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Sat., Fri., June 21

Italian Night st 1 Presbyterian Church Mtry.

6 PM, $15 373-3031 •

Sat., June 22

Greywater Workshop MPWMD Office 10 AM-2 PM, Free 658-5601 •

Mon. June 24

Talk on Chechnya with Dr. Gordon Hahn WACMB Rancho Cañada Golf Club 11:30-2:00 Audit free, Luncheon 25 members/$35 non-members 831) 643-1855 •

Aquarium program - Page 7

Pacific Grove’s

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Mon., June 24

Gettysburg Program/ Potluck Monterey Hostel 6 PM, Free 899-3046 •

Tue., June 25

Water Exercise Talk Monterey Library 3-4:30 PM, Free 646-5632 •

Wed., June 26

Historical Home Seminar Homescapes Carmel 5:30-7 PM, Free 899-9055 •

Thu., June 27

Whaling Lecture Hopkins Marine Station 7:30 PM, Free 901-7259 •

Thu., June 27

“The Stuff Cure” Caraccioli Celllars 6-8 PM, Free 324-4555

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Inside Animal Tales & Random Thoughts.................... 9 Green Page................................ 19 Money....................................... 10 Opinion..................................... 15 Otter Views................................ 18 Peeps........................................... 8 Sports & Leisure......................... 13

Dusting birds- Page 19

Boyhood Shadows - Page 12

Your Community NEWSpaper

June 21-27, 2013

Vol. V, Issue 40

Run in the Name of [Unconditional] Love

‘Keep PGPD intact’

By Marge Ann Jameson

It was virtually unanimous: Keep Pacific Grove's Police Department intact.

The public and City Council members weighed in on the question at the Wed., June 19 meeting where the question of outsourcing police functions to another agency was raised for public input. No decision was asked of the Council, and none was made except to ask staff to examine the proposals submitted by other agencies more deeply, continue negotiations with the Police Officers Association, and return at a special

See POLICE OUTSOURCING Page 2

Each Fathers Day runners and walkers pay tribute to someone who is or was special in their lives by running in Carmel’s Run in the Name of Love. The event was named for Brian Love, who died in an accident in 2005. He had secretly trained to run a marathon to surprise his marathoner mom. After he died, his classmates organized a 5K benefit race to memorialize him. This year, dogs, who perhaps represent unconditional love, had their own run. Photo by Peter Mounteer.

It’s Official: Children’s Pool Will be Called ‘Stillwell Children’s Pool at Lovers Point’

The Pacific Grove City Council voted at the Wed., June 19 meeting to name the new children’s pool for the major donor, the Stillwell family of Pacific Grove. The name will be announced at the opening ceremonies set for Fri., June 21 at 11:00 a.m., at which time Wendi Giles and family will take the symbolic “first sip,” a right they won at auction. Below is an accounting of the donations. # of Individual Donors 360

# of Service Groups 11

# of Employee Assoc.

5

# of Grants & Non-Profits 4

# of Businesses

$ Total $88,008.46

$ Total $14,433.00

$ Total $7,250

$ Total $51,500

$ Total $19,050

Collected or Pledged

Stillwell Family Match

Collected or Pledged

$ Total $180,241.93

$ Total $100,000

$ Total $280,241.93

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School District’s Fountain Ave. Project Slated to Come in Under Budget

By Kacie Clark

The Pacific Grove Unified School District (PGUSD)’s Fountain Avenue Project will be completed $200,000 under budget, with a tentative completion date of fall of this year, coinciding with the beginning of the 2013-14 school year.

The project, located at Robert Down Elementary School, consists of blocking throughway access on Fountain Avenue between Hillcrest and Sinex Avenues due to ongoing safety concerns regarding student drop-off locations. The project will restruc-

ture Fountain between those points into two cul-de-sacs, with a lighted pedestrian path between them, along with benches and plants.

Operable bollards — moveable blockades — would be in place to keep regular traffic out, but could be removed for emergency vehicle access.

The project was set in motion in an effort to stem dangerous student drop-off practices, specifically on Forest Avenue, where traffic is heavy and students often dart across the busy street to get to class.

“Forest is heavily trafficked,” Laura

Emerson, administration assistant to superintendent Dr. Ralph Porras, said, “It’s a big problem.”

With the creation of the cul-de-sacs, the district hopes to encourage parents to drop off their children at that location instead, where they can walk to class via the pedestrian walkways, safe from any traffic.

The district is leasing the land from the city.

Originally budgeted at $1.255 million, the project will be completed at $917,000, saving $200,000 after “soft costs,” which

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are not considered direct construction costs, such as architectural, engineering, and legal fees.

The details of the project also had to be submitted to the Division of the State Architect, which, according their website, “develops accessibility, structural safety, and historical building codes and standards utilized in various public and private buildings throughout the State of California.”

Specifically, the Division looks for Americans with Disabilities Act compliance, as well as structural soundness and code compliance for the building.

The money for the project came from Measure D, the 2006 bond that gave $42 million to PGUSD for facilities renovation and building.

Monterey Peninsula Engineering, based in Marina, is responsible for the construction of the project.

Also included in the project is the creation of a lighted crosswalk on Forest Avenue much like the crosswalk already in place near Pacific Grove High School on Sunset Drive. The crosswalk’s lighted walkway blinks whenever pedestrians are crossing, making them more visible to oncoming traffic, especially after nightfall.

The final part of the project includes a renovation of the school’s play structure and play areas. Each facet of the program is included in the total budget of $917,000.

Fri., June 28 Janet Robin The Works 7:30 PM, $12 372-2242 •

Fri.-Sun., June 27-July 28 “Hamlet” Forest Theater 8 PM, 2PM, $25/$20/$10 419-0917 •

Sat., June 29

Whale Watching Trip Cetacean Society Monterey Bay Whale Watch 8:45 AM-1 PM, $40 419-1051

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Sun., June 30

Sixties Party for Dogs Peace of Mind Dog Rescue Carmel Mission Inn 1-4 PM, $40/$50 718-9122 • Sun., June 30 Author Talk & Book Signing Mike Medberry The Works 3-5 PM, Free 372-2242

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Thu., July 4

Living History Day Cooper-Molera Adobe 11 AM-3 PM, $3/$2 649-7172 •

Sat., July 6

Screen Printing Wrkshp.

PG Art Center 1-4 PM, $25 310-562-3155 •

Rotary to hear Will Bullas

Sat. July 6

First Saturday Book Sale Pacific Grove Public Library Noon-5 PM Benefits Library Book Fund

The Pacific Grove Rotary Club which meets at noon on Tuesdays at The Inn at Spanish Bay in Pebble Beach will have as the speaker on June 25, Will Bullas, well known local artist.

The subject will be "Yes, but is it art?, and “Tribal Approval"Lunch is $20 and reservations may be made by calling Jane Roland at 649-0657.

• Sun., July 7

AFRP Yappy Hour Monterey Hyatt 2-4 PM, From Menu 333-0722 •

Wed., July 10

Double Nickels Lunch Good Shepherd Church Noon-1:30 PM, $5

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The council had discussed, at a previous meeting, the fact that public safety services (fire, police, and emergency preparedness) cost the city more than half the general fund budget, and began looking at ways to reduce that proportion to less than half. City staff had requested proposals and received three – one from the City of Monterey, one from the County of Monterey, and one from the City of Seaside — each of which included proposals for providing police services to Pacific Grove. There was also a proposal to keep police services in Pacific Grove.

Consultants Ralph Andersen & Assoc. prepared a matrix comparing advantages and disadvantages of each offer which included areas such as number of officers, disposition of equipment, and more...plus the bottom line, cost. With a difference of some $300,000 in cost among the proposals, the question became one of other, perhaps intangible factors: How well would an outside agency know our streets? How well would they know our citizens? Are the citizens of Pacific Grove willing to pay for a stand-alone department with a parcel tax?

The answer from the people who spoke, as well as the councilmembers, was that Pacific Grove wants its own department and that they might be willing to pay more for it or give up some other City services in order to be able to afford it. Pacific Grove already shares a police chief with Seaside, and questions arose at the meeting about how many of the bureaucratic functions could be shared among Monterey Peninsula agencies.

The final plan may also include the outsourcing of some police functions, many of which are already shared: • Monterey Peninsula Special Response Unit (SRU) • Monterey Peninsula Regional Violence Narcotics Team (PRVNT) • Joint Dispatch/9-1-1 Emergency Communications Center • Monterey Peninsula Gun Buy Back Program • Narcotics Enforcement Unit County of Monterey (NEUCOM) • Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) • Monterey County Gang Task Force Monterey County Vehicle Abatement Authority The complete agenda item, including the consultant's matrix, can be viewed at http://www.ci.pg.ca.us/index.aspx?page=240

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Pacific Grove Weekend Forecast

Friday

Saturday

21st

22nd

Sunny (of Course)

66° 52°

Chance of Rain

0% WIND: WNW at 13 mph

Mostly Sunny

66° 55°

Chance of Rain

0% WIND: WNW at 12 mph

Sunday

23rd

Mostly Cloudy

64° 57°

Chance of Rain

0% WIND: W at 11 mph

Monday

24th

Cloudy

67° 58°

Chance of Rain

0% WIND SW at 9 mph

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

Week ending 05-23-13................................... .00 Total for the season......................................11.62 To date last year (04-20-12)........................ 10.86 Cumulative average to this date.................. 18.88 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

FRIDAY & SATURDAY JUNE 21-22

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Fill the Boot

Times • Page 3

Marge Ann Jameson

Cop log One way to get the litter picked up

Someone came in to the station to report a “backpack” with some of its contents strewn in the gutter. Turned out to be all trash no backpack. The officer saw that the trash was disposed of.

Curbside service

A woman accidentally drove her vehicle into Stone's Pet Shop in the Fairway Shopping Center. She was found to have a suspended drivers license.

Better to put the key in the wetsuit

Victim and his fiance were scuba diving, having parked their vehicle on Ocean View Blvd. When they returned to the car they discovered someone had found where they'd hidden the key, opened the vehicle, and stole stuff.

Argument over traffic scofflaw

A person was confronted by a resident over speeding and running a stop sign.

Lost license at exactly the wrong time

A person lost his CA drivers license and had to get on a plane. A picture was captured from his AmEx card. He was able to provide the driver’s license number.

Not the time or place for a pallet bonfire

A person was burning wood pallets in his back yard on Grove Acre. The Fire Dept. extinguished the fire and the resident was cited for violating a municipal code against pallet bonfires or something.

Registration stolen

A man reported his car was broken into in Salinas, but all they took was the registration. Salinas PD suggested he requested a close watch on his home.

On June 8, 2013, members of the Monterey Fire Department raised approximately $4,000 to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) is the nonprofit health agency dedicated to curing muscular dystrophy, ALS and related diseases today affecting more than one million Americans. The Association does so by funding research, providing comprehensive health care and support services, and through advocacy and education. The MDA is funded almost entirely by individual private contributions and cooperating organizations.

Police officer's ring found

A ring was found in an intersection at Ocean View Blvd. It was inscribed with the name of a police officer who retired in 2004. The police station personnel were able to contact him and he requested it be shipped to him.

Bark bark bark 2

Multiple reports of multiple barking dogs on Junipero, and multiple dispatches over multiple months. At multiple times of the day. The dogs were heard barking when the officer responded but there was no one home. The Animal Control Officer has spoken with the owner over the past few months but nothing has been done about the barking dogs. Citation is next.

DUI

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A vehicle was stopped for traffic violations and Steven Marra was found to be under the influence. He was arrested, booked, cited and released.

Gotrocks, not gotrocks

Someone stole a pile of gravel on Stuart Ave.

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A debit card was found next to an ATM on Lighthouse. It was returned to the owner.

A password-protected phone was found and turned in. The owner eventually called the number and the phone was returned.

Car registration was found and turned in. The owner was contacted and went to the police station to pick it up.

Lost, found, contacted

A wallet was found at a store in Country Club Gate. A message was left for the owner.

Lost, found and destroyed

A credit card was found at a store in Country Club Gate. The owner was contacted but she had already cancelled it and wanted the card destroyed.

Lost, found, still out there

A clutch style wallet was found on Ocean View Blvd. and turned in.

Lost, still lost

A royal blue Patagonia brand jacket was lost somewhere on the Rec Trail between Lovers Point and the Aquarium.

Theft of rifle

A person on Del Monte Blvd. reported theft of a rifle from their residence.

On Eardley. No clues.

Vandalism to vehicle

Some things are not meant to be shared

A patient was given Vicodin and admitted freely sharing it with his roommate when asked. Both said they were unaware it's a no-no.

Telling left from right

A driver on Central was in the left turn lane but decided to make a right turn without signalling and was struck by vehicle #2, in which there was a pregnant passenger. She was taken to CHOMP but everyone checked out okay.

World Affairs Council (WACMB) presents talk on Caucasus Emirate Mujahedin

On Mon., June 24 Dr. Gordon Hahn will speak on Islam and politics in Russia and Eurasia. The talk will be at 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Rancho Canada Golf Club, 4860 Carmel Valley Road in Carmel.

After investigators revealed that the Tsarnaev brothers, of Chechen and Avar origin, were responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings, many eyes in America turned for the first time to Russia’s north Caucasus region. It is an area few Americans know or understand. Our lecturer, Dr. Gordon Hahn, teaches and conducts research on Islam and politics in Russia and Eurasia, and Russian domestic and foreign policy. He is one of the few world’s leading experts on the Caucasus Emirate Mujahedin and the global jihadi revolutionary movement. Dr. Hahn is an Author, Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, D.C. and Senior Researcher and Adjunct Professor, Monterey Terrorism Research and Education Program, at MIIS. Auditors (lecture only) free at 12:50 p.m. Luncheon $25 Members and $35 Nonmembers. MC/VISA($2 extra) or check; vegetarian meal optional. RSVP (831) 6431855. Registration: www.wacmb.org

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Whale tales from old Monterey at Cetacean Society meeting

Tim Thomas, well-known fisheries historian and Monterey Bay waterfront tour guide, will talk about one of Monterey’s more unique and least understood fisheries, whaling, when he talks to the Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Cetacean Society on Thursday, June 27. He will use historic photos, film and oral histories to illustrate the details.

The program, free and open to the public, will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Boat Works Building at Hopkins Marine Station, 120 Ocean View Blvd. More information is available at www.acsmb.org.

Thomas, historian and curator at the Monterey Maritime Museum for 16 years, has researched Monterey Bay fisheries for 25 years and has written two books on the subject. He is now working on a third about “Pop” Ernest Doelter, the “abalone king” who found cooking methods that turned the bait-fish mollusks into dining delicacies.

He’ll talk about Pop and other little know history, including how a wealthy sport fisherman introduced catch ideas that revolutionized the fishing industry and made Monterey world famous.

Screen printing workshop at art center

Barbara Furbush will lead a screen printing workshop for beginners at the Pacific Grove Art Center on Sat., July 6 from 1- 4 p.m. Screen printing is one of the easiest processes to learn. After a demonstration of simple techniques, participants will create their own edition of small prints or greeting cards.

No previous art making experience is necessary. Class size is limited. The registration fee for this session is $25 with a varied materials fee. Contact Barbara at 310-5623155 or email bfurbush@att.net to register or for further information.

This session is the first of the Printmaking Sampler workshops. On the first Saturday of each month a hands-on workshop will be offered for print processes including relief printmaking on August 3; and intaglio printing on September 7. Workshop fees will vary.

Barbara Furbush received an MFA in printmaking at CSU at Long Beach. Her works have been exhibited regularly. She opened her print studio at the Pacific Grove Art Center in 2011 and offers individual sessions on an appointment basis.

The art center is located at 568 Lighthouse Avenue.

July Mahalo Mondays will benefit Food Bank

Hula’s Island Grill and Tiki Room will donate 10 percent of the total Monday sales in July to the Food Bank of Monterey County. The restaurant opens at 4 p.m. on Mondays. Over the past five years Hula’s has raised over $65,000 for local charities.

The Food Bank for Monterey County, a certified Feeding America food bank, is the largest supplier of emergency food in Monterey County. They distribute 6 million pounds of food annually.

Hula’s Island Grill and Tiki Room is located at 622 Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey.

For more information go to www.hulastiki.com or call 655-HULA.

Spell Chick doesn’t cache ever thing.

That was supposed to read, “Spell Check doesn’t catch everything.” How many mistakes do you see? You can rely on Spell Check to find your mistakes, but it didn’t find any in that headline. Let me help you polish up your written content. Call Cameron at (831) 238-7179.

Editing/proofreading starting at $25/hour.

July 4 Living History Day in Monterey

The Monterey State Historic Park Association will host Living History Day at the Cooper-Molera Adobe on Thursday, July 4 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The cost is $3 for adults or $2 for youth 6 to 17. Children five and under are free. The festivities will start right after the Monterey July 4 parade. Costumed park volunteers will demonstrate 19th century games, crafts and dances. Captain Cooper’s newly restored coach and wagons will be on display. Tacos and old-fashioned sodas will be served. The adobe is located at 525 Polk Street at Alvarado in Monterey. Call 649-7172 for more information.

Dogs Yappy Hour to benefit AFRP

Dogs and their owners are invited to join Animal Friends Rescue Project at the Hyatt Regency Monterey for Gone to the Dogs Yappy Hour on Sunday, July 7 from 2-4 p.m. on the heated Fireplace Lounge Patio. Inside dining is available if a dog wants to stay home. All dogs will receive a toy for attending and there will be a free drawing for a pooch to win a fabulous basket of goodies.

Along with the regular fare, a special menu will be available for dogs, including Yappy Sweet Potato Fries and more; and 20 percent of all proceeds from the event will benefit AFRP. There will also be adoptable dogs on site. All dogs must be on leash and friendly in social situations.

The Hyatt is located at 1 Old Golf Course Road in Monterey For more information visit www.animalfriendsrescue.org or call 333-0722.

Figure Drawing Class with Warren Chang

Join Warren Chang, an award winning artist with more than 25 years of experience, for a six-week course in charcoal figure drawing. The class will cover figure, head and hand construction with an emphasis on understanding light and shade.

The six-week course will be held on Thursday nights from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m., July 11 to Aug 15. Cost is $375.00 and includes model fee.

Visit his website at: www.warrenchang.com for more information on the artist, or contact Warren at warrenchang@sbcglobal.net or 831-277-8474 for class information and registration.

The Pacific Grove Art Center is located at 568 Lighthouse Ave, Pacific Grove.

Hostel Travel Program commemorates Gettysburg

“Gettysburg Remembered: What does it Mean to Us Today?” is the featured program at the Monterey Hostel on Monday, June 24. On the 150th Anniversary of the battle, the program will travel back in time to revisit the time and place and the address, and, more importantly, to explore

Lincoln’s call to action. A potluck meal will be at 6 p.m. The program is slated for 6:45 p.m. The public is welcome at no charge. For more information call 8993046 or 372-5762. The hostel is located at 778 Hawthorne Street in New Monterey.

Calkins to speak at Double Nickels lunch

Royal Calkins, executive editor of the Monterey County Herald, will speak at Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd’s “Double Nickels Plus” lunch and lecture from noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 10, at the church, 301 Corral de Tierra Road, Salinas.

“Double Nickel Plus” is an activity for those 55 and older, held the second Wednesday of each month. Suggested donation is $5 but not required. For information call 484-2153 or visit goodshepherdcorral.org.

Forest Hill United Methodist Church 551 Gibson Ave., Services 9 AM Sundays Rev. Richard Bowman, 831-372-7956 Pacific Coast Church 522 Central Avenue, 831-372-1942 Peninsula Christian Center 520 Pine Avenue, 831-373-0431 First Baptist Church of Pacific Grove 246 Laurel Avenue, 831-373-0741 St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church Central Avenue & 12 tsp.h Street, 831-373-4441 Community Baptist Church Monterey & Pine Avenues, 831-375-4311 Peninsula Baptist Church 1116 Funston Avenue, 831-394-5712 St. Angela Merici Catholic Church

146 8th Street, 831-655-4160

Christian Church Disciples of Christ of Pacific Grove 442 Central Avenue, 831-372-0363 First Church of God 1023 David Avenue, 831-372-5005 Jehovah’s Witnesses of Pacific Grove 1100 Sunset Drive, 831-375-2138 Church of Christ 176 Central Avenue, 831-375-3741 Lighthouse Fellowship of Pacific Grove PG Community Center, 515 Junipero Ave., 831-333-0636 Mayflower Presbyterian Church 141 14th Street, 831-373-4705 Central Presbyterian Church of Pacific Grove 325 Central Avenue, 831-375-7207 Seventh-Day Adventist Church of the Monterey Peninsula 375 Lighthouse Avenue, 831-372-7818 First United Methodist Church of Pacific Grove

915 Sunset @ 17-Mile Dr., Pacific Grove - (831) 372-5875 Worship: Sundays @ 10:00 a.m.

Congregation Beth Israel 5716 Carmel Valley Rd., Carmel (831) 624-2015 Chabad of Monterey 2707 David Avenue, Pacific Grove (831) 643-2770

June 21, 2013 • CEDAR STREET

New distribution time begins:

Cedar Street Times, which has been available on Thursdays, will now be on the street on Friday afternoons. Subscribers will continue to receive their electronic link earlier than the print version.

There will be NO adjustment in deadlines. We appreciate your ad reservations by Mondays and your press releases by Wednesdays.

Times • Page 5

Italian Night fund-raiser presented

Performers from First Presbyterian Church of Monterey will offer Italian delights such as the operatic duet from Mozart’s “Marriage of Figaro,” national folk songs and accordion music in a fund-raising dinner on Friday, June 21.

On this first night of summer, homemade spaghetti, salad and garlic bread will be served along with homemade Tiramisu in the church’s Fellowship Hall. All profits will go to Martinpur School, a girls’ school in Pakistan, where members of FPC Monterey have committed to building a new classroom and furnishing it with computers and desks, and funding scholarships.

Tickets are $15 for adults and can be reserved by calling the church office at 3733031. Vegetarian options are available. The dinner starts at 6 p.m. The church is located at 501 El Dorado Street in Monterey.

Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce presents

Thursday, July 4th • 10:30 am to 3:00 pm Caledonia Park • Tommy Stillwell Court (behind the Post Office)

Pacific Grove Rotary Club presents

Reading of Declaration of Independence at 10:30 am BBQ Lunch - $10 (kids $5) served from 10:30 am to 3:00 pm

includes half chicken, beans, garlic bread, salad, dessert and drink (hot dogs for the kids)

Firefly

PG’s Classic Rock Band

Moonalice

San Francisco’s Jam Band

Fun Games for the Kids Sponsored by: City of Pacific Grove, Grove Market, Earthbound Farms, PG Florist, Asilomar & SaveMart FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL:

831.373.3304

• www.pacificg rove.org

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PG Feast of Lanterns 2013 Art Competition Call for Entries

The Pacific Grove Feast of Lanterns has issued an open call for entries to all artists for this year’s art competition. Artists’ entries that celebrate this 100+ year old festival may be in any form of 2- or 3-dimensional art except film or movies unless previously approved. Entries must be ready to hang or display. Entries must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on July 3, 2013. Ribbons will be awarded winners based on peoples' choice ballots.

Art submitted must be original work and represent the Feast of Lanterns. This year’s theme is “Lighting the Way.” All entries must be received by the Pacific Grove Feast of Lanterns via The Works between Saturday, June 29 and

Wednesday, July 3 between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The Works is located at 669 Lighthouse Ave. in Pacific Grove.

Deadline for entries is Wed., July 3, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. Artists may contact Marge Jameson at Cedar Street Times, 831-3244742 with questions.

Entries will be displayed from July 6 through July 30. There will be two events in connection with the show: The first is the Feast of Lanterns Preview, scheduled for Friday, July 6 between 6 p.m. and 8 p.m., in conjunction with First Friday.

There will be refreshments on hand and a chance to meet the artists. The second event will be held Friday, July 19 in conjunction with the Art Walk. The Royal

Court will be on hand from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Winners will be announced at the Art Walk reception.

All work entered must be available for sale by the Pacific Grove Feast of Lanterns, Inc. A commission of 50 percent will be retained to benefit the Feast of Lanterns.

Work may be picked up Wed., July 31 or Thurs,. August 1. Checks for any sales will be mailed at the beginning of September, 2013.

Complete entry rules are available by emailing folpublicity@gmail; in person at the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce, Central and Forest; or The Works.

Info: Marge at 831-324-4742 Email: folpublicity@gmail.com

Pacific Grove Unified School District Measure D - Citizens’ Oversight Committee

ANNUAL REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY MAJOR PROJECTS AND COSTS Completed: Window Replacement: Robert Down, Middle School, High School Actual Cost: $2,045,538 Status: 100% Complete Exterior Painting: Middle School/Robert Down Actual cost: $153,154 Status: 100% Complete Flooring Replacement: Middle School Actual Cost: $236,563 Status: 100% Complete Middle School Music Room/Auditorium Actual Cost $2,532,522 Status: 100% Complete Middle School Track renovation Actual Cost $506,962 Status: 100% Complete High School Stadium and Parking Lot Actual Cost $7,289,355 Status: 100% Complete Adult School Projects Actual Cost: $1,014,525 Status: 100% Complete Maintenance Facility Project Actual Cost: $1,507,578 Status: 100% Complete Computer Labs and Computer Replacement Actual Cost: $150,000 Status: 100% Complete Locker Replacement: High School Actual Cost: $103,000 Status: 100% Complete Security Cameras: All Sites Actual Cost: $130,459 Status: 100% Complete Administrative Costs: Actual Cost: $22,474 Status: 100% Complete District Office Replacement Project Actual Cost: $1,947.428 Status: 100% Complete In Process: Furniture/Equipment-All Schools Expended: $907,990 Status: 80% Complete High School Modernization Project Expended: $10,361.567 Status: 97.7% Complete Forest Grove Modernization Project Expended: $1,361,278 Status: 79.9% Complete Robert Down Modernization Project Expended: $2,283,451 Status: 97.6% Complete Middle School Modernization Project Expended $3,593,502 Status: 93% Complete

Discovery Shop presents annual 50% off Sale

ACS Discovery Shop will present their Semi-Annual 50 percent off storewide savings (with certain exceptions) fundraising event. The event will be held Fri, June. 21, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. and Sat, June 22, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

ACS Discovery Shop is located at 198 Country Club Gate (next to Save-Mart).

Call the Discovery Shop at (831) 372-0866 for more information.

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Report From The Chair Measure D Citizens’ Oversight Committee As Chair of the Measure D Citizen’s Oversight Committee, I am pleased to issue this Annual Report to the Community.

It is the task of the Oversight Committee to review bond expenditures and report to the community on the progress made to fulfill the terms of the bond. This report covers the financial and performance audits for 2010-11 and 2011-12. It also provides information on the status of authorized projects. The Committee anticipates that the Measure D fund will be fully expended by June, 2014.

I invite you to stay informed by visiting the District website at www.pgusd.org and clicking on “Measure D Information and Reports” for ongoing updates on activities and for more information on the various projects. You are also invited to attend the meetings of the Citizens Oversight Committee. Agendas and meeting minutes are posted on the website. For more information, call 831-646-6509.

Thank you for your investment in the renovation and upgrades to the schools and support facilities of the Pacific Grove Unified School District.

Mark Cameron Citizens’ Oversight Committee Chair

MEASURE D OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE PACIFIC GROVE Mark Cameron (Chair) Business Organization UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT Sam Teel(Vice-Chair) Taxpayer Organization BOARD OF TRUSTEES Carl Miller, Community Member John Thibeau - President Eric Lauritzen, Community Member Tony Sollecito - Clerk Kathleen Lee, Parent/PTA/SSC Mike Niccum - Trustee Dana Marshall, Parent Bill Phillips - Trustee Dana Moldenhauer, Parent Debbie Crandell - Trustee Brieanne Spears, Parent INDEPENDENT PERFORMANCE AUDIT FOR FISCAL YEARS 2010-11 AND 2011-12 In Process Projects Continued: The Committee received and reviewed the Pool Replacement: High School District’s Independent Performance Audit on FebruExpended: $492,194 ary 28, 2013. The report was prepared by Vavrinek, Status: 24.1% Complete Student Union: High School Trine, Day and Co., LLP in accordance with the Expended: $8,625 requirement of Proposition 39. The Auditor’s opinStatus: 9.6% Complete ion was that: “...the financial statements ...present Fountain Avenue Project fairly, in all material respects, the financial position Expended: $89,647 of the Building Fund (Proposition 39) of the Pacific Status: 9.0% Complete Grove Unified School District at June 30, 2011 (and Fiber Optic Network Improvements: June 30, 2012) and the results of its operations for Expended: $1,035,214 the year then ended in conformity with accounting Status: 98.6% Complete principles generally accepted in the United States Forest Avenue Crosswalk: Expended $10,791 of America.” In concusion, the Auditor states, “The Status: 10.8% Complete results of our tests indicated that, in all significant Landscaping Project: District-wide respects, the Pacific Grove Unified School District Expended $265,298 has properly accounted for the expenditures held in Lighting Improvements: Adult School the Building Fund (Proposition 39) and that such exExpended: $4,175 penditures were made for authorized Bond projects.”

Status: 27.0% Complete TOTAL EXPENDITURES: $381,854,60 OVERALL STATUS: 90.9% COMPLETE

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Aquarium Day of Discovery for Disabled Kids

Alberto Carreño, 13, is excited about his dive.

Molly Hall, 8, and mom Shawn Hall, get ready to meet Molly’s dive partners.

Family members and aquarium attendees watch the kids’ success from above the Great Tide Pool.

Patty Martin-Claspell helps guide Alberto Carreño in the water.

Lola Moorhead, 11, meets her dive partners, from left; Joshua Jess and Cecil Claspell.

Dive staff member Melanie Crawford introduces herself to Molly Hall, 8.

Melanie Crawford, left, and Amanda Preece, right, help Molly Hall into her dry suit before her dive.

Dive staff member Jocelyn Ostomel helps Jacob Wiebe, 10, become comfortable in the water.

By Kacie Clark “My favorite thing about this program is the joy. The pure joy that is shared by everyone,” James Bonovich, dive officer, and supervisor of the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Underwater Explorers program, said as children aged 8-13 with disabilities took part in the 12th annual Zach Bunnell Day of Discovery.

Children like Molly Hall, 8, and Jacob Wiebe, 10, had the chance to don SCUBA gear and witness the world under water during 90-minute sessions in the Great Tide Pool, all assisted by dive staff.

The sessions were adapted to the children’s needs and desires; some spent almost all of the 90 minutes in the water, while others were more comfortable with shorter sessions.

“If the child says stop, we put the brakes on,” said Marv Huttle, one of the founders of the Day of Discovery.

Over a decade ago, with some friends, Huttle — who describes himself as “the first wheel chair diver at the Aquarium” — came up with the idea of helping children with disabilities to SCUBA dive.

The program, which is funded in part by the Children’s Miracle Network, a foundation program of Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital, invites the families of children with disabilities to spend the day at the Aquarium and have the child participate in a dive.

Over the three dive sessions Saturday, 35 children were able to experience a dive.

The program continued into the next day, with three additional dives, with a final day on Thursday, June 20, allowing many more children with special needs to get into the water.

Dive staff, who trained for two weeks specifically for the event, helped each child become comfortable with their surroundings and into their SCUBA gear, which included a dry suit; this meant the children could participate in whatever clothing they had on. Some children also donned hoods to keep their heads warm, as well as goggles, snorkels, and in some cases, diving tanks.

Lola Moorhead, 11, was paired with dive staff member Joshua Jess and Cecil Claspell, who helped her into her gear.

Moorhead said that this was her second time diving, and when asked if she was excited, nodded a very enthusiastic, “yes!”

Dive ambassadors were also on hand; young people who have aged out of the program, but who remain active and help with the event.

One such young woman is Nella Brown, who helped explain the process and calm the younger children. Attending with her was her grandmother, Judy Brown, who praised the program for helping her granddaughter become more verbal and social.

“She dove six times,” Brown said.

“There’s been an amazing change in her.

She’s more verbal. Before, she had more of a preoccupation with the gear, she was uncomfortable. The last time she went, she spent her time exploring.”

Huttle echoed her assessment.

“Nella’s an old pro now,” Huttle said.

“The program really helped her socialize; she’s much more at ease.”

Many of the children and dive staff have been part of the program for multiple dives. One husband-wife team, Patty Martin-Claspell and Cecil Claspell have been active in the program for several years.

Joshua Jess adjusts11 year-old Lola Moorhead’s mask.

“This is our fourth year,” MartinClaspell said.

Other Aquarium staff and volunteers were on hand for the event as well, including Angela Haines, the public relations senior associate manager.

“It’s a wonderful day,” she said. “It’s one of my favorite days of the year here, it’s just beautiful.”

It’s often an emotional event: Huttle joked, “Sometimes I wish I had a tissue concession stand.”

Haines remarked that many times children are nervous to go into the water, but their apprehension seems to quickly disappear with the help of their dive partners.

“Often, there are children who don’t want to come out of the Tide Pool at the end of the session,” she said. “And we let them stay in as long as we can.”

The emphasis on the program is on the experience. If a child needs 45 minutes just to get into the SCUBA gear, and only chooses to spend a few minutes in the water, that’s fine, said Huttle.

“It’s still an experience. These children aren’t often invited to sleep overs, or parties. How many children get to do this [go on a dive]?” Huttle said.

Huttle underscored the importance of the Salinas Valley Hospital’s Children’s Miracle Network’s funding of the program.

“Prior to this, I was wearing two hats,” he said. “I was recruiting children

Molly Hall, 8, hangs with her dive partners, from left; Amanda Preece, Linda Grier, and Melanie Crawford.

for this program, and I was also wearing the ‘begging for money’ hat. Their funding allowed me to hang up that hat.”

Along with the Salinas Valley Hospital, he said he wants all the “kudos” to go to the Aquarium, which contributes the additional $10,000 a year funding for the program. Further, Huttle said, the Aquarium significantly contributes through the admission of the families.

“Every year they do this,” he said.

“They allow me to bring in families of five or six people, and allow the child to do the dive, all for free. “ At the end of the dive sessions, the children came back from the Great Tide Pool grinning. They were given log books with information on their dives, such as temperature and water conditions, and had a photo taken, before being ushered inside for hot chocolate.

The Day of Discovery was named for 10 year-old Zach Bunnell, who fulfilled his wish of taking part in the Aquarium’s Underwater Explorers program despite fighting brain cancer, which left him unable to see. Bunnell died soon after his dive. The Aquarium continues to hold the event in his honor.

The Aquarium’s Underwater Explorers program, which operates from June 17 to Sept. 2, is available for all children between the ages of 8 and 13 who want to dive.

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Your achievements

Peeps Andrew Hall graduates from Colorado College

Celebrating public service

Andrew Hall graduated cum laude with a degree in environmental science from Colorado College. Andrew is the son of Brianne and Jack Hall of Carmel. The college awarded 508 undergraduate degrees and 10 Master of Arts in Teaching degrees at its 131st commencement, held May 20 outdoors on Armstrong Quad. Marian Wright Edelman, the founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund, delivered the commencement address, titled “The Values of Life-Long Learning, Civic Engagement, and Intellectual Leadership.”

Edelman received an honorary degree from Colorado College in 1999. Receiving honorary degrees this year were Raymond Dean Jones, a 1967 graduate of Colorado College; Susan Axelrod, a 1974 graduate of CC; and the Chilean author Antonio Skármeta.

Colorado College is a four-year liberal arts college that was founded in Colorado Springs in 1874. The college operates on the block plan, in which its 2,000 undergraduate students study one course at a time in intensive segments. For more information, visit www.ColoradoCollege.edu.

The Clark Foundation Awards $15,000 in Fellowships to Local Students

Celebrating 20 years in Congress, Sam Farr (D-Carmel) was honored with a reception held at Asilomar Conference Grounds. The event kicked off in the Fred Farr Room, named for Sam’s father, and featured a number of Central Coast dignitaries including former California Assembly Speaker -- now Santa Cruz County Tax Collector Fred Keeley, Monterey County District 4 Supervisor Jane Parker, Monterey County Superintendent of Schools Nancy Kotowski, State Senator Bill Monning, Assembly members Mark Stone, Santa Cruz County Supervisor Bruce McPherson, and Sheriff Scott Miller among others. Pacific Grove Mayor Bill Kampe (above) welcomed Farr (right, at the podium) to Pacific Grove. Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta (right, below) gave a short speech as well. Photos by Mike Clancy.

LaShunda Nugent, left, and Billy Coleman have received fellowships from the Willis W. and Ethel M.Clark Foundation.

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The Willis W. and Ethel M. Clark Foundation of Pebble Beach has awarded two “Investment in Community” fellowships: one to LaShunda Nugent of Seaside, a $10,000 fellowship; and to Billy Coleman of Salinas, a $5,000 fellowship. The Investment in Community Fellowship is awarded each year to deserving graduate students who were born, raised or live on the Monterey Peninsula and who intend to be of service to the local community after completing his/her graduate degree.

LaShunda Nugent says that being awarded the Clark Foundation Fellowship is a great honor that will generously support her commitment to serve her community to the best of her ability. She desires to help make the Seaside community a better place where all students have the opportunity to reach his or her greatest potential.

LaShunda is pursuing a M.A. in teaching elementary education through the USC Rossier School of Education. She majored in graphic design at Azusa Pacific University.

After completing her undergraduate degree, she became a volunteer for AmeriCorps in Little Rock, AR where she tutored students. While living in Little Rock, she also "virtually" volunteered with Imagine College at Seaside High School, where she has served over the last year through the AmeriCorps VIP program.

Billy is pursuing a Master’s in business administration at CSUMB where he earlier received a B.A. in social and behavioral science. He has served as the director of International Justice Mission, a human rights agency that secures justice for victims of slavery, sexual exploitation and other violent oppression in marginalized countries.

Billy’s purpose is to combine his love for people and business to help create organizational behavioral changes as well as improve the lives of people through personal and professional development throughout the Peninsula.

The Willis W. and Ethel M. Clark Foundation was incorporated in 1953 as a California private foundation and has enjoyed 60 years of community service on the Monterey Peninsula. Its founders were pioneers in educational testing and research and in 1926 started the California Test Bureau (known as CTB). In 1965, the company was sold to McGraw-Hill and is now known as CTB/McGraw-Hill. For more information, please visit www.theclarkfoundation.org If you would like further information, contact: Laura Dadiw, Fellowship Liaison 831-625-175.

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Your achievements

Peeps Monterey Fire Academy Graduation

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Emily Schultz graduates from Colorado College

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Local students named to dean’s list at WHEN I TAKE A LISTING Loyola Marymount University

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Carmel Valley resident earns honors

Molly McAleer, a member of the class of 2016 at Connecticut College and a resident of Carmel Valley, has been named to the Dean’s High Honors list for the 2013 spring semester.

At Connecticut College, Dean’s Honors is a recognition for students who have earned a grade point average of at least 3.65, and Dean’s High Honors is a recognition for students who have earned a grade point average of at least 3.78.

Connecticut College is a private liberal arts college with 1,850 students and more than 40 majors in the arts, sciences, social sciences and humanities, as well as the option for students to self-design majors. The College offers a four-year career development program that teaches students how to translate a liberal arts degree into a first job or graduate school admission. Connecticut College is situated in the small New England seaport of New London. For more information, visit www.connecticutcollege.edu.

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Your achievements

Peeps Central Coast Women Advance in STEM Careers with Monterey Engineering Firm

Congratulations to two local women for passing their California Professional Engineers’ exam. Axiom EngineersSM is proud of its two recently licensed professional engineers – Kate Conway and Jennifer Rosas – who and are now licensed Professional Engineers in California. Axiom is honored to employ talented women and has also recently hired Samantha Clark - a Prunedale native who graduated from California Polytechnical State University in San Luis Obispo with a BS in mechanical engineering.

“Samantha, Kate, and Jennifer are sterling examples of the contributions women can make in engineering. We are very proud of Kate and Jennifer's accomplishment of becoming Professional Engineers and of our being able to support their career growth. We look forward to their future achievements at Axiom Engineers and in engineering.” says Raymond Cole, CEO of Axiom EngineersSM. Kate Conway works in the Monterey office of Axiom EngineersSM. Since 1970, Axiom EngineersSM has provided consulting mechanical engineering services to a wide range of clients throughout California and the Central Coast with offices in Monterey, Napa, Santa Cruz, and San Jose. www.axiomengineers.com Projects include CSUMB, UCSC, Monterey Peninsula College, the Steinbeck Kate Conway Center in Salinas, Monterey Sports Center, numerous wineries in Monterey, Napa, and Sonoma counties including Scheid Vineyards and Kendall Jackson; hospitality projects such as Asilomar Conference Center, Carmel Valley Ranch Spa, and the Monterey Conference Center; hospitals (SVMH, CHOMP, UCSF Medical Center, Sutter); and agriculture/food processing projects for clients like D’Arrigo, Dole, Earthbound Farms, Fresh Express, Gilroy Foods, Taylor Farms, and Tanimura and Antle to name a few.

Virginia Russell is Aquarium honoree

The Monterey Bay Aquarium has chosen an exemplary volunteer from more than 1,000 volunteers as the recipient of the Lucile S. Packard Memorial Award for outstanding service.

This year’s honoree – Virginia Russell of Pacific Grove – is recognized as an individual “whose dedication and selfless service exemplify Mrs. Packard’s lifelong commitment to volunteerism.” Award criteria include the impact of the individual’s activities on the aquarium, their commitment to the aquarium’s mission, objectives, and goals, and their length of service and number of hours contributed.

All of the Lucile Packard Award honorees epitomize the hallmarks of aquarium volunteers: service to others, commitment to the aquarium’s mission, and a love of nature.

Virginia Russell began volunteering in the fall of 2005 and has contributed 4,045 hours of service. As a guide, tour leader, husbandry volunteer, diver and mentor, Russell has gone above and beyond the call of duty by sacrificing her personal preferences to volunteer wherever she is most needed.

Russell has performed many popular Kelp Forest narrations, having learned to present this program from the “wet side” as a volunteer diver. While Russell serves as a mentor herself, she frequently seeks feedback from staff so that her programs are continually connecting to and resonating with guests. Additionally, she is one of the aquarium’s most active divers, participating on three separate volunteer dive teams and logging over 300 dives during her nearly nine years of service.

Mrs. Packard, along with her husband David Packard, made the initial gift to build the aquarium. She was the driving force behind creation of the aquarium’s internationally acclaimed volunteer program. More than 1,200 individuals are currently active volunteers at the aquarium. Collectively, they donated 13,339 hours every month in 2012, for an annual total of 160,059 hours.

Meurer receives defense award

Fred Meurer, Monterey City Manager, has received the Defense Community/State Leadership Award from the Association of Defense Communities “for outstanding leadership in the development of innovative public-public and public-private partnerships that enhance mission effectiveness, strengthen national security and support defense communities.”

The award was presented during the Defense Communities National Summit in Washington June 12-14, where he was honored by Congressman Sam Farr (D-Carmel) and other guests at a Defense Community Awards congressional ceremony on Capitol Hill. Meurer is a past president of ADC, the nation’s leading association representing U.S. communities and states with a significant military presence, and their partner organizations.

Meurer has served nearly three decades with the City of Monterey. Before coming to the city of Monterey, first as the public works director before being appointed as city manager, he was the public works and housing director at Fort Ord, located next door to the city. In response to a severe family housing shortage at the post, he obtained permission to lease land to a developer to build and maintain a 300-unit mobile home complex. The project was supported by the revenue stream created by soldiers’ basic allowance for housing. Next, he leased land to a developer to build a complex to house single soldiers. His solution to Fort Ord’s lack of housing is considered a forerunner to the Residential Communities Initiative the Army rolled out starting in 2001.

Lawrence Haggquist

Poetry Poetry Out Loud

by Lawrence Haggquist A translator for the deaf, intense, yet self-effacing, gesticulates from an orb of light off stage left.

Her swift fingers pantomime a voice emanating from center stage.

That young voice, sharp, commanding, and quickened by emotion, delivers the war poem, ‘Dover Beach.’

“Listen,” it urges, “you hear the grating roar of pebbles…”

– Silence ensues, as thoughts vanish into meditation.

California echoes through the voice in subtle cadences.

It lives by another beach on a rocky coast, whose rocks, not yet pebbles, stubbornly resist eons of erosion by the pounding sea, retaining the proud integrity of ‘rocks.’

But “Listen” on evenings when the tide tugs strong enough to push them from cups of sodden sand, and you will hear the rocks tumble over each other, like words colliding in a fathomless sea of silence – clicking and sliding, clattering and shifting, beneath the groans of hungry sea lions yelping for attention out in the tranquil bay.

And as your mind roams from that granite shore toward the edge of meaning, you know the pebbles recited from the stage mean more than Dover Beach, more than war and the fading poignancy of love.

Among the audience,

listening and absorbing, I cannot help reflect the owner of that spotlight voice – tall, slender, and utterly convincing in his solipsistic rapture – has never heard, and never will, the “melancholy, long withdrawing roar” of which the poem speaks; nor have I, separated as we are by genes and generations.

But I have heard rocks rumbling beneath the sway of tides and have felt a loneliness both instinctive and eternal in the sound.

And I have looked out across the solitary ocean in twilight, over its cold, endless, moon-dappled indifference, longing for something more intimate than Nature.

Tonight I listen to a poem recited for those who hear as I do.

Yet I also enter the world of the deaf, as each stanza is deciphered into gesture before my eyes for those beyond the reach of sound, while from the quiet universe expanding at stage left The “turbid ebb and flow of misery” roars just the same; or, maybe not the same.

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Oldies but goodies party goes to the dogs

Peace of Mind Dog Rescue will host its third annual fundraiser on Sun., June 30 from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. at Carmel Mission Inn on Rio Road near Carmel. The theme this year is retro ’60s: “peace, love and old dogs.” Guests are encouraged to dress in ’60s attire. A prize will be awarded for the grooviest outfit.

The event features food, wine, microbrewed beer, dancing, a silent auction and an “opportunity drawing.” The band Money Duo will provide music.

Tickets can be purchased online at: www. peaceofminddogrescue.org or by mail to

POMDR, PO Box 51554, Pacific Grove, CA 93950. Tickets cost $40 before June 23 or $50 after. For more information contact POMDR at 718-9122 or email info@ peaceofminddogrescue.org.

POMDR was founded in October, 2009 to provide peace of mind to dog guardians by finding new homes for dogs whose persons can no longer care for them due to illness, death, or other challenging life circumstances; and to relieving the suffering of senior dogs who end up in animal shelters and have a poor chance of adoption from the shelter.

Author to share journey of stroke recovery at The Works

In the spring of 2000, Mike Medberry, a longtime advocate of conservation with American Lands, The Wilderness Society, and Idaho Conservation League, suffered a stroke in the remote wilderness of the Craters of the Moon in Idaho. He was rescued after lying for hours alone and contemplating death in one of the harshest yet most beautiful landscapes in the country. He was flown to a nearby hospital about the same time that Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, on behalf of President Clinton, came to support three-quarters of a million acres as a unique national monument, a conservation effort in which Medberry himself had already been personally involved.

This story interweaves Medberry’s own struggle to speak, walk, write, and think with the struggle to protect this brutal, lava-bound, but, for him, gentle landscape.

Medberry’s recovery from the stroke and his struggle to protect the Craters of the Moon is a story of renewal, restoration, accommodation, and, ultimately, of finding workable compromises to some of life’s most difficult problems.

Medberry has served as a senior environmentalist for several local and national conservation organizations and holds an Master of Fine Arts from the University of Washington. Over the past 20 years he has written nonfiction for Northern Lights Journal, High Country News, Black Canyon Quarterly, Hooked on the Outdoors, Stroke Connection and the e-magazine Writer’s Workshop, as well as short fiction.

Medberry will share his story and autograph his book, “On the Dark Side of the Moon” at The Works on Sunday, June 30 from 3-5 p.m. Admittance is free. The Works is located at 667 Lighthouse Avenue. Call 372-2242 for more information.

Lecture to discuss warm water exercise

Lynn Young of Josephine Kernes Memorial Pool will discuss increasing strength, flexibility, balance, and cardio fitness while reducing pain with gentle exercises in a warm water pool on Tuesday, June 25, from 3 - 4:30 p.m. in the Monterey Library Community Room. This event is part of The Next Chapter: Designing Your Ideal Life lecture series and is sponsored by the Friends of the Monterey Public Library and the Monterey Public Library Endowment Committee. Adults are invited to attend and admission is free. Reservations required. Call 646-5632 or email thongchu@ci.monterey. org. The Monterey Public Library is located at 625 Pacific Street, Monterey.

Monterey Library holds summer story event for kids

The Monterey Public Library presents “Around the Campfire” on Thursday, July 11, as part of the Summer Reading Program for kids. There will be scary stories, a real (stuffed) Great Horned Owl, s’mores, songs and more. There will be two shows: 2 p.m. for ages 6-up; 3 p.m for ages 10-up. The second show will include the scariest stories, so age limits will be enforced. Admission is free. The li brary is located at 625 Pacific Street, Monterey. For more information call 646-3934 or see www.monterey.org/library.

Jane Roland

Animal Tales and Other Random Thoughts The Story of Zane

Yesterday those of us involved with Animal Friends Rescue Project received the following communication, written by Linda Wilsey, Animal Adoption Manager. I found it so compelling, heart breaking and heart warming at the same time. There is such a need in the world for education about animals.

How often do we hear “oh, it is just an animal.” These beasts whether domestic or wild suffer in the same way as humans. Animals do not comprehend what is happening, just that they are in pain. I hope by reading this, it will open some eyes to the need of assistance to those offering succor to our four legged population (and feathered or finned) that cannot help themselves.

Zane can’t yet stand without help, but his brown eyes are full of trust.

He’s in pain, yet accepts a treat from your hand with gentle nuzzles. Hit by a car on May 31 and left to suffer on the side of the road in rural Salinas for three full days, Zane was betrayed by each human who passed him by and neglected to make a simple phone call for help. He lay immobile, suffering alone while minutes turned into hours,

and hours turned into days.

Finally, the phone call was made that saved Zane’s life. He was picked up by the Monterey County Animal Control officer on Monday, June 3 and was immediately taken to the vet clinic for assessment. Despite the pain he was in, he allowed the officer to put him into her vehicle without a protest. X-rays revealed the horrible damage inflicted by the collision. Zane’s right front leg and right hind leg were badly broken and would require expensive surgical repair with plates and pins.

Zane has now undergone one surgery to pin and wire his hind leg, and a second surgery to plate the broken bones in his front leg. He faces a possible third surgery if external fixation is required to keep the bones in place during the healing process. Thankfully, Zane is being kept comfortable with pain medication and is doing well. Zane is looking for a foster home and will be available for adoption once fully healed.

Why bother going to all the trouble and expense to save the life of one stray dog? The answer lies in Zane’s eyes, his gentle cooperation and his grateful tail wags. After all he’s been through, Zane deserves a chance to heal and the opportunity to experience love with a family of his own – but we can’t do it alone. Zane’s journey of healing is going to take time and money.

Your donation, large or small, proves to Zane that his life is worth saving, and that there are people who truly care about him.

AFRP fills a niche in our community by rescuing animals that will not survive in the shelters; providing medical care (including spay/neuter), behavior training, and finally, placing the animals in good permanent homes.

These are typically shy, senior, underage or un-weaned animals, those in need of minor and major medical attention, pregnant or nursing animals and those who have just been overlooked and been there too long. We have a lifetime commitment to every animal that comes into our care.”

Animal Friends Rescue Project (AFRP) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization based in Pacific Grove, California, dedicated to finding good permanent homes for abandoned, stray, and abused companion animals and ending the pet overpopulation crisis through focused spay/neuter programs.

Please help Animal Friends Rescue Project in its worthy mission. If you cannot donate funds, your time is valuable, volunteer at the Adoption Center at 560 Lighthouse or the AFRP Treasure Shop (a benefit store) at 160 Fountain Avenue. The telephone numbers are respectively 831-333-0322 or 831-0491.

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Jane Roland is the Manger of the AFRP Treasure Shop and a member of Pacific Grove Rotary Club. She lives in Monterey with husband, John and their four rescued animals, two dogs, Brandy and Lilah and two cats, Toby and Sammy. Gcr770@aol.com

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Speaking up about sexual abuse on film

By Peter Mounteer “I swore I’d never tell” is a phrase that often comes up when victims of sexual assault or abuse voice perspectives on their childhood sexual trauma. The vicious mantra is the subtitle of a documentary film called “Boyhood Shadows” by Steve Rosen and Terri DeBono, longtime residents on the Monterey Peninsula and collaborators on numerous projects under the production company they both run, Mac + Ava Motion Pictures. With “Boyhood Shadows” Rosen and DeBono tackle head on a topic that makes most people cringe and turn off the TV or make up some excuse about how they need to get going to a place where they won’t have to even think about an issue that affects one in every six boys before the age of 16.

One in six is a staggering statistic. But it’s more than just a statistic -- it’s some 16 percent of the population. By numbers alone that is, in theory, almost 50 million young men. Something anyone would call an epidemic. Considering the amount of men’s sexual abuse support groups in this country -- only about 40 -- one thing becomes glaringly clear: Most of these victims aren’t getting the help that they need.

Most people don’t even believe it.

In fact, when Rosen and DeBono first encountered that number in 2007 while shooting a public service announcement written by a men’s support group provided by the Monterey County Rape Crisis Center, they were dumbfounded. “Before we started making this film we were really ignorant. I thought, “That’s way too high,” Rosen recalled. “I did lots of activities with male friends I’ve been very close to, so how come I never heard that?” After the PSA aired the phones started ringing at the Monterey County Rape Crisis Center.

Response to the PSA was overwhelmingly positive. It was then that DeBono and Rosen became intrigued about telling the story behind that shocking statistic about which they realized that nobody knew.

One of the members of the men’s group at Monterey County Rape Crisis Center approached Rosen and DeBono and said they wanted to make a documentary, and such was the genesis of Boyhood Shadows.

It was only after meeting the men who make appearances in the film, victims of such abuse, that it became clear to the two filmmakers that after something like this happens to someone, they don’t want anybody to know, mostly because they are ashamed. Frequently the men this happens to will bury their experiences in faulty rationalizations, excuses, anything to keep them from telling and by doing so, reliving what they experienced. A lot of it has to do with how society constructs masculinity.

In that vein, the film also discusses the experience of Alfredo Caballero, who was sexually molested by an uncle, beginning around the time he was four years old. In the film, Caballero recalls being told not to cry, “Don’t cry. Girls cry. you don’t cry because you’re a man,” he says in the film.

Stoicalness and hiding emotions, specifically where pain is concerned, is a longtime pillar of traditional notions of masculinity in our society. It applies to sexual abuse, too, say experts, and can make it harder for men to be honest about their experience with abuse, giving them all the more reason to bury it, as Caballero did for many years. Another salient feature of the victimization process are the myths that involve homosexuality and childhood sexual abuse among men, these can be the most damaging especially among men like Caballero and Glenn Kulik, a central character in the film, who were abused as kids at a time when homosexuality was socially condemned and criminalized during the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s.

So how do these people keep their victims in their clutches? Simply put, it’s complicated, but it rests on manipulation.

They cry, they beg, they threaten to hurt the children they abuse and put it on the

Boyhood Shadows: I Swore I’d Never Tell

children to take the pressure off the abuser by keeping their secret in order to keep their abuser safe. They take advantage of the natural sense of empathy that most children feel for them, despite the fact that the way they treat the children is abusive.

It becomes further complicated when the children don’t know that what’s happening to them is abuse. That’s not to say they enjoy it, but they do not necessarily know how to safely express that they do not enjoy what’s happening to them.

A big myth that the film also touches upon is the myth that victims of childhood sexual abuse will become gay as a result, or are gay and that’s why they were abused to begin with. Such a perspective is toxic as it takes the responsibility of being aware of this issue and doing something about it off of society and parents and onto the boys themselves, who are powerless to do anything in these situations to change them a a result of the complicated nature of their relationship with their abuser.

Further, victim-blaming rationalizations of childhood sexual abuse by the community also leaves these men hanging with no hand to help them up, and forces them to confront these painful and traumatic experiences alone, without any support from others, even family members.

As a result, with nowhere to go and no one to turn to, many of these men grow up damaged and develop maladaptive ways of coping. Kulik, whom DeBono described having it all and “the perfect boy next door,” fled his home, wound up penniless and unable to hold a job. He wandered the streets for nine years, abusing drugs and alcohol. Steve Rosen described the the men stuck in this vicious cycle of self blame as “twice victims; once by their abuser and once by a society unwilling to talk about it.”

Rosen and DeBono also compare the topic of childhood sexual abuse among men to that of breast cancer in the 1990s.

“Nobody would talk about it,” Rosen said, but after survivors and celebrities started coming forward and the condition began being talked about more openly, surviving breast cancer went from being a hushedup individual secret to being a badge of courage and pride.

Rosen and DeBono hope their film will create more public awareness and continue the dialogue about the issue. “I think its something the public needs to take a look at. There is someone you know who is suffering and it’s okay to talk about it: That to me is more important, so that they don’t feel that they are tainted.”

Debono herself said that in the process of making the film she discovered that three people in her immediate family had been abused and that she would never have known if they had said nothing, and could only describe the revelation as overwhelming. “Hopefully, one day people will be able to say that they survived it as a child and that they are doing well now,” Rosen said.

The dialogue is already happening and is mostly remembered in the context of the church, when it comes to the issue of clergy members abusing children.

Church abuse had its most famous moment with the 2007 Los Angeles Archdiocese reached a record-breaking $660 million

Filmmakers Steve Rosen, above left, and Terri DeBono.

At left, men who spoke out in Boyhood Shadows include (top to bottom) Kim Allyn, Allen Martin, and the central spokesman, Glenn Kulik.

dollar settlement involving some 508 cases of sexual assault by priests going all the way to the 1930s. What that part of the conversation fails to acknowledge is that the vast majority of sexual abuse cases nationwide do not involve clergymen, but family members and friends. As the film points out, 93 percent of juvenile sexual assault victims know their attacker. Its usually not some stranger in the bushes.

Heavy stuff? Rosen and DeBono think so too. For the duo behind Mac + Ava Motion Pictures, this was a difficult film to make. “It was kind of insidious actually. I had nightmares, I was depressed,” Rosen said. “You start to question your reactions to things once you know how these people react. You start to ask yourself things like ‘Am I suppressing a memory?’ It’s a tough thing to bring into your life.”

For DeBono, what bothered her the most about the subject of Boyhood Shadows was seeing “all the potential that is destroyed by this, some of these guys could have done a lot more if they hadn’t been so tied up.” DeBono and Rosen both describe Kulik as having had it all. “He’s charismatic, charming, smart, hollywood handsome and smart, among the top 2 percent of intellects in the world according to one test by a psychiatrist.”

For all the heavy subject matter covered in the Mac + Ava production, the film actually remains a light-hearted and very watchable take on a grisly phenomenon.

Readers might be comforted to know that no re-enactments occur and that the film, which airs next week, also focusses on how the central character, Kulik, recounts his experiences and how his and other families dealt with what is arguably one the most stunning and crippling revelations that can befall a family.

What’s most important, and is a prominent theme in the film, is that victims become more comfortable talking about these experiences and that society in general, but particularly those closest to the victims, are also willing to listen to their

children and be willing to believe them.

“Your awareness as a parent is critical, your openness to hearing it is critical, and believing your child when they tell you is critical,” says Tom Berg, Manager of the Monterey County Behavioral Health Bureau. “I could line up 10 therapists and 10 pedophiles and you wouldn’t be able to tell which one is which. A detective I worked with for many years told me to look for adults who want to spend more time with your children than you do, and for those adults who spend time with children as a part of their job and then want to keep spending time with them after work.”

The consequences for not having a supportive environment, can, as experts point out, make recovery much more difficult if not impossible. Unfortunately, many parents just won’t hear it, and people don’t want to believe that it could happen under their watch. So they effectively shut out their own children, not wholly, but where the abuse is concerned. They give their kids no space to talk about it or confide in someone else they love.

The results involve heavy, debilitating substance abuse, violence, problems forming relationships, trust issues, inability to hold a job, a shattered sexual identity, and sometimes, suicide. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, some two thirds of people in drug abuse treatment programs say they were physically or sexually abused as children.

But do these children wind up as abusers themselves? The answer is a definitive no. “Although many pedophiles were abused as children, the vast majority of juvenile sexual abuse victims do not become pedophiles,” says Clare Mounteer, Executive Director of the Monterey County Rape Crisis Center. That agency also hosted Monterey County’s only support group for male victims of sexual assault, run at one time by local therapist Stephen Braveman, LMFT, which for the past year has been inactive due to insufficient membership.

However, looking at numbers provided by the United States Census Bureau, there are 426,762 people in Monterey County.

156,347 of them are males over the age of 18. In theory, provided the 16 percent estimate provided by the Centers for Disease Control in a 2005 study conducted in San Diego, there could be as many 26,057 males over 18 in Monterey County who were sexually abused as children. That’s almost enough damaged men to populate all of Pacific Grove, twice.

Boyhood Shadows: I Swore I’d Never Tell is a hopeful program focussed on raising public awareness of the invisible pandemic of childhood sexual assault.

Mark your calendars if you want to know more. Boyhood Shadows will air on KQED (Channel 9) on Wed., June 26 at 10 p.m., on KQED Life on Channel 189 on Fri., June 28 at 9 p.m and Sat., June 29 at 11:00p.m. on KQED World on Channel 190. Overall the film is to be aired on 150 stations in 40 states.

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Pacific Grove

Sports Hand cycling to help end polio

Steve Brumme, a polio survivor will travel on his three-wheeled, custom made, hand-pedaled bicycle along the Pacific coast from his home in Sonoma down to the Monterrey area and back from June 2nd to July 12th. He is on a mission to help Rotary International raise $50,000 for the End Polio Now and the Clean Water Rotary Projects.

Steve’s legs have been paralyzed since he was the age of 1, but that has not stopped him from being an inspiration to all who know him. He is a martial arts champion, a rock climber, a horse back rider and he’s now added long distance bike riding to that list. On an intellectual and artistic level he’s a master painter, a musician, a life coach, a published writer, an art teacher and a master story teller/ motivational speaker.

Although his accomplishments would give any man bragging rights, Steve’s 900-mile bike ride is a part of one of his core values, which is to be of service to his community. He is doing his part to eradicate a disease that has killed and paralyzed tens of millions of children in the last century alone. He hopes to make polio a distant bad memory.

At the halfway point in his tour Steve will attend a big family reunion at Pacific Grove over the 4th of July. His route will probbly take him down highway 1 but he hasn’t quite decided yet how he’ll be arriving in Pacific Grove, whether on the Rec Trail or on city streets.

At present, he’s zig-zagging across Sonoma County but will be working his way down the coast. He says he plans to alternate camping three nights and then spend a clean, dry, warm night in a motel...

and back to camping as he works his way down the coast and back.

Steve will carry a small tent, sleeping bag, three pounds of clothes, his iPhone to keep his friends up to date on his journey, his favorite sunglasses and of course a tire repair kit. A friend designed a bear-proof compartment for the bike, though he points out that his tent is not bear-proof. A food container the shape of a rocket ship, with no seams the bear can use, is another solution he’ll be using. “You put your food in it and throw it as far as you can from your campsite. The bear spends the rest of the night trying to open it,” he says, good-naturedly.

You can spot him easily during his trip. He will be hand pedaling on his bike with three flags on the back of his bike.

A Danish flag in honor of his family and heritage, an End Polio Now flag and his martial arts school flag.

You can learn more about the End Polio Now campaign by going to www. endpolionow.org. If you wish to make a donation, make that donation through the Rotary Club of the Sonoma Valley, by sending your checks to: Rotary Club Foundation of Sonoma Valley PO Box 923, Sonoma, CA 95476 Or, you can make donations through your local Rotary Club. In order that each check go to the End Polio Now campaign through Rotary International, ask your local club how you should write the check.

Please let them know that you are making a donation in honor of the End Polio Now Bike Tour, Steve Brumme.

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Getting out of a rough spot If you watched the U.S. Open, which just finished recently, we all saw a variety of golf shots -- good ones and a lot of bad ones. Yes, it was a very tough course but the players are the best in the world and they had their troubles just like we all do here on our local courses.

The rough at the U.S. Open was the talk. As we all observed, when the ball got in the rough the players had a tough time.

Here is a tip for when you’re in the rough: Keep your weight on your left foot 80 percent at impact and hold the golf club tighter in your hands. This will help control the club face better. Keeping the weight on the left side helps to hit down on the ball. When you’re in the rough, get the ball out and back into play as soon as you can. Fortunately the roughs on the Monterey Peninsula is not as severe as the U.S. Open rough was! Have fun and play well.

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School Technology Bond headed for November ballot IT upgrade would bring Pacific Grove schools into the new millenium

By Kacie Clark The school board approved the Educational Technology Bond Resolution for placement on the November 2013 election ballot with a vote of 5-0.

If passed, the bond would allow the district to issue $27.9 million in shortterm bonds with an interest rate below the legal limit.

The bond, which under California Prop 39, would need a 55 percent yes vote to pass, rather than the traditional twothirds, would provide funds for software, hardware, infrastructure, and licenses relating to the District’s Education Technology needs.

Part of the bond may go towards giving students access to Ipads or laptops, according to Assistant Superintendent Rick Miller.

“It seems like the way to go in schools,” Miller said, “They can put all their textbooks on them, and not have to carry these giant backpacks around with them.”

Miller especially sees the usefulness in iPads because of the availability of numerous applications, ranging from those suitable for kindergarten learners, all the way through high school.

Digital textbooks are the way of the future, according to Bruce Cates, the technical director of PGUSD. “We’re anticipating digital textbooks, and not just PDFs of the text,” Cates said.

“There will be links and videos and photos, so they could follow a path of learning, they could do activities. It’s a more enhanced experience. This also allows kids to have access to their textbooks at home and at school.”

Cates anticipates that the iPads or laptops will be checked out, just as textbooks are now, with a responsibility on the student to pay for damage or a misplaced device. This is similar to current policy regarding textbooks; if they are damaged or lost, they must be replaced.

In terms of internet safety, Cates said, there are multiple layers in place at the schools.

“We have two layers of security and locally we have an internet filter. For ex-

ample, a student can’t access YouTube, but teachers can login and use that resource,” Cates said.

At home, the usual precautions apply, he added; “Have the student keep the computer out in the living room, where everyone can see it.”

Other possibilities include a login system.

“It may be that some systems could you allow to control access- a signal would get passed back through the device and through a filter. We would have to balance the cost of doing that with the benefits,” Cates said.

Other possibilities for bond use include multimedia stations, document cameras, projection set-ups with multiple ports, as well as Smart Boards, DVD players, and web conferencing.

“This would allow for virtual field trips,” Cates said. “Or it could give students the ability to speak to scientists out in the field through video conferencing.”

Remote learning is also a possibility with this technology, Cates said.

“In a small district, you can’t offer all the classes you want, but with this technology, a student could take classes remotely,” he said.

Campaigning for the bond must be paid for through donations only; there can be no district resources used to run the campaign, according to financial advisor Dale Scott, who also presented much of the information on the bond at the June 13 meeting.

Kathleen Lee, a Forest Grove Elementary School parent, spoke to the board, and emphasized the importance of getting information out as soon as possible.

“We have five weeks to run a campaign. We need to get it out in the forefront now. Emphasize what it’s going to do,” she said. “And we need to recognize how many people vote by mail in this county.

This needs to be done before Election Day.” The bond will go on the Nov. 13 ballot of this year.

Miller is optimistic about the bond; “I think it will pass,” he said. A community survey conducted by Scott showed a level of support exceeding the required 55 percent.

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Guest Commentary Monterey Peninsula Water Management District Statement Regarding Lawsuit Filed By Monterey Peninsula Taxpayers Association

The Monterey Peninsula Water Management District is focused on providing our residents and businesses with a long-term, costeffective, and sustainable water supply, but once again a small group of opponents is attempting to derail this process with unnecessary and baseless litigation. Last week, the Monterey Peninsula Taxpayers Association (MPTA) filed a lawsuit that seeks to stop the Water Management District Water Supply Charge created last year by Ordinance 152.

This small charge is used to fund critical pieces of the water supply solution. The District Board believes the Taxpayers Association broke its word by bringing this litigation. This action only serves to waste taxpayer money and will slow our community’s path to a sustainable water supply.

Ordinance 152 provides key funding for the Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project that includes development of Groundwater Replenishment, completion of the first phase of Aquifer Storage and Recovery, and to develop a funding method that will significantly decrease ratepayer costs of the Cal Am desalination plant. Monies from the Water Supply Charge may legally only be used for water supply purposes.

The Water Management District carefully followed the California Constitution Proposition 218 process to enact this charge. In June of 2012, the MPTA offered to support the Ordinance if the District agreed to their demands to create a Citizen Oversight Panel, add a sunset provision for the charge, restrict the ability to make future changes to the ordinance, and add strict limits on expenditure of monies for overhead. The District met with the MPTA and other community groups and agreed to make these changes. MPTA , after claiming to work in good faith, then broke the agreement and initiated a referendum petition to overturn a portion of the already enacted ordinance.

In September of 2012, after thorough deliberation of the legal defects embedded in the referendum, the Water Management District Board of Directors determined that the MPTA petition was invalid and that the Ordinance was neither required to, nor qualified to go to an election. The Board has been advised that it acted lawfully and believes its actions are in the best interest of the public.

MPTA, knowing full well the referendum petition was invalid, now files this lawsuit. This baseless action is frivolous and, ironically, will waste hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayer money. This not in the public interest, and imperils the fast and cost-effective solution to water supply issues needed by the Monterey Peninsula.

For more information on Ordinance 152, the 2012 MPTA letter, and the Citizen Oversight Panel entrusted to oversee it, please visit mpwmd.net.

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20131095 The following person is doing business as MONTEREY STOVE & SPA, 820 Playa Ave., Sand City, Monterey County, CA 93955. SULLIVAN, INC., 702 West Franklin St., Monterey, CA 93940. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on June 04, 2013. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on n/a. Signed: William Sullivan, President. This business is conducted by Corporation. Publication dates: 06/07, 06/14, 6/21, 6/28/13

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Parents’ Place to Host Free Community Event Classrooms Open for Hands-On Experience with Award-Winning Program

Parents’ Place will present their inaugural open house, taking place at 1025 Lighthouse Avenue, Pacific Grove, on June 22 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and featuring children’s activities, live music, a bake sale, and more.

Parents’ Place will open their doors to the community for their first-ever open house. Parents of young children, soon-to-be parents, alumni, and guests are invited to learn more about this educational program for parents or caregivers and their children, newborn through three years of age. Classrooms will be open for a hands-on experience with their art, food,

music, and movement classes. Guests can also take a tour of the newly revamped children’s garden, explore MY Museum’s Wheelie Mobilee, meet small animals from Hidden Hills Ranch, partake in treats from the bake sale, and enjoy the sounds of the Dave Holodiloff Bluegrass Duo in the meadow area. You are invited to meet the Parents’ Place staff and teachers, and see what makes Parents’ Place the awardwinning program that it is.

“Parents’ Place has meant everything to my family! We have a 4-month-old daughter, and we have been attending the newborn and Wee Chant classes. Parents’

Place has provided the support and education to give us confidence while decreasing the inevitable stress and concerns that come along with having a first child.

We are so lucky to have Parents’ Place!”

—Mandi Kleman, Parents’ Place student

About Parents’ Place

Parents’ Place is a parent-education program established in 1987. Their mission is to provide parents with information needed to nurture their children in a positive, healthy, and loving environment; offer an atmosphere of support and comfort, which encourages the building of a community of parent-to-parent relationships; honor and respect family in all of its forms;

and promote a sound educational curriculum that increases parents confidence and allows for diversity in learning modes.

Awards and recognitions include a Golden Bell Award from the California School Boards Association in 2003, a Community Impact Award from the Monterey County Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition in 2004, and a Front Line Award from the Child Abuse Prevention Council of Monterey County in 2005.

If you’d like more information about Parents’ Place’s 1st Annual Open House, please contact Gail Root at 831-646-6623 or gail@pgusd.org. Information on the event can be found at parentsplaceca.org.

Free Public Greywater Workshop Cerebral Vortex Cartoons The Monterey Peninsula Water Management District (MPWMD) will hold a

“Laundry to Landscape Greywater Workshop” June 22 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The event will be held at the MPWMD’s Ryan Ranch office and co-taught by Daniel Finklea of Handy Dan Construction & Greenwise Landscapes.

It will give participants the opportunity to learn about simple greywater systems, from concept to completion, and how they can play an important role in saving water and money for the user.

The free workshop will focus on code requirements, greywater compatible plants, and will include a hands-on parts identification and installation activity, as well as instruction on system design and layout. Participants will also learn where to purchase parts and equipment. The workshop is part of Central Coast Greywater’s 100 Greywater System Challenge which has a goal of facilitating the installation of 100 Greywater Systems on the Central Coast by September 30, 2013.

The event is free and open to the public. To RSVP, visit centralcoastgreywater.org or call Stevie Kister at 831.658.5601.

Searching the bay for blue whales

Experts from the Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Cetacean Society will serve as naturalists on a whale watching trip Saturday, June 29, to help identify blue whales that may be in the bay along with other whales, dolphins and other marine life.

The trip, an annual fundraising event for the whale conservation organization, will leave from Monterey Bay Whale Watch on Fisherman’s Wharf at 8:45 a.m. and return by 1 p.m.

Blue whales, the largest animals in the world, usually visit Monterey Bay in summer and early fall, as do humpback whales, killer whales and a variety of dolphin species.

This trip with the experts is $40, with reservations recommended by calling 419-1051.

More information is available on the Cetacean S0ociety’s web site at www.acsmb.org.

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Health and Wellness

How to Accept Your Life in a World of Expectations We live in a world where judgment rules. From the day you were born, your parents, grandparents expected you to be a certain way. “Good girl / bad girl - good boy / bad boy.” “You should do it this way.” “You shouldn’t be like this.” “Your dad won’t like it if you wear these clothes.”

“Your mom will be upset if your hair is not straight.” As a child, growing up, the shoulds and should nots you keep hearing every day create confusion and you start contracting, closing down your heart.

Then, school starts. A whole set of expectations and “shoulds” get dumped on your lap. Nobody asks you what you would like, how you feel about what is expected of you. Instead, everybody is expecting you to do your homework perfectly, get all As, do everything in school the way you’re “supposed” to do, be the kid you’re “supposed” to be.

Growing up in this culture is not fun, it’s the opposite. One day something good has happened, and you’re happy, jumping up and down with enthusiasm. A stern looking adult approaches you and asks, “What do you have to be happy about?”

Another time you’re sad, crying, because your best friend in school moved away to another town. Your teacher, your mother, your father approach you and tell you to stop crying. “It’s not that bad.”

First, you start getting used to being judged in big and small ways all the time.

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Accepting what is allows you to live your life in a more joyful and relaxed way.

Rabia Erduman

Self discovery Then, you keep expecting it. When this becomes a habit, you develop your own Inner Judge, who is judging you as well as others. Tension is building inside you, and after some years it starts affecting your body.

The good news is that today, as an adult, you don’t have to stay stuck in this way of life. You can now choose to open up and receive the forgotten word “Accepting What Is.” Accepting what is begins with accepting yourself first. This includes the knowing that you are not perfect - nobody is, and nobody is supposed to be. You say to yourself: “This is my life. I accept myself exactly as I am, knowing that I will make mistakes. Now in my life I’m choosing to learn from my mistakes.”

You are now learning to accept your thoughts, emotions. One day you are feeling afraid. You are acknowledging the fear and saying to yourself: “I am choosing to accept this fear.” Something deep inside you, your nervous system, starts relaxing.

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Because all these years the subconscious mind had gotten used to being judged and criticized, your nervous system contracted inside you, expecting the “should”, the “no.” It takes a while for it to let go of the old habit and open up to the new possibility - accepting what is, the “yes.” You start breathing more deeply, allowing yourself to sink into accepting yourself as you are.

As you start getting used to selfacceptance, accepting others becomes the next step. Now you can separate who they are from what they do - being versus behavior. You know that who they are is fully acceptable. You also know that as human beings, we are not supposed to be perfect in our behavior, it is natural to make mistakes. Let’s say that you are going to have dinner with a friend, and he/she is late. You are accepting your friend for who she/he is, you are also accepting that being late is a mistake. From this state of acceptance, you and your friend can have a lovely conversation during the dinner

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

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

Rabia is the author of Veils of Separation - Finding the Face of Oneness, and has four guided imagery CDs: “Relaxation,” “Meditation,” “Chakra Meditation,” and “Inner Guides.”

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

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

Deep joy is a natural expression of this process.”

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Rabia Erduman presents a talk on chakras -- the quality of each of the seven and a guide through a meditation to balance your chakras within themselves and with each other. The talk will be held at The Mindshop, 522 Central Ave., Pacific Grove. For more information call the Mindshop at 372-2971. This is a free event.

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Think the world is changing so rapidly you can’t keep up? Tired of the same old right/wrong, good/bad, yes/no thinking? Want to co-create a better world with people living and working together for the good of all and our planet?

This summer Pacific Coast Church, is offering 10 Saturday afternoon classes to help us navigate through the prophecies, predictions, and contemporary stories about the global shift we’ve been hearing so much about. Local experts will present a variety of perspectives from ancient to contemporary which provide answers to your questions.

The series of short subjects cover such topics as: “The End of Time,” “Divine Mind: What It is and How Can We Use It?” “Astronomy and The New Physics,” “Ascension and Ascended Masters,” “The Sacred Human,” “Consciousness Expansion in the Collective,” and “Enlightened CommUnity.”

Each class explores a broad view that encompasses a world beyond duality and dogma and is grounded in the practical application of ancient wisdom teachings, science and synergistic theory. Classes begin Saturday, June 22 and continue weekly through Saturday, August 24, from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

To register call PCC’s The MindShop at 831-372-2971. Advance registration for the entire series is $150 or individual classes can be taken for $20 each For more information on the series contact Rev. Dr, Dia Lynn at 831-998-7400/ dia@dialynn.com. For a full catalog of summer classes at Pacific Coast Church go to the website: www.pacificcoastchurchpg.org.

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Otter Views

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Hospitals and care homes have been on my itinerary lately as friends and family members around California dealt with various medical issues. The particulars are too complex to explore here, but a few general impressions surfaced.

Of those, staff attitude comes first to mind. So far this year, I’ve made repeat visits to hospitals in Salinas, Monterey and Marin County and to care homes in Marin and Palm Springs. The health workers I met showed enviable levels of energy, cheerfulness, professionalism and patience in often daunting circumstances.

Their buoyant outlook made me want 50 CCs of whatever they were having.

And it wasn’t just the people wearing scrubs. Groundskeepers, security guards, parking attendants, laundry and commissary workers, even accounts receivable clerks wore the same aura of helpfulness and goodwill.

Now, they might simply be happy to have jobs in this dismal economy. But I think it’s more than that. Like those who work in churches, schools, day care centers, libraries, mass transit, the military or public safety, the health community shares a “charge.”

It’s a willing commitment to care for whoever shows up and deal with whatever comes up, even in hellish circumstances.

War zones and third world epidemics are worst case. But even in seemingly placid California, hospital and care home staffers confront frequent crises and heartaches.

Granted, a quietly humming clinical routine normally prevails on the wards. But it’s not unusual to hear screaming, see bedside monitors jump or flat line, or watch disturbed patients fight with orderlies and tear out their IVs. Some patients never check out.

It’s all in a day’s (or a night’s) work. And it seems doable, so long as the patient is progressing. What distinguishes health care workers is their response when progress isn’t being made, or when progress becomes regress. They carry on regardless. They treat patients with courtesy, dignity and concern however dire the circumstances. I found that especially remarkable.

Visitors also benefit. I can attest to that because I suffer from DFS, or Direction Finding Syndrome. Where I was raised, we didn’t use north, south, east and west to indicate direction. Everything was either uphill toward the mountain (“mauka”) or downhill toward the ocean (“makai”). If you needed to go sideways, you just chose two landmarks laterally bracketing where you were. “Go three blocks Diamond Head,” we might say, or “go five blocks Ewa.” This system works fine when an ocean and a mountain lie within a single turn of the head. But what happens in deserts, foot hills, forests or estuaries? And more to the point, what happens in the fluorescent-lit labyrinthine corridors; the remote East and West Wings; the mythical North Garden Terraces of health care facilities?

In my case, DFS happens. If I can’t see a mountain or an ocean out the window, I swiftly lose my bearings. The DFS worsens geometrically when there are no windows.

I haven’t yet been hospitalized for this condition, but the time I’ve spent wandering confusedly in care homes and hospitals may amount to the same thing.

Over these past few months, my DFS seemingly brought me into contact with the entire health care community. As I careened like a skittle top from parking lot to emergency room to reception desk to waiting room to dining area to patient ward, I often took wrong turns. Thus I glimpsed “back of the house” staffers at work: laundering, gardening, cooking, housekeeping, wrestling with Medicare paperwork. I had a standard interruption for all of them.

“Can you tell me how to get to room 3109?”

To my enduring surprise, nobody punched a secret button on the wall or snatched up a red emergency phone. No one rose threateningly from a work station to demand what I was doing in the chipper-shredder area. No alarms sounded . . . no audible alarms, anyway.

Better yet, no one did the cruelest thing, which would have been to give me spoken directions, as in “walk east fifty paces, then knock on the fourth door.” Instead, they took me gently by the elbow and walked me solicitously to the next system nexus. ”See that blue door?” they would ask. “Go down there and turn right. The day shift bottle washer will take you the next part of the way.” I could imagine how settlers must have felt crossing the great salt desert in their Conestoga wagons.

At length I would arrive on the floor or ward or wing that housed whoever I had come to see. Then I would circle the unit, skirting wheelchairs, IV stands and gurneys and looking at the room numbers while simultaneously not looking into the rooms.

Ah, 3109!

“Where’ve you been?” the patient would ask.

I’d just shrug. “Are you going to eat that Jell-O?”

Cottage Veterinary Clinic under new stewardship

By Peter Mounteer The veterinary practice of Dr. Kimberly Wilkins, DVM, is celebrating four years in the business, and one year practicing in Pacific Grove. She runs Cottage Veterinary Care on 172 16th Street, nestled snugly between Chautauqua Hall and Holly’s Lighthouse Cafe, with Dr. Valerie Welch and prior owner Dr. Jen Wernstein. The business offers veterinary care primarily for dogs and cats, but will see other animals, termed “exotics”

by Dr. Wilkins, on a case by case basis.

Dr. Wilkins and her husband, Tony I Doing Campbell, hail from San Diego, where Wilkins received her Bachelor’s degree in biology from San Diego State in 2005.

Business in Pacific Grove Campbell holds a degree in electrical engineering. She said she always wanted to have a career in medicine but did not know exactly what she wanted out of that career path. During her time at San Diego State she became involved with the Pre-Veterinary Medical Association and became its president. She also held a part time job at a veterinary clinic during that time and fell in love with the prospects of the profession.

Following her graduation from university, Wilkins enrolled at the UC Davis College of Veterinary Medicine and completed her graduate studies in 2009. Following her time at UC Davis she and Campbell moved to Los Angeles where she practiced for one year before a stint at Northpointe Veterinary Hospital in Yuba City, as an emergency veterinarian.

In the summer of 2012 Cambpell and Wilkins visited Pacific Grove and fell in love with the area (as so many do!) and looked into settling here and located Dr. Jen Wernstein, the prior owner of Cottage Veterinary, who was looking to sell. For the young couple it was an opportunity they couldn’t pass up. Dr. Wilkins warmly recalls her time in emergency care, “It was the most wonderful experience. I had fantastic mentors, I got to see a vari- Kim Wilkins, DVM, and Maverick in front of her ety of cases, it was just very practice on 16th Street. stimulating and rewarding.”

Dr. Wilkins went on to mention that the most challenging part of her practice as a veterinary physician is dealing with end of life scenarios for pets, which she saw a lot of during her time at Northpointe.

Fortunately for Dr. Wilkins, and the community of pets and pet owners in Pacific Grove, end of life scenarios are not typically related to emergency visits, and most of Cottage Vet’s patients are there for old age-related conditions such as arthritis, deafness, incontinence and blindness, among others. One particularly notable case Dr. Wilkins recalls is that of Maverick, her own frisky young Husky. Maverick fell out of a moving truck and seriously damaged his feet. He spent three to four months in bandages, suffered from arthritic knees and underwent many surgeries at the hands of Dr. Wilkins.

His family couldn’t afford the bills so Wilkins and Campbell took him in until he was fully recovered, with the intention of adopting him away by the time he was, so to speak, back on his feet. However, by that time Maverick had already become a part of the family and Wilkins and Campbell couldn’t part with him.

Wilkins believes that one of the most important things animals can teach humans is “how to love and be a part of a relationship where you can give and receive love, because no matter what animals will always love and respect their human companions.”

Finally, Wilkins mentioned that she believes the clinic, in time, could support emergency services. For now the clinic, located at 172B 16th Street, is open from Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m-6:00 p.m. and Saturdays 8 a.m-5 p.m.

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‘Adopted’ birds getting beauty treatments

By Peter Mounteer Tweet Tweet! The birds on display at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History are in for a bit of a makeover. Art conservator Tonja Morris of Orinda has undertaken the process of preserving the collection, which includes pieces by the notable American ornithologist Rollo Beck, who contributed heavily to the foundational work of early ornithology. Working with Morris is collections curator Paul VandeCarr, whose been with the museum since 2009, and is originally from Sacramento. Morris holds a degree in art conservation with an emphasis in objects, the curriculum for which involves courses in history, studio art methods and chemistry. She has been in the business of art conservation for 10 years, after graduating from the University of Delaware in 2001 and undertaking various internships to gain hands on experience.

Morris is responsible for assessing the condition of each specimen in the museum’s collection, and taking steps to preserve what is there. She looks for mount condition, condition of the bird feathers and each specimen as a whole. She describes her role as preservation-focussed, which entails maintaining the condition of each specimen as it currently stands. This is distinguishable from restoration, which would be to update the specimen to make it look new.

And old they are, according to VandeCarr. Many of the museum’s specimens are at least 60 years old, with some dating back to as early as the turn of the century, 1900.

Critical to Morris’s approach is performing tests for arsenic. The poisonous metalloid was used heavily by early taxidermists and embalmers for its preservative properties; it was rubbed into the skin of the animals by the taxidermist. Over time, the arsenic rises to the surface of the animal, and can come into direct contact with the air and, more importantly, whoever is handling the specimen. It then becomes crucial that Morris accurately detect the presence of arsenic in the specimens she examines, so that they canbe handled safely and appropriately by museum staff in the future.

Although arsenic is still used in taxidermy, the dangers of handling the element have given way to utilizing a freeze drying process instead, which allows all of the organs to remain in the specimen, and makes the taxidermy and handling process safer for museum staff.

All museum specimens, especially those embalmed or taxidermied, suffer from the effects of long term degradation by light, changes in humidity and temperature. The museum attempts to keep these factors under control by carefully maintaining a temperature of 73-75 degrees Fahrenheit with 45-50 percent relative humidity. Sunlight is regulated simply by the low number of actual windows in the museum, which if you’ve been to the Museum and noticed, you know how dark it can sometimes get in the autumn before the lights come on around closing time.

So far, some 74 birds have been sponsored — “adopted” — by members of the public, and Morris has completed some 30 assessments of those 74 at the time of this writing. If every specimen in the museum collection winds up being sponsored, Morris will be a part of the family for quite a while.

She certainly has her work cut out for her as the museum holds some 452 bird specimens. The time it takes to assess a specimen depends largely on size and degree of degradation, but can take anywhere from one to seven hours. Despite yearly cleanings by museum workers, this represents the first time an art conservator has been brought into the museum to professionally assess each specimen, so the birds have not been examined professionally since they were first preserved. She was connected with VandeCarr in February of 2012 and the project was begun developmentally in 2011. Ideally, VandeCarr and the rest of the museum staff will be able to continue the program with other collections in the museum as well, including insects, bones, and mammalian specimens, among others.

Members of the public can help the museum out by sponsoring a bird, as Morris is examining sponsored specimens first. Sponsoring, also called “adoption” by museum is an easy one-step process that involves submitting a tax deductible donation of from $55 to $5000 to the

Tonja Morris, art conservator, works on a red-tailed hawk, part of the Rollo Beck collection at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History.

Development Department, with a selection of which bird or birds the donor wishes to sponsor. A full list is available at the http://www.pgmuseum.org/birds or (if you do not

have internet access) you can walk in anytime between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. on any day except Sunday, to submit the form, which are available from the museum front desk.

Los Angeles enacts plastic bag ban

The Los Angeles City Council just voted 11-1 to approve a plan to ban plastic bags and place a 10-cent charge on paper bags, plus setting regulations regarding permissible reusable bags. Plastic bags (and many other plastic products) are infamous among environmental activists for their adverse affects on marine life due to their incapacity to biodegrade over time. Their visual similarity to jellyfish, a particular favorite food of sea turtles, makes them dangerous decoys for hungry turtles who fall sick and die after ingesting plastic that they cannot metabolize.

With the ban, the largest city on the West Coast joins a steadily growing movement which includes 76 other cities and counties covered by such ordinances, including Monterey, San Jose, San Francisco, Palo Alto and Santa Cruz County, Mendocino County, Los Angeles County, among others.

According to the Monterey Ordinance banning plastic bags last year, CalRecycle estimates that nearly 20 billion single use plastic bags are used by Californians annually, and that 100 are discarded every second. The EPA also has their own figures on recycling, and estimate that only 5 percent of the single-use plastic bags used in California are recycled. There is no statewide law currently on the books that establishes a ban on plastic bags, though attempts have been made by the California State Assembly. None have succeeded as yet. One such attempt was State Assembly Bill 1998 which attempted to implement a ban state-wide and was widely supported by many businesses and environmental groups throughout the state. It has then been up to individual cities and counties to implement their own ordinances banning single use carryout plastic bags within their borders.

The Los Angeles ban targets retail stores selling perishable food. For stores bringing in more than $2 million in annual revenue or hosting over 10,000 feet of retail space, the ban would take effect by Jan 1, 2014. Smaller stores have a little extra time, and are required to phase out plastic bags by July 1, 2014.

According to the city’s 532 page Environmental Impact Report on this issue, Los Angeles proper uses more than two billion single use plastic bags per year, most of which end up as litter or in landfills.

Part of the plan for the Los Angeles ban is to educate consumers about the value of relying on reusable bags and to promote their use. Among other outreach efforts, the Bureau of Sanitation for the city of Los Angeles has been distributing reusable bags at Bureau open house events five times every year since 2008. Additionally, a year-long public education plan about reusable bags will also be implemented.

The plastic bag ban will also reduce emissions that contribute to ground level ozone by 54 percent and atmospheric acidification by 34 percent. While it is crucial higher in the atmosphere in protecting us land-dwellers from harmful UV radiation, ozone on the ground is dangerous and is considered a pollutant. At lower atmospheric levels, ozone can irritate the eyes and lungs and contribute to the forming of plaque in human arteries. The gas also lowers the amount of chlorophyl, the green pigment molecule produced in plants that is critical to sustaining life on this planet.

The ban will also keep plastic litter bags out of storm drains, which according to LA’s Environmental Impact Report, will improve water quality. Another positive impact of the ban suggested in the report is a reduction in the amount of trees lost “as a result of fluctuations in the demand for paper bags.” In short it would marginally reduce the rate of deforestation that occurs in relation to the production of paper materials.

The city council had a number of alternatives to consider when examining the potential ban. They could have either not initiated a ban at all, doing nothing to reduce waste. They also could have banned both outright which would have had a much bigger environmental impact than the ban they approved. Others included more or less severe versions of these alternatives, including higher fees and bans without grace periods.

The approval of the ban on plastic bags and 10 cent fee for paper bags is one small step in the Solid Waste Integrated Resources Plan (SWIRP) that aims to make Los Angeles a Zero Waste City by 2030, which would keep any and all solid waste from entering the city’s landfills. As of right now, the city of Los Angeles is diverting around 62 percent of its solid waste from landfills. The projected goal for solid waste diversion is 70 percent by 2015 and 90 percent by 2025. Los Angeles’ is among cities across the nation, including San Francisco, California, Seattle, Washington, and Austin, Texas, that are leaders of America’s Zero Waste movement.

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Pacific Grove Large 2 bedroom, 2 bath home close to schools, tennis court and children’s playground. Fireplace in living room, freshly painted inside and out.

Large back patio area and two car garage with workshop.

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Offered at $419,000

511 Gibson Avenue

Monthly Monterey $2,200 Monterey $1,335

T.J. Bristol (831) 521-3131

Pacific Grove Great walk to town, beaches, Cannery Row and recreation trail location. This 3 bedroom, 1 bath home features peeks of the bay from the front porch and upstairs bedrooms, eat in kitchen, sunny upstairs office area, new roof, 2 car garage and a low maintenance, fenced yard.

Offered at $639,000

Joe Smith (831) 238-1984

Market SnapShot (as of June 18, 2013) Pacific Grove Single Family

Number of Properties

Median Price

Current Inventory

45

$895,000 $1,375,753

87

Properties in Escrow

23

$732,000

$738,000

58

Closed Sales June

8

$586,250

$593,000

18

Closed Sales Year to Date 2013

82

$638,750

$708,410

68

Average Price

Days on Market