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››LETTERS Cyclists in full spin mode A couple falsehoods from your mountain bicycling issue [“Can’t We All Just Get Along?”

July 19]: [County Parks director] Linda Dahl’s claim that the open space road and trail management plan began a few years ago at a meeting attended by 350 people, is a founding myth.

It began years ago, before the parks and open space strategic plan was commenced and aggressively prosecuted during the greatest economic recession on record. All while the county and Marin Parks cried poverty and hardship and shed lower level staff and health and human services program and funding.

And Jacquie Phelan’s well-written assumption that mountain bicycling off paved roads and paths is green and helpful to efforts to curb global warming, is patently, demonstrably false.

Thirtysome years of costly illegal mountain bicycling activities including eye-browing trails, shortcutting switchbacks, off-trailing, free-riding and wilding have wrecked havoc on our nature preserves and injured, frightened or killed too many responsible passive recreationalists.

The MCOSD Road and Trial Management plan is merely an optional, unnecessarily costly, fluffed-up cover for rewarding 30 years of illegalities and anti-social behaviors by insurgent mountain bicyclists. Responsible mountain bicyclists are clamoring for more than the big majority of off-road trail access we already inappropriately enjoy and misuse.

It will result in more illegal, anti-social and environmentally destructive behaviors.

The MCOSD RMTP is an expensive prospectus driven by a very small minority at disproportionally high public costs.

The all new and improved county Mountain Bicycle Illegalities Rewards Program (MBIRP) is a bad bargain, that gets worse, and more expensive over time, in the short, middle, long and very long terms.

If we allow this, we deserve it.

Randall Knox, San Rafael

Hey kid, you got a license for that S’more?

People tend to appreciate, feel passionately for, and want to preserve things they understand. But the Golden Gate National Recreation Area has certain regulations that seem to discourage people from understanding the appeal of our local national parks.

On a recent campout, my friends and I had every cooler and vehicle searched by the camp hosts. We were with our younger brothers and company, I was the only 18-year-old. But everyone else had parent-signed release notes.

Still, the rangers watched us like hawks and sternly warned us to be on “good behavior” before we’d even chosen a campsite. At dinnertime they came by again to survey the scene for illegal activity. How insulting is it to have to get up in the middle of dinner to help intimidating law enforcement search the cooler you were sitting on? Just because you’re a teenager trying to appreciate the outdoors without the hawk eyes of your own parents.

They didn’t find anything, by the way. Suckers.

Minors aren’t the only ones getting a rough time.

We’d barely finished swimming at Muir Beach when a ranger blaring emergency sirens rolled into the parking lot. He announced over intercom, at a decibel meant to be heard by people 500 yards away on the beach, “It is now 9pm. The parking lot is closed. Please move your vehicles.” He drove

to the other end of the lot and repeated the process.

Some 15 families came reluctantly off the beach, dragging family bonfire-dinner supplies, sunset cut short.

Why is the park interrupting healthy recreation like this?

While I absolutely agree that our state and national parks should be kept pristine and protected, a little less regulation would go a long way in actually helping them.

Sophie McGuinness, Mill Valley

‘They didn’t find anything, by the way. Suckers.’

Memorial Park detention basin: a flood of concerns I’m writing regarding the Memorial Park detention pit [“Basin Instinct,” May 9]. When I voted for the flood tax, it was about clearing out the creek and removing obstacles such as buildings, trees and bridges that block the creek. This would increase the flow downstream and not involve destroying our parks and the character of our neighborhoods.

In order for the San Anselmo Detention Basin project to be effective, five projects will have to be built. If all five basins are not built, we will still have major flooding in the Ross Valley. There is an assumption that the Town of Fairfax will allow two of the flood basins to be built there. The plan is to build another flood basin in open space—the advocates for open space have already been extremely vocal in opposing the construction of a flood basin.

The final piece of the project will be to raise the dam at Phoenix Lake. On its own—the San Anselmo Detention Basin project will only lower the chance of flooding by 2 percent. That just doesn’t make good financial sense!

The total cost if all five basins are built is over $130 million and there isn’t even a real cost assessment yet. Our towns can’t even afford to pave our streets let pay for this boondoggle!

The town is not addressing the many questions that are being raised. These include: Will they be installing a fence around the pit when there is water in it to protect children and pets and if so—will it be a chain link prison-style?

What will be done to replace the heritage trees that will be removed to construct the basin?

There will be heavy construction for two years as the basin is built. Where will the baseball and soccer teams go to play?

The basin will go down 15 feet with a concrete or rock wall bordering it. The basin will

be so low that views of Mt. Tam will be lost.

What will be done to beautify this project?

This project is a disaster. There is not enough planning, there is not enough money and we need to put a stop to it!

Mario Territo, San Anselmo

My hardworking parents got a raw deal—so should yours!

The quickest way to change a Liberal Democrap into a Tea Party Nimby is to let them know that affordable housing, subsidized housing, low-cost housing is coming to their neighborhood [“Bridge Over Troubled Meetings,” July 5]. They ripped off their “Peace and Love” buttons and mobilized and descended on the supervisors like crazed villagers in a Frankenstein movie. And who can blame them? Aside from all the problems they mentioned this would cause them, they can add crime to the mix. Are the police and sheriff’s department answering calls in the Canal area or the Forbes area of San Rafael?

Is it Sausalito or Marin City where you get mugged and attacked just for waiting at a bus stop? And the other little pockets of pus around Marin (Novato, Santa Venetia) draw the criminals like flies on s--t. When I state, affordable housing means you live where you can afford to—I’m considered mean-spirited and racist.

My parents spent the better part of two years of weekends looking for affordable housing for their family of four. We lived in a one-bedroom apartment in the Bronx till I was 13 and I slept in the living room, never had a bedroom of my own. They finally found a co-op in Queens, and at last I got to share a bedroom with my sister; and not once did I ever hear them complain that someone should give them a rent-controlled three bedroom/two bath apartment in Manhattan where my father’s job was. He still had to commute two hours a day (back and forth) when we moved to Queens; but we lived where we could afford to.

Marcia Blackman, San Rafael

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Light at end of bike tunnel?

Alternative transportation friends and foes await completion of studies

by Peter Seidman

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hree key bike and pedestrian connections are in the midst of a critical period that will determine the feasibility of creating a long-sought bike and pedestrian path running from Sausalito to the Sonoma County border.

While alternative transportation advocates view the projects with favor, at least one of the projects, the reconstruction of the Alto Tunnel, remains a source of contention from neighbors. The objections of a relatively small number of homeowners on the north and south sides of the tunnel, which connects Mill Valley with Corte Madera, could send the proposed reconstruction project into the courts.

But before anything happens that would necessitate calls for lawyers (and hopefully not guns but maybe lots of money), studies currently underway to assess the condition of the tunnel and its easements must come to a conclusion. The fate of the tunnel, as well as a pedestrian and bicycle overcrossing in the Greenbrae Highway 101 corridor are key pieces in the north-south bike and pedestrian dream. So is an overcrossing that will provide a safe route from the Cal Park Tunnel—and

a SMART station—to the Larkspur Ferry Terminal.

Last month, county supervisors approved moving forward on a $10.4 million project called the Central Marin ferry connection, which will feature a bridge over Sir Francis Drake Boulevard. The connection will provide bikers and pedestrians with a route separated from traffic, meaning they will no longer have to navigate a dangerous Sir Francis Drake crossing to between the ferry terminal and the Cal Park Hill Tunnel—and the SMART station. Bikers and walkers already use the now-opened Cal Park Hill Tunnel to travel between San Rafael and Larkspur and points south.

The Central Marin connection project is a joint effort of the county, the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District, Larkspur and the Transportation Authority of Marin. The jointeffort Marin supervisors approved paved the way for county public works staff to administer the project.

A proposed overcrossing that could be part of the Greenbrae Highway 101 project also could form one of the keys in a north-south bike and pedestrian route. A study group has been evaluating various alternatives for realigning the freeway. Alternative transportation advocates, not unsurprisingly, favor a plan that will ensure bicyclists and pedestrians have a crossing over the freeway rather than a route that forces them to navigate multiple intersections and go under the elevated roadbed.

“It’s a big gap in the north-south greenway,” says Kim Baenisch, executive director if the Marin County Bicycle Coalition.

The completed north-south bike and pedestrian route will comprise a greenway separated from traffic. It also will include a bike and pedestrian route The Alto Tunnel is “section 8” in the 2010 corridor study map. that follows surface

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streets. Those two elements will be part of the continuous route from one end of the county to the other. Part of the route will parallel the SMART tracks.

Transportation advocates have, from the inception of the north-south route—envisioned a utilitarian freeway alternative. Bicycle aficionados in their latest bike spandex gear and machines that cost tens of thousands of dollars are not the target audience here.

Providing a way to ride or walk safely to the store, to school, to work, to the train and the bus is the aim for the north-south route. It’s really designed for what Baenisch describes as “the rest of us.”

That’s why the Bicycle Coalition views reconstructing the Alto Tunnel as a high priority. In addition to moving forward with the Central Marin connection project, supervisors last month also approved spending $68,920 to hire consultants who will survey and map the Alto Tunnel area. The work will focus potential construction costs.

“Improvements in the area of the Alto Tunnel would be a huge benefit for establishing a continuous north-south bike route,” says Baenisch. Currently bicyclists and pedestrians coming from the south must use surface streets to reach the ferry terminal. It’s a major impediment for people sailing along the bike route that already stretches between Sausalito and Mill Valley.

Marin definitely has shown a propensity for alternative transportation. In 2005, a federal transportation bill authorized $25 million to four communities in the country for fiscal years 2006 to 2009. In addition to Marin, Columbia, Mo.; Minneapolis-St. Paul; and Sheboygan County, Wis., were the recipients of funds for an alternative-transportation pilot program to test a variety of projects and determine their effectiveness. Advocates view non-vehicular transportation as much more than a recreational activity; they seek to bring it into the mainstream transportation mix.

In October 2009, WalkBikeMarin, a recipient of pilot program funds, and the county department of public works released a study that determined 20 percent of Marin bike trips were part of school or work commutes.

Shopping trips and errands accounted for 14 percent of the trips. And 34 percent were “utilitarian and transportation related.” Riders surveyed averaged one bike trip 11 days each month, and 11 percent said they used their bikes daily. According to the study report, “If respondents drove alone for these trips instead of bicycling, this sample group would annually account for approximately 5,468 additional vehicle trips. Considering the median respondent trip length—10 miles—and the average automobile mpg—20.2 according to the EPA—this translates to approximately 2,707 gallons of gasoline, $8,364 (at $3.09/gallon), and 52,245 lbs. of CO2.”

The survey also determined that weekday bicycle use had increased 118 percent since 1999. Weekend bicycle use had increased 125 percent. Walking had increased 52 percent.

And that was before the Cal Park Hill Tunnel opened and the Lincoln Hill pathway along Highway 101 in San Rafael was finished.

(Each project eases the use of bicycles and walking to get around, say alternative transportation advocates.)

Then, in 2010, the county department of public works commissioned Alta/Land People consultants to look at the Mill Valley to Corte Madera Bicycle and Pedestrian Corridor Study. The document, which cost about $225,000, was funded with part of a $25 million federal pilot program grant.

The Corridor Study looked at three routes between Corte Madera and Mill Valley. Two of the routes, the Horse Hill route and the Camino Alto route, both take bike riders on steep climbs on surface streets and present them with the daunting challenge of mixing with traffic. The routes offer no separation from cars (a key ingredient in bike transportation programs that promote increased bike use). The third route calls for reopening the Alto Tunnel, which would offer bike riders a safe and separate route between the two towns.

The study was aimed at creating a framework to “conduct preliminary engineering and design work to identify the relative feasibility of each route.” The report was “intended to provide useful information for future discussions and decisions.” Nevertheless, when it was released, the study elicited a flood of criticism. Neighbors near the north and south entrances of the Alto Tunnel objected to what they said would be dangerous construction and an invasion of their privacy by hordes of bicyclists.

There’s no doubt that it will cost real money to open the tunnel. The cost could reach an estimated $60 million, according to the Corridor Study.

But there would be considerable bang for the bucks. The study includes a conservative forecast that estimates 850,000 riders would use the Alto Tunnel each year. Estimates for the other two routes forecast a substantially lower number of riders. The study considers the increasing numbers of bike riders in the county and forecasts a potentially higher estimate based on escalating ridership numbers derived from the federally funded non-motorized program. Assuming the trend continues, bicycle and pedestrian use in the study area could be 40.5 percent higher than 2009 levels.

The calculation translates to an estimated annual ridership of 1.85 million riders. That astonishing number gets put in perspective in the study by considering that it’s “based on the assumption that the volume of bicyclists and pedestrians using the Alto Tunnel would be 80 percent of the projected [annual] volumes on the Mill Valley-Sausalito Path (1,650,000) and the Larkspur-Corte Madera Path (660,000).”

In response to critics who question the authenticity of those numbers, alternative transportation advocates note that the numbers count trips, not riders. A run to the store, for instance, counts as two trips. A family riding on the weekend could count for four or more trips.

The Alto Tunnel is about 2,200 feet long.

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4. Can you identify the first two Beatles song hits with ‘Love’ in the title?

5. In warm Washington, D.C., weather, what sixth U.S. president customarily went skinny-dipping in the Potomac River?

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7. What two cities are capitals of Bolivia?

8. The main antagonist in Shakespeare’s Othello has what four-letter name, with three vowels?

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BONUS QUESTION: In Germany in the 1890s, this tax collector working in dangerous neighborhoods developed a breed of guard dog combining strength, loyalty, intelligence and ferocity, which is named after him. His name was Karl Friedrich Louis ... what?

Howard Rachelson welcomes you to live team trivia contests on Wednesdays at 7:30pm at the Broken Drum in San Rafael. If you have an intriguing question, send it along (including the answer, and your name and hometown) to howard1@triviacafe.com.

V If you love to shop and want to attain hero status in the eyes of a child, we’ve got a job for you.

The Salvation Army of Marin and Target joined forces to provide back-to-school shopping sprees for 100 needy children in Marin. Volunteer “shopperones” (clever, right?) will help each child select new school clothes and shoes.

Not a stylista? You can still be a hero.

Volunteers are needed to staff registration and refreshment tables. The fun happens on Saturday, Aug. 10, at Target in the Vintage Oaks Shopping Center in Novato.

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W Please don’t leave your pet in your parked car during warm weather. On a 78-degree day, the temperature can soar to 100 degrees in just minutes. Not convinced? It’s against the law in Marin to leave a pet unattended in a vehicle on a warm day. Last week, on South Eliseo, a man witnessed a dog jump out of the window of an SUV parked in the direct sun and run into the street. The caring guy plucked the pooch from harm’s way, returned to the SUV, and waited several minutes until the Zero dog guardian arrived. Double whammy—hot car and unsecured dog. If you see an animal in a parked vehicle on a warm day, contact the Marin Humane Society at 415/883-4621.

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n January, key provisions of the Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare” to you) will take effect, including the requirement that most Americans purchase health insurance or pay a penalty (“tax” to Chief Justice John Roberts).

Some states, including California, have prepared for the arrival of Obamacare by setting up private “insurance exchanges” and expanding public programs (learn more at coveredca.com). Other states have dragged their feet and left the details up to the feds. There is legitimate disagreement This is a happier activity in the Bay Area. about the costs and benefits of Obamacare, but clearly it will work best in states that women’s side the results were similar.

The obesity figures, unsurprisingly, want it to work—and worse in states that paint the same picdon’t. ture. Nine of the 10 Ironically, many most obese counties BLUE STATE VS. BLUEGRASS of the deep-red (and for men and 10 out Longest life expectancy (women): largely southern) Marin (85.02 yrs.) of 10 for women states that have been were from red southmost resistant to the Shortest life expectancy (women): ern states.

Perry, Ky. (72.65 yrs.) law are the places This may seem like where people need Lowest percentage of obesity (men): an argument about quality health care San Francisco (18.3) class as much as polimost desperately.

Highest percentage of obesity (men): tics.

Doesn’t Marin Take a recent Owsley, Ky. (46.9) enjoy an advantage study conducted by Source: IHME over, say, Issaquena, the WashingtonMiss., (where more based Institute for than half of adults Health Metrics and are obese and the median household inEvaluation (IHME), which looked at obecome, according to the 2010 Census, hovsity and life expectancy in counties across ers around $10,000) because of economics the United States. Of the 10 counties with rather than party affiliation? the highest life expectancy for men, all Maybe. But IHME spokesperson Rhonbut one were from blue states, with Marin coming in at number five. On the women’s da Stewart says it’s not as simple as rich equals healthy (or poor equals unhealthy). side, every top county was blue-statebased and Marin ranked number one. (Yay “A county does not need to be wealthy to do well on life expectancy [or] obesity,” us!)

Stewart told the Sun. “Certainly affluence Meanwhile, all 10 counties with the has an impact with respect to factors such lowest life expectancy for men were south of the Mason-Dixon line, with a whopping as access to health care and quality of six coming from Mississippi alone. On the health care. But people all over the country are becoming more health conscious in terms of increased physical activity, for example.”

That first bit, though—access to quality care—is the key. And while the relative merits of Obamacare may be up for discussion, figures like the ones put forward

by IHME paint a stark picture for millions of Americans.

It might make you mad, it might make you sick, it might make you grateful to live in Marin—but it should certainly make you want some version of health care reform to work. < How you vote, how much you weigh and how long you live may be intertwined.

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< 8 Light at end of bike tunnel? in 1884 and remained open until 1971. In 1981 a collapse on the southern end sealed the tunnel, which was stabilized in 1982 with fill material. The middle of the tunnel may be clear. No one has seen its actual condition in years.

In 2011, the county approved spending $600,000 in federal funds to look at issues involving land ownership, easements, engineering challenges and costs associated with reconstructing the tunnel.

John Palmer, vice president of the Scott Valley Homeowners Association, says he’s conducted his own research, pulled deeds and talked with a railroad right-of-way expert from a local title company. Palmer says old deeds for property near the tunnel often were handwritten in the 1870s and 1880s, but they’re still in file with the county.

“Our contention,” says Palmer, “ is that the railroad use was abandoned in 1970, when the railroad stopped using the tunnel and access.” That abandonment, he says, dissolved the county’s right of control. “Does the county want to contend the use was never abandoned and always intended to use it for something else? When it was actually plugged? To me that constitutes abandonment.”

In a thinly veiled reference to possible legal action, Palmer says, “I’m not saying 100 percent that a court would view it that way.

We certainly think it would. We certainly think it constitutes abandonment, in which case the easements expired.” Those are some of the issues that the county’s consultants are investigating.

“The reality is that this corridor always has been a transportation corridor,” says Andy Peri, advocacy director at the Marin County Bicycle Coalition. “It never lacked that status even though a train stopped running.” No

documentation states it ceased to be a transportation corridor, he maintains.

Responding to charges that hordes of bike riders will invade the privacy of homeowners who didn’t count on being part of a north-south bike route, Peri says various mitigation measures could reduce noise and visual impacts. But Palmer, in another veiled legal threat, says homeowners bought their property on the assumption that they are near an abandoned railroad, not a populated bike route. If the tunnel gets reopened, he says, it could open the possibility for legal action against title companies the homeowners used.

Baenisch says the surface-street alternatives to the Alto Tunnel provide little comfort for most utilitarian bike riders. Studies show that three elements promote utilitarian bicycle and pedestrian use of a route: traffic separation, a direct route and a level route.

The Alto Tunnel provides all three.

As to the critics who say bike riders can use the surface-street routes, Baenisch says, many people who try riding over Camino Alto, for instance, “never do it again. The conditions are really dangerous for a whole variety of reasons, and just a small group of fearless cyclists use it.”

According to Baenisch true utilitarian routes, like the one that would include the Alto Tunnel, “encourage the use of alternative transportation, like walking and biking.”

Helping people get out of their cars for local trips, she adds, “helps people become more active on a daily basis and provides so many benefits.”

Palmer says he and his neighbors understand the benefits and aren’t opposed to bike and pedestrian travel. They just don’t want it in their backyards. < Contact the writer at peter@pseidman.com

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››NEWSGRAMS Woman shot in face turns the other cheek...Would you forgive someone who shot you in the face? Maybe not. But Misty Wallace did—and that’s why she, along with the man who pulled the trigger, will be the featured guests at this year’s International Forgiveness Day forum taking place Sunday, Aug. 4 at Dominican University.

The attack took place in the parking lot of an Indianapolis Burger King on a Saturday at midnight in 1992. Keith Blackburn, 17, was a smalltime crook looking to steal a car for a planned robbery; high school senior Wallace had stopped at the drive-thru and was at a payphone talking to her boyfriend. But before Blackburn could discretely slip into the idling vehicle and make his getaway, Wallace spotted him. Blackburn made little haste—he approached the phone box, pulled out a handgun and squeezed a bullet into the side of her head.

Before she dropped, she laid the receiver back on the hook.

Wallace miraculously survived. She spent a week in the hospital and faced months of surgeries and physical therapy to learn how to speak again. The police arrested Blackburn a few weeks later and the ensuing conviction got him 20 years for attempted murder.

But today tells a very different story. Three years ago Wallace found Blackburn on Facebook; he’d been released in 2001, had found God, and was now serving as a minister to other prisoners. She wanted to know “why” he had nearly killed her. She was ready to forgive. He was ready to talk. And they’re still talking today.

Wallace, a mother of four, and Blackburn now take their “Bridges to Life” program on the road—speaking to prisoners about forgiveness and the lifetime impact of their crimes. They’ll tell their story Aug. 4 at the 17th International Forgiveness Day program, 7pm at Angelico Hall. Suggested donation is $20. The event will also honor Forgiveness Day founder Robert Plath, who will look back on 16 years of celebrating forgiveness, courage and redemption.

A pre-event takes place Saturday, Aug. 3, with Marianne Williamson, who will speak on “Forgiveness and the Law of Divine Compensation” from 11am-1pm at Angelico Hall. Tickets to the Saturday event are $35.—Jason Walsh Bucks for injured equestrian The “Help Us Heal” fundraiser for equestrian Lisa Zeppegno was in full gallop Saturday, July 27, hosted by the Marin Horse Council. Zeppegno was thrown from her horse when startled by mountain bikers on June 20. Zeppegno and fellow equestrian Nicole De Vito waited two hours for help to arrive—Zeppegno with a broken back and De Vito suffering minor injuries. The pair was deep in the knolls of the Indian Tree Preserve near the end of Vineyard Road.

According to organizers, the fundraiser drew about 400 people to the Novato Horsemen’s clubhouse and raised nearly $15,000. A longstanding feud has tainted the trails throughout Marin between mountain bikers and horse riders—but according to Tom Boss, off-road and events director of the Marin County Bicycle Coalition, about 50 members from the biking community made an appearance. Boss said about $3,000 from the total estimated $15,000 raised came from within the bicycle community.

Zeppegno—an acupuncturist and an independent contractor for Kaiser—knew right away the severity of her injuries. She had compression fractures of her L1 and L2 lumbar vertebrae and her sacrum. The recovery process could take six to eight months. During her fight to regain mobility, Zeppegno will be unable to practice acupuncture. The funds raised at the event will help pay her medical expenses.

Novato did its best to band together to raise funds and awareness for Zeppegno. Novato Horsemen donated the use of their facility for the fundraiser, local veterinarians prepared food along with members of the Novato Horsemen while Novato Junior Horsemen served dinner. Drakes Bay Oysters supplied 420 oysters at wholesale, Susan Atamaniuk organized a silent auction and local artist Suzanne Gooch donated a painting for the fundraiser. —Stephanie Powell Another paper filed in ongoing oyster battle The Drakes Bay Oyster Co. filed a motion in the Marin Superior Court Monday requesting that “misrepresentations” by the California Coastal Commission be reconsidered before the court makes its final ruling.

Owner and operator Kevin Lunny said in a written statement, “These misrepresentations by the Coastal Commission are the same false charges that have been leveled for years by the Park Service. Those allegations have been repeatedly proven false by the nation’s top scientists, and many are refuted by the Commission’s own reports. We respectfully request that the court consider all of the evidence before making its final decision.”

The Oyster Company asserts that it has not exceeded the shellfish-production limits of a consent order issued in 2007, that its boats do not get too close to harbor seals, and that they do not throw its garbage into Drakes Estero.

In February the CCC unanimously approved cease-and-desist and restoration orders against the oyster company, citing several violations of the state’s Coastal Act. The recent ups and downs of the family-owned operation were the focus of a recent Harper’s magazine piece titled “The West Coast Oyster War: The campaign to shut down a family oyster farm exposes an unflattering side of the American conservation movement.”

Judge Lynn Duryee ruled earlier this month that aspects of the commission’s order will have to be enforced. Enforced elements require DBOC to address invasive Manila clams on its property, manage invasive sea squirts and the company’s plastic debris. A decision is expected later this summer. —SP

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1ST PLACE | “SHARK FIN SOUP” | SKIP MOORE Ooh, that shark bites. And so does the irony, in this pithy comment on Marin’s favorite peninsular town. But this “banned” soup has more than just salty flavor for Shark Point: add one cup real estate values; an ounce of entitlement; two pinches pretension and a dash of cityscape. Serve when cool.

2ND PLACE | “DEVIOUS” | LARRY NEINKARK “To know the universe itself as a road,” wrote Whitman... “as roads for traveling souls.” But Mt. Tam’s two-lane blacktop is no footman to the happy wanderer—it prevaricates, it misleads, it is the Great Deceiver winding toward us cloaked in dark mask of tar and gravel. Yellow lines stretch the middle, like those down our very back.

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GENERAL–MARIN PEOPLE, PETS & ANIMALS 1ST PLACE | “CEDAR WAXWING” | SUSIE KELLY Laugh all you want, Kookaburra... but silly Bombycilla’s the one bringing home the bacon this time! But this “crowning” achievement belies an unspoken reality—the bounties of nature are for but a few, the ache of “want” feeds the rest. To have, and have not.

3RD PLACE | “SOMEWHERE IN TIME” | NICOLE RYAN Comparisons to Munch? Too easy. There is no mere “scream” when these sinister forces barrel down on unsuspecting innocents.

We prefer Beckett—our Vladimir and Estragon at the fore; Pozzo and Lucky’s unannounced arrival follows, bringing existence itself to a halt. “They give birth astride of a grave,” wrote Beckett, “the light gleams an instant, then it’s night once more.” Whether he’s talking about flickering human existence, or the passing of a custom Trek at China Camp, will depend upon whom you ask.

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Foraging into the unknown, bringing back a trifle discard—only to see it jettisoned again, and the vicious cycle repeated in what can only be described as a Kafkaesque nightmare incomprehensible to the deleteriously obedient Canis lupus familiaris. Man’s best friend, we’re told...

A playful, loving embrace—or a dark Sabbath for the innocent? The key to this shot is the out-of-focus TV remote. Who is controlling who, or what? And if the jury deems this clutch as mutually agreeable to both parties, we’d like to speak with a certain tot’s counsel.

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GENERAL–M A N I P U L AT E D I M A G E S 2ND PLACE | “CLOWNING AROUND” | DENISE MERTZ If the basis of all humor is tragedy, and it is, than this little Amphiprion is a regular Groucho Marx. His dreams are zooplankton; his pool, a Monet void. We’re not sure if his place on the food chain is a curse—or a blessing.

3RD PLACE | “PERCEPTION” | LARRY NEINKARK Perception is anything BUT reality—unless the Nicasio hills have somehow morphed onto a Yanni album cover and no one told us.

But we get it, we get it. Nature as mother, as birth canal, as giver of life—but in a way that would make even Georgia O’Keeffe blush. If they hang this vertically, we may all be arrested...

1ST PLACE | “GHOSTS” | DEVIN WILSON Phantasmagoricalists submit that to achieve true oneness, humankind must merge at the physiological level with the elements—to become a part of nature, not apart from nature. On Bolinas Beach, the souls dance between earth, water and mist, at a place where the line between day and night, land and ocean, the living and the dead is not merely blurred. It may not even exist.

OLDER ADULT–M A R I N I M A G E S 1ST PLACE | “TREE” | JACK ANDROVICH Picasso believed that art, broken down to its most basic properties, was all about angles—mathematical visual stimuli that triggers thought and emotion like modern binary code launching a reboot. But “Tree” is not only that theory’s refutation, it is its damnation—the angle is disorder, chaos, a severed jugular upon a woodland throat of calm. This isn’t a tree in Muir Woods; this is “Guernica 2013.”

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OLDER ADULT– M A R I N I M A G E S 2ND PLACE | “WATERGRASS” | JACK ANDROVICH Photography can be as much a visual representation of a space in time as it can a dreamscape submerged in the depth of our own psyche. “Watergrass” is neither, and both. This is water; this is grass. But is this not the national flag of Gabon... the Chia pet we had at 10... a hundred thousand Roman spears readied for battle...?

3RD PLACE | “BEAUTY IN PROCESS” | MARY FRANDINA Some say beauty is in the eye of the beholder—here, it’s actually in the “holder” itself. Because if divisions of white carafe can create a sense of order in this sun-drenched chaos of ceramics, maybe there is hope for the rest of us.

OLDER ADULT– M A R I N P E O P L E , P E T S & A N I M A L S 1ST PLACE | “98TH BIRTHDAY” | LYNDA SHERIDAN With age, wisdom. With wisdom, dignity. With dignity, a love of self. With a love of self, the capacity for love of others.

With love of others, true happiness. That being said, Ms. or Mr. Shutterbug, when we celebrate the Big Nine-Eight at the Spinnaker, put the iPhone down, and store the moment in your memory banks, thank you very much.

2ND PLACE | “12TH BIRTHDAY” | JESSE KINCAID The ancients considered 12 an age when a girl enters into womanhood— no longer bound by the tethers of childhood, she is beholden to the virtues, allures, guidance and benediction of divine law; her moral path straighter than those who will tread in her footsteps, and broadened by those who have stepped before. But your little Mill Valley friends, Young Lady, need to start acting their age!

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OLDER ADULT– M A R I N P E O P L E , P E T S & A N I M A L S 3RD PLACE | “PASHA” | BEN BOROK Unconditional love—love’s purest form—is of surrender, abandon and complete and unadulterated trust. To gaze above in such affection is to cast one’s eyes upon the heavens, and everything that is offered under the sun. That’s riiggghhtt.... you cutesy mootsey wootsey little puppsie wuppsie!

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1ST PLACE | “BABY OSTRICH” | ROSEMARY GREENBERG “The natural world,” wrote Kant, “is neither impressed by mankind nor sufficiently wary of it—and that is what is most frightening.” Few youth today will hide their head in the sand—human or ostrich. But even here, our friend Struthio seems to be emerging from the watery frame like Icarus breaking through the atmosphere—fearless, flightless and perhaps even doomed. Still, the sentiment is clear: “You talkin’ to me?”

2ND PLACE | “HOW THE BRIDGE WAS BUILT” | TOM CROUSE We were under the impression it had something to do with $35 million, a LOT of safety nets and 11 men who gave their lives. But the air balloons and jigsaw pieces makes sense, too.

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3RD PLACE | “MARIN CIVIC CENTER INTERIOR ABSTRACT” | STEPHEN SARHAD This impressionist vision (nightmare?) of Wright’s final masterpiece seethes with oppression, dances with hopelessness and teeters on the brink of that particular unease that creeps into the belly of only the most desperate souls. And we’re not just saying that because we’ve spotted the jury waiting room on the left.

2ND PLACE | “FRIENDLY LIZARD” | SAVANNAH CROWL Who’s the “lizard king” now, wise guy?

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1ST PLACE | “AN INCH IN THE HAND” | SAVANNAH CROWL You and your arithmetic will probably go far, inchworm, but you’re not out of the woods just yet. What is this soft-layered earth upon which you tread? Is it plant, is it animal? Is it a god of small things, or a beast with savage designs? In the end, you’ll be the “conqueror worm,” but for now pray that the hand that rocks the cradle does so gently into that good night.

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3RD PLACE | “TURTLE ON LOG” | SAMI KRELING Not the first time Lagunitas has been called “the great void,” but to this terrapin it’s no joke.

And if he’s quietly quoting Frost—”miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep”—-then we’ll leave with words more encouraging: slow and steady wins the race!

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YOUTH– M A R I N I M A G E S 2ND PLACE | “STAIRS ABOVE PHOENIX LAKE” | SAMI KRELING No, this is no stairway to heaven, but neither is it the Odessa Steps. It’s a test of courage, it’s a feat of strength. It’s a course for calamity, it’s a flight of little fancy. But climb, nonetheless, climb.

Always climb.

YOUTH– M A N I P U L AT E D I M A G E S 1ST PLACE | “HALLWAY” | SAMI KRELING “It’s the pause that refreshes in the corridors of power,” goes the famous punk lament. But there’s nothing so sunny to be said of this dark passage at St. Vincent’s, as ahead presents little certainty outside of a single known vision: steely gates, icy laminate and one more—always one more—shadow to cross.

1ST PLACE | “ABANDONED ART” | GRIFFIN SPURR For art to reach greater heights, sometimes the center has to give.

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BEST IN SHOW | “SAUSALITO SEAL” | MELANIE ROVENS The merging of two worlds, land and sea, is nature’s surest example of dialectic materialism—entities at odds with each other colliding, out of their ashes something better is born. But before such scatterings, there are those brief moments of connection—a 10-million-year evolutionary memory of what used to be, what could have been, and perhaps what never was. Hold on for just one more moment, dear friend. And then swim away, swim away...

This year’s Pacific Sun Photo Contest judges John Bowman is coeditor of the Whistlestop Express with his wife, Valerie. John enjoyed a 37-year career in journalism, working for awardwinning newspapers in Indiana, Illinois and California. He directed the re-design of daily newspapers in California and Illinois. He and Valerie both love taking photos and John has helped judge past Whistlestop photo contests.

Mark Lindsay teaches painting, digital photography, Photoshop and asset management for photographers. He also teaches a bookmaking course at College of Marin.

He earned his bachelor’s in photography at Rochester Institute of Technology and later earned a master of fine arts degree in studio arts at John F. Kennedy University.

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Missy Reynolds has had an eye for design all her life. Her past incarnations include wedding photographer, jewelry photographer, graphic designer for a New Orleans newspaper, art director for a Washington, D.C., nonprofit and art director for Clothilde Designs. A former art director at the Pacific Sun, she enjoys designing jewelry and raising her twin boys.

Terry Scussel’s lifelong passion for photography and 25 years of advocacy for his daughter’s rights and resources as a person with disabilities were natural pathways for him. He works as a management consultant with a focus on nonprofit management, paratransit transportation, document management and as a photographic artist. He also serves on several Marin County-based nonprofit boards.

Julie Vader trained as a photographer at the University of Michigan but got serious about it only after the advent of the digital age when she realized she didn’t have to discolor her fingernails in darkroom chemicals ever again. Her work has won several awards and has appeared in many magazines and hundreds of websites, including those for Smithsonian, Fodor’s and, of course, the Pacific Sun.

Robert Vente is an awardwinning photographer specializing in architecture and landscapes as well as photojournalism. His work has been widely published and he recently won “Best Photographic Magazine Cover” from the California Newspaper Publishers Association. He holds degrees in photography and filmmaking from the Guildford School of Art and the London Film School in England. <

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OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW Remember the early days of David Evansâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Marin Sun Farms? The West Marin resident was a pioneer in grassfed livestock and pasture-raised pigs and chickens, supplying proteins to Marin tables. Last week it was revealed that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be moving his processing operations to San Francisco, taking over a huge facility on Bryant Street last occupied by United Meat Co. This carcass-to-cut meat business, almost extinct, will provide specialty cuts with added niceties like dry aging.

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It was an exciting time when food trucks finally came to Marin and began hawking their tasty wares curbside in the parking lot of the Larkspur Landing Ferry terminal. The still-burgeoning trend hasn’t slowed down a bit, and the original Food Truck Crush has since morphed into an Off the Grid experience which calls itself a “roaming mobile food extravaganza—bringing you delicious food with free sides of music, craft and soul.”

As many as eight trucks (they are a completely different mix from the Food Crush days) show up on Sundays between 11am and 3pm at Larkspur’s Marin Country Mart. If you haven’t discovered this Cape Cod’esque, whitewashed outdoor mart with its spiffy collection of retailers, restaurants and yoga/fitness studios, it’s high time for a visit. Lunch-goers beware—this is not a low-cost dining experience. A meal typically runs the average diner anywhere from $12-$20 with a drink.

Options range from my son’s favorite fried chicken and beignets from Arki Truck to the ever-popular Koja Kitchen with its Kamikaze Fries—a mysterious and generous mound of criss cut fries, barbecued Korean beef all slathered with kim chee, onions and hot sauce. Chicken tika masala burritos from Curry Up Now are my favorite by a long shot. Pick your spice level and choose between a wrap with a filling of Mary’s chicken or paneer—there is also a vegan option.

Typical trucks that turn out on Sundays include An the Go (Thai garlic noodles), Cupkates, The Taco Guys and Hapa SF (Filipino combo plates.) On my most recent visit I noticed Alicia’s Tamales set up under the large white tent at the end of the parking lot that also provides plenty of shade and tables with benches. A water station is also conveniently provided for drinking and hand washing.

If you’re ready to mix up your lunch routine, head down to the Marin Country Mart and choose from the inventive truck offerings. Plenty of parking, tables and chairs, and live music all make this Off the Grid experience a pleasant way to spend a Sunday afternoon.—Tanya Henry

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For 15 years now Taco Jane’s has been cooking slow Mexican food in San Anselmo. Tucked away on a leafy side street, the atmosphere is festive and the huge outdoor deck a bonus on sunny days. Thin and crispy chips and a blackened tomato salsa are brought to the table with the extensive menu of specialties from south of the border. A chile relleno appetizer stuffed with chicken and veggies and served alongside a pile of dressed organic greens made for a satisfying lunch while the avocado stuffed with shrimp was the perfect meal for a summer day. Kids love the large selection of quesadillas and burritos while their parents nosh on grilled salmon tacos with cilantro pesto, organic green chile enchiladas and authentic Oaxacan moles.

Each night offers a different special, including blackened calamari tacos on Mondays, delicious organic pumpkin seed chicken enchiladas on Wednesdays and a Peruvian ceviche appetizer on Friday and Saturday nights. Taco Jane’s offers a wide range of beverages including refreshing agua frescas made with fresh fruit, horchata, beer, sangria, margaritas and mojitos. The food and setting make this an ideal family restaurant. On one visit, a trio of new moms chatted and chowed down in a shady corner of the scenic deck sharing pineapple shrimp fajitas and veggie tamales while their babies slept in strollers nearby. Good eats with friends and family in a stunning setting — that’s what you get at Taco Jane’s.—Tanya Henry

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his Saturday, Aug. 3, Sweetwater Music Hall will welcome the acclaimed Boston quintet The Deadly Gentlemen to their stage. This young group of talented players is quickly redefining what “contemporary” acoustic music means. Their instrumentation; guitar, mandolin, double-bass, banjo and fiddle suggests bluegrass but their sound is original and genre-bending. Their third and most recent album, 2013’s Roll Me, Tumble Me, released by Rounder Records, is a potent mix of original songs filled with haunting melodies, pitch-perfect harmonies, stunning musicianship and powerful grooves. It is easy to see how this band has quickly gained national recognition.

Greg Liszt (banjo/vocals), has what some people might call a fallback option to his music career. After graduating from Yale, he completed his PhD in molecular biology from MIT. His unique four-finger picking style (most banjoists use only three fingers) has propelled his sound and his career as he was selected to join Bruce Springsteen’s “Seeger Sessions” tour

recently and also plays with renowned country/bluegrass band Crooked Still.

Liskt has produced all three albums by the band, 2008’s The Bastard Masterpiece and 2011’s Carry Me Home. He also helped co-produce Roll Me, Tumble Me along with Nashville producer Erick Jaskowiak in a makeshift studio in Eclectic, Ala. Mike Barnett (violin) was a child prodigy on fiddle who joined legend Jesse McReynolds on tour at the age of 15. Barnett studied at Berklee College of Music and has spent time touring with both Tony Trishka and David Grisman’s bands as well. Mandolinist Dominick Leslie was also heralded as a child prodigy and found work at a young age as well with Noam Pikelny, the Infamous Stringdusters and the Grant Gordy Quintet. Stanislaw Wyslouch (guitar/vocals) comes from a rock background and has worked with such notable acts as Eric Robertson and the Boston Boys, Blue Moose and the Unbuttoned Zippers. Bassist and local boy Sam Grisman continues the tradition of his talented father and family with his stellar bass and vocals in the band.

Genre-bending gents, doing their best to look all dangerous and deadly, play Saturday at Sweetwater.

“It’s very much been a developing project, and it’s evolved into something that feels more natural and less like an experiment,” says Liszt, explaining, “It started as an arty side-project to our other bands, and the songs on The Bastard Masterpiece were basically old

bluegrass songs that we turned into extended poems with groove-based banjo music. There was a big evolution when we recorded Carry Me to Home, which had kind of a gang-vocal style, with all sorts of coordinated shouting, rapping and singing. Now we’ve evolved from there into something that’s a little closer to conventional song structure.”

Bassist Sam Grisman adds, “We play original music with a bluegrass instrumentation. You will hear some more traditional stuff in our set but we have such varied influences that our sound is hard to pigeonhole.” A Mill Valley product, Grisman is looking forward to coming home. “We are touring full time now nationally and some in Europe and it feels great, like family. As for Mill Valley, lots of great memories. I saw Ralph Stanley at the old Sweetwater but have never seen the new place or played a show in my hometown.” Make sure to check these guys out this weekend.

AUGUST LIVE Danny Click & The Hell Yeah’s at Sleeping Lady Cafe Friday, Aug. 2, Honeydust at Novato Hopmonk Saturday, Aug. 3, Mingo Fishtrap (seven-piece soul from Austin, Texas) at Sweetwater Wednesday,. Aug. 7, Peter Walsh (Hoodoo Rhythm Devils/Commander Cody) & Friends at Sweetwater Sunday, Aug. 11, Vinyl (with special guests) at 19 Broadway Saturday, Aug. 24, Nicki Bluhm & the Gramblers at Terrapin Friday, Aug. 23, John Varn & Tommy Odetto from Soul Pie every Tuesday at Peri’s Bar (No cover)! < Got a hot tip for The Beat? Email marinbeat@gmail.com.

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plays Robert Downey, Jr. playing Sherlock Holmes (2011) HBO. 9:30pm.

TUESDAY, AUG. 6

The Odd Life of Timothy Green A childless couple discovers a boy who somehow sprouted from the ground where they had buried a notebook containing their fondest wishes for a child. Then he does a bunch of stuff that’s supposed to be heartwarming but is really creepy and in SATURDAY, AUG. 3 Zero real life would pretty much Hour This is either the seacure them of ever wanting son finale or the series finakids. We saw it and put our le. It’s a conspiracy theory kids up for adoption the show so if it doesn’t come next day. (2012) Starz. 9pm. back, the network is obvi- Running amok already? Friday at 9pm. Capture In this new reality ously part of the conspiracy. series, teams of “hunters” ABC. 8pm. and“hunted”scramble across a landscape Shuttle It’s a horror movie with the victims controlled by the “Game Master.” This only trapped by an evil airport shuttle. Not only sounds like The Hunger Games. If it were a does he hold them captive and threaten real Hunger Games, it’d be on Fox. them with dismemberment, he makes them CW. 9pm. the last drop-off. (2008) The Movie Channel.

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Heart Healer Or Notes From the Puke Hurler SUNDAY, AUG. 4 Secret Millionaire The if you’re 12 and have a Y chromosome. founder of Auntie Anne’s Pretzels looks for (2012) Hallmark Channel. 8pm. people in Baltimore who are worthy of donaCamp When a heat wave sweeps the tions, exhibiting the kind of generosity and camp, you know a bikini water balloon moral center you’d expect from somebody fight is coming and you know it will be in who would charge $3 for a pretzel. slow motion and you know that they are ABC. 8pm. all 18 so it’s OK. NBC. 10pm.

Shark After Dark, Live Here Comes the Boom So now Shark Week has A high school biology a nightly recap talk show teacher takes up mixedwith a panel of experts martial arts fighting discussing whether it was to raise money for the totally awesome when school. Our high school that shark tried to grab that raised money with risky diver and it was like whoa! and violent physical Discovery Channel. 10pm. combat too. They called Rock My RV We imagine it “football.” (2012) Starz. this is a lot like MTV’s Pimp 10:10pm.

My Ride but with more The best week of the year gets better, The Way Back A band of Sunday at 10pm. plaid. Travel Channel.10pm. prisoners escape a World MONDAY, AUG. 5 Megalodon: the MonWar II POW Siberian prison camp and trek ster Shark Lives Some scientists believe 4,000 miles to freedom across a savage wilthe giant shark long thought to be extinct derness of bitter cold, lifeless expanses and may still be swimming remote seas. These iffy cell phone reception. (2010) The Movie are likely scientists who earned tenure in the Channel. 10:30pm. aquarium department at Petco and were THURSDAY, AUG. 8 Panic 9-1-1 Audio consultants on the SyFy classic Sharknado. recordings of frantic 9-1-1 calls are Discovery Channel. 7pm. enhanced with dramatic recreations of Ben-Hur Charlton Heston is there for the the incidents that expose the tragedy, the birth of Christ, the crucifixion, a number of fear, the human suffering and the fact that key Roman wars and a terrific chariot race.

This guy didn’t miss anything. He was the For- there is something seriously wrong with you if you want to watch this. A&E. 10pm. rest Gump of the ancient world. (1959) Turner Invasion Roswell If you’ve ever been to the Classic Movies. 7:30pm. dusty New Mexico cow town, you know the The Bachelorette It’s the season finale; only thing that’s likely to be invading is WalDesiree has to choose between two guys Mart and Jenny Craig. (2013) SyFy. 9pm. she’s just not that into. Faced with a similar The Tonight Show Relax. Robin Williams is circumstance, many women would choose promoting his return to television. There two guys they are into: Ben and Jerry. is no Mrs. Doubtfire 2 in the theaters. NBC. ABC. 8pm.

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FRIDAY, AUG. 2 America’s Next Top Model The season premiere is always exciting but by the finale, we start expecting Sally Struthers to show up with a malnutrition chart and a 1-800 number. CW. 8pm.

Dateline NBC It’s a special two-hour edition.

They must have uncovered some dirt on the royal baby. NBC. 9pm.

Would You Fall For That? Hidden cameras capture gullible passersby conned into wacky stunts. The title refers to ABC News correspondent Nick Watt agreeing to host a Candid Camera knock-off.

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Teen angst finds a way out Daughter schools dad on pea soup and finding the message

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t’s about a person in a funk, trying to get out of that funk,” observes Jenna Templeton, my 27-year-old daughter, delivering a succinct synopsis of the new comedy-drama The Way Way Back. “Being in a funk,” Jenna says and laughs, “That’s something I can identify with!”

Jenna, a grad student at USC, pursuing a masters in public administration, further observes that we are discussing The Way Way Back—a movie that begins and ends with a drive in a car—as we are ourselves in a car. We’ve just driven away from the downtown Sacramento courthouse where Jenna has appeared in preliminary hearings against a stranger who, several months ago, randomly attacked her on the streets of Sacramento. She escaped serious physical injury, but since the attack, my daughter has struggled with feelings of stress and panic—the “funk” she described—and so, as I drive her back home, we are talking—as we often do in our family—about movies.

The Way Way Back, starring Liam James, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, and Toni Collette, was written and directed by Jim Rash and Nat Faxon, who co-wrote (with director Alexander Payne) the film The Descendents, which won them all Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay. Though critics have been raving about Way Way, Jenna knocks it down a peg for some sophomoric humor—it’s about teenagers—and unnecessary sexualization of women’s bodies, since it’s set primarily at a water park in the summer.

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that the new film—the story of an awkward teenager wrestling with self-esteem issues and a severely troubled family life—was, in her words, “Not the greatest.” That said, as we continue talking, Jenna suggests a few insights into the film which eventually prove the old idea that any film can have something powerful to say if you look at it with the right mindset.

Which is, in a way, what The Way Way Back is saying about human beings.

“It’s really is a pretty humane film,” says Jenna, who serves as vice chair of the City of Davis Social Services Commission and is the coordinator of the Solar Community Housing Association. “The movie is about a kid, who is immobilized by self-doubt and fear, who finally learns that there is life outside of all that, who learns that there is hope, after all.”

Continuing her synopsis, Jenna says, “Steve Carell plays the rules-abiding, it-must-be-my-way-or-the-highway, controlling potential stepfather—the love interest of the kid’s mother. Carell’s a ‘you must play Candyland by my rules’ kind of guy. And the boy’s mother is too comfortable saying yes, yes to whatever she’s handed, letting others establish the rules for her and her son.

“This kid,” Jenna continues, “has to eat all of this B.S. from Steve Carell, who at the beginning of the movie asks the kid to rate himself on a scale of one to 10, and then tells him he’s a three! You don’t do that to somebody, run them down like that. Because people really take that stuff in, they digest it, and build their own self esteem around those kinds of things.”

Teenage girls, water park, family troubles all add up to ‘hope, after all.’

This is why Jenna has always been one of my favorite people to talk about movies with. Jenna, who has a dual bachelor of arts degree from UC Davis in theater arts and psychology, sees movies less for the entertainment of the story and more for the messages they contain.

When I mention that Steve Carell’s character is the one person in the film who doesn’t seem to be ruled by fear, Jenna laughs.

“On the surface, maybe,” she says. “But there’s a reason he’s so hung up on people doing things his way. It’s probably to cover something up, to hide some deep insecurities. I’m reading a book by Pema Chodron, where she talks about how the very idea of fear is enough to cripple us.

She says that sometimes it’s better to face our fears and get them over with, than to avoid them.

“This is all stuff I’ve been thinking about,” she goes on. “Getting attacked out of the blue gives you a lot to think about, and to be afraid of, and you have to keep deciding if you’re going to be ruled by that fear or not. In the movie, this kid is awkward and imperfect, as we all are, until this manager guy at the water park”— played by Sam Rockwell—“starts treating him like a human being.”

Once he’s offered a job at the park, the kid blossoms. He gets employee of the month. He starts to be appreciated by the other employees, and they even give him his first positive nickname!

“This movie shows what happens when you honor someone’s potential rather than just rub someone’s nose in their shortcomings and their so-called failures,” Jenna says. “Growing up, we have to swallow so much negativity—in school, in life—it’s amazing anyone survives.

“It’s about the value of hope, and how easy it is to give that to someone, even a total stranger, and how easy it is to

take it away. It’s about standing up to the stuff we are told by people who have unfriendly agendas, how, even if you’re in a funk, even if you feel dehumanized by someone, it can all turn around when you encounter someone who sees the value in you.

“In the movie, it saves this kid life.”

I point out to Jenna that, for a movie she initially said wasn’t all that great, The Way Way Back is beginning to sound as if it actually contains the answer to the problems of the world.

“Well, come on, Dad!” she laughs. “I think you of all people would know that any movie has that same message—if you look for it. Name a movie. Any movie.

I pick The Exorcist.

“Easy one!” Jenna laughs. “You’ve proven my point! The Exorcist. Okay.

There’s a crazy, demon-possessed child, regurgitating pea-soup all over the place, and people hate her. She looks like the devil, but she is actually Christ incarnate—only way down inside. The message of The Exorcist is that, under our façade, underneath the surface that other people see and judge, there is always a little girl scratching ‘Help Me!’ from inside.

“That’s what The Way Way Back is about too,” she smiles. “No matter what it is we’re possessed by—even if we’re just possessed by the belief that we are inferior to others—we can get out from under that, but sometimes it just takes someone else recognizing who we are beneath all the pea soup.

“Because,” says Jenna, funk or no funk, “the world deserves more kindness, and we can all empower ourselves to deliver that kindness, to be louder, to be more assertively compassionate, to be outspoken in our belief that everyone has something precious to offer.

“And,” she concludes, “I guess that goes for movies, too.” < Get Funky with David at talkpix@earthnlink.net.

››THEATER

››SiNGLE iN THE SUBURBS

It takes a swim club

Love him two times

Two most congenial productions for summer

Polyamorist? Just means there’s more of his stringy, gray hair to love...

by Charles Brousse

by Nik k i Silve r stein

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ow that we’re at mid-summer, if you’re counting the hours until you can escape to a beach or mountain holiday, here. Here are a couple of theatrical treats to ease the wait.

The Dixie Swim Club (Ross Valley Players). Sorry, boys, despite the provocative preopening publicity photos, you won’t see any ladies in bathing suits on stage. What you will get, though, is a revealing group portrait of five members of a college woman’s swim team whose 33-year journey from exuberant early forties to fragile old age is observed with a rich mixture of pathos and humor.

Swim Club is a joint effort by three of to- The Dixie Swim Club bares it all on the stage, metaphorically. day’s best writers of Southern-themed situCamelot (San Francisco Playhouse). ation comedy—Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten—whose recent success Following up on last summer’s highly suchas been so phenomenal that they have be- cessful production of My Fair Lady in their gun assuming the collective identity of “Jones cramped Sutter St. venue, SF Playhouse is presenting a full-scale Hope Wooten.” One of the version of Alan J. Lerner script’s major attributes is and Frederick Loew’s 1961 that it clearly delineates the NOW PLAYING Broadway hit (873 perforfive women and provides The Dixie Swim Club mances, four Tony awards) each with an interesting runs through Aug. 18 at on the company’s new and the Barn Theatre, Marin personality and back story, much roomier Post St. stage.

Art & Garden Center, advantages that are fully 30 Sir Francis Drake Adroitly staged by artistic exploited by RVP director Blvd., Ross. Information: director Bill English with an Linda Dunn and her capa415/456-9555, or outstanding cast and a fabuble ensemble of Stephanie rossvalleyplayers.com. lous medieval-themed set by Saunders Ahlberg, Pamela Nina Ball, it’s a winner from Camelot runs through Ciochetti, Hilda L. Roe, Sept. 14 at the San Frantop to bottom.

Floriana Alessandria and cisco Playhouse, KensLerner’s book for the show Jayme Catalano. ington Park Hotel, 450 is based on T.H. White’s Each year these five gathPost St., SF. Information: novel Once and Future King, er for a “Special Weekend” 415/677-9596, or who in turn drew inspirasfplayhouse.org. in the same guest house tion from Thomas Malory’s on North Carolina’s Outer Le Morte d’Arthur, a collecBanks (nicely rendered and tion of folk tales about how lit by designers Ron Kreman idealistic young man became king of petz and Ellen Brooks). We witness four of England after he successfully drew the mystic these reunions, roughly eight years apart, sword Excalibur from the rock in which it during which the “girls” do what girls do: had been implanted by the wizard Merlin. share details of their lives: husbands, lovers, After Arthur takes beautiful Guenevere as his children, food, sex, jobs, growing older and queen and sets out to restore English justice the waning memory of when their mantra with the help of his Knights of the Round was, “The faster we swim, the sooner we win.” Table, disaster strikes in the form of GueneIn the end, none can swim fast enough vere’s dalliance with super-hero Sir Lanceto escape the pursuit of Time, but it doesn’t lot and the treason fomented by Arthur’s matter because when their spirits remain bastard son, Mordred. undimmed, so do ours. Nor should it That plot is a wonderfully gripping story, concern us that Jones Hope Wooten’s script which, unfortunately, is frequently lost in is predictable and replete with clichés about productions that stress the show’s musiSouthern womanhood. Like a summer cal side. The great virtue of SF Playhouse’s novel, The Dixie Swim Club’s combinaproduction is that, although performers like tion of sharp comedy and heartwarming Johnny Moreno (Arthur), Monique Hafen melodrama—expertly performed—is an (Guenevere), and Wilson Jermaine Heredia opportunity to kick back and enjoy what (Lancelot) are more than adequate musiremains of the season without boarding a cally, their acting skills raise the dramatic plane or loading up your car. That should be intensity to a height it seldom reaches. < reward enough.

Charles can be reached at cbrousse@juno.com

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o one listens to me. Even my best friend, Kate, ignores my invaluable guidance. Well, people (i.e. Kate), now you must live with the consequences.

I told you before that OKCupid, a free online dating site, ranks among the world’s worst courting services. Frankly, I suspect that a masochist or monkey writes the matchmaking algorithms. Case in point: OKCupid paired Kate with a polyamorist and gave them an 80 percent compatibility rating.

Many of you know from this column that Kate is wicked smart, exceedingly selective and without question monogamous. Though she lives luxuriously in a large, elegant home in Corte Madera, my Jewish friend would sooner enter a Catholic convent than participate in a multi-partner relationship. Even if she considered polyamory, she’d have to approve her partner’s partners’ partners. It would never work. Kate is picky. Remember when she didn’t date that nice man because he used too much hair product?

(Though I never had the pleasure of dating a guy with gunky, greasy hair, I could solve the problem lickety-split. I’d buy that no-lather Wen stuff advertised on late night TV, convince my suitor that we’re participating in a consumer marketing study, and instruct him that we must use this line exclusively until further notice. This next part, while inconsequential to the overall story, still seems worth mentioning. If I ever call to order the Wen hair care system, I shall inform them that they need to fire their branding company pronto. The definition of “wen” is a tumor. Do you know anyone looking for a tumor in their shampoo? I certainly don’t.)

Anyway, back to lovely Kate and her polyamorous catch. Kate describes herself as loving to cook and laugh, and she specifies that she’s seeking a soul mate and best friend. On a drop down menu, she rejects “casual sex” in favor of long term dating.

Our poly playboy’s page includes several photos of him with long, stringy gray hair down to his armpits. I can’t determine if he’s using hair product, so let’s give him the benefit of the doubt and presume that Kate approves of his do.

Poly enjoys cooking; another plus in his column. Like Kate, he definitely desires a relationship, but expresses that he’s “only interested in poly/open/non-monogamous relationships with women who can live in tight quarters.”

A buzzer should shriek right now.

There is no match here. Kate wants one man. Poly wants...a cracker. Or, someone else gullible enough to fall for his noncommittal, orgy-like, tiny house lifestyle.

I’ll bet he wants her to clean his quarters too.

Once again, I’ve proven that OKCupid is actually OKStupid. How could a dating website created by mathematicians get romance so wrong? I turn to Ted-Ed* for a lesson from Christian Rudder, OKCupid co-founder, about the method the site employs to match two (not poly) people.

Rudder breaks it down simply, because we all know that relationships are very simple indeed.

OKCupid obtains data from its members by asking questions. First, there’s your answer and how you want your potential match to answer. Then, the site needs to know how important the question is to you, which ranges from irrelevant to mandatory. An algorithm crunches your data and assigns it a number. The process repeats for your potential future spouse’s responses. The two numbers consummate, producing a compatibility rating. “It’s a mathematical expression of how happy you’d be with the person,” says Rudder. “The matching algorithm helps us to decide whether two people should go on a date.”

Kate and Poly are an 80 percent match.

They should be standing under the chuppah with the rabbi and we should all be shouting mazel tov. Instead, Poly’s out there gathering his harem to live in a shoebox and Kate’s cooking delicious meals for one in her spacious home.

Gosh, I want to get me some of them algorithms and make profound life decisions based on the results.

Single sisters and brothers, I highly recommend that you join a Meetup** group to find people with like interests. You’ll save time and keep your STD-free status by avoiding mismatches with loose and easy polyamorists. Uh oh, forget Meetup.

I just checked. There are 20 polyamorist groups within 25 miles of San Rafael.

New idea. Shut off your computer, go to your neighborhood café and smile nicely at the people around you. < Don’t say I never taught you anything: * Ted.com—Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world. ** Meetup.com—Web site that facilitates offline group meetings for thousands of different activities and interests. e-mail: nikki_silverstein@yahoo.com AUGUST 2 - AUGUST 8, 2013 PACIFIC SUN 27

MOViES

F R I D AY A U G U S T 2 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; T H U R S D AY A U G U S T 8

N New Movies This Week

Before Midnight (R) Blackfish (PG-13) N Blue Jasmine (PG-13)

M ovie summaries by Mat t hew St af ford N Chimpanzee (G)

The Conjuring (R) N DCI 2013: Big, Loud and Live 10 (G)

Despicable Me 2 (PG)

Fruitvale Station (R) N Ghostbusters (PG)

Grown Ups 2 (PG-13) N Hannah Arendt (Not Rated)

The Heat (R)

Peter Sarsgaard and Cate Blanchett in Belvedere in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Blue Jasmine,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; at the Regency and the Sequoia Friday.

Before Midnight (1:48) Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke together again, this time grappling with this and that against the backdrop of the Greek isles.

O Blackfish (1:23) Documentary examines the inadvisability of keeping a killer whale in captivity, specifically the infamous orca Tilikum, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offed three humans all by himself.

O Blue Jasmine (1:38) Woody Allen dramedy considers the case of a tightly strung New York socialite restructuring her life in the wilds of Marin and S.F.; Cate Blanchett stars.

O DCI 2013: Big, Loud and Live 10 (5:15) Drum Corps International offers up five-plus hours of magnificent marching music, presented live from the DCI World Championship in Indianapolis.

O Chimpanzee (1:15) Disney True Life Adventure tracks the exploits of a fun-loving baby chimp in the lush forests of the Ivory Coast.

O The Conjuring (1:51) Yet another family in yet another remote farmhouse is menaced by yet another evil presence; Vera Farmiga plays a paranormal investigator.

O Despicable Me 2 (1:38) Gru returns just in time to take on a powerful supervillain; Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig vocalize.

O Fruitvale Station (1:25) Gripping docudrama follows the last day in the life of Oscar Grant before he was handcuffed and killed by a BART transit cop.

O Ghostbusters (1:47) Freelance parapsychologists Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd take down New Yorkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spookiest spooks including one possessing the body of Sigourney Weaver.

O Grown Ups 2 (1:41) Rock, Sandler and Spade together again, grappling with fatherhood on the first day of summer vacation.

O Hannah Arendt (1:53) Biopic of the seminal German philosopher concerns her controversial coverage of the trail of Adolf Eichmann for The New Yorker; Barbara Sukowa stars.

O The Heat (1:57) Buddy comedy about a straitlaced FBI agent and a foulmouthed Boston cop who team up to take down a drug lord; Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy star.

O The Hunt (1:55) Thomas Vinterbergâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gripping, nightmarish look at a village schoolteacher wrongly accused of molesting a child; Mads Mikkelsen stars.

O Iron Man 3 (2:10) Robert Downey, Jr. is back as the genius superhero inventor, pitted this time against a destructive nemesis with an axe to grind; Don Cheadle and Gwyneth Paltrow costar.

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The Metropolitan Opera: The Barber of Seville (2:20) Catch Rossiniâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comic classic of covert courtship in gorgeous big-screen high definition.

O Monsters University (1:42) Prequel tells the story of Sullivanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and Wazowskiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s college days and how they became BFFs; Billy Crystal and John Goodman vocalize.

O Pacific Rim (2:11) Video gaming writ large as giant remote-controlled robots combat voracious sea monsters.

O Rebels with a Cause (1:12) Inspiring documentary about the environmental activists who helped create the GGNRA and Point Reyes National Seashore half a century ago.

O Red 2 (1:56) Old-school CIA spooks Willis, Mirren and Malkovich are back and in search of a misplaced nuclear weapon; Paris, London and Montreal costar.

O The Smurfs 2 (1:42) Clumsy, Grouchy and the other aqua-hued cutie-pies return, searching Paris for Smurfette before she becomes a Naughty!

O This Is the End (1:47) The friendship of six real-life pallies (Danny McBride, Jay Baruchel, Craig Robinson, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen and James Franco) is severely tested when theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trapped together in the same house during a global apocalypse.

O The To Do List (1:44) Comedy about a goodytwo-shoes high school valedictorian who vows to shed her inhibitions, one by one, before entering college in the fall.

O Turbo (1:36) Cartoon about an itchy snail who pursues an unlikely dream to compete in the Indy 500.

O Twenty Feet from Stardom (1:30) Pop musicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s greatest backup singers are the subject of Morgan Nevilleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s toe-tapping documentary; Stevie Wonder, Mick Jagger and others pay tribute to their support systems.

O 2 Guns (1:49) Undercover narcs Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg have to take it on the run when the Pentagon leaves them hanging after a botched drug bust.

O The Way Way Back (1:43) A teenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dismal summer vacation takes an unexpected turn when he strikes up a friendship with the manager of a local water park.

O The Wolverine (2:09) Hugh Jackman stars as the lonesome comic-book hero, facing down a samurai warrior from his troubled past.

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The Hunt (R) Iron Man 3 (PG-13) The Metropolitan Opera: The Barber of Seville (Not Rated) Monsters University (G)

Playhouse: Fri-Sat 7:20, 9:50 Sun-Tue 7:20 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:50, 2:20, 4:50, 7:30, 9:55 Sun-Tue 11:50, 2:20, 4:50, 7:30 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:10, 12:20, 1:45, 3, 4:20, 5:40, 7, 8:15, 9:40 Sun-Tue 11:10, 12:20, 1:45, 3, 4:20, 5:40, 7, 8:15 Sequoia: Fri-Sat 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:10 Sun 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45 Mon-Thu 2:45, 5:15, 7:45 Rowland: Tue, Thu 10am Northgate: Fri, Sun-Tue 11:30, 2:15, 5:05, 7:45, 10:30 Rowland: Fri-Tue 2, 7:50 Regency: Thu 3:30 Fairfax: Fri-Tue 12, 2:20, 4:40, 7, 9:20 Northgate: Fri, Sun-Tue 11:50, 4:50, 9:50; 3D showtimes at 2:25, 7:20 Playhouse: Fri-Tue 1:45, 4:30 Rowland: Fri-Tue 10:05, 3, 7:55; 3D showtimes at 12:25, 5:15, 10 Regency: Fri-Sat 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 8, 10:20 Sun-Tue 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 8 Regency: Sun 2 Wed 2, 7 Sequoia: Sun 2 Wed 2, 7 Northgate: Fri, Sun-Tue 11:20, 1:55, 4:30, 7:25, 9:55 Rafael: Fri, Mon-Thu 4, 6:30, 8:50 Sat-Sun 1:30, 4, 6:30, 8:50 Lark: Fri-Sat, Mon-Thu 8 Sun 5:30 Marin: Fri 7:15, 10 Sat 1:25, 4:25, 7:15, 10 Sun 1:25, 4:25, 7:15 Mon 4:25, 7:15 Tue-Thu 7:15 Northgate: Fri, SunTue 10:55, 1:50, 4:35, 7:35, 10:20 Rafael: Fri, Mon-Thu 7, 9:15 Sat-Sun 2, 7, 9:15 Northgate: Fri, Sun-Tue 7:05, 10:10

Lark: Sat 10am Lark: Fri-Sat, Mon-Thu 5:30 Sun 3 Northgate: Fri, Sun-Tue 10:50, 4:20; 3D showtime at 1:35 Pacific Rim (PG-13) Northgate: Fri, Sun-Tue 1:05, 7:15; 3D showtimes at 4:10, 10:15 Rowland: Fri-Mon 10:55, 4:50, 10:30 Tue 4:50, 10:30 Rebels With a Cause (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri-Sun 4:30 (filmmakers Nancy Kelly and Kenji Yamamoto in person) Mon-Thu 4:30 Red 2 (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Tue 12:40, 4, 6:50, 9:35 Larkspur Landing: Fri 7, 10 Sat-Sun 11, 1:40, 4:20, 7, 10 Mon-Tue 6:45, 9:35 Northgate: Fri, Mon-Tue 11:15, 2:05, 4:45, 7:40, 10:25 Playhouse: Fri-Sat 1, 4, 6:40, 9:30 Sun-Tue 1, 4, 6:40 Rowland: Fri-Tue 11:05, 1:50, 4:35, 7:20, 10:15 N The Smurfs 2 (PG) Larkspur Landing: Fri 5:15, 10:15; 3D showtime at 7:45 Sat-Sun 12, 5:15, 10:15; 3D showtimes at 2:30, 7:45 Mon-Tue 9:40; 3D showtime at 7 Northgate: Fri, Sun-Tue 10:45, 1:20, 3:55, 6:30, 9:05; 3D showtimes at 11:45, 2:20, 4:55, 7:30, 10:05 Rowland: Fri-Tue 11, 4:20, 7; 3D showtimes at 1:40, 9:40 This Is the End (R) Northgate: Fri, Sun-Tue 11:35, 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:30 The To Do List (R) Northgate: Fri, Sun-Tue 11:55, 2:35, 5:15, 7:55, 10:30 Turbo (PG) Fairfax: Fri-Tue 12:05, 2:40, 5, 7:15, 9:30 Northgate: Fri, Sun-Tue 2:10, 7:10; 3D showtimes at 11:40, 4:40, 9:40 Rowland: Fri-Tue 12:30, 5:30, 10:25; 3D showtimes at 10, 2:50, 7:40 Twenty Feet from Stardom (Not Rated) Rafael: Fri, Mon-Thu 4:15, 6:45, 9 Sat-Sun 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9 N 2 Guns (R) Cinema: Fri-Mon 11:20, 2, 4:40, 7:30, 10:15 Fairfax: Fri-Tue 1, 4:15, 7:05, 9:50 Marin: Fri 7:30, 10:05 Sat 1:40, 4:40, 7:30, 10:05 Sun 1:40, 4:40, 7:30 Mon 4:40, 7:30 Tue-Thu 7:30 Playhouse: Fri-Sat 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:40 Sun-Tue 1:30, 4:15, 7 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:20, 2:10, 4:55, 7:45, 10:25 Sun-Tue 11:20, 2:10, 4:55, 7:45 Rowland: Fri-Tue 11:15, 1:55, 4:40, 7:30, 10:10 The Way Way Back (R) Fairfax: Fri-Tue 12:10, 2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:40 Larkspur Landing: Fri 5:20, 8, 10:25 Sat-Sun 12:15, 2:40, 5:20, 8, 10:25 Mon-Tue 7:15, 9:45 Regency: Fri-Sat 11:15, 1:55, 4:35, 7:15, 10 Sun-Tue 11:15, 1:55, 4:35, 7:15 Sequoia: Fri-Sat 12, 2:25, 4:55, 7:25, 9:55 Sun 11:30, 4:55, 7:25 Mon-Tue, Thu 2:25, 4:55, 7:25 Wed 4:30 The Wolverine (PG-13) Fairfax: Fri-Tue 12:50, 3:50, 6:55, 9:45 Larkspur Landing: Fri 5, 10:40; 3D showtime at 7:50 Sat-Sun 11, 5, 10:40; 3D showtimes at 1:50, 7:50 Mon-Tue 9:30; 3D showtime at 6:30 Marin: Fri 9:50; 3D showtime at 7 Sat 4:10, 9:50; 3D showtimes at 1:10, 7 Sun 4:10; 3D showtimes at 1:10, 7 Mon 4:10; 3D showtime at 7 Tue-Thu 3D showtime at 7 Northgate: Fri, Sun-Tue 11, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9; 3D showtimes at 12, 1, 4, 6, 7, 10 Rowland: Fri-Tue 11:40, 2:40, 5:40, 8:40; 3D showtimes at 10:10, 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:05

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F R I D AY A U G U S T 2 — F R I D AY A U G U S T 9 Pacific Sun‘s Community Calendar

Highlights from our online community calendar— great things to do this week in Marin

Check out our Online Community Calendar for more listings, spanning more weeks, with more event information »pacificsun.com/sundial

Live music 08/02: Friday Night Jazz: Susan Sutton Trio 6pm. Free. Marin Country Mart, 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle, Larkspur. marincountrymart.com.

08/02: Jazz and Blues by the Bay: Band of the Golden West 6:30-8pm. Free. Gabrielson Park, Anchor and Bridgeway, Sausalito.

289-4152.

08/02: Twice as Good Blues, soul and rock and roll. 8pm. $10. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 4158135600. fenixlive.com/music.

08/02: Darryl Anders Agape Soul Soul, funk. 8pm, $15. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael.

813-5600. fenixlive.com/music.

08/02 and 09: Danny Click’s Texas Blues Night Jazz. 9:30pm-midnight. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway, Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

08/02: Elephant Listening Project Shotgun Harlot opens. 9:30pm. $8. Peri’s, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. perisbar.com 08/02: Key Lime Pie Classic rock with soul, Latin and modern pop. 9pm. $10. Sausalito Seahorse Supper Club, 305 Harbor Dr., Sausalito.

331-2899. sausalitoseahorse.com.

08/02: Matthew Stewart Band Original, Americana. 6:30-9:30pm. No cover. The Trident, 558 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 331-3232. thetridentsausalito.com

08/02: The Meditations and DJ Dans One Reggae. 9pm. $15. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com 08/02: Creekside Fridays: Pretending The Pretenders tribute band.With kids play area, face painting, jumpie house, food and drink available.

6:30pm. Free. The Cabin, 60 Tennessee Valley Road, Mill Valley. 388-6393. tcsd.us.

08/02: Pride and Joy 9pm. $20. Geroge’s, 842 Fourth St., San Rafael. 226-0262. georgesnightclub.com.

08/02: Rockamovya with Blue King Brown Jazz funk. 9pm. $20. Sweetwater Music Hall , 19 Corte Madera Ave. , Mill Valley 388-3850. swmh.com.

08/02: Rusty Evans Johnny Cash tribute.

9:30pm. $8. Hopmonk, 224 Vintage Way, Novato.

892-6200. hopmonk.com/novato.

08/02: Tall Toad 25th Anniversary with David Luning, John Courage 8:30pm Mystic Theatre, 21 Petaluma Blvd. North, Petaluma.

(707) 765-2121. mystictheatre.com 08/03-04: Asleep at the Wheel 8:30pm Aug. 3; 4pm barbecue on the Lawn show Aug. 4. $37.50-40. Rancho Nicasio, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com 08/03: Carl Oser Jazz. 6:30-9:30pm. No cover. The Trident, 558 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

331-3232. thetridentsausalito.com 08/03: The Deadly Gentleman Acoustic Americana, bluegrass. Guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin and bass. 9pm. $14. Sweetwater Music Hall , 19 Corte Madera Ave. , Mill Valley. 388-3850. swmh.com.

08/03: Honeydust Indie rock. 9pm. $10. Hop-

monk, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 892-6200. hopmonk.com/novato.

08/03: Kenny Loggins Blue Sky Riders open.

8pm. $65-80. Uptown Theatre, 1350 Third St., Napa.

(707) 259-0123 ext. 6. uptowntheatrenapa.com.

08/03: Lavay Smith and Her Red Hot Skillet Lickers Jazz. 8pm. $20. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com/music.

08/03: Lo Cura, Los Pinguos Latin rock.

7pm. $20-25, under 17 free. Osher Marin JCC, 200 N. San Pedro Road, San Rafael. 444-8000. marinjcc.org/summernights.

08/03: North Mississippi Allstars with Luther and Cody Dickinson Midnight North opens. 7pm. $22. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Way, San Rafael. 524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net.

08/01: Rowan Brothers Original, Americana.

6-9pm. No cover. The Trident, 558 Bridgeway, Sausalito. 331-3232. thetridentsausalito.com 08/03: Now and Zen 9:30pm. $8. Peri’s, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. perisbar.com 08/03: Playground Groove funk reggae. 9:30pmmidnight. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway, Fairfax.

485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

08/03: To Life!, Buddy Owens, Rockit Science World, blues, funk. 5pm. $5. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com

08/04: 2013 Summer Music at S.R. Elks Club: Firewheel Rock, blues, Americana. 1-5pm. $8, kids free. Magnolia Terrace at the San Rafael Elks Club, 1312 Mission Ave., San Rafael. 721-7661.

08/04: Corte Madera Community Foundation Summer Concert Series: George Cotsirilos, Robb Fisher and Ron Marabuto Guitar jazz. 5-6pm. Free. Menke Park, Redwood and Corte Madera Ave.s, Corte Madera. 302-1160. cortemaderacommunityfoundation.org.

08/04: First Sundays with the 19 Broadway Good Time Band 6-9pm. No cover. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com 08/04: Hobo Paradise Jazz. 11am. $20. Sweetwater Music Hall , 19 Corte Madera Ave. , Mill Valley 388-3850. swmh.com.

08/04: Jenny Kerr Old timey Americana, swamp rock, honky tonk and blues. 11:30am.

No cover. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael.

813-5600. fenixlive.com/music.

08/04: Rhiannon 7:30pm. $15-20. Toby’s Feed Barn, 11250 Hwy. 1, Pt. Reyes Station. tobysfeedbarn.com.

08/05: Open Mic with Austin DeLone 7:30pm. All ages. No cover. Sweetwater Music Hall , 19 Corte Madera, Mil Valley. 388-3850. swmh.com.

08/05: Open Mic with Billy D 9:30pm. No cover.

Peri’s, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. perisbar.com 08/05: Open Mic with D Smith 9:30pm. No cover. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091.

19broadway.com

08/05: Opens Mic with Simon Costa 9:30pm, sign up begins at 8pm. All ages. No

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cover. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway, Fairfax.

485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

08/06: Open Mic For 21 and older. 8:30pm. No cover. No Name Bar, 757 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

474-2221.

08/06: Reggae on the River After Party with Junior Kelly, Natural Black, Hotta Tunes and Classifye Reggae. 8pm. $15. 19 Broadway, 17

08/07: The Ring Rock, jazz fusion. 9pm. No cover. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091.

19broadway.com.

08/08: Fingerstyle Guitar Summit: Michael Chapdelaine, Mark Golderberg and Kinloch Nelson 8pm. $20. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600.

142throckmortontheatre.org.

Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com

08/08: The Grain and Bobby Jo Valentine

08/06: Swing Fever “We’re Off to See the Wizard: Music of Harold Arlen.” 7pm. No cover, dinner encouraged. Panama Hotel and Restaurant, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. 457-3993. panamahotel.com.

Reggae. 9pm. Free. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com 08/08: Mark’s Jam Sammich 9:30pm. No cover.

Peri’s, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. perisbar.com

08/07: Brough Brothers Jerry Birthday Show Americana. 8pm. No cover. Iron

08/08: Songbook Night with Matt Herrero and Danny Uzilevsky 9:30pm. No cover.

Springs Pub, 765 Center Blvd., Fairfax. 485-1005. ironspringspub.com.

08/07: Dirty Cello with Justin Purtill 9:30pm.

No cover. The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway, Fairfax.

485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

08/07: Lorin Rowan Solo acoustic guitar and vocals. 7pm. No cover, dinner encouraged. Panama Hotel and Restaurant, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael.

457-3993. panamahotel.com.

08/07: Mingo Fishtrap Soul and funk from Austin. 8pm. $10. Sweetwater Music Hall , 19 Corte Madera Ave. , Mill Valley. 388-3850. swmh.com.

The Sleeping Lady, 23 Broadway, Fairfax. 485-1182. sleepingladyfairfax.com.

08/08: Telstar: Keeping it Weird Phil Lesh with Larry Campbell, Teresa Williams, Anders Osborne, Tony Leone and special guest. 8:30pm. $40. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Way, San Rafael.

524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net.

08/07: Open Mic with Dennis Haneda 8pm. No cover. Hopmonk, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 892-6200. hopmonk.com/novato.

08/08: Victoria George with Midnight North Folk, blue country. 8pm. $17. Sweetwater Music Hall , 19 Corte Madera Ave. , Mill Valley .

388-3850. swmh.com.

08/08: Wanda Stafford Jazz vocalist. 7pm.

No cover, dinner encouraged. Panama Hotel and Restaurant, 4 Bayview St., San Rafael. 457-3993. panamahotel.com.

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08/08: Will Russ Jr. Detroit blues, rock soul. 8pm. $10. Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 813-5600. fenixlive.com/music.

08/09: Bautista Latin, funk, rock. 8pm. $10.

Fenix, 919 Fourth St., San Rafael. 4158135600. fenixlive.com/music.

08/09: Eoin Harrington Band With Harrington, vocals, piano, guitar; Dick Bright, violin; Angeline Saris, bass; Sean Leahy, guitar; Damian Lewis, drums. 8pm. $18 -40. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley.

383-9600. 142throckmortontheatre.org.

08/09: Madeline Peyroux Jazz vocalist. 8pm. $50-55. Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St., Napa. (707) 226-7372. nvoh.org.

08/09: Michael Bloch Jazz. 6:30-9:30pm. No cover. The Trident, 558 Bridgeway, Sausalito.

331-3232. thetridentsausalito.com 08/09: Mike Lipskin and Mike Duke 8pm No cover. Rancho Nicasio, Nicasio. 662-2219. ranchonicasio.com 08/09-10: Phil and Friends Phil Lesh with Larry Campbell, Teresa Williams, Anders Osborne, Tony Leone and special guest. 8:30pm. $150. Terrapin Crossroads, 100 Yacht Club Way, San Rafael.

524-2773. terrapincrossroads.net.

08/09: Phillip Percy Pack Jazz. 6:30pm. No cover. Rickey’s Restaurant , 250 Entrada drive, Novato. 244-2665. rickeysrestaurant.com.

08/09: Roach Gigz Rap. 9pm. $15. 19 Broadway, 17 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. 19broadway.com 08/09: The 7th Sons Classic Rock and Roll Dance Party Rock. 8:30pm. $8. Presidio Yacht Club, Fort Baker, Sausalito. 847-2670.

08/09: Sol Horizon 9pm. $12. Hopmonk, 224 Vintage Way, Novato. 892-6200. hopmonk.com.

08/09: Super Diamond The next best thing to the real thing. 9pm. $30. Sweetwater Music Hall , 19 Corte Madera Ave. , Mill Valley. 388-3850. swmh.com.

08/09: Swoop Unit Jazz funk. 9:30pm. $8. Peri’s, 29 Broadway, Fairfax. 459-1091. perisbar.com

Comedy 08/06: Mark Pitta and Friends Standup.

8pm. $16-26. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600.

142throckmortontheatre.org.

Theater 08/02-08/04: Monty Python’s ‘Spamalot’ A Throckmorton Youth Performers production.

Directed by Steven Hess. Jonathan Fadner, musical direction. Donna Cerio and June Cooperman, choreography. 7:30pm Aug 2; 2pm Aug. 3- 4. $18. 142 Throckmorton Theatre, 142 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 383-9600. 142throckmortontheatre.org.

Through 08/18: ‘The Dixie Swim Club’

By Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope and Jamie Wooten. 7:30pm Thurs.; 8pm Fri.-Sat. $10-15.

Ross Valley Players, 30 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., Ross. 456-9555. rossvalleyplayers.com

Concerts 08/04: Singers Marin: Just Voices Ensemble “Memorable Melodies.” 5pm. $12-20. Community Congregational Church, 145 Rock Hill Dr., Tiburon. 383-3712. www.singersmarin.org.

08/08: De Corda em Corda Contemporary Portuguese music for voice, cello and piano.

With Ana Barros, soprano; Jed Barahal, cello; Christina Margotto, piano. 8pm. $20. Napa Valley Opera House, 1030 Main St., Napa. (707) 226-7372. nvoh.org.

Art Through 08/31: America’s Cup Photo Exhibit Reception Wine and cheese reception 6-7pm Aug.6. Exhibition by Captain Stuart Kiehl of America’s Cup World Series photos. 10:10am. Free.

Depot Cafe and Book Shop, Main Plaza, Mill Valley.

(707) 799-1927.

Through 08/23: ‘Transitions’ Mixed media group exhibition. Reception 5-8pm Aug. 9. Art Works Downtown, 1337 Fourth St., San Rafael.

451-8119. ArtWorksDowntown.org.

Kids Events 08/02: San Anselmo Picnics on the Plaza: Imagination Park Kids Celebration Features face painting, interactive music from Music Together of Marin, arts and crafts, popcorn, live music.

5-8pm. Free. Town Hall, 525 San Anselmo Ave., San Anselmo. 258-4640.

08/03: Jewelry Workshop with Chelsee Robinson Teens learn how to make custom designed necklace, bracelet or earrings using blown glass, seeds, stones and art glass beads. All materials are provided. For teens in grades 6-12. Space is limited . Please pre-register. 1pm. Free. Marin City Library, 164 Donahue St., Sausalito. 332-6158. marinlibrary.org.

08/03: Nature for Kids: An Evening at Deer Island This is a Healthy Parks, Healthy People event. Take a slow walk up to the ridge top where and enjoy a healthy picnic dinner, look and listen for creatures of the night. A talk about owls, bats, coyotes and many other animals at sunset. No animals (except service animals)please. 6pm. Free.

Deer Island, Deer Island Lane, Novato. 893-9508. marincountyparks.org.

08/08: Art in the Park at Paradise Beach Paint the beautiful scenery and wildlife around the beach park. Art supplies, smocks and snacks will be provided. Park entrance is free. 1pm. Free.

Paradise Beach Park, 3450 Paradise Park, Tiburon. marincountyparks.org.

08/08: Teen Book Club: Don’t Turn Around What do two teenage hackers and a mysterious, incurable disease all have in common? Find out when reading Michelle Gagnon’s novel. Evening will begin with a discussion of the book and conclude with a special Q andA session with the author. Registration required. 7pm. Free. Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 389-4292 ext. 4727.

Film 08/03: Met Live in HD Summer Opera Series: ‘Il Barbiere di Siviglia’ Rossini. Directed

by Bartlett Sher 10am. Lark Theater, 549 Magnolia Ave., Larkspur. larktheater.net 08/05: ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ 7:30pm. Free. Mill Valley Public Library, 275 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley. 389-4292. friendsmillvalleylibrary.org.

08/09: Film Night in the Park: ‘Being There’ 8pm. Free, donations greatly appreciated.

Creek Park, 400/451 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo.272-2756. filmnight.org.

Outdoors 08/02: Kent Island Restoration Team Learn to identify invasive species, get hands-on training and be a part of the team working to protect and restore the ecosystem on Kent Island. Space is limited, so please RSVP at 473-3778. Meet at public AUGUST 2 - AUGUST 8, 2013 PACIFIC SUN 30

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Melodic pop meets gritty Memphis soul with a twist of funkâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Mingo Fishtrap plays Wednesday night at Sweetwater. dock on Wharf Road. 10am. Free. Kent Island in Bolinas Lagoon, Wharf Road, Olema. 473-2128. marincountyparks.org.

08/04: Petco 5k9 Walk Run Proceeds go to support local animal welfare groups. Includes a 5k, 1-mile plus a health and fitness expo for people and pets. 8-11am. $40-45. Marin Center Fairgrounds, 10 Ave. of the Flags, San Rafael. 221-2875.

5k9walkrun.com.

08/06: Birds at Bolinas Lagoon The postbreeding migration is already underway. See land birds among the alders and willows of Pine Gulch Delta, then scan the lagoon to see a variety of shorebirds and even some early waterfowl taking advantage of this critical stopover point. This walk is for adults. No animals (except service animals) please.

9am. Free. Bob Stewart trailhead on Olema-Bolinas Road, Bolinas. 893-9508. marincountyparks.org.

Readings 08/02: Francine Toder When Toder, Ph.D. retired from private practice as a clinical psychologist, she began to think about what to do with her retirement. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Vintage Years: Finding Your Inner Artist (Writer, Musician, Visual Artist) After Sixty.â&#x20AC;? 7pm. Free.

Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera.

927-0960. bookpassage.com.

08/03: Mary Papenfuss The veteran journalist combines research, interviews and detailed profiles of shocking murder in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Killer Dads.â&#x20AC;? 7pm. Free.

Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera.

927-0960. bookpassage.com.

08/03: Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Barefoot Spirit.â&#x20AC;? with Barefoot Wines founders. 4pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

08/04: Joseph Sutton â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Years the Giants Won the Series.â&#x20AC;? 4pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

08/05: Nan Cuba â&#x20AC;&#x153;Body and Bread.â&#x20AC;? follows a

bereft anthropologist as she assembles the artifacts of her familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s history and her brotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s suicide. 7pm.

Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

08/06: Meg Donohue â&#x20AC;&#x153;All the Summer Girls.â&#x20AC;?

Gretchen Berg â&#x20AC;&#x153;I Have Iraq in My Shoeâ&#x20AC;? and Sere Halverson â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Underside of Joy.â&#x20AC;? Reading, discussion, book signings from this author trio, plus wine pairings provided by Cline Cellars. 7pm.

Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

08/07: Larry Habegger, et al. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Best Travel Writing, Volume 9.â&#x20AC;? Authors scheduled to appear include Tim Cahill, Erin Byrne, Marcia DeSanctis, and Colette Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor. 7pm. Free. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

08/08: Tim Cahill The travel writer is joined by TWC chair Don George for an evening of readings and discussion in conjunction with the 2013 Travel Writers and Photographers Conference. 8pm. $10 (Free for Travel Writersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Conference attendees).

Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera.

927-0960. bookpassage.com.

08/09: Amy Tan Welcome the renowned novelist for an evening of reading, discussion and signing.

Her bestselling books include â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Joy Luck Club,â&#x20AC;? and the forthcoming â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Valley of Amazement.â&#x20AC;?

8pm. $10 (Free for Travel Writersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Conference attendees). Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com.

Community Events (Misc.)

08/02-04: American Craft Council S.F. Show With more than 230 of the best contemporary jewelry, clothing, furniture and home decor artists from across the country. 10am - 8pm Aug. 2; 10am - 6pm Aug. 3; 11am - 5pm Aug. 4. $12-20. Ft. Mason Center, Festival Pavilion, 2 Marina Blvd., S.F. 3235226391. craftcouncil.org/sf.

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Called a publishing visionary by the Huffington Post, author Kevin Smokler will discuss great books, how they age as we do, and how they can inspire us to lead great lives. Registration recommended. Wine reception at 6:30 for registered guests. Event is for adults and high school students. 7pm. Free. Mill Valley Public Library, 375 Throckmorton Ave., Mill Valley.

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08/02: The Science and Psychology of Dreams Lecture with Bob Hoss, MS .7pm. $20. Academy of Intuition Medicine & Energy Medicine University, 2400 Bridgeway Blvd. Suite 290, Sausalito. 381-1010. intuitionmedicine.com/academy 08/03: Beers and Barks An afternoon of pints and painting paws, music, food and pet adoptions.Proceeds benefit the Paws for Love Foundation. 1pm. Donation. Lagunitas Brewing Co., 1280 N. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma.

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08/06: A Grilling Experience at McNears Beach Join ranger staff and guest chef for an instructional evening of grilling fresh local ingredients. There will be sample tasting and raffle prizes. Park entrance is free. 6pm. Free.

McNears Beach , 201 Cantera Way, San Rafael.

446-4424. marincountyparks.org.

08/07: Great Operatic Creations of Giuseppe Verdi: Celebrating His 200th Birthday Year (1813-2013) Known for his 28 operas, including â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aida,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rigoletto,â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;La Traviata,â&#x20AC;? Verdi is a favorite of opera lovers everywhere. Deane will be discussing the significance of Verdiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s works featuring selected recordings, photos, and video clips. 1pm. Free. San Rafael City Council Chambers, 1400 5th Ave., San Rafael. 485-3321. srpubliclibrary.org..

08/07: Rea Franjetic: Patagonia Spend the holidays in a unique 18th-century estancia or nature lodge. Hike, horseback ride, and go whale- or bird-watching. President of Cosmopolitan Adventure Tours, Rea Franjetic is a member of the International Ecotourism Society and president of S.F. Travel Professionals.

6pm. $25. Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd, Corte Madera. 927-0960. bookpassage.com. <

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The Pacifics welcome a host of new opponents, beginning on Saturday, August 3 when the Santa Clara Dynasty visit for a 5:00 p.m. tilt. That night, fans will receive 2013 Pacifics trading card sets courtesy SVS. The East Bay Lumberjacks return on Sunday, August 4 for a single game and fans who attend that night will receive a frisbee courtesy Animal Wellness Center.

Dogs will also be available for adoption from Milo Foundation that night.

San Rafael welcomes the Prescott Montezuma Federals of the Freedom League for a three-game set from August 6 to 8 and on Thursday, August 8 fans will receive a Stadium Cup courtesy of Mini of Marin.

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Listen to some of the young opera stars of tomorrow, SF Operaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talented Adler Fellows, while sipping champagne and munching on hors dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;oeuvres in an idyllic setting. The honored guest is Sheri Greenawald, director of S.F. Opera Center. Sponsored by the Marin Chapter of the S.F. Opera Guild. The gala benefits opera education programs in Marin schools and the public lectures that preview the 2013-2014 season. 2pm. $50. San Domenico Music Conservatory, 1500 Butterfield Rd., San Anselmo. 924-9352.

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Rush Creek Preserve, Bugeia Lane, Novato.

473-3778. marincountyparks.org.

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We are now hiring EXPERIENCED CAREGIVERS for Live-In & Hourly Shifts. Top Pay! Flexible Hours! 401K, Health Insurance and Signing Bonus!

Best Training! Requirements: 3 professional references, Proof of eligibility to work in the US. Interested candidates should apply in person on weekdays between 9am and 5pm at: Home Care Assistance, 919 Sir Francis Drake Blvd. Ste. 107, Kentfield, CA 94904. Contact Francie Bedinger 415 532-8626 IRISH HELP AT HOME CAREGIVERS WANTED High Quality Home Care. Now hiring Qualified Experienced Caregivers for work with our current clients in Marin & North Bay. Enquire at 415-721-7380. www.irishhelpathome.com..

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Louie 9 year old neutered male Terrier/Chihuahua mix Louie is a super sweet dog, with tons of personality and a happy attitude. He likes people, wants to please and will provide lots of laughter in the right home. Once you gain Louie's trust, he enjoys ear scratches and belly rubs. Louie loves to go for walks and is ready to go at any time---just grab the leash! He also likes playing with stuffed toys and rope tugs. With a patient guardian, Louie will get that second chance at finding a loving home he so richly deserves.

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OTHER MIND & BODY SERVICES Centre for Structural Re-Integration Optimize your Body's balance, alignment and well-being at "The Centre". Call 415-747-9060 or www.

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YARDWORK LANDSCAPING Y General Yard & Firebreak Clean Up Y Complete Landscaping Y Irrigation Systems Y Commercial & Residential Maintenance Y Patios, Retaining Walls, Fences For Free Estimate Call Titus 415-380-8362 or visit our website www.yardworklandscaping.com CA LIC # 898385

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This requirement of CA B&P Code Chapter 9 does not apply to any work or operation on one undertaking or project by one or more contracts, the aggregate contract price which for labor, materials, and all other items, is less than five hundred dollars ($500), that work or operations being considered of casual, minor, or inconsequential nature.

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CLEANING SERVICES ADVANCED HOUSE CLEANING Licensed. Bonded. Insured. Will do windows. Call Pat 415.310.8784 All Marin Housecleaning Licensed, Bonded, Insured. Will do Windows. Ophelia 415-717-7157 415-892-2303

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Temporary A/R position

The Accounts Receivable position processes the deposits daily, billing of our newspaper weekly, and scheduling of our online advertisements. Admin duties include telephone support, office supplies, and processing legal advertisements. Training provided on our Pre 1 A/R custom media software. Approximately 30 – 32 hours a week.

Multi-media Business Development Sales Representative

Join our multi-media company centrally-located in San Rafael. The Pacific Sun- Marin’s Best News Weeklyoffers a fun, fast-paced & rewarding work environment, competitive salary with commission, PTO, medical & dental.

As a full-time Business Development Advertising Account Executive, you will contact and work with local business owners to expand their brand identity and support their future success using marketing and advertising opportunities available through our 4 marketing platforms: print, online, email and social media.

The ideal candidate is an organized & assertive self-starter who strives to meet sales goals, is money motivated, pays attention to detail, has strong verbal, written, persuasive, listening and other interpersonal skills and can provide exceptional customer service.

Duties, Responsibilities & Skills include: • Has sales experience and understands the sales process is more than taking orders but that of relationship building • Can effectively sell to a wide cross-section of prospects that meet specific criteria while constantly canvassing competitive media and the market for new clients via cold calling • Can translate customer marketing objectives into creative and effective multi-media advertising campaigns • Ability to understand & interpret marketing data and to effectively overcome client objections • Experience with internet marketing and social media • Experience with classifieds • Understands the importance of meeting deadlines in an organized manner • Can manage and maintain client information via a database; is proficient in Microsoft Word & Excel • Ability to adapt objectives, sales approaches and behaviors in response to rapidly changing situations and to manage business in a deadline-driven environment • Must possess a valid CA driver’s license, proof of insurance Contact: The Publisher: Bob Heinen bheinen@pacificsun.com

seminars AND workshops RELATIONSHIP CHALLENGES? Tired of endless relationship or marital challenges? Or single and sick of spending weekends and holidays alone? Join coed Intimacy Group, Single's Group or Women's Group to explore what’s blocking you from fulfillment in your relationships and life. Weekly, ongoing groups or 9-week groups starting the week of August 19, 2013. Mon, Tues, or Thurs evening. Space limited. Also, Individual and Couples sessions.

Central San Rafael. For more information, call Renee Owen, LMFT#35255 at 415/453-8117.

Safe, successful MOTHERLESS DAUGHTERS SUPPORT GROUPS meet every other week for women who have lost their mothers in childhood, adolescence or adulthood through death, separation, illness, or estrangement. In a supportive environment, women address and explore relevant issues in their lives, current and past, including the many consequence of mother loss with opportunities for healing and integrating the loss, self-empowerment, and successful coping strategies. Facilitated since 1997

by Colleen Russell, LMFT (MFC29249), CGP (41715), whose mother’s death in adolescence was a pivotal event in her life. Individual, Couple, and Family Sessions also available. Contact Colleen @crussellmft@earthlink.net or 415-785-3513.

WOMEN'S LIFE COACHING GROUP Get Unstuck. Find an honest life of freedom.

Create your own life map with group support. Turn your dreams into reality. Includes one hour personal coaching session per month. Meets three Sundays each month from 5-8pm. Pure foods meal provided. It’s going to change your life. Facilitated by Gwendolyn Grace CPCC. 415/686-6197. www.gwengrace.com.

SELF-HYPNOSIS WORKSHOP – REGISTER TODAY! Self hypnosis is a powerful tool that can enrich your life immensely. You can learn to modify behaviors, alter your physical health and reduce stress. Who wouldn't want that?In my upcoming self-hypnosis class, you will learn the basics of self hypnosis, how to take yourself into hypnosis, as well as the most effective way to word your suggestions. When done correctly, the possibilities are endless. Open to ages 15 and up.

WHEN: Saturday, August 10 & Saturday, August 17, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. This is a 5-hour workshop (over two Saturdays).

WHERE: Four Points by Sheraton, 1010 Northgate Drive, San Rafael, CA COST: $125 for the workshop, includes handouts/materials; ($110 if you mention this PACIFIC SUN ad) REGISTER WITH A FRIEND and cost is ONLY $95 each PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. SPACE IS LIMITED. (minimum 5, maximum 10) Register by calling me at 415-717-1390 to charge to VISA, MasterCard, Discover or American Express.If you would like to be notified of upcoming workshops and classes or would like to have me present a workshop or class for your group, please email me at Kelly@SerenityThroughHypnosis.com or visit www.SerenityThroughHypnosis.com.

To include your seminar or workshop, call 415/485-6700 x 303.

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FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132452 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as TYCHO CONSULTING; THE NEAT KEEPER, 100 CREAMERY RD., SAN GERONIMO, CA 94963: TYCHO BELLE LISITZA, 100 CREAMERY RD., SAN GERONIMO, CA 94963. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JUNE 21, 2013. (Publication Dates: JULY 12, 19, 26; AUGUST 2, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132522 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MANAGEMENT CONSULTING GROUP, 848 4TH ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: MCG SERVICES CORPORATION, 848 4TH ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION . Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JULY 2, 2013. (Publication Dates: JULY 12, 19, 26; AUGUST 2, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132508 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as TRANSFERS, TAXES & MORE, 126 ALTO ST. SUITE A, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: JOSE LUIS ESTRADA MEDRANO, 11 MARGORY CT., NOVATO, CA 94947.

This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on JUNE 28, 2013.

(Publication Dates: JULY 12, 19, 26; AUGUST 2, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132411 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as SHADES OF MARIN, 2070 4TH ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: ROBERT GORDON WIDERGREN, 479 FAIRWAY DR., NOVATO, CA 94949. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on JUNE 1, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JUNE 17, 2013. (Publication Dates: JULY 12, 19, 26; AUGUST 2, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132565 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CORRECTIVE MUSCLE THERAPY, 122 MABRY WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: L. VICTORIA ROSS, 122 MABRY WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JULY 8, 2013. (Publication Dates: JULY 12, 19, 26; AUGUST 2, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013132573 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as DOVETAIL DISPLAYS, 63 WREDEN AVE., FAIRFAX, CA 94930: DOVETAIL INC., 63 WREDEN AVE., FAIRFAX, CA 94930. This business is being conducted

by A CORPORATION. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on JULY 1, 2013. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JULY 9, 2013. (Publication Dates: JULY 12, 19, 26; AUGUST 2, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013132481 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as CELEBRATION OF BEING, 813 PAXTON VILLA CT., NOVATO, CA 94947: BRITTA JOHNSON, 813 PAXTON VILLA CT., NOVATO, CA 94947; JENETTE MARKMAN, 19345 MOONRIDGE RD., HIDDEN VALLEY, CA 95467. This business is being conducted

by CO-PARTNERS. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on JUNE 25, 2013.

(Publication Dates: JULY 12, 19, 26; AUGUST 2, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013132519 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as GLORIA TUCKER MD, 7595 REDWOOD BLVD. STE 108, NOVATO, CA 94945: GLORIA T MEYER, 4478 BENNETT VALLEY RD., SANTA ROSA, CA 95404.

This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on JULY 15, 2013. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on JULY 1, 2013.

(Publication Dates: JULY 19, 26; AUGUST 2, 9, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132591 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as TOGO'S LARKSPUR, 2401 LARKSPUR LANDING CIRCLE, LARKSPUR, CA 94939: ALAN JEFFREY KADIN, 5 SHON CT., NOVATO, CA 94947. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JULY 10, 2013. (Publication Dates: JULY 19, 26; AUGUST 2, 9, 2013)

SONOMA, CA 95476. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JULY 15, 2013. (Publication Dates: JULY 19, 26; AUGUST 2, 9, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013132292 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MILL VALLEY ENERGY PARTNERS, 46 PLAZA DR., MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: LORI J DODGE, 46 PLAZA DR., MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JUNE 3, 2013.

(Publication Dates: JULY 19, 26; AUGUST 2, 9, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132627 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as FACILITATING CHANGE, 63 TERRACE DR., MARIN CITY/SAUSALITO, CA 94965: MICHAEL L TABB SR., 63 TERRACE DR., MARIN CITY/SAUSALITO, CA 94965.

This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JULY 15, 2013. (Publication Dates: JULY 19, 26; AUGUST 2, 9, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013132531 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as IN TENSIONS…MASSAGE THERAPY, 336 BON AIR CTR. SUITE 265, GREENBRAE, CA 94904: ANGELA M SHAPIRO, 416 SHERWOOD DR. #207, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on JULY 1, 2013. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on JULY 2, 2013. (Publication Dates: JULY 19, 26; AUGUST 2, 9, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132607 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as WHEEL REPAIR DEUTSCHE, 1825 LINCOLN AVE. APT #102, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: JALIL PANAHI, 1825 LINCOLN AVE. APT #102, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JULY 12, 2013. (Publication Dates: JULY 19, 26; AUGUST 2, 9, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132623 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as BONAFIDE RIDAHZ CLOTHING, 735 SUNSET PKWY, NOVATO, CA 94947: YOHSUKE KASHIWAZAKI, 735 SUNSET PKWY, NOVATO, CA 94947.

This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JULY 15, 2013. (Publication Dates: JULY 26; AUGUST 2, 9, 16, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132617 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as AQUA STOP SOLUTIONS, 638 CRAIG AVE., SONOMA, CA 95476: STEWART WAYNE BROWNING, 638 CRAIG AVE.,

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132610 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as CONSULTING CFO, 864 MONTECILLO RD., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: RAYMOND J FROST JR., 864 MONTECILLO

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RD., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JULY 12, 2013. (Publication Dates: JULY 26; AUGUST 2, 9, 16, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013132549 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as PROMPTBOX4U; PRBOX4U, 345 ORANGE BLOSSOM LANE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: PROMPTBOX INTERNATIONAL LLC, 345 ORANGE BLOSSOM LANE, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903. This business is being conducted by A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JULY 5, 2013. (Publication Dates: JULY 26; AUGUST 2, 9, 16, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132667 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MARIN HEALTH NUTS, 49 SHELL ROAD SUITE A, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: LYDIA PULLER, 49 SHELL ROAD SUITE A, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on JULY 19, 2013. (Publication Dates: JULY 26; AUGUST 2, 9, 16, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132642 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as INTERNAL FIRE PILATES, 457 MILLER AVE., MILL VALLEY, CA 94941: SHARON LEE GALLAGHER RIVERA, 38 ELIZABETH WAY, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.

This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on JULY 15, 2013. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on JULY 17, 2013. (Publication Dates: JULY 26; AUGUST 2, 9, 16, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013132652 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as MFELGEN, 51 JOSEPH CT., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903: MARK FELGEN, 1016 GRAND AVE., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901.

This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on AUGUST 1, 2013.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JULY 17, 2013. (Publication Dates: JULY 26; AUGUST 2, 9, 16, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 2013132498 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as EL FAROLITO #9, 1017 4THH ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901: TAQUERIAS EL FAROLITO INC., 2779 MISSION ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94110. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on NOVEMBER 11, 2011.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JUNE 28, 2013. (Publication Dates: JULY 26; AUGUST 2, 9, 16, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132678 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as CREST CONSTRUCTION; WESTGARD LIGHT; M LIGHT, 434 ESTADO WAY, NOVATO, CA 94945: TOM YGLESIAS, 434 ESTADO WAY, NOVATO, CA 94945.

This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein on JANUARY 1, 1990. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JULY 22, 2013. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 2, 9, 16, 23, 2013)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132696 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as HINES CONTEMPORARY FINE ART, 327 LOCUST ST. #4, SAUSALITO, CA 94965: HINES, 327 LOCUST ST. #4, SAUSALITO, CA 94965. This business is being conducted by AN INDIVIDUAL. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein. This statement was filed with the County ClerkRecorder of Marin County on JULY 23, 2013. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 2, 9, 16, 23, 2013) FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT File No. 132725 The following individual(s) is (are) doing business as THE GREAT WESTERN AYR ROUNDUP, 100 SUNNYSIDE AVE., CORTE MADERA, CA 94925: LLOYD MAX LICHER/ ASSOCIATION OF YMCA RETIREES OF THE UNITED STATES INC., 100 SUNNYSIDE AVE., CORTE MADERA, CA 94925. This business is being conducted by A CORPORATION. Registrant has not yet begun to transact business under the fictitious business name(s) listed herein.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Marin County on JULY 26, 2013. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 2, 9, 16, 23, 2013)

OTHER NOTICES NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF: PHILLIP D. GREEN. Case No. PR-1303110. To all heirs, beneficiaries, creditors, contingent creditors and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both, of PHILLIP D. GREEN, PHILLIP GREEN, PHIL GREEN. A PETITION FOR PROBATE has been filed by: CHRISTINE GREEN in the Superior Court of California, County of MARIN. THE PETITION FOR PROBATE requests that CHRISTINE GREEN be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A HEARING on the petition will be held in this court as follows: SEPTEMBER 3, 2013 at 8:30AM. in Dept: H, Room: H, of the Superior Court of California, Marin County, located at Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of the notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250.

A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: PETER J. BASSING, 100 SMITH RANCH ROAD SUITE 122, SAN RAFAEL, CA 94903-1979. (415) 258-9987. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 2, 9, 16, 23, 2013) NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE. Date of Filing Application: JULY 18, 2013. To Whom It May Concern: The Name(s) of the Applicant(s) is/ are: EVOLUTION NIGHTCLUB AND RESTAURANT LLC. The applicants listed above are applying to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to sell alcoholic beverages at: 842 4TH ST., SAN RAFAEL, CA 94901. Type of license(s) applied for: 47 – ON-SALE GENERAL EATING PLACE. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 2, 2013) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE FOR CHANGE OF NAME SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR THE COUNTY OF MARIN. No. CIV 1303177. TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner EMIKO CONRAD filed a petition with this court for a decree changing names as follows: EMIKO CONRAD to EMIKO FURUSHO. THE COURT ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear before this court at the hearing indicated below to show cause, if any, why the petition for change of name should not be granted. Any person objecting to the name changes described above must file a written objection that includes the reasons for the objection at least two court days before the matter is scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing to show cause why the petition should not be granted. If no written objection is timely filed, the court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING: SEPTEMBER 16, 2013 9:00 AM, Dept. E, Room E, Superior Court of California, County of Marin, 3501 Civic Center Drive, San Rafael, CA 94903. A copy of this ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE shall be published at least once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set for hearing on the petition in the following newspaper of general circulation, printed in the county of Marin: PACIFIC SUN. Date: JULY 29 2013 /s/ PAUL M. HAAKENSON, JUDGE OF THE SUPERIOR COURT. (Publication Dates: AUGUST 2, 9, 16, 23, 2013)

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by Amy Alkon

Q:

I’ve been dating an amazing guy for a month. Our first amazing date turned into an amazing night, which turned into an amazing month. We completely adore each other. Every time we hang out feels like the greatest day with a best friend. The problem is, I work and go to college full time, and I really wasn’t ready for anything more than fun and sex. In fact, “more” is freaking me out.

Because we’d initially agreed that we were only looking for something casual and short-term, I told him that I was developing feelings for him and gave him the option of walking away, but he actually seemed happy to hear how I felt. I have such jitters now because I cannot afford to risk getting distracted from my studies. When I think about this, I sometimes get so anxious that I feel I need to ditch this amazing guy, which is the last thing I want. —Good Reasons to Avoid Getting Serious

A:

Love sometimes calls upon people to do more than just show up to bask in its glow. Take that emperor, way back when, in India. When he wanted to memorialize his beloved wife, he built the Taj Mahal, not the Taj Ma lean-to.

Luckily, Mr. Amazing won’t have to muster 20,000 workers to spend 20 years building an “elegy in marble.” What you need is a boyfriend who’s willing to have what amounts to a long-distance relationship while living only a short distance away. In other words, he’ll have to be up for long walks on the beach—by himself —while you’re back in your dorm room, in bed with both Geoffrey Chaucer and William Shakespeare. And as lovely as it is when a man “says it with flowers,” when you need to pry yourself away from him to get back to your studies, he should show you that he loves you by handing you a single red crowbar.

It’s possible that spending the next few years as your sainted boyfriend will wear on him and cause him to walk. If, however, he does stick around, it’s either because he prefers martyrdom to checkers or ultimate Frisbee or because you two have something special. It’s easy to be supportive when a big bed and a couple of mai tais are all that’s on the agenda, so it says a lot when a guy’s always got your back, and not just because he’s looking to unhook your bra. Be sure that you don’t take this for granted and that you regularly express your appreciation. It won’t be easy to maintain your job, schoolwork and even a muted form of a relationship simultaneously. The stress may leave you needing to lose the freshman 15 pounds, but if your amazing relationship is as amazing as you say, there’s a good chance you won’t need to lose the freshman 165.

Q:

My girlfriend is a smart and accomplished 33-year-old woman who wears little-girl-type clothes. She always looks pretty, but there are times I wish she would dress more like an adult. For instance, last week, we had dinner with my boss, and she wore a pink Hello Kitty T-shirt and pigtails. How does a man ask a woman to sometimes dress a little more sophisticated? —Eggshells

A:

I used to worship Hello Kitty, and then I turned 7. Some women do work the head-to-toe little girl look longer than others, but 33 sounds a little late for it. Maybe your girlfriend has gotten in a style rut and hasn’t noticed that she isn’t pulling off 22-going-on-12 like she used to. Then again, she might be wearing these clothes because she’s aged out of them. (Paging Alanis Morissette, because isn’t it ironic?)

Clothes say a lot about a person, but there are times your shirt or skirt or whatever really needs to shut the hell up, like when you’re accompanying your boyfriend to dinner with his boss. This would be the time to dress to make him look good (more business casual than monkey-bars casual).

Tell your girlfriend that you always love looking at her and that you aren’t asking her to change her style entirely, just to dress more sophisticated on occasion, especially occasions for your work. She probably has something passable in her closet, but you might offer to take her shopping for a few new additions to her wardrobe. If she’s just forgotten to look up and notice she’s 33, a new little black dress might lead her to realize it’s time to say Goodbye, Kitty, and start dressing in a way that suggests she got out of college about 10 years ago, and not the stroller. < © Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. www.advicegoddess.com. Got a problem? Email AdviceAmy@aol.com or write to Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave. #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405.

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