06-17-16 - Cedar Street Times

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In This Issue
Kiosk
•
Fri. June 17 & 24
Open Mic Nights
Pacific Grove Art Center
68 Lighthouse Ave.
Doors open 6PM
Performances 7 to 10:30 PM
831-375-2208
No charge, donations welcome
•
Mon. June 20 (Solstice)
Blessing of the Waters at Lovers
Point Beach by Khenpo Karten
Rinpoche
6:00-7:00PM
No cost
•
Photography Show - Page 7
Watching the Triathlon - 11
Pacific Grove’s
Sat. June 25
Drought Tolerant Gardening
Free Workshop
Carmel Middle School
4380 Carmel Valley Road,
Carmel
To RSVP, montereywaterinfo.org
or call Stephanie Kister at
831.658.5601
•
Sun. June 26
Feast of Lanterns kick-off brunch
At the Beach House
Lovers Point
12 p.m.
Live and silent auctions
Tickets $50 per person
at PG Travel only
•
Wed. June 29
Dine Out With Friends
to Benefit Fiends of the Library
Fishwife Seafood Restaurant at
Asilomar Beach
1996 1/2 Sunset Dr.,
Pacific Grove
375-7107 • Hours 11 - 9
•
Sat. July 9
GoldCoast Rods CarShow
Downtown Pacific Grove
9 SM - 3 PM
•
Fridays
Pacific Groove Dance Jam
Chautauqua Hall 8-10 PM
Dance to DJs
Adults $10/Teens $5
Youth Free • 1st Time Free
info@dancejampg.org
•
Saturdays
Dance at Chautauqua Hall
June 18 6PM: Dance lesson is
Nightclub Two-step with John
Ferreira
General Ballroom, nightclub and
line dance 7-10 PM
•
Through June 30
6:30 – 8:30 PM
Julia’s Vegetarian Restaurant
1180 Unit F Forest Ave
Mondays Vincent Randazzo
Tuesdays Rick Chelew
Wednesdays Dave Holodiloff
Thursdays Buddy Comfort
831-656-9533 - No cover
For more live music events
try www.kikiwow.com
Inside
Animal Tales
& Other Random Thoughts............... 15
Cartoon............................................. 2
Commentary....................................... 5
Cop Log.............................................. 6
Giants Update.................................. 10
Homeless in Paradise........................ 18
Homes of History.......................... dark
Keepers of Our Culture..................... 17
Legal Notices.............................. 18, 19
Market Matters................................. 14
Opinion.............................................. 4
Otter Views....................................... 15
Rain Gauges....................................... 2
Real Estate........................................ 20
Service Directory.............................. 19
NEW! teen Talk................................. 16
A Plan for Poachers - Page 12
June 17-24, 2016
Times
Your Community NEWSpaper
Admissions
Tax, Business
License Tax
Increase Will
Go to Voters
Vol. VIII, Issue 36
Blessing the Waters on the Solstice
By Marge Ann Jameson
Pushed by a tight timetable to get on
the November ballot, Pacific Grove City
Council voted in a late-night session to
direct City staff to prepare two items for
voter approval.
An admission tax would be levied on
consumers, not on the venue or event. It
could be a flat fee or a percentage. Copious
rules surround admission taxes in the State
of California, one of which is that the tax
must be applied broadly. That said, it is
plain that the City is eying the Monterey
Bay Aquarium with its millions of visitors
and an admission fee which was recently
raised to $49.95 for adults.
While Aquarium representatives
argue that they share signage, consulting,
and educational programs for children
which benefit the City, the City points
to the costs, in terms of road repair,
parking, and more, of hosting millions
of visitors each year, “It’s not about how
good a nonprofit is,” said councilmember
Ken Cuneo, “It’s about the city needing
money.” He pointed to the fact that police
officer recruitment lags behind other cities
because Pacific Grove does not offer health
insurance.
A 50-cent tax per ticket, assuming
one million tickets sold, would bring the
city $500,000 for example. A 4 percent tax
on, for example, Aquarium, movie theater,
concert, sporting events, special events and
tour tickets would result in an estimated
Khenpo Karten Rinpoche, resident monk at the Pacific Grove Manjushri Dharma Center, will offer a special Water Blessing Ceremony on the occasion of the
Summer Solstice, Monday, June 20, 2016 at Lovers Point beach in Pacific Grove.
The blessing will honor all the Earth's elements as Rinpoche will chant to pray
for their protection. This is a powerful and poignant way to gather in community
and to celebrate the longest day of the year. Participants will also offer a group
prayer, with copies to be provided. The event is free to all. The public is invited to
take some flower petals to contribute to this beautiful and moving ceremony. The
regular Amitabha practice will be held later that evening from 7:30-8:30pm at the
Manjushri Dharma Center, 724 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove.
$1,600,000 coming to the city. That’s a lot
of potholes.
Mayor Bill Kampe quoted lessons
learned from his former empliyer, Bill
Packard of Hewlett-Packard, in defending
the city’s rights to charge fees, though he
said it made him uncomfortable. There
may be a price to pay in terms of legal fees
and challenges based on First Amendment
rights,but there is precedent in California
for most arguments for and against an ad-
mission tax.
Staff has been directed to return with a
proposed ballot measure for the next council
meeting, scheduled for July 20, 2016. Robert
Huitt and Bill Peake were the dissenting
votes.
A revision in the 40-year-old business license tax structure, while resulting in lengthy
discussion, passed muster more easily.
See COUNCIL Page 2
Suit Filed Over Non-Disclosure of Discovery of
Murder Victims on Monterey Property
A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of
a Monterey couple against two previous
owners and two realtors for failing to
reveal that, in 1983, the body of a murder
victim was found at a home they purchased in Monterey in 2000. Since they
purchased the home in the 1100 block of
Third Street in Monterey, a second body
has been found there.
The body of murder victim Suzanne
Kay Nixon, a 30-year-old hairstylist from
Pebble Beach, had been found in 1983 on
the property they currently own. Nixon
was a graduate of Pacific Grove High
School. Her bady beaten body was found
covered with clothes and bags in a toolshed
at the rear of the garage on the property. An
unemployed hairdresser, Alfred Powell, age
27 at the time, was said to be a close friend of
Nixon's. He had been arrested hours before
Nixon's body was found.
While Powell was also a “person of
interest” in the disappearance of McGee,
with no body, police did not make an arrest.
On Wednesday, September 2, 2015,
Monterey Police Officers responded to a
report of possible skeletal remains located
in the yard of the residence in the 1100
block of Third Street in Monterey. A young
landscaping employee from Pacific Grove
found the buried skull while excavating tree
stumps on the property.
The remains were identified by the Monterey County Coroners Division as Sandra
McGee of Seaside, who had been reported as
a missing person in December, 1982.
Alfred Powell, 60, who is already
serving a 15-years-to-life sentence for the
March 3, 1983, murder of Suzanne Nixon
was charged May 31 for killing McGee. He
has pleaded not guilty.
Powell once lived at the property, in a
detached garage.
See LAWSUIT Page 6
Page 2 • CEDAR STREET
Times
• June 17, 2016
Joan Skillman
PCOUNCIL From Page 1
Three potential revisions were put forth. One would raise the cap on the current
business tax, which is set at $3,000, so that businesses which make more money
would also pay more tax than smaller businesses. Resultant income for the City is
estimated at $182,600.
A second option would retain the cap but increase the rate paid by all businesses.
If it were increased by .0012, the gain would be $62,400 per year while an increase
to .0016 woukd bring in $196,200 annually.
A third, more complicated suggestion would remove the cap, tax according to
business type, and eliminate the processing fee now paid by all businesses, regardless
of type or income.
Councilmember Casey Lucius pointed out that businesses are already burdened
by rules, regulations, taxes and paperwork.
A lengthy discussion followed at the meeting on definitions of businesses and
who should pay the tax: delivery companies? Advertisers? Home businesses? Storefronts? Caregivers?
Councilmembers were quick to point out that babysitters and Girl Scouts would
be exempt.
Staff was directed, as in the case of the Admission Tax, to return with a potential
ballot measure to the July 20, 2016 city council meeting,
To make the November 8, 2016 ballot, which both tax proposals must do, a
resolution and first reading of a potential ordinance must be approved at the July 20
meeting so that it can be sent to the Monterey County Elections Department no later
than August 3, 2016. On August 19, preliminary arguments are due. On August 29,
rebuttal arguments and the City Attorney’s Impartial Analysis are due.
July 20 is the only regularly scheduled meeting between now and that August 3
deadline for getting the measures to the Elections Department.
In Other Action
Other items considered at the council meeting included an appeal of the Planning Commission permit for installation of protective netting along the 5th green at
the golf course. It included some political theater as members of the public brought
bags of golf balls allegedly having landed in their respective yards. Eventually, the
appeal was upheld and the height of the netting placed at 14 feet by 320 feet. Kampe
and Peake dissented.
There was a lengthy discussion about a proposal to set up a Mills Act historic
property tax incentive program for selected historical properties. Rudy Fischer believes
it would help families restore and maintain historic homes in this city so proud of its
stock of historical buildings. But others questioned the fairness of such a program
where the balance of the population would carry the burden for a select few. Debby
Crandell, a member of the school board, expressed deep concern about the effect
on property tax totals on which Pacific Grove schools depend. And further, it was
pointed out that there are rehabilitation loans and other programs already available
to homeowners in the city.
Robert Huitt, Dan Miller, and Bill Peake each dissented and the measure did
not pass.
Skillshots
The council also approved the fiscal year 2016-17 budget. Nutshell report:
Sunset Suppers $990
The Beach house aT Lovers PoinT
Dinner & cockTaiLs From 4Pm DaiLy
Special menu served daily when seated by 5:30p and ordered by 6p. Subject to change without notice
www.BeachHousePG.com
Dinner Reservations: 831-375-2345
At Lovers Point Beach
620 Ocean View Blvd. Pacific Grove
Fud/Department/ProgramRevenues
Expenditures
General Fund
$ 20,101,000
Other Financing Sources
$ 1,356,476
City Council
.......................................$ 391,659
City Attorney
.......................................$ 294,756
City Manager
.......................................$ 889,557
Finance
....................................$ 1,075,735
Information Tech
.......................................$ 383,113
CEDD
....................................$ 1,637,407
Police
....................................$ 7,797,073
Fire
....................................$ 3,690,929
Library
....................................$ 1,088,585
Museum
.......................................$ 266,778
Recreation
.......................................$ 511,829
Public Works
....................................$ 3,430,055
Total
$ 21,457,476
$ 21,457,476
Pacific Grove’s Rain Gauge
Data (mist!) reported at Canterbury Woods
Times
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Week ending 06-16-16 at 8:10 AM....... 0.01"
Total for the season............................. 18.84"
The historic average to this date is ..... 18.85"
Wettest year.................................................. 47.15"
During rain year 07-01-97 through 06-30-98
Driest year.................................................... 4.013"
During rain year 07-01-12 through 06-30-13
Near Lovers Point
Data reported by John Munch at 18th St.
Week ending 06-16-16......................... 0.01"
Total for the season (since 7/1/15)...... 17.55"
Last week low temperature..................49.9 F
Last week high temperature.................67.6 F
Last year rain to date (7/1/14-6/16/15)....... 15.97”
June 17, 2016 • CEDAR STREET
Times • Page 3
Car Show Initiated by
Chamber Set for July 9
Gold Coast Rods Car Club will a car show event
on Lighthouse Avenue, east of Forest Ave. to 12th St.,
on Sat., July 9 from 9:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m. The Chamber
of Commerce expects 130 classic cars to be involved,
bringing possibly 400 spectators to the downtown.
Street areas utilized for this event to be completely
closed to all cross traffic, with the standard barricades and
signage used in similar events. Local entries are invited
- phone Jeff Fetter at 831-595-0143 or Dave Peelo at
831-424-2004. Day-of-event entries may also be possible.
Feast of Lanterns Kicks
Off with Brunch at the
Beach House
Numbers may have changed, but results have not. As
the “Semi-Final Official Report 8” is published at 3:56
p.m. On June 13, we see 10 percent more voters – 35.01
percent as opposed to 26.55 percent in the report of
the early morning hours of June 8. But it didn’t change
outcomes.
In first reports, the county as a whole voted at 56.51
percent for Hillary Clinton for Democratic Party Presidential candidate, as compared to 42.55 percent for Bernie
Sanders and the balance for other candidates. The June 13
reports shows a slight change with 43.04 percent voting
for Bernie Sanders and 56.04 for Hillary Clinton.
The U.S, Senate results still show top two vote-getters Kamala Harris (25,596) ahead of Loretta Sanchez
(7,501). In the race for U.S, representative for District
20, Casey Lucius (14,656 votes) will face Jimmy Panetta
(40,670) in November, as predicted after the vote count
on June 8.
At 8:23 a.m. on Wednesday, June 8, the update posted by Monterey County Elections. County Supervisor
District 5 count showed Mary Adams with 9,734 votes
or 56.35 percent to Dave Potter’s 7,541 votes at 43.65
percent. On June 13, Adams still wins the election at
12,425 votes to Potter’s 9,816.
Dennis Donohue may now concede to incumbent
Jane Parker in District 4. The total as of last count was
5,428 for Parker or 57.38 percent, and in the latest count
she has 7,071 votes or 55.77 percent. Donohue was originally reported at 3,416 votes or 36.11 percent, and now
is reported at 4,790 votes or 37.78 percent. Alex Miller
added 202 to his 616 votes for 818 total. His percentage
has dropped from 6.51 percent to 6.45 percent.
Bill Monning and Mark Stone, both incumbents, remain in their seats. Proposition 50 passes at 77.49 percent.
There will be another update on June 21.
Fourth of July
Hometown Celebration
Caledonia Park
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Vote Count Update:
No Surprises
Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce presents
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Tommy Stillwell Court (Behind the Post Office)
Pacific Grove Rotary Club Presents
Reading of Declaration of
Independence at 11:00 am
Chicken or Hot Dog Lunch $10
includes potato salad, garlic bread, salad and dessert
Served from 11 am until 3 pm
Weekday Roadwork
Will Affect Sunset/
Hwy. 68 Through the
end of August
Crews will pave along a 1-mile section of Hwy 68,
including ramps, between Asilomar/Sinex Ave. and Forest
Ave. in PG through August 30. Roadwork will consist
of reversing one-way traffic control from 9 - 4 Mondays
through Thursdays along this one-mile section. On Hwy.
68 from Asilomar State Park Entrance to Sunset Dr. full
closures may take place 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Mondays through
Thursdays and 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. on Friday along this quarter-mile section. A detour will be provided. Motorists can
expect delays of up to 20 minutes.
Roadwork consists of cold plane mix asphalt overlay
on the roadbed and complying with the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) on the ramps.
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As a kick off to the Feast of Lanterns season, a festive
brunch will be held at the Beach House at Lovers Point
on June 26 at 12 p.m.
There will be a live and silent auction to help raise
funds for this community event, in addition to a delicious
brunch buffet. This event sells out every year so get your
tickets early. Tickets are $50 per person and only 100 will
be sold. Last year was a complete sell out.
Tickets are available at Pacific Grove Travel, 593
Lighthouse Avenue, Pacific Grove. No tickets will be
sold at the door. The Feast of Lanterns will be held July
27-31, 2016.
For more information visit the Feast of Lanterns website at www.feast-of-lanterns.org or call 831-373-0631.
while supplies last
Live entertainment by
The Firefly Band
&
Tom Faia &
The Juice
With bounce houses for kids
Sponsored by: City of Pacific Grove, Earthbound Farm, PG Florist, Asilomar, & Lucky
831.373.3304
www.pacificgrove.org
Times
• June 17, 2016
PacRep Announces the Smash Hit –
Mary Poppins the Musical
PacRep presents the Carmel premiere of Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s
Broadway hit, “Mary Poppins The Musical.” Based on the stories of P.L. Travers and
the Walt Disney film, Mary Poppins is set to fly over the rooftops of London and into
the Golden Bough Theatre, June 16 - July 24 This 'high-flying' family musical features
the delightful songs from the cherished Disney film including “A Spoonful of Sugar,”
“Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” and “Step in Time.” Winner of 44 major theatre
awards from around the globe, “Mary Poppins” has captivated audiences for generations
with its enchanting story, unforgettable songs and dazzling dance numbers.
This production is the PacRep directorial debut of Susanne Burns, new this year
to PacRep’s staff. Vocal direction is by Don Dally, and choreography is by Pamela
Crane and Devin Adler. Flying effects will be provided by ZFX Flying of Las Vegas,
allowing Mary Poppins to float over the Golden Bough stage and help Bert do some
fancy levitating footwork, as well.
The cast has over 40 performers, and will feature resident actress Gracie Navaille
(Heathers), in the title role. The role of ‘Bert’ will be played by guest performer Rhett
Wheeler (of recent viral “YouTube” fame singing an impromptu performance at Disney
World with David Foster!). Resident guest actor Scott McQuiston (Heathers, CATS)
returns to the Golden Bough stage as ‘George Banks’, along with Katie Day (CATS)
as ‘Winifred Banks’. The role of ‘Jane Banks’ is double-cast with Lauren Mansour
and Maddie Muzgorski, and ‘Michael Banks’ is double-cast with Andrew Mansour
and Samantha Scattini. Regional favorite Donna Federico appears as the evil nanny,
‘Mrs. Andrews’.
PacRep’s “Mary Poppins” has two discount previews, Thursday and Friday, June
16 and 17 at 7:30 p.m., opening on Sat., June 18 at 7:30 p.m, followed by a 2:00 p.m.
family matinee on Sun., June 19. Performances continue Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., with Sunday family matinees at 2:00 p.m., weekends thru June
24. All performances are at the Golden Bough Theatre, Monte Verde Street between
8th and 9th Avenues, Carmel-by-the-Sea. To learn more about tickets or becoming a
PacRep season subscriber, visit www.pacrep.org.
PacRep is supported by ticket sales, individual donations, special events, and grants.
THU
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Mary Poppins the Musical
Jun 16 7:30pm discount preview THU
Jul 7
Jun 17 7:30pm discount preview FRI
Jul 8
Jun 18 7:30pm opening
SAT Jul 9
Jun 19 2:00pm matinee
SUN Jul 10
Jun 23 7:30pm
THU
Jul 14
Jun 24 7:30pm
FRI
Jul 15
Jun 25 7:30pm
SAT Jul 16
Jun 26 2:00pm matinee
SUN Jul 17
Jun 30 7:30pm
THU
Jul 21
Jul 1 7:30pm
FRI
Jul 22
Jul 2 7:30pm
SAT Jul 23
Jul 3 2:00pm matinee
SUN Jul 24
7:30pm
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2:00pm matinee
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2:00pm matinee/close
Letters
Opinion
Reaction to County Planning Decision
on Area D/Pebble Beach Housing
Editor:
The arguments expressed in public comment, mostly about forest/habitat
impacts from this project, are apparently not compelling and may be distracting
from a more effective discussion about how to minimize the impact of the project
on surrounding communities. To provide some balance between low cost housing
for local workers and protection of neighborhood integrity, consideration should be
given to both the tenants' behavior and the structures they occupy.
PBC has offered to rent the units to their employees and even extend eligibility to other non-PBC workers in the local area if not enough employees are eligible
in the future. The housing would thus be an employment benefit, giving tenants
some economic incentive to maintain day-to-day neighborhood integrity. This is a
good thing and needs to be formalized in such a way that it doesn't run the risk of
lapsing. No one can predict future eligibility rules from the state or future wages
for local workers. A clear cut eviction process is also needed to maintain the long
term integrity of this provision.
Regarding the structures used for rental, PBC has designed units with efficiency and manageability in mind. The result, while attractive as rental units, look like
rental units, providing a visual discriminant that is undesirable for both the neighborhood and the tenants. Rather than four 6-plexes, all in a row, an arrangement of
eight 3-plexes, oriented differently and with different architectural elevations sized
about like the houses in the neighborhood would greatly soften the impact and
reduce the obvious visual discriminant of how “different” the new enclave would
be. This would alleviate at least some of the downward pressure on neighborhood
property values. It would also reduce any potential sense of community isolation
felt by the tenants from that "difference" and add to their incentive for maintenance
of the visual curb appeal of the neighborhood.
Martha Diehl indicated low cost housing is an overwhelming priority for the
County. That's true, but it does not mean neighborhood integrity has no priority.
The neighbors should not be thrown under the bus.
Rick Verbanec
Pebble Beach
A Small Community Where
People Come Together to Help
Editor, Mayor and City Council:
I would like to send this long overdue letter of thanks to our
local business community and our public safety workers for helping
the homeless and at-risk community on a very private and personal
level.
This past April Pacific Grove Police Commander Rory Lakind
and two local businesses showed generosity and kindness by helping two at-risk people going through rough times in their lives.
The first circumstance involved an unemployed woman whose
car was damaged after she loaned it to a friend. Upon inspection
by the garage it turned out the car was unsafe to drive and the car
posed a risk to both the driver and to the public.
Pacific Grove Police Commander Lakind quickly sent our
repair request up the chain for approval, Matteson’s Auto Repair
in Pacific Grove waived hundreds of dollars in charges and also
took care of all logistic problems, and a private donor paid for the
repairs. The car was returned much safer with four new tires, four
new brakes and new steering.
The second circumstance involved a local homeless man
whose car was towed for expired tags. Like many people, for this
particular man his car is also his home and as a recycler it is also a
source of income.
Homeless people living in cars are sometimes referred to as
“transitional homeless” because they have a better chance of re-entering stable housing and employment. Homeless people losing
their cars due to impound and repair fees happens all the time in big
cities and people never hear about it. Fortunately we live in a small
community where people come together to help.
The Police Commander communicated with all the parties
and put together a plan to help this man, a local donor paid for the
towing charges, and Monterey Garage Towing in Del Rey Oaks
graciously wrote off over $400 in storage fees - that is a significant
amount of money for a small local business.
In conclusion: Police Commander Lakind, Monterey Garage
Towing in Del Rey Oaks and Matteson’s Auto Repair in Pacific
Grove all quietly and generously took the time to care about people
at a time they needed it the very most.
I must also add that Moe Ammar pledged the support and resources of the Pacific Grove Chamber, if needed, for both projects.
A private donor fortunately provided the funding, however having
Chamber support in Pacific Grove is very comforting.
Del Rey Oaks and Pacific Grove are wonderful small cities
with public workers and public serving businesses that truly care
about the community.
Sam Rashkin
Pacific Grove
Times • Page 5
Casey Lucius
Guest Commentary
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
2707 David Ave. • 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
First Baptist Church of Pacific Grove
246 Laurel Ave. • 831-373-0741
First Church of God
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
Rev. Richard Bowman
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 carmelkhenpo@gmail.com
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
The One-Minute Terrorist
Casey Lucius
As we absorb the shock from the Orlando tragedy, we begin
to analyze what went wrong and what could we have done to stop
it. Our political leaders and media pundits fall into a predictable
pattern that neither diagnoses the real problem nor points us to
effective solutions.
The first focal point for comment will be the weapon: what was
Omar Siddique Mateen doing with an AR-15? This question cues
up the gun control debate, which is important, but doesn’t address
the core of the Orlando phenomenon. Israel is seeing a plethora of
knife attacks; home-made bomb recipes like the bomb in the Boston
Marathon attack are commonplace. Focusing on the weapon will
not stop terror attacks.
The next discussion will be a deep dive into the identity of the
perpetrator, Omar Siddique Mateen. Yes, Mateen was on law enforcement radar. The Tsarnaev brothers (Boston Marathon bombers)
were also interviewed by the FBI and cleared before their attack.
The San Bernardino shooters travelled freely and invisibly to counterterrorism authorities. There is no algorithm or even investigative
protocol that reliably finds and stops this kind of attacker before
they strike.
Next, we will look at the target itself. LGBT events, bars, synagogues, American Legion posts, as well as sports arenas, schools,
churches, restaurants and theaters are all soft targets and vulnerable
to attack. It is of no value to draw a ring around one particular category. Instead we need to recognize the vulnerability of these places
where a multitude of people gather and there is little security.
Over the past two decades we have seen al Qaeda and their
large-scale, centrally directed plots. We have seen the Mumbai style
which was a heavily planned, military-style operation. The Paris
and Brussels attacks are examples of cells constructing their own
soft target attacks. Israel has experienced what I call the one-minute
terrorists. One minute they are completely normal people and the
next, they wield a knife and commit a terrorist act. This is what I
believe is the next stage of terrorism. It can best be understood as a
sociological phenomenon, not an investigative target. It is unclear
at this time whether the Orlando attack was part of a larger ISIS
plan, but either way, the same preventive measures must apply.
We know that ISIS and other terror influencers recruit online
and provide how-to materials that anyone can access and follow.
We, and they, cannot predict which individual will be motivated
to act. There may be nobody or there may be hundreds of Omar
Siddique Mateens around the world who are activated by online
stimuli, with or without help from an organization or cell.
So how do we stop them? As a society. We start by investing
less on hardening targets, investigating people and muscling up our
counterterrorism arsenal. We should invest more on local policing,
public safety and their ability to engage with the micro-communities within their home territory. We need to ensure that the information tools are in place to connect law enforcement, civilian knowledge centers, and federal agencies across the country. We must use
every step of the terror cycle as an opportunity to break it, rather
than rely solely on day-of measures, or after-the-fact responses.
Working from the family level right up to our large national
agencies, we can frustrate each small step that transforms a susceptible person into one who might attack us. If we all put in one-minute of prevention in our roles as parents, friends, employers,
shop-keepers, facility operators, event participants, law enforcement, and counterterrorism officials, we can stop the transformation
of the next vulnerable person who one minute is our colleague and
the next, our killer.
Wed. June 29
Dine Out With Friends
to Benefit Fiends of the Library
Fishwife Seafood Restaurant at Asilomar Beach
1996 1/2 Sunset Dr., Pacific Grove
375-7107
Hours 11 - 9
Times
• June 17, 2016
Marge Ann Jameson
Cop Log
False Alarms
Lighthouse Ave; inside alarm. No suspicious activity noted.
A motion alarm went off in a kitchen on Sunset. The respnsible party arrived and
apparently there were no bad guys.
Loud vacation renters
On Laurel Ave., neighbors complained of a loud party at a vacation rental. There
was a DJ without a sound permit. Speaker volume was reduced and redirected, and
agreed to stop the music at 10:00. There were additional calls at a few minutes before
the deadline but the music was shut down at 10:00.
Illegal parking = Tow
A vehicle was illegally parked and blocking the roaway on 2nd St. It also had
expired tags and was towed.
DUI on Lighthouse
Dale Runyan was contacted after bad driving was observed. H was found to be
under the influence of alcohol. He was arrested, booked at PGPD, and released on a
cite to appear.
Intersection accident
A driver stoped at a stop sign and proceeded into the intersection. The driver did not
see another driver approaching, which hit the vehicle on the left side causing moderate
damage to both vehicles.
Lost and Found
A patrol officer brought a doggie in which was wandering around on Miles Ave.
The owner was contacted and retrieved it.
Public Works found a binder in George Washington Park that had personal information. Staff is attempting to contact the owner.
A camera was reported lost on Ocean View.
Lost cell phone won’t answer “Find my phone.” It was lost somewhere between
Big Sur and Pacific Grove.
Anther lost cell phone was reported to have been lost somewhere between Lovers
Point and Central Avenue.
A wallet was found on Lighthouse and turned in. The owner was contacted and
the wallet returned.
A wallet was reported lost at Country Club Gate.
A wallet was left at the Shell gas station on Forest. It was returned to the owner.
A wallet was lost on the Rec Trail between the Pt. Pinos Lighthouse and Monterey.
It was found and the owner retrieved it.
Very high-powered lenses
A woman reported someone accessed her Amazon account and ordered two
high-powered camera lenses. One was delivered to an address in Vallejo and the other
to an address in San Jose.
Is she now skinny dipping?
A woman on Buena Vista reported that in April, 2016, she discovered that her
wetsuit, bathing suit, and iPhone were missing from her vehicle. She said there were no
signs of forced entry. Now she has discovered a 3-inch dent in her trunk and that her rear
window wiper blade has been pried off. She wanted a report for the insurance company.
Tribute - Vandalism
Two women were observed painting a tree stump on Ocean View Blvd They were
contacted, and said it was a tribute to deceased family members.The police figured it
was vandalism instead and told them to remove the paint.
Online fraud
A business on Cental was defrauded out of several thousand dollars by an online
purchaser. The investigation is ongoing.
Stumbling Under the Influence
A woman who was highly intoxicated fell several times while walking home. she
believed she was at her residence when contacted on Lighthouse, but she was nowhere
near her home. She was determine to be unable to care for herself and was sent off to
the hospital.
Monterey Library Adds a Kitchen
Monterey Public Library unveils a new kitchen and snack bar named Etta’s Eats in
honor of Etta Eckhardt, Monterey’s first City Librarian (1907-43). There will be a ribbon
cutting ceremony at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 25, 2016. The Friends of the Monterey
Public Library will serve coffee, churros and more until 11:30 a.m. or while supplies
last. The kitchen addition, which will be used to enhance Library programming, was
designed and constructed with funds from the Monterey Neighborhood Improvement
Program. The event takes place at the Library's patio. The Monterey Public Library
is located at 625 Pacific Street, Monterey. For more information call (831) 646-3933
or visit www.monterey.org/library.
PLAWSUIT From Page 1
In a complaint filed June 3, current owners Laura and Richard Cote allege they
were not told of the connection with Nixon's murder. They said that they didn't know
of the murder of Suzanne Nixon until the discovery of McGee's body.
The Cotes said had they known of the history of the property, they would not
have bought it.
The Cotes paid $339,000 for the property in 2000. They are seeking an undisclosed
amount for fraud by concealment, breach of duty to be honest and truthful, and negligent
infliction of emotional distress.
Named in the lawsuit are previous owner Sean Ford, from whom the Cotes purchased the property; realtor Herbert Aronson, who handled the purchase; Anthony and
Michele McCulloch and realtor Marlene Provence, who owned the property before
Ford. The owner of the property at the time of the murder was Katie Goyanovich. She
was not named in the suit.
Monterey law firm Hudson Martin Ferrante Street Witten & DeMaria PC filed the
lawsuit on behalf of the Cotes.
Snack Shack Attack
Candy and some loose change were stolen from the snack shack at the park on
Melrose Place.
Bark bark Bark Report
A neighbor complained about a constantly barking dog. The property owner said
it belonged to a renter and that she would call them to take care of the dog.
Injured dog
A person said someone residing in her house has a dog that had been hit by a car but
that the owner couldn’t afford medical care for it. He said he was trying to get friends
to help him out. Well, the Animal Control Officer said police would help him find
medical attention for the dog. When the ACO went back to the house with veterinary
help information, but the owner was not home.
Leaf Blower Dispute
There was a verbal dispute between landscapers over a leaf blower, but no one
was blown away.
Trip and Fall
An elderly woman fell exiting a store. She lost her footing on a piece of uneven
pavement and fell on her side, injuring her hip and shoulder. She was transported to
the hospital.
NOTE: There seemed to be an inordinate number of domestic violence and disputes
this week. We do not report on domestic violence as a rule, nor do we report on sexual
abuse cases lest the victim be compromised.
MPRPD Awarded Recognition of
Efforts to Promote Transparency
The Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District (MPRPD) received the District
Transparency Certificate of Excellence awarded by the Special District Leadership
Foundation (SDLF) in recognition of its outstanding efforts to promote transparency
and good governance.
“This award is a testament to Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District’s
commitment to open government,” said Rafael Payan, General Manager. “The entire
district staff is to be commended for their contributions that empower the public with
information and facilitate engagement and oversight.”
In order to receive the award, a special district must demonstrate the completion
of eight essential governance transparency requirements, including conducting ethics
training for all board members, properly conducting open and public meetings, and
filing financial transactions and compensation reports to the State Controller in a timely
manner.
The Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District also fulfilled 15 website requirements, including providing readily available information to the public, such as board
agendas, past minutes, current district budget, and the most recent financial audit.
Finally, the district must demonstrate outreach to its constituents that engages the
public in its governance, through an annual informational public budget hearing and
community transparency reviews.
The Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District’s current boundaries cover over
500 square miles and include the seven incorporated cities of the Monterey Peninsula,
Carmel Valley, Pebble Beach and the Big Sur Coast. The District is governed by an
elected Board of Directors, representing the citizens in each of five wards and was
formed in order to preserve and protect as much of the area’s natural beauty as possible
for future generations.
SDLF is an independent, non-profit organization formed to promote good governance and best practices among California’s special districts through certification,
accreditation and other recognition programs.
Special districts are independent public agencies that deliver core local services
to communities, such as water, fire protection, parks and recreation, healthcare, sanitation, mosquito abatement, ports, libraries, public cemeteries and more. Districts are
established by voters and their funding is approved by voters in order to meet specific
needs through focused service. They can be specially molded to serve large regions or
small neighborhoods depending on the need.
Reminder on Parking Limits Downtown
Several months ago, the city council approved a change in the time limit for parking
on Lighthouse Avenue from three hours to two hours. Recently the signs were replaced
from Lobos to 13th Street along Lighthouse to reflect the new time limits. This affects
both sides of the street as well as the center aisle. The Pacific Grove Police Department
would like to make residents and visitors aware of the change so that they may avoid
receiving parking citations.
Public Safety Dispatchers Wanted
The California Highway Patrol (CHP), Monterey Area, is seeking qualified men
and women to become CHP Public Safety Dispatchers (PSD). Bilingual candidates
(Spanish-speaking) are especially encouraged to apply. To assist prospective candidates
and provide information about this interesting and rewarding career, the CHP Monterey
Dispatch Center is conducting a Hiring and Pre-Examination Seminar.
A recruiting seminar will be held on Wednesday, June 22, 2016, at the CHP office
on 960 E. Blanco Road, Salinas, CA 93901, beginning at 6:00 p.m.
The PSD examination will be held on August 13, 2016, (the final filing date to
take that exam is July 7, 2016).
Anyone with questions about the seminar, the examination, or seeking general
information may contact a Public Safety Dispatch Supervisor II Nicole Stewart @
(831)796-2193. Interested parties are also encouraged to go on-line to CHPCAREERS.
COM – and click the Become a Public Safety Dispatcher link
Farm Day Market Moves Next Door
The Corral de Tierra Grange’s fourth
annual Farm Day Market has outgrown its
venue at the Grange Hall and will be held
this year at neighboring Episcopal Church
of the Good Shepherd, 301 Corral de
Tierra Road, Aug. 13 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
“It’ll be bigger and better,” said Farm
Day Market founder and Grange member
Beverly Hartnell, who keeps bees and
chickens, grows vegetables and tends an
apple orchard on five acres in Corral de
Tierra.
In previous years, Farm Day had been
held in the parking lot of the Grange Hall,
but it’s outgrown that space, she said. The
annual market offers produce, honey, eggs,
fruit and handicrafts, “all home-farm supplied,” Hartnell said.
Vendors come from areas outside
Corral de Tierra, but the Grange vets their
wares to assure that they are home-grown.
Good Shepherd Church will provide a
chicken barbecue - a first for the Farm Day
Market - and the market plans to feature a
fire truck, a demonstration beehive, music,
a seed swap, master gardeners answering
gardening questions, demonstrations of
recycling, composting and worming, and
presentations by local nonprofits.
Grange member and publicity chairman Tina Borsella lives in the neighborhood with her horse, mule and herding
dogs, and Ed Watson, master of the Corral
de Tierra Grange, lives on the farm his
family has owned since 1870.
Hartnell, who has lived in Corral de
Tierra since 2000, said she “spoke up” one
day at a Grange meeting and proposed
holding the Farm Day Market as a way “of
getting to know our neighbors.”
The other members thought it was a
fine idea, if she would organize it.
The Corral de Tierra Grange was chartered in 1932 and has been an active force
in the community since, offering support
to its members and the local community.
New members are welcome, Hartnell
said, and they needn’t be farmers.
Inquiries about membership, registration for vendors and demonstrations, may
be addressed to her by calling 484-0250 or
emailing bhartnell@comcast.net.
Allen’s Hummingbirds: Their past and
predictions for their future in California
Thurs., June 23, 7-8:30 p.m.
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History
$5, free for Museum members
Andrea Jones, Director of Bird Conservation at Audubon California, will talk about
Allen’s hummingbirds, the mysterious and
hard-to-identify birds that often nest in central
coast and northern California gardens. She will
discuss the birds’ past and present populations
in California, how they are predicted to fare
in climate change, and what you can do to
attract these birds into your own backyard.
This lecture coincides with the opening of a
new exhibit that focuses on hummingbirds.
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“Zena Holman and the Promise of
Asilomar” Lecture by Dr. Michael Meloy
The Friends of the Monterey Public
Library and the Monterey Public Library
Endowment Committee invite you to a
lecture, “Zena Holman and the Promise
of Asilomar” by Dr. Michael Meloy on
Wednesday, June 23, 2016, 3:30 - 5:30
p.m.
Zena Holman (1891-1980) is one of
the people who, beginning in the 1930s,
transformed Asilomar from regional
retreat into a world-renowned center for
the exchange of ideas. Holman’s effort to
share her book collection with the people
of California exemplifies the spirit of those
who sought to use Asilomar to build a
better society.
Michael Meloy is a historian working
for the State of California. He received his
MA in history from Cal State Sacramento
and his PhD in United States history from
the University of California, Davis. He
lives in Oakland.
The event takes place at the Martine
Inn located at 255 Ocean View Blvd.,
Pacific Grove. Tickets are $25 per person.
Enjoy hors d’oeuvres and refreshments
before and after the lecture - reception 3:30
pm, lecture 4:00 pm, post reception 5:00
Times • Page 7
Ron Horner to show Photography
at PG Art Center
Sunset Asilomar by Rb Horner
“Monochrome and Color” a retrospective exhibition of the work of Pacific Grove
photographer Ron Horner, will open on July 1 in the Pacific Grove Art Center’s Annand
Gallery and run through August 25. The opening reception will be from 7 to 9 p.m.
Horner, whose work gained attention in 1986 with the cover and inside photographs
in the Diners Club Signature Magazine in Nairobi, Kenya, has studied with several of
the Monterey Peninsula’s eminent photographers, including the late Henry Gilpin and
Roger Fremier.
“I had the good fortune to study under Henry and Roger, as well as Patrick Jablonski
at Monterey Peninsula Collage,’’ Horner said.
Horner arrived on Monterey Peninsula in 1979 and “on a visit to Carmel I visited
the Weston Gallery. The images I saw there took my breath away and I was seduced
by the power of monochrome images,” he said.
“I continued my work with monochrome until I no longer had the use of a dark
room. It was then I moved up to a medium-format camera and began my interest in
color film. It has been hard for me to leave film but the increase in the quality of digital
photography has convinced me to now travel down that road.”
This is Horner’s first solo show, and he is showing larger images than he has in
the past.
His work has been juried into several Monterey County Fair exhibits, including
several firsts and a best in show. He garnered an honorable mention at the Avery Gallery
in Seaside and was juried into exhibits at Studios on the Park in Paso Robles as well
as, last fall, the exhibit “Edge of the Sea,” based on the work of Rachel Carson, at the
Pacific Grove Public Library’s Nancy and Steve Hauk Gallery.
For more information or to interview Ron Horner, call 831 277 6972 or email
rfrh45@gmail.com. Pacific Grove Art Center, 568 Lighthouse Ave., phone 375 2208.
AFRP Fathers Day
furniture and Art Bonanza
The AFRP Treasure Shop. 180 Fountain Ave, in Pacific
Grove, will hold a furniture and art bonanza for Fathers
Day, June 17-20. The store is open from 10:00 a.m. to
4:30 p.m.
In stock are Like new or antique pieces, Pottery Barn,
Ricardo electric recliner, a music stand, desks, Thomasville, men’s jewelry, tis, clothing and more. Ther are also
many books. Phone 831-333-05491 for information.
Like
Dr. Michae Meloy
pm. Admission is complimentary for 1849
Society Members and guests. Tickets can
be purchased online at www.mplfriends.
com, in person at the Library Help Desk
or by phone at 831.646.5632.
SPCA Seeks Foster Friends
for Kittens and Puppies
The SPCA for Monterey County is looking for more foster families to help raise the
hundreds of kittens that come into our care. Right now, loving SPCA Foster Friends are
caring for 48 underage kittens and puppies, and there are still an additional 70 kittens
and puppies at the shelter being raised by compassionate SPCA staff and volunteers
when they could be snuggling at home with loving fosters.
SPCA Foster Friends raise and care for underage or injured pets rescued by the
SPCA for Monterey County. Foster can last anywhere from a few days to a few weeks.
The SPCA provides food, veterinary care, supplies, training, and any needed support.
To learn how to be a foster friend, please contact us at 831-264-5423.
172 16th Street, Pacific Grove
(831) 372-3524
www.cottageveterinarycare.com
Providing a full spectrum of
state of art medical and
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in our quaint cottage setting
10% Discount
Military, Seniors
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OFFICE HOURS:
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Times
• June 17, 2016
Dr. Michael L. Jackson Chosen to Lead
Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County
Stevenson School Graduate Returns to the
Monterey Peninsula to Run the Club
CEO of 25 years Leaves
Extraordinary Legacy
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey
County (BGCMC) Board of Directors announced today the appointment of Dr. Michael
L. Jackson as the new CEO. Dr. Jackson will
assume his new leadership role in July 2016.
He will succeed Donna Ferraro who will retire
at the end of this year after 25 years of service.
Ferraro will remain on board through the end
of 2016 to assist with the transition.
Dr. Jackson holds a BA in anthropology,
with distinction, from Stanford University and
an Ed.D. in educational edministration from
the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
His career includes 35 years as a teacher and
administrator at Stanford University and the
University of Southern California (USC).
Throughout his career he received numerous
awards and recognition for his service. At Stanford University Jackson held the position
of Dean of Students before leaving to become Vice President for Student Affairs and
Professor of Higher Education at USC.
As Vice President for Student Affairs he provided leadership for 300 professional
and support staff and 400 student staff with an annual operating budget of over $30
million. During his tenure he developed relationships with trustees, parents, alumni,
and friends of the university to garner external financial support to construct a new
campus center, health center, two residential colleges, and underwrite future programs
in the center and division of student affairs. Nearly $60 million was raised in the United
States and Asia from individuals, corporations, and foundations. In addition, in 2010 he
raised nearly $10.5 million to establish and endow the Kortschak Center for Learning
and Creativity to provide support for students with dyslexia, ADHD and other learning
differences. From 1999 to 2011 he also served as Chief Financial Officer and member
of board of directors of the USC Good Neighbors Program, which supports programs
that put children on the pathway to college, make streets safer for families, and offer
activities and programs aimed at improving the health and well being of residents in
the neighborhoods surrounding USC’s campuses.
For Dr. Jackson, coming back to the Monterey Peninsula brings him full circle.
When he was in the 9th grade in public school in San Jose he was awarded a scholarship
to become the first African American student to attend Stevenson School in Pebble
Beach where he graduated with honors. He currently serves on the board of trustees
for Stevenson School.
Dr. Jackson says, “I am returning home where my life was changed for the better
and I want to do the same for other boys and girls in Monterey County. I am excited
to give back to an organization that gave me so much. I am committed to building
upon the foundation that Donna has built and expand the platform on which Monterey
County youth can build great futures.”
Dr. Jackson is married to his wife of 25 years, the Rev. Diana D. Akiyama, Ph. D. She is the Vicar of St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church in Kapa’au, Hawaii.
Donna Ferraro began her career at the BGCMC in 1991 as the first resource development director and became CEO nine years later. She led the capital campaign to
build the first Clubhouse unit in Seaside which began operation in 1994. Funds were
raised to open a second Clubhouse unit in Salinas in 2002. By 2003 the unit had over
2,000 new members. Since then five extensions sites have opened in Salinas and Gonzales in partnership with the Gonzales Unified and Salinas Union High school districts.
Throughout her career she has built relationships with corporate partners, government and educational leaders, and community members and together with her leadership
Ferraro has grown the organization from a small club serving several hundred kids per
day at one location to a club now serving on an average 800 kids per day at the seven
different locations. The budget has grown from $135,000 to more than $4 million.
Ferraro was recognized by Boys & Girls Clubs of America as a top Chief Executive
Officer.For more information on the Boys & Girls Clubs of Monterey County visit
www.bgcmc.org
Museum’s New Director of Exhibits
and Education Has Local Roots
Juan Govea, the new director of exhibits and education at the Pacific Grove
Museum of Natural History, is someone
many in Monterey County already know.
As a longtime Salinas resident, Govea most
recently served as a board member for the
Museum Foundation of Pacific Grove and
taught science at Salinas High School for
11 years.
Those familiar with the Monterey Bay
Aquarium may also recognize the name.
At the age of 16, Govea volunteered as
an Aquarium guide, and went on to earn a
bachelor’s degree in environmental studies
at UC-Santa Cruz and a master’s degree at
Stanford University. For the last few years,
Govea has served on the Aquarium’s Board
of Trustees.
Juan Govea
As the Museum’s director of exhibits
and education, Govea will oversee exhibits and run the Museum’s active education
department.
Times • Page 9
Fathers Day
Poetry
A Grandfather’s Legacy
By Sheryl Brooks
What Do You Take When You Go?
I packed my tape recorder, six blank tapes,
Two journals, my gel pens,
And a camera.
Like a surgeon,
I would skillfully extract
The material of his life,
Preserving his stories
Would keep him alive.
When I arrived,
He was sleeping.
The next morning
Pain held him a prisoner in bed.
I fed him oatmeal and canned peaches.
He was frustrated
He could not take me
To the Golf Club for lunch.
The Florida sun
Blasted the 11th Fairway
Outside the bedroom window.
When I was little,
His king sized bed
Was the playground where
The family gathered
For morning foot warming
And tickle fights.
For breakfast, he fed us oranges
Cut to eat with a spoon.
The hours pass slowly now.
He naps, wakes, eats a little ice cream
And naps again.
I wash windows, walk the dog
Vacuum the floors,
And wait.
By evening, his new wife
and I,
Lift his brittle bones
Shifting him from bed
to wheelchair
And roll him to the porch,
Where sunset on the greens
Invites the likes of Rosiette Spoonbills
And Sand Hill Cranes
To gather for an evening social.
Bob Silverman’s daughter (Giants Updates) won a second place award from
the Arizona Writers Association for this poem. It is now being considered at the
National level.The Arizona Writers Association submitted poems placing First
and Second Nationally. Bob says the poem is wrotten about Sheryl’s grandfather, his own father, whom he says has been Sheryl’s inspiration in poetry.
Rudolph Tenenbaum
Poetry
My memory plays
Wonderful games.
It will preserve
Only gains.
To have a fight
Is my intention
But what's the bone
Of intention?
Only successes
And triumphs
And never
Tribulations and trials.
My memory plays
Wonderful games.
It will preserve
Only gains.
It will conveniently
Dismiss
A wooden embrace,
An indifferent kiss.
But sometimes the mind
Reconstructs the magic
Of being thoughtful,
Of being nostalgic.
Me, insulted,
Me, outwitted,
A terrible blunder
I might have committed.
The poetry
Of dreams unfulfilled,
Of all that was lost,
Diminished and spilled.
And feelings like fear,
And envy , and pain
My memory, graciously,
Wouldn't retain.
The drama of life
Without tomorrow.
The mind reconstructs
The grandeur of sorrow.
Well wishers come and go,
But listening and talking
Require strength he could not muster.
I waited, but the well
Was dry that day.
Day 3
I asked him to tell me about his father
Who passed long before I was born.
He thought I asked about the disease
And told me, again,
That the doc at the Mayo Clinic
Said he was too old for the transplant
That he needed.
This was his story now.
I rubbed his swollen feet with arnica cream
He said it was the first massage
He had ever received.
Why did I wait so long?
Day 4
The Irish Priest came
To administer Last Rites,
But the timing was off.
In the awkward silence
That followed the ceremony
Dad spoke out defiantly
“That was just fine, father,
But I’m not going anywhere”.
Day 5
Dad was in his wheel chair
At the breakfast table
When I finished packing my bag
For the flight home.
We ate together
In an awkward silence
That was a stranger to us.
I told him I loved him.
I could not make myself
Say the words, “good bye”.
Susie Joyce
Times
• June 17, 2016
Bob Silverman
San Francisco Giants Updates
Giants Score Big Wins
Over Dodgers and Brewers
Coach Roberto Kelly(39) (left) and Denard Span (right) as Span scores on
a first inning home against the Brewers on June 13th. (©2016 S.F.Giants)
The San Francisco Giants maintain their first place position after winning their series
against the Dodgers followed by winning play against the Brewers at AT&T Park. Just
prior to game time against the Brewers the Giants announced that “Mac Williamson
has been optioned triple A Sacramento.” The Giants also announced that Angel Pagan
had returned to the Giants starting roster for the June 14 game against the Milwaukee
Brewers. Pagan started at his regular position in left field and the starting pitcher was
Madison Bumgarner. Buster Posey started as catcher. The ever dependable Gregor
Blanco played right field in place of the injured Hunter Pence.
The Brewers brought a record of 30 wins and 34 losses to the June 14 game while
the Giants 2016 record stood at 39 wins and 26 losses as their first place lead in the
National League was increasing. Prior to the game the Giants announced they had a
a season high of 13 games over .500 and six ahead of the second place Los Angeles
Dodgers.
The Giants went on to defeat the Brewers by a score of three to two with 41,750
fans in attendance. The winning pitcher was Bumgarner who in a post game press release
said he has a seven game winning streak and “has limited opponents to two earned runs
or fewer in each of his last 11 starts.” The Giants also announced that Brandon Belt
reached base safely in each of “his last 25 homes” with 23 hits and 17 walks.
The Giants defeated the Brewers on June 13 by a score of 11 to five. In a post game
press release the Giants announced that Denard Span “slugged the 109th Splash home
run in AT&T Park history and the 70th by a Giant.” The Giants explained that “Span’s
splash home run was the first leadoff splash home run by a Giant.” Blanco scored two
runs with a single in the 7th inning.
The Giants’ starting pitcher was Matt Cain who was activated from the disabled
list. Unfortunately Chris Stratton who defeated the Dodgers on June 11 was optioned
back to Sacramento. Both Stratton and others sent back to Sacramento will return to
the Giants roster some time this season.
The Giants defeated the Dodgers on June 12 with a win by Jake Peavy who won his
150th career game.The game was close with a winning score for the Giants of 2 to one.
The Giants defeated the Dodgers on June 11 after a rocky start by Jeff Samardzija.
Reliever Chris Stratton was the winning pitcher and earned his first major league win.
Stratton was recalled to Sacramento when Cain returned from the disabled list.
Bay Watching: El Niño Again
By Susie Joyce 5/28/16
The sky is quiet in gull town today, too quiet. At a time when the raucous
gull mating season should be in full swing, no angelic wings pass overhead,
no excited calls to mates, territorial threats, or circling gull storms disrupt
picturesque downtown on this weekend morning.
In defiance of the ongoing campaign that Gull Town has waged for years
against the garbage picking, stinky guano producing, noisy urban aviary pests
during the Spring nesting season, the gulls have abandoned the city on their own
accord. Is this a sign of some kind, a warning that a catastrophic earthquake,
tsunami, or hurricane is making its way toward our idyllic beachfront hamlet?
A kayak trip on the bay revealed that the gull population has not gone
far, and that El Nino is the cause of the exodus, El Niño, and the warm water
that brought pelagic red crabs north to the Central Coast. Our resident gulls
are fat and happy on the beaches of Monterey, and positioned on the water,
where, with very little effort, they can snatch the easy to spot red crustacean
when, from time to time, it foolishly rises to the surface to breathe. The food is
so abundant that the characteristic boisterous feeding frenzies and stealing of
others’ catch is nowhere to be seen. In fact, the feast has lulled the gulls into an
abnormal calm, not so different from a Thanksgiving turkey tryptophan stupor.
I find the downtown scene sadly lacking without the laughing gulls, the
unashamed mating rituals that usually stop traffic in the streets at this time
of year, and the spirited gull storms overhead that enliven the neighborhood.
My only consolation for the unnatural silence is that I expect this will not last
forever. I trust that when the crab feed ends, the gulls will return, the sky will
once again come to life with gull activity, and things will be back to normal
in charming Gull Town.
The San Jose Giants remain in second place in the High-A California League with
a record as of June 14 of 36 wins and 27 losses.
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Times • Page 11
Elite Men
1•Tommy Zaferes, Aptos, 1:55:58
2•Davide Giardini, Boulder, CO 1:56:22
3•John Dahlz, Daly City, 2:00:11
Elite Women
1•Julie Ertel, Irvine, 2:09:58
2•Emily Cocks, Napa, 2:11:06
3•Kelsey Withrow, Pleasant Hill,
2:11:44
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Photos by
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Times
• June 17, 2016
Saving Africa’s Endangered Wildlife,
There can't be many Americans who
are unaware of the serious dangers faced
by certain species, particularly on the
African continent: Leopard and cheetah,
because of their beautiful coats. Elephants are sought for their ivory tusks,
routinely made into works of art, as well
as other body parts. Gorillas are routinely slaughtered and sold as “bush meat”
to be eaten by wealthy elite. Rhinoceros,
both black and white, are killed for their
horns – which are actually made of keratin, the protein found in hair, fingernails,
and animal hooves. They have been
carved into drinking cups, knife handles,
walking sticks and door handles. Or they
have been ground up as “miracle” cures
for centuries, particularly by Asian cultures-- China, India, Vietnam, Malaysia,
Japan, Yemen, and Korea. The crowned
heads of Europe and the four main world
religions – Christianity, Buddhism,
Islam and Hinduism – each believed at
one time that pouring a liquid into a cup
made of rhino horn would prove whether the libation was poisoned or not.
No amount of education seems to
have made a difference in the demand,
particularly in Vietnam, where the black
market price of rhino horn ranges up to
A hornless black rhino may survive a little longer, provided poachers realize
that the horns are gone and there’s not much value in shooting it.
$300,000 apiece ($100,000 per kilogram). In the newly-wealthy country it
is believed that it cures cancer as well as
hangovers. It doesn’t.
But that hasn’t stopped the poaching
of live rhinoceros as well as the theft
of heads and horns from museum and
wildlife exhibits all over the world.
Rhino poaching has increased by
more than 900 percent in recent years,
spurred by the extreme value of the horn.
Rhinos are protected globally under the
Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species. It is illegal to import or export rhino parts and products
in the United States, even as art. People
bent on saving the rhino from extinction
are working to reduce demand through
education. But it's not enough. The price
of their horns, and the involvement of
organized crime, have climbed as steeply
as the population has fallen.
Enter Damien Mander. The 37-yearold Australian is a former member of
the Royal Australian Navy, where he
became a Naval Clearance Diver – the
Austalian equivalent of an American
Navy SEAL. In 2003 he was chosen for
an Austalian Army Special Forces commando unit, serving as a special operations sniper in Iraq. He trained hundreds
of Iraqi police cadets, and assisted the
The 250-pound,
tattoo-covered man is
a Steven Segal
character in real life.
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Carmel Foundation
Presents“Our
Seacoast of
Bohemia Writers”
On Wednesday June 29, 2016, at
2:30 p.m., at The Carmel Foundation’s
Diment Hall, join Elayne Wareing Fitzpatrick as she takes you on a journey to
‘Our Seacoast of Bohemia Writers.’ This
discussion will be rooted in Fitzpatrick’s
book Nature Wisdom Mystical Writers of
the Big Sur-Monterey Coast with writers
such as Richard Henry Dana, Robert Louis
Stevenson, Gertrude Atherton, Jack London, and ‘The Bunch;’ Robinson Jeffers,
Jaime De Angulo, John Steinbeck, Eric
Barker, and Henry Miller, with special
tribute to the blood conscious mysticism of
D.H. Lawrence, and a postscript on the organic psychology of William James. This
presentation is free and open to the public.
The Carmel Foundation is located
on the SE corner of 8th & Lincoln. For
more information, please contact Leticia
Bejarano, Director of Support Services at
831.620.8705 or lbejarano@carmelfoundation.org.
About The Carmel Foundation
The Carmel Foundation is an organization that serves members 55 and better
in the Monterey County area and beyond.
The Foundation is located in Carmel on
the southeast Corner of 8th and Lincoln.
The Carmel Foundation gives seniors an
opportunity to live productive, enriching
lives by offering a luncheon program,
homebound meal delivery, free medical
equipment loans, in-home services and respite grants, free lending library, Saturday
movie, Technology Center, low-income
housing, and more than 50 classes and activities each week. For more information,
contact Kimberly Willison, Director of
Development at kwillison@carmelfoundation.org, www.carmelfoundation.org,
or 831.620.8701.
Times • Page 13
The Heart and Lungs of the Planet
Rhinoceros are huge — weighing in the area of a ton — and are herbivores.
They have relatively small brains for their body size. They do not have teeth,
but rather tear their food free with their lips. Despite their armored bodies, they
are easy prey for poachers. Pictured is Damien Mander and a few members
of the anti-poaching army he finances and trains. Photos courtesy Damien
Mander and IAPF.
US Army Corps of Engineers working,
as he puts it, in “close protection” in
Project Matrix.
In 2009, he left Iraq, escaping the
death and destruction there to spend
some R&R in South Africa, Namibia,
Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and
Botswana. It was there, in Zimbabwe,
he was introduced to the anti-poaching
rangers tryng desperately to protect
Afria's dwindling wildlife.
“Here were guys who were protecting the heart and lungs of this planet
but they had no boots,” he told us. He
realized that he had special skills and
experience that could help the rangers.
“I was looking for an adventure,
not a cause,” he said. All that changed
as he experienced the difficulties faced
by the anti-poachers. And the dangers of
fighting a poaching market funded by
organizaed crime and foreign interests.
He began developing training
packages for the under-funded, under-equipped rangers. And eventually,
realizing that “this is a war, this is
terrorism, this is organized crime,” he
sold everything he had and set up the
International Anti-Poaching Foundation (IAPF) in 2009. Since then, he
has devoted his life to fighting wildlife
poaching, mostly at the point of a gun.
Today, the foundation equips
African anti-poaching rangers not only
with firearms and boots and training,
but provides such modern equipment as
small aircraft and night vision drones.
Initially, Mander funded the foundation with his own personal funds, but
is now using donations, grants, and other fund-raising activities. He has given
TedX talks, been featured in National
The 250-pound, tattoo-covered man
is a Steven Segal character in real life.
He might even condone issuing hunting
tags for poachers. He’s also a confirmed
vegan who says that when the animals
are saved, everything else in the eco-
Digitized Historic
Monterey
Newspapers Now
Available
Monterey Public Library's holdings of
Monterey newspapers on microfilm from
1846 – 1930 have now been digitized and
are available for use from the Library's
Web site at www. monterey.org/library.
The digitized newspapers are accessible
online from anywhere with an Internet
connection. Searching is faster and can
be done by date, name, and event. There
is an adjustment tool for optimizing image
quality for both text and photos.
Another batch of historic Monterey
newspapers covering the years 1930 - 1950
are now being digitized, and the microfilm
reels will be unavailable for use during
the process.
For more information, call (831)
646-3933
Geographic, Africa Geographic, 60
Minutes, Animal Planet, and other television and printed episodes. Recently, he
visited Pacific Grove to visit a friend, on
his way to a fund-raising talk in Pebble
Beach.
system benefits. “this is the closest to
heaven we're ever going to get.”
IAPF has as its motto “Widlife Conservation Through Direct Action.” More
can be found at www.iapf.org including
opportunities to donate and bona fides.
Date:
Pre-register by:
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Times
• June 17, 2016
Dance at Chautauqua Hall
Programs at the Library
For more information call 648-5760.
June 1 - July 27
Summer Reading Program: Read for the Win! Children can sign up, join the
team, read books and win prizes!
•
Tuesday, June 21 • 11:00 am
Pre-School stories at the Pacific Grove Library, ages 2-5.
•
Wednesday, June 22 • 2:00 pm
Stories with Miss Lisa: participation and action stories for children of all ages.
•
Thursday, June 23 • 11:00 am
Baby Rhyme Time: rhymes, songs and stories for babies, birth - 24 months.
•
Tuesday, June 28 • 11:00 am
Pre-School stories at the Pacific Grove Library, ages 2-5.
•
Wednesday, June 29 • 2:00 pm
Music with Chris Bohrman: songs and dancing for children of all ages
•
Thursday, June 30 • 11:00 am
Baby Rhyme Time: rhymes, songs and stories for babies, birth - 24 months.
•
Thursday, June 30 • 1:30 pm
“Come Fly With Me”: Learn to make and fly paper airplanes, ages 5 and up.
Saturday, June 11, 2016
6 PM – Dance lesson is Kizomba/Zouk by Metin & Masha.
7-10PM – General ballroom, nightclub and line dancing.
6 PM – Dance lesson is Nightclub Two-Step by guest teacher, John Ferreira
6 PM – Dance lesson is Country Two-Step by Rosa.
Entrance fee is $10 for non-members; $5 for members.
Annual membership fee is $10.
See our calendar at: https://sites.google.com/site/chdanceclub/
Chautauqua Hall Dance Club, a non-profit founded in 1926, is dedicated to making
dance accessible to everyone. Free lessons in various ballroom, nightclub, and line
dances are available every week.
Contact: Sera Hirasuna at 831-262-0653.
Market
Matters
Scott Dick
Monterey County Assoc. of Realtors
Renters value
homeownership
but face
affordability
challenges
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Phone: 831-204-6809
Monday - Friday: 8:30am - 7:00pm / Saturday: 9:00am - 7:00pm
Ways To Register
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“Monterey Lanes” along with your “Check.”
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Checks must be received no later than 5pm July 26th,
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Current renters value homeownership and want to buy a home but
many are encountering affordability
and financial obstacles that prevent
them from buying, according to the
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF
REALTORS®’ (C.A.R.) “2016 Renter
Survey.
Nearly half of renters (48 percent)
plan to buy a home in the future, with
10 percent saying that they plan to buy
within a year.
For those not planning to buy,
an improvement in finances, lower
housing prices, and saving enough for
a down payment would motivate them
to buy now.
Of the 28 percent of renters who
don’t plan to buy in the future, 50
percent said they can’t afford to buy,
20 percent will not buy because they
prefer to rent, 19 percent said they
can’t qualify for a mortgage, and 15
percent lack a down payment.
Job uncertainty (9 percent), economic uncertainty (12 percent), and
housing market uncertainty (6 percent)
were among other reasons renters cited
for not buying a home.
Homeownership remains important to renters, with nearly half (45
percent) rating it 8 or higher in importance on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being
extremely important. The average was
6.8.
Nearly all renters (95 percent)
see advantages to homeownership;
freedom to do what you want with
your home, building equity, and having
permanence and stability were the top
benefits mentioned by renters.
One of the surprising findings of
this survey is that more than one in
four millennial renters said they plan
to purchase a home that will accommodate their parents, and about one
in five millennials indicated they plan
to pool funds with family members to
buy a home.
Times • Page 15
When Will They Ever Learn?
Fear of Difference
Tom Stevens
Otter Views
Sunday’s firearms massacre of 50 patrons at a gay dance club in Florida prompted
the Monterey Herald headline “Worst Shooting in U.S. History.” In our gun-worshipping
nation, it’s a record not destined to last long.
In addition to its unprecedented body count, Sunday’s mass murder establishes a
grim new trifecta: assault weapon use; American-born shooter with jihadist sympathies;
and the deliberate targeting of gay people.
A worrisome coda was the apprehension, also on Sunday, of a man reportedly
targeting a Los Angeles gay pride event. The suspect had driven from Indiana armed
with three assault rifles, high-capacity ammo clips, and bomb-making materials. He
was picked up in Santa Monica after parking his car in the wrong direction.
For everyday Americans just trying to raise kids, pay the bills, and get through
the week, these are troubling times. Heavily-armed killers crisscross the land like the
hitchhiker in that menacing Doors song “Riders on the Storm.” As the lyric put it, their
brains are “squirming like a toad.”
That these killers pack “legally purchased” assault rifles, machine pistols and
multiple reload magazines might in other times be a topic for debate. But the National
Rifle Association, Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court have mooted that. Any American not obviously insane or felonious can legally buy enough rapid-fire weaponry to
kill 50 people.
Well, 50 this week. Next week, who knows?
So long as the NRA keeps Congress on its payroll, restrictions on the weapons mass
murderers prefer will die like Connecticut first graders. Likewise, the Senate majority’s
refusal to consider a Supreme Court nominee put forth by the other party ensures the
2nd Amendment will get no revisits while the Senate remains in gun-friendly hands.
We’ll leave that issue for some more enlightened era. For now, the targeting of
gay people introduces an eerie new subtext to the nation’s mass-murder narrative.
“Home-grown” jihadist sympathizers previously shot to death 14 social workers in
San Bernadino and 11 army personnel in Texas. But Sunday’s Orlando slaughter may
be the first time such a shooter chose a specifically gay victim set.
Initial reports identified the Orlando shooter as 29-year-old Florida security guard
Omar Mateen, killed in a gunfight with police at the dance club. The New York-born
son of Afghan immigrants, Mateen reportedly “dedicated” his actions to the radical
caliphate ISIS, which routinely puts homosexuals to death. His father told reporters
Mateen had become angry after seeing two Miami men kissing some time ago.
December’s San Bernadino massacre by an Islamic couple prompted GOP presidential contender Donald Trump to call for a ban on Muslim immigration. Trump, now
the GOP’s presumptive nominee, issued an “I said this would happen” statement after
Sunday’s massacre. His prescience should reap dividends from anti-Muslim voters.
By ditching his earlier gun control advocacy for a pro-gun stance closer to the
GOP’s heart, Trump also stands to harvest votes from the nation’s burgeoning “open
carry” movement. As NRA executive Wayne LaPierre has insisted after other firearms
massacres, if the Orlando dancers had been armed, the attack might have ended sooner.
That gay people were specifically targeted also factors into an ongoing national
fracas kindled by North Carolina’s recent “bathroom” law. Requiring transgendered
people to use public restrooms marked for their birth identities, the law also prohibits
North Carolina cities and counties from legislating any LGBT issue locally.
Fiercely defended as a “public safety” measure by the GOP lawmakers and governor who support it, the North Carolina law has proven so popular with voters it has
spawned facsimiles in several other states. The law also has invigorated LGBT rights
opponents and strengthened their resolve to roll back same-sex marriage laws and other
LGBT civil rights nationwide.
As LGBT spokesperson Rachel Tivan told reporters after Sunday’s Orlando
massacre, the implicit demonizing of transgendered people as bathroom predators and
continued resistance to LGBT civil rights nationally are “an invitation to violence.”
“When people are targeted by others who are scared of difference, they’re not
safe when they go dancing, they’re not safe when they go out to pray. If we live in a
culture where fear of difference is encouraged, that can, in the hands of crazy people,
have dreadful consequences.”
“Fear of difference,” as Hitler demonstrated, is a useful bogeyman already playing
a lead role in this year’s national and regional elections. By stoking its base’s fear of
Muslims, immigrants, and LGBT “bathroom predators,” the GOP has cast its lot firmly
with America’s white majority.
Though dwindling as a percentage of the electorate, whites remain America’s
preeminent ethnic bloc. If they can be frightened thoroughly enough, the strategy that
served Nixon, Reagan and both Bushes should enable Donald Trump to triumph as well.
All he needs are a few more massacres by jihadi sympathizers.
Jane Roland
Animal Tales and Other
Random Thoughts
We awakened this morning to the dreadful news from Orlando, Florida. Yet another
mass shooting with more fatalities than in any previous slaughters.
Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?
Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Young girls have picked them everyone.
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Oh, when will they ever learn?
Pete Seeger wrote this in 1962 as an ode to peace. It was made famous by Peter Paul
and Mary. It doesn’t seem appropriate for the current situation, yet it is. When will they
ever learn? The fanatics who wipe out generations of people ostensibly have a reason.
Yesterday it was his hatred of gays. Is that true? He was looking for an excuse to vent
his rage against the world and himself. In the past it has been children, old folks, blacks,
whites, students, business people, athletes, military, gays, straight. Pick a group, they
have been hit. Does it matter if the individual was a follower of ISIS? Our people are
gone. The perpetrator rarely survives and the message that is left does not paint him/
her a hero. “When will they ever learn?”
Peter, Paul, and Mary
For almost 10 years I have been writing my column. I receive favorable comments
often and for that I thank everyone. Last week I received two tales about cats. It is
my pleasure to recount them below and, in the case, of the first one, please contact
the writer or me. You know where you can find me. I love to hear your animal tales.
The following was sent to me by Dustin Smith, whom I met and with whom I
chatted when he came into the shop looking for a cat gate. Needless to say our talk
went to animals and he told me about Mr. Kitty:
“Mr. Kitty is a big, strong, black muscular male cat that is not easily moved by
people close by. He is more like a dog than a cat and eats twice as much as a normal
kitty – twice a day. He is all muscle, strong, tough and sweet. He moves carefully and
deferentially around Mama Kitty, a female Maine Coon Cat who is half his size but
rules the roost and will hiss and swipe with her front claws if things don’t go her way.”
“He was named by John Harris, the former owner of the 812 Cinema on Cannery
Row and co-owner of the Dream Theatre in New Monterey. We moved into our home
at 1138 Ripple Avenue in Pacific Grove and were told by John that Mr. Kitty came
with the house. The feline was short on good manners, giving a big hiss about everything…hissing when food was presented and a hiss afterward which we presumed
meant ‘thank you.’”
Then there was the breakthrough. Mr. Kitty went up to Dustin when he sat outside “He rubbed against my leg, purring and let out a faint, cracked, happy meow of
sorts. From there on out he learned to meow, purr and rarely ever hissed unless it was
necessary.”
Neither cat missed breakfast or dinner. “About three weeks ago, Mr. Kitty stopped
showing up for dinner, but was there for breakfast every day. For the past two weeks
he has not been there for the morning repast either. It is hoped that if someone has him
or knows about him they will call 831-917-1644...Mr. Kitty has a home and is greatly
loved.” A $100 reward is offered for the return of the cherished animal.
I cannot help but sympathize. We have lost kitties that have moved away, but
usually there is impetus, such as a new animal. It makes me think that Mr. Kitty may
be harbored by a neighbor. Mama Kitty would like him back also.
Here is story number two sent by Bill Robbins of Carmel “My nephew, Tim Lucas
and his sister, Judy, were visiting us last summer in Carmel. Tim was an animal care
giver for the SPCA. He nursed the sick ones back to health. He was an Army Veteran
who served in Germany and Cambodia. They were enjoying the sights at Bixby Bridge
and noticed a small black kitten near the highway. He picked him up, saving him from
a sure death and gave him water. They became friends.
“Tim took him in a pet carrier on his trip home on the airline. Bixby, as he was
named, slept the entire way. Tragically, Tim died on Good Friday after a short illness.
He was only 59 and never married. Bixby was taken in by Tim’s niece, Carrie Kubik,
another animal care giver.”
Saving animals has been one of my missions in life. To that end most strays
arrived at my mother’s home in Tucson and Carmel Valley and for the past 44 years
with John, our home has been a halfway house that has become a permanent abode.
I believe every animal, as every human, deserves a chance at life and the only reason
for incarceration or execution is if that animal or person is a threat to himself or others
or suffering from terminal illness...
Please, please don’t take someone’s pet. You may feel justified, but it is really
kidnapping or in this case catnapping…
Jane Roland manages the AFRP Treasure Shop at 160 Fountain Avenue in Pacific
Grove. Gcr770@aol.com
Peter Paul and Mary
Times
• June 17, 2016
Water Management District to
Hold Free Workshop on Drought
Tolerant Gardening
The Monterey Peninsula Water
Management District (MPWMD) is announcing the final workshop in its spring
water conservation series. The free event
will focus on turning your lawn into a
beautiful drought tolerant garden. The
event will take place on Saturday, June
25, 2016 from 1-4 p.m. and will be held
at the Carmel Middle School at the mouth
of Carmel Valley.
“Outdoor irrigation is one of the
largest water uses for residential and commercial consumers,” said Stephanie Kister, Conservation Representative for the
MPWMD. “This class can help residents
and businesses create a visually impactful
garden with little ongoing water use.”
The workshop, located at 4380 Carmel Valley Road, Carmel CA 93922 is a
hands on event with attendees watching as
a lawn is converted to a drought tolerant
garden. During the conversion, instructors
will provide information on the process including the environmentally friendly way
to remove turf through sheet mulching,
converting turf irrigation spray heads to
drip, a review of the drought tolerant plants
appropriate for our region and garden
design ideas. The event is free and open
to the public.
PG Pops Orchestra to Perform
with Spector Dance Group
PG Pops, the community orchestra of Pacific Grove, has been invited to perform
at a fund-raiser with the Spector Dance Company.
“We are honored to receive the invitation,” said Barbara Priest, Pops director.
Pops is scheduled to perform at 2 p.m., Saturday, June 18 and Sunday, June 19 with
the Spector Dance Company ensemble on The "Rites of Tamburo."
This is a fundraiser concert for the studio. Guests are invited to purchase tickets.
Tickets and info: www.spectordance.org (831) 384-1050 3343 Paul Davis Drive, Marina.
‘Days of Discovery’ Coming to
the Aquarium for Young People
who are Differently Abled
What’s the best day of the year for the
aquarium’s dive team? For 15 years it’s
been “The Zack Bunnell Day of Discovery” – a day that gives young people with
disabilities the chance to experience the
freedom and wonder of the ocean during
a surface scuba experience.
“The Day of Discovery embodies the
mission of the Monterey Bay Aquarium
– to inspire conservation of the ocean.
With the support of the entire aquarium
community this program continues to
offer a unique opportunity for this most
deserving and too often underserved
audience.” Director of Dive Programs,
George Z. Peterson.
In collaboration with Salinas Valley
Memorial Hospital Foundation and Children’s Miracle Network, the Monterey
Bay Aquarium offers this free program to
young people ages 8 to 14 with varying
disabilities and special needs. The participants put on modified scuba gear and, with
the aid of certified dive staff, encounter sea
creatures as they explore the aquarium’s
Great Tide Pool.
This year’s Days of Discovery are
June 18, 19 and August 27.
Household Hazardous Waste
Collection Set for Sat. June 25
In 2015, MRWMD received 586 turn-ins and 70,690 pounds of Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) and electronic waste. It is against the law to dispose of HHW
anywhere besides an authorized HHW collection center or event, which sometimes
leads to stockpiling of HHW in the garage or storage area awaiting a trip to the disposal facility. This event is designed for fast and convenient drive-through drop-off of
products containing hazardous materials, which are typically labeled with warnings
like “danger,” “hazard” or “caution.”
Set for Saturday, June 25 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., the collection point is the Monterey
Peninsula College Prking Lot A, 980 Fremont St. in Monterey.
HHW includes products such as household and automotive batteries, auto fluids,
used oil filters, pesticides, fertilizers, paints and thinners, pool and spa chemicals,
cleaners, solvents, beauty supplies, electronics, fluorescent light bulbs, and more. For
a complete list of what is and is not accepted at this event, and the MRWMD HHW
Facility, plus safe transporting tips, please refer to the website www.mrwmd.org.
Participation is limited to residents within MRWMD’s service area, including
Castroville, Marina, Seaside, Sand City, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach, Carmel, Carmel Valley, Big Sur, and the Highway 68 Corridor. Participants should limit
transport of HHW to 15 gallons / 125 lbs. Residents are requested to RSVP for the
event to help District staff keep traffic running smoothly. RSVP at www.mrwmd.org/
rsvp or by calling (831) 384-5313.
Residents who can’t make the event should bring their HHW to the MRWMD
HHW Facility located at 14201 Del Monte Blvd. in Marina, open Tuesday – Saturday
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
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Scott Robleski of Carmel named to
Dean's List at University of Nebraska
Scott Ryan Robleski of Carmel has been named to the Deans' List/Explore
Center List of Distinguished Students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for
the spring semester of the 2015-16 academic year.
Robleski, a junior economics major, was named to the Dean's List for the
College of Arts and Sciences.
Qualification for the Deans' List/List of Distinguished Students varies among
the eight undergraduate colleges and the Explore Center. Listed below are the
minimum requirements for each entity and the name of its respective dean or
director. All qualifying grade-point averages are based on a four-point scale and
a minimum of 12 or more graded semester hours. Students can be on the Deans'
List for more than one college.
Ellah Foster
Teen Talk
It Really Is the Little Things
That Matter
I’m not going to lie, middle school was hard. Sometimes there was a lot of rain
and I wasn’t sure the sun was ever going to come out. I know I’m not alone in feeling
that way. At some point, all middle schoolers failed a test or two, sat alone at lunch, or
weren’t the best friends they could’ve been. Nobody can escape that. Middle school is
a time to test things out, to get your feet wet in the reality of the world. And although
you don’t have to file taxes or pay the water bill, middle school does a pretty good job
of getting you ready for life. Then you’re off to conquer the world, with the lessons you
have learned and your memories to sustain you.
I’ve learned it’s all about perspective. Some teens have a great 8th grade experience and others don’t, which is okay too. Everything that happens in those three years
contributes to who you are as a person, the good and the bad. Along with the struggles,
I’m sure everyone has some awesome moments. Maybe it’s a fieldtrip, long recess, or
a class with all of your friends. Either way, you can’t complain about the entirety of
your middle years’ adventures.
To all of you that are parents, how was your eighth grade year? Truth is, crazy
teen drama has been going on forever. Moms, you know what I mean: middle school
1985. A member of your squad walks up in new leg warmers and a frizzy perm, and
everybody gushes about how great she looks. However once she walks off all you hear
is, “Oh my God, I can’t believe she left the house like that!” Yeah, you know what I’m
talking about, but so do the Dads. Boys aren’t exempt from the drama, it’s just different.
I’m sure you remember always posing trying to act cool to impress your friends and
get attention from girls? Secretly, you waited in bed at night for your Mommy to come
and tuck you in with a kiss. Whether you know it or not, all of that is still happening.
Middle school hasn’t changed that much. But honestly, all this hormone-driven drama
is really just kids trying to figure themselves out.
As far as classes, I lucked out for P.E. For other kids, that class means running
laps, strength conditioning and maybe a few team sports, but at my school? We did all
of that plus flag tag, scream run and dodge-ball.
With history, my experience was much like other middle schoolers. The best classes
were when someone asked about a current event and she would ramble on for an hour.
However, talking about real world issues was always more interesting than reading a
Civil War textbook.
In the name of open-mindedness, my English teacher would always go to the greatest
lengths for my class to see the world from another perspective. Even if that perspective
was his and he just wanted to prove that he was right.
I have vivid memories of art class, cramming around a small table for the instructions. My art teacher would do a quick demonstration that always left me in awe. She’d
spend about five minutes and come up with something like “Starry Night.” Then my
class would try and most of us would produce something more like two year old’s
finger painting.
There was one teacher that, I have to admit, I was a bit scared of. But it turns out
that’s the image she wanted of herself. Once I was in her class, I saw a different side of
her. Not only was she a great teacher, but she truly cared about each and every student,
and was always there to help.
As classmates, we all saw each other in a unique way, different from parents or staff.
Everyone had their separate problems, some worse than others. A class goes through
thick and thin, together and alone, and at the end for better or worse they all go their
separate ways. Each new choice will lead to a different place. Whether you choose to
make something out of that opportunity is a personal decision. As I go down the high
school path, I know that undoubtedly, I will face problems. I will fail a test or two, I will
sit alone at lunch sometimes, and I won’t always be the best friend that I could be. I’ll
meet bigger problems than those I faced in middle school. At times I’ll be up against
what feels like the entire world.
The lessons I’ve learned have prepared me to make good decisions and give me
the courage to stand up for what I know is right. So even though parts of my 8th grade
year may have been rough, I know I’ll always be thankful for learning what I did,
whether it was enjoyable or not. Maybe I wouldn’t be so confident in myself if I hadn’t
endured the 8th grade.
So the next time that you hear somebody say “Wow, middle school sucked”. You’ll
probably admit, some of it did. But then you’ll remember the times that didn’t suck.
About the times that you had to catch your breath because you were laughing so hard,
the times you played basketball with your friends, when you got your first choice elective
and who can forget about the oh-so-rare nights you didn’t have any homework. I’ve
learned that in life it really is the little things that matter, look for happiness in those
moments for that is the true definition of success.
Ellah Foster recently graduated from the 8th grade at the International School
of Monterey. This is the first of what we hope will be many f her original pieces.
It was read t her graduation.
Times • Page 17
Telling Travel Tales Was Our Tribal Ritual
Russell Sunshine knows all about
the power of putting stories in writing
and sharing them with others. His father
moved to Southern California from St.
Louis during the Depression, and his
mother was born in Alberta, Canada, as her
father was helping build the Canadian Pacific Railway. Russell’s earliest childhood
memories are of his parents sitting in front
of the fireplace sharing stories from their
experiences on the road. “For our family,
telling travel tales was a tribal ritual.”
His own first major adventure occurred at the tender age of 5, when he
sailed on a Norwegian freighter from
Long Beach through the Panama Canal
to England. “Travel was in my blood, by
inheritance and by example,” he says.
Now Russell has turned these twin
passions—traveling and story-telling—
into FAR & AWAY: True Tales from an
International Life, just released by Park
Place Publications. His memoir tracks
a lifetime spent mostly abroad. Russell
clusters his tales around the main destinations where he traveled, worked and lived:
India, East Africa, China, Laos, Central
Asia, Sri Lanka and Italy.
Discovering ‘This Is Me!’
Russell served as an independent
policy advisor to foreign governments
and international organizations in Africa,
Asia and Europe. Heavily influenced
by the idealism of the 1960s, he began
his career asking, “How can privileged
Americans help developing countries help
themselves?” A post-graduate fellowship
through the UC Berkeley Professional
Schools Program got him started in India
where he realized, “This is me! This is
what I want to do with my life.”
When it came time to commit 40-plus
years of experiences to paper, Russell
had to overcome a common challenge:
unlearning years of training as a competent
legal, business and technical writer and
relearning how to tell a story. He wanted
to entertain as well as inform. Childhood
Keepers of our Culture
Patricia Hamilton
Joyce Krieg
Above: Russell Sunshine in what he calls his “Indiana Jones hat”
Above, right: FAR & AWAY: True Tales from an International Life, has
just been released by Park Place Publications
Right: Russell’s mother and her father on the Calgary plains in 1909
memories of his parents’ fireside circles
provided a key. “I realized I could tell
my stories out loud and then carry that
liveliness onto the page.”
‘When I Get Back to Bangkok I’ll
Order Your Book’
Though Russell’s book has been
available only a few weeks, he is already
discovering the power of writing stories
and putting them out there in the world.
He’s heard from many of his “global buddies,” including one who told him, “I’m in
the jungles of northern Laos, but when I
get back to Bangkok I’ll order your book
from Amazon.” Another acquaintance told
him, “I always wondered what the hell you
were doing for all those years!” The other
day, he had coffee on Lighthouse Avenue
with a colleague he hadn’t seen since 1973,
when both worked in Tanzania. He’d heard
about Russell through the local World
Affairs Council, and told himself, “There
can’t be two Russell Sunshines.”
Which begs the question—is his name
really Russell Sunshine? Russell explains
that his paternal surname was originally
the German ‘Sonnenschein.’ When his
grandparents passed through Ellis Island
in the 1890s, a helpful immigration officer
encouraged them to adopt the English-language equivalent. “It’s been ‘Sunshine’
ever since,” he says.
Russell and his wife Nancy Swing—
author of the mystery novel Malice on the
Mekong—are now retired and as Russell
puts it, “rediscovering North America.”
Russell Sunshine’s path from writing to
publication, and the reaction from friends
and colleagues, illustrates the power of
telling our stories and sharing them with
the world. Russell’s book, FAR & AWAY:
True Tales from an International Life,
is available on Amazon and at Bookworks,
667 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove. Patricia
Hamilton and Joyce Krieg urge readers to
consider Russell’s example as inspiration for writing and publishing their own
stories. We also urge readers to attend
the next Central Coast Writers meeting
this coming Tuesday, June 21, at 6:30
p.m. at Point Pinos Grill. Details at
centralcoastwriters.org.
To find out more about the writing,
editing, book design, publication, and
marketing services offered by Park Place
Publications, and for a free consultation,
contact Patricia at 831/649-6640, publishingbiz@sbcglobal.net.
But Wait, There’s More!
Ballot Counting, That Is
County elections officials have up to 30 days after Election Day to complete
their extensive tallying, auditing, and certification work (known as the "official canvass"). The frequency of updated results varies by county.
County elections officials must report their final results of the presidential primary contests to the Secretary of State by July 5, 2016, and of all other offices by July 8,
2016.
The Secretary of State will compile the results of the presidential primary contests by July 9, 2016, and will certify the results of all other offices by July 15, 2016.
Times
• June 17, 2016
They’re having WHAT on the beach?
Rumors and innuendo from the Houseless Grapevine
Kicking off summer includes local
line dancers practicing “Sex on the Beach”
based on the hit song by that title from
the nineties https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=QD6WPaGfyOg
If rumors are true, a local homeless
woman I’ll call Trixie is doing more than
dancing; she’s allegedly selling sex on the
beach, on Alvarado Street in downtown
Monterey, and wherever else your-guessis-as-good-as-mine might imagine.
I asked participants in the Interdenominational Homeless Emergency Lodging Program (I-HELP) for Men: What can
you tell me, in strictest confidence, about
sex-for-sale by members of the peninsula’s
homeless community?
Two fifty-somethings said, “Although
we’re part of the homeless community,
there are different lifestyles within the
community; we have more structure. . .”
and “I never heard of it even when I was
in that group.”
A man in his 60s said, “I never heard
anything. If I did, believe me, I’d find out
more.”
“Why?” I asked.
He said, “It’s a matter of morals.”
A teen volunteer responded,
“Those who are less affluent are more
prone to it, probably” and a dapper 40-year
old said, “No comment.”
Monterey Police Chief David Hober
said the Monterey Police Dept. has not
heard anything specific in relation to a
person in the homeless community being
engaged in prostitution. According to
Chief Hober, “Prostitution is something
that occurs in society and we do enforce
prostitution laws.”
Bright boxes become baby bordellos
My May 29, 2015 column featured
tiny homes as potential shelter for houseless people. In Los Angeles, Elvis Summers had built a portable 3-1/2 ft. x 8 ft.
home for a 60-year-old homeless woman
from supplies he bought at Home Depot.
A tiny-house fad exploded after the story
was picked up by People and went viral.
Summers raised $19,000 on GoFundMe, with which to build and distribute
sleeping-box houses like this one.
Wanda Sue Parrott
Homeless in Paradise
Barely six months passed before Summers’ experiment was doomed for the tiny
houses under freeways and bridges in Los
Angeles. They were deemed unsanitary by
officials, and rumored to be fast-sex-forquick-cash baby-sized bordellos.
By Feb. 26, 2016, the Los Angeles
Times reported city officials had stepped
up efforts to ban and seize the tiny houses;
Summers trucked many of them to storage
before the city could impound and destroy
them.
Whether so-called sellers of sex were
arrested by the vice squad or prosecuted by
the Los Angeles District Attorney’s office
is unknown, but I’ve learned through the
Houseless Grapevine of one city’s creative jurisprudence approach to homeless
lawbreakers.
Would this system work here?
Homeless Court
According to homeless advocate Bon
Tindle, in Springfield, Missouri a special
courtroom in the Greene County Courthouse is reserved for hearing only cases
involving homeless people.
“Homeless Court” features a judge
who handles cases as expediently as possible in order to neither tie up courts nor
homeless individuals whose special circumstances are taken into consideration.
Whether hookers and hoofers share
the same cell space remains to be revealed,
but bunks for homeless overnighters who
wind up behind bars are an alternative to
sleeping on the street, as might be bunks
on a bus reputed to be possibly used as
a cold-weather warming shelter in the
greater San Luis Obispo area. More local
warming shelter news will appear next
week.
First responders
Meanwhile, two responses
have been received from my recent invitation for readers to share
memories of the first
homeless persons they
remember. One was
Cedar Street Times’
popular columnist Tom
Stevens, whose “Otter
Views” column about
a homeless Hawaiian
woman appears in the
June 10 edition on page
19 at http://goo.gl/
MhPLTG .
The other respondent
was Virginia Artrip Snyder of
Delray Beach, Fla., who contacted me via Facebook. Virginia
refers to herself as the former
investigative-reporter-turned-private-eye who inspired the TV
series “Murder She Wrote.” She
says:
“When I was a little girl living on an
isolated farm in Virginia, a man came to
our back door and asked if we had any
food we could give him. He said he was
‘riding the rails’ looking for work. Many
men were riding the rails, looking for
work. Oh yes. Mom made a sandwich for
him for which he thanked very politely.
This was during The Great Depression.
“I don’t know how he found our house
as we were so isolated that electric and
telephone lines did not reach us until I was
about 12 years old.”
This year Virginia celebrates turning
96.
Trixie, the homeless woman rumored
to supplement her Social Security by having whatever-you-call-it on the beach, is
alleged by rumor and innuendo to be age
80 to 84. I don’t know the truth. Does
anyone?
Contact Wanda Sue Parrott at amykitchenerfdn@hotmail.com or leave a
message with
The Yodel Poet at 831-899-5887.
St. Mary’s Antiques and
Collectibles Show July 10
The 59th annual St. Mary’s Antiques & Collectibles Show will be held Friday and
Saturday July 8 and 9 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday July 10 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Show will feature vintage porcelain, silver, jewelry, and furniture, and well as upscale collectibles, including garden décor and pre-1970 era toys. This destination show,
only a block from beautiful Monterey Bay, also offers delicious homemade lunches
and snacks in the Patio Bistro, a Silent auction, door prizes, tours of the pristine 1887
Victorian church, and daily concerts - Classic, Organ, and Celtic. The Thrift Shop,
with its many treasures, will be open. Admission is $5 per person and the served lunch
is $12, with beverage and dessert. For more information, call (831) 373-4441.
Chamber Planning Annual 4th of July
Festivities at Caledonia Park
The City of Pacific Grove is pleased to announce the 4th of July Homeotwn Celebration to be held Monday, July 4 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Caledonia Park
- Tommy Stillwell Court (behind the Post Office). Entertainment will be provided by
the Firefly Band of Pacific Grove and Tom Faia & The Juice. Firefly is a classic rock
band based out of Pacific Grove. Formed in 2004, the focal point of the band is the
classically trained sultry vocals of Kate Daniel. Tom Faia & The Juice is a local band
led by Monterey Peninsula native Tom Faia.
A delicious BBQ lunch will be offered and includes a half chicken, potato salad,
garlic bread, salad and dessert all at a price of $10. Celebrate the 240th anniversary of
the adoption of the Declaration of Independence with a dramatic reading presented by
the Pacific Grove Rotary Club as part of the festivities. Bounce houses will be available
for the kids. A special ceremony will be held to honor all military veterans. For more
information, contact the Chamber at (831) 373-3304 or www.pacificgrove.org
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Letters to the Editor
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citizens of Pacific Grove as well as our readers elsewhere. We prefer that letters
be on local topics. At present we have not set limits on length though we do
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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No. 20161141
The following person is doing business as PIANO
AND ALL THAT JAZZ, 162 15th Street, Pacific
Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950: MARK STEVENS, 110 Grand Ave. #2, Pacific Grove CA 93950.
This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey
County on 05/24/2016. Registrant commenced to
transact business under the fictitious business name or
name(s) listed above on n/a. Signed: Mark Stevens.
This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 5/27, 6/3, 6/10, 6/17/16
File No. 20161179
The following person is doing business as PENINSULA BALLET CENTER, 568 Lighthouse Avenue
Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950; Mailing
Address 690 Taylor St., Montrey, CA 93940: MILITZA MILOU IVANOVSKY, 690 Taylor St., Monterey, CA 93940. This statement was filed with the
Clerk of Monterey County on 05/31/16. Registrant
commenced to transact business under the fictitious
business name or name(s) listed above on 2/15/16.
Signed: Militza M. Ivanovsky. This business is
conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 6/17,
6/24, 7/1, 7/8/16
File No. 20161151
The following person is doing business as WAKE UP
AND WRITE WRITER’S RETREAT WORKSHOP,
740 Crocker Ave. Apt. 3, Pacific Grove, Monterey
County, CA 93950: CAROL L. DOUGHERTY, 740
Crocker Ave. Apt. 3, Pacific Grove, CA 93950.This
statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 05/24/2016. Registrant commenced to transact
business under the fictitious business name or name(s)
listed above on 5/24/2016. Signed: Carol L. Dougherty. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 6/3, 6/10, 6/17, 6/24/16
File No. 20161150
The following person is doing business as 1) RIDDELL AND RIDDELL, 2) PRINT PLUS, 3) DISth
COVER PACIFIC GROVE, 611 19 Street, Pacific
Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950: CRAIG A.
th
RIDDELL, 611 19 St., Pacific Grove, CA 93950
th
and REBECCA A. RIDDELL, 611 19 St., Pacific
Grove, CA 93950. This statement was filed with the
business name or name(s) listed above on 1/1/1983.
Signed: Craig A. Riddell. This business is conducted
by a married couple. Publication dates: 6/3, 6/10,
6/17, 6/24/16
Legal Notices
File No. 20161148
The following person is doing business as 1) RIDDELL & RIDDELL ADVERTISING, 2) A A A PRINT
PLUS, 3) PACIFIC GROVE DIRECTORY, 611 19th
Street, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950:
CRAIG A. RIDDELL, 611 19th St., Pacific Grove,
CA 93950 and REBECCA A. RIDDELL, 611 19th
St., Pacific Grove, CA 93950. This statement was filed
with the Clerk of Monterey County on 05/24/2016.
Registrant commenced to transact business under the
fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on
1/1/1983. Signed: Craig A. Riddell. This business is
conducted by a married couple. Publication dates:
6/3, 6/10, 6/17, 6/24/16
File No. 20161177
The following person is doing business as REVITABOWL, 585 Laine St. #5, Monterey, Monterey
County, CA 93940: ANTHONY DEAN GONZALES,
585 Laine St. #5, Monterey, CA 93940. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on
05/31/2016. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on (not applicable). Signed: Anthony Dean
Gonzales. This business is conducted by an individual.
Publication dates: 6/3, 6/10, 6/17, 6/24/16
File No. 20161053
The following person is doing business as ASSOCIATION OF GNOSTIC LIGHT KEEPERS, 177 Webster
St. #221, Monterey, Monterey County, CA 93940:
THERESA MICHELETTI, 1456 Teton Avenue, Salinas, CA 93906. This statement was filed with the
business name or name(s) listed above on n/a. Signed:
Theresa Micheletti. This business is conducted by an
individual. Publication dates: 6/10, 6/17, 6/24, 7/1/16
File No. 20161196
The following person is doing business as BEST
COAST GOODS, Monterey, 309 Crocker Ave., Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950: ASHLEY
NICOLE SHAFFER, 309 Crocker Ave., Pacific
Grove, CA 93950. This statement was filed with
the Clerk of Monterey County on 06/02/16. Registrant commenced to transact business under the
n/a. Signed: Ashley Nicole Shaffer. This business is
conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 6/10,
6/17, 6/24, 7/1/16
File No. 20161045
The following person is doing business as THE
LITTLE BAKER, 3150 Del Monte Blvd., Marina, Monterey County, CA 93933; NORMA
ANGELICA GARCIA BARRANCO, 3150 Del
Monte Blvd., Marina, CA 93933. This statement
was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County
on 05/11/16. Registrant commenced to transact
business under the fictitious business name or
name(s) listed above on 5/11/16. Signed: Norma
Angelica Garcia Barranco. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 6/10,
6/17, 6/24, 7/1/16
File No. 20161093
The following person is doing business as SEPTEMBER RANCH BOARDING STABLES, 676 Carmel
Valley Road, Carmel, Monterey County, CA 93923;
mailing address P.O Box 221028, Carmel, CA 93922:
CIELO DE CABALLO, INC., 27255 Lo Arboles
Drive, Carmel, CA 93923. This statement was filed
with the Clerk of Monterey County on 05/17/2016.
Registrant commenced to transact business under the
N/A. Signed: Tanya Bennett, CEO. This business is
conducted by a corporation. Publication dates: 5/27,
6/3, 6/10, 6/17/16
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