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Volume LXIII No. 43/ Point Reyes Station, CA
December 23, 2010
Park had
another
seal study
David Briggs
Point Reyes National Seashore officials
have released an additional, previously
undisclosed 2008 database that they claim
shows harbor seal disturbances caused
by Drakes Bay Oyster Company. Spokeswoman Melanie Gunn says the seashore is
not doing anything with the data.
“It has not been used or analyzed, and
it has not been included in any of our
publications,” Gunn said. “It was a side
pilot study. It is what it is. It’s not a multiyear database. This was just an idea, that
it would be an interesting thing to do. So
we had someone go out to take some photos and video. It’s anecdotal. You need
multi-year studies to be scientific.”
The database consists of photographs,
video footage and noted observances by
volunteer Sarah Codde, who worked under the supervision of seashore scientist
Sarah Allen. Codde visited Drakes Estero
several times each week during the 2008
pupping season, trying to document an
indisputable seal disturbance by oyster
company workers. The new online database includes 16 short videos of harbor
seals around the estero.
Gunn said that the video footage corroborates a seal disturbance caught by
one of the hidden cameras that have been
BABY GYM: A toddler scooted across the Dance Palace floor towards a bouncy ball on Tuesday during the biweekly
playgroup’s meeting. Baby Gym will continue through the holidays on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 to 11 a.m.
DEATH
NOTICE:
Missy
Patterson passed away last Sunday
at age 84. A memorial and mass in
her honor will take place at 2 p.m.
on Tuesday, December 28 at St.
Columba’s in Inverness, followed
by a reception at the Dance Palace.
In lieu of flowers, contributions
can be made to St. Columba’s.
Tea sandwiches and pinwheels
can be brought to the Dance
Palace after noon on Tuesday. The
Light welcomes your tributes to,
reflections on and stories about
Missy for our January 6 issue, which
will be devoted to our great friend.
Please turn to page 19
Myth of the eucalyptus blight
PART ONE OF TWO
Eucalyptus trees in California have
a bad reputation for being dangerously
combustible, ravenously invasive and
easily blown over onto cars, houses or
people. Respected ornithologists have
even accused eucalyptus trees of killing birds by clogging their nostrils with
sticky gum. Collectively, public agencies
plan to cut down one million eucalyptus
trees in California. Between 400 and 600
large eucalyptus trees are cut down each
year in Point Reyes National Seashore
alone.
A growing number of people think
that the widely-held notions of eucalyptus’ negative impacts are not only overblown, but are completely fabricated as
part of a fear campaign that would support a statewide return to strictly native
vegetation. Cutting down one million
eucalyptus trees would release a copious
amount of carbon into the atmosphere
that was previously sequestered in the
trees, and the methods used to eradicate
eucalyptus are questionable. The National Park Service uses potent herbicides
that are banned from use by other agencies like Marin Municipal Water District.
INSIDE > The Light is moving to Inverness! page 2 Christmas bird count page 4 Tomales Tales page 5 Stability returns to
KWMR page 7 West Marin artists Bill Booras, 1919—2010 page 8 Bill Quist and the Messiah sing-along page 12 Point Reyes
Station post office in the Family Album page 15 Calendar page 16 Park wavelengths page 17 Best of West Marin page 18
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POINT REYES LIGHT December 23, 2010
POINT REY ES LIGHT
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News briefs
Comment on Lagunitas Creek
Marin
Municipal
Water
District
(MMWD) has released a new Lagunitas
Creek Stewardship Plan, now available
for public review and comment. The plan
details how the district is going to manage
the habitat surrounding Lagunitas Creek
over the next ten years for the benefit of
coho salmon, steelhead trout and California freshwater shrimp. “As one of the
stewards for the Lagunitas Creek watershed, MMWD has been an active participant in the management of this valuable
natural resource since the 1970s,” said
spokeswoman Ann Dickinson. “Since
2009, MMWD has been working to develop the new Lagunitas Creek Stewardship Plan to reset its course of action into
the future.” The plan was designed to set
out a comprehensive strategy for stream
flow, invasive species management,
monitoring and reporting programs. The
plan is available at www.marinwater.org.
Comments will be accepted until March
15 and can be submitted by mail to Gregory Andrew at Marin Municipal Water
District, 22 Nellen Avenue, Corte Madera, CA 94925; by fax to (415) 945.1171; or
by email to gandrew@marinwater.org.
Valley biz to bail out pot shop
Fairfax’s medical pot dispensary received a
THE POINT REYES LIGHT is moving to Inverness. We will open on
Monday, January 3 in an office behind the building that houses the post
office and Priscilla’s, where the hair salon used to be. Our new phone
number is (415) 669.1200. Please stop by and visit us in our new home!
HOLIDAY SCHEDULE: The Light will deliver next week’s edition on
Wednesday, December 29. In order to attend Missy Patterson’s memorial
service on Tuesday, we will be finishing layout on Monday, December 27.
Please send any calendar submissions, letters to the editor, classifieds or
ads to Tess or Renée by Monday at 10 a.m.
financial bailout from Medi-Cone, a West
Marin-based company that grows and refines medical marijuana. Medi-Cone operator Matthew Witemyre said that he has
formed a management company to guide
Marin Alliance for Medical Marijuana
back to profitability. Medi-Cone plans to
give the Fairfax club a makeover, including enhanced security. Security has been
a problem for club manager Lynette Shaw,
who has struggled with forging a place
within the murky boundaries of the law
since she opened the club in 1997. Shaw
told the Light earlier this year that she feels
confident calling the police if she feels in
danger. “They’ll come and protect me and
my marijuana,” she said, although police
can do little against raids by thieves.
In search of commissioners
The Marin County Board of Supervisors
announced that two at-large terms on the
Marin County Planning Commission will
expire at the end of January 2011. The
Planning Commission reviews and makes
recommendations to the Board of Supervisors on all countywide and community
plan elements and amendments, master
plans and rezonings. It has final authority, with pending appeal to the Board of
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Sheriff’s calls
Sunday, December 12
TOMALES: At 12:52 a.m. deputies cleared
the road “as much as possible.”
after allegedly pulling a knife on his roommate.
Tuesday, December 14
NICASIO: At 3:09 a.m. a car was recovered
and towed.
INVERNESS: At 5:31 a.m. a 78-year-old
woman was having chest pains.
BOLINAS: At 4:02 a.m. someone came
across an overturned BMW.
SAN GERONIMO: At 11:49 p.m. someone
reported that copper tubing had been stolen
from bridge rails at Spirit Rock Meditation
Center.
BOLINAS: At 11:22 a.m. someone called
to talk about an accident that had damaged
church property during the night.
straining order is sitting in a car parked within
50 yards.
INVERNESS PARK: At 11:43 p.m. highway
patrol arrested a driver.
FOREST KNOLLS: At 11:58 p.m. someone
reported that a man was outside, possibly
dumping garbage, and possibly not for the
first time.
Friday, December 17
BOLINAS: At 3:25 p.m. a man with an ongoing problem with another man reported that
the latter had assaulted him.
POINT REYES STATION: At 6:14 p.m.
a man who had allowed a homeless man to
park a trailer on his property said the man had
not returned for months, and asked how to
dispose of it.
WOODACRE: At 12:15 p.m. a woman
reported that a mortgage broker had sent
a rude photographer to take pictures of
her house; the man had refused to identify
himself, she said.
NICASIO: At 6:29 p.m. someone fell
through a window, deeply cutting the head.
NICASIO: At 8 p.m. a car was seen with its
high beams on, swerving down the road.
a man wondered if anyone had turned in his
lost wallet.
Monday, December 13
Wednesday, December 15
STINSON BEACH: At 12:33 a.m. someone
reported that people were sleeping in a beige
camper called “Samazon.” Deputies spoke
with the inhabitant, who said he was from
Newport and was selling Brazilian juice.
POINT REYES STATION: At 9:53 a.m.
someone living on their mother’s ranch asked
if it was legal to ask workers also living there
to open up some storage containers they
were keeping on the property, in order to see
what is inside.
MARSHALL: At 4:07 a.m. a man called from
a call box near the Marconi Center saying
he had walked from Marin General Hospital.
Deputies, who at first believed he sounded
crazy, decided he was just lost and gave him a
ride to Fairfax.
BOLINAS: At 4:20 p.m. someone reported
that the boyfriend of a pregnant woman had
broken the woman’s car windows.
someone saw a car that had driven off the
road.
someone reported a missing nine-year-old
girl. The parents later located the child, realizing there had been a mix-up of whose house
she was going to after school let out.
NICASIO: At 7:43 p.m. a solo car accident
was reported.
MUIR WOODS: At 7:36 a.m. a dead deer
was removed from the road.
BOLINAS: At 4:06 p.m. deputies received a
report of child abuse.
SAN GERONIMO: At 9:31 p.m. a deer was
removed from the road.
TOMALES: At 8:25 a.m. someone reported
that over the weekend a vandal had broken
the padlock at the football field and cut the
wires to all the stadium lights.
POINT REYES STATION: At 9:20 p.m. a
31-year-old woman was taken to the hospital after her husband reported that she had
attempted suicide with a bottle of Tylenol.
The woman, a resident of the Coast Guard
station, told deputies she wanted to die, and
asked for their help.
TOMALES: At 9:39 p.m. a car reportedly
clipped a parked car before driving off.
BOLINAS: At 9:51 a.m. a fuel spill from a
tractor was reported on Brighton.
OLEMA: At 6:47 p.m. a white Mercury was
weaving down the road.
BOLINAS: At 7:07 p.m. a man was arrested
Thursday, December 16
BOLINAS: At 1:24 p.m. someone said that
a woman against whom the caller had a re-
SAMUEL P. TAYLOR: At 8:53 p.m. a redwood tree was blocking the road.
INVERNESS PARK: At 10:41 p.m. a fir tree
was blocking the road.
Saturday, December 18
BOLINAS: At 12:26 a.m. a tree was down
and Davey Tree service was on the scene.
SAN GERONIMO: At 1:39 a.m. a tree was
blocking the road.
MUIR WOODS: At 7:01 a.m. a 2X4 was
blocking the road.
man reported that his 66-year-old brother was
in pain.
CHILENO VALLEY: At 12:26 p.m. dark
smoke was seen issuing from a building.
man reported damage to his fence.
Sunday, December 19
STINSON BEACH: At 2:55 a.m. the road
was cleared.
MUIR BEACHL: At 3:47 a.m. another road
was cleared.
SAN GERONIMO: At 8 a.m. a man reported that his wife was unable to drive beneath a
tree limb that was hanging over the road.
NICASIO: At 8:50 a.m. four black cows were
loose in the road.
STINSON BEACH: At 9:22 a.m. a man
reported finding a surfboard up the road that
he believed had been stolen from his roommate. It turned out the roommate’s girlfriend
had permission to borrow the board.
HICKS VALLEY: At 11:02 a.m. someone
found the stop sign at Hicks Valley and Point
Reyes Petaluma roads knocked over.
BOLINAS: At 12:41 p.m. phones were down.
POINT REYES STATION: At 6:19 p.m. 50
black cows were reported in the road north of
Millerton Point.
LAGUNITAS: At 6:58 p.m. a 65-year-old
man lost consciousness.
SAMUEL P. TAYLOR: At 9:01 p.m. an oak
branch was blocking the road.
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POINT REYES CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNT: Three boats scoured Tomales Bay in tandem during the annual Point Reyes Christmas Bird Count last Saturday.
Birders broke into 30 subgroups, counting 202 species in a 15-mile diameter circle by the end of the day—slightly above the usual average of 198 species. “Everything
is pretty stable in West Marin as far as habitat and habitat protection,” said naturalist Rich Stallcup of PRBO. Stallcup said the gee-whiz rareties of the day were a
Yellow Rail spotted at the head of Tomales Bay; a Dusky-capped Flycatcher at Barries Bay, a finger of Drakes Estero; and a tiny Siberian sandpiper called a “Little
Stint” at Lower Abbotts Lagoon. John Kelly of Audubon Canyon Ranch’s Cypress Grove Research Center led a team of three boats down the length of Tomales
Bay, simultaneously adding to his organization’s own annual census of waterbirds. Kelly counted 13,000 scaup, such as those pictured above.
Violencia en México: percepción y realidad
HABLANDO SE
ENTIENDE LA GENTE
by VICTOR REYES
Como casi cada fin de año, visito mi
natal Puebla y a mi familia y amigos. La
realidad aquí no ha cambiado mucho
en varios años. La perspectiva general
–social y económica– sigue siendo
pesimista, aunque varía según con quien
se hable, se lea o se escuche en radio o
TV. Este año se percibe plagado de males
y malas noticias, empezando con la muy
criticada guerra del presidente Calderón
contra las mafias de la droga y los miles
de crímenes y asesinatos cometidos por
éstas u otros grupos delictivos a menudo
inspirados en aquéllas, incluyendo los
atropellos de las fuerzas federales.
Está además la decepción en la
política y en los políticos. Si bien las
elecciones son ahora más confiables, con
un congreso plural que ya no responde
al otrora omnipotente presidente de la
república (sino a nuevos grupos de poder
político y/o económico), los partidos no
han estado a la altura de las expectativas
de esa pluralidad y la “nueva democracia”
del año 2000. En muchos estados poco ha
cambiado, con gobernantes que repiten
las viejas fórmulas de antaño, pero sin la
tutela presidencial.
Muchos hábitos negativos de la
dictadura de partido impuesta por el PRI
(Partido Revolucionario Institucional)
durante más de 70 años, siguen vigentes
–como corrupción e impunidad– sin que la
mayoría adapte su comportamiento ético
y moral a los nuevos vientos de justicia
e igualdad que todos reclaman y pocos
respetan, empezando por los gobernantes.
Una terrible explosión hace unos días
aquí cerca, en Texmelucan (29 muertos,
51 heridos, más de 100 casas destruidas y
averiadas), ocurrió por el rompimiento y
derrame de un ducto de Pemex, la empresa
petrolera estatal, debido –dicen– al robo
de combustible en una de las múltiples
tomas clandestinas que realizan grupos
delictivos, coludidos con trabajadores de
la empresa y/o policías.
Fuera del país, las noticias dan la
percepción de un México peligroso, fuera
de control y a punto del colapso. Pero aquí
la realidad se siente diferente. En casi
todo el país la gente vive en normalidad
cotidiana, pues lo peor ocurre sólo en
algunas partes de algunos estados, como
Chihuahua, Nuevo León, Michoacán
o Tamaulipas, de donde proviene la
mayoría de las malas noticias. México es
un país dinámico, con economía pujante,
aunque muy desigual. Basta salir a las
calles de mi ciudad u otras vecinas, para
ver el ir y venir de gente que se alista para
las fiestas de navidad y fin de año como
en cualquier lugar del mundo. Hay paz y
una prosperidad relativa contrapuesta a
la miseria, la corrupción y el crimen.
Los números con que el gobierno
justifica las cosas no los cree nadie:
la guerra se va ganando, y en muertes
violentas medidas por cada 100 mil
habitantes, el país ocupa el lugar 10 del
continente, superado por Guatemala,
Honduras y El Salvador. México tiene
115 millones de habitantes, Guatemala
12 millones y El Salvador 6; pero aún así,
el país reporta más de 30 mil muertes
violentas ligadas a los cuatro años de la
guerra de Calderón, muy arriba de sus
pequeños vecinos del sur. La violencia
extrema se restringe a cinco estados del
norte, con Tamaulipas casi totalmente
controlado por el narco, y un gobierno
formal casi ausente.
Los bancos “mexicanos”, ahora
extranjeros, obtienen las mayores
ganancias del mundo, con cuotas que
en otros países parecerían abusivas e
ilegales. Otras grandes corporaciones
también obtienen ganancias millonarias.
Hay grandes negocios al amparo de la
corrupción política, como infraestructura
en carreteras y puentes. Carlos Slim es
el hombre más rico del planeta y hay
áreas urbanas donde se vive como en
Marin County. Los servicios públicos
varían en calidad y en muchas zonas son
pésimos o inexistentes. Más de la mitad
de la población vive en la pobreza y casi
todos los indígenas están marginados en
áreas abandonadas. El país no crece lo
suficiente para proveer los empleos que
se necesitan. La migración sigue siendo
una válvula de escape, las remesas son
altas y el turismo es una bendición que
muchas ciudades y áreas explotan.
Con todo, éste es un enorme y hermoso
país, con recursos naturales únicos, ricos
y abundantes. La diversidad se extiende a
los grupos humanos que lo habitan, con
una riqueza multicultural reconocida
mundialmente, con costumbres, arte,
cocina y arquitectura sin igual. Así es mi
país, creador de cultura, riqueza y pobreza
abundantes, y exportador de muchas
cosas, incluyendo su principal activo: su
gente. México produce más hombres y
mujeres migrantes que cualquier otro
país del mundo, gracias a su ubicación
geográfica junto a Estados Unidos, con
el que su historia y realidad se ligan sin
remedio, con buenas cosas, pero también
malas, como el narcotráfico. ¡Felices
fiestas decembrinas a todos! desde mi
ciudad, la Puebla de los Ángeles.
Letters
Crews’n Tomales
A sense of entitlement
Tomales tales: After midnight
Dear Editor,
I enjoyed reading my dear friend Mary
Moser’s obituary in the December 16 issue. It was beautifully written and enlightened me to parts of Mary’s life that I
knew nothing about. She was a true individual with a wonderful spirit.
What further caught my eye was the
advertising controversy between the
Light and the local bookstore. I guess you
could say “Only in West Marin.”
Let’s take it one step further. We
moved to West Marin 14 years ago and
began serving the area. Should we have
been refused advertising because we
were “newcomers” and could take business away from others that had been
serving and advertising for many years?
As we have been self-employed for
over 40 years, we know one thing for certain: businesses succeed by delivering the
customer the best possible service and/
or product for a fair price. Competition
keeps us from falling into a false sense
of entitlement. Advertising is a great tool
but we have found that good old wordof-mouth referrals are your number one
business builder.
Marcia Strom
Strom Electric, Inc.
San Anselmo
Editor should be cooler
Dear Editor,
I was very disappointed in the editor’s
tone in your response to Inez Storer’s letter to the editor “Support a Local Business.” No matter where you stand on the
issue, there was no need to refer to it as
“strange,” “somewhat strange,” and go
on to imply collusion while outing a local business. I can see no benefit for the
editor to vent on matters already dealt
with in the same issue in the “Chair’s
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Across town, Bobby Bonzini’s house
looks down on Tomales from its hillside
perch: kind of like a crow overlooking
a cornfield, ready to gobble the whole
thing up. He has been building this
house by himself for a thousand years,
and it is still unfinished and in a state of
constant construction.
Bobby has a contracting business in
town, called Pretty Puddy, and he hires
all the local guys who attended liberal
arts colleges and majored in unmarketable degrees, like Contemporary Japanese Literature. They decided to “get
back to the land” and “work with their
hands,” so they picked up a bunch of
hand tools. But now they were getting
older and starting to question the wisdom of their career decision.
Bobby’s life partner is Lilly While,
who teaches English at the high school.
She is known as the Dragon Lady—not
for anything in particular except that
she does come off a bit stern and severe.
Plus she grades students based on their
actual performance and not on how
good they feel about themselves. But
she has a wild-hair streak, so she and
Bobby fit together well.
Tonight is one of their many spontaneous kegger bonfires up at Bobby’s
Note.” A cooler more balanced response
would been to simply direct readers to
the “Chair’s Note.”
Bob Lundstrom
Point Reyes Station
Swords into ploughshares
Dear Editor,
The villages of West Marin seem to be
ground zero for outsized slights of neighbor versus neighbor. Numerous quarrels
by Bert Crews
place, so the town is divided into threes:
those who have a life at home, those
hanging at the cultural center, and the
artsy crowd at the bonfire.
“What are you up to these days?” Cal
Roseberg shouts over the crowd to Brad
Crossman as one of them pumps the keg
while the other squirts brew into red
plastic cups. They are both doing a careful balancing act of beer cups and paper
plates full of arugula salad and “Great
Balls of Fire”—meatballs made by the
local catering company, Bite Me!
“I don’t know, I’m like trying to finish this musical I’ve been writing for
like ever. It’s about Brigham Young, and
the Mormons and coming to Salt Lake
City. It’s called ‘Dis Is Da Place’ and it’s
a jazz musical with a non-white diversity cast.”
“Hmmm,” says Cal, completely disinterested. Brad’s kind of a douche bag
and people in town just barely tolerate
him. He bought the old bank building
in the center of town and turned it into
his residence.
“I mean can you imagine,” Brad says,
going on and on for far too long, “when
Brigham Young led the Mormons
across America, their original goal was
San Francisco—not Salt Lake City. Let’s
choke the pages of two small town papers; even our newspapers themselves
are having a mighty hard time co-existing
peaceably.
Our quiet and out-of-the-way hamlets
are suffering collateral damage, as the
current chiefs of various factions engage
in threats with retribution, and when
they quibble so publically, so mercilessly,
they jeopardize their hard-won reputations. The handful of people who shop
in Point Reyes understand both the vital
role of the small shopkeeper and the vulnerable position small business people
find themselves in. Is it tough to run a
just imagine for a moment the ramifications, what that means, Mormons
dominating San Francisco. Except San
Francisco continues on its trajectory
of gay liberalism plus now you gotta
add the Mormons. So they become
this like gay liberal Mormon cult.” He
shouts over the crowd: “Mormons are
totally hot in the sack by the way; must
be all that religious repression.”
“Yeah right,” says Cal. “I guess they’d
be buying their magic underwear at
Wilkes Bashford.” There is a long
pause in the conversation while they
suck on their meatballs and refill their
plastic cups. Both men nod their heads,
like saying “Oh yeah, oh yeah” but really wishing the other one would walk
away tall. “So listen DUDE,” the emphasis is over the top and Cal is drunk
and going to regret this, “doo you want
to come to one of my par-tays?”
“I hear your parties are great, totally swinging,” Brad says. He soooooo
doesn’t get it.
“Uh they are Swinger Parties dude.
Stop being such a idiot. This is your
once in a lifetime free pass get out of
jail free. My wife will kill me in the
morning.”
Brad wasn’t sure what he was getting in to, but he wanted to sound
hip. “Actually, I’m more into backyard
wrestling.”
small business in a small town? You bet!
In Point Reyes, thriving merchants must
have verve, gusto, a thick skin, and a large
measure of good luck—that’s a tall order. In this dispute, one party believes in
supporting local businesses, in contrast,
the other party believes in supporting
local businesses. Leadership requires
that both sides set aside pride, and beat
their swords into plowshares. Might we
please buy a paper, or read of upcoming
events in it, free of the bullying? This
Santa Claus is coming to town...
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nukah card?” I said, “No, a Christmas
card: You know, Jesus, Mary and Joseph?
The Three Wise Men?” She replied, “Oh.
No, I don’t think we have anything like
that.”
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community holds both the book shop and
the Light in high esteem; this esteem is
fragile, so don’t squander it. Such open
hostility radiates out into the wider community, placing all of us in the extraordinarily painful position of having to
choose: sides, arms, or the awkwardness
of neutrality, and we are exhausted by it. Creta Pullen & Bill Reschke
Bolinas
Christmas without Christ
Dear Editor,
This morning I dropped in to CVS to
pick up one more Christmas card. Nothing with a religious theme to be found on
the display, I asked the cashier if the religious Christmas cards were kept someplace else. Not sure, she called for a customer service rep. I explained I wanted
a Christmas card with a religious theme.
She looked at me blankly.
I explained all the cards on display
were “Happy Holiday” cards, and reiterated my desire for a religious Christmas
card. She replied “Like you want a Cha-
Jane Gyorgy
Point Reyes Station
Flights over Tomales Bay
Dear Editor,
In last week’s issue, you reported that
the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary is proposing proposed
amendments to their existing regulations
that restrict low-altitude air flights over
Bolinas Lagoon, the Point Reyes Headlands, Bird Rock, Duxbury Reef and several other areas. The proposed amendments will enable those restricted zones
to be shown on FAA charts for pilots.
Perhaps surprisingly, the current and
proposed regulations do not restrict lowaltitude flights over Tomales Bay (including the Giacomini Wetlands), where they
have been a continuing problem that
seems to be increasing recently. These
include sightseeing and pleasure planes
that cruise over Tomales Bay at an altitude of a few hundred feet or less, lowflying helicopters landing on beaches,
and even a seaplane landing in the Bay
this summer. Tomales Bay should be included as one of the low-flight protected
A Red Green
zones.
The Sanctuary rarely amends its
regulations, so the current amendment
process presents a unique opportunity
to submit comments on the proposed
regulations asking that Tomales Bay be
included as one of zones, along with Bolinas Lagoon and the other areas where
low-altitude flights would be restricted.
It’s important to note that these would
be restrictions do not apply to “activities
necessary to respond to an emergency
threatening life, property, or the environment” (per Section 922.82(c) of the Sanctuary’s regulations), so medical evacuation flights from these areas would not be
affected.
The process is simple: mail a letter or
post card to Debra Malek—Reference:
RIN 0648-AX7,Office of National Marine
Sanctuaries, 1305 East-West Highway,
11th floor, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Or, if
you have internet access, it’s easy to submit your comment electronically at www.
regulations.gov, where you can easily find
the current proposals and the webpage to
submit comments with the search term
“AX79.”
The deadline for comments is January 7, but please do it now, before the idea
gets lost in the holiday season.
George Clyde
Marshall
Give thanks to the Light
Dear Editor,
I want to thank you for all you do for
me and all the gifts you share with our
community. The Light is special, adding
light to those that appreciate, as I do, the
quality of news it brings. The Light will
always be the #1 newspaper in our community. Although the Light has experienced some difficulty, it remains loyal. Everyone goes through the ups and downs
of life’s trials and errors. Yet, with a little
help from our friends, difficult times may
ease. Now, as friends and as a community,
we need to help the Point Reyes Light by
offering our support. Thank you.
Kathi Lanatti
Chileno Valley
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gift that Lisa Doron gave the students and
the Point Reyes Community over the past
11 years. Thank you Lisa!
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Stability returns to KWMR
Guest Column
by David Bunnett,
kwmr Board president
As many readers will recall, this has
been an eventful year for KWMR, West
Marin’s own community radio station.
Beloved co-founder and longtime Station
Manager Kay Clements departed from
her position at the end of March, and
April saw a nearly total turnover in the
membership of the governing board. By
the beginning of July, two more valued
staff members had also left the station.
During this period of rapid change,
KWMR was sustained by our dedicated
staff and the interim (unpaid) leadership
of former Board President Susan Robinson of Bolinas, by the calm perseverance
of our programmers and other volunteers, and by the encouragement and loyalty of our many supporters in the community at large.
Meanwhile, behind the scenes, the
board of directors conducted a rigorous
process to define the manager’s role, to
clarify the relationship between board
and manager, and finally to identify a new
manager from among an outstanding field
of candidates. On June 21, Amanda Eichstaedt of Olema began work as the new
executive director and station manager
of KWMR.
The nearly six months since Amanda
started have been devoted to learning a
new position, assessing the inherited situation, building working relationships,
and developing strategies for the near and
medium terms—all while running a radio
station at the same time! I’m pleased to
be able to report highly encouraging results on all these fronts.
However, there are still some clouds
associated with that rainbow, chief of
which is that fundraising has suffered,
largely due to the time and energy required for the successful transition effort. The September pledge drive met
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gap. Regrettably, KWMR will not fill its
vacant news director position, and will
probably not be able to resume its popular local news coverage, until revenues
recover.
Other challenges and opportunities
ahead include:
certain approvals from the FCC, which
in turn depend on Congressional action.
Stay tuned for updates.
3) Continuing to strengthen our timely
and accurate coverage of local emergencies. KWMR is already a national leader
in this area.
1) Maintaining the improved signal to
the Bolinas/Stinson area.
2) Expanding coverage to the San
Geronimo Valley. Progress depends on
In summary, the events of this year
have shown that KWMR is a resilient
organization with broad community support. A new board was elected by the
membership in November. We have plenty of work to do, but also many volunteers
and supporters to help us do it. The feeling down at the studio is that people in
West Marin want to keep their community radio station.
KWMR broadcasts at 90.5 FM in Point
Reyes and 89.9 FM in Bolinas, and streams
live at www.kwmr.org. For information, call
Amanda Eichstaedt at (415) 663.8068 ext
104, or email her at amanda@kwmr.org.
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Bill Booras, Point Reyes Station artist, 1919—2010
Bill Booras, a masterful artisan, skilled
photographer and perennial adoptive father, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, December 8 from probable lung cancer. He was 91.
While no shrinking violet—he was
an Army man that enjoyed his evening
cocktail—Bill was a consummate gentleman who lived by an unyielding code of
standards and ethics. He embraced the
humanistic teachings of his Catholic upbringing and never hesitated to extend
a hand to anyone fortunate enough to
know him.
“In my heart, what I like most about
Bill is his willingness to help anyone at
any time,” said his friend Marty Knapp.
“He was always generous with his information, his knowledge.”
Bill was born on August 1, 1919 to
George and Kathleen Booras. George
came to America around the turn of
the century. After landing in New York
from his native Greece, George worked
as a meat packer in the Chicago Union
Stock Yard & Transit Company. He saved
enough money to move to the Bay Area,
where he hoped to open a diner.
George took up lodging in a boarding
house in Niles. The landlady had a gorgeous red-headed sister named Kathleen
Nolan, who had recently emigrated from
Ireland. “He looked at this beautiful redhead from Ireland, and he fell flat on his
face,” said Bill’s wife, Nadine. They married, opened a greasy spoon diner and
had two boys, Jim and Bill.
“Bill had a really fun childhood,” Nadine said. “After school he would run
back to the restaurant and make himself
a great big hamburger with a big slice of
onion. He’d work in the restaurant washing dishes, standing on a box to reach
the sink.” Jim and Bill would wander the
nearby hills with the family dog; hiking
would become a lifelong pastime for Bill.
They lived next to the then-defunct
Essanay Studios, where they shot such
classics as Charlie Chaplin’s “The Tramp”
as well as most of the Broncho Billy westerns. The boys loved exploring the empty
film lots and offices.
Kathleen made sure that everyone
went to Sunday Mass, and enrolled Bill as
an altar boy. The Booras family believed
Jesus’ message was one of understanding, and George would often give a job to
transients during the Great Depression.
Not everyone in Niles shared George
and Kathleen’s ethics. One day George realized that he had never taken the family
on a vacation. George entrusted the restaurant to his nephew and packed up the
family for a road trip around California.
They returned two weeks later to find
that the nephew had taken possession of
the restaurant’s lease. George opened a
second restaurant down the street from
his former diner, and soon put his treacherous nephew out of business.
Bill was a compulsive whittler as a
child and young adult. He would order
Art Rogers
ART: Bill Booras in his studio creating a sign displaying the Marin coastline for the Chamber of Commerce in 1976.
patterns from catalogs, from which he
would carve model planes and intricate
wooden puzzles. By the time he graduated from high school, Bill was already a
skilled woodworker.
He became an apprentice at the Mirror Island Naval Shipyard carving mechanical parts or “patterns” for submarines. The three-dimensional patterns
would be packed in sand to make a mold
for casting the metal mechanical parts.
“Anything cast out of metal you’ve got to
make out of wood first,” Bill often said.
The job required a surgeon’s hand and an
engineer’s mind.
Bill learned about photography from
his patternmaking mentor, James Douglas. James taught Bill not only how to
take photos and develop film, but also
how cameras worked, and how to fix and
replace their delicate inner workings. It
was the start of a lifelong love affair with
photography.
Bill liked to say that the key to his longevity was his habit of taking a 15-minute
nap every day. “He took a nap every day
for as long as he could remember, even in
the military,” said his son Clay. “On Mirror Island he would stretch out on his
workbench during the lunch break. Because his bench didn’t fit the shape of his
back and tailbone, he carved out a little
hollow so that it would fit better.”
When war was declared against the
Axis forces, Bill wanted to sign up for active duty. Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, the Navy decided that he was
more valuable to the war effort where he
was, making patterns for submarines. He
was eventually accepted into the Army towards the end of the war. He was trained
as a sharpshooter and deployed as a part
of a peacekeeping force in Italy, in a small
town near Pisa.
Bill took advantage of the GI Bill by
enrolling at the California School of Arts
and Crafts in Oakland, where he studied woodworking and art appreciation.
There he met his first wife, Nelda. Nelda
had two young sons, Terry and Steve,
from a previous marriage. Bill adopted
the boys, and didn’t care that he was
ousted from his church for marrying a
divorced woman.
Bill and Nelda divorced several years
later, but Bill continued to support Terry
and Steve. He took them both through
the Boy Scout system to the lofty rank of
Eagle Scout, something that takes at least
a decade “It’s a huge commitment made
by father and son, both,” Clay said. He
also made sure that they went to college.
“He had a strong sense of responsibility
to the boys,” Nadine said.
No longer able to support himself and
go to school, Bill returned to Mirror Island to resume patternmaking. He then
met his second wife, Jeanne. He adopted Jeanne’s young children, Sharon and
Clay, and moved to Point Reyes Station.
Bill was a caring father. “He was always
there for me, guiding me along,” Clay
said. “He was a father who led by quiet
example, not by force.”
Bill would ride around town on his
Vespa scooter with young Clay clutching
his waist from behind. He taught Clay
photography, and bought him junked
lawnmowers to take apart and learn mechanics. “It turned into a mechanical engineering degree, so it worked out well,”
Clay said.
Bill took early retirement from Mirror Island in the mid 1970s at age 50.
He became an entrepreneur, exploring
the fine-art aspect of woodworking. He
was going to join the ranks of middleaged bachelor woodcarvers, traveling
from craft show to craft show across
California in his white-domed trailer.
A young nurse from the UCLA nursing
department threw a monkey wrench into
Bill’s lonely plans.
He first met Nadine in 1984 while she
was visiting Point Reyes Station, and they
ended up spending Thanksgiving together. “He was always a gentleman,” Nadine
said. “After we were introduced, I wrote
him a letter thanking him for his wonderful hospitality. He wrote back asking
if I could stop by again.” After several
months of frequent trips to Los Angeles
and Point Reyes, they were married in
February 1984, at the Chapel of Flowers
in Las Vegas.
This marriage took. They enjoyed
many similar interests, not the least of
which was movies. “We both loved acPlease see facing page
tion, science fiction movies,” Nadine said.
“We saw movies in Petaluma all the time.
Lethal Weapon, Star Wars, Star Trek,
Crocodile Dundee, those Hobbit movies,
we watched them all, over and over.” Bill
collected hundreds of films on laserdisc,
which included everything from “Dirty
Harry” to recorded operas.
Once, while watching “Armageddon”
in the theater, Nadine was struck by a
heart attack. Rather than spoil the movie,
she waited for the credits before driving
to the hospital, where she needed triple
bypass surgery. “Heart attack be damned,
I’m waiting for the end of the movie!” Nadine said.
Bill stayed busy his whole life, and
became known for his beautiful carved
signs for local businesses, including
the bicentennial sign showing the West
Marin coastline for the Chamber of Commerce. Readers might recognize his work
hanging in front of the Inverness and
Point Reyes Station post offices, local veterinary clinic and local churches like St.
Eugene’s, St. Mary’s and Sacred Heart.
“And whenever he needed to fix something, he would use the skills that he
knew,” Clay said. “If you needed a new
towel rack, he’d make one himself out of
wood with a sunflower design on it. He
needed a new dashboard for his car, so he
ripped out the old one and made a new
one out of wood.”
Even as an old man, Bill could do seemingly impossible labor. “He built a house
in Inverness, a rock wall. He was like an
Egyptian [builder],” said his stepson, Cedric. “He was a very powerful man.”
Everyone was surprised to find that he
stayed so fit while living on a generally
trashy diet. “He lived on Wonderbread
toast, Tang, martinis, French vanilla ice
cream and beef stew,” Nadine said.
Bill gave a lot to his community. He
was a member of the Lion’s Club, carving
turkeys for the homeless every Thanksgiving. He once bought what turned out
to be a valuable woodblock print at a yard
sale for a paltry amount. Once he realized the value of the print, he cleaned it
and returned it to the family he bought
it from.
Bill was always happy to impart practical knowledge. “You learned a lot from
Bill, if you hung out with him,” said his
friend Art Rogers, who often extemporizes on Bill’s good nature. “He was one
of the gentlest, sweetest men I’ve ever
known.”
Bill loved to exchange knowledge and
equipment with fellow photographers.
“There was a time I needed a special
lens, back when I was starting my photographic career in the 1980s, so I talked to
Bill,” Marty Knapp said. “He had just the
thing I needed. Whenever I pick it up, I
think of Bill.”
A gentleman, Bill never uttered a taboo
word. “He was always so dapper. Not overdressed, but would wear sweaters, a tie
and his shoes would be shined,” Art said.
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CRAFT: Art Rogers once dropped a priceless wooden camera, which shattered. Bill
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“Then the next minute he’d have coveralls
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known for wearing a beret on cold days.
Bill was physically active within a month
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Eucalyptus
“People don’t want to pay for native plant
restoration, but they will pay for their
safety. If you claim that eucalyptus trees
are going to fall on your car, or burn down
your home, you’ll pay,” said Mary McAllister of Oakland, who has researched and
blogged about eucalyptus eradication for
over a decade.
“[Those advocating for eucalyptus
eradication] believe that native plants are
better than non-native plants, and that it
is their mission to return the landscape
to what it was in 1750. They believe it so
fervently that they are willing to say anything.”
Tasmanian blue gum eucalyptus was
first planted in California in 1853 as an
ornamental tree. It was later planted for
timber production when domestic hardwood sources showed signs of depletion,
especially during the rebuilding of San
Francisco after the 1906 earthquake. California’s climate is suitable to eucalyptus,
which is seen along the West Coast and
southern border. The highest local concentrations are found in the Marin Headlands, Bolinas, Dogtown, Point Reyes Station and Tomales.
County, state and federal agencies have
long held that eucalyptus pose a significant fire threat. The wood is dense, contain a relatively large amount of oil and
shed bark copiously. The bark that hangs
from the trunk could become a way for
ground fires to spread to the tree canopy.
Jordan Reeser, battalion chief and fuel
management specialist for Point Reyes
National Seashore, said his experience
has been consistent with claims about eucalyptus’ propensity for fire. “From a fire
fighter’s perspective, what happens by
bark shedding is that the fire can spread
to the canopy,” he said. “When you have a
wild tree stand, there’s stuff hanging everywhere and it’s just a mess. That’s what
I’m trying to eliminate.”
Reeser added that he does in fact like
eucalyptus trees, and is not necessarily
part of the native species movement.
But McAllister said that the belief that
eucalyptus is inherently more combustible than any other native vegetation is
patently false. “Native plant advocates
attempt to support their claim about
the flammability of eucalyptus by citing
specific characteristics such as shreddy
bark and volatile oils,” she said. “Shreddy
bark and volatile oils are characteristics
of many plants, both native and non-native.”
Madrone and manzanita are both examples of native plants that shed ribbonlike shreds of bark that are highly flammable, and bay laurels and coyote brush
both contain highly flammable oils.
“Trees don’t become involved in a fire
unless the canopy ignites,” McAllister
said. “The fire travels up the tree into the
canopy. The eucalyptus tree canopy is
EUCALYPTUS: Contrary to popular belief, the leaves of eucalyptus trees are quite difficult to ignite. The leaves’ high moisture
taller, higher from the ground than a bay
tree or a coast live oak.”
Mark Bowman, a certified arborist
and tree risk assessment consultant from
Berkeley, agrees. “There’s no difference
between eucalyptus and any other tree,”
he said. “The hanging bark doesn’t reach
all the way to the top, or create a fire ladder
that goes up to the canopy. It only hangs on
the lower 10 or 15 feet, long before you get
up to the first branches at the top. After that
it becomes very smooth and intact quite
quickly. There is some bark that hangs up
above, but it falls to the ground.”
McAllister also said that even though
eucalyptus is denser and can potentially
provide a fire a great deal of fuel to burn,
this rarely happens. “It takes a long, long
time for the moisture in eucalyptus to decrease to the point where ignition is possible. It would take an entire season for
a [fallen] eucalyptus log to become ignitable,” she said. “The chances of it igniting
are very miniscule.”
The 1991 Oakland and Berkeley Hills
firestorm, known as the worst fire in California’s history, is the most publicized
example possible eucalyptus culpability.
When it was all over, the fire killed 25
people, injured 150 others and burned
2,900 structures to the ground, costing
$1.5 billion in damages.
“Dense vegetation was identified as
a major contributor to the fire behavior,
and in particular eucalyptus forests,” according to a 2006 National Park Service
(NPS) publication titled Eucalyptus: A
Complex Challenge. The authors of the
publication wrote: “It was estimated that
over 70 percent of the energy released
through the combustion of vegetation
was due to eucalyptus.”
After the fire, FEMA and the Fire Ad-
ministration conducted an independent
investigation into the fire. The investigation found that eucalyptus was no more
responsible for the fire than any other
species in the area. The fire started in
dry grass, and only leapt out of control
when sparks reached nearby brush. High
winds accelerated the spread of the fire.
By the time it reached areas with eucalyptus growth, the fire was consuming
everything.
“There’s no difference between eucalyptus and any other tree. Once you get
that spitting fire, it’s going to burn,” Bowman said. “It was the dry grass that started
it, and it’s really more to do with the park
service making sure they aren’t allowing
the wrong undergrowth to make fuel for
fire.” While not a firefighter, Bowman
evaluates trees for health, structural and
fire safety. “My only criteria while looking at trees is determining whether they
are safe or not,” he said.
The FEMA report also stated that
“the current emphasis on blue gum… as
primary culprits in the recent fire which
calls for quick removal of them are an
oversimplification that can lead to negative environmental consequences.” The
report’s policy recommendations stated:
“Do not target specific species, such as
blue gum eucalyptus or Monterrey pine
for eradication.”
There had been a deep freeze and
an unprecedented draught during the
months before the Oakland hills fire.
The freeze had killed massive amounts
of brush and eucalyptus, which provided
fuel. Such freezes are extremely rare in
the Bay Area. Also, government programs
for clearing away dead trees and debris
had been drastically cut, which contributed to the devastating nature of the fire.
McAllister points out that during other fires, like the 2004 fire on Mount Tam,
the nearby eucalyptus did not ignite. “Or
this last fire in San Bruno, when the pipeline burst in September,” she said. “When
that pipeline burst, it took an hour and a
half to turn off the gas. There was a very
hot, very huge fireball 200 feet in the air
for an hour and a half. Trees, including
eucalyptus, surrounded the explosion
area. The leaves were scorched, but they
did not ignite.”
Eucalyptus leaves are difficult to ignite
because of their high moisture content
and waxy coating. Scientists at the University of Tasmania conducted a study
comparing over 600 species of eucalyptus leaves, including the blue gum eucalyptus seen across California. The study,
titled The Flammability and Energy Content of some Important Plant Species and
Fuel Components in the Forests of Southeastern Tasmania, compared eucalyptus
leaves to the leaves of other species found
in climates like ours, such as various oak
trees.
“[Blue gum eucalyptus] leaves, both
juvenile and adult, presented the greatest
resistance to ignition of all the eucalyptus studied,” the report said. It went on to
state that blue gum leaves were more fire
resistant than other broad-leafed trees
from our climate.
Bowman’s experience runs contrary to
the views of most public agencies calling
for wide eradication. “They’re like any
other tree,” he said. “The whole native
species deal is the only reason for this
controversy. You can see how well eucalyptus trees have taken to our climate.
Please see facing page
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Organic &
Biodynamic Wines
for the Holidays
featuring
Kunde Family Estate
David Briggs
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CLASSIFIEDS
phone 663.8404 • fax 663.8458
$20 for 20 words plus ten cents per additional word. Two consecutive weeks. Paid in advance. Deadline: Monday 3 p.m.
Animals
Announcements
Trap-neuter-return / adoption
Enjoy The
Holidays
Looking for a new crew
of dedicated volunteers to
foster kittens & provide
everyday cat care.
Open Daily v 663-1748 v Pt. Reyes
Zoe & Zachery Black and White
5 mos. Kittens Loveable
Cuddlebugs Available for
Adoption Call: 663-8497
DESIRE TO QUIT?
Nicotine Anonymous Meeting
Tuesdays 7pm
Health & Human Services,
6th & A Streets, Point Reyes.
For assistance with feral cats call
663-8497
Announcements
Point Reyes
Senior Lunch
JOIN CERT - Community
Emergency Response Team.
Classes by local Fire Departments, January 22 & 29, 9-4:30,
in Nicasio, $30. Contact Libby
Coleman, 663.9450.
Liblee@earthlink.net
At The Dance Palace, 5th & B St.
Every Thursday at 12:30
$2.00 or pay what you can
Dec. 23, 2010
Beef Black Bean Chili
Roasted Winter Squash
Cornbread
Oranges
(Free Blood Pressure Check up)
(m)
New San Geronimo Valley
Alanon Family Group Speaker
Meeting on Thurs. 7-8 pm at San
Geronimo Valley Community
Presbyterian Church. Sir Francis
Drake at Nicasio Road.
COCAINE ANONYMOUS
North Bay
Wednesday 7:30 p.m. LARKSPUR LANDING. ‘Kids in the
Cottage’ Pre-School Cottage.
2900 Larkspur Landing Circle
Chips to 1 year.
Friday 8:00 p.m. San Rafael
‘NEW IDEAS’ SPEAKER-DISCUSSION- CHIPS- RAFFLE.
First Presbyterian Church
Upstairs Mission & E.
Chips every Friday.
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Tax deductible donations may be
made out to our sponsor: A.S.C.S.
Mail to: Planned Feralhood
PO Box 502 Pt. Reyes Sta., CA 94956
Announcements
Dec. 30, 2010
Stir Fried Chicken and
Vegetables
Brown Rice
Seasonal Fruits
Delicious low cost lunches, $2.00 or
pay what you can, made by Gloria
from the Palace Market
Please reserve your space
by calling 663-1075
or email: dan@dancepalace.org
Sponsored by the Marin County
Division of Aging and Adult
Services & the Dance Palace
Advertise in the
PT. REYES LIGHT
(1/13)
Computers
COMPUTER PROBLEMS?
Call Alchemy Networks!
Expert PC & Mac repair,
upgrades, technical support,
virus removal, data recovery,
networking, backup solutions
and training. 20 years experience. All work guaranteed.
415.963.4223 (m)
MAC/APPLE SUPPORT
Steve Bowers is back
and he’s doing Mac.
Phone: 390.2427
(Local Number).
Macintosh Support Only.
Sorry, I don’t do
Windows anymore. (m)
COMPUTER TAMER
for PCs
Dave Brast 669.7499
dbrast@svn.net (Also see
appliance repair ad.) (m)
Computers
Renew Computers
S A L E S • S E RV I CE • PA RTS
PCs • Laptops • Desktops • Monitors • Printers Mac
Specialists • Data Recovery • Refurbished Computers
LAPTOP REPAIR SPECIALISTS
www. ren ewc o mp u ter s. c o m
415-457-8801
CA Lic #100888 •
446 Du Bois St., San Rafael 94901
Firewood
Bear
Bottom Farms
A Quality Firewood Co.
Almond & Walnut
Renewed Resource Woods
Free Kindling w/ mention of ad
Visa/MC
Open Year Round
1(800) 670-BEAR • 510-237-2624
NERO’S FIREWOOD
Marin’s Only Firewood Lot
Pick-up Any Quantity or Delivery
Seasoned Oak/Almond/Walnut
www.nerosfirewood.com
Member of the Better Business Bureau
OFFICE FURNITURE
FREE AND FOR SALE
The Point Reyes Light is downsizing, and the following items
are free to anyone who comes by
the office to haul them away:
Several wooden and metal short
filing cabinets, office chairs. and
older desktop Apple computers.
We are selling these items
for best offer: Ikea table, oval,
white, 7’ X 3.5’, with Ikea
wooden chairs.
Call 663.8404 with questions.
Wanted
SAIL/ROWBOAT
Looking for a smallish sailboat
anywhere in the 8 to 15 ft. range,
preferably with rowing option,
but not necessarily. Doesn’t
need to be totally complete,
but should have sound hull.
Nothing over $700. Call David at
663.8404 or 663.8875
Open 7 Days/ Since 1982/ 892-1480
FIREWOOD FOR SALE
Cut locally from trees downed
by winter storms.
Call Jim for more info.
707.477.6037 (m)
CAIN’S TIRES
Discounts
by
BRANDS Brakes: 725 Lincoln, San Rafael • 258-8569
For Sale
You’ll be so glad you called! • 453-2942
TIRES: 1531 Fourth St. • 453-2942
Advertise in
the PT. REYES LIGHT
ads@ptreyeslight.com
or call 415-663-8404
Se
habla
Espanol
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Health & Healing
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L
La
Natural
Skin Care
Gift Certificate
Facials • Waxing
Organic Product Line
Michelle Lujan
415.663.8508
Instruction
Lost
Services - Home
Services - Home
Services - Home
ONGOING
CONVERSATIONAL
SPANISH GROUP
2X3 foot BBQ Lid Lost
between Olema & Pt. Reyes on
Sunday 12/12/10. Call Noel @
415.663.9048 or 707.477.2942 if
found.
KILONZO BUILDING
MAINTENANCE
A Complete Janitorial Service
Commercial • Residential
Daily • Weekly • Monthly
or One Time
Office Buildings • Banks
Restaurants • Medical • Etc.
Rental Clean Up Construction
Site Clean Up Apartments Move
In - Move Out Carpet Cleaning, Window Washing, Floors
Stripped & Waxed. Bonded Free Estimates
West Marin Local - Excellent
References. Insured.
707.326.7804 or 707.584.7864,
Johnson (m)
CARPENTRY,
MAINTENANCE & REPAIR
Decks, doors, windows,
remodeling, roofing & more.
KRAIG 415.613.5594
HOUSECLEANING
SERVICES
11 years experience.
Local references, inexpensive.
(707)241-6820, (707)241-6821
(707)981-7315
In Point Reyes / Olema area
Tuesdays, 7 - 8:30 pm
For information,
call Victor: 707-795-6535
vicrre@yahoo.com
Rentals
Health & Healing
Marin Alliance For Medical Marijuana
Licensed by Town of Fairfax since 1997
6 School Street Plaza, Suite 215 Fairfax
New Ho
ur
& Deliv s
ery
— Money Back Guarantee —
Open 7 Days a Week Mon.-Sat. 9am-9pm • Sun 9am-5pm
Free Licensed Delivery on Thursdays
415-256-9328
( 12/16, 12/23)
www.cbcmarin.com
MALL-031088
MUST SEE!
3 Bedrooms/2.5 Bath Home w/
view. Large Living Room, Family Room, 2 Fireplaces; LOTS
of closets! Appliances included.
New Paint & Carpet, Large Patio,
Very Private, Parking, 2-Car
Garage & workshop. $2700/
month; PLEASE CALL! Susan @
415.663.1016 or 707.695.4725
( 2/3/11)
Wild Iris Healing Therapies
Spa on the Go
415.306.1347
Treatments offered at your location
15% off
4 session bodywork series:
$ETOXCLEANSEPACKAGES
4-one
hr.sessions
$323
HOURS
4-one and one half hour sessions $442
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CREAMERY BUILDING
SPACE AVAILABLE
1,700+ sq/ft. available in the Creamery
Bldg. (it’s the old Pt. Reyes Light
Space...we’ll miss them!)
Call 510.914.3296 or
email pmarks@lynchmarks.com
William Majoué
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BUDDY VACHA
James Noel, P.E.
Residential & Commercial
Structural Design
Decks/Remodels/Repairs
New Structures/Additions
Finish Work/Renovations
General Construction
Problem Solving
Excellent Workmanship
References? Just ask around.
License # C62878
415-663-8533
Jamesnoel2@gmail.com
663-1586
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PT. REYES LIGHT
electrical contractor
415.601.7433
Lic.#833923
P.O. Box 1456, Pt. Reyes Sta., CA 94956
Window Cleaning & Garden Work
( 12/23, 12/29)
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Dave Brast
Lost your wallet…
Appliance Repair
Since 1976
Found some keys…
Landscaping
Noel Tree & gardening
Tree & Safety Clearing, Chipping,
Irrigation. Tractor Service.
Constriction: Decks, Fences, Walk
ways. Maintenance, Concrete Work.
Landscaping Design.
Competitive Prices.
(415) 663-9048
St. Lic. #946351 Fully Insured C27 C61/49
Nick Whitney or Tom Kent
Certified Arborists
Landscaping
Armando garden
service
• IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
• GARDEN MAINTENANCE
• NEW LAWN (SEED & SOD)
• TREE SERVICE - TRIMMING
• PRUNING - TOPPING
• CLEAN-UP HAUL AWAY
• FIX FENCES
• PRESS WASHER (PATIOS &
DECKS)
• MULCH
15 years of experience
- my guarantee. UNLICENSED. free estimation!!
707.321.4669 (11/18)
663–1572
669–1604
Advertise in the
PT. REYES LIGHT
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if you need
Tree Pruning, Brush Clearing,
Garden Work, Landscaping,
Chipping, Wood Splitting,
as well as Dump Runs
Insured &
Licensed
415 663-1110
Need office space…
Selling your boat…
Advertise in
the PT. REYES LIGHT
ads@ptreyeslight.com
or call 415-663-8404
Tree Service and
Clearing: Defensible
Space, View Restoration,
Poison Oak Removal
Soil Prep, Seed or Sod,
Planting, Maintenance,
Rentals - Vacation
Beautiful Inverness home
2 BR/2 BA, all the amenities,
satellite TV, hot tub with
bay view deck.
Contact 510-655-2947 or
www.invernessrental.com
for Vacation Rentals
Lic. #773105
Fully Insured &
Equipped
Construction
Decks, Fences,
Terraces, Ponds,
Walk Ways
Tractor
Grading, Erosion
Control, Hauling
Excavations
Ismael Gutierrez
415.663.9035
Irrigation
Repair, Layout,
Installation,
Manual, Automatic
Free Estimates
Satisfaction
Guaranteed
Raul or Bill
office
home
e-mail arrowrr@earthlink.net
Calif. License#855399
WEST MARIN
PLUMBING
COLLEEN KING
P
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INTER IOR • EXTER IOR
• Fre e Estimate s • 415• 663• 8225
Strom Electric, Inc.
Family Owned & Operated for Over 25 years
Residential • Commercial  
Repairs • Landscape Wiring
No job too small • 453-1200
CA Lic. # 480976
Van der Maaten
Painting
Interior & Exterior for 30 years
CARPENTER/HANDYMAN
Repairs & New Work
CHARLIE MORGAN
Local refs 663.8048
(m)
Emergency Tree Removal & Clearing
Masonry
Concrete, Brick,
Patios, Walls,
Boulders
Arrow
Construction
&
Remodeling
• Builders of the Pt. Reyes
Clinic & custom homes
in West Marin
• Remodeling “our specialty”
• Over 24 yrs in Marin
415-892-4991
415-669-7573
Services - Home
Landscaping Design
and Construction
669-7499 • dbrast@svn.net
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Call Alfonso Ramirez
Washers • Dryers • Ranges
Dishwashers • Refrigerators
Ken & Sam Levin
WINDOW CLEANING
663-9669
W
t
e s t M a r i n ’s B e s
Dennis Luftig
License #330538
30 years of
Fast, Friendly Service
All Work Guaranteed
Service & REPAIRS
Gas & Water Lines, Drain Cleaning, Water
Heater & Fixture Repair & Replacement,
Install Toto Toilets, Service of Rinnai,
Paloma, Bosh & Aquastar tankless
water heaters.
FULLY INSURED
Price quoted before work starts
Quick Response Emergency Repair
24 HOUR 663-1698
SERVICE MC/VISA Accepted
Pressure Washing • Environmentally-friendly,
non-toxic coatings available for home or business
Fully Insured & Bonded • License #554758
Call Van: (415) 663-8852; cell: (415) 713-5812
Broek Hardwood Floors
We work all over Marin & SF
Over 30 years experience
Installation
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Jan Broek • 868-1188
Con. Lic. #661702
Services - Misc
Notary Services
Terry Donohue
415-509-1740
terry@bolinasrealty.com
Bolinas Real Estate
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Fictitious Business
Name Statement
File No. 125413
The following person(s) is (are)
doing business as: Grand Touring
Auto, 180 Harbor Dr., Ste. 210,
Sausalito, CA 94965. This business
is conducted by an individual:
Alvin L Leibof, 209 Reed St., Mill
Valley, CA 94941. This statement
was filed with the County Clerk
of Marin County on November
10, 2010, signed, J. Whitney,
Deputy. Published in the Point
Reyes Light December 2, 9, 16,
23, 2010.
Fictitious Business
Name Statement
File No. 125431
doing business as: The LunchBox,
15 Calle Del Mar, Unit 2 & 3,
Stinson Beach, CA 94970. This
business is conducted by a husband & wife: Lee Cecchi, Rachel
Cecchi, 3 Roque Moraes Ct., Mill
Valley, CA 94941 . This statement
was filed with the County Clerk of
Marin County on November 12,
2010, signed, O. Lobato, Deputy.
Published in the Point Reyes
Light December 2, 9, 16, 23,
2010.
Fictitious Business
Name Statement
File No. 125492
doing business as: Mike’s Bikes
Race Team, 819 5th Ave., San
Rafael, CA 94901. This business is
conducted by a limited partnership: Ken Martin, Matt Adams, 819
5th Ave., San Rafael, CA 94901.
This statement was filed with the
County Clerk of Marin County
on November 24, 2010, signed, J.
Mannion, Deputy. Published in
the Point Reyes Light Decem-
ber 2, 9, 16, 23, 2010.
Fictitious Business
Name Statement
File No. 125450
doing business as: Salamah &
Associates, 217 Orris Terrace, Terra
Linda, CA 94903. This business is
conducted by an individual: Salamah Locks, 217 Orris Terr, Terra
Linda, CA 94903. This statement
2010.
Fictitious Business
Name Statement
File No. 125478
doing business as: Travels with Teri,
416 Bee St., #D, Sausalito, CA
94965. This business is conducted
by an individual: Teresa L Goldstein, 416 Bee St., #D, Sausalito,
CA 94965. This statement was
filed with the County Clerk of
2010.
Fictitious Business
Name Statement
File No. 125480
doing business as: Scriptus Reporting, 390 West Cintura, Lagunitas,
CA 94938. This business is
conducted by an individual: Tahsha
Sanbrailo, 390 West Cintura, Lagunitas, CA 94933. This statement
2010.
Fictitious Business
Name Statement
File No. 125481
doing business as: Willow Camp
Catering, 15 Calle Del Mar,
Stinson Beach, CA 94970. This
business is conducted by an
individual: Wendy Lucas DiPaolo,
70413 Mackenzie Canyon Rd.,
Terrebonne, OR, 97760. This
statement was filed with the
County Clerk of Marin County on
November 22, 2010, signed, O.
Lobato, Deputy. Published in the
Point Reyes Light December 2,
9, 16, 23, 2010.
Fictitious Business
Name Statement
File No. 125468
doing business as: Petite Paperie,
643 E. Blithedale, Mill Valley, CA
by an individual: Sheryl K Denker,
643 E. Blithedale, Mill Valley, CA
94941. This statement was filed
with the County Clerk of Marin
County on November 19, 2010,
signed, O. Lobato, Deputy. Published in the Point Reyes Light
December 2, 9, 16, 23, 2010.
Fictitious Business
Name Statement
File No. 125467
doing business as: Virtual Tour
SF, 9 Marsh Road, Tiburon, CA
by an individual: Troy Ziel, 6400
Christie Ave., #1303, Emeryville,
2010.
Fictitious Business
Name Statement
File No. 125528
doing business as: J.P. Burke Real
Estate, 1000 Fifth Ave., Ste. 1, San
Rafael, CA 94901. This business
is conducted by an individual: J.
Patrick Burke, 61 Laurel Grove
Ave., Kentfield, CA 94904. This
on December 1, 2010, signed, J.
Whitney, Deputy. Published in the
16, 23, 30, 2010.
Fictitious Business
Name Statement
File No. 125521
doing business as: Big D Scale
Boats, 20-C Pimintel Ct., Novato,
CA 94949. This business is conducted by an individual: David
Pardo, 1020 Stonebridge Dr.,
Napa, CA 94558. This statement
2010, signed, J. Whitney, Deputy.
2010.
Fictitious Business
Name Statement
File No. 125487
doing business as: Edo Grill,
830 Sir Francis Drake Blvd., San
Anselmo, CA 94960. This business
is conducted by a limited liability
company: Hao Lucky, LLC, 830 Sir
Francis Drake Blvd., San Anselmo,
2010.
Fictitious Business
Name Statement
File No. 125506
doing business as: Instill Leadership, 15 Mt. Tenaya Dr., San
Rafael, CA 94903. This business
is conducted by a corporation:
Creative Influence, Inc., 15 Mt.
Tenaya Dr., San Rafael, CA 94903.
This statement was filed with the
on November 29, 2010, signed, J.
Whitney, Deputy. Published in the
16, 23, 30, 2010.
Fictitious Business
Name Statement
File No. 125517
doing business as: Happy Tree,
18 Coleridge Dr., Mill Valley, CA
by an individual: Carla Estefania
Pecoraro, 18 Coleridge Dr., Mill
Valley, CA 94941. This statement
Light December 16, 23, 30,
2010, January 6, 2011.
Fictitious Business
Name Statement
File No. 125553
doing business as: Luxurious Nail
Salon, 364 San Anselmo Ave., San
Anselmo, CA 94960. This business
is conducted by an individual: Vy
Huynh, 1330 Bush St., Ste. 5N, San
Francisco, CA 90109. This statement was filed with the County
Clerk of Marin County on December 6, 2010, signed, O. Lobato,
Reyes Light December 16, 23,
30, 2010, January 6, 2011.
Fictitious Business
Name Statement
File No. 125644
doing business as: Imogen, 12
Locust Ave., Mill Valley, CA 94941.
This business is conducted by an
individual: Elizabeth Ann Gutai,
1400 Technology Ln., #1033, Petaluma, CA 94954. This statement
Marin County on December 15,
January 6, 13, 2011.
Fictitious Business
Name Statement
File No. 125637
doing business as: Green Pharm,
496 B St., San Rafael, CA 94901.
This business is conducted by a
corporation: Elevated Systems,
Inc., 496 B St., San Rafael, CA
94901. This statement was filed
with the County Clerk of Marin
County on December 14, 2010,
signed, O. Lobato, Deputy.
January 6, 13, 2011.
Fictitious Business
Name Statement
File No. 125645
doing business as: La Jolie, 12
Locust Ave., Mill Valley, CA 94941.
This business is conducted by an
individual: Lisa Perkins, 21 Picadilly
Ct., San Rafael, CA 94903. This
on December 15, 2010, signed, O.
Lobato, Deputy. Published in the
Point Reyes Light December
23, 30, 2010, January 6, 13,
2011.
Fictitious Business
Name Statement
File No. 125579
doing business as: Diamond Carpet and Upholstery Cleaning, 2384
Las Gallinas Ave., San Rafael, CA
94903.This business is conducted
by an individual: Reza A Heydari,
2384 Las Gallinas Ave., San Rafael,
Marin County on December 8,
2010, signed, J. Mannion, Deputy.
January 6, 13, 2011.
Fictitious Business
Name Statement
File No. 125628
doing business as: Conscious
media maven, 14 Circle Way, Mill
Valley, CA 94941.This business is
conducted by a corporation: Inner
Investments Inc., 14 Circle Way,
Mill Valley, CA 94941. This statement was filed with the County
Clerk of Marin County on December 13, 2010, signed, O. Lobato,
2010, January 6, 13, 2011.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
FOR CHANGE OF NAME
Superior Court of California
County of Marin Case No.
CIV1006507
TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES: Petitioner Qi Qe White
Elk Ross filed a petition with this
court for a decree changing names
as follows: Present Name: Henry
Ross to Proposed Name: Qi Qe
White Elk Ross. THE COURT
ORDERS that all persons interested in this matter shall appear
before this court at the hearing
indicated below to show cause, if
any, why the petition for change
of name should not be granted.
NOTICE OF HEARING
DATE: 01/24/2011
TIME: 8:30 AM DEPT. B
The address of the court is same
as noted above: 3501 Civic Center
Drive, San Rafael, CA 94913.
A copy of this Order to Show
Cause shall be published at least
once each week for four successive weeks prior to the date set
for hearing of the petition in the
Point Reyes Light, a newspaper of
general circulation in the County
of Marin. Dated: December 13,
2010. Roy O. Chernus, Judge of
the Superior Court. Kim Turner,
Court Executive Officer, K. Main,
2010, January 6, 13, 2011.
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Celebrating 35 Years in The Light
THE POINT REYES FAMILY ALBUM by Art Rogers
BEHIND THE SCENES DURING THE HOLIDAYS AT THE POINT REYES STATION POST OFFICE 94956
The 12 days before Christmas is the busiest time of the year for the United States Postal Service. The amount of mail to be handled locally by the same staff is upwards
of 50 percent more than the rest of the year. On this day, Monday, December 13, which is one of the highest mail volume days of the year, there were approximately 300
packages, 6,000 letters, 1,150 envelopes and several hundred people to help at the counter plus the normal daily year-round flow of over 100 Netflix movies. There are
over 1,100 PO boxes to stuff and 50 mail deliveries to mailboxes from Marshall to the Point Reyes Lighthouse. All this mail doesn’t include what is delivered to an
additional 1,000 PO boxes and 150 more mailboxes that come out of the Olema, Marshall and Inverness post offices. From the left are Kathy Runnion, Guoping Liu and
Postmaster Jim Harvey. Oh yes, one more thing...don’t forget to bring your yellow parcel pickup notice when you pick up your packages.
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Forest Knolls artists Judith Selby Lang
and Richard Lang display artworks
about oceans and the environment
made with plastic debris from Kehoe
Beach in Point Reyes National Seashore in
the SFMOMA Garage Windows through
May 2011. The windows can be viewed 24
hours a day, seven days a week at street
level at 147 Minna and 150 Natoma St.
“Sweat Your Prayers,” a 5Rhythms
Dance Meditation, is from 6 to 8 p.m. on
Thursdays in the San Geronimo Valley
Community Center Gym. Molly Maguire performs at 8 p.m. at Smiley’s, in Bolinas.
Friday, December 24
Nuestros Ninos with Dra. Marisol airs
from 11 a.m. to noon on KWMR, 90.5 FM
in Point Reyes and 89.9 FM in Bolinas.
Fun with Food is a West Marin Free
Skool class at 3 p.m. Enjoy an exploratory,
forgiving and delicious afternoon with
Eden Helix focusing on dairy, acorns and
fermentation. No experience necessary.
Continues on January 21, February 4 and
February 18. To register, call (415) 669.7335
or email ylosojosabiertos@gmail.com.
A Christmas Eve Reveillon Dinner at
Rocker Oysterfeller’s in Valley Ford
features a four-course Creole pre-fixe dinner between 5 and 9 p.m. $65 per person,
tax and gratuity not included. Call (707)
878.1983 for reservations. FM in Bolinas. Steve Hadland and Ladd
Bauer reunite live for a “Pair ’o Docs
Reunion” at 11 a.m. and Merry Christmas
Baby airs from noon to 4 p.m. Loretta
Farley hosts “The Celtic Universe” at 6
p.m. Tune in!
The Fourth Annual Gospel Christmas
Eve Dinner Show featuring the Kingdom Travelers starts at 6 p.m. at Rancho
Nicasio. $15 in advance, $20 at the door.
Sunday, December 26
A six-day New Year’s retreat at Green
Gulch Zen Center led by Arlene Lueck
and Catherine Gammon begins today
with a gentle schedule of reading, walking,
morning meditation, work, classes, and
a New Year’s Eve celebration. For more
information about registration and costs,
call the front desk at (415) 383.3134.
Friday Night Live means reggae spin at
Smiley’s at 9 p.m. in Bolinas. Sing Christmas carols by candlelight at 7
p.m. at San Geronimo Community Presbyterian Church.
Ellen Serber teaches Tai Chi at 8:30 a.m.
at the Dance Palace, in Point Reyes Station.
“Friday Funk Fest” spins seasonal soul
and festive funk favorites at 8:30 p.m. on
KWMR, 90.5 FM in Point Reyes Station
and 89.9 FM in Bolinas.
Christmas Day
The Mount Tam Interpretative Association leads an easy hike with up to a
1,000-foot elevation gain, departing from
the Rock Spring trailhead at 9:30 a.m. Back
between 1:15 and 2:30 p.m. Bring water
and lunch. For more information call (415)
258.2410 or go to www.mttam.net.
Chris Anderl teaches Tai Chi and Chi
Gung at 10 a.m. at the Dance Palace, in
Point Reyes Station.
Dad’s Basketball is from 10 a.m. to noon
at the Patterson Community Gym at West
Marin School.
Reverends Whitney Roberson, Rachel
Rivers, and Carolyn Osborn, along with
Father Junior, give a Christmas message
on “Place We Live” at 10 a.m. on KWMR,
90.5 FM in Point Reyes Station and 89.9
All are invited to a holiday worship
with singing and prayers at 11 a.m. at
San Geronimo Community Presbyterian
Church at 7 p.m. Call (415) 488.9318 or visit
www.sgpchurch.org for more information.
Friday Nite Live starts at 9 p.m. at Smiley’s, in Bolinas.
Christmas services
Bolinas
Calvary Presbyterian
Christmas Eve candlelight
service at 9 p.m.
St. Aidens Episcopal
Christmas Eve service at 5 p.m.
St. Mary Magdalene
Roman Catholic
Christmas Day mass at 10:45 a.m.
Inverness
St. Columba’s Episcopal
Christmas Eve candlelight
service at 8 p.m.
Lagunitas
St. Cecilia’s Roman Catholic
Christmas Day mass 9:30 a.m.
Marshall
St. Helen’s Roman Catholic
Christmas Day mass 8:45 a.m.
Nicasio
St. Mary’s Roman Catholic
Christmas eve mass 5:30 p.m.
Olema
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic
Christmas eve mass 5:00 p.m.
In Spanish at 6:00 p.m.
Christmas day mass 8:30 a.m.
Point Reyes Station
Community Presbyterian
Christmas Eve Service at 7 p.m.
San Geronimo
Christmas Eve service at 7 p.m.
Walk to Kule Loklo, a recreated Coastal
Miwok Village in Point Reyes National
Seashore, with park rangers from 2 to 3:30
p.m. Meet at Bear Valley Visitor Center. Kyle Alden debuts songs at 4 p.m. in the
bar at Rancho Nicasio. Teja Gerken plays solo finger-style guitar from 5 to 8 p.m. at The Station House
Café, in Point Reyes Station. No cover.
New Moon Players host open mic at 8
p.m. at Smiley’s, in Bolinas.
Open mic with New Moon Players starts
at 8 p.m. at Smiley’s, in Bolinas.
Monday, December 27
Cathy Davis teaches Zumba from 6 to
7 p.m. at the Dance Palace, in Point Reyes
Station.
Nina Wise leads the Monday Night Class
at Spirit Rock Meditation Center from
7:15 to 9:15 p.m. in the Community Meditation Hall. $8 to $10 donations accepted.
Monday Nite Live starts at 8 p.m. at Smiley’s, in Bolinas.
Tuesday, December 28
“Wake Up West Marin” features Colin
M. Roach, co-author of Japanese
Swords: Cultural Icons of a Nation, at
8:45 a.m. on KWMR, 90.5 FM in Point
Reyes Station and 89.9 FM in Bolinas.
Baby gym is from 9:30 to 11 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Dance Palace in
Point Reyes Station.
Stinson Beach
Christmas Eve Service at 7 p.m.
Tomales
Church of the Assumption
Roman Catholic
Christmas Eve mass 6 p.m.,
in Spanish 8 p.m.
Christmas eve ecumenical
service at 9:30 p.m.
Christmas day mass 10:15 a.m.,
in Spanish 11:20 a.m.
Tomales & Two Rock Presbyterian
Two Rock candlelight service at 7 p.m.
on December 19.
Tomales Christmas Eve
ecumenical service at 9:30 p.m.
Valley Rainbow Playgroup meets from 10
a.m. to noon on Tuesdays and Thursdays in
Room 9 behind San Geronimo Valley Community Center.
Living Well with Chronic Conditions is
a free workshop from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m. on Tuesdays at Tomales Presbyterian Church through January 18. $10 for
the book. Learn how to manage the pain,
fatigue and frustration that can come with
living with a health condition such as
asthma, arthritis, chronic pain, depression,
diabetes or heart disease. Knit Clinic is a West Marin Free Skool
class with Marlie de Swart meeting every
Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Black Mountain Artisans, in downtown Point Reyes Station. For
beginning knitters or anyone who is stuck
or in need of encouragement. Bring your
supplies or use Marlie’s! Call (415) 663.9130
for more information or to sign up.
A memorial for Missy Patterson begins
at 2 p.m. at St. Columba’s Church in
Inverness, followed by a reception at the
Dance Palace Community Center. Those
interested in donating tea sandwiches,
pinwheels or other foods can bring them to
the Dance Palace after noon today.
Dharma Friends of West Marin will
resume weekly Tuesday evening sitting
at Yoga Toes in Point Reyes Station on
January 11. Wednesday, December 29
The Point Reyes Meditatio Group meets
every Wednesday at 7 a.m. in the Dance
Palace church space. Everyone is welcome.
For more information call (415) 669.1733
Join the regular meeting of the Rotary
Club from 8 to 9 a.m. for breakfast at the
Coast Guard Galley building, in Point
Reyes Station.
“Coastal Airwaves with Vickisa”
features an interview with Ole Schell,
Bolinas boy/NY filmmaker, at 4 p.m. on
KWMR, 90.5 FM in Point Reyes Station
and 89.9 FM in Bolinas.
Women’s Collaborative Dance is a
co-creative movement experience
exploring individual creativity and
open-ended improvisational structures
with Nancy Hemmingway and Melinda
Leithold from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. No dance experience necessary. $15
per month or $5 drop-in.
Midnight on the Water brings Irish
folk music and a celebration of December
birthdays to Smiley’s from 7:30 to 9 p.m., in
Bolinas. Free cake! Larry’s Karaoke follows.
Beginning English classes offer student
instruction in reading, writing and
speaking from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Dance
Palace Community Center. Free textbooks
and educational materials and childcare
provided. Sponsored by West Marin Literacy Program, Marin Head Start, Marin
County Free Library and the Dance Palace.
For information call West Marin Literacy
(415) 663.1849.
An Elder Luncheon at the Dance Palace
Community Center begins at noon. $2 or
pay what you can for delicious lunches
prepared by Gloria at the Palace Market. Senior lunch at San Geronimo Valley Community Center starts at noon, with reservations required. $2 donation for seniors, $6
for non-senior guest. For information call
Suzanne at (415) 488.8888 ext 251 or email
valleyresourcecenter@sgvcc.org. A special
carol sing-along takes place today!
San Geronimo Valley Community Center offers individualized one-on-one
tutoring for elementary students for
$20 per hour and for high school students
for $25 per hour through the V.A.S.T tutoring program, with a $5 drop-in Homework
Club on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30
to 5 p.m. in the middle school. For more
information call Lynn or Alison at (415)
488.2114 or email vasttutor@yahoo.com.
Professor Gall plays indie jazz and roots
at 8 p.m. at Smiley’s, in Bolinas. No cover.
Elvin Bishop & Friends play a faux New
Year’s Eve party with party favors and
a champagne toast at 8:30 p.m. at Rancho
Nicasio. $20 in advance, $25 at the door.
Friday, December 31
A meditation and yoga class at Spirit
Rock Meditation Center is from 10 a.m.
to 12:15 p.m. in the Community Meditation
Hall. $8 to $10 sliding scale donation.
Celebrate New Year’s Eve with a Reveillon Dinner at Rocker Oysterfeller’s in
Valley Ford. A four course pre-fixe menu
will be offered for reservations between 5
and 9 p.m. with a first-come, first-served
menu in the saloon. A New Year’s Eve
package includes dinner for two, a guest
room and entrance into the Sonoma Coast
Fish Bank party and two mimosas on New
Year’s Day. For details call (707) 876.1983 or
email brandong@ffrsi.com.
Bart Hopkin plays solo acoustic guitar
starting at 6 p.m. at The Station House
Café, in Point Reyes Station.
A New Year’s Eve party at San Geronimo Valley Golf Course features a multicourse menu and live music by the Sky
Blue Band with a no-host bar opening at
7 p.m. and dinner promptly at 8 p.m. $55
includes a glass of champagne; join for
music, dinner and champagne only for $18.
For information or to make reservations
call Rich at (415) 488.4030 ext 224 or email
rich@golfsangeronimo.com.
“Another year? We just had one!” is
a New Year’s Eve Bash at Spirit Rock
Meditation Center from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
with Wes Nisker and Nina Wise, drumming by master percussionist Barbara
Borden and dance music by 5Rhythms
DJ diva Davida Taurek. Come enjoy an
evening of meditation, drumming, chanting, singing and dancing! $50 to $80 sliding
scale until December 27, $65 to $95 nightof. To register go to www.spiritrock.org.
Online registration available until noon on
December 30.
El Radio Fantastique joins The Royal
Vagabond Cotillion with Super Bon Bon
Fire Dancers, Audio Visual Delights,
Rosey Lakos Camera Girl with her
Novelty Vintage Photo Booth at a New
Year’s Eve Cabaret Party at the Woods
Music Hall in Mill Valley, with doors opening at 8:30 p.m. Get your tickets before they
sell out at woodsmv.com. $50; for ages 21
and up. Hail to the Baronial Riff Raff!
Jenny Kerr Band plays for a New Year’s
Eve celebration from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at
Smiley’s, in Bolinas.
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Park wavelengths
by Loretta Farley
More extreme winter weather is on its way! Morning high tides continue
along, with another meteor shower: the Quadrantids peak on January
3, just before the new moon on January 4. The Quadrantids derive their
name from an obsolete constellation last seen on star maps in 1922; they
originate near the constellations Bootes (the plowman), Draco (the dragon)
and Hercules, and may be seen in the early morning darkness. The highest
tides will occur on New Year’s Day, at 6.7 feet just around 7:45 a.m. Coho
salmon and steelhead trout have returned! The first surveys were carried
out on Olema, Redwood, and Lagunitas creeks. No adults were seen in
Olema Creek; two adults appeared in Redwood Creek at Muir Woods;
and 14 adults and nine redds (nests) were counted in Lagunitas Creek. A
positive beginning to this annual winter cycle! This is a great year for
mushrooms! “Fairy ring” mushrooms have appeared under the fir trees in
the Bear Valley Picnic Area. The rings are formed in areas where nutrients
are spread in an even pattern and the mycelium (the supporting foundation
for the above-ground mushroom or fungi) are able to spread out. The
creamy brown fungi in the picnic area are called Scotch bonnets, or Fairy
Ring Mushrooms (Marasmius oreades)! Horse Trail is temporarily closed
as of this report, with several down trees. Check with park visitor centers for
updates. Park visitor centers close at 3 p.m. on Friday, December 24 and
are closed on Saturday, December 25; roads and trails are open and patrol
staff is on duty. All visitor centers are open regular hours on Saturday,
January 1. Shuttle busses will operate on January 1 and 2 if the weather is
clear, and Sir Francis Drake Highway will be closed after South Beach.
The Zydeco Flames play their 8th annual New Year’s Eve party at Rancho
Nicasio at 9 p.m. with party favors and a
champagne toast. $35 in advance, $45 at
the door.
David More Band plays blues guitar at
9 p.m. at the Old Western Saloon, in Point
Reyes Station. $10 includes champagne at
midnight.
New Year’s Day
Shuttle buses to view Pacific gray
whales migrating off Point Reyes begin
their winter schedule, leaving from the
parking lot at Drakes Beach 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. on weekends and holidays. For more
information call the Point Reyes National
Seashore visitor center at (415) 464.5100.
Drakes Beach Café also begins its winter
hours, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through
Monday. For information go to www.drakescafe.com.
The Nike Missile Site, a restored Cold
War antiaircraft missile site, is open
from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. in Golden Gate
National Recreation Area. Free; leashed
pets welcome. For more information call
(415) 331.1453.
Rangers lead an hour-long hike along
the Earthquake Trail from 2 to 3 p.m. at
Point Reyes National Seashore. Meet at
Bear Valley Visitor Center.
The Rancho Allstars play dance music at
7:30 p.m. at Rancho Nicasio. No cover.
A house party band will perform at Smiley’s, in Bolinas.
(For week of Thursday, Dec. 23 through Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010)
Christmas Eve
Carols & Holy
Eucharist 8pm
Christmas Day
Mass 10am
St. Columba Episcopal Church
12835 Sir Francis Drake, Inverness
Fri Dec 24 • 8:30 pm “Friday Funk Fest” spins seasonal soul,
festive funk favorites.
Sat Dec 25 • 10 am “Place We Live.” Christmas message with
Revs Whitney Roberson, Rachel Rivers, Carolyn Osborn;
Father Junior. 11 am “Pair ‘o Docs Reunion.” Steve Hadland &
Ladd Bauer live! 12-4 pm “Merry Christmas, Baby,” The Music
Special… 6 pm “The Celtic Universe” with Loretta Farley.
Tue Dec 28 • 8:45 am “Wake Up W.M.” Colin M. Roach, coauthor Japanese Swords: Cultural Icons of a Nation.
Wed Dec 29 • 4 pm “Coastal Airwaves with Vickisa.” Ole
Schell, Bolinas boy/NY filmmaker.
Schedules and More Info at www.kwmr.org.
info 663-8068; studio 663-8492
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Best of West Marin 2010
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it short and sweet. Mail this form to P.O. Box 210, Point Reyes Station, 94956, with your name and the village you live in, or drop it by our office (you
may use additional paper for comments). Send in your picks by December 23. We will publish the winners, and the best comments, in the New Year.
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Seal study
pointed at sandbars since 2007. “To me
it looks like a disturbance, and there’s
video of that. However, this data has not
been used at all in any study, so it’s a moot
point. It’s kind of anecdotal.”
The 50-second video that Gunn believes shows a seal disturbance was taken
on May 15, 2008 at 2:06 p.m., and shows
several seals swimming on the surface
while several others haul out on the sandbar. In the far background a boat passes
by. The video does not specify which
sandbar is captured in the frame.
In a corresponding video log, Codde
wrote that she missed the seals actually
flushing into the water. Gunn said that
photographs taken at the same time by
a wildlife camera show a dark spot in
the water, possibly a seal. The spot is on
the opposite side of the sandbar from
where most of the seals are hauled out.
Gunn contests that a dark, indistinguishable shape in the background is a boat.
Asked whether the disturbed seal crossed
the sandbar to dive into the water on
the opposite side while its companions
stayed put, or whether it swam around
the tip of the sandbar to reach the opposite side, Gunn responded that the camera might not have been pointed at the
same sandbar as was shown in the video
footage. “I know it specifies where it is
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on the original data sheets, but we do not
have the original data sheets on the [online] reading room,” she said. “That has
actually been a point of discussion.”
The new online reading room represents the National Park Service’s attempt
to bring transparency to the ongoing debate about the environmental effects of
Drakes Bay Oyster Company.
“When Cicely [Muldoon] came to the
seashore, she wanted a new look at the
park, and hit a reset button,” she said.
“Part of that, with a new level of transparency, was that she asked her staff for
other information that might have been
of interest.” The seashore has notified
everyone who requested information
through the Freedom of Information Act
that the database has been posted online.
Some are perplexed by the appearance
of yet more data associated with alleged
harbor seal disturbances. This summer
the seashore revealed that it had several
hidden cameras pointed at the estero for
three and a half years, taking photos every minute during daylight hours in pupping season.
In 2009, the National Academy of
Sciences conducted a review of the seashore’s existing research of the oyster
farm’s effects. The resulting report recommended time and date-stamped photographs to catch seal disturbances. During the National Academy’s review, park
officials did not disclose the latest database, or the cache of some quarter-million photos taken by the hidden cameras.
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Supervisors, on subdivisions, design reviews, use permits and other planning
decisions appealed from planning staff
actions. It also hears appeals of the findings of the Deputy Zoning Administrator and actions of the county’s planning
staff. Those interested in applying for
these positions can apply online at www.
co.marin.ca.us (type “Commissions” into
the search box), or contact the Clerk of
the Board of Supervisors, Room 329, 3501
David Briggs
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Gunn declined to comment on why it did
not disclose that data, especially if park
officials believed the videos and photos
corroborated its record of seal disturbances.
Gunn added that the Department of
Interior’s Inspector General had access
to the information, as it was on seashore
computer servers, to which the Inspector
General had access. — Kyle Cashulin
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half of the working farm and ranch land
in Marin County,” wrote Executive Director Bob Berner in a recent letter asking for tax-deductible donations before
the year ends. Volunteers also set up
booths at farmers markets and festivals
to spread the word about the importance of protecting Marin’s agricultural
land through conservation easements.
Anyone interested in attending the free
training can read more at www.malt.org
or contact Mia Pelletier at (415) 663.1338
ext 311 or mpelletier@malt.org. Those interested in making contributions can call
MALT at (415) 663.1158 or email farmland@malt.org.
MALT seeks help, donations
Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT)
will hold a 2011 volunteer training program on January 22 and February 5 in
Point Reyes Station. The training prepares participants to lead hikes, tours
and events of various farms and ranches throughout the county. “Since 1980,
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To view the video footage, visit http://www.
nps.gov/pore and click on “Public document
Reading Room and Online Portal to share
Seashore records.” Then click on “Photographs and Video,” and then “Drakes Estero
Videos 2008.” From there, click on “May
1-29,” and then on “15May08a.mov.”
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have all your picnic needs! Perry’s famous sandwiches,
wine & beer. Graffeo’s coffee, fresh donuts, & bagels
daily. Fresh fish, all organic produce, local products.
Open seven days 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Fri. & Sat.
‘til 10 p.m. (415) 663.1491. 12301 Sir Francis Drake
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COWGIRL CREAMERY & GOLDEN POINT
PRODUCE: Choose farmstead & artisan cheeses at
the Creamery, picnic fare from the Cowgirl Creamery
Cantina and organic fruits & vegetables from Little
Shorty at Golden Point Produce—everything you need
for a day in West Marin.
Open Wed-Sunday 10—6. Cowgirl Creamery:
(415) 663.9335; Golden Point Produce.
(415) 663.957. All located in the barn at
4th & B Streets in downtown Point Reyes Station
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Free Wifi : Beer : Lounge
Grass Fed Beef Burgers from Stemple Creek Ranch
Butter Lettuce, Spinach and various greens from
Bloomfield Farms, Straus Family Creamery Ice Cream,
Taylor Maid Farms Coffee
Open Daily for Breakfast and Lunch
Call in your order to pick up one of our famous
grilled sandwiches: Artichoke Pesto Chicken,
Lamb with Feta
(707) 878.2732; 27000 Highway 1, Tomales
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American cuisine using fresh local, organic and
sustainable ingredients. Full bar. Happy Hour weekdays 4
to 6 p.m. Live music Sundays at 5 p.m.
Open six days a week ; closed wednesday.
Breakfast 8 am - 11 am, Lunch 11 am - 3:30 pm,
Bar menu 3:30 pm - 5 pm, Dinner 5 pm - 9 pm.
(415) 663.1515 www.stationhousecafe.com
Downtown Point Reyes Station
Retail
13. WEST MARIN PHARMACY:
Thank you to our community for your continued
support! We are a Wellness Center offering the best
products & services from alternative & traditional
sources. Energy Healing sessions and classes are available by appointment. See us online at www.wm-rx.com
Open Monday to Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sat. 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. (415) 663.1121, fax (415) 663.1219
4th & A Streets, Point Reyes Station
14. pt. reyes surf shop: For all of your beach
Restaurants
3. The Station House Café: We offer
11. Wild Iris Healing Therapies: Iris Hawkins offers a full line of 100% organic massage therapies
and spa treatments. Provided in the comfort of your
home or vacation getaway. Serving all of Marin County.
By appointment 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily
(415) 669.9971, www.wildirisrose.com
2. Tony’s seafood: Family-style dining
overlooking Tomales Bay. Serving BBQ oysters, fresh
local seafood. Friday night specials.
Open Fri. - Sun. & monday Holidays Noon - 8pm.
(415) 663-1107 Located 9 miles north of Pt. Reyes
Station on Highway 1
4. marin sun farms: 1100% grass fed and
pasture raised meats. Serving lunch 12p-4p every day
except Wednesday, featuring local burgers, salads and
pork fries. Beer & wine selection highlights local, artisan
producers.
Butcher shop open 11am-6pm, 7 days/week
(415) 663.8997. www.mainsunfarms.com
10905 Highway One, Point Reyes Station
and surf gear. New and used boards and wetsuits.Repair
services available. Also home to Jayli wholesale imports.
Open seven days 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
(415) 663.8750
Downtown Point Reyes Station
16. SPIRIT MATTERS!: Wildly delightful Oddities
& Deities in the heart of Inverness Park. Gifts, books,
music, jewelry, scarves, cards, garden art & a whole
menagerie of offerings from the world’s wisdom
traditions...a divine destination!
Open Thursday thru Sunday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
(415) 663.8699. 12307 SF Drake Blvd.,
Inverness Park

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