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In This Issue
Kiosk
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Through June 14
Illustrating Nature
PG Museum
165 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove.
•
June 2-30
Will Bullas Exhibit
Marjorie Evans Gallery
Snset Center
9AM - 5 PM
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Sat. May 30
PG POPS Concert
2 PM
Performing Arts Center
No cost
•
Famous People - Page 10
Beautiful Paths- Page 4
Pacific Grove’s
Sat. May 30
Times
Candid Camera
with Peter Funt
Performing Arts Center
See page 18
$35
•
Sun. May 31
Bessing Ceremony
Manjushri Dharma Center
724 Forest Ave.
2-4 PM
•
Thurs. June 4
Presentation on a local forest
endangered by development
Presented by Old Forest Group
Sally Griffin Active Living Center
700 Jewell Ave.
1 PM
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Tues. June 9
Parkinson’s Support Group
3:00 PM
Sally Griffin Center
700 Jewell
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Wed. June 10
Introduction to
Green Waste Recovery
PG Museum
7 PM
Free
Hosted by Sustainable PG
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Fri, June 12
50th Anniversary
Pacific Grove Discovery Shop
198Country Club Gate
11am
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Sat. June 13
Corner Sale
Benefitting The Bridge
9 AM - 3 PM
Bank of America parking lot
601 Lighthouse
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Sun. June 14
Flag Day Event & Vehicle Show
Benefits Blind & Visually
Impaired
10:00 AM-3:00 PM
Free. Flag Day Event at noon.
Car show for historical, classic,
fancy and motorcycles
$10 entry fee
For more live music events
try www.kikiwow.com
Inside
100 Years Ago in Pacific Grove........... 6
Animal Tales
& Other Random Thoughts............... 12
Book Review...................................... 9
Cartoon.............................................. 2
Cop Log............................................. 8
FYI................................................... 23
Homeless in Paradise......................... 8
Keepers of Our Culture.................... 14
Legal Notices................................... 17
Opinion............................................. 7
Otter Views...................................... 12
Poetry.............................................. 17
Rainfall.............................................. 2
Sports.............................................. 16
Biography in your iPhone- Page 14
May 29-June 4, 2015
Your Community NEWSpaper
‘Emergency
Ordinance’
becomes a First
Reading
At the behest of the Pacific Grove
Chamber of Commerce, an ordinance was
drafted which would limit the number of
thrift and benefit shops in the core downtown area, as well as outright ban others.
“These [banned] uses can stymie
economic vitality, may result in a threat to
public health, safety and welfare, and are
not conducive with the unique local serving retail found in our pedestrian-oriented
downtown,” said Mark Brodeur, Director of
Community and Economic Development in
his staff report.
The ban and limits would apply to the
downtown commercial (C-D) zone with the
exclusion of the Holman Bulding, which has
zoning particular to that building. It would
not apply to other commercial districts.
The uses banned include: Pawn shops,
electronic cigarette (vapor/vape) shops,
check cashing stores, bail bonds, storefront
meeting halls or places of assembly, gold
and silver exchange stores, auction houses
See THRIFT Page 2
Vol. VII, Issue 37
School’s Out for Summer
Members of the 2015 Graduating Class of Pacific Grove Community High School
celebrate before settling down to Pomp and Circumstance. They are, in alphabetical
order, Dawn Carlyle Huston Arnold, Alyssa Renee Barroso, Michelle Nicole Bruno,
Keenan Tolle Elvin, Justin Thomas Fleming, Alejandro Emmanuel Fraide, Samantha
Ann Ivey, Mackenzie Lee Miller, Edson Alvarado Munoz, Marco Norman-Giuseppe
Pennisi, Daniel Salgado Rosa, Lorenzo Filippo Maria Sgandurra, and Kyle Thomas
Stewart.
All The News That Fits, We Print
We post as many as five new stories on our website every day. If you don’t get our
Facebook updates or our bulletins which go to subscribers, you might want to think
about checking our website now and then. We print on Fridays and distribute to more
than 150 sites. Please see www.cedarstreettimes.com
Diseased Tree Removal Project June 1-4 on
Highway 1
Tunnel Closed Today for Traffic Coming to Pacific
Grove
TAMC Hosts Bike Ride in Salinas for National
Bank Month
Monterey Artist David Ligare Featured in Crocker Art Museum Exhibit
Fourth and Final Event of Leon Panetta 2015
Lecture Series
AIDS/Life Bicycle Ride Using Portions of the
Highways Next Weekend
Nic Boatman Named MTAL Pitcher of the Year
Time Grows Short to Save an Old Forest
Mission Trail Athletic League Lacrosse First and
Second Teams
Council Actions 5/20/15
Correction on Story About Holman Building
Advisory Lifted — OK to go back in the water
Council
Passes Budget
on 5-2 Vote
The City Council on May 27 continued
discussion on the proposed $18,694,967
budget. Though they agreed in discussion to
perhaps agendize some items of expenditure
for future meetings, they passed the 2015-16
budget largely without changes.
The budget showed a deficit of $208,067
which, it was agreed, would be taken from
reserves and thereby balance the budget.
Faced with a tremendous bill from Cal
PERS for retirement benefits, councilmembers centered much of the budget discussion
around renegotiating benefit packages as
well as cutting expenditures and potential
sources of revenue to help offset the deficit.
Dan Miller urged contact with state
representatives, who are the only ones who
can do anything about CalPERS.
Ken Cuneo pointed out that new revenue
sources are needed, as dd Bill Peake who
said the Council needs to develop options
to Balance the budget.
Rudy Fischer suggested that the council
look at the current fire servic model, which
consists of an agreement with Monterey fire,
and determine whether a new fire service
model could be used which would reduce
the number of redundant responses.
See BUDGET Page 2
Page 2 • CEDAR STREET
Times
• May 29, 2015
Joan Skillman
P BUDGET From Page 1
Robert Huitt asked, rhetorically, if the City wanted to keep the reserve in the bank,
where it earns “pennies,” or use it to balance the budget instead of increased taxes and
fees. The City used reserves during fiscal years 2003-2008 and since then has been
adding to the fund.
Mayor Kampe pointed out that another initiative on CalPERS is in the works.
In the end, the budget passed with Dan Miller and Bill Peake dissenting.
To view the condensed version of the budget, go to http://goo.gl/oBzAST
Skillshots
P THRIFT From Page 1
(existing may remain), automobile rental, recreational vehicle sales (including boats),
tire sales and repair, kennels or pet boarding (when not associated with an animal
hospital), blood, plasma sale centers, body piercing and tattoo shops (on ground floor,
only), dollar or 99-cent stores. The existing number of benefit/thrift stores is 12. The
ordinance would also limit the number of benefit shops on Lighthouse Avenue to two.
Brodeur pointed out that all existing thrift/benefit shops are welcome and are
“grandfathered in” as legal, nonconforming uses. Should any of them move out into
another zone or go out of business, another thrift/benefit shop may take its place.
Such establishments are also limited to 25 percent expansion.
Two representatives of the Saucedo Land Co., owner/managers of many downtown
properties, spoke against the ordinance calling it “elitist.”
“Over-proliferation and concentration of any type of land use is always a cause
for concern and review. Too many similar business types begin to alter the perception
of a commercial district such as our downtown. A successful downtown should have
a varied mix of pedestrian-oriented ground floor retail uses to be successful,” said
Brodeur in his staff report.
City council members agreed and passed the first reading unanimously.
Clarification on Prop 218 Mailer
There may have been some confusion about the Prop. 218 mailer many have
already received, and which concerns sewer rates. One portion requires address
OR assessor’s parcel number and another requires both. Many people do not
have easy access to the assessor's parcel number (APN) for property they own. To make it easier for property owners, providing either the property address OR
the APN will be sufficient; it is not necessary to provide both.
CORRECTION: In a story in last week’s paper we stated
that the new owners of the Holman Building would likely
be relocating the “health food store.” We misheard the
speaker at the meeting Thursday morning, and they have
asked that we advise our readers that it is not so. We
regret the error.
Sunset Suppers $990
The Beach house aT Lovers PoinT
Dinner & cockTaiLs From 4Pm DaiLy
Special menu served daily when seated by 5:30p and ordered by 6p. Subject to change without notice
Ron Fenstermaker has a thorough
understanding of the complexities
of buying or selling a home in
Pacific Grove.
www.BeachHousePG.com
Dinner Reservations: 831-375-2345
At Lovers Point Beach
620 Ocean View Blvd. Pacific Grove
Times
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newspaper for Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California on July 16, 2010. It is
published weekly at 306 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950.
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Pacific
Grove’s Rain Gauge
Data reported by Jack Beigle from Canterbury Woods
Week ending 5-28-15...........................0. 08”
Total for the season.............................19.46”
To date last year..................................11.58”
The historic average to this date is .....18.59”
Wettest year..................................................47.15”
During rain year 07-01-7 through 06-30-98
Driest year....................................................4.013”
During rain year 07-01-12 through 06-30-13
May 29, 2015 • CEDAR STREET
Times • Page 3
West End Celebration
Issues Call for Artists
Monterey County’s Biggest Little Arts & Artisans Fair
Saturday & Sunday, August 22 and 23, 2015
Artist / Artisan Vendor Applications Available
On Saturday and Sunday, August 22 and 23, 2015, the streets of Sand City will be
transformed into a showcase of talents from throughout Monterey County. Thousands
of residents and visitors will explore Sand City and experience cutting-edge art, hear
world-famous musicians, and buy works from local painters, sculptors, and multimedia
artists. Many will learn about new green products, sample gourmet foods, and taste wine
from local wineries. Others will come to
support a worthwhile cause. The West End
Celebration is Monterey County’s best
grown-up party of the year.
This year, the Sand City’s West End
celebrates the Power of Art to transform
our communities— the power of art to
heal; educate; inspire; agitate; challenge;
and change people’s perspectives. Sand
City is home to dozens of artists and
makers and invited hundreds of others to
join them for this two day Celebration of
the arts of every genre.
All Participating Artists May Exhibit
in Pop Up Art Exhibit
The West End Celebration in conjunction with the Sand City Arts Commission, will also host a pop up exhibition
showcasing one piece from each artist
participating in the 14th Annual West End
Celebration. The pop up will be installed
in a raw industrial setting— reflecting
Sand City’s unique juxtaposition of art
and industry and talent to be found in
Gratia Plante of Pacific Grove’s
Monterey County.
The event has also initiated a num- Planet Trout participates every
ber of ecologically sound practices that year at West End Celebration. Picinclude thoughtful purchasing; recycling tured with the work she presented
efforts; and public education/information. in the West End Pop Up Gallery. We’ll also be tracking our carbon footprint
and have plans to offset it. We do this in preparation for showcasing some of the County’s
best examples of green business and innovative green ideas and products. We encourage
all vendors to be environmentally conscience with their products and displays.
Food, beverage and environmentally conscience product and service vendors are
encouraged to apply. For more information and to download applications visit: www.
westendcelebration.com
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Art Work by Peter Silzer of Studio Silzer
Artisana Gallery
612 Lighthouse Ave.
Phill’s Barber Shop
610 Lighthouse Ave
Planet Trout
170 Grand Ave.
Taft & Teak
581 Lighthouse Ave.
Butterfly
Jameson’s
207-A
16th St.
Pacific
Grove
Art
Center
Motorcycle Museum
(Gallery Night)
305 Forest Ave
568 Lighthouse Ave.
Tessuti Zoo
Crack Pot Studio
171 Forest Ave.
170 Grand Ave.
Bookmark Music
Vinyl Revolution
307 Forest Ave.
Nancy’s Attic
309 Forest Ave
566 Lighthouse Ave.
Channels of Energy
Studio Nouveau
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Times
• May 29, 2015
DiFranco Dance Project Spring Dance Performance
“Beautiful Paths,” the DiFranco DanceProject Spring Dance Concert
Photos by Karen Levy
(Left to righ)t: Taylor Rhoades, Dianne Lyle, Becky Cooper and Maya Sritharan. Except for Dianene Lyle,
Director of DiFanco Dance Project, the ladies are all PGHS 2015 graduating seniors. Taylor is a member
of the H.E.A.T. Dance Company and performed in the show. Becky and Maya volunteered as Tech Crew.
Times • Page 5
YOU ARE OWED
A REFUND!!!
Since 2012 the City of Pacific Grove has illegally collected over $607,000 in sewer charges from Pacific Grove
ratepayers.
The Sewer Enterprise Fund has a beginning balance of $5,748,722 and the City wants to initiate new rate increases
YOU will pay over the next ten years, that will add an additional $34,390,492.
The City has pledged the Sewer Enterprise Fund as collateral for a $5,276,610 loan (P&I) to fund Phase I of the
Pacific Grove Local Water Project, which has nothing to do with sewer repair and maintenance.
Demand the City REFUND the illegally collected $607,000 to YOU, the ratepayer. The Monterey Peninsula
Taxpayers Association agrees…REFUND.
Return your Prop 218 Protest Ballot TODAY!
Monterey Peninsula Taxpayers Association
PO Box 15 – Monterey – CA - 93942
City of Pacific Grove
May 19, 2015
Mayor: Bill Kampe
Council Members: Robert Huitt, Ken Cuneo, Rudy Fischer, Casey Lucius, Daniel Miller, Bill Peake
RE: Sewer Fee Overcharge and Upcoming Prop 218 Assessment Process
Dear Mayor & Councilmembers:
The City Council has already acknowledged that $600,000 in sewer fees have been collected under dubious legal basis.
In the best interest of the taxpayers of Pacific Grove it is our opinion that you should separate the questionably illegal
collection of the past sewer fees from your upcoming attempt to increase fees through the Prop 218 protest vote process.
The last thing you need is to move forward with the 218 process, have it pass, and then have the legal basis be challenged
due to the illegally collected fees.
The only way to ensure that you are not caught in a legal morass is to refund the fees, and have your rate study for the
new fee not include the $600,000. The City does not need to spend limited resources fighting legal challenges. The
refund process can be easily accomplished as the MRWPCA has records of who paid what, the only question to resolve
is how do you contact individuals who may have sold their property. There are numerous ways that can be accomplished
and we would be happy to work with you to determine the fairest approach. MPTA has experience in working out
much more complex refund processes. Several years back when MPTA prevailed over the County of Monterey in
contesting an election to increase the sales tax, they were required to refund over $37,000,000 in illegally collected sales
tax revenue. No mechanism existed in the State of California to do this and MPTA worked with the State Board of
Equalization to come up with a process to refund the money.
Again, put all legal questions to rest and refund the $600,000. Doing so will help ensure the likelihood of the passage
of future sewer fees through the 218 process.
Sincerely,
Ron Pasquinelli
President, MPTA
Paid for by Carmelita Garcia, Pacific Grove Resident as a Community Service
Times
• May 29, 2015
Jon Guthrie’s High Hats & Parasols
100 Years Ago in Pacific Grove
Main line
Central Presbyterian Church of Pacific Grove
325 Central Ave. • 831-375-7207
Chabad of Monterey
2707 David Ave. • 831-643-2770
Christian Church Disciples of Christ of Pacific Grove
442 Central Ave. • 831-372-0363
Church of Christ
176 Central Ave. • 831-375-3741
Community Baptist Church
Monterey & Pine Avenues • 831-375-4311
First Baptist Church of Pacific Grove
246 Laurel Ave. • 831-373-0741
First Church of God
1023 David Ave. • 831-372-5005
First United Methodist Church of Pacific Grove
Worship: Sundays 10:00 a.m.
915 Sunset @ 17-Mile Dr. • 831-372-5875
Forest Hill United Methodist Church
Services 9 a.m. Sundays
551 Gibson Ave. • 831-372-7956
Rev. Richard Bowman
Jehovah’s Witnesses of Pacific Grove
1100 Sunset Drive • 831-375-2138
Lighthouse Fellowship of Pacific Grove
PG Community Center, 515 Junipero Ave. • 831-333-0636
Manjushri Dharma Center
623 Lighthouse Ave. • 831-917-3969
www.khenpokarten.org
Mayflower Presbyterian Church
141 14th St. • 831-373-4705
Center for Spiritual Awakening
522 Central Ave. • 831-372-1942
Peninsula Baptist Church
1116 Funston Ave. • 831-394-5712
Peninsula Christian Center
520 Pine Ave. • 831-373-0431
St. Angela Merici Catholic Church
146 8th St. • 831-655-4160
St. Anselm’s Anglican Church
Sundays 9:30 a.m.
375 Lighthouse Ave. • 831-920-1620
Fr. Michael Bowhay
St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church
Central Avenue & 12 th St. • 831-373-4441
Seventh-Day Adventist Church of the Monterey Peninsula
375 Lighthouse Ave. • 831-372-7818
Shoreline Community Church
Sunday Service 10 a.m.
Robert Down Elementary, 485 Pine Ave. • 831-655-0100
www.shorelinechurch.org
OUTSIDE PACIFIC GROVE
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
800 Cass St., Monterey • 831-373-1523
Pastor Bart Rall
Congregation Beth Israel
5716 Carmel Valley Rd., Carmel • 831-624-2015
Monterey Church of Religious Science
Sunday Service 10:30 am
400 West Franklin St., Monterey • 831-372-7326
www.montereycsl.org
Popular sayings
The popular saying “Where there’s life, there’s hope,” was written by Cicero1 in
ancient Rome. And it was cynical Diogenes2 who told the world that “Habit is but
second nature.” The Ciceronian blurb was extracted from a letter written by Cicero to
Atticus. Diogenes’ input was taken from a letter penned by him to Pope Clemente I. “I
never put off until tomorrow what can be done today,” was the admonition of Phillip
Stanhope, the 4th Lord Chesterfield. writing an essay to explain how he managed to
accomplish so much. Employer Julius Heidelberg, in postulating about his rapid turnover of workers, noted about people that: “New brooms sweep clean.”
The world is filled with such catch-all phrases. Most likely, witticisms will be
around forever. Perhaps we should honor the Grove in such manner with something
like: Pacific Grove, showplace of the Pacific.
After all, some of us would like the Grove to be remembered forever! What do
you think?
Huerta resigning?
Wire dispatches coming here via El Paso report that Mexico’s constitutional leader,
Jose Huerta, may be considering resignation. A deepening loss of respect among Huerta’s followers could be encouraging the unexpected move. Huerta is now so vilified it
is said that he is often referred to as El Cacal (the jackal). Unconfirmed rumor has it
that Huerta released a letter offering his resignation if two conditions were guaranteed
or met. The first condition demanded that a certain, unknown sum of money be paid
him, in gold or silver. The second condition asked that a prideful resignation ceremony
be allowed him, the ceremony filled with pomp and circumstance such as a 21 guns
salute. While the truth of this report cannot be verified, pomp and circumstance would
seem befitting of Huerta who wears a pompous white and gold uniform, designed by
himself, that includes a pointed helmet and pince-nez. One of Huerta’s favored duties
has been taking part in military ceremonies.
Pasmore Trio to perform
It has been confirmed! The famed Pasmore sisters will be in Pacific Grove performing within the fortnight. Their show’s curtain opens on Tuesday evening next at 8. This
is one of the most exciting entertainments ever presented at the Pacific Grove Hotel.
The hostelry’s dining room promises to fill to over-flowing. Dinner will be served at 6.
The Pasmore sisters begin their program at 7:30. Your editor promises you an exciting
evening. When the Pasmore sisters are on stage, the result is both magnificent and
memorable. Get your tickets early! Show tickets are $1.50 each. Dinner (Soup, salad,
and chicken or stuffed crab with dessert and beverage) costs $1.75.
California soldiers fired on
According to the wire, about a dozen soldiers from the Twelfth Infantry, on guard
duty near the Nueces border, were fired on by Mexican soldiers this past weekend. No
injuries were reported, although United State’s interests in Washington, D. C. were
angered. The 12th Infantry is mostly composed of men from California. Several are
from Pacific Grove or area. The names of involved soldiers will be published as soon
as it is received.
Seventeen Miles Driver numbers improve with roads, auto mobiles
Reports from the Del Monte Lodge people are smiling over more and more visitors making the journey around the Seventeen Miles Drive. Several naysayers have
criticized the Del Monte soundly, suggesting even that the Seventeen Miles Drive
needed to be closed. While admitting that it is rather unusual seeing a private toll road
operating entirely on private property, the Del Monte’s management insisted that the
scenic route would remain open. The increase in miles-traveled seems to relate to the
improvement of auto mobiles, and the smoothing of roads. Discussions about paving
the dirt road are underway.
Hotel Manx grill re-opens
What traveler to San Francisco can go there a few times without enjoying the
warm hospitality and delicious food offered at the Hotel Manx. Recently closed due to
damage by fire, the Manx’s eatery, newly renovated, is now open from 11 o’clock until
9 o’clock. If tradition holds, the Manx will again become famous for is flame-grilled,
baby-back ribs. 25% discount on meal if you occupy a room at the hotel. Manager
Chester Kelly says “Meet me at the Manx!”
Side track … Tidbits from here and there
• Mr. W. C. Holloway and family from San Jose have rented the Allen cottage on 9th
Street. The Holloways plan to be in the Grove at least for the season.
• Mrs. M. G. Wilson traveled by train south to San Diego to visit a high school chum.
She intends to stay for two to three weeks.
• Miss Emma Castro will give an old fashioned picnic just north of China Village this
Saturday. Help say goodbye to Miss Castro’s friend from Berkeley. Bring your own
eating utensils.
• You can own a piece of the Owl Drug Company. Shares of stock are being offered
for $2,000 each. Write to Owl at Clover Leaf, California.
• I’ll improve your credit with a guarantee of your real estate loan for a 5% fee. Charles
Norton
• Get your job-printing done by the Review. Come by and drop off your copy. We
charge the same price as big-city printers.
And the cost is …
• Your editor, Wallace Clarence Brown, promises you a fantastic newspaper everyday
but Sunday. Subscription special going on now! One full year delivered by mail can
be had for $1.95. See Brown at the Review office.
• One packet of Hamilton hand soap containing 12 bars of soap. Perfumed. Only $1.75.
This week at Pieter’s Grocery.
• Our order was duplicated in shipping from the factory … again! We have an extra
shipment of new pillows made from cleaned feathers, and sanitarily treated before
being shipped. Priced from $1 to $5, you may now take 50% off each, upon purchase,
and save 10% more when you buy in lots of three. We’re the Lace House on Light
House!
• Don’t forget all of your home’s wood surfaces. Kyanize!3 Looks good! Protects from
fire! Just $2.50 a gallon. A. A. Phillips Store. 171 Forest Avenue in the Grove.
Author’s notes …
1 Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman statesman, orator, and writer.
2 Diogenes was a Greek philosopher.
3 Kyanite was a thick, varnish-like substance applied to wood. Did Kyanite work as
well as advertised? Probably not.
Times • Page 7
Letters
Opinion
An apology to our visitors
D.E.I.R. Proves Alternate
This past weekend I saw many visitors to Pacific Grove driving along Ocean View
Sites are Superior for Pebble Boulevard
looking for parking – and sometimes having difficulty finding it. Sorry, but
the State Coastal Commission won’t let us meter parking on our 900 plus spaces to
Beach Inclusionary Housing encourage people to move after a while. That way those who come first can park there
Editor:
The public has until Friday June 19 to comment on the proposed destruction of the old growth Monterey pine and coast live oak forest called
"Area D" now living between residential Pacific Grove and Pebble Beach. We appreciate that the Cedar Street Times attempted to inform the public in
an objective way about the availability of the required Draft Environmental
Impact Report for this project and that they can participate in the evaluation
of the project. Unfortunately, the developer's representative, Pebble Beach
Company spokesman Mr. Stilwell, managed to misinform the public through
you when he dismissed traffic concerns and disparaged the condition of the
forest.
The science of this E.I.R. demonstrates that the project will have negative, significant, and unavoidable impacts — even after mitigation — on
both "traffic and circulation" and "water supply and demand." Further,
while the developers claim this forest is not worth saving, they are also
claiming that they will put in place a restoral plan for the remaining parts of
this same forest — which are in identical condition. This is mitigation they
are legally required to accomplish in exchange for their destruction of "biological resources."
The point of the CEQA required Environmental Impact Report process is
to determine if there are alternative locations where a project's objectives can
be more or less met, but where less environmental damage would occur. In
this case the report has identified two of these "environmentally superior
alternatives" in and bordering Pebble Beach, and so this forest must be
spared. To destroy the Area D forest for the purpose of building this project
Monterey County would need to adopt a Statement of Overriding Considerations claiming that the benefits of the project outweigh the unavoidable
environmental impacts. This is now impossible because, regardless of the
projects benefits, it has been proven that there are at least two environmentally superior alternate locations where this housing could be built and still
achieve its objectives.
This forest has been beloved for generations. Nearby residents were
raised going into it to learn about and to enjoy nature. They grew up, had
children, and took them and later their grandchildren into this same forest
which has always been an important part of their community life. The Pebble
Beach Company had posted it as a "Del Monte Forest Preservation Area."
The report of 725 trees to be destroyed is inaccurate. Only trees of two
especially endangered native species are guesstimated, and only trees over 4
inches in diameter of those. Many hundreds more will actually be removed. Destroying all of these trees and other plants, this migratory bird stop, and
all of this watershed and habitat, and displacing all of this wildlife — to
cram in housing that can easily be better and more safely situated nearby on
sites already deforested by the Pebble Beach Co. would not be just a ridiculous and now illegal choice, it would also be a very violent crime.We hope
the public will weigh in. For more information please go tooldforestgroup.
org.
Cosmo Bua for The Old Forest Group
Pacific Grove
all day without being pressured to move along and let someone else have access to
the beach.
I also saw that many of you checked out one of our coastal restaurants at lunch
and found it closed. Sorry about that too; but the Commission is concerned that some
people might park their cars nearby to have lunch, preventing those who want access to
the coast from finding parking. Unfortunately that impacted those of you who already
parked and just wanted some lunch after visiting the beach.
Sorry about that, but your Coastal Commission is looking out for you. Um, unless
you, you know, live on the coast, work along the coast, or own a business anywhere
near a beach. If you are one of those people they just want you to pay your taxes so
that they can require your city to pay for projects to monitor water quality and keep
the beaches accessible.
We are talking to them, however, and hope to get some measure of control over our
own coastal areas. At this point I don’t know if that will include being able to charge
for parking. I have to hope that the Coastal Commission members will come to realize
that it is only if cities get revenue from activities near the coast that they will be able
to afford protecting the coast.
If not, I certainly don’t think the taxpayers of Pacific Grove should continue to pay
for projects that a regulatory agency thinks are good for others. Your tax dollars should
go toward services for you first.
Rudy Fischer
Pacific Grove
Republican Women Federated to hear
about America and Israel
The monthly luncheon meeting of Monterey Peninsula Republican Women Federated will be held on Thursday, June 11, at Rancho Canada Golf Club, 4860 Carmel
Valley Road, Carmel Valley. The Speaker will be Larry Greenfield, who served as
Founding Executive Director of the Reagan Legacy Foundation, California Director of
the Republican Jewish Coalition and Publisher of the Journal of International Affairs.
He will be speaking on America and Israel. Social is at 11:30, Lunch is at noon. $22.00
for members, $25.00 for non-members.  Men are always welcome to attend. RSVP by
June 8, Sylvia at 484-1104 or Cindy at mcrp.cin@gmail.com.
Dharma Center sets Opening
Please join us for the opening or our new Manjushri Dharma Center this coming
Sunday, May 31. Khenpo Karten Rinpoche will conduct a House Blessing and introduce
his new Tibetan Buddhist Center to the community.
We are delighted to have this large, permanent space for our Dharma practice
in a central location in Pacific Grove. We will now develop an expanded program of
teachings and classes to bring Tibetan Buddhism to the Monterey Peninsula. Khenpo
Karten Rinpoche is a high-level teacher who was the abbot of his monastery in Tibet
and is now a student of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
At the House Blessing, we will ask for assistance from the Earth’s elements as we
move into our beautiful new home, made possible with the help from generous donors
and volunteers. Refreshments will be served following the ceremony.
For more information, please contact Heidi Feldman at 831/372-7873 or 831/5218196.
California Department of Corrections
Will Bullas Show Opens June 2
and Rehabilitation: Could it Actually Do
The Marjorie Evans Gallery at the president and continuing member of the
Sunset Center is proud to present “til I fall Carmel Art Association since 1980. He is
What its Name Suggests?
off the twig…”, an exhibition of whimsical also a member of the Board of Directors
Community Forum And Potluck
hosted by the Civil Rights Coalition for
Jail Reform-Monterey County and The
NAACP. On Sunday, June 7 from 2:00 pm –
4:00 pm at the Monterey Peace and Justice
Center (formerly the Peace Resource Center), 1364 Fremont Blvd., Seaside there
will be a forum on the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Moderator: Helen Rucker, civil
rights activist, educator and community
leader in the City of Seaside since 1964. Panelists: Taina Vargas-Edmond:
co-founder of Monterey County’s Civil
Rights Coalition for Jail Reform – Legal
and legislative aspect of education is jails
and prisons
Kennith Johnson: Former Three
Strikes CA State prisoner – The limited ed-
ucational opportunities presently available
and the possibilities in a liberalized system
Thomas Lee: Monterey County
Columnist on Criminal Justice – Findings
on the effects of education on recidivism.
Free Event – The public is invited Website NAACP: http://montereynaacp.org/
For more information, contact Catherine Crockett at (831) 915-7257 or montereypeaceandjustice@gmail.com
CRCJR-MC is a coalition of community organizations working to bring about
reform of the Monterey County criminal
justice system through community engagement, partnerships, legislative advocacy,
and accountability by our government and
elected officials. CRCJR-MC is a Project of the Monterey Peace & Justice Center
paintings by local artist Will Bullas. The
exhibit will be on display Monday- Friday
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m, June 2 - 30, and is
open to the public.
Will Bullas attended Arizona State
University on a scholarship and was
majoring in art and drama when he was
drafted and served in Vietnam. After returning from combat duty, he took up his
art studies at the Brooks Institute of Fine
Arts in Santa Barbara, California where he
studied with master painter, Ray Strong.
There he met his wife Claudia, who is
also an artist.
Will is a signature member of the
American Watercolor Society, the National Watercolor Society, was elected
to membership with the Knickerbocker
Artists of New York in 1986, and is past
of the Carmel Valley Art Association. In
2007, Will received the Mario Cooper and
Dale Meyers Medal from the American
Watercolor Society for his contributions
to watercolor. He was also the recipient of
the prestigious Luminary Award in 2013
from Arts Council for Monterey County.
Will Bullas makes fine art fun. This
master of one-liners combines award winning artistic skills with a hilarious point of
view, creating a refreshing and unexpected
new way to enjoy fine art. His exhibit title
was inspired by a line in a PBS murder
mystery when one of the artist characters
was asked “Are you still painting?” The
artists’ reply was, “til I fall off the twig…”
For more information please visit our
gallery page: http://www.sunsetcenter.org/
marjorie_evans_gallery.htm
Times
• May 29, 2015
Marge Ann Jameson
Upcoming Gentrain Programs
The Gentrain Society of Monterey Peninsula College is sponsoring these upcoming
free lectures:
Cop Log
5/15/15 - 5/20/15
Officer sideswipes pole
Exiting PD parking lot onto Forest, officer scraped a marker pole. Documented
with photos
Not the greatest place to charge a battery
A man plugged his rechargeble battery and charger into an outdoor outlet at County
Club Gate and left it there for about 30 minutes, When he came back, both were gone.
It is unknown if that was enough time to charge the battery or not.
Sex crime
Juvenile arrested for inappropriate touching of another family member.
Ouster vote pending?
A man was notified by a social club that he belongs to that there would be a
committee review of his membership due to unbecoming behavior. He parked at the
president’s house, blocking the driveway, and voiced his displeasure.
Left purse in grocery cart
A man and wife went grocery shopping on Forest and when they left, she forgot
to get her purse out of the cart.
Feeding critters
Animal Control Officer witnessed a man feeding wildlife from the balcony of
his apartment. He ignored the ACO. A citation was issed and the manager’s help was
enlisted to make the person understand about codes against feeding wildlife.
Theft from unlocked vehicle (this phrase on auto paste on our computer)
On 16th St.
IRS Scam
A computerized voice called a local person and alleged the person was being sued
by the IRS. The number it came from is 209-801-1884. A Google search showed many
complaints about this scammer and this phone number.
Lost dogs with tendency to wander
A person in Skyline Forest area called police to advise two dogs were missing and
may try to make their way to Pacific Grove.
Bicycles in the news
A bicycle was reported stolen on Sea Palm. No leads.
Subject was riding on the dirt path on the shoulder of a ridge on the north side of
the Rec Trail. He lost control and went over a 20-foot cliff and landed on the rocks
below. He uffered abrasions and a possible broken ankle and was lifted off the rocks
by Monterey Fire. Transported to hospital. Bike kept for safekeeping.
A bicyclst on Ocean Vew said he was riding eastbound and when he approached a
parked vehicle, he manuevered around it. At that time a vehicle also traveling eastbound
approached and nearly hit him. He fell off his bike and scraped his arm. the front fork
and tire broke off the bicycle.
Victim was riding her bicycle on Sunset. Her purse fell off her bicycele and she
ws unable to find it. A resident in the area found it and turned it in to the police. The
victim reclaimed it and said that a number of items were missing.
Wednesday, June 3 Gentrain Society Lecture: Step into Nature Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Free; MPC Parking $2.00
Information: www.gentrain.org ; conductor@gentrain.org Author and poet Patrice Vecchione’s will discuss the relationship between
nature and imagination, look at the value of solitude in creativity, and how nature
can lead us to important truths. Patrice is the editor of several poetry anthologies for
young people and adults, and is the author of “The Knot Untied” and “Writing and
the Spiritual Life: Finding Your Voice by Looking Within.” Her latest work “Step
into Nature: Nurturing Imagination & Spirit” was greatly inspired by walks in our
own Jacks Peak Regional Park. June 17, 2015 at 1:30 pm
Gentrain Society Lecture: The Origin of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Free; MPC Parking $2.00
Information: www.gentrain.org ; conductor@gentrain.org Steven Webster retired in 2004 as Senior Marine Biologist at the Monterey Bay
Aquarium. He is the past Chair of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Advisory Council. As “employee #1” at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, Steve has seen
the realization of the initial idea and the evolution of the Aquarium exhibits and programs during its first 30 years. He’ll discuss how planning and funding got started,
how the exhibits program “Habitats Path” originated, and why an exhibit of Monterey Bay’s natural habitats is possible here, and in few other places around the world. Steve will conclude with a look to future exhibits and programs at the Aquarium.
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The extraordinary saga of my Great-Uncle Fred
Maureen’s
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1387 Jewell Ave.
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The extraordinary saga of Major Frederick Russell Burnham, D.S.O., Howard
Burnham’s Californian Great-Uncle Fred for whom he is part-named - Frederick
Russell are his other given names besides Howard. 289 Lighthouse Ave.
$1,989,000
3 bed 3ba
The Boulders offers panoramic
bay views from main house
and good bay views from
guest house.
Not just idle “ancestor worship.” He was one of the last U.S. Army scouts in
General Cook’s Geronimo Apache campaign.Then when the wild west grew too
tame, he went to work for Cecil Rhodes in South Africa and for the British army
in the Boer War, taught Baden-Powell American Indian scouting techniques, won
the Distinguished Service Order, dined with Queen Victoria shortly before she
died, befriended Teddy Roosevelt, helped to found the Boy Scouts of America,
made a fortune in CA oil…and bizarrely nearly succeeded in introducing the
hippopotamus as a US food staple!
At The Little House in Jewell Park
(Central and Grand) Pacific Grove
Saturday, May 30, at 5:30 pm
$10 at the door
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Dr. Mossberg, Poet Emeritus, will read
Dr. Barbara Mossberg will read
from her book Sometimes the Woman in
the Mirror Isn’t You, and Other Hopeful
Breaking News on Saturday, June 6 from
3-5 p.m. at the Little House at Jewell Park
in Pacific Grove.
With this book, Dr. Mossberg’s poetry
celebrates life with a self-conscious snapshot of a woman’s life through thoughtprovoking accounts of such everyday
events as how a spider’s life is spared,
daybreak coming to Pacific Grove, how a
pine tree is seen, and a Zumba class that
goes downhill fast. But all is hopeful news
in this new book.
Longtime professor and our own former Pacific Grove Poet in Residence, Dr.
Barbara Mossberg is an award-winning
poet, scholar, teacher, Fulbright Lecturer,
Huffington Post arts commentator, and
radio host of weekly hour “The Poetry
Slow Down” (radiomonterey.com, podcast
BarbaraMossberg.com). According to Dr. Mossberg, “In
my case, the fact that the environment,
however stressed and stressing, generates
poetry, is a magnetic source of gratitude
of the poet: a consciousness of poetry as a
kind of deus ex machina in the quotidian
environment as experienced by someone
determined to invoke its possibilities for an
epic moxie--a glam strutting of the poetic
gear in the face of gravity and other geological challenges of an old lady earthly
life, all that weighs us down. Catastrophes
stir an ecopoetics of the spirit, but the natural issues of life are seen here in poems
that seek lift and buoyancy in the process
of the poem itself.”
Lemon pie will be served.
Safe Place program honored with grant
Community Human Services is proud to announce that they received a $25,000
grant from the Nancy Buck Ransom Foundation in support of the Safe Place program
for runaway and homeless youth.
Since 1969, Community Human Services has provided professional, affordable
mental health and substance abuse counseling and recovery services to the residents
of Monterey County. These services focus on the entire family and include programs
for people of all ages.
Anyone wishing to support Community Human Services’ work to provide mental
health, substance abuse, and homeless services to Monterey County residents should
visit www.chservices.org.
Barbecue will benefit foster youth
The public is invited to a barbecue for Foster Care Awareness Month on Saturday,
May, from 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. The barbecue will be held in the Star Market Center,
1215 S. Main St, Salinas. Community Human Services’ Family to Family program and
Salinas Valley Leadership Class 33 have partnered together to help support children
in care through a Foster Care Awareness Community BBQ. Tickets are $10.00 each
and include chicken, salad, beans, a roll and a drink. To purchase tickets please call
Mayra Guzman at 831-757-7915 or Barbara Holland at 831-751-2961 or just stop by
the day of the event. Monterey County currently has over 400 children in foster care
who need your help. We believe that every child deserves to live in safe, stable and
permanent homes, nurtured by healthy families and strong communities. Since 1969,
Community Human Services has provided professional, affordable mental health and
substance abuse counseling and recovery services to the residents of Monterey County.
These services focus on the entire family and include programs for people of all ages.
We hope you can join us and learn more about this important program and the ways in
which it serves Monterey County Foster Youth.
Times • Page 9
Wildflowers of the High Sierra and
John Muir Trail: Easy to Use
Marge Ann Jameson
Book Review
Wilderness Press, publisher of hundreds of nature and hiking guides, has
brought forth another of their concise, easy-to-use yet beautiful guides: Wildflowers
of the High Sierra and John Muir Trail by Elizabeth Wenk.
The author has hiked the Sierra Nevada since she was a child and worked as a
research assistant during college. She completed her Ph.D thesis research on the effects of rock type on alpine plant distribution and physiology. Though she now lives
in Australia, this native of Bishop, California has written other hiking guides to the
Sierra Nevada for Wilderness Press.
I envision hikers pausing on the trail in front of a mysterious plan with glorious
blooms. Taking Wildflowers in hand, they can easily turn to a section of the book
corresponding to the color of their find, and scan for a photo: green, white, yellow
and orange, red and brown, pink, blue and purple blooms can be found with descriptions of their leaves, stems, and flowers along with a section on the distribution and
expected location of the plants.
More than 340 species of wildflowers and flowering shrubs encountered in the
high country may be identified using color, number of petals, leaf shape, and height
– and the ever-helpful color photographs, which are lavishly placed throughout the
guide. The author mentions another 105 of the nearly 1,500 species known to occur
in the Sierras, including all the “large, showy, common species,” as the author puts
it. “...but I have made a special effort to includemany of the high-elevation specialists that are often passed over in a book with a greater elevation range or geographic
extent.”
Wenk takes great effort to explain how to use the book and how to identify a
flower once you find it, as well as offering a nice glossary.
Another wonderful feature of the book is the extensive library of sidebars: “Too
Much Light,” “How Old Are Alpine Plants?” “Treeline,” to mention a few of dozens.
Aimed at day hikers and backpackers, this guide is still a beautiful guide for
those of us who may never get to that elevation save in an airplane and an indispensable one for those who frequent those elevations
Wildflowers of the High Sierra and John Muir Trail
by Elizabeth Wenk
ISBN 978-0-89997-738-6
Wilderness Press, March 2015, $22.95
Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District presents
Poetry In The Grove
Presents
A reading and book signing with
Dr. Barbara Mossberg on Saturday,
June 6, 2015, from 3-5 pm at the
Little House in Jewell Park.
16th Annual
Summer Wildflower Show
Saturday, June 13 & Sunday, June 14
10 am—4 pm
Wildflower Display & Identification
Renowned Poet, Author, Fulbright Scholar, Professor
and Host of the weekly Poetry Slow Down radio show,
our own former PG Poet in Residence, Dr. Mossberg,
will read from her book of poetry,
Carmel River Watershed Art Exhibit
Saturday, Wildflower Talk
Sometimes the Woman in the Mirror is Not You
and Other Hopeful News Postings.
Wildflower Walks
Free Admission!
Join us for what promises to be an entertaining
afternoon of poetry, tom foolery and lemon pie eating.
Poetry In The Grove meets from 3:00-5:00 pm
on the first Saturday of each month at the
Little House in Jewell Park, 578 Central Ave,
Pacific Grove. A different poet is discussed
each month. Cosponsored by the Pacific Grove
Poetry Collective, and the Pacific
Grove Public Library.
www.facebook.com/PacificGrovePoetryCollective
This event is offered at no cost, donations for the PG Public Library gratefully accepted.
Garland Ranch Regional Park
700 West Carmel Valley Road
831-659-6065 • www.mprpd.org
photo by Michael Mitchell
Times
• May 29, 2015
Abraham Lincoln
Amelia Earhart I
Amelia Earhart II
Ansel Adams
Babe Disharias
Albert Einstein II
Florence Nightengale
Gabby Douglas
George Lucas I
George Washington
Henry Ford
Isaac Newton
Jackie Robinson
Jane Goodall I
Jane Goodall II
Kareem Abdul Jabar
Leonardo Da Vinci
Major Richard Winters
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Mary Cassatt
Times • Page 11
Bill Gates
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Darwin
Cleopatra
Albert Einstein I
George Lucas II
Grace Kelly
Harry Houdini I
Harry Houdini II
Helen Keller
Jane Goodall III
JK Rowling
John Wesley Powell
John Muir
Juliette Gordon Low
Michelle Obama
Nadia Comanici
Neil Armstrong
75 student at Robert Down School participated in the “Famous People” day at Robert Down
School.Students choose a hero or heroine, research that person, and dress like them. They
assemble on the playground and present their piece, in costume, to teachers, parents, and
fellow students who go from station to station to learn about Famous Persons. More on page 13
Times
• May 29, 2015
What to do with the Sword?
Tom Stevens
Otter Views
A Marine Corps dress sword that recently surfaced after many years in storage
has sparked an e-mail exchange perhaps fitting for this Memorial week.
The sword belonged to Robbie Peacock, a boarding school classmate beloved,
respected and admired by all who knew him. After college, Robbie earned a commission in the Marines and became a fighter pilot. When his plane was shot down over
Vietnam and his remains were never recovered, we never quite recovered either.
After hoping for years that their only child would return, or be returned, his
bereaved parents presented to the school a small bronze sculpture honoring Robbie. Titled “Flight,” it sits atop a pedestal in a quiet courtyard. Whenever any of us
returns to the campus, we visit Robbie’s statue and remember him, fondly and sadly.
It’s probably fair to say most Americans have known someone like Robbie;
some bright, cheerful, adventurous, big-hearted classmate or loved one whose promise war quenched too soon.
On Memorial Day particularly, we miss them, honor them, pray for them, fly
flags for them. What we generally don’t do is question why they’re gone. After all,
they stepped up when the nation called; served honorably; made the ultimate sacrifice. What more need be said?
In Robbie’s case, the question would have lain dormant but for his sword’s
reappearance. His parents having passed away, the sword ended up with a distant
cousin. His recent offer to donate it to Robbie’s old boarding school prompted a poll
of classmates, many of whom served in the Vietnam-era military.
The results have been, to say the least, thought-provoking. Early commenters
offered what might
be termed the
default patriotic
response: The
sword would make
a fitting tribute
to Robbie and to
fellow military
veterans from the
school - past, present and to come.
One classmate
who had known
Robbie since
childhood wrote:
“I wonder if the
school could show
this in a glass trophy case where all
could get a sense
of history for those
who gave the
supreme sacrifice
for our country?
It would be an
honor to showcase
Robbie Peacock’s sceremonial sword
Robbie’s sword and
his legacy.”
Another longtime friend added: “Robbie is the only graduate to die in service
of our country. This (sword) is unique and deserves to find the right place.” A third
suggested grouping the sword with memorabilia from other veterans in a composite
memorial.
The discussion might have ended there, but some classmates who saw combat
had another viewpoint. “Let it go,” wrote a Vietnam-era pilot who was Robbie’s
former roommate and teammate. “The military does not have to be brought onto the
scene.” Others concurred.
One classmate wanted to honor Robbie, but not the war that killed him. “I do
not want to offend my brothers who also served and want to forget about this terrible
experience and time,” he wrote. “I found serving my country from 1968 to 1971 to
be very conflicting to my soul, to my sense of integrity and to my feelings of right
and wrong.”
That war ended with an inglorious U.S. withdrawal 40 years ago, but the same
conflicted legacy shadows the nation’s recent Middle East wars and withdrawals. A
decade later, even hawkish Americans concede that the Iraq war in particular was a
blunder so grotesque it makes the Vietnam quagmire seem almost sensible.
It’s useful to remember this Memorial week that both wars started not with
enemy attacks, but with well-scripted lies. To justify the wholesale invasion of
Vietnam, U.S. intelligence concocted in 1964 (and the media embraced) a “Tonkin
Gulf Incident” in which an American vessel supposedly took North Vietnamese fire.
That never happened, but the lie worked well enough to doom 55,000 U.S. service
members and countless Vietnamese. A well-scripted lie also launched the most recent Iraq war, although in fairness
it wasn’t a tough sell in the aftermath of 9-11. Americans were bloodied and furious,
and somebody needed to pay.
That we went after the Iraqis, rather than the Saudis who planned and carried out
the 9-11 attacks, was a masterful “redirect” by the Bush-Cheney administration. To
sell the coming invasion, all hands pitched the canard that Saddam Hussein had nuclear weapons and other “WMD” and must be toppled. When no WMD were found,
“faulty intelligence” was made the scapegoat. That lie’s still working.
It has been instructive watching current presidential hopefuls jitterbug around
the question: “if we knew then what we know now.” But the truth is, we knew it all
along. And we knew it in Vietnam, too. We just didn’t want to acknowledge it. No
one in power acknowledged it either, of course, but that’s how power self-perpetuates.
Meanwhile, the Robbie Peacocks among us vanish too soon, leaving their ceremonial swords for the future’s consideration.
Jane Roland
Animal Tales and
Other Random Thoughts
Long May It Wave
Flags on the fence at
Caledonia Park. Photo
by Cameron Douglas
and at Cedar Street
Times we like it so well
it’s a permanent part of
the website.
Tomorrow is Memorial Day, the time we remember those who have fallen fighting
for our great country. It is celebrated every year on the last day of May and originated
as Decoration Day after the American Civil War in 1868 when the Grand Army of
the Republic, an organization of Union veterans established as a time to decorate the
graves of the war dead with flowers. By the 20th century the Union and Confederate
holidays had merged.
It typically marks the start of summer. When I was a child, growing up on an
army post there was no question of patriotism. In my family it would not have been
a quandary under any circumstances. My mother’s family immigrated to the United
State in 1635. They fought in all wars to insure our freedom. My grandfather, George
Washington Morse joined the Second Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, which was one
of the most famous in the Civil War, he was 15. He was one of less than one hundred
of the original thousand who went out with it in July, 1865 and came out in command
of Company I, at the age of 19 years. He was the youngest who had enlisted in that
country, and was the only one ever promoted to be a commissioned officer.
My father, Thomas Christian, was brought to America from England by his
parents when he was 6 years old. During the First World War he fought under General
Pershing on the Mexican border (The Border War, against Pancho Vila). He had been a
newspaper man with every intention of returning to The Chicago Tribune. An airplane
accident left him with a broken back, the cure for which in those days was a year of
immobility. The paper couldn’t wait and he decided, at the urging of his commanding
office to study and take the test to become an officer in the “regular” army. The Christians hailed from the Isle of Man, settled by the Vikings during a Danish invasion. His
family were of the sea, as was my grandmother’s. If there were battles to be fought,
the Christians were there.
I grew up watching the parades, revering the flag and everything it stood for. I
knew nothing else. My father died unexpectedly in 1941 and my mother and I moved
to Tucson, 100 miles north of Ft. Huachuca where we had been stationed. She was a
patriot to the core of her being. She was a woman who never had a job which was the
scornful appellation for many of her “class”. What is failed to note is that these woman
worked just as hard, they simply were not paid. During the war she was a member
of American Women Volunteer Services. She would go out on a truck with a battled
hardened retired Marine sergeant, and a group of girls to collect scrap metal. When
we moved to the Monterey Peninsula years later she became part of a group of retired
military officers and their wives. The men had fought in the Second World War. Some
had endured the Bataan Death March, some imprisoned by the enemy, one was the first
flying Admiral. They were all modest and it was rare that any fêtes were discussed.
Tomorrow The Monterey Pops Orchestra will have a concert on the lawn of Colton
Hall. Once this was the privilege of Monterey County Symphony on which board I
served for seven years, first as Guild president then as Secretary to the board. We held
the concerts at the fair grounds for a number of years, and then because of escalating
costs, we moved to the grounds of the Naval Postgraduate School. Due to conflicting
views on the choice of a new conductor many of the orchestra members left and formed
their own group. Monterey County Symphony gave up the pops concerts and Monterey
Bay Orchestra (as it was initially) took it over. Such performances are the epitome of
what it means to be an American.
One amusing incident occurred when we were still at the fair grounds. My husband
who has more patience than most, and much more than I, had taken up needlepoint
when I declared it boring and threw down a piece upon which I had been working. He
wasn’t ashamed of this creative activity. On the particular day in question one of the
Guild member’s husband wandered over to John who was sitting on a bench with his
needle and canvas. “OH, you needlepoint?”, “Sure”’ answered my husband “Oh, thank
God, I can bring out my rug kit” Both men went on to win prizes and acclaim for their
efforts. The fact that he was so public brought many other men “out of the closet” and
suddenly the Peninsula was introduced to the male population who sewed, knit, wove
rugs, made jewelry and needlepointed. A front page story was written about them in
the Herald.
That little vignette has nothing to do with my theme which is the reverence for the
United States. I find it more than disturbing to hear those who condemn our country.
No doubt we have made mistakes, some costing immeasurable losses of life and limb.
Yet, the men and women I know who are wounded warriors want help and understanding, but they worship our flag and for what it stands. There are those celebrities such
as Gary Sinese, Tom Sellack and yes, Bill O’Reilly who give thousands of hours and
millions of dollars supporting our troops. I have no sympathy nor understanding for
those Americans who rant against their country and seek its destruction. Many years
ago there was a young idealist named John Reed, who was an American poet, journalist
and socialist activist. After many years of communist activities here, he went to Russia.
He was sent to Siberia and after months of hard labor, became ill and died of typhoid
fever. His last words were his desire to go home, if it meant prison, it was still home.
These young and not so young folk who leave to join ISIS have no idea what they are
giving up and what they will face.
Now I will jump off of my soap box, watch the Giants play ball and tonight the
Memorial Day Concert hosted by Gary Sinese and other patriotic beings.
Jane Roland manages the AFRP Treasure Shop, is a PG Rotarian and lives in
Monterey. gcr770@aol.com
Times • Page 13
Pele
Pocahantas
Princess Diana
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth II
Roger Tory Peterson
Sacagawea
Snowflake Bentley
Squanto
Steve Jobs
Stephen Hawking
Sylvia Earle
Theodor Geisel
Tim Tebow
Vincent Van Gogh
Walt Disney I
Walt Disney II
Wayne Gretzky
Willie Mays I
Willie Mays II
Who were your heroes when you were that age? Are they still someone you admire? Was it a sports figure, an historical person, royalty, a captain of industry?
Do you know who all these people are/were? You can ask a Robert Down School student.
Photos by Karen Levy
Times
• May 29, 2015
Is Your Personal History on your iPhone?
For more information call 648-5760
Starting Monday, June 1 - July 22
“Read to the Rhythm” Sign up for the Summer Reading Program at the Pacific
Grove Library, 550 Central Avenue, Pacific Grove 93950. Read all summer long,
earn prizes, and come to the special events every week. For more information call
648-5760.
Wednesday, June 3 • 11:00 am
Pre-School stories, ages 2-5.
Wednesday, June 3 • 2:00 pm
Fratello Marionettes present puppets extraordinaire! For children of all ages
Thursday, June 4 • 11:00 am
Baby Rhyme Time: stories, rhymes and songs for children birth-24 months.
Wednesday, June 17 • 11:00 am
Pre-School stories, ages 2-5.
Wednesday, June 17 • 2:00 pm
Rockin' good fun with musician Chris Bohrman. For children of all ages
Thursday, June 18 • 11:00 am
Baby Rhyme Time: Stories, songs and rhymes for babies from birth - 24 months.
Patricia Hamilton
Keepers of
our Culture
How much of your personal history is
on your iPhone, iPad, Samsung, or whatever it is that you carry around to snap,
video, or voice record? It’s the perfect
way to record any or all occasions for
future use. It may take a while to get in
the habit, but once you do, watch out! It
can be addictive.
You can post photos and videos immediately to Facebook, Pinterest, etc. and
share them with family, friends, or business associates. You can order prints and
have them mailed to different addresses.
You can even print up a book of memories—right from your phone.
I like to show grandkid photos when
I see someone who asks how Zack and
Grace are. Plus, when I’m waiting for an
appointment I like to browse through my
photos to relive and feel the magic of times
with special people and places. I also post
to social media for my business. Taken
together, the photos, videos and voice
memos constitute pretty much all there is
to know about me.
Your personal history stories may be
as close as your smart handheld device too.
Open it up and see. You may only have to
write captions to preserve all the stories
you need or want to. Your family will love
you for sharing with them.
Here are a few photos of my personal
history that I have on my iPhone.
Sally Higgins and my grandchildren, Zack and Grace. I took this photo
just a few months before Sally was taken
from us. She was very artistic and always
had crafts for the children when we visited.
Here we’re on her patio making little succulent gardens. Her special touch: drizzle
beach sand and scatter seashells among
the leaves.
Standing on the corner in Winslow,
AZ. My client and friend Donna Love
and I took the Amtrak to Winslow to do
a book signing at Fred Harvey’s hotel
(renovated and now owned by her friend).
Before we went I downloaded the famous
Eagle’s song from iTunes and as she and
I walked around the corner I played it on
speakerphone. The other tourists gathered
around and we all sang the song together.
The camaraderie was a highlight of our
visit—and Donna sold two of her “Walking for Our Lives” book to the tourists!
Programs at the PG Library
took extra care mounting and framing
my 2nd great grandmother’s sampler that
she stitched in 1847, when she was seven
years old. It was fraying and disintegrating
when I received it. Now it’s preserved and
protected forever. Mrs. Trotter, of Trotter’s
Antiques, recommended Glenn when I
sought her expert advice. I recommend that
you take your family heirlooms to Glenn
for preservation as well.
Generations together. This family
decided to sit on my family site while they
fed the kids. They were taking a break
during an El Carmelo Cemetery tour,
which was put on by the Heritage Society
of Pacific Grove in 2013. I was nearby
helping Don Beals with the tour and gladly
shared my stories about the people resting
beneath the remnants of potato chips and
lemonade. (Jane Cloyd Gale, who made
the sampler, is buried there.) The families
were PG residents and most interested
in learning about our PG history. They
continued to walk with Don, an eminent
PG historian, to visit other sites and learn
more about past Pagrovians that sunny day.
Tiny treasures sought for fundraiser
The Pacific Grove Art Center is seeking donated art work for the Tiny Treasurers
2015 Miniatures Show, an annual fundraiser which generates income to sustain the
nonprofit Art Center. The miniatures will be exhibited July 3 through August 27.
Artists are asked to donate a gallery-worthy work of art before June 19. The donated art must be original work (no reproductions) and must be no larger than 7”x 9”
including frame, and not to exceed 7” in depth. Any medium is accepted. Each piece
must be ready to hang on the wall, with hooks or wires already attached.
The Art Center office is staffed to receive donations at 568 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific
Grove, during normal open hours of Wednesday through Saturday from noon-5 p.m.
and Sunday from 1-4 p.m.
Every miniature will be displayed with a voting box where patrons may deposit
their purchased raffle tickets. At the close of the show, one winning ticket will be
drawn for each piece of art.
Photos of seal pups in gallery show Pacific Grove photographers Kim M. Worrell and Peter Monteforte have pooled
their pictures of harbor seal pups born on Pacific Grove beaches this spring to present
a show, “The Harbor Seals of Monterey Bay.” The showing is at Ma’s Green Living,
801 Lighthouse Ave., in Monterey.
Both photographers have taken photos of harbor seals that utilize the beaches and
rocks along the Pacific Grove shoreline for several years, and some of those will be
included. They also both photograph other wildlife and memorable scenes in the area.
This is the first time they have teamed up for a showing, and maybe the first time the
newest seal pups have ever been featured in a single display.
Kim M. Worrell also supplies many photographs and videos for the popular Facebook page “Harbor Seals of Pacific Grove.” Some of her pictures, as well as Peter
Monteforte’s pictures, have been seen in previous editions of the Cedar Street Times. Summer Camp at PG Art Center
Frenchie. This big boy was watching
the Good Old Days Parade on Pine Avenue
last month. I love animals and snap a lot of
photos around our dog-friendly town. His
owner says he’s the world’s largest French
bulldog and I believe her. He smiled at me
and begged for more fingernail skritches
to his tailbone. I also have an eclectic collection of PG cats and unusual yard decor.
Ask me to show you sometime!
Keep the kids busy this summer by registering them for one of the many youth
arts classes being offered at Pacific Grove Art Center. Let them make comic books,
stop-motion films, draw and paint animals, and much more. Register with the Art Center
during regular hours, or call (831) 375-2208 or email at: generalinfopgac@gmail.com.
There are many focused sessions beginning in June. For details, look online at:
http://www.pgartcenter.org/classesSummerCamps.html. The nonprofit Pacific
Grove Art Center at 568 Lighthouse Ave, Pacific Grove, is always free and open to the
public. Regular hours are from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and from
1-4 p.m. on Sundays.
Music Therapy on Tap at Monterey Library
Cathy Rivera, MS, MM, MT-BC, will present a lecture, “Music Therapy – Engaging Your Soundtrack for the Second Half of Life” and demonstration on Monday,
June 15, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m., in the Monterey Public Library Community Room. In this
lecture Cathy Rivera will discuss Neurological Music Therapy and how applied can
promote healthy aging.
After enjoying a 22-year career in plant biotechnology and earning a master’s degree in music, Ms. Rivera currently is a Board Certified Music Therapist in Monterey
County. This event is part of The Next Chapter: Designing Your Ideal Life lecture
series sponsored by the Friends of the Library and the Monterey Public Library Endowment Committee. Adults are invited to attend. Admission is free, and reservations
are required. Call (831) 646-5632 or email thongchu@monterey.org. The Monterey
Public Library is located at 625 Pacific Street, Monterey.
Transform your negative beliefs. . .
transform your life.
Patricia Hamilton is the owner
of Park Place Publications and
works with people to archive,
research, and publish their personal memoir or family history.
Visit parkplacepublications.com or
keepersofourculture.com to learn
more about her services and classes
Glenn Gobel, owner of Glenn Gobel with Associate Joyce Krieg.
Picture Frames on Lighthouse Ave. Glenn
Rabia Erduman, CHT, CMP, RPP, CST
Author of Veils of Separation
831-277-9029
www.wuweiwu.com
Therapeutic Massage • Trauma Release
Craniosacral Therapy • Polarity Therapy
Transpersonal Hypnotherapy • Reiki
CDs: Chakra Meditation, Relaxation, Meditation, Inner Guides
Times • Page 15
Local Real Estate at a Glance Monterey Peninsula Flag Day
Celebration Car Show
Patrick Ryan
The Real View
on Real Estate
The results of the first quarter of 2015
are out and Pacific Grove is on a tear. It
seems like someone pressed the accelerator in mid February and has not let up.
The average days on market in 2015 is
less than it was in 2014, with first quarter
in 2014 being 78 days and the first quarter
of 2015 being 62 days. The average sales
price for the 1st quarter 2014 was $781,260
and for 2015 it was $908,081, a full 16
percent increase.
The median sales price in the first
quarter of 2014 was $745,500 and the median sales price for the first quarter of 2015
was $815,000. The median sales price just
means that half of the homes sold over this
price and half sold under this price. The
median value of a home is basically the
value in the middle.
There were 30 closed sales in the first
quarter of 2014 and 35 closed sales in the
first quarter of 2015.
All of this is evidence that the residential real estate market has become a
seller’s market, with lack of inventory and
increased demand. Homes that are priced
right are selling quickly and sometimes
above asking price.
We are seeing a lot of interest from the
Bay Area and the Central Valley. Only time
will tell if this is a beginning of a long term
trend or if it is more short term.
Sea Scribes will Learn About
Adding Flowers to Calligraphy
On June 4, Sea Scribes Calligraphy Guild of Monterey Bay will hold its monthly
Gathering/Meeting at 7:00 p.m. at Park Lane Residence, 200 Glenwood Circle, Monterey, Level A, Art Room.
Free and open to the public.
The program has changed as the previously scheduled presenter cancelled.
The New June program will be: “Flowers, Flowers, Flowers Everywhere!!” a
demonstration of pointed pen flowers by Sea Scribes members Emiko Case and Debra
Ferreboeuf.
Learn how you can illustrate your calligraphy projects from broadsides to notecards
and bookmarks.
Simple strokes with the pointed pen combine to make a variety of these beautifully
diverse flower shapes. Please bring a pointed pen, ink and paper, so you can try them
yourself. There will be extra pens, paper and inks available.
We meet monthly, the first Thursday of each month.
President of Big Sur Land Trust
will address Rotary
The Pacific Grove Rotary Club which meets at noon on Tuesdays at The Inn
Spanish Bay, 2700 17 Mile Drive in Pebble Beach, will have as speaker on June
2, Jeannette Tuitele-Lewis, President and CEO Big Sur Land Trust. Lunch is $20
and reservations may be made by calling Jane Roland at 649-0657.
Join the Monterey Old Capitol Lions Club as they present “Monterey Peninsula
Flag Day Celebration Car Show” on Sunday June 14 at the Moose Lodge. This annual
fundraiser benefits The Blind and Visually Impaired Center of Monterey County. You
are invited to join us for our celebration of Flag Day and the 50th Anniversary of service
to the community of the Monterey Old Capitol Lions Club. The event is free to all and
will be a day of fun, food and patriotism!
To show your quality vehicles of any age, you are welcome for a registration fee of
only $10. Let everyone enjoy your classic, custom, vintage, or exotic car or motorcycle.
The Details:Sunday, June 14, 2015.The day starts at 10:00 a.m. and lasts until 3:00
p.m.The event is free to all.Flag Day Event will be performed at noon.Car show for all
historic, classic, fancy cars, trucks and motorcycles.Prizes and awards will be awarded
at a “People’s Choice Judging” of your show car.There will be tasty food available for
purchase.50th Anniversary Cake.Silent Auction.Location: Moose Lodge, 555 Canyon
Del Rey Boulevard, Del Rey Oaks.
Be part of this fun afternoon! How to show your vehicle: Send your name, address,
telephone, and e-mail to Russ Hatch, 11550 Hidden Hills Road, Carmel Valley CA
93924.The vehicle type: car, truck, motorcycle along with a description of the vehicle
including prior awards.
Monterey Old Capitol Lions Club
The Monterey Old Capitol Lions Club was chartered in 1964. Although our club
is small, we are providing our time and funds for worthwhile community projects. In
the 1920s Helen Keller challenged Lions’ clubs to become “Knights of the Blind”. We
accepted that challenge and in the early 1970s were a lead club in finding a home for
the blind and visually impaired population of Monterey County. We have assisted in
maintaining The Blind and Visually Impaired Center which provides free services and
outreach programs to assist in overcoming the challenges of visual impairment. We
provide volunteers and raise funds by working for various community activities such
as the Big Sur International Marathon where we assist with the Start-Line activities.
We also formed a non-profit fund-raising arm called ‘Chariots for Charity”. We accept
donated vehicles, improve them, and turn them into cash for the Blind & Visually
Impaired Center and several other Monterey County charities.
Over the past 15 years we have raised more than $750,000 for local community-based charities.We are proud to be Lions and encourage others to join us in fellowship
and to work to improve our community.
Background of The Blind and Visually Impaired Center of Monterey County
Our mission is to encourage and inspire the people who are blind or visually
impaired to transcend the loss of sight as independent contributing members of society. Helen Keller’s challenge to Lions Clubs lives in the partnership between Monterey
County Lions and the Blind & Visually Impaired Center of Monterey County. In 1972,
a consortium of Lions Clubs established a home for a newly-formed blind service organization. Under the leadership of the Old Capitol Lions and the Monterey host Lions,
a property with two buildings was purchased. In the ensuing 43 years the mortgage
has been fully paid, the buildings improved, and most importantly, community service
programs for blind and visually impaired citizens of Monterey county developed. The
Blind & Visually Impaired Center of Monterey County, Inc. (BVIC), is an independent,
non-profit 501(C)3 charity It is funded from many sources including contributions from
Lions. The BVIC provides the programs that are directed, in part, by blind individuals
and are offered at no cost to the blind.
Blind & Visually Impaired Center of Monterey County (BVIC)225 Laurel Ave.,
Pacific Grove, California 93950
Telephone: (831) 649-3505(800) 404-3505 (in Monterey County)Fax: (831) 6494057
Celebrating 100 Years After the
Panama Pacific International Exposition
In 1915, residents of Monterey County prepared for an unforgettable
opportunity to shine. Their moment in the sun came on June 11, 1915, at the
Panama Pacific International Exposition (also known as the World’s Fair in
San Francisco) during Monterey County Day. The event came with a number of exhibits, including a chair made from the wood of a tree under which
Junipero Serra preached, sardine promotional products, abalone, a replica of
the original Custom House,” and much more.
The PPIE, held to honor the opening of the Panama Canal two years
earlier, cost approximately $50 million dollars to build and spanned a
whopping 635 acres in the city’s Marina District. The fair hosted nearly 20
million visitors before it ended. Several exhibit items, however, found a new
home at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History, including marine
specimens last seen on display 100 years ago.
The Museum will be among those celebrating the PPIE’s century mark
with an exciting temporary exhibit and two lectures. “Monterey County at
the Panama Pacific International Exposition” can be viewed on the second-floor mezzanine now through the end of the year. On Saturday, June 20,
the Museum will host the lecture: “A visit to ‘Jewel City’: How the 1915
Panama Pacific International Exhibition saved the California abalone industry and made Monterey ‘the Sardine Capitol of the World.’” Tim Thomas,
historian and former curator for the Monterey Maritime and History Museum, is a guest curator for the Museum’s PPIE exhibit and will provide the
lecture. The Museum will also offer a lecture on Saturday, Aug. 8, in honor
of the Aug. 27, 1915, Pageant of Monterey. The lecture, “People of the Panama Pacific International Exposition” is presented by PPIE Historian Laura
Ackley from 3-4 p.m.
For more information visit the Museum’s website at pgmuseum.org/
exhibitions/#PPIE.
Local students
make Dean's List
Christopher Odell of Pacific
Grove, an exercise science major
and Taylor Odell of Pacific Grove,
also an exercise science major, were
named to the Dean's List at California Lutheran University for the fall
semester.
The Odell brothers are graduates of Pacific Grove High School.
Students qualify for the Dean's
List by maintaining a 3.6 grade point
average in their academic subjects.
For the fall semester, 704 students
earned the honor.
Cal Lutheran is a selective
university based in Thousand Oaks,
California, with additional locations in Oxnard, Woodland Hills,
Westlake Village, Santa Maria and
Berkeley. With an enrollment of
4,200 students, Cal Lutheran offers
undergraduate and graduate programs through its College of Arts
and Sciences, School of Management, Graduate School of Education,
Graduate School of Psychology and
Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary. Members of the Cal Lutheran
student body come from across the
nation and around the world and
represent a diversity of faiths and
cultures. For more information, visit
CalLutheran.edu.
Times
• May 29, 2015
Pacific Grove
Sports
Ben Alexander
Mission Trail Athletic League Lacrosse
First and Second Teams
Pacific Grove boasts two players awarded for their great seasons, when the MTAL
All League Honors were handed out. Senior Austin Book was named to the first team
and was also an honorable mention for the USA Lacrosse All-American Team. Joining
Book was goalie Eli Swanson, a junior. Swanson was named to the second team.
Coach of the Year - Spencer Fogelquist, Scotts Valley
Sportmanship Award- Huy Lee, Stevenson
Second Team
First Team
Owen Staveland, Aptos
Kordell Wilson, Aptos
Dillon Staples, Carmel
Morgan Koucky, Carmel
Darian Gagne, Carmel
Karter Ruiz, Carme
Jacob Johnsson, Carmel
Emerson Hardy, Carmel
Bo Brothers, Carmel
John Wood, Carmel
Chris Hernandez, Christopher
Anthony Sammut, Christopher
Tyler Gree, Pacific Collegiate
Galen Sloss, Pacific Collegiate
Alex Beleutz, Pacific Collegiate
Connor Rode, Pacific Collegiate
Eli Swanson, Pacific Grove
Aidan Glina, Pacific Collegiate
Anthony Prodis, Palma
Austin Book, Pacific Grove
Cody Lype, Palma
Rishay Patel, Palma
Kyle Alderman, Scotts Valley
Austin Pullara, Palma
Patrick Conte, Scotts Valley
Tanner Gilton, Scotts Valley
Jack Margolis, Stevenson
Ian Bast, Scotts Valley
Will Lansbury, Stevenson
Tate Smith, Scotts Valley
Jack Hewitt, Stevenson
Kaleb Pattawi, Stevenson
Chris Hernandez, Christopher
Yuji Andry, Stevenson
Greg Johnston, Stevenson
Nic Boatman Named
MTAL Pitcher of the Year
The Breakers counted eight players named to Mission Trail Athletic League first
and second teams.
The first team was led by Long Beach State-bound Chris Fife, and CSUMB-bound
Anthony Coppla. Joining the two seniors on the first team were juniors Dan Harrington
and MTAL Pitcher of the Year Nic Boatman.
Juniors Kacee Takasaki, Eric Boerner, Nathan Moses, and Sportsmanship Award
winner James Donlan were all named to the second team for the Breakers.
Six of the Breakers’ eight selections are all returning next season for their senior
seasons.
Coach of the Year - Ray Green, Greenfield
Player of the Year - Nathaniel Villarreal, Soledad
Pitcher of the Year - Nic Boatman, Pacific Grove
Eligie Belizio Sportmanship Award: James Donlan, Pacific Grove
Second Team
Joe Bifano, Carmel
First Team
Lennie Rodriguez, Carmel
Wesley Noble, Carmel
Tanner Koopmans, Carmel
Carter Hayes, Carmel
William Kehoe, Carmel
Robby Treadwell, Carmel
John Stivers, Carmel
Bryson Lino, Carmel
Isaiah Madrigal, Gonzales
Kenny Nava, Carmel
Jo Jo Garcia, Greenfield
JJ Rodriguez, Greenfield
Jacob Flores, King City
Tony Castro, Greenfield
Kacee Takasaki, Pacific Grove
Chris Fife, Pacific Grove
Eric Boerner, Pacific Grove
Nic Boatman, Pacific Grove
James Donlan, Pacific Grove
Anthony Coppla, Pacific Grove
Nathan Moses, Pacific Grove
Dan Harrington, Pacific Grove
Nathan Sosa, Soledad
Jordan Morrison, Soledad
Christopher Vasquez, Soledad
Daniel Farfan, Soledad
Joseph Ramirez, Soledad
Nathaniel Villareal, Soledad
Lukas Sherman, Stevenson
Aidan Franscioni, Stevenson
Brad Powers, Stevenson
Daniel Garrett, Stevenson
Golf Tips
Ben Alexander PGA
PGA Teaching Professional,
Pacific Grove Golf Links,
Bayonet Golf Course
PGA Teacher Of The Year, No Cal PGA
831-277-9001
www.benalexandergolf.com
Many golfers struggle with squaring up the club face at impact.
What I usually hear is “I’m inconsistent.” The way we get
consistency is to repeat the correct motor skill or habit. One of
the best ways I have found to help my students get consistency
is to place two training sticks on the ground about five inches
apart and have the player brush the grass without hitting the
sticks. This will get you to repeat keeping the club square and
then hit some shots to get the motion.
Pacific Grove High’s 21st
Annual Youth Basketball Camp
The camp will focus on basketball skill development, sportsmanship, and fun.
Skill development will focus on improving ball handling, passing, and shooting.
Players will be divided into age appropriate groups and will beinstructed by Varsity Boys
Basketball Coach Dan Powers, his staff, and players. Registration forms are available
at our website, www.pghs.org on the Boys Basketball page.
Session I : Ages: Boys & girls, Grades K-1
Day/Time: June 8-11, 8:45 am-10:15 am
Fee:$70, (includes a Camp T-Shirt and a Ball!)
Location:Pacific Grove High School Gym
Register: Contact Coach Powers, 646-6590(ext. 284) or email: dpowers@pgusd.org
Session II:Ages: Boys & girls, Grades 2-5
Day/Time: June 8-11, 10:30 am-1 pm
Fee:$100, (includes a Camp T-Shirtand a Ball!)
Session III: Ages: Boys & girls, Grades 6-8
Day/Time:June 15-18, 9am-12pm
Fee:$100, (includes a Camp T-Shirtand a Ball!)
Celebrate Father’s Day with a Dad Outing
Local run/walk offers an opportunity to pay tribute to a loved one
Run in the name of love with, or for, your dad this Father’s Day. A special tribute
race commemorating dads, moms, kids and anyone who’s special in your life, will be
held in Carmel-by-the-Sea on Sunday morning, June 21.
“Run in the Name of Love,” now in its fifth year and affiliated with the Big Sur
International Marathon organization, is an opportune time to celebrate fathers by getting
out to walk or run together along a scenic route through historic Carmel and along the
beachfront. With a 5K race beginning at 8:30 a.m., followed by a 2K event, there’s still
plenty of time to head to Sunday brunch or a ball game with dad.
Families and individuals can even bring the family pet to run or walk in the 2K
event. All participating dogs receive a free bandana and doggie biscuit, while human
finishers get a race shirt, finisher’s medallion, ample food at the race end, and a free
ticket for bountiful prizes. The finish ceremonies will be held overlooking Carmel
Beach at the foot of Ocean Avenue.
Run in the Name of Love was initially organized as a ‘memorial race’ at the
University of Virginia to honor a young Carmel man who lost his life while a student
there. Moving to Carmel, CA, in 2011, the race now gives the opportunity for any
participant to honor someone special in their lives. Participants can add an entry in
the race’s online tribute book with a personal message and photo, and can sign a large
tribute board at the race finish area.
“This has become a very meaningful race to so many,” said Susan Love, race coordinator and mother of Brian Love, the race’s namesake. “There are so many stories
I’ve heard from participants who are making this an annual event to honor or to reflect
upon a loved one. It’s absolutely beautiful, a very special race on many levels.”
The race begins at Carmel’s Sunset Center on San Carlos Avenue. The course
winds through the quiet residential streets before greeting the ocean at Carmel River
State Beach and continuing along Scenic Drive. The 5K course is certified and will
include awards for the top male and female runners as well as age group awards in ten
year increments.
Costs are $35 for the 5K and $25 for the 2K with a $5 increase after June 1. Children 15 years old and younger may enter for $25 for the 5K and $20 for the 2K.
Additional information and race registration are available online at www.run4love.org. May 29, 2015 • CEDAR STREET
Rudolph Tenenbaum Museum of Natural
History offers
Poetry
sketching class
He, Robot
His resemblance to us is truly humongous.
He speaks. He may be happy and grim.
The matter is he may be among us,
And we may not know it is him.
A robot recognizes faces,
Perhaps, at a distance of hundreds of miles.
And he is perfectly good at embraces,
At friendly nods, and at kindly smiles.
Feathers and Fur! On Sunday, June
14, in conjunction with the end of the
Illustrating Nature exhibit, The Museum
will host Feathers and Fur: Sketching
Birds and Mammals in Color with local
science illustrator Erin E. Hunter. Registration is $35.00 for the class.http://www.
pgmuseum.org/museumevents/2015/6/14/
feathers-and-fur-sketching-birds-andmammals-in-color
It is love that determines the words and
the gestures,
And how to live, and what to decide.
We don’t require any suggestions.
Love’s our most intelligent guide.
He lacks that guide, and he’ll cry and
he’ll howl.
He is completely lost among men.
The trouble is that he know how
To manifest love, but where and when?
In front of a hors we aw him kneeling.
The horse was looking at him from above.
The robot appears to lack the feeling
And the intelligence of love.
He asked lady, “You want a coke?”
She had just been hit by a passing bus.
Of course, it wasn’t meant as a joke.
It meant that he wasn’t one of us.
He doesn’t know he is a robot
And that he has a deficient part.
He doesn’t feel and he doesn’t know, but
The part that is missing is the heart.
Quite often the robot wonders whether
He loves like everybody loves.
He found gloves made from kid leather
And treats all of us with kid gloves.
Black Bear by Erin Hunter
Seminar on
Dispute Resolution
for Veterans
A noon seminar Saturday, May 30 will
focus on how mediation can help veterans
resolve disputes of many kinds in civilian
life. The public discussion is from 12:30
to 2 p.m. at the Mandell Gisnet Center
for Conflict Management (MGC), located
adjacent to the Monterey College of Law,
2620 Col. Durham Street, Seaside, on
historic Fort Ord.
Jack Signorella, Veterans Mediation
Liaison, will lead the discussion on basic
mediation techniques. The prepaid registration fee is $20 and a box lunch can be
pre-ordered for $15. MCLE credits are
available for attorneys for $30. Register
at www.mandellgisnetcenter.org or call (831) 582-5234.
Times • Page 17
Time to Celebrate
It is that time of the year
when all the struggles of academia
lead to the reward of graduation.
Students and their families and
friends gather together sharing
food and joy now that the school
year has come to a close. Unfortunately, this time frame also has
shown the result of young people
getting injured or even killed due
to the excessive intake of alcohol.
This preventable carnage can and
should be eliminated by making
right choices.
Underage drinking is of course
illegal by California State Law. In Pacific Grove there are also very strict ordinances that hold adults responsible by hosting or permitting the distribution of alcohol
beverages. These “Social Hosting” laws carry expensive penalties that could result
in thousands of dollars paid by adults who facilitate underage drinking. Part of the
penalty reimburses city services such as the Police who get diverted and called to
investigate any social party where underage drinking may happen. The Police are
required to stay at the scene until all partygoers are safely dispersed. This is a tragic
yet necessary misuse of our precious Police assets. The point here is that adults are
held to account for allowing this to happen.
So yes enjoy this graduation season with good food and non alcoholic beverages. However if you choose to permit young underage students to get buzzed or
intoxicated in your home, prepare to pay the penalties that the “Social Hosting” laws
permit. Make the right choice and protect our students from injury and even death.
Do your part as an adult!
- Ken Cuneo, City Councilmember
World Elder Abuse
Awareness Day is June 15
Legal Services for Seniors (LSS) commemorates World Elder Abuse Awareness
Day (WEAAD) this June 15.
Did you know that every day 10,000 people turn 65 in the US and that this trend
is going to continue for the next 20 years? Our demographics are shifting, and we will
soon have more elder people in the US than ever before.
At the same time the senior population is growing, we know that a startling number
of elders face abusive conditions. Every year an estimated 5 million, or 1 in 10, older
Americans are victims of elder abuse, neglect, or exploitation. Legal Services For Seniors fights elder abuse. They are nonprofit law firm that
provides no-cost legal assistance to Monterey County seniors 60 years of age and above
with an emphasis on serving those who are socially and/or economically needy. Legal
Services For Seniors have offices in Seaside and Salinas and outreach in South County,
North County and the Peninsula. This year LSS is celebrating their 30th anniversary of
successfully helping more than 81,000 Monterey Country Seniors with legal issues such
as landlord-tenant conflicts, Medicare insurance mix-ups, consumer fraud, financial and
physical elder abuse, wills, guardianships and more. Appointments can be made to see
a Legal Services for Seniors’ attorney or legal advocate at (831) 899-0492. Legal Notices
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File Number 20150943
The following person is doing business as: CHARADE SALON, 220 17th Unit C, Pacific Grove,
Monterey County, CA 93950. JUDY LOPEZ, 859
Maple St., Pacific Grove, CA 93950 and JOHNNY
T. LOPEZ, 859 Maple St., Pacific Grove, CA 93950.
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of
Monterey County on April 30, 2015. Registrant
commenced to transact business under the fictitious
business name or names listed above on 3/3/1996.
Signed, Johnny T. Lopez. This business is conducted
by a married couple.
Publication dates: 5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 5/30/15
The following person is doing business as: MICROCITO, 3229 Martin Circle, Marina, Monterey County,
CA 93933. ROBIN J. COWELL, 3229 Martin Circle,
Marina, CA 93933. This statement was filed with the
County Clerk of Monterey County on May 6, 2015.
Registrant commenced to transact business under the
fictitious business name or names listed above on
5/6/2015. Signed, Robin J. Cowell. This business is
conducted by an individual.
The following person is doing business as: MONTEREY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, CARMEL
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, SALINAS PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, 24545 Amador St. #1,
Hayward, Alameda County, CA 94544. MATTHEW
HERZ, 24545 Amador St. #1, Hayward, CA 94544.
This statement was filed with the County Clerk of
Monterey County on April 30, 2015. Registrant
Signed, Matthew Herz. This business is conducted by
an individual.
The following person is doing business as: BRIGHT
AND SHINE CLEANING SERVICE, 226 Cypress
Ave. #1, Marina, Monterey County, CA 93933.
SCOTT CHARLAND, 226 Cypress Ave. #1, Marina,
CA 93933. This statement was filed with the County
Clerk of Monterey County on May 4, 2015. Registrant
business name or names listed above on n/a. Signed,
Scott Charland. This business is conducted by an
individual.
The following person is doing business as: FISHNET
AQUAPONICS, 1001 Madison Street, Monterey,
Monterey County, CA 93940. KERSTIN ANNA
PARR, 001 Madison Street, Monterey,, CA 93940.
This statement was filed with the County Clerk
of Monterey County on May 4, 2015. Registrant
Signed, Kerstin Parr. This business is conducted by an
individual.
The following person is doing business as: CARMEL
BLINDS, 3463 Taylor Rd., Carmel, Monterey County, CA 93923. LESLIE PERKINS, 3463 Taylor Rd.,
Carmel, CA 93923. This statement was filed with the
County Clerk of Monterey County on May 11, 2015.
Registrant commenced to transact business under the
fictitious business name or names listed above on
8-12-98. Signed, Leslie Perkins This business is conducted by an individual.
Paul’s Drapery
160 18th St
Pacific Grove CA
M-F: 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Closed
Closed
831-372-4421
www.paulsdrapery.net
50891
Times
• May 29, 2015
Avoiding a Vocabulary Argument
Kyle A. Krasa, Esq.
Travis H. Long, CPA
Planning for
Each Generation
Travis on Taxes
As a proud holder of a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in English Literature from Saint
Michael’s College in Vermont, I appreciate a good vocabulary argument. I can remember
long nights with my college roommate where we would engage in “dictionary battles,”
challenging each other’s definition and pronunciation knowledge. I’m pretty sure this is
a typical college pastime enjoyed for generations at colleges and universities throughout
the country. However, as a lawyer in the “real world,” there are times when it is best
to avoid a vocabulary argument.
The purpose of estate planning is to provide an efficient mechanism for trusted
individuals to act upon your behalf in the event of your incapacity and upon your
death. Once you are no longer able to act, all that is left is the language of your estate
planning documents. I am a big proponent of drafting documents that have clear and
detailed provisions. If there is a question about the meaning of a term, I want there to be
language that explains the intent in multiple ways. This is a situation where redundant
text is preferred so that there can be no debate.
I recently found myself engaged in a vocabulary argument with a major bank. My
client’s mother, who is mentally incapacitated, owns a safe deposit box at a local branch.
My client wanted to use the authority granted under his mother’s power of attorney to
access the safe deposit box. The power of attorney was drafted by a different attorney
and it was a “statutory” power of attorney, a standard form set forth by the California
Probate Code.
I eschew the use of the statutory power of attorney because I feel that the language
is typically too vague. Whereas the power of attorney documents I typically draft have
an entire paragraph devoted to safe deposit boxes, the statutory power of attorney does
not have any language specifically referring to safe deposit boxes. The closest provision
I could find was “banking and other financial institution transactions.”
The bank’s legal department upon reviewing the power of attorney stated that my
client did not have the authority to access his mother’s safe deposit box. The legal
department concluded that safe deposit boxes are not included within the meaning of
“banking and other financial institution transactions.” The legal department suggested
that my client petition the Court for the authority to enter the safe deposit box which
would have cost thousands of dollars and months of delay.
Upon what basis could the legal department claim that a safe deposit box is not
included within the meaning of “banking and other financial institution transactions”?
Logically, safe deposit boxes should be included within that definition. After all, safe
deposit boxes are located at and controlled by banks. I was ready to challenge the bank’s
conclusion but I knew that I needed to search for authority to support my position as
logic alone is not enough.
Fortunately, the California Probate Code has an answer. The state legislature over
the years has realized that detail matters. Sections 4450 through 4465 go into great
detail as to the meaning of the general statements of powers in a California statutory
power of attorney. In reviewing those sections, I came across California Probate Code
Section 4455(g) which states in part: “In a statutory form power of attorney, the language granting power with respect to banking and other financial institution transactions
empowers the agent to . . . [e]nter a safe deposit box or vault and withdraw or add to
the contents.” I found the “magic bullet!”
I photocopied the section and sent it to the bank’s legal department. Shortly thereafter, the bank reversed its position and granted my client access to his mother’s safe
deposit box. I had the “dictionary battle,” saving my client the hassle and expense of
See KRASA Page 19
Estate Planning
Living Trusts & Wills
Elder Law Care
Trust Administration
Medi-Cal Planning
Asset Protection
Kyle A. Krasa, Esq.
Kyle A. Krasa, Esq. is
Certified as an Estate,
Planning, Trust and
Probate Specialist
by the State Bar of
California Board of
Legal Specialization
704-D Forest Avenue • Pacific Grove
Phone: 831-920-0205
Back to Basics - Part XV
Form 2848 Power of Attorney
www.KrasaLaw.com • kyle@KrasaLaw.com
Question: My mother is older and it
is sometimes difficult for her to sign her
tax returns. I have a general power of
attorney over her affairs that her estate
planning attorney put together for us, so
am I authorized to sign her tax returns? Also, we need to file a tax return for my
son, who is away at college. Can I sign
for him now that he is over 18? Can I call
the IRS and talk to them about my mother’s
taxes or my son’s taxes if needed?
Answer: In all of these cases, the IRS
would first want you to file a Form 2848 Power of Attorney. This is a limited power
of attorney that just governs tax issues.
(California also has an equivalent Form
3520, although they will generally accept
a copy of the IRS Form 2848 as well.)
The Form 2848 is the standard document the IRS uses to process any individual that is acting as a representative
for another person. As a CPA, I use this
document as well when a client needs me
to get access to their past tax information,
balances owed, current status of notices,
etc. It is also used if they need me to
represent them during a tax audit. As
with a general power of attorney, it is
only good as long as the person is living. Once someone dies, a Form 56 - Notice
Concerning Fiduciary Relationship is
filed instead. An authorized executor or
trustee, for instance, would file a Form
56, as a fiduciary, and they literally step
into the shoes of the deceased individual with all the rights and authority that person
had. After filing the Form 56, the fiduciary
could then file a 2848 to authorize someone else, such as a CPA to represent them.
It is important to note that you cannot
give just anyone full representation rights
by filing a Power of Attorney. CPAs, attorneys, EAs, and immediate family members, are the only ones you can appoint
for individual representation and provide
them with full authority and practice rights
before the IRS. (There are certain other
classes that have limited practice rights,
however.)
The Form 2848 also allows you to
designate what authorities and for what
tax periods you want to designate to your
representative (such as “Income taxes and
Gift taxes, Forms 1040 and 709, 20112015”). You can also indicate if you want
your representative to receive copies of
all IRS communication with you, if you
want them to be able to add additional
representatives without your consent,
sign your returns, etc. If you want them
to be able to sign your returns, there is
additional language required as specified
in the instructions to the 2848.
Generally, anytime you file a new
Form 2848 it will replace any prior power
of attorneys on file with the IRS unless you
indicate otherwise and provide copies of
the prior power of attorneys you wish to
remain in effect. Both, the taxpayer and
the representative must sign the power of
attorney. Also note that this IRS Form
2848 - Power of Attorney does not replace
or affect a general power of attorney in any
way for other purposes. It is only used
with the taxing authorities.
If the taxpayer is competent, but
unable to sign the Form 2848, the IRS
will allow an “X” to be made with the
signature of two witnesses as well, and
an explanation. In the case of someone who is incompetent, hopefully they had a
general power of attorney. In these cases,
as with the situation of the mother in the
question at the beginning of the article, the
power of attorney can be filled out with
the exception of the taxpayer signing, and
then the general power of attorney can be
attached to the Form 2848. In the case of
incompetent individuals without a general
power of attorney in place it can become
a sticky situation. A conservatorship is
See LONG Page 19
PGHSAA Gives $13,000 this Year
in Scholarship Awards
On Wednesday, May 13, the Pacific Grove High School Alumni Association presented its yearly scholarship awards to Pacific Grove High School students at the high school’s awards night in the Clarence L.
Higgins Library on campus. Fourteen students received awards: 13 given by Pacific Grove High School and
one given the Community Foundation that is funded by alumnus Richard Reynolds. In total, the Association
awarded $13,000 in scholarships.
Lela Hautau received the Ada Eleanor Smith Scholarship, which goes to a student who plans to become a teacher. She has been class president for two years and plays volleyball, basketball, and softball.
She’s also a vocalist who sang the national anthem at football games. She will attend Baker University in
Baldwin City, Kansas, to study education.
Mackenzie Bell was an honor roll student all four years at PGHS. She was a member of the varsity
basketball team for three years and was chosen second all-team MTAL in her junior and senior year. She also
plays volleyball and softball and is a volunteer at Gateway Center, where she works with those who have
special disabilities. She will attend the University of La Verne in Southern California, where she will study
athletic trainer. She plans to work in the field of physical therapy. She receives the Bob Hoag scholarship,
which is made to a student athlete.
Golnoush Pak, the recipient of the Class of 1952 Remembers scholarship, has been involved in the
Young Writers Club, of which she is president, and the National Honor Society. She helps create the PGHS
literary magazine and has had poems published in the local newspaper. She is also the youngest member of
the Pacific Grove Public Library Board. Golnoush plans to attend MPC and then transfer to a UC campus
to major in computer programming and animation.
Cristina Marie Harber attended high school in King City until she transferred to Pacific Grove in her
senior year. She ran cross-country for two years, making it to CCS both years. She is also an award-winning
writer. She plans to attend UC Davis to study English with the goal of becoming a teacher. She receives the
first Cynthia Alma Pena scholarship for a student who plans to become a teacher.
Courtney Smith receives the Don Harlan Scholarship, which goes to a student who plans a vocational career. She is a member of the National Arts Honors Society and is an accomplished pianist. She also
volunteers at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula. She plans to attend MPC to study either
architectural landscaping or culinary arts.
Ashley Costa is involved in the National Honor Society, the Red Cross Club, Operation Yellow Ribbon
Club, and Breaker News. She is also active at the Carmel Academy of Performing Arts, where she is on the
competitive dance team. She also teaches ballet, tap, and jazz to young children. She will attend Santa Clara
to study pre-education and intends to work with underprivileged children. She receives the Maude Marian
Smith scholarship, which is awarded to a student who plans to become a teacher.
Taylor Rhoades, the PGHSAA Music Scholarship awardee, has been active in the musical and drama
productions at PG High, as well as a member of the choir. She acts with the Ragamuffin Musical Theatre
Company and dances with the DiFranco dance project and the HEAT dance company. She will attend New
York University to major in musical theater at the Tisch School of the Arts and study drama at the Lee
Strasburg Film and Theatre Institute.
Tyler Beron has also been involved with music as a PG High student. He has been a member of the
Concert and Marching Bands all four years, and is he also a member of the PGHS Jazz Club. He has also
played with other band ensembles in the areas. He plans to study music education at San Jose State and to
follow his passion and love for music. He receives one of six PGHSAA Annual Scholarship Awards, which
are made to deserving students who have excelled in academics and activities at PGHS.
Da Hyun Lee has a number of interests. With seven AP classes and two honors classes, she is in the
Knitting Club, on the Robotics Team, and the National Honor Society, which she serves as treasurer She
is also on the Mock Trial Team and is co-captain of the golf team (she also received the Quail Men’s Golf
Association Scholarship). She founded the National Arts Honor Society at the high school, and she volunteers at Community Hospital, the Monterey Public Library, and at the Feast of Lanterns. She receives a
PGHSAA Annual Scholarship Award.
Guadalupe Cabrera-Barrios, also a PGHSAA Annual Scholarship Award recipient, was on the honor
roll for four years and has been involved with the varsity cheer team for three years. She volunteers at the
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History and at Marina Del Mar Elementary School. She plans to attend
CSU Sacramento to study nursing, and her future plans are to work as a nurse practitioner.
Laura Merchak participated in a number of sports at PG High and was a member of the choir. She
plans to earn an engineering degree and hopes to pursue a career in biomimicry, a field that seeks to apply
nature’s laws to technology to solve problems. She receives a PGHSAA Annual Scholarship Award.
Claire Momberger, who also receives a PGHSAA Annual Scholarship Award, was the president of the
National Honors Society. She was also on the softball team and the swim team. She plans to attend MPC for
the first two years of college and then transfer to Baylor University in Waco, TX, to study environmental
science.
Zelda Elisco was on the Breaker Girls’ Dance Team for four years, serving as captain this year. She
is also senior class president and a member of the Leadership class. She plans to attend CSU Sonoma to
major in environmental studies. Her future plans include working on environmental conservation projects.
She receives a PGHSAA Annual Scholarship Award.
George Haugen receives the Richard Reynolds Science and Technology scholarship, which is presented
by the Alumni Association and made through the Community Foundation. George has played trumpet in
the Breaker Band for four years. He also helped lead the boys’ tennis team to its first-even league championship and CCS playoff this year. He will attend the University of Texas at Austin to major in mechanical
engineering, and he says he might work in alternative energy research.
The Pacific Grove High School Alumni Association, a 501(c)(3) corporation, was originally formed in
1889 and reactivated in 1962. It raises money and makes grants to Pacific Grove High School’s programs,
and it awards scholarships to students each year. For more information about the Pacific Grove High School
Alumni Association, membership, or the Board of Directors, call Beth Penney, president, 831-372-7625,
e-mail bpenney@sonic.net, or visit www.pgusd.org/alumni.
PKRASA From Page 18
unnecessary court intervention.
Without the Probate Code’s specific definition of the term, “banking and other financial institution transactions,” we would have had a major problem. The incident reiterated the importance of detailed provisions. Many
clients conflate length with complexity. They feel that their situations are “too simple” for a thick estate plan. On
the contrary, a plan that includes robust language and detailed provisions to cover all bases is actually simpler and
easier in the long run. Although in this example we were saved by the Probate Code, it would have been even
easier and simpler to have had the definition within the body of the power of attorney document itself.
It is never wise to cut corners when drafting or executing an estate plan. A competent attorney can help you
make sure that all questions are answered, avoiding any unnecessary and expensive vocabulary arguments.
KRASA LAW, INC. is located at 704-D Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove, California, and Kyle may be reached
at 831-920-0205.
Disclaimer: This article is for general information only. Reading this article does not establish an attor-
Times • Page 19
SOS removes more than
900 pounds of trash from
coast during Memorial
Day Weekend
Volunteers conducted pollution
prevention outreach and cleaned
six sites
Save Our Shores (SOS), the leader in ocean awareness, advocacy and action on the Central Coast, has announced the results of its Memorial Day weekend cleanup
efforts. Save Our Shores led a total of six beach cleanups
around the Monterey Bay and removed more than 900
pounds of garbage with the help of about 70 volunteers.
In an effort to decrease the amount of trash left on the
sand after Memorial Day, SOS spent Monday afternoon
distributing trash bags and educating beachgoers about
the importance of protecting the coast from pollution at
Panther Beach, Cowell/Main Beach, Capitola Beach and
Seacliff State Beach. In total, SOS handed out more than
350 trash bags and spoke with 500 people.
“We believe awareness is starting to spread, and,
in some locations, we are even seeing a decrease in the
amount of trash left on the sand,” said Rachel Kippen,
SOS Program Manager. “Panther Beach was trashed,
but Cowell and Main Beach were in pretty good shape
considering the crowds on Monday. Sometimes visitors
just need a gentle reminder about the small choices they
can make to help keep our shoreline clean and safe.”
SOS thanks all of its Holiday Relief Cleanup supporters: City of Santa Cruz, County of Santa Cruz, County of
Santa Cruz Public Works, GreenWaste Recovery, NOAA,
California Coastal Commission, Community Foundation
Monterey County, Community Foundation Santa Cruz
County, City of Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf Staff, ArtMill, Cleanup Cowell’s Project, and the New Brighton
Middle School Environmental Club.
ABOUT SAVE OUR SHORES
Save Our Shores (SOS) is the Central Coast leader in
caring for the marine environment through ocean awareness, advocacy and citizen action. Its core initiatives are
Plastic Pollution, Ocean Awareness and Clean Boating.
Over the last 30 years, SOS has been locally responsible
for helping to establish the Monterey Bay National Marine
Sanctuary, preventing offshore oil drilling and cruise ship
pollution, and bringing together diverse stakeholders to
find common solutions to ocean issues. Today, SOS focuses on educating youth about local watersheds, tackling
plastic pollution at local beaches and rivers, supporting
habitat conservation efforts, implementing the nationally
renowned Dockwalker program and providing the community with Sanctuary Stewards.
Rotary Club of Carmel
Valley Awards $1,000
Scholarships to Three
Carmel High Seniors
The Rotary Club of Carmel Valley has
awarded $1,000 scholarships to each of three
members of the Carmel High School Class of
2015.
The recipients are Diana Medina, Kaylee
Meyer and Claire Moorer.
The scholarships were awarded on the basis
of community involvement, leadership, financial
need and grade-point average. Each applicant
was required to submit an essay showing how
these four criteria were met, and two members
of the Rotary club then interviewed the nine
applicants.
PLONG From Page 18
the proper legal vehicle to give one adult authority
over another’s affairs when that person is incompetent
and no other planning is in place, but this can be quite
costly and impractical at times. I’ll let you wrestle with
the IRS on that one!
If you would like to catch up on our Back to Basics
series on personal tax returns, prior articles are republished on my website at www.tlongcpa.com/blog .
Travis H. Long, CPA is located at 706-B Forest Avenue, PG, 93950 and focuses on trust, estate, individual,
and business taxation. He can be reached at 831-3331041.
Times
• May 29, 2015
Fields of Dreams for Tiny Homes
Now they’ve built the first one, when will others come?
Part One
nspiring as last week’s announcement
on KSBW Action News 8 was--that the
mayor of Hollister plans to build a village of microhomes like the one unveiled
above--a rash of questions rose from the
in-depth coverage by reporter Felix Cortez. They include:
If houses as small as this one-bedroom
unit with mini-kitchen and bath would
help solve the homeless problem on the
Monterey Peninsula, where would they
be built, when, and who will build them?
A look at the Three Rs of Homelessness will shed some light on the issue:
Real Estate; Responsiveness; Resources.
Real Estate and Homeless Housing
Every realtor knows the secret to
successful investing in real property is
summarized in the saying, “Location, location, location.” It’s smart to buy a rundown
piece of property in a great location, fix it
up, and sell for a profit.
But the reverse is true, also. Buying
prime property in an area surrounded
by blight, impoverishment or shacklike
structures can lower one’s property value
and make it impossible to sell, rent or
otherwise profit from ownership.
Property owners and realtors alike
might be sympathetic to the homeless, but
would they want a village of tiny houses
in their literal backyards?
The news that Hollister plans a tiny-homes village indicates such housing
has now become more than just a field
of dreams in Central California’s San
Benito County. It is materializing into a
movement headed our way, making people—including the homeless—wonder
where such little homes will be located in
the greater Monterey area.
In a “not in my backyard” community
of mansions and mini-mansions, whose
owners do not want pebble-sized portabodes in Pebble Beach, packet shacklets in Pacific Grove or mini- motels in
Monterey, the automatic answer seems
conclusionary: put them in the Marina/
former Fort Ord area where open space
abounds. What about water rights, already
minimized by the drought?
Not considered is the fact some tiny
houses already exist on the Monterey Peninsula, whether legal or illegal by definition, or known or unknown by authorities.
For instance, in Seaside, where permits are not required for building sheds,
shacks and storage spaces less than 120
sq. ft., human beings are sleeping in such
outbuildings that may or may not be wired
or plumbed. Since they can be as high as
15 feet, such workshop-style buildings
can contain lofts capable of holding one
or more mattresses.
KSBW Action 8 photo of Jay Shafer’s
house
A homeless informant advised me that
people sleep in the tool and garden sheds
on display outside Home Depot when left
unlocked at night.
Wanda Sue Parrott
Homeless in Paradise
What about running water and
sanitary toilet facilities? Think “buckets.”
Responsiveness to Homeless
Housing
Jay Shafer, founder of Four
Lights Tiny House Company, designed this 112 sq. ft., 1-bdrm., 1-bath
home (Model #896-4) for which his
plans sell to do-it-yourself ers for
$499. It measures 16 ft. long, 7 ft.
wide and 10 ft. high.
Buildings similar to this have
been seen in Seaside, which has a high
concentration of low-income Hispanic families but an almost non-existent
homeless Hispanic population.
Elvis Summer’s sleeping box house
Are people living in privately
built micro houses like this in backbe acquired on a long-term lease.
yards? Unknown.
Jay Shafer has lived in a tiny house,
What is known is that multiple
Hispanic families occupy single-family by choice, for almost 20 years. He says,
units, sharing space and sometimes sleep- “Living small is a luxury. When you live
ing in around-the-clock shifts in beds, on in a tiny house, you only have room for
couches and on bare mattresses on floors. the things that truly matter. You have to
The worth of such real estate is not choose what’s essential.”
Forces are already mobilizing in Monmeasured in property-value statistics.
It is measured by survival value and an terey County to greet and meet the chalindomitable spirit of family experienced lenge of a virtual explosion of tiny-home
by participants who eat, dwell and sleep neighborhoods. They will be introduced
together in close quarters. Even if not next week. Meanwhile, you may visit these
directly related by blood, those who share websites for details about information
living quarters introduce themselves discussed in this column:
as cousins, aunts, uncles, nephews and Hollister newscast: http://www.ksbw.
nieces. To young people who break away, c o m / n e w s / t i n y - h o u s e s - i n - h o l l i s gangs become substitute families in which ter-help-homeless/33170384
members are called brothers and/or sisters. Elvis Summers: http://www.people.
If offered their own individual tiny com/article/los-angeles-man-builds-tihomes, would such groups break up in ny-house-homeless-woman
order to have more private space? That Jay Shafer’s Four Lights Tiny House
question can only be answered after tiny Co.: http://www.fourlightshouses.com/
homes almost the size of jail cells have
Contact Wanda Sue Parrott at 831been built and occupied on the Monterey
899-5887 or amykitchenerfdn@hotmail.
Peninsula in the not-too-distant future.
com
Resources to Provide Homes for the
Homeless
People and provisions constitute the
basic resources needed to build tiny homes
for the homeless. This photo-story from
People went viral in April after 37-year old
Elvis Summers built this portable 3-1/2 ft.
by 8 ft. home for a 60-year old homeless
woman friend from supplies he bought
at Home Depot. No certificate or license
was required of the do-it-yourselfer who
created a sleeping box with windows.
He advertised for donations with
which to build tiny houses
for homeless people and
rapidly raised $19,000 on
GoFundMe. He is now working with the Los Angeles
Police Dept. to find government-owned property on
which to build a village like
Mayor Ignacio Velasquez
envisions to serve Hollister.
Elvis Summers’ little
house cost him a lot of meals.
Mayor Velasquez and several private investors paid
$25,000 for their prototype
model of micro homes to be
used as transitional housing
to help the homeless get back
112-sq. ft. on their feet.
Not a penny for either
the micro or mini home came
from public funding.
Besides supplies and people to build
the little houses, land on which to place
them is crucial. At present, the most-viable
option for such a village is to place the tiny
homes on government-owned land that can
Red Cross of the
Central Coast
Celebrates 14
Local Volunteers
The American Red Cross of the Central Coast is honored to announce that the
2015 Clara Barton Award goes to Sonja
Reetz of Santa Cruz.
The Clara Barton Award recognizes a
volunteer for service in a series of leadership positions held over a period of years.
This volunteer has made significant contributions, while also working with other
volunteers and paid staff in developing and
implementing effective programs in a resourceful manner, enabling the American
Red Cross to consistently provide valuable
service to the community.
Sonja has spearheaded the Heroes
Breakfast Nomination Committee for the
past five years. She has continued to bring
in new volunteers in order to find qualified
nominations for the selection committee
to review. Sonja’s dedication to the American Red Cross and her willingness to go
the extra mile has made her an inspiring
volunteer and is well deserving of the
American Red Cross Clara Barton Award.
Outstanding volunteers honored at the
Central Coast Volunteer Awards and Recognition Event on April 30 at Bargetto’s
Winery in Soquel also include:
Disaster Cycle Services Award: Sue Pierce
(Los Gatos)
Disaster Cycle Services Response Award:
Lyle & RosieLee Crosley (Santa Cruz)
Disaster Cycle Services Chapter Readiness
Award: Dave Pellett (Seaside)
Red Cross Events Award: Cherie Robideaux (Santa Cruz)
International Services Award: Tanya Kelley (Monterey)
Service to Armed Forces Award: Anne
Powell (Carmel)
Administration and Support Award:
Haydee Vitacolonna (Pebble Beach)
Collaboration Award: Russell Cole (Boulder Creek)
Teamwork Award: River Gurtin (Pebble
Beach)
Blood Services Volunteer of the Year:
Sandy Peters (Watsonville)
New Volunteer of the Year: Sandy Williamson (Aptos)
Youth of the Year Award: Quinn Cachola (Santa Cruz)
Corner Sale Donations Sought
Are you doing some spring cleaning? Be sure to set aside items to be sold at
Pacific Grove’s first annual Corner Sale. The sale is scheduled for Saturday, June
13 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. on the Bank of America parking lot, 601 Lighthouse
Ave., Pacific Grove. All proceeds from the Corner Sale will benefit The Bridge
Restoration Ministry, a year-long, Christian-oriented, residential substance
rehabilitation center for men and women. The event is sponsored by Pacific
Grove Chamber of Commerce and the Bridge Ministry’s Second Chance Thrift
Store. Donated items will be accepted before the event and are tax-deductible. All donated items should be in good working order and repair; no stains, tears,
etc. For more information, contact Second Chance at 831-717-4479.
It’s Baby Animal Season at the SPCA
The SPCA Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center rescued and is caring for 32 baby birds, as well as 17
baby mammals. On average, baby birds need to be fed every 30 minutes from 7 am to 7 pm, adding up to over 700
feedings each day. Since January 2015, the SPCA Wildlife Center has rescued 1,092 animals in need of emergency
care, compared to 840 in 2014.
How You Can Help
Volunteer to care for baby birds at the SPCA Wildlife Center: www.SPCAmc.org/volunteer Donate to help animals rescued by your SPCA: www.SPCAmc.org/donate
Leave fledglings with their parents. This is a natural
and essential part of the baby bird growing cycle. Learn
more: www.SPCAmc.org/baby-birds
Keep cats indoors. Many of the babies rescued
this year were caught by cats, and sadly, the majority
of those did not survive due to their injuries. The SPCA
Wildlife Center reminds people to keep cats inside
whenever possible to avoid dangerous interaction with
our local wildlife.
Call us when you see injured wildlife in need
anywhere in Monterey County. As our local wildlife
baby season takes place on the Central Coast, we ask
our community to please call us first with any wildlife
questions or concerns. The SPCA Wildlife Center often
receives uninjured baby wild animals that are actually
not in need of rescue, brought to us by concerned
citizens. Please do not disturb or feed local wildlife.
The SPCA Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation
Center
is the only full service wildlife rehabilitation
Fawn courtesy Wikimedia Commons
center serving Monterey County. We operate under permits from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife
and the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. Your support is extremely important to us, as we do not receive
funding from any federal, state or local government agency.
Each year, The SPCA Wildlife Center admits over 2,000 animals for treatment and care.The SPCA for Monterey County is your nonprofit, independent, donor-supported humane society that has been serving the animals and
people of Monterey County since 1905. The SPCA is not a chapter of any other agency and does not have a parent
organization. They shelter homeless, neglected and abused pets and livestock, and provide humane education and
countless other services to the community. They are the local agency you call to investigate animal cruelty, rescue
and rehabilitate injured wildlife, and aid domestic animals in distress.
PGMNH Author Series: Claire Fullerton
Saturday, June 27, from 3-5 p.m.
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History
Admission to the event only: Free
The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History will host its first “PGMNH Author Series” on Saturday, June 27,
from 3-5 p.m. with a free reading, Q and A, light snacks and a book signing by celebrated author Claire Fullerton.
Books will be sold at the Museum during the event.
More information: http://www.pgmuseum.org/museum-events/2015/5/8/pgmnh-author-series-claire-fullerton
Times • Page 21
Print Workshop
offered at no fee
On June 11 at 6:00 pm the Monterey Museum of
Art will be hosting a monotype workshop with Denese
Sanders, the Director of Open Ground Studios. Unlike
other forms of printmaking, monotypes only produce
one print, creating unique works of art. Denese Sanders,
a printmaker based in Seaside, will teach participants how
to make monotypes using a variety of techniques. This
program is free for all visitors thanks to generous support
from the Monterey County Weekly Community Fund of
the Community Foundation for Monterey County.
Denese Sanders moved to Monterey 12 years ago
from Minneapolis, where she had a 16-year career making
art, running a collective printmaking studio, Below the
Surface, and working in arts education across the state.
She started making prints at the University of Wisconsin,
Madison in 1983 and went on to study color etching in
Paris at Atelier 17. She began incorporating sculpture and
book arts into her work while getting her master’s degree
in 1998 at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Over the course of her career, she has worked extensively in arts education and community building in
the arts. In 2013, she established Open Ground Studios
in Seaside, the first community art studio on the central
coast with an emphasis in printmaking and book arts.
This endeavor won the “Innovator of the Year” award in
the Startup Challenge of 2013, and in 2015 her work as
an artist and entrepreneur won the Community Palette
Showcase Event.
This free event has limited capacity. Advanced registration is highly recommended. You can reserve your
spot by visiting montereyart.org/event/monoprint-workshop-with-denese-sanders/
For more information about the Museum, our exhibitions and our programs visit montereyart.org
Museum Hours:
MMA Pacific Street: Thursday – Monday 11:00 am –
5:00 pm
MMA La Mirada: Thursday 11:00 am – 8:00 pm, Friday – Monday 11:00 am – 5:00 pm, Closed Tuesday and
Wednesday
MMA La Mirada Parking:
The Monterey Museum of Art at La Mirada offers
limited on-site complimentary parking. With limited
street parking, please be considerate of our neighbors and
observe city of Monterey No Parking zones.
About 40 people who attended the Pacific Grove
police Citizens’ Academy volunteer to help Pacific
Grove Police by providing crowd and traffic control
at community events such as Feast of Lanterns,
Good Old Days, and the Concours Auto Rally. They
helped restore and maintain Pacific Grove’s circa
1940 police car that is used on ceremonial occasions,
conduct fund-raising, and run surveys and distribute
information on behalf of the Police Department.
Tony Prock, even before he was elected president of
the Alumni Association, is always front and center
to assist and encourage others. Born in Germany,
this PG High School graduate has been president for
more than six years.
It is fitting that Tony be on hand to receive the award
on behalf of the Alumni Association.
Paid for by members of the Pacific Grove Citizens’ Academy Alumni Association.
Times
• May 29, 2015
84th La Merienda event to be held on June 6
La Merienda, Monterey’s birthday
party, is a colorful fiesta barbecue of delicious foods, wine, beer, soft drinks, gallant
dons and doñas, lovely senoritas, lively
music and festive dance. La Merienda
(the Spanish term for afternoon picnic or
mid-day meal) re-enacts an elegant 18th
century fiesta.
It celebrates the founding of the town
of Monterey on June 3, 1770 when Padre
Junípero Serra, father of the California
missions, and Captain Gaspar de Portola,
a Spanish military leader, joined forces
to establish the pueblo of Monterey,
California’s first Capital. Their meeting
also honored the founding of the “Royal
Presidio Chapel,” which today is known
as San Carlos Cathedral. After the ceremonies that day, everyone sat down for
a picnic under a large oak tree near their
ship, the San Antonio, which rested in the
harbor. The first modern Merienda was
celebrated in 1929, two years before the
formation of the Monterey History and Art
Association. A ceremony at Colton Hall
and a small luncheon at the Memory Garden marked the occasion. It was presided
over by Carmel Martin and Harry Greene.
The next year, 350 people joined Carmel
Martin, who again acted as Master of Ceremonies, in the Memory Garden and once
again celebrated Monterey’s birthday. The
Monterey History and Art Association has celebrated this important early California
historic event every year since the Association was established in 1931 (except one
year during World War II).
La Favorita/Doncellas/La Duena
Each year since La Merienda was founded, a local young woman with historic
connections to Monterey is chosen as La Favorita, and with her lovely court, reigns
over this unique celebration of Monterey’s history. Two other young women are selected to serve as her attendants (“Doncellas”). The women who are chosen for these
roles, accompanied by a chaperone (“La Duena”) can trace their ancestry back through
Monterey history many generations. These attractive young women dress in traditional
white Spanish gowns and mantillas (scarfs) and greet guests, cut the birthday cake and
hold court at the celebration. A new court will be selected for 2015.
About the event
The event includes a delicious barbecue and lively entertainment, as well as a huge
75-pound birthday cake beautifully decorated with fresh roses. The cake is carried in
by local young men (“cake-bearers”), and is sliced with the sword of Colonel Roger S.
Fitch, the first President of the Monterey History and Art Association. This event has
been sponsored annually by the Monterey History and Art Association for 84 years.
Members of Monterey History and Art Association serve as voluntary hosts and hostesses in period costumes at colorfully decorated tables. All guests are also welcome to
dress in 18th century costume.
The recipient of Monterey History and Art Association’s most prestigious award,
the Laura Bride Powers Award, is announced at La Merienda. This award is named
Discovery Shop will Celebrate
50 Years of Service
Since 1965, funds raised by the Discovery Shop of the American Cancer
Society, Inc., California Division, have helped the Society save lives by helping people stay well by preventing cancer or detecting it early when it’s most
treatable; helping people get well by being there during and after a diagnosis
with comprehensive information and support; by finding cures through groundbreaking discovery; and by fighting back through public policy. Supported by
our local communities – through donations, volunteers, and shoppers – the
Discovery Shop unique quality resale experience has raised more than $308
million over the past 50 years.
We hope you will join us as we celebrate our 50th anniversary!
When: Friday, June 12, 2015
Time: 1pm
Location: Pacific Grove Discovery Shop, 198Country Club Gate
About the American Cancer Society
The American Cancer Society is a global grassroots force of nearly 2.5
million volunteers saving lives and fighting for every birthday threatened by
every cancer in every community. As the largest voluntary health organization,
the Society’s efforts have contributed to a 20 percent decline in cancer death
rates in the U.S. since 1991, and a 50 percent drop in smoking rates. Thanks in
part to our progress more than 14 million Americans who have had cancer and
countless more who have avoided it will celebrate more birthdays this year. We’re
determined to finish the fight against cancer. We’re finding cures as the nation’s
largest private, not-for-profit investor in cancer research, ensuring people facing
cancer have the help they need and continuing the fight for access to quality
health care, lifesaving screenings, clean air, and more. For more information,
to get help, or to join the fight, call us anytime, day or night, at 1-800-227-2345
or visit cancer.org.
For more information, please contact Jeanie Gould, ACS
Discovery Shop Manager, Pacific Grove (831) 372-0866
after the woman who is credited with conceiving both the idea of the Association and
the Merienda celebration, which antedated
MHAA’s founding. Mrs. Powers was the
Curator of the Custom House and First
Theater and an ardent student of California
history. The colorful celebration is held in
the Memory Gardens, located near the
Custom House Plaza in historic downtown Monterey behind the Portola Plaza
Hotel. Festivities begin at 11:15 A. M.
with dancing. The doors open to Memory
Gardens where the aromas of the delicious
barbeque greet the guests. Day-long entertainment includes music by Mariachis
and a procession of local and international
dignitaries and costumed ladies and gentlemen, reenacting an old tradition. The
gaily-decorated tables are hosted by more
than 50 MHAA volunteers, who provide
hospitality to the guests. After the steak,
chicken and bean barbeque (served by
another 25 well-known local volunteers)
the traditional Merienda birthday cake is
paraded around the Garden and then cut
and served with much ceremony. There is
also a new 50-50 drawing this year. The
La Merienda Barbecue is always served by
well-known community members. In past
years, La Merienda Barbecue servers have
included Peter Coniglio, who coordinates
this part of the event in the past with Chris Shake taking over to coordinate it in 2015.
La Merienda sponsorships, donations and other services help to defray the cost of
this unique not-to-be-missed Monterey celebration. All proceeds above the cost of the
Merienda itself go to Monterey History and Art Association’s support and maintenance
of the Museum of Monterey at Stanton Center, Casa Serrano, the Doud House and the
Mayo Hayes O’Donnell Library. To become a sponsor or donor, please call Eric Sand,
President of the Monterey History & Art Association, at (831) 372-7788 or email eric.
sand@icloud.com.
Additional food history of Early California (Provided by the Monterey Public
Library from the book, Early California Hospitality by Ana Packman)
Ana Packman describes Spanish colonists as typically carrying with them dried
meats, beans, corn, and a short while later, the native people introduced them to wild
herbs, roots, seeds. She was unable to find mention of the food served at this early event
in 1770 but in “The March of Portola” by Zoeth Eldredge, she mentions that native people had a few days earlier left meat, fish, and shell fish skewered on downturned arrows
near Pt. Pinos. It's probable that other provisions included tortillas and beans. Within
a decade, the Spanish colonists would have had more variety in the menu. Packman
describes LaMerienda (The Afternoon Collation) as such, "After the siesta, in mid-afternoon, rested and refreshed, and just before starting out to finish the day's labor, the
Californian partook of la merienda, which was a light luncheon of sweets, sweet curd
cheese, ripe black olives, wafers, and pastries with cha) the native herb tea), chocolate,
or coffee..." "Any of the following combinations was served as refreshments: Cha
y puchas (Wild herb tea and short cakes), Agua-fresca (Wine, orange blossom or chia
and sweetened water), Tostadas (crisp corn wafers), Dulce de membrillo (Quince conserve). Packman also describes a Comida de Campo, or picnic dinner, which is a little
more akin to the foods that might be had at today's Merienda: Carne asada (fresh meat
broiled over embers); Sarsa de tomate y chile verde (Tomato and green chile relish);
Frijoles (beans); Dulce de calabaza (candied pumpkins); Emanadas de calabaza, de
frijoles, y de carne (pumpkin-filled turnovers, spiced beans, and minced-meat); Tortillas
de harina (Wheat-flour tortillas; Vino tinto (red wine). At a Glance
84th Annual La Merienda Celebration - City of Monterey’s 245th birthday
party, is a colorful fiesta barbecue of delicious foods, wine, beer, soft drinks,
gallant dons and donas, lovely señoritas,lively music and festive dance.
When: Saturday, June 6, 2015 from 11:15 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Where: Memory Garden, 20 Custom House Plaza, Monterey
Tickets/Information: www.montereyhistory.org or call Carol Todd at 831372-4445
For more information about Monterey History and Art Association and the
Museum of Monterey at Stanton Center, go to www.montereyhistory.org
Candidate Seminar for the
November 3, 2015 Election
The Monterey County Elections Department will host a candidate seminar and
invites anyone interested in running for office in the November 3, 2015, “Cities,
Schools and Special Districts” election to attend. There are no offices up for election
in Pacific Grove.
The seminar is scheduled for Saturday, June 13 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at
the Schilling Place Building, 1441 Schilling Place, Salinas. Personnel from Monterey County Elections will provide an overview of:
• Requirements for office
• Filing procedures
• Important deadlines
• Campaign finance reporting obligations
Attendance is free. To RSVP call 831-796-1499 or email Greta Arevalo at arevalog@co.monterey.ca.us. For more information visit www.MontereyCountyElections.us.
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