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Mariachi Reyna de Los Angeles CSUMB World Theater 7:30 PM, $40/ $29 582-4580 •
Thu., May 2
Sea Scribes Callig. Guild Park Lane, Monterey 7-9 PM, Free 224-3276 •
Fri., May 3
Small Bites for Big Hunger All Saints’ Church 5:30-8 PM, $45/ $50 238-0316
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Roundabout Redux- Page 6
Fracking - Page 19
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First Saturday Book Sale Pacific Grove Public Library Noon-5 PM Benefits Library Book Fund
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Scientific Illustration Exhibit Pacific Grove Museum Reception May 3, 5-7 PM Demonstration May 11, 11-2 Museum hours Tues-Sun. 10-2 FREE
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Council orders report on citizens' initiative
Wag n’ Walk Shoreline Park 8:30 AM, $25 264-5403 •
Fri. & Sat., May 3-4 Frances Elkins Tribute Stevenson House 7 PM, 9:30 AM, $60 649-7109 •
original artworks with a global, artisan feel. There is a charm and warmth present that sets visitors at ease, and ultimately touches their souls. Items range from jewelry to pottery, metal arts to paintings, Big Sur jade sculpture to photography, incense, candles, statuary, scarves and more, at reasonable prices. Owner Adrianne Jonson and her life partner, Sandy Hamm, also have a dogged persistence in bring customers what they want and staying cheerful and outgoing. They stay in touch with their customers, creating return business and faithful clients.
A more cautious City Council than the previous one voted to commission an independent report on the possible ramifications of the recent citizens' initiative to nullify Ordinance 02-18, the “3@50” retirement agreement giving the city's public safety workers three percent for each year worked and the offer to retire at age 50. The initiative would not only declare it null and void but would state that it was enacted illegally. A previous council, faced with a different citizens' initiative on the same question, ignored the warnings of the city manager and city attorney and enacted that measure, thereby embroiling the city in a suit brought by the police officers' union. The City had, until March, been working with the citizens' initiative group and an outside attorney, Karol Deniston, to avoid local action and instead form a coalition with other citizens to force the State of California to make pension reforms and revise the CalPERS system. On March 6, 2013, the Council designated a subcommittee to discuss a “term sheet” with the working group of citizens as an alternative to the citizens' pension initiative. The citizens working group chose to file the initiative anyway, and did so on March 26, 2013. Monterey County Elections Office certified the petition, signed by some 1,300 people, on April 18, 2013. Under the code, the city council could take one of three actions: Enact it as is, put it on the next available ballot for the people to decide, or order the report and make the decision later, but by May 19 (30 days after certification). Robert Huitt, who was sitting on the Council when the original Ord. 02-18 was signed, had a list of questions which he wants to see answered by the report. Huitt's main questions point out that the initiative does nothing to say how the nullification would would be carried out and gives no direction, nor does it take into consideration the possible results. His questions included: Are all subsequent actions then declared null and void? Or only part of them? Who makes the decision about which ones are null and void? What actions must the City take? What actions would the City prohibit? What are the punishments for the actions taken by that City Council if the then-city manager acted illegally and withheld information from them? Is the ordinance, as worded, a legitimate exercise of the citizens' right to legislate or is it instead
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Sat. May 4
Relay for Life Monterey Fairgrounds 9 AM, $10 www.relayforlife.org •
Sun., May 5
“Big Sur Trilogy” Book Launch Party Museum of Monterey 1 PM, Free 372-2608 •
Wed., May 8
Olive Oil/ Chocolate Talk Monterey Library 6-7:30 PM, Free 646-5632 •
Thu., May 9
“Light Up the Sky” P review Performance MPC Theatre 7:30 PM, 12.50/ $10 646-4213 •
Fri., May 10
Lydian String Quartet All Saints’ Church 8 PM, $30/ $10 625-9938 •
Sat., May 11
Narayan & Janet Concert Ctr. For Spiritual Living 7 PM, $15 206-200-9509 •
Sat. & Sun., May 11, 12 Spring Concert Monterey Peninsula Voices Golden State Theater
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Dashie Stokes, left and Timmy Matthews performed “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” by Flight of the Conchords at last week’s The Collaboration of the Arts at Oacific Grove High School. More pictures and story are on page 12. Photo by
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70 baby seals Artisana Gallery plans 5th anniversary More on the way if vandalism stops and celebrates move By Thom Akeman There are dozens of baby harbor seals along our shoreline -- with a total of 70 seen this past Monday – and a few more still on their ways. Strong waves spread out the pups a little as this week went on, but still there were 45 to 60 each day on the beach beside Hopkins Marine Station. That’s the most popular birthing beach on the Central Coast and the best place to watch the babies swimming around with their moms, nursing and napping on the beach. It is one of the sweetest shows in town, and one of the most popular. Dangling umbilical chords and afterbirth on the sand have indicated 19 pups have been born on the tiny beach at the bottom of 5th Street this year, a spillover for the Hopkins rookery. Most of those 19 births have been quite recent — since vandals slowed their daily raids on signs placed by the city, the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and the Marine Mammal Center, telling people of protected marine mammals on the beach
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Artisana Gallery was born with a mission: to promote the work of local artisans, to support living California artists working in a variety of mediums and modalities, and offer customers affordable prices for one-ofa-kind treasures. Now, that little venture has grown and Artisana customers have impacted the lives of more than 35 local artisans and their families. The gallery’s focus is on
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8 PM/3 PM, $25 888-520-1870 •
Thu., May 16
Chinese Village Lecture Natural History Museum 7 PM, $5 648-5716 •
Fri., May 17
Fr. Cyprian Consgilio Concert Fundraiser for Bless School, South India Unitarian Universalist Church , Carmel 7:30 PM, $25 - $40, Students $15 judyneary@yahoo.com
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Heritage Society Celebration Natural History Museum 7 PM, Free 372-2898 •
Sat., May 18
Fr. Cyprian Consiglio Retreat : Bede Griffiths’ Teachings Contemplation Unitarian Universalist Church , Carmel 9 AM-3PM, 7:30 AM yoga $85-$100 judyneary@yahoo.com
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Red Cross Heroes Dinner Monterey Hyatt 6 PM, $175 (408) 577-2114 •
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judicial...and where does that take it? Huitt's questions were echoed by other council members, who pointed out that there is a bond outstanding which must be repaid, and that the initiative does not spell out how the proponents expect to handle that, and the question of whether the City would attempt to recoup the money paid to retirees or change the amount paid to the same retirees in the future. In addition, the mayor asked if the report could include an estimate of how much of our current CalPERS liability is actually attributable to “3@50.” Council members Fischer and Miller both stated that they wish to see how the majority of voters would respond to the initiative if it were actually placed on the ballot, while Casey Lucius wanted to ensure that the report be completed by someone outside the City payroll to avoid any accusations of impropriety. The current suit on the previous initiative may be settled in May.
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that should be left alone. Sanctuary docents had also supplied barricades that a city police official and a sanctuary official placed at the heads of rocky trails that lead from Berwick Park to the 5th Street beach, nearly stopping the daily flow of unaware people who were scaring away the timid seals and disrupting the nursing. Unfortunately those were stolen by vandals on Wednesday night so now it may be open season on seal pups again and you may not be able to see any at 5th Street. It can’t be proven, but the disruption and the vandals have probably contributed to the unusually high death rate among this year’s harbor seals – 19 small carcasses seen along the Pacific Grove shoreline to date, nearly three times the normal number. Two others were rescued by the Marine Mammal Center and are being care for in the center’s hospital in Sausalito. The pupping season started a week to 10 days early this year but there are still 10 to 20 harbor seals on and off our beaches that look very pregnant. Although they haven’t all survived,
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Homeless Symposium MPC 9 AM-1:30 PM, Free www.becomingvisible-themovie.com
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Walk of Remembrance Natural History Museum 3:30 PM, Free (510) 378-0999 •
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First Saturday Book Sale Pacific Grove Public Library Noon-5 PM Benefits Library Book Fund
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Says Adrianne, “During the last five years we have had to constantly re-invent ourselves, bringing in many known and unknown artists and craftspeople, organizing events such as First Friday PG, Pacific Grove Fine Arts & Crafts Festival at Jewell Park and Artists in Chautauqua. “We are still here today due to the support you’ve shown us...we are so very grateful to you. We are all in this together!” Artisana Gallery will celebrate their Grand Re-Opening and 5th Business Anniversary at their new location, 612 Lighthouse Ave. (between 16th & 17th St.) in downtown Pacific Grove from 4:00-8:00 p.m. on Fri., May 3. The public is invited to enjoy Complimentary Refreshments, Live entertainment by The Bolero Brothers (Jalisco Harp/ Flamenco Guitar), fun, food and a ribbon cutting. And to become members of the family of repeat customers.
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Please remember seals and their pups are protected by federal law. If you see someone disturbing them, call the police at 911. If you see a seal with a problem, call the Marine Mammal Center at (831) 633-6298, or the NOAA hotline at 1-800853-1964, and let trained rescuers assess the situation and take whatever action is necessary. Other human attempts to help can result in the deaths of pups.
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Week ending 05-03-13................................... .00 Total for the season......................................11.58 To date last year (04-20-12)........................ 10.86 Cumulative average to this date.................. 18.30 Wettest year............................................................. 47.15 during rain year 07-01-97 through 06-30-98 Driest year.................................................................. 9.87 during rain year 07-01-75 through 06-30-76
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April 26, 2013 • CEDAR STREET
Monterey Police Department investigating animal cruelty
On April 27, 2013 at approximately 9:35 PM, Monterey Police Officers were investigating a suspicious vehicle parked in the 1200 block of First Street that appeared to have been tampered with and was full of garbage and rotting animal excrement. The registered owner lived nearby and due to the state of the vehicle; the officers went to the owner’s address to conduct a welfare check. As officers approached the residence, they could smell similar odors and could hear multiple dogs barking. While waiting for someone to come to the door, the officers could see through windows that the house appeared to be uninhabitable, with significant amounts of garbage, animal excrement and other items piled throughout. They could also see a large number of cats and dogs. While contacting the owner, it was determined that medical care was needed and they were transported to a local hospital. A City of Monterey Building Inspector was called and declared the home uninhabitable, with no functioning bathroom or kitchen, in addition to the filthy conditions originally seen by the officers. All of the animals were taken into protective custody with the assistance of the Seaside Police Animal Control Officer and employees of the SPCA. The 48 animals, which include 17 cats, 24 dogs and 7 young puppies, are still in the protective custody of the SPCA where they are receiving care as appropriate. The Monterey Police Department is continuing the investigation into animal cruelty based upon the conditions found in the home and the medical condition of many of the animals. The home will remain posted as uninhabitable until such a time that the owner completes any and all repairs deemed necessary, obtains all necessary permits and completes all necessary inspections. Inquiries can be made to Lt. Leslie F. Sonné, 831-646-3971 or sonne@ci.monterey. ca.us.
Big Sur man held in murder of cab driver in Monterey
On May 1, 2013, Daniel Garcia Huerta, a 44 year from Salinas was killed in the parking lot at 1178 Del Monte, Monterey. Arrested as responsible was Joshua Kannon Claypole, a 20 year old male from Big Sur. The investigation has confirmed that Claypole was a passenger in Huerta’s taxi cab. Huerta picked Claypole up outside the Wells Fargo Bank at the Crossroads in Carmel shortly before Monterey officers were called to the scene of the attack. It is unknown if Claypole asked to be taken to the Del Monte location or if Huerta pulled in there to get help. While the attack appears to have been random and unprovoked, robbery has not
Area-wide earthquake disaster drill planned for May
Disaster Preparedness: On May 15, California Emergency Management Agency (Cal EMA) will hold a large scale catastrophic earthquake drill in the bay area which includes Monterey County. The Golden Guardian exercise will provide an opportunity for local emergency service agencies to evaluate their command and control, operational and logistical capabilities. For example, Monterey will open their EOC and test their interoperability with Pacific Grove, Carmel, the Defense Language Institute (POM) and Monterey County’s EOC’s.
MST partners with Costco to sell discounted GoPasses
Monterey-Salinas Transit has partnered with Costco Wholesale to be the first in the State of California to sell discounted bus passes to members. Thirtyone Day Basic Regular GoPasses will be sold at the Salinas and Sand City Warehouses beginning Saturday, April 27 at a discounted price of $69.99, a 26% savings off the $95 price. The 31-Day Basic Regular GoPass is the most popular among passengers. It is valid on Primary and Local routes for 31 consecutive days upon first use. Passengers can add $1.00 for travel on Regional routes and $9.50 for travel on Commuter routes. For more information, visit www.mst.org or call Monterey-Salinas Transit toll free at 1-888-MST-BUS1.
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Marge Ann Jameson
Cop log 04/20/13-04/26/13
Walk loudly and carry a really big stick
A mountain lion was sighted on April 22 near Beacon Ave. The reporting party said she saw it from her living room window. She went out to get her dog into the house and lost sight of the cat.
Thievery and skullduggery Burglary from vehicle
Suspect pried the window open with a screwdriver and stole the car stereo and some golf equipment.
Ipad stolen at hotel
A guest called and reported that her iPad had been stolen while she was staying at a hotel on Asilomar.
Plastic barricade filched
A barricade belonging to Bay Net, used to hold signs warning the public about seal pupping, was stolen. Three of them turned up at a City Council meeting last night. It is not known where they went from there.
Shoplifting by juveniles
At Country Club Gate shopping center.
Lost and found and now stolen Someone stole stuff from a lost-and-found box on Lighthouse Ave. Vehicle theft, Forest Ave.
Victim says she went outside to get into her car and it was gone. All keys are accounted for and the neighbors say they did not see the car.
Vehicle theft, Forest Hill Blvd.
Victim reported her car had been stolen and that her boyfriend’s wallet had been in the glove compartment. The boyfriend’s ATM card was used at a gas station.
Scooter scooted
Victim reported that her motorized scooter was stolen from out front of a building she was visiting on Central Ave.
Lost and Found
A wallet was found on David Ave. The owner’s mother was contacted and the owner picked up the wallet. A cell phone was lost somewhere between Monterey and San Jose.
DUI
Travis Senseth was stopped for a vehicle violation and it was determined that he was under the influence. He was administered FSTS, arrested, cited, and released.
Shoving
Victim reported that he was riding his bicycle on the Rec Trail when he saw two people wearing hoodies ahead of him. They separated, and as he passed them, first one shoved him and then the other. He didn’t fall and was able to ride away.
Battery and threats
A person battered an employee of a business on 15th St. and made threats. Under investigation.
Uninvited guest
A man, determined to the under the influence, forced his way into a house on Walnut Ave. and fought with both the victims there. He was arrested and placed on parole hold, then transferred to County Jail.
Animal welfare
A letter concerning animal welfare was received and nvestigated.
Animal rescue
A fawn was out on the rocks and in danger of being swept away by the waves. A citizens covered its eyes with a sweatshirt and brought it in from the shore. He was advised to put the fawn in the bushes in hopes its mother would come back and find it. They do that, you know.
Caveat Vendit
A woman sold a chair to a man on Craig’s List. He came and examined it and paid for it. Then he sent an email saying he was not satisfied. Apparently he wanted her to give him the information about other people who wanted the chair so he could contact them, and she refused to do so.
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A woman on 12th Street advised that two young woman, maybe 20 years old, who appeared to be under the influence of something, came to her home and solicited funds for a trip. The solicitors said their father was a Marine and that they were new to the area and “home schooled.” Neighbors said they had seen other groups of young people hanging out and had been solicited by the same pair. They were advised to call the police if the young people were seen again.
No license to sell magazines
A man in a white vest and olive pants was going door to door selling magazine subscriptions. When contacted, he did not have a business license.
Gezundheit!
A driver said she sneezed while driving and hit a stop sign. The vehicle was not damaged but the sign is no longer a sign, but more of a stepping stone.
We don’t repeat reports of sexual violence or domestic violence where the name of the victim could be discerned. We do not report on mental illness or dementia. We do not report on deaths by natural causes.
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David T. Kuwantani: Celebrated 13 years later
Recreation leader is still remembered often, and family donates to pool fund
As the “Save The Pool” campaign draws to a close, and as ground is broken for the new kids’ pool at Lovers Point, a name on the list of donors calls back memories for scores of people in Pacific Grove whose lives were forever changed by knowing him. Thirteen years after he died of a heart attack at work as a recreation coordinator for the City of Pacific Grove, David Kuwatani is remembered on his birthday, April 4, and on the anniversary of his death, April 15, by those who knew him and many who had never met him. He is more to them than a name on a plaque at the Community Center, where hundreds of meetings have been held in the Kuwatani room. His family has made a sizeable donation to the pool campaign in his memory. There have been many more and larger donations, but David T. Kuwatani’s name will forever stand out as a stmbol of the community spirit that got the pool built for Pacific Grove. Following is a eulogy written 13 years ago by Alex Hulanicki, who was in Japan when David Kuwatani died, and it is reprinted with his updates. By Alex Hulanicki There’s a kid in all of us. But David Kuwatani’s “kid” was a Big Kid, and he was always playing. Football, especially the 49ers and the Breakers. He always knew the odds, sat in the stands, read the sports pages, watched the games on TV and talked about his teams. Eight-ball and ping-pong. Whatever the game, he played it at the Rec Club. Golf, always part of the Nisei tournaments and swinging his broom like a golf club. He knew Rancho Canada like the back of his hand. Of course, when you’ve been all over that golf course, like David and his buddies, you get to know all of the course. And you get to know the players. All the players. Let’s call them “kids” – whether they were five or 45 or 75. David knew them all and they knew him as they shared their childness – not childishness – but childness. The kid in all of us. How many thousands of times has David been there – at the ball park, basketball court, swimming pool, tennis courts? How many balls, strikes, physical errors made by kids, mental errors made by grown men who thought they were kids again has David seen, laughed at or groaned at? And how many million rocks did he pick up from the quarry they call a softball park in Pacific Grove. . . where do those rocks come from? Grading the infield for all those years, David could be in China by now. And, of course, those rocks skinned up a million knees and caused a million kids to shed tears and cry for help – of course, David always came to the rescue. Those rocks were boulders to the nine-year-old kids David took care of in Peanut League every summer. Now, the Ballpark has grass for an outfield – it’s not the same. But David was always the same – a nine-year-old kid. With a playful grin, even when he tried to be serious. I never remember David being stern. John Miller, longtime Recreation Director now with American Softball Association, knew David, too, for he knew him as a mentor, friend and employee. Donald Mothershead carries on the tradition of David and John. And their mentors, Topper Arnett and Ruby Nodilo. As teenagers, John and the rest of us went to Rec Club (now the Teen Center), and sometimes we played Friday night socko in Monterey. David drove us to Jacks Park in the “Green Goose,” an old-fashioned SUV, which somehow only David
‘I just gave away your inheritance’
could kick into first gear. David always had a knack to fix things, to calmly go about his job, to ignore the frenzy around him. It was that inner calm that a kid has inside of him or her, while outwardly a temper tantrum may erupt. But David’s calmness always overcame the tantrums of the kids of all ages around him, even when they were trying to protest what they thought was an unjust call by the refs or umpires. David always backed up his staff. He wasn’t going to let the “kids” get their way. For that, we must remember David and thank him now for always bringing that inner kid to the surface in all of us. He was not only a Big Kid, he was a Big Brother to all of us, at a time when what was called the Greatest Generation was hard at work, and the Baby Boomers were unleashed and put in the care of Pacific Grove’s Recreation Department. Where is the next David if there is no city recreation program to care for the city’s future generation? Will that make Pacific Grove truly the last hometown? With great appreciation, let’s give thanks to the Kuwatani Family for their donation of $10,000 to the Lovers Point swimming pool in memory of David Kuwatani. (Editor’s Note: Alex Hulanicki is an adjunct English instructor at Monterey Peninsula College, a public information consultant in water and land use, and a consultant in local political campaigns. He can be reached at hulanicki@yahoo.com.)
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 The Richard and Beverly Stillwell family Richard and Beverly Stillwell made a promise to the people of Pacific Grove, to match dollar-for-dollar public donations to the pool fund up to $100,000. Public funds didn’t quite make it to $100,000 during the period of time set by the Stillwells, but at the Wed., May 1, 2013 City Council meeting it was announced that the Stillwells had decided not just to match the funds, but to donate the entire $100,000 anyway. As they and their family — two daughters, two sons-in-law and four grandchildren — posed for Don Mothershead at the meeting (above) Richard quipped, “I just gave away your inheritance!” The pool fund was at $273,467.73 at the meeting, but even as Steve Thomas was making a presentation about the campaign, more gifts came in. Ground has broken on the pool and completion is right on schedule, with the contractor working on weekends to meet deadlines. A grand opening is set for late June or early July.
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
May 3, 2013 • CEDAR STREET
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Your Achievements
Peeps Pagrovian “Tooth Nerds” surface at Rotary Hollister I’ve been called a lot of things in my life—the one with the loud laugh, ‘that woman,’ hey you!—but I wasn’t prepared for my introduction to the Hollister Rotary members today, where I, along with my client and noted jazz pianist, Bill Minor (www.bminor.org), were guest speakers. Linda Buckhout, recently of Pacific Grove, invited us and we made the hour’s commute through blazing lupine, poppies, and wild radish fields. Cathy L. Buck, who was to introduce me, said she just had to ask me a question before she could: “Why did you refer to yourself as a “Pagrovian” in your bio? I was curious and “Google-d it.”
www.urbandictionary.com entry: Definition of pagrovian - One who is very thorough in regard to dental hygiene, and often brags about their cleanliness. - One who flosses after every meal, and carries an oral kit with them at all times. - One who actually brushes their teeth on long airplane rides. - One who thinks their new toothpaste is ineffective and that this is the cause of their morning breath. “I’ve never had a cavity before, and my teeth are straight without braces!” “Wow Lauren, you’re such a tooth nerd.” “I can’t go on dinner dates with Courtney, she’s such a tooth nerd.” “So I’d just like to know, Cathy asks me, “Why would anyone identify themselves that way?” No need to start my talk with humor, the audience was roaring. I, of course, after a short talk about self-publishing, introduced Bill as a Pagrovian who also has very nice teeth. We enjoyed the Rotarians; I made some contacts; Bill sold a few books: and I learned when not to use a local term in a bio. A new not-for-profit, the first ever “San Benito Olive Festival, a gourmet
Celebrate local heroes in Monterey County
The American Red Cross Monterey Bay Area Chapter will recognize local individuals whose extraordinary acts of courage have made them heroes at the annual Monterey Bay Area County Heroes Dinner on Saturday, May 18 at the Hyatt Regency Monterey. To get a full listing of Heroes awardees and to purchase your tickets, please visit www.arcmontereybay.org. RSVPs are due May 10.
A race to remember
Above: Dustin Moranda on bended knee proposes to Ashley Sallman, who had just finished the Big Sur International Marathon. At right, the antique ring that made it happen.
celebration” debuts on October 19, 2013. SBOF will showcase—on a large scale—the rich variety of foods, wines and artisanal goods that ware being produced in San Benito County—highlighting not only their quality and taste, but also the considerable health benefits that these specialty crops offer, which include 7 of the 10 “Super Foods”: berries, yams, broccoli, beans, nuts, eggs, and low fat yogurt. For more information, phone 831-638-1188. And for a healthy, gourmet experience, plan to take a beautiful country drive to Hollister, San Benito County, on Oct 19. Patricia Hamilton
Dustin Moranda, 31 of Pacific Grove decided to make this year’s Big Sur International Marathon one to remember, and he’s not even a runner. His girl friend, Ashley Smallman, 27, a “fitness fanatic” (in Dustin’s words) and avid runner, was running her third marathon — second Big Sur — so Dustin took the opportunity to propose marriage. He had been saving for a ring but recently his grandmother called and said she wanted to talk with him one-on-one, and gave him a family heirloom, a 75-year-old antique ring. “It was very emotional for me,” he says. She meant it for Ashley to wear. So he decided to go ahead and pop the question. Dustin let his parents and hers in on the plans, but never said a word to Ashley. He coordinated with Scott Douglas of BSIM and they set the family up in the VIP section. Messages weren’t working, and the timing was a little off but it all worked out and Dustin was ready, on his bended knee, when Ashley came across the finish line. “She was on the delerious side, and a little awestruck after the marathon,” he said. Ashley, originally from Tahoe City, is director of The Annual Fund at Santa Catalina School. Dustin owns Moranda Minds computer service in Pacific Grove. They plan a summer wedding, probably in Tahoe. Oh, by the way, she said :yes.”
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Pacific Grove High School
Young Writers Corner He’s An Honest Man,With His Honest Words By Disha Singh He’s an honest man With his honest words. A reformed man A devout man A truthful man (So they say) A man masks The man with all the cards In his hand the secrets Power and Control The center of the universe The heavens can’t compete He’s the dealer The jack The gambler To him a game The Black and The White Jaded words The glitz and glam Shattering lights Breaking and falling The sinner, the corrupt, the damned, the depraved-
337 By Rudolph Tenenbaum The banners we decided not to carry. The women we decided not to marry. The roads we decided not to travel. The codes we neglected to unravel. The lives unlived, the feelings disregarded The law defines as property discarded. A life, a wife, a dream, a precious stone, Just anyone may claim them as his own. And look! As everyone picks up the pieces The value of the property increases. And we acquire quite a different vision Of what we once rejected with derision. We notice the women’s grace and manners, And those banners, those proud banners,
Communion at Lovers Point They have cordoned off this cove a mile west of the pupping grounds. No other in recorded history has come here to give birth. The harbor seal and her newborn stir with the swelling dawn-light, the tiny mizzle seeking a teat as they lie a linear fathom from the waterline. A gathering of humans witnessing on the low cliff above the popular community beach surrender the long claimed territory for what, in situ, has been reclaimed for these few days, the suck and slurp of first communion a duet with the swish of tide on sacred sand. Edward Jarvis 4/13
And those tiresome, but quite enticing roads, And those intricate, but quite intriguing codes. The finders jubilate displaying every item. It would be wrong to hate ‘em and to spite ‘em. We spot the wheat left out by the reapers And curse the law proclaiming “finders keepers.”
Ah, but no, He’s an honest man With his honest words.
-Disha Singh
Thank you to the 83-year-old Pacific Grove native who called and said she needed a bigger version of the illustration for plans for the roundabout which we featured on our front page last week. She does not use the Internet and wanted to be able to make it out better. We hope this helps.
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Share The Road: May is Motorcycle Safety Month With more people choosing a motorcycle as their mode of transportation, the California Highway Patrol (CHP), Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) and Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) are embarking on a month-long endeavor to encourage all motorists to safely share the road. This month’s traffic safety campaign follows a significant increase in the number of people killed in motorcycle-involved collisions in California. “Law enforcement and traffic safety organizations throughout the nation are working to reverse this unfortunate trend,” said CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow of the increase in the number of people killed and injured in motorcycle-related collisions. “This month, and every month, motorists are reminded to safely share the road with motorcycles, and to be extra vigilant to help keep motorcyclists safe.” According to the Department of Motor Vehicles, there are more than 1.3 million licensed riders in the state; and with California’s nearly year-round ideal climate, you will almost always encounter a motorcyclist while on the highway. Because they are one of the smallest vehicles on the road, motorcycles are often hidden in a car’s or truck’s blind spot. Every driver needs to diligently look for them before changing lanes or merging with traffic. Motorcyclists are reminded to follow the rules of the road and make sure they are visible to motorists. Everyone on the highway is reminded to eliminate distractions. According to preliminary figures from the CHP’s Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System, more than 400 people were killed and nearly 12,000 people were injured in motorcycle-involved collisions in 2011, representing a nearly 20 percent increase in the death rate in California from the previous year. Preliminary estimates from the Governor’s Highway Safety Association indicate a slight decline in motorcycle fatalities in California for the first nine months of 2012. “After two years of dramatic declines, motorcycle deaths are heading up again,” said OTS Director Christopher J. Murphy. “A training course can make a big difference for rider safety. In addition, much can be accomplished when both riders and motorists share the road safely and watch out for each other.” The CHP administers California’s official safety training program for motorcyclists through the California Motorcyclist Safety Program (CMSP). As of March 2012, more than 800,000 motorcycle riders have received training at one of the CMSP’s 134 training sites since the program began in July 1987. The Motorcycle Safety Foundation (MSF), a national non-profit organization, is charged with overseeing the day-to-day operations for the CMSP. The MSF not only emphasizes the importance of training and licensing for all motorcyclists, but stresses a rider’s critical need for proper safety gear. “Not only should motorcyclists wear protective gear, all of the time, including a helmet manufactured to the standards set by the U.S. Department of Transportation; they should ride unimpaired by alcohol or drugs,” said MSF Vice President Robert Gladden. “If you follow these simple steps, lives can be saved.” The CHP, DMV and OTS offer the following tips for drivers to help keep motorcyclists safe on our roadways: • Remember, a motorcycle is a vehicle with all of the rights and privileges of any other motor vehicle. The person under that helmet could be a mother, brother, doctor, or friend. • Perform a regular visual check for motorcycles by checking mirrors and blind spots before entering or exiting a lane of traffic, at intersections, and pulling out of driveways and parking lots. Always look twice before pulling out. • Always signal your intentions before changing lanes or merging with traffic. • Don’t be fooled by a flashing turn signal on a motorcycle – motorcycle signals are often not self-canceling. Wait to be sure the motorcycle is going to turn before you proceed.
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• Allow more following distance - three or four seconds - when behind a motorcycle to give the motorcyclist time to maneuver around obstacles in the roadway or stop in an emergency. Motorcyclists can increase their safety by: • Wearing a DOT-compliant helmet. • Never riding while impaired. • Using turn signals for every turn or lane change, even if the rider thinks no one will see it. • Signaling intentions by combining hand signals and turn signals to draw more attention to themselves. • Assuming drivers can’t see them. Wearing brightly colored protective gear and using reflective tape and stickers to make sure they are seen. • Positioning themselves in the lane where they will be most visible to other drivers. • Not accelerating too quickly, since drivers turning ahead might not notice until too late. The CHP, DMV and OTS join with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in sharing the following message: Help share in the responsibility of keeping all road users safe, and do your part by safely “sharing the road.” Jameson’s Classic Motorcycle Museum sponsored this article and invites one and all to see their collection of helmets and to see what happens when a Cadillac and a sidecar rig have an argument over a space on the road. The Museum is located at 305 Forest Ave., across from City Hall.
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Seniors
Make this a golden age Canterbury Woods has a Table Affair
Top: Carol Baker Raj & Marley Knoles Above: Winter Wonderland
Canterbury Woods recently hosted a table at the 10th Annual Table Affair benefit at Pebble Beach. With themes ranging from Downton Abbey to Midnight at the Oasis, from Winter Wonderland to Knights of the Round Table, and from Out of Africa to AFRP’s “It’s Raining Cats and Dogs, the elaborately decorated tables were a feast for the eyes. “Color Your World Canterbury” featured photographs of the Jade Garden, Rose Garden, Japanese Garden and Great Lawn at Canterbury Woods printed on canvas placemats. The colorful, fragrant flowers adorning the table all came from Canterbury Woods as well. Scattered among succulents and moss-covered rocks-easels, painter’s palettes, and paint brushes with just the right “painterly patina”, reflected the artistic theme. Canterbury Woods residents enjoyed perusing the many tables, along with the excited crowd that was happy to support this year’s beneficiaries: Redwings Horse Sanctuary and the SPCA Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center.
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All Saints’ Church presents Small Bites for Big Hunger
One in five Monterey County residents needs food assistance. To help respond to this need, the All Saints’ Outreach Commission will host the second annual Small Bites for Big Hunger on Friday, May 3, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in Seccombe Hall at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Carmel. Complimentary valet parking is available at Lincoln Street and Ninth Avenue. The evening features local celebrity chefs who will offer signature small bites paired with wines from local wineries. Chefs include: Chef Bagley, Cypress Inn; Chef Briske, La Balena; Chef Huber, Le St. Tropez; Chef Kimmel, Tarpy’s; Chef Peters, Basil; and Chef Wood, Patisserie Boisserie. Winery partners include Chesebro, Cima Collina, Trio Carmel, Ventana and Wrath. “We are enthusiastic about our array of local chefs, wineries and action items that will fund our outreach programs,” said Nancy Jones, event chairperson. “We hope to see the whole community support our food programs. Come eat and drink at Small Bites.” Additional funds will be raised from silent and live auctions at the event. Proceeds will fund All Saints’ many outreach ministries. In 2012, these included the following: • Bags of non-perishable food distributed daily by the church to anyone in need, with larger boxes of non-perishables distributed at Easter and Thanksgiving/Christmas • Monthly dinners for Interfaith Homeless Emergency Lodging Program guests • Outreach efforts at Epiphany Lutheran and Episcopal Church in the Marina area, including the Thomas Carmen Food Pantry, which provides food to several hundred people every month; and the Marina Senior Market that provides fresh, high-quality produce on a weekly basis • All Saints’ Day School’s Bean Bags for Migrant Farmers program • The Food Bank for Monterey County’s provision of food at discounted prices • The Rice Plus Project, to feed, clothe, and help those in need in our local communities • Nancy’s Project, a ministry to Monterey County farm workers Tickets are $40 if purchased before April 25, and $50 thereafter or at the door. All but $10 of the ticket price is tax-deductible. In addition to purchasing tickets on the website, you may consider a financial sponsorship or donation of an auction item. For more information or to purchase tickets, contact Nancy Jones, at 238-0316.
Chocolate and olive oil tasting and talk
“Health Benefits of Olive Oil and Dark Chocolate,” a lecture and tasting, will be presented at the Monterey Public Library by Stephen Brabeck, MD and Brian Ellinoy, PharmD on Wednesday, May 8 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Cardiologist Brabeck will explain how chemical elements of olive oil are essential to preventing heart disease and other chronic illnesses. Pharmicist Ellinoy will discuss the latest details about dark chocolate, reviewing literature recommendations on type, dosage, and additives and commenting on samples offered for tasting. A tasting of a variety of olive oils and dark chocolates will be offered at the lecture. This lecture is part of the “Next Chapter: Designing Your Ideal Life” lecture series. This program series is sponsored by the Friends of the Monterey Public Library and the Monterey Public Library Endowment Committee. The program is not sponsored or endorsed by Monterey Public Library or the City of Monterey. Adults are invited to attend and admission is free. Reservations are required. Call 646-5632 or email thongchu@ monterey.org. The Monterey Public Library is located at 625 Pacific Street, Monterey. A board-certified cardiologist, Dr. Stephen Brabeck opened a Carmel Valley boutique, the Quail and Olive, that offers California-sourced olive oils, vinegars and specialty oils for tasting and purchase. In addition to government service, academia, and community practice as a pharmacist, Dr. Brian Ellinoy was a staff clinical pharmacist at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula for more than twenty years. He is currently in private practice as an integrative pharmacist consultant.
Symposium to discuss homelessness
A public symposium, “Hungry and Homeless in Paradise,” will be held on Saturday, May 18 for the purpose of provoking pubic interest in and awareness of creative solutions to issues of homelessness and hunger. County Supervisor Jane Parker will give the plenary address, “Toward a Whole Community Approach to Issues of Poverty.” Breakout sessions will deal with subjects including the community’s 10-year plan to end homelessness, availability, access and obstacles to healthcare service for the homeless, dealing with businesses and homelessness, a humane approach to public policy regarding the homeless, and emergency and transitional shelter. The symposium will last from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Monterrey Peninsula College at 980 Fremont Blvd. In Monterey. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated to help pay for food and other expenses. Go to http://www.becomingvisible-themovie. com/sites/becomingvisible-themovie.com/?q=symposium_info to register.
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Opinion Restaurant staff goes above and beyond Editor: We want to thank Pt. Pinos Grill for going over and beyond in helping us through a challenging time. We had a family celebration and gathered from various geographical areas in PG. Our car broke down and would not start. We called our emergency road service numerous times and were promised multiple times they would pick us up. They never showed. Pt. Pinos Grill not only allowed us to stay for hours but let us use their phone which involved long hold times. As nightfall arrived, we were going to be stranded as there was no way to get back to Santa Cruz as everyone was closing down as it was a Holiday weekend. Without even asking, the Manager took us out to the Monterey airport to pick up a rental car. The next day we came back and paid for our own toe. You can bet we changed emergency road service companies. However, Pt. Pinos Grill has earned our lifelong devotion for what they did. They are to be commended for not only for their excellent food and service but going over and beyond. Thank you! Jane Parks-McKay and Tim McKay Santa Cruz
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Where did it go? A 0nd where is the public support? Measure U, June 2008 ballot
Sales Tax Increase, City of Pacific Grove (Majority Approval Required)
Pass: 3,010 Yes votes - 65.49 percent (No votes 1,586 - 34.51 percent)
Pacific Grove Vital City Services Measure: To protect/maintain essential City of Pacific Grove services by funding police officers and firefighters maintaining 9-1-1 police/fire response times, fixing potholes, improving/maintaining city streets, youth programs and parks, increasing code enforcement, expanding crime prevention programs, and preserving other general City services, shall the City sales tax be increased by one cent with published, independent, annual financial audits of all expenditures available for public review?
Pass: 3,010 Yes votes - 65.49 percent (No votes 1,586 - 34.51 percent)
Heritage Society celebrates lighthouse restoration
On Friday, May 17, at 7 p.m., the Heritage Society of Pacific Grove will again celebrate the community and the early generations who shaped the city’s life, times and future. This year’s focus will be the Lighthouse restoration project and the honoring of Pacific Grove’s historic homes which ar now 100 years old. Donald Kohrs will speak on “Chautauqua: the Nature Study Movement in Pacific Grove, California.” All proceeds will benefit the Heritage Society. The event will be held at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History at 165 Forest Avenue. Admission is free to all. The event will start at 7 p.m. Call 372-2898 for more information. Donald Kohrs is Branch Library Specialist at the Miller Library of Stanford University’s Hopkins Marine Station. Don has degrees in biology and library science and his current efforts entail researching the history of the Pacific Coast Assembly of the Chautauqua Literary and Science Circle (1880-1926), the history of the Hopkins Seaside Laboratory (1892-1925) and the early years of the Hopkins Marine Station (1917-1950). Beyond these efforts, Don is working to organize and make available the personal and professional interests of the marine biologist, Edward F. Rickets. Mr. Kohrs will share his recent findings associated with summer gatherings of the Chautauqua Assemblies in Pacific Grove and the strong emphasis the founders of the assembly placed on the instruction of the natural sciences, romantic literature, and the
arts. In addition, he will speak about the organizing of Chautauqua Circles throughout the State of California, and how these Chautauqua reading circles seeded the establishing of the California Federation of Women’s Club, a federation whose political efforts would be directed towards the protection and preservation of nature. Kohrs has also made available the first three drafted chapters of “Chautauqua: The Nature Study Movement in Pacific Grove, California” at http://chautauqua.stanford.edu/. The format of the annual May event this year will vary from that in years past. The annual Home Awards will take a respite this year. According to Scott Hall, the event Chairman, “On balance, while we received some great nominations there were not enough choices in the four categories to roll out the architectural panel of judges.” All is not lost for the houses that were nominated, Hall said. “We will keep those nominated over to next year. The nominations can stretch back five years since the construction project is completed.” The society was founded in 1975 and encourages the restoration and preservation of Pacific Grove’s historic buildings. They strive to educate present day residents about local history and historic preservation and hope to instill pride in the community and its architectural resources.
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Save the Pool Campaign to benefit from Hula’s Island Grill “Mahalo Mondays” Family owned and operated since 1998, Hula’s Island Grill and Tiki Room, at 622 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey, offers Mahalo Mondays when a percentage of sales goes to a specific non-profit. Dine on any Monday in May and 10 percent of the total sales will go to the Pacific Grove “Save the Pool” Campaign. Hula’s Island Grill and Tiki Room is located at 622 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey. Hula’s is open from lunch Tuesday – Saturday
from 11:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., dinner nightly from 4:00 p.m. – close, and happy hour Tuesday – Saturday 2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. and Sunday and Monday 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. For more information go to www.hulastiki.com or call (831) 655-HULA. Hula’s gives back 10 percent of total sales every Monday in each month to help a local charity. Over the past five years Hula’s has raised more than $65,000 for local charities.
Lydian String Quartet to perform in Carmel
he Carmel Music Society will present “Quintetssentials: the Lydian String Quartet with Rhonda Rider, Cello” on Friday evening, May 10 at8 p.m. at All Saints’ Church in Carmel. The concert will feature string quintets by Boccherini and Glazunov, as well as a quartet by Mozart. There will be a complimentary reception to honor the artists immediately following the performance. Since its formation in 1980, the Lydian String Quartet has inspired critical acclaim worldwide. The Quartet has won the ensemble prizes at international competitions in Canada, France, England, and in New York. The LSQ has performed extensively throughout the United States at venues such as Jordan Hall in Boston; the Kennedy Center; the Library of Congress; Lincoln Center and Weill Recital Hall in New York City. Abroad, the Quartet has made appearances in France, England, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Russia and Armenia. Essential to the spirit of the Lydians is the commissioning and recording of new works. Their five-year “American Originals” Project, from 1995-2000, featured the rich repertoire of the 20th-Century American string quartet. During that time they performed or recorded over sixty works by American composers, often accompanying their concerts with workshops, lectures and discussions. Winners of a Chamber Music America/ ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, the Quartet has also received grants from the Meet the Composer/Rockefeller Foundation/AT&T Jazz Program in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, and numerous awards from the Aaron Copland Fund for Music. The Lydian Quartet has recorded twenty CDs of music from Schubert and Brahms through Hyla, Boykan, Ornstein, Wyner, and Harbison. Their recording of John Harbison’s String Quartet No. 3 and “The Reawakening” was chosen by both The New York Times and The Boston Globe as one of the best recordings of 2001. Another recent recording, the complete string quartets of Vincent Persichetti, was the recipient of a Copland Fund grant and was released by Centaur in 2006. The members of the Lydian String Quartet are on the faculty of Brandeis
University, in Waltham, Massachusetts. Rhonda Rider was a founding member of the Lydian Quartet, with whom she performed for 20 years, and with whom she won the Naumburg Award, Evian, Banff and Portsmouth prizes and several awards from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers awards. Rider is a current member of the Triple Helix Piano Trio, which earned recognition as Artists of the Year from The Boston Globe. Annually, Rider gives an average of 60 concerts in venues such as Kennedy and Lincoln Centers, Wigmore Hall, American Academy Rome, Moscow Conservatory and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She has premiered numerous works by John Harbison, Lee Hyla and Steve Mackey and performed chamber music with Robert Levin, Kim Kashkashian, David Krakauer and Mstislav Rostropovich. Rider was the recipient of the Concert Artists’ Guild Award and has given masterclasses at Yale, Oberlin and the New England Conservatory. She is also a panelist for the National Endowment of the Arts, the American String Teacher Association and Chamber Music America and is involved in summer festivals such as Music from Salem, Green Mountain, Tanglewood and the Asian Youth Orchestra. Rhonda Rider has made 20 recordings on Harmonia Mundi, Centaur, New World, CRI and Nonesuch record labels and has earned Grammy nominations and “Critic’s Choice” awards from the New York Times. Rider earned her B.M. from the Oberlin Conservatory and her M.M. from the Yale School of Music. She has completed studies with Aldo Parisot, Richard Kapuscinski, Zara Nelsova, Robert Koff and Louis Krasner. The program will include “Boccherini String Quintet in E Major, Op. 11, No. 5,” “Mozart String Quartet No. 15 in D Minor, K. 421” and “Glazunov String Quintet in A Major, Op. 39.” Tickets are $30 for open seating, $10 for full-time adult students with a student ID, free for K-12 students when accompanied by an adult at a special $10 price. Call for details. Tickets are available online at www.carmelmusic.org, at the door, or by calling 625-9938.
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The Art of Collaboration
The third annual Collaboration of the Arts, held April 26, showcased the varied artistic talents of Pacific Grove High School students. Poetry, music, dance and more performed on the newly-remodeled student union stage made perfect use of new lighting and sound systems purchased with Measure D funds. The event, a fund-raiser for the Pacific Grove High School Young Writers’ Club, opened with a dance performed by Malia Graciani, who later spoke a poem, to music performed by Caleb Reyes who in the second segment performed as a member of popular jazz combo The Clock Stoppers. Multiple talents were the flavor of the day as dancers became poets and quartets of musicians split into duets and soloists, like Taylor Rhoades, held the stage and the audience by themselves. A Gallery Walk at the intermission enticed the audience to view two- and threedimensional pieces created by students in art and photography classes. Pointing out the busy lives of the students, Poetry Out Loud champion Arwa Awan left after her performance to catch a plane to Washington, DC for the national contest; Lyla Mahmoud made her stage cue with only minutes to spare as she came from a swimming met. Classical music mixed with jazz and the heartbreakingly beautiful harmonies of Fleet Foxes covers. Highlights included the challenge sculpture works by Isabella Quirino and Danielle Coatu: 500 Monterey County art students entered pieces made when a Dixie cup full of wax was given to each student. They were challenged to create something from the wax, and seven were chosen winners from the 500 – including Isabella and Danielle, who made cire perdu pieces. In what has become a tradition, a member of the faculty – in this case, Sean Keller – performed a tongue-in-cheek version of a hard rock piece. At least we think it was tongue-in-cheek. Sean is not quitting his day job at PGHS.
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Indifference: You were raised better than that When we were children, our inappropriate behaviors were met with disapproval. In this way we learned the lessons of “what is or is not acceptable” as we developed our concept of socialization. Thank God for our parents, teachers, and other persons of influence and authority. If it were not for the guidance received during those early years there is no telling where many of us would be today. However, the message from “them” of what is inappropriate may have been condemning what was true expression from the person in development, and what was appropriate for “them” may have been the one thing most inappropriate for the developing person. From that perspective, for many of us as children, our appropriate behaviors were met with disapproval. In this way we may have learned “we are not acceptable” as we formed our concept of socialization. Today some of us may feel my God, what was in the mind of my parents, teachers, and other persons of influence and authority? If it were not for the misguidance received as a child, there is no telling where I would be today. Emotional, cognitive, and spiritual, in large part each aspect of who we are and the worlds we create are based on the world we were given long before we are able to make decisions for ourselves. What is or is not appropriate and acceptable, what is approved or disapproved is often a matter of culture, tradition, prejudices’ and biases of many sorts, and through this, as a child we depend upon others to provide the foundation that will support us for the rest of our lives. Depending which camp you are from this is either a blessing or a sad truth; that as a child we have no say in what is or is not appropriate or acceptable, we were at the hands of those who created the environment to which we assimilated, and a God we had yet to know and understand. From infancy to adolescence, from pubescence to young adulthood, as time goes by we were progressively faced with the growing responsibility of balancing what we have been given as belief and understanding, against the for-ever growing concept of self and the world in which we now live. In some cases what we were given worked well in aiding social and interpersonal growth; in others we are challenged to discover ways to overcome the lessons given. Because so much of how we view life is based upon childhood development, the answer to the question of why adult behavior is as it is rests in understanding the foundation upon which it is built. In our early years, what we view as love or hate, our vision of right and wrong, and how we express those views stem from what we learned as appropriate and acceptable. How whites view blacks. How blacks view whites. How men view women, and how women view men. Our acknowledgement, acceptance, and expression of and to others based on ethnicity, race, class, gender, sexual preference, education, culture, religion, and more are not actually ours until we come into ourselves as adults. This is important because, as we all ready know “Everything
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Principle Living Happens in Relationship.” For this reason it is our benefit to understand something about why we relate as we do. Years ago while I was in the Air Force in BMTS, I met a young man named Gary. Gary and I bunked next to each other during our basic training. Over the 12 weeks we became close friends. I have forgotten where he was from, but during one of our conversations he mentioned that he had never personally seen a black person. Only on TV! My nickname from him, which I fully accepted was J.J. (DYNOMITE!). One day as we walked from the BX back to the barracks, he asked me all sorts of questions. One question I will never forget was, “how does it feel to be black?” He admitted he was scared when we first met. He told me rather than sleep next to me because I was black, that he wanted to ask for another bunk. He would have asked, except both our T.I.’s were black and he was too scared to ask. He told me in another conversation, before he left home his family members told about black people, and they warned him to stay away from them. During that conversation he also said with great compassion; J.J., “they” were wrong! Two paradigms evolve from the process of balancing our given foundation against the reality outside our core environments, and a third paradigm we develop as our own. The first two paradigms are communality, separation. Both are based on a sense of fear and judgment, although for very different reasons. Of the first, communality, based on our given foundation we approach situations with caution, a sort of fear but a good sort of fear from which we evaluate, measure, and decide (judge). We perceive life through the eyes of curiosity. In this, we come to see what is common about and among each of us. We may still decide not to be involved with others, but we share in and understand the experience of viewing life differently. In this way we look to the future and use our fear as a hedge, protecting and guiding us to peace, awareness, and empowerment. Gary may not have come from this perception, but I think being in a place where he had no choice was his invitation to change. As for the second paradigm, separation, it too is based on fear and judgment and may appear in many forms. Bigotry of all sorts, sexism, class, religion, and so on. Any excuse deeming another unworthy and less deserving, any opportunity to compel a wedge of opposition between self and others. Why would another be deemed unworthy and less deserving unless those judging feared losing essentials sustaining this idea? In this we see, yet ignore what is
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common and elect to abuse unique qualities and quarantine self or others, believing value and life experiences are based on differences. In this way we look to the future and use our fear not as motivation towards unity and evolution, but as a weapon of deceleration and oppression employed to enforce a false sense of superiority. Superiority, the - us – versus - them mentality, is a thought pattern that learned not earned. Fear practiced as an adult is fear learned as a child. This is more like the school of thought from which Gary came, although as he came into his adult self, he decided to change this about himself. The third paradigm, the one which we develop as our own is indifference. Unlike the first two where there is caring of some sort, whether it is caring enough to understand the plight of another, or caring enough to protect ones own platform, be it good or bad caring causes interaction. In this there is dialogue and opportunity for change and advancement. But with indifference there is a sense of “I don’t care.” “I don’t care” is frightening and more vicious than an attitude of a false sense of superiority. Indifference renders a void where there should be substance and upsets the scales of spiritual, moral, and legal justice. I don’t care. Collectively or individually, how does one not care about women’s rights, gay rights, civil rights, affordability of education, immigration, aging, equal housing, religion in America, taxation, to name a few. How does “I don’t care” fit with Neighborhood Watch, PTA, and placing speed bumps on a busy street to protect the lives of children at play? Personally, I do not like attitudes of hatred and bigotry, but without them the voices of fairness and equality do not rise. I advocate for the voice of all persons be them friend or foe, without them the scales of justice are imbalanced and equality immobilized. In this country where there is more than enough for all children to receive all that is required to grow and become all they may become, how is it the chasm between what is obviously right and what is blatantly wrong continues to grow? Indifference has never managed to produce or mobilize what is good, growth comes from caring. So, what does one say regarding the condition of a nation rich in resources, plush in opportunity, and more reputable beyond all others, yet lives with vast disparity among its people? More and more we witness activities that should scare the hell out of us as a nation, but as a whole nothing seems to move us. Someone stabs 24 four people, an unarmed single person cornered by police is shot 46 times. Someone walks in to a house with
a shot gun and kills three generations of a family. Bombs. Politics removed from reality, rising cost of… everything, lying leadership, corporations above the law. How much longer will the masses rest in indifference rather than rise from a platform, any platform, and polarize for what is good? Indifference is a sickness, a disease that is rampant in America today. It is selfish, slothful, uncaring, defeatist, corrosive, and it is eroding the hope in the lives of many good people. No matter who you are, no matter where you are at I say this is our problem America, and I know you were raised better than that. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” Martin Luther King, Jr. Thank you, Martin, for reminding us that, “Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly,” but for there to be an affect someone has to care. “Everything Happens in Relationship.” “It may well be that our means are fairly limited and our possibilities restricted when it comes to applying pressure on our government. But is this a reason to do nothing? Despair is nor an answer. Neither is resignation. Resignation only leads to indifference, which is not merely a sin but a punishment” Elie Wiesel Each thought of right or wrong is heavily influenced by the messages given to us as children. As adults what we do with our thoughts belongs to us. When I was a child and I allowed or caused things to happen that were not in the best interest of self or others, my mother would give me that look (you know which one I am talking about) and say, “Boy, I know you was raised better than that!” “Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all -- the apathy of human beings.” Helen Keller Pray and Meditate daily… it makes a difference. Listen to the Principle Living Broadcast hosted by Dirrick Williams Sundays at 7am on KRXA 540 A.M. Streaming at www.krxa540.com www.pl4life.com And each Sunday from 5 to 7pm Guys –Talk – Love With Dirrick Williams, Fred Jealous, and Brian Bajari KRXA 540 A.M.
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By Kellen Gibbs Last Monday the Pacific Grove Varsity Softball team beat the Carmel Padres 3-1 in ther last home game of the season. It was a very close game and the scoring started early for both teams. Carmel loaded the bases in the first inning and scored on an over throw to first that brought in one run for the Padres and put them in the lead. With the score at 1-0 in the bottom of the first, the Breakers came out ready to respond to Carmel’s quick lead. Tagging up on a high fly ball to center field, Pacific Grove’s shortstop, Reeve Grobecker was the first runner to score for the Breakers. After a very quick second inning the score remained tied at 1-1. It was Vanessa Villarreal, right fielder for Pacific Grove that brought the Breakers into the lead and ultimately clenched the game for the Breakers. Stepping up to the plate late in the third inning with bases load and two outs, Villarreal unloaded a shot to left field and brought in two runs for the Breakers; putting them in the lead 3-1. With the defenses being solid on both sides of the ball, the game flew by as Pacific Grove held their lead for the remainder of the game and finished out their final Home game with a 3-0 win against the Carmel Padres. Two games remain in the season for the Pacific Grove Breakers who sit in third place in league. Don’t miss Carmel taking on Santa Catalina on Thursday May 2nd, and King City on May 9th. Finish out the season strong, Breakers! Breaker Boys Baseball is only two games away from becoming the first Monterey County high school baseball team to complete an unbeaten season!
Breaker Scores: April 25-May 1 Girls Softball: Tuesday- Carmel; Home Varsity: 3 Breakers, 1 Carmel Boys Baseball: Thursday- Carmel; Home Varsity: 5 Breakers, 0 Carmel
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Intergenerational Bike Ride May 11 event the main one for Bike Week
By Peter Mounteer Are you a car person to the core or can you see yourself commuting using alternative means, like walking or perhaps a bicycle? Similarly, you may enjoy cycling, but maybe you aren’t too serious about it, you are more of a walking person. Whatever your preference for moving on two wheels, consider hopping on the bicycle you have stashed away somewhere and joining dozens of other Monterey Peninsula residents and visitors alike, in the second Intergenerational Ride for Bike Week on Saturday, May 11th, here on the Monterey Peninsula. If you are worried about facing off with ultra-combative cyclists, don’t sweat it! (Well, you should sweat a little bit) but only because of the exercise! The event is noncompetitive, totally recreational, and best of all, its free no matter who you are, where you’re from, or your level of experience on a bike. The ride is the product of Mari Lynch, a local cycling advocate and the mind behind Fine Wordworking, an editorial service located here on the peninsula. She fell in love with cycling while growing up and has incorporated cycling into her way of life as an adult. She runs the website “Bicycling Monterey” which features the “HER Helmet Thursdays Project a “a longterm ecology-economy sustainability project that provides discounts on Thursdays to males and females who bike”. Lynch’s site offers a wealth of relevant information for cyclists residing in and visiting Monterey county, as well as pertinent content for any cyclist anywhere, topics covered include bicycling laws in California, tips about riding in various conditions, security, repair and maintenance, directives for serious cyclists, rental shop locations, bike benefits, bike culture, and much much more. Lynch organized the Intergenerational Ride of last year’s Monterey County Bike Week as well. This year, however, things are a little different. The Intergenerational Ride is the main event of Bike Week, with little else in the way of bike-related activities occurring for Bike Week, with a promise by the Transportation Agency of Monterey County, that in 2014, there will be a bigger splash for Bike Week. Bike Week is typically a weeklong series of cycling related events that aim to promote biking as a healthy alternative form of transport to reduce traffic and air pollution. For now, if you want to show your support for Bike Week this year, the primary attraction will be Lynch’s Intergenerational Ride. The Intergenerational Ride is so titled because it is open to individuals of all ages, children and adults alike. The ride is set to start at 10a.m. at Fort Ord Dunes State Park and will travel on the Monterey
Peninsula Recreation Trail that stretches from Lover’s Point in Pacific Grove all the way to Castroville. However, the Intergenerational Ride will have its terminus at Custom House Plaza in Monterey, then heading back to the starting point after a break. For the uninitiated, Custom House Plaza is the expansive red brick and adobe adorned area near the Old Fisherman’s Wharf in Monterey, right next to the tunnel. The Monterey Peninsula Recreation Trail, also known as the Monterey Peninsula Coastal Trail, is a Class I bike/ multi-use trail, meaning that no motorized vehicles are allowed on the trail, human power only! The trail is asphalt paved, with three lanes, two for bikes and one for pedestrians, each lane is clearly marked. The route will take riders through the many sand dunes in the Seaside/Sand City area, and traces Highway One, though is not contiguous with it, for a few miles before veering through the beach a ways, then taking sojourn a shaded eucalyptus grove, finally emptying out into the city of Monterey and Custom House Plaza. The trail typically becomes congested after hitting the wharf, hence the appropriate location of the turnaround point. The ride takes place on a less used portion of the trail to avoid run-ins with crowds of tourists that frequent the area around Fisherman’s Wharf. However, you certainly won’t be missing out. This portion of the trail features plenty of expansive coastal views of the Monterey Bay, the ocean will be in sight for most of the ride, its also not uncommon for para-sailers to hang out in the area above the trail near the dunes. All bikes are welcome, so long as human power is the only source of torque. Recumbents, the standard two-wheeler, adults tricycles (yes, they do exist), cruisers, mountain bikes, road bikes, tandems and the like are welcome. Helmets are required by law for all riders under the age of 18, drinking water and layered clothing are recommended in the case of heat or wind. The ride typically takes about 90 minutes, but feel free to take your time, there’s no rushing here. Among the crowd of riders will be experienced cyclists available to share support and information about bikes, riding etc. Additionally, should you experience mechanical problems, a certified mechanic from Bay Bikes will be riding along as well to provide “minor, on-thespot maintenance” free of charge. This event is sponsored by Fine Wordworking editorial services and the First Presbyterian Church of Monterey. For further questions about the event contact Mari Lynch at 375-6278. For now, just make sure you’ve got a working bike, full tires and attached water bottle, and we’ll see you on the trail! Happy Cycling!
Cyclist stops to watch a parasailer at last year’s event. Photo courtesy Bicycle Monterey
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Ladies Only golf day announced
PGWGC President Maureen Lyon announced that Sun., May 19, a ladies only golf day will be held at the Pacific Grove Golf Links. The day will include an etiquette and rules seminar, nine holes of golf “walking with a pro” who will answer questions about play and give on-the-course hints and tips. The day will include with a Happy Hour at the Point Pinos Grill and Restaurant. To reserve your spot, send a $49 check to PGWGC to Pacific Grove Women’s Golf Club 77 Asilomar Avenue, Pacific Grove, Ca 93950. You may also call Lin Blaskovich at 831-655-2077.
Rock retro concert coming
Monterey Peninsula Voices, formerly the Monterey Peninsula Choral Society, will perform “Remember When,” their annual spring concert, featuring a retro program of rock songs on Sat,, May 11, and Sun., May 12 at the Golden State Theater. The Saturday show is at 8 p.m. The Sunday matinee begins at 3 p.m. “I think the fascination with so many early rock songs is how they bind us culturally,” comments Conductor Sean Boulware. “We all have strong memories associated with the songs, even younger generations.” The program includes tributes to Queen and Journey. Brought back by popular demand is Journey’s “Africa,” first performed during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. The 113-member chorus will sing songs from the 50s such as “Jail House Rock.”The 60s’ favorites include “Respect,” “The Sound of Silence” and “Hey Jude.” There will be some selections from the 70s including “Dust in the Wind,” plus more from the 80s and 90s. Tickets are $25. They maybe purchased at www.brownpapertickets.com, or by calling 888-520-1870. Golden State Theater is located at 417 Alvarado Street in Monterey.
Historian to lecture on Chinese fishing community at museum Quock Tuck Lee and the pioneering fishing community of Pacific Grove will be discussed at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History on Thursday, May 16 at 7 p.m. Hopkins librarian and historian Don Kohrs will discuss Lee, his relationship with scientists and his impact on marine biology research. Lee’s granddaughter,
Gerry Low-Sabado, will also speak and present the 19-minute documentary “By Light of Lanterns: An Untold History of Monterey Chinese Fishermen.” Admission is $5 at the door. Members are free. For more information call 648-5716 or visit www.pgmuseum.org/ events. The museum is located at 165 Forest Avenue.
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Personal Finances
In the Money Safeguarding Your Estate Plan Documents
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Kyle A. Krasa, Esq.
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You finally got around to establishing your estate plan, consisting of a revocable living trust, pour-over will, power of attorney, an advance health care directive, and other important documents. You are proud of yourself that you finally took the very important step of executing a plan that will help your trusted loved ones manage your assets in the event of incapacity or death. However, you suddenly realize that the estate plan will only be useful if your trusted loved ones have access to your estate plan documents upon your incapacity or death, otherwise, it would be as if you never executed your estate plan in the first place. You wonder where to keep your documents to ensure that they will be available in case of an emergency. Historically, the drafting attorney customarily would offer to keep the clients’ original estate planning documents. In addition to being a service to the client, many attorneys figured that the client or the client’s loved ones would almost be “compelled” to go back to the same attorney for future business. Although there is nothing that requires the client or the client’s family to use the same drafting attorney for future business, the fact that the attorney held all the originals strongly encouraged the client’s or the client’s family to use the same attorney. However, today most attorneys realize that holding all of their clients’ original documents creates a significant liability. Most law firms do not have fireproof storage and one office disaster, such as a fire or a flood, could destroy thousands
of original estate planning documents. Furthermore, most attorneys realize that holding clients’ documents is a futile way to encourage future business. Good client service, availability, and periodic contact with information that might be useful to the clients is a much better way to encourage future business than to “hold hostage” original estate planning documents. If your law firm will not hold your original estate planning documents, where should you safeguard them? One idea is to keep your original estate planning documents in a safe in your home. Many safes are fire-resistant, though nothing is foolproof. I distinctly remember my grandfather’s “fireproof” safe was destroyed in the Oakland Hills fire of 1992 – it melted in the heat. In addition, the tsunami in Japan a few years ago washed many household safes hundreds of miles away from their original locations. Another idea is to keep your original estate planning documents in a safe deposit box at your bank. Often estate planning documents are too thick to fit into a standard safe deposit box. As a compromise, you might simply keep your original signature pages in your safe deposit box and keep photocopies or electronic copies of the rest of your estate planning documents in other locations. Liza Horvath, a trust management professional in Monterey, decided to solve this storage problem herself – she installed a vault at her office! The vault, ordered
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Do not miss your opportunity as summer is coming quickly, at which point you will be required to keep everything for another year. Perhaps you will find that old pair of muddy tennis shoes in the garage - now the home to three indignant spiders as you turn their palace upside down. Or maybe you will find that halfused bottle of hotel shampoo under the sink - a small, but satisfying entitlement for a $300 room charge. Ah, and then there are those tax returns you filed way back in April - is it time to get rid of those too?! You can do whatever you want, but my advice is to keep them. In fact, I would say you may want to keep every tax return (and the supporting documents) you have ever filed - I know I have. Record retention is always an interesting debate and you hear a lot of people say three, five, or seven years as a rule of thumb for many types of documents. Regarding tax returns, the real answer is unique to each person depending on his or her tax circumstances and risk tolerance. Someone that works a W-2 job, has no other sources of income, no investments, contributes to no retirement plans, and files the returns correctly would have little risk if discarding the returns after four years. If you do make retirement plan contributions, depreciate any assets, have an installment sale agreement, or a host of other things, it would not really be wise to discard the returns in accordance with a rule of thumb. The IRS generally has three years from the later of the due date (or extended due date) or the date you file to audit your
returns. The California FTB has four years from the later of the non-extended original due date or the date you file in order to audit. You should never throw out returns or source documents until you are outside of these statutes of limitation. If you have understated your gross income by more than 25 percent (even if by accident), then the IRS has six years to audit you. People can get tripped up on this pretty easily if they fail to report stock sales. I have seen this before with people preparing their own tax returns that ignore the 1099-B issued year-after-year because they did not really understand it. If you filed a false tax return or there was any kind of fraud, there is no statute of limitations. Even if you are outside the statute of limitations, however, you may still need prior tax returns to support positions you are taking on current tax returns that are inside the statute of limitations. Think about someone that has been contributing to an IRA for many years and was unable to take deductions due to income limitations. Each of these nondeductible contributions would have created basis in the IRA which would lower the taxable amount of distributions while in retirement. If the IRS audited your returns in retirement and questioned your basis, having all the past tax returns showing the nondeductible contributions would be a saving grace. People that have rental properties or home offices may find tax returns from
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Variable annuities allow individuals to invest in several different professionally managed investments, known as “subaccounts.” You can choose the subaccounts that best fit your risk tolerance, time horizon and long-term objectives. Keep in mind, though, that diversification does not guarantee a profit or protect against loss. No contribution limits ― Each year, you can contribute far more to a variable annuity than you can to your 401(k) and your IRA. In fact, you can contribute virtually unlimited amounts to your annuity. Payout flexibility ― A variable annuity provides you with flexibility in gaining access to your money. You could, for instance, collect a lump sum. But you might find it more advantageous to take your payments over a specified number of years. You could even choose to receive a lifetime income stream. Guaranteed death benefit ― When you die, your beneficiary is usually guaranteed the amount originally invested, minus previous withdrawals. Some variable annuities offer death benefit options, which may increase the death www.edwardjones.com benefit over time. Guarantees are based on the claims-paying ability of the issuing insurance company. While variable annuities do offer some key advantages, there are also some considerations to discuss with your
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to any type of property you own as you will likely need this information if you ever sell it. Prior articles are republished on my website at www.tlongcpa.com/blog. IRS Circular 230 Notice: To the extent this article concerns tax matters, it is not intended to be used and cannot be used by a taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed by law. Travis H. Long, CPA is located at 706-B Forest Avenue, PG, 93950 and focuses on trust, estate, individual, and business taxation. He can be reached at 831-333-1041.
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Mission San Antonio is surrounded by a low-profile Army base. Fr. Junipero Serra arrived at the site on a mule. A friend’s birthday sent us on a southerly circuit this week that looped from Mission San Antonio to the Big Sur coast on a road I had never traveled. En route we saw tame elk, wild turkeys, gray whales and 13 condors fitted with radio transmitters. It was a very California trip. The catalyst was a Carmel photo exhibit featuring images of the various missions founded long ago by the peripatetic Franciscan friar Junipero Serra. The show reminded me I know less about the Camino Real missions than any California school kid. It’s rather shameful. If someone asks: “Are you smarter than a fourth grader?” I have to shake my head sadly. So I paid close attention to the photos of the missions. All the iconic features were there: weathered crosses, scalloped bell towers, candle-lit madonnas, praying wooden hands, roofs of Spanish tile. While the show represented all of Fr. Serra’s missions handsomely, particularly soulful photos of one place kept catching my eye. “Where is Mission San Antonio?” I asked. “It’s off Highway 101 south of King City,” my friend said. “Or you can get there from San Lucas. You know San Lucas? No? How about Hunter Liggett? No??” So that was the genesis. If I were to become as smart as a fourth grader, I would need to start soon. A Hunter Liggett-Big Sur loop was proposed to fill in some of my blanks, and to enable my friend to photograph the San Antonio Mission. According to a tri-fold I bought in the mission gift store, most of California’s 21 historic Catholic missions have been engulfed by or encroached upon by cities. But because it sits sacrosanct amid a vast military base, Mission San Antonio commands serious acreage. This helps people like me visualize how a working mission might have looked. Of course there’s a Spanish-tiled masonry church with its customary columns and bell tower. But this mission also had visible remnants of a tannery, a two-man pump well, an aqueduct, field crops, an olive press, a grist mill and granary, grape and fruit orchards, and an Indian sweat lodge. There was also, portentiously, a large, walled, Indian graveyard. While my friend photographed the church, the courtyard and the far-flung grounds, I kicked back in our rented monastic room and read “The Life and Times of Fray Junipero Serra.” This was easy to do, as the room had no TV, VCR, CD or radio. Music was provided, as in Saint Anthony’s day, by the birds. The room also had no key. Instead of warning you to lock your room upon leaving, a helpful note from the mission reminds you to “unlock your door so you won’t be locked out.” As birds sang and wild turkeys gobbled, I read that Spain had been posting Catholic missionaries to the New World since the time of Columbus. But the North and South American continents are big dogs, and “Alta California” was at the end of the tail. It wasn’t until 1769 that a missionary party from Mexico planted a cross at Presidio Hill in San Diego to found the first California mission. As “The Life and Times” put it: “In 1769, the area was still untrodden by Christian feet.” Having not attended fourth grade in this state, I always thought the missions then proceeded in a northerly line from San Diego, each new one built a day’s march from the previous one. How wrong I was. Turns out they hop-scotched all over the place. For instance, the Monterey mission (now at Carmel) was number two, and San Antonio was third. San Diego had to wait for number 7 (San Juan Capistrano) before it had a day’s-march neighbor. Go figure. The marching part was true enough, at least for Junipero Serra himself. “Life and Times” claims he walked 5,500 miles through Mexico and Baja before even reaching what is now California. Then, pulling up lame, he rode a mule to the San Antonio mission. This seems appropriate, since San Antonio is now surrounded by a huge Army base, albeit a low-profile one. The day we drove through, no sentries manned the gate houses, and no on-base passes were issued or needed. Hunter Liggett didn’t really feel like a base -- more like a 20,000-acre scenic park of rolling hills, limpid streams and wildflower meadows. Granted, we did pull over for a 15-truck convoy of 18-wheelers hauling desert-tan cargo containers. And there were those roadside barriers warning of “Live Fire Exercises Today.” Okay, it is a base. One Hunter Liggett exit is the serpentine Nacimiento-Ferguson Road, which loops and swivels through the Santa Lucia Mountains like 22 miles of dropped rope. It ends in Big Sur, home to whales and condors, about which, more next time.
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The Second Coming
We decided to turn in our brand new, debt free, Volkswagen, for a second hand Mercedes Benz. It was a mistake but seemed like a good idea at the time, as it was attractive and commodious. Our first venture in the vehicle was a trip to Spain. We embarked late at night from Heidelberg, the moment Larry was home from work. Jay was in the back seat and off we went. After about a hundred miles we were exhausted and determined that the wise idea was to find a little pension and spend the night, little did we know it was some kind of feast day and “there was no room at any of the inns”. We christened our new car and its reclining seats by sleeping in it. I recall that we crossed the Pyrenees or a portion, spent the night in a hotel in Perpignan and were introduced, for the first time, to an almost cooked egg floating in a bed of hot red sauce, the memory of which turns my stomach to this day. We drove on to Barcelona and arrived mid morning when the churches were emptying. For those of you familiar with the Latin habit, the men seemed to hang around outside while their women prayed for their souls. As we went down a little street in front of an old cathedral, Jay leaned out of the car window... He was at that time seven months old, his hair was blond and his eyes blazingly blue. There was always a broad grin on his face. One of the men saw him, suddenly we were surrounded, bodies glued to the car, many running after..”Oh, oh, they cried in Spanish, the baby Jesus, baby Jesus”. Somehow we escaped and headed to the coast, our destination for a week or so. We had no itinerary, really no plans, just drive, stop when we wished and enjoy the vacation. One thing we Americans had not considered. It was Lent; Spain was not open for business or travelers. We found a great looking hotel, right on the water, one of the Paradors. I wish I could remember the name of the young manager, but we will call him Jose. He was charming and very excited to see customers, the only ones in his establishment. It was a big, old edifice, made of stones. We were given a lovely bedroom, over looking the Mediterranean. When we pulled the chain on the toilet, it was recalcitrant, Jose rushed up and performed a miracle, but there was little
he could do about the temperature of the water, which was luke warm. I was starving, but, of course, dinner was not to be served until 10:00 p.m. My husband decided to take a nap, which lasted until the next morning, so I was responsible for feeding our little one and putting him to bed. I believe I might have had something to eat, but don’t remember. The next morning we arose, bid adieu to our kind host and headed over a mountain. We drove and drove; when we reached the peak there came a band of travelers, straight out of Don Quixote. The women were draped in shawls and long skirts, the men in their straw hats, all with walking staffs. It was encouraging as it was indicated that there might be a town nearby. This was not the case (or it was well hidden) we continued for about fifty miles and saw nothing that resembled habitation. Finally we arrived in a little town. It was charming and there was an inexpensive pension near a little beach. We decided to settle down for a few days. We were both voracious readers and were thrilled to find a small library, owned by an English couple that was, wonders of wonders, open in the afternoon. It was a lovely time; we lolled on the sand part of the day or sat on our little balcony and read. It was there that Jay, clinging to the rails, took a couple of stumbling steps. When the time had come to leave, the owners of the inn were sorry to see us go. We had become very friendly and they adored the little blond boy. We followed our route back to France and spent the night in a small pleasant hotel. In the morning, we arose, went to the dining room and were served an almost cooked egg floating in a bed of hot red sauce. Jane Roland lives in Monterey with her husband, John, and four animals. She manages the AFRP Treasure Shop in Pacific Grove and is a member of PG Rotary. Jay DeVine is a teacher and Assistant. Principal of the Montessori Learning Center in Salinas, he lives in Seaside with wife, Denise (Hammond) and several pets. His avocation is acting and is currently appearing in 9 to 5 at the Paper Wing Theatre in New Monterey.
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The Green Page
Looking deep beneath the surface Debate on hydraulic fracturing heats up By Cameron Douglas
to applauding tighter regulations only two months later. New information and old arguments The Boston Globe reports that Robert are heating up discussion around the pracHowarth, a Cornell University ecology tice of hydraulic fracturing — commonly professor who led a study on methane polcalled, “fracking” — as movements aclution in 2011, disagrees. “Time will tell celerate to better regulate the process or where the truth lies in all this,” Howarth ban it altogether. Fracking is widely used wrote in an e-mail to the Globe, “but I to extract oil and natural gas buried deep think the EPA is wrong.” beneath the earth’s surface. As of 2009, there were more than Hydraulic fracturing is the process of 493,000 active natural gas wells across fracturing various rock layers by a pres31 states in the U.S., nearly double the surized liquid for the purpose of extracting number from 1990. Nationwide, residents fossil fuel. Some hydraulic fractures form living near natural gas wells have filed naturally and can create conduits along more than 1,000 complaints regarding which gas and petroleum can migrate from tainted water, severe illnesses, livestock source rocks to reservoir rocks. Hydraulic deaths and fish kills. fracturing began with experimental use Critics generally list groundwater in 1947, with the first successful comcontamination among their chief concerns. mercial applications occurring in 1949. On his blog, Ken Cohen, vice president of It is estimated that as of 2010, hydraulic A diagram of alleged fracking leakage into groundwater. Image courtesy of public and government affairs for Exxfracturing was being used in 60 percent 8020Vision.com. onMobil, states the company’s hydraulic of all new oil and gas wells worldwide. fracturing liquid is a mixture of 90 percent Fracking advocates herald the economic water, 9.5 percent sand and 0.5 percent benefits from vast amounts of otherwise chemicals, and the process often takes inaccessible resources. Some environplace a mile or more beneath groundwater mental groups, including the U.S. Ensupplies. Critics argue that “often” is rather vironmental Protection Agency, have at vague and not the same as “always.” some point given fracking a thumbs-up Cohen writes in his blog that hydraufor increasing the availability of natural lic fracturing begins with preparation for gas, which reduces pollution from carbon drilling. A rig is secured while final tests dioxide emissions. are done and permits are obtained. ConOthers are not convinced. Opponents structing the rig and drilling the well takes point to potential environmental impacts, four to five weeks. The actual fracturing such as contamination of ground water takes two to five days, as tiny fissures from fracking liquids, risks to air quality, are created to release oil or natural gas migration of gases and fracking chemicals trapped in layers of shale. The end result, to the surface, surface contamination from states Cohen, is a well that produces for spills and flowback, and the health effects 25 to 40 years. of all those. For these reasons hydraulic The specific chemicals used in frackfracturing has come under international ing are a bone of contention, as they scrutiny. Some countries have either susare protected trade secrets that private pended fracking or banned it. The United companies do not have to divulge, unless Kingdom recently lifted its fracking ban, regulations call for it. settling on tight regulations instead. In California, most fracking operaCritics cite methane leakage from This natural gas wellhead looks innocent enough, but critics say bad things are tions are happening in Kern County. But fracking wells as a major contributor to happening above and below the surface. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. oil companies have cast an eye toward greenhouse gases and global warming. billions of barrels that can be reached by Methane is the main component of natural number one] and that tighter regulations tons of methane emissions from 1990 to fracking in central and coastal California. gas. Methane is said to leak from wells, are needed. It was the first time the EPA 2010. At the same time, natural gas pro- A California House bill, AB 1301, propipelines and other facilities during natural included oil and natural gas production in duction has grown by 40 percent. Experts poses a statewide moratorium on fracking gas production and delivery. their study of greenhouse gas origination. on both sides of the debate say this shows that could only be lifted by legislative Three months ago, Bloomberg News The EPA released the final results of leaks can be controlled with better gaskets action. The bill went through its first vote reported the U.S. government admitted that study in mid-April. In it, they stated and maintenance. before the nine members of the California that fracking is the number two source that tighter regulations resulted in an averIt is unclear how the EPA went from State Assembly’s Natural Resources Comof greenhouse gases [coal burning is age annual decrease of 41.6 million metric calling for tighter regulations in February mittee on April 29. Two similar measures, AB 649 and AB 1303, also went before the committee. All three passed, with Democrats standing in favor and Republicans opposed. If you’ve ever wondered about the artwork that illustrates science textbooks, The day after the committee vote, field guides, and interpretive signs in parks and nature preserves, you have the opmembers of the Monterey Peninsula portunity to learn about it at an exhibit in Pacific Grove. community and others met for a fracking Illustrating Nature, the fourth annual exhibit of work by students in the CSU workshop and protest at the Hilton Garden Monterey Bay Science Illustration Program, will be on display at the Pacific Grove Inn in Monterey. The workshop was a Museum of Natural History May 4 through June 16. The museum is located at 165 follow-up session designed to review proForest Ave., Pacific Grove. The European Commission posed California fracking regulations that The opening reception will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on May 3. responded to scientists’ concerns by were introduced in December of last year. The 65 illustrations and several field sketchbooks in the exhibit depict subjects imposing a temporary ban on neonicWith a moratorium would come ranging from our local kelp forest to life on Mars and using media including pen and otinoid pesticides, in an effort to protect required state study and tougher regulaink, scratchboard, colored pencil, watercolor, gouache, acrylic and digital media. honeybees. Pesticide anufacturers tions before new fracking wells can be A demonstration of science illustration methods and techniques will be held at and some scientists claim there is no developed. Environmentalists see this as the museum from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on May 11. connection between the widely used the first legal step to scientifically docuIn 2009, the science illustration program relocated from UC Santa Cruz Extenpesticides and a phenomenon called, ment the effects of hydraulic fracturing sion to CSUMB. One of the most prestigious programs of its kind in the nation, it “colony collapse disorder.” Beekeepby a mandated review of any associated prepares students who are sought after by scientific institutions and publications ers and other scientists insist pesticides health or environmental hazards. around the world. Graduates are working at the Smithsonian Institution; New York’s cause certain patterns of bee deaths and American Museum of Natural History; the Los Angeles Museum of Natural History; the behavior preceding it. the Monterey Bay Aquarium; and National Geographic, Scientific American and The two-year ban will go into effect Send comments and suggestions for Nature magazines. on Dec. 1, 2013, and will be applied to future Green Pages to: cameron@cedarMuseum hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday. Admission is free. all European crops except winter grains streettimes.com/ More information about the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History is available at and sugar beets, which are not attractive http://www.pgmuseum.org/ to bees.
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Pacific Grove Super cute Pacific Grove cottage amid the oaks in quiet neighborhood. Two bedrooms, one bath, double paned windows, one car garage and a fully fenced, tiered backyard. All appliances included. Great starter!
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Pacific Grove Great downtown P.G. Location. Ideal live/work commercial property. Beautiful showroom with a dramatic, urban feeling. High ceilings, wood floors. Kitchen and bath, loft area for additional work/retail/living area. Small basement.
Shawn Quinn (831) 236-4318
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1111 Lincoln Ave.
Offered at $428,000
213 Grand Avenue
Pacific Grove Cozy 2 bedroom 1 bath home sited on a large, corner lot in a great location on Forest Hill. Bay views, granite counters in kitchen, hardwood floors, attached one car garage, close to restaurants and shopping. Move-in ready.
Monterey Ground floor 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo makes a great starter or second home. Located behind MPC, it’s close to Highway 1 access, downtown Monterey and Del Monte Beach and recreation trail. Opportunity is knocking.
Offered at $235,000
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Pacific Grove $800,000 4BR/2.5BA Open Sun 1-3 1115 David Ave. X Clark Ln. Al Borges 831-236-4935
Pacific Grove $800,000 4BR/2.5BA Open Mon 2-4 1115 David Ave. X Clark Ln. Ricardo Azucena 831-917-1849
Offered at $550,000
Joe Smith (831) 238-1984
Market SnapShot (as of April 30, 2013) Pacific Grove Single Family
Number of Properties
Median Price
Current Inventory
32
$799,000 $1,504,056
63
Properties in Escrow
35
$585,000
$653,754
69
Closed Sales April
15
$655,000
$825,437
109
Closed Sales Year to Date 2013
56
$638,750
$731,937
82
Average Price
Days on Market