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In This Issue

Kiosk MONARCH COUNT 13,500 IN THE SANCTUARY ON 12/21/13 •

THIS WEEK CITY HALL CLOSED • Sat., Dec. 28

“A Christmas Carol” Little House @ Jewell Park 3:30 & 5:30 PM, $10 747-1630

• Sat. Jan. 4, 3:00 PM

Lecture: The Devil’s Cormorant Pacific Grove Museum $5 (Free to Members) •

Year in Review Part 2- Page 13

Post Christmas Musings - Page 17

Pacific Grove’s

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Sat., Jan. 4

MST Job Fair 1 Ryan Ranch Rd., Mtry. 9 AM-1 PM, 393-8114

• Sat., Jan. 4

“Luminous Color” Opening Art Reception\ Carmel Art Association 5-7 PM, Free 624-6176 •

Sat., Jan. 4

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

Dec. 27, 2013-Jan. 2, 2014

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Holiday Window Dressing Elegance

Sat.-Sun., Jan. 4-5

Musical Auditions Golden Bough Playhouse Appt. Only, 622-0100, x 100 •

Mon,, Jan. 6

Non-Musical Auditions Golden Bough Playhouse Appt. Only, 622-0100, x 100 •

Sat. January 11

PGHS Pool Reopening Ceremony 1:00 •

Sat., Jan. 11

Audubon Field Trip Moonglow Dairy 7:30 AM-Noon, Free 262-0782 •

Mon., Jan. 13

Diabetes Lecture Monterey Library 6-7:30 PM, Free 646-5632 •

Thu., Jan. 16 Intro to Tai Chi PG Art Center 2-3 PM, $10 278-6062 •

Sat., Jan. 18

Audubon Field Trip Andrew Molera Park 7:30 AM-3 PM, Free 262-0782 •

Sat.-Sun., Jan. 18-19

Children’s Musical Auditions Golden Bough Playhouse Appt. Only, 622-0100, x 100 •

Sat., Jan. 18

“Rats, Riots & Romantics” Howard Burnham Little House @ Jewell Park 5:30 PM, $10 747-1630 •

Sun., Jan. 19

“Luminous Color” Artist Discussion 11 AM-12:30 PM Free, 624-6176

Inside 100 Years Ago in Pacific Grove........... 6 Animal Tales & Other Random Thoughts............... 17 Cop Log.............................................. 5 Finance............................................ 15 Green Page....................................... 19 Marriage Can Be Funny.................... 17 Otter Views....................................... 17

Green Page Year in Review - Page 19

Using donated merchandise, the AFRP Treasure Shop on Fountain Ave. always attempts to offer an interesting, seasonal front window. Having received an entire collection of Victorian furniture recently made this season’s window an elegant one for the Christmas season, but no pets are allowed on the furniture! Photo by Cameron Douglas

Vol. VI, Issue 16

Refugee Crisis: Part III Postponed Part III, the final episode of our series on the refugee crisis and local cameraman Bob Pacelli’s chronicling of it — which was inspired by the death of Nelson Mandela — will be in print in our next issue. Two clips of Pacelli’s work for the UNHRC are currently available on YouTube. If you do not have a You Tube account (which is free) you may not be able to watch them until you register. The first is about mine clearing in Somalia. UN personnel are painstakingly prodding the ground, which is a dry, arid area near a refugee encampment. Using sticks, they attempt to search every square inch of the land and as we watch, they remove mine after deadly mine and disarm them. We also see victims - civilian victims - of unexploded mines left by participants in the conflict there. h t t p s : / / w w w. y o u t u b e . c o m / watch?v=plkXUFiIbc0 The second film clip is about incidents in Sarajevo in 1992. We watch a gunfight and

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POA, City Agree on New Contract After Major Concessions by Union The Pacific Grove Peace Officers Association, suffering morale issues and job security uncertainty, has agreed to a new contract with the City of Pacific Grove. There is no change in salary, but other provisions from the previous agreement saw big changes. It came almost a year late. Factors contributing to the delay in implementing a new contract included the passage by the State of California of PEPRA, the Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act, which primarily affects new employees. CalPERS did not issue its guidance on the implementation of PEPRA for many months. “This agreement is ground-breaking,” said Chief Myers in her staff report. “PEPRA didn’t foresee this level of sharing until 2018 at the earliest.” She estimated the City will save approximately $155,000 annually, with additional long-term savings pertaining to PERS. Pacific Grove POA members are agreeing to contribute 50 percent of the total employee and employer CalPERS contributions for the term of the contract. Chief Myers continued, “In addition, the POA agreed to a number of changes to salary and benefits for the Association that resulted in a total savings of $86,500 for

the 2014 calendar year. The Association foregoes an increase in salary and reduced existing salary and benefits by approximately -3.3 percent. The union has been working without a contract since Jan. 1, 2013. Chief Vickie Myers praised the association, particularly Sgt. Jeff Fenton and Sgt. Roxanne Viray, lead negotiators for the POA, for working with the City to see the agreement through. The City is facing rising contributions required by CalPERS, along with major unfunded liabilities such as workers’ compensation. The City says it has been unable to amend the City’s contract with CalPERS for miscellaneous employees, as non-sworn employees in the Police Department are currently represented by the POA. Those employees are now moved to the General Unit, though the term and conditions of the move must still be bargained. Other key provisions of the agreement between the City and the POA, effective Jan. 1, 2013 – Dec. 31, 2014, are: • PERS Contribution: POA members agree to contribute 8.91 percent toward the normal cost of their PERS retirement (equivalent to 50 percent of the current normal cost). (This is on top of the already agreed-upon percentage

contribution, not instead of it.) • Holidays will be calculated on an eighthour work day. • POA members must be employed for five years (previously one year) to be eligible to sell back vacation time. The minimum 40 hours of use requirement has been suspended. • The Chief of Police can establish schedules to meet the needs of the City, with proper notice and process. The Chief cannot create a shift that reduces staffing below one supervisor and two officers. • Comp time: Maximum compensatory time accumulation is increased from 160 hours to 228 hours. POA members may cash out eleven hours of compensatory time each month to offset their portion of the PERS retirement costs. • If another city bargaining unit receives a COLA (cost of living) or general salary increase, the POA members will receive the same increase. If another City bargaining unit receives an equity or market adjustment, the POA is entitled to a market adjustment, to be negotiated. • Step increases will be based upon perfor-

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Skillshots

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mance and goal achievements, as reflected in the employee’s most recent performance evaluation. • Contracting Out: With 60 days notice, those who responded could have opted to receive an email report on the results.

Hootenanny celebrates Candlestick This community sing-along and open jam will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of the last Beatles concert at Candlestick Park. Songbooks with words and chords are provided at: HOOTENANNY XCVIII, Sat., Jan. 18. from 7-9:30 P.M. P.G. Art Center, 568 Lighthouse Ave. P.G. Free with pot-luck snacks appreciated. For info. contact Vic Selby, 375-6141.

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we see caskets being loaded into trucks and the poignant reaction first of a weeping woman examining the list of deaths posted on a door; secondly a man forced to leave his home for a refugee camp, who says in heavily accented English, “I am an old man. I would rather stay here and die here.” h t t p s : / / w w w. y o u t u b e . c o m / watch?v=WzUZh1nwopE Watching these clips from the comfort of our homes here in America, we are reminded of how lucky we are.

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Holiday Hours for the Pacific Grove Library

Please note the adjusted hours of operation for the Pacific Grove Public Library this holiday season. Through Sat., Dec 28 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Sun., Dec. 29 - Closed Mon., Dec. 30 – Tues., Dec. 31, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Wed., Jan 1 - Closed

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Week ending 12-26-13.................................. .00 Total for the season..................................... 1.34 To date last year (04-20-12)....................... 10.86 Historical average to this date................... 5.67 Wettest year............................................................ 47.15 during rain year 07-01-97 through 06-30-98 Driest year................................................................. 9.87 during rain year 07-01-75 through 06-30-76

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Times • Page 3 Tai Chi offered at PG Art Center

December 27, 2013 • CEDAR STREET

January shows at Carmel Art Assoc.

Longtime friends Heidi Hybl and Kathleen Crocetti are mounting a joint exhibition titled “Luminous Color.” Oil paintings by Hybl and sculpture by Crocetti will be on display at the Carmel Art Association from January 3 through February 4. As the title suggests, both artists are working with light and color. Radically simplified abstract shapes serve as the foundation for the exploration of color relationships and the pivotal role light has in revealing both form and the mysterious nature of color. Crocetti expounds on their mutually inspired creative process: “Each piece created for this exhibition was both an intellectual and aesthetic puzzle.” Their hope is that the 30-plus paintings and sculptures will create a contemplative environment for viewers to consider their own emotional relationship with color. Both Crocetti and Hybl invite viewers, “to breathe in red, exhale green, dream in blue and dance to violet.” An opening reception for the artists will be held on Saturday, January 4 from 5 to 7 p.m. In addition to the exhibition, Crocetti and Hybl will be on hand for the public to meet them. They will also give a talk about their work on Sunday, January 19 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Every January many CAA artist members offer art lovers a chance to purchase selected works at reduced prices. The “Collector’s Choice” show will feature a substantial wall in the gallery’s Segal room filled with an abundance of paintings: landscapes, figures, still life subjects and abstract works in a diverse array of styles, mediums and sizes. Reflecting on the popularity of this once-a-year 2opportunity, CAA sales manager Maureen Kitting explains, “It’s become an annual tradition at CAA. First-time and long-time buyers alike look forward to it. It’s great. It’s good for the buyers and the artists this time of year.” The Carmel Art Association is Carmel’s oldest gallery and features the work of over 100 local professional artists. It is located on Dolores Street between 5th and 6th avenues in downtown Carmel. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. For more information call 624-6176 or visit the CAA website at www.carmelart.org.

Introduction to Tai Chi will be presented at the Pacific Grove Art Center on Thursday, January 16 from 2-3 p.m., and will continue on following Thursdays. The cost is $10 per session or $30 per month. Call instructor Jack Dodson at 278-6062 for more information or to register. Walk-ins accepted. The art center is located at 568 Lighthouse Avenue

Food Donations Mean Library Fines Forgiven

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 27, 2013 PacRep sets 2014 season auditions in Carmel

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Dickens Reprised

PacRep Theatre will hold open auditions for community actors, singers and dancers for the theater group’s 2014 season, including musicals “Shrek the Musical” and “The Full Monty”; the annual SoDA production of “Dr. Dolittle Jr.”; and the company’s professional repertory productions, “Venus in Fur,” “Evie’s Waltz,” “The Servant of Two Masters” and Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale.” Auditions are by appointment only. Auditions for “Shrek” and “Full Monty” will be held on Saturday, January 4, from noon to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, January 5 from 10 a.m. until noon and 5-7 p.m. at the Golden Bough Playhouse on Monte Verde Street between 8th and 9th avenues in Carmel. Auditions will be limited to three minutes in total, consisting of up to two song excerpts and one monologue. Accompaniment will be provided. Auditioners must bring sheet music in the appropriate key. Rehearsals for “Shrek,” directed by Stephen Moorer with musical direction by Sean Boulware and choreography by Lara Devlin, begin in early July with performances from August 14 to September 28, 2014 at the Outdoor Forest Theater. Rehearsals for “Full Monty,” directed by Stephen Moorer, begin in early November with performances from November 20 until Deceember 21, 2014 at the Golden Bough Theatre. Children’s musical auditions for “Dr. Dolittle Jr.,” directed by Gracie Poletti and Bri Slama, will be held Saturday, January 18 and Sunday, January 19 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. at Golden Bough. Auditions will be limited to three minutes in total, consisting of one song excerpt and one monologue. Accompaniment will be provided. Please bring sheet music in the appropriate key. Rehearsals for “Dolittle” will begin in early February, with performances from March 21 through April 13, 2014 at the Outdoor Forest Theater. In addition, PacRep’s School of Dramatic Arts is offering audition prep workshops instructed by Cameron Poletti on January 6, 10, 13, 15 and 17, for children ages 7-14. Call 622-9175 or visit www.schoolofdramaticarts.org for more information. Professional non-musical repertory auditions for the other plays will be held on Monday, January 6 from noon until 6 p.m. at Golden Bough. Auditions will be limited to three minutes in total, consisting of two contrasting monologues. Rehearsals for “Venus in Fur” begin in mid-March, with performances from April 24 until May 18, 2014 at the Circle Theatre. Rehearsals for “Evie’s Waltz” begin in mid-May, with performances from June 5-29, 2014 at the Circle Theatre. Rehearsals for “The Servant of Two Masters” begin in early August, with performances from September 4-28, 2014 at the Circle Theatre. Rehearsals for “The Winter’s Tale” begin in early September, with performances from October 3-19, 2014 at the Outdoor Forest Theater. PacRep’s repertory productions will be directed by PacRep Artistic Director Kenneth Kelleher. Auditions will take place by appointment only at the Golden Bough Playhouse on Monte Verde Street between 8th and 9th avenues, in Carmel-by-the-Sea. Please call Cindy at 622-0100, extension 100 to schedule an audition appointment. Pictures and resumes may be emailed to contact@pacrep.org or mailed to PacRep Theatre, PO Box 222035, Carmel, CA 93922.

Howard Burnham to perform at Little House

Top: Howard Burnham as Charles Dickens/ Above: A replica of the desk Charles Dickens took with him on tour.

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Howard Burnham will present several live performances at the Little House in Jewell Park in the near future, including “Charles Dickens” performing his “A Christmas Carol” on Saturday, December 28 at two showings, 3:30 and 5:30 p.m. On Saturday, January 18, he will present “Rats, Riots and Romantics: a guide to 19th century Paris with the poet, Theophile Gautier” at 5:30 p.m. On Saturday, February 15, he will perform a Valentine’s Day program, “And the bride wore: a humorous look at wedding fashions and customs through the ages” at 5:30 p.m. All performances will be $10 for admission. Call 747-1630 for more information.

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Descendants of “Iron Mike” Sought By Portrait Artist’s Son An artist who served with General John “Iron Mike” O’Daniel did two portraits of the gentleman, and now the artist’s son would like to give them to “Iron Mike’s” descendants. The photo here does not do the pieces justice, as it was shot through glass, but they are good likenesses. When General O’Daniel died, his obituary listed a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Snyder, living in Pacific Grove. If anyone knows Mrs. Snyder or her chldren and would be interested in being gifted the portraits please contact this newspaper at editor@cedarstreettimes.com and we will happily put you in touch with the artist’s son, who lives in New England.

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Cop log 12/14/13 - 12/20/13 Ghost Driver

Officers responded to a report of a vehicle that drove off the road. When they got there, there was in fact a vehicle that had driven off the road and hit a fence, but no one was around.

Reckless on a bicycle

A woman called to reported that a bicyclist almost hit her husband as he pushed a baby stroller in the crosswalk. They cussed at each other but no one was hurt.

Mailbox opened

A person who has an alarm on his mailbox said that someone had opened it. He doesn't think any mail was taken.

Ghost Dog

A business owner secured her business on Lighthouse, but when she returned the next morning she found dog feces.

Burglars Strike Twice

A business on Forest said that they have been burglarized twice in one week.

WhaleFest Monterey #4 at Fisherman’s Wharf

WhaleFest will celebrate its fourth year in Monterey on Saturday and Sunday, January 25-26, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., building awareness of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and helping to protect it. The festival is a free family event that celebrates the Monterey Bay, Old Fisherman’s Wharf and whales, while benefiting many local and national marine organizations. Among the highlights will be lectures related to ocean and marine life conservation presented at the Museum of Monterey Theater, documentary films sponsored by BLUE Ocean Festival organizers and book signings by some of the participating authors. There will be musical and theatrical performances with a maritime theme, and educational displays by non-profit organizations. The event will also feature a science credit program for students from university level to schoolchildren. The merchants on the Wharf will be serving a variety of small bites. The two days will feature a wide array of fun and informative activities including: • A 60-foot model gray whale • Live musical performances, including Nick Fettis and the Whales, Thom Cuneo’s Jazz Band, Monterey High School Jazz Band, Kuumbwa Jazz Band, and Michael Martinez • An appearance by Peggy Stap of Marine Life Studies with Whiskie the Whale Spotter • Whale watching trips on Monterey Bay, weather permitting, featuring an American Cetacean Society Benefit Whale Watching Cruise at 8 a.m. on Sunday, January 26 • A remote-controlled model sailing regatta by the Monterey Yacht Club • Lectures by world renowned scientists including Dr. Steve Palumbi , director of Hopkins Marine Station, Dr. Carol Reeb, research scientist at Hopkins Marine Station, William Douros of the Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and Dr. Michael Vincent McGinnis of the Monterey Institute of International Studies • Expert panelists including scientists and business leaders • “Sea creatures” from Save the Whales interacting with attendees and providing marine and event information • Beach and street cleanups by the Wahine Project on Saturday, and Marine Life Studies and Save Our Shores on Sunday • Historic walking tours • A water display by Monterey’s Fire Boat • Dissecting and other displays The event is sponsored by the Old Fisherman’s Wharf Association and BLUE, a Global Oceans Film and Conservation Summit, Monterey Academy of Oceanographic Science and California State Parks. The following non-profit organizations will participate: American Cetacean Society, BLUE Ocean Film Festival and Conservation Summit, California Coastal Commission, California State Parks, Camp SEA Lab, the City of Monterey Environmental Program, Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University, Marine Life Studies, the Marine Mammal Center, Monterey Academy of Oceanographic Science, Monterey Green Action, the Monterey History and Art Association, the Monterey Public Library, the Monterey Peninsula Regional Water Authority, the Monterey Peninsula Yacht Club, the Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, the Pacific Grove Museum , the Pacific Shark Research Center , PUACF, Save Our Shores, Save the Whales, the Surfrider Foundation-Monterey Chapter, the Marine Mammal Center, the Otter Project, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and the Wahine Project.

For more information, to volunteer or to become a sponsor, call Bob Massaro at 649-6544 or email Bob at bmassaro@ bostrommanagement.com or visit www.montereywharf.com.

Lost and Found

A bicycle was abandoned in the 500 block of Locust St. The finder asked around but no one claimed it. It was tagged and secured by police. Reporting party said her unsecured bicycle was stolen from the rear of her school. A mountain bike was found on the playground at the Pacific Grove Adult School. A set of golf clubs were left in front of a business on Sun., Dec. 15.

Ghost Landlord

Someone contacted a woman about a rental, but she didn't have a rental. The potential tenant showed her how she had found the ad on Craigslist and had been corresponding by email. The false ad had been placed by someone from Nigeria, as verified by phone. No harm was done, but both parties wanted the police to know about it.

No weapon

Reporting party said they saw the subject crying and holding a gun to his head. When officers arrived, the subject came out hurriedly and went downstairs. Officers confronted him. He was talking on a cell phone and reached for his waistband when officers confronted him. He was told to show his hands. He was uncooperative and eventually was detained in handcuffs. He did not have a weapon and none was found in his apartment.

Errant phones

A person found a wireless set for a landline phone at Sinex and Crocker. An iPhone was stolen on Forest. Last tracked to the lower Glen area. A cell phone was found at the fog horn turnout. Owner contact and will have her son pick it up.

Toxicology Reports ‘Inconclusive’

Pacific Grove Police Commander John Miller reports that the autopsy and toxicology reports on Richard Hafner were “inconclusive.” Hafner is the man whose body was discovered, burned, on Sun., Nov. 3 at 7:20 a.m. at the men’s restroom at Crespi Pond at the Golf Links. He had earlier been observed running, aflame, across a portion of the golf course.

Pacific Grove Police Remind You to ‘TLC’

As the shopping season gets into full swing, the members of the Pacific Grove Police department continue to remind the public to “take a little TLC.” Three simple steps can make the difference between enjoying a happy Christmas season or the unhappy experience of becoming a victim of theft. • Take your valuables with you. Remove valuables from your vehicle and secure packages being left at your home. A “signature proof of delivery” option will help. • Lock your vehicle doors and your home, even if it’s a short errand. Thieves go through neighborhoods looking for unsecured doors. • Close vehicle and home windows. It only takes a few seconds. But it only takes a few seconds for a thief to reach into an open window and snatch something.

MST to hold job fairs

Monterey-Salinas Transit will hold two job fair open houses on Saturday, December 21 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m., and Saturday, January 4 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the MST administrative offices at One Ryan Ranch Road in Monterey. MST is currently looking for qualified candidates for the following positions: bus drivers, mechanics and general accounting manager. The district encourages applicants to attend the open house to learn more about these positions and become pre-qualified for the recruitment process. Candidates will be asked to complete applications and test for the open positions. Interested candidates should come prepared with their resume and a DMV printout (H6 or K4) in hand. For more information, full job descriptions, and a downloada b l e a p p l i c a t i o n , v i s i t h t t p : / / w w w. m s t . o rg / a b o u t - m s t / e m p l o y m e n t .

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Times • December 27, 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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Murderer / robber sentenced again For the second time in six days, Ralph Ferris, aka John Bostick, has been sentenced to death. Ferris was recently found guilty on counts of an attempted train robbery and a murder. Ferris had been staying at the Del Monte, waiting for the perfect train to come along. When a payroll car came by, Ferris made his move. Agent Horace Montague happened to be in that car, having hitched a ride. But Montague either could not or would not open the safe. Ferris shot him between the eyes, then dismounted at the Monterey siding. Quickly making his way to a bar Ferris bragged about having taken money off Montague’s body. He was subsequently reported and arrested. Ferris’s lawyer worked hard to get the death sentence changed to life in prison, without success. The prisoner had pled guilty, but the judge failed to indicate how the sentence would be carried out. Discovering his error, Judge Craig decreed that Ferris be brought to San Quinton, turned over to San Quinton’s warden, and hanged. Six days later, Ferris was brought from the Monterey jail and escorted by train to San Quinton where he will breathe his last. Chautauqua’s coming again It is beginning to look like the days of the Chautauqua Institute are not numbered after all. Ticket orders by folks wishing to attend have increased exponentially and many classy presenters have indicated a desire to return. Among those who have said they will be back as speakers are Prof. Charles Barker (Live Oak), Dr. Ruth Huffman (Santa Clara), Mrs. Mary Lewis (San Jose), Mr. A. J Hansen (Alameda), and the Rev. R. L. McArthur (Petaluma). Topics range from “How to Train Your Dog” to “The Conestoga of Life”. Have you ordered your Chautauqua pass? If not, do so today. This will let the naysayers know exactly where you stand. The spirit of the late Ulysses Grant promises to smoke no cigars on our porch. 1 Magazines on mail trains Postmaster Burleson has decreed that the practice of shipping magazine bundles aboard fast freight trains must cease. Instead Burleson said, all magazine shipping must be aboard standard “mail” trains. 2 Burleson said that his decree falls under the provisions of regulations provided by the U.S.A. Comptroller, Department of the Treasury. Burleson’s decision, however, is being challenged and Burleson indicated that he had no idea when a final ruling would be made. Until such time, the former method of shipping (fast freight) may be continued. The Harper’s Family Magazine is leading the anti-Burleson action. Shoots his wife Mr. John Bailey, intending to take his new wife for an auto mobile ride, became infuriated when the machine failed and would not restart. After cranking for several minutes, Bailey produced a pistol and fired a shot at his Reo. The machine gave this action little notice. Bailey fired again. This shell shattered the wind shield and struck his bride in the shoulder. A passerby rushed Mr. and Mrs. Bailey to medical aid at the Del Monte hotel where the wound was declared superficial. Bailey and wife returned home. The Reo still has not started. Picnic change The Itinerants (Methodists) Club has announced a change to their picnic plans. The new plan calls for the picnic to be held near Mossy Beach, Saturday next. Electric busses 3 will make a run to the new picnic grounds, leaving the church at 9 a.m. and returning at 4:30 p.m. The public is cordially invited to participate. There will be free coffee and doughnuts, and lots of fun and games. Bring your family basket. It has just got to follow A young Negro showed up at the Gardner stable recently. The Negro said that he needed work and was willing to do anything. Mr. Gardner put the kid into service greasing the axles on the Gardner Liveries “for rent” carriages. Shortly thereafter, Garner asked how the lad was doing, to which the young man said that he was finished. Gardner said that it seemed amazing, being able to grease 40 axels so quickly. The boy said that he had only greased 20. “If the front axles get along, the rear ones will have to follow up!” The word-on-the-street is that the kid no longer works for Gardner.

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• The Sunflower Congregational church will present a guest speaker at its gathering next Sunday at 9 a.m. Mr. H. Fisher will first speak about the “New Love of God”. Then regular pastor Burton Palmer will follow with remarks. A pot luck lunch will take place after services. • Mr. W. T. Herlop of Cleveland checked into the Pacific Grove hotel earlier this week. Mr. Herlop is thinking of moving here. • Miss Pearl Hinkley returned after spending her vacation in Hawaii. • The Review lacks the usual number of stories this week due to the holidays. Hence the smaller volume of our paper.

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• A. S. Hendricks, grocer, has a goodly amount of canned pumpkin for pies. Just 30₵ per giant can. Two giant cans for 55₵ • The S. J. Tice Company is offering six bundles of kindling, all for $1. We’re at the foot of 17th near the bath house. Posted by manager S. J. Tice.

Author’s notes…

1 Pres. Ulysses Grant took umbrage, being asked not to light up at the New York Chautauqua, where smoking was (is) outlawed. Grant stepped to a rocker on the front porch of the principal lodging, struck fire to a cigar, and calmly smoked the stogy to a nub. Said he: “Your President should be allowed to smoke when and where he wants!” 2 Magazines were shipped aboard mail cars until the 1960s. 3 Each of those electric buses could accommodate 12 passengers. They made regular trips between Pacific Grove and Del Monte.

Wine and food institute to hold champagne and caviar tasting The Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Institute of Wine and Food will host its ninth annual champagne and caviar tasting in the ballroom of the Clement Monterey Intercontinental Hotel from 1-4 p.m. on Sat., Jan. 4. The chapter reports that this is one of its best attended events. Ruinart, the oldest champagne house in the world, will be the champagne sponsor. Tsar Nicoulai of San Francisco, a leader in sustainable caviar production, will provide the caviars. Megan Gordon, Ruinart Champagne brand ambassador, will discuss the champagnes and their pairings as prepared by Executive Chef Jerry Regester. A brief live auction and silent auction will be held. The auctioneer will be Toby Roland-Jones, founder of the festival. The cost is $125 per person for

AIWF members and $225 for non-members, which includes a tax-deductible one-year membership to the local chapter. Valet parking is included. Reservations are required. Please RSVP to Kimberly Briggs at 626-1826 or kbriggs@ thewinebuds.com. The Clement Monterey Intercontinental is offering AIWF members a special room rate of $169 for either Saturday or Sunday night. The hotel is located at 750 Cannery Row in Monterey. The A.I.W.F. Monterey Bay Chapter is a non-profit organization giving back to the Monterey Peninsula community through Days of Taste, scholarship and educational programs. It creates a program of events year round, including wine tastings, artisan food tastings, picnics, cookbook signings, ethnic market tours, barbeques and a free members’ night. The events also have an educational component.

St. Anselm’s Anglican Church Meets at 375 Lighthouse Ave. Sundays at 9:30 a.m. Fr. Michael Bowhay 831-920-1620 Forest Hill United Methodist Church 551 Gibson Ave., Services 9 AM Sundays Rev. Richard Bowman, 831-372-7956 Pacific Coast Church 522 Central Avenue, 831-372-1942 Peninsula Christian Center 520 Pine Avenue, 831-373-0431 First Baptist Church of Pacific Grove 246 Laurel Avenue, 831-373-0741 St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church Central Avenue & 12 tsp.h Street, 831-373-4441 Community Baptist Church Monterey & Pine Avenues, 831-375-4311 Peninsula Baptist Church 1116 Funston Avenue, 831-394-5712 St. Angela Merici Catholic Church

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

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School Board Re-Organizes for the Coming Year By Michael Sizemore The Pacific Grove Unified School District used its last meeting in 2013 to re-organize for the new year. Nancy Kotowski, Monterey County’s school superintendent, was on hand to swear members in for new terms and wish the board well in the coming year. John Paff was sworn in as a new member. Bill Phillips and John Thibeau began new terms. Tony Solle-

cito, last year’s vice president, or clerk of the board, was chosen as president this year. John Thibeau, last year’s president, became clerk this year. The president and vice president serve one year terms, Mike Niccum, who completed 10 years of service at the November 21 meeting, was honored by the board. Each member gave a short talk praising Niccum’s contributions to the district. Paff mentioned that he had watched Niccum through the years and

admired him greatly. “I always said when I grow up I want to be like you,” he quipped. Many of the speakers praised Niccum’s ability to see a problem from many sides and figure out solutions that others may have missed. “In a tense situation,” Phillips said, “everybody’s eyes would drift over to Mike.” Sollecito called Niccum “the great peacemaker.” Thibeau said, “A lot of us learned from you how to be board members.” Ralph Porras, PG’s superintendent

of schools, praised Niccum’s work with Measure D funds. “You’ve engendered a lot of work,” he said, noting that Niccum helped the board leverage the funds from Measure D to get the maximum results for the district. Many school employees and other members of the public spoke in praise of the former board-member, as well. The meeting was adjourned to a fellowship session with refreshments provided by the Breakers Club.

Members of the Pacific Grove Unified School District took time during the board’s December 19 meeting to thank outgoing member Mike Niccum for his 10 years of service. Left to right: Ava Vucina, student representative; Tony Sollecito, incoming board president; John Paff; Bill Phillips; Debbie Crandell; John Thibeau, incoming board clerk; Ralph Porras, superintendent of schools; Mike Niccum.

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Bye Bye 2013! Hello 2014! The sometimes-maligned food scene, or lack thereof in this area is starting to fight back. Not just a little bit, either. Beyond our ZIP codes here on the Monterey Bay we are largely thought of as a fertile ground for ‘tourist traps,’ ‘fried fish palaces’ and for ‘over-charging for ancient preparations of food and shoddy service.’ Wow! That didn’t sound very nice at all, did it? Of course there are shining exceptions to all of those misperceptions, but overall, this is the outsider’s take on dining out here. Happily, some of those places that fit that description are slowly dying away and giving way to new ideas, great energy and innovation. Halle-freakin’- lujah! Hopefully, the dining public ( you ) will support their efforts and assist them to prosper, which will bring more of these innovators into the market who will also want to prosper. Let’s have a moment of silence for some of the recently departed: Breaker’s Café / Noodle House – it seems to me that this place actually died a few years ago and has been sustained on life support. The plug has been pulled and the place is now dark. You were good to us for many years, but the simple change of ownership nailed your coffin shut. Really shut. Joe Rombi’s Mia Cucina – Well, it isn’t really gone, but it is not really Joe Rombi’s anymore either. It’s still sorta Joe Rombi’s but it isn’t. I know, it’s confusing …but I wish the new owners, the Scanlons, the best with their new place. I am just wondering about the logic behind keeping Joe’s name up there on the signage? Kind of a strange move, but hey…what do I know, right? Isabella’s on The Wharf – in case anyone missed the GIANT picture and front page article in the Herald about the messy closure of this ‘tourist trap/fried food palace/shoddy food and service’ place, here it is in a nutshell – the master leaseholder found his place covered in graffiti, vandalized and otherwise trashed when his tenant left on short notice. The tenant, the wayward brother of a prominent

Dorothy Maras-Ildiz

Food for Thought restaurateuring family and who used to run the ill-fated and still dark Lattitudes on Lovers Point (his spelling, not mine) claims that he has no knowledge of any such thing taking place on his watch. To be sure, there will be a bunch of attorneys making wheelbarrows full of money on this one. The not so good news here: The master lease holder intends to re-open what appears to be yet another restaurant just like the last one in its place. Let’s hope not. And let’s not penalize his older brothers for being related. It happens in every family. There’s always that one kid that went a little sideways from the rest of the clan.

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Joe Rombi’s Mia Cucina 208 17th Street, P.G. I know, it’s still weird, but it is what it is. The sans-Joe version of Rombi’s is now in the capable and hospitable hands of the Scanlon family. They are energetically doing their level best to sorta keep it Rombi-esque and yet impart their own style on it as well. This is a tough highwire act to pull off, but they are giving it their all. The Beach House at Lovers Point, 620 Ocean View Blvd., P.G., CA. The long awaited debut of the Beach House took place in mid-2013 to much conjecture and buzz. The buzz has died down and the votes are in. The Beach House is positioning itself as a ‘locals place first’ and is largely appealing to

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the $9.95 Early Bird dining menu crowd between the hours of 4:30-7pm. The question remains — are they appealing to the post-7pm crowd as well? According to that huge barometer of dining tastes and trends (said with sarcasm), Yelp, yes they are. Although there have been a few of the inevitable missteps that a restaurant invariably suffers during its first year, The Beach House Team has hung in there and elevated itself to match the beauty of the view. Nice to have the place open once again, isn’t it? Crema 481 Lighthouse Ave., P.G. Not exactly brand new, but still morphing into what the public wants it to be. The recent addition of an expanded lunch and dinner menu has turned this coffeehouse-by-day and wine/tapas bar-bynight into a full-fledged restaurant. If you haven’t tried the Prime Rib dinner (24.00) served Thurs.- Sun. you have been missing out on A) one delicious ‘old school-ish’ plate of quality food and B) one of the best bargains on beef to be found. What will Crèma be morphing into in the upcoming year? Who knows? So far, it is a successful Coffee Bar, Wine Bar, Tapas Bar and now, restaurant, as well as a very large full-scale higher end catering company. What’s next, Tamie Aceves? Hot dog vending on Lighthouse Ave? A gourmet taco truck? Following up on your first 18 months of innovations, I put nothing past you. Jeninni kitchen +bar 542 Lighthouse Ave., P.G. Uber cool and sooo refreshingly different than anything that is being done around here, owner, Thamin Saleh and Chef Jeffrey Weiss have put together a formidable menu full of amazingly tasty food. Eggplant fries with Urfa pepper were ethereally light and just a touch spicy. The Benton’s Ham was velvety smooth and

salty with the perfect accompaniments of miel de cana butter and filone bread. I miss foie gras, but the chicken liver pate at Jeninni served with the glass of Riesling that Thamin suggested made me fuggedabboutit. Heaven in a bite. I can go on and on and probably will throughout the next year. I am seriously dreaming of eating the perfectly beautiful lamb burger that I saw go by me the last time I was there and already full to the gills. Add in gracious service and a very reasonably priced and expertly picked wine list and you’ve got yourself the makings of “The Best New Restaurant” of 2014 coming together. La Balena Cucina Toscana Junipero Between 5th & 6th, Carmel A most delicious place in an unlikely location. Definitively, “The Best New Restaurant of 2013” that just completed its inaugural year. This is the little place that can….and does. La Balena has singlehandedly managed to bring Italian food up to a brand new level and standard of excellence in this area. This place butchers a whole pig per week and uses every last bit of that animal to make sausage, salumi, osso buco, and you name it. I admire that. They really utilize local growers and fishmongers…they don’t just put those words on the menu like everyone else does. They DO it and it shows on the finished products. The Bartolinis are warm, hospitable and genuine, just like the food and wine they serve at La Balena. Thank you and welcome to the community. We’ve missed having a place like yours to visit. And in Closing I’d like to compliment the City of P.G. for doing two things right this year. Extending the parking to two hours on Lighthouse Ave. just makes sense for all concerned. Thank you. Last year, the giant tree at the East end of Lighthouse, adjacent to Petra’s and Crema was ‘decorated?’ with two miniscule little forlorn red bows stuck unceremoniously on it for the holidays. They looked like used stripper pasties. This year, someone had the foresight to slather that big ol’ tree full of white lights. What a difference it made to that important end of Lighthouse Ave. that is truly the entrance of this little town. Happy New Year!

Wharf Walk will focus on history of Monterey fishing industry

The Sat., Jan. 4 Wharf Walk with historian Tim Thomas will focus on the history of the fishing industry in Monterey Bay. Walkers will meet at 10 a.m. at the head of the Monterey Wharf near the pink Harbor House store at #1 Old Fisherman’s Wharf. Advance reservations are required by calling Tim Thomas at 521-3304 or via email at timsardine@yahoo.com. The two-hour tour is for ages 10-adult only and the cost is $20 for adults and $15 for kids 10-15 years. Group rates are also available. For thousands of years people have made their living fishing the Monterey Bay, beginning with the Rumsien Ohlone, the native people of the Monterey area. From abalone to rockfish, everything was fished and utilized and the Monterey Bay was a multi-cultural stew, made up of whalers from the Azores, squid fishermen from China, salmon fishermen and abalone divers from Japan, and Sicilians fishing sardines in the “dark of the moon.” This tour of the Wharf and the waterfront will explore the history of the Monterey Wharf and waterfront, the native peoples, the abalone industry, whaling the bay and, of course, the legendary sardine industry. Abalone canning was a thriving industry on the Monterey Peninsula.

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Ayurvedic practitioner diabetes talk Ayurvedic practitioner Jeff Turner will present “Diabetes Treatment: Insights” on Monday, January 13 from 6-7:30 p.m., in the Monterey Public Library Community Room. Turner will discuss his clinical approach to the treatment of this almost epidemic health problem. The lecture is part of The Next Chapter: Designing Your Ideal Life lecture series. Adults are invited to attend and admission is free. Reservations are required and may be made by calling 646-5632 or e-mailing thongchu@monterey.org. The Monterey Public Library is located at 625 Pacific Street, Monterey. For more information visit www.monterey.org/library. This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Monterey Public Library and the Monterey Public Library Endowment Committee.

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Sports & Leisure Ben Alexander

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

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Audubon Society plans field trips for birders old and new

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The Audubon Society has announced several upcoming birding field trips. All trips are free and times are approximate. The next birding field trip will be held on Saturday, January 11 from 7:30 a.m. until noon, birders will observe shorebirds in the Jetty Road/ Moonglow Dairy area in Moss Landing In the event of rain the event will be canceled. If the entry to Moonglow is too muddy the event will re-locate to Zmudowski Beach. Everyone will meet at Wild Bird Haven. RSVP to Paul Fenwick at 262-0782.

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Year in Review April 26-May 2, 2013

As reported in TAMC’s recent annual Report, a roundabout at the intersection of Holman Highway and Highway 1 may see ground breaking in June 2015. The final design should be completed by June 2015, at which time the project will progress into the construction phase. Cub Scouts from Monterey participated in an Earth Day service project at Asilomar State Beach. They learned about erosion and preservation from the Park docents and rangers, and then set out to work on the dunes. The scouts, their leaders and parents collected kelp from the beach, bringing it back to the dunes to provide fertilizer for the seedling plants that they then planted on the dunes. As donations topped $200,000, demolition of the old pool at Lovers Point began; the contract calls for the Pool to be completed by late June. “We have been working with the contractor to finish before then,” said Don Mothershead, with help from a grant by Richard and Beverly Stillwell.

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May 17-23 2013

Dustin Moranda, 31 of Pacific Grove decided to make this year’s Big Sur International Marathon one to remember, and he’s not even a runner. His girl friend, Ashley Smallman, 27, a “fitness fanatic” (in Dustin’s words) and avid runner, was running her third marathon — second Big Sur — so Dustin took the opportunity to propose marriage. One in five Monterey County residents needs food assistance. To help respond to this need, the All Saints’ Outreach Commission will host the second annual Small Bites for Big Hunger on Friday, May 3, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in Seccombe Hall at All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Carmel. Complimentary valet parking is available at Lincoln Street and Ninth Avenue. The evening features local celebrity chefs who will offer signature small bites paired with wines from local wineries.

May 10-16, 2013

Gardeners of all ages celebrated Earth Day in the Pacific Grove Community Garden.

The California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) declared April to be Distracted Driver Awareness Month. As part of that campaign, the OTS asked local law enforcement agencies to pay particular attention and take enforcement actions for violations involving distracted drivers, specifically the use of handheld devices while driving, including talking and texting. During the campaign, the Pacific Grove Police Department issued 18 citations for drivers using a handheld device while driving.

May 3-9, 2013

A more cautious City Council than the previous one voted to commission an independent report on the possible ramifications of the recent citizens’ initiative to nullify Ordinance 02-18, the “3@50” retirement agreement giving the city’s public safety workers three percent for each year worked and the offer to retire at age 50. The initiative would not only declare it null and void but would state that it was enacted illegally. Canterbury Woods recently hosted a table at the 10th Annual Table Affair benefit at Pebble Beach. With themes ranging from Downton Abbey to Midnight at the Oasis, from Winter Wonderland to Knights of the Round Table, and from Out of Africa to AFRP’s “It’s Raining Cats and Dogs,” the elaborately decorated tables were a feast for the eyes. “Color Your World Canterbury” featured photographs of the Jade Garden, Rose Garden, Japanese Garden and Great Lawn at Canterbury Woods printed on canvas placemats. The colorful, fragrant flowers adorning the table all came from Canterbury Woods as well. Scattered among succulents and moss-covered rocks, easels, painter’s palettes, and paint brushes with just the right “painterly patina,” reflected the artistic theme. Canterbury Woods residents enjoyed perusing the many tables, along with the excited crowd that was happy to support this year’s beneficiaries: Redwings Horse Sanctuary and the SPCA Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center.

Nick Gonzalez, Lela Hautau, Tommy Carroll, Brett Hodges. Front row: Taylor Gonzalez, Stevie Carroll took Cedar Street Times with them when six youth from the First United Methodist Church in Pacific Grove went to Portland, OR April 19-21 to participate in a Sierra Service Project Weekend of Service (www.sierraserviceproject.org). There they joined 30 other youth from Oregon and Washington to do handywork at Dignity Village, the Northeast Emergency Foodhouse, and Wisdom of the Elders. The viewing of baby seals along Pacific Grove beaches is in its eighth week now and readily visible from several places along the Coastal Trail. The numbers vary from time to time, but the places seem to have stabilized in the past week with fewer protection signs and barricades stolen. On Wednesday afternoon, for example, there were 55 seal pups on the beach at Hopkins Marine Station, 12 on the beach and rocks in the 5th Street area, one on the Lovers Point beach and a few on

The Royal Court of the 2013 Feast of Lanterns was presented for the first time at Canterbury Woods on Mon., May 13. Queen Topaz for this year is Courtney Lyon. The event leading up to the pageant on Lovers Point are beginning! The City Council voted May 16 to “seek declaratory relief” from a court concerning a citizens’ initiative which would declare null and void the 2002 ordinance which set in place a “3%@50” retirement plan for public safety employees. No one was overly happy, and least of all proponents of the citizens’ initiative. The initiative would attach a declaration of illegality to the decision of the 2002 Council and would require retirees to return money they have received. It would change current safety employees’ agreements mid-stream, but no part of the initiative indicates how these steps would be achieved.

first children’s book about this seminal moment in golf history. Asilomar’s breathtaking 107 acres, one mile of coastline and the life that inhabits them are the crown jewels of Pacific Grove. Fortunately these lands are under the jurisdiction of the California State park System and the watchful eye and loving care of Asilomar ranger/ environmental scientist Cyndi Dawson, her dedicated staff, and community volunteers of all ages. We profiled Ranger Dawson in this issue. In an attempt to force the City to either enact the citizens’ initiative of 2013 or to put it on the next ballot, a writ of mandate has been filed in court by Sally Aberg, Frances Grate and Daniel Davis, leading proponents of the citizens’ initiative. On Fri., May 17, Superior Court Judge Thomas Wills ruled that the citizens’ initiative of 2010 and subsequently Measure R, which attempted to change the City’s charter to make the citizens’ initiative legal, were both unconstitutional. Not including staff time spent on the question over the months and years, the City has spent more than $100,000 on the question.

May 31-June 6, 2013

On May 30, the Administrative Law Judge overseeing the proceedings concerning California American Water’s Monterey Peninsula Water Supply Project issued a ruling which delays the PUC’s decision on the project until after the issuance of the Draft Environmental Impact Report and subsequent comments. A group of citizens deeply involved with Peninsula water problems has issued a call for public purchase of California American Water and its assets, by eminent domain if necessary. Ron Cohen of Pebble Beach, along with about 15 others, has established a group called Public Water Now to organize a ballot initiative for the June, 2014 election. The initiative, which would need about 6,500 signatures countywide, would call for voter approval to require the Water Management District to purchase the assets of Cal-Am. He seeks to have the WMD run the company on the public’s behalf.

On April 28 late in the night, the SPCA for Monterey County received a call concerning animals at the home of Illagene Quaglia, who had been arrested the previous day on charges of animal hoarding. Staff arrived at the home at 1a.m. and rescued 22 cats, 24 dogs, and seven puppies plus two cats found in the trunk of Quaglia’s car by Monterey Police. Peter Mounteer did a comprehensive story on what makes people hoard animals. The Pacific Grove Recreation Department will host a free British Soccer Camp promotional Event on Wed., May 22 from 5:30 – 7 p.m. for boys and girls six – 14 years old. Members of the Challenger Sports’ British Soccer Camp staff will be at the Pacific Grove Middle School Athletic Field at 835 Fountain Avenue running a free skills clinic session. They will also be on hand to tell players and parents more about the popular British Soccer Camp program that proved to be a great hit last summer in Pacific Grove.

May 24-30, 2013

On the centennial of arguably the greatest underdog triumph in sports, an award-winning author and artist have teamed up to bring the tale to life in a beautifully illustrated picture book. Francis and Eddie (Why Not Books, June 2013) tells the true story of how 20-year-old amateur golfer Francis Ouimet and his 10-year-old caddie shocked the world by winning the 1913 U.S. Open against all odds. It is the

Leading the annual Walk of Remembrance of inhabitants of the Chinese Fishing Village at Pt. Alones was Gerry Low-Sabado, a direct descendant of those people burned out of their homes and livelihood more than 100 years ago. There were talks at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History and a walk along the Rec Trail to the site of the Village. The Feast of Lanterns Board of Directors is proud to announce “Lighting the Way” – Lantern Award, new for 2013. This is a chance for those folks in our community that do a beautiful job decorating their house for the Feast of Lanterns to be acknowledged. If you are interested in being considered for the award, please

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2013 year in review message or share a picture of your decorated home in Pacific Grove and it will be forwarded to the Queen Mom Linda Lyon. At the beginning of July the Royal Court will spend an afternoon touring our lovely town and selecting their favorite decorated home or business. Each member of the Royal Court will select their favorite. Then a time will be set up to have your home or business photographed with the member of the Royal Court that selected you.

tinuing through Labor Day Monday, Sept. 2, bright blue mini buses with scenic murals on their sides will ply the route from Breakwater Cove on Cannery Row along the waterfront to Seven Gables Inn, then make a loop through downtown Pacific Grove and return to Cannery Row. They will run Thursdays through Sundays, every 30 minutes from 11:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. On Friday, June 14, at 7 p.m., the Heritage Society of Pacific Grove will present “Lost Towns of Monterey County,” a lecture by local historian Meg Clovis, focusing on Monterey County places that once flourished but are largely lost to the sands of time. All proceeds will benefit the Heritage Society. The event will be held at the Pacific Grove Performing Arts Center, on the Pacific Grove Middle School campus at 835 Forest Avenue. Tickets are free for Heritage Society Members, $10 for non-members and $15 for non-member At graduation ceremonies held May families and couples. 29 at the Performing Arts Center, eight June 21-27, 2013 Community High School seniors received their diplomas from instructors Brad Woodyard and Elena Diebolt: Laura Diaz-Vasquez, Savannah Laura Pitt, Tiperia Connie Mamaia, Jeffrey Amadeus Weighill, Laura Ashley

June 7-13, 2013

The governor backed down on his January proposal which would have shifted all adult education to the community colleges, a move unpopular with both adult education institutions and community colleges. Instead, there will likely be a two-year study about how to best provide education services to adult learners. The adult education program at Pacific Grove Unified School District provides a broad spectrum of instruction, some of which may be shifted to Monterey Peninsula College in years to come. Teachers given “pink slips” were greatly relieved.

Dorothy Maras-Ildez was selected as Woman of the Year 2013 at the kick-off celebration for Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula’s Women Who Care (And the Men Who Love Them) Campaign. The campaign is an effort to raise funds for home-delivered meals for homebound seniors, including “Save Our Breakfast.” “A dollar a day will buy breakfast for a senior citizen,” said Viveca Lohr, Executive Director of Meals on Wheels, located in Pacific Grove at the Sally Griffin Center. In response to concerns about the future of Parents’ Place and the years of funding cuts it has sustained, Friends of Parents’ Place, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose sole mission is to support Parents’ Place, will host a community forum on Friday, June 7 from 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. at the Pacific Grove Community Center (515 Junipero). The entire community is welcome.

June 14-20, 2013

Robert A. Quinn, mayor of Pacific Grove from 1971-1978, died Sunday, June 9, 2013 at the Westland Hospice House in Monterey at the age of 83. He had been in failing health from the effects of colon cancer. Beginning Thurs., June 20 and con-

“Push Girls,” the reality television series on the Sundance channel stars our own Chelsie Hill (second from left, above). The series, which just began airing its second season, has won a Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Reality Series. The public and City Council members at the Wed., June 19 meeting weighed in on the question of outsourcing police functions to another agency when it was raised for public input. No decision was asked of the Council, and none was made except to ask staff to examine the proposals submitted by other agencies more deeply, continue negotiations with the Police Officers Association, and return at a special meeting next Wed., June 26 with more information. On June 8, 2013, members of the Monterey Fire Department raised approximately $4,000 to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) is the nonprofit health agency dedicated to curing muscular dystrophy, ALS and related diseases today affecting more than one million Americans. Peace of Mind Dog Rescue will host its third annual fundraiser on Sun., June 30 from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. at Carmel Mission Inn on Rio Road near Carmel. The theme this year is retro ’60s: “peace, love and old dogs.” Guests are encouraged to dress in ’60s attire. A prize will be awarded for the grooviest outfit.

Tonja Morris, art conservator, works on a red-tailed hawk, part of the Rollo Beck collection at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History. Celebrating the Museum’s Adopt-A-Bird program, we had a profile on what it takes to conserve a stuffed bird.

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June 28-July 4, 2013

Aquarium Day of Discovery for Disabled Kids: Dive staff member Jocelyn Ostomel helps Jacob Wiebe, 10, become comfortable in the water. Fire Chief Andrew Miller of the consolidated fire department will retire officially July 9. Miller, who spent 25 years on the Pacific Grove Fire Department and was chief for 10 years, became assistant chief of the Monterey Fire Department and then became chief when Chief Sam Mazza retired. The Pacific Grove City Council, in a special meeting on Wed., June 26, asked City Manager Tom Frutchey and staff to return within six months with a comprehensive analysis of the four options for police services; with City of Monterey, with the County of Monterey, with Seaside, and standing alone (retaining police services within Pacific Grove). None was overly popular with either councilmembers or the public except keeping the current police department intact, but the question apparently boils down to being able to pay for whatever method is chosen.

Miranda Salinger took the “first dip,” an honor her parents, Wendi and Dave, won at an auction. Then everyone else jumped in when the Stillwell Children’s Pool at Lovers Point opened.

July 5-11, 2013

On June 28, 2013, Pacific Grove Police Department was alerted to a vandalism that had occurred sometime the night before to the Stillwell Children’s Pool at Lovers Point. Several large rocks and traffic cones had been apparently thrown from the bluff above the pool onto the pool cover, pool deck, and lifeguard’s chair. The lifeguard’s chair was broken but no other damage to the pool or pool deck was sustained. For the first time ever, YAC will open its art studio to young artists ages 8-13, to try their hands at sculpting, painting, drawing and airbrushing. This two-week workshop will be guided by Marcia Perry, YAC’s co-founder, and Cortina Whitmore, YAC’s office manager, along with past and current YACsters, as mentors. Fans together to enjoy a day of Japanese foods and festivities at the Monterey Peninsula Obon Festival. The Obon Festival is held at the Buddhist Temple in Seaside. Festival-goers will enjoy Japanese foods and desserts, exhibits, martial arts, music, a visit by the Pacific Grove Feast of Lanterns Royal Court, and the heartpounding sounds of Taiko drumming.

July 12-18, 2013

Thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation for Monterey County and Community Emergency Response

Volunteers (CERV) ongoing community fundraising efforts, CERV has purchased essential emergency equipment and medical supplies to supplement the available resources of the Monterey and Pacific Grove CERT programs. This equipment will be distributed to the 10 neighborhood CERT containers that are used by Monterey CERT volunteers to do search and rescue, triage, initial damage assessments, first aid, rescue cribbing (lifting and stabilizing large objects), etc. CERT teams can be deployed during any emergency or disaster event.

Gull chicks prance around on the roof of a commercial building in Pacific Grove. Is the nest behind the skylight? Mom appears to be ready to drive the photographer off. A community meeting with experts was held to see if something could be done about the pesky birds, which are protected by law. The 14th Annual International Film Festival, presented by the Monterey Bay Chapter of the United Nations Association, will be held Friday through Sunday, November 1 – 3. As in past years, the festival will screen diverse international documentary films, all designed to raise awareness and to educate and mobilize the community about critical global issues.

July 19-25, 2013

After 20 years and hundreds of thousands of records, Bob Gamber at Vinyl Revolution in Monterey is packing up shop. He’s moving his business from its 230 Lighthouse Avenue location to a new location at 309B Forest Avenue in Pacific Grove. The building he’s operating out of now has been condemned by the City of Monterey for being structurally unsafe. Gamber speculates the building may have been damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake that rocked California’s Central Coast.

“Denis” by Jerry Williamson was featured in a story by Wendy Ashby and Sandra Lake about the popular Art Walk, which takes place during warmer months.

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2013 year in review On July 11, 2013 the 54-year-old male owner of a residence in the 60 block of 17 Mile Drive in Pacific Grove interrupted a burglar in his home. He had only been away a short while. The homeowner grabbed a kitchen knife and in a physical altercation with the subject, he stabbed the subject in self-defense. The subject fled the house in a blue, 2009 Buick LaCrosse sedan, California license number 6JES296, driven by a female. The homeowners was commended by the Pacific Grove police department in later ceremonies. Ten thousand dollars makes a priceless difference to the men of The Bridge Ministry, who seek to reform themselves and change their lives by accepting the teachings of Jesus as a way out of crip-

Pacific Grove Rotary held their annual Kick Out Party at Point Pinos Grill in PG, “kicking out” the old board and welcoming the new.

pling drug addiction. One such man is Duke Kelso, a graduate of the Bridge Restoration Ministry’s 2012 program. He is trying to raise $10,000 in the 3rd annual Bridge to Bridge Ride Fundraiser to help men currently in the program pay their fees and rebuild their lives.

July 26-Aug. 1, 2013

On Friday, July 19 Omar Norzagaray was sworn in as postmaster at the Pacific Grove Post Office by Aron Jones, Manager of Post Office Operations. Norzagaray started his postal career as a distribution clerk at the Pacific Grove Post Office in April 2001. In 2004, he was promoted to supervisor of customer services at the Seaside Post Office, later serving as the acting postmaster there. John Weed and Stuart Mason will present a performance of traditional fiddle tunes and songs that explore the musical connections between Ireland and America, with tastes of Scotland, Canada, and more on Sat., Aug. 3 at the Carl Cherry Center for the Arts. On fiddle, guitar, mandola, and banjo they bridge the Atlantic to recreate a lost magic that resonates with the listener of today. Both are members of the well-known Celtic powerhouse Molly’s Revenge, the old-time bluegrass group Little Black Train, and the Irish trio Story Road. With Molly’s Revenge, Stuart

A court of a different sort visited the Pacific Grove City Council meeting on Wed., July 17. The Royal Court of the Feast of Lanterns paid a visit and received a proclamation by the mayor. While Court activities have been ongoing all spring, festivities begin in earnest with the annual Chalk Fest on July 20 and opening ceremonies on July 24, when the Court wishes happy birthday to the City of Pacific Grove.

Mason and John Weed have appeared on festival stages from Glasgow, Scotland to Shanghai, China.

Aug. 2-8, 2013

The Monterey Peninsula Regional Water Authority announced July 31 that “substantial agreements” have been reached by the MPRWA, Cal-Am water company, and a number of the intervenors who had expressed concerns about CalAm’s water project plans. MPRWA’s designated negotiator, Carmel Mayor Jason Burnett – the MPRWA vice-president – said that all six Peninsula mayors, the Board of the Monterey Peninsula Water Management District and the Monterey County Board of Supervisors all support the agreement. Other stakeholders supporting the agreement include environmental advocates, Peninsula business interests, and Salinas Valley agricultural representatives. The Pacific Grove Rotary Club which meets at noon on Tuesdays at The Inn at Spanish Bay in Pebble Beach will have as the speaker on August 6, Bill Vandevort, Training Specialist, State Fire Training Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. It’s August again when the classic car world focuses on the Monterey Peninsula for the biggest car event in the world.

Games, songs, projects, Bible adventures and snacks are offered at Mayflower Presbyterian Church, during Vacation Bible School. Other places have historic car races, car tours, auctions or a Concours D’ Elegance, but the Monterey area has all these within the same nine days. Historic week begins with the Pre-Reunion races at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on Sat, Aug. 10 and ends with the Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance and the Gooding Auction at Pebble Beach on Sun., Aug. 18. More than 75 percent of the cars racing the PreReunion races you will see at the Rolex Monterey Motorsport Reunion races the following weekend starting on Fri., Aug. 16. Access to the track for the Pre-Reunion is still free or for the cost of the county park entrance fee per car.

Aug. 9-15, 2013

Property owner Nader Agha has approached the City about reviving plans for a hotel on the site of the existing Holman Building, and the City Council has also revived the Holman Hotel subcommittee in response. In December, the subcommittee was again dissolved due to there being nothing to do. Lesson Number One: They are not “seagulls.” They are “Western Gulls.” That minute distinction doesn’t negate the fact that they are smelly, noisy, messy, and a potential health hazard. They steal food wherever they can – sometimes right out of children’s hands at lunch hour at the Pacific Grove Middle School – and are fiercely protective of their nests and their young. They prey on other species, some of which are near extinction, and they eat steelhead and oysters in the Monterey Bay Sanctuary. In other parts of Central California, they collide with airplanes, get sucked into jet engines, and swarm landfills. A public meeting was held to brainstorm on what to do about the influx in the downtown area. At about 11:00 p.m. Monday night,

Even though it has been open and enjoyed by many for quite a few weeks, the official ribbon-cutting for the Beach House was held last week. Front row, L-R, Mayor Bill Kampe, Councilmember Alan Cohen, former mayor Dan Cort, manager Kevin Phillips, and Chamber Ambassador Marylynn Andreas. an Amber Alert awakened people all over California, including Pacific Grove, where television programming was interrupted and cell phones issued high-pitched alarms. It was the first such alert issued by State officials since the system was established.People polled said they thought it was unnecessary to awaken the entire state in such a shocking manner. Automobilia Monterey kicks off its eleventh year on Tues., Aug. 13 and wraps up the following day, Wed., Aug. 14. Only at Automobilia Monterey will you find the finest pre- and post-war automobile memorabilia, the world’s most extensive inventory of vintage auto posters, a wide range of original classic car accoutrements, vintage books and documents, original art and photography. Forty vendors have been selected.

Ann Jealous and Caroline Haskell discussed their work, “Combined Destinies: Whites Sharing Grief about Racism,” a collection of stories from writers who explore these highly charged issues in their personal lives at Pacific Grove Library.

Aug. 16-22, 2013

On August 8, 2013 at approximately 2:50 p.m., a 15-year-old male Pacific Grove High School student was approached by an adult male on Sunset Avenue in front of the high school stadium on Sunset. According to the student, the male asked, “If you had a cell phone, would you be able to call someone if I kidnapped you?” The student ran to a nearby passerby and the male left the area walking on Sunset Avenue towards Asilomar. Patricia Conklin, 47, of Pacific Grove was found guilty by a jury on three separate counts of elder abuse involving her 77- year-old mother. The jury trial began on Aug. 5, 2013. The jury started deliberations late Friday afternoon and returned their verdict Monday morning. Helen Johnson is best known in Pacific Grove as a butterfly benefactress, but she also supports other diverse non-profits such as a Navajo Mission in Arizona, and

bat research. A resident of Canterbury Woods, she recently celebrated her 90th birthday with friends and staff. A highlight of the party was a phone conversation with Lincon Brower of Virginia, who is known worldwide as an expert on monarch butterflies. She also received greetings from another monarch expert, Don Davis of Ontario, Canada.

Aug. 23-29, 2013

Mike Zimmer of the City of Pacific Grove Public Works Department made a presentation at the recent Pacific Grove Unified school District Board meeting to update the board on traffic projects around the city, particularly as they affect the schools. The Fountain Avenue cul-de-sac project, intended to provide a safe drop-off/ pick-up spot for parents and students, is proceeding as planned. A companion to that, the sidewalk completion along Hillcrest Avenue on the south side of Pacific Grove Middle School, including an ADA ramp at the intersection of Sinex and Forest Avenues, is expected to be completed under budget.

During Auto Week, This 1962 Chevrolet Corvette was stolen from the driveway where it was parked at a Pacific Grove bed and breakfast inn. It was recovered later with damage. The Pacific Grove Hyperbaric Chamber, which is housed at the firehouse, has reopened and is again available for emergency treatment of divers suffering from hyperbaric trauma. As the only multi-place emergency chamber for California divers between Fairfield and Santa Catalina Island — and one of only three in the entire state — it is an important, life-saving facility. Museum of Monterey will host an evening of reading from the best of Bill Minor’s new book, “The Inherited Heart: An American Memoir,” along with new poems and prose set to music performed by Minor on piano, Jaqui Hope on vocals and Heath Proskin on bass. Poems, new prose and short lyric portions from the book are mixed with original recently composed pieces and standard songs from the era depicted.

Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 2013

In an effort to avoid the contention and concerns that came to the fore during the spring 2013 harbor seal pupping season, the City of Pacific Grove will update and revise the 2007 policy enacted Dec. 19, 2007 and make it part of the Municipal Code. As part of the Municipal Code, it can be enforced to a level not possible with a resolution or City Council policy. On Wed., Aug. 28 a suspicious package was left at the front of the Monterey Public Library, 625 Pacific, Monterey at approximately 11:25 a.m. As a result, the library was evacuated, along with the Fire Department, the Police Department and the City Manager’s office. Nearby businesses were also evacuated. It turned out to be recyclable batteries. A woman identified as Cristina Fernandez Padilla, 50, of Watsonville has been arrested for a series of bank robberies along the Central Coast and in Modesto. Dubbed “The Central Coast Bandit,” Padilla is believed to have been involved in six robberies and one attempted robbery.

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21st Century Estate Planning: Gifts Given and Received - Taxable? Your Digital Self Travis H. Long, CPA Travis on Taxes

Kyle A. Krasa, Esq.

Planning for Each Generation The estate plans I draft are known to be long, comprehensive, and detailed. When I present my clients with large binders that contain the various elements of their estate plans – a revocable living trust, wills, power of attorney documents, health care documents, and trust funding documents – they are surprised that their “simple” estates would require so much paperwork. However, the necessary components to a complete estate plan are numerous and are constantly growing. The most recent document I added to the estate planning binders I prepare for my clients is a document that often produces a chuckle: “Assignment of Online Assets and Digital Property.” Although at first it might sound like a silly superfluous extra step, planning for digital property is the next frontier in estate planning and is becoming a bigger issue every day. A case that brought attention to the obstacles of accessing the digital property of a decedent involved a young soldier who was killed in Iraq. His parents attempted to access his email account and the email host denied access. The parents were forced to bring the matter before court and eventually the email host agreed to provide a transcript of the soldier’s email account but never provided full access. In addition to email, digital property includes social networking accounts; information contained on computers, tablets, cell phones, hard drives, and cloud service providers; voicemail accounts; digital music accounts including iTunes; web pages and blogs; domain names; online sales accounts such as PayPal and eBay; and digital intellectual property rights. The inability of successor trustees, executors, power of attorney agents, or other fiduciaries to access this digital property upon incapacity or death can cause major delay and expense and can frustrate the efficient management and settlement of an estate. Part of the problem is that technology

is far more advanced than the law. There does not yet exist an agreed upon set of legal rules to adequately deal with access to a decedent’s or incapacitated person’s digital property. Every digital host has its own set of policies and laws regarding digital property that are in existence inadvertently provide road blocks to fiduciaries from accessing an incapacitated or deceased person’s digital property. Although the disparate rules and policies produce a “wild west” of legal procedures, there are steps that can be taken to attempt to make the process smoother. First, it is important that both the revocable living trust and the durable general power of attorney include clauses that specifically give the successor trustee and power of attorney agent access to digital property. The clauses should be detailed, provide examples of digital property, and describe the powers related to digital property with specificity. Second, just as it is important to transfer bank accounts, stocks, bonds, and real property to a revocable living trust, it is also important to transfer digital property to the revocable living trust by executing an assignment. Third, it is prudent to make a comprehensive list of your digital property including usernames and passwords. This “master list” can be stored in a safe deposit box to which your successor trustees and power of attorney agents have access. The “master list” will likely need to be constantly updated and it could be a full time job to ensure that the information is accurate. An alternative is to use a website such as LegalVault which allows you to store all of your online passwords in a single database and allows you to name those persons who should have post-death access to such information. In addition, there are online services such as Death

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I remember when I was growing up, every year for Christmas, my grandfather would send a check to my brother and me for $75 each. That seemed like an incredible amount of money to me at the time, and it really boosted my treasury each year! One of those years, I can remember going to the bank with my mom to cash the check, and wanting to see what $75 felt like in my own two hands; I asked the teller to give it to me...all in ones. She smiled, pulled some crisp ones from under her drawer, and counted them out for me. I had never felt a wad of bills like that in my hands! I tried folding them over, but I could not get them all in my pocket it was so thick, so I put them in lengthwise, and they just about stuck out the top of my pants pocket — I was a rich man! After a week or so, we came back and deposited about half of them back into my bank account. My dad had always encouraged us to save half of whatever we received or earned when we were growing up. I admit, that ratio did not quite remain when I got into high school, and discovered a new and expensive hobby called “girls,” but saving was ingrained in me. When I left for college I had a measurable chunk of change in my bank account. Throughout those years, it never occurred to me to wonder about the tax implications of the gifts I received. Now, however, I think a lot about those things! I do not know anyone that would hesitate to put a gift of $75 into his or her bank account. But if you throw two or three zeroes on the end, then I definitely get questions from people wondering if it they will have to pay tax. As the recipient of a gift, whether it is $75 or $75 million dollars, you do not have to pay taxes or report the receipt of the gift (with one exception that I can think of to be explained later). If you receive something other than cash, such as stocks, real estate, or tangible property, you could have tax if you sell it. The catch is that when you receive noncash gifts, you also receive the giftor's cost basis, and when you sell you have taxable gain on the

difference between the sales price and the cost basis. For example, if someone gives you a share of stock worth $100, and that person bought it for only $10, you have to pay tax on the $90 gain if you sell it. If you put yourself in the shoes of the person giving the gift, there are different rules you need to follow. As long as you give less than $14,000 (2013 and 2014) a year in combined cash or noncash items to any one person, you have nothing to worry about, except providing the person evidence of your cost basis if the items are noncash items. (You are doing a disservice if you do not provide proof of cost basis, since the person you give the noncash items to could potentially be held liable for tax on the entire amount of the gift if they sell it, and cannot prove your cost basis - this is often overlooked.) You could give $14,000 to every person on earth each year and not have to file a gift tax return. If you give $14,001 to just one person, then you have to file a Form 709 United States Gift Tax Return. The portion in excess of $14,000 per person is then subtracted from your combined gift and estate tax exemption (currently $5.25 million and indexed for inflation). For most people this is just an informational filing as they will never reach the limits, but it is required (and limits have gone up and down in the past). If you exceed the limits, however, the person giving the gift has a tax liability at a rate as a high as 40 percent. The only possible time I can think of that the IRS could pursue the recipient of a gift for taxes would be if the giftor gave away so much money that he or she had a tax liability and could not pay it. The IRS in that case, could pursue the person receiving a gift for tax. Keep in mind that a gift is different from inheriting when someone passes away. You generally do not have tax on inherited amounts either, with the exception of tax liability on any earnings the assets you are entitled to accumulate between the date of the peron's passing, and the date

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Scene 18: Alice Worries about Being a Widow A: What in heaven’s name are you talking about?

Bernard Furman

H: I’m not urging this, but if you wanted to, you could follow the old custom in India of being burned on the same funeral pyre as my body.

Marriage Can Be Funny

A: Too painful. H: Alternatively, you could be entombed in a mausoleum with my casket, as they used to do in Egypt. A: Could I bring my own supply of food and water?

Harry and Alice Wilson are in the living room of their Pacific Grove home on a Saturday morning, after breakfast. Alice: Would you mind putting down the newspaper, Harry? There’s something I’d like to discuss with you. Harry: No, problem, sweets. What’s on your mind? A: There’s something I’ve been concerned about for some time, but it’s a sensitive subject and I’ve been hesitant to raise it for fear of offending you. H: After all the years we’ve been together and knowing you as well as I do, I seriously doubt that there’s anything you would say that might offend me---unless you’re about to tell me that you’ve decided to run off with the grocery delivery boy. That’s not it, is it? A: No, silly. And if I was going to run off with anyone, he’d have to be a lot more interesting than a delivery boy. H: Do you have someone in mind?

H: I doubt it. A: Then that’s out, too. Would you get serious, please? H: Okay, honey. The fact is that your situation is totally different from that of the woman you mentioned. A: How so? H: Your parents are still alive, my sister is your best friend, you have two loving children… A: The last thing in the world I’d want is to be a burden on them! H: Of course, and I mention them and the others just to point out that you have a very strong support group, whereas that other woman didn’t. A: That’s a good point—what about the finances? H: That’s altogether different, too. We have modest savings, but enough to tide you over until the estate is settled. We have life insurance, a pension plan, and we own a valuable house with virtually no mortgage on it.

A: No---and would you please let me stick to the subject instead of diverting me with your witticisms? This is a serious matter.

A: So you think I’d be able to sustain myself comfortably?

H: Okay, honey---sorry. Please unburden yourself.

A: What’s that?

A: Jill told me about a friend of hers---about my age, whose husband died unexpectedly.

H: The overwhelming probability is that being a youthful, attractive, sexy, intelligent woman, you’d be besieged by suitors and would have no trouble finding a new husband.

H: Those things happen. A: Of course they do, but the result for this poor woman was tragic. H: In what way? A: In every way. Her parents and his had died awhile back, she had no siblings or children, and therefore was left totally alone. H: That was unfortunate. A: That’s only part of it. On the assumption that he had many years still to live, her husband had not made adequate financial arrangements for her. There was no insurance or pension plan of any consequence, little in savings, and the mortgage on their home exceeded its value. And since they were of the same age, as you and I are, she had quite a few years to go before collecting Social Security. H: Not a pretty picture. A: I’d say so. The bottom line was that she was almost destitute; and having been a housewife all the years of her marriage, she had no skills that would enable her to earn a decent living, even if she could find a job at her age. H: And you’re worried that you might be in the same position if something happened to me? A: Exactly. H: First of all, if I did suddenly die and you were unwilling to be alone, you could opt to come with me.

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H: No doubt about it. And there’s another important factor.

A: (Pause) Do you really think other men would find me sexy? H: Absolutely. They’d be drawn to you like flies to honey. You’d have to fight them off with a baseball bat. A: (Tearfully) But I don’t want to be married to anyone else, just you. H: In that case, there’s only one solution. A: What’s that? H: I’m not going to die.

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you receive the property. Your cost basis with inherited assets is also generally more favorable as the cost basis you receive is typically the fair market value at the date the person passed away, and not their old, often lower, cost basis. Crafty minds will sometimes think of schemes to call income a gift since gifts are not taxable. Be careful of this — substance over form will rule the day. Yes, it would be nice if I would do your tax preparation for free, and you also happen to be kind enough to give me money, but it ain't gonna fly! Prior articles are republished on my website at www.tlongcpa.com/blog. IRS Circular 230 Notice: To the extent this article concerns tax matters, it is not intended to be used and cannot be used by a taxpayer for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed by law.

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: Petition of BARBARA JANE FUSEK Case No. M125863 Filed December 20, 2013. To all interested persons: Petitioner BARBARA JANE FUSEK filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: present name BARBARA JANE FUSEK to proposed name JANE FUSEK. 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: December 20, 2013 Judge of the Superior Court: Thomas W. Wills. Publication dates: 12/13, 12/20, 12/27, 1/3/14

December 27, 2013 • CEDAR STREET

The Story of Sandy

Post-Christmas Musings Tom Stevens

Jane Roland

Animal Tales and Other Random Thoughts

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Sandy by Genevieve Roland Smith

Christmas is around the corner. No longer are there parties every day and festive dinner events. We are all older and entertaining is not something that comes easily. It was once a more peaceful time. Christmas Eve was spent for close to 30 years, at the home of my cousin, Mary Shaw, who entertained the family in this manner until the numbers became too large and many of us spread for our own celebrations. Mary is my first cousin on my mother’s side; we are the last of the second generation of the George W. Morses of Boston. There is a genetic love of animals in our background. Mary epitomizes those who go to any end to help or save a creature in need. Yet, there is no fanfare, she is modest, beautiful, kind, diligent, humorous, and (would you believe it) shy. She said, “After I lost Sally, my standard poodle, and Ruggles, a fine fellow of indiscernible ancestry, I felt very alone.” She went to the SPCA and found a dog with a cute face “a ragged long-haired animal with a beautiful fluffy tale. He greeted me with undiluted joy, wiggling from nose to tale tip, saying, “Take me please.” The rest is history. He has been with her through difficult and happy times, is now 16 or 17, deaf but enjoys his walks and playing with his toys. When I returned to the Monterey Peninsula Mary decided that she would like to start an Auxiliary for the SPCA. With a few other women with whom we met regularly, we asked Sean Flavin to lead us and commenced an operation that brought a considerable amount of money to the organization. For those who think that our endeavors were those of pampered society women, think again. Many of us were certainly not affluent; those who were didn’t think about it. We had two parties a year, one in the summer one in the winter; we cooked all of the food and, initially did the clean-up, including dishes and floor washing. As the popularity increased we saved a little of our income to pay for kitchen people but still did all of the cooking. Mary was the driving force and later, when we published a cookbook, she and Joyce Nicholas were the workhorses, testing every recipe, finding publishers, artists and marketing. The stock room was in Mary’s garage. She handled all of the bookkeeping and, when necessary, shipping. Ultimately the Auxiliary ended, as did most hands-on groups. When they existed it was the halcyon days of fund raising. Mary has housed animals of all kinds, many times thanks to her children. There have been reptiles, birds, rodents, chickens, horses, and, of course, cats and dogs. I remember many of them, back to the days when my mother lived at the River Ranch in the fifties and the Osborne and Morse families moved out for the summer. There were creatures all over the place, joining the four legged permanent residents. When Will, Mary’s husband, was living, there were great characters, even a cat (not Mary’s favorite species), there were Fuzz and Sally, standard poodles, Sharky, who always carried a ball in his mouth, left in Mary’s care by Polly; Mozart, a fabulous yellow lab; Ruggles, another SPCA special and several others. There are animals of yesterday and today who would not have survived had it not been for this good woman, whom I am proud to claim as my closest relative. Sandy left us a few years ago, but we know he is flying with the angels, looking down and wishing all a blessed Christmas. I hope that all are having a peaceful and blessed Christmas. A reminder: Think of the animals in your holiday donations. Animal Friends Rescue Project operates on a shoe string, out of a store front; animals are fostered by those devoted to the need of those unable to care for themselves. Dogs such as Sandy and the animals in our home were all rescued critters. Donations will enable organizations to save more and care for them. Visit the website or on Face book Jane Roland, Manager

Otter Views Here it is, two days after Christmas, in what might be the most unsung time of the year. Overshadowed? The days right after Christmas must feel like Einstein’s younger brothers, or the trained poodle act that followed Elvis on the Ed Sullivan Show. If any days should have an inferiority complex, these would qualify. How can they possibly compete with the epic days that came before – patriotic Thanksgiving, the 40 festive shopping days, glorious Advent with its candlelight services and pop-out calendars? And even Advent’s anticipatory splendor is but a sustained drum roll for what Sullivan would have called “The Rilly Big Shew” – Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Yes, throughout Christendom, only Easter can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with these colossal holy days, and even Easter pales like a lily beside their red velvet majesty, their pageantry, and their Magi’s treasure of emotional associations. If our holiday season ended on Christmas, the days after Christmas could probably ride to glory on its coattails. But the season doesn’t end with Christmas or even New Year’s any more. Through the magic of televised football, it now reaches clear to the Super Bowl, in February some time, for Pete’s sake. When you consider all the big days in that 10-week stretch from Thanksgiving through the “Black” shopping days to Super Bowl Sunday, December 27 looks as wimpy as Mr. Rogers in the Seattle Seahawks locker room. On the other hand, bolstered by all those returns and certificates, it is the second biggest shopping day of the month. December 27 also can be more fun than Christmas itself, for today is the day when people finally get to relax and enjoy Christmas. Up until now, everything has been rush-rush-rush: finding, buying, wrapping, hiding and assembling gifts; pitching tents in line at the Apple Store, writing, stamping and mailing (or e-mailing) cards; locating the right tree and trimming it; cleaning, cooking, primping, prepping and baking; and then washing, drying and cleaning up afterwards. Now the Christmas crush is over. Parents get to wear their new lounging outfits, eat cookies and turkey sandwiches, try out new after shaves and fancy soaps. Or they can just kick back on the sofa and watch the kids play with whatever toys and games remain intact. If anything, Dec. 27 is even more fun for kids. Granted, nothing quite compares with the Christmas morning frenzy under the tree – the first sleepy-eyed glimpse of something special Santa brought, the wrapping paper blizzard, the shouts of surprise, the various trying-outs and trying-ons. But Christmas can sometimes be a tad too powerful. Ask anyone to remember their youth: “Did you have fun on Christmas?” And he or she will say: “No, I was much too excited and candied-up to have true fun. I was hysterical most of the day.” December 27 is mellower. By now the kids have inventoried their goods, slept two full nights with new dollies or earth blasters, and undergone the compulsory wearing of grandma-knitted sweaters. Today is when kids get to roam the neighborhood to try each other’s games and gizmos, show off favorite clothes, and subject all wheeled or motorized gifts to stress-testing unforeseen even by the manufacturers’ lawyers. At our house, Dec. 27 was usually the day when some bewildered little friend of my brother Mike would show up bearing a re-gifted Christmas book from the year before; a book from which my brother had forgotten to remove the flyleaf page inscription: “To Mike from Grandma, Merry Christmas, 1955.” And on one memorable Dec. 27, our pal Peter Brown came by to show us one of his presents. This was a scary-looking fake syringe with a trick needle and a tube of “blood” that filled dramatically as the plunger was drawn up. We spent that afternoon giving and receiving “transfusions,” but our friend Ticky Wilson was hesitant to undergo the procedure. To demonstrate how safe and painless it was, Peter at one point withdrew blood from our German shepherd and transfused it into the neighbor baby’s forehead. Neither subject even whimpered. Finally, after much tormenting and cajoling from the rest of us, Ticky phoned home. “Mom,” he began. “I’m down at the Stevens’ house. Can I please have a transfusion from their dog?” That’s a request you usually only hear on December 27. Enjoying the days after Christmas is one way to deal with the holiday season, but not the only one. I spent one Santa Cruz Christmas with a somewhat Bohemian English family. Their solution to the pressures of Christmas week was to move the gift-exchange part of it forward a couple of days to December 23. Thus, while other families were still stressing, wrapping, shopping, hiding and assembling, the Brits were at the beach, firing foam projectiles at each other and laughing.

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Green in ‘13

Our 12-month review of environmental, technical and nature topics By Cameron Douglas It is my privilege to compose the Cedar Street Times’ Green Page every other week — 27 total for 2013 — with this my closing submission of the year. Her Editorness decreed it fitting to recap what we covered in the past 12 months. So we proudly present our annual Green Review, with everything from ferrets to fancy electric cars. Jan. 11: Cypress Cleaners helped kick off the new year by telling us all about their Green Earth® process. Unlike other dry cleaning operations that claim to be organic, Cypress uses modified liquid silicone that essentially degrades to sand when released to the environment. Jan. 25: The noble ferret, a lovable and misunderstood member of the polecat family, took center stage. Despite being blown off by the Fish and Game Commission, Legalizeferrets.org and others continue the fight to make ferrets legal pets in California. (Send your favorite ferret photo to Her Editorness: she loves them all.) Feb. 8: We delved into the topic of weather control. While cloud seeding has been around for generations, the socalled chemtrails frequently seen in the sky remain a mystery. Sources told us that narrow jet contrails do reflect sunlight back into space with a potential to reduce global warming. Different methods are being developed to make small amounts of sunlight bounce off our atmosphere as a way to offset climate change, with concern about long-term effects: something worth paying attention to. Feb. 22: U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Rep. Sam Farr gazed up at the peaks of Pinnacles during a ceremony promoting the historic landmark from a national monument to a national park. “President Theodore Roosevelt would be proud of what we have accomplished here,” said Farr. Mar. 8: Sea gulls heralded the approaching spring by descending on Pacific Grove in droves. We learned they are highly intelligent, and can drink fresh water or saltwater with equal ease. The gull population eventually thinned out again, and they left our sidewalks white, but not clean. Mar. 22: We wondered about the welfare of honeybees, so we contacted local restaurateurs (and beekeepers) Cindy and Ted Walter to get the buzz on bees. While incidents of colony collapse disorder are being recorded on a regular basis, more folks are suiting up to cultivate hives, from the backyards of the Monterey Peninsula to the rooftops of Manhattan. A hive can transform your yard into a Garden of Paradise. But please do your homework, and check with your neighbors first. Apr. 5: We attended a community meeting for discussion of a city-proposed wetland project at Greenwood Park. This would have been part of a plan to conform to state requirements for the city to all but halt any water pollution into our stretch of coastline, which is part of the Area of Special Biological Significance (ASBS). After a heated exchange that night, the city halted the project and agreed to look for cross-contamination from

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June 14: Pollen dusted everything in sight and allergies went haywire. The culprits? Quite possibly climate change, and corresponding increased carbon in the air. Carbon grows plants; and hardy varieties like ragweed are thriving. Oh boy. June 28: The city awarded a sewer-cleaning contract to Root Tamers from Redding, CA. But the biggest news was the opening of the Stillwell Children’s Pool at Lover’s Point. The community came together so well for that project, it’s worth mentioning twice. We thank Senior Recreation Coordinator Don Mothershead, and all-around good guy Richard Stillwell for their generous efforts, and heck, just for being Don and Richard. July 19: Jordan Daniels probably wears size 12 shoes, but it would take size 20 to fill them. Our interview covered his sustainability work from Big Sur to downtown Monterey. The LEED-certified son of contractor Larry Daniels, Jordan is a household name among local environmentalists. He has expanded to a bigger arena in Oakland as Senior Sustainability Consultant for DNV GL. Aug. 2: Who made that mess out back? Chances are raccoons had something to do with it. We spotlighted the furry bandits and found out they have reversible rear feet

for better tree mobility. Aug. 23: We presented some current (pun intended) information about electric vehicle charging station locations. Glide your Zero Emission Vehicle down to Asilomar Conference Center, plug in for free, and go watch the sunset. Or park your Chevy Volt in the downtown Monterey public garage and take in the Tuesday Farmers’ Market. New stations are being added all the time: check with the Monterey Bay Electric Vehicle Alliance. It’s all good. Sept. 6: There’s just nothing more lovable in this world than sea otters. While delighting us with their cuteness, the incredibly hairy little muppets also help maintain a critical undersea balance for healthier sea grass.

Sept. 20: Our local squirrels got in an uproar over the attention to otters, so we gave them a page too. Their role in nature is significant, and they have also been known to affect the activities of man by gnawing on power lines. Oct. 4: Earthworms get no respect. Or do they? Our story explained how they are being put to excellent use in vermicomposting. With a little work, the right worms, and the willingness to get really dirty, worms turn most food scraps into the best garden fertilizer you can get. Hint: gloves help. Oct. 25: The ASBS/sewer project took a big step forward as the city council received and approved a list of specific improvements. At the same time, the State Water Resources Control Board issued assurances that redirecting of the original grant funds would be approved. All this did not come without considerable cost: Environmental Programs Manager Sarah Hardgrave announced her resignation shortly afterward, to move into a position with the Big Sur Land Trust. We’ll miss her. Nov. 8: Our second Green World Update of the year took us around the globe in a country-by-country analysis provided by…the Central Intelligence Agency. We found their World Factbook web page, containing clear and accurate details of environmental issues worldwide. Bermuda ranks highest for sustainable development: big problems in Russia and Algeria. Nov. 22: Super Typhoon Haiyan smashed the Philippines in the early part of the month, and we wanted to understand more about the anatomy of such a monster. Man has tried to control tropical cyclones; but in the end, they are simply too large and short-lived to be quelled once they get going. Dec. 6: Seen many sea stars around our coastline lately? No, and you won’t for a while. A mass mortality of sea stars has decimated their numbers. This has happened before. However, 2013 is the first time there have been die-offs in the Atlantic and Pacific in the same year. Scientists are still looking for the cause. BEST WISHES FROM US TO YOU IN 2014! Send comments and suggestions for future Green Pages to: cameron@cedarstreettimes.com/

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PACIFIC GROVE | 1095 Lighthouse Avenue Ten furnished luxury rooms with radiant heat, skylights and fireplaces ready for new management. Lobby with kitchen and patio for morning coffee, afternoon tea or wine tasting. Walking distance to downtown, golf links or the Pacific Ocean. $1,650,000

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Bill Bluhm 831.277.2872

MONTEREY | 300 Glenwood Circle Beautiful 2BR/1BA condo that features wood and tile flooring, private deck with tree top views. $349,500 T.J. Bristol 831.521.3131

COMING SOON

PACIFIC GROVE | 431 Bishop Avenue Tiered gardens and stone walkways embrace this 2BR/2BA home. Wood floors, bonus & a peek of the bay. $599,500 Rico Azucena 831.917.1849

COMING SOON

PACIFIC GROVE | 242 Lobos Avenue Charming, historic home features a two 1BR/1BA unit, one 2BR/1BA unit and a 2BR/1.5BA unit. $725,000 Shawn Quinn 831.236.4318

SEASIDE | 1275 Hilby Ave Well-maintained light & airy upper Seaside 3BR/2BA home features ocean views, gas log fireplace & bamboo floors. $415,000 Joe Smith 831.238.1984

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PACIFIC GROVE | 304 Locust Street Contemporary 3BR/2.5 + bonus room remodel. Hardwood floors, 2 fireplaces, and double pane windows. $925,000 Marilyn Vassallo 831.372.8634

SOLD

MONTEREY | 957 Fountain Ave This modest 2BR/1BA home has been owned by the same family since the 1940’s. Large lot. Peek of the bay. $569,000 Arleen Hardenstein 831.915.8989

PACIFIC GROVE Quintessential home is transformed with all the modern amenities. This charming 2BR/1BA home is located on a double lot with offstreet parking, You will love the close-to-town feeling. $599,000 Deane Ramoni 831.917.6080

MARINA Cozy 3BR/2BA, 1,337 sq.ft. home on a cul-de-sac near Locke Paddon Park. Fireplace in living room, large patio area and fenced yard. Two-car garage. Call for more details. Al Borges 831.236.4935

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