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Kiosk The count of the monarchs as of 11/15/14 is 24,122.

Check the Museum website for more information: http://www.pgmuseum.org/ monarchs#monarchcount

Fri. Dec. 5

Opening reception Language of Flowers PG Public Library 550 Central Avenue, from 5:307:30 p.m. Suggested donation for the library is $10.

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Sat. Dec. 6

Pacific Grove Public Library FIRST SATURDAY BOOK SALE benefits Pacific Grove Public Library Book Fund 10 AM - 4 PM •

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Sun. Dec. 7

Hartnell Community Choir Concert 3:00 Unitarian Universalist Church of the Monterey Peninsula 400 Aguajito Road, Carmel Info: 831-649-0992 •

Dec. 5-11 2014

Molly’s Revenge Concert for St. Mary’s Pantry 3:00 PM $20 adv./$24 door St. <aru’s, Central & 12th •

Mon. Dec. 8

PG Library Family Gaming Night 5:30-7:00pm 550 Central Ave., Pacific Grove 831-648-5760 •

Fri., Dec. 12

SlingShot movie BreakerBots Fundraiser 7-9 PM, $10 PG Performing Arts Center www.tugg.com/events/12312 415-640-4059 •

Sat. Dec. 13, 2014

As the sun set and a storm blew in, volunteers finished decorating the Pt. Pinos Lighthouse for the season. Its beacon shines warmly in the night. Photo by Nancy

McDowell.

Sat., Dec. 13

4:30-6:30 p.m.

Annual Christmas with Gospel Flava Concert Community Church of the Monterey Peninsula

4590 Carmel Valley Rd. •

Mon. Dec. 15

7:30 p.m.

Pacific Grove Public Library “Nobody Knows This Little Rose: The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson” PG Poet in Residence Dr. Barbara Mossberg •

Inside 100 Years Ago in Pacific Grove............ 6 Animal Tales & Other Random Thoughts................. 8 Cartoon.............................................. 2 Cop Log.............................................. 5 FYI.................................................... 18 Holiday Events........................... 10, 11 Homeless in Paradise......................... 7 Keepers of Our Culture.................... 10 Legal Notices................................... 18 NEW! Monterey Mommies................ 4 Otter Views...................................... 23 Performance Review........................ 16 Rainfall.............................................. 2 Real Estate..................... 3, 4, 7, 19, 20 Self Discovery................................. 16 Seniors.............................................. 9 Sports.................................. 13, 14, 15 Weather............................................. 2

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Annual Arthritis Foundation Jingle Bell Run/Walk at Lovers Point, Pacific Grove www.jinglebellrunpg.org or email afallon@arthritis.org – phone contact: 831-620-1699 •

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Vol. VII, Issue 23

Council Gives Direction on Sidewalk Dining

The City Council examined a pair of proposed ordinances concerning sidewalk dining in Pacific Grove and, after taking public input and examining alternatives, directed planning staff to come back in two weeks (Dec. 17) with an ordinance of which they can make a first reading.

The new ordinance will be a pilot program with an update and review in one year.

Items which will be addressed in a new, more specific ordinance include many which were vague and open to endless interpretation under the old ordinance.

The new ordinance recommends five feet as the appropriate minimum clearance for pedestrian clearance. The new ordinance

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Entries Sought for Santa Claus Fly-In Strong Start for the Breakers Girls’ Basketball Team Subscriptions for the 2015 Season of “Broadway By the Bay” Now Available at the Golden State Theatre It’s pouring! Here are some rainy day driving tips Breakers fall to North Salinas in CCS Sportsmanship Game Do your Holiday Shopping at the First Saturday Book Sale 16 Local Filmmakers Featured at Monarch Film Festival Cigarette Filter Ban Reintroduced Extension of Otter “Checkbox” Introduced Pacific Grove HS Grad, Ed Smith, Joins Monterey City Council Veterans Transition Center to Receive $25K Wells Fargo Grant Flu Shot Vouchers For Uninsured and Underinsured Individuals Resounding Joy: Monterey Peninsula Voices Holiday concerts Jason Leach Named MTAL Offensive Player of the Year s selected to MTAL First / Second Team Offense and Defense Read the rest of this story » Breakers Fall Short in CCS Semis Check out the Video Highlights as you Read (Click on links)

City Swears In New Council

A festive atmosphere greeted citizens as the City Council welcomed new member Bill Peake and swore in re-elected councilmembers Rudy Fischer and Ken Cuneo and Mayor Bill Kampe. They also said good bye to councilmember Alan Cohen, who has served the City in many ways and is termed out after eight years on the Council.

As Mayor Kampe proudly pointed out,

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Deputy City Clerk Sandra Kandell administers the oath of office to Ken Cuneo, Rudy Fischer, and Bill Peake.

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also restricts the size of the outdoor seating area to a percentage of the total sidewalk width. The existing ordinance simply recommended using ADA law, which is only four feet, but staff recommends five feet.

The consensus of the council wants to see allowed street furniture spelled out, including umbrellas, portable heaters, barriers and enclosures including planters.

Councilmember Dan Miller wanted to be assured that no logos or advertising would be allowed on umbrellas. Signage will likely be restricted, and Director of Community and Economic Development Mark Brodeur pointed out that there should be wording concerning a prohibition on feeding seagulls and other wildlife.

Barriers will not be required if no alcohol is to be served on the public sidewalk.

Alcoholic Beverage Control rules require such a barrier if beer, wine, or other alcoholic beverages are to be served. No attachment to the sidewalk or the building will be allowed.

The new ordinance will require a fee be paid by dining establishments. A onetime encroachment permit is to be levied, and will likely be $203. In addition, there would be an annual license fee. Originally, after discussions with the B.I.D., Chamber of Commerce and others, a license fee of $200 was suggested. Mayor Bill Kampe felt that it should be higher but the idea would be unpopular. Part of the metrics to be examined at the end of the pilot year will be the effect of the fee, the number of new dining establishments opting for sidewalk dining, and the number which elect not to join and thereby escsape the fee.

The question of “grandfathering” has not been settled. A number of dining establishments have offered sidewalk dining for months and years under the old ordinance, and it has not been decided how they will be treated.

It was proposed that the Director of Community and Economic Development be able to approve permits with appeal to the City Manager. The old alternative did not permit broad appeals. The new ordinance will require permits to go to the Zoning Administrator with notice to the public and appeal to the Planning Commission.

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of the 9,213 registered voters in Pacific Grove, 5,700 cast ballots in the recent election for a rate of 61.87 percent. Of those, the highest percentage voted by mail as compared to voting in person.

Statewide, of 165,731 registered voters, 75,115 voted for a turnout of 45.32 percent according to the elections website. Nationwide, the turnout was more like 36.1 percent.

Cuneo, Fischer and Peake join sitting members Robert Huitt, Casey Lucius and Dan Miller.

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

Week ending 12-04-14........................ 5.68” Total for the season .......................... 9.56” To date last year (12-06-13) .............. 10.86” Historical average to this date ......... 3.88” Wettest year ....................................... 47.15” (during rain year 07-01-97 through 06-30-98)

Driest year ......................................... 4.13” (during rain year 07-01-12 through 06-30-13)* *stats from NWS Montereys

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It’s A Chamber of Commerce Christmas in Pacific Grove

“It was our best ever!” said perennial docent, Dixie Layne of the annual “Christmas at the Inns” event held Dec. 2-3 in Pacific Grove. Hundreds toured the city’s iconic inns, heard histories of the buildings, sampled refreshments and listened to seasonal music. Earlier in the week, as regulars visited the Farmers’ Market, the City’s Christmas tree was lit. Located in Jewell Park, the tree was joined by festive lights on the gazebo in the park as choirs sang and people strolled with friends, as children awaited the arrival of Santa and a chance to visit with him at Chautauqua Hall. Photos by Peter Nichols

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Mayor Bill Kampe was one of a number of volunteer “judges” who met with Pacific Grove High students to view their semester projects in digital arts.

Martha Tonkin, IT and design instructor at Pacific Grove High School, organized a Fall Arts Expo held Wednesday, Dec. 3 to allow students to show off their semester projects.

Students in “job interview” clothing including suits and ties eagerly invited adult judges to see their digital arts projects, which included resumes, samples of projects in various types of software, multimedia and web design portfolios.

Each student had prepared their portfolio to include a dream job, a digital collage of themselves, an interview with a professional in their desired field, and a Power Point presentation on the entire project.

Many had designed digital games. There were art projects which included photo manipulation using PhotoShop and other design software.

Cedar Street’s own Golnoush Pak had prepared booklets of her collage work and poetry in both English and Farsi.

Judges were asked to listen to the presentations and provide feedback to the students, who were required to have four adult judges and four student judges sign off on their pojects.

Also on display in the school library, where the event was staged, were semester projects in two-dimensional art and photography, some of which belonged to the students whose portfolios were shown on the dozens of computers throughout the room.

There were also beautifully crafted wood working pieces, including stools and cutting boards fit for any executive chef.

Culinary arts were evident as prospective hospitality artists offered a two-foot high pink hermit crab, sculpted from spice cake.

Robotics feats were shown by the school’s budding robotics club.

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Programs at the Library

For more information call 648-5760 PG Library Family Gaming Night Monday Dec. 8, 5:30-7:00pm All ages are welcome to enjoy board games, Xbox Kinect, snacks and friendship at the library. Bring favorite games and invite your friends. Have fun after shopping at the Farmers’ Market.

Wednesday, Dec. 10 • 11:00 am Stories and songs with MaryLee at the Pacific Grove Public Library, ages 2-5.

Wednesday, Dec. 10 • 3:45 pm “Wacky Wednesday” after-school program presents Santa’s Coming: stories science and crafts for all ages.

Thursday, Dec. 11 • 11:00 am Stories for Babies and Toddlers at the Pacific Grove Library.

Thursday, Dec. 11 • 3:00 pm “Tales to Tails”: children can read out loud to trained therapy dogs in the children’s area of the Pacific Grove Library.

Wed. Dec. 17 • 11:00 am Pre-School stories at the Pacific Grove Library, ages 2-5.

Wed. Dec. 17 • 3:45 pm “Wacky Wednesday” after-school program presents Gingerbread Tales: stories, science and crafts for all ages.

Thurs. Dec. 18 • 11:00 am Stories for Babies and Toddlers at the Pacific Grove Library, ages birth-2.

Thurs. Dec. 18 • 3:00 pm Tales to Tails: Children can read aloud to certified therapy dogs in the children’s area of the library. Pacific Grove Library.

Do your Holiday Shopping at the First Saturday Book Sale

Library has received fabulous donations since our last sale in November - something for everyone on your list. Specially priced items include collectible cookbooks, art books and regularly priced books on travel, natural history, gardening, animals, history, biography, poetry and lots of general fiction.

Remember that your holiday shopping at the First Saturday Book Sale provides great gifts and all funds benefit the Book Fund.

Wharf Walks Will Celebrate Crabs

Crab Season Started in November! Monterey’s Fisherman’s Wharf Association Continues “Wharf Walks - Walking Tours at Monterey’s Old Fisherman’s Wharf” with a focus on “More About Crabbing on the Monterey Bay” on Saturday, December 6 Recreational Dungeness Crab Season began on November 1 and Commercial Crab Season began November 15 and goes through June 30. Delicious crabs will continue to inspire the theme of Wharf Walks! The Monterey Fisherman’s Wharf Association continues to team up with noted Monterey Bay Fisheries Historian and author, Tim Thomas, who is offering monthly “Wharf Walks -Walking Tours at Monterey’s Old Fisherman’s Wharf” (www.montereywharf.com) on the first Saturday of every month from 10:00 a.m. - Noon.

“More About Crabbing on the Monterey Bay” tours meet at the head of Old Fisherman’s Wharf (near the pink “Harbor House” store, #1 Old Fisherman’s Wharf, Monterey. Advance reservations are required by calling Tim Thomas at (831) 5213304 or via email timsardine@yahoo.com.

The tour is for ages 10-adult only and the cost is $20 for adults and kids are $15 (10-15 years).

Future Wharf Walks will continue on the first Saturday of every month in 2015.

After taking the Wharf Walk, participants are invited to enjoy a complimentary appetizer of delicious calamari (squid) - either traditional style or pesto calamari with a purchased entrée, at Paluca Trattoria located at the head of the Wharf.

For more information, email info@montereywharf.com or call (831) 238-0777.

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Weekly Family Event Round-Up The holiday season is in full swing! Tree lightings, craft fairs, Santa sightings, holiday theatre-you can take your pick!

Take a look at the seasonal events below, and check out MontereyMommies.com for a full list of all the family-friendly fun happening in our Monterey Peninsula area!

December 5, 2014

The Wonder of Holiday Memories-American Girl Store –All Day, americangirl.com Carmel Annual Tree Lighting and Sunset Center Holiday Party –3:00 pm - 7:00 pm, carmelcalifornia.com 5th Annual Holiday Fair –5:00 pm - 7:30 pm, bellastudiomonterey.com Carmel Plaza Holiday Open House –5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, carmelplaza.com Christmas Extravaganza –5:00 pm - 7:00 pm, carmelpres.org Christmas in the Adobes –5:00 pm - 9:00 pm, mshpa.org First Friday Frosty Fun Fest –5:00 pm - 8:00 pm, downtownsantacruz.com Make a Gingerbread House! -American Girl Store –5:30 pm - 7:00 pm, americangirl. com Christmas Night at The Farm –6:00 pm - 9:00 pm, thefarm-salinasvalley.com Marina Christmas Tree Lighting –6:00 pm - 7:30 pm, themarinafoundation.org Friday Kids Show: “George and Oatmeal Save Santa” –6:30 pm - 7:30 pm, hartnell. edu Season of Light Planetarium Show –8:00 pm - 9:00 pm, hartnell.edu

December 6, 2014

Home Depot Kids’ Workshop-How to Build Holiday Yard Stakes –9:00 am - 12:00 pm, homedepot.com Photos with Santa –9:00 am - 12:00 pm, calgiant.com 21st Annual Stillwell’s Fun in the Park –10:00 am - 4:00 pm, pacificgrove.org 5th Annual Holiday Fair –10:00 am - 4:00 pm, bellastudiomonterey.com Winterfest! –10:00 am - 2:00 pm, pacificgrove.org Gingerbread Making Fundraiser at the Hofsas House –10:30 am - 4:30 pm, hofsashouse.com Monarch Community School Holiday Craft Fair –11:00 am - 4:00 pm, monarch. santacruz.k12.ca.us Santa Pictures at Petco –11:00 am - 4:00 pm, Petco.com Santa’s Live Reindeer: Downtown Monterey –12:00 pm - 4:00 pm, oldmonterey.org Christmas Wreath, Swag & Bough Decorating –1:30 pm - 3:00 pm, mcshanesnursery.com Holiday Open House and Wreath Making Party –2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, scheidvineyards.com Nature Crafts for the Holidays –2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, mprpd.org Cookies with Santa –3:00 pm - 5:00 pm, shop-northridge-mall.com Lucia Festival of Lights –4:00 pm - 6:30 pm, scc-santacruz.org Christmas in the Adobes –5:00 pm - 9:00 pm, mshpa.org

December 7, 2014

Jingle Bell Rock 2014 –9:00 am - 12:00 pm, active.com Hahn Estate Christmas Open House –11:00 am - 4:00 pm, hahnwinery.com Jingle Shells Arts and Crafts Fair –12:00 pm - 5:30 pm, seymourcenter.ucsc.edu The Listening Place, Readers Theater: Yuletide Jewels –1:30 pm - 2:30 pm, montereyart.org Santa Cruz Holiday Lights Train –5:00 pm - 10:00 pm, roaringcamp.com Brighten the Harbor Boat Parade –5:30 pm - 8:00 pm, mpyc.org

December 10, 2014

Storytime Visit with Santa Claus –10:00 am - 11:00 am, www.hm-lib.org

December 11, 2014

Holiday Pop Up Card Craft –3:15 pm - 4:30 pm, hm-lib.org

Ongoing:

Ice Skating by the Bay –iceskatingbythebay.com Santa House at Cannery Row – canneryrow.com A Charlie Brown Christmas –arieltheatrical.org A Christmas Story Play –westernstage.com Smuin Ballet Presents: Uncorked- The Christmas Ballet –smuinballet.org Teddy Bear Holiday Tea –2:30 pm - pebblebeach.com The Little Match Girl –epiphanymarina.org Light Show at McShane Nursery – mcshanesnursery.com Holiday Tree Walk at Roaring Railroad Camp –roaringcamp.com Various Holiday Trains, fwry-blog.com MontereyMommies.com is a website for parents, families and children living in the Monterey Bay area. View our calendar of over 2,000 local family-friendly events and activities for children ages newborn to 18 and stay up-to-date on our Facebook page or by subscribing to our newsletter. Check back here each week for new ideas on what to do with the family!

‘Giant Used Book Sale’ at Monterey Library

The Friends of the Monterey Public Library present their annual Giant Used Book Sale on Friday, December 6, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. in the Library Community Room.

Preview sale for Friends of the Library members only on Friday, December 5, 3 - 5 p.m. to get first dibs. Non-members join at the door. Thousands of high quality books at bargain prices. All proceeds benefit the Library. For more information call 831.646.3745. The Monterey Public Library is located at 625 Pacific Street, Monterey.

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Convicted Felon found to be in Possession of Loaded Firearm

On Friday, November 28, 2014 at 2:08 a.m., Monterey Police Officers were dispatched to the Quik Stop, 2407 N. Fremont, Monterey, regarding a subject causing a disturbance at the business. When officers arrived, they contacted Ralph Samuel Brooks III, who was identified as having been involved in the disturbance in the parking lot.

Brooks, a 32 year-old male, was found to have a no bail felony warrant for violation of Post Release Community Supervision (PRCS). When detaining Brooks, he began to struggle and resist the officers. Brooks was secured in handcuffs and found to be in possession of a loaded revolver and he was later found to be a registered Varrio Seaside Norte (VSN) gang member.

In addition to the no bail warrant, Brooks was booked into the Monterey County Jail on the charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm, possessing a firearm not registered to him, carrying a concealed firearm, carrying a loaded firearm, gang member carrying a concealed firearm, gang member carrying a loaded firearm, felon in possession of ammunition, and resisting arrest.

Sea Otter Fund Sunset Date May be Extended

Senator Bill Monning (D-Carmel), along with Assemblymembers Alejo and Stone, introduced Senate Bill (SB) 17, to extend the sunset date for the California Sea Otter Fund five years, until 2021. “Given that the sea otter population remains in trouble, it is important to extend the tax check-off option on the state income tax form in order for Californians to be able to voluntarily assist in helping to protect this keystone species,” said Senator Monning. “The reauthorization of the California Sea Otter Fund will ensure that support for research to protect the sea otter will continue uninterrupted.”

“Friends of the Sea Otter is honored to be a sponsor for this critical legislation seeking to extend the California Sea Otter Fund that has been a tremendous help to sea otters in California,” said Jim Curland, Advocacy Program Director, Friends of the Sea Otter. “Currently the Fund is the main source of money that facilitates research, education, and conservation programs in California.

Legislation enacted in 2006 initially created the California Sea Otter Fund, which supports researchers in their efforts to study and protect the threatened population of sea otters in California. Today, the three-year average is slightly less than 3,000 sea otters that exist along the state’s coastline – one-fifth of the historic population. The California Sea Otter Fund is currently scheduled to sunset on January 1, 2016.

PGHS Grad, Ed Smith, Joins Monterey City Council

A new Mayor and Council will be sworn-in at the Monterey City Council meeting on Tuesday, December 2 at 4 p.m. Clyde Roberson will lead the new Council as Mayor.

Roberson served 20 years on the Monterey City Council, including two terms as Mayor, and four years on the Library Board. Roberson started the Monterey Sports Center and the Neighborhood Improvement Program. He created the Historical Preservation and Cultural Arts Commissions. Roberson taught in Monterey for 35 years.

Roberson will be joined by two new Council members, Ed Smith and Timothy Barrett. Smith is co-owner of a leadership training business, and is involved with several civic organizations. He had a 34-year career in law enforcement, rising through the ranks of the Monterey Police Department from police officer, training officer, detective, sergeant and lieutenant, and additionally served four years as a division commander in southern California. Smith was born and raised on the Monterey Peninsula. He graduated from Pacific Grove High School, Monterey Peninsula College and California State University – Sacramento. He received a Master’s degree in Urban, State and Federal Governance from Golden Gate University and holds a California teaching credential.

Timothy Barrett, who has lived in Monterey for 31 years, is owner of a small business offering quality media production and strategic digital asset management services to educational and public relations campaigns. He was a founding board member of the Walk and Roll Foundation, which was established to assist those with spinal cord injuries; chair of the Monterey Bay Chapter of CATESOL, a teachers association focused on training and development; and chair of the MPC Symposium Working Group, which initiated a regional community of action on homelessness and poverty. Barrett holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Studies, a Master’s degree in Instructional Science and Technology and a teaching certificate.

Before the new Mayor and Council take the oath of office, the City will say goodbye to outgoing Mayor Chuck Della Sala, and outgoing Councilmembers Frank Sollecito and Nancy Selfridge.

The Dec. 2 Council meeting begins at 4 p.m. in City Council Chambers at Few Memorial Hall, 580 Pacific Street.

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Marge Ann Jameson Cop Log 11/22-11/29/14

Cell phone stuff

Driver seen talking on a cell phone. Traffic stop conducted – driver has a suspended license. Now he has a big ticket.

Cell phone lost near Sunset Dr. Cell phone reported lost. Location unknown.

Father reports possible narcotics activity on his son’s cell phone.

Found stuff

Found a check and drivers license belonging to a wanted person.

Wallet found on 9th St.

Defrauding innkeepers

Someone ate breakfast at a restaurant on Lighthouse and ran out without paying.

Subject paid for first night and inn failed to charge for second night. Subject left his ID and credit card and said he’d return with cash, but he hadn’t as of the police report filing.

False alarms

Lighthouse Ave.: Employee accidentally entered wrong code.

Lighthouse Ave.: Exterior was secure. Responsible party arrived and interior was checked an secured as well.

Briggs Ave.: Exterior secured.

Off their meds

A man was disturbing customers at Country Club Gate. Known to suffer from mental illness. He left when he was asked to.

Man misbehaving in parking lot. Third confrontation today. He agreed to be transported to CHOMP. Male displayed a firearm in his waistband and said he was a police officer.

Has a history of drug abuse. Story may be unfounded.

Shoplifting

Country Cub Gate: Subject tried to walk off with stolen merchandise but was intercepted. H was told not to return.

Lock your cars!

An unlocked vehicle was ransacked on 6th St. Nothing missing at first report.

An unlocked vehicle was ransacked on Shafter and stuff was stolen.

Backpack stolen from unlocked vehicle on Shafter.

Change stolen from a cup holder over night on Buena Vista. Car had been left unlocked.

Two vehicles entered at the same residence on Shafter. Nothing taken.

Vehicle left parked and unlocked in driveway on 9th St. Auto manual and registration were taken.

Unlocked vehicle left in driveway on Funston Ave. A few items were taken.

Sometimes even locking vehicles isn’t enough

Locked vehicle ransacked on Monterey Ave. No evidence of use of tool to enter it.

Unknown tool used to enter two locked vehicles parked in the street on 4th Ave. Both vehicles have alarms but alarms were not activated.

Vehicle left parked and locked on 4th St. and was broken into. No force marks or scratches. No witnesses no suspects.

Non-injury accidents

Vehicle vs. sign on Presidio.

Semi with cargo struck light post on Lighthouse while parking. Public Works cleaned up the mess.

On Sunset Dr.: Two vehicles involved. Major damage to both, both towed.

Exchange of information on Eardley.

Sleeping in unusual places

Two people had set up a camplette on an apartment roof, consisting of a suitcase, pillows, and lawn chairs. They were contacted and retrieved their stuff. They were advised not to return or they’d face trespassing charges.

Subject was sleeping on his neighbor’s front porch on Cedar St. He was intoxicated. He was also on probation with an alcohol prohibition.

Suspect was found asleep in the victim’s residence on Mermaid. He was arrested, booked, and transported to County Jail.

D&Dx3

A man visiting relatives got drunk and they wouldn’t allow him to drive.

The police had to return three times to mediate, and on the third trip he was contacted outside the residence so he was taken into custody for public intoxication. He was taken to Monterey PD jail and held until sober, then released.

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Past tense theft of money for a vacation home ad on Craigslist. Victim deposited money into suspect’s bank account. Suspect identified himself in an email as a fraud from Africa and said the police won’t catch him outside the country.

Trespassing: No carnivores wanted

A woman was harassing customers as they left a grocery store and following them to their cars, fussing about the cruelty of consuming meat. She was asked to leave and as it is private property, she was advised that if she returned it would be considered trespassing. She left.

Security at football game

Officers provided security at high school football game, including integrity of the field and safety of spectators. Answered numerous questions from citizens about issues in the city.

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Jon Guthrie’s High Hats & Parasols

100 Years Ago in Pacific Grove Main line SP pensioners feted

It’s certainly a lovely Monday for all who once worked for the Southern Pacific Railroad. The S. P. Railroad summoned all former workers to San Francisco to attend its annual reunion and shoulder-patting event. Transportation from any depot served

by SP was provided.

Before dining, an officer of SP offered a lengthy eulogy applauding reaching across the nation to drive the golden spike at Promontory, Utah.1 It was from that singular deed, he alleged, that America drew its subsequent greatness. An imitation of the “last

spike” was presented to Stanford University to place on display.

The next speaker touted the Panama Canal and advocated crossing Mexican and South American territory to reach the passageway. With the war going on in Mexico, his desire may have been a jest.

A traveling display of photographs and documents relating to S. P. development was then unveiled. The railroad plans to send the exhibit around the state, displayed in a r. r. car. The display ranged from a powder horn used by hunters hired to kill the buffalo used to feed workers to a modern rail switching device.

Dinner was then served, composed of oysters-on-the half-shell as appetizers, salad, roast beef au juice, mashed potatoes with gravy, candied yams, asparagus in cheese sauce, and pumpkin or pecan pie.

Celebrants arrived home this afternoon, supposedly thoroughly stuffed.

Peace envoys named by Uncle Sam

Word has come from Juarez that the most distant battle in the current war is being fought near Tampico. Constitutionalists hope for a favorable outcome. It is reported that ground fires are extensive. Much of the pueblo is on fire and a massive explosion was heard coming from therein. The wire did not mention there being an armory at Tampico, but it is believed that to have been the source of the explosion. Foreigners have been told to leave.

Meanwhile, another attempt at peace is underway. Uncle Sam has designated envoys to participate in peace talks to be held at Vera Cruz. Mr. Joseph Maurice will be in charge of the six delegates, Maurice included. Pancho Villa has not responded and it is not yet known whether the northern rebels are willing to participate.

Troops may be ordered to Vera Cruz

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Private Parks may have simply disappeared and not have been killed, as previously reported. Regardless, the American peace envoy made preparations to leave Washington, DC, on the road to Vera Cruz. Uncle Sam, however offered Key West as the site for peace talks, an offer that is expected to generate little enthusiasm among Mexicans. The Juarez delegation has already departed, although expressing fear of Rebels in the Vera Cruz area. The United States has offered to dispatch a protective troop of Marines.2 While gallant, the offer may also be refused, if not by the Constitutionalists by the Rebels.

Fresno productive, should be considered

Fresno and surroundings are widely known as productive areas of rapid growth.

Right in the midst of this splendid cornucopia, right up against the city of Fresno, and right in the path of the most explosive growth lies the property of Bullard Lands Irrigated. This property has groves of figs, oranges, peach, and apricots on three sides, and a vineyard on the fourth. All are watered. The railroad will soon be completed making transportation to and from the Grove a snap. Most roads have been graded and a few have been Macadamized.

Right now the Bullard Land Irrigated Company has divided 2 ½ miles alongside the road from Bullard’s headquarters to the city into residential lots, each 120 feet in length and adequately deep for a little farming. Bullards will be glad to provide you with water for irrigation and home use. Bullards will also provide terms that make such a purchase possible.

Come by the Review office to discuss your purchase. A free booklet will be provided.3

Side track Tidbits from here and there

• Mr. Harry Henwich, athletic director and football coach at Visalia, is in town. Mr. Henrich is being interviewed for a similar job in the Grove. Henrich promises building P. G. football fortunes. Salinas needs to be beat!

• Real estate transfer. Carmel Investment Company has exchanged a lot in Carmelby-the-Sea for a Pacific Grove lot of equal size.4 • Excuse the climate. A cold wave has sent the chills across our area.

• Palace Drugs on Alvarado in Monterey can bring music into your home. Palace has a full line of Victor and Edison talking machines. A number of recordings on wax are also available. Palace sells at San Francisco prices!

And the cost is …

• Waist Sale. The Emporium at 418 Alvarado Street, Monterey, has $1.75 value waists on sale for $1.45. Last year’s stock.

• Seasonal cottages can now be contracted for next year. We have a one roomer, canvas sided with privy available for $13 a week. Many others available.

• 150 watt electrical bulbs. Put some sunshine inside your home. $1.10 each at Culp Bros. on Lighthouse.

• Work indoors this winter by wall papering your home. Our new stock has just arrived. Beautiful designs. Some with a velvet design brushed on. Wall paper starts at 55ȼ per roll. Look our paper over before you buy. J. K. Paul Furniture Store.

• The previous owner did not care for5 horseless transportation. Hence, a 1912 model Maxwell is on sale for a mere $550. Also, view an exhibit of new Maxwells priced at from $835 to $1,335. Terms can be arranged on used or new purchase. See at the Culp Bros. Garage, P. G. Phone Black 854 for appointment or just walk in.

• Get ready for a spring tour to Yosemite. Beautiful scenery and abundant water. Ten days round trip with Yosemite layover. Purchase your ticket now, complete for just $23.10. For details and reservations, see Mr. C. R. Estabrook, Station Agent, P. G.

Author notes

1 The last spike was driven by Leland Stanford on May 10, 1869.

2 The Marines were established in 1775.

3 An example of advertorial practices. This item was located on a front page.

4 Carmel was attempting to survive and inspire growth by imitating PG’s role as a religious retreat.

5 Whether the Maxwell was on consignment or purchased for resale by Culp Bros was not made clear.

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New research shows that lung cancer deaths can be reduced by 20 percent using CT screening, which finds cancers earlier than X-rays. The free screenings are made possible by an anonymous donor to Community Hospital Foundation.

For more information on the free CT lung screening, please contact Community Hospital’s Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology department at (831) 625-4845.

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Homeless Secret Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town Wanda Sue Parrott

Homeless in Paradise First stop on Homeless Santa’s Christmas agenda is the shopping center near Valero gas station in Sand City.

Date of his arrival and holiday appearances on the Monterey Peninsula are flexible, so watch for him. You will recognize his atypical santalike familiarity. He will wear a real white beard, not part of a thrift-store costume like his non-traditional purple hat with traditional white fur trim.

Homeless Santa will wear a pair of zigzag pajama bottoms with fluorescent slashes of fuschia, orange yellow, lime, teal and purple, topped by a purple thrift store tee shirt from Choices Workshop sponsored by Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. Its white-lettered front says: One body. . .

One life. . .

Don’t mess up!

The back side says: “The power to dream, and the freedom to make those dreams come true.”

The costume will be bottomed with tall rubber boots that double as rain gear.

They can be worn for fly fishing in a river or, as the homeless say, “dumpster diving.”

“Putting something like this together isn’t easy when you’re homeless,” said Santa’s entrepreneurial manager I call Ernie to protect his privacy. Ernie considers the holiday costume and props an investment purchased with money earned from a recent temp job in a Pacific Grove restaurant.

“I have another holiday job starting as soon as I get my lost Social Security card replaced, so am doing this in the meantime,” Ernie said about managing the gig of the 60-something man I nickname Saint Nick for privacy protection.

According to Ernie,” Santa generously shares the food and other items he collects from dumpsters.” He calls the unscheduled performances on the outdoor commercial-corners stage “Surprise Appearances by Secret Santa.”

My sneak peek at this forthcoming holiday-season attraction resulted when Ernie and I crossed paths outside the Salvation Army over Thanksgiving. He unloaded a paper sack from his bicycle.

“What’s all that pajama stuff for?”

I asked.

“It’s a Santa costume,” he said, pulling out a small black belt riveted with

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silver studs.

“That belt is too little for Santa’s big belly.”

“This Santa is tall and thin. He’s homeless.”

“Is this the same Santa who has a generous heart and uses meth?”

Yes, Ernie said, adding the fact this gig is not just for show. It will be a moneymaking venture. “Santa will give out candy canes to everyone who donates.

I can buy thirty paper-wrapped candy canes for $1. We’ll split income three ways: I’ll get one third, Santa will get one third, and we’ll give the other third away to homeless people, just as a rich Secret Santa gives away money.”

Ernie is the creative 40-year old gay unemployed cook who served a preThanksgiving feast to homeless people in Seaside’s Laguna Grande Park. Featured entrée was barbecued beef ribs scavenged from a supermarket dumpster and marinated in juice of oranges saved from produce garbage.

“Being homeless has made me realize I want to eventually have a TV show called The Gay Gourmet,” Ernie said.

Meanwhile, he rang Santa’s white ceramic bell and practiced standing up the solar-powered candy cane prop as an attention-getting gimmick for Santa’s act.

I asked, “What kind of job will you do when your Social Security card comes?”

“Bell ringing for the Salvation Army.

I’ll earn $9 an hour,” Ernie said. “Santa will fly a rainbow-hued sign with big red heart that says STARVATION ARMY.” “What will you do with your cut of Santa’s donations?”

He said, “When I became homeless, I lost my car. Riding a bicycle has been good because I’ve lost weight and am getting back into shape, but I’ve had two bikes stolen. I would really like to have a little old-style Volkswagen with a bed I can sleep in.”

I asked, “Does Homeless Santa have a street performer’s license?”

“He doesn’t need a license,” Ernie said. “Home is where the heart is. Santa isn’t homeless. He is houseless.”

Wanda Sue Parrott is author of The Boondoggler’s Bible—How to Fight Like City Hall to Win! Proceeds from book sales benefit homeless women of Monterey Peninsula. Details from amykitchenerfdn@hotmail.com .

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• December 5, 2014

We Need A Little Christmas Jane Roland

Animal Tales and Other Random Thoughts “It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas” was written by Meredith Wilson in 1951.

Actually it has looked like Christmas for several months. Stores haul out the decorations prior to Labor Day. When I was young, a very long time ago, the holidays were very special. I remember little about my first 6 years which were spent on Governors Island, Ft. Jay, in New York Harbor. My father was in charge of Castle Williams, which was the disciplinary barracks. My best friend was Michael Collins, who stayed in orbit around the Moon and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin left in the Lunar Module to make the first manned landing on its surface. He was two years older than I but there were not many children on the post who were under six. His father, James Lawton Collins was the commandant. Our other friend was Olaf Anderson whose father had a civilian job on the base. We would pile into my father’s car (hopefully the rumble seat), drive over the drawbridge to the Fort and see Santa Claus (probably one of the prisoners), these young men were incarcerated for minor offenses and many became servants for the officers. My mother was very fond of some of these “boys” and kept in touch when they were reassigned. On Christmas Day, as we did on Thanksgiving, we dined with the troops. One year my mother decided she would bake a turkey. In those days she wasn’t much of a cook and she happily stuffed the bird with wild rice. She wasn’t aware that the grains should be cooked first. You can visualize the rest. I remember the anticipation and excitement as the huge tree was raised in our living room and our stable of animals, English Bull Dogs, Siamese cats, parrots and other birds of various species wore bows. I recall going to New York City to see the Rockettes.

In 1938 we relocated to Ft. Huachuca in the mountains south of Tucson. Daddy was post adjudant and again we had holiday meals with the troops. On February 14, 1941, my father died of complications from pneumonia and we moved, within a week, to Tucson. War was on the horizon so Mother bought a house near the University and settled in for the long haul. I remember happy times of sleigh rides, parties, lots of singing and good will. We had a large comfortable home. Unfortunately, the war created chaos in the little town which quadrupled in size in four years and demographics put our house in a less desirable area where the big old houses were being turned into boarding houses. Mother sold and we moved to the country in 1945. The house was tiny; certainly not what my Mother had ever experienced. She made the best of it. I did not, but I was a teenager and would have been difficult in the best of circumstances. We lived there until I graduated from college. Christmas never seemed the same again… the magic seemed to be gone.

When Mother moved to Carmel Valley and I to San Francisco to work in advertising, the warmth of the holidays seemed to return. The City By the Bay really knows what to do. I Magnin was bedecked with lights as were the cable cars chugging up Powell Street. The Christmas tree at the City of Paris evoked wonder. There was the Nut Cracker to enjoy and, generally, some other musical performance. I had a number of friends, many from the Monterey Peninsula, and we sucked up all there was to offer either in “The City” or Monterey Peninsula. “Silver Bells” could be heard all over. I was talking to a customer at the shop the other day who attributed the inspiration of the song to The Salvation Army. Jay Livingston also attributed it to Santa’s bells. However Ray Evans the co-author stated that it was actually inspired by a bell that sat on Ray and Jay’s shared office desk. Skip forward a number of years to the early seventies when John and I married, had a child, to accompany the two I had from a previous marriage and Christmas became magical again. I loved having the “kids” around. We spent Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day at Cousin Mary’s with her brood, later to Jay and Denise’s for Christmas Brunch. We had and went to many parties, it was a glorious time. Times change, people age, or leave us, but we survive, one must. .

Daughter, Ellen, and her family, Shawn, Joe and Will, have invited us to visit them this year and we are looking forward to it. We had thought to take them all to see “Wicked,” the stage play, until we saw the prices. For six of us to go and have less than mediocre seats, no six together, it would be over $1,000. We decided instead to see the movie, Into The Woods, opening on Christmas Day. It is a shame that, what I can only assume is greed, only the affluent can attend professional theatre or sports venues.

No longer can we sit on the stairs in our finery at the Opera House or hang from the balconies as in Shakespeare’s time. However, we have wonderful local productions; Also, there are filmed theatrical performances and the Metropolitan Opera productions.

A week or so ago, by chance, as it was not advertised we saw “Billy Elliott,” the musical filmed live in London. It was glorious, one of the best bits of musical theater we have ever seen. It will be out on DVD soon and also on PBS, be sure to see it, if you enjoy good acting, lovely singing and great dancing. In the meantime “Haul out the holly; Put up the tree before my spirit falls again. Fill up the stocking, I may be rushing things, but deck the halls again now. For we need a little Christmas right this very minute, candles in the window, carols at the spinet. Yes, we need a little Christmas right this very minute.” For those who don’t remember... this wonderful song was written

by Jerry Herman for “Mame.”

Jane Roland lives in Monterey and manages the AFRP Treasure Shop for Animal Friends Rescue Project..gcr770 @aol.com

‘The Ancestor Effect’ and Other Good Reasons to Know Your Roots Joyce Krieg

Keepers of our Culture Note: Joyce Krieg of Pacific Grove has joined Park Place Publication as an associate in offering Guided Autobiography classes and other projects. She is a published author with three mystery novels released by St. Martin’s Minotaur and has had a long career as a print and broadcast journalist.

We Americans tend to be forwardthinking people, always setting goals and making plans for the future. In a few more weeks, we’ll be hanging calendars for 2015, setting up our electronic planners for the next 12 months, and making New Year’s resolutions. But with all that good intention flowing toward the future, it’s also important to keep our eyes on our past – not just where we’ve been, but the stories of our ancestors as well.

Genealogy has experienced a big upswing in popularity in recent years, with millions of people logging onto Ancestry. com and tuning in to the PBS series Finding Your Roots. But it turns out there are more benefits to tracing your ancestry than just the fun of unearthing the truth to the old family rumors about the heiress who ran away with the butler back in the War of 1812.

Fascinating research reported in The European Journal of Social Psychology hints that knowing about one’s ancestors actually improves performance on intelligence-based tests. Peter Fischer and colleagues at several universities in Germany studied 80 undergrads. One group was told to think about their greatgrandparents and distant ancestors, while the other group was instructed to reflect back on a recent shopping trip. Then all were given a series of intelligence tests.

Those in the first group, who had pondered the stories of their ancestors before taking the test, scored significantly higher.

The researchers have dubbed this “the ancestor effect,” writing, “Normally,

our ancestors managed to overcome a multitude of personal and society problems such as severe illnesses, wars, loss of loved ones or severe economic declines. So when we think about them, we are reminded that humans who are genetically similar to us can successfully overcome a multitude of problems and adversities.”

Convinced that you should dig into your own past? A great place to start is the Pacific Grove Public Library. If you have a library card, you can access a treasure trove of information for free, all from the convenience of your home computer. Just go to http://www.pacificgrovelibrary.org/ information-and-research and scroll down to Genealogy.

Other online sources: Archives.gov – The federal government database, including military records and naturalization records.

CyndisList.com – A compilation of research sites in the U.S. and around the world.

Ellisisland.org – If your ancestors emigrated from Europe between 1892 and 1924, chances are they came through Ellis Island. This site includes a passenger list of every ship, including place of residence before coming to the U.S. Familysearch.org – This is the free database of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Findagrave.com – More than 60 million burial records.

By now, we all know the importance of reading to our children and grandchildren when they are very young. But the next time we grab for Dr. Seuss or that much-loved copy of Goodnight Moon, perhaps we should consider writing down our own family stories and reading them at bedtime. Not only will we be giving the next generation a sense of their own narrative and who they are, but we might end up helping them to do better in school.

Exciting Family Trek into the 1600s

By Phyllis Edwards My travels through the branches of my family tree revealed literally thousands of facts about people with names and dates that matched those I had gleaned from my family’s various hand-written archives.

Some of those dates consisted of the mundane sort, such as birthdates, marriage records, and gravesite locations.

Others, however, were more intriguing or surprising.

One exciting family tree trek actually led to a connection within my diabetesridden family that I had long suspected: Thomas Willis, probably my seventh great grandfather, born in 1621, was the doctor who distinguished diabetes from the group of “wasting diseases” doctors were just beginning to understand in the 1600s.

fered there. What I had not known was how many of the friends with whom that family had settled in Wisconsin became related to me through marriage among the children of that family.

I also learned exactly where in Wisconsin the family had settled in 1834: Mifflin in Iowa County. This led to a new sense of locational geography that meshed with my memories of family members I had known as a child who lived and worked in Wisconsin. This kind of new understanding of my family’s tentacles across many regions of the United States, gives me a more grounded sense of my place in my homeland.

Deep Emotional Connections

The more I bored into the ancestral facts, the more I began to sense a deep emotional connection with people and places that theretofore had been just words and numbers on paper. I loved finding out exactly when and where events had taken place and how they related to me.

For example, I had known that my twice-great grandfather on my mother’s side of the family, Matthew Willis, had emigrated from England to escape the persecution his Quaker family had suf-

POETIC OUTCOME: At Miss Trawick’s, Phyllis Edwards, retired editor for National Geographic Learning. She is publishing “Pioneer Poems 1850,” by poet Matthew Willis, her greatgreat grandfather, with Park Place Publications.

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Rainbow Monday

Times • Page 9

Tom Stevens

In the rainy weekend’s aftermath, Monday produced the sort of skies favored by painters and photographers. Successive layers and ledges of gray framed distant cumulus towers that could have arisen from a storybook. All the grays were out, from charcoal, slate and battleship to pewter, pearl and dove.

Here and there, slow-moving shafts of misty sunlight slanted through ragged blue windows in the clouds. Probing the sodden world below like flashlight beams, these lit up all they touched and lent vivid color to what had been drab.

Neither painter nor photographer myself, I felt uneasy bogarting all this celestial beauty. But then I reasoned pictorial artists had been tracking this chiaroscuro cloudscape since first light, as alert to each change as duck hunters in a blind.

Monday’s cloud diorama ushered me down the coast from San Francisco, where I had spent the weekend at my brother’s place. Hoping to skirt morning rush hour traffic there and in Santa Cruz, I left early and drove south along Highway One. The radio carried a lot of palaver about “Cyber Monday.” Financial nabobs postulated that a big Cyber Monday might offset this year’s disappointing Black Friday.

That event, I was told, actually begins for many shoppers on Thanksgiving Thursday.

Some reportedly pushed the envelope even further, camping in a Best Buy parking lot in mid-November to be first in line on bargain night.

It’s all somewhat baffling. Tell me again why Americans are pitching tents out in the sleet, then fist-fighting and hair-pulling in electronics stores on Thanksgiving night? Is this going to be a national identifier for us now, like celebrity worship and obesity? Then, so be it. The British have soccer hooligans. I guess we can have shopping hooligans.

Black Friday’s fistic excesses might explain the growing popularity of Cyber Monday. Why risk getting trampled in Best Buy or shin-kicked at the Genius Bar when you can shop safely from your smart phone? No, strike “safely.” Apparently Cyber Monday has become a bonanza for international credit and identity thieves. It should be called Hacker Monday.

Before these bleak thoughts could further sour the drive, I punched off the radio and glanced seaward. Dark squalls floated like jellyfish over the horizon, stinging the ocean with filaments of rain. In the drizzly shafts where sunlight met rain, candy colors suddenly appeared. This might have been Cyber Monday elsewhere, but it was Rainbow Monday along the coast.

The stretch of Highway One from Pacifica to Santa Cruz features several lofty, roller coaster hills that overlook long, empty beaches. As I came over the crest of one hill, the sun broke through and lit up a set of incoming waves. The water turned pellucid, coke-bottle green, and a double rainbow formed offshore.

Just then, for a thrilling moment, I saw the dark torpedo shape of a lone dolphin within a wave, angling swiftly toward shore. The bodysurfing dolphin was lost to view as my truck sped on down the hill, but the double rainbow lingered for another half-mile, brightening the sky like two rolls of Lifesavers.

The play of colored light on dark backdrops is a Christmas season verity that can offset Cyber Monday. As December days shorten toward the solstice, there is increasing darkness to illuminate. Once the sun sets, strings of colored bulbs sparkle

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vividly to life. Holiday trees pinpoint the night with red, blue, yellow, orange and green. Spotlighted crèches, Santas and yard snowmen beckon passersby.

In rainy Decembers, the streets become a second winter sky as shiny black asphalt mirrors holiday colors. Even traffic lights gain some seasonal cachet, their elongated flares of red, green and yellow glistening in turn from wet pavement. They seem to say: Don’t freak on Black Friday. Enjoy the signals.

In addition to rainbows, cloud towers and a bodysurfing dolphin, Monday’s coastal scenery included several Christmas tree farms newly open for business. This early in December, the cut trees are still numerous, still have all their needles, and are power-packed with piney fragrance. Winding slowly through Santa Cruz, I lowered the windows at each tree lot and enjoyed a brisk Doppler blast of evergreen.

For me, that fresh fir tree scent and the play of colored light on rainy pavement starts the holiday season. All else will follow: poinsettia pots in gold foil, holly branches on the mantel, menorahs in the window, friends and family arriving for parties, kids in reindeer hats, egg nog sprinkled with cinnamon, holiday light shows, and bundled carolers trying to remember if it’s 10 Lords or 11 Lords A-Leaping.

When the rain stops, another light show starts overhead. Constellations pulse and shimmer in the great black street of the winter sky. Stars and planets glow in festive strings: red, blue, yellow, orange and green. It’s all there, and it’s okay to bogart.

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• December 5, 2014

Holiday Events

Molly's Revenge and Friends Present Benefit for St. Mary's Food Pantry

Molly's Revenge and special guest vocalist Christa Burch with the Rosemary Turco Irish Dancers will present Winterdance, the 9th Annual Celtic Christmas Celebration in a benefit for St. Mary's Community Food Pantry. The date is Sunday, December 7, 2014 in a 3:00 p.m. matinee Molly's Revenge and special guest vocalist Christa Burch with the Rosemary Turco Irish Dancers will present an evening of music, song and dance associated with the festive season. The performance will include Christmas songs both old and new, all played with a Celtic twist, as well as selections from the band's brand new holiday album. Benefit for St. Mary's Community Food Pantry. Bring a toy or canned food and receive a special treat.

Molly's Revenge, whose lineup includes bagpipes, fiddle, whistle, guitar, mandola, and bodhran, have toured extensively in the USA as well as Australia, China and Scotland. The band is known for its unique and infectious on-stage enthusiasm. Their arrangements of traditional jigs and reels bring these dance tunes up to date with a driving, hard-edged accent that always leaves audiences shouting for more.

In August of this year, Molly's Revenge and Christa Burch recorded a new collection of Celtic Christmas and winter-themed music at a remote windswept retreat in the redwoods of the Mendocino coast. This beautiful new album will be available at the Winterdance shows.

This 9th Annual Celtic Christmas Celebration will capture the traditional spirit of the season and warm the hearts of all.

Cost is $20 adv./$24 day of the show. Children 13 and under $10. Tickets are available at brownpapertickets.com or Bookmark Music, 307 Forest Ave, Pacific Grove.

Saint Marys By The Sea Episcopal Church is located at Central Ave & 12th Streets, Pacific Grove.

Monterey Peninsula Gospel Community Choir Presents Free Concerts December 13, 4:30-6:30 p.m. Annual Christmas with Gospel Flava Concert Community Church of the Monterey Peninsula 4590 Carmel Valley Rd. John Nash Jr., the group’s founder and leader, has lived and breathed gospel music since his early days at Greater Victory Temple Church of God in Christ in Seaside. He has been involved in the Monterey Peninsula gospel world since he was 9 years old, and has gone on to work with many legends of contemporary gospel music, including Andrae and Sandra Crouch, Edwin and Tremaine Hawkins, James Cleveland, Richard Smallwood, and many more. Both John and co-director David Wells travel far and volunteer their time to train the choir.

You can follow upcoming MPGCC events or assist with tax-deductible sponsorship donations on the website www.mpgospelcc.org.

Smuin Ballet Uncorks Christmas

Smuin dancers Dustin James (left) and Kevin James (right) surround Robert Moore, who is the featured bad-guy in “Mean and Green” - a new work choreographed by Weston Krukow for “The Christmas Ballet, Uncorked!” touring the Bay Area through Dec. 27.

The Bay Area’s hottest holiday ticket gets a 21st season kick when Smuin Ballet’s “The Christmas Ballet, Uncorked!” makes its sassy return, a perfect gift for audience members of all ages. An ever-changing carousel of mischief and elegance, this enormously popular holiday celebration offers something for everyone, from ballet, tap, and swing to a wealth of other dances drawn from holiday traditions from around the world. This year “The Christmas Ballet, Uncorked!” will include new choreography from Smuin’s acclaimed Choreographer-in-Residence Amy Seiwert, as well as debut pieces from dancers Ben Needham-Wood, Nicole Haskins, and Weston Krukow. “The Christmas Ballet, Uncorked!” will tour the Bay Area, beginning with shows in Walnut Creek, continuing in Carmel and Mountain View, and finishing up with its annual holiday run at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.

See it on Dec. 5-6 at Sunset Center in Carmel (between 8th and 10th). Shows are at 8:00 p.m. Friday and 2:00 p.m. Saturday

Pacific Coast Church Holiday Art Exhibit & Crafts Faire Miniature oil paintings and collages, fine art photography, jewelry, hand-painted scarves, painted boxes and essential oil blends will be among the offerings at the Pacific Coast Church Holiday Art Exhibition and Crafts Faire on Saturday, Dec. 13, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the church Community Room. Holiday refreshments will be served.

“Pacific Coast Church has a mystical way of presenting ancient wisdom in

a modern context. The artists in this show truly live their spirituality closely and intimately through creative expressions of their art, bringing spirit into form,” says church art curator Cynthia Johnson Bianchetta.

Pacific Coast Church is located at 522 Central Ave., Pacific Grove.

Further information can be obtained by calling 831-372-1942.

Local Libraries Accept Food for Fines December 1 - 31

The Pacific Grove Public Library and the Monterey Public Library will accept donations of unopened, non-perishable food as an option to payment of overdue fines on library materials. All food donations will be given to local food banks which are in great need of replenishment at this time of the year. The Libraries benefit by having overdue items returned so that others may borrow them. Bring your food donations to the public libraries in Pacific Grove, or Monterey, or to the Monterey Public Library Bookmobile.

The Pacific Grove Public Library is located at 550 Central Avenue, Pacific Grove, and the Monterey Public Library is located at 625 Pacific Street, Monterey, For more information call Linda Pagnella at (831) 648-5760 or Inga Waite at (831) 646-3477.

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Holiday Events

Hartnell Community Choir Announces Winter Concert

The Hartnell Community Choir will be holding their winter concert at 3:00 pm Sunday, December 7 at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Monterey Peninsula, 490 Aguajito Road, Carmel.

The Hartnell Community Choir is conducted by Robin McKee Williams.

The choir, originally affiliated with Hartnell Community College and now an independent organization, has performed at Avery Fisher Hall, Steinbeck Center, Hartnell College and local churches. Their repertoire spans five centuries from early baroque to pop, but their specialty has become classical choral works, with McKee Williams frequently leading the choir and guest artists in outstanding performances of the great classical masses.

The December 7 program includes Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem, for soloists, choir, organ, and orchestra, and highlights

from The Messiah by G. F. Handel. Soloists for the Requiem will be baritone Todd Samra, a regular on the Peninsula music scene, and mezzo-soprano Rachel Lowrey, a recent graduate of the DePauw University School of Music. Soloists for The Messiah will be acclaimed soprano Shawnette Sulker, a featured performer with the San Francisco Opera, mezzosoprano Lowrey, and tenor Nicholas Gerst, a music student at UC-Santa Cruz.

The choir will be accompanied by the string group, Ensemble La Campanella, organist Stephen Tosh, and harpist Pamela Scholz. Ensemble La Campanella will also perform Telemann’s Concerto in G Major for Viola, featuring Vladimir Khalikulov, and Vivaldi’s Spring from The Four Seasons.

There is a suggested donation of $20.

For more information, call 831-649-0992.

Team Up to Fight Arthritis

Make Jingle Bell Run/Walk a Holiday Tradition

2014 Jingle Bell Run/Walk® Saturday, December 13, 2014 at Lovers Point, Pacific Grove The Arthritis Foundation is calling for people to take action against arthritis by participating in the fourth annual Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis. The annual nationwide event kicks off during the holiday season, raising awareness of America’s leading cause of disability, while raising desperately needed funds for research, health education and government advocacy to improve the lives of people with arthritis.

To celebrate the holiday season, participants tie jingle bells to their shoelaces, don festive holiday costumes and join friends and neighbors in support of the Arthritis Foundation’s mission to prevent, control and cure arthritis and related diseases.

The Pacific Grove Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis will take place at Lovers Point on Saturday, December 13, 2014 at 7:30 a.m. There will be a timed 5K run and fun walk, and an Elf Run for children under 12 years of age. Santa will be there with his elves and other fun activities.

To get involved or to form a team, visit: www.jinglebellrunpg.org or email afallon@arthritis.org – phone contact: 831-620-1699.

Presenting Sponsor: Monterey Spine & Joint, Central Coast Brain & Spine

Alliance Home Health, Victory Dealership Group, Pfizer, Wells Fargo,The UPS Store; Carmel & Del Monte Volunteers of America, Central Coast Senior Services, Inc., VNA & Hospice, City of Pacific Grove, Wells Fargo, Treadmill, Pebble Beach Company, Bristol Meyers Squibb, Beach House Restaurant, Gorman Real Estate, Amgen Springer Construction, Whole Foods, KWAV, 630, ESPN-am, Nova Medical Four Point Communications, Monterey Herald, Cedar Street Times, Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce, Culligan, Genentech

Gifts for the family in the Museum Store Looking for a unique gift for the person who has it all? Have a budding scientist in the family? Shopping local? Look no further than our very own Museum Store. From butterfly merchandise and clothing, to stuffed animals, electronic butterflies in a jar, and much more, the Museum Store is a must-visit stop on your local holiday shopping expedition!

Museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday

City’s Gift for the Holidays: Three-Hour Parking Downtown

The City of Pacific Grove City Council voted to temporarily increase the parking limit downtown over the 2014-15 holiday season to three hours from the existing two hours.

Community and Economic Development Director Mark Brodeur told the Council that research shows two-hour limits are not conducive to a “park once” customerfriendly atmosphere. It is hoped that they will eat a leisurely meal and then spend some time shopping, especially over the holidays.

Decals with the new time limit will be placed on existing signs, and then removed when the experiment is over -- or not. The Economic Development Commission, the Business Improvement District, and the Chamber of Commerce will each be asked to analyze and report on the effectiveness, and the time limit may be extended permanently.

The new time limit takes effect immediately after the second reading of the ordinance on Dec. 3 and will be reviewed on February 6.

Help Foster Children Shop for Gifts 150 Kids will be reached

Voices for Children - CASA of Monterey County offers foster children the opportunity to enjoy the wonderful experience of shopping for gifts for their loved ones in a special gift store at the Voices for Children offices in Salinas every holiday season.

This year, allU.S. Credit Union will be collecting donations for this special program for adults and children ages 4-18 years of age. More than 150 children currently in Foster Care in Monterey County will be selecting the perfect gifts for everyone on their Christmas list. allU.S. Credit Union is requesting donations of new, unwrapped gifts for older youth and adults. Please take your donations to allU.S. Credit Union located at 20 West Market Street in Salinas between now and December 19 and help a foster child and their family have a memorable Christmas Holiday.

“Without the generosity of the wonderful people of Monterey County our youth in foster care would have no way to acquire Christmas presents to give to their loved ones. Our most heartfelt thanks to allUS Credit Union for supporting Voices for Children CASA Monterey County’s ‘Gift of Giving Campaign,” said Linda Fosler, Executive Director.

“Children with a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) do better in their foster placement, better in school and find a permanent home sooner. The great news is that today we serve about half the population of foster youth in our county - the terrible news is that we have over 100 children on our waiting list. Please consider becoming a court appointed special advocate - go to our website at www.voicesforchildren.org or CASA. org or call me directly at831-455-6800”, continued Fosler.

Background on Gifts of Giving and Voices for Children - CASA of Monterey County We are seeking donations of new, unwrapped, gifts for our ‘Gift of Giving’ 2014 campaign. Our goal is for each ‘CASA’ child to be able to select the perfect gifts for everyone on their list, including, where appropriate, biological and foster and siblings, parents, grandparents etc. and also teachers and best friends.

-We need for about 30 percent of the items donated to be appropriate for boys and girls up to age 10.

-We need approximately 20 percent of the items to be appropriate for youth 11-14 -We need 50 percent of the donated items to be appropriate for teens 15+ and adults An important component of caring, healthy relationships is learning how to give. The ‘Gift of Giving’ provides children and youth in foster care with the opportunity to experience the true joy of the holiday season by giving to others.

CASAs through their dedication show children what it is like to be cared for and treated with respect. The ‘Gift of Giving’ helps teach children how to give in return and gives them an opportunity to express their affection for those around them.

Between December 5 and 21 CASAs will bring more than 150 children to the Voices for Children - CASA office to pick out gifts to give to those they love.

Please consider contributing new, unwrapped items to this year’s ‘Gift of Giving’. For health reasons, we cannot accept used items. Here is our wish list: New small gifts items such as games, photo frames; Men’s and women’s clothing accessories, such as hats, scarves, gloves, socks; Stationery gifts such as pen sets or note cards; Toiletry items such as cologne, nail polish, lotion, makeup kits.

Gift cards for grocery stores, (Safeway, Nob Hill, SaveMart), Subway, Jamba Juice, Starbucks, Target, Kohls, or similar multi-purpose stores such as Walgreens, CVS, or RiteAid – suggested minimum gift card amount is $25 Gift wrap, ribbons, bows, and cards (we set up a wrapping station for the children to wrap the gifts themselves!)

Voices for Children also accepts cash donations so we can purchase items for the ‘Gift of Giving’ Voices for Children - CASA of Monterey County is a non-profit child advocacy organization serving children in Monterey County’s Foster Care System. Community volunteers train to become advocates called CASAs (Court Appointed Special Advocates) and are dedicated to the wellbeing of the children they advocate for.

CASAs strive to help foster children build permanent connections, look towards the future, and build trust. They offer support, encouragement, and guidance designed to ensure the child is well cared for while in foster care and receives needed services.

Safety Officers seek toy donations Crime Prevention Officers’ Association of Monterey County presents the 16TH Annual CPOAMC Toy Drive. Last year, the Toy Drive provided over 1,600 toys to children in need. Churches and community service agencies throughout Monterey County have identified the needy children and they will help Santa by wrapping all the new toys.

Drop off sites: CHP Office 960 E. Blanco, Salinas CSUMB PD Office 100 Campus Center, Seaside Sheriff’s Office, 1414 Natividad Rd., Salinas Sheriff’s Office, 10680 Merritt St., Salinas Seaside PD, 400 Harcourt Ave., Seaside Pacific Grove PD- 580 Pine Ave. Carmel PD - Junipero & Fourth Sheriff’s Office - 1200 Aguajito Rd., Monterey Monterey PD - 351 Madison St. Walgreen’s at Monterey, Marina, Salinas at N. Sanborn, Seaside and Pacific Grove CVS Pharmacy at – Monterey at Fremont St. and Lighthouse Ave., Marina, Carmel, Prunedale at San Miguel Canyon Rd and Vierra Canyon Road

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• December 5, 2014

Rainy Day Driving Tips: #1 is ‘Slow Down!’

It has been awhile since Peninsula drivers have experienced repeated rainy days.

Some of us may need reminders of how to drive in rainy weather. Smart Motorist, thanks to the California Highway Patrol, offers the following suggestions for safer driving in wet weather. In stormy conditions, it is more difficult to see other vehicles, road signs and the road itself. It is critical to make sure you can see and be seen. · First and foremost: slow down! It takes longer to stop or adjust in wet weather. · Stay toward the middle lanes - water tends to pool in the outside lanes. · Maintain proper following distance (3 Second Rule). This needs to be increased in wet weather. · Drive in the tracks of a car ahead of you. · Don’t follow large trucks or busses too closely. The spray created by their large tires reduces your vision. Take care when passing them as well; if you must pass, do so quickly and safely. · Be more alert when driving in wet or slippery conditions. Watch out for brake lights in front of you. · Avoid using your brakes; if possible, take your foot off the accelerator to slow down. · Turn your headlights on even in a light rain, or in gloomy, foggy or overcast conditions. Not only do they help you see the road, but they’ll help other drivers see you. If your car has daytime running lights you still should put them on, so vehicles behind you can see you better. It’s a California law: Turn on your lights if you turn on your wipers. · Before it starts to rain, replace old or brittle wipers. · Avoid off-road driving: it’s hard to judge the actual depth of puddles and you can easily become stuck, even in an SUV. · Never drive beyond the limits of visibility. At night rainy roads become especially treacherous. The glare of oncoming lights, amplified by the rain on your windscreen, can cause temporary loss of visibility while substantially increasing driver fatigue.

In rainy conditions pedestrians, livestock, and wildlife are extremely hard to spot and even harder to avoid. · Never drive through moving water if you can’t see the ground through it; your car could be swept off the road. · When driving through a puddle of uncertain depth, go slow. If it’s deeper than the bottom of your doors, turn around and find another route. Deep water can cause serious damage to a modern car’s electrical system. · Avoid splashing pedestrians. · If possible, stay off the road during heavy thunderstorms. Large flashes of lightning can temporarily blind and disorient drivers, and the accompanying high winds and heavy rain can create deadly driving conditions.

Slow down! This should be obvious but it also very important. People are so used to driving certain speeds on certain roads that sometimes they forget the need to slow

down when inclement weather presents itself.

Before you go - Wet-weather driving demands gentle use of all the main controls - steering, clutch, brake and accelerator - and a larger allowance for errors and emergencies. When you begin a journey in rain, your shoes will be wet and liable to slip off the pedals. Scuff the soles on the rubber matting or carpeting of the car before you start the engine. All motorists should regularly check that their headlights, tail lights, brake lights and turn signals are working properly.

How are your tires? - Check your tires on a regular basis. Bald tires significantly reduce your traction on wet roadways, and offer little resistance to hydroplaning.

When your tires run over water, the water is displaced and it needs somewhere to go quickly. The best place is between the treads of your tires. If your tires are bald, the water has no place to go and you end up riding on a layer of water, like a boat. (See Hydroplaning, below.)

Turn on your wipers - Replace your wipers regularly, at least once a year. Wiper blades in bad condition don’t clear water from the windshield very well and distort your view. Older vehicles may need to have the whole wiper arm replaced. The arms bend over time and sometimes can’t keep enough downward pressure to clear the windscreen, even with new blades installed. Wipers will often clear light rain from the windscreen with a few sweeps, then run on an almost-dry screen and leave smears of drying dirt.

Don’t be afraid to use the windscreen washers liberally: the fluid is cheap (99 cents a gallon) and the safety benefit is high. Carry extra during the winter.

Don’t follow large trucks or busses closely. Splash and spray from these vehicles can obscure your vision, creating a potentially disastrous driving situation. Keep your distance, and your windshield wipers on, when other traffic is in front of you.

Turn on your lights - Whenever visibility is poor or it rains, headlights are a good way to let other drivers know where you are. It’s both helpful to other travelers and makes you more safe. Remember, you are not the only one affected by poor visibility.

You may be able to see cars without their headlights on but others may not have vision or windshield wipers as good as yours. Many states require headlights to be turned on when it is raining or when visibility is reduced to less than 500 feet.

Heavy rain - Heavy rain can overload the wiper blades, allowing an almost continuous sheet of water to flow over the screen. When visibility is so limited that the edges of the road or other vehicles cannot be seen at a safe distance, it is time to pull over

and wait for the rain to ease up. It is best to stop at rest areas or other protected areas.

If the roadside is your only option, pull off as far as possible, preferably past the end of a guard rail, and wait until the storm passes, seldom more than a few minutes. Keep your headlights on and turn on emergency flashers to alert other drivers.

Foggy windows - Rain or high humidity can quickly cause windows to mist up inside the car. In a car equipped with air conditioning, turn up the heat and direct the airflow to your defrosters with the AC switch engaged. (Many cars automatically engage the AC when switched to the defrost mode.) In a car without AC the procedure is the same, but you may need to open your side windows to get the air moving. Most modern cars have a built-in rear window defroster that easily clears a misted rear windscreen by heating up electrodes embedded in the glass. If you don’t have one, put your defroster on high and its hot air will eventually follow the inside of the roof down to the rear window. If the car has swiveling dashboard vents, adjust them so that the air flow strikes the upper edge of the side windows. The airflow will clear the side windows first, finally traveling to the rear of the car. If all else fails, a rag or article of clothing will work as well; you’ll just need to clear the window more often. Drivers should regularly clean their windshield and windows, both on the inside and outside, to help them see in good and bad weather. Smokers need to take extra care to make sure their interior windows are clear of a buildup of smoke residue.

Handling a skid - Losing control of your car on wet pavement is a frightening experience. You can prevent skids by driving slowly and carefully, especially on curves.

Brake before entering the curves. Steer and brake with a light touch. If you find yourself in a skid, remain calm, ease your foot off the gas, and carefully steer in the direction you want the front of the car to go. This procedure, known as “steering into the skid,” will bring the back end of your car in line with the front. For cars without anti-lock brakes, avoid using your brakes. If your car has ABS, brake firmly as you “steer into the skid.”

Expressway driving - Leave lots of space between you and the car in front because it takes longer to stop. You’re supposed to leave a few seconds between cars in dry weather. Make sure you add space in wet weather because if you have to hit the brakes hard, your tires will lock up, you will hydroplane and you will most likely hit the car in front of you. If available, drive in the fast lane, where there are fewer cars and less oil deposited on the road. Also, because of the built-in slope of the road, water drains towards the slower lanes. Avoid lane changes, as water tends to build up between the tire ruts in the lanes.

Oily deposits - Watch for intersections because of the oil spots in the road. Rain is most dangerous when it falls after a long, dry spell on to roads that have become polished and smooth: the rain blends with oil and rubber-dust deposits on the road surface to form a highly dangerous skid mixture. That mixture builds up at intersections, where cars stop and start frequently. Be extra careful immediately after it starts raining because it takes a while for the worst of the dirt and oil to get washed off the road.

Driving Through Water - Where water has flooded onto the road, drive very slowly and cautiously. Never drive through moving water if you can’t see the ground through it: you and your car could be swept off the road, possibly finishing you both. Stop the car before entering the flooded area and check the water level ahead. Generally, if the water is deeper than the bottom of your doors or the bottom third of your wheels, it is inadvisable to attempt driving through it. Seek a detour rather than braving the flood and risking damage to your electronic control systems. Attempting to go through deep water can ruin any of these systems, creating a repair bill in the thousands of dollars.

At night it’s much harder to see water hazards. You’ll need good road observational skills to notice the difference between a wet road surface and flood water. Watch the contours not only of the road but also of fences, trees, hedges and buildings at the side of the road ahead. If they appear to be unnaturally low, slow down at once as the road is probably flooded. If you don’t slow down and hit flood water at speed, the effect is almost like hitting a wall: you will first lose control, then come to a violent stop, possibly injuring your passengers as well. Watch out for places where floodwater collects, particularly low-lying roads adjacent to streams, and dips under rail or highway bridges.

If you determine it’s safe to go on, proceed slowly and avoid making large waves in the water. If you have a manual transmission, engage first gear and keep the engine running fast by releasing the clutch just enough to partially engage gear and giving more acceleration than usual. This keeps the exhaust gases moving, helping to prevent water from entering your tailpipe. Vehicles with automatic transmissions should place the car in first gear and feather your brake, slowing the vehicle while at the same time keeping your revs up. Doing this for longer than a few seconds can seriously damage your vehicle and is not recommended. If you’re submerged too deeply, your engine will stall and water might enter your engine through your air intake, causing a condition known engine hydro-lock, forcing you to replace it.

What to do if you stall in deep water - If possible, have someone pull your vehicle out using a tow rope or cable winch. It may be possible to drive a manual transmission car out using the starter motor. You can make the job easier by removing your sparkplugs, thereby lowering your compression and making your starter turn more easily.

Take great care not to let water enter the cylinders, as it will hydro-lock your engine, ruining it. This is a last resort for rescuing a flooded vehicle and is not recommended.

Check your brakes - If you successfully pass through a deep water hazard, test your brakes. They may be saturated, and only driving very slowly and braking lightly at the same time will generate enough heat to dry them out. Be sure they are pulling evenly on all wheels before building up speed again

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Pacific Grove

Sports & Leisure Breakers lose exhibition game ‘We’ll get there over time’ says coach

By Jon Charron The Pacific Grove boys’ basketball team opened the season at home against North Salinas in the CCS Sportsmanship Game on Monday night [12-1-14].

It was a tight game throughout with nobody really getting an advantage. In the end though, the Vikings were able to hold on and squeak out the victory over the Breakers 47-44.

The Vikings started out fast, scoring the first 6 points of the game. The Breakers were able to regroup however, and at the end of the first quarter, North Salinas was only up 12-11.

As the second quarter moved along it was very similar to the first, with North Salinas getting off to a quick start. Down by 3 points and only eight seconds remaining in the first half, Guarav Gurung was able to make the basket, his third of the quarter, to pull the Breakers within 1 at the half.

After a Viking basket, sophomore Brad Sendell was able to get the Breakers going.

Sendell made two straight baskets to give the Breakers a 24-23 lead with six minutes left in the third quarter. After a Marquis Landry basket put North Salinas back up, Sean O’Sullivan was able to corral the Sendell miss and put it back in, to put the Breakers back up. The Breakers were able to end the third quarter strong and was up 35-32 after three.

To start the fourth quarter, the Breakers looked to put North Salinas away. Sendell drove under the basket only to kick it out to the open Chip Wagner who hit a threepointer from the top of the key. With the Breakers up 38-32, North Salinas turned up the defensive pressure and started the full-court press. The Breakers didn’t handle it very well and the Vikings turned it into a 12-0 run. The run was led by Elijah Achay, who scored 6 straight points to tie the game up. After a Breaker turnover, Joshua Torres was able to drain the three-pointer, giving North Salinas their first lead of the game since the beginning of the third quarter. Another three-pointer by the Vikings’ Marquis Landry put them up 44-38 with less than three minutes to play.

Brad Sendell was able to end the scoring drought for the Breakers when he attacked the basket and drew the foul. After making both free-throws, the Breakers were only down four. On the next Vikings possession, Sendell was able to get the steal and draw another foul. After making both free-throws again, Sendell had pulled the Breakers within two points. With less than a minute left, the Breakers had to foul North Salinas and put them at the line. Making only one of two, the Breakers still had a chance. The quick pass down to Sendell, allowed him to make the layup, bringing the Breakers within one point with only ten seconds remaining. The Breakers quickly fouled North Salinas putting them at the line again. After making both free-throws, the Breakers would get one more chance to tie the game. Sendell got the ball and raced down the court, heaving a three-pointer at the buzzer, but it rimmed out giving North Salinas the victory.

“We had good effort at the end, we kept playing hard and had good energy. Our attention to detail needs to get better, but we played hard,” head coach Dan Powers said. On rating the teams overall performance in their first game of the season, Powers said that “everything was fine, I don’t think it was up to our standards on how we want to play or what we want to do, but I think we’ll get there over time.”

Box Score 1st North Salinas Pacific Grove

2nd 12 11

3rd 9 9

4th Final 11 15 15 9

47 44

Stats – Pacific Grove

FGM-A 3PM-A

FTM-A

REB AST

STL

BLK

PTS

Brad Sendell

4-15

0-5

6-6

2

1

2

0

14

Noah Dalhamer

0-4

0-0

0-0

5

0

2

0

0

Guarav Gurung

3-6

0-2

2-3

1

0

1

0

8

Sean O’Sullivan

1-3

0-0

0-0

2

0

1

0

2

Chip Wagner

2-4

1-3

0-0

2

0

1

1

5

Apollo Marquez

1-2

1-2

0-0

0

0

2

0

3

Zack Miller

2-10

0-0

1-4

7

0

0

0

5

Daniel Harrington

0-1

0-0

1-2

1

0

0

0

1

Sam Fenstermaker

3-5

0-1

0-0

2

1

0

0

6

Josh Wren

0-3

0-0

0-0

7

1

0

0

0

Tyler Poppino

0-1

0-0

0-0

1

0

0

0

0

Breakers will play their first regular season game of the season at North Monterey County High on Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.

The Lucky Ball

By Ray Hamilton Here is a story about the “Lucky Ball” in Jerry Robertson’s own words: “It all started Monday morning at my Monday Madness Tournament at Pacific Grove Municipal Golf Course on November 24. My tee time was in the last group starting at 7:50 paired with t great friends and nicest guys ever, Jon Gerdes and Ray Hamilton. I took a nearly new Titleist Pro V1 golf ball out of my bag and marked it with my signature happy face and 2 dots. I had found the ball on Sunday morning while I was working cleaning range balls out of the trees along the 18th fairway as I always do on Saturday and Sunday mornings. It was someone’s errant tee shot from the 18th tee.

Jon is a much lower handicap golfer but Ray and I were playing an even up match known as a Nassau, where you compete for each 9 and then the overall match. We ended up tied for the front 9. On the 12th hole of the back 9, I hit my nearly new golf ball way to the right and deep into the dune. We looked and looked for the ball but couldn’t find it so I had to concede the hole to Ray and drop another ball. I was behind on the match until the 18th hole where I was able to tie Ray so the entire match was a push. The only thing I had lost was a nearly new Titleist Pro V1 golf ball…

“I am also a marshal at the course and had to work that afternoon after the Monday Madness round. It was a pretty busy and as I made my rounds I came across a group that was a hole behind on the 15th and I had to diplomatically ask them to try to catch up. They told me they were having trouble as they kept hitting their golf balls into the dunes.

I was of course sympathetic but with some encouragement they began to move right along. One thing I really enjoy about being a marshal is being able to positively encourage our customers to speed up play without causing them any bad feelings.

“Around 3:00 I began assisting the cart attendant to clean and position the returned carts for charging when up drives the group that I had recently assisted for slow play on the 15th hole.

I thanked them for catching up to the group ahead of them and for coming to play on our course. As I took their golf cart down the ramp to the charging station I heard a ball rattling around in the cart. When I reached down and picked up the ball, to my amazement there it was My Pro Vi #4 golf ball with my happy face and 2 dots on it!! I rushed out to thank the folks who had found my ball but they had departed. I guess they did spend a lot of time in the dunes that day. I couldn’t believe that my ball came back!

I put the ball in my pocket and told a few people, including my boss the club pro, Joe Riekena, that this was going to be my lucky ball and he just laughed. I was scheduled to play the next morning, for the first time in 15 years, at the newly renovated Poppy Hills Golf Club.

We got to Poppy Hills early and hit a few balls. I was playing with Jon Gerdes, Guy Francis, and Randy Saar.

We get to the first tee at 7:30 where I teed up my nearly new Pro V1 #4 golf ball with the happy face and 2 dots on it. I told my golf partners the story about the ball and they were amazed as well.

On this day, the ball started out not

(l-r) Guy Francis, Jerry Robertson, Randy Saar, Jon Gerdes at Poppy Hills. so lucky. I have a 9 handicap but I had 3 doubles and 6 bogeys on the front nine! After the turn, I finally hit several accurate shots on the 10th hole and made my first par of the day. I was so excited. Then off to the 11th, a short par 3 playing about 108 yards to the pin.

Jon and Randy hit first and end up on the green just past the pin. Guy left his shot just short of the green. Initially, I had selected my wedge for the tee shot but thought to myself that during the front 9 I seemed to require an extra club, so I exchanged the wedge for my 9. I proceed to hit a nice little shot to the left front edge of the green and the ball rolled to the right and very slow fell into the hole – A hole in one WOW!!!!!!!!!

We were all so excited. My lucky ball turned out to be lucky after all!!

“Off to the 12th tee. I hit first and push it way to the right bouncing my lucky ball onto the cart path and seemingly out of bounds and lost into the thick woods. My provisional shot was similar but stopped in the fairway bunker before it went out of bounds.

Guy then hit his first tee shot into the same woods and his second one into the same bunker. Jon and Randy hit great tee shots and as we started looking for our “lost” balls in the woods we saw 3 balls in the trap. You guessed it, there was my lucky ProV1 #4 golf ball with the happy face and 2 dots on each side! It had to have hit a tree in the woods and bounced back to me. I proceed to hit it out of the bunker and save bogey. After that experience I decided to put the lucky ball back into my pocket for the remainder of the day. I end up with a nice par round on the back 9 assisted by my hole in one on #11. We told the starter Art about the hole in one he gave me a Poppy Hill flag we all signed it and going to have it framed.

“What a great day with 3 great friends and great golf course and of course my very, very, very, lucky golf ball.”

Jerry’s Poppy Hills flag and Lucky Ball

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• December 5, 2014

Ben Alexander

Pacific Grove

Golf Tips

Sports & Leisure Strong Start for the Breakers Girls’ Basketball Team

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

The Pacific Grove girls’ basketball team started out the season with a bang on Tuesday night [12-2-14]. The Breakers defeated North Monterey County 58-42, to begin the season 1-0.

Jessica Matthews led the way for the Breakers with 15 points, 9 rebounds, and 6 steals.

After jumping out to a 15-0 first quarter lead, the Breakers didn’t let up. They carried the momentum of their fast start to a 30-10 halftime lead over the Condors. The Condors had a good second half, but could not overcome the Breakers twenty point halftime lead.

Box Score

NMCH Pacific Grove

1st 0 15

2nd 10 15

3rd 13 11

4th 19 17

Final 42 58

Stats -

Pacific Grove

Joslyn Morgan Abby Burnell Christina Lucido Lela Hautau Mackenzie Bell Allie Patton Jessica Matthews Sophie Lowell Natali Baratashvili Elena Doss Jade Greathouse Totals

FGM 2 3 0 1 4 1 4 0 2 1 1 20

3PM-A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FTM-A 0-3 0-4 2-4 1-4 0-2 7-8 7-8 0 0 1-3 2-4 19-40

REB 5 3 0 6 0 9 9 5 3 4 3 45

AST 0 3 2 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 3 17

STL 0 0 1 3 1 6 6 1 3 0 1 22

BLK 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PTS 4 6 2 3 8 8 15 0 4 3 4 58

The Breakers (1-0) next play at San Lorenzo Valley on Thursday, December 4, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.

As we all get ready for the holidays many of us will still keep our golf day going with our friends. I teach 12 months a year.

I was teaching a lesson a few days ago and my student was hitting the ball to the right side of the driving range a lot. The adjustment he needed was to finish facing the target with his chest, and right knee facing the target.

Almost two thirds of the golfers that play golf keep the right foot on the ground on the follow thru allowing the right knee and chest facing to the right. Finish the follow through facing the target with all of the irons and the woods.

I am very honored to be awarded the 2014 PGA Bill Strausbaugh Award for the Northern California PGA Section. this award is given to a PGA professional who has helped PGA Members with education and helped mentor Apprentice professionals working toward their future PGA membership....the award will be given December 7th at Silver Creek Valley Country Club in San Jose at the No Cal PGA Annual meeting and awards dinner. About 200 people in attendance

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Pacific Grove Breakers Fall Short in CCS Semifinals against Monte Vista Christian

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By Jon Charron In what was an expected hard fought match-up between two of the area’s top defenses, the Pacific Grove Breakers came up 14 yards short against the Monte Vista Mustangs on Friday night, losing 21-14 [11-28-14].

“Congratulations to Monte Vista Christian and I’m just so proud of our kids, because no one really expected us to be here,” head coach Chris Morgan said after the game.

It was a tale of two halves for the Breakers as the defense gave up 192 yards of offense and three touchdowns in the first half. In the second half though, the Breakers defense played like their usual selves by creating two turnovers and holding the Mustangs to only 49 yards of total offense.

Each team traded blows on the first couple of possessions, with the defenses holding stout. With just over two minutes left in the first quarter, Anthony Coppla made the first mistake of the game when he attempted a pass down the left sideline that was intercepted by MVC defensive back Luke Dillon. The Mustangs would capitalize, when on the fourth play of the drive D’Shawn Hopkins broke through the middle and ran it in for a 59-yard touchdown.

After getting the ball back, the Breakers were stuck on their own 44-yard line with a fourth and one. The fake punt was called and Coppla attempted a pass that sailed over his receiver’s hands, giving the ball back to MVC with a golden opportunity. Three plays later, the Mustangs again would capitalize on a Breaker mistake.

This time it was a spectacular catch by Jimmy Daniels with two Breaker defenders on him in the corner of the end zone. With 9:31 left in the second quarter the Mustangs had a 14-0 advantage.

On the next Breaker possession they finally got things rolling after Anthony Coppla hit Kolby Foster for a 39-yard pickup that gave the Breakers the ball on the MVC 15-yard line. The very next play, Jason Leach took the hand-off and raced around the right side for a 15-yard touchdown run.

With both teams then trading punts, MVC would take over at their own 48-yard line and 3:32 left in the first half. They pounded the ball on seven straight running plays, five of them coming from D’Shawn Hopkins to get the ball down to the Breaker 3-yard line. Hopkins was then able to break into the end zone, giving the Mustangs a 21-7 lead with only :21 left in the second quarter. Jason Leach tried to make something happen for the Breakers by taking the draw play and running a hard fought 36 yards, but time ran out in the half and the Breakers were not able to do anything with the big run.

Hopkins was able to tally up 124 yards and two touchdowns on 14 carries in the first half against the Breaker defense.

After getting a quick three and out to start the third quarter the Breakers started at their own 42-yard line. On the first play of the drive, Coppla found James Donlan open, who then lateraled to Leach, who sprinted his way to the end zone to bring the Breakers within seven.

Even though the second half started better for Pacific Grove, it was the mistakes that cost them. After a nice play from Coppla to Donlan got the ball down to the MVC 22-yard line, Coppla threw his second interception of the game when he tried to hit Kolby Foster in the end zone.

Sam Fenstermaker though, would give the Breakers back the ball when he got an interception of his own. The Breakers however, were not able to do anything with it and had to punt the ball back to MVC. With a little over nine minutes left in the game and the Breakers still needing one more touchdown, they tried another trick play. This time it did not work, as Coppla threw a backwards pass to James Donlan, who then attempted a pass that was intercepted. The Breaker defense stepped up one more time though, when Zack Miller hit Mustangs running back D’Shawn Hopkins in the backfield forcing a fumble that the Breakers recovered.

The Breakers would get the ball down to the MVC 36-yard line only to turn the ball over on downs. With MVC only needing to get one first down to end the game, the Breaker defense stepped up one more time and stopped a third and one attempt, forcing the Mustangs to punt. Starting at their own 34-yard line, it looked as though the Breakers had a little magic left. Coppla was able to complete passes to Ebu, Leach, and Donlan to get the ball down to the Mustangs 33-yard line. Leach then took two hand-offs to get down to the 19-yard line. After a quick pass to Donlan and a spike by Coppla to stop the clock, the Breakers were set up needing only 14-yards to score the game-tying touchdown. After an incomplete pass, they were looking at a fourth and nine from the 14-yard line and only twenty seconds left. Coppla threw the pass to the end zone towards Anthony Ramirez, but the Mustang safety undercut him and was able to intercept the pass, giving MVC the victory and a spot in the CCS Division IV Championship game.

Jason Leach played another superb game in his final game as a Breaker, rushing for 143 yards and 1 touchdown on 19 carries.

Coach Morgan said that “I think people knew Jason Leach was a good player and after last year’s team, I think people kind of thought we’d be ok. But our kids came out, played hard all season and should be very proud of their accomplishments for the year. Our kids came out and gave it their all and I’m so proud of their effort.”

Sports & Leisure Stats –

Monte Vista Christian Pacific Grove

1st 0 0

2nd 21 7

3rd 0 7

4th 0 0

Final 21 14

Passing – Coppla, A. 11-22-180-1td-3int Rushing – Leach, J. 19-143-1td, Ebo, U. 6-19, Coppla, A. 5-10, Foster, K. 1-2.

Receiving – Donlan, J. 5-64, Leach, J. 2-60, Foster, K. 2-47, Ebu, U. 1-7, Ramirez, A. 1-2.

Defense/Special Teams – Fenstermaker, S. 1int

Jason Leach Named MTAL Offense Player of the Year

By Jon Charron

Breakers have 9 players selected to MTAL First / Second Team Offense and Defense The great plays of many Breakers were rewarded when the Mission Trail Athletic League All-First and SecondTeams were announced. This is the second year in a row that Pacific Grove has sported the Offensive Player of the Year, with Jake Speed winning the award last year.

Jason Leach, who finished his senior season with 1,683 rushing yards and 21 touchdowns on 162 carries was named MTAL Offensive Player of the Year. Leach also had 10 receptions for 270 yards and two touchdowns, a kick-off return for a touchdown, and a fumble recovery for a touchdown.

Breakers selected to the First-Team Offense were quarterback Anthony Coppla, running back Jason Leach, and offensive linemen Bridger Pettis and Tyler Hawes.

Second-Team Offense featured wide receiver and defensive back John Buttrey.

Breakers selected to First-Team Defense were defensive lineman Uche Ebo and linebacker Keenan Selbicky.

Second-Team Defense featured linebacker James Donlan and defensive back Ryan Richardson.

The rest of the award winners are as follows: Offensive Player of the Year: Jason Leach, Pacific Grove Defensive Player of the Year: Andres Enriquez, Carmel Back of the Year: Connor Marden, Carmel Lineman of the Year: Isaac Perez, King City Elgie Bellizo Sportsmanship Award: Jeff Davi, Stevenson Coach of the Year: Kevin Boincontri, Gonzales First-Team Defense Isaac Perez, DL, King City

Uche Ebo, DL, Pacific Grove Andres Enriquez, DL, Carmel

Cy Ledezma, DL, King City Sammy Garcia, DL, Soledad Robert Treadwell, LB, Carmel Michael Krehbiel, LB, King City Keenan Selbicky, LB, Pacific Grove Enrique Pacheco, LB, Soledad Eddie Osornio, DB, Carmel Kevin Lemus, DB, Soledad Daniel Higman, DB, Carmel Kendrick, Pearson, DB, Stevenson Second-Team Defense Andrew Pierce, DL, Marina Joseph Ramirez, DL, Soledad Kevin Nagel, DL, Carmel Isaac Madrigal, DL, Gonzales Scott Waddle, DL, Stevenson Aaron Garcia, LB, Marina James Donlon, LB, Pacific Grove Edgar Esparza, LB, Soledad Chase Barbree, LB, King City Jack Bournes, LB, Stevenson Nathan Serano, DB, King City Ryan Richardson, DB, Pacific Grove Hignio Salamon, DB, Gonzales Paul Olivas, DB, Soledad

First-Team Offense

Connor Marden, QB, Carmel Anthony Coppla, QB, Pacific Grove Brian Rosas, RB, Gonzales Jason Leach, RB, Pacific Grove Covossay Windham, RB, Carmel Dominic Rose, WR, King City William Kehoe, WR, Carmel John Stivers, TE, Carmel Patrick Hungate, OL, Carmel Sione FiaFia, OL, Carmel Bridger Pettis, OL, Pacific Grove Sabien Jackson, OL, Greenfield Tyler Hawes, OL, Pacific Grove Sabastian Medina, K, Gonzales Second-Team Offense Chrystian Harrigan, QB, Gonzales Read Reynolds, QB, Stevenson Anthony Deleon, RB, Greenfield Enrique Pacheco, RB, Soledad John Buttery, WR, Pacific Grove Fabian Guzman, WR, Soledad Keene Burns, WR, Carmel JJ Rodrigues, TE, Greenfield Tate Kelley, OL, King City Ernie Chan, OL, Greenfield Chris Archer, OL, Stevenson Robert Banuelos, OL, Gonzales Greg Farrington, OL, Carmel Steve McEnroe, OL, King City Alea Nystrom, K, Carmel

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• December 5, 2014

Speaking the Language of Flowers in Art and Poetry

On Dec. 3 a collaboration exhibit debuted at the newly opened “gallery and quiet space” in the Pacific Grove Public Library. It also marked the City’s farewell to Dr. Barbara Mossberg, the Poet-In-Residence, who will be leaving that chair at the end of December.

Dr. Mossberg is an Emily Dickinson scholar and her book on the poet is in the PG library collection. She is a founding member of the Emily Dickinson International Society, and each year gives a talk honoring Dickinson’s birthday in December.

The juried show will offer the two-dimensional floral works of two dozen artists from points near and far, all inspired by the writings and poetry of Emily Dickinson “and the meanings with which we have invested flowers, since ancient times.”

Emily Dickinson created a herbarium when she was a teenager, and an herbarium to go with the show is under way under the auspices of Karin Locke.

Curated by a CSUMB student funded by the Friends of the Library, the show is sponsored by the Pacific Grove Chapter of the Emily Dickinson International Society, the Pacific Grove Public Library, Friends of the Pacific Grove Library, and Dr. Mossberg.

Instrumental in putting the show together are Library Director Steven Silveria, Cathleen Gable of the Pacific Grove Poetry Collective, and Christine Crozier, professional artist.

There will be an opening reception on Friday, December 5 at the library, 550 Central Avenue, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Suggested donation for the library is $10.

Loving Yourself during the Holiday Season Rabia Erduman

Self discovery Guess what? The Holiday Season is here. Thanksgiving just past, Christmas is right around the corner. As children we get very deeply conditioned about what Thanksgiving and Christmas mean, all the expectations, shoulds, should nots. As much as you may be looking forward to the Christmas gifts, it can also be a traumatic experience. Do you remember hoping, praying for your favorite gift, so excited for weeks... then you open the gifts at Christmas - and you got something else? How sad and disappointing it was!

Very often when the Holiday Season is approaching we feel stress, without always consciously knowing why. One of the main reasons is lack of self-care and self-love.

We tend to be very outwardly focused, thinking about what is expected of us, how to do the “right” Thanksgiving dinner, find the “right” Christmas gifts for our family and friends, neglecting our own wants and needs. If you didn’t get the Christmas gifts you had really wanted as a child and teenager, that sets up another layer of tension and stress today, because childhood experiences create an assumption in the subconscious that the same experiences will happen today.

Here are some of the ways to take care of yourself, so that you can experience more relaxation and joy during this Holiday season than you had before.

1. Close your eyes, take a few deep breaths into your belly. Ground yourself first.

Get a sense of your feet on the ground, connected to the earth. Feel your tail bone, and imagine that from the tip of your tailbone a strong grounding cord is coming out, like a tree. Your grounding cord is moving deep into the earth, all the way into the very center of the earth, and is anchoring itself there. Feel yourself deeply connected to Mother Earth, grounded in this moment in a peaceful and relaxed way.

2. Realize that this is your life, you come first. Say to yourself out loud: “This is my life. I come first.”

3. As a child your survival depended on your caregivers, you didn’t have much choice. Now as an adult you have choices you didn’t have back then. Feel in your gut the fact that you can choose to take care of yourself now and ask for what you want.

“I deserve to ask for what I want.”

4. Take a few deep breaths, all the way down into your belly.

5. Ask yourself what you want in this Holiday Season. How would an ideal Christmas look like and feel like?

6. Making mistakes is part of being human. We can learn from our mistakes, apologize, and forgive ourselves. Realize that who you are is always lovable no matter what mistakes you have made.

7. Your Self-Love Chamber is in the middle of your chest. Put both of your hands there and send yourself unconditional Love. Feel it spreading through your body.

8. Say to yourself: “I love myself exactly as I am.”

9. Imagine your ideal Christmas. Write it down, then read it outloud.

10. Write down 2-3 self-care actions you can do every day until Christmas.

Biography

Rabia Erduman was born in Istanbul, Turkey and later spent 10 years in Germany before coming to the United States in 1983.

Rabia is an Alchemical Hypnotherapist, Craniosacral Therapist, Polarity Therapist, and a Reiki Master. She assists her clients and students in their process of self-discovery.

Rabia also teaches tantric and spiritually oriented workshops.

Rabia is the author of Veils of Separation - Finding the Face of Oneness, and has four Guided Imagery CDs: Relaxation, Meditation, Chakra Meditation, and Inner Guides.

She has also been interviewed on radio and television shows and has lectured extensively throughout the years.

To those wishing to understand her work, she says, “I have found working with the combination of mind, body, emotions, and energy to be highly effective in reaching optimum balance. My life and work are about being in the moment, free of fear and the feeling of separation. Deep joy is a natural expression of this process.”

Following her vision, Rabia is taking the steps necessary for her book to be made into a movie or a television series. The screenplay is complete. Now she is looking for a producer.

Katie Shain

Performance Review Anything Goes

with Original Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter Broadway By the Bay plans to include Monterey in more of its touring shows, just like the recent Broadway Musical production of “Anything Goes” showcased at the Golden State Theater over the 2014 Thanksgiving weekend.

And it was every bit as “Delightful-ly” and “Delovely” as you could imagine. From the starring role of “Reno” outstandingly portrayed from top to bottom in dazzling wardrobe ensembles, with song and dance to match, Katie Jaime and Company; to our local-boy-makes-good, Devin Adler, kicking up his heels as a sailor on the spectacular ship’s deck.

Afterwards there appeared a new generation of happy young faces dancing in the isles, looking inspired to dawn tap shoes and learn to “bust some moves” on stage themselves.

Watch for upcoming listings of shows to come at the Golden State Theatre, Monterey.

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York School Joins the National GivingTuesday Movement ork School has joined the #GivingTuesday campaign in an effort to raise awareness among its students about the power of giving.

Coinciding with the Thanksgiving Holiday and the kickoff of the holiday shopping season, #GivingTuesday will inspire people to take collaborative action to improve their local communities, give back in better, smarter ways to the charities and causes they support, and help create a better world. Similar to how Black Friday and Cyber Monday have become synonymous with holiday shopping, #GivingTuesday hopes to make the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, December 2 this year, synonymous with giving.

For its part in this year’s #GivingTuesday event, the York community is supporting two local charities dedicated to providing the necessities of life to families and individuals. Half of the York student body will prepare bagged lunches for Dorothy’s Place, an organization dedicated to providing food, shelter, and hospitality to those in need. The remaining students have donated money to purchase bulk rice and beans, which they will re-bag into smaller, family-sized portions. The food bags will be distributed by Rice Plus, a charity dedicated to feeding local residents in need.

In choosing to align with organizations that support hunger and homelessness, York felt it was important to help its

students understand the realities of hunger and homelessness in our local community.

Equally important to York is ensuring students recognize ways they can contribute.

Furthering the efforts of York’s #GivingTuesday campaign, the York School Key Club is also collecting jackets and new or like-new blankets for Dorothy’s Place. Donations can be dropped off at a bin outside the Main Office through Friday, December 5.

York, with its commitment to service and well established Service Learning program being an integral part of the school’s identity, is excited to join #GivingTuesday and take part in this national day of giving.

Speaking to this tradition, Pam Sanford, Service Learning Coordinator at York, says, “Instead of amassing community service hours, we require our students to engage in a service activity that is both meaningful and provides opportunities to learn. This hands-on event for #GivingTuesday will help raise awareness of the great need to support our homeless population and those who struggle to feed themselves and their families. It is a follow-up activity to a forum in which students shared stories of people they have come to know who are affected by hunger. I hope this will not only help students feel a connection to those in need, but will lead more of our students to get involved in this issue and make lasting differences in our community.”

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Historic Renovations

Kitchens • Windows • Doors • Decks • Remodeling

TAO TE PRACTITIONER

FAVALORO CONSTRUCTION Is your home ready for winter?

I can help, call Joseph

831-649-1469•Lic. # 743967 HARDWOOD FLOORS

Certified Tao Te Practitioner Raphaology Practitioner

LANDSCAPING • Residential and Commercial Landscape and Maintenance • Irrigation and Drainage • Installation and Renovation • Landscape Design • Horticulture Consultation Free estimate and consultation in most cases!

831-375-5508

rayres@ayreslandscaping.net CA C27 Landscape Contractor, Lic. # 432067 Qualified Presticide Applicator, Cert. # C18947

MORTUARY

THE PAUL MORTUARY FD-280

390 Lighthouse Avenue · Pacific Grove 831-375-4191 · www.thepaulmortuary.com

831-915-5679 lisa@inthelighthouse.com

TAX SERVICE

Travis H. Long, CPA 706-B Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove 831-333-1041 · www.tlongcpa.com

TREE SERVICE IVERSON’S TREE SERVICE & Stump Removal Complete Tree Services Fully Insured

PAINTING

(831) 625-5743 Lic. 677370 Www.IversonTreeService.com

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Painting and Decorating Company

Free Estimates Interior/Exterior Painting Residential & Commercial Bonded and Insured Cell: (831) 277-9730

Off: (831) 392-0327

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Lic. 988217

www.edmondsconstruction.com 3-D CAD drawings - Lic. 349605

Lisa Light

PETS

UPHOLSTERY

Expert Furniture Repairs All Types of Furniture Welcome Free Quotes 831-324-3388 831-521-8195

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WINDOW CLEANING

Remodeling • Kitchens Bathrooms • Additions • Remodels Fencing • Decking INC.

KAYMAN KLEAN WINDOWS

831.655.3821

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DRIVEWAYS & WALKWAYS

HAULING

HAULING CLEAN-UPS R E PA I R S

Reasonable Rates Mike Torre 831-372-2500/Msg. 831-915-5950 Lic. # 588515

Driveways • Concrete • Pavers • Asphalt • DG Walkways • Stone • INC. Hardscape

831.655.3821

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ENTERTAINMENT

KITCHEN & BATH DESIGN

Kitchen Works Design Group 831-649-1625

Design u Cabinetry Countertops & More Complimentary Design Consultations

Call 831-238-5282 www.montereybaybelles.blogspot.com

PLUMBING

230 Fountain Ave. Suite 8 Pacific Grove 93950

Trenchless Piping • Drain Cleaning Sewer Line Replacement Video Drain Inspection Hydro Jet Cleaning

831.655.3821

Lic. # 700124

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Power Washing Chandeliers Discounts Available

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YARD WEDDINGS MAINTENANCE

Bordwell’s Yard Maintenance & Window Cleaning Weeding • Trimming • Mowing & Blowing Inside & Outside Windows Clean up and haul away

Whatever it takes to keep your property looking great!

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J.R. Rouse 831.277.3464

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Jan Pratt 831.402.2017

janprattpg@gmail.com

OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY 1-4

Pacific Grove 1209 Surf Avenue $1,899,000

OPEN SATURDAY & SUNDAY 1-4 Pacific Grove 1060 Seapalm Avenue $1,275,000

BY APPOINTMENT Carmel 34 Del Mesa Carmel $795,000

BY APPOINTMENT

Pacific Grove $919,000

SALE PENDING

SOLD

SOLD

Pebble Beach $1,049,000

Pacific Grove

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• December 5, 2014

MONTEREY | $2,550,000 Incredible 4BR/4BA home on 1.82 acres with ocean views, located in Bay Ridge. Gorgeous kitchen & limestone fireplace.

MONTEREY/SALINAS HWY | $2,200,000 Incredible 180 degree ocean & mountain views from this 4BR/4.5BA with guest quarters. Gated and fenced for privacy.

PEBBLE BEACH | $2,000,000 Located on 1.9 acres with views of Stillwater Cove. 3BR/2BA home features over 2,500 square feet, designed by Marcel Sedletzky.

Sharon Swallow 831.241.8208

Sharon Swallow 831.241.8208

Mick Pfaff, Joyce Scampa 831.588.2154

OPEN SAT 1-3

OPEN SAT 2-4

OPEN SAT & SUN 1-4

MONTEREY | 31 VIa Descanso This private 3BR/4.5BA estate wraps around a large patio, and features 2 separate lots and a detached guest house. $1,349,000

PEBBLE BEACH | 4032 Costado Place Mid-Century modern style 4BR/3BA home features floor to ceiling windows, peek of the bay and an open floor plan. $1,289,000

PACIFIC GROVE | 1060 Seapalm Avenue This inviting 3BR/2BA home displays golf course views, master suite on second floor and a one-car garage. $1,275,000

Richard Warren 831.277.9179

Sam Piffero 831.236.8913

J.R. Rouse, Jan Pratt 831.277.3464

OPEN SUN 12-3

MTY/SAL HWY | $1,200,000 Hilltop 3BR/3BA features a view from every room. Chef’s kitchen, outdoor kitchen & a 300 bottle wine cellar.

PACIFIC GROVE | 305 12th Street Ocean views from the living room and kitchen of this 2BR/1BA cottage. Fully updated amenities and located in the heart of town. $649,0000

CORRAL DE TIERRA | $599,900 Located on 3 full acres, this 3BR/2BA home is country cozy. Vaulted ceiling, replace & private 500 foot well.

Courtney Stanley 831.293.3030

Debby Beck 831.915.9710

Rose Evers 831.521.5682

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