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Christmas Magic
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Cop Log.................................3 Food......................................5 Green Page.........................20 Health & Well-Being............15 High Hats & Parasols..........10 Legal Notices.......................18 Now Showing......................11 Opinion..................................9 Peeps..............................8, 18 Rain Gauge...........................2 Sports................................6, 7 Young Writers’ Corner...........4
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PUC gives OK to Regional Water Project By Marge Ann Jameson
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Vol. III, Issue 12
Friday night, as shoppers found stores open downtown and caroler strolled, Arianna Davalos was captured by the magic store window at Pacific Grove Travel. More Friday Night Lights pictures on pages 12 and 13. Photo by Todd K. Davalos.
Lighthouse restoration
Stop the leaks! By Cameron Douglas Working with the Pacific Grove Heritage Society, a small group of dedicated craftsmen are determined to complete a large restoration project on the Point Pinos Lighthouse. First lit in 1855, Point Pinos is the oldest continuously-operating lighthouse on the west coast, and retains its original Fresnel lens. The years have not been kind to our lighthouse, which suffered damage to its tower in the great earthquake of 1906. Besides standing in the path of on-shore northwesterly winds — anyone who has stood out at Asilomar on a stormy day knows what that’s like — Point Pinos has not had the best of care in recent years.
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“With the decision we adopt today, [the California Public Utilities Commission] takes the highly unusual step of finding, after thorough review, that . . . there are sufficient procedural, contractual, and other legal safeguards . . . to be reasonably certain to produce the lowest cost, viable, and timely solution to Cal-Am’s immediate source water needs so as to provide adequate water for Cal-Am’s ratepayers.” With those words, which are part of a 361-page document outlining the decision, the California Public Utilities Commission gave their stamp of approval to the Water Purchase Agreement and Settlement Agreement, the first public-private project of its kind in California, concerning the Regional Water Project. The CPUC made the announcement on Dec. 2. The vote was 4-1. Though amendments had been requested by two of the outgoing members of the commission, which would have affected cost caps and the makeup of potential oversight of the project, the CPUC eventually agreed with the Settling Parties through a series of ex parte meetings that cost caps and additional governance and oversight would affect the ability of the project parties to sell needed bonds to finance the project. It was what Cal-Am and Marina Coast Water had hoped for. The engineering estimate for the project is nearly $300 million, plus another potential $100 million for infrastructure to be borne by Cal-Am ratepayers. “We spent $15 million just to get to the CPUC,” said Jim Heitzman, General Manager of Marina Coast Water District. “But we’re not going to get a cheaper project.” In a press release, California American Water said they estimate that average monthly water bills will increase from $38 to approximately $80 as a result of the project and other investments, including the removal of the San Clemente Dam. A separate application to the CPUC will determine the exact cost impact to California American Water customers. California American is expected to file the application sometime next year. The next step will be approval by the California Coastal Commission. They are scheduled to hold a public meeting in the spring anyway, and the Settling Parties, says Heitzman, hope to have 30 percent bonding by then and be able to present their case. Otherwise, the Coastal commission approval could take as long as a year, meaning that the project would not actually break ground until December, Staff, he says, will work to get ready for the meeting. “We try not to contest regulators,” Heitzman said. “We will not be trying to fight [the Coast Commission],” he added. “We’re in a favorable bidding climate for the construction,” he pointed out. “there could be some cost-cutting if we get right on it.” Heitzman said the Settling Parties are grateful for the support of Pacific Grove Mayor Carmelita Garcia, outgoing Seaside Mayor Ralph Rubio, and Carmel Mayor Sue McCloud. “They really demonstrated leadership in this,” he said. A series of community forum groups are planned, to last 4-5
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p LIGHTHOUSE From Page 1 Dennis Tarmina is heading the project, with help from Ken Hinshaw, Lowell Northrup and others. The first priority: “Stop the leaks!” Tarmina obtained a Modified Historic Structures Report that is “very specific about what can and cannot be done.” It covers all aspects of the project, including materials, techniques and types of paint to be used (no more lead). The City of Pacific Grove took possession of the Point Pinos Lighthouse from the Coast Guard in 2006. Eventually, says Tarmina, there will be a need for entry fees instead of the current requested donations to keep the lighthouse in good order. No city funds or taxes are being used to restore the lighthouse. Money is coming from existing lighthouse funds, donations from visitors, and grant money is being sought. The funds being used are specifically for the lighthouse and have no connection to the city’s general fund. Tarmina is doing much of the work on the building’s windows, which have deteriorated and are allowing moisture to gain entry. Each window is being stripped down to the bare wood. New glazing will be installed and all the original glass will be re-used. The wood frames are in excellent shape because, like much of the exterior trim, they are made from beautiful, tight-grain redwood. “You can’t find this [quality of redwood] anymore,” notes Tarmina. Stripping the windows all the way down revealed their original color, a pleasing forest green that has been matched and can be seen on the completed windows.
To ensure everything is done in compliance with environmental regulations, a paid contractor is in charge of stripping the old lead-based paint, using a special compound that “safely renders all heavy-metal paint residues non-hazardous on contact,” according to the label. Tarmina’s team has had samples of the stripped paint chemically analyzed and determined it was indeed rendered inert. More work is pending up top. The chimney needs repair and new chimney caps have been sourced that are a specific design to match the originals. Two new outbuildings are planned, one of which will be an ADA-compliant rest room. The new buildings will be done in the same style as the lighthouse. And one day, says Tarmina, the original red will be restored to the Point Pinos Lighthouse roof. The Point Pinos Lighthouse restoration team is looking for a volunteer mason/ bricklayer to assist with the chimney. If you have the time, inclination and ability to get up on the roof and work on this part of the job, call Dennis Tarmina at (831) 643-1943.
While work continues, the lighthouse sports a festive wreath around the top. Photo by Cameron Douglas.
Dennis Tarmina stands by one of the lighthouse’s restored windows. Photo by Cameron Douglas.
Pacific Grove’s Rain Gauge Data reported by Guy Chaney
Week ending 12/07/10.................................... ..40 Total for the season....................................... 3.29 To date last year (2009)................................. 3.46
Wettest year............................................................. 47.15 during rain year 7/1/97-6/30/98* Driest year.................................................................. 9.87 during rain year 7/1/75-6/30/76* High this past week....................................................... 61 Low this past week........................................................ 41 *Data from http://www.weather.nps.navy.mil/renard.wx/
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Taking the stress out of home economics
Ms. Lydia leads Linda Goulet’s home economics students in Tai Chi on the stage of Pacific Grove Middle School. Photo by Christelle Harris
By Christelle Harris
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Lydia Olsen, or “Ms. Lydia” as she is known to her students taught a Tai Chi lesson to Linda Goulet’s home economics class in the auditorium of Pacific Grove Middle school last Wednesday. Mrs. Goulet teaches her students sewing, banking and cooking skills; and, perhaps surprisingly, she teaches stress management skills, health and wellness management and mindfulness. Every Tuesday she and her students make tea and do a Chi Gong practice: Chi meaning “energy of life,” and gong meaning art, a staple of which is Tai Chi. Mrs. Goulet has been taking Tai Chi lessons from Lydia Olsen at Monterey Peninsula College for a year, and decided to share it with her Middle School students starting last spring. She shows them how to do what makes them happy, and has created knowledge of calm and balance students can achieve on their own. Lydia Olsen showed how much she can contribute to this idea by teaching her very informative Tai Chi, which the students happily and fully participated in. Olsen is a strong woman, originally from Bejing, China where she worked deep in a mountain during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. She has recovered from metastasized breast cancer, and worked in the Chinese Embassy. Olsen included in her lesson Tai Chi, a Tai ji sword demonstration and a question-and-answer session. The students responded well to their instructor, ending the class happy, stress-free and owning a very unusual set of skills with which to face the world.
Cop log PG Dog Gone Dog report Protecting their yard
Officer was dispatched to the Asilomar Blvd. area of PG for a report of dogs barking in the front yard. Upon arrival the officer observed a Black Lab and a German shepherd barking at a passing dog-walker. The dogs then quickly quieted down until another passerby came upon the yard, then again they started barking. The same incident occurred a third time (a least the dogs are consistent) The human belonging to the dogs was contacted and he assured the officer that he did not realize that the dogs were being a nuisance and that his neighbor that usually helps with the dogs was out of town. He also assured the officer that he would resolve the barking so it did not disturb the surrounding neighbors.
Locked or Unlocked doesn’t seem to matter. Don’t leave your belongings in the car, folks
There seems to still be a rash of car burglaries here in PG. On Ocean View Blvd. a car window was smashed and a purse was stolen. On Lighthouse Ave. there was a report of stolen items from a wallet left in an unlocked vehicle. On Sinex Ave. another car window was smashed and a cell phone and Ipod were stolen. And again on 7th St.: window broken and lap top taken.
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This isn’t the kind of driver we recommend for the 6th hole
Vandalism was reported from the PG Golf course, apparently a vehicle drove onto the 6th hole of the course and some damage was done.
hours each, and to start perhaps in February, 2011. The source water wells and raw water conveyance will be owned by Monterey County Water Resources Agency. Marina Coast Water District will own, construct, operate, and maintain the desalination plant in Marina and the product water conveyance facilities to the delivery point, which then becomes Cal-Am’s intake point. Cal-Am would own, construct, operate, and maintain the pipeline, conveyance, and pumping facilities that are needed to deliver the water to its customers. The Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Authority would own, operate, and maintain the outfall for return of the brine to the sea.
Apparently someone was being a Jerk(Y)
Suspect was arrested for shoplifting beef jerky from the Safeway in PG.
Not your everyday traffic stop
Officer was performing a traffic stop at David Ave. Driver was found to have a suspended license. The driver was arrested, suspected marijuana was found inside the vehicle. If that wasn’t enough the driver also had an outstanding warrant. With that said, we also had 4 other incidents this week of drivers being pulled over for traffic violations and the officers discovering that the drivers were all driving on suspended license. A reminder to all. You must have a valid driver license to drive a vehicle in the state of California, just saying.
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St. Peter and the Thunderbird By: Ellis Solon-Husb The teenage years, so it’s said, are the life-changing years. They’re the years during which a person grows, stretching the boundaries of their personality until it bursts like an overblown balloon, spewing the remnants of childhood joys, triumphs, miseries, and finally memories into the air, to be replaced by newer models and left to lurk in the shadows of dreams. The moment when Hugh Price’s childhood flew the coop, gave him the slip, skedaddled, so to speak, came on his sixteenth birthday. It was July 14, 1983, exactly one hundred ninety four years after the Parisians stormed their fortress-prison and brought down the absolute monarchy in a fit of revolution, and there was a shiny blue 1976 Ford Thunderbird sitting in the driveway. The Thunderbird had not been Hugh’s first choice, of course. As a typical, idealistic human being, Hugh wanted the unattainable: a cherry-red Chevy Camaro with a high-output 5-liter V-8 engine and 190 horsepower. Unfortunately, Hugh’s father, like every other paunchy suburban barbecue enthusiast in the Tacoma area, was unwilling to spend ten thousand dollars on a car which, according to Mr. Price, Hugh would “probably just drive off the Narrows Bridge anyway.” I could ramble on for hours about the specific events that led to the the eventual unveiling of Hugh’s gift, but they would undoubtedly bore you. What do you say to a movie montage instead? Mr. and Mrs. Price looking through the classifieds; finding a promising advertisement in the back of the News Tribune; driving out to Auburn to inspect the car; purchasing it for $800 from an aging woman with a bluish-gray perm; driving home in two cars; parking the gift behind the woodshed; pulling it into the driveway three nights later and presenting it to their groggy, tousled son at nine in the morning on the sixteenth anniversary of his survival. Which brings us to the big moment, the true turning point in Hugh Price’s young life. It was exactly 11:11 PM, although Hugh’s watch said 11:12, and the Thunderbird beckoned like a siren gone slightly to seed. Thus, Hugh did what any 16-year-old boy in his position would do: he decided to go out for a drive. It was a beautiful night in suburbia, and Hugh had every intention of enjoying it. So he tiptoed down the stairs, slipped on his shoes, slid out the door, and got in the driver’s seat of his relatively new car for the first time. He was suddenly reminded of what his father had told him, back in those frustrating, unnerving days when it was Mr. Price’s unspoken duty as a father to teach his son how to drive: “cars are like life, you make mistakes and sometimes the mistakes ruin you for a time.” For anyone else, these might have been harrowing words, but not for Hugh Price, who was aglow with the innate sense of recklessness so common among strapping youths, and who had what he’d been daydreaming about since second grade, a means of escape. Hugh pulled out of the driveway and into the night, sailing down the wide streets of North Slope, the streetlights illuminating his path like lamps on a Broadway stage. He switched on the radio (how liberating, after years of watching with longing as his parents tuned past every station he liked in their everlasting search for an accurate weather report) and caught “China Girl” in the middle of a stanza: “I hear hearts beating, loud as thunder, I see the stars
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Young Writers’ Corner crashing down...” Hugh didn’t register that he’d hit something until a few moments after the fact. Of course, the usual thoughts ran through his head: What was that? Oh my God. What if it was a bum? What if I get convicted of manslaughter for running over a bum? I could just drive away now, no one would ever know... The Thunderbird swerved, parking clumsily at the side of the street, nearly decapitating a mailbox. Hugh got out, slamming the door behind him as the Thin White Duke continued to croon, “I stumble into town just like a sacred cow...” “Please, please, please...” Hugh didn’t even know for what he was pleading, or to whom. In his mind, he rounded the end of his car to find a twisted, mangled form crumpled on the pavement, seeping thick blood from every orifice. In reality, he nearly tripped over the small, orange-striped victim of his midnight sojourn. “Oh God,” Hugh murmured. “Lars.” A little background on Lars: he was the beloved neighborhood cat, officially
the television blaring from inside the white bungalow. He hesitated at the front stoop, hesitated for a long moment, then finally knocked on the door. “Who is it?” Mrs. Ivarssen’s shrill voice sounded from behind the door. The television stayed loud. “It’s Hugh Price from down the street,” Hugh choked. “Hugh! It’s been a long time since I’ve seen you, young man. You wait right there, I’ll be with you in a moment.” Mrs. Ivarssen was, as I’ve stated, an eccentric. Aged 74, she’d lived alone in the bungalow since the death of her beloved husband Hans in 1967. She was a surprisingly tall, stoic Norwegian woman who always kept a spectacular bouffant and made seemingly millions of heart-shaped sugar cookies for the children of the neighborhood at Christmas. Rumor had it she never slept. In reality, she barely could. She had been a chronic insomniac since the death of her husband, a fact that she attempted to hide by baking and knitting for apparently all of North Slope. But enough soap opera gossip. Let’s
“It’s my birthday,” Hugh blurted suddenly. Mrs. Iverssen smiled again. “Happy birthday, Hugh.” “I got a car,” said Hugh, shuffling his feet and clutching the tiny painting so hard that the sharp corners sliced into his palm. “Oh, did you now? How nice.” belonging to the eccentric, widowed Mrs. Astrid Ivarssen, but emotionally a member of every family in that particular pocket of North Slope. Everyone loved Lars. Hugh himself had spent many a summer balling up old issues of the Wall Street Journal and tossing them into the air for Lars to attack. Every evening, Mrs. Ivarssen tottered out into her front yard and called Lars from whatever second home he happened to be frequenting, and like clockwork Lars would dash back to his own house and leap into Mrs. Ivarssen’s arms like a high school sweetheart welcoming her young man back from the war. “Oh God,” Hugh said again, crouching down beside Lars’ prostrate form. “Lars.” And now we can pause the tape, as Hugh stares down at his victim with an expression rather like that of the Virgin Mary if, while gazing down at baby Jesus for the first time, she noticed that he had a lazy eye. At this moment, we can discern the physical beginnings of a moral dilemma: Hugh’s slight frown (the denial hasn’t quite hit yet, he’s still somewhat confused), the furrowing of his brow, the hesitation as his hands hover over the cat’s corpse, the double-knotted laces of his tennis shoes resembling the tightening knot of guilt in his stomach. In the tone-deaf symphony produced by these such elements, there is a question, the question of our time: what the hell am I supposed to do? Hugh gently lifted Lars from the pavement, cradling him like a baby, and walked as if lobotomized toward Mrs. Ivarssen’s house. Even at this late hour (it was now 11:37 PM), Hugh could hear
get back to the story. For expediency’s sake, let’s say that Mrs. Iverssen has already put on her fleece-lined slippers and opened the door and smiled at Hugh before glancing down at his burden and slumping against the doorframe. “Lars...” Mrs. Iverssen trailed off, blinking through her thick round glasses at her tabby companion. “I’m sorry, Mrs. Iverssen. I don’t know what happened. I-I was driving along and I…” Now here is where Hugh’s moral dilemma kicks in. He swallowed, giving Mrs. Iverssen a sideways glance. “Well, I saw a lump in the middle of the road and I got out to look at it, and…and I suppose someone hit him without noticing...” The instant the lie left his mouth, Hugh wished he could take it back. Such is the trouble with lies, however; once they’re said, they can’t be unsaid. Mrs. Iverssen studied his face for a moment. “Thank you for bringing him home,” she whispered, barely able to keep her voice from cracking. “I…” Hugh paused, then muttered uncomfortably, “don’t mention it.” “You’d better come inside, get cleaned up. I think I have some cookies for you if you want them.” “I’m not hungry,” Hugh mumbled. “Nevertheless, come inside.” Mrs. Iverssen waved him in and shut the door behind him. A rerun of Wheel of Fortune was blasting in the cramped living room. Telling Hugh to wait there, Mrs. Iverssen marched to the bathroom and selected a fluffy lavender towel, then marched back out to the living room and laid it on the couch. Silently, Hugh laid the stiffening body of Lars on the towel, feeling like
the world was falling apart. “Nothing more frightening to look at than a dead pet,” Mrs. Iverssen said suddenly. “That’s what my Hans used to say back when. You know, today iswas Lars’ sixteenth birthday. Sixteenth anniversary of my renewed faith in life. I never thought I could love a living creature again, not after my husband departed. That was before I met Lars.” She laughed loudly, and it echoed around the room, somehow managing to cut through the noise of the TV like a knife. Hugh shivered, suddenly feeling the room fill up with ghosts. Mrs. Iverssen tilted her head, staring at his dejected form. “Why don’t you go wash up, Hugh, and then come back out here. I have something for you.” Let’s skip forward a tad, past Hugh scrubbing his arms with vigor, as if the remorse would wash away with the cat blood. Past Hugh returning to the living room to find Mrs. Iverssen still staring down at her dead friend, past the two of them strolling down the hallway to a door at the far end of the house, past the door creaking open with a noise like a B-movie sound effect. Here we are. Just where it gets interesting. The room was small and dark, more of a closet, really. It was lined with floor-to-ceiling cabinets filled with tiny drawers, like a card catalogue in the library of some ancient European university. “This is my curio room,” Mrs. Iverssen said by way of explanation. “This is where I keep bits and pieces. Tonight is your lucky night, young Mr. Price. Because you returned Lars, and because I’ll let you pick one thing from my curio room as a reward of sorts.” “A…a reward?” Hugh stammered, utterly convinced, as the guilty usually are, that the old woman could see through his lie. “Yes,” said Mrs. Iverssen, “a reward. Don’t just stand there, boy. Look around. Anything you want, anything at all.” Inside the first drawer Hugh opened was a tiny porcelain model of an orange tabby cat curled up on a lavender blanket. Hugh shut this particular drawer immediately. Inside the next one was a heavy golden locket, containing wartime photographs of the Iverssens when they were still young and alive. Hugh shut this drawer as well. It took him several minutes to find what he wanted. When he found it, a tiny Mexican painting of a human heart, executed in incredible detail on a miniature strip of wood, Hugh held it up to Mrs. Iverssen, who smiled in approval. “Good choice.” She nodded. “I think you’d best be going now, it’s late.” In the way that only stoic, elderly Norwegian ladies can, Mrs. Iverssen shepherded Hugh back down the hall, back past the dead cat, back to the front door, which she opened wide, ushering him out to the front stoop again. “Goodnight, Hugh. Say hello to your parents for me.” “It’s my birthday,” Hugh blurted suddenly. Mrs. Iverssen smiled again. “Happy birthday, Hugh.” “I got a car,” said Hugh, shuffling his feet and clutching the tiny painting so hard that the sharp corners sliced into his palm. “Oh, did you now? How nice.” “I ran over Lars.” A long silence descended, and it was several moments before Mrs. Iverssen said, “What?” “It was an accident. I didn’t know Please see next page
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he was there. I should have told you, I’m sorry. I was scared.” Hugh averted his eyes, staring down at his knotty tennis shoes rather than at Mrs. Iverssen’s knotty face. And then came the unexpected, the crescendo of the night of July 14, 1983. Mrs. Iverssen’s face went white, her mouth became a pale thin line, in other words, she exhibited every symptom of severe anger that those trickster physicians known as writers are so keen on describing. In one swift movement, she grabbed Hugh’s wrist and wrenched the painting out of his hand, then gave him a strong push away from her doorway. “You get out of here, boy. You get out of here and you never come back,” she hissed. Hugh hesitated, which only caused more color to leak from her face. “Go away! I don’t ever want to see you even close to my property again. Go!” Hugh went. He walked away, still staring at the knots in his shoelaces and the matching knots in his gut, and got back into his car, which would henceforth forever be associated with guilt and dead cats, and drove off into the night. He kept driving and driving until it was 2 in the morning and he was out of gas and he had to call his parents from a corner store to come pick him up, and then had to explain to them why his shirt was covered in dried blood, and why he’d killed the neighborhood darling, and why Hugh Price the former had flown out of the window of that 1976 Thunderbird and vanished into the fog.
Holiday Craft Festival
Monterey Bay Charter School presents a make-it-yourself craft festival for all ages on December 11 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Silk dyeing, leather stamping, candle making, wool crafting, felt ornaments and much more will be available. There will also be a latte bar, nutritious lunch and bake sale. Monterey Bay Charter School is located at 1004 David Avenue, Pacific Grove. See www.mbayschool.org or call 831655-4638 for more information.
Toy drive under way
The annual Crime Prevention Officer ’s Association of Monterey County (CPOAMC) Toy Drive has begun. Last year, the Toy Drive provided more than 1,400 toys to children in need. Churches and community service agencies throughout Monterey County have identified needy children and they will help Santa by wrapping all the new toys, so don’t wrap your donations. The officers request unwrapped, new toys. The drive will last until Dec. 17. Pacific Grove Police Department is located at the corner of Pine and Forest Avenues in Pacific Grove. Drop-off sites also include Salinas PD, CHP, CSUMB PD, Sheriff’s office, Seaside PD, Presidio of Monterey PD and Del Rey Oaks PD.
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2010 Year In Restaurant Review
Wow, is it December already? Where the heck did 2010 run off to? I just love writing these “year in review” types of articles. It makes you look back, reflect and remember all of the good, the bad and the ugly things that have taken place over the past year. Sometimes it feels as if nothing really happens around P.G. but if you really think about it there has been a great deal of change in the local dining out scene this year.
Let’s Start Out With The Good…
Pagrovians continued to be very fortunate to have numerous options within the boundaries of their little town from which to choose. The old guard – Fandango, Joe Rombi’s, International Cuisine, The Red House Café, Passionfish, Favoloro’s Big Night Bistro, Peppers, Vito’s, Vivolo’s Chowder House, Tillie Gorts, Alberto’s Ristorante, Taste, Fifi’s, Toasties, Bechler’s Patisserie and International Cuisine, The Fishwife, First Awakenings, Lovers Point Grill and Archie’s All American Diner continue to defy the odds and are all alive and well. If anyone doubts that maintaining a restaurant with an ‘open’ sign in the window during the past few years has been tough going, think again. The day in and out grind of keeping a business solvent is a HUGE accomplishment. Congratulations to all of the survivors who have not been ‘voted off the island’ or had their torches extinguished by their tribe. The newer set of contenders are likewise trying to break into the ranks of the old guard by virtue of surviving the lack of greenbacks flowing in and out of their cash registers. Take for example: Pacific Thai, Max’s Grill, Thaiwaiian Bistro, An Choi , Mauricio’s and Dos Amigos. Do they have what it takes to make it into the 10 or 20 year club? Perhaps yes, perhaps no. It will depend on their flexibility and consistency. I say flexibility because a restaurant needs to be able to adapt to changing dining habits and the economics of the area. Furthermore, consistency of food quality and customer service are always a fly in any restaurateurs ointment.
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Eating Out in PG Haven’t heard a peep out of the normally buzzing Chamber of Commerce office on the prospects here. This leads moi to believe that the project may be at a standstill or perhaps even dead in the water. Now, what about Tene Shake’s Signature Restaurant Lattitudes at Lovers Point? Wow, doesn’t that place look all a-mess lately? Following a five year run, he opted out of the remainder of his lease options. Why you may ask? Well, doing business on Lovers Point is very different from Cannery Row and Fisherman’s Wharf. You see, you cannot depend on tourist traffic to support you down on that pretty little piece of property. There are no shops, no aquarium, no parking lots, no IMAX theater, no Peruvian flute groups playing on weekends or anything of the sort. What there is at Lovers Point is unparalleled breath taking scenery. Period. In order to lure people to that little corner of the world, you have to 1. Serve really great food. 2. Have really great service. 3. Pay loads of money to advertise your place all over the place and 4. Understand your market. ….Nuff’ said. Also gone from our dining pleasure
map are: Matteo’s, Zocalo and The Point Pinos Grill at the PG Golf Course. Each will be missed for various reasons. Matteo’s was fun and kind of a local’s secret. Zocalo did a reasonable job of pumping out some fairly good Mexican food and The Point Pinos Grill didn’t stand a chance due to all of the rules and regulations forced upon it by the City of PG and their uncooperative neighbors. Bummer for all of ‘em. Thanks for the effort.
And Now For the New Kids On The Block…
Cheers to Mando’s (where Zocalo’s used to be) and Julia’s (where Matteo’s used to be). May you be with us for a good, long time. I’ll be watching you very closely. If you need any advice on how to proceed: refer to my paragraph about the Good Operators at the beginning of this article. Watch and learn from them. They have it right. Meantime, try not be voted off the island and don’t extinguish your own flame through complacency. Happy 2011 Everyone- Luv and Best Dishes….I. Ada Lott
Museum garden growing
The Dearly Departed of 2010
Oh how the mighty have fallen. The Lovers Point area used to be thriving with three destination dining spots: The Old Bath House, Lattitudes and The Grill at Lovers Point. What’s left? Oddly enough the last man standing out there is the tiny, but mighty Grill at Lovers Point. Who’d a thunk it? I guess bigger isn’t always better, huh? Don’t get me wrong…The Old Bath House had an incredible 32-year run until it went dark five years ago. Yes, it has been closed for FIVE YEARS. Why is it back on my Dearly Departed list for 2010? Following four years of development and permit seeking the future tenants who had been working with the developer on the project for four years, decided to opt out. Mr. Enea, the developer is now left holding the bag and the question remains, will he or won’t he follow through with the plans to remodel the place and bring it up to ADA code without an operator in place?
Visitors to Monarch Magic last week had the opportunity to see how the Native Plant Garden is progressing at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History. Photo by Neil Jameson.
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Season opener: Alvarez 45, Pacific Grove 39
Photos by Nate Phillips Despite the fact that Kristian Grobecker led all scorers for the reigning four-time Mission Trail Athletic League champion Breakers with 22 points, his team went down to Alvarez last week 45-39. But the season is young.
Breaker of the Week Kristian Grobecker Grade: Senior Sport: Varsity Basketball Extra Circular activities: Track Kristian hopes to attend college at UC San Diego Nominated by the coaching staff for: 22 Points Scored against Alvarez High School Honorable mentions: Luis Pina, Wrestling, Sophomore; Nick Synsteby J.V Basketball Breaker of the Week is sponsored by
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PG Pony League opens registration The Pacific Grove Pony Baseball and Softball League Announces the Opening of Online Registration for the Spring 2011 Season. Online registration for the 2011 Spring Baseball and Softball Season opened on December 1st, 2010 and can be accessed through the League’s website at pgpony.org. PG Pony was founded in 1974 and is committed to providing organized Baseball and Softball to the youth of the community. The Mission of Pacific Grove Pony is to reinforce in our youth ideals of good sportsmanship, honesty, loyalty as well as courage and respect for themselves and others. The League meets this objective by providing supervised competitive games and practices with the goal of creating stronger and happier youth who will grow through League play to become healthy, well adjusted adults. PG Pony Baseball and Softball is managed by a volunteer Board of Directors presided over by current President Michele Ross. “We are all excited about what is in store for the league this next season”, says League Secretary Neil MacLaren. “We recently launched our newly remodeled web site that not only includes an online registration option to make that process more convenient for our busy league families, but also has player and coaches’ tools designed to be a resource for players, families, and coaches alike all season long.” Pacific Grove Pony depends on the support of Sponsors in the community. A “Sponsor Dugout” was created as well at the site to not only demonstrate the league’s gratitude, but also to better
recognize league sponsorsfor their generosity and continued support. “The site redevelopment was a real Team effort”, says MacLaren, “only made possible by the valuable input and hard work of our Coaches, Players, their families and our Board Members”. Baseball and Softball Field improvements remain priorities for the League. As a result of the hard work of league players, coaches and families last season, PG Pony was able to raise $10,000.00 through raffle fundraising efforts. These funds will make it possible for the league to assist the City of Pacific Grove with much needed field improvements in an effort to create the safest and most educational playing environment for our young baseball and softball players. You can follow field improvement progress as well as other league news in our monthly newsletter available for viewing on the home page of our web site. Our first Newsletter edition will be published and available for viewing on January 1st, 2011. “As Board Members, we look forward to continuing to serve our players and families in our community”, says long-time Board Member and current League President, Michele Ross. “We are again offering scholarships to those in need to make certain that, during these difficult economic times, all of our young players have an opportunity to participate in, and grow through the sports of baseball and softball. Scholarship information can be obtained by sending an email to president@pgpony.org.
Pacific Grove Pony Baseball/Softball in the 2010 Good Old Days Parade.
Jingle Bell Run/Walk coming to PG
The Arthritis Foundation is calling for people to take action against arthritis by participating in the First Annual Pacific Grove 2010 Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis. The annual nationwide event kicks off during the holiday season, raising awareness of America’s leading cause of disability, while raising desperately needed funds for research, health education and government advocacy to improve the lives of people with arthritis. Participants tie jingle bells to their shoelaces, don festive holiday costumes and join friends and neighbors in support of the Arthritis Foundation’s mission to prevent, control and cure arthritis and related diseases. The Pacific Grove Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis will take place Sat., Dec. 11 2010 at 7:00 a.m. There is a 1k walk/run Elf Run for children under 12 years of age at 10:00 a.m. and pictures with Santa and activities for children at Lover’s Point. More than 118 other Jingle Bell Run/Walks can be found at www.arthritis.org The goal is to raise $100,000 on Saturday, December 11th, 2010. To get involved or to form a team, visit www.arthritis.orgor call 1-800-464-6240.
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Peeps Of miracles and lights Far left, Col. Naomi Horowitz; Tony Horowitz; Rabbi Dovid Holtzberg, second from right, and his wife, Binie Holtzberg, far right, codirectors of Chabad of Monterey. Rabbi and Mrs. Holtzberg hosted a lighting ceremony for an interesting -- to say the least -- menorah. It’s made completely of Legos. The Holtzberg family makes a menorah each year of non-traditional materials (balloons, recycled cell phones). We asked Binie how many Legos it took to make this large menorah: “A lot!” she said. Below, Daniel Schperberg enjoys the much more traditional latkes. Photos by Katie Shain
Chabad of Monterey’s Community Menorah Lighting By Katie Shain Last Thursday’s weather could be considered the first miracle of the evening. It couldn’t have been finer for the Chabad of Monterey’s Community Lighting of the Chanukah Menorah at Del Monte Center. A nice sized crowd filled the seats to listen to Rabbi Holtzberg explain the reason for the season and the gratitude he and his family hold for the United States of America. Colonel Naomi Horowitz was honored for her service in Iraq over the last six months by being asked to light the Chanukah candles. She and her husband Anthony are regular members of Chabad of Monterey. The Colonel’s heartfelt address to those in attendance was one of gratitude for returning safely home, as she mentioned the fact that an evening such as this could never have taken place in Iraq. A second miracle may have been that the candles stayed lit throughout the breezy evening’s events. Dr. Ron Friedman and some of his musician friends, who just happened to be passing through town on their way to their next concert, spontaneously joined in the evening’s entertainment. Miracle? Anyone’s guess, and it was only the second night! Along with a little singing, a little dancing, donuts, dreidel spinning, and of course, applesauce and latkes it was a perfectly sweet celebration.
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Opinion 1700 wolves killed: Ignorant, corrupt legislators to blame On October 04/2010, The Monterey Herald printed a flawed article entitled "Lawmakers, critics, tussle over gray wolf population" as written by Matthew Brown; who parroted mainly the views of the anti-environmental groups such as the cattlemen's lobby, and the nefariously corrupt Animal Services subdivision of the U.S.Dept. of Agriculture. They also enlisted the most dishonest of the elk hunters’ lobby, the very ones who illegally shipped elk untested for the Chronic Wasting Disease prion, interstate to midwestern states for canned hunts. This illegal activity has disseminated more of that infectious prion into the local mule and white-tailed deer populations, in the Midwest. These people individually and collectively foment medieval hatred towards the Endangered Species Act and the species it protects. Their intransigent hatred focuses primarily on wolves, although other predators such as lower 48 states grizzly and black bears, and mountain lions, are targets too. Prior to the reintroduction of wolves to the Greater Yellowstone Ecoysytem and Park, Defenders of Wildlife had promised to pay full market value of any documented predation by a wolf upon livestock. Defenders has honored that promise, and with documentation has paid reparations where needed. Fortunately, individual wolf predation upon livestock has been very low, considering the sheer numbers of livestock roaming on public lands . The elk hunters either forget, or are too uniformed, to know that elk traditionally migrated to lower valleys, in search of more accessible forage in severe winters; however they too use wolves as a scapegoat. Wolves are a keystone species, and Yellowstone National Park is ecologically in far better shape today than it had been for decades prior to the reintroduction of wolves. The overabundance of elk which had overgrazed the aspen and birch groves caused a depletion of other species within Yellowstone that required these trees for their survival. Lynx, which prey almost exclusively on the snowshoe hare, became scarce and virtually vanished from Yellowstone, when their prime prey base little mammal, the snowshoe hare disappeared. Beaver numbers increased to normal levels too, and once again have favorite trees for their lodges and bark sources for food. Raptors and other avian species have increased also. The wolves brought the over abundance of elk back to their historic levels, but the presence of wolves also increased the wariness of the elk, so that they once more act like a wild ungulate, and not a tamed species suitable only for canned hunts or "box camera" photographers. The childish machinations of "good or bad" animals however, is still embedded in the bovine-brained mentality still so prevalent in the Idaho and Wyoming cowboy states. In contrast, the motels, hotels, and eateries that I last saw, in West Yellowstone, Gardiner, and Cooke City. MT have had a huge surge in business, as tourists were anxious to be able to once more see wolves in Yellowstone. Estimates of the wolf population by Matthew Brown's calculations are inaccurately high outside the Park. Decades ago, I locked horns with "Animal Services" as a young livestock practitioner, eager to do a professional job for my rancher clients. Animal Services then was called "Animal Damage Control" and in the mid 1990's changed their name to Animal Services in order to improve their image to the American Public, which now disapproved of their goal to kill any and all predators indiscriminately. They still are lackeys to the cattlemen and woolgrowers groups; and are still funded by all American taxpayers, including city and village dwellers. When they asked me to falsify my necropsy findings or laboratory findings which I had sent to the State Veterinary Pathology Laboratory, on a given animal that had died of a clostridial or viral infection, I flatly refused. In addition, they had the temerity to ask me to sign a preprinted statement they furnished stating and "certifying" that the unfortunate animal had died from wolf predation! Their corrupt print out would have enabled the owner of that deceased animal to fraudulently collect reparations from Uncle Sam, had I been as crooked as they were and signed it. There were no wolves in that part of the West then, which compounded their attempts at fraud. When Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar (President Obama's appointee) got into office, he immediately removed the Greater Yellowstone ecosystem wolves from from the protection of the Endangered Species Act and as a result over 1700 wolves had been killed indiscriminately in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Many of these wolves were radio collared and known to avoid domestic livestock, seeking natural prey only; and had been monitored by teams of wildlife biologists. Recently when Federal Judge Donald Molloy weighed the evidence for and against wolf protection he revoked Sec'y of the Interior Salazar's premature decision to delist the wolves and immediately the Judge reinstated their protection under the ESA. He also chastised Sec'y Salazar for his premature delisting of wolves, and his pandering to the special interest groups of livestock owners and their political counterparts. As soon as the Judge rendered his verdict the pyschotic wolf haters and their legislators enlisted Animal Services to openly defy the Federal Judge's rulings, and wantonly begin a killing campaign of wolves. Their ignorant and corrupt legislators have also openly called wolves "vermin predators" and use bumper stickers exhorting all their redneck allies, to kill them too. Very recently, it has been discovered that Secretary of the Interior Salazar has been covertly aiding and abetting all of the anti-wildlife above groups in concert with some members of Congress; who intend to enact legislation that would permanently gut the Endangered Species Act, and prevent its reinstatement permanently, irrespective of how close to extinction it would render some species. Such wanton disregard for the law is an abomination; and we must not allow an incredibly corrupt bunch of people including those in "high places" to deliberately pervert American values. Lastly, the only "vermin predators" I've encountered had two feet, pot bellies, and carried rifles and hip flasks. Marvin J. Sheffield, D.V.M. Wild Canid Research Group Pacific Grove
Marge Ann Jameson
Editorial
Take responsibility: Setting an insult to rights
“Whenever the people are well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government; whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights.” --Thomas Jefferson to Richard Price, 1789. Merrily going down our own little path in Pacific Grove, many may have missed the flap going on at the county level over the exorbitant salary paid Monterey Regional Park District general manager Joseph Donofrio, who retired recently earning more (by a factor of two) than the superintendent of Yosemite National Park for managing about 500 square miles including the Rec Trail. Yosemite is nearly 1200 square miles in size. Donofrio managed 16 employees; there are 450 at Yosemite. Funding for Regional Parks comes from a “½ percent allocation of the property tax collected within the District. For every $100,000 of property value, the District receives approximately $5 for open space acquisition and operations,” says the District’s website. There’s also a $19 parcel tax approved by voters in 2004. Too, there are grants from state and federal sources that have nearly matched every local dollar received. (And then we have to think about where those grants came from – tax dollars maybe?) In other words, you in Pacific Grove have a vested interest in this. You voted for it. At the Monday, Dec. 6, 2010 board meeting, the issue of the retiring general manager’s salary and benefits package, retirement package and consulting contract were raised by every speaker during oral communications. Most called for rescission of the consulting contract (Oh yeah, did we tell you Donofrio’s getting $130 an hour to be a consultant with the District to find his replacement and run the District until then?). They also asked for a full public audit. They requested more transparency (the salary package at the Dec. 3, 2007 meeting was a consent agenda item; there is no mention in the Board package and the minutes of that meeting are solely action minutes and indicate only that the item passed, not whether there was any discussion or who voted for the item.) Speakers asked the full board to step down. Words such as “shameful” and “gross mismanagement” were used. Public employees who spoke pointed out that they will bear the brunt of public outrage, not Donofrio. One speaker blamed the press for not bringing it to the public’s attention earlier. We also wonder about the effect on other jurisdictions where this outrageous salary might be held up as a standard. We are not here to complain about Donofrio’s salary package, his retirement or his consulting fees. The salary is a done deal. The retirement probably can’t be touched unless the Department of Justice finds problems as they did in Bell, California. The consulting fees? We can talk about that later. What we’re concerned with now was the public response of John Delessio, who by all other accounts is a stand-up guy and who doesn’t take his meager stipend for serving on the Board. But. . . He announced Monday night that he was going to take an unusual step and respond to public comment. He commented that information about the discussion and the vote was available on the District’s website which, as pointed out above, is not so. Action minutes do not, in our view, constitute transparency. He said that anyone having questions about the figures could have found them on the Internet. We could not find them, but then we’ve only been using the Internet so long that our personal email address ends in “pacbell.net.” And then he said to the audience, “Responsibility flows in two directions. Take some yourself.” Mr. Delessio, that’s what we voted for you to do for us. You have a duty to exercise sound judgment on our behalf. You didn’t do it. So taking responsibility is what we’re doing here and now. We want to see that public audit. While we read the audit that’s online, it was not quite finite enough to constitute what we’d call “transparent.” We want to see full minutes including voting records of all Board members, especially on money matters. We want to see the rescission of that consulting contract. It’s an insult. We want to see a volunteer committee of interested members of the public take responsibility for input on the hiring of Donofrio’s replacement, including the salary and benefits. We want to see it brought more in line with the pay packages of people holding similar positions. And we want to know how this happened in the first place. Read: Full investigation. The District is governed by a five-member, elected Board of Directors. In December 2007, when the current salary package was approved, they were: Mary Dainton (Pacific Grove’s outgoing representative), John Delessio, Michael Adamson, Ben Post and Jennifer Lagier Fellguth. Tell them you want some
answers. And finally, tell them they should all step down. They failed the public trust. - Marge Ann Jameson
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Jon Guthrie
High Hats & Parasols The News … from 1910. I
PG invited to join Salinas in countering gangs
Salinas is suffering from the evil wrought upon that city by a gang of young ruffians who have taken up loitering in the alleyway behind the BonBon Café at Main and Gabilan. These black hands seem to enjoy confronting patrons leaving the café, and then demanding money. One young man, recently patronizing the BonBon in company of his fiancée, at first refused to part with any money. Several of the youths set upon him and the young man was soon the worse for his refusal. A gang member threatened harm to the young man’s fiancée if a contribution was not forthcoming, whereupon the young man complied. After the melee, the young man was assisted across the street where his wounds could be tended. I The Salinas constable has sent out word that gangs may be organizing clandestinely in other nearby communities. King City has lodged several complaints about such problems. Watsonville, Monterey, and Pacific Grove are thought to be teetering on the knife’s edge. The Salinas constable has set Saturday week as the time for a meeting to explore appropriate response. The Pacific Grove constable has not yet said whether he plans to attend. II
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Author’s Notes
A medical clinic was located on the second floor of the building now occupied by the First Awakenings café. “Saturday week” is the 1910 way of saying “next Saturday”.
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“Toothsome” meant “delicious”.
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The Sloat monument still stands near the Presidio of Monterey.
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Asian grasscloth is made from any one of the fibers extracted from Asian grasses. Advertising was becoming “spicier” as 1910 was on the cusp of the carefree, flapper era.
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Glass made before 1917 offered views that were a bit warped and a little wrinkly.
Please note! Readers are advised that the 1910 prices quoted herein are no longer valid, nor are these items / properties available from the mentioned seller
Look out for this fraud!
A slender woman, about 30 years of age, is now in the Grove soliciting aid from our charitably disposed citizens. After making contact, this fraud tells a pitiful tale of woe to those who will listen. She states that donations will go toward establishing a dress-making salon here, and that the salon will help get her life back on track. The donation is to be considered an investment in the new business. The Pacific Grove station agent C. R. Estabrook has just received notification from the Southern Pacific Company that this woman has been working her scam all up and down the Southern Pacific line. She is known to have been operating under a variety of covers. In the Grove, she has already used two identities. Look out for this woman. Notify law enforcement if contact is made.
Medicos meet at Carmel
The Monterey County Medical Society met in the Carmel Hotel of Carmel-by-theSea on Saturday. Attendance numbered a fair portion of members. Those present were Drs. Wm. Himmelsbach of Carmel; T. C. Edwards, H. G. Crabtree, and H. B. Christensen of Salinas; E. K. Abbott of Monterey; and Doctors W. V. Grimes and A. M. Richards of Pacific Grove. After the session, representatives were served a toothsome buffet. III
Only survivor of Sloat flagship lives in Hollister
So far as can be ascertained, the only living survivor of the American flagship Savannah, which, under the command of Commodore Sloat of the Pacific Squadron, raised the Stars and Stripes in Monterey harbor on July 7, 1846, and thus claimed California for the United States, now resides in Hollister. His name is George Hamblin. Preparations are underway for Monterey and Pacific Grove citizens to escort that hero here for dedication of the monument erected to the memory of Commodore Sloat. George “Mustang” Hamblin was about 15 years old at the time of the event. He is 80 years old now and pretty well preserved for that age. Commodore Sloat arrived with the Savannah at Monterey harbor from Mazatlan. Other vessels in port when the flagship entered were the U.S.S. Cayne and U.S.S. Mervine. They carried twenty guns each. The flagship carried fifty-four. The captain of the Mervine was sent ashore with a force of 250 marines to hoist the stars and stripes over the custom house. A proclamation written in both English and Spanish addressed to the inhabitants of California was posted in public places. On July 23, Commodore Sloat turned over the command of the conquered territory to his successor, Commodore Stockton. IV
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Notes from around the area…
Central Presbyterian Church of Pacific Grove 325 Central Avenue, 831-375-7207 Chabad of Monterey 2707 David Avenue, Pacific Grove, 831-643-2770 Christian Church Disciples of Christ of Pacific Grove 442 Central Avenue, 831-372-0363 Church of Christ 176 Central Avenue, 831-375-3741 Community Baptist Church Monterey & Pine Avenues, 831-375-4311 First Baptist Church of Pacific Grove 246 Laurel Avenue, 831-373-0741 First Church of God 1023 David Avenue, 831-372-5005 First United Methodist Church of Pacific Grove 915 Sunset @ 17-Mile Dr., Pacific Grove - (831) 372-5875 Worship: Sundays @ 10:00 a.m. Jehovah’s Witnesses of Pacific Grove 1100 Sunset Drive, 831-375-2138
After recovering from a lengthy illness, Mrs. D. M. Dysart departed by carriage this morning destined for the Santa Cruz mountains. She plans to loiter there in a cottage while her health improves. Mrs. Dysart was accompanied by her daughter who intends to care for her.
Lighthouse Fellowship of Pacific Grove 804 Redwood Lane, 831-333-0636
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A farewell party was held this morning to wish W. E. Rogers farewell and safe travels. Mr. Rogers is on his way to Mexico where he plans to invest in a gold mining venture.
Mayflower Presbyterian Church 141 14th Street, 831-373-4705
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Mrs. A. H. Hill is organizing an auto mobile caravan to the Yellowstone Park. Travelers from the Grove will join with travelers from Stockton to make the trip. Interested? Contact Mrs. Hill or leave word at the Review. Passengers with adventurous spirits are welcome. You need not own an auto mobile.
Pacific Coast Church 522 Central Avenue, 831-372-1942
The cost of living…
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You can purchase six loaves of fresh-baked bread from the Pacific Grove Bakery. Just 25¢. Twelve loaves cost 45¢.
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Ladies who wish to improve their feminine forms can purchase “Bustie’s Busteriers” from the Bazaar. Made from Tampico grass-cloth covered with velveteen. Once in place, no one except the wearer will know the difference, but all eyes will be on you for just $3. V
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N. B. Burlingame has just received a shipment of juicy apricots. 10¢ a pound.
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Are you in pane? Wright’s Hardware Store sells glass in all sizes starting at $1.25 each. Your view will not be terribly wrinkled. Our staff will cut to your specifications. VI
Peninsula Christian Center 520 Pine Avenue, 831-373-0431 Peninsula Baptist Church 1116 Funston Avenue, 831-647-1610 St. Angela Merici Catholic Church 146 8th Street, 831-655-4160 St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church Central Avenue & 12th Street, 831-373-4441 Seventh-Day Adventist Church of the Monterey Peninsula 375 Lighthouse Avenue, 831-372-7818
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The Arts
Now Showing Fiber Artist Frances Cunningham’s new show
“Fibers, Fabrics & Found Objects” is now on display at Back Porch Fabrics Gallery, 157 Grand Ave at Central Ave Pacific Grove. Many new quilts and framed “Underwater Collages” are for sale. The Gallery Display will hang until Feb 2, 2011. Back Pork Fabrics Gallery is open Mon.-Sat. 10:00-5:00 and Sun. noon to 4:00 p.m.
A Taffeta Christmas: MPC Holiday production
The Taffetas are four singing sisters from Muncie, Indiana. This fictitious 1950's girls group was first introduced to audiences in The Taffetas, which featured the girls making their national television singing debut on the real-life Dumont Television Network, performing some of the greatest musical hits of the 1950's. A Taffeta Christmas is set in December, 1959 at the Moose Hall in the Taffeta's hometown of Muncie, Indiana. This musical sequel features the girls in a live television special, "Holiday Hometown Hoedown." The actual DuMont Television Network, the first television network in the country, presented some of the most creative and innovative shows for their time and was licensed before NBC, CBS and ABC. Tickets for A Taffeta Christmas are priced from $10 - $25, with Young Adult (1625) and military and group discounts available. Performances will be Thurs., Dec. 9 (Preview) 7:00 p.m.; Fri., Dec. 10 (Opening) 8:00 p.m.; Sat., Dec. 11 8:00 p.m.; Sun. Dec. 12 2:00 p.m., Thursday Dec. 16th 7:00 p.m., Friday Dec. 17th 8:00 p.m., Sat., Dec. 18, 8:00 p.m., Sun., Dec. 19, 2:00 p.m. A Taffeta Christmas is recommended for theatergoers 6 years and over. For tickets, go to www.mpctheatre.com, call the MPC Box Office at 831-646-4213, or visit the Box Office in person on the MPC Campus, Wednesday through Friday from 3:00 p.m. to 7: 00 p.m..
Music of the season offered at First Methodist Church
First United Methodist Church of Pacific Grove will offer a morning filled with the music of the season on Sun., Dec. 12 beginning at 10:00 a.m. Christmas Music Concert Sunday will feature the talents of the widely-known Kevin Jordan Wild Coast Brass Quintet along with local harpist Pamela Scholz, the gifted organist Barbara Vella, the Monarch Handbell Choir and the Sanctuary Singers of First United Methodist Church of Pacific Grove. Join us and be blessed by the wonderful music of the Christmas season. Enjoy traditional favorites by Antonio Vivaldi and John Leavitt, as well as contemporary favorites by Amy Grant, Cynthia Dobrinski and many more. For more information please contact the church office at 831-372-5875. First United Methodist Church is located at 915 Sunset Drive at the corner of 17 Mile Drive in Pacific Grove.
Barbie Christmas on display
The Cannery Row Antiques Mall is exhibiting a collection of Barbie Christmas ornaments and memorabilia. The exhibit is the collection of Cathy Young who has been collecting Barbie memorabiilia her whole life. The show runs from Dec. 9 through Jan. 31 and is in the mall's upstairs gallery. The mall is located at 471 Wave St. and is open every day from 10am to 5:30pm. For more info call 655-0264
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Final opportunity: The 2010 Patrons’ Show Annual Fundraiser October 29-December 16, 2010
There are still tickets left for the 2010 Patrons’ Show Annual Fundraiser. There is one ticket sold for each piece of artwork available, so every purchaser is guaranteed a work of art. To purchase a ticket, contact the Art Center at 568 Lighthouse Avenue in Pacific Grove Wednesday-Saturday from noon to 5:00 p.m. The 2010 Patrons’ Show is dedicated to the memory of the late Rollin Pickford, who supported the Art Center for decades with his donations to our fundraisers and solo shows. His family has requested donations to the Art Center in his memory. The Patrons’ Show is one of our major fundraising events, and it could not take place without the generous support of local artists and benefactors, who donate artwork to the raffle. Tickets are sold equal to the number of pieces donated, and the person whose ticket is drawn first will be able to choose a piece from all of the art in the gallery. Currently, there are 129 pieces of art available. the drawing will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sun., Dec. 12. Ticket holders or their designees must attend the drawing. Ticket prices are $50 for members and $75 for nonmembers, with a limit of two.
At Artisana Gallery 309 Forest Avenue "The Wishing Tree" by Donna Wobber (interactive installation) "The Trees of Life" by Cheryl Kampe (watercolors and pastels) Showing now through December 31st! Donna Wobber, poet and artist, expresses what lies deep within the human spirit through the spoken & written word. We invite you to contribute to Donna Wobber’s Wishing Tree - reminicent of Japanese fortune paper strips tied to trees at many temples there. Participate in this tradition and your wish may come true. You are encouraged to utilize this art installation for making wishes for the New Year 2011. This Holiday Season we will be open 7 days a week 10am-6pm, Nov. 26th-Dec. 24th A few words from Cheryl Kampe: After early experience with watercolors, I fell in love with the qualities of this medium – the vivid colors and the expression of fine detail. I enjoy interpreting what I see through color and imagination. I have enjoyed the benefit of learning in workshops from Oneida Hammond, Anne Pember, Guy Magalanes, Karen Honaker, Dale Laitinen, and Jane Hofstetter. I paint at my studio in Pacific Grove and with my very talented friends in San Jose. I am now painting local subjects on the Monterey Peninsula and enjoying the support of the many creative artists in this community. I have recently completed a series of local scenes to capture the beauty of the Monterey Peninsula Coast. In this series of trees, I have included elements both of the sunshine and the sea mist that defines the light of this region.
Classes at PG Art Center
Watercolor Class with Jane Flury 6-9p.m. Tuesdays at the Pacific Grove Art Center, 568 Lighthouse Ave.,Pacific Grove. This is an overview class using the limited palette method and includes the basics to experimental. Class works from still life on towards a model. Beginners welcome. Six week session $90. Next session starts Jan. 11. For more information call 402-5367 or e-mail:artnants@aol.com. Beginning Watercolor Class with Jane Flury 9a.m.-12p.m. Thursdays at Vista Lobos, Carmel. This is an overview class using the limited palette method and will cover the basics of watercolor. Class will work from still life. Beginners welcome. 10 week session $50. Next session starts Jan.6, 2011. Pre-register through Carmel Adult School 624-1714. Outdoor Painting with Jane Flury- ongoing, 10a.m.-1p.m. Saturdays. Class meets at various locations around the Monterey Peninsula. All media and skill levels welcome. Lots of instruction available. $20 drop-in fee. For more information or location schedule call 402-5367 or e-mail: artnants@aol.com. Drawing Class with Jane Flury 6-8p.m. Thursdays at the Pacific Grove Art Center, 568 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove. Class will learn the basics of perspective, shadow and line. Beginners welcome. Four week session $75. Next session starts Jan. 13. Information call 402-5367 or e-mail:artnants@aol.com
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Friday Night Lights meets
Photos this page by Cameron Douglas
Clockwise from top left: Flautist Kenny Stahl(right) and friends. “Peninsula Harmony” at Artisana Gallery (L-R) Keith Wolhart, Jen Newman, Phyllis and Mitch Davis. The Sea Otter Quartet performs at “I’m Puzzled.” These are students of Rosemarie Dunsford and Margaret Dally. The Monarch Trio performs at Bookmark Music. These are students of Rosemarie Dunsford. Dancing in the street. A happy group at “Carried Away.” Members of the “Kombucheros” band at Tessuti Zoo. Members of Ballet Fantasque’s “Nutcracker” cast. The show will be performed at Santa Catalina School on Dec. 18 and 19.
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First Friday Pacific Grove
Times• Page 13 Photos this page by Todd K. Davalos
Merchants who are always open on Fridays, merchants who stay open on First Fridays, merchants who wouldn’t miss a Friday Night Lights for all the bulbs on Lighthouse Avenue. . .Lots to do and see on Friday, Dec. 3 when the town light up like. . .well. . .a Christmas tree!
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Holiday Parade of Lights a 100-Watt success
PGHS Breaker Marching Band. Photo by Cameron Douglas
Members of Cub Scout Pack 125. Photo by Cameron Douglas
Breaker Girls. Photo by Nate Phillips
Dianne Lyle’s H.E.A.T. dancers. Photo by Cameron Douglas Feast of Lanterns 2010 Royal Court and Board members on the antique fire truck. Photo by Nate Phillips
Top: Mike Milliorn of Milliorn Insurance Service. Center: Richard Stilwell pilots the PG Hardware truck. Bottom: Chamber president Moe Ammar catches a ride from German Motorwerks. Photos by Cameron Douglas
Council member Alan Cohen (left) and Mayor Carmelita Garcia. Photo by Cameron Douglas
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New You
Health & Well-Being
The 12 Days of Gratitude...All Year Long!
I believe that living with Gratitude makes life, richer, fuller and much more abundant. Hence, in the spirit of giving and receiving, let’s celebrate the 12 days “before” Christmas with a blessings right here and NOW! - and you can join in! Let me show you how to extend your gratitude through the season and beyond. Simply begin or end each day by reflecting on the good things you did, saw, felt, heard or experienced… Here’s how:
Day 1.
Be grateful for the energy of Gratitude Counting your Blessings (or expressing your gratitude) attracts positive energy, happiness and prosperity. Gratitude is a beautiful spiritual vibration that we create from tapping into universal grace, love and modesty.
Day 2.
Be mindful of ways to give thanks The secret to true Gratitude lies within its unique nature. Gratitude can be expressed with a grand gesture of charity or the smallest of thanks. Whether your gratitude rings loud and clear from the church choir or is whispered from a lonely mountain top, it is a unique state of Spiritual grace. People express their Gratitude through prayer, meditation or in a daily journal. No matter how you count blessings, giving Gratitude allows more blessings to find their way to you.
Day 3.
Experience how Gratitude feels How many times have you let someone go in front of you at a cash register because you had a cart full of groceries and they only had one or two items? How did you feel when they thanked you? What if they didn’t thank you but took their place ahead of you? How do you feel when you let someone into the flow of traffic and they do or don’t thank you? These are small examples of how gratitude creates positive energy. When we disdain things it creates negative energy. It’s not just a question of manners. We all need to be the changes we want to see in our lives. This is Universal law.
Day 4.
Appreciate your Blessings no matter how small Abundance can only come to your life if you are thankful for your current blessings. Remember, those who are rich are not those who have more, but those who see what they have as more than enough. If you do not put out grateful energy you put out negative energy, which only brings with it more negative energy.
Day 5.
Get emotional strength from Gratitude When we begin to feel sorry for
Day 12.
Rhonda M. Farrah, M.A.
Wellness Empowerment ourselves, it’s time to seek out things for which to be grateful. I advise my clients to write down something each night so they can begin living out of enough-ness rather than the need for more. Feelings of jealousy and anger leak our personal power. When we no longer covet what someone else has, we can find contentment. Many clients have applied this principle and later said they felt their lives coming back into control.
Day 6.
Be grateful for what is working beautifully In my work it is important to bring focus to areas of my client’s lives that can go unnoticed during times of stress or fear - the things which are working beautifully. By helping to change their focus from one of fear to one of gratitude, I can help change their state of mind from one of agitation to one of peace. They can then see the unlimited possibilities before them.
Day 7.
Do something good for those less fortunate Let each day, including Christmas, be a time for reflection, reaction and expressing our appreciative feelings to our dear ones, those in our inner circle as well as creating an agreeable attitude for those less fortunate than ourselves. Say “hi” to strangers or donate time or money to charity. The Universe responds when we send out positive energy and it comes back to us for giving from a pure place within our Spirits.
Day 8.
Use simple expressions of comfort and joy I enjoy sharing smiles with strangers. It makes me feel like I’m keeping the ball of good will rolling. The best way to get joy is to spread it. Gratitude isn’t a oneway street. For many clients expressing gratitude is a wonderful rewarding treasure chest. Once it becomes second nature to do small things it’s amazing what unfolds.
Day 9.
Live fully in the present Sometimes we find ourselves in situations where it’s difficult to be grateful. Perhaps your ex has a new partner and you are stuck at home with the children, with little money and even less happiness. This is when it’s most important to be grateful. There are your beautiful children, a roof over you head, food on the table, your pets
who accept you in good times and bad. Sure, there are those of you reading this who may say my life’s a mess - but what about the fact that you can read this… that you have the eyes that allow you to see this?
Day 10.
Let Life’s challenges initiate abundance When you welcome your challenges in Life, you validate your own existence in a positive way and everything changes for the better. When faced with what seems like an insurmountable challenge, you have but one choice. That choice is to dig deeper within yourself than you ever believed possible, to question the dedication and worthiness of your very Soul, and then throw caution to the wind and take your fate in your hands.
Day 11.
Embrace what you can give It is not the money but the gift that counts. It should be from the heart… whatever the time of year or the season. Make things, do things, bake things! I coached a woman who was devastated over the breakup of a long term romance. She was successful and well thought of and had everything she wanted. She knew she should be grateful but couldn’t be. My Inner Voice suggested she go to a specific organization that dealt with the dying and volunteer. About a month later she called back with a sparkle in her voice. She said she had found real joy in just taking a deep breath, because she had been exposed to many people through her volunteering who were unable to take the same deep breath.
Be grateful for life itself live each day fully Thank the Universe for your current blessings throughout the year to stay Spiritually rich. Gratitude validates our very existence in a positive way. It awakens feelings of joy from the inside by turning on the divine spark in each of us - and that encourages more good things to happen! With Love & Blessings! Rhonda Rhonda M. Farrah M.A., DRWA Author, Speaker, Entrepreneur, and Spiritual Teacher is dedicated to the p r a c t i c e o f H e a l t h & We l l n e s s Empowerment, assisting individuals in developing life strategies to help them help themselves. Rhonda’s Health & Wellness Empowerment Coaching includes programs that allow us to become as healthy, fit and trim...in body, mind and spirit...as we choose to be. Rhonda advocates all Wellness…Personal, Physical, Environmental, & Financial Rhonda may be contacted at The Wellness Institute International Toll free 1-877-82COACH (1-877-822-6224) Rhonda@HelpMeRhondaNow.com www.TheWellness Institute.tv I wish you a very Blessed & Happy Holiday Season. There is so much to be thankful for. I take this opportunity to tell you how thankful I am for you. Readers, I truly appreciate you!. I am grateful for your support and your trust! Thank you, as well, for the opportunity to serve you. I promise to make 2011 a year where together we reach new heights of personal success. Here’s to Hearing Life From A Higher Vibration! And…Remember…Have a tremendously Magnificent & Successful day…Every day!
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Rabia Erduman, CHT, CMP, RPP, CST 831-277-9029 www.wuweiwu.com
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The final Snow in the Park?
It rained a bit on the event, but it didn’t seem to dampen the spirits of the children at Stillwell’s Snow in the Park. The 2010 Snow in the Park was the 17th -- and probably the last -- of the popular event. Over the years, thousands of children have gone to Caledonia Park to play for a day in man-made snow, an event made possible by the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce with the help of donors. There is no charge to participants, who are then invited to a party at Sally Griffith Center with Santa and the Snow Queen. Moe Ammar, president of the chamber, said the largest donor was once again Pacific Grove Hardware, and second largest was the Police Officers Association.
Ammar said that the event now costs nearly $10,000 to put on, and that the company from Salinas who provides the snow is going out of business. He says there are other companies, in San Jose and in Fremont, and he holds out hope but is afraid that the cost will be prohibitive. Ammar’s comment: “Thank you, Mr. Stillwell!” Yes. Thank you for 17 wonderful years.
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Nothing could dampen their spirits
Photos by Skyler Lewis
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Your achievements
Peeps
Sound of the Season
Christmas craft
Curtis Bennett, master of puns and Pacific Grove High School student from 1959-1962, made this 3-foot by 3-foot Christmas wall hanging from strawberry baskets arranged in a pyramid. There are also coffee creamer cups with lights in them. Curtis’s creation won a first prize at the Monterey County Fair.
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Brag a little! Send your achievements, be they awards, engagements, weddings, births, graduations, to Cedar Street Times. If it’s about Pacific Grove, we want to hear it -- and so does everyone else!
Legal Notices ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME: Petition of Mindy Frerkson Case No. M109425 Filed Nov. 24, 2010. To all interested persons: Petitioner Mindy Frerkson filed a petition with this court for a decree changing name as follows: present name Eliza Monique Espino to proposed name Eliza Monique Frerkson. 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 myst 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 14, 2011 Time: 9:00 a.m. The address of the court is: Superior Court of California, County of Monterey, 1200 Aguajito Rd., 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: Nov. 24, 2010 Judge of the Superior Court: Kay T. Kingsley. Publication dates: 12/10, 12/17, 12/24, 12/31/10
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20102034 The following person is doing business as Integrated Physician Services, 538 Abrego St., Monterey, Monterey County, CA 93940; Lisa Kaye Chadwick, 59 Nacional St., Salinas, Ca 93901. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on December 06, 2010. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 02/20/04. Signed: Lisa Chadwick. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 12/10, 12/17, 12/24, 12/31
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20102449 The following person is doing business as A Bayside Wedding, 591 Lighthouse Ave. #23, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950; Joyce Day Meuse, 761 Spruce Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on November 22, 2010. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 01/01/03. Signed: Joyce Day Meuse. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 12/10, 12/17, 12/24, 12/31
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20102420 The following persons are doing business as All About Business, 1243 Shell Ave., Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950; Cheryl Diane Beller, 1243 Shell Ave., Pacific Grove 93950. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on November 18, 2010. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 02/01/2000. Signed: Cheryl Beller. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 11/26/10, 12/04/10, 12/11/10, 12/18/10.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20102340 The following persons are doing business as KMD Enterprises, 667 Mermaid Ave., Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950; Kimberly Ann Downer, 667 Mermaid Ave., Pacific Grove 93950. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on November 5, 2010. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 11/05/2010. Signed: Kimberly Downer. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 11/26/10, 12/04/10, 12/11/10, 12/18/10.
Judy and Bruce Cowan have, for more years than they can count, been Salvation Army bell-ringers during the Christmas season. They play their penny whistles in harmony in front of the post office, hoping to attract donations to the familiar red bucket. Bruce decided the traditional bell needed some spicing up -- hence the penny whistle -- but he wasn’t quite ready to give it up, so he attached it to his right shoe and as he taps his toe to keep time with the music, the familiar bell rings in the Christmas season.
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20102450 The following person is doing business as Meuse Media Entertainment, 761 Spruce Ave., Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950; Peter E. Meuse, 761 Spruce Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on November 22, 2010. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 07/09/01. Signed: Peter E. Meuse. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 12/10, 12/17, 12/24, 12/31 FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20102515 The following person is doing business as Hawker Advisors, Inc., 500 Belavida Road, Monterey, Monterey County, CA 93940; Hawker Advisors, Inc., 500 Belavida Road, Monterey, CA 93950. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on December 2, 2010. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on N/A. Signed: Mia C. Temple, Director of Operations. This business is conducted by a corporation. Publication dates: 12/10, 12/17, 12/24, 12/31
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 20102555 The following person is doing business as O.A.C. Productions, 348 Bush St., Salinas, Monterey County, CA 93907; Johnny Tuutau Fanene Sr., 48 Bush St., Salinas, CA 93907. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on December 8, 2010. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 01/10. Signed: Johnny Fanene Sr. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 12/10, 12/17, 12/24, 12/31
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Thanks due for Santa’s Party Farmers’ Market updates from Editor: Thank you for the lovely December 3 issue photos, featuring my dancers helping at Everyone’s Harvest Santa’s Party. The girls who volunteered worked hard, but they were rewarded by the appreciation of those who attended. These young dancers loved the smiles on the little ones’ faces, listening to their Santa Wishes, and dancing the Macarena with eager and energetic toddlers. We all valued the magic of this kind of on-going community event. Thanks to Moe Ammar and the Chamber of Commerce, the city of Pacific Grove, and you and your newspaper, for recognizing the importance of these smaller, generationbinding moments. Oh, and thanks for giving Roque and the Public Works Guys recognition for their late nights, spent getting the lights up and shining in time for all of the holiday celebrations. They did a heroic job on those oh-so-freezing-cold nights. We had a fabulous time at the Parade of Lights. It was the DiFranco Dance Project’s first time out...what a blast! We give thanks to the Sambahemians for giving us such driving rhythms and to the samba dancers, Frank Quilantang, Katy Siegler and Joanne. We appreciate the work that the city and the Chamber of Commerce invested in creating another great community event. I offer special kudos to parade organizer Molly McGee, and the ever-present, hard-working Don Mothershead of the city’s rec department. Thanks, also, for the great “shout-out” about our December 5 bake sale. Though it was a drizzly Sunday, folks coming to Trader Joe’s were wonderfully supportive. The H.E.A.T. girls raised about $250 towards their NUVO convention tuition. Hurray for cookies and cupcakes!
Dianne Lyle Pacific Grove
Community Choir to hold annual holiday concert
Monterey Peninsula Choral Society, a 100 voices community choir will hold their annual Holiday Concert on Sat., Dec. 11, at 8:00 p.m. at Carmel Mission, and Sun., Dec. 12 at 3:00 p.m. at Pacific Grove Middle School Performing Arts Center. Tickets are $20, tickets for children are $10. Under the leadership of Sean Boulware, who has also just been chosen to conduct the 500-voice choir at the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony in 2012 in London, the choir will perform an eclectic array of seasonal music that will delight a wide, broad-based audience, including “Riu, Riu Chiu”, a popular Spanish carol, “Blow Blow Thou Winter Wind” by Shakespeare, “Cold and Fugue Season” by Bach, “Mary’s Little Boy Chile”, a calypso piece first recorded by Harry Belafonte, and Ingrid Tower’s favorite piece “Magnificat” composed by Jackson Berkey, keyboard artist of the Grammy award winning group Mannheim Steamroller. The opening song “Merry Christmas” is by John Williams who is also composing the music for Sean to conduct at the Olympics. The Carmel Mission concert is expected to sell out, we suggest to get tickets in advance. Pacific Grove performing Arts Center can accommodate a larger audience at the door. For tickets, please call 831-601-8577 or see www. thempcs.org
Monterey County Gives program Through Dec. 31st
Everyone’s Harvest is participating in the Montery County Gives program. We are seeking donating to improve and increase our cooking demos in 2011. The MC Weekly will match your donation $1 for $1! Last year we raised $815.00 from MC Gives which allowed us to conduct nine Organic Garden Events where we hosted organic gardening demonstrations along with giving away worm bins, organic seeds, and organic garden resources. Visit www.MontereyCountyGives.com to learn more.
Share ideas and learn more about Everyone’s Harvest
Iris Peppard, Executive Director of Everyone’s Harvest will staff the Information Booth at the Pacific Grove Market on Dec. 13. The public is invited to share ideas, desires, and vision for the markets and Everyone’s Harvest. “These conversations will help Everyone’s Harvest plan for improvements and changes for 2011,” said Peppard.
Edible Education for Healthy Youth
Everyone’s Harvest launched its first session of Edible Education for Healthy Youth pilot program at the Greenfield Market this past September, using the Farmers’Market as a living laboratory to teach local youth about small-scale family farmers healthy eating, and active living. Now, during the winter Everyone’s Harvest is gearing up to run the program at the Marina and Pacific Markets in the spring of 2011. Everyone’s Harvest thanks the Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation making this program possible.
Market Winter Schedule
The Pacific Grove market is open in the winter season. The market is only closed for two weeks for the holidays. The exact dates are: PG Market open Dec. 20 PG Market closed Dec. 27 and Jan. 3 PG Market opens for 2011, Jan. 10
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TREVOR!
Bus service changes
Service changes for local bus transportation provided by Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) went into effect Saturday, December 4, 2010. The following service will be changed or modified: Line 2X: Slight schedule adjustments. Line 3: Now departs from Munras Gate at Monterey Transit Plaza. Line 16: Slight schedule adjustments to arrival time at Marina Transit Exchange. Line 20: Slight schedule adjustments to Weekday and Saturday schedules. Line 24: Slight schedule adjustments to departure times at Monterey Conference Center. Line 28: Slight schedule adjustments to afternoon and evening trips. Line 41: Slight schedule adjustments to afternoon and evening trips. Line 49: Slight schedule adjustments to afternoon and evening trips. Line 68: Route and schedule adjustments. Route extended from Salinas Transit Center to Independence & Nantucket. Line 69: Route and schedule adjustments. Now serves The Dunes Shopping Center in Marina. No longer serves Cannery Row. Line 71: Slight schedule adjustments to some am trips. Line 72: Slight schedule adjustments. Line 74: Slight schedule adjustments. Line 75: Slight schedule adjustments. Line 76: Route and schedule adjustments. No longer serves General Jim Moore and Normandy. Now serves 6th Army and Monterey Road. Additional morning trips in the Presidio. Line 77: Slight schedule adjustments. NEW! Line 82: New weekday service beginning January 24, 2011 connecting Salinas Transit Center and Fort Hunter Liggett. NEW! Line 83: New weekday service connecting Fort Hunter Liggett and Paso Robles. Information detailing route and schedule changes is currently available in the new Rider’s Guide available free aboard buses now through January 3, 2011. New schedules will be posted online at www.mst.org Friday, December 3, 2010 or call Monterey-Salinas Transit toll free at 1-888-MST-BUS1.
I'm so proud of the young man you have become and the man you’re turning into! You will always be my BABY!
HAPPY 16TH BIRTHDAY We Love You, Mom & Rich
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The Green Page Keen minds focus on storm water issues By Cameron Douglas It’s raining in Pacific Grove. Storm water runoff surges down the streets like small raging creeks, sweeping everything in its path down into storm drains, across bubble-ups and down the gutters into the Monterey Bay. At Lovers Point, a sickly tan mixture of dirt, bacteria, animal waste, detergents and motor oil blasts from a huge drainpipe into the waters of the town’s favorite beach.
Storm water rushes out of a drainpipe into the bay at Lovers Point during a rainstorm in 2009. Anxious to improve the Pacific Grove quality of life and environment, city leaders recently met with a group of students at one of the area’s leading marine research institutions to find ways of reducing storm water runoff pollution. Hopkins Marine Lab hosted some of the area’s brightest academic minds for a 3-day storm water workshop from Dec. 3-5. Represented were: Monterey Area Research Institutions’ Network for Education (MARINE); Hopkins Marine Station and Stanford University; Cal State University Monterey Bay; Monterey Institute of International Studies; Moss Landing Marine Labs; and UC Santa Cruz. Senior City Planner Sarah Hardgrave attended all three days. The workshop capped six months of work by 17 students of engineering, chemistry, marine biology and policy. On Sunday, Mayor Carmelita Garcia, City Manager Tom Frutchey and council member Bill Kampe came in to hear the results and ask questions. At the Hopkins workshop, students broke into four groups with the purpose of conjuring up ways to reduce the flow of toxins and bacteria into the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. As the ocean waves lapped gently outside the
classroom’s open windows, students concluded the course and presented their findings. The students assumed the role of a team of engineers and contractors approaching a potential client — the city of Pacific Grove. All four groups, which worked independently from each other, came to the same conclusion: the best way to mitigate storm water runoff in a “built-out” community like Pacific Grove is with bioswales.
Best bet: Bioswales
Bioswales are small landscape plots that naturally filter and absorb silt and pollutants from storm water runoff. They generally consist of a swaled drainage course with gently sloped sides (no more than six percent) and are filled with vegetation, compost or rubble. There is usually a drain at one end and some piping involved. Bioswales slow down the flow of storm water and give it time to drop contaminants into the ground, where they are broken down and absorbed by nature’s process. In this way, storm water that reaches the bay would be substantially cleaner. The Environmental Protection Agency has determined that a properly functioning bioswale can achieve a 50 percent reduction in copper, lead and zinc flowing through storm water; a 25 to 50 percent reduction in sediments, phosphorus and bacteria; and a 40 percent reduction in nitrates. Bioswales can be augmented with special parking area pavers that have an open design. Grass grows up through them and water flows down. These work very well and allow oil and grease to go into the ground while also absorbing storm water.
(L-R) Tess Harris, Colleen Beye, Carly Corrado, Heidi Niggemeyer, Julie Stewart, Margaret Krebs, Alan Lovewell.
This week’s Monarch Alert To report tagged monarchs: 877-897-7740 http://monarchalert.calpoly.edu/
Counts continue to rise at Pacific Grove’s Sanctuary
Counts were done on 30 November to 1 December. Weather was cool in the early morning with clear to overcast skies. All sites were counted by two counters (thanks Wesley!). One small cluster finally counted at Plaskett Creek Campground. Andrew Molera State Park was counted late in the morning during warm weather, many fliers present and somewhat difficult to count. Average number of monarchs counted at the Monarch Sanctuary was 5,366." So Pacific Grove numbers are still on the rise. This really highlights the importance of doing counts at overwintering sites throughout the season, as opposed to only once for the Thanksgiving count. The more data we collect on overwintering numbers, the better! - Erica Krygsman
Open pavers installed in the parking area of the Centrella Hotel.
Erin Loury of Moss Landing Marine Labs talks with city manager Tom Frutchey.
Some already exist here in town, installed voluntarily by property owners. Three strategic locations for bioswales were pinpointed; one at Greenwood Park and two near Lighthouse Avenue. The placement of these bioswales would catch a great deal of runoff during storms. The total estimated cost for all three would run between $40,500 to $81,000. Maintenance would be simple and could be performed by grade school students. “These could make great science projects,” remarked one member of the workshop.
Bill Kampe and Mayor Garcia with Meg Caldwell, the executive director of the Center for Ocean Solutions (center).
Don’t Flush Trouble!
Disposable wipes and other products are clogging our sewer lines and damaging pumps and other equipment.
Not only are these problems expensive to fix, they can also cause raw sewage overflows into homes, businesses and the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
So, think trash, not toilets! These belong in the TRASH: Cleaning Wipes • Grease • Condoms Disposable Diapers Nursing Pads & Baby Wipes Hair • Facial Wipes • Tampons & Pads • Dental Floss To learn more, visit ClogBusters.org or call 831-648-5722 Funded by the City of Pacific Grove