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Pacific Groove Dance JamChautauqua Hall 8-10 PM

Dance to DJsAdults $10/Teens $5

Youth Free • 1st Time [email protected]

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Dance at Chautauqua Hall•

Feb. 8-12AT&T Pro Am ExpressShuttle

$20 per person/day$60 5-daypass

Call the Chamber 373-3304•

Sat. Feb. 11Public Talk: Love and Compassion

11:15AM - 12:15PMManjushri Dharma Center

724 Forest Avenue, PG$10 Donation Asked

•Sat. Feb. 11

The Father of the ComputerOne-man performanceby Howard Burnham

At the Little House, Jewell Park,(Central and Grand, Pacific Grove)

5:30 pm$10 at the door

•Sun. Feb. 12

Carmel Jewish Film FestivalFREE SNEAK PREVIEW

“Raise the Roof”see page 12at 4:00 PM

Congregation Beth Israel, Carmel831-624-2015

•Tues, Feb. 14

Monterey Parkinson’s Support Group Meeting

3:00Sally Griffin Center

700 Jewell Avenue, Pacific Grove372-7510

Http://www.montereyparkinsonssupport.com

•Wed, Feb. 15

Retired Teachers Luncheon11:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Rancho Canada Golf Club4860 Carmel Valley Road, Carmel

Reservations: $20 per person Diane: 831-449-7031 before

February 8, 2017•

Feb. 19Heritage Society MembershipGuest Speaker Sandy Lydon

Executive Order 90662 PM

Performing Arts center See page 8

InsideAnimal Tales & Other Random Thoughts .............. 17Cartoon ............................................. 2Crime ................................................ 6Homeless in Paradise ....................... 18Keepers of Our Culture .................... 16Legal Notices ................................... 19Otter Views ...................................... 17Poetry .............................................. 11Rain Gauge ....................................... 2Real Estate ................................. 16, 20Sports .............................................. 10

Feb. 10-16, 2017 Your Community NEWSpaper Vol. IX, Issue 20

Giving Back - Page4 Employee Recognition - 0

MONARCH COUNTat Pacific Grove

Sanctuaryas of Jan, 14, 2017

3,185

See SAFE SCHOOLS Page 2

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Is it cold weather? Wind? Rain?

By Marge Ann Jameson

A woman was noticed weeping on the sidewalk outside Robert Down School. A school board member walking by noticed her and asked if he could help, and she told him that she was terrified that her children would be hunted down by immigration officers at school, and the family would eventually be deported. He assured her that was not going to happen if he could help it. Later, recounting the incident to a school administrator, the woman related how much safer that made her feel.

A 1984 Supreme Court decision requires all schools to enroll eligible children, regardless of their immigration status. State and federal laws already prohibit disclosure of personal student information to law enforcement without parent permission, a court order or medical emergency.

So why did the Pacific Grove Unified School District Board of Trustees decide, on Feb. 2, 2017, that it was necessary to pass a resolution declaring that the district is a safe haven for students and that the prospect of deportation of undocumented students and their families will not interfere with the efforts of staff and administrators to help each student succeed?

Since the recent election and with the intolerant rhetoric at the national level, reports of bullying, harassment, and intimida-tion of K-12 students based on immigration status, religion, and/or ethnicity have increased at an alarming level. In California, in particular, there is a more diverse population than any other state in the union.

And in Pacific Grove, with a large population of military and language schools, it is more true than many other districts. More

than 35 languages are spoken in the district. The Adult School has more than 360 English learners enrolled this school year, from 39 different countries and with 19 different languages spoken, according to PGUSD statistics. There are 377 students of Latino/a descent and 771 who are students of color. Of 2081 students in PGUSD, more than 16.5 percent of students qualify for free or reduced lunches.

Reminding the Board and the public that the school district is in the business of education, not immigration enforcement, Superin-tendent Ralph Gomez Porras said, “Declaring Pacific Grove Unified School District to be a ‘safe haven’ lets the community know we will maintain a welcoming environment for all students and parents. We will do our best to make sure the prospect of the deportation of un-documented students and their families will not interfere with helping our students succeed. Schools will remain safe places for learning and teaching for all students, regardless of immigration status.”

The resolution passed unanimously by the Board states that Immi-gration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will not be allowed to enter school sites or district facilities without express written permission from the Superintendent and will not have access to school records that might be used to ascertain legal status of students.

The Board further resolved to continue allocating adequate re-sources necessary to support diversity, inclusion, and the values of a multicultural society. Focused professional development opportunities will be offered staff at all levels.

Pacific Grove, along with Carmel and a few other districts in the state, is a basic aid district, meaning that the bulk of income does not come through the state but is based on a mixture of property taxes and state aid. With Pebble Beach students attending either Pacific

The annual Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count is the benchmark for monarch populations statewide. It has been taking place for 20 years and is the longest-running and most compre-hensive effort to monitor monarch butterflies which overwinter in the state each year. Conducted primarily by volunteers, it is used to assess the relative health and condition of monarch populations by biologists, land managers and citizen scientists.

A 74 percent decline has been documented since the 1990s, indicating a steep decline in numbers statewide as well as in Michoacan, Mexico. In Mexico, habitat loss is considered to be one of the primary causes of declining numbers. Elsewhere, it could be pesticide use, climate change, loss of milkweed plants and other causes.

This year, 253 sites were visited and 298,464 monarchs were counted. It’s a mere fraction of the 1.2 million butterflies counted in the late 1990s. Xerces Society members, part of a major effort to promote the preservation of monarch butterflies and other endangered invertebrates, are at the vanguard of the Thanksgiving Count.

It’s not all doom and gloom: Four new sites were document-ed in Southern California and there’s a private site in Monterey County where more than 39,000 butterflies were counted. That’s

Number of Monarchs Overwintering in California Remains Low

Western Monarch Thanksgiving Count results show that key sites had fewer butterflies than last year

Pacific Grove Unified School District Resolves to be a ‘Safe School’ for Immigrants, Others

See BUTTERFLIES Page 2

Snce 1997, Thanksgiving Day Counts at the Monarch Sanc-tuary in Pacific Grove have risen and fallen, beginning with a high of 45,000 in 1997 and dropping to a low of 793 in 2009. The count in 2016 was 17,100.

• CEDAR STREET Times • February 10, 2017

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PENROLLMENT From Page 1

Near Lovers PointData reported by John Munch at 18th St.

Week ending 12/07/16 ......................... .19" Total for the season (since 7/1/16) ....... 5.42"Last week low temperature .................41.5 FLast week high temperature ................63.5 F

Pacific Grove’s Rain GaugeData reported at Canterbury Woods

Week ending 02-09-17- at 8:00 AM ..... 0.99" Total for the season ............................ 14.55"The historic average to this date is .......N/A"Wettest year ................................................. 47.15"During rain year 07-01-97 through 06-30-98Driest year ..................................................... 6.36"During rain year 07-01-12 through 06-30-13.....................................................................15.54”RAINFALL SEASON BEGINS JULY 1 EACH YEAR

Near Lovers PointData reported by John Munch at 18th St.

Week ending morning 02/09/16 ........ 1.05" Total for the season (since 7/1/16) ..... 14.48"Last week low temperature .................49.7 FLast week high temperature ................68.8 FLast year rain to date (7/1/15-12/15/15) .... 10.85”

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PSAFE SCHOOLS From Page 1Grove or Carmel schools, our local school districs have more educated and wealthy residents and high home prices.

State Schools Superintendent Tom Torlakson wrote to districts all over the state,both basic aid and Local Control Funding Formula districts, encouraging such resolutions be made at the local level.

“I believe it’s a way of reassuring parents that schools are a safe place, not to fear immigration officers tracking them down through school connections,” he said.

To date, school boards from Humboldt to Sacramento to Alameda and Chula Vista have followed his recommendation.

Monterey County School Board meetings are normally held on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. Carmel Unified School district next meets on Feb. 15, 2017. Each is expected to take up the topic of safe schools right away.

PG Not Likely to Become a ‘Sanctuary City’

Will socially progressive, fiscally conservative Pacific Grove follow the example of San Francisco, which has declared itself a “sanctuary city?” No, says City Manager Ben Harvey, not likely, though it has been mentioned by a couple of current city council members.

“It’s not in our swim lane,” Harvey said. “I would recommend against it.” He pointed out that it doesn’t make sense procedurally for a jurisdiction which doesn’t have its own jail. Pacific Grove does not collect the kind of data ICE would be looking for. “It centers on who runs the jail,” he said, “And that’s the county. Anything else would just be political grandstanding.”

the largest population observed in the past 10 years on the California Coast.17,100 counted in the Thanksgiving count. 45,000 in the first Thanksgiving count.From a recent press release: “This extraordinary volunteer effort has recorded more

monarchs in California this year than last,” said Sarina Jepsen, Endangered Species program director with Xerces Society. “However, monarch butterfly populations are far from recovered. We will still need a focused effort to address the many threats that monarchs face—from pesticide use and habitat loss to climate change and disease.”

Jepson was in the Pacific Grove Sanctuary in December during a bad rain storm. She says she observed the monarchs move en masse from one tree to another during a particularly strong storm blast.

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Groundhog Day Brings New Meaning to Scouting

Above: joining Calvin Stickler for the announcement of promotion to Eagle Scout were his parents Doug and Tammy Stickler.Below: West Whittaker, and right, with his parents, West and Kimberly Whittaker

It was not your typical Groundhog Day for two scouts who were interviewed for promotion to Eagle Scout.

Scouts spend years preparing for this important interview, which will determine their promotion to Ea-gle Scout. The final leg of the journey is a community project, whereby the eligible scout is required to identify and design a project that will benefit his community. Among other characteristics the project must demonstrate leadership.

On February 2, 2017, Dave Randall Central Coast Eagle Scout Board of Review Chairperson convened the board (members Former Mayor Carmelita Garcia, Jas Barbe and Scott Lund) to consider two promotions.

Congratulations to Calvin Stickler of Troop 90 (Pa-cific Grove) and West Whittaker of Troop 127 (Carmel Valley).

Calvin Stickler is a senior at Pacific Grove High School and very active in sports. He plans to pursue a career in mechanical and/or propulsion engineering. Cal-vin has already been accepted early at three engineering schools and is waiting to hear from several UC’s that he has applied to. The project that Calvin designed and built consisted of building raised planter beds at a local elderly care/assisted living center so the residents could enjoy them. Calvin’s Scoutmaster is Craig Whiteside and during the interview was accompanied by his As-sistant Scoutmaster Dave Randall. Joining Calvin for the announcement of promotion to Eagle Scout were his parents Doug and Tammy Stickler.

West Whittaker is a Junior at Carmel High School. He is involved with the Rotary Interact Club at school and finds it very rewarding. West is beginning to con-sider different colleges including UC Berkeley where his two older sisters attend. He is very interested in science and technology and computer science and would like to pursue a career in the field. West was able to identify a need at his church for additional outdoor seating. West designed and constructed tables with attached benches for the patio adding much needed seating for events held at the church. During the interview West was accompanied by his Scoutmaster Phil Decocco and then joined by his parents, West and Kimberly Whittaker for the announce-ment of his promotion to Eagle Scout.

- Carmelita Garcia


All are welcome to a public talk: “Love and Compassion,” set for Saturday, February 11 at 11:15 a.m. To 12:15 p.m. At the Manjushri Dharma Center, 724 Forest Ave., Pacific Grove.

Please join us for this very special public talk on love and compassion (just ahead of Valentine’s Day!) which will be taught both by Khenpo Karten Rinpoche, resident monk and teacher at the Manjushri Dharma Center, and by Geshe Lobsang Kanchok, a monk and friend visiting from India. Consecutive interpretation will be provided by scholar and practitioner, David Molk. The talk follows our regular Saturday meditation class (which runs from 10-11 a.m.).

Suggested donation of $10.00 welcome, but no one turned away for lack of funds.

Public Talk: Love and Compassion

Ron Schenk began his second career in Pacific Grove after finishing his first one almost 20 years ago. He had re-tired from a successful 37-year career in a senior position at John Hancock Financial. It was his only professional employer for his entire career and it took him all over the country and kept him very busy, but never really afforded him enough time to give back. Upon moving to Pacific Grove after his retirement, Schenk was looking for something to do and stumbled across a food bank run by St. Vincent de Paul, a worldwide Catholic charity organization.

“After retiring I drove my wife crazy. I tried to al-phabetize her spice rack and she said ‘find something to do!’” he recalls with a smile. “I discovered the food bank at Grove Market survived on about $15,000 of donations annually and I thought we could do better than that, so I built the shop.”

The store opened September 27, 1999 on the Feast Day of St. Vincent de Paul. Since then it has donated more than a million dollars in cash to various charities and associations and hundreds of thousands of house-hold items to needy individuals and families. The food bank program is still running, twice a week from Grove Market, but the thrift store has expanded its donation services to include additional services.

Every month, Ron purchases roughly 25 tents and sleeping bags to give to people in need who cross his threshold. He supplements that with ponchos given out in large numbers in the winter and spring to help the

homeless stay dry when it rains. He piles up donated teddy bears and other stuffed animals and donates them in large bags to the fire department, which in turn gives them to distressed children contacted by emergency ser-vices during a call.

Ron has also dedicated his time and energy to serving the people of Pacific Grove and the Monterey Peninsula by serving in government, serving one term on the Pacific Grove City Council from 2002 to 2006. He has sat on the board of directors of various essential community agen-cies including the Transportation Agency of Monterey County, Pacific Grove Downtown Business Improvement District, United Way Monterey County, Monterey-Salinas Transit and as a representative for Pacific Grove with the Fort Ord Reuse Authority. One of Ron’s major successes on the city council was ensuring a savings of over $10,000 by pursuing the retrofitting of existing lighting structures throughout the city.

Through all his responsibilities and involvements, Ron has kept the Pacific Grove and Seaside branches of the charity store open and profitable. Ron says the store has stayed open so long because it has a reputation for making a consistent difference.

“People know what we do, they know everything we make, beyond our overhead, goes back to the com-munity,” Ron said.

Ron Schenk will be honored with a reception at the Martine Inn at 255 Ocean View Boulevard on Thursday, February 16, 2017 from 5:00p.m. to 7:00p.m.

Giving Back and Then Some: Ron Schenk on 18 Years with St. Vincent De Paul

Ron Schenk

The Heritage Society of Pacific Grove invites you to enter one or more nominations for the 2017 Heritage House Awards. The society has been recognizing exem-plary restoration of our older homes and buildings since 1978, honoring the efforts of property owners to preserve and enhance Pacific Grove's built heritage.

Nominations should be for work completed in the last five years, and it's perfectly acceptable to nominate your own projects for consideration. Nominated properties must be located in the City of Pacific Grove. So have a look around your neighborhood and a drive around town, and nominate projects you think deserve consideration.

The deadline for submissions is Friday, March 10.

Heritage Society Seeks Awards NomineesNominations can be made to honor work in four

categories:- Preservation- Remodel/Addition- Commercial- New Construction

Nomination forms can be downloaded from the Her-itage Society website, PacificGroveHeritage.org. Mail completed forms to: Heritage Society of Pacific Grove, P.O. Box 1007, Pacific Grove, CA 93950. Or drop them off at Ketcham's Barn (605 Laurel Ave., P.G.). Or email them to: [email protected]

The public is invited to to attend the Awards Cere-mony, Sunday, May 21st at 2:00 PM. at Chautauqua Hall, (corner of 16th and Central).

Rabia Erduman

Self discovery

The key to living a fuller life is understanding and clearing old patterns and self-negating beliefs from the sub-conscious. The subconscious mind is 90 percent of the mind and doesn’t have any sense of time. Negative beliefs from our childhood live in the subconscious mind, below the radar. We operate with a fraction of our potential awareness and creativ-ity, ignoring a vast, unexplored interior containing the roots of suffering, and the wellspring of wisdom.

Today, as adults, we have choices we didn’t have in our childhood. We can choose to heal our negative beliefs and assumptions about ourselves, others, about life. As adults, we are also capable of self-love - loving who we are unconditionally, also knowing that we are going to make mistakes at times. We are not supposed to be perfect. We can learn from our mistakes and deepen our relaxation and joy about this life. Let yourself step into your adult body, adult consciousness, put your hand or hands on your chest, where love lives, and say out loud:

“This is my life. I love myself uncon-ditionally.” Remember, “Love is in the air.” Breathe in the universal love from the air, let it spread through you.

Close your eyes and take a few deep breaths. Get a sense of your life; let yourself open to the big picture - What is your Mission in this life? What is your Main Purpose in this life? Let yourself see

Are you ready to claim your life?

it or feel it. Now to imagine that you are allowing yourself to fully manifest your Mission in this life. How does it feel?

Are you noticing any fears coming up? Any shame, anger, frustration, sad-ness? Any sense of not deserving to have what you want? Even to ask for what you want! These are feelings, beliefs from your negative conditioning in childhood. “You should be who your parents, your teachers want you to be, not who you really are!” As that child, you were told all these lies. Now, as the Adult that you are today, imagine holding your inner child - the wounded child part of you in your body, and saying to her/him: “I am very sorry that in the past, when I didn’t exist, you were rejected for being your true self and were pushed to fulfill the expectations of the authority figures back then. Now, that I am your adult self, and you live in my body, I am here to keep you safe, protected, and love you unconditionally. I also love your feelings, your fears, your shame, your sadness, your anger, your frustrations, your joy - all of what you naturally feel as my inner child.”

Let your unconditional love in your heart and in the air spread to your In-ner Child’s fear, now felt in your body. When fear is fully accepted and loved, it transforms into courage, a deep sense of deserving. Now you know in your cells that you deserve for your Mission in this life to become reality.

Are you aware of any shame? When you accept and love your inner child’s shame, the feeling transforms into joy, creativity, and your intuition is more acces-sible to you. Any anger, disappointment, frustration? Love these feelings, and they transform into your natural power, healthy boundaries as an Adult today, and your ability to take action so that you can step into your main purpose in this life.

How about sadness? Feeling sad about having to settle for less as a child that what you felt within you. Fully accept and love your inner child’s sadness, and it transforms into a deep sense of trust. Your wounded child knows and feels now that he/she can trust you, and relax in your adult body, and shifts back into her/his natural self, the magical child.

And with that, all the doors to have main purpose in this life has become a reality are open.....

BiographyRabia Erduman was born in Istan-

bul, Turkey, and later spent 10 years in Germany before arriving in the United States in 1983.

Rabia is a transpersonal hypnothera-pist, a craniosacral therapist, a Reiki mas-ter, a polarity practitioner, and a massage therapist.

Rabia assists individuals and groups in their process of self-discovery, by sup-porting them to heal their negative beliefs about themselves and life.

To those wishing to understand her work, she says, “I have found working with the combination of mind, body, emotions and energy to be highly effective in reaching optimum balance. My life and work are about being in the moment, free of fear and the feeling of separation. Deep joy is a natural expression of this process.”

An inspiring lecturer, Rabia has given talks on the chakras, tantra, hypnotherapy, past life regression. She has also been in-terviewed on radio and television shows and has facilitated workshops throughout the years.

Rabia is the author of “Veils of Sep-aration - Finding the Face of Oneness,” and has four guided imagery CDs: “Re-laxation,” “Meditation,” “Chakra Medi-tation,” and “Inner Guides.”

Following her vision, Rabia is taking the steps necessary for her book to be made into a movie or a television series. The screenplay is complete. Now she is looking for a producer.

[email protected]


Center for Spiritual Awakening522 Central Ave. • 831-372-1942

Central Presbyterian Church of Pacific Grove325 Central Ave. • 831-375-7207

Chabad of Monterey620 Lighthouse Ave., Entrance on 18th • 831-643-2770

Christian Church Disciples of Christ of Pacific Grove442 Central Ave. • 831-372-0363

Church of Christ176 Central Ave. • 831-375-3741

Community Baptist ChurchMonterey & Pine Avenues • 831-375-4311

First Baptist Church of Pacific Grove246 Laurel Ave. • 831-373-0741

First Church of God1023 David Ave. • 831-372-5005

First United Methodist Church of Pacific GroveWorship: Sundays 10:00 a.m.

915 Sunset @ 17-Mile Dr. • 831-372-5875

Forest Hill United Methodist ChurchServices 9 a.m. Sundays

551 Gibson Ave. • 831-372-7956

Jehovah’s Witnesses of Pacific Grove1100 Sunset Drive • 831-375-2138

Lighthouse Fellowship of Pacific GrovePG Community Center, 515 Junipero Ave. • 831-333-0636

Manjushri Dharma Center724 Forest Ave. • 831-917-3969

www.khenpokarten.org • [email protected]

Mayflower Presbyterian Church141 14th St. • 831-373-4705

Peninsula Baptist Church1116 Funston Ave. • 831-394-5712

Peninsula Christian Center520 Pine Ave. • 831-373-0431

St. Angela Merici Catholic Church146 8th St. • 831-655-4160

St. Anselm’s Anglican ChurchSundays 9:30 a.m.

375 Lighthouse Ave. • 831-920-1620Fr. Michael Bowhay

St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea Episcopal ChurchCentral Avenue & 12 th St. • 831-373-4441

Seventh-Day Adventist Church of the Monterey Peninsula375 Lighthouse Ave. • 831-372-7818

Shoreline Community ChurchSunday Service 10 a.m.

Robert Down Elementary, 485 Pine Ave. • 831-655-0100www.shorelinechurch.org

OUTSIDE PACIFIC GROVEBethlehem Lutheran Church

800 Cass St., Monterey • 831-373-1523Pastor Bart Rall

Congregation Beth Israel5716 Carmel Valley Rd., Carmel • 831-624-2015

Monterey Center for Spiritual LivingSunday Service 10:30 am

400 West Franklin St., Monterey • 831-372-7326www.montereycsl.org

Programs at the Library For more information call 648-5760.

•Tuesday, Feb. 14 • 11:00 am

Pre-School stories at the Pacific Grove Library, 550 Central Avenue, ages 2-5•

Wednesday, Feb. 15 • 3:45 pmWacky Wednesday Stories: stories, science and craft projects

•Thursday, Feb. 16 • 11:00 a.m.

Baby Rhyme Time for babies birth - 24 months

Chautauqua Hall Dance Club February

Note: all fees will go up by $5 in the New Year (starting Jan 1): annual mem-bership will be $15, with members paying $10 for admission thereafter. All drop-ins will be $15. Fee includes 55 min. dance lesson, DJ’d music for 3 hours and buffet of healthful snacks.

Chautauqua Hall, 16th St. at Central Ave Pacific Grove,Cost: $15 for non-members, $10 for members. Annual membership fee is $15.

Fee incl. 55 min. dance lesson, DJ’d music for 3 hours, buffet of healthful snacks.

Sat., Feb 11, 2017, 6-9PMDance lesson by Metin & Masha Serttunc: Salsa, at 6PM

DJ for the night is MetinChautauqua Hall, 16th St. at Central Ave Pacific Grove,

Cost: $15 for non-members, $10 for members. Annual membership fee is $15.Fee incl. 55 min. dance lesson, DJ’d music for 3 hours, buffet of healthful snacks.

Chautauqua Hall Dance Club, a non-profit founded in 1926, is dedicated to making dance accessible to everyone. We offer dance classes in over 20 kinds of ballroom, nightclub and specialty dances so that everyone can share in the joy in partnered social dance.

No partner needed. Everyone welcome. Kids 13 and under free with an adult.Contact: Sera Hirasuna, 831-262-0653

Sat., Feb 18, 2017, 6-10PMCost: $15 for non-members, $10 for members. Annual membership fee is $15.

Fee includes 55 min. dance lesson, DJ’d music for 3 hours and buffet of healthful snacks.

Contact: Sera Hirasuna, 831-262-0653For more information, go to: pgdance.org/index.html or Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PGDANCE/

Dance lesson by Metin & Masha Serttunc: Samba at 6PMDJ for the night is: Metin

Sat., Feb 25, 2017, 6-10PM$15 for non-members, $10 for members. Annual membership fee is $15.

Fee includes 55 min. dance lesson, DJ’d music for 3 hours and buffet of healthful snacks.

Contact: Sera Hirasuna, 831-262-0653

Gentrain Society LecturesThe Gentrain Society of Monterey Peninsula College is sponsoring these free public lectures in February, 2017. For lengthier descriptions and illustrations for these talks

please see the Gentrain website.

Wednesday, February 15, 2017An ‘Interview’ with Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Monterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 1031:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Free; MPC Parking $2.00Information: www.gentrain.org ; [email protected] ; 372-0895

The life and works of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. are explored/exposed in this staged reading of the most recent creation of local playwright Carol Marquart, starring actors Keith Decker and Carrie Collier. In a series of late-night telephone calls with a former muse, the author unwittingly reveals many secrets about himself: disjointed tales of family life, his marriages, his philosophy of writing, his long and bumpy road to success from hack science fiction writer to cult guru and anti-war activist.

An Interview with Kurt Vonnegut Jr.A Staged Reading

The Gentrain lecture series,Wednesday, February 15, 1:30 pm,

Lecture Forum 103Written and Directed by Carol Marquart

Based on the life and works of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Be prepared to laugh and cry when you meet 84 year-old Kurt Vonnegut Jr., as he gets a call from an old flame from his days of teaching Creative Writing at the University of Iowa. Starring Keith Decker and Carrie Collier.


Cop LogMarge Ann Jameson

Mock trial grapples with human trafficking in:

The People vs. AwbreySix Monterey County high schools will compete at the annual Monterey County

High School Mock Trial. over three days, Feb. 2, 6, 8 . (5:00-7:00 p.m.), The final event will be on Feb. 11 from 2:00-4:30

Pacific Grove, Alvarez, Carmel, Palma, Gonzales and Santa Catalina high schools are competing this year.

All events to be held at Monterey County Courthouse, 1200 Aguajito Rd, Monterey.This year’s case:

The pretrial issue centers on the Fourth (protection against unlawful search and seizure) and Fifth Amendments (self-incrimination). The main case involves a charge of human trafficking and false imprisonment.

The Mock Trial program allows students to develop the skills necessary for mastery of state content standards in history and social science. Through performance-based education, the program furthers an understanding of both the content and processes of our legal system; increases basic skills, analytical ability, and self-confidence; and pro-motes cooperation among students of various cultures and interests. Based on responses to formal surveys, teacher-sponsors report significant improvement in students’ basic skills, critical thinking skills, presentations skills, participation skills, and self-esteem as well as increases in students’ content knowledge about the law.

Supplementary to the Mock Trial:Monterey County Young Journalists (MOCOYOJO). The journalists compete by

creating a new article. The winners go on to the State Finals Competition. MOCOYOJO is coordinated by journalist Peter Funt.

Courtroom artists compete by creating on-the-scene drawings.

The Lyceum of Monterey County is the local Mock Trial program sponsor. The Lyceum provides after school enrichment programs in the Arts, Sciences, Technology, Literacy, and Humanities throughout Monterey County. The Constitutional Rights Foun-dation organizes the statewide trial competition. This program also relies upon generous financial contributions from the Monterey County Bar Association, Harden Foundation, Monterey Peninsula Foundation, Chapman Foundation, Nancy Buck Ransom Foun-dation and volunteer support from lawyers and judges throughout Monterey County.

Contacts at the Lyceum are: Joyce Breckenridge [email protected] 372 6098 abd Tom Nelson [email protected] 277 0168

Theft from unlocked vehicle on Crocker Ave.R/p parked his unlocked veh. In his driveway. When he returned he found that

someone entered it and stole misc. Property. No suspect info.Lost and found: hang onto your stuff!

WalletAt the above date and time a man came into the lobby of the police department

to report that his mother had lost her wallet on January 27, 2016 at Lucky in Pacific Grove. Lucky did not have the wallet and we have no items matching the description in our system. No further information. Update: son of owner flagged down an officer and notified that the wallet had been found.

ID CardOn the above date and time, r/p came to the lobby to report he had lost his ID card

in the area of Central Ave. Personal Property

At the above date and time a man came into the lobby of the police department reporting that he had lost his personal property at Asilomar Beach. No inventory match in our records were found.

Credit CardAt the above date and time an unknown R/P turned in a credit card that was found

in front of the police department. No owner information at this time. No matching items in our database reported as lost. Item stored at the PD for safekeeping.

The ever popular Personal PropertyOn the above date an time an r/p called up to report that personal property had been

lost in the area of Lighthouse Ave. No further information. Big dog little dog

R/P reported that a large dog came after her dog while she was walking down the street. The R/P said there were two dogs tied up to a bus stop. One of the dogs was white, the other was black in color. The R/P reported that the black dog lunged at her dog unprovoked. The R/P said that her dog was was bitten. The owner of the dogs left with the animals and was unable to be located.

Maybe she was holding out for the sandwich the officer bought for herFrom Sunset Ave., R/P called because an adult female was on church property and

would not leave. Church staff provided bus ride vouchers for her. Woman was provided a ride to awell-lit bus stop and officer bought her a sandwich because she repeatedly told the officer she was starving. Female did not want to go to the hosptial and refused additional assistance.

Bark, Bark, Bark Report from 17 Mile Dr.On the above date and time officer was dispatched to a barking dog at a residence.

Upon arrival, officer heard what sounded like two dogs barking from the rear of the above residence. Officer contacted P1 at his residence and he agreed to sign a citation against P2. Officer attempted to contact P2 at the above residence and there was no answer at the door. On 02/01/17 at about 0909 hours, ofc. Buenrostro was able to serve P2 with the citation. Citation was signed. Info only.

It’s not that I’m old. Your music really does suck.Cedar St.: Loud music complaint. Possible elder abuse. Suspect information.

Valentine’s Day’s Coming: Reserve Your Valengram

Thinking of something special for your Valentine this year? Let the sweet sounds of a cappella harmony wash over you and your loved one with a one of a kind “Singing Valengram” delivered by a women’s quartet comprised from the Monterey Bay Belles women’s barbershop chorus.

Send a Singing Valengram to your sweetheart, family, friends and co-workers. The quartet will sing two songs and present a personalized card, all for just $40.00. Pick your date from the times listed below, contact Judy Hill at (831) 747-1272 and consider it done.

Sunday, February 12, 2017, 12pm-8pmMonday, February 13, 2017, 12pm-8pmTuesday, February 14, 2017, 5pm-8pm

Valengrams are available to be delivered throughout Monterey County. Sign up early. Only a limited number of Singing Valengrams can be scheduled. Men’s quartets are also available upon request. Proceeds benefit the Monterey Bay Belles women’s barbershop chorus. The Monterey Bay Belles are committed to the musical art form of barbershop harmony through education and performance. The Monterey Bay Belles Women’s Barbershop Chorus is a registered 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to the craft of four-part a cappella harmony in the barbershop style.


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www.cedarstreettimes.comBack issues are located under the tab “Past Issues”

A one-man performancewritten and performed by Howard BurnhamAt the Little House, Jewell Park,

(Central and Grand, Pacific Grove)Saturday, February 11, at 5:30 pm

$10 at the door (Sponsored by Pacific Grove Recreation Department)

Meet Charles Babbage “the Father of the Computer” The Humanities Division at Monterey Peninsula College will present its 40th

annual Book Grant Awards to outstanding students in a ceremony in the Sam Karas Room of the campus library on Thursday, February 23 at 3:00 PM.

Recipients, who receive a framed award and a check intended to help pay for books, are nominated by Division faculty with whom they have worked in classes. Many of the awards are named in honor of previous faculty in the Division’s disciplines, which include English, Creative Writing, Communications, Journalism, English as a Second Language (ESL), Humanities, Linguistics, Philosophy, Speech Communication, and World Languages.

This year’s recipients include, by discipline:English: Brendan Berrey, Jamie Blust, Kimberly Butz, Isaac Carranza, Rafael

Garcia, Natalie Gilbert, Joshua Krasner, Giovanni Mendieta, Paola Mikes, Arthur Mitropolis, Roshan Patel, Lily Trytten, and Sabrina Wilson.

Creative Writing: Artemis Seay and Pamalla Schierer.Journalism: Tristan Hankard.English as a Second Language: Yahaira Alfaro, Sergey Gorin, and Andrea Tavares

Ferreira.Philosophy: Ian Horvath.Speech Communication: Mark Kragh and Oscar Sandoval.French: Tracy De La CruzSpanish: Francisco Macias and Leslie VillaruelFor additional information about the awards ceremony, contact the Humanities

Division Office, 831-646-4100. For more information about the Humanities Division, visit www.mpc.edu/humanities.

MPC Humanities Honors Students with Book Grants

Burglary ArrestOn January 14, 2017, in the 600 block of Lyndon Street, in the city of Monterey, a

residential burglary occurred. A large amount of jewelry was taken from the residence at the time of the burglary.

On January 29, 2017, in the City of Carmel, an attempted burglary occurred but the suspect was unable to gain entry to the residence. The suspect was captured on video surveillance.

On February 3, 2017, a vehicle burglary occurred in Pebble Beach. The suspect was later captured on video surveillance at a business in the city of Seaside using stolen credit cards from the vehicle burglary.

Through the collaborative efforts of the Carmel Police Department, the Monterey Police Department, the Monterey County Sheriff’s Department, the Sand City Police Department and the Peninsula Regional Violence and Narcotics Team (PRVNT), the suspect was identified as Kyle Jordan Knight.

On 02/07/2017, at approximately 12:30 am, in the 2000 block of California Street in Sand City, Sand City Police officers contacted and arrested Kyle Jordan Knight during a vehicle check.


2017 Annual Membership Meeting: Heritage Society of Pacific GroveWith guest speaker Sandy Lydon, teacher, author, historian

Nestled on the corner of Ransford and David Avenue in Pacific Grove is a small unassuming storefront dubbed “PG Snak Shak,” opened by Shaymae and Asser La-babidi with the help of Mike Morales of Pacific Grove. The team sought to fill a niche for kids as well as adults in the neighboring community; a place to buy affordable and approachable snacks. Their motto reads “For the people, by the people.”

Mike remembers as a kid growing up in the 80’s, walking uphill from Pine Avenue with his buddies to go buy snacks from a similar type of store that used to be located on Funston. The Korean woman running the business retired, and the location sold. Now, what was once a friendly neighborhood store is simply a residential home. Going off that memory, Mike and Sam started a similar business model; a store that catered to those located close, a sort of community hub. Mike notes that people passing by stop and the store gets busy with school children from the area during school breaks and after school dismissal.

The storefront has shifted from comic book store, toddler resale, real estate office and everything in between. Hopefully, affordable snack stop will be the business per-fect for that quirky location. The store boasts a wide selection of wild game and exotic animal jerky as well as a vast variety of baklava from various areas. When in need of a quick snack, be sure to stop by and check out the “PG Snak Shak.” Open Monday through Saturday 10:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. and Sundays 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Call (831) 258-9686 for more information.

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Sandy Lydon will present his talk titled, “Paranoia, Prejudice and America’s Concentration Camps - How It Happened and Have We Learned Anything?” at the Heritage Society’s meeting on February 19, 2:00pm at the Performing Arts Center.

His timely lecture on this occasion of the 75th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, will look at the aftermath of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, the Federal Gov-ernment’s immediate decision to forcibly move Japanese-Americans and Japanese aliens to concentration camps, and its ef-fect on the Monterey Bay Region. He will develop context for this volatile period in our history with the use of examples and stories assembled from his five decades of research. The lecture will be illustrated with rarely seen period photographs.

Lydon will share how it was within hours of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor that the Federal Government began arresting Japanese-Americans and Japa-nese aliens throughout the Monterey Bay Region, freezing their bank accounts, and prohibiting them from traveling outside the Region. He will explain how this cou-pled with reports of Japanese submarines and aircraft sighted off our shores height-ened the public’s fear of an imminent Japanese invasion.

It was against this volatile background and despite the absence of any evidence of sabotage or treason, the Federal Gov-ernment made decisions that resulted in the Japanese-American residents forcibly

moved to concentration camps and begs the questions; “How did this happen?”, “How did fundamentally fair-minded

residents living in the Region let this happen?”, and “Why did so few of the Region’s residents speak up to defend the rights of Japanese-Americans as they were being taken away?” He will use examples and stories collected from over 50 years of research, to develop the context for the events that transpired during the winter of 1941-1942, to help him attempt to answer these questions.

This event is free to members of the Heritage Society; a $5 donation is wel-comed from non-members.

Heritage Society Postcard: With photo of Sandy Lydon and I-class Japanese submarine.

For additional event information contact The Heritage Society of Pacific Grove at

Phone: 831-372-2898 or via email [email protected] or on their website www.pacificgroveheritage.org

The Heritage Society of Pacific Grove is a 501(c)(3) organization with an all vol-unteer board of directors, whose mission is to foster a sense of community through inspiring and supporting the exploration and preservation of our heritage.

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The Monterey Museum of Art HostsDear Liar

by The Listening Place Readers Theater

The Monterey Museum of Art hosts The Listening Place Readers Theater as they present, “Dear Liar” February 26 and March 5 at 1:30 pm at the Monterey Museum of Art–Pacific Street, located at 559 Pacific Street in Monterey.

“Dear Liar” is a bewitching repartée between two great wits based on the cor-respondence between George Bernard Shaw and Mrs. Patrick Campbell, written by Jerome Kilty. Here is Shaw in all his contradictions; he adores the actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell (born Beatrice Stella Tanner) most ascetically, and persuades her to play in his “Pygmalion.”

He frets when she leaves for America, and yet he refuses permission to publish their letters which would save her from bankruptcy. Mrs. Campbell is his match; she publishes the letters anyway. Here is a strange and intriguing theatrical romance fought around the world.

Featured performers are Robert Colter and Suzanne Sturn. “Dear Liar” is directed by Suzanne Sturn and produced by Linda Hancock.

Admission is free for Museum Members and $10 for non-members, which includes admission to the Museum. Donations are welcome for The Listening Place Readers Theater.

Visit montereyart.org for additional information on the Museum’s exhibitions, programming and events.

World Affairs Council upcoming discussions

World Affairs Council will discuss " Turkey on the Brink: Assessing the Uncer-tainties of the Erdogan Era" at their Friday, February 17, 2017, 11:30 a.m , meetng, held at Rancho Canada Golf Club, Carmel Valley Road.

After years as a thriving democracy, Turkey was considered a hopeful bridge be-tween East and West. More recently, the government of President Recep Tayip Erdogan has taken an increasingly autocratic turn. NPS Assoc. Prof. Ryan Gingeras will discuss the dramatic post-coup developments in Turkey, whether the government can sustain its democratic culture, and how Mr. Erdogan’s new policies are affecting Turkish foreign relations, including security cooperation with Russia.

Auditors (lecture only) free at 12:50 PM. Luncheon $25 Members and $35 Non-members.

MC/VISA ($2 extra) or Check; Vegetarian meal optional. RSVP (831) 643-1855 by February 13.

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Ernie Hahn III, Developer of the Holman Project to Speak at Chamber Lunch

Awards of Excellence to be GivenFive awards of Excellence will be presented to local business people at the Pa-

cific Grove Chamber of Commerce's 96th Annual Membership Luncheon on Friday, February 24, at the Inn at Spanish Bay.

The guest speaker for the Annual Luncheon will be Mr. Ernie Hahn III, of Mon-terey Capital Real Estate, developers of The Holman Project. Hahn is a partner in of Arena Group 200 and Senior Vice President and General Manager of AEG Manage-ment SD, LLC. Hahn was an owner and operator of the San Diego Gulls Hockey Club, a member at the Board of Directors of the West Coast Hockey League and part of five Taylor Cup Championships.

The luncheon will be held from 11:45 a.m. until 1:15 p.m. Cost is $25 per mem-ber and $40 non-member. The menu includes steak or veggie, and complimentary wine will be served. Seating is limited and reservations are required. For more information or reservations, contact the Chamber office at 373-3304 or email [email protected].

“The Awards of Excellence are given on the basis of quality of service, in-volvement in the Chamber of Commerce and giving back to the community,” said Chamber President Moe Ammar.

Awards to be given include:Best Restaurant – jeninni kitchen + wine bar

Thamin Saleh, Owner. Jeninni kitchen + wine bar has been thrilling diners in Pacific Grove since it opened at Fountain and Lighthouse Avenues in the Holman Building four years ago. Sommelier and restauranteur, Saleh opened the Spanish and Mediterranean inspired restaurant in 2013 to the delight of local foodies and food critics alike. Since then jeninni has been serving up an eclectic and season-ally changing menu of Mediterranean cuisine to critical praise. The restaurant has received accolades from Via Magazine, Carmel Magazine, Cheers, and many others, each praising the unique make-up of the menu, offering a slew of ever changing items from the Mediterranean that cannot be found anywhere else. Thamin also personally manages the wine side of the business and enjoys educating customers on the products endless nuances. jeninni kitchen + wine bar has also been involved in the community, participating in fundraisers including the Annual Flavors of Pacific Grove, held every November.

Best Inn – The Seven Gables InnSusan and J.R. Wheelwright, Co-Owners The Seven Gables Inn has been

delighting guests to Pacific Grove since it first opened in 1982. The once large Victorian mansion built in 1886, the decades saw it fall into disrepair and abandon-ment. The property was purchased by John and Nora Flatley in 1970 and revived into its current splendor with continuous upgrades to its architecture. Ownership has since passed to his son and daughter, Ed Flatley and Susan Flatley Wheelwright, who expanded the property to include the current guest house behind the original mansion. The business and ownership team has been supportive of the community, the business has contributed substantial transient occupancy tax revenue to the city over the years. The Seven Gables Inn also was among the founding members of the California Association of Boutique and Breakfast Inns, which helped to establish the inn as a separate and distinct type of lodging establishment.

Best Entrepreneur – Adventures-By-The-SeaFrank and Michelle Knight, Owners Adventures by the Sea was started by

Pacific Grove native, Frank Knight, in 1986 using two bikes and a truck at the Old Fisherman’s Wharf in Monterey and renting them to hotels for guest use and to visitors who walked by. Since then, Knight and his wife Michelle, who joined the business in 1991, has grown his fleet of vehicles to include dozens of two and four wheel bikes and stand up paddleboards. The business has blossomed into a highly successful enterprise with five brick and mortar locations around the peninsula and contracts with many local hotels in the area. The Knights have contributed much to the community over the past thirty years, including offering discounted rates to local school groups and building benches for the football stadium at Pacific Grove High School. Michelle Knight has served on the Pacific Grove City Council, Monterey Peninsula Water Management District and Monterey County Hospitality Association board of directors. The Knights’ have always approached their business to give their clients what they want in the best way they can.

Best Service – Hayward Lumber, Bill Hayward, OwnerSince 1919, Hayward Lumber has provided top notch construction supply ser-

vices to customers around the country. The business has been in the Hayward family since its beginning and has a long history of leadership in the building industry. Under fourth owner, Bill Hayward, the company was the first lumberyard in the nation to stock and sell Forest Stewardship Council certified lumber, now an industry standard for sustainable construction projects. This division of the company contin-ues today and Hayward continues to be a leader in environmentally friendly building practices. Bill Hayward has also added door and window design centers and roof trussing divisions to the business and expanded to include seven locations between San Francisco and Santa Barbara and six design centers. Hayward is the number one generator of sales tax in the city of Pacific Grove.

Ninety Years in Business – Pacific Grove CleanersKiyo Uchida Pacific Grove Cleaners has stood longer than most other business-

es in Pacific Grove. Kakutaro Uchida opened the business in 1926 when Japanese Americans were legally unable to own businesses. The business was officially owned by the Giles family until 1952, following the invalidation of the Alien Land Law, when Kakutaro purchased it back for the hefty price of $1.00. Since then the busi-ness has changed little apart from updates to environmental regulations dry cleaners must comply with, many of the techniques employed by the business are the same as those originally used. According to current operator Randy Uchida, Pacific Grove Cleaners has lasted the because “families work harder for each other.” This award honors current owner, Kiyo Uchida, who has been a part of the business for her entire life.

California Retired Teachers Association February Luncheon set for Feb. 15

Bi-monthly luncheon hosted by the California Retired Teachers Association(Cal-RTA) Monterey County Division 29. Luncheon includes a Social (11:00) and business meeting followed by lunch and a presentation by local author, LaVern McLeod dis-cussing her new novel, “Corn Hollow, A Journey of Sorrow and Triumph.”

The luncheon will be held at Rancho Canada Golf Club, 4860 Carmel Valley Road in Carmel. All current members and recently retired Certificated Educators are invited to attend. To reserve at $20 per person, call Diane at 831-449-7031 before Feb. 8.

Monterey County Film Commission holds “Big Little Lies” Party and Debut Screening on Feb. 19, 2017

HBO series stars Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Shailene Woodley…and Monterey Peninsula locations!Welcome Hollywood to our back yard with the Monterey County Film Commis-

sion’s celebration of locally filmed HBO TV’s limited series, “Big Little Lies,” on Sun., Feb. 19 at 5 p.m. at Carmel Mission Inn, 3665 Rio Rd. in Carmel. It’s a chance to mingle with industry professionals and locals involved with the production.

“Hollywood in Your Back Yard: Big Little Lies Debut Celebration” offers the excitement of watching the first episode on a big screen with surround sound. Look for local film sites and find friends in the background on the big screen, mix with crew and background talent, and the many businesses and residents who benefited from the production’s 20-day shoot in 2016.

With a red carpet entry and photo-op media wall, the mixer takes place in the ball-room at Carmel Mission Inn. It will include hors d’oeuvres, a full no-host bar, Folktale wines, and a special guest chef demonstration by Johnny DeVivo, executive chef from Porter’s In The Forest. The first episode of “Big Little Lies” will be screened at 6 p.m.

Space is limited and reservations are necessary for the $5 tickets, which are available via Eventbrite.com. For more information, contact the film commission at 831-646-0910 or [email protected].

This party highlights the nearly $2.5 million in economic impact that the HBO pro-duction brought to the local economy. It also marks the start of the 30th anniversary year for the Monterey County Film Commission. Event sponsors include Carmel Mission Inn, Media Systems Group, Porter’s In The Forest, and Folktale Winery & Vineyards.

“Big Little Lies,” starring Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon and Shailene Woodley, filmed in January and in May of 2016 on the Monterey Peninsula--in Pacific Grove, Monterey, Big Sur, and in the Carmel Highlands area. The show’s trailer can be seen on a link at www.FilmMonterey.org.


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Breaker BasketballBreakers bring home a victory from King City road trip

On Friday night, the Pacific Grove Boys Basketball team returned home victorious from King City, as the Breakers (16-4, 9-1) defeated the Mustangs (4-15, 4-6) 62-35. After a rocky start in the first quarter, being tied 7-7, the Breakers went on a 9-0 run ending the quarter with a 16-7 lead. Pacific Grove struggled with outside shots all night, only scoring two three-point baskets. However, they found success in driving the lane for layups.

Pacific Grove pulled away from the Mustangs thanks to their defen-sive rebounding which limited King City’s second chances on offense. PG dominated the boards with 22 defensive rebounds, compared to King City’s 10. Overall the Breakers had 33 rebounds, while the Mustangs had 17 rebounds. Zack Miller had all of the offensive rebounds for the Breakers, with 11. This was in addition to his 17 points giving him his second double double in a row. Brad Sendell was responsible for 6 of PG’s 15 assists and was the leading scorer with 23 points. Another leading scorer for the Breakers was Ian Sinclair-Fox with 10 points. Pacific Grove shot 10 of 15 from the charity stripe compared to the Mustangs 3 of 9.

The junior varsity team also had success in King City, as they defeated the Mustangs 41-31. With only six players, the Breakers had a strong first half being putting them up 16 at the half. However, the team struggled with turnovers and King City’s press in the second half jeopardizing their lead. The score got as close as seven points, but Pacific Grove held on to win. The leading scorers were Aiden Bott (15), Hunter Haines (13), and Ben Olsen (10). The freshmen team also played short-handed, with only six players. They fell to King City 20-37. The lead-ing scorer was Jay Lopez-Cho with 8 points.

Girls varsity also beat King City 58-39. Vada Courtney led with 18 points. Kulaea Tulua had 14 points and so did Allie Patton. Tati Ruiz got 6 points. Jessica Natale 6 points. King City’s top scorers were Megan Flores, 13 points. Madison Owens 10 points.

Varsity win over Carmel keeps Breakers in line for title

The Breakers (17-4, 10-1) hosted their fierce rival Carmel (13-8, 8-3) on Tuesday night, and came out on top with a 62-55 win. Pacific Grove took an early 14-7 lead after the first quarter. Carmel’s press flustered the Breaker’s offense in the second quarter, however, causing PG to play too fast and turn the ball over. Carmel took a late lead until Gaurav Gurung hit a three point basket to put the Breakers ahead 28-27 at the half. Carmel kept the game close as they forced 16 turnovers. However, as Pacific Grove began to handle the press better, they were able to slow down the game to a comfortable pace. This effort caused the Breakers to limit their turnovers and allowed them to pull away from the Padres. Brad Sendell had 13 of the team's 22 points in the third quarter as Pacific Grove found success in driv-ing the lane and looking inside to the post. Free throws put Pacific Grove over the top as they were 24 of 32 at the line, compared to Carmel who shot 13 and managed to sink only 6. Brad Sendell had a perfect night at the char-ity line with 12 free throws. The Breakers had an impressive 35 rebounds, 14 offensive and 21 defensive. This feat was led by Ian Sinclair-Fox who had 12 rebounds to go with his 10 points giving him a double-double. The leading scorers were Brad Sendell (32), Sinclair-Fox (10), Zack Miller (9), and Jalen Killian (8).

Unfortunately, the junior varsity did not share the varsity’s success as they fell in a close game 45-48 to Carmel. The Breakers had an early lead thanks to a strong start. However, Carmel fought their way back to lead by seven at the half. The Breakers mounted an impressive comeback as they came as close as one point at the beginning of the fourth quarter only to find themselves down nine points late in the 4th quarter. With time running out, Josh Cryns hit back-to-back three-point baskets, but time expired before Pacific Grove could complete the comeback. Josh Cryns was the leading scorer with 19 points, followed by Ben Olsen who had 17.

The Freshmen also lost to the Padres 47-30. Their leading scorer was Tyler Christianson with 12.

Girls Varsity stayed ahead of Carmel through the entire first half, but began to lag in the third quarter and ended up losing 39 - 49 despite thrill-ing steals and rebounds. Vada Courtney’s 12 points included three-pointers. Kulaea Tulua had 13 points, 8 rebounds. Allie Patton dropped in 11 points and had 13 rebounds. High scorers for Carmel were Jessica Dilullo with 9 points and Soana Laulotu with 28 points.

Girls Soccer gets their chance at Carmel on Feb. 9 at Breaker Stadium, 4:00 JV and 5:00 Varsity. On 2/11/17 it’s PG vs. Soledad and Breaker girls soccer travels to RLS 2/15/17.

Judy Damon 35 years

Lily Yuen 10 years

Young Jin Kim 20 years

With a Chinese New Year theme Canterbury Woods’ annual Employee Recognition Awards Celebration honored staff who reached milestone marks in their years of service. Fun and games as well as refreshments preceded the awards in a happy afternoon shared by staff and residents.

Above: Nursing staff long-timers Elizabeth Alcantara-25 yrs., Julita Maung-25 yrs., Jovita Kraftzeck-25 yrs. and Young Jin Kim-20 yrs. enjoy the Chinese New Year buffet.

The Housekeeping Dept. enjoys the fun and games.

Above: Jack Stanley extends his per-sonal kudos to Kim and Judy.

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The Cannery Row Antique mall is set to host their Second Annual Vintage Valentine Fashion Event this Saturday, February 11 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Models dressed in vintage pieces will display hats, clothing and jewelry that is available for sale in the mall. Sweet treats, chocolate hearts and sparkling lemonade will be served and enjoyed while viewing all things vintage that the mall has to offer. Enter for a chance to win one of three $50 gift certificates that will be up for grabs in the event’s drawing. Be prepared to take a trip back in time as you see authentic 1950’s lace dresses from fabulous estates as well as 1970’s frocks that will make your head spin. From detailed hats, all the way to classic saddle shoes, The Cannery Row Antique Mall’s Valentine Vintage Fashion show will make your heart swell with sweet nostalgia. The Mall is ocated at 471 Wave Street, Monterey 93940. Call (831) 655-0264 for more details. Mall hours 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m., event hours 11:00am-4:00pm.

Valentine Vintage Fashion Show to be held

Timeless LoveA Valentine’s Poem

I watched him as he camein from the cold - a youngman once who now wasgrowing old

I thought about how timehad flown away, and whendid all his brown hairturn to silver gray?

I wondered too, if he feltit all was worth it - tohave spent his life raisingkids, and always working.

Then he looked my way,and his eyes with lovedid shine - and I lost alldoubt when he whispered -“Will you be my Valentine?”.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Ella Teresa Corona

Celebrationof Life

Robert Edward Booker

A Potluck Celebration of the Life of Robert Edward Booker will be held Saturday, February 25, 2017 at Community Center, 515 Junipero Ave. in Pacific Grove from noon to 4 p.m.

Lions Club MeetingJoin us at our Pacific Grove Monarch

Lion’s club in support of the Blind and Visually Impaired Center. Members are working on projects to make the club active in the local community. They will be collecting glasses for Eyes Across California on March 19.

You are welcome to visit our meeting at 3 p.m., 225 Laurel in Pacific Grove. If you would like more information about the club contact the Blind Center, [email protected], or 831-688-3356.


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Keepers of our Culture

Walkin’ the Walk, Talkin’ the Talk in PGJust like the rainy weather, stories are

pouring in for “Life in Pacific Grove,” the collection of tales by and for residents and visitors of PG that we’re publishing to ben-efit the Friends of the Pacific Grove Public Library. The idea behind this project is to create and preserve a true-life snapshot of what it’s like to live in Pacific Grove today. Though memories of PG “way back when” are also welcome, the emphasis is on this current moment in time. Today’s guest columnist, Howard Rowland, shows how it’s done with this description of his morning walks on Lighthouse Avenue.

The Place Where He Feels Most at Home

Due to a long-standing pelvic tendon injury of mine, one of my doctors has pre-scribed that I undertake a daily, non-stop, one-mile walk in a flat area with no steep inclines—and do this the rest of my life, if possible. And I have been doing just this at various locations in New Monterey and Pacific Grove for the last six months or so.

My favorite walk by far has turned out to be on PG’s Lighthouse Avenue from Forest Avenue to the intersection with Alder Street and back—exactly one mile. Even though I am a long-time resident of New Monterey, I have always shopped in the upper area of PG’s Forest Avenue and consider the downtown area of Pacific Grove to be the center of my commercial life, the place where I feel most at home.

In fact, the label of Pacific Grove as being “America’s Last Hometown” may be a sort of trite or hackneyed phrase by now, but as an outsider who was born in Oklahoma but then grew up mainly in New Orleans, I can attest to the fact—and to my personal feeling—that there is a great deal of truth to this.

People are almost all quite friendly, or at least civil, to me as I trudge along the residential area from Congress to Alder and back and greet other walkers, and

almost invariably I run across someone between Congress and Forest with whom I can have an amusing long or brief con-versation.

Kernels of Truth from Offhand Remarks

Although my body is full of stiff Anglo-Saxon blood and I could perhaps have acquired or been taught better social skills as a young man, I find that the peo-ple who live and work in downtown PG are amazingly easy to communicate with, and sometimes I have learned incredibly

accurate kernels of wisdom from them in their offhand remarks.

A few months ago, right after the presidential election and during my daily walk, I poked my head through the open top half of the door to Phil’s Barber Shop. As I looked at the men sitting along the wall waiting for their haircuts, as well as at the three barbers and their customers being worked on, I could tell that there was a fairly glum atmosphere that prevailed due to the election results. However, I decided to take the bull by the horns, so I shouted:

“Well, I hope everyone’s survived this election OK!!”

There was no response from the group there. There was no joking to be expressed concerning this election. But Phil, a young man who owns the shop and is fairly ob-viously far wiser than most of his elders anywhere, looked at me, smiled slightly, and said: “No sweat, man. Tomorrow the sun is going to rise again.”

“Wow!” I thought to myself as I said good-bye to him and then walked away. “He’s exactly right! America will survive! America always survives, no matter who wins an election!”

Watch for more of Howard Rowland’s description of walking on Lighthouse Avenue in next week’s “Keepers of Our Culture.”

The Easy Way to Write Your StoryWe want to include your story in “Life

in Pacific Grove.” Won’t you contribute a few words to this worthwhile community project? Just go to our new website, li-feinpacificgrove.com, and follow the easy directions. And if you don’t think you’re a writer, you’ll be pleasantly surprised at how easy it is by attending the next free writing class, this coming Thursday, February 16, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Little House in Jewell Park. We promise you will leave the session with a story for your family and for this historic PG book. GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS:

Patricia Hamilton will be speaking to the Pacific Grove Rotary on February 21 about “Life in Pacific Grove.” She is available to give a presentation about contributing to “Life in Pacific Grove” to your group, book club, service organiza-tion, friends and family, and also to lead a writing session to gather stories. Contact her at [email protected] to set up a date and time.

Phil’s Barber Shop on Light-house Avenue, where the haircuts come with a touch of youthful wisdom.

Carmel Jewish Film FestivalFREE SNEAK PREVIEW

“Raise the Roof”Sunday, February 12 at 4:00 PM Congregation Beth Israel, Carmel

The pièce de resistance of Warsaw’s Museum of the History of Polish Jews is a painstakingly-built replica of the ceiling of an 18th century wooden synagogue the Nazis destroyed in the town of Gwozdziec, now in southern Ukraine. Its reconstruction is the subject of Yari Wolinsky’s “Raise the Roof,” a heart-felt documentary that captures the spirit of the project. It’s not only about the arc of Jewish history in Poland, which is both illustrious and tragic, but about the intricacies of true craftsmanship.

Artists Rick and Laura Brown are not Jewish and not Polish, and yet they set out to rebuild Gwoździec, Their vision inspires hundreds of people to join them, using their hands, old tools and techniques to bring Gwoździec’s history, culture, science, and art back to life.

“Raise the Roof” documents the multi-year process of re-creating by hand — from very old, black-and-white photographs — the vibrantly painted and complexly built roof and ceiling of an 18th-century wooden Polish syna-gogue.… The uplifting documentary is an artistic, nondenominational embrace across the centuries.

“This film is about a remarkable dream and a journey of re-discovery. It is a story of larger-than-life characters—one that starts with tragedy and ends in triumph,” said director Yari Wolinsky. “It highlights the cautious optimism of a new generation and a growing dialogue between Jews and Poles about the past and the future, providing a unique and positive way to connect with Jewish history.” Awards:• Best Film Audience Award - Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival • Best Documentary - Seattle Jewish Film Festival • Best Documentary - Washington Jewish Film Festival • Best Documentary Audience Choice - Rutgers Jewish Film Festival • Best Documentary - Audience Choice Award, New Hampshire JFF• Audience Choice Award - Salt Lake City Jewish Arts Festival

Film Festival patrons can pick up pre-ordered tickets, purchase sponsor-ships, and purchase tickets at the sneak preview. Congregation Beth Israel can be reached at 831-624-2015.

Learn to say ‘Thank you’Join together to write and share reflections on gratitude. Then write a letter to

someone who has provided meaning in your life. Note cards, pens, and US stamps provided. Free, all ages program. Join at anytime. Saturday, February 11, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. at the Monterey Public Library, 625 Pacific Street, Monterey. For additional information visit www.monterey.org/library or contact (831) 646-5603.


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Kiwanis January RecapThe Pacific Grove Kiwanis Club’s “Santa Project”, in conjunction

with the Pacific Grove, Monterey, and Seaside Fire Departments, provided toys to 94 families on Saturday, Dec 17. Kiwanis thank all the people who generously donated toys.

On Tuesday, Jan 24, the club provided a Pancake Breakfast for 400 PG Middle School Honor Students. The club provides Pancake Breakfasts several times a year for various organization. The next two will be on Feb 25 for the Girls Dance Team and on March 11 for Pony Baseball’s Opening Day. The Kiwanis Club of Pacific Grove meets the First and Third Wednesdays at 7:30 a.m. in the Point Pinos Grill at the Pacific Grove Golf Links. Our guest speaker in January was four-star General Michael P. C. Carns, United States Air Force, retired. General Carns was the Director of the Joint Staff from 1989 to 1991 and Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from 1991 to 1994. He covered many subjects and including members of the current administration that he knows both personally and professionally.

Visitors and volunteers are always welcome. The Kiwanis Club of Pacific Grove is a private, charitable organization, dedicated to improving the lives of children, and their communities, in the Pacific Grove California Area of Kiwanis International.

By Peter Mounteer

Project Bella, Pacific Grove’s forthcoming LEED Platinum luxury hotel, is on its way. The project managers have continued preliminary work at the American Tin Cannery site to advance the project. Domaine Hospitality have made completing the Environmental Impact Report their priority number one moving forward.

The project will be one of the finest hotels ever built. With sustainability as its core construction and operational principle, the project starts with deference to the environment first. Nothing less than a LEED Platinum Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, the highest certification possible and one belonging to only four other hotels in the United States, is acceptable to Domaine Hospitality. The hotel will be a model of what large-scale sustainable luxury accommodations will look like in the 21st century.

But where does the project stand now? Domaine Hospitality President and CEO, Ron Meer, says significant progress has been made on investigating the foun-dations in the site, with good news for the developers. Drillings 15 to 22 feet into the foundation have uncovered much more loose earth than originally anticipated, which will allow for a redesign of the property to include a basement, something that was left out of the original design.

“We were initially expecting to hit solid granite about three feet down,” Meer says. “That does not appear to be the case in some places. Putting a basement in the building will allow us to move our executive and administrative offices underground, freeing up more room for guest access and services.”

Meer confirmed that the project’s architect, Mark Hornberger, is re-examining existing plans to include a basement.

Domaine Hospitality and its construction partners will still have to remove some quantities of granite from the American Tin Cannery site to proceed with the project and proposed changes, but the cost savings incurred by having to remove far less granite than expected is a boon to the development team. Meer says he’s interested in providing the granite extracted from the site to the City of Pacific Grove for their use.

“This would be ideal, the rock would be native granite, the same as the rock there now, and keeping it in the area would cut down on our carbon footprint because we won’t have to truck this rock to disposal sites further away,” Meer says.

Materials not retained for the structure would additionally be recycled or re-used whenever possible. These ideas are in keeping with Domaine Hospitality’s vision for the project, to create an extremely environmentally sensitive hotel that is

commercially viable. Next up for the project is completing the Environmental Impact Report and

obtaining the permits necessary to move forward with construction. Before that can occur, though, an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) must be completed and reviewed by the city. The Environmental Impact Report is a standard development requirement with which the team at Domaine Hospitality is very familiar. The California Environ-mental Quality Act (CEQA) requires Environmental Impact Reports to be done on large scale developments of the sort envisioned by the team behind Project Bella. The process is sometimes lengthy, and requires hiring multiple expert consultants retained by an independent firm to analyze such things as traffic impacts during and after con-struction is completed, air and water quality impact, water usage requirements, land use and planning, noise impacts during and after construction and other areas specified in CEQA. Consultants Kimley-Horn and EMC have been hired by the City to conduct the Environmental Impact Report.

According to Meer, the City will begin work on the Environmental Impact Report very soon, and he maintains the hardest work is behind them, having won Measure X in April 2016, which allowed the project to move forward with the zoning change needed for hotel development at the site.

“The vote was the most challenging, the other two approvals are standard development processes I’ve done and we are very familiar with the process. They are very achievable. This is also when the community gets maximum input on the project.”

The other phase Domaine Hospitality must get through before groundbreaking can begin is obtaining their development permit. For Domaine Hospitality, the future looks bright on this point. The city is in the process of completing and submitting its local coastal plan to the California Coastal Commission. If approved, the plan will give the city the authority to approve the project for development on its own, even though the project site is located in the Coastal Zone and would traditionally be subject to a separate Coastal Commission approval. Going through the city for the coastal devel-opment permit, rather than the California Coastal Commission, should accelerate the permitting process by up to two years.

With work on the Environmental Impact Report poised to begin, basement addition redesign pending and local coastal plan approval coming soon, there’s a lot for Meer and the team at Domaine Hospitality to be excited about. Still, Meer takes care to express his gratitude to the community for their faith and support.

“We are very grateful for the residents for the approval and support that has poured out to us to keep it moving forward,” Meer says. “We continue to move the hotel along. It will be built and the community will be proud.”

Moving Forward: Exciting Developments Indicate Project Bella Proceeding Full Steam Ahead

Jill and Ron Meer

Monterey County Poetry Out Loud Competition The Arts Council for Monterey County is pleased to announce the county-wide Poetry Out Loud

competition. Winners from 4 county high schools will compete for an opportunity to advance to the state finals. We cordially invite the public to attend this exciting annual event. Saturday, February 11, 2017 from 1:00 p.m.- 2:30pm at Seaside Community Center near Soper Field ,220 Coe Avenue, Seaside, CA 93955

Participating schools are Alisal High School, Gonzales High School, Pacific Grove High School, Seaside High School

Presented by the Arts Council for Monterey County, Poetry Out Loud is supported by City of Sea-side, California Arts Council, and National Endowment for the Arts.

The competition, presented in partnership with the Arts Council for Monterey County, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Poetry Foundation, is part of a national program that encourages high school students to learn about great poetry through memorization, performance, and a dynamic recitation competition. Poetry Out Loud gives 9th – 12th graders an opportunity to master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn about their literary heritage. Participating students recite works selected from an anthology of more than 900 classic and contemporary poems. Over the past 11 years, Poetry Out Loud has reached more than 3 million students and 45,000 teachers from 10,000 schools nationwide.

Beginning at the classroom level, winners take part in a school-wide contest, with finalists and first runners-up moving on to the Monterey County competition on February 11, 2017. At this event, runners-up will recite but not be judged; first place school winners will compete before a panel of dis-tinguished local judges. The Monterey County event winner will advance to the State-Wide competition on March 12-13, 2017 in Sacramento. - where one champion will be selected to represent California in the national competition.

We encourage school communities, families, poetry lovers and interested members of the public to show support by attending this wonderful event. Attendance is free.

For further information about the Monterey County Poetry Out Loud Competition, please contact:Mel Barrett, Poetry Out Loud Coordinator: [email protected] or Ellen Berrahmoun, Arts

Education Director, Arts Council for Monterey County [email protected] learn more about Poetry Out Loud, visit http://arts.ca.gov/initiatives/pol.php or www.poetry-

outloud.org


(photograph by Ash Mills)

Americans last confronted the term “weapons of mass destruction” (WMD) 15 years ago, when students like PG High’s Eric Cuellar, Sarah Bitter and Ben Jankowski were still in jumpers.

Back then, the George W. Bush administration pitched the since-discred-ited narrative that Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had readied nuclear weapons to attack his enemies. For months, high-level U.S. officials warned: “The smoking gun could be a mushroom cloud!”

That carefully crafted WMD story entered the long march of saber-rattling shams meant to goad a purportedly peace-loving nation back to war. In 1964, the specious “Tonkin Gulf Inci-dent” served the purpose for the Vietnam conflict. In 1898, the supposed “mining” of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor triggered war with Spain. And so on.

What gave the WMD story the needed kick to send hundreds of thou-sands of Americans to war in Iraq was that “mushroom cloud” threat. Ever since 1945, when two mushroom clouds

ended World War II in Asia, the world has lived in righteous dread of nuclear weapons.

In the aftermath of that cataclysm, a generation of school children world-wide practiced “drop and cover” drills as their nations raced for the power those awesome weapons conferred. A decade of open-air nuclear tests thinned earth’s ozone layer and produced radioactive rain. Environmental scientists predicted a catastrophic “nuclear winter” would follow any all-out war.

By 1963, after a high-wire diplo-matic effort narrowly averted war during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the nuclear powers realized atmospheric testing had to stop. By 1985, the U.S. and U.S.S.R. also understood that their 60,000 nuclear warheads posed an insane risk to life on earth. That total has shrunk to 15,000 warheads; still a planetary death knell.

But the school children who once feared nuclear war; who rolled beneath their desks and knew what “fallout” meant are grandparents now. Unless their grandchildren recognize as they did the planet-wrecking potential of nuclear

Nuking Nukes for a Safer WorldBy Tom Stevens war, the “arms race” can easily resume.

Already, American and Russian leaders have proposed beefing up nucle-ar weapons arsenals. And Iran and North Korea have sought to push their way into the nine-nation “nuclear club.” Put sim-ply, absent universal vigilance, nuclear weapons are again proliferating.

All of which brings us back to those three PG High students and their advisor, English teacher Karinne Gordon. As members of a “Critical Issues Forum” exploring nuclear weapons proliferation, the four have advanced a counter-nar-rative to the default “national security” case for WMD. Perhaps as importantly, they want to get the 2017 student gener-ation clued in.

“Today’s students are not really up on what’s happening,” Gordon said. “It’s not ‘top of mind’ for them. They take a casual attitude toward the situation, like ‘Oh, we should just nuke ‘em!’ My goal is to get them to think more deeply about nuclear issues.”

To that end, Gordon teaches her classes the thought-provoking graphic novel “Barefoot Gen,” by Keiji Nakaza-wa. Told from the perspective of a “hi-bakusha,” or A-bomb survivor, the book

quietly silences any “nuke ‘em” talk.Gordon also spearheads PH High’s

participation in an annual United Na-tions non-proliferation conference of stu-dents and policymakers. The most recent host site has been Nagasaki, Japan, a city synonymous with atomic devastation as the second U.S. A-bomb target. Gordon and PG senior Eric Cuellar made the trek last year. Bitter and Jankowski will accompany her to this year’s session in April.

Addressing the PG School Board last week, Cuellar eloquently recounted his experiences meeting fellow high school students from Russia and Japan and mingling with UN disarmament of-ficials. He and other jet-lagged students also presented to the 250 conferees a collaborative policy statement that re-quired “three hours of negotiation and a long night of revisions,” not to mention tweaking “grammatical errors in two languages” with the aid of translators.

Arduous as it felt, trip chaperone Gordon remarked, the process helped “promote cross-cultural understand-ing” among students who one day may be leaders. “It’s good for them to understand others’ perceptions of their nations.”

By day, Cuellar added, the students toured the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum and visited “Hypocenter Park,” ground zero beneath the 1945 aerial A-bomb detonation. Most powerfully, the group also met and heard from one of Japan’s few remaining hibakusha.

After presentations, excursions, con-ferences and banquets, Cuellar shared “two takeaways,” both rather dispiriting. The first was that “effort and interest (in disarmament) has depleted;” the second, that the non-proliferation “officials are getting very old.”

That said, Cuellar told the school board members he might pursue political interests after mechanical engineering studies. If pebbles send out ripples, we’ll need future policymakers who under-stand that “nuke ‘em” simply won’t work. As the conference motto put it: “There are no right hands for the wrong weapon.”

Eric Cuellar and Karinne Gordon

Eric Cuellar takes notes and works on his speech

Eric Cuellar address the conference in Nagasaki Students confer


Foreign InterventionFilm explores whether we are

our brothers’ keeper“American Umpire” Documentary FilmCo-hosted by the World Affairs Council of the Monterey Bay Area (WACMB) and

the Middlebury Institute (MIIS) Veterans Organization. American Umpire is a 56-minute documentary that examines why the United States became the world’s policeman and asks how long we must play this role.

Narrated by renowned journalist Jim Lehrer, the film explores the historical founda-tion of American foreign intervention from George Washington to Barack Obama. The film will be followed by a discussion with producer and writer, Texas A&M Professor Elizabeth Cobbs, and Research Fellow, Stanford Hoover Institution and Directory James Shelley. The Discussion will be moderated by Glenn Robinson.

Free - no RSVP needed.Tuesday, March 7, 2017, 6PM - 8PM. MIIS Irvine Auditorium, McCone Building,

499 Pierce Street, Monterey, CA 93940. WWW.WACMB.ORG

Kevin Zamzow-Pollock is from Pacific Grove. He graduated with honors from York School, and is now a student at UC Berkeley. This is his story about the recent Berkeley riots.

My name is Kevin Zamzow-Pollock. I am a Freshman at UC Berkeley. I felt

I should contact you with a statement because a lot of people are under the wrong impression about the recent riots.

First of all, despite requests to the contrary, the University was adamant that Milo Yiannopoulos be allowed to speak, citing Berkeley’s commitment to free speech, although the administration noted that it was strongly opposed to his views and methods. The University took a number of precautions to assure the safety of all people involved, recognizing the inevitability of a protest.

On the day of Mr. Yiannopoulos’ visit, the campus was already buzzing with security and media, with helicopters flying over head, at 4:30 or so, hours before the event. A crowd began to gather and, although I was in class, I have heard from nearly all sources that the protest was entirely peaceful. As the campus grew dark, a group of black-clad, armed, self-proclaimed “anti-fascists” that authorities have determined were unassociated with the University or its student body showed up, stormed the barricades, broke windows, set off firecrackers, and built a bonfire. I know a number of students who left at this point and videos have shown that the vast majority of those that stayed remained bystanders and did not participate in the violence. Only at this point was the talk canceled, citing the danger to both students and Mr. Yian-nopoulos.

This had already happened when I got out of class, but I can tell you what happened when I got back to my dorm. In the lobby I found a floormate of mine who had been coming back from class telling the others how he had been pepper-sprayed and beaten by one of the “anti-fascists” and called a Nazi. He’s a Syrian Muslim. He was not making it up; I saw the welts on his back. This is his Facebook post, with his name not included for anonymity:

“Last night as I was walking back to my dorm, I was abruptly approached by a man and told I ‘look like a Nazi.’ The man then pepper sprayed me and beat me to the ground with a baton. This man was NOT a student at the university. I repeat he was NOT a student. I am certain that he belonged to a group of anarchists who solely wished to incite violence and crime at this protest.”

Later that evening, I observed, from my dorm window, a crowd of individu-als who did indeed appear to be students (though I cannot confirm this) marching through the streets of Berkeley with signs like “this is war,” causing some minor vandalism at a construction site across the street (pulling open barricades, knocking over small stacks of pipes - but no actual destruction). I have attached a picture I took to this email (sorry it’s rather blurry). I do indeed find it shameful that students would act in this way but I feel like it is balanced out by the students who later took to the street to clean up the mess, even though they had no part in it (the video is online).

To summarize: Yes, there were Berkeley students who engaged in riot-like behavior. However, they were unarmed and did not cause the damage that most news stories are portraying, e.g. the toppled floodlight or the broken windows. They were riled up by a group of unassociated “anti-fascists” intent on causing mayhem. The vast majority of students were peaceful protesters. Rather than assaulting freedom of speech, the University of California, Berkeley did everything in its power to allow Mr. Yiannopoulos to speak, even though they knew it could be dangerous. Claims that crowds of violent Berkeley students were intent on preventing free speech and causing destruction are simply incorrect and are slander on an institution that has been one of the greatest champions of free speech the world has known. The univer-sity has protests regularly, often quite well attended, that remain entirely peaceful.

I hope my views can shed some light on the events and I respectfully ask you to do all you can to set the record straight and tell people the truth. I know a number of people who want to give Berkeley the benefit of the doubt, but have simply been misinformed.

Thank you,Kevin Zamzow-Pollock

UC Berkeley Class of 2020Sustainable Environmental Design major

Unusual SuspectsNearly two weeks ago, the City Council and top staff held a strategic

planning session to develop an agenda for the time between now and the next election in 2018. The meeting was open to the public, but I couldn’t find it on the city’s website. You probably weren’t aware of it. Only about 20 observers showed up, and there were barely enough chairs, even for them.

I could only attend for the first three hours, but that’s when the results of a survey were presented. It contained vital questions like, “What im-provements could be made in the city?” People who’d filled it out were called “stakeholders.” Their answers were intended to jumpstart the pro-cess of choosing key priorities. Did you get the questionnaire? Probably not. It was only sent to members of commissions, committees, and boards — about 65 people, of whom 43 responded.

Stakeholders? What about the other 15,000 citizens of PG? I know, the word was meant differently, but that’s the point. The way it was and wasn’t used should serve as a red flag. Here’s why we should be concerned by the inbred nature of the survey and the planning session as a whole.

Those extremely generous city volunteers bring great value to the city, and in return, they have ample opportunity to influence the direction of PG. That’s as it should be. And our elected officials work hard for us, especially considering they are paid a pittance. Listening to them speak at the meeting, I’m particularly hopeful about the newcomers, Nick Smith and Cynthia Garfield. But our leaders have virtually no access to the rest of us, except for those I call the noisemakers — the handful of usual suspects who constantly lobby against things.

You vote for individuals because you like what they say, but we all know that what they actually do in office can be completely different. In the absence of constant guidance from rank and file citizenry, their actions will be based on internal consensus and sometimes on well-hidden personal agendas. I wish we could go about our lives and let city hall do its thing, but that just won’t work. It cannot be healthy when the council, staff, and volunteers are most heavily influenced by each other.

The good news is — in place of a big city’s aggressive media and constant polls, tools we lack here in this small town, you can easily make your voice heard directly. But if you expect to be well represented by your city council, you need to grab that opportunity. The strategy meeting was an urgent reminder that the very people who are needed most are everyday residents with busy lives.

If you go to the “Mayor & Council” page, you can email them together or individually. Reach out to them constructively about your concerns. Tell them what you want. Stand up. If you care about what happens to PG, you are needed. Please, stand up and participate.

You may email comments about this column to [email protected]

Alec Murdock

Outside the BoxÎBerkeley Riots

A Student’s Perspective

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citizens of Pacific Grove as well as our readers elsewhere. We prefer that letters be on local topics. At present we have not set limits on length though we do reserve the right to edit letters for space constraints, so please be concise. We will contact you to verify authenticity so your email address and/or telephone number must be included as well as your name and city of residence.

We will not publish unsigned letters or letters which defame, slander or libel.

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The State of our Watershed Free Public Forum

A free public forum under the auspices of Public Water Now is planned for Monday, February 13 at 7:00 p.m. “The State of Our Watershed” with David Stoldt, General Manager and Larry Hampson, District Engineer of Monterey Peninsula Water Man-agement District will begin at 7:00 p.m.

After the drought, the fire and the flooding, what is the condition of our watershed? How is the Carmel River doing now? What’s the condition of the Los Padres Dam? Is there sea water intrusion in the Seaside Groundwater Basin? How productive is the Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project (ASR) this year with all the winter runoff?

What do our conservation trends look like heading into the future? How will the Water Management District function in the role of a Sustainable Groundwater Manage-ment Agency (SGMA)? Will it cost the ratepayers more? How are ratepayers affected by your agency’s collection of fees on both property taxes and on our water bills?

What is the status of your water supply projects including Deep Water Desal and Pure Water Monterey? Are there future options for low cost water supplies?

Attend the forum at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 490 Aguajito Rd, Carmel (off Aguajito at Hwy. 1 and 68) and find answers to these questions and more.

PWN Forums are free and open to the public. Visit our website at www.publicwa-ternow.org for the latest local water news.

George RileyManaging Director Public Water Now


Scott Dick Monterey County Assoc. of Realtors

Market Matters

Local Real Estate Update

Patrick Ryan

Why We Love It Here

One of Trump’s First Orders Means Home Loan Fees Won’t Go Down

Over the course of this past weekend, I must have had over 50 people come through an open house I was holding in Pacific Grove. There were a few neigh-bors and a smattering of tourists, but the majority of the visitors were people from out of town looking to buy a home on the Monterey Peninsula. Besides one from New Jersey and one couple from Los Angeles, the rest were from the Bay Area and the Central Valley. As I listened to the prospective buyers make positive comments about the Peninsula, it made me reflect on why we love it here.

The reasons we love it here are count-less. The first to come to mind is the beau-tiful Monterey Bay and all the abundance it provides. Not just food, but abundance of joy as well. Two weekends ago, my wife and our boys drove down to the beach in Marina to watch the big waves crash and shake the shoreline. While filming a big set rolling in, we were blessed with the sight of a whale breaching out of the water and creating a huge splash of water. Just watching the waves and enjoying the beautiful view was pleasurable enough, the whale breach was the proverbial cherry on top.

We all know about the micro-climates we have here, but we also have of our unique micro-neighborhoods. Downtown Pacific Grove with the quaint Victorians clustered together to ward off the fog. Old town Monterey with the historic adobes. Asilomar with the sand dunes and deer trails. Carmel-by-the-Sea with its Europe-

an village charm and rows of restaurants. Pebble Beach with the dramatic coast line, cliff side estates, green upon green golf courses and forested roads. There is something for everyone and for every day.

Our cultural opportunities seem end-less and the variety of choices is astound-ing. This weekend we have the AT&T golf tournament bringing the world’s best golfers along with the celebrities. It is a great people watching time. August brings the Concours which makes all of us car geeks. How can you not geek out when 10 Lamborghinis drive by? We have the Bach Festival, the Monterey Jazz Festival, the Pebble Beach Food and Wine Festival, the races at Laguna Seca, Good Old Days Parade in Pacific Grove, and the Carmel International Film Festival. There are oth-ers I have missed, but we have something for everyone.

Lastly we have our wonderful weath-er. Yes, it can get foggy and it is always good to have a jacket in the car, but overall we are blessed with nice weather. Being from Fresno, I will take the summer fog over 30 days of over 100 degree summer heat. Sometimes when we get wrapped up in our daily lives we can forget how lucky we are to live here. This past weekend was one where those from outside our area reminded me to reflect. Enjoy each day, you only get it once and you are lucky enough to live on our Monterey Peninsula. [email protected] 831-238-8116.

Michelle Hinners Awarded Bachelor of Science Degree

from Kutztown UniversityMichelle Ann Hinners of Carmel Valley, CA (93924), has been awarded a Bachelor

of Science Degree in Psychology/Clinical Counseling from Kutztown University.Kutztown University announces degree conferment twice a year, once in the winter

and once in the summer. Commencement exercises are held in May and December; however, students finish their requirements for graduation throughout the entire year.

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Friday was the day that many home-buyers across the country were to start saving on average $500 a year on their loans. A fee reduction was set to go into effect at the Federal Housing Administra-tion, lowering the cost of nearly 1 million FHA loans per year.

But that’s not going to happen, at least for now, because in his very first hours in office, President Trump issued an order suspending that fee cut.

The Obama administration had au-thorized the fee reduction for FHA loans earlier this month. Trump’s order says it is now “suspended indefinitely.” The Trump administration could ultimately allow it to go through, but the order states “more analysis and research are deemed necessary.”

Geoff McIntosh, president of the Cal-ifornia Association of Realtors©, said his group was disappointed by the Trump ad-ministration’s move. “It would have made

a difference to California homebuyers of about $860 a year,” McIntosh told NPR.

The higher the price of the home, the greater the savings since the fee in question was to be cut by 0.25 percentage points of the total amount borrowed; on a $400,000 home loan, the savings would be $1,000.

Why would the new administration want to keep that money out of Americans’ pockets? The order doesn’t say precisely. But some conservatives had warned that cutting the fees for FHA borrowers might leave taxpayers on the hook in another housing crash.

“FHA insures over $1 trillion in out-standing mortgage loans,” says Ed Pinto, co-director of the American Enterprise Institute’s Center on Housing Risk. He sees that as a potentially ominous liability given the FHA’s cash reserves.

Other analysts disagree and say the FHA is once again on strong financial foot-ing and they say the fee cut was justified.

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Animal Tales and Other Random Thoughts

Be MineClueless Guys Valentine Guide

When you read this, Valentine’s Day is a few days away. It is a day of great rejoicing for merchants as lovers and parents not wanting to appear miserly or uncaring empty their wallets. I confess I merchandise like crazy to sell our items. But what is Valentine’s Day in reality?

The Roman Emperor Claudius II was fighting man wars. He wanted a strong army, but many men didn’t want to be soldiers. They preferred to stay home to be with their wives and children. Claudius’s solution was to ban all marriages. Valentine, a priest, believed that people needed to be married so they would not be tempted to sin by living together. He secretly and illegally married couples in secret places so as not to be discovered.

However, they were found by Roman soldiers and Valentine was arrested. While in prison he sent out letters to his friends, asking for prayers and by writing remember your Valentine. (This is one story, there was another more sentimental). He was tortured and executed on Feb. 14 269 or 270. Not a very romantic story, but St. Valentine championed marriage.

I have looked for the origin of the heart symbol depicted in messages on the day...Hearts are not attractive organs, but ...

“The first known depiction of a heart as a symbol of romantic love dates to the 1250s. It occurs in a min-iature decorating a capital ‘S’ in a manuscript of the French Roman de la poire (National Library FR MS. 2086, plate 12). In the miniature a kneeling lover (or more precisely, an allegory of the lover’s “sweet gaze” or douz regart) offers his heart to a damsel. The heart here resembles a pine cone (held “upside down”, the point facing upward), in accord with medieval ana-tomical descriptions. However, in this miniature what suggests a heart shape is only the result of a lover’s finger superimposed on an object; the full shape outline of the object is partly hidden, and therefore unknown”

Now that you have a historical overview let’s get back to reality. My father died on Valentine’s Day 1941. He was adjutant of Ft Huchucha, an army post in southern Arizona, high in the mountains bordering Mexico. A stubborn Englishman who, when he contracted pneumonia. refused to give in, until it was too late. There was no proper hospital and he was shipped by train to El Paso, a two day trip, and died before my mother was able to reach his side. There were times later when the day was not happy. Cards were distributed by classmates to their peers. One year, new in the school, I received none, I was very young and although the slight was understandable, it hurt deeply. Perhaps this gave me insight into the bullying we see today. Obviously the sharing of cards, unless to all, no longer exists, but social media is much worse and taunting can be disasterous. Children can be very cruel and, often, their parents much worse.

When you hand out the cards and greetings, remember..Every day of the year should be filled with kindness, not just the season of chocolates, paper hearts and fancy jewels. It is what is in the heart that counts.

This Valentine Day you must stop by the shop and see our Valentine, Boots, about whom I have written previously:

Boots, a sweet black and white terrier mix, was about as down-and-out as a dog can get. She had been abandoned with both of her slender front legs fractured in multiple places. The vet suspected she was a victim of abuse. Thanks to a grant from Lifeline 4 Paws and several other generous support-ers, Boots got the delicate orthopedic surgery she needed to repair her legs.

Once she had recovered from her surgery, Boots became a regular at the AFRP Adoption Center in the afternoons, and spent her nights at Casa de Amigos, a local boarding facility. Weeks passed by without an adoption prospect for Boots. But then she set her sights on Dave Winter, one of our transportation volunteers. Dave and Boots formed a bond that grew stronger with the passing of each week. Dave looked forward to seeing Boots, and Boots did everything she could to wiggle her way into his heart!

A love match was made, and adoption paperwork made everything official. “She’s the perfect dog for me,” says Dave. “She loves going to Asilomar Beach and enjoys meeting the other dogs there. She is a wonderful companion to have around the house and loves going everywhere with me.” Since those days Boots comes to the shop with Dave each Tuesday morning

and next Tuesday is, guess what, Valentine’s Day. The volunteers, including Boots, will look forward to seeing you.

Remember there are wonderful cats and dogs at AFRP Adoption Center just waiting for a home. Stop by, say hello and take one home. If you cannot, perhaps you can help out with the care, or fostering..

J a n e R o l a n d – [email protected]

Valentine’s Day is nearly upon us again, sending guys spiraling down like strafed biplanes in a smoke-belching tailspin of indecision. What to do? What to buy? Which card? Where to make reservations?

The pressure starts in grade school with postings to the classroom card box. In my day, we made our own cards with red and pink papers, edible sticky paste and frilly lacework edging. Our blunt-tipped scissors made fancy cuts a rarity, so the cards were raggedy and oversized.

Back then, any boy could send any girl (and vice-versa) a valentine or a packet of little heart candies emblazoned with hep-cat sayings like “23 Skidoo.” Much as wealth is distributed now, the comely and popular kids got many valentines and candies; the rest of us got few.

Once political correctness set in, everybody had to mail at least one valentine to everyone else. This required many more cards, so the frilly hand-mades were out. The class was soon awash in identical store-bought Valentines, one fistful per child. This solved the card-envy problem, but it robbed the day of some of its mystery.

Later in life, the rules changed again. Now each Valentine’s Day reminds men how inferior we are romantically to the French. This came up when a fellow teacher and I were commuting to school one February morning.

“Do you know Valentine’s Day is supposed to be the most stressful holiday for men?” my buddy remarked. “I read that somewhere.”

I slapped my forehead. “Valentine’s Day! When is it?”“This Coming Tuesday.”“Aaaaagggghhhhhh!!!!”“I rest my case,” he said. “But don’t worry about it. Just buy your sweetie a sappy

card, a box of chocolates and some flowers. They always go for flowers.”“But it’s Friday already,” I said. “The good stuff will all be taken.”“I know,” he grinned. “I got it.”For an adult male, Valentine’s Day can indeed be stressful. It’s hard work finding

stand-up roses and really good truffles. I mentioned this to my carpool friend.“Truffles?” He recoiled slightly. “Aren’t those the fungus things pigs root up with

their snouts? I’d be verrry careful giving those to my Valentine.”“But they’re rooted up in France by French pigs,” I explained, “so it’s all very

romantic and expensive, just what women love. Properly presented, a fine French truffle is a Valentine triumph.”

He frowned. “I’ve never heard about this.”“You’re a history teacher,” I shrugged. “You don’t get out of the library much.

But I’ve been to France, and I can tell you, there were truffles all over the place. The French don’t even give chocolates on Valentine’s Day.”

“They don’t?”“Just to the pigs,” I said. “Only after eating chocolate are the pigs willing to root

for truffles. But it has to be French chocolate. That’s why truffles are so expensive.”His frown deepened. “How expensive?”“I don’t know,” I admitted. “Hundreds, maybe thousands of euros per kilo. All

I know is, I never see truffles in Walmart for Valentine’s any more. These days, you practically need a truffle connection.”

His voice dropped to a conspiratorial whisper. “Do you . . . know anyone?”“Actually,” I confided, “I have some French truffle myself, left over from last Val-

entine’s Day. It’s not much – powder, mostly – but it’s really good stuff. Since we’re friends, I’ll let you have it. Just don’t tell anyone where you got it.”

His eyes widened. “Thanks! But how do I use it?”“You sprinkle it into your sweetheart’s cooking,” I explained. “It’s like a stealth

spice – a savory seasoning that adds passion to your poisson and romance to your ragout.”“You have been to France!”“Oui, oui.” I shrugged in what I hoped was a worldly way. “And while I was there,

I found out why French men are considered the most romantic men in the world.”“Why?” he asked. “Because they have truffles?”“Non, non!” I said. “It’s because they cook.”The car fell silent for a few minutes as we considered this novel idea. I know many

men cook, but it has always seemed an unappetizing prospect to me. I was raised to believe that real men should be out of the kitchen; out buying chocolates.

“They do the dishes too?” My friend asked somberly. “And dry, and put away?”“That’s what I hear.” We fell silent again, gloom deepening around us. “And even

worse,” I warned, “a lot of French guys are moving to this area. I’ve seen their bread in our bakeries; their braids on our women. Our green beans are even being cut special for them now. It’s worrisome.”

“So, Tuesday is Valentine’s Day,” he sighed. “How do I compete with all that?”“Take your sweetie to a French restaurant,” I advised. “Order the truffle.”


Wanda Sue Parrott

Homeless in Paradise

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENTFile No. 20162546

The following persons are doing business as CITY LIGHT LIMO, 743 Sanborn Pl., Salinas, Monterey County, CA 93901, mailing address 11040 Bollinger Cyn. Rd. Suite 101, San Ramon, CA 94582; MAN-GAL GILL, 43 Sanborn Pl., Salinas, CA 93901.This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 12/22/16. Registrant commenced to trans-act business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 12/19/16. Signed: Mangal Gill. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 1/20, 01/27, 02/03, 02/10/17

Hear Our Voice: Part Two

How to Huddle in your own Hometown

Legal Notices

Protesting is becoming passé but huddling is in.

If you’re participating in “Hear Our Voice” as kicked off by the Women’s March on Washington on Jan. 21, huddling is the second 10-day Action during the first 100 days of the Donald J. Trump’s presidency.

The first 10-day Action was writing to your elected representatives by sending opinions on postcards you buy or make. Postage is 34 cents per card.

Huddling 101The word “huddle” conjures up

visions of last Sunday’s Super Bowl foot-ball teams gathered on the field, helmets touching as they quick-plotted ball-pass-ing strategies to help their teams make touchdowns.

Merriam-Webster defines huddle as: “to come close together in a group.”

“Teamwork in thought”, “mental partnership” and “collaboration to reach a specific goal” are variations of the verb “to huddle.”

So, how do you get your huddle start-ed and how long does it last?

A pre-planned personal huddle can be small and short, like a 15-minute meeting of two like-minded people having coffee to plan the menu of an Interfaith Homeless Emergency Lodging Program (I-HELP) dinner for six homeless women.

Gathering for Women HuddleA large huddle can be a presentation

like Cindy Storrs, Director of Operations, made on behalf of the Gathering for Wom-en last Sunday at the Unitarian Universal-ist Church of the Monterey Peninsula. Her speech and after-service presentation time equaled about three hours.

The UUCMP designated Gathering for Women as February’s recipient of half the cash donations received during the month.

Gathering for Women, a safe, caring community, has provided homeless wom-en of the Monterey Peninsula with hot

Cindy Storrs, Director of Operations, Gathering for Women

meals, clothing and social services every Tuesday since 2014.

During her introduction, Cindy an-nounced that Gathering for Women will be opening a women’s day center in Monterey on March 1, and while it will not yet be a fulltime operation, it will provide caring refuge for homeless women three days a week.

As recipient of grants from Fund for Homeless Women and Monterey County Weekly’s 2016 McGives campaign, Gath-ering for Women has money for a down payment on its own building.

A Navigator now helps newcomers in the search for shelter. The City of Mon-

gmail.com .” Or, contact Leila Emadin, Housing Resource Center at [email protected] .

A spontaneous huddle happened to me last Monday at Scholze Park Center in Monterey when Sunny Fawcett, homeless advocate for women’s rights, suggested unsheltered women would come indoors if carriers were provided for their dogs to sleep in.

And a serendipitous huddle happened at the Monterey Post Office a few days ago when a newly evicted patron named An-gela asked if I knew anyone with a room for rent. Her landlord evicted her so he can raise the rent. I took her e-address. Within 24 hours, representatives of four friendly agencies had contacted her.

Even homeless and lost animals bene-fit from huddles like the ones promulgated online and via e-mail through Nextdoor, a neighborhood watch program in which people help each other without having to meet in person.

For instance, a woman recently re-ported losing her cat and another neighbor found her.

According to Hear Our Voice, grass-roots governance starts in your own neigh-borhood. Regardless of what happens during President Trump’s highly-criticized honeymoon period, you can keep America great through participation in your own backyard.

While huddling about important is-sues, continue sending your opinions on postcards to your elected representatives in Washington, DC. They will hear you even if the president doesn’t.

See details at www.womensmarch.org .

Monterey’s Washington, DC repre-sentatives are:

Senator Kamala HarrisB40b Dirksen Senate Office Bldg.Washington, DC 20510

Senator Dianne Feinstein331 Hart Senate Office Bldg.Washington, DC 20510

Congressman Jimmy Panetta228 Cannon House Office Bldg.Washington, DC 20515

Contact Wanda Sue Parrott at [email protected] or call The Yodel Poet at 831-899-5887.

terey generously covers a quarter of her cost, Cindy said.

Cindy suggested the congregation “talk to your friends, colleagues and neigh-bors, anyone who might have a building with at least 5,000 square feet.” That’s huddling!

If you know of such a potential site for Gathering for Women, a member agency of the Food Bank of Monterey County, contact Gathering for Women by visiting their website at www.gatheringforwomen.org or calling 831-241-6154.

Networking through HuddlesAnother kind of huddle is the spinoff,

like this one inspired by Cindy Storrs’ in-troduction of Gathering for Women.

A congregant said, “I have a friend with a recreational vehicle that isn’t being used, and wonder if he puts in two beds, might two homeless women stay in it?”

“That is exactly what is needed!” I said. “If your friend is interested, he should contact homeless advocate/jour-nalist CeliaSue Hecht, long a proponent of that idea, by e-mailing celiasue.hecht@


The following person is doing business as FINISHES BY MICHAEL CALHOUN, 3054 Bostick Ave., Mari-na, Monterey County, CA 93933, mailing address P.O.Box 2631, Carmel, CA 93921; MICHAEL BENSON CALHOUN, 3054 Bostick Ave., Marina, CA 93933. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 01/25/17. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on Jan. 10, 2017. Signed: Michael B. Calhoun. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 02/10, 02/17, 02/24, 03/03/17


The following person is doing business as MITCH-ELL'S DONUTS #9072-C, 1120 South Main Street, Salinas, Monterey County, CA 93901; LOPEZ MARITZA GRISELDA, 2277 Perez Street 3254, Salinas, CA 93906. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 01/10/17. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on n/a. Signed: Marita G. Lopez. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 02/03, 02/10, 02/17, 02/24/17


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The following person is doing business as BY THE SEA HOUSE CLEANING SERVICE, 349 Lowell Ave. Apt. B, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950; ALMA DELIA DENA-ESCOBEDO, 344 Laurel Ave. Apt. B, Pacific Grove, CA and DIEGO ANDREZ MUÑOZ, 344 Laurel Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93940. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 02/08/17. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 2/8/17. Signed: Alma Delia Dena Escobedo. This business is conducted by co-partners. Publication dates: 02/10, 02/17, 02/24, 03/03/17

Learn how to depict a variety of birds that inhabit our world with Instructor Julie Heilman at the Lyceum. We will focus on proportions, shapes, and the amazing colors and structures found in birds. Bring your favorite pictures of birds and an openness to learning color pencil techniques.

Clss wo;; be held Saturday, March 11 from 35-5 p.m. Ages -12 are invited, and c;ass size is limited to eight students. Fee is $35 each and includes materials.

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MST Public Participation Plan Public Comments Sought

Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) is seeking public comments on its Draft 2017-2020 Public Participation Plan (Plan). The Plan is a requirement of the Federal Transit Administration and complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

MST’s Public Participation Plan has been developed to ensure that MST provides the public with meaningful opportunities for inclusive and accessible public engagement during the transportation decision-making process. The Plan identifies the strategic approach, goals, and guiding principles MST has established to foster public partic-ipation and defines how MST will incorporate these standards into its transportation decision-making process.

MST has posted the Plan at www.mst.org and will provide a copy by request. MST will also provide written or verbal translation of the document in Spanish by request.

Members of the public who wish to view the Public Participation Plan, obtain a copy of the Plan, or provide comments on the Plan can contact MST at:

Monterey-Salinas Transit, Attn: Compliance Analyst, 19 Upper Ragsdale Dr., Suite 200, Monterey, CA 93940, Phone: 1-888-678-2871, Email: [email protected]

Deadline to receive comments: Friday, March 3, 2017 by 5:00 p.m. Website: www.mst.org


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The following persons are doing business as THERAPY FOR LIFE, 700 Cass St #116, Monterey, Monterey County, CA 93940. MAILING ADDRESS P.O. Box 223802, Carmel, CA 93922; JULIE DEEN TANAKA, 25645 Ryan Place, Carmel, CA 93923.This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 01/03/17. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 09/04/2004. Signed: Julie Tanaka. This business is conducted by an individual. Publication dates: 1/20, 01/27, 02/03, 02/10/17


The following persons are doing business as PACIFIC GROVE CLEANERS, 222 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950; UCHIDA CORPORA-TION, 222 Grand Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950.This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 08/10/16. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 12/30/57. Signed: Randall Uchida, president. This business is conducted by a corporation. Publication dates: 8/12, 8/19, 8/26, 09/02/16


The following persons are doing business as CLARION COLLECTION WILKIES INN, CLARION COLLEC-TION CARMEL OAKS, CARMEL INN & SUITES, 1038 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950; VASANT RAKESH, 1038 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove,CA 93950 and VASANT FALGUNI, 1038 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove, CA 93950.This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 01/10/17. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 01/01/16. Signed: Rakesh Vasant. This business is conducted by a trust. Publication dates: 01/27, 02/03, 02/10, 2/17/17

NOTICE OF SALE OF ABANDONED PERSONAL PROPERTY

Notice is hereby given that under and pursuant to Section 1988 of the California Civil Code the property listed below believed to be abandoned byRose Marie Coleman dba Chelew & Campbell Real Estate whose last address was 1155 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA 93950 will be sold at public auction at 1155 Forest Avenue Pacific Grove, CA 93950 on Saturday February 11, 2017 (10AM).

DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY;Desks, Chairs, Pictures, File Cabinets, Plants, Floral Arrangements, Clocks, Small Appliances, Tables,Bookcases, Decorator Items, Misc Signs, Cleaning Supplies, Etc.

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The following persons are doing business as CALI-FORNIA VALLEY GREENERY PRODUCTS, INC., 1630 OldStage Rd., Salinas, Monterey County, CA 93908; Mailing Address P.O. Box 6535, Salinas, CA 93912. CALIFORNIA VALLEY GREENERY PRODUCTS, INC., 1038 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove,CA 93950 and VASANT FALGUNI, 9490 Falcon Ct., Salinas, CA 93907, CA 93950.This state-ment was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 01/13/17. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 01/13/17. Signed: Frank K. Ramirez, CEO. This business is conducted by a corporation. Publica-tion dates: 01/27, 02/03, 02/10, 02/17/17

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File No. 20170165The following persons are doing business as OCEAN BODY WORKS, 1582 Lighthouse Ave., Suite 13, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, CA 93950, Mailing address 727 19th St., Pacific Grove, CA 93950; MICHELLE LEE BALAAM, 727 19th St., Pacific Grove, CA 93950. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 01/20/17. Registrant commenced to transact busi-ness under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on 01/17/17. Signed: Michelle Balaam. This business is conducted by a corporation. Publi-cation dates: 02/03, 02/10, 02/17, 02/24/17


The following persons are doing business as CUPPA TEA AND TISANES, 2434 S Main St, #F, Salinas, Monterey County, CA 93906; JONES, JAZMIN MIDORY, 2434 N. Main St. #F, Salinas, CA 93906. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on 01/27/17. Registrant commenced to trans-act business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on N/A. Signed: Jazmin Jones. This business is conducted by a corporation. Publica-tion dates: 02/03, 02/10, 02/17, 02/24/17

Doc#: 20170194FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: List Fictitious Business Name Below: ACC Business, County of Principal Place of Business: MontereyStreet Address of Principal Place of Business: 53800 Oasis Rd., King City, CA 93930Name of Corporation of LLC as shown in the Articles of Inc. / Org. / Reg.: AT&T Corp., State of Inc./Org/Reg.New York, Residence Street Address/Corporation or LLC Street Address: One AT&T Way, Bedminster, NJ 07921This business is conducted by: a corporation.Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or names listed above on 1/20/2012.BY SIGNING BELOW, I DECLARE THAT I HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE REVERSE SIDE OF THIS FORM AND THAT ALL INFORMATION IS TRUE AND CORRECT. A registrant who declares as true any material matter pursuant to Section 17913 of the Business and Professions Code that the reg-istrant knows to be false is guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). I am also aware that all information on this statement becomes public record upon filing pursuant to the California Public Records Act (Gov-ernment Code Sections 6250-6277). Sign below (see

instructions on reverse for signature requirements):Signature: Richard DennisPrinted Name of Person Signing: Richard DennisIf Corporation or LLC, Print Title of Person Signing: Vice PresidentDate: 1/4/2017Filed in County Clerk's Office, County of Monterey on January 24, 2017.NOTICE - In accordance with subdivision (a) of Sec-tion 17920, a Fictitious Name Statement generally ex-pires at the end of five years from the date on which it was filed in the Office of the County Clerk. Except, as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 17920, where it expires 40 days after any change in the facts set forth in the statement pursuant to Section 17913 other than a change in the residence address of a registered own-er. A New Fictitious Business Name Statement must be filed before the expiration. The filing of this state-ment does not of itself authorize the use in this state of a Fictitious Business Name in violation of the rights of another under Federal, State, or Common Law. (See Section 14411 et seq., business and professions code). STEPHEN L. VAGNINI MONTEREY COUNTY CLERK BY: DeputyNew Filing - with Change(s)CN933382 10315495 SO Feb 3,10,17,24, 2017


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