05-23-14v2 - Cedar Street Times

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In This Issue
Kiosk
SEAL PUP COUNT
90 as of 5/23/14
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Stillwell Children’s Pool
Opens!
@ Lovers Point
May 23 - September 1
Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays
(+ Labor Day)
Noon-4:30 PM
Monday-Thursday
(starting June 9)
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Weekdays - $2.00 per person
Weekends - $4.00 per person
•
May 24 and 25
Heritage House Awards - Page 8
Famous Persons - Page 10-11
Pacific Grove’s
Rummage Sale
Monterey Peninsula Buddhist
Temple
9:00 am. To 2:00 p.m
1155 Noche Buena St. in Seaside
Times
324-4537
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Friday, May 30
7 PM
“Rebels With A Cause”
at The Osio Theater
350 Alvarado St., Monterey.
Normal ticket prices in effect.
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May 23-29, 2014
Your Community NEWSpaper
Remembering What Memorial Day is About
Saturday, May 31
Home composting workshop
10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
MRWMD, Marina
RSVP needed 384-5313
Free
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Tues. June 3
First Friday
Downtown Pacific Grove
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On Monday, May 19, at a special assembly at Robert Down Elementary School,
Miztli Corona proudly presented a certificate
of appreciation, made out to Robert Down
School, to Mrs. Linda Williams from President Abel Torres, the village president of El
Limón in Jalisco, Mexico recognizing the
both Robert Down and Pacific Grove communities’ generous support for Miztli’s project
to rebuild the walls of a local kindergarten.
Sat. June 7
Poetry in the Grove
“Poets Laureate”
Little House in Jewell Park
4-6 PM
Free
•
Sat. June 7
First Saturday Book Sale
PG Public Library
•
Sun. June 22
Feast of Lanterns Brunch
the Beach House
Only 100 tickets available
PG Travel 373-0631
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Fri. July 4
First Friday
Downtown Pacific Grove
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Sat. July 5
First Saturday Book Sale
PG Library
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Inside
100 Years Ago in Pacific Grove........... 6
Animal Tales
& Other Random Thoughts............... 16
Cartoon.............................................. 2
Cop Log.............................................. 5
Crossword........................................ 15
Food................................................. 17
Harbor Seal Report............................. 4
Legal Notices...................................... 5
Marriage Can Be Funny.................... 19
Obituaries.......................................... 7
Opinion...................................... 18019
Otter Views....................................... 16
Peeps................................................ 13
Sudoku............................................. 21
For the Love
of a Village
By Sally M. Baho
Fri. June 6
Fri., June 20
Vol. VI, Issue 37
One boy’s ambition
and the response from
our community
Libraries Closed for Staff Training
•
Carmel Crafts Guild. Weavers,
spinners, and dyers meet at
Monterey Library, Community
Room, 10:30 a.m. Free
http://carmelcraftsguild.org
•
Riding to Restore - Page 12
"Freedom Is Not Free" is engraved on the wall Washington, D.C. Korean War
Veterans Memorial. In front of the memorial are impressive statues of American
soldiers toiling in defense of liberty across disputed ground. More than 128,650
were counted as dead or wounded in that conflict, and 4,759 are still listed as
missing. There is also a monument to Korean War dead at the San Joaquin Valley
Veterans Cemetery where the names of California soldiers killed in action are listed.
Time Grows Short for
Honor Flight Veterans
There were 16.1 million World War II
veterans, men and women, who returned.
Fewer than 1.7 million are still alive, and they
are dying at a rate of more than 600 a day.
Nine years ago, our nation built a WWII
monument in Washington, DC but most of
the veterans to whom it is dedicated did not
see it. Since 2005, Honor Flight Foundations
across the country are making heroic efforts
of their own to see that the remaining veterans get to see it and get recognized — and
thanked — for literally saving the world
from tyranny.
Honor Flights take veterans to Washington, DC to not only see the memorial, but tour
other monuments and the city itself, including the Smithsonian museum and the Tomb
of the Unknown. All free. And more than a
simple tour, they are thanked and honored
every step of the way, whether it’s applause
on the airplane or a flag-waving sendoff by
local school children or a brass band welcoming them as they get off the plane.
Veterans are given a lined windbreaker
and polo shirt along with a travel bag. They
are accompanied all the way by volunteer
guardians who take care of their needs and
help wheelchair-bound men and women.
They’re given box lunches and are treated
to a dinner in addition to the half-day tours.
Airlines donate tickets for the veterans, but “guardians” pay their own way.
The three-day venture doesn’t include
L-R: Miztli Corona, Principal Linda Williams, and Miztli’s friend, Adam Robertson show certificates of appreciation
from Jalisco, Mexico.
spouses, either, though they are welcome
to pay their own way like the guardians
do. But Honor Flight Foundation sees to
it that the veterans go for free.
Carl Stewart, who served in the Navy
on the USS Carl Vinson, heard about the
program and then learned to his dismay
that there is not a branch serving the Bay
Back in August 2012, we ran a story
about then nine year-old Elian Miztli CoronaLoMonaco, who had raised over $200 for the
village of El Limón in Mexico after it had
been affected by Hurricane Jova in 2011.
Miztli visits El Limón with his sister Ahuialli
Ellesia, father Eric, and mother Marta Elena
every year where the majority of their family still live. In 2012, on their annual family
trip, Miztli was so overcome with grief and
compassion for the kindergarten of the village – its walls had been torn down by the
hurricane - that he decided to do something
about it. He raised more than $200 to rebuild
the fallen wall of a kindergarten classroom
where he had actually attended summer
school the prior year.
Unfortunately, the money he had raised
then would not be enough, but Miztli persisted. He was referred to “Club Unidos,”
a committee in Los Angeles that organizes
fundraisers to help towns in Mexico. In July
2012, he pitched his project and the committee was so impressed that they instantly donated $300. Happy with his progress, Miztli
continued on the local front with help from his
See HONOR Page 2
See VILLAGE Page 9
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Times
• May 23, 2014
Joan Skillman
PHONOR
From Page 1
Skillshots
Area. So he, along with other interested
veterans and their families, set out to rectify the situation.
“Public support is vital” to the program, he says. The cost for an Honor Flight
for each veteran is $1200 to $1500. As
soon as they get enough money together,
they send off a flight of up to 30 veterans.
“But time is running out for these people,”
he adds.
As World War II veterans leave us,
the program will transition to Korean War
vets and Vietnam vets. In fact, if any from
those conflicts are terminally ill, they will
be pushed to the front of the line.
Stewart is willing to talk to groups,
make phone calls, and do whatever it
takes to try to raise funds. He has videos
and a slide presentation ready, and refers
interested people to the group’s website at
www.honorflightbayarea.org where there
is a movie, maps of hubs, and more. As a
501 (C)3, donations are tax deductible to
the extent the law allows.
Applications for veterans, guardians,
and volunteers are available on the website. Completed applications and general
correspondence should be sent to: Honor
Flight Bay Area Foundation
c/o General Electric
M/C HFBA
1989 Little Orchard Street
San Jose, CA 95125
Office: 408-925-1999
Fax 408-925-4459
email: [email protected]
Compost Made Easy
Learn to turn waste into
a resource and build
healthy soil for your
garden
The Monterey Regional Waste
Management District is offering a
free basic home composting workshop, Saturday, May 31, 10 a.m.11:30 a.m. Learn how to turn your
food scraps and yard trimmings
into homemade compost; a free
beneficial soil amendment. The
compost presentation and demonstration will provide information
on creating and maintaining a successful composting system and on
harvesting and using the finished
compost.
Composting yard and kitchen
waste reduces the amount of waste
going into landfills by as much as
33 percent and at the same time a
free, nutrient rich soil amendment
is produced for plants, gardens,
and landscapes.
Compost bins and supplies can be purchased at the
MRWMD’s reuse store - The Last
Chance Mercantile.
The workshop is free. Due to
limited space, advance registration
is recommended. To register or
for more information about future
workshops visit or call 831-3845313.
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May 23, 2014 • CEDAR STREET
Ladies Day Race to be Seen
From Pacific Grove Vista Points
The Monterey Peninsula Yacht Club proudly announces the 2014 contest of the
Ladies Day Race on Sunday, June 1st. The race is scheduled to start at 1:00 pm just
beyond the breakwaters in Monterey Bay. It traces its roots to 1966 when it was first
proposed by Inge Stuber.
Every boat in this year’s competition will be feature a lady helmsperson.
Last year’s race saw 7 boats brave challenging sea conditions and shifting
winds.
The 2013 champion, Patti McAleer, will be back to defend her crown against
what promises to be a strong field of sailors.
Please plan to watch this exciting event from several of the nearby vistas to
include: Berwick Park, Lover’s Point, the end of Municipal Wharf II, the top of
Rappa’s restaurant on Fisherman’s Wharf, Coast Guard Pier, San Carlos Beach,
Schooner’s and Restaurant at the Plaza Hotel.
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MONTEREY PENINSULA RESIDENTS:
VOTE YES ON MEASURE O OR WE COULD PAY BIG!
ONE BILLION DOLLARS BIG!
THAT IS WHAT THE GRAPH ON THE LEFT SHOWS
Monterey Peninsula
DESAL OWNERSHIP SCENARIOS
COST TO RATEPAYERS
Over Loan Payoff Period
Above 100%: Residential customers are subsidizing other classes
1400
2012 Recorded % Revenue / % Consumption
1200
2015 Forecasted % Revenue / % Consumption
Millions of Dollars
1000
Surcharge
Taxes
800
Profit
Interest
600
Principal
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400
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Cal Am
Ownership
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WaterPlus 2014
OUR LOCAL MAYORS HAVE TAKEN CARE OF BUSINESS (BIG BUSINESS)
WHICH ENJOYS ONE LOW WATER RATE REGARDLESS OF USAGE, WITH NO TIERS (OR TEARS), A GOOD DEAL
AT OUR EXPENSE!
THAT IS WHAT THE GRAPH ON THE RIGHT SHOWS
SO WE RESIDENTS ARE ON OUR OWN AND MUST TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES
AND WE CAN DO THAT BY VOTING YES ON MEASURE O!
NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY CAL AM BECAUSE IT IS UNDER WATER NOW
THAT IS WHAT THIS HERALD LETTER SHOWS
Cal Am gasps for air (October 16, 2013)
Now that petitions for the public purchase of Cal Am are circulating, rumors are once again ﬂying that Cal Am is
worth up to $800 million, much more than ratepayers could afford. Really?
A few years ago, Cal Amʼs parent company was paid $470 million for its Arizona and New Mexico holdings that
served 174,000 customers, well over four times the number of customers our local Cal Am has. In 2011, WaterPlus
obtained a professional appraisal of $94 million for Cal Am, which has a debt equal to $59 million. That would
leave a shareholder equity of only $35 million, but even that is too high.
The reason is the San Clemente Dam. An eminent domain judge would have to consider the $49 million cost of the
damʼs removal to be a liability because a public purchaser would have to pay that amount to remove it.
So reducing an equity of $35 million by $49 million leaves Cal Am shareholders $14 million under water, hardly
$800 million above. The gurgling sound you hear from Cal Am in its opposition to eminent domain is its gasping for
air. [Note: That gurgling sound is now $2.2 million loud and growing louder.]
Ron Weitzman
SO, IF YOU ARE A RESIDENT, VOTE YES ON O—
YOU “O” IT TO YOURSELF!
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Times
• May 23, 2014
Buddhist Temple Rummage Sale
Harbor seal babies are growing up
and leaving the nurseries
On Saturday and Sunday, May 24 and 25, the Monterey Peninsula Buddhist Temple
will hold their annual fundraiser rummage sale. The event is set for 9:00 am. To 2:00
p.m each day.
Temple volunteers are looking for donations of appliances, clothes (new or slightly By Thom Akeman
used), furniture, knick knacks, pots and pans, books, toys, etcetera. Donated items should
be delivered to the temple at 1155 Noche Buena St. in Seaside a week in advance.
The newest harbor seals along the Pacific Grove shoreline – this year’s pups – are
For more information, call 324-4537.
spreading out more as they become stronger swimmers capable of exploring their rocky
habitat and finding places to climb out of the water to warm up.
Poetry Collective Gives Laurels to Laureates
Learn about the U.S. Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry and California Poet Laureate at Poetry in the Grove on Saturday, June 7 from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. at Jewell Park,
578 Central Ave. in Pacific Grove.
We will read poems by U.S. Poet Laureate, Natasha Trethewey, and the poetry of
our California Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera. These acclaimed poets have very
different views of the American experience that demonstrate the power of poetry to
communicate our stories.
We will talk about what is expected of a Poet Laureate and the projects both have
initiated. All participants will contribute to the collective poem we will compose on
unity, which will be posted on Juan Felipe Herrera’s “The Most Incredible and Biggest Poem on Unity in the World” Facebook page. us. Join us for poetry, discussion
and inspiration.
The Pacific Grove Poetry Collective, in collaboration with the PG Poet in Residence,
presents different poets for discussion on the first Saturday of each month at the little
house in Jewell Park. On July 5, Poetry in the Grove will celebrate Hafez, and Persian
Poetry and on August 2, we will salute Mary Oliver. There is no charge for these events,
donations for the PG Public Library gratefully accepted.
For more poetry and upcoming events visit
www.facebook.com/PacificGrovePoetryCollective
Sobriety Workshop and Luncheon Set
Please join Beacon House for our 4th Annual Emotional & Spiritual Sobriety
Workshop featuring Dr. Allen Berger and Herb Kaighan.
The workshop will be held on Saturday, June 7 from 8:30 am – 4:30 pm at the
Hyatt Regency Hotel & Spa in Monterey, 1 Golf Course Road, Monterey. Please RSVP
to (831) 372-2334. Workshop and Lunch are free.
LUNCH
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Monday—Thursday, 2 Hours Free Parking
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57 Fisherman’s Wharf, Monterey
Call (831) 373-1851
La Merienda
There was a record number of healthy pups this year – 90 – and the highest concentrations of them can still be seen from the recreation trail alongside the beach at
Hopkins Marine Station. As many as 60 at a time have been seen there on recent days,
some still nursing, most already weaned and on their own.
A couple of others have been spotted in the calm water of Monterey’s Breakwater
Cove by Fisherman’s Wharf, roughly the eastern boundary of the local colony’s range.
There are likely some around Cypress Point in Pebble Beach, near the western boundary of the range, but that area is still hidden from view by a covered chain link fence
the Pebble Beach Co. puts up each spring to protect the harbor seal pups born there.
Others have been seen on scattered beaches and rocks within the range.
It was a very good year for pup survival, largely because of the temporary fencing Pacific Grove installed around a small cove at the bottom of 5th Street, which is a
spillover area for the major pupping beach protected by permanent fencing at Hopkins.
The city didn’t secure the spillover area last year and vandals destroyed some of the
few signs placed there, so hundreds of people – most simply unaware they shouldn’t
– walked down along the shoreline and disrupted the seal birthing and nursing in the
area. As a result, many frightened moms left their pups behind to starve on the beach
or drown in the ocean while searching for mom.
Docents who paid close attention saw a record number of dead seal pups last
year. Photos of 42 were presented to the city during hearings on a new ordinance that
established the temporary fencing and more extensive signage used this year. Consequently, human intrusions have been significantly fewer and pup deaths this year have
been within the normal range of about 10 percent. Docents believe nine pups have been
lost to natural causes since the pupping started on March 24. Sometimes new moms
have problems and abandon their pups, sometimes newborns have problems and perish from natural causes. In addition to those known deaths, one or two other pups may
have been lost to unseasonably high waves that disrupted the nursing pairs in April
and scattered them around.
The most notorious case of human intrusion occurred April 12, when a couple of
attention-craving jerks went around the fence at 5th Street and chased nursing seals
off the beach. One mom never came back to take care of her pup, leaving it to languish
on the beach for days. When it disappeared, observers assumed the weakened pup or
its carcass was carried away by a high tide. But it turns out, a rescue crew from The
Marine Mammal Center found it in an area it misidentified as Lovers Point and took it
to the center’s hospital in Sausalito. It is now one of the 30 harbor seal patients being
treated and fed there.
Step Back in Time at
Monterey History & Art Association’s
Monterey’s 244th Birthday
&
rd
MHAA’s 83 Anniversary
Saturday, June 7, 2014
Garden Festivities 11:15 a.m.
Memory Gardens adjacent to Custom House Plaza
Downtown Monterey • BBQ & Music
MHAA Member: $55
Non-Member: $75
(includes 1st year MHAA/MOM Museum Membership!)
Limited Seating
Make Reservations Early!
For Tickets & Information:
Carol Todd (831) 372-4445
Buy Tickets Online: www.montereyhistory.org
Fund-Raising Brunch Scheduled
for Feast of Lanterns
A fund-raising brunch to benefit the Feast of Lanterns is scheduled for
noon on Sunday, June 22, at the Beach House restaurant at Lovers Point, it
was announced by Joe Shammas, who is on the Board of Directors of the
Feast of Lanterns.
Shammas said the $50-a-person brunch is the kick-off to the Feast of
Lantern season. Only 100 tickets will be sold for the event, which also will
include silent and live auctions, he said.
Tickets and more information are available at Pacific Grove Travel, 593
Lighthouse Ave., 373-0631.
The Feast of Lanterns will be held July 23-27.
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Pebble Beach Security Guard
Struck by Burglar
On May 14, a Pebble Beach security guard was conducting a vehicle check on
17 Mile Drive when he noticed his own property in the back of a pickup truck. It had
apparently been stolen from the Carmel Valley area. He attempted to detain the two
people in the truck, the female driver backed into him and drove away.
The security guard was not seriously injured and was able to identify the female
driver. The Sheriff’s office is now seeking the female, Rosamaria Best, age approximately 40, of Prunedale. She is 5’4”, 200 pounds, with brown eyes and green hair. The
male passenger ,about 30 years old, is about 5’7”, 180 pounds, with black eyes and
brown hair. The vehicle is a 1995 Ford pickup truck, tan in color, license plate number
16820F1.
Become A Lighthouse Museum Volunteer Docent
Your lighthouse needs you! Become a volunteer docent at the historial Lighthouse
Museum at 80 Asilomar Blvd.
Training is arranged during lighthouse hours, Thursday through Monday, 1:00 4:00 p.m.
If you are interested, please call 831-648-3176.
Legal Services for Seniors
No-Cost Legal Help for Monterey County Seniors
Outreach Sites throughout Monterey County
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Seaside
831.899.0492
Salinas
21 West Laurel Dr., Ste. 83
Salinas
831.442.7700
www.lssmc.net
Kellie D. Morgantini, Esq., Executive Director
With 29 years experience in
the Monterey County
Sheriff ’s Department,
including 15 years in
supervisorial and management positions, Fred Garcia
is the only candidate who
can make the improvements
needed in our county’s largest
law enforcement department.
Fred will add more deputies to patrols, build partnerships with
a focus on prevention and intervention, and work closely with
communities to address the violence that has spread throughout Monterey County. Join the Monterey County Probation
Association, Former Sheriff Bud Cook, Retired Police Chief
Roger Williams and the growing numbers throughout our
county
in supporting Fred Garcia.
Let’s bring Honesty and Integrity back to the position of
Sheriff of Monterey County. For more information go to www.fred4sheriff.com
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Marge Ann Jameson
Cop log
Due to space considerations the Cop Log will only be available online this
week. Sorry. We know you came here first. See it at http://goo.gl/udsN4e
PG Officers Deployed to Salinas Riot
Three Pacific Grove police officers were deployed on a mutual aid call to Salinas on May 21-22. Police there responded to a rescue call after a shooting occurred
within blocks of a protest which had developed earlier in the day in response to an
earlier officer-involved fatal shooting. While a Salinas officer was administering first
aid to the victim, a protester threw a bottle and struck the officer in the head.
Three officers were sent at 9:30 p.m. One Pacific Grove officer was assigned
to a particular sector which was removed from the eventual riot, where the officer
remained until 12:15 a.m. when the disturbance had quieted down. The other two
Pacific Grove officers did not receive assignments and returned to Pacific Grove.
Police Chief Vicki Myers said that the department is still “on notice” but has
received no new calls.
Chelsie Hill Co-Authors A Book
Chelsie Hill, the beautiful, active, and talented Pacific Grove girl whose life was
turned upside down in 2009 when she was paralyzed in a drunk driving accident,
has made another step in her quest to share awareness of the life of differently-abled
people and the consequences of decisions we make in our lives.
She has written a book.
Working with Jessica Love, a writer in the “young adult” genre, Chelsie's book,
Push Girl: A Novel is a work of fiction, but is closely based on her own life and was
inspired by her role on the Sundance Channel series, “Push Girls.”
Chelsie has been heavily involved in inspiration speaking to teens, as well as her
first love -- dance. She is a founder of one of the biggest wheelchair dance teams in
the world, made up of seven like minded girls. She was also featured in Seventeen
Magazine’s May 2012 issue and travels the country with Colours Wheelchair Company promoting their company. Chelsie participated in a Washington DC and Las
Vegas Ballroom performance at a national ballroom competition.
Chelsie's book will be out June 3: PUSH GIRL: A Novel
By Chelsie Hill and Jessica Love
St. Martin’s Griffin/Thomas Dunne Books
Hardcover Publication Date: June 3, 2014
978-1-250-04591-1
E-book: 978-1-4668-4605-0
$18.99
Legal Notices
FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT
File No. 20140912
The following person is doing business as PREMIER
PROPERTIES; PREMIER PROPERTY MANAGEMENT; and PREMIER PROPERTIES OF CARMEL,
1011 Cass St.. #109, Monterey, Monterey County,
CA 93940. LARRY SCHOLINK, 27400 Heavens
Way, Carmel, CA 93923. This statement was filed
with the Clerk of Monterey County on April 28, 2014.
Registrant commenced to transact business under the
fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on
4/15/2014. Signed: Larry Scholink. This business is
conducted by a general partnership. Publication dates:
5/16, 5/23, 5/30, 6/6/14
File No. 20140945
The following person is doing business as SIXTYEIGHTWEST, 1078 Ortega Rd., Pebble Beach,
Monterey County, CA 93953. ERIK UPPMAN, 1078
Ortega Rd., Pebble Beach, CA 93953. This statement
was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on May
1, 2014. Registrant commenced to transact business
under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed
above on N/A. Signed: Erik Uppman. This business is
conducted by a general partnership. Publication dates:
5/16, 5/23, 5/30, 6/6/14
File No. 20141033
The following person is doing business as GMH &
ASSOCIATES, 3211 Tallmon Street, Marina, CA,
Monterey County, CA 93933. GINA M. HINDS,
3211 Tallmon Street, Marina, CA 93933. This statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on
May 1, 2014. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s)
listed above on 05-14-14. Signed: Gina M. Hinds.
This business is conducted by a general partnership.
Publication dates: 5/16, 5/23, 5/30, 6/6/14
File No. 20140832
The following person is doing business as ADVANCED RADIANT FLOOR SYSTEMS, 34 Work
Ave., Del Rey Oaks, Monterey County, CA 93940.
DAVID CHARLES ROSA, 34 Work Ave., Del Rey
Oaks, CA 93940. This statement was filed with the
Clerk of Monterey County on April 15, 2014. Registrant commenced to transact business under the fictitious business name or name(s) listed above on n/a.
Signed: David C. Rosa. This business is conducted
by an individual. Publication dates: 5/2, 5/9, 5/16,
5/23/14.
File No. 20140864
The following person is doing business as LORAN
SPECK GALLERY, 6th near Dolores, Carmel, Monterey County, CA 93921. LORA LYNN CLARKE,
3077 Stevenson Dr., Pebble Beach, CA 93953. This
statement was filed with the Clerk of Monterey
County on April 21, 2014. Registrant commenced
to transact business under the fictitious business
name or name(s) listed above on 2012. Signed: Lora
Clarke. This business is conducted by an individual.
Publication dates: 5/2, 5/9, 5/16, 5/23/14.
File No. 20140927
The following person is doing business as MONTEREY
ANTIQUES, 980 Fremont St., Monterey, Monterey
County, CA 93940. WARREN LEE ROSEN, 121 Red
Hawk Lane, Aptos, CA 95003. This statement was
filed with the Clerk of Monterey County on April 29,
2014. Registrant commenced to transact business under
the business name or names listed above on 04-20-14.
Signed: Warren Rosen. This business is conducted by
an individual. Publication dates 05/23, 05/30, 06/06,
06/13/14.
Call 831-324-4742
to publish
legal notices
Times
• May 23, 2014
Upcoming Library Programs
100 Years Ago in Pacific Grove at Pacific Grove Library
Jon Guthrie’s High Hats & Parasols
Main line
Talking movies weird
What is playing at the Opera House is a combination of startling and weird, never
mind the show. And there is no longer a need for organist or pianist. That’s because
sound is coming right out of the film. Musical tracks are becoming ever more popular,
and those voices seem to emit right from the speakers’ mouths. Yes, you see the moving
pictures and you hear the voices. The change of program at each performance allows
groups to form fan clubs for regular attendance fun. For instance, there is a Tuesday
afternoon group, Mad Hatters, who are admitted on the basis of discounted seats. Come
negotiate for your group. Regular prices range from 25¢ to 35¢. Tuesday matinees are
20¢. This is a wonderful venue to take a date or friend. Mark Hannah, manager.*
Judge barred from court
Maurice T. Dooling, the new judge of the first division of the United States District
Court, northern district of California, was forbidden to enter his own courtroom, as
reported by the San Francisco Chronicle. Of course, this turned out to be a misunderstanding.
Judge Dooling, dressed as usual in a plain business suit and wearing a negligee
shirt, had elbowed his way through the dense crowd thronging the corridor leading to
the courtroom where the Diggs-Caminetti trial is being held. As the judge tried to pass
through the opening leading into the courtroom and past the barrier that had been put
up to restrain the crowd, he was held up by Tom Rodgers, a caretaker* who had been
detailed to assist the deputy marshals and police in maintaining order in the corridor.
“Here, where do you think you’re going,” demanded Rogers of the judge,
“I should like to go into court and see Attorney Roche for a moment,” replied
Dooling modestly.
“Not so I know it, unless you get permission from that big fellow over there,”
retorted Rogers, pointing to the tall figure of Deputy Marshal Paul Arnerich.
Arnerich turned around and immediately recognized Judge Dooling.
“Why, of course you can go into your own court, Judge,” and Dooling was allowed to pass.
Rogers face assumed an expression of thoughtfulness and he was remarkably quiet
for the rest of the morning.
All of which goes to explain why one man becomes a judge and the other remains
a caretaker.*
Assistant Appraiser Appointed
Mr. Campbell Wittier was recently appointed to the position of Assistant Appraiser
of Merchandise at San Francisco. The appointment was forecast months ago.
Review is tops
Read the Pacific Grove Review regularly. The Review contains as much local,
state, and national news as any newspaper in Monterey County.
Assassins still on loose
Earlier, it was reported by Japanese newspapers that as many as one hundred
would-be, trained assassins have been dispatched into Japan by China. Their targets
include revolutionary figures fleeing China such as Dr. Sun Yat Sen and writer Huang
Sing. This action was taken by Provisional President Shaun Kai, and has thus far met
with no reported success. China denies the charge.
AAA acts
The California version of the American Auto mobile Association has finally taken
action to test some of the inundation of state auto mobile laws, including the prohibition against “making” one’s own license plate and speeding restrictions. Member Percy
E. Town caused himself to be arrested for “speeding” to test state laws for driving at
regulated speeds. Percy was arrested and fined $15 or fifteen days in jail.
Attorneys for the AAA argued that most auto mobiles don’t travel adequately fast
to present a clear and constant danger. Further, most drivers have the common sense
to drive slowly under hazardous conditions, desiring to do no damage to their auto
mobiles or to involved persons.
Immediately, a writ of Habeas Corpus was obtained from Chief Justice Bealty
of the state supreme court, himself an auto mobile owner.
Town had been selected by the Association for the purpose of acting as “Guiney
pig” to test the constitutionality of the state’s auto mobile laws.
That wish has now been fulfilled. The question of whether the State has the right
to impose such laws will be addressed. A court date will be set.
Side tracks … tidbits from here and there
Where can $16 bring you $20 to $30 worth of rewards? Your money can … invested with the E. Cooke Smith bank.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Bairos left today on a visit with friends in Oakland, San Francisco,
and Berkeley. They were accompanied by little Miss Margerite Authenon of Oakland
who has been their guest for several weeks.
The Big Pope Twin bicycle can be viewed at Wright’s Hardware Store. Ask Manager M. Wright how he likes his new Big Pope.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Condon have returned to their home in Los Angeles after
visiting relatives here.
New Grove Suit Cleaning Works. We don’t wet clean, we dry clean … which
means spiffier clothes for you and our prices are right. *
Mr. W. R. Tavernetti from Gonzales was in the Grove on business.
And the cost is …
See the talkies at the Opera House. The Social Set is now playing. 25¢ To 35¢.
Lap children free.
Your house of comfort in San Francisco. The Hotel Manx. Conveniently located.
We are the best and most popular. $1.50 per night without private bath. Chester W.
Kelly, Manager.
Notes from the author …
There tended not to be much music at first because movie magnates were convinced
having to listen to a musical soundtrack would ruin the show. The eventual advent of
musicals altered this perception.
A caretaker was an “unsworn” guard, the equivalent of today’s security officer.
Rogers was more generally stationed at the San Francisco Post Office.
This story, first published in the Chronicle, also appeared in the Salinas Index and
other papers, and became the laughing stock, have-some-fun piece of the day.
Oddly enough, the “dry” cleaning process was “wet”. The difference was that chemicals replaced wash water, but the erroneous image of the process fell into lasting vogue.
The 2014 Summer Reading Program begins Wednesday, June 4 at the Pacific
Grove Library. Pick up your reading log and “Paws To Read” from June 4
through July 31! For every book you read, you will receive one ticket to
redeem for prizes.
Special Kick-Off Program:
Wednesday, June 4, 2:00 p.m.
Daffy Dave - an hour of juggling, comedy and fun for children of all ages
Libraries Closed for Training Tuesday, June 3
The Pacific Grove Public Library will be closed Tuesday June 3. The staff will
be doing training with the new library software that will be launched in the beginning
of July. If you have questions please call Linda Pagnella, Circulation Supervisor at
648-5760 ext. 21.
The Monterey Public Library will also be closed on Tuesday, June 3 for staff training. The Library staff will be learning how to use a new Web-based, combined catalog
and borrowing system. The new system, which will become operational in early July,
will include several new features and will result in significant cost savings. For more
information contact Acting Library Director Inga Waite at (831) 646-4502 or email
[email protected]. Monterey Public Library is located at 625 Pacific Street, Monterey.
St. Anselm’s Anglican Church
Meets at 375 Lighthouse Ave. Sundays at 9:30 a.m.
Fr. Michael Bowhay 831-920-1620
Forest Hill United Methodist Church
551 Gibson Ave., Services 9 AM Sundays
Rev. Richard Bowman, 831-372-7956
Pacific Coast Church
522 Central Avenue, 831-372-1942
Peninsula Christian Center
520 Pine Avenue, 831-373-0431
First Baptist Church of Pacific Grove
246 Laurel Avenue, 831-373-0741
St. Mary’s-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church
Central Avenue & 12 tsp.h Street, 831-373-4441
Community Baptist Church
Monterey & Pine Avenues, 831-375-4311
Peninsula Baptist Church
1116 Funston Avenue, 831-394-5712
St. Angela Merici Catholic Church
146 8th Street, 831-655-4160
Christian Church Disciples of Christ of Pacific Grove
First Church of God
1023 David Avenue, 831-372-5005
Jehovah’s Witnesses of Pacific Grove
1100 Sunset Drive, 831-375-2138
Church of Christ
Lighthouse Fellowship of Pacific Grove
PG Community Center, 515 Junipero Ave., 831-333-0636
Mayflower Presbyterian Church
141 14th Street, 831-373-4705
Central Presbyterian Church of Pacific Grove
Seventh-Day Adventist Church of the Monterey Peninsula
375 Lighthouse Avenue, 831-372-7818
First United Methodist Church of Pacific Grove
915 Sunset @ 17-Mile Dr., Pacific Grove - (831) 372-5875
Worship: Sundays @ 10:00 a.m.
Congregation Beth Israel
5716 Carmel Valley Rd., Carmel (831) 624-2015
Chabad of Monterey
2707 David Avenue, Pacific Grove (831) 643-2770
Dwight Gerald Langley
Obituary
Dwight Gerald Langley
June 28, 1933 - April 30, 2014
Monterey ~ Dwight G. Langley passed
peacefully away on the evening of April 30th.
He was born to the late David and Magnolia
Langley on June 28, 1933 in Oklahoma. He is
survived by his spouse of 64 years, Marguerite
Langley.
Dwight was a founder of Grove Market in
Pacific Grove in 1969. He always had a smile
and a friendly greeting for his customers. He
retired from the grocery store in 1999.
When Dwight was not working at Grove
Market, you could find him at home caring
for his garden and playing with one of his
beloved dogs. Dwight was also an avid reader
and loved to fish off the rocks just north of
Lovers Point beach.
Dwight is also survived by his daughter
and son-in-law, Stephanie Langley and Lee
Beggs and his granddaughter, Morgan Beggs.
A memorial service will be held at The
Little Chapel by-the-Sea, 65 Asilomar Blvd.
in Pacific Grove, California on Friday the May
30 at 3:00 pm.
Red Cross Monterey Bay Area Chapter
Deploys Local Volunteer to Southern
California Wildfire Relief Effort
The American Red Cross Monterey Bay Area Chapter has deployed its first
volunteer to Southern California where multiple wildfires have forced residents from
their homes. Barry Elkins of Carmel Valley deployed this past weekend as a Disaster
Assessment volunteer.
Over the past week, Red Cross workers provided shelter, food, relief supplies, health
services, and emotional support to those in need. The Red Cross is closely coordinating
with emergency personnel and government officials to determine how best to help the
community in the days ahead.
Wildfire Safety
Personal preparedness is important for residents, as wildfires can break out suddenly with little notice. To prepare, download the free Red Cross WILDFIRE APP.
How to Help
Donations to Disaster Relief will be used to prepare for, respond to, and help people
recover from disasters big and small. This includes the San Diego wildfires and nearly
70,000 other disasters we handle every year around the country.
Visit redcross.org, call 1-800-RED CROSS or text the word REDCROSS to 90999
to make a $10 donation.
Carmel Valley Women’s Club
Announces Awards and Scholarships
Carmel Valley Women’s Club will hold its annual Awards and Scholarships
Ceremony and Luncheon, Wednesday, June 4, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. at Los Laureles
Lodge, 313 W. Carmel Valley Rd, Carmel Valley. Call 831-659-0934 to reserve, or
mail to CVWC PO Box 407 Carmel Valley, CA 93924. $35 per guest. Edie Ellison
Sarah Carroll
Kaitlyn Kelly
Molly McNeely
Ashley Parker
This season’s scholarship recipients:
Alexandra Polovneff
Katherine Rice
Melissa Schrekenberger
Soorim (Courtney) Yoo
Talia Zahm
Community Grants Awardees:
Carmel Valley Village Improvement Committee (CVVIC)
Community Foundation for Monterey County for Fund for Homeless Women
Hope Center Monterey for the food pantry
Carmel Valley Community Youth Center (CVCYC)
YWCA Monterey County for the Lawson Safe House-Domestic Violence Shelter for
Women and Children
Friends of the Carmel Valley Library
The Carmel Valley Women’s Club celebrates 65 years of raising funds for scholarships and community grants. Scholarships and Grants are made through CVWC
Foundation ID#46-2606323 - 501(c)(3).
American Cancer Society Discovery
Shop Seeking Volunteers
The American Cancer Society Discovery Shop is an upscale benefit shop located
at 198 Country Club Gate in Pacific Grove. Profits from sales go to cancer research,
patient services, and education. They are currently looking for volunteers to work in
varying positions in both the main shop and the annex. No experience is necessary--just
a willingness to work towards a good cause. For information, call (831) 372-0866 or
apply in person, Monday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., or Sunday, 12:00
noon to 4:30 p.m.
Times • Page 7
Janet Case Beals
Obituary
Janet Case Beals
July 16, 1928-May 9, 2014
Pacific Grove, CA. Janet Case Beals died Friday May 9, 2014 peacefully
in her home from Lymphoma. She is survived by her husband of 62 years, Don;
daughter, Dr. Suzanne Beals Battaglia; sons, Gary (Barb), Kevin (Lynn), and
David (Julie); grandchildren, Lydia Beals (Sam), Carl Battaglia (Ayako), Robin
Beals (Justin), Neal Battaglia, Lisa-Rose Battaglia, and James Puett; greatgrandchildren, John Crawford, Jasper Crawford and Yuzuko Janet Battaglia, and
many cousins. She was predeceased by her parents, Frances Simpson Case and
Harold Case, as well as 4-legged companions, Smudge Pot and Mellie Belly.
Janet was a cute little bundle of wit and supportive unconditional love. She
was a smart, hard-working, caring and playful woman, who was interested in
many things. She tried hard at whatever she did, including growing and improving herself. She always strove to be kind, and to do the right thing. Janet would
socialize with people anywhere she went, from folks in line shopping, to her
long-term friends and community. Into her 80’s, she remained a spry and fit
tiny woman, doing weekly aerobics classes, Curves, and bowling. Through her
final months, she was a positive complimenting-machine to be around. She had
short-term memory loss, and might repeat the same thing a few times during
a visit, but they were always lovely things to say like, “I married such a fine
man.” She seemed to forget small stuff, but remembered what was important to
her, and engaged in thoughtful conversations till the end. She went out in loving
style, with a present mind, with little pain, and maintaining a positive attitude.
Janet and Don’s marriage was truly a “Live, Laugh, Love” partnership in
every aspect. She absolutely lived and sparkled when surrounded by her family
members and was so proud of each and every one of them. She loved music,
and the theme song of Don and Janet’s was Irving Berlin’s “Always”. What a
love affair they had. She was the “Homemaker” of the family and they loved
without bounds. She was truly a magnificent mother. She gave us joy, and we
loved her well.
Janet lived in many small towns in Eastern Oregon including Fossil, Heppner, and Baker City, before moving to Clatskanie on the Columbia River in
Western Oregon. Janet Case was in the audience in Salem, Oregon, as was
Don Beals of Salem, when the Clatskanie Basketball team won the 1946 State
Championship; however, they were not destined to meet until 1950 when she
was a junior at Oregon State College. After graduating from high school she
worked a year as a secretary at Beaver Army Ammunition Dump in Clatskanie
to provide funds for college. Her mother had been a class leader at the University
of Oregon, but Janet chose rival Oregon State College. At Thanksgiving she
put an OSC window sticker on her mother’s car only to have it scraped off and
dumped on Janet’s slice of pumpkin pie. She was a member of the Alpha Xi
Delta Fraternity and was selected into the Phi Chi Theta Honorary. She graduated from Oregon State College with Honors in 1951.
Janet had a short career as a legal secretary, then, with a portable sewing
machine, her dental bill paid and capital of $12, she took a chance on a flunkedout college student who had just been released from the Navy, and married her
best friend and the love of her life. With her full time job as secretary in the
Oregon State College Physical Education Department working for the Baseball
Coach and the help of the Korean G.I. Bill in 1954, she earned a well-deserved
Honorary Degree of PHT “Pushed Husband Through” (college). Their food
budget was $40 per month. She then began a 24-year career as a Navy wife
raising four children, living in San Diego, Japan, Charleston, Alameda, Seattle,
Chile, and Pacific Grove.
She was the hub of the family that grew to include six exceptional grandchildren and three wonderful great-grandchildren. In addition to raising four
children, she was especially blessed to be recycled and have the privilege to
help raise three grandchildren in her home. Her youngest granddaughter, LisaRose Battaglia, is a graduate student at Princeton Theological Seminary in New
Jersey. Her great- granddaughter, Yuzuko Janet Battaglia, was named after her.
Janet was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Monterey, which
she attended for almost 40 years and was Secretary of the Presbyterian Women’s
group. She and her family have lived in their historic house in Pacific Grove
for 40 years. She appreciated living in such fabulous surroundings daily. She
was a staunch volunteer with the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society. They
awarded her two Meritorious Service Awards, one for 23 years as Chairman
in charge of the receptionists. She also served as a Red Cross volunteer at the
Presidio Medical Clinic. Janet was on the Board of Directors at the Del Monte
Club of the Naval Postgraduate School for many years. She was President of
the Monterey Peninsula Alumni Association of Alpha Xi Delta. She bowled in
the staff wives bowling league for about 30 years, was Treasurer for about 15
years and was selected as Bowler of the Year for 2011-2012. She worked with
stained glass and made the stained glass panel of eight roses that beautifully
graces the front door of their historic home in Pacific Grove.
In addition to her travels as a Navy wife, she traveled throughout the United
States and to England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Machu Picchu. Running
households for three years in Japan and over three years in Chile was challenging, but most rewarding. Janet was the “real deal” with genuine interest in
others and her family. She also had a faithful companion in miniature poodle
Annabelle, who will miss her comforting lap.
The family will be forever grateful for the compassionate care provided
by Dr. Cindy Lee and Dr. Jerry Rubin, and by Hospice of the Central Coast.
Nurses Lael, Shannon and Tami were exceptional, and the home health aides
were superb. The caregivers from Visionary Home Health Services were kind
in their provision of care for her. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions be sent to the Lymphoma-Leukemia Society, Hospice of the Central
Coast, or the donor’s favorite charity. A celebration of life memorial service
will be held at the First Presbyterian Church in Monterey on June 29 at 3:00.
Please visit www.thepaulmortuary.com to sign Janet’s guest book and leave
messages for her family.
Times
• May 23, 2014
Pacific Grove Heritage House Awards 2014
Commercial Awards
Beach House at Lovers Point, 620 Ocean View
Boulevard
Owner/Developer:
Robert S. Enea, Enea Properties Company LLC
Architect: Galen Grant, Craig & Grant Architects
Designer: David Prew
Contractor: Craig Kitteringham, Sharp Engineering
& Construction
Rehabilitation Awards
126 Sixteenth Street
763 Laurel Avenue
Owners:
Ximena Waissbluth and John Papandreopoulos
Architect: Peter Davis
Contractor: John Papandreopoulos
Owner: Jean Anton
Architect: Jeanne Byrne
Contractor: Jeff Hurd, Layout Construction
New Construction Award
145 Asilomar
Carmel Doll Shop, 213 Forest Avenue
Owners: Michael Canadas and David Robinson
Architect: Jeanne Byrne
Contractors: Steve Covell, Covell Construction
George Viera, Viera Builders
Preservation Awards
Owners: Douglas Borer and Judith Stiles
Designer and Contractor: Tom Long Hometek
889 Laurel Avenue
Owners: Michael and Monique Ryan
Architect: William Mefford
Contractors: Michael Ryan, James Campos
Heritage House Awards are given annually to select buildings in Pacific Grove whose owners have rehabilitated
them, paying attention to historical details.
Nominations come from the community ... work on the house has to have been completed in the last few years.
Six judges looked at all nominees and chose the 'winners.'
The bronze is the highest award, and letters of commendation are given for the 'runners-up.'
The Heritage Society of Pacific Grove sponsors this annual awards night. Owners as well as their architects and
contractors/designers are recognized.
The house at 889 Laurel received a letter of commendation because the Heritage Society doesn't give bronzes
to new construction ... only to the older homes as a way of saying "thank you for preserving this historic home."
Monterey Gospel Choir Seeks Members
833 Maple Street
Owners: Ken Hinshaw and Margaret McGovern
Designer:Mark Norris
Contractor: Mark Travaille, Travaille Brothers and
Others
Love singing in a choir? Want to learn more about
gospel music? Come join Monterey Peninsula Gospel
Community Choir (MPGCC) at our next rehearsal, Saturday, May 24 (at Monterey Peninsula College in Choral
Room) from noon to 3 pm. (No audition required.)
The choir is currently preparing to sing in June at the
Edwin Hawkins seminar in Oakland and at a celebration
honoring recording artist Quinton Kelly in Sacramento in
August. Then in September MPGCC will host an annual
concert culminating National Gospel Heritage Month
(at First Presbyterian Church in Salinas). Since 2008,
Monterey Peninsula Gospel Community Choir has been
dedicated to promoting gospel education and exposing
community audiences to the diversity of gospel music.
Director John L. Nash Jr. and co-director David Wells
travel far and volunteer their time sacrificially to train
the choir. MPGCC rehearses every second and fourth
Saturday at MPC and accepts all adults willing to train
and sing.
The combined voices of the multifaith, multiethnic,
multigenerational family represent Monterey, Pacific
Grove, Seaside, Marina, Salinas, Greenfield, Big Sur,
Santa Cruz, Felton, San Jose, and other nearby cities. You
can follow upcoming MPGCC events or assist with taxdeductible sponsorship donations on the website www.
mpgospelcc.org (MPGCC is a tax-exempt non-profit
501C corporation) Special thanks to the Arts Council for
your support!
Push America Raising Funds for Disability Awareness
520 Ninth Street
Owner: Christine Crozier
Designer/Contractor: Mark Travaille, Travaille Brothers and Others
On May 28, a group of fraternity men will be in Monterey as a stop on the journey of their lives. This group of
9 crew members are preparing for Push America’s Journey
of Hope, a 3,900-mile cycling event across the country.
From Long Beach, CA to Washington D.C., these men
and 28 cyclists will ride to raise funds and awareness for
people with disabilities.
The Journey of Hope team consists of Pi Kappa Phi
Fraternity men from across the country. The team will
cycle an average of 75 miles per day ending at the National
Capitol on August 2. Every cyclist commits to raising a
minimum of $5,500 on behalf of people with disabilities
in hopes to enhance their quality of life.
The crew team will arrive at the Gateway Center of
Monterey County, 850 Congress Ave, Pacific Grove, at
12:00 p.m.; they will have lunch and a Friendship Visit
with participants at the Center.
Push America’s mission is building leaders of tomorrow by serving people with disabilities today. Push
America organizes Journey of Hope each summer, along
with other events, in order to promote and raise funds. It is
the national philanthropy of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity who
founded the organization in 1977 to commit themselves
to enhancing the lives of people with disabilities.
PVILLAGE
From Page 15
third grade teacher Mr. David Jones and
his friends, especially Adam Robertson.
He says he “asked for money (kindly),”
and organized fundraisers including a
Family Movie night at Robert Down,
a charity dinner at the Lopez Mexican
Restaurant, and selling OtterPops at
Robert Down School. He would talk
about his project around town to anyone
who would listen and his enthusiasm was
regularly received with verbal praise
and monetary contributions. Eventually,
Miztli raised more than $3000.
In February of this year, Miztli and
his family went to El Limón to present
the donation and were gratefully received
with a formal event by the town and
school officials. The donation went to the
town kindergarten of “Jardín de Niños,
Narciso Michel Zamora.”
The following day, the town officials: President Torres and his staff; the
school principal, Yolanda Villa Pena; and
the parent organizer, Socorro Aguilar
Diaz; teachers; parents; and students arranged a presentation where the children,
the president, and the principal personally thanked Miztli and his family. Individual kindergarten students who were
so touched by the kind act of their peer
even stood up and shared their thoughts.
The PG School Board honored
Miztli’s philanthropic efforts at a board
meeting last year and the Certificate can
be found hanging in the lobby of Robert
Down School. You know you come
from a great community when you have
children with such compassionate aspirations, parents and teachers who encourage their ambition, and a community that
so whole-heartedly supports and believes
in the difference a child can make.
Miztli says he learned a valuable
lesson that we could all probably benefit
from: “never give up.”
Times • Page 9
PAC I F I C G ROV E C H A M B ER O F CO M M ERC E
Friday, May 30 • 6-9 PM
Artisana Gallery
612 Lighthouse Ave.
Bana
510 Lighthouse Ave.
Butterfly
207 A 16th Street
Glenn Gobel
Custom Frames
562 Lighthouse Ave.
PG Art Center
568 Lighthouse Ave.
Strouse & Strouse
Studio-Gallery
178 Grand Ave.
Sun Studios
208 Forest Ave.
Taft & Teak
581 Lighthouse Ave.
Tessuti Zoo
171 Forest Ave.
PG Art Center
568 Lighthouse Ave.
Adrianne M. Jonson of Artisana Gallery
featuring Brian Allen Temple Banners
The Pacific Grove Art Center will be open from 7-9 PM.
FREE EVENT • PLENTY OF PARKING
Walk maps available at all locations
School children in Jalisco, Mexico
831.373.3304
•
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Ragamuffin Musical Theatre Camp ‘14
Come join us for the fun, and experience the thrill of “putting on a real live show”
Disney’s
PETER PAN, JR
AGE:
CONTACT:
WEBSITE:
SESSION:
8 through 14 years (coed) (8 year-olds must be entering third grade by FALL ‘14)
Dianne Lyle e-mail [email protected]
www.difrancodance.com For Forms and Info click link: RAGAMUFFIN MUSICAL THEATRE CAMP
Monday, June 16 – Friday, July 11 (No camp day on Friday, July 4)
Camp Hours: 9:00am – 5:00pm
Session includes a three-performance weekend Saturday, July 12 & Sunday, July 13
Extended Care Available: Morning: 7:45 - 9:00AM • Evening: 5:15 - 6:00PM
LOCATION:
PG Middle School Gymnasium & Performing Arts Center
REGISTER:
Download registration forms: www.difrancodance.com
FEE:
$850 for four-week session (Small Additional Fee for Extended-Care)
DISCOUNTS: Early Enrollment: Deduct $50 if the tuition total is paid by
Friday, May 30
Sibling: Deduct $50 for each additional family member
enrolling in camp
PAYMENT PLAN:
Return the registration forms, accompanied by a non-refundable
deposit of at least $400.
Balance must be paid, in full, by Monday, June 16.
THIS PROGRAM IS SPONSORED BY
THE CITY OF PACIFIC GROVE RECREATION DEPARTMENT
Times
• May 23, 2014
Annual Famous Persons Day at Robert Down
Heroes and Idols, Artists and Adventurers, Scientists and Entertainers
Imagine chatting it up with Steven Jobs, like Pacific
Grove Unified School District Superintendent Ralph Porras
got to do (right) when fourth graders at Robert Down School
set up their annual Famous Persons Day. Who would you
choose to talk with? More importantly, who would you
choose to study, and then portray, even if it’s only for one
day?
Students chose a famou person, dead or alive, and
learned about them so that they could share with others as
fellow students and others got to see them in action. hether
it was a sports hero or a favorite guitarit, a Supreme Court
Justice or an actress, they worked hard and deserve acclaim.
Photos by Karen levy and Steve Ibrahimian
Abraham Lincoln
Albert Einstein
Annie Oakley
Audrey Hepburn
Charles Darwin
Cleopatra
Davy Crockett
Duke Kahanamoku
Dwight Eisenhower
Ella Fitzgerald
Elvis Presley
George Lucas
George Washington
George Washington
Georgia O’Keefe
Times • Page 11
Ginger Rogers
Grace Kelly
Gustave Eiffel
Harry Houdini
James J. Audubon
Jane Goodall
Johnny Chapman
Lucille Ball
Mardie Murie
Mary Cassatt
Muhammed Ali
Neil Armstrong
Pelé
Pocohantas
Queen Elizabeth I
Left to right:
Robert E. Lee
Sacagawea
Sandra Day O’Connor
Steven Jobs
Left to right:
Steven Hawking
Ted Williams
Vincent Van Gogh
Wilt Chamberlin
Times
• May 23, 2014
Pacific Grove
Sports
B2B 2014: Riding to Restore Their Lives
Joey McGinnis
Joey has been clean for a year, so he
plans to ride 52 miles for 52 weeks of
sobriety. He says he was into drugs,
went to prison and jail, and was
headed for a life of failure and shame.
Today, he’s raising money for the next
person, to save their life.
Timothy Hoover
“I’m riding because this program
saved my life. I want to give back to
the community,” says Timothy. What
is his story? “I used to hang with Joey
[McGinnis]. Enough said.
Timothy mentions gratitude to Pastor
Mike Casey, too.
Hector Medina
Hector graduated in 2011, and this is
his third B2B. He has done 20 miles
in the past two years and plans to do
50 this year.
He works at Second Chance, and
is raising money for Bridge Ministry
“because it’s a good cause.”
Duke Kelso
Duke is a Bridge graduate and has
become heavily involved in marathons
and triathlons. He’s riding to fund
a scholarship to help other Bridge
graduates transition back into the
community.
Mike Baroni didn’t get to go on the ride, but he still got to pedal. The owner of
Green Pedal Couriers, he was on hand to make smoothies for the riders with
his pedal-powered blender.
The excitement was palpable as bike riders and their friends and supporters
gathered at the Bridge Ministry home on Central Avenue in Pacific Grove on an
overcast morning, Saturday, May 17. The air around the beautiful yellow Victorian
buzzed as men and women checked their tires, filled their water bottles, and chatted
about the coming race. SAG wagons (support and gear) were packed and ready, and
aid stationed were staffed.
There was more to be excited about than the ride, however, because the annual
ride is not about who wins or comes in first. Bikers, whether committing to 8-, 20-,
50- or 100-mile treks, are riding for a cause. From daily riders all the way to people
who haven’t been on a bicycle for years either made donations or obtained pledges
to help support the Bridge Ministry as they provide hope to 28 men in the program.
It’s all about restoring lives – and that’s the business of the Bridge Ministry.
The Bridge was established in 2006 for the purpose of ministering to men who
have a substance abuse problem and/or living skills problems. The only requirement
is the desire to change their lives, and an agreement to abstain from alcohol, drugs,
and tobacco. The program requires a 12-month commitment to the Christian based
residential facility.
Residents work on anger and stress management, reconciliation with family,
finance management, vocational training and career guidance. They work on all
aspects of recovery. Resident attend Bible studies and group meetings as well as
church. There is a program at The Bridge to combat illitaracy, and they work with
residents as they transition back into society, including housing and case management.
Duke Kelso knows all about it. A few years ago, the Pacific Grove native was
alone, homeless, and drunk. He’d been in the Navy but drifted from job to job and
continued to spiral downward into addiction and jail. He had been going to school,
studying graphic design but it wasn’t enough to keep him sober. He tried other recovery avenues but nothing seemed to “stick” until his father steered him toward The
Bridge Ministry.
Now a graduate, Duke has completed his associates degree in graphic design
at Monterey Peninsula College and is working on another in solar technology, after
which he hopes to work with his father in his construction firm.
He works part-time at Cedar Street Times, managing distribution of the weekly
newspaper as it grows. He also works at Tri-California Events, the Pacific Grove
company which puts on benefit marathons, including the Pacific Grove Marathon.
Duke has established a scholarship for other men seeking to recover and restore
their lives. In the Bridge program, residents are eligible to seek work after 10 months
of sobriety, and they also become responsible for paying $500 of their room, board,
and program costs per month. Duke established the scholarship so that men could
begin working on schooling as well as working at a job, and hopefully advance their
career opportunities the way he did.
The Bridge and its men have completed over 10,000 hours of voluntary community service, most of which occured right here in Monterey County.
This third annual B2B ride saw 120 riders over the four courses, up from 70 last
year and about 35 the inaugural year. For more information on the Bridge Ministry
and next year’s B2B Ride to Restore, go to www.tbrm.org
Times • Page 13
Your Achievements
Peeps
Lilly Clements Graduates Magna Cum Laude
Lilly Savage Clements of Pacific
Grove, a graduate of Pacific Grove High
School, has graduated with three degrees
from Sonoma State University. She
achieved Bachelor of Arts degrees in
Women’s and Gender Studies, Spanish,
and Psychology. She graduated summa
cum laude with two distinctions, in Spanish and in Women’s and Gender Studies.
Lilly is the daughter of Bill Clements of Pacific Grove.
Lilly Savage Clements
Stevenson’s Chapman Caddell Wins “Best
of Category” Award at Intel International
Science and Engineering Fair
Chapman Caddell, a sophomore at Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, participated
in the 2014 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (IISEF) and emerged with
the Physics and Astronomy “Best of Category” Award. Caddell competed against 1,800
students from more than 70 countries, regions and territories. He interacted with students
and scientists, including Nobel Laureates, and underwent eight hours of interviews with
21 judges, most of whom were physicists from around the world.
Each year approximately 7 million high school students around the nation present
their projects at local science competitions. Having won his category at the Monterey
County Science Fair in Monterey, California, and winning a grand award, Caddell
was invited to participate in the week-long competition and present his project, “The
Leidenpump: A Non-mechanical Means of Fluid Delivery.” While Caddell envisions
various applications for the Leidenpump, the primary application presented at Intel
involves a non-mechanical solution to cooling nuclear reactors.
In addition to the IISEF “Best of Category” Award, Caddell was also awarded the
Intel Foundation Cultural and Scientific Visit to China Award, which involves an 11day trip to China to attend the China Adolescent Science and Technology Innovation
Contest, the largest national science competition in China. As an awardee, Caddell will
visit science education institutes, research centers, middle schools and universities in
China to exchange ideas with Chinese scientists and like-minded peers with the goal
of “gaining a better understanding of China science programs.”
Caddell also won two special awards, including Arizona State University’s American University Scholarship, a renewable four-year comprehensive scholarship, and a
first award from the Patent and Trademark Office Society. In addition, as a winner in
the Physics and Astronomy category, Lincoln Labs and MIT will name an asteroid
after Caddell.
Caddell emerged from the competition with nearly $10,000 in monetary awards,
$1,000 of which will go to Stevenson School to support science programs and the
remainder of which he intends to devote to further development of his Leidenpump.
For more information about Stevenson School visit www.stevensonschool.org.
Benjamin Chodosh Graduates
Pacific Grove resident and Stevenson School graduate Benjamin Chodosh graduated
from Boston University with a Bachelor of Science degree in communications on
Friday, May 16, 2014.
Benjamin was a member of the University a capella singing group known as “The
Dear Abbeys” and has performed in California, Louisiana, New York, Massachusetts
and Bogota, Columbia.
He is the son of Len and Sheri Chodosh of Pacific Grove.
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• May 23, 2014
Pacific Grove
Sports
Senior Goalie
Serves His Country
and His Team
By John Diehl
At Pacific Grove High School, lacrosse has grown from a start-up sport, to
an MTAL championship contender. A large
piece to this success has been the senior
class and their goalie, Taylor Dunbar.
Dunbar began his career as an attackman on PG’s JV team. As a sophomore
he was brought up to varsity, a team that
had found itself without a goalkeeper. He
volunteered to be the team’s goalie, finding
great success throughout his sophomore
and junior years, being named 1st Team
All-League as a junior.
Once the senior spring season came
around, the entire team had one goal on
their minds.
“It’s a redemption season for me. We
haven’t won a championship since I’ve
been with the program. It’s my last year of
lacrosse so I want to go out with a bang.”
Said Dunbar when asked what his senior
season meant to him.
Not only does Dunbar serve his high
school and team as their leader on defense,
he has also sworn to serve his country.
In August, Taylor will ship out to
bootcamp to join the United States Marine
Corps.
When asked about choosing the Marines, Dunbar responded, “I feel like it’s
something I’m obligated to do, like it’s my
calling. Why have someone serve for me
when I can do it myself?”
He will be traveling to Virginia after
his training, to serve in the intelligence
branch. Virginia is also where he attended
an elite camp, exclusively for goalies,
during the summer leading into his senior
year.
“I learned from the camp that goalie
isn’t just a position, it’s a state of mind.”
Dunbar not only lives in the goalie
state of mind, but the championship state
of mind. Before he leaves to join the
Marines, Taylor plans to hang a banner at
PGHS for his team.
Breakout Season
By Taylor Dunbar
John Diehl is a starting midfielder for
Pacific Grove High School. John has been
lighting up the scoreboard this season and
has already doubled his goal count from
last season. His performance this year has
helped PG have a winning season with an
8-4 record overall. John has scored the
opening goal in 3 games strait and is on
track to have a great season.
John started playing lacrosse in the
6th grade for Youth Tribe. He was a middie, as well as a defender.
John is currently committed to Western Oregon University. He plans to play
for the Wolves on their lacrosse team next
season and debut his college lacrosse career. “I plan on playing middie but I also
can see myself playing attack.” says John.
WOU lacrosse has a rich history of
victory and usually has about 20-30 men
per team. They are a young team this year
bringing on 10 recruits this year. John
hopes to be a Team leader by his senior
year.
Brianna Harris’s
Passion is Softball
By Baktash Ahmad
Senior pitcher Brianna Harris has
been playing for PGHS for over two
years now, starting the second half of her
junior year.
Previously, she played for Carmel. When I asked her what it was like
playing for Carmel she replied, “I really
enjoyed playing for Carmel because all
of my friends were on the same team as
me, and the coaches were really good
by making softball fun and enjoyable
for me to play, while at the same time
preparing us for games.”
“It is very different playing for
PGHS because of the different people,
coaches, and the overall different experience I have gained,” Brianna claims.
“Because I spent two years in Carmel
and two years here at PGHS, it was very
interesting to meet new people and enjoy
a new team.”
Starting at the age of 7, Brianna has
been playing softball for more than 10
years now, since she was just in second
grade.
“When I was only 7, my dad came
up to me and had asked me and my sister
if we wanted to play, to which I immediately agreed upon, and ever since have
been playing.”
Brianna has had a longtime passion
for wanting to pitch and has always been
committed to it.
“I chose to pitch because when I
was in Rookies, I saw this girl from my
team named Brittany File playing, and
I went up to my dad and said ‘Dad that
looks like a lot of fun; I want to pitch
too.’”
Brianna explains, “My dad agreed
to it, on the condition that I work really
hard, practice, stay committed, and did
not back down.”
Brianna also explains her inspiration
behind playing as a pitcher for softball.
“My dad inspired me because he
always supports me in everything I do,
and has always made pitching fun for me
to play.”
Brianna’s lifelong passion for
softball pitching has been a major aspect
of her life. It was also interesting to hear
her talk about what other positions she
would want to play besides pitching.
“Either first base, catcher, or outfield,” she said.
Brianna also talked about whether
or not she plans on continuing to pitch,
even after graduating and going off to
college.
“No, I do not because I have played
my whole life, and plan to experience in
other sports or activities in life that may
come my way once I graduate and head
off to college.”
Sadly, even though one of Pacific
Grove High School’s (PGHS) amazing
pitchers will be gone, it is good to know
that she has always enjoyed and loved
playing, as well as being a part of the
softball team.
The Comeback Kid
By Mathew Berry
Taylor Dunbar
The 6'1", 200-pound, center fielder
for Pacific Grove High School’s varsity
baseball team is a man amongst boys.
Number seven, Dylan Chesney is having
an outstanding season with 8 RBI’s,
8 runs, and absolutely no errors in the
outfield.
His triumph was a struggle-ridden
road. This season began with an ankle
surgery that made him projected him to
miss his entire senior year.
When asked about his surgery and
recovery time Dylan told me, “I had four
large bone chips removed and shave the
bone on my tibia, and it took me eight
weeks to return.”
The ankle injury was actually suffered in the fall of 2012 (playing football
for Pacific Grove) and Dylan continued
to play with it until late fall of 2013. It
goes to show that Dylan has a great deal
of toughness.
Dylan was devastated by the doctor’s terrible news. The only thing that
was running through his mind was that
his senior year would be cut short not by
one game, not two, but six games.
“It really was the worst feeling in
the world,” Dylan explained, “I felt
like I had set huge goals for myself and
it killed me to know my goals were in
jeopardy.”
Through a number of grueling rehabilitation workouts, and therapy sessions
Dylan was able to get back on his feet
and slowly work his way back onto the
baseball diamond.
“It was honestly the best feeling in
the world. I felt timid because I didn’t
know how my ankle would react to the
game speed, but once I got on base the
first game and stole a base, I knew I was
back,” Dylan replied when asked about
how it felt to finally step back on that
field.
Although Dylan has made his return
almost half way through the season, he
has made a huge impact on his team. His
season has been quite the “Cinderella
story” so far, we will just have to wait
and see how the “comeback kid” finishes
his high school sports journey.
Losing just means
you try harder
By Roque Pinheiro
Pacific Grove High School’s baseball that began in 2014 was a great season, one to be proud of. There are many
players on the team that make an impact.
Garrett Russell (jersey number 1) plays
out field and has made some amazing
catches and plays this year.
Garrett is a small guy who weighs
135 pounds. He has amazing movement
on the field to make plays. When you see
Garrett playing, one can tell that he has
played baseball for many years.
In an interview Garrett said, that he
started playing baseball when he was
“about 4-5 years old.” He said, “I started
playing T-ball first and continued to play
throughout my high school career.”
Garrett told me that he has had fun
playing baseball since he started. When
Garrett was asked if baseball can affect
your life he said, “Yes.” Baseball he
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says, “has made a major impact on me.”
He has met and has made new friends in
the process. “It’s a fun sport to play and
to keeps you physically fit.”
He said baseball has changed many
things for him and how he is today. “It
changed my attitude towards the game;
not just a sport to play, but playing for
fun and the enjoyment of baseball.”
When trying to perfect your game,
it’s important to keep trying and not give
up. “To keep getting better is hard”. Garrett said, “Working like I did in hitting
and playing the infield to get better has
been a great experience and outcome for
me.”
Garrett learned a lot over the years
from the team’s wins and losses. When
asked how he dealt with the wins and
losses he said, “when you win it is an
amazing feeling, makes you feel good
that you gave your all.
To lose just means that you will
need to try harder next time. To think
about what you did wrong and change
that for the next game.
Garrett was saying that baseball for
him has given him confidence that he
thought he could never have. He said,
“it has changed things in my life that I
thought baseball wouldn’t affect.” Garrett said he got to break out of his shell
and find out what he can really do and
who he really is.
Over the years, Garrett has learned
a lot from his coaches and playing
baseball. “There is no excuse for failure
and to give a 100 percent is not hard,”
Garrett said. He also mentioned, “give it
all you can, so you can’t say you didn’t
give it all you could and feel that you
didn’t do enough.”
Garrett Russell has been playing
baseball for about 12 years and has enjoyed every bit of it. Garrett has grown
and is a good example of a kid that grew
up shy and has now cracked his shell
and is enjoying the sport he loves and
which has inspired him. “I am going
to attend MPC in the fall and have fun
playing college sports.”
The Smooth
Transition
By Dylan Chesney
Mathew Berry, the 200-pound, brick
wall, high school stand-out, is ready to
embark, this spring, on a four-year journey that many only dream to do.
Berry, a three-year starting middle
linebacker at Pacific Grove High School
has concluded his career as a high school
superstar and is now ready to make an
impact in the “real world.” The “realworld” happens to be right in his back
yard (MPC) which makes for a much
more comforting environment.
But there are many things about
college football that make the transition from high school to college not so
smooth.
“The tempo change is enormous
from high school to college” Berry aid,
“It’s all about bigger, faster, and stronger.”
Berry is not the strongest or the fastest anymore. There are people who are
older and have been there longer. From
this point on it is just about who wants
it more and who is willing to put in the
extra hours that are necessary.
“In high school I got away with
manhandling people I was just physically stronger and bigger than, whereas
in college it is about the technique and
learning how to beat people who may
have that size and strength advantage.”
But, this type of competition is
intriguing to Berry. He is not the type
to want something to come easy. If it
means spending more time in the weight
room, or running more sprints, than
that’s what he’ll do.
When I asked him about what he
thought he could improve on he said
“Technique”, “I need to work out exploding through my tackles, getting low,
I could improve on everything.”
It goes hand in hand with the saying
that there is always room for improvement. Isn’t it true? Even teachers learn
something new every once in a while.
So will his transition from high
school to college be a cake walk? No.
But it is not supposed to be. He will take
what he has learned throughout his years
of playing football and he will continue
to improve and tone that knowledge
and skill. Keep an eye out for the name
Mathew Berry.
Eight Santa
Catalina Seniors
to Sign Letters
of Intent to Play
College Sports
Santa Catalina School Seniors Ines
Borromeo, Mady Fithian, Rene Kausin,
Chase LeeHong, Allie Loomis, Lizzy
Tardieu, Daisy Villegas and Sophia White
will sign official letters of intent to continue their student-athlete careers at the
collegiate level at a signing ceremony on
Tuesday, May 20 at 12:30 pm at Santa
Catalina School.
These eight students have achieved
academic and athletic success at Santa
Catalina School and will now proudly
play sports this fall at colleges in Massachusetts, Texas, Alabama and throughout
California.
Ines Borromeo, Philippines - Wellesley
College, softball
Mady Fithian, Monterey - Texas Christian University, equestrian
Rene Kausin, Salinas - Spring Hill College, softball
Chase LeeHong, Monterey - California
State University, Fresno, softball
Allie Loomis, Pebble Beach - University
of California, Irvine, water polo
Lizzy Tardieu, Salinas - University of
San Diego, volleyball
Daisy Villegas, Seaside - Concordia University, soccer
Sophia White, Salinas - Emmanuel College, lacrosse
Ben Alexander
Golf Tips
Ben Alexander PGA
PGA Teaching Professional,
Pacific Grove Golf Links,
Bayonet Golf Course
PGA Teacher Of The Year,
No Cal PGA
831-277-9001
www.benalexandergolf.com
Golf is one of those sports my teacher told me many years
ago that golf is a game you never own, you only borrow
and you hope you can borrow it a little bit longer every
time.
During many of the lessons I teach, student golfers will
say I’m trying to hit my driver straight but here is the
reality: Nobody, even the tour players, hits it straight
every shot so it’s really unrealistic for us mortals to expect
perfection
Here’s the deal. Hit your drives and if it’s in play and a
playable shot, hey, you did OK because you’re not in the
lake, the trees or in someone’s back yard out of bounds...
Try to have realistic expectations with the hardest club to
hit in your golf bag.
PGHS 20th Annual
Youth Basketball Camp
The camp will focus on basketball skill development, sportsmanship and fun. Skill development will focus on improving
ball handling, passing, and shooting.Players will be divided
into age appropriate groups and will be instructed by Varsity
Boys Basketball Coach DanPowers, his staff, and players.
Registration forms are available at our website, www.breakerbasketball.org
Session I :
Ages:Boys & girls, Grades 6-8
Day/Time:June 2–5, Mon.–Thurs.,1:00pm-4:00pm
Fee:$100, (includes a Camp T-Shirt and a Ball!)
Location:Pacific Grove High School Gym
Register:Contact Coach Powers, 646-6590
(ext. 284) or email: [email protected]
Session II:
Ages:Boys & girls, Grades 1-5
Day/Time: June 9 - 12, Mon. - Thurs., 1:00pm-4:00pm
Fee: $100, (includes a Camp T-Shirt and a Ball!)
Location:Pacific Grove High School Gym
Register:
Contact Coach Powers, 646-6590 (ext. 284)
or email: [email protected]
Times • May 23, 2014
Country Doctor
Page 16• CEDAR STREET
The Old School Song
Jane Roland
Tom Stevens
Animal Tales and
Other Random Thoughts
Otter Views
We met the Hammonds, Doc and Lu, in the seventies when our son Jay and their
daughter, Denise, were in middle school and part of the same group. We didn’t know
them well until our “children” married in 1984. Since that time we have had the pleasure
of being with them on numerous occasions over the years, and, of course, we share
grandchildren, Justin and Spencer.
Doc was in amazing health until a few years ago, but a fall and, ultimately, age
caught up with him and on May 10, he left us. It occurred to me that I really know very
little about this man, other than the public persona which is most impressive. He was
gentle, kind, a wry sense of humor and sense of fun. .
Gayln (his given name) and his family moved to the Peninsula in 1932, purchasing
the land that would become the pet hospital on Fremont. The property had previously
been used by bootleggers. Buried under the dirt they discovered barrels of mash where
the liquor was made.
Occasionally Doc’s father would bring home a male calf, as the dairymen could
use only females. One of these critters, Calfey, got big enough to ride and Doc and his
brother, Wes, did just that, up and down Fremont Street.
He attended Monterey Union High school, from which he graduated in 1939. On
the occasion of this achievement his father gave him a 1930 Model A Roadster (which
was purchased for $45.00). For their fiftieth anniversary, Doc rented one and drove
his wife around town.
He was extremely artistic; his photographs have won numerous awards and have
appeared internationally in museums and the Monterey County Fair. He loved to dance
and would square dance later in life with pleasure (he had a “zoot suit” in the forties).
But it wasn’t just dancing, jazz was his passion and he was a regular at the Monterey
Jazz Festival. His photos of legends, such as Dizzy Gillespie are highlights of his
collection and among his favorites. He attended and photographed the Monterey Pop
Festival in 1967. Like all great men (my husband, John, an example) he wore bow ties.
When he graduated from Hartnell College in 1941, he attended Veterinary College at U.C. Davis. Duty called and after a year he enlisted in the army to serve in
Word War II. Prior to his discharge he studied civil engineering at Purdue University.
.Later he attended Don Martin’s School of Radio & Television Arts & Sciences in
Hollywood. When he returned to Monterey he worked at KMBY radio and television
where he was employed for twenty-three years, the last sixteen of which he severed
as General Manager.
His first job at the radio station was as a disk jockey. He would disguise his voice
with a tang and called himself “country Doctor”. He did such a good job that even his
friends didn’t recognize him. Then he would switch back to his regular was of speaking
to read the news. Thirty years prior to retiring he opened his own advertising agency,
which he operated for thirty years.
It is impossible to write about Doc and not talk about Lu, to whom he would
have been married for seventy years on July 29. She is as talented in her way as he,
in different ways. She was creative and superb craftswoman, dedicated time to the
community, had jobs, one of which was at Nice Twice. Her cooking is sublime and I
am honored to have a cookbook assembled by Denise. She entered contests and won
several trips. This was ideal as they loved to travel. Travel they did to 59 countries.
Lu is a wonderful mother and grandmother and devoted friend to most who know her.
We will miss Doc and know that he is in the Pastures of Heaven dancing and taking pictures of the angels.
Having been lucky enough to live this long, I’ll board a plane Tuesday morning
to attend my 50th high school reunion. I’m looking forward to it, but I’m also worried.
I don’t fly often, so all the usual airport stuff has me on edge. Will the shuttle
arrive on time? Will I be able to operate the baffling e-ticket console? Will my carryon bag squeeze into the newer, smaller overhead compartments? Are carry-ons even
permitted any more?
But those are minor concerns. My big worry, the one keeping me up these nights,
has to do not with flying but with singing. See, our 1964 graduating class has been
chosen to perform the school song. Not once, but at three separate reunion events.
At another school, this might not be a problem – even after a 50-year hiatus. But
our school song is in Hawaiian. In addition, it’s a very old and honored anthem, composed 250 years ago as a birth song for Kamehameha I, who would become Hawaii’s
greatest monarch. As our choirmaster taught us 50 years ago, it’s important when singing a song this
venerable to enunciate every syllable, glottal stop and accent mark. Place names must
be pronounced correctly. Elisions must be graceful and purposeful. No slurring. Bass,
baritone and first and second tenor parts must be distinct but harmonious.
So, pressure.
Admittedly, the people who first sang this song faced considerably more pressure.
If they messed up, their skulls could be crushed with a huge rock. If our performance
falls short, we’ll just face humiliation and dismay.
I should mention that, 50 years ago, ours was a pretty small school. The 1964 class
had 34 graduates, of whom about 20 will make next week’s reunion. So it’s not like
300 of us will be singing the school song and 200 can just move their lips. No, it will
be very clear who’s flat, who’s sharp, who’s pretending, who’s off tempo.
So, more pressure.
To spare us from humiliation and dismay, or at least minimize those outcomes, our
reunion coordinator e-mailed us the music, Hawaiian words and English translation
of the school song. I can’t read music, but I did transcribe the words into a notebook.
Now all I have to do is learn them again.
Let’s see:
“Ku akula ‘oe I ka mala nai a ke kipu’upu’u;
Nolu ka maka o ka o hawai a uli;
Niniau ‘eha ka pua o ke koai’e
Eha I kea nu ka nahele a’o waika . . . .”
I had trouble with that section in glee club 50 years ago, so I used to stand between
two basses who were part-Hawaiian. I would listen to them and try to duplicate their
rendition, but mine was always a split second behind. In a choral unit as small as ours,
this little lag invariably caught the choirmaster’s ear.
“Mister Stevens, learn the words so you can sing at tempo. You’re giving the bass
section some reverb we really don’t need.”
As fate would have it, our former choirmaster will be attending next week’s reunion
as the guest of our class. I don’t know if he will conduct any of our performances of the
school song, but he will certainly be listening for any lags among the basses.
The Class of ‘64 practices the school song
And that’s the most pressure.
With a few exceptions, the Class of 1964 were not gifted singers. But ours was a
gifted choirmaster. Under his diligent, long-suffering and occasionally sarcastic tutelage,
we learned to sing in English, Latin, Spanish, French, Greek and German. We even
finally mastered the school song and even won a contest singing it.
Alas, once our class graduated and the choirmaster moved on, renditions of the
school song fell off rather badly. These days, I’m told, the student body disremembers
the melody, mispronounces the place names, and only mumbles the hallowed lyrics.
I’d fit right in.
To remedy this lamentable situation, our aged and time-winnowed class has been
called upon to show the other reunion goers how the school song is supposed to be sung.
This is a daunting and humbling charge, but we can take heart from the song itself. Its
lyrics tell of ancient warriors sent to the Mahiki forests near where the school is now.
In the buffeting kamakani wind and icy Kipu’upu’u rains, they stripped saplings to
fashion spears for war.
“Hole Waimea I ka ihe a kamakani
Hao mai na ale a ke kipu’upu’u
La au kala ihi ia na kea nu
O’o I ka nahele a’o Mahiki . . . .“
That’s what the school tried to do with us. The cold winds and icy rains were meant
to harden our resolve, sharpen our skills, and launch us into the world to fly swift and
true as spears.
Ideally, we would also have remembered the school song. But hey, you can’t have
everything.
Cabbage and carrot salad
with port-infused raisins
This sweet, crispy cruciferous salad is
the perfect thing for the periodic heat wave
in Pacific Grove, not to mention the wonderful health benefits of cabbage – did you
know that cabbage has cholesterol-lowing
properties? And is chock full of vitamins
(C, K, B’s) and minerals (manganese,
calcium, iron, magnesium, potassium,
among others)!
Sally Baho
At
the Farmers
Market
Sotheby’s
Real
Estate
Prep time: 20 minutes (raisins will
soak overnight)
Serves 2
Ingredients
Half a red cabbage, chopped
4 carrots, shredded
½ cup dried fruit such as raisins, cranberries, cherries, etc.
Enough Port wine to completely submerge
the dried fruit in a small bowl, and then
some
1/3 cup olive oil
Sherry vinegar; a few splashes
Salt, to taste
Toasted pecans or walnuts, optional
Preparation
For the Raisins
The day before you’re going to have
this salad, soak the dried fruit in port. It
adds a nice zing to add a splash of sherry
vinegar to the mix. Cover and set the
raisins that are completely submerged in
port (and vinegar, if you choose) aside.
You want the raisins (or whatever dried
fruit you choose) to completely absorb the
port; they’ll swell up.
For the Salad
Place the chopped cabbage and shredded carrots in a bowl. Strain out the raisins
and set them aside; you’ll want to use the
remaining port for the dressing. Place the
olive oil, leftover port, sherry vinegar and
salt in a small jar with a lid, and shake to
create an emulsion. Drizzle this over the
cabbage and carrot mixture. Top with the
rehydrated raisins and toasted nuts. I like
to grind a little bit of coarse salt on top for
the crunch and glisten…and enjoy!
Times • Page 17
Sustainable PG
Screens
“Rebels With a
Cause” at
The Osio
Join us for a special screening of
“Rebels With a Cause,” a documentary
about how the power of people can
make a difference and effect change, and
meet the filmmaker, Nancy Kelly, and
some local ‘rebels’ for a discussion and
Q & A after the show.
The screening will be Friday, May
30, at 7 p.m. at The Osio Theater, 350
Alvarado St., Monterey. Normal ticket
prices in effect. Get inspired, uplifted
and motivated with all that is possible.
“Rebels With A Cause” is the story
of a regional California effort that grew
into an astonishing system of 14 National Seashores -- the result of garden
clubs, ranchers, farmers, conservationists, politicians from both parties, widows, and volunteers working together
through compromise and negotiation,
with the American public coming up as
the winner.
Times
• May 23, 2014
Your Letters
Opinion
Underage Drinking in Pacific Grove
Management, Not Supply, is the Key
Editor:
Mayor Bill Kampe:
As Graduation Ceremonies are on the horizon in Pacific Grove, this normal rite
of passage often includes celebrating with a party or two. It is important to know that
there are “Social Hosting” restrictions in place.
What does this mean? Simply put, it means that adults are responsible for events
held within their homes and this responsibility includes the prohibition of serving
alcoholic beverages to minors (under age of 21).
This is nothing new as this is a State of California law. Several terrible accidents
involving minors have resulted from alcohol. Within the city of Pacific Grove this law
has been expanded to penalize adults who support and allow under age drinking on their
premises. The penalties include the concept of “Cost Recovery” which means that the
responsible adult can be required to pay the costs for police and emergency services
needed to control a party and ensure all partygoers return safely to home.
It may seem strange that the police just do not break up an unruly party or one
involving under age drinkers. They are faced with the additional responsibility to
protect these partygoers by having a responsible adult get them home. This takes a lot
of valuable time away from our Police Department, time that could be used for other
missions, so the costs associated with this can be passed on to the responsible adults.
Added on to these costs may be lawyers’ fees.
The bottom line is that adults need to accept responsibility for their children by
eliminating under age drinking at any events on their premises. Celebrations can and
should take place for our graduating seniors, however adults need to review the consequences for serving alcohol to minors.
For more detailed information go on line to the Pacific Grove website, check the
Charter and Ordinances, chapter 11.04 Alcoholic Beverages, 11.04.040 Persons Under
21 Prohibition and 11.04.050 Cost Recovery Celebrate Responsibly!!
I appreciate your note on Measure O, but fundamentally think your position, and
that of the other mayors, is deeply flawed. Being for or against Measure O is a smoke
screen to the real critical issue of our time: global warming. Doing something wrong
(building a desalination plant, no matter who owns it) to solve our water problem is
fundamentally wrong. Sure, we might get expensive or more expensive water, but the
non-renewable energy used to make it work (which is the plan right now) will add greatly
to the global carbon footprint. Global warming will further accelerate the melting
of polar ice, which will cause the rise of sea-levels, which will increase the existing
salination of the coastal freshwater table. Building desalination plants powered by oil/
gas/coal to solve California’s water problem will magnify the weather calamities that
the White House is finally acknowledging in the press. Building a desalination plant
powered by hydrocarbon fuel locally is a politically expedient choice, and it should
not be done. Think global, before you act local.
What is my partial answer to the very real local water problem: we don’t have a
water supply problem, we have a water management problem.
Explain to me why in much of California there are no water meters? Almost everyone I know in the central valley (aka Modesto) can use as much water as they want on
their lawns, pools, etc - no conservation efforts whatsoever are in place. They pay a flat
rate no matter how much they use. This is disgusting, unfair, and it should not be solved
by building a costly, pollution-spewing desalination plant on the Monterey Peninsula.
Explain to me why the huge in-town reservoir (owned by Cal Am) in Pacific Grove
is not being used to store rain water? Explain to me why, when I sought permission
to re-plumb my home and use captured rainwater for most of my needs (toilets, cloth
washing, gardening, etc) I was told it was illegal (even though almost every dry-water
community in Europe, Asia, and Africa have homes equipped with cisterns to capture
rain water)?
Explain to me why we don’t solve the Pacific Grove rain water run-off pollution
issue by capturing the water, cleaning it, storing it, and using it in the dry periods of the
year? Explain to me why each home in Pacific Grove/Carmel/Monterey could not be
equipped with a cistern to capture the thousands of gallons of rainwater that come off
our roofs (even in dry years). Imagine the positive: taking a water conservation approach
would produce hundreds of construction jobs for the multiple small contractors/workers
in our area. Building cisterns is a low tech, globally proven solution to ameliorating the need for desalination plants. Cisterns are easy to build and maintain, with NO
carbon footprint other than that generated by the construction materials (cement etc). Why, Bill? I can explain it to you: we suffer from a lack of political vision/leadership, which, when combined with the power of big money (Cal Am) in local politics
results in very bad ideas being foisted on good people. Regrettably the mayors have
unified behind a bad idea. They have been joined by the local media pundits and business leaders behind a horrible solution that even my middle-school aged son realizes
is bad for the planet. Too bad my boy and his pals will be suffering the consequences
or our generation’s ecological stupidity long after you and I are dust. Bill, you are a
good mayor for the most part, but I encourage you jump off the No on O bandwagon,
look up, and get your head in the GLOBAL game that we are losing badly. Say NO to
Desalination, (without Solar or Wind to Run it). Period.
Ken Cuneo
Pacific Grove City Councilmember
Doubting our Ability to Decide
Editor:
As Measure O plays out, we see the consequences of corporate money on local
elections. The characters are clearly defined. On one side, there’s Goliath (supporters of
NO on measure O) armed with $2.2 million of corporate money. On the other side (YES
on O supporters), with about $60,000 from individual citizens who believe that water
is a resource that should be owned publicly. Goliath can afford covering the prime time
airwaves with ads that forecast local economic disaster intended to strike uncertainty
in the minds of the voters. The tactic of the No on O camp is to confuse voters and to
make we the people afraid. In other words they’d like us to doubt our ability to make
decisions for ourselves and defer to the decisions of an obscure board of directors that
has no direct connection to our area. That’s just plain dysfunctional. Vote yes on O.
Timothy Barrett
Monterey
Green Party Endorses O: Lower Rates
Editor:
The Green Party Monterey County Council voted to endorse Measure O, the Public
Water Now ballot initiative that provides for a feasibility study of public ownership of
CalAm facilities. The most convincing argument in favor of Measure O is the specific
prospect of lowering water costs. There have been numerous state and educational studies comparing costs between public and private water providers. In every case, public
water was about 25 percent cheaper than private water.
There are two reasons for this:
1) no profit and corporation taxes in public water costs and 2) lower interest rates on bonds for capital project financing
Another convincing argument includes the many democratic rights surrounding
public ownership. These include public hearings and access, transparency, public interest
responsibilities, local elected leadership, voter oversight, public rate-setting and local
management. Not a single one of these principles exists with corporate CalAm ownership.
The traditional role of comprehensive watershed stewardship by the Monterey
Peninsula Water Management District further persuades us to vote for Measure O. The
public interest jurisdiction of the district is essential for our water-scarce area. And it
is appropriate as costs and project failures call attention to the narrow focus of Cal Am
- which is to produce and deliver water at a profit. There is a lack of detailed factual
information on public ownership. This subject has been discussed for years but never
studied in depth.
Measure O assures that the full impact of public ownership will be professionally
evaluated and presented to the public. And Measure O promises that if the professional
evaluation shows that acquisition is both feasible and beneficial to the community as a
whole, the district will initiate purchase procedures.
The opposition seems to want to avoid looking at the facts. This is disappointing,
since the full community will benefit from having the facts followed by public discussion.
A community with no facts is a community in ignorance. The Green Party Monterey
County believes that it is time for a full analysis. Too much time has already gone by
without an in-depth professional feasibility study. Many ratepayers have lost confidence
in CalAm, based on past project failures, with all costs passed on to ratepayers. These
failures have called attention to poor performance by CalAm and have stimulated community interest in looking at another option.
Public ownership is that option.
Monterey County Green Party County Luana Conley
Carmel Valley
Doug Borer
Pacific Grove
Andrew Liu an Outstanding Candidate
Editor:
Andrew Liu is an outstanding candidate for Superior Court Judge in Monterey
County and I am pleased to wholeheartedly endorse him. He had over 13 years of
experience as a prosecutor, working in both New York State and Monterey County, and
he has worked as a criminal defense attorney in Monterey County for more than six
years. This experience on both sides of the courtroom will allow justice to be served
in a balanced and fair manner, which is extremely important to me.
Andrew is respected among his peers for his demeanor, temperament and knowledge
of the law. Judges describe him as intelligent, courteous, extremely well prepared and
a man of high integrity; character traits that I hold very important.
Please join me and the 22 active and retired justices, as well as a wide diversity
of people from throughout Monterey County, in supporting Andrew Liu for Superior
Court Judge, Seat 3.
Marilynn Gustafson
Pacific Grove
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Times • Page 19
Your Letters
Opinion
Anti-Inflammatory
Editor:
I have nothing to do with Cal-Am. Like everybody else, I just get my water through
them and hope to continue living a decent life here on the Peninsula. And I ask you —
isn’t it natural for Cal-Am to spend a lot on advertising? What company wouldn’t want
to save itself? Instead of getting angry at them, shouldn’t we focus on separating fact
from fiction? Let’s not allow inflamed, paranoid statements to override our good judgment. If you reflect on it, do you really think all six peninsula mayors are misguided or
lying to us? One or two could be wrong, but not five or six. We elected them, and now
they are trying to warn us. Here’s the overriding question — are we going to decide
Measure O with our heads or hearts? For the sake of our community’s future, please,
let’s use our heads. Let’s stop and think. Let’s vote no on O. Playing Hardball: Cal-Am Won’t Pay
the Fine or Cut the Water
Editor:
Hardball has no good guys or bad guys, only winners and losers. Let us take a
hardball look at Measure O.
Almost the entire local political and business establishment opposes the measure. Why?
When the end of 2016 comes and Cal Am has no new source of water, an unquestioned certainty, the company will have two options:
1. Cut our water supply by 70 percent , or
2. Pay an extremely punitive fine for not doing that.
Cal Am obviously does not want to pay the fine, and the mayors and hospitality
Alec Murdock industry obviously do not want to lose the water. There is only one way both can
Pacific Grove come out winners: Get the ratepayers to join them by opposing Measure O.
That way Cal Am will be able to persuade the Public Utilities Commission to
authorize the company to recover the cost of the fine from ratepayers while keeping
the water flowing.
Editor:
Residents are already losers, paying over 44 percent more per unit of water than
Steve Somers is an exceptional prosecutor. Having worked with Steve Somers in commercial and other customers, who are freed from the tiered rate structure. If you
our court system, I know what an excellent prosecutor he is. One of the most important are a residential ratepayer, you can avoid being an even bigger loser by voting yes on
qualities that an attorney or judge must possess is integrity. Steve has integrity without Measure O.
Ron Weitzman
question. He methodically evaluates his difficult cases and proceeds for justice as a
President, WaterPlus
prosecutor. He will apply that same ethic as a judge. Steve will be a perfect and valued
asset to the Monterey County Superior Court bench. Will you please join me in voting
for Steve Somers for Judge?
Marti Ortiz-McKim
Carmel
Steve Somers has integrity
Scene 39: Harry Wilson as the 2500 Year-Old Man IV
Bernard Furman
H: They generally remained that way.
Marriage Can Be Funny
H: Well, the first thing we did was to hit him on the head with a club.
A: No, I mean did you have any special procedures?
A: Did that have some religious connotation?
H: No, practical. If he said “Ouch!” that meant there was still hope.
Harry, as the 2500-year old man, is being interviewed by son-in-law Andy.
Andy: If you don’t mind, I’d like to learn more about your tribe’s every-day life going
back to the time when you were Chief.
A: And if he didn’t? Did you hang the body in a tree, or burn it in a huge fire, as was
done in other civilizations?
H: No.
A: What did you do?
Harry: I’ll be glad to enlighten you.
H: We had a very efficient disposal system.
A: You’ve already mentioned that it was the custom to eat prisoners.
A: Which was….?
H: Yes, but only in a stew. It somehow didn’t seem proper to grill a leg or an arm. With
a stew you don’t know what you’re eating, anyway.
H: We threw him over the side of a cliff.
A: What else was in your diet? Did you grow any crops?
H: It would be depressing to have a corpse hanging around.
H: No, we didn’t know anything about farming.
A: So what did you subsist on?
H: Berries, nuts, small animals like squirrels and rabbits, also deer and moose; and on
rare occasions, a hippopotamus.
A: And you did that because….?
A: Did you have any special rites of manhood?
H: Oh, yes. On his fourteenth birthday every boy was evicted from our village and told
not to return unless he brought with him a girl he had kidnapped from another tribe.
That’s how we kept our gene pool fresh.
A: Hippopotamus? I thought their habitat was always near a body of water, mainly
rivers, and you were in the mountains!
A: What happened if he returned alone?
H: I guess that’s why we seldom caught any.
A: What was it?
A: With what did you hunt? Bows and arrows?
G: No, we didn’t know of such things at that time. We used clubs and pieces of wood
sharpened at the end to make a spear.
A: It must have been difficult to catch a large animal with such primitive implements.
H: You betcha. That’s why there was no obesity in our time.
A: Did you engage in any sports?
H: Our favorite game was called “throwrocks.”
A: How was it played?
H: We threw rocks.
A: At each other?
H: Of course. Two guys would face off like in the cowboy western gunfights, and they
would throw rocks at each other until one was knocked out.
H: There was a penalty.
H: His ding-dong was to be cut off.
A: That seems rather harsh.
H: It turned out not to be.
A: How come?
H: No one ever returned alone.
Puzzle
Solution
A: Were there any rules to protect the players from unnecessary injury?
H: You weren’t allowed to hit your opponent below the belt.
A: What was the penalty if you did?
H: He was permitted to stomp on your crotch.
A: Sounds like a dangerous pastime.
H: It wasn’t for sissies, that’s for sure.
A: What happened when a person died?
Puzzle is on page 19
Times • May 23, 2014
The Friends of Monterey Museum of Art
Present a Lecture by Artist Joaquin Turner
Echoes of California’s Tonal Past: Landscapes in the Aesthetic
of Northern California’s Early Masters Thursday, June 12, 6:00 pm
Monterey, CA—The Monterey Museum of Art–La Mirada is pleased to host
a lecture organized by the Friends of the
Museum, Thursday, June 12, 2014, 6:00
pm – 7:00 pm at MMA La Mirada, 720
Via Mirada, Monterey CA.
Monterey artist Joaquin Turner will
discuss his art and the influence that early
California artists (particularly those who
worked in Monterey and Carmel) have
had on his work. His talk will focus on
many artists represented in the Museum’s
collection. On view now at MMA La
Mirada: iconic masterworks of our early
California painting collection, as well as
a new exhibition, SHIFT—Five Decades
of Contemporary California Painting
from the Collections of the Monterey
Museum of Art and the Community
Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula.
Born among the windswept dunes
of Fort Ord, Joaquin Turner’s childhood
began with a visceral connection to
the area’s unique landscape and ethereal
light. As a young child, his father’s career moved the family to Germany. Their
travels through Europe exposed Joaquin
to some of the finest art museums in the
world, which impacted him profoundly.
Joaquin’s talent surfaced at a young age
and his parents fostered it by enrolling
him in private painting classes. Joaquin
returned to the Peninsula while still in
high school, at which time he was greatly
influenced by his discovery of the early
Monterey Peninsula artists, who’s work he
felt embodied the poetic European ideology that he so admired overseas. He went
on to study graphic design and illustration
in San Jose, earning a degree in Graphic
Arts. Through high school, college, and
his tenure as a graphic designer, Joaquin
painted and exhibited in his free time. His
passion for painting and an increasing
interest in his work led him to escape the
office environment in order to pursue a
full-time career as a fine artist. Joaquin’s
paintings display a fervent spirituality
and deep admiration for the unparalleled
beauty of the Monterey Peninsula. His
paintings are in collections throughout
North America, Europe, and Japan.
Event Details: Free to Friends members and Museum members at the Contributor level or above; $10 for other museum members; and $15 for non-members
(includes admission to the Museum). The
one-hour talk begins promptly at 6:00 pm.
For more information about the
Museum, and its exhibitions and programs, visit www.montereyart.org or call
831.372.5477
Museum Hours: MMA–La Mirada:
Thursday 11:00 am – 8:00 pm, FridayMonday 11:00 am – 5:00 pm, Closed
Tuesday and Wednesday MMA–Pacific
Street: Thursday-Monday 11:00 am – 5:00
pm, Closed Tuesday and Wednesday
Monterey Museum of Art–La Mirada Parking: The Monterey Museum
of Art–La Mirada offers limited on-site
complimentary parking. Additional complimentary parking located at Monterey
Peninsula College Lot A. With limited
street parking, please be considerate of our
neighbors and observe city of Monterey
No Parking zones.
Feast of Lanterns
Seeks Volunteers
Volunteers are needed for all aspects and activities of the 2014 Feast of
Lanterns, Opening Ceremonies, Feast of
Dance, Feast of Flavors, Pageant Day,
beach clean-up, and closing ceremonies,
among others. There are needs for traffic
direction, sign-in coordinators, vendor
coordinators, ticket sales, stage assistants,
merchandise sales and more.
Feast Week is July 23-27 but the need
extends to activities before and after that
week.
To volunteer, [email protected] or phone chairperson Joni
Birch at 206-225-6245
1,440 students graduate CSUMB
Administration Official and Julie Packard address group
‘Help others achieve their dreams,’
graduates were told by an Obama administration official, the commencement
keynote speaker.
On a breezy, sunny morning, Cecilia
Muñoz urged the graduates of California
State University, Monterey Bay to maintain the quest for learning that brought
them to the university.
Ms. Muñoz, an adviser to President
Obama and director of the Domestic
Policy Council, was the keynote speaker
at the university’s May 17 commencement.
Approximately 1,440 students were
awarded bachelor’s and master’s degrees
and teaching credentials before a capacity
crowd of 8,000 in the university’s stadium.
Muñoz reminded the audience that
CSUMB students contribute 60,000 hours
of community service each year and urged
the graduates to build on that spirit of service as they leave the university.
“This should come with a word of
caution – that spirit of service may become
your life’s work,” she said. She advised
graduates to continue to engage with the
people around them, “especially those
who are different from you.” And, she
suggested that they indulge in a little peace
and quiet every now and then. Her last piece of advice: “Always be
grateful to the people who got you here,
and pay it forward by helping others
achieve their dreams.” Director of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Julie Packard urged the graduates to
action.
Ms. Packard was awarded an honorary doctor of science degree at the ceremony. She and the aquarium have become
a force for advancing ocean conservation
worldwide through the aquarium’s exhibits
and programs, and its work in scientific research, education and public policy. “The
ocean is central to our lives,” she said. “It’s
our pantry, our lungs, our playground. It’s
a massive driver of global commerce and
an incubator for innovative technologies
that will drive our future.”
She told the students “unless we wake
up and attend to the nature that sustains us,
we won’t be able to pursue our dreams and
aspirations, whatever they may be.
“You have the power for change,” she
reminded them. “Use it.”
The ceremony opened with the traditional welcome in Spanish, Japanese,
Chinese and Vietnamese, delivered by the
members of the faculty. Student speaker
Alijah Jade Marquez, winner of the
President’s Award for Exemplary Student
Achievement, was next on the podium.
She reminded students that everyone has
the ability to impact the world, by saving
the life of a friend or influencing the lives
of millions. “No act is insignificant,”
she said.
Read Ms. Muñoz’s remarks at http://
news.csumb.edu/news/2014/may/17/
commencement-remarks-cecilia-muñoz
Times • Page 21
PacRep 2014 Professional
Hopkins director speaks to
Season withRegional premiere Monterey Bay whales group
– Evie’s Waltz
One of the nation’s top marine biolo- on abalone genetics, and local adaptions
gists, Steve Palumbi, will discuss his new in sea urchins.
By Carter W. Lewis
Pacific Repertory Theatre, the
regions only year-round professional
theatre, is pleased to announce the
regional premiere of Carter W. Lewis’
new drama, Evie’s Waltz, playing June
6 through June 29, in the intimate Circle
Theatre, the company’s second offering
in its 2014 professional season.
Evie’s Waltz is a new thriller about
a family in crisis. Beneath a casual family barbecue, tensions rise by gripping
degrees as parents Gloria and Clay are
dealing with every parent’s nightmare:
their son has been suspended for bringing a gun to school. As they wrestle with
their predicament, an unexpected visit
from Evie, their son’s girlfriend, turns
their backyard barbecue into a highstakes game of cat and mouse.
Under the direction of Artistic
Director Kenneth Kelleher, Evie’s Waltz
features PacRep resident actress Julie
Hughett as Gloria, a middle-aged mother
filled with biting sarcasm and impatience
ingrained from personal and marital dissatisfaction, in sharp contrast to her ever
positive husband Clay (Equity Actor Jackson Davis) who remains relaxed,
and in total denial as to the trouble brewing. Completing the backyard party
is their son’s girlfriend (Bri Slama), a
complex and intelligent young girl who
is full of accusations and threats.
Veteran Bay Area actor Jackson
Davis who has performed with the
American Conservatory Theatre, TheatreWorks, San Jose Repertory Theatre,
Aurora Theatre and San Jose Stage
Company returns to PacRep’s stage,
having been seen in last year’s epic
adaptation of Homer’s An Iliad.
Also returning to PacRep’s stage
is Company resident actress, Julie
Hughett, most recently seen last season
as “Amanda Wingfield” in The Glass
Menagerie and Argon’s clever servant,
“Toinette” in The Imaginary Invalid.
The title role character “Evie” is
played by Bri Slama, who was recently
seen in this season’s opening show, Jesus
Christ Superstar as James. Bri has performed in several other PacRep productions, including the roles of Sharpay in High School Musical, Penny in Hairspray!, as well as appearing in Crazy for
You (Western Stage) and Les Misérables
(MPC).
Evie’s Waltz begins with one discount preview, Friday, June 6 at 7:30pm,
and opens Saturday, June 7, at 7:30pm,
followed by a 2:00pm matinee on
Sunday, June 8. Performances continue
Thursdays through Saturdays June 12
- 28 at 7:30pm, with Sunday matinees
June 15 – 29 at 2:00pm. Performances
are at the Golden Bough Playhouse’s
Circle Theatre, located on Casanova
Street between 8th and 9th Avenues,
Carmel-by-the-Sea.
2014 Season FlexPass
2014 continues PacRep’s popular Season Ticket offering - the PacRep
Season FlexPass, offering substantial
savings (up to 35 percent) and complete
flexibility to choose titles and dates, and
even allows for repeat performances! As an added benefit of membership,
FlexPass holders will now receive a
50 percent discount on 2014 Specticast
Screenings of live performing arts events
from around the world. 2014 Season
FlexPasses are now available for up to
ten Pacific Repertory Theatre productions at $221 per subscription, a 35
percent savings over single ticket prices; $168 for subscribers 65 years of age
and older; and $95 for student/teacher/
military. A variety of FlexPlans are now
available allowing the choice of four to
ten plays, priced at $122 - $221 for a
savings of up to 35 percent; $88 - $168
for seniors; and $48 - $95 for student/
teacher/ military). Season FlexPasses
are available directly from the PacRep
website (www.pacrep.org), or by calling
the box-office.
Ticket Information.
Single tickets for all shows are
on sale now. General admission
single ticket prices range from
$20 to $35 with discounts
available for seniors over 65,
students, children, teachers, and
active military.
book, The Extreme Life of the Sea, when
he speaks to the Monterey Bay Chapter
of the American Cetacean Society on
Thursday, May 29. The program begins at
7:30 p.m. in The Boat Works building at
Hopkins Marine Station, 120 Ocean View
Blvd., Pacific Grove. It is free and open to
the public.
Palumbi, who has been director of
Stanford’s Hopkins facility since 2002,
came here from Harvard University. He
earned his doctorate in marine ecology
from the University of Washington. At
Hopkins, his lab has been concentrating
on coral diversity and adaption potential
to climate change, environmental impacts
His illustrated presentation about
his book will include some of the most
marvelous life forms on earth and the
challenges they overcome to survive.
There are the fastest and deepest, hottest
and oldest creatures in the oceans, studied
during dives in the icy Arctic, explorations
of the boiling hydrothermal vents and the
eternal darkness in the deepest trenches
where marine life thrives against all odds. In another book published three years
ago, The Death & Life of Monterey Bay,
Palumbi showed how conservation works,
and how nature can recover from human
abuse.
More information is available at
www.acsmb.org.
Monterey Museum of Art hosts the
Listening Place, Readers Theatre
The Listening Place, Readers Theatre will present “¿Habla Ingles? Do you Speak
Spanish?” by Terry Kingsley-Smith featuring MaryLee Sunseri and Garland Thompson
Jr. on Sunday, May 25 at 1:30 pm at the Monterey Museum of Art-La Mirada located at
720 Via Mirada, Monterey. Free for Museum Members; $10 for non-Museum Members.
Donations welcome for Listening Place, Readers Theatre.
When a young woman volunteers to teach English at the library, unforeseen events
ensue. Olivia Spencer, a Navy wife, whose husband teaches at the Naval Postgraduate
School in Monterey, volunteers as an English teacher at the public library. When she
is assigned her first pupil, Juan Pedro Hernandez, a handsome Latino gardener, she
does not realize how strongly her heart will be affected, and how drastically her life
will change.
Museum Hours: MMA–La Mirada: Thursday 11:00 am – 8:00 pm, Friday-Monday
11:00 am – 5:00 pm, Closed Tuesday and Wednesday MMA–Pacific Street: ThursdayMonday 11:00 am – 5:00 pm, Closed Tuesday and Wednesday
Monterey Museum of Art–La Mirada Parking: The Monterey Museum of Art–La
Mirada offers limited on-site complimentary parking. Additional complimentary parking
located at Monterey Peninsula College Lot A. With limited street parking, please be
considerate of our neighbors and observe city of Monterey No Parking zones.
MST Summer Youth ‘Gopass’ on Sale
$38 pass saves 18-under $247
Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST) is again offering the Summer Youth GoPass,
providing youth unlimited rides on all MST’s routes from June 1 through August 31
for only $38. The pass offers a savings of $247 as compared to the purchase of three
31 Day Super Discount GoPasses. It is the perfect way for individuals 18 years and
under to get to all of their favorite places including the movies, the mall, the beach,
their summer job, museums, and cultural and youth centers.
The 2014 Summer Youth GoPass is available now and can only purchased at www.
mst.org and MST customer service locations including the Bus Stop Shop in Monterey,
Marina Transit Exchange, and Salinas Transit Center.
For more information, visit www.mst.org or call Monterey-Salinas Transit toll
free at 1-888-MST-BUS1.
March Against Monsanto set for May 24
Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan
Sudoku #2
Last year in May, approximately 2 million people protested against Monsanto. The marches against genetically modified food were held in 436 cities in 52 countries
and they were initiated by one woman in response to the outcome of the Prop 37
battle. Chemical companies and food processors spent over $42 million fighting the
grassroots movement. Currently, Monsanto is threatening to sue Vermont for passing
a similar law to label GMOs.
Another worldwide event is scheduled to be held on Saturday, May 24. The
Monterey event will be at Window on the Bay on Del Monte Blvd. from 11:00am
until 2:00pm, and the march will begin at noon. “We are encouraging everyone who
has concerns about food freedom to take a stand and be heard on this day, and support
our right to know if it’s GMO,” says Barbara Mensch, the Hollister mother who will
be leading the march.
For more information or to find other marches, go to http://www.march-againstmonsanto.com
Monterey’s Birthday: La Marienda
See puzzle solution on Page 19
What: 83rd Annual La Merienda Celebration - City of Monterey’s 244th birthday party,
is a colorful fiesta barbecue of delicious foods, wine, beer, soft drinks, gallant dons and
donas, lovely senoritas, lively music and festive dance.
When: Saturday, June 7 from 11:15 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Where: Memory Garden, 20 Custom House Plaza, Monterey
Tickets: $55 for Monterey History and Art Association members and $75 for nonmembers. The non-member price includes a one-year membership to the Monterey
History and Art Association and the Museum of Monterey at Stanton Center (new
members only). Tickets are now available online at www.montereyhistory.org
or at the Monterey History and Art Association’s office, located above the Museum
of Monterey at 5 Custom House Plaza. For more information or table seating, call
Carol Todd at 831-372-4445 or Emily Griffith at 831-233-9585 or send a check to La
Merienda – MHAA, 5 Custom House Plaza, Monterey, CA 93940. This outstanding
event attracts over 500 people. Due to limited space in the Memory Garden, tickets
should be purchased by Friday, May 16, 2014.
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