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In This Issue

Kiosk MONARCH COUNT 13,400 IN THE SANCTUARY ON 11/26/13 Through Dec. 23

CPOAMC Toy Drive Drop Toys at PGPD or other sites (see article inside)

• Sat. Dec. 7 at 7:30 PM Sun. Dec. 8 at 2:00 PM

Celtic Christmas Concert Harp & vocals + Taelen Thomas recitations Indoor Forest Theatre, Carmel $10 •

Monarch Film Festival - Page 4

Holidays in PG - Page 12-13

Sea stars wasting - Page 23

Pacific Grove’s

Sat. Dec. 7

Carmel Art Association Open House 5-7 PM

• Sat., Dec. 7

Used Book Sale Monterey Library 10 AM-5 PM 646-5602 •

Sat. Dec. 7

First Saturday Book Sale 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM PG Library

Sat., Dec. 7

Relaxation Lecture Marina Library 4:30-530 PM, Free

277- 9029 •

Sat., Dec. 7

“Invisible Grandparenting” Book Signing Pilgrim’s Way Books 1-3 PM, 601-9195 •

Sat., Dec. 7

Wharf Walk: Crabbing Old Fisherman’s Wharf 10 AM-Noon, $20/$15 521-3304 •

Sat. Dec. 7 – Sun. Dec. 8 Free Admission for County Residents Monterey Bay Aquarium 10 AM – 5 PM (831) 648-4800

• Sun., Dec. 8

Patrons’ Art Show PG Art Center 2 PM, $50/$75 375-2208 •

Dec. 6-12 2013

Your Community NEWSpaper

Vol. VI, Issue 13

What Shoe?

Breakers varsity squad celebrates a record-breaking win (77-53) over Carmel in the CCS Div. IV playoffs Fri., Nov. 29. Next up: Championship game against Sacred Heart Prep-Atherton on Dec. 6 at Independence High in San Jose. And who knows? Win that one, and the Breakers “stand a very good chance of being invited to the CIF (California Interscholastic Federation) Regional Bowl game” according to Mark Tennis of Cal-Hi Sports. CIF indicates they do not know where the game would be played, pending the outcome of Friday’s game. More photos on pages 10-11. Photo by Peter Nichols.

Kicking off the Season

Sun., Dec. 8

Winter Concert Hartnell Community Choir Hidden Valley Seminars 2 PM, $20, 649-0992

Mike Niccum steps down from school board after 10 years of service By Michael Sizemore

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Sun. Dec. 8

The 3rd Annual Cruz McDowell Fundraiser for Hemophilia Research Sly McFlys 700 A Cannery Row 4:00 - 8:00 PM •

Mon., Dec. 9 & 16 Class for Seniors Monterey Library 5:30-7:30 PM, Free 646-3933 •

Wed., Dec. 11

Lunch & Sing-Along Double Nickel Plus Good Shepherd Church Noon, $5, 484-2153 •

Fri., Dec. 13

Portrait Demo Carmel Visual Arts

Inside Animal Tales & Other Random Thoughts............... 20 Cop Log.............................................. 5 Food................................................. 22 Marriage Can Be Funny.................... 17 Otter Views....................................... 22 Seniors............................................. 15 Sports.................................10, 11 & 19

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Mayor Kampe, sporting a red Santa hat, greets merry-makers at the annual Lighting of the City Christmas Tree from the steps of the Museum. More pictures on page 3. Photo by Peter Nichols

The November 21 meeting of the Pacific Grove United School District Board was Mike Niccum’s last as a member of the board. After 10 years as a school board member, of which four (2007-2011) were served as chairman, Niccum felt it was time for him to step down. Part of the reason that he stepped down, he said, was the fact that he no longer has a child in the system. His daughter was a powerful link to the schools. He said that after Allison graduated from PG High in 2011 he found he “didn’t have the Mike Niccum pulse” as much as before. “You don’t have the chance to talk to as many people,” he said. Niccum feels that one of the most important things that he was able to do during his term was work with the Measure D bond issue. The funds from those bonds helped the board bring the various properties in the school district up to the proper level of maintenance. There had been a great deal of wear on the various school buildings through the years. The newest site in the system,

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Times • December 6, 2013

Holiday Calendar of Events SIMPLE GIFTS: A CONCERT OF HOLIDAY MUSIC FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

to Lovers Point Park! Gather your friends and family and tie jingle bells to your shoelaces to benefit the Artritis Foundation. More information, contact Alex Fallon at 831-620-1699.

ANNUAL MODEL TRAIN SHOW

Three dates, three locations: Dec. 6, 8 p.m. at St. Benedict Catholic

Sat. Dec. 14 10:00 AM - 5 PM, Sun. Dec. 15, 10:00 AM - 4 PM

Church, Hollister; December 14, 8 p.m. at Pacific Grove Performing Arts Center, 835 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove; and December 15, 2 p.m. at All Saints’ Episcopal Church at 9th Avenue and Dolores, Carmel

Upstairs at the American Tin Cannery, see a Model Train Show for children of all ages to enjoy. Displays and demonstrations, plus some trains kids are allowed to operate! For info call Jim Gunter at 831-402-1893

FREE ADMISSION FOR COUNTY RESIDENTS Monterey Bay Aquarium

CAMERATA SINGERS MUSIC OF THE SEASON Sun., Dec. 15 at 1st United Methodist in Pacific Grove Plus two other venues

Tickets are only $20 to hear traditional and new songs of the season, presented by Monterey Peninsula Voices, formerly Monterey Peninsula Choral Society. Tickets at 888-520-1870.

Sat. Dec. 7 - Sun. Dec. 15 10 AM-5 PM

The Monterey Bay Aquarium will once again offer free admission to all county reisdents (proof required). 10 AM – 5 PM (Regular Aquarium hours).There will also be activities on Sun., Dec 15. (831) 648-4800

33rd ANNUAL WINTERFEST

Saturday, December 7 from 10 AM-2 PM

Featuring an affordable Children’s Store and a General Store: Also an appearance by the Snow Queen, Snow Café, face painting, bake sale and raffle: Free admission to this family friendly event which benefits the Pacific Grove Adult School’s Co-Op Preschool. Held at Sally Griffin Senior Center, 700 Jewell Ave. For info call 831-646-6583.

20th ANNUAL STILWELL’S FUN IN THE PARK Saturday, December 7 from 10:00 AM-4:00 PM

At Tommy Stilwell Court downtown, behind the Post Office. Santa will arrive at noon, joining the Snowman and Snow Queen. Features rides, bounce houses, petting zoo and entertainment. More information: 831-373-3304 or www.pacificgrove.org.

Arthritis Foundation’s JINGLE BELL RUN/WALK Saturday, December 14 from 7:30 AM - 10:00 AM

John Rutter’s Gloria, sacred Music of the Season Sat., Dec. 14 at 7:30 p.m. at Carmel Mission, Carmel; and Sun., Dec. 15 at 3:00 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in Pacific Grove. Tickets are available by phone at 831-642-2701 or at the following locations: th Bookmark, 307 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove; Pilgrim’s Way, Dolores St. & 6 Ave., Carmel; Wild Bird Haven, 910 Del Monte Center, Monterey; Zeph’s 1-Stop 1366 S. Main St., Salinas.

Participate in updating PG’s Historic Preservation Ordinance

City of Pacific Grove Historic Preservation Ordinance ad hoc committee will hold a public meeting Mon., Dec. 9 at 4:00 p.m. at the City Manager’s Conference Room, City Hall, 300 Forest Ave. Have an interest in historic preservation? Come out and participate in the update to the City’s Historic Preservation Ordinance. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the Historic Preservation Ordinance Ad Hoc Committee of the City of Pacific Grove will hold a public meeting on Monday, December 9, 2013, at 4:00 p.m., to discuss the City of Pacific Grove Historic Preservation ordinances and regulations. Copies of the agenda and proposed items are available at the Community Development office in City Hall and on the City’s website www.ci.pg.ca.us

Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce and the Monterey Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation of Northern California’s 5K Timed Run/Fun Walk and a 1K Elf Run with kids has returned

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Pacific Grove Weekend Forecast

6th

Friday

Mostly Sunny

53° 43°

Chance of Rain

20% WIND: SSW at 7 mph

Saturday

7th

46° 34°

Rain

Chance of Rain

100% WIND: NW at 16 mph

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Sunny

50° 31°

Chance of Rain

0% WIND: NE at 6 mph

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Mostly Sunny

54°

Chance of Rain

34°

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

Week ending 11-14-13.................................. .00 Total for the season....................................... .66 To date last year (04-20-12)....................... 10.86 Historical average to this date................... 2.29 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

0% WIND: ENE at 5 mph

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December 6, 2013 • CEDAR STREET

Lighting the City Christmas Tree: Young and Old Alike Join with Joy

L-R: Santa arrives via PG fire engine. PGMS Holiday Brass Duet -- David Tuffs, trumpet and Felix Diaz, trombone entertain. The Hoiday Brass Quinete from PGHS also played: George Haugen, trumpet; Rachel Choi, trumpet; Carol Nader, horn; Julian Thompson, trombone; and Amanda Coleman, tuba. Left: Crowds listen to the entertainment and welcomes. An excited crowd of kids and parents line up at Chautauqua Hall after the Tree Lighting, hoping to visit with Santa or at least get a treat. Below: Chorus Director Denise Hedlind leads the Robert H. Down Elementary School choir in seasonal songs.

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Times • December 6, 2013

Monarch Film Festival Tickets Now On Sale

The long-anticipated second annual Monarch Film Festival will return on Wed., Dec. 11 and Thurs., Dec. 12 beginning at 4:15 p.m. at Lighthouse Cinemas in Pacific Grove. This two-day event features works from nine local film professionals and students as well as documentaries, features and shorts from all over the world. The awards ceremony and second screening featuring the winning selections will be the following day, Dec. 12 at 6:00 p.m. Join us in celebrating cinematic achievements from independent film makers, and enjoy the “Local’s Corner” – films made exclusively by local film makers and students showing on the big screen, giving our home town a chance to support the local film making community.

Individual screening tickets available online or at-the-door for only $10 general admission (feature or full length documentary) or a $10 special package price (shorts/ local shorts/ student narratives/ student shorts and short documentaries), $7.50 for students/military and seniors. All day, general and package tickets can be purchased online at: www.monarchfilmfestival2013.bpt.me or at the door. Discounted tickets (students/military/ seniors) only available at the door. Official schedule can be found online at www.monarchfilmfestival.com/ festival-2013. For more information email: info@ monarchfilmfestival.com or visit www. monarchfilmfestival.com

An example of the films screening:

LOCALS CORNER EXTRAORDINARY ORD By Eric Palmer (Previously synopsized) DECEMBER 11, 7:05PM

MONARCH MOVEMENT By Robert Pacelli (Previously synopsized) DECEMBER 11, 6:25PM

What Makes Us Human by Kellen Gibbs As the cars pass by on a normal street corner, we find ourselves following in the footsteps of a man living on the streets. Tattered and dirty, the man (Hugh) appears to be like any normal homeless beggar on the street corner. Life, however, is often more complicated than it seems at first glance. Director Kellen Gibbs takes the audience through the eye-opening and heart-wrenching tale of loss and consequence that is often unrecognized by most. DECEMBER 11, 9:20 PM

The Song by Marwan Hussein Felix, an aloof, deep thinking San Francisco youth in his mid-twenties embarks on a journey of self-discovery as he seeks his “other half” and finally becomes complete. Seeking completion through relationships, he wallows in despair at his failures, yet holds strong to his convictions to righteousness. Walking the lonely straight and narrow path, he is about to find himself in a situation where it is do or die, and his decision will make all the difference. DECEMBER 11, 6:25 PM

The People Watcher by Matthew DiPietrio

The Fight for Water: A Farm Worker Struggle

Documentary film puts human face to California's Water Wars

The award-winning documentary film, "The Fight for Water: A Farm Worker Struggle," which put a human face to the California Water Crisis and the environmental decision that impacted a farm-working community in the Westside of the San Joaquin Valley, will screen as the "Official Selection" at this year's International Monarch Film Festival, Dec. 11 and 12 at the Lighthouse Cinemas. The film was recently awarded Best Documentary at the 2013 Viña de Oro International Film Festival and will screen Wed., Dec. 11 at 8:30 pm with a Q & A after the film with the filmmaker. Tickets for the screening can be purchased online at www.monarchfilmfestival. com/festival-2013 or www.thefightforwaterfilm.com/monarch or at the Lighthouse Cinemas, located at 525 Lighthouse Ave. The film, which documents a march held by farmers and their farm workers, spanning across the Westside of the California Central Valley to the San Luis Reservoir in order to fight for their water, has won accolades and worldwide recognition. It has screened at more than 10 film festivals, including film festivals in Malaysia and the Czech Republic. It has received runner-up honors in the categories of Best Documentary in Cinematography and Best Documentary Political Film at the 2013 Action on Film International Film Festival, where it was also nominated for Excellence in Filmmaking. The documentary follows a group of farmers and their farm workers who describe how federal water measures in 2009 contributed to thousands of people being displaced from their jobs and fields going dry while refuges that protect a threatened fish species received all of the water designated for them. Because of that, the government had to declare the affected area a disaster and was forced to provide humanitarian food assistance for more than 200,000 people, many of whom were migrant workers who did not have other means to turn to. Lois Henry, newspaper columnist for The Bakersfield Californian, reviewed the film and found it to be "moving", "compelling" and "pretty impressive". "People should see this film," she stressed. "It's important that we understand that perspective of what the 'Water Wars' mean on a really, really human scale." The film was produced by Juan Carlos Oseguera, a filmmaker who was raised in the California Central Valley by parents who were migrant farmworkers. He is a graduate of San Francisco State University and has been a published film critic. This is his first feature length documentary. Oseguera, 39, understood the struggle farmworkers were facing and set out to document the their plight as a lesson to be learned and as a voice to be heard. Yet in his quest to understand this water situation, he uncovered class, social and environmental politics behind water access and distribution in California, and the ripple effect it has on all of us. Hollywood actor Paul Rodriguez, who helped organize the water march in the style of Cesar Chavez, is featured in the film for his activism in this cause. Major political figures from throughout the state, and community leaders representing the Central Valley community, who stood in favor and against the water cause, also appear on the film. Arnold Schwarzenegger also makes an appearance. For more information about the film, the film festival screening and requests to screen the film, visit: www.thefightforwaterfilm.com www.facebook.com/thefightforwaterfilm

The People Watcher is a story about a man who frequents a park to watch his favorite recurring “characters.” One day while people watching a man sits down on a bench across from John and stares him down giving no reason for his stare. This man continues his regimen of staring John down for the next few days until John takes measures to find out who the staring man is and what he wants. DECEMBER 11, 4:45PM

Posey by Billy DaMota

POSEY is the story of Linda Flemming (Sally Kirkland), who must take her ailing grandmother, Posey to a senior care facility. She suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and in a desperate move to avoid the inevitable, Posey escapes. While her loved ones search for her, Posey finds herself in a situation that changes her life forever. DECEMBER 11, 7:30PM

The Right Regrets by Ralph Senensky Vancouver, BC. Englishman, Charles Wickham, doesn’t notice he’s being followed. A woman seats her herself across the room in a cafe holding a menu up to partially shield her face. Lily McHenry’ eyes zero in on Charles and the scene goes into flashback. Antique Book Fair, Monterey: The attraction is instant between Lily and Charles (who’s a rare book dealer). It’s a perfect weekend, the two are in love. Except...The rub is whenever Lily talks about visiting Charles in Vancouver he changes the subject. Suspicious, she confronts him. He continues to be evasive but asks Lily to be patient, that he has a decision to make, but must make it alone. Now Lily decides to find out just who the mysterious Charles Wickham really is and what he’s hiding. Afraid of losing Charles but not afraid of the truth, she carries out a scheme that could end up being the first regret of her life. DECEMBER 11, 8:00 PM

The Bikini Shop by Ami-Su Lawless

Synopsis not available at press time. DECEMBER 11, 7:55 PM

Dust by Shane Book A young poet’s final evening with his girlfriend sparks memories of an afternoon spent with his ailing grandfather. Adapted from Shane Book’s National Magazine Award-winning poem, an exploration of the nature of grief becomes a poetic meditation of water, skin and dust. DECEMBER 11, 4:35PM

December 6, 2013 • CEDAR STREET

The Meaning and Tradition of Advent By Fr. Michael Bowhay

It’s not too late to observe the Season of Advent. Many like to do it by fashioning an Advent wreath. It is simply a circle of evergreens lying flat or horizontal with 4 candles placed equidistant around it and one candle in the center. The origin of the Advent wreath is lost to history, although similar practices in Europe long before Christmas arrived. There is evidence of the use of a circle, symbolizing eternity and everlasting life. Speaking of scripture, The Prophet Isaiah predicted the coming of the Messiah, the Christ child, 700 years before the birth of Jesus (Isaiah 49:6): “I will give thee (Jesus) for a Light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my Salvation unto the ends of the earth.” The writers of the gospels picked up on this by further referring to the Jesus as the Light of the world. (Luke 2:29-32, John 1:4-9 & John 3:19-21). That is how Jesus became known as the Light. The lighting of the candles, one at a time over the four weeks of Advent, symbolizes the growing and expanding entry of the Light into the world and our lives through the birth of Christ. Christ is Greek for Messiah. In other words, Jesus Christ in Greek is Joshua Messiah in Hebrew. This is important, because as we move in and through the Christmas season, Jesus is often referred to as the Messiah, the Savior, God-the- Son, who came into Theworld. city ofIf Pacific nation filing period will beofextended the Jesus isGrove not ourgeneral Christ or Messiah, the Incarnate Son God, as municipal election will be held on until 5:00 p.m. on wednesday, Audescribed in Gospels celebrated during Christmas, November 6, the 2012 for theand following gust 15, 2012. then Christianity if a farce and your faith is in vain (1st Corinthians 15:12-22). offices: mayor (one two-year, fullTo date, the following have taken term The office) and council member papersand forcoverings the November violet color of three candles, andout the the vestments on the (three four-year, full-term offices). altar is a sign of Royalty and Penitence. election: For us this means regret for our past candidates obtaintonominawrong doings may with intent amend our lives. The pink orMayor rose color candle tion forms from the Pacific Grove Bill Kampeour joining represents our hope of rejoicing at the end of time in anticipation city clerk’s Office, 300 Forest Avcarmelita Garcia with His Resurrection. enue, Pacific Grove, cA 93950, (831) In648-3181. completed forms ancient times, on the four Sundays of Advent, the Church contemplatmust be filed with the city clerk’s CityHence Council ed thebyfour death,p.m. judgment, Heaven or hell. the candle office no last laterthings: than 5:00 on robert anticipates Huitt colors August of 3 violet one unless pink. Inanmodern times, the Church Friday, 10,and 2012, eligible incumbent not file for and His Incarnation casey both the coming ofdoes the Christ Child and Lucius more especially re-election, in which case thefornomithe preparation of our souls His Coming again at theDan endMiller of time. Finally the white candle in the middle is the Christ Candle and it lit during the “The Bench” opening in pebble Beach Christmas Eve service. On August 6 a new restaurant, The Bench, overlooking the 18th green, is notattoo to fashion an Advent wreath forbe your home. will It debut thelate Lodge in Pebble Beach. It will noted forAnd its internaremember when lighting these candles, prepare yourself to meet the Christ tional styles from Asian to Italian to Middle east, featuring incredible techChild, like theroasting first visitors, the shepherds, to fall onThe yourBench knees occupies and niquesand of wood and open-flame cooking. the space formerly known as club 19. worship Him.

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Ronald Franklin Dillon of Salinas was arrested by Monterey County Sheriffs on charges of burglary, possession of burglary tools, possession of stolen property, possession of controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, illegal use of a police scanner, illegal U-turn, and probation violation. Evidence was found which linked him to burglaries on San Benancio Rd., Toro Park, and incidents in the Carmel Valley area. Items taken included about $22,000 worth of electronics, cameras and jewelry, plus an iPad and an HP laptop computer.

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Laura Emerson

Cop log 11/23/13 – 11/29/13 Perilous driving A driver struck two parked vehicles on Sinex Ave. No other information provided except towing was involved. Police were called to a non-injury collision in the vicinity of David Ave. and Moreland Ave. The subject came to the police department to report they’d been involved in a noninjury traffic collision on Congress Ave. at David Ave. and information was exchanged. The second vehicle rear-ended the first vehicle on Forest Ave. while its driver was adjusting the radio. After making an unsafe lane change, it was noted that the driver had a suspended license, no proof of insurance and no vehicle registration. The driver was stopped for speeding and determined to be unlicensed. He was cited in the field and released…to continue his journey on foot as his vehicle was towed. The subject lost control of his vehicle, driving into a private driveway, over a retaining wall and colliding with a parked trailer. The subject requested a tow. Upon arriving at the scene of an accident, it was noted that one vehicle’s airbags were deployed, both vehicles were damaged to the point of needing to be towed and one passenger required transportation to the hospital. A vehicle drove into a crosswalk while there were pedestrians crossing, causing them to dive out of the way. One pedestrian suffered an injured knee. DUI arrest While “under the influence,” Manuel Ramirez drove a vehicle that was involved in a collision. He was arrested, booked and released on a citation to appear. Perilous parking A vehicle backed into a parked car while attempting “a parking maneuver.” A(nother) vehicle backed into another (other) vehicle while it was passing in a parking lot. The reporting party complained that two bicycles – locked to a stop sign on Forest Ave. – were impeding pedestrian access and partially blocking the sidewalk. Further, he stated that if the police department didn’t get rid of them, he would. And the car was not locked because…? An unknown suspect entered the victim’s unlocked vehicle on Melrose Pl., ransacked the interior and removed several items. The reporting party discovered that someone had ransacked the interior of her unlocked vehicle while it was parked in the carport area of her apartment complex on Lighthouse Ave. However, upon closer inspection, nothing was missing. The victim was unpacking her vehicle and left all four doors open, later returning to discover someone had taken her laptop. If a light pole falls in the street, and no one is around, does it make a sound? An officer was dispatched to the location of a fallen light pole; public works was contacted to pick up the fallen light pole. Public drunkenness Eaen Irwin was detained because he burglarized a grocery store. During the initial investigation, Irwin was found to be intoxicated in public, given a trespassing admonishment, then arrested, booked, cited and released to a sober person. Possible ID theft Person living on Congress Ave. is the possible victim of ID theft after receiving phone calls from a bank in Michigan regarding a past due bill. Good thing he wasn’t carrying scissors The reporting party said that his foot caught on the curb, causing him to fall. The left side of his face and eye were bleeding and swollen. Refusing medical assistance, he was cleaned up and given ice for the oncoming bruises. Oops! Fourteen signed checks belonging to a homeowner’s association were found lying on the ground. The signer was advised to retrieve the checks. Lost and found A bullet was found in the parking lot at Lovers Point and turned over to police for destruction. A subject turned in a credit card that a records check indicated was stolen from Monterey. The subject reported losing their iPad, which they’d accidently left on the roof of their vehicle when they drove away. A single round of ammo was found in records (at PGPD) and placed into evidence for destruction. [Hmm, could this be the same bullet that was previously found in the parking lot at Lovers Point?]

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Times • December 6, 2013

Jon Guthrie’s High Hats & Parasols

100 Years Ago in Pacific Grove Please bear in mind that historical articles such as “High Hats & Parasols” present our history — good and bad — in the language and terminology used at the time. The writings contained in are quoted from Pacific Grove/Monterey publications from 100 years in the past. Please also note that any items listed for sale in “High Hats” are “done deals,” and while we would all love to see those prices again, people also worked for a dollar a day back then. Thanks for your understanding.

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Holiday excursion Now you can enjoy an excursion to New Orleans and return with a complimentary side trip to Chicago. Available until January 2, 1914. How is that for holiday fun? You can also board a steamer in New Orleans for a 15 day cruise to Panama and return. Land trip only $70.10. Add a steamer cruise, merely an additional $71. (Food and fun included aboard both train and steamer). Make your reservation now! T. F. Shillingsberg, passenger agent, San Jose. 1 Ladies, earn big money! The Barclay Custom Corset Company is seeking glib women to sell Barclay corsets within a guaranteed territory. Barclay corsets are manufactured with staves of genuine whale bone and the finest of soft materials. You will receive several booklets of training instructions plus beautiful sales handouts with two-color woodcuts. No investment is required. Pay only for handouts used. First dozen are free. Inquire at the Barclay Custom Corset Company, Newark, N. J. 2 Band concert Next Saturday evening is the final chance for you to hear a concert by the Peninsula Band this winter. Concerts will not resume until next spring. Concerts this season have been vastly attended and the audience has paid close attention to the music so make your plans early. Several Xmas numbers will be included in this coming concert. New Northbound Southern Pacific has added a new northbound to its daily schedule. Now you can depart the Grove for San Francisco at 4 p. m. with a brief stopover at Del Monte and flag stops along the route. Court order The California Superior Court in and for the County of Monterey has issued the following order: In the matter of Lucius Taylor, who died without will, and without known family, leaving considerable estate … said estate will be held for thirty days to clear any claims against it, and then turned over to charity, to wit the Salvation Army. Wrong distance The Pacific Grove Review erred last week in citing the distance between Pacific Grove Beach and Del Monte Beach in a story about a swimming feat. The figure was not correct and the Review has been dutifully brought to task. The actual distance, as measured by the U. S. Geological Survey, is 2 1/2 miles and not 3 miles, which was the “bit exaggerated” report. The Review hopes that its error did not distract from the glory of the swim. 3 One vessel in port The Associated Oil Company’s tug Navigator with her tow, the barge Monterey, were in port at Monterey Bay after the Monterey took on a cargo of petroleum at the Coalinga Wharf. The Navigator plans to depart after the Monterey is off-loaded. Obey your husbands! I am a judge frequently involved in weddings. As such, I am often asked what is the most important advice to offer new wives. I have a really simple answer. “Newlyweds, obey your husbands!” 4

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• The Pacific Grove Athletic Association meets regularly the second Wednesday of each month. We need your support! • Mr. W. A Trevor has checked in from Los Angeles at The Pacific Grove Hotel for a brief business stay in our community. • The Women’s Christian Temperance Union meets in the ladies parlor of the Methodist church on the first and third Mondays of each month at 2:30 p.m. • Join us for preaching and praise every Thursday afternoon at 3 at the Bethel Mission. This notice posted by Sister Sarah Banks. • The teachers from the Pacific Grove high school will hold a meeting on Thursday evening of next week to discuss important changes needed to be made in our school system. The meeting begins at 7:00. Parents are welcome.

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• Boys with bicycles wanted for newspaper delivery. You get paid 5₵ per delivery per year and you can compete for prizes. • We are offering new prices on Mazda Sunbeam lamps. Perfect for your living room and elsewhere in your home. Now just $1.50 each at Culp Bros on Lighthouse avenue. 5

• Take the vapor in your own sanitarium treatment room. Supervised by a trained nurse. $1.50 per half day session, vapor provided. 6 • Read the Los Angeles Tribune daily and on Sunday. Delivered to your home by newsboy on bicycle is $5 for one year. A six-month subscription without Sunday is just 15₵ per month. 7

Author’s notes…

1 Excursions were gaining popularity 100 years ago. Most were top drawer, with meals included, and often featured fresh lobster on the half shell. Serving as excursion director aboard train and/or boat was a much sought after position, especially for young women. 2 Door-to-door sales were just becoming popular with Nabisco, Fuller Brush, and Steller Scissors entering the competition against Barclay Custom Corset. Vacuum cleaners like Rainbow and Electroluxe would soon enter the free-for-all. Unlike Barclay’s crew, however, most door-to-door sales personnel were male. 3 Yes, but who in the heck made the swim? Was that lack of name another bit of oversight? Do any of my readers know? Research will continue. 4 The author wonders whether this unnamed judge was actually re-elected. 5 The Mazda lamp was Tesla’s answer to Edison’s “General Electric” light bulb. Indeed, the “lamp” was more of a bulb than a true “lamp.” 6 Mentholated steam was the latest medical treatment in 1913 and breathing sessions

were quite popular in so-called sanitariums. 7 Home deliveries were just coming into vogue. Prizes for delivery boys were used to promote dependability.

Cetacean group to hear about dolphin captures in Japan

Cynthia Fernandez, a volunteer monitor of the notorious dolphin captures and slaughters in Taiji, Japan, will discuss what’s happened since the 2009 Academy Award winning documentary “The Cove” when she speaks to the Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Cetacean Society on Thursday, December 5. The program, free and open to the public, will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Boat Works Building at Hopkins Marine Station at 120 Ocean View Boulevard. More information is available at www.acsmb.org. Fernandez will be fresh from her latest monitoring trip when she addresses the society, the oldest whale and dolphin conservation organization in the world. She will have videos without the graphic details that can be disturbing. A San Francisco high school science teacher, Fernandez said the documentary inspired her to join Ric O’Barry’s Dolphin Project as a monitor. “I knew I had to get involved and things have just steamrolled from there.” She has done many presentations in schools to explain dolphins, the problems they have in captivity and the activities in Taiji. “My goal is to educate children and teenagers about the cruelty of captivity in the hopes of, someday, seeing all dolphins and orcas wild and free,” Fernandez said.

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he said, was Forest Grove School, “and that was built in the fifties.” First the district started with the basics, including heating for the schools; then they went on to other projects: science and photography laboratories, the football stadium and athletic fields, the performance center and the music room at the middle school. The district offices, he noted, were for many years in temporary buildings beside PG Middle School, until they used Measure D funds to build new offices at the end of the school’s athletic field. He points out that the new office building is a basic, serviceable building that contains essential office space and a conference room large enough for public meetings. The district also built a maintenance building in the same compound. Another important improvement recently made was a fiber-optic networking of all active buildings in the system. “Technology is the wave of the future,” he said. Niccum said he has been honored to work with Superintendent Ralph Porras. “We’re very lucky with the superintendent we have,” he said. He explained that, during the hiring process, Porras “blew the doors off” in his interview. He had worked with only one school district before PG, but had worked as an administrator, a teacher and in office work, so he knew a great deal about how things work in a school system. “Porras is very good at motivating administrators. And he thinks strategically, so that he can quickly react to emergencies that come up, such as the recent resignation of the Forest Grove principal,” said Niccum. “The superintendent is key,” Niccum said, and added that principals are also primary parts of the system. All the district’s principals, he noted, are from within the system. The key to running a school district, he said, is “being fair to everyone” and “fiscal responsibility.” Niccum will look back with his time on the board with a lot of joy. “It’s really been fun,” he said. He said he wants to thank his wife Alyce and family for making his service possible. “They put up with a lot of meetings,” he added. He also notes that his employer was extremely supportive. Niccum works with the Pebble Beach Community Services District. He has been with the company for around 20 years, serving as an engineer and then for six years as general manager. “Pacific Grove is such a neat place to raise kids,” he said. “How many places can you say, ‘My kid gets to march in a parade twice a year’?”

Monterey Library to hold annual used book sale

The Friends of the Monterey Pubic Library will hold their annual Giant Used Book Sale Friday and Saturday, December 6-7. Gently used and like-new books, CDs, DVDs and collectibles will be on sale at bargain prices. There will be a preview sale for Friends members only on Friday, December 6, from 3-5 p.m. Non-members may join at the door. On Saturday, December 7, the public sale will be held in the Library Community Room from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. All proceeds benefit the Monterey Library. The library is located at 625 Pacific Street in Monterey. For more information call 646-5602 or visit www.monterey.org/library.

Toy Drive and Complimentary Gift Wrap in Carmel

Convictions of the Heart Foundation, Carmel/Monterey Fire Fighters, and the Salvation Army brings you our second Annual Santa's Workshop in Carmel by the Sea, Thursdays through Sundays from 11 a.m. till 6 p.m. through December 22. Extra hours are offered the Monday and Tuesday before Christmas, Dec 23 and 24 from 11:00 a.m. till 4:00 p.m. Location : 1st Murphy House (Lincoln NW corner of 6th ave) in Carmel by the Sea Proceeds and toys will benefit the Salvation Army and the Carmel Firefighters Toy Drive. We offer complimentary gift wrapping to the community and retailers. Bring your child or pet to visit Santa, who will be on hand every Saturday and Sunday from 12 noon till 3 p.m. Photos are $15 and additional children for $10 each. Amazing assortment of Goody Baskets (retail value) $100 to $300 will be raffled. Come in and purchase your tickets! Winners of Raffle announced on Dec. 24 at 1p.m., and you don’t have to be present to win. We’ll deliver prizes to local winners. Bring a Toy for the Carmel Fire Fighters or Salvation Army on Dec 12 from 12:00 p.m. till 5:00 p.m. and the firefighters will wrap it personally!

Simple Gifts:Concert of holiday music for the family

Monterey Peninsula Voices, formerly the Monterey Peninsula Choral Society, presents their annual holiday concert, “Simple Gifts” December 14, 8 p.m. at Pacific Grove Performing Arts Center, 835 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove; and December 15, 2 p.m. at All Saints’ Episcopal Church at 9th Avenue and Dolores, Carmel. Tickets are $25. Seniors and military are $15, students 18 and younger are $10. Tickets may be purchased online at www.thempcs.org or call 888-520-1870. The program includes favorites sung a cappella: “Carol of the Bells,” “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies,” “Mary Had a Baby” and “My Gift.” Traditional songs old and new include “Deck the Halls,” “Here We Come A-Wassailing,” and “Jingle Bells.” The there are the songs to tug your heart with their beauty: “O Holy Night,” “O Nata Lux” by Morten Lauridsen and “Ave Maria” by Tomas Luis de Victoria. This is just a sampling, there are many more.

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Assumptions Can Be Dangerous to Investors John C. Hantelman

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Let the Monterey Bay Aquarium treat you this holiday season. Monterey County residents receive free aquarium admission between Sat., Dec. 7 and Sun., Dec. 15 during its annual community open house. Free admission for Monterey County residents is an annual thank you to the community for its support of the non-profit aquarium. It’s a great time of year to experience the wonders of the aquarium. Admission is good for all aquarium exhibits and programs, including the far-out world of the Jellies Experience. During Community Day on Sun., Dec. 15, there will be special activities such as feeding show in Spanish and English, a family craft room and special musical performances by YOSAL (Youth Orchestra Salinas). To receive free admission, Monterey County residents must present photo ID and proof of residence at the main entrance. Current student identification from California State University Monterey Bay, Hartnell College, Monterey Peninsula College, the Monterey Institute of International Studies, utility bills or Monterey-Salinas Transit monthly bus pass are also valid proof of residence. Free admission is good only during regular aquarium hours, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Guests from outside Monterey County – including relatives or friends of local residents – can accompany local residents but will be charged regular admission fees. Community Open House and Community Day are made possible, in part by the support of Aquarium business partners. For general aquarium information including daily program schedules, visit www. montereybayaquarium.org or call (831) 648-4800. The Monterey Bay Aquarium is located at 886 Cannery Row in Monterey. Its mission is to inspire conservation of the oceans.

The annual Crime Prevention Officer’s Association of Monterey County Toy Drive commenced on Tues., Nov. 12 and will run last until Dec. 23. Last year, the Toy Drive provided over 1,600 toys to children in need. Churches and community service agencies throughout Monterey County have identified the needy children and they will help Santa by wrapping all the new toys. Toy Drive 2013 Drop off sites: CHP office, - 960 E. Blanco, Salinas CSUMB PD office - 100 Campus Center, Seaside Sheriff’s Office, 1414 Natividad Rd., Salinas Sheriff’s Office, 10680 Merritt St., Castroville Seaside PD, 400 Harcourt Ave., Seaside Pacific Grove PD, 580 Pine Ave., Pacific Grove Presidio of Monterey PD, 4468 Gigling Rd. Sand City PD, 1 Sylvan Park, Sand City Carmel PD, Junipero and Fourth, Carmel Sheriff’s Office, 1200 Aguajito Rd., Monterey Monterey PD, 351 Madison St., Monterey Del Rey Oaks PD, 650 Canyon Del Rey, Del Rey Oaks Walgreen’s Pharmacy at Monterey, Marina, Salinas at N. Sanborn, Seaside CVS Pharmacy at Monterey at Fremont St. and Lighthouse Ave., Marina, Carmel, Prunedale at San Miguel Canyon Rd. and Vierra Canyon Rd.

Symphonic Choir ‘Holiday Magic’ Concert Dec. 8

The San Jose Symphonic Choir under the direction of Maestro Leroy Kromm announces its Holiday Magic concert on Sun., Dec. 8 at 3:00 p.m. at First United Methodist Church (“Butterfly Church”), 915 Sunset Drive in Pacific Grove. A reception will follow. The program will include John Rutter’s glorious Magnificat which features soprano Laura Arthur and organist Barbara Vella. Rounding out the program will be Ken Malucelli’s “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, Es ist ein’ Ros’ entsprungen” and a carol sing-along. Founded in 1924, the San Jose Symphonic Choir has been under the musical direction of Maestro Kromm since 1985. Under his inspiring direction, the choir has flourished and grown in size and musicianship, and the group now includes many singers from the Monterey Peninsula. Recent performances include Bach’s “St. Matthew Passion,” the world premiere of Henry Mollicone’s “Beatitude Mass,” Mendelssohn’s “Elijah” and much more. Upcoming concerts in early 2014 will feature Joseph Haydn’s “The Creation” and Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Dona Nobis Pacem.” Peter Tuff is the rehearsal director of the Monterey chapter of this 120-strong symphonic choir. Tickets are $15 and are available at the door, and at the following outlets: Bookmark Music, 307 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove; Do Re Mi Music, 26135 Carmel Rancho Blvd, Carmel. More information on Maestro Leroy Kromm and the San Jose Symphonic Choir can be found on its website at www.sanjosesymphonicchoir.org.

Alexey Steele to give drawing demo

Master draughtsman Alexey Steele will present a live portrait drawing demonstration with local photography rockstar Kim Weston sitting as his muse at Carmel Visual Arts on Friday December 13. The $20 ticket includes a wine and cheese reception that begins at 6:30 p.m. with the demo beginning at 7 o’clock. A native of Russia, Steele is the son of an academically trained painter, Leonid Steele, who is an acclaimed social realist of the Soviet School. He followed in his father’s footsteps and studied at the V. Surikov Moscow State Academy Art Institute before he moved with his parents to Southern California when he was 23 years old. “We live in a world of cameras,” Steele says. “Our society thinks photographic images are the ultimate truth. But the camera can only record a very narrow spectrum of tone in either a light or a dark range, never both. It also has a very limited ability to read color and value. The human eye can see so much more. If a camera snaps one frame at, say, one-sixtieth of a second, it captures only a tiny part of reality. Life painting and drawing take hours or days and involve the full richness of human experience. Processing such enormous amounts of information requires making thoughtful personal choices. As an artist you have to synthesize thousands of seconds of seeing, and reflect deeply on each step of the process. That is why art offers so much more than a snapshot.” To register, go to carmelvisualarts.com. Carmel Visual Arts is located at 3728 The Barnyard, Studio G23, Carmel. For more information call 620-2955.

“Examples of Alexey Steele’s artistic vision and delicate touch with conté can be seen in these two examples; Portrait of his friend Cesar Santos, and one of his father Leonid Steele.”

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CCS Playoff: Pacific Grove 77 - Carmel 53 Tweeting a playoff game: Fans texting the action to us; we’re spewing it back out because the hometown fans are hanging on every tweet. And what a game it was! No. 3 seed Carmel v. 7th seeded Pacific Grove. Winner goes to CCS Div. IV championship game Eeyah! 7-0 PG on an 85-yd drive with 10 mins. left in the first quarter Luke Lowell interception: PG’s got the ball. Forget the Shoe someone posted Carmel makes it even 7-7 with 8:20 in the quarter 4:53 left. Another 40 yd TD run now 14-7 PG Jason Leach TD from about 5 yards now 21-7 PG PG scores again 28-10! Peter sending photos from his iPhone to whet your appetites for our Fri. issue Jake Speed TD pass from Luke Lowell Lowell 2 pt after TD gives PG 42-24 Quick, it’s halftime. Run to the bathroom and the refrigerator! 2nd half under way. Breaker fans tuning in from AZ, Tahoe, Henderson, San Diego, Santa Barbara 56-38 with 4:07 in the 3rd This is wild! Jake Speed gets his 5th TD of the game, a 17 yd. run Score now 70-38 with 10:43 in the 4th People are wondering if this is a basketball game looking at the score Marden/Carmel 2 yd run 70-45 with 9:19 in the 4th Breakers kicking Padre butt Score now 77-53. Start packing Final 77-53! Yes! What’s the Breakers’ % from the free throw line? LOL! Stats: Jake Speed = 6 TDs, Jason Leach 4; Speed 201 yds. rushing, Leach 183 Luke Lowell ruled the air while Speed and Leach covered the ground Next up for the Breakers: SACRED HEART GATORS as Monterey falls 34-7 A grudge match? Gators knocked Breakers out of the playoffs last year

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Self Care During the Holiday Season

Guess what? The Holiday Season is here. Christmas is right around the corner. As children we get very deeply conditioned about what Christmas means, all the expectations, shoulds, should nots. As much as you may be looking forward to the Christmas gifts, it can also be a traumatic experience. Do you remember hoping, praying for your favorite gift, so excited for weeks... then you open the gifts at Christmas - and you got something else? How sad and disappointing it was! Very often when the holiday season is approaching we feel stress, without always consciously knowing why. One of the main reasons is lack of self-care. We tend to be very outwardly focused, thinking about what is expected of us, how to do the “right” actions, find the “right” Christmas gifts for our family and friends, neglecting our own wants and needs. If you didn’t get the Christmas gifts you had really wanted as a child and teenager, that sets up another layer of tension and stress today, because childhood experiences create an assumption in the subconscious that the same experiences will happen today. Here are some of the ways to take care of yourself, so that you can experience more relaxation and joy during this Holiday season than you had before. 1. Close your eyes, take a few deep

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Self discovery breaths into your belly. Ground yourself first. Get a sense of your feet on the ground, connected to the earth. Feel your tailbone, and imagine that from the tip of your tailbone a strong grounding cord is coming out, like a tree. Your grounding cord is moving deep into the earth, all the way into the very center of the earth, and is anchoring itself there. Feel yourself deeply connected to Mother Earth, grounded in this moment in a peaceful and relaxed way. 2. Realize that this is your life, you come first. Say to yourself out loud: “This is my life. I come first.” 3. As a child your survival depended on your caregivers, you didn’t have much choice. Now as an adult you have choices you didn’t have back then. Feel in your gut the fact that you can choose to take care of yourself now and ask for what you want. “I deserve to ask for what I want.” 4. Take a few deep breaths, all the way down into your belly.

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5. Ask yourself what you want in this holiday season. Imagine the possibility of a stress-free Christmas. 6. Making mistakes is part of being human. We can learn from our mistakes, apologize, and forgive ourselves. Realize that who you are is always lovable no matter what mistakes you have made. 7. Your Self-Love Chamber is in the middle of your chest. Put both of your hands there and send yourself unconditional love. Feel it spreading through your body. 8. Say to yourself: “I love myself exactly as I am.” 9. Imagine your ideal Christmas. Write it down. Say to yourself: “I deserve to receive a joyful Christmas.” 10. Write down 2-3 self-care actions you can do for each of these holidays.

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Lecture aims to enable holiday relaxation

The Monterey Bay Holistic alliance will present a free lecture and demonstration by Rabia Erduman, “Conquer Tension and Stress for a Joyful Happy Holiday.” She will offer simple relaxation and meditative techniques to help relieve physical tension and discomfort. The lecture will be presented from 4:30-5:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 7 at the Marina Public Library at 190 Seaside Circle. This lecture is neither sponsored by nor endorsed by the library. Phone 277- 9029 for more information.

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Pilgrim’s Way hosts book signing

A reception and book signing for Pat Hanson’s recently released “Invisible Grandparenting: Leave a Legacy of Love Whether You Can Be There or Not,” will be hosted by Pilgrim’s Way Books in Carmel from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, December 7. Many people, because of personality conflicts, custody issues, distance or choices made long ago, have no way to pass values and memories to those who mean the most to them. “Invisible Grandparenting” is a handbook for communicating tangible and intangible gifts to young ones, and learning to leave a

legacy of love. At 68, Pat Hanson has two grandchildren aged 11 and 13, who she has been kept from seeing. She is a veteran health educator, new thought spiritual thinker, public speaker, workshop facilitator and freelance writer. She was previously on the faculty of Monterey Peninsula College and the Osher Life Long Institute. Her books are available at Luminata Books and Gifts in Monterey, Bookworks and Mindshop Metaphysical Books and Gifts in Pacific Grove and Pilgrim’s Way in Carmel.

History of Crabbing on the Monterey Bay is the focus of walking tour

The Wharf Walk with Tim Thomas on Saturday, December 7 will focus on the history of crabbing on the Monterey Bay. The tour will meet at the head of Old Fisherman’s Wharf near the pink Harbor House store at 10 a..m. The walk will conclude at noon. Advance reservations are required by calling Tim Thomas at 521-3304 or emailing him at timsardine@ yahoo.com. The tour is for ages 10-adult only and the cost is $20 for adults and kids 10-15 are $15. Group Rates are available.

Tim Thomas, fourth-generation native of the Monterey area, is a popular speaker and lively tour guide. For 16 years, he was historian and curator for the Monterey Maritime and History Museum and has worked with the Monterey Bay Aquarium, California State Parks and the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. He is author of “The Japanese on the Monterey Peninsula” and co-author of “Monterey’s Waterfront.” For more information, go to www.montereywharf.com

Monterey Library hosts Boomer class

Bob Petty from Partners for Transition will teach a two-part class at the Monterey Public Library to help members of the Boomer generation learn about Medicare, Social Security, working after age 65 and more. The first part will be held Monday, December 9 from 5:30-7:30 p.m., and the second part will be presented Monday, December 16 at the same times. Classes are free and no reservations are required. The Monterey Public Library is located at 625 Pacific Street in Monterey. For more information call 646-3933 or email waite@monterey.org.

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Hartnell Choir’s winter concert coming

The Hartnell Community Choir will present its 2013 Winter Concert on Sunday, December 8 at 2 p.m. at Hidden Valley Music Seminars in Carmel Valley, for a suggested donation of $20. Donations benefit Hidden Valley Music Seminars. The concert will be directed by Robin McKee Williams. Selections performed will include: “Gloria” by Francis Poulenc; “Te Deum” by Mark Hayes; “Goin’ to the Holy City” by Paul Williams and Joseph Martin; and “Fantasia on Christmas Carols” by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Hidden Valley Seminars is located at 88 West Carmel Valley Road. For more information call 649-0992.

Food Donations Mean Library Fines Forgiven in Pacific Grove and Monterey

From December 2 through 31, bring non-perishable unopened food items for donation to the Monterey County Food Bank to the Monterey Public Library, Bookmobile, or Pacific Grove Public Library and have library overdue fines forgiven. The Monterey Public Library is located at 625 Pacific Street, Monterey, and the Pacific Grove Public Library is located at 550 Central Avenue, Pacific Grove. For more information call (831) 646-3747 or emailschwirzk@monterey.org

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Times • December 6, 2013 PacRep Theatre will screen “Flamenco Hoy” film

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PacRep Theatre will screen the film “Flamenco Hoy” on Sunday, December 15 at 7 p.m. at the Golden Bough Theatre in Carmel. This encore presentation will finish PacRep’s 2013 Specticast season. The film, directed by Carlos Saura, is a showcase of flamenco with dance, music and singing, featuring 20 of Spain’s newest flamenco artists. SpectiCast season tickets are available now. Single ticket prices to opera, ballet and symphony screenings are $24 for general admission, $20 for seniors, $12 for students, teachers and active military and $7.50 for children under 12. FlexVu packages are also available. The Pacific Repertory Theatre Box Office is located at the Golden Bough Playhouse on Monte Verde Street between 8th and 9th avenues in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Business hours are 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesdays through Saturdays. Telephone 622-0100 or visit www.pacrep.org for more information.

‘Musical Soliloquy’ offered Sunday

Monterey Community Band presents “Musical Soliloquy,” a free concert for the season conducted by Richard Robins. The concert will be held on Sun., Dec. 8 at 2:00 p.m. at Monterey Peninsula College Music Hall, M-1. Monterey Peninsula College is located at 980 Fremont Street. Featured compositions will include Oscar Navarro’s “Second Concerto for Clarinet” featuring Adam Penrose; Mozart’s “Concerto for Horn K. 417” featuring Richard Eckhart on the Tuba; Stephan Bulla’s “Rhapsody for Flute” featuring Laura Shaw; Earl Hagen’s “Harlem Nocturne” featuring James Metcalf on baritone sax; plus holiday tunes and more. The concert is sponsored by City of Monterey Recreation and Monterey Peninsula College. For more information call 646-3866.

Celtic Christmas Concert Includes Tales and Poetry

Come and celebrate the holidays with this rousing and spirited performance of seasonal songs, music, and tales featuring: Maestra Amelia Krupski, virtuoso Celtic harpist; Shannon Miller, red-headed, Irish- blooded, natural-born Celtic songbird; and Taelen Thomas, renowned bard and storyteller of Carmel Bay. Taelen’s performance will include selections from Dylan Thomas’s masterpiece, “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,”

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Scene 14: Harry and Alice Talk About New Year’s Eve Harry and Alice Wilson are having breakfast in their Pacific Grove home. Alice: Don’t forget that Andy’s parents are coming here tonight, and I’d like you to be home early so that you can rest, take a shower, get dressed and be ready well before they arrive.

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Harry: You mean I can’t wear my usual gym shorts and sneakers to dinner? A: Don’t kid around, Harry. This will be the first time we’ve met Jane’s future in-laws, and I want us to make a good impression. H: if I don’t like them, can I call off the wedding? A: It’s not for us to like or dislike. We need to get along with them for Jane’s sake and so that we’re comfortable in their presence, and vice versa, at future family gatherings. So I want you on your best behavior.

H: So what does that leave us to talk about? A: Movies? H: We haven’t been to the movies lately. Old movies would be okay. A: Books?

H: I’ll be an angel.

H: Same problem.

A: And don’t use a heavy hand when pouring the drinks.

A: But old books are okay?

H: Yes, sir. What are you serving for dinner? I hope nothing too exotic, since we don’t know anything about their tastes in food.

H: Yes.

A: I thought I’d make that jellied calves’ foot dish you love so much. H: I hope you’re joking, Alice! The friends we’ve mentioned it to have always turned up their noses, and the few who were courageous enough to try it made faces that were even worse.

A: How old? H: Dickens, Kipling, Jules Verne, and so on. A: To the “Yes” list add Marilyn Monroe. People always like to talk about her. H: Good. And we can include her movie, “Some Like It Hot.”

A: Of course, I’m joking. That dish is an acquired taste; you have to have grown up with it, as you did.

A: No, no, no! Jack Lemmon was a cross-dresser in that movie and we don’t know how they’d feel about that.

H: That’s a relief. So what will the menu be?

H: Right.—Good catch.

A: Salad, lamb shanks with golden baby potatoes, and lemon meringue pie.

A: And no jokes. You never can tell what might offend someone.

H: The lamb shanks are always a big hit. Are you sure you want to take a chance with the lemon meringue pie? Remember when you made it, the filling didn’t congeal, and you ended up with the crust and meringue but nothing in-between?

H: Not even some mild ones?

A: That was only once, and it was the first time I made it. It’s never happened since, so don’t worry about it. H: Okay, if you say so. A: Another thing: it may turn out that we have a lot in common with them, in which case, helped along by Jane and Andy, dinner table-talk will flow easily. But we should consider what topics not to raise if there’s a lull in the conversation, so as to avoid getting into anything that’s controversial. H: That makes sense. A: Get a pad and pen, and let’s make a list of forbidden subjects of conversation. H: (He takes pad and pen.) I’m ready. A: Write down—no politics, religion or sex. H: Right. And I’ll add to that (he is writing as he speaks) abortion, federal budget, taxes, social security, Obamacare, and the Vietnam, Gulf, Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Anything else? A: No current events, because most of what’s in the news is controversial.

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A: Not even those. What you consider mild might be offensive to someone else. Also add to the “No” list gay rights and gay marriage, underlined. H: Why the emphasis? A: I forgot to mention to you that Jane told me Andy’s only sibling, his younger brother Daniel, is gay; and since we don’t know how Andy’s folks feel about that, or what their views are on gay rights and gay marriage, those are subjects we definitely should avoid. H: That leaves us with a “Yes” list of old movies, old books, and Marilyn Monroe. Unless someone comes up with more interesting topics, it’s going to be a very dull evening.

Double Nickel Plus hosts seasonal sing-along A seasonal sing-along and holiday lunch will be the program for the Wednesday, December 11 meeting of the Double Nickels and Up Lunch Club in the parish hall of Church of the Good Shepherd at 301 Corral de Tierra Road, Salinas. Lunch is served at noon and singing will be led by Yvonne and Stan Crane and Ed and Judi Moncrief. Double Nickel Plus is a regularly-scheduled activity for those 55 and older. Suggested donation is $5, but a donation is not required. For information call 484-2153 or visit goodshepherdcorral.org.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: Petition of ALEX MOSLEY Case No. M124591 Filed August 27, 2013. To all interested persons: Petitioner ALEX MOSLEY filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: present name ALEX RAY MOSLEY to proposed name ALEX RAY BREAZILE. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of hearing date: November 22, 2013 Time: 9:00 a.m., Dept. 15. The address of the court is: Superior Court of California, County of Monterey, 1200 Aguajito Road, Monterey, CA 93940. A copy of this Order To Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four consecutive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: CEDAR STREET TIMES. DATE: August 27, 2013 Judge of the Superior Court: Kay T. Kingsley. Publication dates: 11/22, 11/29, 12/6, 12/13/13

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: Petition of MARILYN MARQUEZ Case No. M125798 Filed NOVEMBER 27, 2013. To all interested persons: Petitioner MARIYN MARQUEZ filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: present name BENJAMIN GALVAN-MARQUEZ to proposed name BENJAMIN MARQUEZ. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. Notice of hearing date: JANUARY 24, 2014 Time: 9:00 a.m., Dept. 15. The address of the court is: Superior Court of California, County of Monterey, 1200 Aguajito Road, Monterey, CA 93940. A copy of this Order To Show Cause shall be published at least once each week for four consecutive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in this county: CEDAR STREET TIMES. DATE: November 27, 2013 Judge of the Superior Court: Thomas W. Wills. Publication dates: 11/29, 12/6, 12/13, 12/20/13

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Six abandoned pups, six happy endings Thanks to donors, these pups and their mom were all rescued and are now in loving homes

SPCA Humane Officers rescued six puppies earlier this year who were abandoned in a locked shed in the backyard of a Salinas rental property. The owner had left the pups behind after being evicted from the property. The tiny puppies were only a few days old when officers found them and their malnourished mother during an investigation that resulted in the conviction of the owner. After months of treatment and socialization by our veterinary, behavioral and animal care teams, the dogs are now enjoying safe, comfortable lives with new, loving families. Dr. Amanda Sharp of Ocean View Veterinary Hospital adopted “Zelda” after a friend met the puppy at a local farmer’s market where The SPCA was featuring pets. Her friend learned that Zelda and her five siblings had received basic obedience training in The SPCA’s Take the Lead program, which partners shelter dogs with at-risk teens from Monterey County’s foster system, juvenile hall, youth probation department and local schools. As Offsite Adoption Coordinator Samantha Hughes described how Zelda’s teenage handlers had taught the dog how to sit, lie down and other commands, Amanda’s friend noticed that Zelda was eavesdropping and performing each command as she heard them. “My friend called me and said, ‘Get down here right away and adopt this dog!’” said Dr. Sharp. When she saw the letters written by the two Take the Lead participants who had trained Zelda, the adoption was a done deal: “Zelda made me see that everyone needs love. Please adopt Zelda because everyone deserves a second chance. . . . ” “ . . . Zelda is the funniest and coolest dog in the world. She loves chasing pine cones. She just loves them. I can’t believe someone would abandon her. I am in love with her and you will be too!” “Not only did The SPCA save the lives of these puppies, but the kids and dogs were able to help each other in Take The Lead,” said Dr. Sharp. “I’m so grateful Zelda came out of that program. She is so loving, bright and playful.” Zelda prefers to sleep in her own softsided crate, surrounded by her many toys. If her favorite squeaky green monster gets pushed under her dog bed she’ll start digging for it, which creates quite a spectacle. “Pretty soon the entire crate is heaving around the room while she’s bouncing around inside it—it’s hilarious!” said Dr. Sharp.

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The Carmel Valley Community Youth Center will host the 55th Annual Santa’s Fly-In on Sat., Dec. 14 at the Carmel Valley Airfield on Ford Road. The event will begin at 10:30 a.m., rain or shine, with the delivery by helicopter of Santa and Mrs. Claus. Greeted by holiday music, the couple will make their way through the crowd to their sleigh and begin the parade through Carmel Valley Village to the Community Youth Center. Organizations and local businesses will follow them in the parade filled with horses, the Carmel Valley Kiwanis Club’s famous train and unique autos; and holiday candy will be given out. The parade will end up at Santa’s workshop, where there will be an opportunity to take a photo with Santa and Mrs. Claus. The Community Park will be host to other holiday activities, arts and crafts, holiday treats and music. All area businesses and organizations are welcome to spread holiday cheer in the parade. For parade sign ups contact John Russo by emailing john@carmellavender. com. The event is free and open to the public. For more information contact Paul Ingram, committee chair, at 601-6518.

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Rescued and ready for love (From left) “Patty,” “Violet,” “Linus,” “Teddy,” “Zelda,” and “Charlie” were all socialized and trained at The SPCA before adoption.

Sophia Preciado of Gonzales had been looking for a family dog when she saw “Patty” on our website. After reading about her rescue she thought the pup would make a great companion for herself, her two daughters and her mother. “I felt peace in my heart as soon as I saw her. There was something so calm about her, but it turned out that she tricked me!” joked Sophia. “Now that she’s settled in with us, she loves to jump and play all day!” Patty especially enjoys her huge fenced backyard where she likes to play tag with her new family. “We chase her, then she chases us,” said Sophia. “She gets plenty of love and you can tell she feels safe and happy.” Every morning Patty refuses to come out of her kennel until she gets her belly rubbed. She stretches out on her back and won’t move until she gets a proper morning massage. In the evening Patty gets her walk around the neighborhood, and then spends hours wrestling with her squeaky toys, chewing her bones, or snuggling with Sophia’s mom on the couch. “She’s tiny—like a little cat—and my mom loves holding her,” Sophia said. “The only complaint is from my 5-year old daughter when she sees the dog running to me first. She always says ‘Mom! She loves you more than she loves me!’”

Regional Parks Identifies Projects, Awards Grants

The Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District (MPRPD) is proud to announce the recipients of the MPRPD Parks, Open Space and Coastal Preservation Grants for fiscal year 2013-2014. Grants have been awarded to the City of Carmelby-the-Sea, Foothill Elementary Parent Teacher Association, the City of Monterey, the City of Pacific Grove, Monterey Bay Charter School and the City of Seaside. “Our grants program assists local cities, agencies, community groups and nonprofit organizations implement worthwhile projects that help to restore or improve parks, open spaces and coastal areas within our district for the benefit of residents and visitors,” commented Rafael Payan, MPRPD General Manager. “The grants program is the District’s annual fulfillment

of the terms of the 2004 Assessment District ballot measure. The District Board of Directors approves the grants after they have passed extensive review by the Assessment District Citizen’s Oversight Committee. In these economic times, it is even more critical for public entities like ours to engage with the community.” This year’s grants include funding to repair and upgrade to public parks and sports fields in Monterey, Pacific Grove, Carmel and Seaside, the development of educationally based woodworking/ gardening curriculum focused on local parks and improvements to school playground equipment. Pacific Grove asked for the grant

to assist in the Arnett Park playground structure replacement project. The grant for Pacific Grove came to $20,300. “With the help of our Assessment District Citizen’s Oversight Committee and District Staff, we were able to identify these worthy projects,” added Board President Kathleen Lee. We want to thanks all the applicants and encourage the community to take advantage of this program as it truly does improve our region.” The MPRPD Parks, Open Space and Coastal Preservation Grant Program application window will open again in August of 2014. For more information please contact the District offices at (831) 372-3196 or at info@mprpd.org

‘Spamalot’ will enliven your season Pacific Repertory Theatre, the regions only year-round professional theatre, is pleased to announce the return of the Broadway musical comedy, Monty Python’s Spamalot, by Eric Idle and John du Prez, playing through December 22 at the Golden Bough Theatre in Carmel. What’s more fun than knights on horses powered by coconuts? Back by popular demand, it’s PacRep’s hit musical, Monty Python’s “Spamalot.” Filled with medieval merry-making, this zany musical was lovingly “ripped off” from the internationally renowned comedy team’s most popular film, “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.” The highly irreverent parody of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is the recipient of three Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and 14 Tony Award nominations. Join PacRep for a chorus line of dancing knights and Laker Girls, insulting Frenchmen, flying cows, a killer rabbit and a headless knight. Directed by PacRep Executive Director Stephen Moorer, with musical direction by Stephen Tosh, and choreography by Jill Miller and Tara Marie Lucido, “Spamalot” features the return of Scott McQuiston in the lead role of the alternately noble and daffy “King Arthur,” Tim Hart as Arthur’s trusty if goofy horse “Patsy,” Mike Baker as the cowardly “Sir Robin,” and Equity actor J.T. Holmstrom as the gorgeous “Sir

Galahad,” with new cast members Christopher Scott Sullinger as “Sir Lancelot,”and featuring Jill Miller as the ‘Lady in the Lake’. Performances run Thursday thru Saturday evenings at 7:30pm, and Sunday Matinees at 2:00pm, weekends thru Dec 22. Discount previews are Nov 22/23. Additional 7:30pm performance is on Wed., Nov. 27. No show on Thanksgiving. All performances are at the Golden Bough Theatre, Monte Verde St. between 8th and 9th, Carmel. Ticket Information. General admission single ticket prices range from $20 to $39 with discounts available for seniors over 65, students, children, teachers, and active military. “Sweet Thursday” 2-for-1 discounts are being offered on regular Thursday performances. The Pacific Repertory Theatre Box Office is located at the Golden Bough Playhouse on Monte Verde Street between 8th and 9th Avenues, Carmel-by-the-Sea. Business hours are Tuesdays through Saturdays; 11 a.m. – 4pm. Telephone (831) 622-0100 or visit www.pacrep.org for more information. PacRep is supported by ticket sales, individual donations, special events, and grants from The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Monterey Peninsula Founda-

tion, The Berkshire Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, The STAR Foundation, The Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation, The Chapman Foundation, the Harden Foundation, and PG&E Company, among many others. (831-622-0100 or www.pacrep.org for info) Spamalot Schedule THU Nov 21 7:30pm (prev) FRI Nov 22 7:30 (prev) SAT Nov 23 7:30pm (open) SUN Nov 24 2:00pm (mat) WED Nov 27 7:30pm FRI Nov 29 7:30pm SAT Nov 30 7:30pm SUN Dec 1 2:00pm (mat) THU Dec 5 7:30pm FRI Dec 6 7:30pm SAT Dec 7 7:30pm SUN Dec 8 2:00pm (mat) THU Dec 12 7:30pm FRI Dec 13 7:30pm SAT Dec 14 7:30pm   SUN Dec 15 2:00pm mat) THU Dec 19 7:30pm FRI Dec 20 7:30pm SAT Dec 21 7:30pm SUN Dec 22 2:00pm (mat) See PacRep.org for directions and further details.

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Pacific Grove

Sports and Leisure 2013-14 Local P.G. Elk’s Hoop Shoot Basketball “Freethrow” Contest

2013 - 14 LOCAL P.G. ELK’S HotShot Basketball Skills Contest

Girls Age 8 - 9 Score Score Total Place Name Agency Round 1 Round 2 Score Ava Marshall Mariz Metias Mary Vandersluis

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Girls Age 14 - 16 Score Score Total Name Agency Round 1 Round 2 Score Boys Age 8 - 10 Score Score Total Name Agency Round 1 Round 2 Score George Vanderslsis Forest Grove 20 23 43 Boys Age 11 - 13 Score Score Total Name Agency Round 1 Round 2 Score

Cameron Marshall PGMS 8 12 20 1 Girls 4 Boys 4 Totals 8 Cameron Marshall PGMS 30 23 53 1 PGMS 4 Nathan Taormina PGMS 27 24 51 2 Forest Grove 4 Mario Metias PGMS 24 16 40 Robert Down 0 Age 14 - 16 Score Score Total Results of the Pacific Grove LOCAL 2013 Youth Hoop Shoot Basketball “Freethrow” Boys Agency Round 1 Round 2 Score Contest sponsored by the Monterey Elk’s Lodge # 1285 held Sat., Nov 16 at Pacific Name Grove High School. Eight local Pacific Grove students participated. Noah Dalhamer PGHS 33 43 76 1

PGHS 21 38 59 2 This contest tests the individual Basketball Freethrow shooting skills. Top two contestants Eric Boerner in each division will advance to the Peninsula finals on December 7. This begins the Girls 4 Boys 6 Totals 10 search for a National Champion in the Elk’s Hoop Shoot Freethrow Contest. Results of the Pacific Grove LOCAL 2013 Youth HotShot Basketball Skills Contest sponsored by the Monterey Elk’s Lodge # 1285 held Sat., Nov. 16, 2013 at Pacific Grove High School. Ten Pacific Grove students competed. The Pacific Grove Women’s Golf Club is seeking members to join their club. This contest tests the individual Basketball skills of shooting, dribbling and rebounding. The club plays every Wednesday at 8:30 a.m. at the Pacific Grove Golf Links. The Top two in each division will advance to the Peninsula finals in March. purpose of the club is to provide competitive golf and to foster among its membership

Join Pacific Grove Women’s Golf Club

observance of the rules and etiquette of the game of golf. Prospective members must have an established handicap of 40 or lower. Membership fee is $66. Each week a different golf game is played and winners earn credit at the Pacific Grove Pro Shop. For more information contact Pat Gotch at patriciagotch@gmail.com

Ben Alexander

Cold Weather Advisory for Pets from The SPCA

Weather forecasters are predicting a significant drop in temperature over the next few days. The SPCA for Monterey County advises pet owners that cold and freezing temperatures can be deadly for pets and livestock. Pets that normally live outdoors during mild weather conditions need extra protection from freezing temperatures. The SPCA recommends bringing all pets into the home or a warm, heated garage during the upcoming cold snap. Prolonged exposure to extreme cold and freezing temperatures can lead to life threatening hypothermia (severe lowering of the normal body temperature), especially for smaller dogs, cats, dogs with short hair, and all animals who are acclimated to our typically warmer climate. If unable to be inside, dogs habituated to the outdoors must be protected by a dry, draft-free doghouse that is large enough to allow the dog to sit and lie down comfortably, but small enough to hold in his body heat. The floor should be raised a few inches off the ground. Provide extra dry blankets and towels and turn the house away from the wind, covering the doorway with a flap of heavy waterproof fabric or plastic. Dogs and cats not habituated to the outdoors need to be brought inside to ensure their safety. Do not leave indoor/outdoor house cats outside overnight. Ensure that outdoor water sources for pets and livestock are checked frequently as they can freeze over and prevent access to water. Pets found suffering from the effects of severe cold weather should be taken immediately to a veterinarian. During transport, the animal should be wrapped in warm, dry towels and blankets. Do not leave your pet alone in a car during cold weather. A car can act as a refrigerator in the winter, holding in the cold. For additional information, please contact The SPCA of Monterey County at 373-2631 or 422-4721 or visit www.SPCAmc.org.

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

It's time of year. During the Christmas season all of us have a tendency to slow down a little from our regular routines and shift to the holidays. I'm with ya there! It's is a great time to play golf on the Monterey Peninsula because a lot of tourist stay closer to home and the courses are more accessible. During the holiday time remember to keep the flexibility and stretching going. Stretch every day and keep flexible and go to the practice area, driving range and chipping area to keep your skill level moving forward. Use all of the good practice techniques you have worked on during the year. Just because the holidays are here, don't quit for three months and let your golf game fall apart. Happy holidays!

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The Old Days Jane Roland

Animal Tales and Other Random Thoughts Last week we saw a performance of the Kingston Trio at the Performing Arts Theater in Pacific Grove. The site was restored and renovated some years ago by the Pacific Grove Rotary Club and now offers wonderful performances thanks to the Foundation, the President of which, Lindsay Munoz, is PG Rotary’s President-elect. It brought back memories of my years in San Francisco. It was 1957 in Baghdad by the Bay. In North Beach, The Condor had opened and was a great little coffee place. The Kingston Trio were appearing at the hungry i. The City itself seemed uncomfortable in its peaceful skin. We no longer left our apartments and cars unlocked. Masking the scent of R.J. Reynolds’s product was a more pungent acrid smell... We women occasionally went to town sans hats and gloves. Hats were seen rarely on men; a woman could date a male in her office without fear of termination. The fog still cuddled around the buildings and over the water, the fog horns blew mournfully in the night, the night person heard the streetcars stop, clank open doors and wind tirelessly on their way. Lenny Bruce had replaced Mort Sahl’s gentle newspaper musings and Carol Doda was just a few years from baring her bosom and subsequently everything at the Condor. Birth control pills had been approved by the FDA and changed mores forever. My flat-mate was my dearest friend, Mary Ann Odell, from Carmel. Our apartment was the former attic of an old Victorian mansion on Buchanan. It was a middle-class neighborhood, dotted with “painted ladies” whose makeup was chipping and flaking. The next door neighbors were a Chinese grocery store and dry cleaners. One trudged up three flights of a grand stairway to reach our abode. What a great space it was! At the top was a charming foyer, two bedrooms, and an interesting little living room under the eves, the dormer window hung over rooftops and I would lean out over the sill daring sure death to scrub the panes. The kitchen was the piece de resistance: gigantic, with a huge table in the middle and a drop down stairway to the roof. We would sit on the shingles atop San Francisco and, depending on the time of day, drink beer, sun and socialize, overwhelmed by the panorama spread from bridge to bridge, Marin County and points south. At night when there was no fog the sky was filled with stars and we marveled at our good fortune. I was working at Foster and Kleiser in the Research Department as assistant to the director. When I interviewed for the position I said “oh, of course, Mr. Appenzeler, I am totally comfortable with math and love digging for information.” That was a huge lie. I hadn’t a clue about projections, in fact was not adept at advanced math. However, as an English/journalism major, I thrived on gleaning information. I called a friend from Stanford Research Institute who walked me through the process of determining mileage and population trends. I got the job, there were machines that, when functioning, did the job. When they were not, I had to do the math by hand. The San Francisco Library became my work place when not at the office. Soon the librarian and I became friends. I would telephone her with questions.Today I would Google or ask Siri. Most weekends (which started for the young folk on Thursdays) we would go to North Beach, visit Vesuvio, across the lane from the infamous City Lights Bookstore and visit the hungry i, for which there was no overhead, we needed only purchase beer. We saw the opening performance of the young men, Bob Shane, Nick Reynolds, and Dave Guard and went back many times. North Beach in those days was friendly. Young women could be there unescorted. Mary Ann and I enjoyed entertaining. We had a core group of friends, men who had been stationed on the Monterey Peninsula and relocated to San Francisco, others from home who had jobs in the City and new acquaintances. It was a perfect time to be young and living in one of the most vibrant and beautiful cities in the world. We met Eric Nord, “Big Daddy,” whose early career in “The City” was working at the Co Existence Bagel Shop (the selfdescribed “Gateway to Beatnik Land”) which was one of our favorite hangouts. He founded the hungry I. Later, when Enrico Banducci took over, the club became the cradle of stand-up comedy. Eric had a party pad, which many of my friends adored. I went to one after hours gatherings; it was not for me, too much noise, too many people for my taste so I left. Today there is the group we saw perform the other night. They played some of their own tunes, some old folk favorites and, of course, Tom Dooley. We thank George Grove, Bob Haworth, and Rick Dougherty, the new Kingston Trio, for turning back the clock if only for a couple of hours. When you are making out your Christmas donation checks, don’t forget the furry folk at Animal Friends Rescue Project. The organization operates on a shoe string budget and, since opening a veterinary clinic in Ryan Ranch for needy rescued animals, is finding the coffers increasingly drained. I will write about some of those animals next week. You can drop donations by the shop or the Adoption Center. Jane Roland may be reached at gcr770@aol.com. She manages the AFRP Treasure Shop and is a member of Pacific Grove Rotary.

City Manager’s Open Letter It has been brought to our attention that readers who do not have access to the Internet might want to read the letter Pacific Grove City Manager Tom Frutchey wrote regarding the investigation into the allegations against retired Police commander John Nyunt. We are reprinting the letter here.

To: The Pacific Grove and Monterey County Community There have been recent reports relating to whether or not Pacific Grove Police Commander (ret.) John Nyunt participated or assisted in the crimes for which his ex-wife is being prosecuted. Even though there are as yet only untested allegations, some people seem to be already making up their minds about Cmdr. Nyunt and about the Pacific Grove Police Department. The City of Pacific Grove Police Department is a professional organization, committed to protecting and serving its community in accordance with the highest ethical standards. Pacific Grove residents should be justly proud that Pacific Grove has been and continues to be the safest community in the County. One of my obligations as City Manager is to create and manage an organization and culture that always acts in the public’s best interests. It is also my responsibility, when any of us falls short of that standard, to ensure that all corrective actions are taken to address the shortfall and prevent a reoccurrence. Allegations of any wrong doing within the Department are fully and appropriately investigated, both criminally and administratively. The City refers any and all criminal investigations to the District Attorney. When questions arose last February, Chief Vicki Myers appropriately placed Cmdr. Nyunt on administrative leave. Since then, we have cooperated fully with the District Attorney’s Office and the FBI in their investigations. The City has also retained an experienced, outside investigator to conduct our internal administrative investigation. We must observe all due process, to further the public’s right to be served at the highest levels of professionalism, while protecting the rights of anyone who may have been harmed, as well as any individuals being investigated. (It is to protect these rights, not for purposes of “political cover,” that we cannot share details of such investigations.) The Police Department, as a unit under the leadership of Chief Myers, is implementing management and operational improvements that focus on transparency, strong oversight, and accountability. We have hired fine new officers who, in collaboration with our existing staff, will make the department significantly stronger. We also are continuing to analyze the appropriate direction for the department in the future. (We welcome all residents and businesses in Pacific Grove to take the current on-line survey of police services to share with us their views and recommendations.) Our administrative investigation will evaluate the facts to determine what, if any, further administrative and operational changes might be needed or desirable. This is being appropriately handled by Chief Myers, in accordance with the law, and with the full support of the City Council and me. Events such as these remind us how important it is to continually reexamine our procedures and take action to meet the high standards that we have set for ourselves and that the Pacific Grove community deserves. We will continue to question ourselves and evaluate our actions until we are certain we have gotten it right. Our joint commitment is to serve the Pacific Grove community in the most professional and ethical manner possible, now and into the future. Thomas Frutchey City Manager City of Pacific Grove

Vacancies on City Boards, Commissions and Committees

The City of Pacific Grove is seeking applications for the following Boards, Commissions and Committees for vacancies that currently exist and/or terms that expire January 31, 2014. For a complete description of the purposes of each of the available Boards, Commissions, and Committees, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at 831648-3181/3109, or visit the City’s website at http://www.ci.pg.ca.us/boards • Administrative Enforcement Hearing Officer Panel - (2 vacancies: all-citizens at large) • Architectural Review Board - (3 vacancies: 2- citizens at large, 1-design professional and 1-construction professional) • Economic Development Commission - (1 vacancy: Citizens at large) • Golf Links Advisory Commission – (3 vacancies: 2- non-golfer & 1-Seniors Golf Club Rep) • Historic Resources Committee – (4 vacancies: 2-design professionals & 2-construction professional) • Museum Board – (3 vacancy: 3- citizen at large) • Beautification and Natural Resources Commission – (3 vacancies: all-citizens at large) • Planning Commission – (2 vacancies:1- citizens at large) • Recreation Board– (1 vacancy: Citizens at large) • Traffic Safety Commission – (3 vacancies: allcitizens at large) In addition: There are two vacancies on the Monterey Bay Unified Air Pollution Control District Advisory Committee, one vacancy on the Monterey Regional Waste Management District, and two vacancies on the Transportation Agency for Monterey County- Bicycle & Pedestrian Facilities Advisory Committee which will be appointed by the Mayor. Applications for these vacancies will be accepted until 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 12, 2013. Interested persons may pick up an application at the front desk in City Hall, 300 Forest Avenue or a copy may be downloaded from the City’s website at: www.ci.pg.ca.us/boardsappointmentapp. Further information may also be obtained by contacting the City Clerk at (831) 648-3181/3106 or via email at dconcepcion@ ci.pg.ca.us.

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Asian infused ribs… Richard Oh

Oh, have a taste! This was the idea of Chef Luis Osorio from Lalla Grill located at Del Monte Shopping Center, Monterey. The chef and owner Pat Ottone created an extensive menu that will please everyone in your group. They offer waffles to tacos to burgers to steaks, numerous salad choices, pastas, and scrumptious desserts. They are open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The flavors are authentic to match the origin of the country where the dish was first created. Pat and Chef Luis are putting their pizza making skills to good use. They both attended a pizza school in San Francisco taught by a world-renowned pizza chef. It was an intense week long course. Pat just installed a new pizza oven and pizza dough mixer, so they make the dough fresh daily. The new pizza oven can fully cook a pizza in four minutes. It produces high extreme heat up to 800˚ F. Now that’s hot! The outcome is a nice crunchy crust on the outside with a soft delicate inside. I tried the wild mushroom pizza and it was delightful. Try one for yourself. Lalla Grill has a wide range of beers, nice wine list, amazing cocktails, outside seating, and a beautiful bar. The staff is attentive and will take care of you. I’m glad that Luis seeks to cultivate his culinary skills as well as adding inventiveness to the wonderful gastronomic experiences that he creates. Please visit Chef Luis and his remarkable staff soon.

Asian Inspired Ribs

The Sauce: Ingredients 1 cup orange juice ½ cup hoisin sauce ½ cup chili garlic sauce ½ cup oyster sauce ½ cup black bean sauce 1 TSP Siracha sauce 2 TSP brown sugar

Procedure: Add all ingredients in a large bowl and mix. Then transfer it into a large sauce pan. Bring to a boil on medium heat stirring occasionally. The Ribs: Ingredients 3 TSP whole mustard seed 2 TSP whole black pepper 2 Tsp. coriander seed 1 cup white wine vinegar 1 cup white wine ½ cup soy sauce 3 Tsp. minced ginger Full rack of ribs Procedure: Cut the ribs into individual pieces. Place the ribs in a large pot and add enough water to cover the ribs. Mix all the ingredients in a large bowl then add to the pot. Bring to a slow boil on low to medium heat for three hours. Let it cool then drain the water. Make sure the ribs are pretty dry. Then heat rice or canola oil in a medium pot. When it’s nice and hot carefully place four to six ribs for 3-4 minutes. Transfer the ribs into the sauce and toss. Plate the ribs with sticky rice and red cabbage as shown. Or you may use other vegetable to your liking. The ribs will have a nice crunch on the outside and very tender and moist on the inside. You can add more or less of the Siracha to adjust the spiciness. I like mine more on the spicier side. These were some of the tastiest and more flavorful ribs I’ve ever had. Frying them briefly added a nice texture and captured the moistness on the inside. You’ll go crazy over these ribs.

The wine

2010 Paraiso Pinot Noir, Santa Lucia Highlands. The grapes are all estate grown. They used four different clones in making this wine. It was aged in oak for 11 months. The wine has a nice structure with bright acid. I got cherries, strawberries, earthy undertones, hints of raspberries, with a spicy finish. It transitions very nicely from start to finish. Lalla Grill offers it by the glass and bottle. It’s a great complement to the ribs as well as the pizza and many other items on the menu. The winemaker, David Fleming, did a fabulous job in producing an enchanting Pinot Noir. He is passionate in what he does and it shows in every bottle that he creates. Keep up the good work, Dave. Visit www.paraisovineyards.com for more information. If you have any questions or comments, please email them to me: Richard@ottercovewines.com

‘Tis The Season

Tom Stevens

Otter Views Several hundred bundled figures thronged Jewell Park in the early darkness Monday to welcome the winter holiday season. It was a tightly packed but festive gathering. At the farmers’ market, the wool hat knitter reminded passersby that a mid-week cold snap was coming. The produce stands did a brisk trade in persimmons as bright as tree ornaments. Savory aromas of wood-fired pizza, Thai curry, and spicy tandoori floated up from the food trucks into a cobalt sky ablaze with stars. Out over Lovers Point, Cassiopeia reclined in her sparkly celestial chair and admired her reflection in the dark bay. Shortly after 5, the streets bordering the park became a human river of parents pushing strollers and bearing toddlers on their shoulders. Laughing pre-schoolers dodged through a forest of legs. Elderly grandparents edged cautiously along in the current, which pulled everyone toward the Natural History Museum. There the crowd swept like a high tide up to the rope line and came to a restless halt. Beyond the barrier, two honor band brass players from the town middle school were coping manfully with the elements. Despite gusty breezes and dim lighting, the trumpet-trombone duo played every carol in their song pamphlets with brio and polish. The crowd doffed its mittens to applaud. Next up were 150 grade school choristers who in a previous season had paraded through town as butterflies and moon jellyfish. Now molted into Christmas elves, they awaited their director’s signal to duck beneath the rope lines and take their places on the museum steps in a polite, orderly, well rehearsed sequence. Fortunately, that didn’t happen. After her introduction, the director turned from her music stand and firmly reminded the children to “walk.” At “walk,” the kids swarmed up the stairs laughing, colliding, scrambling and clambering in joyous pandemonium. Sooner than might have seemed possible, though, they were lined up on the steps by grade and chattering happily with their neighbors. “One, two, three, eyes on me!” sang the director. “One, two, eyes on you!” chorused the children, who then immediately fell silent. The parents in the crowd could only smile enviously. The director then led her youthful chorus through an ambitious programme of Spanish language and Hannukah favorites as well as traditional Christmas carols. I didn’t count the songs, but there had to be a dozen at least. Each was delivered on key with pace, clarity, warmth, spirit and cohesion – no easy feat for 150 voices of any age. In addition, a peppy choreography of arms swing, finger shakes, hip sways and foot stomps accompanied the singing. Perhaps most impressive was the sheer happy energy the chorus pumped out. Not only did they know every line of every song – including that memory teaser “The Twelve Days of Christmas” – they clearly enjoyed singing them all. Their smiles never flagged, and their focus never wavered. Well, almost never. It’s tough when all those cell phones are flashing and parents are calling “Wave! Wave!” Once the choristers had demanded figgy pudding right now and wished everyone happy holidays, they surged back down the steps to try to find their families in the dark. Into the footlights stepped the mayor and a quartet of town councilors, who led a rocket-launch countdown for the lighting of the tree. Everyone turned toward the park. At “zero!” the strings of colored lights blazed to life, and the cell phones dutifully recorded the moment. At that very moment, meanwhile, the PG volunteer fire engine stopped at the end of the block to disgorge a familiar white-bearded, black-booted, red-clad figure. That was the crowd’s cue to form another human river, this one flowing along behind Santa to the venerable Chautauqua Hall. With minimal confusion and remarkable politeness, the crowd filed past cheerful green-caped elf greeters into the hall. The big room twinkled with holiday lights and festive décor, and tables full of cookies and hot cider beckoned those in line. At the end of the line, two friendly elves flanked Santa’s chair. There the great man kindly greeted children, sat them on his wide knee, and listened to their requests. Some very little children, of course, wept in terror. As I watched the line shuffle forward, I spotted an acquaintance and went over to reminisce about our respective Santa encounters. He mentioned taking his kids to see a Hawaiian Santa while vacationing in the islands one Christmas. “I was a Santa there one year,” I said. “I had the whole kit, boots and beard and all. But I didn’t know how to do the eyebrows, so I used a whole bottle of White-Out. It was a bad mistake. My eyebrows got very crusty and scary-looking. There was a fair amount of crying.” May your holiday season be White-Out free.

Santa greets well-wishers at the Tree Lighting Ceremony Mon., Dec. 2. No one could find Shannon Cardwell while Santa was around, however. Wonder where he was? Photo by Peter Nichols

December 6, 2013 • CEDAR STREET

Where are all the sea stars?

Museum Talk: The Devil’s Cormorant

Massive mortality raises questions and concerns By Cameron Douglas Sea stars (called starfish in days gone by) are suffering a massive die-off, and for the first time it is happening in two oceans in the same year. The culprit is a mysterious, gruesome illness called sea star wasting disease, which turns its victims to mush as they decompose and disintegrate. Sea star wasting disease is a sort of undersea flesh-eating malady. White lesions appear on the body of the sea star and spread rapidly. Then the body becomes limp as the animal’s water vascular system fails, which renders it unable to maintain its internal hydrostatic balance. The body structure breaks down and signs of stretching between the arms appear. Arms may twist and fall off, crawling about on their own for a period of time after the sea star expires. All this happens in the course of a few days. Documentation of sea star wasting disease looks to have commenced around 1972, when common sea stars died off in large numbers along the east coast of the U.S. Six years later in the Gulf of California, the disease hit the predatory sea star Heliaster kubiniji, causing extinction in some areas, with populations still not fully recovered by the year 2000. The disappearance of this top-level predator had profound effects on the area’s ecosystem. A total of 10 species of sea stars in the Channel Islands were documented as having been affected, along with three species of sea urchins, two species of brittle stars, and one species of sea cucumber. All these suffered significant declines in numbers during the 1978 plague. When sea stars aren’t melting down, the spiny sea urchin seems to suffer a similar fate from time to time. Pacific Grove resident John Pearse, a Professor Emeritus from the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UC Santa Cruz, confirms via e-mail to Cedar Street Times that there was a mass mortality of sea urchins in Santa Cruz in the 1970s, which his department documented. Sea stars were not affected at that time. Pearse adds there was a massive die-off of sea urchins in Maine and Nova Scotia during the 1980s, which occurred right after a mass sea urchin mortality in the Caribbean, but with no reports that it spread to sea stars. Sea star wasting disease appeared again in July 2013 when sea star populations declined sharply along the Atlantic seaboard between New Jersey and Maine. (Worthy of note is the fact that sea star numbers in that region had increased greatly in 2010.) In September 2013, observers in British Columbia reported Pacific sea stars were in trouble. By November, others were reporting the problem up and down the west coast. Here in Pacific Grove, Pearse reports that divers have spotted diseased sea stars in the kelp forest near Hopkins Marine Lab. “They recently told me that there are almost no stars left except bat stars that seem to be more resistant,” states Pearse. Pearse has tracked sea star populations in three intertidal sites at Hopkins since the 1980s: these were also the sites for a pioneering study on sea stars conducted in the 1950s. “There has been a steady decrease in the numbers at those

You may not see this for a while: a cluster of healthy sea stars. Image courtesy redorbit.com/ sites for over a decade.” While sea gull predation is a possible cause, Pearse speculates that the disease has also been a factor, slowly spreading until becoming epidemic this year. “There are almost no stars at those sites now.” Some scientists have expressed concern that the absence of sea stars will throw off the balance of intertidal animals and cause certain species such as mussels to reproduce unabated. Pearse disagrees. “In California, at least, it is very unlikely that there will be a noticeable ecological impact, and the mussel population will not increase much if at all.” In the face of speculation that warming waters and/or Fukashima radioactivity may be affecting our area, Pearse says no and no. “Sea temperatures off the coast of central California and north have not been going up; if anything, they have been going down slightly the past decade or two—because of global warming, which is causing increased winds on our coast and upwelling which brings up cooler water and nutrients, leading to increased productivity and all the whales we now enjoy. The mass mortality in southern California was associated with warmer sea temperatures, but that is not the case here.” And regarding the March 2011 Fukashima nuclear power plant meltdowns: “It is my understanding that there has been little or no detectable increase in radioactivity on our coast since that disaster. Yes, some fish that swim across the ocean have detectable radionuclides (cesium-137) that almost certainly came from Fukashima, but I don’t think they have been detected in intertidal animals such as sea stars [along our coast].” Media attention to this year’s sea star event has drawn the attention of researchers who are getting samples rapidly sent in, possibly soon enough to pinpoint the cause. The LIMPETS citizen science program has been monitoring a site at Point Pinos in Pacific Grove. So far no diseased stars have been spotted there, but numbers have fallen off steadily for the past five years. “I was out there with a group last month and we found only one star,” says Pearse. limpetsmonitoring.org/ Reporter’s note: Professor Pearse was

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recently quoted in a Washington Post blog, which in turn has been posted in several other blogs concerning this year’s occurrence of sea star wasting disease. The Post quoted one sentence of Pearse’s input. We are grateful for the opportunity to share more of his expertise with our readers.

Not just birders will want to hear this talk on Sat., Jan. 4 at 3:00 p.m. about the natural history of cormorants. Evolution has crafted the only creature on Earth that can migrate the length of a continent, dive and hunt deep underwater, perch comfortably on a branch of a wire, walk on land, climb up cliff-faces, feed on thousands of different species, and live beside both fresh and salt water in a vast global range of temperatures and altitudes, often in close proximity to humans. Richard King, author of The Devil’s Cormorant will take us on twists and turns through history, natural history, and culture, serving up the unexpected about the world’s most misunderstood waterbird. Admission is $5 at the door (free for Museum members).

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