August 20th Issue

In This Issue

Kiosk Friday, August 20 8 - 10 p.m.

Dance Jam with Jai Dee Chatuaqua Hall Info: freeflowfun@hotmail.com $10.00 / Teens $5 / Youth Free • Friday, August 20 Willy Wonka Discount Preview Outdoor Forest Theater Information: 831•622-0100 • Friday, August 20 RENT Final Weekend Friday Midnight Performance Sunday ASL Matinee MPC Morgan Stock Stage 980 Fremont Street, Monterey www.mpctheatre.com 646-4213 Tickets: $10 - $25 • Monday, August 23 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

PG Farmers’ Market Event Garden Workshop & Native Garden Tour PG Museum of Natural History Central & Grand Market Information Booth • Wednesday, August 25 7 – 8 p.m.

Laurie Gibson Book Publishing 1-2-3: Café 3.1.6 Alvarado Street, Monterey 858 635-1233 • Saturday, August 28 8:00-11:00 a.m.

Pancake Breakfast to benefit PG Youth Center Sponsored by Kiwanis Club at PG Youth Center 302 16th St. $5.00 • Now – August 29 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Friday, Saturday 3:30 p.m. Sunday Broadway a musical Bruce Ariss Wharf Theater Wharf #1 Reservations & Info: 649-2332 0r 372-1373 • Monday, August 30 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.

Armenian Pickling & Salad Cooking Barbara Ghazarian Farmers Market 4 - 7 p.m.

Central & Grand, Pacific Grove Info: 831-384-6961 • Wednesday, September 1 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.

Geological Origins of the Monterey Peninsula Ed Clifton, Geologist Emeritus Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103 980 Fremont Street, Monterey Free but Charge for Parking 831-646-4224 www.gentrain.org • Thursday, Sept. 2 7:00 p.m.

Friends of the Pacific Grove Library Meet the Author Brad Herzog Turn Left At the Trojan Horse Pacific Grove Library 550 Central Avenue • Thursday, September 16 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Pacific Grove Chamber Community Business Expo Chautauqua Hall Central Avenue and 16th Call Heather Hubanks (831) 373-3304

Details, Details - Pages 8-9

August 20-26, 2010

Digging for PG history - Page 10

Summer Festival - Pages 12-13

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Pacific Grove Community News

Vol. II, Issue 48

Sign of summer, as summer ends

A lonely lemonade stand on Lighthouse Avenue in downtown Pacific Grove may be the last sign of summer for children, who started school last week. An unusually cold summer probably made for low sales, but the intrepid stand owner braved the fog. “Weather for Locals,” when the tourists have departed and the sun shines, may arrive yet, as a few sunny days recently brought hope. Photo by Katie Shain.

Beach advisories: bacteria count is above normal

Yellow warning advisories for high water bacteria counts at Pacific Grove beaches are being posted by the Monterey County Health Department. When these signs are present, it is best to stay out of the water.

During the period between April and October, the MCHD takes weekly water samples at key beaches where visitors number above 50,000 in that time span. The Department also looks at what is called a “30-day mean,” or average reading for the month. This month, the sample readings are repeatedly above the 30-day mean. While the counts have not been high enough to warrant beach closures, they are higher than normal. This may result from several different factors, according to John Ramirez at the MCHD in Salinas. These factors include animal population, low wave action and gutter wash from the streets.

Studies continue

Police services consolidation

By Marge Ann Jameson With the passage of an item on the recent City Council agenda, Pacific Grove and Carmel took another small step in the exploration of shared police services between the two cities.

The city entered into an agreement in 2004 to begin the process.

In that agreement, the two cities began sharing animal control and parking enforcement services. In 2009, the Council approved an agreement to share a motorcycle officer for traffic control.

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Backers of measure to support Library will meet on Aug. 28 The citizens committee to support the Pacific Grove Library – PG Library: YES on Q! -- will hold it first volunteer roundup for supporters from 10 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturday, Aug. 28, at Pacific Coast Church, 522 Central Ave., across the street from the library.

The committee’s mailing address is P.O. Box 542, Pacific Grove, CA 93950. Its website is www. yesonpglibrary.com.

The campaign committee, headed by Judy Archibald, Marilynn Gustafson, Greta Miller and Susan Steele, is comprised of long-time residents and leading citizens of Pacific Grove.

Taxi authority seeks members for advisory commitee Monterey County Regional Taxi Authority (RTA) is seeking stakeholder input during the formation of a technical advisory committee (TAC). RTA by-laws allow the board of directors to form committees to provide advice and recommendations to board members. The TAC would ideally be comprised of individuals who represent interests regarding taxi services - both providers and consumers. Examples of interested parties might include the following: taxi drivers, taxi companies, hospitality representatives, local transit and airport districts, disabled individuals, seniors, law enforcement and educational representatives. The TAC will meet monthly and, as a public meeting, will be noticed in advance and subject to the requirements of the Brown Act. All interested parties who wish to join the TAC are invited to fill out the stakeholder information form at www.mst.org and return it to Monterey County Regional Taxi Authority - c/o Theodore Kosub, Monterey-Salinas Transit, One Ryan Ranch Road, Monterey, CA 93940 or fax 831-899-3954 by August 31, 2010. Those nominated to serve on the TAC will be considered by the full RTA board for appointment at its September 13, 2010 meeting.

p CONSOLIDATION From Page 1 The addendum approved on August 18 essentially gives the city managers of both cities more authority in the matter, but it also requires reporting.

The idea of consolidation of police departments around the Monterey Peninsula rests on two points: more comprehensive and effective police services for all, and at less cost.

Pointing to city, state and federal financial difficulties, Pacific Grove Chief of Police darius Engles said, “Financial constraints are clearly the catalyst for this consideration and cost savings is one of the driving forces, but it should not be the only benefit. If we save money through a consolidation,” he said, “but put our police services at risk, we don’t need a partner [with Carmel].

We can do that on our own.”

Engles is concerned with what he terms a “subtle reduction in service” whereby police personnel are are tasked with duties that remove or prevent them from their primary responsibilities, duties beyond their training, scope and discipline.

If Pacific Grove and Carmel consolidate, he theorizes that there will be stronger police departments than would be maintained separately.

Mayor Carmelita Garcia asked for a more precise cost savings, but engles says that can’t be done yet. A guess has been put at $400,000 annually if one chief retires – leaving the other as a joint chief – and if overtime is decreased., also in the equation is consolidation of records and dispatch services.

By December, 2010 a feasibility analysis is expected and a potential Joint Powers authority or Shared Services Agreement could be offered by June, 2011.

Music and Clowns in the Park coming

Third in the series of free entertainments presented at Jewell Park will be Sonshine Clowns and friends, offering face painting, balloon sculptures, magic, music, singing and dancing. Nancy Phillips, a jazz singer and instrumentalist, will offer up musical entertainment as well.

The event is free to the public and will begin at 12:30, offering family entertainment until 3:30. Come out and bring a picnic lunch and be prepared for great family entertainment.

Workshop and tour of Museum Garden

Native Garden Workshop featuring Designer of the PG Museum of Natural History’s Native Garden, Eleanor Athens at the Pacific Grove Farmers’ Market on Monday, Aug. 23 at 5:30 PM. Note the new location at Central and Grand Ave. The demonstration will include educational workshop and walking tour of the Museum of Natural History’s native garden.

The workshop topic will focus on creating sustainable backyard habitats with an emphasis on butterfly gardening and utilizing native plants. There will be free flower and vegetable seeds to participants and one lucky participant will win a worm-compost bin.

This workshop is funded by the Monterey County Weekly Community Fund. The entire event is free and will begin at the Market Info Booth. More information may be obtained at 384-6961.

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Upcoming Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District offerings include a pair of programs on Elkhorn Slough and one on Monterey Bay

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Cop log PG Dog Gone Dog Report

A report came in about a dog barking in the area of Pacific Ave. The person stated to the officer that the dog howls and barks at people as they walk by and this person is concerned that the dog will get out and injure someone. The officer located the residence and noted both sides of the residence were secured by 3-4 foot fences and locked gates. As the officer stood by the gate the dog did not respond with barking and it also didn’t respond to the officer whistling at it.

Unauthorized Policing of the Rec. Trail

A woman reported that on several occasions while running on the Rec. Trail near The Hopkins Marine Station, she has been yelled at and intimidated by an unidentified male. She stated he yells at her “Bikes only!” and “Get off the Rec. Trail!” On this particular date he road near her moving his bicycle in a manner as to run over her and her 3 month-old child. He is described as a white male in his 50’s with blonde hair, sunglasses, wearing a yellow bike vest, black bike pants, and a dark color helmet, riding an unknown color street bike. The woman stated that he does this to her and other people while riding down the bike trail.

Theft or Not

A person reported that a customer loaded up their cart full with groceries and left the store in the Country Gate area without paying. The customer was contacted; she advised that she had paid for the items but paid cash and was unable to locate her receipt.

It’s my spot, no it’s my spot

A woman reported that her neighbor became aggressive over a parking issue.

She stated this was the second time that the neighbor had become aggressive and was concerned that the problem with him may escalate and requested the incident be documented.

Once again: Call your friends first!

A woman reported that an unknown person had hacked into her email account and was attempting to defraud her friends and family by asking them to send money out of the country. One friend was reported to have sent $4800 to London, believing it was the woman who reported the incident.

Pharmacy held up for drugs

On August 18, 2010 at approximately 1:28 p.m., Pacific Grove Police Department received a call of a robbery that had just occurred at the Safeway located at 1212 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove.

The suspect, described as a Hispianic male adult, mid-20’s, 5'7" to 5'9", 150 lbs., wearing a black baseball cap with the white “DC” (shoe) logo, blue zip down weatshirt with unknown white writing on the back, gray sweat pants, and white shoes, entered the Safeway and approached a pharmacist’s assistant in the pharmacy department of the store. The suspect handed the assistant a handwritten note demanding to be given Oxycontin “or it won’t be good.” The suspect had his hand in his right jacket pocket apparently holding or simulating a weapon. The suspect was given an undisclosed amount of Oxycontin. He then left the store and was last seen heading eastbound toward Ransford Avenue. A possibly involved vehicle was seen leaving the area around the same time; it was described by witnesses as a “dirty” late 1980’s to early 1990’s dark gray or black Ford Explorer.

Pacific Grove Police Department Investigations is following up on possible leads in the case. Anyone with any information is encouraged to call Det. Meghan Bliss at 831-648-3143.

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Two programs on Elkhorn Slough and one on Monterey Bay are among the upcoming nature activities offered by the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District (mprpd.org).

Details about these three programs are below. For full information on all activities, please see The Park District’s spring/summer “Let’s Go Outdoors!” guide or visit the website mprpd.org.

Discover Elkhorn Slough

Glide the tides and discover the awe that is Elkhorn Slough. Paddle your kayak and listen for the seagull chorus, sea lions barking and the young otter pups screeching.

This guided tour is a symphony of sights and sounds for all levels of paddlers. Gear is provided.

Ages 5-adult (an adult must accompany minors), 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sunday, August 22, Moss Landing, North Harbor, $45 (district resident), $50 (non-district resident), plus $10 materials fee paid at site. Instructor: Kayak Connection.

Whale of a Good Time!

The waters of Monterey Bay are the best place to view marine mammals and seabirds. Teeming with life, the bay hosts a rich variety of whales, dolphins and birds.

Climb aboard to view marine life from a comfortable boat piloted by an experienced captain with narration by a marine biologist.

Ages 3-adult, 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m., Sunday, August 22, Fisherman’s Wharf, Monterey, ages 3-12, $23 (district resident), $25 (non-district resident); ages 13 and up, $34/$38.

Instructor: Monterey Bay Whale Watch.

Full Moon Paddle

Paddle under the light of the full moon, surrounded by the shimmering still water.

Watch the sunset and the moonrise from the vantage point of a kayak on Elkhorn Slough.

Paddling experience is not required, as a trained guide will lead you through the slough.

Ages 8-adult (an adult must accompany minors), 7-10 p.m., Tuesday, August 24, Moss Landing, North Harbor, $45 (district resident), $50 (non-district resident), plus $10 materials fee paid at site. Instructor: Kayak Connection.

Pre-registration is strongly suggested for all classes and programs offered by the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District (MPRPD). Register online at www.mprpd. org or in-person between 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Tuesday-Friday at the MPRPD office, 60 Garden Court, Suite 325, Monterey (check, money order, Visa or MasterCard accepted). If space is available, there is an additional charge of $5 to register the day of the class. On-site registration begins 20 minutes prior to the start of the class. All check-in and registration closes 5 minutes before the class begins. Contact is Joseph Narvaez, at 372-3196, ext. 3

Dog & Cat Days brunch and dance

The Monterey Moose Lodge #876 in Del Rey Oaks will sponsor a brunch and dance to support the Animal Friends Rescue Project with the Dog & Cat Days of Summer Brunch and Dance Fundraiser on Sunday, August 29. Enjoy brunch while listening to the music of the Marias from 11:30-2, then dance to The Casuals. There will be a raffle, silent auction and door prizes. Bring a bag of cat food and receive two 50/50 raffle tickets.

Tickets are available at the Moose Lodge at 555 Canyon Del Rey in Del Rey Oaks or at the AFRP Adoption Center at 560 Lighthouse Ave. Tickets for the event are a $15 minimum donation and raffle tickets are $2 each or 12 for $20. Tickets will also be available at the door on the day of the event.

For more information visit www.animalfriendsrescue.org or call 831-333-0722.

Business Expo set by Chamber

The Pacific Grove Chamber will host the second Community Business Expo on Thursday, September 16 from 4:00 pm to 7:00 p.m. at Chautauqua Hall located at the corner of Central Avenue and 16th Street in downtown Pacific Grove.

The purpose of the Expo is to facilitate personal communication opportunities between consumers and the business Community.

“It is a great way to promote businesses, build relationships, and reach new clients,” stated Henry Nigos, chairman of the Chamber and owner of Nigos Investments.

Complimentary wine and refreshments will be served at the Expo.

Drawings for gifts, services and certificates will be held every 30 minutes. Sponsors of the Community Business Expo include Family inHome Caregiving, Canterbury Woods, Natural Veterinary Therapy, RABOBANK, Digital Home Convergence Designs, Pacific Grove Optometric Center and Mykel’s Interiors. Admission to the event is free and open to the public.

For more information call Heather Hubanks at the Chamber (831) 373-3304.

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A New You in 2010

Health & Well-Being

News Flash: You Don’t Have To Struggle!

Thought For The day...

Thought For Life...NOW!

“...that if you see yourself as prosperous, you will be.

If you see yourself as continually hard up, that is exactly what you will be.”

-Robert Collier Having the Life that you desire…a Life that serves you and others…a Life that YOU CHOOSE and deliberately create is about learning how to give up the struggle.

This is why we will talk about it frequently.

Struggle is trying to rearrange the world so that it aligns with the way you think it should be. It is the greatest source of unhappiness in our world today. It happens when you focus on what you perceive you don’t have, instead of embracing, as well as being grateful for what you do have.

The need to struggle and labor, sometimes with tremendous effort to get what we want is an illusion and like all other illusions (or assumptions), by their very nature, they keep us from seeing the Truth that is right before us. The Truth of us…The Truth of who we are. The magnificence of who we inherently are… which provides for our Authentic Power

Rhonda M. Farrah, M.A.

Wellness Empowerment and Self, that, in turn, provides for a Life of abundance and goodness, and Joy, regardless of situation, circumstance or event.

We live in a time of striking contrasts.

There is tremendous prosperity and at the same time there is also tremendous poverty. Why is this so? The reason is that we (meaning all of us on this planet) must change our paradigm…if we would CHOOSE TO… and see abundance as a Heartset, as well as mindset.

Abundance is waking up to the reality that you are already the person you yearn to become and that you already have everything you need. We are IT…NOW! We just need to Believe that… in order that IT…Spirit/Source/Creator may serve us.

The denial, or more accurately the resistance to your true nature is what keeps you struggling. Abundance is about lovingly accepting WHO and WHERE you

are IN THIS MOMENT. It is focusing on all that you have and not losing yourself in all that you don’t have. In the end, it is this thought that allows us to live in the Flow of unstoppable riches in every area of our lives…that is, body, mind, Spirit, financially, and socially, as well!

Today will bring you a new awareness, a lesson or a manifestation that you are making progress - IF YOU LOOK FOR IT! No matter how large or small, I invite you to WRITE IT DOWN! It will only take a few moments and will AUTOMATICALLY put you in the Flow.

To Your Abundance and Empowerment in All Ways!

With Love & Blessings!

Rhonda

“There is a mighty Power within you. There is that Spirit of Life, Light, and Love. The more you feast on these ideas and fast from old corrosive ones, the closer you experience the Life you desire.”

-Frank Richelieu, The Art of Being Yourself Rhonda M. Farrah, MA, DRWA The Wellness Institute International Rhonda M. Farrah, MA, Author, Speaker, Entrepreneur, and Spiritual Teacher is dedicated to the practice of Health & Wellness Empowerment, assisting individuals in developing life strategies to help them help themselves. Her creative endeavors are dedicated to individual empowerment and the conscious evolution of humankind...all earthlings... that we may align perfectly with our Creator, fulfilling our Purpose while enjoying its Process.

Rhonda’s Health & Wellness Empowerment Coaching includes programs that allow us to become as healthy, fit and trim...in body, mind and Spirit...as we choose to be.

Rhonda may be contacted at thewellnessinstitute@comcast.net www.thewellnessinstitute.tv

Sandy Brewer gets to the Heart of What Matters Local author and talk radio show host Sandy Brewer, PhD, debuts her new talk radio program, the ‘Sandy Brewer Show’ on KRXA 540 AM Saturday afternoons from 4 to 5 PM beginning September 4th.

Sandy speaks with ease and a ready smile as she talks about the focus of her show: Getting to the Heart of What Matters in Your Life. Sandy provides empowering perspectives about life’s everyday challenges answering questions with wisdom, blunt pragmatism and humor laced with a ‘been there–done that’ kindness.

Sandy is a Human Behavior and Relationship Expert with more than 33 years in the field of personal and professional growth and development. She is an award winning author, renowned speaker, coach and humanitarian. She was the Founder and CEO of “A Bridge for the Children,” a program she developed to work with abused and traumatized children.

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court and was featured on NBC’s Nightly News with Tom Brokaw as well as an award-winning nationally televised documentary based entirely on her work. While living in Denver, Sandy chaired “Project Operation Shelter,” one of the first bi-partisan programs to house the homeless during the winter months in Denver, CO. She has been a featured speaker at venues from Alice Tully Hall in Lincoln Center, New York to the Grand Ballroom at The Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles, as well as internationally.

Her light-heartedness, upbeat attitude and knowledge are an inspiration. A recent cancer survivor, Sandy also survived a brutal childhood of such extreme parental abuse that she came close to death more than once. She learned how to overcome her history of abuse by choosing to use these experiences as tools for learning, gaining strength and wisdom, and ultimately an extraordinary capacity for caring.

A skilled communicator, Sandy effortlessly gets to the heart of what matters speaking with openness and affirmative information interwoven with pragmatic strategies. She is a unique woman, filled with laughter, clarity and compassion who “talks the talk” based on her first-hand experience of having “walked the walk.”

Sandy’s compelling memoir, Pursuit of Light, An Extraordinary Journey, was recently awarded its third literary award. It is an entertaining, soul-stirring, master trope in the art of healing that shares her true-life story of how she came to find the presence and strength of the human spirit within her, and the “how-to’s” of choice – how others can look at their lives from a new perspective and, by exercising power of choice, empower their lives today.

Listeners can call 831-899-KRXA with their questions. The show will also be streamed on-line at www.SandyBrewerShow.com.

Donations sought for yard sale to benefit Lyme disease victim

Bitten by a deer tick in her early teens, Delana contracted Lyme’s disease but only recently was diagnosed with Late Stage Neurological Lyme disease.

Lyme is an inflammatory disease which, if left untreated – as Delana’s was – can be debilitating, and even fatal.

Jamie, her friend since junior high school days in Pacific Grove, wants to help. She says that Delana is a kind-hearted and generous woman who never hesitates to help others. Delana works with Hospice, Griefbusters (an organization which helps abused children in recovery) and was a veterinary technician for some years.

Jamie has planned a yard sale and is asking for donations of usable items. One hundred percent of the proceeds will go to Delana, and other activities are planned.

To donate, call Jamie at 831-233-2064. The yard sale will be held on August 28 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. At 846 Lyndon Street in Monterey, which is near the intersection of Prescott and David.

Co-opting a popular saying, “When life gives you Lyme, make lymeaid,” writes a blog about her battle with Lyme disease as well as child abuse: http://www. makinglymeaid.blogspot.com/

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Olympic bobsledder comes to PG

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Canterbury Woods residents trek to Ansel Adams show

Above: : Cunningham demonstrates a proper starting position for a bobsled run.

Below: Olympic athlete Nick Cunningham hands out autographed photos.

Photos courtesy Canterbury Woods

By Cameron Douglas “This is the best part of the job,” said Nick Cunningham to a packed Middle School auditorium on August 11. There he addressed an enthusiastic student body on their first day of classes about making good choices and never giving up.

Cunningham, whose athletic efforts have taken him to the 2010 Olympic Games, is a Monterey High graduate who went on to MPC and then to Boise State University. After his athletic career seemed to derail, he tried bobsledding in 2008 and began winning medals.

“If you have a dream, go out and do it,” Cunningham said.

“My whole life, I’d been told I couldn’t do things.” He talked about overcoming adversity, taking risks and setting goals — even after your goal is achieved. Among his “failures” he counted track, football and racecar driving. “Now look at me,” he said with a grin. Cunningham also addressed students at PG High.

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Canterbury Woods residents recently enjoyed a sunny outing to La Mirada Art Museum, which is currently hosting an exhibit of Ansel Adam’s works. On loan from his daughter, this collection was hand-picked and assembled by Adams himself, to represent what he considered to be a reflection of his best works.

Docent Mary Hill’s charming southern accent makes her the perfect hostess for a tour of this historic home--which is now a gem-of-an-art-museum.

Between the staffs from Canterbury Woods and La Mirada, residents of all mobility-levels are seamlessly transported and enjoy the opportunity to visit the exhibits and grounds. (Overheard between some out-of-town visitors getting into their car: “That was the perfect museum experience for me – those huge museums can be so overwhelming!”)

La Mirada staff shared engaging stories about the property, owners, famous visitors, and of course the artists and their works.

Strolling through the rose garden amid the wonderful fragrances, Margenette Bass was content to find the variety of Cecil Brunner roses she recalled from her father’s garden in her childhood years (top photo). And no visit would be complete without a dose of southern hospitality when Mary serves cookies and lemonade under the umbrellas on the Rose Garden terrace. (Center and bottom photos) No wonder La Mirada is a favorite stop among the many wonderful peninsula destinations Canterbury Woods residents have to choose from.

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High Hats & Parasols The News … from 1910.

Need heat? Try Cole.

Thomas Cope has earned the exclusive right to sell in Pacific Grove Cole’s Original Air-Tight Wood Stoves. These stoves are considered to be the finest quality made and are sold bearing remarkable guarantees. 1

Cole Manufacturing Company warrants that each stove will hold fire overnight, with dry wood. Cole also claims that combustion is so complete that ashes need not be removed oftener than four times each winter. And, of course, Cole guarantees each stove to be free from imperfect material and workmanship. In short, Cole’s stoves will stand up under severe usage and give its users permanent satisfaction.

A manufacturer’s representative explained that Cole’s air-tight construction gives perfect control over your fire. A large, sensitive radiating surface, which responds quickly to the fire, radiates all the heat for a slow economical combustion of the fuel.

You can light your fire at night and be certain that you will have heat when you awaken the next morning.

It is a good thing to know that no matter how much greater is the price of other wood stoves, the makers cannot or will not write you a guarantee like Cole. Prices start at $30. Contact Mr. Thomas Cope or call at the Pacific Grove Review office for more information.

With a Cole, you’ll never be cold again.

Summary of required readings

Participants in Chautauqua discussion sessions should prepare themselves by reading these books. The emphasis, this session, is on learning about England. 2

Demorcratic England by Percy Alden. A discussion, by a former member of the House of Commons, of the chief developments and principles in social legislation in England.

Among English Hedgerows by Clifton Johnson. This book offers a charming portrayal of English rural life by an author who is also an illustrator.

Thru England with Tennyson by Dr. Oliver Huckel. Huckel takes his readers on a literary pilgrimage to the Tennyson country.

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Freshly caught redfish is now 10¢ a pound at Central Market. We’re located at 584 Lighthouse.

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Get your personalized cake from the Grove bakery. Chocolate center with vanilla cream frosting. 50¢ each. Inscription included.

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Three room house with small barn. No indoor bath. Located on Fifteenth. Available by the month for $9.

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This new style of wood-burning stove, called airtight, contained the fire within a metal box, allowing much more of the wood to be burned completely and more slowly, reducing smoke, and improving heat efficiency. While Cole stoves were becoming popular, they could not stand up to the venerable Franklins. Cole did, however, design a system of “piping” to carry heat throughout the home, the predecessor of “forced air” heating.

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Think that the reading requirements of the Chautauqua sound a bit strenuous?

Perhaps, but consider that participants were also taught to read and speak Greek and Latin. Such rewarding enterprises have today been replaced by television.

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The culprit was most likely a couple of boys who took the rig for a joy ride, then were overcome by conscience. However, research has not yet revealed the culprit(s) identity.

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As noted by a character in the columnist’s story The Game, a library is rarely appreciated before it is no longer available.

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Fried cakes were the predecessors of doughnuts, first mentioned in a recipe book in 1803.

Carriage and pair stolen

About three o’clock this morning, someone stole Mr. Burbank Perry’s carriage and horses from where they were hitched while Perry visited friends in Monterey.

The hitching post was located in front of a hostelry near the old statehouse. When the team and conveyance were found this morning, they were comfortably tied to a Pine avenue hitching post. The thief or thieves had kindheartedly fed, curried, and blanketed the horses. Nonetheless, the stealing of a carriage is a misdemeanor and the theft of a horse is a penitentiary offense. When this culprit is found, he will most likely regret the error of his ways.

Mr. Perry had erred by sending an officer down the Salinas road, thinking the thief had taken the stolen goods out toward the county seat. That officer was still searching when word that the horses and carriage had been found in Pacific Grove came in. 3

Weather forecasting is topic

The Rev. J. S. Ricard has confirmed that he plans to spend an entire day participating in the Chautauqua. Father Ricard, who is on the staff at the University of Santa Clara, developed the theory of the effect of sun spots on weather. Father Ricard’s weather forecasting is much more than mere guessing, and it will be a pleasure hearing what Ricard has to say.

Library blossoms

When Andrew Carnegie ordered that $10,000 be given to the Pacific Grove library building fund, the mogul didn’t realize what an impact his gift would have on this community.

The structure, which opened in 1907, consisted of a foyer, stock room, periodical room, and a reference room. The Honorable Horace Platt donated the land on which the building is located. The balance of the library building fund was financed by gifts and from city taxes. It is operated on a separate tax rate and on a budget approved by the City Council. Innumerable community donations, particularly in the way of books, have been instrumental in helping the library build in size and usefulness.

Seeing readers sitting in comfortable chairs and at wooden tables, reading, gives evidence as to how much Pacific Grove needs and enjoys its library. 4

Notes from around the area…

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We do offer gas appliances, but what we really sell is service. Monterey County Gas & Electric Company.

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Miss Rebecca Austin of Sacramento was a late check-in at the Home Inn. Miss Austin is in town to visit friends and attend a few Chautauqua events.

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Looking to make your home’s roof rot-proof, durable, and fire-resistant? Try rubber … ruberoid roofing, that is. Ruberoid is easy to install and will last you a lifetime. Be careful, however. There are many unworthy imitators. Contact the Review for samples and prices.

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 & 12th Street, 831-373-4441 Community Baptist Church Monterey & Pine Avenues, 831-375-4311 Peninsula Baptist Church 1116 Funston Avenue, 831-647-1610 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

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The new Del Monte Laundry Agency is now prepared to give exceptional care to your clothing. Contact George Cordy, who is staying at the Pacific Grove Hotel, and our wagon will call for and deliver your bundles.

Lighthouse Fellowship of Pacific Grove 804 Redwood Lane, 831-333-0636

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Mr. George Shelton has opened a shoe polishing parlor on Forest avenue near Lighthouse. Wear your shoes in to get the attention they deserve.

Mayflower Presbyterian Church 141 14th Street, 831-373-4705

The cost of living…

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F. J. Chapman, the manager of the T. A. Work Theater, has booked several highclass, first-run flickers for your viewing pleasure. Two showings nightly, at 8 and 9:15. Tickets for the first ten rows of seating, 20¢. House admission, 10¢.

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E. A. Wood Fruit and Groceries is offering delicious, juicy strawberries ready to clean and eat! 75¢ by the flat. Order from home by asking the operator to connect you with 487W. 607 Lighthouse Avenue. We will pick up and deliver for 10¢ extra.

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Everything is new, neat, and clean at Damewood’s Café! This is a great place to get something good to eat. Folgers Coffee, freshly brewed, and a slice of fried cake for 15¢. In the Scobie building at 609 Lighthouse. 5

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.

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Have a glut of zucchini this summer?

Don’t try to give it away before you check out these tips: The Produce for Better Health Foundation provides the following suggestions.

Slice, marinate (try balsamic vinegar) and grill a variety of vegetables including zucchini, asparagus, green onions, eggplant and mushrooms.

Cut up vegetables like carrots, zucchini and potatoes. Add them to your favorite meatloaf or soup recipes.

Take your favorite lasagna recipe and try adding different combinations of your favorite vegetables between the layers such as mushrooms, spinach, broccoli, carrots, zucchini, onions or eggplant. Be creative.

Add raw zucchini to lettuce and pasta salads.

Cut zucchini into sticks and serve with a dip.

Slice zucchini, sauté in oil over medium heat for about 5 minutes until tender crisp. Toss into heated pasta sauce.

Betsy Slinkard Alexander

Not Your Grandmother’s Recipes

Selecting Zucchini

Whether picking your own zucchini or buying it from a market, choose firm, slender zucchini with a bright green color and free of wrinkled skin and soft spots, advises Alice Henneman, MS, RD, University of Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County. Harvest zucchini when it’s young and tender when it’s at its best.

The zucchini should be about 6 to 8 inches long and about 2 inches in diameter. As zucchini gets longer and bigger around, it becomes tougher and develops more seeds.

These larger zucchini can be used to make zucchini bread. Scoop out seeds and pulp with the tip of a spoon.

Storing Zucchini

Store unwashed zucchini in perforated

World-renowned chefs spark benefit event

The American Institute of Wine and Food (AIWF) and the American Red Cross (ARC) Monterey Bay Area Chapter are joining together for “An Evening To Remember,” Saturday, September 11, at The Beach & Tennis Club at the Lodge at Pebble Beach, California. The evening will begin at 5:30 p.m. Cost is $250 per person and will include a Presentation of Colors and a Flag Tribute by the Travis Honor Guard, a champagne reception, a five-course meal with wine pairings, silent and live auction.

World-renowned chefs coming to our area to prepare this dinner include: Peter Armellino, Executive Chef of The Plumed Horse in Saratoga; Ken Frank, ChefProprietor of La Toque in Napa; Gerald Hirigoyen, Executive Chef of Piperade and Bocadillos in San Francisco; Elias Lopez of The Beach & Tennis Club in Pebble Beach; and Charles Phan, Executive Chef of Slanted Door in San Francisco, among others.

“We are pleased to have chefs of this stature donate their time and talents to causes benefiting our local community,” said Mary Chamberlin, Chairman, AIWF, Monterey Bay Chapter and Vice-Chair of AIWF National.

“Working to the same end of educating our community, our two organizations provide vital services that complement our mission,” added Sharon Crino, Chief Executive Officer of the American Red Cross Monterey Bay Area Chapter. “We work hand in hand with the AIWF to provide the opportunity for hospitality workers to have access to life-saving First Aid, CPR, and AED Training.”

“An Evening to Remember” is an opportunity to support these 501(c) 3 nonprofit organizations as they carry out their missions in our local community. For more information, contact Stacey Montoya, Event Chair, who serves on the Board of Directors of the American Red Cross, Monterey Bay Area Chapter and the American Institute of Wine and Food, Monterey Bay Chapter and National.

Please R.S.V.P. by August 27, 2010. Visa and MasterCard are accepted or you may send checks to A.I.W.F. Monterey Bay Chapter, P.O. Box 1858, Monterey CA 93942.

No refunds or credits will be issued for no-shows or missed events.

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plastic bags in the crisper drawer of the refrigerator. Wash zucchini just before preparation. If you pierce the bags yourself with a sharp object, you should make about 20 holes per medium-size bag. For best quality use zucchini within about three to four days. Zucchini makes a quick addition to meals as it doesn’t have to be peeled.

Grilled Zucchini with Fresh Mozzarella

This recipe by Quick from Scratch Italian was published by Food & Wine magazine in January, 1998.

Ingredients: 3 zucchini (about 1 pound), cut lengthwise into ¼-inch slices 2 tablespoons olive oil Salt Fresh-ground pepper ¼ teaspoon wine vinegar 1 clove garlic, minced 1 tablespoon chopped flat-leaf parsley ½ pound salted fresh mozzarella, cut into thick slices NOTE: The delicate taste of fresh mozzarella offers a delicious contrast to the garlic-and-vinegar-macerated zucchini. If you prefer a stronger cheese flavor, try goat cheese instead.

Directions: Light the grill or heat the broiler. In a large glass or stainless-steel bowl, toss the zucchini with 1 tablespoon of the oil, ¼ teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper.

Grill or broil the zucchini, turning once, until tender and golden, about 5 minutes per side. Put the zucchini back in the bowl.

Toss the zucchini with ½ tablespoon of the oil, 1/8 teaspoon salt, the vinegar, garlic and parsley. Let cool.

Put the mozzarella slices on a serving plate, fanning them out to form a circle.

Drizzle them with the remaining ½ tablespoon oil and sprinkle them with a pinch of pepper. Fold the zucchini slices in half and tuck them between the pieces of cheese.

Yield: 4 servings Sources: UNL Extension in Lancaster County The Produce for Better Health Foundation Food & Wine magazine Betsy Slinkard Alexander provides freelance writing and public relations services with a focus on the food industry.

She welcomes your ideas for future columns and can be reached at (831) 655-2098, betsyslinkard@sbgglobal.net or www.slinkardpr.com.

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16th Annual

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PG Concours Auto Rally

Style and pride of ownership, classics and the certifiably unique. . .they were on display at the 16th Annual Concours Auto Rally last week in downtown Pacific Grove. The honored marque was Mustang, but there were Ferraris and MGs, Cobras and Corvettes, Firebirds and Mercedez. After a show on Lighthouse, the cars took off for the rolling part of the concours, winding down Ocean View to Pebble Beach, then through Carmel where crowds thronged the streets.

Photos by Nate Phillips

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It’s in the details

Returning to Pacific Grove, participants enjoyed a barbecued dinner by Charlie Higuera and helpers, awards and vintage music by a disc jockey. Proceeds help Youth In Action.

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Bringing Pacific Grove’s Chinese fishing village back to the light of day From the ground beneath Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove, graduate student Bryn Williams has unearthed history of Chinese immigrant life.

By Sam Julian A bare stretch of beach separates Stanford’s Hopkins Marine Station and the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Dirt, scrub brush and broken concrete obscure evidence of previous life, but the rocky bluff above once went by another name: Point Alones. More than 100 years ago, the area was a fishing village and home to hundreds of Chinese Americans. Bryn Williams, a Stanford graduate student in anthropology, excavated the land as part of his dissertation work.

Williams’ primary excavation took place in summer 2007, but he continues to visit Hopkins when site renovations occur to safely preserve any artifacts that might be found. His excavations and analysis have led to new insights on material life in the village and revealed similarities with Chinese settlements worldwide.

“Bryn’s work at Hopkins has made a significant contribution to studies of the Chinese diaspora,” said Laura Jones, university archeologist and director of heritage services in the office of Land Use and Environmental Planning. “The Point Alones village is a particularly interesting site because it was occupied early – beginning in the 1860s – and by entire families.”

For the excavation, Williams and his team dug pits about a meter square in the bluff above the beach. They found a variety of preserved artifacts. Ceramics, glass bottles, fishing gear. Animal bones and shells – the remains of food. Dice and game pieces. A toothbrush. A leather shoe, preserved intact in the salty earth for more than a century.

Members of Monterey’s nearby Chinese communities contributed to the project. Descendants of the village’s residents helped to excavate the site, and one woman was able to dig on the site of her great-grandfather’s house. Elder members of the community helped Williams identify obscure artifacts, such as game pieces.

“That sort of connection is really powerful because it reminds you that history isn’t just something detached and in the library,” Williams said. “It’s something that people in the present live through.”

Around the 1860s, at the time of the California Gold Rush, Chinese immigrants began applying their fishing skills to the plentiful wealth of the California coast.

Life at Point Alones was centered on the fishing industry. Entire families were involved in the trade. Men would fish at night for squid using burning pitch embers in a wire mesh basket hung over the side of the boat, and women would work on the shore cutting and drying the catch.

The village also served the needs of the broader Chinese community in the Monterey area. Immigrants and Chinese Americans working as wood harvesters, miners or railroad laborers would come to the village to buy goods or pray at the shrine. The village also held festivals to celebrate holidays like Chinese New Year.

A fire of mysterious origins

In 1906 a fire of mysterious origins burned most of the village to ashes. Although there is no way to know for sure, Williams believes the fire was likely the work of arsonists.

“Around this time period, the turn of the century, almost every Chinese community up and down the state of California was subject to some kind of ‘mysterious’ fire,” he said.

The Pacific Improvement Company (PIC), which owned the land, wished to develop the area but was reluctant to evict the villagers. According to Williams, the Chinese were good tenants, and the village attracted tourists to the area. However, there was a great deal of anti-Chinese hostility among the residents of Pacific

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Above: Village life in the 1800s. The stilted wooden houses of the Chinese fishing village.

Flat-bottomed fishing boats line the beach Courtesy Miller Library

Bryn Williams, graduate student in anthropology, worked on examining the artifacts unearthed at Hopkins Marine Station.

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“There are rumors of fire hoses being cut and looting of homes,” said Williams.

He recalls a tourist account of a crowd watching and cheering as the town burned. “[After the fire] the company went in with armed guards and tried to keep out the Chinese,” said Williams. The few people who returned to their homes were eventually forcibly evicted.

The PIC bulldozed the land and built the Monterey Boatworks building and boat-launching ramps.

Out of the ashes

Hopkins Marine Station, as seen from one of Williams’ excavation sites. Hopkins moved to its present location in 1917, and serves as a research laboratory for Stanford marine biologists.

Interestingly, this incident is partially responsible for the present location of Hopkins Marine Station. Hopkins opened in 1892 as a research base and laboratory for Stanford’s marine biologists at Lovers Point, a mile south of its current site.

After the fire, the PIC had gained a very valuable piece of land but had engendered a lot of ill will in the community.

“Half of the people in Monterey hated them for letting the Chinese live there for so long, and half hated them for mistreating the Chinese and kicking them out … and everybody hated them for being the Southern Pacific Railway anyway,” said Williams.

According to Joe Wible, Hopkins librarian, the PIC offered the land to local universities for a research station to elicit goodwill and increase the value of the neighboring land. The University of California was offered the land but failed to follow through, and in 1916 Stanford took advantage of the opportunity and initiated a land swap.

Eventually, Stanford acquired the defunct Monterey

Boatworks building and even the Hovden Cannery, which was eventually transformed into the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Global Chinese diaspora

Now that he has completed his fieldwork, Williams is spending the coming academic year finishing his dissertation. He is analyzing and comparing his findings with the portrayal of village life based on media accounts, fiction, photographs and tourist notebooks.

He hopes to form conclusions about how Chinese and Chinese American identity was imagined from the perspective of the villagers and non-Chinese residents of the surrounding communities.

Besides contributing to understanding of the Chinese diaspora, Williams’ project also has helped heal the wounds created by the fire and decades of discriminatory practices against the Chinese American community in the Monterey Bay area, according to archeologist Jones. “This is community archaeology at its finest and a demonstration of the level of responsibility and leadership we expect of our graduates,” she added.

Among the finds in the site of a former Chinese American fishing village was an Asian coin dating from the mid to late 1800s.

The lab Williams works out of in the Stanford Archaeology Center is filled with identical blue-and-white cardboard boxes packed high along the edges of the room.

Out of one of them, he presents a bowl, nearly whole, decorated with a glaze of blue flowers.

“This is kind of the coke bottle of the 1800s,” he joked. Guilds in China would specialize in these “bamboo style” bowls, he said, which they would use as ballast in boats traveling all over the Pacific. Williams has seen similar remains in Australia and Singapore, all with the same distinctive pattern.

Williams intends to explore the greater global Chinese diaspora. How did people from the same village change and interact in different environments? How did they respond in a country like Sumatra, with different race relations, different labor and economic systems – or

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a different colonial regime?

“In a sense that’s the classic scientific hypothesis,” Williams said. “You isolate variables and then tell a story about it.”

Williams is increasingly doing legal research and will attend law school next year. This summer he is researching the illicit antiquities trade between China and the United States. Issues of heritage ownership and historical preservation are hotly debated, he says, and not many people are knowledgeable about both archaeology and law.

Back at Hopkins

Recently, Williams went to Hopkins to help dig a pipe trench and to preserve any artifacts that might be found.

The holes from Williams’ previous dig have now been filled in. He points to a spot in the underbrush, where a faint indentation in the grass can be made out.

“That was a site,” he says. At other sites, the grass has already grown back so thoroughly that the places where holes used to be are no longer visible at all. Williams is certain that digging in the same sites again would yield new artifacts.

“There are gophers digging all around here,” he says.

“Anything smaller than their head, they’ll move. Stuff’s all over the place.”

To illustrate this, he reaches down and picks up a small piece of ceramic. “Here,” he says. “This is from the village.”

He puts it down again, unconcerned. After a certain point, there is only so much that one can tell from what’s buried in the ground, and in that sense, Point Alones’ history will forever remain a collection of fragments.

This article is reprinted with permission from Stanford University’s Stanford Report Online, the August 17, 2010 edition. Photos courtesy of Stanford University News except the vintage photo, which is courtesy Miller Library at Hopkins Marine Station. All rights reserved. Stanford University News can be found at http://news.stanford.edu.

Start Smart program working with new drivers

By Cameron Douglas

As adults, we sometimes take for granted the hundreds — or even thousands — of hours we have spent operating various motor vehicles under all sorts of conditions. This experience is quite extensive, and the result is an activity as natural as breathing.

For today’s 16, 17, or 18-year-old who is just starting out, there’s a long road ahead. Newly licensed drivers experience an awesome freedom.

But with that freedom comes a sudden flood of new situations that can happen too fast for a new driver’s reaction time.

The Start Smart Program a is a California Highway Patrol driver safety education class for new and future licensed drivers between the ages of 15 and 19 and their parents or guardians. Start Smart boosts the training of new drivers to help them react instinctively to sudden danger on the road. The program addresses some hard facts: Teen drivers are found at fault in 66 percent of all fatal collisions they are involved in, even though they represent only four percent of the state’s licensed drivers.

Motor vehicle collisions are the leading cause of death of Americans aged 15-20.

It’s important to note that inexperience is the biggest contributor to these numbers, according to the CHP. Drivers’ education in the schools is not what it used to be. In fact, it is now mostly non-existent.

According to Pacific Grove Unified School District Assistant Superintendent Robin Blakley, our district receives no funding for Drivers’ Ed. PG high schools stopped offering behind-the-wheel instruction many years ago and students began hiring commercial driving schools. More recently the classroom instruction also ceased, and students now pursue that online. Blakley says the online courses are not as hard as the old classroom lessons that were given in our

schools.

As a service, the CHP offers Start Smart classes to the public at no cost.

Initial funding for the program came through a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety. Start Smart is now built into the CHP’s annual b u d g e t . O ff i c e r s discuss traffic collision avoidance techniques, collisioncausing factors, driver/parent responsibilities and use of seat belts. There are also testimonies by investigating officers of fatal crashes involving teens, and family members who have suffered losses.

While the primary focus is on training inexperienced drivers, the abuses of alcohol and drugs are also discussed. “We do talk about DUI and decisionmaking,” said Bob Lehman, Public Information Officer for the CHP. 14 people attended a special Start Smart class at the PG police station on May 15. Regular classes are held at the CHP station in Salinas once or twice a month. Those classes typically have 20-30 people.

Lehman says the Start Smart enrollment for 2010 has been very good so far. The CHP also offers a two-day program called, “Every 15 Minutes,” where youths are challenged to think about drinking, driving, personal safety, the responsibility of making mature decisions and the impact their decisions have on family, friends and others.

The next Start Smart is scheduled for Wednesday, September 8 at 6 p.m. at the CHP station located at 960 E. Blanco Road in Salinas. Advance registration is required. Call (831) 796-2130. To find out more, log on to: www.chp.ca.gov/community/startsmart_ class.html

The state lacks direct funding for driver education. It has been rumored that a portion of revenue generated by traffic violations goes to Drivers’ Education, but there is no information to substantiate this. A look at the Monterey County Superior Court website shows how fines are distributed. Here is an example of how fees are attached and where the money goes, as well as how a $35 base traffic fine grows to $212.

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$35 to the citing agency; county $40 State Penalty Assessment to the state and county.

• $20 State Court Construction Assessment to the State Court Facilities Construction fund.

• $4 DNA Identification Assessment to the county DNA Identification fund.

• $4 DNA State Only Assessment to the state DNA Identification fund.

• $10 County Assessment to the Criminal Justice Construction fund.

• $8 County Assessment to the Courtroom Construction fund.

• $16 County Assessment to Emergency Medical Services.

• $2 County Assessment for County Automated Fingerprint ID. • $7 (20 percent state surcharge) to the State General Fund.

• $1 Night Court Assessment for night court operations.

• $30 Court Security Fee (per conviction) to the Trial Court Trust Fund for trial court security costs.

• $35 Criminal Conviction Assessment (per conviction) for the Immediate and Critical Needs Account of the State Court Facilities Construction Fund for court facilities.

TOTAL BAIL/FINE: $212.00

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Celebrating Summer

It was the first sunny day in what seems like months, and folks turned out in droves to celebrate the first ever PG Summer Festival, sponsored by the chamber of Commerce and held at Lovers Point Park. People enjoyed arts and crafts and dnced to music by the Lost Boys, the Cachagua Playboys, Red Beans and Rice and the Chicano All stars.

Photos by Cameron Douglas

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Your letters

Opinion Dear Editor, This past weekend I celebrated the Feast of Lanterns with my 2 oldest granddaughters, Hannah (11 years old), and Bethany (9 years old). I was so pleased with the Feast of Lanterns Sock Hop and Pageant that I felt I needed to address some comments I had heard from other long time Pacific Grove residents and supporters of the Feast of Lanterns who did not attend the event this year because of the necessary changes, i.e. locations and entrance fees.

The Festival to me is about celebrating our long time heritage of the founding of Pacific Grove as a Methodist Retreat.

Of course, over the years there have been many changes, but the one thing that remained a constant was the gathering of PG residents once a year to celebrate the closing of Chautauqua.

To me this year was no different. It was still about us gathering together as a community celebrating our heritage.

The Friday night Sock Hop “Street Dance” was splendid. Moving the venue from outside on Lighthouse Ave to Chautauqua Hall was a welcomed change. The Feast of Lanterns committee worked hard to decorate the hall, prepare hot dogs and pop corn, and the facility was warm and safe. With only 2 exit doors, both of which were covered

by Feast of Lanterns volunteers, families could bring their toddlers and feel a relief that they were safe from wandering off. The Royal Court danced all dances, and went out of their way to come and invite both my granddaughters to join in. Which, I might add, was all the encouragement they needed to dance the night away. Even I found myself joining in during the Hokey Pokey.

Saturday night we were greeted with warm smiles and hello’s from volunteers as we made our way into our newly refurbished PG Middle School Auditorium now called, “The Performing Arts Center”. The facility looked wonderful. The Feast of Lanterns Committee built props for the stage, hung lanterns all over and the performance started promptly. After several acts by local entertainers the pageant began. Roger Powers was there as our storyteller and The Legend of the Blue Willow was performed beautifully by the Royal Court and characters. Every word could be heard, and the audience chimed in right on cue with cheers and boos.

When all was over we mingled with locals sharing the pleasure we all had, and what a wonderful job the Feast had done.

When we got home there was no sand to clean up. There were no cold and cranky kids to have to shower and put to bed. We were simply able to relax and share what a nice evening we had.

As the granddaughter of Elmarie Dyke, and on behalf of her years of running the Feast of Lanterns I am certain she wassmiling down on all who worked hard to put on The Feast of Lanterns this year.

If you did not come this year to the Feast because you thought it was ruined by not being on the beach, shame on you.

It’s not about the location, it’s about the celebration.

Congratulations Feast of Lanterns Board! Bravo for a job well done! I’ll be back next year.

Joanie Hyler Pacific Grove

Travel author to talk Popular Pacific Grove author Brad Herzog will present his latest book, Turn Left At the Trojan Horse, with a discussion and book signing on Thursday, Sept. 2 at 7:00 p.m. at the Pacific Grove Library, 550 Central Avenue.

The event is free and refreshments will be served.

The book has been described as On The Road meets Eat, Pray, Love and was named an Indie Next “Great Reads” recommendation as chosen by independent booksellers across America.

With humor and humanity, Herzog carries the reader along on his personal and philosophical cross-country journey to classically named towns reminiscent of Homer’s Odyssey and the everyday heroes he meets there.

Herzog has authored two Brad Herzog previous travel memoirs. His first, States of Mind, was named one of the 10 outstanding books from small publishers and was number 2 on Amazon.com’s best seller list following his appearances on “The Today Show: and “Oprah.” Herzog has also authored several children’s books.

For more information call 648-5762.

For more on Brad Herzog and his books visit www.BradHerzog.com.

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Legal Notices FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.20101577 The following person is doing business as MesquitoNet at 6805 Mesquite Way. Prunedale, CA 93907, Monterey County: Robert Mann, 6805 Mesquite Way, Prunedale, CA 93907. This business is conducted by an individual.

This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on July 26, 2010. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on January 1, 2010. Signed: Robert Mann.

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This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on August 2, 2010. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signed: Bryan Liu, CEO. Publication dates: 8/13, 8/20, 8/27, 9/3/10 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20101718 The following person is doing business as Tumbleweed Properties at 98 Delmonte Ave., Suite 205, Monterey, Monterey County, CA 93940 and Tumbleweed Partners at 98 Delmonte Ave., Suite 205, Monterey, Monterey County, CA 93940: Clarence J. Vondrehle, 441 Pine Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA 93950.

This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on August 12, 2010. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. Signed: Clarence C. Vondrehle.

Publication dates: 8/20, 8/27, 9/3, 9/10/10

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20101714 The following person is doing business as Advantage Chiropractic, 551 South Main St., Salinas, Monterey County, CA 93901: Jonathan Craig Milrod, 17811 Countryside Ct., Prunedale, CA 93907. This business is conducted by an individual.

This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on August 11, 2010. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on n/a. Signed: J. C. Milrod, D.C. Publication dates: 8/20, 8/27, 9/3, 9/10/10

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.20101667 The following person is doing business as Pet Extreme at 120 Country Club Gate, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, Monterey County: Pet Extreme, Inc., 1953 Monte vista ave., Turlock, CA 95382. This business is conducted by a corporation.

This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on August 5, 2010. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 7/2/02. Signed: Matthew Swanson, President.

Publication dates: 8/13, 8/20, 8/27, 9/3/10 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20101687 The following person is doing business as Rodeo Jewelry Import at 135 Auburn St., Salinas, Monterey County, CA 93901: Charles Gallagher, 765 W. Acacia St., Salinas, CA 93901. This business is conducted by a general partnership.

This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on August 6, 2010. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on August 6, 2010. Signed: Charles Gallagher.

Publication dates: 8/20, 8/27, 9/3, 9/10/10 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No.20101776 The following person is doing business as Ocean Edge Power Washing, 213 Crocker Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950, Monterey County: Michael Thomas Coleman, 213 Crocker Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950 and Elizabeth Ann Coleman, 213 Crocker Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950. This business is conducted by a husband and wife.

This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on August 19, 2010. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on August 16, 2010. Signed: Michael Thomas Coleman.

Publication dates: 8/20, 8/27, 9/3, 9/10/10

August 20, 2010 • CEDAR STREET

Times • Page 15

The Arts

Just who are these ‘Clowns in the Park’ ?

The Cultural Arts Commission of the city of Pacific Grove is pleased to present a free performance with clowns, musi, magicians and more on Sunday, aug. 22 from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The event will be held at Jewell Park, across from the Museum of Natural History and the Library.

All are encouraged to bring a picnic lunch and enjoy Pacific Grove’s comfortable weather while watching the clowns perform. the event is free of charge and organizers are grateful to the clown for offering their services. The hat will be passed for donations.

So who are they, anyway?

Janice Griffin Fairy Godmother, Mrs. Ruffle Duffle and more, the owner of Janice Griffin Productions and Sonshine Clowns, is also a Registered Nurse and a Public Health Nurse with a BA in Creative Arts and is a certified “Sound, Voice, and Music Healing” professional. Her production company has been regaling Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties since 1984 with lively entertainment dedicated to bringing wholesome and healthy fun to families.

The diversity of the company (singing telegrams, complete balloon decorating, classical singer, Holiday characters, including the Joyful Tidings Caroling Company) represents the diversity of Janice whose skills also include “Clown Art”: magic, face painting, balloon sculpting, innate and practiced humorous improvisation, acting and musical skills, body movement, dance ,and puppetry. Her organizational abilities, innate and acquired, led her to form this company to use as a vehicle for her artistic expressions, but she quickly learned that her artistic expressions where a vehicle for something much deeper.

“The process of growing this company,” says Janice, “has led me to greater development as a human being, to see beyond myself and to concentrate on providing a ‘little piece’ of the ‘love, joy and peace’ that make this world a happier place for families, children and for the ‘child within us.’

“Our inner child always needs special attention and the sooner the world learns this, the sooner unhealthy boundaries will disappear!”

Janice Griffin, mother of four, grandmother to five, comes from a chaotic Scot-Irish heritage. She experienced the difficulties of being raised in an alcoholic, broken family.

“We make choices,” she said, “and I chose early on to seek my higher self.

But in that process, I also opened some pretty crazy doors..some I managed to shut quickly. But others led me down paths that fooled me greatly! But from these ‘misled paths’ comes the contrast that ‘punches up greater truth.’ To me, it sure takes a bundle of “stuff” to cause us to ‘let go and let God!’ And thus we become more appreciative of the “clown” within all of us,” she says.

Subcontracting with Janice are her regulars skilled in “clown art”: Loo Loo, Lisa Ledin is a widely known radio personality, licensed masseuse, mother of Erica, partner of “Boo Boo”, poet, and singer. She is an all around musical personality, from her irresistible smile to her unique sense of costuming, face painting, and over-all artistic expression!

Boo Boo, Michael Williamson, recreation department referee, brings from his love of children a magical personality that “draws them to his clown who is constantly “making boo boos, from thinking his tie is a belt and forgetting his name though it’s embroidered on the back of his coat.

Debba-dee, Debbie Rounsville, incredible occupational therapist, is our “master” balloon artist, face painter and magician with pristine costuming and make-up skills She delights in honing our skills as well as continuing to develop her own. She often performs with “Miss Kitty”, her niece, who, at 13, is a marvelous addition to any show.

Flap-Jax, Jackson Stock, Janice’s partner for the last year is also an all around “creative artist”, a skilled producer, musical arranger and musician who not only bounces around with the children as he creates their favorite balloon sculptures, but also backs up Janice’s characters on the keyboard or with other musical instruments. He’s been known to have a “special relationship” some super heroes, like Spiderman, Ironman, Transformer, and a Storm trooper from Star Wars.

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Times • August 20, 2010

The Green Page Steps to a Green Building Ordinance

By Cameron Douglas Pacific Grove is in the process of creating a Green Building Ordinance designed to establish environmentally friendly building and remodeling practices. As the 21st century progresses, more cities, counties and towns are creating green building ordinances and codes.

Green Building is guided by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), a non-profit organization dedicated to sustainable building design and construction. Such building projects are classified by LEED® Certification.

LEED® stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. This internationally recognized green building system provides third-party certification that a building or a community was designed and built using strategies to improve building energy performance and reduce its impact on the environment.

It is a suite of rating systems to recognize projects that implement strategies for better environmental and health performance.

There are specific LEED® rating systems for different types of projects: •

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Homes

Neighborhood Development

The USGBC reports the average LEED® certified building uses 32 percent less electricity and saves 350 metric tons of CO2 emissions a year.

These programs typically include incentives for building green. The incentives are designed to compensate for the extra cost of energy-efficient appliances, fixtures and sustainable materials.

There are other benefits. A “healthy” building is better for the people who live or work within it. In the workplace, a green environment is shown to increase

Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District makes grants available for environmental projects

The Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District is once again making available grants for environmental preservation and protection projects within its boundaries.

Local public agencies and community groups within the district may apply for funding for projects that improve community or neighborhood parks, protect open space resources or preserve coastal areas.

The funding was made available by revenues provided by voter passage in 2004 of The Park District’s Park, Open Space and Coastal Preservation measure. A total of $70,000 is now available.

The deadline is October 15 to apply for fiscal year 2010-2011 funding.

For applications and more information, contact Shuran Britton at The Park District at 372-3196, ext. 101, or you can download the form and guidelines under the news and announcements section at www.mprpd.org/ grants.htm.

productivity.

Our neighbors in Monterey have the first sustainablybuilt shopping center in California, one of only a handful in the United States. In 2005, an area LEED-accredited contracting professional named Jordan Daniels, with his father Larry of Daniels & House Construction, engineered a green building project at the old Safeway site in Monterey. This is where Peet’s Coffee and Trader Joe’s now stand. The developer, Foothill Partners, balked at the idea of building green until the Daniels’ showed them the project would come in on budget and on time.

The new shopping center, called “Uptown Monterey,” used sustainable materials and fixtures, along with 47,000 board feet of Douglas fir that was deconstructed from the old Safeway roof. Jordan Daniels then worked with the City of Monterey to adopt a Green Building Ordinance for all new construction and remodeling projects. The Monterey City Council unanimously approved the ordinance in July 2008.

In Monterey, all residential and non-residential projects are required to earn a number of Green Points from a Green Building checklist. The checklists are flexible and do not necessarily add to the overall cost of the project. (The deconstruction of the Safeway roof eliminated the cost of new lumber, and the need for disposal of old lumber, avoiding fuel and time for dozens of runs to the dump.)

Green Building programs also typically include incentives. For example, a height limitation or other restriction can be altered if the building is done green.

The idea of sustainable building is not new. In a 2009 interview, Larry Daniels spoke about the need “to live efficiently, to be gentle on the land” as an ideal he’s had his entire life.

The latest California Green Building Code, which takes effect on Jan. 1, 2011 states in its preface, “A city, county, or city and county may establish more restrictive standards reasonably necessary because of local, climatic, geological or topographical conditions.”

Because of the approaching implementation of the

state’s new code, it behooves communities to establish their own custom-tailored ordinances ahead of time.

In Pacific Grove, the city council has already signaled their intent by signing the Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, which came about last summer during a major California climate summit attended by former mayor Dan Cort and several other area mayors. Ideas are now being sought to develop our own Green Building Ordinance that addresses the unique nature of our town. “We want to be sensitive to the historic value of Pacific Grove properties,” said John Kuehl, Building Official/Chief of Permit & Inspection Services.

Kuehl says once the city council moves forward, there will be appropriate training of city staff in green building practices. Third party assessment would be avoided because city staff will be trained to perform inspections and review incoming plans.

“The beauty in the program we’re proposing is its flexibility,” said Kuehl. It would include a hardship clause, where, if the owner can show a cost to green building that is disproportionate to the cost of the project, a waiver would be issued. “If you have to damage the ‘historic fabric’ in order to comply, then you don’t have to do it,” Kuehl said. He also points out that other interior modifications can be made to offset what isn’t changed outside.

All new construction by the City of Monterey of 1,000 square feet or more is done to LEED® Silver certification, a higher standard. In this way, the city holds a leadership role in Green Building. Kuehl proposes the city of Pacific Grove assume the same role of building to a higher standard than would be required of the populace.

The City of Pacific Grove will host a Public Workshop to solicit input from community members regarding their upcoming Green Building Program. The meeting will be held at the Pacific Grove Community Center, located at 515 Junipero Avenue on Monday, August 23 from 6:00–8:00 pm.

Monarch Butterflies Need Your Help NOW!

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In September 2009, trees that provided critical overwintering habitat for Monarch butterflies were greatly impacted from pruning in the Monarch Grove Sanctuary. The pruning removed much of the middle canopy of trees, which provides wind break and storm shelter that Monarchs need to survive each winter. These limbs provided the Monarchs with overwintering habitat that allowed them to congregate in very large numbers at the Sanctuary. Because of those large Monarch congregations, Pacific Grove earned its world famous popularity as “Butterfly Town, USA.” Unfortunately, the trimming resulted in a massive reduction of the Monarch population – about 900 versus nearly 20,000 the preceding year. Personally, I witnessed hundreds of Monarchs unsuccessfully struggling to cluster in their favorite roosting spots, only to be blown to the ground.

To mitigate the habitat damage, concerned citizens of Pacific Grove, like myself (along with Pacific Grove neighbors, butterfly experts, and enthusiasts from around the world), have created an informal movement to help the Monarchs. We are purchasing boxed trees and temporarily placing them in the habitat gaps where trimming occurred to provide vital wind breaks.

The first tree is in place, but about 20 more are required. They need to be placed at each location by the end of September, in anticipation of the Monarchs’ arrival in October.

Join this important work NOW to save our beloved Monarchs. Send your donation ASAP to the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce, marked “Monarch Habitat Trees.”

Your support is vital to our effort.

Bob Pacelli