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Monarch Magic 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. PG Museum of Natural History 165 Forest Ave. (831) 648-5716 ext. 20 Free •
Yellow Ribbon Club - 117
Feting Polly - Page 2
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Incorporating the Pacific Grove Hometown Bulletin Nov. 23-29, 2012
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Vol. V, Issue 10
Thanksgiving decorating gone wild Unless you have children who bring home paper Pilgrim’s hats and colorful turkeys made from tracings of their hands, you probably don’t decorate much for Thanksgiving. Maybe a few dried leaves and a cornucopia full of fake fruit. But the homeowner at the corner of 16th and Central in Pacific Grove has gone all out with inflatable turkeys hung from a tree in the front yard. L. “Stoney” Bangert caught this picture last week.
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Rotary, 12 Noon Inn at Spanish Bay Lunch $20, 649-0657
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Reflections Art Quilts by Karen Flamme Reception Nov. 4, 1-3 PM Back Porch Fabrics & Gallery 157 Grand Ave., PG 831-375-4453 •
Dec. 3, Jan. 7
Teen Gaming Night at the Library 5:30-7:30 pm For ages 12-18
Inside Animal Tales & Random Thoughts..............................18 Cop Log..................................3 Food...............................11, 22 Green Page...........................23 Heath & Wellness...............4, 6 High Hats & Parasols..............4 Homeless Chronicles............17 Money..................................21 Obituary...............................20 Otter Views.............................9 Peeps......................................7 Seniors.................................18 Sports & Leisure........12, 13, 20 Up & Coming.................5, and throughout the Holiday Section Young Writers Corner...........14
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Board examines merger with Carmel Adult School
Students strut their stuff for school board
Every fall the PGUSD Board travels to all the school sites for their regular meetings. Last Thursday’s meeting, Nov. 15, at Pacific Grove High School completed this school year’s round of site visits. Administrators, teachers and students are given the opportunity to showcase their curricula and programs through presentations. As with all the campus visits that preceded – Forest Grove, Robert Down, Pacific Grove Middle School, and Pacific Grove Adult School – trustees came away with the assurance that the wellrounded education of PGUSD students is in good hands. Principal Matt Bell introduced the theme of the high school’s presentation as Get Out the Vote! Teachers and staff, representing every department at the high school, sat behind tables decorated in red, white and blue, and expressed their “platform” to “voters” who moved from table to table. Students were also on hand to inform the board about student clubs that meet during lunch, each under the supervision of a teacher advisor. Kailee Romberg, Tony Berteaux, and Arwan Awan said the purpose of the Progressive Student Union Club is to unify the student body by ending alienation
and promoting positivity. Monthly events include Suicide Prevention Week, AntiBullying Month and getting students to sign a nonviolence pledge. Andrew Chyo and Sam Pontaloro said the My Strength Club empowers young men to make ethical choices while encouraging them to show their strength through communication and respect. Sydney Thompson and Savannah Chiaono told the board the My Life Club fosters an environment that empowers young women to embrace their strengths, make safe and healthy decisions in their lives and create positive change in their communities. Items of interest on the agenda included discussion of the possible merger of the Pacific Grove and Carmel Adult Education Programs. Craig Beller, currently part-time principal at both sites, said the amount of money offered by Carmel to take over the program is not significant enough for the additional workload and expense. Discussion of the use of the campus fields by outside groups was the other item on the agenda up for discussion and mainly
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Postage rates will increase in new year
You knew it was coming, sure as the Christmas holidays. It’s a postage rate increase, which seem to occur on an annual basis these past few years. Following the announcement in October that the U.S. Post Office suffered a revenue loss of some $15.9 billion in 2012, the new rates were calculated and will take effect Jan. 27, 2013. A first-class stamp will now cost $.45, up a penny. There’s a new “forever” stamp, too – $1.10 will buy your one-ounce letter a trip to anywhere in the world. Package rates have gone up, too. The new flat rates are: Small box ― $5.80 Medium box ― $12.35 Large box ― $16.85 Large APO/FPO box ― $14.85 Regular envelope ― $5.60 Legal envelope ― $5.75 Padded envelope ― $5.95
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concerned the high school stadium. In response to concerns expressed several months ago, Assistant Superintendent Rick Miller said that gates to the Stadium are now kept unlocked all the time and the adult soccer leagues play only on Sundays – and only until 7:00 p.m. No solution was found that would keep skateboarders, cleats, gum and sunflower seeds off the artificial track. Funds collected from the field rentals are set aside for field maintenance. Plans are under way to perform a scheduled maintenance on November 19. Maintenance includes sweeping, fluffing, combing and repairing seams. Given proper use and maintenance, Miller estimated the track could last 10 years. The next regular Board meeting is scheduled for Thurs., Dec, 13, 7:00 p.m. at the District Office Jessie Bray Conference Room.
Alex Hubbard to speak at Rotary The Pacific Grove Rotary Club will host Alex Hubbard who will speak on “Southern Utah: Solo Wanderings and Ramblings in God’s Country” on Tuesday, November 27.The meeting is at The Inn at Spanish Bay in Pebble Beach, at 12 noon. Lunch is $20 and reservations may be made by calling Jane Roland at 649-0657
Enjoy your retirement, Polly
On November 16 more than 80 friends, family, coworkers, and PG celebrities gathered at Chautauqua Hall to celebrate the contributions of Polly Fry to the City of Pacific Grove, now tht she hs retired. Polly has worked in several roles in the City and there are many unique stories about her support and spirit over the last 29 years. Beth Kastrup will begin her service with the City as the new Management Analyst in Human Resources on December 11.
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Smash and grab
Window of a car was smashed and some binoculars were stolen.
Striking issue or load spill?
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Found
A cell phone was found and turned in. The battery was dead. A California drivers license was turned in, having been found in Monterey. A wallet was turned in that had been found at a hotel. A wallet was found on Forest Ave. and returned to the owner. See above, but substitute Bike Trail for Forest Ave. See above, but substitute Walnut Ave. for Forest Ave. Also add “‘s father” at the end.
Lost
A “money bag” wallet was lost at Lovers Point. Chances are it was pick-pocketed. A cell phone and water bottle were lost while the owner was riding her bicycle in Pacific Grove. A black Coach brand wallet with grey lettering was reported lost.
Hogging the washer
Reporting party was using two washers at the same time and her neighbor got upset at called her a nasty name.
False alarms
On Jewell Ave. Another one on 11th St., unregistered.
Loitering
A juvenile was warned about curfew violation, and another person was arrested for prowling. On Crest Ave.
Vandalism of vehicle Hollering/Not hollering
On Monarch Lane, hollering and banging was reported. But the residents denied any disagreement when the officers arrived.
Not exactly a full service post office
A homeless woman and her dog were sleeping at the post office. She was wellknown to officers, who made her leave. She left her backpack and blanket behind, which officers collected and locked up at the police department.
Heavy shoplifting
Five cases of beer were stolen at a grocery store on Forest.
Art theft on Central
Victim reported a piece of artwork was stolen from her office while she was away. Cedar Street Times was established September 1, 2008 and was adjudicated a legal newspaper for Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California on July 16, 2010. It is published weekly at 306 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950. Press deadline is Wednesday, noon. The paper is distributed on Fri. and is available at various locations throughout the county as well as by e-mail subscription. Editor/Publisher: Marge Ann Jameson Copy Editor: Michael Sizemore News: Marge Ann Jameson, Peter Mounteer, Al Saxe Graphics: Shelby Birch Regular Contributors: Ben Alexander • Mary Arnold • Jack Beigle • Roberta Campbell Brown • Jacquelyn Byrd • Laura Emerson • Rabia Erduman • Jon Guthrie • John C. Hantelman • Kyle Krasa • Travis Long • Amy Coale Solis • Rhonda Farrah • Dorothy Maras-Ildiz • Neil Jameson • Richard Oh • Jean Prock • Katie Shain • Dirrick Williams Advertising: Mary Ann Meagher Photography: Peter Mounteer, Al Saxe Distribution: Kellen Gibbs, Peter Mounteer, Duke Kelso • Website: Harrison Okins
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Business property stolen on Central
A business on Central Ave. was broken into and property was stolen. There is possible suspect info.
Sign stolen
A folding business sign was stolen from the sidewalk on Grand Ave.
Graffiti
On baseball backstop on Piedmont.
Domestic problems
A man reported that his ex wife took stored property from inlaws’ residence in Montana while he was deployed. The report did not indicate whose inlaws they were, his or hers. Probably his. In another incident, a woman reported that she found her ex boyfriend sleeping on the ground outside her door. Her bedroom window had been broken from the outside. Child molestation reported, investigation ongoing. An elderly female from Carmel said her son had paid for her car and now wouldn’t give it to her. He said she had refused to pay him back so he wasn’t about to turn the car over.
Found bike
A boy’s bicycle was left overnight on Ocean View. No report of loss turned up using the serial number.
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Times • November 23, 2012
Jon Guthrie
High Hats & Parasols Dear Readers: Please bear in mind that historical articles such as “High Hats & Parasols” present our history — good and bad — in the language and terminology used at the time. The writings contained in are quoted from Pacific Grove/Monterey publications from 100 years in the past. Please also note that any items listed for sale in “High Hats” are “done deals,” and while we would all love to see those prices again, people also worked for a dollar a day back then. Thanks for your understanding.
The News … from 100 years ago. Auto mobilists must respect public
The gendarmes of Pacific Grove have come to the conclusion that it is their duty to have drivers of auto mobiles pay some little respect to the rights of the public as defined by the law of the state, at least within the city limits. Recent accidents, one of them fatal, have got everybody who does not own an auto mobile considerably aroused. There are only a few left who have not yet achieved that angry distinction, and all others have begun to assert their rights in respect to the auto mobile. An officer was detailed yesterday morning to go out on Lighthouse and “pinch” every auto mobilist speeding by. He was on the job, soon enough. He arrested six motorists during the day, one of whom was a school girl driving herself in to school with her father settled into the auto mobile alongside the young woman. She was let off by the constable on account of school, and the passenger, her father, was held in her stead. They all appeared before the court where they made their little spiels and pled guilty. All were fined except one, that being Dr. Douglas Brown who said he was answering an urgent, professional call. The other five left to juggle fines of $10 were J. B. Cooper, M. F. Martin, J. M. Stow, L. H. Rich, and C. S. Nordell. As an interesting side note, while Nordell’s case was being heard, a companion held back from the hearing room. It is alleged that he stepped outside and razored the tires of the policeman’s auto mobile to get even. But the enforcement of the law against reckless driving is not always to be confined to the city limits. It is rumored that county supervisors are likely to employ a cop to patrol the country roads for miles each way.
Mrs. Ingram dies
Mrs. Edward Ingram and daughter recently traveled by train to Los Angeles to check the mother into a specialty hospital as Mrs. Ingram needed surgery that could not be obtained elsewhere. Alas, the stalwart Grovian failed to pull through. The mother of only the one daughter, Mrs. Ingram was well-known in Pacific Grove, having lived here for quite some time. She is predeceased by her husband, Edward. Her remains will be brought home for interment.
Postal law may change because of change
A local man decided that he had suffered the pain and agonies of conscience long enough. For several years, he had owed the United States post office 2.5¢ for services rendered, without compensation. He drew up an envelope, popped a letter and three pennies inside, and posted it to Secretary of Treasury MacVeagh. The letter read: “Here is the money I owe. Please forgive me.” MacVeagh mailed the three pennies right back. “It is against federal regulations,” he explained, “to attempt to recover or to accept collections of less than 5¢.” He thanked the man profusely and said that he would be notified if the law was changed. The recalcitrant man will have to live with his conscience a while longer.
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of E. Cooke Smith will increase them. Isn’t right now a good time to take stock of your financial conditions? During the past ten years of prosperity, how much of your income have you actually saved? Why not start right by opening an account at this bank and conserving your future income? We furnish deposit slips, checks, and a pass book free. Interest of 4% paid on savings. Home savings accounts maintained without fee. A safe deposit box can be rented for $2.50 year. Bank of E. Cooke Smith. Pacific Grove. Remember the Whist tournament. Be sure to enter yourself in the Third Annual Whist Tournament on Tuesday of next week. Play begins at the community club at 10 in the morning and continues until 7 in the evening with breaks for lunch and refreshments provided by the Coffee Club. Sponsored by J. K. Paul’s Furniture and Culp Bros. Just received from the East. WindowPhanies to be used on bath room windows, hall windows, basement windows, etc. Install where you want light let in, but do not want people to see in or out. For an estimate, contact A. A. Phillips at 174 Forest avenue. Standard Home Builders and Realty Company of San Francisco is now operating on the Peninsula. We will build your home for payments which are like rent. Also, a limited amount of stock is being offered at par. If interested in either, call on E. W. Dickerson, the District Manager of the Monterey Hotel, and let’s get acquainted. 1
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• I have 95 acres of farm land available which can be sold as one piece or in five-acre sections. Asking price is $200 per acre. Fertile, valley soil. Near fair road.2 Storage barn on property. Terms can be drawn up to suit. It will pay you to have a look at this. To discuss and view, leave word at the Review Daily office for J. D. Potter. • The most popular music on the market today is sold in what are called “Fifty Cent Folios”. These offerings are full, sheet music size printed with quality ink on quality paper. Vocal or instrumental. At C. J. Moyes of the Grove, the “Fifty Cent Folios” are being sold for 40¢. Come in and browse our supplies. If we do not have a desired piece in stock, we will order it and have it in hand within one week. C. J. Moyes, 221 Forest avenue. • Mandolins are becoming very popular today, our sales having recently doubled. We would state for the benefit of those desirous of learning to play a mandolin that these instruments are “tuned” the same as the violin and are fingered in the same manner. You will get an instruction book free with each instrument purchased. AmeriCo, full size, maple with oak ribs: $6.55. Carrying case: $2.25. Pick: 95¢. Culp Bros. on Lighthouse. • Ladies, unbleached, Balvriggan leg hose. Sanitary feet. Weight per dozen, 34 ounces. All are seamed. $2.12 per dozen. E. M. Nix, 17th and Lighthouse. The Lace Shop. • Enjoy Thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings at the Winston. Soup, salad, turkey, ham, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, assorted vegetables, choice of beverages and desserts. All you can eat! Adults: $1.45. Children: 50¢. 3 • Michelin tyres are yours at the Pacific Grove Garage on Grand avenue up from Lighthouse. Michelin makes stopping quicker and riding more comfortable. Constructed of genuine leather with rubber heat-affixed to outer edge. Patented pneumatics are offered at $9.55 for set of two, installed. Bring your auto mobile to the only fireproof facility on the peninsula.
Author’s Notes
1 The Standard Home Company was an investor in the Monterey Hotel. Manager Dickerson served as a sort of go-between. 2 “Fair” referred to the road’s condition, not its proximity to a fairground. 3 The Winston offered one of the area’s original buffets. References: Pacific Grove Review, Monterey Daily Cypress, Del Monte Weekly, Salinas Index, Monterey County Post, Bullions’ Grammar (1890
Modern health and blood pressure
One of the highest modern health risks today is high blood pressure, and its potential complications of headache, dizziness, insomnia, heart attack, and stroke. If the hectic pace of the season, or everyday life, tends to send your stress level and blood pressure soaring, it might be time to take control and avoid a holiday “meltdown” or TIA (transient ischemic attack). Luckily for us there, are many avenues to lowering blood pressure, from allopathic prescriptions to modern biofeedback techniques, and ancient Chinese medicine. According to the CDC (Center for Disease Control), one in three adult Americans suffers from high blood pressure. The modern heath risks of heart attack, stroke, and kidney disease are all associated with high blood pressure (an estimated 69 - 77% of heart attack and stroke victims have high blood pressure). Unfortunately, blood pressure tends to rise as we age, put on weight, and experience stressors such as poor health, familial loss, and economic duress. If you are currently taking western medication to control your blood pressure - you may still have high blood pressure - the
Jacquelyn Van Deusen-Byrd,
Modern Health on the Monterey Peninsula medicine is controlling your condition. Your blood pressure is considered elevated when you have a reading greater than 120/80. The first number, 120, is associated with systolic pressure and the amount of force blood exerts on blood vessel walls when the heart is beating. The second number, 80, is associated with diastolic pressure when the heart is at rest. To avoid hardening of the arteries and the plaque build-up associated with cholesterol and elevated blood pressure, we frequently need to make lifestyle changes that improve both physical and mental health. Many modern health risks and disease are relieved by the same lifestyle changes that decrease blood pressure, including: stop smoking, control alcohol consumption, decrease your sodium intake, lose weight, exercise, eat a
nutritional and balanced diet, and control your stress. This is quite a laundry list of changes, but altering one to two areas can have a tremendous impact and benefit to your health. Some of the newer techniques to decrease blood pressure include biofeedback and complementary alternative therapies to allopathic (Western) medicine. Biofeedback for blood pressure includes awareness training on overt and subtle symptoms associated with blood pressure in order to relax your mind and body. The ancient tradition of acupuncture and Chinese Medicine is also getting press among researchers (U.S., China), for its ability to help lower blood pressure. Key acupuncture points related to blood pressure and the circulatory system can lower blood pressure with
consistent therapy over one - two months. As with any modality, combining changes in diet and exercise (e.g. Asian Food Therapy, Qigong Energetics) will enhance the therapy and further decrease blood pressure. Another interesting therapy that can be used is Auricular Medicine. A blend of East and West medicine, this needlefree ear treatment uses acupressure and massage to lower blood pressure. We may also want to consider nutritional supplements and herbal therapy. Both the Chinese and Ayurvedic traditions have herbal prescriptions to lower blood pressure. However they are not always appropriate, particularly if other medications have been prescribed. A word of caution, with any therapy you should coordinate with your health care practitioner to ensure a safe and lasting return to optimal health and lowered blood pressure. In the meantime, enjoy your holiday season and relax. Jacquelyn Van Deusen-Byrd is an acupuncturist and herbalist at Pacific Grove Acupuncture. She also teaches Chinese herbology at Five Branches University, San Jose. You can reach her at (831) 393-4876 or visit www.pacificgroveacupuncture.com.
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Pages 8-16 For Area Holiday Events
Science Saturday: Monarch Magic Nov. 24
Welcome the monarch butterflies back to Pacific Grove. Explore our monarch exhibit and the Museum where you can create a monarch crafts, view live butterflies and caterpillars, and get your face painted while you discover what makes our monarch butterflies special. The Wheelie Mobilee from MY Museum will make a special appearance and will be located out in front of the Museum with fun, hands-on activities for our younger guests. Come to the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History on Sat., Nov. 24, and drop in any time between 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. to participate in this event celebrating our wonderful monarchs. The event will be held at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History at 165 Forest Ave. in Pacific Grove. If you have any questions, please contact the Museum at outreach@pgmuseum.org or (831) 648-5716 ext. 20.
AFRP annual sale through Nov. 26
The AFRP Treasure Shop at 160 Fountain Avenue in Pacific Grove will prepare for the Holiday Open House with a full store half price (with limited exceptions) sale on Fri., Nov. 16 through Thurs., Nov. 22, There will be a 75 percent off sale from Nov. 23 through Nov. 26. The store will be closed from Nov. 27 until 5:00 p.m. on Nov. 30 at which time the doors will open for the Friday Preview, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. There will gifts, decorations and more, with music by Felton and Mi-
chelle, donations of food from Mando’s and Grand Avenue Deli, and home made treats. Revenue will benefit AFRP Adoption Center. The Treasure Trove Open House is set for Sat., Dec. 1 from 10:00-4:30 p.m. and Sun., Dec. 2 from 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Items at the Treasure Shop include antiques, furniture, jewelry, designer and vintage clothing, collectibles and more. For information please contact Jane Roland at 649-0657.
Free ladies’ lacrosse clinic offered at Monterey YMCA
Ladies’ lacrosse, for girls ages 12 – 14, is returning to the YMCA of the Monterey Peninsula. No prior experience is necessary. Lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in the nation. The Y will host a drop-in clinic on Saturday, December 1, from 9 a.m. until noon at the YMCA of the Monterey Peninsula at 600 Camino El Estero in Monterey. Drop by anytime that morning to meet this year’s coaches and some returning players from last year, and get a hands-on introduction to the game. Girls’ lacrosse does not have as much contact as boys’ lacrosse, but it is a fun, fast paced sport. For more information visit www.centralcoastymca.org or contact the Y’s Program Director, Lilian Pineda at 373-4167.
Library hosts integrative medicine talk
Dr. Bill Benda will speak on “Integrative Medicine 2012 − Where Have We Come over the Last 10 Years?” at the Monterey Public Library, on Monday, December 10, 6 - 7:30 p.m., in the Library Community Room. Healthcare has changed dramatically over the past decade, and so has the alternative/holistic/integrative arena. Therapies, research, education, and business are now mainstream, along with the political pressures being mainstream brings. Learn how to navigate the maze of marketing and hype of alternative/integrative medicine and choose the path appropriate for your individual needs. This lecture is part of “The Next Chapter: Designing Your Ideal Life” lecture series which covers health and well-being, planning for the future, following one’s spirit and other interesting topics for the second half of life. This program series is sponsored by the Friends of the Monterey Public Library and the Monterey Public Library Endowment Committee. Adults are invited to attend and admission is free. Seating reservations are required. Call 646-5632 or email thelongchu@ci.monterey.ca.us. The Monterey Public Library is located at 625 Pacific Street, Monterey.
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New You
Health and Wellness
Empowerment through giving thanks
“Gratefulness is heaven itself.” William Blake
An “attitude of gratitude” is recommended by all the teachers of the Law of Attraction. Why is it so important? First and foremost, gratitude can put you in the vibration of your desires fulfilled. Gratitude brings completion to cycles. When you are grateful “in advance” you are feeling and responding to the completed manifestation cycle at a level of knowing. In other words, you are energetically in the fulfillment of your desired manifestations. The subconscious mind makes no distinction between what is actual and what is imagined. Its conviction comes from your emotional energy, based on intensity and frequency of those emotional states. With an attitude of gratitude you repeatedly energize the emotional states of your manifested desires, and your subconscious mind will get working on matching your outer reality with your
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grateful for the lack because it helps you to appreciate the sense of abundance, then you’ve managed to be grateful for the full spectrum of experience. Without the lack, you likely would not be able to consciously appreciate and therefore choose abundance. From that state of acceptance, your choice for abundance will be met with far greater ease than it would if you were still energetically resisting lack. What we resist persists. What we resist, we create an internal polarity to, which fixes it in place. Gratitude for all experience is a very powerful means to dissolve the inner polarity and allow free movement, by choice, on the full spectrum of experience. Of this I am certain. When you can be grateful for the things you don’t like you speed up the learning, and, hence, the need for those things in your life. You cannot leave a situation permanently unless you appreciate the gifts it brings you, and all situations bring a gift, no matter how terrible the situation may appear to be. In the case of lack, the gift may be the conscious appreciation of abundance and ease, which is necessary for sustaining it in life. Without you, your consciousness, your life would not be. All the interactions with others and what is created out of that simply would not exist. Life arises out of you, through you, and for you. It is entirely dependent upon your consciousness. It shapes and moulds itself around you in a perfect fit, like a glove over a hand. The animated, gloved hand is you in life. The glove shifts as you shift. Take your hand out, and the glove collapses and is no longer animated. The animating principle of this thing we call life (the glove) is the love of God/Source/Spirit for each one of us. It is Source in action through the formless substance. Imagine you are an invisible hand, invisible at the level of matter. The glove is there to allow you to see yourself and others, in order to enable experience. As fine-substance consciousness (invisible hand) in an ocean of consciousness, you cannot experience yourself apart from the ocean. So you cannot encompass larger portions of the ocean, as you have no means of distinguishing anything consciously. The glove is there to enable distinction, contrast, and ultimately the experience of Self and the possibility of consciously encompassing larger portions of the ocean substance that is God. The loving embrace of the universe is your life.
The universe, upholding evolution by its love-imbued laws, hugs you tightly in a glove of life, which is love in action. Where you feel the pressure are the places that need attention. The pain you feel is you shrinking away from life’s embrace. This pain alerts you to where you have forgotten who you are and are resisting remembering. Life hugs you tightly, always. You are moving consciousness, both awareness and life. You’re all of it, albeit at different levels of consciousness. The “god you” wishes you to remember who you are; the “small you” is the vehicle through which that remembering process is focused. Resistance is what causes pain and delays learning. When you can be grateful for all experience, you release resistance and begin to yield and surrender to the process. The process (life) can then change from pain, to being benign, and then soon becoming a wondrous adventure. When you are grateful for unwanted conditions that appear in life, you accept them with the faith that somehow they are for your highest good. Acceptance is a prerequisite to change. But also importantly, by your faith that the condition is somehow for your highest good, you become a commanding presence to ensure an outcome that is preferred. (You choose either lessons or blessings.) That outcome of blessing will occur far more quickly than if you resist and are embittered or dissatisfied with the condition. So be grateful for it all. The tight hug is for your highest good, and the pain is there so long as you resist. Engaging gratitude releases the resistance and enables you to move forward with the necessary learning, bringing completion and releasing the need for life to move in on you in that manner. I invite you to reflect on the power of gratitude throughout this Thanksgiving Season and well beyond. You will certainly understand the importance of nurturing a habit of gratitude. Not only does it align you to attract your God-given resources and dissolve all the blocks to receiving them, but it also restores your wholeness so that you operate from greater personal power. Gratitude is the keystone of manifestation. It brings us closer to the Source so that we can easily imprint our desires on the formless substance, and it begets faith, which keeps you in a vibrational match to your desires. What you do towards increasing a grateful mind will have the largest repercussions for you in manifesting your dreams. Yes, of this I am certain. To our health, well-being and empowerment together! Gratefully! Rhonda
November 23, 2012 • CEDAR STREET
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Your Achievements Better than store-bought
Peeps Green Team accepts award
Pacific Grove High School students, members of the Yellow Ribbon Club, recently held a bake sale in front of the newly remodeled Trader Joe’s to support their efforts to send a touch of home to service members serving abroad. Photo by Al Saxe. St. Mary’s by the Sea Episcopal Church Green Team co-chairs Heidi Zamzow (L) and Emily Griffith (R) accept the 2012 Energy Oscar for Outstanding Achievement in Energy Efficiency by California Interfaith Power and Light, at a gala event that took place on Tuesday, November 13 at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. They were congratulated by The Rev. Sally G. Bingham (Center), President. St. Mary’s major retrofitting of its lighting and heating systems, along with its attention to water usage (through plumbing and land irrigation), recycling program, environmental education and community outreach activities evidenced this faith community’s comprehensive efforts to be good stewards of God’s Creation, and resulted in the achievement of this prestigious award.
Petie Helfrich named winner of Lady Justice Award Elizabeth “Petie” Helfrich has received the 2012 Lady Justice Award from the Monterey County Women Lawyers Association. Petie practiced law for 42 years with Pioda, Bryan, Ames, Helfrich & Wills, retiring in 1990. The Lady Justice Award recognizes significant contributions to the practice of law as well as community service. Petie received her law degree from the University of San Francisco after receiving her undergraduate degree from Stanford University. She has been involved in numerous community service organizations, including serving on the Board of Directors of Palma High School, the Monterey County Bar Association, Monterey County Symphony, YMCA, Medical Auxiliary of Monterey County, Salinas Valley Hospice, VNA-Salinas, Hospice of the Central Coast, National Steinbeck Center, Monterey County Legal Services and the Community Foundation of Monterey County.
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Small Water Projects City issues
Tom Frutchey, City Manager The State Water Resources Control Board has imposed, through a cease-and-desist order, a January 1, 2017 limit on CalAm’s ability to draw water from the Carmel River. Three water desalination projects have been proposed to replace that water. The City is working, both independently as well as part of the six-city joint powers authority, to bring desalination on line before the “water cliff” is imposed by the water board in four years from now. Unfortunately, the independent analysis of the three desalination project proposals recently completed for the six-city Water Authority has cast serious doubt that any of the desal projects can be completed on time. (This study is available on the Water Authority’s web site at http://www.mprwa.org/). Unless an extension can be obtained, that would mean severe water reduction limitations would be imposed. The exact allocation of those limitations has yet to be determined, but would seriously impact hotels, restaurants, and other drivers of our local economy. In addition, use of potable water to irrigate the City’s Golf Links, parks, and El Carmelo Cemetery, as well as landscaping other public facilities such as the City’s and Pacific Grove Unified School District’s ball fields would almost certainly be curtailed. Impact on the Golf Links would be particularly damaging, and costly. The Pacific Grove Golf Links is one of only two courses on the peninsula (along with Del Monte) that uses potable water. If the State Water Resources Control Board (WRCB) were to restrict or prohibit the use of potable water for the Links, then the tees, greens, and fairways would almost immediately deteriorate, ending play, and causing damage that would cost millions of dollars to reverse (assuming water at some point in the future again became available). As a result, the City has proposed three reclaimed water projects to Cal-Am and the California Public Utilities Commission. These three projects would partially treat a variable mixture of waste water, storm water, and dry weather flows, creating nonpotable water that is ideal for irrigation, toilet flushes, and the like. All three projects are complementary to the desal projects, the ground water recharge project currently under consideration by the Monterey Regional Pollution Control Agency, and the seasonal storage projects currently proposed for expansion by the Water District. (The City’s full proposal for the three projects is available at http://38.106.5.85/Modules/ ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=2046) The technologies that would be used for the partial water treatment are proven, straightforward, and relatively inexpensive. They would re-use existing water and, in comparison to desal technologies, would use relatively little electrical power. The permitting for the projects would be less challenging that than being faced by the desal projects. Thus, the three projects would be likely to engender little controversy and fewer risks of delay than the desal proposals. As a result, they could be completed on time, making a meaningful contribution to bringing CalAm into compliance with the State Water Resources Control Board Cease and Desist Order. The projected cost of the water produced by the three projects, in total, is less than the projected cost from any of the three desal projects, and this cost would be further offset by the savings in wastewater treatment costs. The resulting reduction of storm water and dry weather flows would also assist the City in meeting requirements also recently imposed by the water control board on water entering the Bay (since the City’s coastline is considered an “area of special biological significance”). Each of these projects could provide at least 100 to 125 acre-feet per year (afy) of reclaimed water and potentially up to 500 afy per project. The reclaimed water produced could displace the 100 afy to 125 afy of potable water currently used for landscape irrigation at the Golf Links and adjacent Cemetery, as well as irrigation water used at other public facilities. The potential capacity of the projects is not dependent primarily upon the amount of existing wastewater and surface water runoff available to reclaim in the area, but rather upon the amount of the existing potable water usage that can be economically displaced by reclaimed water from these three projects. The City is open to discussion of any form of public-private partnership for ownership, financing, construction, and operation of these three projects that best meets the needs of our residents and businesses, the broader public interests of Monterey Peninsula communities, and is most cost effective for water and wastewater ratepayers. The City is currently urging the Commission to include consideration of the three reclaimed water projects in the Commission’s environmental review as a supplement or alternative to CalAm’s proposed project and is further urging the Commission to consider exercising its authority to facilitate completion of the projects. This map shows conceptual plans for one of the City’s three proposed reclaimed water projects.
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Nov. 23, 2012
Holiday Special
Vol. V, Issue 9
28th Annual Pacific Grove's Christmas at the Inns
For the first time ever, the lineup of Pacific Grove's quaint bed-and-breakfast inns for the 28th annual Christmas at the Inns will include Asilomar Conference Grounds Centennial Celebration the evenings of Tuesday, December 4 and Wednesday, December 5, from 6-9 p.m. All Inns will be decked out in holiday splendor this year, including nine inns and Asilomar Conference Ground's Phoebe Hearst Social Hall . The inns, many of them grand Victorian mansions from the 19th century that have been converted and preserved as much as possible to their original styling, will take on a special glow for the holidays with festive decorations and lights. Tickets, good for both evenings, are $20 each and are available at the Chamber office
at 548 Central Ave., on the corner of Forest Avenue. On the Tuesday evening (Dec. 4) the tour includes Seven Gables Inn, 555 Ocean View Blvd; The Martine Inn, 255 Ocean View Blvd.; Pacific Grove Inn, 581 Pine
Ave.; Gosby House, 643 Lighthouse Ave.; Centrella Bed and Breakfast, 621 Central Ave.; Jabberwock, 598 Laine St., Monterey; and Asilomar's Phoebe Hearst Social Hall, 800 Asilomar Avenue. Tours of Asilomar Please see next page
Otter Views –Thanksgiving Week By Tom Stevens This year, the pelican thanksgiving fell a week before the human one. Or maybe fell is the wrong verb. It dive-bombed. The pelicans held their three-hour feast in mild, sunny weather at Spanish Bay last Thursday morning. For the handful of humans and canines present, it was quite a spectacle. Dozens upon dozens of the big birds wheeled out over the bay, pursuing “bait balls” of flickering silver fish visible only to them. Once the pelicans had a location fix, the banquet began. Circling 40 or 50 feet above the water, several pelicans would break from the larger spiral. Streaking down like X-wing fighters, they would tuck their wings at the last moment and plunge beak first into the bay. If I remember, a dropped object accelerates at 32 feet per second per second, but the pelicans seemed privy to a swifter physics. They dropped so fast they blurred. When they hit the water, it looked like a depth charge barrage from some old Movie Tone newsreel. Each impact sent up a plume of spray and a concussive thump.
The thumps syncopated as the birds struck the water singly and in groups. “Poom!” “Poom!” “Poom-poom-poom-poom-poom!” Even more impressive than the pyrotechnics were the avionics. Flights of 30 or 40 pelicans would circle the same spot in tight formation. At some secret signal, several birds would free fall to bombard a small patch of ocean already afloat with earlier diners. Incredibly, the whole crazy process was collision-free. Like Thanksgiving humans, the pelicans would feast for a while, then rest before the next course. At one point, perhaps 90 minutes into the meal, the entire flock settled onto the water. I started counting from left to right. I had reached 120 when they all clattered back up into the sky for what must have been dessert. Since this is thanksgiving week, I confess that watching the pelicans made me grateful on several counts. The Great Spirit deserves thanks for creating the pelicans and deploying them on such a glorious morning. But I also felt grateful for Rachel Carson’s lonely crusade against DDT and other pesticides that
once threatened these magnificent birds with extinction. Carson showed that science and determination could trump propaganda and corporate clout. It’s a lesson as applicable today as in the 1960s. As Thanksgiving week progressed, the pelicans left Spanish Bay to the surfers. By the weekend, the water that had been divebombed on Thursday witnessed explosions of another kind. A big north swell sent ragged, mountainous waves thundering into the bay and blasting over sea crags along the ocean road. This made a few dozen surfers and photographers thankful, but it also provided a memorable backdrop for thousands of runners in Sunday’s Big Sur half marathon. As they legged it from Monterey to Asilomar and back, the runners enjoyed crisp, sunny weather and a seascape of blue waves and white water. Saturday’s youth race had been held in blustery weather, but the rain seemed to dampen few spirits. At one neighborhood park in Pacific Grove, canvas tents sheltered tables full of young pancake eaters. They dug happily into their flapjacks as rain pattered on the tarps. When the meal ended, volunteers clad in matching plastic windbreakers broke
the whole setup down and loaded it into trucks. If the pelicans and the runners had anything in common, it was the thoroughness of their departure. Once the Spanish Bay bait fish had been devoured, the pelicans took wing and scattered to the four winds. And once the 20,000-legged millipede of half-marathoners concluded their shoreline circuit, the event and its cones and barriers packed up swiftly behind them. Visitors wandering into PG at midmorning were surprised to learn a race had even been held. Earlier risers who saw thousands running through the streets might have been grateful to be in a place where running is for pleasure. Half a world away this thanksgiving week, people are running in earnest as death rains from the skies in Syria, Congo, Israel and Gaza. A cease fire anywhere would be gratifying. From this remove, we can send our ambassadors and our prayers. We are lucky on this peninsula to experience only the “poom!” of pelican bombardments and the thunder of winter waves. It’s something to be thankful for this Thanksgiving week.
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Arts and Events Christmas at the Inns: From previous page
28th Annual Pacific
Grove's Christmas
at the Inns
For the first time ever, the lineup of Pacific Grove's quaint bed-and-breakfast inns for the 28th annual Christmas at the
Inns will include Asilomar Conference Grounds Centennial Celebration the evenings of Tuesday, December 4 and Wednesday, December 5, from 6-9 p.m. All Inns will be decked out in holiday
Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce
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19tH AnnuAl StillwEll’S fun in tHE PARk
Saturday, december 1 ......... 10:00 a.m.
Caledonia Park in downtown PG behind the Post Office will be the site of a huge holiday party. Lots of wintry fun for all! Featuring Santa’s arrival on a shiny PG fire truck, Frosty the Snowman, Snow Queen, hayrides, petting zoo & lots of entertainment. The hours are from 10:00am- 4:00pm. More information: 831-373-3304 or www.pacificgrove.org.
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CHRiStMAS tREE liGHtinG CEREMony
monday, december 3 ............... 5:30 P.m. Festivities at Jewell Park include live entertainment by school bands and choruses, followed by caroling and refreshments at Chautauqua Hall and Santa’s first visit! The tree lighting begins at 5:30pm. More info: 831-373-3304 or www. pacificgrove.org.
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SAntA’S CHRiStMAS PARty monday, december 3 ................ 6:00 Pm
Enjoy holiday refreshments, live entertainment, dance show, school bands and visit Santa in his village in Chautauqua Hall, corner of Central Avenue and 16th Street. www.pacificgrove.org.
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CHRiStMAS At tHE innS
ASiloMAR CEntEnniAl CElEBRAtion tueS. & wed., dec. 4 & 5 .......... 6:00 P.m.
Visit 10 bed & breakfast inns decorated for the holidays in Victorian-era splendor. Limited number of tickets sold. Entertainment and light refreshments served. For information & tickets, call: 831-373-3304.
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tHurSday, december 6 ............ 6:00 P.m. Lighted parade will feature marching bands, holiday floats, dance teams, equestrian groups, and of course, Santa Claus. After the parade, stores will remain open for Holiday shopping & wagon rides, photos with Santa & carolers. More info: 831-373-3304 or www. pacificgrove.org.
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In the Kitchen A holiday staple for entertaining. These delightful little guys are sure to bring a smile to little faces when they are brought to the table. Who knew frosting could be so much fun?
"These are a wonderful chewy spice cookie. They are drop cookies that keep very well. I make them at the beginning of the holiday season and they keep all the way to New Year's!"
Prep Time: 30+ Minutes Cook Time: 10 Minutes Ready In: 2 Hours Servings: 60
Prep Time: 25 Minutes Cook Time: 15 Minutes Ready In: 3 Hours 40 Minutes Servings: 72 INGREDIENTS: 1 1/2 cups shortening 2 cups white sugar 1/2 cup molasses 2 eggs 4 cups all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons baking soda 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon ground cloves 1 teaspoon ground ginger 1 teaspoon salt
DIRECTIONS: 1. Melt the shortening in a large pan on the stove, and cool. 2. Add sugar, eggs, and molasses, beat well. 3. In a separate bowl, sift dry ingredients together and add to the pan. Mix well and chill 3 hours or overnight. 4. Form into walnut-size balls. Roll in granulated sugar. Place on greased cookie sheet about 2 inches apart. 5. Bake at 375 degrees F for 8-10 minutes. 6. Store in an airtight container to keep from getting overly crisp. If they do lose their softness, an easy way to restore it is to place one slice of fresh bread in the container with the cookies for a couple of hours or overnight and they will be soft again!
INGREDIENTS: 3/4 cup butter, softened 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda 1 cup packed brown sugar 1-1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1 egg 3/4 teaspoon ground cloves 3/4 cup molasses 1/4 teaspoon salt 4 cups all-purpose flour Vanilla frosting of your choice 2 teaspoons ground ginger Red and green paste food coloring DIRECTIONS: 1. In a large bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and molasses. Combine the flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Cover and refrigerate for 4 hours or overnight or until easy to handle. 2. On a lightly floured surface, roll dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with floured 2-1/2-in. cookie cutters. Place 1 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. 3. Bake at 350° for 8-10 minutes or until edges are firm. Remove to wire racks to cool. Tint some of the frosting red and some green. Decorate cookies.
This delectable roulade will surely become a new tradition at your holiday celebrations. It combines the familiar texture of cake with the whimsey of childhood desserts.
If you are rushed for time this bundt cake is the perfect shortcut. It relies on the familiar boxed cake mixes found at the store but allows you to prepare a delightful pumpkin treat.
Prep Time: 35 Minutes Cook Time: 25 Minutes Ready In: 2 Hours 10 Minutes Servings: 12
INGREDIENTS: Cake: 3/4 cup cake flour 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon 1 1/4 teaspoons ground ginger 3/4 teaspoon ground allspice 6 large eggs, separated 1/3 cup granulated sugar 1/3 cup golden brown sugar, packed 2/3 cup canned pumpkin, packed 1/8 teaspoon salt Powdered sugar
Filling: 1 teaspoon unflavored gelatin 2 tablespoons dark rum 1 cup whipping cream, chilled 3 tablespoons powdered sugar 6 tablespoons plus 1/2 cup English toffee pieces for garnish More powdered sugar, for garnish 1 1/2 cups purchased caramel sauce, warmed, for garnish
DIRECTIONS: 1. For the cake: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. 2. Line a 15 by 10 by 1-inch baking sheet with parchment paper. Spray the parchment with nonstick cooking spray. 3. Sift the flour, cinnamon, ginger, and allspice into a small bowl. In a separate bowl, beat the egg yolks, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until very thick. Add the pumpkin to the egg mixture and combine at a low speed until incorporated. Add the dry ingredients and beat at a low speed until mixed. In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites and salt until stiff but not dry. Fold into the cake batter, stirring with a spatula, until most of the white streaks are gone. 4. Spread the batter onto a baking sheet and smooth out. Transfer baking sheet to the oven and bake until a tester comes out clean, about 15 to 18 minutes. While the cake is hot, dust generously with powdered sugar. Loosen the edges and turn the cake out onto a kitchen towel. Fold the towel over the edge of the cake and roll up. Cool completely, edge down, for 1 hour in the refrigerator. 5. For the filling: Soften the gelatin in the rum. Stir over low heat until the gelatin dissolves. Cool. Beat the chilled whipping cream and powdered sugar in a large bowl until peaks form. Fold in the gelatin and 6 tablespoons English toffee pieces. 6. To assemble, unroll the cake and sprinkle with 4 tablespoons of English toffee pieces. Spread the filling over the toffee. Start at 1 long side of the cake roll and, using the towel as an aid, roll up the cake to encase the filling. Place the cake, seam side down, on a platter. 7. Trim the ends of the cake at a slight diagonal. Dust the cake with powdered sugar. Spoon some warm caramel sauce and the remaining toffee chips over the top of the cake. To serve, use a serrated knife to cut the cake crosswise into 1-inch thick slices. Drizzle more sauce on each slice and serve. Thanks to all the wonderful chefs and kitchens that supplied their recipes:
Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 50 Minutes Ready In: 1 Hour 5 Minutes Servings: 8 INGREDIENTS: Cake: 6 eggs 2/3 cup oil 1 cup canned pumpkin pie mix 2/3 cup water 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice 1 box moist spice cake mix
1 box moist yellow cake mix Glaze: Yellow food coloring Red food coloring 1 pound powdered sugar 1/3 cup orange juice, no pulp 3 teaspoons orange liqueur
DIRECTIONS: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Cake: Butter and flour a 12-cup bundt cake pan. In a large mixing bowl, combine the eggs, oil, pie mix, water, and pumpkin pie spice. Beat until well blended. Add the cake mixes and stir to combine. Bake for 50 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Invert the cake onto a cooling rack. Glaze: Combine 2 parts yellow food coloring with 4 parts red food coloring to make orange food coloring. Whisk the powdered sugar, orange juice, orange liqueur, and food coloring in a saucepan on low heat for 5 minutes or until the sugar melts. If the glaze seems too dry, add more water or orange juice to reach the right consistency. Drizzle the glaze over the cake.
More traditional fare has never been Prep Time: 15 Minutes had than with good old fashioned sugar Cook Time: 9 Minutes cookies. These little treats are ready Ready In: 2 Hours 25 Minutes to eat out of the oven or awaiting your Servings: 36 decorating flair. 1 cup unsalted butter, softened INGREDIENTS: 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup sugar 3/4 teaspoon baking powder 1 egg, beaten 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon milk DIRECTIONS: 1. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl of electric stand mixer and until light in color. Add egg and milk and beat to combine. Gradually add flour, and beat. Divide the dough in half, wrap in waxed paper, and refrigerate for 2 hours. 2. Sprinkle rolling surface with powdered sugar. Remove 1 wrapped pack of dough from refrigerator at a time, sprinkle rolling pin with powdered sugar, and roll out dough to 1/4-inch thick. Move the dough around and check underneath frequently to make sure it is not sticking. If dough has warmed during rolling, place cold cookie sheet on top for 10 minutes to chill. Cut into desired shape, place at least 1-inch apart on greased baking sheet, parchment, or silicone baking mat, and bake at 375 degrees for 7 to 9 minutes or until cookies are just beginning to turn brown around the edges, rotating cookie sheet halfway through baking time. Let sit on baking sheet for 2 minutes after removal from oven and then move to complete cooling on wire rack. Serve as is or ice as desired. Store in airtight container for up to 1 week.
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Holiday Special • November 23, 2012
Arts and Events Jingle Bell Run/Walk: A new holiday tradition
Get in the spirit this holiday season at the Arthritis Foundation’s Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis®. Be one of the thousands of runners and walkers who hit the nation’s pavements, pathways and parks this winter to fight arthritis, the nation’s most common cause of disability, or just come out and cheer the teams on. Jingle Bell Run/Walk® is a fun and festive way to kick off your holidays by helping others! Wear a holiday themed costume. Tie jingle bells to your shoelaces. Run or walk a 5 kilometer route with your team members and celebrate the season by giving. And do it with bells on. For more information, please contact Alexandra Fallon at afallon@ arthritis.org or 831.620.1699. And visit our website at http://jinglebellrunpacgrove. kintera.org/ for more information about
where your donation goes. You can easily donate and sign up online. Jingle Bell Run/Walk®is a fun, festive event for the whole family! Put on your reindeer antlers and your running shoes and come join us for some holiday cheer. Please join them on December 8th to support the Arthritis Foundation for its 3rd annual Jingle Bell Run/Walk at Lovers Pt. in Pacific Grove. There will be a timed 5K run, a fun run/walk, and an Elf Run for children under 12 years of age. Santa will be there with his elves and other fun activities The Arthritis Foundation is the only nationwide, not-for-profit health organization helping individuals to take control of arthritis by leading efforts to prevent, control and cure arthritis and related diseases -- the nation’s number
Sounds of the Season!
Monterey Peninsula Voices’ Concert Monterey Peninsula Voices, formerly the Monterey Peninsula Choral Society, presents their annual winter concert, Sounds of the Season!, featuring a program of humorous holiday songs; stirring, moving pieces; and finishing with a grand and exciting song. The concert is set for Dec. 18 at 8:00 p.m. at the Sunset Center, San Carlos at 9th Avenue, Carmel. Tickets are $25 for adults and $15 for children 16 and under. They maybe purchased online through Sunset Center Box Office or by calling 831 601-8577. www.sunsetcenter. org. For more information call 831 6590436. Sean Boulware, conductor, describes the concert: “The music from our upcoming holiday concert, “Sounds of the
Season” is filled with so many different feelings and moods. The focus of this concert honors holiday traditions as well as entering into some new music that will set the mood for an amazing holiday season. We hope to unite our community in song and spirit and usher in the music and feelings we all cherish this time of the year.” The program includes humor: “She Goes Shopping for Gucci” and “The 12 Days After Christmas” as well as stirring and thought provoking music: “All My Heart, On This Night Rejoices!” by Z. Randall Stroop. The stunning and exciting: “Gloria” by John Rutter with brass and percussion. There is something for everyone to love. These are the “Sounds of the Season!”
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Day of Event Registration 12/8/2012 7:30 am - 8:15 am Complimentary Team Photos 12/8/2012 7:45 am - 8:15 am Ask A Doc - Where health professionals answer general questions regarding arthritis 12/8/2012 8:00 am - 10:30 am Kid’s Activities & MY Museum 12/8/2012 8:00 am - 10:30 am Santa! 12/8/2012 8:00 am - 9:30 am
1K (0.6 miles) Kid’s Elf Run 12/8/2012 8:30 am - 8:45 am 5K (3.1 miles) Timed Run & Fun Walk 12/8/2012 9:00 am - 9:55 am Awards for Top Finishers, Costume Contest, Raffle 12/8/2012 10:00 am - 10:45 am Fees: Day of Event Registration: $35.00 Adults 18 & Over JBR 5K Run/Walk: $25.00 Adults 18 & Over Pre-registration
Chanticleer’s sumptuous blend of voices rings in the season with profound, peaceful and joyous music
A Chanticleer Christmas December 10-23
Adapted by Richard Hellesen Directed by Gary Bolen Adapted by Richard Hellesen Music by David DeBerry
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Arts and Events The Peninsula's Annual Lighted Boat Parade will take place Sunday, December 2nd starting at 5:30. Parade participants will leave the protected Monterey Harbor at 5:30 and parade along Cannery Row with a turnaround at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Boats will then parade by the judges who will be seated at Massaro & Santos' restaurant located near the Coast Guard Pier. Most boats will then parade by the end of Wharf 1 & 2 and back around to the judges.ligh This year's Judges are: Royal Calkins (Herald Editor), Erin Green & Dan Clark
(KSBW News Anchors). Parade map is attached. Last year erroneous parade information was published and left some disgruntled viewers at Lovers Point. Parade facts: *This is the only known West Coast Christmas parade that annually attempts to leave sheltered waters and enter the open ocean. *Participants typically spend more than 100 hours lighting their boat (for a grand prize of a bottle of wine or maybe a free dinner). *This parade happens annually on a Sunday. Normally a quite night,
participants share their Christmas spirit with area residents and help support local waterfront businesses. *Skippers will typically have hindered vision due to on-board decorations. As such in addition to the skipper each boat will have a lookouts stationed port and starboard of the boat captain. Maneuvering around the Harbor in close proximity to numerous other boats at night is high drama for the captains. Please note: This is a weatherdependent activity. A little rain won't stop the parade, however sea conditions are the determining factor. In the event sea
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Arts and Events Black Friday SPCA Adoption Event Friday through Sunday, Nov. 23-25 Skip the crowded malls and give yourself the gift of unconditional love during The SPCA’s Black Friday Adoption Event November 23-25. During the event, the adoption fee for all dogs six months and older as well as all cats and kittens will be just $19.05 (the year your local, independent SPCA was founded in Monterey County). There will be extra specials on small pets. The SPCA for Monterey County is located at 1002 Monterey-Salinas Highway, across from Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Adoption hours
are 11-5 on weekdays and 11-4 on weekends. SPCA adoptions include the pet’s spay or neuter surgery, permanent microchip identification, vaccinations, SPCA ID tag, a health evaluation, and lots more. Regular adoption fees range from $35 to $290. For more information, please call The SPCA at 831-373-2631 or 4224721 or visit www.SPCAmc.org or www.Facebook.com/SPCAmc. The SPCA for Monterey County is your nonprofit, independent, donor-supported humane society that
has been serving the animals and people of Monterey County since 1905. The SPCA is not a chapter of any other agency and does not have a parent organization. They shelter homeless, neglected and abused pets and livestock, and provide humane education and countless other services to the community. They are the local agency you call to investigate animal cruelty, rescue and rehabilitate injured wildlife, and aid domestic animals in distress. Online at www. SPCAmc.org.
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Hope at the holidays Call him hardheaded, call him what you will. Josh (a pseudonym) didn’t care; he was standing firm. “I’m not leaving. It’s OK for my sister and brother to move in with grandma, but I’m 14, in high school, I have my friends and I can take care of myself,” he said. Grandma Ruth lives a million miles away, and I’m not going, and that’s it!” For the Least Of Us met the Clarks (also a pseudonym) last year while preparing for our annual Angel Tree Christmas celebration. Dad, in the home stretch of his 5 year prison term, had signed on for us to see that his 3 kids not miss out this one last time before the family got back together. It didn’t turn out that way. Mom had a nice job but was playing incognito. Few knew of her personal life and she fiercely aimed to keep it secret. She wasn’t a happy camper. And she made it abundantly clear she had no intention of being on display attending the party. Grandma to the rescue. She popped into the old jalopy, moseyed down to Monterey, picked up the children, and joined the other “left behind families” at the gala. After all, the children were adorable, happy, and well loved and granny intended to keep it that way. Mom’s mom, Ruth had lived locally, but when the economy tightened up, she moved upstate. Still Ruth couldn’t let go. Each summer break, for the past five years, the children would vacation with her at the ranch. The other 9 months were filled with daily phone conversations and monthly visits. Angel Tree proved a turn-off for Mom. She couldn’t risk being seen and identified as a prison family. Once more enter angelic Ruth. She would whisk the children to Angel Tree’s annual Christmas gala replete with song, treats, fellowship, and gifts. Dad would be proud. As the countdown to Dad’s coming out ticked away, Mom began falling apart. Forgiveness wasn’t a big ticket item with her. In fact while Dad pined away for a second chance at family restoration, Mom continued her hiding out even toward him. Dad however never gave up hoping, writing and calling. Rarely was he rewarded. About a couple of months ago, the family situation hit rock bottom. Mom apparently fell back to her old self, took up with a stranger, didn’t come home many nights, and left the refrigerator bare too often. Her tardiness at work got her fired and she was evicted from her rental. Today, no one knows her whereabouts. Ruth took the two little ones to live with her; Josh stubbornly refused to go along. So God sent three more angels — Dad’s dad, a compassionate neighbor couple, and the staff at Josh’s high school. Among them were temporary adoption, supervision, shelter, food, clothing, and a ton of love and devotion. Thanksgiving is here, and Christmas is nigh. Dad will be released on January 1 and while he has a good job waiting, he will need a term of rehabilitation, restoration, and reconciliation. With God’s help, it will happen. Bill and Pam Ziering Ziering@ pacbell.net 831-250-7921 In His service For The Least Of Us”, Inc. is a 501(c) (3) not-for-profit faith-based Christ centered prison ministry (EIN 26-1361229, DLN 17053351309017). Web site: fortheleastofus.blogspot.com And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. (Gal 6:9)
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Joyous Elves return to PG
Joyous Elves Holiday Craft Festival will be held Sat., Dec. 8, from 10:00 a.m.3:00 p.m. It’s a make-it-yourself craft festival for all ages with silk dyeing, leather stamping, candle making, wool crafting, felt ornaments and much more. There will also be an espresso bar, nutritious lunch and bake sale. The event is held annually at the Monterey Bay Charter School, 1004 David Ave., Pacific Grove. For more information see the website at: www.mbayschool.org or call 831-655-4638.
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MPC Theatre Company’s 2012 season concludes transcends all language barriers and “A Christmas Carol” with Richard Hellesen’s musical adaptation of “Charles remains thematically universal and timeless. Dickens’s A Christmas Carol.” From the production “A Christmas Carol” was first published in early team that brought you such local favorites as “Cabaret”, Victorian Era Britain when it was experiencing a “Rent”, “The Producers”, and “A Taffeta Christmas”, nostalgic interest in its forgotten Christmas traditions, we are pleased to present this song-filled adaptation of and at the time when new customs such as the Christmas Dickens' classic tale, which has been a regional theatre tree and greeting cards were being introduced. Dickens' staple since premiering in 1987 at the Sacramento sources for the tale appear to be many and varied but are Theatre Company. Now it’s produced at many regional principally the humiliating experiences of his childhood, theatres including the Pacific Conservatory of the his sympathy for the poor, and various Christmas stories Performing Arts (Santa Maria) and Denver Center and fairy tales. for the Performing Arts. Hellesen’s adaptation of the The tale has been viewed by many critics as an novella, along with music by David De Berry, features indictment of 19th-century industrial capitalism. It a celebration of the season’s musicality as well as a has been credited with restoring the holiday to one of brilliant retelling of this beloved “ghost story.” merriment and festivity in Britain and America after a “Marley was dead to begin with. There is no period of sobriety and somberness. “A Christmas Carol” doubt whatever about that.” These opening words to remains popular, has never been out of print, and has Dickens most famous story have been mimed, spoken, been adapted to film, stage, opera, and other media read, sung, signed, or uttered every Christmas since multiple times. 1843. Recounting the tale of sour and stingy Ebenezer When Script adapter, Richard Hellesen was asked Scrooge's (Phil Hopfner) spiritual and emotional about MPC Theatre Company’s production of his script transformation after the supernatural visits of Jacob and Bolen’s interpretation of the script, he replied, Marley (Michael Robbins) and the Ghosts of Christmas “Actually, I'm really looking forward to the MPC Past, Present, and Yet to Come. production, precisely because it's probably the most The novella met with instant success and critical radical concept of any production of this script yet. acclaim. His works have been translated into numerous As I mentioned before, one of the things I think is so languages (including “Klingon”!!) allowing people important about this story is its social commentary--and, from various cultural backgrounds to enjoy his works. for better or worse, it talks about conditions that are as Through every translation and interpretation, his message relevant to us as they were in 19th century London.” ABOUT THE PRINCIPALS Phil Hopfner (Scrooge) is thrilled to be back with as writing his own stories that he some day would like MPC in its production of “A Christmas Carol” in the to turn into scripts. Hopefully, this is only the beginning lead role. He was last seen on stage in MPC's production of seeing Saxon on local stages. of “Little Women” (Father March). Phil has been doing Michael Robbins (Marley) is well known to Community Theater shows for nearly 25 years. When not peninsula theatre goers. The number of roles he has played over the years are far too numerous to fully list, acting, Phil can be found tending to the care and feeding but they range from “Fiddler On the Roof” (Teyve) to of computers and networks at the Naval Postgraduate “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (Harding). At MPC School. Michael has played numerous roles, such as Bobby Saxon Butler (Cratchit) is a new face to local Strong’s father in “Urinetown” (2006 & 2008) and, most theatregoers. He was first seen in “Androcles and the recently, a cigar chomping Lady Bug in MPC’s 2012 Lion” (The Lion). His first role was back when he was Storybook production of “The Ant and the Grasshopper, 12 years old. He played an overweight child to help and the Bloomingdales delivery man in “Barefoot in teach kids to eat healthy. Since then he has started taking the Park.” Theatre Arts classes that are offered here at MPC, as well
Adapted by
Richard Hellesen Based on the novella by
Charles Dickens Music by
David DeBerry Orchestrations by
Gregg Coffin Directed by
Gary Bolen Preview December 6 Open
December 7 through December 23, 2012
Ebenezer Scrooge (Phil Hopfner) and the Ghost of Jacob Marley (Michael Robbins)
Bob Cratchit (Saxon Butler) and Tiny Tim (Isaiah Boulware)
About the Director Gary Bolen, Chairman of the Theatre Arts at MPC. His most recent appearances on the Morgan Department at MPC, holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in Stock stage were in “Chapter Two” and as a last minute Theatre from Cal State University Fullerton and an replacement for one of his cast members in “Urinetown M.F.A. in Acting from UCLA. A member of the Screen the Musical.” Most recent directorial efforts include Actors Guild, Actors’ Equity and AFTRA as well as the this past July’s production of “Cabaret”, the Musical Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Mr. Bolen of Musicals (The Musical!)”, “Once Upon a Mattress”, appeared in dozens of television dramas, sit-coms, “Rent”, “Company”, and “Beyond Therapy.” soaps and national commercials prior to his employment About the Design Team The creative team includes Gary Bolen (Director), Retsky (Lighting Design), Gloria C. Mattos Hughes Jill Miller (Choreographer), Sean Boulware (Musical (Costume Design), and Ana Warner (Props Design). Director), D. Thomas Beck (Technical Director), Steve DINNER THEATRE PACKAGES We are pleased to offer Dinner & Theatre ($36.00 Wharf Theatre box office beginning 90 minutes prior to pp) packages with a prix fixe menu at Isabella’s on the any performance, or online at www.TicketGuys.com or Wharf. Chef Tene Shake has created a very special www.mpctheatre.com Dickens style dinner for our theatre patrons to enjoy. Public Parking is easy and affordable in Monterey. Tickets may be purchased from the MPC Box There are four parking facilities located near Old Office (831-646-4213) Wednesdays 3:00 – 7:00 PM, Fisherman’s Wharf. Fees are economical and all lots Thursdays & Fridays from 3:00 to 5:00 PM, or at the are safe and clean. We say this show is good for the entire family… and that holds true for the cast and production team as well. We have the entire Boulware family involved. Sean (Musical Director) his wife Michelle (Asst Musical Director ) and their two children, brothers Dakota and Isaiah Boulware. This show also features Monterey’s favorite husband and wife acting team, Mitchell & Phyllis Davis; and the very talented sisters Grace and Rachel Sizemore.
Ebenezer Scrooge (Phil Hopfner) and the Ghost of Christmas Past (Anjoli Johnson)
“He had no further intercourse with Spirits, but lived upon the Total Abstinence Principle, ever afterwards; and it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God Bless Us, Every One!”
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From the Cherokee Nation to the dumpster at Whole Foods Timi’s ancestors were known for their courage, but even the Cherokees couldn’t stand up to the sea of white faces that overran and settled America. In a grassy area by Del Monte Shopping Center, Timi, a 49-year-old half Cherokee, describes how she’s gotten a taste of what her people experienced long ago, as they were driven from their lands-and looked down upon by early settlers. Timi is homeless. She’s seated on a tree stump behind Whole Foods, close to a busy road. This area of brush, vines and trees provided a bar-
Homeless Chronicles
Erika Fiske rier between the homeless and busy traffic until recently, when the city removed that greenery. The same thing happened at Window on the Bay, where the homeless often sought shelter among attractive groupings of bushes and plants—out of view of passing cars. Most of those areas have been wiped clean in recent weeks. Sleeping in a nearby van is Timi’s 19-year-old Queensland Heeler/ lab mix, named Jasmine. As he listens to the conversation, a bearded man stretched out on the ground near Timi notes that the homeless camp in hills across Highway One also was cleared away by the Pebble Beach Company, with brush and trees cut down. He and others gathered in this grassy area by the shopping center have seen a lot of changes in recent weeks—locks placed on the dumpsters of Whole Foods, where the homeless often found good, organic meals; the recycle truck gone from behind Whole Foods, where the homeless made money from their recyclables; crates used for seating taken away from the homeless and returned to the rear of Whole Foods, with threats of fines if used again; and the Saturday morning breakfast for the homeless by Lake El Estero, moved twice in the past few months by order of the city. Timi gets the message, that she and other homeless aren’t welcome in this wealthy community. But many who have no place to go remain, visited by police on a regular basis and sometimes told to move along. At least the police car parked behind Whole Foods, with a camera pointed toward the homeless, was removed last week. With a van to live in, Timi is lucky. She was able to move out of her tent by saving disability checks, while her boyfriend cleaned windows. The couple stayed drier in recent rains than the homeless in tents, but the hard life Timi’s lived shows on her lined face and the rotten stumps that were once her teeth. “I moved here about eight years ago, but I’ve been having difficulty finding a place to live,” she says. Timi was here once before, years earlier, when as a teenager she watched whales swim near Fisherman’s Wharf. That’s what drew her back to the area. “I thought I could make a life here. I came with a boyfriend who passed away two years ago,” she says. “He had heart problems from too much living on the streets. He was only 52.” Timi was born in Hollywood and reared in Las Vegas, where her father was a Cherokee bookmaker. Timi hoped to become a jockey, but ran away to California instead at the age of 16. Her parents brought her home after a couple of months, and she married at the age of 18. She had a child at 20, but divorced her husband, a police officer, when their son was 2. “I couldn’t handle his profession,” she said. “Too much worry.” She married a card dealer a year later and had four more children. After 12 years in an abusive relationship, she left home and her children went to her mother-in-law. Since moving to Monterey from Texas, Timi had one brush with death when she developed pneumonia two years ago. “I thought I was going to die,” she says. “Then Kathy, a Buddhist priest, came and touched me. I was out of the hospital the next day.” Living in a van is better than a tent, but still not easy. “It’s cold, and there’s no room,” she admits. “We stay in the minivan whenever the cops don’t harass us.” Looking at her life today, it’s hard to imagine that Timi’s grandfather was a Cherokee chief in Missouri. “He died long ago,” she says, noting that she never knew him. “I only saw his pictures.” Timi worked at everything from construction to cashiering over the years, but developed epilepsy and has experienced ever-worsening seizures—especially when stressed or hot. She also suffers from a herniated disc, and is unable to lift heavy objects or stand long. To make matters worse, the couple’s window-washing tools were stolen. “Everything I’ve ever owned has gotten stolen,” she says. Now the couple stands by the road with a sign to get money for gas, food and other needs. Timi notes she has things to do now. She gets up to leave, but turns to make one last point. “Tell them we need help,” she says, quietly. “Tell them we need help.”
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‘Becoming Visible’ director sends invitation Hello Friends of the Cedar Street Times, I want to send you a personal note, as personal as email can be, updating you about the exhibition of the “Becoming Visible” installation and the production of “Becoming Visible:” the movie which delves into the plight of homeless women in Monterey County. The attendance at the opening event and in the screening room was heart warming, and I feel a true indication of concern for our community. As you may already be aware, Becoming Visible: The Faces of Homeless Women opened as a photographic and multi-media installation at the Carl Cherry Center in Carmel. The associated “Becoming Visible” movie project is moving forward to production. As director of “Becoming Visible: The Movie,” my role is to explore, through images, interviews, dramatizations and case studies the lives of women who are presently homeless or who are facing homelessness, the causes of their situation and models of community based solutions to the challenges they endure. So far during the filming, the exploration has been eye opening and revealing. Through this exploration, my conceptualizations of homelessness are being challenged and evolved. And even as I am bearing witness to the difficulties and the challenges faced by so many, I am also amazed and buoyed and filled with hope by the indomitable spirit that is so apparent in many who are currently suffering. I truly feel that “Becoming Visible: The
Homeless Women Documentary Project Fund
Community Foundation for Monterey County recently established “The Fund for Homeless Women.” Your direct donation to this Fund can help make a difference to the many women in Monterey County who sleep outside. Thank you! www.cfmco.org/index.cfm/id/6/ Give-Now/
Movie” is an important project, and I hope that you and I can share a dialogue of discovery as I continue with my work. In the days ahead, I’ll be creating a website and a blog where I will post updates about the project, as well as photos, movie clips and interviews with women in our community who have been touched by homelessness and hunger. I’ll be able to share with you a multi-dimensional perspective on the issues surrounding homelessness and on the discovery of models of community-based solutions. The first blog posts soon to come will be about defining what “Becoming Visible” means, a consideration of the roles that alliance forming and community building can play in finding solutions, and very importantly, about finding the language of inclusion when speaking of issues of homelessness. For now though, I hope that you’ll enjoy the linked audio file. The audio file is of a recent interview about homelessness and the Becoming Visible project that Michael Reid, Kathy Whilden and I shared with radio personality Hal Ginsberg. You can listen to the interview at the following link: http://soundcloud.com/ citizennewscaster/becoming-visible-the-movie-a Sincerely, Timothy Barrett Producer / Director Becoming Visible: The Movie (831) 269-3429 (office) (800) 920-7572 (toll free) (831) 277-9505 (voice and text)
Food Bank donations accepted at firehouse
The City will once again participate in the Food Bank for Monterey County’s annual canned food drive. The drop-off location will be at the Fire Station (600 Pine Avenue). The Food Bank will pick up through the 1st week of 2013. Drop off will be 24/7.
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Heavenly Queens grace Carmel’s Mission Basilica Performance Review
Katie Shain Aria’s “Regina Coeli” performance was embraced at Carmel’s Mission Basilica with a warm standing ovation. Maestro Sean Boulware conducted his choir of “Heavenly Queens” to deliver their heartfelt interpretations of sacred music classics, with grace and aplomb. Boulware, like every great teacher, inspired and instructed us to note the finer points of the concert, so they were not overlooked, by asking questions; “How many words in the ‘Alleluia’ song? The answer: two, Alleluia and Amen, and pointing out “third voices,” as in the separate piano line in Franz Schubert’s Psalm 23 (Gott ist mein Hirt). Boulware also generously shared his baton with Abby Hoeck to conduct a lovely rendition of Glorificamus Te, by Eugene Butler, in which Corrie Pogson’s solo, though brief, beautifully inhanced the full flavor and ambience of the setting. Boulware additionally shared a story of his early life’s inspiration, telling us of his youth when, at age 8, his mother took him to his first concert encounter in Alaska; he knew in an instant where he intended his life to lead him. Today Boulware’s life has lead him to discover Antonio Vivaldi’s original musical dictations for women. Original manuscripts written the early 1700s, were recently excavated from ruins beneath an Italian girls’
orphanage (as the story goes). It has been the driving force behind Boulware’s newly organized treble choir for women. No doubt Boulware is well guided by this chorus of heavenly queens. Transporting us to a feeling of that orphanage in Italy, Abby Hoeck’s solo in Domine Deus, Rex coelestis, created a tangible vision of the setting, leaving a lasting memory with her bright, warm celestial sound. Dave Dally commanded the first chair violin, bringing his family of exquisite and flawless orchestra players to complete the second half of Aria’s debut, with a special guest appearance on keyboards by Carol Kuzdenyi to accompany Michelle Galindo (Assistant Conductor) on piano, in a divine Kyrie eleison selection. Exquisite in every way, Michelle Boulware presented her usual extraordinary presence of sound, persona and talent in her standard eloquent style. Participating graciously in duets and quartets, Michele Boulware’s consistent and confident delivery is rare and always a pleasure to behold. Michelle Boulware (Assistant Conductor) indeed personifies Sean Boulware’s “Regina Coeli” in more ways than one, and together this choir holds a promise of a very heavenly future. Follow Aria on their web site: www.ariamonterey.org, Facebook, Twitter, become a Patron and look for “She Sings” in April 2013.
Monterey Library annual book sale
The Friends of the Monterey Public Library will hold their annual Giant Used Book Sale on Sat., Dec. 1, from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., in the Library Community Room. There will be a members-only preview sale on Friday, Nov. 30, from 3 - 5 p.m. Non-members are welcome to join at the door. Choose from a huge selection of gently used books at bargain prices. On Sat., from 4-5 p.m. fill up a shopping bag with books for only $5. (Bring your own bags, please) All proceeds go to purchase new library books and other materials. For information call 831-646-5602. The Monterey Public Library is located at 625 Pacific St., Monterey.
Jane Roland
Animal Tales and Other Random Thoughts
No Greater Love Brandy has not been very well. It isn’t that she demonstrated illness, but a mother knows if a child is under the weather. She had an appointment to see her doctor later in the week, but Monday, in the middle of a bridge game she was kibitzing, she threw up buckets of water. The date for the check up was changed to that afternoon. John came home and took her off for the visit. All hell broke loose. Lilah, whom you met in an earlier story, went crazy. She screamed, barked, howled, scratched and tore at doors. This did not help concentration on our cards, but fortunately all of the players were dog lovers, and, when one was dummy, tried to console the frantic animal. Nothing seemed to work. She would take a treat, eat it and raise her voice to the sky. She wailed and wailed. The game broke up a little early, ostensibly because it was getting dark and one of our players lives deep in the Valley. The situation reminded me of the days of my youth when the house was full of children playing, running and screaming. I harked back to the baby in a crib who started to howl in the middle of a slam. (If you don’t know what that is, Google it.) Eventually Brandy came home with the diagnosis of a severe bladder infection. I wish cranberry juice worked on animals. Instead, $700 plus later her blood work is in Santa Cruz being tested for an aggressive infection. She will be all right after it is determined what antibiotics she should have. So, our Christmas gift to each other will be Brandy’s good health. What could be more important? Last week I read a story about horse companions sheltered at the SPCA. I hope people who have the space and the means take these wonderful animals. I would happily park one in my back yard if the city would permit it and it were affordable. Please go out and visit. The column went on to talk about a goat that lost his friend and grieved until he was placed with a gentle horse. We see stories all of the time about unusual relationships between animals, with domestic and wild creatures bonding. We determined that Lilah’s problem is fear of abandonment. She came from a puppy mill in Jolon five years ago and was picked up by an animal shelter.
She had given birth to at least one litter, probably when she was too young to do so. The mill was broken up and the dogs, mostly dachshund mixes, went to shelters to find forever homes. Yesterday, while John was driving for the Calloway Golf Tournament, the dogs were in the bedroom with me. I took a shower and stepped out with a towel wrapped around my wet hair. Brandy looked up at this curious creature. Lilah went wild, barked and barked until the head covering was removed. At that point, realizing it was me, she calmed down. I guess our home will be protected in the event of an invasion.
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Friday we saw “Sylvia” at the Paper Wing Theater on Hoffman Street. It was a delightful production. Our son, Jay DeVine, was a male lead. I was most proud, as he slipped into the part easily, projecting the love of a man for a dog. All of the actors were magnificent and I urge you to see it before it closes on December 8. Sylvia was a precious pooch. One of our customers at the Treasure Shop is Tom Nelson, the Executive Director of the Lyceum, a remarkable program, founded in 1960. I was Executive Director for five years in the late seventies and early eighties. I loved the job, loved the dedicated volunteers and the “gifted and talented” young people. I will write a column about it at a future date. In the meantime, check it out at www.lyceum.org. A popular program running at the moment is “Squarefoot Gardening and Botanical Art, Neighborhood Gardening Project,” which will incorporate gardening and botanical art. Students can sign up for either or both gardening and art. Students and their families are welcome but space will be limited so signups are on a first come first served basis Don’t forget important events. The Treasure Shop will have its holiday open house on December 1 and 2, continuing through the holidays with a preview on November 30 from 5 p.m. until 7, featuring bounteous treats, music by Felton and Michelle and spectacular items to purchase to benefit Animal Friends Animal Project. The project is hosting its annual Christmas party on December 8 at Monterey Beach Resort from 6-10 p.m. Jane Roland, gcr770@aol.com.
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Phyllis R. (Sayer) Cory February 13, 1918 – November 18, 2012
Phyllis R. (Sayer) Cory
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Pacific Grove ~ Longtime Pacific Grove resident, Phyllis Rebecca Cory, passed away at the skilled nursing facility at Forest Hill Manor Sunday evening, November 18, at 9:30 p.m. She had suffered from uterine cancer since August of the previous year and was under hospice care. Phyllis was born Monday, February 13, 1918, to Howard and Olive (O’Shea) Sayer in a farm house on the South Edwards Road in Edwards, New York. She was the only child of a strict Irish Catholic mother and a Methodist father. She moved several times during her younger years. The first time was in the fall of 1924, when Phyllis was six, and a doctor told her father to quit farming; they moved to the village of Edwards. In May 1929, when she was in the fourth grade, they moved to Black River. In Black River, her father took instructions and joined the Catholic Church. Phyllis, age fourteen, met Claude J. Cory while attending Black River High School. On her eighteenth birthday in 1936, they announced their engagement. The Sayers did not accept the engagement; after all, the Cory family was not Catholic. Phyllis’ mother said, "If she is married outside of the Catholic Church, she is never to come home again." During the next two summers, Phyllis worked away from home as a housekeeper. In 1938, Phyllis and Claude moved all of her things from Black River to Henderson. They asked a woman in a store if she knew a minister. She said she did, they called him and made the arrangements. Claude bought Phyllis a new dress, blue with a white collar and cuffs, and a wedding ring. They were married by Mr. Brow, the Baptist minister in Adams, New York on Wednesday, April 27, 1938. After a couple of months, one night, without warning, the Sayers came over and brought a pair of new rugs and a dresser to the newlyweds. As it turns out, Howard was having trouble with his car and needed Claude to fix it. In the fall of 1939, after harvesting her garden, they moved to the “Cory Farm.” Claude's father was sick and needed help. They were there a couple of months. Phyllis went to work at the Mohegan Market. She earned $18.00 a week as a part time employee. She also had a full time job as a "live-in" taking care of a one-year-old girl on a nearby farm. They moved to the farm and she received $5.00 a week while Claude helped with the chores for his room and board. Their first two children, Earl (1941) and Philip (1942), were born during the time they lived at the farm. They bought and moved into a duplex in Watertown, New York. During the war Claude worked in a battery repair shop in Watertown and Phyllis took care of the home and family. As a child Claude suffered from tuberculosis and as a result had severe asthma. In 1947, his doctor advised him to move to Arizona. Claude’s cousin in Los Angeles, Vernon Corey, recommended California, but due to the severe housing shortage, told him “bring your house with you.” They bought a 27-foot house trailer and the family of four moved to California during the severe winter of 1948. After moving into The Mercury Trailer Park in Cudahy, CA, two more children, Cecil (1949) and Iva (1950), were born. The trailer was too small for a family of six. In 1950, they found a
small house in South Gate, CA. Over the next 15 years the house was expanded to include a new kitchen for Phyllis and two more bedrooms. In school Earl heard about the Cub Scouts and wanted to join. Phyllis was active in the Girl Scouts as a child and a Girl Scout leader when she was first married, so she thought that is was a good idea. It was a relationship that lasted for twenty years. Phyllis was a Den Mother and again became a Girl Scout Leader when her daughter joined the Brownies. After Cecil and Iva started school, Phyllis worked in the school cafeteria. She later became a Stanley Home Products dealer and gave Stanley parties. After three visits to California, Phyllis’ parents decided that the winters were more agreeable plus they wanted to be near their child and grandchildren. They sold their house in Black River in September 1957 and moved into a house across the street from Phyllis and Claude. In 1964, while visiting their friends, the Smiths, owners of Andril Cottages, they decided to open a T.V. business in Pacific Grove. In 1965 they bought Diridoni T.V. & Radio at the corner of Lighthouse and Forest and their home on Pine Avenue. Over the next 15 years, they owned several T.V. and radio sales, service and rental businesses, were active in several civic organizations and became friends with numerous people in the community. Phyllis’ parents shared two downstairs rooms in their home until Howard’s death in 1967 and Olive’s in 1977. Claude turned 65 in 1980 and decided it was time to retire; after a Christmas sale they closed their store. For the next 20 years they traveled throughout the United States and Canada in their camper and fifth wheel. Phyllis continued cooking and baking in her kitchen. Each year the entire family would gather together to celebrate holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, and weddings. Phyllis and Claude’s 73rd anniversary became a front page story in the 2011 Memorial Day Weekend edition of the Monterey Herald. A short time later, June 12, 2011, Claude died at the age of 95. During an operation in August 2011, Phyllis was diagnosed with a very aggressive uterine cancer and placed in hospice care. She knew her health was failing and decided to move to the skilled nursing facility at Forest Hill Manor. While a resident, she appeared on the evening news on KION in a special report, “Hospice Does More Than You Think,” http://www.kionrightnow.com/ story/19059686/hospice-does-more-than-you-think. Phyllis is survived by her four children, Earl, Philip, Cecil, and Iva (Cory) Heitz; two grandchildren, Richard Cory and Sherry (Heitz) Sands and five great-grandchildren, Bryan, Shannon, and Rachel Sands, and Michael and Philip Cory. She was preceded in death by her husband Claude J. Cory, her grandchildren, Vibeke Cory and Cory Heitz. For Phyllis, the 94-year-long journey from Edwards, New York to Pacific Grove, California ended in Forest Hill Manor on Sunday evening, November 18, 2012. Funeral services will be held at St. Angela Merici Catholic Church at 11:00 am, Saturday December 1, 2012. Phyllis will be interred in the Cory Family Plot at Sanford Corners Cemetery in Calcium, NY, just a few miles from her birth place. In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to Hospice of the Central Coast, PO Box 2480, Monterey, 93942. To sign Phyllis’ guest book and leave messages for her family, please visit www. thepaulmortuary.com.
Neal Whitman No, he did not take a tumble. But, one of our local poets, Neal Whitman, has had a good season. It began with being chosen as the 2012 White Buffalo Native American Poet Laureate. This contest is sponsored by the Amy Kitchener Foundation that does not require poets to be Native American, which Neal is not, but to write in the spirit of Native American traditions. Then Neal learned that he won third place in the 19th annual Artists Embassy International Dancing Festival. More good news arrived with two of Neal’s poems chosen as finalists in Best Modern American Poetry Contest sponsored by Chicago Poetry Press; one poem was chosen as a finalist in the Common Ground Review contest sponsored by the University of New England; and yet another poem was chosen as a finalist in a contest held by the journal, Pancakes in Heaven. Our peninsular poet now casts his line into international waters: in 2013 four of his poems are scheduled to be printed in The Seventh Quarry Poetry Magazine in Swansea, Wales.
Seven Ways to Prepare for Lengthening Days by Neal Whitman, 2012 White Buffalo Native American Poet Laureate
Wash your hair with lavender water and air-dry outside your front door. This is the way we come clean. Sweep your home and fill the space with kindness. This is the way we make space. Burn pine needles in bundles and gently blow out the flame. This is the way we clear the air. Collect porcupine quills and blue jay feathers. This is the way we find words. Make signals in shallow water and wave to stones. This is the way we welcome guests. Sit under the early evening sky and wait for the first star. This is the way we enter the universe. Hold the moon in your chest and have a pure heart. This is the way we love.
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Annual community open house offers free aquarium admission for locals Monterey County residents receive free aquarium admission between Saturday, December 1 and Sunday, December 9 during the Monterey Bay Aquarium ‘s annual Community Open House. Free admission for locals is an annual thank you to the community for its support of the non-profit aquarium. According to aquarium officials, this is a great time of year to experience the aquarium as a member would: no crowds, no lines, exhibit windows all to yourself and front-row seats at daily feeding shows. Admission is good for all aquarium exhibits and programs, including “The Jellies Experience.” Local conservation organizations will be at the aquarium on Sunday, December 9 with information and special activities to wrap up the final day of the Community Open House. Also on Sunday, visitors can enjoy bilingual feeding shows including a 3 p.m. penguin feeding and a 4 p.m. kelp forest feeding show. To receive free admission, Monterey County residents must present photo ID and proof of residence at the main entrance. Current student identification from California State University Monterey Bay, Hartnell College, Monterey Peninsula College, the Monterey Institute of International Studies, utility bills or MontereySalinas Transit monthly bus pass are also valid proof of residence. Free admission is good only during regular aquarium hours, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Guests from outside Monterey County – including relatives or friends of local residents – can accompany local residents but will be charged regular admission fees. For general aquarium information including daily program schedules, visit www. montereybayauarium.org or call (800) 555-3656. The Monterey Bay Aquarium is located at 886 Cannery Row in Monterey. Its mission is to inspire conservation of the oceans.
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Young Writers Corner Dear Gravity By Savannah Chioino i want To make something controversial ,
Café Ariana: More Than The Sum of Its Parts…
When you live and work in a community for many, many years, your restaurant becomes more than just a place to merely eat. As the proprietors of a long-running popular eatery, you become woven into the fabric of people’s lives and a part of their histories, memories and routines. Pacific Grove residents are a very lucky group of folks in that they have numerous places to select from that fit this description. To name a few: Fandango, Joe Rombi’s, Fifi’s, Vito’s, Alberto’s, Passionfish, Taste Bistro, Peppers, Toasties, Holly’s Lighthouse Café and many, many more.
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In recent years this community has also suffered some losses of those “special places” that will live on in their memories only. The Old Bath House, The Tinnery and more recently the unfortunate destruction by fire of Favaloro’s come to mind. Enter the reincarnation of Café Ariana which used to occupy by the space next door to the previous location of Favaloro’s in the Holman building and that has now jumped across the street to 542 Lighthouse Ave., directly next door to Favaloro’s Big Night Bistro – which is still under reconstruction following the fire last January. Nino, Marie, John, Ariana and Anthony Favaloro have been active “family members” of the Pacific Grove community for 20 years or more. We’ve watched the kids grow up from infants to young adults. Collectively they have served us at our birthday and anniversary celebrations. They have shared their family gatherings with many of us, with the true spirit of hospitality. They have seen us through good times and … not so good times, but they were always present. As with an old friend that you may or may not speak to regularly, you could always pop into one of their restaurants and it was as if no time had passed. You were treated like more than a welcomed guest. You were family. Almost a year has passed since the closure of Big Night Bistro ( which should be opening within the next month or two …or three ) and to say that they and their restaurant have been missed would be like calling the Space Shuttle a bi-plane. With the newly opened Café Ariana up and running, they are back and rocking the block once again. On my three recent visits the place was buzzing with guests hugging the family members, asking ‘when is Big Night going to open?’, and it felt like a giant family reunion. Imagine how nice it must feel for this hardworking family who has struggled to get their beloved Bistro back up and running to be welcomed back so warmly. Only in Pacific Grove…. The following is an overview of my visits to Café Ariana – Visit #1 – Hubby and I decided to grab some lunch while we were out and about running errands. We’ve been waiting for Café Ariana to open and finally it was. The physical space that used to house Grove Nutrition has been completely transformed. In fact, you’d never believe it was Grove Nutrition, to be honest. Warm wood floors, modern seating and a cozy but not kitschy feel surround the diners. This is not a full service type of restaurant so you’ve got to step up and order at the register. The menu is prominently displayed on the wall and features soups, salads, panini, and pizza. Marie greeted us like visiting potentates while Nino was busily buzzing about behind her in the kitchen manning the Panini grills and pizza ovens. The adjacent display cases were filled with a dozen or more types of gelato, some cool retro sodas and baked goods. We ordered the Pesto Chicken Panini (7.75) and the American Pizza (11.95). Both dishes were hand delivered to our table within 10 minutes of ordering, despite the fact that the place was humming with customers coming and going. Moist grilled chicken, smoky provolone, crisp lettuce, tomato and a tasty pesto filled the warm Panini. I’m picky about the ratio of bread to fillings in my sandwiches and this one was just right. Many places make sandwiches with so much bread that the fillings get lost and others do the opposite where the fillings are falling out all over the place because the bread has gone on a vacation ….like the Hostess Twinkie. The pizza was definitely enough for two to share for lunch and again, the balance of toppings to cheese to crust, to sauce was the mathematical equivalent of a perfect square. The crust was thin, but not so thin it couldn’t support the toppings of mozzarella, sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms, onions and olives. Visit #2 – As a ‘thank you’ gesture to my 18-year-old niece and her ‘guy friend’ for their help in moving and labeling 40 cases of wine that were donated to Meals on Wheels Culinary Classique d’ Elegance for me, I took them to Café Ariana for lunch. It’s fun to see what young people are drawn to dine on in a new place. While I thought they may go nutty for the pizzas, they both ordered panini. One had the Chicken Saltimbocca ($7.75) – grilled chicken, prosciutto, Monterey Jack and sage mayo – and the other ordered The Tuscan ($7.95 ) mayo, prosciutto, fresh mozzarella, and arugula. I opted for the straightforward salami and Swiss, with tomato, pepperoncini and mayo ($6.95). Seriously, there was nothing left on anyone’s plate and we were in and out of there in 45 minutes, which bodes well for those who are trying to dine on their lunch hour. Café Ariana, named for their wonderful daughter who is now attending Cal Poly SLO, is now the newest member of the fabric of P.G. I had to ask myself as I watched the patrons hug and kiss the proprietors…Is it just having the Favaloro family back up and operating an eatery that we love? Is it the food that they continue to consistently turn out that is far above average that we enjoy? Or…is it just that a big missing piece of the quilt that makes up P.G. has returned to keep us fed and warm? Welcome back, Favaloro Family. You were missed.
Book-signing and book sale at Monterey library
Renowned children’s author Anne Ylvisaker will sell and sign copies of her newest book, “Button Down” at the Friends of the Monterey Public Library’s Giant Book Sale on Saturday, December 1, from 10 a.m. until noon. The book sells for $15 and all profits benefit the Friends of the Monterey Public Library. The Giant Book Sale takes place throughout the day (10 a.m. - 5 p.m.) in the Monterey Public Library Community Room. The Monterey Public Library is located at 625 Pacific Street, Monterey. For more information call 831.646.5602 or see www.monterey.org/library.
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The Green Page Honshu tsunami debris update
Surf pounds the shore at Asilomar on Nov. 18. So far, no significant tsunami debris has appeared on Monterey Bay shores. Note: When the surf is this rough and the tide is this high, people are advised not to venture out on the rocks, as the man in the foreground has done. Photo by Cameron Douglas. Another group helping with the project is called Sanctuary Integrated By Cameron Douglas Monitoring Network (SIMoN). They have a page on their website for the latest reMembers of the National Oceanic and ports about tsunami debris. Their October Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and update shows a picture of a 66-foot-long other organizations continue their watch Japanese boat dock that washed up on the along the U.S. West Coast for debris from Oregon Coast outside Newport last June, the devastating March 11, 2011 earthquake 15 months after the disaster. This gives an and tsunami in Japan. Japanese officials idea of the size of objects that can make the estimate five million tons of debris washed 5,000-mile trip – and the ongoing hazards out to sea that day. Of that, about 70 per- they can pose in shipping lanes. Due to cent sank, leaving1.5 million tons adrift. its size, the dock had to be dismantled at Scientists expect debris will show up on a cost of $90,000, with $50,000 of that U.S. shores all the way to Alaska through funded by NOAA. The dock had traveled from the Port the year 2014. “A lot of it ends up in the Pacific of Misawa in northern Honshu. It wore Gyre,” says Dr. Andrew DeVogelaere more than 90 species of Japanese sea life of the Monterey Bay National Marine and seaweed, which is still being analyzed. Sanctuary. The Pacific Gyre is a swirling Unfortunately, some high-profile invasive mass of ocean that also contains the Pacific species have been identified from that Garbage Patch, a wide collection of float- dock, indicating the potential for more invasive species to make their way here. ing plastic and other debris. SIMoN advises on their website that So far, there seems to be no report of significant debris washing ashore along most debris is safe and removable. If it has Monterey Bay. “Significant,” for the no identifying markers, simply dispose of purpose of this article, refers to an object it. If it clearly belongs to someone, alert a heavy enough to damage a passing sea ves- local authority. Some items should be left sel. DeVogelaere states a refrigerator was to authorities. If it appears hazardous or observed headed toward the Big Sur coast. heavy, report it, and emergency responders One of the organizations assisting will likely deal it with. You can report large volumes of dewith debris watch is called Beachcombers. Their assignment, morbid as it sounds, is bris that clearly came from Japan via email to round up carcasses of birds and marine to: DisasterDebris@noaa.gov/ More information is available at: animals for study. Much is learned at very marinedebris.noaa.gov/ low cost about goings-on out at sea this oceanservice.noaa.gov/ way. The Beachcombers group is also sanctuarysimon.org/ keeping a watch for tsunami debris.
Hostel potluck program will feature fjords
Local writer/photographer Birgitta Ludgate presents “A Study in Contrasts: the Fjords of Chile and Norway” at the Monterey Hostel’s monthly potluck/ travel program on Monday, November 26. Come learn about the differing fjords and see some spectacular scenery at the potluck at 6 p.m.. The program starts at 6:45 pm. The public is welcome. Admission is free. The Monterey Hostel is located at 778 Hawthorne St., at the corner of Hawthorne and Irving in New Monterey. For information, please call 899-3046 or 372-5762. Above, a fjord at Ushuaia, at the tip of South America; and below, a fjord in Norway.
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Monterey Bay naturalist to talk about trip to Antarctica
Kate Spencer, an informative naturalist on Monterey Bay Whale Watch trips and a Pacific Grove artist, will be the featured speaker at a meeting of a local whales group Thursday, Dec. 6. Spencer will talk about her recent expedition of Antarctica and the southern ocean at the monthly meeting of the Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Cetacean Society. The meeting is in the Boat Works building at Hopkins Marine Station on Pacific Grove’s Ocean View Boulevard, on the shoreline across from the American Tin Cannery. The program starts at 7:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Refreshments are available at 7 p.m. More information is available at www.starrsites.com/acsmb.
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Market SnapShot (as of November 19, 2012) Pacific Grove Single Family
Number of Properties
Median Price
Average Price
Days on Market
Current Inventory
50
$782,000 $1,304,414
136
Properties in Escrow
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$550,000
$617,166
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Closed Sales November 2012
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$783,444
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Closed Sales Year to Date
175
$554,000
$624,352
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