In This Issue
Kiosk
MONARCH COUNT
at Pacific Grove
Sanctuary
as of Jan, 14, 2017
3,185
Voice of the Breakers - Page - 9
Year in Review - Page 10
Year in Review - Page 10
Pacific Grove’s
Fridays
Pacific Groove Dance Jam
Chautauqua Hall 8-10 PM
Dance to DJs
Adults $10/Teens $5
Youth Free • 1st Time Free
[email protected]
•
Saturdays
Dance at Chautauqua Hall
•
Jan. 20-21
Santa Catalina School
“You Can’t Take It With You”
Santa Catalina School Performing
Arts Center
1500 Mark Thomas Dr, Monterey
•
Fri. Jan. 20
People’s Rally for Unity & Equality
Unitarian Universalist Church
1-6 PM
•
Wed. Jan. 25
Dine Out with Friends
Benefit for Library
La Mia Cucina Ristorante
5 PM onward
•
Sat. Jan. 28
Music & Poetry of Robert Burns
Taelen Thomas, Laura Burian
6:30 PM
Carmel Art Assoc.Dolores between
5th and 6th Avenues
$10 online, $15 at the door
831-624-4955
•
Jan. 29
“Share the Love,” silent art auction
Opening Reception
4-6 PM
All Saints Episcopal
9th & Lincoln
Carmel
•
Sun. Jan. 29
SoulCollage® workshop
Pacific Grove Art Center
568 Lighthouse Ave.
Pacific Grove
1-4 p.m.
$40 PGAC members, $45 nonmembers
Register with Lisa (831) 512-9063
or [email protected]
•
Sat. Feb. 4
Book Sale
Pacific Grove Public Library
in the portico out front
10AM - 4 PM
Great deals on a great variety
•
Feb. 8-12
AT&T Pro Am ExpressShuttle
$20 per person/day
$60 5-daypass
Call the Chamber 373-3304
Inside
Animal Tales
& Other Random Thoughts................. 7
Cartoon.............................................. 2
Crime................................................. 5
Financial.......................................... 15
Homeless in Paradise........................ 18
Keepers of Our Culture..................... 17
Legal Notices.................................... 19
Otter Views......................................... 7
Rain Gauge........................................ 2
Real Estate.................................. 16, 20
Year in Review............................. 10-13
Jan. 20-26, 2017
Times
Your Community NEWSpaper
Special events
calendar set for
2017 season
Vol. IX, Issue 17
Marching for a Cause
City Council reviewed proposed special
event requests for the coming fiscal year and
approved the level of support required of the
city for each event. The timeline gives event
organizers and staff the time to prepare their
budgets for the coming year.
In the past, cost for Public Works to set
up and break down events as well as traffic
control, along with working the events had
become very costly for the City. City staff has
been working with event organizers over the
last few years to lessen the cost associated
with these events by the use of volunteers,
community groups and high school students
seeking community service hours.
Class I “Traditional” events are those
which require support of the City and are
directly sponsored by the City, Chamber of
Commerce or the Pacific Grove Unified School
District. They are an integral part of Pacific
Grove’s culture. Fees have been waived and
city staff support has been given, with an
increased emphasis of utilizing volunteers
whenever possible. These events include: 4th
of July BBQ, Feast of Lanterns, Pet Parade,
Little Car Show, P.G. Auto Rally, Butterfly
Parade, Holiday Tree Lighting, Holiday Parade
of Lights, Stillwell’s Holiday in the Park and
the Chamber’s Good Old Days events.
Traditional events potentially cost more
than $30,000 for fees and staffing. These events
have become a part of Pacific Grove’s heritage
and so fees have been waived. Additionally,
the equipment rental and park fees from these
events are anticipated to bring in close to
$30,000 to help offset the costs.
MLK Day march in Seaside found people from all walks of life
joining in friendship and solidarity. Nan Johnston took this shot
See SPECIAL EVENTS Page 14 of her grandson, Henry and his friend Nia and their poster.
Museum Board presents new strategic plan
By John Pearse
At this week’s City Council meeting, Jeanette Kihs, Executive
Director of the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, presented
a summary of the Museum’s Strategic Plan, 2016-2021. The plan
had been developed by the Museum’s Board of Directors, staff, and
key stakeholders earlier in the year and adopted by the Directors
in July. The City’s Museum Advisory Board reviewed it at their
September meeting and recommended it with enthusiasm to the
City Council. Indeed, the Strategic Plan is a remarkable testament
of how the Museum has been transformed into a center of activity
for residents and visitors alike.
The Strategic Plan presents a pathway for the Museum to become “… a place without walls where services flow rather than just
a place where people go … creating a community of users rather
than focusing on visitors.” Very lofty words, and a good fit to the
Museum’s Vision Statement: “The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural
History inspires a diverse community to explore and conserve the
natural and cultural wonders of the Central California Coast.” The
plan lays out a strategy to reach this vision through six goals. And
within each goal are specific objectives and timelines.
The first goal focuses on the collection and physical facility,
both of which are City property. The detailed objectives range from
better use of available space (both inside and outside the Museum)
See MUSEUM Page 2
Page 2 • CEDAR STREET
Times
• January 20, 2017
PMUSEUM From Page 1
Joan Skillman
to developing best practices of collection management. Ultimately, these objectives
will not only provide for enhanced use of what the City provides the Museum, but
will assure re-accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums when that comes
up again in 2022. Pacific Grove can continue to take pride in having one of the longest
continuously accredited museums in the country.
Three other goals deal with serving Museum users: education, visitor experience,
and collaborative partnerships. Education at all levels is already a major focus of the
museum with a wide range of programs in place, both within the museum and with
outreach to schools and ongoing citizen science programs. These are to be integrated
more thoroughly with the Museum’s exhibits and collections. It is reassuring as well
to see attention paid to underserved populations, creating a closer community as we all
learn together about our cultural and natural history. Enhancing visitor experience fits
right in here, with its top priority of making the Museum “a fun place to visit.” It is
likewise good to see newly energized outreach to other groups sharing the Museum’s
interests. Many of these groups already regularly meet at the Museum, making it more
and more a community center for the City.
The last two goals, building organizational capacity and financial stability,
further strengthen the Museum’s long-term viability and sustainability. This depends on
the continued development of a core of dedicated volunteers and a strong endowment.
The objectives listed for these goals aim to ensure the health of the Museum well into
the future, keeping the City free of major obligations.
The City’s Museum Advisory Board, with the responsibility of overseeing the
City’s interest in the Museum, is confident that the Museum is in good hands. With the
Strategic Plan now in hand (and on the Museum’s website), the Museum Board can
follow how well the Plan’s objectives are met each year. It is, in fact, a pleasure to be
associated with such a successful public/private partnership.
The Strategic Plan can be obtained online at the Museum’s website: http://www.
pgmuseum.org/strategic-plan/
Museum Board of the City of Pacific Grove:
John Pearse, Chair
Heidi Zamzow, Vice Chair
Karen Hewitt, Secretary
Broeck Oder
Katy Scott
Skillshots
The Monterey County Chapter of the ACLU of Northern California presents
The Constitution Under Siege: Civil Liberties and
the Policy Proposals of President-Elect Trump
Sunday, January 29, 2:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. in the Community Room
Marina Public Library
190 Seaside Avenue, Marina
The event is free and open to the public. Social with refreshments at 1:30 p.m.
Featured speaker: Alan L. Schlosser, Senior Counsel, American Civil Liberties
Union of Northern California
The presentation will be followed by a question and answer period.
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Pacific Grove’s Rain Gauge
Data reported at Canterbury Woods
Week ending 01-19-17- at 8.30 AM........ .55"
Total for the season............................. 11.79"
The historic average to this date is ........N/A"
Wettest year.................................................. 47.15"
During rain year 07-01-97 through 06-30-98
Driest year...................................................... 6.36"
During rain year 07-01-12 through 06-30-13
RAINFALL SEASON BEGINS JULY 1 EACH YEAR
Near Lovers Point
Data reported by John Munch at 18th St.
Near Lovers
Point
Week ending morning
1/19/16.............
.54"
Data reported by John Munch at 18th St.
Total for the
season (since 7/1/16)...... 11.27"
Week
ending
.19"
Last week low 12/07/16..........................
temperature..................40.0
F
Total
for
the
season
(since
7/1/16).
.
......
5.42"
Last week high temperature.................59.4 F
Lastyear
week
temperature..................41.5
Last
rainlow
to date
(7/1/15-12/15/15)....... 8.92”F
Last week high temperature.................63.5 F
January 20, 2017 • CEDAR STREET
Times • Page 3
Members of city boards and commissions
ORDINANCE COMMISSION
Charter Commissions (4-year terms
(2-year terms; 8-year term limit)
not to exceed 3 terms)
Administrative enforcement hearing offiLIBRARY BOARD (5)
2nd Tuesday, 7:00pm, City Manager’s cer panel (7)
conference room (Staff: Steven Silveria) Meets as needed (Staff: Terri Schaeffer,
David Laredo)
(Council Liaison: Cynthia Garfield)
Carl Mounteer
1/31/18
Term Ends
Jane Haines
1/31/18
Carol Greenstreet (Chair)
1/31/19
Philip
Morgan
1/31/18
Nancy Enterline 1/31/19
Continuing
1/31/19
Kim
Murdock
(Chair)
Stephanie Herrick Continuing 1/31/21
John Clifton
Continuing 1/31/19
Mary Ann Whitten New
1/31/21
Vacant (2)
Vacant (1)
ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
MUSEUM BOARD (5)
BOARD (7)
2nd Wednesday, 5:00pm, City Manager’s
2nd & 4th Tuesday, 4:00pm, Council
conference room (Staff: Ben Harvey)
chambers (Staff: Mark Brodeur) (Council
(Council Liaison: Robert Huitt)
Liaison: Rudy Fischer)
John Pearse (Chair)
1/31/18
Rick Steres (Vice Chair)
1/31/18
Katy Scott
1/31/18
Sarah Boyle 1/31/18
Heidi Zamzow
1/31/19
Lawrence Doocy 1/31/18
Karen Hewitt
1/31/20
Continuing
1/31/19
Michael
Gunby
Broeck Oder
1/31/20
Tom Lane Continuing 1/31/19
PLANNING COMMISSION (7)
Jeff Edmonds
Continuing 1/31/19
1st and 3rd Thursday, 6:00pm, Vacant (1)
Council Chambers (Staff: Mark Brodeur)
BEAUTIFICATION AND
(Council Liaison: Robert Huitt)
NATURAL
RESOURCES
Bill Bluhm (Vice Chair)
1/31/18
COMMISSION (7)
Jeanne Byrne
1/31/18
3rd Tuesday, 4:00pm, Council ChamMark Chakwin 1/31/18
bers
(Staff: Laurel O’Halloran) (Council
Robin Aeschliman
1/31/19
Liaison:
Bill Peake)
Steven Lilley
New
1/31/20
Thom Akeman
1/31/18
Bill Fredrickson (Chair) Continuing
1/31/21
Don Murphy
Continuing 1/31/21
RECREATION BOARD (5)
2nd Tuesday, 5:30pm, Community
Center (Staff: Don Mothershead) (Council Liaison: Nick Smith)
Shelby Birch 1/31/18
Christine Balog
1/31/19
Greg Marshall (Secretary)
1/31/20
Joe Amelio
Continuing 1/31/21
Vacant (1)
Second series of
watercolor classes
begins Jan. 26 at
PG Art Center
New classes with artist
Charlsie Kelly
Charlsie Kelly established a watercolor class to meet on Thursdays and
it reached overflow, so she has added a
second night for those who missed out.
Charlsie teaches numerous techniques that
emphasize experimentation, developing
a color palette, and exploration of subtle
nuances in art making. Beginners and
intermediate students are welcome.
The Tuesday classes will meet beginning Tuesday, Jan. 26 and run for eight
weeks on Tuesdays at the Pacific Grove
Art Center, 568 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific
Grove, from 7-9 p.m. Cost is $160 for
eight classes. Contact Charlsie for registration and art supply list: charlsiekelly@
yahoo.com or 831-524-3894
Discounts on materials will be available at Imagine Art (309 Forest Ave) in
Pacific Grove. Drop-ins welcome if space
is available.
Kelly Terry
1/31/18
Mary Flaig
1/31/18
Jean Anton (Chair)
1/31/19
Dave Myers
Continuing 1/31/19
Colleen Goldsmith Continuing 1/31/19
Claudia Vierneisel New
1/31/19
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
COMMISSION (10)
2nd Thursday, 4:00pm, City Manager’s Conf. Room (Staff: Marc Brodeur)
(Council Liaison: Bill Kampe)
Alan Cohen (Bus.)
1/31/18
Dianna Addeman (Forest Hill) 1/31/18
Willy Nelson (Sunset) 1/31/18
Richard Stillwell (Prop Owner)1/31/19
Jacquie Atchison (Chair) (at-large)
Continuing 1/31/19
Julie Vivilo Davis (Central)
Continuing 1/31/19
Kirsten McGrath (Business)
Continuing 1/31/19
Phillip Benson (Downtown)
`
New
1/31/19
Moe Ammar (Chamber)
On-going by Ordinance
Vacant (1)
GOLF LINKS ADVISORY
COMMISSION (7)
4th Wednesday, 6:00pm, Council Chambers (Staff: Daniel Gho) (Council Liaison:
Rudy Fischer)
Bruce Obbink (Chair) (at-large)1/31/18
Lyn Blaskovich (Women’s Club) 1/31/18
Terry Field (Sr. Men’s Club) 1/31/18
Richard Baloga (Golf Club) 1/31/18
Timothy McGill (Hospitality)
Continuing 1/31/19
Terry Rea
Continuing 1/31/19
Sheila McKaig
New
1/31/19
Vacant (1)
HISTORIC RESOURCES
COMMITTEE (7)
4th Wednesday, 3:00pm, City Council
Chambers (Staff: Anastazia Aziz, AICP)
(Council Liaison: Bill Peake)
Maureen Mason (Chair)
1/31/18
Claudia Sawyer (Heritage Soc.)1/31/18
David Hines 1/31/18
Continuing 1/31/19
Mark Travaille
Vacant (3)
TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION
(7)
2nd Tuesday, 4:00pm, Police Department
Conference Room (Staff: Rory Lakind)
(Council Liaison: Ken Cuneo)
Tony Prock
1/31/18
George Shayne 1/31/18
David Terry (Chair) 1/31/18
Linda Petersen
1/31/18
Andrew Kubica
Continuing 1/31/19
Jung Hwa Kim
New
1/31/19
Vacant (1)
Times • January 20, 2017
Local authors debut book on boxers
Art exhibition sends local
Micky Ward and Arturo Gatti
love to Syrian children
Page 4 • CEDAR STREET
Increasingly over the past half decade,
reports out of Syria have been filled with
overwhelming despair at the mounting
refugee crisis. It may seem far away, but
many in Monterey County would like to
know what we can do to help. This Valentine’s season, there is one local non-profit
organization that is partnering with local
and international artists to give locals an
opportunity to help support the education
of Syrian refugee children in Lebanon.
“Share the Love,” a silent art auction
event hosted by Let’s Make a Book will
kick off with an opening reception on January 29. Hors d’oeuvres will be provided
by Demetra Cafe, and art is being donated
by a number of local artists including Simon Bull, Tom Davies, Delia Bradford and
Johnny Apodaca, with a special feature by
Swedish photographer Ulf Björe. In addition to collectors pieces by Carl Bowman
(1909-1998) and Morio Matsui.
Let’s Make a Book has been working
in Monterey County since 2012 to promote
creative education through various workshops, including comic book writing and
stop motion film making. Director John
Ehab and his wife Noelle both worked
in Beirut where they have contacts with
people and organizations that are involved
with the growing refugee community. As
an organization, Let’s Make a Book felt
they had a moral obligation to make the
most of these personal connections by
helping to alleviate some of the impact
this crisis has caused, particularly on the
children who have had to flee their homes.
In early 2016, Ehab took a trip to Lebanon
to train Syrian and Lebanese teachers to
bring some creativity workshops to Syrian
Refugee camps. He plans to return this
spring to solidify a long-term relationship
between Let’s Make a Book and one particular school serving refugee students.
The art exhibition opens on January
29 from 4-6 p.m. at the All Saint’s Episcopal Church’s main hall on the corner of
9th and Lincoln Street in Carmel, with the
silent auction ending Feb 5 at 2 p.m. Early
bidding on two of the paintings will begin
at Saturday night’s Art Walk in Carmel at
Gallery Apodaca and Delia.
Rabbie Burns will be dramatized
to the tune of a fiddle
Poetical showman Taelen Thomas will dramatize the wild and passionate
life of the great Scottish bard, Robert Burns, in commemoration of Burns’s
258th birthday. This lively show will present the stories behind such classics
as “Auld Lang Syne,” “Tam O’Shanter,” and “To a Louse.”
The show features the favorite fiddle music of Robert Burns, performed by
accomplished violinist Laura Burian, of “Heartstrings” of Monterey.
In addition to writing his own often thrilling, funny, heartbreaking and
revolutionary poetry and songs, Burns collected and preserved more than 200
traditional Scottish songs, many of which found their way to America, especially to Appalachia, where Laura learned to play them on the fiddle, Burns’s
own instrument of choice.
This performance, presented by Pilgrim’s Way Community Bookstore and
Secret Garden, will take place on Saturday, January 28 at 6:30 pm, at the Carmel
Art Association, located on Dolores between 5th and 6th Avenues.
Tickets can be purchased at Pilgrim’s Way or online at pilgrimsway.com
for $10 (until 5 pm day of event)/ $15 at the door.
For additional information, please contact Cynthia Fernandes at (831)6244955.
Happiness in Life, Peace in Death: The
Six Bardos New Year Retreat
What is the bardo? The word means “intermediate state,” and in the Tibetan Buddhist
tradition, there are six bardos from the moment of conception to death. In this weekend
retreat, participants will learn how to use every experience to achieve happiness in this
life with the first three bardos, and how to achieve peace at the moment of death through
the final three bardos. The retreat will be taught by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche, resident
monk and teacher at the Manjushri Dharma Center, 724 Forest Ave., in Pacific Grove.
He will be joined by Geshe Lobsang Kunshuk, a visiting Tibetan monk from South
India. The three-day retreat begins at 7 p.m. on Friday evening, Jan. 20 and continues
for a full day Saturday, Jan. 21 and half day Sunday, Jan. 22. A healthy vegetarian
lunch will be provided at the noon breaks. The suggested donation is $150.00 for the
entire retreat, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Please contact Rachel
C. to register at [email protected].
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A new boxing book co-authored by
Salinas resident Dennis Taylor has been
released and was ranked No. 1 among
Amazon’s “Hot New Releases” in the
boxing biographies category on its Dec.
8 release date.
“Intimate Warfare: The True Story
of the Arturo Gatti and Micky Ward
Boxing Trilogy” traces the lives and careers of two legendary fighters—Micky
Ward, a humble, hardscrabble, blue-collar Irishman from Lowell, Massachusetts, and Arturo Gatti, a handsome,
flashy, charismatic Italian-born star who
was raised in Montreal.
Dennis Taylor and John J. Raspanti
paint a vivid portrait of these two fighters who ushered each other into boxing
lore and formed an unlikely friendship
despite their brutal battles in the ring.
Gatti’s life would end tragically and
mysteriously just a few years later, but
his name and Ward’s remain tied together in boxing history.
In the book, each of the three
spectacular fights between Gatti and
Ward, two of which were named The
Ring magazine’s “Fight of the Year,” are
described in detail. Multiple photographs
from the trilogy highlight the intensity
and power of these epic collisions. With
a foreword by former world champion
and International Boxing Hall of Famer
Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini, this book
will be of interest to all fans of boxing.
Dennis Taylor is a professional journalist of more than 40 years. He is the
editor/publisher of www.ringsideboxingshow.com and host of The Ringside
Boxing Show, a worldwide Internet
radio program. He has also written for
www.boxing.com and www.ringtv.com.
Taylor is the author of “A Puncher’s
Chance: Amazing Tales from the Ringside Boxing Show,” a nonfiction boxing
book, and “The Miracle Myth,” a novel.
The book is available at: https://
www.amazon.com/Intimate-Warfare-Arturo-Boxing-Trilogy/dp/1442273054/
ref=zg_bsnr_9681294011_16)
The writing of both Dennis Taylor
and John Raspanti have graced the pages of Cedar Street Times.
DWMC Vice President Will Speak
at Women’s March - CSUMB Kate Daniels Kurz, Vice President
of the Democratic Women of Monterey County, will be among the women
leaders speaking at The Women’s March
– CSUMB on Saturday, January 21. The
march is being organized by the MSW Student Association (Master of Social Work
Student Association) in solidarity with The
Women’s March on Washington and sister
marches around the nation. It is scheduled
for 1pm to 3:30pm, and the general public
is encouraged to attend. Organizers have
requested that participants wear white in
honor of the Suffragists, who wore white
to promote their cause.
Daniels will take the stage along with
community leaders such as Jane Parker,
Monterey County Supervisor; Regina
Mason, President of the NAACP Monterey
County and founder of the Village Project;
Elizabeth Winchester, a Development Director for Planned Parenthood Mar Monte;
Dr. Julie Altman, Chair of the CSUMB
Department of Social Work; and many
others. A complete list of speakers is available at The Women’s March – CSUMB
Facebook page.
“January 21 is a defining moment.
It is a national pledge of resistance and a
declaration that women and men in this
country will fight vociferously for gender
justice, racial justice and human rights
over the next four years,” said Daniels.
“The unity principles of these marches,
which emphasize women’s intersecting
identities, are a core value of our organi-
Kate Daniels Kurz, Vice President of
the Democratic Women of Monterey
County,
zation. The DWMC is proud to participate
in this march.”
The Democratic Women of Monterey
County (DWMC) is a volunteer organization that champions Democratic candidates and campaigns on political issues
that affect all citizens while emphasizing
the role of women. The DWMC is dedicated to creating opportunities for Democratic women to interact, participate and educate themselves and the community about
political candidates and issues. Contact
the DWMC by email at [email protected], by phone at 831.200.DWMC, on
Twitter @DemWomenMntyCo or by mail
at P.O. Box 223003, Carmel, CA 93922.
MOVING SALE
EVERYTHING MUST GO
Sat. January 28, 2017
825 Grove Acre Ave., Pacific Grove
Rain or Shine
Inside the house and garage
January 20, 2017 • CEDAR STREET
Times • Page 5
Marge Ann Jameson
Cop Log
Nobody home
Lighthouse Ave vandalism to vacant residence. No suspect information.
The case of the missing phone base
Officers responded to the residence for a possible theft. Upon arrival, the R/P reported that a phone base and a key had been taken. The phone base was located in the
residence. It could not be determined if the key was returned. Info only.
Witnesses help capture DUI driver
Officers responded to a DUI collision. Female driver struck three parked cars, and
attempted to leave the scene. Witness removed key from suspect’s car and waited for
police arrival. Suspect was taken into custody, booked at PGPD, and transported to
MPD jail for holding until sober.
Lost and found
R/P called in to report that a purse had been lost while in transit between Asilomar
Ave. and Monterey.
A wallet containing miscellaneous cards was found on Ocean View Blvd. The wallet was turned into the PGPD lobby and held for safekeeping. No further information.
Personal property was found on David Ave, and was turned in to the PGPD lobby.
Owner information was available. Pending contact.
R/p came into the PGPD lobby to report that she had lost her license plate at an
unknown location and time.
A passport was turned into PGPD. It was held for safekeeping.
Breaking into cars
Pacific Grove Ln.: Vehicle’s driver side window was partially broken/vandalized.
Funston Ave,: Vehicle’s back window was broken. Tools and an umbrella stolen.
Park St.: R/P stated his father’s vehicle was broken into and the registration tabs
and paperwork were stolen.
No hanging out here
Transient contacted on school grounds and given a trespass admonishment.
Car found in Pacific Grove
Vehicle owner reported his car stolen in a neighboring agency several days ago
and located in Pacific Grove. The vehicle had new damage to the exterior. Nothing was
noticed missing at this time.
Email Scam?
R/P reported she received an email from “Apple” and initially thought it was legitimate. She provided some personal information before she realized it was likely an
Geneology Society to meet Feb.2
The Monterey County Genealogy Society, Inc. (MoCoGenSo) will hold its regular
monthly meeting Thursday, February 2 at 7 p.m. Meetings are held the first Thursday
of each month at the Family History Center, located at the LDS Church, 1024 Noche
Buena, Seaside.
This month’s meeting will be “Searching ForYour Roots at the Monterey Public
Library” presented by Kathy Nielsen. She will share tips on how to access resources in
public libraries and archives throughout the United States.
The meeting starts at 7 p.m. with doors open at 6:15 p.m. The Library will be open
until 9 p.m. for research after the meeting. All meetings are free and open to the public:
everyone is welcome. For further information, call 375-2340, or visit the website at
www.mocogenso.org.
Dennis the Menace Playground to
Close for Upgrades Jan. 23
Dennis the Menace Playground at the Lake El Estero Park Complex in Monterey
will close for sidewalk upgrades beginning Monday, January 23. The playground is
planned to re-open by the beginning of spring break, Saturday, March 18, although
weather impacts may affect the re-opening date.
“Winter is the best season to get this done,” said Lori Lynn Williamson, Construction Project Manager. “Our most popular playground will be even better when
the work is completed.”
This Neighborhood Improvement Project (NIP) is a continuation of two previous
projects to upgrade the pathways and bring them into ADA compliance. Local contractor
Granite Construction will perform the work.
Most other facilities in the El Estero Complex will remain open with normal business hours. The El Estero Snack Bar will stay open weekdays with reduced hours of 11
a.m. to 3 p.m. The parking lot will remain open with reduced spaces available.
For more information about Dennis the Menace Park and the El Estero Park Complex please visit monterey.org/parks. Specific information about the NIP projects can
be found at http://gisags8.ci.monterey.ca.us/pub/cip/32N1421.pdf and http://gisags8.
ci.monterey.ca.us/pub/cip/32N1339.pdf
Coast Guard plans information
booth at upcoming Whalefest
The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 06-04, of Monterey will have
an informational display at the 2017 WhaleFest at Old Fisherman’s in Monterey on
January 28 and 29 from 10 a.m. To 5 pm. Information on boating and water safety will
be provided for all. Coast Guard Station Monterey will have the 29-foot rescue boat on
display for boarding. Coastie Robotic Tugboat will be entertaining all visitors.
The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, the uniformed civilian, volunteer Component of Team Coast Guard assists the active duty Coast Guard in all of its varied missions,
except for military and direct law enforcement. These men and women can be found on
the nation’s waterways, in the air, in classrooms and on the dock, performing Maritime
Domain Awareness patrols, safety patrols, vessel safety checks and public education.
The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary was founded in 1939 by an Act of Congress
as the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve and re-designated the Auxiliary in 1941. Its over 28,000
members contribute millions of hours annually in support of Coast Guard missions.
For more information contact [email protected].
overseas email scam. R/P had not suffered any losses, but wanted to inform police of
this current scam. She was advised to contact any credit or government entities to put
a fraud watch on her accounts.
Welfare check on broken phone
Officer dispatched for a welfare check after the R/P had been unable to reach elderly
woman by phone for several days. The resident of the home was contacted and was
okay. Her telephone line was checked and found to be inoperable. Officer contacted
the telephone service provider and submitted a request for repair. The resident called
later in the afternoon to advise that her telephone line had been repaired and to thank
PGPD for their assistance.
Vandalism on 2nd St.: Suspect signed their work
Unknown suspect wrote what appeared to be a name on R/P’s painted wall in black
Sharpie marker. Possible suspect info.
Not a love note
R/P reported she found a suspicious note tucked into her door when she arrived
home the day prior. She stated the note made her feel somewhat uncomfortable and she
requested the matter be documented for information. Officer also offered her a close
patrol of her residence, which she accepted. The note has been scanned and attached
to this report for information.
Conviction in Elder Abuse Case
On Jan. 11 James Kline, 62, was convicted of financial elder abuse and
grand theft.
In the summer of 2015, Kline, a handyman, did various home repairs for an
elderly victim, then age 87. He went with the victim to her credit union to assist
her in obtaining an ATM card. Over a period of several weeks, he unlawfully
withdrew over $2000 using the ATM card he helped the victim obtain. The victim’s son, who was monitoring his mother’s accounts, notified the credit union
of these abnormal withdrawals. The credit union then notified the Pacific Grove
Police Department of this suspicious activity.
Sgt Rachel Beuttler of the PGPD began investigation into the thefts which
ultimately resulted in the conviction.
Kline is scheduled for sentencing on February 24, 2017 before Judge Pamela
Butler and faces a maximum of four years in local jail pursuant to realignment.
Pacific Grove Masonic Lodge
conducts annual installation of
officers with Monterey Lodge
On Saturday 14 January, the Pacific Grove Masonic Lodge 331 together with the
Monterey Lodge 217 installed new officers for 2017. The ceremony, which was open to
the public, was conducted in the Pacific Grove Masonic Lodge located across from the
PG Post Office. There were also visiting Masons from the Salinas Lodge, Santa Lucia
Lodge of King City, Carmel Lodge and even a visiting Master Mason from Bulgaria.
The list of the newly appointed officers of the Pacific Grove Lodge is as follows:
Worshipful Master, Tom J. Thiel; Senior Warden, Ronald Chambliss, PM; Junior
Wren, Ken Mascust; Treasurer, Mark Burger, PM; Secretary, David Salinger PM; Chaplain, Herschel R. Amos, PM; Junior Deacon, Nathan King; Marshal, Kenneth Cuneo;
Senior Steward, Chuck King; Tiler, Bennie W. Cooper, PM.
Elected and appointed officers for 2017 in the Monterey Lodge were: Worshipful
Master, Virgil D. Quina, Jr., PM; Senior Warden, Jason Fagan; Junior Warden, Joel Vitag;
Treasurer, Martin Maxey, PM; Secretary, Chris Kiner; Chaplain, Herschel R. Amos,
PM; Senior Deacon, Kye Deandrade; Junior Deacon, Aaron Arnold; Marshal, Virgil
C. Quina,Sr., PM; Senior Steward, Earl Jeofrey A. Escalona; Tiler, John Williams, PM.
The Pacific Grove Lodge has been in existence for over 120 years making significant
contributions to the local community.
Brendan MacLaren of Pacific Grove
named to JMU dean’s list
Pacific Grove resident, Brendan Wesley MacLaren, has been named to the dean’s
list at James Madison University for the fall 2016 semester. Students who earn dean’s
list honors must carry at least 12 graded credit hours and earn a GPA of between 3.5 and
3.899. MacLaren is scheduled to graduate in 2020 and is majoring in musical theater.
James Madison University offers each student a future of significance -- not an
education of mere prestige, but an extraordinary education of exceptional scholarship,
inventive thinking, unparalleled attention to the world community, a university-wide
enthusiasm for teaching, and a commitment to student success.
Monterey County Film Commission
elects Gary Bolen to Board of Directors
The Monterey County Film Commission board of directors has elected Gary Bolen
of Oak Hills to its board of directors for a three-year term.
Bolen recently retired from Monterey Peninsula College, where he was chairman and co-chairman (both) of the MPC Theatre Arts Department over 12 years. In
addition to directing, producing and college committee duties, he taught acting and
directing classes. Bolen’s most recent directing efforts for MPC Theatre productions
include “Les Miserables” in 2013, “Oklahoma” in 2014, and “Evita” in 2016. Bolen is
a member of SAG/AFTRA, Actors’ Equity Association and the Academy of Television
Arts and Sciences.
The nonprofit Monterey County Film Commission was established by and is funded
in part by the Monterey County Board of Supervisors. It works to attract and facilitate
on-location film production for economic development, with an annual average of $4
million coming to local communities from the film business.
The board is seeking additional volunteer board members from all parts of Monterey County, especially the Salinas Valley and North County. If interested or for
more information, call 831-646-0910, email [email protected], or download an
application form at www.FilmMonterey.org on the board of directors page.
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Times
• January 20, 2017
Programs at the Library
For more information call 648-5760.
•
Tuesday, Jan 24 • 11:00 AM
Pre-School stories at the Pacific Grove Library, 550 Central Avenue, ages 2-5
•
Wednesday, Jan. 25 • 3:45 PM
Wacky Wednesday Stories: stories, science and crafts for all
•
Thursday, Jan. 26 • 11:00 AM
Baby Rhyme Time for babies birth - 24 months
Center for Spiritual Awakening
522 Central Ave. • 831-372-1942
Central Presbyterian Church of Pacific Grove
325 Central Ave. • 831-375-7207
Chabad of Monterey
620 Lighthouse Ave., Entrance on 18th • 831-643-2770
Christian Church Disciples of Christ of Pacific Grove
442 Central Ave. • 831-372-0363
Church of Christ
176 Central Ave. • 831-375-3741
Community Baptist Church
Monterey & Pine Avenues • 831-375-4311
Chautauqua Hall Dance Club
January
Note: all fees will go up by $5 in the New Year (starting Jan 1): annual membership will be $15, with members paying $10 for admission thereafter. All drop-ins
will be $15. Fee includes 55 min. dance lesson, DJ’d music for 3 hours and buffet of
healthful snacks.
Chautauqua Hall, 16th St. at Central Ave Pacific Grove
Sera Hirasuna, 831-262-0653
For more information, go to: pgdance.org/index.html or
Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PGDANCE/
First Baptist Church of Pacific Grove
246 Laurel Ave. • 831-373-0741
Sat., Jan 21, 2017, 6-10PM
Dance lesson
Dance lesson by Rosa: Cumbia at 6PM
First Church of God
DJ for the night is: Rosa
1023 David Ave. • 831-372-5005
First United Methodist Church of Pacific Grove
Worship: Sundays 10:00 a.m.
915 Sunset @ 17-Mile Dr. • 831-372-5875
Forest Hill United Methodist Church
Services 9 a.m. Sundays
551 Gibson Ave. • 831-372-7956
Jehovah’s Witnesses of Pacific Grove
1100 Sunset Drive • 831-375-2138
Lighthouse Fellowship of Pacific Grove
PG Community Center, 515 Junipero Ave. • 831-333-0636
Manjushri Dharma Center
724 Forest Ave. • 831-917-3969
www.khenpokarten.org • [email protected]
Mayflower Presbyterian Church
141 14th St. • 831-373-4705
Peninsula Baptist Church
1116 Funston Ave. • 831-394-5712
Peninsula Christian Center
520 Pine Ave. • 831-373-0431
St. Angela Merici Catholic Church
146 8th St. • 831-655-4160
St. Anselm’s Anglican Church
Sundays 9:30 a.m.
375 Lighthouse Ave. • 831-920-1620
Fr. Michael Bowhay
St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church
Central Avenue & 12 th St. • 831-373-4441
Seventh-Day Adventist Church of the Monterey Peninsula
375 Lighthouse Ave. • 831-372-7818
Shoreline Community Church
Sunday Service 10 a.m.
Robert Down Elementary, 485 Pine Ave. • 831-655-0100
www.shorelinechurch.org
OUTSIDE PACIFIC GROVE
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
800 Cass St., Monterey • 831-373-1523
Pastor Bart Rall
Congregation Beth Israel
5716 Carmel Valley Rd., Carmel • 831-624-2015
Monterey Center for Spiritual Living
Sunday Service 10:30 am
400 West Franklin St., Monterey • 831-372-7326
www.montereycsl.org
Sat., Jan 28, 2017, 6-10PM
Dance lesson by Metin Serttunc: West Coast Swing at 6PM
DJ for the night is: Metin
Chautauqua Hall, 16th St. at Central Ave Pacific Grove,
Cost: $15 for non-members, $10 for members. Annual membership fee is $15.
Fee incl. 55 min. dance lesson, DJ’d music for 3 hours, buffet of healthful snacks.
Chautauqua Hall Dance Club, a non-profit founded in 1926, is dedicated to making
dance accessible to everyone. We offer dance classes in over 20 kinds of ballroom,
nightclub and specialty dances so that everyone can share in the joy in partnered social
dance.
No partner needed. Everyone welcome. Kids 13 and under free with an adult.
Contact: Sera Hirasuna, 831-262-0653
Background: Chautauqua Hall Dance Club, a non-profit founded in 1926, is
dedicated to making dance accessible to everyone. We offer dance classes in over 20
kinds of ballroom, nightclub and specialty dances so that everyone can share in the joy
in partnered social dance.
Gentrain Society Lectures
The Gentrain Society of Monterey Peninsula College is sponsoring these free public
lectures in January, 2017. For lengthier descriptions and illustrations for these talks
please see the Gentrain website.
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Geomorphology: the Science Behind Central Coast Landscapes
Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Free; MPC Parking $2.00
Information: www.gentrain.org ; [email protected] ; 372-0895
Geomorphology is the scientific study of dynamic earth surface processes and the
landscapes they form. This lecture, by CSUMB Professor Dr. Doug Smith, marries
science with art as it explores the geologic “stories” captured in artists’ paintings of
our local marine terraces, sea cliffs, beaches and mountains.
Wednesday, February 15, 2017
An ‘Interview’ with Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Free; MPC Parking $2.00
Information: www.gentrain.org ; [email protected] ; 372-0895
The life and works of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. are explored/exposed in this staged reading
of the most recent creation of local playwright Carol Marquart, starring actors Keith
Decker and Carrie Collier. In a series of late-night telephone calls with a former muse,
the author unwittingly reveals many secrets about himself: disjointed tales of family
life, his marriages, his philosophy of writing, his long and bumpy road to success from
hack science fiction writer to cult guru and anti-war activist.
AFRP Treasure Shop holding a
rainy day sale
The AFRP Treasure Shop at 160 Fountain Avenue in Pacific Grove, invites
you to take a a break from the rain, stop in between showers and see the wonderful
goods. Half price this weekend, Furniture, including a Stickley side board and
craftsman dining table,, Art from Carmel art assn members and Thomas Kincade,, Dishes, an entire set of Desert Rose Franciscan ware,,.and other glorious
bargains..Friday, January 20 through Monday, January 23. the proceeds from
all sales support the mission of the Adoption Center to care for abandoned and
rescued animals for information call 333-0491....
January 20, 2017 • CEDAR STREET
Rotary will hear about S.F.B. Morse
The Pacific Grove Rotary Club which meets at noon on Tuesdays at The
Inn Spanish Bay, 2700 17 Mile Drive in Pebble Beach, will have as speaker
January 24, Charles Osborne, “Cheaters, Liars, and Thieves - Sam Morse
and The Monterey Peninsula.” Lunch is $25 and reservations may be made
through Jane Roland-649-0657
At the Giant Dipper’s Crest
Tom Stevens
Otter Views
All day long, screams of terror and delight punctuated a bygone residency in
Santa Cruz’s Seabright district, where three media hacks shared a house overlooking
the San Lorenzo River.
It was a wonderful setup. The city’s famed boardwalk and main beach were
mere minutes away across an iron railroad trestle that had a pedestrian catwalk. As
sand trains bound for Davenport’s cement works rumbled across the trestle, the catwalk
gave its walkers a thrilling, full-body buzz.
The sand train provided the bass notes in a rich audio environment. On any
given day, the soundtrack at our house also featured salsa trumpets rising from the
nearby barrio, waves thumping on the beach, and blue herons clattering in eucalyptus
treetops.
Punching through all this like the Raylette chorus in a Ray Charles hit were
screams from the Giant Dipper, the boardwalk’s old wooden roller coaster. These
screams came at intervals as the cars racketed through the circuit’s inclines and plunges,
whiplash turns and g-force centrifugal curves.
Living near the Giant Dipper sharpened my ear for screaming. After a while,
I could tell by the volume, pitch and duration of their screams where the riders were
in the circuit. My favorite scream came right at the start, when the coaster cars topped
the first big incline that would turbo-charge the rest of the ride.
This initial scream had a prologue and a couple of phases. The prologue was
the low metallic ratcheting of the cogs that drew the cars up the starting slope. This
Walter Mitty-esque “pocketa-pocketa” clacking could be heard across the river because
the riders were still holding their collective breath.
The first phase of the actual scream arose when those in the lead car no longer
saw tracks ascending a rickety ramp, but only empty blue sky ahead. This celestial
glimpse told them they were leaving the safety of the familiar for the risks and rewards
of the unknown.
That realization triggered a sound that grew from moans of dreadful apprehension
to full-throated shrieks of panic, capitulation and release. After hearing this vocalized
many hundreds of times, I began to think of it as “the scream of no return.”
Because the scream started with the front riders in the first car and rippled backward from there, it had a Doppler effect unlike the circuit’s other screams. Later in the
ride, everybody would shriek at once as the cars shot over summits and banged around
corners. But that first long scream was a wobbly glissando that peaked and subsided
as each car topped the rise.
The Giant Dipper came to mind as I pondered today’s presidential inauguration.
Like its riders, America today leaves the safety of the familiar for the risks and rewards
of the unknown. Half of us are terrified; the other half ecstatic; but all share a common
realization: the next exit is years away.
As our linked cars clank up the ramp, the two passenger groups on this Dipper
mistrust each other and view the coming ride differently. Those in the red cars of the
heartland feel disrespected by the privileged “coastal elites” in the blue cars. The blue
riders view their countrified red counterparts as dangerously susceptible to tyranny.
As the riders approach the Dipper’s summit, moans of fear, dread and lamentation
rise from the blue cars; lusty shouts of triumph, jubilation and revenge from the red. For
the red riders, this long-awaited inaugural signals “morning in America” once again.
For the blues, it’s “mourning” in America.
In sussing all this out, it has helped me to think of America as two contiguous
nations that take turns holding power. As of today, the 15 “coastal elite” states have
had their presidency. Now the 35 “heartland” states get their turn.
Former president Barack Obama personified the blue state values of thoughtfulness, deliberation, civility and inclusiveness. A gifted writer and speaker, he departs
the scene on a gilded chariot of elocution. If he glances back over his shoulder, he can
watch his legacy being dismantled like a stolen car in a chop shop. Better not to look.
A man of fewer and blunter words, President Donald Trump embodies the red
state values of pride, passion, patriotism and prosperity. He has also shown he can be
combative, impulsive, divisive and vengeful. If this suite of traits serves him as well
in office as it has in business, he should thrive in the presidency.
President Trump’s cabinet picks and his legislative priorities signal a hard right
turn for America sharper and more jolting than anything the Giant Dipper can deliver.
And while Dipper devotees enjoy holding their arms aloft during the steepest plummets,
my recommendation for this new ride is: hang on!
The Obama years were placid; Trump promises the full-body buzz.
Times • Page 7
She Walked With Kings
Jane Roland
Animal Tales and Other
Random Thoughts
What can I say about my
friend, Sue Dewar, who died
early Saturday morning, January
7, it would take more pages than
I have to discuss our relationship. These memorial columns
are from my point of view for
the “facts.” Read the official
obituary.
The Dewars have been in
our lives forever. John knew
them in the sixties. I met them at
a party in 1968 when I was visiting my mother in Pebble Beach.
When I returned to the Peninsula to live and subsequently
married John, they were two
of our closest friends. On my
birthday in 1972, Sue gave me
a card which I returned to her
on her natal day three months
later. That card continued to be
exchanged for 43 years...Little
messages filled every inch; Rod
will probably find it as he goes
through her things. Her birthday was the 10th of June, as is our son, Jay’s. She called
him her natal twin and never failed to recognize his day.
John and I decided to marry in December 1971. I had been here only a few months,
my friends from the past had relocated, and, while I had made some new ones, John
knew everyone and was involved in numerous charitable organizations. He was loved
and popular, so I was accepted. Somehow in the two weeks prior to our wedding Sue
managed to put together a dinner party and I met more people. John directed a domino
tournament for the Symphony Guild and there were monthly clinics. The Dewars were
part of the group. We became friends almost at once.
Sue took me under her wing and became my mentor in a sense. She insisted I join
the Symphony Guild and I soon became very involved. The four of us loved the theater
and soon were attending plays at MPC and Grove Mont (before it was Pac Rep). If
our children had an event, the Dewars were there. All of the graduations, and later the
graduations of Jay’s sons, Spencer and Justin. When Jennie, our youngest daughter,
married, a shower, given by Rod and Sue was a Sponge Bob event (who knows why,
it simply tickled Sue’s fancy). She went all over the Peninsula finding Sponge Bob
items, and embellished her house with these items from under the sea. We traveled
to the “city” together for parties or plays... Birthdays were a big deal -- Sue loved
them – everyone’s. She embellished the tables, had little favors for people, and more
often than not made fantastic cakes.
She was a creative cook, and adored preparing interesting and delectable meals
always presented in a manner which would have put Martha Stewart to shame. She
also had a knack for assembling small groups of diverse guests, ones who one would
never expect to be at the same party, and it worked. We met and often became friends
with some of the Peninsula’s luminaries...
Her 40th birthday was approaching. Rod called me and said he wanted to have
a party for her. We lived in a very little house at the time, but I said I could manage
30 “cheek to jowl,” we put together a guest list. When Rod let it slip, Sue said, “Oh,
that’s great but there are so many people that should be there.” I received a call from
a chagrined husband. The site was changed and the festivities were conducted at the
La Playa Hotel of which Bud Allen was the manager and their dear friend. On Rod’s
50th, she assembled a cast of about a hundred at the Beach Club. It was to be a surprise. A few of the women, myself included, danced a Scottish jig... Every year Sue
made certain that there was a “ladies’ luncheon” on our birthdays.
If there was a cause in which she believed, she threw herself into it with no holds
barred. She served on many boards and was lauded for her enthusiasm and knowledge. Through Sue (and Rod) we met folk we never would have. One, John Gingrich,
manages opera stars and lives in New York. When Ann Simpson and I went back for
our yearly opera trek, we always had lunch with him. He was a favorite of John’s and
mine and on our visits to the Big Apple we connected with him.
Gifts there were many. If Sue knew someone had an affection for something or,
indeed if she felt it looked like them, she would purchase and present, no occasion
other than she wanted to do it. Because I am a Republican I have jeweled elephants,
stuffed elephants, and wooden elephants. John wore bow ties in the old days, the
Dewars managed to find ones that were unusual and quirky.
She knew everyone and if she didn’t know them, but wanted to, they would be
at her house for dinner. Every so often there was someone for whom she had little
regard and she could be scathing in her appraisal, but I must say that I never heard
her gossip or back stab.
When she discovered computers, she became a master. Facebook was an avid
means of communication. She emailed constantly with tid-bits. However, she wouldn’t
record television shows, opting to get the DVD from Costco, many of which landed in
our library. She was an avid reader and joined my book club. For years we spent an
annual long weekend in Amador County with Peter and Joyce Wright. We traveled
to Marin County to see Tommy Tune. While she and Rod adored the opera, they also
adored musical and legitimate theater. There were monthly movies and MPC theater
outings followed by a meal. We had wonderful times together and to say that we will
miss her cannot describe our feelings. Sue enjoyed those at the top, yet never forgot
the ones who had not made it...to paraphrase Kipling’s IF… She walked with kings,
but kept the common touch.
Sue is directing traffic in heaven, while she tutors a choir of angels…
Jane Roland, [email protected]
Page 8 • CEDAR STREET
Times
• January 20, 2017
Luke Hiserman
Rotary supports photo club with a check
Breaker Basketbll
Stingy defense sends Breakers
Varsity, JV over the top
Freshmen take the game from King City, too
On Thursday night Jan. 12, the Pacific
Grove Breakers (10-2, 3-0) hosted King City
(0-11, 0-3), defeating the Mustangs 43-30.
Pacific Grove had a rough first half, having little
success with shots outside the key.
However, after putting up a half time score
of 21-21, PG started to pull away thanks to a
stingy defense and strong post play. Zack Miller
and Emmett Small were responsible for several
offensive and defensive rebounds which helped
turn the tide for Pacific Grove. The Breakers
defense forced poor shots and turnovers, and
only allowed nine points in the second half. The
leading scorers for the Breakers were Brad Sendell (16) and Emmett Small
(13).
Pacific Grove’s junior varsity (3-0 in league) played an outstanding
defensive game in their 49-25 win over King City. The Breakers only allowed
six points in the first half, and all players contributed to the score. The leading
scorers for Pacific Grove were Josh Cryns (10) and Ian Asher (8). The Freshmen were also successful as they defeated King City 47-41.
Freshmen win, but Varsity,
JV go down to Monterey
Sendell’s 27 points not quite enough
The Pacific Grove Breakers (10-3, 3-0) hosted Monterey (15-0, 3-0) in a
close game on Friday night Jan. 13, resulting in a 67-64 Monterey win. Pacific
Grove had a flat start as they were unable to limit Monterey’s outside shots,
as well as being unable to land their own shots on offense. The Toreadores led
16-7 at the end of the first quarter.
Down 24-12 in the 2nd quarter, the Breakers began to look inside and
went on a 16-6 run to close the gap to 30-28 at the half.
Pacific Grove’s post players, Zack Miller, Ian Fox, and Emmett Small
were responsible for a plethora of offensive and defensive rebounds which
continued to hinder Monterey. However, in the fourth quarter three consecutive Monterey steals led to easy transition baskets putting the Breakers down
by 8 points. Breakers’ point guard, Brad Sendell, went off in the 4th quarter,
scoring 17 points of his game high 27 points. In the end, free throws were the
deciding factor in the game. Monterey made 22 of 25 free throws, shooting
88 percent, while Pacific Grove only shot 62 percent, making just 5 of 8 free
throws. Other leading scorers for Pacific Grove were Ian Fox (10), and Emmett Small (8).
Pacific Grove’s junior varsity had a tough loss to Monterey, as they fell
52-40. The Breakers had a strong start, limiting Monterey to just six points
in the first quarter. However, as the game progressed Pacific Grove struggled
with Monterey’s press, causing them to give up easy transition baskets to
Monterey. Unable to break Monterey’s press, the Breakers consistently gave
up more points each quarter than the last. The leading scorer for Pacific Grove
was Ben Olsen with 15 points.
Pacific Grove’s freshman team won their game earlier in the day.
Breakers Varsity takes Carmel
in a close contest
On Wednesday night, Jan. 18, the Pacific Grove Breakers traveled to Carmel to take on their rival. Pacific Grove (11-3, 4-0) defeated Carmel (7-7, 2-2)
56-44 in what proved to be a heated contest. Pacific Grove had a strong start,
as they led Carmel 12-9 after the first quarter. However, the Breakers quickly
found themselves behind as Carmel’s strong offense outscored Pacific Grove
15-9. Pacific Grove battled back in the third quarter finally tying the game at
32-32, when Zack Miller turned the tide with a slam dunk to end the quarter.
This dunk put all of the momentum in PG’s corner as they took the lead and
never looked back.
Brad Sendell lead the Breakers in scoring with 24 points overall, and
17 in the second half. The Breakers displayed strong post play all night with
6 blocked shots, 10 offensive rebounds, and 22 defensive rebounds. The
Breakers enjoyed a 32 to 18 advantage on the boards. Pacific Grove also led in
free throws as they shot 25 of 33 and Carmel only made 2 of 4. Other leading
scorers were Jalen Kilian (17) and Zack Miller (8).
Unfortunately, the junior varsity team did not see the same success as the
Varsity. Up 34-26 going into the fourth quarter, the Breakers were unable to
score. Carmel came back to beat Pacific Grove 35-34. Hunter Hanes was the
leading scorer with 12 points.
Girls varsity final: PG 36 - Carmel 44. Vada Courtney 10 points. Kulaea
Tulua 12 points / 6 rebounds.
The league-leading Breakers play host to the Soledad Aztecs (5-8, 2-1) on
Friday night.
Lindsay Munoz, representing the Pacific Grove Rotary Club, presents a $300
check to Celia Lara, photo instructor at PGHS and Mark Michael, student
photographer. The photo club at the high school worked with the Rotary Club
taking pictures at their annual Christmas party.
Applications for Fellowships available
Senator Bill Monning (D-Carmel)
announced that applications for the 201718 California Senate, Assembly, Executive
and Judicial Fellowship programs are
available. The programs provide college graduates with an opportunity to become
full-time staff members in Sacramento
for 11 months beginning in October 2017. Fellowships are jointly operated by the
three branches of state government and the
Center for California Studies at California
State University, Sacramento (CSUS).
Fellows are paid a stipend of $2627
per month plus health, vision, and dental
benefits. They also earn six units of graduate credit from CSUS for the academic
portion of the program.
“Being a Fellow provides individuals
with an excellent opportunity to gain firsthand knowledge about how California’s
state government operates,” stated Senator
Monning. “Whether your career goals are
in the public or private sector, the Fellowship programs provide a valuable view into
the democratic process.” For those selected, an intensive orientation is provided at the beginning of the
program to provide background on state
government, the legislative process, and
major policy issues, after which candidates
will be interviewed by various offices before being placed. Former Fellows include
current members of Congress, the California Legislature, judges, and numerous other elected officials and community leaders.
Anyone who will be at least 20 years
of age and a graduate of a four-year college or university by September 1, 2017
is eligible to apply. There is no preferred
major. Individuals with advanced degrees
and those in mid-career are encouraged
to apply.
Interested individuals can obtain additional information and applications on
the CSUS Center for California Studies
website at: www.csus.edu/calst/programs;
e-mailing [email protected]; or by calling the Center’s office at (916) 278-6906. Brochures and applications may also be
requested by calling Senator Monning’s
Monterey District Office at: (831) 4250401; San Luis Obispo Office at (805)
549-3784; Santa Clara County number
at (408) 847-6101; or Santa Cruz District
Office at (831) 425-1503.
The deadline for submitting applications is February 13, 2017. Fellows will
be selected in the spring after an initial
screening of applications and a subsequent
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Sal Genovese: Voice of the Breakers
“I want to give the kids the spotlight for that time they’re out there.”
By Tom Stevens
Ask most 6-year-old boys what they
want to be some day, and the replies will
likely fall in the fireman-to-pro quarterback continuum. Sixty years ago, when Sal
Genovese was growing up in Monterey’s
“Spaghetti Hill” neighborhood, he had
another future in mind.
“I wanted to announce games from
when I was a little kid,” says the PG High
sportscaster known these days as “The
Voice of the Breakers.” The voice itself is a
deep, resonant bass that rumbles pleasantly
up through a barrel chest and emerges from
beneath a walrus moustache.
So, how does the sportscaster gene
manifest at age 6?
“I’d run down the street with a loaf
of bread from the store and announce I
was going in for a touchdown,” Genovese
recalls. “Or I’d play games in the back
yard by myself and announce them. My
mother used to lean out the window and
tell me: ‘Shut up! The neighbors will think
you’re crazy!’”
Undaunted, Genovese would call
the action while he played outdoor sports
with his sister, his two brothers and their
friends. When it rained, the boys would
gather indoors with their bubble gum
trading cards, and the play-by-play would
continue.
“We had shoe boxes full of cards,” he
says. “We collected them to the point of
fanaticism. I used to memorize the backs
of all the baseball cards, and we’d play
actual games with the football cards. We’d
lay the cards out on the rug and move them
around.”
Other kids had their sports heroes
and heroines, and the athletic Genovese
had those, too. But his foremost boyhood
idols were professional sportscasters he
heard on the radio and, occasionally, TV.
“I think some of the older broadcasters were just artists,” he muses. “Vin
Scully and Chick Hearn in L.A.; Lon
Simmons in San Francisco. The first time
I heard Bill King call a Warriors game, I
was just in awe. He was the greatest ever.”
There were great TV sportscasters in
those years as well – Genovese references
Keith Jackson, for one – but Monterey
wasn’t overly blessed with viewing options. “We had three stations back then.
Channel 2 showed the Giants and Dodgers
games, but you had to hang tin foil on the
antenna to bring the signal in.”
In adolescence, Genovese suited
up for four years of varsity football and
basketball at Junipero Memorial, a former
Catholic high school that closed in 1970,
two years after he graduated. Their team
name, appropriately, was The Cardinals.
Their chief nemesis?
“Pacific Grove!” Genovese laughs.
“It was our big rivalry! When my older
brother graduated, his senior comment in
the yearbook was: ‘Beat PG! Beat PG!
Beat PG!’”
The Junipero Cardinals of that era
didn’t often beat PG or many other teams,
for that matter, but Genovese did well
enough to play a year of college football
at Monterey Peninsula College. He also
coached in the waning years of the Cardinal football program.
A nudge from his buddy John Hiserman kick-started Genovese’s sportscasting
hobby in earnest. The pair had watched local games for years, knew the area coaches
and sports families, and had been players
themselves. “John went to the schools
and said: ‘Why not let us announce the
games?’”
They started out broadcasting Monterey-area high school football. Sitting in
a booth high over the field, Genovese did
the play-by-play, fulfilling his childhood
dream. But that idyll ended when coaches
complained that the players were cueing
on the information reaching the field from
Since 1972, Sal Genovese has been broadcasting games for the Breakers at
Pacific Grove High School. His deep resonant bass became known as “the
Voice of the Breakers” to thousands of fans over the years. Photo by Tom Stevens
on high.
“One coach said: ‘I don’t want you announcing the plays so fast, you’re tipping
off the other team,’” Genovese recalls.
“So I had to tone down the play-by-play.”
Sportscasting was fun, but Genovese
wasn’t sure it could be a living. His dad
had owned a commercial fishing boat and,
later, the Harbor Inn seafood restaurant
at Moss Landing. Having grown up in a
restaurant family, Sal could see himself
in that business. He also wanted to take
a look at professional sportscasting, so
he enrolled in the Columbia School of
Broadcasting in San Francisco.
As life and luck would have it, he
next took a nine-year detour to Hawaii,
worked in gyms and restaurants there, and
gave “the voice” a rest. When he came
back home in 1991, Seaside High had a
sensational football team bound for the
regional playoffs, but no game announcer.
“I went to one of the local stations
and said: ‘What would it take to get these
games on the radio?’” Genovese recalls.
“They told me: ‘find five sponsors.’ I said
‘I’ll get the sponsors on one condition: you
let me announce the games.’
“They said: ‘No, we have our own
announcer, but you can do color.’ So at
the first playoff game, I meet the guy
who’s supposed to do the game, and he
goes (raspy voice) ‘I can’t do the game, I
got laryngitis.’” Genovese did that game
and a couple of others on the radio, then
decided “public address” announcing
offered more fulfilling engagement with
players and fans.
That brought him in 1992 to PG High,
where he started announcing girls’ basketball. Twenty-five years later, he’s still “The
Voice of the Breakers” but now does home
games for girls’ JV and varsity basketball;
boys’ freshman, junior varsity and varsity
basketball; and JV and varsity football.
When all the basketball teams play on
the same day, Genovese is “live” on mic
for at least five hours. At age 66, that’s a
long broadcast day, but he wouldn’t trade
it. “I love doing it because I played,” he
explains. “I know how it feels. I want to
give the kids the spotlight for that time
they’re out there.”
When fans ask why he announces for
freshman and JV teams, Genovese replies:
“For some of these kids, it’s the only time
they’ll ever hear their name over a loudspeaker. Even if there are only eight people
in the stands, I still announce the starting
lineups. It matters.”
In addition to the princely $15 he
makes per game announced, Genovese
enjoys occasional feedback from visiting
coaches. “The King City coach told me
one time: ‘My girls love to come here (to
PG) because this is the only place that
announces games,’” he recounts. “The
coach from Greenfield told me: ‘You get
the names right.’”
Genovese also hears from players,
one of whom had a special request. “For
football, I used to announce the heights
and weights as the players ran out,”
Genovese chuckles. “There was this tackle
named Frankie on one of the teams. The
stat sheet listed him at 6 feet two, 250
pounds, so that’s how I’d announce him.
“After one game he came up to me
and said: ‘Can you not give my weight?
My girlfriend won’t let me go to McDonalds now,’” Genovese continues. “So I
dropped him down to 235.”
Asked what skill set any good announcer needs, Genovese replies: “You’ve
got to have enthusiasm, you need to value
the game, speak and enunciate properly,
and care about the kids. They’re the most
important reason for doing any of it.”
It also helps to be what Genovese
terms “non-partisan.” Even if he has spent
a quarter century as The Voice of the
Breakers, he can’t betray any team bias.
“When I’m announcing, I’m rooting for
every kid out there,” he says. “I want it to
be a good game, and I want every kid to
do well.”
How about classic contests and peak
moments over all those years? Genovese
laughs again. “I could tell you a thousand
stories,” he says. “But the best games are
when the crowd is completely rocking!
Then I have to raise the octaves to be
heard.”
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Looking Back on 2016
Page 10 • CEDAR STREET
Issue of 08-19-16
A Little Bit of Fun for Car Week in Pacific Grove
• January 20, 2017
year the featured marque was Porsche. The non-profit
event has raised more than $250,000 to benefit youth
activities, programs and other Rotary sponsored events
in Pacific Grove and local communities over the years.
The Pacific Grove Rotary Concours Auto Rally is
unique among the events taking place during Monterey
Car Week. As well as exhibiting their own vehicles, participants, enjoy the opportunity to cruise from Pacific Grove
along the Seventeen Mile Drive coastline through Pebble
Beach and back, while spectators line the rally route.
Gold Ribbon Winner: Robert Down School
Whale Sculptures in the Works
John Moulton, raised in Pacific Grove, is the driving
force behind Marina Motorsports, Inc., a non-profit
which hosts events such as go-kart racing, autocrossing, driving schools and automotive swap
meets at Marina Municipal Airport, and the former
Fort Ord’s Fritsche Field and all to support youth
activities. John brought a 1940 American Bantam
convertible.
The election
Ending speculation, the slate of candidates for the
November 8, 2016 election to City Council were settled.
Three seats were open, plus the mayor’s office. Five
people sought council seats and two men wanted to be
mayor -- the incumbent, Bill Kampe, and councilmember
Dan Miller.
There had been some speculation by some citizens
about the eligibility of certain candidates due to term
limitations specified in the City Charter. The questions
arose about partial term councilmembers but were settled.
Seats open included Robert Huitt’s and Dan Miller’s,
both partial term councilmembers. The seat held by Casey
Lucius was open and Lucius did not run for re-election
as she was a candidate for U.S. Congress.
It was her decision to run for Congress that resulted
in an extension of the deadline to file for City Council
election, as the City Charter states that if an eligible
incumbent doesn’t file for re-election, the deadline is
extended, in this case until August 17, 2016.
The three seats which are not up for re-election are
those of Ken Cuneo, Rudy Fischer, and Bill Peake. They
will each retain their seats. until their respective terms
are up.
Dan Miller, with the declaration of his candidacy for
mayor, gave up his council seat, win or lose, thus opening
the seat up for other contenders.
Bill Kampe, incumbent mayor, has graduate degrees
in engineering and business from MIT. He was with
Hewlett-Packard and Agilent Tehcnologies for 35 years
before retiring. He served on the City Council before
winning the mayor’s seat.
In alphabetical order, the list of declared candidates
for city council:
Alan Cohen, Cynthia Garfield , Robert Huitt,
Andrew Kubica, Jenny McAdams, Nick Smith.
The election of November 8, 2016, along with being
a Presidential election nationwide, asked Pacific Groive
voters to make a decision on an admissions tax.
The admissions tax lost.
Bill Kampe was re-seated. Councilmembers who
won were Cynthia Garfield, Robert Huitt, and Nick Smith.
Countywide measures facing Pacific Grove voters
included a special Tax for Parks, Open Space and Coastal
Preservation measure, Measure E, placed on the ballot by
the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District. TAMC,
the Transportation Agency for Monterey County, proponents of Measure X, sought a retail transactions and use
tax of three-eighths percent to fund a transportation safety
and investment plan.
Major issues on the statewide ballot include repeal
of the death penalty and legalization of marijuana for
recreational use. Measure 63 prohibits possession of
large-capacity ammunition magazines, and requires
their disposal by sale to dealer, destruction, or removal
from state.
Project Bella Reimbursement Made
People watching the City Council meeting may have
been dismayed to hear from a member of the public that
the expected payment by Domaine Hospitality for promised reimbursement of election fees had not been made.
But it was actually due on August 11 and was banked by
the city on August 10, 2016. In addition to the election
costs reimbursement of $79,987, another $50,000 in costs
for the EIR was paid by Domaine Hospitality. Next step is
for the City to complete the Local Coast Program Update.
Concours Auto Rally August 19, 2016
The 22nd annual Pacific Grove Rotary Concours
Auto Rally was held on Friday, August 19, 2016. This
The talents of local Monterey artists Jorge Rodriguez, Neftali Palomares, and Javier Campos transform the tree stump remnant from a grand Cypress
tree in Berwick Park blown down during a recent El
Nino storm into a new icon for Pacific Grove.
Annual Gospel Concert planned
In honor of National Gospel Heritage month (September), Monterey Peninsula Gospel Community Choir
(directed by John L. Nash Jr.) presented a free annual
concert at Greater Victory Temple Church in Seaside
from 5-7:30 on September 24.
This year’s confirmed guests include:
Oakland Interfaith Gospel Community Choir
(directed by Terrance Kelly); Peace United Church of
Christ choir (directed by Dr. Cheryl Anderson); Monte
Vista High School choir (directed by Dr. David Dehner); Ms. Tammie Brown (Recording artist); Robin J.
Williams & Peace (Recording artist)
Carmel Advising of Heavy Traffic During Car Week
The City of Carmel-by-the-Sea expected heavy traffic
coming in and out of Carmel and in the downtown area
August 15-21 for Concours Week, Police Commander
Paul Tomasi has announced. (in December, 2016, Tomasi
as to become Carmel’s Police Chief.)
“Housing First!” If you were a homeless woman, or
on the verge, housing would be your top priority.
Housing including dogs is an issue
Wanda Sue Parrot, writing in Homeless in Paradise,”
said: “Alas, affordable housing is so lacking in Monterey
County, that ‘housing first’ is the slogan all agencies, both
public and private, use in dealing with affordable housing
across the board.
“A special category of need exists that involves
homeless women with pets, a few being cats and the
majority dogs. The exact number of Monterey’s homeless
pet owners is unknown.
Golf/Bowl Challenge Raised funds
for The Village Project
The event was co-sponsored by Cedar Street
times. Winners included: First Place Overall - Left
to right: Ken Kullberg, Ron Hooks, Dirrick Williams,
Tournament Coordinator; Regina Mason, Founder,
The Village Project; Mel Mason, Co-Founder The
Village Project; Eldon David; Ryan Dunigan.
California Department of Education recognized the
outstanding educational programs and practices of
Robert Down Elementary School and awarded the
staff, students, and families The California Gold
Ribbon Award.
The school formally presented the Gold Ribbon
Award to the PGUSD Board of Trustees and the
Robert Down staff and families on September 22.
Pictured from L to R: MCOE Asst. Supt. Jamie
Valenzuela-Mumau, Garden Coordinator Ali Lyon,
PE Teacher Jen Hinton, 5th grade teacher Stefanie
Pechan, Principal Linda Williams, State Supt. Tom
Torlakson, PE teacher Roberto Dixon, Asst. Supt.
Rick Miller, MCOE Supt. Nancy Kotowski, MCOE
Deputy Supt. Deneen Guss.
Issue of 08-26-16
Groundbreaking for Roundabout Project
The Transportation Agency for Monterey County
(TAMC) held a groundbreaking ceremony for the “Holman Highway 68 Roundabout” on Monday, August 22,.
The project, which is a public-private partnership
between the City of Monterey, City of Pacific Grove,
Pebble Beach Company, the Monterey Bay Unified
Air Pollution Control District, the County of Monterey,
Caltrans and TAMC is designed to relieve congestion
near the Highway 68/Highway 1 intersection, and will
greatly improve access to the Community Hospital,
Pacific Grove, Monterey and Pebble Beach.
Pacific Grove Unified Saves Taxpayers More Than
$3 Million
The Pacific Grove Unified School District (PGUSD)
closed the sale of refunding bonds that will save local
taxpayers over $3 million. Dale Scott & Company
(DS&C) served as the financial advisor to help the district
refund the bonds and take advantage of lower interest
rates without lengthening the pay-back period.
Just follow the sign, ma’am
There has been a change to the policy on the bathrooms outside of City Hall. The bathrooms will now
be open on Saturday, Sunday, and holidays from the
morning time till 5p.m.
The Public Works Department will be responsible
for opening the bathrooms.
Fueling the fire...fighters
We did a feature story on Diesel Direct, the company
which supplies fuel to firefghting apparatus.
On July 23, 2016, the Soberanes fire was a day
old. It was estimated at 6500 acres. There were 56 fire
engines, 8 helicopters, 6 air tankers, and 15 bulldozers
and other vehicles needing fuel and water to supply 780
people fighting the fire.
By August 5, two weeks into the event, the fire
had grown to 53,690 acres and 466 engines were deployed, along with 54 water tenders, 18 helicopters, 6
air tankers, 66 bulldozers and 5,541 people involved.
That was likely the peak in terms of equipment and
personnel.
But one doesn’t see a fire engine at the diesel
pump at the corner filling station, much less a tractor
trailer towing a bulldozer or a firefighter lugging a
generator up to the pump.
Eating healthy on a wildland fire strike team
When the Soberanes Fire became a wildfire (100
acres or more consumed) on July 23, 2016, did you – like
hundreds of others – immediately think, “What can I do
to help?” Did you rush to the store and buy Gatorade
and the ingredients for Aunt Tillie’s casserole, or maybe
some cookie makings? Did you stock up on pasta and
drive over to the fire camp at Toro Park, only to have
the officers in charge thank you kindly but turn away
your gift?
Or did you make up that casserole and gather up
some old blankets, pillows and jackets to donate to evac-
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In Pacific Grove
January 20, 2017 • CEDAR STREET
uees, only to be told at the Red Cross evacuation center
that they couldn’t be accepted? No offense intended, there
are health reasons why gifts of used clothing, bedding,
and linens can’t be accepted. They would happily have
taken new socks and underwear still in the package, but
had to refuse used items. You see, they had no way to
clean them, unlike local thrift stores do.
The Red Cross volunteers were even picky about
food coming from restaurants and stores, even if it had
not been opened. Same reasons.
J.T Byrne: Exchanging Baseball Diamonds for
Sand Lots During World War II: Nisei Baseball and
Internment.
All Saints Day School student J.T.Byrne, Class of
2017, is the California History Day winner. J.T.Byrne
advanced to the National History Day competition and
came in fifth place in Junior Individual Documentary.
Come watch his winning documentary video, “Exchanging Baseball Diamonds for Sand Lots during World
War II: Nisei Baseball and Internment.”
Don Martine specializes in vintage racing sports cars,
including MGs and Jaguars plus a 1953 Daimler.
Three of the MGs went out to the racetrack with him
Sunday, August 21, to complete in class 1B (1947-1955
Sports Racing and GT Cars) at the Rolex Motorsports
Reunion at Laguna Seca. Don was behind the wheel.
Issue of 09-02-17
Public invited to walk along as Butterfly Sanctuary
plans were made for the coming year
Pacific Grove Public Works conducted a walkthrough of the Monarch Sanctuary with Dr. Stuart
Weiss on September 1 at 10:00 a.m. The public was
encouraged to attend.
Dr. Weiss gave an update on the management of
the Sanctuary and plans for the future.
City Council at the August 17 meeting was reminded that “Butterfly Season” starts October 1.
Fall season ushered in at Art Center
Nature art filled the galleries at the Pacific Grove
Art Center this Fall – at 568 Lighthouse. A free Gala art
opening 7-9 p.m. was held Sept. 2.
Yes, Fall in Pacific Grove can mean only one thing:
summertime weather is almost here! The public was invited to shake off the June gloom, meet new artists and
join old friends as you enjoy fresh art, sip wine, and enjoy
the lifting harp of Amy Krupski. The exhibit continued
until Oct. 27.
July figures are in: Home sales stumble
California home sales stumbled in July as low inventories and eroding affordability dragged down the
housing market, according to Scott Dick of the Monterey
County Association of Realtors. Closed escrow sales of
existing, single-family detached homes in California
totaled a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 415,840
units in July, according to information collected by C.A.R.
from more than 90 local Realtor® associations and MLSs
statewide. The statewide sales figure represents what
would be the total number of homes sold during 2016
if sales maintained the July pace throughout the year. It
is adjusted to account for seasonal factors that typically
influence home sales.
Don Martine went out for a Sunday Drive
Besides owning an exquisite bed and breakfast with
breathtaking view of Monterey Bay, Pacific Grove’s
In case you missed it in the City Newsletter: No
more chalk marks (but probably lots more tickets)
The Pacific Grove Police Department implemented a
new parking software program, to include a new parking
citation processing vendor (TurboData), and new handheld ticketing devices. The new handhelds are actually
smart phones that allow enforcement officers to take
photographs, add notations, set reminders for timed route
areas, connect to a wireless printer, and instantly sync to
the new web-based software program. In addition, citizens
can pay tickets online, as well as request administrative
reviews at: www.pticket.com/pg.
Apparently, so can tourists, even if they’re not citizens! We hope you can work, shop, and dine in two-hour
stretches.
First Flush Training Set for Volunteers
Citizen scientists! Training for First Flush on Thurs.
Sept 8 at the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary,
99 Pacific St, Bldg. 455, Monterey.
There was a Dry Run, on Sat. Sept. 10 from 9 AM
until noon, also at the MBNMS.
Issue of 09-09-17
Poetry Collective discusses Derek Wolcott
At the little house in Jewell Park Sat., Sept 3 the
Poetry Collective met for a discussion of the work of
the 1992 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Derek
Wolcott. Poetry in the Grove meets at Jewell Park on the
first Saturday of each month to read and discuss a different poet each month. Participants decide what poets to
explore and have input on how the time should be spent.
Judy Avila wrote of her joy at the wedding of her
niece. Juju Sousa exchanged weddings vows on the 6th
of August with Jeff Pennoni at Our Lady Of The Mount
Catholic Church in Carmel Valley.
“For some people weddings are a thing of the past,
not so much in style anymore. However, I still believe
weddings bring people a lot of joy and are a great opportunity to bring family and friends together to celebrate a
joyous occasion and to bestow their best wishes.”
Heritage Society Plans Tour
of Steinbeck and Ricketts’ Pacific Grove
A bus tour was planned of sites in Pacific Grove
which would have been familiar to John Steinbeck and
Ed Ricketts. The tour was in conjunction with Chautauqua
Days, Oct. 1 and 2.
Letters to the editor Pro and Con Measure Z
The anti-fracking initiative occupied the letters to
the editor page for weeks.
Comfort dogs doing duty at the fire camp
Ivan Garcia wrote about comfort dogs on duty at the
fire camp for firefighters from the Soberanes fire.
While the Soberanes fire rages on, firefighters taking
a break at their base camp welcome the sight of several
comfort dogs coming their way. The excited animals wag
their tails while a few firefighters rush to say hello and
scratch their bellies.
Some of the firefighters have spent more than three
weeks at camp, away from their families and the safety
of stability, and a few may have just returned from completing a 20-hour shift trying to contain the blaze.
Beth Brookhouser, director of community outreach
of the SPCA for Monterey County, notes how a little
game of fetch with a furry friend can serve as big source
of relief for firefighters.
New police chief sworn in
Pacific Grove’s new Police Chief Amy Christey was
officially sworn in before a standing-room-only crowd
which included some 12 chiefs from other jurisdictions,
eight judges, and three former Pacific Grove chiefs.
Save Our Shores and 33 volunteers
remove 355 lbs of trash from Monterey
California Central Coast volunteers were busy this
past Labor Day Weekend. Save Our Shores held their
annual Holiday Relief pollution prevention outreach and
beach cleanup events to help abate holiday waste. This
year’s results were unusual.
On Labor Day, a team of 15 Save Our Shores’ Sanctuary Stewards and volunteers talked to more than 800
holiday beachgoers at Cowell/Main Beach in Santa Cruz,
giving out nearly 250 free trash bags. The nonprofit’s
small awareness effort helped reduce the amount of trash
people left behind the morning after Labor Day─and the
numbers show it.
Tuesday morning, Sept. 6, 18 volunteers recovered
355 pounds of trash from Davenport Main Beach, Cowell/Main, Sunny Cove, Corcoran Lagoon/26th, and Del
Monte Beach. The numbers are up 185 pounds from
last year. Of the group, Cowell/Main in Santa Cruz was
atypically the cleanest.
Infighting about funding Zika virus research
Tom Stevens, Otter View, has a long history in the
tropics. He gave his view on the silliness around funding
zika virus research that was going on in Congress while
people were dying of the disease.
America’s gridlocked Congress reconvenes in Washington this week for a short session before returning to
the election trail. Among its few tasks is funding the
fight against Zika, the mosquito-borne virus now buzzing
inland from the Gulf Coast.
As with so many Congressional matters, Zika funding has been bogged down for months by bitter partisan
shin-kicking.
The details are too infuriating to explore here, but
one tactic is evident: Congress is using Zika for political
advantage. Republicans will deny funding if any of the
money goes to Planned Parenthood. Democrats will then
blame the GOP for enabling the virus’ spread.
Asilomar names new executive chef
Asilomar Conference Grounds just named a new
Executive Chef. Greg Lepesh will take the reins of the
first-class culinary program. Chef De Cuisine for the
last three years, Lepesh stepped up and led the culinary
team and is being rewarded for his exceptional work and
years of service.
As Chef De Cuisine he excelled at improving the
food quality, supported large groups with varying culinary
needs and custom menus, provided strong leadership and
support to the entire team and ensured high food safety
expectations for the food and beverage and culinary
operations.
Keepers of Our Culture launches writer search for a
book on Pacific Grove
We Pagrovians are a diverse lot, but we all share the
knowledge that this is a very special corner of paradise,
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and thatwe are truly lucky to live here. Whether we were
born on the Peninsula decades ago and chose to remain,
or made the decision to turn our dreams to live here into
a reality, we all cherish the special blend of salubrious
climate, natural beauty, and Victorian charm. We owe it
to this enchanting place to record and share our “Life in
the Grove” stories.
“When We Were Mexico” subject of Lecture
The public was invited to join historian and City
of Monterey’s Museums, Cultural Arts, and Archives
Manager, Dennis Copeland, for a slide-illustrated lecture on the Mexican era in the Alta California capital
at Monterey. This program “When We Were Mexico; A
Frontier Province and Its Capital - Monterey” was part
of “The Big Read” project, in cooperation with The National Steinbeck Center. The book being widely read in
the community is “ Sun, Stone, and Shadows; 20 Great
Mexican Short Stories” by Jorge F. Hernandez. For adults
and mature teens.
MST Trolley service extended on weekends
year-round
Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) will operate the free
MST Trolley year-round funded by the City of Monterey.
The Trolley operates from 10 AM to 7 PM on weekends
until Memorial Day, when it will resume daily summer
service. In addition, the MST Trolley will be in service on
Veterans Day, the day after Thanksgiving, Martin Luther
King Jr. Day, and Presidents’ Day.
The free MST Trolley departs every 10-15 minutes
transporting visitors and locals between downtown
Monterey, Fisherman’s Wharf, Cannery Row, and The
Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Due to budget concerns, it no longer comes to Pacific
Grove.
Issue of 09-16-16
From the Cop Log: Allegation not tomato-based
A woman reported her soon-to-be ex was in violation
of a restraining order by leaving tomato-based food out
in order to make her sick. Officers said the allegation
was unfounded.
International Day of Peace Set for Sept. 21
An International Day of Peace was celebrated in Pacific Grove.It began with prayer and medittion in Jewell
Park, followed by a gathering at the City Hall court yard.
There was a peace parade to from City Hall to the Sally
Griffin Center, where there was a celebration of peace.
‘No on DAPL’ solidarity
Citizens from the Monterey Peninsula met to show
solidarity with Native Americans (Sioux) who are protesting the construction of an oil pipeline through their ancestral lands in the Dakotas. Photo by Mary Ann Carbone
3rd Annual BirchBARK festival
BirchBARK911 will put the focus on first responders
and pet health education at their third annual festival on
Sunday, September 25. This event is free and open to the
public and takes place from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at
Carmel Middle School.
Hospice sought hairdressers as volunteers
From playing an instrument to cutting hair to driving to medical appointments, volunteers were needed to
provide a range of services to patients of Hospice of the
Central Coast. Prospective volunteers were invited to
meet current volunteers and learn more at an open house.
• January 20, 2017
Operated by Community Hospital of the Monterey
Peninsula, Hospice of the Central Coast provides services
and support to people near the end of life and their families. Volunteers are matched by skill and interest with
patients’ needs and can provide as little as two hours a
week of service.
City’s Admissions Day Golf
The 2016 Admissions Day Golf Outing carried on a
nine-year tradition as seven retired and one current city
emplyee gathered at Pacific Grove Golf Links to play
a leiurely round of golf. They included Walt Matteson,
Larry Esquivel, Sal DiFranco and Al Borges.
This massive equipment took more than a month to
install but the benefits greatly outweigh the disruption
to Central Avenue. Now that the road has been repaved
and is open for traffic one will not even know that these
systems are in place as they simply have only a manhole
within the road surface.
This is the fifth CDS unit that the City has installed.
The City has two at Lovers Point, now the one at Green
Wood Park and two within Ocean View between Dewey
and Eardley. Twice a year the City uses our Vactor Truck,
which is literally a vacuum on wheels, and cleans the
units.
Pacific Grove’s Kate Daniel Performs National
Anthem at Giants Game Sept. 16
Pacific Grove’s Kate Daniel performed the National
Anthem before 41,278 fans at AT&T Park on Sept. 16 at
a game which resulted in a 8 to 2 win over the visiting St.
Louis Cardinals who are in a tight race for a wild card post
season position with both the Mets and Giants.
After the game Daniel reported that “it was a magical
night filled with fun and supportive fans and family”
Issue of 09-30-16
Issue of 09-23-16
New MOU gave police health insurance back
A new Memorandum of Understanding with the Pacific Grove POA was inked at the Sept. 21 City Council
meeting. Members of the Police Officers Association had
already agreed to the new Memorandum of Understanding
on Sept. 8. The current one expired in December, 2014.
Among the main features are
• a term ending June 30, 2018
• increases in employee contributions to PERS
retirement
• salary increases for POA members of 2.8 percent
• health insurance contribution by the City of $600
per month effective retroactively to July 1, 2016 and $800
per month effective January, 2017 and $1,100 per month
effective in January, 2018.
4th graders join beach cleanup
Members of Pacific Grove Junior Girl Scout Troop
Gina Da Silva, Chloe Wing, Helen Hanella, Reese Felthoven, Amber Hoffman, Owyn Montgomery, Cora Galer
and Arianna Zunich normally meet at Lovers Point, so it
was a natural for them to be assigned there for the Save
Our Shores annual coastal cleanup. Among the items they
picked up was a rodent abatement device.
Eagle Scout Makes Family Fun space
at Methodist Church
Josh Bowman, Eagle Scout candidate from Troop 90,
chose as his project a less-than-inviting area behind the
First United Methodist Church on Sunset.
“We were hoping to make it into an area where families could gather for barbecues and other activities,” said
church liaison, Diedre McLay.
Giving up their Saturdays, Josh and his fellow Scouts
first demolished a decrepit brick barbecue and hauled
the detritus off to the dump. They constructed a divider
fence out of leftover logs and branches to delineate the
barbecue area.
LLCs in a nutshell
Estate attorney Kyle Krasa wrote in his column:
“Limited Liability Companies, or ‘LLC’s,’ are popular
legal structures for maintaining investment assets or
operating a business. Although they involve additional
administration and specific formalities, they can also
provide many benefits.” He went on to explain how to
establish an LLC and the pros and cons of doing so.
Gateway Center celebrates additions
Gateway Center of Monterey County is a local
non-profit community based organization which provides
residential care, day programs and support services for
adults with developmental disabilities. It is through the
support and commitment of our community members that
we can continue our mission of providing a caring and
stimulating environment where people with intellectual
disabilities can achieve their individual goals safely and
with dignity.
Gateway underwent a renovation of their residential
facility on Congress, and held an open house to show the
public what they’d done.
Sewer makes headlines: Major Portion of Storm
Drain and Sanitary Sewer Project Now Compete
The City of Pacific Grove has completed the installation of a Continuous Deflective Separation (CDS) unit in
Central Avenue that is tied into one of the City’s largest
storm drain systems.
Blessing the Monarch Sanctuary
Louise Ramirez, Chairwoman of the Ohlone/
Costanoan-Esselen Nation gives a talk about the native
Americans’ reverence for wildlife and plant life at the
Blessing of the Monarch Sanctuary in Pacific Grove on
September 24.
She offered herb smoke and asked attendees to join
her in tossing handsful of mixture of mugwort, sage,
tobacco and beads. She offered prayers in the native
language and attendees could read along from a phonetically-written program.
The now-annual Blessing was the idea of the late
Helen Johnson, a butterfy benefactor, whose gift to the
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History has belped to
promote the care and study of the butterflies.
And, as has miraculously happened on each of the
previous blessings in years past, a lone monarch scout
flew overhead as if to bring a blessing of its own.
Surge in voter registration numbers
On Fri., Sept. 23, 2016, United States Facebook users
age 18 and up began receiving a reminder to register to
vote through a link appearing at the top of their news
feed. California Secretary of State Alex Padilla reports
that there were nearly 200,000 completed transactions
on the California Secretary of State’s online voter registration website on Fri., Sept. 23 through Sun., Sept. 25.
This spike coincided with the reminder from Facebook
to register to vote.
“Friday’s registration activity was the fourth highest
in the four-year history of California’s online voter registration site,” Secretary of State Padilla said. “...Facebook
has demonstrated the power of social media to engage
more people to register to vote, helping thousands take a
big step to casting a ballot this November.”
Pair Arrested with Stolen Goods in Pacific Grove
Neighborhood Driving Stolen Car
In the early morning of September 25, 2016, an
officer of the Pacific Grove Police department observed
a suspicious vehicle in the area of Congress Ave. and
Sunset Dr. It was discovered that the vehicle had stolen
license plates on it. Officers contacted the occupants as the
vehicle stopped in the 700 block of Marino Pines. Further
investigation reveaed the vehicle was stolen from Salinas.
A search of the vehicle revealed stolen property and
drugs. Both occupants were arrested on charges of possession of stolen property, possession of controlled substances. They were booked at the Monterey County Jail.
Replica of Pt. PinosLighthouse
Twenty years after they graduated from Pacific Grove
High School, the Class of ‘96 has prepared a delightful
gift for future alumni in the form of replica of the Pt. Pinos
Lighthouse. The replica/ playhouse will be installed at
the Lighthouse School, behind the Pacific Grove Adult
School for children to play in and pretend.
It was Homecoming Week at Pacific Grove High
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School. As the ranks of visiting alumni swell, the city
prepares for the Homecoming Game Friday night against
Stevenson and the Butterfly Parade Saturday morning at
10:30 on Pine Ave., followed by the Butterfly Bazaar at
Robert H. Down School. The Lighthouse will be in the
parade and on display at the Bazaar, then will be taken to
the Lighthouse school for a welcoming ceremony.
Issue of 10-07-16
Butterfly Parade
One of the occasions everyone in Pacific Grove looks
forward to all year long took place Oct. 1: the Annual Butterfly Parade, for which school children dress as monarch
butterflies, pioneers, and other representatives of life in
our city and parade down Pine Avenue.
Council backs citizens against Pebble Beach
Pacific Grove’s City Council agreed to write another
letter to Pebble Beach Company, this time requesting
some minor modifications to the disputed Inclusionary
Housing Project which will abut Pacific Grove residents’
properties in the area of Congress Road and SFB Morse
Drive in Pebble Beach. Pacific Grove neighbors have
long opposed the project for its location, citing effects
on Pacific Grove traffic and the loss of wildlife habitat
and trees. But the Monterey County Board of Supervisors
approved the project, to be located on a 2.7- acre parcel
in the Del monte Forest.
The project will consist of 24 housing units each with
a patio and deck, and a carport with a small storage closet.
Included in the plan is a manager’s office building. The
construction will call for the removal of approximately
135 Monterey pine and 590 oak trees.
There will also be grading which concerns neighbors.
Celebrating Centennial of Park Service
This Land is Our Land, a three-month celebration
of John Muir and the centennial of the National Parks
Service, opened with a juried art exhibit and reception at
the Pacific Grove Public Library in the Nancy and Steve
Hauk Gallery
Don Mothershead honored for service
Don Mothershead has served the citizens of Pacific
Grove for 35 years, most of it in the Recreation Department. In recognition of his service, he was honored at the
October 5 City Council meeting, by City Manager Ben
Harvey. His granddaughters helped him receive the award.
Gentrain Society Lecture: Robert Louis Stevenson’s
Monterey Oct. 19
Actor and playwright Keith Decker presented “Robert Louis Stevenson’s Monterey,” a slide-illustrated talk
on the celebrated author’s time in Monterey during an
historically pivotal moment. Chris Quist (Monterey Historic State Parks) has recently discovered images from
turn-of-the-century Monterey, which Decker showed
along with some interjected essays and related materials
from Stevenson’s three months in Monterey. Decker is
an avid Stevenson aficionado and past president of the
RLS Club of Monterey. Decker states of Stevenson, “His
time here was so brief, yet this time figured prominently
in his career and memory.”
Annual Rummage Sale Set
Local women raised funds in 1894 to build the little
white Victorian on the corner.
Now the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of
Pacific Grove raise funds to help local families in need,
feed the homeless and contribute basic items to survivors
of domestic violence.
Running a benefit shop
Jane Roland, who runs the AFRP Treasure Shop
on Fountain, continued a series in her column about the
founing and continued success of benefit shops in Pacific
Grove.
“I have been talking about the SPCA Benefit Shop
where I first became involved in this business. As I have
said it was a total departure from my former life, but those
who have been successful running stores for non-profit
organizations can tell you that the job encompasses every
talent and skill one has. Probably the most important is the
ability to delegate because none of us can do everything.”
Proceeds from The Little Car Show
John Moulton of Marina Motorsports presented
checks at the Oct. 5 City Council meeting to the Youth
Center and the Pacific Grove Public Library, each in the
amount of $1,500 representing proceeds of The Little
Car Show.
The unique car show, held in August in downtown
Pacific Grove, is a fund-raiser for charities chosen by
Marina Motorsports. If there’s not enough in the kitty to
make an appreciable donation, the organization makes up
the difference from its own funds.
Chautauqua Days
The Heritage Society of Pacific Grove was pleased
to auction off 19 birdhouses and two “little libraries” at
the annual Chautauqua Days event, Artists in Chautauqua.
Also featured were individual artists showing everything
from photos to jewelry to books, as well as a guided bus
tour of John Steinbeck’s and Ed Ricketts’ Pacific Grove.
Wrestling over a water solution continued
Public Water Now presented its case for the inequity
and lack of fairness in recent decisions concerning the
agreement related to Cal Am’s proposed water supply
project that involves building and operating a desalination
plant in the vicinity of Marina.
Measure P battle heated up
The admissions tax on the November ballot was both
defended and vilified on our editorial pages, as public
meetings were held to assure voters that it was not aimed
at the Aquarium nor at non-profits. Nonetheless, it went
down and City Council went back to figuring ouot how
it might find funds for things citizens want the City to
do for them.
Arthritis Foundation Adult Honoree introduced
Buck Blackwell, Arthritis Foundation’s Adult Honoree 2016, was introduced on our pages and the Foundation
prepared for the annual Jingle Bell Run, set for Dec. 10.
Sotheby’s listed homes
A snapshot of real estate listings in the Sotheby’s ad
in our paper showed three homes in Pacific Grove, one at
$1,849,000, one at $995,000, and one at $850,000. There
was one in Pebble Beach listed at $6,595,000.
Issue of 10-14-16
A web cam was installed so that citizens could watch
the progress of the Highway 68 Roundabout. So far it has
just resulted in fewer lanes of traffic.
The Butterflies are Back!
Fifty of Pacific Grove’s namesakes have come to Butterfly Town, USA to spend the winter, soon to be joined
by thousands more. Were they drawn by the city’s annual
Butterfly Parade or by the Blessing of the Sanctuary by
Native American representatives, or was it the faith of the
citizens and the diligence of the Public Works and Pacific
Grove Museum of Natural History who have stewardship
of the Sanctuary? We may never know why the Monarch
butterflies come here each autumn, and have done so for,
presumably, millenia.
Police Department ask for body-worn cameras
At a recent City Council meeting, there was a request
to fund body-worn cameras for Pacific Grove police
officers. The request comes on the heels of a Monterey
County grand jury report suggesting the devices be worn
by police officers in the county.
Breaker Bots Place in Tournament
The BreakerBots won second place at CalGames
in Sunnyvale with their robot “Madoc.” To see the team
in action, watch their YouTube video at https://youtu.
be/87xhjb7cHpg
Now, in January, 2017, robotics is under consideration to be added to the curriculum at Pacific grove Unified School District, giving a boost to aspiring mechanical
engineers in the district.
DA warns of ‘disaster scammers’
California was hit hard this year by wildfires causing
millions of dollars in property damage. Monterey County
District Attorney Dean D. Flippo urged people who have
suffered losses due to the Sobranes and Chimney fires to
be vigilant of those who will try to take advantage of the
misfortune of others.
In a time of disaster while people are vulnerable
and trying to cope with these natural disasters, they are
at high risk of becoming targets of various scams such
as violations of contractors’ license laws, inflated prices
for repair work, insurance scams, charity fraud and other
offenses. As an example, county businesses have received
fraudulent invoices for inspecting fire extinguishers. The
person involved has been arrested.
Foreclosure inventory dropped
Scott Dick of the Monterey County Assoc. of Realtors
wrote in his column that foreclosure inventory declined
by 29.6 percent nationwide, and completed foreclosures
declined by 42.4 percent compared with August 2015, according to CoreLogic’s August 2016 National Foreclosure
Report. The number of completed foreclosures decreased
year over year from 64,000 in August 2015 to 37,000 in
August 2016, representing a decrease of 69 percent from
the peak of 118,221 in September 2010.
Manjushri Dharma Center set teaching
One of the most practical ways to apply Buddha’s
teachings to daily life is through the setting of good intentions and checking our intentions throughout the day.
Are we wishing others well in this moment? Do we wish
to do no harm, have no enemy, and hold compassion in
this moment?
A teaching on good intentions was scheduled by
Khenpo Karten Rinpoche at the dharma center.
See a need and fill it
With the city’s permission, and without compensation, Frank Pierce has taken on the project of restoring
our old wooden street signs. Jane Austin profiled him in
this issue.
“Year in Review” has been proudly published by
Cedar Street Times to recount stories from our pages
since 2010.
Each year we start the review toward the end of the
year and continue it into the beginning of the next.
Sometimes they’re stories of important events, and
sometimes we pick stories and pictures of everyday life
in The Last Hometown, Pacific Grove.
Look for the next installment next week. - Ed.
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PSPECIAL EVENTS From Page 1
Class I “Fundraising” events include: A.I.M. for Mental Health Walk;
Walk to Cure Diabetes; BSIM 3K, 5K
runs, and Half Marathon; Arthritis Foundation 5K run/walk; Rape Crisis 10K
run/walk; Walk for Multiple Sclerosis,
Big Sur International Marathon By The
Bay 3K Kids Run; March of Dimes Walk
and the Double Road Race 5 & 10 K run.
Usage fees and staffing costs are charged.
Additionally, the Chamber of Commerce is requesting the return of the V.W.
Treffen Car Show (for its third year)
along with three new car events; the
Classic Kick-Off Car Show & Shine, the
Golden Gate Austin Healey Club Show
and the West Coast Crosley Club meet.
The slate of special events classified
as Class I Fundraising events reimburse
the City for services provided.
The “Triathlon of Pacific Grove,” one
of the City’s premier events, will not be
held in June 2017 due to the economic impact of the four-year drought. They plan to
return in 2018 when the economic climate
is improved. If the Triathlon returns, it is
expected to generate more than $13,000
in addition to the reimbursement for City
staff used. Without the Triathlon this year,
however, the total burden on the General
Budget is estimated at $8,000. This still is
an excellent expenditure for the number of
people drawn to our City in a very positive
setting, in the opinion of City staff.
Class II “Minimal-Impact” events are
those that require limited staffing support.
These events include: the Peace Lantern
Ceremony and the Our Lady of Fatima
Society. Use fees and staffing costs are
charged, but there are minimal staffing
needs.
Staff points out that the total economic impact and benefits of these special
events in the form of increased transient
occupancy and sales taxes is not available,
but are known to have a positive impact
on the City coffers.
Many of these events attract participants and visitors from outside the Peninsula and many return for future get-aways.
Additionally, many of the local non-profits
who volunteer and support these events
also benefit financially.
A complete list of anticipated events,
along with dates, locations, staffing needs
and estimated costs is found below.
Balance and Fall
Prevention
Monterey Bay Village and VNA &
Hospice Present, “Balance and Fall Prevention: The Foundation of Balance and
How to Improve Stability.”
The talk will be on Wednesday, January 25, at 2:30 p.m., The Carmel Foundation’s Diment Hall, located on the SE
corner of 8th & Lincoln in Carmel.
Join a discussion about the fundamental components of normal balance
and factors that increase risk for falls. Dr.
Sheehan will include strategies to improve
balance and safety, as well as advice on
when to consult a physician. This presentation is free and open to the public. For
more information, please contact Kristine
Ware at 831.620.8717 or [email protected].
When public notices
reach the public,
everyone benefits.
Some officials want to move notices from
newspapers to government-run websites,
where they may not be easily found.
This is like putting the fox in
charge of the hen house.
Health and Vitality
Speaker Series
GET CONNECTED TO HEALTH & WELLNESS EXPERTS IN YOUR COMMUNITY
Join Us At The Park Lane
Tuesday, January 24th • 2:00-3:30 pm
The Park Lane Vista Lounge • 200 Glenwood Circle, Monterey
POST HOLIDAY BLUES:
How to Begin Anew
Mick Erickson
Chaplain and
Grief Counselor
Maureen McEachen
Licensed Clinical
Social Worker
Keep Public Notices
in Newspapers
The post holiday time of year is often
more emotionally difficult than the
actual holidays. Family members
have returned home, parties and
social events have ended leaving
many older adults left to manage
feelings of aloneness. Some have
experienced their first holiday
without a cherished family member
or suffer the pain from family
estrangement. Our speakers will
share tools, resources and programs
to help create a healthy plan to
move forward into the New Year!
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Elements of a Comprehensive Estate Plan
Kyle A. Krasa, Esq.
Planning for
Each Generation
Executing and maintaining a comprehensive estate plan is critical in order
to maintain control of your personal and
financial wishes in the event of your
incapacity or death. A thorough estate
plan consists of several different documents that address specific nuances to
accomplish a common goal. Below is a
summary of the various documents that
should be part of any estate plan.
Revocable Living Trust
A Revocable Living Trust allows
you to address many aspects of your
planning including the management of
most of your assets in the event of your
incapacity and the distribution of your
assets upon death. Furthermore, your
Revocable Living Trust allows you to
also address other issues that you might
feel are important such as the management of inheritances for minor beneficiaries, divorce protection for your beneficiaries, asset protection for your beneficiaries and, in some cases, asset protection for your surviving spouse, if any,
tax planning, and Medi-Cal planning. A
properly executed and funded Revocable
Living Trust will avoid conservatorship
in the event of your incapacity and avoid
probate upon death.
Trust Funding
A trust does nothing to avoid probate or conservatorship if your assets
are not properly titled to the trust. Some
attorneys will help you with your Trust
Funding while others will provide only
partial help while placing the majority of
this responsibility on you as the client.
I have generally found that no matter
how sophisticated you are, placing this
burden on clients seldom goes well. In
my practice, we assist you with the Trust
Funding process. We typically prepare
letters of instruction for all of your assets
to make sure that they are either properly titled to your trust or that they have
proper beneficiary designations. We also
help you follow-up with the financial
institutions and coordinate in any way
we can. Finally, if the financial institutions ask you to fill out their own forms,
we will fill them out for you. This is
a critical component that too often is
overlooked.
Pour-Over Wills
In the event that you accidentally
leave an asset outside of the trust, the
Pour-Over Will names your Revocable
Living Trust as the beneficiary. However, if the value of the assets outside of
your Revocable Living Trust at the time
of your death exceeds a specified value,
then a probate might be required in order
to transfer such assets to your Revocable
Living Trust. This is why Trust Funding
is paramount.
The Pour-Over Will also designates
permanent guardians for minor children
upon your death.
Temporary Guardianship
Designations
Another often overlooked aspect
of planning, it always takes time for the
Court to appoint a Permanent Guardian
in the event of your incapacity or death.
Until such time for the Court to act,
without naming Temporary Guardians,
minor children likely would be placed
with Child Protective Services rather
than with family members or close
friends. Appointing Temporary Guardians helps to solve this problem.
Financial Power of Attorney
Documents
In the event of your incapacity,
your Trustee can handle most financial
transactions. However, some such transactions will be outside the scope of the
trustee’s powers. This includes managing your retirement plans, filing your
personal tax returns, dealing with Social
Security and Medicare, getting your
mail, etc. The Financial Power of Attorney will appoint an Agent (probably the
same person as your Successor Trustee)
to have power over such matters.
The Financial Power of Attorney
also names Permanent Guardians for
minor children in the event of your
incapacity.
Healthcare Documents
In the event of your incapacity, it is
important to express your wishes as to
how you would like your medical decisions handled (sometimes referred to as
a “Living Will”), and to appoint a Health
Care Agent to carry out your wishes
(sometimes referred to as a “Health Care
Power of Attorney”). Both issues are
addressed in an Advance Health Care
Directive.
Your Health Care Agent will need
to be able to have access to your health
information in order to carry out his/
her duties. However, there are medical privacy laws as part of the Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability
Act (“HIPAA”) that often prevent your
Agents from gaining access to your
health information. This is why it is important for you to sign a HIPAA Waiver
that allows your agents to access your
health information so that they can make
informed decisions about your care.
KRASA LAW, Inc. is located at
704-D Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove,
California and Kyle may be reached at
831-920-0205.
Disclaimer: This article is for general information only. Reading this article does not establish an attorney-client
relationship. Before acting on any of the
information presented in this article, it is
important that you consult a competent
attorney who is licensed to practice law
in your community.
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Lyceum offers
salsa dance
class
Have you ever wanted to dance salsa,
but don’t know where to start? Want to
learn how to twirl your best friend or learn
to dance salsa before Valentine’s Day?
This class is an introduction to the basics
of salsa dancing for friends and couples
alike. Students will learn the basics of
Latin social dance as well as fundamental
salsa steps and turns. Ages: 15 and up
Dates: Saturday, February 11, 2017
Hours: 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Class size: Limited to 4 couples (must
register together: friend/partner necessary)
Instructors: Ashley Gora and Ellen Olack
Fee: $25 per couple
Family Dance: Intro to Salsa
Calling all fathers, daughters, mothers, and sons! Have you ever wanted to
dance salsa, but don’t know where to start?
This class is an introduction to the basics
of salsa dancing and an opportunity for
parents and their children to learn how
to dance together. Students will learn the
basics of Latin social dance as well as
fundamental salsa steps and turns.
Ages: 8 and up (children must be accompanied by a parent)
Date: Sunday, February 12
Hours: 1pm-2:30pm
Instructors: Ashley Gora and Ellen Olack
Class size: Limited to 4 parent-child
couples (additional children may also
participate if pre-registered)
Location: The Lyceum
Fee: $25 per couple, $5 per additional child
Questions? Call us at 831-372-6098 or
email [email protected].
Ideology, Institutions, and Instability in
Contemporary Latin America
NPS Professor and author Christopher Darnton will discuss the new political
Right’s influence on Latin America, questions arising in the regions, and the emergence
of centrist, pragmatic governments, with opportunities for improved U.S. relations.
Tuesday, January 24, 11:30 a.m. - Rancho Canada Golf Club, Carmel Valley Road.
Auditors (lecture only) free at 12:50 p.m. Luncheon $25 members and $35
non-members. MC/VISA ($2 extra) or check; vegetarian meal optional. RSVP (831)
643-1855 by January 20.
Lecture: California Modern Architecture
The Alliance of Monterey Area Preservationists
Presents: The Roots of California Modern:
Early Frank Lloyd Wright, Dutch Modernists, and
Richard Neutra’s California Modern
An illustrated talk by Dr. Raymond Richard Neutra, the youngest son of
distinguished Austrian-American architect Richard Neutra
Friday, February 3, 2017 at 7 pm
Canterbury Woods Auditorium
651 Sinex Avenue near Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove, California
FREE for current AMAP members and residents of Canterbury Woods. All others,
$15 at the door; includes a 2017 AMAP membership.
For further information, please contact Nancy Runyon,
Tel. 831.649.8132 or E-mail [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.
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• January 20, 2017
The Psychology of Buying
Patrick Ryan
Local Real Estate Update
I am fairly inquisitive by nature and
I find the reasons behind what we do and
how we come to decisions fascinating. As
a Realtor I am confronted daily with the
buying and selling decisions or non-decisions of my clients. Understanding the
psychology behind those decisions can go
a long way to providing better service and
ending up with better outcomes.
Buying decisions really depend on
two things, logic and emotion. These two
variables apply to the biggest purchases of
our lives, usually a home, and also to the
smallest purchases, shopping for groceries. If you bring your shopping list to the
grocery store it is a very logical shopping
experience. You look at your list and buy
what is on it, pay for your goods and head
home. Forget your list and it becomes
more of an emotional experience. You
wander the aisles trying to remember what
you were here to get and end up buying
some products just because they taste so
good. When you get home you find that
you have invariably forgot some necessities, but that is more than made up by that
pint of ice cream.
Buying decisions are a constant battle,
a give and take if you will, between logic
and emotion. Look back on your life, and
if you have lived long enough, you will
remember a buying decision based solely
on emotion. After owning a VW bus for
a number of years, my next car purchase
was a BMW. I went to buy a practical
car, but was captivated by the looks of the
BMW and then taken away by the comfort
and speed I never experienced with my
VW bus. While it was a fun car to drive,
it ultimately cost me a lot of money and
I sold it for a loss. Lesson learned to not
let emotions take the lead.
I think most of us approach buying a
house with a mixture of both emotion and
logic. When you drive up to a home and
take in the exterior, the “curb appeal,” and
deciding if you want to see the inside you
are making an emotional decision. Buyers
that don’t like the “looks” tend to bypass
the home and not go inside. If we like it,
then we go inside and start the process all
over again. We are evaluating the home
layout, appliances, colors, style, and functionality both emotionally and logically.
My goal as a Realtor is to help my clients
see it from both perspectives, yet not let
one overpower the other. Trying to find a
balance is key.
As you go throughout your day, try
to step outside yourself and see if you can
identify when you are using your logic and
when you are using your emotions when
making buying decisions. You may feel
that you are more logical than you actually are or more emotional. Knowing and
understanding how you make your own
decisions will help make you a smarter
buyer, especially when buying a home.
Have a great day and as always, please
feel free to contact me with any questions.
Patrick Ryan Sotheby’s International
Realty, 831.238.8116, [email protected]
Federal Housing Administration to
Reduce Annual Insurance Premiums,
Saving Homeowners an Average $500
Scott Dick
Monterey County Assoc. of Realtors
Market Matters
Source: CNBC
The Federal Housing Administration
(FHA) will reduce the annual premiums
most borrowers will pay by a quarter of a
percent, or 25 basis points, for most new
mortgages with a closing or disbursement
date on or after Jan. 27.
“The move by U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro
to lower the FHA annual mortgage insurance premium is welcomed news,” said
C.A.R. President Geoff McIntosh. “With
recent hikes in interest rates, the expected
average savings of $500 this year will help
offset the higher cost of home ownership
for many prospective home buyers and
put them on the path to achieving the
American Dream.”
Meanwhile, Castro said consumers
are facing higher credit costs as mortgage
interest rates increase. “
After four straight years of growth and
with sufficient reserves on hand to meet
future claims, it’s time for FHA to pass
along some modest savings to working
families,” said Castro.
The new rates come as the FHA
enters a fourth straight year of improved
economic health, the administration said.
The FHA gained $44 billion in value
since 2012.
“We’ve carefully weighed the risks
associated with lower premiums with
our historic mission to provide safe and
sustainable mortgage financing to responsible home buyers. Homeownership is the
way most middle class Americans build
wealth and achieve financial security for
themselves and their families,” Ed Golding, principal deputy assistant secretary
for HUD’s Office of Housing, said in the
report.
And now, Fannie and Freddie are hiking the benchmark rate again, from 3.875
percent to 4.25 percent.
Free Demonstration and Lecture with Rabia Erduman
Me First...You Next
How to Love and Care for Yourself Without Feeling Guilty
Sun. Jan. 29 • 3-4 PM
Monterey Public Library
625 Pacific St., Monterey
Questions and Socializing Afterward
MPC Medical Assisting
Program Gets Booster Shot
to Meet Employer Demand
With the healthcare industry growing,
jobs for medical assistants are expected to
increase by 34 percent over the next two
years nationwide, according to the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics. Monterey
Peninsula College is expanding its Medical Assistant (MEDA) class offerings in
Monterey and Marina.
Medical assistants are often the first
persons with whom a patient interacts
upon arrival at a physician’s office. They
take vital signs and draw blood as well
as performing administrative tasks such
as recording medical histories and taking
care of appointment scheduling.
MPC has already seen a tremendous
demand by employers for medical assistants, according to Monika Bell, Certified
Medical Assistant and program coordinator of the medical assisting program.
The recent merger of medical clinics
under the Montage Medical Group, operated by a partnership of Salinas Valley
Memorial Hospital and Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula, is creating
a demand for more than 50 new hires a
year over the next several years, Bell said.
“They have already hired several
MPC graduates and have been extremely
pleased with their preparation and competence,” Bell said, noting that MPC offers a
three-semester curriculum followed by a
160-hour externship leading to a Medical
Assisting Certificate of Achievement and/
or Associate’s degree as well as preparation for a national certification exam
through American Medical Technologists
(AMT).
“Students looking to gain a college-level education and employable skills
will find that MPC has a long and proven
track record of helping students achieve
success and reach their goals,” said MPC
President Walter Tribley. “MPC, and other
community colleges, are affordable and
offer solid pathways to the workforce and/
or transfer.”
With additional healthcare insured,
Medicare recipients and changes in the
way care coordination and health coaching
are being handled by medical clinics, Bell
said, the demand for medical assistants is
growing.
“Our program is a little longer than
some others,” Bell says, “but it seems that
the complexity of the job is increasing, and
it is very important that graduates are well
educated and secure in their skills. Our
courses all stand alone to allow flexible
part-time or full-time scheduling. Many
of our students have jobs and/or family
so we can accommodate their schedule.”
Top 10 Highest Paying States for
Medical Assistants according to
allhealthcare.monster.com
State
Salary (hourly)
1. California
$22.11
2. Idaho
$21.66
3. District of Columbia $21.36
4. Connecticut
$20.36
5. Massachusetts
$20.08
6. New Jersey
$20.06
7. Alaska
$19.67
8. Rhode Island
$19.53
9. Delaware
$19.18
10. Washington
$19.04
(figures are taken on average)
In addition to MPC’s expansion of
Medical Assistant (MEDA) classes, the
college has worked with Marina High
School to begin in Fall 2017 a “Personal
Wellness and Health Professions” Certificate of Training, where students begin
classes from the ninth grade under a concurrent enrollment program. Completion
of the program by high-school graduation
is equivalent to a full-semester of college
credit in MPC’s medical assisting program
and prepares students for general health
professions curriculum.
For further information, go to www.
mpc.edu for general college requirements
and http://www.mpc.edu/academics/academic-divisions/life-science/medical-assisting-meda for the Medical Assistant
program.
Don’t Tweet and Drive
By Senator Bill Monning
As new technology, like cell phones,
tablets, and smart watches evolves, the
amount of distractions we face while
driving increases as well.
This expansion and innovation of
technology poses public safety risks to
all of us who are drivers or passengers
on California roads, and according to the
National Highway Transportation Safety
Administration, 3,328 people were killed
and 421,000 injured in distraction-affected
motor vehicle crashes in the U.S. in 2012.
In 2015, handheld cell phones were found
to have been a factor in 500 injury accidents, 700 property damage collisions, and
12 fatal crashes in California alone.
The Legislature is aware of the risk
that personal technology devices pose
when used by drivers and we have worked
with law enforcement to try to keep our
roads safe. In 2006, California banned the
use of a wireless phone while operating
a vehicle, unless the phone is designed
to allow for hands-free operation. Then
in 2007, drivers were prohibited from
writing, sending, or reading text-based
communications, such as text messages, instant messages, or emails. And in
2012, a new law was enacted that permits
drivers to dictate and listen to text-based
communications, as long as hands-free
devices are used.
California law only prohibited the
use of text-based communication while
driving, as well as prohibited making a
non-hands-free phone call. However, we
all know that there are many ways to use
a mobile phone and that the technology
has progressed rapidly since the first cell
phone use laws were passed.
This is why earlier this year, the Legislature passed and the Governor signed
Assembly Bill (AB) 1785, authored by
Assemblymember Quirk. As of January
1, 2017, drivers in the State of California
are prohibited from operating an electronic
device held in their hands while driving,
and can no longer browse the internet, take
photographs or videos, use navigational
assistance tools, or other applications if
they are handheld.
Drivers are permitted under AB
1785 to use electronic devices if they are
mounted on the windshield, dashboard, or
center console of the vehicle, and if they
are operated by a single swipe or tap of
the finger.
Getting mobile devices out of a driver’s hands will make California’s roads
safer and provides clear guidance to the
law enforcement officials charged with
enforcing this new law.
May you and your family enjoy a
peaceful and safe 2017.
January 20, 2017 • CEDAR STREET
Times • Page 17
Making It Easy to Tell Your Story for ‘Life in Pacific Grove’
“Keepers of Our Culture” is making
it as easy as possible for you to write a story for inclusion in “Life in Pacific Grove,”
the book of tales by and for the residents
and visitors to PG that we’re producing
to benefit the library. All we ask is that
you create a more-or-less true story about
your life in Pacific Grove today, 100 to 500
words, covering just three simple topics:
• How you (or your ancestors) arrived in
Pacific Grove.
• Your favorite person, place or event in
Pacific Grove.
• A little bit about yourself and your
background.
In this week’s column, Joyce Krieg
demonstrates how easy this is accomplished with her own contribution to “Life
in Pacific Grove.”
From ‘Westinghouse Scholarship’ to PG
I like to tell people I ended up in Pacific Grove because I won a Westinghouse
Scholarship, but the truth is a bit more
involved than that. After a long career
working in print and broadcast journalism,
spending many years at the big news/talk
radio station in Sacramento, in 1994 I suddenly found myself without a job, a victim
of one of those big corporate upheavals
with massive layoffs that were just starting
to hit the radio industry in the mid-1990s.
The old owner of the station happened to
be Westinghouse, at the time one of those
benevolent, old-school companies that
believed in doing good by their employees. The result is that good old “Group
W” offered me a very generous severance
package. If I’d been thinking rationally, I
would have stayed in Sacramento, gotten
a gig as a Public Information Officer with
a state agency, like so many of my other
broadcast colleagues had done, and been
set for life. But the Central Coast, where I
spent almost all of my vacation time, had
been tugging at my heartstrings for many
years. So I took the money and ran—right
here to Pacific Grove.
A Favorite Hang-out for Writers
We have several very special, independent coffeehouses here in P.G.—Juice
and Java, Carmel Roasting Company,
Bookworks, among others—but I have
to admit to a special fondness for Crema.
This sweet Victorian cottage at the corner
of 13th and Lighthouse is a writer’s dream:
lots of nooks and crannies in which to hide,
free WiFi, plentiful caffeine, a hip, artsy
vibe, and a friendly staff that tolerates
customers who hang out for hours at a
time. I belong to two writers’ groups that
regularly meet at Crema and engage in
Keepers of our Culture
Joyce Krieg
Joyce’s cat Topaz welcomes the new
year.
Joyce Krieg poses at PG’s newest photo hot spot, the whale sculpture at Berwick Park.
the aforementioned “hanging out.” Both
of these groups have become such an
important bookmark in my life that I’ve
found myself scheduling appointments and
out-of-town trips around these standing
commitments—and a large part of their appeal and sense of urgency in my life is due
to the very special atmosphere at Crema.
A Lifetime of Reading and Writing
I grew up in San Jose “before it became Silicon Valley.” I was always an odd,
bookish kid, far too smart in an era when
girls were supposed to be merely quiet and
decorative. As a voracious reader, I’d al-
ways harbored a dream of someday writing
a book or two of my own and becoming
rich and famous like my idols, Sue Grafton
and Janet Evanovich. Well, the “rich and
famous” part of the plan hasn’t happened
yet, but I did manage to get three of my
mysteries published by one of the big
New York houses. I’m currently president
of California Writers Club, active in my
local branch, Central Coast Writers, and
am working on my bucket list project, a
historical suspense novel about the birth
of Silicon Valley in the early 1960s. My
obsessions include Abyssinian cats, hiking
at Point Lobos, long summer days at Sea
Cliff State Beach, dark chocolate, 1960s
British Invasion teen idol Peter “Herman” Noone, and the BBC production of
“Sherlock.”
To help you get started on writing
your story, make plans to attend the next
FREE writing class Thursday, February
16, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Little
House in Jewell Park. February’s writing
topic will be careers: earning a living,
volunteer work, creating and inventing,
and retirement.
GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS:
Patricia Hamilton is available to give a
presentation about contributing to “Life
in Pacific Grove,” the 444 page book
we’re putting together to benefit the Pacific Grove Public Library, to your group,
book club, service organization, friends
and family, and also to lead a writing
session to gather stories. Contact her at
[email protected] to set up
a date and time.
The Tale of the Princess and the Whale
Left: Do you know the tale of
the Princess and the Whale?
that was David Laws’s question when he saw the princess
with the whales last weekend.
Right: Don Beals wasn’t going to let last week’s soggy
weather get between him
and the whales, though photographer Dixie Layne was in
soggy lawn up to her knees.
Don had his whaling gear and
umbrella to keep him safe.
Visitors continue to pose with
Pacific Grove’s newest tourist
attraction, the whale sculpture
in Berwick Park and people
continue to take pictures,
even pictures of people taking pictures. Send yours to
editor@cedarstreettimes.
com and tell us who took the
pictures and when.
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Times
• January 20, 2017
Part Three: Hasta la vista!
Is the Civil Rights Movement resurrecting in Monterey?
Judging by the biggest such turnout ever held in
Seaside, it may be that Monday, Jan. 16, heralded a new
Civil Rights Movement.
If it gains momentum, we local 99 percenters
could steal the show from real-estate-tycoon/showman-turned-president, Donald J. Trump, and his affable
“New Celebrity Apprentice” successor star Arnold
Schwarzenegger.
I was inspired by the most divisive political show on
earth to create my reaction to the 2017 presidential circus
in which, sadly, few celebrities were willing to perform at
the new 45th president’s inauguration celebration today.
Ouch! That must have hurt Trump!
My sign said:
Aw, shit!
Trump, quit!!
Quit by resigning? Or quit being brash? Go figure!
Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness, Equality for All
The embryonic 2017 Peninsula peace movement
kicked off on Thursday with the first Black Lives Matter
rally at the Peace and Justice Center, Seaside.
Next, community-wide participation is urged tomorrow, Saturday, Jan. 21, 11 a.m.–2 p.m. at the Unitarian
Universalist Church, Carmel, not to to be confused with
a protest rally there today.
The “Rally for Peace—Code Pink” is non-violent
Wanda Sue Parrott
Homeless in Paradise
social activism in support of the Women’s March taking
place simultaneously in Washington.
For information, contact presenters H. Shawer (831224-6514) and B. Harris (831-402-7995).
Meanwhile, in Monterey the new warming shelter,
Safe Place, for youths ages 18-24,is operating year round
by the Community Human Services, of which the City is
a member and funding source.
Mayor Clyde Roberson says, “Interim, the Salvation
Army and Monterey police officers have begun distributing overnight motel vouchers to Monterey homeless
individuals on the street, or in their programs, during
cold or rainy weather.
“The Salvation Army also distributes bus passes to
allow individuals to reach shelter. Individuals, elderly,
single parents and children have already been sheltered.”
Other issues involving a warming shelter overlay
and affordable housing in Monterey will be discussed
next week.
The Power of a Few Words
During his warm welcoming greeting at Monday’s
31st celebration honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Seaside Mayor Ralph Rubio cited a word that, to me,
summarizes the reason Donald J. Trump incited ire, fear,
and resentful reaction from half or more citizens whom
he insulted and scared: “rude.”
Conversely, Dr. King used words to incite positive
responses, like those on the cover of the program celebrating the 31st National Holiday Honoring him at Oldemeyer
Center which was organized by Alice Jordan:
Remember, serving is contagious!
Take Action!
A complimentary commemorative collage combining
a Happy Birthday wish for Dr. Martin Luther King and
Thank You to President Barack Obama was given by
Darryl Choates, owner of ORD Market, and Annalisa
Mitchell. It said:
Rosa sat so Martin could Walk.
Martin walked so Obama could Run.
Obama ran so that our children could Soar.
Housing the Homeless
In his Farewell Address on Wednesday, Jan. 10,
President Obama said, “The most important office in
democracy is that of Citizen.”
Back in 1990 when Bill Clinton was inaugurated
as President, an estimated 49,793 were homeless across
the country.
Last week on National Public Radio, former President George W. Bush’s housing czar, Philip Mangano,
said there are over 500,000 unsheltered Americans today.
Thus, Trump takes office with ten times more homeless people than Clinton inherited when inaugurated 24
years ago.
Does Obama still believe our people can soar? His
closing words were:
“Yes, we can!”
Can we count on Trump to solve our problems or do
we take Obama’s advice as citizens and “run for office,
show up, dive in” and do it ourselves?
Ideas, anyone?
Needed pronto: a coalition or committee dedicated
to finding a location where people who live in their recreational vehicles, campers and cars can stay. They are
no longer allowed to park on Lapis Rd. outside Marina.
Meanwhile, Safe Place, a warming shelter is now
open in the City of Monterey, for youth ages 18-24. It is
operated year round by the Community Human Services,
of which the City of Monterey is a member and funding
source.
Mayor Roberson says, “Interim, the Salvation Army
and Monterey police officers have begun distributing
overnight motel vouchers to Monterey homeless individuals on the street, or in their programs, during cold
or rainy weather.
“The Salvation Army also distributes bus passes to
allow individuals to reach shelter. Individuals, elderly,
single parents and children have already been sheltered.”
According to Roberson, “This includes $450,000
to the Veterans’ Transition Center, $200,000 to Interim,
Inc. and $62,500 to Community Human Services this
year alone.”
From the grassroots of Monterey Peninsula, thank
you, Citizen President Obama, and best wishes.
Or, as Arnold Schwarzenegger would say in lieu of
“You’re terminated”:
Hasta la vista!
Contact Wanda Sue Parrott at amykitchenerfdn@
hotmail.com or call The Yodel Poet at 831-899-5887.
Monterey County Homeless Shelters Listed
With cold weather upon us, Coalition of Homeless
Services Providers Executive Officer Katherine Thoeni
released the Monterey County Homeless Shelter listing to
the community. “No resident should have to spend nights
in the cold when shelter options exist,” said Thoeni. “
Programs throughout the County expand winter shelter
beds to the greatest degree possible.”
Shelter listing
Outreach Unlimited
Interfaith Homeless Emergency Lodging Program
(I-HELP) For Women
831-645-9170
Rotating within Faith Communities throughout the Monterey Peninsula
For single homeless women
Pick-up location: Parking lot directly across the street
from the YMCA (600 Camino El Estero) in Monterey. The
small parking lot located at El Estero Park.
Homeless women seeking to participate should arrive
no later than 4:30 p.m.
Pass the Word Ministry
One Starfish Safe Parking Program
Various Locations on the Monterey Peninsula
831-275-5167
Safe Parking Program for homeless adults
To register for the program, call 831-275-5167 and
leave a call-back number. The social worker will return
call within 48 hours to schedule an intake interview.
Day Programs (no overnight)
Franciscan Workers-Dorothy’s Place
Dorothy’s Kitchen
30 Soledad Street, Salinas
831-757-3838
For men, women and children
Free breakfast and lunch
The Coalition of Homeless Services Providers
(CHSP) is a group of private nonprofit and public organizations working together to address the complex
issue of homelessness. Their mission is to “eliminate
homelessness in Monterey and San Benito Counties
by promoting interagency coordination to develop and
sustain a comprehensive system of housing and support
Breakfast served at 8:30 a.m.
Lunch served at 1:00 p.m.
Franciscan Workers-Dorothy’s Place Drop-In Center
30 Soledad Street, Salinas
831-757-3838
For men, women and children
9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. on Monday, Thursday, Friday &
Saturday. 9:00 a.m.-2:00 on Wednesday.
Case management, showers, toilets, mail service,
laundry services, weekly health clinic, clothing closet,
toiletries & crisis support
Gathering for Women
Located at the Universalist Church of the Monterey
Peninsula
490 Aguajito Road, Monterey
For homeless women
Free lunch, clothing, personal care items and limited
emergency assistance
Open once a week, every Tuesday from 11:30 a.m.1:30 p.m.
The Salvation Army Monterey Corps
“Sabu Shake” Good Samaritan Center
800 Scott Street, Sand City
831-899-4988
For men, women and children
Open Monday through Friday-closed from Noon to
1:00 p.m.
services designed to maximize the self-sufficiency of
individuals and families.” The programs of CHSP and its
member agencies alleviate the human deprivation caused
by family and individual homelessness and prevent the
continuation of conditions of extreme poverty by breaking
the cycle of homelessness.
Coffee & pastries from 8:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m., hot
lunch from 10:30 a.m.-Noon, Late Plate lunches from
1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. (limited)
Showers, laundry services, food boxes, case management, phone & fax use, mail service and lockers
MEMBER AGENCIES
Community Human Services
Community Homeless Solutions
Franciscan Workers of Junipero Serra
Housing Authority of the County of Monterey
Housing Resource Center of Monterey County
Interim, Inc.
MidPen Housing Corporation
The Salvation Army Monterey Peninsula Corps
San Benito County Health & Human Services
Sun Street Centers
Veterans Transition Center
ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Access Support Network
CHISPA
CSU Monterey Bay
Food Bank for Monterey County
Veterans Resource Centers of America
COMMUNITY ADVISORS
City of Marina
City of Salinas
City of Sand City
Monterey County Department of Social Services/CAP
Monterey County Office of Education
January 20, 2017 • CEDAR STREET
New Book Club for Women at
Carmel Presbyterian Church
A new book club for women is forming in Carmel. The group will meet one
Wednesday evening per month in the Fireside Room at Carmel Presbyterian Church.
Lori Davidson, Director of Women’s Ministries, wanted to gather women to socialize and discuss a good book. “We women are better together; and you are welcome
wherever you are on your journey of faith,” says Davidson. Thus, the book club poses
no religious requirements for participation. Likewise our materials are not restricted
to Christian literature (though selections do shy from material that is heavy in sexual
content or offensive language).
January’s book is “The Noticer” by New York Times Best Selling Author Andy
Andrews. Other selected authors include Jodi Picoult, Mitch Albom, and Sue Monk
Kidd. The selection for February’s meeting is “The Red Tent” by Anita Diamant. All
selections are available for quick order from BookWorks in Pacific Grove or River
House Books in Carmel. The full reading list for 2017 is on file at both book stores.
The next meeting date is February 15. To sign up or for more information, please
contact Lori Davidson at [email protected] or (831) 624-3878, ext. 113 or
Megan Mayer at [email protected] or (949) 838-5896.
Calligraphy Guild will hear
Pacific Grove artist
Sea Scribes Monterey Bay Calligraphy Guild's upcoming monthly program is
on Thursday, February 2, 2017 at The Park Lane, 200 Glenwood Circle, Monterey
in the Lower level A, Art Room. The program starts at 7 p.m. and is over at approximately 8:30p.m.
Sea Scribes Program will feature Germain from Imagine Art Supply Store in
Pacific Grove. She will be sharing with us some of her personal painting techniques
that we can apply to our own creative process. A brief description of what she will
be doing for her demo is as follows:
“I work in multiple levels with each piece. There is a build up of textures that
happens before a painting starts. Primarily, I pull medium through a stencil. The
stencils are usually handmade and anywhere from 3 to 7 layers thick,” she says.
“After applying the stencils, a layer of Clear Tar Gel from Golden Paints is added.
Once all of the layers are dry gesso is painted over the entire thing. When the gesso
dries I lay guide lines for my painting. Painting begins...”
Refreshments will be available, as well.
The program is free for all to attend and open to the public.
Come join us and be inspired!
Be seen
by thousands!
Legal Notices
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No. 20170015
The following persons are doing business as THERAPY FOR LIFE, 700 Cass St #116, Monterey, Monterey
County, CA 93940. MAILING ADDRESS P.O. Box 223802, Carmel, CA 93922; JULIE DEEN TANAKA,
25645 Ryan Place, Carmel, CA 93923.This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 01/03/17.
Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on
09/04/2004. Signed: Julie Tanaka. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 1/20, 01/27,
02/03, 02/10/17
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No. 20162570
The following persons are doing business as MATTESON’S AUTO REPAIR, 234 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove,
Monterey County, CA 93950; BURGER, MICHAEL, 234 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950 and BLUSH,
SUSAN, 234 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove, CAL 93950.This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 12/2916. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed
above on 12/29/16. Signed: Michael Burger. This business is conducted by a general partnership. Publication
dates: 12/30/16, 1/6/17, 1/13, 1/20/17
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No. 20162481
The following person is doing business as THE CHOP SHOP SALON, 8071 Moss Landing Rd., Moss Landing,
Monterey County, CA 95039; ANGELICA MELICIA PELISSIER-FRANCO, 18340 Dolan Pl., Castroville,
CA 95012. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 12/09/16. Registrant commenced to
transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 10/2006. Signed: Angelica Pelissier-Franco. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 12/23/16, 12/30/16, 1/6/17, 1/13,
1/20/17
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No. 20161578
The following persons are doing business as PACIFIC GROVE CLEANERS, 222 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove,
Monterey County, CA 93950; UCHIDA CORPORATION, 222 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950.This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 08/10/16. Registrant commenced to transact business under
the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 12/30/57. Signed: Randall Uchida, president. This business is conducted by a corporation. Publication dates: 8/12, 8/19, 8/26, 09/02/16
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No. 20162546
The following persons are doing business as CITY LIGHT LIMO, 743 Sanborn Pl., Salinas, Monterey County,
CA 93901, mailing address 11040 Bollinger Cyn. Rd. Suite 101, San Ramon, CA 94582; MANGAL GILL, 43
Sanborn Pl., Salinas, CA 93901.This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 12/22/16. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 12/19/16.
Signed: Mangal Gill. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 1/20, 01/27, 02/03, 02/10/17
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