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InsideCop Log ................................3Food ............................ (dark)Green Page ........................16Health & Well-Being .......... 12High Hats & Parasols ...........4Legal Notices ........................5Opinion ...............................14Peeps ...................................7Rain Gauge (final?) ..............2Shelf Life...............................3 Sports ...................................6Up & Coming ........................8

June 17-23, 2011 Pacific Grove Community News Vol. III, Issue 40

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Pacific Grove Free concert

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Chamber members fete winners at annual installation dinner

Citizen of the Year is Linda Pagnella, a “career” volunteer for Pacific Grove public schools and in other community roles. Chief among her volunteer accomplishments was serving for 20 years, until 2010, on the Board of PG P.R.I.D.E., a foundation that supports the Pacific Grove Unified School District. Because of fundraising by PG P.R.I.D.E., schools have been able to offer enrichment programs that otherwise would not have been possible, including art, music, poetry, science and more. She chaired Middle School dance committees and Butterfly Bazaars and helped to gain passage of school district tax measures. She served on Middle School and Robert Down School PTA Boards. She volunteered at Robert Down School in the classroom and in the library and served for seven years as the school’s librarian, and also was a volunteer for 15 years at the Pacific Grove Public Li-brary and served on the Library Board from 1997 until 2001, when she was hired as a library staff member and for the last nine years has been the circulation supervisor. She has volunteered as Mrs. Santa at the annual Stillwell Snow in the Park for the last 10 years, at the Feast of Lanterns and for the Pacific Grove volunteer fire department at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca races and Big Sur Half Marathons.

Pagnella went down the list of her ac-complishments and asked everyone in the room to stand if they had also served for the various charities and events, and by the end of the list, nearly everyone in the room was standing. She sought to point out that her accomplishments could not have been won alone.

Citizen of the Year Award is named for the late Dr. James Hughes, who was a well-known Pacific Grove dentist with a long history of community service as a city councilman, state coastal commissioner, wa-ter board member and in many other roles.

Five awards, including the James R. Hughes Citizen of the Year Award, were presented at the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce Installation of the Board of Directors and Special Awards Presentation on Fri., June 3.

Public Official of the Year is Pacific Grove Deputy City Manager Jim Becklen-berg. He provided leadership during the City’s downsizing and transition to a new city manager. He joined the City staff in August 2006 as Director of Management and Budget, and in 2009 became Deputy City Manager. He also served briefly as Interim City Manager. In the midst of severe financial problems, he developed a fiscal forecast on how the City could get back in the black, cleaning up fiscal problems.

Jim Becklenberg

As Deputy City Manager, he assumed ad-ditional responsibilities, among them public works, recreation, IT, and risk management. In 2010, he supervised day-to-day public works operations until a new manager could be hired. He also played leading roles in the consolidation of local fire departments and building departments, which have resulted in cost-savings and improved services, and in labor negotiations and other contract and talks with City partners. He has become a valuable aide to new City Manager Thomas Frutchey. Frutchey surprised Becklenberg at the dinner by announcing that he had won honors in the form of 2011 Assistant Excellence in Leader-

Linda Pagnella

Memorial benchprogram lives

In April, 2011 Councilmember Rob-ert Huitt proposed that the undedicated bench at the southwest corner corner of Central Avenue and Eardley Avenue be dedicated by the City as a memorial to Don Gasperson for his years of service and contributions to the city.

Though there was a lots of discussion about where the $100 cost would come from and how its upkeep would be bud-geted in future, the bench was approved and in fact has been completed.

As the bench was not part of the City Memorial Bench program, its dedication and repair did not delay persons currently on the waiting list.

The memorial bench program, says Mike Zimmer of Public Works, is cur-rently on hold while staff completes and inventory – something which has not been done for some time. They expect to have completed the inventory by the end of August, 2011.

Individuals and groups desiring a memorial bench can apply for a permit and pay a $500 fee for the set-up and carving. The fee includes five years of maintenance. At the end of the five years, and each five-year period thereafter, a $175 fee for maintenance may be paid. If it is not paid for what ever reason, the bench goes back into the inventory and can be re-dedicated to someone else. Benches around town which have fallen into disrepair may be part of this process and that’s what the inventory expects to discern.

Benches like this new one at Grand and Laurel, dedicated to Matteson & Sons, can be reserved at Public Works. The contact person there is JoAnn Alaniz.

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The Monterey Bay Regional Desalination Project partners have launched a website – regionalwaterproject.org – to provide information about the latest applications and events, project facilities tour, timeline, cost estimates and public involvement meetings.

Included on the site is the pending Coastal Development Permit application with the State Coastal Commission.

The regional desalination project partners are the Marina Coast Water District, Monterey County Water Resources Agency and California American Water.

The website also provides a way to contact the partnership – [email protected].

ship Award by the ICMA, an award the Becklenberg was not aware of having been nominated for.

Special Honors for 70 years in busi-ness were given to Gary and George Wilson, owners of Wilson Plumbing and Heating. Both residents of Pacific Grove, they have grown their business at the same location and in the same family for seven decades.

Chamber Ambassador of the Year honors went to Mike Milliorn, owner of Milliorn Insurance Services, a Chamber Ambassador for 11 years. A 42-year resident of Pacific Grove, he started his insurance agency in 1997 and has been in the insurance business since 1981.

Chairman of the Downtown Business Improvement District Tom McMahon was honored. McMahon, is owner of Monterey Bay Laundry Co. with five locations in-cluding Pacific Grove, Monterey, Marina and Gilroy became involved in the busi-ness in 1990. While he has been chairman of the Downtown Business Improvement District for the better part of the last year, there has been a focus on visitors for the Peninsula’s premier events in an attempt to raise awareness about the attractions that Pacific Grove has to offer so they more likely will come to the downtown and the waterfront.

Tom McMahon George Wilson Mike Milliorn

Further honors for BecklenbergThe International City/County

Management Association has bestowed further honors on Deputy City Manager Jim Becklenberg as recipient of the 2011 Assistant Excellence in Leadership Award in Memory of Buford M. Watson, Jr. The award recognizes a local government management professional who has made significant contributions toward excellence in leadership while serving as an assistant to a chief local government administra-tor or department head. Becklenberg was nominated by City Manager Tom Frutchey who wrote a two-page nomination. Jim, Heidi, Avery and Evan Beck-

lenberg

One of the familiar green plaques which denote historical properties all over Pacific Grove has been stolen from condemned Brokaw Hall. The building is to be demolished, but that was not an invitation to take the plaque. The building and the plaque are City property and belong to everyone. The plaque would have been preserved.

If you have it, or know about its removal or who has it now, contact Mayor Carmelita Garcia at 831-277-6320. You may return it to City Man-ager Tom Frutchey’s or the Mayor’s mailbox at City Hall.

You may also call Cedar St. at 831-324-4742 and leave word. We don’t have “caller ID.” No questions will be asked.

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Cop logMarge Ann Jameson

Shelf LifeLinnet Harlan

Recent Large Print BooksAging eyes can sometimes benefit from the respite provided by an

excursion into the large type section of the library. This section of the library is on the right hand side as you enter the PG Public Library and includes a variety of books, though recent acquisitions focus on mysteries. Recent or soon-to-arrive additions to the large print section of the library include:• Aunt Dimity and the Family Tree, Atherton, Nancy. Returning to Finch

to discover her father embroiled in a renovation project that has unveiled a mysterious painting, Lori Shepherd becomes involved in a case of false identity involving a local resident and supernatural uprisings.

• I’ll Walk Alone, Clark, Mary Higgins. Thirty-two year old Alexandra Moreland is a rising star in the architectural world and lives in Man-hattan. But when she is plagued by identity theft, her successful life is turned upside down.

• Live Wire, Coben, Harlan. When a pregnant tennis star reports that her rock-artist husband has gone missing amid scandalous rumors, Myron Bolitar is forced to confront deep secrets about his client’s past while struggling with fatherhood roles in his personal life

• Miss Julia Rocks the Cradle, Ross, Ann B. Struggling to mind her own business when a murder occurs blocks from her home, Miss Julia works to discover who has stolen her identity and prepares for Hazel Marie’s due date until she realizes that the wrong person is being accused.

• The Weird Sisters, Brown, Eleanor. Three adult sisters return to their childhood home and discover the things they’ve been trying to distance themselves from may offer more than they had thought

• Buried Prey, Sandford, John. The corpses of two long-missing girls are discovered buried under the concrete floor of a residential home. Convinced that he made disastrous mistakes while handling the missing persons case years earlier, Davenport is determined to set things right

• Treason at Lisson Grove , Perry, Anne. Investigating the death of an informer who held vital information about a treasonous plot, Thomas Pitt traces the killer to France while London Special Branch head Victor Narraway discovers that a violent agitator from his past is operating in Ireland.

• Phantom Evil, Graham, Heather. A secret government unit is formed under the oversight of Adam Harrison, famed paranormal investigator.

• Eve , Johansen, Iris. Eve Duncan’s mission in life is to bring closure to the families who have experienced the agony of a missing child.

• Mourning Gloria, Albert, Susan Wittig. China Bayles searches for a missing intern reporter at the local Pecan Springs paper who had been covering the story of a suspicious house trailer fire that took the life of another woman.

• Save me, Scottoline, Lisa Scottoline. When an explosion rips through the nearly empty cafeteria of an elementary school, Rose leads two girls to safety before racing to rescue her own daughter, Melly. But Rose soon learns that she may face both civil and criminal charges for her heroics.

Meet the Author: Stephen PalumbiOn Thursday, June 16, at 7:00 p.m. Stanford author, Stephen

Palumbi, will read from his book The Death and Life of Monterey Bay: A Story of Revival. Learn more about how Dr. Palumbi discovered a story of hope in the transformation of the Monterey Bay into the marine sanctuary it is today. As with the best books, this book focuses not only on its subject matter — the transformation of the bay — but also on a subject with deeper resonance: The connection between that transformation of life in the ocean and our own lives.

More Beach ReadsOne interesting occupation is to read two books in opposition or comparison

to each other. Sometimes, as with The Story of Edgar Sawtelle and “Hamlet” or A Thousand Acres and “King Lear” you see one author has . . . paid homage to another by appropriating a plot. Sometimes, as with the two books below, you see that an author of fiction has used a non-fiction book as a jumping off point for a more intimate albeit imagined approach to the same material.• A Moveable Feast―Hemingway’s posthumous love letter to the Paris of

his youth. Whether you read it this summer for the first, fifth or twenty-fifth time, you’ll find yourself immersed in Paris of the ‘20’s, not wish-ing you were there, but being transported to it.

• The Paris Wife by Paula McClain. A novel, this book imagines life in Paris as lived by Hemingway and his first wife, Hadley. Gertrude Stein, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, and Ezra Pound are all part of the milieu. Though fiction, the book is well researched and enriches the experience of A Moveable Feast and vice versa.

Take that!A man was arrested for stealing his girlfriend’s cell phone after they

argued.

Take that, and that, and thatA woman reported that her live-in boyfriend pushed her to the

ground and took her vehicle keys and cell phone and tore the house phone from the wall when she tried to call the police. He apparently took off, and she was able to call police who took her to a hotel for her safety.

Maybe he bit her by mistakeA woman on Carmel Ave. reported having been bitten by a dog that

was fighting with her dog. She had tried to separate them. The owner of the suspect dog agreed to pay any medical bills.

Obviously not something he’d driven overOn Laurel Ave., a man found that someone had stuck a nail into the

sidewall of his right rear tire.

VandalismA woman on Spruce said that her passenger side rear view mirror had

been yanked off and smashed.On 19th Street, a man reported that someone smashed the window to

his parked vehicle overnight. Nothing appeared to have been taken.

BurglaryOn Lighthouse Ave., someone smashed a woman’s car window and

stole her purse and its contents.A woman on Crocker Ave. reported that someone entered her home

and stole her jewelry box with contents.

Now on footA woman from Ocean View Blvd. walked up to the police depart-

ment to report her bicycle had been stolen from the front of her residence the night before. It was 9 years old and white.

SweepA juvenile was arrested at a burglary-in-progress on Alder Street and

information was collected which may lead to other suspects for other violations.

DUIAfter a hit and run, Kimberlyn Renee Forte of Pacific Grove was

found and arrested for DUI and released.

Two orders, sunny side downOn Buena Vista Ave. the reporting party heard a loud thud against the

window and when he went outside he found his residence was egged.The same thing happened on Spruce Avenue. Must be an epidemic.

Lost and Found, mostly LostAn iPod Touch, blue green case, was lost on Laine Street.A cell phone was reported lost on Forest Avenue.

A necklace was found on the field at the high school.Unidentified suspects threw two tables/benches over a rail and onto a

beach at Lovers Point.

Drunken driving while being underageActon Smith, age 18, was found to be driving with a blood alcohol

content of .05 percent. He was cited and released.Drug paraphernalia was found on Lighthouse Ave., turned in to the

police and it was destroyed.

Vandalism that didn’t turn into burglarySomeone tried to force their way into a business on Lighthouse by

chiseling wood from around a window.

Historical interest plaquestolen from Brokaw Hall

A “past tense” picture (in police depart-ment parlance) from 2009 of the his-torical plaque at Brokaw Hall. Courtesy of Dave Palmer,


Dear Readers: Please bear in mind that historical articles such as “High Hats & Parasols” present our history — good and bad — in the language and terminology used at the time. The writings contained in “High Hats” are not our words. They are quoted from Pacific Grove/Monterey publications from 100 years in the past. Our journalistic predecessors held to the highest possible standards for their day, as do we at Cedar Street Times. Please also note that any items listed for sale in “High Hats” are “done deals,” and while we would all love to see those prices again, people also worked for a dollar a day back then. Thanks for your understanding.

Jon Guthrie

High Hats & Parasols

The News … from 1911.Prof. Reed’s lecture well received

The lecture given by Prof. T. H. Reed on Friday evening in the Civic Club hall under the auspices of the high school alum association was well attended, and those who donated 10¢ to hear Mr. Reed were glad they had been present to listen. Reed’s subject was “The Humor and Pathos of Judicial Administration”.

Prof. Reed has a happy facility for keeping his audience interested from the time he begins a lecture to the close. He believes firmly in the appointment and recall of judges, and declared that justice was frequently denied, sold, or delayed in the United States. Reed also said the conduct of justice in the United States, especially in the Abe RuefI and Hawley CrippenII cases, when opposed to examples from other nations, are seen to make the law suit the case.

Because justice is sold in the United States, Reed said, is why he believes in the recall of judges. Justice is uncertain in this country, not only by the mechanisms of slowness, but by delay of cases on intentional errors. He cited many other of the causes of these delays, especially in civil cases. Reed also spoke of accident and redress and, at some length, upon the situation between employers and employesIII as regards dam-ages for accident while in the performance of duties, showing how little the employe is safeguarded. For more evidence, Reed suggested a simple examination of the case files of 75% of this nation’s attorneys. Reed then concluded with an aphorism: Justice in America is simply neither swift nor sure.

The Review joins the high school alumni association in thanking Prof. Reed for appearing without remuneration.

Report from libraryThe report of the Carnegie Library of Pacific Grove was heard Friday evening at

the monthly meeting of the board. Miss Elizabeth Jones, Librarian, presented the report.Membership has grown with 2,277 Grovians now holding membership cards.

Circulation in general literature, for the months of January, February, and March, was 1,229 books. Young adult fiction numbered 1,171 books. Children’s books of all sorts numbered 1,142. Magazines, either checked out or read in the reading room, numbered 1,120.

Donations of either books or money came from Mrs. Babbitt, Miss Whitney, Mrs. Watson, and Mr. Berwick. Newspaper and magazine subscriptions were donated by Mrs. Eckhart, Mrs. Fitzsimmons, Mrs. Sharon, Mrs. Burwell, Mrs. Alexander, Miss Strong, and Miss Green.

Pacific Grove basketball shows two lossesA glance at the standings roster of the Coast Counties Athletic League shows

Pacific Grove in third place in a tight race. The Grove’s boys team (3-2), follows Santa Cruz (5-0) and Watsonville (4-1). However the Grovians lead Monterey (2-3), Salinas (0-5), and Hollister (0-5). The Grovian girls are at the top of the league’s list with a perfect 5-0 record. Hollister’s girls, like the boys team, resides at the bottom of the six-team conference.

Notes from around the area…• Watch for IOU arrows inserted into the advertising of the Review. Readers may

then tear out the IOU notes from any Arrow Advertiser and spend them like cash. Arrows are in amounts ranging from ten cents to ten dollars.

• The 9 pm special from Santa Barbara, aka “The Shoreline Limited”, will no longer arrive in the Grove at 9 pm. The limited will hereafter arrive at 9:25 pm … on schedule, it is hoped.

• The Serra Building Company is the very best choice for constructing on your lot your new home. Houses of any size, financed by the Bank of Pacific Grove, are built on the installment plan. Also, all kinds of mill work done in a first class manner.

• The Harmony Bridge Club enjoyed a luncheon in the Civic Club house on Friday afternoon. Luncheon was followed by a few games of whist. The club had previously reached the understanding that after six months of weekly play, the six members earning the lowest scores were to stand for lunch. This was the payoff.

And your bill amounts to …• Jump around stove mistakes. Avoid the shivers with a fuel-saver heating stove.

Many people have made the mistake of buying a stove with a voracious appetite for fuel while producing little heat. Call at Thompson hardware and ask to see the Cale’s Original Airtight stove. Buy for $3, this week only.

• Watch for the eruption of specials on all sorts of illustrating and drafting tools. Home copying press come with small supply of printing ink. 10” X 15” size. Lay-out board included. Fonts sold separately. Black enamel finish. Screw wheel. $4.75. IV

• Cooking lessons will continue next week at the Civic Club hall. The remainder of the courses may be attended upon payment of 50¢. Chef A. L. Wyman is presenting the classes.

Author’s NotesI Abraham Ruef had been a political boss during the infamous administration of

Mayor Eugene Schmitz of San Francisco. In 1907, Ruef was indicted on various counts centered around the payment of bribes to San Francisco supervisors in late 1906, but the trial did not conclude until late March, 1911. To learn more, read Thomas Lately’s Debonair Scoundrel: The Flamboyant Story of Abe Ruef and San Francisco’s Infamous Era of Graft. 1962.

II Doctor Hawley Harvey Crippen had been born in Michigan in 1862. He became certified as a doctor in 1885 and specialized in patent medicine. After moving to England in early 1900, Crippen lived at 39 Hilldrop Crescent in Holloway (near London) with his wife Cora Turner Crippen, who disappeared soon thereafter. Crippen claimed that Cora had died while visiting the coastal areas of Califor-nia, taking particular delight in vistas near the Del Monte Hotel, and had been cremated. However, the mutilated remains of a murdered body thought to be Cora’s was later found buried under a brick floor in the basement of her former home. The chase began in 1906, but due to Crippen’s extreme skill at deception, did not conclude until March, 1910, with Crippen’s arrest by the famed detec-tive Constable Walter Dew. Several movies and television shows have been based on the merry, world-wide chase on which Crippen led authorities with his mistress, Ethel Neave, in tow. Crippen was convicted and hanged. The mistress was acquitted. As a separate note, modern DNA testing showed the body in the

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basement not to have been Crippen’s wife, Cora, and to have been male, not female. Neither the where-abouts of Cora nor the identity of the murdered man have ever been established.

III “Employe” was the preferred spelling in 1911.IV The home printing press was a miniaturized version

of a one-sheet, commercial press manufactured as the Amana Star.

References: Pacific Grove Review, Monterey Daily Cypress, Del Monte Weekly, Salinas Index, Monterey County Post, Bullions’ Grammar (1890).

Know some news or trivia from a century ago?Contact the author Jon Guthrie: [email protected].

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Spring dance: A 121-year traditionat Robert M. Down School

On the last day of school each year, generations of students at Robert M. Down School have performed a Maypole Dance to celebrate the coming of summer. Over the years, the tradition has grown to include whole classrooms of children in costume performing for their teachers and the student body,

Retiring teachers Lily Ramirez, in red, and MaryBeth Rinehart, in blue, were honored by costumed students.

On May 27th, the Robert Down Elementary School spring dance was held. Four hundred twenty six students participated and more than 300 spectators attended.The spring dance began and ended with the Maypole Dance which has been a Pacific Grove tradition for 121 years. In 1890, the Maypole Dance was held in the forest of Pacific Grove. At that time, only girls were allowed to dance. Each girl dressed in a different color to represent the wild flowers of springtime: orange for the California poppy, blue for Baby Blue-Eyes, yellow for Johnny Jump-ups, red for Indian paintbrush, and green for ferns. The girls wore garlands and sashes, The dancers weaved in and out as they rounded the Maypole with their brightly col-ored ribbons.In 1891, Pacific Grove Grammar School (now Robert Down School) was opened. The Maypole Dance was moved to 14th Street to be next to the school. A Victrola provided the music. In the 1940's the Maypole Dance was held at Lovers Point and was sponsored by the Girl Scouts. The event was held on a Saturday in May. Maintenance men hauled a piano to Lovers Point to provide the music.Today, both boys and girls learn and dance the Maypole Dance. The students of Robert Down School are proud to carry on this long-standing tradition. The dance connects the students with the history of their community and gives them a fun way to re-flect back and look ahead on their last day of the school year.

Linda Williams, PrincipalRobert Down School

Above, the traditional Maypole. Below, Gary Williams in Egyptian costume, and bottom, the Room 8 wheelpoppers -- Mr. Ibrahim’s class. At bottom, left, is Mr. Levy’s class in polka dotted ties.

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Classes coming up atMonterey Regional Parks

The opportunity for personal reflections on the Carmel River watershed, a pair of art classes at Garland Ranch Regional Park, and a series of lessons in organic gardening in Carmel Valley are on tap as the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District (mprpd.org) continues with its spring and summer programs.

Details follow. For complete information on all spring and summer classes of The Park District, see the Let’s Go Outdoors! Adventure Activities guide or go on-line at mprpd.org.

Discover Your Sense of Place: Reflections on the Carmel River Watershed

Hike the hills, creeks and canyons using your senses to connect with the Carmel River watershed. Through creative reflections, writing and sharing, find your place in nature. Foster a lifelong bond with the river through personal stories and observa-tions. Hear legend and lore from a local author and artist.

Ages 9-adult, children 15 and younger must be accompanied by a paid adult,

Saturday, June 11, 10 AM-1:30 PM, Palo Corona Regional Park, $20 (district resident), $22 (non-district resident). Instructor: Paola Berthoin.

Field Sketching Wildflowers Learn the basics of sketching and painting wildflowers with a published science

illustrator. The class begins indoors with warm-up sketches, an introduction to various media and an overview of field techniques. Put these skills to use outdoors as we draw and paint our subjects in their natural habitat. All skill levels welcome.

Ages 14 –adult, Saturday, June 11, 1 PM-5 PM, Garland Ranch Regional Park Mu-seum, 700 W. Carmel Valley Road, $25 (district resident), $28 (non-district resident).

Instructor: Erin Hunter.

Drawing and Painting in the Parks Discover our parks anew! Find a limitless source of inspiration while explor-

ing practical ways to approach drawing, sketching and painting on location in the outdoors. Topics ranging from materials and preparation to compositional studies and color exercises are covered. Learn to present and critique work in a supportive setting. All levels of experience welcome. Materials list available on-line.

Ages 12-adult, Sunday, June 12, 11 AM-2 PM, Garland Ranch Regional Park

Visitor Center (700 W. Carmel Valley Road), $25 (district resident), $28 (non-district resident). Instructor: Jonathan Wolf.

Organic Summer GardeningCome find a taste of sunshine in beautiful Carmel Valley! Reap the bounty of

corn, tomatoes, beans, squash, raspberries, sunflowers or zinnias. Tend a crop of Pe-ruvian quinoa and experiment with companion planting and permaculture techniques, composting, soil preparation, seeding, growing and harvesting. Identify and observe beneficial insects too.

Ages 5-adult, Tuesdays and Thursdays, June 14, June 16, June 21, June 23, June 28 and June 30, 10 AM-12 noon, each day. Tularcitos School Garden, 35 Ford Road, Carmel Valley, $12 (district resident), $14 (non-district resident), or $60/$66 for full session. Instructor: Margo Grych.

Pre-registration is strongly suggested for all classes and programs offered by the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District (MPRPD). Register online at www.mprpd.org or in-person between 11 AM–1 PM, Tuesday-Friday at the MPRPD office, 60 Garden Court, Suite 325, Monterey (check, money order, Visa or MasterCard or Discover accepted). If space is available, there is an additional charge of $5 to register the day of the class. On-site registration begins 20 minutes prior to the start of the class. All check-in and registration closes 5 minutes before the class begins. Contact is Joseph Narvaez, at 372-3196, ext. 3.

Keep the knees BENT..

One of the most common flaws I see my students do during a golf lesson is they will have a great set up with knees bent but as they swing the golf club one of the legs completly straightens on the back swing or on the follow thru swing. I’m not aware of any sport we can play which requires movement of any kind where we straighten up the legs. The knees must be in a bent relaxed posi-tion to allow movement to happen or in golf we call this the body turn. We turn the feet knees hips and shoulders on the back swing and on the follow thru. If the knee or leg straightens, the spine or body will raise up and what usually happens we miss the ball, or top the ball so keep the legs in a bent position when you set up to the ball and when you swing the club, keep them BENT...


ConcertSaturday June 11

6 p.m. Peninsula Christian Center,

(corner of Pine and Fountain Ave. Pacific Grove CA 93950)

Fabulous Food ~ Great music by Bard Sherman, Dale Barrett, Jody Willis

THIS IS A FREE EVENT. LEARN WAYS TO SUPPORT OUR JAPANESE FRIENDS

WHO HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED BY THE EARTHQUAKES,TSUNAMI & NUCLEAR CRISIS

(Love offering will be taken)

"For Japan"

Akasha MetaphysicalFilm Festival

brings cutting-edgefilms to Carmel

The Akasha Metaphysical Film Festival will take place June 24-June 26 in Carmel, at the Sunset Center, San Carlos Street and 9th Street. The festival presents dynamic films with spiritual and supernatural themes from ghosts and out of body experiences to UFO encounters and artificial intelligence.

The festival is slated to screen a variety of dramatic features, documentaries, shorts, and animated films from around the globe. Vibrant music, cultural performances and parties are mixed with panel discussions with Hollywood insiders, metaphysical speakers, and film-making workshops.

This is the second film festival produced by Akasha Entertain-ment. In 2008, the Santa Fe Metaphysical Film Festival awarded a lifetime achievement award to actress Shirley MacLaine. The festival also featured Native American dancers, East Indian music, singing bowls, ethereal singing, and a rock band. “The Big Question,” featur-ing Deepak Chopra, won best documentary.

“Our festival celebrates the transformational potential of film,” said festival director and Carmel resident Carolyn Cobelo. “Festival-goers will be in for a real treat as we present quality, cutting-edge films that deal with supernatural and paranormal phenomena, extraterrestri-als, as well as transcendence, culture, and indigenous beliefs. These creative films have the power to take us beyond our ordinary senses into a world where fantasy, science, and reality can merge, acting as catalysts to open us up to compassion and insight.”

For information about the Festival and to purchase tickets, go to www.sunsetcenter.com .

Highlighted filmOne of the highlighted entries is “APOCALYPSE (According

to Doris)” a new independent film about failed prophecy and the apocalypse that is always promised... but never delivered.

“It’s an answer to Camping’s spectacular mis-prediction about the apocalypse comng on May 21, 2011,” said writer/director Vincent Goss. “It examines the potential dangers of foreseeing the End Of The World by charismatic personalities.”

“APOCALYPSE (According to Doris)” was recently reviewed in indieWIRE, the online independent film daily by Sydney Levine, a well-known quantity in the international film scene where she com-ments: “Both funny and emotional, it deals with the paranormal, and conscious awakening, challenging us about who we are, how we act, and the meaning of existence.”

Celebrating the screening on Sat., June 25 is a reunion of the film-makers joining Writer/Director Goss including the male lead, Jaime Gomez, known for his starring role in the long -running series Nash Bridges and recent appearances in the current TV hit “24.” Joining them is Elise Robertson who stars in the title role of Doris, a familiar face from multiple guest appearances on Grey’s Anatomy, Six Feet Under and The Gilmore girls, along with another Nash Bridges vet-eran, Christian Meoli (Alive, Dogtown, Bongwater, Everybody Hates Chris) and Brynn Horrocks from Mad Men and Criminal Minds.

An awards ceremony and gala party where the public is invited to meet and network with the filmmakers and other Hollywood pro-fessionals will follow the screening.

“APOCALYPSE (According to Doris)” recently screened at the Cannes Marche du Film and has now just begun an international festival campaign and tour, and was recently nominated as Best Feature May 2011 at the Spirit Quest Film Festival in Edinburg, PA.

Goss contends, “Everything you’ve heard about the so-called Apocalypse” is WRONG, ...and after listening to all this catastro-phobic fear mongering about end-times online and in other media, it’s time for us to take a realistic view of this transformational epoch we’re living through - not only globally, politically, ethically, and spiritually, but to reflect on what it might mean to us personally.”

Owners of “Chrysler 300” automobiles from all over the world came to the Monterey Peninsula for the first-ever, all-inclusive meet between different branches of the Chrysler 300 Club. Many were seen touring 17 Mile Drive last week. 43 of these mighty Mopars were on display at Coco’s in New Monterey on June 8. Organizer Larry Jett of Newark, California said, “Over the years we have become a 300 family.” He said they chose this location through Laguna Seca Raceway, where the cars also ran the track. While in the area, the group enjoyed the Monterey Bay Aquarium, numerous eateries and shopping locations, and of course, Pacific Grove. Photo by Cameron Douglas.

Thunder rolls into town

Elise Robertson portrays Doris in the highlighted film APOCA-LYPSE (according to Doris), screening on June 25 at the Akasha Metaphysical Film Festival in Carmel


The Arts

Up and Coming

TheMonterey Community Band

Presents

Musicians’’Choice

Spring ConcertMusic Requested by Band Members

Conducted by Richard Robins

Sunday, June 12 • 2:00 PMMonterey Peninsula College Music Hall (M-1)

980 Fremont St.Concert Band will premier the complete performance of

Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony, Fourth MovementArranged for Concert Band by Richard Robins and William Englander

plusSands of Destin by Rex Mitchell • The Cowboys by John

Williams • Selections from Carmen by Bizet • The Afternoon of a Faun by C. Debussy (William Whipple, clarinet) •

The Legend of Zorro by James Horner

FREE ADMISSIONSponsored by City of Monterey Recreation and Community

Services Department and Monterey Peninsula College

For more information all 646-3866

Classes at thePG Art Center

Watercolor Class with Jane Flury 6-9:00 p.m. Tuesdays at the Pacific Grove Art Center, 568 Lighthouse Ave.,Pacific Grove. This is an overview class using the limited palette method and includes the basics to experimental. Class works from still life on towards a model. Beginners welcome. Six week session $90. Next session starts June 7 (no class July 5). For more information call 402-5367 or e-mail:[email protected] Beginning Watercolor Class with Jane Flury 9a.m.-12:00 p.m. Thursdays at Vista Lobos, Carmel. This is an overview class using the limited palette method and will cover the basics of watercolor. Class will work from still life. Beginners welcome. 10 week session $50. Next session starts June 23, 2011. Pre-register through Carmel Adult School 624-1714 Outdoor Painting with Jane Flury- ongoing, 10a.m.-1p.m. Saturdays. Class meets at various locations around the Monterey Peninsula. All media and skill levels welcome. Lots of instruction available. $20 drop-in fee. For more information or location schedule call 402-5367 or e-mail: [email protected] Class with Jane Flury 6-8p.m. Thursdays at the Pacific Grove Art Center, 568 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove. Class will learn the basics of perspective, shadow and line. Beginners welcome. Four week session $75. Next session starts June 9. Information call 402-5367 or email:[email protected]

Visual Journaling DemonstrationBy Alana Puryear

At the Pacific Grove Art Center Saturday June 11, 12:30 p.m.

FREEWhat is visual journaling / art journaling / creative journaling anyway? It’s a lively

combination of sketching, drawing, painting, collaging, and writing all while exploring the artist’s own inner landscape.

At this demonstration you will learn how to generate ideas right away and face the blank, white page with gusto. We’ll add color to a page, doodle and the instructor will show collage elements using pre-cut magazine images to glue into your books. You will learn to enhance or develop your own creative practice with a well-spring of new ideas. It’s a fun tool to keep your creative juices flowing, your work fresh and real. Please call or email Alana to pre-register 659-5732 or [email protected]. Bring your sketchbook, a glue stick and some writing instruments.

The Visual Journaling class with Alana Puryear meets Mondays 6-8:00 p.m. at PGAC. Get your creative juices flowing and explore prompts to pursue your passions, with questions that quench. Learn mixed-media techniques to make brilliantly colored art-journal pages. 659-5732 or [email protected] to register.

Youth Art Workshops at PG Art CenterAges 8-14

Five Sessions: Monday-Friday, 2:30-5:30 pm, $100 per Session. Dates ThemeJune 13-June 17 Countries June 20-June 24 InsectsJuly 11-July 15 AnimalsJuly 18-July 22 Aquatics July 25-July 29 Feast of Lanterns For young artists open to exploring their creativity in a supportive environment. We’ll do T-shirts, papier mache, beading, clay, and, of course, drawing and painting.

Sign up ASAP before classes fill up. Limited scholarships available.Contact teacher, Julie Heilman, at 917-0009 for further information.

NOW SHOWING at PG Art CenterThrough July 14th, 2011

Opening Reception, Friday, June 3rd, 7- 9 pm.with live solo guitar music by Joseph Lucido

“Tiny Treasures,” PGAC’s annual fundraiser show of miniature works.

“Flight,” Monterey Peninsula Art Foundation’s

annual all member show.

“Flowers I Have Known,” The photography of Michael Stansbury.

“The Landscape Illuminated,” Oils on canvas by Robert Lewis.

“Riotous Characters,” Silk fiber Art by Joanne Keane


The natural beauty of wildflowers, both in number and type, will be on full display for all to appreciate and enjoy when the Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District (mprpd.org) holds its 12th annual Summer Wildflower Show from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sat. and Sun., June 11-12, at Garland Ranch Regional Park, 700 W. Carmel Valley Road. Featured on both days will be a Summer Wildflower Display and Spring Flower Photo Exhibit. The opening reception, including refreshments, will be at noon on Saturday. Also on Saturday are a wildflower identification lecture by Dr. Rod Yeager and Michael Mitchell, a walk among the wildflowers, and a class in sketching wildflowers. Sunday’s activities include a class on drawing and painting in the parks. All events are free, except for the two classes, which are part of The Park District’s Let’s Go Outdoors! Adventures Activities guide. For more information, or to pre-register for events, which is suggested, call 659-6065 or go to the website mprpd.org. To register for the classes, call 372-3196, ext. 3, or go to the website mprpd.org.

12th Annual Summer Wildflower Show set for Garland Park

Is Iran A Threat?Speaker Sun., June 19

A speech panel titled “Is Iran A Threat?” is scheduled for Sunday, June 19 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM at the Peace Resource Center, 1364 Fremont Street in Seaside.

The two panelists are Paola Gilbert, a Muslim and instructor at Monterey Peninsula College, and David R. Henderson, an economics professor at the Na-val Postgraduate School and research fellow with Hoover Institution. The event is free to the public.

Contact David Henderson 648-1776 or Phil Butler 649-1336 for more information.

MONTEREYPENINSULAREGIONAL PARKDISTRICTPresents Its

12th Annual SummerWildfl ower Show

For more information or to register call831.659.6065 /www.mprpd.org

Find yourself surrounded by nearly everyvariety of summer wildfl ower in Garland Park

Saturday, June 11-Sunday, June 1210 am to 4 pm

Saturday and Sunday Events� 10am–4pm: Summer Wildfl ower Display and Spring Flower Photo Exhibit, free

Saturday Events� 10am–12pm: Free Wildfl ower Identifi cation Lecture By Dr. Rod Yeager and Michael Mitchell

� 12 noon: Reception, including complimentary refreshments and cookies� 1pm: Wildfl ower Walk, free, pre-registration is required

� 1pm-5pm: Sketching Wildfl owers—Learn basic sketching. Ages 14 to adult, $25, register now!

Sunday Event� 11am–2pm Drawing & Painting in the Parks— Learn basic drawing. Ages 12 to adult, $25, register now!

at Garland Ranch Regional ParkVisitor CenterLocated 8.6 miles East of Hwy 1 at 700 West Carmel Valley Rd.

Pacifc Grove Art Center’s annual fundraiser, Tiny Treasures, is on now. 130 miniature original works of art by some of the leading artists on the penninsula will be raffled with a drawing on July 13 at 5:30 pm (need not be present to win). “Since there will be 130 separate drawings, your chances of winning an original framed piece of art for a $5 raffle ticket are good,” said Jaqui Hope, director of the PG art Center. Tickets are on sale now for $5.00 each or 10 for $40.00 through 5pm on July 13 at the Art Center, 568 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove, open noon-5:00 p.m., Wednesdays through Saturdays and 1:00-4:00 p.m. Sundays.This fundraiser provides support for afterschool and summer art workshops for kids, art education for adults, and exhibits and events for the entire community.

“Mandarins,” oil, by Mark Farina is one of the pieces in the Tiny Treasures show. The piece is framed.

Annual ‘Tiny Treasures’ raffle is on


Transform your negative beliefs. . .transform your life.

Rabia Erduman, CHT, CMP, RPP, CSTAuthor of Veils of Separation

831-277-9029www.wuweiwu.com

Transpersonal Hypnotherapy • ReikiCraniosacral Therapy • Polarity Therapy

Nervous System Healing • Trauma ReleaseCDs: Chakra Meditation, Relaxation, Meditation, Inner Guides

Gentrain Society Lecture Series Presents:Love Letters of Lynchburg

Re-creating the Past through Spoken Word and MusicTaelen Thomas and Marlie Avant and Bill Minor

Wednesday, June 15; 1:30 pm – 2:30 pmMonterey Peninsula College Lecture Forum 103

(Visitors welcome; no charge or registration required)

Writer/composer/pianist Bill Minor and actors Taelen Thomas and Marlie Avant will perform selected pieces from Love Letters of Lynchburg, a CD recording that combines a script for two voices and original music, both composed by Bill. This work was commissioned by the Historic Sandusky Foundation of Lynchburg, Virginia, and is based on letters exchanged by Charles Minor Blackford and his wife Susan throughout the Civil War. The performance will include a discussion by each of the participants regarding the re-creation of family history through the marriage of spoken word and music—from inception to actual performance.

Taelen Thomas is an entertainer, orator, actor, poet and teacher who brings stories and people to life with a resonant delivery and powerful stage presence. He performs one-man shows in which he becomes John Steinbeck, Jack London, Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ogden Nash, Teddy Roosevelt, Robert Burns, and Leonardo da Vinci.

Bill Minor has published six books of poetry (the latest Some Grand Dust, finalist for the Benjamin Franklin Award), and three nonfiction books on music: Unzipped Souls: A Jazz Journey Through the Soviet Union, Monterey Jazz Festival: Forty Legendary Years, and Jazz Journeys to Japan: The Heart Within. A professional musician since the age of 16, he has released three CDs, Bill Minor & Friends, Mortality Suite, and Love Letters of Lynchburg.

Marlie Avant was born in Portsmouth, Virginia. Her Marine Corps officer father was a musician, her mother an artist and costume designer who danced with both Shirley Temple and Judy Garland, so Marlie's artistic and theatrical skills came naturally. She played Winnie the Pooh while in elementary school, taught modern dance and cho-reographed musicals in high school, and majored in art and fashion design at Virginia Commonwealth University. Marlie moved to Monterey Bay in 1980 and has since been featured as an actor in On Golden Pond, A Shayna Maidel, A Streetcar Named Desire, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and as Emily Dickinson in Belle of Amherst.

Bill Minor (photo from Writers’ Readngs)

AFRP’s Dining Out for Animals June 22 Join us for AFRP’s 3rd Annual "Dining Out for the Animals" Event on Wednes-

day, June 22nd by eating at great local restaurants that are generously donating 10% of the night's proceeds to AFRP. Bring your friends and family, enjoy a nice breakfast, lunch or dinner out and help the animals at the same time! Participating restaurants include Peppers, Favaloro’s, Henry’s BBQ, Carmel Belle, The Turtle Bay Taquerias, Rosine’s, Basil, Pepper’s, Rio Grill, Tarpy’s Roadhouse, Wild Plum, Center St Grill, Nuevo Southwest Grill, and Mamma Lucia’s Pizza. For an updated listing of the par-ticipating restaurants visit www.animalfriendsrescue.org or call 333-0722. Dine Out for the Animals on June 23, enjoy a wonderful meal and make a difference in the lives of homeless animals!

The Music Ministry Team at First United Methodist Church of Pacific Grove will offer “Make A Joyful Noise!” a free concert, on Sunday, June 12 at 3:00 p.m.

This special concert will feature the talents of organist Barbara Vella, the Sanctu-ary Singers under the direction of Linda Keill, Ring ‘4’ Glory Handbell Quartet and Monarch Handbells under the direction of Sharon Ericksen. This is a free concert. A freewill offering will be taken with 100 percent of the proceeds going to local non-profit, Shelter Outreach Plus.

For more information please contact the church office at 831-372-5875. First United Methodist Church is located at, 915 Sunset Drive (at the corner of 17 Mile Drive) Pacific Grove.

An hour of joyful music offered

Carmel Valley Art & Wine CelebrationSaturday, June 11

11 AM - 5 PMCarmel Valley Village

Free admissionCENTER STREET STAGE:11-12 - Rose Merrill (acoustic folk)12:15-1:15 - Sam Johnston & Camilo Ortiz (classical)1:30-3:00 - Dino Vera & Tamas Marius3:30-5:00 - The Short Band (jazz fusion)

DEL FINO STAGE:11-12:15 - Johan Seige & Kiki Wow (acoustic rock)12:30-2:30 - Microtonic Harmonic (bluegrass)3:00-5:00 - Wandering Minds (featuring trombone)

This art & wine festival in the streets will highlight over 60 artists, local wines and live entertainment on two stages, restaurants and unique shopping located throughout the Carmel Valley Village. This event is free, costs you nothing to stroll and look at works of art, and listen to free concerts all day. Wine tasting tickets are $20 for three tastings at 5 wineries. There will be food samplings and choices as well.


153 Fountain Ave. Pacific Grove, CA 93950Phone: (831) 649-1010

Website: www.mbecgallery.com

Accredited High School Courses:

• Physical Education• Spanish 1• Algebra• English• Other Core and Elective Courses are also available.

Fun filled summer programs packed with activities and field trips:

• Gardening arts and crafts with field trips to nature museums and local parks.

• Green Science experiments and creative crafts.

• Space, Ocean, and Earth Science activities and projects with an overnight stay at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

• Green Science and Ocean Science (Arts & Crafts)

• Dinosaur Excavation, Volcano Making, and Crystal Growing.

• Feast of Lanterns (Traditional arts & crafts)

• The Week of Robots - Includes building 5 robots plus multiple creative activities.

Summer Fun activities available on a daily drop in rate of $45.00 & bring a friend and get a discount!

Monday-Friday 10am - 4pmGallery Hours: Monday-Saturday 10am - 6pm

MBEC & Gallery also has a weeks worth of activity bundles for sale. Come in and pick up a bundle and enter in our free art contests, great prizes given out each week.

Come Learn With Us!

Summer Learning ProgramsNow Filling!

Accredited High School Courses:• PhysicalEducation• SpanishI• Algebra• English• OtherCoreandElectiveCoursesarealsoavailable.

Fun-filled summer programs packed with activities and field trips:• Gardeningartsandcraftswithfieldtripstonature

museumsandlocalparks• GreenScienceexperimentsandcreativecrafts• Space,OceanandEarthScienceactivities

andprojectswithanovernightstayattheMontereyBayAquarium

• GreenScienceandOceanScience(arts&crafts!)• DinosaurExcavation,VolcanoMakingand

CrystalGrowing• FeastofLanterns(Traditionalarts&crafts)• TheWeekofRobots-includesbuilding5robots

plusmultiplecreativeactivities

Summer Fun activities available on a daily drop-in rate of$45.00. Bring a friend and get a discount!

Monday-Friday 10am - 6pmGallery Hours: Monday-Saturday 10am - 6pm

MBEC & Gallery also has a week’s worth of activity bundles for sale. Come in and pick up a bundle and enter in our free art contests. Great prizes given out each week!

Come Learn With Us!

PG Feast of Lanterns2011 Art Competition

Call for art entriesThe Pacific Grove Feast of Lanterns has issued an open call for entries to all artists

for this year’s art competition. Artists’ entries that celebrate this 106 year old festival may be in any form of 2- or 3-dimensional art except film or movies unless previously approved. Entries must be ready to hang or display. Entries must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on July 5, 2010. Cash prizes and/or ribbons will be awarded winners.

Art submitted must be original work and represent the Feast of Lanterns.This year’s theme: Fire Up the FeastAll entries must be received by the Pacific Grove Feast of Lanterns via Monterey

Bay Education Center Friday through Thursday between 11:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. MBEC is located at 153 Fountain Avenue in Pacific Grove. Deadline for entries is July 5, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. Artists may contact Marge Jameson at Cedar Street Times, 831-324-4742 with questions, or email [email protected],

Accepted entries will be displayed from July 6 through July 31. Winners will be announced at the artists reception, set for Sun., July 10 from 4:00 p.m. To 8:00 p.m. The panel of judges will be local art aficionados who will judge the work based on how well it represents the traditions of the Festival and this year’s theme. All work entered must be available for sale by the Pacific Grove Feast of Lanterns, Inc. A commission of 40 percent will go to Feast of Lanterns and 10 percent will go to MBEC for expenses. There is no entry fee.

At MBEC Gallery during the month of July, 25 percent of all gallery sales will be donated to Feast of Lanterns. If the purchaser indicates the purchase is on behalf of the Feast of Lanterns, the Feast’s share will be 50 percent.

Work may be picked up Mon., Tues. or Wed. August 1, 2 or 3 at MBEC. Checks for any sales will be mailed at the beginning of September, 2011.

Complete entry rules are available by emailing folpublicity@gmail or in person at the Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce, Central and Forest, or MBEC.

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Central Presbyterian Church of Pacific Grove325 Central Avenue, 831-375-7207

Chabad of Monterey2707 David Avenue, Pacific Grove, 831-643-2770

Christian Church Disciples of Christ of Pacific Grove442 Central Avenue, 831-372-0363

Church of Christ176 Central Avenue, 831-375-3741

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

First Baptist Church of Pacific Grove246 Laurel Avenue, 831-373-0741

First Church of God1023 David Avenue, 831-372-5005

First United Methodist Church of Pacific Grove915 Sunset @ 17-Mile Dr., Pacific Grove - (831) 372-5875

Worship: Sundays @ 10:00 a.m.

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

Lighthouse Fellowship of Pacific Grove804 Redwood Lane, 831-333-0636

Mayflower Presbyterian Church141 14th Street, 831-373-4705

Pacific Coast Church522 Central Avenue, 831-372-1942

Peninsula Christian Center520 Pine Avenue, 831-373-0431

Peninsula Baptist Church1116 Funston Avenue, 831-647

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

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

Seventh-Day Adventist Church of the Monterey Peninsula375 Lighthouse Avenue, 831-372-7818

Your achievements

Peeps“The Best”

God saw you getting tiredand a cure was not to be.

So He put His arms around youand He whispered “Come to Me”With tearful eyes we watched you.

We watched you fade away.Although we loved you dearly,We could not make you stay.

A golden heart stopped beating,Hard-working hands at rest.

God broke our hearts to prove to us,He chose to take the best.

It’s lonesome here without youwe miss you more each day.Life doesn’t seem the samesince you have gone away.

When days are sad and lonelyand everything goes wrong,

we seem to hear you whisper“Cheer Up and Carry On”

Each time we see your pictureyou seem to smile and say,

“Don’t cry, I’m in God’s hands,we’ll meet again someday!”

DAN MURPHYFebruary 7, 1943 - June 11, 2010

Beloved Husband & Father ... You are missed!

Young girls everywhere seem to be taken with princesses and queens, and none more so than girls in Pacific Grove where there is real-life royalty right in their midst.As the city gears up for the Feast of Lanterns the last week in July, the Royal Court visits schools and senior living spaces and lots of places in between. Ashley Lyon, whose big sister is Princess Ruby, presented each member of the Court with an origami crane that matched their gemstone when the Court was introduced at Canterbury Woods recently and an idea was born.The Court members will create cranes, and will teach those they visit how to fold them as well. As the collection grows, they'll take origami paper and the cranes with them on each visit to decorate with the traditional Japanese cranes, symbols of good health and good wishes.Above, L-R, are Princess Ruby, Courtney Lyon; Princess Turquoise, Katy Ohseik; Princess Amethyst, Allison Naylor; and Queen Topaz, Lindsey Morgan.This month, June, you can find the Court at the Farmers Market on Monday afternoons, where they will be teaching origami crane-folding to all comers. Photo by Barney Morgan.

Aspirations

The Summer Reading Program at the P.G. Public Library, funded by the Friends of the Library, is now registering young readers, ages 2-15.This year’s program, entitled “One World, Many Stories!,” focuses on encour-aging young readers to expand their understanding of the world and to stretch their imaginations through reading. More than 311 young readers have already registered, including every student in PGUSD’s Summer School. To register, all a child needs to do is come to the children’s room at the Library. One of the 20 middle and high school student volunteers will sign the children up, present them with their reading logs and instruct them in the log’s use. Every time the child reads at least 5 books or 125 pages, they are eligible for a prize.Last year 395 young readers participated and read over 9,000 books and more than 250,000 pages. The program also includes non-reading activities funded by the Friends of the Library.

Summer reading

Loving PG, missing homeAustrian exchange student reflects on her visit

By Cameron Douglas

15-year-old Sofie Hoertler’s home in Vienna, Austria lies more than 6,000 miles from Pacific Grove. It is a land-locked country to the south of Germany and the Czech Republic, warm in summer and cold in winter. The terrain in and around her home city is fairly flat. To visit the water from there, she and her family would drive many miles to the shores of the Adriatic Sea.

Since her arrival as an exchange student in PG last January, Sofie has been able to walk to the beach. She came through AFS/Intercultural Programs USA. AFS, formerly the American Field Service, is a leader in intercultural learning, offering international exchange programs in more than 40 countries. “There are several such programs avail-able,” says Sofie. She chose AFS for their “really good camps,” and its non-profit status. “Their host families are not just in it for the money,” she says. AFS has 60 years of history, and is now re-organized into a network of non-profit organizations.

Sofie wanted to see more of the world and to experience other cultures. Through AFS, she hooked up with a host family and came to our town as a sophomore student. It’s been good. Sofie enjoys the rallies at PGHS and “showing school spirit,” things that are not common in her native land. “It’s different,” she notes in describing her American school experience. “Schools in Austria are very academic. Here [at PGHS] it seems like everyone is a family.”

She explains that in her home country, students are required to choose a direction for their education at age 10, and then hone that direction again at age 14. “You can always change your mind,” she says, but the mood is fairly serious. Her interests run toward athletics, music (she plays the electric piano) and dance.

Here in Pacific Grove, she has been able to relax a little. “It’s nice, and you have more time for enjoying the school.” Sofie likes the lunch clubs, and joined the Fellow-ship of Christian Athletes. “We have lunch, play games—and pray.”

Sofie flashes her biggest smile when asked about her host family of Kristen and Scott Nestler. “They’re awesome!” An added bonus was her chance to be the “big sister” to the Nestlers’ 6 and 9-year-old daughters. Sofie has an older sister at home, so she enjoyed the switch.

Out of school for the summer, Sofie will spend a few weeks at dance class, playing tennis and being outdoors. “I really enjoy going to the ocean, going for a run, enjoying the town.” She feels the experience has made her more open to cultural differences.

She’ll be leaving soon, and looks forward to seeing her family at home. Her mom is a long-time employee of the Opel Division of General Motors. Her dad works with computers and IT. Sofie will soon bring them stories of PG’s hilly streets and temperate climate—and of her first look at real palm trees.

Thinking of hosting an exchange student? Log on to:www.afsusa.org/hostfamily/


Your achievements

Peeps

Austrian exchange student Sofie Hoertler visits the Cedar Street Times office. Photo by Cameron Douglas.

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PeepsPiped to schoolMarybeth Rinehart retires to the sounds

of bagpipes on her last day of school

On her last day of school before re-tiring, Marybeth Rinehart was “piped to class” by her fellow teachers, her husband and son, and a piper who had everyone on Pine Avenue lean-ing out their windows. The cavacade picked her up at her home and they all walked together to Robert Down School where the teachers, eschew-ing the traditional arch formed with swords, chose yardsticks instead. Marybeth’s husband said they’d been travelling some, but intend to do a lot more now that she has retired. Photos by David Jones.


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Shopping at Disneyland Market(Hint: It’s not in Pacific Grove)

Once a week, my sweetheart or I (depending on whose turn it is) get an adrenal boost with a mad shopping blast through our fa-vorite store, the Disneyland Market. Others can waste their money on fancy coffee if they want to. They’ll be craving more in an hour. Fifteen minutes in this place gives us a weeklong buzz, and we never have to add cream or sugar.

This week it was my turn; so I strapped on my running shoes, grabbed every reusable grocery bag in the house and headed over there for the first event, the Parking Lot Autocross. At first, I thought whoever designed this parking lot should be keelhauled by a steamroller—in reverse. Actually, it’s a work of sheer genius. It is virtually impossible to steer a Winnebago through there, and that has to be good for something. More spaces for the rest of us.

Successfully parked, it was time to go in. I wrestled a cart loose from the long row outside and made for the entrance. Inside, a man in a pirate costume barked, “Arrr, matey! How about some organic carrots?” Before I could answer, a giant python swooped down from the rafters, picked me up and dropped me in the herbal tea aisle. I nearly collided with the roller coaster on the way down.

OK, I’m exaggerating. But the effect of this place is so power-ful it’s like being doused with ice water and then whacked with a cattle prod. The music alone can cause involuntary limb spasms.

The next event at Disneyland Market is Aisle Negotiation. This appears easy, but really requires tremendous skill. It’s like driving a taxi in Manhattan. Plus, there are almost no aisles that run clear from one end of the store to the other. You have no idea where you are or where you’re going. The only ones who do are the employ-ees, who try their best to work around the rest of us.

Suddenly, something snagged my peripheral vision. Incredibly, the aisle to my right had no one in it, and it was one of those rare passages that led straight from the front all the way to the back of the store. I leaned into my cart and made a mad dash up the aisle. I didn’t even need anything from there: I just had to go for it. I became an NFL running back bolting through a hole in the line. Gale Sayers, Eric Dickerson and Jim Brown, all rolled into one wild-eyed grocery shopper. At mid-field, a hapless employee tried to cross in front of me and shrank back as I barreled forward.

Reaching the rear of the store, I realized I already had every-thing on the list and it was time to leave. Which brings us to the final event, the Checker Check-Out. This too is an art that takes much time and practice; so don’t feel discouraged if you don’t get it right away. The trick is to spot the line where (A) shoppers have the fewest items, and (B) the checker has their “lights on.” But even a seasoned Disneyland shopper like myself strikes out now and then. After carefully choosing my checker, I got in line and un-loaded my goodies onto the conveyor. That’s the point of no return. And then everything ground to a halt when the lady in front of me asked for a stock check. She had an infant boy sitting upright in her cart, and he looked at me as if to say, “Oh no, not again.”

“Just a moment,” said the checker, “I’ll contact a Grocery Team Member for you.”

Huh? What the heck is a “Grocery Team member?” When she said that, the infant immediately burst into tears. Small children, you see, are especially sensitive to Bogus Employee Titles.

Or maybe it was the python that scared him.

He likes Cedar Street’s Rain Gauge, wants more such informationEditor:

I’m writing to let you know that I really like the Rain Gauge. I like the perspective you bring by including prior years and the high and lows. I hope you’ll expand on the idea and include similar dashboard-like information on things like the P.G. City debt/income/budget, housing market, school performance, etc.

Tom RadcliffePacific Grove

Mr. Radcliffe:We like the idea of more information on the City debt, housing, schools and more.

We’re looking into how we can present the information -- and where we can get it on a regular basis.

-- Ed.

Photographer of Brokaw Hall signhelps get the word out about theftEditor:

I saw the articles and noticed that no one had mentioned what the sign said - most may assume it would say “Brokaw Hall”.

I hope it helps gets the word out. We all treasure our past and feel very cheated by some selfish person.

David PalmerPacific Grove

Thank you, Mayor and City Councilfor increasing the library budgetEditor,

Many thanks to the Mayor and the City Council for increasing the library budget by $100,000 to allow the PG library to be open an additional ten hours a week.

As the citizens of PG indicated in last November’s election, by far the majority of the voters want the library to be strong and accessible. It’s reassuring to have a Mayor and Council who listen to the voters.

A special thanks, also, to the citizens who took the time to address the Council and let the Council know their support for the library. And the biggest thanks of all to the children of Pacific Library who have put their shoulders to the wheel of preserving the library they love.

Talma TaorminaPacific Grove

Expanded PG Library HoursEditor:

I would like to thank the Mayor and City Council for their forward thinking and courageous vote to expand the P.G. Library hours from 24 to 34 hours a week in the coming year. The citizens spoke last year and almost passed Measure Q with a super majority; our elected representatives listened.

As a retired teacher, I know the importance of a strong library for our community and our children, the future leaders of our community. In these difficult financial times, our Mayor and Council members deserve recognition for their efforts in keeping the library alive.

Judy WillsPacific Grove


Neil Jameson

The RetiredFirehouse Cook

The Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Institute of Wine & Food (A.I.W.F.) has announced the results of its “Bottle Shock” competition, a blind tasting and comparison of Monterey Pinot Noir wines vs French Burgundy wines.

The tasting took place on Sunday, May 29, 2011 at the Library Room of Tarpy’s Roadhouse in Monterey.

Four Monterey County Pinot Noirs and four French Burgundies were tasted and rated for appearance, aroma, body,

taste and finish. Attendees scored the wines from one (best) to seven.

The first-place winner was Talbott’s Cuvée Sarah Case Pinot Noir 2009, Sleepy Hollow Vineyard, Santa Lucia Highlands, Estate Grown. Retail price

per bottle: $75.00. Second place went to Figge Pinot Noir 2009, Pelio Vinyard, Monterey Appellation, Carmel Valley. It retails for $33.00 - $35.00 per bottle. Ventana’s Pinot Noir 2009, Arroyo Seco, Estate Grown was rated third. It sells for $29.00 at the tasting room although it was noted that it sells for less in markets. Other wines tasted included Cima Collina 2005 Hilltop Ranch Pinot Noir; Thibault Liger-Belair, Nuits- Saint-Georges, Cote D’Or, Vosne-Romanée; Santenay Les Gravières, 2007 Premier Cru, Domaine Vincent Girardin and Vougeot Premier Cru Les Cras, Red Burgundy Wine, Mongeard-Mugneret, Vosne-Romanée. Four of the top five were local wineries.

After the ballots were counted and the winners announced, Dan Karlsen, winemaker, Robert Talbott Vineyards; Peter Figge, owner/winemaker, Figge Cellars ; Bruce Sterten, owner/wine-maker, Ventana Vineyards and Evan Oakes, owner, Ag Venture Tours & Con-sulting substituting for Cima Collina’s winemaker, Annette Hoff, discussed the Monterey Pinot Noir wines. Wine experts Doug Meador and Robert Alvarado dis-cussed the French Burgundies.

Commenting on the success of the California Pinot Noirs, Meador observed, “It’s obvious that everyone here has a California palate.”

If you’re rich and a race fan, you might be packing to go to Monaco for the 79th annual 24 Heures de Le Mans (24 Hours of Le Mans), the famous street race that’s scheduled for this weekend. If you’re not rich but are still a race fan, you might be dusting off the large screen TV and and storing in some crackers and champagne. If you aren’t even wealthy enough to have a large screen TV, you might be planning a dish to take to your friends’ house where they DO have a large screen TV and host an annual slumber party for grownups.

That’s what we’ll be doing. It’s not only a time to see some of our fellow race fans we know from Laguna Seca, but it’s a chance to eat some great buffet-style food. Sometimes they show the Steve McQueen movie or other race films before the big race starts, but mostly it’s just a chance to kibitz and talk cars. And eat.

Her Editorness will be bragging this year about her restored 1968 Firebird 400 convertible. We’re not taking it to the party, but if you’re interested at all you might see it at Cherry’s Jubilee or the Concours Auto Rally. It’s hard to miss: There were only 16,000 made and it’s any-one’s guess how many have survived the last 40+ years. This one almost didn’t – it was the car she took her driver’s license test in, and there were two brothers after her who drove it. She put the first crease in it and the other kids each left their own mark. Luckily, it had been mothballed by the time her little sister was old enough to drive, or who knows what might have happened.

But back to the food. I was thrashing around at a produce stand and found a hot deal on mangoes, so I researched mango salsa recipes, having had some great storebought ones. Here are a couple that I particularly liked.

Tomato and Mango Salsa1 mango1 firm tomato1/3 c. chopped red onion¼ c. minced fresh cilantro1 small jalapeño pepper, seeds and veins removed2 Tbsp. lime juice

Be sure you get all the peeling off the mango. It sort of tastes like lacquer and you really don’t want it in your salsa. Cut the peeled mango into small pieces, maybe ¼ inch. Cut the tomato even smaller, and toss out the seeds and juice. The red onion should be cut even smaller. As for the jalapeño: While I like the flavor, Her Editorness doesn’t and prefers to season the salsa to taste with dried red pepper flakes. It gives the right amount of heat to offset the sweet mango and makes it easier to co-exist.

Combine all the ingredients and toss thoroughly. Let it meld for about an hour before serving. Best served with tortilla chips, in my opinion.

This recipe was a little on the sweet side, but we liked it:

Mango and Apple Salsa2 ripe mangoes, peeled and diced2 apples (Granny Smith, Braeburn or other firm apple), cored and chopped

1 small yellow or white onion, choppedJuice of 2 limes2 Tbsp. chopped fresh cilantro

Toss the fruits and onion and cilantro together and squeeze the limes over it all. Toss again.

I think of mango salsa over fish, too, and as it’s salmon season you might want to try grilling salmon filets and topping with mango salsa. I’ll bet it would be great with teriyaki chicken.

So I hope that, if you’re a race fan, you’ll get a glimpse of the 24 Heures de Le Mans this coming weekend. And I hope that, if you’re a food fan, you’ll try a mango salsa recipe. In the box on this page are some tips on peeling a mango, too, in case you’ve never tried. Wash your hands well afterwards.

Cutting upa mango

Mangoes have a great huge, flat seed in the middle. The best way I’ve found to cut them up is to hold them on the cutting board and cut the sides, or “cheeks” off first. You’ll be able to feel with your knife how close you can get to the seed.

Similar to the way you’d dice an onion, cut parallel slices up to – but not through – the skin. Turn it a quarter and cut parallel slices in the cross direc-tion, again, not cutting through the skin. Scoop the diced pieces out with a spoon.

Slice the remaining part away from the seed being careful not to get any of the skin in your project, and cut it up. Those are the parts I call “cook’s choice” and they usually wind up in my mouth, not in the salsa.

24 Heures de Le Mans: Just an excuse to eat

At ‘Bottle Shock,’ California wines take top prizes

Left: The ‘blind tasting’ that found four Monterey County Pinot Noirs were better than four French Burgundies for “California palates.” Standing is Doug Meador, wine expert.

Cutting the ‘cheeks’ off Making parallel cuts

Meet the [Co-] Author at PG LibraryStephen Palumbi

‘The Death and Life of Monterey Bay’Find out how this Stanford author, di-

rector of Hopkins Marine Station, and story teller par excellence, discovered a tale of hope in the transformation of Monterey Bay which began as a natural paradise, became the poster child for industrial devastation in John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row, and is now a National Marine Sanctuary and one of the most celebrated shorelines in the world. Learn when the otters came back and how that affected the Bay, why Julia Platt, controversial mayor of Pacific Grove, tore down the fence at Lover’s Point beach, why the land at Hopkins Marine Station is called China Point, and so much more.

Copies of the book, co-authored with Carolyn Sotka, will be available for sale.

A suggested $10 donation to benefit the library will be most welcome. Refresh-ments included.

7 p.m. Thursday, June 16at the Pacific Grove Library

550 Central Avenue, Pacific Grove.For more information call 648-5762 or go to pacificgrove.lib.ca.us


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A record number of children, schools, good deeds and miles were logged in the

JUST RUN youth fitness program for the 2010-11 school year. The seven year old program, administered by the Big Sur International Marathon, continues to grow in size and stature. Numbers achieved at the school year end surpassed all preceding years.

Nearly 7,500 children, ages 5-12, participated in the schools-based running and fitness program. Collectively they logged an impressive 306,000 miles through their JUST RUN sessions at school, at home and at local races. This number surpassed last year’s total of 200,238 by more than 100,000 miles.

This year, 93 schools and youth groups representing 14 states and Canada, par-ticipated in JUST RUN. In addition to recording mileage, the students tracked ‘Just Deeds,’ or acts of good citizenship. The number of good deeds listed was 23,217, up from 14,213 recorded last year.

“It’s about the kids learning that exercise, healthy eating and running can be fun, and easily incorporated into their daily lives” said Susan Love, program administrator of the Big Sur Marathon’s JUST RUN program.

Of the 93 schools and groups, which include during school, afterschool, and park and recreation programs, 41 were located in Monterey County where JUST RUN was initiated. Runners in Monterey County schools have the opportunity to participate in two annual ‘goal runs’ organized by the Big Sur International Marathon. The recent JUST RUN! Just Kids 3K race, held in late April, drew more than 3,000 participants.

The web-based program enables teachers and leaders to implement JUST RUN in any locale. Students are logged into the system so that miles and good deeds can be tracked. Instructional videos, downloadable forms, running drill suggestions, nutrition items and more are readily available on the website.

JUST RUN is among the top youth running programs in the country. Since its inception in 2004, it has won numerous awards including the Governor’s Council on Physical Activity and Sport, and Running USA’s Youth Running Program of the Year. Earlier this year, JUST RUN was endorsed by two national fitness organizations: the Alliance for a Healthier Generation and the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition.

For more information on JUST RUN, visit www.justrun.org or call 831-625-6226.

JUST RUN kids’ fitness programsurpasses all previous records306,000 miles logged in 2010-11 school year

The Scholarship Program of the Monterey Bay Chapter of the American Institute of Wine & Food (A.I.W.F.), in association with the American Red Cross, Monterey Bay Area Chapter, is sponsoring cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and automated external defibrillation (AED) training for Monterey County hospitality employees. The program will pay for two of a restaurant’s employees to attend a training session at no cost to the restaurateur.

Choking and heart attacks can occur at any time and any where. In the past five years some 11,000 people have choked while dining, primarily because they were too embarrassed to signal for help in time. It’s essential that a restaurant’s staff know how to recognize and respond appropriately to cardiac, breathing and first-aid emergencies. Our goal to ensure that at least one person in every restaurant on the Peninsula is trained in the lifesaving skills of CPR.

A training session is scheduled for Monday, June 13, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Lunch will be available 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. The course length is three hours. Both ses-sions will be held at the Embassy Suites, 1441 Canyon Del Rey, Seaside.

Participants will learn the skills they need to give immediate care to a suddenly injured or ill person until more advanced medical personnel arrive and take over. They will learn how to perform CPR, care for conscious and unconscious chocking victims and how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED) on a victim of sudden car-diac arrest. Upon successful completion of the program employees will be certified in Adult CPR for two years.

A credit card is required to hold the reservation but it will not be charged if the employee attends the class. If the employee fails to attend without notification his or her card will be charged $55.00.

Free training is limited to two per establishment. For additional training please register at www.arcmontereybay.org

Preregistration is required and due by May 31. To register please call (831) 424-4824. For more information visit www.arcmontereybay.org.

Group offers CPR trainingto restaurant employees

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