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New Art Exhibit Opening 7-9 P.M. Pacific Grove Art Center 568 Lighthouse Ave. •
Sat. Sept. 6
First Saturday Book Sale Pacific Grove Public Library 10 AM - 4 PM Art books, CDs, Cookbooks, gardening, novels and specially priced collectible books •
Tues. Sept. 9
Parkinson’s Support Group Second Tuesday of every month 3:00-4:30 at the Sally Griffin Active Learning Center • Sat. Sept. 13 Hootenanny 7-9:30 PM PG Art Center 568 Lighthouse Ave. Pacific Grove •
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Ikebana International 12:30 p.m. Conference Room of the Pebble Beach Community Services District 3101 Forest Lake Road Pebble Beach •
Wed. Sept. 17
Gentrain Society Lecture: The Life of Watercolorist Rollin Pickford MPC Lecture Forum 103, 1:302:30 pm Free; MPC Parking $2.00 Information: www.gentrain.org •
Thur. Sept. 18
Meet the Author Series Victoria Zackheim & Anne Perry 7:30 PM PG Public Library Suggested Donation $10 •
Sat. Sept. 20
Dedication and unveiling of interpretive panel Site of the Chinese Fishing Village 10:00 A.M. Rec Trail between Hopkins Marine and the Aquarium •
Wed. Sept. 24
Sea Otter Awareness Week Talk: Sarah McKay Strobel on “Skimming the surface: How sea otters sense their underwater world.” 7pm at CSUMB •
Thurs. Sept. 25
Talk: “The Secret Lives of Sea Otters in Elkhorn Slough” by Sarah Espinosa 7pm at La Feliz Room, Seymour Center, Santa Cruz •
Friday, Sept. 26
Talk: “Sea otters live in space, and why that matters: how we asked the wrong questions for 25 years” by Dr. Tim Tinker. 7PM at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Auditorium •
Thur. Oct. 2
Sea ScribesACalligraphy Group 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Art Room, Level A at Park Lane Residence, 200 Glenwood Circle, Monterey •
Inside 100 Years Ago in Pacific Grove............. 4 Animal Tales & Other Random Thoughts............... 10 Cop Log..................................... Online Finance............................................ 13 FYI.................................................... 14 Health.............................................. 14 Legal Notices.................................... 13 Marriage Can Be Funny.................... 13 Opinion.............................................. 9 Otter Views....................................... 10 Real Estate.............................. 5, 15, 16 Seniors............................................... 8 Sports............................................... 11
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Tech bond [Fill in the Blank] @Lovers Point Architect Reveals Plans for Popular Site measure to employ unique funding mechanism By Michael Sizemore The educational-technical bonds called for by the upcoming Measure A are unique in that they are short term, according to Pacific Grove School Superintendent Ralph Porras. He notes that typical bonds are paid back slowly, resulting in a large amount of interest, nearly 50 percent of the total amount. These bonds will result in around 10 percent interest, leaving 90 percent of the amount to be used to make purchases. A chart supplied by the district shows a conventionally financed $18 million project fund requiring $14,309,325 in interest. The Ed-Tech Bond of Measure A will require interest of only $755,967 for a a project fund of the same size, providing savings to the district of $13,553,358. The measure, which comes before voters on November 4, provides Pacific Grove schools funds to purchase computers, tablets, classroom technology tools, printers, copiers, scanners, technology equipment for science labs and other technology, including software.
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Top:More windows and outdoor seating are the first changes many will notice on the Ocean View Blvd. side of the building. Bottom: A large solar array, a rear entrance, and outdoor seating on the second deck mark the back entrance.
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Tack Sale & Meet and Greet at SPCA Stables at Indian Springs Bicycle Race to Cause Rolling Closures on Hwy 1, Carmel to San Simeon Carmel Valley Chamber Hosts 21st Annual Chili Cook-Off GREAT BOWLS OF FIRE! Let’s Make a Book Starts Kickstarter Campaign to Fund Workshops Cop log 8-16-14 to 8-22-14 Councilmembers and Mayor Meet Ice Bucket Challenge (video) New multi-media exhibit: “Inherent Worth & Dignity” Opens 9/5 in Carmel MPC welcomes C. Earl Davis as VP Administrative Services Major scheduled road and lane closures for Monterey County from Sunday, August 31, through Sunday, September 7, 2014 Monterey Peninsula Republican Women Federated Luncheon
Plans for the renovation at one of the coveted spots on Lovers Point may be approved by Pacific Grove planners in the next few weeks, if architect Jim McCord’s dreams come true. He has turned in the plans to the City and received a positive response, he says, so the waiting begins. The project, once Lover’s [sic] Point Inn (1952), and more recently The Tinnery and then Lattitudes, will see a renovation that will open the large dining room with oceanviewing windows, outside seating, solar and (potentially) wind power generators, solar water pre-heating, water-saving innovations, and a beautiful Pacific Grove granite façade. There will be motorcycle parking and bicycle parking in the 34-space parking lot. A vertical axis wind turbine is envisioned, which uses gearless generation to offer quiet and efficiency. There are even more changes inside, where McCord has planned out a 49-seat restaurant with seating for more than 20 outside
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Good Times and a Good Cause
Joan Skillman
Celebrate Pacific Grove Schools at First Awakenings on Friday, Sept 12 from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. Come join the PTAs associated with the Pacific Grove Unified School District (PGUSD) for an evening of food, wine, beer and silent auctions at First Awakenings Restaurant in The American Tin Cannery. We will offer auction items from more than 30 local restaurants, wineries, and businesses, including Fandango Restaurant, Bistro 211, Passionfish Restaurant, Taste of Monterey, Joullian Winery, Mercy Winery, and Coleman Chiropractic. Purchase your tickets online at www.forestgrovepta.com for $25 per person or $30 at the door. (over 21 years of age only please). Proceeds will benefit Forest Grove Elementary, Robert Down Elementary, Pacific Grove Middle School and Pacific Grove High School. The PTAs are non-profit organizations. All proceeds go directly to the classroom and the students.
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Sons of Norway Present National Geographic Film
National Geographic’s fascinating account, “The Search for the Greatest Polar Explorer,” Roald Amundsen, will be presented free of charge at the Monterey Public Library in the Community Room, 625 Pacific Street Monterey, at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 13.
Tourist Centers Seek Volunteers
The Pacific Grove Tourist Centers are looking for volunteers to assist at 584 Central Avenue or 100 Central Avenue, Pacific Grove. A variety of shifts are available for consideration. If you love Pacific Grove and want to help, please contact Rita Pescatore at 373-3304 or rita@pacificgrove.org.
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Times Cedar Street Times was established September 1, 2008 and was adjudicated a legal newspaper for Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California on July 16, 2010. It is published weekly at 306 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950. Press deadline is Wednesday, noon. The paper is distributed on Friday and is available at various locations throughout the county as well as by e-mail subscription. Editor/Publisher: Marge Ann Jameson Graphics: Shelby Birch • Advertising: Rebecca Barrymore Regular Contributors: Ben Alexander • Jack Beigle • Cameron Douglas • Rabia Erduman • Dana Goforth • Jonathan Guthrie Kyle Krasa • Dixie Layne • Travis Long • Dorothy Maras-Ildiz • Neil Jameson • Peter Nichols • Jean Prock • Jane Roland • Katie Shain • Joan Skillman • Tom Stevens Distribution: Ken Olsen, Shelby Birch Cedar Street Irregulars
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Week ending 09-04-14........................ .00” Total for the season .......................... 0.23” To date last year (08-16-13) .............. 10.86” Historical average to this date ......... 0.21” 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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Discovery Shop Seeks Volunteers
The American Cancer Society Discovery Shop is seeking volunteers to work in their upscale resale shop in Pacific Grove. The Discovery Shop is a rewarding, fun, and interesting place to work. Proceeds are used for cancer research, education, and free services to cancer victims. Please consider donating just four hours per week to this important cause. For additional information or to apply send an e-mail with your contact information to acsdiscoveryshop@gmail.com; call (831) 372-0866; or stop by the Discovery Shop at 198 Country Club Gate in Pacific Grove, right next to Save Mart, between 10:00 and 5:30 Monday through Saturday or 12:00 to 4:00 on Sundays.
Next Phase of Slurry Sealing to Begin Over the next month Public Works will perform crack and slurry sealing on many of our streets. Crews will be starting the project next week. The process will begin with the grinding out of the street markings and then filling the cracks with a petroleum-based product that prevents chipping of the edges and the intrusion of water. Once the crack seal is completed the contractor will slurry the roads. The contractor has notified the
residents and businesses that will be affected by any detours or road closures both by placing A-frame signs on the roads and notices. Once the roads have been slurred, then a painting crew will remark the road markings. The whole process will take up to 45 days, but all closures or detours will only occur over the next two weeks. Road closures will occur for only a few hours during the slurry process.
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Volunteer for Monarch Butterflies Information Meeting
Wednesday, September 24, 6:00pm-7:00pm Do you love monarch butterflies? Volunteer as a monarch docent! Help guests from around the world explore the wonder of monarchs. Training is provided; all that’s required is a passion to share nature with visitors of all ages. Volunteers are needed throughout the monarch wintering season: November – February, and are needed to commit to at least two 3 hour shifts per month. To become a monarch docent, attend an information meeting on September 24 at 6:00 p.m., held at the PG Museum of Natural History. Additional volunteer opportunities at the Museum will also be presented. For more information, please contact the Museum at: (831) 648-5716 Ext. 20 oroutreach@pgmuseum.org.
City seeks volunteers to help organize Veterans Day Event
Veterans Day is held each year on November 11. The Veterans Day National Ceremony is held each year at Arlington National Cemetery. The ceremony commences precisely at 11:00 a.m. with a wreath laying at the Tomb of the Unknowns and continues inside the Memorial Amphitheater with a parade of colors by veterans' organizations and remarks from dignitaries. The ceremony honors and thanks all those who have served in the United States Armed Forces. The City would like to hold a complementary ceremony, to honor and thank all those who served, and to pay special tribute to our local volunteers, at 11:00 on November 11, as well. We are seeking volunteers to help us organize the event this year. We ask all those who might be interested to contact Donald Mothershead, at 648-3130, or DMothershead@ci.pg.ca.us.
Hootenanny coming Sat. Sept. 13
This community sing-along and open jam-session will combine our favorites with a special focus on the evolution of Jazz from Folk-Blues and Gospel music at: Hootenanny CII, Sat., Sept. 13. 7:00-9:30 P.M. at the Pacific Grove Art Center, 568 Lighthouse Ave. P.G. Song books with words and chords are provided. For info. contact Vic Selby, vselby@sbcglobal.net, 831375-6141.
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Friday, September 5 • 6-9 PM Manjushri Dharma Center 623 Lighthouse Ave. Artisana Gallery 612 Lighthouse Ave. Bana 510 Lighthouse Ave. Glenn Gobel Custom Frames 562 Lighthouse Ave. Grand Avenue Liquors and Deli 229 Grand Ave. Strouse & Strouse Studio-Gallery 178 Grand Ave. Sun Studios 208 Forest Ave. Taft & Teak 581 Lighthouse Ave. Tessuti Zoo 171 Forest Ave. PG Art Center 568 Lighthouse Ave.
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Jon Guthrie’s High Hats & Parasols
100 Years Ago in Pacific Grove Main line International Rodeo in Los Angeles What our friends in Salinas are touting as an international rodeo is coming to Los Angeles. Started in Salinas, this event has moved to Los Angeles, where it is expected to pep up the month of September with all the standard events. These include horseback riding, calf roping, bull riding, and bronco busting. The events commence with a wild west parade. The Southern Pacific is making plans for a special passenger car from the Grove to Los Angeles. Reservations may be made at any time. The Salinas folk wish us to remind all that the international event does not replace, but supplements, the Salinas affair. It is certain, however, that participants in Chautauqua will not care one wit, being interested in more intellectual activities than straddling a bull. Villa splits from Carranza This just in via wire from El Paso, Texas, via San Diego The highest sources in the Mexican government have confirmed that General Pancho Villa has completely split from the would-be government of Venustiano Carranza. Villa has said that he also intends to ignore the presence of General Natura. It was Natura’s appointment by Carranza to serve as the head of Mexico’s central zone that put Villa at odds in the first place. It is being said that Pancho Villa’s taking command of Carranza offices in El Paso was but part of his assumption that he would receive promotion. That this did not happen angered the General. Although Villa is on his way to Mexico City, Carranza has moved his headquarters to Saltillo. It is told that Carrunza ordered Villa to dispatch 5,000 trained soldiers to help protect Natura from incursions by the Constitutionalists. Villa refused, saying that these men were needed in the North. After an angry exchange of telegrams, Villa tendered his resignation. Subsequently. Villa formed his own government, swearing to ignore any orders issued by either Carranza or Natura. Villa promoted fourteen of the men serving under him to the positions of General. Villa also ordered new money printed. $1,000,000 was then issued.1 Superior court confirms sentence The California District Court in Salinas has confirmed the sentence meted out to Claude Belmont. Belmont, found guilty of hiding personal assets, had been sentenced to thirty days in jail. His attorney requested clarification. The court ordered that Belecort begin serving his time, understood or not, within the next ten days. Belmont’s attorney, John Walters, plans an appeal. Female voices espoused! Thomas Arnold has become the first man known to have openly espoused the vocal cause of women. From behind a lay pulpit, Arnold said that a woman’s fair voice was more beautiful than the best sounding musical instrument. His congregation evidently agreed. Especially when compared to male voices. When compared to male voices, the listeners always selected the female voice. Grove men accused of murder in Salinas Ye Hum Kin Yu and Chow Bok Hu have been arrested and jailed in Salinas. The men are accused of murdering Lee Lung Kat. The accused stated that they have been wrongfully blamed. The three had been playing a gambling game at #20 Soledad Street, Little China Town, Salinas, when the victim tried wrongfully to pocket a sum of money. The accused protested and went after the victim, beating him about the head and body with stout clubs until he lay dead. The victim had been aboard a steamer that put in at Santa Cruz for reprovisioning. Lee, a bit over-eager, had retained an automobile to be used in transporting him to Salinas, where a party, sponsored by Chinese individuals, was said to be under way J. M. Anderson, assistant district attorney, is pulling together trial material. County Coroner J. A. Pell is assisting. The head judge is Carroll Cook. A deputy sheriff has been dispatched to Santa Cruz to investigate goings on there. 2
Side track – Tidbits from here and there
• Mrs. And Miss Edwin Flagg have abandoned their August residence, to return home to Los Angeles. • Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Bullier of San Francisco are guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gould, Pacific Grove. The Bulliers traveled south to see their son off. The young Bullier, a soldier stationed at the Presidio, has been transferred from Monterey to Alaska. • J. W. Foster, assistant manager of the Pacific Grove Hotel, is on his way to San Francisco. Foster intends to pay visits on several SF hostelries.
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• Culp Bros. Garage has 1914 Maxwells on exhibition and ready to be ordered. Model 25 can be yours for just $835. Terms available. Call to arrange an appointment. Black 854. • The very best house cleaning is yours for just 25¢an hour. Make arrangements at the Review office. • L. H. Peterson of Pacific Grove is offering the Hudson Six-40 for just $1,750. Ten percent down followed by easy payments. • Curnow & Curnow, cash grocers, had on hand the best in olive oil. $1.25 for a five gallon tin can.
Notes from the author …
1 In 1917, Carranza became the official president of Mexico. He served until 1920. Villa was assassinated by a combine of thugs assembled by Obregon, the successor of Carranza, in 1923. Printing new money was the common way of financing revolutionary activities. 2 John Steinbeck incorporated Soledad Street area goings on into East of Eden.
Pacific Grove Public Library Survey
Pacific Grove residents were recently mailed a Pacific Grove Public Library Survey. The goal of this survey is to gather input from the community in order to develop a strategic plan for the future of the library based on input from Pacific Grove citizens. The Pacific Grove Public Library exists to serve the community. “The mission of the library is to provide a welcoming place and balanced collection while preserving the past and planning for the future.” The broad range of input from the community based on this survey will provide an understanding of what the community wants from their library. This input will enable the development of a plan for the future based on information from the community members themselves. Libraries are always changing, especially now in our technological world. The question is: How can the library best serve community needs as we move forward? The Friends of the Library have funded this survey—no city funds were used. Please provide your ideas on how the Pacific Grove Public Library can best serve you now and in years to come. Visit http://pglibrarysurvey.questionpro.com to fill out the survey or visit the library to obtain a paper survey and submit it via mail or drop it off at the library. Your input is valued!
St. Anselm’s Anglican Church Meets at 375 Lighthouse Ave. Sundays at 9:30 a.m. Fr. Michael Bowhay 831-920-1620 Forest Hill United Methodist Church 551 Gibson Ave., Services 9 AM Sundays Rev. Richard Bowman, 831-372-7956 Pacific Coast Church 522 Central Avenue, 831-372-1942 Peninsula Christian Center 520 Pine Avenue, 831-373-0431 First Baptist Church of Pacific Grove 246 Laurel Avenue, 831-373-0741 St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church Central Avenue & 12 tsp.h Street, 831-373-4441 Community Baptist Church Monterey & Pine Avenues, 831-375-4311 Peninsula Baptist Church 1116 Funston Avenue, 831-394-5712 St. Angela Merici Catholic Church
146 8th Street, 831-655-4160
Christian Church Disciples of Christ of Pacific Grove 442 Central Avenue, 831-372-0363 First Church of God 1023 David Avenue, 831-372-5005 Jehovah’s Witnesses of Pacific Grove 1100 Sunset Drive, 831-375-2138 Church of Christ 176 Central Avenue, 831-375-3741 Lighthouse Fellowship of Pacific Grove PG Community Center, 515 Junipero Ave., 831-333-0636 Mayflower Presbyterian Church 141 14th Street, 831-373-4705 Central Presbyterian Church of Pacific Grove 325 Central Avenue, 831-375-7207 Seventh-Day Adventist Church of the Monterey Peninsula 375 Lighthouse Avenue, 831-372-7818 First United Methodist Church of Pacific Grove
915 Sunset @ 17-Mile Dr., Pacific Grove - (831) 372-5875 Worship: Sundays @ 10:00 a.m. Congregation Beth Israel 5716 Carmel Valley Rd., Carmel (831) 624-2015 Chabad of Monterey 2707 David Avenue, Pacific Grove (831) 643-2770 Monterey Church of Religious Science Sunday Service 10:30 am 400 West Franklin St., Monterey • 372-7326 http://www.montereycsl.org http://www.facebook.com/MontereyChurchofReligiousScience
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Programs at the Pacific Grove Library
Wednesday, September 10 • 11:00 am Stories and songs with MaryLee at the Pacific Grove Public Library, ages 2-5, 550 Central Avenue, Pacific Grove 93950. For more information call 648-5760. Wednesday, September 10 • 3:45 pm “Wacky Wednesday” presents Hats & Hair-Dos: stories, science and crafts for grades K-2. Pacific Grove Library, 550 Central Avenue, Pacific Grove 93950. For more information call 648-5760. Thursday, September 11 • 11:00 am Stories for Babies and Toddlers at the Pacific Grove Library, 550 Central Avenue, Pacific Grove, 93950, ages birth-2. For more information call 648-5760. Wednesday, Sept. 17 • 11:00 am Pre-School stories at the Pacific Grove Library, 550 Central Avenue, Pacific Grove 93950, ages 2-5. For more information call 648-5760 Wednesday, Sept. 17 • 3:45 pm “Wacky Wednesday” presents Magic Is In the Air: stories science and crafts for all ages. Pacific Grove Library, 550 Central Avenue, Pacific Grove 93950. For more information call 648-5760. Thursday, Sept. 18 • 11:00 am Stories for Babies and Toddlers at the Pacific Grove Library, 550 Central Avenue, Pacific Grove, 93950, ages birth-2. For more information call 648-5760.
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Scotts Valley divers help bust Lovers Point poachers By Joe Shreve, PressBanner.com
Visitors to Lovers Point in Pacific Grove last Sunday afternoon may have been witness to an unusual sight, as a pair of wetsuit-clad men toting a large stringer of illegally caught rock cod led another wetsuit-wearing man on a 1.5-mile chase through town. On the morning of Aug. 24, Bill Shepherd, along with members of the Scuba Squad – a dive club affiliated with the Pro Scuba Dive Center in Scotts Valley – was coming up from a dive in the Lovers Point State Marine Reserve, when he said he was signaled by the outing’s shore-based leader, Teagan Trautwein. “She hollered down, ‘Hey, look and see the fish on that buoy,’” he said. Sure enough, Shepherd said, 10 rock cod were attached to a stringer – shot by spear fishermen inside the protected reserve. Shepherd, who is himself an avid spearfisher, said that he approached the two spear fishermen as they surfaced and asked if they were aware they were in a protected area. “They would have nothing to do with it,” he said of their response. According to Shepherd, as soon as the duo realized that Trautwein had snapped photos of them in the reserve with the fish and contacted the authorities, they attempted to leave the scene before an officer of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife could arrive. Stopping only to drop his gear, Shepherd then followed the men as they did not return to their vehicles, rather leading him on a soggy walk through Pacific Grove. “It was kind of comical,” Shepherd said of walking nearly two miles in a wetsuit. “It was not a comfortable walk.” By the time that the men had doubled back to the parking lot, Trautwein said, the Fish and Wildlife officer had arrived, and after seeing the photos she’d taken and statements from witnesses, issued the men $5,000 in citations – $500 per fish. “They pretty much copped to what they did,” Shepherd said. “It will probably be very expensive fish that they won’t get to enjoy at all,” Trautwein said. Shepherd said that, as a diver and fisherman, it is important that marine sanctuaries be respected. “I want to see the fish stay,” he said, “so my fishing is still there for my kids and grandkids.” Cheryl Babineau, co-owner of the Pro Scuba Dive Center, said that conservation and protection of marine life is stressed, not only at the dive club’s meetings, but in the training that the center conducts. That includes reporting poaching incidents to Fish and Wildlife authorities. “Without enough agents, we have to be the stewards,” she said. Reprinted with permission
School’s In! CHP Reminds Drivers About New 3-Foot Law
With children heading back to school, motorists should expect to see more children riding to and from school on their bicycles. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) would like to remind the public that on September 16, 2014, a new law affecting motorists and bicyclists takes effect. According to the law, a driver must allow three feet of distance when overtaking or passing a bicyclist. If three feet is not available, a driver must then slow to a safe speed and pass when no danger is present. "Motorists are reminded to pay close attention as the school year approaches and exercise caution when they see bicyclists on the road," said CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow. "Be sure to move over or slow down to pass when you see a bicyclist on the road and help keep our roadways a safer place." According to data from the Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System, in 2012, there were 153 bicyclists killed in California, which reflects a 7 percent increase from 2011. Those deaths accounted for 5 percent of the total collision fatalities in California. "As important as it is for vehicles to be mindful of our bicyclists, those who ride must exercise safe practices and ride smart," added Commissioner Farrow. "With both drivers and bicyclists doing their part, we can help reduce the number of tragedies involving bicyclists." The danger surrounding motor vehicle traffic is just one aspect of a child's safe passage to and from school. According to Safekids.org, more children ages 5 to 14 are seen in emergency rooms for injuries related to bicycling than any other sport. Bicycle helmets, which are required by law for children under 18 years of age in California, can reduce the risk of severe brain injuries by 88 percent - yet only 45 percent of children 14 and under usually wear them. The CHP joins with Safekids.org in offering the following traffic safety tips for bicyclists: • "Use your head, wear a helmet." It is the single most effective safety device available to reduce head injuries and deaths from bicycle crashes. • Tell your children to ride on the right side of the road with traffic, not against it. Stay as far to the right as possible. • Use appropriate hand signals and obey traffic signals, stopping at all stop signs and stoplights. • Teach your children to make eye contact with drivers. Bicyclists should make sure drivers are paying attention and are going to stop before they cross the street. • When riding at dusk, dawn, or in the evening, be bright and use lights - and make sure your bike has reflectors as well. It is also smart to wear clothes and accessories that have retro-reflective materials to improve bicyclist visibility to motorists.
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Panetta Institute Interns Begin Work in 26 Congressional Offices Twenty-six college interns from The Panetta Institute for Public Policy began work in offices of California delegation members of the United States House of Representatives in Washington, D.C. These students are now spending 11 weeks in Washington after participating in an intensive two-week course at the Panetta Institute that provided background on policy issues, the current political environment and training on how to work effectively in a congressional office. The students for this sixteenth annual program were nominated by the presidents of the California State University (CSU) campuses, as well as the presidents of Dominican University of California, Saint Mary’s College of California and Santa Clara University for their exemplary scholastic achievements and their interest in politics and policy. This Congressional Internship Program was founded by the Panetta Institute to give students from diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds hands-on experience on how our democracy operates. “The Panetta Institute’s internship program is regarded as one of the best in the nation. This year’s class of interns is another group of inspiring young people who will have the once-in-alifetime opportunity to learn directly from our elected officials about the legislative process and the ins and outs of our democracy,” said Institute CEO and Co-Chair Sylvia M. Panetta. The Panetta Institute Congressional Internship Program is unique because of the two-week training session mentioned above and because the Panetta Institute covers the entire cost of the program including transportation and housing. This financial support ensures that the opportunity to participate is available to students of all economic backgrounds. All costs for this academic course, including a small sum for expense reimbursement, are provided by the Panetta Institute with support from the Board of Directors of the Panetta Institute, Chancellor of the CSU system, as well as other donors. Among
others, the faculty participating in the two-week orientation were: Institute Chairman Secretary Leon Panetta; Institute CEO and Co-Chair Sylvia Panetta; former Vice President Dan Quayle; former members of Congress; the House Parliamentarian; leading policy experts; congressional legislative and administrative staff; former White House staff; campaign, communications and media consultants; university professors; former California State Superintendent of Public Instruction; former Panetta Institute interns; and Institute instructors Richard Kezirian and Ellen Wilson. Among the interns assigned is Wendy Holman from CSU Monterey Bay. While in Washington, the interns will attend regular seminars with key administration personnel on different aspects of government policy, ranging from economics to the environment, and foreign affairs to defense resources. In 2013, seminar speakers included Pete Rouse, counselor to President Barack Obama; Ashton Carter, deputy secretary of defense; Tom Daschle, former U.S. Senator; Sam Farr (D), U.S. Representative; Bill Lowery (R), former U.S. Representative; Michèle Flournoy, former under secretary of defense for policy; Thomas J. Wickham, Jr., U.S. House of Representatives parliamentarian; Patrick Griffin, former assistant to the president for legislative affairs; Doris Meissner, senior fellow and director of the Migration Policy Institute; and Norman Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute resident scholar. Seminars for 2014 will include a similar range of topics and speakers. As a special event this year, the interns will attend the unveiling of Secretary Panetta’s official portrait at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia. The program concludes in mid-November. Each student will receive 20 academic credits upon successful completion of the internship program. For additional information, please call the Panetta Institute at 831-582-4200.
PTECH BOND From Page 1 As Rick Miller, assistant superintendent of PG schools, explains it, “Around 25 years ago property taxes greatly increased.” The school district decided to raise teachers’ pay to attract excellent teachers. PG, he says, became known as the “district with great teachers.” In 2008 the district fell victim to greatly lowered property values, resulting in lower tax income. The PG School Board decided to keep the teachers’ pay where it was and has kept those good teachers. However, in holding to the priority of teachers’ pay the district was forced to delay purchasing new technology equipment. Property tax revenue has crept higher each year since 2008, but is still far below what it was before that year. In the meantime the computers and other equipment have been getting older and need to be replaced. As the measure is written, the maximum the district can obtain with the bonds is $18 million over a maximum time frame of 18 years. The estimated cost to homeowners will be $18 per $100,000 of assessed valuation per year, or approximately $68-$70 per year for the average homeowner. Miller and Porras point out that the system is designed to be used little by little. Some items need to be purchased right away, as shown by the technology audit made this summer. They expect to draw out $3-4 million right away. Then, in about three years, another withdrawal will be made, perhaps of a smaller amount. Only amounts that are needed will be used. The measure is designed to be flexible because, as Porras points out, “We don’t know what technology will come along.” He adds that new technology will be introduced. Prices will probably go down. The way the measure is written the district can respond to needs that arise and save money when purchases are not necessary. Tech needs must be dealt with, Porras says. Without Measure A in the mix the district would need to find the needed funds elsewhere. The largest expense to the district is payroll, he adds, so that would probably be where the district would have to make changes. Classroom sizes would have to grow, he says, noting that the district has long prided itself on small classes. Porras says that the board is asking the public to help provide kids with a great education. “We must prepare kids for four year schools or careers, and they all expect students to be able to use technology and technology-based tools. “This community,” he says, “has high property values in large part because of excellent schools. Everyone profits.” He mentions that many people move here because of the schools. “Many of our students come back here to live. Do we want those who move back to be competent in their jobs?” Porras invites any citizen with questions to either come to school board meetings or to visit him at the district offices behind the middle school. The office phone number is 646-6510. School board meetings are on the first and third Thursdays of each month at 7 p.m. at the district offices.
Measure A Informational Meeting To be held at Pacific Grove Adult Education Center Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 6:00pm
PGUSD’s Ed-Tech Bond is an $18 million general obligation bond measure that will provide an ongoing source of funding for school technology throughout the district.
Ed-Tech Bonds Protect Taxpayers
• Funding technology with short-term bonds so taxpayers won’t be making payments for equipment that’s no longer in use • Requires annual reviews of all expenditures by an independent citizens‘ oversight committee • Legally requires annual audits • The tax rate per property owner is estimated to be $17.93 per $100,000 of assessed valuation per year • All funds must be used in the Pacific Grove Unified School District and cannot be taken by the State and spent elsewhere • Installation and upgrading of various technology systems • Training related to various technology projects • Future technology projects approved by the Board
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Rotary Will Learn About Life on a Submarine
Overall, Americans in the Suburbs Are Still the Most Satisfied
The Pacific Grove Rotary Club, which meets at noon on Tuesdays at The Inn at Spanish Bay in Pebble Beach, 2700 Seventeen Mile Drive,will have as the speaker on September 9, Lt. Christopher Deigel, Naval Postgraduate School “Life on a Submarine” Lunch is $20 and reservations may be made by calling Jane Roland at 649-0657 or 333-0491
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By Kevin Stone Monterey County Association of Realtors® In the Atlantic’s first State of the City Poll, more than 1,600 U.S. adults were surveyed on a wide-ranging set of topics related to quality of life, and it was found that all things considered, Americans who live in suburban areas are the most satisfied with the places where they live. Among suburbanites, 84 percent of those surveyed rated the communities where they live as overall excellent or good, compared to 75 percent of urban dwellers and 78 percent of rural residents. Meanwhile, 25 percent of urban residents rated their communities as only fair or poor overall, compared to 15 percent of suburban residents and 21 percent of rural residents. Clearly, U.S. cities have plenty of work yet to do to improve perceptions of overall quality of life among their residents and within their communities. Some of the biggest differences in community satisfaction revealed by the survey fell along racial, economic, and generational lines. There were also stark divides between college graduates and non-graduates, as well as those who own their own homes versus those who rent. Outside of the cities, the difference between whites and minorities was less pronounced. Eighty-three percent of non-urban whites (those in the suburbs and rural areas combined) rated their communities as excellent or good, while 78 percent of non-urban minorities answered similarly. Overall, Americans who make $50,000 or more each year were more likely (86 percent) to rate their communities as excellent or good than those who make less than $50,000 (73 percent). Owning a home was also a major predictor of whether someone gave their community high marks, both inside cities and out. Renters in urban areas were particularly likely to answer only fair or poor.
P@ LOVERS POINT From Page 1
and 49 seats on the roof. He has divided the interior into five different spaces, reminiscent of slices of a pie, with the restaurant being the anchor. Owner Jason Tang of Ostrich, Inc., who purchased the property in March of 2014, hopes to line up five compatible tenants: the restaurant plus potentially a microbrewery, a bakery, a retail spot, a specialty coffee and beverage shop, or perhaps a specialty food vendor, all of which would complement and support each other. It is hoped the businesses would all assist each other and create a local following as well as a tourist magnet. “@ Lovers Point” is the unifying name, McCord pointed out. The tenant then would become, for example, Fog Catcher Microbrewery @ Lovers Point, Pelican Coffee House @ Lovers Point, and so on. McCord says that, because they are scaling down the restaurant proper, there would be water enough for a microbrewery. They also want a tenant who would serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner. The proposed plan uses slightly fewer square feet than the previous tenant. A team stands ready to begin the work, from scoping out hidden structural problems to the general contractor (Barry Swenson) and subcontractors for heating, ventilation, and more. “Once we identify the cost of the work and get city approvals, we will be able to line tenants up,” said McCord, addind that there has been a lot of interest in becoming tenants already. “We’re looking first for local tenants,” he added. Work could begin in a matter of a few months.
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Out and About
Seniors Save the Date for ‘Pastures of Heaven’ Art Show
Church of the Good Shepherd, 301 Corral de Tierra Road, Salinas, will present its seventh annual Pastures of Heaven art show from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5 in the church parish hall. The work of more than 40 artists - painting, pottery, glass, jewelry, photography, wood working, and textiles - will be on display, and sold at a silent auction. Heavy hors d’ouevres and wine tasting from Monterey County’s wineries will also be offered, and raffle sale prizes to help support Good Shepherd’s community outreach programs will include a weekend retreat cabin in the Sierra, a Merrill Ranch “Gourmet Grub” dinner for 10, a magnum of Hahn’s 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon, and a gift basket including lunch for two at the Steinbeck House in Salinas. Raffle tickets are $5 or six for $25.00. Admission tickets are $35 per person. For more information email cogsarshowt@gmail.com or call 484-2153.
Chinese acrobats bring their art to CSUMB World Theater season opens with Sept. 17 performance
Upcoming Lecture at Gentrain
Wednesday, September 17 • Gentrain Society Lecture: “The Life of Watercolorist Rollin Pickford” Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103, 1:30-2:30 pm Free; MPC Parking $2.00 Information: www.gentrain.org ; conductor@gentrain.org Melissa Pickford, Director of the Monterey Peninsula College Art Gallery, will speak about her late father Rollin Pickford (1912-2010). Pickford was a California plein air watercolorist who painted nearly every day for 80 years, including many years on the Monterey Peninsula. Ms. Pickford will share her father’s paintings, writings and stories, and will screen segments of the PBS film “Master of Light: the Life and Watercolors of Rollin Pickford.”
Monterey Peninsula Republican Women Federated Luncheon
The monthly luncheon of the Monterey Peninsula Republican Women Federated will be held on Thurs., Sept. 11, at Rancho Canada, 4860 Carmel Valley Rd. MPRWF will be hosting a candidates’ forum. Meet and Greet Local Candidates: Steve Bernal, candidate for Monterey County Sheriff; Rudy Fischer, candidate for Pacific Grove City Council; Patricia Lintell, candidate for Del Rey Oaks City Council; and Ed Smith, candidate for Monterey City Council. The public is always welcome. Social time is at 11:30, and luncheon starts at noon. $22 per member and $25 for non-members. RSVP before Mon. Sept. 8. Call Pat at 375-3573 or Cindy at mcrp.cin@gmail.com.
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Acrobatics is an ancient art form in China. Centuries ago, performers combined dramatic folk arts and variety shows with the cultural roots of their civilization, and using common objects as stage props, created an acrobatic art unique to their culture. The National Acrobats of the People’s Republic of China continue this ancient tradition. The troupe’s gymnasts, jugglers, cyclists and tumblers combine drama, ballet and magic to make contemporary performances every bit as thrilling and entertaining as they were 3,000 years ago. Local audiences will have the opportunity to see the 35 performers execute daring feats with tables, chairs, flags and plates when the troupe visits CSU Monterey Bay’s World Theater at 7:30 p.m., Sept. 17 as the 2014-15 Performing Arts Series gets under way. The Beijing-based company tours annually around the globe and has performed in more than 40 countries. The performance promises to be a wonderful event for the entire family. "I have immense respect for all the acrobats and performers in this show,” said Joe Crdinalli, artistic and executive director at the World Theater. “They are amazing. Come to the theater and be part of the magic." Tickets are $40 premium, $29 general admission. Discounts are available for students, seniors and military members. Tickets can be purchased online at csumb.edu/ worldtheater or by calling the box office at 582-4580. Driving directions and a campus map are available at csumb.edu/maps.
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Opinion Cal Am’s growth strategy revealed-- it’s called “tuck ins”
Time for Clarification on Memorial Benches
By George Riley, Managing Director, Public Water Now
Our family has often enjoyed deciphering the meanings of engravings on the many benches found throughout Pacific Grove where they adorn its parks, public areas, and ocean side. My grandchildren have learned that some benches are dedicated to the memory of loved ones while others commemorate historic events or good deeds. Some wording in dedications is intentionally light and humorous while other times it engenders somber reflection. Until recently we assumed that each bench dedication reflected the donor’s sincerest intentions in funding a bench for this Pacific Grove tradition. In August, however, a friend noticed a newly-installed bench in Jewell Park that has a vague and confusing dedication. Its purpose is unclear and has been interpreted differently by others who have seen it.
As many agencies and interests hammer away at agreements for a new water supply, Cal Am is hammering away at sealing its plan for its desal location. Cal Am is heavily committed to slant wells at the CEMEX site, the sand mining operation on Highway 1 north of Marina. This is the heart of Cal Am’s supply project – slant wells to draw ocean water from beneath the sandy bottom. A subsurface intake will cause minimum interference or damage to marine organisms. This is a good argument, and is encouraged by several state agencies as well. But for Cal Am to ride the environmental argument is disingenuous at best, after the damage it caused on the Carmel River. Beyond this one good argument, there are serious and deeply troubling unresolved risks and costs. • Cal Am has no water rights for desal. There are legal commitments to extensive data collection and analysis that can take 2-3 years. It appears that Cal Am will use the data and the local crisis situation to justify an argument for a “physical solution” (the idea that practical considerations might bypass existing law). However the State Supreme Court disavowed the physical solution argument in a 2000 decision. Will Cal Am challenge that decision and add litigation costs and delay? • Slant wells for potable desal are not operational anywhere in the United States. Cal Am has claimed in a recent report that they are in use in Europe, but it has failed to identify them. There is one extensive test site in Orange County with 14 years of effort and test data, but it is not operational. • Agricultural interests have threatened to sue over any pumping from the Salinas River Basin. To ward off litigation, many parties agreed to extensive two to three years of data collection and analysis. Early data suggests that the concerns by Salinas Valley interests are valid, and its desire to protect its main aquifer are compromised by slant well plans. But the current schedule for CPUC action is to approve the project before full data analysis is complete. This is illogical, but is consistent with Cal Am pressure to proceed. • Slant well maintenance and replacement frequency, and their costs, are largely unknown. There is no operational experience for slant wells. They are still experimental. Yet Cal Am expects, and is planning on, our ratepayers to go the distance. Cal Am is using the current crisis to beat the drums for this experiment. I believe Cal Am did not intend to fail in its prior proposals for a new water supply. But it did fail – three times – and sent the bill to ratepayers. Corporate investors paid none of these stranded costs. Ratepayers covered about $32 million so far, and with another $20 million disputed in legal proceedings ($15-18 million with Marina Coast Water District and $3.4 million with the County). Nor do I think Cal Am intends to fail this time. But the type and severity of current risks to slant wells make it a distinct possibility. But Cal Am’s commitment to succeed this time is higher than ever. Obviously there is an urgent need. But why this slant well solution over any and all other options? Cal Am has been in the driver’s seat from the beginning, and is pushing ahead despite the inability to adequately answer the troubling risks. I think I now know why. Tuck ins. I have been baffled for some time over Cal Am’s commitment to slant wells when there is no acceptable history of its use, when the risks and costs are high. Why? What strengthens Cal Am’s resolve? It is theoretically a good idea, but the practical and cost aspects have not been confirmed. Even the state agencies that favor slant wells say “if feasible.” I recently researched the corporate growth policy of Cal Am’s parent company American Water Works. Now I see a direct connection between the slant well CEMEX site near Marina and the defeat of Measure O. Cal Am spent an enormous amount of money — about $2.3 million — to protect its local interest. It proved the point PWN made --- that the Monterey Peninsula is a cash cow for Cal Am and American Water Works. This cash cow perspective was originally limited to current and future revenue. By connecting the dots, I see a more insidious picture. Tuck ins. PWN researched American Water Works 10-K filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The 2013 filing describes corporate growth strategy to be “tuck ins.” Growth of service providers in the investor-owned regulated utility sector is achieved through organic growth within a franchise area, the provision of bulk water services to other community water systems and/ or acquisitions including small water and wastewater systems, typically serving fewer than 10,000 customers that are in close geographic proximity to already established regulated operations, which we herein refer to as “tuck ins.” American Water Works 10-K filing with SEC for 2013, page 4. http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1410636/000156459014000381/awk-10k_20131231.htm
This national corporate growth policy called “tuck ins” is further documented in other SEC filings. The strategy is intended to establish water supply ownership, or control, or dominance, in smaller communities as a prelude to serving the growth potential of that community. Of course every corporation expects to and works to make money. But this is more than that. It can be a muscle play for dominance This ‘tuck in” national strategy gives Cal Am extraordinary resolve to insist on slant wells near Marina for one dominant reason: a permanent foothold next door to Fort Ord, the site of predictable growth in the future. It is using the weak justification for slant wells to establish itself in the Fort Ord service area. And do not think its legal battle over the $15 to $18 million debt of Marina Coast Water District is not playing into this calculus. Those who only look to avoid water use restrictions, or look for any water supply solution, may miss the big picture. That would suit Cal Am just fine. The gold ring is 15-20 years from now, not five years from now. The current crisis plays beautifully into this strategy. In Cal Am’s view – Let’s get slant wells in Marina and let’s get a supply. The future is later. This national corporate policy to use “tuck ins” for growth should be of interest to Marina, other Fort Ord interests, and the wider community. It will be to ratepayers who face ever more corporate profit in their water bills. George T. Riley, Managing Director Public Water Now
Info: georgetriley@gmail.com Long time advocate for public ownership Founder, Citizens for Public Water Co-founder, Public Water Now Intervener with CA Public Utilities Commission Formerly Director of Housing, San Mateo County
Dear Editor
The dedication currently reads: IN MEMORY OF TRUSTED EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE PASSED CALIFORNIA AMERICAN WATER I suggest it is time for the City of Pacific Grove to update Policy No. 100-7 – City Benches to include a review process in order to ascertain each applicant’s intentions for funding a bench as well as the proposed wording of the dedications. Sincerely Lynn Yaghoubian Pacific Grove
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Jane Roland
Animal Tales and Other Random Thoughts
The City That Never Sleeps
I left you in New York City anxiously awaiting the outcome of our travails about lost tickets. Jennie and I had gone to MOMO to visit the new exhibits and, of course, the room of Water Lilies…It was a very hot day and we were dressed accordingly (Manhattan, like so many of the once dressy metropolitan cities, had become more than casual in daytime attire). It was May 30, 1996. We sauntered back to the hotel just as John was arriving. He had gone to the Broadway Theatre to see about replacing tickets for “Miss Saigon.” The girl at the box office felt that they could do this as it wasn’t for a couple of days. On the way back he stopped at a United office and talked to young women who became very interested and concerned about our plight. She called everyone in the offices and airports where the plane might have gone with no success and was really sorry to send John on his way with no positive outcome. We knew we would not get in to see “Sunset Boulevard” nor dine at the Russian Tea Room the next day. Fortunately the travelers’ checks had been replaced and tickets home were in the process. At that point the telephone rang. It was the clerk at United. “Mr. Roland, we have found your tote bag.” It had flown from Kennedy back to San Francisco. One of the maintenance people cleaning the plane had found and turned it in. “Our Mr. Nelson is flying to Newark Airport and will be there around 4:00 p.m. this afternoon” “He will bring your bag if you will meet him there.” There was no doubt about what we would do. John, who was still very traditional, was dressed in a blazer and wearing a tie. I, well I would have taken no prizes for city attire. I was wearing a flowered sundress and sandals. However, we had no time. Jennie wanted to wander around town and John and I took off. We raced to Port Authority. The area around Times Square was still seedy, pawn shops, bums, ladies of the night (a euphemism from days past), beer parlors, cigarette butts and other unmentionables littered the street it was a year or so before Rudolph Giuliani cleaned up the area. We boarded a bus and headed for the airport in Newark. When we reached our destination, it was around 2:30 so we settled down for a long wait. The hour and a half stretched into two and then three hours, turbulence had delayed arrival. We called Jennie and told her to meet us at Sardis at 6:00 PM. Finally the plane arrived, Mr. Nelson and our bag with it. We raced to the office, and the exchange took place. “What may I give you?” “Just your thanks” said our hero and he disappeared before I could hug him. It was by then around 5:30. There was not time for the California woman to change. We ran to the bus, disembarked at Port Authority and raced to the restaurant, arriving out of breath and eager for a drink and bite to eat. Jennie in the meantime had arrived early at Sardi’s and told the personnel of our travails (and I am sure, her life history). It was too early for most diners so they took the opportunity to show the young lady, with whom they had fallen in love as people tend to do, the art work in the place. She went upstairs viewing the signed pictures of the stars (and want to be stars) whose autographed photos graced the walls. When we finally got there and settled down, I looked around in horror, every woman was wearing “the little black dress, jewelry, and high heels.” Here was I in my cotton, flowered sun dress and sandals. Nothing to do about that, so we ate, and walked over to The Marquis Theater for Glen Close and “Sunset Boulevard.” I am sorry to say we didn’t much care for it: The voices were great, sets fantastic but the story, known by all, was depressing, the songs unmemorable and there was no one to like among the characters. New York never sleeps; the streets are as packed at midnight as in mid-day. Taxis were hard to obtain so we hiked many blocks back to our hotel. My feet were so swollen that they looked like puddings, but it had been a good day. On Wednesday Jennie and I went to a beautiful women’s bridal luncheon at The Tavern on the Green, while John took a subway to the Battery to see about the possibility of our going over to my childhood home on Governors Island. Entrance at that time had just become restricted so he took the train back to mid-town. That night we dined at The Russian Tea Room. Needless to say Jen and I were stuffed from the elegant repast we had enjoyed at noon. We had lunch the next day with our dear friend, John Gingrich, the manager of many famous operatic singers. We asked John about getting over to our hotel in New Jersey and he suggested a friend who was at his church. That night we saw “Miss Saigon,” which we all loved so much that when it hit San Francisco, John and I went again. The next morning the kind man picked us up and over the bridge we went. We saw the Marriott Hotel, in which we were to stay, several times from the Turnpike but it took quite a while to get over to it. Our good driver was no more familiar with the environs than his passengers. We finally arrived, he took but a small stipend for his efforts and we were soon folded in the arms of John’s many family members. The wedding and reception, on June 3, were glorious, the most elegant I have attended before or since. Our friend, Suzi Mattmiller, a travel agent and daughter of our friends, Ann and Andy Simpson, always made our arrangements. She said that taking a limo into the city was cheaper and more comfortable than a taxi, which was very true. The limos charge a flat fee and go from door to door. Taxi drivers are known to drive around Hell and back running up charges on their meters. Suzi also found great hotels and amenities for us that we could find nowhere else. That is one thing I miss about traveling, but even her good ministrations might not help these days when airlines are squeezing their customers physically, financially and mentally. We have those past trips to remember. I have more New York stories, but will take a little break and next week will write about one of my favorite people, Jim Dultz. Gcr770@aol.com
Water and Wealth Tom Stevens
Otter Views News that state lawmakers had passed an “historic” bill requiring groundwater users to report their withdrawals reminded me once again how little I know about water politics hereabouts. I was surprised to read, for instance, that California groundwater pumping has gone unmonitored for at least 50 years. Absent any record-keeping requirements, users have simply tapped the aquifers and drawn up whatever they needed or could sell. The only limiter has been extraction cost. As California’s groundwater has diminished over time, the wells have gotten deeper and costlier and the water saltier, but drilling proceeds apace. Beyond the vaguest guesses, water planners know little about where, how swiftly and in what quantities groundwater is leaving California’s aquifers. Even if the new bill becomes law, it won’t likely affect groundwater pumping or sales. In California as elsewhere, water flows toward money. But the reporting requirement could at least give future water planners some baseline usage numbers to work with. While surface sources like snowmelt, rain and river flows can be measured and monitored, groundwater remains as mysterious as Mata Hari. If nothing else, it seems prudent to track where, why and how swiftly we are drawing it down. But even this timid proposition prompts fierce resistance from many groundwater users. Understandably reluctant to keep burdensome pumping records and submit them to Sacramento, the users also have a psychological stake in maintaining the status quo. If usage is quantified, that suggests the resource is finite and might at some point be regulated. If usage remains unknown and unreported, magical thinking can prevail indefinitely. Curious about how we got here, I recently read a book I should have read long ago. It’s Cadillac Desert, the late Marc Reisner’s exhaustively researched history of water development and allocation in the American west. Its 1986 publication notwithstanding, the book is both a valuable primer on water politics and a crash course in the magical thinking that created and sustains the modern American west. At 500-plus pages, Cadillac Desert is too weighty to recap here, but it does spotlight a fairly consistent pattern. Over the last century and throughout the west, taxpayer-funded water projects ostensibly undertaken “for the public good” have ended up enriching a few big landowners and politically powerful corporations. Basically, it’s been “Chinatown*” all along and everywhere. Since at least 1900, dam-building, river diversion and reservoir creation have been America’s principal political currency. Federal water projects have been the pork in the Congressional pork barrel and the main lever presidents could crank to extract favors from the states. In the west, Reisner argued, a few big early projects like Hoover Dam, Grand Coulee and the Fort Peck Dam made financial sense, produced copious hydroelectric power, and helped bootstrap the country out of the Great Depression and prevail in World War Two. But their success also enabled two colossal waterworks bureaucracies – the Army Corps of Engineers and the federal Bureau of Reclamation – to replicate the process endlessly. No matter if a project was good or bad, useful or harmful, well sited or totally misplaced, the Corps or the Bureau made sure it got built. Today the nation has 50,000 federal dams and countless reservoirs, aqueducts and flood control projects, with more proposed by every Congress. By Reisner’s account, most post-Depression projects, especially in the west, are of dubious provenance and very limited value. But since all are taxpayer-funded and will not recover their costs for centuries, if ever, they remain a huge component of the national debt. In effect, Reisner argued, the water bureaucracies and various echelons of government perpetrated upon the nation’s taxpayers a century of fraud. In the west, the cheap and copious irrigation water meant to sustain small farms in inhospitable terrain did that in a few places for a few years. But almost everywhere, the federal projects intended for citizen farmers ended up benefiting desert cities, real estate developers and agribusinesses with the political clout to bend the rules and the water their way. California has had plenty of those. From the Chandlers, Otises and Mulhollands who hijacked the Owens River for Los Angeles to the Bay Area grandees who dammed the Hetch Hetchy for San Francisco, California has gone where even the feds feared to tread. The biggest state project so far, the California Aqueduct, transformed arid San Joaquin Valley into the nation’s produce basket. But in 2014, the drought-diminished aqueduct can no longer quench the Big Valley’s big thirst. Agribusinesses, small farmers and municipalities of all sizes are pumping up groundwater at an unprecedented clip. How much? How fast? How long will it last? To all such inquiries, the magical thinkers repeat the soothing mantra that has sustained and enriched them for a century. Don’t worry, trust us, the resource is infinite. But last week, Sacramento issued the first small whisper of doubt. I wonder if anything will come of it.
Sotheby’s Real
* Reference is to the 1974 neo noir film about the water wars in southern California in the first half of the 20th Century.
Breakers girls’ varsity volleyball team building a winning program By Jon Charron
Led by first year head coach Janna Simons, the Breakers girls’ varsity volleyball team looks to have a strong season in the MTAL. The coaching philosophy that Coach Simons brings to the table is to train the total athlete. Simons believes that the keys to success are creating toughness through the body and mind, as well as creating a great environment. “They are all intertwined,” she says. “You cannot do one without the other.” The Breakers are also returning five seniors to the squad and after a disappointing season last year they are hungry to improve. Simons states that even though she has only been with the girls for two weeks, she feels positive and excited about the upcoming season. “They work hard and show improvement after every drill.” Most importantly, they are buying into Simons’ philosophy. Not only is Simons trying to build a competitive team on the court, she is also trying to integrate the team into the community. Ultimately, this could be just the beginning of a great team for Pacific Grove High School and the community. “Exciting times are ahead,” adds Simons. The Breakers play their first match of the season against Monterey High in Pacific Grove on Thursday, September 4 at 6:30 p.m.
Sports Intern Joins Cedar Street Staff Jon Charron has joined Cedar Street Times as an intern/sports writer. The Ceres native spent eight years in the United States Marine Corps and is now attending Monterey Peninsula College, majoring in communication. He is working on a new career as a sports writer/broadcaster. Jon says he is interested in all kinds of sports, and has already begun introducing himself to our school coaches and pledging to cover as many games as he can.
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Practice is a great way to get better with your golf game. Many people like to practice for an hour or so to get them away from work and things. A good tip for you to practice well and make it a productive session is to always start with a pitching wedge and then hit a 9 iron, 8 iron and a 7 iron. Just hit those clubs and gain a little consistency with your game. The best part of this is you will be more confident just hitting the shorter clubs in your bag. Then after a week or so when you get to your next practice hit a few pitching wedges then move up to the driver. Have fun and enjoy your golf!
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The Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County (BGCMC) will celebrate its 2014 Salinas Valley Community Breakfast on September 18 at the BGCMC Salinas Clubhouse. This event will recognize individuals and community partners in the Salinas Valley who have provided extraordinary service to BGCMC. This year’s special honorees receiving the Luis Perez Community Service Award are: Sally Hughes Church Foundation, Carl’s Jr., Gary and Becky Vick, Salinas Sports Complex. The Salinas Valley Community Breakfast begins promptly at 7:30 a.m. and ends at 9:00 a.m. Reservations are $20.00 per individual, and various sponsorship opportunities are available. Guests are encouraged to register online at www.bgcmc.org/CB14.
Times • September 5, 2014 Scene 53: Harry Takes Gracie for a Walk
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Bernard Furman
Marriage Can Be Funny
A: Such as? H: First of all, it seems as if outside the house she adopts male habits.
Harry and Alice Wilson are just finishing lunch on a Sunday afternoon, in their A: Like what? Pacific Grove home. H: For one thing, she marks her territory with urine…. Alice: It’s too bad your golf game was rained out, honey. I know how much you look A: Not unusual. forward to it all week. Harry: To make matters worse, now that it’s too late to play, the weather has cleared H: Yes, except she urinates by lifting a hind leg, instead of crouching! and I have a bright, sunny day but can’t think of anything worthwhile to do with it. A: I know. Isn’t that the cutest thing? A: You have the Sunday papers. H: Then, if she sees another dog, no matter whether big or small, she barks like crazy and lunges as if to attack. I had a hard time holding onto her. H: I read them this morning. A: Isn’t there something in the house that needs fixing?
A: She’s just bluffing, because she knows you won’t let her go.
H: Nope. I’m current in repair work.
H: Also, I don’t know how she’s aware of the difference between a man and a woman, but she certainly is.
A: How about going to the gym?
A: She always has been, ignoring men and playing up to women. H: Please don’t start that again, Alice. The last time I gave in to your urging and did that, H: And how! If she spots a female, young or old, she stands up on her hind legs…. I was out of action for two weeks. A: That’s because you tried to make up in a couple of days your inaction over a couple A: That’s because her ancestors were circus dogs… of years. H: …and does a little dance, looking----because of her long white hair, just like a miniature polar bear. H: Whatever it was, I’m not doing it again. A: I’ve got an idea: take Gracie for a walk!
A: Isn’t she delightful when she does that?
H: I’ve never done it, and wouldn’t know how.
H: I have to admit that she is.---Not only to me, but to everyone who sees her.
A: Don’t be silly, there’s nothing to know. You just attach her leash, and out you go! A: Meaning….? She’d love it, and it would be good for both of you. Just make sure you hold on to the leash tightly, because if she sees another dog she suddenly thinks she’s a Doberman H: She was a veritable magnet for the girls and women we encountered, all of whom couldn’t get over how adorable she is and came over to us and wanted me to tell and goes berserk. them all about her. H: It’s against my better judgment, but okay. A: Lucky you. (Harry and Gracie return from their walk two hours later.) H: You’re right. I didn’t know there were so many attractive females living in this area. A: So how was it? A: And you no doubt loved being at the center of their attraction. H: V-e-r-y interesting. H: I did, and I’m not exaggerating when I say that if I was in the market for feminine companionship, my date book would be quickly filled. A: How so? H: I learned things about our little dog which you must be aware of, but I’d never known A: I’m glad you had a good time, honey. before. H: I did. Gracie and I will have to do it again, soon. A: You should, with one difference.
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H: What’s that?
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20141684 The following person is doing business as ETERNAL TIMING, T.C.RENTALS, TRI-CAL RENTALS, 1284 Adobe Lane, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950. TRI-CALIFORNIA EVENTS, INC., 1284 Adobe Lane, Pacific Grove, CA 93950. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on August 13, 2014. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 8/1/14. Signed: Terry Davis, CEO. This business is conducted by a corporation. Publication dates: 8/22, 8/29, 9/5, 9/12/14
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20141691 The following person is doing business as TARANTINO'S CANNED FOODS, NW 4th & Carpenter St., Carmel, Monterey County, CA 93921. THE JOE AND PAULA TARANTINO REVOCABLE TRUST, NW 4th & Carpenter St., Carmel, CA 93921. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on August 13, 2014. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on January, 2014. Signed: Joe Tarantino. This business is conducted by a trust. Publication dates: 8/22, 8/29, 9/5, 9/12/14 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20141697 The following person is doing business as ALIMARQUE DESIGN, 3320 Rio Road, Carmel, Monterey County, CA 93923. ALLISON PORCH, 3320 Rio Road, Carmel, CA 93923. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on August 14, 2014. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 8/10/14. Signed: Allison Porch. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 8/22, 8/29, 9/5, 9/12/14
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20141609 The following person is doing business as TOP SHELF CATERING, 1817 Darwin St., Seaside, Monterey County, CA 93955. BRADLEY W. PIERCE, 1817 Darwin St., Seaside, CA 93955. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on August 05, 2014. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 5/9/08. Signed: Bradley W. Pierce. This business is conducted by a, individual. Publication dates: 8/29, 9/5, 9/12, 9/19/14
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20141747 The following person is doing business as THREE GALS PUBLISHING, LLC, 395 Del Monte Center #182, Monterey, Monterey County, CA 93955. THREE GALS PUBLISHING, LLC, 395 Del Monte Center #182, Monterey, CA 93940. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on August 21, 2014. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 7/25/14. Signed: Sheila Shaw, President. This business is conducted by a limited liability company. Publication dates: 9/5, 9/12, 9/19, 9/26/14
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20141512 The following person is doing business as HI POINT SHOWS, 3706 The Barnyard, G-11, Carmel, Monterey County, CA 93923. VIRGINIA CONNELLY, 26437 Riverside Way, Carmel, CA 93923. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on July 21, 2014. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 7/17/14. Signed: Virginia Connelly. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 8/15, 8/22, 8/29, 9/05/14
A: From now on, when you take Gracie for a walk, I’m coming too!
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Legal Notices ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: Petition of MARIA VICTORIA MANAPAT YUJUICO AND FRANK S. CHIU Case No. M128449 Filed July 08, 2014. To all interested persons: Petitioner MARIA VICTORIA MANAPAT YUJUICO AND FRANK S. CHIU filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: present name CHRISTOPHER CHIN-FENG CHIU to proposed name CHRISTOPHER CHIN-FENG YUJUICO CHIU and CRAIG CHIN-WEI CHIU to proposed name CRAIG CHIN-WEI YUJUICO CHIU. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of hearing date: September 12, 2014 Time: 9:00 a.m., Dept. 15. The address of the court is: Superior Court of California, County of Monterey, 1200 Aguajito Road, Monterey, CA 93940. A copy of this Order To Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four consecutive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: CEDAR STREET TIMES. DATE: July 08, 2014 Judge of the Superior Court: Thomas W. Wills. Publication dates: 8/22, 8/29, 9/5, 9/12/14
September 5, 2014 • CEDAR STREET
Artists Studio Tour
Please come enjoy the work of artists throughout Monterey County who are opening their studios to you and invite you to visit their studios during the Monterey County Artists Studio Tour. The tour will be held Sept. 27-27 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. There will be a “Kick-Off Gala” on Sept. 26 from 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. at Pacific Grove Art Center. Studio locations are shown on a Brochure/Map that is available at Pacific Grove Art Center and many other public locations and will be an insert in the Monterey County Weekly the week of Sept. 25, 2014. The locations range from Sand City, Seaside, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach, Carmel, Moss Landing and Carmel Valley. Use the maps for a free self-guided tour of the artists’ studios. There will be a great selection of artists in a variety of media, promising to be an exciting, inspirational event. And art lovers can buy great art directly from the artists. New this year: Artists Equity has reached out to Barbara Moon Batista and her students to add them to the Studio Tour. They are having an exhibit at Sweet Elena’s Bakery in Sand City. Participating this year is a great line up of fine artists—some nationally and internationally known—painters, sculptors, jewelers, glass blowers, fused glass, photographers, and others. Some of the artists on the tour: William Giles, Peggy Olsen, Emy Ledbetter, Brian Blood, Cheryl Kampe, Mark Farina, Jody Royee, Deborah Russell, Mary Hill, Kathy Sharpe, Sandy Robinson, and more for a total of 63 artists. You can meet these artists in their own studios, and others sharing studio space together, view their work, enjoy refreshments, talk to them about what they love to do best, and take advantage of being able to buy artwork direct from the artists. The Tour is organized by Monterey Bay Artists Equity Fund, Inc., a non-profit organization promoting the visual arts, and supported by a grant from the Arts Council of Monterey which is funded by the Monterey County board of Supervisors. Tour brochure-maps will be in the Coast Weekly, Thursday September 25 and also available at hotels, galleries, stores, newsstands, and many other public locations throughout Monterey County. For details of the Tour see www.montereystudiotour.com or contact Studio Tour Director, Michael Duffy, 831 250-8004, duffysart@gmail.com
Become A Lighthouse Museum Volunteer Docent
Your lighthouse needs you! Become a volunteer docent at the historial Lighthouse Museum at 80 Asilomar Blvd. Help is also needed at the new gift shop there. Training is arranged during lighthouse hours, Thursday through Monday, 1:00 4:00 p.m. If you are interested, please call 831-648-3176.
Travis H. Long, CPA
Travis on Taxes Travis is on vacation this week.
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Kyle A. Krasa, Esq.
Planning for Each Generation
A “Need-to-Know” Basis
A common theme when it comes to the settlement a decedent’s estate is the beneficiaries expecting to receive their expected inheritance immediately. Unless a beneficiary is also the executor or successor trustee, generally beneficiaries have no concept of tasks required to properly settle a decedent’s estate including taking inventory of the assets, obtaining appraisals of the assets, paying final bills, filing final tax returns, and sending any required notices to various agencies. This process often takes several months with a trust administration and much longer with a probate, yet beneficiaries often suspect something is afoul if they are not given information about the estate immediately. Below is an outline of the various requirements a trustee has to disclose information concerning a trust. Living Trust When Trust Maker is Living Most clients who establish proper estate planning use a living trust as their primary document. A living trust is revocable while the trust maker is living, meaning that the trust maker is free to make any change he or she wishes or even revoke the trust altogether. Only after the trust maker passes away does the trust become irrevocable. While the trust is still revocable, the persons who are named as beneficiaries upon the trust maker’s death have no right to know what is in the trust, what the trust says, or how the trust is being administered. The reason is simple: the beneficiaries at this stage do not have any vested interest in the trust; they merely have an “expectancy.” The trust maker is still free to change his or her mind about who the beneficiaries should be and the amount they should receive. Thus a person could be named as a beneficiary of the living trust today and could be entirely excluded from receiving anything from the trust tomorrow. The decision of who inherits, what a person inherits, and how a person inherits is solely at the discretion of the trust maker. Living Trust Upon Death of Trust Maker Upon the death of a trust maker, the trust generally becomes irrevocable. (One major exception to this rule is if a married couple creates a joint trust and the first spouse passes away. It will then depend upon how the trust is structured as to whether the trust remains revocable by the surviving spouse or whether a portion of the trust becomes irrevocable. This outline assumes a trust with a single trust maker.) When a trust becomes irrevocable due to the trust maker’s death, all beneficiaries named in the trust and all heirs of the decedent are entitled to a notice prescribed by California Probate Code 16061.7 within 60 days of the death of the decedent. The required notice must include information such as, but not limited to, the fact that the decedent died, that the decedent had a trust, that due to the decedent’s death all or a portion of the trust has become irrevocable, the name and address of each trustee, the address of the principal place of administration, and a notice that upon reasonable request, the beneficiaries and heirs are entitled to a true and complete copy of the trust. Ongoing Right to Information After Death of Trust Maker Sometimes, after a trust becomes irrevocable due to the decedent’s death, the trust might be structured in such a way as to provide for one or more current beneficiaries and then, after their death(s), to provide for one or more remainder beneficiaries. In general, only the current beneficiaries are entitled to an annual accounting of the trustee’s administration of the trust. The remainder beneficiaries are generally not entitled to an annual accounting, though under certain circumstances they might be able to request certain information from the trustee. This article is for general information only. Reading this article does not create an attorney/client relationship. You should consult with a qualified attorney licensed to practice law in your community before acting upon any of the information presented in this article.
Estate Planning Living Trusts & Wills Elder Law Care Trust Administration Medi-Cal Planning Asset Protection
Kyle A. Krasa, Esq.
Kyle A. Krasa, Esq. is Certified as an Estate, Planning, Trust and Probate Specialist by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization
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• September 5, 2014
Pac Rep Presents Paul McCartney and Wings 1975-76 Concert Screening Sunday, Sept. 7
In partnership with the nation’s leading digital theatre network, PacRep Theatre continues its Specticast Encore Film Series, with a one-night-only screening from the World tour of Paul McCartney and Wings’ ROCKSHOW, Sunday, September 7, at 7:00pm, at the newly renovated Golden Bough Theatre in Carmel. This epic tour - the largest ever undertaken as a band, will be presented in High Def on PacRep’s new 28’ movie screen, accompanied by state of the art sound. In 1975 and 1976 Paul McCartney and Wings undertook the Wings over the World tour. From this tour came both the legendary “Wings over America” triple live album and the concert film “Rockshow”. Although filmed on this tour at the enormous Kingdome in Se-
attle, “Rockshow”, originally a cut down version of the concert, was not premiered until November 1980 in New York and April 1981 in London. It was released on Betamax and later on laserdisc. Now for the first time the complete full length concert is being made available fully restored from the original 35mm film and with restored & remastered sound, including a 5.1 mix for the first time. This is Paul McCartney and Wings live on stage in a concert that is destined to live forever! Ticket Information: 2014 SpectiCast tickets are available now. Single ticket prices to Rock-in-Cinema Screenings are discounted year-round with prices at $15 General Admission and Seniors, $10 for Student/Teacher/Active Military and $7.50 for children under 12. FlexVu film packages are also available
for $48 for four screenings. The Pacific Repertory Theatre Box Office is located at the Golden Bough Playhouse on Monte Verde Street between 8th and 9th Avenues, Carmel-by-the-Sea. Business hours are Tuesdays through Saturdays; 11 a.m. - 4pm. Telephone (831) 622-0100 or visit online http://www.pacrep.org for more information. PacRep is supported by ticket sales, individual donations, special events, and grants from The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Monterey Peninsula Foundation, The Berkshire Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, The S.T.A.R. Foundation, The Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation, The Chapman Foundation, and the Harden Foundation, among many others.
Pacific Coast Church Fall Art Exhibit
Pacific Coast Church will open its Fall Art Exhibition Friday, Sept. 5, with refreshments in the church’s Community Room from 6-8 pm. The show will feature paintings and photography by19 artists. The opening will take place in conjunction with the Pacific Grove Art walk. This is the 2nd art exhibit held as a fund-raiser for the church. Flyers are available at the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce. Pacific Coast Church is located at 522 Central Ave in Pacific Grove at the corner of Central and Fountain streets. For further information contact pcc@pacificcoastchurchpg.org, 372-1942.
Presents
Pacific Grove Candidates’ Forum Tuesday, September 23rd at the Pacific Grove Community Center 515 Junipero Avenue Meet & Greet Candidates 6:00 pm Debate 6:30 to 8:00 pm Co-Sponsored by the Pacific Grove Resident Association Moderated by the League of Women Voters Mayoral Candidates Bill Kampe John Moore City Council Candidates Brian Brooks Shannon Cardwell Ken Cuneo Rudy Fischer Robert Pacelli Bill Peake
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Back to School Sun Safety Tips to Keep Kids SunSafe Year-Round
During a typical school day, it’s not unusual for children to receive a significant amount of sun exposure. That’s unfortunate, because sustaining five or more sunburns in youth increases lifetime melanoma risk by 80 percent. The sun’s ultraviolet (UV) rays are also associated with 86 percent of melanomas and about 90 percent of nonmelanoma skin cancers. “The time to learn and start practicing sun protection is in youth, when safety behaviors can be established for a lifetime,” said Perry Robins, MD, President of The Skin Cancer Foundation. “Parents need to teach children about proper sun protection habits, the best method of skin cancer prevention.” The Skin Cancer Foundation offers the following recommendations for keeping children sun-safe during the school year. UV rays are most intense from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and this is when students are usually outside for recess, phys. ed. class and after-school programs. Check with the school to see if there are adequate places for students to seek shade during outdoor activities. Shade can be provided by gazebos and roof structures, awnings, shade sails, and natural shade, such as thickly leaved trees. Clothing is the single most effective form of sun protection for the body, so send kids to school in densely woven and bright- or dark-colored fabrics, which offer the best defense. The more skin you cover, the better, so choose long sleeves and long pants whenever possible. Send children to school with a widebrimmed hat and UV-blocking sunglasses, to protect their face, neck and eyes. If they won’t wear a wide-brimmed hat, a baseball cap is better than nothing. Parents should apply a sunscreen with an SPF 15 or higher to their children’s skin every morning, at least 30 minutes before they go outside. Sunscreen should be reapplied every two hours outdoors and right after swimming or sweating heavily. Older children should learn to apply sunscreen themselves, and make it a routine habit. For extended time outdoors, a sunscreen with an SPF 30 or higher should be used instead. One ounce of sunscreen (about the size of a golf ball) should be applied to the entire body. Remind children to cover those easy to miss spots, such as the back of ears and neck, as well as the tops of the feet and hands. Many schools don’t allow students to use sunscreen or wear a hat outdoors during the school day without written permission from a physician. The Skin Cancer Foundation has created a sun protection form that parents and doctors can sign, allowing students to bring these items to school, apply and use as needed. The form is available at www.skincancer. org/schoolnote
Gateway’s 60th Anniversary Party
Gateway Center of Monterey County, Inc. (Gateway) is celebrating 60 years of service to Monterey County with a garden party at the La Playa Hotel in Carmel on 9-14-2014 from 1-4 p.m. We will have a small plates reception with hosted wine and a no-host bar with entertainment provided by Roger Eddy. Admission is $50 per person; advanced ticket sales at Gateway Center located at 850 Congress Avenue in Pacific Grove Mon.-Fri. 8-4 or at the La Playa on the day of the event. For sponsorship opportunities or advanced ticket purchase contact Melissa Walchli, Development Director at 831-372-8002 #212 or email mwalchli@gatewaycenter. org.
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Take care of yourself
Health and Wellness The Story of Your Life Rabia Erduman
Self discovery I would like to tell you a story. It is the story of your life, the story of everyone’s life. After you were conceived, you lived for nine months in the womb, though you weren’t aware that nine months were passing. As far as you were concerned, you had always been there. Always, since your very beginning, forever and ever, you had been there. It was eternity for you. It was paradise. If in natural circumstances everything you could possibly want or need was provided before you actually needed it, you never had to feel that something was missing. Everything was exactly as it should have been. And then one day, it was time for you to be born. Within a matter of minutes, everything changed for you. You were thrown out of paradise into what we call life. There was no warning; no one prepared you for this major change. It was a huge shock. After spending an eternity in darkness, suddenly bright light was everywhere. After spending an eternity where the temperature was always exactly right, suddenly it was extremely cold. After spending an eternity where all sounds were soft, muffled, and familiar, suddenly every sound seemed unnaturally loud and harsh, unpleasant and scary. After spending an eternity surrounded and supported
on all sides by something soft and warm, suddenly nothing was there, you were free-floating in wide-open space. You were being wrapped in a sheet or cloth, which the adults around you thought was very soft, but it felt like sandpaper to you. As if all this shock were not enough, if your umbilical cord was cut too soon, you began to suffocate. You felt as if you were going to die. To save your own life you had to start breathing on your own. But this first breath was not a pleasant breath; the air felt harsh and hot. You went from paradise to shock in just a few minutes. You moved from comfort, security, safety, and perfection - from the paradise of the womb to the experience of almost dying. The first thing you consciously did was to try to save your life. You were in a state of pure panic. When you’re in danger, you have natural tendency to pull your energy in. Look at most babies who have just been born. They are still clenching their hands; their eyes are tightly shut. We think it’s natural, but the baby is saying, “I have to defend myself in order to save my life. I’m afraid to let go.” When you were born, in a state of panic, the only thing you could do to protect yourself was to contract. Not only your physical body contracted, but something at a very deep level contracted as well. All babies, even those born in more
40 Days to a Healthier Life Style: The Daniel Plan Book Study
Mayflower Presbyterian Church is offering a 6-week study of the book The Daniel Plan: 40 Days to a Healthier Life Style. The book is written by Pastor Rick Warren, Dr. Mark Hyman, MD, and Dr. Daniel Amen, psychiatrist. The study will assist participants to revolutionize their health as they began a journey to transform their life physically, emotionally and spiritually. The Daniel Plan was designed to be done in a support group. When it comes to getting healthy, two are always better than one. Research has revealed that people getting healthy together lose twice as much weight as those who do it alone. The Daniel Plan shows attendees how the powerful combination of faith, fitness, food, focus, and friends will change their health forever, transforming them in the most head-turning way imaginably--from the inside out. Program Details: 6 Wednesday meetings From October 8- November 13 6:00 – 8 p.m. Mayflower Presbyterian Church 141 14th Street, Pacific Grove For more information, call 831-373-4705
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natural ways, realize something very quickly: “I can’t do anything for myself. I depend on others. I’m in trouble now.” But you had the instinct to survive. You also had the intelligence to know that you were helpless. When you were in the womb, your mother took care of you. But after you were born, you felt that you were in danger and your own defense mechanisms began to function. Your first thoughts were based on fear: “I’m weak. I’m helpless. I’m in danger.” “I’m defenseless. I’m vulnerable. I’m inadequate.” “I can’t take care of myself.” “I’m somehow separate from everything else.” “I won’t survive unless someone takes care of me.” Although you weren’t thinking these exact words, nevertheless, the feeling was there. This fear of not surviving stays with you throughout the years, often in a hidden way. Are you afraid of suffocating? Are you afraid of drowning? These are just different ways of expressing the fear of not surviving. You may think you have fears that aren’t related to surviving, but if you examine them closely, you’ll find that all of them are. One of the most common fears is being afraid of what other people think about you. That fear began in childhood when you were worried about what your mother thought about you. If she didn’t like you or was somehow not at ease with you, she might leave you, and your survival would be in danger. When you realize that you have been projecting these childhood traumas onto your life today, you can also see that now,
as an adult, you can choose to heal these projections, expecting to be rejected. You start discovering who you really are, relaxing into your natural state of joy. Biography Rabia Erduman was born in Istanbul, Turkey, and later spent 10 years in Germany before arriving in the United States in 1983. Rabia is a Transpersonal Hypnotherapist, a Craniosacral Therapist, a Reiki Master, a Polarity Practitioner, and a Massage Therapist. Rabia assists individuals and groups in their process of self-discovery, by supporting them to heal their negative beliefs about themselves and life. 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.” An inspiring lecturer, Rabia has given talks on the Chakras, Tantra, Hypnotherapy, past life regression. She has also been interviewed on radio and television shows and has facilitated workshops throughout the years. 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. 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.
Be ready for the next earthquake, fire, flood, or other emergency Free fair on September 20 will help you prepare
After events like the weekend earthquake in Napa, many of us think about whether we would be prepared if disaster strikes. Unfortunately, many of us don’t get past the thinking stage. What’s the best place to keep an emergency kit? How much water should you have on hand? If you have to go to a shelter, what will you do with your pets? Get guidance and tools to help you answer those questions and others at the Emergency Preparedness Fair, Saturday, September 20, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., at Del Monte Center in Monterey. More than a dozen agencies and organizations will have booths with information on emergency kit essentials; safe food and water; communication sources; home safety; fire extinguisher use; shutting off natural gas; smoke detectors and
telephones for deaf and hard of hearing; fire-safe landscaping; navigating roads safely; how the Community Emergency Response Team works; and more. The first 200 attendees will receive disaster preparedness “starter kits,” from Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. Other participating organizations include: American Medical Response, American Red Cross, Cal-Fire, California Highway Patrol, California Office of Emergency Services, Community Emergency Response Volunteers, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Service Center, Monterey County Health Department, Monterey County Office of Emergency Services, Monterey Fire Department, Monterey Police Department, Pacific Gas & Electric Company, Presidio of Monterey, Recover, Seaside Fire Department, and SPCA.
Transform your negative beliefs. . . transform your life.
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Rabia Erduman, CHT, CMP, RPP, CST Author of Veils of Separation
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