a duplex on Forest Avenue said her neighbor has been disturbing her peace since she called the police on the neighbor a few days earlier. She has an audio recording of the noisy neighbor yelling through the wall at her. Police decided that they would talk with the noisy neighbor because the noisy neighbor is a live-in caretaker for her elderly mother. An interview is scheduled for later.
Graffiti at Lovers Point
Red spray paint was used to write on the pier wall, walkway and grill shack.
Graffiti at Caledonia Park
On the basketball court. No suspects.
TP
A person living on Del Monte Blvd. Reported that someone TPed his bushes and put hair gel on his vehicle’s window. He was advised to install motion sensor lights.
Paraphernalia of the homemade variety
A homemade bong was found by a dog walker on Shafter Avenue. It consisted of two plastic drink containers with plastic straws, secured by copper weights. (Now you know how to make one.) It was in a black cloth bag and there was an empty glass jar in there as well. The whole thing was dirty so police destroyed it.
More paraphernalia
Paraphernalia was also found on 17th Street.
Abandoned vehicle: Must not be very anxious to sell
A vehicle on Patterson Lane was marked as abandoned. The owner’s phone number was on a FOR SALE sign in the window, but they didn’t respond so the vehicle was towed. That got the owner’s attention and he later claimed the vehicle.
Landlord’s son lurking
A woman who has been renting a home for nine months said the landlord’s adult son, who used to live in the garage area of the dwelling, has been hanging around and, in fact, using an outside electrical outlet to charge his electronic stuff. The landlord (father) told her to call the cops so she did.
Mountain lion lurking
A person on Sinex Avenue said he was walking his dog on August 21 and saw an injured deer and a mountain lion. The person said the lion looked at him and his dog, then walked away.
Lost and found
A phone was lost in a store on Ocean View Boulevard and is believed to have been stolen. A phone and wallet were found on Foam Street in the middle of the road. The owner was contacted, and when he claimed it said that $46 was missing, but otherwise everything was intact.
Bagged bag
A woman said she left her suitcase and a pink bag at a laundromat and when she returned, they were gone.
The check’s in the mail?
A woman on Miles Avenue reported that some checks she had mailed had not arrived, though one of the batch did arrive late and had cleared her bank. The others have not. She’ll get back to the police when she has contacted her bank about amounts and numbers.
Suspicious circumstance - mail
Another suspicious circumstance involving a piece of mail was reported on Buena Vista Avenue but the report didn’t say what it was.
Another suspicious circumstance – hand-delivered mail
A new resident on Park Place said he has been receiving letters placed under his door mat. The letters ask the recipient where another subject is because there’s something about a grand jury in Texas and some methamphetamine use. In one of the letters, the person listed a phone number so that recipient wanted the sender to be contacted and told not to send them any more.
Scam on Craigslist
A woman reported that she applied for a housekeeping job on Craigslist. She was sent a check for more than her fee with instructions to cash it and return the difference to a third party in Arkansas. Darn. She did it. The check was bad, of course, and she’s out $1400.
Scam on the phone
A man solicited a woman, saying he could save her ten percent on her energy bill, but when he asked for personal information from her bill she refused and he hung up.
Peeping Tom
A person reported a suspect climbed onto the roof to look through a bathroom window on 6th Street.
Pooping in a taxi
A cab fare pooped in the back seat of a taxi (though not, apparently, on purpose) and refused to pay damages. The lucky police officer verified the damage and eventually convinced the pooper to pay for cleaning of the seat.
Theft from parked vehicle, additions to an unlocked vehicle
Electronic items were taken from a parked, unlocked car on Eardley Avenue. Conversely, stuff was put into a parked, unlocked car on Forest Avenue.(My husband always warns me this might happen.)
Banging around
Vehicle 1 did not yield to Vehicle 2 when making a left turn on Pine Avenue. Non-injury accident on Presidio Boulevard. Vehicle collision on private property on David Avenue. Vehicle 1 proceeded through a fence and then turned over on Forest Avenue. Mercedes sideswiped GMC (parked). Driver opened his door into traffic on Central Avenue. Boom.
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Jon Guthrie
High Hats & Parasols Dear Readers: 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.
The News … from 1912.
Squatters return
A couple of weeks or so ago, constables rousted the homeless people camped around the Custom House and sent them packing … or so the constables thought. This week the area is once again fraught with rag tents, box houses, blankets-inbens1, and other crude accommodations of sleeping. The local gendarmes, however, have not been resting on their laurels. They dispatched an attorney to San Francisco to petition the United States District Court for permission to expel the hooligans once and for all. The Court complied. A deputy United States Marshall is expected here within a day or so to serve papers on the rabble. Whether or not the eviction notice sticks remains to be seen.
man store. • The Roth-Coney Co. is giving away Wm. Rogers best silverware, free. Triple plated. One piece is yours with each purchase more than $5. • Burlingame now handles the famous SealShipt Oysters, fresh from the boats. $1 per heaping basket. • Professional nurse desires full-time patient. Wish to be compensated at the rate of $5 per 24 hours. Weekends are kept free. Contact me by asking to be connected with Red 217
Author’s Notes
1 Does any reader know what a blanket-in-ben is? 2 Were the spellings correct? Could the editor have erred with both names? Perhaps Mr. Prebic was an immigrant from, say, Greece, and preferred the spellings of his native language. References: Pacific Grove Review, Monterey Daily Cypress, Del Monte Weekly, Salinas Index, Monterey County Post, Bullions’ Grammar (1890).
Crude leap almost a tragedy
Rodin Lewis, a military parachutist from the Peninsula, traveled to New York to demonstrate his skills by leaping from such heights as the Statue of Liberty and tall buildings. Next on Lewis’s agenda was a leap from the Brooklyn Bridge, to which the jumper had invited the men of Wall Street to attend as spectators. Lewis became entangled in cords, however, and he fell from the bridge instead of jumping. The hapless plummeter fell 150 feet before managing to free his body. He finally got his parachute to open. The giant umbrella lowered him slowly until he landed in the water and was quickly pulled to safety by a waiting boat.
Harahan among victims
Four persons were killed in the private rail car of F. O. Melcher. The car was attached to the Senator Elyer, Train No. 25, which was taking on water when it was struck by the engine of Train No. 3. The errant engine plowed through the private car without even slowing. The dead consist of former bank president J. T. Harahan, former bank vice president S. K. Menander, general solicitor J. R. Witter, and vice president of the Rock Island Railroad H. E. Pierce. Arrangements are being made separately.
Forest Hill United Methodist Church 551 Gibson Ave., Services 9 AM Sundays Rev. Richard Bowman, 831-372-7956
The summer Bazaar and Sale of useful and fanciful articles will take place Saturday next on the lawn of St. Mary’s Parish House. Following the sale, a box lunch auction and dance is planned. The New Times Band has been obtained to provide music. Plan now to attend. 25￠ donation for admission to both the bazaar and dance.
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Bazaar coming up
Man jumps to death
A Grovian who had moved to San Francisco to try his luck in investments fared not well at all. J. W. Lewis, after losing heavily in his investments made on-margin, became despondent after receiving multiple margin-calls. He made his way to a high cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean and jumped. After being pulled from the rocks, Lewis was pronounced dead. Arrangements are pending.
Wirt is Chautauqua speaker
Lincoln Wirt, who is an explorer and author, will take to the Chautauqua stage this weekend. Wirt plans to focus on his artic explorations with tales and slides. The Chicago Advance has the following to say regarding Wirt’s lecture: “Mr. Wirt will tell the romantic story of the three years he spent living in Polar Regions. It is one of the best stories of the day, and Mr. Wirt knows how to spin it well.”
Returned from Idlewilde
The party of high school girls who went to Idlewilde for a week’s outing returned Monday evening. The group was accompanied by their chaperones, Mrs. J. Kyle, Mrs. O. R. Sherpa, and Miss Emma Loppentine. Those who participated in the outing were: Misses Eunice and Helen Allen, Alta Daingerfield, Margaret Jenkins, Ruth Kyle, Darlene Neighbor, Geneva Marcellus, Louisa Sheppard, Edna Goldsworth, and Beth and Marjory Dysuria. The following young men from the high school were enjoying camp life about a mile from the Young ladies. Lachlan and Kenneth McLean, Harry Wylie, Harry McMahon, Charles Stockbird, Renaldo Coe, Henry Gruden, Llewellyn Lewis, and Donald Hale. The extent to which the girls and boys mingled for various activities is unknown.
Greene to look after breakwater bill
H. A. Greene of Monterey will leave for Washington in the next day or so to be present at a hearing on the Monterey breakwater proposition. There is very little opposition to the issue and it is believed all will go well. Rapid progress can then be made. It is widely believed that the Congressional appropriation will be made.
Snippets from around the area…
• Mr. G. D. Todd has booked passage on the Southern Pacific for travel to Sacramento. Mr. Todd has been notified of the untimely death of his brother, and he plans to attend services and burial.Col. E. A. Prebic has traveled to the Grove from the Presidio, San Francisco, to spend some time with his daughters, Maie and Eianthe.1 • Devine Healing will meet Wednesday afternoon at 5:30 in the Civic Club. Prayer study class is planned for Thursday, 5:30, Civic Club. • Mr. A. J. Steiner has departed for San Jose by auto mobile to visit with his son, Ray. Father and son are discussing a joint business venture. The trip is expected to require four to five hours.
And your bill amounts to …
• Girl wants work cleaning houses. Trustworthy and thorough. Works with a smile. 25¢ by the hour. • Fresh-picked strawberries available at F. J. Wyeth, Grocer. 15¢ a carton. • Make your walk through life easy! Ladies Hi Cut Velvet shoe. $3.58. At the Hol-
Pacific Coast Church 522 Central Avenue, 831-372-1942
First Baptist Church of Pacific Grove 246 Laurel Avenue, 831-373-0741 St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church Central Avenue & 12th 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 and Events
Up and Coming ‘Beast’ was a beauty Katie Shain
Performance Review “Beauty and the Beast,” the “tale as old as time” lights up the stage once again at Carmel’s Outdoor Forest Theater. The mythical story of Beauty and the Beast was written in the year 1740; Pac Rep’s Disney rendition brings another summer of theatrically entertaining and memorable evening pastimes. Opening night saw a house full of patrons responding with willing participation. A wee one was heard crying on cue in fear as the best ‘Beast’ ever growled his anguished throaty thunders into the night air. Prince and Beast played by Rob Devlin coerced us with his beastly lullabies and monstrous sweetness into adoring him, in spite of his beast-fully bullish spell, with his luscious tenor tones. Professional equity actor J. T. Holmstrom, playing the part of Gaston, modeled recognizable, real-world, bully behaviors with his cast of animated cronies in tow, all braving their best ignorance into the forest to search for beautiful Belle. Beloved Belle as played by Lara Fern brought feminine flair that flourished throughout the evening with her accomplished talents and loving touches. (Credit should be given to the understudies who would be capable of stepping into this ‘Belle’s’ shoes.) The usual greats, Ken Cusson as ‘Cogsworth,’ Gracie Moore Poletti as the ‘Wardrobe,’ LeFou and D’Arque by John Daniel and Keith Decker, and Mitchell Davis as ‘Maurice’ didn’t disappoint as they all made exuberant appearances, honed by their respective gifts of seasoned performing charisma. From the opening, each of the Enchanteds colorfully twirled, kicked, and posed to determined doom as their appropriate characters demanded. The Wolves were fierce and adept and the flowering ‘Villagers’ did not go unnoticed. Peppers
and Salts, sets large and small, and all the villagers kept pace with the innovative and musical choreography of Elber and Scott, whose rhythmical a capella stein number is especially innovative. Obviously absent were the radiant touches that only John Rousseau could have contributed; heroic efforts had to have been made to overcome the loss of his huge presence. On a lighter note, this year’s addition of Bill Hogerheiden as Lumiere brought lots of laughs and heartfelt moments from the top of his headdresses and twin torches down to his tango-styled dancing toes, as he ushered in such familiar musical numbers as ‘Be Our Guest’ and ‘Human Again.’ Lynette Graves as Babette brought bubbly antics, while Mrs. Potts (Nancy Williams), local vocal favorite, brought more than just her perfectly un-fractured son Chip as she floated the familiar song “Beauty and the Beast” into the night. Costumes and magic begin as soon as the musical mastery of Stephen Tosh ascends and spotlights descend upon the stage. Pacific Repertory’s wonderful and widely-known Walter DeFaria directs the show again this year. Saturday the house was full again to overflowing, so go early, take a picnic and enjoy this season’s offering of the historical tale of the human politics of romance. Performances continue Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m., weekends thru September 23. Additional evening performances are scheduled on Thursdays, August 23 and September 20, and Sunday September 2, all at 7:30 p.m. All performances are at Carmel’s historic Outdoor Forest Theater, Mountain View and Santa Rita Street. Tickets are available at the Golden Bough Box Office (831) 622-0100.
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Times • August 31, 2012
Arts and Events
Up and Coming MPC Theatre’s 2012 season continues with ‘Androcles and the Lion’
Monterey Peninsula College Storybook Theatre presents Androcles and the Lion in Commedia dell’Arte style, at the outdoor amphitheatre at MPC. The production also marks MPC’s entry into touring theater, as they will be taking the production to schools to introduce to the magic of live theater. Visits will be made to Carmel, Marina, and Salinas. “Androcles and the Lion” tells the story of a slave who befriends a lion. It is a refreshingly antic, irreverent treatment of Aesop’s fable, written in the style of Italian Commedia dell’Arte. A group of players set up the stage and give a performance capturing many of the Commedia’s stock characters: the miserly Pantalone, the bragging Captain, the romantic lovers, the trickster, and the endearing Lion. As the play skyrockets with zany comedy, it also grows with the warmth of friendship. This centuries-old tale is one of the most popular children’s plays ever written, with its enduring themes of freedom and friendship.
Aesop’s fable “Androcles and the Lion” comes to life as a Commedia Dell’Arte farce on the MPC stage.
Aurand Harris penned more than 50 plays for young audiences, including “Androcles and the Lion” as a farce first performed in 1963 and translated into 10 languages since. This play remains a top-produced piece. Carey Crockett once again joins the Storybook Theatre to bring one of the oldest stories to life. Crockett directed last season’s “Pixies, Kings, and Magic Things” in addition to earlier productions of Winnie the Pooh, Pinocchio, and Toad of Toad Hall. Crockett has over 30 years experience in theatre for young audiences. The creative team includes Carey Crockett (Director), D. Thomas Beck (Technical Director), Steve Retsky (Scenic Design, Amphitheatre productions), Carey Crockett (Scenic Designer, Touring), Flora Anderson (Costume Designer), and Ana Warner (Props Design). Tickets on sale at the MPC Box Office (646-4213) and online at https:// secure3.TicketGuys.com/mpc Performances are Saturday and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. (Sept. 8, 9, 15, 16, 22, and 23) at the MPC Amphitheatre (980 Fremont Street, Monterey). The MPC Box Office is located at 980 Fremont St., Monterey. Tickets are $15 adults; $12 young adults (16-21) and military, and $9 for children 15 and under. Tickets may be purchased from the MPC Box Office (831-646-4213) Wednesdays from 3:00 – 7:00 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., at the performance venue 90 minutes prior to any performance, or online at https:// secure3.TicketGuys.com/mps. Storybook Theatre productions are made possible in part by grants and support from The Monterey Peninsula Volunteer Services, The Yellow Brick Road Benefit Shop, the S.T.A.R. Foundation, The Jim Tunney Youth Foundation, Allegro Gourmet Pizzeria and our Fairy God Parents.
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Shows opening in September at Carmel Art Association
The Carmel Art Association will host a series of events beginning in September. Beginning on Sept. 8 from 6-8:00 p.m. a reception will be held for three new shows opening at the Carmel Art Association galleries. Realist painter Pamela Carrol presents “New Works,” a still life show that pays homage to days gone by women’s navy and white spectator pumps atop a weathered vintage suitcase; an open suitcase with an antique map, silk necktie and a pair of classic wing-tip oxford dress shoes perched inside; antiquated kitchen appliances and more. These are finely detailed and carefully crafted realistic oil paintings. Next comes “Elements” by Jan Wagstaff and Richard Tette. Wagstaff’s larger format pieces on canvas and on paper explore life forms in and around natural bodies of water; Tette’s serene landscapes are inspired by sparsely populated inland areas of the Central Coast. Painters Guenevere Schwein and Mary Burr are featured in the September Gallery Showcase. Schwein’s “cupcake series” (oils painted on wood) provides a colorful feast for the eyes. Burr has created figurative pieces using acrylic on canvas and charcoal and ink on paper. The shows run from Sept. 6 through Oct. 2. There is also a special event to take place, called “Wine with Will.” Fans of watercolorist Will Bullas won’t want to miss an evening with the visual punmaker on Fri., Sept. 14 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Bullas hosts a visual presentation of his unique approach to the medium of watercolor. He will also entertain with anecdotes of his career revealing some of the resulting humor behind his awardwinning imagery. Wine will be served ($2/per glass) starting at 5:30, and the free presentation begins at 6:00 p.m. RSVP by calling (831) 624-6176 Ext. 12. The Carmel Art Association is located on Dolores Street between 5th and 6th and is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5p.m. For more information, please visit www.carmelart.org or call (831)624-6176.
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Call it Meatloaf, Little Buttercup, Name In Dispute Flavin: It’s your basic Japanese alley cat Jane Roland
Animal Tales This is a reprint of an old column, I think new readers might like. We are in the middle of a visit from daughter, Jennie, and her two little girls. They leave on Monday and my life will be back on track. I will introduce myself properly. In the meantime – enjoy. In 1973 we bought our home on Grove Street in Monterey. Our next door neighbor was an old friend, Sean Flavin. A few years later Sean married Becky Paul who brought to the union two children — a girl, Kate, and a son, Philip. Sean’s boys were already out of the nest. Recently, we had a visit from Philip, who returned recently from Japan and is on his way to Australia and a new job. He has been a student and a teacher of many fascinating subjects, one of which is the koto, a stringed Japanese musical instrument. His visit reminded me of an incident some years ago when Philip had matriculated to graduate studies in Japan and was home on a visit. The tale was told to me and I have fictionalized the situation as it may have happened: “I certainly enjoy having Philip home,” said Becky to the back of the newspaper as she placed a plate of eggs in front of it. “Hmmmm….,” said the newspaper. The telephone rang and Becky ran to answer it, stepping over various sleeping dogs and cats. [Our relationship is further strengthened by the Flavins’ profound love of animals and we have even shared a feline who left our house in a huff over a new kitten.] “Is this the Philip Flavin residence?” “No, well yes, would you like to speak to him?” “No, ma’am, we just wondered what you want us to do with the cat.” A short time later the young vacationer was sitting with his parents at the dining table. “...and where did you plan to get the $150 that Mitsui wants to release the animal?” screamed Becky, her normally placid exterior electric with rage. By then Sean had entered the discussion, “Wait a minute, Becky, let Philip tell us about the cat. Perhaps it’s very rare and valuable.” Sean is an attorney and his analytical mind searches for a logical explanation to every problem. Philip sighed with relief, happy that his father had decided to mediate. “Well, Meatloaf…” “Meatloaf!? “ Becky was accustomed to erudite and gentle names for animals and had christened hers as follows: Shy Ann, Daphne, and the cats, Balthazar and Minerva... “Well, you see, she is a Shinjuku alley cat...” Shinjuku is a district in Tokyo like Greenwich Village. Philip and his friends had rescued the kitten from under a truck. She lived with him until it was time to leave for home and he could find no one who wanted a 10-week-old cat of uncertain lineage. Philip was certain that his parents, who were devoted to animals, worked tirelessly for humane organizations and spent thousands of dollars with veterinarians, would not turn
Whole Foods Market helps Aquarium Children’s Education Fund and more
The nonprofit Monterey Bay Aquarium and its Children’s Education Fund will benefit from Whole Foods Market Community Giving Day on Wed., Aug. 29. Five percent of the day’s net sales from all Whole Foods Market Northern California and Reno stores will support aquarium programs. Purchases at any of the 37 stores in the region will benefit the aquarium, which admits more than 80,000 schoolchildren free of charge for education programs each year. The aquarium also provides science education training for teachers, and environmental leadership youth programs through its Teen Conservation Leaders initiative. “We’re so pleased to partner with Whole Food Market through its Community Giving Days,” said Cynthia Vernon, aquarium vice president for education, guest and research programs. “It’s a tremendous way for our friends to support ocean conservation while shopping.” The aquarium and Whole Foods Market collaborate in other ways throughout the year, including a national collaboration under which all Whole Foods’ purchases of wild-caught seafood are guided by the sustainability standards established by either the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program or seafood programs of the Blue Ocean Institute.
We’re having a Birthday Party Sept. 7 and you’re invited Cedar Street Times was founded four years ago, in September 2008. On Sept. 7, which is First Friday and Art Walk night, we’ll hold a birthday party for ourselves at our new offices at 306 Grand Ave. in Pacific Grove. It’s a drop-in and meet-and-greet. Several of our contributors will be here to meet the public. Between 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., all are invited to stop by, meet us, and share some birthday cake or salsa -- your preference.
away a four-legged homeless feline. He was, of course, right. Meatloaf, whose name was changed in transept to “Little Buttercup” arrived on the doorstep 15 hours later and Sean reluctantly handed over a check for $150, mentally filing the amount under “education expenses.” Name In Dispute Flavin, as she was known at the vet’s, received the appropriate shots and was brought home. Daphne, the airdale, sat on the back steps sulking. She had borne it well when first Minerva and then Shy Ann had joined the ménage but somehow this newcomer was not “one of us.” It was all too much for the good-natured animal. Philip returned to San Francisco. The usually tranquil atmosphere was charged with snarls and whines. The two resident cats would not let N.I.D.near her food. Becky decided to visit her brother in Fresno, Sean went to work on weekends and Philip announced he was retuning to Tokyo in a week. The household was in chaos when a friend from Carmel Valley called Becky who was heading out the door with her luggage. “Oh, we are heartbroken, we had him for such a long time, but it was time.” Becky commiserated in her kind, gentle way, “It is wrenching to lose a pet, but there is one thing that you must do, get another at once” “Actually,” she continued “we have an adorable kitten that Philip sent home. We would hate to give her up but will do it for you, knowing she will help you heal”. And that is how a small Shinjuku alley cat came to rule a large country home in Carmel Valley. Becky did not go to Fresno, Sean worked weekends only when necessary, the animals returned to their tranquil pattern. Meatloaf, Little Buttercup, Name in Dispute, became simply “Cat.”
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Letters
Opinion “Tombstone” not “Last Home Town” Editor: I am a retired elementary school teacher, who has committed my life to public education. I spent all of my income to purchase a property that had a secondary unit. The City of Pacific Grove and my realtor assured me the unit could be rented out separately. It was the “guaranteed income” selling point of my property, and I had a tenant renting it at the time of my purchase. There were permits, going back to 1931, proving that the dwelling was permitted, and was also renovated for rental in 1975 (the year before I purchased my home). I am now retired and living on extremely limited income. The City decided to enter my property based on a third party’s accusation, without providing notice to me, the property owner. The City of Pacific Grove then decided the building permits issued in 1975 do not support the second dwelling unit and issued a Code Violation with the potential for the City to cite $2,500 per day for the violation. The City, in essence, has decided that I am guilty, and I (being the property owner) must prove innocence, despite the building permits, the taxes paid since 1975 along with the separate insurance on the second dwelling unit. The difficulty for me is this: How do you prove something that occurred almost 40 years ago, when the City’s record-keeping was minimal and buildings were erected based on handshakes? Lisa Milligan Pacific Grove
Thank you for cleaning Rip Van Winkle Editor,
On behalf of all the dog-walkers, joggers, and others who are regular visitors to the Rip Van Winkle Open Space Area off Congress Ave. in PG, I wish to thank the community services of Pacific Grove and Pebble Beach for arranging to have workers saw off and remove the numerous logs that have fallen across the paths of the park area during the last few years, so that we can all freely and more easily use these paths and not be afraid that we (and possibly our dogs) will injure ourselves trying to get across them or around them in the thick brush. An important part of our daily lives have been made much easier as a result. Also, we are grateful that the controversy over the parking area a couple of years ago was finally settled in a way to make everyone concerned happy, and that the parking area arrangement is now more satisfactory for everyone concerned. Howard Rowland Monterey
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Jellyfishes’ public image verges on getting tarnished Tom Stevens
Otter Views Crumbling the last of the old loaf for the resident crows, I walked to Pavel’s Bakery the other morning to line up for fresh bread. I’ve learned to go early in the day, when the crows’ preferred flavor is still available. They like the farmer’s threeseed loaf. Bread in hand, I was sauntering back down the block when a flotilla of big, blue jellyfish caught my eye. Suspended in a florist’s windows, they shimmered demurely in the drizzly morning light. Crafted from puffs of voile, ropes of yarn and glittery strands of costume jewelry, the jellyfish floated above blue-green currents of some sparkly, artfully gathered fabric. As I admired the florist’s window, the Dutch door admitted a faint breeze, and the jellyfish started moving in unison, like a slow-motion undersea corps de ballet. It was a Walt Disney moment. The florist’s display provided a soothing anti-venom following recent coverage of ocean swimmer Diana Nyad’s fourth bid to swim from Cuba to Florida. Like her earlier third attempt, this one failed not for lack of preparation, courage, logistical support or stamina, but because of too many jellyfish stings. For this fourth attempt to swim the 90 miles separating Cuba and the Florida Keys, Nyad wore a sting-resistant bodysuit and special facial protection. Only her lips were exposed, but that was enough. After plying the water for 40 hours through storms and currents, Nyad was finally pulled out by an escort team worried her body had absorbed too much toxin. Photos taken at that time showed painfully swollen lips and a face as puffy as a postfight boxer’s. Answering media queries later about what had halted a promising effort, Nyad replied in three words: “Too many jellyfish.” In a PBS News Hour segment, the 63-year-old swimmer told an interviewer “the oceans are different now” from when she started open water swimming in her youth. In earlier crossings, she said, her
principal concerns were sharks, storms, currents and exhaustion. She encountered jellyfish as well, but not in the swarms of recent years. Diana Nyad is only one observer of ocean changes. But her experience over several decades of salt water distance swimming corroborates something marine scientists are finding in other ocean environments: an explosion of jellies. As global climate change causes the oceans to grow warmer and more acidic, some researchers posit that new water chemistry will doom some species but give others a boost. Jellyfish are among the likeliest to thrive. Some scientists even forecast an oceanic dystopia where vast fleets of vampire jellies darken otherwise barren seas. If things reach that point, it could sink the jellies’ buoyant public image hereabouts. From florist windows to foam and plastic miniatures twirling from porch rails, jellyfish abide in PG. You don’t have to spend much time here to realize this is a jelly-friendly town. Every year, Pacific Grove elementary students don multi-colored, many-layered outfits fashioned from recycled plastics. Then they form up as a jubilant “moon jellyfish” contingent in the spring parade. As they wobble through town with their streamers fluttering, the crowd murmurs “Awww,” not “Ahhhh!!!!” Meanwhile, jellyfish also get star billing at one of the region’s leading economic drivers, the Monterey Aquarium. There an entire room showcases jellies in all their dazzling diversity and filamentary finery. Faces close to the glass, viewers watch the back-lit jellies pulse and drift in eerie silence, as if free-falling through space. But those are captive jellies, dancing in an alien enclosure for air-breathing admirers. Out in their own world, as Diana Nyad suggests, the jellies are massing in unprecedented numbers. If we air-breathers need a prompt to reduce our carbon footprint, Nyad’s latest swim could serve as the stinger.
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Future Shock: Returning to Turkey as a tourist, 50 years later Howard Rowland
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Turkey’s Distant Past in Konya
A View From Abroad In early May of this year I went on a Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce sponsored two-week tour of Turkey, with chamber member Moe Ammar as our leader and assistant guide to help shepherd the 35-member group around like devoted border collies. It was a whirlwind tour of the main sights of Istanbul, Ankara, and Central and Western Turkey (Kapadokya, Konya, Ephesus, Troy, and Gallipoli, for example), and provided us with a very good look at the country, with an outstanding local guide, Mustafa Mirkelam, as our informant with encyclopedic-like knowledge of all the places we visited. For me personally, however, it was also a far different kind of experience. During almost the whole tour, I had a chronic case of future shock. The dictionary defines “future shock” as the “inability to cope with rapid progress,” and that was exactly the feeling that I had. I had served one year of a US Army enlistment as a Russian linguist at a listening post in Sinop, Turkey, on the southern coast of the Black Sea in 1962-63, and had also bummed around extensively in Turkey on a low budget on cheap busses during mid-1963 and early 1965 and had seen the country, so to speak, “at the gut level.” What I saw everywhere then was a distinctly Third World nation that was struggling to enter the age of modernization and democratization, but was still populated, to a large extent, by peasant-looking men and women wearing baggy clothes who used their ever-suffering donkeys and old trucks for transportation and lived in very rickety-looking wooden houses and crumbling stone homes that looked like they were not long for the world. What I encountered nearly 50 years later, in 2012, was an unbelievably dynamic-looking
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nation with large, modern-looking cities, very attractive-looking little houses in the countryside, an infinite number of large apartment buildings both built and being built on hillsides wherever one looks, and a network of new, modern city streets and highways that California would now love to have. And a great many of the people everywhere were dressed quite nicely and were obviously “on their way up in the world.” Tourism is now an enormous business in Turkey, and must be one of the nation’s major sources of income for all this prosperity that one now sees there. Wherever one goes to major tourist sites such as the St. Sophia museum, Sultan Ahmet mosque, and Topkapi palace in Istanbul, the Ataturk mausoleum in Ankara, the Mevlana museum in Konya, and the ancient Greek and Roman ruins in Ephesus and Bergama, there are literally mobs of tourists (and local schoolchildren) patiently waiting their turn to enter them. In the 1960s, when I was at most of these very same places, one simply walked in
View across a cemetery of the Mevlana Museum, formerly a monastery and home to the order of the Whirling Dervishes. and there was only a handful of other tourists around. I could not believe that any country could economically and otherwise change and progress to such a degree in the space of only a few decades— especially a country like Turkey with its long past in one of the most ancient
parts of the world. But seeing is believing, and I have seen it with my own eyes. It seems that, in terms of progress and modernization, Turkey has left its Middle Eastern neighbors to the south and east far behind. I leave it to historians, political scientists, and others to explain how and why this has happened.
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sponsored by canterbury Woods • central coast Senior Services • family inHome caregiving grand avenue flooring & interiors
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Hometown Bulletin BOARD ACUPUNCTURE
Pacific Grove Acupuncture Traditional Chinese Medicine Jacquelyn Byrd 831-393-4876 ANIMAL SERVICES
Big Foot Dog Walking & Animal Sitting Antoinette 373-2041 Reasonable Rates
BOOKS
Self-Publish Your Book PARK PLACE PUBLICATIONS Patricia Hamilton, 831-649-6640 Call for a FREE Consultation www.ParkPlacePublications.com
WOODYARD
FUNERAL HOME DIRECT CREMATION $895 Locally Owned and Operated In-Home Arrangements, Available 24 Hours FD2001 831-678-9100 Est. 2009
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR H SENIOR DISCOUNTS H
TREE SERVICE
MISSION MORTUARY
IVERSON’S TREE SERVICE
AP ELECTRIC
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR
EXPERIENCED • PROFESSIONAL • BONDED
Quality Computers • Superior Service • Free Diagnostics 535 Foam Street, Suite 102, New Monterey (Directly across from Hodges Rental All) (831) 649-9500 • Hours: M-F 8:30-5:30 www.computercorner.us
PC Computers All-In-One
Fast, honest, affordable, onsite computer services to home users and small businesses.
Lic. 938629
Music Reading - Theory - Classical Technique Composition - Recitals in PG at Chautauqua Hall www.facebook.com/monterey guitar
WINDOW CLEANING
The Squeegee Man
Since 1999
Commercial & Residential Window & Awning Cleaning FREE ESTIMATES
Sewer Videos Pipe Bursting (Trenchless Sewer Replacement) Krconstruction.com 831-655-3821
HANDYMAN
Lic. # 700124
GOLD BUYER
E&L Home Maintenance CUSTOM REDWOOD MAILBOXES
PACIFIC GROVE GOLD BUYER
Call Edward at 831-648-8426
A NICHE IN TYME 588 Lighthouse, Downtown PG · 831-917-4410
All Home Repair • Plumbing • Carpentry Tile • Painting • Fencing
No Job Too Small
No CA State Lic.
HEATING & COOLING
Get Competitive Bids From 3 Reputable Buyers Before Selling Your Gold/Silver Jewelry, Flatware, Coins and Scrap.
MONTEREY
GOLD & COIN EXCHANGE
8 31-7 37- 4 61 4 303-1 Grand Ave. CASH FOR GOLD We Buy It All
HOME REPAIR
Get 3 estimates before you sell
KR CONSTRUCTION
ROOFING
831-394-8581
LOCKSMITH Glenn’s Key-Lock & Safe “Since 1982” Pacific Grove Qualified Mobile Technicians Call
831-375-8656
Glennskeylockandsafe.com
Lic. #530096
MOLD ISSUES MOLD
ROSS ROOFING
742 Neeson Road, #D, Marina, CA
Historic Renovations
www.edmondsconstruction.com
Lic. #266816
CA Lic. 660892
643-2289 YARD MAINTENANCE
General Contractor Lic. #700124
Kitchens • Windows • Doors • Decks • Remodeling
831-277-6332
· Senior Discounts ·
Phone: 831-655-3821
Reasonably priced • Qualified and Experienced
Stephen G. Ford Painting, Inc.
Trimming · Removal · Planting Fully Insured · Free Estimates
PLUMBING
www.KRCONSTRUCTIONINC.com
831-402-1347
JOHN LEY TREE SERVICE
Pacific Grove
CONSTRUCTION
GENERAL CONTRACTOR New Construction · Renovations · Repairs
Lic. 677370 Www.IversonTreeService.com
PAINTING
Fully Insured
www.pc-computer-all-in-one.com
831-917-8016
(831) 625-5743
TREE SERVICE
(831) 373-6026 1157 Suite A, Forest Ave,
Mike Potter • 831-324-0285
Barak Construction
FD-280
390 Lighthouse Avenue · Pacific Grove 831-375-4191 · www.thepaulmortuary.com
Professional, Clean, Courteous 100% English Speaking Employees. Call today for a free estimate.
COMPUTER SERVICE
Computer Corner
THE PAUL MORTUARY
A Complete Painting Co. Serving the Peninsula Since 1969
GUITAR LESSONS
PHONE: 831-626-4426
Complete Tree Services
831-261-5786
Two Chefs Catering
TWO GIRLS FROM CARMEL
& Stump Removal
Fully Insured
CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED • LIC. #961339
Custom Catering in your home Robert & Bruce Brown Executive Chefs (831) 656-9811
CLEANING
FD-814
450 Camino El Estero · Monterey 831-375-4129 · www.missionmortuary.com
Residential/Commercial • New Construction Renovations, Service & Repairs 16 yrs. experience • Cal Certified & Insured
CATERING
3-D CAD drawings - Lic. 349605
MORTUARY
CREMATION SERVICES
831-970-7089
Inspection Testing Clean-Up
Certified-Environmental.com ... an indoor-air-quality consortium
TAX SERVICE
AceYourTaxes.com
J.W. Warrington & Associates 831-920-1950 620 Lighthouse Ave, PG
Travis H. Long, CPA 706-B Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove 831-333-1041 · www.tlongcpa.com
Bordwell’s Yard Maintenance CLEAN-UP · HAULING WINDOW CLEANING
Whatever it takes to have your property looking great!
Call Chris at 831-917-4410
At your service! Be seen by thousands of potential customers! To advertise in the Cedar Street Times service directory call 831-324-4742. Reasonable prices Two, six, and twelve-month contracts